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Lot 120

Sale 2635 - Books and Manuscripts
May 3, 2023 7:00AM ET
Live / Philadelphia
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$500 - 800
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$315
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[Children's & Illustrated] [Cady, Harrison] Palmer, Winthrop B. (editor) American Songs for Children

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1931. First edition. Oblong 8vo. (x), (65) pp. Illustrated with numerous black and white illustrations by Cady. Yellow cloth, stamped in red. tail cap and tips worn; all edges trimmed; contemporary gift inscription on front free endpaper; first gathering starting; scattered light foxing; inscribed with an original illustration by Cady of his famous Peter Cottontail character, adding "Drawn Especially for Geneva Ann Smith by Harrison Cady 1935."

A charming pen, ink, and watercolor illustration of Peter Cottontail holding a piece of sheet music, and singing along with a bird in a tree.

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