You're Only Old Once!: A Book for Obsolete Children by Dr. Seuss [FIRST EDITION] 1986 • Random House

You're Only Old Once! : A Book for Obsolete Children  by Dr. Seuss  FIRST EDITION • FOURTH PRINTING [1986] RANDOM HOUSE N.Y.  Original jacket price of $9.95 on front panel.   Hardcover with dust jacket in excellent condition. Light shelf wear / tanning to jacket.  Looks great in a new HQ jacket protector. Book is excellent.  Pristine cloth-bound boards.  Looks and reads like new aside from some tanning to endpapers. Is this a children's book?Well... not immediately.You buy a copy for your child nowand you give it to him on his 70th birthday.With his unmistakable rhymes and signature illustration style, Dr. Seuss creates a classic picture-book ode to aging in You're Only Old Once! On a visit to "the Golden Years Clinic on Century Square for Spleen Readjustment and Muffler Repair," readers will laugh with familiar horror at the poking and prodding and testing and ogling that go hand in hand with the dreaded appellation of "senior citizen."Though Dr. Seuss is known for his peerless work