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Paperblanks Shooting Marbles Lined Hardcover Journal
In our Shooting Marbles journal, we feature classical characters from children’s literature drawn by artist Tim Bowers. His work is notable for its humour, craftsmanship and deep respect for story. One is never too old or too young to enjoy playtime and the company of legendary characters.
£17.09
Paperblanks Aurelia Mini 12-month Dayplanner 2024
Aurelia’s inspiration dates back to Paris in the 1700s. The original binding housed copies of King Louis XV’s procedures for Holy Week. This design is a marvellous riot of gold-tooled rococo elements, featuring birds, flowers and leaves.
£14.99
Paperblanks Arabica Bold (Old Leather Collection) Ultra 12-month Business Planner 2024
Capturing the flavour of Renaissance-style binding at its zenith, this darkly toned book cover is unique, tactile and so very pleasing to the eye. During this remarkable period in history, manuscripts were renowned for their exquisitely crafted covers made of fine moroccan leather. Our cover carefully reproduces delicate stamping patterns on an intensely rich background that showcases the markings and unique character of aged leather bindings.
£23.99
Paperblanks Inkblot Bold (Old Leather Collection) Ultra 12-month Business Planner 2024
Capturing the flavour of Renaissance-style binding at its zenith, this darkly toned book cover is unique, tactile and so very pleasing to the eye. During this remarkable period in history, manuscripts were renowned for their exquisitely crafted covers made of fine morocco leather. Our cover carefully reproduces delicate stamping patterns on an intensely rich background that showcases the markings and unique character of aged leather bindings.
£23.99
Paperblanks Terrene (Medina Mystic) Grande 12-month Dayplanner 2024
This lovely, organic pattern comes from the illustrious carpet-making traditions of the Moldavian people. The earliest known Moldavian carpets can be dated to the late 18th century, though archaeological findings suggest the craft tradition goes back to the 14th- and 15th-century weaving mills of the Moldavian countryside. By mixing ideals of beauty and harmony with folk mysticism and mythology, Moldavian craftspeople elevate everyday carpets to works of spiritual and cultural expression. This particular design comes from a contemporary rug manufacturer, Floare Carpet, who design their floor coverings in the traditional ways.
£25.19
Paperblanks Van Gogh’s Irises (Van Gogh’s Irises) Maxi 12-month Dayplanner 2024
Vincent van Gogh was one of the greatest of the Post-Impressionist painters, though he experienced much turmoil in his personal life. After admitting himself to the Saint-Paul Asylum following a severe mental health crisis, Van Gogh began his recuperation by painting the asylum garden, notably its irises. We are honoured to feature this seminal painting from the J. Paul Getty Museum in our collection.
£19.99
Paperblanks Granada Turquoise (Moorish Mosaic) Ultra Horizontal 12-month Dayplanner 2024 (Elastic Band Closure)
Photographer Gérard Degeorge has travelled the world, capturing grand pieces of architectural design through the scope of his lens. This cover design comes from his vast collection of photography and is reminiscent of the Alhambra in Granada, Spain. The geometric pattern, floral design and arabesque setting are all suggestive of the art and architecture styles found in the western Islamic world.
£22.99
Paperblanks The Waves - Volume 4 (Virginia Woolf’s Notebooks) Maxi Vertical 12-month Dayplanner 2024 (Elastic Band Closure)
Virginia Woolf wrote with insight about the uncertainty of everyday life. Her novel The Waves, drafted in a series of notebooks including the one reproduced here, is made up of soliloquies spoken by the main characters. Today, the notebooks are a part of The New York Public Library’s Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature and are featured in the Polonsky Exhibition of The New York Public Library’s Treasures.
£19.99
Paperblanks Tropical Garden (Nature Montages) Midi Verso 12-month Dayplanner 2024
A lifelong artist, Gary Grayson’s affinity for both antique prints and modern graphic design is on display in the digital artwork behind this cover. His distinctive style is an eclectic mix of vintage vector, impressionism and pop art.
£17.99
Paperblanks Terrene (Medina Mystic) Midi Verso 12-month Dayplanner 2024
This lovely, organic pattern comes from the illustrious carpet-making traditions of the Moldavian people. By mixing ideals of beauty and harmony with folk mysticism and mythology, Moldavian craftspeople elevate everyday carpets to works of spiritual and cultural expression. This particular design comes from a contemporary rug manufacturer, Floare Carpet, who design their floor coverings in the traditional ways.
£17.99
Paperblanks Hummingbirds & Flutterbyes (Playful Creations) Mini 12-month Dayplanner 2024
Laurel Burch was a self-taught artist and “?ower child” who sold handmade jewellery on the streets of San Francisco in the 1960s. From her fertile imagination, she created brilliantly coloured, vibrant and moving themes with paint and paper, exquisitely embellished with gold and silver. This cover design comes from one of Laurel’s favourite themes – Flutterbyes.
£14.99
Little, Brown Book Group Red Velvet Ultra 12month Vertical Softcover Flexi Dayplanner 2025 Elastic Band Closure
Our Red Velvet design is inspired by a piece of a 15th-century velvet dalmatic. It is patterned with a seven-lobed shield that contains an artichoke-like botanical shape adorned with tiny floral patterns on each side. The patterning was created using brocaded gilt metal thread, an expensive and painstaking procedure, making velvets such as this some of the most highly prized luxury fabrics of the Renaissance.
£22.99
Little, Brown Book Group Azure Equinoxe Ultra 12month Business Planner Softcover Flexi Dayplanner 2025 Elastic Band Closure
Our cover reproduces a 1688 binding protecting L office de la Semaine Sainte, which explained the many rites and observances to be followed during the most important period in the Christian calendar, the Holy Week. The original cover was adorned a la fanfare, a handtooled pattern edged in gilt. Fanfare, which was a style popular in the 17th century, required tremendous skill on the part of the bookbinder and was reserved for books of great importance.
£23.99
Little, Brown Book Group Wildwood Tree of Life Maxi 12month Horizontal Softcover Flexi Dayplanner 2025 Elastic Band Closure
This delicate foliage pattern was crafted to adorn a 17th-century binding of the Passion Series, originally created in 1521 by the great engraver Lucas van Leyden. This edition contains Jan Harmensz. Muller s 17th-century copy of the original work. As an artist, Muller was best known for his skillful reinterpretations of the work of his predecessors. It is only thanks to a small engraving of Muller s name that we know this is a reproduction.
£19.99
Little, Brown Book Group Wilde The Importance of Being Earnest Embellished Manuscripts Collection Ultra 12month Dayatatime Softcover Flexi Dayplanner 2025 Elastic Band Closure
A man as tormented as he was beloved, Oscar Wilde (1854 1900) overcame a life of extraordinary ups and downs to become a world-renowned playwright, author and poet. Oppressed by a largely homophobic world, Wilde remained resilient. He used his experiences to form brilliant, if controversial, literary works, including The Importance of Being Earnest. Today, he is remembered as one of the most influential writers of the Victorian era.
£22.49
Little, Brown Book Group Firebird Birds of Happiness Maxi 12month Horizontal Softcover Flexi Dayplanner 2025 Elastic Band Closure
Legend has it that hanging a Bird of Happiness in one s home will bring good health and fortune to all who live under its warm embrace. Artist Nadezhda Sokolova, also known as Nadya Sokolova, has taken inspiration from this classic tale of Russian folklore with this Firebird design. Using her unique style of batik painting on silk, Sokolova captures the warmth and optimism of these wood chip birds.
£19.99
Little, Brown Book Group Humming Dragon Android Jones Collection Ultra 12month Dayatatime Softcover Flexi Dayplanner 2025 Elastic Band Closure
Ancient spiritual practices meet modern digital art in the work of Android Jones. His art asks the viewer to focus on the potential for awakening, the power of the third eye and the early reverberations of the time that lies before us. With colours both psychedelic and hyper-modern, and imagery combining Eastern iconography with a science fiction aesthetic, Jones is an artist who draws on old traditions and those yet to be born.
£22.49
Little, Brown Book Group Morris Pink Honeysuckle William Morris Ultra 12month Verso Hardback Dayplanner 2025 Elastic Band Closure
William Morris (1834 1896) was one of the most celebrated practitioners of the Arts and Crafts movement in the late 19th century. In creating woven and printed textile designs Morris worked with the ancient technique of hand woodblock printing, finding inspiration in the natural world around him. His evocations of antique florals and plants have become classics in the world of decorative arts.
£22.99
Little, Brown Book Group First Folio Shakespeares Library Ultra 12month Vertical Hardback Dayplanner 2025 Elastic Band Closure
This stately gold-tooled design comes from a unique binding attributed to Christian Samuel Kalthoeber, a German bookbinder working in London. He created the beautiful new cover for this copy of Shakespeare s First Folio around 1800. Originally published in 1623 in London and containing 36 of Shakespeare s plays, Mr. William Shakespeare s Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (known as the First Folio) is one of the most influential books ever published. It is recognized as the only reliable text for the 18 Shakespeare plays that had previously never been printed, including Macbeth, The Tempest and Twelfth Night.
£22.99
Little, Brown Book Group Diamond Jubilee Sangorski Sutcliffe Ultra 12month Vertical Hardback Dayplanner 2025 Elastic Band Closure
This glorious design comes from Sangorski & Sutcliffe, a world-renowned British bindery best known for their bejewelled cover of Omar Khayyam s Rubaiyat. Established in London in 1901, Sangorski & Sutcliffe quickly rose to become one of the 20th century s most important bookbinders. They were especially celebrated for their jewelled bindings, like the one reproduced here. Originally crafted in 1922 to house Rudyard Kipling s 1897 Recessional poem written for Queen Victoria s Diamond Jubilee, it incorporated real turquoise, aquamarine and ruby gemstones, alongside medieval-style illumination by Alberto Sangorski and gold tooling by George Sutcliffe.
£22.99
Little, Brown Book Group Inkblot Old Leather Collection Midi 12month Verso Hardback Dayplanner 2025 Elastic Band Closure
Capturing the flavour of Renaissance-style binding at its zenith, this intricately embellished book cover is unique, tactile and so very pleasing to the eye. During this remarkable period in history, manuscripts were renowned for their exquisitely crafted covers made of fine moroccan leather. Brought into Europe via the flourishing trade routes to the Far and Middle East, this style of ornamentation lent a new vibrancy and lightness of design not found in medieval manuscripts.
£17.99
Little, Brown Book Group Michelangelo Handwriting Embellished Manuscripts Collection Midi 12month Horizontal Hardback Dayplanner 2025 Wrap Closure
Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475 1564) is considered one of the masters of the Italian Renaissance. The handwritten letter reproduced here demonstrates the passion of one of humanity s greatest artists. And with the Sistine Chapel s The Creation of Adam featured on the back cover, the point of creation beautifully bookends this Embellished Manuscript.
£17.99
Little, Brown Book Group Porto Portuguese Tiles Midi 12month Dayatatime Hardback Dayplanner 2025 Elastic Band Closure
Azulejos are painted, glazed ceramic tiles that date back to 13th-century Portugal. Today, we see these decorative tiles across a wide range of buildings, from monasteries and palaces to railway stations, restaurants and family homes. The design on the tiles commonly related to the building s unique history, and the individual pieces often end up forming an elaborate mosaic. The design seen here is pulled from the traditional tiles gracing the fa ades of a variety of old houses in Porto, Portugal.
£21.99
Little, Brown Book Group Asterix the Gaul The Adventures of Asterix Midi 12month Horizontal Hardback Dayplanner 2025 Elastic Band Closure
The Adventures of Asterix, our series in partnership with Les Editions Albert Rene, channels the spirit of Asterix the Gaul from the celebrated comic book series. In these stories, Asterix, along with his friend Obelix and canine companion Dogmatix, ventures to lands near and far with unwavering ingenuity and just a little bit of magic potion. This series is a chance to share the joy of these classic stories with a new audience.
£17.99
Little, Brown Book Group Morris Pink Honeysuckle William Morris Slim 12month Horizontal Hardback Dayplanner 2025 Elastic Band Closure
William Morris (1834 1896) was one of the most celebrated practitioners of the Arts and Crafts movement in the late 19th century. Created using woodblock printing done by hand, his evocations of antique florals and plants in all their magical gradation of tints have become design classics gracing the decorative arts.
£16.99
Little, Brown Book Group Tropical Garden Nature Montages Mini 12month Dayatatime Hardback Dayplanner 2025 Elastic Band Closure
Lifelong artist Gary Grayson s affinity for both antique prints and modern graphic design is on display in the digital artworks behind this cover. His distinctive style is an eclectic mix of vintage vector, impressionism and pop art all combined to create a layered and vibrant world.
£17.99
Little, Brown Book Group Van Goghs Irises Mini 12month Horizontal Hardback Dayplanner 2025 Elastic Band Closure
Vincent van Gogh was one of the greatest of the Post-Impressionist painters, though he experienced much turmoil in his personal life. After admitting himself to the Saint-Paul Asylum following a severe mental health crisis, Van Gogh began his recuperation by painting the asylum garden, notably its irises. We are honoured to feature this seminal painting from the J. Paul Getty Museum in our collection.
£14.99
Little, Brown Book Group Pear Garden Peking Opera Embroidery Mini 12month Dayatatime Hardback Dayplanner 2025 Wrap Closure
During the Tang Dynasty (618 907), the Emperor Taizong founded an opera school called Liyuan (Pear Garden). Chinese opera reached its pinnacle under the Qing court (1644 1911), giving birth to what is known as Peking Opera. Reproduced here is a piece of beautifully embroidered opera skirt from that era.
£17.99
Little, Brown Book Group Astra Nova Stella Ultra 12month Vertical Softcover Flexi Dayplanner 2025 Elastic Band Closure
This cover comes from the 1789 binding of Missale Sacri Ordinis Praedicatorum, printed during the Settecento period by Octavio Puccinelli publishers. During this time bookbinding became at once simpler and yet more complex. The sewing was done on recessed cords to give the spines a smooth appearance and so, while the structure of books was uncomplicated, decoration became increasingly elaborate.
£22.99
Little, Brown Book Group Rubedo Cockerell Marbled Paper Ultra 12month Dayatatime Softcover Flexi Dayplanner 2025 Elastic Band Closure
For over a century, the Cockerell and Son Bindery represented a tradition of the highest quality bookmaking. It remains especially celebrated for their unique style of paper marbling, developed by the late Sydney (Sandy) M. Cockerell. He took the painstaking tradition of handmade marbled papers and found a way to produce the strikingly complex designs at high speeds and volumes. We have reproduced one of these iconic marbled papers here.
£22.49
Little, Brown Book Group Firebird Birds of Happiness Mini 12month Horizontal Softcover Flexi Dayplanner 2025 Elastic Band Closure
Legend has it that hanging a Bird of Happiness in one s home will bring health and happiness. Artist Nadezhda Sokolova has taken inspiration from this classic tale of Russian folklore with this Firebird design. Using her unique style of batik painting on silk, Sokolova captures the warmth and optimism of these wood chip birds.
£14.99
Little, Brown Book Group Pear Garden Peking Opera Embroidery Ultra 12month Vertical Hardback Dayplanner 2025 Wrap Closure
The dramatic art tradition of opera traces its roots to the earliest periods of ancient China. During the Tang Dynasty (618 907), the Emperor Taizong founded an opera school called Liyuan (Pear Garden). Chinese opera reached its pinnacle under the Qing court (1644 1911), giving birth to what is known as Peking Opera. Reproduced for this cover is a piece of beautifully embroidered opera skirt from that era.
£22.99
Little, Brown Book Group First Folio Shakespeares Library Ultra 12month Verso Hardback Dayplanner 2025 Elastic Band Closure
This stately gold-tooled design comes from a unique binding attributed to Christian Samuel Kalthoeber, a German bookbinder working in London. He created the beautiful new cover for this copy of Shakespeare s First Folio around 1800. Originally published in 1623 in London and containing 36 of Shakespeare s plays, Mr. William Shakespeare s Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (known as the First Folio) is one of the most influential books ever published. It is recognized as the only reliable text for the 18 Shakespeare plays that had previously never been printed, including Macbeth, The Tempest and Twelfth Night.
£22.99
Little, Brown Book Group Vault of the Milan Cathedral Duomo di Milano Ultra 12month Vertical Hardback Dayplanner 2025 Wrap Closure
With its intricate flying buttresses and ornate religious sculptures, the Duomo di Milano represents the pinnacle of Italian Gothic architecture. The drawing recreated here is part of a series proposed by the architect Paolo Cesa Bianchi for the decoration of the interior vaults of the Cathedral. The soaring arabesques create a sense of a faux relief arborescence over a golden background.
£22.99
Little, Brown Book Group Porto Portuguese Tiles Ultra 12month Dayatatime Hardback Dayplanner 2025 Elastic Band Closure
Azulejos are painted, glazed ceramic tiles that date back to 13th-century Portugal. Today, we see these decorative tiles across a wide range of buildings, from monasteries and palaces to railway stations, restaurants and family homes. The design on the tiles commonly related to the building s unique history, and the individual pieces often end up forming an elaborate mosaic. The design seen here is pulled from the traditional tiles gracing the fa ades of a variety of old houses in Porto, Portugal.
£22.49
Little, Brown Book Group Onyx Asterales Ultra 12month Dayatatime Hardback Dayplanner 2025 Elastic Band Closure
Our Onyx design reproduces an 1835 goatskin leather book binding crafted in Amsterdam by Friedrich W.J.C. Kolb. The binding was originally designed to contain a Latin oration on the physiology of plants by the renowned Dutch botanist Willem Hendrik de Vriese. De Vriese, a member of the Royal Dutch Institute of Sciences, Literature and Fine Arts, named many species of plants in the Asterales order (Asterids).
£22.49
Little, Brown Book Group Floralia William Kilburn Maxi 12month Vertical Hardback Dayplanner 2025 Elastic Band Closure
The eternal appeal of a classic floral design is captured in the work of Irish illustrator William Kilburn (1745 1818). The artist behind William Curtis Flora Londinensis, a comprehensive book on 18th-century English botany, Kilburn was also a leading designer and printer of calico. With winding twigs, colourful petals and undulating seaweed, Kilburn s unique ability to blend local flora with exotic plants is on full display in this design.
£19.99
Little, Brown Book Group Porto Portuguese Tiles Maxi 12month Horizontal Hardback Dayplanner 2025 Elastic Band Closure
Azulejos are painted, glazed ceramic tiles that date back to 13th-century Portugal. Today, we see these decorative tiles across a wide range of buildings, from monasteries and palaces to railway stations, restaurants and family homes. The design on the tiles commonly related to the building s unique history, and the individual pieces often end up forming an elaborate mosaic. The design seen here is pulled from the traditional tiles gracing the fa ades of a variety of old houses in Porto, Portugal.
£19.99
Little, Brown Book Group Spinola Hours Ancient Illumination Maxi 12month Horizontal Hardback Dayplanner 2025 Elastic Band Closure
With pages displaying astounding plays of naturalistic illusionism, the luxurious personal prayer book known as the Spinola Hours is one of the most visually sophisticated Flemish manuscripts of the 16th century. A book of hours contains a calendar of Church holidays, the Hours of the Virgin (a cycle of prayer services devoted to the Virgin Mary), the Office for the Dead and other prayers, hymns and readings, all richly illuminated as seen in the page reproduced here.
£19.99
Little, Brown Book Group Floralia William Kilburn Maxi 12month Horizontal Hardback Dayplanner 2025 Elastic Band Closure
The eternal appeal of a classic floral design is captured in the work of Irish illustrator William Kilburn (1745 1818). The artist behind William Curtis Flora Londinensis, a comprehensive book on 18th-century English botany, Kilburn was also a leading designer and printer of calico. With winding twigs, colourful petals and undulating seaweed, Kilburn s unique ability to blend local flora with exotic plants is on full display in this design.
£19.99
Little, Brown Book Group Anemone William Kilburn Midi 12month Vertical Hardback Dayplanner 2025 Wrap Closure
The eternal appeal of a classic floral design is captured in the work of Irish illustrator William Kilburn (1745 1818). The artist behind William Curtis Flora Londinensis, a comprehensive book on 18th-century English botany, Kilburn was also a leading designer and printer of calico. With winding twigs, colourful petals and undulating seaweed, Kilburn s unique ability to blend local flora with exotic plants is on full display in this design.
£17.99
Little, Brown Book Group Blue Luxe Luxe Design Midi 12month Dayatatime Hardback Dayplanner 2025 Elastic Band Closure
Luxuriate in the brass and regal blue tones of this Blue Luxe cover design. The original book, crafted in the heart of Amsterdam in 1715, was bound in goatskin with elaborate gold tooling. Contained inside the volume was the Oratio Dominica (Lord s Prayer) in almost 150 languages and dialects, compiled by English courtier John Chamberlayne, creating a document of global appeal.
£21.99
Little, Brown Book Group Restoration The Queens Binding Mini 12month Verso Hardback Dayplanner 2025 Elastic Band Closure
Nobility and grace are restored in our filigreed cover design. Originally crafted in 1675 by the Queens Binder A, the balance of open space and intricate elements make it a shining jewel of the period. The binding was created to hold The Government of the Tongue by Richard Allestree, provost of Eton College.
£14.99
Little, Brown Book Group Asterix Obelix The Adventures of Asterix Mini 12month Verso Hardback Dayplanner 2025 Elastic Band Closure
The Adventures of Asterix, our series in partnership with Les Editions Albert Rene, channels the spirit of Asterix the Gaul from the celebrated comic book series. In these stories, Asterix, along with his friend Obelix and canine companion Dogmatix, ventures to lands near and far with unwavering ingenuity and just a little bit of magic potion. This series is a chance to share the joy of these classic stories with a new audience.
£14.99
Little, Brown Book Group Skybird Birds of Happiness Ultra 12month Vertical Softcover Flexi Dayplanner 2025 Elastic Band Closure
Legend has it that hanging a Bird of Happiness in one s home will bring good health and fortune to all who live under its warm embrace. Artist Nadezhda Sokolova, also known as Nadya Sokolova, has taken inspiration from this classic tale of Russian folklore with this Skybird design. Using her unique style of batik painting on silk, Sokolova captures the warmth and optimism of these wood chip birds.
£22.99
Little, Brown Book Group Skybird Birds of Happiness Midi 12month Horizontal Softcover Flexi Dayplanner 2025 Elastic Band Closure
Legend has it that hanging a Bird of Happiness in one s home will bring good health and fortune to all who live under its warm embrace. Artist Nadezhda Sokolova, also known as Nadya Sokolova, has taken inspiration from this classic tale of Russian folklore with this Skybird design. Using her unique style of batik painting on silk, Sokolova captures the warmth and optimism of these wood chip birds.
£17.99
Little, Brown Book Group Morris Windrush William Morris Midi 12month Horizontal Softcover Flexi Dayplanner 2025 Elastic Band Closure
William Morris (1834 1896) was one of the most celebrated practitioners of the Arts and Crafts movement in the late 19th century. In creating woven and printed textile designs Morris worked with the ancient technique of hand woodblock printing, finding inspiration in the natural world around him. His evocations of antique florals and plants have become classics in the world of decorative arts.
£17.99
Little, Brown Book Group Morris Birds William Morris Mini 12month Horizontal Softcover Flexi Dayplanner 2025 Elastic Band Closure
William Morris (1834 1896) was one of the most celebrated practitioners of the Arts and Crafts movement in the late 19th century. Created using woodblock printing done by hand, his evocations of antique florals and plants in all their magical gradation of tints have become design classics gracing the decorative arts.
£14.99