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Under the Grey Gull's Wing (Monhegan Island).

Ashley, Alta, · 1991 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,235)

Damariscotta, ME, Grey Gull Pubs, (1991). 5th ptg. VG PB. It is said that Samoset, the English-speaking Indian who welcomed the Pilgrims when they landed at Plymouth, was captured. on Monhegan by an English pirate, Edward Harlow, and taken to England. From there he made his es...

Shaker Tradition and Design.

Rose, Milton C. and Emily Mason, edited by, · 1982 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

NY, Bonanza Books, (1982). VG in VG DJ. A Protestant sect, the Shakers came to America from England in the 18th century. Their leader Ann Lee felt she had a call from. God for form a new sect that would return to the early beliefs of the Christian church and strive toward perf...

Catalog of Fancy Goods: The Shaker Cloak and many other articles made at Shaker Village, Sabbathday Lake 1910 facsimile.

Noyes, Lizzie M., Trustee, · 1992 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Sabbathday Lake, ME, United Society of Shakers, (1992). VG PB. Beautiful condition of various articles by the Shakers for sale with prices and photos.

Her Majesty's Army Volume I only: a descriptive account of the various regiments now comprising the queen's forces....

Richards, Walter, · 1890 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$85.00 (€77.12 | £64.34 | ¥13,569)

NY, John Beacham, nd (ca 1890). Fair.from their first establishment to the present time. Half red leather spine and corners,. Marbled boards and endpapers, top edge gilt. Front board detached, top 2-1/2" piece of spine detached but present, edge wear, damp stain at bottom of o...

The King and His Capital: commemorative of Coronation Year: King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra.

King of England (King Edward VII), · 1903 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$28.00 (€25.40 | £21.19 | ¥4,470)

London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, nd (ca 1903). VG oblong pb. Purple binding, silver lettering, tied with red ribbon, fading toward edges.

American History and Government: a text-book on the history and civil government of the United States.

Woodburn, James Albert and Thomas Francis Moran, · 1913 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,235)

NY, Longmans, Green, (1913). Reprint. VG. Tables at end on presidential administrations, dates of admission to the country by states, population of continental. U.S. by decades, the electoral college. Brown binding, dark brown lettering, some edge wear. Typical text book for t...

India's Problem Can Be Solved.

Mackenzie, DeWitt, · 1943 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,512)

NY, Doubleday Doran, 1943. 1st ed. VG. Map of India on endpapers. Author was an AP reporter and here expresses his views on the future of India and that it must be. a factor in postwar reconstruction.

The World of Upstairs, Downstairs.

Hardwick, Mollie, · 1976 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,235)

NY, Holt Rinehart and Winston, (1976). 1st ed 1st ptg. VG in G DJ. An illustrated social history from the turn of the century to the Great Depression. A closer, more detailed view of this. period on which the TV series "Upstairs, Downstairs" was based. Hardwick weaves the stor...

Wellesley College.

Wellesley College Book Store, · 1930 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Wellesley, Mass, Wellesley College Book Store, nd (ca 1930). VG PB (19 cards in all - 2 in color ("Phostint"). Book of postcards of Wellesley College also containing some postcards of college sent to owner (a Wellesley attendee). Also includes nearby scenic points such as Long...

Concise Dictionary of Contemporary History.

Burickson, Sherwin, compiled, foreword by Harry Elmer Barnes, · 1959 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Philosophical Library, (1959). VG in G DJ. Concise notes on historical figures and their countries. DJ tanned on edge.

Herbert Hoover's Challenge to America His Life and Words.

Country Beautiful Editors, preface by Harry S. Truman, · 1965 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Waukesha, WI, Country Beautiful, (1965). 1st ed. G. Truman asserts in preface that he did not hold Hoover accountable for economic disaster of the late 20s and brought. him back into service in feeding the hungry and helped in dedicating his library at West Branch, Iowa. Hoove...

John Adams and the American Revolution.

Bowen, Chaterine Drinker, · 1950 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Boston, Atlantic Monthly Press, 1950. G. Green binding, gilt decorations, title block on spine. Edge wear and fading to edges.

Southwest Missouri Mining.

Pryor, Jerry (signed by author), · 2000 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$38.00 (€34.48 | £28.76 | ¥6,066)

Chicago, IL, Arcadia Pub, (2000). VG PB. The southwest corner of Missouri made fortunes for many early settlers to the area and created an economic boon rivaling the. Gold Rush. Author Pryor creates a pictorial history of the efforts of those who staked everything on the chanc...

The Birth and Babyhood of the Telephone.

Watson, Thomas A., Assistant to Alexander Graham Bell, · 1938 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,235)

Chicago, American Telephone Co, 1938. VG PB. An address delivered before the Third Annual Convention of the Telephone Pioneers of America at Chicago, October 17, 1913. In 1874 Watson obtained employment in the electrical shop of Charles Williams Jr in Boston where he met Bell....

Ride the Thunder: a Vietnam war story of honor and triumph.

Botkin, Richard, · 2009 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Los Angeles, CA, WND Books, (2009). 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. Botkin tells the heroic story of a few American and Vietnamese Marines who fought brilliantly and turned the tide of the. Vietnam War. Botkin served a combined 15 years on active duty and in the reserves from 1980 throu...

Education before Verdun.

Zweig, Arnold, translated from German by Eric Sutton, · 1936 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,235)

NY, Viking, (1936). VG in G DJ. Anti-war activist Zweig describes the Western front during WWI, Bits of DJ top back adhered to binding.

Famous and Historic Trees.

Randall, Charles Edgar and Henry Clepper, · 1977 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Washington, D.C., American Forestry Assn, (1977). 3rd ptg. VG lg sz PB. Much of the history of the U.S. is revealed in trees. Living or dead many are immortalized here.

A Century of the Scottish People 1830-1950.

Smout, T. C., · 1986 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

London, Tontana, (1986). G PB. Smout was appointed professor of Scottish History at the University of St. Andrews in 1980 where he published various. articles in learned journals. Deeply enjoyable, lively as Macaulay or Trevelyan, packed with interesting detail, illuminating a...

The year 1434 a magnificent Chinese fleet sailed to Italy and ignited the Renaissance.

Menzies, Gavin, · 2008 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,235)

NY, Morrow, (2008). 1st ed 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. A stunning reappraisal of history, presenting compelling new evidence that traces the roots of the European Renaissance to. Chinese exploration in the 15th century.

Man into Space.

Mallan, Lloyd, · 1960 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,235)

Greenwich, CT, Fawcett, (1960). G PB. Author Mallan is one of the most capable and outspoken scientific historians of his day and prepared this work as a. handbook on space travel. X-15 was the first true space ship with Project Mercury, the first satellite, a co-relation. Sli...