The art of Maurice Sendak / Selma G. Lanes ; editor, Robert Morton
1980, First Edition. London : Bodley Head. Very good library copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling and rubbing to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #446255
ISBN: 0370303865
Physical description; 278 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 x 30 cm. Notes; Includes index. Illus. (some col., some folding) incl. col. title-page, pop-up, example of strip book and col. cover. "Chronology of books": pages 271-272. Contents; Introductory Note -- Brooklyn beginnings -- Out the window -- The long apprenticeship -- A controversial triumph: Where the wild things are -- The art of the picture book -- Inspired pastiches: work of the sixties -- Jennie: the love of my life -- In the night kitchen: a picture book "from the direct middle of me" -- Grimm purpose -- Branching out, digging deep -- Recurring themes -- Portrait of the artist as a private person -- A chronology of books -- Index. Subjects; Sendak, Maurice. Sendak, Maurice 1928-. Sendak, Maurice 1928-2012. Sendak, Maurice Criticism and interpretation. Illustrators United States ; Biography. Illustrators Children's books United States. Children's literature Illustration of United States. Illustrated children's books. Illustrators.
Price: €45.00