Collection of Little Golden Books circa 1950's 1970's, 1980 and 1981. Please read below as I have taken scrutiny to describe each book. Please view the pictures.

Walt Disney’s Pinocchio 1948 First/ Edition children's book -– Little Golden Book #D100 - hard-to-find 'V" on back page. Circa: before 1962. Published by Golden Press, New York, Western Publishing. Copyright, Walt Disney Production: 1948, 1969-27th reprint.

Condition: Good with pages clean and bright, binding solid. Spine- gold or blue foiling missing. Original 25c front board.

Fabulous bright pictures by the Walt Disney Studio. Rare photo marketing of other expensive Disney books available at that time on back board.

Based on the story by Collidi. Adapted by Campbell Grant. From the Walt Disney Motion Picture ‘'Pinocchio".

Back cover states: Walt Disney Big Golden Books: Golden Press New York. Good vintage condition.

Pages: very good bright clean-light, shelf wear-moderate, tanning on edges-light, spotting-occasional small spot(s), thumbing present. Boards minor aging and rubbing or scuffing, clean-light-shelf wear for age.

The Saggy Baggy Elephant: Copyright 1947 by Western Company, Inc. Copyright renewed 1974. "q" printing first page (Circa ~1971-1979) 201-52 front cover. Registered trademark of Western Publishing Company. Boards: Very Good! bright, clean, faint if any rubbing. Pages: Very Good Clean, bright. Little thumbing present.

Mother Goose: 39 cents front cover, 1970 Ed 589 front cover. Boards and Spine: Excellent with minimal rubbing, slight peeling at spine. Pages: Very Good! Clean, bright, little signs reading wear present.

The Poky Little Puppy: 49 cents front cover, Thirty-sixth printing, 1974 #506. Boards: Good: Bright color, minimal rubbing back, visible rubbing front. Spine: binding tight, creasing, peeling al spine. Pages: light tanning on edges, light thumbing present, pages clean and bright.

The Wait for Me Kitten: 49 cents front cover. 4th printing, 1977. Great Condition. Little if any Reading wear present, Minimal shelf-wear (rubbing, scuffing) present.

The Little Golden Mother Goose: 49 cents front cover. 12th printing, 1976. Boards: Excellent: bright, clean Minimal rubbing, scuffing. Pages: Excellent, clean, binding tight. Minimal tanning at edge.

Mickey Mouse and the Mousketeers Ghost Town Adventure: 69 cents front cover, 4th printing 1980. Boards: Very Good+ with minor rubbing, scuffing. Pages: clean, bright, binding light. Minimal tanning at edges.

Bambi: 69 cents front cover, 48th printing, 1980. Boards: Good to Very Good with rubbing, scuffing, light tanning on edge. Some creasing, binding light. Pages: first page slight tear at bottom spine, pages light clean, bright, light tanning at edges, occasional spots.

Jingle Bells: 89 cents front cover, 12th printing, 458-31 front cover. Boards: minor rubbing, scuffing. Pages: Very Good: clean, bright, binding tight. Silver foil intact and clean with minor rubbing. Name inside front cover.

The Saggy Baggy Elephant: Copyright 1947 by Western Company, Inc. Copyright renewed 1974. "q" printing first page (Circa ~1971-1979) 201-52 front cover.

Registered trademark of Western Publishing Company. Boards: Very Good! bright, clean, minimal rubbing. Pages: Very Good Clean, bright. Minimal to little thumbing present.

PRICING of Golden books over the years:

The early books began at 25 cents, then in 1962 to 29 cents, and in 1968 to 39 cents.

Beginning in 1974 it was 49 cents, 1977 raised to 59 cents, 1979 was 69 cents. ln the 80s starting in 1982 it was 89 cents and in 1986 it was 99 cents.

LITTLE Golden Book Publishing Tidbits:

Next September marks the 80th anniversary of Little Golden Books. In 1941, Simon & Schuster Publishing and Western Printing introduced a collection of affordable children's books. They launched the first 12 titles, including The Poky Little Puppy, This Little Piggy, Baby's

Book and Nursery Songs. The books quickly became the most popular children's series. Today the series is published by Rand om House with more than 1,200 title s.

What to look for:

The books have a slim, paperboard cover with a gold binding at the spine. Most examples don't have their dust covers. Books from the 1940s through the mid 1960s are rare since many were discarded after years of use. Early first editions with 25-cent cover prices are the most valuable. Look for ones with few marks and tears. 

Very early books had dust jackets with a blue binding-extremely hard-to-find After that the foil binding was changed to gold.

Later, other foil bindings were introduced which included silver, black, and red with charming designs (mickey mouse club, animals etc...)

In the late 1950 's Western Publishing & Lithographing, and Pocket Books Inc. became joint publishers, and company name was changed to Golden Press, Inc.