Vintage Books

Vintage 1962 Washington County Kansas Car License Directory Book. Measures about 6 1/4 x 9 inches with an estimated 60 pages.

Shows wear, including soiling to the covers and small tears, some writing on the cover and title page. And some soiling, creasing, and age toning to the interior pages. Last 20 pages or so are starting to separate from the spine near the top, with the last page totally detached.

I love how this even tells what kind of vehicle people owned. Great genealogy reference book!

Vintage and original 1967 "The Little Blue" College Yearbook for Fairbury, Nebraska Junior College. This is a hardcover book measuring 8 x 10.75 inches with 84 pages.

Includes sections for:

• Activities
• Academic
• Students
• 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 and light soiling.

Great look at college life in the 60s!

Vintage original 1933 Montana Resources and Opportunities Book. Published by the Department of Agriculture, Labor and Industry. Volume VII, No. IV.

Contents include:

• History of Treasure State
• Geography of Montana
• People and Institutions
• Climatic Conditions
• Recreational Parks and Attractions
• University and Colleges
• Montana's School System
• Water Power Resources
• Public Lands
• State Institutions
• Mineral Industry of Montana
• Agricultural Crops
• Timber Resources
• Modern Transportation Methods
• Counties and Their Resources
• Index

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.

Vintage original Land of 10,000 Lakes Greeter's Guide 1928 by Hotel Greeters of America.  Official publication of Charter Thirteen.

Contains:

• Great period advertising
• Index to Advertisers
• List of HG of A Officers
• Hudson's 1928 Standard Road Map of Minnesota (fold out measuring 16 inches wide x 22 inches long).
• Fishing and Hunting Laws
• Objects and Purposes of the Greeters
• A Suggested Tour of Minneapolis
• Consolidated Map of Bus Lines (single page)
• Principal Towns and Cities in Minnesota
• Minnesota State Highways Mileage Tables
• Summer Resorts of Minnesota

Publication measures 7 5/8 inches wide x 10 3/4 inches long with 48 pages.

Condition is very good with some age toning around the edges of the cover, a small tear to the top of the fold out map, and a small edge tear to the page the map is attached to.

Remarkably wonderful condition for being 90 years old!

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 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 original 1953 Mueller Water Works Catalog W-96. Mueller Co. Main Office & Factory, Decatur, Illinois.

Hardcover book measuring 8 3/4 inches wide x 11 1/4 inches long. Approximately 150 pages.

Includes a separate net price list book that is housed in a pocket inside the front cover.  Price list book has 63 pages.

Catalog is divided into sections, which include:

• Section 1: Drilling and Tapping Machines
• Section 2: Corporation Stops
• Section 3: Goosenecks
• Section 4: Service Pipe and Service Fittings
• Section 5: Service Clamps
• Section 6: Curb Stops
• Section 7: Curb Boxes
• Section 8: Meter Setting Equipment
• Section 9: Rough Plumbing
• Section 10: Regulators, Strainers, and Relief Valves
• Section 11: Tools
• Section 12: Fire Hydrants
• Section 13: Gate Valves
• Section 14: Tapping Sleeves, Tapping Crosses, Tapping Valves and Split Repair Sleeves
• Section 15: Inserting Valves
• Section 16: Valve Boxes
• Section 17: Miscellaneous Valves and Equipment
• Section 18: Engineering Information
• Section 19: Index

Black and white illustrations and line drawings on most of the pages.

Condition is very good with some light wear to the cover.  Light foxing inside the front and back covers.  Age toning and light soiling to some of the interior pages.  No marks or tears.

Choo Choo The Little Switch Engine by Wallace Wadsworth. Illustrated by Mary Jane Chase.

Rand McNally Elf book number 8394. Copyright date of 1954. Original price printed on cover 25c.

Book measures about 6 5/8 inches wide x a little over 8 1/4 inches long with 20 pages.  Condition is good with wear to cover corners and edges, and some scuffing. Also has the 23 stamped on the front cover and an ink scribble starting at the train's eyes down through the bottom of the book. 

Interior pages are good with inscription written inside front cover in ink, name written on title page in black crayon, and a letter T written at the top of the third page in ink. Last page has a small vertical crease along the right edge, along with a tiny tear near the bottom of the crease.

Color illustrations throughout.

Very cute children's story book for your collection!

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!

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!

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!

Radio Favorites of the Blackwood Brothers. A book of Special Songs, compiled for Radio Programs and Evangelistic Services. Compiled by Blackwood Brothers Quartet. KMA Radio, Shenandoah, Iowa.

Vintage circa 1940s softcover religious song book measuring 5 1/4 inches wide x 7 3/4 inches long with 111 pages. 

Includes:

• Photo of the Blackwood Brothers Quartet
• Hymns
• Index

Condition is good with previous owners name written on the front cover and the title page.  Cover has some soiling and general wear. Pages have some age toning.

Soul's Harbor Songs Number Three. Compiled by H. Max Good, Director and Lee H. Baum, Minister of Music. Published by Soul's Harbor and Wings of Prayer. Printed in U.S.A. 1948.

Vintage softcover hymnal book measuring 5 3/4 inches wide x 8 1/4 inches long with 141 pages. 

Includes:

• Hymns
• Index

Condition is good with previous owners name written on the front cover.  Cover has some soiling, there are a few dog eared pages, and some age toning.

The Service Hymnal. Compiled for general use in all religious services of the Church, School and Home. Hope Publishing Company, 1963.

Hardcover book measuring 6 1/8 inches wide x 8 1/2 inches long with 480 pages. 

Multidenominational song book.

Contents Include:

• Worship and Praise
• God the Father
• Jesus Christ The Saviour
• The Holy Spirit
• The Holy Scriptures
• The Church
• The Christian Way of Life
• The Kingdom on Earth
• Death and Immortality
• Miscellaneous Selections
• Responsive and unison Readings and Index
• Alphabetical Index of Tunes
• Metrical Index of Tunes
• Index of Authors and Composers
• Topical Index
• General Index

Condition is very good with some wear to the cover edges and spine. Also looks like a bookplate sticker may have been removed from the title page, as there is some glue reside in a rectangular shape.  Interior pages are very good with no marks or tears.

White's New Complete Arithmetic New Century Edition.  Copyright 1901 by American Book Company.

A New Complete Arithmetic Uniting oral and Written Exercises and Including an Introduction to Algebra by Emerson E. White.

Contents include:

• Integers
• Fractions
• Decimal Fractions
• United States Money
• Denominate Numbers
• Mensuration
• Percentage
• Analysis
• Ratio and Proportion
• Involution and Evolution
• General Review
• Appendix - Introduction to Algebra
• Answers to Writers Problems

This antique math school book measures 5 3/8 inches wide x a little over 7 1/2 inches long with 384 pages.

Covers show wear.  Binding is tight.  Interior pages have some soiling, dog eared pages, some pencil/ink marks and creases.

My ABC of Ships. Vintage 1921 Saalfield Publishing Co. Children's Book  No. 2060.

Linen like book that measures about 8 1/2 inches wide x 10 1/4 inches tall.  16 pages including front and back covers. Staple binding.

Full page color illustrations of boats, ships and sailors.  Along with the letters of the alphabet that each have a rhyme about ships.

Good condition with average handling wear for a book almost one hundred years old.  Some small creases, soiling and wear to the covers and spine. 

Interior pages are good with some soiling, former owners name written inside front cover, and it looks like there was a small white price tag sticker on the upper right corner of the first inside page that someone tried to remove.

A colorful vintage children's book!

The Hymnal of The Evangelical United Brethren Church.  Published by The Board of Publication.  The Evangelical United Brethren Church of Dayton, Ohio. Copyright 1957.

Hardcover book measuring 6 inches wide x 8 5/8 inches long with 210 pages. 

Includes:

• Hymns
• Aids to Worship
• Indexes

Condition is good with previous owners name written on front end paper, along with stamped owner information.

Book does have a bit of a musty smell when opened.

Dionne Quintuplets Play Mother Goose.  1938 softcover book published by Dell Publishing Company.

Each page features one or two nursery rhymes with accompanying black and white photo of the quints acting it out.  Back cover features a full page KARO Syrup advertisement that also features the quintuplets.

Book measures 9 1/2 inches wide x 10 1/2 inches long with 20 pages.

Condition is fair with the pages being somewhat somewhat brittle and having small tears, and wear, along the out edge.  The cover shows wear with corners missing,small edge tears, and edge wear. Please click on the photos for a close up view.

A nice Quintuplets collectible!

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

• How Old is the Rocket Principle?
• When were Rockets First Used in Modern Warfare?
• Were Many Rockets Fired in World War II?
• Is the Rocket Missile Replacing Artillery?
• What Types of Rockets are Shot From Planes?
• Are Rockets Superior to Guns as Antiaircraft Weapons?
• Are Rockets Used to Drive Target Drones?
• How Do Rockets Boost Jet-Propelled Missiles on Their Way to a Target?
• How Does the United States Navy Use Rockets?
• How Does the United States Navy Plan to Use Rockets in Undersea Warfare?
• In What New Ways Will Rockets Be Used?
• How is Fuel Conserved in Launching Probe Rockets?
• How Will Permanent Missile Bases Be Constructed For Instant Use Against Enemy Attack?
• How Are Missiles Launched Where There Are No Permanent Bases?
• What Records Were Made With America's First Rocket Planes?
• Must Pilotless Missiles Be Assisted Off The Ground?

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.

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!

All Around the Town by Phyllis McGinley. 1948 Hardcover First Edition ABC Book.  Illustrated by Helen Stone.  Published by J.B. Lippincott Company.

ABC book featuring sights and sounds around the city.  Alternating color and black and white illustrations for the letters of the alphabet.

Book measures 7 3/4 inches wide x 9 7/8 inches tall.  Unpaginated. Hardcover.  No dust jacket.

Good used condition with edge and corner wear to the front cover.  Edge and corner wear to the back cover, along with some small spots of paper loss.  Inside front cover has a couple of ink circles near the upper right corner. And the first few pages have some soiling and a pencil scribble.  Otherwise interior pages are very good with no marks or tears.

A very cute ABC book!

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.