first edition Hardcover
1973 · New York
by Sendak, Maurice (Illustrator)
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1973. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. decorated brown cloth. Fine in near dust wrappers in fine slipcase. 2 vols. Sendak, Maurice. 332 pages. 18 x 14.5 cm. Illustrated in black and white by Maurice Sendak. Translated by Lore Segal with four tales translated by Randall Jarrell. Segal and Sendak chose twenty seven of 210 stories. Signed presentation copy on half title "for Jane - Maurice Sendak Jan. 74." Lovely, fresh set, dust wrapper of volume one nicked at head. (Inventory #: 21856)