What is your most favorite vintage book of all time?

[Savanteer]

Ferdinand The Bull by Munro Leaf

[Former_Member]

Great pick Savanteer!

I love the old play: Hedda Gabler

I also love the heart of darkness.

[ourtimecapsule]

I loved The Secret Garden by Frances Burnett Hodges - all that period flavor and sense of mystery.

[ourtimecapsule]

Oops. My brain is on hold. I mean, Frances Hodgson Burnett...

[Former_Member]

Great picks ourtimecapsule!

[SmallWorldVintage]

I have to agree with you OTC-The Secret Garden and Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. I also love The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton. It's difficult to pick a favorite.

[SmallWorldVintage]

Savanteer-
I like your mention also. I have tried to get my four year old to let me read it to him at night, but he is so into Thomas the Train instead. At least he will agree to The Very Hungry Caterpillar (first published in 1969), Dick and Jane stories, and Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb (a Dr. Seuss book):)

[Former_Member]

SmallWorldVintage-my girls LOVE The Very Hungry Caterpillar-truly a classic!

[Former_Member]

Moby Dick, and all of Joseph C. Lincoln's books about old cape cod.

[SmallWorldVintage]

MMV
Moby Dick--That's a true classic!

[ourtimecapsule]

So many books, so little time! (Mustn't forget my old friends The Hobbit and Tolkien's Trilogy)

[SmallWorldVintage]

Good ones!

[SmallWorldVintage]

I also appreciate The Little House on the Prairie books. The TV Show was my favorite show when I was growing up.

[Former_Member]

I loved Jane and Dick and all the SRA books (oops, just gave my age up...)I am selling this one that I almost kept for me!:
http://www.etsy.com/listing/65672112

[SmallWorldVintage]

Cool Book, RR!

[Former_Member]

Neat RR! :)

[Former_Member]

The "Emigrant" series, by Vilhelm Moberg! It's about time for me to read them, again. I love reading about life in the OLD times and go on geneology binges from time to time...
The Emigrants, The Immigrants, The Settlers, The Last Letter Home - original Swedish version by Vilhelm Moberg.

Cecilia.
(the movie starred Max von Sydow - I never saw it, though)

[VintageWantsNotNeeds]

All of C.S. Lewis's Narnia series. First read them when I was 8 years old and I am now reading them to my grandaughter.

[Former_Member]

The Narnia series is wonderful! I loved reading the series to my own girls.

[ourtimecapsule]

I loved old fairy tales when I was little - the creepier the better!

[SmallWorldVintage]

I've been wanting to read the Narnia Series.
My book list is too long.
OTC--Isn't it interesting how many of those old fairy tales have so many dark qualities, and in many cultures also? It seems many of them are based on folktales with true stories behind them. Scary!

[Former_Member]

Old fairytales are wonderful! I love Snow-White and Rose-Red.

[AnnLloydAntiques]

My husband and I have been lovers and sellers of vintage and antique books for a long time.

Many years ago we bought and sold a book called "Peter Poodle Toy Maker to the King" by Will Bradley, published in 1906 by Dodd, Mead & Company, New York. We bought it for next to nothing and sold it for $150+. We were very excited to say the least. Even before shipping it, we scanned all of the illustrations. They're very Maxfield Parrish-like. Anyways, we thought, "well, we'll find another one to keep for ourselves" That was over nine years ago!!! What we learned is that this book runs approximately $1000-$1500. Who knew?

Now the good news...

Right before Christmas, my husband found not only one but TWO of these books, and at an amazing price. We kept the best one for ourselves and we'll be selling the other one to cover the cost of both... and hopefully make a profit!

If you ever have a chance check this book out... it really is wonderful.

[Former_Member]

It sounds great Ann-what a wonderful story, I hope the other one you are going to sell goes to someone who will love it as much as you do!