the world is silence (in your head)

quietly documenting some of the odd-end things around my house. click through for more info. pinterest *** my main tumblr *** flickr *** blogspot

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BOOK (COVER). ghosts that haunt you (puffin, 1980); cover art by bert kitchen / scan by gilliflower

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PAMPHLET (COVER). bob cobbing, poetry into music (writers' forum, 1986)

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RECORD COVER.  carl orff, der herr, der schickt den jockel aus [7" single], from the musica poetica series (harmonia mundi, ca. 1960s); design: atelier winter + bischoff

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RUBBER STAMPS.  by jenny holzer, ken brown & many others, all from my collection.

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ILLUSTRATION BY SEYMOUR CHWAST.  to accompany the poem "ask daddy, he won't know" by ogden nash, from funniest verses of ogden nash (kansas city, mo.: hallmark editions, 1968)

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PAMPHLET COVER.  stonehenge: official guidebook (1959)

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FUN FACT.  from june book of strange stories 1972 (london: ipc magazines, ltd.)

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ILLUSTRATION.  by patrick couratin, from albert cullum’s the geranium on the window sill just died but teacher you went right on(new york: harlin quist, 1971)

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ILLUSTRATION.  by nicole claveloux, from albert cullum's the geranium on the window sill just died but teacher you went right on(new york: harlin quist, 1971)

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ILLUSTRATION (COLLAGE).  by colos [francois szalay] from the student who became king despite himself: a hungarian folktale (new york: holt, rhinehart & winston, 1974)

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BOOK COVER.  the happy valley by eric berne with illustrations by sylvie selig [new york: grove press, 1968]; just came upon a beautiful write-up on the book by author jonathan lethem

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ILLUSTRATIONS & INFO.  from i-spy: trees [london: polystyle publications, n.d.]

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BOOKLET COVER.  i-spy: trees [london: polystyle publications, n.d.]

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ENDPAPER.  illustration by alan parry, from the magpie book of stories (london: purnell, 1970)

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ANTHOLOGY.  the magpie book of stories (london: purnell, 1970), cover by alan parry

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PARISIAN POSTCARD.  circa 1950s or 1960s, with illustration by lefor openo

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VINTAGE PHOTOGRAPH.  found in dorset, england; no photographer given