Vintage Books

Vintage 1927 Latta's Book for Teachers. Sixth edition. Published by J.S. Latta, Inc. of Cedar Falls, Iowa.

Softcover book measuring 9 1/8" wide x 12" long.  

288 pages of:
Calendar Pages
Drawings to color
Cutouts
Construction Patterns
Sewing Card Patterns
Elementary Civics
Short Speeches
Stories for Opening Exercises

Plus 60 Teacher supply catalog pages at the back.

Index pages 62-63.

Some old insect damage to the first few pages.  Some soiling, some tears around the page edges, dog eared corners, and some pictures have been traced around or scribbled on.  Cover also shows wear and tear.

An old book that does show wear.  

Adorable graphics!

Vintage 1960 hardcover book. Best in Children’s Books. 

Nelson Doubleday publishers.

Book measures about 5 34 x 8 1/2 inches with 160 pages.

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

10 - 15 pages have been lightly scribbled on with pencil, some shown in the photos.

Interior pages have some age toning but are in good condition. Binding is tight.

 Lots of colorful illustrations.

Vintage 1951 hardcover book. Brownie Scouts Handbook.

By Ray Mitchell. Illustrations by Ruth Wood.

Book measures about 6 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches with 95 pages.

Book is used with quite a bit of wear around the cover edges and some soiling to the covers.

Former owners name written inside front cover.

Interior pages have some age toning but are  in good condition. Binding is tight.

just about every page has super cute illustrations.

Vintage circa 1920 hardcover book. Lucky or Plucky. A Story for Boys and Others.

Cover shows a man driving an antique car, possibly a Packard.

By Walter E. Schuette.

No interior illustrations.

Book measures about 5 x 7 3/8 inches with 63 pages.

No copyright date.

Book is used with quite a bit of wear around the cover edges and some soiling to the covers.

Former owners name written inside back cover.

Interior pages are age toned but in good condition with some soiling. Binding is tight.

Sniffy the Skunk Paint Book.

Vintage 1957 Coloring Book by Merrill Company Publishers. Book number 4864.

Book measures 8 1/4 inches wide x a little over 10 7/8 inches long.

Front cover features an adorable anthropomorphic skunk standing on a drum and holding a paint tray and paint brush.

Approximately 50 pages in this book.

Book is in good condition with 5 or 6 pages that have pencil writing or have been colored. All used pages are shown in the photos.

Super cute children’s coloring book!

Activity Tree Play Book.

Vintage 1965 Coloring Book by Stephen’s Publishing Co. of Sandusky, Ohio. Book number 570.

Book measures 8 1/4 inches wide x a little over 10 7/8 inches long.

Front cover features a little girl and little boy under a tree. An owl is peeking out from a hole in the tree. 

Approximately 100 pages in this book.

Book is in good condition with 5 or 6 pages having been worked. All used pages are shown in the photos.

Cute children’s coloring book!

Dot to Dot. Vintage 1956 Coloring Book. Book number 2951.

Book measures 6 3/4 inches wide x a little over 7 1/2 inches long.

Front cover features a little girl wearing a blue dress with two blue bows in her hair. Also has a winding trail of colorful dots, a colored pencil, crayon and a paint brush. Back cover is a solid pink with some discoloration around the edges.

Approximately 45 pages in this book.

Good unused condition with former owners name written on the upper left corner of the front cover.

Adorable children’s coloring book!

Vintage Saalfield Oversided Coloring Book.  Follow the Dots and color the Pictures. Circa late 1940s. Book number 5285.

Large book measuring almost 10 3/4 inches wide x 14 inches long.

Front and back covers are in full color and feature a bunny rabbit holding a Daisy. Yellow fence and two butterflies in the background.

Estimating 100 pages in this coloring book.

Good used condition with 8 pages used (all are shown in the photos).

Covers are good with obvious wear and light soiling.

Adorable children’s coloring book!

Inside of One Hundred Homes by William Martin Johnson.

1904 copyright. Published by Doubleday, Page & Company of New York.

140 pages with numerous interior house photographs of the hall, living room, cosy corner, library, dining room, kitchen and pantry, bedroom, bathroom, girl’s and boy’s room.

Small hardcover book measuring a little over 3 3/4 inches wide x about 6 inches long.

Binding is tight. Cover shows light wear. Overall a nice clean book with some foxing inside the front and back covers.

Model Houses for Little Money by William L. Price. With an Additional Chapter on Doors and Windows by Frank S. Guild.

1904 copyright. Published by Doubleday, Page & Company of New York.

193 pages with numerous photographs and house plans.

Small hardcover book measuring a little over 3 3/4 inches wide x about 6 inches long.

Binding is tight. Cover shows light wear. Overall a nice clean book with some foxing inside the front and back covers.

Vintage 1936 The Philadelphia Inquirer Public Ledger Cookbook.

By Mrs. Anna B. Scott.

Supplement fo the Philadelphia Inquirer, November 15, 1936.

Softcover book measuring 6 x 9  inches with 32 pages. 

Condition is used. Front cover shows wear and has some soiling. Also has a tape repair along the right edge.  Some wear and age toning to the pages. Wear and a couple of tears along the spine. Some wear and soiling on the back cover with a piece of tape along the left edge.

Lots of great recipes in this book.

Vintage 1902 Royal Baker and Pastry Cook Cookbook.

By the Chefs of the New York Cooking School.

Published by the Royal Baking Powder Co. New York, U.S.A. 

Copyright 1902.

Softcover book measuring 5 x 8  inches with 44 pages. 

Condition is used. Front cover has quite a bit of wear, soiling and is missing the upper right corner. Wear and age toning to the pages. Wear along the spine. Back cover has a name stamped at the top and soiling.

Lots of great recipes listed in the index.

House Beautiful Magazine. 

October, 1944 issue.

Volume 82, No. 10.

In this issue House Beautiful presents The Bride’s House, Fall 1940

Houses include Four Square and Jon Whitcomb’s House.

Lots of great full page ads, including:

Wamsutta Sheets

Towle 

Crane’s Fine Papers

Reed & Barton Sterling

Fieldcrest

Baldwin Piano

Drexel Furniture

Bigelow Rugs

Unitized Wallpaper

International Silver Company

Along with numerous smaller advertisements.

Measures 9 1/4 inches wide x 12 1/4  inches long.  136 pages.

Good used condition with normal wear from handling and storage. 

House Beautiful Magazine. 

June, 1944 issue.

Volume 86, No. 6.

Lots of great full page ads, including:

Gorham Sterling

Jordan Marsh

Libbey Glass

Imperial Tables

Heirloom Sterling

Martex (In color)

Youngstown Kitchens

Mengel Doors

Briggs Beautyware

Kenwood Blankets

Magnavox

Hallicrafters 

Lejon

Kentucky Tavern

Along with numerous smaller advertisements.

Measures 9 1/4 inches wide x 12 1/4  inches long.  104 pages.

Good used condition with scuffing, creases and light soiling to cover and normal wear from handling and storage. 

Vintage 1949 Dormeyer Electric Mix Treasure book for the Power Chef Electric Food Mixer.

Instructions and recipe book.

Softcover book measuring 5 1/2 x 8 3/8 inches with 34 pages. Stapled spine.

Condition is used with some soiling and wear. 

Vintage 1950s GE General Electric Portable Mixer instruction and recipe book.

“Mixer Magic” Recipes for your Electric Mixer. 

Softcover book measuring 5  x 7 1/2 inches with 35 pages. Stapled spine.

Condition is used with soiling and wear. 

Pages 15-22 at the center of the book, have come loose from the staples.

Vintage 1950s Electric Mixer Cookbook.

“Mixer Magic” Recipes for your Electric Mixer. 

Includes sections for: Cakes; Frosting and Icing; Cookies; Candy, Ice Cream and Desserts; Pies; Bread, Muffins and Rolls; Waffles and Pancakes; and Dressings.

Softcover book measuring 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches with 35 pages. Stapled spine.

Condition is used with some soiling and wear. Front cover has quite a bit of soiling. A few of the pages also have a small scribble.

Popular Aviation Magazine. 

May, 1939 issue.

Volume XXIV, No. 5.

Ziff-David Publishing Company.

T. Claude Ryan life story.

The Story of Attack Aviation.

Measures 8 1/2 inches wide x 11 1/2 inches long.  90 pages.

Good used condition with scuffing, creases and light soiling to cover and normal wear from handling and storage. Cover and first few pages have a dog eared lower right corner.

The Cat that would be King

Vintage Saalfield Softcover Children’s book number 527.

Book measures about 6 x 5 1/4 inches and has 12 pages including the front and back covers.

Copyright date of 1964.

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

Interior pages are clean with no markings or tears. Former owners name written inside front cover.

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Cute cat illustrations.

The Naughty Puppy.

Vintage Saalfield Softcover Children’s book number 523.

Book measures about 6 x 5 1/4 inches and has 12 pages including the front and back covers.

Copyright date of 1964.

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

Interior pages are clean with no markings or tears.

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Sweet illustrations.

Vintage Sturdi Contour Children’s book by Wonder Books 5513.

My Easter Egg Book.

Book measures about 6 7/8 x 8 inches and has a plastic comb spine.

Copyright date of 1966.

Book is in good used condition with some over all light wear.

Former owners name written inside front cover.

Interior pages are clean with no markings or tears.

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Colorful illustrations.

Vintage Whitman Hardcover Tell-a-Tales Children’s book.

A Child’s Friend.

Religious book by Robbie Trent.

Illustrated by Egon Weiniger.

Book measures about 5 1/2 x 6 1/4 inches.

Copyright date of 1953.

Book is used with light wear to the covers and an old price sticker on the front cover.

Former owners name written inside front cover.

Interior pages are clean with no markings or tears.

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Colorful illustrations.

Vintage Whitman Hardcover Top Top Tales Children’s book number 2460.

Authorized Hanna-Barbera Edition of The Flintstones and Dino.

By Kay Rausch Patrinos.

Illustrated by Peter Alvarado, Robert Hefner and William Lorencz.

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

Copyright date of 1961.

Book is used with wear and light soiling 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.

Cute illustrations.

Vintage hardcover Whitman Top Top Tales Children’s book number 2478.

Mother Goose.

Numerous children’s rhymes.

Illustrated by Marguerite K. Scott.

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

Copyright date of 1955, 1960.

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

Interior pages are clean with no markings or tears.

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Sweet illustrations.