Vintage Books

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 1963 Knox County, Nebraska farm directory.

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

Lots of local advertising.

List of land owners.

Nice used condition.

Nice piece of Nebraska history.

Vintage 1956 Fairbury Nebraska Telephone Directory Book.

Town listings include:

Fairbury

Daykin

Jansen

Steele City

Book measures a little over 6 inches wide x 9 1/4 inches long.

30 pages of phone listings and 32 pages of business listings and advertisements.

Used condition with some writing, a few torn pages, age toning and some soiling.

Both front and back are shown in the attached photos.

Vintage 1918 USDA Soil Survey Fillmore County, Nebraska. 

Book measures about 6 x 9 inches with 24 pages and large fold out color map at the back.  Map is attached to the inside back cover.

Good condition with name written on cover in pencil and some small tears or dog eared page corners.  Fold out map also has some small tears around the edges and some splits along the fold lines.

Vintage original 1939 Union Wire Rope Corp, Catalog C, Second Edition. General office and factory 21st and Manchester, Kansas City, Missouri.

Stamped: J.N. Ball on the cover.

Softcover book measuring 5 1/2 inches wide x 8 inches long, with 315 pages.

Numerous illustrations and photographs.

Antique hardcover book.  The Grip of Honor. A Story of Paul Jones and the American Revolution.

By Cyrus Townsend Brady.

Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, 1906.

Book measures 5 1/2 x 7 5/8 with 246 pages. 

Covers show wear and soiling.  Inside front and back covers has some foxing.  Some soiled interior pages.  Age toned pages. 

Please view all photos.

Vintage original Coats & Clark's craft book lot.  Four books included in this listing.

Softcover books, each measure 5 3/8 x about 7 1/2 inches long. 

Lot includes:

Book No. 119, Embroidery Including Transfers.  Transfers are still in the book.  The blue on the transfers has bled to adjoining pages. Copyright 1960.  35 pages.

Book No. 125, Ruffled Doilies.  Crochet patterns.  Copyright 1961. 35 pages.

Book No. 136, Doilies by Priscilla.  Copyright 1962. 33 pages.

Book No. 148, Old and New Favorites by Request. Copyright 1964.  35 pages.

All are in good condition.  No. 148 shows more wear than the other three. 

Nice 1960s patterns!

Antique softcover book.  I’m Glad I Met You. Thoughts on Love and Friendship.Collected by Adah Louise Sutton.

1913 Saalfield Publishing Company.

Softcover book measuring 4 7/8 x 6 1/4 inches, with 64 pages.

Good condition with some wear, and small tears, around the edges of the cover. Interior pages are in nice condition.  Cover also has some light soiling.

No illustrations inside.

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 1955 Cookbook. 500 Tasty Sandwiches by Culinary Arts Institute.

Contents include:

1. Fancy Breads
2. Fillings and Spreads
3. Party Sandwiches
4. Closed Sandwiches
5. Hot Sandwiches
6. Double Deckers
7. Triple Deckers

Softcover book measuring 6 x 8 3/4 inches with 48 pages. Black and white illustrations, with a color centerfold.

Condition is good with wear to the cover.

Vintage 1945 advertising cookbook.  Your Frigidaire Recipes.  Prepared by Home Economics Department, Frigidaire Division, General Motors Corporation.

Copyright 1945, General Motors Corporation, Dayton, Ohio.

Recipes include:

1. Vegetables
2. Meats
   
3. Fruits
4. Menu Builders
   
5. Salads
6. Frozen Creams
   
7. Parfaits
   
8. Sherbets and Ices
   
9. Mousses
   
10. Novelty Desserts
    
11. Sauces
12. Pastry

Softcover book with stapled spine.

Book measures about 5 3/8 inches wide x 7 3/4 inches long, with 37 pages.  Index at the rear.

Book is in good condition with some wear and soiling to the covers.  Pages are pretty clean, with a few soiled areas, a few dog eared pages, and some age toning.

Vintage 1941 advertising cookbook.  Mary Lee Taylor's Meals that please for 2 or 4 or 6.

Copyright 1941, Pet Milk Company, St. Louis, Mo.

Recipes include:

1. Sandwiches
2. Ice Cream
   
3. Cake
4. Salads
5. Cookies
6. Pastry
7. Picnic Meals
   
8. Pies
9. Ham Loaf
   
10. Hamburgers

Softcover book with stapled spine.

Book measures about 6 1/4 inches wide x 8 1/4 inches long, with 30 pages.  With index at the rear.

Book is in good condition with some wear and soiling to the covers.  Pages are pretty clean, with a few soiled areas and some age toning.

Vintage Betty Crocker's Outdoor Cook Book.  1961 First Edition.

Hardcover book with metal spiral binding.

Measures 6" wide x 7 7/8" long, with 176 pages.

Lots of great recipes for picnics, grilling and camping.

Index at the back of the book.

Covers show wear and some soiling.  Inside of covers has some soiling.  Interior pages are in really nice condition.

Lots of cute graphics in this book.

Would make a great wedding or shower gift!

Vintage 1962 Washington County Kansas Car License Directory Book. Measures about 6 1/4 x 9 inches with an estimated 60 pages.

Shows wear, including soiling to the covers and small tears, some writing on the cover and title page. And some soiling, creasing, and age toning to the interior pages. Last 20 pages or so are starting to separate from the spine near the top, with the last page totally detached.

I love how this even tells what kind of vehicle people owned. Great genealogy reference book!

Vintage and original 1967 "The Little Blue" College Yearbook for Fairbury, Nebraska Junior College. This is a hardcover book measuring 8 x 10.75 inches with 84 pages.

Includes sections for:

• Activities
• Academic
• Students
• 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 and light soiling.

Great look at college life in the 60s!

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!

Vintage original Land of 10,000 Lakes Greeter's Guide 1928 by Hotel Greeters of America.  Official publication of Charter Thirteen.

Contains:

• Great period advertising
• Index to Advertisers
• List of HG of A Officers
• Hudson's 1928 Standard Road Map of Minnesota (fold out measuring 16 inches wide x 22 inches long).
• Fishing and Hunting Laws
• Objects and Purposes of the Greeters
• A Suggested Tour of Minneapolis
• Consolidated Map of Bus Lines (single page)
• Principal Towns and Cities in Minnesota
• Minnesota State Highways Mileage Tables
• Summer Resorts of Minnesota

Publication measures 7 5/8 inches wide x 10 3/4 inches long with 48 pages.

Condition is very good with some age toning around the edges of the cover, a small tear to the top of the fold out map, and a small edge tear to the page the map is attached to.

Remarkably wonderful condition for being 90 years old!

Peggy Brown and the Secret Treasure. The Better Little Book.  Number 1423.

This book is in fair condition with wear to the corners and the top and bottom of the spine, which includes a small tear. Binding is tight.

There is no title page or publisher information.  Though no evidence of missing pages.  I'm unsure if this is how the book was made, or if the first couple pages are missing. Starts in at page number 5, which is the beginning of chapter 1.

Still a nice collectible children's book!

Vintage Children's Book, Roy Rogers and the Gopher Creek Gunman. An original story featuring Roy Rogers, famous motion picture star as the hero.  By Don Middleton.  Illustrated by Erwin L. Hess. Authorized Edition.

Hardcover Whitman book copyright 1945.

Book measures 5.5 inches x 8 inches with 248 pages.

Book is in good used condition.  Cover is nice with bumped corners and some wear at the top and bottom of the spine. Pages are clean with some age toning and a few pages with a wrinkle near the top right edge.  There is also a round 1/2 inch long hole running through the lower right corner of pages 225 - 248.

Overall a nice clean book!