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Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase. SEUSS illustrator. In the later states of this book, the? The book has crisp glossy orange boards in beautiful condition for this title which is often found with scribbles, writing, ruined spines and other issues that revolve around first edition children?

This copy has bright glossy boards with strong vibrant colors with but a bit of rubbing to the outer bottom edge. The boards are clean with no fading, and no rips. The end papers are unusually clean for a children? The interior pages are crisp, clean, stiff and bright with no writing, no stains, no handling marks, and no foxing.

Beautiful bright copy of a children? The original first edition dust jacket had only the most slight restoration to stabilize two small intact tears, and a tiny 2mm chip to the lower spine, the otherwise unrestored jacket has strong vibrant colors and presents in near fine condition.

A few very small thin lines in graphite to the upper right corner. A Stunning vibrant jacket in superior hard to locate condition showcasing the book.

A beautiful example. Presents very well with the striking jacket and clean, crisp book at a great price for this title. Please see our ABE store for other rare Children's books, and original illustration artwork.

Published by Beginner Books, Inc, Used - Hardcover Condition: Very Good. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Very good first edition, first issue with copyright statement showing date on title page. First state dust jacket with "50 word" stamp applied as sticker, not printed on. Previous owner's stamp and inscription on front pastedown, shelf wear at edges, corners, and spine.

Very good dust jacket with chipping at spine edges and very tiny piece missing at top of spine. Soiling outside DJ and inside.

Some wear at hinges. Housed in custom-made slipcase. Moderate wear to the edges of the book, inscription inside dated A little discoloring to the pages but a sound binding; a good book overall. The dust jacket has some chips and tears along the edges, some creasing and discoloring. This includes the rare "50 Word Vocabulary" sticker on the front indicating it was the first issue.

Additional photos upon request. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Standard Weight. Category: Children's; Inventory No: Used - Hardcover. First edition of this spellbinding read-aloud masterpiece, in second-state dust jacket. Color pictorial endpapers, and illustrated in color throughout. A couple bumps to boards, one faintly affecting text at upper corner. Jacket with a closed tear to rear panel and some light wear to spine ends: shows very well. Very good plus in very good plus jacket.

Used - Hardcover Condition: Very good-. Condition: Very good-. Large octavo, 62pp. Just about very good in the publisher's printed boards. Some rubbing to the bottom edges, as often, with a tiny stress crack at one corner. Two owner's names erased on the front paste-down, and the erasure has slightly discolored that area of the yellow endpapers.

Besides, in later issues, the publisher simply printed the sticker design on the dust jacket. Jacket in very good condition, with some short closed tears, mild creasing, and shallow wear to the spine ends; less than is often seen. Uncommon true first printing of this landmark book by Dr.

Seuss, which has never gone out of print. Random House's publisher, Bennet Cerf, had bet Seuss that he couldn't write a whole children's book with just 50 words, and Seuss met the challenge with "Green Eggs and Ham. Condition: Collectible; Very Good. Octavo, wonderfully illustrated thruout by Dr. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-.

First Edition; Second Printing. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Pages are clean and pristine and look unread. DJ protected by a brand new, clear, acid-free mylar cover. We add mylar covers to all books with DJs to preserve the DJs and add luster to magnify their beauty. If pictured, shown without the mylar cover for an accurate representation of dust jacket.

First Edition, First Printing without the 50 word vocabulary label printed on the book. The book is bound in the publisher's pictorial boards with some wear to the edges. The binding is tight and the pages are clean with NO marks or bookplates in the book.

A lovely copy. Published by Beginner Books, Random House, Green Eggs and Ham is 60 years old. The Current Green Eggs and Ham is 60 years old. Seuss and his publisher Dr. Seuss biographer Brian Jay Jones explains how a wager between the author and his publisher became a beloved children's classic.

Social Sharing. Seuss to write Green Eggs and Ham. Read Story Transcript Dr. The 50 words in Green Eggs and Ham a, am, and, anywhere, are, be, boat, box, car, could, dark, do, eat, eggs, fox, goat, good, green, ham, here, house, I, if, in, let, like, may, me, mouse, not, on, or, rain, Sam, say, see, so, thank, that, the, them, there, they, train, tree, try, will, with, would, you Could you turn them into a bestseller?

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