AND TO THINK THAT I SAW IT ON MULBERRY STREET by Seuss, Dr - 1937

New York: The Vanguard Press, 1937. Good.. First edition, first printing of Dr. Seuss's first children's book, the increasingly-fantastic tale of the fantastic things young Marco saw on his way home from school. AND TO THINK THAT I SAW IT ON MULBERRY STREET was the first children's book in what would become a legendary career. "Here Seuss begins techniques which he uses" in almost all of his future works, observes Thomas Fensch: "the rhyme gallops [...] every page - text and pictures - contributes to a bigger - and better - next page" (68). Marco's imagined parade contains a few racially-stereotyped groups and individuals, which recently prompted Dr. Seuss Enterprises to let the title go out of print. Nevertheless, an auspicious debut. 10.5'' x 8.25''. Original color pictorial boards. Pictorial endpapers of Marco on Mulberry Street. Illustrated in color. [16] leaves. Binding with edgewear and light scuffing, a few spots of soil. Lacking spine covering. Front endpapers with small erased pencil writing, leaves with a few tiny spots of soil to margins; one or two shallow corner creases. Shaken, but overall sound.