Racine, WI, USA: Whitman Publishing Company, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Part of Disney’s Silly Symphony, The Golden Touch was a cartoon based on the Greek myth of King Midas set in medieval times. The prolific early cartoon voice actor Billy Bletcher (1894-1979) voiced King Midas, and it was the last film directed by Walt Disney (1901-1966) himself. The legendary chrysophile King Midas is bestowed the Golden Touch by an elf..... More

Philadelphia, PA: David McKay Company, 1937. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Based on the Grimm Brothers’ fairy tale from their first collection released in 1891, the typical rose-colored lens is applied to the gruesome original Snow White to adapt the fairy tale for children with an appropriate level of darkness. The iconic incantation, “mirror, mirror on the wall…” has permeated the American culture in the past century as well as the..... More