The Daily Heller Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Bambi
Felix SaltenThe Daily HellerWalt Disney had agreed to purchase the rights to this 1923 "Bambi: The Story of a Life in the Forest" by Austrian exiled Jewish author Felix Salten, an allegorical bestseller (banned by the Nazis) along with the license to alter it for $1,000. Needless to…https://t.co/X58j84bqC9
Paperback, 2024
$8.99$4.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Color Capital of the World: Growing Up with the Legacy of a Crayon Company
John Whitworth KropfThe Daily HellerJohn Kropf, author of "Color Capital of the World: Growing Up With the Legacy of a Crayon Company" says: "I’m not sure I’d consider myself a crayon expert, but more of an amateur historian focused on one company, the American Crayo…https://t.co/NlyTh28lFf https://t.co/lFfSE38fPc
Paperback, 2022
$25.00$12.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Rob Roy Kelly American Wood Type Collection: A History and Catalog
David ShieldsThe Daily HellerI felt unreserved excitement when I learned that "The Rob Roy Kelly American Wood Type Collection: A History and Catalog" by David Shields, was recently published. When it arrived I was ecstatic. 406 pages of the most comprehensive…https://t.co/ir2Lve0tCu https://t.co/rYBldCFoQR
Hardcover, 2022
$65.00$40.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
Pictured Worlds: Masterpieces of Children's Book Art by 101 Essential Illustrators from Around the World
Leonard S. MarcusThe Daily HellerLeonard Marcus, the foremost authority on children’s book history, has a new book "Pictured Worlds: Masterpieces of Children’s Book Art By 101 Essential Illustrators From Around The World "(Abrams Books), a delightful-yet-hot-butto…https://t.co/pTLvLMX3Do https://t.co/ZD7Au6JWLq
Hardcover, 2023
$75.00$50.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
The Cosmic Dance: Finding Patterns and Pathways in a Chaotic Universe
Stephen EllcockThe Daily HellerStephen Ellcock, spent a decade populating a virtual museum of forms from atomic to monumental. "The Cosmic Dance: Finding Patterns and Pathways in a Chaotic Universe" , is an inspiration, “By looking down, I see upward. By Looking up, I see downward”. https://t.co/OyCacbx8se https://t.co/2qXfT0Y52c
Hardcover, 2022
$35.00$17.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
American Wood Type: 1828-1900 - Notes on the Evolution of Decorated and Large Types
Rob Roy KellyThe Daily HellerI felt unreserved excitement when I learned that "The Rob Roy Kelly American Wood Type Collection: A History and Catalog" by David Shields, was recently published. When it arrived I was ecstatic. 406 pages of the most comprehensive…https://t.co/ir2Lve0tCu https://t.co/rYBldCFoQR
Hardcover, 2010
$50.00$25.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Women Holding Things
Maira KalmanThe Daily HellerMaira Kalman’s art is always a pleasure to see in print or on the wall. At Mary Ryan Gallery in NYC the wall is the platform of choice. The exhibit "Women Holding Things" includes over 30 new paintings by Kalman created during the pandemic. A “love song t…https://t.co/0QSrFtKk6k
Hardcover, 2022
$35.00$17.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Heads and Tails: Underwater
John CantyThe Daily Heller"Heads and Tails" (aka Glava I Rep, Cabeza y Cola, etc.) by Mirko IlĂc is a surreal mix n’ match book that encourages interaction between adults and young children. By flipping the pages, the reader and young viewer transform famil…https://t.co/kuNclOmJgr https://t.co/QjglZNXLrA
Hardcover, 2021
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Last Mechanical Monster
Brian FiesThe Daily HellerI asked the author of "The Last Mechanical Monster", Brian Fies: "Why, after doing your previous, more emotionally weighty work, did you decide on this comically apocalyptic theme?" He said: "I kind of needed to remind myself that…https://t.co/NTOMjcZErm https://t.co/y0r0eyKwnM
Hardcover, 2022
$24.99$12.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Bleak House
Charles DickensThe Daily HellerFtom Bleak House to Oliver Twist,, Dr. Michael John Goodman is a Dickensian who has just launched the Charles Dickens Illustrated Gallery. It contains all the original illustrations from Charles Dickens’ novels, and won't cost a fa…https://t.co/mZdtS8XGYv https://t.co/mzVx1hoWEx
Paperback, 2003
$13.00$6.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book