Crabtree's Collection Old Books

Bad President with sad truths (George W. Bush).

Rosen, R. D., Harry Prichett & Rob Battles, · 2006

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Workamn Pub, (2006). 1st ptg. VG PB. Photos of Bush with funny captions then sad truth of real incidents.

Naked.

Sedaris, David, · 1997

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

Boston, Back Bay/Little Brown, (1997). 21st ptg. VG PB. A Kerouackian wandering is undertaken with a quadriplegic companion, a family gathers for a wedding in the face of death.

Queen Of the Porch and Other Droll Stories.

Hubbard, Elbert, · 1920

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

E. Aurora, NY, Roycrofters, (1920). VG ex-library. Green boards with seashell decoration at lower corner, brown suede spine, black lettering, top edge gilt, small-sized book. The Queen of the Porch is a curious creature. She is apt to breakfast in bed, but about eleven o'clock...

Twenty O'Clock and Other Droll Stories.

Hubbard, Elbert, · 1920

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

E. Aurora, NY, Roycrofters, (1920). VG ex-library. Green boards with seashell decoration at lower corner, brown suede spine, black lettering, top edge gilt, small-sized book. Library markings, sl edge wear. Remarkably good condition for a library book.

Over to Home & from Away: best of Maine humor.

Brunelle, Jim, edited by, introduction by JOhn Gould, · 1981

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

Portland, ME, Gannett Pub Co, (1981). 1st ptg. VG PB.

Scents of Humor.

Pheland, PauL H., · 0

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

np, np, nd. VG PB. Phelan was born and raised in Calais, ME, and is a graudate of Univ of Maine in Journalism. A humorous dictionary. Scrapes to cover at top and bottom.

Barrel Fever: stories & essays.

Sedaris, David, · 1994

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

Boston, Back Bay/Little Brown, (1994). 16th 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.

You Know You're Over 60 When.....

Kavet, Herbert I., · 1985

$8.00 (€7.26 | £6.06 | ¥1,277)

Watertown, MA, Ivory Tower Pub Co, (1985). G lg sz PB.you feel like the Morning After and you can swear you Havnea't been anywhere, you can finally afford the things you. no longer want, you prefer big calendars with big numbers rather than naked girls. Sl tanning to spine edge.

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.

Haddon, Mark, · 2003

$8.00 (€7.26 | £6.06 | ¥1,277)

NY, Vintage, (2003). 15th ptg. VG PB. Christopher's quest to investigate the suspicious death of a neighborhood dog. The Sound of Fury crossed The Catcher in the. Rye and one of Oliver Sachs's true-life stories.

The Ladies' Man.

Lipman, Elinor, · 1999

$8.00 (€7.26 | £6.06 | ¥1,277)

NY, Vintage, (1999). 3rd ptg. VG PB. Jilted at the altar by a man who has the audacity to show up 30 yrs later and apologize.sort of.

Am Bushed: more chronicles of government stupidity.

Gregory, Leland, · 2006

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

Kansas City, Andrews McMeel Pub, (2006). VG. Quotes from George W. Bush. "Brownie, you're doing a heck of a job." Book has moving google eyes on cover. Cheyne on back.

Nobody's Rib: Pat Stevens, Liz Sweeney, Babette and some other women you know.

Dunn, Nora, · 1991

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Harper, (1991). 1st ed. VG PB. "I still watch Mr. Rogers. I know people make fun of him. But he's so lonely.I mean your heart just goes out to him.he. has nothing. He comes home, he opens up that closet, there's nothing there. He only has one sweather and he makes such a b...

Red Skelton's Bloopers, Blunders and Ad Libs video.

Skelton, Red, · 1994

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Good Times, (1994). VG VHS video in pictorial slipcase. Hilarious compendium of sketches, clips, monologues and routines featuring goofs, flubs, missed cues, blown lines and. zany antics.

Letters.

Gregu, Devis, · 1979

$8.00 (€7.26 | £6.06 | ¥1,277)

NY, Ballantine Books, (1979). 1st ed. VG lg sz PB. A different way of looking at the sending and receiving of letters. Punch hole at top upper right corner of ft cover.

Ghastly Perils of the Great Outdoors.

Farrow, Peter, · 1986

$8.00 (€7.26 | £6.06 | ¥1,277)

Thorndike, ME, North Country Press, (1986). VG PB. Here for the first time the truth about th Womkeag, Rumweevil, Gouger, Pakroc and dozens of other snaggers, shuckers, nitters,. fumblers, grinders, chuckers, and twangers infesting the Great Outdoors.

A Collection of Maine Humor: Maine sampler.

Sawyer, Bill, · 1982

$8.00 (€7.26 | £6.06 | ¥1,277)

Camden, ME, Down East Books, (1982). 3rd ptg. VG PB. Sawyer, sword fisherman, hunter, yachtsman, banker and now blueberry farmer passes on a sampling of the sardonic humor of. Maine and the islands that has flavored his days. Owner name ft endpaper.

Bottomless Belly Button: comics not for children.

Groth, Gary, · 2008

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

Seattle, WA, Norton/Fantagraphics, (2008). VG lg PB.

The Big Little Book of Irish Wit & Wisdom: six volumes in one.

Various, · 1997

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Black Dog & Leventhal Pubs, (1997). 5th ptg. VG in VG DJ. Delightful book, gift quality. Color illustration opposite saying. "There's no use carrying an umbrella if your shoes are. leaking." "There are three kinds of men who fail to understand women: young men, old men, an...

A Moose and a Lobster Walk into a Bar.

McDonald, John, · 2006

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

Frenchboro, Islandport Press, (2006). 6th ed. VG PB. A classic Maine storytelling mix of stretch truths and wry observations.

Holidays on Ice.

Sedaris, David, · 1997

$8.00 (€7.26 | £6.06 | ¥1,277)

Boston, Little Brown, (1997). 4th ptg. VG PB. 6 0f Sedaris's most profound Christmas stories.