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Octopulp

Octopulp

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“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.

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“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.

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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.

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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.

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indigodreams:

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.

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indigodreams:

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.

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“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
While they were busy in the bow
Who are you?
With a blow of the hatchet, the mate severed the line

oldbookillustrations:

“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.

see also:

The Albatross dropped in the abyss

While they were busy in the bow

Who are you?

With a blow of the hatchet, the mate severed the line

For tattoo. See, there on her arm.  Oh, and the other thing.
Otto Dix, Dedicated to Sadists, 1922
The Pleasures of the Mariners

For tattoo. See, there on her arm.  Oh, and the other thing.

Otto Dix, Dedicated to Sadists, 1922

The Pleasures of the Mariners