Adsett Fred W (1 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Original publisher's gray paper wrappers with staple binding. Color illustration on front cover shows a young boy and girl watching a fantastical medieval scene with what appears to be a royal court, a fairy and other magical creatures, and woods in the foreground and castles and a village in the background. Black lettering printed on back cover: "Fred. W. Adsett, Jeweler and Optometrist, Minerva, Ohio." 5 1/2" x 7 1/4." Unpaginated, c. seventeen pages, complete. Color illustrations, complete. Pages are virtually pristine and intact except for light age toning. Covers are very clean and intact except for some wrinkling along spine, slight darkening on front and back, and some smudges on back. A Near Fine copy. A small pamphlet containing a collection of children's poems which are each accompanied by whimsical, charming (and sometimes surreal) color illustrations. The poems herein are "Air Castles," "Childhood's Garden," "Bubbles," "The Adventurers," "Where Dreams Come True," "Springtime Happiness," "Those Wonderful Days," and "Nestlings." Example poem ("Bubbles"): "O Bubbles, pretty Bubbles, / I watch you in the air, / And I wonder where you are going to / With all your colors fair. / O, tell me, do you travel far? / I'd really like to know; / For though I start you on your way / I wish you wouldn't go. / O Bubbles, pretty Bubbles, / I don't know what I'd do, / If anything should happen / That I couldn't play with you.".…