Nutcracker

(Sendak, Maurice) illustrator. NUTCRACKER; translated by Ralph Manheim; pictures by Maurice Sendak. New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., (1984). STATED FIRST EDITION; NUMBER 234 OF 250 COPIES ON PAPER CREATED ESPECIALLY FOR THIS BOOK; SIGNED BY SENDAK ON THE LIMITATION PAGE. Square 4to - 10-1/8" x 10-1/8". Blue-gray cloth covered boards with titles stamped in silver within a blind stamped decorative border to front cover and titles stamped in silver to spine with no fading, no rubbing and no wear for what is a pristine copy of the book. Original publisher's blue-gray cloth covered board slipcase with titles stamped in silver within a blind stamped decorative border, matching the design of the front cover of the book, with very minor fading to the spine panel and a few spots where the cloth is a little lighter than the rest to front panel for what is a very nice example of the slipcase. Beautiful color pictorial endpapers by Sendak. xiv, 102 pp. This English translation of E. T. A. Hoffman