Titles starting with 5 from Aleph-Bet Books, Inc.

SEUSS,DR. THE 500 HATS OF BARTHOLOMEW CUBBINS. NY: Vanguard (1938). Folio, cloth backed pictorial boards, Fine in slightly worn dust wrapper. An early printing ($2.95 price, not first printing endpapers, but no other titles on rear flap). This copy is INSCRIBED BY SEUSS WITH A MARVELOUS DRAWING OF A 3" HIGH SEUSSIAN CHARACTER. Dr. Seuss's second book, illustrated throughout in black and white with Bartholomew's red hat being the only color (besides the red pictorial endpapers). Bader (p. 30... more information

SEUSS,DR. THE 500 HATS OF BARTHOLOMEW CUBBINS. NY: Vanguard (1938). Large 4to (9 x 12"), cloth backed pictorial boards, slight soil in gutters else fine with absolutely no rubbing of the boards, with a price clipped dust wrapper (dw slightly chipped). Early printing of Dr. Seuss's second book (endpapers revised, Mulberry Street is $1.00 on dw flap -it was raised to $1.25 in 1939). THIS COPY IS SIGNED BY SEUSS on the blank side of the end paper! Illustrated throughout in black and white with Ba... more information

SEUSS,DR. THE 500 HATS OF BARTHOLOMEW CUBBINS. NY:Vanguard (1938). Large 4to, cloth backed pictorial boards, edges rubbed, corners worn, spine slightly faded else VG in poor but not price clipped dw. Hornbook review copy with their name stamped on endpaper. 1st ed. of Dr. Seuss's second book with correct price on dw. Illustrated throughout in black and white with Bartholomew's red hat being the only color (besides the red pictorial endpapers). Bader (p. 304) calls it "folkloric fantasy of ... more information

SEUSS,DR. THE 500 HATS OF BARTHOLOMEW CUBBINS. NY: Vanguard (1938). 4to (9 1/4 x 12"), cloth backed pictorial boards, edges very worn with some marks on covers, spine faded, some soil, a Good copy without dust wrapper. Not 1st (endpaper hats go small to large instead of large to small), but judging by the quality of the priting, this is a realtively early copy of Seuss' second children's book. THIS COPY IS INSCRIBED BY SEUSS: Hat Number 501 for Kerk WITH AN ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR DRAWING OF THE... more information

SEUSS,DR. THE 500 HATS OF BARTHOLOMEW CUBBINS. NY: Vanguard (1938). Large 4to (9 X 12"), cloth backed pictorial boards, Fine in dust wrapper with correct $1.50 price (dw is frayed at spine ends and has a few closed tears otherwise this is a beautiful example of the dw for this book). 1st ed. of Dr. Seuss's second book with correct endpaper configuration. Illustrated throughout in black and white with Bartholomew's red hat being the only color (besides the red pictorial endpapers). Bader (p. ... more information