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SEUSS, Dr. [pseudonym of GEISEL, Theodore Seuss]. How the G...

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SEUSS, Dr. [pseudonym of GEISEL, Theodore Seuss]. How the Grinch Stole Christmas! New York: Random House, [1957]. 4to. Illustrated. Publisher?s glossy pictorial boards, publisher?s unclipped (?250/250?) dust jacket (some rubbing to spine edges and corners; jacket somewhat edgeworn with some shallow occasional chipping, tears, spine a bit sunned, jacket a bit toned, rubbed). Fine. THE RARE FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE IN DUST JACKET. Originally purchased from the Youngers at Aleph-Bet Books, who co-wrote the Seuss Bibliography. Measurements: 12 x 11 x ??.