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MCELLIGOT'S POOL
by Seuss, Dr
- Used
- poor
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Poor
- Seller
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Lexington, Kentucky, United States
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About This Item
Random House. Poor. 1947. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st Printing; 11.1 X 8.0 X 0.5 inches; First Printing in green cloth with fishes mouth open on front cover and 7 lines of text on copyright page. Book is quite worn on the spine ends and edges, 3 inch gutter tear at the head of spine, inner front and rear hinges cracked but holding, moderate soiling on covers, bumped corners, book block tight and attractive. .
Synopsis
In this colorful picture book, a boy named Marco goes fishing in a small pond called McElligot’s Pool. As he sits waiting for a bite, a farmer calls him a fool and says “You’ll never catch fish in McElligot’s Pool!” Marco, however, refuses to be discouraged and spends the rest of the story describing all the fish that could be coming to McElligot’s Pool from the ocean. The story ends with Marco still fishing and the farmer scratching his beard and looking confused. The use of color and illustrations blur the line between fantasy and reality during Marco’s story, creating one of the most interesting aspects of the book. The text is made up of catchy rhymes and intriguing fish descriptions. The pictures complement the text and make the fish descriptions seem real. Interestingly, Seuss illustrates every other page in black and white. At the beginning of the story when Marco sits by the pond, the black and white emphasizes the concrete reality of the Marco talking to the farmer. After page one, every other page is in color. The color magnifies Marco’s fantasy about all of the fish, making them seem beautiful and real. At the same time, the black and white pages make Marco’s fish descriptions seem realistic.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Glover's Bookery, ABAA, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 794606
- Title
- MCELLIGOT'S POOL
- Author
- Seuss, Dr
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Poor
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Random House
- Date Published
- 1947
- Keywords
- Dr. Seuss
Terms of Sale
Glover's Bookery, ABAA, LLC
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About the Seller
Glover's Bookery, ABAA, LLC
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Lexington, Kentucky
About Glover's Bookery, ABAA, LLC
Glover's Bookery, ABAA has been buying and selling used and rare books since 1978. We have a large bookstore in Lexington, KY open to the public on Weds. to Sat. from 12pm - 5pm eastern.
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- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Poor
- A book with significant wear and faults. A poor condition book is still a reading copy with the full text still readable. Any...
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