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196 - Sendak (Maurice).- New Yorker (The), vol.LXIX no. 31, signed and with pen and ink drawing by Maurice Sendak, original pictorial wrappers with upper cover design by Sendak entitled "I Love N.Y.", 4to, New York, Sept. 27 1993 § Opie (Iona and Peter, editors) I Saw Esau, one of 300 copies signed by Iona Opie and Maurice Sendak, illustrations by Sendak, original boards, slip-case and glacine wrapper with title label, Walker Books, 1992; and 25 others, Sendak, including a signed poster and a furry Where the Wild Things Are backpack, v.s. (27)
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Sendak (Maurice).- New Yorker (The), vol.LXIX no. 31, signed and with pen and ink drawing by Maurice Sendak, original pictorial wrappers with upper cover design by Sendak entitled "I Love N.Y.", 4to, New York, Sept. 27 1993 § Opie (Iona and Peter, editors) I Saw Esau, one of 300 copies signed by Iona Opie and Maurice Sendak, illustrations by Sendak, original boards, slip-case and glacine wrapper with title label, Walker Books, 1992; and 25 others, Sendak, including a signed poster and a furry Where the Wild Things Are backpack, v.s. (27) *** The drawing in the first mentioned reflects Sendak's view of his appearance in this formerly staid magazine, depicting himself in Jack's clothing sticking out his tongue at Eustace Tilley, the masthead symbol of The New Yorker. Jack was the homeless child from Sendak's book We are all in the dumps with Jack and Guy. This issue of the magazine also includes a double-page colour comic strip by Sendak and Art Spiegelman showing the artists in the woods around Sendak's home discussing the awfulness of childhood.
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