nutshell library maurice sendak first edition

Although the name contains the word “tint”, this is a black-and-white printing process aquatint plates can often be hand colored, however. By changing the areas of the plate that are exposed and the length of time the plate is submerged in the acid bath, the engraver can obtain fine and varying shades of gray that closely resemble watercolor washes.

Aquatint Copperplate process by which the plate is “bitten” by exposure to acid.

Silvey, 585.Ī fine copy, scarce in such excellent condition. With thin band of yellow at spine foot of Chicken Soup with Rice, no priority. All volumes in pink cloth as called for in the first edition (later copies are found in blue, light brown or red cloth), with $2.95 price sticker, which definitively determines first edition, present on the slipcase. Some of the characters, like Pierre and Johnny, later incorporated into the 1974 television special, Really Rosie, Starring the Nutshell Kids and then the 1981 Broadway production of Really Rosie, made their first appearance in these books. These books “show Sendak at the height of his powers as a comic illustrator' (Carpenter & Prichard, 476). 24mo (books measure approximately 2-3/4 by 3-3/4 inches), original pink cloth, original dust jackets, original pictorial slipcase.įirst edition of this wonderfully illustrated little set of classics for children, a fine copy.Įach of these small books has a lesson to teach: Pierre is the cautionary tale of a little boy who says only “I don’t care!” The others delightfully illustrate the alphabet, counting to ten and the months of the year. Nutshell Library: Pierre, A Cautionary Tale Alligators All Around: An Alphabet One Was Johnny: A Counting Book Chicken Soup with Rice: A Book of Months. THEY DIDN’T TAKE HIM ANYWHERE”: SENDAK’S PERENNIALLY POPULAR NUTSHELL LIBRARY, A FINE FIRST EDITION

Nutshell library maurice sendak first edition