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Maurice Sendak Illustrated Children's Book Collection including First Editions
Item Details
| Title and Author/Editor | The Bee-Man of Orn (Frank R. Stockton, 1964), No Fighting, No Biting! (Else Holmelund Minarik, 1958), The Cunning Little Vixen (Rudolf Tesnohlidek, 1985), The Bat-Poet (Randall Jarrell, 1964), The Animal Family (Randall Jarrell, 1965), The Light Princess (George Macdonald, 1969), The Little Cow and the Turtle (Meindert DeJong, 1955), A Hole is to Dig: A First Book of First Definitions (Ruth Krauss, 1952), A Kiss for Little Bear (Else Holmelund Minarik, 1968), Dear Mili (Wilhelm Grimm and newly translated by Ralph Manheim, 1988) |
| Genre | Children’s |
| Illustrator | Maurcie Sendak (American, 1928 – 2012) |
| Binding | Hardcovers |
| Dust Jacket | Yes |
| Publisher or Printer | Harper & Row, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, The Macmillan Company, Pantheon Books, Harper & Brothers, Holt, Rinehart and Winston |
| Period | Mid to Late 20th Century |
| Place of Publication | New York |
| Edition Statement | Later Edition, First Edition |
| Number of Books | 10 |
| Additional Information | The first edition of The Little Cow and the Turtle comes complete with its original dust jacket with the price of $2.50. |
Condition
- wear to covers with sunning, rubbed edges, fraying, bumped corners and soiling; chipping and tears to dust jackets; price clipped from several jackets; writing to endpapers; cracked hinges; tanning to text blocks.
Dimensions
1.0" W x 9.5" H x 7.75" D
- measures The Cunning Little Vixen.
Item #
ITMG522826
