Crabtree's Collection Old Books

Assuming I'm Right: comments.

Macdonald, Frank, · 1990

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

Inverness, NS, Canada, Cecibu, (1990). VG PB. Selected from the column "Frank Macdonald's Comment" previously published in the Inverness Oran.

Menopaws (the silent meow).

Sacks, maratha, · 1995

$8.00 (€7.26 | £6.06 | ¥1,277)

Berkeley, CA, Ten Speed Press, (1995). VG PB. The whimsical, womanly & anything but sedate cats of Menopaws say let down your fur, embrace the Change & live your life to. the fullest. Creases back lower cover corner.

Headlines III: not the movie, still the book.

Leno, Jay, compiled by, · 1991

$8.00 (€7.26 | £6.06 | ¥1,277)

NY, Time Warner, (1991). 1st ptg. VG PB. Sl edge wear. Real but ridiculous samplings from America's newspapers. Mimes banned for abusive language, police kill. youth in effort to stop his suicide attempt. Few corner creases.

There Are Ladies Present.

Hokinson, Helen E., · 1952

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Dutton, (1952). 1st ed. G. Cartoons about ladies out to luncheon, club meetings and beyond. Beige binding, red lettering, browned on edges, crease. on ft endpaper (publisher error), some endpaper browning near hinge.

Surprising the Family and other Peradventures.

Warner, Frances Lester, · 1926

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Boston, Houghton Mifflin/Riverside, 1926. VG in G DJ. Essays filled with wit and humor dealing with subtle elements of comestic relationships. DJ crease,tears bottom, soiling. fore-edges. Attractive black silhouettes on tan background DJ by Billie Chapman, blue binding, paper ...

Best Cartoons from the Grapevine.

AA Grapevine, · 1970

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

np, np, (1970). 4th ptg. VG.

Fables in Slang.

Ade, George, · 1900

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

Chicago, Herert S. Stone, (1900). G ex-library. Ade was one of the most gifted of many creative writers on American newspapers around 1900. Cream decorated binding by. Frederic W. Goudy, title page decorated. Library markings, edge wear.

Never Underestimate...: the life and career of Margaret Chase Smith through the eyes of the political cartoonist.

Margaret Chase Smith Library, foreword by Paul Szep, Boston Globe, · 1993

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Waterville, ME, Northwood University, (1993). VG lg sz PB.

K. Jason Sitewell's Book of Spoofs:outrageous hoaxes & nonsense concerning golf, bagels, Mississippi & other sacred institutions.

Sitewell, K. Jason, introduction & commentary by Norman Cousins, · 1989

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Dutton, (1989). VG in VG DJ. Collected writings & outrageous letters of Sitewell, a mysterious & frequent contributor for 20 years to the Saturday. Review, as well as his letter to the editor denouncing a fictitious bill introduced in Congress that would have abolished golf.

Too Old for Summer Camp and Too Young to Retire: a new Shoe book.

MacNelly, Jeff, · 1988

$8.00 (€7.26 | £6.06 | ¥1,277)

NY, St. Martins, (1988). G PB ex-library. Soil bottom of few pages, library markings.

The Calculating Cat Returns.

Prevo, Nancy, · 1978

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NJ, Prentice Hall, (1978). 1st ptg. VG. A humorous look at the antics of cats. Owner inscription.

Without Feathers.

Allen, Woody, · 1975

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Random, (1975). 3rd ptg. VG in VG DJ. Selections from his notebooks, psychic phenomena, scrolls, Lowborg's Women Considered, The Whore of Mensa, early essays. DJ price clipped & front few scratches.

Sarah of the Sahara: a romance of nomads land.

Traprock, Walter E., · 1923

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

NY, Putnam, 1923. 1st ed. G. Parody of the Valentino/sheik craze of the 1920s complete with photo of "Sarah"(author in drag?). Bottom corners bumped, edge. wear, 1 inch white tape on spine. Green binding.

Barrel Fever: stories & essays.

Sedaris, David, · 1994

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

Boston, Back Bay/Little Brown, (1994). 15th ptg. VG PB. A do-it-yourself suburban dad saves money by performing home surgery, a teenage suicide tries to incide a lynch mob at her. funeral, a bitter Santa abuses the elves, etc.

A Curmudgeon's Garden of Love.

Winokur, Jon, compiled and edited by, · 1989

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, New American Library, (1989). VG in VG DJ. More than 1000 outrageously irrevent quotations, anecdotes & interviews from an illustrious list of world-class grouches.

Gerald Gardner's I'm in Charge Here!.

Gardner, Gerald, · 1968

$8.00 (€7.26 | £6.06 | ¥1,277)

np, Fawcett, (1968). VG PB. Orange binding with Nixon on ft cover & Nixon with his family on back cover. Binding rubbed.

Without Feathers; Side Effects; Getting Even: boxed set of 3 paperback books.

Allen, Woody, · 1971

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Random, (1971,75,80). VG in G slipcase. Slight edge wear on box & spines of books, scratches on back of slipcase. Otherwise books in wonderful condition.

Pecked to Death by Ducks.

Cahill, Tim, · 1993

$8.00 (€7.26 | £6.06 | ¥1,277)

NY, Vintage, (1993). 6th ptg. VG PB. Tim Cahill sleeps with grizzly bears He also treks with llamas, inches his way through the deepest cave in America &. assesses the cuteness quotient of giant clams in the South Pacific. A grand tour of the earth's remote, exotic, and dismal...

The Old Testament Made Easy.

Steig, Jeanne, · 1990

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Farrar Straus Giroux, (1990). 1st ed. VG in VG DJ. A fresh, irreverent look at stories from the Old Testament. DJ price clipped.

Real Women Send Flowers: a celebration of life, love & lust.

Curtin Connaughton, Susan & Patricia O'Connell, · 1983

$8.00 (€7.26 | £6.06 | ¥1,277)

NY, Quill, (1983). 4th ptg. VG PB. Bette Davis is a real woman. So is Miss Piggy. And a real woman will die before she'll say I have to ask my husband first.