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Dr. Seuss & Mr. Geisel: A Biography
by Morgan, Judith; Morgan, Neil
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good+
- ISBN 10
- 0679416862
- ISBN 13
- 9780679416869
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Random House Inc-Vintage, 1995. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Biography of the beloved children's book author, whom many librarians considered "subversive" when he first introduced his "Cat in the Hat." In 246 pages + 16 pages of black-and-white photos in center. A FIRST EDITION, First Printing (with appropriate number line for publisher), this hardcover book & unclipped DJ are both in VG+ condition: book is downgraded due to foxed spots to top outside page edges & a few to ffep. Else, completely clean, binding tight & square, pages white. The unclipped DJ has just s tad of edgewear, mild wrinkling to both ends of spine. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (PST); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
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- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 019244
- Title
- Dr. Seuss & Mr. Geisel: A Biography
- Author
- Morgan, Judith; Morgan, Neil
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0679416862
- ISBN 13
- 9780679416869
- Publisher
- Random House Inc-Vintage
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1995
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- CHILDREN'S LITERATURE BOOKS WRITERS BIOGRAPHY LA JOLLA CALIFORNIA AUTHOR ILLUSTRATED ILLUSTRATORS AUTHORS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Autobiography-Biography-Journals-Letters; Children: Readers/ABCs/Mother Goose & Nursery Rhymes;
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- First Edition
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- Foxed
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Number Line
- A series of numbers appearing on the copyright page of a book, where the lowest number generally indicates the printing of that...
- Spine
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- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
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