FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, 1954 Dr SEUSS, HORTON HEARS A WHO! (250/250)

Description: FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, 1954 Dr. SEUSS, HORTON HEARS A WHO! (250/250). DUST JACKET PROTECT IN BRO DART DJ. BEAUTIFUL CONDITION OVERALL. Beware as this book is very notorious for being labelled as a first printing when in fact it is not. The last six pictures are from an article written back in 2007 by Stan Zielinski from 1stedition.net, indicating all the exact points in identifying a true first printing book and dust jacket. "There are three printings of the book with “250/250” price on the front DJ flap. The first two printings have Horton’s “full ear” graphic on the back of the book and dust jacket. The third printing book’s back and back DJ have Horton’s partial ear (ear cut off by Junior Literary Guild review). Horton has full ear on back cover graphic, with cloud in upper left corner, and five branch tree in upper right corner. Later issues had Horton’s ear cut off by review, no cloud, and two branch tree. This later printing’s graphic (partial ear, no cloud, two branches) was used on the book and DJ post-1957, when the price of the book was changed to “295/295”. The book’s price was “250/250” from 1954-1957. The true first edition book’s copyright page does not have a list of “Other books by Dr. Seuss”. Also, on the true first edition book, the reverse of the rear endpaper has a list of nine books, titled “Other books by Dr. Seuss”, starting with SCRAMBLED EGGS SUPER, and ending with “AND TO THINK THAT I SAW IT ON MULBERRY STREET”. Horton has full ear on back DJ graphic, with cloud in upper left corner, and five branch tree in upper right corner. Later printings had Horton’s ear cut off by review, no cloud, and two branch tree. The dust jacket is the same on both the first and second printing books. The DJ price of ‘250/250’ is not necessary if the ‘full ear/clouds/5 branch’ graphic is present on the back of the dust jacket."

Price: 2999 USD

Location: Woodside, New York

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