Lot 1594
‡EDWARD ARDIZZONE, CBE, RA (1900-1979)
TITUS IN TROUBLE: THEN HE HELPED TO TAKE THINGS OUT OF THE VAN..; HE WAS HOLDING ONE END OF A CHEST OF DRAWERS..; (THE CHEST) TOPPLED BACKWARDS AND CRASHED ON TO THE PAVING STONES..; (IT) WAS A PACKAGE WRAPPED IN TISSUE-PAPER, WHICH HAD BURST OPEN..; `OH, WHAT A WONDERFUL THING
` CRIED THE GENTLEMAN, PRESSING THE JEWEL'S INTO EMMELINE'S TREMBLING HAND..; AUGUSTUS AND EMMELINE, TITUS AND THE REMOVAL MEN..
Six, original pen and ink and wash illustrations, each signed with initials, for James Reeves's `Titus in Trouble` (Bodley Head, 1959), each framed with the relevant printed captions from the book
Each image 16 x 18cm approx. (6)
