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Wood Engraving Wednesday

JOHN LAWRENCE

Once again we turn to the fanciful engravings of English illustrator and wood engraver John Lawrence (b. 1933), this time from a small (4.25" x 3") 1992 Folio Society edition of Robert Browning's version of The Pied Piper of Hamelin, printed at The Bath Press in Bath, England on Fabriano Ingres laid paper. The engravings themselves are only 3" x 2", but they are vivid and richly detailed.

John Lawrence, whose career spans nearly 70 years, is one of England's most-respected living wood engravers. He has illustrated well over 200 books and has taught his craft at the Brighton School of Art, Camberwell School of Art, and Cambridge School of Art from the 1960s to 2010. He has influenced generations of noted contemporary wood engravers, and was himself a student of Gertrude Hermes (view some wood engravings by Hermes we have posted).

Our copy of the Folio Society's Pied Piper is yet another donation from the estate of our late friend and colleague Dennis Bayuzick. The book was originally bound in full moire silk by Hunter and Foulis, but our copy was specially rebound in 2001 by English bookbinder Stephen Conway (see below).

View more posts with wood engravings by John Lawrence.

View other illustrations for the Pied Piper by Kate Greenaway and Sarah Chamberlain.

View other books from the collection of Dennis Bayuzick.

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#Wood Engraving Wednesday #wood engravings #wood engravers #John Lawrence #Robert Browning #The Pied Piper of Hamelin #Pied Piper of Hamelin #The Folio Society #Folio Society #The Bath Press #Fabriano paper #bookbinding #Stephen Conway #Dennis Bayuzick

[guy60660]

Agatha Christie | Andrew Davidson | The Folio Society

#agatha christie #design #andrew davidson #the folio society

[downthetubes]

Folio Society launches "DC Comics: The Golden Age" collections

The Folio Society, independent publisher of luxury editions, has teamed up with US publisher DC Comics to publish DC Comics: The Golden Age (1938-1956), a collection of eighteen stories from the formative age of American comic books

The Folio Society, independent publisher of luxury editions, has teamed up with US publisher DC Comics to publish DC Comics: The Golden Age (1938-1956), a collection of eighteen stories from the formative age of American comic books, including the debut adventures of Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman and more. Selected and introduced by former DC Editor-in-Chief Jenette Kahn, the edition…

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#Action Comics #Batman #DC Comics #DC Comics: The Golden Age (1938 –1956) #downthetubes News #James Rose #Jenette Kahn #Superhero Comics #Superman #The Folio Society #Tom Walker #Wonder Woman #Yanick Paquette

[fated-mates]

You can get Uzma Jalaluddin's HANA KHAN CARRIES ON for $3 right now. It's a total delight. So much so that we did a deep dive in season four.

#uzma jalaluddin #contemporary romance #Toronto #The Folio Society #Stephen Fry #The Immigrant Experience #Immigrant Joy #Food Romance #Epistolary Romance #Podcasting Heroines #Family Romance #book deals #romcom #Spotify

[pyxiecle]

Howl's Moving Castle

Book Review **spoilers**

I finally finished this book after receiving it late last year.

I can’t help but wish I could have experienced it before the movie, as there are many differences between the two - which always seems to be the case (doesn’t it?)

The romance plot isn’t as delved into in the book; the iconic “find me in the future”, “I’ve been looking everywhere for you” is nonexistent. The most you’ll receive is “I’ve been wondering all along if you would turn out to be that lovely girl I met on May Day.” But the honesty is still tender to read.

The falling into each other’s arms felt rushed (though i’m a sucker for detailed romance scenes), but ultimately it made sense in the scene. So much is happening at once, the back and forth of all the characters in the moment wanting both their attentions yet they only want to focus on the other.

I’m sure if one re-read, you’d pick up on the subtlety of Howl falling for Sophie earlier than when it’s blatantly said. I do think her doing so was more obvious as the hints of jealousy were present throughout, but the masquerade of sisterly protectiveness was a nice cover.

I think all character’s personalities translated well when compared to the film. Howl remains dramatic, Sophie is kind, Calcifer is humorous. Not to place them into strict categories of course, wouldn’t dare to do such a thing for such otherworldly beings.

I really liked the focus of Sophie's magic, and how this ties into her being the only one who could’ve broken Howl and Calcifer's contract. Who else could’ve spoken the fire demon and Howl's heart back to life?

I think this scene, the catching a falling star scene in the film, was so beautifully done. This gives you the context of Calcifer and Howls contract, but looking back I really do prefer how the book lays it out for you gradually until it’s revealed.

I really enjoyed the book’s version of the star scene; having a secondary character along with Sophie attempting to do this, the personalisation of the star not wanting to live (!) and overall the hint from Calcifer to Sophie that *cough* he was a star once too.

I found myself flipping back a few times, which i love to do when reading as it’s such a cohesive feat for authors, and big kudos to them for achieving this. The “wait! so this is what that was!” moment makes reading so much more fun.

The war elements in the movie, trademarks of Miyazaki's (film's director) style, is something not mentioned in the book. It doesn’t make much of a difference to me. As the book came first, so therefore it has seniority to me of what works best.

Overall, I could continue to ramble, but i’ve never really done a book review before. I really enjoyed this one, and was a bit !!!! when it seemed to end so abruptly! I feel i’m used to at least another chapter of what potentially would’ve just been filler. So maybe it’s best it ended how it did. It’s a nice change from what I would’ve expected normally, especially when you note this was released in 1986.

I think this is easily a recommended read for anyone if you enjoy fantasy world building fiction.

I struggle with rating things, but for this review purposes and with how much I’ve enjoyed it —

★★★★★

#howls moving castle #books #book review #quotes #writing #fiction #reading #culture #the folio society

[godzilla-reads]

Some goodies from my family’s Christmas Eve celebration.

I was kind enough to be gifted a new mug (even though everyone clowns me for having too many mugs), a new Godzilla!!!, and the Folio Society edition of Cicely Mary Barker’s Complete Flower Fairies!

#godzilla reads #Godzilla #cicely mary barker #the complete flower fairies #flower fairies #books and tea #Christmas books #books #bookblogger #book blog #the folio society #booklr #bookish

[debutart]

A page from Consider Plebias by Daniel Taylor, for The Folio Society.

#consider plebias #daniel taylor #the folio society #illustration #book #artist of the day #surreal #scifi #70s #graphic #handdrawn #psychadelic

[thedepartmentofdiscoveries]

Image of A Yōkai Parade aka The Night Parade of One Hundred Demons (Hyakki Yagyō) is a thousand-plus-year-old Japanese folkloric tradition, in which a series of demons parades — or explodes — into the ordinary human world which is illustrated here by Yuko Shimizu for "Japanese Tales" (2018) a book of medieval Japanese folk tales, translated by Royall Tyler and bound by The Folio Society.

#yuko shimizu #medieval japanese folk tales #medieval japan #medieval japanese folk lore #royall tyler #the folio society #spirits #yōkai #yōkai parade #hyakki yagyō #the night parade of one hundred demons #japanese demons #japanese demon #night parade #100 demons #japanese ghosts #japanese ghost #kasa-obake #karakasa-kozō #umbrella ghost #one legged umbrella spirit

[brutalgamer]

The Folio Society to publish a treasure trove of classic Bat-tales with DC: Batman

Some of the greatest Batman stories ever will be included in The Folio Society’s DC: Batman, the first in a series of new books.

#DC comics #DC: Batman #superheroes #The Folio Society #Books #Comics #DC Comics #News

[ginaraemitchell]

BBNYA Winner's Tour: #1 ~ Toby and the Silver Blood Witches by Sally Doherty | Book Review

BBNYA Winner's Tour: #1 ~ Toby and the Silver Blood Witches by Sally Doherty | Book Review It’s time for my review of the 1st place winner of the 2022 BBNYA completion. Toby and the Silver Blood Witches by Sally Doherty was a hit with the panel of book bloggers. Will it charm you, too? @Sally_writes @BBNYA_Official @The_WriteReads #BBNYA2022

BBNYA Winner’s Tour: # 1 ~ Toby and the Silver Blood Witches by Sally Doherty | Book Review The Book Bloggers’ Novel of the Year Award (BBNYA) celebrates the top 15 finishers in the 2022 competition with an incredible round of blog tours. I hope you enjoy learning more about the winners as much as the panelists enjoyed reading these fabulous books. These winners are the best of the best. Don’t…

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#2022 BBNYA #2022 BBNYA Winner&039;s Tour #fantasy #Gifts for middle-grade #middle grade and up #The Folio Society #The Write Reads

[thefugitivesaint]

Linda Farquharson, 'Demon Cat', ''Irish Fairy and Folk Tales'' compiled by W. B. Yeats, Folio Society 2007

#Linda Farquharson #scottish artists #linocuts #demon cat #Irish Fairy and Folk Tales #folio society #cats #fairy tales #w. b. yeats

[rbolick]

Books On Books Collection - Lyn Davies

Books On Books Collection – Lyn Davies

A is for Ox (2006) A is for Ox: A Short History of the Alphabet (2006)Lyn DaviesCasebound, doublures matching slipcase. Slipcase: H205 x W133 mm. Book: H197 x W128 mm. 128 pages. Acquired from The Old Bakehouse, 13 July 2021.Photos: Books On Books Collection. There are numerous histories of the alphabet. Some are even titled the same as Lyn Davies’ A is for Ox. Several books take the…

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#Lyn Davies #Otto Ege #Richard J. Hoffman #Stephen Fischer #The Folio Society

[pristina-nomine]

Masfield Park illustrations by Darya Shnykina (x)

#mansfield park #jane austen #darya shnykina #illustrazione #letteratura #folio society

[the-hearth-and-the-wild]

David Lupton, illustration for the Folio Society edition of The Tombs of Atuan by Ursula K. Le Guin

#book illustration #ursula k. le guin #Earthsea #tombs of atuan #Earthsea illustrations #fantasy illustration #folio society #literature #books and libraries

[checanty]

HELLO EVERYBODY! Guess who got to illustrate Kazuo Ishiguro's The Buried Giant for the @foliosociety??? The book turned out so beautiful, I can die happy now.

You can order a copy here.

#Still trying to figure out how to take *aesthetic* pictures #this is such a dream come true! #Also I'm so behind on promoting so much stuff #Folio Society #The Buried Giant #Book Illustration #beautiful books #books #Kazuo Ishiguro

[vizual-demon]

Jurassic Park art by Vector That Fox

for Folio Society’s illustrated edition of Michael Crichton’s novel

#jurassic park #dinosaurs #sci-fi #books #folio society #michael crichton #vector that fox #illustration #art #my edit