A HOLE IS TO DIG

by Ruth Krauss, Maurice Sendak

$200 · Offered by Type Punch Matrix · No longer available

First edition

New York : Harper & Brothers, 1952 . First edition, later state, of the commercial and critical success that established Sendak's talent as an illustrator and Krauss's reputation for capturing child-like lyricism. Near fine in very good plus jacket. Item #6442 Krauss enjoyed enormous acclaim, particularly in the 1950s, as a writer on her own terms for her children's books that are now better known today as early

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