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JANE BRESKIN ZALBEN.

“The Walrus and the Carpenter Walked on a Mile or so . . . And all the little Oysters stood

and Waited in a Row.” Watercolor on paper. 267x413 mm; 10

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x16

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inches. Signed in

pencil, lower left image. Double-page spread from pages 18 and 19 of Lewis Carroll’s “The

Walrus and The Carpenter,” illustrated by Zalben, “With Annotations by Tweedledee and

Tweedledum,” NewYork: Henry Holt, (1986). Tipped to matte. A signed copy of the first

paperback edition accompanies the artwork.

[2,000/3,000]

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JANE BRESKIN ZALBEN.

“Rosie, the youngest, asks the Four Questions.”Watercolor on paper. 151x318 mm; 6x12

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inches, sight size. Signed and dated 1990 in pencil, lower right. Double-page spread from

pages 104-105 from “Happy Passover, Rosie.” New York: Henry Holt, 1991. Archivally

matted and framed. A signed first edition of “Beni’s Family Treasury, Stories for the Jewish

Holidays” (1998) accompanies the artwork.

[1,200/1,800]

Lovely illustration of the family’s Passover Seder which appeared in Zalben’s beloved Beni the Bear

series, first in “Happy Passover, Rosie” and then in the 1998 first edition and 2013 reissue of

“Beni’s FamilyTreasury, Stories for the Jewish Holidays.”

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