SIGNED BY SENDAK
(SENDAK, Maurice) STOCKTON, Frank R. The Griffin and the Minor Canon. With Illustrations by Maurice Sendak. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, (1963). Small quarto, original pictorial coated paper boards, original dust jacket.
Early edition, signed by Maurice Sendak.
During the early years of his career, novelist and humorist Frank Stockton wrote several short fantasies for children. In The Griffin and the Minor Canon (1963), Maurice Sendak illustrates Stockton's charming tale about a griffin who comes to see his stone likeness gracing a cathedral door. "Holt Library Edition" sticker to dust jacket and cloth back panel. See Hanrahan A55.
Dust jacket price-clipped. Fine condition.