THE 500 HATS OF BARTHOLOMEW CUBBINS

Seuss, Dr

Published by Vanguard, New York, 1938

About this Item

Signed early printing of Seuss's second book. In this fairy tale a little boy finds himself in trouble with a king when he is unable to remove his hat, growing another as each is displaced. The story was inspired in part by a train ride in which Seuss became annoyed with a neighboring rider's hat which he then began to daydream about removing by force. The proliferation of hats, however, was more directly influenced by Seuss's own collecting: he had almost 100 different hats, including "fire hats, a feathered admiral's cap, and a particularly ornate Czech army helmet" (Jones). This copy comes directly from the stock of Aleph-Bet Books, the firm of Seuss bibliographers Helen Younger and Marc Younger. 12'' x 9''. Original cloth backed pictorial boards. In original price-clipped dust jacket. Revised endpapers. Mulberry Street priced at $1.00 on jacket flap. Signed by Seuss on verso of front free endpaper. Slight soil in gutters, else fine, with absolutely no rubbing of the boards. Jacket slightly chipped.

Seller Inventory # 34279

Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE 500 HATS OF BARTHOLOMEW CUBBINS
• Publisher: Vanguard, New York
• Publication Date: 1938
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Near fine in very good jacket.
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Classics
  • Picture Books