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“There should be a place where only the things you want to happen, happen”: 25th Anniversary Edition of Where the Wild Things Are; Signed by Maurice Sendak with a Large Original Drawing
SENDAK, MAURICE.
Where the Wild Things Are.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers 1988.
Signed limited edition of the 25th anniversary of this classic work, one of 220 examples specially bound and signed by Maurice Sendak with an original Wild Thing drawing by Sendak. Very good in a very good slipcase. Uncommon.
Price: $7,500.00 Item Number: 142070
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First Edition of Maurice Sendak's Hector Protector and As I Went Over the Water; Inscribed by Him
SENDAK, MAURICE.
Hector Protector and As I Went Over the Water: Two Nursery Rhymes.
New York : Harper & Row, Publishers 1965.
First edition. Oblong quarto, original half cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “For Willie Merry Christmas! Maurice Sendak Nov. ’87.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $300.00 Item Number: 141293
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Rare First Edition of This early Maurice Sendak Work Happy Hanukah Everybody; With a Signed Bookplate Laid in
SENDAK, MAURICE; TEXT BY CHANOVER HYMAN AND ALICE.
Happy Hanukah Everybody.
New York: United Synagogue Commission on Jewish Education 1955.
First edition of this early Sendak title. Quarto, original illustrated boards, illustrated throughout. With a signed bookplate laid in. In near fine condition. A sharp example.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 140548
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“Oh, please don't go—we'll eat you up—we love you so!”: Maurice Sendak's Where The Wild Things Are; inscribed by him
SENDAK, MAURICE.
Where the Wild Things Are.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers 1974.
Early printing of one of the most desirable books in modern children’s literature. Oblong quarto, original cloth backed pictorial paper boards, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To Nicholas Roberston Maurice Sendak Dec. 85.” Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $1,100.00 Item Number: 140678
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First edition of Rudolf Tesnohlidek's The Cunning Little Vixen; translated into English and inscribed by illustrator Maurice Sendak
TESNOHLIDEK, RUDOLF. ILLUSTRATED BY MAURICE SENDAK.
The Cunning Little Vixen.
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux 1985.
First edition of Rudolf Tesnohlidek’s classic Czech tale, translated into English and illustrated by Maurice Sendak. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated by Maurice Sendak. Presentation copy, inscribed by the illustrator on the half-title page, “For Nicholas Robertson Maurice Sendak.” Translated by Tatiana Firkusny, Maritza Morgan, and Robert T. Jones. Afterword by Robert T. Jones. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 140351
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"Did you ever here of Mickey, how he heard a racket in the night, and shouted Quiet down there!": First Edition of In The Night Kitchen; Inscribed by Maurice Sendak
SENDAK, MAURICE.
In the Night Kitchen.
New York: Harper & Row Publishers 1970.
First edition of Sendak’s classic work. Quarto, original cloth with illustrated paper cover label, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “For Nicholas Robertson Maurice Sendak Dec. 85.” Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $1,200.00 Item Number: 140617
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Where the Wild Things Are; Signed by Maurice Sendak
SENDAK, MAURICE.
Where the Wild Things Are.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers 1963.
Early edition of one of the most desirable books in modern children’s literature. Oblong quarto, original cloth backed pictorial paper boards. Boldly signed by Maurice Sendak on the half-title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $1,050.00 Item Number: 139431
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First Edition of Swine Lake; Signed by Illustrator Maurice Sendak
SENDAK, MAURICE AND JAMES MARSHALL.
Swine Lake.
New York: Michael Di Capua Books/ Harper Collins Publishers 1999.
First edition of this work by the award-winning artist. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Signed by Maurice Sendak on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $250.00 Item Number: 50011
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Where the Wild Things Are; Inscribed by Maurice Sendak
SENDAK, MAURICE.
Where the Wild Things Are.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers 1963.
First edition of the 25th anniversary edition of one of the most desirable books in modern children’s literature. Oblong quarto, original cloth backed pictorial paper boards. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “For Gloria Burton Maurice Sendak.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 138761
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First Edition of I Want To Paint My Bathroom Blue; Signed by Legendary Illustrator Maurice Sendak
KRAUSS, RUTH; ILLUSTRATED BY MAURICE SENDAK.
I Want To Paint My Bathroom Blue.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers .
First edition of the re-issue of this early illustrated work by Maurice Sendak. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Boldly signed by Maurice Sendak on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 137488