IF I RAN THE CIRCUS
by Seuss, Dr. [Geisel, Theodor Seuss]
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good-
- Seller
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Random House Reprint [Circa 1963] Original glazed picture covered boards, faintly soiled. Light normal shelf wear. Spine ends bumped. Previous owner's name on front paste-down. DJ has wear to edges w/ 1" closed tear from top edge of front panel. Lightly soiled w/ pencil drawing of a happy face on a pink ball on front panel of DJ. Illust. w/ color drawings. A nice copy.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good-. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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
- Bookseller
- Shoemaker Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16714CH
- Title
- IF I RAN THE CIRCUS
- Author
- Seuss, Dr. [Geisel, Theodor Seuss]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good-
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Keywords
- CHILDRENS BOOKS JUVENILE LITERATURE CHILDREN STORIES CIRCUS ANIMALS FUN FANTASY STORIES IN RHYME FICTION GENERAL AUTHORS ILLUSTRATORS ILLUSTRATED DR. SEUSS GEISEL THEODOR SEUSS 1904 1991
- Bookseller catalogs
- Animals;
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
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About the Seller
Shoemaker Booksellers
Biblio member since 2007
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
About Shoemaker Booksellers
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- 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....
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- 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...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
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