Vintage Books

Vintage accounting ledger book.

The Beck-Nor Accounting System.

Published by the Beck-Nor Company of Salina, Kansas.  

Copyright 1924, By Clyde L. Clarke and J. H. Kramer.

Divided into various sections with tabs.

Book is unused.

Pages aren’t numbered, but estimated to be over 250 pages. 

This is a hardcover book measuring about 14 1/2 x 10 7/8 inches.

Cover shows wear. 

One of the decorative end papers at the back is loose.

Antique Bank Ledger Statement Book dated 1919-1922.

From the Plattsmouth State Bank, Plattsmouth, Nebraska.

Pages aren’t numbered, but estimated to be over 200 pages.  All are filled other than the last 6 pages and the very first page.

This is a hardcover book measuring about 10 5/8 x 10 5/8 inches.

Binding is tight. Cover shows wear.

The True to Life ABC Book Including Numbers.

Illustrated by Johan Polak. 

Copyright 1952, by Grosset & Dunlop, Inc.

Hardcover book measuring about 9 1/4 x 11 1/2 inches. Approximately 30 pages.

Good used condition with some overall wear. Pages are clean. Split along the lower 5 inches on the inside of the back spine.

Cute color illustrations all throughout this book.

Hans Christian Andersen and other Best Known Fairy Stories.

Retold by Lornie Ledge-hodge.  Illustrated by Ronald Embleton.

Contents include:

• Puss in Boots
• Sleeping Beauty
• The Fairy
• Cinderella
• The Ridiculous Wishes
• Little Red Riding Hood
• Idle Jack
• The Emperor’s New Clothes
• The Real Princess
• The Ugly Duckling
• It’s Perfectly True
• The Tinderbox
• The Little Fir Tree

Copyright 1983 The Hamlyn Publishing Group.

Hardcover book measuring about 9 1/4 x 12 inches. Approximately 100 pages.

Good used condition with some wear and light soiling to the covers. Pages are clean. Binding is tight. Former owners name written inside front cover.

Cute color illustrations all throughout this book.

The Brothers Grimm and other Best Traditional Fairy Stories.

By Lorine Ledge-hodge.  Illustrated by Ronald Embleton.

Contents include:

• The Three Bears
• The Three Little Pigs
• Jack and the Beanstalk
• Beauty and the Beast
• Idle Jack
• The Gingerbread ManThe Real Princess
• Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
• The Four Musicians of Bremen
• The Elves and the Shoemaker
• The Frog Prince
• Rumpelstiltskin
• The hare and the hedgehog

Copyright 1983 The Hamlyn Publishing Group.

Hardcover book measuring about 9 1/4 x 12 inches. Approximately 100 pages.

Good used condition with some wear and light soiling to the covers. Pages are clean. Binding is tight. Former owners name written inside front cover.

Cute color illustrations all throughout this book.

ABC Book of Children’s Rhymes and Verse.

Illustrated by Janet & Anne Grahame Johnston.

Contents include:

• ABC Apple Pie
• ABC Nursery Rhymes
• Nursery Rhymes Old & New
• The Pied Piper of Hamelin

Published by Playmore Inc., Publishers

Copyright Dean & Son Ltd., London, England.

No publication or copyright date. Dates to circa 1970s.

Hardcover book measuring about 8 1/2x 11 1/8 inches, with 176 pages.

Good used condition with some wear and light soiling to the covers. Pages are very good with a few very small tears along a page edge.  Binding is tight.

Adorable color illustrations all throughout this book.

Andersen’s Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen.

Junior Deluxe Editions.

1956 Hardcover Children’s Book.

Illustrated by Leonard Weisgard.

Hardcover book measuring about 5 3/4 x 8 1/2 inches, with 215 pages.

Very good used condition with inscription written on title page.

The Cornhusker.

Vintage original 1965 College Yearbook for the University of Nebraska.

This is a hardcover book measuring 9 1/4 x 12 3/8 x 1 1/2 inches thick.

522 pages.

Condition is used with no marks or tears on the pages.  There is some age toning to the pages.  Some wear to the cover. 

Interesting look at college life in the 60s!

Vintage Bank Ledger Book dated 1918-1922.

Believed to be from a Plattsmouth, Nebraska bank.

302 pages filled running from page 3-302. Missing page 1-2.

This is a hardcover book measuring about 8 1/4 x 12 1/2 inches.

Binding is tight.

The Citizen.

Vintage original 1925 Yearbook for The Citizens’ Military Training Camp at Fort Des Moines, Iowa.

This is a hardcover book measuring about 8 x 10.75 inches with 109 yearbook pages and an additional 19 pages of advertising.

Condition is used with general overall wear. Binding is tight.

There is some age toning to the pages and a few pages with pencil scribbles.

The Black and Gold

Vintage original 1928 Yearbook for the Fremont, Nebraska high school.

This is a softcover book measuring 8 x 10.75 inches with 134 pages.

Condition is used with general overall wear.

There is some age toning to the pages and numerous student inscriptions throughout the book.

Interesting look at student life in the 20s.

Mr. Grabbit The Rabbit. Story by Virginia Hoffman.

Vintage Childrens Whitman Tell a Tale book.

The story of a greedy rabbit that learns a lesson on sharing.

Pictures by Charlie.

Copyright 1952 by Whitman Publishing Company.

Adorable color illustrations throughout the book.

Hardcover book measuring 5 5/8 inches x 6 5/8 inches.

Condition is used with wear to covers, and major wear at the top and bottom of the spine. Pages are age toned. Binding is tight.

Cute collectable children's book. 

Vintage textbook.

Complete Arithmetic by Frank H. Hall. Hall’s Mathematical Series. Werner School Book Company. Copyright 1899.

Book measures about 5 1/4 x 7 1/2 inches with 447 pages. 

Used condition with a couple of soiled spots on the cover. Pages are really clean. Binding is tight.

Vintage Pilot’s Radio Manual book by Reeder G. Nichols.

U.S. Department Of Commerce, Civil Aeronautics Administration, Washington, D.C.

Civil Aeronautics Bulletin No. 29. September, 1940.

Book measures about 6 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches with 98 pages. 

Used condition with soiling and wear. First 30 pages have a moisture stain near the bottom edge of the page.

Vintage 75th Anniversary Booklet for First Methodist Church at Daykin, Nebraska. Dated October 11, 1963.

Contains some photos of the church and pastors, member list and brief church history.

Softcover booklet with stapled spine. It measures 5 1/2 inches wide x 8 1/2 inches long, with 16 pages.

Condition is very good with some light soiling and wear.

Vintage Original circa 1980s Cookbook.

Evangelical United Church of Christ, Women’s Guild Cook Book.

This book is by members of the Marysville, Kansas church.

Softcover book, laced spine. measures about 7" x 8 5/8” with approximately 100 pages.

Condition is used with overall wear and some soiling.

Most recipes include the name of the submitter.  

Vintage 1955 Knox County, Nebraska farm directory.

Softcover book measuring about 6” wide x 8 3/4” long, with 40 pages.

Knox county towns include: Bloomfield, Verdigre, Center, Niobrara, Creighton, Wausa, Crofton, Winnetoon, Santee, Verdel, Bazile Mills and Lindy.

Lots of local advertising.

Good used condition with some soiling and wear. 

Good used condition.

Nice piece of Nebraska history.

Vintage 1961 Knox County, Nebraska farm directory.

Softcover book measuring about 6” wide x 8 3/4” long, with 36 pages.

Knox county towns include: Bloomfield, Verdigre, Center, Niobrara, Creighton, Wausa, Crofton, Winnetoon, Santee, Verdel, Bazile Mills and Lindy.

Lots of local advertising.

Good used condition with some soiling and wear. Also a vertical crease running down front cover.

Good used condition.

Nice piece of Nebraska history.

Vintage 1967 Knox County, Nebraska farm directory.

Softcover book measuring about 6” wide x 8 3/4” long, with 32 pages.

Knox county towns include: Bloomfield, Verdigre, Center, Niobrara, Creighton, Wausa, Crofton, Winnetoon, Santee, Verdel, Bazile Mills and Lindy.

Lots of local advertising.

Very good used condition with name written on back cover.

Good used condition.

Nice piece of Nebraska history.

The Indian Creeker.

Vintage original 1953 Yearbook for the Diller, Nebraska high school.

This is a hardcover book measuring 8 x 10.75 inches with approximately 80 pages.

Condition is used with general overall wear . No marks or tears to pages, there is some age toning to the pages.

Cover is loose from the pages, although pages are all still bound together. The cover feels somewhat padded and has a horizontal indentation running through the center.

Interesting look at life in the 50s.

The Black and Gold

Vintage original 1926 Yearbook for the Fremont, Nebraska high school.

This is a softcover book measuring 8 x 10.75 inches with 150 pages.

Condition is used with general overall wear . No marks or tears to pages, there is some age toning to the pages. 

Interesting look at life in the 20s.

Alla Rah.

Vintage original 1920 Yearbook for The College of Emporia. Emporia, Kansas.

This is a hardcover book measuring 8 x 10.75 inches with 142 pages.

Condition is used with general overall wear. Owners name written inside front cover. There is some age toning/yellowing to the pages.  

Some wear to the cover.

Many student inscriptions written on the back pages

Interesting look at college life in the 20s.

Syllabus Centennial Edition 1951.

Vintage original College Yearbook for Northwestern University. Evanston, Illinois.

This is a hardcover book measuring 9 1/4 x 12 3/8 x 2 inches thick.

648 pages.

Condition is used with some foxing on the first few pages.  Moisture stain a long the upper right edge of the first 100 pages. There is also some age toning to the pages.  

Some light wear to the cover. 

Interesting look at college life in the 50s!

Vintage 1953 Shamrock yearbook.

Published by the students of Summerfield Kansas High School.

Hardcover book measuring 8 inches x 11 inches with about 48 pages.

Condition is used with some soiling and wear to covers and owners name written inside cover in ink.