Nutcracker by Hoffman E T a Maurice Sendak, Signed (5 results)

Condition: Near Fine. Maurice Sendak (illustrator). First 2001 Edition. Pictures by master illustrator Maurice Sendak from the designs and sets he fashioned for the Pacific Northwest Ballet's "Nutcracker' first staged in 1983 in Seattle, Washington. Signed on the title page by Maurice Sendak. Fine clothbound hardcover in fine dust jacket in removable protective cover. Just a touch of rubbing along the edges of dustjacket. We carry a variety of Maurice Sendak artwork and hard to find signed editions. Parrish Books guarantees the authenticity of all signatures. Dust jacket Near Fine with just a touch of rubbing along edges.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Maurice Sendak (illustrator). 1st Edition. Limited to 250 copies, this being 231. Signed by Maurice Sendak under the numbered copy. Beautifully illustrated, bound in blueish gray cloth, a very small pen mark on front cloth, silver lettering on spine starting to wear. Comes with cloth slip case. Light sunning on some edges, otherwise a nice collectible piece. Signed by Illustrator(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Maurice Sendak (illustrator). First Edition/First Printing. INSCRIBED BY SENDAK on the half title page 'Merry Christmas '84 Heather and William Maurice Sendak.' A beautiful copy. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Included. Maurice Sendak (illustrator). First Trade. Pictures by Maurice Sendak, including nine 2-page color spreads. Translated by Ralph Manheim. First trade edition, first printing. Signed by Sendak on the half-title page. Publisher's dark purple cloth, with front board and spine lettered in silver foil, front board decorated in blind, and pictorial endpapers; in its original dark blue dust jacket, with nutcracker illustration by Sendak to front panel, mouse illustration to rear panel, lettered in black, red, and white. About fine book, with light toning to edges, and a faint spot to fore-edge of textblock; fine unclipped dust jacket. With 12-page uncorrected proof copy laid in ("non-consecutive pages"), with front wrapper matching design on front panel of dust jacket. Fine uncorrected proof copy, with just a hint of edgewear. Overall, a wonderful copy of this beautifully illustrated book. Originally published in 1816 and titled "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King," this classic Christmas story opens on Christmas Eve, when a young girl named Marie is gifted a nutcracker with a broken jaw. Later that night, when Marie is alone with the nutcracker, he comes alive and fends off a horde of mice led by the Mouse King. Eventually, through Marie's love, the nutcracker is transformed back into a human, and the two marry and travel to the doll kingdom. An 1844 retelling of the story by Alexandre Dumas (author of The Three Musketeers), was used as the basis of Tchaikovsky's masterful holiday ballet, The Nutcracker. For this edition, Sendak based his illustrations on the Pacific Northwest Ballet's successful production of The Nutcracker, which he designed sets and costumes for. The production premiered in 1983 and emphasized some of the weirder elements of Hoffmann's story. Inscribed by Illustrator.

First Edition, First Printing. Boldly SIGNED by Sendak on the half-title page, dated Nov. 29, '84, the same month of the book's release. Navy blue cloth-covered boards with silver lettering to front and spine, with a blind-stamped decorative design on front. Front board slightly bowed. Color pictorial dust jacket, unclipped, with light wear along edges and front turn. Illustrated endpapers. Internally clean and bright. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. A beautifully illustrated book by one of the most beloved children's illustrators of our time. In 1983, the year prior to this book's publication, Sendak was asked to design the costumes for the Pacific Northwest Ballet's production of the Nutcracker. The New York Times Book Review (Nov. 11, 1984) states, "Some of Mr. Sendak's illustrations are adaptations of sketches for the Seattle production, but many have been done especially for the book. Necessarily, the manners are different, but the dissonance is not disturbing in the least. The pictures are evocative, Hoffmanesque, and appropriately scary." and "Indeed, illustrations is too modest a term: these pictures are part of the essences of 'Nutcracker,' not just dressing." Hanrahan A119.