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Category Archives: Beautiful Books 13
Beautiful Books 13
‘Songberd’s Grove’ by Anne Barrett (Puffin 1963) Cover & Illustrations by David Knight I love this cover because it has that scratchy style of drawing so reminiscent of the great Ronald Searle (see Searle’s cover for Angus Wilson’s ‘Hemlock and … Continue reading →
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