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February Specials
2 Prints offered at 50% discount
Little
Rose. This charming little girl is in her garden
with a few banty chicks. The painting
dates from the days of the Jenny Wren Press.
It is number 18245 in our inventory.
$10
Tasha's
Kitchen [large] Another of the Jenny Wren Press prints. This is late Tudor art, and while a
self-portrait, it lacks the fine control of Tudor's brush at her prime. This print was produced in two sizes. We're offering you the larger one (14
3/8"h x 12 1/8"w) at $10 this month only. Our item number 18256.
Colonel
Bunn Right out of Tasha's sketch book! Have
your morning coffee accompanied by this endearing bunny. Item
number 20011. $10 on special.
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SHIPPING
FEES INCREASE
We regret to inform you that the US Postal
Service raised its package fees three weeks ago. First class rates will increase in the
summer. We have always taken care that
our packages are presented well and delivered quickly via USPS Priority
delivery. Our rates have not changed
since November 2004.
Alas, we've now raised the shipping and handling
fees from those previously listed at our website, and in our Catalog 15. The new fees are effective immediately.
At the same time, we'll try to be realistic in
our charges. Light-weight packages may
mail for less than the stated fees.
Some heavier boxes may be charged at a higher rate.
We appreciate your understanding.
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SPECIAL REQUEST
Now we're going to ask for your assistance. As you know Tasha Tudor appeared regularly at libraries, book fairs, book shops, department stores and other places throughout her long career. She generally did a 45-minute performance recounting life stories as she sketched on a large pad of newsprint. The sketches were often left with the audience, and Tudor signed numerous books at each appearance.
No complete list exists of these many appearances. We've compiled a list as a result of our research, but we know it is incomplete. Can you help us by supplying information about a Tudor presentation you know about. We'd like to be quite specific: place, occasion, sponsoring agent, times (Did she do more than one "show" on this day?). We're not sure what we'll do with the information, but we know there should be such a list for the record. And to our knowledge, Tasha kept no such diary herself.
We'd be happy to share your reminiscences with other collectors via our Newsletter. Elaine Hollobaugh used to do this through her L.E.T.T.E.R. We'll need your permission, of course, in order to reprint your stories with our readers.
Thank you.
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Photo by Laban Whittaker for Boston Sunday Herald Traveler
HAPPY VALENTINES DAY TO
ALL OUR FRIENDS
We imagine that you have lots of preparations in
the works - special baking, new cards to make and address, and perhaps a
gathering of friends for the celebration of Love.
One of Tasha's earliest representations of her
family's Valentine celebration appears in Around
the Year, the four pages of February.
Two illustrations show school day love pangs, one depicts Tudor, Bethany
and Seth at a table making valentines.
The fourth, a full-page watercolor, reproduces ten of Tasha's miniature
valentines from the Sparrow Post era.
In her 1977 book A Time To Keep Tasha Tudor picks up on the theme and gives us
insight into some of the parties she organized for her children. She drew her antique fashion dolls into one
of the doll party illustrations. The
pages are embellished with the miniature valentine cards.
Other illustrations of these cards appear on
pages 79-91 of All for Love (1984). The discussion includes making a tussie
mussie, valentine's cake and a flowerpot valentine card. Strewn among the many illustrations on these
pages is a "secret" card Tudor left for her "special" admirer Judge Smillie on
page 82. See the dedication.
You can acquire reproductions of these various
cards and art by ordering our numbers 18190 (cards) and 18259 (the heart
print).
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White Sale Discounts
NO DISCOUNT ON: Original Art, Signed Prints, DVD's, and Signed Books.
ART
Prints: 20%
BOOKS
Books 10%
Periodicals
10%
CARDS
Current Cards 20%
Packaged
20%
Rare Cards 10%
Single Collectable 20%
Writing Paper 20%
MEDIA
Audio Tapes 10%
CD's 10%
Video Tapes 10%
OTHER
Antiques 10%
Calendars 20%
Dolls 20%
Figurines 10%
Other 20%
Puzzles 10%
Stickers 20%
Tea
Time 10%
Bird Items 20%
Ephemera
20%
Needlework 10%
Porc. and Glass 10%
Recipes 20%
Supplies 20%
Tins 10%
Bethany Tudor 20%
NO DISCOUNT ON: Original Art, Signed Prints, DVD's, and Signed Books.(calculated when put in shopping cart)
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY EFNER !
We join the Tudor community in extending sincerest 60th
Birthday greetings to our friend Efner
Holmes. The youngest child of Thomas and
Tasha McCready, Efner celebrates with cake and champagne this Wednesday
February 11. She spent her early life
on the farm in Webster, NH;
was away at school for a few years. Following
her marriage to Peter Holmes of neighboring Hopkinton, she and Peter settled
into their own farm life. Efner's life
with three sons, and now grandchildren, too, has mirrored her mother's love of
animals and the changing seasons of the farm.
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Provisions from Tasha's will [spelling as found in the
original document], Part Fourth: Specific Bequest of Tangible
Personalty . . . C. I give and bequeath the following items of
tangible personal property to the persons hereafter named if they,
respectively, survive me. To the extent
that a bequest of any item fails to take effect, then I direct that such item
shall become a part of the residue of my estate.
1. To
AMELIA STAUFFER
of 2121 N. Pevee Road, Ada,
Ohio 45810:
A.
The 20 cup Pink Lustre Tea Set;
B.
The Copper Canner;
C. The tall Perkin Robin Birdcage with robins, if they are
still alive.
2. To my son, THOMAS S. TUDOR
of Washington,
D.C.:
The high boy presently located in
the bathroom of my home in Marlboro, Vermont.
3. To my grandson, SETH WINSLOW TUDOR
of Marlboro, Vermont:
A.
My dog;
B.
The original art work for my book 'Twas the Night
Before Christmas, published in 1999, presently in the custody of the
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation in Williamsburg,
Virginia, and all other original
documentation associated with that book.
4. To
my son, SETH TUDOR, of Marlboro, Vermont:
My sketch books.
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Thanks for Coming !!
It has been nice meeting so many of you who stopped by
to visit and shop. Cellar Door Books is by appointment only. We always welcome visitors but be sure to call in advance to set an appointment. That ensures that we'll be "on the job" when you arrive. We'll give you lots of reasons to take happy memories home to California, or South Carolina, or Michigan, or any other place in the world you may live.
Best Greetings to you and your families from all of us at Cellar Door Books.
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Entire contents © 2008 Cellar Door Books
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