Crabtree's Collection Old Books

Home Wine Making without failures with nearly 200 recipes.

Bravery, H. E., foreword by Noel Whitcomb, · 1969

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Avenel, (1969). VG in fair DJ. All you need to know to make wine from fruit, flowers, and vegetables as well as cider, ale, beer, and mead. DJ edge wear and waterstain on back.

The Happy Child: a psychoanalytic guide to emotional and social growth.

Josselyn, Irene Milliken, M.D., · 1953

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

NY, Random, (1953_. 1st ptg. VG in G DJ. VG green binding, silver and black lettering on spine, DJ edge wear. Author outlines for parents the stages of growth a child. experiences from infancy through adolescence and at the same time giving them an abundance of love. She empha...

Cooking for Company: a complete guide to planning, preparing, and serving deliciously different meals.

Teague, Ruth Mills, · 1950

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Random, (1950). 6th ptg. VG in G DJ. Originally appeared in The Ladies Home Journal under the title Conversation Piece. Party cook book of menus and recipes. Black binding with color imprints. DJ edge wear.

The Life of an Unknown Man.

Makine, Andrei, · 2010

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Minneapolis, MN, Graywolf, (2010). 1st Graywolf. VG PB. Makine was born in Siberia in 1957 and then lived in France for 20 years. His previous novels include Dreams of My Russian. Summers and Human Love. In this novel he explores what truly matters in life through the prism of...

I Know Where I'm Going: Katherine Hepburn, a personal biography.

Chandler, Charlotte, introduction by director George Cukor, · 2010

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

NY, Simon & Schuster, (2010). 1st printing. VG in VG DJ. Most intimate & personal biography ever published of Hollywood legend Katherine Hepburn. An actress supremely talented,. professional and confident, who always knew where she was going. Photos of Hepburn on front and bac...

Jane Brody's New York Times Guide to Personal Health.

Brody, Jane, · 1982

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

NY, Times Books, (1982). 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. Brody says many people are content to accept whatever fate may have in store. "I'm not. I believe that I can and should adopt. reasibabke measures to help preserve my health and prolong my life.".

Introductory Soil Mechanics and Foundations: geotechnical engineering.

Sowers, George E., · 1979

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

NY/London, Macmillan/Collier, (1979). 4th edition. G. Pencil jottings on front and back endpapers.

Letters from the Love Room: mapping the landscape of loss.

Martin, Corinne (inscribed), · 2017

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Issaqquah, WA, Made for Wonder Publishing, (2017). VG PB. After the death of a beloved 102 year-old aunt, the author discovered the "love room", the unique collection made of the. joys and struggles of two people over time which didn't disappear. Determined to stay in touch sh...

Libertarians on the Prairie: Laura Indalls Wilder, Rose Wilder Lane, and the Making of the Little House books.

Woodside, Christine (inscribed by author), · 2016

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

NY, Arcade Pub, (2016). First edition. VG in VG DJ.

Harvest of Murder: a gardening mystery.

Ripley, Ann, · 2001

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.33 | ¥1,757)

NY, Kensington, (2001). 1st ptg. G in G DJ ex-library. Wife, mother, and television gardening show host, Louise finds herself caught up in the chaos of a holiday feast, a new. high-tech job, and a brutal murder in her own barnyard. Library markings.

The Emperor of Ocean Park.

Carter, Stephen L., · 2002

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

NY, Knopf, (2002). 1st ed 3rd ptg. VG in VG DJ. Story of a complex family with a single, seductive link to the shadowlands of crime. Beautiful copy.

The Heir.

Bradford, Barbara Taylor, · 2007

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

NY, St. Martins, (2007). 1st ed 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. At the age of 33, Edward having survived harrowing years of betrayal, threats, from ruthless enemies, countless lovers, and. a war that ravagedhis country, is finally king of his company. It's 1918, an influenza pandemic is...

When God Winks on Love.

Rushnell, Squire, · 2004

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

NY, Atria, (2004). 1st ed 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. Former TV president & CEO, an executive with ABC, believes God sends silent messages from the universe, quiet communications. to support and reassure us, little miracles in themselves, amazing coincidences that can lead to a perf...

Drivin' Woman.

Chevalier, Elizabeth Pickett, · 1942

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Macmillan, 1942. VG. Covers 50 years immediately following the Civil War. Rust-colored binding, gilt lettering on spine (rubbed). Fictional account of raising tobacco in the South. Tanned on inner edge of endpapers, former owner's name top of front endpaper.

A Tangle Web: sequel to Deceptions.

Michael, Judith, · 1994

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Simon & Schuster, (1994). Large print ed. VG in VG DJ. Identical twins exchanged their lives with fateful consequences. Owner name top of front endpaper.

Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches.

Basho, translated from Japanese with an introduction by Nobuyuki Yuasa, · 1974

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Great Britain, Penguin, (1974). Reprint. VG PB. Japanese poet and diarist born in Iga-ueno near Kyoto in 1844 spent his youth as a companion to the son of the local lord and. with him studied the writing of 17-syllable verse. In 1667 he moved to Edo (now Tokyo) where he contin...

The Life of Andrew Jackson: complete in one volume.

James, Marquis, · 1938

$24.00 (€21.77 | £18.17 | ¥3,832)

Indianapolis, Bobbs-Merrill, (1938). First complete. VG. Tennessee 1788-1804 front endpaper. Cinnamon red binding, black title block on spine with gilt lettering, spine some fading. Map of United States of the Jackson era on back endpapers.

Beginner's Guide to Wild Flowers.

Hausman, Ethel Hinckley, · 1948

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Putnam, (1948). 7th imp. VG in G DJ. DJ edges worn.

Along the Brook: what you find there and how to name it plus Along the Shore illus by author Butler.

Fuller, Raymond T. and author Eva L. Butler, · 1931

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.28 | ¥6,387)

NY, John Day (Reynal & Hitchcock, (1931)& (1935). G 2 hardback books ex-library 4&3/4" X 7". Two old-time nature books. Edge wear, ex-library.

Horse Heaven.

Smiley, Jane, · 2000

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

NY, Knopf, (2000). First edition. VG in VG DJ. Wonderful copy. A good trainer is in a bad slump and then there's Buddy, a ruthless trainer who can't seem to lose.