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Brian Murphy’s The Root of Wild Madder

Posted on 13th January 2022 by Donna Bird

It’s hard to miss the design on the dust jacket of this book. It’s a wraparound photograph of a Persian carpet, cropped so that the selvedges line up with the top and bottom edges of the jacket and the fringes … Continue reading →

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Eugenie Bird’s Fairie-ality: The Fashion Collection from the House of Ellwand

Posted on 28th April 2016 by Donna Bird

This book is a trifle, a whimsy, a delightful confection. I was going to call it a “delightful bit of fluff,” but as a ten by twelve inch hardbound volume, it’s a wee bit too substantial to be called fluff. … Continue reading →

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