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The Cat in the Hat
by Dr. Seuss
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Fair
- Seller
-
Manlius, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Hardcover Book in Dyst Jacket. Early Printing. Binding square and tight. Covers show rubbing and wear and bumping at tips and along edges. Name inked out at top of front end paper. Jacket is Fair to Good and shows edge wear and creasing and is now enclosed in a removable mylar protective sleeve. Presumed Second State. Dust Jacket has the publisher's 195/195 price code intact, front panel with tilted "For Beginning Readers" in black circle, rear panel with "Educators Hail The Cat in the Hat*"and four reviews by professional educators. No mention of Beginner Book Series and no listing of other titles by Seuss. No Zip Code in address, no ISBN on Copyright page, no B1 code on spine of book or jacket, and does not have Printed in the U.S.A. on rear jacket flap.
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
- Limestone Village Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1353
- Title
- The Cat in the Hat
- Author
- Dr. Seuss
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Early Edition
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1957
- Pages
- 61
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Classics; Fantasy; Dr. Seuss; The Cat in the Hat; Humorous Stories; Imagination & Play; Juvenile Fiction; Pictorial works; Picture storybooks; Stories in rhyme;
Terms of Sale
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Returns accepted for 15 days after receipt of book if book does not meet condition as stated in the description.
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Second State
- used in book collecting to refer to a first edition, but after some change has been made in the printing, such as a correction,...
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
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