Tuesday 16 April 2013

HOW IT WORKS.....THE CAMERA

A Vintage Ladybird Book Series 654 First Edition Matt Hardback 1970

"There is more to a camera than taking pictures than meets the eye. This book with its excellent diagrams and illustrations takes you through the whole process in a way that can be enjoyed and understood by anyone interested in how things work."

See this at the Arran Alexander Collection




Saturday 13 April 2013

SLEEPING BEAUTY a Vintage Ladybird Book - Well Loved Tales Series 606D

Vintage Ladybird Book SLEEPING BEAUTY Well Loved Tales Series 606d Gloss Hardback 1985 by My Vintage Ladybird Books
This is a wonderfu book from the Well Loved Tales Series

"The King and Queen have a beautiful baby girl but an evil fairy cast a curse saying that their daughter will die on her fifteenth birthday - a good fairy changes the curse so that she will just fall into a deep sleep. A handsome prince comes to the palace and kisses Sleeping Beauty upon which she awakens from her 100 year sleep."
Written by Vera Southgate and illustrated by Eric Winter.

 A page from the Ladybird book "Sleeping Beauty"  A page from the Ladybird Book "Sleeping Beauty"

See it here at the Arran Alexander Collection

Sunday 7 April 2013

CINDERELLA a Vintage Ladybird Book - Well Loved Tales Series 606D

310113046 by My Vintage Ladybird Books
310113046, a photo by My Vintage Ladybird Books on Flickr.
This is one of the most poular Ladybird Books.

Vera Southgate retells this classic fairy tale.

The book was illustrated by Eric Winter and is sometimes referred to as the "Three Dresses" book because Cinderella visits the ball three times. First in a pink ball-gown, then in a blue ball-gown, and lastly in a white with gold lace ball-gown.