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

The Frederick R. Gardner collection of Robert Lawson, 1900-1983 FLPublished volumesdepartment. Milton Glick." Also inscribed on page [2] by May Massee: "From the Rootabaga Countryto Ballywooden - From Balls to Bagpipes - Wherever else your pen (brush?) may wander - My devotionfollows after, May Massee." Also contains Frederick R. Gardner's bookplate on endpaper recto. Copy 2:Signed on page [3] by Munro Leaf and Robert Lawson.Mason, Arthur. The Wee Men of Ballywooden. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Doran & Company,Inc. 1930Scope and Contents noteContains Frederick R. Gardner's bookplate on endpaper verso and newspaper clippings of book reviewsfrom the New York Times and an unidentified periodical.Mason, Arthur. The Wee Men of Ballywooden. Garden City, N.Y.: Garden City Publishing Co.,Inc. 1937Scope and Contents noteInscribed on p. [3] by Arthur Mason: "To Elaine Wield, with a wee bit of a lilt. Oh, for the [illegible]dance and the ring of the piper's tune. Arthur Mason."Mason, Arthur. The Wee Men of Ballywooden. New York: Viking Press 1952Scope and Contents noteCopy 1: Inscribed on half-title by Robert Lawson: "For Nina - the first I ever illustrated and please don'tsay 'My how he has improved!' Robbie. Rabbit Hill - July 16, 1952." Copy 2: Signed on half-title byRobert Lawson: "My own copy. R. L." Also contains Frederick R. Gardner's bookplate on endpaperverso and a newspaper clipping of a review from the Herald Tribune. A letter dated March 24,1930, fromArthur Mason to Robert Lawson is also enclosed.- Page 154 -