Signed Maurice Sendak (26 results)

Condition: NEAR FINE. First printing. A book published in aid of the appeal to set up the Opie Collection of children's books at the Bodleian Library at Oxford. Includes rhymes selected by Iona Opie from the collection, some never before published, and each rhyme is illustrated by a different children's artist, all of whom donated their efforts to raise funds to perserve this collection. SIGNED and dated by Marc Brown at his illustrated pages. Other contributors are Shirley Hughes, Ann Dalton, Reg Cartwright, Inga Moore, Maurice Sendak, Quentin Blake, Helen Oxenbury, Babette Cole and others. Dustjacket illutration by Maurice Sendak. A beautiful and unique book. Near fine in near fine dust jacket (corners slightly bumped.).…

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. SHEPARDSON BOOKSTALL, OVER 20 YEARS OF EXCELLENCE. IMPORTANT BUT GRIM BOOK OF THE HOLOCAUST IN ILLUSTRATED EDITION. NOT RECOMMENDED FOR CHILDREN. SIGNED BY TONY KUSHNER. Maurice Sendak (illustrator). Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. 1st Edition. 1st edition hardcover in fine condition in near fine dust jacket - signed (inscribed) by Nelson DeMille on the half title page - book mark to Mr DeMille's very short story (6 pages) about returning from Vietnam and becoming an author - reflections by authors. Illus. By Maurice Sendak (illustrator). …

Soft cover. 8vo. Pp: 42, 6 plts. ISBN: 0060254629. Frontis. and 4 single page black and white plates, 1 double page black and white plate. Publisher's disbound proof in 3 separate signatures. Half title title page, all pages of text and illustrations present. Inscribed by illustrator Maurice Sendak on title page to Clive Sinclair, the British, Jewish novelist, academic and editor and to his wife and son. "For Clive, Fran and Seth- with great pleasure! Maurice Sendak July '85". Very good. Pages in the first signature were misaligned when cut, leading to a small outcrop on top edge and a crease, further creasesome further light creases from production handling. Some speckles to top edge, the odd further speckle, minor edgewear. Maurice Sendak (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. SIGNED by Maurice Sendak on the half title page. This is possibly the only copy of the UK hardback first edition. The jacket is clipped, and it has one small tear on the front, but this does not intrude on anything important. What is important, of course, is the artist's signature. This was obtained personally by me at Glyndebourne Festival Opera. Sendak worked on several productions there as designer.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. SIGNED on the title page by Maurice Sendak. This is the first edition hardback, issued with a plain acetate jacket. Sendak created this stunning production at Glyndebourne Festival Opera, and this copy was signed there. A clean and tight book, with no owner names, and the only added mark is the signature of the artist, in black ink. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng. Maurice Sendak (illustrator). Signed by Illustrator.…

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. A SIGNED copy of this large sized spiral bound calendar. The front cover illustration features many of Sendak's most famous characters. The artist has signed this on the cover, and it may well be the only signed example. There is some slight foxing to the cover, and the back cover. The rest of the pages are near mint. A very large item, which may require more shipping costs according to the destination. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng. Signed by Illustrator.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. SUPERB COLLECTABLE FIRST PRINTING of the last book Randall Jarrell wrote, and in this copy Maurice Sendak has signed and dated the end paper. It reads: 'For Peter Maurice Sendak Aug '85' and the dedicatee has signed it also, with a blind stamp added on the half title. This is highly likely to be the only UK copy signed.It is also a beautiful book. Protected jacket, nice and tight text block, first printing of the UK hardback. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng. Sendak, Maurice. (illustrator). Signed by Author.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket, as Issued. Limited/Numbered. 102 pages including intro by Sendak. First Edition, limited to 250 SIGNED copies, this #14. Contains original lithograph #14/250 copies, pencil signed by Maurice Sendak, which is in mint condition in hard acetate envelope. Beneath Sendak's signature on the limitation page is his inscription: "For Sally with special nutcracking love! Maurice, Dec. 84" Sally was his friend, editor, collaborator of many years. Contents are perfectly tight, clean, Fine. Grey blue cloth is bright, clean, square. Silver lettering on front cover very sharp, bright. Silver letters on slightly faded spine are muted, little flaking. The cloth covered box is VG, with some fading along top edge and top front board. Sendak was the set and costume designer for the Pacific Ballet Company production of The Nutcracker in 1983. He created additional drawings for this special limited edition. Please "Ask Bookseller" if this is available before ordering. Maurice Sendak (illustrator). Signed by Illustrator(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Hardcover with DJ. Brown cloth binding with color pastedown image on the front cover, gold lettering on the spine. Book and binding in very good condition. DJ, in mylar protective sleeve, a bit faded, s dirty smudge on the back cover. Original price of $4.95. No date on the title page. Copyright page dated 1967. Signed on the half title page by Sendak, "To Tess Johnston, Maurice Sendak. Jan '74." Black and white drawings throughout. Measures about 7 x 7 inches. Please email with questions or to request photos. Signed by Author(s). …

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. First Edition. Autograph; 4to; Inscribed and SIGNED by the author/illustrator on ffep: "To Adrien / Maurice Sendak" Contents clean and secure in original cream linen covered boards with circular color pictorial title panel mounted to front. Very nice dustwrapper, price clipped from upper corner of front flap. "1070" bottom of front flap and seven titles on the rear flap. Silver Caldecott Honor label at lower left corner of the front wrapper. Copyright date 1970, no additional printings listed. Lettering by Diana Blair. From the acclaimed author-artist Maurice Sendak comes a Caldecott Honor-winning tale of a fantastical dream world. This comic fantasy will delight readers of all ages with playful illustrations and an imaginative world only Sendak could create.In the Night Kitchen is the classic story of Mickey's adventures in the bakersâ kitchen as they prepare our morning cake. "Milk in the batter! Milk in the batter! We bake cake and nothingâs the matter!" the bakers sing.The bakers in the night kitchen need more milk for their batter, but then Mickey falls into the cake! They decide to put him in the oven anyway, but Mickey has different plans. He escapes in a plane made of bread dough and helps the bakers find the milk at last.; Signed by Author & Illustrator.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover with DJ. Bright red cloth with black lettering on the cover and spine. Tan/ivory pictorial DJ, a bit faded and a bit crinkled (now protected in mylar). The book is in excellent condition; the DJ on fair to good. No date on the title page. Copyright page dated 1971. Signed on the front endpapers by both Krauss and Sendak, numbered 70/75. Black and white drawings throughout. Please email with questions or to request photos. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Illustrated Edition. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1995, first Kraken edition, front fly leaf inscribed by Parker and signed by Sendak, 449 pp. Burgundy cloth boards, 30 full color illustrations. Matte green illustrated dust jacket with minor handling wear, mylar cover. Designed by Cynthia Krupat. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Something magical happens when a great artist interprets a great author. One of the most extraordinary such "collaborations" across creative culture's space-time continuum came in the form of this now rare edition of Melville's controversial 1852 novel, illustrated by none other than Maurice Sendak. (Popova) Reference: Popova, Maria. The Marginalian. 8/21/2014. Maurice Sendak's Rare, Sensual Illustrations for Herman Melville's Greatest Commercial Failure and Most Personally Beloved Book. Signed by Illustrator(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 2 hardcover volumes in a slipcase. Slipcase is orange paper with pastedown illustration, faded and a bit edgeworn. Both volumes inside are in good condition but for faded spines. Gray cloth with gold lettering. Stated First Editions, 1973. Volume one inscribed and signed on the half-title page by Maurice Sendak, dated December 1973. 168 and continuing to 332 pages. Please email with questions or to request photos. If you see a photo beside this listing, please be aware that it s an ABE Stock Photo (whatever that is) and not a photo of this book. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Oversized hardcover with DJ. Midnight blue cloth over boards, with somewhat dull bronze lettering. Pictorial DJ in very good condition, with original price of $6.95 and code of 1065 on bottom of front flap. No date on the title page. Copyright pages dated 1965. No statement of edition. Library of Congress number, but no ISBN. Illustrated throughout, and with colorful drawings by Sendak in the margins. Signed and inscribed by Sendak on the front endpaper, "For Zelda T--, Hello! Maurice Sendak Dec' 70." Please email with questions or to request photos. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Oversized hardcover with DJ. Dark blue cloth with gold lettering. Binding good and tight. Attractive pictorial DJ is edgeworn and fade (but it's scarce in any condition!). Now protected in mylar. Original price of $6.95. No date on the title page. Copyright page dated only 1965. 77 pages. Color illustrations and musical notation. Instantly recognizable as Sendak's work. Signed by Sendak on the front endpaper, his signature dated 1982. Unfortunately, there is another inscription on the same page, "to Giles on his fourth Christmas. May these songs stay with you through the years, Love Mother." This sweet inscription end about an inch above Sendak's name. Please email with questions or to request photos. Signed by Author(s).…

Cloth. Condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: near fine. First Edition Thus. Oblong quarto, 278pp. Blue cloth, title in gilt on spine. No additional printings listed on copyright page. Solid text block, faint toning along edges, some foxing along edges. In the publisher's dust jacket, $50.00 retail price on front flap, sunning to spine, a near fine example. Signed by Maurice Sendak on the half-title. Signed first edition of The Art of Maurice Sendak by Selma G. Lanes. (illustrator). Signed.…

Paperback original. Condition: Near fine. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 54pp. Brown paper covers, title in black on front cover. Solid text block, faint foxing to spine, otherwise fine. Inscribed by Ann Petry on the copyright page: "Happy Birthday / with love . from Ann Petry / Oct - 6 - 1993." This book contains a collection of poems and short stories by various children's literature authors in honor of Francelia Butler, who pioneered the field of children's literature as a scholarly study. Signed by Ann Petry, a contributor to the volume, the first edition of When I Was a Child, with cover illustrations by Maurice Sendak. (illustrator). Signed. …

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Hard Cover. First Edition. Signed by Author. HBDJ, 1992, stated 1st US Edition Revised,Black boards lettered Gold Gilt, Fine/Fine, 160 pages. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Small hardcover with DJ. Pictorial covers. Binding tight and clean. This is an undated reprint (DJ code on inside flap is '30-60.') Copyright page dated only 1961. LOC numbers but no ISBN numbers (not on the DJ, either). Back cover of DJ has reviews of The Moon Jumpers, also by Udry and Sendak (and winner of the 1960 Caldecott Medal). DJ is good and clean, with a short tear about the size of a dome on the front cover. The DJ is in a protective sleeve. Signed on the front endpaper by Sendak, "To Gillian. hello! Maurice Sendak. Oct 79." Please email with questions or to request photos. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Possibly a unique copy of the British hardback first printing. Maurice SEndak signed this at Glyndebourne Opera Festival while he was working on a set design in 1984. He has signed on the front end paper, and written: 'For Peter with pleasure! Maurice Sendak Oct. 84'This copy is in great collectable condition, and the jacket is protected. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng. Signed by Illustrator.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hardcover with dustjacket. Pictorial boards with blue/green cloth spine. Binding good and clean and tight. Original DJ in pretty good condition, but faded at the spine and edges. Some dustiness, but no tears. Front flap is price clipped, but has the code of 30-70 on the bottom edge. Unpaginaged. No date on the title page. Copyright page dated only 1952. LOC number present but no ISBN. the "G-r-r-r-r" on page 23 indicates that it is not the first printing. But it is an early printing (perhaps 2nd), with no mention of any other Sendak works except The Wonderful Farm in the biographical blurb on the read DJ flap. Signed on the title page by Sendak - just his name - no date or inscription. Please email with questions or to request photos. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. RARE and very hard to find in a SIGNED copy. Two hardback first printings of the UK slipcased edition, with the first volume SIGNED by the great illustrator, Maurice Sendak, and with the following text: 'For Peter Kettle with pleasure! Maurice Sendak May '82'. This also has the former owner's signature and a blind stamp. VERY RARE SET. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng. Signed by Illustrator.…

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. Original Maurice Sendak drawing. Paper is 3 x 4.25 inches, hinged to mat board measuring 8 x 10. Black ink on good drawing paper, nice and clean. Drawing is of a girl in a bonnet, signed beneath. No date or inscription. Mat board is clean. There's a backing board as well. Signed by Author(s).…

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. Original Maurice Sendak drawing. Paper is 6.5 x 7 inches, hinged to mat board measuring 8 x 10. Black ink on good, white, drawing paper, nice and clean. Drawing is of a woman with umbrella and shawl, signed beneath. No date or inscription. Mat board is clean. There's a backing board as well. Signed by Author(s). …

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. Original Maurice Sendak drawing. Paper is 6.5 x 8.5 inches, hinged to mat board measuring 8 x 10. Black ink on good, colored, drawing paper, nice and clean. Drawing is of a boy having a tantrum and a dog facing away, signed beneath. No date or inscription. Mat board is clean. There's a backing board as well. Signed by Author(s).…