Description
Signed first edition, early printing of You’re Only Old Once! A Book for Obsolete Children by Dr. Seuss.
Quarto, [56pp]. Green paper boards, beige cloth spine, title stamped in blue on spine. An early printing, with 8 lines on the copyright page (instead of 7) and the number line beginning with “B”. Previous owner’s gift inscription on the front free endpaper. In the publisher’s first-state dust jacket, $9.95 retail price on front flap, bright illustration.
(Younger, 83A)
Inscribed on the copyright page: “for Betty Lou / (who is much too young to be reading stuff like this.) / Dr. Seuss.”
Published by Random House in 1986, You’re Only Old Once! was released late in Geisel’s career and follows an elderly patient through a variety of humorous medical procedures.
