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Lutterworth Press, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. First Thus. 182 pages. This is an ex-Library book. Orange jacket over cloth. Presumed 1957. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak. B&W illustrations throughout. Minimal foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Some gutter cracking. Ex-library with usual stamps, inserts and markings. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with scuffing, staining and marking to boards. Minor sunning to spine and board edges. Unclipped dust jacket in protective plastic cover. Mild wear, tear and chipping to edges and corners. Minor tanning to spine, with soiling to DJ.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1953. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Maurice Sendak. First edition stated; 8vo, 182 pages, in-text drawings by Maurice Sendak throughout; brick colored cloth boards show light wear at extremities, short cut in spine that does not penetrate the cloth; clipped dust jacket with some faint brown spots and toned spine, award sticker on front cover. A seemingly simple story of a boy who longs for a pet, and finally ends up with his very own pet rabbit, only to find he's escaped in the night. The storytelling is complex, full of family love and the intense emotions of a childhood. A Newbery Honor book of 1954. Scarce.

First edition stated; 8vo, 182 pages, in-text drawings by Maurice Sendak throughout; brick colored cloth boards show light wear at extremities, short cut in spine that does not penetrate the cloth; clipped dust jacket with some faint brown spots and toned spine, award sticker on front cover. A seemingly simple story of a boy who longs for a pet, and finally ends up with his very own pet rabbit, only to find he's escaped in the night. The storytelling is complex, full of family love and the intense emotions of a childhood. A Newbery Honor book of 1954. Scarce.