I Saw Esau – Iona and Peter Opie and Maurice Sendak
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For sale: a Rare and Exceptional first hardcover edition, first printing of I Saw Esau: The Schoolchild’s Pocket Book edited by Iona and Peter Opie and Illustrated by Maurice Sendak in a new archival wrap. First Edition stated, 1996 Harper Collins. First Printing with no subsequent printing.

The book is in Near Fine condition with clean, bright boards, strong gilt on a square spine and the front cover design, clean page blocks, tight binding, mild spine tilt, rolled spine ends, mild edge wear, and lightly rounded corners. The interior of the book is also in Near Fine condition with the previous owner’s name and address on the first free end paper and no other marks, inscriptions, or signs of ownership. The rear end paper and the interior pages are clean and lightly toned.

The dust jacket is in Near Fine condition with mild surface wear, heavy edge wear, and the price is on the front flap. Looks great in a new archival wrap.

This is the story of how, one by one, a man found himself a family. Almost nowhere in fiction is there a stranger, dearer, or funnier family–and the life that the members of The Animal Family live together, there in the wilderness beside the sea, is as extraordinary and as enchanting as the family itself.