Crabtree's Collection Old Books

A Fish Called Wanda.

Cleese, John and Charles Crichton, · 1988

$8.00 (€7.26 | £6.06 | ¥1,277)

London, Methuen, (1988). G PB. Edgewear, crease in ft cover. A successful barrister ends up in Rio with a jewel thief called Wanda, a fish & an animal. rights activist eliminates several small dogs.

Wry Martinis.

Buckley, Christopher, · 1997

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Random, (1997). 1st ed 2nd ptg. VG in VG DJ.

Krazy Kat.

Cantor, Jay, · 1988

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Collier, (1988). 1st ptg. VG PB. Novel about the feline in George Herriman's comic strip who sees bricks thrown by Ignatz Mouse as tokens of love.

Once upon a Mattress: life in bed.

Riskin, Martin, · 1995

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Watertown, MA, Ivory Tower, 1995. VG PB.

Why Farm Wives Age Fast No. II.

Jacobs, Eleanor, editor, · 1986

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

Greendale, WI, Reiman Publications Inc., (1986). VG PB.

The 776 Stupidest Things Ever Said.

Petras, Ross and Kathryn, · 1993

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Dougleday, (1993). 7th ptg. VG PB.

The Dan Quayle Quiz Book: for people who think they are smarter than the Vice-President.

Soloman, Jeremy and Ken Brady, · 1989

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Little Brown, (1989). 1st ptg. VG PB. Price inked out. Does Quayle live in this century, does he prefer golf to sex, who named him Elvis, did Bush say he was no. Spiro Agnew?.

Curse of the Giant Muffins and Other Washington Maladies.

Kinsley, Michael, · 1987

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Summit, (1987). VG in VG DJ. Remainder mark.

The Complete Fawlty Towers.

Cleese, John & Connie Booth, · 1988

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

NY, Pantheon Books, (1988). 5th ptg. VG PB. Complete, unexpurgated scripts of the hotel of every traveler's worst nightmare.

"Funny, You Don't Look Like a Grandmother".

Wyse, Lois, · 1989

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Crown, (1989). 2nd ptg. VG in VG DJ.

David Letterman's New Book of Top Ten Lists and wedding dress patterns for the husky bride.

Letterman, David, · 1996

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Bantam, (1996). 1st ptg. VG. Owner name fep.

The PreHistory of The Far Side: a 10th anniversary exhibit.

Larson, Gary, · 1989

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

Kansas City, MO, Andrews & McMeel, (1989). VG lg sz PB.

The Man in the Ceiling.

Feiffer, Jules, · 1995

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Scholastic, (1995). 1st ptg thus. VG PB. Jimmy Jibbett's dream is to be a great cartoonist someday but his parents think he is wasting his time.

America on Six Rubles a Day.

Smirnoff, Yakov, · 1987

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Vintage, (1987). 1st ptg. VG PB. Edges of some pages creased.

Lanterns and Lances.

Thurber, James, introduction by Peter de Vries, · 1980

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Time, (1980). VG PB.

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

Cader, Michael, · 1995

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Warner Books, (1995). 1st ptg. VG PB. Unauthorized. Dave's first job at Atlas Supermarket, what's the deal with his hair, speeding tickets.

Cats Are Better than Men because.....

Hanbery, Donna, · 1993

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Watertown, MA, Ivory Tower, (1993). VG lg sz PB. Cats are better than men because a cat will never call you from jail, a bar at closing time or another women's house.

The Kennedy Wit.

Adler, Bill, editor, · 1964

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Citadel Press, (1964). 6th ptg. VG in G DJ. DJ chipped & rubbed.

Ziggy's Sunday Funnies: the best of the seventies.

Wilson, Tom, · 1981

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Fairway, KS, Andrews & McMeel, (1981). VG in VG DJ. Owner inscription fep.

Stoned Like a Statue: a complete survey of drinking cliches.

Kandel, Howard and Don Safran, introduction by Dean Martin, · 1963

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Kanrom, (1963). G PB. Inscribed by owner. Edges rubbed.