Horton Hatches the Egg
by Seuss, Dr
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Fair
- Seller
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Sudbury, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Random House, 1940. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Brown cloth over boards with black lettering. Clean throughout. DJ not price clipped. A large segment of front panel is torn with loss. Some chipping on edges. Early printing with $2.00 price. In archival cover.
Synopsis
Horton Hatches the Egg is a children's book by Dr. Seuss, first published in 1940. The book, along with Horton Hears a Who later provided the thrust of the plot for the Broadway musical Seussical. The character Horton appeared again in Horton Hears a Who!, published in 1954. Plot summary The book concerns an elephant named Horton, who is convinced by an irresponsible bird named Mayzie to sit on her egg while she takes a short "break", which proves to last for months.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bearly Read Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 081882
- Title
- Horton Hatches the Egg
- Author
- Seuss, Dr
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Random House
- Date Published
- 1940
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...