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Literary Greats (in Caricature) Paper Dolls
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This delightful paper doll collection features 35 paper dolls of famous authors, each with costumes depicting characters from their best-known works. The authors are in caricature and some look a little silly. Although we'd rather see these be more realistic, they probably wouldn't be as much fun!
Introducing each author is a quotation from that literary giant. This from Agatha Christie, the first doll in the book:
The impossible could not have happened, therefore the impossible must be possible in spite of appearances.
Ms Christie's costumes include Hercule Poirot, Sir Wilford Robarts and Miss Marple.
Another of our favorites is Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, with Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson outfits as well as one of a fairy-believer.
Other literary stars are:
Ayn Rand - The Brothers Grim (Jacob & Wilhelm) - The Brontë Sisters Charles Dickens - Emily Dickenson - Ernest Hemmingway - Fyodor Dostoyevsky Franz Kafka - F. Scott Fitzgerald - Geoffrey Chaucer - George Orwell - H.G. Wells Herman Melville, Jane Austen, Jack London, J.R.R. Tolkein - Jules Verne Lewis Carroll - L. Frank Baum - Leo Tolstoy - Mary Shelley - Mark Twain Nathanial Hawthorne - Oscar Wilde - Rudyard Kipling Robert Louis Stevenson - Tennessee Williams - Virginia Woolfe - William Shakespeare
And of course, our favorite is Edgar Allan Poe, with outfits from The Murders in the Rue Morgue, The Mask of the Red Death and The Raven.
Printed in USA
3August2011
Price: $9.99 per Book
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Framed Art Magnet - Macbeth - The Three Witches
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From an original gouache and pencil image by John Martinez, this really neat magnet is like a framed work of art. Now you might have a gallery on your refrigerator - or any other steel or magnet attracting metal object!
Measuring 4 inches by 2-3/4 inches. This is a framed print under glass and features those Weird Sisters, the Three Witches from Shakespeare's masterpiece, Macbeth.
Made in USA
10July2011
Price $7.50 Each
Two Folded Sheets of Shakespearean Quotes Fine Gift Wrap
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Our fine imported gift wrap is simply elegant. The smooth paper is quite substantial and is embellished with wonderful vintage game quotations including:
The glistering of this present... (The Winter's Tale)
In celebration of this day... (King Henry VIII)
What present has thou there? (Love's Labour's Lost)
Here is a box (Cymbeline)
Of course this fine wrap will make a lovely gift even lovelier, but consider it also for découpage, altered art, collage and more.
The images are quite clear and would make great additions to your collage or assemblage. Each sheet measures 19-1/2 by 27-1/2 inches.
3July2011
Price: $6.75 per package
Letterpress Note card - How far that little candle throws his beams!
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We just love letterpress cards and letters. The elegance of vintage stationery is all but forgotten. We're simply delighted that some smaller companies are offering the same high-quality papers and designs with a modern touch - so we can offer them to you! The simple design represents the simple sentiment so well. And, of course, because it is letterpress, you can feel the letters with your fingers.
We are so very fond of William Shakespeare, mostly for his sonnets. So very many wonderful everyday phrases have come from these and his plays as well:
How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world.
-The Merchant of Venice, Act V, scene i (Shakespeare)
Even Willie Wonka has paraphrased the Bard, and SilverCrow offers a rubber stamp that of Mr. Wonka's quote, as well - So shines a good deed stamp (D2568)?
The 4-1/4 by 5-1/2 inch size is large enough for a love letter and small enough for a shy missive to your beloved. This fine note card is accompanied by a matching envelope and is printed by hand on an antique letterpress with soy ink on 100% post-consumer recycled cardstock.
12January2009
Price: $4.00 each
Elegant Greeting Card - When Love Speaks...
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Deborah DeWit Marchant's artistic search began with photography and journal writing. Her photographs capture everyday scenes transformed by the light that fascinates her. This is so evident in this wonderful greeting card, appropriate for any time that love should be expressed.
The card not only features her photography, but it is elegantly accented by glittered and embossed floral edges. It reads:
When LOVE speaks, the voice of all the GODS makes heaven drowsy with HARMONY.
- Shakespeare
And on the inside:
With love. . .
The card measures 4-3/4 by 6-3/4 and is accompanied by a brightly colored envelope.
10September2008
$4.00 Each
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William Shakespeare Poe Inspired Art Rubber Stamps
If you love Shakespeare, then you'll love our rubber stamps featuring the bard and his works. Click here for thumbnails. Then click on the thumbnails to order.
Famous & Infamous Signatures Gift Wrap
Our fine imported gift wrap is simply elegant. The smooth cream paper is quite substantial and is embellished with signatures of the great from Shakespeare to Lincoln, from Locke to Beethoven. What great wrap for that graduation gift - with such inspirational names! We think ti would also be an interesting (and instructional) component of your collage or assemblage. Each sheet measures 19-1/2 by 27-1/2 inches.
1March2007
2 Folded Sheets
Price: $6.75 per Package
Hieroglyphical Signatures - Puzzles from the Past
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This elegant folder of games was a favorite amusement during the 19th century was the creation and deciphering of rebus puzzles. The word rebus is Latin for by things. A rebus is composed of pictures that suggest the syllables of the word they represent.
Hieroglyphical Signatures is a reproduction of a mid-19th century rebus series created by J.T. Hart. The beautiful ribbon-tied portfolio holds six individual sheets containing hundreds of delicate miniature illustrations depicting the names of composers, musicians, vocalists, chorus singers and theatrical performer. The original plates have been recreated as found with some of the illustrations having been deftly hand-colored while others were left charmingly monochromatic. The seventh sheet is the original key for solving each of the rebus puzzles!
Among these enigmatic representations, you'll find the names of many renowned personalities such as Beethoven, Chopin and, of course, Shakespeare. There are also many names of those who were very popular contemporaries of the mid 1800s who are now less well known.
Historians will find this game most challenging, while the exquisite drawings provide inspiration to those with a creative eye.
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Price: $20.75 Per Set
The Everyman Book of Nonsense Verse
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This hilariously readable collection of classic nonsense poetry, delightfully illustrated throughout, is a showcase of comic talent and sheer silliness.
The Everyman Book of Nonsense Verse features an eclectic spectrum of contributors ranging wildly from Edward Lear and Lewis Carroll to Hilaire Belloc, Ted Hughes, Ogden Nash, and Shakespeare, with illustrations by Mervyn Peake, Quentin Blake, Emma Chichester Clark, Spike Milligan, and the deliciously sinister Edward Gorey.
Such old favorites as The Owl and the Pussycat are accompanied by Macavity: The Mystery Cat and Jabberwocky, while Ted Hughes’s Wodwo sits alone by the bank of a stream in a state of innocence and curiosity that mirrors a child’s sense of wonder at the universe. Whether sweetly funny or deliciously naughty, these masterpieces of the art of the absurd will charm readers both young and old.
The fine cloth binding is accompanied by a silken ribbon self-bookmark, making it look like it costs substantially more - so perfect when gift-giving! This classic measures 8-3/10 by 6-1/5 inches, with 256 pages and a substantial number of black and white illustrations.
Printed and Bound in Germany
01June2007
Price: $15.95 each
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