Later printing of the dreamland bedtime adventure and Caldecott Honor book, a Harper & Row file copy retained for their School Department Library.
Very good in good plus jacket.
Price: $100.00
A surreal exploration of the vivid paths of children's minds as they drift to sleep, IN THE NIGHT KITCHEN is the philosophical sequel to WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE and continues that book's revolutionary focus on the inner emotional lives of children. Frequently banned for depicting its protagonist fully nude, IN THE NIGHT KITCHEN takes readers through a lush nonsense world featuring serenely inimical bakers and verses that mimic the rhythms of William Blake's verse. The book's comic-like aesthetic draws heavily from influences in the world of cartooning, most importantly Winsor McCay's early 20th-century comic LITTLE NEMO IN SLUMBERLAND, which Sendak called an "elaborate and audacious fantasy" – IN THE NIGHT KITCHEN is "in part, an homage to Winsor McCay" (Sendak's foreword to WINSOR MCCAY: His Life and Art). A Caldecott Honor book as elaborate and audacious as its influences.
Read more: Hanrahan, Works of Maurice Sendak: 1947-1994; Canemaker, Winsor McCay: His Life and Art.
New York: Harper & Row, (1970). 11'' x 8.5''. Original color pictorial boards. In original price-clipped color pictorial dust jacket, no Caldecott medal, but with shadow of removed Harper Crest sticker. Tan endpapers. Illustrated by Sendak in color throughout; lettering by Diana Blair. [40] pages. Publisher stamp: "Harper & Row / School Dept. Library" dated 1981 to title page. Jacket with a few short closed tears repaired with tape to verso, some areas of rubbing with color infill. Abrasion from bookplate removal to front fly leaf. Book with a touch of edgewear.
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