12.25.2011

Merry Christmas

The First Noel

I've posted this several Christmases before and it's always worth posting again: The First Noel, a small Golden Book illustrated by the brilliant husband-wife team of Alice and Martin Provensen, 1959.

You can view the book in its entirety HERE.



The First Noel: pp. 5-6

The First Noel: pp. 15-16

The First Noel: pp. 17-18

The First Noel: pp. 21-22

The First Noel: back cover

Here's to a very Merry Christmas to you and your family.

Peace,
Ward

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5 Comments:

At December 25, 2011 2:02 PM, Blogger BETOWERS said...

Thank you for share it!!!
It's very nice material :)

 
At January 14, 2012 12:46 PM, Blogger petri said...

Very nice stuff. The style reminds me of finnish illustrator Alexander Lindeberg.

 
At January 14, 2012 2:01 PM, Blogger Ward Jenkins said...

Petri - yes, I can definitely see some influence of the Provensens work in Lindeberg's Kalevalan Tarinat. Very nice work! I'll have to find a copy of that now. :)

 
At January 14, 2012 11:46 PM, Blogger petri said...

I really had some hard time hunting down my copy of Kalevalan tarinat couple of years ago.

In case you don't find it somewhere else, there seems to be couple of sources here in Finland. Now the publisher (WSOY) has a reprint of it, that you can order on their webstore (unfortunately in Finnish language):
http://wsoy.fi/yk/product/show/82780

And there is also a possibility to report the book on a wish list (also in Finnish), that some Finnish antiquarian bookshops are following: http://www.antikvaari.fi/puutelista.asp
That's how I found mine.

If you need any help due the language, don't hesitate to bother me by e-mail (http://www.sun-i.com/contact.html).

 
At January 15, 2012 12:17 PM, Blogger Ward Jenkins said...

Excellent! Many thanks, Petri! Will keep you in mind! ;)

 

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