❖ The Trilogy of James L. Davis ❖

The Trilogy of James L. Davis
James L. Davis author (1934-2015)
The slipcase containing the trilogy.
From the library of the Saltwater People Historical Society.

Some of you may have noticed this title on the log list of fifty favorite maritime books. From the accompanying artwork, one may guess the delightful prose is for all who are young at heart. This is a hand-crafted, exquisitely illustrated set of poetry published in 1986 by Washington State artist, James Davis (1934-2015.)
      Jim had fond memories of following the mouse track to Blind Island in the San Juan Island Archipelago, in the mid-1980s. He was artist-in-residence for a week-long workshop open to all ages on the central hub island of Shaw in the San Juan Islands.
      The first 100 sets were wrapped beautifully in a wooden slip-case; one of those is archived in the growing collection of the S. P. H. S. library.
      If anyone knows of stray volumes that have become separated from their boxed set, an adoption agency has been set up for the lost mice. We'd be glad to receive any donated stragglers, so the out-of-print volumes can be reunited and circulated as a set.