Crabtree's Collection Old Books

An Aviator's Luck or The Camp Knox Plot: Aviators Series volume 2.

Cobb, Captain Frank, · 1927

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,235)

Akron, OH, Saalfield Pub Co, (1927). VG ex-library. Red pictorial binding showing two bi-planes landing. Owner inscription and library stamp on front endpaper.

My Little Boy Blue.

Carey, Rosa Nouchette, · 1895

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,554)

NY, Revell, (1895). G. A small boy is noticed standing in the light of a street corner and playing a violin. Soon the ladies who see him become. involved in his life. Eight pages of publisher ads of children's books: The Staincliffe Series, The Jessica Series; The Dolphin Seri...

Lucy Howard's Journal.

Sigourney, Mrs. L. H., · 1860

$24.00 (€21.77 | £18.17 | ¥3,831)

NY, Harper, 1860. G ex-library. Purported to be a young woman's diary during the Civil War. Brown embossed binding, library markings.

A Tilloss Scandal.

Barrie, J. M., · 1890

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,512)

NY, Lovell, Coryell & Co, nd (ca 1890). VG ex-library. Unauthorized collection of stories and articles that had appeared in periodicals from 1887 to 1892. Blue binding, gilt. lettering on spine, edge wear, library markings.

Golden Tales of New England.

Becker, May Lamberton, selected and with introduction by, · 1931

$24.00 (€21.77 | £18.17 | ¥3,831)

NY, Dodd Mead, 1931. VG. Navy binding, gilt lettering (rubbed), spine faded.

A Life with Men and Books.

Bostwick, Arthur E(lmore), · 1939

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,512)

NY, H.W. Wilson Co, 1939. VG ex-library. Librarian, author, editor from the Civil War until WWI. Library markings.

Rhymes New And Old.

Barker. Cicely Mary, collected & illustrated by, · 1935

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,780)

Poughkeepsie, NY, Artists & Writers Guild Inc., (1935). G. Wonderful color illustrations. Black pictorial cover of children marching in parade. Edge wear, top inch of spine gone. Owner inscription front endpaper.

Wilderness Clearing.

Edmonds, Walter D., · 1944

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,235)

NY, Dodd Mead, 1944. G ex-library. Based on the life of Dick Mount and Maggie Gordon who were murdered in 1777 by Indians. Library markings, edge wear.

Secrets of Scene Painting and Stage Effects.

Browner, Van Dyke, · 1930

$24.00 (€21.77 | £18.17 | ¥3,831)

London, Routledge, nd (ca 1930s). 5th ed. G ex-library. Pictorial cover, heavy edge wear, owner underlings and jottings, library markings.

Bodleys Afoot.

Scudder, Horace Elisha, · 1880

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,235)

Boston, Houghton Osgood, 1880. G. From Boston, Scudder was editor of the Riverside Magazine for Young People. The Bodleys tell about their adventures as they. travel in the mid-1800s. Few owner jottings. Heavy binding wear, illustrated endpapers.

Thimble Summer.

Enright, Elizabeth, · 1935

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,512)

NY, Holt Rinehart and Winston, (1935). G. Owner name front endpaper. Several full color pages. Heavy edge wear. A magical thimble ends a drought.

When You Entertain: what to do and how.

Allen, Ida Bailey, · 1932

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,235)

Atlanta, GA, Coca-Cola Company, (1932). G. Founder and President National Radio Home-Makers Cllub, broadcasting coast to coast, formerly Home Economics Editor. for "Good Housekeeping", "Pictorial Review", and "Woman's World. Heavy edge wear. Allen consulted with Coca-Cola abou...

Dream Days.

Grahame, Kenneth, · 1912

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,512)

London, John Lane Bodley Head, 1912. G. Yellow cloth binding, gilt lettering, top edge gilt. Spine and edges of binding tanned.

Told under the Blue Umbrella: new stories for new children.

Committee of the Association for Childhood Education, · 1934

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,235)

NY, Macmillan, 1934. G ex-library. Frontis shows boy and girl in wagon under a blue umbrella, front cover shows girl under umbrella. Library markings, edge. wear to pages, blue binding.

Salinger: the official book of the acclaimed documentary film.

Shields, David and Shane Salerno, · 2013

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,873)

NY, Simon & Schuster, (2013). 1st ptg. VG in G DJ. Why did this writer, celebrated by the world, stop publishing? This investigation into Salinger's epic life transports you. from the bloody beaches of Normandy where Salinger landed under fire carrying the first six chapters o...

Swift (Jonathan).

Acworth, Bernard, · 1947

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,235)

London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1st ptg. (1947). G. Wrote Gulliver's Travels, a keen satire on cant & sham in courts, parties, statesmen, the only work for which he received. payment. Green binding, gilt lettering, wear to spine edge.

Aunt Friendly's Picture Book containing 36 pages of pictures prnted in color by Kronheim.

Unknown, · 1860

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

London, Frederick Warne, nd (ca 1860?). Fair. Nursery favorites. Burgundy binding with gilt lettering and pictorial. Edges of binding worn, page smudges.

Nova Scotia Camera Tour.

Halifax Department of Trade and Industry, · 1955

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,235)

Halifax, Nova Scotia, nd (ca 1955). VG lg sz PB. Nine x 12 color illustrated tour guide book.

War Rations W.W. II plus booklet "You and Your Fuel Oil Ration" Why, how it works, your ration is elastic..

U.S. Government, · 1942

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,873)

Wasington, D.C., Govt Ptg Office, (1942-44). G. Sugar purchase certificate July 7 1942, fuel oil ration.

Moderation Theory out of Plumb with Scientific Fact about Alcohol of special interest to beer drinkers.

American Medical Association, · 1946

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Albany, NY, New York State Issue, (January, 1946). vol XXXVII 4. G PB. Alcohol is a poison, inherently, absolutely, essentially. Plainly the quantity cannot alter its chemical composition. Official Organ of the Anti-Saloon League of New York. An Advocate of Christian Patriotis...