First Edition Come Over To My House

First Edition Identification

1966 B-44 Come Over To My House

Theo LeSieg. Richard Erdoes (Illustrator). Come Over To My House. New York. Beginner Books: 1966.

Pages#: 64 pages.

Book Description: Color illustrated boards wrapped in matching dust jacket. An early Beginner Books, where Theo LeSieg (a.k.a Dr. Seuss, a.k.a Theodor Seuss Geisel, where 'LeSieg' is his last name spelled backwards) takes the reader to various living styles around the world. Told with a simple rhyming scheme.

Pagination: Front fixed and free endpapers illustrated in color; [i] title; [ii] copyright; [iii] half-title; [iv] blank; 3-63 story; last page of story is on the recto of back free endpaper; back free and fixed endpaper illustrated in color.

Collectibility Context

The first edition book in its original first edition DJ is a Highly Collectible: Early book in ground breaking Beginner Books series, which changed the way children learned to read in America. Embraced by the public for 58 years with hundreds of thousands of copies sold. Theodor Seuss Giesel is the most successful children's book author/illustrator of all-time and has a strong collector interest. Written by Dr. Seuss under an alias, therefore some pop culture appeal.

The Collectibility of a first edition American picturebook is comprised of specific factors, as explained in detail at Factors Affecting Collectibility.

Scarcity Context

The first edition book in its original first edition DJ is Scarce to Uncommon: There were 7 first editions found in the March 2024 survey, with an average price of $392, ranging from $521 to $75.

First Edition Book & Dust Jacket Descriptions

Book Front: Bound in glossy paper covered boards with color illustration. "Come / [Beginner Books logo top right} / over / to / MY HOUSE / By Theo LeSieg / Illustrated by Richard Erdoes"

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Book Back: Bound in glossy light blue paper covered boards. Blank with no illustration or text.

Book Spine: "[BB logo] BEGINNER BOOKS [black horizontal text] COME over to MY HOUSE LeSieg B-44 [black horizontal text]"

Title Page: "COME Over To / MY HOUSE / [illustration] / By Theo LeSieg / Illustrated by Richard Erdoes / BEGINNER BOOKS A Division of Random House, Inc."

Copyright: "(c) Copyright 1966 by Random House. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. Pub- / lished in New York by Beginner Books, a division of Random House, Inc., and simultaneously in Toronto, Canada, by Random / House of Canada, Limited. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 66-10686. Manufactured in the United States of America."

DJ Front: Color illustration matching Book Front. "Come / [Beginner Books logo top right} / over / to / MY HOUSE / By Theo LeSieg / Illustrated by Richard Erdoes"

DJ Back: Beginner Books DJ Back 'O': 1966 No BB Titles

"[The Cat In The Hat Beginner Book Dictionary (1964) front cover] / Here is where / BEGINNING/ READERS / really begin / to read! / [four-lines starting with 'This amazing Dictionary by the Cat in the Hat' / Now available for Beginners / in / ['CITH BB Dictionary FRENCH' cover] / FRENCH / ['CITH BB Dictionary SPANISH' cover] / and / SPANISH / too"

DJ Spine: "[BB logo] BEGINNER BOOKS [black horizontal text] COME over to MY HOUSE LeSieg B-44 [black horizontal text]"

DJ Price: 195/195

DJ Flap Front: "195/195 [top right] / COME / over / to / MY / HOUSE / Laughs? ... Sure / You'll find laughs in this book. / But you'll also find warmth, tender- / ness and excitement / Your child will be invited into houses ... [... paragraph] / And perhaps he'll begin to realize ... [...paragraph] / This book is written in simple sen- ... [... paragraph] / This book comes from / the home of / THE CAT IN THE HAT / Beginner Books / A DIVISION OF RANDOM HOUSE, INC."

DJ Flap Back: "THEO LeSieg needs no introduction. / He is well known as the writer of two / immensely popular Beginner Books ... / Ten Apples up on Top / and / I Wish that I had Duck Feet / [Two paragraph Richard Erdoes bio] / [Photo of Erdoes] / [Three paragraph Richard Erdoes bio]"

First Edition Identification

First edition book states "Published in New York by Beginner Books, a division of Random House" on the copyright page and has 'B-44' on the spine.

First edition dust jacket is Beginner Books 1966 DJ 'O' with an advertisement for The Cat In The Hat Beginner Book Dictionary (1964) along with the French (1965) and Spanish (1966) versions. No Beginner Book titles are listed.

Second Printings and Later

Second printing book is identical to first printing.

Second printing DJ is Beginner Books 1966 DJ 'P' with 37 titles listed.

See Beginner Book Fronts for first edition identification of the first 50 Beginner Books.

This information is from the First Edition Identification Guide: Beginner Books (2024, Flying Moose Books), by Stan Zielinski.

© Stan Zielinski
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