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MAURICE SENDAK.
Nutshell Library.
4 near-miniature volumes as issued:
Alligators All Around * Chicken Soup with Rice * OneWas Johnny * Pierre. 95x68 mm,
rose cloth with acorn illustration on covers; dust jackets, light wear, spine panels toned
and a little scuffed; original publisher’s illustrated board box with $2.95 price sticker.
FIRST
EDITION OF A SENDAK CLASSIC
,
SIGNED BY HIM
on the front endpaper of Chicken Soup
with Rice. Hanrahan A51. NewYork: Harper & Row, (1962)
[300/400]
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MAURICE SENDAK.
Outside Over There.
Illustrated by Sendak. Oblong 8vo,
gilt-lettered red cloth, a little fading along edges; endpapers slightly toned; dust jacket,
priced $12.95 (first state), light edgewear.
FIRST EDITION
,
FIRST PRINTING
.
SIGNED BY
SENDAK
on front endpaper. Hanrahan A110. NewYork, (1981)
[100/150]
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MAURICE SENDAK.
Ten Little Rabbits:A Counting Book with Mino the
Magician.
First and Second printings.Together, 2 volumes. Illustrated by Sendak. Near
miniature, 90x64 mm, marbled blue/black and red/white/grey wrappers, respectively, with
mounted pictorial paper cover labels. Hanrahan A76 states that the blue wrappers preceded
the red.
BOTH SIGNED BY SENDAK
on front blanks.
(Philadelphia: Rosenbach Foundation, 1970)
[250/350]
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