splendid find

the fair at houghton bay school was ok, a little bit crowded for my liking. we bought a food processor that didn’t work when we got it home (note to self: test electrical equipment before getting partner to lug it home in a bitter southerly rain). however, the find of the day was this neat book called “the amazing pranks of master till eulenspiegel”. it follows the shenanigans of a rapscallion called till, whose pranks amuse and infuriate his fellow town folk. it has wonderful photographic illustrations of 3d models…


then i remembered when i got home that i actually have another similar book, this one is alice in wonderland. it was also printed in 1948 by the same publisher, Max Parrish and co. it is probably my favourite book in my book collection, the colours are so beautiful and i love the mixture of 3d and flat elements…