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I Can Read With My Eyes Shut!
by Dr. Seuss
- Used
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Potomac, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
First Edition, First Printing. New York (1978). Just about fine in publisher's original pictorial paper-covered boards with illustrated endpapers. No dust jacket, as issued. Profusely illustrated throughout by Seuss. Internally fine. Slight bump on top cover edge, else fine. A lovely copy of this collector's item. Rare first printing with full number line, no letter line, and "B-64" present on spine tail.
The book is dedicated to Seuss's ophthalmologist, David Worthen (the "Eye Guy"). Dr. Seuss wrote the book after his vision began to fade and he began to wear glasses. (Younger & Hirsch, 39). Octavo.
Synopsis
Theodor Seuss Geisel—aka Dr. Seuss—is, quite simply, one of the most beloved children’s book authors of all time. The forty-four books he wrote and illustrated under the name Dr. Seuss (and others that he wrote but did not illustrate, including some under the pseudonyms Theo. LeSieg and Rosetta Stone) have been translated into thirty languages. Hundreds of millions of copies have found their way into homes and hearts around the world. Dr. Seuss’s long list of awards includes Caldecott Honors for McElligot’s Pool, If I Ran the Zoo, and Bartholomew and the Oobleck; the Pulitzer Prize; and eight honorary doctorates. Works based on his original stories have won three Oscars, three Emmys, three Grammys, and a Peabody.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Grinning Cat Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 121257
- Title
- I Can Read With My Eyes Shut!
- Author
- Dr. Seuss
- Illustrator
- Dr. Seuss
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1978
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- CHILDREN'S LITERATURE;
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- Octavo
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
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- New
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