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	A. A., Dr. Bob and the Good Oldtimers. NY, Alcoholics Anonymous, (1991). 9th ptg. VG in VG DJ. Portrait of Dr. Bob who with Bill W. founded AA. Few small DJ bottom edge tears. USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 \| £UK 7.25 \| JP¥ 1067] Book number: BOOKS033330I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	AARON, DANIEL, EDITED BY, The Inman Diary: a public and private confession: two volumes. Cambridge, Harvard Univ Press, 1985. 2nd ptg. VG in VG slipcase. Navy binding, ribbon bookmarks. Slipcase edge wear, vol. 1 title box on spine rubbed. USD 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 23.75 \| £UK 21 \| JP¥ 3112] Book number: BOOKS028102I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	ABBEY, EDWARD, Desert Solitaire: a season in the wilderness. NY, Simon & Schuster, (1990). 8th printing. VG PB. Date on fep. Abbey's three seasons as a park ranger in s.e. Utah. He challenges the growing exploitation of the wilderness. USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 \| £UK 12 \| JP¥ 1778] Book number: BOOKS004067I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	ABBOTT, ELEANOR HALLOWELL, Being Little in Cambridge when everone else was big. NY, Appleton-Century, 1936. G. Flowered orange/green/yellow cloth binding, blue title square, spine faded, owner name ft endpaper. USD 14.00 [Appr.: EURO 9.5 \| £UK 8.5 \| JP¥ 1245] Book number: BOOKS038219I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	ABBOTT, LAWRENCE F., Impressions of Theodore Roosevelt. NY, Doubleday Page, 1919. VG. Abbott's impressions from 22 year friendship with Roosevelt. Includes list of TR's chief writings & a chronology of his life. Burgundy binding, gilt lettering. Owner name ft endpaper. USD 16.00 [Appr.: EURO 11 \| £UK 9.75 \| JP¥ 1423] Book number: BOOKS033756I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	ABRAHAM, MARILYN J., First We Quit Our Jobs: how one work-driven couple got on the road to a new life. NY, Dell, (1997). 4th ptg. VG PB. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: BOOKS022705I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	ABRAHAM, GERALD, Nietzsche: Great Lives. NY, Macmillan, 1933. G ex-library. Tolstoy considered Nietzsche a madman. Red binding, gilt lettering on spine. Binding rubbed, library markings, owner. name ft endpaper. USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 \| £UK 9 \| JP¥ 1334] Book number: BOOKS042117I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	ABRAHAMSEN, DAVID, M.D., Nixon vs. Nixon: an emotional tragedy. NY, New American Library, (1978). 1st ptg thus. G PB. An eminent psychologist brings insight into Nixon's character & actions. Edge wear, scrape ft cover, few marks on back cover. USD 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.5 \| £UK 5 \| JP¥ 711] Book number: BOOKS025243I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	ACHESON, DEAN, Fragments of My Fleece. NY, Norton, (1971). 1st ed. VG in VG DJ. DJ clipped, sl chipped. A gathering of short pieces, speeches, article and papers. USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 \| £UK 9 \| JP¥ 1334] Book number: BOOKS003955I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	ACKERLEY, J. R., INTRODUCTION BY W. H. AUDEN, My Father and Myself. NY, New York Review Books, (1999). Reprint. VG PB. Ackerley's father was the Banana King, a successful importer of fruit and a bluff, hearty fellow, little appreciated by his. refined & literary son. On his death the father left a letter revealing that his life of respectable prosperity had been a facade. Ackerley began a quest to comprehend a father always just beyond his reach. A pathbreakingly honest redering of a gay man's life and desires. USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 \| £UK 7.25 \| JP¥ 1067] Book number: BOOKS035682I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	ADAIR, JAMES R., EDITOR, Unhooked: dramatic stories of persons who became addicted to drugs but came back. Grand Rapids, MI, Baker Book House, (1971). G ex-school library. School library stamp fep, library markings. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: BOOKS031975I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	ADAMS, JAMES TRUSLOW, The Adams Family. Boston, Little Brown, 1930. 1st ed. VG. Suddenly passing from village obscurity into international fame in the latter part of the 18th century, due neither to great. wealth or a hereditary title but to character and sheer intellectual ability. A biography of a family thrown against the changing background of its times for a 150 years. Maroon binding, gilt lettering. Sl edge wear. USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 \| £UK 7.25 \| JP¥ 1067] Book number: BOOKS041253I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	ADAMS, JAMES TRUSLOW, The Adams Family. NY, Literary Guild, 1930. 1st ed. VG. Suddenly passing from village obscurity into international fame in the latter part of the 18th century, due neither to great. wealth or a hereditary title but to character and sheer intellectual ability. A biography of a family thrown against the changing background of its times for a 150 years. Dark blue binding, gilt lettering. Edge wear, tanning on ft endpaper. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: BOOKS041254I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	ADAMS, ANSEL WITH MARY STREET ALINDER, Ansel Adams: an autobiography. Boston, Little Brown, (1990). 1st PB ed. VG PB. Edge wear, surface scratches ft cover, sl curling. USD 22.00 [Appr.: EURO 15 \| £UK 13.25 \| JP¥ 1956] Book number: BOOKS028177I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	ADAMS, CHARLES FRANCIS, WITH MEMORIAL ADDRESS BY HENRY CABOT LODGE, Charles Francis Adams 1835-1915: an autobiography. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1916. 1st ed. G ex-library. This "sketch" as Adams called it was delivered to the MA Hist Society in 1913 to make use of as seemed proper and it made the. search for a biographer unnecessary. Black binding, gilt lettering & banding, top edge gilt. Library markings. USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 \| £UK 7.25 \| JP¥ 1067] Book number: BOOKS041247I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	ADAMS, RUSSELL, King Gillette: the man and his wonderful shaving device. Boston, Little Brown, (1978). 1st ed. VG in VG DJ. Few spots on DJ cover, binding edges faded. USD 14.00 [Appr.: EURO 9.5 \| £UK 8.5 \| JP¥ 1245] Book number: BOOKS030236I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	ADAMS, RACHEL, On the Other Hand. NY, Harper & Row, (1963). 1st ed ss. VG. Price blacked out on fep. USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 \| £UK 7.25 \| JP¥ 1067] Book number: BOOKS017484I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	ADAMS, RACHEL, On the Other Hand. NY, Harper Row, (1963). 1st ed. VG in G DJ. New England born and reared, lively, dedicated and very much a person in her own right, and the arrival of the young woodsman. Sherman Adams who became her suitor. When Sherman dedicated himself to the Eisenhower cause, Rachel went along. A campaign train with whistle stops & back-platform speeches. In Washington, she had a house to find and her life changed by her social obligations. DJ sl edge wear. USD 14.00 [Appr.: EURO 9.5 \| £UK 8.5 \| JP¥ 1245] Book number: BOOKS041255I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	ADAMS, SAMUEL HOPKINS, A. Woollcott: his life and his world. NY, Reynal & Hitchcock, (1945). VG. Binding soiled. American journalist and writer, dramatic critic, radio broadcaster, member of the Round Table. USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 \| £UK 7.25 \| JP¥ 1067] Book number: BOOKS005413I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	ADAMS, SAMUEL HOPKINS, A. Woollcott: his life and his world. NY, Reynal & Hitchcock, NY, (1945). 2nd ptg. G. Light green binding, green lettering, fading toward edges, bookstore stickers & stamp ft endpaper. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: BOOKS042299I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	ADLER, POLLY, A House Is Not a Home. NY, Rinehart, (1953). VG. Signed by Adler. Seriously written, highly moral tale about commercialized sin and its practitioners, police, gamblers and. upper-bracket citizens looking for relaxation, with Adler quoting from Shakespeare, Stendahl, Dickens and Hoover. Red binding, white & gilt lettering on spine. DJ flap piece signed by Adler. USD 22.00 [Appr.: EURO 15 \| £UK 13.25 \| JP¥ 1956] Book number: BOOKS041258I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	ADMIRALTY, Portrait of Churchill. London, Hutchinson, nd (ca 1945). G. Blue binding, some fading, gilt lettering on spine rubbed, owner name ft endpaper, edge wear, corners bumped. USD 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.5 \| £UK 5 \| JP¥ 711] Book number: BOOKS041167I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	AGNEW, SPIRO T., INTRODUCTION BY RICHARD M. NIXON, Where He Stands: the life and convictions of Spiro T. Agnew. NY, Hawthorn, (1968). 1st ed. VG PB. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: BOOKS019602I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	AGNEW, SPIRO T., INTRODUCTION BY RICHARD M. NIXON, Where He Stands: the life and convictions of Spiro T. Agnew. NY, Hawthorn, (1968). 1st ed. VG PB. Sl edge wear. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: BOOKS031726I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	AGRONSKY, JONATHAN I. Z., Marion Barry: the politics of race. Latham, NY, British American Publishing, (1991). 1st ptg. VG in G DJ. DJ edge wear. USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 \| £UK 7.25 \| JP¥ 1067] Book number: BOOKS024778I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.

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	A. A., Dr. Bob and the Good Oldtimers. NY, Alcoholics Anonymous, (1991). 9th ptg. VG in VG DJ. Portrait of Dr. Bob who with Bill W. founded AA. Few small DJ bottom edge tears. USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 \| £UK 7.25 \| JP¥ 1067] Book number: BOOKS033330I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	AARON, DANIEL, EDITED BY, The Inman Diary: a public and private confession: two volumes. Cambridge, Harvard Univ Press, 1985. 2nd ptg. VG in VG slipcase. Navy binding, ribbon bookmarks. Slipcase edge wear, vol. 1 title box on spine rubbed. USD 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 23.75 \| £UK 21 \| JP¥ 3112] Book number: BOOKS028102I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	ABBEY, EDWARD, Desert Solitaire: a season in the wilderness. NY, Simon & Schuster, (1990). 8th printing. VG PB. Date on fep. Abbey's three seasons as a park ranger in s.e. Utah. He challenges the growing exploitation of the wilderness. USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 \| £UK 12 \| JP¥ 1778] Book number: BOOKS004067I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	ABBOTT, ELEANOR HALLOWELL, Being Little in Cambridge when everone else was big. NY, Appleton-Century, 1936. G. Flowered orange/green/yellow cloth binding, blue title square, spine faded, owner name ft endpaper. USD 14.00 [Appr.: EURO 9.5 \| £UK 8.5 \| JP¥ 1245] Book number: BOOKS038219I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	ABBOTT, LAWRENCE F., Impressions of Theodore Roosevelt. NY, Doubleday Page, 1919. VG. Abbott's impressions from 22 year friendship with Roosevelt. Includes list of TR's chief writings & a chronology of his life. Burgundy binding, gilt lettering. Owner name ft endpaper. USD 16.00 [Appr.: EURO 11 \| £UK 9.75 \| JP¥ 1423] Book number: BOOKS033756I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	ABRAHAM, MARILYN J., First We Quit Our Jobs: how one work-driven couple got on the road to a new life. NY, Dell, (1997). 4th ptg. VG PB. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: BOOKS022705I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	ABRAHAM, GERALD, Nietzsche: Great Lives. NY, Macmillan, 1933. G ex-library. Tolstoy considered Nietzsche a madman. Red binding, gilt lettering on spine. Binding rubbed, library markings, owner. name ft endpaper. USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 \| £UK 9 \| JP¥ 1334] Book number: BOOKS042117I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	ABRAHAMSEN, DAVID, M.D., Nixon vs. Nixon: an emotional tragedy. NY, New American Library, (1978). 1st ptg thus. G PB. An eminent psychologist brings insight into Nixon's character & actions. Edge wear, scrape ft cover, few marks on back cover. USD 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.5 \| £UK 5 \| JP¥ 711] Book number: BOOKS025243I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	ACHESON, DEAN, Fragments of My Fleece. NY, Norton, (1971). 1st ed. VG in VG DJ. DJ clipped, sl chipped. A gathering of short pieces, speeches, article and papers. USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 \| £UK 9 \| JP¥ 1334] Book number: BOOKS003955I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	ACKERLEY, J. R., INTRODUCTION BY W. H. AUDEN, My Father and Myself. NY, New York Review Books, (1999). Reprint. VG PB. Ackerley's father was the Banana King, a successful importer of fruit and a bluff, hearty fellow, little appreciated by his. refined & literary son. On his death the father left a letter revealing that his life of respectable prosperity had been a facade. Ackerley began a quest to comprehend a father always just beyond his reach. A pathbreakingly honest redering of a gay man's life and desires. USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 \| £UK 7.25 \| JP¥ 1067] Book number: BOOKS035682I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	ADAIR, JAMES R., EDITOR, Unhooked: dramatic stories of persons who became addicted to drugs but came back. Grand Rapids, MI, Baker Book House, (1971). G ex-school library. School library stamp fep, library markings. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: BOOKS031975I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	ADAMS, JAMES TRUSLOW, The Adams Family. Boston, Little Brown, 1930. 1st ed. VG. Suddenly passing from village obscurity into international fame in the latter part of the 18th century, due neither to great. wealth or a hereditary title but to character and sheer intellectual ability. A biography of a family thrown against the changing background of its times for a 150 years. Maroon binding, gilt lettering. Sl edge wear. USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 \| £UK 7.25 \| JP¥ 1067] Book number: BOOKS041253I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	ADAMS, JAMES TRUSLOW, The Adams Family. NY, Literary Guild, 1930. 1st ed. VG. Suddenly passing from village obscurity into international fame in the latter part of the 18th century, due neither to great. wealth or a hereditary title but to character and sheer intellectual ability. A biography of a family thrown against the changing background of its times for a 150 years. Dark blue binding, gilt lettering. Edge wear, tanning on ft endpaper. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: BOOKS041254I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	ADAMS, ANSEL WITH MARY STREET ALINDER, Ansel Adams: an autobiography. Boston, Little Brown, (1990). 1st PB ed. VG PB. Edge wear, surface scratches ft cover, sl curling. USD 22.00 [Appr.: EURO 15 \| £UK 13.25 \| JP¥ 1956] Book number: BOOKS028177I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	ADAMS, CHARLES FRANCIS, WITH MEMORIAL ADDRESS BY HENRY CABOT LODGE, Charles Francis Adams 1835-1915: an autobiography. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1916. 1st ed. G ex-library. This "sketch" as Adams called it was delivered to the MA Hist Society in 1913 to make use of as seemed proper and it made the. search for a biographer unnecessary. Black binding, gilt lettering & banding, top edge gilt. Library markings. USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 \| £UK 7.25 \| JP¥ 1067] Book number: BOOKS041247I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	ADAMS, RUSSELL, King Gillette: the man and his wonderful shaving device. Boston, Little Brown, (1978). 1st ed. VG in VG DJ. Few spots on DJ cover, binding edges faded. USD 14.00 [Appr.: EURO 9.5 \| £UK 8.5 \| JP¥ 1245] Book number: BOOKS030236I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	ADAMS, RACHEL, On the Other Hand. NY, Harper & Row, (1963). 1st ed ss. VG. Price blacked out on fep. USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 \| £UK 7.25 \| JP¥ 1067] Book number: BOOKS017484I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	ADAMS, RACHEL, On the Other Hand. NY, Harper Row, (1963). 1st ed. VG in G DJ. New England born and reared, lively, dedicated and very much a person in her own right, and the arrival of the young woodsman. Sherman Adams who became her suitor. When Sherman dedicated himself to the Eisenhower cause, Rachel went along. A campaign train with whistle stops & back-platform speeches. In Washington, she had a house to find and her life changed by her social obligations. DJ sl edge wear. USD 14.00 [Appr.: EURO 9.5 \| £UK 8.5 \| JP¥ 1245] Book number: BOOKS041255I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	ADAMS, SAMUEL HOPKINS, A. Woollcott: his life and his world. NY, Reynal & Hitchcock, (1945). VG. Binding soiled. American journalist and writer, dramatic critic, radio broadcaster, member of the Round Table. USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 \| £UK 7.25 \| JP¥ 1067] Book number: BOOKS005413I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	ADAMS, SAMUEL HOPKINS, A. Woollcott: his life and his world. NY, Reynal & Hitchcock, NY, (1945). 2nd ptg. G. Light green binding, green lettering, fading toward edges, bookstore stickers & stamp ft endpaper. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: BOOKS042299I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	ADLER, POLLY, A House Is Not a Home. NY, Rinehart, (1953). VG. Signed by Adler. Seriously written, highly moral tale about commercialized sin and its practitioners, police, gamblers and. upper-bracket citizens looking for relaxation, with Adler quoting from Shakespeare, Stendahl, Dickens and Hoover. Red binding, white & gilt lettering on spine. DJ flap piece signed by Adler. USD 22.00 [Appr.: EURO 15 \| £UK 13.25 \| JP¥ 1956] Book number: BOOKS041258I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	ADMIRALTY, Portrait of Churchill. London, Hutchinson, nd (ca 1945). G. Blue binding, some fading, gilt lettering on spine rubbed, owner name ft endpaper, edge wear, corners bumped. USD 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.5 \| £UK 5 \| JP¥ 711] Book number: BOOKS041167I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	AGNEW, SPIRO T., INTRODUCTION BY RICHARD M. NIXON, Where He Stands: the life and convictions of Spiro T. Agnew. NY, Hawthorn, (1968). 1st ed. VG PB. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: BOOKS019602I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	AGNEW, SPIRO T., INTRODUCTION BY RICHARD M. NIXON, Where He Stands: the life and convictions of Spiro T. Agnew. NY, Hawthorn, (1968). 1st ed. VG PB. Sl edge wear. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6 \| JP¥ 889] Book number: BOOKS031726I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.
	AGRONSKY, JONATHAN I. Z., Marion Barry: the politics of race. Latham, NY, British American Publishing, (1991). 1st ptg. VG in G DJ. DJ edge wear. USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 \| £UK 7.25 \| JP¥ 1067] Book number: BOOKS024778I Click here to order or inquire at Crabtree's Collection Old Books.