The Seven Lady Godivas (Special Commemorative Edition)

First Edition thus. The quite scarce Reissued Commemorative Edition of the first printing of this book, originally published in 1939. Fine in a fine pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated throughout in black and white and color. Small quarto; unpaginated. A beautiful copy.

Fine in publisher's original brown boards with a dark brown cloth spine and gold spine lettering with just a touch of bottom edgewear. Profusely illustrated with color drawings by Dr. Seuss.

From the cover dust jacket flap: "Originally published in 1939, Dr. Seuss's first book for adults is a collector's item. Now reissued by multitudinous demand, this book sets the record straight about what really happened in eleventh-century Coventry: there was not one Lady Godiva but seven sisters, all equally bare, and not one Peeping Tom but seven. With unabashed good humor, Seuss romps through history and engages in a little horseplay along the way as he uncovers the origins of seven celebrated proverbs. Wonderfully wacky and satisfyingly scandalous, this is the perfect fillip for all those who thought they had outgrown Dr. Seuss."