Vintage Books

Vintage Model Dairy Chocolate Milk Bottle Cap.

Off white background with brown and red lettering.

Cap measures about 1 5/8” in diameter. 

Cap is unused and good condition.

Interesting piece of history.

Vintage Model Dairy Milk Bottle Cap.

Off white background with black lettering.

Cap measures about 1 5/8” in diameter. 

Cap is unused and in good condition.

Interesting piece of history.

Vintage Model Dairy Milk Bottle Cap.

Off white background with blue and orange lettering.

Cap measures about 1 5/8” in diameter. 

Cap is unused and good condition.

Interesting piece of history.

Favorite Little Golden Books for Christmas.

2012 boxed set.

5 hardcover books included.

Titles are:

The Christmas Story

The Animals’ Christmas Eve

The Pokey Little Puppy’s First Christmas 

The Night Before Christmas 

The Little Christmas Elf

Books measures about 6 5/8 x 8 inches. 

This is a previously owned set.

The books are all in unread like new condition. The cardboard cover has some wear.

Click on photos for a close up view.

Really cute illustrations.

Vintage Rand McNally & Company Hardcover Children’s book.

Eddie Elephant. Tiny Elf Library.

Written by P. X. Yost. Pictures by Lucy Ozone.

Book measures about 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches. 

Copyright date of 1968.

Book is used and shows wear to the cover around the edges and to the spine.  

Some soiling to the cover and pages.

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Really cute illustrations.

Santa Mouse.

A Sturdi-Contour Book. 

Vintage Children's Wonder Book 5530.

Copyright 1966, by Michael Brown.

Adorable color illustrations throughout the book.

Hardcover book measuring 6 3/4 inches wide x 8 inches long with 5 pages.  8 pages counting the front and back covers.

Plastic spine and all the pages are cardboard.

Condition is used with some wear to the cover, especially the lower left front cover. 

Former owners name written in ink on the title page.

Super cute collectable children's book. 

Vintage 1900s Marvel Syringe Whirling Spray for Women booklet. 

Softcover book measuring about 3 1/2 x 5 inches with 16 pages.

In condition with overall wear and moisture stain on back cover.

Interesting piece of history.

Vintage Whitman Top Top Hardcover Children’s book.

Peppermint. The story of a Kitten.

Written and illustrated by Dorothy Grider.

Book measures about 6 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches. 

Copyright date of 1950.

Condition is fair to 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 a small tear near the bottom center of the opening page.

Click on photos for a close up view.

Really cute illustrations.

Antique Bank Ledger Statement Book dated 1919-1922.

From the Plattsmouth State Bank, Plattsmouth, Nebraska.

Pages aren’t numbered, but estimated to be over 200 pages.  All are filled other than the last 6 pages and the very first page.

This is a hardcover book measuring about 10 5/8 x 10 5/8 inches.

Binding is tight. Cover shows wear.

The True to Life ABC Book Including Numbers.

Illustrated by Johan Polak. 

Copyright 1952, by Grosset & Dunlop, Inc.

Hardcover book measuring about 9 1/4 x 11 1/2 inches. Approximately 30 pages.

Good used condition with some overall wear. Pages are clean. Split along the lower 5 inches on the inside of the back spine.

Cute color illustrations all throughout this book.

Hans Christian Andersen and other Best Known Fairy Stories.

Retold by Lornie Ledge-hodge.  Illustrated by Ronald Embleton.

Contents include:

• Puss in Boots
• Sleeping Beauty
• The Fairy
• Cinderella
• The Ridiculous Wishes
• Little Red Riding Hood
• Idle Jack
• The Emperor’s New Clothes
• The Real Princess
• The Ugly Duckling
• It’s Perfectly True
• The Tinderbox
• The Little Fir Tree

Copyright 1983 The Hamlyn Publishing Group.

Hardcover book measuring about 9 1/4 x 12 inches. Approximately 100 pages.

Good used condition with some wear and light soiling to the covers. Pages are clean. Binding is tight. Former owners name written inside front cover.

Cute color illustrations all throughout this book.

The Brothers Grimm and other Best Traditional Fairy Stories.

By Lorine Ledge-hodge.  Illustrated by Ronald Embleton.

Contents include:

• The Three Bears
• The Three Little Pigs
• Jack and the Beanstalk
• Beauty and the Beast
• Idle Jack
• The Gingerbread ManThe Real Princess
• Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
• The Four Musicians of Bremen
• The Elves and the Shoemaker
• The Frog Prince
• Rumpelstiltskin
• The hare and the hedgehog

Copyright 1983 The Hamlyn Publishing Group.

Hardcover book measuring about 9 1/4 x 12 inches. Approximately 100 pages.

Good used condition with some wear and light soiling to the covers. Pages are clean. Binding is tight. Former owners name written inside front cover.

Cute color illustrations all throughout this book.

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.

The Cornhusker.

Vintage original 1965 College Yearbook for the University of Nebraska.

This is a hardcover book measuring 9 1/4 x 12 3/8 x 1 1/2 inches thick.

522 pages.

Condition is used with no marks or tears on the pages.  There is some age toning to the pages.  Some wear to the cover. 

Interesting look at college life in the 60s!

Vintage Bank Ledger Book dated 1918-1922.

Believed to be from a Plattsmouth, Nebraska bank.

302 pages filled running from page 3-302. Missing page 1-2.

This is a hardcover book measuring about 8 1/4 x 12 1/2 inches.

Binding is tight.

The Citizen.

Vintage original 1925 Yearbook for The Citizens’ Military Training Camp at Fort Des Moines, Iowa.

This is a hardcover book measuring about 8 x 10.75 inches with 109 yearbook pages and an additional 19 pages of advertising.

Condition is used with general overall wear. Binding is tight.

There is some age toning to the pages and a few pages with pencil scribbles.

The Black and Gold

Vintage original 1928 Yearbook for the Fremont, Nebraska high school.

This is a softcover book measuring 8 x 10.75 inches with 134 pages.

Condition is used with general overall wear.

There is some age toning to the pages and numerous student inscriptions throughout the book.

Interesting look at student life in the 20s.

Vintage Pilot’s Radio Manual book by Reeder G. Nichols.

U.S. Department Of Commerce, Civil Aeronautics Administration, Washington, D.C.

Civil Aeronautics Bulletin No. 29. September, 1940.

Book measures about 6 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches with 98 pages. 

Used condition with soiling and wear. First 30 pages have a moisture stain near the bottom edge of the page.

Vintage 75th Anniversary Booklet for First Methodist Church at Daykin, Nebraska. Dated October 11, 1963.

Contains some photos of the church and pastors, member list and brief church history.

Softcover booklet with stapled spine. It measures 5 1/2 inches wide x 8 1/2 inches long, with 16 pages.

Condition is very good with some light soiling and wear.

Vintage Original circa 1980s Cookbook.

Evangelical United Church of Christ, Women’s Guild Cook Book.

This book is by members of the Marysville, Kansas church.

Softcover book, laced spine. measures about 7" x 8 5/8” with approximately 100 pages.

Condition is used with overall wear and some soiling.

Most recipes include the name of the submitter.  

Vintage 1961 Knox County, Nebraska farm directory.

Softcover book measuring about 6” wide x 8 3/4” long, with 36 pages.

Knox county towns include: Bloomfield, Verdigre, Center, Niobrara, Creighton, Wausa, Crofton, Winnetoon, Santee, Verdel, Bazile Mills and Lindy.

Lots of local advertising.

Good used condition with some soiling and wear. Also a vertical crease running down front cover.

Good used condition.

Nice piece of Nebraska history.

Vintage 1967 Knox County, Nebraska farm directory.

Softcover book measuring about 6” wide x 8 3/4” long, with 32 pages.

Knox county towns include: Bloomfield, Verdigre, Center, Niobrara, Creighton, Wausa, Crofton, Winnetoon, Santee, Verdel, Bazile Mills and Lindy.

Lots of local advertising.

Very good used condition with name written on back cover.

Good used condition.

Nice piece of Nebraska history.

The Indian Creeker.

Vintage original 1953 Yearbook for the Diller, Nebraska high school.

This is a hardcover book measuring 8 x 10.75 inches with approximately 80 pages.

Condition is used with general overall wear . No marks or tears to pages, there is some age toning to the pages.

Cover is loose from the pages, although pages are all still bound together. The cover feels somewhat padded and has a horizontal indentation running through the center.

Interesting look at life in the 50s.

The Black and Gold

Vintage original 1926 Yearbook for the Fremont, Nebraska high school.

This is a softcover book measuring 8 x 10.75 inches with 150 pages.

Condition is used with general overall wear . No marks or tears to pages, there is some age toning to the pages. 

Interesting look at life in the 20s.