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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$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.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First printing. SIGNED BY MAURICE SENDAK on bookplate affixed to front free endpaper.
Seller: A Cappella Books, Inc., Atlanta, GA, 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: 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.