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Title: The Cat in the Hat Author: Seuss, Dr. Place: [New York] Publisher: Random House Date: [1957] Description: [2], 61, [1] pp. Illustrated throughout by Dr. Seuss. 9x6½, color pictorial unglazed boards; color pictorial jacket. First Edition, First Printing. First printing, with jacket priced "200/200" on front flap; flat, unglazed covers; rear cover lists educators' reviews with no mention of the Beginner Books series. "The Cat in the Hat" is the first Dr. Seuss book specifically targeted for beginning readers, a joyous antidote to the pallid "Dick and Jane". This a lovely copy in jacket. Younger & Hirsch 7. Lot Amendments Condition: Jacket spine panel with some creasing near head, pea-sized hole near front fold, and two tiny holes; light wear at flap folds including few miniscule holes to front flap fold; touch of soiling and a few little scrapes; back panel with some inconspicuous pencil tracing (mainly visible just as indentation on the verso). Volume with a touch of rubbing to spine ends, miniscule hole to front joint, very minor dent to back cover edge; neat ownership signature on front pastedown, small erasure on front free endpaper. Overall, about fine in very good to near fine jacket. Item number: 156337