signed first edition Hardcover
1980 · New York
by (SENDAK, Maurice). Selma G. Lanes
New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1980. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Oblong quarto. Approximate measurements: 11¾" x 11". 278pp. Illustrated, some fold-out and one pop-up. Color illustrated cloth. Fine in a near fine printed acetate dust jacket with typical rubbing. Signed and dated ("Oct. 80") by Sendak and Lanes at the half-title. Although not marked as such, from the library of Charlotte Zolotow, an editor and publisher at Harper’s celebrated children’s books department, and acclaimed author of over 65 children’s books. She is credited for her contributions to the Children’s Liberation Movement which believed the rights and emotional concerns (truncated)