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  1. Advice to Little Girls Mark Twain Only the best thing ever: Advice to Little Girls – a playful and mischievous short story penned by young Mark Twain in 1865 and illustrated by beloved Russian children’s book artist Vladimir Radunsky. Plenty of images, and a personal story, at the link:

    Advice to Little Girls

    Mark Twain

    Only the best thing ever: Advice to Little Girls – a playful and mischievous short story penned by young Mark Twain in 1865 and illustrated by beloved Russian children’s book artist Vladimir Radunsky. Plenty of images, and a personal story, at the link:
  2. All the Buildings in New York James Gulliver Hancock “It is the other ordinary buildings, spilling with hectic daily life, that hold real New York life and passion.” All the buildings in New York, illustrated.

    All the Buildings in New York

    James Gulliver Hancock

    “It is the other ordinary buildings, spilling with hectic daily life, that hold real New York life and passion.” All the buildings in New York, illustrated.
  3. Mapping Manhattan: A Love (And Sometimes Hate) Story in Maps by 75 New Yorkers Becky Cooper “Maps are the places where memories go not to die but to live forever.” A love letter to the city in subjective cartography by Neil deGrasse Tyson, Malcolm Gladwell, Yoko Ono, and 72 other New Yorkers.

    Mapping Manhattan: A Love (And Sometimes Hate) Story in Maps by 75 New Yorkers

    Becky Cooper

    “Maps are the places where memories go not to die but to live forever.” A love letter to the city in subjective cartography by Neil deGrasse Tyson, Malcolm Gladwell, Yoko Ono, and 72 other New Yorkers.
  4. The It-Doesn’t-Matter Suit Sylvia Plath Sylvia Plath’s little-known and lovely vintage children’s book, a charming cautionary tale about the perils of self-consciousness, with wonderful illustrations.

    The It-Doesn’t-Matter Suit

    Sylvia Plath

    Sylvia Plath’s little-known and lovely vintage children’s book, a charming cautionary tale about the perils of self-consciousness, with wonderful illustrations.
  5. The Art of Clean Up: Life Made Neat and Tidy Ursus Wehrli Swiss artist and comedian Ursus Wehrli playfully deconstructs and reorders the chaoses of everyday life.

    The Art of Clean Up: Life Made Neat and Tidy

    Ursus Wehrli

    Swiss artist and comedian Ursus Wehrli playfully deconstructs and reorders the chaoses of everyday life.
  6. Tender Buttons: Objects Gertrude Stein “A feather is trimmed, it is trimmed by the light and the bug and the post, it is trimmed by little leaning and by all sorts of mounted reserves and loud volumes…” A book is a book is a book… unless it’s a BOOK. Gertrude Stein’s vintage verses about objets, gloriously illustrated by artist Lisa Congdon.

    Tender Buttons: Objects

    Gertrude Stein

    “A feather is trimmed, it is trimmed by the light and the bug and the post, it is trimmed by little leaning and by all sorts of mounted reserves and loud volumes…”

    A book is a book is a book… unless it’s a BOOK. Gertrude Stein’s vintage verses about objets, gloriously illustrated by artist Lisa Congdon.
  7. Century of the Child: Growing by Design 1900-2000 Tanya Harrod “Children help us to mediate between the ideal and the real.” MoMA’s design history of 20th-century childhood.

    Century of the Child: Growing by Design 1900-2000

    Tanya Harrod

    “Children help us to mediate between the ideal and the real.”

    MoMA’s design history of 20th-century childhood.
  8. Sign Painters Faythe Levine & Sam Macon “It is at the moment o f a craft’s disappearance that its cultural value suddenly becomes plain to see.”

    Sign Painters

    Faythe Levine & Sam Macon

    “It is at the moment o f a craft’s disappearance that its cultural value suddenly becomes plain to see.”
  9. Alice B. Toklas Cookbook Alice B. Toklas A culinary biography of Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas’s love and life, full of delicious and gorgeously illustrated recipes:

    Alice B. Toklas Cookbook

    Alice B. Toklas

    A culinary biography of Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas’s love and life, full of delicious and gorgeously illustrated recipes:
  10. A Map of the World: The World According to Illustrators and Storytellers “Cartography can be an incredible form of escapism, as maps act as proxies for experiences.” A collection of more than 500 maps by artists, illustrators, and designers representing the creative zeitgeist of modern cartography around the world.

    A Map of the World: The World According to Illustrators and Storytellers

    “Cartography can be an incredible form of escapism, as maps act as proxies for experiences.”

    A collection of more than 500 maps by artists, illustrators, and designers representing the creative zeitgeist of modern cartography around the world.
  11. The War of the Worlds (illustrated by Edward Gorey) H.G. Wells Two classic masters of the macabre and wonderful, together.

    The War of the Worlds (illustrated by Edward Gorey)

    H.G. Wells

    Two classic masters of the macabre and wonderful, together.
  12. Our Friend The Atom Heinz Haber Vintage science illustrations by Disney, extolling the virtues of nuclear power

    Our Friend The Atom

    Heinz Haber

    Vintage science illustrations by Disney, extolling the virtues of nuclear power
  13. I Used to Be a Design Student: 50 Graphic Designers Then and Now Billy Kiosoglou “Work your ass off + Don’t be an asshole” ~ Stefan Sagmeister Advice on life and design from famous graphic designers

    I Used to Be a Design Student: 50 Graphic Designers Then and Now

    Billy Kiosoglou

    “Work your ass off + Don’t be an asshole” ~ Stefan Sagmeister

    Advice on life and design from famous graphic designers
  14. A Cat-Hater’s Handbook William Cole An ailurophobe’s delight circa 1982, illustrated by beloved children’s book artist Tomi Ungerer.

    A Cat-Hater’s Handbook

    William Cole

    An ailurophobe’s delight circa 1982, illustrated by beloved children’s book artist Tomi Ungerer.
  15. Cinelli: The Art and Design of the Bicycle Lodovico Pignatti Morano A visual history of how Italian designer Cino Cinelli shaped the standards for modern cycling.

    Cinelli: The Art and Design of the Bicycle

    Lodovico Pignatti Morano

    A visual history of how Italian designer Cino Cinelli shaped the standards for modern cycling.
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