Crabtree's Collection Old Books

The Peabody Sisters: three women who ignited American romanticism.

Marshall, Megan, · 2005

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

NY, Houghlin Mifflin, (2005). VG in VG DJ ex-library. Supported by the Gugghenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Elizabeth, Mary, and Sophia were. in many ways our American Brontes. Three remarkable women who had a central role in shaping the thinki...

The Lines.

Ranney, Edward, essay by Lucy R. Lippard, · 2014

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

New Haven, Yale Univ. Art Gallery, (2014). VG. In memoriam to Strachan Donnelly 1912-2008 a bioethicist deeply dedicated to conservation with the goal of fostering a. sustainable relationship with nature. Beautiful copy.

Maine Is Forever (signed by author).

Farrington, Inez M., · 1954

$24.00 (€21.77 | £18.17 | ¥3,832)

Manchester, ME, Falmouth Publishing House, (1954). VG in Fair DJ. Maine is a song that lives in the hearts of all who know her, takes you poking around, readers with her on berry picking trips. climbs mountains, banks the house for the long winter. The reader can follow the Fa...

Mainstays of Maine.

Coffin, Robert P. Tristram, egged on by Ruth P. Coffin, · 1944

$32.00 (€29.03 | £24.22 | ¥5,110)

NY, Macmillan, 1944. 2nd printing. VG in Fair DJ. Father's fish-head chowder, mother's baked beans, the Coffin family's trials & tribulations growing up in Brunswick area. Coffin celebrates the New England way of life and the ways of State-of-Maners in particular. He praises M...

An Island Garden.

Thaxter, Celia, introduction by Allen Lacy, · 1988

$32.00 (€29.03 | £24.22 | ¥5,110)

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, (1988). BOMC. VG ex-library. New England poet Thaxter is best remembered today for this delightful chronicle of her adventures in creating a garden on. a windswept patch of ground 10 miles off the coast of NH. Thaxter's home on Appledore Island was a ...

There's Not a Bathing Suit in Russia & other bare facts.

Rogers, Will, · 1927

$32.00 (€29.03 | £24.22 | ¥5,110)

NY, Boni, 1927. G. Illustration of cowboy riding an airplane and trying to land in Russia on front endpaper. "If you like the following. subjects you wil jut love this text book. Aviation, Vocka, Bathin Bareback, Whiskers, long ones; Propaganda, all sorts; Free Love; Bombs, et...

Up Country Fields and Voices.

Snyder, Don J. (signed by author), · 1974

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Rumford, ME, Rumford Press, (1974). Fair ex-library PB. Poetry by Snyder: Prayer of a poet; Up-Country Is, homecomings in a small town, Trapper; Dump Sundays; Ice Storm Tree; The. Grange Hall; Death at a Young Age; To the Custodian. Library markings, binding fading.

You Should Start Sooner in which widely separated topics are strangely discussed by an old cuss.

Gould, John, · 1964

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Boston, Little Brown, (1964). Fair ex-library. Tales about New England, library markings, edge wear, faded.

Maggie and the Monster.

Winthrop, Elizabeth, · 1987

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

NY, Holiday House, (1987). 1st edition. VG. Wonderful illustrations by Tomie dePaola. A monster comes into Maggie's room every night until Maggie asks what the monster. wants. The answer is her mother. Yellow binding, orange spine. Owner name front endpaper.

Chicken & Game Hen Menus: great meals in minutes.

Time-Life Books, · 1983

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

Alexandria, VA, Time Life, (1983). VG. Some tanning spots on title page. Blueberry Cobbler, herbed wild rice, bulgur, herbed corn pudding, sauteed quail, lemon. pilaf. Not jut main dishes but what to serve and drink them with.

Angels & Demons.

Brown, Dan, · 2000

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

NY, Atria, (2000). 30th ptg. VG in VG DJ. An ancient secret brotherhood, a devastating new weapon of destruction, an unthinkable target. An evening of adventure. that feels perilously real.

Blueprint Reading Made Easy.

Walsh, Harold V., Frank A. Rappolt, & Francis J. Burns, · 1941

$24.00 (€21.77 | £18.17 | ¥3,832)

NY, Neil Sawyer Co., (1941). VG in G DJ edgewear. Reading blueprints of objects by shadowgraph method, trading your mind to read shapes. Royal blue binding, gilt lettering. threads & gears, machine shop drawings, architectural drawings, sheet metal work.

The Living Past of America: a pictorial treasury of our historic houses & villages that have been preserved & restored.

Vanderbilt, Cornelius, Jr., · 1967

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

NY, Crown, (1967). 13th ptg. VG brown binding, yellow binding. Author Vanderbilt tells about his father taking him all over the country to historic places and tell about their happenings. Owner name in pencil front endpaper.

A Child's History of Art Sculpture.

Hillyer, V. M. and E. M. Huey, · 2004

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

Baltimore, MD, Calvert School, (2004). 2 VG PBs: one with spiral binding.

How to Write Science Fiction and Fantasy: Genre Writing Series.

Card, Orson Scott, · 1990

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

Cincinnati, Ohio, Writer's Digest, (1990). VG. How to spin a dream, wish, or speculation into a vivid, convincing tales of human possibilities. Star Trek type book. plate.

Seraglio.

Wallach, Janet, · 2003

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

NY, Doubleday, (2003). 1st ed 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. At the age of 13 when en route from her school in France, Aimee is kidnapped by Algerian pirates and she is soon placed in. service in a palace where she soon discovers erotic secrets that win the hearts of kings.

Rescued in the Clouds Ted Scott Flying Series.

Dixon, Franklin W., · 1927

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Grosset & Dunlap, (1927). G. Bright red cover with plane on front, damage at lower edge of spine, owner name front endpaper. Dedicated to the heroes of. the air - Wright Brohers, Capt. John Alcock, Com Richard Byrd, Col. Lindbergh etc, Back of book includes list of Western...

The Norman Rockwell Storybook (signed "Sincerely Norman Rockwell" on front endpaper).

Wahl, Jan, told by, · 1969

$950.00 (€861.93 | £719.08 | ¥151,703)

NY, Windmill Books/SimonSchuster, (1969). 2nd ptg. VG in G DJ. Meet Skinny Longnecker, the world's worst athlete, Jared and the dog for sale, the true love of Bessie-Between, Redbear and. his brother wolf, Grandpa Penny and his magic skates, Dad and the Golden Comet, Jet, Nat ...

The Velveteen Rabbit.

Williams, Margery, · 1983

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

NY, Holt Rinehart & Winston, (1983). 6th ptg. VG in VG DJ. On Christmas morning, a young boy discovers a beautiful velveteen rabbit nestled in his stocking, but after a while. he is cast aside until wise old Skin Horse explains about nursery magic and how a toy becomes real. B...

North American Decoys.

Cheever, Byron, · 0

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

Spanish Fork, UT, Ward Bros. VG in G DJ. Lemuel T. Ward Jr. and Samuel Ward's fame as carvers of wooden birds will never be erased. Their drawings on back cover.