Unsigned first edition book: These Happy Golden Years. First edition. NY: Harper & Brothers, 1943. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.25, 299 pages. Book condition: VG/VG, with light toning, edgewear, and a few small chips and tears to the dust jacket. These Happy Golden Years is based on Wilder's adolescence near De Smet, South Dakota, and was the final 'Little House' book published in Wilder's lifetime.