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225 ● BENI MONTRESOR. Bedtime.
14 finished ink studies for his book “Bedtime!” Various sizes, average sheet measures
254x381 mm; 10x15 inches, most with pencil comments, captions, measurements, or other
indications rectos and versos, scattered remnants of adhesive, mostly marginal. Circa 1978.
[2,000/3,000]
Rich and detailed ink studies for Montresor’s fantastical work about a boy named Daniel who
enters into a world of angels and devils, feeding on the nightmares and dreams associated with
the dread of “bedtime.” A First Edition of the book is included in the lot. Oblong 4to, pictorial
boards; dust jacket, finger soiled and lightly edgeworn. NewYork: Harper & Row, (1978).
226 ● EDWARD PERCY MORAN. Tom Jones.
Pen and ink. 180x265 mm; 7x10 1/2 inches. Illustration for Henry Fielding’s Tom Jones,
with quote from the text in unknown hand along lower edge, though the publication
history is unclear. Nd. [400/600]
Moran was the son of Edward Moran and the nephew ofThomas,and a well known painter ofAmerican
historical subjects in his own right.Additional finished drawing of three ladies in gowns on the verso.
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