Lot 51
[Children's & Illustrated] Seuss, Dr. (Theodor Seuss Geisel). How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
Sale 2101 - Books and Manuscripts
Sep 10, 2024 10:00AM ET
Live / Philadelphia
Estimate
$300 - $500

Sold for $635

Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
[Children's & Illustrated] Seuss, Dr. (Theodor Seuss Geisel). How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

New York: Random House, (1957). First edition, first printing. 4to. Illustrated by Dr. Seuss. Publisher's glossy pictorial paper-covered boards, light wear along extremities, scattered light soiling to panels; illustrated endpapers; in matching unclipped first issue dust-jacket, losses at spine ends; scattered light soiling to text. Younger & Hirsch 33

A handsome first edition of Dr. Suess's classic, the first appearance of the Grinch.

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