April 12, 2024
Dear Mili Wihelm GRIMM First edition SIGNED by Maurice SENDAK
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Dear MiliWilhelm GrimmIllustrations by Maurice Sendak0374317623Signed by Sendak on the half-title. Hardcover, bound in cloth with dust jacket.Light shelf-wear, the jacket with minor smudges.Bookseller Inventory # 058932On September 28, 1983, the discovery of a previously unknown tale by Wilhelm Grimmwas reported on the front page of The New York Times.The story of dear Miliwas preserved in a letter Wilhelm Grimm wrote to a little girl in 1816,a letter that remained in her family's possession for over a century and a half.It tells of a mother who sends her daughter into the forest to save her from a terrible war. The child comes upon the hut of an old man, who gives her shelter, and she repays his kindnessby serving him faithfully for what she thinks are three days. Actually, thirtyyears have passed, but Mili has remained safe, and with the old man'sblessing there is still time for a tender reunion with her mother.As for the pictures that interpret Dear Mili--hailed by School Library Journalas "gorgeous"--they were a milestone in Maurice Sendak's career,the work of a master at the height of his powers.Bibliographic DetailsTitle: Dear MiliPublisher: Farrar, Straus and GirouxPublication Date: 1988Binding: HardcoverBook Condition: FineDust Jacket Condition: Near FineSigned: Signed by AuthorEdition: 1st EditionAcorn BookshopCheck out
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