Horton hatches the Egg
by SEUSS, Dr. [Theodor GEISEL]
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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About This Item
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1942. Hardcover. Very Good. London, Hamish Hamilton, 1942 (first Australian edition)/ 1940. Quarto, [47] pages with numerous illustrations (many of them double-page) printed in red, blue and black. Flush-cut quarter cloth and colour-pictorial papered boards slightly rubbed at the extremities; top corners slightly bumped; rear board slightly marked; front hinge partially split but firm; contemporary juvenile ownership signature in pencil on the front flyleaf (with the number '57' added in ink); minimal signs of age and use; an excellent copy. The first Australian edition, 'Printed by Morris & Walker, Melbourne, for George Jaboor ... Australasian Representative of Hamish Hamilton Ltd., London'. The first edition was published by Random House in New York in 1940; the first UK edition was published by Hamish Hamilton in London in 1941.
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
- Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 131833
- Title
- Horton hatches the Egg
- Author
- SEUSS, Dr. [Theodor GEISEL]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Hamish Hamilton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1942
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Adelaide, South Australia
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