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The Cat in the Hat
by Seuss, Dr
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good/very good
- Seller
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Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 1957. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very good/very good. First trade edition of The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss, in first state dust jacket.. Octavo, 61pp, [1]. Blue illustrated boards, title in white on spine and front board. No additional printings listed on copyright page. Solid text block, previous ownership inscription and book label remnant on front endpapers. In publisher's first state dust jacket, 200/200 on front flap, no mention of Beginner Books series in educator reviews on back cover. Short closed tear to rear panel, tape remnants to both flaps, faint soiling to covers, a very good example. (Younger & Hirsch, 7). The Cat in the Hat was published in both an education edition for schools and a trade edition for sale in bookstores. Dr. Seuss said The Cat in the Hat "is the book I'm proudest of because it had something to do with the death of the Dick and Jane primers." Those primers, used frequently in schools, featured idealized children in very bland forms and emphasized word recognition, whereas Seuss focused on phonics. The Cat in the Hat is said to be the children's book that made Dr. Seuss famous and led to the creation of Beginner Books; a publisher dedicated to producing books similar to Seuss' imaginative readers to help promote literacy.
Synopsis
The Cat in the Hat is a children's book written and illustrated by Theodor Geisel under the pen name Dr. Seuss and first published in 1957. The story centers on a tall anthropomorphic cat who wears a red and white-striped hat and a red bow tie. The Cat shows up at the house of Sally and her brother on a rainy day while they are home alone. Despite the repeated objections of the children's fish, the Cat shows the children a few of his tricks in an attempt to entertain them. In the process, he and his companions, Thing One and Thing Two, wreck the house. The children and the fish become more and more alarmed until the Cat produces a machine that he uses to clean everything up and disappears just before the children's mother comes home. The Cat and the Hat inaugerated the Beginner Books Series, promoting both the Dr. Seuss name and the cause of elementary literacy in the United States.
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- Bookseller
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13344
- Title
- The Cat in the Hat
- Author
- Seuss, Dr
- Illustrator
- First trade edition of The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss, in first state dust jacket.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1957
- Keywords
- Theodore Seuss Geisel, first edition Cat in the Hat, first edition How the Grinch Stole Christmas, signed book Dr. Seuss, Mulberry Street Geisel
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