Hardcover. New York , Harry N. Abrams, 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 277 pages, illustrated throughout in color and b&w. Light shelf-wear to glassine dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy. Nearly three hundred reproductions of the famous illustrator's work over the years, including finished illustrations, sketches, penned fantasies, and stage-set designs, are accompanied by an account of Sendak's life and career.