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by Ruth Krauss, Maurice Sendak

$300 · Offered by Type Punch Matrix

First edition

New York : Harper & Brothers, 1960 . First printing. First edition of Krauss's follow-up to A HOLE IS TO DIG, in which she collects her observations of children's innovative approach to word invention and turns them into a book of poetry. Fine in near fine jacket. Item #10611 Krauss enjoyed enormous acclaim as a writer on her own terms for her children's books that are now better

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