Seller: Treehorn Books, Santa Rosa, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak (illustrator). First Edition. A little light soiling to the upper edge. The dust jacket has a couple of tiny chips to the upper spine area. ; Signed & inscribed by Maurice Sendak: "to Linda. M. S. Nov. '84" ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 102 pages; Signed by Illustrator.
Language: English
Published by Crown ( 1984 ), New York, 1984
ISBN 10: 051755285X ISBN 13: 9780517552858
Seller: Thomas J. Joyce And Company, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. Maurice Sendak (illustrator). First Trade Edition. Oblong quarto, 102 pages, cloth. This is, of course, the story which inspired Tchaikovsky's great ballet, "The Nutcracker Suite". Autographed by Sendak on the half-title page.
Language: English
Published by Crown Publishers, New York
Seller: The Literary Lion, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Maurice Sendak (illustrator). 1st Edition. (1984). Stated first edition. Large square quarto full gray cloth lettered in silver. Illustrated throughout with full-page and in-text color drawings by Sendak. Very fine in a very fine dust jacket, This copy INSCRIBED BY SENDAK on the half title. Inscribed by Illustrator(s).
Language: English
Published by New York: Stewart, Tabori & Chang, Inc. 1996, SIGNED FIrst Edition, First Printing., 1984
ISBN 10: 1556705301 ISBN 13: 9781556705304
Seller: Shepardson Bookstall, Brookline, MA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. Maurice Sendak - Ill. (illustrator). 1st Edition. SHEPARDSON BOOKSTALL, 20 YEARS OF EXCELLENCE. RARE, EARLY SPIRIN ART WORK, DIFFICULT TO FIND. Decorative Gennady DJ is covered in mylar. Synopsis: Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann's "The Nutcracker" is one of the world's most beloved Christmas stories". This rich and mysterious classic has never been out of print since it was first published in 1816. Signed by Illustrator(s).
Soft cover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Included. Maurice Sendak (illustrator). As New. First Edition. Galley/Proof. Presentation By Author. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Signed by Author(s).
Language: English
Published by Crown Publishers, Inc., 1984
Seller: Bookworm and Apple, Bronx, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Maurice Sendak (illustrator). Stated first edition. Dust jacket has minor edge wear. Price shows $19.95. Jacket is in a new protective Brodart cover. Front board does not lie exactly flat, else boards are in fine condition. Spine is tight. Pages are clean and crisp. Signed by Maurice Sendak on the half-title page. Light foxing on the page ends. Great readable or collectible condition.
Maurice Sendak (illustrator). First edition / First printing. Signed by Maurice Sendak on a Nutcracker bookplate laid into the book. Navy cloth. xiv, 102 pages. Fine in fine dust jacket.
Language: English
Published by Crown Publishing,, New York:, 1984
ISBN 10: 051755285X ISBN 13: 9780517552858
Seller: Town's End Books, ABAA, Deep River, CT, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Maurice Sendak (illustrator). First Edition, First Printing. First Printing Fine in blue cloth covered boards with silver text stamping on the spine and on the front board. An oblong small quarto of 10 7/8 by 9 7/8 inches with wonderfully decorated end sheets. In a near fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap with rubbing to the corners of the panels over the tips of the boards. Attached to the first free end page is a book plate which is signed by the artist, Maurice Sendak. Text by E. T. A. Hoffman and color illustrations by Sendak. 102 pages of text and color illustrations some of which are presented on facing pages Translated by Ralph Manheim.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Maurice Sendak (illustrator). 1st Edition. Fine Copy In Like Jacket.Stated First Edition.$19.95 On Flap.Signed by Sendak On Half-Title.Beautiful Copy of This Christmas Classic. Signed by Author(s).
First Edition Signed
Maurice Sendak (illustrator). First 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. Edge/bottoms of pages and end pages show a small amount of discoloration but the flat pages are all clean with bright drawings and no marring. First edition of the 2001 printing. We carry a variety of Maurice Sendak artwork and hard to find signed editions. Parrish Books guarantees the authenticity of all signatures.
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA, Wadsworth, IL, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Maurice Sendak (illustrator). First Edition. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 102 pages. Number 90 from an edition of only 250 copies. A wonderful rendition of this classic Christmas story. Features a translation by Ralph Manheim. The illustrations are based on Sendak's sets and costumes that he designed for a Nutcracker production for the Pacific Northwest Ballet. A clean near fine copy in blue cloth boards with some very slight sunning to the spine and in a near fine slipcase with the same sunning to the opening. Signed by Sendak on the limitation page. Includes the original hand-drawn lithograph "Faithful Nutcracker" printed on chine applique paper which is adhered to a hand torn sheet Lana mould made paper. The lithograph is in fine condition and is signed and numbered by Sendak as well. Signed.
Language: English
Published by Crown, 1984
Seller: Black Swan Books, Oakland, CA, U.S.A.
Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Maurice Sendak (illustrator). 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. Signed by Illustrator(s).
Seller: Booklegger's Fine Books ABAA, Park Ridge, IL, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Condition: Fine. Maurice Sendak (illustrator). A fine hardcover copy in a fine slipcase. Issued without a jacket. LIMITED EDITION OF 250 COPIES. SIGNED BY MAURICE SENDAK. Includes an Original Signed Illustration. No bumped corners to book. Slipcase has no splits or rubbing to cloth. A very nice copy.
Published by Crown, New York, 1984
Seller: Carl Blomgren Fine Books ABAA, Petaluma, CA, U.S.A.
Signed
Stiff Wraps. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: near fine. Maurice Sendak (illustrator). !0 x 10" square bound pictorial stiff wraps with heavy folded DJ. Unclipped. 102 pgs. Profusely illustrated in color by Maurice Sendak. Some illustrations are double page, some full page and some in text. Signed Nutcracker bookplate by Sendak on front free leaf. Near fine. Translated by Ralph Mannheim. Sendak designed the sets and costumes for the Pacific Northwest Ballet's Christmas production of the Nutcracker in Seattle and here he expands the illustrations into this book.
Published by Crown Publishers, Inc., New York, 1984
Seller: Wallace & Clark, Booksellers, Katy, TX, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Sendak, Maurice (illustrator). 1st Edition. (Sendak, Maurice) illustrator. NUTCRACKER; translated by Ralph Manheim; pictures by Maurice Sendak. New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., (1984). STATED FIRST EDITION; NUMBER 234 OF 250 COPIES ON PAPER CREATED ESPECIALLY FOR THIS BOOK; SIGNED BY SENDAK ON THE LIMITATION PAGE. Square 4to - 10-1/8" x 10-1/8". Blue-gray cloth covered boards with titles stamped in silver within a blind stamped decorative border to front cover and titles stamped in silver to spine with no fading, no rubbing and no wear for what is a pristine copy of the book. Original publisher's blue-gray cloth covered board slipcase with titles stamped in silver within a blind stamped decorative border, matching the design of the front cover of the book, with very minor fading to the spine panel and a few spots where the cloth is a little lighter than the rest to front panel for what is a very nice example of the slipcase. Beautiful color pictorial endpapers by Sendak. xiv, 102 pp. This English translation of E. T. A. Hoffmann's Nussknacker und Mausekonig is illustrated by Sendak in full color with costumes and set designs he created for the Pacific Northwest Ballet's Christmas production of Nutcracker, in addition to new pictures he created especially for this book; internally the book is fine; LAID IN AS ISSUED IS AN ORIGINAL HAND-DRAWN LITHOGRAPH BY MAURICE SENDAK, NUMBER 234 OF 250 IMPRESSIONS PLUS 25 PROOFS, SIGNED BY SENDAK. The condition of the book and lithograph is FINE. The condition of the slipcase is NEAR FINE. SCARCE. Signed by Illustrator(s).
Language: German
Published by Bodley Head,, London:, 1984
ISBN 10: 0370308409 ISBN 13: 9780370308401
Seller: Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB, Springfield, MA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak (illustrator). Translated from the German by Ralph Manheim. First British edition. SIGNED by Maurice Sendak on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine (minor edge wear with a few short closed edge tears) dust jacket with no price on the front flap. ; Signed by Illustrator.
Published by Crown Publishers, Inc, New York, 1984
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Condition: Fine. Signed Limited First Edition. Signed limited first Sendak edition. Copy 97 of a limited 250 signed by Sendak on the limitation page, with a signed and limited lithograph laid in. Bound in publisher's grey cloth-covered boards with front cover decorated in blind and titled in silver, silver titles on spine; in original slipcase. Cloth lightly sunned, else Fine. E.T.A. Hoffmann's early 19th-century tale, illustrated here for the first time by Maurice Sendak.