Lot 174: [HOE FAMILY, collectors]. SMITH, Pamela Colman (1878-1951), illustrator. The Golden Vanity and the Green Bed. Words and Music of Two Old English Ballads . New York: Doubleday & McClure, 1899. 2 o. Color illustrations by Pamela Colman Smith.

[HOE FAMILY, collectors]. SMITH, Pamela Colman (1878-1951), illustrator. The Golden Vanity and the Green Bed. Words and Music of Two Old English Ballads . New York: Doubleday & McClure, 1899. 2 o. Color illustrations by Pamela Colman Smith. (Leaves loose, chipped at edges, some leaves with losses at gutter.) Original decorated cloth. Provenance : Susan and Everett W. Boughton (bookplate). INSCRIBED BY PAMELA COLMAN SMITH on the front free endpaper: "'Tassells Fazle! Love from Pixie Pamela." [ With: ] SMITH, Pamela Colman. Widdicombe Fair . London and New York, 1899. 2 o. Color illustrations by Pamela Colman Smith. (Lacks title, leaves loose, chipped at edges.) Original pictorial cloth. Provenance : Susan and Everett W. Boughton (bookplate). WITH A PROFILE DRAWING OF A MAN'S HEAD BY PAMELA COLMAN SMITH on the front pastedown, signed with her monogram. BY THE ILLUSTRATOR OF THE FAMOUS RIDER-WAITE-SMITH TAROT DECK. Pamela Coleman Smith remains a somewhat elusive figure. Born in England, and a student of Arthur Wesley Dow at Pratt institute in New York, Smith returned to her native country and joined the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn in 1903 where she met Arthur Waite. His concept of a modern tarot deck was beautifully executed by Smith. The style of the drawings in these books for juveniles anticipates the famous Waite illustrations. (2)