- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Quaint Book Shop, Springfield, OH, U.S.A.Quaint Book Shop
AbeBooks seller since August 28, 2025
Condition: Used - Good
£ 19.22
Quantity: 1 available
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This is an early printing of the Caldecott Honor book for 1950. The list of 14 books on the rear flap is roughly in reverse order of publication and starts with Yerle the Turtle. The two "Beginning Reader" books includes The Cat in the Hat Comes Back. They were both published in 1958, suggesting a 1958 or 1959 printing for this book. Size: Between 11"-13" - Quatro (4to). 48 pages. Item Type: Book. Text block is tight and bright. There are single small light red marks on the first, second, fourth and sixth pages (growing smaller and lighter) and light brown marks at the bottom margin of pages eight and nine. Hardbound in glossy paper over boards. The corners are sharp, but are worn at the tips (the bottom corners are worn to the board). The spine is worn at the head and foot with a 1/4 inch tear at the head and 1/2 inch tear at the foot, both on the rear fold. The unclipped (295/295) dust jacket has a large (2" by 1 1/4") chip at the head of the spine, an oblong 1 inch hole at the edge of the front panel next to the spine and is missing 1 1/4 inches at the foot of the spine. There is a large 4 inch closed tear at the right side of the front panel (not affecting any text) and wear along the edges. The dust jacket is now protected in a clear archival Brodart sleeve. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Illustrator: Theodor Seuss Geisel. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Children; Picture book; United States; 1940s; Main Picture: Dr. Seuss (1949), Bartholomew and the Oobleck - Front panel and spine of the dust jacket. Picture 2: Dr. Seuss (1949), Bartholomew and the Oobleck - Rear panel of the dust jacket and page edges. Picture 3: Dr. Seuss (1949), Bartholomew and the Oobleck - Front cover. Picture 4: Dr. Seuss (1949), Bartholomew and the Oobleck - Rear cover. Picture 5: Dr. Seuss (1949), Bartholomew and the Oobleck - Flaps of the dust jacket. Picture 6: Dr. Seuss (1949), Bartholomew and the Oobleck - Title page and copyright page with inset of the copyright notice. Picture 7: Dr. Seuss (1949), Bartholomew and the Oobleck - Sample pages. Picture 8: Dr. Seuss (1949), Bartholomew and the Oobleck - Sample pages. Picture 9: Dr. Seuss (1949), Bartholomew and the Oobleck - Sample page and front endpapers. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1328.…
Seller Inventory # 1328
Bibliographic details
- Title
- Bartholomew and the Oobleck
- Author
- Dr. Seuss [pseud.]
- Publisher
- Random House, New York
- Publication year
- 1949
- Condition
- Good+
- Dust jacket
- Fair
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Illustrator
- Theodor Seuss Geisel
- Edition
- Edition Unstated.
- Seller catalogs
- Children
Quaint Book Shop
Springfield, OH, U.S.A.
AbeBooks seller since August 28, 2025
Shipping rates within U.S.A.
| Item | 5 to 14 business days | 3 to 6 business days |
|---|---|---|
| First item | £ 2.24 | £ 4.11 |
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Store description
Quaint Book Shop is an online shop with a select inventory of used, out-of-print and antiquarian books on a wide range of subjects. Specialties include American national, regional and local history, limited and first edition books of Kenneth Roberts, vintage young adult chapter books and children’s illustrated books, particularly Little Golden Book first editions. We provide complete descriptions of each book and pictures of many. We do not use stock images; the images are of the actual book. If you have any questions about any book listed, require further information on a book’s state or condition or would like additional photographs, feel free to contact us. All hardbacks with dust jackets valued at $20 or higher have their jackets protected by a clear polyester archival cover. Little Golden Books are put into a custom-sized protective sleeve. …
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Quaint Book Shop
OH, U.S.A.
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