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The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins.
by Seuss, Dr. [Theodor Seuss Geisel]; Maurice Sendak
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About This Item
New York: The Vanguard Press, 1938. Unlike the majority of Geisel's books, The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins was written in prose rather than rhyming and metered verse. Geisel, who collected hats, got the idea for the story on a commuter train from New York to New England, while he was sitting behind a businessman wearing a hat; the passenger was so stiff and formal that Geisel idly wondered what would happen if he took the man's hat and threw it out the window. Geisel concluded that the man was so "stuffy" that he would just grow a new one. The book received positive reviews from critics. The New York Times reviewer called the book "a lovely bit of tomfoolery which keeps up the suspense and surprise until the end." Booklist, which had criticized Geisel's previous book, And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street, for containing only enough material for one comic strip, praised The 500 Hats as "a brand-new idea, developed into a complete tale, not too long, not too short, just right. Somewhere between the Sunday supplements and the Brothers Grimm, Dr. Seuss has produced a picture book combining features of both."
Synopsis
The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins is a children's book, written by Dr. Seuss and published in 1938. Unlike the majority of Dr. Seuss's books, it is written in prose rather than rhyming and metered verse. The characters of Bartholomew and King Derwin appear again in a later book, Bartholomew and the Oobleck. Set in feudal times, the story begins in the Kingdom of Didd, when King Derwin is riding through a street past Bartholomew Cubbins, a poor boy in the market.
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- Bookseller
- Raptis Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 135672
- Title
- The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins.
- Author
- Seuss, Dr. [Theodor Seuss Geisel]; Maurice Sendak
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- The Vanguard Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1938
- Keywords
- Dr. Seuss First Edition Signed, Maurice Sendak First Edition Signed, The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins First Edition
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's Books;
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