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Where the Wild Things Are

by Sendak, Maurice

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  • Hardcover
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, 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
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About This Item

, 37 pages, colour frontispiece, title page with colour illustration, numerous full colour illustrations throughout, reverse of upper free endpaper inscribed "�1968�For Charles from Lucille and Martin�"

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

On Aug 20 2019, a reader said:
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 (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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About Keogh's Books

Keogh\'s books has been going for nineteen years now, but the shop in Nailsworth is just a year old. There is also a thriving market stall in Stroud on most Saturdays, and our website.

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