Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Price: US$495.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Duodecimos, stapled paper covers, 12, 12, 12, 12, 11, 12, 8 pp., b/w illustrations in each of the booklets. In the original box. The paper hinge that held the top and the bottom of the box together is cracked. with light wear to the corners of the box. Pamphlets are in as new condition. An early Sendak illustration project. The stories in the group are On your mark -- Jacob's friendliest town --The crankiest man on Main Street --Down the old bear trail --Johnny Red Feather --Lonesome feet & The secret.
Seller: Henry Hollander, Bookseller, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. FIVE ONLY of what was intended to be seven stapled pamphlets in box as issued. Lacking pamphlets number 3 & 7. Each story is written by Bond, and illustrated by Sendak, and each is fine and probably unread in heavily worn box that has been taped and doodled upon. Presumably of use to fill in a broken set.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$560.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A boxed first edition of seven pamphlets with beautiful covers and illustrations by Maurice Sendak. An exceptional set; six of the pamphlets are fine, unmarked, bright and clean. The 7th pamphlet The Secret has one light crease at top right corner and faint toning to top edge. The box is solid without splitting but has a quarter of an inch of horizontal chipping to the bottom side edge of the panel where the title is printed. The chipping does not affect title area. A few light spots to front cover of box and some light scuffing and spotting to the bottom of the box.
Seller: Normals Books & Records, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith, New York (1955). First Edition/First Printing. Illustrator: Maurice Sendak. Seven booklets in original stapled pictorial wrappers, housed in original pictorial box. Various paginations (up to 12 pp.). 4.25 x 7.25 Inches. Book Condition: Fine. Box Condition: Good. The books themselves are each in near fine condition. Clean bright pages bereft of inscription, firm binding, vibrant covers, etc. Only flaw is that former owner inscribed name in pen on each of the book's first title page. The pictorial box is in good condition. Some wear to edges. Discoloration to top right of front cover. The top panel of box is missing, but box remains overall sturdy and attractive.
Seller: Blotto Von Sozzle Rare Books, Hampstead, NC, U.S.A.
Price: US$1250.61 + shipping
Description: First editions, first printings. "The tales deal with conflicts children face, particularly in regard to bullying and physical violence. Sendak, then a self-taught artist in his late twenties just beginning to try his hand at illustration, supplied the cover art and several line vignettes. One imagines that Sendak's parents were very happy to hear about his Seven Stories gig. Sendak was born in 1928 in Brooklyn, to Polish Jewish parents. As a child, he was keenly aware of what was happening in Europe during the Second World War. Much of his mother's family had emigrated and been saved from the Holocaust, but his father's family hadn't fared as well. It is said that as a teenager, Sendak pored over old photographs of his lost relatives. He told the New York Times in 2006, 'The Holocaust has run like a river of blood through all my books.' The fact that one of his first real paying jobs as an artist was a series of pamphlets for the ADL cannot be surprising in this context" (Rebecca Rego Barry, Rare Books Uncovered: True Stories of Fantastic Finds in Unlikely Places, 2018, pp. 88-89). Institutionally uncommon: WorldCat locates sets at only seven international holdings (all in the US); none listed on Library Hub among British and Irish institutional libraries. Hanrahan A15. 7 volumes, duodecimo. Original printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued. With the original box. Each volume with cover illustration and vignette line drawings by Maurice Sendak. Box a little rubbed and showing light signs of handling, blue ballpoint pen inscriptions on base (reproducing signatures from the Hollywood Walk of Fame, including "Marilon Monrow"). A couple of marks to covers, contents foxed. A very good set.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
Price: US$1910.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Seven separate pamphlets, each with a different colored wrapper and a unique anti-prejudice story. Early Sendak illustrations in each. Pamphlet #1 has a faintly discolored small spot toward the bottom corner of the front cover; pamphlet # 5 has a small fox spot on the title page that is offset to the inside front wrapper, else the pamphlets are fine. The original box has some discoloration, wear to some edges with top border of box partially off. Two of the missing pieces are included in the box.
Seller: onourshelves, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$2250.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: (Sendak, Maurice) SEVEN LITTLE STORIES ON BIG SUBJECTS by Gladys Baker Bond. New York: Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith, [1955]. Seven volumes with various paginations (up to 12pp.), 12mo - 4-1/2" x 7-5/16", pictorial paper wrappers, issued in pictorial cardboard box. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak. The 7 stories are all illustrative of kids learning responsibility and how to get along in a diverse and often confusing world. Individually titled: On Your Mark; Jacob's Friendliest Town; The Crankiest Man on Main Street; Down the Old Bear Trail; Johnny Red Feather; Lonesome Feet; and The Secret. Each volume in a different colored cover, each with cover illustration and up to 4 drawings within by Sendak. Hanrahan A15 (noting that neither the Library of Congress, nor the Rosenbach own a copy). The condition of the books are NEAR FINE. The condition of the box is VERY GOOD +. Rare.
Seller: Wallace & Clark, Booksellers, Houston, TX, U.S.A.