{"id":1276,"date":"2025-11-08T20:35:40","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T20:35:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/blog\/?p=1276"},"modified":"2025-12-26T13:00:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T13:00:13","slug":"b-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/blog\/2025\/b-14\/","title":{"rendered":"First Edition Identification: B-14 The King&#8217;s Wish"},"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-14<\/h2>\n<h2> 1960 The King&#8217;s Wish and Other Stories<\/h2>\n<h3> 1960 B-14 The King&#8217;s Wish and Other Stories<\/h3>\n<p>Benjamin Elkin. Leonard Shortall (Illustrator). <b><i>The King&#8217;s Wish and Other Stories<\/i><\/b>. New York. Beginner Books:  1960. <\/p>\n<p><b> Pages#:  <\/b>64 pages. <\/p>\n<p><b> Book Description:  <\/b>Color illustrated boards wrapped in matching dust jacket. The 14th book in the groundbreaking Beginner Book series, written specifically to help children learn to read while simultaneously engaging and entertaining them. The book contains three stories about the King of Tam. Told using only 200 different words.<\/p>\n<p><b> Pagination:  <\/b>Front fixed and free endpapers illustrated in color; [i] title and copyright;  2-63 story; [64] blank; 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 64 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;\">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;\">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;\">7<\/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 was only 1 first edition found in the March 2024 survey offered at $95. This first edition is not scarce, just that the market price is too low for copies to surface. <\/p>\n<h3>First Edition Book &#038; Dust Jacket Descriptions<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-14-BF.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-14-BF.jpg\" style=\"float: right; width: 20%; height: auto; margin: 10px\"><\/a><b> Book Front:  <\/b>Bound in blue paper covered boards with color illustration. &#8220;The \/ King&#8217;s Wish \/ AND OTHER STORIES \/ by BENJAMIN ELKIN \/ ILLUSTRATED BY \/ LEONARD SHORTALL&#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-14-BB.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-14-BB.jpg\" style=\"float: right; width: 20%; height: auto; margin: 10px\"><\/a><b> Book Back:  <\/b>Bound in blue 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;[BB logo] BEGINNER BOOKS [black horizontal text] The King&#8217;s Wish    ELKIN         B-14 [white horizontal text]&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-14-TP.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-14-TP.jpg\" style=\"float: right; width: 20%; height: auto; margin: 10px\"><\/a><b> Title Page:  <\/b>&#8220;The \/ King&#8217;s Wish \/ AND OTHER STORIES \/  By BENJAMIN ELKIN \/ Illustrated by LEONARD SHORTALL \/ [illustration] \/ Beginner Books, Inc. \/ DISTRIBUTED BY RANDOM HOUSE \/ [three-line copyright statement]&#8221;<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both\"><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><b> Copyright:  <\/b>&#8220;First Printing. (c) Copyright 1960 by Benjamin Elkin. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conven- \/ tions. 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: 60-13491. Manufactured in the United States of America.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-14-CP.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-14-CP.jpg\" class=\"middle\"; style= \"width: 40%\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-14-DF.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-14-DF.jpg\" style=\"float: right; width: 20%; height: auto; margin: 10px\"><\/a><b> DJ Front:  <\/b>Color illustration matching Book Front. With added Beginner Books logo. &#8220;The \/ [Beginner Book logo top right] \/ King&#8217;s Wish \/ AND OTHER STORIES \/ by BENJAMIN ELKIN \/ ILLUSTRATED BY \/ LEONARD SHORTALL&#8221;<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both\"><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-14-DB.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-14-DB.jpg\" style=\"float: right; width: 20%; height: auto; margin: 10px\"><\/a><b> DJ Back:  <\/b>Beginner Books DJ Back &#8216;F&#8217;: 1960 18 Titles<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;[Cat In The Hat illustration top left] \/ I can read them \/ all by myself! \/ ELEMENTARY EDUCATORS from all over the country &#8230; [&#8230; paragraph] \/ REMEDIAL READING SPECIALISTS have acclaimed&#8230; [&#8230; paragraph] \/ Books for Beginners (Average Reading Vocabulary &#8211; 210 words) \/ [list of 15 BB titles starting with THE CAT IN THE HAT to THE KINGS WISH &#038; OTHER STORIES] \/ for BEGINNING Beginners \/ 50 word vocabulary          100 word vocabulary          100 word vocabulary \/ GREEN EGGS AND HAM        PUT ME IN THE ZOO        ARE YOU MY MOTHER? \/ DR. SEUSS          ROBERT LOPSHIRE          P. D. EASTMAN \/ 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;[BB logo] BEGINNER BOOKS [black horizontal text] The King&#8217;s Wish    ELKIN         B-14 [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-14-FF.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-14-FF.jpg\" style=\"float: right; width: 12%; height: auto; margin: 10px\"><\/a><b> DJ Flap Front:  <\/b>&#8220;195\/195 [top right] \/ [Illustration] \/ The \/ King&#8217;s Wish \/ AND OTHER STORIES \/ By BENJAMIN ELKIN \/ Kings, palaces, bows and arrows &#8230;! \/ Three colorful fast-moving stories &#8230; [&#8230; paragraph] \/ Dr. Elkin (who is an educator as &#8230; [&#8230;paragraph] \/ And he tells them using only 200 &#8230; [&#8230;paragraph] \/A picture on every page helps ex-&#8230; [&#8230;paragraph] \/the exciting illustrations by Leon-&#8230; [&#8230;paragraph] \/ [following five-lines inside yellow box] ALSO BY BENJAMIN ELKIN IN \/ BEGINNER BOOK EDITION\/ THE BIG JUMP \/ &#8220;Recommmended for all elementory and \/ public libraries.&#8221; \/ &#8212; Library Journal&#8221;<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both\"><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-14-FB.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-14-FB.jpg\" style=\"float: right; width: 12%; height: auto; margin: 10px\"><\/a><b> DJ Flap Back:  <\/b>&#8220;[Photograph of Benjamin Elkin] \/ [Three paragraph Benjamin Elkin biography] \/ [Caricature of Leaonard Shortall] \/ [Two paragraph Leonard Shortall 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; and &#8220;Distributed by Random House&#8221; on the title\/copyright page, and has &#8216;B-14&#8217; on the spine.<\/p>\n<p>First edition dust jacket is Beginner Books 1960 DJ &#8216;F&#8217; with 18  titles listed and &#8220;Distributed by Random House&#8217; with &#8216;B-14&#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 first printing, &#8216;First Printing&#8217; and &#8220;Distributed by Random House&#8221; on the title\/copyright page, and has &#8216;B-14&#8217; on the spine.<\/p>\n<p>Second 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<p>Third printing book omits &#8216;First Printing&#8217; and &#8220;DISTRIBUTED BY RANDOM HOUSE&#8221; from the title\/copyright page.<\/p>\n<p>BB-14 The King&#8217;s Wish Third Printing \\ <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-14b-CP.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-14b-CP.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;.<\/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-14 1960 The King&#8217;s Wish and Other Stories 1960 B-14 The King&#8217;s Wish and Other Stories Benjamin Elkin. 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