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MCELLIGOT'S POOL
by Seuss, Dr
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ with no dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0394800834
- ISBN 13
- 9780394800837
- Seller
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Livonia, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
Random House. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1947. First Edition; First Printng. Hardcover. 0394800834 . ; Green cover cloth cover with scarce fish mouth open has light wear to corners and spine caps and sunned spine but clean, bright, and in very good condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Small faint erasure in upper right corner of front end sheet. Pages are lightly toned except for 2 pages with a tiny red smudge, otherwise pages are clean and near pristine. ; Classic Seuss; 11.1 X 8.0 X 0.5 inches; 64 pages .
Synopsis
In this colorful picture book, a boy named Marco goes fishing in a small pond called McElligot’s Pool. As he sits waiting for a bite, a farmer calls him a fool and says “You’ll never catch fish in McElligot’s Pool!” Marco, however, refuses to be discouraged and spends the rest of the story describing all the fish that could be coming to McElligot’s Pool from the ocean. The story ends with Marco still fishing and the farmer scratching his beard and looking confused. The use of color and illustrations blur the line between fantasy and reality during Marco’s story, creating one of the most interesting aspects of the book. The text is made up of catchy rhymes and intriguing fish descriptions. The pictures complement the text and make the fish descriptions seem real. Interestingly, Seuss illustrates every other page in black and white. At the beginning of the story when Marco sits by the pond, the black and white emphasizes the concrete reality of the Marco talking to the farmer. After page one, every other page is in color. The color magnifies Marco’s fantasy about all of the fish, making them seem beautiful and real. At the same time, the black and white pages make Marco’s fish descriptions seem realistic.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Sage Rare & Collectible Books, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10804
- Title
- MCELLIGOT'S POOL
- Author
- Seuss, Dr
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printng
- ISBN 10
- 0394800834
- ISBN 13
- 9780394800837
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- Westminister, Maryland, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 1947
- Keywords
- 0394800834
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About the Seller
Sage Rare & Collectible Books, IOBA
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Livonia, Michigan
About Sage Rare & Collectible Books, IOBA
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Sunned
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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....
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