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KING, Jessie M. THE ENCHANTED CAPITAL OF SCOTLAND DUSTWRAPPER Design for the Dust- wrapper. Edinburgh, 1945 [46066] Original pen, coloured ink and watercolour on vel - lum, reproduced as the wraparound dustwrapper of Jessie M. King’s final book, The Enchanted Capi - tal of Scotland. 29cm x 45cm. Signed in ink to lower right-hand corner, with the original title lettering layered over the painting. Mounted in a cream card frame. A vibrant scene featuring various characters, the castle gates and the Edinburgh skyline in the background. In fine condition. $21,500 One of the most notable things about these illustrations the palette used by Jessie is much more muted than the re - productions in the book. The originals are more reflective of the actual colours seen in and around Edinburgh, and less garish than the printed version. The book describes a trip packed with discoveries, as a party of school children pay a visit to Edinburgh. “Jessie made the whole book one extended design with
see it, without perspective or modelling, capturing the feeling of wonder that the unsophisticated visitors must have had in first seeing the sights there”.
drawings weaving in and out of the text... She filled each page with flow - ers, butterflies, elves, children and the architectural marvels of the city” writes her biographer, Colin White, “She drew the city as a child might
KING, Jessie M. EDINBURGH CASTLE From The Enchanted Capital of Scotland pp. 28-29 Ed- inburgh, 1945 [46065] Original pen, coloured ink and watercolour on vellum, 36cm x 44cm, signed in ink to lower right- hand corner. Mounted in a cream card frame. A busy aerial view of Edinburgh’s buildings, gar - dens and castle. In fine condition. $21,500 ONE OF 110 DELUXE COPIES LE CAIN, Errol; COLERIDGE, Samuel Taylor THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER Cal - ligraphy by David Howells. London, The Arcadia Press, 1972 [46523] First edition. Folio. Number 61 of 110 copies, ten of which were not for sale. Signed by Errol Le Cain, David Howells, the calligrapher and Philip
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