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Maurice Sendak. Hector Protector And As I Went Over The Water. Harper & Row, New York, 1965.
Price: US$203.65 + 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 (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.
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.
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.