Biografia

The Story of a Bird Lover.

Scott, William Earl Dodge, · 1903 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Outlook, 1903. G ex-library. Scott was curator of the Ornithology Dept at Princeton Univ which had 6 rooms with 500 live birds native & foreign. Beige binding with rectangular paste down pictorial of birds on a tree with gilt decoration & lettering. Library markings.

The Journals of Josiah Gorgas 1857-1878.

Wiggins, Sarah Woolfolk, edited by, foreword by Frank E. Vandiver, · 1995 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,875)

Tuscaloosa, Univ of Alabama Press, (1995). VG in VG DJ. Best known as the highly regarded Chief of Confederate Ordnance. Few small tears along bottom of DJ front.

David Blaine Mysterious Stranger: a book of magic.

Blaine, David, · 2002 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Villard, (2002). 1st ed. VG. Dramatic pictorial ft cover of Blaine. Crease on ft flyleaf.

James Fenimore Cooper: American Men of Letters.

Lounsbury, Thomas R., · 1882 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

Boston, Houghton Mifflin/Riverside, (1882). G ex-library. Cooper was born in Cooperstown, NY, where his father had come shortly after the Revolutionary War from Burlington, NJ. His father had come into vast tracts of land in NY along the head-waters of the Susquehanna. Maroon ...

Wild Card Quilt: taking a chance on home.

Ray, Janisse, · 2003 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Canada, Milkweed, (2003). VG in VG DJ. At 35 Ray pointed her truck away from Montana toward the small Southern town where she was born to see if she could be an. adult in a childhood place with land, history & blood.

Notes on Life and Letters: Concord edition of the works of Joseph Conrad.

Conrad, Joseph, · 1923 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

Garden City, Doubleday, Page & Co, 1923. VG. "This volume is as near as I shall ever come to dishabille in public; and perhaps it will do something to help towards a. better vision of the man." Navy blue binding, gilt title square & spine lettering (rubbed) edge wear.

Prison Journal: an irreverent look at life on the inside.

Timilty, Joseph, · 1997 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

Boston, Northeastern Univ Press, (1997). 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. Boston politicians Timilty was indicted in 1993 for conspiracy to commit fraud in a condominium development project. He says. he signed a form stating there was no secondary financing & that he is guilty of stupidi...

Cross Creek.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan, · 1942 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Scribner, 1942. G. Green cloth binding, silver decoration ft cover & title box on spine. Stamp of Armed Forces Victory Book Campaign & Library. Extension Service on ft endpaper plus owner's name, spine sl sunned, edge wear, illus endpapers.

The Life of Elbert H. Gary: the story of steel.

Tarbell, Ida M., · 1935 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.62 | ¥8,784)

NY, Appleton, 1935. 1st ptg. VG. Laid in copy of Elbert Gary's will, printed by Detroit Trust Co with tipped in frontis of Gary. Maroon binding, gilt lettering. Judge Gary was Chief Executive Officer of the United States Steel Corporation. Owner name & notations, corners bumpe...

Frankie's Place: a love story.

Sterba, Jim, · 2003 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Grove, (2003). 2nd ptg. VG in VG DJ. One summer a veteran war correspondent accepts an invitation fr for weekend visit from an author that ends with a walk up. a mountain to propose. DJ sl edge wear.

First Encounters: a book of memorable meetings.

Sorel, Nancy Caldwell & Edward Sorel, · 1994 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Knopf, 1994. 1st ed. G ex-library. Historic first meetigs between famous characters. Maroon cloth binding with pictorial paste on. Library markings, last blank. page removed.

If You Don't Dance They Beat You.

Quintero, Jose, · 1974 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Boston, Little Brown, (1974). 1st ed. VG in G DJ. Superb portrait of one of richest periods of American theatre and the stars who illuminated it - George C. Scott, Carlotta. Monterey O'Neill, Geraldine Page, Dame Judith Anderson, vivien Leigh, Ingrid Bergman. DJ price clipped ...

Dogs, Houses, Gardens, Food & other addictions.

Gotlief, Sondra, · 2002 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Toronto, McArthur & Co, (2002). 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. Gotlieb described her "I Love Lucy-esque" experiences as a gardener, dog trainer, cook, wife of an Oxford don & ambassador. with an array of characters from the Winnipeg uncle with a bogus title, acidic Oxford dons, Pierre ...

The Swanee River and a biographical sketch of Stephen Collins Foster.

Hodges, Fletcher, Jr., · 1978 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Pittsburgh, PA, Univ of Pittsburgh, 1978. 2nd ptg. VG PB. Biography of Foster followed by nicely illustrated words of Swanee River.

Sand and Stars: missionary adventure on the jungle trail.

Stull, Ruth, · 1951 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

Los Angeles, Revell, (1951). G ex-library. A Christian adventure of life in interior jungles of Peru. Born French-German & Scotch-Irish, Stull's childhood was in. Ohio hills above the Hudson's palisades & foreign assignments among volcanic peaks. Library markings, foxing on en...

Icing on the Damper: life story of a family in the Outback.

Mahood, Marie, · 1996 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Rockhampton, Q, Central Queensland Univ Pres, (1996). Reprint. VG lg sz PB. Real life story of the Outback in Australia by Mahood family who never ask for something for nothing & who never give up. Partially removed bookplate ft endpaper, half title page creased at top corner.

Endgame: a journal of the seventy ninth year.

Sarton, May, · 1992 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,396)

NY, Norton, (1992). 1st ed 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. Fiction & poetry writer Sarton recounts what she thought would be a potent harvest but instead became a painful health battle.

My Aunt Louisa and Woodrow Wilson.

Elliott, Margaret Axson, · 1944 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

Chapel Hill, Univ of N. Carolina, (1944). G ex-library. Wilson seen through the eyes of his young sister-in-law. Library markings.

Lucky.

Sebold, Alice, · 1999 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

Boston, Back Bay/Little Brown, (1999). 6th ptg. VG PB. The author of The Lovely Bones reveals how as an 18 yr old college freshman she was brutally raped & beaten near campus. & it transformed her life. She illuminates the experience of trauma victims & imparts wisdom hard-won...

The Lobster Chronicles: life on a very small island.

Greenlaw, Linda, · 2002 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$8.00 (€7.26 | £6.05 | ¥1,278)

NY, Hyperion, (2002). 1st PB ed 1ptg. VG PB. Greenlaw takes a break from being a swordfish captain and feels the need to return home to a tiny island 7 miles off the Maine. coast with a population of 70 year-round residents, 30 of whom are her relatives. Her fellow islanders d...