SEUSS, Dr. The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins . New York: The Vanguard Press, 1938. 4 o. Black-and-white illustrations by the author, with Bartholomew's red hat appearing in red. Original cloth-backed pictorial boards, decorated endpapers (slightest edgewear); PICTORIAL DUST JACKET (some loss at foot of spine, short tears and wear along edges). Provenance : Helen McClintock (presentation inscription from the author). FIRST EDITION OF DR. SEUSS'S SECOND CHILDREN'S BOOK, with the $1.50 price on inner front flap and with $1.00 price for Mulberry Street on rear inner flap. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED TO HELENE McCLINTOCK, THE WIFE OF HIS EDITOR, on the verso of the front free endpaper: "For Helene with love Ted (Dr. Seuss) (Sorry about leaving Marco out of this one--but he didn't look well in this type of hat)." Helene McClintock's husband was Seuss's first editor, and Seuss gave the name of their son Marco to the storyteller of his first book And to Think that I Saw it on Mulberry Street (see previous lot for the dedication copy of this book). Reviews of Mulberry Street were strong, even though sales were not plentiful. Beatrix Potter herself remarked upon seeing the book, "What an amusing picture book..." and years later noted, "I think it the cleverest book I have met with for many years. The swing and merriment of the pictures and the natural truthful simplicity of the untruthfulness... Too many story books for children are condescending, self conscious inventions..." (Judith and Neil Morgan, Dr. Seuss & Mr. Geisel, A Biography , New York, 1996, p.84). With such a strong reception, Seuss quickly began work on his second book, choosing the genre of the fairy tale and moving from the verse style of his first book to prose. As with all his books, Geisel worked laboriously on the paste-up of the book, making minute changes to satisfy his vision of the book. "On 'the hottest day of July,' [Mike] McClintock met Ted at the Dartmouth Club to make the final fixes." The book received similarly laudatory reviews, with the New York Times calling it "a lovely bit of tomfoolery which keeps up the suspense and surprise until the last page" (Morgan, p.88). The book was dedicated to Geisel's imaginary friend, Chrysanthemum-Pearl, "aged 89 months, going on 90."
SEUSS, Dr. The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins . New York: The Vanguard Press, 1938. 4 o. Black-and-white illustrations by the author, with Bartholomew's red hat appearing in red. Original cloth-backed pictorial boards, decorated endpapers (slightest edgewear); PICTORIAL DUST JACKET (some loss at foot of spine, short tears and wear along edges). Provenance : Helen McClintock (presentation inscription from the author). FIRST EDITION OF DR. SEUSS'S SECOND CHILDREN'S BOOK, with the $1.50 price on inner front flap and with $1.00 price for Mulberry Street on rear inner flap. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED TO HELENE McCLINTOCK, THE WIFE OF HIS EDITOR, on the verso of the front free endpaper: "For Helene with love Ted (Dr. Seuss) (Sorry about leaving Marco out of this one--but he didn't look well in this type of hat)." Helene McClintock's husband was Seuss's first editor, and Seuss gave the name of their son Marco to the storyteller of his first book And to Think that I Saw it on Mulberry Street (see previous lot for the dedication copy of this book). Reviews of Mulberry Street were strong, even though sales were not plentiful. Beatrix Potter herself remarked upon seeing the book, "What an amusing picture book..." and years later noted, "I think it the cleverest book I have met with for many years. The swing and merriment of the pictures and the natural truthful simplicity of the untruthfulness... Too many story books for children are condescending, self conscious inventions..." (Judith and Neil Morgan, Dr. Seuss & Mr. Geisel, A Biography , New York, 1996, p.84). With such a strong reception, Seuss quickly began work on his second book, choosing the genre of the fairy tale and moving from the verse style of his first book to prose. As with all his books, Geisel worked laboriously on the paste-up of the book, making minute changes to satisfy his vision of the book. "On 'the hottest day of July,' [Mike] McClintock met Ted at the Dartmouth Club to make the final fixes." The book received similarly laudatory reviews, with the New York Times calling it "a lovely bit of tomfoolery which keeps up the suspense and surprise until the last page" (Morgan, p.88). The book was dedicated to Geisel's imaginary friend, Chrysanthemum-Pearl, "aged 89 months, going on 90."
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