Crabtree's Collection Old Books

Chris Farley: They Died Too Young.

Anderson, Marilyn, · 2001

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

Philadelphia, Chelsea House Pubs, (2001). 1st ptg. VG. Biography of the comedian who got his start on "Saturday Night Live" and starred in such movies as "Tommy Boy" and "Beverly. Hills Ninja" before dying of a drug overdose. Author Anderson grew up on a dairy farm in Minnesot...

Peter Ruff and the Double Four.

Oppenheim, E. Phillips, · 1912

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Boston, Little Brown, 1912. 1st ed. G. Pictorial cover shows woman with her purse flung aside in a begging position before a well-dressed man. Frontis shows a. man and woman seated at a table with the woman asking "Whatever is the matter with you?" as another couple walks in o...

Masters of the Wheat-Lands.

Bindloss, Harold, · 1910

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Burt, (1910). G. Published in England under the title, "Hawtrey's Deputy". Nine pages of "Popular Copyright Books at Moderate Prices" at end. of book. Beginning pages poorly glued in. Pictorial color cover shows man behind plow and horses, sheaf of wheat on spine. Some dar...

The Mayor of Casterbridge.

Hardy, Thomas, introduction by Joyce Kilmer, · 1917

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Boni and Liveright, (1917). 2nd ptg. VG. For Hardy sorrow is the rule and joy the exception. Not a pagan, Hardy is a fatalist, intent on his discovery that mankind. is fallible, unhappy, helpless, undesirable, and his characters virtueless. Brown leatherette binding, illus...

Bring Me a Unicorn: diaries and letters of Anne Morrow Lindbergh 1922-1928.

Lindbergh, Anne Morrow, · 1972

$23.00 (€20.87 | £17.41 | ¥3,673)

NY, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1972). 1st ed 2nd ptg. G in G DJ. "Everything today has been heavy and brown. Bring me a Unicorn to ride about the town." Charles Lindbergh was her unicorn for. an unexpected life. "In reading my.diaries and letters.I was chiefly struck by what ...

Robert Tournay: a romance of the French Revolution.

Sage, William, · 1900

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1900. G. Red and gray decorated cover (rubbed), owner names, front hinge cracked, front flyleaf removed.

Helen's Babies.

Habberton, John, · 1881

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, F. M. Lupton, (1881). G. Small-sized book with tan binding & red design with gilt lettering on spine. A woman implores her bachelor brother to. oversee the care of her two children for a weekend never thinking it might end his bachelor days.

India's Problem Can Be Solved.

Mackenzie, DeWitt, · 1943

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

NY, Doubleday Doran, 1943. 1st ed. VG. Map of India on endpapers. Author was an AP reporter and here expresses his views on the future of India and that it must be. a factor in postwar reconstruction.

Dyke's Corners.

Oakley, E. Clarence, · 1909

$28.00 (€25.40 | £21.19 | ¥4,471)

Boston, Richard G. Badger Gorham, 1909. G. Green binding with circle of church pictorial. Owner name pencil front endpaper, spine & edges of binding tanned.

Mr. Isaacs: a tale of modern India.

Crawford, F. Marion, · 1911

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Grosset & Dunlap, (1911). 74,000th. VG. Light and olive green binding with coat of arms, owner name ft endpaper. Macmillan's Standard Library.

The Adventures of an Engineer.

Chesney, Weatherby, · 1898

$750.00 (€680.47 | £567.69 | ¥119,765)

NY, Mansfield, nd (ca 1898). G. Pictorial cover of group of sailors on deep blue binding, gilt lettering.

The Poems of Horace: a literal translation with memoir and introductions.

Collegiate School, · 1913

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

London, G. Bell & Sons, Ltd., 1913. G. Navy blue binding, gilt lettering on spine. Fading toward outer front edge, cut somewhat unevenly at top fore-edge. Slight tanning to endpapers. It has been stated in the Life of Horace that after his schoolboy days were over he went to A...

The Case of the Silent Partner.

Gardner, Erle Stanley, · 1940

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Philadelphia, Blakiston Co, (1940). VG. Mildred Faulkner runs a successful string of flower shops and Harry Peavis tries to buy her out. Enter a desperate nightclub. hostess, poisoned chocolates and man with a bullet in his back, and Perry Mason becomes interested. Gray bindin...

American Game Birds.

Reed, Chester A., S.B., · 1912

$32.00 (€29.03 | £24.22 | ¥5,110)

Worcester, MA, Charles K. Reed, 1912. VG. More than 100 species in natural colors by Reed. Ads on back pages for other Reed books including his Guide to Taxidermy,. Land Birds, Water Birds, Flower Guide, Camera Studies of Wild Birds in Their Homes, North American Birds' Eggs, ...

A Tale of Two Cities.

Dickens, Charles, · 1946

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Cleveland, Fine Editions Press, (1946). G. Dickens creates the time during the French Revolution on the faith of trustworthy witnesses. He hoped to add something to. popular and picturesque means of understanding that terrible time. Dark red leather spine, lighter red binding,...

Anna Karenina.

introduction by James T. Farrell, · 1946

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Cleveland, Fine Editions Press, (1946). G. Laid in the period of the Napoleonic wars, set in the period immediately following the Emancipation of the Servs in 1861. Dark red leather spine, lighter red binding, gilt lettering on spine, top edge gilt. Edges of spine have wear.

Jacob Faithful: or, the adventures of a waterman volumes 1 & 2.

Marryatt, Captain, · 1838

$32.00 (€29.03 | £24.22 | ¥5,110)

Sanbornton, NH, Charles Lane, (1838). G. Owner name on title page, edge weaer. Lane's Uniform Edition.

Poems by Lydia H. Sigourney.

Sigourney, Lydia H., · 1846

$42.00 (€38.11 | £31.79 | ¥6,707)

Philadelphia, Uriah Hunt & Son, 1846. G. Green embossed binding, gilt lettering and decorations on binding. Owner name in pencil front endpaper, edge wear. All edges gilt.

Thadedeus of Warsaw in two volumes.

Porter, Miss, · 1829

$32.00 (€29.03 | £24.22 | ¥5,110)

Exeter, NH, J. C. Gerrish, 1829. Fair. Well worn two small leather bound volumes with tanned and smudged edges. Page 175/176 has top half missing, last blank. endpaper missing bottom half. Thaddeus is exiled from Poland and this is the romantic story of what happened to him. S...

The Hungarian Brothers in two volumes.

Porter, Ann Maria, Miss, · 1832

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

Exeter, NH, J. C. Gerrish, 1832. G. Brown binding, well worn, gilt lettering on spine.