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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.

	Abe Lincoln An Anthology by Hilah Paulmier (compiled and edited by), illustrated by Lee Ames First Edition from Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. for 3rd-Adult in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS) $11.00 (1 in stock)
	Abe Lincoln Grows Up by Carl Sandburg, illustrated by James Daugherty from Harcourt, Brace & Company for 5th-8th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS) $9.00 (1 in stock)
	Amelia Earhart Lives to Remember by Burke Davis from G.P. Putnam's Sons for 7th-12th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS) $14.00 (1 in stock)
	American Heroes of the 20th Century Landmark Giant #14 by Harold & Doris Faber from Random House for 5th-8th grade in Landmark Giants (Location: VIN-LAN) $12.00 (1 in stock)
	Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank, translated by B. M. Mooyaart-Doubleday with an introduction by Eleanor Roosevelt Book Club Edition from Nelson Doubleday, Inc. for 6th-10th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS) $14.00 (1 in stock)
	Captain Edward L. Beach: Around the World Under Water by Beril Becker from Kingston House for 6th-10th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS) $8.00 (1 in stock)
	Chord of Steel The Story of the Invention of the Telephone by Thomas B. Costain from Doubleday & Company for 8th-Adult in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $4.00 (1 in stock)
	Citizen Tom Paine by Howard Fast from Duell, Sloan and Pearce for 4th-8th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS) $6.00 (1 in stock)
	Colonial Governor Thomas Dongan of New York by J.G.E. Hopkins, illustrated by William Wilson from P.J. Kenedy & Sons for 4th-8th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS) $12.00 (1 in stock)
	Escape from Corregidor by Edward D. Whitcomb from Regnery Publishing, Inc. for 6th-12th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS) $8.00 (1 in stock)
	Five Roads to the White House by Ann E. Weiss from Julian Messner for 4th-8th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS) $14.00 (1 in stock)
	From the Eagle's Wing A Biography of John Muir by Hildegarde Hoyt Swift, illustrated by Lynd Ward from William Morrow & Company for 5th-8th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS) $6.00 (1 in stock)
	From the Eagle's Wing A Biography of John Muir by Hildegarde Hoyt Swift, illustrated by Lynd Ward from William Morrow & Company for 5th-8th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS) $14.00 (1 in stock)
	George Washington's World (pictorial hardcover) by Genevieve Foster from Charles Scribner's Sons for 7th-10th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS) $38.00 (1 in stock)
	George Washington: Man and Monument by Frank Freidel and Lonnelle Aikman from Washington National Monument Assoc. for 6th-Adult in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS) $6.00 (1 in stock)
	Henry Hudson by Nina Brown Baker, illustrated by George Fulton from Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. for 3rd-8th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS) $64.00 (1 in stock)
	Henry M. Stanley The Man from Africa Lives to Remember by Robert Edmond Alter from G.P. Putnam's Sons for 6th-10th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS) $18.00 (1 in stock)
	Herbert Hoover Story by Catherine Owens Peare from Thomas Y. Crowell & Co. for 5th-8th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS) $5.00 (1 in stock)
	James Fenimore Cooper by Donald A. Ringe from Twayne Publishers for 6th-10th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS) $4.00 (1 in stock)
	John and Sebastian Cabot by Henry Ira Kurtz from Franklin Watts for 4th-8th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS) $7.00 (1 in stock)
	John James Audubon: Painting America's Wildlife by Janet Stevenson, illustrated by Robert Boehmer from Encyclopedia Britannica for 7th-10th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS) $12.00 (1 in stock)
	John Philip Sousa by Ann M. Lingg 1963 Printing from Holt, Rinehart and Winston for 5th-8th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS) $6.00 (1 in stock)
	Kit Carson: Folk Hero and Man by Noel B. Gerson from Doubleday & Company for 4th-8th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS) $7.50 (1 in stock)
	Lady of Arlington A Novel Based on the Life of Mrs. Robert E. Lee by Harnett T. Kane from Doubleday & Company for 6th-12th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $5.00 (1 in stock)
	Life & Times of Beethoven by Gino Pugnetti from Curtis Publishing Co. Biography for 7th-10th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS) $4.00 (1 in stock)
	Life & Times of Chopin by Adelaide Murgia from Curtis Publishing Co. for 8th-12th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS) $4.00 (1 in stock)
	Life & Times of Elizabeth I by Massimo Rossaro from Curtis Publishing Co. for 8th-12th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS) $4.00 (1 in stock)
	Life & Times of Louis XIV by Alfredo Panicucci from Curtis Publishing Co. for 8th-12th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS) $4.00 (1 in stock)
	Life & Times of Napoleon by Mario Rivoire from Curtis Publishing Co. for 8th-12th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS) $4.00 (2 in stock)
	Life & Times of Peter the Great by Giancarlo Buzzi from Curtis Publishing Co. for 8th-12th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS) $4.00 (1 in stock)
	Life & Times of St. Francis by Agostino Ghilardi from Curtis Publishing Co. for 8th-12th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS) $4.00 (2 in stock)
	Life & Times of Washington by Mario Rivoire, translated by C.J. Richards from Arnoldo Mondadori Editore Biography for 8th-12th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS) $5.00 (1 in stock)
	Lincoln the Unknown The Most Astounding Story in American History by Dale Carnegie from Forest Hills Publishing Co. for 5th-8th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS) $6.00 (1 in stock)
	Mark Twain: Writing About the Frontier by Jean Rikhoff for 5th-8th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS) $9.00 (1 in stock)
	Mathew Brady Historian with a Camera by James D. Horan from Bonanza Books for 8th-Adult in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS) $4.00 (1 in stock)
	Mathew Brady: Photographing History by Manual Komroff, with photographs by Mathew Brady from Encyclopedia Britannica for 5th-8th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS) $8.00 (1 in stock)
	Men of Science and Invention by Michael Blow from American Heritage Publishing Co. for 5th-8th grade in American Heritage Junior Library (Location: VIN-HIS) $5.00 (1 in stock)
	More Minute Biographies Intimate Glimpses into the Lives of 150 Famous Men and Women by Samuel Nisenson and Alfred Parker from Grosset & Dunlap for 3rd-12th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS) $12.00 (1 in stock)
	Mr. Lincoln Speaks at Gettysburg by Mary Kay Phelan from W. W. Norton and Co. for 6th-9th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS) $4.00 (1 in stock)
	Never Dies the Dream by Margaret Landon from Doubleday & Company for 7th-12th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $5.00 (1 in stock)
	Never Say Die The Story of Gladys Aylward by Cyril Davey 1972 Printing from Lutterworth Press for 4th-8th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS) $8.00 (1 in stock)
	North Pole A Doubleday Signal Book by Tony Simon, Illustrated by Albert Orbaan from Doubleday & Company for 4th-8th grade in 20th Century Exploration (Location: HISW-20EXP) $6.00 (2 in stock)
	Profiles in Courage Young Readers Memorial Edition by John F. Kennedy from HarperCollins Biography Anthology for 4th-8th grade 1957 Biography Pulitzer Prize in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS) $6.00 (1 in stock)
	Profiles in Courage (abridged) Young Readers Edition by John F. Kennedy, illustrated by Emil Weiss from HarperCollins Biography Anthology for 4th-8th grade 1957 Biography Pulitzer Prize in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS) $6.00 (2 in stock)
	Queen Elizabeth I: Forging an Empire by Elizabeth Linington, illustrated by Robert Boehmer from Kingston House for 6th-10th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS) $12.00 (1 in stock)
	Ranch under the Rimrock by Dorothy Lawson McCall from Binford & Mort Publishing for 8th-Adult in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS) $8.00 (1 in stock)
	Real Book about George Washington by Harold Coy, illustrated by Elinore Blaisdell from Garden City Books for 5th-8th grade in Real Books series (Location: VIN-RBA) $8.00 (1 in stock)
	Runner of the Mountain Tops The Life of Louis Agassiz by Mabel Louise Robinson, illustrated by Lynd Ward 1st Printing from Random House for 7th-10th grade 1940 Newbery Honor Book in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $10.00 (1 in stock)
	Scottish Chiefs by Jane Porter, edited by Kate Douglas Wiggin and Nora A. Smith, illustrated by N.C. Wyeth from Charles Scribner's Sons for 8th-10th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $20.00 (1 in stock)
	Shorter Life of D. L. Moody Moody Colportage Library #83 by A. P. Fitt from Moody Press for 8th-Adult in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS) $4.00 (1 in stock)
	Skipper of the Sentinel by May Cole Kuhn from Review and Herald Publishing Association for 6th-Adult in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS) $6.00 (1 in stock)
	South Sea Shilling Voyages of Captain Cook, R.N. by Eric Swenson First Edition from Viking Press for 7th-Adult in Nautical History (Location: VIN-NAUT) $10.00 (1 in stock)
	Strawberry Point Vignettes of an Iowa Childhood by Florence Roe Wiggins from T.S. Denison & Company for 7th-Adult in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $5.00 (1 in stock)
	Thaddeus Lowe: America's One-Man Air Corps by Mary Hoehling from Kingston House for 4th-8th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS) $7.00 (1 in stock)
	Theodore Roosevelt: Rallying a Free People by Fred J. Cook, illustrated by Robert Boehmer from Kingston House for 5th-8th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS) $12.00 (1 in stock)
	Thomas Jefferson by Gene Lisitzky from E.M. Hale and Company for 6th-10th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS) $6.00 (1 in stock)
	Three Against the Wilderness by Eric Collier 6th Printing, 1960 from E.P. Dutton & Co. for 8th-12th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS) $25.00 (1 in stock)
	To the Top of the World Sir Edmund Hillary and the Conquest of Everest by Mark Sufrin from Platt and Munk Publishers for 4th-8th grade in 20th Century Exploration (Location: HISW-20EXP) $8.00 (1 in stock)
	Trailblazer of American Science The Life of Joseph Henry by Sarah R. Riedman Printing 'B' from Rand McNally for 7th-12th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS) $6.00 (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)
	Triumphant Adventure The Story of Franklin Delano Roosevelt by Frances Cavanah, illustrated by Jo Polseno 3rd Printing, 1967 from Rand McNally for 4th-8th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS) $10.00 (1 in stock)
	True Story of Albert Einstein Man of Science by Ruth L. Oldfield from Children's Press for 4th-8th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS) $10.00 (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)
	Valiant Companions Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan Macy by Helen E. Waite from Macrae-Smith Company for 6th-9th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS) $5.00 (1 in stock)
	Wallenda A Biography of Karl Wallenda by Ron Morris from Sagarin Press for 8th-Adult in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS) $19.00 (1 in stock)
	Walter Reed: Vanquishing Yellow Fever by Edward F. Dolan, illustrated by Dan Siculan from Encyclopedia Britannica for 6th-10th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS) $10.00 (1 in stock)
	Wilderness Wife The Story of Rebecca Bryan Boone by Etta B. Degering, illustrated by Ursula Koering from David McKay Company for 4th-8th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $35.00 (1 in stock)
	William Bradford of Plymouth Colony by W.J. Jacobs from Franklin Watts for 4th-8th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS) $6.00 (1 in stock)
	Winged Horse The Story of Poets and their Poetry by Joseph Auslander & Frank Ernest Hill from Doubleday & Company for 6th-Adult in Vintage Poetry (Location: VIN-POET) $8.00 (1 in stock)

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