Nutcracker - Maurice Sendak, ETA Hoffman - First Edition Children's Books - Christmas Book, Children's Ballet, Tchaikovsky

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First edition thus of Nutcracker by E T A Hoffman, illustrated by Maurice Sendak. Wonderfully illustrated version of the original ballet in which Clara is front and center.

Written by E. T. A. Hoffman, Illustrated by Maurice Sendak, translated by Ralph Manheim. 2003, first edition thus. Grammercy Books, an imprint of Random House Value Publishing.

In 1983 Maurice Sendak collaborated with the Pacific Northwest Ballet to design the sets and costumes for E. T. A. Hoffmann's original story, The Nutcracker and The Mouse King, in which Clara plays a more prominent part.

Artistic Director and choreographer Kent Stowell and Sendak were lauded for enriching Hoffman's story and Tchaikovsky's dramatic score.

Pnb.org/repertorylist/nutcracker/

The following year, a new edition of Nutcracker was published, translated by Ralph Manheim and illustrated by Maurice Sendak, with pictures from the ballet and new artwork. Only 250 signed copies of the 1984 edition were printed. (The 1984 first edition also had a cloth cover.) This Nutcracker is a re-issue of that book.

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