![]() Book sales, alongside television and film deals, helped the deceased author rake in $33 million. Surprising FactĮven in death, Seuss’ (who was also known as Theodor Seuss Geisel) work enjoys enduring and lucrative popularity, with the author ranking second on Forbes’ highest-paid dead celebrity list of 2020 (after singer Michael Jackson). In media and literature, this includes work like “ Gone With The Wind,” which last year was temporarily removed from streaming service HBO Max and reinstated with a historical context disclaimer, and brand names like Mars Inc.’s Uncle Ben’s (now ‘Ben’s Original’), Eskimo Pie and Pepsico’s Aunt Jemima pancake mix (now the Pearl Milling Company) that have reassessed their packaging and branding to rely less on dated and racist tropes. The decision to stop publishing several Seuss books-which have long been criticized for their racial undertones-fits within a broader movement reckoning with the continued use of racist and insensitive material in modern society, following the resurgence of the Black Lives Matter movement last year. 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. Seuss title.Other criticized Seuss books, such as “The Cat in the Hat,” will still be published, but the organization said it is “committed to listening and learning and will continue to review our entire portfolio.” Key Background On Beyond Zebra1 is a 1955 illustrated children's book by Theodor Geisel, better known as Dr. 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. Packed with all the essential ingredients that have made Dr. ![]() 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. This zonys name is Ziggy he lives at a farm in Knights Ferry, CA with his camel friend. Original and attractive DJ with all first printing points $2.50 price clipped. A zony is a cross between a zebra and a pony. 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. 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. (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.
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