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Vintage 1950s Allmand Welding Instruction Book Holdrege Nebraska
$ 12.95
Original vintage softcover book: Allmand Welding Instruction Book
Published by Allmand Brothers of Holdrege, Nebraska
Dated: Circa 1950s
Book measures 6 inches wide x almost 9 inches tall, with 63 pages.
Foreword: This book is intended to be an instruction book for arc welding. It is written with the intention of offering instruction to those who have had little or no experience.
We will try to avoid technical terms as much as possible, and will deal primarily with the welding of various grades of iron and steel, especially those types of iron including cast and malleable iron usually found in farm implements.
Includes some line drawing illustrations, along with a few photos.
Book is in very good condition with some age toning, light soiling and pencil writing on the cover.
Vintage Hunt's Woodworkers Catalog 15A Craftsman Wood Service Company
$ 14.95
Vintage and original Hunt's for Woodworkers Catalog 15A. Published by the the Craftsman Wood Service Company of Chicago, Illinois. Dates to circa 1950s.
Catalog measures 6 inches wide x 8 7/8 inches long with 141 pages.
Includes illustrations throughout showing:
Wall Brackets
Silhouettes
Wood Inlays
X-Acto Tools
Ornamental Hinges
Locks and Keys
Along with some prices.
Catalog is in good condition with some creasing and soiling to covers, and a small spot of paper loss.
Interior pages are good with light creases and wear along the edges.
Awesome illustrations that could be used in art projects!
1983 Precious Moments Coloring Book All Through The Year Unused
$ 9.95
Precious Moments Coloring Book. All Through The Year. Artwork by Sam Butcher and William Biel.
Copyright 1983.
Book measures 8 inches wide x 10 3/4 inches long.
Approximately 60 pages to color.
Pictures to color include:
- Spring
- Summer
- Fall
- Winter
- Birthday
- Birth of Brother/Sister
- Valentine's Day
- Palm Sunday
- Good Friday
- Easter Sunday
- Mother's Day
- Graduation Day
- Wedding Day
- Father's Day
- Fourth of July
- Grandparent's Day
- Thanksgiving
- Christmas
Condition is good with no marks or coloring inside.
Covers are also good with some wear along the spine and edges.
Super sweet pictures in this book!
Vintage Lutheran Church Gilead Gladstone Nebraska 1959 Anniversary Booklet
$ 9.95
Vintage Dedication Services 75th Anniversary Booklet for Trinity Lutheran Church at both Gilead and Gladstone, Nebraska. Dated August 16, 1959.
Contains photos of the churches and pastors, church statistics, list of confirmands for both churches, and brief church history.
Softcover booklet with stapled spine. It measures 5 1/2 inches wide x 8 1/2 inches long, with 24 pages.
Condition is very good.
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1922 Architectural Drawings Book Permanent Farm Buildings Nebraska Brick & Tile Manufacturers
$ 74.95
Published by The Nebraska Brick and Tile Manufacturers Association
Dated 1922
Book measures a little over 10 3/4 inches wide x almost 7 3/4 inches tall, with 48 pages.
Published to call attention to the adaptability of brick and hollow tile.
Has architectural drawings for:
Farmsteads
Ten Room Farm Home (Basement, First and Second Floor Plan)
Two Story Farm or Suburban Home (Basement, First and Second Floor Plan)
Semi Colonial Farm House (First and Second Floor Plan)
Brick Bungalow (Main Floor Plan)
Story and a Half Bungalow (Basement, First and Second Floor Plan)
Plain 2 Story Home with Porch (Basement, First and Second Floor Plan)
Tenants House
Two Car Brick and Stucco Garage
Two Car Garage with Hip Roof
Single Car Tile Garage
Tile or Brick Dairy Barn (2 Different Plans)
General Purpose Barn (2 Different Plans)
Nebraska Type Hog House
Iowa Sunlight Type Hog House
Semi Monitor Type Hog House
Combination Hog House and Sales Pavillion
Poultry House (2 Different Plans)
Machine Shed
Farm Shop
Tile Fuel House, Ice House and Milk House
Silos
Community Sales Pavilion
Community House
Farm Entrance Sketches
Along with some photos of Brick and Tile Buildings.
Brick Terms, construction details, etc.
Book is in good condition with no rips, tears, or marks. There is some soiling to the covers and some wear along with some waviness to the interior pages.
Vintage Bulletin Board Ideas Book 1960 Fearon Teacher Aid
$ 9.95
Book measures 8 3/8 inches wide x 10 7/8 inches tall with 44 pages.
Full of bulletin board ideas that promote:
Arithmetic
Health
Language Arts
Music
Science
Social Growth
Special Occasions, Holidays, etc.
With illustrations throughout.
Condition is very good with former owners name on the front cover, and some overall light wear.
Nice teaching aid!
Vintage Dick and Jane Early Reader Book We Work and Play 1946 Softcover
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Vintage Dick and Jane Book. We Work and Play by William S. Gray, Dorothy Baruch, and Elizabeth Rider Montgomery. Illustrated by Eleanor Campbell.
Softcover book measuring 5 7/8 inches wide x 8 inches tall with 62 pages.
Stories include:
Work
Play
Spot Helps Mother
Spot and Tim and Puff
Spot Works
Big and Little
The Funny Baby
Spot Helps Baby
Up and Down
Mother Makes Something
The Little Cars
Father Makes Boats
The Boats Go
Something Funny
Color illustrations throughout.
Condition is fair with wear to covers. Including some soiling, former owners name in ink on front cover, and some creases.
Interior pages are good with a few soiled spots and some dog eared pages.
Vintage Barnes Lathes 1921 Catalog No 85 Wood Working Machinist Tools
$ 42.95
Catalog measures 6 inches wide x 8 7/8 inches long with 30 pages.
Includes illustrations throughout showing:
Screw Cutting Lathes
Bench Lathes
Gap Lathes
Fitting Chucks
Almond Drill Check
Etc.
Along with some prices.
Catalog is in good condition with some creasing and light soiling to covers. There are also a few small tears on the lower edge of the front cover.
Interior pages are nice with a few light creases and it looks like there may have been a perforated order page at the rear that was removed.
Awesome illustrations that could be used in Steam Punk art projects!
Belle City Threshers Vintage Original 1930s Sales Catalog Book
$ 27.95
Exact year unknown. I'm unable to find a date in the catalog.
Book measures 8 inches wide x just over 9 inches long. 24 pages.
Catalog describes the design and construction of the Belle City Threshers, along with testimonials from customers.
Also includes illustrations throughout showing the various features, along with a two page spread showing the 22x40 size and the 28x48 size.
Condition is good with some general wear and soiling. Front cover has some brown spots along the spine and light crease to the lower right corner.
Interior pages are nice. Few light creases to page corners. No marks or tears.
Vintage 1940 Gambles Stores Mail Order Catalog No 540 Home Furnishings
$ 17.95
Includes:
Sofa and Chair Sets
Queen Anne Style Chairs
Platform Rockers
Rugs
Card Table and Chairs Sets
Venetian Blinds
Bed Springs
Mattresses
Baby Strollers
Baby High Chairs
Bedroom Sets
Dining Room Sets
Porcelain Top Chrome Dinette Sets
Steel Kitchen Cabinets
Coffee and End Tables
Desks
Cedar Chests
Sewing Machines
Floor and Table Lamps
Clocks
Stoves
Furnaces
Harness Sets
Asphalt Shingles
Marlin Shotguns
Corona Typewriters
Motors and Pumps
Condition is good with writing on the front cover. There is also some corner creases to pages throughout the catalog.
Great sepia toned graphics showing 1940s furnishings!
Vintage 1930s Howell Saw Mill Machinery and SuppliesLogging Catalog B-34
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Comes with an original orange colored order form and a yellow advertising brochure for Howell Saw Bits and Holders.
Catalog measures 6 1/8 inches wide x 9 1/4 inches tall. Soft cover with stapled spine and 48 pages.
This is trade catalog B showing the "Famous Howell Line" of saw mill machinery, including saw mills, edgers, planers, lath and shingle machinery as well as other equipment and supplies used in the saw milling business.
The graphics in this catalog are outstanding! With at least one illustration on each two page spread, with some having multiples.
Condition is very good with some soiling to covers.
The artwork in this catalog would be fantastic for steampunk inspired or other art projects!
Ten Treasured Tales Little Red Hen Gingerbread Boy Hardcover Children's Book Mary Perks
$ 12.95
Vintage Mary Perks Children's Book. Ten Treasured Tales.
Stories include:
- Little Red Hen
- Three Little Pics
- Gingerbread Boy
- Puss In Boots
- The Three Bears
- Henny Penny
- The Boy Who Cried Wolf
- The Tortoise and the Hare
- The Night Before Christmas
- 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!
Old Testament Bible ABC Book 1946 Softcover Religious Children's Book Wartburg Press
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Vintage Children's Book. Old Testament Bible ABC Book. Copyright 1946. Published by The Wartburg Press, Columbus, Ohio.
Softcover book measuring about 8 1/8 inches wide x 10 1/2 inches tall.
16 pages including the front and back covers. Color illustrations throughout. One for each letter of the alphabet.
Condition is good with a few small tears along the page edges, soiling and a small moisture stain near the top of the front cover, crease upper left corner of the back cover, and some separation along the center of the spine on the cover page.
Sweet religious ABC book!
Vintage 1930 Dennison Book 521 How to Make Crepe Paper Costumes Art Deco
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Softcover book measuring 5 5/8 inches wide x 8 1/4 inches tall, with 32 pages.
Art Deco cover is beige, with black and blue scene featuring women wearing and creating costumes.
Opens to a table of contents, which includes:
Accessories for Costumes
Bird Costumes
Children's Costumes
Fancy Costumes
Flower Costumes
General Instructions
Hats
Health Pageant Costumes
Masquerade Costumes
Materials for Costumes
National Costumes
Nature Costumes
Peasant Costumes
Period Costumes
Story-Book Costumes
Vegetable Costumes
Wigs
A total of 64 costumes featured. Many of which have an illustration.
Condition is very good with former owners name written on the upper right corner of the cover in pencil. Crease to lower right front cover and some light soiling to the covers.
Interior pages are very good with no tears or marks. A few pages have a creased corner.
Vintage 1936 Western Cookbook 250 Tempting Recipes
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Vintage 1936 Western Cook Book. 250 Tempting Recipes. Many Characteristic Northwestern, Southwestern and Mexican Recipes.
Culinary Arts Western Cookery. Compiled and edited by Kay Morrow.
Recipe index at the front of the book.
Cute line illustrations throughout the book.
Softcover book measuring 5 7/8 inches wide x 9 inches tall with 48 pages.
Condition is very good with fading around the edges of the cover, and some light soiling to the cover.
Pages are nice and clean with some age toning. No tears or marks.
Jack and Jill Antique Victorian Childrens Book 1898 McLoughlin Bros
$ 24.95
Softcover book measuring 6 3/4 inches wide x 8 7/8 inches tall.
12 pages counting front and back covers. All pages are shown in the photos.
4 color bookplates inside.
Condition is fair to good for being 120 years old.
Foxing and some small tears, and paper loss, along the edges of the front cover. Bumped lower right corner. And writing at the top.
Back cover has soiling and a 1/2 inch tear along the outer edge.
Interior pages have some soiling, but no marks.
Lovely color illustrations in this classic book!
Our Darling's ABC 1913 Saalfield Linen Antique Children's Book
$ 34.95
Linen book measuring a little over 6 1/2 inches wide x 8 5/8 inches tall.
12 pages including the front and back covers. 4 full color illustration inside. Cover is paper. Inside pages are linen. Bound with 2 staples at the spine.
Condition is good with some light surface creases to the front cover and a light crease upper right corner. Back cover also has some light surface creases. Interior pages are really nice with a couple of small soiled spots.
Such a sweet little ABC book!
Bouncing Bunnies 1942 Samuel Gabriel Sons Vintage Childrens Book Linenette No. 497
$ 7.95
Book measures about 7 1/4 inches wide x about 8 1/4 inches tall.
Green, blue, tan, red, yellow and white cover featuring 4 rabbits playing leap frog.
12 pages, counting front and back covers. Color illustrations throughout. All pages are shown in the photos.
Condition is good with noticeable wear to the covers. Including a 1 1/4 inch horizontal tear along the front spine, creased lower right and upper left corners, and some small creases along the spine. There is also a light stain near the upper left corner of the cover.
Back cover has a tear near the bottom of the spine. Light soiling and a light crease that runs diagonally from top to bottom.
Interior pages are very nice with no tears or marks. There is some light soiling to some of the pages and creases to some of the corners.
Model Airplane Magazines Lot of 3 Model Airplane News 1953, 1974 and Air Classics 1974
$ 9.95
Lot includes:
Air Classics
May 1974 Vol. 10, No. 5
Measures 8 1/4 inches wide x 11 inches long. 82 pages.
Very good condition with some wear to covers.
Model Airplane News
January 1974 Vol. 88, No. 1
Measures 8 1/4 inches wide x 11 inches long. 88 pages.
Very good condition with some wear to covers.
Model Airplane News
September 1953 Vol. 49, No. 3
Measures 8 1/4 inches wide x 11 inches long. 56 pages.
Fair condition with lots of wear and some soiling to covers. Inside is good with a few creased corners on the pages.
Listing is for all three magazines.
Vintage Junior Natural History Magazines Lot of 7 from 1953, 1954, 1955
$ 14.95
Each magazine measures 6 7/8 inches wide x 10 inches long with 20 - 25 pages. Contain articles, activities, photos and illustrations.
Issues include:
September 1953
September 1954
November 1954
December 1954
January 1955
March 1955
December 1955
Overall very good condition with some wear to covers, name written on several front covers, and a few creased pages, or small tear to page edges. Address label stamped on the back of some covers.
Nice vintage children's magazines!
Montgomery Ward Riverside Powr Trak Tire Vintage 1950s Wards Catalog Brochure
$ 12.95
Measures 7 1/4 inches wide x 10 3/4 inches long with 24 pages. More pages than what's shown in the photos.
Marketed for the Fairbury, Nebraska Montgomery Ward store. 502 4th Street. Phone 422.
Photo of Leonard Wacker, the Tire department manager, on the back.
Condition is very good with some overall light wear and address label affixed to the back cover.
Vintage Flying Models Magazine August 1973 Vanguard Model Airplane Articles
$ 9.95
Large article featuring the Vultee Vanguard.
Measures approximately 8 1/4 inches wide x 10 7/8 inches long with 66 pages.
Condition is very good with some wear to the covers.
Nature Magazine Vintage Lot of 3 from 1952 Outdoors, Birds, Wildlife
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Issues include:
February 1952
Volume 45 Number 2
May 1952
Volume 45 Number 5
August/September 1952
Volume 45 Number 7
Each issue measures a little over 8 1/4 inches wide x 11 1/2 inches long. With approximately 55 pages in each.
Condition is very good with some wear to covers and address label affixed to the backs.
Vintage 1962 Allied Radio Electronics Christmas Catalog No 222
$ 12.95
Measures a little over 6 1/2 inches wide x 9 1/2 inches long with 80 pages.
Includes: Radios, Tape Recorders, Stereo Systems, Electric Guitars, Film Cameras.
Some pages are in color and some black and white.
Interior pages are in very good condition.
Covers show wear with a few small tears around the edges, rubs, crease to the upper right corner of the front cover, and vertical crease running top to bottom, throughout the book.
Great reference for electronics of the era!
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