$ 12.95
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!
$ 7.95
The Busy Baby Lion by Lucienne Erville. Illustrated by Rik Jottier. 1959 Wonder Book number 737.
The story of a little lion who wishes to have stripes like a tiger.
Hardcover children's book measuring 6 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches with approximately 20 pages. Color illustrations throughout.
Condition is good with light wear and soiling to covers. Some splitting to paper along outside of spine. Interior is very good with no marks or tears to pages. Small circular ink spot on inside of front cover (see second photo).
$ 5.95
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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$ 4.95
The Fixit Man. Vintage hardcover Wonder Book by Irma Wilde. Illustrated by George Wilde. Book number 756. Copyright date of 1952.
Book measures 6 1/2 inches wide x 8 1/8 inches tall.
Color illustrations throughout.
Original price printed on cover 35c.
Condition is good with some wear, soiling, and scuffing to covers.
Interior pages are very good with no markings or tears. Some age toning to pages and former owners name written inside cover.
$ 12.95
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
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.
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The Little Caboose by Nila O'Hearn. Illustrated by Jane Flory. Hardcover Top Top Tales Children's Book 2481:25. Copyright 1951 by Whitman Publishing Co.
Little Caboose wishes he could lead the train. He gets his chance when the cars come loose from the engine while going up a big hill. Little Caboose saves the day when he avoids crashing into the train behind, by switching onto a side track. In the end, Little Caboose is happy and says he'll never again wish to lead a train.
Book measures about 6 1/2 inches wide x 7 1/2 inches tall. Unpaginated. Hardcover. No dust jacket.
This book is in really nice used condition with some wear around the corners and edges of the cover. Interior pages are very good with no marks or tears. Former owners name written inside front cover in ink.
Super sweet children's book!
$ 4.95
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!
$ 29.95
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!
$ 17.95
The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter. Retold for Little Children to Read by Edna Aldredge and Jessie McKee.
A Mary Perks Book. The American Crayon Co. Sandusky, Ohio. Copyright 1931, by Harter Publishing Company. Copyright 1943, by John Sherman Bagg.
Six full page adorable color illustrations by Fern Bisel Peat.
Softcover book measuring a little over 9 3/4 inches wide x just under 13 inches long. 16 pages including the front and back covers.
Has a linen like feel to the paper.
Nice used condition with a light crease running diagonally from the upper center front, down to the lower right edge. This affects all the pages in the book.
Interior pages are very good with no marks or tears.
Super sweet classic children's book!
$ 8.95
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.
$ 9.95
Tom and Jerry and The Toy Circus. Story adapted by Samuel Armstrong and Tom Ray. Pictures by M-G-M Cartoons, Inc.
Copyright 1953 by Loew's Incorporated.
Vintage hardcover children's book measuring just over 5 1/2 inches wide x 6 3/8 inches long with 28 pages.
Cute color illustrations throughout.
Condition is very good with bumps to corners, edge wear, and some light scuffing to covers. Pages are clean with no marks or tears. Binding is tight.
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Super cute book for your collection!
$ 7.95
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.
$ 5.95
Tweety and Sylvester Picnic Problems. Story by Betty Biesterveld. Illustrated by Leon Jason Studio.
Copyright Warner Brothers Inc. Produced in U.S.A. by Western Publishing Co.
A Tell-A-Tale book by Whitman Publishing Co. Copyright 1970. 28 pages.
Vintage hardcover children's book measuring approx. 5 1/2" x 6 3/8".
Cute color illustrations throughout.
Condition is very good with bumps to corners and some light scuffing to covers. Pages are clean with no marks or tears. Former owners name written inside front cover in pencil.
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Super cute book for your collection!
$ 2.95
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.
$ 7.95
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