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Wind Catchers: American windmills of yesterday and tomorrow.

Torrey, Volta, · 1977 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Brattleboro, VT, Stephen Greene, (1977). 3rd ptg. VG in VG DJ. Historical overview of wind power development in this country during last century. DJ scratch, sl edge wear, price clipped.

Private Peat.

Peat, Harold R., · 1917 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

Indianapolis, Bobbs-Merrill, (1917). 1st ed. VG. Owner inscription, edge wear, foxing beginning pages.

We're from Duffield.

Perkins, Stan, · 1985 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.85 | ¥7,984)

Swatz Creek, MI, Broadblade Press, (1985). 2nd ed. VG PB.

Pictures from English History by the Great Historical Artists.

Bishop, Coleman E., · 1883 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

NY, Phillips & Hunt, 1883. VG. Brown/black embossed binding, gilt illus & lettering. Sl edge wear, few smudges on pages.

A Reverence for Wood.

Sloane, Eric, · 1979 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Ballantine, (1979). 6th ptg. VG PB. Illuminting view of the resource that made possible so much of the early settlement of N. America. Identification section of. almost 60 native trees. Few corner creases.

The Panama Canal.

Haskin, Frederic J., · 1913 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Doubleday Page, 1913. G. Breathtaking color fold-out bird's eye view of the canal (few top edge tears repaired). Hallen was the official photographer. of the Isthmian Canal Commission. Damp stain top edge, owner inscription ft endpaper, ft cover brick-colored binding has l...

The Sky on Fire: the first battle of Britain 1917-1918 and the birth of the Royal Air Force.

afterword by Marshal of the Royal Air Force, Sir John Slessor, · 1966 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

NY, Holt Rinehart Winston, (1966). 1st ed. VG in G DJ. In 1917 & 1918 a squadron of courgeous German pilots flew more than 400 day & night sorties against London & the English coast. in huge ponderous twin-engine Gothas and Giants (the largest bombers ever to attack Britain). ...

The Flag of the United States: your flag and mine.

Kerrick, Harrison S., · 1925 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$24.00 (€21.77 | £18.17 | ¥3,832)

Columbus, OH, champlin Ptg Co, (1925). 2nd ptg. G. Signed and inscribed by Kerrick. Fascinating facts about flags: oldest known flag in existence in N. America is the banner of. Cortez borne in procession when Cortez returned thanks to God at Cuyoacan for the capture of Mexico...

Ambrose Bierce's Civil War.

Bierce, Ambrose, edited & with introduction by William McCann, · 1996 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Wings, (1996). 1st ptg thus. VG in VG DJ. Bierce's Civil War writings are both factual & fictional. He fought in the war & turned his experiences to literary account. One of the few writers who actually fought in the war, he is recognized as one of the greatest chroniclers...

Histoire Ilustree de la Litterature Francaise precis methodique (in French).

Abry, E., C. audic, and P. Crouzet, · 1913 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Paris, Henri Didier, (1913). G. Owner name ft endpaper, binding tanned, ft hinge cracked.

A Child's History of England.

Dickens, Charles, · 0 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Boston, Lothrop, nd. G. Leather title square (edge wear), edges of beginning pages tattered, owner name ft endpaper.

Elements of History ancient and modern.

Worcester, Joseph E., LL. D., · 1849 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

Boston, Brown Taggard & Chase, (1849). G. Blank page before title page removed, owner name, part of spine top removed, edge wear.

Great Inventions: Smithsonian Scientific Series (vol. 12).

Abbot, Charles Greeley, · 1938 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Smithsonian Institution, (1938). VG. Royal blue binding, heavily gilt decorated binding, gilt lettering.

Bowdoin Bugle 1892 (volume XLVI).

Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, · 1891 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.62 | ¥19,961)

Brunswick, ME, Jr Class Bowdoin College, 1891. G. Interior ver good condition, some soiling & tanning toward edges of binding. Remarkable condition.

Bury Me Standing: the gypsies and their journey.

Fonseca, Isabel, · 1995 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Vintage, (1995). 1st ptg. VG PB. Sharp insights into the humor, language, wisdom & taboos of the gypsies. Fonseca traces their exodux from India 1,000 years ago. & their persecution: enslaved by medieval Romanian princes, massacred by the Nazis, forcibly assimilated by com...

Fryeburg Fair 1851-2000: first 150 years.

Fryeburg (Maine) Fair Book Committee, · 2000 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Fryeburg, ME, West Oxford Agricultural Soc, (2000). G PB. Cover creases.

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...

"The Old Stone Bank" History of Rhode Island: volume III.

Haley, John Williams "The Rhode Island Historian", · 1939 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

Providence, RI, Providence Institution Savgs, (1939). Fair. Selected stories adapted from series of radio braodcasts presented since 1927 by the Providence Institution for Savings. under title "The Rhode Island Hisstorian of Old Stone Bank" Contains few of chapters from volume...

Sea Wolf of the Confederacy: the daring Civil War raids of Naval Lt. Charles W. Read.

Shaw, David W., · 2004 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Dobbs Ferry, NY, Sheridan House, (2004). 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ (2nd copy lg sz PB $10). Just before Gettysburg, a small party of the Confederate navy mounted a devastating series of raids on New England's coast. Burning or capturing more than 20 merchant vessels in less than 3 ...

Faith in God and Generals: an anthology of faith, hope, and love in the American Civil War.

& director of the film, · 2003 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Nashville, TN, Broadman & Holman, (2003). 2nd ptg. VG in VG DJ.