Book By Its Cover » The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Strange Things

11.7.08

The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Strange Things

Boris Servais

I took a photo of this book in my hand to show you how small it is. It’s such a cute size that fits so nicely in my palm. Inside is black and white loose ink drawings and handwritten comical descriptions of “strange things”. Among the items cataloged are plastic plants, an automatic duck, a laser-gun, killer robots and an ugly doll. I love this book as an object and can imagine keeping it on a side table in my living room for company to find and enjoy. The author/artist Boris Servais sent this to me all the way from Germany and you can order it from his site right here. Thanks Boris!!
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7 Comments

11/8/08 5:25am

Sam wrote

Wow! What an awesomely cute little treasure that book is! I’ll have to go check it out!

11/8/08 2:41pm

anthony wrote

this i very neat, and vaguely reminiscent of shel silverstein.

11/8/08 4:48pm

Abi wrote

Yeah, I agree with Anthony, the handwriting especially reminds me of uncle Shelly. I love how free and loose the drawings are.

11/10/08 11:34am

Janet wrote

Beautiful!

11/11/08 11:51am

Stickers & Donuts wrote

I love tiny books! The cover actually reminds me of Edward Gorey.

11/14/08 4:22pm

soo wrote

this is such an awesome book. thanks for posting this julia :)

11/18/08 9:55am

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