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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.

New York: Harper & Row, 1964. Hardcover. Used: Very Good/Good. Maurice Sendak. Flat signed by Sendak on half title page, no personal inscription; bottom front flap clipped; price at top of flap $3.50; book is clean and tight, in very good condition; DJ is G with very slight shelfwear. Pictorial boards. Library of Congress catalog card number 53-5250. Book is VG minus with minor shelfwear; o/w clean and tight; DJ is good with minor edgewear and one very small chip at top of flap crease at front; rare signed copy, There is a gold sticker on the DJ announcing Dejong's award for contributions to children's literature in 1962; illustrated by Maurice Sendak years before he hit it big with Where the Wild Things Are. Note: I just acquired eleven signed Sendak and am seeking a collector who is interested. They are: Where the Wild Things Are, Hurry Home Candy, Hector Protector And As I Went Over The Water, Very Far Away, A Very Special House, The Wonderful Farm, Shadrach, In The Night Kitchen, Seven Tales, and Nutcracker. All are signed and illustrated by Sendak. BEVFR