{"id":1424,"date":"2025-12-28T20:34:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-28T20:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/blog\/?p=1424"},"modified":"2025-12-28T20:34:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-28T20:34:11","slug":"b-49","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/blog\/2025\/b-49\/","title":{"rendered":"First Edition Identification: B-49 Doctor Dolittle and the Pirates"},"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-49<\/h2>\n<h2> 1968 Doctor Dolittle and the Pirates<\/h2>\n<h3> 1968 B-49 Doctor Dolittle and the Pirates<\/h3>\n<p>Al Perkins. Philip Wende (Illustrator). <b><i>Doctor Dolittle and the Pirates<\/i><\/b>. New York. Beginner Books:  1968. <\/p>\n<p><b> Pages#:  <\/b>64 pages. <\/p>\n<p><b> Book Description:  <\/b>Color illustrated boards wrapped in matching dust jacket. Hugh Lofting&#39;s series of chapter books featuring Doctor Dolittle began in 1920. This book is an adaptation for younger readers. An early book 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; Doctor Dolittle titles listed on verso of front free endpaper; [i] half-title; [ii] blank;  [iii] title; [iv] copyright;  3-61 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 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 56 years with hundreds of thousands of copies sold. Al Perkins wrote over 20 children&#39;s books in a career spanning decades. Wende was a succussful children&#39;s book illustrator. Doctor Dolittle, therefore good 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;\">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;\">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;\">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 no first editions found in the March 2024 survey. 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-49-BF.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-49-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;Hugh Lofting&#39;s \/ [Beginner Books logo top right] \/ Doctor \/ Dolittle \/ and the \/ Pirates \/ ADAPTED FOR BEGINNING READERS \/ By Al Perkins \/ Illustrated by Philip Wende&#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-49-BB.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-49-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><b> Book Spine:  <\/b>&#8220;[BB logo] BEGINNER BOOKS [black horizontal text] Hugh Lofting&#39;s Doctor Dolittle and the Pirates \/ Perkins     B-49 [black horizontal text]&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-49-TP.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-49-TP.jpg\" style=\"float: right; width: 20%; height: auto; margin: 10px\"><\/a><b> Title Page:  <\/b>&#8220;Hugh Lofting&#39;s \/ Doctor \/ Dolittle \/ and the \/ Pirates \/ By Al Perkins \/ Illustrated by Philip Wende \/ ADAPTED FOR BEGINNING READERS \/ [illustration] \/ BEGINNER BOOKS    A Division of Random House, Inc&#8221;<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both\"><\/div>\n<p><b> Copyright:  <\/b>(c) Copyright 1968 by Christopher Lofting. \/ All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Con- \/ ventions. Published in the United States by Random House, Inc., New York \/ New York, and simultaneously in Canada by Random House of Canada, \/ Limited, Toronto. \/ From &#8220;The Story of Doctor Dolittle&#8221; by Hugh Lofting \/ Copyright, 1948, by Josephine Lofting. \/ Copyright 1920, by Hugh Lofting \/ Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 68-14483 \/ Manufactured in the United States of America.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-49-CP.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-49-CP.jpg\" class=\"middle\"; style= \"width: 60%\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-49-DF.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-49-DF.jpg\" style=\"float: right; width: 20%; height: auto; margin: 10px\"><\/a><b> DJ Front:  <\/b>Color illustration matching Book Front. &#8220;Hugh Lofting&#39;s \/ [Beginner Books logo top right] \/ Doctor \/ Dolittle \/ and the \/ Pirates \/ ADAPTED FOR BEGINNING READERS \/ By Al Perkins \/ Illustrated by Philip Wende&#8221;<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-49-DB.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-49-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] Hugh Lofting&#39;s Doctor Dolittle and the Pirates \/ Perkins     B-49 [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-49-FF.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-49-FF.jpg\" style=\"float: right; width: 12%; height: auto; margin: 10px\"><\/a><b> DJ Flap Front:  <\/b>&#8220;195\/195 [top right] \/ Hugh Lofting&#39;s \/ Doctor \/ Dolittle \/ and the \/ Pirates \/ Al Perkins \/ [Illustration] \/ This is the second DOCTOR DOLITTLE &#8230; [&#8230; paragraph] \/ The first (THE TRAVELS OF DOCTOR &#8230; [&#8230;paragraph] \/ As in the first book, great care has &#8230; [&#8230; paragraph] \/ And the illustrations by Philip Wende \/ follow the spirit of Mr. Lofting&#39;s \/ original sketches. \/ 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-49-FB.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/beginnerbooks\/BB-49-FB.jpg\" style=\"float: right; width: 12%; height: auto; margin: 10px\"><\/a><b> DJ Flap Back:  <\/b>&#8220;[Three paragraph Hugh Lofting bio] \/ [shadow illustration of Dr. Dolittle] [One paragraph Al Perkins biography] \/ [One paragraph Philip Wende biography] \/ (c)Copyright 1967, by Philip Wende&#8221;<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both\"><\/div>\n<h3> First Edition Identification  <\/h3>\n<p>First edition book states &#8220;Published in the United States by Random House&#8221; on the copyright page and has &#39;B-49&#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-49 1968 Doctor Dolittle and the Pirates 1968 B-49 Doctor Dolittle and the Pirates Al Perkins. 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