Description
For sale: a Very Rare and Exceptional first edition, first printing hardcover copy of The Wild Things by Dave Eggers, with the fake fur covers. First Edition unstated, 2009 McSweeney’s. First Printing stated on copyright page.
The book is in Near Fine condition with clean, fake fur boards, no title on a straight spine, clean page blocks, tight binding, no spine tilt, and rounded corners. The interior of the book is also in Near Fine condition with the ghost of an erased price on the half-title page. No other marks, inscriptions, or other signs of ownership inside. The end papers and the interior pages are clean and bright, making it an excellent addition to any collection.
No dust jacket, as issued.
The Wild Things based very loosely on the storybook by Maurice Sendak and the screenplay cowritten with Spike Jonze is about the confusions of a boy, Max, making his way in a world he can’t control. His father is gone, his mother is spending time with a younger boyfriend, his sister is becoming a teenager and no longer has interest in him. At the same time, Max finds himself capable of startling acts of wildness: he wears a wolf suit, bites his mom, and can’t always control his outbursts. During a fight at home, Max flees and runs away into the woods. He finds a boat there, jumps in, and ends up on the open sea, destination unknown. He lands on the island of the Wild Things, and soon he becomes their king. But things get complicated when Max realizes that the Wild Things want as much from him as he wants from them.
Ships promptly in a manila envelope with book wrapped in both craft paper and bubble wrap.
