
via Nauticool
Octopulp
“They brought along with them a great many beautiful shells.”
Illustration by Virginia Frances Sterrett, from Tanglewood Tales, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Philadelphia, 1921. Via archive.org.
Ornamental vignettes representing various sorts of ships. From A Specimen of Printing Types, by Wm Caslon, letter-founder to the King. London, 1798. Via archive.org.
The Complete Poetical Works of Geoffrey Chaucer
New York (Macmillan Co), 1912.
Blue ungrained cloth. Gold stamping on front and spine. No decoration on back. Cream endpapers printed with blue narrative scene of contemporary pilgrims. Top gilt.
“He was going to save her crew…”
Illustration by Léon Benett (?), from The Clipper of the Clouds (AKA Robur the Conqueror), by Jules Verne, London, 1887. Via archive.org.
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The Albatross dropped in the abyss
For tattoo. See, there on her arm. Oh, and the other thing.