Dec 17, 2014 - Sale 2371

Sale 2371 - Lot 206

Price Realized: $ 406
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
GEORGE R. HALM (1850-1899) PALMER COX'S FAMOUS BROWNIE BOOKS. 1895.
10x15 inches, 25 1/2x38 cm. The Century Co., New York.
Condition A. Paper.
"Cox's Brownie series was among the most popular children's books of the period. For his poster, Halm used not only several of Cox's Brownies, but also the distinctive typeface of the covers and title pages of the series" (Kiehl p. 126). Kiehl 94, Margolin p. 160.