Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
DISNEY, Walt and Bobette Bibo. Mickey Mouse Book. Bibo and Lang, New York, 1930.
Price: US$1400.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Quarto. 9 x 12 in. 15 pp. Very good in original Disney-illustrated wrappers, with slight rubbing and scratches on the front right cover, and gentle wear around the staples. The pages have overall age-related toning but remain clean. The illustrations are bright and all of the game pages remain intact. This copy has green borders on the front cover and the additional comic on the back cover, and contains the censored "Mickey Mouse Song" lyrics as described by Overstreet.
Seller: Bagatelle Books, IOBA, Asheville, NC, U.S.A.
DISNEY, Walt. Mickey Mouse Book. Bibo and Lang, New York, 1930.
Price: US$2400.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, second issue. Quarto. Illustrated stapled wrappers. Very good with owner name and date on the front wrap and title page, light edgewear and tiny spot on back, but with the often missing pages 9 and 10 present. The true first Mickey Mouse book illustrated in three colors by the Disney Studio and presenting Mickey's origin story written by 11-year-old Bobette Bibo, the daughter of one of the publishers. Rare.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$3500.00 + shipping
Description: Story and Game Originated by Bobette Bibo, Age 11 Years. 16 pp. Drawings by Walt Disney Studios. Printed in green and black throughout. Folio, original wrappers illustrated in green and black. First edition; second issue of song lyrics. A very sharp copy, and most unusual in the condition. The scarce Game Sheet is present.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Bibo, Bobette. MICKEY MOUSE BOOK. Bibo and Lang, New York, 1930.
Price: US$9000.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Disney, Walt. MICKEY MOUSE BOOK. New York: Bibo and Lang, 1930. First edition, mixed state printing. 4to - 9" x 12". Green and black pictorial paper wrappers with minor rubbing along the spine for what is really an amazingly fresh and clean copy of the book that is almost unheard of in this condition. Sixteen numbered pages within for this very first Disney licensed publication. The book contains "The Story of Mickey Mouse" which is a story of how Mickey met Walt and got his name, "Mickey Mouse Game" which is complete and uncut, "Mickey Mouse March" and "Mickey Mouse (You Cute Little Feller)" which is a song whose lyrics had to be censored in later printings! The condition of this book is NEAR FINE. An exceptional copy.
Seller: Wallace & Clark, Booksellers, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Bibo, Bobette; Walt Disney Studios. Mickey Mouse Book. Bibo and Lang, New York, 1930.
Price: US$9500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, first issue (lacking "Printed in the USA" on the front cover, lacking the age of the author, without a comic strip printed above Mickey on page 8, and with "kill him" on page 14 which was censored in later issues.) Bound in publisher's original printed wraps, with scarce game sheet intact. Near Fine, light cigar smoke odor to pages, toning, light soiling and light shelf wear.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.