Lot 292

[SENDAK, Maurice (1928-2012), illustrator]. KRAUSS, Ruth (1...

Estimate: $300 - $600

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[SENDAK, Maurice (1928-2012), illustrator]. KRAUSS, Ruth (1901-1993). Open House for Butterflies. [New York:] Harper & Brothers, [1960]. 12mo. Illustrated. Unpaginated. Publisher?s black cloth backstrip over pictorial boards, publisher?s clipped dust jacket (lower corner of front flap is clipped, but price of ?$1.50? is visible at upper corner; boards rubbed and toned, some toning and occasional light soiling in text; tape repairs to jacket spine and lower margin of front panel (on recto and verso), jacket toned, worn, soiled). A very good copy in a fair jacket. FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY WITH A LATER ORIGINAL DRAWING BY SENDAK, INSCRIBED TO PAMELA BENEPE, AND ALSO SIGNED BY RUTH KRAUSS. SCARCE. Drawing and signatures are on the verso of the ffep.