First Edition Identification Guide: Beginner Books Now Published! For those with an interest, my First Edition Identification Guide: Beginner Books is available as hardcover POD on Amazon. The retail price is $59.95, Amazon is selling for $48.69. The manufacturing costs are $30 for the 288 page hardcover, containing over 300 photos and images. This is … Read more
First Edition Identification Guide: Caldecott Medals Now Published! For those with an interest, my ‘First Edition Identification Guide: Caldecott Medals’ is available as hardcover POD on Amazon. The retail price is $59.95 – I apologize for the price, however the manufacturing cost is nearly $30 from KDP to color print 252 pages in hardcover format. … Read more
The Cat In The Hat: First & Later Editions Identification The Cat In The Hat, written & illustrated by Theodor Seuss Geisel Random House, 1957 This article is to help Dr. Seuss booksellers and collectors to identify the various printings of The Cat In The Hat from its initial first printing in 1957 through its … Read more
Caldecott Medal First Edition Identification The Man Who Walked Between Two Towers, written & illustrated by Mordicai Gerstein; Roaring Brook Press, 2003 2004 Caldecott Medal Winner Children’s Picturebook Price Guide Value: $70 Fine The Man Who Walked Between Two Towers In 1974 Philippe Petit walked across a high wire between the two World Trade Center … Read more
First Edition Identification Points – Very Hungry Caterpillar The Very Hungry Caterpillar, A Seriously Rare Edition A first edition of Eric Carle’s 1969 The Very Hungry Caterpillar is a very difficult book to find. Prior to 2013, in twenty years of collecting children’s picturebooks, I had never seen a first edition copy for sale. Sadly, … Read more
First Edition Identification Points – A Wrinkle In Time A Wrinkle In Time – 1963 Newbery Medal Winner A Wrinkle In Time; L’Engle, Madeleine; New York: Ariel Books/Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, 1962. 8vo, 211pg. A Wrinkle In Time, Madeline L’Engle’s timeless classic, is one of the most beloved contemporary children’s books. Although it won the … Read more
[This is the third of three posts helping with the first edition identification of the first 55 Beginner Books, starting with the 1957 publication of The Cat In the Hat through the books published in 1970. Each of these books was originally issued with a dust jacket.] Identifying First Edition Beginner Books From the table … Read more
[This is the second of three posts helping with the first edition identification of the first 55 Beginner Books, starting with the 1957 publication of The Cat In the Hat through the books published in 1970. Each of these books was originally issued with a dust jacket.] Identifying First Edition Beginner Books With Correct Dust … Read more
[This is the first of three posts helping with the first edition identification of the first 55 Beginner Books, starting with the 1957 publication of The Cat In the Hat through the books published in 1970. Each of these books was originally issued with a dust jacket.] Identifying First Edition Beginner Books Within the hobby, … Read more
Franchise Books There are a number of children’s books initially published with modest expectations, which then blossomed into franchisable pop culture phenomena causing million dollar windfalls for their authors and publishers. The Little Engine That Could, Madeline, Cat In The Hat, come quickly to mind. In most instances the first edition book for each franchise … Read more