Crabtree's Collection Old Books

Lost Country Life.

Hartley, Dorothy, · 1979

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

NY, Pantheon, (1979). G in G DJ ex-library. How English country folk lived, worked, threshed, thatched, rolled fleece, miller corn, brewed mead, etc. Library markiings.

Deep in the Green: an exploration of country pleasures.

Raver, Anne, · 1995

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

NY, Knopf, 1995. 1st ed. VG in VG DJ. The first gathering of garden talk from the widely admired NY Times garden columnist Anne Raver. She eulogizes great trees. that were once home to the gods, celebrates the art of lawn mowing, evokes the art of digging up one's own leeks an...

Living the Country Dream: stories from Harrowsmith Country Life.

Cruickshank, Tom, compiled by, · 2007

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

Buffalo, NY, Firefly Books, (2007). 1st ptg. VG lg sz PB. Packed with over 200 beautiful photos and illustrations, an inspiration for those who live in the country and those who. would love to. Drawings from Harrowsmith.

A Small Country Living Goes on.

McMullen, Jennine, · 1991

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Norton, (1991). 1stAm ed 1 ptg. G in G DJ. On a mountain farm in Wales, Jennine describes wacky personalities, odd crafts, and rare breeds of domestic animals. It will delight readers who like animals. Library markings.

The Old Farmer's Almanac's Book of Country Essays.

Rice, Benjamin, · 1974

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Dublin, NH, Yankee Inc, 1974. 1st ed. VG. 36 essays based on observations & rememberings in country, town or city flavored with colloquies from Squire Brown presented by. Yankee Assciate Editor Rice.

A Very Modest Cottage: a Country Living book.

Surratt, Tereasa, · 2010

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.33 | ¥1,757)

NY, Hearst, (2010). 1st ptg. VG. A woman purchases a small cottage and then proceeds to repair and furnish it from its own time period. Edge wear.

Maine Farm: a year of country life.

Joseph, Stanley and Lynn Karlin, foreword by Helen Nearing, · 1991

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

NY, Random, (1991). 1st ed. VG in VG DJ. Inspired by the Nearings and their Living the Good Life, disillusioned urbanite Stanley Joseph went in search of the. pioneeing couple in 1975. He bought their farm and settled down to his own version of the good life. DJ price clipped,...

Make It Country.

Family Circle, · 1989

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Family Circle, (1989). VG. From country looks to country cooking, how to decorate a country kitchen, how to make country furniture & decorations.

The Sparrowgrass Papers; or, living in the country.

Cozzens, Frederic S., · 1863

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

NY, Carleton, 1863. G. Charming observations on life in the country including early rising, advantages of having a watch-dog, spring birds, first. experiences with a fishnet, exchange of civilities & cucumbers & Mr. Sparrowgrass buys a bugle. Green binding, gilt decoration on ...

Greener Pastures: in priase of traditional country living.

Crowell, Marnie Reed, · 1973

$8.00 (€7.26 | £6.06 | ¥1,277)

NY, Funk & Wagnalls, (1973). 1st ptg. G in G DJ ex-library. Life on an old farm at the edge of the Adirondacks brings a family in touch with almost forgotten country ways from. feeding a baby crow to how to brew goldenrod wine, caring for bees, making old fashioned lard pie cr...

Winter Dreams, Summer Balms: a country place of one's own.

Opperman, Joseph, · 1995

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

Brunswick, ME, Audenreed Press, (1995). 1st ptg. VG PB. In poetry & prose, an account of the 20 years adventure of a couple's move to a country place in Maine.

Hollyhocks, Lambs and other passions: a memoir of Thornhill Farm.

Hardie, Dee, · 1985

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

NY, Atheneum, 1985. 1st ed 2d ptg. VG in VG DJ. Owner inscription. Hardie tells of rejuvenating an 1843 country house that was a "sorry derelict" when she first saw it.