* * * C H I L D R E N' S B O O K S * 2 0 2 4 B A U M A N R A R E B O O K S 33 "THE CIRCUS MCGURKUS! THE WORLD'S GREATEST SHOW ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH, OR WHEREVER YOU GO!" 33. SEUSS, Dr. If I Ran the Circus. New York, 1956. Quarto, original pictorial paper boards, dust jacket. $2000 First edition of this rhyming narrative about comically large aspirations for starting a circus. A revision of a 1955 magazine piece, Seuss’ romp under the Big Top introduces such compelling attractions as Rolf, the walrus who stands on one whisker; the punctuation mark-juggling Jott; and Great Daredevil Sneelock, who dives into a fishbowl from 4,692 feet up—”He’ll manage just fine. Don’t ask how he’ll manage. That’s his job. Not mine.” Younger & Hirsch 43. Book very nearly fine, price-clipped dust jacket near-fine, with a bit of wear and toning to extremities. A handsome near-fine copy.
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