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Maurice Sendak. In the Night Kitchen. Harper & Row, New York, 1970.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A Caldecott Honor picture book (one of seven honor books by Sendak, following Where the Wild Things Are, which won the award). [40] pages. Roughly 8-3/4 by 11-1/4 inches. Hanrahan, Works of Maurice Sendak, A75. A later, but early printing, with no price on the jacket and a Caldecott Honor medal on the front panel. Undyed cloth a bit spotted, else a fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Sendak on the title page.
Seller: Downtown Brown Books, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Sendak, Maurice. In the Night Kitchen. Harper & Row, New York, 1970.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: New York: Harper & Row, 1970. Quarto. Hardcover with a dust jacket. No additional printings indicated. Inscribed by Sendak on the half-title page. Price-clipped dust jacket has a closed tear to the crown of the spine and along the top edge of the rear flap. Book is near fine, jacket is very good.
Seller: Bad Animal, Santa Cruz, CA, U.S.A.
Sendak, Maurice. IN THE NIGHT KITCHEN. Harper & Row, New York, 1970.
Price: US$224.98 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Inscribed on flyleaf: "To Auden-hi! Maurice Sendak." Auden is Auden Grogins, daughter of Judge Jack Grogins of Connecticut who was a friend of Sendak. "1070" bottom of front flap and seven titles on the rear flap; lacking a price on the top corner of the front flap. Paper price sticker to upper right corner of DJ which is torn-marked in red ink $5.95: stain at top edge of DJ. . Silver Caldecott Honor label to the lower spine corner of the front jacket panel. Stain along the back edge of the binding with some spotting on cover, darkening along upper edges, and very slight darkening along right edge.
Seller: Sheila B. Amdur, Coventry, CT, U.S.A.
Sendak, Maurice. In the night kitchen. Harper & Row, 1970.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A bright, tight later printing signed by Sendak on the half-title page. DJ is colorful w/faint discoloration form age, a small price sticker on rear panel, now protected in mylar. Boards are firmly bound with some age/light spots; pages bright & clean.
Seller: Shaker Mill Books, W. Stockbridge, MA, U.S.A.
Sendak, Maurice. In the Night Kitchen. Harper & Row, New York, 1970.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 4to 11" - 13" tall; 45 pages; Oversize HC/DJ. Early printing. Signed by Sendak on the front flyleaf. Dust jacket conforms to early issue points with 1070 bottom of front flap and seven titles on the rear flap, but is lacking a price on the top corner of the front flap. Silver Caldecott Honor label to the lower spine corner of the front jacket panel. Snugly bound in full cream linen covered boards with circular color pictorial title panel mounted to upper board. Contents clean and fresh. Trace very superficial foxing to cloth along the top edge of the cover board. Jacket is lughtly shelf rubbed at edges with mild nicks at spine ends. Solid neat early copy, signed by Sendak without inscription. VG+/VG . Oversize book may require additional charges for expedited or international shipping. ; Signed by Author
Seller: DogStar Books, Lancaster, PA, U.S.A.
Sendak, Maurice. In The Night Kitchen. Harper & Row, New York, 1970.
Price: US$895.00 + shipping
Description: Unpaginated. 29.5 x 22 cm. Signed by Sendak on the title page in black ink. Lettering by Diana Blair. With price $4.95 and 10/70 on front flap and 7 titles on the back flap. HANRAHAN A75. Interior illustrations as new, tan endpapers. Orig. white cloth, illustrated circular color label inset with Mickey holding a bottle of milk. Fine in fine dust wrapper
Seller: Royoung Bookseller, Inc. ABAA, Ardsley, NY, U.S.A.
Maurice Sendak. In the Night Kitchen. Harper & Row, New York, 1970.
Price: US$1020.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A Caldecott Honor picture book (one of seven honor books by Sendak, following Where the Wild Things Are, which won the award). [40] pages. Roughly 8-3/4 by 11-1/4 inches. Hanrahan, Works of Maurice Sendak, A75. First edition (first printing, with no indications of later printings, a $4.95 price on the jacket flap, and seven titles on the rear flap, per Hanrahan's description). A near fine copy (a touch of spotting to the bottom edge of undyed book cloth) in a near fine dust jacket, with minor wear to the corners. This copy is signed on the front free endpaper. The jacket does not have a sticker for the Caldecott Honor.
Seller: Downtown Brown Books, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Sendak, Maurice. In the Night Kitchen.. Harper & Row Publishers, New York, 1970.
Price: US$1200.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of Sendak's classic work. Quarto, original cloth with illustrated paper cover label, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For Nicholas Robertson Maurice Sendak Dec. 85." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Sendak's homage to New York City and the movies of the 1930s, In the Night Kitchen "spins the reader through the surreal fantasy of a child's dream, like Alice into Wonderland or Dorothy into Oz." Like most of Sendak's work, Kitchen is "a celebration of the primal, sensory world of childhood and an affirmation of its imaginative potency" (Silvey, 586). Having received nine awards, The Night Kitchen's popularity is evident, but so is its controversy. When three-year-old protagonist Mickey enters the Night Kitchen, he loses his pajamas and is fully naked in some parts of the story. Some critics have objected to Mickey's nudity, which is fully depicted, and others have interpreted sexual innuendo in the proceeding events. Consequently, the book's release in the United States sparked debate, with the inclusion of child nudity frequently noted as morally problematic. The book has been ranked 25th place on the "100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-2000" list by the American Library Association.
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Sendak, Maurice. In The Night Kitchen. Harper & Row, New York, 1970.
Price: US$1450.27 + shipping
Description: Signed by Sendak with dedication and sketch on inside blank page: a boy or man who is saying "To Fred Emery: Cock-a-doodle doo! & Thank You! Dec. 70." Inside flap is clipped bottom; top flap reads $4.95; acetate protects the dust jacket; book is clean and tight, in very good condition; DJ is G with very mild edgewear. Book is VG, clean and tight; rare signed copy. Dust jacket conforms to Hanrahan's early issue points with 1070 bottom of front flap and seven titles on the rear flap, with $4.95 at top corner of the front flap. My copy goes point for point as a first with Hanrahan. NO Caldecott Honor label. 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. IN THE NIGHT KITCHEN. Harper & Row, 1970.
Price: US$2422.75 + shipping
Description: IN THE NIGHT KITCHEN, Harper & Row, 1970, first edition, fine in just about fine full color pictorial dust-wrapper with like illustrations on virtually every page. INSCRIBED by the author/artist in 1974. (The silver Caldecott Honor Book sticker is indeed on the front dust-wrapper panel which does not alter the fact that this is indeed the first printing of this title as it meets all the requirements as such in the bibliography. The presence of this sticker indicates only that this copy remained unreleased to the public when the award was given).
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.