Crabtree's Collection Old Books

Confessions of an Ex-Secret Service Agent: the Marty Venker story.

Rush, George, · 1988

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Donald J. Fine, Inc., (1988). 1st ed. VG in VG DJ. Tear in back of DJ. After guarding presidents & dignitaries, Venker has created a funny and candid behind-the-scenes review.

Looking, Working, Living Terrific 24 Hours a Day.

Cho, Emily and Hermine Lueders, · 1982

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Putnam's Sons, (1982). VG in VG DJ. "You don't have to be Superwoman-you can have it all, enjoy it all, by putting Personal Style to work for you.".

Agatha Christie: the woman and her mysteries.

Gill, Gillian, · 1990

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

NY, The Free Press, (1990). VG in VG DJ. DJ edge wear. Owner's inscr 1st fly. The mysterious private life and motivations of Christie, brilliant and eccentric.

A Traveller in Romance: uncollected writings 1901-1964..

Maugham, W. Somerset. Edited by John Whitehead, · 1984

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

NY, Clarkson N. Potter, Inc., (1984). 1st Amer. ed. Fine. 20 years after his death there is still no consensus among scholars as to the correct placing of Maugham among Eng. authors.

Fandango.

McCoy, Ron, · 1984

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Garden City, Doubleday & Co, 1984. 1st ed ss. VG.

Seeds of Treason - the true story of the Hiss-Chambers Tragedy.

de Toledano, Ralph and Victor Lasky, · 1950

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Funk & Wagnalls, (1950). 4th prntg. VG. A Newsweek Book. Spine slightly sunned.

My Sergei: a love story.

Gordeeva, Ekaterina with E. M. Swift, · 1996

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Warner Books, (1996). 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. The most celebrated pair skaters of all time. In 1995 Sergei was struck down by a fatal heart attack but her love goes on.

What is Remembered.

Toklas, Alice B., · 1963

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

NY, Holt, Rinehart & Winston, (1963). 1st ed ss. VG. Toklas remembers her years with Gertrude Stein and other famous personages.

The Story of the Little Big Horn, Custer's last fight.

Graham, Col. W. A., · 1952

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Harrisburg, PA, Military Service Pub. Co., (1952). 2d ed, 4th ptg. VG ex lib. Ex lib book plate and discard stamp over it on 1st ep. The history of the Little Big Horn battle.

Mush, You Malemutes!.

Hubbard, Bernard R., S.J.,, "The Glacier Priest", · 1932

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

NY, The America Press, 1932. VG ex lib. Inscription from author to Ursuline Academy. Frontis has mark along edge, edge wear, sl loose. Ex lib mark on spine, title pg.

Fresh From the Country.

Read, Miss, · 1961

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Boston, Houghton Mifflin Co, (1961). VG in VG DJ. DJ sl edge-chipped. Sl edge wear, corner bumpted. A Family Bookshelf Selection.

Decider.

Francis, Dick, · 1993

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Putnam, (1993). 1st ed. VG in VG DJ. Stratton Park racecourse faces ruin at the hands of the clan that owns it until jobbing builder Lee Morris steps in.

Contemporary American Sculpture issued for the Exhibition held by the National Sculpture Society 1929 in San Francisco..

National Sculpture Society, A. A. Weinmann, President, · 1929

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,783)

NY, Kalkhoff Company, (1929). VG. Owner's book plate, spine sl sun, edge wear. Photos of sculptures exhibited incl bio. sketch of artists and their wprl.

The Minstrel.

Benson, Bernard, · 1977

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, G.P. Putnam's Sons, (1977). VG in VG DJ. DJ sl soiled. Fable inspired by life and music of Elvis, a troubadour in reincarnations centuries apart brings peace, joy.

Beyond Spoon River: the legacy of Edgar Lee Masters.

Primeau, Ronald, · 1981

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Austin, TX, University of Texas Press, (1981). 1st ed. Fine in fine DJ. First full-length critical study of Masters, reevaluates him and gives valuable insights into his aesthetics & regionalism.

Crewel Embroidery.

Wilson, Erica, · 1962

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.33 | ¥1,757)

NY, Charles Scribner's Sons, (1962). BCE. VG in VG DJ. DJ chipped. Designed to teach the beginner the fundamentals and to enable the more advanced to improve techniques.

What a Young Man Ought to Know - the Self and Sex Series.

Stall, Sylvanus, DD, · 1904

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

Philadelphia, PA, The Vir Pub. Co., (1904). New revised ed. VG. Some edge wear, front hinge starting. "Dedicated to the young men who should be pure and strong." Evils to be shunned.

The Voyage of the Herman.

Wright, Theon in collaboration with Ione Ulrich Sutton, · 1966

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

NY, Hawthorn Books Inc., (1966). 1st ed ss. VG in VG DJ ex lib. Usual ex lib defects. In 1903, the schooner Herman was swept up in a wave onto an atoll with $100 million in treasure.

A Russian Journey from Suzdal to Samarkand.

Jacob, Alaric, · 1969

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

NY, Hill and Wang, (1969). 1st Amer. ed. VG in VG DJ. DJ chipped. Owner's stamp on front ep. Price clipped. In 1967, Jacob and Hogarth traveled freely through the U.S.S.R.

North American Birds of Prey.

Sprunt, Alexander Jr. D.Sc. Forward by Roger Tory Peterson, · 1955

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

NY, Bonanza Books, (1955). 1st ed thus. VG. Owner's inscription fly, top corner fly clipped. Published under sponsorship of the National Audubon Society.