Biografia

Robert Frost: the Lawrence years.

Neff, Kathie, · 1980 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

Lawrence, MA, Lawrence Eagle-Tribune, (1980). Reprint. VG PB. A special series that ran in the Lawrence Eagle-Tribune in November, 1980. During his 16 yrs in the area, he lived in. several homes in Lawrence, Methuen, Salem, NH & Salem, NH, and was employed as a teacher, farmer...

James Branch Cabell.

Van Doren, Carl, · 1928 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Robert McBride, 1928. 3rd ptg. VG in Fair DJ. A romantic writer analyzed by a leading authority on contemporary letters. DJ tattered at edges.

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl written by herself.

Jacobs, Harriet A., edited & with introduction by Jean Fagan Yellin, · 1995 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

Cambridge, MA, Harvard Univ Press, (1995). 11th ptg. VG lg sz PB. Born a slave in NC in 1813, Harriet became a fugitive in 1830s & recorded her struggle for freedom pseudonymously in 1861. A remarkable grandmother who hid her from her master for 7 years, a brother who escape &...

Donald's Book.

Mead, Dorothy (Donald Mead), · 1928 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

np, np, nd (ca 1928). G PB. Signed by a mother who makes an affectionate tribute to her son who died too young and includes his prose, poetry and letters. Inscribed by mother (1925). Some tanning.

Fifty Years: Bishop of Massachusetts.

Lawrence, William, D.D., LL.D., · 1923 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, (1923). VG PB. Pale blue binding (tanned), owner bookplate, library stamp.

Letters of Celia Thaxter.

Thaxter, Celia, edited by her friends A. F. and R. L., · 1896 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$65.00 (€58.98 | £49.20 | ¥10,380)

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1896. 4th ed. G. Owner names ft endpaper, edge wear, book seal, publisher notice about other Thaxter writings. Some damage to page edges at end.

All the Day Long: James Anthony Walsh, cofounder of Mary Knoll.

Sargent, Daniel, · 1941 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.33 | ¥1,757)

NY, Longmans Green, (1941). VG.

The Worldwide Wanderings of a Ywam Widow.

Scratch, Enid (Mama Dar), · 2010 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Garden Grove, CA, World Trade Printing Co, (2010). VG PB. Co-founder of Youth With A Mission (YWAM) and dubbed Mama Dar, married for 58 years to Pastor Ed Scratch, she shared his. ministry, she continued her service to YWAM schools in remote corners of the world.

Victorian Vitamins and other stories (signed by author).

Lee, Alice, · 1974 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Concord, MA, By author, (1974). VG PB. Living in Canandaigua, NY, Lee's family grew up in the 1890s with her brothers and sister. Her mother was of Puritan stock. and her father was English and graduated from Amherst in 1864 and enlisted in the Civil War. They also had a cabin...

Climbing High.

Gammelgaard, Lene, · 1999 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Seattle, WA, Seal Press, (1999). 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. A woman's account of surviving the Everest tragedy.

Not a Genuine Black Man or how it claimed my piece of ground in the lily-white suburbs (Signed).

Copeland, Brian, · 2006 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.63 | ¥2,874)

NY, Hyperion, (2006). 1st ed 5th ptg. VG in VG DJ. Inscribed by author. A successful stand-up comedian and radio personality, Copeland got a rude awakening early on when his. mother moved to San Leandro, California, 99.9% white.

Wasted: a memoir of anorexia and bulima.

Hornbacher, Marya, · 1998 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, HaraperFlamingo, (1998). 1st ed. VG in VG DJ. "An amazing, terrifying, razor-edged self-portrait that cuts right into the heart of this most paradoxical of psychological. disorders." Patricia Chao.

Woody Allen on Woody Allen.

Allen, Woody in Conversation with Stig Bjorkman, · 1993 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Grove, (1993). Revised. VG PB. Over his long directing career Allen has portrayed contemporary American life with a mixture of irony, neurotic obsession. and humor. Unique self-portrait of an uncompromising filmmaker that offers a revealing account of his life and work.

Maine & Me: 10 years of Down East adventures.

Peavey, Elizabeth, · 2004 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Camden, Down East, (2004). 1st ptg. VG PB. "If you don't have the time to drive down all those narrow roads between Fort Kent and Kittery, let Peavey do it for you.". Owner inscription ft endpaper in pencil. Laid in article by Peavey about a trip to a frozen pond and what it m...

A Little Learning: an autobiography.

Waugh, Evelyn, · 1964 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

Boston, Little Brown, (1964). 1st Amer ed. VG. Some tanning at edges.

Who Lived Here?: a baker's dozen of historic New England houses and their occupants.

Howe, M. A. DeWolfe, · 1952 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Boston, Little Brown, 1952. 1st ed. VG.

Mary Shelley.

Seymour, Miranda, · 2000 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Grove, (2000). VG lg sz PB. Mary Shelley grew up amid the literary and political avant- garde of early 19th century London. A 17 her escape to France. with the married Shelley caused great scandal at home. Their relationship unravaled as they traveled across Europe.

A Measure of My Days: journal of a country doctor.

Loxterkamp, David, M.D., · 1997 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$24.00 (€21.78 | £18.17 | ¥3,832)

Hanover, Univ Press of New England, (1997). 1st ptg. VG in G DJ. "Unstinting and insightful, a year in the life of a rural. family practitioner in Belfast, Maine." Ft DJ flap creased at corners.

John James Audubon: the making of an American.

Rhodes, Richard, · 2004 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Knopf, 2004. 1st ed. VG in VG DJ. First major biography of Audubon in 40 years and the first to fully illuminate his private and family life.

Please Don't Feed the Children!.

Jenni, Barbara Love, · 1995 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Bridgton, ME, Privately published, (1995). VG PB. Amusing tales of an old hotel in Maine and the guests who thought they owned it.