$756
Estimate: $500 - $800
Auction: February 2, 2023 11:00 AM EDT
1. Sendak, Maurice
Where the Wild Things Are
(New York): Harper & Row, Publishers, (1974). Reprint. Oblong 4to. Inscribed by Sendak on half-title, and dated 1985. Profusely illustrated by Sendak. Quarter grey cloth over illustrated paper-covered boards; in dust-jacket ("reprinted in 1974.." printed on rear flap), Caldecott medal on front panel, scattered short closed tears along panel edges. Hanrahan A58
2. Sendak, Maurice
In the Night Kitchen
(New York): Harper & Row, Publishers, (1970). First edition. 4to. Inscribed by Sendak on half-title, and dated 1985. Profusely illustrated by Sendak, lettering by Diana Blair. Original white cloth with illustrated paper cover label; all edges trimmed; in illustrated dust-jacket with Caldecott medal at bottom of front panel, scattered wear and short tears to panel edges. Hanrahan A75
3. Hoffmann, E.T.A.
Nutcracker
New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., (1984). First edition. 4to. Inscribed by Sendak on half-title, and date 1985. Illustrated by Sendak. Translated by Ralph Manheim. Original dark blue cloth, stamped in blind and in gilt; all edges trimmed; illustrated endpapers; in illustrated dust-jacket, scattered light wear to extremities. Hanrahan A121
4. Tesnohlidek, Rudolf
The Cunning Little Vixen
(New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1985). First edition. 4to. Inscribed by Sendak on half-title, and dated 1985. Illustrated by Sendak. Original green cloth, stamped in gilt; all edges trimmed; illustrated endpapers; in illustrated dust-jacket, closed tear at bottom of front panel. Hanrahan A123