Strong Good by Robert Lawson, First Edition (18 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 1st Edition. Third/1941 printing. A few pages with minor corner curling. Book has no writing, marking, stains, odor, or tears. Dust jacket has a large tear on the back. Retains original $1.50 price on the flap.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. First Edition. Ex-library book with the usual stamps and markings. Stains on cover and frayed edges of cover. Loose hinges. One interior stain (see photo). Stated First Edition. The story of Robert Lawson's parents and grandparents. Illustrated in b&w on every page. Unpaginated. 8 3/8"w x 10 1/4"h.

small 4to. full cream cloth printed in blue, dust jacket. First edition. Spine of jacket lightly faded. Two stickers on jacket. Two tears on jacket: one on front and one on rear. Illustrated by the author in black and white throughout, the Caldecott Medalist for 1941. "The Most Distinguished American Picture Book for Children 1940" printed within a circle on front panel. Lighter weight paper than the firstedition as befits a book printed at the height of wartime paper shortages. full cream cloth printed in blue, dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Robert Lawson (illustrator). 1st Edition. Good condition book in good condition dustjacket. This is a poor man's first edition of this title. The book has wear from storage to the boards and a previous owner's name and address stick-on. The dustjacket has a quarter-sized chip near the top of the spine and is also wearing some spots, probably from storage. Not price-clipped. [1802].

Hardcover. First Edition; Thirty-Third Printing. Very Good+ in a Near Fine dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Robert Lawson (illustrator). 1st Edition. The cover's cloth is beige with blue decoration. Unpaginated; 5/8 in. thick. The endpapers have an illustration in yellow. Six chapters. The right hand pages have b/w, full page illustrations. The front board's top and bottom ends and front margin have foxing. Nearly half of the back board has foxing. The binder's glue has darkened part of each paste downs. The bottom margins of six pages each have a 1/8 in. stain. DJ: The front flap has the publisher's $1.50. There is no mention of the Caldecott medal. The top and bottom edges have six chips, 1/4 in. to 7/8 in., and nine closed tears, 1/4 in. to 3/4 in. A bottom corner of the front panel has a large T-shaped scrape. The folds and small, other places have color loss from shelf wear rubbing. The spine panel has darkened. The front panel has stains, mostly on the left margin. The back panel has stains, mostly in two areas. The reverse side is darkly tanned. Scans e-mailed upon request.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Good to very good with poor to fair dust jacket. Name and date (1941) at top of half title page. Dust jacket is well worn and tattered at all edges and corners with a one inch chip at bottom front edge and scarring on back panel.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. Lawson, Robert (illustrator). First Edition. Hardcover in jacket. Foxing to top and bottom of boards. Shallow chipping to spine ends of jacket. Fading to jacket spine. Couple other small chips and light edgewear. Price-clipped. Previous owner name.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Lawson, Robert (illustrator). 1st Edition. This is the second 1940 printing of the First Edition of this book per copy right page. Lawson signature on title page. This book won the 1941 Caldecott. Story of Lawson's family history which starts with the immigration to America through the US Civil War. Told in simple prose but with vivid full page drawings which depict the author's pride in his origin, and reverence for this country. This is NOT an ex-lib copy interior pages have no other stray writing, tears or folds. Binding is firm. Previous owner book plate (1/12" by 2 1/2") is on lower corner of front fep. Every page has a full page illustration on its opposite side. Very creative, realistic black & white illustrations. Tan cloth binding is clean with foxing along edges. Illustration imprinted on front board is clean and unmarred. Light shelf wear and foxing along edges. DJ is complete but is foxed and soiled and has wear along edges, and folds. Has the Caldecott Medal stamp on lower front panel.This DJ has carried the wear of this book's 84+year life. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Includes Dust Jacket. Robert Lawson (illustrator). First Edition. First printing of this 1941 Caldecott Medal winner, about Lawson's father and mother and their own parents. "None of them were great or famous, but they were strong and good," says the author in his foreword. This is a beautifully clean copy of the book, with very crisp pages. There is an understated, vintage bookplate on one page, and that same previous owner's name written on another page (both pages otherwise blank, and before the title page, and not jarring); the book is still Near Fine. The dust jacket has no award stickers and the original $1.50 price is intact on the flap. The main flaw to the jacket is the spine and part of the back panel are sunned. But a nice copy nonetheless, and a very good value. Please see photos. Not Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: VG. First Printing. Decorative tan colored cloth. Corners slightly bumped, else tight, bright and unmarked. Edge worn, chipped jacket with $1.50 flap price. Illustrated in black and white line by Lawson. Winner of the 1941 Caldecott Medal -- No seal on jacket.

Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Robert Lawson (illustrator). First Edition. (1940). Pictorially stamped buff cloth, small dent to rear board, no writing and no foxing; in a pictorial dust jacket with a slightly sunned spine, professional restoration to rear panel and spine ends, price clipped, no award seal. A beautiful copy of Lawson's very scarce Caldecott Medal winning book about his ancestors. The text and pictures depict black slaves in a way that is completely unacceptable by today's standards; however, his mastery as an artist should not be over-looked. The text, while very simple, still gives the reader a glimpse into American History as experienced by Lawson's family. Size: 4to.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Robert Lawson (illustrator). First Edition. Caldecott Medal winner. Some foxing (mostly tan discoloration) to original gray cloth in area near edges on front cover and on rear panel near left side. NO internal foxing. Otherwise good or better, tight, clean, with no prior owner markings or bookplates. In a good dust jacket with some fading along the spine and a ragged 2" closed tear at base of front panel. Not price-clipped and NO jacket chips.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Robert Lawson (illustrator). 1st Edition. Ex-Library With The Usual Library Markings Such As Pocket, Bar Codes, Stamps, Stickers On Spine, Etc. There Is Some Pen Marks On The Back Page. There Are No Other Markings Or Tears Inside The Book. Binding Is Tight With Very Little Wear On Cover. The Edges Are Fraying.

Condition: Fine in near fine jacket. First edition. First printing of the second book both written and illustrated by Lawson, a multigenerational family saga of beekeeping grandmothers and fanatical Confederate grandfathers, abounding with sensitive detail and sophisticated ironies. 10'' x 8''. Original blue and beige pictorial cloth. Pictorial endpapers. In original unclipped ($1.50) dust jacket. Illustrated in black in white throughout. Jacket with some light edgewear and soil, very shallow chipping to spine head, one tape repair to verso. Book beautiful, with only occasional traces of soil.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing with the words "First Published September 1940" printed on the copyright page. This First Issue dustjacket has some wear to the spine and edges. The book is in nice condition. The binding is tight with some wear to the boards. There is NO marks or bookplates in the book. Overall, a lovely copy with all the first issue points.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing. This copy is SIGNED by Robert Lawson. A beautiful copy. This ORIGINAL First Issue dustjacket is vibrant in color with minor discoloration near the bottom panel. The book is in excellent condition and appears UNREAD. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning and the boards are crisp. There is NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A stunning copy of this TRUE FIRST EDITION with the words "First Published September 1940" printed on the copyright page. We buy Robert Lawson First Editions. Signed by Author(s).

No Binding. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Original etching, "We Fix Flats," on hand-made paper, 6 7/8 x 8 7/8 inches, 1932, signed in pencil "Robert Lawson imp." lower right margin, from an edition of 405. Original mat (lower right corner chipped). A very nice impression.The most famous of all of this artist's etchings was the 1932 Presentation Plate for members of the Society of American Etchers. "The presentation of a print by a well-known American artist-member has been an annual feature of the society's activities since its foundation in 1915," reported The Brooklyn Daily Eagle on November 13, 1932. "One active member of the society is commissioned each year to execute a plate for the associate membership, and following the printing of the required number, the plate is destroyed, so that the etching can be acquired solely by gift to the lay members." It depicts Pegasus being shoed by a band of elves in a forest in the manner of Lawson's illustrations for Arthur Mason's The Wee Men of Ballywooden (1930). "Mr. Lawson is an artist who indulges in the luxury of fantasy despite the practical tenor of our age, but never descends to the merely whimsical. His solid technical accomplishment imbues his fantasies with a strong armature of design and richness of coloring" (New York Evening Post, February 6, 1932). A beautiful copy SIGNED by the author on the bottom of the picture. Signed by Author(s).