Bartholomew and the Oobleck by Dr. Seuss - 1949: Written and Illustrated by Dr. Seuss

New York: Random House, 1949. Hardcover. Fair. Story that begins : " They still talk about it in the Kingdom of Didd as The-Year-the-King( named Derwin ) who Got-Angry with The Sky....The magicians from the dungeons with the shuffling feet are summoned by the King..... The creation of queer , greenish globs, the size of grape seeds, called ooblecks, devised by the wizards and falling from the sky ! ....The gummy green globs bespatter the kingdom of Didd and grow larger and larger ....Until the King finally utters the words : " I'm Sorry ! " - and the four usual, old-fashioned things : fog, rain, snow and sunshine returned, good enough for the King and the world. Red-colored, cloth book with pictorial of racing figure with green glob bespattering him and white lettering on cover, white lettering on spine. ( 8 1/8 x II I/8 ) unpaginated. Colorful and comical action illustrations on every page and comical pictures on end pages. Book weighs 1 pound. With 1 inch binding defect on front cover at binding.

sku 2352