{"product_id":"fantasy-travel-tom-phillips-9781851243839","title":"Fantasy Travel: Vintage People on Photo Postcards","description":"\u003cp\u003eTo celebrate the acquisition of the archive of distinguished artist Tom Phillips, the Bodleian Library asked the artist to assemble and design a series of books drawing on his themed collection of over 50,000 photographic postcards. These encompass the first half of the twentieth century, a period in which, thanks to the ever cheaper medium of photography, ordinary people could afford to own portraits of themselves. Each of the books in the series contains two hundred images chosen from a visually rich vein of social history. Their covers also feature thematically linked paintings, specially created for each title, from Phillips's signature work, \u003ci\u003e A Humument\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eFantasy Travel\u003c\/i\u003e compiles postcards of people sitting playfully in studio mock-ups of airplanes, cars, speedboats, and hot air balloons. Such modes of travel were beyond the means of most people at the time, and photographic studios allowed them to indulge their flights of fancy--and take away the resulting postcard. Each of these unique and visually stunning books give a rich glimpse of forgotten times and will be greatly valued by art and history lovers alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tom Phillips\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1851243836\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781851243839\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bodleian Library\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/15\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.97lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.50h x 7.00w x 0.60d","brand":"Tom Phillips","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44075090018559,"sku":"9781851243839","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1d9eb5ff-8c8d-4b94-9e57-0041981a670b.jpg?v=1685457545","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/fantasy-travel-tom-phillips-9781851243839","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}