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I've always found the below introduction amusing and am loathe to get rid of it, but it doesn't really tell you our goal of this category. You'll notice many of these books are not in-stock. It's unlikely we'll ever have very many at a time, but we're building it with the intention of helping you find the information you need to collect these series and volumes. We plan to continue adding more titles primarily from the 1960s and before, pictures, copyright dates, illustrators, ISBNs (if they exist), and more, to help you track down these awesome books from the past. If you like this section and want more, we'd like to commend the Facebook group Reshelving Alexandria, where you'll find a community of people passionate about books like these!

To see ONLY books that are actually available, use the filter below to look for in-stock books!

For some, book collecting is like African big game hunting—taking down the animal is pretty satisfying, but the real excitement is in tracking the beast, following it for hours or even days, picking up sign as it melts into the horizon until finally you get it in your sights. Eli is that kind of book collector. It's the thrill of the chase that drives him; once he completes a set or finds a particular volume it's a bit of a letdown.

That's not to say Eli doesn't love books (he owns a bookstore, after all). It's just that collecting them is something different altogether from owning or reading them, something almost primitive and instinctual, drawing on skills that lie dormant in most of us. The book collector's skills are the same that help a man on safari smell his prey in an old footprint or see a clump of fur caught in the bark of a palm tree or simply see the animal in the distance.

These aren't just any kind of books we're talking about collecting. Anyone can procure each volume of their favorite new fiction, or each year's New York Times bestsellers. They're everywhere, and they don't take much effort to find. The kind of books collectors go for (especially collectors like Eli) are hard or next to impossible to find, typically old, and just plain cool.

Exactly the kind of books we've put in this category, in fact. "Vintage & Collectible" isn't just some goofy title we came up with to generate interest; although most of these books are not technically "rare," and only occasionally expensive, they aren't at every street corner bookshop and they're typically titles appealing to a very specific readership (or ownership, if we're going to be entirely accurate). There's plenty here that the more average library compilers among us will find interesting.

As you scan the titles below, imagine you're in some mahogany-lined old bookstore in an old city and that a whispy-haired old man can tell you the history of each volume in his collection. Or just look for the book you're after, it might be there. Whatever you do, give these books a good home and help us perpetuate one of the most exciting and underappreciated sports in the world.

Review by C. Hollis Crossman
C. Hollis Crossman used to be a child. Now he's a husband and father who loves church, good food, and weird stuff. He might be a mythical creature, but he's definitely not a centaur. Read more of his reviews here.

	Aesop's Fables Illustrated Junior Library Series 2 by Aesop, illustrated by Fritz Kredel from Grosset & Dunlap for Nursery-2nd grade in Illustrated Junior Library (Location: VIN-IJL)
	Babar's Picnic by Laurent de Brunhoff, translated by Merle Haas from Random House for Nursery-2nd grade in Vintage Picture Books (Location: VIN-PIC) $32.00 (1 in stock)
	Brave Davy Coon by Laurence Hyde from Harper & Brothers for Preschool-2nd grade in Vintage Picture Books (Location: VIN-PIC) $12.00 (1 in stock)
	Bufo The Story of a Toad by Robert M. McClung from William Morrow & Company for Preschool-1st grade in Vintage Science & Math (Location: VIN-SCI)
	Cat and the Devil by James Joyce, illustrated by Richard Erdoes from E.M. Hale and Company for Preschool-2nd grade in Vintage Picture Books (Location: VIN-PIC) $38.00 (1 in stock)
	Children of the Northlights by Edgar Parin d'Aulaire, Ingri d'Aulaire 1962 Reprint from Viking Press for Preschool-4th grade in Oversized Picture Books (Location: PIC-OVER) $28.00 (1 in stock)
	Church Mice Spread Their Wings by Graham Oakley from Atheneum for Preschool-2nd grade in Vintage Picture Books (Location: VIN-PIC)
	Crane Maiden by Miyoko Matsutani, illustrated by Chihiro Iwasaki from Parents Magazine Press for Preschool-2nd grade in Vintage Picture Books (Location: VIN-PIC) $5.00 (1 in stock)
	Curious George Learns the Alphabet by H. A. Rey from Houghton Mifflin Animal Fantasy for Preschool-1st grade in Vintage Picture Books (Location: VIN-PIC)
	Dear Friends by Zhenya Gay from Harper & Brothers for Preschool-2nd grade in Vintage Picture Books (Location: VIN-PIC) $8.00 (1 in stock)
	Donkey-Donkey from Grosset & Dunlap in Vintage Picture Books (Location: VIN-PIC)
	Elves and the Shoemaker Tip-Top Elf Book by Illustrated by Manning De V. Lee from Rand McNally for Nursery-1st grade in Vintage Picture Books (Location: VIN-PIC)
	Emperor and the Nightingale by Hans Christian Andersen, illustrated by Bill Sokol from Pantheon Books for Preschool-2nd grade in Vintage Picture Books (Location: VIN-PIC) $8.00 (1 in stock)
	Gabriel Churchkitten by Margot Austin from E.P. Dutton & Co. for Preschool-2nd grade in Vintage Picture Books (Location: VIN-PIC)
	George and Martha Encore by James Marshall from Houghton Mifflin for Preschool-2nd grade in Vintage Picture Books (Location: VIN-PIC) $4.00 (1 in stock)
	Giant John by Arnold Lobel Weekly Reader Book Club Ed. from Harper & Row for Nursery-2nd grade in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE) $7.50 (1 in stock)
	Gingerbread Boy by Watty Piper, illustrated by Eulalie from Platt and Munk Publishers for Preschool-2nd grade in Vintage Picture Books (Location: VIN-PIC) $3.00 (1 in stock)
	Golden Treasury of Myths and Legends by Anne Terry White; illustrated by Alice and Martin Provensen from Golden Press for Preschool-2nd grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Good Knight for Dragons by Roger Bradfield from Young Scott Books for Preschool-2nd grade in Vintage Picture Books (Location: VIN-PIC) $35.00 (1 in stock)
	Good Neighbors by Diane Redfield Massie from American Education Publications for Preschool-2nd grade in Vintage Picture Books (Location: VIN-PIC) $11.00 (2 in stock)
	Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown, illustrated by Clement Hurd from Weekly Reader for Nursery-1st grade in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE) $4.00 (1 in stock)
	Gorilla Baby The Story of Patty Cake by Pearl Wolf from Scholastic Book Services for Preschool-2nd grade in Vintage Picture Books (Location: VIN-PIC) $3.00 (1 in stock)
	Great Big Elephant & the Very Small Elephant by Barbara Seuling from Crown Publishers for Preschool-2nd grade in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE) $3.00 (1 in stock)
	Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Anderson, illustrated by Jiri Trnka 5th Impression, 1965 from Paul Hamlyn for Preschool-2nd grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Harry the Dirty Dog by Gene Zion, illustrated by Margaret Bloy Graham from Harper & Row for Preschool- 3rd Grade in Vintage Picture Books (Location: VIN-PIC) $7.00 (1 in stock)
	Harvey's Hideout by Russell & Lillian Hoban from Parents Magazine Press for Preschool-2nd grade in Vintage Picture Books (Location: VIN-PIC) $7.50 (1 in stock)
	Hetty and Harriet by Graham Oakley from Atheneum for Preschool-2nd grade in Vintage Picture Books (Location: VIN-PIC) $38.00 (1 in stock)
	Hey, Diddle Diddle and other Nonsense Rhymes A Tip-Top Elf Book by Davi Botts (illustrator) from Rand McNally for Nursery-Kindergarten in Vintage Picture Books (Location: VIN-PIC) $3.00 (1 in stock)
	Hungry Leprechaun by Mary Calhoun, illustrated by Roger Duvoisin from William Morrow & Company for Preschool-2nd grade in Vintage Picture Books (Location: VIN-PIC)
	Journey Cake, Ho! by Ruth Sawyer, illustrated by Robert McCloskey from Viking Press for Preschool- 3rd Grade 1954 Caldecott Honor Book in Vintage Picture Books (Location: VIN-PIC) $8.00 (3 in stock)
	Katy No-Pocket by Emmy Payne, illustrated by H. A. Rey from Weekly Reader Animal Fantasy for Preschool-2nd grade in Vintage Picture Books (Location: VIN-PIC) $5.00 (1 in stock)
	Kenny's Window by Maurice Sendak Undated Reprint from HarperCrest for Preschool-2nd grade in Vintage Picture Books (Location: VIN-PIC) $35.00 (1 in stock)
	Kid Brother by Jerrold Beim, illustrated by Tracy Sugarman from Morrow Eagle for Preschool-2nd grade in Vintage Picture Books (Location: VIN-PIC) $7.00 (1 in stock)
	Lucky and the Giant by Benjamin Elkin, illustrated by Katherine Evans from Children's Press for Preschool-2nd grade in Vintage Picture Books (Location: VIN-PIC) $4.00 (1 in stock)
	Ma Lien and the Magic Brush by Hisako Kimishima, illustrated by Kei Wakana, retold by Alvin Tresselt from Parents Magazine Press for Preschool-2nd grade in Vintage Picture Books (Location: VIN-PIC) $4.00 (1 in stock)
	Margot Austin's Churchmouse Stories Peter Churchmouse, Gabriel Churchkitten, Trumpet, Gabriel and the Moths, The Three Silly Kittens by Margot Austin from E.P. Dutton & Co. for Preschool-2nd grade in Vintage Picture Books (Location: VIN-PIC)
	McBroom's Ghost by Sid Fleischman, illustrated by Robert Frankenberg from Grosset & Dunlap for Preschool-2nd grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $5.00 (2 in stock)
	Moon Singer by Clyde Robert Bulla from Thomas Crowell Fairy Tales & Fables for Preschool-2nd grade in Vintage Picture Books (Location: VIN-PIC) $8.00 (1 in stock)
	Muggins' Big Balloon by Marjorie Barrows, illustrated by Anne Sellers Leaf from Rand McNally for Preschool-2nd grade in Vintage Picture Books (Location: VIN-PIC) $8.00 (1 in stock)
	Mystery of the Gate Sign by Margaret Friskey, Illustrated by Katherine Evans from Children's Press for Nursery-1st grade in Vintage Picture Books (Location: VIN-PIC) $5.00 (1 in stock)
	Mystery of the Magic Meadow by Margaret Friskey, Illustrated by Frances Eckart from Children's Press for Nursery-2nd grade in Vintage Picture Books (Location: VIN-PIC)
	Not Regina by Christmas Carol Kauffman Fourth Printing from Pathway Publishers in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $8.00 (1 in stock)
	Ogre and His Bride by Nami Kishi, retold by Alvin Tresselt, illustrated by Shosuke Fukuda from Parents Magazine Press for Preschool-2nd grade in Vintage Picture Books (Location: VIN-PIC) $5.00 (1 in stock)
	One Monster After Another by Mercer Mayer 1^st edition from Golden Press for Preschool-2nd grade in Vintage Picture Books (Location: VIN-PIC) $30.00 (1 in stock)
	Peter and the Rabbits by Arthur Kubler, translated by Roseanna Hoover First US Edition from Atheneum for Preschool-2nd grade in Vintage Picture Books (Location: VIN-PIC) $9.00 (1 in stock)
	Peter Churchmouse by Margot Austin 1958 Printing from E.P. Dutton & Co. for Preschool-2nd grade in Vintage Picture Books (Location: VIN-PIC) $10.00 (1 in stock)
	Rosie's Walk by Pat Hutchins from Macmillan for Nursery-2nd grade in Vintage Picture Books (Location: VIN-PIC) $3.00 (1 in stock)
	Shoemaker and the Elves by The Brothers Grimm, translated by Wayne Andrews, illustrated by Adrienne Adams from Charles Scribner's Sons for Nursery-2nd grade in Vintage Picture Books (Location: VIN-PIC) $3.00 (1 in stock)
	Ski Pup by Don Freeman from Viking Press for Preschool-2nd grade in Vintage Picture Books (Location: VIN-PIC)
	Small One by Zhenya Gay from Viking Press for Preschool-2nd grade in Vintage Picture Books (Location: VIN-PIC) $4.00 (1 in stock)
	Smallest Boy in the Class by Jerrold Beim, illustrated by Meg Wohlberg from William Morrow & Company for Preschool-2nd grade in Vintage Picture Books (Location: VIN-PIC) $4.00 (1 in stock)
	Story of Dick Whittington and His Cat by Muriel Levy, illustrated by Evelyn Bowman Ninth Edition from Wills & Hepworth for Preschool-2nd grade in Vintage Picture Books (Location: VIN-PIC) $9.00 (1 in stock)
	Story of Zachary Zween by Mabel Watts, Marylin Hafner (Illustrator) from Parents Magazine Press Word Books for Preschool-2nd grade in Vintage Picture Books (Location: VIN-PIC) $4.50 (1 in stock)
	Strange Disappearance of Arthur Cluck An I Can Read Mystery by Nathaniel Benchley, illustrated by Arnold Lobel from Harper & Row for Preschool-2nd grade in I Can Read Books (Location: EAR-ICR) $6.00 (2 in stock)
	This Way to Christmas by Ruth Sawyer, illustrated by Maginel Wright Barney from Harper & Brothers for Preschool-1st grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Two Hundred Rabbits by Lonzo Anderson and Adrienne Adams from Viking Press for Preschool-2nd grade in Vintage Picture Books (Location: VIN-PIC) $12.00 (1 in stock)
	Uncle Wiggily and His Friends by Howard Garis from Grosset & Dunlap for Preschool-3rd grade in Vintage Picture Books (Location: VIN-PIC) $5.00 (1 in stock)
	Very Little Girl by Phyllis Krasilovsky, illustrated by Ninon from Doubleday & Company for Nursery-Kindergarten in Vintage Picture Books (Location: VIN-PIC) $14.00 (1 in stock)
	When the Mississippi Was Wild by LeGrand Henderson from E.M. Hale and Company for Preschool-2nd grade in Vintage Picture Books (Location: VIN-PIC)
	Where's Wallace Story and Panoramas by Hilary Knight from Harper & Row for Preschool-2nd grade in Vintage Picture Books (Location: VIN-PIC)
	White Deer A Latvian Folk-Tale by Fainna Solasko (translator), illustrated by Nikolai Kochergin from Progress Publishers for Preschool-2nd grade in Vintage Picture Books (Location: VIN-PIC)
	Why Cowboys Sing, In Texas by LeGrand Henderson from Abingdon Press for Preschool-2nd grade in Vintage Picture Books (Location: VIN-PIC) $10.00 (1 in stock)
	Wilfred the Rat by James Stevenson from Greenwillow Books for Preschool-2nd grade in Vintage Picture Books (Location: VIN-PIC) $12.00 (1 in stock)
	Winnie-the-Pooh: A Tight Squeeze by A. A. Milne, illustrated by The Walt Disney Studio, adapted by Al White 1974 printing from Golden Books for Preschool-2nd grade in Vintage Picture Books (Location: VIN-PIC)

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