Collecting Childrens Picturebooks

How The Grinch Stole Christmas; written & illustrated by Dr. Seuss; Random House; 1957 

Junior Literary Guild Edition - somewhat rare (not seen by Younger/Hirsch).  Value is difficult to determine, being perhaps a book club edition, however unsure as to distribution, since the front and back endpapers are almost like a mock-up (with the words 'FRONT' and 'BACK').  Perplexing issue.

Front boards green cloth, with title and Grinch image in white embossing. 

Back boards green cloth; back DJ has emblem for Junior Literary Guild.

Front free endpaper with "How The Grinch Stole Christmas", followed by "FRONT".

Back free endpaper with "How The Grinch Stole Christmas", followed by "BACK" 

Front DJ flap with "BOOK CLUB EDITION" at bottom right.

Back DJ flap with picture of Dr. Seuss at top, then "PRINTED IN THE U.S.A." at the bottom.

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First Edition Identification

Swimmy; written and illustrated by Leo Lionni; Pantheon; 1963

1964 Caldecott Honor

Picturebook Price Guide Value - $300

Essential Identifying Point – DJ
Dust jacket flap price is “$3.50” and back dust jacket is absent the Standard Book Number (SBN).

Second state book has same dj price, however has 9 digit SBN on DJ back.

Essential Identifying Point – Book

Front and back cover image same as dust jacket, and with green cloth spine.  No SBN on copyright page.

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Created a web page of the eighty-one Newbery award winning books with cover art or pictures from one of the illustrators covered in the Children's Picturebook Price Guide.  To our knowledge, this is the first time such a cross-list has been published.  See table at:

Newbery Awards With Illustrations

The table is a chronological listing, covering both Newbery Medal and Honor books. Would be happy to hear of Newbery books we might have missed, or any comments on book values.

Regards,
Stan.

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Caldecott Medal First Edition Identification

Animals Of The Bible, selections by Helen Dean Fish, illustrated by Dorothy Lathrop; Frederick Stokes;  1937

1938 Caldecott Medal

Picturebook Price Guide Value - $1600 VG+

Essential Identifying Point - DJ
Dust jacket: Lathrop misspelled ‘Lathop’ on DJ spine.

Essential Identifying Point - Book

Book spine:  Lathrop mispelled 'Lathop'. 

Title page:  Two lines, as follows

FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY

NEW YORK                                MCMXXXVII

Back endpaper:  Back book endpaper is blank; second state book has same title page, however back book endpaper has same image as front endpaper, of prancing deer/antelope.

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Created a page showing some selected completed eBay auctions for collectible children's picturebooks, spanning from 1999 to 2006: 

Completed eBay Auctions

The list is dominated by Seuss books. 

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Created an index page to the first edition identification points on this blog: 

First Edition Identification Points

The index page is more convenient to use then wading through the listings on the blog, and especially as we post more books.  The index page will lag the blog posts a bit, however I will try to keep it fairly up-to-date.

Would enjoy hearing your comments if you find the index or posts useful. 

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Added the web page About Us, which is probably more than you want to know. 

Also added a Site Navigation link to assist getting around the website--we are getting it all connected, slowly. 

All the best,
Stan Zielinski 

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Caldecott Medal First Edition Identification

Snowflake Bentley, written by Jacqueline Briggs Martin; illustrated by Mary Azarian; Houghton Mifflin; 1998

1999 Caldecott Medal

Picturebook Price Guide Value - $160 Fine

From The Miss Rumphius Effect: "This Caldecott Medal winner tells the story of Wilson Bentley's obsession and love for photographing snowflakes. Because of his diligence and careful observation, he produced more than 5000 images of snowflakes, not finding any two alike."

The Bentley Snow Crystal Collection of the Buffalo Museum of Science is a digital library providing a high-quality collection of stunning, un-retouched images of Wilson A. Bentley’s original glass slide photographs of snow crystals. The Bentley Snow Crystal Collection of the Buffalo Museum of Science serves as an enriching legacy for all to share in the fascinating product of his life’s work carefully observing and recording the intricate, dazzling wonder of snowflakes.

Essential Identifying Point

Copyright page: Two lines, as follows.

Manufactured in the United States of America
H O R 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

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Caldecott Medal First Edition Identification

Joseph Had A Little Overcoat; written and illustrated by Simms Taback; Viking; 1999

2000 Caldecott Medal

Picturebook Price Guide Value - $80 Fine

Essential Identifying Point
Copyright page:  Number line “1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.”

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Caldecott Medal First Edition Identification

So You Want To Be President?; written by Judith St. George; illustrated by David Small; Philomel; 2000

2001 Caldecott Medal

Picturebook Price Guide Value - $90 Fine

Essential Identifying Point
Copyright page (in back):  Two lines, as follows:

1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2
First Impression

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Caldecott Medal First Edition Identification

The Three Pigs; written and illustrated by David Wiesner; Clarion; 2001

2002 Caldecott Medal

Picturebook Price Guide Value - $70 Fine

Essential Identifying Point

Copyright page:  Number line “L B M 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1.”

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Notes:

1. The July 1950 issue with If I Ran The Zoo pre-dates the publication of the book by several months. Notably, the book has text which differs from the original Redbook version.

2. The April 1951 issue with Yertle pre-dates the publication of the book by seven years. Yertle The Turtle (Random, 1958) also includes the Gertrude McFuzz story, which was published in the July 1951 Redbook, and The Big Brag, which was originally published in the December 1950 Redbook.

3. The December 1957 issue contains the complete story of How The Grinch Stole Christmas. This is odd, since the book was published that same season. I've researched whether Seuss's original intention was to publish Grinch in Redbook first (perhaps the quality of the story convinced Bennett Cerf to publish the book version?), and found the following:

From Ruth MacDonald's "Dr. Seuss", "At the same time he was working on The Cat In The Hat, Seuss was expected to produce an annual volume for Random House. One year, he found himself with a deadline but no book for the publisher's Christmas list. The Grinch and his story occurred fortuitously, and the story was written quickly, in a few weeks"

This is contrary to the account in the Morgan's biography "Dr. Seuss & Mr. Geisel", "In mid-May, Helen wrote Louise Bonino that the Grinch was in the mail, and that she expected it to be the second Dr.Seuss blockbuster of 1957.[...] The Grinch appeared in the fall of 1957 and was acclaimed from the start."

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Dr. Seuss First Edition Identification

FOX IN SOCKS; written and illustrated by Dr. Seuss; Random House; 1965

Children’s Picturebook Price Guide Value - $260 VG+

Essential Identifying Point:

Dust jacket – Back DJ has three boxes of Beginner Books.

First box lists DR. SEUSS’S ABC

Second box lists eight books, two columns of four books.  The first column begins with Green Egg and ends with PUT ME IN THE ZOO.  The second column begins with ARE YOU MY MOTHER? and ends with THE BIKE LESSON.

Third box lists twenty-five books, in two columns.  The first column of thirteen books begins with CAT/HAT and ends with THE BIG JUMP.  The second column of twelve books begins with A BIG BALL OF STRING and ends with LITTLE BLACK GOES TO THE CIRCUS.

In the price guide, we place this book into Seuss Group C:  DJ Unique To First Printing / DJ Can Be Price Clipped,

In some ways, the second state book is more interesting to collect than the first state book, since FOX IN SOCKS is misspelled as FOX IN SOX.  In the second state book, the third box of Beginner Books contains two additional books on each column.  On the first column, I WISH I HAD DUCK Feet is added at the bottom of the list.  On the second column, FOX IN SOX is added to the bottom of the list.

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Dr. Seuss First Edition Identification

Hop On Pop; written and illustrated by Dr. Seuss; Random House; 1963

Children’s Picturebook Price Guide Value - $520 VG+

See GottaBook's Oddaptations for a synopsis

Essential Identifying Point:

Dust jacket – back dj is unique to first printing, as follows:

About HOP ON POP,

educators say:

Followed by five reviews from educators, which cover the majority of the back dust jacket. 

The back dj is absent a list of other Beginner Books.

In the price guide, we place this book into Seuss Group C:  DJ Unique To First Printing / DJ Can Be Price Clipped,

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Dr. Seuss First Edition Identification

If I Ran The Circus; written and illustrated by Dr. Seuss; Random House; 1956

Children’s Picturebook Price Guide Value - $1400 VG+

Essential Identifying Point:

Pink boards with matching pink dust jacket is unique to first printing.  Later printings have familiar red/yellow boards and dust jacket.

 In the price guide, we place this book into Seuss Group B:  Book Exterior Unique To First Printing / DJ Can Be Price Clipped,

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Pedro, The Angel Of Olvera Street; written and illustrated by Leo Politi; Scribners;1946

1947 Caldecott Honor Award

Picturebook Price Guide Value - $320 VG+

Essential Identifying Point
Copyright page:  Seven lines, as follows:

Copyright, 1946, by

LEO POLITI

Printed in the United States of America

All rights reserved.  No part of this book
may be reproduced in any form without
the permission of Charles Scribner’s Sons

A

Non-Essential
Dust Jacket Price - $1.75

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El Coyote, The Rebel; illustrated by Leo Politi; written by Luis Perez; Henry Holt;1947; $140

Picturebook Price Guide Value - $140 VG+

Essential Identifying Point
Copyright page:  Three lines, as follows

COPYRIGHT, 1947, BY

LUIS PEREZ

First Printing

Non-Essential
Dust Jacket Price - $2.75

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Caldecott Medal First Edition Identification

Song Of The Swallows; written and illustrated by Leo Politi; Scribners;1949

1950 Caldecott Medal Award

Picturebook Price Guide Value - $460 VG+

Essential Identifying Point

Combined Title/Copyright page:  Two Lines, as follows:

Charles Scribner’s Sons – New York  1949

Copyright 1949 Charles Scribner’s Sons – Printed in the United States of America

Note:  No ‘A’ on title page.  Also, later state books include a 3^rd line at bottom of title page with copyright 1948.

Non-Essential
Dust Jacket Price - $2.00

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A Boat For Peppe; written and illustrated by Leo Politi; Scribners;1950

Picturebook Price Guide Value - $140 VG+

Essential Identifying Point

Combined Title/Copyright page:  Three Lines, as follows:

Charles Scribner’s Sons – New York  1950

Copyright 1950 by Charles Scribner’s Sons – Printed in the United States of America

A

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Little Leo; written and illustrated by Leo Politi; Scribners; 1951

Picturebook Price Guide Value - $130 VG+

Essential Identifying Point

Combined Title/Copyright page:  Two Lines, as follows:

CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS – NEW YORK  1951

Copyright 1951 Charles Scribner’s Sons – Printed in the United States of America   -  A

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The Mission Bell; written and illustrated by Leo Politi; Scribners;1953

Picturebook Price Guide Value - $130 VG+

Essential Identifying Point
Combined Title/Copyright page:  Two lines, as follows

Copyright 1953 by Charles Scribner’s Sons

Printed in the United States of America    A

Non-Essential
Dust Jacket Price - $2.25

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The Columbus Story; written by Alice Dalgliesh; illustrated by Leo Politi; Scribners;1955

Picturebook Price Guide Value - $120 VG+

Essential Identifying Point
Copyright page:  Three lines, as follows

Copyright 1955 by Alice Dalgliesh and Leo Politi

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A

Non-Essential
Dust Jacket Price - $2.75

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The Butterflies Come; written and illustrated by Leo Politi; Scribners;1957

Picturebook Price Guide Value - $120 VG+

Essential Identifying Point
Copyright page:  Three lines, as follows

© Copyright 1957 by Leo Politi.  All rights reserved.

Printed in the United States of America    A-8.57  (AJ)

Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 57-6848

Non-Essential
Dust Jacket Price - $2.75

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Saint Francis And The Animals; written and illustrated by Leo Politi; Scribners;1959

Picturebook Price Guide Value - $120 VG+

Essential Identifying Point
Combined Title/Copyright page:  Three lines, as follows

© 1959 Leo Politi

All rights reserved

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA     A

Non-Essential
Dust Jacket Price - $2.95

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Moy Moy; written and illustrated by Leo Politi; Scribners;1960

Picturebook Price Guide Value - $110 VG+

Essential Identifying Point
Copyright page:  Four lines, as follows

Copyright © 1960 Leo Politi

All rights reserved.

Printed in the United States of America    A-8.60  [AJ]

Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 60-6413

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We've been asked several times for our background regarding the legitimacy of the first edition identification points for books posted on this blog. We can't speak from authority, only experience. So, some background info.

In all cases we own the first edition book we are posting. The photographs on the blog are from books we own.

Our collection includes 4,000 first edition children's books, covering the period from around 1914 to 2006. We have never sold a picturebook. Close to 1,000 books were purchased from ABAA members (or from booksellers who choose to leave the ABAA). A prominent number of books were purchased from Aleph-Bet, Jo Ann Reisler, Maggie Page, Peter Glassman (Books of Wonder), Jeryl Metz, and Elaine Woodford.

Our collection focuses on Caldecott Medal and Honor books and their illustrators, Seuss books, along with other contemporary illustrators we enjoy, such as Steven Kellogg, Michael Hague, Leslie Tryon, and Lynn Munsinger. We also love the books from the early 1930's, the years in which the picturebook form was solidifying.

We research our purchases, and when in doubt, validate first edition points from another reputable source prior to purchasing the book. We retain the mailing catalogs and pamphlets from each of the booksellers to use as reference material. We have a fairly extensive collection of the Horn Book Magazine from 1936 through 1970, which is a fantastic reference, especially for original book prices.

We have been in communication for 6 or 7 years with the prominent eBay children's book buyers/sellers, including Cliff Erickson (To & Again Books) and Bruce Howard (Bookbid Books). Cliff is one of the most knowledgeable children's booksellers around--remarkably he was given an acknowledgment for his contribution in both the Santi LGB guide and the Younger/Hirsch Seuss Guide. I am hoping Cliff will document first edition points for Harper's "I Can Read' books, which are extremely under documented in collector circles. I'm pretty sure Bruce has the largest collection of Seuss books in the world (i.e. multiple complete 1st edition sets). I recall when the stickered version of Green Eggs first came up for sale (several years before the Younger/Hirsch guide), and a bunch of us were emailing back and forth the excitement of discovering a new first state of the book. We had similar thoughts with McElligot's Pool, with the discovery of the rear flap triangle with the $2.50 price.

My obsessions - Seuss, Beginner Books, Platt & Munk's "Never Grow Old" series, info related to the picturebook history (original artwork from books, magazine appearances, early merchandising, etc...), and finding undocumented 'states'. As an example, we have 38 copies of the first three states of The Cat In The Hat (there are actually four states within what is commonly known as three first states). Documented the Seuss original stories in Redbook Magazine (I believe the first time they have been collectively documented). We have over 20 copies of the Lois Lenski version of The Little Engine That Could, part of the "Never Grow Old" series; documented 14 states in this issue, published with DJ from 1930-1952, up until the lawsuit with Grosset & Dunlap. Excluding Cat/Hat, we have nearly 200 copies of the first fifty Beginner Books in DJ, to assist in documenting first edition points. Found two states of Millions of Cats with Jersey City imprint, which I believe has not yet been documented. Etc...

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Caldecott Medal First Edition Identification

The Biggest Bear; written and illustrated by Lynd Ward; Houghton Mifflin; 1952

1953 Caldecott Medal

Children's Picturebook Price Guide Value:  $1000 VG+

Essential identifying point
Dust jacket:  Front flap top right, line with “$2.75”, followed by line with “4–8”

Book:  Title page, three lines, as follows

HOUGHTON MIFFLIN CO.  Boston

THE RIVERSIDE PRESS - - Cambridge

1952

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Yertle The Turtle And Other Stories; written and illustrated by Theodor Seuss Geisel; Random House; 1958

Children's Picturebook Price Guide Value:  $220 VG+

Essential identifying point

Page 54, Children’s Picture Price Guide is incorrect, as follows:

“The back dust jacket has 13 photos of previous Seuss books.”

Should read, as follows:

“The back dust jacket has 14 photos of previous Seuss books.”

Additional information

The Yertle story first appeared in the April 1951 issue of Redbook Magazine, which pre-dates the publication of the book by seven years.

Yertle The Turtle And Other Stories (Random, 1958) also includes the Gertrude McFuzz story, which was published in the July 1951 Redbook, and The Big Brag, which was originally published in the December 1950 Redbook. The copyright page in the book makes note of these earlier publications, as follows. 

“Copyright 1950, 1951, 1958 by Dr. Seuss”

At this time, all three of the Redbook Magazines are relatively affordable.

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Caldecott Medal First Edition Identification

My Friend Rabbit; written and illustrated by Eric Rohmann, Roaring Brook Press, 2002.

2003 Caldecott Medal

Children's Picturebook Price Guide Value:  $90 Fine

Essential identifying point

Copyright page:  Line with “First edition”
followed by line with “10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1.”

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Caldecott Medal First Edition Identification

Kitten’s First Full Moon, written and illustrated by Kevin Henkes, Greenwillow 2004.

2005 Caldecott Medal

Children's Picturebook Price Guide Value:  $50 Fine

Essential identifying point

Copyright page:  Number line with “First Edition  10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1.”

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Caldecott Medal First Edition Identification

The Hello, Goodbye Window; written by Norton Juster; illustrated by Chris Raschka; Michael diCapua Books, 2005.

2006 Caldecott Medal

Children's Picturebook Price Guide Value:  $50 Fine

Essential identifying point

Copyright page:  Line with “LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER : 2004113496     DESIGNED BY CHRISTINE KETTNER     FIRST EDITION, 2005.”

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Park City Record's article on the Children's Picturebook Price Guide can be found at the following link:

http://www.parkrecord.com/scene/ci_3906185

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Since the early 1990’s, the collective independent book store population has undergone a significant upheaval, through the advent of the large chains, then followed by the emergence of Amazon and the internet. Still, the financially strong have survived and reached a symbiotic balance between themselves, Amazon, and the Barnes and Nobles of the world. The secondary book market has not faired as well.

The secondary market is composed of three primary avenues, being overrun books (i.e. discounted new books), used books, and antiquarian or collectible books. Whereas the primary market for new books has three established outlets for sales, being chain stores, independent book stores, and the internet store, the secondary market is in turmoil as all three threads compete in the same marketplaces. As a result, at this time, the collectible book market is quite unstable.

There is no firmly established marketplace for overrun books, used books, or collectible books on the internet. Instead, each competes for space in the same market places. The three main markets are the specialized internet listing entities, such as ABE, the auction entities, primarily eBay, and the subsidiary services, such as Half.com and Amazon. In the case of all three, there are significant issues to overcome for the collectible bookseller and book buyer.

The crux of the issue is that the prospective buyer for overrun books, used books, and collectible books is a very different consumer, and yet all three consumer groups are searching in the same markets. Because of this, the three market places are orienting more and more toward the largest consumer class. The collectible market, being the smallest of the three, is being shoved aside as the market places adjust and orient toward the overrun and used book markets.

The collectible comic book market and sports card market do not experience this same issue. There is really no significant used comic book or used sports card market; the collectible markets dominate and eBay is the defacto market maker, providing liquidity for the professional seller and the collector.

Where is this leading? I’m not smart enough to figure it out. It is going to be difficult to establish a ‘collectibles only’ book market. The collectible book industry is too fragmented to speak in ten voices, much less one. Something akin to the eBay model is probably preferential, with its low barrier to entry, transparency, and liquidity, and would need some modifications to properly service the collectible book market (longer auction durations, painless reserves, etc…). The problem is that eBay is dominated by the used and overrun seller and buyer.

Does anybody have any viable solutions?

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First Edition Identification

The Giving Tree, written & illustrated by Shel Silverstein; Harper & Row, 1964

Children's Picturebook Price Guide Value: $780 VG+

The Giving Tree, first published in 1964, is a children's book written and illustrated by Shel Silverstein. The story is a short moral tale about a relationship between a young boy and a tree in a forest. It tells the account of how the tree loves the boy, and helps the boy with his needs throughout his life, from the boy's childhood until his golden years (See GottaBook's Oddaptations for a synopsis). This book has become one of Silverstein's best known titles and has been translated into more than 30 languages.  

Since The Giving Tree was published, it has generated controversy and opposing opinions for its interpreted messages, on whether the tree is selfless or merely self-sacrificing, and whether the boy is selfish or reasonable in his demands of the tree.

Essential identifying point - DJ

Copies of The Giving Tree for sale are often incorrectly identfied as first editions. The true first printing is difficult to find, and does not surface regularly for sale. To set the record straight:

Dust jacket flap:  Price “$2.50”.

Note: The DJ price is essential, since we've come across editions with all first edition points on book and DJ, except price is "$3.95".

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Back DJ flap:

Three reviews of Lafcadio, by NY Times, Kirkus, Publisher’s Weekly.

Back DJ cover:

Full torso picture of Shel Silverstein, with hair, covering top left half of back dj. Early printings have larger photo, again with hair. Later printings have a bald Silverstein photo covering entire back dj cover.

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Essential Identifying Point - Book

Front cover

Same image as front dust jacket.

Back cover:

Green boards, blank.

Copyright page:

Four lines, as follows:

THE GIVING TREE

Copyright 1964 by Shel Silverstein

Printed in the United States of America. All rights reserved.

Library of Congress catalog card number: 64-11840

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In some cases, my research on first edition identification points for Dr. Seuss books differs from that found in the Younger/Hirsch book. Younger/Hirsch describes each book in great detail, and includes images, then concludes the passage on each book with a paragraph “FIRST PRINTING POINTS”, followed by the requisite information for the particular books identification.

The following is a list in which the Younger/Hirsch “FIRST PRINTING POINTS” indicates the book’s price on the DJ flap is a requirement for first edition identification, where my research indicates the price is not essential (the number is the Y/H index item for the book). As an example, for the Sleep Book, from Younger/Hirsch. "FIRST PRINTING POINTS: Correct ads on rear dw as listed above and 295/295 price".

20. Sleep Book (1968):  295/295 - price not necessary

21. Eye Book (1968):  195/195 – price not necessary

23. Foot Book (1968):  195/195 – price not necessary

30. Hop On Pop (1963):  195/195 – price not necessary

41. I Had Trouble In Getting To Solla Sollew (1965):  295/295 - price not necessary

42. I Wish I Had Duck Feet (1965):  195/195 – price not necessary

43. If I Ran The Circus (1956): 2 50/250 – price not necessary

45. In A People House (1972):  $2.50 – price not necessary

51. Marvin K. Mooney Will You Please Go Now (1972):  $2.50 – price not necessary

56. Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You? (1970):  $1.95 – price not necessary

72. Shape Of Me And Other Stuff (1972):  $2.50 – price not necessay

73. The Sneetches (1961):  295/295 - price not necessary

In all of the above books, my research is in agreement with the other identification points for the particular book, as follows.

The dust jackets are unique to the first printing (either back graphic or back flap) on books 20, 21, 23, 30, 41, 42, 56, and 73.

Regarding books 45, 51, and 72, Beginner Books changed their price from $1.95 to $2.50 in 1971/1972. They quit issuing dust jackets in 1973, therefore the books published in 1972 were only issued with the $2.50 price on dust jacket.

[Note: Cliff Erickson of To & Again Books indicates that there is an issue of Marvin K. Mooney with no price on the dust jacket. This issue is not documented in Younger/Hirsch, and is scarcer than the issue with the $2.50 price.] 

The first edition of If I Ran The Circus was the only printing with the pink boards and pink jacket. The second state book has the red colored cover which graces the book being sold in book stores today, and the price was raised to 295/295.

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Caldecott Medal First Edition Identification

The Man Who Walked Between Two Towers, written & illustrated by Mordicai Gerstein; Roaring Brook Press, 2003

2004 Caldecott Medal

Children's Picturebook Price Guide Value:  $70 Fine

Essential identifying point
Copyright page:  Must have two complete number lines, as follows

 ISBN    0-7613-1791-0 (trade edition)
1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2
ISBN    0-7613-2868-8 (library binding)
1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2

Book design by Filomena Tuosto
Printed in the United States of America
First Edition

A Fun Fact

Page 13:  After he was awarded the Caldecott Medal, Petit wrote Gerstein a detailed letter praising the book, with one teeny, tiny, correction, being the size of the cable. In first an early printings the cable was "five-eighths" inch thick; in later printings, “five-eighths” was changed to “seven-eighths” in the following line

"To his end of the stronger line, Philippe tied the cable on which he would walk. It was five-eighths of an inch thick."

 

 

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