Where the Wild Things Are
by Sendak, Maurice
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- , neat repair to upper board with marks and rubbing to covers, rubbing to endpapers, some faint foxing and marking to pages, goo/, neat repair to upper wrapper with rubbing and fading to wrappers, chipping to lower edge, ink mark to lower wrapper, good cond
- Seller
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Skipton, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Synopsis
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, a 1980 opera, and, in 2009, a live-action feature film adaptation. According to HarperCollins, the book has sold over 19 million copies worldwide as of 2008.
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Reviews
BEST. BOOK. EVER. I have given a copy to every child in my life (family & friends). The imagination given wings and the safety net of a parent's love. Beautifully naughty, captures the joy of childhood and possibilities.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Keogh's Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 66469
- Title
- Where the Wild Things Are
- Author
- Sendak, Maurice
- Illustrator
- Illustrated by Maurice Sendak
- Format/Binding
- , full colour illustrated boards with colour patterned endpapers, full colour paper wrappers, Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - , neat repair to upper board with marks and rubbing to covers, rubbing to endpapers, some faint foxing and marking to pages, goo
- Jacket Condition
- , neat repair to upper wrapper with rubbing and fading to wrappers, chipping to lower edge, ink mark to lower wrapper, good cond
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Published by The Bodley Head
- Place of Publication
- , London
- Date Published
- , 1968
- Keywords
- Sendak, Maurice, Where the Wild Things Are, 1968 Charles Lucille Martin,
- Size
- , in sixes, 23.5 x 26 cms
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