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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.

	Battle for Quebec North Star Books #38 by F. Van Wyck Mason, illustrated by Victor Mays from Houghton Mifflin for 4th-8th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS)
	Bears, Pirates and Silver Lace Stories of Old California by Anne B. Fisher; illustrated by Phil Nesbitt from Binford & Mort Publishing for 2nd-4th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $7.00 (1 in stock)
	Becky and Her Brave Cat, Bluegrass by Miriam E. Mason, illustrated by Robert MacLean from Macmillan for 2nd-5th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $38.00 (1 in stock)
	Benjamin West and His Cat Grimalkin by Marguerite Henry & Wesley Dennis from Bobbs-Merril Co Biography for 1st-6th grade in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF)
	Book of Indians by Holling C. Holling from Platt and Munk Publishers for 3rd-8th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Boy Who Was by Grace Taber Hallock, illustrated by Harrie Wood from E.P. Dutton & Co. for 4th-8th grade 1929 Newbery Honor Book in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Brother Dusty Feet by Rosemary Sutcliff, illustrated by C. Walter Hodges from Oxford University for 4th-8th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Buffalo Chief by Jane and Paul Annixter from Hale-Cadmus for 4th-8th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $12.00 (1 in stock)
	By the Shores of Silver Lake (Pictorial Cover) Little House Series #5 by Laura Ingalls Wilder; illustrated by Garth Williams from HarperCollins Realistic Fiction/Pioneers for 3rd-6th grade 1940 Newbery Honor Book in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $9.00 (2 in stock)
	Captives of the Senecas by John Brick from Hale-Cadmus for 3rd-6th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Caravan to Oregon A Boy's Wagon-Train Adventure by Herbert E. Arntson from Binford & Mort Publishing for 4th-7th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Cheaper By the Dozen by Frank Gilbreth & Ernestine Gilbreth Carey 1st edition 1st printing from HarperCollins Family Stories for 4th-9th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Cheaper By the Dozen by Frank Gilbreth & Ernestine Gilbreth Carey, notes by Frederick Houk Law 2nd School Edition from Globe Book Company Family Stories for 4th-9th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Come on Seabiscuit by Ralph Moody from Houghton Mifflin for 4th-8th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Coonskin for a General Stories of Great American Cities by Alma B, Weber, et al., illustrated by Kurt Werth from American Book Co. for 3rd-6th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS)
	Courage of Sarah Noble by Alice Dalgliesh from Charles Scribner's Sons for 3rd-5th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Cromwell's Head by Olivia Coolidge, illustrated by Edward A. Wilson from Houghton Mifflin Historical Fiction for 4th-8th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Daniel Boone, Wilderness Scout Junior Deluxe Editions by Stewart Edward White, illustrated by Henry C. Pitz from Grosset & Dunlap Biography for 4th-7th grade in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF)
	Daniel Boone, Wilderness Scout The Life Story and True Adventures of the Great Hunter Long Knife by Stewart Edward White, illustrated by James Daugherty from Garden City Books Biography for 4th-7th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS)
	Dark and Bloody Ground by Phyllis R. Fenner, ed. from William Morrow & Company for 4th-7th grade in Vintage Anthology Collections (Location: VIN-ANTH) $4.00 (1 in stock)
	Davy Crockett Junior Deluxe Editions by Constance Rourke, illustrated by Walter Seaton from Grosset & Dunlap for 4th-7th grade 1935 Newbery Honor Book in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF)
	Down Ryton Water by E. R. Gaggin from George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. for 4th-6th grade 1942 Newbery Honor in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	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)
	Far Frontier by William O. Steele; illustrated by Paul Galdone from Harcourt for 4th-8th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $6.00 (1 in stock)
	Fear in the Forest by Cateau de Leeuw from T. Nelson & Sons for 4th-8th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	First Four Years (Pictorial Cover) by Laura Ingalls Wilder; illustrated by Garth Williams from Harper & Row for 3rd-8th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $8.00 (1 in stock)
	Flaming Arrows by William O. Steele, Illustrated by Paul Galdone 1^st edition from Harcourt Historical Fiction for 3rd-6th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $8.00 (1 in stock)
	Green Mountain Toy Makers by Charles Morrow Wilson for 3rd-6th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	In the Hands of the Senecas by Walter D. Edmonds from Little, Brown & Company for 4th-8th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $4.00 (2 in stock)
	Jack Wade, Fighter for Liberty A Doubleday Signal Book by Irving Werstein, illustrated by Albert Orbaan from Doubleday & Company for 4th-8th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $6.00 (1 in stock)
	Johnny Tremain A Story of Boston Revolt by Esther Forbes, illustrated by Lynd Ward from Houghton Mifflin for 3rd-4th in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $10.00 (1 in stock)
	Journey to America by Sonia Levitin, illustrated by Charles Robinson from Atheneum for 4th-8th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $6.00 (1 in stock)
	King's Beard by Leonard Wibberley, illustrated by Christine Price First Cadmus Edition 1965 from E.M. Hale and Company for 4th-8th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $15.00 (1 in stock)
	Lincoln's Little Correspondent by Hertha Pauli, illustrated by Fritz Kredel from Doubleday & Company for 3rd-6th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $9.00 (1 in stock)
	Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder, illustrated by Garth Williams Book Club Edition from Harper & Row for 3rd-6th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $4.00 (1 in stock)
	Little House in the Big Woods (Pictorial Cover) by Laura Ingalls Wilder from Harper & Row for 3rd-6th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $9.00 (5 in stock)
	Little House on the Prairie (pictorial hardcover) Little House Series #2 by Laura Ingalls Wilder from HarperCollins Realistic Fiction/Pioneers for 3rd-6th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Little Town on the Prairie (Pictorial Cover) Little House Series #7 by Laura Ingalls Wilder; illustrated by Garth Williams from HarperCollins Realistic Fiction/Pioneers for 3rd-8th grade 1942 Newbery Honor Book in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, illustrated by Anna Marie Magagna from Grosset & Dunlap for 4th-8th grade in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA)
	Lost Colony by Jean Bothwell, illustrated by Edward F. Cortese from John C. Winston for 4th-8th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS)
	Maid of Artemis by Olivia Coolidge, illustrated by Bea Holmes from Houghton Mifflin Historical Fiction for 3rd-6th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Men of Athens by Olivia Coolidge, illustrated by Milton Johnson from Houghton Mifflin Historical Fiction for 4th-7th grade 1963 Newbery Honor Book in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS)
	Moccasin Trail Puffin Newbery Library by Eloise J. McGraw 9th impression from Coward McCann Historical Fiction for 4th-8th grade 1953 Newbery Honor Book in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $35.00 (1 in stock)
	Namesake for Nathan Being an Account of Captain Nathan Hale by His Twelve-Year-Old Sister, Joanna by F. N. Monjo, illustrated by Eros Keith from Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, Inc. for 2nd-4th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Nootka Being the Adventures of John Jewitt Seaman by Michael Hyde from Henry Z. Walck, Inc. for 3rd-6th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $6.00 (1 in stock)
	North to Freedom Also published as I am David by Anne Holm from Harcourt, Brace & World for 4th-7th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $8.00 (2 in stock)
	On to Oregon! by Honore Morrow 1946 Edition from William Morrow & Company for 3rd-7th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Patriots' Gold by Virginia Frances Voight, illustrated by H. Tom Hall from Macrae-Smith Company for 3rd-6th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Powder Keg A Story of the Bermuda Gunpowder Mystery by Donald E. Cooke First Edition from John C. Winston for 3rd-6th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS)
	Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain, illustrated by William Hatherell from Harper & Brothers for 4th-6th 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)
	Prisoner of the Indies The Adventures of Miles Philips as Told by Geoffrey Household by Geoffrey Household, with map and decorations by Warren Chappell from Little, Brown & Company for 4th-7th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Queen's Most Honorable Pirate by James Playsted Wood, illustrated by Leonard Everett Fisher from HarperCrest for 4th-8th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	River Road: A Story of Abraham Lincoln by Meridel LeSueur, illustrated by Aldren A. Watson Second Printing from Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. for 3rd-6th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	River-Boy Story of Mark Twain by Isabel Proudfit 1958 Printing from Julian Messner for 4th-6th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS)
	San Domingo The Medicine Hat Stallion by Marguerite Henry; illustrated by Robert Lougheed from Rand McNally for 3rd-7th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $12.00 (1 in stock)
	Secret Church by Louise A. Vernon; illustrated by Thomas Dunbebin from Review and Herald Publishing Association for 4th-8th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $10.00 (1 in stock)
	Siege! The Story of St. Augustine in 1702 by Wilma Pitchford Hays, illustrated by Peter Cox from Coward McCann for 3rd-6th grade in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF) $7.50 (1 in stock)
	Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare from Houghton Mifflin Historical Fiction for 3rd-6th grade 1984 Newbery Honor Book in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Silence Over Dunkerque by John R. Tunis from William Morrow & Company for 4th-8th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $8.00 (1 in stock)
	Silver Sword Also Published As Escape from Warsaw by Ian Serraillier, illustrated by C. Walter Hodges from Criterion Books for 4th-8th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $8.00 (3 in stock)
	Slater's Mill by F. N. Monjo, illustrated by Laszlo Kubinyi from Simon and Schuster for 2nd-4th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Soldier for the King A Story of Amherst in America by J. C. Long, illustrated by Frank Nofer from John C. Winston for 3rd-5th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Spike of Swift River by Jack O'Brian, illustrated by Kurt Wiese from John C. Winston for 4th-7th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Spy in Williamsburg by Isabelle Lawrence, illustrated by Manning de V. Lee from Rand McNally for 4th-6th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Ten Brave Men Makers of the American Way by Sonia Daugherty, Illustrates by James Daugherty from Lippincott for 3rd-6th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	That Lively Man, Ben Franklin by Jeanette Eaton, illustrated by Henry Pitz from William Morrow & Company for 4th-7th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS)
	This Dear-Bought Land by Jean Lee Latham from Harper & Row for 3rd-8th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS) $56.00 (1 in stock)
	Trail Through Danger by William O. Steele, illustrated by Charles Beck from Harcourt, Brace & World for Kindergarten-5th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $8.00 (2 in stock)
	We Were There on the Oregon Trail by William O. Steele from American Home-School Publishing Historical Fiction for 4th-8th grade in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF)
	We Were There with Lewis & Clark by James Munves from American Home-School Publishing Historical Fiction for 4th-8th grade in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF)
	We Were There with The Pony Express by William O. Steele from American Home-School Publishing Historical Fiction for 4th-8th grade in Historical Fiction (Location: FIC-HIF)

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