My Little Girl and Other Poems The Intimate Thoughts of H. H. Adams Illustrated by Margaret Ely Webb

Sant Barbara, California: H. H. Adams, 1939. Paperbound. In exceptionally good condition/No dust jacket. Octavo, [20.25cm/8.25inches], paperbound with pictorial covers, pp. 34. Fully Illustrated with drawings by Margaret Webb. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. ... H. H. Adams was a geologist in Santa Barbara. Many of the Poems are concerned with his daugther. ... Margaret Ely Webb (1877–1965) was an American illustrator, printmaker, and bookplate artist. She was part of the Arts and Crafts movement of the early 1900s. Webb's mother married Charles Albert Storke, a prominent citizen of Santa Barbara, California and mayor from 1898-1901. Webb studied in New York at the Art Students' League and at Cooper Union. She lived in Boston and New Jersey, before settling in Santa Barbara in 1922. Webb was an important figure in the Arts and Crafts movement of the early 1900s. She was known for her intricate, pen-and-ink bookplate designs. According to the Santa Barbara Independent, "one critic, writing in August 1908, confessed that the beauty of Webb’s plates had shattered his prejudice against women artists." Webb created bookplates for notable Santa Barbarans, including her step-brother, Thomas M. Storke. In the 1940s, Webb took up woodblock printing as a medium for bookplates. She also painted watercolors and oils. Webb is primarily remembered for her work as an illustrator of children's literature; her illustrations also appeared in many magazines.