Five Rare Books for Collectors: Golden Age of American Illustration

Highlights from items from original narrative art specialists Illustrated Gallery at The Philadelphia Show, April 25 – 28 include:

* Rose O'Neill-Cecil Latham, illustration for the poem Baby's First Christmas by Margaret G. Hayes, published in Harper's Bazar, December 1910. Pencil, charcoal and orange wash on paper. 24 x 19.5 in.

* Jessie Willcox Smith. The Pink Bonnet, circa 1907. Illustration for the poem Hats in The Bed-Time Book by Helen Hay Whitney, published by Duffield & Company, 1907. Subsequently published in the Woman's Home Companion, November 1914. Mixed media on board. 25 x 22 in.

* Alice Barber Stephens. She stepped to her place and fired without taking her usual careful aim, circa 1905. Illustration for Under the Lilacs by Louisa May Alcott, for the 1905 edition published by Little, Brown and Company, page 247. Charcoal and wash on paper. 19.5 x 12.25 in.

* Elizabeth Shippen Green. He was not much given to reading..., circa 1909. Story illustration for Endymion Uncut by Arthur Stanwood Pier, published in Harper's Monthly, April 1909. Charcoal and wash on board. 12.25 x 15 in.

* Joseph Christian Leyendecker. Independence Hall and U.S. Capitol Building, 1934. Illustrations accompanying the article The Challenge to Liberty by Herbert Hoover for The Saturday Evening Post, published September 8, 1934. Oil on canvas. Each illustration measures 24 x 6 in.