Illustrated Borders In Golden Age Children’s Books
The Wonder Book For Children by arious authors and artists, Odhams Press Limited, London, early 1900’s
Bookplate of Mary Duchess of Bedford, in the collection of Daniel Fearing. Designed by W.P. Barret in 1899
Dream boats and other stories 1920 by Dugald Stewart WalkerThe Schoolgirls’ Own Annual 1930 frontispieceBOBBIE HAD A NICKEL by FRIEDA FRIEDMAN 1946 A Bobby Book frontispieceUncle Mac’s Children’s Hour Story Book Ed. Derek McCulloch, Various authors and artists London 1947Artuš Scheiner (1863-1938), Czech Fairytales 1926Skin Diseases and Blood Impurities. Unknown artist. Armanino Establishment, Genoa, Italy, 1899The Puffin Book Of Nursery Rhymes, Iona and Peter Opie, Ill. Pauline Baynes (Penguin Books Ltd, 1963)The Puffin Book Of Nursery Rhymes, Iona and Peter Opie, Ill. Pauline Baynes (Penguin Books Ltd, 1963) frontispiecefrom Austrian artist Heinrich Lefler (1863-1919)Peter Cross, Trouble for TrumpetsWalter Crane 1845 – 1915 London Town frontispieceGreat Grandmother Goose by Helen Cooper, illustrated by Krystyna Turska, Hamish Hamilton, London 1978 cover
Margaret Rice Oxley (1888-1968) ‘When You Do Dance I Wish You A Wave O’ the Sea’
Harper’s Bazar – Easter edition (New York City, late 19th-century). The symmetrical borders of children’s books are often reminiscent of Art Nouveau.
A 1901 advertisement for Parfumerie Violet by Louis Théophile Hingre
John Lewis Childs Floral Park Queens N.Y. flower catalog, 1890VAN BIBI EN DOT (1929) Sijtje Aafjes
Slovenly Peter, or, Cheerful stories and funny pictures for good little folks illustrated by Hoffman Heinrich. A classic example of the cautionary tale.
Song of the Wandering Aengus by William Butler Yeats. Illustration by Trina Schart Hyman (1939-2004). Originally in Cricket magazine, September 1974
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures 1980
Willy Pogany To plow a bed for the Tisza
Great Grandmother Goose by Helen Cooper, illustrated by Krystyna Turska, Hamish Hamilton, London 1978Great Grandmother Goose by Helen Cooper, illustrated by Krystyna Turska, Hamish Hamilton, London 1978Dick Kelsey and Bill Justice, illustrators of Walt Disney’s Grandpa Bunny, Little Golden Book No. D21, 1951Good Housekeeping’s Cookery Book Illustrations By Fred Reeves and Douglas Woodall, Ebury Press London 1948 borderGood Housekeeping’s Cookery Book Illustrations By Fred Reeves and Douglas Woodall, Ebury Press London 1948 borderArt nouveau dinner menu from the Red Star Line’s S.S. Zeeland on March 18th, 1906 art nouveau
The Enchanted Island of Yew (1903) written by L Frank Baum illustrated by Fanny Young Cory
MOEBIUS ~ Tusk – movie poster art – 1980
Contemporary children’s illustration also makes use of illustrated borders, of course. Oftentimes this lends a Golden Age feel to the work.
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