Where the Wild Things Are (signed)
by Sendak, Maurice
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Fine
- ISBN 10
- 006025520X
- ISBN 13
- 9780060255206
- Seller
-
Cedar Ridge, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Harper & Row, 1963. not noted. Hardcover. Fine. Sendak, Maurice. Oblong 4to, cloth over pictorial paper-covered boards, signed and dated by Sendak (Feb.1974) on the half-title page. Photocopy of 1988 signed sketch by Sendak laid in. Caldecott medal sticker to front jacket panel, no mention of the 1974 printing from new engravings, jacket price $4.95. Fine in fine, unclipped dj.
Signed by Sendak. Signed by the author/artist.
Signed by Sendak. Signed by the author/artist.
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
- Bud Plant & Hutchison Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28820
- Title
- Where the Wild Things Are (signed)
- Author
- Sendak, Maurice
- Illustrator
- Sendak, Maurice
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- not noted
- ISBN 10
- 006025520X
- ISBN 13
- 9780060255206
- Publisher
- Harper & Row
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1963
- Bookseller catalogs
- Caldecott Awards;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Bud Plant & Hutchison Books
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Cedar Ridge, California
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