[publisher: Whittlesey House, McGraw Hill Book Co.] Hardcover Hardcover. Blue cloth over boards with gilt lettering, red illustration. Copyright page dated 1947. 281 pages. Very good condition. Covers clean and square. Pages toned but free of marks-- other than an errant pencil mark on the rear end pages. Binding strong.
[Fredericksburg, VA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1947]

New York, London: Whittlesey House, McGraw-Hill, Date: 1947. First issue endpapers. First book illustrated by Maurice Sendak. Introduction by Harold C. Urey. Drawings in black and white throughout the text material. 281pp. . First Edition, First Issue.. Blue Cloth. Minor Edge Wear Only./No Jacket. Octavo. 1947. Whittlesey House, McGraw-Hill US

[publisher: Whittlesey House, McGraw-Hill, New York, London] Hardcover First Edition First issue endpapers. First book illustrated by Maurice Sendak. Introduction by Harold C. Urey. Drawings in black and white throughout the text material. 281pp. Size: Octavo
[Prairie Village, KS, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1947]
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New York: Whittlesey House, [Date: 1947]. Presumed First Edition/First Printing. fair to good (bound upside down). Maurice Sendak. 24 cm, 281 pages. , illus., index, bound upside down, bds somewhat worn & soiled, pencil erasures on endpapers, sticker removed from inside board. Maurice Sendak's first illustrated book, with cute, cartoonish drawings throughout. Introduction by Harold Urey. 1947. Whittlesey House [US]

[publisher: NY. McGraw-Hill. 1947.] Hardcover First Edition First Edition. Illustrations by Maurice Sendak. Sendak's first illustrated book. Hanrahan A1. First Issue with the "herringbone finish endpapers." G+ ex-library copy in dark blue woven cloth boards stamped in red and gold on the front and the spine. With several library markings: white numbers on spine, perforated identification on title page, Institute bookplate, and pocket at rear. Corners lightly bumped, but a clean copy with the cute, cartoonish Sendak drawings throughout. First Edition.
[Holliston, MA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1947]

New York: Whittlesey House/McGraw-Hill Book Company, Date: 1947. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. First edition, second issue (with plain endpapers). Illustrated by Maurice Sendak. Introduction by Harold C. Urey. Tall octavo. xiv, 281pp. Blue cloth. Contemporary owner name and date on front fly and dedication page, boards lightly rubbed, moderate edgewear with a couple small tears on the foredge of rear board, very good in a price-clipped, fair dust jacket with loss, tape reinforcements and the upper flap separated. The first book to be illustrated by Sendak who was, at the time, one of Mr. Ruchlis's high school physics students. Urey, the author of the introduction, was an American chemist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1934. This book was an early attempt to explain nuclear energy and its awesome forces to the lay reader. 1947. Whittlesey House/McGraw-Hill Book Company US

New York: Whittlesey House/McGraw-Hill Book Company, Date: 1947. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. First edition, second issue (with plain endpapers). Illustrated by Maurice Sendak. Introduction by Harold C. Urey. Tall octavo. xiv, 281pp. Blue cloth. Contemporary owner name and date on front fly and dedication page, boards lightly rubbed, moderate edgewear with a couple small tears on the foredge of rear board, very good in a price-clipped, fair dust jacket with loss, tape reinforcements and the upper flap separated. The first book to be illustrated by Sendak who was, at the time, one of Mr. Ruchlis's high school physics students. Urey, the author of the introduction, was an American chemist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1934. This book was an early attempt to explain nuclear energy and its awesome forces to the lay reader. 1947. Whittlesey House/McGraw-Hill Book Company [US]

NY: Whittlesey House/Mcgraw-Hill, (1947). First edition. . Blue cloth, spine and front cover lettered and designed in red and gilt. Ownership signature on inner front cover, a clean very good to fine copy in a slightly chipped and worn dust jacket with closed tears at folds and edges, and some loss at the top of the spine. This copy is of the first issue (see Hanrahan A1), with the original price of $3.50 on both front and rear jacket flaps, and the herringbone end papers. Maurice Sendak's first illustrated book, done when he was 18. NY: Whittlesey House/Mcgraw-Hill, (1947). First edition. [CA]

[publisher: New York, Whittlesey] Hardcover First Edition Large 8vo, a Fine copy in a GOOD D.J., WORN AT EDGES, ESP. AT SPINE WITH LOSS OF AT IN ATOMICS-TEAR OF QUARTTER INCH TOP OF REAR SPINE PANEL WHICH IS BIT SOILED, SOME WEAKNESS AT FOLDS ETC.AS I SD A GOOD D.J.but 1st Issue with 3.50 on both front and rear panel and with laid paper end papers.sorry no scanner.(VVhlw1/2)
[New York, NY, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1947]