Vintage Books

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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Vintage cookbook Royal Baking Powder Recipes: A Guide to Royal Success in Baking. Dated 1941 inside front cover. Gold colored cover with lady in apron.  Looks like it is spiral bound with a red plastic comb, but this is just part of the printed cover.

Softcover book measuring about 5 inches wide x 8 inches tall with 22 pages. Very good condition with some light soiling and light wear to covers. Back cover has a small dog eared upper left corner.

Lots of great recipes. Including: Biscuits, Muffins, Breads, Pancakes, Waffles, Cakes, Cookies, Pastries, Frostings, and fillings.

Index at the back of the book.

Would make a great wedding or shower gift!

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Vintage Cookbook "77 Recipes Using Swiftning" by Martha Logan. Copyright 1950 by Swift & Company, Chicago, IL.

Softcover book measuring 4.75" x 6.25" with 35 pages. Condition is very good with mailing label on back cover.

Includes recipes for: cookies, cakes, biscuits, muffins, breads, rolls, main dishes, pastry, etc.

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Vintage 1956 Cookbook by the Culinary Arts Institute. 260 Cooling Recipes for hot Weather. Softcover book measuring about 6" x 9" with 68 pages. Condition is very good.

Includes recipes for:
Chilled Soups
Salads
Relish Tray
Sandwiches
Butter Spreads
Something Hot
Desserts
Beverages

Super cute graphics all through this cookbook!

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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.

Vintage 1940 book.

The Hawaiian Islands and the Story of Pineapple.

Softcover book with staple binding. 

Measures about 6" x 9" with 48 pages. 

Covers the history of Hawaii and Pineapple.

Five pages of recipes at the back.

Condition is very good with some wear and soiling to the covers.

1948 Anniversary Booklet Grace Lutheran Church Fairbury, Nebraska.

• The Anniversary Services of Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church.
• Fairbury, Nebraska
• The Twenty-fifth Anniversary of the Congregation 1923-1948.
• Sunday, the Fourteenth day of November, Nineteen Hundred and Forty Eight.

Softcover book measuring 9 inches x 6 inches with 10 pages.  Not all pages are shown in the listing.

Contains a brief history of the church, ministers and write up on the construction of the new church building. Photos of previous pastors also.

Condition is very good.

Vintage and original 1961 "The Little Blue" College Yearbook for Fairbury, Nebraska Junior College. This is a hardcover book measuring 8.25 x 10.75 inches with 72 pages.

Includes sections for:

• Administration and Faculty
• Students
• Activities and Organizations
• Athletics
• Advertising
• Index

Condition is very good with no marks or tears on interior pages.  There is some age toning/yellowing to the pages.  Covers shows some wear to top and bottom of the spine and along the cover edges.

Great look at college life in the 60s!

Vintage and original 1951 The Little Blue College Yearbook for Fairbury, Nebraska Junior College.

This is a hardcover book measuring 8.25 x 10.75 inches with 67 pages.

Contents include:

• Administration
• Faculty
• Classes
• Athletics
• Activities

Condition is good with a few small red arrows marked on pages, pointing to various people, and some overall wear to covers.

Nice book!

Vintage 1959 Sunflower yearbook. Published by the students of Kansas State Teachers College. Emporia, Kansas.

Hardcover book measuring 8.75 inches x 11 inches with 303 pages. Condition is very good with soiling to covers and foxing to end papers..

This item ship to only U.S. addresses.

Vintage Cookbook "RICE 200 Delightful Ways to Serve It". Copyright 1937 by Southern Rice Industry New Orleans, LA. Seventh Edition.

Softcover book measuring 6" x 9" with 95 pages.

Condition is good with general wear, creases to cover corners, some soiling and spine is split at the top and bottom. Interior pages are nice and clean.

200 wonderful rice dish recipes!

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.

Montgomery Ward 1963 Camera Catalog. Includes Nikon, Kodak, Fotron, Polaroid, Miranda, Camera, Flash, Slide Projectors, etc.

Catalog is 58 pages and measures 8.25 inches x 11 inches. Interior pages are black & white, covers are in color.

Condition is good with heavy wear and some soiling to covers. Front cover also has a hole near the bottom right corner.  Interior pages are very good with no marks or tears.

Fantastic look at 1960s cameras!

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!