Crabtree's Collection Old Books

Some Time in the Sun: The Hollywood years of Fitzgerald, Faulkner, Nathanael West, Aldous Husley, & James Agee..

Dardis, Tom, · 1976

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.33 | ¥1,757)

NY, Scribner's Sons, (1976). 1st ed. VG- in VG DJ. Top edge and end papers discolored by sunning. All these men wrote screen plays and spent years in Hollywood.

Across China.

Jenkins, Peter, · 1986

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, William Morrow/Sweet Springs, (1986). 1st ed. Fine in VG DJ. A rare journey deep into Tibet, to Mt. Everest, and across China for the co-author of The Walk West & The Road Unseen.

Fire-Bird: A study of D. H. Lawrence.

Kenmare, Dallas, · 1951

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

London, James Barrie, 1951. G in Fair DJ. Scotch tape markings on book and DJ. Interior sound. Owner's initials fep.

Racing Small Boats: An analytical and critical review of an entire racing season..

Crosby, William F., · 1940

$24.00 (€21.77 | £18.17 | ¥3,832)

NY, Macmillan, 1940. 1st ptg. (ss). G+. Edge wear. Erased scribbling on front end pages. Many technical drawings of path of navigation and wind direction.

The True Abraham Lincoln.

Curtis, William Eleroy, · 1903

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Phila, Lippincott, 1903. 1st ed. Fair. Cover soild, title page loose and crumpled on edges.

Captains of the Civil War: A Chronicle of the Blue and the Gray.

Wood, William, · 1921

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

New Haven, CT, Yale Univ. Press, 1921. 1st ed. VG. Ex lib. Library binding with lib. stamps and discard on front ep. A 60 year perspective by a Canadian Royal Rifles Colonel.

Diseases of Glasshouse Plants.

Director of the Rothamsted Experimental Station, · 1923

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

London, Ernest Benn, Ltd., 1923. VG. Some edge wear. Bewley was the Director of the Experimental and Research Station, Chestnut.

The Story of Elsa.

Adamson, Joy, · 1966

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Harcourt, Brace & World, (1966). 1st Amer ed. G in G DJ. This is a compilation of Born Free, Living Free and Forever Free about the lioness Elsa, the cub adopted by the Adamsons. Gift inscription fep (ink). Damp stains front and back boards. DJ chipped.

Mostly Byways - Here and There in Normandy.

Dennis, Mary Cable, · 1939

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

NY, E. P. Dutton, 1939. 1st ed ss. VG in G DJ. DJ chipped, torn.

New Guide to Better Archery.

Forbes, Thomas A, · 1960

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

Harrisburg, PA, Stackpole Co, (1960). 2nd ed ss. VG+. Spine very slightly darkened.

Private Peat.

Peat, Harold R., · 1917

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

NY, Grosset & Dunlap, (1917). Photoplay ed. G. Signed by author fep. Spine and corners worn, boards soiled, foxing.

Historical Reminder - Quebec and the Isle of Orleans.

Pouliot, J. Camille, · 1927

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

Quebec, L'Action Sociale Lee, 1927. G+ PB. English-language tour guide of Quebec, with historical notes. Inscr by author fep, illus wraps rubbed, worn, o/w tight, clean.

View of Northumbria.

Wright, Geoffrey N., · 1981

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.28 | ¥6,387)

London, Robert Hale, (1981). 1st ed. VG in VG DJ. Small marks on title page. Over 100 photos celebrate the heritage of this unique area of England.

The Story of Oriental Philosophy.

Beck, L. Adams, · 1928

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

NY, Farrar & Rinehard, (1928). Fair. Flyleaf page missing, edge wear. Leather bound.

Russia and the Russians.

Crankshaw, Edward, · 1948

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

NY, Viking Press, 1948. 1st ed. Fine in VG DJ. DJ has some chipping. Author served with the British Military Mission in Moscow during WWII.

Contents under Pressure.

Buchanan, Edna, · 1992

$6.00 (€5.44 | £4.54 | ¥958)

NY, Hyperion, (1992). BCE. VG in VG DJ. Famous Miami Herald reporter Buchanan's novel about crime.

Swan Watch.

Schulberg, Budd, · 1976

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Delacorte Press, (1976). 2nd prntg. VG in G+ DJ. True story of two swans living on the inlet in front of author's home, photos by his actress wife Geraldine Brooks.

Selected Short Stories of Thomas Hardy.

Hardy, Thomas, · 1948

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Emmaus, PA, Rodale Press, 1948. VG. Spine and top edge sunned.

The Pepperidge Farm Cookbook.

Rudkin, Margaret, · 1965

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

NY, G&D, 1965. VG. Some corner and edge wear, gift inscription fep.

The Roaring Days.

McLean, Donald, · 1961

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, St. Martin's Press, (1961). 1st prntg. Fine in VG+ DJ. Jacket has some edge wear. Yarns about the Australian Outback at the turn of century reminiscent of our Gold Rush days.