The Art of Maurice Sendak by Selma G. Lanes

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A lovely inscribed and signed copy with original sketch. Lanes.Ĭovering his best known works (such as Where the Wild Things Are and In the Night Kitchen) as well as his youth in Brooklyn and his early work as an illustrator (for example, his advertisements for Jell-O), this lavishly illustrated chronicle of Sendak's career also includes three folding plates, a tipped-in facsimile of Where the Wild Horses Are (the first dummy for Wild Things) and an original pop-up illustration depicting a scene from 'Little Red Riding Hood.' Hanrahan A107.īook about-fine with a few spots of faint foxing to interior, acetate dust jacket with a few scratches as usual.

Oblong quarto, original pictorial cloth, original printed acetate dust jacket.įirst edition of the first major retrospective of the acclaimed artist-author’s career, with 261 illustrations, including 94 color plates and an original Sendak pop-up, inscribed by him: “ForAlan-And with pleasure! Maurice Sendak Dec:80,” with a superb original sketch of one of his Wild Things (Moishe) saying, “Boo!' and additionally inscribed by author Selma G. THE ART OF MAURICE SENDAK, WITH 261 ILLUSTRATIONS AND AN ORIGINAL POP-UP, INSCRIBED BY SENDAK WITH A SKETCH OF A WILD THING AND ADDITIONALLY SIGNED BY AUTHOR SELMA G.

The Art of Maurice Sendak by Selma G. Lanes