Armorial Used to describe a binding bearing the coat of arms of the original owner, or with bookplates incorporating the owner’s arms. Although the name contains the word “tint”, this is a black-and-white printing process aquatint plates can often be hand colored, however. By changing the areas of the plate that are exposed and the length of time the plate is submerged in the acid bath, the engraver can obtain fine and varying shades of gray that closely resemble watercolor washes. Aquatint Copperplate process by which the plate is “bitten” by exposure to acid. A near-fine copy, scarce signed and in such excellent condition. Pencil ownership signature to bottom of half title.īook fine, light wear to extremities of bright dust jacket with a one-inch closed tear at spine foot fold and a half-inch chip to bottom of rear panel. “The demands of commercial art and his prize-winning work as an etcher made Lawson a master of line- fluid and expressive- emphasizing his talent for visual storytelling characteristic of American art and attuned to American aesthetic sensibilities” (Silvey, 396). Rabbit Hill was the fourth book that Lawson both wrote and illustrated. He assumed the dual role of author-illustrator in 1939 with the publication of Ben and Me” (Kirkpatrick, 459-60). 
A successful commercial artist and etcher, Lawson became internationally known during the 1930s as an illustrator of children’s books following his collaboration with Munro Leaf for The Story of Ferdinand in 1936. His works are significant not only because of the recognition the received, however, but also because they support the notion that art both reflects and informs the values of an era. “The only individual to win both the Newbery and Caldecott Medals, author-illustrator Robert Lawson holds a unique position in the history of American literature for children. $1250.įirst edition of Lawson’s enchanting tale of the animals who live on Rabbit Hill and their new human neighbors, winner of the 1945 Newbery Medal, signed by Lawson on the half title.
Octavo, original buff patterned cloth, pictorial endpapers, original dust jacket. “THIS HERE HILL IS FULL OF ANIMALS RABBITS, GROUNDHOGS, RACCOONS, DEER, PHEASANTS, SKUNKS AND ALL”: RABBIT HILL, 1944, SIGNED BY AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR ROBERT LAWSON
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