first edition
1957 · London
by Nash, Ogden; Sendak, Maurice
London: J.M. Dent & Sons, 1957. Fine in near fine jacket.. First UK edition of Nash's urbane and polysyllabic verses, with illustrations and dust jacket by Maurice Sendak. 7.25'' x 5''. Original blue cloth with gilt-lettered spine. In original unclipped (12s. 6d.) pictorial dust jacket by Sendak. Black and white Sendak illustrations throughout. 179, [1] pages. Minor soil, light scuffing to jacket.
(Inventory #: 49713)