Nutshell Library Comprising: Alligators All Around; Chicken Soup with Rice; One Was Johnny; and Pierre

by Maurice Sendak

$350 · Offered by Riverrun Books & Manuscripts

First edition

New York: Harper & Row, 1962. 4 volumes, miniature format. Original pink cloth; printed dust jackets; pictorial slipcase. Fine copies in very clean jackets that have some light fading to the spines; light wear to slipcase at corners. Generally a very attractive set. Item #408954 First edition, without price sticker. Undisputed children's classics, in miniature. Hanrahan A51. A well-preserved set.

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