Vintage Books

Vintage 1955 Cookbook. 500 Tasty Sandwiches by Culinary Arts Institute.

Contents include:

1. Fancy Breads
2. Fillings and Spreads
3. Party Sandwiches
4. Closed Sandwiches
5. Hot Sandwiches
6. Double Deckers
7. Triple Deckers

Softcover book measuring 6 x 8 3/4 inches with 48 pages. Black and white illustrations, with a color centerfold.

Condition is good with wear to the cover.

Vintage 1923 Cookbook issued by The Woman's Club of Western. Western, Nebraska.

Softcover book measuring 5 3/4" wide x 8 1/2" long, with 101 pages.

Includes lots of local advertising for both Fairbury and Western, Nebraska. Also has a full page color ad for Swans Down Cake Flour.

Good vintage condition with some cover wear, writing on some pages, a few pages with a tear along the outer edge, and some soiling.

Vintage 1945 advertising cookbook.  Your Frigidaire Recipes.  Prepared by Home Economics Department, Frigidaire Division, General Motors Corporation.

Copyright 1945, General Motors Corporation, Dayton, Ohio.

Recipes include:

1. Vegetables
2. Meats
   
3. Fruits
4. Menu Builders
   
5. Salads
6. Frozen Creams
   
7. Parfaits
   
8. Sherbets and Ices
   
9. Mousses
   
10. Novelty Desserts
    
11. Sauces
12. Pastry

Softcover book with stapled spine.

Book measures about 5 3/8 inches wide x 7 3/4 inches long, with 37 pages.  Index at the rear.

Book is in good condition with some wear and soiling to the covers.  Pages are pretty clean, with a few soiled areas, a few dog eared pages, and some age toning.

Vintage 1941 advertising cookbook.  Mary Lee Taylor's Meals that please for 2 or 4 or 6.

Copyright 1941, Pet Milk Company, St. Louis, Mo.

Recipes include:

1. Sandwiches
2. Ice Cream
   
3. Cake
4. Salads
5. Cookies
6. Pastry
7. Picnic Meals
   
8. Pies
9. Ham Loaf
   
10. Hamburgers

Softcover book with stapled spine.

Book measures about 6 1/4 inches wide x 8 1/4 inches long, with 30 pages.  With index at the rear.

Book is in good condition with some wear and soiling to the covers.  Pages are pretty clean, with a few soiled areas and some age toning.

Vintage 1967 Cow Belles cook book.  Compiled by the Cow Belles of Yakima County, Washington. Illustrations by "Bill" Donelson, Yakima artist.

Recipes include:

1. Meats and Hot Dishes
2. Sauces and Dips
3. Salads and Vegetables
4. Pickles
5. Breads
6. Cakes
7. Salads and Desserts
8. Puddings
9. Pies
10. Cookies

Softcover book with plastic comb spine.

Book measures about 9 inches wide x 5 1/2 inches long, with 64 pages.  With index at the front.

Book is in good condition with some wear and soiling to the cover.  Spot of paper loss at the upper right front cover.  Pages are pretty clean, with a few soiled areas and some age toning.

Vintage Betty Crocker's Outdoor Cook Book.  1961 First Edition.

Hardcover book with metal spiral binding.

Measures 6" wide x 7 7/8" long, with 176 pages.

Lots of great recipes for picnics, grilling and camping.

Index at the back of the book.

Covers show wear and some soiling.  Inside of covers has some soiling.  Interior pages are in really nice condition.

Lots of cute graphics in this book.

Would make a great wedding or shower gift!

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 patriotic hardcover children's book.  The Star Spangled Banner written by Francis Scott Key during the attack on Fort McHenry, September 13 and 14, 1814.  Pictured by Ingri & Edgar Parin d'Aulaire. 

Copyright 1942 by Doubleday, Doran & Co. 

First Edition.

Book measures 9 1/2 inches wide x 12 1/4 inches long.  I count 40 pages total.

No dust jacket.

Condition is good with wear to the covers, and separation inside the cover along the spine.  A few pencil scribbles, and a few soiled pages.  Pages are still firmly attached.

Nice colorful illustrations!

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.

Click on photos for close up view.

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.

Click on photos for close up view.

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.

Click on photos for a close up view.

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!