Signed Books

In the early 2000s, Tasha’s family gathered for afternoon tea every day. Upon arrival, Tasha’s grandson Winslow replenished firewood for the cookstove and for the fireplace in Tasha's art room too. Winslow’s wife, Amy, gathered the tea things, filling the empty teapot with hot tap water to warm while heating fresh cold water on the cookstove. Goat milk would be heated likewise. She washed Tasha’s pink, many-sided teacup from its use throughout the day and set the table with the antique blue tea cups for every one else. As the tea steeped, Seth struck a match to light the candles. Marjorie brought fresh groceries or cookies. The repast could be as simple as cream cheese spread on Breton crackers, or brownies that Tasha made and Winslow frosted. We warmed our hands around the handleless cups and shared stories of the day.

Throughout her career, Tasha attended countless public book signings. The lines stretched for hours and she graciously stayed until everyone was satisfied. For someone used to the quiet of her Vermont homestead, the endless conversations must have been exhausting. But she felt it her duty to sign books for her supporters. When Tasha was in her late 80s, the family took up her tasks of daily living as families and friends do for their elders. As Amy washed the tea things, Tasha inquired if any books had arrived. At the time, our family website offered all books as signed books. 

In the quiet of her rocking chair, with her feet warming by the woodstove, a shawl around her shoulders, and a wool blanket tucked over her legs, she went back to work signing books for the family enterprise she’d started, in one sense, back in 1938 when her first book was published and in another, in 1999 when she started Tasha Tudor and Family.

After she passed away in 2008, we placed the signed books into an archive. Occasionally, we release a handful of these precious treasures for sale. We hope you will find a needed title for your collection, or perhaps find a most excellent gift for a Tasha enthusiast in your life.