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Where the Wild Things Are
de SENDAK, Maurice
- Usado
- Aceptable
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Fine/Fine
- Librería
-
Gloucester City, New Jersey, United States
Formas de pago aceptadas
Sobre este artículo
(New York): Harper & Row, 1963. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Oblong quarto. [48]pp. Pictorial cloth. The pictorial jacket has "Net $3.79" price on lower front flap (conforming to correct first issue publisher's price for the library issue) and with publisher's correct first issue printed code on lower front flap ("40-80/ 1163"). The front flap of dust jacket prints two reviews and rear flap is headed "Winner of the 1964 Caldecott Award", both issue points which indicate a second issue dust jacket. Also has "The Caldecott Medal" gold foil label on front panel (second issue), and with "Harper Crest" publisher's gold foil label on spine (as issued for the library issue). Owner's ink name on front flyleaf else a fine, bright copy in second issue dust jacket, with two short tears, and one tiny nick, else the jacket is fresh and bright.
Sinopsis
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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El Aug 20 2019, un lector dijo:
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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Detalles
- Librería
- Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 516080
- Título
- Where the Wild Things Are
- Autor
- SENDAK, Maurice
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Fine
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Fine
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Editorial
- Harper & Row
- Lugar de publicación
- (New York)
- Fecha de publicación
- 1963
Términos de venta
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Sobre el vendedor
Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
Miembro de Biblio desde 2005
Gloucester City, New Jersey
Sobre Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc., founded in 1985, specializes in first editions of 20th Century American and English fiction. Our inventory of over 75,000 first editions includes: African-American literature & history, Mysteries, Detective Fiction, Drama, Books into Film and Sports books. We routinely issue extensively illustrated color catalogs, available by subscription. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA)and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB). Tom Congalton, founder of Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc., actively promotes the ethics and standards of these professional organizations and served as President of the ABAA from 2000 to 2002.
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