Vintage Books

Science Fiction Adventure From Way Out. Hardcover Whitman book, copyright 1973.

Stories by Poul Anderson, Andre Norton, Mack Reynolds, Barry Malzberg, Raymond F. Jones, Gail Kimberly, Bill Pronzini, and B.J. Lytle..

Illustrated by Dan Spiegle.

Book measures 5.25 inches x 7.75 inches, with 212 pages.

Book is in used condition. Covers show wear and some soiling. Appears to have never been read. Binding is nice and tight. Pages are clean with some age toning. 

Vintage 1946 Hardcover children's chapter book by Paul Hutchens.

A New Sugar Creek Mystery, featuring the Sugar Creek Gang.

Book measures 8 inches tall x 5.5 inches wide and 88 pages.

Condition is very good with wear to covers and owners name written inside cover in pencil. And some light soiling and age toning to pages.

Nice book.

Vintage Little Golden Book 517. Baby Animals by Garth Williams. Copyright 1956, 1952 by Golden Press. Cover price of 29 cents. Cute story about all sorts of baby animals with color illustrations through out. This is an I, 9th printing book.

Condition is very good with some cover scuffs and wear and tear along gold spine paper. Title page has a couple of small tears along the edge, minor soiling on a few pages. No marks or writing in book. One page has a tape repair to a tear. Really cute kids book!

Big Helpers. Rand McNally Junior Elf book. By Irma Wilde.  A book about Tractors, Cranes, Fire Trucks, and Dump Trucks.  Cute children's picture book.

Each page is filled with handsome color illustrations of heavy equipment, by George Wilde.

Book number 8047. Copyright date of 1953. Original price printed on cover 15c.

Hardcover book measuring 4 7/8 x 6 3/8.

Condition is good with scuffing and wear to covers, and age toning to pages. No rips, tears or marks on pages.

Vintage 1960's Teen Chapter Book Dr. Dorothy's Choice by Elizabeth Wesley. Original copyright 1963. This is the Second printing from May, 1966. Softcover children's chapter book measuring about 4.25 inches wide x 7 inches tall, with 127 pages.

Condition is very good with some light wear to covers. Some age toning to pages. Nice tight binding.

The Call of the Wild by Jack London. Vintage 1970s Paperback Children's Book number T 350. Original copyright 1963. This is the ninth printing issued in January 1970 by Scholastic Magazines, Inc. Softcover children's chapter book measuring about 4.25 inches wide x 6.5 inches tall, with 172 pages. Condition is very good with some wear and light soiling to covers. Age toning to pages and previous owners name written inside front cover in pencil. Nice tight binding.

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Vintage Wonder Children's Book, "Shari Lewis, Stories to Read Aloud" paperback.

Copyright: 1961

Format: Paperback

Letter or Number Code: 2029

Original Cover Price: 39 cents

Publisher: Wonder Read Aloud Books

Pages: 160

Book measures: 5.25" wide x 8" tall.

Stories and Authors:
Fluffy Learns Her Business, by Blanche Boshinski
The Master Fiddler, by John Bennett
Surprise Circus, by La Vere Anderson
Sherry's Kitten and The Fix-It Boy, by Blanche Boshinski
Little Lost Teddy Bear, Oliver's Big Night, and The Happy Alligator, by La Vere Anderson

Illustrated by: Catherine Scholz

Illustrations: Black & White, and single color.

Condition: Condition is good with tight binding, no loose pages. No marks or tears to pages. A few pages have a dog ear, or creased corner. Some age toning to pages, soiling to covers. crease upper right front corner and a small tear near the center top of front cover. Also has a crease near the lower left corner of back and upper right corner of back cover. Previous owners name written inside cover in ink.

Play With Me by Marie Hall Ets. Book number WW802. Copyright 1955 by Marie Hall Ets. Issued in 1968 by The Viking Press. Vintage 1960's Softcover children's story book measuring about 7 inches x 9.5 inches.

Color illustrations throughout.

Condition is excellent with previous owners name written neatly on title page in red ink. Interior pages have no marks or tears.

Vintage Children's Cowboy Western Chapter Book. "Tales For A Tenderfoot" by Bernadine Creswell Kelly. Illustrated by Leo P. Thiele. Copyright 1950 by The University Publishing Company. Book measures 5 5/8 inches wide x 7 3/4 inches tall with 64 pages.

Some of the characters mentioned in book include: Bill Ryan, Kit Carson, Navajo Indians, etc. Condition is very good with some light wear and soiling to covers. Interior pages are very good with no markings or tears. There is a name written in ink, inside the front cover. Black and white illustrations. Some age toning to pages.

Sprout vintage children's book by Jenifer Wayne. Illustrated by Gail Owens. Hardcover Weekley Reader Book Club edition. Copyright 1970, 1976.

Book measures about 6 inches x 9 inches with 90 pages. This is a chapter book with black and white illustrations.

Condition is very good with some light soiling and wear to covers. No writing, marks or tears to pages.