[Rarebooks] FS: Large Archive of Letters & Drawings by the illustrator of WINNIE-THE-POOH

[Charles Agvent]

 From our latest Internet Catalogue which contains a truly amazing array 
of TWENTIETH CENTURY LITERARY MANUSCRIPTS, LETTERS, AND PHOTOGRAPHS, a 
total of 90 items, many quite scarce and remarkable as well as revealing 
of the creative process and personal lives of the subjects.  It includes 
a number of archives, some rather substantial, including Sherwood 
Anderson, W. H. Auden (SOLD), Robert Lowell, Norman Mailer (SOLD), John 
Masefield (SOLD), John O'Hara, Clifford Odets, Maxwell Perkins, E. H. 
Shepard, and Philip Whalen, among others.  We also have similar material 
from previous catalogues that can be found with our search engine on our 
web site:
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SHEPARD,  E.  H.  [Ernest   Howard  SHEPARD].      LARGE  ARCHIVE  OF
CORRESPONDENCE  WITH  MANY  ORIGINAL  DRAWINGS all  to  fellow  artist
ARTHUR BENTLEY CONNOR. 1902 - 1927.  Superb collection of 16 AUTOGRAPH
LETTERS  SIGNED  (ALSs)  (55 pages) and 5 AUTOGRAPH  POSTCARDS  SIGNED
(APSs)  by  the illustrator of Winnie-the-Pooh including  18  ORIGINAL
DRAWINGS,  SIGNED with his familiar name "Kip" or "Kipper," dated from
1902  to  1927.  Much on art and other artists as well as  work habits
and family  matters.  Shepard describes a fishing expedition where  he
almost caught a porpoise.  In one of the last letters he describes the
building on  his  new home.  The drawings are of  various  scenes  and
include  an  elaborate  one  of  a   locomotive  as  well  as  several
self-portraits.  Very Good to Fine                          $15,000.00

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