NUTSHELL LIBRARY
Written by Maurice Sendak. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak.
Stock no. 1816295
Published by Collins. Slightly better than very good condition.

Very small format. Set of 4 volumes - "Chicken Soup With Rice", "Pierre", "One Was Johnny" and "Alligators All Around". Cream/peach boards, black titles and vignettes. Colour illustrations. Approx 30 pages to each volume. Contained in a pictorial slip-case. Dustwrappers faded and a little rubbed to spines else books are in fine condition. Contained in a pictorial slipcase which is heavily faded with a small tear to surface paper at lower corner.

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A HOLE IS TO DIG
Written by Ruth Krauss. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak.
Stock no. 2126019
Published by The Bodley Head. 1976. Very good condition.

A first book of first definitions. Green pictorial boards. Brown text and b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0370018060. Spine is faded. Inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper.

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DIE MINI-BIBLIOTHEK
Written by Maurice Sendak. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak.
Stock no. 1317424
Published by Diogenes. 1st 1970. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Nutshell Library in Dutch. 4 small format books (9 x 6.5 cm). Cream boards, black titles and vignettes. Colour illustrations throughout. Minimal rubbing to spine ends else fine copy in dustwrappers which have a couple of very small marks. Pictorial slipcase is edge rubbed.

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NUTSHELL LIBRARY
Written by Maurice Sendak. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak.
Stock no. 1317412
Published by Harper Collins. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Set of 4 volumes - "Chicken Soup With Rice", "Pierre", "One Was Johnny" and "Alligators All Around". Red cloth, black titles and vignettes. Colour illustrations. Approx 30 pages to each volume. Minatures being, 3.5 x 2.5". Contained in a pictorial slip-case. ISBN: 0060255005. Minimal rubbing to spine ends and corners. Dustwrappers slightly edge rubbed with tiny nicks to spine ends. Pictorial slipcase is slightly faded and edge rubbed, slight surface paper damage to base of case.

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CHARLOTTE AND THE WHITE HORSE
Written by Ruth Krauss. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak.
Stock no. 2124286
Published by Harper And Brothers. 1st 1955. Very good condition.

Cloth spine; cream boards; colour illustration to front cover. Illustrated endpapers. Colour illustration with a couple of sentences to a page. Some grubby marks to covers. Inscription in ink to front free endpaper. Stitching slightly pulled at top of binding. Contents are very good and bright.

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A HOLE IS TO DIG: A FIRST BOOK OF FIRST DEFINITIONS
Written by Ruth Krauss. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak.
Stock no. 2124273
Published by Harper & Row. 1st 1952. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Small format. Cloth spine, light green pictorial paper boards. B/w illustrations, brown text. Small piece of tape to front pastedown. Inscription in ink, with small illustration to verso of front endpaper. Wrapper is unevenly browned with edge-creasing and chipping; some loss to spine.

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OUTSIDE OVER THERE
Written by Maurice Sendak. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak.
Stock no. 1815523
Published by The Bodley Head. 1st 1981. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Ida's baby sister is snatched away by the goblins... Red cloth, gilt titles. Oblong format. Large colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0370304039. A few minor marks to dustwrapper.

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BRUNDIBAR
Written by Tony Kushner. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak.
Stock no. 2123955
Published by Walker Books. 1st 2004. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

After the Opera by Hans Krasa and Adolf Hoffmeister. Oblong format. Brown cloth with black and gilt titles. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 1844280284. SIGNED by Illustrator on publisher bookplate stuck on dedication page. Very faint damp staining to gutter edge of both boards. Contents also crinkled at top edges from damp (no staining). Wrapper is edge-creased with sticker to front panel.

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SOME SWELL PUP
Written by Maurice Sendak; Matthew Margolis. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak.
Stock no. 1507611
Published by The Bodley Head. 1991. Very good condition.

Or Are You Sure You Want a Dog? Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations in cartoon strip style. ISBN: 0370018079. Fading to spine and lower edges of covers. A little bumping to corners and cover edges. Light browning to endpapers.

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THE ANIMAL FAMILY
Written by Randall Jarrell. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak.
Stock no. 1507595
Published by Pantheon Books. 1st USA 1965. Very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

A man is alone on an uninhabited coast, this is the story of how, one by one, he found himself a family. Blue cloth, silver title to spine and design to front cover. B/w illustrations. 179 pages. 6.75 x 5.5". Fading to spine and rear cover alongside. Just an odd small mark to contents. Dustwrapper is edge worn and chipped with a browned spine and unevenly faded, grubby rear panel.

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HIGGLETY PIGGLETY POP! OR THERE MUST BE MORE TO LIFE
Written by Maurice Sendak. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak.
Stock no. 1507594
Published by The Bodley Head. 1991. Fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The tale of Jennie the Sealyham terrier, who packs her black leather bag with the gold buckles and goes out into the world to look for something more than everything. Square brown boards with yellow title to spine and square picture to front cover. B/w illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0370015053. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn, spine lightly browned, tiny bit grubby.

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I SAW ESAU
Written by Iona Opie; Peter Opie. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak.
Stock no. 1507593
Published by Candlewick Press. circa 1992. Fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Dark green boards, gilt title to spine. Packed full with colour and b/w illustrations. 160 pages. "The Schoolchild's Pocket Book", a book of rhymes. Originally published by Williams & Norgate Ltd in 1947. ISBN: 1564020460. Dustwrapper is edge worn, faint marks to front panel, possibly label removed?

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