Lot 165: LATHROP, Dorothy

"In spite of his red cossack gown, he could scamper up the rigging..."
"When all Jasper's possessions had been piled up in the open space between the hidden river and the forest which he had chosen for his camping place..."
each signed (lower right)
two color graphite drawings on illustration board, matted and framed together
9 1/2 x 7 1/4 in. (242 x 183 mm) and 9 1/2 x 8 5/8 in. (242 x 221 mm), sheet sizes

Two charming illustrations from Walter de la Mare's Mr Bumps and His Monkey (1942). These illustrations by Dorothy Lathrop appear on pages [7] and [67] respectively.

[With:] DE LA MARE. Mr. Bumps and His Monkey. New York, etc., 1942. 4 o. Illustrations in color and black and white by Dorothy Lathrop. Original pictorial boards; pictorial dust jacket. -- A stuffed plush toy of Jasper (10" tall). (4)