Meneer konyn en die verjaardagpresent [Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present]

Kaapstad [Capetown] / Pretoria: Human & Rousseau, 1972. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First South African edition. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak. Translated by Hansie Du Toit. Slim oblong octavo. Text in Afrikaans. Pictorial boards with light wear, near fine in like jacket with a bit of rubbing on the spine. An uncommon edition, this copy (although not marked in any way) from the library of author Charlotte Zolotow. *OCLC* locates nine copies, seven in South Africa and none in the U.S. The first edition was a 1963 Caldecott Honor book.