First Edition Identification Dr. Seuss Beginner Books B-44 1966 Come Over To My House 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 … Read more
First Edition Identification Dr. Seuss Beginner Books B-40 1965 I Wish That I Had Duck Feet 1965 B-40 I Wish That I Had Duck Feet Theo LeSieg. B. Tobey (Illustrator). I Wish That I Had Duck Feet. New York. Beginner Books: 1965. Pages#: 64 pages. Book Description: Color illustrated boards wrapped in matching dust jacket. … Read more
First Edition Identification Dr. Seuss Beginner Books B-39 1965 The King, The Mice, and The Cheese 1965 B-39 The King, The Mice, and The Cheese Nancy Gurney. Eric Gurney (Illustrator). The King, The Mice, and The Cheese. New York. Beginner Books: 1965. Pages#: 64 pages. Book Description: Color illustrated boards wrapped in matching dust jacket. … Read more
First Edition Identification Dr. Seuss Beginner Books B-37 1964 How To Make Flibbers 1964 B-37 How To Make Flibbers Robert Lopshire. How To Make Flibbers. New York. Beginner Books: 1964. Pages#: 64 pages. Book Description: Color illustrated boards wrapped in matching dust jacket. An early book in the groundbreaking Beginner Book series, written specifically to … Read more
First Edition Identification Dr. Seuss Beginner Books B-36 1964 The Bike Lesson 1964 B-36 The Bike Lesson Stan & Jan Berenstain. The Bike Lesson. New York. Beginner Books: 1964. Pages#: 64 pages. Book Description: Color illustrated boards wrapped in matching dust jacket. The second book in the Berenstain Bears franchise one of the most successful … Read more
First Edition Identification Dr. Seuss Beginner Books B-35 1964 Why I Built The Boogle House 1964 B-35 Why I Built The Boogle House Helen Palmer. Lynn Fayman (photos) (Illustrator). Why I Built The Boogle House. New York. Beginner Books: 1964. Pages#: 64 pages. Book Description: Color illustrated boards wrapped in matching dust jacket. An early … Read more
First Edition Identification Dr. Seuss Beginner Books B-23 1961 A Fish Out Of Water 1961 B-23 A Fish Out Of Water Helen Palmer. P.D. Eastman (Illustrator). A Fish Out Of Water. New York. Beginner Books: 1961. Pages#: 64 pages. Book Description: Color illustrated boards wrapped in matching dust jacket. An early book in the groundbreaking … Read more
Every year at it’s mid-Winter Conference the American Library Association presents the Caldecott Award “to the artist of the most distinguished American picturebook for children.” In addition to the Medal award, several Caldecott Honor awards are presented to the runner-ups in the category. The awards were announced this past Monday, Jan. 11, 2016. The day … Read more
Unobtanium Revisited Last year I wrote a series of articles on the Top 100 Collectible American Picturebooks. In the course of writing the articles I queried the various online bookselling sites to see how many first editions of each book were on the market thereby providing fresh market price and scarcity data. Surprisingly thirty-two … Read more
The Precarious Balance: Scarcity and Demand for First Edition Picturebooks As most experienced book collectors and booksellers know, the scarcity of a book has a major impact on its value in the market. Scarcity in and of itself does not drive value, but instead value results from a combination of scarcity and demand. For books, … Read more