Where The Wild Things Are
by Sendak, Maurice
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- very good
- Seller
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GLEBE, New South Wales, Australia
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
UK: Bodley Head, 1970. hardcover. very good. Reprint. Hardcover in very good condition. Binding tight, spine fine. Small open tears to jacket, corners reinforced on the inside. Heavy foxing to jacket and early/rear pages, light foxing throughout pages. Prior owner's signature on early page. Boards in good condition, browning to edges. Page block edges browned. Sappho Cathal 11/20 Cathal 8/21 Cathal 11/22
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
- Sappho Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 79391
- Title
- Where The Wild Things Are
- Author
- Sendak, Maurice
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Bodley Head
- Place of Publication
- UK
- Date Published
- 1970
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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GLEBE, New South Wales
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.