Crabtree's Collection Old Books

Surprised by Light.

Schaffer, Ulrich, · 1980

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,512)

NY, Harper Row, (1980). 1st ed 1st ptg. VG lg sz PB. A feast for the eye and the imagination - exquisitely crafted visual and verbal statements refresh our sense of wonder,. celebrate the beauty of nature, and probe the very heart of the world. The author combines poetry with ...

Gates of Prayer: New Union Prayerbook: Weekdays, Sabbaths, and Festivals Services and Prayers for Synagogue and Home.

Central Conference of American Rabbis, · 1975

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Cental Conference, 1975. Fair. Jewish and English. Joints cracked, covers loosening, library markings.

Concise Dictionary of Contemporary History.

Burickson, Sherwin, compiled, foreword by Harry Elmer Barnes, · 1959

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Philosophical Library, (1959). VG in G DJ. Concise notes on historical figures and their countries. DJ tanned on edge.

Walt Whitman: EVergreen Profile Book 19.

Allen, Gay Wilson (one of America's foremost Whitman scholars), · 1961

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,235)

NY, Grove Press, (1961). VG PB. Since 1868 Whitman had been descending from the "high plateau" reached about that time, before long it would become a. toboggan slide. Primarily the chief difficulty was his health but also in the summer of 1870 he was also emotionally disturbed...

Bond Girls Are Forever: the women of James Bond.

d'Abo, Maryam and John Cork, · 2003

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

NY, Harry N. Abrams, (2003). 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. The women of the Bond universe have chllenged us all, exuding a confident sexuality, a strong sense of self, an unquestioning. willingness to take risks. The Bond women have become symbols admired by women, desired by men, and...

Sturge a Memoir (signed by Phippen).

Phippen, Sanford, edited and introduction by, · 2013

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.61 | ¥19,955)

Ellsworth, ME, Downeast Graphics & Printing, (2013). VG lg sz PB. Sturgis Haskins died in September, 2012. Preface by Carl Little calls him a remarkable man. Sandy Phippen delivers a. "remarkable portrait of a 'naughty boy' with a spiffy outlook on life." Inscription from Phip...

A Rockwell Portrait: an intimate biography.

Walton, Donald, · 1978

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,554)

Kansas City, Sheed Andrews and McMeel Inc, (1978). 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. Although Rockwell at times seemed passe to a critical audience, to others he was a smash. Donald Walton managed to resurrect. career by painting him as a complex personality, not the folk hero he seemed. ...

The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book.

Farmer, Fannie Merritt, · 1921

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,554)

Boston, Little Brown, 1921. Revised. Fair in Fair DJ. Additional chapter on cold pack method of canning, drying of fruits & vegeables, & on food values. Edge wear, DJ complete. but in pieces, owner name front endpaper. Binding bright, but hinges cracked and beginning and endin...

Herbert Hoover's Challenge to America His Life and Words.

Country Beautiful Editors, preface by Harry S. Truman, · 1965

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Waukesha, WI, Country Beautiful, (1965). 1st ed. G. Truman asserts in preface that he did not hold Hoover accountable for economic disaster of the late 20s and brought. him back into service in feeding the hungry and helped in dedicating his library at West Branch, Iowa. Hoove...

The First Thousand Words in Hebrew with easy pronunciation guide.

Amery, Heather and Yaffa Haron, · 1989

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

London, England, Usborne Pub Ltd, (1989). 2nd ptg. VG. Colorful amusing children's language guide to Hebrew. Owner inscription title page.

A Marriage Made at Woodstock.

Pelletier, Cathie, · 1994

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Crown, (1994). 1st ed 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. Chandra feels the establishment has made her husband an offer he can't refuse as she packs her bag. Frederick wonders what do. men do at times like this.

A Lion Called Christian.

Bourke, Anthony and John Rendall, foreword by Born Free's George Adamson, · 2009

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,235)

NY, Broadway Books, (2009). 1st Amer. ptg. VG in VG DJ. Two men, their lion and George Adamson have a reunion in Africa in his rightful home in the wild. The lion cub had been bought. in the pet department in London's Harrods. They shared a flat above a furniture shop on Londo...

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin: Poor Richard's Almanac and other papers.

Franklin, Benjamin, · 0

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,554)

np, Spencer Press, nd. VG. Part of the World's Greatest Literature series. Brown binding, green title boxes on spine with gilt lettering. Slight edge wear.

Arnie & a House Full of Company.

Corbo, Margarete and Diane Marie Barras, · 1985

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.33 | ¥1,756)

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1985. 1st ptg. G in VG DJ. Edelweiss the skunk, Manx the tailless squirrel, Ekaterina the dying countess, April the neighbor who has lost her son, is. there such a thing as too much company. Friends for many years are now putting down new roots in old...

The Story of the New Testament.

Goodspeed, Edgar J., · 1916

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,235)

Chicago, Univ of Chicago Press, (1916). 2nd imp. G. It must always be remembered that Christianity did not spring from the New Testament but the New Testament from Christianity. There was neither time nor need to write books when Jesus was at the very doors. Still less was the...

Highways of the Spirit.

Bradley, Dwight J., · 1939

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,235)

NY, Abingdon Press, (1939). 3rd ptg. VG PB. What we mean by personal religious living, how to proceed in moments of private meditation, knowing God better through. fellowship with friends and the underprivileged, social action, leadership. Dark green binding, black lettering.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.

Rowling, J. K., · 2005

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,512)

Levine, (2005) & (2007). 1st Amer eds. 2 VG HBs in 2 VG DJs. Both the latest Harry Potter books VG in VG DJs. Enclosed news clipping dated 7/10/2005 from Maine Sunday Telegram "While We. Wait for the New 'Harry,' a look back. by Deepti Hajela (AP). Overview of the Rowling Harr...

To Catch a King.

Patterson, Harry (Jack Higgins), · 1979

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,235)

NY, Stein & Day, (1979). 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. In July 1940 as the Duke and Duchess of Windsor fled from German-occupied France to neutral Portugal, Hitler began laying. plans to invade Great Britain (Operation Sea Lion). He sent emissaries to prevail upon the Duke and Duchess...

Free Flight.

Terman, Douglas, · 1980

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,554)

NY, Scribner, (1980). 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. A manhunt by land and air set in Vermont and Canada in the aftermath of WWIII. An air force officer was on leave in an. isolated Vermont cabin at the outbreak of all-out nuclear war. Now a year later having survived the fallout and a...

British Poets of the 19th century.

edited with reference lists and notes, · 1917

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,554)

NY, Benj. H. Sanborn & Co, 1917. Revised. VG. 15 chief poets of the century with a full and adequate section sufficient to represent the poet and his work. Sections are very. full and for the most part consist of complete poems including Robert Browning, Clough, Arnold, Rosset...