Lot 23: DENSLOW, WILLIAM WALLACE.

DENSLOW, WILLIAM WALLACE. Six illustrations for The Pearl and the Pumpkin , comprising: i) Farmer Pringle, Corn Dodger and pumpkin-head, 3 1/4 by 7 in.; i i) The Pieman and the Ancient Mariner, 9 1/2 by 7 1/4 in.; ii i) "Pearl... lost her balance and fell head first into the spring...", 6 by 8 in.; i v) Head-piece and drop capital to Chapter XI, 9 by 6 3/8 in., correction laid-down; v ) "A Dolphin, wearing a messenger-boy's cap...:", 9 by 5 in.; v i) "Davy and the Pirates knelt trembling...", 5 1/4 by 6 1/2 in.; all ink drawings, signed "Den." together with seahorse motif or with motif only, some pin-holes and minor soiling

Norman and Cynthia Armour Collection of Fine Children's Books (Christie's New York, 27 April 2005, lot 34)

Paul West's The Pearl and the Pumpkin, taking inspiration from The Wizard of Oz, was first published by G.W. Dillingham in 1904. The six illustrations represented here are from pp. 88, 96, 112, 115, 125 and 204 respectively.