Born on this Day: Maurice Sendak

Maurice (Bernard) Sendak
Illustrator and writer of children's books, born in New York City, USA. He trained at the Art Students' League, worked as a window-dresser, encountered classic illustrators in a toy store, and was commissioned by a publisher to illustrate The Wonderful Farm (1951) by Marcel Aymé. Read more: biography.com/search/article.do?id=9478893

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	1. (Maurice Sendak) GRIMM, Brothers. King Grisly-Beard. NY Farrar, Straus and Giroux 1973 Hardcover Illustrated by Maurice Sendak. Translated from the German by Edgar Taylor. First edition thus. Trace edge wear, else near fine in glossy illustrated boards. No dust jacket, as issued. Price: 15.00 USD Add to Shopping Cart
	2. (Randolph Caldecott) BILLINGTON, Elizabeth, T. (selected and edited by). Randolph Caldecott Treasury. NY Warne 1978 0723261393 Hardcover Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket With an appreciation by Maurice Sendak. First printing. Near fine in a very good (two short closed tears at the top of the front panel, minor edge wear) dust jacket. Price: 40.00 USD Add to Shopping Cart
	3. GRIMM, Brothers. Juniper Tree and Other Tales from Grimm. NY Farrar, Straus and Giroux 1974 0374180571 Hardcover Fine in Near Fine dust jacket Selected by Lore Segal and Maurice Sendak. Translated from the German by Lore Segal, with four tales translated by Randall Jarrell. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak. Two volumes. Second printing. Both volumes are fine in about fine dust jackets that show just a hint of age tanning along the spines. Housed in a very near fine (trace wear) slipcase. Price: 60.00 USD Add to Shopping Cart
	4. HOMER, Winslow (illustrator). Eventful History of Three Blind Mice. NY Oxford University Press 1996 0195105583 Hardcover Part of The Opie Library series. Introduction by Maurice Sendak. First printing. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. ISBN: 0195105583. Price: 15.00 USD Add to Shopping Cart
	5. JARRELL, Randall. Fly By Night. NY Farrar, Straus & Giroux 1976 0374323488 Hardcover Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket Pictures by Maurice Sendak. First edition. Near fine in a near fine (minor edge wear, spine a bit faded, creases on rear flap) dust jacket. Price: 25.00 USD Add to Shopping Cart
	6. JARRELL, Randall. Fly By Night. NY Farrar, Straus and Giroux 1976 0374323488 Hardcover Illustrated by Maurice Sendak. First edition. Near fine in a near fine (a bit faded along the spine), price clipped dust jacket. ISBN: 0374323488. Price: 20.00 USD Add to Shopping Cart
	7. JARRELL, Randall. Fly By Night. NY Farrar, Straus & Giroux 1976 0374323488 Hardcover Illustrated by Maurice Sendak. First edition. Impression from a removed sticker on front paste-down, else near fine in a very good (spot of abrasion in upper corner of front panel) dust jacket. ISBN: 0374323488. Price: 15.00 USD Add to Shopping Cart
	8. MACDONALD, George. Light Princess. NY Farrar, Straus and Giroux 1977 Hardcover Illustrated by Maurice Sendak. Second edition with new reproductions. Book club edition. Very near fine in like dust jacket. Price: 25.00 USD Add to Shopping Cart
	9. MACDONALD, George. Portent: A Story of the Inner Vision of the Highlanders Commonly Called the Second Sight. NY Harper & Row 1979 0062505653 Hardcover Frontispiece by Maurice Sendak. First printing. Spine slant, else very good in a very good (two small chips near the crown of the spine, minor shelf wear), price clipped dust jacket. ISBN: 0062505653. Price: 15.00 USD Add to Shopping Cart
	10. MINARIK, Else Holmelund. Kiss for Little Bear. NY Harper & Row 1968 Hardcover An I Can Read book. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak. A later printing. Near fine in a near fine (both corners of front flap are clipped) dust jacket. Price: 20.00 USD Add to Shopping Cart
	11. PRICE, Reynolds. Perfect Friend. NY Atheneum 2000 0689830297 Hardcover Fine First printing. Fine in an about fine dust jacket. Dust jacket illustrated by Maurice Sendak. ISBN: 0689830297. Price: 25.00 USD Add to Shopping Cart
	12. ROSEN, Barbara, et al (editors). When I Was a Child. Storrs Children's Literature Association (Bibliopola Press) 1992 0939883007 Paperback Childhood recollections of 41 children's authors and illustrators. First edition (paperback). 54 pages. Fine in wraps illustrated by Maurice Sendak. ISBN: 0939883007. Price: 65.00 USD Add to Shopping Cart
	13. SENDAK, Maurice and MARGOLIS, Matthew. Some Swell Pup or Are You Sure You Want a Dog? NY Farrar, Straus and Giroux 1976 0374371342 Hardcover Illustrated by Maurice Sendak. First edition. Near fine in a very good (two inch closed tear at the top of the rear panel, minor edge wear) dust jacket. ISBN: 0374371342. Price: 30.00 USD Add to Shopping Cart