SOME SWELL PUP by SENDAK, MAURICE

Farrar, Straus & Giroux. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

New York: Farrar Strauss Giroux, 1976. First edition. Fine in near-fine jacket.. First printing, in which two children are taught how to properly care for a puppy, told in a comic strip-style illustrated story. 8.5'' x 7''. Original brown cloth, gilt-lettered spine. In original unclipped ($5.95) color pictorial dust jacket. Grey endpapers. Illustrated by Sendak in bright colors on every page. [32] pages. Only light wear to jacket.

A fine copy in fine dust jacket; pictorial jacket has tiny chips on corners, else fresh and bright. Signed "Maurice Sendak" on title page under illustration.

Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1976. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine in Archival Plastic Cover. A handsome First Edition (so stated) signed by author and illustrator Maurice Sendak in black ink on the front free endpaper. In fine condition, bound in brown cloth with gold titling, the interior and endpapers are clean and the colors bright. The dustjacket is complete with the original price ($5.95) and is bright and crisp, in fine condition but for touches of wear at the crease ends. Protected by an archival plastic dustjacket. A great and beautiful copy signed by the late master of illustration, Maurice Sendak.