TRUE FIRST PRINTING WITH FIRST PRINTING DUST JACKET. BOTH ARE IN "GOOD" CONDITION ONLY, WHICH MEANS THAT THEY ARE FULLY FUNCTIONAL BUT HAVE A LAUNDRY LIST OF CONDITION ISSUES.

DUST JACKET: Complete with 295/295 price intact but crossed out and replaced with 225 in ink. the jacket has paper loss to all of the fold edges, top and bottom, worst at the top and bottom of spine. The jacket has internally repaired tears and is in a Brodart sleeve. The bottom 1.5 inches and top one inch of the jacket have sections that exist but are very soft paper due to creasing and general children quality wear and tear. THE JACKET HAS THE REQUIRED 14 BOOKS ON THE REAR PANEL. THERE IS NO ALTERNATIVE. IF THE JACKET OF THE BOOK YOU ARE LOOKING AT IS NOT SIMILAR TO THIS ONE, WITH A 295/295 PRICE ON FRONT FLAP, IT IS NOT A FIRST EDITION (photo 1,2 & 6)

BOOK: Good condition only due to corner wear, internal binding repair to first few pages, a hard lower corner bump to most of the book (PHOTO 10) and fingerprint soiling. While the same child owned this and my other two Seuss books for sale, the child was clearly eating when looking at this book. While (PHOTO 11) shows examples of soiling, they are not the only examples.  The only writing in the book is the number "48" in ink in a circle on the upper corner of the inside of rear cover, not seen unless you remove the jacket (PHOTO 9). This child numbered every book she owned. The exposed board edges that were not protected by the jacket are worn (PHOTO 8) with rounded corners and the bottom worse than the top. As for the mentioned binding issues, they are mostly not visible and appear to reflect repairs to front section, based on the front end papers at center (PHOTO 7) that suggest a small amount of glue may have been used in the gutter

THERE ARE NO TEARS, NO HARD CREASES AND NO WRITING OTHER THAN THE NUMBER CIRCLED (though there is evidence of an erased name on front end paper (PHOTO 7). There is age related paper toning and mild handling creases. 

THIS IS A TRUE FIRST PRINTING OF THE FIRST EDITION WITH A FULL DUST JACKET AND MY BOOK STANDARDS ARE TOO HIGH IN GENERAL TO ATTEMPT TO BE GRADING CHILDRENS BOOKS BECAUSE I AM NOT VERY FORGIVING.

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