Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Sendak, Maurice. Some Swell Pup: Or, Are You Sure You Want a Dog?. Farrar Straus Giroux, 1976.
Price: US$7.83 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.6
Seller: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Sendak, Maurice. Some Swell Pup: Or, Are You Sure You Want a Dog?. Farrar Straus Giroux, 1976.
Price: US$7.83 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.6
Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.
Price: US$11.14 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Item in good condition. Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.
Seller: SecondSale, Montgomery, IL, U.S.A.
Price: US$14.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Book is in Used-Good condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain limited notes and highlighting.
Seller: GF Books, Inc., Hawthorne, CA, U.S.A.
Sendak, Maurice; Margolis, Matthew. Some Swell Pup. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1976.
Price: US$14.98 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.62
Seller: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Sendak, Maurice; Margolis, Matthew. Some Swell Pup. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1976.
Price: US$14.98 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.62
Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.
Price: US$15.37 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: (Farb.)Ill.: Maurice Sendak. (31) S., 22cm, Oln (Einband etwas fleckig, etwas begriffen) s. Hanrahan A97. Versand: EUR 5,00. Sprache: Englisch
Seller: Sigrid Rühle, Heinsberg, Germany
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Unmarked, Clean And Solid Copy In Clean And Bright Dust Jacket With One Inch Cut On Top Or Rear Panel And Minor To Moderate Edge Wear, Not Price Clipped And Dj Now In A Protective Mylar Jacket.
Seller: Small World Books, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Near fine first printing. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt stamped to spine. Binding square and tight. Pages clean and unmarked. Very minor wear to spine ends and edges. Lacking the dust jacket. TYpical beautiful illustrations by Sendak.
Seller: Sellers & Newel Second-Hand Books , Toronto, ON, Canada
Price: US$22.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Cover has DJ taped to it. DJ is in good condition and has plastic wrap over it. Usual library markings. Pages are clean, text has no markings, binding is sound. Size: 8vo - 7¾" - 9¾" Tall
Seller: Top Notch Books, Tolar, TX, U.S.A.
Price: US$22.25 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Stated first edition. Tight binding, clean interior. Boards have minor wear to edges, bright gilt lettering on spine. DJ is preserved in mylar, has not been clipped ($5.95), mild wear and creasing, pieces missing from top and bottom of spine. Gift inscription on ffep, text unmarked. Unpaginated Written and illustrated by Caldecott winner, Maurice Sendak
Seller: Second Edition Books, Butte, MT, U.S.A.
Maurice Sendak. Some Swell Pup; or, Are You Sure You Want a Dog?. Farrar Straus Giroux, 1976.
Price: US$22.84 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Gently used book with ongoing seller support until you're fully satisfied with your purchase.
Seller: Books of the Smoky Mountains, Del Rio, TN, U.S.A.
Price: US$24.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm. A wonderful copy in a nearly fine dust jacket (one very small tear and one very small chip to the top of the spine). The dj now protected in mylar.
Seller: Cambridge Books, Cambridge, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Stated First Edition. Price on DJ is $5.95. Cloth covered boards are clean. Binding tight. DJ is NOT price clipped. Illustration on DJ is bright and colorful and unmarred. Light shelf wear along edges of DJ. There is one small library stamp on the title page but suprisingly no other library markings. No writing, tears or folds on pages. DJ in mylar jacket
Seller: Autumn Leaves Books, Crown Point, IN, U.S.A.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Charming children's picture book about the trials & tribulations of owning a new puppy, & what the boy & girl owners need to do to get it trained properly. Both written & illustrated by Maurice Sendak, in the style of "Where the Wild Things Are." A FIRST EDITION, First Printing, from 1976, this hardcover octavo has brown cloth over boards lettered in gilt to spine. An Ex-Lib copy, with the usual stamps & markings & free front endpaper excised (likely where old card pocket was glued), condition is nonetheless Good: quite clean, text block secure but pages a bit loosened due to loss of front hinge. Pages white & unmarked, colors bright. The unclipped DJ is VG- (minus), having been protected under old library mylar, which has been removed (some paper residue from backing still glued to insides of both covers) & replaced with new. Modest rubbing & slight chipping to all corners & both ends of spine, old library paper call number sticker to spine. modestly tanned but completely unmarked. Mild rubbing to extremities, lightly bumped corners. The unclipped DJ is nicely protected in new clear mylar cover free! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, Weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
Seller: Gargoyle Books, IOBA, La Mesa, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Description: Price of $5.95 on dust jacket. Very light rubbiing to head and tail of spine of jacket.
Seller: Midway Book Store (ABAA), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$31.49 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Stated first edition, 5.95 on dj. Dj. hairline tr. bottom edge, sl. wr. & tr. around edges. brown cloth cover over boards -gilt lettering on spine. unpaginated, written cartoon style. int. good, charming book that teaches a valuable lesson. Margolis is director of National Institute of Dog Training & co-author of two dog training books. ffep has honor book stamped in small letters upper right hand crn. a good copy
Seller: Betty Mittendorf /Tiffany Power BKSLINEN, Ralston, NE, U.S.A.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: Very clean stated first edition in price intact jacket. Tight and unmarked. Touch of shelf wear only. 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.
Price: US$37.43 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 12mo. Orig. brown cloth. 30 pp. Colour illustration in text. Dust jacket is price clipped, lightly edge worn. About fine.
Seller: Minotavros Books, ABAC ILAB, Whitby, ON, Canada
Sendak, Maurice, Margolis, Matthew. Some Swell Pup. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1976.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A fine first edition in a fine dust jacket.
Seller: Bookbid, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Description: [30 pp]. Fine in very near fine dust jacket.
Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller - ABAA, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Dustjacket is priceclipped. No names or markings. Dustjacket has ding corners and spine giving it very good condition. A series of comic strips detailing a couples's life with a dog. Published by Farrar, Straus And Giroux. ; 7 1/4"-8 3/4"; Unpaginated pages
Seller: Quinn & Davis Booksellers, Austin, TX, U.S.A.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Hard cover. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket with some scratches on the back cover. The plastic jacket hide them. This is a delightful story about kids and a new dog. Sendak wrote alot about kids and the dogs that he loved.
Seller: Gebhard and Burkhart Books, Miami, FL, U.S.A.
Price: US$47.50 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Stated first edition with $5.95 on flap. Inscribed by Matthew Margolis. A fine, bright, clean and unmarked copy in a thick Mylar jacket cover. Uncommon in this fine condition.
Seller: Bibliodisia Books, IOBA, MWABA, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Maurice Sendak. Some Swell Pup; or, Are You Sure You Want a Dog?. Farrar Straus Giroux, 1976.
Price: US$47.68 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description:
Seller: Hafa Adai Books, Moncks Corner, SC, U.S.A.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. Illustrated in color by Maurice Sendak. A bit of sunning and foxing to the top edge, else near fine in a very good or better dust jacket with rubbing, nicking to the extremities, and a bit of foxing to the flaps. "A cautionary tale of two kids and how they learn to have a happy, loving relationship with their new puppy" (from the inside flap).
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$54.87 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: New
Seller: Wizard Books, Long Beach, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition / First printing. Brown cloth. Fine in about fine dust jacket with just a touch of wear.
Seller: Orpheus Books, Edmonds, WA, U.S.A.
Price: US$63.80 + shipping
Description: SOME SWELL PUP OR ARE YOU SURE YOU WANT A DOG, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1976, first edition, fine in like dust-wrapper with full color illustrations on almost every page. SIGNED by Matthew Margolis at time of publication.
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Fine first printing of this charming book: Matthew Margolis has authored a number of books on dog training and has collaborated here with Maurice Sendak to instruct, in a comical fashion, how to properly train a dog. Sendak's illustrations are set out in a comic-book format in this small adventure. A brother and sister acquire a puppy and go about several wrong ways in their attempts at training until a Wise Passerby shows them the way.This copy of the book unblemished, very clean and crisp in brown buckram with gold titles. Dust jacket has pencil indentations on upper right and lower left cartoon panel, light shelfwear including two small closed tears on rear .
Seller: Bibliobeast, Novato, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: This book is hard-bound in brown cloth, with gilt stamping to the spine, in a very nice dust jacket with light wear to the edges and corners. The binding is solid. The contents are bright and clean, with very nice color illustrations. First Edition.
Seller: Hoffman Books, ABAA, IOBA, Columbus, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Description: FINE IN FINE D.J. PICTURES BY MAURICE SENDAK IN COMIC STRIP FORMAT D.J. HAS A SMALL BIT OF CORNER AND SPINE-END WEAR WITH A COUPLE SHORT TEARS AT THE TOP OF THE FRONT PANEL, AND IS PRICE-CLIPPED. AN EXCELLANT COPY. FIRST EDITION. Binding is HARDCOVER.
Seller: JOHN LUTSCHAK BOOKS, BURLINGTON, WI, U.S.A.
Price: US$68.00 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: New. Fast Shipping and good customer service
Seller: GoldenWavesOfBooks, Fayetteville, TX, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Wide 8vo. Stated first edition. Light sunning to edges. A clean very good plus copy in brown cloth binding in original colorful dustwrapper with $5.95 price to inside front flap. Small wear at edges, rubbing to rear panel. Illustrated by Sendak in brilliant color.
Seller: Derringer Books, Member ABAA, Avon, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo. 30 pp. Color illustrations by Sendak; co-authored by dog trainer Margolis. Fine in a Near Fine, price-clipped dust jacket
Seller: 32.1 Rare Books + Ephemera, IOBA, ESA, Princeton, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. An amusing look at children and their pet dog presented in colorful comic strip panels. NF/VG+ in woven brown cloth stamped in gilt. In a complete dustjacket with a litle rubbing to the extremities.With the original price "$5.95" on the inside front flap. First Edition.
Seller: Brainerd Phillipson Rare Books, Holliston, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$80.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition, stated. Illustrated. Fine in near fine jacket. Jacket has very minor rubbing to spine head, now in mylar cover.
Seller: Illustrated Bookshelf, Flagstaff, AZ, U.S.A.
Price: US$93.58 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st edition. unpaginated. Octavo bound in original brown cloth. Coloured illustrations throughout. Dust jacket is interesting with coloured illustrations in comic format. A small 1 inch close tear on back of dust jacket but otherwise in very good condition. Book is clean internally. A wonderful illustrated book in very good to fine condition. very good Story and illustrations by Maurice Sendak with the help of Dog Trainer - Matthew Margolis. A story about how to raise a happy, loving puppy.
Seller: Aquila Books(Cameron Treleaven) ABAC, Calgary, AB, Canada
Maurice Sendak. Some Swell Pup; or, Are You Sure You Want a Dog?. Farrar Straus Giroux, 1976.
Price: US$96.56 + shipping
Condition: New
Description:
Seller: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Maurice Sendak. Some Swell Pup; or, Are You Sure You Want a Dog?. Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1976.
Price: US$96.85 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed
Seller: GoldBooks, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Maurice Sendak; Matthew Margolis. SOME SWELL PUP; OR, ARE YOU SURE. Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1976.
Price: US$97.46 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 0.6
Seller: BennettBooksLtd, North Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.
Price: US$121.40 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: Brand New!
Seller: Save With Sam, North Miami, FL, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: This book is hard-bound in brown cloth, with gilt stamping to the spine, in a dust jacket with light scuffing and edge-wear. The covers show some light sunning to the edges. The binding is solid. The contents are bright and clean, with color illustrations. This book is signed/inscribed by Maurice Sendak on the half title-page. - From the collection of Cuthbert Christian Thambimuttu (1945-2019) of Columbus, Ohio - known to many of his bookseller, author, and illustrator friends as "Tubby." He was persistent in the pursuit of autographed books by the writers and artists he admired, including Gorey, Sendak, Heaney, Byatt, Morrison, Updike and many more. Joseph Heller once wrote to Tubby in response to one more "please sign and return" request: "This is turning out to be a hell of a lot of work!" All signed books unconditionally guaranteed to be authentic. Many of the books are inscribed to both Cuthbert and his great friend of more than two decades Antonia Gale Moss.
Seller: Hoffman Books, ABAA, IOBA, Columbus, OH, U.S.A.
Maurice Sendak, Matthew Margolis. SOME SWELL PUP. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, New York, 1976.
Price: US$289.95 + shipping
Description: Very Good+ in a Very Good dust jacket. 1 inch open tear at top of front gutter and front/rear panels. Rubbing along panel edges. Light scuffing on rear flap. Original price of ($5.95) intact. First Edition stated.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
Sendak, Maurice (and Matthew Margolis). Some Swell Pup. Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1976.
Price: US$440.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 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. Near Fine in Archival Plastic Cover
Seller: Parrish Books, Sandy, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: SIGNED by Author and Illutrator Maurice Sendak at the bottom of the title page. Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket, lightly rubbed at the tips. A quite lovely copy, and SCARCE SIGNED by Sendak.
Seller: Dale Steffey Books, ABAA, ILAB, Bloomington, IN, U.S.A.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Pictures by Maurice Sendak. Octavo. [32]pp. Brown cloth, spine stamped in gilt. Fine in fine dust jacket with one tiny tear. Signed by Sendak: "Maurice Sendak. Oct. '79." A nice copy.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.