{"id":1417,"date":"2025-12-26T12:54:40","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T12:54:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/blog\/?p=1417"},"modified":"2025-12-26T12:55:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T12:55:08","slug":"b-47","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/blog\/2025\/b-47\/","title":{"rendered":"First Edition Identification: B-47 The Digging-est Dog"},"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-47<\/h2>\n<h2> 1967 The Digging-est Dog<\/h2>\n<h3> 1967 B-47 The Digging-est Dog<\/h3>\n<p>Al Perkins. Eric Gurney (Illustrator). <b><i>The Digging-est Dog<\/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. 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 tells of city dog Duke, newly adopted by county boy Sammy Brown. Duke learns to dig, and becomes the digging-est dog in the world.<\/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 57 years with hundreds of thousands of copies sold. Al Perkins wrote over 20 children&#39;s books in a career spanning 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;\">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 were 3 first editions found in the March 2024 survey, with an average price of $47, ranging from $75 to $20.<\/p>\n<h3>First Edition Book &#038; Dust Jacket Descriptions<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-47-BF.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-47-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;The \/ [Beginner Books logo top right] \/ Digging-est \/ Dog \/ BY AL PERKINS \/ ILLUSTRATED BY \/ ERIC GURNEY&#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-47-BB.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-47-BB.jpg\" style=\"float: right; width: 20%; height: auto; margin: 10px\"><\/a><b> Book Back:  <\/b>Bound in glossy blue 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] PERKINS  The Digging-est Dog    \/ Gurney    B-47 [black horizontal text]&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-47-TP.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-47-TP.jpg\" style=\"float: right; width: 20%; height: auto; margin: 10px\"><\/a><b> Title Page:  <\/b>&#8220;The \/ Digging-est \/ Dog \/ [illustration] \/ BY AL PERKINS  ILLUSTRATED BY ERIC GURNEY \/ BEGINNER BOOKS \/ A Division of Random House, Inc.&#8221;<\/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: 67-21920. Manufactured in \/ the United States of America. Printed by Rae Publishing Co., Cedar Grove, N.J.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-47-CP.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-47-CP.jpg\" class=\"middle\"; style= \"width: 60%\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-47-DF.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-47-DF.jpg\" style=\"float: right; width: 20%; height: auto; margin: 10px\"><\/a><b> DJ Front:  <\/b>Color illustration matching Book Front. &#8220;The \/ [Beginner Books logo top right] \/ Digging-est \/ Dog \/ BY AL PERKINS \/ ILLUSTRATED BY \/ ERIC GURNEY&#8221;<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-47-DB.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-47-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] PERKINS  The Digging-est Dog    \/ Gurney    B-47 [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-47-FF.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-47-FF.jpg\" style=\"float: right; width: 12%; height: auto; margin: 10px\"><\/a><b> DJ Flap Front:  <\/b>&#8220;195\/195 [top right] \/ The \/ Digging-est Dog \/ by AL PERKINS \/ Illustrated by Eric Gurney \/ [illustration] \/ This is the story of a dog called Duke &#8230; [&#8230; paragraph] \/  Then come the happy day when&#8230; [&#8230;paragraph] \/  Troubles begin when the country dogs&#8230; [&#8230; paragraph] \/  Written in simple words, simple sen- &#8230; [&#8230; paragraph] \/ The illustrations by Eric Gurney, al- &#8230; [&#8230; paragraph] \/ This book comes from \/ the home of \/ THE CAT IN THE HAT \/ Beginner Books \/ A DIVISION OF RANDOM HOUSE, INC.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-47-FB.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-47-FB.jpg\" style=\"float: right; width: 12%; height: auto; margin: 10px\"><\/a><b> DJ Flap Back:  <\/b>[Al Perkins photo] \/ [Three paragraph Al Perkins bio] \/ [Illustration of Eric Gurney ] \/ ERIC GURNEY  Our illustrator and &#8230; [&#8230; paragraph] \/ (c)Copyright 1967, by Eric Gurney&#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-47&#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<p>Third printing book has the line &#39;3   669&#39; beneath the copyright statement.<\/p>\n<p>BB-47 The Digging-est Dog Third Printing Copyright \\ <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-47b-CP.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-47b-CP.jpg\" class=\"middle\"; style= \"width: 60%\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Third 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-47 1967 The Digging-est Dog 1967 B-47 The Digging-est Dog Al Perkins. 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