NMLP P-036614 · Book-club / reprint tell · minted 2026-07-19

The Cat in the Hat

Dr. Seuss (Theodor Geisel) · Houghton Mifflin / Random House (New York) · 1957

Later Random House printings drop the '200/200' code (an unpriced flap, then '195/195') and switch to glossy boards and a three-signature text block. Book-club copies lack the jacket price and use cheaper stock. The single most-faked tell: a jacket reading 'Printed in U.S.A.' on the lower back flap is the 1985 facsimile jacket, NOT a 1957 first-issue jacket.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — Book-club / reprint tell NMLP P-036614 for "The Cat in the Hat" by Dr. Seuss (Theodor Geisel) (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-036614, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).