# Is "Marvin K. Mooney Will You Please Go Now!" by Dr. Seuss a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Marvin K. Mooney Will You Please Go Now! by Dr. Seuss (Random House, 1972) is identified by: Random House, Bright & Early Books number 13, 1972, in illustrated boards and identifiable without the jacket as no edition is stated. US first (Random House).

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- Random 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 Younger & Hirsch
- Publisher imprint reads Random House
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Dr. Seuss |
| Publisher | Random House |
| Year | 1972 |
| True first | US edition |
| Format | Children's / illustrated |
| Key point | Random House, Bright & Early Books number 13, 1972, in illustrated boards and… |
| Book-club edition exists? | Yes |

## Points of issue
Random 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 Younger & Hirsch.

## Is this the true first?
US first (Random House). No competing UK or Canadian true first.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
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).

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Marvin K. Mooney Will You Please Go Now!* by Dr. Seuss a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/marvin-k-mooney-will-you-please-go-now
CC BY 4.0. Part of the Canonical First-Edition Points of Issue dataset (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/api/first-edition-titles.json). Last reviewed 2026-07-03.