Search Results: Titles starting with C from Nana's Top Shelf: Rare and Collector Books

Dr. Seuss Cat in the Hat FIRST EDITION 3rd Printing (glossy, 195/195) VG+ w/ VG DJ
Dr. Seuss (Theodor Geisel): The Cat in the Hat: For Beginning Readers, Random House: 61 pp, 9 x 6 1/2" = 230 x 165 mm (8vo), pictorial front and end pages. With dust jacket in VG condition (see below).
This is the third issue of the first edition, as shown by the 195/195 on the front flap of the dust jacket, the glossy cover, and no mention of the "Beginner Books" series on the rear panel.
This is a widely collected and much sought-after book, especially its first editions. Do your homework; there are a number of references:

· Younger, H., M. Younger, and Hirsch, 2002. First Editions of Dr. Seuss Books: A Guide to Identification. Custom Communications: Saco, Maine.
· https://1stedition.net/drseuss.html
· https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoI1Q3-_p2k
· https://www.biblio.com/the-cat-in-the-hat-by-seuss-dr/work/670

Copies of the first issue/impression of the book (matte cover, 200/200) in decent condition are priced… Read More

The Cowardly Lion of Oz, Copyright 1923 by The Reilly & Lee Company, 9.25" x 7" (8vo), 291 pp. Red cloth with a full-color illustrated label that covers the front board. Title printed in black on the backstrip. Illustrated front- and end-papers. Black-and-white illustrations.
This is another listings from "Nana's Top Shelf," a collection of first editions and other fine volumes collected over a lifetime from estate sales and booksellers across the East Coast and Europe. We are now listing books from our early-edition L. Frank Baum, Wizard of Oz collection. All of these books are in outstanding condition and suitable for selective collectors or as investment-grade books.
Condition: Very Good. Interior pages are bright and clean. Binding is firm and solid but for hinge at rear cover, which is brittle. Owner's inscription ("This book belongs to Mary C. Mugele") in elegant script. Light shelf wear to cover boards and base and top of spine; light bumping of corners. Creased corners of… Read More