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And To Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street
by Seuss, Dr
- Used
- very good
- first
- Condition
- Very good/good
- Seller
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About This Item
New York: The Vanguard Press, 1937. First Edition, Second State. Pictorial boards. Very good/good. First edition, second state of And To Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street by Dr. Seuss, in the publisher's scarce dust jacket.. Quarto, [32pp]. Original color pictorial boards, white spine. The first edition of Mulberry Street, with no additional printings and matching dates on the title and copyright pages. The second state, with the illustration of the boy's pants corrected from white to blue on front cover. Clean text throughout, a few finger marks, offsetting to endpapers from dust jacket. Free of writing or notations. In the publisher's dust jacket, $1.00 on front flap, chipping along top edge, multiple closed tears, archival tissue repairs to verso to stabilize, soiling to covers. This is the first edition, second state dust jacket, with the illustration of the boy's pants corrected from white to blue on front cover. (Younger & Hirsch, 1) Housed in custom blue cloth clamshell, title in gilt on spine over blue morocco label. And to Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street is the first children's book by Theodor Seuss Geisel, published under the pen name of Dr. Seuss. The manuscript was rejected by 20+ publishers before Geisel ran into a college classmate, Mike McClintock, who was the new juvenile editor at Vanguard Press. The book received wide critical praise upon publication, but saw little commercial success.
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
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14810
- Title
- And To Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street
- Author
- Seuss, Dr
- Illustrator
- First edition, second state of And To Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street by Dr. Seuss, in the publisher's scarce dust jacket
- Format/Binding
- Pictorial boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Jacket Condition
- good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, Second State
- Publisher
- The Vanguard Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1937
- Keywords
- Theodore Seuss Geisel, first edition Cat in the Hat, first edition How the Grinch Stole Christmas, signed book Dr. Seuss, Mulberry Street Geisel
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- Verso
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- Spine
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- Jacket
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- Second State
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- Cloth
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- 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...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
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