Description

Square quarto size hardcover bound in deep purple cloth and publisher’s price-clipped dust-jacket. 102 pages. Illustrated throughout with color drawings by Maurice Sendak. Translated by Ralph Manheim. Stated first edition, first printing with no other printings listed. Short gift inscription dated 1984 at upper half-title page. A clean , tight, otherwise unmarked copy. Dust-jacket shows mild damage to lower spine but no loss, now clear tape reinforced on verso. A very good copy in a still very good dust-jacket.