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THE LOVE FOR THREE ORANGES
Written by Frank Corsaro. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak.
Stock no. 2131198
Published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux. 1st USA 1984. Slightly better than very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Large format. Beige cloth with gilt title to spine and brown/red vignette to front cover. Colour illustrations and endpapers. The Glyndebourne Version. Some foxing to outer page edges. Original acetate wrapper is torn with a bit of loss; creased with some grubby marks.

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I SAW ESAU
Written by Iona Opie; Peter Opie. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak.
Stock no. 2130821
Published by Ted Smart. 2000. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than 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. Wrapper has some light edge-creasing.

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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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KING GRISLY-BEARD
Written by Brothers Grimm. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak.
Stock no. 1507591
Published by The Bodley Head. 1991. Very good condition.

A Tale From the Brothers Grimm, translated by Edgar Taylor. Green pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 037002026X. Fading to spine and some cover edges.

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THE BIG GREEN BOOK
Written by Robert Graves. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak.
Stock no. 1507562
Published by Aladdin Books; Macmillan Publishing Co.. 1st thus 1990. Almost very good condition.

The story of a boy's triumph over adult rules and regulations, brought to life by Sendak's vividly funny artwork. Green cardwraps. B/w illustrations. Not paginated. ISBN: 0689714025. Wear to spine, corners and cover edges, 1" split to top front edge of spine. Bump to spine causing creases either side. Light brown stain affects top corner of rear cover and some page edges slightly. Contents very good otherwise.

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HURRY HOME CANDY
Written by Meindert Dejong. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak.
Stock no. 1316693
Published by The Children's Book Club. circa 1962. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Children's book club edition. Green boards with black titles to spine. B/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Light musty smell to contents. Dustwrapper is foxed on verso, showing on white rear panel and is slightly worn to spine.

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IN THE NIGHT KITCHEN
Written by Maurice Sendak. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak.
Stock no. 2123265
Published by Harper & Row. Circa 1970. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Cream cloth with circular pictorial onlay to front. Full-page colour illustrations. A Caldecott Honor book. American edition. Wrapper is faded to spine with a couple of closed edge-tears. Reprint.

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THE ART OF MAURICE SENDAK
Written by Selma G. Lanes. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak.
Stock no. 2122444
Published by The Bodley Head. 1st 1981. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Large oblong format. Pictorial cloth. "Sendak's Life and Works are explored in affectionate detail, including many colour and b/w illustrations and folding plates, a moveable scene and a facsimile of the tiny mock-up that Sendak first made for the story that would later become Where The Wild Things Are". ISBN: 0370303865. A lovely copy.

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TAIL FEATHERS FROM MOTHER GOOSE
Written by Iona Opie. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak; Janet Ahlberg; Quentin Blake; John Burningham; Anthony Browne; Nicola Bayley; et al..
Stock no. 2122378
Published by Walker Books. 1st 1988. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Rhymes chosen from the Opie family archives. Oblong format. Red/brown boards, blue title to spine. Colour illustrations throughout by renowned illustrators. ISBN: 0744510392. Light wear to corners and top and tail of spine. Contents are excellent. Wrapper is a bit edge-creased with a few small marks; faded to spine.

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THE ART OF MAURICE SENDAK 1980 TO THE PRESENT
Written by Tony Kushner. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak.
Stock no. 1608927
Published by Harry N. Abrams, Inc.. c. 2003. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Large format. Dark blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0810944480. Wrapper is edge creased with small closed tear at base of spine.

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MAKING MISCHIEF A MAURICE SENDAK APPRECIATION
Written by Gregory Maguire. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak.
Stock no. 1505250
Published by William Morrow. 1st 2009. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An inspired visual tribute to the work of the legendary writer and illustrator. Black cloth, gilt titles. Colour and b/w illustrations. 200 pages. ISBN: 9780061689161. Front cover ever so slightly bowed. Dustwrapper has small tear to top of rear fold, remains of label to rear panel and a few marks, both barely visible. 2" stain to bottom edge only visible of verso.

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SARAH'S ROOM
Written by Doris Orgel. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak.
Stock no. 2117196
Published by The Bodley Head. 1st 1972. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A pocket-sized picture book with delicate drawings by Sendak and rhyming text. Yellow pictorial boards. ISBN: 0370011384. Light bumping along a couple of cover edges. Contents are excellent. Wrapper is browned to spine, with some foxing and edge-creasing.

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