Signed book: The Nutcracker. First edition, limited issue, numbered 174/250. NY: Crown Publishers, 1984. Hardcover with slipcase, 10 x 10, 102 pages. Signed on the colophon in blue ink by Maurice Sendak. Includes the corresponding limited edition 9.5 x 9.5 lithograph entitled 'Faithful Nutcracker,' numbered 174/250, signed in the lower border in pencil, "Maurice Sendak, '84." In fine condition, with sunning to the spine and slipcase. A scarce and sought-after limited edition of Sendak's reimagining of a classic Christmas tale.
