Miroslav Sasek alert!

A few months ago, we blogged about this lovely vintage matchbook designed by Miroslav Sasek for Liberty of London. They’re rare survivors especially when in good condition.

Last week, we were contacted by Penny from the Rain Rescue charity shop in Sheffield. They had a similar one donated to their shop recently and were keen to get the best possible price for it. We said that we’d flag it up to our readers if they put it on eBay, so here’s a link to the listing. They do wonderful work caring for & re-homing animals in need.

The winning bidder will be receiving a lovely item and helping a great cause to boot. If you’re interested you’d best be quick – the listing ends tomorrow!

Miroslav Sasek matches

Here’s something for all you Miroslav Sasek fans out there – there won’t be many of these left in circulation.

It’s a vintage book of matches with black & white cover design by the famous illustrator – unused and in pristine condition – what a rare survivor!

Sasek depicts 1950s/60s London traffic in his unmistakable style…

… and it’s a very long match book – 32cm, so plenty of room for Sasek’s wonderful drawings.

They were manufactured in Finland for Liberty of London – just gorgeous!

New York, New York

Our recent post I is for Ireland featured the This is… series of books by Miroslav Sasek.

In it, we promised some more photos from a recent acquisition – This is New York.

The book was published in 1960 and, as per usual, the illustrations are fabulous!

New York is one of those cities that works particularly well…

…with it’s distinctive buildings, day to day goings on and familiar characters.

The artist captures the 1950s/60s era – the sights and the vibrancy of the city.

We had a 10-day holiday there a few years ago. It had changed a bit since Sasek wrote these books but lots of the unmistakable landmarks and energy of the city were still there.

Flicking through these pages reminds us of the great time we had – hopefully we’ll get back there again one day…

…and it would be a real dream to cruise up the Hudson river to arrive in real style!

I is for… Ireland

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!

H is for Home Harbinger

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Miroslav Sasek alert!

Miroslav Sasek matches

New York, New York

I is for… Ireland