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Vintage original 1933 Montana Resources and Opportunities Book. Published by the Department of Agriculture, Labor and Industry. Volume VII, No. IV.
Contents include:
Many black and white photos through the book.
Softcover book measuring 6 1/8 inches wide x 9 inches long, with 127 pages.
Condition is good with some soiling and wear to cover. Interior pages are good with no marks or tears, they do have some soiling and age toning.
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Vintage Scrapbook Album. A Memory Book of My School Days. Book is copyright 1920 by The Reilly & Lee Co. Designed and Decorated by Helen A. Haselton. Art Deco graphics throughout.
Softcover book with leather covers. Measures about 6.5 inches wide x 10 inches tall and about 2 inches thick. 189 pages. Book weighs 1 pound 9 ounces.
This Vintage memory book was kept by Olive Halek of Fairbury, Nebraska. She evidently started her school years in Belleville, Kansas, as there is a real photo postcard glued to an early page in the book showing the third grade class there.
Contents include:
37 photos (Including Senior Sneak Day)
Numerous newspaper clippings
Halloween Napkin
Purple Floral Napkin
Alumni Banquet Programs
Sports Banquet Programs
Commencement Announcement
Student Autographs
Class History
Class Prophecy
Reunions
Alumni Marriages
Class of '23 Nursery (Births)
Glued in Cut out newspaper photos of football players along with hand written notes on each player.
Coach write up
Write up on each football game that school year along with score for each game.
Olive kept very detailed notes and very comprehensive record of her time at Fairbury High School and the FHS class of 1923. Eighty percent of the pages are filled.
Most of the photos are glued in, with a few loose ones.
Very nice piece of history!
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Original antique hardcover book: Elements of Latin
By: Benjamin L. D'ooge
Published by: Ginn and Company
Copyright Date: 1921
Book measures 5 1/2 inches wide x 7 5/8 inches tall, with 384 pages plus another 42 pages of Latin-English Vocabulary.
Foreword: This is a new book. It presents Latin in such a way that the pupil will learn Latin and enjoy the process. It makes Latin a live subject without sacrificing scholarship. The subject matter is divided into 110 lessons, grouped by semesters. In general a lesson can be in a single recitation. Related subjects are treated together and every point is adequately explained.
86 illustrations. Map of Gaul and Parts of Germany, Spain, Italy, and Britain. Map of Italy (in colors).
Original green boards. Book is in good condition with some age toning, light soiling and some wear to covers. Black marks on a 2 inch section of top edge of pages. Only visible when viewing the book from the top. Former owners name written inside of cover. Binding is tight.
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Original antique hardcover book: Etiquette Problems in Pictures
By: Lillian Eichler
Published by: Nelson Doubleday
Copyright Date: 1922, Print date 1924
Book measures 5 1/8 inches wide x 7 5/8 inches tall, with 150 pages.
Partial Preface:
Original blue boards. Front cover has gold lettering and gold floral border. Every other page is an illustration.
Book is in good condition with some age toning, light soiling and some wear to covers. Some discoloration of the back cover. A slip of paper is glued inside the back cover with a small slip of paper inserted, that reads "Etiquette"
Binding is tight.
$ 12.95
Football. Vintage 1943 hardcover book with dust jacket issued by the Aviation Training Division, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, US Navy. Book measures 6 1/4 inches wide x 9 1/4 inches tall with 244 pages. Black and white photos and illustrations.
Condition of book is very good. Dust jacket has major wear and tear.
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Vintage 1925 Grinnell, Iowa College Yearbook. The Cyclone. This is a hardcover book measuring 8 inches x 11 inches with approximately 250 pages.
Contains: Faculty photos, student photos, club photos, sports, local advertising etc.
Individual student photos include:
Wilma Arnold, Genevieve Ashby, Veta Baker, Madge Baltimore, Ruth Barber, Doris M. Barber, Jack Bender, Harry Boge, Alta, Booton, Eugene Breitenbach, Norma M. Bowman, Helen Adele Brewer, Frank Bunnel, Arthur Bryant, Earl S. Burch, William Russell Burke, Jeanette Calmenson, Elfriede Lisle Cartano, Harriet Cathcart, Alice Christensen, Alice Dorothy Clifton, Mildred Cohen, Ella Clough, Elizabeth M. Conard, Margaret Corey, Rowena Craft, Neil L. Crone, Lorraine Curtis, George Dare, Keith Daubenberger, Katherine J. Davis, Mary Dieterich, Lester Duke, Curtis Eiker, Katherine Farwell, Robert Fell, Margaret Field, Esther Fisher, James Fitz, Millard Gelvin, Donald C. Fullerton, Katherine Gilmore, Grace Grant, Irma Goodrich, Floyd Green, John Grimes, Gerald Griffin, Ada Grosenbaugh, Donald B. Hadley, Edna Grosenbaugh, Hugh D. Hale, George Hamlin, Adelaide Harlan, Guy Harrington, Mary Frances Hedges, Dirk Heezen, Eugenia Onalee Heldridge, Mary Layton Hewitt, Gilbert Henry, Eugene L. Howard, Evan Jones, Kathryn Jones, Leon Jones, Velda Jordan, William Jones, Charles June, Lela Kaisand, Gladys Kemp, Lucile Kepford, Donald Kepler, Clark Kingery, Gordon Kitchen, Hugh Kirkpatrick, Ruth Knight, Bernice Koontz, Margaret Lippert, Eleanor Long, Gwendolen Long, Edward Loveland, Opal Lowry, John C. MacAlpine, Jr., Genevieve McClure, John McGee, Mary B. McColl, Lucile Martin, Frances McGrew, Hilda Mauck, Marguerite Merryman, Charles M. Meyers, Claire L. Meyer, Edna Meyer, Frances Miller, Burnise Moore, Bettie Morgan, Selden Norris, Wilma Nichols, Ruth Norton, Louise Palmer, Winifred Parker, Roger C. Patton, George Paul, Clara B. Phillips, James Pierce, Mary Pilgrim, Portia Jeanne Platt, Elias Peshel, Dorothy Rawson, Ralph Read, Elizabeth Roynolds, Martha Rivers, Harry M. Reynolds, Catherine Robertson, Joseph Rosenfeld, Mary Lee Rowe, Thelma Sampson, Gladys Sherman, Cora Skutle, Dorothy Smith, Howard Smith, Katherine F. Smith, Alice M. Soelberg, Esther Stark, John Stehn, John Stotts, Ida May Stevenson, Adeline Tewksbury, Kellogg Thomas, Edwin Van Gorder, Mabel L. Walling, Mary Shand, Pauline Tewksbury, Donald Wilson, William Wood Jr., Leonard Winter, Margaret Noffsinger, Klella Wareham, Elinor Widner, and Elizabeth Winegar.
Condition is very good. Back cover has stuck on paper residue. Spine shows wear at the top and bottom. No writing in this book.
Wonderful piece of Iowa history!
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Antique original Madame La Fontaine's How To Write Love Letters. Published by Shrewesbury Publishing Co. of Chicago. Copyright 1914, by Charles Shrewesbury.
A Book of First Aid to Lovers. For Men and Women who desire a Successful Courtship and a Prompt and Happy Marriage.
With Many Model Letters for the Guidance of Lovers under All Circumstances of Courtship, Proposal, Acceptance, Rejection, Jealousy, Quarrel, Making-up, etc., etc.
Softcover book measuring 4 3/4 inches wide x 7 1/4 inches long, with 152 pages.
Condition is good with some soiling and wear to cover. Tear at top and bottom of spine. Interior pages are good with a few dog eared pages, a couple of page numbers circled in pencil, and some soiling and age toning.
$ 10.95
Immortal Hymn Writers Hymns Pictures and Biographies by Dr. J. A. Lee. First 2/3 of the book is hymns, 2 pages of photos, and 10 pages of biographies.
Softcover book measuring 5 x 8 inches with approximately 50 pages.
Good condition with some soiling and wear to covers, ink underlining and notations at the back of the book, and newspaper clipping taped inside back cover.
Please check my store for more vintage postcards, books and ephemera. Thanks for visiting!$ 21.95
Antique Book. Hand-book of Industrial Drawing for Teachers in Common Schools. Lincoln, Neb.: J. H. Miller, 1897. Second Edition. Illustrated.
Book measures 8 x 5 1/2 inches, with 130 pages. Blue cloth backed printed boards. Boards are rubbed. Signature inside cover. Pages are nice with age toning and a small tear on the edge of one page.
Ida was supervisor of drawing in public schools, Beatrice, Nebraska.
Interesting book with illustrations.
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Lot of 2 Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. Childhood Booklets.
Common Childhood Diseases. Edition of November 1954. Measures 5 3/8 x 7 3/4 inches with 36 pages. Soiling and wear to covers. Really cute graphics.
Nine to Twelve. Copyright 1960. Measures 5 3/8 x 7 3/4 inches with 18 pages. Very good condition with light wear.
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Nebraska Folklore Book. Softcover book, with staple spine, measuring 6.25 x 9.25 inches with 32 pages.
Written and compiled by The Nebraska Writers' Project, Work Projects Administration, Federal Works Agency. Published by Woodruff Printing Company, Lincoln, Nebraska October, 1939.
Contents include Animal Legends, Indian Legends, Historical Legends, Place Name Stories, Cowboy Songs, Nebraska Cattle Brands, Tall Tales, and Songs About Nebraska.
Condition is very good with wear to covers, and interior pages are detached from cover, but bound.
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Nebraska Folklore Book Three. Softcover book, stapled spine, measuring 6.25 x 9.25 inches with 31 pages.
Written and compiled by The Nebraska Writers' Project, Work Projects Administration, Federal Works Agency. Published by Woodruff Printing Company, Lincoln, Nebraska October, 1941.
Contents include:Pioneer Schools, Ballads, Pioneer Churches, Nebraska Songs of the '90s, The Great Blizzard, and Pioneer Dance Calls.
Condition is very good with some wear to covers and previous owners name written on title page. Interior pages are very good with some age toning and some sentences have been underlined.
Great gift for the Nebraska history buff!
$ 34.95
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Original antique hardcover book: Stair Building Made Easy
By: Fred T. Hodgson
Published by: The Industrial Publication Company of New York
Dated: 1884
Book measures 5 1/8 inches wide x 7 1/2 inches tall, with 123 pages.
Foreword: Being a Full and Clear Description of the art of Building the Bodies, Carriages and Cases for All Kinds of Stairs and Steps. Together with Illustrations Showing the Manner of Laying Out Stairs, Forming Treads and Risers, Building Cylinders, Preparing Strings, with Instructions for Making Carriages For Common, Platform, Dog-Legged and Winding Stairs.
To Which is Added An Illustrated Glossary of Terms used in Stair Building,and Designs for Newels, Balusters, Brackets, Stair Mouldings and Sections of Hand Rails.
Numerous illustrations throughout.
Inside first 4 pages, a previous owner has used a red hand stamp profusely.
I believe the stamp says:
Original green boards. Book is in good to very condition with some age toning, light soiling and wear to covers. Binding is tight.
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The Advanced Edition Palmer Method of Business Writing by A.N. Palmer (Late Editor - The American Penman). Published by The A. N. Palmer Company of New York, Chicago, Portland, Ore. & Cedar Rapids, Iowa. 1949 edition.
Measures 8 7/8 inches wide x 5 3/4 inches tall with 96 pages.
A Series of Lesson in Rapid, Plain, Unshaded, Coarse-pen, Muscular Movement Writing for Use in Schools, Public or Private, Where an Easy and Legible Handwriting is the Object Sought.
Book is in good condition with ink writing at the top of the front cover, creased and curled corner and general wear. Back cover has a tiny tear near the center top, and some darkening along the left edge. Interior pages are very good with some small creased corners and a few dog eared pages. No marks or tears. Some light soiling on a few pages.
Highly collectible edition!
$ 12.95
Vintage 1960s First Grade Book: Teacher's resource for bulletin board ideas throughout the school year.
The First Grade Bulletin Board Guide
by Carvel and Lorita Lee
Published by T.S. Denison & Company, Inc.
Copyright 1963
For the First Grade:
Through the School Year
Holidays - Special Days
Curriculum - Activities
Book measures 8 1/2 x 11 inches with 63 pages. Condition is very good with some soiling to covers. Interior pages are excellent with no marks or tears.
Great graphics in this vintage Teacher's Guide!
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The Modern Family Garden Book by Roy E. Biles. J. G. Ferguson Publisher. Copyright 1941.
Hardcover book measuring 7 1/4 inches wide x 10 1/4 inches tall with 160 pages.
All about gardening, yard care, Roses, bulbs, vines, window boxes, flowers etc. Includes a Table of Contents at the front. Black and white illustrations.
Condition is very good with average signs of handling.
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$ 14.95