Nov 18, 2014 - Sale 2366

Sale 2366 - Lot 49

Price Realized: $ 3,120
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
(CHILDREN'S LITERATURE.) SENDAK, MAURICE. Where the Wild Things Are. Oblong 8vo, green cloth-backed pictorial boards, very slight toning along edges; first issue dust jacket, front flap clipped twice, 1 1/2-inch creased tear to bottom edge of back panel, moderate tanning and dust-soiling, few small nicks and short closed tears, dime-sized dampstain to spine panel at imprint; 7-line ownership inscription on verso of front endpaper. (New York): Harper & Row, 1963
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first edition, in the scarce original dust jacket with no Caldecott award medal sticker nor mention of it, and the proper text on the jacket flaps: "...a three paragraph blurb on the book, and at the bottom, `Harper & Row, Publishers/ 40-80/ 1163.' The first paragraph is 6 lines long and reads, `Maurice Sendak author-artist of the NUTSHELL LIBRARY... has written and illustrated a picture book little children will love.' The second, also 6 lines, reads `Max, sent to his room... his adventures... form a unique an unforgettable experience.' The third, only five lines, reads, `Every child will recognized Max's feelings and his fantasy. And they, as well as adults, will revel in the rich, glorious pictures painted only as Sendak could paint them.' The inside rear flap of the dust jacket has a three paragraph blurb on Sendak. The first one, six lines long, begins and ends, `Maurice Sendak is considered to be one of the finest... and THE SIGN ON ROSIE'S DOOR.' The second paragraph, 8 lines long, begins and ends, `Among the books he has illustrated... Hans Christian Andersen awards.' The third paragraph reads `Maurice Sendak was born and grew up on Brooklyn, New York. He now lives in Greenwich Village.'" Hanrahan A58.