. THE BIG LITTLE BOOK CLUB .
WHITMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY
BIG LITTLE BOOKSŪ and BETTER LITTLE BOOKSŪ
1932-1949
A B C D E F G H I J K L M
N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z .
BOOK NO.                 TITLE                     GOOD VG  FINE
                                                       
GW114 1177 ACE DRUMMOND 10 20 40
Big Little BookŪ;   1935.   Hard cover.   Standard size:  3 5/8" x 4 1/2" x 1 1/2";   432 pages.   Author: Captain Eddie Rickenbacker.   Artist: Clayton Knight.
 
SW81 1448 AIR FIGHTERS OF AMERICA 10 20 40
Better Little BookŪ;   1941.   Hard cover.   Standard size:  3 5/8" x 4 1/2" x 1 1/2";   432 pages;   Flip-it feature (Airplane drops bombs on a ship).   Author: Roy Snell.   Artist: Robert Jenny.   COLLECTOR'S NOTE:  This book was written and drawn specially for the BLB format.  
 
GW38  759 ALICE IN WONDERLAND (starring Charlotte Henry and W.  C.  Fields) 15 30 60
Big Little BookŪ;   1934.   Hard cover.   Movie size:  4 5/8" x 5 1/4" x 7/8";   160 pages.   Author: Wallace West.   COLLECTOR'S NOTE:  This book contains 74 motion picture stills from the 1933 Paramount film.  
SW173 1481 ALLEN PIKE OF THE PARACHUTE SQUAD, U. S. A.   10 20 40
Better Little BookŪ;   1941.   Hard cover.   Standard size:  3 5/8" x 4 1/2" x 1 1/2";   432 pages;   Flip-it feature (Navy bomber torpedoes a ship).   Author: Russell R. Winterbotham.   Artist: Erwin L. Hess.   Cover Artist: Robert R. Wiseman.   COLLECTOR'S NOTE:  This book was written and drawn specially for the BLB format. 
GW42 763 ALLEY OOP AND DINNY 12.50 25 50
Big Little BookŪ;   1935.   Hard cover.   Standard size:  3 5/8" x 4 1/2" x 1 1/2";   384 pages.   Author/Artist: V. T. Hamlin.   Copies have been found with and without gloss finishing on the cover.   
GW247 1473 ALLEY OOP AND DINNY IN THE JUNGLES OF MOO  11.25 22.50 45
Big Little BookŪ;   1938.   Hard cover.   Standard size:  3 5/8" x 4 1/2" x 1 1/2";   432 pages.   Author/Artist: V. T. Hamlin.   
SW261 1431 ANDY PANDA AND THE MAD DOG MYSTERY  10 20 40
Better Little BookŪ;   1947.   Hard cover.   Standard size:  3 5/8" x 4 1/2" x 1 1/2";   288 pages.   Author/Artist: Walter Lantz Productions. 
SW287 1459 ANDY PANDA AND THE PIRATE GHOSTS  10 20 40
Better Little BookŪ;   1949.   Hard cover.   Standard size:  3 5/8" x 4 1/2" x 1 1/2";   288 pages.   Author/Artist: Walter Lantz Productions.   
SW189 1425 ANDY PANDA AND TINY TOM (ALL PICTURES COMICS)  12.50 25 50
Better Little BookŪ;   1944.   Hard cover.   Standard size:  3 5/8" x 4 1/2" x 1 1/2";   352 pages.   Author/Artist: Walter Lantz Productions.  
SW270 1441 ANDY PANDA IN THE CITY OF ICE (ALL PICTURES COMICS) 10 20 40
Better Little BookŪ;   1948.   Hard cover.   Standard size:  3 5/8" x 4 1/2" x 1 1/2";   288 pages.   Author/Artist: Walter Lantz Productions.   
SW223 1485 ANDY PANDA'S VACATION  (ALL PICTURES COMICS) 10 20 40
 Better Little BookŪ;   1946.   Hard cover.   Standard size:  3 5/8" x 4 1/2" x 1 1/2";   352 pages.   Author/Artist: Walter Lantz Productions.   
GW159 1130 APPLE MARY AND DENNIE FOIL THE SWINDLERS  15 30 60
Big Little BookŪ;   1935.   Hard cover.   Standard size:  3 5/8" x 4 1/2" x 1 1/2";   432 pages.   Author/Artist: Martha Orr.    
SW45 1403 APPLE MARY AND DENNIE'S LUCKY APPLES  10 20 40
Better Little BookŪ;   1939.   Hard cover.   Standard size:  3 5/8" x 4 1/2" x 1 1/2";   432 pages.   Author/Artist: Martha Orr.  
GW129 1192 The ARIZONA KID ON THE BANDIT TRAIL    10 20 40
Big Little BookŪ;   1936.   Hard cover.   Standard size:  3 5/8" x 4 1/2" x 1 1/2";   432 pages.   Author: Peter K. Maple.   Artist: Hal Arbo.   Cover Artist: Hal Arbo.   COLLECTOR'S NOTE:  This book was written and drawn specially for the BLB format. 
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SW164 1469 BAMBI (ALL PICTURES COMICS) 20 40 80
Better Little BookŪ;   1942.   Hard cover.   Standard size:  3 5/8" x 4 1/2" x 1 1/2";   432 pages;   Flip-it feature (Bambi romps through forest and falls down).   Author: Unknown—adapted from the work of Felix Salten and the Disney movie, Bambi.   Artist: Walt Disney Studios.  
SW230 1497 BAMBI'S CHILDREN 17.50 35 70
Better Little BookŪ;   1943.   Hard cover.   Standard size:  3 5/8" x 4 1/2" x 1 1/2";   432 pages.   Author: Unknown—adapted from the work of Felix Salten and Disney Sunday strip.   Artist: Walt Disney Studios.  
GW237 1459 BARNEY BAXTER IN THE AIR WITH THE EAGLE SQUADRON 10 20 40
Big Little BookŪ;   1938.   Hard cover.   Standard size:  3 5/8" x 4 1/2" x 1 1/2";   432 pages.   Author/Artist: Frank Miller.   
GW39 760 BELIEVE IT OR NOT 15 30 60
Big Little BookŪ;   1934.   Hard cover.   Movie size:  4 5/8" x 5 1/4" x 7/8";   160 pages.   Author: Robert Leroy Ripley.   
GW97 1158 BETTY BOOP IN MISS GULLIVER'S TRAVELS 50 100 200
Big Little BookŪ;   1935.   Hard cover.   Movie size:  4 5/8" x 5 1/4" x 7/8";   160 pages.   Author: Wallace West "with a bow to the ghost of Jonathan Swift. "   Artist: Unknown. 
GW67a 1119 BETTY BOOP IN SNOW WHITE 100 200 300
Big Little BookŪ;   1934.   Hard cover.   Movie size:  4 5/8" x 5 1/4" x 7/8";   160 pages.   Author: Wallace West—adapted from the 1933 Paramount Talkatoon.   Artist: Whitman staff artist copied illustrations from the cartoon. 
GW67b ----- BETTY BOOP IN SNOW WHITE  100 200 300
Big Little BookŪ;   Variation.   Soft cover.   COLLECTOR'S NOTE:  Variation is identified by a soft cover, otherwise it is identical to GW67a.   This is a RARE book. 
SW15 1443 BIG CHIEF WAHOO 11.25 22.50 45
Better Little BookŪ;   1938.   Hard cover.   Standard size:  3 5/8" x 4 1/2" x 1 1/2";   432 pages.   Author: Allen Saunders.   Artist: Elmer Woggon.   COLLECTOR'S NOTES:  The cover title is different than the title page (Big Chief Wahoo and the Great Gusto).   First Chief Wahoo BLB. 
SW141 1432 BIG CHIEF WAHOO AND THE LOST PIONEERS  12.50 25 50
Better Little BookŪ;   1942.   Hard cover.   Standard size:  3 5/8" x 4 1/2" x 1 1/2";   432 pages;   Flip-it feature (Wahoo rescues Minnie-Ha-Cha).   Author: Allen Saunders.   Artist: Elmer Woggon. 
SW103 1483 BIG CHIEF WAHOO AND THE MAGIC LAMP  10 20 40
Better Little BookŪ;   1940.   Hard cover.   Standard size:  3 5/8" x 4 1/2" x 1 1/2";   432 pages;   First flip-it feature BLB (Wahoo shoots a "bear").   Author: Allen Saunders.   Artist: Elmer Woggon.   Cover Artist: Erwin Hess. 
GW19a 725 The BIG LITTLE MOTHER GOOSE BOOK    75 150 500
Big Little BookŪ;   First Printing;   1934.   Soft cover.   Unusual size:  5 1/2" x 4 1/2" x 1 3/4";   576 pages for coloring.   Author: Traditional rhymes.  Artist: Unknown.   COLLECTOR'S NOTE:  The first printing is identified by a soft cover. 
GW19b 725 The BIG LITTLE MOTHER GOOSE BOOK   250 500 1000
Big Little BookŪ;   Second Printing;   1934.   COLLECTOR'S NOTE:  The second printing is identified by a hard cover, with different cover illustration, bound over the soft cover. 
GW14a 721 The BIG LITTLE PAINT BOOK  125 250 500
Big Little BookŪ;   First Printing;   1934.   Soft cover.   Unusual size:  3 1/2" x 8 1/2" x 1 1/4";   336 pages for coloring.   Author/Artist: Unknown.   COLLECTOR'S NOTE:  The first printing is identified by its 336 page length and uncolored edges on its pages. 
GW14b 721 The BIG LITTLE PAINT BOOK  125 250 500
Big Little BookŪ;   First Variation of the first printing;   1934.   COLLECTOR'S NOTE:  The first variation has purple-colored edges on its pages, otherwise it is identical to GW14a. 
GW14c 721 The BIG LITTLE PAINT BOOK  125 250 500
Big Little BookŪ;   Second Variation of the first printing;   1934.   COLLECTOR'S NOTE:  The second variation has green-colored edges on its pages, otherwise it is identical to GW14a. 
GW14d 721 The BIG LITTLE PAINT BOOK 150 300 600
Big Little BookŪ;   Second Printing;   1934.   COLLECTOR'S NOTE:  The second printing has only 320 pages and the edges of the pages are uncolored. 
GW14e 721 The BIG LITTLE PAINT BOOK 150 300 600
Big Little BookŪ;   First Variation of the second printing;   1934.   COLLECTOR'S NOTE:  The first variation has purple-colored edges on its pages, otherwise it is identical to GW14d. 
GW14f 721 The BIG LITTLE PAINT BOOK 150 300 600
Big Little BookŪ;   Second Variation of the second printing;   1934.   COLLECTOR'S NOTE:  The second variation has purple-colored edges on its pages, otherwise it is identical to GW14d. 
GW50 773 BILLY THE KID  10 20 40
Big Little BookŪ;   1935.   Hard cover.   Standard size:  3 5/8" x 4 1/2" x 1 1/2";   432 pages.   Author: Leon Morgan.   Artist: Hal Arbo.    COLLECTOR'S NOTE:  This book was written and drawn specially for the BLB format. 
GW197a 1414 BLACK SILVER AND HIS PIRATE CREW WITH TOM TROJAN 10 20 40
Big Little BookŪ;   First Printing;   1937.   Hard cover.   Standard size:  3 5/8" x 4 1/2" x 1 1/2";   300 pages.   Author: Unknown.   Artist: Juanita Bennett.   Cover Artist: Henry E. Vallely.   This book was written and drawn specially for the BLB format.   COLLECTOR'S NOTE:  The first printing is identified by page 239 number showing on the pirate's pant leg, in the illustration. 
GW197b 1414 BLACK SILVER AND HIS PIRATE CREW WITH TOM TROJAN 10 20 40
Big Little BookŪ;   Second Printing;   1937.   COLLECTOR'S NOTE:  The second printing is identified by no page number on page 239, otherwise it is the same as GW197a. 
GW225 1447 BLAZE BRANDON WITH THE FOREIGN LEGION  10 20 40
Big Little BookŪ;   1938.   Hard cover.   Standard size:  3 5/8" x 4 1/2" x 1 1/2";   432 pages.   Author: Gaylord R. DuBois.   Artist: Robert R. Weisman.   Cover Artist: Robert R. Weisman.   COLLECTOR'S NOTE:  This book was written and drawn specially for the BLB format. 
GW198 1415 BLONDIE AND BABY DUMPLING  12.50 25 50
Big Little BookŪ;   1937.   Hard cover.   Standard size:  3 5/8" x 4 1/2" x 1 1/2";   432 pages.   Author/Artist: Chic Young.   COLLECTOR'S NOTES:  First Blondie BLB.   Reprinted from 1934 daily strip. 
SW66 1429 BLONDIE AND BABY DUMPLING  10 20 40
Better Little BookŪ;   1939.   Hard cover.   Standard size:  3 5/8" x 4 1/2" x 1 1/2";   432 pages.   Author/Artist: Chic Young.   BLB BLOOPER:  Family name is misspelled throughout the BLB as Bumpstead.   COLLECTOR'S NOTES:  Cover title is different than title page (Blondie With Baby Dumpling And Daisy).   Cover title may have been taken from GW198 by mistake. 
SW101 1476 BLONDIE AND BOUNCING BABY DUMPLING 10 20 40
Better Little BookŪ;   1940.   Hard cover.   Standard size:  3 5/8" x 4 1/2" x 1 1/2";   432 pages.   Author/Artist: Chic Young.   COLLECTOR'S NOTE:  Reprinted from 1939 daily strip. 
SW267 1438 BLONDIE AND DAGWOOD, EVERYBODY'S HAPPY 10 20 40
Better Little BookŪ;   1948.   Hard cover.   Standard size:  3 5/8" x 4 1/2" x 1 1/2";   288 pages.   Author/Artist: Chic Young.   COLLECTOR'S NOTE:  Reprinted from 1939 daily strip. 
SW242a 1410 BLONDIE AND DAGWOOD IN HOT WATER 10 20 40
Better Little BookŪ;   First Printing;   1946.   Hard cover.   Standard size:  3 5/8" x 4 1/2" x 1 1/2";   352 pages.   Author/Artist: Chic Young.   COLLECTOR'S NOTES:  The first printing is identified by a 3-page ad which begins with Captain Midnight and Sheik Jomak Khan and ends with Mandrake the Magician.   Reprinted from 1944-45 daily strip. 
SW242b 1410 BLONDIE AND DAGWOOD IN HOT WATER 10 20 40
Better Little BookŪ;   Second Printing;   1946.   COLLECTOR'S NOTE:  The second printing is identified by a 3-page ad which begins with Uncle Wiggily's Adventures and ends with Flash Gordon. 
SW177 1487 BLONDIE, BABY DUMPLING AND ALL 10 20 40
Better Little BookŪ;   1941.   Hard cover.   Standard size:  3 5/8" x 4 1/2" x 1 1/2";   432 pages;   Flip-it feature (Dagwood runs over his postman).   Author/Artist: Chic Young.   COLLECTOR'S NOTE:  Reprinted from 1939-40 daily strip. 
SW181a 1491 BLONDIE, COOKIE AND DAISY'S PUPS 20 40 80
Better Little BookŪ;   First Printing;   1943.   Hard cover.   Standard size:  3 5/8" x 4 1/2" x 1 1/2";   432 pages.   Author/Artist: Chic Young.   COLLECTOR'S NOTE:  The first printing is identified by its 432 page length. 
SW181b 1491 BLONDIE, COOKIE AND DAISY'S PUPS 10 20 40
Better Little BookŪ;   Second Printing;   1943.   Hard cover.   COLLECTOR'S NOTE:  The second printing is identified by its 352 page length. 
SW260 1430 BLONDIE, COUNT COOKIE IN TOO! 10 20 40
Better Little BookŪ;   1947.   Hard cover.   Standard size:  3 5/8" x 4 1/2" x 1 1/2";   288 pages.   Author/Artist: Chic Young.   COLLECTOR'S NOTE:  Reprinted from the 1943-44 daily strip. 
SW291 1463 BLONDIE, FUN FOR ALL! 10 20 40
Better Little BookŪ;   1949.   Hard cover.   Standard size:  3 5/8" x 4 1/2" x 1 1/2";   288 pages.   Author/Artist: Chic Young.   COLLECTOR'S NOTE:  Reprinted from the 1947 daily strip. 
SW279 1450 BLONDIE, NO DULL MOMENTS 10 20 40
Better Little BookŪ;   1948.   Hard cover.   Standard size:  3 5/8" x 4 1/2" x 1 1/2";   288 pages.