{"id":826,"date":"2006-06-17T07:30:42","date_gmt":"2006-06-17T07:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/1stedition.net\/posts\/2006\/06\/17\/if-i-ran-the-circus-1956\/"},"modified":"2006-06-17T07:30:42","modified_gmt":"2006-06-17T07:30:42","slug":"if-i-ran-the-circus-1956","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/blog\/2006\/if-i-ran-the-circus-1956\/","title":{"rendered":"If I Ran The Circus (1956)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Dr. Seuss First Edition Identification<\/h3>\n<p>If I Ran The Circus; written and illustrated by Dr. Seuss; Random House; 1956<\/p>\n<p>Children&rsquo;s Picturebook Price Guide Value &#8211; $1400 VG+<\/p>\n<h3>Essential Identifying Point<\/h3>\n<p>Pink boards with matching pink dust jacket is unique to first printing. Later printings have familiar red\/yellow boards and dust jacket.<\/p>\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"1\" style=\"border: medium none ; border-collapse: collapse\" class=\"MsoTableGrid\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 1pt solid; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 295px\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/ifiranthecircus.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1pt solid; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 295px\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/1stedition.net\/ssl\/Images\/ifiranthecircusnew.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>In the Children&#8217;s Picturebook Price Guide, I place this book into Seuss Group B: <\/p>\n<h4>Book Exterior Unique To First Printing \/ DJ Can Be Price Clipped<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Seuss First Edition Identification If I Ran The Circus; written and illustrated by Dr. Seuss; Random House; 1956 Children&rsquo;s Picturebook Price Guide Value &#8211; $1400 VG+ Essential Identifying Point Pink boards with matching pink dust jacket is unique to first printing. Later printings have familiar red\/yellow boards and dust jacket. 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