I’ve a little book of poems and spooky illustrations salvaged from somewhere. It was in my October folder, reminding me i’d planned to do some Halloween something with the book. (Moldy and mildewed, it’s not going in my library.)
Could i scan the images and duplicate them all? It does have a copyright statement (so i’ve added that to the Copyright Evidence Registry). Since it was published between 1964 and 1977, that is sufficient to set the copyright to 95 years after publication. So, no duplication and posting the book on the web. Instead, i’ll use the pages for simple seasonal cards.
Interestingly, the author of the book, Rosalind Welcher, is noted on the back fly leaf as “best known, perhaps, as the creator of the Panda Prints greeting cards, where the excellence of her example has impelled the entire industry to try, not always successfully, to improve.” The book itself is published by Panda Prints Inc.
Dear sir or ma’am,
I know that book very well, as my sister Liane used to read it to me as a child. When my father died in 2000, my mother moved from her apartment, and the book was lost forever. I have never found it since. I am grown now with kids of my own, and i have often tried to describe the poetry and the pictures to them and my husband. I still remember being terrified of the drawings of the two dead eyed children in the nursery, and the witch flying over the cemetary on her broom under the moon. I had since given up hope of finding evidence of it. Seeing this will at least allow me to show them something. Thank you for posting this.
Amazon has used copies for sale.
Katrina,
If you’ll look on Amazon, you’ll find several copies for sale. My aunt had this book when I was a child and I was so drawn to it despite its creepiness. When she died, the book disappeared and I forgot about it for a long time. Recently when I was thinking about her, I suddenly remembered the book. I did a little searching and found myself a copy!