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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.
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"Why" Stories
by Edward W. Dolch & Marguerite P. Dolch
from Garrard Publishing Company
for 2nd-4th grade
in Vintage Readers & Textbooks (Location: VIN-READ)
Adventures of Tommy Blake
by Brother Ernest
from St. Anthony Guild Press
for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
$12.00 (1 in stock)
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)
Apache Gold
by Joseph A. Altsheler
from Appleton-Century-Crofts
for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
Bobbsey Twins #70
Bobbsey Twins #70
by Laura Lee Hope
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 1st-4th grade
in Bobbsey Twins (Location: VIN-SER)
Brownie Scouts and Their Tree House
by MIldred A. Wirt
for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Series (Location: VIN-SER)
Call it Courage
by Armstrong Sperry
1963 printing from Macmillan
for 2nd-6th grade
1941 Newbery Medal winner
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
$10.00 (1 in stock)
Cowboy Boots
by Shannon Garst
from Abingdon-Cokesbury Press
for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
$12.00 (1 in stock)
Danger on Shadow Mountain
by Marian Rumsey, Illustrated by Lydia Rosier
from William Morrow & Company
for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Danny Dunn and the Anti-Gravity Paint
by Jay Williams & Raymond Abrashkin; illustrated by Ezra Jack Keats
from McGraw-Hill
for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
$8.00 (3 in stock)
Danny Dunn and the Automatic House
by Jay Williams & Raymond Abrashkin; illustrated by Owen Kampen
from McGraw-Hill
for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
Danny Dunn and the Fossil Cave
by Jay Williams & Raymond Abrashkin, Illustrated by Brinton Turkle
from McGraw-Hill
for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
Danny Dunn and the Heat Ray
by Jay Williams & Raymond Abrashkin, Illustrated by Owen Kampen
from McGraw-Hill
for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
Danny Dunn and the Homework Machine
by Jay Williams & Raymond Abrashkin, Illustrated by Ezra Jack Keats
from McGraw-Hill
for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
$12.00 (2 in stock)
Danny Dunn and the Homework Machine
by Jay Williams & Raymond Abrashkin, Illustrated by Ezra Jack Keats
from McGraw-Hill
for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
Danny Dunn and the Swamp Monster
by Jay Williams & Raymond Abrashkin; illustrated by Paul Sagsoorian
from McGraw-Hill
for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Danny Dunn and the Universal Glue
by Jay Williams & Raymond Abrashkin, Illustrated by Paul Sagsoorian
from McGraw-Hill
for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
$15.00 (1 in stock)
Danny Dunn and the Voice from Space
by Jay Williams & Raymond Abrashkin, Illustrated by Leo Summers
from McGraw-Hill
for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
$8.00 (2 in stock)
Danny Dunn on a Desert Island
by Jay Williams & Raymond Abrashkin, Illustrated by Ezra Jack Keats
1971 printing from McGraw-Hill
for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
$25.00 (1 in stock)
Danny Dunn on the Ocean Floor
by Jay Williams & Raymond Abrashkin; illustrated by Brinton Turkle
from McGraw-Hill
for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
Dobie Sturgis and the Dog Soldiers
by Carl G. Hodges
First Edition from Bobbs-Merril Co
for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Doctor Dolittle's Zoo
Doctor Dolittle #6
by Hugh Lofting
1967th edition from Mayflower Books
for 3rd-7th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
ECL: Around the World in Eighty Days
by Jules Verne, illustrated by Don Irwin
for 3rd-8th grade
in Educator Classic Library (Location: VIN-ECL)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
ECL: Pinocchio
Educator Classic Library #3
by Carlo Collodi, translated by Joseph Walker and illustrated by William Dempster
Complete and Unabridged Edition from Classic Press
in Educator Classic Library (Location: VIN-ECL)
ECL: Swiss Family Robinson (abridged)
Educator Classic Library #4
by Johann Wyss, translated by William H. G. Kingston and illustrated by Don Irwin
from Classic Press
in Educator Classic Library (Location: VIN-ECL)
ECL: Virginian
Educator Classic Library #6
by Owen Wister, illustrated by Don Irwin
Complete and Unabridged Edition from Classic Press
in Educator Classic Library (Location: VIN-ECL)
$5.00 (2 in stock)
Hidden Peril
from Cupples & Leon
for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
$12.00 (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)
Jerry Todd and the Oak Island Treasure
Jerry Todd #03
by Leo Edwards, illustrated by Bert Salg
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
$14.00 (1 in stock)
Kidnapped
Junior Deluxe Editions
by Robert Louis Stevenson, illustrated by Tom O'Sullivan
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
Kidnapped
Rainbow Classics
by Robert Louis Stevenson, illustrated by C. B. Falls
from World Publishing Company
for 3rd-6th grade
in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV)
King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table
Illustrated Junior Library Series 2
by Sir Thomas Malory, edited by Sidney Lanier and illustrated by Florian
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 3rd-6th grade
in Illustrated Junior Library (Location: VIN-IJL)
Landslide!
by Veronique Day; illustrated by Margot Tomes, translated by Margaret Morgan
from Hale-Cadmus
for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Magician's Nephew
by C. S. Lewis
from Macmillan
for 3rd-8th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (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)
Rescue Dog of the High Pass
by Jim Kjelgaard; illustrated by Edward Shenton
from E.M. Hale and Company
for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
Rocky Point Campers
by Jane Rietveld
from Viking Press
for 2nd-5th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
$7.00 (1 in stock)
Secret Journey of the Silver Reindeer
by Lee Kingman, illustrated by Lynd Ward
from Doubleday & Company
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)
Sherlock Holmes
Junior Deluxe Editions
by Arthur Conan Doyle, illustrated by Richard M. Powers
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 3rd-6th grade
in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV)
Ship's Boy with Magellan
by Milton Lomask, illustrated by William Plummer
from Doubleday & Company
for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
$20.00 (1 in stock)
Shirley Temple Edition of Captain January & The Little Colonel
by Laura E. Richards and Annie Fellows Johnston
from Random House
for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
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)
Stories for Fun and Adventure
by Phyllis Fenner and Mary McCrea (selected and introduced by)
from Hale-Cadmus
for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Anthology Collections (Location: VIN-ANTH)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Swampfire
by Patricia Cecil Hass, illustrated by Charles Robinson
from Dodd, Mead & Co.
for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Swiss Twins
by Lucy Fitch Perkins
from Walker and Company
for 2nd-5th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
Tim All Alone
by Edward Ardizzone
from Henry Z. Walck, Inc.
for 1st-4th grade
1956 Kate Greenaway Medal
in Vintage Picture Books (Location: VIN-PIC)
Toby Tyler or, Ten Weeks with a Circus
by James Otis
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 2nd-5th grade
in Companion Library (Location: VIN-FIC)
Tom Swift and His Air Scout
Tom Swift #22 (original series)
by Victor Appleton II
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 3rd-6th grade
in Tom Swift (Location: VIN-SER)
Tom Swift and His Electric Runabout
Tom Swift #5 (original series)
by Victor Appleton II
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 3rd-6th grade
in Tom Swift (Location: VIN-SER)
Tom Swift and His Electronic Retroscope
Tom Swift Jr. #14
by Victor Appleton II
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 3rd-6th grade
in Tom Swift (Location: VIN-SER)
Tom Swift and His Flying Lab
Tom Swift Jr. #1
by Victor Appleton II
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 3rd-6th grade
in Tom Swift (Location: VIN-SER)
Tom Swift and His Jetmarine
Tom Swift Jr. #2
by Victor Appleton II
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 3rd-6th grade
in Tom Swift (Location: VIN-SER)
$6.00 (2 in stock)
Tom Swift and His Jetmarine
Tom Swift Jr. #2
by Victor Appleton II
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 3rd-6th grade
in Tom Swift (Location: VIN-SER)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
Tom Swift and His Planet Stone
Tom Swift #38 (original series)
by Victor Appleton II
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 3rd-6th grade
in Tom Swift (Location: VIN-SER)
Tom Swift and His Sky Racer
Tom Swift #9 (original series)
by Victor Appleton II
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 3rd-6th grade
in Tom Swift (Location: VIN-SER)
Tom Swift and His Submarine Boat
Tom Swift #4 (original series)
by Victor Appleton II
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 3rd-6th grade
in Tom Swift (Location: VIN-SER)
Tom Swift and His Wireless Message
Tom Swift #6 (original series)
by Victor Appleton II
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 3rd-6th grade
in Tom Swift (Location: VIN-SER)
Triple-Threat Patrol
Junior Literary Guild
by Kenneth Gilbert, illustrated by Ernest Norling
from Henry Holt and Company
for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Trixie Belden #13
by Kathryn Kenney
from Whitman Publishing Company
for 3rd-5th grade
in Trixie Belden Mysteries (Location: SER-TRIX)
Tunnel of Hugsy Goode
by Eleanor Estes, Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone
from Harcourt Brace Jovanich
for 3rd-6th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
$14.00 (1 in stock)
Two for Survival
by Arthur Roth
from Charles Scribner's Sons
for 3rd-6th grade
in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV)
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)
Whipping Boy
by Sid Fleischman
1st edition from Greenwillow Books
for 3rd-6th grade
in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
Wish Giver
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)
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