Crabtree's Collection Old Books

How to Identify Persian Rugs and Other Oriental Rugs.

May, C. J. Delabere, · 1962

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

London, C. Bell and Sons Ltd, 1962. Reprint. VG. Full page specimens of various rugs. Red binding, gilt decoration on front cover, gilt lettering on spine. Spine fading, owner stamp title page.

Creating Authentic Victorian Rooms.

Zingman-Leith, Elan and Susan, · 1995

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

Washington, D.C., Elliott & Clarke Pub, (1995). VG in VG DJ. Explains the whys and wherefores of Greek, Gothic, Roccoco, Renaissance, and Colonial Revival, High Victorian Gothhic,. the Aesthetic Movement, William Morris tradition, Arts and Crafts movement, and other interior d...

Kidnapped: being memoirs of the adventures of David Balfour in the year 1751.

Stevenson, Robert Louis, · 1992

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

NY, Atheneum for Young Readers, (1992). 10th ptg. VG in VG DJ. Beautiful copy. Cover shows Balfour on river bank. How he was kidnapped and cast away, his sufferings in a desertisle, his. journey in the wild highlands, his acquaintance with Alan Breck Stewart and other notoriou...

Masked Dispatches: Cryptograms and Cryptology in American History, 1775-1900.

served in the U.S. Navy from 1944 to 1946, · 2002

$48.00 (€43.55 | £36.33 | ¥7,665)

Natl Security Agency, Center for Cryptologic Hist., (2002). 2nd ptg. VG lg sz PB updated from previous edition. This forms a backdrop for understanding modern cryptology and its role in the growth in the U.S. Cryptology, the art and. science of code-breaking (cryptanalysis) de...

Mary Dunbar's New Cook Book.

Mary Dunbar, · 1934

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Barrington, IL, Jewel Tea Co, 1934. Fair only PB. Macaroni and oyster dressing, salmon salad, Spanish omelette, German cole slaw, mountaineer salad, Russian sour cream soup,. baked stuffed fish, cod fish balls, baked finnan haddie, stuffed beet salad. Marvelous recipes. Tatter...

Artists in Living Anne and Vibe Spicer with some unpublished poems.

Sanborn and Dorothy Sears, · 1941

$95.00 (€86.19 | £71.91 | ¥15,170)

Chicago, Ralph Fletcher Seymour, (1941). G. Inscription by one of the compilers, Lucy Hall.

God the Invisible King.

Wells, H. G., · 1917

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

NY, Macmillan Co, 1917. Reprint. G. Red binding, gilt lettering on binding, owner name, some tanning to endpapers,.

Tahara Boy Mystic of India.

Sherman, Harold M., · 1933

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Chicago, Goldsmith, (1933). G in Fair DJ. Tahara, an American boy, son of an internationally famous scientist and explorer, sees his father wounded and carried. away by roaming bandit bands and he himself captured by a fierce desert tribe becoming eventually boy king of the de...

Handbook of Old Pottery & Porcelain Marks.

Brooklyn Museum, · 1947

$24.00 (€21.77 | £18.17 | ¥3,832)

NY, Tudor Pub Co, (1947). VG. Red binding, gilt lettering, spine slightly faded. Very solid book. Owner names.

The Christmas Carp: a story.

Baum, Vicki, · 1941

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Doubleday Doran, 1941. 1st ed. G. Green binding, paste down show lady shopping in front of a building in Vienna. Gilt lettering and outer decoration. Edge wear, ends of spine worn, binding shows wear, some tanning to center of beginning pages, owner name, check mark at top...

Faithful unto Death: a word of admonition to the confirmed youth of the Evangelical Church.

Horstmann, Rev. J. H., · 1903

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

St. Louis, MO, Eden Pub House, 1903. VG. Brown binding, gilt lettering, black decortion. Owner inscription front endpaper, Certificate of Confirmation 1913. filled out in ink inside book.

London Ghosts.

Weaver, G., · 1977

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

Cornwall, England, James Pike Ltd., (1977). 1st ed. VG PB. London is the most huanted city in the world. Little of medieval London now remains and the city's rich heritage of. Georgian and Victorian buildings shrinks steadily every year. These pages contain a brief guide to so...

The Shepherd Who Watched by Night.

Page, Thomas Nelson, · 1916

$24.00 (€21.77 | £18.17 | ¥3,832)

NY, Scribner, 1916. 1st ed. VG. A mother with child found in a stable on a stormy Christmas eve by a preacher who rescues them. Tan binding, brown spine.

The Uncrowned King.

Wright, Harold Bell, · 1910

$70.00 (€63.51 | £52.98 | ¥11,178)

Chicago, Book Supply Company, (1910). VG. Bright red binding, gilt lettering and decoration. Two pages of publisher ads at back of book: The Calling of Dan Matthews,. The Shepherd of the Hills, and That Printer of Udell's. Owner name front endpaper. Beautiful little book.

First Gropings.

Mulcahy, William Francis, introduction by J. Lester Lamphere, · 1930

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Dedham, MA, Transcrpt Press, Inc., (1930). VG. "She died one night - I know not how nor where, I only know that suddenly the autumn air was chill.I sat a long time in. my chair. She died one night - I know not how nor where." Blue binding, gilt lettering. Owner name front endp...

Palapala Aina O Kauai: a complete roadmap of the Island of Kauai.

Island Guides, compiled and drawn by, · 1975

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

Lihue, Hawaii, Island Guides, (1975). 1st ptg. VG PB. Kai'ana was a Kauai chief who was taken to China by Captain Maares in 1787. He was one of the earlist islanders to visit a. foreign port. Upon his return to Hawaii he never returned to Kauai but instead joined King Kamehame...

Maine Game Wardens.

Wright, Eric (signed by author), · 1985

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.62 | ¥19,961)

Freeport, ME, DeLorme Pub Co, (1985). VG in G DJ. Inscribed by author Eric Wright "Best Wishes "85". Being a Maine game warden is not just a job but a way of life and. Sergeant Eric Wright, over 22 years a warden, gives us an inside look in this honest, personable, and enterta...

The Pantalette Doll from the Metropolitan Museum.

Beard, Patten, · 1931

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

Chicago, Whitman, (1931). G ex-library. "The doll, trunk and dinner set described in this story are now in the Eudora Collection in The Metropolitan Museum where. anyone who asks may have access to it and see it." Not sure if this is still true today. Enchanting book. Color an...

Storyland in Play: Dramatic Reader Series: Book One.

Skinner, Ada M., First Grade Teacher, Agatha School, NYC, · 1923

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

Chicago, Rand McNally, (1923). VG. Last page is a note to the teacher that most of the reading exercises in this book are based on folk-lore, fairy tales, and. legends, some put in very simple dramatic form. Illustrated endpapers, wonderful color pictures by Spoor for each sto...

Frank on the Prairie.

Castlemon, Harry, · 1912

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

NY, Burt, nd (ca 1912). VG. Cover show Frank riding a horse and shooting behind him at cowboys, spine shows man with long rifle standing at a fort. Edge wear. Book given as a "reward of merit in Sunday School Sept 1912 by his teacher.