Ariel Booksellers

Ariel Booksellers is a weird and wonderful independent bookstore in the heart of Sydney, Australia. This blog is to showcase our favourite books and gifts, and our style inspirations. 42 Oxford St, Paddington NSW 2021 - 02 9332 4581 // www.arielbooks.com.au

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Artists & Illustrators | The Selby

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Fashionable Selby

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Balance bookshelf by Cush Design Studio.

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transparentoctopus: Zdenek Burian 1937

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History of publisher logos courtesy of World Book Night!  Can you guess which one we’re partial to? 

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Decorative cover of  ‘Les Fleurs Animées’ (circa 1847). Illustrator J .J. Grandville and engraver Charles Geoffroy.

Image and text courtesy NYPL Digital Gallery.

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Balance bookshelf by Cush Design Studio.

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Queen Victoria (1844). Robert Thorburn (Scottish, 1818-1885). Watercolour on ivory. Royal Collection.

Thorburn’s miniature portrays the contrast between the Queen’s professional and personal life: wearing the ribbon and star of the Garter whilst reading a letter simply attired in black wearing a miniature bracelet on her wrist and the treasured crystal locket that had been an engagement present from Queen Louise of the Belgians.

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Jane Birkin reading book. Les Midis de Jane. Paris Vogue c.1970.

A fashion muse with her simple and feminine outfits in the 1970s, Jane Birkin has also given her name to an iconic Hermès handbag that perfectly suits the woman who once declared: ‘My mother was right: when you’ve got nothing left, all you can do is get into silk underwear and start reading Proust.’ 

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Birkin reads.

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Some Saturday picks here at Ariel, including the much awaited new cookbook by Yotam Ottolenghi!

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postcards (by delgrosso)