Crabtree's Collection Old Books

The Life of Samuel Johnson.

Boswell, James, · 1946

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Doubleday, 1946. G. Among monumental biographies, this ranks high None has been written more in friendship and admiration. But this never. prevented Boswell from seeing Johnson as a complete personality, a three dimensional figure. Here is the spitting image, here is the m...

Attachments.

Rossner, Judith, · 1977

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

NY, Simon & Schuster, (1977). 4th ptg. VG in VG DJ. "I walk down the paths. It's so quiet that at first I think the ripples in the water are being caused by the wind. Except. there is no wind. A moment later their heads surface, facing each other, and I can see them moving aro...

Hooking Up.

Wolfe, Tom, · 2000

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

NY, Farrar Straus Giroux, (2000). 1st ed. VG in G DJ. America's maestro reporter/novelist gives America an MRI at the dawn of a new age. In the year 2000 we can forget about necking. Today's girls asnd boys have never heard of anything so dainty. Today's first base is deep kis...

The Portable Voltaire.

Redman, Ben Ray, edited by and introduction, · 1979

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Penguin, (1979). G PB. Candide and Zadig complete; two tales Micromegas; Story of a Good Brahmin; over 70 articles from the Philosophical Dictionary. cross section of letters; selections from The English Letters and from the Essay on Manners and Spirit of Nations; the long...

Short Stories (40): a portable anthology.

Lawn, Beverly, edited by, · 2001

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

Boston/NY, Bedford/St. Martins, (2001). G PB. Ralph Ellison/ Battle Royal; O'Connor/A Good Man Is Hard to; Find; Atwood/Happy Endings; Erdrich/The Red Convertible, etc. Owner name, highlighting.

A Crayola Odyssey (1001) or House of Wax: two.

Aronovitz, David (inscribed by author), · 1986

$500.00 (€453.65 | £378.46 | ¥79,844)

Rochester, MI, Pretentiouis Press, (1986). VG PB. A fantasy about a young girl. Inscribed to Penny & Allen, have a wonderful New Year !!!: slight edge wear.

Pee-Wee Harris on the Trail: published with approval of The Boy Scouts of America.

Fitzhugh, Percy Keese, · 1922

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Grosset & Dunlap, (1922). G. Tan binding, outlined red lettering on front cover, minor edge wear.

What We Live By.

Dimnet, Ernest, · 1932

$145.00 (€131.56 | £109.75 | ¥23,155)

NY, Simon and Schuster, (1932). 3rd ptg. VG. Red binding, gilt lettering (rubbed), tanning to hinges, former owner name front endpaper. The French priest comments on the three aspects of "Being" in classical metaphysics: (Verum) the true; Pulchrum (the beautiful); Bonum (the g...

The Caner's Handbook: a descriptive guide with step-by-step photos.

Miller, Bruce W. and Jim Widess, · 1991

$24.00 (€21.77 | £18.17 | ¥3,832)

Asheville, NC, Lark Books, (1991). VG lg sz PB. Restoring cane, rush, splint, Danish cord, rawhide and wicker furniture. Color up-close of the caning process. Laid in 8 page insert with The Art of Caning a Chair by Barbara B. Esbach and How to Weave a Splint Seat by Martha C. ...

Ghosts: vintage aircraft of World War II.

Makanna, Philip, foreword by Chuck Yeager, · 1987

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,783)

Charlottesville, VA, Thomasson-Grant, (1987). VG in VG DJ. Photos by Phillip Makanna captures the vitality and grace of these restored planes bought as surplus or salvaged from desert. sands and ocean floors, South American jungles and Arctic slopes. Slight DJ edge wear.

The Spirit of Charles Lindbergh: another dimension.

Hunter, T. Willard, · 1993

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

Lanham, MD, Madison Books, (1993). VG in VG DJ. Still one of the most popular attractions at the Smithsonian Institution much is known about the Spirit of St. Louis airplane. but not so much is known about the spirit of the man who flew it. The public's reception of him took o...

One Hundred and One African-American Read-Aloud Stories.

Kanton, Susan, edited by, · 1998

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

NY, Black Dog & Leventhal, (1998). VG in VG DJ. Take your children to faraway lands, visit long ago times, encounter giants and heroes, ghosts, and witches, adventure with. children both naughty and nice.

Managing Incontinence.

editors, · 2013

$24.00 (€21.77 | £18.17 | ¥3,832)

Rochester, MN, Mayo Clinic, (2013). 2nd ed. VG in VG DJ. Help in understanding bladder and bowel control problems and their treatments so that they can be better discussed with your. doctor. The many causes of urinary incontinence, the different types, how the condition is dia...

American Steel: hot metal men and the resurrection of the rust belt.

Preston, Richaed, · 1991

$17.00 (€15.42 | £12.87 | ¥2,715)

NY, Prentice Hall, (1991). 1st ed 1st ptg. VG. Nucor's ambitious project to build and start up a large facility to convert scrap metal to sheet metal for consumer. products, restoring the American steel, in an old corn field in Crawfordsville, Indiana, Owner inscription on fro...

Cotswold Moles: a Lady Jane Hildreth mystery.

Spicer, Michael, · 1993

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, St. Martin's, (1993). 1st ed 1st ptg. G in G DJ ex-library. When a caretaker/butler dies soon after the death of his reclusive mistress Lady Jane's boss, the chief he is unusually. perturbed. He asks the noblewoman spy to investigate the background of the recently deceased...

Journey into Crime: true stories of the world's most bizarre crime.

Whitehead, Don, · 1960

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

NY, Random, (1960). 2nd ptg. VG in G DJ. The Japanese who invited 18 people to a lethal tea party, the handsome San Franciscan who robbed banks to keep his credit. rating, the Chinese secret society members who pirated a 4,551 ton ship, By the author of The FBI Story. Whitehea...

Poems (39).

Ciardi, John, · 1959

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

New Brunswick, NJ, Rutgers Univ Press, (1959). VG in G DJ. Ciardi's (1916-1986) sixth book of poetry. Poetry editor of the Saturday Review, poet, translator, and critic, who helped. make poetry more accessible to children and adults. Binding has green spine with irregularly st...

Bushworld: enter at your own risk.

Dowd, Maureen, · 2004

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

NY, Putnam, (2004). 1st ed 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. Dowd dissects the Oedipal loop-de-loop between father and son and the Orwellian logic of the rush to war in Iraq.

State of Denial: Bush at war, part III.

Woodward, Bob, · 2008

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

NY, Simon & Schuster, (2008). VG in VG DJ. Examines how the Bush administration avoided telling the truth about Iraq to the public, to Congress, and often to themselves.

No Margin for Error: American in the eighties.

Baker, Senator Howard, introduction by Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, · 1980

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

NY, Times, (1980). 1st ed. VG in VG DJ. Named by his colleague in 1980 as the most respected U.S. Senator, Baker was called by Deniel Patrick Moynihan was very. much a man of ideas-new ideas-an incisive analyst of problems with a persistent interest in the political tradition....