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Old 1873 GERMAN PRIMER Standard Series No 1 HC Textbook - eBay (item 310023299810 end time Feb-20-08 19:00:18 PST) This vintage hardcover German textbook is very old with a forward (forwort) dated 1873. The German Primer Standard German Series No. 1 by D.H. Lueken was published by Geo. Brumder, Chicago, Ill., and Milwaukee, Wis.
I think it's fascinating to see the letters in German, printed in heavy black fancy font called German black letter. The handwriting lessons teach readers to make letters stick straight unlike American English penmanship that wants curved letters.
It starts out teaching letters and ends up with whole pages of script to read and copy. The next pages look like quizzes. The last page is sheet music.
The little hardcover book shows much wear. Many, many pages had pencil scribbles we've erased. The hinges are loose, one page is loose and rather ragged, and the covers have so much wear the corners are rounded off. It's surprising the pages are still generally strong instead of brittle.
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Vintage CHARLIE BROWN DICTIONARY Big Colorful 1973 HC! - eBay (item 310023248381 end time Feb-20-08 17:04:42 PST) This vintage hardcover book The Charlie Brown Dictionary by Charles M. Schulz has over 580 pictures in full color, 2400 words defined, based on The Rainbow Dictionary by Wendell W. Wright, Dean of the School of Education, Indiana University. This is the first printing, 1973. The Rainbow Dictionary it's based on is a classic from 1947.
It's charming with the Peanuts gang doing things that illustrate words, and the text helps the reader understand the meaning of the word in several ways.
For instance: "above Linus is standing above Lucy. Linus is standing over Lucy. He is higher that she is." The illustration shows Linus standing on the back of the chair (much like a vulture) where Lucy is reading a book.
It's a big and heavy hardcover book at 11 3/8 inches by 8 3/8 inches by 1 1/4 inches with 400 colorful pages.
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Girls Sz 11 BARBIE ROCK STAR COWBOY BOOTS Pink Floral! - eBay (item 310022943609 end time Feb-19-08 20:25:00 PST) This pair of Barbie brand pink floral and snakeskin cowboy boots are girls' size 11. They're marked, "Barbie ©2006 Mattel Inc. All Rights Reserved. Buster Brown & Co., St. Louis, Missouri 63105 U.S.A. Barbie Rock Star 2531011, Made in China. All Manmade. USA 11, EUR 28, MEX 17 1/2."
This size fits feet 6 14/16" long and 2 13/16" wide, according to the kids' shoe size chart at Payless.
The toes are pink with embroidered stitching on the top, the rest of the foot is snakeskin design, and the legs are pink with cut-out flower shapes with embroidery, shiny vinyl and beads. The tabs at the top are embroidered, "Barbie" in pink on pink. The boots heel height is 1 5/8" at the back. They measure 9 3/8" in total height, with 7 5/8" from the sole to the boot top. The boots measure 5" across the top of the leg and 3 1/8" wide at the widest part of the sole.
These boots are in very good condition with clean insides and soles with no wear. They were likely worn once or twice, just long enough to get a rough scuff on one toe and two very slight scuffs on the other. The black soles say, "Non-Marking."
Unzip the 7 1/2" long zipper on the inner leg and you find a printed purple graphic of Barbie inside each boot. There is no wear on the insole. The boots smell a bit like a new doll.
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Vintage STEVEN KALEIDOSCOPE Kit in Orig Graphics Box! - eBay (item 310022363543 end time Feb-17-08 20:04:33 PST) This vintage kaleidoscope comes in the original box with a game sheet. The box is marked, "Steven Plastic Kaleidoscope Kit. Create your own 'millions of designs'. Constructive Fun for Young and Old. U.S. Pat. App. For." The toy itself is marked, "Millions of Designs Kaleidoscope, Steven Mfg. Co., St. Louis, MO."
The directions sheet tells you to take off the white cap and frosted glass so you can replace the design contents with other items furnished with the kit. Those other items are not here. It gives a list of other items you can use to create designs. Suggested items:- Colored buttons of various sizes and shapes.
- Dry breakfast cereals.
- Colored bits of paper, flat or wadded.
- Colored bits of feathers.
- Broken match sticks.
- Small colored beads.
- Flower petals.
- Metal paper clips, various sizes and shapes.
- Large size carpet tacks and nails
- Dried beans, peas, etc.
- Live or dead insects and worms.
- Small colored sea shells, etc.
How interesting to be able to put your own things inside and see what they look like. I never had that option in my kaleidoscopes. The back of the directions says you can get additional parts or replacements by writing to therm. The address is so old, there's no zip code.
There are great vintage graphics on the box. It shows designs resulting from inserting nuts and bolts, or colored glass, or macaroni or match chips. The bottom is stamped, "RED", has a "13" in a circle, and "48 2259."
To see the designs change, rotate the whole tube. Gorgeous designs appear. It's in very good condition with some minor wear on the white cap and two wide areas on the plastic ridges along the tube. The box is very rough with a huge chunk missing and the lid torn completely free.
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Deep Wall Galvanized Tin COKE TRAY Old Coca-Cola Design - eBay (item 310022340423 end time Feb-17-08 18:31:04 PST) This Coke tray is made of silvery galvanized tin with deep sides with handle openings. The vintage design in the bottom is printed in mottled red, white and greeny-golds. It says, "Delicious and Refreshing, Drink Coca-Cola, 5 cents, At Fountains, In Bottles, 5 cents. Trade Mark Registered." The sides wall has "Coca-Cola" embossed six times.
The handles in each end are finger openings with rolled edges for comfort. I don't see a date anywhere, but I suspect this is a reproduction made in recent years.
The tray is in terrific condition with no flaws. It measures about 16 by 12 by 2 inches.
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Vintage ATLAS HO MOTORING 9-In Straight Roadway, Boxed! - eBay (item 310022080114 end time Feb-16-08 20:54:57 PST) This full box of vintage slot car roadway is marked, "Atlas HO Motoring and Racing Accessories, 12 Pieces 9" Straight Roadway. Atlas Tool Co., Inc., Hillside, N.J." The vintage cars on the box are from the sixties.
All the pieces are here: 7 long straight pieces, 2 long change-a-lane pieces, 2 short straight pieces and a packet of something. It's stapled shut, never opened, and I don't want to open it. I don't know what's in it, but I'm sure you do. Connectors of some kind?
Here's a website on vintage slot cars with links that show Atlas roadway gear like this from the early sixties: http://bodnarchuk.com/vintage_slotcar/motoring.shtml
All the pieces are here and in excellent condition. The only flaw I see is the hole in the bottom of the box and minor wear on the outside of the box.
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