Crabtree's Collection Old Books

Life, Letters, and Journals.

Alcott, Louisa May, edited by Ednah D. Cheney, · 1911

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

Boston, Little Brown, 1911 (1889). G ex-library. Alcott is universally recognized as the greatest and most popular storyteller for children in her generation. She has. known the way to the hearts of young people, not only in her own class, or even country, but in every conditi...

Earlier poems 1826-1933.

Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, · 1826

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

NY, John W. Lovell Company, nd. G ex-library. Brown binding, gilt lettering on spine (faded), library markings, edge wear, foxing on fore edge, stain on spine. Note by American publisher. Poems in this volume were first published in 1826 and 1833 but were not included by the A...

Tom Swift and His Sky Racer and Tom Swift and His Airline Express.

Appleton, Victor, · 1931

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

NY, Grosset & Dunlap, 1931, 1930. 2 G hardback cover books. Standard covers with oval title and 4 section activity sections edge wear on bindings. Two books for one price.

Thread of Scarlet.

Williams, Ben Ames, · 1930

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

NY, Grosset & Dunlap, (1930). VG. David Swain from Nantucket set amidst starving islanders after stranded vessels for food but then a British frigate wants to. take over an American privateersman off Nantucket shore in 1812. Bright yellow cloth with red lettering, two small ni...

The Meddybemps Letters reproduced from The Machias Union of 1903-1903, Maine's Hall of Fame from Maine Democrat of 1909-1910.

Pattangall, William R. (Memorial Addresses), · 1924

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,783)

Lewiston Journal Company, 1924. G ex-library. Purple biinding, tan spine with purple lettering. Fading to edges of the front purple binding, library markings.

Stepping Westward.

Richards, Laura E., · 1931

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

NY, Appleton, 1931. G ex-library. "Have I any story to tell? I ought to have one; cradled, as it were, in poetry, romance, philanthropy; daughter of a great and. true of all mankind, a leader and teacher of the blind, the deaf, and all who are in "sorrow, need, sickness, or an...

British Invasion from the North: the campaigns of Generals Carleton and Burgoyne from Canada 1776-1777.

William Digby of the 53rd, or Shropshire Regiment of Foot, · 1887

$1,500.00 (€1,360.94 | £1,135.38 | ¥239,531)

Albany, NY, Joel Munsell's Sons, 1887. Fair ex-library. Author Baxter's bookplate and gift inscription 1893. Marbled binding, black spine, library binding, top of spine split at top. damp stains on few beginning and ending pages.

Vanished Hero: the life, war, and mysterious disappearance of America's World War II strafing king.

Stout, Jay A., · 2016

$24.00 (€21.77 | £18.17 | ¥3,832)

Philadelphia, Casemate, (2016). VG in VG DJ. A hell-bent-for-leather fighter pilot, Elwyn G. Righetti remains one of the most elusive commanders of WWII. Arriving. late in the war he led the England-based 55 Fighter Group against the Nazis during the closeing months of the fig...

Massachusetts.

Nutting, Wallace, · 1935

$17.00 (€15.42 | £12.87 | ¥2,715)

NY, Garden City Pub Co, (1935). G ex-library. Glorious copy of this book in spite of some library markings. Interest note on back endpaper. Apparently Nutting added. a note about Maine in this book instead of the correct one so that someone he wrote about would not find it if ...

Earth Shine.

Lindbergh, Anne Morrow, · 1969

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Harcourt, Brace & World, (1969). G in G DJ ex-library. Anne and her husband Charles were both present at Cap Kennedy before and during the astronauts' first flight into the orbit. of the moon. They were both invited to share the astronauts' last meal on earth before take-o...

Maine Lives: 101 contemporary poems about Maine.

Aldridge, Richard, compiled by, · 1970

$28.00 (€25.40 | £21.19 | ¥4,471)

Philadelphia, Lippincott, (1970). 1st edition. G in G DJ ex-library. Poets have prefaced their work explaining in what way they are either Maine-born or Maine-located, or Maine poets. Abbie Huston Evans, Florence B. Jacobs, George Oppen, Wilbert Snow, John Tagliabue. Library m...

The Gunpowder Mills of Maine.

Whitten, Maurice M., Ph.D., signed by author, · 1990

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

Gorham, Maine, Self-published, (1990). 1st ed. G in G DJ ex-library. Comprehensive treatment of the gunpowder industry from its beginning shortly after Maine became a state until its end in. the early 20th century. Extensive use of maps, photos, and drawings. Mills in the 19th...

Wildlands and Woodlots: the story of New England's forests.

Irland, Lloyd C., · 1982

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

Hanover, University Press New England, 1982. G in G DJ ex-library. Begins with poem about trees from William Wood's New England's Prospect (1614). Story of New England's forests, of how they. have changed, and of what they can mean to New England's future. Irland's view has la...

Wyeth People: a portrait of Andrew Wyeth as he is seen b his friends and neighbors.

Logsdon, Gene, · 1971

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Doubleday, 1971. 2nd ptg. G in G DJ ex-library. Logsdon takes a journey among the land and people that Wyeth has known recording his encounters with the scenes, men and. women Wyeth has apinted. With informal conversations with farmers, handymen, and artists, Logsdon ganed...

Maine Magic (signed by author).

Caldwell, Bill, · 1979

$17.00 (€15.42 | £12.87 | ¥2,715)

Portland, ME, Guy Gannett Pub Co, (1979). VG in G DJ. Vivid portrayal of Maine life, towns and islands, and Maine people, told by a Maine newspaperman whose beat for 15 years. has been the state of Maine from the fishing harbors to the wilderness lumber camps to the seats of p...

This Trifling Distinction: reminiscences from Down East.

Gould, John, · 1978

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Boston, Little Brown, (1978). 1st ed. G in G DJ ex-library. A uuproaring account of what it has been, and is, to be a Maine author. Photo of author on back cover of DJ, library markings.

The Bad Little Rabbit and other stories.

Bigham, Madge A., · 1931

$24.00 (€21.77 | £18.17 | ¥3,832)

Boston, Little Brown, 1931. G ex-library. Charming book with stories about rabbits, kitties, the fairy pony, a bear, and a golden eagle. Rust-colored pictorial binding. with three rabbits in color dancing in a circle in the woods. Edge wear, library markings, bookplate.

History of the Maine State College and the University of Maine.

Fernald, Merritt Caldwell, · 1916

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

Orono, ME, University of Maine, 1916. G ex-library. Edge wear. library markings. Presentation copy from J. E. Snow in 1920 and then library in 1955. Sturdy.

New Hampshire Neighbors: country folks and thingsi the White Hills.

Weygandt, Cornelius, · 1937

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Holt, (1937). G ex-library. The author recreates the very "feel" and flavor of the New Hampshire countryside, both past and present, delving into old. family and church records and discussing such varied topics as Puritan price, trout streams, corduroy, and auctions. Libra...

Homespun Yarns of Maine.

Crankshaw, Mabel, · 1942

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

Philadelphia, Dorrance and Company, (1942). G ex-library. Includes The Masquerade, Cobwebs, The Road. Kelly green binding, gilt lettering, library markings. Very sturdy.