Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Golden Books

In some earlier articles this month I featured the original Golden Book.  Here are some other Golden Books in my collection.

This book was originally published in 1952, the photo copy is the twenty-seventh printing in 1972.  Some interesting features include a title page that depicts the dwarfs making Snow White's bed (a scene cut from the film).  It also depicts Snow White's mother doing needle point wishing for a little girl and snow white as a baby.
The regular story is told but interesting the colors on the the Queen's robe and Snow White's rags are all different than the film colors.  On some pages Snow White's yellow dress has red polka dots.  (They disappear while Snow White cleans the dwarfs home.

This book, published in 1948, depicts a different looking mother, and again the colors are off.  This book is a Mickey Mouse Club Book produced under the supervision of the Walt Disney Studio.  The story includes the making of the bed scene and the Queen address the mirror by saying: Mirror, mirror on the wall.

Same as above version but the fortieth printing in 1976.

1984 printing.  Story has changed back to film version and colors are true to film.  Even includes great art of the hag falling off the cliff.

1984 paperback version.

1984 large hard cover version.  Only difference is on cover page art.

1992 paperback shaped version.  Features different art than previous versions.  Great pictures of the Queen.

Published 1999.  Different cover art but inside is the same as the 1984 books.

Real Home Baking

In this November 1994 issue Pillsbury features an exclusive Snow White make at home cookies.  The recipes show you how to cut and adjust the basic round shape into cookies.  To make the dwarf's noses use mini marshmallows (of varying sizes).

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Paint Book

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Paint Book...to color with paints and crayons.  Published by Whitman Publishing Company in Racine, Wisconsin in 1938 (by Walt Disney enterprises Hollywood, Calif.).
The first page features the queen sitting by the window sewing wishing she had a little girl.  The book I have is missing quite a few pages but the story continues to follow the movie.  The end of the book is seven pages dedicated to the dwarfs.  Each dwarf has a page and a short description.
The art on the cover of the book is the same as the artwork on the back.

Snow White Magic Mirror Book

The Snow White Magic Mirror Book was published by Dean &Son Ltd. in London with permission of Walt Disney-Mickey Mouse Ltd.  The story is the full tale of the movie (60 pages) and includes  a brief appearance from Snow White's mom before she dies.  The story uses the lyrics of the songs throughout and even includes lyrics that were not in the film.  In addition the Queen refers to the the mirror once by saying Mirror, mirror (in the film, she says Magic Mirror).

The huntsman has an internal dialogue with himself while debating if he should carry out the queens orders:

"If I kill her my soul will burn for evermore, and my shame will be so great that I shall hate myself and hang my head before all men.  Yet if I fail the Queen, she will feed me to her panthers or shrink me magically to the size of a walnut"  The Queen has panthers?

Most interesting ins chapter 17: "A Gift for Snow White."  This whole chapter retells the making of the bed scene that was cut from the final film.

The story ends with Grumpy: "Wimmin! They just come and go!"

On the final page is an ad for Stephenson's polish: just a flick of the tail (Sorry! duster), brings up a shine that really makes you whistle.

What makes this book so remarkable is the Magic Spectacles.  Through out the book are "six special coloured pictures printed in this book are really stereoscopic scenes that enable you to see into the distance with wonderful real-life effect."  The book also cautions views to "take care of your Magic Spectacles and do not finger the gelatine or it will become cloudy."

 My copy has an inscription from the voice of Snow White (not verified).

Little Golden Book

 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs the little big book.  This book was published in 1938.  The spinal art features the queen and the back cover features the hag being attacked by the birds after she offers Snow White a poisoned apple.

Dopey: He Don't Talk None

Walt Disney's Dopey: He Don't Talk None! is a linen book published in 1938 by Whitman Publishing Co.  The story is a collection of Dopey's antics: Last to leave the mine, Dopey finds a lonely deer so he hooks the lantern on the deer's tail to give the creature light and then uses a red jewel (he just happens to have up his sleeve) as a tail light on his own belt. 
To avoid doing dishes Dopey plays with a pipe and soap bubbles, until Doc tells the men to grab him and put his to work, but again, Dopey runs off to play music. Well the dwarfs all dance and sing until Doc realizes that again Dopey has evaded work, and so as punishment: they all tickle him (of course, what other way would you do it?). 
Suddenly it appears that all the dwarfs have just become too tired so Dopey falls asleep with a bunny for a pillow.  That morning the birds wake Dopey up with (I kid you not) " Tweet-tweet-tweet! Bag of lazy bones! Get up!"
Well Dopey feels ashamed, leaps up and begins to use the feather duster on everything.  Including Sneezy.  Well you can see where that would lead - Dopey ends up in a tree.
This book is one of my favorites as the art is beautiful in it.  It is about 9 by 12 inches in size.

Happy New Year

To celebrate the new year, I am going to share some things from my personal collection.
Over the previous year I spent many, many hours cataloging and photographing my collection prior to moving.  This process took about two weeks (more? I can't remember now) and resulted in cataloging over 1,000 items.  So as I am now settled into the new space I'd like to take the time to share some of the items I have.  I'll begin in the month of January with my favorite things: books.  There is such a wide range of books that have been available going all the way back to just prior to Snow White's release in 1937.

This book released by Disneyland Records under the Walt Disney Productions in 1967 featured 24 pages and an accompaniment record.  The art on the cover is adorable.  The story features the dwarfs waking up as in a normal day on their way to the mine only to discover a mysterious note.  They find a second note in Sneezy's shoe.  This all leads to unlocking a secret door in the mine that leads...right to the palace!
The record features Music in Your Soup and You're Never too Old to be Young, two songs that were written for Snow White by Larry Morey and Frank Churchill but never used.