Crabtree's Collection Old Books: Novel
| found: 5 books |
Penelope.
Edmonton, Canada, Commonwealth Publications, (1995). VG PB. A young girl quickly aproaching womanhood is isolatd in one of the city's most affluent suburbs. Far from her home, the bomb. blasts finally the soaring death tolls of WWII intrude on the hearts of all nations. Remarkably, she remains unconcerned and happily unaffected by the horrors of the conflict abroad. As the battle drags upon her comfortable existence cripppled both physically and mentally by wounds suffered in her household, a soldier serves as a willing billboard for the countless countries casulaties suffered, she is forced to examine her life and reach an enlightened understanding of hereslf and the world around her. But the oddds are against her and she is forced to win the war raging on her own territory if she can summon the strength of the field combatants that saw World War II to its close. Inscribed by author on title page "For Jack Barnes, with thanks and best wishes. Herb Coursen Sept '96" Jack Barnes was a Hiram ME author.
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USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 23.5 | £UK 20.25 | JP¥ 3955]
Catalogue: Novel
Disappearances.
Boston, Mariner/Houghton Mifflin, (1977). 4th Ptg. VG PB. Incredible story of a young man and his reckless larger than life father who set out to smuggle Canadian liquor into. prohibition-era Vermont. Inscribed by author on title page.
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USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 | £UK 9.75 | JP¥ 1899]
Catalogue: Novel
Ahab's Wife, or The Star-Gazer.
NY, William Morrow, (1999). 1st Ed 1ST Ptg. VG large size PB. An epic tour de force deserving the rightful place next to Melville's Classic, ambitious, heartbreaking and transcendent. Tale of a life fully lived, a eompelling story beautifully told, This is a great American novel. A worthy female companion to Moby Dick, based on 19th dentury sources, a kind of Technicolor dream quilt that turns Moby Dick inside out.
Crabtree's Collection Old BooksProfessional sellerBook number: BOOKS057329I
USD 21.00 [Appr.: EURO 19.75 | £UK 17 | JP¥ 3323]
Catalogue: Novel
Lucy Howard's Journal.
NY, Harper, 1860. G ex-library. Purported to be a young woman's diary during the Civil War. Brown embossed binding, library markings.
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USD 24.00 [Appr.: EURO 22.5 | £UK 19.25 | JP¥ 3797]
Catalogue: Novel
Cherokee America.
Boston, Houghton Mifflin, (2019). 1st Printing. VG Hardback in VG DJ. A baby, a black hired hand, a gun and a neighbor have all gone missing in one day's time.
Crabtree's Collection Old BooksProfessional sellerBook number: BOOKS057368I
USD 23.00 [Appr.: EURO 21.5 | £UK 18.5 | JP¥ 3639]
Catalogue: Novel
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