# Is "On Beyond Zebra!" by Dr. Seuss a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of On Beyond Zebra! by Dr. Seuss (Random House, 1955) is identified by: First 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!. US Random House first edition.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- First 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!
- , before If I Ran the Circus
- 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
- Publisher imprint reads Random House
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Dr. Seuss |
| Publisher | Random House |
| Year | 1955 |
| True first | US edition |
| Format | Children's / illustrated |
| Key point | First printing shows a 1955 copyright with no later-printing statement and lists other… |
| Book-club edition exists? | Yes |

## Points of issue
First 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.

## Is this the true first?
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.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
A later jacket state shows the higher price; price-clipped or unpriced jackets and revised back panels indicate later issue or book-club copies.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *On Beyond Zebra!* by Dr. Seuss a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/on-beyond-zebra
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.