Thrift Store Books

I was trolling for chairs at a local thrift store...no chairs, but 3 cool books!

The first: "A Treasury of Gilbert & Sullivan" (first edition, 1941)

Great book; very retro illustrations!

The second: Funks & Wagnalls New Comprehensive "Standard" Dictionary (1955)

With the flags of the 48 states:

and third: a book written in Russian. Defintely Soviet-era. Maybe a book about discussing religion...all religions were banned during the Communist regime.

I was going to use all 3 for crafts/art, but maybe just use the dictionary...hmmm