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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 Tom Sawyer Illustrated Junior Library Series 4 by Mark Twain, illustrated by Donald McKay from Grosset & Dunlap Realistic Fiction for 6th-10th grade in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV) $12.00 (1 in stock)
	Ann Thorne in America by Rosamond Bertram from Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd for 5th-8th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $5.00 (1 in stock)
	Banner in the Sky by James Ramsey Ullman from J.B. Lippincott Co. Realistic Fiction for 4th-8th grade 1955 Newbery Honor Book in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $15.00 (1 in stock)
	Black Falcon by Armstrong Sperry from John C. Winston for 6th-10th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $18.00 (1 in stock)
	Black Stallion's Filly Black Stallion #8 by Walter Farley from Random House Realistic Animal Stories for 4th-8th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $6.00 (1 in stock)
	Camel Caravan by Arthur Catherall, illustrated by Joseph Papin from Seabury Press for 4th-8th grade in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV) $4.00 (1 in stock)
	Danger Downriver by Emmy West and Christine Govan, illustrated by Charles Robinson First Ediition from Viking Press for 4th-8th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $12.00 (1 in stock)
	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: Call of the Wild Educator Classic Library #11 by Jack London, illustrated by Ron King Complete and Unabridged Edition from Classic Press Action/Adventure for 7th-10th grade in Educator Classic Library (Location: VIN-ECL) $6.00 (1 in stock)
	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)
	Good Comrades by Felix Salten from Grosset & Dunlap for 4th-8th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $10.00 (1 in stock)
	Hans Brinker Or, The Silver Skates Windermere Readers #7 by Mary Mapes Dodge, illustrated by Milo Winter 1954 Edition, 2nd printing from Rand McNally for 4th-9th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $10.00 (2 in stock)
	Indian in the Cupboard Indian in the Cupboard #1 by Lynne Banks from Weekly Reader Fantasy for 4th-7th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $4.00 (1 in stock)
	Innocent Voyage or A High Wind in Jamaica by Richard Hughes, illustrated by Lynd Ward from Heritage Press for 4th-7th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $7.00 (2 in stock)
	Jungle Books Macmillan Classics by Rudyard Kipling, illustrated by Robert Shore from Macmillan Animal Stories for 7th-Adult in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $15.00 (1 in stock)
	Kidnapped Windermere Readers #17 by Robert Louis Stevenson, illustrated in color by Milo Winter & b/w by Paul Strayer 1954 edition from Rand McNally for 6th-9th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $10.00 (1 in stock)
	King Arthur and His Knights A Noble and Joyous History Windermere Readers #18 by Philip Schuyler Allen, illustrated by Mead Schaeffer & John R. Neill 1954 Edition, 2nd printing from Rand McNally for 5th-8th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $12.00 (2 in stock)
	Land of Williwaws A Story of Adventure in Patagonia and the Falkland Islands by M. I. Ross, illustrated by George M. Richards from Houghton Mifflin for 4th-8th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $12.00 (1 in stock)
	Me, Cholay & Co. by Don Schellie from Four Winds Press for 5th-8th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $5.00 (1 in stock)
	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)
	Mutineers by Charles Boardman Hawes from Little, Brown & Company for 5th-8th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $8.00 (1 in stock)
	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)
	Robin Hood by Henry Gilbert, illustrated by Frances Brundage from Saalfield Publishing Co. for 5th-9th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $6.00 (1 in stock)
	Robinson Crusoe (abridged) by Daniel Defoe, illustrated by Frank Godwin from John C. Winston for 5th-8th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $16.00 (1 in stock)
	Seek the Dark Gold A Story of the Scots Fur Traders Land of the Free series by Jo Evalin Lundy, illustrated by Edward Shenton from John C. Winston Historical fiction for 6th-10th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $15.00 (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) $3.50 (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)
	Stories of Robin Hood & His Merry Men "In Days of Old" series by Henry Gilbert, illustrated by Walter Crane from T.C. & E.C. Jack for 5th-9th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $12.00 (1 in stock)
	Swiss Family Robinson Windermere Readers #9 by Johann Wyss, frontispiece by Milo Winter 1954 Edition from Rand McNally for 5th-9th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $10.00 (2 in stock)
	Sword of Clontarf by Charles A. Brady from Doubleday & Company for 4th-8th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $14.00 (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)
	Tom Sawyer Abroad and Other Stories by Mark Twain from Grosset & Dunlap for 7th-Adult in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $4.00 (1 in stock)
	Trails Plowed Under Stories of the Old West by Charles M. Russell from Doubleday & Company for 7th-12th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS) $6.50 (1 in stock)
	Treasure Island Illustrated Junior Library Series 3 by Robert Louis Stevenson, illustrated by Norman Price from Grosset & Dunlap Action/Adventure for 5th-9th grade in Illustrated Junior Library (Location: VIN-IJL) $12.00 (1 in stock)
	Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson, illustrated by William Sharp from Grosset & Dunlap Action/Adventure for 5th-9th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $8.00 (2 in stock)
	Treasure Island Illustrated Junior Library Series 2 by Robert Louis Stevenson, illustrated by Norman Price from Grosset & Dunlap for 5th-10th grade in Illustrated Junior Library (Location: VIN-IJL) $9.00 (1 in stock)
	Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson, illustrated with stills from 1934 MGM film from Grosset & Dunlap Action/Adventure for 5th-9th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $8.00 (1 in stock)
	Treasure Island Macmillan Classics by Robert Louis Stevenson, illustrated by John Falter from Macmillan for 4th-8th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $10.00 (1 in stock)
	Treasure Island Windermere Readers #16 by Robert Louis Stevenson, illustrated by Milo Winter 1954 Edition from Rand McNally for 5th-10th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $9.00 (2 in stock)
	Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson, illustrated by Eleonore Schmid from New York Graphic Society for 5th-9th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $8.00 (1 in stock)
	Trumpeter of Krakow by Eric Kelly, illustrated by Angela Pruszynska 1965 Printing from Macmillan for 6th-9th grade 1929 Newbery Medal winner in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $12.00 (1 in stock)
	Trumpeter of Krakow by Eric P. Kelly, illustrated by Angela Pruszynska from Macmillan Historical Fiction for 6th-9th grade 1929 Newbery Medal winner in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $25.00 (1 in stock)
	Two Little Savages A Book of American Woodcraft for Boys by Ernest Thompson Seton from Grosset & Dunlap for 5th-8th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $32.00 (1 in stock)
	Two Years Before the Mast (abridged) by Richard Henry Dana Jr. from Nelson Doubleday, Inc. for 5th-9th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $5.00 (1 in stock)
	Wilderness Journey by William O. Steele, illustrated by Paul Galdone from Harcourt, Brace & Company for 4th-8th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $14.00 (1 in stock)
	Wind in the Willows Heritage Illustrated Library by Kenneth Grahame, illustrated by Arthur Rackham from Heritage Press for 4th-8th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $18.00 (1 in stock)
	Works of Haggard by H. Rider Haggard from Walter J. Black, Inc. for 7th-Adult in Walter J. Black Classics Club (Location: VIN-LITWJB) $5.00 (1 in stock)

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