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The Paper-Flower Tree (1962), Photolithograph, Collins, © Jacqueline Ayer, Courtesy of Bet Ayer

The Paper-Flower Tree

Cover for The Numbers of Our Days (1959) by Francis Irby Gwaltney, Secker and Warburg, photolithograph. © Secker and Warburg (now Harvill Secker, part of Penguin), courtesy of Paul Loader.

Cover jacket for "The Numbers of Our Days"

Printed book cover proof for A Pocket Full of Mice (c. 1984) by Margaret J. Miller, Hodder & Stoughton, photolithograph on paper. © Janina Ede, Courtesy of Elaine Capp.

Printed book cover proof for A Pocket Full of Mice 

Book cover proof for Colette's "Claudine at School" (1960), Secker & Warburg, photolithograph print. © Secker and Warburg (now Harvill Secker, part of Penguin), courtesy of Paul Loader.

Book cover proof for Colette's "Claudine at School"

Book cover proof for Colette's "Claudine Married" (1960), illustrated by Janina Ede, photolithograph print. © Secker and Warburg (now Harvill Secker, part of Penguin), courtesy of Paul Loader.

Book cover proof for "The Stories of Colette"

Book cover proof for Colette's "Claudine in Paris" (1960), Secker & Warburg, photolithograph print. © Secker and Warburg (now Harvill Secker, part of Penguin), courtesy of Paul Loader.

Book cover proof for Colette's "Claudine in Paris"

Layout proof for Willow and Albert are Stowaways (1970), Brockhampton Press, photolithograph. © Brockhampton Press, Courtesy of Elaine Capp.

Layout proof for Willow and Albert are Stowaways

Cover for "The Patchwork Pack" (1968) by Freda Collins, Brockhampton Press, photolithograph. © Brockhampton Press, private collection.

Cover jacket for "The Patchwork Pack"

A Wish for Little Sister (1960), Photolithograph, Harcourt, Brace & Company, © Jacqueline Ayer, Courtesy of Bet Ayer

A Wish for Little Sister

Book cover proof for Colette's "The Other One" (1960), Secker & Warburg, photolithograph print. © Secker and Warburg (now Harvill Secker, part of Penguin), courtesy of Paul Loader.

Book cover proof for Colette's "The Other One"

Cover proof for The Essence of Beauty (1959) by Aytoun Ellis, illustrated by Janina Ede, photolithograph. © Secker and Warburg (now Harvill Secker, part of Penguin), courtesy of Paul Loader.

Cover jacket proof for "The Essence of Beauty"

Book cover proof for Colette's "Claudine Married" (1960), Secker & Warburg, photolithograph print. © Secker and Warburg (now Harvill Secker, part of Penguin), courtesy of Paul Loader.

Book cover proof for Colette's "Claudine Married"

Book cover proof for "Carlotta Mc Bride" (1959) by Charles Orson Gorham, illustrated by Janina Ede, photolithograph print. © Secker and Warburg (now Harvill Secker, part of Penguin), courtesy of Paul Loader.

Book cover proof for "Carlotta Mc Bride"

Collette's "Gigi and the Cat"(1958), illustrated by Janina Ede, book published by Penguin. © Penguin, courtesy of Paul Loader.

Collette's "Gigi and the Cat"

Oriental* Costume (1974) documented historical and contemporary clothing from Japan, China and India. © Jacqueline Ayer, Courtesy of Bet Ayer

*Today the term ‘oriental’ has been widely rejected due to its pejorative use in relation to those of East Asian heritage. 

Oriental Costume

Book cover proof for Colette's "Claudine and Annie" (1962), Secker & Warburg, photolithograph print. © Secker and Warburg (now Harvill Secker, part of Penguin), courtesy of Paul Loader.

Book cover proof for Colette's "Claudine and Annie"

Little Silk

It's Sunny Outside (1974) by Margott, illustrated by Janina Ede, J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, lithograph © J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, courtesy of Elaine Capp.

It's Sunny Outside

Book cover proof for Colette's "Break of Day" (1961), Secker & Warburg, photolithograph print. © Secker and Warburg (now Harvill Secker, part of Penguin), courtesy of Paul Loader.

Book cover proof for Colette's "Break of Day"

Book cover proof for Colette's "Cheri" (1961), Secker & Warburg, photolithograph print. © Secker and Warburg (now Harvill Secker, part of Penguin), courtesy of Paul Loader.

Book cover proof for Colette's "Cheri"

Nu Dang and His Kite

Book cover proof for Colette's "The Shackle" (1964), Secker & Warburg, photolithograph print. © Secker and Warburg (now Harvill Secker, part of Penguin), courtesy of Paul Loader.


Book cover proof for Colette's "The Shackle"

Book cover proof for Colette's "The Last of Cheri" (1961), Secker & Warburg, photolithograph print. © Secker and Warburg (now Harvill Secker, part of Penguin), courtesy of Paul Loader.

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