Sign on Rosie’s Door, The – Maurice Sendak
VG First Print

For sale: a Rare and Exceptional First hardcover Edition, First Printing of The Sign on Rosie’s Door by Maurice Sendak in a new archival wrap. First Edition 1960 Harper & Row. First Printing with no subsequent printing.

The book is in Very Good condition with clean, bright boards, no title on the square spine and strong ink on the front cover design, clean page blocks, tight binding, no spine tilt, strong spine ends, mild edge wear, and rubbed corners. The interior of the book is also in Near Fine condition with no marks or inscriptions. The end papers and the interior pages are clean and lightly toned.

No dust jacket.

Fans of Maurice Sendak’s Caldecott Medal-winning Where the Wild Things Are will love The Sign on Rosie’s Door—the book that inspired the Broadway musical Really Rosie, with music by Carole King!  First published in 1960, The Sign on Rosie’s Door portrays children in their very real world of imagination as only Maurice Sendak can.