DEAR GENIUS The Letters of Ursula Nordstrom by Nordstrom, Ursula & Leonard S. Marcus - 1998

HarperCollins Publishers, 1998-03. Paperback. Good.

HarperCollins. paperback. Like New. 6x1x9. HAS DUST COVER*MAY HAVE SLIGHT SHELF WEAR*USED LIKE NEW CONDITION - MAY HAVE SCHOOL STAMP/NUMBER/LIGHT SHELF WEAR - NEVER ISSUED TO STUDENT - AS GOOD AS NEW

HarperCollins Publishers, 1998-03-01. Paperback. Used:Good.

(New York): HarperCollins Publishers, 1998. Softcover. Near Fine. Advance Reading Copy. Pictorial wrappers. 371pp. Mild spine crease, corners lightly rubbed, near fine.

Harper Collins, 1998. First edition, first printing. Fine and bright in like illustrated dustjacket with crisp bright text throughout. Nicely illustrated with portraits. Nordstrom was the director of Harper's Department of Books for boys and girls. Gift quality

HarperCollins, 1998-02-01. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

New York, NY, U.S.A.: HarperCollins Children's Book Group, 1998. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth & Boards. Fine/Fine. Signed by Maurice Sendak! Our Maurice Sendak Collection at Parrish Books would not be complete without this wonderful book, a First Edition, First printing featuring the letters of a person Mr. Sendak has described to us as the most influential person in his career, Ursula Nordstrom, director of Harper's Department of Books for Boys and Girls from 1940 to 1973. This is a book of her letters to the talented authors and illustrators working on books for her and Harper during those years. Nordstrom met Sendak when he was "twenty-two-and-a-half" year-old, working in the window display department of F.A.O. Schwarz and the store's children's book buyer, Frances Chrystie, arranged a meeting between the two. A day later, Nordstrom offered Sendak the assignment of illustrating "The Wonderful Farm" and a long and productive relationship for both had begun. The book includes many wonderful… Read More