Crabtree's Collection Old Books

Cracking Cases: the science of solving crimes.

Lee, Dr. Henry C. Lee with Thomas W. O'Neil, · 2002

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,235)

Amherst, NY, Prometheus Books, (2002). 2nd ptg. VG in VG DJ. Takes reader through entire investigative process of five murder cases with world-renown forensic expert Dr. Henry Lee.

The Dolls of Yesterday.

St. George, Eleanor, · 1948

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,554)

NY, Bonanza, (1948). 3rd ptg. VG in G DJ. From doll-collectors all over the country, St. George gathered information about their collections & photos of their favorites. Owner bookplate front endpaperm wear to top of DJ edge.

Lincoln's Birthday: a comprehensive view of Lincoln as given in the most noteworthy essays, orations, and poems....

Schauffler, Robert Haven, edited by, · 1925

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,512)

NY, Dodd Mead, 1925. 2nd ptg. G ex-library.in fiction and in Lincoln's own writing. Our American Holidays. Library markings.

The Colonel's Lady on the Western Frontier: the correspondence of Alice Kirk Grierson.

Grierson, Alice Kirk, edited and introduction by Shirley Anne Leckie, · 1989

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Lincoln, Univ of Nebraska Press, (1989). VG PB. Grierson spent most of her life at army outposts on the 19th century western frontier where she faced problems of raising. a large family while fulfilling the duties of a commanding officer's wife. She left a large and extraordin...

Journey to Day Before Yesterday.

Eastman, E. R., · 1969

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NJ, Prentice-Hall, (1969). 11th ptg. G. The way life used to be on the farms and plains. Brown binding, black trim & lettering, edge wear. First blank page removed.

Master Frisky's Heroism.

Harkes, Clarence, · 1911

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,780)

Philadelphia, George W. Jacobs & Co, (1911). VG. By author of "Shaggycoat: the biography of a beaver". Paste down pictorial cover of dog jumping into hole in ice to rescue. a child, pale blue binding, white lettering, some fading to spine, illustrated endpapers, owner's bookpl...

The Lost Stories of Louisa May Alcott.

Stern, Madeleine B. and Daniel Shealy, edited by, · 1995

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,512)

NY, Citadel Press Book, (1995). 1st ptg thus. VG PB. Alcott like her beloved character Jo March supported herself & her family by writing anonymous stories for popular magazines. These are many newly discovered stories uncovered by tireless literary detective work. Alcott's pa...

Story Hour: a second look at Cinderella, Bluebears, and Company.

Hay, Sara Henderson (signed), · 1963

$28.00 (€25.40 | £21.19 | ¥4,470)

NY, Doubleday, 1963. 1st ed. VG in G DJ. Inscribed by the author. Poems based on nursery tales but definitely not for children, according to the author. What would story time characters have done in real life? Photo of author on back DJ flap. Hay was the wife of well-known Rus...

Mother West Wind's Favorite Recipes: volume one and two.

Laughing Brook, · 1976

$24.00 (€21.77 | £18.17 | ¥3,831)

Hampden, MA, Friends of Laughing Brook, (1976, 1977). 2 VG spiral bound PBs. Front covers show woman in bonnet and long dress in front of Thornton Burgess fireplace at Laughing Brook.

Hepatica.

Rachel, Field, · 1967

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,554)

NY, Macmillan, (1967). 18th ptg. VG. Clean bright decorated green binding, cream-colored lettering, green frontis of girl who works in a traveling side show.

Loud Sing Cuckoo.

Sterne, Emma Gelders, · 1930

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,873)

NY, Duffield, (1930). VG. Beautiful condition book. Green decorated binding with gilt on edges and gilt pictorial of bird on flower in gilt on front. Pictorial endpapers.

Mary Mapes Dodge of St. Nicholas.

Howard, Alice B., · 1943

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,235)

NY, Julian Messner, (1943). VG. Dodge was the author of Hans Brinker or The Silver Skates. Frontis is a drawing of Dodge writing at her desk. Laid in and taped obituaries from 1937 of W. F. Clarke who once edited St. Nicholas and gave many famous authors heir first lift in pri...

N'Heures Souris Rames: the Coucy Castle Manuscript.

de Kay, Ormonde, translated & annotated by, · 1980

$28.00 (€25.40 | £21.19 | ¥4,470)

NY, Clarkson Potter, (1980). 1st ed 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. Rhymes in French with English translations. Salvaged from the ruins of famed Coucy Castle with a similarity to well-known. English rhymes. DJ price clipped.

A Train for Jane.

Klein, Norma, · 1974

$24.00 (€21.77 | £18.17 | ¥3,831)

Old Westbury, NY, Feminist Press/SUNY College, (1974(. VG lg sz PB. When Jane wants a train for Christmas it causes turmoil but she refuses to change her wish. Owner inscription front endpaper.

The Dreadnought Boys in Home Waters.

Lawton, Captain Wilbur, · 1914

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,512)

NY, Hurst, (1914). VG. Pictorial cover & spine showing boy in uniform saluting with ship in background & buoy on spine. Bumped corners, slight soil.

Judith Lynn: a story of the sea.

Donnell, Annie Hamilton, · 1906

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,235)

NY, David C. Cook Pub Co, (1906). G. Paste down pastoral scene inside of decorative front cover, illustrations of young girl and lobstermen, and little girl who. can't walk. Covers have spots, interior good condition, some smudges.

You Better Come Home with Me.

Lawson, John, · 1966

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,873)

NY, Crowell, (1966). 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. The Boy had come down the road from the west to this mountain country of little Appalachian farm, a land full of magic. Green pictorial cover of boy running beneath a tree, DJ show boy on wagon with Scarecrow, owner name front endpape...

The Visiting Villain: a Fleming Stone detective novel.

Wells, Carolyn, · 1934

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,235)

Philadelphia, Lippincott, (1934). G ex-library. Red binding, edge wear, library markings.

The Madness of Philip and Other Tales of Childhood.

Daskam, Josephine Dodge, · 1902

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,512)

NY, McClure Phillips, 1902. G. Even before breakfast his mother found Philip checking her dimensions and trying to put his sister into a pillow case. Red binding, paste down pictorial cover divided into 9 parts showing Philip in various escapades. Edge wear, some soil.

Build Your Own Low-Cost Log Home.

Hard, Roger, · 1977

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Pownal, VT, Garden Way Pub, (1977). VG lg sz PB. Explains how to build a log home using your own logs and shows details on kit log homes and how to construct them. The author. an experienced builder and engineer tells what you can expect from a log kit house and how to save mo...