Lot 34: DENSLOW, William Wallace (1856-1915). Six original pen-and-ink drawings for The Pearl and the

DENSLOW, William Wallace (1856-1915). Six original pen-and-ink drawings for The Pearl and the Pumpkin, published New York, 1904. Each on sheets measuring 10 x 13 1/2 in. (254 x 343 mm), signed with his "sea horse" logos and abbreviated "Den."

A FINE SERIES OF DRAWINGS. The six drawings comprise those published on pages 88, 96, 112, 115, 125 and 204. They depict the Ancient Mariner, the Pieman and the Corn Dodger, little Pearl, and the pirates of Davy Jones' Locker. Following the amazing response to the Wizard of Oz musical in 1903, both L. Frank Baum and W.W. Denslow sought to capitalize on their success. Baum wrote The Woggle-Bug which was a failure, but Denslow and co-author Paul West had much better luck with their show The Pearl and the Pumpkin. The book was published in 1904.