Description
No Dust Jacket as issued. The Very Good+ binding is staple-bound, illustrated paper over boards with a foil spine, the front cover shows a boat on water with a Little Eskimo holding a rope and fish, with red and blue lettering, the rear cover is advertising for The Little Golden Library, the front cover has minor edge-wear, rear cover shows light wear to the head and foot of the spine. The binding is tight and the pages are clean. The lovely color illustrations can be found on every page. “This is a brand-new story, written and illustrated Especially for Golden Books.” The book measures 6.7″ wide x 8.0″ tall.
First Edition: “A” is present on the last page.
Author and Artist:
Among Kathryn Jackson’s recent Golden Books are Animals’ Merry Christmas and The Golden Circus. These follow many written with her husband, Byron, including Farm Stories, Cowboys and Indians, and Pirates, Ships, and Sailors. One of the outstanding children’s book artists of today, Leonard Weisgard has illustrated more than 50 books, including the Golden Egg Book, Pussy Willow, Wheels, Pantaloon, and Indian, Indian. (from the book)
About Little Golden Books:
LITTLE GOLDEN BOOKS are books to grow with. They entertain, they inform, they stretch the boundaries of the imagination. Their-wide variety of stories and subjects and their colorful, inviting illustrations have made them favorites with children and parents for more than forty years. Because children love them, LITTLE GOLDEN BOOKS are an ideal introduction to the world of reading.
Written and illustrated by some of the best children’s book authors and artists, LITTLE GOLDEN BOOKs are known by their gold-foil binding-and by the pleasure they bring to children. (From the cover of a Little Golden Book)
About the publishers:
The Little Golden Books were printed in September 1942 and for sale in stores in October. One and a half million books were sold in just five months. With an initial series of twelve titles each having a print run of 50,000 copies, the first Little Golden Books were priced at a very affordable 25 cents each. Little Golden Books started with publishing firm Simon & Schuster; Western Printing and Lithographing Company in Racine, Wisconsin was Simon & Schuster’s partner in the Little Golden Books venture, with Western handling print operations. Ownership and control of the series have changed several times since; today, Penguin Random House is its current publisher. (Wikipedia)
