Clara Elsene Peck title page illustration for "In the Border Country" (1909): rare, beautifully framed antique Sarah Stilwell Charles Scribner's Sons

Charles Scribner's Sons

” he confessed

Comments on the book tend to focus on CEP's designs and bewitching illustrations

Rather than abandon graphic design

Rip Van Winkle in “a little village of great antiquity” at the foot of the Kattskill Mountains many miles up the Hudson River from New York City

Clara Elsene Peck title page illustration for "In the Border Country" (1909): rare, beautifully framed antique Sarah Stilwell Charles Scribner's SonsTitle Page: In the Border Country Book by Josephine Daskam Bacon Illustrations by Clara Elsene Peck New York. Dooubleday, Page & Company. 1909. IMAGE INFORMATION Image Size: H 7. 50 x W 5. 00 Matted & Framed: H 15. 00 x W 13. 00 Framed Price: $150. 00 Whiteglove packaging and shipping approximately $25. 00 Given the magnitude of her talent, it is surprising that CEP did not achieve greater success. The reason for this may be that, by starting her