Horton Hatches the Egg
by Dr. Seuss
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG/Good
- Seller
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Roseburg, Oregon, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Green illustrated boards with red lettering on front cover black and red lettering on spine.
Hardcover in very good condition. Former owner name on upper right corner of front free endpaper. Binding tight, texts free of any marks or defects. Some scuffing along margins of hardcover and bumped corners.
DJ is not price clipped, and shows a $2.95 price, which indicates a 1958 printing. DJ has age toning and chips along bottom edge, with 3 small close tears. Scuffing along margins of DJ. Mylar protected
Hardcover in very good condition. Former owner name on upper right corner of front free endpaper. Binding tight, texts free of any marks or defects. Some scuffing along margins of hardcover and bumped corners.
DJ is not price clipped, and shows a $2.95 price, which indicates a 1958 printing. DJ has age toning and chips along bottom edge, with 3 small close tears. Scuffing along margins of DJ. Mylar protected
Synopsis
Horton Hatches the Egg is a children's book by Dr. Seuss, first published in 1940. The book, along with Horton Hears a Who later provided the thrust of the plot for the Broadway musical Seussical. The character Horton appeared again in Horton Hears a Who!, published in 1954. Plot summary The book concerns an elephant named Horton, who is convinced by an irresponsible bird named Mayzie to sit on her egg while she takes a short "break", which proves to last for months.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bonnie Lane Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10-08-2022-02
- Title
- Horton Hatches the Egg
- Author
- Dr. Seuss
- Illustrator
- Dr. Seuss
- Format/Binding
- Tight
- Book Condition
- Used - VG
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1958 printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1958
- Pages
- unpaginated
- Size
- 11 1/4" x 8 1/4"
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Pulitzer Prize for Children's Literature
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's Books;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Bonnie Lane Books
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Roseburg, Oregon
About Bonnie Lane Books
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