Crabtree's Collection Old Books

The Grand Failure: the birth and death of communism in the twentieth century.

Zrzezinski, Zbigniew, · 1989

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Scribner, (1989). 1st ptg. G in G DJ. The terminal crisis of communism by describing and analyzing the progressive decay and deepeming agony of its system and. of its dogma. By the next century communism's irreversible historical decline will have made its practice and dog...

Assistant Purser Training.

Unknown United States service, · 1942

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

NY, U.S., 1942. VG folder with looseleaf pages attrached at right edge. Examples of Port Sanitary Statement November 21, 1942. During present war emergency, seamen's wages 1940s - $95 month. Includes confidential Cargo Report and Vessel Performance Summary for vessels arriving...

A Short History of the Korean War.

Stokesbury, James L., · 1988

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Morrow, (1988). 1st ed 1st ptg. G in G DJ ex-library. Enlighteing account of a most unpredictable military conflict which traces the background of the situation during the crucial. years prior to July and August 1950 when the N. Koreans came very close to taking over all o...

The Complete Book of Dried Arrangements.

Underwood, Raye Miller, · 1952

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.33 | ¥1,757)

NY, Bonanza, (1952). VG in G DJ. No other book tells so much about preparing and using dried materials. Detailed method for preserving in sand, borax of. glycerin solution, pressing and skeletonizing with many special techniques for specific flowers and foliages. Nick to botto...

The Causes of the War of 1812.

Horsman, Reginald, · 1962

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Barnes/Perpetua, (1962). Fair PB. In the years immediately preceding the War of 1812, England was dominated by a faction that pledged itself not only to defeat. Napoleon but also to maintain British commercial supremacy. This is the first analysis of the causes of the war ...

The Farmers' Daughters: collected stories.

Williams, William Carlos, introduction by Van Wyck Brooks, · 1961

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

New Directions, (1961). 8th printing. G PB. For 42 years the author was a practicing physician in New Rutherford, NJ, and treated a man as material for a work of art. Here this volume gathers together 52 stories from earlier books and includes as well the great long story, The...

J: a novel.

Jacobson, Howard, · 2014

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Hogarth, (2014). 1st ed 1st ptg. Fair hardback. Man Booker Prize Book. Middle of book has a center dark edge.

Yankee's Favorite Recipes: over 100 finest recipes.

Judson Hale, Yankee Magazine, · 1990

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Dublin, NH, Yankee, (1990). VG PB. Over 100 of the finest recipes from Yankee Magazine. Includes an insert of the last two recipes mentioned.

Songs of Innocence.

Aleas, Richard, · 2007

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Hard Case, (2007). VG PB. Three years ago Detective John Blake solved a mystery that changed his life forever, and left a women he loved dead. Now. Blake is back to investigate the apparent suicide of a beautiful college student with a double life. The secrets he uncovers ...

Recovery a guide for Adult Children of Alcoholics.

Sharon Wegscheider-Cruse, · 1985

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Fireside/Simon & Schuster, (1985). 2nd printing. VG PB. First book that attempts to answer many of the silent questions of millions of children in our society.

Vows: the story of a priest, a nun, and their son.

Manseau, Peter, · 2003

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Free Press, (2003). 1st ptg thus. VG PB. A compelling story of one family's unshakable faith that to be called is to serve, whatever the cost might be. A riveting. of his parents' parallel childhoods and how they met reading to the homesless in Roxbury, Massachusetts, duri...

Three Complete Novels: Postmortem; Body of Evidence; All That Remains (complete and unabridged).

Cornwell, Patricia, · 1997

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Smithmark, (1997). VG hardback in VG DJ. From the master storyteller a one-volume collection of the first three Kay Scarpetta novels in grisly millieu & detail.

Rolling Stone magazine single issue November 2019.

Rolling Stone, · 2019

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

NY, Rolling Stone, November 2019. G paperback. Elton John & Lana Del Rey (on front cover) she visits her idol and his home for a conversation about meditation, Seventies L.A. songwriting, why the pest persona is none at all. Top corner of front cover clipped, address label fro...

Using HTML 4 special edition with special CD disc included.

Holzschlag, Molly E., · 2000

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

NY, QUE, 2000. 6th edition. VG large size paperback. Internet web publishing for intermediate to advanced level.

Victoria: an intimate biography.

Weintraub, Stanley, · 1987

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Dutton, (1987). 1st ptg thus. VG hardback in fair DJ. Few details and disclosures illuminate Victoria's life and no previous book about her has captured so much of her personality. Dust jacket quite worn, first page clipped at top outer corner.

Little Women.

Alcott, Louisa May, · 1987

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

NY, Avenel, (1987). VG hardback. Beautiful color illustrataion by smith on front cover back cover man proposing, large size hardback 7-3/4" x 9-3/4". Leather-like spine with gilt decoration on sides & female figure on lower back. Top of spine has defect space.

Counterpoint an anthology of modern poetry (192 poets).

Rosenberg, H. M., edited by, · 1966

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

San Francisco, California, Idlewild, (1966). VG in G DJ (some edge wear). One of the poets, Julie Scoma, is the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Fred Noble, and her six poems are her addition to this book as. noted on an insert.

Final Founds: a father, a son, the golf journey of a lifetime.

Dodson, James, editor of Golf magazine, · 1996

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

NY, Bantam hardback, (1996). 1st printing. VG in VG DJ. James Dodson offers a heartfelt often humorous tribute to his father and the game they both played. His father's lad days and. how they set out to celebrate them with the golf tour of a lifetime.

The Long Love.

Sedges, John, Pearl S. Buck writing as, · 1949

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, John Day, (1949). VG. Slight edge wear.

The Olympic Spirit: 100 years of the games.

Wels, Susan, · 1995

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

Tehabi Books, (1995). 3rd printing. VG in VG DJ hardback. From the beginning in 776B.C. the Olympics have always represented the highest in athletic achievement but have also. provided the world with with an international stage from which art and culture have been celebrated, ...