Vintage Books

Vintage and original "The Work Basket" Magazine January 1946, Volume 11, No. 10. Home and Needlecraft for Pleasure and Profit. Published by Modern Handcraft. Patterns for knit, crochet, and tatting.

Patterns in this issue:
Motif for Allover Lace
Ribbon Stripe Chair Set
Tatted Triangle
Crocheted Edgings

Booklet measures 5.5" wide x 8" tall with 8 pages. One sheet that folds out to open.

Condition is very good with age toning to pages, and a few small tears to page edges. Partially split at page folds.

Vintage and original "The Work Basket" Magazine January 1946, Volume 11, No. 7. Home and Needlecraft for Pleasure and Profit. Published by Modern Handcraft. Patterns for knit, crochet, and tatting.

Patterns in this issue:
Trumpet Flower Quilt
Crocheted Bag
Crocheted Gloves
Crocheted Tray Cloth
Crocheted Bible Bookmark

Booklet measures 5.5" wide x 8" tall with 8 pages. One sheet that folds out to open.

Condition is very good with age toning to pages, and a few small tears to page edges. Partially split at page folds.

Rand McNally Junior Elf book, "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs."

Illustrated by Irma Wilde.

Book number 8028.

Copyright date of 1959.

Original price printed on cover 19c.

Book measures about 5 x 6.5 inches. 

Condition is fair with wear and soiling to covers and crayon writing to back cover.

Interior pages are very good with no marks or tears. 

Vintage Whitman Hardcover Childrens Book. Timber Trail Riders, The Texas Tenderfoot. A Dave Talbot Story. Copyright 1963. Written by Michael Murray. Illustrated by Arnie Kohn and Robert Meyers.

Book measures 5.5 inches x 7.75 inches, with 282 pages. Book is in good used condition with owners name and dates written inside front cover. Covers show some light wear with plastic over coating starting to peel in spots. Pages are clean with some age toning.

Vintage 1960s Hardcover Whitman book, with pictorial Cameo cover. Trixie Belden Book number 7. The Mysterious Code.

Published in 1961. Written by Kathryn Kenny. Illustrated by Paul Frame. Book measures 5.5 inches x 7.75 inches, with 282 pages. No dust jacket.

Book is in used condition with writing inside back cover. Covers show wear, including red crayon on the man's jacket. A few of the pages near the center have a small dog earred corner. Binding is tight. Pages are clean with age toning.

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Vintage cookbook Royal Baking Powder Recipes: A Guide to Royal Success in Baking. Dated 1941 inside front cover. Gold colored cover with lady in apron.  Looks like it is spiral bound with a red plastic comb, but this is just part of the printed cover.

Softcover book measuring about 5 inches wide x 8 inches tall with 22 pages. Very good condition with some light soiling and light wear to covers. Back cover has a small dog eared upper left corner.

Lots of great recipes. Including: Biscuits, Muffins, Breads, Pancakes, Waffles, Cakes, Cookies, Pastries, Frostings, and fillings.

Index at the back of the book.

Would make a great wedding or shower gift!

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Vintage Cookbook "77 Recipes Using Swiftning" by Martha Logan. Copyright 1950 by Swift & Company, Chicago, IL.

Softcover book measuring 4.75" x 6.25" with 35 pages. Condition is very good with mailing label on back cover.

Includes recipes for: cookies, cakes, biscuits, muffins, breads, rolls, main dishes, pastry, etc.

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Vintage 1956 Cookbook by the Culinary Arts Institute. 260 Cooling Recipes for hot Weather. Softcover book measuring about 6" x 9" with 68 pages. Condition is very good.

Includes recipes for:
Chilled Soups
Salads
Relish Tray
Sandwiches
Butter Spreads
Something Hot
Desserts
Beverages

Super cute graphics all through this cookbook!

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Little Men. Hardcover Whitman book, with pictorial cover. Published in 1955. Written by Louisa May Alcott. Illustrated by Jill Elgin.

Book measures 5.5" x 7.75", with 263 pages. No dust jacket. Book is in good used condition. Covers are tight with crack and wear along spine.

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A Walk in the Zoo. 

1971 Rand McNally Start-Right Elf book by Dr. Lester E. Fisher.

Illustrated by Carl and Mary Hauge. Book number 8173.

Hardcover book measuring 4.75 inches wide x 6.5 inches tall.

Original price printed on cover 39c.

Condition is good with a lot of scuffing to covers.  Interior pages are very good with some light soiling.

Trixie Belden and the Red Trailer Mystery. Hardcover Whitman book, with pictorial cover. Published in 1954. Written by Julie Campbell. Illustrated by Mary Stevens.

Book measures 5.5 inches x 7.75 inches, with 282 pages. No dust jacket. Book is in good used condition. Covers show wear, especially at the corners and along the spine. Binding is starting to give way.

The Sugar Creek Gang in Chicago.

Vintage Hardcover children's chapter book by Paul Hutchens.

Copyright 1941, this is the fourth edition printed in 1944. Fifth book in the series.

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

Condition is very good with wear to covers and spine, owners name written inside cover in pencil, and age toning to the pages.

Nice book.

The Sugar Creek Gang Goes Camping.

Vintage Hardcover children's chapter book by Paul Hutchens.

Copyright 1941, this edition printed in 1945. Fourth book in the series.

Book measures 8 inches tall x 5.5 inches wide and 95 pages.

Condition is good with wear to covers.

Previous owners name written inside front cover in pencil. Pages have age toning and some soiled spots.

Nice book.

We Killed a Bear! A Sugar Creek Gang story.

Vintage Hardcover children's chapter book by Paul Hutchens.

Copyright 1940, this is the fifth edition printed in 1945.

Book measures 8 inches tall x 5.5 inches wide and 72 pages.

Condition is good. 

Does have wear to covers, a few pages with tears, and owners name written inside cover in ink.

Jesus Who Helped People.

Rand McNally childrens book number 8113.

By Mary Alice Jones. Illustrated by Manning de V. Lee. 

Stories in this book:
Jesus and a Sick Child
A Man Who Was Lonesome
Helping Angry Men Understand
Friends Who Were Afraid

Copyright date of 1964.

Original price printed on cover 19c.

Condition is very good with some wear and soiling to covers and some age toning to pages.

Vintage 1974 Jefferson County Nebraska Farm Directory and Atlas. Measures 6.75 inches x 9.75 inches with 32 pages.

Contains an alphabetical listing of rural residents. Also includes a map of each of the 16 townships in Jefferson county, including: Eureka, Washington, Gibson, Plymouth, Meridian, Richland, Cub Creek, Jefferson, Lincoln, Fairbury, Rock Creek, Pleasant, Buckley, Antelope, Endicott, and Newton.

Towns include: Daykin, Diller, Endicott, Fairbury, Gladstone, Harbine, Jansen, Plymouth, Reynolds, and Steele City.

Condition is good with normal wear and some soiling from use.

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1948 Anniversary Booklet Grace Lutheran Church Fairbury, Nebraska.

• The Anniversary Services of Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church.
• Fairbury, Nebraska
• The Twenty-fifth Anniversary of the Congregation 1923-1948.
• Sunday, the Fourteenth day of November, Nineteen Hundred and Forty Eight.

Softcover book measuring 9 inches x 6 inches with 10 pages.  Not all pages are shown in the listing.

Contains a brief history of the church, ministers and write up on the construction of the new church building. Photos of previous pastors also.

Condition is very good.

Vintage and original 1961 "The Little Blue" College Yearbook for Fairbury, Nebraska Junior College. This is a hardcover book measuring 8.25 x 10.75 inches with 72 pages.

Includes sections for:

• Administration and Faculty
• Students
• Activities and Organizations
• Athletics
• Advertising
• Index

Condition is very good with no marks or tears on interior pages.  There is some age toning/yellowing to the pages.  Covers shows some wear to top and bottom of the spine and along the cover edges.

Great look at college life in the 60s!

Vintage and original 1951 The Little Blue College Yearbook for Fairbury, Nebraska Junior College.

This is a hardcover book measuring 8.25 x 10.75 inches with 67 pages.

Contents include:

• Administration
• Faculty
• Classes
• Athletics
• Activities

Condition is good with a few small red arrows marked on pages, pointing to various people, and some overall wear to covers.

Nice book!

Vintage 1959 Sunflower yearbook. Published by the students of Kansas State Teachers College. Emporia, Kansas.

Hardcover book measuring 8.75 inches x 11 inches with 303 pages. Condition is very good with soiling to covers and foxing to end papers..

This item ship to only U.S. addresses.

Vintage Cookbook "RICE 200 Delightful Ways to Serve It". Copyright 1937 by Southern Rice Industry New Orleans, LA. Seventh Edition.

Softcover book measuring 6" x 9" with 95 pages.

Condition is good with general wear, creases to cover corners, some soiling and spine is split at the top and bottom. Interior pages are nice and clean.

200 wonderful rice dish recipes!