Thidwick the Big-Hearted Moose
by SEUSS Dr
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
1948. Signed. SEUSS, Dr. Thidwick the Big-Hearted Moose. New York: Random House, (1948). Quarto, original blue cloth, original dust jacket. Housed in a custom clamshell box. $8000.Later edition of this much-loved Seuss title, inscribed on the dedication page by Dr. Seuss: ""For Michael Brennan, Best WishesDr. Seuss.""The story of an over-hospitable moose ""is told in verses which march in double-quick time. The pictures are scenes of happy confusion"" (New York Times). Later edition, bound in blue paper boards, with seven-line copyright notice omitting lithographer, and without radiating white lines on front wrapper. Younger & Hirsch 77. Book with a couple spots of faint soiling, paper clip mark to first two pages, and dampstain to front board. Price-clipped dust jacket with a bit of wear to extremities. An extremely good inscribed copy.
Synopsis
Thidwick the Big-Hearted Moose is a 1948 children's book by Dr. Seuss.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bauman Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 124821
- Title
- Thidwick the Big-Hearted Moose
- Author
- SEUSS Dr
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Date Published
- 1948
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Clamshell Box
- A protective box designed for storing and preserving a bound book or loose sheets. A clamshell box is hinged on one side, with...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...