Stella & Rose's Books

NUTSHELL LIBRARY
Written by Maurice Sendak. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak.
Stock no. 1329045
Published by Harper & Row. 1st 1962. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Set of 4 volumes - "Chicken Soup With Rice", "Pierre", "One Was Johnny" and "Alligators All Around". Pink cloth, brown titles and vignettes. Colour illustrations. Approx 30 pages to each volume. Small books being, 3.5 x 2.5". Contained in a pictorial slip-case. Books are fine. Wrappers are a little browned and the spine of One Was Johnny is rubbed. Wrapper of Chicken Soup has the small off-white band to base of spine. Slipcase is just a little rubbed at corners.

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THE BAT-POET
Written by Randall Jarrell. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak.
Stock no. 1328757
Published by Kestrel Books. 1st 1977. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of a little brown bat who couldn't sleep during the day... Green boards, gilt title to spine. Light brown endpapers. Beautiful b/w illustrations throughout. 42 pages. 9.5 x 6.25". ISBN: 0722653581. Contents are browned, light foxing to top edge of textblock. Dustwrapper is price-cut by publisher with 'new' price sticker above cut. Small nick to top of spine.

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MICHAEL BOND'S BOOK OF BEARS
Written by Michael Bond; Jane Hissey; Enid Blyton; Arnold Lobel; et al. Illustrated by Bridget Dowty; Jan Brychta; Maurice Sendak; Meg Rutherford; et al..
Stock no. 1328672
Published by Michael O'Mara books Limited. 1st 1992. Almost very good condition.

Light blue pictorial glazed boards with Paddington featuring. Colour illustrations throughout. 173 pages. ISBN: 1854791117. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Light vertical crease to centre of spine. Front free-endpaper is creased. Some grubby marks to page margins and textblock.

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WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Written by Maurice Sendak. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak.
Stock no. 1328604
Published by Harper Collins. 1991. Slightly better than very good condition.

1964 Caldecott Medal Winner for the Most Distinguised Picture Book of the Year. 25th Anniversary Edition. Oblong format. Cloth spine, white pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0060254920. Minimal rubbing at corners. Contents fine.

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OUTSIDE OVER THERE
Written by Maurice Sendak. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak.
Stock no. 1328401
Published by The Bodley Head. 1st 1981. Almost very good condition.

Ida's baby sister is snatched away by the goblins... Red cloth, gilt titles. Oblong format. Large colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0370304039. Erased pencil markings to front free-endpaper. Some light bumping to cover edges. Dustwrapper is edge worn, faded to spine with a hole at the word 'there'. Slight markings to rear panel of wrapper.

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WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Written by Maurice Sendak. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak.
Stock no. 1327535
Published by The Bodley Head. 1968. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

UK edition. Large oblong format. Pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0370007727. Second impression. Spine and corners bumped. Foxing to cover edges. Tiny dent to lower edge of rear cover. Foxing to textblock and some page margins. Dustwrapper is grubby, foxed and worn and torn (tape repairs on verso).

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MY BROTHER'S BOOK
Written by Maurice Sendak. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak.
Stock no. 1325814
Published by Harper Collins. 1st 2013. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The author's final expression of longing to be reunited with his dead brother, Jack. Green cloth with gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9780007509164. Bumping to lower corners. Contents fine. Dustwrapper slightly edge rubbed and lightly grubby to rear panel.

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PIERRE
Written by Maurice Sendak. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak.
Stock no. 1324240
Published by Harper & Row. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A coutionary tale in five chapters and a prologue. Reinforced library binding (bigger than the normal Nutshell edition). Blue pictorial cloth. Colour illustrations throughout. 48 pages. Slight rubbing to cover edges. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn/rubbed with a gold Harpercrest sticker to spine.

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THE MIAMI GIANT
Written by Arthur Yorinks. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak.
Stock no. 1824386
Published by Harper Collins. 1st 1995. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large square format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0062050680. Spine and corners lightly bumped. Contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly worn at spine & corners, small red ink mark to rear panel, a few small closed edge-tears, repair to verso with clear tape.

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ZLATEH THE GOAT AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Isaac Bashevis Singer. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak.
Stock no. 2140115
Published by Longman Young Books. 1st UK 1970. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

"The seven tales in this book had their beginnings in middle-European Jewish folklore and legend...". Brown cloth with gilt title to spine and decoration to front cover. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0582155231. Light bumping and wear to spine and corners. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing and browning to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is creased with edge-tears and chips; foxing and marks; a little loss.

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SARAH'S ROOM
Written by Doris Orgel. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak.
Stock no. 2140113
Published by The Bodley Head. 1st 1972. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A pocket-sized picture book with delicate drawings by Sendak and rhyming text. Yellow pictorial boards. ISBN: 0370011384. Bookplate to front pastedown. Wrapper is faded and worn to spine; large stain to front panel and front flap; some white tape repairs to verso.

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WHAT CAN YOU DO WITH A SHOE?
Written by Beatrice Schenk De Regniers. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak.
Stock no. 2140108
Published by Margaret K. Mcelderry Books. 1st USA 1997. Very good condition.

Questions and wonderfully silly, laugh provoking answers in a game played by a little girl and boy. White pictorial boards with cloth spine. Oblong format 11.25 x 6". Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0689812310. Spine is a bit faded. Marks and foxing to covers. Foxing to outer page edges.

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