Crabtree's Collection Old Books

Origins: what new discoveries reveal about the emergence of our species and its possible future.

Leakey, Richard E. and Roger Lewin, · 1978

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

NY, Dutton, (1978). 4th printing. VG in VG DJ.

Of Poetry and Power: poems occasioned by the presidency and by the death of John F. Kennedy.

Schlesinger, Jr., · 1964

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

NY, Basic Books, (1964). VG in VG DJ.

Royal Edinburgh: her saints, kings, prophets and poets.

Oliphant, Mrs., · 1890

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.28 | ¥6,387)

London, Macmillan, 1890. 1st ed. VG. Eps foxed, decorated cover, gilt embossed cover. Small dent on cover. Spine and corners sl worn. Bright, tight copy.

The Corner House Girls under Canvas: how they reached Pleasant Cove and what happens afterward.

Hill, Grace Brooks, · 1915

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

NY, Barse & Co., (1915). VG-. Spine worn, corners bumped, cover sl soiled. Owner's bp, penciled address front & back eps. Damp stain bot corner pages.

Sequoyah.

Foreman, Grant, · 1959

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Norman, OK, Univ. of Oklahoma Press, (1959). 2d ptg. VG in VG- DJ. Owner inscr & name stamp 1st flylf. DJ chipped, torn. An illiterate Cherokee Indian genius makes up his own alphabet.

The Wolfling: a documentary novel of the eighteen-seventies.

North, Sterling, · 1969

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Dutton, 1969. 2d ptg. VG in VG DJ. Owner inscrip 1st flylf. DJ chipped. A time when clear streams were alive with fish & the sky w/birds.

The Horse Whisperer.

Evans, Nicholas, · 1995

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Delacorte Press, (1995). 3rd ptg. VG in VG DJ. 1st flylf price removal mark. Being filmed by Robert Redford, Whisperer utters secrets, his touch heals broken spirits.

Fighter Pilot: aerial combat aces from 1914 to the present day.

Ulanoff, Brig. Gen. Stanley M. - Editor, · 1986

$26.00 (€23.59 | £19.68 | ¥4,152)

NY, Prentice Hall, (1986). 1st rev ed. VG in VG DJ. Review copy. Removal mark where price tag removed from 1st flylf. First person stories of colorful & courageous pilots.

Painting Sea and Shore: a complete guide to the technique of marine painting in oils.

Ballinger, Harry R., · 1968

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

NY, Watson-Guptill Publications, (1968). 3rd ptg. VG in VG DJ. Owner's inscription on front ep. Most comprehensive guide to date on marine painting combining two of author's prev. books. DJ chipped, torn, price clipped. First fly clipped.

American Interiors: Architectural Digest presents a decade of imaginative residential design.

Rense, Paige - Editor, · 1978

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Los Angeles, Knapp Press, (1978). 1st ed ss. VG in VG DJ. DJ sl crinkled. 287 pages of the most interesting homes over a ten year span.

The Sierra Club: a handbook.

Brower, David R. - Editor, · 1960

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

San Francisco, Sierra Club, 1960. 5th ptg. VG PB. Photos by Ansel Adams who was on the Editorial Committee, and a chronology of the Sierra Club beginning with John Muir.

Walking Shadow.

Parker, Robert B., · 1994

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

NY, Putnam, (1994). VG PB uncorrected proof. Spenser returns to a Massachusetts waterfront town with a small repertory theater whose director claims he's being followed.

First Aid.

Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, · 1930

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

NY, Metropolitan Life Ins Co, (ca 1930's). VG PB. A 24-page pamphlet about dealing with common health problems.

Living Abroad: the adventures of an American family.

Richardson, Norval, · 1938

$32.00 (€29.03 | £24.22 | ¥5,110)

Philadelphia, Lippincott, (1938). 1st ed. VG in VG DJ. Sl spine damage. DJ chipped, clipped. Owner's bookplate fep and name stamps. Joyous & completely civilized living abroad.

Leaving Cold Sassy: the unfinished sequel to "Cold Sassy Tree".

Burns, Olive Ann with a reminiscence by Katrina Kenison, · 1992

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

NY, Ticknor & Fields, 1992. 1st ed. VG in VG DJ. DJ price clipped.

The Power of Beauty.

Friday, Nancy, · 1996

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Harper Collins, (1996). 1st ed ss. VG in VG DJ. DJ sl discolored up rt corner, remainder mark bottom page edges. Beauty has reemerged as a pivotal force.

James A. Michener: a biography.

Hayes, John P., · 1984

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Indianapolis, Bobbs-Merrill, (1984). 2d printing. VG in VG DJ. DJ rubbed. Michener did not begin writing until he was 40 but he hit it big with his first book, "Tales of the South Pacific".

The Aztec God and other dramas.

Raymond, George Lansing, · 1916

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

NY, Putnam, (1916). Revised ed. VG ex lib. Blind stamp and "Discard" stamp on title page the only ex-lib defects. Also includes "Columbus" and "Cecil the Seer".

Land of the Soviets: a handbook of the U.S.S.R..

Mikhailov, Nicholas, translated from the Russian by Nathalie Rothstein, · 1939

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

NY, Lee Furman, (1939). 1st ed. VG. Slight spine and edge wear, sl corner bumping, minor spots on cover. Owner's name first flylf. "Soviet. knows no crises".

The Lydia Chronicles: in which a 60-something widow drives into the sunset and finds adventure in Southern California..

Read, Doris, · 1991

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

NY, Dutton, (1991). 1st ptg ss. VG in VG DJ. Remainder mark on bot of pages, leftover of price mark on front of DJ. A widow's adventures in retirement.