Maurice Sendak - Nutshell Library: [One was Johnny; Alligators All Around; Pierre a Cautionary Tale; Chicken Soup with Rice ]

Maurice Sendak - Nutshell Library: [One was Johnny; Alligators All Around; Pierre a Cautionary Tale; Chicken Soup with Rice] - London - Collins - 1964 - 1st edition - 4 parts - [48]; [32]; 48; [32] pp - Cloth bindings with dust jacket in box - 7 x 9,5 x 3 cm.

Condition: Good set - COMPLETE. With wear, box slightly damaged.

Complete series of small format picture books from the Nutshell Library (Dwerg-deeltjes); It concerns a counting book, an alphabet, 'a cautionary tale' and a 'book with the 12 months'. Illustrated in COLOUR.

¶ Hardback first UK edition in printed cardboard slipcase. Vintage 1960s collector's item. Maurice Bernard Sendak (1928-2012) was an American illustrator and children's author. He was best known for his 1963 book 'Where the Wild Things Are'.