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YERTLE THE TURTLE AND OTHER STORIES
by Seuss, Dr
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0394800877
- ISBN 13
- 9780394800875
- Seller
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Livonia, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
Random House. Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. 1958. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0394800877 . ; Pictorial cover is worn at corners and spine caps but clean, bright, and in very good+ condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. End sheets and paste downs are pristine. Copyright page carries the first edition point of 1950, 1951, 1958. Couple of pages have a faint finger smudge but mostly pages are clean and near pristine. List of 14 other books on page at back of book. Dust jacket is worn but clean, bright, and in good+ condition. Publisher's price of 295/295 on DJ flap. DJ carries the 14 required titles on the back panel. ; 11.2 X 8.3 X 0.5 inches; 96 pages .
Synopsis
Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories is a picture book collection by Theodor Geisel, published under his more commonly-known pseudonym of Dr. Seuss. It was first released by Random House Books on April 12, 1958, and is written in Seuss's trademark style, using a type of meter called anapestic tetrameter.
Reviews
On Apr 19 2023, a reader said:
Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories is a delightful old favorite about an ambitious, self centered, fascistic turtle which was first published on my brother's 3rd birthday in the year that I became 2 years old. This imaginative illustrated collection of 3 stories starts with the famous story of Yertle the Turtle, who was 'king of all he could see', and logically concluded that, if he could see more, he could rule more. Illustrated by by Theodor Geisel, or 'Dr Seuss' in his black outline cartoon style, with selective highlights of color which imbues believable human emotion in his cast of characters. Children love the rhythmic rhymes read allowed to them with expressive vocal tones. With repeated readings, some kids memorize and recite portions of the story long before they can read it themselves. Acording th this websites synopsis of Yertle the Turtle and other stories, Seuss used "a type of meter called anapestic tetrameter." All I know is his use of it is well loved and wonderful to children of all ages!
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Details
- Bookseller
- Sage Rare & Collectible Books, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10787
- Title
- YERTLE THE TURTLE AND OTHER STORIES
- Author
- Seuss, Dr
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0394800877
- ISBN 13
- 9780394800875
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- Westminister, Maryland, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 1958
- Keywords
- 0394800877
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