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Leighton, Clare (1898-1989) And Dared to Call the Earth My Own, from Elsie Symington's By Light of Sun.
1941.
Wood engraving on thin Japanese paper with full margins, from an edition of 20; signed, titled and numbered 5/15 in pencil in the lower margin; 145 x 105 mm; 5¾ x 4⅛ in. Fletcher 489.
By Light of Sun spills over with Symington's intimate reminiscences of her grandfather's Maryland farm and accounts of other lovingly tended gardens, even one in a Manhattan apartment. Illustrator and writer are both careful and reverential students of nature. Symington's nature-based life philosophy provided a path to personal serenity throughout the seasons of her life.
