1st Alligators All Around Where Wild Things Are SENDAK

1st edition Alligators All Around 1962

Part of a 4-volume boxed set that contains this alphabet book, a book of rhymes about each month, a counting book, and a cautionary tale all written and illustrated by Maurice Sendak. Includes the titles "Alligators All Around, Chicken Soup with Rice, One Was Johnny, " and "Pierre."

Check completed auctions for all 4 going at $22 and $28 as Sendak is hot right now with the movie out in most areas.

Click on the photos for a close up. Book has seen a bit of moisture but is not musty nor do the pages stick together. Pages are not wavy either. Overall very good with some edgewear to the DJ.

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