216
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MAURICE SENDAK.
Pen drawing ofWild Thing monster,
Moise in hat, wearing pants and a team letter sweater with “P” (for Peter), holding a potted
plant, with the inscription “For Peter Caponera, gardener, affectionately, Maurice Sendak”
and dated “Feb ’73.” 140x102 mm; 5
1
/
2
x4 inches, image, drawn on front endpaper verso,
opposite half-title of a later edition of Where the Wild Things Are, with Caldecott Medal
sticker and $4.95 price on jacket. Foxing to book; some faint spotting to margins of draw-
ing; dust jacket worn. NewYork: Harper & Row, [1964].
[4,000/6,000]
