The Butter Battle Book: (New York Times Notable Book of the Year)
by Dr. Seuss
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0394865804
- ISBN 13
- 9780394865805
- Seller
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San Diego, California, United States
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About This Item
Classic Dr. Seuss book. Good First Edition Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing (Full Number Line from 1 to 0). Tight binding. Illustrated glossy orange boards. Spine straight, some bumps to corners. Front end sheet has book plate stamp of previous child owner. All other pages unmarked, clean. No dust jacket (as issued).
This cold war story corresponded to the escalating arms race during the Reagan-Thatcher era; told with rhyming text and colorful illustrations, the Yooks and Zooks share a love of buttered bread, but disagreements ensue because they enjoy the tasty treat differently.
Synopsis
The Butter Battle Book is a rhyming story written by Dr. Seuss. It was published by Random House Books for Young Readers on January 12, 1984. It is an anti-war story; specifically, a parable about arms races in general and mutually assured destruction and nuclear weapons in particular. The Butter Battle Book was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Redeemed Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2024DS3F
- Title
- The Butter Battle Book: (New York Times Notable Book of the Year)
- Author
- Dr. Seuss
- Illustrator
- Dr. Seuss
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0394865804
- ISBN 13
- 9780394865805
- Publisher
- Random House Children's Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1984-01-12
- Pages
- 56
- Size
- Quarto
- Keywords
- Young Readers, children's books, humor, first edition, Pictorial books, picture books
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Number Line
- A series of numbers appearing on the copyright page of a book, where the lowest number generally indicates the printing of that...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- 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....
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