Jan 24, 2013 - Sale 2300

Sale 2300 - Lot 36

Price Realized: $ 1,200
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
MAURICE SENDAK with Margolis, Matthew. Some Swell Pup or, Are You Sure You Want a Dog? Illustrated by Sendak. 8vo, gilt-lettered brown cloth; dust jacket, scattered light rubbing, few scratches to rear panel. Hanrahan A97. New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, (1976)

Additional Details

first edition, inscribed and signed by sendak with a watercolor and ink sketch of the pup and the girl. A voice bubble for the dog reads "For Daniel - Ruff! R-R-RUFFFF!" and the girl: "Some Damned Pup!" Dated June 1980.