Illustrated by Tasha Tudor, FIRST GRACES, Oxford, 1955, HB, Prayer Book

Description: Illustrated by Tasha Tudor, FIRST GRACES, Oxford, 1955, HB, Prayer Book Hardcover book in fair to good condition. Name of former owner at top of the front endpaper. A few light pencil markings in text. General spotting and cover wear to cover. Small format (5 3/8 by 4 inches). $4.50 domestic shipping. International shipping at cost. Please email with any questions. Tasha Tudor (August 28, 1915 – June 18, 2008)[1] was an American illustrator and writer of children's books.Biography[edit]Tasha Tudor was born in Boston, Massachusetts, as Starling Burgess, the daughter of naval architect W. Starling Burgess and noted portrait painter Rosamund Tudor. At birth, she was named "Starling" after her father, but he was an admirer of the War and Peace character Natasha, and his daughter was soon re-christened Natasha, which was later shortened to Tasha. She spent her early years in Marblehead, Massachusetts, before her father's work relocated the family to North Chevy Chase in Maryland to help with the Wartime effort.[2] [3]Tasha’s parents divorced when she was nine, following her mother's rejection of the strict society in Boston in favor of a more bohemian existence as a painter in Greenwich Village. As a result of their split, Tasha went to live with friends of the family in Redding, Connecticut. This new household was far more creative and less structured, and, as a result, Tasha and the other children were largely left to their own devices. Tasha later referred to this unconventional atmosphere as “the best thing that ever happened to me.” The children spent much of their time performing scenes from Shakespeare and in plays written by "Aunt Gwen," the household matriarch.[4]Tasha had developed a strong desire to live an agrarian lifestyle in the New England countryside, and she worked to advance her dream, even as a young person. In her teen years she hoped to own a dairy cow so earned pocket money, eventually saving enough to purchase her cow, Delilah.When socializing with her mother's friends, Tudor was usually introduced as "Rosamund Tudor's daughter, Tasha", leading others to believe that her last name was Tudor. Liking the sound of it, she adopted the name and eventually changed her surname legally following her second divorce.[5] She married Thomas McCready in 1938 in Redding, Connecticut. Tasha and Thomas McCready purchased a large old farm in Webster, New Hampshire, where four children, Bethany, Seth, Thomas, and Efner, were raised. Her first story, Pumpkin Moonshine, was published in 1938, as a gift for a young niece of her husband. They were divorced in 1961, and her children legally changed their names from McCready to Tudor. A later marriage, to Allan John Woods, lasted only a brief time.[6]Tasha Tudor illustrated nearly one hundred books, the last being Corgiville Christmas, released in 2003. Several were collaborative works with a New Hampshire friend Mary Mason Campbell. She also collaborated in 1957 with Nell Dorr to produce the 24-minute 16mm film The Golden Key: Enter the Fantasy World of Tasha Tudor. Tudor lived in Marlboro, Vermont, in a house copied from that of other New Hampshire friends Donn & Doris Purvis. Her son Seth built the replication and lives next door with his family. It is documented in Drawn from New England, and in The Private World of Tasha Tudor. Mother and son worked closely on family endeavors.

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