Childrens Books

Vintage 1946 Hardcover children's chapter book by Paul Hutchens.

A New Sugar Creek Mystery, featuring the Sugar Creek Gang.

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

Condition is very good with wear to covers and owners name written inside cover in pencil. And some light soiling and age toning to pages.

Nice book.

All Around the Town by Phyllis McGinley. 1948 Hardcover First Edition ABC Book.  Illustrated by Helen Stone.  Published by J.B. Lippincott Company.

ABC book featuring sights and sounds around the city.  Alternating color and black and white illustrations for the letters of the alphabet.

Book measures 7 3/4 inches wide x 9 7/8 inches tall.  Unpaginated. Hardcover.  No dust jacket.

Good used condition with edge and corner wear to the front cover.  Edge and corner wear to the back cover, along with some small spots of paper loss.  Inside front cover has a couple of ink circles near the upper right corner. And the first few pages have some soiling and a pencil scribble.  Otherwise interior pages are very good with no marks or tears.

A very cute ABC 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 Little Golden Book 517. Baby Animals by Garth Williams. Copyright 1956, 1952 by Golden Press. Cover price of 29 cents. Cute story about all sorts of baby animals with color illustrations through out. This is an I, 9th printing book.

Condition is very good with some cover scuffs and wear and tear along gold spine paper. Title page has a couple of small tears along the edge, minor soiling on a few pages. No marks or writing in book. One page has a tape repair to a tear. Really cute kids book!

Big Helpers. Rand McNally Junior Elf book. By Irma Wilde.  A book about Tractors, Cranes, Fire Trucks, and Dump Trucks.  Cute children's picture book.

Each page is filled with handsome color illustrations of heavy equipment, by George Wilde.

Book number 8047. Copyright date of 1953. Original price printed on cover 15c.

Hardcover book measuring 4 7/8 x 6 3/8.

Condition is good with scuffing and wear to covers, and age toning to pages. No rips, tears or marks on pages.

Choo Choo The Little Switch Engine by Wallace Wadsworth. Illustrated by Mary Jane Chase.

Rand McNally Elf book number 8394. Copyright date of 1954. Original price printed on cover 25c.

Book measures about 6 5/8 inches wide x a little over 8 1/4 inches long with 20 pages.  Condition is good with wear to cover corners and edges, and some scuffing. Also has the 23 stamped on the front cover and an ink scribble starting at the train's eyes down through the bottom of the book. 

Interior pages are good with inscription written inside front cover in ink, name written on title page in black crayon, and a letter T written at the top of the third page in ink. Last page has a small vertical crease along the right edge, along with a tiny tear near the bottom of the crease.

Color illustrations throughout.

Very cute children's story book for your collection!

Dr. Kildare, Assigned to Trouble. Hardcover Whitman Authorized TV Adventure Children's Book. Copyright 1963. Written by Robert C. Ackworth. Illustrated by Robert L. Jenney.

Book measures 5.5" x 8", with 212 pages. Book is in Very good used condition. Light wear/soiling to cover. Binding is tight and pages are clean with some age toning.

Nice book.

Famous Mouse Stories, including The Lion and the Mouse, Three Blind Mice, and Perez the Mouse. Vintage 1944 Children's Book.  Illustrations by Mary and Wallace Stover.

Softcover book measuring 8 3/8 x 11 inches with 24 pages.  Stapled spine.  Published by Perks Publishing of New York. A Mary Perks book number 705.

Condition is good with some wear and soiling to covers.  Interior pages are nice with no marks or tears.  There are some small soiled spots along the edges of some pages.

Cute illustrations that could be used as artwork or in craft projects.

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.

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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Vintage 1950s "Our Baby Book."  This adorable unused baby book has a hard cover with padded covers.  Front cover shows a little girl, baby in a diaper, flowers, and white birds.

This was given as a gift to new parents by area businesses.  Inside the front cover is a list of the donors. These donors are all from Fairbury, Nebraska including: Corbett's Dairy Service, Lester Jones Studio, Le Roy's Jewelry, Brown's Shoe Fit Company, The Korbel Drug Company, Bonham-Lock-Starr Insurance and Nigh Texaco Service

Cute graphics to record baby milestones, in orange, gray and black. Designed by Marion Raider. Includes 28 pages to record the story of baby including: first tooth, foot prints, outings, friends, first word, favorite toy, and up through sixth birthday.

Measures approximately 6 3/4 x 9 1/4 inches.

Condition is very good.

Super cute book for the expectant couple!

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!

Science Fiction Adventure From Way Out. Hardcover Whitman book, copyright 1973.

Stories by Poul Anderson, Andre Norton, Mack Reynolds, Barry Malzberg, Raymond F. Jones, Gail Kimberly, Bill Pronzini, and B.J. Lytle..

Illustrated by Dan Spiegle.

Book measures 5.25 inches x 7.75 inches, with 212 pages.

Book is in used condition. Covers show wear and some soiling. Appears to have never been read. Binding is nice and tight. Pages are clean with some age toning. 

Vintage Wonder Children's Book, "Shari Lewis, Stories to Read Aloud" paperback.

Copyright: 1961

Format: Paperback

Letter or Number Code: 2029

Original Cover Price: 39 cents

Publisher: Wonder Read Aloud Books

Pages: 160

Book measures: 5.25" wide x 8" tall.

Stories and Authors:
Fluffy Learns Her Business, by Blanche Boshinski
The Master Fiddler, by John Bennett
Surprise Circus, by La Vere Anderson
Sherry's Kitten and The Fix-It Boy, by Blanche Boshinski
Little Lost Teddy Bear, Oliver's Big Night, and The Happy Alligator, by La Vere Anderson

Illustrated by: Catherine Scholz

Illustrations: Black & White, and single color.

Condition: Condition is good with tight binding, no loose pages. No marks or tears to pages. A few pages have a dog ear, or creased corner. Some age toning to pages, soiling to covers. crease upper right front corner and a small tear near the center top of front cover. Also has a crease near the lower left corner of back and upper right corner of back cover. Previous owners name written inside cover in ink.

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 Children's Cowboy Western Chapter Book. "Tales For A Tenderfoot" by Bernadine Creswell Kelly. Illustrated by Leo P. Thiele. Copyright 1950 by The University Publishing Company. Book measures 5 5/8 inches wide x 7 3/4 inches tall with 64 pages.

Some of the characters mentioned in book include: Bill Ryan, Kit Carson, Navajo Indians, etc. Condition is very good with some light wear and soiling to covers. Interior pages are very good with no markings or tears. There is a name written in ink, inside the front cover. Black and white illustrations. Some age toning to pages.

Vintage Mary Perks Children's Book.  Ten Treasured Tales. 

Stories include:

1. Little Red Hen
2. Three Little Pics
3. Gingerbread Boy
4. Puss In Boots
5. The Three Bears
6. Henny Penny
7. The Boy Who Cried Wolf
8. The Tortoise and the Hare
9. The Night Before Christmas
10. The North Wind Doth Blow

Copyright 1943.  Published and distributed by The American Crayon Co. of Sandusky, Ohio.

Hardcover book measuring about 8 3/4 inches wide x 11 1/8 inches tall.

I count 44 pages including the front and back end papers.  Black and blue illustrations throughout. 

Book cover has overall wear including fading, discoloration and some soiling, with a stain along the upper and lower back cover.  Spine has an inch long split along the top (visible in the first photo). Binding is tight.

There is also an inscription with name written inside the front end paper.

Interior pages are nice, with no marks or tears.

Adorable illustrations in this book!

The Bug Book.  Vintage A Golden Shape Book for children. Copyright 1965.  Written by William Dugan. No. 5925.

Softcover book with 24 pages.

Includes pages for:
Ladybugs
Beetles
Ants
Katydid and Grasshopper
Dragonflies
Praying Mantis
Honeybees
Caterpillars
Butterflies
Moths
Fireflies

Book measures 8 inches wide x 8 1/4 inches tall.   All illustrations are color.

Very good condition with some mild signs of handling.  Mostly wear around the edges of the front and back cover.

A sweet vintage children's book!

Vintage 1950Hardcover children's chapter book by Paul Hutchens.

The Green Tent Mystery at Sugar Creek.

Book measures 8 inches tall x 5.5 inches wide and 93 pages.

Condition is good with wear to covers. The thin plastic coating on the covers is starting to lift in a few spots (check last 2 photos).  Also some light soiling and age toning to pages.

Nice book.

The How and Why Wonder Book of Rockets and Missiles by Clayton Knight.

1969 Softcover book measuring 8 1/8 inches wide x 11 inches long with 36 pages. Copyright 1960, 1962, 1967, 1969 by Grosset & Dunlop, Inc.

Questions include

• How Old is the Rocket Principle?
• When were Rockets First Used in Modern Warfare?
• Were Many Rockets Fired in World War II?
• Is the Rocket Missile Replacing Artillery?
• What Types of Rockets are Shot From Planes?
• Are Rockets Superior to Guns as Antiaircraft Weapons?
• Are Rockets Used to Drive Target Drones?
• How Do Rockets Boost Jet-Propelled Missiles on Their Way to a Target?
• How Does the United States Navy Use Rockets?
• How Does the United States Navy Plan to Use Rockets in Undersea Warfare?
• In What New Ways Will Rockets Be Used?
• How is Fuel Conserved in Launching Probe Rockets?
• How Will Permanent Missile Bases Be Constructed For Instant Use Against Enemy Attack?
• How Are Missiles Launched Where There Are No Permanent Bases?
• What Records Were Made With America's First Rocket Planes?
• Must Pilotless Missiles Be Assisted Off The Ground?

Color and black and white illustrations throughout. 

Book is in very good condition with some corner and edge wear to the covers and a white streak on the back cover.  Please click on photos for a close up view.  Interior pages are very nice with no marks or tears.

Rand McNally Junior Elf book, The Sleeping Beauty. Illustrated by Vivienne Blake. Book number 8050.

Book measures about 5 x 6.5 inches.  Copyright date of 1951. Original price printed on cover 19c. Condition is good with  scuffing to the cover, some soiling, and wear around the edges of the cover.  No marks or tears to interior.  Some age toning to the pages.

Click on photos for a close up view.

A classic collectible book!

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!