Vintage Books

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. 

Vintage Whitman Hardcover Childrens Book. Timber Trail Riders, The Texas Tenderfoot. A Dave Talbot Story. Copyright 1963. Written by Michael Murray. Illustrated by Arnie Kohn and Robert Meyers.

Book measures 5.5 inches x 7.75 inches, with 282 pages. Book is in good used condition with owners name and dates written inside front cover. Covers show some light wear with plastic over coating starting to peel in spots. Pages are clean with some age toning.

Vintage 1960s Hardcover Whitman book, with pictorial Cameo cover. Trixie Belden Book number 7. The Mysterious Code.

Published in 1961. Written by Kathryn Kenny. Illustrated by Paul Frame. Book measures 5.5 inches x 7.75 inches, with 282 pages. No dust jacket.

Book is in used condition with writing inside back cover. Covers show wear, including red crayon on the man's jacket. A few of the pages near the center have a small dog earred corner. Binding is tight. Pages are clean with age toning.

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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.

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A Walk in the Zoo. 

1971 Rand McNally Start-Right Elf book by Dr. Lester E. Fisher.

Illustrated by Carl and Mary Hauge. Book number 8173.

Hardcover book measuring 4.75 inches wide x 6.5 inches tall.

Original price printed on cover 39c.

Condition is good with a lot of scuffing to covers.  Interior pages are very good with some light soiling.

Trixie Belden and the Red Trailer Mystery. Hardcover Whitman book, with pictorial cover. Published in 1954. Written by Julie Campbell. Illustrated by Mary Stevens.

Book measures 5.5 inches x 7.75 inches, with 282 pages. No dust jacket. Book is in good used condition. Covers show wear, especially at the corners and along the spine. Binding is starting to give way.

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.

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.

We Killed a Bear! A Sugar Creek Gang story.

Vintage Hardcover children's chapter book by Paul Hutchens.

Copyright 1940, this is the fifth edition printed in 1945.

Book measures 8 inches tall x 5.5 inches wide and 72 pages.

Condition is good. 

Does have wear to covers, a few pages with tears, and owners name written inside cover in ink.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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 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.

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.