May 12, 2011 - Sale 2247

Sale 2247 - Lot 158

Price Realized: $ 1,680
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800
SENDAK, MAURICE. Group of 3 Signed and Inscribed First Editions with drawings plus a Signed dust jacket proof. Together, 4 items. Original sizes, original bindings; dust jacket on The Light Princess as issued; others issued without jackets. Each inscribed and signed by sendak with a small sketch of one of the book's characters, on front endpaper. Dust jacket proof is for Down the Rabbit Hole by Selma Lanes [New York, 1971]; no drawing. All Signed to his friends, who were also professional framers of his illustrations and personal art collection. The drawings are all dated beteween 1968-75. Volumes by or illustrated by Sendak. Vp, vd

Additional Details

MacDonald. The Light Princess. New York, (1969) Fantasy Sketches. Covers a bit toned. Philadelphia: Rosenbach Foundation, 1970 Grimm Brothers. King Grisly-Beard. First edition in pictorial boards (published simultaneously with cloth edition). New York, (1973).