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What is Disney's Doug: Twelve Days of Christmas worth?

Range bar of the four asks verified on 31 August 2026: two at $5 that stated no printing, one at $13 that stated a 1998 first printing, and one at $15. Below, the two things the premium is about: printing, where a listing without the copyright page means assuming a later printing, and corners, where bumping is the difference between $5 and $15. — Asks ran from $5 to $15 on 31 August 2026, and the $13 ask was the one that stated a 1998 first printing: the premium is entirely about printing and corners.Illustration: LinkToLooks

This guide covers Disney’s Doug: Twelve Days of Christmas, a hardcover Christmas picture book with the story credited to Linda K. Garvey, published under the Disney imprint after the series moved to ABC. Doug and Patti are on the cover on ice skates with Porkchop between them, inside a holly border.

Why this one is easy to confirm and easy to overpay for

Easy to confirm: the author credit is printed on the cover, not just the title page, so a single photograph settles it. Easy to overpay for: sellers who know the phrase ‘first printing’ attach it to copies that are not, and few listings show the copyright page. On this run, the Etsy seller whose listing did show it and stated 1998 first printing was asking $13; the two sellers asking $5 said nothing about printing at all. That is the whole market in four rows.

A gold glitter-striped bauble hanging on a Christmas tree among warm white fairy lights. — Photo: “Christmas Bauble and Twinkly Lights” by Kelly Hunter, CC BY 2.0, via Flickr

The four listings we verified

Retailer	Listing	Asking	Match
Amazon.com	Disney's Doug's Twelve Days of Christmas - Books	$5	exact
eBay	Disney's Doug's Twelve Days of Christmas by Linda K…	$5	exact
Mercari	Disney's Doug 12 Days of Christmas	$15	exact
Etsy	Vintage 1998 1st Printing Disney's Doug Twelve Days…	$13	exact

Last verified 2 September 2026: 4 listed offers re-checked against the CJ product feed (US advertisers) — 4 no longer returned by the feed and shown as of 31 August 2026. Prices move; read them as the market on that date, not a promise.

What to check before you buy

The copyright page, shown in the listing. Without it, assume a later printing and pay the $5 price.
The board edges. Children’s hardcovers of this era bump at the corners first; bumping is the difference between a $5 copy and a $15 one.
Colour on the red. The cover red fades to pink under sunlight and does not come back.

Questions

Who wrote Disney's Doug: Twelve Days of Christmas?

The story is credited on the cover to Linda K. Garvey, working from the series created by Jim Jinkins.

How much is the Doug Christmas book worth?

Verified on 31 August 2026: $5 at Amazon and eBay, $13 for a stated 1998 first printing on Etsy, $15 on Mercari. It is an affordable book and the premium is entirely about printing and corners.