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New York, Harper & Row, 1963. . First edition, first printing, with Library of Congress number 63-21253 and 1963 copyright on title; oblong 4to; illustrated in colour throughout; publisher's cloth-backed pictorial paper boards, front board with one small smudge, with the correct first state of the dust-jacket with no mention of the Caldecott award, and a $3.50 price at top of front flap, this flap with three paragraphs of text, lower corner trimmed, slight dust-soiling, short closed tear to lower edge of front panel, a few trifling nicks, else a near-fine example. The true first edition with the correct first state dustjacket. A fine, well-preserved copy of what is perhaps the best-loved and most distinguished illustrated children's book of the 20th century, one that the American Institute of Graphic Arts called 'the perfect book.' With the Library of Congress catalogue number 63-21253 and 1963 copyright on title, and first state jacket with price $3.50 in upper right corner of…

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.