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Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,000
WILLIAM H. BRADLEY (1868-1962) THE CHAP BOOK. August, 1894. 20x14 inches. Condition A-: slight discoloration and minor tears in margins. Paper. Bradley's first Chap Book poster and first poster ever (Koch p. 36) from August 1894. Although justifiable comparisons to Beardsley have been made, Charles Hiatt (author of Picture Posters, 1895--and a prominent critic and early authority on posters) stated it best: "He has seen and assimilated, in no small degree, the manner of Mr. Aubrey Beardsley. He is however, a great deal more than a mere imitator; what he has borrowed, he has borrowed with conspicuous intelligence, and nobody could for a moment accuse him of anything approaching petty larceny" (Picture Posters p. 298.) Kiehl 13, DFP I 152, Koch p. 22, Reims 1139, Virginia p. 23, Margolin p. 26 and 97, Keay p. 41.
