Where the Wild Things Are

Sendak, Maurice

Published by Harper & Row, New York, 1963

About this Item

First Printing, with Library of Congress catalog card number: 63-21253 and 1963 copyright printed on the title page. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at half-title page -"April '65 For Myra - Maurice Sendak". Good, lacking the dust jacket and the decorative front end paper, boards soiled and worn at edges, rear hinge cracked. Uncommon as an unsophisticated copy of this enduring Sendak classic, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED directly in the book to a child who obviously adored the book and read it countless times, much like a well-worn blanket or stuffed animal. Basis for the 2009 film directed by Spike Jonze, a 1984 TV movie, and several short films. Size: Oblong 4to.

Seller Inventory # 010179

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Where the Wild Things Are
• Publisher: Harper & Row, New York
• Publication Date: 1963
• Binding: Pictorial Paper Covered Boards
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Signed: SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR
• Book Type: Book
• Seller catalogs:
  • Children's Literature