Where The Wild Things Are
by Sendak, Maurice (Story and Pictures by)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Clarence Park, South Australia, Australia
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About This Item
(London: The Bodley Head: 1967) First British Edition. Pictorial boards (that is, hard covers) pp. 48 inclusive of the boards (235 x 255 mm). Two light tape marks to rear board; otherwise about fine in like price-clipped dust-jacket.
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
- exPB (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 225535
- Title
- Where The Wild Things Are
- Author
- Sendak, Maurice (Story and Pictures by)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Keywords
- childrens
Terms of Sale
exPB
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About the Seller
exPB
Biblio member since 2017
Clarence Park, South Australia
About exPB
I am the daughter of Pioneer Books, our business has closed down after 43 years and I am listing some of it on my own account now that I'm the proud owner of the residual stock! I am selling them at half the price at which they were listed when Pioneer Books existed.
Glossary
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...