A HOLE IS TO DIG

by Ruth Krauss, Maurice Sendak

$350 · Offered by Type Punch Matrix

First edition · Signed

New York : Harper & Brothers, 1952 . Inscribed 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 – an especially nice copy inscribed by Krauss. Fine in near-fine jacket. Item #8185 Krauss enjoyed enormous acclaim, particularly in the 1950s, as a writer on her own terms for her children's

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