Roberta F.C. Waudby

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Lot 58 | Roberta F.C. Waudby
Roberta F.C. Waudby
A series of 119 ink drawings for the Aldine Chap Books, c.1930
12 volumes, each 148 x 202mm, some of the illustrations signed with initials. Provenance: Sotheby's, 1 & 2 December 1988, lot 622.

A series of ink drawings to accompany a number of short stories. Each volume containing between four and six full-page illustrations, a pictorial title-page, several smaller designs, and pictorial covers, the latter on different coloured papers. The titles in this series include A Question of Taste by Charles Lamb, The Old Lady and The Maid-Servant by Leigh Hunt, Fun O’The Fair by Kenneth Grahame, Kenach’s Little Woman by William Canton, and Mary’s Little Lamb by W.H. Hudson.
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