Childrens Books / Golden Books

Western Publishing Company, 1984. Near Fine/No Jacket. 1984; HB. Colorful binding is fine, one small area on back where the lamination looks puffy. A Big Golden Book. Unpaginated, full color illustrations throughout; pages are fine, no marks. Spine is tight. more information

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Western Publishing, 1987. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. #102-56. Cover is good, light edge wear on all sides. Pages are slightly dog-eared at top and bottom, otherwise pages are fine and fully illustrated. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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Western Publishing, 1978. Hard Bound. Very Good/No Jacket. #100-54. Cover is very good, golden edge, light wear at the bottom and also top corner right. Pages are fine, fully illustrated. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. more information

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Golden Books Publishing Company, 1997. Soft Cover. Fine/Fine. Photographs. Illustrated cover is fine. Illustrations are photos taken from the film. Pages are also fine, from film, and the book includes 20 tatoos (temporary). 8" x 8: high. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Racine, Wisconsin, U.S.A.: Golden Press, 1983. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Wilkin, Eloise. This book, beautifully illustrated by Eloise Wilkin, is a Golden Sturdy Shape Book. It shows a little boy going through the morning, getting up, washing his face and brushing his teeth, dressing himself (with Daddy's help), going to breakfast that Mom has made, all with his dog that sleeps by his bed. Mom brushes his hair and checks his nails, then he is free to go outside and play with his dog and cat. 12 illustrated boards; the last board is bumped at the bottom, and at the top the glossy part is coming off the board just a bit, as it is with the top front. Original price still on the cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Golden Press, 1978. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket. Binding is fine, no wear. 22 stories are included. 93 pages, fully illustrated. Pages are fine. 8 3/4" x 10 1/8" 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Racine, Wisconsin: Western Publishing, 1981. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket. de John, Marie. #202-55. Cover is fine, no wear marks. Illustrated by Marie de John. Each page has 7-8 illustrations for each letter. Pages are fine, no marks or tears. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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Western Publishing, 1980. Hard Bound. Very Good/No Jacket. Slight edge wear at corners, light scuffing. Pages are fine, no tears or marks, brightly illustrated throughout. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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Whitman Publishing. 1970. HB, spine has a 1" tear at top, book, front and back cover have slight scuffs. Each page is a heavy board with a scene using dolls and other props photographed against a colorful background. Includes references to grandma & grandpa. more information

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Western Publishing Company. 1995; SB. Cover is good, crease in lower right corner, slight wear at top. Inside is laid out as a comic; pages are fine, no marks or tears. 6.75" x 7.5" high. more information

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Whitman Publishing. 1969. HB, spine is taped to the length of the book, front and back cover have slight scuffs. Each page is a heavy board with a scene using dolls and other props photographed against a colorful background. more information

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New York: Simon and Schuster, 1952. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Wilkin, Eloise. #205, "A". The roundfaced little children on the front of the cover are adorable. Several children's prayers are presented, including a Morning Prayer, A Child's Grace (3 versions), A Great Gray Elephant, A Child's Prayer, The Gift, and several more. The last page is mostly torn out - at least the "A" was still intact! This is a most beautifully illustrated book and is special for that reason alone. The binding front corners are worn through, the back corners lightly worn. There is light shelf wear on the bottom and wear at the spine ends. The bottom end a tiny bit lifted in the back. The silver foil is intact. The inside boards are also decorated. All of the pages except the one mentioned, are clean with no marks or tears. The nameplate has 2 names written in ink. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Western Publishing, 1987. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. #102-56. Cover is very good, slight discoloring on lower left. Pages are fine, no marks or tears, and fully illustrated. 6.5" x 7.75" high. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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Racine, WI: Western Publishing, 1990. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine/No Jacket. Costanza, John; Wakeman, Diana. A Golden Look-Look Book. A story about two school students, a pig and a boy who was rich, spoiled, and loved goading Hamton the pig. They got to the point that they were going to fight, because the rich boy figured it would be a good way for him to make money on bets. The illustrations are bright, and all of the pages, including the binding are clean and bright. No wear marks. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Racine, Wisconsin: Western Publishing, 1992. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket. Cooke, Tom. From the Sesame Street Book Club series. Grover takes his reader on a tour of the farm in Spring. All over there are baby animals that will grow bigger and stronger into Fall. Unpaginated; every page is fully illustrated without any marks or tears. Bright and clean copy, the binding is fine, has slight wear on the front corners. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Racine, WI: Western Publishing, 1986. 6th Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Wilburn, Kathy. #10156-16, A First Little Golden Book. A young brother and sister are learning to share their toys. They do pretty well, until Carl wants to play with the tea set. Because Kelly won't share, she has to play alone. In the end they are friends again and play together as best friends. The cover has a spot on the lower right that goes to the inside of the cover, but does not affect the pages. There is one chip at the bottom and the foil has minor wear at the spine ends. Great color illustrations throughout. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. more information

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Racine, WI: Western Publishing, 1986. 5th Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Wilburn, Kathy. #10156-16, A First Little Golden Book. A young brother and sister are learning to share their toys. They do pretty well, until Carl wants to play with the tea set. Because Kelly won't share, she has to play alone. In the end they are friends again and play together as best friends. The cover has a spot on the lower right front, and lower back left, that goes to the inside of the cover, but does not affect the pages. There is light wear at the top corner and the foil has minor wear. Great color illustrations throughout. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Random House Children's Books, 1994. No Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Walz, Richard. #207-67. A lovely retelling of the classic tale. Fully illustrated. Story is unabridged. 23 pages, no marks or tears. The title page has the former owner's name printed at the top. On the side near the bottom there is a 1" tear. There are a few tiny dents at the top on the front binding. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Racine, WI: Western Publishing, 1953. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. The Walt Disney Studio. Walt Disney's version as a Little Golden Book. #100-53, edition JJ. The front top and bottom edges show light wear. The spine ends have minor wear also, and the bottom front edge has minor wear. Two facing pages inside have small smudge marks at the bottom. The front has a very slight darker area where there was a label. Unpaginated, 22 pages. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: Golden Press, 1950. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Malvern, Corinne. #142, 25 cents. C.1950, 1951. Frosty appeared as a song in 1950 and from there was adapted to a story. The inside page says "This is a brand new book written and illustrated especially for Golden Books." Frosty appears even in places where it's too warm to snow or too cold to make a snowman of one's own. He plays with children after they deck him out, and what fun they have while he's there! This book is worn around the corners and along the edges. The title page is torn about half way up. The second and third page each have a tear about an inch up from the bottom. The fifth page has about a 2" tear, the seventh about an inch, the next three pages have about 1/2" tears at the bottom and the last page is fine. All of the tears are clean, no folding over etc. The illustrations are beautiful, most tears are no where near the illustrations. The spine is curling up about 1/2" from the bottom and is missing about 1" from the top. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: A Golden Book, 1950. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Malvern, Corinne. #451-09. C.1950 edition J. Frosty appeared as a song in 1950 and from there was adapted to a story and motion picture. Frosty appears even in places where it's too warm too snow or too cold to make a snowman of one's own. He plays with children after they deck him out, and what fun they have while he's there! This book is worn at the corners and along the edges. Minor wear at the spine bottom. The pages in this book are exactly the same as the first edition book, except these are brighter and not torn. The illustrations are wonderful. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Racine, Wisconsin: Western Publishing, 1992. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. A clever, creative book shows a boy and girl running from place to place, watching adults working (all smiling, of course!). Shows all sorts of different things one can be when one grows up. A Fast Start book (level one, ages 4 and up). At the end they come home, greet their parents, and decide that's another good job. more information

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Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing, 1963. Seiden, Art. All pages illustrated. HB, light wear on cover, 1/2" tear on top of spine. Pages fine, no markings; story is about a plow, but not just any old plow! more information

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Racine, WI: Western Publishing Company, 1979. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket. Cauley, Lorinda Bryan. Binding is fine; slight bends at spine. Story is about a rabbit teaching his new brothers and sisters how to be good rabbits and avoid foxes, but he keeps making mistakes that bother other woodland animals. Illustrated throughout, including boards; pages are fine. A Golden Tell-a-Tale Book, these are recommended for preschool children almost ready to read. Part of a price label on the back. There is a sticker ghost on the front right corner, with the price blacked out. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Western Publishing. 1989; HB with gold spine, #104-68. Cover is good, wear at top edge and two front right corners. Yellow marker scribble on the title page. Illustrated by Ron Dias. Coloring also on 2 pages inside; remaining pages are fine, no marks or tears, and are beautifully illustrated. 6.5" x 7.75" high. more information

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New York: Golden Books Publishing Company, Inc., 1997. No Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Kurtz, John. There was a talent show that Christopher Robin had put together. Everyone had some kind of talent they performed, but poor Eeyore had a cloud over his head all day as he was practicing his somersaults. When he got to the stage everyone was there, performing their tricks. Tigger thought that Eeyore's cloud was part of his act. Poor Eeyore, he was too gloomy and soggy to perform, but then an Eeyore-sized rainbow suddenly appeared and he was cheered by all! Fully illustrated, unpaginated. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Whitman Publishing. Illustrated by Jan Neely, 1964. Authorized edition, cover lightly scuffed on edges and back, bottom spine slightly chewed. htly creased on bottom right, otherwise pages fine. more information

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Racine, Wisconsin, U.S.A.: Golden Press, 1992. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. LaPadula, Tom. #311-69 A very nice, simplified version of Noah's Ark. The illustrations are beautiful; each page is illustrated. The binding has a small bend at the top right corner. There are no marks in the book and the spine is tight. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: Golden Press, 1961. No Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Williams, Garth. #428. An older, 29 cent copy of this adorable title. It is Spring, and bunny decides he must find a new home. He talks with many animals along the way, but doesn't find suitable accomodations until he finds another bunny! The binding front is very scuffed, with wear at the corners, and lighter wear at the edges. The silver spine is in a vine pattern. The back binding has some scuffing. The pages are almost all fine, fully illustrated. The last right-hand page has some light brown spots on it (that really look as though they belong) and the inside back binding also has light brown smudges. All of the other pages and clean. 23 pages. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Western Publishing, 1987. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Super, Terri. #459-12. Cover has a very good, slight chips and scuffs on the edges. Pages are fine, no marks or tears. Beautifully illustrated. 6.25" x 7.75" high. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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New York: Golden Press, 1976. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Book #128. The story is about a lion who is fed by rabbits - carrot stew. So he sends all the other animals away who nibble at carrots or catch fish; one day the rabbits go visiting and he is left to make do himself. He couldn't make the stew, and the monkey he knew tried and tried to make it like the rabbits did. Cover has slight wear on edges and corners, a vertical scratch on the front board. Title page has a vertical crease; There is a 1/2" vertical tear at the top of the first page. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Racine, WI: Western Publishing, 1965. Third Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Wilkin, Eloise. #205-53. A very cute book about going to kindergarten. Each page shows another thing that they do during the day. All of the pages are illustrated in full color and are realistic to my kindergarten experience, anyway! The binding is scuffed on the front and the silver spine is somewhat scuffed, though completely intact. The title page has someone's initials on it, and at the inside edge a 1 1/2" tear at the top. All of the pages are clean, no crayola scribbles. Unpaginated. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Racine, WI: Western Publishing, 1955. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Gergely, Tibor. An oversized golden book. Scuffy is a red toy tugboat with a blue stack. He became restless just sitting in the toy store, so the owner brought him home. He wanted to be in water, but didn't like the bathtub; he liked the creek. It moved fast and in no time Scuffy was out of sight, while the water grew deeper and wider. The edges of the boards are lightly worn. Both ends of the spine are worn to the cardboard at the very ends. There is a label ghost at the top right.The back spine board is lightly worn the full vertical length. The inside of each board is yellow with a black picture of the town where Scuffy lives. Unpaginated, but the pages are all very bright and clean - no spots. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. more information

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Racine, WI: Western Publishing, 1999. Soft Cover. Fine/No Jacket. Gergely, Tibor. An as-new soft cover version of this timeless Golden Books favorite. All pages are clean and bright with many illustrations. There are no wear marks or rubbing to the outside. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: Simon and Schuster, 1945. Third Printing. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Gergely, Tibor. A very funny story about a train named Tootle, that was going to locomotive school and practicing all day. The most important lesson was "Stay on the Tracks, No Matter What." The binding is bright. The corners are worn lightly and moderately. One has a small piece missing. The top front edge is worn, and has a bump about 1" from the spine. The front hinge has a 1" tear near the top and a 1" tear at the bottom. The binding over the spine is worn in the front, cracked from the bottom up about 1 1/4" and pulled away at the top about 1 1/4". Some of the early pages have small spots on them near the bottom. Most of the pages are clean; no tears or writing on the pages. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Racine, WI: Western Publishing, 1974. 12th Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Gergely, Tibor. A Little Golden Book. Scuffy is a red toy tugboat with a blue stack. He became restless just sitting in the toy store, so the owner brought him home. He wanted to be in water, but didn't like the bathtub; he liked the creek. It moved fast and in no time Scuffy was out of sight, while the water grew deeper and wider. The binding shows a water stain which is on every page, the right bottom to about half way up the edge. There is wear on the spine; the decorative black is missing in man places. On the book plate a person's name is neatly printed. On the title page it looks as though another child tried to write his name - at least it's neat! The pages have no marks or tears except for water in the right corner. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: Golden Press, 1967. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Durand, Paul. A Golden Star book. When Henry Rabbit wanders away from his family with his friend the hare, Mother Rabbit is frantic. Two squirrels go about trying to find Henry Rabbit. Light wear to the spine ends. The binding has two spots on the front - both near the spine. Illustrations are many and beautiful - nature scenes. 240 pages, including Table of Contents located in the back. Pages lightly tanned, cutting on the book was not exact so some of the text pages have a bit of an illustration at one end. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. more information

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Western Publishing, 1980. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 1980; HB with gold spine, #458-1. The cover is good, wear on the edges. Corner bumped. Illustrated by J.P. Miller. Pages appear to have gotten wet. They're wrinkled at the bottom , otherwise fine with no marks or tears. Beautifully illustrated . 6.5" x 7.75" high. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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Racine, WI: Western Publishing, 1982. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Goldsborough, June. A First Little Golden Book for toddlers. Fully illustrated, all types of animals are shown and where they live. The cover shows a black bear with two cubs. Foil spine has light wear. Pages are fine, feels like new. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. more information

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Racine, WI: Western Publishing, 1982. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Goldsborough, June. 10132-12, Edition "P." A First Little Golden Book for toddlers. Fully illustrated, all types of animals are shown and where they live. The cover shows a black bear with two cubs. Foil spine has light wear; there is a bit of scuffing at the top and a slightly darker area at the bottom right corner; does not go through to pages. Pages are fine, feels like new. There is a red line where a child's name would go. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. more information

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New York: Golden Press, 1959. No Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Polgreen, John. This book is part of the Golden Library of Knowledge. Written in the 1950's (but I believe this particular copy was printed in the early 1960's) it contains some wonderful information about the moon, space flight, and even a space station. The development of rockets and their different stages of burn are included, as is a chapter on spacemen. Although a great deal of the information is fairly accurate, the illustrations look as though they came from a science fiction book. 54 including an index. The index page is missing two areas, one rather large; all other pages are fine. The binding has moderate wear at the top corners and heavy wear at the bottom corners. The spine head is heavily worn, the tail is moderately worn, and there is wear at the front and back bottom gutter. The pages are tight; this is a fun book to read! Great gift for your favorite rocket scientist! 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Racine, Wisconsin: Western Publishing, 1950. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. The Walt Disney Studio. #451-08 "L" Very bright, full color illustrations throughout. Binding is tight, minor wear at bottom corners. All pages are fine; overall a clean, bright book for Christmas. The toy shop is at the North Pole, the different departments, such as the dolls, trains, games and building sets are featured with tiny elves making the toys. Santa is reading letters from children, and loading up his sleigh with a huge bag of gifts. Unpaginated, the binding has a few light spots at the bottom of the light green background. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Racine, WI: Golden Press, 1952. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Edition "K." Front and back have normal wear on edges. First page has been taped on to front cover and has a vertical crease. Beautiful illustrations of 32 stories and rhymes. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing, 1969. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Hauge, Carl and Mary. A Tell-a-Tale book, #2558. Lazy Fox dreamed that Red Hen would make a wonderful meal with dumplings. One day he woke up especially hungry, grabbed a sack and went to red hen's home where he hid inside her house. When she came in he caught her. On the way back to his home he decided to stop for a nap, so red hen escaped and caused lazy fox so much misery that he was too lazy to try to catch red hen again. The binding is worn at all corners and there is a horizontal scratch near the bottom of the front, about 3/4 of the way across. The binding is clean, and the pages are clean and bright. No writing on the book. Original price 25 cents. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. more information

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Racine, WI: Western Publishing Company, 1987. Soft Cover. Fine/No Jacket. Nenzioni, Gabriele; Cutrona, Mauro. A Golden Look Book. Binding is fine; inside binding has the name of the former owner and on the title page a very small date stamp at the top. The pages are fine. Book tells about all kinds of dinosaurs, their habits and how they lived and died. This book is factual. more information

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New York: Golden Press, 1960. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Darwin, Beatrice. A" edition. A read it yourself book. Mike is a young boy who feels he has nothing to do. So he decides to go for a walk and runs into several different animals. He asks each "where do you live?" but get no answer, and follows them to see where their homes are. Illustrations are very colorful, using outdoor colors (not gaudy). The binding is worn at edges and along the bottom. The cloth is clean and bright, with a picture of animals and leaves in yellow and brown and the green of the cover. Unpaginated, the pages are clean and bright. The most minor of ex-lib markings, no big stamps, just a letter D on the title page and penned in catalog data with the copyright information. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Racine, WI: Western Publishing Company, 1980. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket. Obligado, Lilian. Book is made of hard pictoral boards that are shaped around the front picture of Mother Goose. Book is as new, no wear. 13 rhymes on as many boards. Pictures are very colorful, more than one on each board. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: Golden Press, 1971. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Walt Disney Illustrators, Armstrong, Samuel [adapted by]. Illustrated by The Walt Disney Studio and adapted by Samuel Armstrong, 1971. Cover very lightly scuffed on edges, first page and last two pages slightly creased on bottom right, otherwise pages fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Western Publishing Company. 1988; SB. Binding is fine, a few small creases on spine. Each page is beautifully illustrated. Story shows how to behave to friends and strangers. Pages are all fine. more information

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Racine, WI: Western Publishing, 1990. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket. Sanderson, Ruth. #10161-14, A First Little Golden Book for toddlers. Five little bunnies went out with their parents one day. Each one had a special sense, and on the warm spring day each one was able to exercise those senses. The binding has no wear marks, nor do the pages. They are clean and bright, well illustrated. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. more information

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