Crabtree's Collection Old Books

The Mammoth Hunters: earth's children.

Auel, Jean M., · 1985

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

NY, Crown Publishers, (1985). 1st ed ss. VG in VG DJ. Owner's label 1st flylf. Third novel in Earth's Children series. Ayla sets out with Jondalar to meet people like Ayla.

The Oregon Trail.

Parkman, Francis, · 1946

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Garden City, Doubleday, 1946. Literary Guild. G+. Spine & edges of binding browned. Owner's name on 1st flylf. Sl loose.

A Season in Purgatory.

Dunne, Dominick, · 1993

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Crown Publishers, (1993). 1st ed ss. VG in VG DJ. Dunne explores a wealthy Catholic family, a sinister murder of an innocent girl, and its 20 year cover-up.

Companions Along the Way.

Montgomery, Ruth, · 1974

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, (1974). VG in VG DJ. DJ chipped, torn. Dictated from other side, Goup Karma and incantations including Palestinian incarnation in Jesus' time.

Igloo: building Eskimo snowhouses.

Smurtek, Ray with technical assistance of Lou Anderson, · 1973

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Renton, WA, Off Belay Reprint Series, (1973). VG PB. 16 pg pamphlet, expanded versions of an article that first appeared in February 1973 issue of Off Belay #7.

My Place: an aborigine's stubborn quest for her truth, heritage, and origins.

Morgan, Sally, · 0

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Seaver Books, Henry Holt. 1st Amer ed. VG in VG DJ. The Australian equivalent of "Roots", Morgan discovers she is an Aborigine after growing up "white" in the American South.

Vanished.

Steel, Danielle, · 1993

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Delacorte Press, (1993). 1st ed. VG in VG DJ. Owner's name bk flylf. Abduction of couple's young son in late 1930's brings up the wife's past and her other child's death.

Sword of the Wilderness.

Coatsworth, Elizabeth, · 1936

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

NY, Macmillan Co., (1936). BCE. VG. Young America Book Club edition. Edges sl browned. Owner's name 1st flylf.

The Problem Horse.

Summerhays, Reginald S., · 1977

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

NY, Arco Pub Co., (1977). 2nd ed. VG in VG DJ. First ARCO printing. Expert's tested guide for curing the most common, as well as most serious, behavior faults in the horse.

The Photographer.

Boulle, Pierre, translated from the French by Xan Fielding, · 1967

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

NY, Vanguard Press, (1967). 1st ed. VG in VG- DJ. DJ chipped, torn. How far will a frustrated photographer go to get an exclusive shot, take part in an assassaination plot?.

Why Me?.

Davis, Sammy Jr. and Jane and Burt Boyar., · 1989

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, (1989). 1st ed ss. VG in VG DJ. Nicked spot on back of DJ. Scorched by the army's racism, Davis emerged determined to survive through his talent.

Love Invents Us.

Bloom, Amy, · 1997

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

NY, Random House, (1997). 1st ed 2d ptg. Fine in Fine DJ. Her first work of fiction since "Come to Me", Bloom writes about love desperatey longed for or unbidden.

Mary Reilly.

Martin, Valerie, · 1990

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Doubleday, (1990). VG PB. A fresh take on Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde from the backstairs of the shadowy Victorian world of devoted servants.

Gumpy-son of Spunk: the story of a little sled dog with a big heart.

Bartlett, Arthur C., · 1930

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.33 | ¥1,757)

NY, Cupples & Leon, (1930). Reprint. VG in Fair DJ. DJ torn, chipped, missing pieces. Gumpy the runt is given his chance to be a sled dog by a boy who didn't know any better.

Shrink Dreams: tales from the hidden side of psychiatry.

Myers, Wayne A., · 1992

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Simon & Schuster, (1992). 1st ed. VG in VG DJ. An emotionally gripping account of the therapeutic process. Myers makes complex psycho-dynamics lucid and complelling.

In Retrospect: the tragedy and lessons of Vietnam.

McNamara, Robert S. with Brian VanDeMark, · 1995

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Random House, (1995). BCE. VG in VG DJ. McNamara's famous book where he called the Vietnam War a "mistake".

The Great Iron Trail: the story of the first transcontinental railroad.

Howard, Robert West, · 1962

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

NY, Bonanza Books, (1962). 4th ed. VG. Front hinge pulled away halfway down page.

Dangerous Dossiers: exposing the secret war against America's greatest authors.

Mitgang, Herbert, · 1988

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

NY, Donald I. Fine, (1988). 1st ed. VG in VG DJ. The 50 year espionage war waged by the CIA, FBI etc against famed American writeres such as Hemingway, Steinbeck, Faulkner.

Our FBI: an inside story.

Floherty, John J., · 1951

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

Philadelphia, Lippincott, (1951). 1st ed ss. VG. Signed by author. Owner's book plate, address fep. Edge wear.

Whose F.B.I.?.

Wright, Richard O. - Editor, Introduction by Clark Mollehoff., · 1974

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

La Salle, IL, Open Court, (1974). VG PB. Some edge wear. Clear picture of the FBI as a necessary Amer. institution while it strips aways the myths of infallibility.