Description
Second printing of Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak, in second state dust jacket.
Oblong quarto, [40pp]. Illustrated boards, olive green cloth spine. On title page, contains Library of Congress number 63-21253. Pictorial endpapers, bright boards and clean illustrated text. In a second issue dust jacket, near fine, with $3.95 price on front flap, clipped lower corner of front flap, Caldecott Medal label on front panel, housed in wax paper dust jacket. A fine example.
This copy differs from the first printing (Hanrahan A58) only in regards to the dust jacket, with the second issue jacket having a retail price of $3.95, the publisher’s blurbs and the presence of the Caldecott Medal sticker.
