{"id":1261,"date":"2025-11-03T19:38:05","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T19:38:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/blog\/?p=1261"},"modified":"2025-12-26T13:00:31","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T13:00:31","slug":"b-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/blog\/2025\/b-10\/","title":{"rendered":"First Edition Identification: B-10 Stop That Ball!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><head>\n<link type=\"text\/css\" rel=\"stylesheet\" media=\"screen and (min-width: 780px)\" href=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/css\/1stedition+780.css\">\n<link type=\"text\/css\" rel=\"stylesheet\" media=\"screen and (max-width: 780px)\" href=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/css\/1stedition-780.css\">\n<\/head><\/p>\n<div class=\"wordscontent\">\n<h2>First Edition Identification<\/h2>\n<h2>Dr. Seuss Beginner Books B-10<\/h2>\n<h2> 1959 Stop That Ball!<\/h2>\n<h3> 1959 B-10 Stop That Ball!<\/h3>\n<p>Mike McClintock. Fritz Siebel (Illustrator). <b><i>Stop That Ball!<\/i><\/b>. New York. Beginner Books:  1959. <\/p>\n<p><b> Pages#:  <\/b>64 pages. <\/p>\n<p><b> Book Description:  <\/b>Color illustrated boards wrapped in matching dust jacket. The 10th book in the groundbreaking Beginner Book series, written specifically to help children learn to read while simultaneously engaging and entertaining them. The story tells of boy chasing his big red ball through it&#8217;s incredible journey. Told using only 198 different words.<\/p>\n<p><b> Pagination:  <\/b>Front fixed and free endpapers illustrated in color; dedication on verso of front free endpaper;  [i] title and copyright; [ii] blank; 3-65 story; [65] last page of story is on the recto of back free endpaper; back free and fixed endpaper illustrated in color. <\/p>\n<h3> Collectibility Context  <\/h3>\n<p>The first edition book in its original first edition DJ is a Very Collectible: Early book in ground breaking Beginner Books series, which changed the way children learned to read in America. Embraced by the public for 65 years with hundreds of thousands of copies sold. The author and illustrator are highly successful in the children&#8217;s book market with decades of success between them. Little pop culture appeal.<\/p>\n<p>The Collectibility of a first edition American picturebook is comprised of specific factors, as explained in detail at <a href=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/?pg=\/factors\/index.\">Factors Affecting Collectibility<\/a>.<\/p>\n<table border=\"1\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"color: white; background-color: black; font-size: 2.5vmin; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Scarcity<\/th>\n<th style=\"color: white; background-color: black; font-size: 2.5vmin; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Collect ibility<\/th>\n<th style=\"color: white; background-color: black; font-size: 2.5vmin; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Illust.<\/th>\n<th style=\"color: white; background-color: black; font-size: 2.5vmin; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;\">1st Early Late<\/th>\n<th style=\"color: white; background-color: black; font-size: 2.5vmin; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Author<\/th>\n<th style=\"color: white; background-color: black; font-size: 2.5vmin; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Awards<\/th>\n<th style=\"color: white; background-color: black; font-size: 2.5vmin; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Pop Culture<\/th>\n<th style=\"color: white; background-color: black; font-size: 2.5vmin; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Copies Sold<\/th>\n<th style=\"color: white; background-color: black; font-size: 2.5vmin; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Fran chise<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"font-weight: bold; text-align: center; font-size: 2.5vmin; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">10<\/td>\n<td style=\"font-weight: bold; text-align: center; font-size: 2.5vmin; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">7<\/td>\n<td style=\"font-weight: bold; text-align: center; font-size: 2.5vmin; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">6<\/td>\n<td style=\"font-weight: bold; text-align: center; font-size: 2.5vmin; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">5<\/td>\n<td style=\"font-weight: bold; text-align: center; font-size: 2.5vmin; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">6<\/td>\n<td style=\"font-weight: bold; text-align: center; font-size: 2.5vmin; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">2<\/td>\n<td style=\"font-weight: bold; text-align: center; font-size: 2.5vmin; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">2<\/td>\n<td style=\"font-weight: bold; text-align: center; font-size: 2.5vmin; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">9<\/td>\n<td style=\"font-weight: bold; text-align: center; font-size: 2.5vmin; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3> Scarcity Context  <\/h3>\n<p>The first edition book in its original first edition DJ is Rare to Very Scarce: There were no first editions found in the March 2024 survey. The first edition, with &#8216;First Printing&#8217; on the copyright page, is truly rare. One of the most difficult first edition picturebooks to acquire. The second printing is scarce-to-uncommon.<\/p>\n<h3>First Edition Book &#038; Dust Jacket Descriptions<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-10-BF.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-10-BF.jpg\" style=\"float: right; width: 20%; height: auto; margin: 10px\"><\/a><b> Book Front:  <\/b>Bound in glossy paper covered boards with color illustration. &#8220;STOP THAT BALL! \/  By Mike McClintock \/ Illustrated by \/ Fritz Siebel&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Note: Click on any of the book&#8217;s images to see at larger scale.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both\"><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-10-BB.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-10-BB.jpg\" style=\"float: right; width: 20%; height: auto; margin: 10px\"><\/a><b> Book Back:  <\/b>Bound in glossy green paper covered boards. Blank with no illustration or text.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both\"><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><b> Book Spine:  <\/b>&#8220;STOP THAT BALL      McClintock      BEGINNER BOOKS, INC.     B-10 [black horizontal text]&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-10-TP.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-10-TP.jpg\" style=\"float: right; width: 20%; height: auto; margin: 10px\"><\/a><b> Title Page:  <\/b>&#8220;STOP \/ THAT \/ BALL! \/ by MIKE MCCLINTOCKk \/ ILLUSTRATED BY FRITZ SIEBEL \/ Beginner Books, Inc. \/ DISTRIBUTED BY RANDOM HOUSE \/ [four-line copyright statement]&#8221;<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both\"><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><b> Copyright:  <\/b>&#8220;First Printing (c) Copyright 1959 by Mike McClintock. All rights reserved \/ under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. Published \/ in New York by Beginner Books, Inc., and simultaneously in Toronto, \/ Canada, by Random House of Canada, Limited. Manufactured in the United \/ States of America. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 59-9741. &#8220;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-10-CP.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-10-CP.jpg\" class=\"middle\"; style= \"width: 40%\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-10-DF.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-10-DF.jpg\" style=\"float: right; width: 20%; height: auto; margin: 10px\"><\/a><b> DJ Front:  <\/b>Color illustration matching book cover. With added Beginner Books logo. &#8220;STOP THAT BALL! \/  By Mike McClintock \/ Illustrated by \/ Fritz Siebel \/ [Beginner Books logo bottom left]&#8221;<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both\"><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-10-DB.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-10-DB.jpg\" style=\"float: right; width: 20%; height: auto; margin: 10px\"><\/a><b> DJ Back:  <\/b>Beginner Books DJ Back &#8216;D&#8217;: 1959 12 Titles<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What they say about \/ BEGINNER BOOKS \/ THE EDUCATORS: \/ &#8220;I was delighted with the Beginner Books &#8230; [&#8230; paragraph] \/ [Beginner Book logo] \/ THE PRESS: \/ &#8220;A real bonanza for the 1st &#8230; [&#8230; paragraph] \/ THE PARENTS: \/ &#8220;BEGINNER BOOKS are in my humble opinion, &#8230; [&#8230; paragraph] \/  \/ THE CHILDREN: &#8220;I love the BEGINNER BOOKS because I \/ can READ them!&#8221; &#8212; Kathy Winters (age 7) \/ ALREADY PUBLISHED \/ [First 12 BB titles listed in two columns of six] \/ 64 pages \u2022 color illustrations throughout \u2022 Each, $1.95 \/ Beginner Books, Inc. \/ DISTRIBUTED BY RANDOM HOUSE, 457 MADISON AVE. NEW YORK, 22 N.Y.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both\"><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><b> DJ Spine:  <\/b>&#8220;STOP THAT BALL      McClintock      BEGINNER BOOKS, INC.     B-10 [black horizontal text]&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b> DJ Price:  <\/b>$1.95 (on back cover)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-10-FF.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-10-FF.jpg\" style=\"float: right; width: 12%; height: auto; margin: 10px\"><\/a><b> DJ Flap Front:  <\/b>&#8220;[Beginner Books Logo] \/ STOP THAT BALL! \/ by MIKE MCCLINTOCK \/ The author of last year&#8217;s highly &#8230; [&#8230; paragraph] \/ From the opening sentences &#8212; &#8230; [&#8230;paragraph] \/ [seven lines] \/ the reader is led on a merry chase, &#8230; [&#8230; paragraph] \/ A gay story with lively pictures, &#8230; [&#8230;paragraph]&#8221;<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both\"><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-10-FB.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-10-FB.jpg\" style=\"float: right; width: 12%; height: auto; margin: 10px\"><\/a><b> DJ Flap Back:  <\/b>&#8220;[Two paragraph Mike McClintock biography] \/ [One paragraph Fritz Siebel biography]&#8221;<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both\"><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<h3> First Edition Identification  <\/h3>\n<p>First edition book states &#8216;First Printing&#8217; on the copyright page and has &#8216;B-10&#8217; on the spine.<\/p>\n<p>First edition dust jacket is Beginner Books 1959 DJ &#8216;D&#8217; with 12  titles listed<FN See 'DJ Back' and photo sections, this chapter.> and with &#8216;B-10&#8217; on the DJ spine.<\/p>\n<h3> Second Printings and Later  <\/h3>\n<p>Second printing book omits &#8216;First Printing&#8217; statement.<\/p>\n<p>Stop That Ball! Second Printing Copyright \\ <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-10b-CP.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-10b-CP.jpg\" class=\"middle\"; style= \"width: 40%\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Second printing DJ is identical to the first printing DJ (1959 DJ &#8216;D&#8217;). See <a href=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/?pg=\/beginnerbooks\/beginnerbooksbacks\" alt=\"First Edition Identification Dr. Seuss Beginner Books\">Beginner Books Dust Jacket Backs<\/a> from Chapter 52 of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0977939421\/\" alt=\"First Edition Identification Dr. Seuss Beginner Books\"><i>First Edition Identification Guide: Beginner Books<\/i><\/a>. <\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both\"> <\/div>\n<hr noshade='noshade' size='5' width='50%' \/>\n<p><p>See <a href=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/?pg=\/beginnerbooks\/beginnerbooksfronts\" alt=\"First Edition Identification Dr. Seuss Beginner Books\">First Fifty Beginner Books<\/a> for first edition identification of the first 50 Beginner Books.<\/p>\n<p>See <a href=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/?pg=\/beginnerbooks\/beginnerbooksbacks\" alt=\"First Edition Identification Dr. Seuss Beginner Books\">Beginner Books Dust Jacket Backs<\/a>  to see the chronological sequence of the Beginner Books dust jackets.<\/p>\n<p>All of this information is sourced from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0977939421\/\" alt=\"First Edition Identification Dr. Seuss Beginner Books\"><i>First Edition Identification Guide: Beginner Books<\/i><\/a> (2024, Flying Moose Books), by Stan Zielinski.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First Edition Identification Dr. Seuss Beginner Books B-10 1959 Stop That Ball! 1959 B-10 Stop That Ball! 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