Books and Manuscripts

New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1980. First edition. Oblong 4to. (vi), 277 pp. Presentation copy, inscribed and dated by Sendak on front free endpaper, "For Elizabeth and Joel--with pleasure!", and with an original illustration of a monster from Where the Wild Things Are below same. Profusely illustrated in color and in black and white by Sendak, including three folding plates, a tipped-in facsimile of the first dummy of Where the Wild Things Are, and a pop-up of a Red Riding Hood toy. Publisher's illustrated cloth-covered boards; orange endpapers; publisher's acetate dust-jacket, lettered in white. Hanrahan A107

A comprehensive and lavish mid-career survey of Sendak's work, covering the years 1947-1980, and including 94 full-color illustrations and over 165 in black and white.