Crabtree's Collection Old Books

The Good Housekeeping Book of Cake Decorating.

Marsh, Dorothy B. - Editor, · 1961

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, M. Barrows & Co., 1961. 1st ed. VG. Real homemakers duplicated the recipes and examples here and found not a single one was truly hard to make.

Photographing Nature.

Time-Life Editors, · 1974

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Time-Life Books, (1974). Rev. ed. VG in VG DJ. The natural world in its infinite variety, almost as if man had not yet intruded upon it.a search for beauty and science.

Slow Waltz in Cedar Bend.

Waller, Robert James, · 1993

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Warner Books, (1993). 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. Bot right corner of first pages bent. Hero forges into south India looking for another's man wife, a woman he can't forget.

French Quarter Montage.

Stall, Gaspar J. "Buddy", · 1992

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Detroit, MI, Harlo Printing, (1992). VG in VG DJ. Gift insc fep. "In the preservation of the French Quarter, we will save a most precious part of our identity as a people".

Fraud.

Brookner, Anita, · 1992

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Random House, (1992). 1st U.S. ed. VG in VG DJ. When Anna Durrant disappears, it is months before anyone notices. In the end, she finally takes charge of her life.

The Vines of Yarrabee.

Eden, Dorothy, · 1969

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Coward-McCann, (1969). 1st Amer ed. VG in VG DJ. Chipped DJ. A sweeping novel of generations with the interweaving destinies of a dozen fascinating characters.

The Great Divide: second thoughts on the American dream.

Terkel, Studs, · 1988

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Pantheon Books, (1988). 1st ed ss. VG in VG DJ. DJ clipped. Here is present day America - Yuppies, wall Street greed, right wing fundamentalism, 60s activists.

Adieu, Volodna.

Signoret, Simone translated from the French by Stanley Hochman, · 1986

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

NY, Random House, (1986). 1stAmer, 2 ptg. VG. Damp spt on cvr. Movie actress Signoret writes her only novel, a best seller in France and Europe, shortly before her death.

Fresh from the Laundry: from Shipka to Jayce - travel adventures in the Balkans.

Chase, Ilka, · 1967

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Garden City, NY, Doubleday & Co., 1967. 1st ed ss. VG in VG DJ. Venturing behind the Iron Curtain into Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, and Greece.

Wrought Iron: its manufacture, characteristics, and applications.

Aston, James and Edward B. Story, · 1943

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Pittsburgh, PA, A.M. Byers Company, (1943). 3rd ptg. VG in VG DJ. Edge wear & sunned DJ. Photo of Frank Lloyd Wright Johnson & Son building & the Grand Coulee Dam where wrought was used.

Indian Jewelry: how to wear, buy and treasure America's first fashion pieces.

Welch, Frankie, · 1973

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

McLean, VA, EPM Publications, Inc., 1973. VG. Frontis photo of Mrs. Barry Goldwater Jr. modeling jewelry. No two pieces of handcrafted Indian jewelry are alike.

Aboard the Seth Parker.

Lord, Phillips, · 1934

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Dayton, OH, Frigidaire Sales Corp., (1934). Fair. Spine seam splitting, some soil on cvr. Seth Parker sails with frigidaires on board & Frigidaire sponsors wkly ship broadcasts.

Phyllis, Phallus, Genghis Cohen and Other Creatures I Have Known.

Frye, Fredric L, DVM, · 1984

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Santa Barbara, CA, American Veterinary Pubs, (1984). VG PB. Inscribed by author. A happy, rich and compassionate view of life with animals.

The Politician.

Welch, Robert, · 1963

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Belmont, MA, Privately Printed, (1963). VG. Comb binding. Author founder of John Birch Society. Contends Pres Eisenhower moved govt left by not sptg Repub conservatives.

The Tailor of Panama.

Le Carre, John, · 1996

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

NY, Knopf, (1996). 1st ed ss. VG in VG DJ. Le Carre's Panama is a Casablanca without heroes, a hotbed of drugs, laundered money and corruption.

The Late Child.

McMurtry, Larry, · 1995

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

NY, Simon & Schuster, (1995). 1st ed. VG in VG DJ. A haunting sequel to The Desert Rose, a rich cast of characters adrift in a landscape too large for comfort.

The Dean's December.

Bellow, Saul, · 1982

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Harper & Row, (1982). 1st ed thus. VG in VG DJ. A story set in Chicago and Bucharest, Rumania, where a mother and son try to support each other.

Every Four Years.

Post, Robert C. - editor, · 1980

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

NY, Smithsonian, (1980). 1st ed ss. VG in VG DJ. DJ clipped. Traces evolution of the democratic spirit in eras after Washington incl/16 pg fold-out of campaign memorabilia.

Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce who called themselves the Nimipu "The Real People".

Warren, Robert Penn, · 1983

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Random House, (1983). 1st ed ss. VG PB. Some edge wear. Nez Perce were friendly hosts to Lewis & Clark, generally refused scalping & kept watch on their sons for truth.

With Miss Viola through Bible Lands - diary of incidents on 1965 Sword Tour of Bible Lands...notes added on six later tours.

Walden, Viola, · 1972

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Murfreesboro, TN, Sword of the Lord, (1972). Rev. ed. VG. Owner's date fep. By traveling through the Holy Lands, Walden has gained a new appreciation for the Bible and its teachings.