Lot of 17 vintage children's books. Acceptable to Good Condition.Not certain, but I think these are mostly first editions.In addition to defects noted below, also more or less have cover wear. May have minor cover soiling. Owner's name may be written on flyleaf or cover interior (front or back), or title page in 2 cases (photos 18-19). Pages may have minimal soiling. Pages may have corner curling, tanning. Sometimes there is quite a bit of creasing/crumpling, but generally faint, not as if page was folded all the way over and pressed down.Books that aren't Golden Books:Uncle Wiggily and the Alligator. Tell-a-Tale Book, Whitman Publishing Co. Copyright 1953. ACCEPTABLE. More cover wear. Beaver Valley, Walt Disney's True-Life Adventures. Tell-a-Tale Book, Whitman Publishing Co. Copyright 1954. GOOD.The Little Engine that Laughed. Treasure Book by Grosset & Dunlap. Copyright 1950. ACCEPTABLE. Spine cover loss. Most pages have a tear near spine bottom, largest an inch. A darker smudge.Dumpy. A Bonnie Book by James & Jonathan Company. Copyright 1947. GOOD. Title page has very minor pencil numbers. M-G-M's Lassie, Rescue in the Storm. A Cozy Corner Book by Whitman Publishing Co. Copyright 1951. GOOD.Little Golden Books that are "A" printings (By Simon & Schuster):A Giant Little Golden Book, Dogs. ACCEPTABLE. Copyright 1957. The foil spine covering is half detached (photo 23). Walt Disney's Alice in Wonderland Finds the Garden of Live Flowers. Copyright 1951. ACCEPTABLE. A bit more cover hinge wear. Slight scribble on last page (photo 13).Walt Disney's Donald Duck and Santa Claus. Copyright 1952. GOOD. Little cover hinge puncture. Tiny page tears.My Little Golden Book About the Sky. Copyright 1956. GOOD. Tiny page tears.Pantaloon. Copyright 1951. GOOD.The Tin Woodman of Oz. Copyright 1952. ACCEPTABLE. Little cover hinge puncture. Little page tear.Little Golden Books that are NOT "A" printings (By Simon & Schuster):Walt Disney's Cinderella. Copyright 1950. GOOD.Prayers for Children. Copyright 1942, inscribed 1948 (bit of ink got on facing page, photo 11). ACCEPTABLE. Spine cover loss. A bit more cover hinge wear. Short page tear. 3 small scribbles (worst in photo 16).Albert's Zoo, a Stencil Book. Copyright 1951. ACCEPTABLE. The stencils at the back of the book are gone, and were used to draw animals on the pages. Short page tears, longest an inch.How to Tell Time. Copyright 1957. GOOD.Lucky Mrs. Ticklefeather. Copyright 1951. "B" printing. GOOD.The Little Golden Funny Book. Copyright 1950. "B" and "42" on last page. ACCEPTABLE. Tiny page tears. A bit more cover hinge wear.
Hardcovers. No dust jackets.
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Dimensions approximately: 8” (H) x 6.5” (W).
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