Crabtree's Collection Old Books

Blood, Bones & Butter: the inadvertent education of a reluctant chef.

Hamilton, Gabrielle, · 2011

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Random, (2011). 5th ptg. VG in VG DJ. "Magnificent. Simply the best memoir by a chef ever. Ever. " Anthony Bourdain. Before Hamilton opened her acclaimed NY. restaurant Prune, she spent 25 hard-living years trying to find purpose and meaning in her life. An unconventional ...

Larry: thoughts of youth.

Foster, Larry Larrimore, · 1931

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Association Press, (1931). 2nd ed. G. A young boy is tragically killed and remembered for his frank espousal of his ideals. Maroon binding (rubbed), gilt lettering. A few days before he was to return home he posed for the frontis then took a ride to watch a beautiful sunse...

For Spacious Skies: meteorological sketchbook of American weather.

Sloane, Eric, · 1978

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Funk & Wagnalls, (1978). G in G DJ ex-library. Sloane's first books were about the weather and hehimself was the first weatherman on TV. He discovered pioneer farmers had. developed an extraordinary knowledge of weather because their veru depended on it and most of them ke...

Don't Forget to Fly (inscribed by author).

Janeczko, Paul B., · 1981

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,780)

Scarsdale, NY, Bradbury Press, (1981). VG in VG DJ. A cycle of modern poems collected by Janeczko. What do love night swimming Sundays children fathers mothers movies crows. cars cats gnats war gluttony dentists poets insomnia cemeteries youth & marriage have in common? They a...

Will You Be My Friend?.

Kavanaugh, James, · 1971

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Dutton, (1971). 10th ptg. VG in G DJ. DJ tanning toward spine. Kavanaugh is the well-known former priest & author who here takes another step in his journey. that began in anguish with A Modern Priest Look at His Outdated Church & The Birth of God. He received his PhD in r...

A Horn Book Sampler on children's books and reading selected from 25 years of The Horn Book Magazine 1924-1948.

Fryatt, Norma R., edited by, introduction by Bertha Mahony Miller, · 1969

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,554)

Boston, The Horn Book, (1969). 3rd ptg. VG in VG DJ. Your invitation to enter :the World of Imagination and Vision" and of delight in the creative spirit by writers and artists. working for the pleasure of children.

Children of the Mist.

Phillpotts, Eden, · 1899

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,554)

NY, Putnam, 1899. G. Publisher note tipped in to title page listing reviews of the books by R. D. Blackmore "I am simply astonished at the beauty. and power of this novel, and by A. T. Quiller-Couch, in 'The London Speaker' "All the persons in this book are definite, the whole...

Yeats at Work.

Bradford, Curtis B., · 1965

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,235)

NY, Eccp Press, (1965). VG PB. The road to a master's certificate as a playwright was both long and hard. He was intent on developing antirealistic. dramatic modes. Shows Yeats as he meticulously changed and corrected his plays.

Being Little in Cambridge when everone else was big.

Abbott, Eleanor Hallowell, · 1936

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Appleton-Century, 1936. G ex-library. Flowered orange/green/yellow cloth binding, green title square, spine faded, tanned toward edges, library markings.

Days of Our Lives: the complete family album: 30th anniversary celebration.

Zenka, Lorraine, · 1995

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,235)

NY, Regan Books, (1995). 1st ed 1st ptg. VG PB. Owner inscription fep.

An American Perspective: 19th century art from the collection of Jo Ann & Julian Ganz, Jr..

Powell, foreward by J. Carter Brown, · 1981

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,235)

Washington, National Gallery of Art, (1981). VG lg sz PB.

Poe's Literary Battles: the critic in th context of his literary milieu.

Moss, Sidney P., · 1963

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,235)

Carbondale, Southern Illinois Univ Press, (1963). VG PB. A significant portion of Poe's essays, reviews, lectures, and editorial comment was concerned with politics and practices of. publishers, editors, and reviewers. His literary battles had a singleness of purpose: to prepa...

Blow Me a Song (Cold Winter Wind).

Griffith, Norma, · 2009

$34.00 (€30.85 | £25.74 | ¥5,428)

NY, Vantage Press, (2009). 1st ed 1st ptg. VG PB. Born Norma Way in Syracuse NY her family moved to NYC in 1929, Norma had already performed in several shows at the local Loew's. She also appeared in vaudeville with Edgard Bergen and Charlie McCartha and met Frank Gaylord Grif...

The View from Grandma's Kitchen: a New England cookbook.

Heyer, Janet and Phyllis Higgins, · 0

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.33 | ¥1,756)

VG PB.

Black Elk: the sacred ways of a Lakota.

Black Elk, Wallace and William S. Lyon, · 1991

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Harper, (1991). 3rd ptg. VG PB. An unprecedented account of the shaman's world and the way it is entered, Black Elk is a Lakota elder and shaman.

Grandmother's Pictures.

Cornish, Sam, · 1974

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,235)

Lenox, MA, The Bookstore Press, (1974). VG PB. Major black poet Sam Cornish is the author of more than 5 collections of poetry. Remembrances of a grandmother.

Railways Jouorneys: the vanishing age of steam.

Trevithick, Richard, · 0

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,873)

VG PB and 4 DVDs in tin box. Classic steam of the 20s and 40s, 50s, Colorado, Twilight of the Steam Giants. Disc Cass & Mower is missing.

Crabtree & Evelyn Cook Book: a book of light meals and small feasts.

Kent, Elizabeth, · 1989

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,235)

NY, Stewart, Tabori & Chang, (1989). 2nd ptg. VG in VG DJ. 200 recipes with menus and entertaining ideas for meals both intimate and grand. Light, fresher, more imaginative meals. Cucumber and mind sandwiches, currant cream scones, wild mushroom broth, rhubard crumble.

Moosewood Restaurant Low-Fat Favorites: flavorful recipes for healthful meals.

Moosewood Collective, · 1996

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,873)

NY, Clarkson Potter, (1996). 1st ed 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. Virtuously low in fat yet never compromising, the famous restaurant expands from its beginning reputation for vegetarian. into an expanding health-conscious variety. Owner inscription front endpaper.

Fifty Places to Dive before You Die: diving experts share the world's greatest destinations.

Santella, Chris, foreword by Ethan Gordon, · 2008

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,235)

NY, Stewart, Tabori & Chang, (2008). 3rd ptg. VG in VG DJ. Incredible color photos from diving experts around the world.