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Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories
by Dr. Seuss (Theodore Gisel)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 1958. First edition. Hardcover. Hardcover. First edition. A very good book in a very good dust jacket. Owner inscription and stamp on the front pastedowns of the book. Light edgewear to the book. Wear to the dust jacket edges, chipping at the head and foot of the jacket spine and a couple of short closed tears at rear of the jacket. This is the correct first edition, first printing with the copyright page showing the 1950, 1951, 1958 dates and the dust jacket with 295/295 printed price present and the 14 images of books on rear of the jacket.
Synopsis
Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories is a picture book collection by Theodor Geisel, published under his more commonly-known pseudonym of Dr. Seuss. It was first released by Random House Books on April 12, 1958, and is written in Seuss's trademark style, using a type of meter called anapestic tetrameter.
Reviews
On Apr 19 2023, a reader said:
Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories is a delightful old favorite about an ambitious, self centered, fascistic turtle which was first published on my brother's 3rd birthday in the year that I became 2 years old. This imaginative illustrated collection of 3 stories starts with the famous story of Yertle the Turtle, who was 'king of all he could see', and logically concluded that, if he could see more, he could rule more. Illustrated by by Theodor Geisel, or 'Dr Seuss' in his black outline cartoon style, with selective highlights of color which imbues believable human emotion in his cast of characters. Children love the rhythmic rhymes read allowed to them with expressive vocal tones. With repeated readings, some kids memorize and recite portions of the story long before they can read it themselves. Acording th this websites synopsis of Yertle the Turtle and other stories, Seuss used "a type of meter called anapestic tetrameter." All I know is his use of it is well loved and wonderful to children of all ages!
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Details
- Bookseller
- Sawtooth Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28973
- Title
- Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories
- Author
- Dr. Seuss (Theodore Gisel)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1958
- Keywords
- ABAA-NY-2022
Terms of Sale
Sawtooth Rare Books
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About the Seller
Sawtooth Rare Books
Biblio member since 2004
Santa Fe, New Mexico
About Sawtooth Rare Books
We are sellers of modern first editions, with an emphasis on modern fiction, poetry, Western American literature and signed books.
Glossary
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- 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...
- 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....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
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