Crabtree's Collection Old Books

American Costume Dolls: how to make and dress them.

Jordan, Nina R., · 1941

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Harcourt Brace, (1941). G ex-library. Drawings of dolls and costumes. Library markings. Dedicated to our valiant ancestors who gave to us our America.

The Nature Journal: a monthly guide to wildlife.

Bourne, Miriam Anne, · 1990

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Washington, D.C., Stanwood Pub, (1990). 1st ptg. VG spiral bound HB. In wildness is the preservation of the world." Henry David Thoreau, Journal, volume I. Beautiful book. Squirrel on front cover with acorns and oak leaves. Each month shows a plant with a significant quote and...

Soldier's Heart.

Samet, Elizabeth D., · 2007

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

NY, Farrar Straus, (2007). 2nd ptg. VG in VG DJ. Samet attended graduate school where nothing prepared her for teaching literature those training to fight a war. This book. chronicles the tensions in this life and the various ways war has transformed her relationship to litera...

Salem's Secret: book I: fiction based on fact.

Story, William K. & Robert E. Cahill, · 1999

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Salem, MA, Old Saltbox, (1999). Fair PB. Introducing Helen Highwaters. We were both born and raised in Salem. The span of 300 years clouds much about Salem witchcraft. tragedy in mystery. The exact location of Gallows Hill, the place of execution, is shrouded in conjecture. So...

The Mike Roy Cook Book.

Roy, Mike, · 1974

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Pasadena, CA, Ward Ritchie Press, (1974). 8th ptg. G PB. Roy previously emceed Dirfy's Tavern, Eugene Bergen and Charlie McCarthy and the Abbott and Costello Show. Roy likes to eat, loves to cook, and loves to talk about food on his radio show. Cover shows some tanning.

Payback.

Maki, R. Nestor, · 2010

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

Bloomington, IN, Authorhouse, (2010). G. Moving story of a man's desperate journey to find peace of mind. During WWII his town was invaded by Mussolini's army. After a journey through Albania, Greece, Turkey, across the Atlantic Ocean, he arrives in a small town in Brideway, M...

My Booky Wook: a memoir of sex, drugs and stand-up.

Brand, Russell, · 2010

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, itbooks, (2010). 10th ptg. VG PB. Brand exudes a Jagger-esque rock star charisma. NY Times "I laughed out loud at least a dozen times.To my shame, I'll. admit I sort of like My Booky Wook." A comedian, journalist, TV and radio host, and actor. He has won numerous awards in...

Myrtle Baldwin.

Munn, Charles Clark, · 1908

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

NY, Grosset & Dunlap, (1908). G. Green binding with paste down pictorial cover of girl sitting on a stool with book in her lap, edges gilt decorated. Owner name front flyleafs.

How to Grow Old Disgracefully.

Anthony, Norman, · 1946

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

NY, Eagle/Duell, Sloan & Pearce, (1946). G. Editor of Life Magazine Anthony created Depression era magazine Ballyhoo. Burlesque ads from Ballyhoo Ohbuoy Health Soap. cheated her out of popularity, she couldn't bring herself to tell him (burping), in your underwear what do you ...

Love Beyond Life.

Martin, Joel, and Patricia Romanowski, · 1997

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, HarperCollins, (1997). 1st ed. VG in VG DJ. The healing power of after-death communications. Exploring the power of apparitions and other phenomena to comfort, strengthen. us, and create a new life-affirming notion of what it means to grieve and to die. In the midst of lif...

An Arrow through the Heart.

drawing), · 2002

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

NY, Free Press, (2002). 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. One woman's story of life, love and surviving a near fatal heart attack. Signed by author on back endpaper. Previous. owner sticker on back endpaper. It happened without warning. She was thin and fit, ate all her vegetables, never ...

Once Upon a Town: the miracle of the North Platte Canteen.

Greene, Bob, · 2002

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Morrow, (2002). 1st ed 4th ptg. VG in G DJ. A small Nebraska town where few people pass through today but in North Platte, as isolated a small town can be, a solitary. outpost in the vast midwestern plains, but here from Christmas Day 1941 to the end of WWII, a miracle hap...

Range of Light.

Miner, Valerie, · 1995

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Cambridge, MA, Zoland, (1995). 1st ed 1st ptg. VG lg sz PB. Set in the High Sierra of California, a drama of friendship and memory of Adele and Kate who are friends from high school. uneasily reunited for a week's hike through the mountains after a 25 year estrangement.

The After-50 Cookbook.

Hamilton, Donna, · 1983

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Secaucus, NJ, Castle, (1983). Large print. VG in VG DJ. A treasury of creative recipes designed for 1 or 2, Over 200 kitchen-tested recipes which are easy to accomplish. Nutri/System Travel Meal Planner laid in (creased). DJ price clipped.

Folk Toys around the World and How to Make Them.

Joseph, Joan, · 1972

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Parents' Magazine Press, (1972). G. 18 toys from various countries, gives directions for constructing them, and discusses the materials needed. Working drawings and instructions. Inscription on front endpaper. Thumb piano from Africa, Sagat player from United Arab Republic...

The Littles' Surprise Party.

Peterson, John, · 1972

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Scholastic, (1972). 1st ptg. VG PB. Pages tanned on edges. Bumped on back cover at bottom near spine.

Misty's Twilight.

Henry, Marguerite, · 2002

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Scholastic, (2002). VG PB. Can Twilight compete against the best horses in the world? Part thoroughbred, part Chincoteague pony with thoroughbred in her. blood. Now it's her chance to shine.

I Never Played the Game.

Cosell, Howard with Peter Bonventre, · 1985

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Morrow, (1985). 1st ed 1st ptg. VG in G DJ. Cosell describes his 33 years in broadcasting, the great and not-so-great sports figures he has known and changes he has seen. his involvement and disillusionment with the world of spectator sports.

Anthology for Musical Analysis.

Burkhart, Charles, Queens College, · 1964

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

NY, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, (1964). G lg sz PB. 180 complete musical compositions or movements with sufficient material for a full year course in the anaysis of musical forms. analysis and dictation and provides theory and ear training classes with a large and varied body ...

Bently & Egg.

Joyce, William, · 1994

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Scholastic, (1994). VG lg sz PB. Author and his wife were having their first baby while writing this book and he thoght it was about a duck, a frog, and an egg. "But it's really about friendship, responsibility, and being a dad.".