Ran Circus by Geisel Theodor (15 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Quarto, hardcover, VG plus in blue pictorial boards. unmarked. If it weren't for corners of cover bumped and a hint of wear at spine extremities, the book would be near fine to fine. Two Dr. Seuss stories-If I Ran the Circus and If I Ran the Zoo. ages 3 to 6.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. A later printing. Previous owner's name and address on front paste-down, else about fine in glossy illustrated boards. No dust jacket.

Hard Cover -. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Illustrated with Color Drawings (illustrator). First edition / Early Printing. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. First edition / early printing, this printing most likely from 1958 (lists Yertle on rear cover). In color pictorial boards, 4to, unpag. (light shelfwear/rubbing to extremities).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition Later Printing. The good Dr.'s fanciful sequel to "If I Ran the Zoo." Orig. published in 1956, this is a slightly later (c. 1958) printing of that FIRST EDITION (Younger & Hirsch, 108-110), listing 14 titles + 2 Beginning Readers on rear board. With matte illustrated paper over boards, this large (8.25" x 11.25") hardcover is in Good condition: generally quite clean with the occasional small spot or smudge. Colors bright, binding strong & straight, hinges secure. Pages white/brightly colored & completely unmarked. There is a definite MUSTY, old-book smell! Exterior shows significant rubbing to extremities, with bumping to all corners & spine tips; head of spine is torn with fraying & some loss, heel of spine is pushed & rubbed . No DJ (missing). Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Includes both books in one volume. Illustrated by the author. First printing thus. About fine in glossy illustrated boards. No dust jacket, as issued.

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Illustrated by Dr. Seuss (illustrator). First Edition. Pictorial pink board binding ex-library with card pocket on front paste-down; binding frayed at extremities; broken spine heavily repaired with masking tape; boards soiled; front hinge cracked & separating, rear hinge starting; leaf edges browned; many leaves soiled, but hey. No dust jacket. ; Profuse color illustrations by author; 1st "pink" edition. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; Unpaginated pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Red cloth, lettered/illus. in white. A vintage copy, but not a 1st. Corners rubbed with minor exposure, spine extremities a bit rubbed. Minor shelf wear, with a few spots of modest dye lightening on lower back cover, minor wrinkle to cloth on lower front cover. Firm binding, clean interior beyond some staining to upper rear endpapers, bleeding through to final page of text listing 11 other Seuss titles (none published after 1955). Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

Condition: Very Good. First Edition. New York: Random House, 1956. First Edition with correct ads on rear free endpaper recto. Slim quarto; publisher's glossy pictorial paper-covered boards; [64]pp.; illus. throughout. Boards and top textblock edge dust- and finger-soiled and rubbed along margins with brief exposure at corners, spine and rear cover a shade faded, else Very Good, internally clean and sound, albeit lacking dust jacket. YOUNGER & HIRSCH 43.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Dr. Seuss (illustrator). First Edition, Second Printing. This is a near fine hardcover first edition, second printing copy with the yellow spine. In a mylar protected DJ that has tape closed nips at the corners, 295/295 flap price. Photos on request.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. Reprint [Circa 1963] Original glazed picture covered boards, faintly soiled. Light normal shelf wear. Spine ends bumped. Previous owner's name on front paste-down. DJ has wear to edges w/ 1" closed tear from top edge of front panel. Lightly soiled w/ pencil drawing of a happy face on a pink ball on front panel of DJ. Illust. w/ color drawings. A nice copy.

Hardcover. Condition: VG. Early printing (1958?) with 295/295 jacket flap code. Pictorial boards. Corners lightly rubbed, else bright, tight copy. Lightly soiled, lightly worn jacket with rear tear. 14 titles listed on jacket rear + 2 for beginning readers.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. New York: Random House, 1956. First edition, 1956. Very well kept copy, pictorial hardcover with matching dustjacket. Near fine condition with some lingering cigarette odor that should dissipate over time, minimal rubs to corners and spine ends, good hinges, firm text block, very clean pages, no names or other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is not priceclipped [250/250] and is very good with some very light shelf soil and light rubbing, spine not faded as usual for this title, very very tiny chip to spine foot, no other chips or tears. Twelve titles listed on back of book and rear panel of dustjacket. Lovely copy. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First edition. Folio. Unpaginated. Glossy pictorial boards printed in yellow, white, black, and pink, white lettering on the spine. Pictorial endpapers and pastedowns. Illustrated with color drawings throughout. Younger and Hirsch 43. With all the first printing points called for by Younger and Hirsch. A charming children's picture book. Some wear to the boards' edges; jacket with a few chips and general edge wear.

Hardcover. First edition, 1963 printing. This first edition, later printing, was inscribed by Dr. Seuss for a young mother in 1963 at a bookshop one mile from Dr. Seuss's home in La Jolla, California. It was acquired by us directly from the person for whom this book was purchased, to whom it was inscribed, and whose family enjoyed this book for three generations. This copy is inscribed on the lower left corner of the front free endpaper verso in four lines "for | JiLL | with Best Wishes | Dr. Seuss" with a characteristic Dr. Seuss squiggle between the valediction and signature. EditionWe can speculate with confidence that this copy was printed in 1963, seven years after the 1956 first printing. When first published, the book listed "All twelve books by Dr. Seuss" on the rear cover, as well as a list of "Other books by Dr. Seuss" on the final free endpaper recto facing the final page of the story. This printing lists four additional titles on the rear cover, spanning 1956-1958, and a total of 23 titles in the advertisement on the final free endpaper recto, including 11 published between 1957 and 1963, the year this copy was inscribed.If I Ran the Circus was a line of demarcation; it was Dr. Seuss's last book published before 1957's The Cat in the Hat, which launched an entire new division of Random House helmed by Dr. Seuss, and made him a household name.ConditionAs Dr. Seuss surely intended when he signed this copy for a young mother in 1963, this book has been read, a lot, and then some more. If you seek a pristine, "trophy" copy, this book is not for you. Instead, it is imbued with provenance and story. Condition is good plus. The glossy paper-covered boards binding is bright, though generally soiled with moderate wear to extremities. Mild spotting is primarily confined to the preliminary leaves and page edges. Dr. Seuss's inscription, inked in blue on the lower left front free endpaper verso, is bright and clean. Affixed to the lower left rear pastedown is the printed and illustrated ticket of "John Cole's Book & Craft Shop" in La Jolla, California, where this book was purchased and inscribed.ProvenanceThis book's life story is as compelling as the story within.In 1959, the family of the "Jill" to whom this book is inscribed moved from Los Angeles to Point Loma in San Diego a beautiful peninsula protecting San Diego's vaunted natural harbor. Point Loma is just a few miles south of La Jolla, the seaside promontory to which Dr. Seuss had moved in 1948, where he lived the rest of his life, and where he wrote the majority of his books. In July 1963, Jill had her first child a boy, Jeff. For Jill's birthday that November, her mom decided to give her a gift that she could share with her new baby. Jill's mom was friends with Barbara Cole, proprietor of John Cole's Books in La Jolla, and Barbara was friends with Dr. Seuss, who lived exactly one mile away from the shop. So, with Barbara's help, Jill's mom got Dr. Seuss to inscribe 22 brand new copies of his books of which this is one in the fall of 1963. Jill read and reread these books to Jeff and his little sister, Lauren, born in 1966, throughout their childhood. Jill and her husband raised Jeff and Lauren in Point Loma, in the same house where, eventually, they read and reread this and their other Dr. Seuss books to their granddaughters, just as they had once read them to their children. With both children and grandchildren grown, Jill decided to entrust her Dr. Seuss books to us. Hence we now offer this book from their collection to a new owner for the first time since it was purchased for Jill by her mom and inscribed by Dr. Seuss in 1963. Reference: Younger & Hirsch, First Editions of Dr. Seuss Books, 2002, with 2004 corrections, Entry 43, pp. 108-110.

First edition, first printing; small folio (285 x 200 mm); colour illustrations and endpapers by Dr Seuss, ownership stamps on front endpapers; publisher's glossy pictorial boards, a little rubbed at extremities, dust-jacket, slightly rubbed, small repair to head of spine. First edition, first printing of this ever-popular Dr Seuss title, scarce in its dust-jacket: the background of the cover and jacket is pink rather than the red of subsequent printings. Younger & Hirsch 43.