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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 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)
	Aeneid for Boys and Girls by Alfred J. Church, illustrated by Eugene Karlin 1st Printing from Macmillan Roman Mythology for 5th-8th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	American Indian Tales and Legends by Vladimir Hulpach, illustrated by Miloslav Troup from Paul Hamlyn for 4th-8th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $6.00 (1 in stock)
	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)
	Arabian Nights Illustrated Junior Library Series 4 by Earle Goodenow, illustrator from Grosset & Dunlap Eastern Fairy Tales for 4th-8th grade in Myths, Fairy Tales & Folklore for Children (Location: FIC-MYT)
	Arabian Nights Illustrated Junior Library Series 2 by Earle Goodenow, illustrator from Grosset & Dunlap Eastern Fairy Tales for 4th-8th grade in Myths, Fairy Tales & Folklore for Children (Location: FIC-MYT)
	Arabian Nights Illustrated Junior Library Series 1 by Earle Goodenow, illustrator from Grosset & Dunlap Eastern Fairy Tales for 4th-8th grade in Myths, Fairy Tales & Folklore for Children (Location: FIC-MYT)
	Arabian Nights Illustrated Junior Library Series 3 by Earle Goodenow, illustrator from Grosset & Dunlap Eastern Fairy Tales for 4th-8th grade in Myths, Fairy Tales & Folklore for Children (Location: FIC-MYT)
	Arabian Nights Illustrated Junior Library Series 2 by Earle Goodenow, illustrator from Grosset & Dunlap Eastern Fairy Tales for 4th-8th grade in Myths, Fairy Tales & Folklore for Children (Location: FIC-MYT)
	Arthur Rackham Fairy Book by Arthur Rackham from Lippincott for 3rd-8th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	At the Back of the North Wind by George MacDonald, illustrated by Colleen Browning from Nelson Doubleday, Inc. for 4th-8th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Beowulf by Rosemary Sutcliff from E.P. Dutton & Co. for 4th-8th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Better Known as Johnny Appleseed by Mabel Leigh Hunt, illustrated by James Daugherty from J.B. Lippincott Co. for 5th-9th grade 1951 Newbery Honor Book in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS)
	East O' the Sun and West O' the Moon Junior Deluxe Editions by P. C. Asbjornsen, illustrated by Walter Seaton from Nelson Doubleday, Inc. for 6th-9th grade in Myths, Fairy Tales & Folklore for Children (Location: FIC-MYT)
	ECL: Arabian Nights (abridged) Educator Classic Library #8 by Andrew Lang (selections and edits), illustrated by William Dempster from Classic Press in Educator Classic Library (Location: VIN-ECL)
	ECL: Book of King Arthur by Howard Pyle, illustrated by Ron King for 4th-8th grade in Educator Classic Library (Location: VIN-ECL)
	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)
	Fairy Tales from the British Isles by Amabel Williams-Ellis, illustrated by Pauline D. Baynes 1965 Printing from Blackie & Son LTD. for 3rd-8th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Grimm's Fairy Tales by Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm, selected & edited by Louis & Bryna Untermeyer and illustrated by Lucille Corcos from Easton Press for 4th-10th grade in Leather Bound Collectible Books (Location: VIN-LEA)
	Grimm's Fairy Tales Windermere Readers #4 by Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm, illustrated by Hope Dunlap 1954 printing from Rand McNally for 4th-10th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $10.00 (1 in stock)
	Grimm's Fairy Tales Windermere Series 1 by Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm, illustrated by Hope Dunlap from Rand McNally for 4th-10th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Grimm's Fairy Tales Windermere Series 2 by Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm, illustrated by Hope Dunlap from Rand McNally for 4th-10th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Grimm's Fairy Tales Windermere Series 3 by Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm, illustrated by Hope Dunlap from Rand McNally for 4th-10th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Grimm's Fairy Tales Windermere Series 4 by Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm, illustrated by Hope Dunlap from Rand McNally for 4th-10th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Grimms' Fairy Tales Illustrated Junior Library Series 4 by Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm, illustrated by Fritz Kredel from Grosset & Dunlap Fairy Tales, Fables, and Folklore for 3rd-8th grade in Myths, Fairy Tales & Folklore for Children (Location: FIC-MYT)
	Grimms' Fairy Tales Illustrated Junior Library Series 1 by Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm, illustrated by Fritz Kredel from Grosset & Dunlap Fairy Tales, Fables, and Folklore for 4th-8th grade in Myths, Fairy Tales & Folklore for Children (Location: FIC-MYT)
	Grimms' Fairy Tales Illustrated Junior Library Series 2 by Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm, illustrated by Fritz Kredel from Grosset & Dunlap Fairy Tales, Fables, and Folklore for 4th-8th grade in Illustrated Junior Library (Location: VIN-IJL)
	Grimms' Fairy Tales Illustrated Junior Library Series 3 by Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm, illustrated by Fritz Kredel from Grosset & Dunlap Fairy Tales, Fables, and Folklore for 4th-8th grade in Illustrated Junior Library (Location: VIN-IJL)
	Grimms' Fairy Tales Illustrated Junior Library Series 2 by Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm, illustrated by Fritz Kredel from Grosset & Dunlap Fairy Tales, Fables, and Folklore for 4th-8th grade in Illustrated Junior Library (Location: VIN-IJL)
	Heroes in American Folklore by Irwin Shapiro, illustrated by Donald McKay & James Daugherty from Julian Messner for 4th-8th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	It's Perfectly True and Other Stories by Hans Christian Andersen, translated by Paul Leyssac and illustrated by Richard Bennett from Harcourt, Brace & World for 5th-10th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $8.00 (1 in stock)
	Joe Magarac and his U.S.A Citizen Papers by Irwin Shapiro, illustrated by James Daugherty for 4th-8th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	John Henry and the Double-Jointed Steam Drill by Irwin Shapiro, illustrated by James Daugherty for 4th-8th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table Illustrated Junior Library Series 4 by Sydney Lanier, Thomas Malory from Grosset & Dunlap British Fairy Tales/Prose Epic for 4th-8th grade in Myths, Fairy Tales & Folklore for Children (Location: FIC-MYT) $12.50 (1 in stock)
	King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table Illustrated Junior Library Series 1 by Sydney Lanier, Thomas Malory from Grosset & Dunlap British Fairy Tales/Prose Epic for 4th-8th grade in Illustrated Junior Library (Location: VIN-IJL)
	King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table Illustrated Junior Library Series 2 by Sydney Lanier, Thomas Malory from Grosset & Dunlap British Fairy Tales/Prose Epic for 4th-8th grade in Illustrated Junior Library (Location: VIN-IJL)
	King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table Illustrated Junior Library Series 3 by Sydney Lanier, Thomas Malory from Grosset & Dunlap British Fairy Tales/Prose Epic for 4th-8th grade in Myths, Fairy Tales & Folklore for Children (Location: FIC-MYT)
	King Arthur and His Noble Knights by Mary MacLeod, illustrated by Henry C. Pitz from J.B. Lippincott Co. for 5th-8th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	King Arthur and the Round Table Dent & Dutton Children's Illustrated Classics by A. M. Hadfield, illustrated by Donald Seton Cammell from J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. for 5th-8th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories Illustrated Junior Library Series 4 by Washington Irving from Grosset & Dunlap Fairy Tales, Fables, and Legends for 5th-9th grade in Myths, Fairy Tales & Folklore for Children (Location: FIC-MYT)
	Mary Frances Sewing Book by Jane Eayre Fryer from Lacis Publications for 4th-8th grade in Purposeful Homemaking (Location: SS-HOM)
	Merry Ballads of Robin Hood by Laurabelle Dietrick, assisted by Joseph Franz-Walsh and illustrated by Edna Reindel from Macmillan Songs and Ballads for 7th-Adult in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $12.00 (1 in stock)
	Myths and Folk Tales Around the World by Robert R. Potter from Globe Book Company for 6th-Adult in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Myths Every Child Should Know Junior Deluxe Editions by Hamilton Wright Mabie, illustrated by Colleen Browning from Junior Deluxe Editions for 4th-8th grade in Myths, Fairy Tales & Folklore for Children (Location: FIC-MYT)
	Myths Every Child Should Know by Hamilton Wright Mabie, illustrated by Mary H. Frye from Garden City Books for 4th-8th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $8.00 (1 in stock)
	Once Upon a Time The Fairy Tale World of Arthur Rackham by Arthur Rackham, edited by Margery Darrell from Viking Press for 2nd-8th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Pigtail of Ah Lee Ben Loo With Seventeen Other Laughable Tales and 200 Comical Silhouettes by John Bennett from Longmans, Green & Co. for 3rd-8th grade 1929 Newbery Honor Book in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	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)
	Rip Van Winkle & The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Macmillan Classics by Washington Irving, illustrated by David Levine from Macmillan Fairy Tales, Fables, and Legends for 5th-9th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Robin Hood The Prince of Outlaws by Carola Oman, illustrated by S. Van Abbé 1984 Reprint from J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. for 5th-8th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $20.00 (1 in stock)
	Round the World Fairy Tales by Amabel Williams-Ellis, illustrated by William Stobbs from Frederick Warne & Company for 3rd-8th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Saint George A Christmas Mummers' Play by Katherine Miller, illustrated by Wallace Tripp from Houghton Mifflin for 4th-9th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Sleeping Beauty and Other Fairy Tales by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch, illustrated by Edmund Dulac from Hodder & Stoughton for 4th-8th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
	Stories from the Arabian Nights And Sinbad the Sailor Junior Deluxe Editions by Retold by A.E. Housman, illustrated by Girard Goodenow from Grosset & Dunlap for 4th-9th grade in Myths, Fairy Tales & Folklore for Children (Location: FIC-MYT)
	Stories from the Arabian Nights Junior Deluxe Editions by A.E. Housman (reteller), illustrated by Edmund Dulac from Grosset & Dunlap for 4th-9th grade in Myths, Fairy Tales & Folklore for Children (Location: FIC-MYT)
	Stories of King Arthur's Knights Told to the Children by George MacDonald from T.C. & E.C. Jack Fantasy for 4th-9th grade in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV)
	Tales from Shakespeare Junior Deluxe Editions by Charles & Mary Lamb, illustrated by Leonard Weisgard from Grosset & Dunlap for 3rd-8th grade in Classics Retold (Location: FIC-RET)
	Tales from Shakespeare Manhattan Young People's Library by Charles & Mary Lamb, illustrated by Louis Rhead from Gilbert H. McKibben Shakespeare Stories for 3rd-8th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $18.00 (1 in stock)
	Tales from Silver Lands by Charles J. Finger 1971 printing from Doubleday & Company for 4th-8th grade 1925 Newbery Medal winner in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $10.00 (2 in stock)
	Yellow Fairy Book by Andrew Lang, editor from McGraw-Hill Fairy Tales for 3rd-8th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $38.00 (1 in stock)

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