Storia

Hell Will Not Wait.

Crawford, John, · 1944 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.33 | ¥1,756)

Trojan. VG PB. In 1944 the Allied air offensive had gradually destroyed all centers south of Florence and had destroyed an all-out assault. on the Gustav Line linking with American forces from Anzio. Crease to back cover.

A Short History of the Korean War.

Stokesbury, James L., · 1988 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$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 Causes of the War of 1812.

Horsman, Reginald, · 1962 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

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 ...

War's Aftermath: a preliminary study of the Eugenics of War as illustrated by the Civil War of the US and Lates Wars in Balkans.

Jordan, David Starr and Harvey Ernest Jordan, · 1914 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, (1914). G. Owner name front endpaper, few dark smudges along page edges.

Life Magazine: two vintage copies: May 3, 1943 and October 18, 1943 BOTH PRICED AS ONE, very good condition.

Editor Henry R. Luce, · 1943 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

NY, 1943. VG larage size 10-1/2 x 14. May 3: President Roosevelt smoking cigar with Colonel Oveta Culp Hobby while Secret Service man helps adjust his cape;. "Southern Governors head the "revolt" against the New Deal"; in a street in Casablanca, a Moroccan newsdealer hawks big...

Gettysburg and More Amereican Tales.

Welsh, Shepherd, · 1990 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Bath, Maine, Pemaquid Press, (1990). VG PB. Full story of America's greatest battle full of drama and suspense. The Vice-President who planned to create a new nation. in the American west, bloody skeleton in Harvard's closet, American invasion of Russia, luckless Baron of Cali...

Denmark, Maine, Past and Present.

MacDonald, Sylvia Davis, Rita LaMountain, E. Blanche Warren Anthony, · 1977 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Denmark, ME, Cardinal Printing, (1977). VG PB. Yellow binding, black lettering. Slight fading toward spine.

White Pine on the Saco River: an oral history of river driving in southern Maine.

Chaney, Michael P., · 1993 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$32.00 (€29.03 | £24.22 | ¥5,108)

Orono, ME, Maine Folklife Center, (1993). VG lg sz PB oblong. An overview of the lumber industry, Saco River drive, the sawmill, timber cruising, operating and scaling. Small spot on top front cover.

A History of Casco, Maine 1976.

Varney, Lois, project director, · 1976 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

np, Western Maine Graphics, 1976. VG PB. Long wearied by continued French and Indian raids, the Nassachysetts Bay Colony in 1690 organized an expedition against. Quebec. Each town in the colony was instructed to provide a compay of men under the leadership of a prominent citiz...

Bridgton, Maine 1768-1994: an updated Bicentennial history.

Bridgton Historical Society, · 1993 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

Bridgton, ME, Bridgton Historical Society, (1993). 2nd ed. VG in VG DJ. In 1768 Capt. Benjamin Kimball sailed his rough boat into a cove at the northern end of Long Point and began the history of. Bridgton, Maine. It was incorporated as part of the commonwealth of Massachusett...

The Scalp Hunters: Abenaki ambush at Lovewell Pond - 1725.

Kayworth, Alfred E. and Raymond G. Potvin, signed by author Potvin, · 2002 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Boston, Branden Books, Inc., (2002). VG PB. On a warm spring day at the shore of Saco Pond in Maine, Chief Paugus and 80 warriars stumbled upon 34 Ranger knapsacks, while. in the same moment, Lovewell's Rangers were on a far shore watching their 20-year-old chaplain take his f...

State O' Maine.

Rich, Louise Dickinson, · 1964 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Harper & Row, (1964). 1st ed. Fair ex-library. Nice sturdy library binding, dark green, library markings, soil.

Maine a History.

Clark, Charles E., · 1999 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,235)

Hanover, H, Univ Press of New England, (1999). 1st ptg. VG lg sz PB. An introductory history outlining past events and current concerns as well as capturing the essence of Maine as a place. and a people. The Journal of American History says that Clark has succeeded with ample ...

Spillin' the Beans: behind the scenes at L. L. Bean.

Griffin, Carlene ( a 45-year employee), · 1992 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,512)

Farmington, ME, Knowlton & McCleary Ptg, (1992). 1st ptg. VG lg sz PB (signed by author). Wonderful employee anecdotes & vignettes, some reaching back 60 years or more to the early days of L. L. Bean, Inc.

A Distant War Comes Home: Maine in the Civil War era.

Beattie, Donald W., Rodney M. Cole, Charles G. Waugh, editors, · 1996 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,873)

Camden, ME, Down East, (1996). 1st ptg. VG lg sz PB. The Civil War was one of the watershed events in U.S. history, so not surprisinglyl, we think of it in the large scale. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers fought across vast tracts of country in a conflict of unparalleled des...

Kennebunkport Scrapbook: signed by author.

Butler, Joyce, · 1977 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Kennebunk, ME, Thomas Murphy, (1977). VG lg sz oblong PB. A glimpse into the early years of Kennebunkport history showing the humanness of "people who lived in the houses, who built and. sailed the ships, who farmed the field, laid out the roads, and administered the instituti...

Regeneration.

Barker, Pat, · 1993 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$17.00 (€15.42 | £12.87 | ¥2,714)

Plume, (1993). 1st Plume ptg. VG PB. Make the madness of war more than a metaphor. In 1917 Siegfried Sassoon, noted poet and decorated war hero, publicly. refused to continue serving as a British officer in WWI. His reason: the war was a senseless slaughter. He was officially ...

The Blaine House: home of Maine's governors: a brief history and guide.

Hunt, H. Draper, introduction by John R. McKernan, Jr. Governor of Maine, · 1994 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,512)

(1994). Revised. VG PB. From 1862 until his death in 1893, the Blaine house was the home of James G. Blaine and his family. He "bestrode" the. political world like a colossus in the post-Civil War "Gilded Age". Photo of President Theodore Roosevelt coming out the front door of...

The First Hundred ears of St. Mary's Hall on the Delaware.

Shaw, Helen Louise, Ph.D., · 1936 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Yardley, PA, Burlington College, 1936. VG. Signed by author Shaw, "In remembrance of Commencement 1943." St. Mary's Hall is a private Episcopalian high school in NJ.

The Safari Companion: a guide to watching African mammals.

Estes, Richard D., · 1993 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$17.00 (€15.42 | £12.87 | ¥2,714)

White River Jct, VT, Chelsea Gree, (1993). VG lg sz PB. First guide to watching and understanding the behavior of African mammals, an indispensable tool for safari travelers. Owner name front endpaper.