Kaleidoscope Books & Collectibles (Over 1,200 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. This 1909 mailed post card displays the Dutch Girl motif, a popular image in the early 20th Century.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A little vintage paperback in very good+ condition with 50-cent price shown on cover; edge wear to spine and general wear on the book. Cover art by Cloutier. The publisher was a hit-and-miss pb publisher of originals, who managed to also published some of Charles Willeford's classics.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Big Little Book #10, Whitman Series #2010. A very good+ copy with some general wear on the tips and spine. Clean and tight. The newer Big Little Books were an attempt to duplicate the classic Big Little Books of the 1930s, but didn't seemed to capture as broad an audience.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Big Little Book #21, Whitman Series #2021. A very good copy with some general wear on the tips and spine, and gentle crease on front and back covers. Otherwise clean and tight and bright. The newer Big Little Books were an attempt to duplicate the classic Big Little Books of the 1930s, but never seemed to capture as broad an audience.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First paperback edition of Bound Girl: With classic "Good Girl" cover art, this frontier romance about the Civil War is in very good- condition, due to some chipping at the outer edge of the page bottoms, which now show white.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First paperback edition. Monarch book #252 is a near-fine copy with only the front bottom tip having minor edge wear. Nice cover, illustrated by Jack Schoenherr.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Big Little Book #20, Whitman Series #2020. A very good copy, clean and tight and bright with a slight bend on the front and back covers and some tip wear on spine top. The newer Big Little Books were an attempt to duplicate the classic Big Little Books of the 1930s, but never seemed to capture as broad an audience.

No Binding. Condition: Fine. Little girl riding with little puppy on tricycle: True Love. Very cute. From late-1920s.

No Binding. Condition: Fine. A miniature Valentine too adorable for words in this German-made mechanical standy, circa 1920.

No Binding. Condition: Fine. Charming golf Valentine, "My shots go wild from tee to tee, but you can't get too wild for me.".

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, ACE D-37. Growing up, loving these colorful vintage paperback, nothing was more exciting that the ACE Double Series.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First paperback edition. Very unusual illustrated cover art by John Schoenherr, this very good paperback is clean, tight, and bright but has some edge wear on spine top and bottom. J. Hunter Holly is the pseudonym of Joan C. Holly.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Cover is bright and clean and would be Near Fine except for pages 6 and 7 are beginning to separate and the glue is showing, and the first few pages are very slightly bruised.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. This historical biblical novel, Avon No 299, was printed in 1950. It has wonderful good-girl cover art by Rudolph Belarski.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Big Little Book #7, Whitman Series #2007. A very good+ copy with some general wear on the tips and spine. Clean and tight. The newer Big Little Books were an attempt to duplicate the classic Big Little Books of the 1930s, but didn't seemed to capture as broad an audience.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. This Near Fine copy of Eton E114 is an original novel published in the style of Avon Books, of which Eton is an off-shoot. This hardboil mystery lists to Avon 459, "Mademoiselle Fifi," on the verso of the front cover.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. One of the best of the Avon series of covers, No. 319 radiates the charm of the period. The book is full of cartoons and caricatures that enhance the reader's appreciation of Broadway and Off-Broadway during the early 1950s. This Very Good+ copy is bright, clean and tightly bound, with one flaw: a half-inch piece missing at front right bottom corner.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A fine novel in Very Good+ condition with classic period cover art on front and back covers. In its day, this wartime satire was thought to be a near-classic. Original title: Der Streit um den Sergeanten Grischa.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. This revised and edited edition of one of Zola's romance novels is in Very Good condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Dell 10-center #7 in series of 36, this near-fine mystery has cover art by Bill Fleming.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Big Little Book #5, Whitman Series #2005. A very good+ copy with minor wear on bottom of front cover and bottom of spine, and bend on the length of the back cover, otherwise tight and clean and attractive. The newer Big Little Books were an attempt to duplicate the classic Big Little Books of the 1930s, but didn't seemed to capture as broad an audience.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Big Little Book #3, Whitman Series #2003. A very good+ copy with some general wear on the tips and spine. Clean and tight. The newer Big Little Books were an attempt to duplicate the classic Big Little Books of the 1930s, but didn't seemed to capture as broad an audience.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. A German Valentine greeting card featuring an anthropomorphic cat in a dress, holding a series of playing cards, all in the suit of heart. The back tab allows it to stand up.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. This German mechanical Valentine looks to be of the 1920s. Features a dog and young boy hobo or tramp, a common theme of that era. The boys' eyes move and the dog's head moves.

No Binding. Condition: Fine. Early 20th Century Valentine post card in fine condition with puppy and little girl, artist-signed (printed) by Mabel Lucie Attwell. An iconic representation of its time. The card states, "Nofing's good, nofing's gay, now you've been an' gorn away!".

No Binding. Condition: Fine. This truly romantic French Valentine post card, artist-signed (printed) by Suzanne Meunier, shows a couple in love in a canoe. Printed on paper, vs card stock. Probably 1910s.

No Binding. Condition: Near Fine. A sweet early 20th Century Valentine greeting card, using the Dutch girl motif. Back tab allows it to stand.

No Binding. Condition: Near Fine. Typical air balloon motif, boy in basket carrying his Valentine through the sky to his sweetheart. Mechanical changes the balloon from flat blue to puffy crinkly peach. Back tab allows card to stand.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. A fine copy of a classic, circa 1910, signed Ellen H Clapsaddle St. Patrick's Day card. Clapsaddle is considered among the very finest of post card artists.

No Binding. Condition: Fine. This artist-signed (printed) post card by Mary Eleanor George depicts classic costuming of the late 1910s. Printed in Bavaria. Distinctive details of the era: As so many cards of this vintage, you barely can tell the difference between the boys and the girls. Typical differences are curlier hair and dimpled knees for the girls.