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SHEPARD, ERNEST H.

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SHEPARD, ERNEST H.
(1879 - 1976) English best remembered for his illustrations for such children's classics as A. A. Milne's Winnie the Pooh and Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows. A wonderful and scarce grouping of three original illustrations (unsigned) for the highly popular children's tale, The Cuckoo Clock by Mary Louis Molesworth, executed in pen and ink on cream paper. Each exquisite drawing measures approximately 8 1/2" x 3 1/2", and picture a landscape of rooftops over which a bird flies, a teacher in breeches giving a lesson, and the cuckoo clock for which the book is named. Beautifully matted in gray and ready to frame, this fine grouping is sold with a hardcover edition of The Cuckoo Clock ca. 1954, and over ten printed reproductions of Shepard's drawing for the book. Overall fine condition.