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Horton Hatches the Egg
by Dr. Seuss [Theodor Seuss Geisel]
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Fair
- Seller
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Staten Island, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Random House Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Reprint. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Hardcover, large format quarto in tan cloth boldly lettered in black, in original publisher's dust-jacket. Dust-jacket printed with 295/295 on front inner flap and a price of $2.95 [for "The King's Stilts" by Seuss] on lower rear inner flap. Circa 1960 printing with "Cat in the Hat" being last title printed on rear dust-jacket panel [published 1958]. No previous ownership marks. No writing or marking of any find internally or to cover. Book is clean, square, tight and unmarked. Dust-jacket is age soiled and has two small tears on rear panel, one at top and one at bottom, both of which have old clear tape repairs on blank verso. Minor wear to spine ends and tips and general age soiling as mentioned, but overall a complete and attractive dust-jacket, now in clear acetate covers. A near fine or better vintage printing in a fair to good dust-jacket. .
Synopsis
Horton Hatches the Egg is a children's book by Dr. Seuss, first published in 1940. The book, along with Horton Hears a Who later provided the thrust of the plot for the Broadway musical Seussical. The character Horton appeared again in Horton Hears a Who!, published in 1954. Plot summary The book concerns an elephant named Horton, who is convinced by an irresponsible bird named Mayzie to sit on her egg while she takes a short "break", which proves to last for months.
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- Bookseller
- Great Expectations Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 019118
- Title
- Horton Hatches the Egg
- Author
- Dr. Seuss [Theodor Seuss Geisel]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Keywords
- Children's Book
- Bookseller catalogs
- Childrens Books;
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Great Expectations Rare Books
Biblio member since 2005
Staten Island, New York
About Great Expectations Rare Books
We carry a general stock of antiquarian books with a focus on Charles Dickens, 19th and 20th century literature, history and biography.
Glossary
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- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- 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.
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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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