The Moon Jumpers

Udry, Janice May; Maurice Sendak (illustrator)

ISBN 10: 0060261455 / ISBN 13: 9780060261450

Edité par Harper & Row, New York, 1959

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SIGNED. Quarto [26 cm] in matte pictorial boards over cloth spine. Very slight edgewear to price-clipped jacket; small portion of rear pastedown at foot appears to have been removed with a razor, with corresponding short slit to last few leaves at very foot. Signed and dated by Sendak (July 1980) with original illustration of cat on front free endpaper. A lovely bedtime story from Caldecott Award-winner Udry, with vibrant illustrations from master illustrator Sendak.

N° de réf. du vendeur 48860

Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: The Moon Jumpers
• Éditeur: Harper & Row, New York
• Date de parution: 1959
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0060261455
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780060261450
• Reliure: Couverture rigide
• Illustrateur: Maurice Sendak
• Édition: Later printing.
• État de l'article: Near fine
• État de la jaquette: near fine
• Signé: Signé par l'auteur
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Children's Books

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Synopsis

Book by Janice May Udry

Biographie de l'auteur

Janice May Udry (Author)
Maurice Sendak was born in Brooklyn, New York. He began by illustrating other authors' books for children, but the first book that he both wrote and illustrated was Kenny's Window, published in 1956. Since then he has illustrated over 80 books, and has won many awards, including the 1964 Caldecott Medal for Where the Wild Things Are. In 1970 he was the first American to win the Hans Christian Andersen Illustrator's Medal. In 1978 the University of Boston made him Doctor of Humane Letters and in 1983 he won the Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal for a 'substantial and lasting contribution to literature for children over a period of years'.

Maurice Sendak (Illustrator)
Maurice Sendak was born in Brooklyn, New York. He began by illustrating other authors' books for children, but the first book that he both wrote and illustrated was Kenny's Window, published in 1956. In his lifetime, he illustrated over 80 books, and received many awards, including the 1964 Caldecott Medal for Where the Wild Things Are. In 1970 he was the first American to win the Hans Christian Andersen Illustrator's Medal. He passed away in May 2012.