Where the Wild Things Are: Story and Pictures by Maurice Sendak. Caldecott Medal Winner
by Maurice Sendak
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0060254920
- ISBN 13
- 9780060254926
- Seller
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About This Item
Where The Wild Things Are
Story and Pictures by Maurice Sendak
Caldecott Medal Winner.
HarperCollins Publishers, New York 1962, 25th Anniversary Edition 1991. ISBN: 9780060254926.
Signed on the title page by Maurice Sendak.
The 25th Anniversary Edition of one of the best contemporary children's books, with marvellous full-colour illustrations and story by the great Maurice Sendak.
Condition: Very good, signed and illustrated. There is some edge wear to the jacket, price clipped, now plastic protected.
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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- Bookseller
- Dorian Gallery (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1934454994836
- Title
- Where the Wild Things Are
- Author
- Maurice Sendak
- Illustrator
- Maurice Sendak
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover with jacket
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 25th Anniversary Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0060254920
- ISBN 13
- 9780060254926
- Publisher
- Harper Collins
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- November 9, 1988
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