Crabtree's Collection Old Books

Chimney Pond Tales: yarns told by Leroy Dudley.

Elizabeth Hall Harmon, · 1994

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Cumberland Center, ME, Pamola Press, (1994). 3rd ptg. VG PB. Guide and spinner of tales at Chimney Pond on Maine's Mount Katahdin, Leroy Dudley, enchanted with tales about Pamola,. the Penobscot Indian god of thunder who protected the mountain for the first half of the 20th ce...

Stone Work: reflections on serious play & other aspects of country life.

Jerome, John, · 1996

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Hanover, NH, University Press, (1996). 1st prntg. VG PB. With style grace, and a self-deprecating wit, Jerome describes the back-breaking but soul-mending task of building a stone wall. Includes press release from publisher.

Yankee Folk.

Mitchell, Edwin Valentine, · 1948

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Vanguard Press, (1948). Good Hardback ex lib. Library stamp, scotch tape marks on cover, remnants of library pocket rear inside cover. top of spine slight tear.

New Hampshire Folk Tales.

Speare, Eva A., editor, · 1974

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Canaan, NH, Phoenix Pub, (1974). 2nd ptg. G. Interesting tales about old New Hampshire. Gilt lettering on spine, blue binding. Edge wear.

Foxfire 3: animal care, banjos and dulcimers, hide tanning, summer & fall wild plant foods, butter churns, ginseng.....

Wigginton, Eliot, · 1975

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Anchor/Doubleday, 1975. 2nd ptg. VG PB. Spine faded.

Chimney Pond Tales: yarns told by Leroy Dudley.

Elizabeth Hall Harmon, · 1994

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Cumberland Center, ME, Pamola Press, (1994). 3rd ptg. G PB ex-library. Guide and spinner of tales at Chimney Pond on Maine's Mount Katahdin, Leroy Dudley, enchanted with tales about Pamola,. the Penobscot Indian god of thunder who protected the mountain for the first half of t...

Some More Branch Water Tales: country poor, mountain proud.

Carver, Bill (signed by author), · 2001

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

Andrews, NC, Mountain Voice Publishers, (2001). VG PB plus CD with extra tales. A trip to the world of Appalachia before the technology revolution. Gripping narratives give a rare insight into a. way of life from an insider.

Old Hundredth.

Gould, John, · 1987

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

NY, Norton, (1987). 1st ed 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. John Gould has written 23 books about New England, from his home in Friendship Maine, to the nation's borders. set up a hundred years before Plymouth & Jamestown. The man who raffled off his horse quite a time after it died, the...

Folk-Lore and Legends English.

C. J. T. introduction by, · 1891

$44.00 (€39.92 | £33.30 | ¥7,026)

Philadelphia, Lippincott, 1891. G. In his introduction, C.J.T. laments tht the old English Folklore Tales are fast dying out. The simplicity of character. necessary for the retaining of old memories and beliefs is being lost, more rapidly in English, perhaps, than in any other...

Foxfire 2.

Wigginton, Eliot, editor & introduction, · 1973

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.33 | ¥1,757)

NY, Anchor/Doubleday, 1973. G PB. Ghost stories, spring wild plant foods, spinning and weaving, midwifing, burial customs, corn shuckin's, wagon making, etc. Edge wear.

From Sea to Shining Sea: a treasury of American folklore and folk songs.

Cohn, Amy L., compiled, · 1993

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.33 | ¥1,757)

NY, Scholastic, (1993). VG in VG DJ ex-libnrary. More then 140 American folktales, folk songs, poems, and essays, placed in historical context. Library markings.

A Treasury of New England Folklore: stories, ballads, and traditions of Yankee folk.

Botkin, B. A., edited by, · 1989

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, American Legacy Press, (1989). Revised ed. VG. Paste down pictorial beach scene with light house. Dark blue binding, gilt lettering. Beautiful book.

Country Living: a source book of projects and friendly advice.

Hill, Lewis & Nancy, · 1987

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

Emmaus, PA, Rodale, (1987). 1st ptg. VG in G DJ. Most Americans would rather live in the country. A guidebook for those dreams. DJ spotted & faded, binding darkened spot.

Our Scene: gems of downeast Maine.

Brooks, John K., introduction by Jane M. Eaton, · 1991

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

Gardiner, ME, Steele Pub Co, (1991). 2nd ptg. VG PB. Inscribed by author. Brooks shows he enjoys the simple things in life: walks in the wood to cellar holes where people laid. out their futures in intricate stonework, the height of Trimble Mountain in Robbinston, paddles on W...

The Jonesport Raffle and numerous other Maine veracities researched & methodically arranged.

Gould, John, · 1969

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Boston, Little Brown, (1969). 1st ed. VG in G DJ. Owner's bookplate fep, name scraped off, DJ edge wear, rubbed. Length & breadth of Maine & back to 16th century fishing camps a. hundred years before Plymouth & Jamestown.

Moments: the Foxfire experience.

Wigginton, Eliot, · 1975

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Kennebunk, ME, Star Press, (1975). VG PB.

The Sheep's in the Meadow, raccoon's in the corn or, life in the country.

Wolf, Marguerite Hurrey, · 1979

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

Shelburne, VT, New England Press, (1979). VG PB. Small spot & scrape on back cover. Experiences of the Wolf family on their farm in Jericho, VT, over the past 30 years.

Mischief in the Mountains: strange tales of Vermont & Vermonters.

Hard, Walter R., Jr. & Janet C. Greene, · 1971

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

Montpelier, VT, Vermont Life Magazine, (1971). 2nd ed. VG in G DJ. DJ chipped on edges.

American Folk Legend: a symposium.

Hand, Wayland D., editor, · 1971

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Berkeley, CA, Univ of California Press, 1971. G in G DJ ex-library.

Foxfire 2.

Wigginton, Eliot, editor & introduction, · 1973

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Anchor/Doubleday, 1973. G PB. White mark on front cover, sl edge wear.