It’s been a while since we’ve done one of our alphabet blog posts – but the arrival of this book fitted in nicely with where we left off… so, I is for Ireland.
The book is from the This is… series by Miroslav Sasek.
We’ve mentioned him quite a few times in blogs but, any excuse!!
We absolutely adore his stuff!
This is Ireland, published in 1964, is no exception. He captured the quiet countryside and the hustle & bustle of town life with equal charm – the scenery, buildings, characters – day to day life.
It’s been added to our ever growing pile of Sasek books – a pile that shows no sign of abating. Each new book is greeted with the same excited anticipation.
There were two more arrivals this week – This is Israel and This is New York.
They’re both very welcome additions to our collection…
New York in particular lends itself to his stylised characters and distortions of scale – just wonderful! Page after page of classic illustrations. The accompanying words are very sweet too.
We’ll post more illustrations from this particular book – they deserve a post of their own!
They are wonderful books. I've never come across an old one.
Though this post has prompted me to think some of the new reprints would be good gifts for Santa to bring.
Thank you.
I think they make brilliant pressies for kids old & young – and there educational too!
Love the graphics in those books! I need to start checking out children's books at the thrift store more often. I have this feeling that I'm missing out on a lot of great illustrations like these.
The vintage ones are few & far between – especially ones in good condition – I know I didn't treat my books with too much respect when I was young!
Thank you for posting this! I am officially in love! It is now my mission to get a hold of some of these. I'm obsessed with Ireland, so I have to find this one! Vintage, Ireland, children's lit…all my favorite things. 🙂
Glad to be of service Chantel! 🙂