Letteratura

The Dean's December.

Bellow, Saul, · 1982 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Harper & Row, (1982). 1st ed thus. VG in VG DJ. A story set in Chicago and Bucharest, Rumania, where a mother and son try to support each other.

The Well.

Filipowska, Patricia, · 1993 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,514)

Boston, MA, Privately printed, (1993). 1st ed. Fine in VG DJ. A posthumous collection of author's work. A primary force underlying her work is Iowa and mythic force of the Mississippi.

Puerto Vallarta Squeeze (The run for el Norte).

Waller, Robert James, · 1995 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Warner Books, (1995). 1st ed. VG in VG DJ. By Bridges of Madison County author, a novel of desperate running for a writer, murderer, and woman.

The Agatha Christie Who's Who.

Toye, Randall - Compiler, · 1980 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Toronto, Canada, Collins, (1980). VG in VG DJ. Sticker ghost on 1st flylf. Alphabetical listing of all the 2,000 Christie characters. Christie crossword puzzle insert.

The Thin Woman: an Epicurean mystery.

Cannell, Dorothy, · 1984 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$9.00 (€8.17 | £6.81 | ¥1,437)

NY, St. Martin's Press, (1984). BCE?. VG. Sl soil on cover. The first book in the thin woman series and the beginning of the fun.

Winter in Majorca.

Sand, George - Translated and annotated by Robert Graves, · 1956 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$32.00 (€29.03 | £24.22 | ¥5,111)

Mallorca, Valldemosa, (1956). Valldemosa Ed. G PB. Brown spots on ft cvr, chps, owner name & stamp title pg, ink msg bk cvr. Includes Jose Quadrado's "Refutation of George Sand.

Golden Harvest 1921-1971.

Poetry Society of Colorado, edited by Henry W. Hough, · 1971 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,590)

Boulder, CO, Pruett Pub Co, (1971). VG in VG DJ. DJ sl soil, tears. Owner inscription on 1st ep. 50 year anniversary of the Poetry Society of Colorado, 122 poets.

More Really-So Stories.

Gordon, Elizabeth and Jane Priest, · 1929 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,396)

NY, Wise-Parslow Company, 1929. G. Edge and corner wear. Beautiful illustrations.

Red Square.

Smith, Martin Cruz, · 1992 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Random House, (1992). 1st ed 2d ptg. VG in VG DJ. DJ sl chpd. The hero of Gorky Park and Polar Star returns from exile but Communism is dead and the Russian Mafia rules.

So This Is Depravity, and other Observations.

Baker, Russell, · 1980 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Congdon & Lattes, (1980). 1st ed ss. VG in VG DJ. DJ sl chipped. Pulitzer Prize winner for Distinguished Commentary. Baker is "not so much funny but true" says Galbraith.

The Rescue of Miss Yaskell and other Pipe Dreams.

Baker, Russell, · 1983 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,396)

NY, Congdon & Weed, (1983). 1st ed ss. VG in VG DJ. DJ has some crimps. More than 100 portions of his writing drawn from his New York Times "Observer" column.

The Paper Men.

Golding, William, · 1984 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Farrar Straus Giroux, (1984). 1st prntg. Fine in Fine DJ. Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, Golding writes of two literary men locked into a lethal relationship.

Autumn Harvest: an autobiography in verse.

Davis, May Belle Thurman, · 1961 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$38.00 (€34.48 | £28.76 | ¥6,069)

Utah, privately published, 1961. VG. Daughter of Utah's Supreme Ct. Chief Justice and granddaughter of Mormon pioneers, Davis writes in verse of her husband.

Copy Kat.

Kajewski, Karen, · 1992 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$47.00 (€42.64 | £35.57 | ¥7,506)

NY, Doubleday, (1992). 1st ed ss. VG in VG DJ. Inscribed by author on title page "Karen Kajewski November 1992". DJ has some crinkles.

Shandygaff, a number of most agreeable inquirendoes upon life and letters, interspersed with short stories and skitts..

Morley, Christopher, · 1924 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,875)

Garden City, NY, Doubleday, Page, 1924. VG. Owner's name 1st flylf. Light blue bds, some edge wear. Like the British Museum washroom sign, for casual ablutions only.

Literary Friends and Acquaintance, a personal retrospect of American authorship..

Howells, W. D., · 1900 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,187)

NY, Harper & Bros, 1900. VG-. Edge wear, owner's insc fep. Howells' accounts of Longfellow, Lowell, O.W. Holmes, with illus of them.

Calico Bush.

Field, Rachel, · 1931 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,993)

NY, Macmillan, 1931. 1st ptg. G+. A discoloration on front cover near the spine, cover rubbed, spine and edges worn. Interior fine. Pioneer story set in Maine.

Beach Music.

Conroy, Pat, · 1995 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Doubleday, 1995. 1st ed ss. VG in VG DJ. Owner's name first flylf.

Maurine and other poems.

Wilcox, Ella Wheeler, · 1888 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,514)

Chicago, W. B. Conkey Co., (1888). VG. Owner inscription on 1st flylf. Some edge wear. Decorated cover with house and trees and title across clouds, sml blemish.

Maurine and other poems.

Wheeler, Ella, · 1888 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,993)

Chicago, W.B. Conkey Co., 1888. VG. Owner's inscription. Gilt and color embossed cover - very attractive.