At some point I’m sure we’ve all wondered into a bookstore (or stumbled upon one on line) and found a lovely book we’d like to own. But it’s not essential/important or even affordable perhaps.
So, as part of a time-killing ramble around St Pancras station, in London, I came across this wonderful copy of The Cat in the Hat by Dr.Seuss. Specially bound for Hatchards* and limited to a numbered run of 2000 copies. So I just had to have a copy.
Having refiled through as many copies as I could, without altering their security, I managed to get the lowest number I could find. It was specially bound and numbered, Hatchards weren’t giving it away. I justified the spend by recalling that I had only got the paperback after all!
The Cat in the Hat was written and illustrated by Theodor “Dr. Seuss” Geisel in 1957. I won’t summarise the story but the cover pretty much gives the theme away. With its sporty red bow tie and matching top hat, our anthropomorphic friend shows up one wet day and creates mayhem for Sally, and her brother, while their mother is out.
Beautifully illustrated it’s published by Harper Collins.
* Hatchards is the oldest bookshop in the United Kingdom. Established by John Hatchard in 1797,
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