Crabtree's Collection Old Books

Boehm's Birds: the porcelain art of Edward Marshall Boehm.

Cosentino, Frank J. With an appreciation by John D. Morse, · 1960

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

NY, Frederick Fell, (1960). 1st ptg ss. VG in G DJ. DJ chipped, torn and worn. In his portrayal of birds, Boehm's art reaches its supreme mastery.

Entering New Worlds: the memoirs of a private man in public life.

Kampelman, Ambassador Max M., · 1991

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

NY, Haper Collins, (1991). 1st ed ss. VG in VG DJ. Head of the U.S. delegation to the Geneva nuclear negotiations, Kampelman takes us behind the scenes to private assessments.

Stonecliff.

Nathan, Robert, · 1967

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

NY, Knopf, 1967. 3rd ptg. VG in VG DJ. DJ chipped, torn. Summoned to write a bio. of Stonecliff's elusive owner Michael Robb finds the mystery deepening.

The Book of Folly.

Sexton, Anne, · 1972

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1972. 1st ptg ss. VG in G- DJ. DJ edges chipped and worn. "I would like a simple life yet all night I am laying poems away in a long box.".

Crown of the World: a view of the inner Arctic.

Cheney, Cora and Ben Partridge, · 1979

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

NY, Dodd, Mead, (1979). 1st ed. VG in VG DJ. Front endpaper has book store sticker removal mark. DJ clipped, sl chipped.

Moonlight at Midday: Alaska, its animals, ghosts, and people, Eskimos and white settlers, its wildlife and villages..

Carrighar, Sally, · 1959

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.33 | ¥1,757)

NY, Knopf, 1959. VG in G DJ. Owner's name front endpapers and third flyleaf. DJ clipped. DJ rubbed, chipped, tape-repaired.

The Loneliest Continent: the story of Antarctic Discovery.

Chapman, Walker, · 1964

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

Greenwich, CT, New York Graphic Society, (1964). 1st ed ss. VG in VG DJ. Owner's name on endpaper and title page.

The Flight of the Eagle.

Sundman, Per Olof, translated from the Swedish by Mary Sandbach, · 1970

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

NY, Pantheon Books, (1970). 1st Amer ed. VG- in VG- DJ ex lib. Ex library markings, including tape marks on front cover and eps. Maps on eps show route of Andree's arctic balloon journey.

Hell on Ice: the saga of the "Jeannette".

Ellsberg, Commander Edward, · 1947

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

NY, Dodd, Mead, 1947. VG in G DJ. Corners bumped. DJ faded, chipped, taped. The first expedition to seek the North Pole by way of the Behring Sea.

The Arctic Year: a month-by-month account of life in the Arctic zone.

Freuchen, Peter and Finn Salomonsen, · 1958

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

NY, Putnam, (1958). VG in VG DJ. Front cover dented at top. DJ price clipped. Animal and plant life of the Arctic as determined by climate and geography.

The Loneliest Continent: the story of Antarctic Discovery.

Chapman, Walker, · 1964

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Greenwich, CT, New York Graphic Society, (1964). 1st ed ss. VG. White mark on cover and mark of sticker removed.

The Poems of Richard Aldington.

Aldington, Richard, · 1934

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Garden City, NY, Doubleday, Doran, 1934. 1st ed ss. Near Fine in Fair DJ. DJ ragged. The Great War shattered much of the renaissance of English poetry but Aldington's poetry is undated in its beauty.

Her Name is Barbra: an intimate portrait of the real Barbra Streisand.

Riese, Randall, · 1993

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

NY, Birch Lane Press, (1993). 1st ed. Fine in Fine DJ. 584 pages about the details of Streisand's life including behind the scenes information.

The Radiant Way.

Drabble, Margaret, · 1987

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

NY, Knopf, 1987. 1st Amer ed ss. Fine in Fine DJ. Tracing the lives of three Englishwomen, tells the stories of individuals and gives a portrait of an entire society.

Hype: the names and faces you know so well will never look so good to you again..

Aronson, Steven M. L., · 1983

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Morrow, 1983. 2d ed. VG in VG DJ. Silverfoil DJ sl spotted. All the tricks that go into fooling the public & making a celebrity.

Paris - Underground.

Shiber, Etta in collaboration with Anne and Paul Dupre, · 1943

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Scribner, 1943. 1st ed. VG. French resistance during WWII. Shiber worked against Gestapo by running a railway for Brit. soldiers and was imprisoned. Spine sl worn, corners bumped, front right edge dented. Owner's bp fep.

Days of Drums.

Shelby, Philip, · 1996

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Simon & Schuster, (1996). Advance copy. VG PB Advanced Readers Copy. Wraps sl worn, corners curled. Rookie agent is guarding a senator in Washington-Suddenly he's dead. Was she set up?.

History of the Philadelphia Electric Company 1881-1961.

Wainwright, Nicholas B., · 1961

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Philadelphia, Privately printed, 1961. 1st edition. VG in VG DJ. Corner bumped. DJ rummbed, sl chipped. Beautifully produced book with gilt lettering on cover and spine, map on eps.

Wordsworth in England: studies in the history of his fame..

Peek, Katherine Mary, · 1969

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

NY, Octagon Books, 1969. 2d ed. Fine. From study of a relative's collection of Wordsworthiana & also from access to unpublished material in Dove Cottage.

Bubbles, a self-portrait.

Sills, Beverly, · 1976

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Indianapolis, Bobbs-Merrill, (1976). 1st prnting ss. VG in VG DJ. DJ clipped. With personally selected pictures most never before published, Sills tells her story of triumph & heartbreak.