Caldecott and Co.: Notes on Books and Pictures by Sendak, Maurice

London: Reinhardt Books, 1989. 1st Edition . Hardcover. As New/As New. Gilt spine lettering & front cover Sendak illustration on black covers in a pictorial dust jacket. 8vo, 214pp. As new - Except for a blind stamp on the half-title page.

London: Reinhardt Books / Viking / Penguin Books, 1989. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), minor edgewear jacket (light foxing, few tiny chips), faint foxing edges. 214 pp. Essays about children's literature (picture books) by Maurice Sendak, the author of the famous picture book 'Where the Wild Things Are'. Topics range from George Macdonald, Beatrix Potter and Randolph Caldecott, to Margot Zemach, Harriet Pincus and Edward Ardizzone, and to Walt Disney, Mother Goose and Hans Christian Anderson. The author voices his deeply held opinions about every aspect of the world of the picture book.

Reinhardt Books, 1989. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Book contains pencil markings. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,500grams, ISBN:1871061067