Under the pseudonym Dr. Seuss, Theodor Seuss Geisel was an American writer and cartoonist known for his children's books. Geisel published 46 books, often full of fanciful characters with the tales composed primarily with rhyme. The majority of his illustrations, from the postwar period, are of a starker medium of pen and ink usually using only black, white, and one or two colors. Geisel's more celebrated best-selling books include Green Eggs and Ham, The Cat in the Hat, The Lorax, Horton Hears a Who!, How the Grinch Stole Christmas! and Fox in Socks.
New York: Beginner Books, [1964]. First edition, first printing. Seuss's Dictionary of the English Language. " ... full of ridiculous alligators, foolish bears and giraffes' uncles ... " - Seuss. Read More about The Cat in the Hat Beginner Book Dictionary
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Inscribed in ink "One cat for my friends in St. Marys with very Best Wishes" and signed in red crayon "Dr. Seuss" Read More about Autograph sentiment signed ("Dr. Seuss"
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Random House, [1957]. Illustrated throughout by Dr. Seuss. First Edition, First Printing, with jacket priced "200/200" on front flap; flat, unglazed covers; rear cover of book and jacket lists educators' reviews with no mention of the Beginner Books series. Seuss’s most famous creation and one of his most desirable books..... Read More about The Cat in the Hat
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New York: Beginner Books. A Division of Random House, Inc, [1966]. Read More about Come over to My House
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New York: Random House, [1939]. Seuss, Dr. First Edition, first printing. A Most Un-Juvenile Seuss. Dr. Seuss’s third book, preceded by his highly successful juveniles, To Think that I Saw iIt on Mulberry Street and The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins. As the publisher’s blurb on the inside front jacket..... Read More about The Seven Lady Godivas
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circa 1930. The monsters "foiled" by Essolube (Standard Oil) included the dreaded "Karbo-nockus", "Moto-munchus", "Oilio-gobelus", "Moto-raspus", and the "Zero-doccus." Each is described on verso of the original envelope among the "cast of characters", concluding with "A Motorist, his wife and child": "Pursued by these fierce and oil thirsty Moto-Monsters they..... Read More about Foiled by Essolube
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