Crabtree's Collection Old Books

Narcissa or The Road to Rome.

Richards, Laura E., · 1894

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Boston, Estes & Lauriat, 1894. 11th thousand. Fair. Two parts of Narcissa: Draming and Waking; plus an interesting third section titled In Verona that is about the countryside of. Maine which Richards calls the "all white and smiling, tucked away under the great hill-shoulder ...

Legendes de la Gruyere (in French).

Bovet, Mar.-Alex,, preface by Aug. Schorderet, · 1925

$21.00 (€19.05 | £15.90 | ¥3,352)

France, Lausanne, nd (ca 1925). Deuxieme. G. Editions, Spes. Pictorial cover, paper label spine. Owner insciption from grandmother August 1925. Pages browning on edges.

First Step 2 Foreever: my story.

Bieber, Justin, · 2010

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,873)

NY, Harper, 2010. 1st ptg. VG in G DJ. "It's a big, big world It's easy to get lost in it." Bieber's story by himself and the fame he must now deal with. Back of DJ has a photo of Bieber. Top of DJ tear at top of spine.

The Boy's Story of Lindbergh the Lone Eagle.

America's Part in the World War, · 1928

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Philadelphia, Winston, 1928. VG. First solo transatlantic flight and the welcome he received by various country where he was touted as a hero. Owner stamp. Paste down color pictorial show Lindbergh's airplane and him in a golden wreath with the banners "clean living preparedne...

The Escoffier Cook Book: a guide to the fine art of cookery.

Escoffier, A., · 1975

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,554)

NY, Crown, (1975). 45th ptg. VG in VG DJ. 2,973 identical recipes by Escoffier designed for connoisseurs, gourmets and those who appreciate excellence in food preparation. Clearly and simply he outlines the method of preparation of each dish and tells how to achieve perfection...

The Name on the Bracelet: a Judy Bolton mystery.

Sutton, Margaret, · 1940

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Grosset & Dunlap, (1940). VG. Burgundy tweed binding, endpapers burgundy and white show mansion on hill with windswept trees, frontis hand-colored,. Front flyleaf shows Bolton mysteries through The Haunted Fountain with marks by those read. Owner name front endpaper.

Collected Poems 1909-1935.

Eliot, T. S., · 1936

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Harcourt Brace, (1936). G. Navy blue binding, owner name & bookplate, slight edge wear.

Thirty-Fourth Annual Report of the Secretary of Massachusetts Board of Agriculture for 1886.

USDA, · 1887

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,873)

Boston, MA, Wright & Potter Ptg Co, 1887. VG. With returns of the finances of the agricultural societies. Dark brown cloth, gilt lettering on spine, owner name fore edge. Nick to page edge of front endpaper.

Thirty-Fifth Annual Report of the Secretary of Massachusetts Board of Agriculture for 1887.

USDA, · 1888

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,780)

Boston, MA, Wright & Potter Ptg Co, 1888. G. With returns of the finances of the agricultural societies. Dark brown cloth, gilt lettering on spine, edge wear. List of agricultural exhibitions, 1888.

Annual Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture for the years 1881 and 1882.

USDA, · 1882

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,780)

Washington, D.C., USDA, 1882. G. Dark brown cloth, gilt lettering on spine, edge wear. Owner name front endpaper, paper adhering to front cover along edges.

Carmina Sanctorum: a selection of hymns and songs of praise with tunes.

Hitchcock, Roswell Dwight, Zachary Eddy, Lewis Ward Mudge, edited by, · 1886

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,512)

NY, Barnes, (1886). G. Aims to provide expression for every variety of healthy Christian experience, emphasizing especially the more jubilant,. hopeful, and courageous graces and virtues. Dark brown binding, gilt lettering, rubbing to cover.

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Cooke, Rose Terry, · 1886

$65.00 (€58.97 | £49.20 | ¥10,376)

NY, Phillips & Hunt, (1886). Good. The value of saying "No", why Jack refused mince pie on Thanksgiving day, and why Will couldn't eat his dinner. Rust colored binding, gilt title box with NO inside it. Edge wear, some fading in places to the binding, few spots on some pages.

Today's Kitchen Cookbook.

Today's Kitchen (Matt Lauer, Ann Currie, Katie Couric, and Al Roker, · 2005

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Des Moines, IA, Meredith, (2005). VG in VG DJ.

The Christmas Child: a story of coming home (previously published as The Christmas Cross).

Lucado, Max, · 2003

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Nashville, TN, W Publishing Group/Nelson, (2003). 1st ed thus. VG in VG DJ. Beautifully illustrated, basis of feature film starring William R. Moses and Megan Fellows . A Chicago journalist finds himself. in a small Texas town on Christmas eve, lonely and alone, he discovers a...

Practical Bait Casting.

St. John, Larry, · 1918

$21.00 (€19.05 | £15.90 | ¥3,352)

NY, Macmillan, 1918. Advance copy. G ex-library. Stamped by Cold River Camp (A.M.C.), North Chatham, N.H., as Advance Review Copy. Author states that this book is not a. contribution to "Angling Literature" but an attempt to collect some of the traditions of the craft for the ...

The Steadfast Tin Soldier.

Andersen, Hans Christian, · 1983

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Mankato, MN, Creative Editions, (1983). 1st ed 1st ptg. VG in G DJ. A bittersweet tale of love unfulfilled, a stoic Tin Soldier, proper in every respect but for one missing leg, who falls for. a pretty paper Dancer, A fanciful story built on Andersen's own ill-fated romance wi...

Little Soul and the Sun.

Walsch, Neale Donald, author of Conversations with God, · 1998

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,235)

Charlottesville, VA, Hampton Roads, (1998). 9th ptg. VG in VG DJ gift quality. Simple and powerful story that brings children a very profound truth: there is no absolute good or bad, that underneath all. that happens in the world, all that we call good or bad, there is love be...

I, Scheherazade, memoirs of a Siamese cat.

Parkhirst, Douglass, as told to, · 1963

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.33 | ¥1,756)

NY, Bonanza, (1963). (A). VG in G DJ. Only authorized, unabridged, and as yet unbanned version of Scheherazade's spicy memoirs which she pours out to Parkhirst. Born 5 in a litter of 6, "Sherry" recalls wiling away hours listening to her mother's exotic tales about their cat f...

Johnnie Cross.

White, Terence de Vere, · 1983

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.33 | ¥1,756)

NY, St. Martins, (1983). 1st ed 1st ptg. VG in G DJ. Cross was the "widow" of novelist George Eliot, Marian Evans in private life, a celebrated woman of 60 who had recently lost. her common-law husband of manyyears, George Henry Lewes. Cross was 20 years younger than she and w...

Household Searchlight Recipe Book.

and Irene Hunemaker, · 1949

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,512)

Topeka, KS, Household, (1949). 22nd ed. VG. Tab markers for sections slightly worn, owner name.