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Krauss, Ruth. Charlotte and The White Horse. Harper & Brothers, U.S.A., 1955.

Price: US$17.50 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: G3 - Book has wrinkling on the spine edges, wear and tear on the bottom cover corners opposite the spine, some scribbled lines on the back, chipping and wear on the edges, sides and back, brown stain on the side opposite the spine on some inside pages, dog-eared page, discoloration, and shelf wear otherwise good. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall

Seller: Bookmarc's, Houston, TX, U.S.A.

Ruth Krauss; Sendak, Maurice (illu.). Charlotte and the White Horse. Harper & Brothers, 1955.

Price: US$25.00 + shipping

Description: 16mo. 1970, or later, printing. Tight copy with clean text. Top edge of cloth boards stained, very faint scuffing to boards. Previous owner's name, on page between endpaper and title page. In unclipped dj ($4.95), moderately scuffed, now protected in removable mylar.

Seller: La Playa Books, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.

Ruth Krauss (Pictures by Maurice Sendak). Charlotte and The White Horse. Harper & Brothers, 1955.

Price: US$30.00 + shipping

Condition: As New

Description: A Lovely Copy - Like New! This small, thin hardcover book has beautiful color illustrations by Maurice Sendak. The copyright page shows 1955 as the published date. The front cover has a sweet, color illustration of a girl hugging a little, white horse. We always ship in a sturdy box.

Seller: THIS OLD BOOK, Brookfield, IL, U.S.A.

Ruth Krauss; Maurice Sendak [Illustrator]. Charlotte and The White Horse. Harper & Bros., 1955.

Price: US$32.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Harper & Brothers, 1955. No additional printings/editions indicated. Printed paper over black cloth library binding, no text on spine. 24 unpaginated pages, decorative fly-leafs. Early work by featuring Sendak's illustrations. Paper on cover shows some rubbing around edges and on back, very small tears at front board ends. No dust jacket. Book plate remnant on title page verso, no other library markings. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Seller: Book House in Dinkytown, IOBA, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.

Krentz, Jayne Ann. Charlotte and the White Horse. Harper & Brothers, United States of America, 1955.

Price: US$40.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Lightly rubbed on ends of spine and along top and bottom edge, smudged along top edge on front and rear, faint pencil erasure mark on second page, faint yellow smudge on lower corner of fifth page, brown smudges on reverse of seventh page and carried over to opposite page. Overall, good plus. Protected in mylar sleeve. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall

Seller: Lindenlea Books, Ottawa, ON, Canada

Ruth Krauss / Maurice Sendak (ill). Charlotte and the white horse. Harper & Brothers, 1955.

Price: US$50.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

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Seller: Neverland Books, waalre, Netherlands

Krauss, Ruth. Charlotte and the White Horse. Harper & Brothers, 1955.

Price: US$60.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Original quarter black cloths pine over illustrated boards, with decorated endpapers and single date used twice on the copyright page. A fine copy but for p/o name on flyleaf, which we can remove for a small fee. A clean, tight, otherwise unmarked copy with bright and clean covers and no fraying.

Seller: Bibliodisia Books, IOBA, MWABA, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.

Krauss, Ruth; Illustrated by Maurice Sendak. Charlotte and the White Horse. Harper & Brothers, NY, 1955.

Price: US$75.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 1st issue points are on DJ: 8-line blurb on Krauss and Sendak; 4-line blurb on the book; 2.00 price on flap at bottom corner. DJ has some soiling, wear and chipping with small piece missing on rear.

Seller: Books End Bookshop, Syracuse, NY, U.S.A.

Krauss, Ruth. Charlotte and the White Horse. Harper & Brothers, 1955.

Price: US$75.00 + shipping

Description: $2.00 jacket price present. The faintest of soiling to boards, else fine in near fine, moderatley toned dust jacket with a short closed tear to upper rear panel, three rubbed spot to front flap fold and a tiny chip to upper front corner, in mylar cover.

Seller: THE HERMITAGE BOOKSHOP, Denver, CO, U.S.A.

Ruth Krauss; Maurice Sendak [Illustrator]. Charlotte and The White Horse. Harper & Bros., 1955.

Price: US$99.95 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 1955 First edition in $2.00 price intact lightly shelf worn jacket. Tight and unmarked. Please email for photos. Larger books or sets may require additional shipping charges. Books sent via US Postal

Seller: Griffin Books, Stamford, CT, U.S.A.

KRAUSS, Ruth, Maurice Sendak. Charlotte and The White Horse. Harper & Brothers, (New York), 1955.

Price: US$100.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First edition. Illustrated in color by Maurice Sendak. 16mo. [24]pp. Pictorial papercovered boards, black cloth spine. Fine in first issue dust jacket with 8-line blurb on Krauss and Sendak, and a 4-line blurb about the book; the $2.00 price on flap at bottom corner has been price-clipped and received a new rubberstamped price. A story about a little girl, and Milky Way, her horse. The first book illustrated in full color by Sendak, who spoke highly of Krauss saying: "Ruth broke rules and invented new ones, and her respect for the natural ferocity of children bloomed in to poetry that was utterly faithful to what was true in their lives". Sendak and Krauss collaborated on nine books together, and inspired many to imitate their rebellious child protagonists.

Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.

Ruth Krauss (Maurice Sendak). Charlotte and the White Horse. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1955.

Price: US$100.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: A handsome copy of the 1955 correct 1st edition (Hanrahan A-18). Solid and VG+ (light spotting to the boards) in a crisp, price-intact ($2.00), VG dustjacket, with very mild creasing and soiling to the panels. 16mo, wonderfully illustrated throughout by the maestro Sendak.

Seller: APPLEDORE BOOKS, ABAA, WACCABUC, NY, U.S.A.

Krauss, Ruth; Illustrated by Maurice Sendak. Charlotte and the White Horse. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1955.

Price: US$100.00 + shipping

Description: Paper-covered boards with shiny black cloth spine and similarly illustrated dustjacket. Unpaginated, A clean and solid book with a mediocre dustjacket. First edition, very tight copy. VG/Fair dustjacket has minor chipping along edges, majpor tear in rear panel with loss

Seller: Mullen Books, ABAA, Marietta, PA, U.S.A.

Krauss, Ruth; Maurice Sendak (illustrator). Charlotte and the White Horse. Harper & Brothers, New York,, 1955.

Price: US$125.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: First printing, the jacket front flap with 2.00 price and a blurb with 8 and 4 line descriptions, the rear flap and back cover blank. Hardcover, bound in black cloth backed boards with dust jacket. The jacket rubbed with a couple of short tears; the text unmarked.

Seller: Moroccobound Fine Books, IOBA, Lewis Center, OH, U.S.A.

Krauss, Ruth. CHARLOTTE AND THE WHITE HORSE. Harper & Brothers, NY, 1955.

Price: US$125.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Hard Cover. Very Good+ in a Very Good- dustjacket. Book shows some very light thumbing and is faintly musty, dj soiled and age darkened, with one close edge tear to upper top edge.

Seller: Windy Hill Books, Bacova, VA, U.S.A.

Ruth Krauss / Maurice Sendak (ill). Charlotte and the white horse. Harper & Brothers, 1955.

Price: US$125.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description:

Seller: Neverland Books, waalre, Netherlands

Krauss, Ruth. Charlotte and the White Horse. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1955.

Price: US$188.00 + shipping

Description: Book has light soiling and a bump at the foot of the spine thus nearly very good plus. Dj is price clipped, tape repairs, rear cover creases. Front flap has 8 and 4 line descriptions with no wording on either the rear flap or back cover. Maurice Sendaks signature is laid in.

Seller: Uncommon Books, Glastonbury, CT, U.S.A.

Krauss, Ruth. CHARLOTTE AND THE WHITE HORSE. Harper & Brothers, NY, 1955.

Price: US$195.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: 24 pp, Color illustration on each page. tan pictorial hard cover, black spine CLEAN, UNMARKED FINE COPY in a FINE DUST JACKET. Price $2.00 on jacket flap. First Sendak book with full color illustrations. Hanrahan A 18.

Seller: The Book Store at Depot Square, Chula Vista, CA, U.S.A.

Ruth Krauss. Charlotte and The White Horse by Ruth Krauss; Maurice Sendak. Harper, 1955.

Price: US$200.00 + shipping

Description: Reissue edition inscribed (personalized) and signed by both Krauss and Sendak. As new looks unread in like jacket (jacket price $4.95). Please email for photos. Larger books or sets may require additional shipping charges. Books sent via US Postal

Seller: Griffin Books, Stamford, CT, U.S.A.

Krauss, Ruth. Charlotte And The White Horse - 1st Edition/1st Printing. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1955.

Price: US$210.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: A most attractive first edition/first printing [Hanrahan A18] in Fine condition in Near Fine dustjacket. Some chipping and soiling of dustjacket, but in general it is clean and bright; The fantasy story of a little girl, named Charlotte, and her little white horse, Milky Way from the time Milky Way was born and took his first wobbly steps and from the beginning of the day to the end when Charlotte tells him goodnight and leaves her horse a bowl of water, hay, and oats; 16mo

Seller: Books Tell You Why - ABAA/ILAB, Summerville, SC, U.S.A.

(SENDAK, Maurice). Ruth Krauss. Charlotte and The White Horse. Harper & Brothers, (New York), 1955.

Price: US$300.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: First edition. Illustrated in color by Maurice Sendak. 16mo. [24]pp. Pictorial papercovered boards, black cloth spine. Light foxing on topedge and bottom edge, boards trifle foxed, near fine in a lightly foxed, very good or better dust jacket. A story about a little girl, and Milky Way, her horse. The first book illustrated in full color by Sendak, who spoke highly of Krauss saying: "Ruth broke rules and invented new ones, and her respect for the natural ferocity of children bloomed in to poetry that was utterly faithful to what was true in their lives". Sendak and Krauss collaborated on nine books together, and inspired many to imitate their rebellious child protagonists.

Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.

Krauss, Ruth; Sendak, Maurice (Illus). Charlotte and The White Horse. Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1955.

Price: US$400.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Very good in a near fine dust jacket. First Edition. Copyright 1955 stated on the copyright page with no mention of later printings. Book has very slight rubbing on bottom edge and corners; slight soiling on covers. Dust jacket has original price of $2.00 printed on the front flap. Back panel is slightly darkened, price sticker at top of rear flap. The dust jacket has been chemically deacidified to prevent yellowing and embrittlement.

Seller: Bookbid, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.

Ruth Krauss. Charlotte and the White Horse. Harper & Brothers, 1955.

Price: US$425.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: This book is a FIRST edition from 1955 in fine condition with clean interior pages and a bright pictorial cover. The dust jacket is very good with some sa small piece missing from the front (1 by 1/2 inch). There are some light smudges on the jacket back and light bends of the jacket. The name plate on the end paper is not filled in and the original price on the front flap of the jacket is $2.00. Picture available upon request.

Seller: Round About Children's Books, Aurora, CO, U.S.A.

Sendak, Maurice (Illus); Krauss, Ruth (Auth). Charlotte and the White Horse. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1955.

Price: US$525.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: (Hanrahan A18). Illustrated boards with cloth spine in a matching dust jacket with some offsetting on verso from spine cloth, original price intact ($2.00). A very lovely story of a little girl and her white horse, Milky Way. Dreamy color artwork by Sendak on every page. Sendak's first book in full color. Hanrahan A18. Size: 12mo

Seller: E. M. Maurice Books, ABAA, Torrington, CT, U.S.A.

Krauss, Ruth; Sendak, Maurice. CHARLOTTE AND THE WHITE HORSE. Harper & Brothers, [New York], 1955.

Price: US$850.00 + shipping

Description: Inscribed first edition of this story of a girl and her horse, illustrated by Sendak in a style inspired by William Blake, uncommon with an inscription by Krauss. Krauss and Sendak worked together across several titles, and her understanding of children would influence his later works. Titles inscribed by Krauss are scarce. Sendak's illustrations for this delicately poetic tale were inspired by his admiration of the work of William Blake; in an interview with Philip Nel, Sendak said this was his "first attempt to unite" the text and illustration in a Blake style (154). 6.5'' x 5.25''. Original cloth backed pictorial boards. Original color pictorial dust jacket. Color floral endpapers. Color pictorial title page with color illustrations throughout. [24] pages. Inscribed by Krauss in ink to verso of front flyleaf. Dust jacket lightly toned to edges, with very light chipping to corners and small closed tear to rear. Corners and spine ends of binding very lightly bumped. A sharp, bright copy. Near fine in very good plus dust jacket.

Seller: Type Punch Matrix, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.

Krauss, Ruth; Sendak, Maurice (illus). Charlotte and the White Horse [SIGNED early Sendak]. Harper & Brothers, NY, 1955.

Price: US$1750.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: SIGNED first edition. Hard cover in original cloth and dust jacket. Published NY: Harper & Brothers, 1955, first printing. [Hanrahan A18]. 12mo., 5 3/8" x 6 3/4", unpaginated 24pp., color illustrations by Maurice Sendak. Sendak's first all-color illustrated book. Black cloth and pictorial paper covered boards, floral design decorative endpapers in color. Inscribed by Sendak to 5 year-old Sing-Si Schwartz on half-title. (Sing-Si later became a fine-arts photographer, and presumably photographed the laid in Sendak illustrations) : "Jul 70' , For Sing-Si, hello: Maurice Sendak" Laid in is a 1955 publication notice of the book in "The Villager", Greenwich Village, NY, Dec 15, 1955 featuring a photo of Sendak holding a dog. Three 4" x 6" duotone prints of Sendak's illustrations for the book laid in. Book is fine with no wear, dust jacket very good, $2 price on flap, mild age toning, darkening fade along the spine with a small chip off the crown, hairline split along dj spine with internal repair, inner front flap has offsetting from newspaper clipping. Three laid in prints fine. Uncommon signed. Size: 12mo

Seller: The Wild Muse, Granville, NY, U.S.A.

Johnson, Crockett. [Maurice Sendak]. Harold and the Purple Crayon.. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1955.

Price: US$40000.00 + shipping

Description: First edition, first issue of the first book in Crockett Johnson’s charming Harold series, first issue with "30-60" and "No. 5671A" to the front flap of the dust jacket. 12 mo, original cloth, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper to fellow children's book author and illustrator Maurice Sendak, "To Maury, with fond regards, Crockett Johnson." The recipient, Maurice Sendak, is best known for his immensely popular illustrated children's book, Where the Wild Things Are, which was awarded the Caldecott Medal in 1964 and gained him international fame. Sendak, Johnson, and Johnson's wife Ruth Krauss were introduced by Harper & Row publisher and editor-in-chief of juvenile books Ursula Nordstrom in 1952. Nordstrom facilitated the partnership of Krauss and Sendak as author and illustrator of Krauss' A Hole Is to Dig (1952), which launched Sendak's career and was published 3 years before Harold and the Purple Crayon. Sendak would go on to illustrate seven additional Krauss titles, and their collaborations became something of a cultural phenomenon, spawning a host of imitators of their "unruly" and "rebellious" child protagonists. These "good books for bad children" became Nordstrom's trademark, who disliked the genteel, sentimental tone of earlier American children's literature and sought to change its purpose to appeal to children's imaginations and emotions, rather than serve as adult-approved morality tales. In addition to Harold and the Purple Crayon (1955) and Where the Wild Things Are (1963), Nordstrom edited and published numerous milestones of children's literature, including E. B. White's Stuart Little (1945) and Charlotte's Web (1952), Margaret Wise Brown's Goodnight Moon (1947), Louise Fitzhugh's Harriet the Spy (1964), and Shel Silverstein's The Giving Tree (1964). Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. An exceptional association. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box by the Harcourt Bindery. Crockett Johnsonâ€" the pen name for David Johnson Lieskâ€"was “a cartoonist whose simplest, sparest and boldest outlines produced unforgettable, gently humorous and always endearing caricatures… His natural gift for drawing and writing from a young child’s viewpoint enabled him to craft more than 20 juvenile books,” including this, his most popular one. “With the fewest of lines, Johnson depicts Harold as a toddler clad in sleepers, his chubby hand gripping a fat plum-colored crayon. From page to page, the thick, firm, purple mark delineates Harold’s actions against the stark white background so effectively and ingeniously that the crayon is as much a character as Harold. The same economy that informs Johnson’s art permeates his text; he writes so concisely of Harold’s moonlight stroll that his style perfectly echoes the clarity of his boldly outlined cartoon illustrations” (Silvey, 355).

Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.