How do I tell a first printing?

Ask the seller for a photograph of the copyright page. Without it, treat the copy as a later printing and pay accordingly.

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

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

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

Q: How much is Disney's Doug: Twelve Days of Christmas worth?

Verified 31 August 2026: $5 at Amazon and eBay, $13 for a stated 1998 first printing on Etsy, and $15 on Mercari.

Red hardcover of Disney's Doug Twelve Days of Christmas, Doug and Patti ice skating with Porkchop, holly border around the cover panel — Story by Linda K. Garvey is printed under the title panel; that credit line is the fastest way to confirm the edition.

This is 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 the copyright page is rarely photographed. On this run, the Etsy seller who did photograph 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.

The four listings we verified

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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 31 August 2026, against 4 listings checked against the cover. Prices move; read them as the market on that date, not a promise.

Vintage Christmas picture book listed for resale — The category this sits in: 1990s licensed Christmas picture books, which trade in single digits unless the printing is early.

What to check before you buy

The copyright page, photographed. 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.