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Vintage Little Golden Book 25.

The Taxi That Hurried.

I believe this is a first edition.

Copyright 1946 by Simon and Schuster.

Hardcover book measuring about 6 3/4” wide x 8” long.

Book is in used condition with cover wear and tear and soiling, age toned pages, and one pages is torn in half (see photos).

Really cute kids book!

Vintage 1946 Hardcover children's chapter book by Paul Hutchens.

A New Sugar Creek Mystery, featuring the Sugar Creek Gang.

Book measures 8 inches tall x 5.5 inches wide and 88 pages.

Condition is very good with wear to covers and owners name written inside cover in pencil. And some light soiling and age toning to pages.

Nice book.

ABC Book of Children’s Rhymes and Verse.

Illustrated by Janet & Anne Grahame Johnston.

Contents include:

• ABC Apple Pie
• ABC Nursery Rhymes
• Nursery Rhymes Old & New
• The Pied Piper of Hamelin

Published by Playmore Inc., Publishers

Copyright Dean & Son Ltd., London, England.

No publication or copyright date. Dates to circa 1970s.

Hardcover book measuring about 8 1/2x 11 1/8 inches, with 176 pages.

Good used condition with some wear and light soiling to the covers. Pages are very good with a few very small tears along a page edge.  Binding is tight.

Adorable color illustrations all throughout this book.

Andersen’s Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen.

Junior Deluxe Editions.

1956 Hardcover Children’s Book.

Illustrated by Leonard Weisgard.

Hardcover book measuring about 5 3/4 x 8 1/2 inches, with 215 pages.

Very good used condition with inscription written on title page.

Antique Children's Book.  Crossing the Brook, And Other Stories, by favorite American authors.

Copyright O.M. Dunham, 1885. 

Cassell & Company Limited

W.L Mershon & Co., Printers and Electrotypers, Rahway, N.J.

Hardcover book measuring 8 inches wide x 10 3/8 inches long.

Interior pages are firmly bound together, but loose from the spine.

Covers have wear, spine shows wear. former owners name written inside in pencil.  Some soiling. 

Good condition for its age.

All pages are shown in the attached photographs.  Please be sure to view them all for a better idea of condition.

Such a sweet little book!

Vintage Little Golden Book 517. Baby Animals by Garth Williams. Copyright 1956, 1952 by Golden Press. Cover price of 29 cents. Cute story about all sorts of baby animals with color illustrations through out. This is an I, 9th printing book.

Condition is very good with some cover scuffs and wear and tear along gold spine paper. Title page has a couple of small tears along the edge, minor soiling on a few pages. No marks or writing in book. One page has a tape repair to a tear. Really cute kids book!

Big Helpers. Rand McNally Junior Elf book. By Irma Wilde.  A book about Tractors, Cranes, Fire Trucks, and Dump Trucks.  Cute children's picture book.

Each page is filled with handsome color illustrations of heavy equipment, by George Wilde.

Book number 8047. Copyright date of 1953. Original price printed on cover 15c.

Hardcover book measuring 4 7/8 x 6 3/8.

Condition is good with scuffing and wear to covers, and age toning to pages. No rips, tears or marks on pages.

Choo Choo The Little Switch Engine by Wallace Wadsworth. Illustrated by Mary Jane Chase.

Rand McNally Elf book number 8394. Copyright date of 1954. Original price printed on cover 25c.

Book measures about 6 5/8 inches wide x a little over 8 1/4 inches long with 20 pages.  Condition is good with wear to cover corners and edges, and some scuffing. Also has the 23 stamped on the front cover and an ink scribble starting at the train's eyes down through the bottom of the book. 

Interior pages are good with inscription written inside front cover in ink, name written on title page in black crayon, and a letter T written at the top of the third page in ink. Last page has a small vertical crease along the right edge, along with a tiny tear near the bottom of the crease.

Color illustrations throughout.

Very cute children's story book for your collection!

Vintage 1960's Teen Chapter Book Dr. Dorothy's Choice by Elizabeth Wesley. Original copyright 1963. This is the Second printing from May, 1966. Softcover children's chapter book measuring about 4.25 inches wide x 7 inches tall, with 127 pages.

Condition is very good with some light wear to covers. Some age toning to pages. Nice tight binding.

Dr. Kildare, Assigned to Trouble. Hardcover Whitman Authorized TV Adventure Children's Book. Copyright 1963. Written by Robert C. Ackworth. Illustrated by Robert L. Jenney.

Book measures 5.5" x 8", with 212 pages. Book is in Very good used condition. Light wear/soiling to cover. Binding is tight and pages are clean with some age toning.

Nice book.

Famous Mouse Stories, including The Lion and the Mouse, Three Blind Mice, and Perez the Mouse. Vintage 1944 Children's Book.  Illustrations by Mary and Wallace Stover.

Softcover book measuring 8 3/8 x 11 inches with 24 pages.  Stapled spine.  Published by Perks Publishing of New York. A Mary Perks book number 705.

Condition is good with some wear and soiling to covers.  Interior pages are nice with no marks or tears.  There are some small soiled spots along the edges of some pages.

Cute illustrations that could be used as artwork or in craft projects.

Hans Christian Andersen and other Best Known Fairy Stories.

Retold by Lornie Ledge-hodge.  Illustrated by Ronald Embleton.

Contents include:

• Puss in Boots
• Sleeping Beauty
• The Fairy
• Cinderella
• The Ridiculous Wishes
• Little Red Riding Hood
• Idle Jack
• The Emperor’s New Clothes
• The Real Princess
• The Ugly Duckling
• It’s Perfectly True
• The Tinderbox
• The Little Fir Tree

Copyright 1983 The Hamlyn Publishing Group.

Hardcover book measuring about 9 1/4 x 12 inches. Approximately 100 pages.

Good used condition with some wear and light soiling to the covers. Pages are clean. Binding is tight. Former owners name written inside front cover.

Cute color illustrations all throughout this book.

Jesus Who Helped People.

Rand McNally childrens book number 8113.

By Mary Alice Jones. Illustrated by Manning de V. Lee. 

Stories in this book:
Jesus and a Sick Child
A Man Who Was Lonesome
Helping Angry Men Understand
Friends Who Were Afraid

Copyright date of 1964.

Original price printed on cover 19c.

Condition is very good with some wear and soiling to covers and some age toning to pages.

Vintage Rand McNally Junior Elf book, Let’s Read About Rocks by Iris Tracy Comfort. Illustrated by Seymour Fleishman. Book number 8165.

Book measures about 4 7/8 x 6 3/8  inches.  Copyright date of 1969. Original price printed on cover 19c.

Condition is good with  scuffing to the cover, some soiling, and wear around the edges of the cover.  Former owners name written inside front cover. And aome age toning to the pages.

Click on photos for a close up view.

A cute collectible book!

Little Men. Hardcover Whitman book, with pictorial cover. Published in 1955. Written by Louisa May Alcott. Illustrated by Jill Elgin.

Book measures 5.5" x 7.75", with 263 pages. No dust jacket. Book is in good used condition. Covers are tight with crack and wear along spine.

Please check my store for more vintage books, postcards, and ephemera. Thanks for looking!

Lucinda the Little Donkey. A Rand McNally Tip-Top Elf Book number 8584. By Irma Wilde. Illustrated by George Wilde.

The story of a contrary and stubborn little donkey who saves a train from falling into the creek.

Hardcover children's book measuring 6 5/8 x 8 1/4 inches with approximately 20 pages. Color illustrations throughout.

Condition is very good with light wear and light soiling to covers. Interior is very good with no marks or tears to pages, and some age toning around the page edges.  There is also a small black ink spot inside the front cover.

Very cute story.

Mother Goose Rhymes.

Vintage Platt & Munk Company Children's Book No. 852.  Board book with red cloth spine and blue cloth page binding.

Copyright 1939.

Adorable color illustrations throughout the book.

Hardcover book measuring about 6 1/2 x 8 inches.

Condition is used with some wear to covers, and split to the binding between pages 7 and 8. 10 pages total (please view all photos).

Super cute collectable children's book. 

Mr. Grabbit The Rabbit. Story by Virginia Hoffman.

Vintage Childrens Whitman Tell a Tale book.

The story of a greedy rabbit that learns a lesson on sharing.

Pictures by Charlie.

Copyright 1952 by Whitman Publishing Company.

Adorable color illustrations throughout the book.

Hardcover book measuring 5 5/8 inches x 6 5/8 inches.

Condition is used with wear to covers, and major wear at the top and bottom of the spine. Pages are age toned. Binding is tight.

Cute collectable children's book. 

Vintage Rand McNally Elf book #8332.

My Happy Day. A Word Book.

Copyright 1951.

Hardcover book measuring about 6 5/8” wide x 8 1/4” long.

Used condition with some cover wear. Interior pages are good with age toning and a few small soiled spots.

Really cute kids book!

Vintage 1950s "Our Baby Book."  This adorable unused baby book has a hard cover with padded covers.  Front cover shows a little girl, baby in a diaper, flowers, and white birds.

This was given as a gift to new parents by area businesses.  Inside the front cover is a list of the donors. These donors are all from Fairbury, Nebraska including: Corbett's Dairy Service, Lester Jones Studio, Le Roy's Jewelry, Brown's Shoe Fit Company, The Korbel Drug Company, Bonham-Lock-Starr Insurance and Nigh Texaco Service

Cute graphics to record baby milestones, in orange, gray and black. Designed by Marion Raider. Includes 28 pages to record the story of baby including: first tooth, foot prints, outings, friends, first word, favorite toy, and up through sixth birthday.

Measures approximately 6 3/4 x 9 1/4 inches.

Condition is very good.

Super cute book for the expectant couple!

Peggy Brown and the Secret Treasure. The Better Little Book.  Number 1423.

This book is in fair condition with wear to the corners and the top and bottom of the spine, which includes a small tear. Binding is tight.

There is no title page or publisher information.  Though no evidence of missing pages.  I'm unsure if this is how the book was made, or if the first couple pages are missing. Starts in at page number 5, which is the beginning of chapter 1.

Still a nice collectible children's book!

Play With Me by Marie Hall Ets. Book number WW802. Copyright 1955 by Marie Hall Ets. Issued in 1968 by The Viking Press. Vintage 1960's Softcover children's story book measuring about 7 inches x 9.5 inches.

Color illustrations throughout.

Condition is excellent with previous owners name written neatly on title page in red ink. Interior pages have no marks or tears.

Vintage Whitman Tell A Tales Children’s book.

Puffy, by Georgiana. Illustrated by Genevieve Porter.

Book measures about 5 5/8 x 6 1/2 inches. 

Copyright date of 1952.

Condition is used with  scuffing to the cover, some soiling, and wear around the edges of the cover and major wear to the spine.  

Pages are very good with no tears or marks. 

Click on photos for a close up view.

illustrations are adorable.