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Harper & Brothers. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by the author on the title page, with "who also writes." Rubbing, toning, light foxing. Jacket with rubbing, toning, small chips and tears. Uncommon. Photo on request. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author .

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1953. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Maurice Sendak. First edition stated; 8vo, 182 pages, in-text drawings by Maurice Sendak throughout; brick colored cloth boards show light wear at extremities, short cut in spine that does not penetrate the cloth; clipped dust jacket with some faint brown spots and toned spine, award sticker on front cover. A seemingly simple story of a boy who longs for a pet, and finally ends up with his very own pet rabbit, only to find he's escaped in the night. The storytelling is complex, full of family love and the intense emotions of a childhood. A Newbery Honor book of 1954. Scarce.

(London: Lutterworth Press: 1957) First Edition. Boards pp. viii, 182. Pictures by Maurice Sendak. First Edition. An owner’s name at head of front free endpaper. The front free endpaper is foxed, and there is a little scattered foxing elsewhere, otherwise a very good copy in a chipped and somewhat worn dust-jacket which is foxed though not much affecting the appearance of its pictorial front panel.

Lutterworth P, 1957. 2nd Printing. Hard cover. Very good in good dust jacket. moderate shelfwear, tiny tears and creases to the dustjacket, mild foxing, one inch closed tear to the jacket. 182p., ill., 21 cm. Audience: Children/juvenile.

Lutterworth Press, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. First Thus. 182 pages. This is an ex-Library book. Orange jacket over cloth. Presumed 1957. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak. B&W illustrations throughout. Minimal foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Some gutter cracking. Ex-library with usual stamps, inserts and markings. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with scuffing, staining and marking to boards. Minor sunning to spine and board edges. Unclipped dust jacket in protective plastic cover. Mild wear, tear and chipping to edges and corners. Minor tanning to spine, with soiling to DJ.

Collins, 1972. Paperback. Acceptable. 1972. First Edition Thus. 127 pages. Illustrated paper cover. Contains black and white illustrations by Maurice Sendak. Pages and illustrations are heavily tanned with visible markings throughout. Binding remains firm. Paper covers have moderate edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and curling to corners.