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If I Ran the Circus
by Dr. Seuss (Theodor Geisel)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Poor with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States
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About This Item
New York: Random House. Poor with no dust jacket. 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. Pictorial pink board binding ex-library with card pocket on front paste-down; binding frayed at extremities; broken spine heavily repaired with masking tape; boards soiled; front hinge cracked & separating, rear hinge starting; leaf edges browned; many leaves soiled, but hey. No dust jacket. ; Profuse color illustrations by author; 1st "pink" edition. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; Unpaginated pages .
Synopsis
If I Ran the Circus is a children's book by Dr. Seuss, published in 1956 by Random House. Although it is perhaps not the best known of Seuss's books, its title is often used in North American English as a saying for introducing an opinion. Like The Cat in the Hat, or the more political Yertle the Turtle, If I Ran the Circus develops a theme of cumulative fantasy leading to excess. The overt social commentary found in the Sneetches and the Zax demonstrates that Dr.
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Details
- Seller
- Hyde Brothers, Booksellers
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 52452
- Title
- If I Ran the Circus
- Author
- Dr. Seuss (Theodor Geisel)
- Illustrator
- Dr. Seuss
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Poor with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1956
Terms of Sale
Hyde Brothers, Booksellers
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Hyde Brothers, Booksellers
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Fort Wayne, Indiana
About Hyde Brothers, Booksellers
Open shop with over 125,000 volumes. We try to maintain a good selection in all categories and have a fondness for the odd & obscure. Specialties include History, Nature, Literature, Religion, Mystery, SF, Art, Children's, Humor, Indiana
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Poor
- A book with significant wear and faults. A poor condition book is still a reading copy with the full text still readable. Any...
- 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...
- Broken (Spine)
- Damage to a book from improper handling or shelving that creates a break in the spine which can cause the cover to be creased,...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
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