Premium pages left without account:

Auction archive: Lot number 190

SHEPARD, ERNEST HOWARD & GRAHAME, KENNETH The Wind in the Willows.

Estimate
US$1,500 - US$2,500
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 190

SHEPARD, ERNEST HOWARD & GRAHAME, KENNETH The Wind in the Willows.

Estimate
US$1,500 - US$2,500
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

SHEPARD, ERNEST HOWARD & GRAHAME, KENNETH The Wind in the Willows. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, [1960]. Inscribed on the title "Ernest H. Shepard/June 1960" on the title and accompanied by two autograph letters signed by Shepard. Cloth in dust jacket, 8 3/4 x 6 inches (22 x 15 cm); 241 pp., 8 color plates after Shepard, this the Golden Anniversary Edition. The letters both addressed to Julia Cunningham and dated March and June 1960, each on Shepard's "Woodmancote/Lodsworth/Nr. Petworth" stationery and signed "Ernest Shepard." 6 3/4 x 5 1/4 inches (17.5 x 13.5 cm). The letters fine, the book with very minor edgewear to jacket and toning to endpapers, the signature with slight ink bleed. Two charming letters from Shepard to author Julia Cunningham about the new edition of The Wind in the Willows (present here). In the earlier letter, Shepard hopes that she will like the newly prepared illustrations for the edition, and in the second he thanks her for her compliments on the new illustrations, sending back the book with his signature. C

Auction archive: Lot number 190
Auction:
Datum:
17 Apr 2019
Auction house:
Doyle New York - Auctioneers & Appraisers
East 87th Street 75
New York, NY 10128
United States
info@doyle.com
+1 (0)212 4272730
Beschreibung:

SHEPARD, ERNEST HOWARD & GRAHAME, KENNETH The Wind in the Willows. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, [1960]. Inscribed on the title "Ernest H. Shepard/June 1960" on the title and accompanied by two autograph letters signed by Shepard. Cloth in dust jacket, 8 3/4 x 6 inches (22 x 15 cm); 241 pp., 8 color plates after Shepard, this the Golden Anniversary Edition. The letters both addressed to Julia Cunningham and dated March and June 1960, each on Shepard's "Woodmancote/Lodsworth/Nr. Petworth" stationery and signed "Ernest Shepard." 6 3/4 x 5 1/4 inches (17.5 x 13.5 cm). The letters fine, the book with very minor edgewear to jacket and toning to endpapers, the signature with slight ink bleed. Two charming letters from Shepard to author Julia Cunningham about the new edition of The Wind in the Willows (present here). In the earlier letter, Shepard hopes that she will like the newly prepared illustrations for the edition, and in the second he thanks her for her compliments on the new illustrations, sending back the book with his signature. C

Auction archive: Lot number 190
Auction:
Datum:
17 Apr 2019
Auction house:
Doyle New York - Auctioneers & Appraisers
East 87th Street 75
New York, NY 10128
United States
info@doyle.com
+1 (0)212 4272730
Try LotSearch

Try LotSearch and its premium features for 7 days - without any costs!

  • Search lots and bid
  • Price database and artist analysis
  • Alerts for your searches
Create an alert now!

Be notified automatically about new items in upcoming auctions.

Create an alert