Sooooo this month's theme is vintage! This is my first time ever participating in this, and I've decided to talk about some of the vintage books I own (:
So the first book is called Science Of Living Things, and it's a biology textbook from 1941. I has one full color photo of birds within the first few pages of the book. I haven't actually read through it, but I've read little parts of it. It has twelve different units in it and there are 534 pages in total. It was written by Clinton G. Weymouth from Greenfield High School in Greenfield, Massachusetts.
The second book is called Andersen's Fairy Tales, by Hans Christian Andersen. It was translated by Mrs. E. V. Lucas & Mrs. H. B. Paull, and it was illustrated by Arthur Szyk. The back and inside cover both have an incredibly detailed picture on them, and hidden on the pages of a book in this picture, was the only place I could find a date telling me how old it was. It's from 1944. It has some well known stories in it, such as The Ugly Duckling, The Little Match Girl, and The Snow Queen. I've read several of the stories, and I also have another book filled with stories by Hans Christian Andersen that's brand new.
The third book is Too Many Ghosts, written by Paul Gallico. it was published November 7th, 1959. It's about an old English caste and the ghosts that reside within. I haven't yet read it all but I've read a chapter or too.
The fourth book is titled Emil and the Detectives, and it was written by Erich Kastner. It was translated by May Massee and was published in 1930. There are 224 pages and the description doesn't give you many cues as to what happens in the book and reads a follows:
The story proper begins with a portrait gallery-and from the beginning of that portrait gallery to the end of the adventure a great deal happens.
Emil himself, in his dark blue Sunday suit that he only wears when he has to; Emil's mother who is very fond of him; the rather important train compartment where Emil first met the Man in the Stiff Hat; Pony Hutchen, Emil's cousin; the Hotel in Nollendorf Place; Gustave, the boy with the automobile horn; the Little Branch Bank and of course, Emil's grandmother who lives in Berlin, all have something to do with what happens.
The fifth and final book is a book I just found today in the old shed in my backyard. It's called The Commonwealth Of Nations and it's author was W. D. McDougall, M.A., Ed.D. i started reading some of it and it's told me a lot about the United Kingdom. It's from 1952 and has 414 pages. The pages are no longer attached to the cover.
Soo that's all i have to write about for this monthly theme (:
-Kitty
