Where the Wild Things Are by Sendak, Maurice - 2012

E-195: Harper and Row. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2012. Later Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. Harper and Row, New York. 1963. Unpgainted. Illustrated with Color Plates. Signed and inscribed by Maurice Sendak on the FFEP page. First Library Edition/First Printing (LCC present to the title page). Library Edition DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities (top corner clipped with the library price preserved (3.79) and 40-80, and 1163 codes are present on the front flap, however the Caldecott medal is present to the front panel of the DJ and there is mention of the Caldecott award present to the rear flap). Bound in matching pictoral cloth boards. Boards have shelf-wear present to the extremities (boards are lightly soiled). No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. This iconic story has inspired a movie, an opera, and the imagination of generations. When Max dresses in his wolf suit and causes havoc in the house, his mother sends him to bed. From there, Max sets sail to an island inhabited by the Wild Things, who name him king and share a wild rumpus with him. But then from far away across the world, Max smells good things to eat... Eb; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 48 pages; Signed by Author .