Crabtree's Collection Old Books

New Hampshire's Child: the Derry journals of Lesley Frost.

Frost, Lesley with notes and index by Lawrance Thompson & Arnold Grade, · 1969

$28.00 (€25.40 | £21.19 | ¥4,471)

Albany, NY, State Univ of NY Press, 1969. VG in VG DJ. Fep inverted by publisher. DJ sl worn. From six childhood journals of Lesley we find out about her father, poet Robt Frost.

Earth Shine.

Lindbergh, Anne Morrow, · 1969

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Harcourt, Brace & World, (1969). 1st ed ss. VG in G DJ. DJ clipped, torn, chipped, soiled.

Summer People.

Piercy, Marge, · 1989

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Summit Books, (1989). 1st ptg ss. VG in VG DJ. The lives of three dedicated artists in a small Cape Cod community.

Dinner Parties: complete plans for buffets, impromptu suppers, sit-down dinners.

Crocker, Betty, · 1978

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

NY, Golden Press, 1978. 7th printing. VG HB spiral bound. Spine and corner wear.

The Grand Colorado: the story of a river and its canyons.

Watkins, T. H., foreword by Wallace Stegner, · 1971

$28.00 (€25.40 | £21.19 | ¥4,471)

Palo Alto, CA, American West Pub. Co., (1971). VG in VG DJ. Owner's name ffep. DJ sl chipped. From ancient Indians to the time of Coronado, the history of a great river.

Black Oxen.

Atherton, Gertrude, · 1923

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Burt, (1923). G+. Photoplay edition. One photo loose.

Portrait by Caroline.

Thompson, Sylvia, · 1931

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

NY, Book League of America, 1931. G. Discarded stamp on bot page edges, owner's book plate, spine faded.

The Judgment of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.

Wexley, John, · 1955

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

NY, Cameron & Kahn, (1955). 3rd ed. VG in G DJ. DJ chipped, torn. 3 years in the writing, this book examines the Rosenberg case in depth but the epoch that produced it.

Tristram.

Robinson, Edwin Arlington, · 1929

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Book League of America, 1929. VG. Owner's name fep. Three words underlined on first page. Spine and edges worn, corners bumped, front cover wrinkled.

Crooked River.

Brush, Frederic, · 1934

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Philadelphia, David McKay, (1934). VG. Inscribed by author: "To the Madden Girls, Frederic Brush '46". Spine, edges sl worn. Spine sl faded.

Education of a Wandering Man: a memoir (autobiography).

L'Amour, Louis, introduction by Daniel J. Boorstin, · 1989

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Bantam, (1989). 1st ed. VG in VG DJ. In his own words, L'Amour writes of growing up in Jamestown, North Dakota, skinning cattle in Texas & working in circus. DJ chipped.

Fifty Years 1915-1965: a retrospective collection.

Fadiman, Clifton - Introduction, Borzoi Books, · 1965

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Knopf, 1965. BCE. VG. Collection of works printed by Knopf in the last 50 years under the Borzoi insignia.

The Collected Verse of Alice Scudder.

Scudder, Alice, collected by two admirers Darwin Kirby and James Nelson, · 0

$32.00 (€29.03 | £24.22 | ¥5,110)

Privately printed, ca1972. G PB. Signed by author on title page. Gift incription "Happy Birthday to Sophie Cox with love". Wraps soiled, sunned.

The History of American Sailing Ships.

Chapelle, Howard I., · 1985

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

NY, Bonanza Books, (1985). VG in VG DJ. DJ chipped. Development of various types of sailing vessels and rigs in America from earliest to modern.

Libra.

Delillo, Don, · 1988

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

NY, Viking, (1988). 3rd printing. VG in VG DJ. Antihero Lee Harvey Oswald helps us to speculate on the events leading up to the assassination of Kennedy.

The Scold's Bridle.

Walters, Minette, · 1994

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

NY, St. Martin's Press, (1994). 1st U.S. ed ss. VG in VG DJ. By author of "The Sculptress" and "The Ice House". Wealthy old woman is found dead in her bath with an instrument of torture.

The Master-Christian.

Corelli, Marie, · 1900

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

NY, Dodd Mead, 1900. 1st ed. VG. Decorated cover. Queen Victoria's favorite writer and author of "Two Worlds" "Barabbas" and "The Sorrows of Satan". Corner. bumped, slight edge wear.

U.S. Camera 1948.

Maloney, Tom - editor, · 1948

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

NY, U.S. Camera Publishers, 1948. G. Damp mark top rt corners, back covers sl torn, binding shaken. Interior sound. Ink blotch on pp 202-203.

The Book of Old Ships.

Culver, Henry B., · 1977

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

NY, Bonanza Books, (1977). VG in VG DJ. DJ sl chipped. Drawings and descriptions of over 60 old ships from galley of ancient Egypt 1600 B.C. to clippers.

Train Wrecks: a pictorial history of accidents on the Main Line.

Reed, Robert C., · 1968

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

NY, Bonanza Books, (1968). VG in VG DJ. Absorbing story of wrecks on the right-of-way which brought on horror articles, sons and scare-sketches.