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Sendak, Maurice. Hector Protector and As I Went Over the Water: Two Nursery Rhymes with pictures. Harper & Row, 1965.

Price: US$2.40 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description: 48 pages; no dustjacket; well-illustrated; minor darkening to text; a few specks to edges of closed pages; light to med wear to corners and edges of cover; med bump and peel to one corner of cover; minor bumps to other corners; med handgrime to back cover; several minor scratches/ dings/ marks to cover; weighs 11.5 ounces; measures 7.3 by 8.4 by .5 inches; first listed 3/22/20; inventory control: SB

Seller: RiLaoghaire, Knoxville, TN, U.S.A.

Maurice Sendak. Hector Protector and As I Went Over The Water. Harper & Row, 1965.

Price: US$5.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Good condition book with top board bowed in VG condition dustjacket with very mild rubbing. [i-5]

Seller: Old Friends Used Books, Manchester, CT, U.S.A.

Sendak, Maurice. HECTOR PROTECTOR & AS I WENT OVER THE WATER. Harper & Row, 1965.

Price: US$5.99 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

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Seller: HPB-Emerald, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.

Maurice Sendak. HECTOR PROTECTOR AND AS I WENT OVER THE WATER. Harper & Row, New York, 1965.

Price: US$7.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Ex-library copy. . The dust jacket has a mylar protector attached. Telxt is tight and clean.

Seller: Dick's Book Barn, Trumansburg, NY, U.S.A.

Maurice Sendak. Hector Protector and As I Went Over the Water. Harper and Row, New York, 1965.

Price: US$9.95 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: In cloth backed pictorial papercovered boards, 4to, unpag. Pictures By Maurice Sendak. (light shelfwear and rubbing to extremities, slight soiling to rear board). Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

Seller: Vashon Island Books, Vashon, WA, U.S.A.

Sendak, Maurice. Hector Protector and As I Went over the Water. Harper & Row, New York, 1965.

Price: US$10.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: [54] p. 18 x 22 cm. A small ding to the fore-edge of the rear, yellow, paper-covered board. Else fine. No internal marks. Dustjacket has a bit of light soiling and minor corner wear. No price on jacket anywhere and no clippings. A reprint of two nursery rhymes by American children's writer / illustrator Maurice Sendak.

Seller: Homeward Bound Books, Campbellcroft, ON, Canada

Sendak, Maurice. HECTOR PROTECTOR & AS I WENT OVER THE WATER. Harper & Row, Publishers, 1965.

Price: US$11.99 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Spine is straight, binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked. Book shows mild shelf wear with DJ showing moderate shelf wear with several small closed tears. ; 9x7x.5; Spine is straight, binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked. Book shows mild shelf wear with DJ showing moderate shelf wear with several small closed tears.

Seller: Z-A LLC, Lenore, ID, U.S.A.

SENDAK, Maurice.. Hector Protector and As I Went Over the Water: Two Nursery Rhymes with Pictures.. Harper & Row,, NY:, 1965.

Price: US$14.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: A later printing. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.

Seller: Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB, Springfield, MA, U.S.A.

Sendak, Maurice.. HECTOR PROTECTOR AND AS I WENT OVER THE WATER: Two Nursery Rhymes with Pictures by Maurice Sendak.. New York: Harper & Row, (1965.), 1965.

Price: US$15.00 + shipping

Description: Hardcover - Early printing. Very cool childrens book by Maurice Sendak, Fully illustrated pages with pencil and pen and colored with pencil. Includes 2 nursery rhymes and as usual with Sendak, the pictures tell one possible story behind the simple words - for example, why 'the queen did not like him / no more did the king. ' Good only.(Child's name, a drawing and crayon's numbers on first few pages preceding the text itself) in illustrated boards with green cloth spine.

Seller: Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams), Ione, CA, U.S.A.

Sendak, Maurice. HECTOR PROTECTOR & AS I WENT OVER THE WATER. Harper & Row, 1965.

Price: US$15.97 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: SHIPS FROM USA. Used books have different signs of use and do not include supplemental materials such as CDs, Dvds, Access Codes, charts or any other extra material. All used books might have various degrees of writing, highliting and wear and tear and possibly be an ex-library with the usual stickers and stamps. Dust Jackets are not guaranteed and when still present, they will have various degrees of tear and damage. All images are Stock Photos, not of the actual item.

Seller: Irish Booksellers, Portland, ME, U.S.A.

Maurice Sendak. Hector Protector and As I Went Over The Water. Harper & Row, 1965.

Price: US$17.40 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Library discard with card sleeve removed from inside front cover. Good with like wear and handling. See pictures for further details, description.

Seller: Dean's Books, Webster, NY, U.S.A.

SENDAK MAURICE. HECTOR THE PROTECTOR AND AS I WENT OVER THE WATER TWO NURSERY RHYMES WITH PICTURES. HARPER & ROW, NY, 1965.

Price: US$20.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: A VERY EARLY EDITION NO ISBN NUMBER NO EDITION OR PRINTING STATED PRIVATELY OWNED BEAUTIFUL SENDAK ILLUSTRATIONS UNMARKED GREAT CLEAN TEXTBLOCK AND ENDPAPERS LIGHT CHIPPING AT TOP OF BACK COVER LIGHT SOILING TO YELLOW BOARDS ON BACK A NICE READING COPY

Seller: ARD Books, cleveland, OH, U.S.A.

Sendak, Maurice. Hector Protector & As I Went over the Water. Harper & Row, New York, 1965.

Price: US$20.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: A clean copy. Jacket price clipped, but has the First State jacket flap copy. First Edition ? ? ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall

Seller: Gerry Kleier Rare Books, Martinez, CA, U.S.A.

Maurice Sendak. Hector Protector and As I Went Over the Water. Harper Row, US, 1965.

Price: US$22.74 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Assumed first edition, no other dates present. Illustrated boards, green cloth spine and patterned eps. Unmistakable Sendak illustrations. Corners are worn to boards, moderate edge wear, some soiling and marks on the back board. Spine wobbles and has some end wear. Pages have a few small smudges here and there and have some wear softening but are overall very good. Unpaginated. None of my books are ex-library, remainders or bce unless specified.

Seller: WBookBear, Woodlawn, ON, Canada

Sendak, Maurice. Hector Protector and As I went over the Water. Harper & Row, 1965.

Price: US$24.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: NOT ex-library. No dust jacket. Believed to be a 1st edition, but no edition stated. Cover slightly warped and back cover dirty. Corners bumped with moderate wear on front cover. Title page has an ink mark on the eye of the illus. bird. Name on top edge of back endpage. Pages have a slight wrinkle from being turned. OTherwise, clean and nice!

Seller: Jan Baker, Irving, TX, U.S.A.

Maurice Sendak. Hector Protector and As i Went Over the Water. Harper and Row, 1965.

Price: US$24.66 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!

Seller: HPB-Diamond, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.

Sendak, Maurice. HECTOR PROTECTOR & AS I WENT OVER THE WATER. Harper & Row, 1965.

Price: US$25.00 + shipping

Description: 1965 Harper 1st edition hardcover, no printing stated thus 1st printing, solid and unmarked, no jacket, mild cover edge wear, a good 1st. We take great pride in accurately describing the condition of our books and media, ship within 48 hours, and offer a 100% money back guarantee. Customers purchasing more than one item from us may be entitled to a shipping discount.

Seller: Best and Fastest Books, Wantage, NJ, U.S.A.

Sendak, Maurice. Hector Protector and as I Went Over the Water. Two Nursery Rhyes. Harper & Row Publishers, New York, 1965.

Price: US$25.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Two Nursery Rhymes with Pictures by Maurice Sendak. Color illustrated paper covered boards with plain green cloth spine. Color floral illustrated end papers front and back. Unpaginated Content is clean, bright and sound with no faults. Dust jacket is price clipped and back of dust jacket is marked.

Seller: Old Favorites Bookshop LTD (since 1954), Stouffville, ON, Canada

Maurice Sendak. Hector Protector and As I Went Over the Water. Harper & Row, NY, 1965.

Price: US$28.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: A Fine 1st , tight and clean, without previous owners' markings. The illustrations by Sendak are all Fine. The DJ has minimal corner wear , light crinkling to top and bottom of spine and overall light smudging to back panel. Otherwise, bright and without spine fade. It is price clipped. Protected in new archival sleeve.

Seller: Deborah Fiegl, Bookseller, Perry, NY, U.S.A.

Sendak, Maurice. Hector Protector and As I Went Over the Water Two Nursery Rhymes With Pictures. Harper & Row, 1965.

Price: US$28.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Illustrated hardcover boards, binding mildly cracked at center. In a rubbed and price clipped dustjacket showing mild edge wear, 1" tear top of rear panel and now in protective mylar. Front flap has price sticker shadow, printed 40-80 and 1165 bottom of flap. Decorated endpapers. A handsome and highly collectible early Sendak item. ; MCF04097; Oblong 16mo 6" - 7" tall

Seller: McCormick Books, Hartland, MI, U.S.A.

Sendak, Maurice. Hector Protector And As I Went Over The Water. Harper 1965, 1965.

Price: US$28.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Unmarked, Clean, Bright And Tight Copy In Clean, Bright, Price Clipped Dust Jacket. 40-80 1165 At Bottom Of Front Flap. Nearly As New.

Seller: Small World Books, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.

Sendak, Maurice. Hector Protector and As I Went Over the Water. Harper and Row, 1965.

Price: US$29.95 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Book is a first edition and has the $4.25 price on the left flap of the dust jacket. There is a small red mark, about a centimeter long on the lion's face on the upper right hand side of the front cover. There is also a touch of shelving wear to the edges and corners. Aside from these items this is very good copy that remains well bound with pages bright, crisp and unmarked. The dust jacket has a scuff at the top of the spine along with some smudging to the name "Sendak." The bottom corner of the left flap has been clipped and the copy has yellowed ever so slightly with age. Aside from these items this is a very good copy that remains crisp with the cover image delightful and now protected via mylar.

Seller: Recycle Bookstore, San Jose, CA, U.S.A.

SENDAK, Maurice. Hector Protector and As I Went Over the Water, Two Nursery Rhymes with Pictures. Harper & Row, Publishers, New York, 1965.

Price: US$30.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: [JUVENILE] [POETRY]. Later printing, Harper & Row existed from 1962-1990. 12mo oblong; color pictorial boards, green cloth shelf back; floral endpapers; color illustrations throughout with text; clipped color pictorial dust jacket, small stain on rear where a sticker was removed; fine in a near fine dj. Two old Mother Goose rhymes interpreted and illustrated by Sendak.

Seller: Sandra L. Hoekstra Bookseller, Thomaston, ME, U.S.A.

SENDAK, Maurice. Hector Protector and As I Went Over the Water. Harper & Row Publishers, New York, 1965.

Price: US$35.00 + shipping

Description: First edition. Small oblong hardcover. Features two nursery rhymes with pictures by Sendak. A fine copy in illustrated paper covered boards with a cloth spine and in a fine but price clipped dust jacket. A fresh copy.

Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA, Wadsworth, IL, U.S.A.

Maurice Sendak. Hector Protector and As I Went Over The Water. Harper & Row, New York, 1965.

Price: US$44.10 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: HARPER & ROW, NEW YORK, 1965. Pictorial Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Maurice Sendak (illustrator). First Edition. Book is fine under a jacket with light soiling on rear panel, several closed tears With tiny chip to bottom of spine, Jacket has 40-80 with date 11/65 on inside flap, making it the true first printing. Two nursery rhymes with the fabulous illustrations by Sendak. Oblong Format.

Seller: Riverside Books and Prints, Cold Spring, NY, U.S.A.

Sendak, Maurice. HECTOR PROTECTOR AND AS I WENT OVER THE WATER. Harper & Row, New York, 1965.

Price: US$45.90 + shipping

Description: Very Good- boards. Minor staining at rear panel. Stains to page edges throughout. No additional printings mentioned. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.

Maurice Sendak author & illust.by. HECTOR PROTECTOR & AS I WENT OVER THE WATER. Harper & Row, 1965.

Price: US$49.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: 1965 Edition hardcover book NEAR FINE clean copy no writing in or on book, binding is solid / dustjacket is NEAR FINE clean - has very minor corner bumps brodart covered

Seller: ODDS & ENDS BOOKS, Sherwood Forest, CA, U.S.A.

Sendak, Maurice. HECTOR PROTECTOR & AS I WENT OVER THE WATER. Harper & Row, 1965.

Price: US$49.93 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Very Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. Early edition, possible first. Dust jacket price clipped, contains all other points. (Children's Books, Juvenile Fiction) A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.

Seller: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, U.S.A.

SENDAK, MAURICE.. HECTOR PROTECTOR AND AS I WENT OVER THE WATER. Harper and Row, New York, 1965.

Price: US$55.00 + shipping

Description: "Two Nursery Rhymes with Pictures by Maurice Sendak." Top rear corner slightly bumped. Bottom edge of front and rear cover with minor nick. Dust jacket front blurb shows price of $4.95 with three-paragraphs about the book, 40-80 and 1165 at bottom. Rear blurb has 15 lines about the author. Hanraham A65 criteria for first edition are met except for the price (first state priced at $4.25). A very clean copy throughout. Unpaginated. Size: Oblong Octavo

Seller: Glenn Books, ABAA, ILAB, Prairie Village, KS, U.S.A.

SENDAK.MAURICE. HECTOR PROTECTOR AND AS I WENT OVER THE WATER.. HARPER&ROW., NEW YORK., 1965.

Price: US$56.25 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: TIGHT CLEAN COPY.AN EXTRA HALF TITLE PAGE INSCRIBED BY SENDAK IN 1968 IS INCLUDED.THIS FROM A BADLY DAMAGED COPY IS STAINED AND DISCOLOREDBUT INSCRIPTION IS FINE.DUSTJACKET IS BRIGHT AND CLEAN WITH SOME FOXING,PARTICULARLY TO TOP EDGE OF BACK COVER.BRODART COVER.DUSTJACKET SHOWS PRICE-$4.95.DUSTJACKET FLAPS HAS SAME TEXT AS FIRST EDITION.

Seller: Angus Books, SHEFFIELD, MA, U.S.A.

Sendak, Maurice. HECTOR PROTECTOR AND AS I WENT OVER THE WATER. HARPER & ROW, NEW YORK, 1965.

Price: US$60.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Book is is just about like new under a jacket with light soiling on rear panel, tiny closed tears and discreet scotch tape repair also on the rear panel. With tiny chip to top of spine, affecting first letter "S" of the author's name only. Jacket has original $4.95 price and 40-80 with date 11/65 on inside flap, making it the true first printing. With owner's signature. Two nursery rhymes with the fabulous illustrations by Sendak.

Seller: MARIE BOTTINI, BOOKSELLER, Cotati, CA, U.S.A.

Sendak Maurice. Hector Protector and As I went over the water. Two nursery rhymes. Harper & Row, 1965.

Price: US$60.85 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: RO60148529: 1965. In-8. Relié. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Papier jauni. Environ 50 pages. Texte en anglais. Nombreuses illustrations en couleur, dans et hors texte. Jaquette en état d'usage. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon

Seller: Le-Livre, SABLONS, France

Sendak, Maurice. HECTOR PROTECTOR AND AS I WENT OVER THE WATER. Harper & Row, New York, 1965.

Price: US$66.37 + shipping

Description: Poor in boards. Hinge has started. Taping throughout. Heavy edgewear. ; Oblong 8vo 8" to 9" tall.

Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.

Sendak, Maurice. Hector Protector and As I Went Over the Water. Harper & Ros, 1965.

Price: US$95.01 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Quite attractive copy with great presentation downgraded because of a 3/4" closed tear and some light discoloration on the back of DJ. Jacket is price clipped. Hanrahan A65

Seller: Kerkhoff Books DIV KSI, Warsaw, IN, U.S.A.

Sendak, Maurice. Hector Protector and As I Went Over the Water. Harper & Row, New York, 1965.

Price: US$100.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Near fine, first American edition book in very good plus dust jacket. Bump on upper fore-edge corner of back board panel and two tiny bumps along the lower edge, else book would be fine. Internally clean and with very snug text block, appears unread. Back jacket panel is soiled and smudges. Upper edge of back panel has a 1/4" closed vertical tear. Inside front flap has a 1 3/4" by 1 1/8" price clip. Please use close-up options for best inspection and in support of condition descriptions. Additional photos available at your request. International sales to all countries other than the UK and Canada will require use of an alternative shipping company which will result in higher than the stated shipping costs. A signature upon receipt may also be required.

Seller: R & G Bliss Books, Excelsior, MN, U.S.A.

Maurice Sendak. Hector Protector and As I Went Over the Water. Harper and Row, New York, 1965.

Price: US$100.00 + shipping

Description: A handsome copy of the 1965 1st edition. VG+ in a bright, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket. Light, minor soiling along the back panel, otherwise tight and clean. Internally immaculate as well. Oblong, 12mo, unpaginated. Richly illustrated--as usual-- by the great Sendak.

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

Maurice Sendak. Hector Protector And As I Went Over The Water. Harper & Row, New York, 1965.

Price: US$173.10 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Book and dust jacket in near fine condition. Not price clipped, price 4.95 . Signed by Maurice Sendak on the title page.

Seller: Jans Collectibles: Vintage Books, Bethany, MO, U.S.A.

Sendak, Maurice. Hector Protector and As I Went Over the Water: Two Nursery Rhymes,. Harper & Row, New York, 1965.

Price: US$175.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: GIFT QUALITY PICK UP IN SHERMAN OAKS OKAY First edition Very good condition hard cover nice dust jacket tiny closed almost invisble nick to bottome edge, no owner marks gently read clean pages Top Jacket flap corner bears original printed price of $4.25. Lower corner flap states 40-80 and 1165 indicating original date of publication , opposite that it is corner clipped.Frotn book and dust jacket cover illustration shows the complete arches at top of front panel, with only a little of grass at bottom,

Seller: Ocean Tango Books, North Hollywood, CA, U.S.A.

Sendak, Maurice. Hector Protector & as I went over the water - 2 nursery rhymes with pictures (signed). Harper & Row, 1965.

Price: US$225.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: A bright, tight copy signed by Sendak on the half-title page. DJ is clean & colorful w/light rubbing to edges, now protected in mylar. A speckling of foxing on textbox edge, DJ folds & half-title page, otherwise clean, bright pages throughout.

Seller: Shaker Mill Books, W. Stockbridge, MA, U.S.A.

Sendak, Maurice. Hector Protector and As I Went Over the Water (Signed copy). Harper & Row, 1965.

Price: US$250.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Subtitled: Two Nursery Rhymes with Pictures. Not a 1st but very early printing with flap price $4.95 rather than $4.25 (other points all as within Hanrahan 2001). Very Good to Near Fine book withrubbing bottom edges and corners, just through to board at bottom front corner, small black spot on back board, previous owner s bookplate opposite half title page. In a similar jacket with light soiling back panel, light edge and corner wear, sun fade to spine. This copy has been signed by Sendak on the half title page.

Seller: Squid Ink Books, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.

Sendak, Maurice. Hector Protector and As I Went Over the Water: Two Nursery Rhymes.. Harper & Row, Publishers, New York, 1965.

Price: US$300.00 + shipping

Description: First edition. Oblong quarto, original half cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For Willie Merry Christmas! Maurice Sendak Nov. '87." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Maurice Sendak has interpreted these old' Mother Goose rhymes in animated sequences that have the aliveness and immediacy of a child's own imaginings.

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

Maurice Sendak. Hector Protector and As I Went Over the Water (inscribed by Maurice Sendak). Harper & Row, 1965.

Price: US$425.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: "Hector Protector and as I went over the water" by Maurice Sendak. Harper & Row, NY. 1965 first American edition first printing. Book and dust wrapper in very good condition. Inscribed to Vera on half title page by Maurice Sendak.

Seller: Neverland Books, waalre, Netherlands

Sendak, Maurice. HECTOR PROTECTOR AND AS I WENT OVER THE WATER. Harper & Row, 1965.

Price: US$435.00 + shipping

Description: HECTOR PROTECTOR AND AS I WENT OVER THE WATER, Harper & Row, 1965, first edition, fine in near fine full color pictorial dust-wrapper with 2 barely noticeable short closed tears and like full color illustrations on virtually every page. INSCRIBED by the author.

Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.

DeJong, Meindert; Maurice Sendak. HURRY HOME CANDY. Harper & Row, New York, 1965.

Price: US$953.53 + shipping

Description: flat signed by Maurice Sendak on the IFP blank. Harper & Row. Light foxing on DJ, end pages and edges. Mild wear to the extremities. This belonged to a now deceased product representative for Harpers. It has been on his shelf for decades. He was a fan of Sendak had access to artist during book signings, which he arranged when the author was in the region. The interior of the book is Very Good. The Caldecott is mentioned in the blurb on Sendak, which dates it after 1964. There is a slight tear of DJ on back at bottom of the corner. 60-100 on bottom of DJ front flap; the bottom of the DJ is clipped. Price is $4.50 with a blackout rectangle just to the right of this price. Presumably this was in a warehouse for a period of time and they increased the price. The date is not certain Note: I just acquired eleven signed Sendak and am seeking a collector who is interested. They are: Where the Wild Things Are, Hurry Home Candy, Hector Protector and As I Went Over The Water, Very Far Away, A Very Special House, The Wonderful Farm, Shadrach, In The Night Kitchen, Seven Tales, and Nutcracker. All are signed and illustrated by Sendak. BEVFR

Seller: RogerCoyBooks, Chagrin Falls, OH, U.S.A.

Sendak, Maurice. Very Far Away. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1965.

Price: US$1242.27 + shipping

Description: Flat signed by Sendak on inside blank page. $3.50 price on flap; bottom of flap is clipped; book is clean and tight, in very good condition; DJ is Good with very slight shelfwear. Small quarto. Pictorial boards. Library of Congress catalog card number 57-5356 on copyright page. Later printing but I am not certain when. Book is VG; clean and tight; DJ is good with a small chip at head of spine; very rare signed copy; authored and illustrated by Maurice Sendak, published six years before he hit it big with Where the Wild Things Are. The price of $3.50 indicates at the very least a later dust jacket. The blurb on the back on Sendak mentions the Caldecott Medal so that 1964 or later. Note: I just acquired eleven signed Sendak and am seeking a collector who is interested. They are: Where the Wild Things Are, Hurry Home Candy, Hector Protector And As I Went Over The Water, Very Far Away, A Very Special House, The Wonderful Farm, Shadrach, In The Night Kitchen, Seven Tales, and Nutcracker. All are signed and illustrated by Sendak. BEVFR

Seller: RogerCoyBooks, Chagrin Falls, OH, U.S.A.

Sendak, Maurice. Kenny's Window. Harper & Row, New York, 1965.

Price: US$2153.53 + shipping

Description: Flat signed by Sendak on inside blank page, no personal inscription. Later printing but not certain when. Harper & Row. Foxing. Inside flap is clipped at top and bottom with $3.50 price rubber stamped on flap at top; book is clean and tight, in very good condition; DJ is G with very slight shelfwear. Pictorial boards. Library of Congress catalog card number 56-5148 on copyright page. Book is VG; clean and tight with mild foxing to DJ and the inside first pages; DJ is good with a small chip at head of spine; very rare signed copy, authored and illustrated by Maurice Sendak seven years before he hit it big with Where the Wild Things Are. Note: I just acquired eleven signed Sendak and am seeking a collector who is interested. They are: Where the Wild Things Are, Hurry Home Candy, Hector Protector And As I Went Over The Water, Very Far Away, A Very Special House, The Wonderful Farm, Shadrach, In The Night Kitchen, Seven Tales, and Nutcracker. All are signed and illustrated by Sendak. One has a sketch and dedication to the previous owner with the signature. BEVFR

Seller: RogerCoyBooks, Chagrin Falls, OH, U.S.A.