GEISEL, Theodore: (Dr. Seuss). How The Grinch Stole Christmas. (1957 - FIRST EDITION AND AN EARLY PRESENTATION COPY)

AUTHOR: GEISEL, Theodore: (Dr. Seuss). 

TITLE: How The Grinch Stole Christmas.

PUBLISHER: NY: Random House, 1957.

DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION AND AN EARLY PRESENTATION COPY. 1 vol., inscribed by Seuss on the verso of the front endleaf "for Martha with Best Wishes - Dr. Seuss", additional inscription to the upper left corner of Martha Schultz, the mother, dated July 10, 1958 who took her to see Seuss and a child’s bookplate signed in a child’s hand by Martha the recipient, publisher's original pictorial boards, pictorial pastdowns and endpapers, mild general handling, VERY GOOD, with the original DJ.

CONDITION: DJ with wear and chipping to edges, without loss of text, otherwise in GOOD condition.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: All first issue points as per Younger/Hirsch.

"Clearly the Grinch has been the most memorable Christmas villain to undergo redemption since Ebenezer Scrooge. To some degree, Ted identified with the Grinch. When asked why he wrote the book, Dr. Seuss replied, "I was brushing my teeth on the morning of the 26th of last December when I noted a very Grinch-ish countenance in the mirror. It was Seuss! So I wrote the story about my sour friend, the Grinch, to see if I could rediscover something about Christmas that obviously I'd lost.' It was no coincidence that, when the book appeared in 1957, the Grinch complained, 'For fifty-three years I've put up with it now' Ted, of course, was born in 1904 After The Cat in the Hat and The Grinch, Ted's reputation grew exponentially" (Cohen, 329-30).