What Dr. Seuss books are now valuable?
Seuss books fetching high prices, however. One collection of all six titles -- “And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street” “If I Ran the Zoo” “McElligot's Pool,” “On Beyond Zebra!,” “Scrambled Eggs Super!,” and “The Cat's Quizzer” -- appears to have sold for almost $5,000.
You can use any number of sites to sell your books, but eBay seems to be the hot spot for books by Dr. Seuss at the moment, so let's stick with that. Here are some tips for selling books. Check the edition.
Note that on the first edition of Green Eggs and Ham, the front dust jacket cover must have the blurb '50 Word Vocabulary' as a sticker. The sticker is essential to identification as a first edition. Second and later printings have '50 Word Vocabulary' printed on the front dust jacket cover.
1) “Green Eggs and Ham”
Arguably the author's most popular book ever written, “Green Eggs and Ham” sits atop the list of top-selling Dr. Seuss books of all-time.
In determining the value of a book there are three basic elements: 1) rarity, 2) condition, and, 3) demand. Books with the most value normally have all three of these elements, and the loss of any will likely result in a loss of value. Age of the book is not always a key factor in value.
The Dr. Seuss books that have been discontinued due to racist imagery are selling for surprisingly high prices on popular online retail websites. The Toronto Star reports that Facebook Marketplace had multiple ads for copies of all titles of the books at a sale price of up to $500 each.
Seuss' “canceled” books are becoming rarer by the minute. EBay is barring users from reselling the six Dr. Seuss books that will no longer be printed due to their “racist” imagery — a move that comes after the books started going for hundreds of dollars on the auction site.
Little Golden Books' value ranges from $1 to $25 Mint- condition first editions of the series that was originally published in 1942 bring the highest prices. I've started collecting Little Golden Books that I read as a child. Many of them seem too new to be original.
As I understand it, Ebay has now banned sales of the six Dr. Seuss books that will no longer be published. If Ebay is going to knuckle under to Cancel Culture & start censoring the things I can buy & sell on this site to fit a political narrative, then I will no longer do business on the website!
Green Eggs in Ham (First Edition)
Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. New York: Random House, (1960).
What is a first trade edition book?
First Trade Edition
First trade editions are another type of printing distributed for general commercial sale. They fall into the category of a true first edition if they are printed simultaneously with the original book.
usually an inexpensive reprint utilizing poor quality paper and binding and sold by subscription to members of a book club; in general, of little interest to book collectors and of low monetary value.
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All of the profits go back into Seuss Enterprises. That's how the 50-word book "Green Eggs and Ham" became a big-budget animated television series. The 13-episode series debuted on Netflix in November 2019. At a cost of $65 million, it's the most expensive animated series ever made.
The curious and intricate rhyming found in The Cat in the Hat is still adored decades later with over 250 million copies sold worldwide in more than 20 different languages.
If it's in excellent condition, you can price it for about 55% of retail. For good condition, think 40% retail. If your book is in poor or fair condition, price it accordingly: think 20% of the retail price for poor, 30% for fair. Remember: it's easier to sell more aggressively -priced books!
Look for the Words “First Edition” on the Copyright Page
This will fluctuate depending on the publishing house, but most publishers will designate that a book is a first edition on the copyright page.
It proved an auspicious amalgam: at the imprint's three-quarter-century mark, more than 1,400 Little Golden Books have been published, sales have topped two billion copies, and eight-million-plus books are sold annually.
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| No. | Little Golden Book Title | Year |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Just Imagine: A Book of Fairyland Rhymes | 1990 |
| 2. | Tales from Walt Disney | 1974 |
| 3. | Pain D'Epice Pat A Cake | 1948 |
| 4. | Tammy | 1963 |
What are the rarest Golden books?
| No. | Title | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Walt Disney's Once Upon a Wintertime | $498,98 |
| 2 | Pain D'Epice Pat A Cake | $284,99 |
| 3 | Just Imagine: A Book About Fairyland Rhymes | $195,95 |
| 4 | The New House In The Forest | $156,75 |
- Give them to a Little Free Library. ...
- Donate to your school library. ...
- Donate to a nonprofit. ...
- Give to friends with younger kids. ...
- Hold a book swap. ...
- Try an online book exchange. ...
- Save your favorites. ...
- A last resort-recycle them.
| Year | Book Title | VG- |
|---|---|---|
| 1937 | And To Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street | $8,000 |
| 1938 | The 500 Hats Of Bartholomew Cubbins | $6,000 |
| 1939 | The Seven Lady Godivas | $500 |
| 1939 | The King's Stilts | $6,000 |
It proved an auspicious amalgam: at the imprint's three-quarter-century mark, more than 1,400 Little Golden Books have been published, sales have topped two billion copies, and eight-million-plus books are sold annually.
For eight days, he listened to the ship's engine chug away. The sound got stuck in his head, and he started writing to the rhythm. Eventually, those rhythmic lines in his head turned into his first children's book: It was called And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street.
Nearly 30 years after his death, Dr. Seuss is hotter than ever, earning an estimated $33 million before taxes this year—up from just $9.5 million five years ago—and landing him at No. 2 on Forbes' ranking of the Highest-Paid Dead Celebrities for 2020.
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