But surely that should be "Around...". It's almost as if they lost the cap "A" somehow and an all lower-case heading just seems a bit radical for a book like that. That said, I love the way the text is right up there, as high as it can go.
The Child's World is curious too: Helvetica, not the usual Akzidenz Grotesk. Set so nicely: tight, tight, tight. With a hanging "T". And super cool cropping of the picture, by Gerald Cinamon.
He liked to spice things up a bit, did that Gerald Cinamon. And he's still around (or at least he was in 2005) and promoting the cause - see http://www.ejf.org.uk/seminar2005.html . I doubt that he has a blog, though.
Posted by: davidthedesigner | 14 November 2007 at 03:41 PM
No, Lesley Blanch actually meant the title to be "round". Odd.
http://www.lesleyblanch.com/lesleybooks2.html#Eightydishes
Fun finds.
Posted by: zombyboy | 14 November 2007 at 06:07 PM
Makes me think of Helmut Schmid and his aversion to cap's. Yes, that cropping on the pic' is gorgeous. Nice wooden backdrop for the pic's too; nice touch.
Posted by: johno | 14 November 2007 at 11:40 PM
The photo crop is excellent.
Posted by: The Worst of Perth | 15 November 2007 at 12:17 AM
I like the Facetti Handbooks, especially the early ones with the yellow, like the 'Improve Your Whatever' subseries. The Child's World must be 64 or 65 I guess - such unorthodoxy like big helvetica titles was more common in the main series than the handbooks, I expect, but I haven't really got enough handbooks from this era to tell.
I can't help but wonder what the content of The Child's World is like - it looks more like Pelican material than Handbook.
Posted by: Keir | 19 November 2007 at 09:19 AM
65 Keir. You win a special prize. Well, you would if I had one to give.
Posted by: Richard | 19 November 2007 at 10:13 AM
Round, like a dish. Get it?
Posted by: Ricky Irvine | 30 November 2007 at 01:53 PM