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The Cat in the Hat
by Dr. Seuss
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Collectible - Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 039480001X
- ISBN 13
- 9780394800011
- Seller
-
Frederick, Maryland, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Random House Books for Young Readers. Collectible - Very Good. New York: Random House, ca. 1957. Not first issue, early printing. Third variant of 1st edition (Hirsch-Younger 7) with 195/195 on jacket flap and glued paper boards. Sm 4to hardcover. Unpaginated with color illustrations. Very Good book and Good dust jacket. Lightly worn edges with a smnall bump to the middle of the front board's bottom edge. A quarter-sized erasure spot to the upper right corner of the front endpage. The jacket is moderately shelfworn with a dime-sized chip to the lower spine. In protective mylar cover. (Juvenile Fiction, Nonsense Verses, Picture Books, Cats, Stories in Rhyme) Inquire if you need further information.
Synopsis
The Cat in the Hat is a children's book written and illustrated by Theodor Geisel under the pen name Dr. Seuss and first published in 1957. The story centers on a tall anthropomorphic cat who wears a red and white-striped hat and a red bow tie. The Cat shows up at the house of Sally and her brother on a rainy day while they are home alone. Despite the repeated objections of the children's fish, the Cat shows the children a few of his tricks in an attempt to entertain them. In the process, he and his companions, Thing One and Thing Two, wreck the house. The children and the fish become more and more alarmed until the Cat produces a machine that he uses to clean everything up and disappears just before the children's mother comes home. The Cat and the Hat inaugerated the Beginner Books Series, promoting both the Dr. Seuss name and the cause of elementary literacy in the United States.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Wonder Book
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- CA03B-00182
- Title
- The Cat in the Hat
- Author
- Dr. Seuss
- Book Condition
- Used - Collectible - Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 039480001X
- ISBN 13
- 9780394800011
- Publisher
- Random House Books for Young Readers
- Place of Publication
- Westminister, Maryland, U.s.a.
- This edition first published
- 1957-03-12
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Wonder Book
Biblio member since 2003
Frederick, Maryland
About Wonder Book
With 3 stores less than 1 hour outside the DC/Metropolitan area (1 in Gaithersburg, 1 in Frederick and 1 in Hagerstown, MD), we have the largest selection of books in the tri-state area. Wonder Book and Video has been in business since 1980 and online since 1997. We have over 1 Million books for sale on our website and another 1 Million books for sale in our 3 locations. We have a very active online inventory and as such, we can receive multiple orders for the same item. We fill those orders on a first come first serve basis, but will refund promptly any items that are out of stock. Since 1980 it has always been about the books. ALL kinds of books from 95 cent children\'s paperbacks to five figure rare and collectibles. A merging of the old and new is where we started, and it is where we are today. Our retail stores have always been places where a reader can rush in looking for a title needed for a term paper that is due the next day, or where bibliophiles can get lost \"in the stacks\" for as long as they wish. In 2002 USAToday recognized us as \"1 of 10 Great Old Bookstores\", and we have been featured in numerous other newspaper and TV stories including Washington Post and CSpan.
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