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[email protected] SIGNED BY LAWSON WITH EXTRA SUITE OF PLATES CHARMING LENSKI ORIGINAL ART 243. LAWSON,ROBERT. MR. REVERE AND I. Boston: Little Brown. (1953). 247. LENSKI,LOIS. ORIGINAL ART: WE LIVE IN THE CITY. Offered 4to, (6 ½ x 8 ½”), blue cloth decorated in gold, 152p., Fine in slipcase with pictorial here is the original drawing by Lenski for We Live In The City published by J. B. label (case sl. rubbed). Stated first edition. LIMITED TO 500 COPIES SIGNED Lippincott in 1954. This is a large double-page pen and ink drawing in black with BY LAWSON INCLUDING AN EXTRA SUITE OF PLATES in an envelope. red decorations. Executed on card measuring 21 ½” wide x 14 ½” high with pencil Illustrated by Lawson with blue silhouette endpapers and many detailed black and notes to the printer in the margins, the actual image is 19 ½” wide x 13” high. whites. A beautiful copy usually found lacking the extra illustrations. $450.00 The now idealized simpler life of the 1950’s is shown in detail. Set against a city street, a young boy carries his shoe shining kit, a young girl on roller skates is being pulled by her pet poodle and all manner of vendors are selling their wares. We Live In The City is a title in Lenski’s Roundabout America series of books that she created for children too old for picture books but too young for some of her historical fiction titles. This really is a charming piece. $1750.00 INSCRIBED CALDECOTT AWARD WINNER 244.