(New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1976).

FIRST EDITION. Randall Jarrell completed the manuscript for this work just shortly before his death in 1965 and Sendak, who had collaborated with him previously on THE BAT-POET and on THE ANIMAL FAMILY brought it to publication after creating these illustrations for the book. It is the crown jewel of the Jarrell/Sendak partnership. Item #22411

First Edition. With five full page plates and one double-page plate in black and white by Maurice Sendak. 8vo, publisher s original gray cloth lettered and decorated in silver, in the original dustjacket featuring artwork by Maurice Sendak. 30 pp. A fine copy of the book, near as pristine but for a bit of mellowing, the dustjacket very nice, essentially as fine with some mellowing to the spine panel.