(CHILDRENS LITERATURE) SEUSS DR (Theodor Geisel) And To Thin

Sale 2366 - Lot 50

Price Realized: $ 6,750

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Estimate: $ 5,000 - $ 7,500

FIRST DR. SEUSS BOOK (CHILDREN'S LITERATURE.) SEUSS, DR. (Theodor Geisel.) And To Think I Saw It On Mulberry Street. 4to, original pictorial boards, some light uneven fading to board edges, mild rubbing to corners and spine tips; dust jacket, narrow 10mm chip to head of spine panel with another similar adjacent to top of rear panel, closed tear running approximately halfway down spine panel fold, some uneven toning to spine and margins; light age-toning to endpapers as usual. New York: The Vanguard Press, 1937

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rare first edition, first issue with boy on front cover of volume and dust jacket wearing white shorts (versus blue shorts of later issues). Rear jacket flap with 5 paragraphs, ending with a mention that Dr. Seuss is already at work on "500 Hats." in unclipped and unrestored first issue jacket. Younger & Hirsch 1.