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'I do love this book. Each page is a little gift of ingenuity. I made happy, yippy noises as I turned each page' LYNNE TRUSS, author of Eats, Shoots and Leaves'Hotly tipped as the stocking-filler hit this Christmas' THE INDEPENDENT'So original - a first-class book' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH, SEVEN MAGAZINE
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Embark on a puzzling journey through Royal Mail. Open this book, and you will discover a most curious and diverting collection of illustrated envelopes, all of which have been sent through the Royal Mail system. In "Envelopes", Harriet Russell has created a wealth of different ways of communicating an address: mazes, join-the-dots, anagrams, illustrations, puns, visual games, experimental fonts, puzzles, and literary wordplay. You may find it hard to believe that the majority of the envelopes arrived at their intended destinations, but they did, and all have the postmarks to prove it! Their safe delivery is a tribute to the heroic postal employees who rose to the challenge.
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is the most beautiful and lovely and clever and bewitching book I've seen for years and years. A really rare example of a simple and brilliant idea which won't be exhausted by a mere ten minutes' perusal - you want to spend time with this book and appreciate the effort, wit and considerable invention that went into it. I'm going to buy about five copies to give away. I think it'll be the one that everyone's talking about.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Really captivating book.
Harriet Russel has such a great imagination.
I love it.
Harriet Russel has such a great imagination.
I love it.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I'm doing a postcard project of myown, and this was a fun added artist to look at.great imegery, no long written pieces and some fab ideas!
but i do think the best were shown int the advert :s
but i do think the best were shown int the advert :s
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Lovely little book..
I purchased this book as a present for a friend - when it arrived (promtly as ever, thank you Amazon) i sat and became fascinated, turning each page until before i knew it i had... Read more
Published 5 months ago by E. Williams
Very entertaining
was such a good buy, looking at each page is just delightful and entertaining, though as you're just flicking throught it, it takes a total of about 10 minutes to finish. Read more
Published 23 months ago by vickersss
Envelopes
My son requested this book as a gift. After delivery I thumbed through it as I was intrigued to see what it was all about. I was unexpectedly fascinated by it. Read more
Published on 10 Jan 2010 by M. Abery
great book!
I saw this book at the shop and I totally loved it so bought it off amazon (where it was 40% off the price at the shop!). Read more
Published on 30 Dec 2009 by dg
Tenacity of Postman Pat!
Congratulations to the many postmen and women who perservered to find the addresses of these sometimes excrutiatingly irritating hidden addresses. Read more
Published on 4 Feb 2009 by Juanita Lever
Fantastic idea and very amusing
This book is excellent, i bought one for my sister, then another for a friend and now i want one for myself! Read more
Published on 4 Feb 2009 by Ms. H. L. Sturla
It's alright.
It's an alright book, for what it is, but I was expecting a little more. It is just literally photos of the envelopes - no description, no anecdotes, nothing. Read more
Published on 3 Feb 2009 by Suzanne
Truly original and very entertaining
I originally bought this book having seen many of the envelopes included shown in a gallery in London. Since then I've come back to buy a number of copies as gifts. Read more
Published on 10 Dec 2006 by Gordon Baisley
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