Lot 220

Lot 220

Sendak, Maurice. Higglety Pigglety Pop! First Edition, Presentation Copy

Sale 2107 - Collections of an Only Child: Seventy Years a Bibliophile, the Library of Justin G. Schiller

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Sendak, Maurice. Higglety Pigglety Pop! Or There Must Be More To Life

(New York): Harper & Row, (1967). First edition. Square 12mo. (vi), 69 pp. Presentation copy, inscribed by Maurice Sendak on front free endpaper in the year of publication to children's book author and reviewer, Lavinia Russ, and with an original ink illustration by him of Mother Goose: "Nov. '67 For Dear Lavinia With Love! [Within a pink colored heart] Maurice Sendak & Ma Goose". Publisher's brown cloth, pictorial cover label depicting the terrier protagonist Jennie; top edge stained brown; in original dust-jacket, separated along spine, scattered chipping along edges, spine and flaps toned. Hanrahan A68

A charming presentation copy of Sendak's tale of the adventures of Jennie, a Sealyham terrier. Inscribed by Sendak to Lavinia Russ (1905-92), children's book author, lecturer, and juvenile editor at Publisher's Weekly.

This lot is located in Philadelphia.

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From the collection of Justin G. Schiller

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