Vintage Books

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!

Playtime Poodles. A Real Live Animal Book. By Helen Wing. Photographs by Albert G. Westelin and Jack Schmidling.

A Rand McNally Tip-Top Elf Book number 8585. Copyright 1955.

The story of mama poodle and her children, Suzette and Bobo. Father had gone to visit his mother and mailed the children gifts.  Suzette received a pocketbook, pink ballet skirt and a silver crown. Bobo received a wristwatch and brass trumpet.  They then decide to write their father a letter and go on to play with the new gifts they had received.

Hardcover children's book measuring 6 5/8 inches wide  x 8 1/4 inches long with 20 pages. Color illustrations throughout.

Condition is  good with some wear to the corners and edges of the covers. Interior is very good with no marks or tears to pages.  Former owners name, address, and phone number written inside the front cover in ink (which I've blocked out with the blue lines, on photo only, not on the book itself.)  And a small "+"  written on the title page in ink.

Very cute children's 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!

Book Two.  Show Me How To Write (In Manuscript) by Edith Underwood Conard. Illustrated by Gretchen Ostrander Murray.

Vintage hand writing lessons book.  Published by The A. N. Palmer Company of New York, Chicago, and Cedar Rapids, Iowa.  Copyright 1940.

Measures 8 inches wide x 4 1/4 inches long with 48 pages. 

Book is in good condition with a few dog eared pages, crease to lower right corner of the cover, a pencil written "A" inside the back of the book, and a black crayon mark on the back cover.

Fantastic 80 year old teaching aid!

The Mother Goose Book. Illustrations by Mary LaFetra Russell.  Copyrighted 1914 by Samuel Gabriel Sons & Company, New York.  Book number 709.

This is a first edition book. 12 adorable color illustrations (front and back of 6 pages) depicting each nursery rhyme, by Mary LaFetra Russell.

Nursery rhymes include:

• Mary had a little lamb
• Pussy-cat, Pussy-cat
• Jack and Jill
• Handy Spandy
• Bow-wow-wow
• Tom, he was a piper's son
• Little Tommy Tittlemouse
• Jack, be nimble
• Wooley Foster
• There were two birds sat on a stone
• Polly, put the kettle on
• There was an old woman who lived in a shoe

Large linen book with stiff wraps measuring a little over 9 7/8 inches wide x 12 inches long.  16 pages including the front and back covers.

Used condition with a crease on the lower right corner of the front cover, split along the top and bottom of the spine, fraying along the spine, edge and corner wear, and some foxing and soiling.  Interior pages have some foxing, some creased corners, and a couple of missing corners. 

The interior pages were originally printed and adhered together (front and back) they have started to separate in the lower outer corner, probably from the pages being turned over the years. 

All pages of the book are shown in the photos. Click on photos to zoom.

Adorable antique illustrated children's book!

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!

Little Black Sambo by Helen Bannerman. 

A Mary Perks Book. The American Crayon Co. Sandusky, Ohio.  Copyright 1931, by Harter Publishing Company.  Copyright 1943, by John Sherman Bagg. 

Six full page color illustrations by Fern Bisel Peat.

Softcover book measuring a little over 9 3/4  inches wide x 12 3/4 inches long.  16 pages including the front and back covers.

Has a linen like feel to the paper.

Very nice used condition with some wear along the stapled spine. 

Interior pages are very good with no marks or tears. 

Classic Black Americana children's book!

The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter.  Retold for Little Children to Read by Edna Aldredge and Jessie McKee. 

A Mary Perks Book. The American Crayon Co. Sandusky, Ohio.  Copyright 1931, by Harter Publishing Company.  Copyright 1943, by John Sherman Bagg. 

Six full page adorable color illustrations by Fern Bisel Peat.

Softcover book measuring a little over 9 3/4  inches wide x just under 13 inches long.  16 pages including the front and back covers.

Has a linen like feel to the paper.

Nice used condition with a light crease running diagonally from the upper center front, down to the lower right edge.  This affects all the pages in the book. 

Interior pages are very good with no marks or tears. 

Super sweet classic children's book!

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 Sleepy Puppy by Mary Jo Chamberlin. Illustrated by Florence Sarah Winship. Hardcover Tell-A-Tale Children's Book 2476-34.  Copyright 1961 by Western Publishing Co., Inc.

This is a more recent edition with a cover price of 59 cents.

Nice used condition with some wear around the corners and edges of the cover.  Interior pages are very good with no marks or tears. 

Super sweet children's book!

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!

Tracing Play.  Vintage trace and color coloring book #2388-15. Copyright 1952 by The Saalfield Publishing Co. of Akron, Ohio. 

Pictures to color include: sheep, rabbits, school bus and school, girls, boys, mice in train, puppies playing ball, paper doll with clothes, bears, pull toy, hammer and bench set, boy as mailman, girl at chalkboard, and a clown.

Book measures 10 3/4 inches wide x 15 inches tall.

There are 16 pages to color (8 double sided), one of which has already been neatly colored using crayons.  Along with 8 pages of tracing paper

Book is in good used condition with wear along the spine and a crease to the upper and lower right corners of the front cover. Also has the one page that has been colored and one of the tracing papers has been used.

All pages of the images to color are shown in this listing.

Some really fun images in this coloring book!

Busy Baby.  Antique Saalfield Children's Book. Copyright 1912.

Softcover all linen book with 12 pages.

Book measures 7 3/4 inches wide x 8 3/4 inches tall.   Half the illustrations are in color.

Poor condition with obvious signs of wear, including staining, creasing, soiling, creases, and edge wear.  All pages are shown in the photos.

Still a very sweet vintage children's book!

The Bug Book.  Vintage A Golden Shape Book for children. Copyright 1965.  Written by William Dugan. No. 5925.

Softcover book with 24 pages.

Includes pages for:
Ladybugs
Beetles
Ants
Katydid and Grasshopper
Dragonflies
Praying Mantis
Honeybees
Caterpillars
Butterflies
Moths
Fireflies

Book measures 8 inches wide x 8 1/4 inches tall.   All illustrations are color.

Very good condition with some mild signs of handling.  Mostly wear around the edges of the front and back cover.

A sweet vintage children's book!

Antique Children's Book.  Friends in The Field ABC. 1911 Samuel Gabriel Sons & Company New York. Linen No. 510. Drawings by W. F. Stecher. Front and back cover are heavy card stock weight.  Interior pages are linen.

Book measures 8 1/2 inches wide x 10 7/8 inches tall.  16 pages including front and back covers.  Color and black and white illustrations for the letters of the alphabet.

Good condition with normal handling wear for a book over one hundred years old.  Some small creases, soiling and wear to the covers.  Interior pages are good with some group of tiny pin holes in the upper left corner of the first page.

A sweet antique children's book!

Vintage Children's Book.  Bible Stories and ABC's for Little Tots to Learn with Ease.  I'm unable to find a date of publication or publisher information in this book. Dates to circa 1930s or 1940s.

Front half of the book has the ABC's along with an illustration for each. 

Second half of the book has the following three stories:

1. David and the Giant Goliath
2. The Good Samaritan
3. Peter Denies his Master

Softcover linen book measuring about 6 3/4 inches wide x 9 1/4 inches tall.

16 pages including the front and back covers.  Color and blue and white illustrations throughout.

Condition is good some soiling and wear to covers and pages.

Sweet religious ABC book!