1st EDITION 1st PRINTING, 1957 Dr SEUSS, THE CAT IN THE HAT (200/200)

Description: FIRST EDITION FIRST PRINTING, 1957 Dr. SEUSS, THE CAT IN THE HAT (200/200). EXCELLENT EYE APPEAL AND IN VERY GOOD CONDITION OVERALL. ONE INCH CLOSED TEAR LOCATED TOP OF DUST JACKET OVER THE "H". SOME LIGHT ARCHIVAL TAPE RESIDUE ON INNER BOARD COVER AND PARTS OF DUST JACKET. DUST JACKET PROTECT IN BRO DART DJ. THE BOOK HAS THE MATTE FINISH. "The Cat In The Hat was originally issued with a price of $2.00, indicated by the '200/200' on the top right front flap of the dust jacket, as in the picture. This is considered the first edition within the collector hobby. The back dust jacket for the first edition appears as in the photo, above. Random House published copies of The Cat In The Hat with this same front and back dust jacket with three different prices, so there are three variants of the dust jacket, as follows:" '200/200', published from March 1957 to late 1957 or early 1958.No Price, published from late-1957 to early 1958.After the enormous success of The Cat In The Hat, Ted Geisel (aka Dr. Seuss) formed Beginner Books as an independent publishing house. In 1958, in addition to the sequel to the Cat, four other early readers were readied for publication. While the price of the line-up was being established, Random House removed the '200/200' price from The Cat In The Hat. This dust jacket is nearly as difficult to find as the one with the '200/200' price.'195/195', published from early 1958 to mid-year 1958. The first edition Cat In The Hat book has a matte finish, while later copies have a glossy finish. It might be difficult for some to recognize what is 'matte' and what is 'glossy', so there is a more definitive means. The first edition Cat In The Hat book was bound with a single signature." Be very careful with sellers substituting the 1985 facsimile dust jacket on the first edition book. The only difference between the 1985 facsimile DJ and the first edition DJ is the phrase “Printed in U.S.A.” on the bottom back flap of the facsimile. "Geisel gave varying accounts of how he created The Cat in the Hat, but in the version he told most often, he was so frustrated with the word list from which he could choose words to write his story that he decided to scan the list and create a story based on the first two rhyming words he found. The words he found were cat and hat. The book was met with immediate critical and commercial success. Reviewers praised it as an exciting alternative to traditional primers. Three years after its debut, the book had already sold over a million copies, and in 2001, Publishers Weekly listed the book at number nine on its list of best-selling children's books of all time. The book's success led to the creation of Beginner Books, a publishing house centered on producing similar books for young children learning to read. In 1983, Geisel said, "It is the book I'm proudest of because it had something to do with the death of the Dick and Jane primers." The book was adapted into a 1971 animated television special and a 2003 live-action film".

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Location: Woodside, New York

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