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Krauss, Ruth. I'll Be You and You Be Me. Harper & Row, 1954.

Price: US$7.50 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description: Ex-library book. Rebound library book; some staining to the pages; a reading copy of an older edition. No jacket. Illustrator: Sendak, Maurice. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Children's; Inventory No: 210195.

Seller: Easy Chair Books, Lexington, MO, U.S.A.

Krauss, Ruth. I'll Be You and You Be Me. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1954.

Price: US$20.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: G, Shelfwear, insect damage, abrasion, ink gift inscrption, soiling, foxing, browning/NO DUST JACKET. Illustrated children's stories. Photo on request.

Seller: Klanhorn, Queanbeyan, NSW, Australia

Krauss, Ruth; illustrated by Maurice Sendak. I'll Be You and You Be Me. Harper and Brothers, . No jacket, so not identifiable as a first edition ., NY, 1954.

Price: US$30.00 + shipping

Description: Good to VG: straight and solid, with these flaws: nane insude front cover, and inch-wide light tan vertical streaks inside front and rear boards where a jacket was once taped on. No jacket now. Other pages fine, clean and unwrinkled. Hardcover, 9.2 inches, np. . . .

Seller: Truman Price & Suzanne Price / oldchildrensbooks, Monmouth, OR, U.S.A.

Ruth Krauss. I'll be You and You be Me. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1954.

Price: US$35.00 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description: Square-ish octavo. Unpaginated. Illustrated endpapers, and charming illustrations by Sendak. Only fair condition. Wear to edges, especially corners, and dampstain to back board. Spot to two pages and to front endpaper. Gift inscription to ffep. No jacket, either, but where else are you going to get a first edition for $35?

Seller: Bryn Mawr Bookstore, Cambridge, MA, U.S.A.

KRAUSS RUTH. I'LL BE YOU AND YOU BE ME. HARPER AND BROTHERS, NY, 1954.

Price: US$40.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: A MID CENTURY CLASSIC BOOK STATES TEXT COPYRIGHT 1954 BY RUTH KRAUSS PICTURES COPYRIGHT 1954 BY MAURICE SENDAK LIBRARY OF CONGRESS NUMBER 54-9214 NO OTHER DATES EDITIONS OR PRINTINGS MENTIONED SOLID CLEAN AND BRIGHT BOOK HAS SEEN LIGHT USE BUT IS BRIGHT AND WELL PRESERVED TOP TIPS FRAYED LIGHT WEAR AROUND THE EDGES BRIGHT CLEAN TEXTBLOCK BOUND IN BLACK WITH BRIGHT PICTORIAL COVERS BY SENDAK

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

KRAUSS RUTH. I'LL BE YOU AND YOU BE ME. HARPER AND BROS, NY, 1954.

Price: US$65.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: SOLID CLEAN AND BRIGHT PRIVATELY OWNED HARPER CREST LIBRARY BINDING ORIGINAL PRICE 2,50 STATES 30-70 NO. 5226 A ON DUSTFLAPS PRE ISBN NUMBER SOME SCRIBBLES TO BACK ENDPAPER SMALL BUMP AT BOTTOM OF SPINE STATES 5227 A ON BACK DUSTFLAP CLEAN BRIGHT COVER AND TEXT JACKET HAS A CHIP AT TOP OF SPINE AND A 2 INCH SCAPE AT BOTTOM OF SPINE UNCLIPPED CLEAN AND VERY NICE

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

Ruth Krauss. I'll Be You And You Be Me. Harper and Brothers, 1954.

Price: US$75.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Hardbound in dust jacket with $1.75 price. 1st edition, unstated. Some age toning to spine. Chipping & wear to dust jacket corners & spine edge, otherwise very good.

Seller: Black Cat Books, Shelter Island, NY, U.S.A.

Krauss Ruth. I'll be you and you be me. Harper & Row, 1954.

Price: US$94.67 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: RO60148527: 1954. In-8. Relié. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Papier jauni. Environ 40 pages. Texte en anglais. Nombreuses illustrations en noir et blanc dans et hors texte. Jaquette en état d'usage. Avec Jaquette. . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon

Seller: Le-Livre, SABLONS, France

Ruth Krauss & Maurice Sendak. I'll Be You and You Be Me. Harper & Brothers (1954), New York, 1954.

Price: US$100.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Black cloth spine and pictorial boards. Spine ends bumped, light edgewear. Old binders glue stains to the front and rear hinges. Conforms exactly to all Hanrahan points for a first edition. The dust jacket has a 3/4" tear, chip and associated creasing to the lower, front edge. Chips to the corners and spine ends. Creasing to the upper, rear panel. There are a few pieces of old, clear tape to the verso. Price of $1.75 to the front flap. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall

Seller: Scott Emerson Books, ABAA, El Cajon, CA, U.S.A.

KRAUSS, Ruth; SENDAK, Maurice. I'll Be You and You Be Me. Harper, NY, 1954.

Price: US$108.00 + shipping

Description: Bound in illustrated boards, with black cloth spine in matching dust jacket. A most acceptable copy of this, the true first edition of this children's book in the first state dust jacket (it is price clipped but has the numbers 5226A and 5227A on the dust jacket flaps as called for). A tight, clean copy. Dust jacket shows a bit of darkening and wrinkling, but nothing major. 48 unnumbered pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Seller: Michael J. Toth, Bookseller, ABAA, Springtown, PA, U.S.A.

Ruth Krauss/Illus. by Maurice Sendak. I'll Be You and You Be Me. Harper & Brothers, 1954.

Price: US$120.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Hardcover with matte pictorial boards, lacks the DJ; slight edge wear and bumping to lower corners; one small spot on rear board; slight toning to page edges; Previous Owner (children's author Nancy Willard) name in pencil on FFEP, otherwise a very clean and solid copy.

Seller: Barner Books, New Paltz, NY, U.S.A.

Krauss, Ruth. I'll Be You and You Be Me. Harper, New York, 1954.

Price: US$125.00 + shipping

Description: White Illus octavo in white illus dust jacket and archival mylar wrap: 1 v. (unpaged) illus. 24 cm. $2.00 price to jacket. A series of charming little stories, plays and poems about friendship, elephants, lost horses, snow, and other important things. About fine in about fine to near fine(+) jacket with one tiny closed tear and minor edge-wear(to both); jacket now housed in archival mylar. A lovely copy. Please see photos.

Seller: BIBLIOPE by Calvello Books, Oakland, CA, U.S.A.

Krauss, Ruth. I'll be You and You be Me. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1954.

Price: US$125.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Original cloth-backed printed boards; dust jacket is rubbed and has short tears along edges. Owner's signature on verso of frontfly; cover corners minutely rubbed.

Seller: By Books Alone, Woodstock, NY, U.S.A.

Krauss, Ruth. Ill Be You and You Be Me. Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York, New York, 1954.

Price: US$140.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Cover is in excellent condition, save for minimal corner wear. DJ is clipped and in good condition, save for light wear to length of spine and chipping to edges and corners (back cover edges; most chipping is to all corners, including head and foot of spine). Text is largely tight in binding, though early signs of splitting can be observed at inside of both front and back covers; handle this copy with care to preserve remaining spine integrity. Text is clean and free of blemishes throughout, save for penned ownership on FEP. No other markings or indications of note. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Seller: Lowry's Books, Three Rivers, MI, U.S.A.

Krauss, Ruth and Maurice Sendak (illus.). I'll Be You And You Be Me. Harper & Bros.: NY (1954), 1954.

Price: US$143.75 + shipping

Description: Illus. by Maurice Sendak, 9.25 x 7.75", cloth backed pict boards, unpaginated, covers a little toned and edge-worn, hinges loose, spine ends bumped, front inner hinge cracking, slight musty smell, eps lightly spotted, in a yellowed, edge-worn and edge-torn dustjacket with lower corner of front flap clipped. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING (with $1.75 price, "30-70", "No. 5226A" and "No. 5227A").

Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.

Krauss, Ruth. I'll be You and You be Me. Harper & Brothers, NY, 1954.

Price: US$150.00 + shipping

Description: Dust jacket has a very small chip along the bottom of spine, otherwise is entire, and not price-clipped.

Seller: Feldman's Books, Menlo Park, CA, U.S.A.

Krauss, Ruth.. I'll Be You And You Be Me.. NY, Harper & Bros., 1954, 1954.

Price: US$183.75 + shipping

Description: NY, Harper & Bros., 1954, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak internally as well as on both endpapers and dust jacket, with all the proper first edition points ($1.75 price on jacket with both 30-70 No. 5226A code on front jacket flap and No. 5227A code on rear jacket flap). A very pleasing copy.

Seller: James M. Dourgarian, Bookman ABAA, Concord, CA, U.S.A.

Krauss, Ruth.. I'll Be You, and You Be Me.. Harper & Brothers,, 1st edition, 1st printing with all points listed in Hanrahan (the only way to tell!); clothbacked matte three colour pictorial boards,7.75x9.25; c 34 pp., 1954.

Price: US$200.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: CONDITION: Very Good in Very Good Plus jacket; no names, very straight, clean and crisp but 3/8" stain on top edge; dw a little darkening on spine and top margin; unclipped 1.75 Picture Book hardback. Here's a sample page: 25 tiny drawings: "I used to love monkeys more but now I love horses/just my one ear is a monkey's now and the rest of me is a horse/I can sleep standing up because horses do _/but I can still live in a tree or hang by my tail." ABE Heritage Seller since 1996; conservative AB condition grading. We ship all our books in cardboard protection. International shipping. /Maurice Sendak, illustrator.

Seller: Truman Price & Suzanne Price / oldchildrensbooks, Monmouth, OR, U.S.A.

KRAUSS, RUTH. I'll Be You and You Be Me. Harper & Bros, New York, 1954.

Price: US$200.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Illustrated by Maurice Sendak. The dust jacket is complete with no chips, tears or rubbing. The spine of the jacket shows hints of browning. Internally there is a brief previous owner gift inscription, printed, with the date of 1954 on the front free endpaper. Beyond that the book is stunning. Near Fine / Near Fine.

Seller: First Place Books - ABAA, ILAB, Walkersville, MD, U.S.A.

KRAUSS, Ruth (SENDAK, Maurice). I'll Be You and You Be Me. Harper & Bros, New York, 1954.

Price: US$200.00 + shipping

Description: Illustrated by Maurice Sendak. Thin, square 8vo, cloth backed colored pictorial boards, d.w. New York: Harper & Brothers, (1954). First Edition. The dust wrapper is worn on the corners and spine. The price and the numbers on the bottom of the dust wrapper flap are correct.

Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.

Krauss, Ruth Pictures by Maurice Sendak.. I'll Be You and You Be Me. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1954.

Price: US$225.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: First Edition, First Printing. This ORIGINAL First Issue dustjacket, with NO award sticker to the dustjacket has minor wear to the edges. The book is in nice shape. The binding is tight with minor wear to the boards. The pages are clean with a previous owner's inscription to the inside paper. There are NO marks or bookplates in the book. Overall, a lovely copy of this TRUE FIRST EDITION.

Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.

KRAUSS, Ruth (SENDAK, Maurice). I'll Be You and You Be Me. Harper & Bros, New York, 1954.

Price: US$250.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Illustrated by Maurice Sendak. Thin, square 8vo, cloth backed colored pictorial boards, d.w. New York: Harper & Brothers, (1954). First Edition. The dust wrapper is lightly tanned on the edges & spine. The price on the flap is $1.75 and the numbers on the bottom of the dust wrapper flap are correct.

Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.

KRAUSS, Ruth. I'll Be You and You Be Me. Harper and Brothers, New York, 1954.

Price: US$300.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: [WOMAN AUTHOR / ILLUSTRATOR]. Maurice SENDAK, illustrator. First edition. 8vo (9 1/8" x 7 5/8"); [38]pp; pink and green pictorial boards, lettering in black, small vignette on rear board; black cloth shelf back; color pictorial endpapers; pictorial title page; b&w illustrations throughout; light scuffing to bottom edge; color pictorial clipped dj with round gold price sticker $"2.75" on front flap, light sunning, age-toning of paper; near fine in very good plus dj. The front flap of the book's dust jacket has "30-70 / No.5226A" at the bottom and the rear flap ends with "Among the other books illustrated by Mr. Sendak are the Giant Story, The Magic Pictures, Shadrach, and Hurry Home, Candy. / Harper & Brothers / No. 5227A" This all conforms with Hanrahan A12. The clipped front jacket flap and new price sticker may indicate an increase in price by the bookseller or by the publisher.

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

Krauss, Ruth; Illustrated By Maurice Sendak. I'll Be You and You Be Me. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1954.

Price: US$325.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First Edition (Correct Price and list of titles). Very Good illustrated boards in worn dust jacket with a few small losses, price intact. This is a wonderful early Sendak title, paired with the charming text of Ruth Krauss. Size: Small 4to

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

Krauss, Ruth Pictures by Maurice Sendak.. I'll Be You and You Be Me. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1954.

Price: US$500.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First Edition, First Printing published by Harper & Row with NO indication of later editions printed on the copyright page. This First Issue dustjacket has NO award sticker to the dustjacket. The book is in excellent condition. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning and the boards are crisp. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A wonderful copy in collector's condition.

Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.