Books

$3.50 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Bottom corner of the front flap with 40-80 1163. First issue dust jacket with correct writing on both flaps. All the correct points of first printing and first issue dust jacket. Small tears to edges of the dust jacket, rubbing to the spine of the dust jacket. Gift inscription on back of the front free endpaper, 'Merry Christmas 1963 To Brad from Poppie.'.

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.