Collections of an Only Child: Seventy Years a Bibliophile, the Library of Justin G. Schiller

Circa 1986. Group of 10 original preparatory illustrations, comprising four in pen and ink and six in pencil, each signed by Moser. On translucent paper sheets, measuring from 9 1/2 x 8 to 12 1/2 x 9 in. (241 x 203 to 317 x 229 mm).

Includes a first edition of the book, signed by Moser (San Diego, etc.: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1986).

A charming collection of original preparatory sketches by Barry Moser of characters for Joel Chandler Harris's Jump! The Adventures of Brer Rabbit. Five of these drawings are featured as watercolors in the book, including Brer Wolf (p. 6); "Brer Fox Studies the Situation" (p. 13); "Brer Judge T. Buzzard" (p. 21); "Brer Rabbit in the Agony of Defeat" (p. 24); "Brer Bear" (p. 34). Other drawings, not featured in the book, include "Bonnie--what do you think--for Miss Meadows?", as well as four pen and ink sketches of Brer Rabbit.