WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE, INSCRIBED BY SENDAK WITH AN ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATION OF MAX
SENDAK, Maurice. Where the Wild Things Are. New York: Harper & Row, circa 1986. Oblong quarto, original half gray cloth, pictorial boards, pictorial endpapers, original dust jacket. $3800.
Later edition of Sendak’s cherished classic, inscribed by him on the half title: "For Matt, Maurice Sendak, June 86," with an original drawing of Max saying "Greetings!"
First published in 1963, "Sendak's exploration of the realms of the unconscious in Where the Wild Things Are… lifts his work beyond the confines of the children's picture book, and places it among the major art of the 20th century" (Carpenter & Prichard, 476-77). Caldecott sticker to dust jacket front panel.
Book with small discolored spot to front board. Near-fine condition.