Dr. Seuss First Editions

• And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street — 1937 · Vanguard PressDr. Seuss's first children's book. First edition, first issue: Vanguard Press, 1937 on both the title and copyright pages, with no later printings listed. The defining first-issue point is the boy Marco shown in WHITE shorts on the front cover and on the jacket; a later second state corrects the shorts to blue. First-issue jacket is priced 1.00 on the lower front flap. Pictorial boards. The US Vanguard Press 1937 edition is the true first and is very scarce, especially in the first-issue jacket. Random House later acquired the Seuss list, but the original publisher is Vanguard. Book-club and later printings carry the corrected blue-shorts artwork or a Random House imprint and are not the 1937 first issue.
• The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins — 1938 · Vanguard PressTrue first is the 1938 Vanguard Press edition with the Vanguard imprint and no later printings stated. Red cloth-backed spine with illustrated black paper boards, illustrated endpapers, interior in black and white with Bartholomew's hat in red. First-issue jacket is priced 1.50 on the front flap and advertises Mulberry Street at 1.00 at the foot of the rear flap, with a single hat on the back panel. Endpaper…. The US Vanguard Press 1938 edition is the true first; later copies bearing the Random House imprint are reprints. Random House-imprint copies and club editions are reprints; only the 1938 Vanguard issue is the true first.
• The King's Stilts — 1939 · Random HouseFirst-printing binding has deep-red panels with yellow lettering on both covers, and red endpapers bearing crown-and-stilts vignettes; the copyright page lists only the two earlier Seuss titles. First-issue dust jacket carries the original low printed price; a higher-priced jacket indicates a later issue. Later printings were rebound in plain yellow cloth with small red lettering and no red panels. US Random House 1939 is the true first, one of Seuss's early Random House titles. Verify the binding and endpaper points rather than relying on the copyright date alone. Later printings show the plain yellow-cloth binding and a revised, higher jacket price; earlier-title lists and binding state are the surest guides.
• The Seven Lady Godivas — 1939 · Random HouseFirst printing has 'FIRST PRINTING' stated on the copyright page. Bound in textured salmon/pink cloth boards with the Godiva coat of arms stamped in brown on the front cover and a dark cloth spine with gilt lettering. First-issue pictorial dust jacket carries the original printed price on the front flap; a rare die-cut color bookmark was issued with the book. Seuss's only book written for adults; a commercial failure that was remaindered, so genuine firsts are scarce. US Random House 1939 is the true first. Later or remaindered copies lack the stated 'FIRST PRINTING' and may show a revised jacket price; rely on the copyright-page statement and binding.
• Horton Hatches the Egg — 1940 · Random HouseFirst printing bound in pale yellow/cream cloth. Copyright page reads 'Copyright 1940 by Dr. Seuss,' notes distribution in Canada by Macmillan, and states 'Lithographed in the United States of America,' with no later-printing statement. First-issue pictorial dust jacket has the rear panel carrying reader testimonials that reference only earlier titles, with no later Seuss titles advertised. US Random House 1940 is the true first. Verify via the copyright-page state, the yellow cloth binding, and the rear-jacket testimonial panel rather than the printed jacket price alone. Book-club and later printings add printing notations and advertise later Seuss titles on the jacket; the earliest-title jacket list and copyright-page state are the surest guides.
• McElligot's Pool — 1947 · Random HouseFirst printing shows the open-mouthed fish on the front cover/boards and a seven-line copyright notice; later printings have a closed-mouth fish and a shorter three-line copyright statement. The first-issue dust jacket carries the original 200/200 price code on the front flap. US Random House first edition. The reliable first-printing points are the open-mouthed fish and seven-line copyright, plus the 200/200 first-issue jacket price code. Book-club copies typically lack a jacket price code; later trade printings show the closed-mouth fish and shorter copyright.
• Thidwick the Big-Hearted Moose — 1948 · Random HouseFirst printing has an eight-line copyright notice that includes the lithographer credit (Oberly & Newell); later printings drop the lithographer line and run seven lines. The first-issue dust jacket carries the original 200/200 price code on the front flap. US Random House first edition. Identify the first printing by the eight-line copyright with lithographer credit and the 200/200 first-issue jacket. Later states drop the lithographer credit and run a seven-line copyright; price-clipped or unpriced jackets and reprint copyright pages indicate later issue.
• Bartholomew and the Oobleck — 1949 · Random HouseFirst printing has blue pictorial boards with a matching blue dust jacket bearing the 200/200 price code on the front flap; the blue boards and jacket were later changed to red. First-issue jacket price code is 200/200. US Random House first edition. The distinguishing first-printing combination is blue boards plus the matching blue 200/200 jacket. Copies with red boards and red jackets are later printings even where still labeled first edition; book-club copies lack the jacket price code.
• If I Ran the Zoo — 1950 · Random HouseFirst printing has a seven-line copyright notice lacking the later Redbook Magazine acknowledgment line, seven previous Seuss titles listed on the rear panel (Bartholomew and the Oobleck at top, ending with And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street), and the 200/200 price code on the jacket front flap. US Random House first edition. Confirm via the seven-line copyright without the Redbook line, the seven-title back panel, and the 200/200 jacket price code. Later printings add the Redbook line to the copyright, revise the back-panel title list, and raise the jacket price code (250/250, then 295/295).
• Scrambled Eggs Super! — 1953 · Random HouseFirst printing shows a 1953-only copyright with no later-printing statement and lists eight previous Seuss titles on the rear panel (If I Ran the Zoo at top, ending with And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street). First-issue jacket carries the original price on the front flap. US Random House first edition. Identify via the 1953-only copyright and the eight-title back panel, with the original first-issue jacket price on the flap. Later printings revise the rear-panel title list and raise the jacket price; unpriced jackets indicate book-club copies.
• Horton Hears a Who! — 1954 · Random HouseCopyright page shows 1954 only, with no later dates and no list of other Seuss titles on the copyright page (in the true first the title list appears only on the recto of the rear endpaper). First-issue dust jacket is priced 250/250 on the front flap. The first-state rear panel shows Horton's full ear (not cropped by the quotation), a cloud in the upper left, and a five-branch tree in the upper right; later…. The US Random House 1954 edition is the true first. Identification rests on the 1954-only copyright page, the 250/250 jacket price, and the first-state 'full ear' rear-panel artwork, since the text plates are unchanged across printings. Club editions lack the jacket price, may list later Seuss titles, show the cropped-ear later-state rear panel, and have a smaller trim with a blind-stamp; many surviving copies are later printings with no clear first-edition state.
• On Beyond Zebra! — 1955 · Random HouseFirst printing shows a 1955 copyright with no later-printing statement and lists other Seuss titles on the rear panel ending with Horton Hears a Who! (1954), before If I Ran the Circus (1956). The earliest first-issue jacket carries the original lower price on the front flap; a slightly later state of the jacket shows a raised price. US Random House first edition. Confirm via the back-panel title list ending at Horton Hears a Who! and the original (lower) first-issue jacket price on the flap. A later jacket state shows the higher price; price-clipped or unpriced jackets and revised back panels indicate later issue or book-club copies.
• If I Ran the Circus — 1956 · Random HouseThe defining first-printing point is color: pink pictorial boards with a matching pink dust jacket. Later printings shifted to the familiar red and yellow boards and jacket. First-issue jacket is priced 250/250 (the printed price) on the front flap. As with most Dr. Seuss titles, a first printing cannot be reliably distinguished without its first-issue jacket. US Random House first edition, first printing. Book-club editions lack the flap price; later trade printings use red/yellow boards and jacket rather than pink.
• How the Grinch Stole Christmas! — 1957 · Random HouseBecause the text was reprinted from unchanged plates, identification rests on the first-issue dust jacket. First-issue jacket is priced 250/250 on the front flap, lists fourteen Seuss titles on the rear flap, and carries the advertisement for The Cat in the Hat priced at 2.00 on the rear panel. Glossy pictorial paper-over-boards with illustrated endpapers; copyright page bears no statement of a later printing. The US Random House 1957 edition is the true first. Since the plates are identical across printings, the jacket price, title list, and Cat in the Hat advertisement are the principal points; a price-clipped or facsimile jacket undermines first-issue status. Book-club editions typically lack the jacket price, list later Seuss titles, are printed on thinner stock at a slightly smaller trim, and frequently carry a blind-stamp dot on the rear board.
• The Cat in the Hat — 1957 · Houghton Mifflin / Random HouseTwo issues appeared in 1957 and the copyright page of each records both: 'EDUCATIONAL EDITION PUBLISHED BY HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY, BOSTON / TRADE EDITION PUBLISHED SIMULTANEOUSLY IN NEW YORK BY RANDOM HOUSE, INC.' The collected first is the Random House trade issue. First-issue points: the '200/200' price code at the top right of the FRONT dust-jacket flap (the earliest of three trade-jacket price states:…. The Random House trade edition, first issue (matte boards, single signature, '200/200' jacket), is the collected true first. The Houghton Mifflin issue is a SEPARATELY PUBLISHED school/educational edition — no dust jacket, rounded spine, no 'For Beginning Readers' logo — and is a distinct issue, not the trade first. Chronological priority between the Houghton Mifflin educational edition and the Random House trade…. Later Random House printings drop the '200/200' code (an unpriced flap, then '195/195') and switch to glossy boards and a three-signature text block. Book-club copies lack the jacket price and use cheaper stock. The single most-faked tell: a jacket reading 'Printed in U.S.A.' on the lower back flap is the 1985 facsimile jacket, NOT a 1957 first-issue jacket.
• The Cat in the Hat Comes Back — 1958 · Random HouseBeginner Books B-2, with 'B-2' on the jacket spine. First-issue jacket priced 195/195 (the printed price) on the front flap. Early-issue rear panel lists only the first six Beginner Books (B-2 through B-6), all at the printed price, with no later titles. US first. Beginner Books series; identify via the B-2 spine designation and the six-title rear-panel list. Book-club editions lack the flap price and carry book-club notation.
• Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories — 1958 · Random HouseCopyright page shows 1950, 1951, and 1958 dates. First-issue jacket priced 295/295 (the printed price) on the front flap, with fourteen Dr. Seuss titles pictured on the rear panel (Mulberry Street top left, the Grinch bottom right). US Random House first edition, first printing. Book-club editions lack the flap price; later printings revise the rear-panel title array.
• Happy Birthday to You! — 1959 · Random HouseFirst-printing point: six white dots appear in the illustration on the birthday page ('Today is your Birthday'), removed in later printings. First-issue jacket priced 295/295 (the printed price) on the front flap, with the last two titles on the back flap being Yertle the Turtle and The Cat in the Hat Comes Back. US Random House first edition, first printing. Book-club editions lack the flap price.
• Green Eggs and Ham — 1960 · Beginner Books / Random HouseFirst-issue dust jacket priced '195' (the printed price) at upper corner of front flap. Rear jacket panel lists Beginner Books with 'Green Eggs and Ham' as the most recent title (it should not list titles published after 1960). Copyright page shows no later-printing statement. US Random House (Beginner Books) is the true first. Identification rests almost entirely on the jacket (price '195' and the back-panel title list ending appropriately), since the book block itself is rarely dated by printing. Book-club editions lack the printed jacket price and advance the rear-panel Beginner Books list to include later titles; club copies are often a hair smaller and on lighter paper.
• One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish — 1960 · Random HouseBeginner Books B-13, with 'B-13' on the jacket spine. First-issue jacket priced 195/195 (the printed price) on the front flap; front flap carries the Jeanne Chall statement, and no later printings are listed on the copyright page. US first. Beginner Books B-13; verify the B-13 spine designation and the printed price flap price. Book-club editions lack the flap price and carry book-club markings.
• The Sneetches and Other Stories — 1961 · Random HouseCopyright dated 1961 on the title page. First-issue jacket priced 295/295 (the printed price) on the flap, with And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street first and twenty titles listed ending with Green Eggs and Ham. Rear jacket carries a Rudolf Flesch quote. US Random House first edition, first printing. Book-club editions lack the flap price.
• Dr. Seuss's Sleep Book — 1962 · Random HouseFirst edition, first printing is identified by the dust jacket, which carries the original 295/295 price on the front flap. The rear panel shows two boxed lists of Dr. Seuss titles (large-format books above, the small-format Beginner Books below) with no listing for the Sleep Book itself. Note that examiners have not found a reliable differentiator in the book block alone, so an unclipped first-issue jacket is…. US first (Random House, New York). Book-club editions were issued without the price on the jacket flap and generally on thinner boards.
• Dr. Seuss's ABC — 1963 · Random HouseFirst edition, first printing shows the original 195/195 price on the dust jacket front flap and the code B-30 at the foot of the spine (repeated on the jacket). The back flap list of Beginner Books ends with 'The Cat in the Hat Comes Back,' and the larger-books list ends with 'Dr. Seuss's Sleep Book,' consistent with 1963. US first (Random House Beginner Books, New York). Book-club editions lack the flap price and typically omit the spine code.
• Hop on Pop — 1963 · Random HouseFirst edition, first printing carries the original 195/195 price on the dust jacket front flap and the code B-29 at the foot of the spine. The rear jacket flap lists the Beginner Books and larger titles consistent with early 1963, and the rear panel bears the reviewer/educator blurbs of the first issue. US first (Random House Beginner Books, New York). Book-club editions lack the flap price and typically omit the spine code.
• Fox in Socks — 1965 · Random HouseFirst edition, first printing is Beginner Books code B-38, with Library of Congress card number 65-10484 on the title page and the original 195/195 price on the jacket front flap. The title is not listed among the Beginner Books on the rear panel, and the panel carries the earliest reading of the 'These books are listed in order of reading readiness' note. Later states misspell the title as 'Fox in Sox' on the…. US first (Random House Beginner Books, New York). Book-club editions lack the flap price and the B-38 code.
• I Had Trouble in Getting to Solla Sollew — 1965 · Random HouseFirst edition, first printing carries the original 295/295 price on the dust jacket front flap, with the rear flap and rear panel advertisements ending at this title and at Fox in Socks (Beginner Books), consistent with 1965. US first (Random House, New York). Book-club editions were issued without the flap price.
• The Cat in the Hat Song Book — 1967 · Random HouseFirst edition, first printing shows 1967 as the only copyright date, with piano scores by Eugene Poddany. This title was issued in pictorial boards WITHOUT a dust jacket, so identification rests on the rear-board advertisement lists: the larger-books list ends at 'I Had Trouble in Getting to Solla Sollew' and the Beginner Books list ends at 'Fox in Socks.'. US first (Random House, New York). No dust jacket was issued for this title, so a jacket price is not an identification point; distinguish the trade first from later printings by the copyright statement and the rear-board advertisement lists.
• The Foot Book — 1968 · Random HouseThe first title issued in the Bright & Early Books series, Random House, 1968. The book is bound in illustrated boards (spine and front lettered in blue and red) and can be identified without the jacket, as Random House did not print a stated edition. The first-printing dust jacket carries the original price on the front flap and, on the rear flap, an advertisement listing only four series titles beginning with…. US first (Random House). No true-first competition from a UK or Canadian edition. Book-club copies come in plain unpriced jackets or none, and lack the first-printing rear-flap four-title advertisement.
• I Can Lick 30 Tigers Today! and Other Stories — 1969 · Random HouseRandom House, 1969, issued in illustrated boards with NO dust jacket as issued, so the identifying points are on the book itself, not a jacket. First printings show the price-free illustrated boards with the correct rear-cover title count (dealers cite twenty-nine titles listed to the rear cover) and carry no later-printing or ISBN indicia. Contains all three stories: the title story, King Looie Katz, and The…. US first (Random House). No competing UK or Canadian true first. Later printings and reissues add printing indicia or an ISBN; the earliest state has neither.
• My Book About Me — 1969 · Random HouseRandom House, 1969, a folio (roughly 8.5 by 11.5 inches) fill-in autobiography issued in pictorial cloth-covered boards with NO dust jacket as issued, so identification is from the book itself. First printings show the pictorial (yellow) cloth boards and carry no later-printing indicia; the interior fill-in blanks are, ideally, unmarked. Illustrated by Roy McKie. Cataloged as Younger & Hirsch 57. US first (Random House); co-illustrated by Roy McKie. Later printings add printing indicia; the earliest issue lacks them. Activity nature means most copies are filled in, so an unmarked interior is preferred.
• I Can Draw It Myself — 1970 · Random HouseRandom House (Beginner Books), 1970. The first issue is an oversized draw-in activity book (about 16 by 12 inches) with a plastic comb binding running along the top edge so the pages flip up, and it has no title page; it was NOT issued in a dust jacket. Later reissues revert to the standard smaller hardcover format bound at the left edge, so the oversized comb-bound format is itself the primary first-issue point.…. US first (Random House). No competing UK or Canadian true first. Later editions adopt the conventional left-bound hardcover format; those are not the true first issue.
• Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You? — 1970 · Random HouseRandom House, Bright & Early Books, 1970, issued in illustrated boards and identifiable without the jacket since no edition is stated. The first-printing dust jacket carries the original price on the front flap and the correct first-state Bright & Early advertisement on the rear panel; later printings expand or change that title list. Uncommon in a first-printing jacket. Points are set out in Younger & Hirsch. US first (Random House). No competing UK or Canadian true first. Book-club copies are issued without the priced first-printing jacket and lack the first-state rear-panel advertisement.
• The Lorax — 1971 · Random HouseFirst edition: Random House 1971; first-issue text contains the line 'I hear things are just as bad up in Lake Erie' (page with the Humming-Fish) — REMOVED from printings after ~1980s. First-issue jacket with its printed price with rear-panel title list ending appropriately for 1971. US Random House is the true first. The presence of the 'Lake Erie' line is the defining textual first-issue point; the line was deleted in later printings at the request of Ohio researchers. Book-club and later printings remove the 'Lake Erie' line, drop the jacket price, advance the rear-panel title list, and (club copies) add a board blind-stamp.
• Marvin K. Mooney Will You Please Go Now! — 1972 · Random HouseRandom House, Bright & Early Books number 13, 1972, in illustrated boards and identifiable without the jacket as no edition is stated. The first-printing dust jacket carries the original price intact on both the front and rear flaps with the correct first-state title list; points are documented in Younger & Hirsch (pages 126 to 127). Note a scarcer variant jacket exists with no price on the flap, undocumented in…. US first (Random House). No competing UK or Canadian true first. Book-club copies are issued without the priced first-printing jacket; the earliest issue retains the original flap price (or, in the scarcer variant, the price-free flap).
• Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are? — 1973 · Random HouseFirst printing is identified on the book itself, not a jacket: the rear board (back cover) carries a list of 36 Dr. Seuss titles followed by a five-line blurb by Rudolf Flesch. Copyright dated 1973. This large-format title was issued in color pictorial boards with no dust jacket, so any priced-jacket 'point' does not apply. US Random House first edition. Later printings and book-club issues update or lengthen the rear-board title list and can differ in the trim/board finish; verify the 36-title list and 1973 copyright rather than relying on a jacket.
• The Shape of Me and Other Stuff — 1973 · Random HouseA Bright & Early Book, copyright 1973. The determinative first-printing point is the full number line on the copyright page (a complete unbroken 1-through-0 sequence); later printings drop low digits. The rear panel carries the period-correct Bright & Early / Seuss title list. Some copies exist in a period pictorial dust jacket, but the number line is the reliable point. US Bright & Early Books (Random House) first edition. Book-club and later reprints show a shortened number line and an expanded back-panel title list; confirm the complete number line.
• Great Day for Up! — 1974 · Random HouseA Bright & Early Book, copyright 1974; text by Dr. Seuss, illustrated by Quentin Blake (confirmed, and notable as the first Seuss-credited book he did not illustrate himself). First-printing point is the full unbroken number line on the copyright page; rear panel shows the period-correct series title list. US Bright & Early Books (Random House) first edition; text by Seuss, art by Blake. Later printings show a shortened number line and updated back-panel title list.
• There's a Wocket in My Pocket! — 1974 · Random HouseA Bright & Early Book (Beginner Books, a division of Random House), copyright 1974. Issued in glazed pictorial paper over boards with NO dust jacket. The first-printing point is the full, unbroken number line on the copyright page; the rear board shows the period-correct series title list. US Bright & Early Books (Random House) first edition. Because there is no jacket, ignore any jacket 'point'; later printings are identified by a shortened number line and an updated back-board title list.
• Oh, the Thinks You Can Think! — 1975 · Random HouseA Beginner Books title (a division of Random House), copyright 1975 — NOT a Bright & Early Book. Issued in glossy pictorial boards. First-printing point is the full unbroken number line on the copyright page; the rear board carries the period-correct Beginner Books title list. US Beginner Books (Random House) first edition. Later printings show a shortened number line and an expanded back-panel title list; confirm the complete number line.
• The Cat's Quizzer — 1976 · Random HouseA Beginner Books title (a division of Random House), copyright 1976. Issued in glossy pictorial boards with NO dust jacket. The first-printing point is the complete, unbroken number line (1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0) on the copyright page; the rear board shows the period-correct Beginner Books title list. US Beginner Books (Random House) first edition. No jacket was issued, so ignore any jacket 'point'; later printings show a shortened number line and updated back-board list.
• I Can Read with My Eyes Shut! — 1978 · Random HouseIssued in glazed pictorial laminated boards WITHOUT a dust jacket, as issued. Identify the first printing by the full number line 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 on the copyright page (the 1 present, no letter line), with the code B-64 at the base of the spine and the SBN on the rear panel. US first, Random House Beginner Books, 1978. This title was not issued with a dust jacket, so jacket price is not a point. Distinguish later printings by an advanced number line (the lowest number gone).
• Oh Say Can You Say? — 1979 · Random HouseIssued as a large octavo in pink glazed pictorial laminated boards WITHOUT a dust jacket, as issued. Identify the first printing by the complete number line 1234567890 on the copyright page, with the 1 present. The pictorial boards carry the subtitle wording "Oh my brothers! Oh my sisters! These are Terrible Tongue Twisters!". US first, Random House Beginner Books, New York, 1979. Not issued with a dust jacket, so jacket price is not a point. Later printings show an advanced number line with the lowest number(s) removed from the 1234567890 sequence.
• Hunches in Bunches — 1982 · Random HouseIssued in glazed pictorial laminated boards WITHOUT a dust jacket, as issued. Identify the first printing by the full number line beginning with 1 on the copyright page, meeting the Younger and Hirsh issue points. US first, Random House, 1982. Not issued with a dust jacket, so jacket price is not a point. Later printings show an advanced number line with the 1 removed.
• The Butter Battle Book — 1984 · Random HouseFirst printing has the full number line descending to 1 on the copyright page, issued in laminated pictorial boards with the first-issue pictorial dust jacket carrying the original front-flap price. Meets the Younger and Hirsh issue points. US Random House first, 1984. Confirm the full number line to 1 on the copyright page. Book-club editions typically lack the jacket price and often use blind-stamped boards; later printings show an advanced number line with the 1 removed.
• You're Only Old Once! — 1986 · Random HouseFirst printing is identified by the full number line on the copyright page with the 1 intact, issued in laminated boards with the first-issue pictorial dust jacket bearing the original front-flap price. Full title: You're Only Old Once! A Book for Obsolete Children. Published on Seuss's 82nd birthday, 2 March 1986. US first, Random House, 1986. Verify the complete number line (the 1 present) on the copyright page. Later printings show the number line advanced past 1. Book-club copies commonly lack the jacket price.
• Oh, the Places You'll Go! — 1990 · Random HouseFirst printing has the complete number line on the copyright page reading 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0, with no 'Book Club Edition' notation. The dust jacket front flap carries the original printed price. It was Seuss's last book published in his lifetime. Authoritative identification follows the Younger and Hirsch bibliography points. US Random House 1990 is the true first. The title is modern enough that the number line and an unclipped, priced jacket are reliable indicators of first printing. Book-club editions are marked 'Book Club Edition' on the jacket flap (printed price area blank), lack the full number line, and typically have a blind-stamp to the rear board; they are common.
• Daisy-Head Mayzie — 1995 · Random HouseFirst printing has the number line descending to 1 (line 10-1) on the copyright page, issued in laminated pictorial boards with the first-issue pictorial dust jacket (some first-issue copies bear a TNT promotional film sticker). Note the copyright is often dated 1994 though published 1995. US first, Random House, 1995, published posthumously from Seuss's manuscript and sketches (finished art by Joe Mathieu). Later printings show an advanced number line with the 1 removed. Book-club copies commonly lack the jacket price.
• My Many Colored Days — 1996 · Alfred A. KnopfPublished posthumously from a 1973 Seuss draft, illustrated with paintings by Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher. First printing carries the Knopf full number line ending in 1 on the copyright page, with the correct first-issue dust jacket bearing the original printed price. US Alfred A. Knopf first, published posthumously in 1996 (Seuss died in 1991). Book-club editions typically lack a printed jacket price and may not carry the full number line.
• Hooray for Diffendoofer Day! — 1998 · Alfred A. KnopfSeuss fragment completed by Jack Prelutsky and illustrated by Lane Smith, with an editor's introduction and reproductions of Seuss's original sketches. First printing shows the Knopf full number line ending in 1 on the copyright page and the first-issue dust jacket with the original printed price. US Alfred A. Knopf first (1998); posthumous completion of an unfinished Seuss project. Book-club editions typically lack a printed jacket price and may not carry the full number line.

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