WHITMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY

BIG LITTLE BOOKS® and BETTER LITTLE BOOKS®

  1932-1949

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       BOOK                   TITLE                                                                                                                                       VALUES

     NUMBER                                                                                                                                                      GOOD       VG        FINE

   

      GW82      1142      RADIO PATROL                                                                                                           10.00     20.00     40.00

Big Little Book®;  1935.  Hard cover.  Standard size 3 5/8" x 4 1/2" x 1 1/2";  432 pages.  Author: Charlie Schmidt.  Artist: Eddie Sullivan.  COLLECTOR'S NOTES:  Originally titled Pinkerton, Jr., the strip debuted in 1932.  First Radio Patrol BLB.

 

      SW113    1498      RADIO PATROL AND BIG DAN'S MOBSTERS                                                             8.75     17.50     35.00

Better Little Book®;  1940.  Hard cover.  Standard size 3 5/8" x 4 1/2" x 1 1/2";  432 pages.  Author: Charlie Schmidt.  Artist: Eddie Sullivan.

 

      SW39      1496      RADIO PATROL OUTWITTING THE GANG CHIEF                                                        8.75     17.50     35.00

Better Little Book®;  1939.  Hard cover.  Standard size 3 5/8" x 4 1/2" x 1 1/2";  432 pages.  Author: Charlie Schmidt.  Artist: Eddie Sullivan.

 

      GW179    1173      RADIO PATROL TRAILING THE SAFEBLOWERS                                                        8.75     17.50     35.00

Big Little Book®;  1937.  Hard cover.  Standard size 3 5/8" x 4 1/2" x 1 1/2";   432 pages.  Author: Charlie Schmidt.  Artist: Eddie Sullivan.

 

      SW147    1441      RANGE BUSTERS IN SADDLE MOUNTAIN ROUNDUP                                                10.00     20.00     40.00

Better Little Book®;  1942.  Hard cover.  Standard size 3 5/8" x 4 1/2" x 1 1/2";  432 pages;  Left-handed flip-it feature (Cowboy rides a bucking bronco).  Author: Eleanor Packer.  Artist: Henry E. Vallely.

 

      SW152    1447      RAY LAND OF THE TANK  CORPS U.S.A.                                                                    8.75     17.50     35.00

Better Little Book®;  1942.  Hard cover.  Standard size 3 5/8" x 4 1/2" x 1 1/2";  432 pages;  Flip-it feature (Tank runs over everything in its path).  Author: Russell R. Winterbotham.  Artist: Erwin L. Hess. Cover Artist: Robert Weisman.  COLLECTOR'S NOTE: This book was written and drawn specially for the BLB format.

 

      GW96      1157      RED BARRY, ACE DETECTIVE, HERO OF THE HOUR                                                   8.75     17.50     35.00

Big Little Book®;  1935.  Hard cover.  Standard size 3 5/8" x 4 1/2" x 1 1/2";  432 pages.  Author/Artist: Will Gould.  COLLECTOR'S NOTES:  First Red Barry BLB.  Reprint of first daily strip beginning May 11, 1934 and ending November 17, 1934.

 

      SW64      1426      RED BARRY, UNDERCOVER MAN                                                                                 8.75     17.50     35.00

Better Little Book®;  1939.  Hard cover.  Standard size 3 5/8" x 4 1/2" x 1 1/2";  432 pages.  Author/Artist: Will Gould.   Cover Artist:  Will Gould.  COLLECTOR'S NOTES:  Storyline, titled The Song of the Flame, was taken from the daily strip beginning May 9, 1937 and ending September 26, 1937.  Much artwork in the BLB was redrawn by Whitman artists.

 

      SW82      1449      RED DEATH ON THE RANGE                                                                                        10.00     20.00     40.00

Better Little Book®;  1940.  Hard cover.  Standard size 3 5/8" x 4 1/2" x 1 1/2";  432 pages.  Author/Artist: Fred Harman.  COLLECTOR'S NOTE: This is a Bronc Peeler Western (forerunner to Red Ryder).

 

      SW293    1466      RED RYDER AND CIRCUS LUCK                                                                                 12.50     25.00     50.00

Better Little Book®;  1949.  Hard cover.  Standard size 3 5/8" x 4 1/2" x 1 1/2";  288 pages.  Author/Artist: Fred Harman.  Cover Artist:  Unknown—cover redrawn from cover of Red Ryder Comics #35, 1946 (Dell).

 

      SW43      1400      RED RYDER AND LITTLE BEAVER ON HOOFS OF THUNDER                                    15.00     25.00     45.00

Better Little Book®;  1939.  Hard cover.  Standard size 3 5/8" x 4 1/2" x 1 1/2";  432 pages.  Author/Artist: Fred Harman.  COLLECTOR'S NOTES:  First Red Ryder BLB.  Character was modeled after Harman's earlier Bronc Peeler.  Quite of few copies of this BLB have been found with upside-down covers.

 

      SW136    1427      RED RYDER AND THE CODE OF THE WEST                                                                15.00     30.00     60.00

Better Little Book®;  1941.  Hard cover.  Standard size 3 5/8" x 4 1/2" x 1 1/2";  432 pages;  Flip-it feature (Cowboy whips a badman). Author/Artist: Fred Harman.

 

      SW214    1475      RED RYDER AND THE OUTLAW OF PAINTED VALLEY                                             12.50     25.00     50.00

Better Little Book®;  1943.  Hard cover.  Standard size 3 5/8" x 4 1/2" x 1 1/2";  352 pages.  Author/Artist: Fred Harman.

 

      SW271    1443      RED RYDER AND THE RIMROCK KILLER                                                                    12.50     25.00     50.00

Better Little Book®;  1948.  Hard cover.  Standard size 3 5/8" x 4 1/2" x 1 1/2";  288 pages.  Author/Artist: Fred Harman.  Cover Artist:  Unknown—cover redrawn from cover of Red Ryder Comics #32, March 1946 (Dell).

 

      SW281    1454      RED RYDER AND THE SECRET CANYON                                                                    12.50     25.00     50.00

Better Little Book®;  1948.  Hard cover.  Standard size 3 5/8" x 4 1/2" x 1 1/2";  288 pages.  Author/Artist: Fred Harman.  Cover Artist:  Unknown—cover redrawn from cover of Red Ryder Comics #30, January 1946 (Dell).

 

      SW245a  1414      RED RYDER AND THE SQUAW-TOOTH RUSTLERS                                                   15.00     30.00     60.00

Better Little Book®;  First Printing;  1946.  Hard cover.  Standard size 3 5/8" x 4 1/2" x 1 1/2";  352 pages.  Author/Artist: Fred Harman. 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 the daily strip, 1944-45.

                                                                                                                                     

      SW245b  1414      RED RYDER AND THE SQUAW-TOOTH RUSTLERS                                                   12.50     25.00     50.00

Better Little Book®;  Second Printing;  1946.  COLLECTOR'S NOTE: Second printing identified by 3-page ad which begins with Uncle Wiggily's Adventures and ends with Mandrake, otherwise it is identical to SW245a. 

 

      SW155    1450      RED RYDER AND WESTERN BORDER GUNS                                                               15.00     30.00     60.00

Better Little Book®;  1942.  Hard cover.  Standard size 3 5/8" x 4 1/2" x 1 1/2";  432 pages;  Left-handed flip-it feature (Little Beaver misshoots an arrow and gets into trouble).   Author/Artist: Fred Harman.

                                                                                                                                     

      SW212    1473      RED RYDER IN WAR ON THE RANGE                                                                          12.50     25.00     50.00

Better Little Book®;  1945.  Hard cover.  Standard size 3 5/8" x 4 1/2" x 1 1/2";  352 pages.  Author/Artist: Fred Harman.

 

      SW75      1440      RED RYDER THE FIGHTING WESTERNER                                                                    12.50     25.00     50.00

Better Little Book®;  1940.  Hard cover.  Standard size 3 5/8" x 4 1/2" x 1 1/2";  432 pages.  Author/Artist: Fred Harman.

 

      GW33a     754      REG'LAR FELLERS                                                                                                      10.00     20.00     40.00

Big Little Book®;  1933.  Hard cover.  Standard size 3 5/8" x 4 1/2" x 1 1/2";  320 pages.  Author/Artist: Gene Byrnes.

 

      GW33b     754      REG'LAR FELLERS                                                                                                    125.00   250.00   500.00

Big Little Book®;  Variation, probably distributed as a premium;  1933. COLLECTOR'S NOTE: This variation is identified by a soft cover, otherwise the book is identical to GW33a.  This is an ULTRA-RARE book.

 

      GW206    1425      RIDERS OF LONE TRAILS                                                                                             8.75     17.50     35.00

Big Little Book®;  1937.  Hard cover.  Standard size 3 5/8" x 4 1/2" x 1 1/2";  300 pages.  Author: Steve Saxton.   Artist: Unknown.

 

      GW12a     719      ROBINSON CRUSOE                                                                                                    75.00   100.00   200.00

Big Little Book®;   First Printing;   1934.  Soft cover.  Classic size, 3 1/2" x 4 " x 1  5/8";   360 pages.  Author: Unknown—adapted from the work of Daniel Defoe.  Artist: Unknown.  COLLECTOR'S NOTE: The first printing is identified by numbered pages and an 11-title ad at the back of the book.  The edges of pages are uncolored.  This is a RARE book.

 

      GW12a     719      ROBINSON CRUSOE                                                                                                    25.00     50.00   100.00

Big Little Book®;   Second Printing;   1934.  Soft cover.  Classic size, 3 1/2" x 4 " x 1  5/8";   360 pages.  Author: Unknown—adapted from the work of Daniel Defoe.  Artist: Unknown.  COLLECTOR'S NOTE: The second printing is identified by the red-stained edges of the pages.  Otherwise it is identical to GW12a.  This is a SCARCE book.

 

      GW12c     719      ROBINSON CRUSOE                                                                                                    12.50     25.00     50.00

Big Little Book®;  Third Printing;   1934.  Soft cover.  Standard size, 3 5/8" x 4 1/2" x 1 1/2".  COLLECTOR'S NOTE: The second printing is identified by a 28-title, 2-page ad at the back of the BLB, unnumbered pages, and its slightly taller size, otherwise it is identical to GW12b.

 

      SW228    1494      ROY ROGERS AND CROSSED FEATHERS RANCH                                                     10.00     20.00     40.00

Better Little Book®;  1945.  Hard cover.  Standard size 3 5/8" x 4 1/2" x 1 1/2";  352 pages.  Author: L. C. Thomas.  Artist: Erwin L. Hess.

 

      SW265    1437      ROY ROGERS AND THE DEADLY TREASURE                                                             10.00     20.00     40.00

Better Little Book®;  1937.  Hard cover.  Standard size 3 5/8" x 4 1/2" x 1 1/2";  288 pages.  Author: Gaylord Du Bois.  Artist: Jesse Marsh. Cover Artist: Unknown.

 

      SW252    1421      ROY ROGERS AND THE DWARF-CATTLE RANCH                                                    12.50     25.00     50.00

Better Little Book®;  1947.  Hard cover.  Standard size 3 5/8" x 4 1/2" x 1 1/2";  352 pages.  Author: Don Middleton (pseudonym for Fran Striker).  Artist: Henry E. Vallely.

 

      SW276    1448      ROY ROGERS AND THE MYSTERY OF THE HOWLING MESA                                   10.00     20.00     40.00

Better Little Book®;  1948.  Hard cover.  Standard size 3 5/8" x 4 1/2" x 1 1/2";  288 pages.  Author: Unknown.   Artist: Jesse Marsh.

 

      SW289    1462      ROY ROGERS AND THE MYSTERY OF THE LAZY M                                                 10.00     20.00     40.00

Better Little Book®;  1949.  Hard cover.  Standard size 3 5/8" x 4 1/2" x 1 1/2";  288 pages.  Author: Unknown.  Artist: Jesse Marsh.

 

      SW280    1452      ROY ROGERS IN ROBBER'S ROOST                                                                           10.00     20.00     40.00

Better Little Book®;  1948.  Hard cover.  Standard size 3 5/8" x 4 1/2" x 1 1/2";  288 pages.  Author: Unknown.  Artist: Jesse Marsh.

 

      SW215    1476      ROY ROGERS KING OF THE COWBOYS                                                                     10.00     20.00     40.00

Better Little Book®;  1943.  Hard cover.  Standard size 3 5/8" x 4 1/2" x 1 1/2";  352 pages.  Author: Elizabeth Beecher.  Artist: Irwin Myers.

 

      SW160    1460      ROY ROGERS ROBIN HOOD OF THE RANGE                                                              15.00     30.00     60.00

Better Little Book®;  1942.  Hard cover.  Standard size 3 5/8" x 4 1/2" x 1 1/2";  432 pages;  Flip-it feature (Roy captures a gunman after a shootout).   Author: Edward I. Gruskin.  Artist: Erwin L. Hess.  COLLECTOR'S NOTE:  First Roy Rogers BLB.

 

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      GW691    1122      SCRAPPY                                                                                                                     12.50     25.00     50.00

Big Little Book®;  1934.  Hard cover.  Movie size 4 5/8" x 5 1/4" x 1";   160 pages.  Author: Pat Patterson—adapted from the film.  COLLECTOR'S NOTE: This book contains 106 pictures based upon the Columbia Pictures and Winkler Film Corporation films.

 

      GW166    1144      SECRET AGENT X-9                                                                                                    12.50     25.00     50.00

Big Little Book®;  1936.  Hard cover.  Standard size 3 5/8" x 4 1/2" x 1 1/2";  432 pages.  Author: Robert Storm (pseudonym for Max Trell who wrote these stories).  Artist: Charles Flanders.  COLLECTOR'S NOTES: First Secret Agent X-9 BLB.  Reprint of daily strip beginning March 30, 1936 through July 25, 1936—The Fang panels #675-730;  A Tour of the Department panels #731-740;  Smugglers of Yellow Men panels #741-776.

 

      SW21a    1472      SECRET AGENT X-9 AND THE MAD ASSASSIN                                                        15.00     30.00     60.00

Better Little Book®;  First Printing;  1938.   Hard cover.  Standard size 3 5/8" x 4 1/2" x 1 1/2";  432 pages.  Author: Robert Storm (this is a fictitious name—the real author is unknown).  Artist: Charles Flanders. COLLECTOR'S NOTES: The first printing is identified by the omission of the artist's name on cover. Reprint of the daily strip beginning May 24, 1937 and ending September 11, 1937—The Closed Door panels #1045-1092;  The Invisible Enemy panels #1093-1140.  This is a SCARCE book. 

 

      SW21b    1472      SECRET AGENT X-9 AND THE MAD ASSASSIN                                                        12.50     25.00     50.00

Better Little Book®;  Second Printing;  1938.  COLLECTOR'S NOTE: The second printing is identified by the artist's name added to the cover, otherwise it is identical to SW21a. This printing is more common, thus easier to obtain than the first printing.

 

      GW99      1161      SEQUOIA (starring Jean parker)                                                                               8.75     17.50     35.00

Big Little Book®;  1935.  Hard cover.  Movie size 4 5/8" x 5 1/4" x 1";   160 pages.  Author: Eleanor Packer—adapted from the film which was based upon a novel, Malibu, by Vance Hoyt.  COLLECTOR'S NOTE: This book contains 70 motion picture scenes from the MGM film.  The cover title is different than the title on the title page (Sequoia, The Story of a Strange Friendship Between a Mountain Lion and a Deer). 

 

      SW182    1495      The SHADOW AND THE GHOST MAKERS                                                                 17.50     35.00     70.00

Better Little Book®;  1942.  Hard cover.  Standard size 3 5/8" x 4 1/2" x 1 1/2";  432 pages;  Left-handed flip-it feature (The Shadow chases criminals).  Author: Maxwell Grant (pseudonym for Walter Gibson).  Artist: Erwin L. Darwin  (pseudonym for Erwin L. Hess).  Cover Artist: John Coleman Burroughs.  COLLECTOR'S NOTE: This book was written and drawn specially for the BLB format.

 

      SW67      1430      The SHADOW AND THE LIVING DEATH                                                                    17.50     35.00     70.00

Better Little Book®;  1940.  Hard cover.  Standard size 3 5/8" x 4 1/2" x 1 1/2";  432 pages.  Author: Maxwell Grant (pseudonym for Walter Gibson).  Artist: Erwin L. Hess. COLLECTOR'S NOTES: First Shadow BLB.  This book was written and drawn specially for the BLB format.  Although The Shadow  appeared as a character on the Detective Story radio program from August 1930 through 1936 (CBS), Orson Wells established the character in his most memorable format in 1937.

 

      SW78      1443      The SHADOW AND THE MASTER OF EVIL                                                               17.50     35.00     70.00

Better Little Book®;  1941.  Hard cover.  Standard size 3 5/8" x 4 1/2" x 1 1/2";  432 pages;  Flip-it feature (The Shadow chases a criminal).  Author: Maxwell Grant (pseudonym for Walter Gibson).  Artist: Erwin L. Hess.  COLLECTOR'S NOTE: This book was written and drawn specially for the BLB format.

 

      GW132    1195      SHOOTING SHERIFFS                                                                                                    8.75