Horton Hatches the Egg, purchased and inscribed for a young mother in 1963 at a bookshop one mile from Dr. Seuss’s La Jolla, California home

by Dr. Seuss, Theodor Seuss Geisel

$1,000 · Offered by Churchill Book Collector

First edition · Signed

New York: Random House, 1940. First edition, later printing. Hardcover. This likely 1958 printing was inscribed by Dr. Seuss for a young mother in 1963 at a bookshop one mile from Dr. Seuss’s home in La Jolla, California. It was acquired by us directly from the person for whom this book was purchased, to whom it was inscribed, and whose family enjoyed this book for three generations. This copy is inscribed on the lower

• Binding: Hardcover

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