A Massive Collection of Big Little Books (150 volumes)

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Whitman; Disney; Burt; Various 1928 - 1958

141 + 10 duplicate volumes.  Various printings. 

The Big Little Books, were first created in 1932 by Sam Lowe for Whitman Publishing Co. The name, though seemly paradoxical, promised "the buyer a great amount of reading material and pleasure (BIG) within a small and compact (LITTLE) book." - Lower, Larry. Lowery's The Collector's Guide to Big Little Books and Similar Books. Educational Research and Applications Corporation, 1981, p. 2. They were typically 3 5/8" wide and 4 1/2" high and featured a dramatic color cover. They featured an illustration on one page opposite a page of text. During the "Golden Age" of Big Little Books (1932-1938) these books were a staple for many American children. Our collection includes numerous adventure stories, radio dramas, pirates!, westerns, Little Orphan Annie, and more!  Fabulous pulp art covers.  Sold with all faults, not subject to return.  See our photos and ask questions!  Please request a full list of contents: 1. Little Orphan Annie (1928); 2. Wash Tubbs in Pandemonia (1932); 3. Little Orphan Annie and the Chizzler; and the Big Train Robbery; and the Ghost Gang (1933); 4. Cowboy Stories (1933); 5. Dick Tracy From Colorado to Nova Scotia (1933); 6. Kit Carson - Highlights of History Series (1933); 7. Ken Maynard in Gun Justice (1934); 8. Jackie Cooper and Wallace Beery in Treasure Island (1934); 9. Tailspin Tommy: The Dirigible Flight to the North Pole (1934); 10. The Story of Skippy (1934); 11. Little Women, or Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy (1934); 12. THE LOST PATROL (1934); 13. CHARLES DICKENS' DAVID COPPERFIELD : W.C. Fields (1934) (x2); 14. Bobby Benson on the H-Bar-O Ranch (1934); 15. Captain Easy - Soldier of Fortune (1934); 16. STRAWBERRY ROAN (1934); 17. Hairbreadth Harry in Department QT (1935); 18. WEST POINT OF THE AIR (1935); 19. Ace Drummond (1935); 20. Frank Buck presents Ted Towers animal master (1935); 21. Radio Patrol (1935); 22. Powder Smoke Range (1935); 23. Tim McCoy in The Prescott Kid (1935); 24. Red Barry Ace Detective (1935); 25. Don Winslow U.S.N. [Lieutenant Commander]. (1935); 26. Terry and the Pirates (1935); 27. Tom Mix : FLAMING GUNS (1935); 28. The Silver Streak (1935); 29. The Arizona Kid on the bandit trail (1936); 30. Zane Grey's King of the Royal Mounted (1936); 31. Skyroads With Hurricane Hawk (1936); 32. Jimmie Allen in the Air Mail Robbery (1936); 33. Buffalo Bill Plays a Lone Hand (1936); 34. DAN DUNN: Secret Operative 48 (1936); 35. DAN DUNN: on the Trail of The Counterfeiters (1936); 36. G-Man vs. the Red X (1936); 37. The G-Man of Lightning Island (1936); 38. SOS coast guard (1936); 39. Tim McCoy in the Westerner (1936); 40. The Arizona Kid on the bandit trail (1936); 41. The Spy (1936); 42. TOM MIX and the Stranger From the South (1936); 43. Buck Jones in "The Fighting Rangers (1936); 44. King of the Royal Mounted Gets His Man (1936); 45. The Texas Ranger on the Trail of the Dog Town Rustlers (1936); 46. SOMBRERO PETE (1936); 47. G-Man And The Radio Bank Robberies (1937); 48. Tom Mix and the Hoard of Montezuma (1937); 49. Radio Patrol Trailing the Safeblowers (1937); 50. Freckles and the Lost Diamond Mine (1937); 51. Junior G-Men and the counterfeiters (1937) x 2; 52. Little Orphan Annie in the Movies (1937); 53. KAZAN : IN REVENGE O F THE NORTH (1937); 54. Kay Darcy and the mystery hideout (1937); 55. Guns in the Roaring West (1937); 56. International spy : Doctor Doom faces death at dawn (1937); 57. TEXAS KID (1937); 58. Barney Baxter in the Air With the Eagle Squadron (1938); 59. Tailspin Tommy and the Sky Bandits (1938); 60. Don Winslow of the Navy vs. the Scorpion Gang (1938); 61. JANE WITHERS IN KEEP SMILING (1938); 62. Captain Frank Hawks Air Ace (1938); 63. Junior Nebb on the Diamond-Bar ranch (1938); 64. Gene Autry in Public Cowboy No. 1 (1938); 65. George O'Brien in Gun Law (1938); 66. Walt Disney's Story of Dippy the Goof [#1066] (1938); 67. Brick Bradford with Brocco the Modern Bucanneer (1938); 68. Gang Busters in Action (1938); 69. Coach Bernie Bierman's Brick Barton and the Winning Eleven (1938); 70.  Ken Maynard and the Gun Wolves of the Gila (1939); 71. DICK TRACY, THE SUPER DETECTIVE (1939); 72. The Son of Tarzan (1939); 73. Smilin' Jack in Wings over the Pacific (1939); 74. Red Ryder and Little Beaver on Hoofs of Thunder (1939); 75. Tim Tyler's Luck and the Plot of the Exiled King (1939); 76. Union Pacific (1939); 77. Gang Busters Step In (1939); 78. Tom Beatty Ace of the Service and the Big Brain Gang (1939); 79. Lone Ranger and the Black Shirt Highwayman (1939); 80. Little Orphan Annie and the Ancient Treasure of AM (1939); 81. Mickey Rooney himself: The real life story of the famous MGM movie star (1939); 82. Bullet Benton (1940); 83. Don Winslow of the navy and the great war plot (1940); 84. Don O'Dare Finds War (1940); 85. Wings of the U.S.A. (1940); 86. Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar (1940); 87. The G-Man and the Gun Runners (1940); 88. The GREEN HORNET STRIKES! (1940); 89. Mickey Mouse and the 7 Ghosts (1940); 90. Skeezix on His Own in the Big City (1940); 91. JOHN CARTER OF MARS (1940); 92. MICKEY FINN (1940); 93. Gene Autry, Cowboy Detective (1940) ; 94. Dick Tracy and the phantom ship (1940); 95. Big Chief Wahoo and the Magic Lamp (1940); 96. Red Ryder the Fighting Westerner (1940); 97. MYRA NORTH, SPECIAL NURSE AND FOREIGN SPIES (1941); 98. Mr. District Attorney on the Job (1941); 99. Oh, Blondie! The Bumsteads Carry On. (1941); 100. Speed Douglas And The Mole Gang, The Canal Sabotage Plot! (1941); 101. Red Ryder and the Outlaw of Painted Valley (1941); 102. Blondie: Baby Dumpling and All! (1941); 103. Flint Roper and the Six Gun Showdown (1941); 104. The Desert Eagle and the Hidden Fortress: A Don Ramon Western (1941); 105. Maximo the Amazing Superman (1941); 106. Red Ryder and the Code of the West (1941); 107. Air Fighters of America (1941); 108. Smitty and Herby: Lost Among the Indians (1941); 109. Speed Douglas And The Mole Gang, The Canal Sabotage Plot! (1941); 110. Gene Autry. Special Ranger (1941); 111. Gene Autry and the Hawk of the Hills (1942); 112. Terry and the pirates : the plantation mystery (1942); 113. Convoy Patrol: A Thrilling Story of the U.S. Navy (1942); 114. Blondie: Who's Boss (1942); 115. Gang Busters Smash Through (1942); 116. Our Gang on the March (1942); 117. Terry and the pirates : the plantation mystery (1942); 118. DICK TRACY ON VOODOO ISLAND (1944); 119. Ghost Avenger (1945); 120. Punch Davis of the U.S. Aircraft Carrier (1945); 121. RED RYDER IN WAR ON THE RANGE (1945); 122. Tarzan and the Ant Men (1945); 123. Invisible Scarlet O'Neil Versus The King of the Slums (1946); 124. Gene Autry and Raiders of the Range (1946); 125. Buz Sawyer and Bomber 13 (1946); 126. Captain Midnight and Sheik Jomak Khan (1946); 127. 128. Terry and war in the jungle (1946); 129. Gene Autry and the Mystery of Paint Rock Canyon (1947); 130. Peggy Brown and the Secret Treasure (1947); 131. Roy Rogers and The Dwarf-Cattle Ranch (1947) (x2); 132. Gene Autry Land Grab Mystery (1948); 133. Red Ryder and The Secret Canyon (1948) x 2; 134. Bugs Bunny and Klondike Gold (1948); 135. Andy Panda and the Pirate Ghosts (1949); 136. Popeye and Queen Olive Oyl (1949); 137. GENE AUTRY AND THE BANDITS OF SILVER TIP (1949); 138. The Lone Ranger and the Secret of Somber Cavern (1950); 139. Smitty in Going Native (1950); 140. HUGH OBRIAN TV'S WYATT EARP (1958); 141. The Adventures of Jim Bowie (1958).