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Where the Red Fern Grows First edition, first printing cover

Where the Red Fern Grows

Wilson Rawls · Doubleday, 1961 · First edition, first printing

Market value · Unsigned, near fine
$3,882

Valued from 1 recorded sales in the last 12 months.

What a copy is worth

ConditionUnsignedSignedInscribed
Near fine$3,882$5,587$5,587
Very good$3,301$4,750$4,750

How to identify this edition

These points tell this edition apart from other printings and editions of Where the Red Fern Grows.

✓ Copyright page: “First Edition” stated at the foot, under “Printed in the United States of America”

✓ Title page: “Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, New York, 1961” — dated at the foot

✓ Dust jacket: autumn woods with the boy and two red hounds, jacket by Reisie Lonette, author’s photo on the back panel

✓ Price: $3.95 at the top of the front flap (unclipped)

✓ Binding: red-brown cloth, spine lettered in black and white, “Doubleday” at the foot

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