Nutshell Library, First Edition (26 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Sendak, Maurice (illustrator). 1st Edition. X-lib binding in a VG jacket. Bright and securely bound. This is one of the books in the Nutshell Library. Maurice Sendak received the 1964 Caldecott Medal for Where the Wild Things Are and is the creator of such classics as In the Night Kitchen, Outside Over There, Higglety Pigglety Pop!, and Nutshell Library.

Limp bound books. Condition: Very Good. First edition thus. Cody was an American writer and entrepreneur who developed a long-running home-study course. These four titles in his Nutshell Library were selected, edited, and abridged by Cody for educational purposes. 3 1/2 by 5 inch limp bound books. Clean, unmarked copies.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Maurice Sendak (illustrator). 1st Edition. First Edition with no price printed on box. Pink boards. Chicken Soup and Pierre are paginated; the other two are not. The box is holding up with scuffs and one small tear. We made dust jackets for this set from our first edition set. The previous owner, little Ransom, has his name on the pastedown endpapers. He even illustrated the free endpaper in "One Was Johnny" and attempted to write his name on the front boards. A charming intact set.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First Edition. Four miniature children's books written and illustrated by Maurice Sendak in an illustrated slip case. All books are the 1962 first edition. Each book dust jacketed. Books in Very good condition. Top of the slip case dented upwards but it is still sturdy and the illustrations on the case show little wear or soil. Dust jackets have some wear on the spines, nothing on the covers of any of them.

Cloth. Condition: G+ to VG. Dust Jacket Condition: G to VG-. Assumed First Edition. Juniper - 48 pp, The Silver Medallion - 32 pp, The First Robin - 48 pp, Springfellow's Parade - 32 pp, the books are clean and tight with dust jackets from G to VG- in condition, 3 of the books have clean covers and 1 has some light fading, the SET IS BOXED, the box is clean with light wear. Size: 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION WITH "The Night Before Christmas" SIGNED BY HILARY KNIGHT! Includes a photo from the signing event. Condition is VG+: pristine text & illustrations, the boards look like new. But some age-related foxing on endpapers, mild wear on dust jackets. Slipcase has original $2.95 price clearly visible and remarkably only mild wear, but prior owner wrote their name in black marker (see photo). Expedited and international shipping are welcome; signed by author. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. First Edition. Gift quality slipcased set of four holiday books. Color loss at edges of matte cardboard case, no splits. 4, 32pp hardcovers in salmon colored cloth with 4 original dust jackets are in mint shape (save for one wrinkled page). No names, tears or soil. Very uncommon and much sought.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. First Edition. Gift quality set of four miniature books in slipcase. All four books bound in salmon cloth making this the first edition, first series. Unmarked, no names, tears or soil on slipcase or books. 4 books, each 3.75" high by 2.75". In moderately rubbed pictorial cardboard slipcase. Includes: One Was Johnny, Pierre - A Cautionary Tale, Alligators All Around, and Chicken Soup with Rice.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Gift quality set of four miniature books in slipcase. All four books bound in pink cloth making this the first edition, first series. Unmarked, no names, tears or soil on slipcase or books. 4 books, each 3.75" high by 2.75". In a very attractive illustrated slipcase with negligible color loss at tips, displays beautifully. This is the nicest set we've had in over 25 years of bookselling. Includes: One Was Johnny, Pierre - A Cautionary Tale, Alligators All Around, and Chicken Soup with Rice.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION WITH ALL FOUR BOOKS SIGNED BY HILARY KNIGHT! Likely the ONLY such set listed anywhere in the world right now. Each book is signed differently, NONE are personalized, two are dated in 1992. Condition is a strong Very Good: pristine text & illustrations, the boards look like new. But some age-related foxing on endpapers, mild wear on dust jackets. Slipcase has original $2.95 price clearly visible and remarkably only mild wear. Simply a wonderful and unique set. Signed by author. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover set in slipcase. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition Thus. 32mo 4" - 5" tall; 1970 Diogenes. 1st German edition. 4 volumes in orange paper covered boards and color pictorial dust jackets in pictorial slipcase. Original dust jackets generally bright and neat, just a trifle toned at spines. Aligatoren has a short closed tear to the jacket at the crown. Slipcase lightly rubbed edges and perhaps a little toned top edge A few mild spots of rub and bump to DJ spine edges. Books are stiffly bound; NF in VG+ dust jackets and slipcase.

Hardcover. Condition: very good+/very good. First edition. 48mo (4" x 3") Pierre, a Cautionary tale in five chapters and a prologue, Chicken Soup with Rice A Book of Months, Alligators All Around An Alphabet and One was Johnny A Counting Book. All four volumes in dust jackets. Light edge rujbbing to jackets. Pictorial box is brocken and missing the top and bottom.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Hilary Knight (illustrator). 1st Edition. a fine set in the original pink pictorial cloth, indicates 1st state, 1st edition in pictorial djs, all fine in a fine pictorial custom box. Stories are in 4 volumes, and are titled: Night Before Christmas, Candy Canes, Firefly, and A Christmas Stocking story. Fine set, rare thus, from the author of Eloise, Hilary Knight of New York who illustrated Kay Thompson's Eloise series for children.

Record. Maurice Sendak (illustrator). First edition. 33 1/3 record with the two title songs from the original TV songtrack sung by Carol King. Hanrahan; Sendak A51-7. Record number on sleeve, OD66112SP. The sleeve features two Sendak illustrations from books in the Nutshell Library. The reverse of the sleeve has photos and short biographies of King and Sendak. The record is fine in near fine sleeve with two extremely tiny tears along the upper edge. Book.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Cover. First Edition. Four small books in original box, No dustjackets, Alligators All Around, Pierre, Chicken Soup with Rice, One Was Johnny.

Hardcover. Condition: near fine/very good/very good. First edition. 48mo. (4" x 2 1/2") Four volumes in color pictorial box. Pink cloth. All volumes in dust jackets with some light chippng. (Chicken Soup with Rice has white edge on bottom of dust jacket. A lovely little set with Maurice Sendak's illustrations. Slipcase has just a bit of corner edge rubbing.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Four small books in box, contains A Christmas Stocking Story,A Firefly in a Fir Tree, Angels and Berries and Candy Canes, The Night Before Christmas, Very Good with dustjacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. This is a boxed set of four mini-books, each measuring 2.75 x 4 inches. Sendak illustrations are featured on the covers and throughout each. These first editions are a real treat to read and to peruse, as Sendak's illustrations connect so well with the text and resonate with readers old and young. The books' condition ranges from Very Good+ to Fine. The dust jackets complete, The completed, Very Good condition box is illustrated on all but the bottom surface by Sendak; wear to box limited mostly to the tips.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition. 32mos. Slipcase measuring approximately 2 ¾" x 4". Four volume set. Fine in near fine dust jackets with light toning, all housed in a near fine decorative papercovered slipcase with slight rubbing. Four volume set containing "Alligators All Around", "One Was Johnny", "Chicken Soup With Rice", and "Pierre.".

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition. 32mos. Slipcase measuring approximately 2 ¾" x 4". Four volume set. Illustrated. A couple tiny spots on the topedge of one volume, else fine in near fine dust jackets with lightly toned spines, and slight offsetting on two volumes from the slipcase housed in a near fine decorative papercovered slipcase with a few small nicks. Four volume set containing "The Silver Dandelion," "Juniper," "Springfellow's Parade," and "The First Robin.".

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition. 32mos. Slipcase measuring approximately 2 3/4" x 4". Four volume set. Fine in near fine dust jackets with small nicks on spine heads and faint stains on spines, all housed in a very good decorative papercovered slipcase. Four volume set containing "Alligators All Around", "One Was Johnny", "Chicken Soup With Rice", and "Pierre.".

4 volumes, miniature format. Original pink cloth; printed dust jackets; pictorial slipcase. First edition, without price sticker. Undisputed children's classics, in miniature. Hanrahan A51. A well-preserved set. Fine copies in very clean jackets that have some light fading to the spines; light wear to slipcase at corners. Generally a very attractive set.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Four small books with dustjacket in slipcase (The Silver Dandelion, The First Robin, Juniper, Springfellow's Parade) previous owner's name on endpaper, First printing, scarce.

Hardcover. A very attractive four-volume set of books written and illustrated by Maurice Sendak, in a card slipcase titled Nutshell Library. The four are: Alligators All Around, An Alphabet; Chicken Soup with Rice, A Book of Months; One Was Johnny, A Counting Book; and Pierre, A Cautionary Tale in Five Chapters and a Prologue. Each volume: hardcover, bound in decorated salmon-pink cloth, in dust jacket; 32 - 48 pages; color illustrations throughout; 6.8 x 9.4 cm. All are Fine in a Fine dj with a hint of soiling. Illustrated paper-bound card slipcase; 7 x 10.2 x 4 cm. Very Good+ with light rubbing to the extremities. First edition, first or second printing. Ref: Hanrahan, Works of Maurice Sendak, A51. Books ship the next business day, wrapped in padding, in a box.

First Edition. First Edition. All illustrated by Hilary Knight. 1 vols. 16mo (3-7/8 x 2-1/2 inches). Pink cloth. Fine in original pictorial dust jackets. In pictorial slipcase All illustrated by Hilary Knight. 1 vols. 16mo (3-7/8 x 2-1/2 inches).

First German Edition. Maurice Sendak. First German Edition. Titles include: Klaus, Alligatoren alluberall, 1 War Hans, Huhnersuppe mit Reis. 4 vols. 4 x 3" Near fine. All four books in original near fine dust jackets with very slight fading to the spine. The books are contained in pictorial slipcase Titles include: Klaus, Alligatoren alluberall, 1 War Hans, Huhnersuppe mit Reis. 4 vols. 4 x 3".