first edition Hardcover
1985 · New York
by Sendak, Maurice (Illustrator)
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1985. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. dark green cloth. Fine in fine dust wrapper. Sendak, Maurice. 186 pages. 24 x 19.5 cm. Signed by Sendak on title page.Illustrated in color by Maurice Sendak. The adventures of Sharp-Ears, the enchanting heroine of the author's classic Czech novel of human and animal relationships deftly poised between poetry and farce. Decorated color endpapers in animal motifs. Signed by Sendak on title page. (Inventory #: 21857)