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A FIRST EDITION OF ONE OF ROBERT LAWSON'S BEST PICTURE BOOKS. A VERY HARD-TO-FIND TITLE & THE WINNER OF THE FIRST CALDECOTT HONOR AWARD (1938) ROBERT LAWSON'S BOLDLY FABULOUS GREEN & BLACK ILLUSTRATIONS AND ENDPAPERS PERFECTLY ACCOMPANY THE NURSERY RHYMES. There. are also one-color text illustrations throughout the book, At the back of the book there are short musical songs to go along with each nursery rhyme. Book cover is lightly rubbed at spine tips and corners, cover is darkened and there is a gift inscription on the half title page. The book is a VG, tight and internally clean copy.SCARCE

SCARCE ART DECO, CHINESE INSPIRED TALE was written by Julius Franz Schutz. IT IS BEAUTIFULLY DESIGNED & ILLUSTRATED BY AUSTRIAN ARTIST MARA SCHROTTER-MALLICZKY. SHE DREW THE TEXT AND USED LITHOGRAPHY FOR BOTH TEXT AND HER BRILLIANT ART DECO COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS.It was hand-bound by Karl Scheibe. SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHOR AND ARTIST ON THE LIMITATION PAGE. This is copy No. 284 of 300. (German text)Vienna & Liepzig: Wiener Literarische Anstalt, [1921], Limited 1st Ed. Small folio, publisher's greencord-tied decorative boards, very lightly soiled, with lively and colorful dragon-patterned endpapers. Book is housed in the original decorated board folding box with a paste-down label in the center of box. Box is dust-soiled, light edge wear, spine tips hinge has some paper loss - but it is tight and in good condition and has done its job of protecting the book. Book is in VG+ clean and tight condition.