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Vintage Little Golden Book.

Raggedy Ann and Andy Help Santa Claus.

Fourth Printing, 1980.

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

Book is in used condition with cover wear and tear and scuffing. Pages are clean other thank a small soiled spots on the opening page (see all photos).

Really cute kids book!

Vintage Children's Book, Roy Rogers and the Gopher Creek Gunman. An original story featuring Roy Rogers, famous motion picture star as the hero.  By Don Middleton.  Illustrated by Erwin L. Hess. Authorized Edition.

Hardcover Whitman book copyright 1945.

Book measures 5.5 inches x 8 inches with 248 pages.

Book is in good used condition.  Cover is nice with bumped corners and some wear at the top and bottom of the spine. Pages are clean with some age toning and a few pages with a wrinkle near the top right edge.  There is also a round 1/2 inch long hole running through the lower right corner of pages 225 - 248.

Overall a nice clean book!

Vintage Whitman Tell A Tales Children’s book.

Roy Rogers’ Bullet Leads the Way.  Story by Frances Wood.  Illustrated by Bart Doe.

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

Copyright date of 1953.

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

Interior pages are very good with no tears or marks. There is some age toning to the pages.

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Really cute illustrations.

Lot of 2 vintage softcover children's books. 

Rumpelstiltzkin, copyright circa 1940 by The Saalfield Publishing Co. This is a softcover, linen like book, that measures 7 1/8 inches wide x 8 1/4 inches tall.  Twelve pages including front and back covers.  Fair condition with some small tears along the page edges, and spine.  And some creased page corners.

The Three Little Pigs, copyright 1940 by The Saalfield Publishing Co. This is a softcover, linen like book, that measures 7 1/8 inches wide x 8 1/4 inches tall.  Twelve pages including front and back covers. Condition is poor for this book with some large tears.

These books would be super cute just to read, or use the pages for artwork!

Vintage Little Golden Book.

Santa’s Surprise Book by Joan Potter Elwart. Illustrated by Florence Sarah Winship. 

Original copyright 1966 by Western Publishing Company. This book is Ninth Edition, 1979. 

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

Book is in used condition with cover wear and tear and scuffing. Pages are clean. Last page has a 1” tear at the center bottom. Last few pages have a light vertical crease (please see all photos).

Adorable book!

Science Fiction Adventure From Way Out. Hardcover Whitman book, copyright 1973.

Stories by Poul Anderson, Andre Norton, Mack Reynolds, Barry Malzberg, Raymond F. Jones, Gail Kimberly, Bill Pronzini, and B.J. Lytle..

Illustrated by Dan Spiegle.

Book measures 5.25 inches x 7.75 inches, with 212 pages.

Book is in used condition. Covers show wear and some soiling. Appears to have never been read. Binding is nice and tight. Pages are clean with some age toning. 

Vintage Wonder Children's Book, "Shari Lewis, Stories to Read Aloud" paperback.

Copyright: 1961

Format: Paperback

Letter or Number Code: 2029

Original Cover Price: 39 cents

Publisher: Wonder Read Aloud Books

Pages: 160

Book measures: 5.25" wide x 8" tall.

Stories and Authors:
Fluffy Learns Her Business, by Blanche Boshinski
The Master Fiddler, by John Bennett
Surprise Circus, by La Vere Anderson
Sherry's Kitten and The Fix-It Boy, by Blanche Boshinski
Little Lost Teddy Bear, Oliver's Big Night, and The Happy Alligator, by La Vere Anderson

Illustrated by: Catherine Scholz

Illustrations: Black & White, and single color.

Condition: Condition is good with tight binding, no loose pages. No marks or tears to pages. A few pages have a dog ear, or creased corner. Some age toning to pages, soiling to covers. crease upper right front corner and a small tear near the center top of front cover. Also has a crease near the lower left corner of back and upper right corner of back cover. Previous owners name written inside cover in ink.

Rand McNally Junior Elf book, "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs."

Illustrated by Irma Wilde.

Book number 8028.

Copyright date of 1959.

Original price printed on cover 19c.

Book measures about 5 x 6.5 inches. 

Condition is fair with wear and soiling to covers and crayon writing to back cover.

Interior pages are very good with no marks or tears. 

Sprout vintage children's book by Jenifer Wayne. Illustrated by Gail Owens. Hardcover Weekley Reader Book Club edition. Copyright 1970, 1976.

Book measures about 6 inches x 9 inches with 90 pages. This is a chapter book with black and white illustrations.

Condition is very good with some light soiling and wear to covers. No writing, marks or tears to pages.

Vintage Children's Cowboy Western Chapter Book. "Tales For A Tenderfoot" by Bernadine Creswell Kelly. Illustrated by Leo P. Thiele. Copyright 1950 by The University Publishing Company. Book measures 5 5/8 inches wide x 7 3/4 inches tall with 64 pages.

Some of the characters mentioned in book include: Bill Ryan, Kit Carson, Navajo Indians, etc. Condition is very good with some light wear and soiling to covers. Interior pages are very good with no markings or tears. There is a name written in ink, inside the front cover. Black and white illustrations. Some age toning to pages.

Vintage Mary Perks Children's Book.  Ten Treasured Tales. 

Stories include:

1. Little Red Hen
2. Three Little Pics
3. Gingerbread Boy
4. Puss In Boots
5. The Three Bears
6. Henny Penny
7. The Boy Who Cried Wolf
8. The Tortoise and the Hare
9. The Night Before Christmas
10. The North Wind Doth Blow

Copyright 1943.  Published and distributed by The American Crayon Co. of Sandusky, Ohio.

Hardcover book measuring about 8 3/4 inches wide x 11 1/8 inches tall.

I count 44 pages including the front and back end papers.  Black and blue illustrations throughout. 

Book cover has overall wear including fading, discoloration and some soiling, with a stain along the upper and lower back cover.  Spine has an inch long split along the top (visible in the first photo). Binding is tight.

There is also an inscription with name written inside the front end paper.

Interior pages are nice, with no marks or tears.

Adorable illustrations in this book!

The Brothers Grimm and other Best Traditional Fairy Stories.

By Lorine Ledge-hodge.  Illustrated by Ronald Embleton.

Contents include:

• The Three Bears
• The Three Little Pigs
• Jack and the Beanstalk
• Beauty and the Beast
• Idle Jack
• The Gingerbread ManThe Real Princess
• Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
• The Four Musicians of Bremen
• The Elves and the Shoemaker
• The Frog Prince
• Rumpelstiltskin
• The hare and the hedgehog

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.

The Bug Book.  Vintage A Golden Shape Book for children. Copyright 1965.  Written by William Dugan. No. 5925.

Softcover book with 24 pages.

Includes pages for:
Ladybugs
Beetles
Ants
Katydid and Grasshopper
Dragonflies
Praying Mantis
Honeybees
Caterpillars
Butterflies
Moths
Fireflies

Book measures 8 inches wide x 8 1/4 inches tall.   All illustrations are color.

Very good condition with some mild signs of handling.  Mostly wear around the edges of the front and back cover.

A sweet vintage children's book!

The Call of the Wild by Jack London. Vintage 1970s Paperback Children's Book number T 350. Original copyright 1963. This is the ninth printing issued in January 1970 by Scholastic Magazines, Inc. Softcover children's chapter book measuring about 4.25 inches wide x 6.5 inches tall, with 172 pages. Condition is very good with some wear and light soiling to covers. Age toning to pages and previous owners name written inside front cover in pencil. Nice tight binding.

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Vintage 1950Hardcover children's chapter book by Paul Hutchens.

The Green Tent Mystery at Sugar Creek.

Book measures 8 inches tall x 5.5 inches wide and 93 pages.

Condition is good with wear to covers. The thin plastic coating on the covers is starting to lift in a few spots (check last 2 photos).  Also some light soiling and age toning to pages.

Nice book.

The How and Why Wonder Book of Rockets and Missiles by Clayton Knight.

1969 Softcover book measuring 8 1/8 inches wide x 11 inches long with 36 pages. Copyright 1960, 1962, 1967, 1969 by Grosset & Dunlop, Inc.

Questions include

• How Old is the Rocket Principle?
• When were Rockets First Used in Modern Warfare?
• Were Many Rockets Fired in World War II?
• Is the Rocket Missile Replacing Artillery?
• What Types of Rockets are Shot From Planes?
• Are Rockets Superior to Guns as Antiaircraft Weapons?
• Are Rockets Used to Drive Target Drones?
• How Do Rockets Boost Jet-Propelled Missiles on Their Way to a Target?
• How Does the United States Navy Use Rockets?
• How Does the United States Navy Plan to Use Rockets in Undersea Warfare?
• In What New Ways Will Rockets Be Used?
• How is Fuel Conserved in Launching Probe Rockets?
• How Will Permanent Missile Bases Be Constructed For Instant Use Against Enemy Attack?
• How Are Missiles Launched Where There Are No Permanent Bases?
• What Records Were Made With America's First Rocket Planes?
• Must Pilotless Missiles Be Assisted Off The Ground?

Color and black and white illustrations throughout. 

Book is in very good condition with some corner and edge wear to the covers and a white streak on the back cover.  Please click on photos for a close up view.  Interior pages are very nice with no marks or tears.

Vintage Little Golden Book.

The Little Red Caboose

Original copyright 1953 by Western Publishing Company. This edition is 1994. 

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

Book is in used condition with cover wear and tear and scuffing. Pages are clean other than a small soiled spot on the opening page (see all photos).

Adorable book!

The Night Before Christmas by Clement C Moore.

Vintage Childrens Whitman Tell a Tale Book 2517.

Illustrations by Florence Sarah Winship.

Copyright 1963 and 1969 by Western Publishing Company, Inc.

Adorable color illustrations throughout the book.

Hardcover book measuring 5 5/8 inches x 6 3/8 inches.

Condition is used with some wear to covers, and more on the spine.

Interior pages are good with 10 soiled pages at the center (please view all photos).

Super cute collectable children's book. 

Vintage Rand McNally Junior Elf book.

The Runaway Kangaroos, by Eliza Lewis. Illustrated by Eve Rockwell.

Book number 8004.

Book measures about 4 7/8 x 6 3/8  inches. 

Copyright date of 1959. Original price printed on cover 15c. 

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

No rips or markings on pages.  They do have age toning.

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Super cute collectible book!

Rand McNally Junior Elf book, The Sleeping Beauty. Illustrated by Vivienne Blake. Book number 8050.

Book measures about 5 x 6.5 inches.  Copyright date of 1951. Original price printed on cover 19c. Condition is good with  scuffing to the cover, some soiling, and wear around the edges of the cover.  No marks or tears to interior.  Some age toning to the pages.

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A classic collectible book!

Vintage patriotic hardcover children's book.  The Star Spangled Banner written by Francis Scott Key during the attack on Fort McHenry, September 13 and 14, 1814.  Pictured by Ingri & Edgar Parin d'Aulaire. 

Copyright 1942 by Doubleday, Doran & Co. 

First Edition.

Book measures 9 1/2 inches wide x 12 1/4 inches long.  I count 40 pages total.

No dust jacket.

Condition is good with wear to the covers, and separation inside the cover along the spine.  A few pencil scribbles, and a few soiled pages.  Pages are still firmly attached.

Nice colorful illustrations!

The Sugar Creek Gang Goes Camping.

Vintage Hardcover children's chapter book by Paul Hutchens.

Copyright 1941, this edition printed in 1945. Fourth book in the series.

Book measures 8 inches tall x 5.5 inches wide and 95 pages.

Condition is good with wear to covers.

Previous owners name written inside front cover in pencil. Pages have age toning and some soiled spots.

Nice book.

The Sugar Creek Gang in Chicago.

Vintage Hardcover children's chapter book by Paul Hutchens.

Copyright 1941, this is the fourth edition printed in 1944. Fifth book in the series.

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

Condition is very good with wear to covers and spine, owners name written inside cover in pencil, and age toning to the pages.

Nice book.