Signed by Maurice Sendak
In Grandpa's House
Notes: A story written by Maurice Sendak's father about growing up in a Polish-Jewish shtetl, immigrating to America, and starting a new life. With illustrations by his son, the Caldecott Award-winning artist.
Translated and adapted from the Yiddish by Seymour Barofsky.
42 pages.
Edition + Condition: First edition (stated), Harpercrest library issue. This version, with a different ISBN and reinforced covers, is less common than the trade issue. This is a fine copy in a fine dust jacket, with the Harpercrest gold sticker at the base of the spine (as issued). The front jacket flap is clipped (also as issued), leaving the $9.89 library price at the base of the flap.
This copy is signed by Sendak on the front free endpaper. Uncommon signed.
Publication: New York: Harper & Row, 1985.
ISBN: 0060254637
Item No: #284732
Price: $150