Where the Wild Things Are Story and Pictures by Maurice Sendak.
Harper & Row, New York. Hardcover with 1 flap of the dust jacket, 1964 2nd issue of the 1st edition with “Copyright © 1963 by Maurice Sendak ・Printed in the United States of America ・All rights reserved ・ Library of Congress catalog card number: 63-21253” at the bottom of the Title page; dust jacket panel indicating that the book ws the winner of the 1964 Caldecott Award and chosen number one Best Illustrated Children’s Book of 1963 by the New York Times laid in. Horizontal 4to with illustrated boards, grey cloth wrapped spine, colorfully illustrated endpapers, unpaginated. This copy is in very good minus condition with clean & unmarked text, tight binding, and a bit of wear to the corners. There is a slight waviness to the text that appears to be related to age nd paper quality, not moisture damage - see picture of the full title page. It is most visible on this page although can be felt on other pages. Questions? - Please ask!
