Bidspirit auction | Whitman and Little Golden Book-Record

Whitman and Little Golden Book-Record Assortment, 1936-1948. Including Popeye and Blondie. - This lot features a diverse group of vintage children's literature, primarily comprising a Little Golden Book-Record Read-Along Collection set and three Whitman miniature format hardcovers. The Little Golden Book set is housed in its original yellow pictorial cardboard slipcase featuring various nursery and storybook characters. The collection includes 15 softcover books, each designed as a 24-page read-along with an accompanying 33 1/3 RPM record. Visible titles in this set include The Saggy Baggy Elephant (201), Tawny Scrawny Lion (202), Rumpelstiltskin (204), Scuffy the Tugboat (205), Little Boy with a Big Horn (207), Puss in Boots (208), Chicken Little (209), The Large and Growly Bear (210), Tootle (211), The Happy Man and His Dump Truck (213), The Taxi That Hurried (214), The Little Engine That Could (216), Seven Little Postmen (222), There's No Such Thing as a Dragon (223), and The Little Fat Policeman (224). Accompanying the set are three Whitman Publishing Company titles in the characteristic thick, small-format binding: 1. Popeye: The Sailor Sees the Sea (The Big Little Book, 1163). Title page credits ”An Original Story About the Star of Thimble Theatre by SEGAR.” The copyright page indicates ”COPYRIGHT, 1936, BY KING FEATURES SYNDICATE, INC.” 2. The G-Man on the Crime Trail (The Big Little Book, 1118). Written by George Clark and Lou Hanlon. Copyright page states ”COPYRIGHT, 1936, BY THE DAILY MIRROR.” 3. Blondie and Dagwood: Everybody's Happy (The Better Little Book, 1438). Written by Chic Young. Copyright page indicates a copyright date range of ”1944, 1945, 1948, by King Features Syndicate, Inc.” The Little Golden Books feature colored pictorial wrappers, while the Whitman books are bound in illustrated hard boards. The collection exhibits characteristic age-related toning to the interior paper. 5 inches high and 3.75 inches wide. The Little Golden Book slipcase measures approximately 7.25 inches high.