First Edition Beginner Books
Beginner Books First Edition Identification
Dust Jacket Publishing Sequence
1961 Beginner Books Dust Jacket Back 'G'
Beginner Book Dust Jacket Back 'G', which can be found on the first editions of two Beginner Books published in 1961:
Both of these first editions are scarce in their first edition dust jackets, and considerably more difficult to find than the first edition '200/200' The Cat In The Hat.
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1961 Beginner Books Dust Jacket Back 'G'
First Edition B-19 & B-20
Beginner Book Dust Jacket Back 'G' lists all twenty books that were being published in 1961 for the Beginner Book franchise. It can be found on the first editions of the B-19 and B-20, but also on the earlier Beginner Books in the franchise.
There are fifteen books in the 'Books for Beginners' and five books in the 'For Beginning Beginners'.
The publisher is now 'Beginner Books', 'A DIVISION OF RANDOM HOUSE', following the acquistion of Beginner Books by Random House.
See Beginner Books Dust Jacket Backs to see the publishing sequence of dust jackets from 1957-to-1967. This is the primary resource to identify the year of publication if you own a later edition Beginner Book.
See Beginner Book Covers 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.
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