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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. FIRST UK EDITION 1986, 8vo, brown cloth, tiny gilt motif on upper cover, gilt lettered spine, 42 pages. Beautiful line illustration by Sendak. No inscriptions, near Fine in near Fine DUSTWRAPPER, not price clipped. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION 1985, (stated first edition on reverse of title page), 8vo, dark grey cloth, tiny gilt motif on upper cover, gilt lettered spine, 42 pages. Beautiful line illustration by Sendak. No inscriptions, a little faint spotting to top edges, a Fine crisp clean unused copy in Fine DUSTWRAPPER, not price clipped ($9.89 at foot of front flap), small corner clipped at top of front flap (as on many US copies sold in the UK), 1 minute closed tear to lower edge of lower panel). Sendak's father tells the story of his life in a Polish shtetl and how he ran away and made a new life in America, then he tells a fairy tale about a magic bird which he remembered from his childhood. Wonderful full page black and white illustrations by Maurice Sendak. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION 1985, (stated first edition on reverse of title page), 8vo, dark grey cloth, tiny gilt motif on upper cover, gilt lettered spine, 42 pages. Beautiful line illustration by Maurice Sendak. No inscriptions, a Fine crisp clean unread copy in almost Fine DUSTWRAPPER, not price clipped ($9.89 at foot of front flap), small corner clipped off at top of front flap (as on many US copies sold in the UK), a minute touch of rubbing to head of spine and corners, very slight scratch to tail of spine (see image). Sendak's father tells the story of his life in a Polish shtetl and how he ran away and made a new life in America, then he tells a fairy tale about a magic bird which he remembered from his childhood. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

FIRST US EDITION 1985, (stated 1st edition on verso title page), 8vo, dark grey cloth, tiny gilt motif on upper cover, gilt lettered spine, 42 pages. Beautiful line illustrations by Maurice Sendak. No inscriptions, a Fine clean unread copy in near Fine DUSTWRAPPER, not price clipped ($9.89 at foot of front flap), small corner clipped off at top of front flap (as on many US copies sold in the UK), minute closed tear at lower edge of upper panel (see image), otherwise clean and crisp). Sendak's father tells the story of his life in a Polish shtetl and how he ran away and made a new life in America, then he tells a fairy tale about a magic bird which he remembered from his childhood. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.