Mulberry Street by Seuss, 1937, First Edition (19 results)

Hardcover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. This is a pristine copy from the first printing of the 1989 Random House edition, the one published immediately after they bought Vanguard Press, the small company that originally published this first Seuss book in 1937 after Random House and over a dozen other publishers had rejected it. This copy has been in my possession since it was published while I was working for Random House, and has been stored in climate-controlled and low-light conditions since. It's of much better quality than the original (jacketed) Vanguard edition, and the 1964 book club edition. The book was taken out of print in 2021 after Seuss Enterprises determined one small drawing in the book was offensive. Please see my photos of the book and feel free to contact me with questions.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dr. Seuss (Author-Illustrator) (illustrator). 1st Edition. Text/NEW. Illustrated boards/Fine. DJ/None as Issued. First book for children from Dr. Seuss, pen name of Theodor Seuss Geisel (1904 - 1991). First published 1937 by Vanguard Press; this a re-issue of 1964, in conjunction with Grolier Press. Charming story of a boy named Marco, homeward bound after school along Mulberry Street. Street is quiet; Marco dreams up an imaginary parade of people & vehicles to please/impress his father once home. Once home, however, he truthfully reports what he actually saw --- nothing but "a broken-down wagon drawn by a horse"! Analyses suggest the street was likely that in Geisel's gentle hometown of Springfield, MA in the 1930's. Perhaps w/deep philosophical innuendos. Unpaginated pages with delightful illustrations.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Dr. Seuss (illustrator). 1st Edition. This is the thirteenth printing (stated on the copyright page). Hardback book with dust jacket in wonderful condition. Second issue jacket with boy in blue shorts. The vibrant jacket has a few tiny chips/tears and some rubbing along the creases. It is protected under a fresh mylar cover. Please note there is no price on the jacket flaps. The book is sturdy, clean and complete with corners bumped and spine ends crushed. No writing. Very clean with a couple of very light, small fingermarks. This is a lovely copy of an early printing.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. And to Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street, Dr. Seuss, pub. Collins 1971. First UK edition. (First published 1937) Laminate boards, 275 mm x 210 mm 30 pp. No inscriptions. A fine, fresh copy of this title now in acetate, protective sleeve. 'Dr Seuss' i.e. Theodor Seuss Geisel [1904-1991] is one of the most celebrated children's authors and illustrators of the twentieth century. Although his later works touched on 'political' themes such as environmental and racial equality, this, his first book has no such underlying 'moral' and simply celebrates the power of a child's imagination as the little boy embellishes the sight of a cart and horse in the street accumulating more and more outlandish detail as the tale goes on.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Stated seventeenth printing of the 1937 edition. Rebound on pictorial library covers. Ex-library with much use. Names inside. Corner torn on first fly-leaf. Scribbles inside. Color is fresh but pages show much use. And some repairs. Firm pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition; Second Printing. Pictorial boards. The spine is white and the boards are printed on a light blue background. States "Second Printing". A fairly mild ex-library copy. There is 1.25 in pen to the upper, front pastedown. There is a library stamp embossed, not stamped, to the title page and to the last text leaf. To the copyright page there is a small "Special" stamped and to the first page of text there are two numbers stamped in the margins. Toning to the endpapers. There is some wear to the spine ends and rubbing along the lower board edges. The covers and text are otherwise very clean and tight. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1937. 1st edition. 15th printing. New York: The Vanguard Press. First published book by Dr Seuss (Leo Geisel). Solid blue title page lettering. Sturdy binding. The text part of the book is clean and unmarked. Wear to the edge. Sealed in Shrink Wrap for protection in storage and shipping. Expertly packed. *PROFESSIONAL BOOKSELLER* Returns accepted. Refunds given.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No jacket. 5th printing. Covers edgeworn. name written inside front cover. Last page creased when printed and type is affected. 2 inch closed tear at bottom of same page.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Stated 9Th Printing In Tight Boards, Some Soiling, Light Foxing, No Tears Or Writing. Nice Copy Of Authors First Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition; Eleventh Printing. Blue pictorial cover with matte finish is frayed at corners and spine caps with wear along bottom edge and modest soiling but bright, and in very good condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Pictorial end sheets and paste downs lightly foxed. Small light soil spot on title page. Pages have modest soiling or toning from handling but overall in very good condition. Dust jacket is tattered with multiple short tears and a couple of small chips and is foxed with light soiling. DJ protected by a brand new, clear, acid-free mylar cover. We add mylar covers to all books with DJs to preserve the DJs and add luster to magnify their beauty. (If pictured, shown without the mylar cover for an accurate representation of dust jacket. ); 8.7 X 6.1 X 0.3 inches.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 1st Edition. First edition. Tenth printing. Cover boards and text VG. Minor bump on top of spine. DJ Fair with losses and rips on back. Overall Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. A very sharp copy of the First Printing in an attractive price clipped 2nd State jacket. Rare! As per the Younger & Hirsch Bibliography this copy was printed by the Duenewald Printing Company and has the other First Printing points as well. 1937 on the title page. No statement of further reprinting. The boy has white shorts on the front cover of the Book. On the front panel of the jacket the shorts are blue indicating a 2nd State jacket. The price on the jacket is not an issue point for the First Printing. A 2" and a 3" tear to the rear panel of the jacket else a clean and attractive example of the scarce First Printing in a very attractive example of the jacket.

Hardcover. We are privileged to offer a collection of 21 Dr. Seuss titles, each inscribed identically for the same young mother in 1963 at a bookshop one mile from Dr. Seuss's home in La Jolla, California. "Fill your house with stacks of books, in all the crannies and all the nooks."First, the story. In 1959, Jill's family moved from Los Angeles to Point Loma in San Diego. In July 1963, Jill had her first child a boy, Jeff. For Jill's birthday that November, her mom decided to give her a gift that she could share with her new baby. Jill's mom was friends with Barbara Cole, proprietor of John Cole's Books in La Jolla, and Barbara was friends with Dr. Seuss, who lived exactly one mile away from the shop. So, with Barbara's help, Jill's mom got Dr. Seuss to inscribe all 21 books we offer today to Jill in the fall of 1963. Jill read and reread these books to Jeff and his little sister, Lauren, born in 1966, throughout their childhood. In fact, the only writing in any of these books other than Dr. Seuss's inscriptions are "LAUREN YOUNG" and "JEFF YOUNG" written in The Sneetches and Other Stories on the day they took this favorite to school to share with teachers and friends. Jill and her husband raised Jeff and Lauren in Point Loma, in the same house where, eventually, they read and reread these same Dr. Seuss books to their granddaughters, just as they had once read them to their children. "My goodness how the time has flewn. How did it get so late so soon?"Now, with both children and grandchildren grown, the books are offered to a new family for the first time since they were purchased for Jill by her mom and inscribed by Dr. Seuss in 1963. We offer these books together, as they have been for more than sixty years and three generations. "I do not like green eggs and ham."What's included? Dr. Seuss published 22 books for children between his first in 1937 and 1963's Hop on Pop. Of these 22, only Green Eggs and Ham is missing from this collection. As might be expected from their all being acquired, new, in 1963, only five are first printings (per Younger & Hirsch), three of these in the dust jackets: Hop on Pop (1963), Dr. Seuss's Sleep Book (1962, in DJ), The Sneetches and Other Stories (1961, in DJ), Yertle the Turtle (1958, in DJ), and How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1957). The balance of the titles, thirteen of them jacketed, are: One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish (1960, DJ), Happy Birthday to You (1959, DJ), The Cat in the Hat Comes Back (1958, DJ), The Cat in the Hat (1957, DJ), If I Ran the Circus (1956), On Beyond Zebra! (1955, DJ), Horton Hears a Who! (1954), Scrambled Eggs Super! (1953), If I Ran the Zoo (1950, DJ), Bartholomew and the Oobleck (1949, DJ), Thidwick the Big Hearted Moose (1948, DJ), McElligot's Pool (1947, DJ), Horton Hatches the Egg (1940, DJ), The King's Stilts (1939, DJ), The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins (1938, DJ), And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street (1937, DJ)Each of the books is inscribed on the lower left corner of the front free endpaper verso in four lines "for | JiLL | with Best Wishes | Dr. Seuss" with a characteristic Dr. Seuss squiggle between the valediction and signature. Affixed to each lower left rear pastedown is/was the illustrated bookseller's ticket of "John Cole's | Book & Craft Shop | 7871 Ivanhoe Avenue | La Jolla California". The Hop on Pop ticket was apparently peeled by a child, the residue remaining. The One Fish Two Fish and Scrambled Eggs Super! stickers were partially removed, with some of the printed sticker still intact."Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple."Regarding condition, these books have been read, a lot, and then some more. If you seek pristine, "trophy" copies, these are not for you. Instead, they are imbued with provenance and story. All of the bindings are intact, all of the contents complete. We find various amounts of wear, soiling, and spotting. An itemized, book-by-book condition report is available upon request. First edition, first printings and later printings and editions.

First Edition, first issue with the boy in white shorts on the dust jacket and front cover. Quarto, illustrated boards. Very Good with light shelf wear in Very Good dustjacket with a few chips and edge wear (see photographs).

First Edition (second state/issue with blue shorts). Quarto, original illustrated boards and publisher's dustjacket. Dr. Seuss's extremely scarce first children's book. Near Fine in Very Good to Near Fine dustjacket with boy in blue shorts at front panel and correct blurbs at flaps, lower front flap price-clipped (price is not needed to determine second issue jacket), some shallow loss at spine ends, few small chips and short closed tears at top rear panel.

First Edition (second state/issue with blue shorts). Quarto, original illustrated boards and publisher's dustjacket. Dr. Seuss's extremely scarce first children's book. This copy with dustjacket with boy in blue shorts at front panel and correct blurbs at flaps, lower front flap price-clipped but price is not needed to determine first issue jacket. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, some shallow loss at spine ends, few small chips and short closed tears at top rear panel.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Fine Copy Without Jacket. First Edition /First Issue. 1937/1937. (Boy With White Shorts) Incredibly Scarce Author's First Book.Excellent Fresh Copy. Gift Inscription.

Hard cover. Condition: Fair. No jacket. 10th printing. Inscribed by Dr. Seuss facing the title page. Covers worn and spine missing. Interior well read.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. First Edition, first issue with the boy in white shorts on the dust jacket and front cover. Quarto, illustrated boards. Author's very scarce first book. Very Good with light shelf wear in Very Good dustjacket with a few chips and edge wear (see photographs).