Where the Wild Things Are
New York: Harper & Row, 1963.
First edition, first printing in a first issue dust jacket with publisher's original price of $3.50 present on the top corner of the front flap and lower corner clipped, three paragraphs of text on the front flap and no Caldecott Medal on the front panel. Bound in publisher's illustrated paper-covered boards with gray cloth backstrip. Near Fine with light lean to binding, former owner names at half-title and title page. In a Very Good unclipped dust jacket with light tanning, light edge wear including closed splits to the foot of the spine and front flap fold, minor abrasions to front cover, small tidemark to top of front joint. A lovely copy of the children's classic, a high achievement of 20th century book design and children's storytelling that won Sendak the 1964 Caldecott Medal. Hanrahan A58. Item #140947882
Price: $7,200