Two items: typescript, 12 pages, 8.5 x 11, entitled “The Cat in the Hat Comes Back!” In part: “This was no time for play. This was no time for fun. This was no time for games. There was work to be done. All that deep, deep, deep snow, all that snow had to go. When our mother went down to the town for the day, she said, ‘Somebody has to clean this away. Somebody, SOMEBODY has to, you see.’ Then she picked out two Somebodies. Sally and me. Well…There we were. We were working like that and then who should come but but the CAT IN THE HAT! ‘Oh-oh!’ Sally said. ‘Don’t you talk to that cat. That cat is a bad one, that cat in the Hat.’” Signed at the conclusion in blue felt tip; and a TLS to collector Ruth Nuzum, signed “Dr. Seuss,” one page, 8.5 x 11, February 28, 1980, on Beginner Books letterhead. In part: “I wish I could shed some light on the ‘12 paged signed transcript’ of the Cat in the Hat Comes Back. But it’s hard to remember what I signed or did not sign way back in 1958. I do know that the manuscript of the book is in the Special Collections Library at U.C.L.A. It is quite possible, however, that I did sign a transcript in the course of publishing the book that year and may have done so for any one of a dozen co-workers at Random House. Inasmuch as I seem to sign anything that is shoved before me, I think the chances are good that your purchase is authentic.” In overall fine condition. Fantastic provenance from the beloved children’s author and a scarce and desirable transcript! RRAuction COA.
