CHILDREN’S ILLUSTRATED LITERATURE| SIS, Peter. A group of 7 works, many INSCRIBED OR WITH NOTES.
Sale 1334 - The Private Collection of Secretary Madeleine K. Albright, Part II
Lots Open
Apr 26, 2024
Lots Close
May 8, 2024
Timed Online / Chicago
Estimate
$200 -
$300
Sold for $222
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Lot Description
CHILDREN’S ILLUSTRATED LITERATURE
SIS, Peter. A group of 7 works, most by or about Sis, 3 INSCRIBED OR WITH AUTOGRAPH NOTES TO SECRETARY ALBRIGHT:
SIS, Peter. A group of 7 works, most by or about Sis, 3 INSCRIBED OR WITH AUTOGRAPH NOTES TO SECRETARY ALBRIGHT:
1) SIS, Peter. Tři zlaté klíče. Prague: Albatros, 1995. With an autograph note signed (“Peter Sis”), to Madeleine Albright, New York, 27 September 1995: “N.Y. 9-27-95 Dear Madame, Here is a Czech version for Bumlrdlicek[?] – I hope he likes it. We are watching all your amazing accomplishments and are very PROUD of you. No need to respond You must be very busy. All the best, Sincerely, Peter Sis + Terri + Madeleine + Matej.”
2) SIS, Peter. The Three Golden Keys. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2001. First Farrar, Straus and Giroux editions, first issue.
3) SIS, Peter. Madlenka. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2000. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE.
4) SIS, Peter. Robinson. New York: Scholastic Press, 2017. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. SIGNED BY SIS WITH AN ORIGINAL DRAWING OF A BUNNY.
5) SIS, Peter. The Pilot and the Little Prince the Life of Antoine De Saint-Exupery. With an autograph note signed (“Peter Sis”) to Madeleine Albright laid in: “Dear Madame - Your Prague Winter was an inspiration with best wishes Peter Sis.”
6) HOST, Michel. Peter Sisou L'Imagier du Temps. N.p.: Grasset, 1996.
7) SCHAUFELD, Karen. How to Eat a Peach. Kurt SCHWARZ, illustrator. N.p.: Qudine Press, 2019. INSCRIBED BY SCHAUFELD TO SECRETARY ALBRIGHT: “To Secretary Albright – a light to all those who value freedom. My thanks to you – K Schaufeld.”
Together, 7 works in 7 volumes, all in original bindings and most in publisher’s dust jackets (condition generally fine).
Secretary Albright was an ardent supporter of Peter Sis and his work. Presented with a copy of Madlenka during her Remarks at American Friends of the Czech Republic Civil Society on 7 September 2000 in New York, she thanked Sis: “And this is actually the first time that we have met, but we have been pen pals for quite some time.... He is a remarkable, remarkable person who has enriched a lot of children’s and grown-up lives.”
Provenance for the lot: Secretary Madeleine K. Albright (inscriptions, autograph notes, bookplates).
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