Buy this book on-line SHEPARD,E. H - Edited by Brian Sibley: : THE POOH SKETCHBOOK - Drawings By Ernest H. Shepard for the Pooh Stories by A. A. Milne.LONDON.METHUEN,CHILDREN'S BOOKS LTD.,1982. ISBN 0416244203.
UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Edited by BRIAN SIBLEY with an introduction by Sir ROY STRONG, Director of the Victoria and Albert Museum (V & A).The illustrations used were chosen from the collection of original sketches bequeathed in 1969 by Shepard to the V& A.The annotations on the pictures were made by Shepard when presenting them to the Museum and the page references which he gave refer to the first published editions of the books.] FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price- clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,glossy colour photographic and b/w illustration illustrated dw/dj front+ rear panels,with black lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present. Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners appears unread - apart from my own collation. Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, publisher's original plain khaki cloth bds with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and immaculate plain white eps.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,11-96pp [paginated] includes sections as 'Pooh & Company', 'When We Were Very Young (1924), 'Winnie-the-Pooh,chapter by chapter 1926),
'Now We Are Six' (1927) and 'The House at Pooh Corner,chapter by chapter (1928),each accompanied with several b/w line illustrations/sketches - all by Shepard, plus [unpaginated] half-title page recto of which constitutes part of b/w line illustrated double-paged title page, contents list/table,a foreword by Sir Roy Strong (V&A Museum) with editor dedication and acknowledgements to recto and an introduction by Brian Sibley.
These pencil sketches and preparatory drawings by Ernest H. Shepard for the A.A.Milne Winnie-the-Pooh books have been selected from the extensive collection bequeathed by the artist to the Victoria and Albert Museum.The majority of them are published here for the first time.
The drawings,made between 1924 and 1928, have a freshness and spontaneity which complement the published work; they are superb examples of Shepard's genius as an illustrator.
Through these sketches one can trace the development of many of the best-loved Pooh drawings and meet the original toys from Christopher Robin's nursery as they posed for the artist.There are also beautifully observed details of the Sussex countryside where Pooh's adventures took place.Some of the drawings are accompanied by familiar quotations from the books.
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Ernest Howard Shepard (1879-1976),worked as E.H. Shepard.Born St. John's Wood, London,son of an architect.Educated at St Paul's School.Studied at Heatherley's Art School (1896-97) and at the Royal Academy Schools (1897-1902) where he won two scholarships.In 1907,the acceptance of two drawings by Punch marked the beginning of a nearly 50-year association with the magazine; he was elected to the table in 1921,becoming second cartoonist in 1935 and principal cartoonist,1945-49.
During WWI he served in France, Belgium and Italy.A highly successful and prolific book illustrator, mainly in black and white,his collaboration with A.A. Milne resulted in a series of children's classics; in the words of his obituary in The Times 'the Pooh drawings were his greatest triumph,and perhaps because his own human and unassuming genius was so much in harmony with the tender facetiousness of his fellow contributor to Punch. . .' He was perhaps,the best-loved illustrator of children's books since Sir John Tenniel.
Shepard was an inveterate sketcher,and although his finished drawings were usually the outcome of numerous pencil sketches,they always retained an appearance of spontaneity.He used pen and ink with exceptional flexibility, varying the weight and quality of his line for emphasis and expression.He excelled at depicting movement,and had a fine instinct for characterisation.Although best-known for his association with A.A. Milne, Shepard successfully illustrated a wide range of books. His drawings for 'The Wind in the Willows' were the only ones that the author,Kenneth Grahame,ever liked, while his illustrations for 'Everybody's Pepys' and 'Everybody's Boswell' demonstrated that he could handle adult historical subjects with aplomb.
Late in life he illustrated his own autobiographical reminiscences 'Drawn from Memory' (1957) and 'Drawn from Life' (1961) with undiminished liveliness and humour. Bevis Hillier described Shepard as 'the perfect illustrator. . . He never allows his personality to obtrude.He translates,never transmutes'.He was awarded an OBE in 1972.
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