Where the Wild Things Are

New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1963. First edition in the first-issue dust jacket of one of the scarcest and most desirable books in modern children's literature. Oblong quarto, original cloth backed pictorial paper boards. Inscribed by Maurice Sendak with a drawing of Mickey Mouse on the half-title page, "For David, Hi! Maurice Sendak May '80." It was Walt… Read more

New York: Harper & Row,, 1963. Inscribed by author Oblong quarto. Original cloth-backed pictorial paper boards. With the Sendak-designed dust jacket. Housed in a turquoise quarter morocco solander box by the Chelsea Bindery. Illustrated throughout by Sendak. Light residue from bookplate removal to front pastedown, minute crease at corner of pp. 7/8, book block ever so slightly shaken. A… Read more

New York: Harper & Row, 1963. Hardcover. Near Fine/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… Read more

Harper & Row, New York, 1963 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… Read more

Harper & Row, 1963. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. A near fine first edition in a very good first issue dust jacket (no reference to Caldecott Medal), inscribed by Sendak with a drawing. Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase.

[New York]: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. Where The Wild Things Are, a first edition first printing, signed by Maurice Sendak. Oblong quarto, [38pp]. Illustrated boards, olive green cloth spine. Light shelf wear to edges of boards. On title page, contains Library of Congress number 63-21253. Pictorial endpapers, bright boards and clean… Read more

New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1963. First edition in the first-issue dust jacket of one of the scarcest and most desirable books in modern children's literature. Oblong quarto, original cloth backed pictorial paper boards. Boldly inscribed by Maurice Sendak opposite the half-title page, "For Rachel GRR! Maurice Sendak" with a drawing of large growling Carol. Near fine in… Read more

Harper & Row, 1963 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.… Read more

Harper and Row, New York, 1963 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… Read more

Harper & Row, 1963. Brown cloth spine over pictorial boards, 4-color endsheets, DJ design matching boards. Very interesting second issue, with LOC number on title page, Caldecott medal pasted, not printed, on and $3.50 price on jacket (code 40-80 / 1163). Back flap of DJ is the revised text, including mention of the Caldecott award. Book very good with aging… Read more

New York: Harper & Row, 1988. One of 220 Copies Specially Bound and Signed by Maurice Sendak With an Original 'Wild Thing' Pen & Ink Drawing SENDAK, Maurice. Where the Wild Things Are. Story and Pictures by Maurice Sendak. New York: Harper and Row, 1988. Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Edition. Limited to 220 copies (of which this is… Read more

New York: Harper & Row,, 1963. Oblong quarto. Original cloth-backed pictorial paper boards. With the Sendak designed dust jacket. Illustrated by Sendak. Occasional spotting to pages, small pencil notes to two pages, which list the names of the Wild Things, light rubbing to corners, in the dust jacket with toning to white areas, light spotting along rear… Read more

Harper & Row, New York, 1963 First Edition, First Printing with Library of Congress catalog card number:63-21253 printed on the title page. Later editions do NOT have the card number. A wonderful copy. The book is in excellent condition. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning. The boards are crisp with minor wear to the edges. The pages… Read more

Harper & Row Publishers, 1963 First Edition, First Printing with "Copyright © 1963 by Maurice Sendak Printed in the United States of America All right reserved Library of Congress catalog card number: 63-21253" printed on the title page. This copy is SIGNED by Maurice Sendak on the page before the title page. The book is in very good condition with… Read more

New York: Harper & Row, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition, first printing with base of title page bearing Library of Congress number 63-21253. Signed by Maurice Sendak on the half title page, inscribed to a former owner and dated Dec. '64. Publisher's pictorial paper covered boards over grey cloth spine. Near Fine, with light foxing… Read more

Harper & Row Publishers, 1963 First Edition, First Printing SIGNED by Maurice Sendak. This is the TRUE FIRST EDITION with the Library of Congress catalog card number: 63-21253 and 1963 copyright printed on the title page. The book is in very good condition with some wear to the edges, and discoloration to the boards. The book is bound in the… Read more

New York: Harper & Row, 1963. First Edition. About Very Good. First edition, first printing with Library of Congress card number 63-21253 on title page. Signed on half title, inscribed to the late antiquarian bookseller Sam Hessel, "For Sam Hessel- GRRRRR! / Maurice Sendak / OCT. '78." Illustrated paper-covered boards with gray cloth backstrip. About Very Good… Read more

New York: Harpers, 1970. Early edition. Illustrated in color. [40] pp. 1 vols. Oblong 4to. Publisher's cloth-backed pictorial boards. Near fine, in pictorial dust-jacket (spine toned, small closed tears and edgewear) with Caldecott medal, $4.95 price and mention of 1970 Hans Christian Andersen Illustrator's Medal on back flap. Early edition. Illustrated in color. [40] pp. 1 vols. Oblong… Read more

Harper & Row, New York, 1963 First Edition, First Issue with Library of Congress catalog card number: 63-21253 printed on the title page. The book is in nice condition. The binding is tight with with minor wear to the spine and edges. The pages are clean with NO marks or bookplates in the book. A lovely copy of this TRUE… Read more

NY: Harper & Row, 1988, 1988. 25th ANNIVERSARY EDITION INSCRIBED WITH AN ORIGINAL DRAWING OF A WILDTHING. 1 vol., illustrated by Maurice Sendak, inscribed by Sendak on the half-title with an original drawing of a Wild Thing. Bound in the publisher's original cloth backed pictorial boards, pictorial pastedowns and endpapers, with the dust-jacket, both in VERY GOOD condition.… Read more

Near Fine, SIGNED, 25th Edition of This Classic. Mr. Sendak's signature is clearly inscribed in black. Dust Jacket with a light smudge above the "Wild" has the gold Caldecott Medal which is in near fine condition. Considered one of the most influential books of the 20th Century, this book is hard to find in this excellent condition.

London: The Bodley Head, 1983. New Edition, Third Impression. Signed and inscribed to an individual by Maurice Sendak in 1985 with an ink drawing by Sendak of one of the Wild Things saying the word, BOO! Corners bumped, very good in a very good price-clipped dust jacket.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: HarperCollins, 2003. 40th Anniversary Edition. Boards. Fine/Fine in Archival Plastic Cover. A lovely 40th Anniversary Edition of Maurice Sendak's award-winning book, signed by him for Parrish Books on the half-title page. Printed from the new engravings made from the original art in 1988 for the 25th Anniversary edition published by Harper & Row.… Read more

NY: Harper & Row, 1963, 1963. EARLY EDITION SIGNED WITH AN ORIGINAL DRAWING. 1 vol., illustrated by Maurice Sendak, signed by Sendak on the half-title with an original drawing of Max's dog in a begging stance. Bound in the publisher's original pictorial boards, pictorial pastedowns and endpapers, cloth spine, with the dust-jacket, both in VERY GOOD condition. … Read more

New York: Harper & Row, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Like New. First edition, first printing with base of title page bearing LOC number: 63-21253. A fine copy, with just faint soiling to the bottom of the front cover, else a remarkably fresh and an unusually bright copy. Lacking the dust jacket.

Illustrated boards with cloth spine, boards very slightly darkened at edges, printing registration is slightly off; matching dust jacket is edgeworn and darkened with closed tears; with correct price, but blurbs are consistent with 2nd issue jacket, award seal is present on front cover of DJ (Hanrahan A58). Landmark in children's picture books and winner of the 1964 Caldecott Medal.… Read more

Harper & Row, 1988. 5th or later Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. A near fine 25th anniversary edition, inscribed with a drawing by Sendak on the half-title page. No dj.

HarperCollins Publishers, 1991. 25th Anniversary Reissue. Boards. Fine - As New/Fine - As New. A wonderful fine reissue of the 25th Anniversary Edition of this popular book, winner of the Caldecott Medal, signed by Maurice Sendak for Parrish Books on the half-title page. The story of Max, King of the Wild Things, continues on in this… Read more

New York: Harper & Row, 1963. Price clipped, tears, stains and losses to jacket edges; boards with a few soilmarks; text clean, unmarked, and fresh. Oblong 4to. Original cloth-backed pictorial boards; pictorial jacket with Caldecott sticker. FIRST EDITION, first printing, with Library of Congress number 63-21253 on title. In an early issue jacket with Caldecott sticker and numbered… Read more

New York, NY: Harper & Row, 1963. 1st Ed. Hardbound Oblong. No Pg Count.. Fine in Good DJ/Good. Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak. Published by Harper & Row, New York, NY, 1963. 1st Edition. Hardbound, Paper DJ. Oblong. Condition: Fine in Good DJ. No Pg Count. LCCN 63-21253. Story and pictures by Maurice Sendak. Not… Read more

Harper & Row, Publishers, 1982. Book. Illus. by Sendak, Maurice. Near Fine. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Half Title Page Inscribed and dated: For Aunt Edna / Maurice Sendak / Nov '82. Front DJ flap clipped top and bottom. DJ has several edge tears and very light soiling. Caldecott Medal… Read more

HarperCollins Publishers, 1991. SIGNED BY MAURICE SENDAK on half title page. 25th Anniversary Edition w/Caldecott Medal affixed to DJ. Fine condition, brodart protected. Ships in a box.. Signed by Author. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

(New York): Harper & Row, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Oblong quarto, illustrated by Sendak. A very good copy in the second state jacket with Caldecott medal affixed to the front of the dust jacket, Price of $3.50 on the jacket. Hanrahan A58. Jacket nicked at the spine heads.

Harper & Row, 1974. Hardcover. Near Fine in Good dust jacket. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak. DJ 4" tear front, 1/2" tear front, 1" tear along spine, not price clipped but bottom front flap clipped, mylar, pictorial boards, black spine, black lettering, rear top corner bumped, binding very good, pages clean & bright. Reprinted in with new engravings made… Read more

Scranton, PA, U.S.A.: HarperCollins Publishers. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1988. 25th Anniversary. No Binding. 0060254920 . Flat signed by author/illustrator, Maurice Sendak, on half title page. DJ has light soiling in white fields and light creasing along top edge.; Signed by Author(s) .

NY: HarperCollins, 1991. Hard Cover. The 25th anniversary edition, latest date on the copyright page is 1991. SIGNED on half title page by Sendak. Fine in a Fine Dustjacket. . .

New York: Harper & Row, 1964. Later Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Sendak, Maurice (illustrator); Over 25 Color Illustrations (including title Page & endpapers). 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall (oblong small). Signed by Maurice Sendak on special Pacific Northwest Ballet bookplate on front pastedown (also inscribed "For Bill" in an unknown hand). A nice example… Read more

1984-01-02. New. Ships with Tracking Number! INTERNATIONAL WORLDWIDE Shipping available. Buy with confidence, excellent customer service!

New York: Harper Collins Publishers, Inc., 1991. This is a very good hardcover copy in a very good dust jacket with almost no wear. Originally published in 1963 this is the Twenty-fifth Anniversary edition. Later printing. Signed by Maurice Sendak and dated 1997 on the half title-page, above and below the printed title. Briefly inscribed. Otherwise completely clrean throughout. Illustrated… Read more

[ New York]: Harper & Row, 1964. Oblong small quarto. Pictorial cloth (the library binding). Illustrated throughout in color. Some dustsoiling along the extreme edges of the binding and fold-ins, otherwise a good copy in torn and mended later dust jacket with reviews on the front flap and the Caldecott seal (the library binding price $3.79 is intact). Briefly,… Read more

(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.

USA: HarperCollins Publishers, 1963 Book Very Good plus, dust jacket very good plus, 25th Anniversary Edition. Signed by Maurice sendak on the title page to and from.

Harper & Row, 1963. 5th or later Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. A fine early edition in a very good dust jacket, inscribed by Sendak on the half-title page. Bottom front flap of dj clipped but not price-clipped.Previous owner's name sticker on top of front paste-down.

Scranton, PA, U.S.A.: HarperCollins Publishers, 1984. 25th Anniversary Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Color and B&W Illustration By Art Wolfe. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. In color pictorial jacket over matching boards, 4to, unpag. Signed by Maurice Sendak in black ink on half-title page. 25th anniversary edition.

UK: Bodley Head, 1967. 1st Edition UK 1967 Illustrated in colour throughout by the author. Sendak's most famous book, both as an author and as an illustrator, and one of the most influential modern picture books. Book is very good and quite bright. Light edge rubbing. Fine creasing to one corner of board. Contents good. The … Read more

New York (1963) Book Date: Harper & Row. 1st Edition Clamshell Collector's Case. No Binding. New York (1963) Book Date: Harper & Row. 1st Edition Clamshell Collector's Case. No Binding. Custom Clamshell Case. No Binding. First Edition Clamshell Case. Ellis,Bret Easton. WHERE THE WILD THINGS...

NY: HARPER & ROW.. Fine with no dust jacket. 1988. Poster. Promotional POSTER. (19" X 25 1/2") Fine on a single sheet of heavy cardstock. (Tiny nick at upper lefth hand corner tip. ) Wonderful full-color poster depicting the gang from "Where The Wild Things Are" which was specially commisioned for this annivesary edition. Highly suitable… Read more

New York: Harpers, 1963. First edition. Story and Pictures by Maurice Sendak. 1 vols. Oblong 4to. Cloth backed boards. In very good second state dustjacket with Caldecott gold medallion and reviews on back inner flap, price clipped but dated 40-80 1163 on front flap. First edition. Story and Pictures by Maurice Sendak. 1 vols. Oblong 4to. Hanrahan A58,… Read more

NY:: Harper & Row,. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1963. Hardcover. 1964 Caldecott Medal winner. Illustrated by the author. An early printing (Library of Congress number on title page). Very good in a good (edge worn with a few short closed edge tears, age darkened and soiled) third issue (no Caldecott Medal emblem… Read more

1992-08-04. New. Ships with Tracking Number! INTERNATIONAL WORLDWIDE Shipping available. Buy with confidence, excellent customer service!