Randall Jarrell FLY BY NIGHT 1976 First Edition Signed By Maurice Sendak Illustrated Original Dust Jacket Childrens Literature Forest Adventure Night Journey Mystery

Title: Fly by Night
Author: Illustrated by Maurice Sendak - Maurice Bernard Sendak was an American illustrator and writer of children's books. He became widely known for his book "Where the Wild Things Are," first published in 1963. , Randall Jarrell - Randall Jarrell was an American poet, literary critic, children's author, essayist, novelist, and the 11th Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress, a position that now bears the title Poet Laureate.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
City: New York
Year: 1976
Printing Information: First Edition
Binding Style: Hardcover
Pagination: 30 pages
Width: 5.5" Height: 8.25"
Book Details: This first edition volume is bound by gray cloth covered boards with a small silver emblem on the front cover and silver lettering to the spine. Signed by illustrator Maurice Sendak, this title is complete with its original dust jacket.

The front dust jacket flap describes this work: "Not long before his death, Randall Jarrell completed the manuscript of his last story for children, 'Fly by Night,' and Maurice Sendak, his collaborator on 'The Bat-Poet' and 'The Animal Family (a Newbery Honor Book), has now illustrated it. 'Fly by Night' is the crown of the Jarrell/Sendak partnership, a brilliant conclusion to this preeminent alliance of writer and illustrator."

Condition / Notes: This volume shows exceptionally well, with a pristine dust jacket. The text and illustrations are clear, crisp and bright.

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