Crabtree's Collection Old Books

Molto Agitato: the mayhem behind the music at the Metropolitan Opera.

Fiedler, Johanna, · 2001

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

NY, Doubleday, (2001). 4th ptg. VG in VG DJ. Until now the Met has traditionally operated in great secrecy - until now. The author, the Met's general press representative. for 15 years, draws upon her insider's knowledge and rivetingly reveals the company's Byzantine inner wor...

Full Fathom Five: a daughter's search (signed).

Fowler, Mary Lee Coe, · 2008

$34.00 (€30.85 | £25.74 | ¥5,429)

Tuscaloosa, Univ. of Alabama, (2008). VG in VG DJ. Mary Lee was a posthumous child born after her father was lost at sea in 1943. When her mother remarried, her father was never. mentioned. Fowler searched through old ships' logs, letters and naval communiques, visited submara...

Looking for Lynne: an Ezra Riley novel.

Moore, John L., · 2014

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Montana, Privately printed, (2014). VG lg sz PB. In 1959 Everett Colburn and Gene Autry were partners as rodeo producers and the last of the original Madison Square Garden. rodeos was held. In 1920 the horse population in the U.S. was estimated to be 23,000,000 and horses of m...

Tom Swift and His Rocket Ship #3.

Appleton, Victor II, · 1954

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

NY, Grosset & Dunlap, (1954). VG in G DJ. Blue tweed binding with boy's face, DJ tears at edges shows rocket ship heading into space, owner name front endpaper.

The Peppered Moth.

Drabble, Margaret, · 2001

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Harcourt, (2001). 1st U.S. ed. G in G DJ ex-library. A girl in S. Yorkshire discovers amazing similarities between her family's history and those of another. Explores timeless. themes of genetic inheritance and the individual's place in history. Library markings.

The Portrait of the Lover.

Bettini, Maurizio, translated by Laura Gibbs, · 1999

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Berkeley, CA, University of California, (1999). 1st ptg thus. VG in VG DJ. Studies concerning lovers' separations, and one lover forcuses on separation and loneliness with highly eccentric & extravagant. exaggerations.

A Song for Ireland.

O'Hara, Mary, · 1982

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

London, Michael Joseph, (1982). VG in VG DJ. Anthology of O'Hara's favorite songs, words of the songs, background of their composition, memories of Ireland they evoke. Childhood days in Sligo, schooldays in Dublin, her early singing career, marriage to poet Richard Selig. A jo...

Arthur Seymour Sullivan (1842-1900).

Wyndham, Henry Saxe, edited by Sir Landon Ronald, · 1926

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

NY, Harper, 1926. VG. Stands supreme among makers of modern music (at the time) as the People's Musician. Composer of Pinafore, The Mikado, and. The Yeoman of the Guard stands in a class by himself. Composer also of The Golden Legend and Ivanhoe, writer of the "Lost Chord".

Yellow Butterflies.

Andrews, Mary Raymond Shipman, · 1922

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

NY, Scribner, 1922. 1st ed. VG. Dedicated to those Americans who gave in the Great War even more than life - to the blinded, an unknown American who gave. his life in the World War. Slight edge wear.

The World of Percy French (signed by author O'Dowda).

O'Dowda, Brendan, music cpyist: Elizabeth Bicker, · 1981

$24.00 (€21.77 | £18.17 | ¥3,832)

Galway Park, Ireland, Blackstaff Press Limited, (1981). VG lg szPB. For more than 20 years, the fine tenor voice of Brendan O'Dowda gave renewed sparkle and popularity to the songs of Percy French. with his renderings of favorites like "Phil the Fluter's Ball", "Slattery's Mou...

Repertoire du Logement Touristique (List of Tourist Accommodations.

Service Provincial du Tourisme, · 1955

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Quebec, Canada, Service Provicial Tourisme, 1955. G PB. Listing of tourist accommodations by areas of Canada. Edge wear.

Calendar 1963 Season's Greetings from Lyford B. MacEwen - Associate.

Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company - Newark, New Jersey, · 1963

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Manchester, NH, Lyford B. MacEwen, 1963. VG. Calendar with 6 artworks. "The Lagoon at Dawn", "Flying Geese" "White Face Mountain"; "Sunset at Nauset"; "Antiques"; Kent Day. Coes". Beautiful condition except for tanning on one edge of cover.

Miss Marple: collection 2: Sleeping Murder; The Moving Finger; Nemesis; Murder at the Vicarage; They Do It with Mirrors.

Christie, Agatha, · 1991

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

NY, A&E Video: BBC, (1991). 100 minutes ea. 5 VHS tapes in slipcase. Some of Miss Marple's most complicated murders to solve. Boxed set.

Born with Teeth.

Mulgrew, Kate, · 2015

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

NY, Little Brown, (2015). 1st ed 2nd ptg. VG in VG DJ. Tumultuous story of actress Mulgrew who was quite literally born with teeth which had to be pulled so that they wouldn't. be swallowed.

Master and Commander: The Aubrey/Maturin Series.

O'Brian, Patrick, · 1970

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Norton, (1970). 4th ptg. VG PB. Nice frontis of a square-rigged ship with all its parts diagrammed. Color cover of captain (Russell Crowe) with his ship. on a rough windy sea. It is the dawn of the 19th century, Britain is at war with Napoleon's France. Jack Aubrey, a youn...

The Doll People.

Martin, Ann M. and Laura Godwin, · 2002

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Hyperion, (2002). 1st ed thus. VG in VG DJ PB. A family of porcelain dolls that has lived in the same house for 100 years is taken aback when a new family of plastic dolls. moves in and doesn't follow The Doll Code of Honor. But then begins the search for Aunt Sarah who ha...

We Can Have Peace in the Holy Land: a plan that will work.

Carter, Jimmy, · 2009

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Simon & Schuster, (2009). 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. Urgent, balanced and passionate book that argues that the present moment is unique time for achieving peace in Middle East. Carter describes why previous peace efforts have fallen short and argues persuasively that that road ...

The Kindness of Strangers: tales of fate and fortune on the road, preface by Dalai Lama.

Cahill, Simon Winchester, Dave Eggers, Alice Waters, · 2008

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Australia, Lonely Planet, (2008). VG PB. Inspiring collection of 20 tales that explores the unexpected human connections that so often transfigure and tranform the. experience of travel and celebrates the gift of kindness around the world.

Maine Coastal Cooking and the Accomplished Cook: Down East recipes dating from 1664.

Unknown, · 1964

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Rockland, ME, Courier-Gazette, (1964). 6th ed. VG spiral PB.

Memoirs.

Solti, Sir Georg, · 1998

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Acappella, (1998). 1st ptg thus. VG PB. From musical studies in Budapest to WWII exile in Zurich, music director of the Bavarian State Opera in postwar Munich,. Frankfurt, London's Covent Garden, Chicago Symphony 1969-71, then freelancing.