Crabtree's Collection Old Books

La Deuxieme Annee Grammaire.

Larive & Fleury, · 1916

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

Paris, Librairie Armand Colin, 1916. 134th ed. G. Pictorial cover showing boy in sailor suit writing on a blackboard. Binding tanned at edges, blue spine w/paper label. Owner name pencil ft endpaper.

The Whole Ball of Wax and Other Colloquial Phrases: what they mean & how they started.

Urdang, Laurence, · 1988

$8.00 (€7.26 | £6.06 | ¥1,277)

NY, Perigee, (1988). VG PB. Cut the mustard, kit and caboodle, his name is mud, juke box, nickle and dime, rat race, grass roots.

Beginners' Dictionary of Chinese-Japanese Characters.

Rose-Innes, Arthur, · 1977

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Dover, (1977). 4th ed. VG PB. "Single most useful book for the student of Japanese". Edge wear.

Greek Literature in Translation.

Oates, Whitney Jenniings & Charles Theophilus Murphy, · 1956

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Longmans Gree, (1956). VG. Owner notations, binding fading.

Precis D'Histoire de la Litterature Francaise (in French).

Salomon, Pierre, · 1964

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

London, Macmillan, (1964). VG. Blue binding, gilt lettering on spine. Homemade dust jacket (landscape scene) taped to book.

The Art of Sign Language.

Brown, Christopher, · 2002

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

London, PRC, (2002). VG in VG DJ. Basic guide for the complete novice to learn up to 850 words.

A Treatise on the Structure of the English Language;or analysis and classification of sentences and their component parts etc..

Greene, Samuel S., A. M., Brown University, · 1868

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

Philadelphia, Cowperthwait & Co, 1868. Fair. Binding rubbed, cover sl skewed, edge wear.

The Word for the Day: 65 years of wit and wisdom on mispronunciation.

Steele, Bob & Phil, · 2003

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

Newington, CT, Connecticut River Press, 2003. VG in VG DJ. Signed by Phil Steele 11/5/03. Radio Hall of Fame broadcaster Bob Steele entertained New Englanders for 65 years & also. educated them on pronunciation, word usage & more. He identifies hundreds of frequently misprounc...

Black Street Speech: its history, structure, & survival.

Baugh, John, · 1983

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Austin, TX, Univ of Texas Press, (1983). 1st ed ss. G PB ex-library. In the minds of many black street speech shows illiteracy, poverty & ignorance but Baugh challenges these prejudices.

A Civil Tongue.

Newman, Edwin, · 1976

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

Indianapolis, IN, Bobbs Merrill, (1976). 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. DJ chipped, rubbed, price clipped. Remains of owner label on fep.

Don't Come the Raw Prawn!: the Aussie phrase book.

Blackman, John, · 1991

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

Australia, Sun, (1991). 1st ptg ss. VG PB. Dent on cover that goes into first pages.