signed first edition dark boards with colored pictorial label mounted within recess on front cover, gilt-titled spine. Matching box as issued
1992 · London
by OPIE (Iona and Peter), also SENDAK (Maurice)
OPIE (Iona and Peter), also SENDAK (Maurice):
I Saw Esau. The Schoolchild's Pocket Book.
London: Walker Books, 1992.
Squarish 8vo, 160pp; dark boards with colored pictorial label mounted within recess on front cover, gilt-titled spine. Matching box as issued.
First edition thus
Originally published unillustrated by the Opies (their first book) in 1947, this new edition with brilliant designs by Maurice Sendak brings together two giants in the field of literature for children. SPECIAL LIMITED EDITION, one of 300 numbered copies hand-signed by Iona Opie and Maurice Sendak, the latter has additionally annotated "(Special for Lynn)" this being a gift to Lynn Caponera, Maurice Sendak's close friend and eventual care-giver, Copy "33" and dated April 9th, 1993 on the recipient's 33rd birthday. (Inventory #: BB070)
I Saw Esau. The Schoolchild's Pocket Book.
London: Walker Books, 1992.
Squarish 8vo, 160pp; dark boards with colored pictorial label mounted within recess on front cover, gilt-titled spine. Matching box as issued.
First edition thus
Originally published unillustrated by the Opies (their first book) in 1947, this new edition with brilliant designs by Maurice Sendak brings together two giants in the field of literature for children. SPECIAL LIMITED EDITION, one of 300 numbered copies hand-signed by Iona Opie and Maurice Sendak, the latter has additionally annotated "(Special for Lynn)" this being a gift to Lynn Caponera, Maurice Sendak's close friend and eventual care-giver, Copy "33" and dated April 9th, 1993 on the recipient's 33rd birthday. (Inventory #: BB070)