General Antiques and Collectibles Spring Auction
Lot 583:
Description
C-18352
c. 1940s-1970s; Little Golden Books, Platt & Munk, Doubleday, Scholastic Collection of five vintage children’s storybooks spanning multiple mid-century publishers and printing eras. The set includes The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper (Platt & Munk, red cloth edition), Belling the Cat and Other Stories retold by Leland B. Jacobs (Scholastic), Scuffy the Tugboat (Little Golden Books), Walt Disney’s Bambi, and Bedtime Stories (Doubleday). Each features distinct illustration styles and classic moral storytelling, capturing the evolution of mid-20th-century children’s publishing from early clothbound volumes to mass-market picture books. Little Golden Books, founded in 1942, democratized children’s literature with affordable, richly illustrated editions-forever changing how American families shared stories at home.
Wear consistent with age including minor spine rubbing, corner softening, and edge wear to covers. Some titles show foxing or light soiling to pages but remain intact and vibrant.
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