IF I RAN THE CIRCUS
by Seuss, Dr
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good- with no dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 039480080X
- ISBN 13
- 9780394800806
- Seller
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Livonia, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
Synopsis
If I Ran the Circus is a children's book by Dr. Seuss, published in 1956 by Random House. Although it is perhaps not the best known of Seuss's books, its title is often used in North American English as a saying for introducing an opinion. Like The Cat in the Hat, or the more political Yertle the Turtle, If I Ran the Circus develops a theme of cumulative fantasy leading to excess. The overt social commentary found in the Sneetches and the Zax demonstrates that Dr.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Sage Rare & Collectible Books, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10799
- Title
- IF I RAN THE CIRCUS
- Author
- Seuss, Dr
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good- with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 039480080X
- ISBN 13
- 9780394800806
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- Westminister, Maryland, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 1956
- Keywords
- 039480080X
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