Crabtree's Collection Old Books

Big Five-Oh! Facing and fearing and fighting fifty.

Geist, Bill, · 1997

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Morrow, (1997). 1st ed 1st ptg. VG in G DJ. Geist's personal struggle with the aging process from the trauma of receiving an AARP application to the realization he. can't really see the menu, near the waiter, or remember the specials. Wear along bottom edge of DJ near spine.

Wit and Wisdom from the Peanut Butter Gang: a collection of wise words from young hearts.

Brown, H. Jackson, · 1994

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

Nashville, TN, Rutledge Hill Press, (1994). 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. "When teachers get old, like over fifty-five, they're always in a bad mood." "No matter how hard you try, you can't baptize. cats" Funny and smart, poignant and wise, sentimental and sassy.

The Bait Store & Other Stories.

Furst, Ron, · 2016

$17.00 (€15.42 | £12.87 | ¥2,715)

Rye, NH, Great Life Press, 2016. VG PB. Ron, a cross between Larry David and Don Rickles, has worked as a summer camp director & storyteller for over 30 years. His stories are based on his life.

A Field Guide to Awkward Silences.

Petri, Alexandra, · 2015

$32.00 (€29.03 | £24.22 | ¥5,110)

NY, New American Library, (2015). 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. The Washington Post columnist turns her satirical eye on her own life with hilarious results. Everything you fear is not. that bad.

Country Colic.

Lawson, Robert, · 1944

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

Boston, Little Brown, 1944. 1st ed. G. Remarks and observations about the joys, perils & vexations of rustic residence. Some tanning on tan binding toward the spine. Green lettering on cover and green illustrations on endpapers. "Sing a song of sixpence, a pocket full of bills...

Holidays on Ice.

Sedaris, David, · 1998

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Little Brown, (1998). 1st PB ed. VG PB. Six of Sedaris' most profound Christmas stories, a drinking man's companion.

Father of the Bride.

Streeter, Edward, · 1949

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Simon & Schuster, (1949). BCE. G. Stanley Banks thinks of a wedding as a simple little get- together but he will change into a bewildered, bedeviled and. befogged wreck. Some wear to blue pictorial binding, illus endpapers, owner sticker front endpaper.

Uncle Fred in the Springtime.

Wodehouse, P. G., · 1940

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

NY, Sun Dial Press, (1940). VG. Green binding, brown design and title block on spine. Uncle Fred has a big job on his hands, he must journey to Blandings. Castle to steal the Empress before the ill-tempered, egg-throwing Duke of Dunstable can claim her. Disguised as a nerve sp...

There Was a Young Man from Nantucket:1,001 lewd limericks guaranteed to amuse and offend.

Stanza, Ronald, · 2012

$27.00 (€24.50 | £20.44 | ¥4,312)

(2012), Skyhorse Pub, (2012). 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. Worlds most hilarious and gasp-inducing limericks in one uproarious collection, naughty nuns, curious schoolboys,. dirty old men, lusty virgins, kinky farmers, and all manner of deviants from London to Calcutta. Limericks thi...

How to Grow Old Disgracefully.

Anthony, Norman, · 1946

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

NY, Eagle/Duell, Sloan & Pearce, (1946). G. Editor of Life Magazine Anthony created Depression era magazine Ballyhoo. Burlesque ads from Ballyhoo Ohbuoy Health Soap. cheated her out of popularity, she couldn't bring herself to tell him (burping), in your underwear what do you ...

Blooper Tube based on Radio-TV's most hilarious.

Schafer, Kermit, · 1979

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Crown, (1979). VG in G DJ. Most bloopers are usually unconscious speaking, the Freudian slip. A special collection of best of 25 years of TV bloopers. including the blooper history. DJ edge wear.

Dennis the Menance (90 minutes VHS).

Ketcham, Hank, written by John Hughes and Richard Vane, · 1983

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Warner Bros, (1983). VG in G ex-library box. The perennial boy next door up against Walter Matthau. Holding box worn on edges, library markings.

Dave's World: the unofficial guide to the Late Show with David Letterman.

Cader, Michael & Fabienne Marsh, · 1995

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

NY, Warner, (1995). 1st ptg. VG lg sz PB. From Dave's first job at the Atlas Supermarket to his major motion picture debut, packed with chewy Letterman tidbits.

The Crow's Nest.

Day, Clarence, Jr., · 1921

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Knopf, 1921. 1st ed. Fair ex-library. Satirical essays with drawings by author. Tan binding, gilt lettering. Library markings, first endpaper remover.

Naked.

Sedaris, David, · 1997

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

NY, Little Brown, (1997). 1st ed. VG HB. Author hitchiked across North Carolina with migrants and quadriplegics where he was a migrant worker. Naked title. refers to an x-ray of a pelvis on front cover. Owner jotting front endpaper, slight binding soil.

Very Good, Jeeves.

Wodehouse, P. G., · 1930

$24.00 (€21.77 | £18.17 | ¥3,832)

NY, Doubleday Doran, 1930. Colophon. G. Orange binding, black lettering, owner name, tanning to front endpaper. Eleven stories. Hole through top of pages 309-340.

Garfield in Disguise.

Davis, Jim, · 1985

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Ballantine, (1985). 1st ed 2nd ptg. G PB. Halloween is Garfield's favorite holiday - you dress up in a costume and next thing you know it's candy, candy, candy!. Edge wear.

The Haunted Tea-Cosy: a dispirited and distasteful diversion for Christmas.

Gorey, Edward, · 1997

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Harcourt Brace, (1997). 1st ptg. VG. Many of Edward Gorey's most fervent devotees think he's English & dead. "Actually he has never so much as visited either place. But his work has imprinted itself on the American consciousness as something from long ago and far away." Th...

Beasley's Christmas Party.

Tarkington, Booth, · 1909

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Harper, 1909. 1st ed. G ex-library. Red binding, gilt lettering front cover. Colorful illustrations at corners of pages.

Hold Everything!.

Sherwood, Bob (last of Barnum's clowns), · 1929

$42.00 (€38.11 | £31.79 | ¥6,707)

NYC, Sherwood's, (1929). VG in G DJ. Funny writing and illustrations about outhouses and wetting the bed. DJ chips to spne and edges.