The Cat in the Hat
by Dr. Seuss
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Chelmsford, Essex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Publisher's original turquoise pictorial boards. Rubbing to edges and to spine with some bumping to corners; very slight bowing to upper board; contents clean and free from names and inscriptions.
A good copy of an edition that is rare to find bearing a unique inscription from the author.
Synopsis
The Cat in the Hat is a children's book written and illustrated by Theodor Geisel under the pen name Dr. Seuss and first published in 1957. The story centers on a tall anthropomorphic cat who wears a red and white-striped hat and a red bow tie. The Cat shows up at the house of Sally and her brother on a rainy day while they are home alone. Despite the repeated objections of the children's fish, the Cat shows the children a few of his tricks in an attempt to entertain them. In the process, he and his companions, Thing One and Thing Two, wreck the house. The children and the fish become more and more alarmed until the Cat produces a machine that he uses to clean everything up and disappears just before the children's mother comes home. The Cat and the Hat inaugerated the Beginner Books Series, promoting both the Dr. Seuss name and the cause of elementary literacy in the United States.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Fine Book Cellar Ltd. (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1476183138960
- Title
- The Cat in the Hat
- Author
- Dr. Seuss
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Collins Clear-Type Press: London and Glasgow
- Date Published
- 1958
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Dr Seuss, first, Signed, Cat in the Hat
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern First Editions; Signed First Editions; Books to Film; Children's Literature; Dr. Seuss;
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
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- Bindings & Editions Signed First Editions
- Bindings & Editions Modern First Editions
- Children & Juvenile Children’s Fiction & Literature
- Children & Juvenile Juvenile & Young Adult Juvenile Fiction & Literature Juvenile Classics
- Children & Juvenile Juvenile & Young Adult Juvenile Nonfiction
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