How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Seuss, Dr. [Theodor Geisel] Children's Books

First edition, first printing of one of the most celebrated and memorable Christmas stories with the issue point of a list of 13 books printed at the end of the book present. Thin quarto, original illustrated glossy paper boards, pictorial endpapers. In very good condition. "Clearly the Grinch has been the most memorable Christmas villain to undergo redemption since Ebenezer Scrooge. To some degree, Ted identified with the Grinch When asked why he wrote the book, Dr. Seuss replied, â I was brushing my teeth on the morning of the 26th of last December when I noted a very Grinch-ish countenance in the mirror. It was Seuss! So I wrote the story about my sour friend, the Grinch, to see if I could rediscover something about Christmas that obviously Iâ d lost.â It was no coincidence that, when the book appeared in 1957, the Grinch complained, â For fifty-three years Iâ ve put up with it nowâ Ted, of course, was born in 1904 After The Cat in the Hat and The Grinch, Tedâ s reputation grew exponentially" (Cohen, 329-30). The book has been adapted into several stage and film productions including the classic animated special produced in 1966 featuring narration by Boris Karloff as well as the 2000 live-action film directed by Ron Howard and starring Jim Carrey as the Grinch.