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Sperry, R.T. (fl. circa 1875) Original Illustrations and Text of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's (1807-1882) The Courtship of Miles Standish. Quarto-format mocked-up version of illustrations and text, containing finished illustrations and the story written by hand in pen-and-ink, with an illustrated title, vignettes, text illustrations in pencil and watercolor washes in shades of gray, and nine full-page pencil and monochromatic watercolors, textblock detached from binding, 11 3/4 x 9 3/4 in.
No edition of The Courtship of Miles Standish with illustrations by Sperry was ever published, although he was a published illustrator, credited with the art in Mark Twain's Sketches, 1874, and other works.
Estimate $400-600
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