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AND TO THINK THAT I SAW IT ON MULBERRY STREET
by Dr. Seuss
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Chamblee, Georgia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: The Vangaurd Press, 1937. 1st 17th Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First Edition, seventeenth printing. Book is in very good condition overall. Boards are bright but soiled around edges. Edges of spine are bumped and rubbed, top/bottom edges are rubbed, and corners are bumped, rubbed and lightly chipped. Spine and interior binding are tight, no cracking. Scattered soiling around textblock. Interior is clean except for some crayon on back board overlapping the dust jacket flap. Page edges are toned with very faint scattered foxing throughtout. Dust jacket is rubbed, chipped, soiled and creased with a 1 1/4" closed tear on top edge, 1 1/4" open tear on lower edge of spine, 1 1/2" chip and open tear on bottom left facing edge. Corners of DJ are chipped with open/closed tears. Dust jacket is in mylar cover. Note: Pictures are taken with mylar cover removed.
Synopsis
The story follows a boy named Marco, who describes a parade of imaginary people and vehicles traveling along a road, Mulberry Street, in an elaborate fantasy story he dreams up to tell his father at the end of his walk. However, when he arrives home he decides instead to tell his father what he actually saw—a simple horse and wagon. And to Think That I Saw it on Mulberry Street, Seuss’ first published children’s book, and his career as a children's although, almost didn’t happen. After being rejected by 27 publishers Seuss decided to burn his manuscript in the incinerator of his apartment building, but as he walked home he ran into an old friend from Dartmouth, Mike McClintock, who had just started a job as an editor in the children’s section of Vanguard Press. The two signed a contract that day, Seuss later proclaiming “If I had been going down the other side of Madison Avenue, I’d be in the dry-cleaning business today.” 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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Reviews
On Sep 25 2018, a reader said:
Seriously, this book is awesome! Young Marco realizes that while imagination is a good thing, in the end honesty really counts.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Atlanta Vintage Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 60209
- Title
- AND TO THINK THAT I SAW IT ON MULBERRY STREET
- Author
- Dr. Seuss
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st 17th Printing
- Publisher
- The Vangaurd Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1937
- Keywords
- Children's
Terms of Sale
Atlanta Vintage Books
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About the Seller
Atlanta Vintage Books
Biblio member since 2007
Chamblee, Georgia
About Atlanta Vintage Books
Welcome to Atlanta Vintage Books, serving book lovers locally and worldwide for over 30 years. Our 5,000 square foot book store houses over 70,000 vintage, rare and out of print books. You'll be greeted with a smile when you enter but left alone as you browse. Our staff is friendly, helpful and knowledgeable. Special orders are happily accommodated, as hard-to-find and out-of-print editions are a specialty. Our store is light and airy with plate glass windows letting in plenty of natural light and wonderfully decorated with antique display cases, old barrister bookcases, and wood book shelves. The wide aisles and scattered seating make browsing a joy. You'll wonder where the time went.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- 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...
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