{"id":1265,"date":"2025-11-04T13:53:19","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T13:53:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/blog\/?p=1265"},"modified":"2025-12-26T13:00:24","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T13:00:24","slug":"b-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/blog\/2025\/b-11\/","title":{"rendered":"First Edition Identification: B-11 Bennett Cerf&#8217;s Book Of Laughs"},"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-11<\/h2>\n<h2> 1959 Bennett Cerf&#8217;s Book of Laughs<\/h2>\n<h3> 1959 B-11 Bennett Cerf&#8217;s Book of Laughs<\/h3>\n<p>Bennett Cerf. Carl Rose (Illustrator). <b><i>Bennett Cerf&#8217;s Book of Laughs<\/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 11th book in the groundbreaking Beginner Book series, written specifically to help children learn to read while simultaneously engaging and entertaining them. The book follows the boy Marvin through a series of laughable experiences penned by humorist Bennett Cerf (President of Random House). Told using only 232 different words.<\/p>\n<p><b> Pagination:  <\/b>Front fixed and free endpapers illustrated in color; [i] title; [ii] copyright; 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. Bennett Cerf was a humorist who appeared on the TV show &#8216;What&#8217;s My Line?&#8217; for 17 years, and was the President of Random House. Carl Rose was a successful cartoonist for decades. 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;\">6<\/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;\">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;\">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;\">8<\/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 Uncommon: There were 5 first editions found in the March 2024 survey, with an average price of $46, ranging from $55 to $25.<\/p>\n<h3>First Edition Book &#038; Dust Jacket Descriptions<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-11-BF.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-11-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;BENNETT CERF&#8217;S [in black outlined box] \/ BOOK OF \/ LAUGHS \/ [Beginner Books logo] \/DRAWINGS BY \/ CARL ROSE&#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-11-BB.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-11-BB.jpg\" style=\"float: right; width: 20%; height: auto; margin: 10px\"><\/a><b> Book Back:  <\/b>Bound in glossy yellow 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;BOOK OF LAUGHS     BENNETT CERF  *   CARL ROSE     BEGINNER BOOKS, INC     B-11 [white horizontal text]&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-11-TP.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-11-TP.jpg\" style=\"float: right; width: 20%; height: auto; margin: 10px\"><\/a><b> Title Page:  <\/b>&#8220;Bennett Cerf&#8217;s \/ Book of \/ LAUGHS \/ Illustrated by \/ CARL ROSE \/ [color illustration] \/ Beginner Books, Inc. \/ DISTRIBUTED BY RANDOM HOUSE&#8221;<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both\"><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><b> Copyright:  <\/b>&#8220;(c) Copyright 1959 by Bennett Cerf and Carl Rose. 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. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 59-13387. Manufactured in the United States of America.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-11-CP.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-11-CP.jpg\" class=\"middle\"; style= \"width: 40%\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-11-DF.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-11-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;BENNETT CERF&#8217;S [in black outlined box] \/ BOOK OF \/ LAUGHS \/ [Beginner Books logo middle right] \/ DRAWINGS BY \/ CARL ROSE&#8221;<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both\"><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-11-DB.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-11-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;BOOK OF LAUGHS     BENNETT CERF  *   CARL ROSE     BEGINNER BOOKS, INC     B-11 [white horizontal text]&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b> DJ Price:  <\/b>195\/195<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-11-FF.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-11-FF.jpg\" style=\"float: right; width: 12%; height: auto; margin: 10px\"><\/a><b> DJ Flap Front:  <\/b>&#8220;195\/195 [top right] \/ [Beginner Books Logo] \/ BENNETT CERF&#8217;S \/ BOOK OF LAUGHS \/ Bennett Cerf, whose collections &#8230; [&#8230; paragraph] \/ Mr. Cerf&#8217;s most severe critics &#8230; [&#8230;paragraph] \/ Reducing Mr. Cerf&#8217;s stories to &#8230; [&#8230; paragraph]&#8221;<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both\"><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-11-FB.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-11-FB.jpg\" style=\"float: right; width: 12%; height: auto; margin: 10px\"><\/a><b> DJ Flap Back:  <\/b>&#8220;[Bennett Cerf photograph] \/ [One paragraph Bennett Cerf biography] \/ [One paragraph Carl Rose biography]&#8221;<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both\"><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<h3> First Edition Identification  <\/h3>\n<p>First edition book with copyright stating &#8220;Published in New York by Beginner Books, Inc.&#8221; and with a white &#8216;B-11&#8217; on the spine.<\/p>\n<p>First edition dust jacket is Beginner Books 1959 DJ &#8216;D&#8217; with 12  titles listed and with &#8216;B-11&#8217; on the DJ spine. 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<h3> Second Printings and Later  <\/h3>\n<p>Second printing book is identical to the first printing.<\/p>\n<p>Second printing dust jacket is 1960 DJ &#8216;F&#8217; with 18 titles listed. 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<p>Third printing book states &#8216;A DIVISION OF RANDOM HOUSE, INC.&#8217; on the title page.<\/p>\n<p>BB-11 Book Of Laughs Third Printing \\ <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-11b-TP.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-11b-TP.jpg\" class=\"middle\"; style= \"width: 40%\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Third printing dust jacket is 1960 &#8216;F&#8217; version &#8216;c&#8217; with &#8220;DIVISION OF RANDOM HOUSE&#8221;. 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-11 1959 Bennett Cerf&#8217;s Book of Laughs 1959 B-11 Bennett Cerf&#8217;s Book of Laughs Bennett Cerf. 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