Where the Wild Things Are book 1st edition?

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  Published by New York Harper & Row, 1963

  First Edition

  Condition: Fair. Hardcover, First edition , first issue, no dustjacket. The scarce First edition with Library of Congress Catalog card number 63-21253 no further additions. Sendak's wonderful story and illustrations of Max and the Wild Things. A Good to Fair copy with wear to edges and handling marks to covers, corners bumped and rubbed, Slightly faded colours to covers. With previous owners name and 'This Book belongs to' written on title page. Not prestine condition but a scarce item . Pictures available.

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  Hardcover. Condition: Gut. Dust Jacket Condition: Gut. 1. Auflage. Oblong quarto. Original cloth-backed pictorial paper boards with the Sendak designed dust jacket. Hanrahan A58 - FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. FIRST EDITION BOOK: Listed across bottom of title page is "Copyright 1963 by Maurice Sendak. Printed in the United States of America. All rights reserved. Library of Congress catalog number: 63-21253".- Dust jacket Points after Hanrahan A 58: Second Issue with Caldecott Medal on front; original price of $3.50 at top front inside flap; bottom corner clipped with 40-80, 1163 and HARPER & ROW PUBLISHERS , the inside rear flap on the second issue of the DJ begins: Winner of the 1964 Caldecott Award and ends, at the bottom, with Chosen Number. One/best Illustrated Children's Book of 1963/by the New York Times.

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  Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. VERIFIED FIRST EDITION BOOK: Listed across bottom of title page is "Copyright 1963 by Maurice Sendak. Printed in the United States of America. All rights reserved. Library of Congress catalog number: 63-21253". (P.S. I ACTUALLY CALLED JOYCE HANRAHAN, the recognized Sendak authority, SEPTEMBER 1, 2014, for clarification, as the above copyright info is not listed verbatim in her book of 2001, Works of Maurice Sendak [See Scan of Note], and she said that she once checked personally with the Library of Congress and that the books listing the above stated info are First Editions.) DJ INFO: Second Issue DJ (Hanrahan A58 Points) with Caldecott Medal on front; original price of $3.50 at top front inside flap; bottom corner clipped with 40-80, 1163 and HARPER & ROW PUBLISHERS listed; short closed tear on front bottom; light yellowing. Per Hanrahan A58, the inside rear flap on the second issue of the DJ begins: Winner of the 1964 Caldecott Award and ends, at the bottom, with Chosen Number One/Best Illustrated Children's Book of 1963/by the New York Times.

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  Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition in first issue dustwrapper. Near fine with some light wear and toning to the outer edges of the boards in about very good dustwrapper with toning, sticker shadow on the front flap and moderate edgewear including small chips and tears. A relatively nice copy of one of most popular and influential children's book of the 20th Century. Hanrahan. *Works of Maurice Sendak 1947-1994* A58.

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  Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. MAURICE SENDAK (illustrator). 1st Edition. SIGNED FIRST STATE of the First Edition, First Printing First Printing, First state dust jacket, flat signed on the title page by Maurice Sendak. All first state points present. Near fine book in a near fine dust jacket. The identifying points for the first state dust jacket include the unique content of the information found only on the First State jacket flaps (no mention of the Caldecott award, and instead includes a three paragraph blurb about Sendak on the rear flap and a three paragraph blurb about the book on the front inner flap). The first state book is equally unique in that the colors of the inks used on the end papers as well as many of the internal pages are different from the later printings. Unpaginated. Please see detailed images. The book has crisp boards in near fine condition. The corners are sharp, and the book has no edgewear. The binding is tight and square. The book is in beautiful condition for this title which if often found with scribbles, writing, ruined spines, alot of edgewear and other issues that revolve around first edition children?s books. The boards are clean with no fading, and no scribbles. The stunning end papers are in perfect condition with no inscriptions, no owner names, no bookstore stamps, and no bookplates. The internal pages are clean with but a few tiny very very faded dots of foxing to the last and first page, otherwise the pages are very clean with no writing, no stains, no handling marks, no rips, no bent pages, and no foxing. Beautiful clean, crisp, bright copy of a children?s book in hard to find crisp condition! The scarce original first state, first edition dust jacket has benefited from some slight restoration to repair a few small intact tears to jacket, and as such shows in beautiful condition with the usual age toning and light soiling as commonly found with this dust jacket. Slight wrinkle to the front. The dust jacket has strong vibrant colors with no edgewear, no rips, no chips, no rubbing, no stains, no fading, no scribbles and no foxing. The dust jacket is NOT price clipped and has a stated price of $3.50 on the inner front flap, bottom of flap has the requisite code of 40-80, and 1163. The price is not important in the determination of the first state jacket as the first state is exclusively determined by the content of the information found on the inner front and rear flaps. A very handsome example of this scarce signed title presenting very well with the stunning jacket and clean interior at a great price for this title! ADDITIONAL IMAGES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. Please see our ABE store for other Rare Children's title and Original Illustration Art, including numerous original by Maurice Sendak!. Signed by Author(s).

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  Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition. A lovely copy of Sendak's most famous work. Book in Near Fine condition having been protected by it's original dust jacket. A few little finger smudges to margins of the pages, otherwise a clean, attractive copy. In a Near Fine dust jacket with some overall age toning, most noticeably at the spine. A small chip at the base of the spine and marginal wear at the crown. In all a copy that is far above average. With all issue points on both the book and dust jacket for the true first. One of the most famous and most beloved children's picture books of all time. Where The Wild Things Are was first published in 1963 - it would win the Caldecott Medal the next year -- and follows the adventures of the troublemaking Max, who after being sent to bed without dinner, ends up on a mysterious jungle island with the "wild things" of the title. Sendak was originally just an illustrator but soon decided to write his own books as well. Interestingly, Where the Wild Things Are was originally supposed to depict the story of a child who escaped to a land filled with horses but because Sendak couldn't draw horses well, he changed the animals to "Wild Things." The book was voted by readers of the School Library Journal the number one picture book of all time in 2012. "Mr. Sendak has gone from strength to strength.His illustrations for Where The Wild Things Are in which a child manages to control the terrifying grotesques summoned by his imagination, are already classics" (Contemporary New York Times Review of a Sendak Exhibition). Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket.

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  Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First edition, first printing in lovely example of the first issue dust jacket. Illustrated paper-covered boards with gray cloth backstrip. Near Fine with light browning and light soiling to covers, in a Near Fine dust jacket with light toning, soiling and edge wear, several brown spots, with publisher's original price of $3.50 is present on the top corner of the front flap and lower corner clipped (small ink notation above price), three paragraphs of text on the front flap and no Caldecott Medal on the front panel. A groundbreaking work for its honest treatment of children's emotions, especially anger, and winner of the 1964 Caldecott Medal.

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  Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing with ALL the First Issue points "There is NO award medal sticker on the front panel of the dust jacket, the front flap has the correct $3.50 printed price with the code 40-80 printed on the bottom flap, the lower corner of front flap is clipped as in all copies but the 1163 is present indicating that the book was published November 1963, the dust jacket front flap has the correct three paragraph blurbs about the book and the back flap of the dustjacket has three paragraph blurbs about the author, and the library congress number 63-21253 is printed on the title page." A wonderful copy that has light staining to the bottom edges of the dustjacket and light wear to the panels. The book is in great shape with minor wear to the boards. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. Overall, a lovely copy with the ORIGINAL FIRST ISSUE dustjacket in collector's condition. We buy Sendak First Editions.

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  Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing. A beautiful copy SIGNED by Maurice Sendak on a laid in signature. This ORIGINAL dustjacket is rich in color with light wear to the spine and edges. The book is in great shape. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning. The boards are crisp with slight wear to the edges. The pages are exceptionally clean with NO marks or bookplates in the book. This copy has ALL the First Issue points as follows "There is NO award medal sticker on the front panel of the dust jacket, the front flap has the correct $3.50 printed price with the code 40-80 printed on the bottom flap, the lower corner of front flap is clipped as in all copies but the 1163 is present indicating that the book was published November 1963, the dust jacket front flap has the correct three paragraph blurbs about the book and the back flap of the dustjacket has three paragraph blurbs about the author, and the library congress number 63-21253 is printed on the title page." A superb copy SIGNED by the author. We buy SIGNED Sendak First Editions. Signed by Author(s).

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  Lovely first edition of the subversive Caldecott-award winner, in the rare original first-issue dust jacket. After illustrating nearly 50 other books, WILD THINGS was Sendak's first full-color picture book with his own text and illustrations. He took full advantage of that control to push the boundaries of the children's picture book genre. The story of a boy who gets in a fight with his mother and lets out his pent up feelings in a fantastical Wild Rumpus, WILD THINGS focused on the complex inner experience of little Max, acknowledging the reality that children deal with anger, frustration, and fear just as adults do. For this reason, the book was initially not well received: before the rise of New Realism in children's literature, many critics felt children's books ought to model ideal behavior rather than accurately reflect children's emotional experiences. The book made a splash from the very beginning, as Sendak expected it would: many critics advised against buying the book, and some libraries banned it. Readers largely didn't know how to react to its unconventional approach - until it won the Caldecott. WILD THINGS is now one of the best-selling children's books of all time, paving the way for commercial picture books that explore our darker sides and encourage us to make friends with monsters. 9'' x 10''. Original quarter grey cloth, color pictorial paper boards. In original price-clipped color pictorial dust jacket without Caldecott medal, and with 3-paragraph blurb on front flap (blurbs are issue point, not price; ref. Hanrahan). Color pictorial endpapers. Illustrated by Sendak in color throughout. [40] pages. Jacket with some soiling and toning, a few short closed tears minutely reinforced on verso. Book with a bit of bumping to extremities, else clean and bright. Near fine in very good plus jacket.

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  Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing with an ORIGINAL drawing by Maurice Sendak that is also INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author This is the TRUE FIRST EDITION with the Library of Congress catalog card number: 63-21253 and 1963 copyright printed on the title page. This early issue dustjacket is vibrant in color with minor wear to the edges. The book is bound in the publisher's pictorial cloth and is in excellent condition. The binding is tight and the boards are crisp. The pages are clean NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A wonderful copy of this First Edition SIGNED by the author. Signed by Author(s).

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  Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing with ALL the First Issue points. This copy is authentically SIGNED by Maurice Sendak A magnificent dustjacket that is vibrant in color with slight wear to the edges. This First Issue dustjacket has the $3.50 price present and ALL the First Issue points such as three paragraph blurb about the book. The book is in great shape. The binding is tight, and the boards are crisp with slight wear to the edges. The pages are clean with NO marks or bookplates in the book. Overall, a stunning copy SIGNED by the author. We buy SIGNED Sendak First Editions. Signed by Author(s).

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  Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition with the publisher's price and the correct first issue code on the front flap. Cloth and papercovered illustrated boards. A bit of foxing to the boards, near fine in a modestly toned, very good dustwrapper with a couple of faint splash marks. Nicely Inscribed by Sendak in 1966 with a small drawing of a dog.

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  Unbound. Condition: Near Fine. Measuring 56" x 42". Some light wear at edges and a few light scattered creases, near fine. A production page proof for Maurice Sendak's classic children's book, *Where the Wild Things Are*. The proof is printed on both sides and retains its original bright and vibrant colors. It comes from the personal archives of a distinguished children's book author and editor who worked closely with both Sendak and the book's editor, Ursula Nordstrom. While there is no jacket present to verify the issue points, as typical for a first edition of the book, the title page is conspicuously missing its Library of Congress identification number suggesting it was printed prior to securing one as required for publication. Further, we have only been able to locate one other known copy of page proof for *Where the Wild Things Are* in the Maurice Sendak Collection at the Rosenbach Museum, and it too lacks the LOC number on the title page. An amazing artifact from what is one of the most popular and influential children's book of the 20th Century.

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