First edition, first printing of this delightful book of shapes, full of fanciful silhouettes and bold colors.
Very good in very good dust jacket.
Price: $500.00
"Of all / the shapes / we MIGHT have been... / I say, 'HOORAY / for the shapes we're in!'"
This isn't your average book of shapes — among mundane objects like a balloon, a flower, and a ship, are the silhouettes of mysterious and fantastic creatures such as a BLOGG. The bright backgrounds make the illustrations and text pop. One would expect nothing less from Dr. Seuss.
Read more: Younger, Younger, First Editions of Dr. Seuss Books: A Guide to Identification, item 72.
New York: Random House, Inc, (1973). 9'' x 6.5''. Original color pictorial boards. Original unclipped ($2.50) color pictorial dust jacket. Blue, white, and black pictorial endleaves of various silhouettes. Illustrated in color. [14] leaves. Red mark to bottom edge. Tiny ink owner initials to front pastedown. Jacket with some scuffing, a bit of loss to top of spine; light sunning to spine, front panel with removed sticker. Binding with spine ends bumped, color infill to head of spine and rear edge. Colors vibrant.
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