Book design (for Stuck-in-a-Book)

[callmemadam]

Some gremlin is stopping me from commenting on anyone's journal in BlogSpot and I can read Stuck in a Book but can't chat to him. So here is a Jonathan Cape dustwrapper for Chatterton Square by E H Young. I'd also recommend Miss Mole, The Misses Mallett and other books by this author. Some have been reprinted by Virago and others in a cheap, small uniform edition and I've found all mine cheaply. Chatterton Square is even signed by the author, in teeny, tiny little writing, very self effacing. She had a much more interesting life than might be thought from her books.

The 'entrancing type face' Simon mentions can also be seen on Down the Garden Path by Beverley Nichols (the best book about gardening ever written) and his other early books. Some have the extra delight of dustwrapper and illustrations by Rex Whistler.

Comments

[minniemoll.livejournal.com]

Have you tried using a different browser? I used to have lots of problems with sites when I used Internet Explorer, but since I've switched to Firefox things tend to work much better (you can run both at the same time).

[callmemadam.livejournal.com]

Good point. I have Internet Explorer and Firefox active and switch between them depending what I'm doing. My blogs are all stored in IE so perhaps I should try again with Firefox.
Thank you for your card: came today:-)

[callmemadam.livejournal.com]

Hmm, still won't work. I don't know why it is but my LJ works much better in Internet Explorer.

[(Anonymous)]

ah, my Google Alerts alerted me to this entry! What a nice cover, very like the picture on the inside cover. But I would miss the Jonathan Cape font... I think I have A Thatched Roof or something like that by Beverley Nichols, in Jonathan Cape edition.

[callmemadam.livejournal.com]

Glad you found it!

[(Anonymous)]

Forgot to mention, in case it wasn't obvious, that I am Simon/Stuck-in-a-Book!

[callmemadam.livejournal.com]

I guessed.