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Fox in Socks
by SEUSS Dr
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
1965. First Edition . Signed. SEUSS, Dr. Fox in Socks. A Tongue Twister for Super Children. New York: Beginner Books, 1965. Octavo, original pictorial boards, original dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. $7500.First edition of Seuss' series of tremendous tongue-twisters for ready readers, inscribed by him, ""for JOE with Best Wishes from Dr. Seuss.""In this book for young readers, Mr. Fox and Mr. Knox begin a dialogue involving a box and some socks, only to find themselves caught up with clocks and blocks, bricks and chicks, and everything else necessary to get buried in a very long tongue-twister. First-issue dust jacket, with ""reading easiness (175-300 Word Vocabularies)"" on rear panel. Younger & Hirsch 24. Interior clean, a couple stray marks to boards, boards with edges slightly rubbed. Dust jacket with spine ends lightly rubbed, a few soiled spots to panels. A near-fine copy, most desirable inscribed by Seuss.
Synopsis
Fox in Socks is a children's book by Dr. Seuss, first published in 1965. It features two main characters, Fox and his partner Mr. Knox, who converse almost entirely in densely rhyming tongue-twisters. The book in some ways bears a resemblance to Green Eggs and Ham, another book by Dr. Seuss. Both stories contain two main characters: one who is stubborn and wants to be left alone; the other, a persistent and sometimes annoying opposite.
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- Bookseller
- Bauman Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 124819
- Title
- Fox in Socks
- Author
- SEUSS Dr
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Date Published
- 1965
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Glossary
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- 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....
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Clamshell Box
- A protective box designed for storing and preserving a bound book or loose sheets. A clamshell box is hinged on one side, with...
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