Crabtree's Collection Old Books

Don't Spit on My Corner.

Duran, Miguel, · 1992

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Houston, TX, Arte Publico Press, 1992. VG PB. Growing up on the wrong side of the tracks as a teenage pachuco. Duran is now a counselor for youth gangs.

Mr. Peaceable Paints.

Weisgard, Leonard, · 1956

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

NY, Scribner, 1956. G+. Spine and edge wear, spine torn, covers soiled. Early American painter in a New England town. Double page drawings.

Conservation of Our Heritage. Part 1 - Preservation of old buildings and historic relics.

Bagnall - Caltex Oil Editorial Board, · 1966

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Cape Town, S. Africa, Caltex, 1966. VG PB. An attempt to preserve the old buildings and historic relics of South Africa.

Seven Stories of Christmas Love.

Buscaglia, Leo, · 1987

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Morrow, (1987). 1st edition. Fine in VG DJ. Price clipped. Buscaglia shares 7 holiday episodes from his life.

Vetiver Grass: a thin green line against erosion.

Board on Science and Technology for International Development, · 1993

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

Washington, D.C., National Academy Press, 1993. VG PB. A little-known tropical grass, vetiver, is presented as an practical and inexpensive solution for controlling erosion.

Just Say Yes.

McDaniel, Judith, · 1991

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

Ithaca, NY, Firebrand Books, (1991). ARC. VG PB. Review copy. Contains letter to Poets and Writers magazine. Front wrap slightly curled from reading.

Short Stories for Little Folks: Aldine Supplementary Readers.

Bryce, Catherine T., · 1910

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

NY, Newson & Co., (1910). G-. Cover bowed, soiled. Bookworm damage front & back hinges. Back cover corner shows water damage. Edges and corners worn.

The Captain from Connecticut.

Forester, C. S., · 1941

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Boston, Little Brown, 1941. 1st ed ss. VG. Covers sl soiled.

Beardstown Ladies' Stitch-in-Time Guide to Growing Your Nest Egg: step-by-step planning for a comfortable financial future.

Beardstown Ladies' Investment Club with Robin Dellabough, · 1996

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.33 | ¥1,757)

NY, Hyperion, (1996). 1st ed ss. Fine in Fine DJ. The 15 ladies who make up this club have been outperforming mutual funds and professional money managers 3 to 1.

Diabetic Menus, Meals and Recipes.

Diabetic Clinic, Mt. Zion Hospital, San Francisco, · 1959

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

NY, Doubleday, (1959). New, revised. VG in VG DJ. Vastly simplifies the task of preparing at home diabetic diets & allows meals for the whole family that are safe for diabetics. Corners bumped. Sl soiling to dj.

The Great Divide.

Terkel, Studs, · 1988

$17.00 (€15.42 | £12.87 | ¥2,715)

NY, Pantheon, (1988). 1st ed ss. Fine in VG DJ. America as it is now - the yuppies, Wall Street greed, right- wing fundamentalism, 60's activists who have become stockbrokers. Sl edge wear to DJ.

Barbara Hale: a doctor's daughter.

Garis, Lilian, · 1926

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

NY, Grosset & Dunlap, (1926). VG in G+ DJ. DJ sl soiled and chipped. Owner's bookplate.

Air Heroes of World War II: sixteen stories of heroism in the air.

Jackson, Robert, · 1978

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, St. Martins, (1978). VG. Owner's embossed blind stamp on title page. Tales of courage in the air.

Watercolor Painting: media, methods and materials.

Chomicky, Yar G., · 1968

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Prentice-Hall, (1968). 4th printing. G. Binding spotted and soiled.

Roaming through the West Indies.

Franck, Harry A., · 1923

$32.00 (€29.03 | £24.22 | ¥5,110)

NY, Century, (1923). VG. Owner's name fep. Clean, bright copy with very slight spine and corner wear.

Dog Eats Moon.

Parker, Charles K., · 1950

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

Pittsfield, MA, Greylock Publishers, 1950. 1st edition ss. VG. Inscribed by author "To Harold Felton, With warmest regards. C. K. Parker, Sept 11, 1950" with chinese characters. Felton's. name sticker attached to fep. Footnote to inscription "Died 11/28/71". Spine sl darkened,...

Report of the Company.

Talcott, Dudley Vaill, · 1936

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

NY, Random, 1936. 2nd printing. VG. Owner's name & date fep. Spine somewhat browned. Browning on inner hinges. Dealers in seal skins, polar bears, walrus tusks.

Desert Solitaire: a season in the wilderness.

Abbey, Edward, · 1990

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

NY, Simon & Schuster, (1990). 8th printing. VG PB. Date on fep. Abbey's three seasons as a park ranger in s.e. Utah. He challenges the growing exploitation of the wilderness.

The New James Beard.

Beard, James, · 1981

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

NY, Knopf, 1981. 2d printing. VG. A new style for Beard - less salt, using yoghurt in sauces, vegetable combinations, Far Eastern and S. American flavors.

United States Stamp Catalogue Specialized.

Scott Publishing, · 1973

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

Omaha, NE, Scott Pub, (1973). 51st ed. VG ex lib. Rear endpaper msg. Library number lettered on spine.