Raber Collectibles & Uniques 10.12.26
Lot 30:
Description
This collection consists of several illustrated children’s hardback books from the Little Golden Books series. Each volume features the characteristic patterned gold foil spine. The titles included are Walt Disney’s Peter Pan and the Pirates, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Summer Vacation, How Things Grow: A Book About Nature, Hansel and Gretel, The Gull That Lost the Sea, and Let’s Go, Trucks! The front covers are printed with the series identifier a Little Golden Book or A LITTLE GOLDEN BOOK, often accompanied by the Golden Press G logo. Walt Disney’s Peter Pan and the Pirates displays a printed 29c price in the upper right corner. Hansel and Gretel displays a 39c price marking in the upper right corner. The back covers feature promotional text and illustrations of licensed characters. One style of back cover begins with the text MORE THAN one billion Golden Books have gone into the homes of children of all nations… and includes illustrations of Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, and Huckleberry Hound. Another style begins with LITTLE GOLDEN BOOKS are books to grow with… and features characters including Big Bird, Bert, Ernie, and Bambi.
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