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England: Author. Original. Very Good +. [Maurice Sendak]. Pictorial postcard of twin wax dolls, about 1850, Bethnal Green Museum: Postcard Signed: postcard with two British stamps (5d. & 4d. bearing likenesses of Queen Elizabeth II / Air Mail ), to Herb Hosmer / Racketty-Packetty House / South Lancaster / Massachusetts; signed "Regards from petit Soldat! Maurice" "So far everything has been too exciting - it seems my Wild Things has caused quite a sensation & I'm busy from morning to night. I'm beat - but it's great fun..." This letter also deals with receiving a pamphlet on doll houses and Sendak's visits to Windsor and Hampton Court. Maurice Bernard Sendak (1928 - 2012) was an American illustrator and writer of children's books. He became widely known for his book Where the Wild Things Are, first published in 1963. Born to Jewish-Polish parents, his childhood was affected by the death of many of his family members during the Holocaust. Sendak also…

Where the Wild Things Are is a 1963 children's picture book by American writer and illustrator Maurice Sendak, originally published by Harper & Row. The book has been adapted into other media several times, including an animated short in 1973 (with an updated version in 1988), a 1980 opera, and a live-action 2009 feature-film adaptation. The book tells the story of Max, a young boy who dresses up as a wolf and uses his imagination to travel to a wild forest where he meets creatures called Wild Things.