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KENNY'S WINDOW
by Sendak, Maurice
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Near fine in very good plus jacket.
- Seller
-
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1956. First edition. Near fine in very good plus jacket.. Publisher's review copy of Sendak's first book as both author and illustrator. A scarce Sendak title, with dust jacket in unusually nice condition. 9'' x 7.5''. Original tan pictorial cloth with brown cloth spine. In original unclipped ($2.00) dust jacket. Illustrated by Sendak with orange wash throughout. Unpaginated. Original Harper & Brothers review slip laid in. Boards slightly bowed; jacket with minor foxing and light wear, two small tape repairs to verso.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Type Punch Matrix
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 37409
- Title
- KENNY'S WINDOW
- Author
- Sendak, Maurice
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine in very good plus jacket.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1956
- Keywords
- 20th century,1950s,US American
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About the Seller
Type Punch Matrix
Biblio member since 2020
Silver Spring, Maryland
About Type Punch Matrix
Type Punch Matrix is a rare book firm founded by Rebecca Romney and Brian Cassidy. TPM is a member firm of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America and upholds their Code of Ethics.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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