Vintage Books

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.

Vintage Little Golden Book.

Santa’s Surprise Book by Joan Potter Elwart. Illustrated by Florence Sarah Winship. 

Original copyright 1966 by Western Publishing Company. This book is Ninth Edition, 1979. 

Hardcover book measuring about 6 3/4” wide x 8” long.

Book is in used condition with cover wear and tear and scuffing. Pages are clean. Last page has a 1” tear at the center bottom. Last few pages have a light vertical crease (please see all photos).

Adorable book!

Vintage Little Golden Book.

The Little Red Caboose

Original copyright 1953 by Western Publishing Company. This edition is 1994. 

Hardcover book measuring about 6 3/4” wide x 8” long.

Book is in used condition with cover wear and tear and scuffing. Pages are clean other than a small soiled spot on the opening page (see all photos).

Adorable book!

Vintage Little Golden Book.

Raggedy Ann and Andy Help Santa Claus.

Fourth Printing, 1980.

Hardcover book measuring about 6 3/4” wide x 8” long.

Book is in used condition with cover wear and tear and scuffing. Pages are clean other thank a small soiled spots on the opening page (see all photos).

Really cute kids book!

Mother Goose Rhymes.

Vintage Platt & Munk Company Children's Book No. 852.  Board book with red cloth spine and blue cloth page binding.

Copyright 1939.

Adorable color illustrations throughout the book.

Hardcover book measuring about 6 1/2 x 8 inches.

Condition is used with some wear to covers, and split to the binding between pages 7 and 8. 10 pages total (please view all photos).

Super cute collectable children's book. 

Vintage Rand McNally Junior Elf book.

The Runaway Kangaroos, by Eliza Lewis. Illustrated by Eve Rockwell.

Book number 8004.

Book measures about 4 7/8 x 6 3/8  inches. 

Copyright date of 1959. Original price printed on cover 15c. 

Condition is used with scuffing to the cover, some soiling, and wear around the edges of the cover. Heavy wear to the top and bottom of the spine.

No rips or markings on pages.  They do have age toning.

Click on photos for a close up view.

Super cute collectible book!

Vintage Rand McNally Junior Elf book.

Little Raccoon, by Mabel Watts. Illustrated by Jean Tamburine.

Book number 8081.

Book measures about 4 7/8 x 6 3/8  inches. 

Copyright date of 1961. Original price printed on cover 19c. 

Condition is used with scuffing to the cover, some soiling, and wear around the edges of the cover. Heavy wear to the top and bottom of the spine.

No rips or markings on pages.  They do have age toning.

Click on photos for a close up view.

Super cute collectible book!

Vintage Whitman Tell A Tales Children’s book.

Roy Rogers’ Bullet Leads the Way.  Story by Frances Wood.  Illustrated by Bart Doe.

Book measures about 5 5/8 x 6 1/2 inches. 

Copyright date of 1953.

Condition is used with  scuffing to the cover, some soiling, and wear around the edges of the cover and wear to the spine.  

Interior pages are very good with no tears or marks. There is some age toning to the pages.

Click on photos for a close up view.

Really cute illustrations.

Vintage Whitman Tell A Tales Children’s book.

The Three Bears.  Pictures by Helen Rowland.

Book measures about 5 5/8 x 6 1/2 inches. 

Copyright date of 1952.

Condition is used with  scuffing to the cover, some soiling, and wear around the edges of the cover and wear to the spine.  

Interior pages are very good with no tears or marks. There is age toning to the pages.

Click on photos for a close up view.

Really cute illustrations.

Vintage Whitman Tell A Tales Children’s book.

Walter Lantz Woody Woodpecker’s Peck of Trouble.  Pictures by Walter Lantz Studio

Book measures about 5 5/8 x 6 1/2 inches. 

Copyright date of 1951.

Condition is good with  scuffing to the cover, some soiling, and wear around the edges of the cover and wear to the spine.  

Interior pages are very good with no tears.  There is age toning to the pages.

Click on photos for a close up view.

Really cute illustrations.

Vintage Whitman Tell A Tales Children’s book.

Uncle Wiggily and the Alligator.  Created by Howard R. Garis. Story by Gil Turner. Illustrations by William Weaver. 

Book measures about 5 5/8 x 6 1/2 inches. 

Copyright date of 1953.

Condition is fair to good with  scuffing to the cover, some soiling, and wear around the edges of the cover and major wear to the spine.  

Interior pages are very good with no tears.  There is age toning to the pages.

Click on photos for a close up view.

Really cute illustrations.

Vintage Whitman Tell A Tale Children’s book.

Walt Disney’s Water Birds. Pictures by Marjorie Hartwell.

Book measures about 5 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches. 

Copyright date of 1955.

Condition is fair to good with  scuffing to the cover, some soiling, and wear around the edges of the cover and major wear to the spine.  

Interior pages are very good with no tears.  Someone did right a page number at the bottom of each page.

Click on photos for a close up view.

Really cute illustrations.

Vintage Rand McNally Junior Elf book, Let’s Read About Rocks by Iris Tracy Comfort. Illustrated by Seymour Fleishman. Book number 8165.

Book measures about 4 7/8 x 6 3/8  inches.  Copyright date of 1969. Original price printed on cover 19c.

Condition is good with  scuffing to the cover, some soiling, and wear around the edges of the cover.  Former owners name written inside front cover. And aome age toning to the pages.

Click on photos for a close up view.

A cute collectible book!

Vintage Rand McNally Elf book #8332.

My Happy Day. A Word Book.

Copyright 1951.

Hardcover book measuring about 6 5/8” wide x 8 1/4” long.

Used condition with some cover wear. Interior pages are good with age toning and a few small soiled spots.

Really cute kids book!

Vintage Little Golden Book 25.

The Taxi That Hurried.

I believe this is a first edition.

Copyright 1946 by Simon and Schuster.

Hardcover book measuring about 6 3/4” wide x 8” long.

Book is in used condition with cover wear and tear and soiling, age toned pages, and one pages is torn in half (see photos).

Really cute kids book!

Vintage 1950Hardcover children's chapter book by Paul Hutchens.

The Green Tent Mystery at Sugar Creek.

Book measures 8 inches tall x 5.5 inches wide and 93 pages.

Condition is good with wear to covers. The thin plastic coating on the covers is starting to lift in a few spots (check last 2 photos).  Also some light soiling and age toning to pages.

Nice book.

The Sugar Plum Tree Vintage Hardcover Children's Book by Eugene Field.

Copyright 1929 Whitman Publishing Company.

Measures about 9” wide x 11” long, with 12 pages.

Very good condition with some wear along the spine and to the covers.  Interior pages are very nice with some age toning. 

All pages are shown in the product photos.

Adorable book.

Walt Disney's Peter And The Wolf. From The Walt Disney Production "Make Mine Music"

Vintage 1947 Hardcover Little Golden Book. Edition "F"

Book measures 8 inches tall x 6 5/8 inches wide.

Condition is used with wear and light soiling to covers and a small pencil mark at the bottom of the first page. Pages also have light soiling and age toning.

Nice book.

Lot of 2 vintage 1960s Whitman Christmas Activity Books.  

Both are soft cover and measure about 8 x 11 inches with around 190 pages.

Both have quite a bit of wear, the one on the left has some loose pages. 

Both have a few pages torn out and a few pages that have been worked.

Super cute graphics!

Listing includes both books.

Lucinda the Little Donkey. A Rand McNally Tip-Top Elf Book number 8584. By Irma Wilde. Illustrated by George Wilde.

The story of a contrary and stubborn little donkey who saves a train from falling into the creek.

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

Condition is very good with light wear and light soiling to covers. Interior is very good with no marks or tears to pages, and some age toning around the page edges.  There is also a small black ink spot inside the front cover.

Very cute story.

Vintage German Children's Book.  The biblical story of Jacob and Joseph. 

Die Geschichte von Jakob Und Josef

Dates to circa 1920s.  Color and black and white illustrations.

German language.

Softcover book measuring 8 1/4 wide x 10 1/2 inches long.  Sixteen pages counting front and back covers.

Condition is good with wear to the covers, and a date of 1925 written at the top right front. Previous owners name written inside front cover.

Pages are firmly attached.  No tears.  Some soiling and age toned pages.

All pages are shown in the product photos.

Some nice colorful illustrations illustrations in this book.

Antique Children's Book.  Crossing the Brook, And Other Stories, by favorite American authors.

Copyright O.M. Dunham, 1885. 

Cassell & Company Limited

W.L Mershon & Co., Printers and Electrotypers, Rahway, N.J.

Hardcover book measuring 8 inches wide x 10 3/8 inches long.

Interior pages are firmly bound together, but loose from the spine.

Covers have wear, spine shows wear. former owners name written inside in pencil.  Some soiling. 

Good condition for its age.

All pages are shown in the attached photographs.  Please be sure to view them all for a better idea of condition.

Such a sweet little book!

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!