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Wilder, Laura Ingalls; With Pictures by Helen Sewell and Mildred Boyle. These Happy Golden Years. New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1943.

Price: US$125.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Later printing. "4-3 D-W" stated. Very good plus, if not near fine hardback in good plus, if not very good dust jacket ($2.00). Minor, if not trivial rubbing/wear to covers, corners, edges and spine of book and a 3/4 inch coffee-colored half circle to rear free endpaper. Dust jacket separated along front spine fold; and has a 4.5 inch by 1/4 inch chip along front fore-edge fold; a 1 inch chip to heel of spine; a 1/2 inch by 1/2 inch triangular chip and a 1.5 inch diagonal hairline crease to top fore-edge corner of front panel; a 3/4 inch closed tear along lower fore-edge fold of front panel; a 1.75 inch mostly closed tear to top edge of rear panel at spine fold; and additional moderate, if not minor wear to rear panel, spine, rear fore-edge fold, corners, edges, and extremities.

Seller: Time Tested Books, Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.

Laura Ingalls Wilder. These happy golden years.. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1943.

Price: US$126.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: 20 cm. 299 pages. The book is nearly perfect, the dust jacket has chips to the top and bottom of the spine and some wear. The cover drawing by Helen Sewell is very nice.

Seller: Cambridge Books, Cambridge, MN, U.S.A.

Wilder, Laura Ingalls. These Happy Golden Years. Harper, 1943.

Price: US$220.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Gorgeous, unmarked copy in outstanding jacket. Stated 2nd Edition issued in May, 1943, (Harper code E-S) same year as first edition. Beautiful color frontis matches jacket and there are 14 b&w illustrations in text. Cover is immaculate, very tight, square and clean. Jacket not price-clipped, ($2.00) and in new mylar protector. Illustrated by Helen Sewell and Mildred Boyle. Last book in the Little House series. A wonderful old book that you will be proud to own.

Seller: Dan's Books, St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.

Wilder, Laura Ingalls. These Happy Golden Years. Harper & Bros. New York, 1943.

Price: US$275.00 + shipping

Description: 2nd Printing Hardcover final book in the Little House on the Prairie series, very good+ in good dust jacket, in mylar cover; tiny chips/cracks to jacket edges, toning to jacket spine and rear panel, gentle bumping to two board corners, mild softening to cloth at spine head and heel else a tight square unmarked copy in unclipped dust jacket bearing a $2.00 price; copyright pages states second edition with "4-3" and "E-S"

Seller: David Kaye Books & Memorabilia, Woodland Hills, CA, U.S.A.

Wilder, Laura Ingalls. These Happy Golden Years. Harper & Brothers (1943), New York, 1943.

Price: US$600.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Illustrated tan cloth. States "First Edition". Wear to the spine ends and corners. Some fraying to the lower spine end. Creases to two leaves. Toning to the endpapers. The dust jacket is chipped to the spine ends, chips to the corners. Some sunning to the spine. Toning to the rear panel. Some wear and a few smalll chips along the fore edges. There is some repair with clear tape to the chipping along the interior of the front flap fold. Original price of $2.00 to the front flap. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall

Seller: Scott Emerson Books, ABAA, El Cajon, CA, U.S.A.

Wilder, Laura Ingalls. These Happy Golden Years. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1943.

Price: US$650.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First edition stated, first printing with "A-S" code on copyright page. Publisher's beige cloth binding stamped in grey, lacking the dust jacket. Very Good, with light lean to binding, wear to cloth at extremities, toning to pages and offsetting to title page from color frontispiece. A nice copy.

Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.

Wilder, Laura Ingalls. These Happy Golden Years. Harper, New York, 1943.

Price: US$650.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: A very good first edition (stated First Edition on the copyright page) in a very good dust jacket. School stamp on front free end paper, rear paste-down, top and bottom edge of book.

Seller: Bookbid, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.

Wilder, Laura Ingalls. These Happy Golden Years; With Pictures by Helen Sewell and Mildred Boyle. Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York, 1943.

Price: US$975.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Octavo, [10], 299pp., [1]. Stated "first edition" on copyright page, with "A-S" date below. Light tan cloth, title printed in blue on spine, title and illustration on front cover. Residual dust along top edge of text block, faint foxing to rear endpaper, general toning throughout. Solid text block, free of any marks or notable damage. Complete with 14 black and white illustrations and a color frontispiece. In the publisher's first state dust jacket, $2.00 on front flap, toning and soiling to the spine, chipping along top edge, general toning to all covers, a presentable jacket. These Happy Golden Years by Laura Ingalls Wilder, published in 1943, was a 1944 Newbery Honor book. This is the eighth of 9 books in the Little House series.

Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC, Cincinnati, OH, U.S.A.

Wilder, Laura Ingalls. THESE HAPPY GOLDEN YEARS. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1943.

Price: US$1000.00 + shipping

Description: First printing of the last of the Little House books, in which Laura is almost sixteen and teaching school. Laura grows up fast in the Newbery Honor book THESE HAPPY GOLDEN YEARS, which follows her taking on more responsibility and preparing for marriage. Printed during wartime supply restrictions, the book is difficult to find in collectible condition. 8'' x 5.25''. Original tan pictorial cloth. In original unclipped ($2.00) pink pictorial dust jacket. Fore-edge machine deckle. Illustrated by Helen Sewell and Mildred Boyle with color frontispiece and full-page black and white plates. [12], 299, [1] pages. Bookplate to front fly leaf. Book a bit of spotting, somewhat toned spine, slight lean. Jacket with some shallow chipping at spine ends and corners, one small spot to front panel, light soil and edgewear.

Seller: Type Punch Matrix, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.

LAURA INGALLS WILDER. THESE HAPPY GOLDEN YEARS. Harper& Bros., New York, 1943.

Price: US$1000.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First edition ( so stated) and first printing of the eighth book in the "Little House On The Prairie" series. Previous owner's short Christmas inscription to front free end paper else a FINE book in VERY GOOD+ ( all flaps neatly clipped possibly to help with former jacket protector; small chips and tears at tips and corner folds ; general age toning) jacket . An uncommon first edition in very nice jacket ! More pictures if required. Serious inquiries only, please.

Seller: THE USUAL SUSPECTS (IOBA), St. Catharines, ON, Canada

WILDER, Laura Ingalls.. These Happy Golden Years.. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1943.

Price: US$1250.00 + shipping

Description: 299 [1] pp. With Pictures by Helen Sewell and Mildred Boyle. 8vo, publisher's pictorial cloth in dust jacket. First edition. There is a tiny wormhole at the very top right corner of the final 35 pages. The cloth is very lightly spotted in a few places and there is a little tanning from glue at the inner hinges. The dust jacket is just about free from chipping, but is uniformly a little faded.

Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.

Wilder, Laura Ingalls. These Happy Golden Years. Harper, New York, 1943.

Price: US$2750.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: A near fine first edition in a near fine dust jacket. First Edition stated on the copyright page. Correct price of $2.00 on front flap.

Seller: Bookbid, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.