Description
No Dust Jacket. The Very Good- binding is staple-bound, illustrated paper over boards with a blue paper spine, the front cover shows a child with several toys, with white lettering, the rear cover is advertising for The Little Golden Library (42 titles listed). The binding pages show some toning, light soiling and edge-wear to the front cover, corner-wear, wear on the rear cover, wear at the head and foot of the spine. The binding is tight and the pages are clean. The lovely color and black-and-white illustrations by Masha can be found on every page. The book measures 6.7″ wide x 8.0″ tall.
Stated: Third Printing
About Little Golden Books
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)
