THE 500 HATS OF BARTHOLOMEW CUBBINS
Signed early printing of Seuss's second book.
Near fine in very good jacket.
Price: $2,600.00
THE 500 HATS OF BARTHOLOMEW CUBBINS
"I do not see what is to prevent [Seuss] from becomin g the Grimm of our times." Contemporary review of 500 HATS by Alexander Laing
In this fairy tale a little boy finds himself in trouble with a king when he is unable to remove his hat, growing another as each is displaced. The story was inspired in part by a train ride in which Seuss became annoyed with a neighboring rider's hat – which he then began to daydream about removing by force. The proliferation of hats, however, was more directly influenced by Seuss's own collecting: he had almost 100 different hats, including "fire hats, a feathered admiral's cap, and a particularly ornate Czech army helmet" (Jones). This copy comes directly from the stock of Aleph-Bet Books, the firm of Seuss bibliographers Helen Younger and Marc Younger.
Read more: Younger, Younger, First Editions of Dr. Seuss Books: A Guide to Identification, 22; Jones, Becoming Dr. Seuss.
The Object
New York: Vanguard, (1938). 12'' x 9''. Original cloth backed pictorial boards. In original price-clipped dust jacket. Revised endpapers. Mulberry Street priced at $1.00 on jacket flap. Signed by Seuss on verso of front free endpaper. Slight soil in gutters, else fine, with absolutely no rubbing of the boards. Jacket slightly chipped.
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