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(CHILDREN’S LITERATURE.) Rosenbach, A. S.W.
Early American Children’s
Books.
Foreword by A. Edward Newton. Numerous illustrations, mostly facsimiles of title-
pages. Thick 4to, publisher’s sea blue cloth stamped in black, rebacked, rubbed, some areas
darkened; buckram slipcase.
NUMBER
13
OF
83
ROMAN
-
NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY
ROSENBACH
on Zerkall Halle paper.
Portland, Maine: Southworth Press, 1933
[250/350]
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(CHILDREN’S LITERATURE.) Salten, Felix.
Bambi. A Life in the Woods.
Illustrated by Kurt Wiese. 8vo, publisher’s green cloth stamped in gilt, spine slightly dark-
ened, few light spots of discoloration on rear cover; lacking dust jacket, but covers bright;
internally clean with no markings.
FIRST AMERICAN EDITION
.
NewYork: Simon and Schuster, 1928
[300/400]
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(CHILDREN’S LITERATURE.) Sendak, Maurice.
Where the Wild Things
Are.
Group of 3 editions. Illustrated by Sendak. Oblong 8vo, cloth-backed boards; dust
jackets. Condition as noted.
NewYork, vd
[500/750]
First Edition, first issue, in earliest state 2nd issue dust jacket, with $3.50 price and no
Caldecott medal on cover, but mention on rear flap. Boards a bit soiled; dust jacket with a few
small chips along top edge and spine, some staining along edges. New York: Harper & Row,
1963 * First Edition in the 2nd issue dust jacket with points as above and with the Caldecott
stamp as the books were recalled in March, 1964 to reprint the dust jackets and apply the
medal stickers right after the Caldecott was awarded. NewYork: Harper & Row, 1963 * First
Trade Edition of the 25th Anniversary Edition. Reprinted in 1988 from new engravings made
from the original art.
SIGNED BY SENDAK ON TITLE
-
PAGE
. New York: Harper Collins,
1984.
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(CHILDREN’S LITERATURE.) Sendak, Maurice.
Group of 3 Signed First
Editions.
Illustrated by Sendak. Original sizes and bindings. Condition very good.
Vp, vd
[300/400]
In the Night Kitchen. Inscribed and Signed by Sendak. Owner’s ink signature on front endpa-
per. (New York, 1970) * Some Swell Pup or, Are You Sure You Want a Dog? First English
Edition. London, (1976) * Sendak, Philip. In Grandpa’s House. NewYork, (1985).
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