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Where the Wild Things Are Maurice Sendak
Fantasy
Children's Literature
Picture Book
USD$2,898

Description

SHEPARDSON BOOKSTALL, 20 YEARS OF EXCELLENCE. First Edition book identified by the title page (See Scan); the book is in fine condition with clean pages and bright color. DJ is a later issue covered in mylar to protect; has a gold Caldcott Medal on front; clipped on the front inside flap bottom corner, with $3.50 price on top corner. I have personally checked this out with Sendak expert/author, Joyce Hanrahan (Works of Maurice Sendak) and she declared it a true first edition explaining that the Library of Congress catalog number was issued in November 1963, therefore on the first printings in 1964, but not thereafter. Because the DJ is not a first issue, I have priced it accordingly. Still the best children's book every written and illustrations are stunning.

About Where the Wild Things Are

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.