Vintage Books

Vintage hardcover Whitman Top Top Tales Children’s book number 2475.

Poppyseed. A freckled dog that lives at the zoo.

By Betty Ren Wright.

Illustrated by Florence Sarah Winship.

Book measures about 6 3/8 x 7 1/2 inches. 

Copyright date of 1954.

Book is used with wear and some soiling to the covers.

Former owners name written inside front cover.

Interior pages are clean with no markings or tears.

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Sweet illustrations.

Vintage Whitman Hardcover Top Top Tales Children’s book number 2463.

Animals to See 1 2 3.

By Patricia Martin Zens.

Designed and illustrated y Lois Ehlert.

Book measures about 6 3/8 x 7 1/2 inches. 

Copyright date of 1964.

Book is used with wear and some soiling to the covers.

Former owners name written inside front cover.

Interior pages are clean with no markings or tears.

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Sweet illustrations.

Vintage Whitman Hardcover Top Top Tales Children’s book number 2480.

Teena and the Magic Pot.

Illustrated by Louise Jack Myers.

Book measures about 6 3/8 x 7 1/2 inches. 

Copyright date of 1961.

Book is used with wear to the covers.

Former owners name written inside front cover.

Interior pages are clean with no markings or tears.

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Sweet illustrations.

Vintage Whitman Hardcover Top Top Tales Children’s book number 2477.

Twinkles and Sanford’s Boat.

The story of Twinkles the elephant and Sanford the parrot.

Written by Leo Dorfman.

Illustrated by Mel Crawford.

Book measures about 6 3/8 x 7 1/2 inches. 

Copyright date of 1962.

Book is used with wear to the covers.

Former owners name written inside front cover.

Interior pages are clean with no markings or tears.

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Cute illustrations.

Vintage Whitman Hardcover Top Top Tales Children’s book number 2461.

Sneezer. The Little Train.

Written by Estelle McInnes Upson.

Illustrated by Ben D. Williams.

Book measures about 6 3/8 x 7 1/2 inches. 

Copyright date of 1955.

Book is used with wear to the covers.

Former owners name written inside front cover.

Interior pages are clean with no markings or tears.

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Cute illustrations.

Vintage Whitman Hardcover Top Top Tales Children’s book number 2467.

The Busy ABC.

Illustrated by Eloise Wilkin.

Book measures about 6 3/8 x 7 1/2 inches. 

Copyright date of 1950.

Book is used with wear to the covers.

Former owners name written inside front cover.

Interior pages are clean with no markings or tears.

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Really cute illustrations.

Vintage Whitman Hardcover Top Top Tales Children’s book number 2479.

My Prayers. 

Illustrated by Rachel Taft Dixon.

Book measures about 6 3/8 x 7 1/2 inches. 

Copyright date of 1959.

Book is used with some wear and soiling to covers. Also small circular sticker residue spot on front cover.

Former owners name written inside front cover.

Interior pages are clean with no markings or tears.

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Really cute illustrations.

Tom and Jerry in Tom’s Happy Birthday.

Drawings by M-G-M Cartoons, Inc.

Adopted by Harvey Eisenberg and Gene Wolfe.

1955 hardcover Whitman Tell a Tale book.

Book measures about 5 1/2 x 6 3/8 inches. 

Condition is used with wear to the cover edges and spine. 

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Really cute illustrations.

Puddle Jumper. Written and illustrated by Dorothea J. Snow. 

1949 hardcover Rand McNally Junior Elf book about a little trolley car.

Book measures about 5 x 6 5/8 inches. 

Condition is used with soiling and wear to the cover, edges and spine. Also has a clear plastic coating on the cover which is peeling in spots.

The cover is also starting to separate from the inside pages.

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Really cute illustrations.

Socks by Betty Molgard Ryan. Illustrated by Florence Sarah Winship.

1949 hardcover Whitman Tell a Tale book about a little black kitten with white feet, white tipped tail and a white star under his chin.

Book measures about 5 1/2 x 6 3/8 inches. 

Condition is used with wear to the cover edges and spine. Also has a small amount of pink crayon scribble on the last page and inside back cover (shown in the photos.

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Really cute illustrations.

Vintage Model Dairy Whipping Cream Bottle Cap.

Off white background with red lettering.

Cap measures about 1 5/8” in diameter. 

Cap is unused and good condition with sort of a mottled appearance.

Neat advertising piece to tuck in to a journal.

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.

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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.

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!