If I Ran the Circus
by Dr. Seuss [pseud. Theodor Geisel]
- Used
- very good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 1956. Very Good. New York: Random House, [1956]. First Edition with correct ads on rear free endpaper recto. Slim quarto; publisher's glossy pictorial paper-covered boards; [64]pp.; illus. throughout. Boards and top textblock edge dust- and finger-soiled and rubbed along margins with brief exposure at corners, spine and rear cover a shade faded, else Very Good, internally clean and sound, albeit lacking dust jacket.
YOUNGER & HIRSCH 43.
YOUNGER & HIRSCH 43.
Synopsis
If I Ran the Circus is a children's book by Dr. Seuss, published in 1956 by Random House. Although it is perhaps not the best known of Seuss's books, its title is often used in North American English as a saying for introducing an opinion. Like The Cat in the Hat, or the more political Yertle the Turtle, If I Ran the Circus develops a theme of cumulative fantasy leading to excess. The overt social commentary found in the Sneetches and the Zax demonstrates that Dr.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 29410
- Title
- If I Ran the Circus
- Author
- Dr. Seuss [pseud. Theodor Geisel]
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1956
Terms of Sale
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
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About the Seller
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
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Washington, District of Columbia
About Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Capitol Hill Books is a used bookstore in the Eastern Market neighborhood of Washington, DC. We have three floors of quality used books, first editions, and rare books.
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- Recto
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- First Edition
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