Crabtree's Collection Old Books

Science of Hunting the Whitetail Deer.

Norris, Ralph S., · 1972

$16.00 (€14.25 | £11.90 | ¥2,528)

Farmington, ME, Knowlton & McLeary Co, (1972). VG PB. 15 million years ago the whitetail deer crossed the barren land bridge from Siberia to Alaska. This hardy species survived the. ice ages, outlived the sabertooth tiger, roadmed southward deep into N. America, despite the pr...

The Secret History: a novel.

Tartt, Donna, · 1992

$22.00 (€19.59 | £16.36 | ¥3,476)

NY, Knopf, (1992). 1st ed. G PB (crease to bottom corner). Elite life of an elite New England college with its play of emotions and ideas, a novel of psychological suspense.

One Hundred Years of Solitude.

Marquez, Gabriel Garcia, · 1971

$11.00 (€9.80 | £8.18 | ¥1,738)

NY, Bard Book pub by Avon, (1971). 1st Bard prntg. VG PB. The rich and lusty story of the rise and fall of the Buendo Family, love and death. a truth and understanding that strikes. the soul.

Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: all 6 volumes.

Bailey, L. H., · 1906

$125.00 (€111.31 | £92.93 | ¥19,750)

NY, Doubleday, Page & Co, (1906). 4th ed. G Hardback Series. This is a complete record of the status of North American horticulture as it existed at the close of the 19th century. Volumes are clean and tight with some sunning to spines and edge wear.

Hotel Insomnia: poems.

Simic Charles, · 1992

$18.00 (€16.03 | £13.38 | ¥2,844)

NY, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1992). 1st ed, 1prntg. VG PB. Includes card from publisher and Helen and Kurt Wolff Books. Includes hand-written notes by reviewer Jack Barnes of Hiram, ME.

The Pumpkin and the Crafty Creeper.

Mathy, Margaret, · 1991

$8.00 (€7.12 | £5.95 | ¥1,264)

NY, Lothrop Lee & Shepard Books, (1991). 1st prntg. G Hardback ex-library. Mr. Purkin is a pumpkin man. He grows pumpkins and only pumpkins. So he was a little taken abck when a curious vine. wamts him to take it back with him. ex lib pocket fep, library stamp inside front cov...

The Boys of Summer.

Kahn, Roger, · 1972

$15.00 (€13.36 | £11.15 | ¥2,370)

NY, Harper & Row, (1972). FIRST EDITION. VG Hardback in G DJ. Young boys who learned to play baseball in the 1930 and 40s. How America progressed from the 1930s to the 70s. Fathers and sons, prejudice and courage, triumph and disaster. Told with warm and humor, wit.

Kenya Journal.

Caputo, Robert - Photojournalist, · 1992

$12.00 (€10.69 | £8.92 | ¥1,896)

Washington, DC., Elliott & Clarke Pub, (1992). VG hardback in VG DJ. Breathtaking collection of photos & accompanying prose evoke the overwhelming beauty of Kenya and her people. Bookseller. price sticker on top front of dj.

Off the Road - My years with Cassady, Kerouac and Ginsberg.

Cassady. Carolyn, · 1990

$18.00 (€16.03 | £13.38 | ¥2,844)

NY, William Morrow and Company, (1990). 1st ed, 1st pr. VG Hardback. "In the middle of the Journey I came to myself in a dark wood Dante's Inferno Canto I intro to book. Includes a clipping. from the Washington Post's Book World.

Joyland.

King, Stephen, · 2013

$32.00 (€28.50 | £23.79 | ¥5,056)

London, Titan Books, (2013). 1st ed. G PB. Devin Jones took the summer job in Joyland hoping to forget the girl who broke his heart. But he wound up facing something. far more terrible the legacy of a vicious murder, the fate of a dying child, and dark truth about life and wha...

The New Testament of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ translated out of the original Greek.

N/A, · 1903

$32.00 (€28.50 | £23.79 | ¥5,056)

NY, American Bible Society, 1903. G. Edge wear, owner name front endpaper in pencil.

Touch Reading: a manual for adults who want to learn to read Braille.

Wise, Janet, · 1960

$22.00 (€19.59 | £16.36 | ¥3,476)

NY, Janet Wise Publisher, (1960). VG PB. English Braille - American revision.

Buddhism for Bears.

Nielson, Claire, · 1999

$18.00 (€16.03 | £13.38 | ¥2,844)

NY, St. Martin's Press, (1999). 1st U.S. ed. VG. Abstain from non-celibacy, constantly question how to live in the world and yet find liberation. Owner inscription.

Landscape in Sight: looking at America.

Jackson, John Brinckerhoff, edited by Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz, · 1997

$14.00 (€12.47 | £10.41 | ¥2,212)

New Haven, Yale University, (1997). 4th ptg. VG lg sz PB. Land shaped by human presence - Jackson invites us to see the everyday places of the Americam countryside and city with new. eyes, an appealing domestic antholopogy, illustrated with sketches and photos. Some essays wer...

Back Roads of New England.

Thollander, Earl, · 1974

$17.00 (€15.14 | £12.64 | ¥2,686)

NY, Clarkson Potter, (1974). 1st ed. VG in G DJ. An on-the-spot pictorial record of the villages and places the author has seen and enjoyed while traveing the back roads of the. 6 New England states. DJ edges tanned, clipped.

Two Little Savages: being the adventures of two boys who lived as Indians & what they learned:.

Seton, Ernest Thompson, · 1911

$14.00 (€12.47 | £10.41 | ¥2,212)

NY, Grosset & Dunlap, (1911). Reprint. G. Green binding, green spine, edge and corner wear. Owner inscription fep.

Stuart Little.

White, E. B., · 1971

$14.00 (€12.47 | £10.41 | ¥2,212)

NY, Harper & Row, (1971). VG in G DJ. First children's book by distinguished author E. B. White with the hero a mouse with a shy, engaging manner and a somewhat. philosophical turn of mind. White himself who wrote for the early New Yorker and Harper's Magazine wanted to be a p...

Song of the Sky.

Murchie, Guy, · 1954

$12.00 (€10.69 | £8.92 | ¥1,896)

Boston, Riverside/Houghton Mifflin, 1954. VG. The mystery of the skies.

Miss Parloa's New Cook Book: a guide to marketing and cooking.

Parloa, Maria, · 1881

$55.00 (€48.98 | £40.89 | ¥8,690)

Boston, Estes and Lauriat, 1881. G. Many ladies will not undertake the making of a dish that requires hours of cooking. Miss Parloa has seen many failures. because unsufficient directions were given. Here she makes the directions and descriptions clear, complete, and concise f...

The Filipino Twins.

Perkins, Lucy Fitch, · 1923

$14.00 (€12.47 | £10.41 | ¥2,212)

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1923. 1st ed. G ex-library. Cream-colored binding, lavender accented twins on cover, she holding basket, he with hands in pockets. Owner name in pencil,. library markings.