Crabtree's Collection Old Books

Car Talk: Men are from GM women are from Ford: calls about couples and cars audio tape.

Magliozzi, Tom & Ray, the Tappett Brothers, · 1997

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

Novato, CA, Audio Publishing, (1997). VG audio tape in G slipcase. America's funniest auto mechanics from their weekly automotive repair call-in show. Slipcase edge wear.

Faith, Hope and Hilarity: the child's eye view of religion.

Van Dyke, Dick, · 1970

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

NY, Doubleday, (1970). BCE. VG in G DJ. Dick, an ex-Sunday School teacher, overheard it all. Edges of DJ tanning.

Police Blotter: real-life crime headlines from "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno".

Leon, Jay, · 1994

$8.00 (€7.26 | £6.06 | ¥1,277)

Kansas City, Andrews & McMeel, (1994). VG PB. Some of the strangest clippings from America's newspapers for his regular "headlines" segments on The Tonight Show.

Ladies' Choice: a collection of humor by Maine women.

Patterson, Mavis, edited by, · 1982

$8.00 (€7.26 | £6.06 | ¥1,277)

Unity, ME, North Country Press, (1982). 4th ptg. G PB. Wit and originality as Maine women tells humorous tales. Spots on back cover.

Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim.

Sedaris, David, · 2004

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Little Brown, (2004). 1st ed 6th ptg. VG. Sedaris' family and friends.

Early Bird: a memoir of a premature retirement.

Rothman, Rodney, · 2005

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Simon & Schuster, (2005). 1st ptg. VG PB. At 28 Rodney decides to retire early, 40 years early, and travels to Boca Raton, Florida, to Century Village a retirement. community.

When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?.

Carlin, George, · 2004

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Hyperion, (2004). VG in VG DJ. Carlin vainly scours the American landscape for signs of intelligence.

It's Okay to Miss the Bed on the First Jump and other life lessongs I learned from dogs.

O'Hurley, John, · 2006

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Hudson St Press, (2006). 1st ptg advnce. VG PB advance uncorrected manuscript. Lighthearted exploration of how and why dogs have served as some our most enlightened teachers including every 15 minutes. is a brand new day.

Aunt Erma's Cope Book.

Bombeck, Erma, · 1979

$8.00 (€7.26 | £6.06 | ¥1,277)

NY, McGraw-Hill, (1979). VG in VG DJ. The moving story of how one woman survived the pursuit of happiness--until self help books arrive. DJ sl edge wear.

Elephant Bones and Lonelyhearts: confessions along my nature trail.

Rood, Ronald, · 1977

$8.00 (€7.26 | £6.06 | ¥1,277)

Brattleboro, VT, Stephen Greene Press, (1977). VG.

The New Can You Top This? Laugh Roundup.

Ford, Ed (Senator), Harry Hershfield & Joe Laurie, Jr., · 1947

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Grosset & Dunlap, (1947). VG in G DJ. Cream of the Crop jokes plus game "Who Told This One?" detecting who told which of the jokes on their radio program. DJ edge tears, tanning at DJ edges.

The New Pun Book: collected, edited an arranged from the notes of two learned pundits.

T.B. and T.C., · 1906

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

NY, Frank Vernon, (1906). VG. Owner name in pencil ft endpaper, gray binding, blue decoration & lettering, spine tanned.

The Foolish Dictionary: an exhausting work of reference to un-certain English words, their origin, meaning etc..

Wurdz, Gideon, · 1904

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

NY, Grosset & Dunlap, (1904). G. Name pencil ft endpaper. Pictorial red binding. Rubbed.

An Underachiever's Diary.

Anastas, Benjamin, · 1999

$8.00 (€7.26 | £6.06 | ¥1,277)

NY, Spike/Avon, (1999). VG PB. "I would be proud of myself if I ever underachieved so brillianty." Ann Beattie Remainder mark.

Fragments from France.

Bairnsfather, Captain Bruce, · 1917

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

NY, Putnam, 1917. G. Blue paste down pictorial binding, gilt lettering. Owner inscription ft endpaper, edge wear.

Winsome Winnie and other new nonsense novels.

Leacock, Stephen, · 1920

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, John Lane, 1920. VG. Green binding, black title box. Edge wear, owner name ft endpaper.

This Is Sylvia: her lives and loves.

Wilson, Sndy, · 1955

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Dutton, 1955. 1st ed. VG in G DJ. Sylvia is Sandy Wilson's theatrical cat & her book is a memoir about her struggles to achieve stage success, her love affairs,. marriage into aristocracy, glamorous experiences in Hollywood and on the Riviera, a satire of the theatre world...

The Anti-Nuclear Handbook.

Croall, Stephen, · 1978

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Pantheon, (1978). 2nd ptg. G PB. Lays out risks run from constructing nuclear plants, from exporting nuclear technology, from nuclear wastes, sabotage &. accidents & from coming generation of plutonium producing breeder-reactors in a witty, biting comic book style that exp...

Private Breger's War: his advenures in Britain and at the front.

Breger, Dave, · 1944

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

NY, Random, (1944). G. Tan binding, red/white/blue lettering & decoration. Edge wear, binding tanning.

Sea Whispers.

Jacobs, W. W., · 1926

$24.00 (€21.77 | £18.17 | ¥3,832)

NY, Scribner, 1926. 1st ed. VG. Tan cover with wonderful green illustration of man holding a mug & talking to parrot on his shoulder w/ship in background. Spine illustration shows sailor standing on dock. Sl tanning on endpapers, Christmas sticker ft endpaper, sl edge wear.