My Father's Dragon First Edition
For a first edition, first printing of My Father's Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett (Random House, 1948), the first point to check: Copyright page: “Copyright 1948 by Random House, Inc.”, published in New York and simultaneously in Toronto by Random House of Canada, “1948. Printed in the U. S. A.”, with no other date.
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How to identify this edition
These points tell this edition apart from other printings and editions of My Father's Dragon.
✓ Copyright page: “Copyright 1948 by Random House, Inc.”, published in New York and simultaneously in Toronto by Random House of Canada, “1948. Printed in the U. S. A.”, with no other date
✓ Title page: “Random House · New York”, with the dragon-and-boy vignette
✓ Binding: yellow cloth stamped in dark green, dragon-and-boy vignette on the front board
✓ Endpapers: map of the Island of Tangerina and Wild Island
✓ Dust jacket: green jungle art of the boy and the lion, with no mention of the Newbery Honor
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- How do I know if my copy of My Father's Dragon is a first edition, first printing?
- ✓ Copyright page: “Copyright 1948 by Random House, Inc.”, published in New York and simultaneously in Toronto by Random House of Canada, “1948. Printed in the U. S. A.”, with no other date ✓ Title page: “Random House · New York”, with the dragon-and-boy vignette ✓ Binding: yellow cloth stamped in dark green, dragon-and-boy vignette on the front board ✓ Endpapers: map of the Island of Tangerina and Wild Island ✓ Dust… The identification points above show each one.
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