THE PREPARATION OF PROGRAMS FOR AN ELECTRONIC DIGITAL COMPUTER
First edition of this early and important work in computer programming.
First edition of this early and important work in computer programming.
First edition, review copy with publisher's slip, of this reference book surveying of the life and works of Richard Wright, Ralph Ellison, James Baldwin, and Amiri Baraka.
First edition of Thomas's unfinished film script, based on the Irish-language autobiography of Maurice O'Sullivan.
Inscribed early edition of this essential Sendak reference work, signed and presented by Sendak.
First paperback edition of Sendak-illustrated version of this re-envisioned "Sleeping Beauty" by one of the pioneers of modern fantasy.
First printing of the Sendak edition, published after Sendak designed the costumes and sets for the Pacific Northwest Ballet's production of the NUTCRACKER.
First edition thus of this story of second sight in the Scottish Highlands, part of Harper's reissue series of MacDonald classics with Sendak illustrations.
Doubly signed first printing of this illustrated retelling of the 1938 Czech opera, performed in the Terezin concentration camp by its original cast of orphaned Jewish children imprisoned there alongside composer Hans Krása.
First edition of the first publication of the narrative of the iconic explorer of the American West, only recently discovered after they were believed lost for over one hundred years.
First edition of this landmark biography of one of the icons of French Post-Impressionism and Art Nouveau, lavishly illustrated and in the original wrappers and glassines.
First printing of these collected comic "diaries" purportedly by fictional and nonfictional luminaries, including Hamlet, George Washington, Harriet Shelley, Oedipus Rex, and Sherlock Holmes.
First edition thus, featuring two Mother Goose rhymes interpreted by Sendak and updated to reflect the 1990s.
First German edition, illustrated with charming color illustrations by Sendak.
Signed later printing of these two traditional nursery rhymes, enriched and transformed by Sendak's Nutshell Library-esque illustrations.
Signed later printing of Zolotow's classic 1962 children's story, with original signature by Sendak, whose eerie illustrations made this one of the seven Caldecott Honor Books of his career.
Signed early printing of Zolotow's classic 1962 children's story, with original signature by Sendak, whose eerie illustrations made this one of the seven Caldecott Honor Books of his career.
First printing of this scarce early Sendak picture book, the tale of a little boy who decides to become a giant.
Inscribed first US edition (and first English-language edition) of Sendak's illustrated picture book of monsters, originally created as a 1971 animated short for Sesame Street but deemed too scary for repeated showings.
First UK edition of Nash's urbane and polysyllabic verses, with illustrations and dust jacket by Maurice Sendak.
Signed Kraken Edition of Melville's psychological epic, heavily redacted and reconstructed by editor Herschel Parker to approximate its original 1852 form, spectacularly illustrated by longtime Melville admirer Sendak, and signed by both editor and illustrator.
First Sendak-illustrated edition of MacDonald's classic tale of a princess who learns to love a man more than she loves a lake.
Signed first US trade edition of this book of traditional nursery rhymes, newly illustrated by Maurice Sendak.
Uncommon early twentieth century catalogue of Cruikshank's original works and illustrated books offered by Robert Dodd, dealer and head of Dodd, Mead's rare book department.
First UK edition of the dreamland bedtime adventure and Caldecott Honor book.
Later printing of the dreamland bedtime adventure and Caldecott Honor book, a Harper & Row file copy retained for their School Department Library.