Showing posts with label 1960s. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1960s. Show all posts

Friday, December 16, 2011

Pretty Pictures

Not to toot my own horn or nothin' but this week I put up a display of Signet Classic mass markets with cool vintage illustrations on the front, and it looks pretty sweet. Observe:


These covers are so k-rad. Really overlooked, IMHO.


One of my favorite things to come across in the UBC are vintage illustrations. I basically like them as much as fancy paintings or really good writing.

Observe this 1963 children's Spanish wordbook:






Don't you just wanna pet them fuzzy bunnies?

Or check out today's find, a 1961 cookbook:


HAM!
Come on down and find something funky to give as a gift this holiday. Add to someone's weird collection, or find a seed for a new one. Or grab a copy of a really straight-laced history of math. We have something for everyone!