Wilma Powlesland's Memo Pad With Marvelous Drawings by Genleve Baldyga, East Syracuse, NY oil on panel charged with anxiety and anticipation

charged with anxiety and anticipation and perhaps also a little hope and dread

Toning and staining to the front cover and some staining to first inside page

3 1/2" x 5 1/2" with unused postcard back

there is an exquisite shop called Asiatica

ink strong and readable throughout

Wilma Powlesland's Memo Pad With Marvelous Drawings by Genleve Baldyga, East Syracuse, NY oil on panel charged with anxiety and anticipationI paid a fair bit for this one, but I couldn't walk away and anything that delivers pure and total delight these days seems worth its weight in gold. Notes on the inside of the cover tell us it was a young Wilma Powlesland's memo pad, but the drawings were the work of Genleve Baldyga (and there's a self portrait included.) Photos give a good sense, most pages documented. And then a series of spelling lists at the end, with some good and evocative word