Crabtree's Collection Old Books

Notes on the State of Virginia.

Jefferson, Thomas, edited with introduction & notes by William Peden, · 1982

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

NY, Norton, (1982). 2nd printing. VG PB.

Paris in the Terror: June 1793-July 1794.

Loomis, Stanley, · 1964

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

Philadelphia, PA, Lippincott, (1964). 1st ed ss. VG. Ink notation on back ep. Top of spine sl torn. Ink mark on top edge.

David Livingstone: his life and letters.

Seaver, George, · 1957

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

NY, Harper, (1957). VG. Stamps from private library. Spine and edge wear. Book is cocked.

The Nine Lives of Michael Todd.

Cohn, Art, · 1958

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Random, (1958). 1st ptg ss. VG. Written by friend Art Cohn who died with Mike in a plane crash over New Mexico. Art's wife completed the final two chapters.

A Separate Battle: women and the Civil War.

Chang, Ina, · 1994

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

NY, Scholastic, (1994). 2nd printing. VG lg sz PB. Women in both the North and South joined the war effort by becoming nurses, forming aid societies & doing jobs at home. Back cover corner creased.

The Sweeter the Juice: a family memoir in black and white.

Haizlip, Shirlee, · 1994

$8.00 (€7.26 | £6.06 | ¥1,277)

NY, Touchstone, (1994). 1st ed. VG PB. Slight edge wear.

The Cat Who Came to Breakfast.

Braun, Lilian Jackson, · 1994

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

NY, Putnam, (1994). BCE. VG in VG DJ. DJ chipped.

The Shrinking of Treehorn.

Heide, Florence Parry, · 1971

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

NY, Holiday House, (1971). G ex-library. Library stamp, pocked removed. DJ flap glued to back ep. Spine and corner wear. Treehorn was shrinking and he didn't know why.

Arthur's Honey Bear.

Hoban, Lillian, · 1974

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

NY, Harper & Row, (1974). 1st ed ss. G ex-library. Library stamp, pocket removed. Spine and corners worn, corners bumped. Arthur and Viola are going to have a tag sale. An I Can. Read Book.

Border Music.

Waller, Robert James, · 1995

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

NY, Warner, (1995). 1st ptg ss. Fine and Fine DJ. By author of "The Bridges of Madison County.".

Suki and the Wonder Star.

Blackburn, Joyce, · 1996

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

Franklin, TN, Providence House Pub, (1996). Silver An. Ed. Fine.

Speaking of Success (collection of sayings about success).

Warner, Mary Alice, · 1988

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

NY, Peter Pauper Press, (1988). 1st ed. VG in VG DJ. "A little money helps, but what really gets it right is to never., under any condition face the facts." Ruth Gordon.

Coyote Blue.

Moore, Christopher, · 1995

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

NY, Avon, (1995). 1st ptg. VG PB. Sl edge wear. California sunshine meets American Indian myth as a former Crow, now successful insurance saleman, finds love.

The Turning Point.

Laurents, Arthur, · 1977

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

NY, New American Library, (1977). BCE. VG in VG DJ. Owner's name fep. Two women & a daughter make decisions about their lives. Movie was with Anne Bancroft & Shirley MacLaine.

The Silver Chair (book 4 in the Chronicles of Narnia).

Lewis, C. S., · 1970

$8.00 (€7.26 | £6.06 | ¥1,277)

NY, Collier, (1970). 40th printing. VG PB. How captive Prince Rilian escaped from the Emerald Witch's underground kingdom.

Gift from the Sea.

Lindbergh, Anne Morrow, · 1991

$8.00 (€7.26 | £6.06 | ¥1,277)

NY, Vintage, (1991). 7th printing. VG PB. Ft cover has crease on bottom corner. Classic meditations on youth, age, love, marriage, solitude, peace & contentment.

Hanging Up.

Ephron, Delia, · 1995

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Putnam, (1995). 1st ed 2d ptg. VG in VG DJ. One of the baby boomers, Eve Mozell, married and with an elderly father to care for, begins a love affair over the phone.

The Dark Romance of Dian Fossey.

Hayes, Harold T. P., · 1990

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

NY, Simon & Schustser, (1990). 2d ptg. VG in G DJ. DJ damp stained at top, chipped. In 1985 Fossey was found dead in her Rwandan cabin, her head split open with a machete. She had been doing research at the Moutain Gorilla Research Center in the African nation of Rwanda. Begin...

Coming into the Country.

McPhee, John, · 1978

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

NY, Farrar, Straus and Girous, (1978). 1st ed 6th ptg. VG in VG DJ. DJ glued & trimmed, damp stain. Alaskan character sketches, observed landscapes & descriptive narrative.

Where the Heart Is.

Wiggins, Florence Roe, · 1976

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,235)

Chapaqua, NY, Christian Herald House, (1976). 1st ed ss. VG in VG DJ. Owner's name on ep inside front cover. DJ has sl edge wear. A valiant defense of the importance of woman's contribution.