first edition Boards
1993 · [New York]
by SENDAK, Maurice
[New York]: Michael Di Capua Books, Harper Collins Publishers, 1993. First Edition. Boards. Fine/Fine. Maurice SENDAK, illustrator; Jeanyee WONG, hand lettering. First edition. 8vo oblong; [52pp]; smooth tan paper over board, title in brown to spine; tan textured endpapers, ownership in neat marker to front pastedown dated “Christmas 1995”; color illustrated half-title and title page; color illustrations every page with text; heavy paper stock; unclipped color pictorial dust jacket; fine in fine dj. Hanrahan 138. ISBN: 0-06-205014-1. Front flap of dust jacket, “Two Traditional Rhymes from Mother Goose, Ingeniously Joined and Interpreted by Maurice Sendak”. Busy and bright illustrations accompany the rhymes and tell the story of an abandoned child and his homeless rescuers living in the dump.
(Inventory #: 1072)