Ruth Krauss Maurice Sendak Illus (6 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Sendak, Maurice (illustrator). Glossy pictorial paper over boards, in matching dust jacket; oblong 8vo; pp. [24], illustrated in full-color throughout.

Hardcover. Pictorial paper boards over cloth. Cloth backstrip rubbed, with 1-inch split at top of front hinge; boards discolored and edge-worn; pages slightly toned, with a very occasional small stain; small tear at bottom margin of one page; otherwise very good condition. ]. Unnumbered pages. Illus. First issue, without "Grrr-r-r".

Hard. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Sendak, Maurice (illustrator). 1st. SIGNED first edition. Hard cover in original cloth and dust jacket. Published NY: Harper & Brothers, 1955, first printing. [Hanrahan A18]. 12mo., 5 3/8" x 6 3/4", unpaginated 24pp., color illustrations by Maurice Sendak. Sendak's first all-color illustrated book. Black cloth and pictorial paper covered boards, floral design decorative endpapers in color. Inscribed by Sendak to 5 year-old Sing-Si Schwartz on half-title. (Sing-Si later became a fine-arts photographer, and presumably photographed the laid-in Sendak illustrations) : "Jul 70' , For Sing-Si, hello: Maurice Sendak" Laid in is a 1955 publication notice of the book in "The Villager", Greenwich Village, NY, Dec 15, 1955 featuring a photo of Sendak holding a dog. Three 4" x 6" duotone prints of Sendak's illustrations for the book laid in. Book is fine with no wear, dust jacket very good, $2 price on flap, mild age toning, darkening fade along the spine with a small chip off the crown, hairline split along dj spine with internal repair, inner front flap has offsetting from newspaper clipping. Three laid in prints fine. Uncommon signed. Signed by Illustrator(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing with no "Grr-r-r" on page 23, $1.50 and 30-70 on dust jacket flap, and teal cloth spine. VG-/G-. Soiling and faint water stain to dust jacket with small chips at spine ends, now in a brand new Brodart clear protective sleeve. Minor edge wear to boards with soiling to top edge. Bookplate on rear of ffep. Text and illustrations are clean. Ships wrapped in bubble wrap and packed securely in a box.

Illus. by Maurice Sendak, 9.25 x 7.75", cloth backed pict boards, unpaginated, covers a little toned and edge-worn, hinges loose, spine ends bumped, front inner hinge cracking, slight musty smell, eps lightly spotted, in a yellowed, edge-worn and edge-torn dustjacket with lower corner of front flap clipped. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING (with $1.75 price, "30-70", "No. 5226A" and "No. 5227A").

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Very good in a near fine dust jacket. First Edition. Copyright 1955 stated on the copyright page with no mention of later printings. Book has very slight rubbing on bottom edge and corners; slight soiling on covers. Dust jacket has original price of $2.00 printed on the front flap. Back panel is slightly darkened, price sticker at top of rear flap. The dust jacket has been chemically deacidified to prevent yellowing and embrittlement.