first edition
1985 · New York
by Sendak, Maurice; Tesnohlidek, Rudolf
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1985. First printing. Fine in near fine jacket.. First edition in English of the Czech fairy tale and the basis for Leoš Janáček's 1923 opera. Těsnohlídek's tale was first published in a Brno newspaper in 1920. Considered a Czech classic, it wasn't translated into English until this edition. A great copy. 9'' x 7.25''. Original green cloth, gilt-lettered spine. In original unclipped ($19.95) color pictorial dust jacket. Yellow pictorial endpapers with humanized insects. Illustrated by Sendak in color throughout. [4], 186 pages. Jacket with small touches of edgewear, one tiny spot to rear panel. Book lovely.
(Inventory #: 51624)