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Wonderful Adventures of Little Prince Toofat by George Randolph Chester. Illustrations by Robert Lawson. Lawson's first book.

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Wonderful Adventures of Little Prince Toofat by George Randolph Chester. Illustrations by Robert Lawson. James A. McCann Company, (1922). Cloth covers. 10 1/2 x 12 1/8". Front cover with blueish published line drawing with a balloon surrounding the title in somewhat faded gilt lettering. 70 pages. Six full page color illustrations by Lawson. Every other page with text having pale green detailed line drawings also by Lawson. Some light soiling to the front cover. Some cover edge wear, a bit heavy at the top and bottom of the spine. Partial binding separation inside the front cover. Bumping to the lower page corners. Otherwise, no previous owner markings. No tears, folds or creases to pages. Not ex-library, not remaindered and not a facsimile reprint. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. DI13a

"After the war, Lawson resumed his work as an artist, and in 1922, illustrated his first children's book, The Wonderful Adventures of Little Prince Toofat. Subsequently, he illustrated dozens of children's books by other authors, including such well-known titles as The Story of Ferdinand (1936) by Munro Leaf and Mr. Popper's Penguins (1938) by Richard and Florence Atwater. In total, he illustrated as many as forty books by other authors and another seventeen books that he himself was the author of. These books included They Were Strong and Good (1940) (which won the Caldecott Medal in 1941), Ben and Me: An Astonishing Life of Benjamin Franklin By His Good Mouse Amos (1939) (which earned a Lewis Carroll Shelf Award in 1961), and Rabbit Hill (1944) (which won the Newbery Award in 1945)" - Wikipedia