Search Results: A Hole Is To Dig, a First Book Of First Definiti… by Ruth Krauss

NY: HARPER AND BROTHERS , 1952. EARLY PRINTING . Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. SENDAK MAURICE . A VERY EARLY PRINTING WITH TEAL BINDING AND 1.50 ORIGINAL PRICE GRRR IS MENTIONED SOLID CLEAN AND BRIGHT NICE CLEAN TEXTBLOCK AND ENDPAPERS NEAT PENCIL PREVIOUS OWNERS SIGNATURE LIGHT WEAR TO TIPS BRIGHT COVER JACKET IS WORN UNCLIPPED BUT SPLIT ALONG THE SPINE WITH SOME DISCOLORATION / BROWING AROUND THE EDGES A NICE COPY OF THIS EARLY PRINTING IN A RATHER ROUGH JACKET

.......: Harper & Brothers Publishers. Acceptable/NO DUSTJACKET. (1952). First Edition, Second State. Hardcover. 16mo., unpaginated, cover rubbed, bumped, frayed, pencil scribbling throughout, hinges weak .

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1952. First edition, second printing ("Grr-r-r" on p. [23]), small square 8vo, pp. 48; vignette title page, printed in red and black throughout; price-clipped dust jacket with several small cracks and breaks; a very good copy. Illustrated throughout by Maurice Sendak.

New York, NY: Harper & Brothers. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1952. 1st Edition; 2nd issue. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. This copy has the teal cloth spine and dark brown lettering on the front cover along with the Gr-r-r-r on page 23 making it the 2nd issue of the 1st edition. This copy has the 1st state dust jacket with a price of $1.50. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. There is some beginning foxing and toning to the top rear cover of the book, along with some beginning bumping to the spine ends and corners. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is mostly clean and bright with some noticeable toning / sunning to the spine and rear cover, along with an inch long semi-closed tear to the top front spine joint. The top spine of the dust jacket has been nicked off and there is some rubbing / creasing to the spine as well. This book was the winner of the… Read More

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1952 Illustrated boards with teal backstrip, lt. rubbing to bottom edge. Dust jacket is good with wear at spine, a few very small losses and slightly age-toned. Interior of book is clean and crisp. First issue point met. A wonderful book of definitions as a child might imagine; blissful b&w drawings by Sendak pepper every page. First issue is uncommon and this is a nice example. (See Hanrahan A4). First Edition. Very Good/Good. 12mo.

[New York]: Harper and Brothers, 1952. Boards. Near fine/very good. Maurice SENDAK. First edition, later printing. 12mo; [48pp]; quarter-bound green cloth, pictorial boards in green, black and sepia; illustrated green endpapers with dancing children; text in sepia, illustrations throughout; light shelf scuffing to edges; unclipped illustrated dust jacket, light foxing and shelf soiling; near fine in very good minus dj. Hanrahan A4-1 (teal spine, "Grr-r-r" on p[23], $1.50 on dj flap). Simple and charming word definitions for children with illustrations by Sendak.