Crabtree's Collection Old Books

Journey through a Lighted Room.

Parton, Margaret, · 1973

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Viking, (1973). 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. Newspaperwoman and foreign correspondent Parton tells of her experiences and adventures around the world and in her heart.

Handbook of Welded Steel Pipe.

Kendall, Ralph R., · 1942

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Berkeley, CA, Calif. Corrugated Culvert Co, 1942. 1st ed. VG. Black out name on front ep. Some browning on eps. Attractive cover with square containing title.

A Tenderfoot in Southern California.

Yeslah, M. D., · 1908

$32.00 (€29.03 | £24.22 | ¥5,110)

NY, Privately printed, 1908. VG. Numbered edition #3297. Signed by author. Owner's name front endpaper. Yeslah is the pseudonym of Mina Deane Halsey. Spine. sl sunned, worn. Corners sl worn.

Adrift on an Ice-Pan.

Grenfell, Wilfred Thomason, · 1935

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, (1935). 30th imp. VG in VG DJ. Inscribed "With best wishes Wilfred T. Grenfell" fep. Eps have some browning. DJ chipped and some discoloration.

Travels with Henry (Kissinger).

Valeriani, Richard, · 1979

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1979. 1st ed. VG in VG DJ. NBC's TV correspondent writes a witty chronicle of life on the diplomatic road with diplomat Henry Kissinger.

The Greenlanders.

Smiley, Jane, · 1988

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

NY, Knopf, 1988. 1st ed ss. VG in VG DJ. Slightly cocked. DJ clipped. A huge hypnotic novel that draws us into a 14th century Norse world.

Life of Johnson.

Boswell, James, · 1931

$17.00 (€15.42 | £12.87 | ¥2,715)

NY, Modern Library, (1931). VG. Some browning of eps, spine sunned, worn.

The Birth of Chrysler Corporation and Its Engineering Legacy.

Breer, Carl, edited by Anthony J. Yanik, · 1995

$48.00 (€43.55 | £36.33 | ¥7,665)

Warrendale, PA, Society of Automotive Engs., (1995). Fine in fine DJ. The story of the engineering team known at Chrysler as the three musketeers: Fred Zeder, Owen Skelton & Carl Breer.

Through the Ivory Gate.

Dove, Rita, · 1992

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

NY, Pantheon Books, (1992). 1st ed ss. VG PB advanced reader's edition. In 1987 Rita Dove became one of the youngest writers to win the Pulitzer Prize for poetry. This is her first novel.

The Rodale Cookbook.

Albright, Nancy, Chef-Manager of the Rodale Press Dining Room, · 1975

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Emmaus, PA, Rodale Press, (1975). 6th printing. VG in G+ DJ. Sl spine and corner wear. DJ chipped. Recipes for wholesome foods actually served in the Rodale dining room.

The Woman Within.

Glasgow, Ellen, · 1954

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

NY, Harcourt, Brace, (1954). 1st ed ss. VG. To her literary executors, Glasgow writes this is only a rough draft & because of suffering of mind & body, she cannot edit it. Small "G" marked on spine in ink.

Syble Beck's Gourmet Health Foods Cookbook.

Beck, Syble, · 1979

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

Privately printed, 1979. VG in VG DJ. When diagnosed with cancer, Beck determined to fight back with a strict health food diet and she learned to make it taste good. Spiral bound. DJ chipped.

The Crown of Columbus.

Dorris, Michael and Louise Erdrich, · 1991

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

NY, Harper Collins, (1991). 1st ed ss. VG in VG DJ. A collaborative literary work, Dorris and Erdrich chronicle mismatched lovers' quest for truth about Christopher Columbus. Small remainder mark on bottom edge.

Old Glamors of New Austria.

Clark, Sydney A., · 1932

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

NY, Robert M. McBridge & Co., 1932. VG. Ep maps. Edge wear and some minor spots on binding. Remainder mark on edge of bot pages.

The Albatross of Midway Island: a natural history of the Laysan Albatross.

Fisher, Mildred L., · 1970

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

Carbondale, IL, Southern Illinois Univ Press, (1970). VG in VG DJ. DJ sl sunned, sl worn. Based on scientific research, the story traces one of these bird's life story for eight years.

The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit II.

Wilson, Sloan, · 1984

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Arbor House, (1984). 1st ed. VG in VG DJ. DJ sl chipped. The follow-up to the novel that spoke for an entire generation. Tom Rath, 10 years later.

Endangered Species: portraits of a dying millenium.

Luzwick, Dierdre with introduction by David R. Brower, · 1992

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.28 | ¥6,387)

NY, Harper Collins, (1992). 1st ed ss. VG lg sized PB. A visual indictment of our planet killing tendencies and man's inhumanity to man.

The New Modern Coin Magic.

Bobo, J. B., · 1980

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Chicago, Magic, Inc, 1980. Rev enlrgd ed. VG in VG- DJ. DJ chipped, sml tear, sl soiled. 519 pages of coin magic tricks.

Ride with Me, Mariah Montana.

Doig, Ivan, · 1990

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

NY, Atheneum, 1990. 1st ed. VG in VG DJ. The last of the trilogy begun with "English Creek", and continued in "Dancing at the Rascal Fair". Sl soiling to fep. and right outside edge.

Letters Home: correspondence 1950-1963, selected and edited with commentary by Aurelia Schober Plath.

Plath, Sylvia, · 1975

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

NY, Harper and Row, (1975). 1st ed ss. VG in VG DJ. Sylvia's mother displays her daughter's complexity and depth in more than a 1,000 letters home.