![]() Although not explicitly racist, The Cat and the Hatcould be viewed as Blackface even if that wasn't the intention. Seuss' work that had underlying racism in it as well were The Cat in the Ha t and Green Eggs and Ham, which I read and adored as a child growing up. Seuss books will not be published anymore, such as "And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street", "If I Ran the Zoo", McElligot's Pool," "On Beyond Zebra!," "Scrambled Eggs Super!," and "The Cat's Quizzer." Certain books will not be published anymore due to racially insensitive imageryĪccording to the Associated Press, six Dr. One ad appeared to portray an "African" wearing nothing but a skirt, which is quite offensive for obvious reasons, but I digress. While creating advertisements with Flit, a DDT-laced bug spray company that was a subsidiary of the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, racist images were portrayed of Black and Middle Eastern people. The advertisements he created for bug spray company had racist The creation of a minstrel showĭr.Seuss wrote a minstrel show called "Chicopee Surprised" as a fundraiser for a school trip and performed it wearing Blackface. Seuss title.With that, here are some of the findings that are underlyingly racist within Dr.Seuss' literary career that surprised me. An attractive, desirable, discontinued Dr. This DJ is attractive and bright with a couple of chips, closed edge tears, light scuffing and rubbing. Other books by Seuss page in this copy references Sneetches, which is a 1961 Seuss title and latest published title of listed titles hence this is a 1961 copy despite its 1955 copyright page and only 10 titles listed on back cover. ![]() ![]() So despite the back panel listing only ten titles, or the back of the DJ listing only ten titles, it is the other books by Seuss page located on the rear free endpaper verso that confirms a first printing. Any other titles listed on this page indicate a later printing. The first printing of this title lists only ten books in this order from top to bottom: horton hears a who/scrambled eggs super/if i ran the zoo/bartholomew and the oobleck/thidwick/mcelligot's pool/horton hatches the egg/king's stilts/500 hats/mulberry street. The key to all first printings of this title is the rear free endpaper verso that lists other books by Dr. As for this book, the last date on copyright page is 1955. This DJ has been salvaged from a busted first edition, first printing and married to this copy. Original and attractive DJ with all first printing points $2.50 price clipped. Blank endpaper towards rear has 3 small thin tone stains. Pages are tight, bright and clean no writing within. A tall book measuring 11.25 x 8.25 inches. One of the notorious 6 discontinued Seuss titles. (If pictured, shown without the mylar cover for an accurate representation of dust jacket. We add mylar covers to all books with DJs to preserve the DJs and add luster to magnify their beauty. ![]() DJ protected by a brand new, clear, acid-free mylar cover. Dust jacket has light wear and a 1" chip at the bottom of the spine panel but clean and bright. Seuss titles on back cover chronologically listed from "And to Think I Saw it on Mulberry Street" (first published 1937) to "Horton Hears a Who!" (first published in 1954), indicating this is a very early printing (1954-1955) published prior to his next title (If I Ran the Circus), which came out in 1956. Pages are clean and in very good condition. Pictorial cover has wear to corners and spine caps but clean, bright, and in very good+ condition. The front flap is unclipped with the 250/250 price intact. The jacket is good with some chips and closed tears along the top and bottom edges and two small pieces missing from the top and bottom of the spine. There is an owner's name on the flyleaf else the text is very good with some light spotting to a few pages but no other markings. A good copy with some chipping to the spine tips and some wear along the edges. This book was one of six titles "withdrawn" by the Seuss Foundation in 2021. First edition of this scarce Seuss title with all of the points listed in Younger & Hirsch ($2.50 price on flap and ten titles listed on rear jacket panel from Mulberry Street to Horton Hears a Who! In this take on the genre of alphabet book, Seuss presents, instead of the twenty-six letters of the conventional English alphabet, twenty additional letters that purportedly follow them.
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