The Frederick R. Gardner collection of Robert Lawson, 1900-1983 ...

The Frederick R. Gardner collection of Robert Lawson, 1900-1983 FLPublished volumesScope and Contents noteCopy 1: signed on half-title by Robert Lawson: "My own copy. R. L." Also contains Frederick R.Gardner's bookplate on endpaper recto and a publisher's advertisement from The Viking Junior Logdated Nov. 20, 1947. Copy 2: Inscribed on title page by Robert Lawson: "For dear Nina, who nowknows the worst of Rob Lawson."Lawson, Robert. At That Time. London: William Heinemann Limited 1948Scope and Contents noteIncludes newspaper clippings of review from the Daily Dispatch, Manchester; Evening Chronicle,Newcastle-on-Tyne; London Times literary supplement; Liverpool Echo; Books of To-Day; JohnO'London's Weekly; Press and Journal, Aberdeen; Evening Gazette, Middlesborough; Birmingham Mail;and Newcastle Journal. Signed on half-title by Robert Lawson: "My own copy. R.L. April. 23, 1949."Also contains Frederick R. Gardner's bookplate and "Not for sale - Sample Complete Copy" label onendpaper recto.Lawson, Robert. Ben and Me: A New and Astonishing Life of Benjamin Franklin, as Written by HisGood Mouse Amos. Boston: Little, Brown and Company 1939Scope and Contents noteCopy 1: Signed on half-title by Robert Lawson: "Robert Lawson, Rabbit Hill, Sept. 1939." Also containsFrederick R. Gardner's bookplate on endpaper verso and newspaper clippings of reviews from the NewsSheet of the Bibliographical Society of America, the New York Times, and the Boston Transcript. Copy2: Inscribed on half-title by Robert Lawson: "For Aunt Nina and Uncle Harold, of whom I am ratherfond in spite of their fondness for cats, dogs, illustrators, etc. Signed, Amos, his mark [drawing of pawprint]. Witnessed, Robert Lawson. Sept. 1939." Also contains advertising flyer, "A Personal Confession :Robert Lawson tells all."Lawson, Robert. Ben and Me: A New and Astonishing Life of Benjamin Franklin, as Written by HisGood Mouse Amos. Boston: Little, Brown and Company 1951- Page 119 -