August Diana John A page from Calendar, a 1944 Bantam Picture Book, one of a series published by Noel Carrington's Transatlantic Arts. I was going to run out the pencil marks by its first owner but decided I quite like the marks of ownership. #dianajohn #august #calender #bantampicturebook #noelcarrington #transatlanticarts

Just Published! Hilary Stebbing's Bantams I've just published two of Hilary Stebbing's 1940s Bantams, available in a little folder in 850 numbered sets. These little gems of midcentury lithography will be the subject of an article in the next issue of Illustration Magazine too. Available now at £10 for the pair via the link in my profile. #hilarystebbing #bantampicturebooks #lithography #transatlanticarts #designfortoday

Farmyard Animals Arnrid Johnston Her 1942 Bantam Picture Book, one of 4 of these little stapled postcard sized books she lithographed for Transatlantic Arts. She was another of those female artists that have slipped under the radar as time passes. She studied at the Slade and during the 1930s quickly established a reputation for her studies of animals illustrating for the Puffin Picture Book series, posters for the Zoo, Shell and you can see tote bags featuring her work on sale at the Zoo today. #arnridjohnston #farmyardanimals #autolithography #transatlanticarts #zoo

Carol Singers Dorothy Chapman Card from the late 1940s by one of my favourite illustrators. She illustrated a small clutch of children's books, including two Baby Puffins and some gorgeous books for Transatlantic Arts during WW2. Pre-war she did some publicity work for Shell too. I wish I knew more about her, one of the neglected female illustrators of the mid-century. #carolsingers #dorothychapman #transatlanticarts #lithography #babypuffin #noelcarrington

Circus. Vladimir Lebedev. Probably my favourite Circus book. Illustrated by Vladimir Lebedev with verse by Marshak and published in Leningrad in 1925. This particular edition was re-lithographed by Brynhild Parker, the East London painter, for a wartime book published by Noel Carrington in 1943. #circus #lebedev #Marshak #russianchildrensbook #brynhildparker #noelcarrington #transatlanticarts #lithography

6 Geese a-laying. Margaret Levetus. Spread from her Bantam Picture Book, the 12 Days of Christmas, autolithgraphed for Noel Carrington's Transatlantic Arts in 1943. #transatlanticarts #autolithography #12daysofchristmas #noelcarrington

Carol Singers. Dorothy Chapman. Vintage Christmas card from the late 1940s illustrated by Dorothy Chapman. One of my very favourite illustrators she was responsible for two Baby Puffin books, as well as several of the most delightful of the wartime lithographed books for Noel Carrington's Transatlantic Arts imprint. #carolsingers #dorothychapman #noelcarrington #transatlanticarts #artistsgreetingscard

Moonlit Hares. Arnrid Johnston. Taken from her 1944 lithographed Book of Fables, published by Noel Carrington for Transatlantic Arts. #arnridjohnston #hare #lithography #bookoffables #noelcarrington #transatlanticarts