Golden Books (All but Little Golden Books)

Please note, Little Golden Books are listed on a separate post.  In some cases, other Golden Books that I have, are listed under a post pertaining to a certain illustrator/type etc. Disney and others are under those blog titles.


Big Golden Books

• The Great Big Fire Engine Book (1950) (Tibor Gergely) 1976, 1977 (not the greatest cond)
• Little Black Sambo (1960) (Helen Bannerman/Bonnie and Bill Rutherford) 1978 VGC. (Ebay comp. $29.99 +3 ship)
• There's an Elephant in the Bathtub (1964 Roger Bradfield) (Ebay comp 1971 $23.95+ship) looks like first printing but no indication.
• A Child's Garden of Verses (Ebay comp 1951 $18.75+ 5.22 ship)
• My Big Golden Counting Book (1957 Lilian Moore/Garth Williams) Foil spine. Smells Old.
• I Want to Read! (Betty RenWright/Aliki) 1979,1978 (Etsy is $12-$14) $8
• Selections from A Child's Garden of Verses (1969 Virginia Tiffany) 1972, 1974
• My First Golden Dictionary (1957 Mary Reed, Edith Osswald/Richard Scarry) 1978, 1972
• Curly the Pig (1964 Virginia Livraghi Ill.) 1967
• Scuffy the Tugboat (1955 Gertrude Crampton/Tibor Gergely) 1982
• Tell Me, Cat (1965 Ellen Fisher/Virginia Stitchery) 1972, 1965
• Woody Woodpecker The Pirate Treasure (1977 Walter Lanz) 1979
• The Poky Little Puppy's First Christmas (1973 Adelaide Holl/Florence Sarah Winship) 1974
• Lassie Finds a Way (1957 Irwin Shapiro/Hamilton Greene) 1957 "G"
• The Road Runner A Very Scary Lesson (
• The Golden Egg Book (1947 Margaret Wise Brown/Leonard Weisgard) 1976x2, 1975 $7 ig
• The Tale of Peter Rabbit (1963 Beatrix Potter, Rod Ruth) 1973 $5 IG 
• My Dog, My Friend in Pictures and Rhyme (1972 Sidney Rafilson
• Benji Fastest Dog in the West (1978) 1980 
• The Golden Animal ABC (Garth Williams) Not in the best shape.  Foxing.
• Welcome to Little Golden Book Land (1989) 1989 "A"
• Three Bedtime Stories (1958/Garth williams) 1980 $9.99
• The Golden Birthday Book (1989 Margaret Wise Brown/Leonard Weisgard) $14.99 etsy

Other and Oversized/Big Golden Press Books

• The Big Golden Book of Poetry 85 Childhood Favorites (red font with owl and cat in boat on cover) (1949) Jane Werner/Gertrude Elliott -1970, 1949-"I" Crayon coloring on one of the end pages. (Comps on ebay-1964 ed $89.99 down to $40), 1949-K, 
• The Big Golden Book of Poetry (Blue Cover) 
• The Golden Book of Poems (Joan Walsh Anglund) (Ebay $19.99)
• The Great Escape or The Sewer Story (Peter Lippman) 1973 -x2 1973 early printing and it's not in great shape.  Second Copy is 1973 early printing (Ebay comp 1974 $150 plus ship) Etsy $125
• Tibor Gergely's Bedtime Stories (Ebay comp 1971 $24.99 + 5.95sh) 1961 $34.99
• From One to Ten and Back Again (1972 Ken Wagner) 1972 "A" First. 
• The Golden Geography (1964 Elsa Jane Werner/Cornelius De Witt) 1967
• McCall's Golden Do-It Book (Ill. William Dugan 1960) 1967
• McCall's Giant Golden Make-It Book (1953) 1968 second printing $34.95 etsy price (might keep)
• the read-it-yourself storybook (1971 Various illustrators) x3 early printings $34.95 etsy
• The Golden Happy Birthday Book (1976 Rosalyn Schanzer) 1976 early printing.  x3 $14.99 etsy
• Ring for Liberty (1976 Virginia Parsons) 1976x2 early printing 
• Joe Kaufman's Book about the Big Sky About the High Hills About the Rich Earth...And the Deep Sea (1978) 1978 A printing $9.95
• Joe Kaufman's Slimy, Creepy, Crawly Creatures (1985 Joe Kaufman) (None ebay/etsy sold or for sale) $19.99
• Joe Kaufman's Wings Paws Hoofs and Flippers (1981) B-J printing $14.95 etsy
• Joe Kaufman's What Makes it... Go, Work, fly, float? (1971) 1971 G-J printing $14.95
• Joe Kaufman's How We...Are Born, Grow, Our Bodies Work, and How We Learn (1975) Ebay comp $19.99 
• A Child's Garden of Verses (1978 Susan Bonners) B-J
• 12 Folk and Fairy Tales (1970 Illustrated by Paul Durand) 1971 second printing (Not easy to find comps on etsy or ebay.) $22.99
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• The Golden Mother Goose (Alice and Martin Provensen) 1976 Printing $18.99
• The Golden Birthday Book (1989 Wise-Brown/Weisgard)  D-M printing 3 $14.99 etsy
• The Golden Picture Dictionary (1976 Illustrated by Hilary Knight) C-M printing.  **Need to find more information in this book.  I believe it is quite rare. 
• Peter Lippman Animals! Animals! (1976) 1976 "A" first edition. $19 etsy
• Ali Mitgutsch's World on Wheels (1975) 1975 "A" Binding is loose. Very HTF. None etsy. $24.99 etsy (priced lower due to binding)
• Peter Lippman One and Only Wacky Wordbook (1979) B-F, A-F first
• Sails, Rails and Wings (1978 Seymour Reit/Roberto Innocenti) A-J
• 366 Goodnight Stories (1969) 1974 printing 
• The City Book (1972 Lucille Corcos) 1972 A Printing. 
• A Child's Garden of Verses (1951 Alice and Martin Provensen) 1973 printing --Pricing will be referenced under the Provensen Post. 
• Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric Reptiles (1960) 1976 printing $7 IG, $14.99 etsy price 
• The Golden Picture Dictionary (1972 Bertha Morris Parker/Aurelius Battaglia) "A" first ed.
• A Treasury of Little Golden Books (1982 Ellen Lewis Buell) C-J 
• Margaret Wise Brown's Wonderful Storybook (1974/JP Miller) "A" Will list on etsy $39.95
• The Golden Treasury of Children's Literature (1966) H $20
• The Wonder of Animals (1976 Kathleen Daly/Greg and Tim Hildebrandt) "A" $9.99
• Green Eyes (1953/1973 A. Birnbaum) B-J $19.99 
• Once Upon a Pirate Ship (1974 Mircea Vasiliu) $34.95 etsy
• Wild Animals and Their Babies (1971 Jan Pfloog) $16.99 etsy 

Rare/Scarce Golden Books

• Big and Little (Joe Kaufman 1966) Stated third Printing 
• The Big Tidy-Up (Norah Smaridge/Les Gray 1970
• ABC - A Golden Sturdy Book (Helen Federico 1969)
• The A-to-Z No-Cook Cookbook (Felipe Rojas-Lombardi/Dorothy Ivens 1974) 1974 "A" First Ed. 
• Being Green (Sesame Street) (Raposo/Delessert 1973) $19.99
• The Golden Picture Dictionary (1976 Illustrated by Hilary Knight) C-M printing.  **Need to find more information in this book.  I believe it is quite rare. 
• The Fourteen Bears Summer and Winter (1973 Evelyn Scott/Virginia Parsons) 1974 Second Printing.  I have two of these VERY RARE Books and both are loved! C-J printing has ripped pages. 
• My Learn to cook book (1967 Ursula Sedgwick/Martin Mayhew) VGVC
• Around the World with Koa Koala (1974 Kathryn Jackson/Benvenuti) Inscribed
• The Golden Happy Book of Words (1963 Joe Kaufman) 1963 B printing. Scribbles on last page
• Green Eyes (A. Birnbaum 1953, 1979) B-J
• Here comes the Whoosh! (1960 Vincent Fago) A SUPER RARE 1960 A

Scratch and Sniff

• Little Bunny Follows his Nose (1971 Katherine Howard/J.P. Miller) 1971 $16.95
• A Nose for Trouble (1973 Barbara Shook Hazen/Tim and Greg Hildebrandt) 1973 A and others--1975, C-J
• Max the Nosy Bear (Have to find it)
• Detective Arthur on the Scent (1971 Mary J. Fulton/Battaglia) C-J printing - Okay cond., another C-J printing, acceptible.
• Raggedy Ann's Sweet and Dandy Sugar Candy (1976) 1976 E-J printing
• The Joys of Christmas (1976 Kathryn Jackson/Jenny Williams) 1976 B-J
• See these other posts for others: Mercer Mayer, Richard Scarry, Sesame Street, Disney (Bambi and Pooh), Eloise Wilkin, 

Board Books

• Marc Brown's Boat Book (1982) 1982 B-J, Very good but inscribed.
• My Head-to-Toe Book (1974 Jean Tymms/Tibor Gergely) JK, I-K scuffed around edges
• I am a Kitten (1970 Ole Risom/Jan Pfloog) "T" No writing, ST, L-T
• I am a Puppy (1970 Ole Risom/Jan Pfloog) XYZ, L-T
• I am a Mouse (1964 Ole Risom/John P. Miller) N-P taped and scuffed around edges. 
• I am a Bunny (See Richard Scarry Post)
• The Saggy Baggy Elephant (1982 Cassandra Conyers/Manny Campana) A
• Honey Rabbit (1982 Margo Hopkins/Cyndy Szekeres)
• This is my House (1981 John C. Johnson) C-J, exterior seems a little less clean. 

See Science Books for other Golden Press Books that are very collectible.