Where the Wild Things Are
by Sendak, Maurice
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0064431789
- ISBN 13
- 9780064431781
- Seller
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Middlebury, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
NY: HarperCollins, 1988. reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Maurice Sendak. Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. 25th Anniversary Edition. Unpaginated, color illustrations by the author. Light edge wear to dust jacket, small tear to top of spine. Else a very clean, tight copy. Record # 385353
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
- Browsing Is Arousing (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 385353
- Title
- Where the Wild Things Are
- Author
- Sendak, Maurice
- Illustrator
- Maurice Sendak
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- reprint
- ISBN 10
- 0064431789
- ISBN 13
- 9780064431781
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1988
- Keywords
- Children's Illustrated, Illustrated, Maurice Sendak, .
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's Illustrated;
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....