Description
The third edition of Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak, in the publisher’s dust jacket.
Oblong quarto, [40pp]. Illustrated boards, olive green cloth spine. On title page, contains Library of Congress number 63-21253. Retail Pictorial endpapers, bright boards and clean illustrated text.
In a later state dust jacket, near fine, with $3.95 price on front flap, clipped lower corner of front flap, Caldecott Medal label on front panel, mention of the 1970 Hans Christian Andresen Illustrator’s Medal on rear flap of jacket.
A fine example.
This copy differs from the first printing and second printing only in regards to the dust jacket, with the third issue jacket having a retail price of $3.95, the publisher’s blurbs and the presence of the Caldecott Medal sticker.
