Page 15 - Swann Galleries - 20th Century Illustration - Sale 2300 - January 24, 2013

TRUE FIRST PRINTING
11 ● MAURICE SENDAK. Where the Wild Things Are. Color illustrations by
Sendak. Oblong 8vo, green cloth-backed pictorial boards, mild soiling, mostly to turn-
ins; scattered light soiling on a few pages; original first issue dust jacket, moderately toned
and with only minor creasing to edges, lower inside corner of front flap clipped; custom
box of 1/4 gilt-lettered burgundy morocco over blue cloth. Overall a bright copy.
(NewYork): Harper & Row, 1963 [8,000/12,000]
LOVELY COPY OF THE TRUE FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING OF SENDAK ’S CLASSIC
TALE. Contains Hanrahan’s points for the true first jacket including three blurbs on front and
rear flaps with no mention of the Caldecott Medal, a $3.50 price, and Harper & Row,
Publishers/ 40-80/ 1163 at bottom of front flap. Scarce first issue as later copies were recalled
quickly to change dust jacket text and add the Caldecott medal. Hanrahan A58. See following
lot for more details about first edition points.