The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins (Signed by Dr. Seuss)

Dr. Seuss

Vanguard Press, 1938

[Early edition of Dr. Seuss' second book, inscribed by Seuss]   The story of a young man, with a magic hat.  Held in a custom-made, black leather clamshell case with an image of a red hat on the front, outlined in gold.  Also comes in a red cloth bag (similar to Bartholomew's hat).  Bound in rebacked red cloth over black pictorial boards.  Some edge wear.  Small chip missing from first end page. Cover shows red feathered hat pointing left. Back cover shows hat pointing right. Facsimile dust jacket. Autographed by author, "To Norma, (who is really to old for this sort of thing) - Dr. Seuss."   Edition notes: Smaller hats on the pastedown endpapers. Younger & Hirsch 22.