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16 Chalcot Gardens, [London], 1919. 3 pp. pen-and-ink on paper. 8vo. Creased from prior folding. 3 pp. pen-and-ink on paper. 8vo. Rackham on Peter Pan. The great British gift book illustrator Arthur Rackham (1867-1939) writes to a Mr. Sutcliffe with news of two upcoming books (Some British Ballads and Cinderella), the whereabouts of the original watercolors for his early masterpiece, Peter Pan of Kensington Gardens, and work on a commissioned bookplate design for collector G.L. Lazarus. Reading in part: "In answer to your letter of the 8th, I have none of the Peter Pan drawings left nor do I know where any of them are as they were all sold to various private buyers by the Leicester Galleries on the occasion of their exhibition many years ago (1906 I think). I am holding a show in New York at Messrs. Scott & Fowles some time this autumn & at this show there will be 2 or 3 drawings, made for the 2nd edition of Peter Pan ..." Following on the success of the first Rackham illustrated edition of Peter… Read More

Limpsfield, Surrey: Stilegate, 10 October, 1934. I do not quite know what to say about the watercolour sketches in the books An interesting letter in which Rackham writes to his agent and discusses drawing additional watercolours in books, together with his thoughts about terms. Letters by Rackham with business content are uncommon. John Taylor acted for Rackham in the 1930s and arranged business with clients in America. Rackham states he is glad to learn that Taylor is "going to carry on with Alwin Scheuer's business" but notes he does "not quite know what to say about the watercolour sketches in the books" since Scheuer had asked for a reduction in terms "on account of the depression... and the decrease in the value of the dollar and the duty on the imported books". Alwin J. Scheuer was a rare book dealer in New York with offices at 35 East 84th Street. He died on 15 April 1934, aged 52, and, evidently, commissioned Rackham to add original watercolours to books. Rackham had been paid "£8 & £5,… Read More