{"id":1311,"date":"2025-11-24T12:40:42","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T12:40:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/blog\/?p=1311"},"modified":"2025-12-26T12:59:37","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T12:59:37","slug":"b-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/blog\/2025\/b-21\/","title":{"rendered":"First Edition Identification: B-21 Little Black, A Pony"},"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-21<\/h2>\n<h2> 1961 Little Black, A Pony<\/h2>\n<h3> 1961 B-21 Little Black, A Pony<\/h3>\n<p>Walter Farley. James Schucker (Illustrator). <b><i>Little Black, A Pony<\/i><\/b>. New York. Beginner Books:  1961. <\/p>\n<p><b> Pages#:  <\/b>64 pages. <\/p>\n<p><b> Book Description:  <\/b>Color illustrated boards wrapped in matching dust jacket. An early book in the groundbreaking Beginner Book series, written specifically to help children learn to read while simultaneously engaging and entertaining them. The story, by Black Stallion author Walter Farley, tells the story of a young boy who migrates from his pony, Little Black, to the horse Big Red, only to have Little Black save the day in the end.  Told using only 173 different words.<\/p>\n<p><b> Pagination:  <\/b>Front fixed and free endpapers illustrated in color; [i] title; [ii] copyright;  3-63 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 63 years with hundreds of thousands of copies sold. Farley wrote The Black Stallion and a number of others children&#39;s books mostly centered around horses. Shucker was a successful magazine illustrator for decades. Some 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;\">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;\">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 were 2 first editions found in the March 2024 survey, with an average price of $49, ranging from $50 to $48. 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-21-BF.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-21-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;Little \/ Black, \/ A Pony \/ By Walter Farley \/ Author of THE BLACK STALLION&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Note: Click on any of the book&#39;s images to see at larger scale.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-21-BB.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-21-BB.jpg\" style=\"float: right; width: 20%; height: auto; margin: 10px\"><\/a><b> Book Back:  <\/b>Bound in glossy orange paper covered boards. Blank with no illustration or text.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both\"><\/div>\n<p><b> Book Spine:  <\/b>&#8220;[BB logo] BEGINNER BOOKS [black horizontal text] LITTLE BLACK, A PONY      Farley          B-21 [black horizontal text]&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-21-TP.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-21-TP.jpg\" style=\"float: right; width: 20%; height: auto; margin: 10px\"><\/a><b> Title Page:  <\/b>&#8220;Little Black, \/ A Pony \/  By Robert Farley \/ Illustrated by James Schucker \/ BEGINNER BOOKS, INC. \/ A DIVISION OF RANDOM HOUSE&#8221;<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both\"><\/div>\n<p><b> Copyright:  <\/b>&#8220;(c) Copyright 1961 by Walter Farley. 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: 61-7789. Manufactured in the United States of America.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-21-CP.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-21-CP.jpg\" class=\"middle\"; style= \"width: 40%\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-21-DF.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-21-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;Little \/ [Beginner Book logo top right] \/ Black, \/ A Pony \/ By Walter Farley \/ Author of THE BLACK STALLION&#8221;<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-21-DB.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-21-DB.jpg\" style=\"float: right; width: 20%; height: auto; margin: 10px\"><\/a><b> DJ Back:  <\/b>Beginner Books DJ Back &#39;H&#39;: 1961 24 Titles<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;[Large Beginner Books logo] \/ A CHILD LEARNS TO READ&#8230; [&#8230; paragraph] \/ Books for \/ Beginners \/ Average Reading Vocabulary &#8212; \/ 204 words \/ [list of 19 BB titles starting with &#39;THE CAT IN THE HAT&#39; to &#39;LITTLE BLACK A PONY&#39;] \/ for BEGINNING Beginners \/ [list of 5 BB titles starting with &#39;GREEN EGGS AND HAM&#39; to &#39;ARE YOU MY MOTHER?&#39; \/ BEGINNER BOOKS \u2022 A DIVISION OF RANDOM HOUSE, INC. \/ 457 Madison Ave, New York 22, N.Y.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both\"><\/div>\n<p><b> DJ Spine:  <\/b>&#8220;[BB logo] BEGINNER BOOKS [black horizontal text] LITTLE BLACK, A PONY      Farley          B-21 [black horizontal text]&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b> DJ Price:  <\/b>195\/195<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-21-FF.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-21-FF.jpg\" style=\"float: right; width: 12%; height: auto; margin: 10px\"><\/a><b> DJ Flap Front:  <\/b>&#8220;195\/195 \/ [Illustration] \/ Little Black, \/ A Pony \/ by Walter Farley \/ The famous Walter Farley (whose &#8230; [&#8230; paragraph] \/ A child who loves ponies will lose &#8230; [&#8230;paragraph] \/ This story is told with warmth &#8230; [&#8230; paragraph] \/ Walter Farley has used \/ only 173 different words \/ in this Beginner Book.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-21-FB.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-21-FB.jpg\" style=\"float: right; width: 12%; height: auto; margin: 10px\"><\/a><b> DJ Flap Back:  <\/b>&#8220;[Drawing of Walter Farley] \/ [Three paragraph Walter Farley biography] \/ [drawing of James Schucker] \/ [One paragraph James Schucker biography]&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Note: First printing does not have the line &#8220;(c) Copyright 1961 by Walter Farley&#8221; at the bottom.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both\"><\/div>\n<h3> First Edition Identification  <\/h3>\n<p>First edition book states &#8220;Published in New York by Random House&#8221; on the copyright page and has &#39;B-21&#39; on the spine.<\/p>\n<p>First edition dust jacket is Beginner Books 1961 DJ &#39;H&#39; &#39;version &#39;a&#39; with 24  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>.and with no (c) by Beginner Book Logo. Also the back DJ flap does not have the line &#8220;(c) Copyright 1961 by Walter Farley&#8221; at the bottom.<\/p>\n<h3> Second Printings and Later  <\/h3>\n<p>Second printing book is identical to first printing.<\/p>\n<p>Second printing DJ is Beginner Books 1961 DJ &#39;H&#39; version &#39;b&#39; with 24 titles listed<FN See Chapter 52 Beginner Books&#39; Dust Jacket Sequence.> and with (c) by Beginner Book Logo, and the back DJ flap states &#8220;(c) Copyright 1961 by Walter Farley&#8221; at the bottom.<\/p>\n<p>Little Black, A Pony Second Printing Back DJ Flap with &#8220;(c) Copyright 1961 by Walter Farley&#8221; \\ <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-21b-FB-Zoom.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-21b-FB-Zoom.jpg\" class=\"middle\"; style= \"width: 40%\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both\"> <\/div>\n<hr noshade=&#39;noshade&#39; size=&#39;5&#39; width=&#39;50%&#39; \/>\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-21 1961 Little Black, A Pony 1961 B-21 Little Black, A Pony Walter Farley. 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