first edition Illustrated by the author. 1 vols. 11-1/4 x 8-1/4 inches
1964 · New York
by Seuss, Dr. (pseud. of Theodore Seuss Geisel), and P.D. Eastman
New York: Beginner Books, 1964. First edition, first printing. Illustrated by the author. 1 vols. 11-1/4 x 8-1/4 inches. Original glossy boards, pictorial endpapers with ownership space (accomplished in this copy in the hand of a beginning linguist in blue crayon, and signed with his later, more fluent hand in red on the front pastedown). Overall, a near fine copy in a good, slightly soiled dust jacket with small chip from top edge of upper panel, general light soiling -- probably first issue dust jacket, with ads as per Younger & Hirsch, but with price (295/295) clipped from upper right corner of front flap. First edition, first printing. Illustrated by the author. 1 vols. 11-1/4 x 8-1/4 inches. Seuss's Dictionary of the English Language. " ... full of ridiculous alligators, foolish bears and giraffes' uncles ... " - Seuss. Younger & Hirsch 8 (Inventory #: 54251)