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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 Whitman Hardcover Top Top Tales Children’s book number 2479.

My Prayers. 

Illustrated by Rachel Taft Dixon.

Book measures about 6 3/8 x 7 1/2 inches. 

Copyright date of 1959.

Book is used with some wear and soiling to covers. Also small circular sticker residue spot on front cover.

Former owners name written inside front cover.

Interior pages are clean with no markings or tears.

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Really cute illustrations.

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!

Vintage Whitman Top Top Hardcover Children’s book.

Peppermint. The story of a Kitten.

Written and illustrated by Dorothy Grider.

Book measures about 6 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches. 

Copyright date of 1950.

Condition is fair to good 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 a small tear near the bottom center of the opening page.

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Really cute illustrations.

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 hardcover Whitman Top Top Tales Children’s book number 2475.

Poppyseed. A freckled dog that lives at the zoo.

By Betty Ren Wright.

Illustrated by Florence Sarah Winship.

Book measures about 6 3/8 x 7 1/2 inches. 

Copyright date of 1954.

Book is used with wear and some soiling to the covers.

Former owners name written inside front cover.

Interior pages are clean with no markings or tears.

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Sweet illustrations.

Puddle Jumper. Written and illustrated by Dorothea J. Snow. 

1949 hardcover Rand McNally Junior Elf book about a little trolley car.

Book measures about 5 x 6 5/8 inches. 

Condition is used with soiling and wear to the cover, edges and spine. Also has a clear plastic coating on the cover which is peeling in spots.

The cover is also starting to separate from the inside pages.

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Really cute illustrations.

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!

Santa Mouse.

A Sturdi-Contour Book. 

Vintage Children's Wonder Book 5530.

Copyright 1966, by Michael Brown.

Adorable color illustrations throughout the book.

Hardcover book measuring 6 3/4 inches wide x 8 inches long with 5 pages.  8 pages counting the front and back covers.

Plastic spine and all the pages are cardboard.

Condition is used with some wear to the cover, especially the lower left front cover. 

Former owners name written in ink on the title page.

Super cute collectable children's book. 

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.

Vintage Whitman Hardcover Top Top Tales Children’s book number 2461.

Sneezer. The Little Train.

Written by Estelle McInnes Upson.

Illustrated by Ben D. Williams.

Book measures about 6 3/8 x 7 1/2 inches. 

Copyright date of 1955.

Book is used with wear to the covers.

Former owners name written inside front cover.

Interior pages are clean with no markings or tears.

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Cute illustrations.

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. 

Socks by Betty Molgard Ryan. Illustrated by Florence Sarah Winship.

1949 hardcover Whitman Tell a Tale book about a little black kitten with white feet, white tipped tail and a white star under his chin.

Book measures about 5 1/2 x 6 3/8 inches. 

Condition is used with wear to the cover edges and spine. Also has a small amount of pink crayon scribble on the last page and inside back cover (shown in the photos.

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Really cute illustrations.

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 Whitman Hardcover Top Top Tales Children’s book number 2480.

Teena and the Magic Pot.

Illustrated by Louise Jack Myers.

Book measures about 6 3/8 x 7 1/2 inches. 

Copyright date of 1961.

Book is used with wear to the covers.

Former owners name written inside front cover.

Interior pages are clean with no markings or tears.

Click on photos for a close up view.

Sweet illustrations.

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!