Sale 22BP03 | Lot 195

SENDAK, MAURICE The Nutshell Library.

Catalogue: Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
SENDAK, MAURICE  The Nutshell Library.

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Lot 195
SENDAK, MAURICE The Nutshell Library.
Comprises Chicken Soup with Rice. A Book of Months.; Alligators all around; One was Johnny; and Pierre a cautionary tale in five chapters and a prologue. New York: Harper & Row, [1962]. A later printing, but with drawings and inscriptions by Sendak in the first two volumes listed; the other two with signed inscriptions only. Four volumes, publisher's cloth in dust jackets and slipcase. 3 3/8 x 2 3/8 inches (8.75 x 6 cm); various paginations, illustrated throughout. Dust jackets with small tears to the heads of two volumes and some minor abrasion, the books fine.

Chicken Soup with Rice has a drawing in black ink of a boy in a bowl of chicken soup saying "YUM!" signed and inscribed February 1978. Alligators all around has a drawing of an alligator boy holding a balloon saying Hi! signed and inscribed. One was Johnny and Pierre a Cautionary Tale are both signed and inscribed, but are without drawings.


Estimate: $3,000 - $4,000
Sold for $3,150 (includes buyer's premium)

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Estimate: $3,000 - $4,000
Sold for $3,150 (includes buyer's premium)

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