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Dr. Seuss [Theodor Seuss Geisel]. THE SEVEN LADY GODIVAS. Random House, New York, 1939.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: Quarto, Unpaginated. In Very Good minus condition, and lacking issued dust jacket. Bound in light red cloth with burgundy lettering on spine. Mild shelfwear. Soiling and fading to cloth. Finger-staining to interior pages. Shelved in Case 14. 1371554. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$399.99 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The Seven Lady Godivas: The True Facts Concerning History's Barest Family is a picture book of the tale of Lady Godiva, written and illustrated by Dr. Seuss. One of Seuss's few books written for adults, its original 1939 publication by Random House was a failure and was eventually remaindered. However, it later gained popularity as Seuss himself grew in fame, and was republished in 1987 by "multitudinous demand". First Edition. Very good copy in the original title-blocked, pictorial cloth. Spine bands and panel edges dust-toned as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Scans &c. On request. ; 80 pages; Description: [80] p. Illus. (1 col. ) 26 cm. Illustrated lining-papers. Stated 1st printing.
Seller: Bergen Book Studio, Hillsdale, NJ, U.S.A.
Seuss, Dr.. The Seven Lady Godivas. Random House, New York, 1939.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First printing on copyright page. Book VERY GOOD light toning near hinges of endpapers, hinges tight; dust jacket GOOD two 1 3/4" tears, some chipping including a 1 3/4" chip alont top of rear panel up to 5/8" deep, a few other short tears, edge wear, spine sunned. Price on dust jacket is $1.75.
Seller: Barrister, Inc., Davie, FL, U.S.A.
Dr. Seuss. The Seven Lady Godivas. Random House, 1939.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First printing, with a mostly intact dust jacket. Dust jacket is worn and chipped and missing 2/3 of the spine. Cover have some shelfwear and a bit of darkening along the edges.
Seller: Moe's Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$469.58 + shipping
Description: Very good copy in the original title-blocked, pictorial cloth. Spine bands and panel edges dust-toned as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Scans &c. On request. ; 80 pages; Description: [80] p. Illus. (1 col. ) 26 cm. Illustrated lining-papers. Stated 1st printing. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Price: US$520.00 + shipping
Description: Very good copy in the original title-blocked, pictorial cloth. Spine bands and panel edges dust-toned as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Scans &c. On request. ; 80 pages; Description: [80] p. Illus. (1 col. ) 26 cm. Illustrated lining-papers. Stated 1st printing. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Dr. Seuss. The Seven Lady Godivas. Random House, New York, 1939.
Price: US$565.55 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Small 4to. Salmon coloured buckram with red lettering to front board and spine. Light bump to head of spine, otherwise the book is in excellent condition. The dust jacket is not price clipped, with $1.75 on jacket flap, with light edge wear, a couple of short closed tears, one large chip to top right of front panel and at the head of the spine, with a smaller chip to spine foot, the spine is rubbed at one joint and a little faded. Illustrated endpapers. Frist printing.
Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, Canada
Dr. Seuss. The Seven Lady Godivas. Random House, 1939.
Price: US$695.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 1st Edition. A nice first edition of Dr. Seuss's adult book. Includes the original Godiva bookmark. Very good, tight and unmarked, book in excellent condition dust jacket with some chipping to edges and small one-inch tears on front cover and chip on rear cover. $1.75 price on dust jacket flap marked through with writing in the corner.
Seller: Rare Finds Books and Ephemera, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.
SEUSS, Dr. SEVEN LADY GODIVAS. , 1939.
Price: US$700.00 + shipping
Description: SEUSS, Dr. THE SEVEN LADY GODIVAS. New York: Random House, (1939). First edition. Illustrated throughout Dr. Seuss, including the endpapers. 4to., light brown cloth, title printed at spine, vignette illustration to upper board. A mostly clean copy, though a few leaves show light soiling, and there is light soiling to cloth along the bottom edges. The spine is slightly skewed at the top. But it is very good overall. In a worn dust jacket which is moderately soiled and edgeworn, with loss at heel and the adjoining area of the upper panel.
Seller: Boston Book Company, Inc. ABAA, Boston, MA, U.S.A.
Seuss, Dr.. THE SEVEN LADY GODIVAS.. Random House: NY, 1939.
Price: US$747.50 + shipping
Description: 10 x 7.5, decorated cloth, unpaginated, extremities a bit worn, hinges a bit loose else vg in soiled, edgeworn and edge-chipped dw. FIRST ED, PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATD BY DR. SEUSS.
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
Dr.Seuss. The Seven Lady Godivas. Random House, 1939.
Price: US$795.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Fine Copy In a Near Fine Jacket. $1.75 On Flap. Author's Rare Third book. Scarce In Jacket Especially This Nice. 1 Inch Tear Front Panel. Excellent Fresh Copy Of This Great Seuss Classic.
Seller: Jeff Bergman Books ABAA, ILAB, Flemington, NJ, U.S.A.
Dr. Seuss. The Seven Lady Godivas. Random House, New York, 1939.
Price: US$795.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: a fine copy in the original pictorial cloth of Dr. Seuss' third book. It follows Mulberry Street and the 500 Hats but is among the rarest of Seuss in fine with vg dj. Random House, New York, 1939. Book Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. 1st ed 1st issue so stated and a 1st state dust jacket. Seuss, Dr. (illustrator). First Edition. 4to - 7-7/16" x 10-1/4". Seuss, Dr. THE SEVEN LADY GODIVAS. New York: Random House, (1939). First edition. 4to - 7-7/16" x 10-1/4". Pink cloth with the Godiva coat of arms printed in brown on the front cover of a very nice and clean copy of the book. Color pictorial dust wrapper with some overall light dusting and minor signs of handling including a 1/4 inch chip out of the tail of the spine for what is still a very lovely near fine dust wrapper. [80]pp. Dr. Seuss's humorous re-telling of the legend of Lady Godiva illustrated in color throughout in his easily recognizable style. This book with all of its naked Lady Godivas (according to Dr. Seuss there were seven of them) so well represented in the book's illustrations, was definitely not written for children but instead for the adult market. This copy is priced to sell. We will be proud to send photos
Seller: Hirschfeld Galleries, Saint Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Price: US$800.00 + shipping
Description: superb cloth cover, stated first printing 1939, of the author's third book.no pagination, penci line through dust jacket price of $1.75, 1/2 inch loss across top of dust jacket. Pink cloth with the Godiva coat of arms printed in brown on the front cover . seven naked ladies riding a horse. Dr. Seuss sets the record straight on what really happened in eleventh-century Coventry: there was no one Lady Godiva, but seven sisters, all equally bare, and not one Peeping Tom but seven. DATE PUBLISHED: 1939 EDITION: FIRST PRINTING
Seller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop, Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.
Seuss, Dr.. The Seven Lady Godivas.. Random House., New York., 1939.
Price: US$820.00 + shipping
Description: A nice first edition of Dr. Seuss's adult book. Includes the original Godiva book mark. weight: 1.1 lb. Very good,tight and unmarked, lower corner bumped, in a good plus dust jacket with some chipping to edges and short closed tear, a white paint spot to the front panel. $1.75 price on dust jacket flap. Illustrated by the author. 26x18.5 cm. [87] pp. Pink cloth red spine title, red coat-of-arms on cover.
Seller: Zephyr Books, Reno, NV, U.S.A.
Price: US$850.00 + shipping
Description: Tall 8vo. [80] pp. Illustrated. Cloth in dustwrapper (wear), else very good. [Younger/Hirsch] (31834). Godiva Book Mark laid in.
Seller: Bauer Rare Books, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.
SEUSS, Dr. The Seven Lady Godivas. Random House, New York, 1939.
Price: US$875.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Illustrated by the author. 4to, cloth; pictorial endpapers. N.Y.: Random House, (1939). First Edition. The dust wrapper is not price-clipped, but is chipped along the edges, rubbed on the spine & has a few tape repairs on the verso; unobtrusive owner's signature on the pictorial fly-leaf; lacks the special Godiva bookmark.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
SEUSS, DR.. The Seven Lady Godivas. New York: Random House, 1939, 1939.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. A very good to fine copy in a very good dust jacket with with some chips and tears. Laid into this copy is the original 'Godiva Book Mark.' All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
Seller: Peter L. Stern & Co., Inc, Newton, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Description: Seuss, Dr. First Edition, first printing. Written and Illustrated by Dr. Seuss. 1 vols. 4to. A Most Un-Juvenile Seuss. Dr. Seuss's third book, preceded by his highly successful juveniles, To Think that I Saw iIt on Mulberry Street and The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins. As the publisher's blurb on the inside front jacket has it, "we hope that it is unnecessary to point out to you that The Seven Lady Godivas belongs in a very different category"; or, one of the Horse Truths (Gussie Godiva's)revealed in the course of this hilarious book points out, it is "a horse of a different color. Orginal cloth. Fine copy in soiled and worn pictorial dust jacketunclipped Written and Illustrated by Dr. Seuss. 1 vols. 4to
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$1288.26 + shipping
Description: First edition, first printing, this copy accompanied by the uncommon publisher's "Godiva Book Mark". This is the fourth book written by the author and is an early attempt to write prose for adults. It was a "commercial flop, not because it is not funny, but because few people during the Depression had money to spend on humour" (MacDonald, p. 7). Disappointed, Seuss declared that "adults are obsolete children, and the hell with them", and devoted himself to children's literature. Younger & Hirsch 71. Ruth K. MacDonald, Dr. Seuss, 1988. Quarto. Original pale pink cloth, spine and front board lettered and decorated in red, pictorial endpapers. With dust jacket and publisher's die cut matching bookmark. Illustrations throughout in red and black by the author. Inner hinges faintly toned, contents clean; jacket spine panel toned, a couple of closed tears to edges, extremities chipped, faint spotting, unclipped: a fine copy in very good jacket.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
Seuss, Dr. (Theodore Geisel). The Seven Lady Godivas. Random House, NY, 1939.
Price: US$1438.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. Inscribed by Seuss "For Lulu Godiva, II / with lots of thanks for / nice things done." Illustrated throughout in red and black, with one three-color page. In this version of an old tale, the seven Godiva sisters (Arabella, Dorcas, Mitzi et al.), "who were simply themselves and chose not to disguise it," are betrothed to the seven Peeping bothers (Peeping Tom, Peeping Jack, Peeping Frelinghuysen, et al.). As to the genre, the publisher states "Dr. Seuss is the author of two tremendously successful juveniles. We hope it is unnecessary to point out to you that The Seven Lady Godivas belongs in a very different category." Some soiling to cloth-covered boards, else very good in a shabby original dust wrapper.
Seller: Bromer Booksellers, Inc., ABAA, Boston, MA, U.S.A.
Seuss, Dr. THE SEVEN LADY GODIVAS. Random House, New York, 1939.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Description: First printing of Seuss's first "adult" book, an exceptionally beautiful copy that came directly from the stock of Aleph-Bet Books, the firm of Seuss bibliographers Helen Younger and Marc Younger. Dr. Seuss offers a comedic retelling of the Middle Ages folk tale, meant to be bawdy and risqué, but settling into a cheery silliness that is an inevitable part of Seuss's natural voice. Despite the naked women on nearly every page, it is the puns that stand out rather than any potential eroticism. Seuss biographer Philip Nel summarizes the book as "a commercial failure when published in 1939 and a curiosity when republished in 1987." Not quite an adult book for children, or a children's book for adults, GODIVAS gives us Seuss from a different angle than we expect. 10'' x 7''. Original orange cloth, dark red-stamped central vignette and lettered spine. In original unclipped ($1.75) orange and grey pictorial dust jacket. Orange and black pictorial endpapers. Illustrated with color illustrations throughout. [80] pages. Jacket with just a touch of soil, very shallow rubbing to spine ends.
Seller: Type Punch Matrix, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
SEUSS, Dr.. The Seven Lady Godivas.. Random House, New York, 1939.
Price: US$2000.00 + shipping
Description: Written and Illustrated by Dr. Seuss. 8vo, publisher's cloth in dust jacket. First edition. Younger 71 (not noting the bookmark). A bright, very near fine copy. The top edge of the dust jacket's front panel is chipped to a depth of about 1/4", just touching the top of the "T" in the title; with a few other tiny chips and a 1" tear to the rear panel. Signed in green ink by Dr. Seuss, with his characteristic paraph, on the verso of the front free endpaper. Laid in is the illustrated die-cut publisher's "A Godiva Book Mark," which has a few light creases.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$2000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition, first printing so stated, crown 4to (10" x 7 1/4"), pp. (78) without pagination, illustrated in color throughout. Original publisher color Godiva Book Mark laid in. Original dark burgundy pictorial light burgundy buckram in original color pictorial dust jacket. Color pictorial end papers. Fine clean bright copy in near fine dust jacket not price-clipped @ $1. 75 with just a bit of fray at end caps and a 3/8" x 5/8" v-chip at upper edge of rear panel. Sheets clean, unmarked, complete. H9713 All Items Are Sent Insured. Insurance charges are included in the Shipping & Handling Charges. International buyers please be aware that we are not responsible for and do not include or estimate customs duties, fees or taxes in any way in our listings. We ship all orders within 5 days of cleared payment. We do not create and are not responsible for shipping times or delays associated with customs and international shipping. All Items Are Sent Insured. Insurance charges are included in the Shipping & Handling Charges.
Seller: J & J House Booksellers, ABAA, Kennett Square, PA, U.S.A.
Seuss, Dr.. THE SEVEN LADY GODIVAS. Random House, New York, 1939.
Price: US$2250.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Seuss, Dr. THE SEVEN LADY GODIVAS. New York: Random House, (1939). First edition. 4to - 7-7/16" x 10-1/4". Pink cloth with the Godiva coat of arms printed in brown on the front cover of a very nice and clean copy of the book. Color pictorial dust wrapper with some overall light dusting and minor signs of handling including a 3/8" x 1/2" chip out of the tail of the spine for what is still a very lovely near fine dust wrapper. [80]pp. Dr. Seuss's humorous re-telling of the legend of Lady Godiva illustrated in color throughout in his easily recognizable style. This book with all of its naked Lady Godivas (according to Dr. Seuss there were seven of them) so well represented in the book's illustrations, was definitely not written for children but instead for the adult market. Laid into the book is the publisher's original die-cut "Godiva Book Mark". The condition of the book is FINE in a NEAR FINE dust wrapper.
Seller: Wallace & Clark, Booksellers, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Seuss, Dr.. The Seven Lady Godivas. Random House, New York, 1939.
Price: US$2750.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing with the words "FIRST PRINTING" printed on the copyright page. This ORIGINAL dustjacket is rich in color with slight wear to the spine. This First Issue dustjacket has the $1.75 publisher's printed price present. The book is in great shape. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning and the boards are crisp with minor wear to the edges. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A wonderful copy of this TRUE FIRST EDITION in collector's condition. Includes a publisher's book mark laid into the book.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Price: US$3500.00 + shipping
Description: 3 ITEMS (1). STATED FIRST PRINTING. BOOK WITH DJ, CARDSTOCK ADVERTISING DISPLAY POSTER APP 24 INCHES SQUARE, 3.COLOR BOOKMARK has general wear, top corners are faded, endpages near spine age toned, else, very good binding, clean body and unmarked text. Dust jacket has clear plastic Mylar protective cover, however, torn at top spine, a couple soil spots, top edge has few closed tears, and lightly worn extremities.SIZE 7 X 10 INCHES Pink cloth with the Godiva coat of arms printed in brown on the front cover . seven naked ladies riding a horse. Dr. Seuss sets the record straight on what really happened in eleventh- century Coventry: there was no one Lady Godiva, but seven sisters, all equally bare, and not one Peeping Tom but seven. [2]. CARDSTOCK POSTER. EXTREMELY RARE STORE DISPLAY POSTER in true bright colorful TYPICAL SEUSS, TRADEMARK STYLE SIZE 23.5" X 24" INCHES of "Dr. Seuss's, The Seven Lady Godivas, the True Facts Concerning History's Barest Family." The display poster is pasted to cardboard, purposely cut about 1.5" from left and right edge (21"across) with a 1/4" vertical cut. Appears to be manufactured cuts in order to display in store. There is a 4" vertical seperation in one of the folds. Poster shows one woman's curves of her buttocks, and all 7 women's bare breasts showing, as well as facial expressions, all in traditional Seuss style. Also, this is an adult entertainment book. [3]. Last but not least, there is a small color bookmark by Dr. Seuss, illustrated in the shape of a small ribbon saying "A Godiva Book Mark Random House," with a donkey or horse to the left. SIZE 5.5" long X 2.25" tall with very few foxing spots. The theme of the Lady Godiva story-championing the rights of the common man-is what links this 'adult' book to his 'children's' stories and his political cartoons" (Cohen, 195). DATE PUBLISHED: 1939 EDITION: FIRST PRINTING UNPAGINATED GOOD FIRST EDITION FIRST PRINTING. JACKET: DJ GOOD
Seller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop, Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$3542.72 + shipping
Description: First edition, first printing, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper verso, "For Noel, Who can sue but he damn well can't collect - Dr. Seuss". This title is one of the author's few books written for adults, and is, unusually for Seuss, written in prose. Younger & Hirsch 71. Quarto. Original pale pink cloth, spine and front board lettered and blocked in red, pictorial endpapers. Illustrations throughout by the author. Slight lean to spine, extremities toned, offsetting to endpapers, a couple of spots to preliminary leaves, a very good copy indeed, in the unclipped jacket, spine and flap folds toned, extremities nicked, short closed tear to foot of front flap fold, a very good example.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
SEUSS, Dr. The Seven Lady Godivas. Random House, New York, 1939.
Price: US$4000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Quarto. Pictorial cloth boards. Laid in is the die-cut Godiva bookmark as issued. Fine in price-clipped and lightly spine-toned else near fine dust jacket. A presentation copy Inscribed by Seuss: "With best wishes to Arnold Rogow [underscored with a paraph] Dr. Seuss." An early and unusual adult book by this noted children's author and certainly one of his most risqué works featuring seven tales of nude Lady Godivas prancing (often literally) in their birthday suits. A failure upon release, it has since gained in popularity and was eventually re-issued in 1987.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
SEUSS, Dr.. The Seven Lady Godivas.. New York: Random House, 1939, 1939.
Price: US$4186.85 + shipping
Description: First edition, first printing, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper verso, "For Max Autrey, Connoisseur of Red Dogs, photographer de luxe, and, after reading this book, a rare judge of Horse Flesh. Best Wishes - Dr. Seuss". This title is one of the author's few books written for adults, and is, unusually for Seuss, written in prose. The recipient of this copy is the famed Hollywood photographer Max Munn Autrey (1891-1971). Autrey was foremost a portrait photographer, taking photographs of leading film stars from his studio in downtown Los Angeles throughout Hollywood's Golden Age. This Hollywood association is apt for Dr. Seuss, who produced films for the US Army during the Second World War and whose story Gerald McBoing-Boing was adapted into an animated film, winner of the 1950 Academy Award for Best Animated Short. This copy also includes a scarce publisher's bookmark loosely inserted. Younger & Hirsch 71. Quarto. Original pale pink cloth, spine and front board lettered and blocked in red, pictorial endpapers. Illustrations throughout by the author. A fine copy in the unclipped dust jacket, spine toned, head of spine and top corners chipped, extremities rubbed and a little nicked, a very good example, still sharp.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
Dr Seuss. The Seven Lady Godivas. Random House, 1939.
Price: US$4500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: The True Facts Concerning History's Barest Family. First edition, first printing. with dustjacket, a rare Dr Seuss book written for adults. Original pale pink cloth, this fine dustjacket is in wonderful condition. The book has clean, bright pages with no markings. This is from a private library.
Seller: Bell's Books, Mason, TX, U.S.A.
Seuss, Dr.. Seven Lady Godivas. Random House, 1939.
Price: US$7500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing SIGNED by Dr. Seuss. An attractive First Issue dustjacket with some chipping to the spine and some wear to panels. The book is in nice shape with light wear to the edges. The binding is tight, and the pages are clean with NO marks or bookplates in the book. Overall, a collectable copy of this TRUE FIRST EDITION SIGNED by the author. We buy Seuss First Editions.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Seuss, Dr. [Theodor Seuss Geisel]. The Seven Lady Godivas.. Random House, New York, 1939.
Price: US$9500.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, first printing of this classic Dr. Seuss title. Quarto, original cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated throughout. Association copy, inscribed by the author opposite the title page, "For Josephine Kimball Godiva with very best thanks - Dr. Seuss." The recipient, Josephine Dodge Kimball co-founded the first book store to specialize in children's literature, Young Books, on Madison Avenue in 1929 with former Bryn Mawr classmate Joan Whitney Payson. Both women were from prominent families and had connections that brought the store instant fame. The store's opening brought headlines in the New York Times, Life and the Saturday Review of Literature and Kimball's expertly curated selection of children's books, art, and toys were often featured in the "On and Off the Avenue" shopping column of the New Yorker. In 1931, Time reported that Kimball and Payson presented an autograph manuscript signed by Albert Einstein to Yale University, an acquisition made through one of the ladies' patrons and, by 1944, the store had expanded to include a gallery, rare book room, and adult book department. Kimball also soon contributed reviews of children's books to Harper's and Scribner's including a column in the December 1937 issue of Scribner's Magazine praising Geisel's first book And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street. The publication of the present volume coincided with the tenth anniversary of the grand opening of Young Books. Kimball celebrated both with an exclusive cocktail party during which the present volume was most likely inscribed to her by Giesel. In addition to Geisel, the party also included guests such as Ludwig Bemelmans and Clement Hurd, original drawings by whom were hung in the gallery and their new books displayed in the shop's window (Kahn, 93; Kimball, 62; Long, 93). Near fine in the original dust jacket which is in very good condition with small chips to the crown and foot of the spine. With the original accompanying Random House book mark laid in. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Next to the dedication copy, the finest association copy available. "Referring to his recent children's books and advertisements for Flit and Essomarine, Seuss explained that The Seven Lady Godivas was written 'to escape the monotony of writing about nothing but men folks and children, dragons or fish' In his college studies of Tennyson, Seuss may well have come across the 1842 poem 'Godiva.' During his time in England after Dartmouth, he no doubt came across the legend again. The theme of the Lady Godiva story-championing the rights of the common man-is what links this 'adult' book to his 'children's' stories and his political cartoons" (Cohen, 195).
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.