Books

First edition, first issue. Original paper covered boards with cloth spine in pictorial dustwrapper. A fine copy in a near fine dustwrapper, bright and crisp with just a hint of toning to the spine. Illustrated throughout in colour by Sendak. Sendak's most famous book, both as an author and as an illustrator, and one of the most important and influential modern picture books.

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.