"The first of Frank Stockton's original fairytales re-illustrated by Maurice Sendak."
--description of a later edition at Amazon 2018-09-13
(as ISBN 006029731X; 2005-11-08; "HarperCollins (August 2003)")
Essay by Sendak (in the 1st ed. at least):
"a short essay by the illustrator about why he drew the griffin as he did. It provides a quick glimpse at how a serious illustrator goes about his work."
--Kirkus Reviews (starred contemporary review, undated online
- 1st ed.
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Price from "Spring books from Holt, Rinehart and Wilson" Chi. Tribune 1963-05-12 pJ5; this listing notes "Ages 6 up" and
"Holt Library Edition, $3.27 net".
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Library of Congress reports two copies, both in dustjacket and one signed by Sendak.
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LC as "[1963]" and OCLC 1362450 as "(c)1963" both report ISBN 003086626X, which is not expected in a 1963 book.
As of 2018-09-13 Amazon US/UK report that ISBN for another work; and for this work as 1963 HRW 1963 hardcover report ISBN 0030358256 (see {{ASIN|0030353203}}).
The latter is one of four ISBN that OCLC 317834863 lists in report of a "(c)1963" HRW edition.
One of two images at Amazon identifies a September 1986 Harper & Row edition.
