Books

Vintage and original 1923 Fairbury, Nebraska High School yearbook, "The Senior X-Ray".

Includes: Senior photos, and sports team photos. Senior surnames include:

Ward, King, Frost, Vanier, Burford, Carstens, Cherry, Chorn, Clarke, Cox, Corp, Cruz, Dabner, Dawson, Distel, Eads, Evans, Ewers, Feith, Forney, Gilmore, Gobel, Gray, Greenwalt, Grissom, Halek, Hall, Hansen, Hanson, Harris, Houck, Hewitt, Holland, House, Hughes, Helvey, Hohensee, Holloway, Humberger, Jackson, Jenkins, Johnson, Knape, Leager, Lesher, McAlister, McCord, Meenan, Mendenhall, Mong, Murray, Nelson, Reid, Riley, Ritter, Schoen, Scriven, Seachord, Seemann, Shinn, Smith, Snyder, Sowers, Stepp, Stilwell, Strothman, Sturegon, Smith, Tinkham, Torrey, Walker, Walkemeyer, Weier, Wiggins, Tappan, and Zierenberg.

Softcover book measuring 7.5 inches x 11 inches with 67 pages. Lots of local advertising in the back.

Condition is very good with some soiling to covers, corner and edge tears to cover and some interior pages, also some age toning to interior pages.

Vintage 1960's Teen Chapter Book Dr. Dorothy's Choice by Elizabeth Wesley. Original copyright 1963. This is the Second printing from May, 1966. Softcover children's chapter book measuring about 4.25 inches wide x 7 inches tall, with 127 pages.

Condition is very good with some light wear to covers. Some age toning to pages. Nice tight binding.

Immortal Hymn Writers Hymns Pictures and Biographies by Dr. J. A. Lee. First 2/3 of the book is hymns, 2 pages of photos, and 10 pages of biographies.

Softcover book measuring 5 x 8 inches with approximately 50 pages.

Good condition with some soiling and wear to covers, ink underlining and notations at the back of the book, and newspaper clipping taped inside back cover.

Play With Me by Marie Hall Ets. Book number WW802. Copyright 1955 by Marie Hall Ets. Issued in 1968 by The Viking Press. Vintage 1960's Softcover children's story book measuring about 7 inches x 9.5 inches.

Color illustrations throughout.

Condition is excellent with previous owners name written neatly on title page in red ink. Interior pages have no marks or tears.

Radio Favorites of the Blackwood Brothers. A book of Special Songs, compiled for Radio Programs and Evangelistic Services. Compiled by Blackwood Brothers Quartet. KMA Radio, Shenandoah, Iowa.

Vintage circa 1940s softcover religious song book measuring 5 1/4 inches wide x 7 3/4 inches long with 111 pages. 

Includes:

• Photo of the Blackwood Brothers Quartet
• Hymns
• Index

Condition is good with previous owners name written on the front cover and the title page.  Cover has some soiling and general wear. Pages have some age toning.

Sprout vintage children's book by Jenifer Wayne. Illustrated by Gail Owens. Hardcover Weekley Reader Book Club edition. Copyright 1970, 1976.

Book measures about 6 inches x 9 inches with 90 pages. This is a chapter book with black and white illustrations.

Condition is very good with some light soiling and wear to covers. No writing, marks or tears to pages.

The Hymnal of The Evangelical United Brethren Church.  Published by The Board of Publication.  The Evangelical United Brethren Church of Dayton, Ohio. Copyright 1957.

Hardcover book measuring 6 inches wide x 8 5/8 inches long with 210 pages. 

Includes:

• Hymns
• Aids to Worship
• Indexes

Condition is good with previous owners name written on front end paper, along with stamped owner information.

Book does have a bit of a musty smell when opened.

The Service Hymnal. Compiled for general use in all religious services of the Church, School and Home. Hope Publishing Company, 1963.

Hardcover book measuring 6 1/8 inches wide x 8 1/2 inches long with 480 pages. 

Multidenominational song book.

Contents Include:

• Worship and Praise
• God the Father
• Jesus Christ The Saviour
• The Holy Spirit
• The Holy Scriptures
• The Church
• The Christian Way of Life
• The Kingdom on Earth
• Death and Immortality
• Miscellaneous Selections
• Responsive and unison Readings and Index
• Alphabetical Index of Tunes
• Metrical Index of Tunes
• Index of Authors and Composers
• Topical Index
• General Index

Condition is very good with some wear to the cover edges and spine. Also looks like a bookplate sticker may have been removed from the title page, as there is some glue reside in a rectangular shape.  Interior pages are very good with no marks or tears.

Vintage and original 1908 Washington, Kansas High School yearbook. "The Senior".

Softcover book with string binding. Measures about 6.5 inches wide x 9.5 inches wide. Approximately 50 pages.

Contains a list of alumni dating from 1885 up through 1907. Photos of the members of the Board of Education, photos of school staff, Senior photos, and Girls' Basketball team, and Boys' Track team. Also includes a class roll of freshman, sophomores, and juniors (no photos), and many pages of local advertising in the back of the book.

Class senior surnames include:
Barley, Creighton, Sharp, Partie, Raplee, Emmons, Yoder, Lewis, Smith, Morrow, and Geistfeldt.

Condition is good with age toning to pages and cover, light foxing to some pages, and corner and edge bumps and tears. Upper right corner corner is missing for the front cover and first few pages.

Includes school faculty photos, local advertisers, class history etc.

Great piece of Kansas history!

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.

Original vintage softcover book: Allmand Welding Instruction Book

Published by Allmand Brothers of Holdrege, Nebraska

Dated: Circa 1950s

Book measures 6 inches wide x almost 9 inches tall, with 63 pages.

Foreword: This book is intended to be an instruction book for arc welding.  It is written with the intention of offering instruction to those who have had little or no experience.

We will try to avoid technical terms as much as possible, and will deal primarily with the welding of various grades of iron and steel,  especially those types of iron including cast and malleable iron usually found in farm implements.

Includes some line drawing illustrations, along with a few photos.

Book is in very good condition with some age toning, light soiling and pencil writing on the cover.

Kap Krafts book titled, "Blue and Gold". Softcover book measuring 5 3/8 x 8 1/2 inches with 30 pages. Filled with budget friendly craft ideas for Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts events.

Projects include:

Walnut Favors
Candy Holders
Banquet Candlesticks
Totem Favors
Crepe Paper Pompons
Papier Mache Centerpiece
Display Tables
Balloon Centerpiece
Novelty Soda Straws
Paper and Foil Decorations
Campfire Centerpiece
Make It with Wood
Plaques and Masks using Paper Plates
Paw and Claw Decorations
Campsite Centerpiece
Paper Weights
Tags with Knots
Tent Centerpiece
Dashboard Accessories
Quick Gifts
Pocket Book File

Condition is very good with some wear to covers. Great graphics and cute projects in this book!

Vintage Dedication Services 75th Anniversary Booklet for Trinity Lutheran Church at both Gilead and Gladstone, Nebraska. Dated August 16, 1959.

Contains photos of the churches and pastors, church statistics, list of confirmands for both churches, and brief church history.

Softcover booklet with stapled spine. It measures 5 1/2 inches wide x 8 1/2 inches long, with 24 pages.

Condition is very good.

Please check my shop for more vintage postcards, books and ephemera.

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.