the cat in the hat comes back first edition

The very first dust jackets can be quite scarce. But by the early 1900s, they started to be printed with color illustrations on the front to better attract buyers.

At first they were little more than plain brown paper with maybe some printing on them. Dust jackets came into being in the later part of the 19th century. Now very early books did not have dust jackets. And as we know, collectors can go nuts for rare things that few other collectors have. It is like what you see on the PBS Antiques Roadshow, where the box the old toy came in is worth more than the toy, because so few boxes have survived. The jacket can literally be 75% to 90% of the value of a collectible book. Some people threw them away as soon as they bought the book! Thus on a collectible book that would be worth say $1,000 with a dust jacket in fine condition, the value might plummet to $250, or $100 or even less if the dust jacket was missing. Because the paper dust jackets were fragile many have gotten damaged or lost through the years. Serious book collectors are nuts for dust jackets and their absence is always a serious flaw to any collectible book that came with a dust jacket because collectors want books in as close to original condition as possible. The dust jacket is the colorfully printed paper cover that is folded around the covers of a hardback book. Your copy sounds like it is in very good condition, but is missing the dust jacket.

Seuss Books A Guide to Identification written by Helen and Marc Younger and Dan Hirsch published by Custom Communications in 2002. Fortunately, I have a copy of First Editions of Dr.

Bibliographical details on this book and many other of Seuss’ books can be very confusing. Seuss’ The Cat in the Hat is certainly one of the top children’s books ever written. Let me know what specific information would be helpful. There is no DJ, but the cover is in very good condition and the inside pages are in excellent condition. Seu ss Cat in the Hat (1957) first edition (second or third printing, not sure). I saw your website and wanted to see if you would be interested in a Dr. In books, as with other things, it is astonishing how very small things that would pass unnoticed to a novice can keep serious collectors up at night. The collecting world probably seems nuts to sane people.

The cat in the hat comes back first edition