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Well done to Matthew Richardson who won the V&A Illustration Award 2012

for his cover for The Outsider by Albert Camus, such beautiful work.

Some mountainous and tsunamis carved books by Guy Maramee (via fastcodesign.com)

Pretty prints by Peggy Wickham 

(daughter of Mabel Lucy Atwell - drawer of rotund babies)

Some burly british wrestling chaps

(more here)

Smashing jacket for Colm Tóibíns' New Ways to Kill Your Mother by 

the super talented Steven Bonner

nice tings...

Olimpia Zagnoli beautiful & bright illustrations 

50 of the coolest book cover by Shortlist

Love this striking book cover by Sinem Erkas

Beautiful silk screen print by Christoph Niemann

Came across these beautiful woodblock and lino prints by Australian artist Ellie Malin via the wonderful blog Jackie Magpie, so beautiful.

Some charming old books I picked up recently on my travels

Saw some marvellous illustrations at Pick Me Up Fair at Somerset house like Sarah Maycocks' lovely Bear

Zeloot

David Sparshotts' lovely portraits

Loved Kristjana S Williams beautiful bird/animal drawings

And my very favourite Mimi Leung

So much amazing work.

Gorgeous! Grady Mcferrin again...