Crabtree's Collection Old Books

Kay Thompson: from Funny Face to Eloise: a biography.

Irwin, Sam, · 2010

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

NY, Simon & Schuster, (2010). 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. Beautiful condition. Multi-threat entertainer and a world class entertainer, the mentor and best friend of Judy Garland. vocal guru for Frank Sinatra and Lena Horn. and godmother svengali of Liza Minelli.

The Sound of Running Feet.

Lawrence, Josephine, · 1937

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Stokes, 1937. 3rd ptg. VG. Worries and burdens of middle-class where no one is really secure in a real-estate office of clerks and bosses. Green cloth with gilt lettering, slight discoloration on top fore-edge.

Fly Fishing through the Midlife Crisis.

Raines, Howell, · 1993

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

NY, Morrow, (1993). 9th ptg. VG in VG DJ. Raines' own experience of the years between 40 and 50 will resonate with countless other men who face aging, divorce, new. romances, growth of children, and the deaths of friends, mentors and relatives. Raines writes of these transitio...

More Than a Diva.

Scotto, Renata and Octavio Roca, foreword by Placido Domingo, · 1984

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Doubleday, 1984. 1st ed. VG in G DJ. "The days of the diva are past, and Renata is more than a diva.today's star is a social phenomenon of a different. nature." Placido Domingo The greatest singing actress acclaims the Washington Post. The New Yorker proclaims her, "A sing...

Brick by Brick: a woman's journey (signed by author).

Donohue, Lynn with Pamela Hunt,edited by Marsha L. McCabe, · 2000

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

New Bedford, MA, Spinner Pubs, (2000). VG in VG DJ. "I did not set out to become a bricklayer. I did not set out to become anything at all." A memoir of a woman in her 20s. who comes of age in the 1970s, drops out of school at 15. Eventually she takes a masonry course and emba...

Uncivil Rights: protecting and preserving your job rights.

Golder, Rederick T. (signed by author), · 2000

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Marblehead, MA, Lyra Enterprises Ltd, (2000). 1st ptg. VG lg sz PBQ. "Golder's trial experience and thought provide workers in conflict with their bosses a roadmap to resolution that does. not hid the bumps, the potholes, and the frictions that are almost everywhere. The balan...

The Voyage of the Matthew: John Cabot & the Discovery of North America.

Firstbrook, Peter, Prince Philip, H.R.H., foreword, · 1997

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

San Francisco, KQED, (1997). 1st ptg. VG lg sz PB. Beautiful condition. An epic voyage that changed history. In 1497 the first European set foot on the North American mainland. and claimed it for the English crown. Led by John Cabaot, a small band of hardy sailors had braved t...

The Working Stiff Cookbook: great food, easy recipes.

Sloan, Bob, · 1998

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

San Francisco, Chronicle, (1998). 1st ptg. VG spiral bound. Hi honey I'm home. The mantra of the 60s. Now everybody works and no one knows how to cook, where dinner is a burden.

The Bookman's Promise: a Cliff Janeway novel.

Dunning, John, · 2004

$24.00 (€21.77 | £18.17 | ¥3,832)

NY, Scribner, (2004). 1st ptg. Fine in VG DJ. Janeway, cop turned bookdealer.

A Perfect Spy.

Le Carre, John, · 1986

$26.00 (€23.59 | £19.68 | ¥4,152)

NY, Knopf, (1986). 1st ed. Fine in VG DJ. Premier spy novelist of our time givesus his largest and most engrossing work as he weaves the life of a man of spectacular. gifts, nursed on deceit, schooled on betrayal, incapable of love, a perfect spy. DJ slightly tanned on edges.

New Hood Cook Book.

Hood & Sons Dairy Products, · 1941

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

np, H. P. Hood & Sons, (1941). VG. 1,195 modern recipes covering all types of food preparation in American homes. At bottom of pages there is a space for. favorite recipes. Maroon cover, edge wear. DJ flap explains that through the gas-lit streets of Charleston, a 235 year old...

A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains.

Bird, Isabella L., introduction by Daniel J. Boorstin, · 1988

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Norman, OK, Univ of Oklahoma Press, (1988). 15th ptg. VG PB. Women were scarce in the West in the late 19th century, let alone a middle-aged English lady traveling alone by horseback. Bird made an extended tour of the Rocky Mountains area of Colorado, when she was on her way b...

Palomar (in Italian).

Calvino, Italo, · 2002

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

Milano, Oscar Mondadori, (2002). VG PB.

Mountain Dance and other stories.

Ledoux, Denis, winder 1990 Maine Arts Commission Chapbook Competition, · 1990

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Tomaston, ME, Coastwise Press, (1990). 1st ed. G PB. Born in Maine in 1947 in Lewiston, Maine, Ledoux lives in Lisbon, Maine, and offers life-narration workshops. Winner Maine Arts Commission Chapbook Competition selected by Elizabeth Hardwick. His stories come from the quietl...

Natalie Wood: a life.

Lambert, Gavin, · 2004

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Knopf, 2004. VG in VG DJ. She spent her life in the movies. Her childhood is still there to see in Miracle on 34th Street, her adolescence in Rebel. Without a Cause, her Coming of age in Splendor in the Grass and West Side Story. Her debut in 1940 in Tomorrow Is Forever wi...

Under the Lilacs (1919) and Jack and Jill (1928).

Alcott, Louisa M., · 1919

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

NY, Burt, (1919) (1928). 2 VG hardbacks. Blue covers with black lettering, Jack and Jill has blue & white old-fashioned houses on endpapers, Lilacs has blue and. white tea party with old-fashioned sunbonnets and long dresses. Owner name on flyleaf & page 297-98 mended at top c...

Tom Slade with the Boys over There.

Fitzhugh, Percy K., · 1918

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Grosset & Dunlap, (1918). G. Light green binding with yellow lettering on cover. Some edge wear and small holes along back hinge. 6 pages of children's. book ads at back of book. Owner inscription front endpaper, dated Christmas 1920.

Mysterious Stranger: a book of magic.

Blaine, David, · 2002

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Villard, (2002). 1st edition. VG. Beautiful condition hardback book with many photos. No markings.

Romantic Style.

Hemming, Denny, · 1990

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

London, Victoria's Secret, (1990). 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. Creating a truly romantic room requires a certain flight of fancy. DJ slight edge wear.

Glorious Color: sources of inspiration for knitting and needlepoint, with 17 projects.

Fassett, Kaffe, · 1988

$24.00 (€21.77 | £18.17 | ¥3,832)

NY, Clarkson Potter, (1988). VG in VG DJ. In Fassett's his latest collection of projects for knitting and needlepoint, he shares the creative processes behind fabulously. rich and textured designs. Owner blindstamp of Susan L. Whitehouse, jottings.