{"id":1409,"date":"2025-12-24T21:35:41","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T21:35:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/blog\/?p=1409"},"modified":"2025-12-26T12:56:49","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T12:56:49","slug":"b-45","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/blog\/2025\/b-45\/","title":{"rendered":"First Edition Identification: B-45 Babar Loses His Crown"},"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-45<\/h2>\n<h2> 1967 Babar Loses His Crown<\/h2>\n<h3> 1967 B-45 Babar Loses His Crown<\/h3>\n<p>Laurent de Brunhoff. <b><i>Babar Loses His Crown<\/i><\/b>. New York. Beginner Books:  1967. <\/p>\n<p><b> Pages#:  <\/b>64 pages. <\/p>\n<p><b> Book Description:  <\/b>Color illustrated boards wrapped in matching dust jacket. Babar, the King of the Elephants, is one of the most successful children&#39;s book franchises ever. Created in 1933 by Jean de Brunhoff, this story is authored by his son, Laurent de Brunhoff.<\/p>\n<p>Also the book is in the groundbreaking Beginner Book series, written specifically to help children learn to read while simultaneously engaging and entertaining them.<\/p>\n<p><b> Pagination:  <\/b>Front fixed and free endpapers illustrated in color; [i] title; [ii] copyright;[iii] half-title; 2-63 story; 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 Highly Collectible: Early book in ground breaking Beginner Books series, which changed the way children learned to read in America. Embraced by the public for 57 years with hundreds of thousands of copies sold. The author\/illustrator is highly successful in the children&#39;s book market with decades of success best known for continuing the Babar franchise which his father originated. Babar, therefore 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;\">8<\/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;\">5<\/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;\">2<\/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;\">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 Uncommon: There were 7 first editions found in the March 2024 survey, with an average price of $58, ranging from $125 to $40.<\/p>\n<h3>First Edition Book &#038; Dust Jacket Descriptions<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-45-BF.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-45-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;BABAR \/ [Beginner Books logo top right] \/ LOSES HIS CROWN \/ BY LAURENT DE BRUNHOFF&#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-45-BB.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-45-BB.jpg\" style=\"float: right; width: 20%; height: auto; margin: 10px\"><\/a><b> Book Back:  <\/b>Bound in glossy lime green 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] BABAR LOSES HIS CROWN    DE BRUNHOFF     B-45 [black horizontal text]&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-45-TP.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-45-TP.jpg\" style=\"float: right; width: 20%; height: auto; margin: 10px\"><\/a><b> Title Page:  <\/b>&#8220;BABAR \/ LOSES HIS CROWN \/ [illustration] \/ BY LAURENT DE BRUNHOFF \/ BEGINNER BOOKS    A Division of Random House, Inc. &#8220;<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both\"><\/div>\n<p><b> Copyright:  <\/b>&#8220;(c) Copyright 1967 by Random House. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. Published in New York \/ by Beginner Books, a division of Random House, Inc., and simultaneously in Toronto, Canada, by Random House of Canada, Limited. Library of \/ Congress Catalog Card Number: 67-21918. Manufactured in \/ the United States of America. Printed by Copifyer Lithograph Co., Cleveland, Ohio.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-45-CP.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-45-CP.jpg\" class=\"middle\"; style= \"width: 60%\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-45-DF.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-45-DF.jpg\" style=\"float: right; width: 20%; height: auto; margin: 10px\"><\/a><b> DJ Front:  <\/b>Color illustration matching Book Front. &#8220;BABAR \/ [Beginner Books logo top right] \/ LOSES HIS CROWN \/ BY LAURENT DE BRUNHOFF&#8221;<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-45-DB.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-45-DB.jpg\" style=\"float: right; width: 20%; height: auto; margin: 10px\"><\/a><b> DJ Back:  <\/b>Beginner Books DJ Back &#39;R&#39;: 1967 4 Titles<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Beginner Book story &#8230; \/ [Large &#39;Cat In The Hat&#39; image at left] \/ &#8220;Ten years ago, Dr. Seuss took 220 words, rhymed them, &#8230; [&#8230; paragraph] \/ From this magically right beginning has developed the concept &#8230; [&#8230; paragraph] \/ Elementary Educators all over the country &#8230; [&#8230; paragraph] \/ Remedial reading specialists &#8230; [&#8230; paragraph] \/ Is it any wonder that sales now total over 55 million? &#8230; [&#8230; paragraph] \/ Among recent Beginner Book titles are: \/ THE BEAR SCOUTS, by Stan and Jan Berenstain &#8230; [&#8230; paragraph] \/ [BB logo] \/ Beginner Books are also now \/ available in French-English and \/ Spanish-English&#8221;<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both\"><\/div>\n<p><b> DJ Spine:  <\/b>&#8220;[BB logo] BEGINNER BOOKS [black horizontal text] BABAR LOSES HIS CROWN    DE BRUNHOFF     B-45 [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-45-FF.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-45-FF.jpg\" style=\"float: right; width: 12%; height: auto; margin: 10px\"><\/a><b> DJ Flap Front:  <\/b>&#8220;195\/195 [top right] \/ BABAR \/ LOSES HIS CROWN \/ BY LAURENT DE BRUNHOFF [Illustration] \/ With the publication of this title, we \/ welcome Babar to the Beginner Book \/ series. \/ In this so try the King of the Ele- &#8230; [&#8230; paragraph] \/ The chase to find the crown is on &#8230; [&#8230;paragraph] \/ Babar has been loved by children all &#8230; [&#8230; paragraph] \/ This book comes from \/ the home of \/ THE CAT IN THE HAT \/ Beginner Books \/ A DIVISION OF RANDOM HOUSE, INC. \/ (c)Copyright 1967, by L. de Brunhoff&#8221;<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-45-FB.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-45-FB.jpg\" style=\"float: right; width: 12%; height: auto; margin: 10px\"><\/a><b> DJ Flap Back:  <\/b>&#8220;BABAR \/ LOSES HIS CROWN \/ Written and illustrated by \/ LAURENT DE BRUNHOFF \/ [Photo of Laurent De Brunhoff] \/ Before Laurent de Brunhoff &#8230; [&#8230; paragraph] \/ Laurent now carries on this great tradi- &#8230; [&#8230; paragraph] \/ He has already published eight books&#8230; [&#8230; paragraph]&#8221;<\/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 Beginner Books, a division of Random House&#8221; on the copyright page and has &#39;B-45&#39; on the spine.<\/p>\n<p>First edition dust jacket is Beginner Books 1967 DJ &#39;R&#39; with text marketing &#8220;The Beginner Book story &#8230;&#8221; In the last paragraph six books are listed beginning with The Bear Scouts (1967). 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>. This final paragraph only lists 5 Beginner Books.<\/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 1969 DJ &#39;S&#39; which is very similar to 1967 DJ &#39;R&#39; except the last paragraph begins by listing &#39;MY BOOK ABOUT ME&#39; (1969) rather than The Bear Scouts (1967).<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both\"> <\/div>\n<hr style=\"margin: auto; height: 5px; width: 50%;\">\n<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-45 1967 Babar Loses His Crown 1967 B-45 Babar Loses His Crown Laurent de Brunhoff. 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