Dr. Seuss [aka Theodor Geisel] (1904-1991) Inscribed First Edition and Greeting Card, with Three

Dr. Seuss [aka Theodor Geisel] (1904-1991)

Inscribed First Edition and Greeting Card, with Three Other Books.

The Butter Battle Book. New York: Random House, 1984. First trade edition, first printing, tall quarto; signed and inscribed by Geisel to David Dawley, "Many Fields, Many Crowns (without the Bomb)" in black ink opposite the title page; bound in glossy illustrated boards, pictorial endpapers (corners lightly bumped); 11 x 7 ¾ in.

[With] An illustrated greeting card signed twice, once as "Ted Geisel" and again as "Dr. Seuss," inscribed, "Thank you, David Dawley!" in a speech bubble above another inscription, "And here's to hoping we meet before too long!" alongside a printed illustration of the Cat; card mounted on Styrofoam board; 8 ¼ x 5 ¼ in.

[And] Three early editions, tall quartos; including: McElligott's Pool. New York: Random House, 1947 [but ca. 1957]; Horton Hears a Who!, 1954 [but ca. 1965]; and How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, 1957 [but ca. 1961]; the first bound in green pictorial cloth, the two others in illustrated paper boards, pictorial endpapers; in later state dust jackets with "295/295" on each front flap (various degrees of wear: jackets creased, soiled, a few short tears, Grinch with two significant tears across the spine and front panel; scattered stains and short tears to contents; board extremities rubbed and bumped, minor soiling, dampstaining to lower edge of McElligott's Pool); each 11 x 7 ¾ in.

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