Rabbit Hill
Title
Rabbit Hill
Creator
Robert Lawson
Publisher
New York: The Viking Press
Date
September 1944
1st edition
Description
Signed binding by Robert Lawson
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Tan cloth covers that look like calico upon which in teal is printed a repeating floral pattern with a rabbit holding a carrot in the center of the covers. The back is a mirror image of the front cover. The spine is plain with just the title, author's name, and the publisher printed in teal.
The endpapers are a map of 'The Hill.' The homes for people and animals are included on this map. The printing is soft and warm and looks like chalk lithography.
All the paper is wood pulp paper, but the paper is soft, and this is better quality paper than most books printed at this time when war rationing means 1940s-1960s paper is some of the worst ever produced. There is practically no deterioration of the paper.
Half-page or chalk lithographic vignette illustrations are sprinkled throughout the book. Each chapter starts with a raised capital, and the print was pressed so deeply into the paper that the lettering can be seen on the backside of each leaf.
Robert Lawson not only wrote, but illustrated this book, both the binding and many if not all of the illustrations include his signature, a separated R and L.
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The endpapers are a map of 'The Hill.' The homes for people and animals are included on this map. The printing is soft and warm and looks like chalk lithography.
All the paper is wood pulp paper, but the paper is soft, and this is better quality paper than most books printed at this time when war rationing means 1940s-1960s paper is some of the worst ever produced. There is practically no deterioration of the paper.
Half-page or chalk lithographic vignette illustrations are sprinkled throughout the book. Each chapter starts with a raised capital, and the print was pressed so deeply into the paper that the lettering can be seen on the backside of each leaf.
Robert Lawson not only wrote, but illustrated this book, both the binding and many if not all of the illustrations include his signature, a separated R and L.
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Robert Lawson was an American author and illustrator of children's books and is the only person to have been awarded both the Caldecott Award and the Newbery Award, but not for the same book. His first illustration appeared in a 1914 magazine, and during WWI he served in a camouflage unit in France. After the war he went on to illustrate forty books, plus he wrote and illustrated an additional seventeen, including this one, for which he is best remembered.
Lawson lived from 1892-1957.
Lawson lived from 1892-1957.
Subject
Literature / Children's Literature
Identifier
SPECIAL PZ10.3 .L39 1944
Format
Hardcover book, 9.5 x 6.375 inches
Language
English
Relation
This book has another record in the "Beautiful Books" Exhibit Collection.
This book can be seen in the photograph, Display Case 7.
This is a curator favorite in the "Beautiful Books" Highlights Collection.
This book can be seen in the photograph, Display Case 7.
This is a curator favorite in the "Beautiful Books" Highlights Collection.
Original Format
Book
Collection
Citation
Robert Lawson, “Rabbit Hill,” Beautiful Books in Flagler College's Special Collections, accessed May 14, 2024, https://beautifulbooks.omeka.net/items/show/214.