Phoebe Tilson is another Rand McNally title with a W. W. Denslow cover design. This time around Denslow has created a delicate image, very different from some of the bold covers he came up with for this company. The simple drawing of a highchair, locket and closed window with cobweb and geranium plant wraps around the covers and spine of the book.
This is also an example of a cover without Denslow's seahorse logo, which makes me think it's a later printing.This is also another title with a
poster in the collection of the New York Public Library, shown at the right. It makes an interesting comparison since the poster focuses primarily on the figure of a woman, presumably Phoebe, and the book cover gives the impression of a deserted room. It makes a fascinating contrast. It's clearly the same window and geranium! I'll have to read the book to see how both images relate to the story.
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These Denslow covers are great. Have you just found them by chance or are their records of all the covers he did?
I've found some by chance, but there's also a list of quite a few at the back of the W. W. Denslow biography written by Douglas Greene and Michael Hearn, published in 1976 by the Central Michigan University. I know this doesn't include everything he did, but I think it covers the majority.
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