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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.

	Adventures of Jimmy Skunk by Thornton W. Burgess, illustrated by Harrison Cady 1920 Printing from Little, Brown & Company for 2nd-4th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $16.00 (1 in stock)
	Adventures of Pinocchio Illustrated Junior Library Series 3 by Carlo Collodi, translated by M.A. Murray and illustrated by Fritz Kredel from Grosset & Dunlap for 3rd-8th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
	Adventures of Pinocchio Illustrated Junior Library Series 1 by Carlo Collodi, translated by M.A. Murray and illustrated by Fritz Kredel from Grosset & Dunlap for 3rd-8th grade in Illustrated Junior Library (Location: VIN-IJL)
	Adventures of Pinocchio Illustrated Junior Library Series 2 by Carlo Collodi, translated by M.A. Murray and illustrated by Fritz Kredel from Grosset & Dunlap for 3rd-8th grade in Illustrated Junior Library (Location: VIN-IJL)
	Adventures of Pinocchio Illustrated Junior Library Series 4 by Carlo Collodi, translated by M.A. Murray and illustrated by ?? from Grosset & Dunlap for 3rd-8th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
	Adventures of Pinocchio Illustrated Junior Library Series 2 by Carlo Collodi, translated by M.A. Murray and illustrated by Fritz Kredel from Grosset & Dunlap for 3rd-8th grade in Illustrated Junior Library (Location: VIN-IJL) $8.00 (1 in stock)
	Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi, translated by M.A. Murray and illustrated by Charles Folkard from David McKay Company for 3rd-8th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi, illustrated by Robert Ingpen from Sterling Publishing Co. for 3rd-8th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Adventures of Pinocchio Travel and Adventure Library for Young Folks by Carlo Collodi, translated and adapted by Angelo Patri and illustrated by Mary Liddell from Doubleday, Doran & Company Inc. Fantasy for 3rd-8th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Aesop's Fables Illustrated Junior Library Series 4 by Aesop, illustrated by Fritz Kredel from Grosset & Dunlap Fables for 2nd-6th grade in Myths, Fairy Tales & Folklore for Children (Location: FIC-MYT)
	Aesop's Fables Illustrated Junior Library Series 3 by Aesop, illustrated by Fritz Kredel from Grosset & Dunlap Fables for 2nd-6th grade in Myths, Fairy Tales & Folklore for Children (Location: FIC-MYT)
	Aesop's Fables by Aesop, retold by Anne Terry White, illustrated by Helen Siegl from California State Department of Education for 2nd-4th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	All the Mowgli Stories Junior Deluxe Editions by Rudyard Kipling, illustrated by Richard M. Powers from Grosset & Dunlap for 3rd-6th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
	Animal Stories Tales of the Old Plantation by Joel Chandler Harris, illustrated by Ezra Jack Keats from Junior Deluxe Editions for 2nd-8th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Animal Stories by Edited by Walter de la Mare from Charles Scribner's Sons for 3rd-8th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Best Friends for Frances by Russell & Lillian Hoban from HarperCollins Animal Fantasy for 1st-3rd grade in Vintage Picture Books (Location: VIN-PIC) $4.00 (1 in stock)
	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory / Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator set from Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. for 3rd-6th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $18.50 (1 in stock)
	Children of the Soil A Story of Scandinavia by Nora Burglon, illustrations by Ingri and Edgar Parin D'Aulaire 1936 Printing from Doubleday, Doran & Company Inc. for 3rd-6th grade 1933 Newbery Honor Book in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Pop-Up Book by Ian Fleming, abridged by Albert G. Miller, illustrated by Gwen Gordon and Dave Chambers from Random House for Kindergarten-Adult in Vintage Picture Books (Location: VIN-PIC) $25.00 (1 in stock)
	Doctor Dolittle's Post Office by Hugh Lofting from Mayflower Books for 3rd-7th grade 1923 Newbery Medal winner in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Doctor Dolittle's Zoo Doctor Dolittle #6 by Hugh Lofting 1967^th edition from Mayflower Books for 3rd-7th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Dolls' House by Rumer Godden, illustrated by Tasha Tudor from Puffin Books for 3rd-6th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Dolls' House by Rumer Godden, illustrated by Christian Birmingham from Macmillan for 3rd-6th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Dolls' House by Rumer Godden, illustrated by Joanna Jamieson 1977 printing from Puffin Books for 3rd-6th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	ECL: Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll, illustrated by Brigitte Bryan from Classic Publishing Corporation for 3rd-6th grade in Educator Classic Library (Location: VIN-ECL)
	ECL: Gulliver's Travels (abridged) by Jonathan Swift, illustrated by Don Irwin for 3rd-8th grade in Educator Classic Library (Location: VIN-ECL)
	ECL: Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum, illustrated by Brigitte Bryan for 3rd-6th grade in Educator Classic Library (Location: VIN-ECL)
	Edward, Hoppy and Joe by Robert Lawson 1972 Printing from Dell Yearling for 3rd-6th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $5.00 (1 in stock)
	Enchanted Schoolhouse by Ruth Sawyer, illustrated by Hugh Troy from Viking Press for 3rd-6th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
	Five Children and It / Phoenix and the Carpet / Story of the Amulet by E. Nesbit, illustrated by H.R. Miller from Octopus Books Limited for 3rd-8th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
	Floating Island by Anne Parrish, illustrated by "Mr. Doll" from Harper & Brothers for 3rd-6th grade 1931 Newbery Honor Book in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Freaky Friday by Mary Rodgers from Harper & Row for 3rd-8th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Good American Witch by Peggy Bacon from E.M. Hale and Company for 3rd-6th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $65.00 (1 in stock)
	Great Corgiville Kidnapping by Tasha Tudor from Little, Brown & Company for Kindergarten-3rd grade in Vintage Picture Books (Location: VIN-PIC)
	Herodia the Lovely Puppet by Katherine Milhous from Charles Scribner's Sons for 3rd-6th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $18.00 (1 in stock)
	Horse and His Boy Chronicles of Narnia Book 5 by C. S. Lewis from Macmillan Allegorical Fantasy for 3rd-9th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Ian Fleming's Story of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang! The Magical Car by Ian Fleming from Random House Books for Young Readers for Kindergarten-3rd grade in Vintage Picture Books (Location: VIN-PIC)
	Incredible Detectives by Don & Joan Caufield, illustrated by Kiyo Komoda from Harper & Row for 3rd-6th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $7.00 (1 in stock)
	James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl, illustrated by Nancy Ekholm Burkert from Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. for 3rd-5th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling from Grosset & Dunlap for 3rd-6th grade in Animal Stories (Location: FIC-ANI)
	Light Princess by George MacDonald, illustrated by Dorothy P. Lathrop from Macmillan Fantasy for 2nd-5th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Light Princess by George MacDonald, illustrated by Craig Yoe from William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company Fantasy for 2nd-5th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Little Lame Prince and His Traveling Cloak by Dinah Maria Mulock, illustrated by Hope Dunlap for 3rd-6th grade in Vintage & Collectible (Location: VIN-COL)
	Little Lame Prince and The Adventures of a Brownie Illustrated Junior Library Series 2 by Dinah Maria Mulock Craik, illustrated by Lucille Corcos from Grosset & Dunlap for 3rd-6th grade in Illustrated Junior Library (Location: VIN-IJL)
	Little Lame Prince and The Adventures of a Brownie Illustrated Junior Library Series 1 by Dinah Maria Mulock Craik, illustrated by Lucille Corcos from Grosset & Dunlap for 3rd-6th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
	Little Lame Prince and The Adventures of a Brownie Illustrated Junior Library Series 3 by Dinah Maria Mulock Craik, illustrated by Lucille Corcos from Grosset & Dunlap for 3rd-6th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
	Little Lame Prince and The Adventures of a Brownie Illustrated Junior Library Series 2 by Dinah Maria Mulock Craik, illustrated by Lucille Corcos from Grosset & Dunlap for 3rd-6th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
	Magician's Nephew by C. S. Lewis from Macmillan for 3rd-8th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Miss Pickerell and the Supertanker by Dora F. Pantell, Ellen MacGregor from McGraw-Hill for 2nd-5th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Miss Pickerell Goes to Mars by Ellen MacGregor from Whittlesey House for 2nd-5th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Miss Pickerell Harvests the Sea by Dora F. Pantell, Ellen MacGregor from McGraw-Hill for 2nd-5th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Miss Pickerell Meets Mr. H.U.M. by Dora F. Pantell, Ellen MacGregor from McGraw-Hill for 2nd-5th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Miss Pickerell On the Moon by Ellen MacGregor and Dora Pantell from McGraw-Hill for 2nd-5th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	More About Paddington by Michael Bond from Houghton Mifflin for 2nd-5th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $6.00 (1 in stock)
	Mr. Pudgins by Ruth Christoffer Carlsen, illustrated by Margaret Bradfield 1973 Printing from Scholastic Book Services for 3rd-6th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $2.50 (1 in stock)
	New Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum, illustrated by Robert Leydenfrost and with 24 photographs from the MGM movie from Grosset & Dunlap for 3rd-6th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Paddington Abroad by Michael Bond, illustrated by Peggy Fortnum Book Club Edition from Houghton Mifflin for 2nd-4th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $6.00 (1 in stock)
	Paddington At Large by Michael Bond from Dell Publishing for 3rd-6th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $3.00 (1 in stock)
	Paddington's Garden A Paddington Picture Book by Michael Bond, illustrated by Fred Banbery from Random House Animal Fantasy for Kindergarten-3rd grade in Vintage Picture Books (Location: VIN-PIC)
	Parsifal the Poddley by Nell Chenault, illustrated by Vee Guthrie from Little, Brown & Company for 2nd-4th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Paul Bunyan Swings His Axe and Tall Timber Tales set by Dell J. McCormick, illustrated by Lorna Livesley from Caxton Press for 2nd-5th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $15.00 (1 in stock)
	Pinocchio Junior Deluxe Editions by Carlo Collodi, translated by M. A. Murray and illustrated by Roberta MacDonald from Junior Deluxe Editions Fantasy for 3rd-8th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Pinocchio Rainbow Classics by Carlo Collodi, translated by Joseph Walker and illustrated by Richard Floethe from World Publishing Company Fantasy for 3rd-8th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Pinocchio Windermere Readers #2 by Carlo Collodi, illustrated by Esther Friend from Rand McNally Fantasy for 3rd-8th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $12.00 (1 in stock)
	Pinocchio Windermere Series 4 by Carlo Collodi, illustrated by Esther Friend from Rand McNally Fantasy for 3rd-8th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Prince and the Pauper / Wizard of Oz by Mark Twain, L. Frank Baum from Grosset & Dunlap for 3rd-6th grade in Companion Library (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Prince Caspian Chronicles of Narnia Book 2 by C. S. Lewis 1972 Printing from Collier Books Allegorical Fantasy for 3rd-9th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $3.50 (1 in stock)
	Princess and the Goblin Illustrated Junior Library Series 3 by George MacDonald from Grosset & Dunlap for 1st-8th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
	Quaint and Curious Quest of Johnny Longfoot by Catherine Besterman from Bobbs-Merril Co for 3rd-6th grade 1948 Newbery Honor Book in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Raggedy Andy Stories Raggedy Ann #2 by Johnny Gruelle Book Club Edition from Bobbs-Merril Co Personification Stories for Kindergarten-3rd grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $5.00 (1 in stock)
	Rudyard Kipling Storybook Thrushwood Book by Rudyard Kipling from Grosset & Dunlap for 3rd-6th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Runaway Ralph by Beverly Cleary, illustrated by Louis Darling from Morrow Junior Books for 2nd-4th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $4.00 (1 in stock)
	Sea Egg by L. M. Boston, illustrated by Peter Boston from Harcourt Brace Jovanich for 3rd-6th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $8.00 (1 in stock)
	Seven Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor by J. C. Mardrus (French rendering from the Arabic), translated by E. Powys Mathers and illustrated by Edward A. Wilson from Heritage Press for 3rd-6th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Shy Stegosaurus of Cricket Creek by Evelyn Sibley Lampman from Scholastic Inc. for 3rd-6th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $3.00 (1 in stock)
	Silver Chair Chronicles of Narnia Book 4 by C. S. Lewis from Macmillan Allegorical Fantasy for 3rd-9th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Silver Chair Chronicles of Narnia Book 4 by C. S. Lewis from Macmillan Allegorical Fantasy for 3rd-9th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $3.50 (1 in stock)
	Story of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting from J.B. Lippincott Co. for 3rd-4th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $10.00 (1 in stock)
	Stuart Little by E. B. White; illustrated by Garth Williams 4th Edition from Harper & Row Animal Fantasy for 3rd-6th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $10.00 (1 in stock)
	Tales of Mr. Pengachoosa by Caroline Rush, illustrated by Dominique M. Strandquest First Edition from Crown Publishers for 2nd-4th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $4.00 (1 in stock)
	Tanglewood Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne, illustrated by Sheilah Beckett from Grosset & Dunlap for 3rd-6th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
	Tanglewood Tales Windermere Readers #6 by Nathaniel Hawthorne, illustrated by Milo Winter from Rand McNally for 3rd-6th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $9.00 (1 in stock)
	Tanglewood Tales Windermere Series 1 by Nathaniel Hawthorne, illustrated by Milo Winter from Rand McNally for 3rd-6th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Tanglewood Tales Windermere Series 2 by Nathaniel Hawthorne, illustrated by Milo Winter from Rand McNally for 3rd-6th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Tanglewood Tales Windermere Series 3 by Nathaniel Hawthorne, illustrated by Milo Winter from Rand McNally for 3rd-6th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Tanglewood Tales Windermere Series 4 by Nathaniel Hawthorne, illustrated by Milo Winter from Rand McNally for 3rd-6th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Tanglewood Tales / Wind in the Willows by Nathaniel Hawthorne & Kenneth Grahame from Grosset & Dunlap for 3rd-6th grade in Companion Library (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Troll Weather by Elizabeth Coatsworth, illustrated by Ursula Arndt from Macmillan for 2nd-5th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	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)
	Voyage of the Dawn Treader Chronicles of Narnia Book 3 by C. S. Lewis from Collier Books Allegorical Fantasy for 3rd-9th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Voyages of Doctor Dolittle Illustrated Junior Library Series 4 by Hugh Lofting, illustrated by Sonja Lamut from Grosset & Dunlap Animal Fantasy for 3rd-7th grade 1923 Newbery Medal winner in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
	Voyages of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting from Mayflower Books for 3rd-7th grade 1923 Newbery Medal winner in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	When We Were Very Young by A. A. Milne, illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard 1961 Redesigned from E.P. Dutton & Co. Poetry for Kindergarten-4th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $8.00 (1 in stock)
	Wind in the Door by Madeleine L'Engle, illustrated by Richard Cuffari 1st Edition from Farrar, Straus and Giroux for 3rd-8th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Winnie-the-Pooh by A. A. Milne from Dutton Children's Books for Kindergarten-4th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Wish Giver Three Tales of Coven Tree by Bill Brittain, illustrated by Andrew Glass from HarperCollins for 3rd-6th grade Newbery Honor Book in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $12.00 (1 in stock)
	Witch of Hissing Hill by Mary Calhoun, illustrated by Janet McCaffery from William Morrow & Company for 1st-3rd grade in Vintage Picture Books (Location: VIN-PIC) $12.00 (1 in stock)
	Wizard of Oz Junior Deluxe Editions by L. Frank Baum, illustrated by Leonard Weisgard from Grosset & Dunlap for 3rd-6th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
	Zlateh the Goat and Other Stories by Isaac Bashevis Singer; illustrated by Maurice Sendak from Harper & Row for 3rd-6th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $12.00 (2 in stock)

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