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Out of Our Past: the forces that shaped modern America.

Degler, Carl N., · 1959 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

NY, Harper, (1959). G. Edge wear, owner name ft endpaper.

A History of English Furniture.

Victoria and Albert Museum, · 1955 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

London, Her Majesty's Stationery Off, 1955. 1st ptg. G PB. Photos of furniture, description, history from the middle ages. Edge wear, bottom corner creased.

The Secret Museum: pornography in modern culture.

Kendrick, Walter, · 1987 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$8.00 (€7.26 | £6.06 | ¥1,277)

NY, Viking, (1987). Fair lg sz PB. Book rumpled as if it had been folded in a pocket.

Historic Costuming.

Truman, Nevil, foreword by Sir Charles B. Cochran, · 1960 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,512)

London, Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons Ltd, (1960). 11th imp. VG. "The visual side of the stage, expressed in the lines and colours and lights with which the producer.paints his. stage-picture, has always had a very strong appeal to me." from preface by Cochran. Blue binding, gilt pi...

Joseph Pennell's Pictures of War Work in America.

Pennell, Joseph, notes and introduction by the artist, · 1918 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,235)

Philadelphia, Lippincott, 1918. Fair. Reproductions of a series of lithographs of munition works made by him with the permissions of the U.S. Govt. Paste down pictorial cover (piece missing) shows the armor plate bending press in a munitions plant. Damp stain at bottom affecti...

The Iranian Rescue Mission: why it failed.

Ryan, Paul B., · 1985 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Annapolis, MD, Naval Institute Press, (1985). VG in VG DJ. What really went wrong in the covert American attempt to rescue the hostages in Iran? Ryan avoids sensationalism to cooly and. rationally investigate the reasons behind the failure. Each step of the way is closely exam...

Portland.

Detmer, Josephine H., · 1985 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,512)

Chicago, IL, Greater Portland Landmarks, (1985). G lg sz PB. Greater Portland Landmarks formed in the early 1960s to reflect a growing awareness that one of the most effective means for. combating wanton destruction in Portland is through educational programs to help the publi...

New England Village: everyday life in 1810.

Loeb, Robert H., Jr., · 1976 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

NY, Doubleday, (1976). 3rd ptg. VG in VG DJ. Loeb takes us back in time and conducts a guided tour through a typical farming village in 1810. He tells us step by step how. all sorts of everyday work was done, how butter was churned, food cooked over an open fireplace, how cand...

Lost America: from the Atlantic to the Mississippi.

Greiff, Constance M., foreword by James Biddle, · 1974 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,873)

Princeton, Pyne Press, (1974). VG lg sz PB. The lost historic architecture of the U.S. transcends nostalgia.

Lost America: from the Mississippi to the Pacific.

Greiff, Constance M., foreword by James Biddle, · 1974 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,554)

Princeton, Pyne Press, (1974). VG lg sz PB. The lost historic architecture of the U.S. transcends nostalgia. Edge wear.

Carnegie Mellon: a portrait.

Corsini, Harold with quotations by Andrew Carnegie, · 1986 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$24.00 (€21.77 | £18.17 | ¥3,831)

Pittsburgh, PA, Carnegie Mellon University, (1986). VG. Signed by the author, Corsini, who fell in love with what the seasons and the time of day do to the Mellon campus. Few nicks to ft hinge.

Old American Houses: how to restore, remodel and reproduce them.

Williams, Henry Lionel & Ottalie K. Williams, · 1957 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,873)

NY, Bonanza, (1957). Reprint. VG. New England homes updated.

Gothic Europe.

Sitwell, Sacheverell, · 1969 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,554)

NY, Holt Rinehart & Winston, (1969). 1st ed. VG in G DJ. The great Gothic cathedrals, abbeys and parish churches of Europe, the sculpture and wood carving, jewelry, tapestries, and. needlework of the Middle Ages are products of a period that concentrated an unprecedented amoun...

All Color Book of Egyptian Mythology.

Patrick, Richard, introduction by Margaret Drower, · 1974 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Seacaucus, NJ, Chartwell, (1974). VG in VG DJ. The roots of Egyptian civilization lay deep in her past, before written records began and before the country became a single. kingdom united under one rule. Descriptions of life in ancient Egypt have survived in detail, life for a...

Weapons of War: U.S. Navy Carriers.

U. S. Navy, · 2004 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

np, IMP, (2004). New DVDs. Aircraft carriers have always been a key tool in enforce U.S. foreign policy. DVD packed with combat action. One copy. shrink-wrapped.

War Narratives:The Present State of New-England with respect to Indian War wherein is an account of the true reason thereof etc..

Merchant of Boston, compiled by, · 0 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$47.00 (€42.64 | £35.58 | ¥7,503)

np, Reader Microprint, nd. Reprint. VG. Terrible price which both the colonists and the Indians had to pay. Attractive mustard-colored bound copy, gilt lettering. Few strips of discoloration on ft cover.

It Happened in Brooklyn: an oral history of growing up in the borough in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s.

Frommer, Myrna Kate and Harvey Frommer, · 1993 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,235)

NY, Harcourt Brace, (1993). 1st ed 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. "Who the hell wants to be closer to Manhattan?" young Brooklynite at groundbreaking for the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel.

The Naval Air War 1939-1945.

Miller, Nathan, · 1991 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Annapolis, MD, Naval Institute Press, (1991). 2nd ed. VG in VG DJ.

A Maine Heritage: the history of the Union Mutual Life Insurance Company.

Jackson, George Stuyvesant, · 1964 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,235)

Portland, ME, Union Mutual Life Ins Co, 1964. VG. Glue remains from bookplate removal, edge wear.

Sears Roebuck Catalogue no. 117, 1908: a treasured replica from the archives of history.

Schroeder, Joseph J. Jr., edited bySears Roebuck, · 1971 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Northfield, IL, Digest Books Inc., (1971). VG PB. Pages tanning at edges, nick at middle of back cover.