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Lot 121
Sale 6370 - The Collected Library
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Nov 26, 2025
Lots Close
Dec 11, 2025
Timed Online / Philadelphia
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$600 -
900
Lot Description
[Children's & Illustrated] Ardizzone, Edward. Group of 2 Autograph Letters
London, June 9, 1966. One sheet, 10 x 8 in. (254 x 203 mm). Two-page autograph letter, signed by Ardizzone ("Ted") on his personal stationery, to Finnish author Eva-Lis Wuorio, regarding his work on her then upcoming book Kali and the Golden Mirror (1967), and featuring three sketches within the body of the letter of images that would appear in that book's published version (including the cover image, the frontispiece, and image on p. 65). Creasing from when folded; tape residue in top edge recto and verso, but not affecting manuscript or drawings.
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London, September 19, 1971. One sheet, 10 x 8 in. (254 x 203 mm). One-page autograph letter, signed by Ardizzone ("Ted") on his personal stationery, to Ann, regarding a recent visit by the author and illustrator Tasha Tudor, his work on "4 picture books", his illustrations for an edition of Charles Dickens's Pickwick Papers, and the editing of his war diaries, the latter a "truly formidable task". Creasing from when folded.
Lot includes a copy of Edward Ardizzone Sketches for Friends (Boston: David R. Godine, 2002).



