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When I was a kid my uncle worked as a sales rep for a publisher. A lot of his titles…
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Another Dr Oetker cookbook from a charity shop in Austria, focusing on winter and Christmas treats this time. I don’t…
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I was given this book as a gift as a child. I never made anything from it because it’s definitely…
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Second volume. This time with Tove Jansson, leylines, derelict canals and a strange comic about insects.
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Another charity shop book- this time from the 70s. It’s a slightly strange mix of technicolour things made from recycling…
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This edition has a behind the scenes of Captain Pugwash, extracts from Tove Jansson, Jill Patton-Walsh, an article about CS…
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Another book from a charity shop in Austria. I love how incredibly cack-handed some of the cakes are. Most themed…
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I got this craft book for kids from a charity shop in Austria earlier this year. Austria doesn’t have the…
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This charity shop fancy dress book is certainly… something. Lots of 80s actors modelling the costumes.
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I got this 1980s guide to using lens filters from a charity shop. Of course a lot of these effects…
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Tim and the Hidden People is a series of children’s school reading books from the late 70s/early 80s that a…
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I thought while stuck at home I’d do regular posts showing things I like which other people may not have…
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Here is another scan of a vintage book I have had since I was a child. This is a collection…
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Scanning more vintage books – this time a history of costume book that my mum won as a school prize…
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I found this book in a charity shop. It’s a practical guide to alternative living in London from 1969/70 covering…
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Here are some scans from a 1970s craft book I got from my grandparents’ house.
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I got this late 70s/early 80s book from a charity shop a while ago. A lot of families in the…
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While I was at my grandparent’s place, I scanned some books. Here’s the Golden Hands Book of Crafts from the…
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Here are some scans from a 1970s interior design book- House by Terrence Conran. Some of the stuff in it…
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got this stack of 70s craft magazines in a junk shop in Devizes a few years ago. That place was…
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As part of my MA, we were required to keep a creative diary keeping track of the professional practice lectures,…
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When I was a kid I used to borrow this book again and again from the local library. The first…
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I like buying 70s craft books from charity shops. I’m not sure what it is about them, but maybe it’s…
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Here’s some Puffin books I scanned so I could stick the pictures in my art college diary.
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These are some pictures I scanned from a 1970s kids book at my dad’s house called Nature All Around. My…
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I’ve had this book since forever. It was part of a set of educational books that were a hand me…
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I got this 70stastic book for £1 from a charity shop, mainly because of the pictures. The textual parts are…
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When I was 17 or so I used to carry this notebook around in my bag to jot stuff down…
