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# Title Author/Illustrator Date Value
# Title Author/Illustrator Date Value w/DJ Value w/o DJ
1 Three Little Kittens /Masha 1942 100-125 35-40
2 Bedtime Stories /Gustaf Tenggren 1942 100-125 35-40
3 The Alphabet A-Z /Vivian Leah Blake 1942 100-125 35-40
4 Mother Goose Phillis Frazer/Gertrude Elliott 1942 100-125 35-40
5 Prayers for Children /Rachel Dixon 1942 100-125 35-40
6 The Little Red Hen /Rudoff Freund 1942 100-125 35-40
7 Nursery Songs Leah Gale/Corinne Malvern 1942 100-125 35-40
8 The Pokey Little Puppy Janet Lowrey Sebrung/Gustaf Tenggren 1942 100-125 35-40
9 The Golden Book of Fairy Tales Hoskins, Winfield 1942 100-125 35-40
10 Baby's Book Bob Smith/Bob Smith 1942 150-175 35-40
11 The Animals of Farmer Jones Leah Gale/Rudolf Freund 1942 100-125 35-40
12 This Little Piggy /Roberta  Paflin 1942 125-150 50-60
13 The Golden Book of Birds Hazel LockwoodFedor Rojankovsky 1943 100-125 30-40
14 Nursery Tales /Masha 1943 100-125 30-40
15 The Lively Little Rabbit Ariane/Gustaf TGenngrenn 1943 100-125 30-40
16 The Golden Book of Flowers Mabel Witman/Hershberger 1943 100-125 30-40
17 Hansel and Gretel Brothers Grimm/Erika Weihs 1943 100-125 30-40
18 A day in the jungle Janet Sebring Lowery/Tibor Gergely 1943 100-125 30-40
19 My first book of Bible Stories Mary Ann Walton/Emmy Ferand 1943 100-125 30-40
20 The Night Before Christmas Clement C MooreCornelius DeWitt 1946 n/a 30-40
20 The Night Before Christmas Clement C MooreCorinne Malvern 1948 n/a 25-30
20 The Night Before Christmas  2nd cover of 1949 ed Clement C MooreCorinne Malvern 1949 100-125 30-40
21 Tootle Gertrude Crampton/Tibor Gergely 1945 100-130 30-40
22 Toys Edith Oswald/Masha 1945 100-125 30-40
23 The shy Little kitten Kathleen Schurr/ 1946 100-125 30-40
24 The New House in the forest Lucy Sprague Mitchell/Eloise Wilkin 1946 100-125 30-40
25 The Taxi That Hurried Lucy Sprague Mitchell/Irma Black Simington, Tibor Gergely 1946 100-125 30-40
26 Christmas Carols Marjorie Wyckoff/Corinne Malvern 1946 100-125 30-40
27 Story of Jesus Beatrice AlexanderSteffie Lerch 1946 100-125 30-40
28 Chip, Chip Norman Wright, Nino Carbe 1947 100-125 30-40
29 Noises and Mr. Flibberty-Jib Eloise Wilkin/Eloise Wilkin 1947 n/a 30-40
30 Scuffy The Tugboat Gertrude CramptonTibor Gergely 1946 100-125 30-40
31 Circus Time Marion G. CongberTibor Gergely 1948 n/a 30-40
32 Fix It Please Lucy Sprague Mitchell/Eloise Wilkin 1947 n/a 30-40
33 Let's Go Shopping Lenora CombesLenora Combes 1948 n/a 30-40
34 The Little Golden Book of Hymns Elsa Jane WernerCorinne Malvern 1947 n/a 30-40
35 The Happy Family Nicole Gertrude Elliott 1947 100-130 30-40
36 The Saggy Baggy Elephant Kathryn & Byron JacksonGustaf Tenggren 1947 18-20
37 A Year on the Farm Lucy Sprague MitchellRichard Floethe 1948 18-20
38 The Little Golden Book of Poetry Corinne Malvern 1947 18-20
39 Animal Babies Kathryn & Bryon Jackson, Adele Werbe 1947 18-20
40 The Little Golden Book of Singing Games Kathryne Tyler WesslesCorinne Malvern 1947 18-20
41 The New Baby Ruth & Harold ShaneEloise 1948 1948 18-20
42 Little Red Riding Hood Elizabeth Orton JonesElizabeth Orton Jones 1948 18-20
42 Little Red Riding Hood  (Puzzle in back cover) Elizabeth Orton JonesElizabeth Orton Jones 1948 18-20
43 Little Pond in the Woods Muriel Ward/Tibor Gregely 1948 18-20
44 Come Play House Edith  Oswald/Eloise Wilkin 1948 18-20
45 The Little Golden Book of Words Selma Lola Chambers/GertrudeE lliott 1948 18-20
46 The Golden Sleepy Book Margaret Wise Brown/Garth Williams 1948 18-20
47 The Three Bears Feodor Rojankovsky 1948 125-150
47 The Three Bears (second cover) Feodor Rojankovsky 1948 18-20
48 A Year in the City Lucy Sprague Mitchell/Tibor  Gergely 1948 18-20
49 Mr. Noah and His Family Jane Werner/Alice & Martin Provensen 1948 18-20
50 Busy Timmy Kathryn & Byron Jackson/Eloise Wilkin 1948 18-20
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