![]() ![]() It has a distinct melody that almost everyone knows, but few trace it to Boccherini, or have even heard his name. Listening to this piece makes me feel like I’m watching Mr. One work, however, stands out among the rest of his output. We offer full security and insurance while we house your item.Luigi Boccherini wrote extensively for strings, being himself a cello player. If you want to use our name and contacts to find a home for your rare pieces, ask us about our terms. We believe that this detailed information will provide a greater sense of confidence to the discerning collector who is considering a purchase.Ĭonsignments are welcome. Our photographs are of the highest digital quality, and will give you the clearest idea of what out items actually look like. We realize that every book has its own unique characteristics, so our catalogue descriptions give you a clear and precise explanation of condition, style, history, etc. We fully catalogue and photograph all of our items. specializes in buying and selling only the finest examples of English, American and European Literature, Children's Books, Color-Plate Books, Illustrated Books, Early Printed Books, Private Press Books, Fine Bindings, Original Artwork, Manuscripts, High Spot Modern First Editions, Rare Books and High Spots. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 01938ĭavid Brass Rare Books, Inc. "In his eighty-ninth year, he visited old friends and relations in Cape Town, Durban, Perth, Sydney and Tasmania, returning through Tahiti so that he could look at Gauguin relics" (Peter Dennis, Poohcorner). His illustrations continued to show extraordinary vigour and vivacity throughout his long working life. His drawings in over fifty books frequently poked fun at social contretemps and domestic perplexity, especially where children were involved. "Shepard's autobiographical books, Drawn from Memory (1957) and Drawn From Life (1962) are joyfully written and present a superb picture of England's upper middle classes. He was perhaps the most-loved illustrator of 'children's' books, best remembered for When We Were Very Young, Winnie-the-Pooh, Now We Are Six and The House At Pooh Corner, Kenneth Grahame's classics The Wind In The Willows, Dream Days and The Golden Age and a book which later became the favourite reading of Christopher Robin Milne, Bevis, the Story of a Boy by Richard Jefferies. He contributed a weekly drawing to Punch for many years. Milne, but it would be many years before their first meeting when their names would be linked for all time to one of the most loved of all bears. Milne, inscription to Shepard's copy of Winnie-the-Pooh Ernest Howard Shepard (1879-1976), "was born only a five-minute walk from the birthplace of A.A. And Peter, thinking they they are my own, Will welcome me to heaven." - A.A. "When I am gone Let Shepard decorate my tomb and put (if there is room) Two pictures on the stone: Piglet from page a hundred and eleven, And Pooh and Piglet walking (157). By that time Ethel could rattle along with The Caliph of Baghdad" (Drawn from Memory, p. It was dreadfully tedious having to play scales and my fingers never seemed to be in the right places, but it was better when I was promoted to Boccherini's Minuet. We had violins of different sizes and were taught by Mr. Found on page thirty-three of Drawn from Memory, it is captioned, "My little fingers never seemed to be in the right place." "Once a week we all three of us had a music lesson. A delightful image of Shepard's childhood, which originally appeared in his autobiography, Drawn from Memory (1957), and was later reproduced only once, on page twenty-seven of The Work of E.H. Shepard / Woodmancote / Lodsworth / Sussex". Additionally signed in ballpoint pen on back "E.H. Shepard of himself at age seven, with his sister Ethel, a few years older, depicting them in practice during a screeching violin lesson. Original pen-and-ink drawing by renowned illustrator Ernest H. Boccherini's Minuet and the Caliph of Baghdad. A Scarce Original, Autobiographical Drawing Not to be Pooh-Pooh'ed SHEPARD, E H. ![]()
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