Seuss, Dr. The Seven Lady Godivas. New York: Random House, (1939). FIRST EDITION; "FIRST PRINTING" stated on copyright page. 4to - 10-1/4" x 7-7/16". Textured salmon cloth covered boards with the Godiva coat of arms printed in brown to front cover with no signs of handling or wear for what is a lovely copy of the book. Original publisher's unclipped ($1.75), color pictorial dust jacket with an illustration of the seven ladies, all wearing their birthday suits, atop a galloping stead to front panel along with titles printed in black and white, titles printed in white to spine and publisher's ads to back panel with darkening to the spine panel and along the flap folds, light overall dusting and minor signs of handling and wear, including a 3/8" x 1/2" chip to the tail of the spine, minor color rubs along the flap folds and spine panel and a few short closed tears to the upper edge of front and back panels for what is still a nice example of the original publisher's unsophisticated dust jacket. Pictorial endpapers with darkening along the gutters. [80] pp. Dr. Seuss's humorous re-telling of the legend of Lady Godiva illustrated in color throughout in his easily recognizable style. This book with all of its naked Lady Godivas (according to Dr. Seuss there were seven of them) so well represented in the book's illustrations, was definitely not written for children but for the adult market. Laid in is the publisher's original die-cut "Godiva Book Mark". The condition of the book is FINE. The condition of the dust jacket is VERY GOOD +. The condition of the bookmark is FINE. # 000096