Nutcracker by Hoffmann, E. T. A.; Sendak, Maurice - 1984

New York / London: Crown Publishers, Inc. / Bodley Head, 1984. FINE in VERY GOOD+ price intact dust jacket. Apparently the book is the 1984 British Edition, but the jacket is from the American Edition: Bodley Head is named as the publisher on the title pages and "BH" is stamped on the cover spine. The ISBN on the copyright page is the British ISBN. The jacket however is in US dollars, Crown is named as the publisher and it carries the American ISBN. A crisp, clean, totally unmarked and tightly bound copy in plum colored cloth hardcover. titled in silver on spine and front; blind embossed decoration on front cover. Color illustrated endpapers. Pages and endpapers fine. Cover fresh and clean - corners sharp, slight shelf rub to bottom edge. Price intact jacket (24.95 on front flap) is clean and colorful, lightly edgeworn with scuffing to edges and flap folds, 2 short closed tears and a couple of scuff marks to rear panel. Binding and hinges tight and straight. Copyright page states "First Published by Crown Publishers, Inc. simultaneously in Canada by General Publishing Company Limited, 1984. First published in Great Britain 1984." 10 x 10"; xiv + 102 pages. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good+. Illus. by Sendak, Maurice.