Maurice Sendak, E.T.A. Hoffman

An artist's proof of the first Sendak edition of The Nutcracker, signed by the illustrator, and accompanied by a signed lithograph.

• Sold as a set of 2: 1 book and 1 print.
• E.T.A. Hoffmann (German).
• Illustrated by Maurice Sendak (American).
• New York: Crown, (1984).
• 102 pages.
• Illustrated in full color.
• Artist proof, signed by Sendak in pencil, dated '84 and numbered "AP 20/25," laid in.
• Original grey-blue silver-lettered cloth, in original slipcase, color pictorial endpapers; printed on paper made especially for this edition.

Signed limited first Sendak edition, one of only 250 numbered signed copies with a signed, limited lithograph by Sendak, this copy an out of series artist proof.