Ruth Krauss, A Hole is to Dig: A First Book of First Definitions, 1952, Very Good HC w/DJ

New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1952.

English, Very Good, HC, 16mo, 6 3/4" x 5 1/2", Unpaginated, 

Hardcover in green pictorial paper over black cloth backing. Minor cocking to spine, light wear, some toning to text block, and slight cracking to front interior hinge. Very Good- green pictorial dust jacket, minor shelf wear and sunning, small spot of loose to top front panel, price clipped, now in Mylar. Unpaginated. Includes illustrated endpapers and is replete with black line drawings by Maurice Sendak, the artist known for Where the Wild Things Are. Charming vintage children's picture book that provides poetic and playful definitions to a variety of things, people, and ideas, written by Ruth Krauss.