Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
George MacDonald. The Light Princess. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1969.
Price: US$18.22 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Hardcover - clean, no marks, clean inside, clean dj - from a private collection - First/First
Seller: BOOK2BUY, Lynbrook, NY, U.S.A.
MacDonald, George. The Light Princess. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1969.
Price: US$19.95 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 12mo. - 6 3/4 in. - 7 3/4 in. Decorative gilt boards with gilt titles stamped on the spine. A previous owner's bookplate pastedown on the fep. 110pp., illustrated throughout with pictures by Maurice Sendak. A special copy in Very Good condition with minor wear to the boards, minor sunning to the endpapers, and just a touch of foxing to the fore-edge of the pages. The dust jacket has minor shelfwear and staining, else Very Good.
Seller: Arundel Books, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
George MacDonald. The Light Princess. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1969.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Illustrated by Maurice Sendak. First printing thus. Dustjacket is soiled and age-toned but presents well in mylar. Very minor bumping to edges. Price-clipped. Blue cloth boards are very slightly faded around edges. Highly decorated silver gilt cover illustration is barely rubbed here and there but still lovely. Silver gilt spine titling fully intact. Spine is ever so slightly cocked but binding is exceedingly tight. Endpapers are very faded, edges of text block are age-toned but interior is otherwise clean.
Seller: Owl Pen Books, Greenwich, NY, U.S.A.
MacDonald, George. The Light Princess. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, New York, 1969.
Price: US$28.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First printing, thus. Illustrated. Fine in very good jacket. Jacket is very slightly faded on spine and price-clipped, now in mylar cover.
Seller: Illustrated Bookshelf, Flagstaff, AZ, U.S.A.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Charming Scottish fairy tale from 1864 about the princess who "lost her gravity,'' illustrated for this new edition with the lovely pen-and-ink drawings of Maurice Sendak. A FIRST EDITION, First Printing, from 1969 (First, thus), this small 12mo hardcover has 110 pages, with deep blue cloth-covered boards decorated with an elaborate design of birds & twisting, floral vines to front cover/lettering to spine. The book has suffered water damage, which has impacted both front & back boards, endpapers, & DJ, but NOT the internal pages, which are creamy white & unmarked. Former owner's name in pen to ffep. The unclipped DJ is only Fair due to the dampstaining to rear, darkening to spine, & minor chipping/soiling/edgewear; beautifully protected in new clear mylar cover free! in 203 pages. With soft green cloth over boards, lettered in dark blue to front & spine, with a colorful front paper pastedown by Smith (which shows slight rubbing, a few spots & edgewear). Hardcover small 4to (7" x 9.25") is in VG-/Good+ condition: very clean with the occasional spot or smudge inside. Former owner's name, gift inscription, & another owner's address label to front endpapers; else completely unmarked. The stitched text block secure & both hinges are intact. Externally, this is rubbing to extremities, heaviest along spine & all corners, with some cloth loss & fraying. Both front & rear boards show stains: a red paint swipe to lower edge of front, white spotting to rear. but front hinge cracked & repaired with clear tape by a previous owner. Pages moderately tanned, but completely supple. No DJ. A lovely edition for the plates alone! 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. SPECIAL: order any other Sendak books together for 20% off both & only $1.00 extra shipping per item!
Seller: Gargoyle Books, IOBA, La Mesa, CA, U.S.A.
MacDonald, George. The Light Princess. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, New York, 1969.
Price: US$32.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First printing, thus. Illustrated. Fine in near fine jacket. Jacket is very slightly faded on spine, now in mylar cover.
Seller: Illustrated Bookshelf, Flagstaff, AZ, U.S.A.
George MacDonald, Maurice Sendak (Illustrator). The Light Princess. Farrar Straus, and Giroux, 1969.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1969 Farrar, Straus and Giroux, First Printing stated, hardcover with dust jacket, DJ has tanned edges, top edge of endpapers faded, shadow on pages opposite illustrated plates, otherwise book is tight and clean, 110 pages
Seller: Stone Soup Books, Camden, ME, U.S.A.
MacDonald, George; Sendak, Maurice. THE LIGHT PRINCESS. Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, New York, 1969.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: First Sendak-illustrated edition of MacDonald's classic tale of a princess who learns to love a man more than she loves a lake. 7.5'' x 5''. Original blue cloth with elaborate gilt decoration. In original unclipped ($3.95) dust jacket. Hanrahan A71. Black and white illustrations by Sendak. 100 pages. Jacket spine sunned. Small price tag and faint traces of soil to rear jacket panel. Minor edgewear.
Seller: Type Punch Matrix, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: 110 pp. With Pictures by Maurice Sendak. 12mo, publisher's gilt-decorated cloth in dust jacket. First edition. Fine in a very near fine, unworn jacket with the faintest traces of dust-soiling. An Ariel Book.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
George MacDonald. The Light Princess. Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, NY, 1969.
Price: US$77.60 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: This 5.0 x 7.5, 110-page book is the first edition with Maurice Sendak illustrations. The book itself is in fine condition with a very good dust jacket.This work of The Light Princess by George MacDonald and published by Farrar, Straus, and Giroux in 1969 is an enjoyable hardcover edition of this book. There is a previous owner's inked name on the front pastedown.It is our understanding that it is NOT a replication in any way. The dust-jacket with mylar is in very good condition. This book has superb illustrations by Maurice Sendak. No marks in text; binding is solid. It is a stated first edition. A fanciful story about a young princess being cursed by her older sister at her christening and the adventurous aftermath of that curse. A superb book to add to the collection. Note that this is a 1969 Farrar edition and not one of the later versions. Previous owners name and date inside front cover. 110 pages.
Seller: JDBFamily, Chico, CA, U.S.A.
MACDONALD, George. THE LIGHT PRINCESS. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, NY, 1969.
Price: US$112.00 + shipping
Description: Small 8vo, pp. 110. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak. Blue cloth with fancy stamping in gilt. A VG tight copy in little faded and soiled dj.
Seller: Second Life Books, Inc., Lanesborough, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, stated first printing of the Sendak-illustrated edition of this re-envisioned version of "Sleeping Beauty." Hardcover, small 8vo, 110 pages. Blue cloth with fancy stamping in gilt. In original printed dust jacket. Minor bumping to top edges of otherwise NF boards. Soiling and light chipping to price-clipped dj, with 1" closed tear to bottom of back cover.
Seller: Weinberg Modern Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Signed. First Edition. 1st Edition Thus; SIGNED and inscribed "to Marissa"; Very Good silver-stamped navy blue cloth boards in a Very Good unclipped dust jacket; elaborate decorations in silver on front board; both book and jacket are very nice; extremely minor shelf wear to extrems; softening to spine ends; extremely light rubbing to rear jacket panel; spine slightly sunned; else a pristine and tight copy inscribed "to Marissa" and SIGNED by Maurice Sendak on ffep. Pasadena's finest independent new and used bookstore.
Seller: Book Alley, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$240.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: The original version of MacDonald's story with full-page illustrations by Sendak. First edition with these illustrations (stated first printing). A fine copy in a near fine jacket with the spine fading to tan. Signed by Sendak on the endpapers.
Seller: Downtown Brown Books, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardcover with DJ. Blue cloth binding with fancy decorations. DJ is creamy yellow with lettering and illustrations. The binding is good and tight and without any flaws worth mentioning. Th DJ is a bit dusty, faded towards tan at the spine. Endpapers at the front are blue/gray, faded at the edges. There are no rear endpapers or any rear blanks; the final page (110) is opposite the blank back cover & it appears that it was bound that way as there is no evidence of anything being removed. Signed on the front endpaper by Maurice Sendak, "For J-- W--, Sept '71, Maurice Sendak." This is a first edition. Please email with questions or to request photos.
Seller: Riverby Books, Fredericksburg, VA, U.S.A.
Price: US$771.69 + shipping
Description: New York. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 1969. First edition 19 x 12,5 cm. 110 (4) pages. Originaleinband mit Schutzumschlag.Original cloth with dust jacket. With very personal birthday dedication by Sendak. Sprache: Englisch. *** Bitte kontaktieren Sie mich immer BEVOR Sie bestellen! Für ausführliche Beschreibungen und Bilder sowie günstigere Versandoptionen kontaktieren Sie mich bitte per Email! Please contact me always BEFORE you order! For detailled descriptions and photos as well as cheaper shipping options please send an email! ***
Seller: Antiquariat CoBrA, Oberrohrbach, Austria