Vintage 1961 Look Out For Pirates! Iris Vinton Beginner Books B-22 Dr Seuss HC

by Iris Vinton

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Item Overview & Identification Title: Look Out For Pirates! Series: Beginner Books (Series code: B-22) / "I Can Read It All By Myself" Author: Iris Vinton Illustrator: H. B. Vestal Publisher: Beginner Books, a Division of Random House, Inc. (457 Madison Ave., New York 22, N.Y.) Copyright / Date: 1961 (First Edition indication: 1961 copyright with no subsequent printings listed; Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 61-7790; list on rear cover ends at Little Black, A Pony / Are You My Mother?, matching 1961 title lists). Format: Matte illustrated hardcover boards with matching illustrated pictorial endpapers. Original Retail Price: "195/195" printed at upper corner of front flap. For Beginner Books title B-22 (Look Out For Pirates!), bibliographers and series specialists (such as Stan Zielinski’s Beginner Books Identification Guide) identify the printing points through both the book block and the dust jacket flaps: Book Issue Points (First Printing): The copyright page / title page carries the 1961 copyright, catalog card number 61-7790, and states published by Random House / Beginner Books with no subsequent printings or dates listed. The spine carries the series code B-22. Flap Issue Points (1st vs. 2nd Printing Differentiation): The front flap carries the correct original 195/195 retail price code in the top right corner. On the rear flap, the true 1st printing issue lacks a copyright line at the very bottom. The 2nd printing added © Copyright, 1961, by Iris Vinton. at t

• Publisher: Beginner Books
• Year: 1961
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good

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