Crabtree's Collection Old Books

The Tiger's Prey.

Smith, Wilbur and Tom Harper, · 2017

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,396)

NY, Morrow, (2017). 1st ed, 1 prnt. G hardback in G dj ex-library. One of the world's most popular novelists with more than 125 copies of his books sold in 26 Languages. Set on the Malabar. coast, full of greedy traders, fearless pirates, and men hell-bent on vengeance.

Spell of the Tiger: the man-eaters of Sundarbans.

Montgomery, Sy, · 1995

$76.00 (€68.95 | £57.52 | ¥12,138)

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 1st prntg. G Hardback in VG dj. With the predatory relatioinship between India Bay'a Bengal tigers and the native of Sundarbans, a study notes how the. tigers are worshipped by the people there and reconts the many legends that associate the tig...

Journey into Limbo: a novel of intimate adventure.

Michel, Scott, · 1962

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,590)

NY, Liveright Pub, (1962). VG in G DJ. How a man and woman on the same voyage and only surivors of 1,667 passengers and crew recovered from the Sea Queen,. a leading psychiatrist and a well known prostitute survived. DJ edge wear.

Adventure Guide to New England.

Jermanok, Stephen, · 1996

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Outside Magazine/Macmillan, (1996). VG lg sz PB. Author knows New England the best, his boyhood stomping grounds.

The Saco River: a history and canoeing guide.

Sheehan, Viola, · 1976

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Saco, ME, Saco River Corridor Assn, (1976). G PB. Descriptions of stretches of river, facts about rapids, hazards, put-in and take-out spots, road acess and water levels. at different seasons as well a general history tying together events that took place in each town. Owner s...

High Exposure: an enduring passion for Everest and unforgiving places.

Expedition, foreword by Jon Krakauer, · 1999

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Simon & Schuster, (1999). 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. An uncommonly intrepid filmmaker who brought back spectacular IMAX footage from the top of Mt. Everest, made the documentary. Red Flag over Tibet about Chinese occupation of the Buddhist homeland for PBS' frontline, the guerr...

Ice: stories of survival from polar exploration.

Willis, Clint, edited by, · 1999

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Adrenaline, (1999). 1st ed. VG lg sz PB. Best and most compelling stories about polar exploration by its greatest storytellers. Remainder mark.

Thrilling Moments in Thrilling Lives.

Thomas, Lowell, · 1936

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.32 | ¥1,757)

np, Sun Oil Co, (1936). G PB. In 1919, Thomas made his debut as a lecturer in NY and in 1924 published his first book, "With Lawrence in Arabia", starting. his career as a writer. Here are 10 mini stories of his most famous writings: Lauterbach of the China Sea, Count Luckner ...

Black Livingstone: a true tale of adventure in the 19th century Congo.

Kennedy, Pagan, · 2002

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.32 | ¥1,757)

NY, Viking, (2002). 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. The Belgian Congo of the 19th century was the world of Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness and a brutal time in African history. European countries were slaughtering the Congolese to harvest the rubber needed for telegraph and electrical...

Beyond the Barrier with Byrd.

Adams, Lieut. Harry, U.S.N., · 1932

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.32 | ¥1,757)

NY, Goldsmith, (1932). G. Copy of letter from Byrd ft endpaper .Green binding penguin pictorial, tanning toward page edges, hinges cracked. Spine tanned. Author Adams was awarded a medal for his help in Byrd's expedition.

Pa Ski Over Gronland (in Norwegian).

Nansen, Fridtjof, · 1928

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.76 | ¥11,978)

Oslo, Norway, H. Aschehong & Co., (1928). G. Marbled boards, black spine, gilt lettering and decoration on spine. heavy edge wear, scrape at top right corner of cover. Nansen's crossing of Greenland which yielded information on its climate and geography, especially it's east c...

Conquest of Everest.

Hillary, foreword by H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh, · 1954

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Dutton, 1954. 3rd ptg. VG in G DJ. Lead of the British expedition Hunt gives the deeply moving story of that great undertaking. DJ edge split at spine,. chunks missing at edges.

Americans on Everest: the official account of the ascent led by Norman G. Dyhrenfurth.

Ullman, James Ramsey and other members of the expedition, · 1964

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Philadelphia, Lippincott, (1964). BCE. VG in G DJ. The reader lives with the men on Everest and crosses the deadly Icefall that protects the mountain. DJ small edge tears.

Scott's Last Journey.

King, Peter, edited by, foreword by Beryl Bainbridge, · 1999

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, HarperCollins, (1999). 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. King's re-examines Scott's exploits, setting his own account against modern studies of the Polar Race and lets readers make. their own judgments. Suitable for gift giving.

Northward Course of Empire.

Stefansson, Vilhjalmur, · 1924

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,514)

NY, Macmillan, 1924. VG in G DJ. Stefansson says great northern regions are not uninhabitable w/more than 700 species of flowering plants and grassy prairies. The author sees these lands as a relief from overpopulation and consequent shortage of food. Owner inscription, DJ edg...

Survival.

Hirsch, Phil, edited by, · 1969

$7.00 (€6.35 | £5.30 | ¥1,118)

NY, Pyramid, (1969). VG PB. 12 unbelievably thrilling sagas of men pushed to the brink of endurance first-accounts by men who have survived the impossible. Sl edge wear.

People of the Ice Whale: eskimos, white men and the whale.

Boeri, David, · 1983

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.32 | ¥1,757)

NY, Harvest, (1983). 1st PB ptg. G PB. Survival of the bowhead whale and the continuation of the Eskimos' centuries-old hunt in the Bering Strait and Beauford. Sea became opposite poles of a conflict that drew Boeri to the remote St. Lawrence Island Village of Gambell and the ...

Manta: under the Red Sea with spear and camera.

Hass, Manta, translataed from German by James Cleugh, · 1953

$32.00 (€29.03 | £24.22 | ¥5,111)

Chicago, Rand McNally, (1953). 2nd ptg. VG in VG DJ. Hass' first meeting with Manta birostris, a ray shaped like an enormous bat up to 22 feet from fin to fin & 6,000 pounds. DJ price clipped, few page tops have paperclip marks.

South: the story of Shackleton's last expedition 1914-17.

Shackleton, Sir Ernest, introduction by Lord Hunt, · 1983

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

London, Century, (1983). Reprint. VG PB.

In the Land of White Death: an epic story of survival in the Siberian Arctic.

Roberts, Alison Anderson translator, · 2000

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Modern Library, (2000). 1st ptg thus. VG in VG DJ. In 1912 Russian navigator Albanov embarked i search of new Arctic hunting grounds. His ship Saint Anna was frozen fast in. pack ice in the treacherous Kara Sea. For almost 1-1/2 years the 25 men and one woman endured terri...