Maurice Sendak's Cuisine de nuit, With a Drawing of Mickey

Maurice Sendak's In the Night Kitchen was published in 1970. The French edition, Cuisine de nuit, was released in 1972. A copy listed on Abe Books by Atlanta Vintage Books has a charming drawing of Mickey by the illustrator on the front free endpaper.

Maurice Sendak
AbeBooks listing accessed January 10, 2026

https://www.abebooks.com/signed/CUISINE-NUIT-Maurice-Sendak-Lecole-Loisirs/32345704892/bd?cm_ven=nl&cm_cat=trg&cm_pla=want_CM&ref_=pe_aep_AEP_wants_buyer-wants&cm_ite=viewbook

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Maurice Sendak: Really Rosie Theater Poster

"Really Rosie" is a musical based on the four books of Maurice Sendak's The Nutshell Library (1962) and The Sign on Rosie's Door (1960). The book and lyrics are by Sendak with music by Carole King. The musical was originally aired as a CBS television special in 1975. It opened Off-Broadway in 1980. A theater poster signed by Sendak in 1980 is currently offered on AbeBooks for 500 GBP. The artwork features Rosie and her brother Chicken Soup in a setting similar to that of In the Night Kitchen.

Maurice Sendak
AbeBooks Listing Retrieved August 16, 2019

https://www.abebooks.com/Rosie-SENDAK-Maurice-c.1980/30408230912/bd?cm_ven=nl&cm_cat=trg&cm_pla=want_CM&cm_ite=viewbook

1975 TV Special Soundtrack

Carole King

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Aidan Chambers's Copy of In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak

Young adult fiction writer Aidan Chambers and his wife Nancy were the recipients of a wonderful copy of In the Night Kitchen (1970) personalized for them by author Maurice Sendak in the summer of 1971. The book includes an original drawing of Mickey, the boy whose dream transports him into the night kitchen (in a matter reminiscent of Winsor McCay's Little Nemo entering Slumberland). Mickey is shown standing and looking pretty delighted here as he presides over the book's inscription "with pleasure."

Maurice Sendak
AbeBooks Listing Retrieved September 14, 2018

https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=30210373736&searchurl=tn%3Dnight%2Bkitchen%26sortby%3D1%26an%3Dmaurice%2Bsendak&cm_sp=snippet-_-srp1-_-image2

The good news is that this copy is still available from Shapero Rare Books in London. The bad news is that the price has gone up just a bit since last year.

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Maurice Sendak: A Warm Bottle In the Night Kitchen

I'm in the milk and the milk's in me.     

—In the Night Kitchen

A copy of Maurice Sendak's In the Night Kitchen (1970) boasts an original sketch of Mickey—yes, he's named for the well-known mouse—proudly clutching a milk bottle. The image is echoed on the back of the dust jacket and on the front board cover. This superb copy of the twenty-fifth anniversary edition of the book, published at $15.95, is currently listed on AbeBooks for $1,195.

Maurice Sendak 
AbeBooks Listing Retrieved January 18, 2019

https://www.abebooks.com/NIGHT-KITCHEN-25TH-ANNIVERSARY-SIGNED-ORIGINAL/30203098701/bd?cm_ven=nl&cm_cat=trg&cm_pla=want_CM&cm_ite=readmore_low

Note:  There is scarcely anything better that could have happened to a book by Maurice Sendak than for the author to have added an original sketch for a young fan. Those young fans who find themselves now all grown up are encouraged to forward images of such sketches suitable for blogging.

At press time, as we old-timers sometimes still call it, this book was still available for purchase.


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Hey Dudes: Happy Inauguration from Maurice Sendak

Hey, Dudes!
From current eBay listings, here are two examples of illustrator Maurice Sendak's Happy Inauguration print which personally welcomed Bill, Hillary, and Chelsea Clinton to Washington in 1993. Their cat Socks is there too. The First Family is shown with the Capitol Building. They are joined by characters from Where the Wild Things Are, In the Night Kitchen, Really Rosie, and We Are All in the Dumps with Jack and Guy.

A Jubilant Welcome for Our New President and His Family!
From the Children of America, Maurice Sendak, and HarperCollins Publishers
January 20, 1993

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Maurice-Sendak-VERY-RARE-Bill-Clinton-Hillary-Cartoon-Inauguration-Print-Framed-/252643944851?hash=item3ad2c0a993:g:EfEAAOSwd2xXQf69

eBay Listing as of January 16, 2017

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Bill-Clinton-Hillary-Maurice-Sendak-Cartoon-Inauguration-Print-Framed-/162313969639?hash=item25caaa9fe7:g:tHwAAOSw2xRYP5V~

eBay Item Description

A Jubilant Welcome for Our New President and His Family!

From the Children of America, Maurice Sendak, and HarperCollins Publishers

January 20, 1993

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Maurice-Sendak-VERY-RARE-Bill-Clinton-Hillary-Cartoon-Inauguration-Print-Framed-/252643944851?hash=item3ad2c0a993:g:EfEAAOSwd2xXQf69

June 25, 2022 Update:  I found some better photos of a print signed on the matte.

Signed by Maurice Sendak

Maurice Sendak
AbeBooks listing accessed June 25, 2022

https://www.abebooks.com/art-prints/MAURICE-SENDAK-SIGNED-ART-PRINT-Celebrating/31233040919/bd?cm_ven=nl&cm_cat=trg&cm_pla=want_CM&cm_ite=viewbook_high

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