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If I Ran the Zoo
by Seuss (Theodore Geisel)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- A lovely early copy of this recently discontinued book. Clean, crisp, unmarked pages. Two pages have invisible phantom line impr/No dust jacket.
- Seller
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Toledo, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 1950. Early edition. I think it's the second printing. There are 8 lines on the copyright page rather than 7. There are 7 titles listed on the back cover, Bartholomew and the Oobleck, printed in 1949 being the latest. 4to 12-1/4" x 9-1/4". Glossy pictorial boards. Black and blue pictorial endpapers. A lovely early copy of this recently discontinued book. Clean, crisp, unmarked pages. Two pages have invisible phantom line impressions, if you look closely, that show that someone tried to trace a picture. But there are no marks. A little faint wear at top and bottom of spine and bottom edge./No dust jacket.. Dr. Seuss.
Synopsis
Animals abound in Dr. Seuss’s Caldecott Honor–winning picture book If I Ran the Zoo. Gerald McGrew imagines the myriad of animals he’d have in his very own zoo, and the adventures he’ll have to go on in order to gather them all. Featuring everything from a lion with ten feet to a Fizza-ma-Wizza-ma-Dill, this is a classic Seussian crowd-pleaser. In fact, one of Gerald’s creatures has even become a part of the language: the Nerd! (from the publisher). As of March 2, 2021: “Dr. Seuss Enterprises, working with a panel of experts, including educators, reviewed our catalog of titles and made the decision last year to cease publication and licensing of the following titles: And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street, If I Ran the Zoo, McElligot’s Pool, On Beyond Zebra!, Scrambled Eggs Super!, and The Cat’s Quizzer. These books portray people in ways that are hurtful and wrong.”
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Details
- Bookseller
- Frogtown Books, Inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 380
- Title
- If I Ran the Zoo
- Author
- Seuss (Theodore Geisel)
- Illustrator
- Dr. Seuss
- Format/Binding
- 4to 12-1/4" x 9-1/4". Glossy pictorial boards. Black and blue pictorial endpapers
- Book Condition
- Used - A lovely early copy of this recently discontinued book. Clean, crisp, unmarked pages. Two pages have invisible phantom line impr
- Jacket Condition
- No dust jacket.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Early edition. I think it's the second printing. There are 8 lin
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1950
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Toledo, Ohio
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