Crabtree's Collection Old Books

New England Tourist: Penobscot Bay (volume 2, no. 2).

New England Summer Resort Association, · 1896

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

Boston, MA, T, J, Walker, August, 1896. Fair. Photos of Yachts Camden Harbor and the Entrance to Penobscot River on front cover, Picturesque Penobscot dwellings & hotels. on page 5, Some Camden Views and Camden Cottages on pages 8 & 9, The Mountain View House. Edges of outer p...

Life and Death in a Coral Sea: the undersea discoveries of Jacques-Yves Cousteau.

J. F. Bernard, · 1971

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

NY, Doubleday, 1971. 2nd ptg. VG ex-library. Incredible color photos of undersea activities and life. Library markings.

Pfaltzgraff Collector's Cookbook.

Pfaltzgraff, · 1990

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

York, PA, Pfaltzgraff Consumer Servcs, (1990). VG spiral bound. The request for recipes for this cookbook were simply amazing!.

Dictionary of Marks - Pottery and Porcelain.

Kovel, Ralph M. & Terry H., · 1953

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Crown, (1953). 38th ptg. VG in VG DJ. Quickest way to identify American English & European porcelain. Index of 5,000 mark listed by prominent features and with a. complete cross-reference of geographical location of mark, factory or family name of manufacturer, type of nam...

Comfortable Troubles 1854 originally titled "The Flower of the Family. a Tale of Domestic Life.".

Prentiss, Elizabeth, · 2013

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

Mount Morris, NY, Lamplighter Publishing, (2013). Fine. Beautiful facsimiloe of an 1854 publication. ".a family collection of rare books from the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. Green binding with black decoration, gilt illustrations and backdrop for title and author on front c...

He Heard America Sing: the story of Stephen Foster.

Purdy, Claire Lee, · 1940

$17.00 (€15.42 | £12.87 | ¥2,715)

Eau Claire, WI, Hale, (1940). G ex-library. The story of the life of Stephen Foster, pictures by Cooke, and some partial musical scores. Front cover drawing of Foster on. gray binding with red and blue lettering. Library markings on beginning pages.

The Eleventh Hour: a Curious Mystery.

Base, Graeme, · 1989

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Abrams, (1989). VG lg sz. Elephant is celebrating his 11th birthday but when the hour comes the feast has disappeared. Readers are invited to guess. the thief.

Secrets of My Hollywood Life.

Calonita, Jen, · 2006

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Little Brown, (2006). VG PB. I'm going to let you in on a little Hollywood secret: movie stars don't always get along. You can't believe everything you. hear during interviews on Access Hollywood. Celebrities will say anything for good publicity.

Tom Swift among the Fire Fighters or Battling with Flames from the Air.

Appleton, Victor, · 1921

$42.00 (€38.11 | £31.79 | ¥6,707)

NY, Grosset & Dunlap, (1921). G. Front cover in tan & red shows four scenes: biplane, roadster, bicycle, and boat in water Swift in hat and suit w/tie at top. At back of book a listing of 23 Tom Swift titles, 9 Don Sturdy titles, Western Stories for Boys, The Hardy Boy's Serie...

The Old Mine's Secret: Anne Lewis and her village cousins in war-time.

Turpin, Edna, · 1936

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

NY, Macmillan, 1936. VG in VG DJ. Color DJ shows 5 children in front of a big house. This fourth Anne Lewis story, what happened to Happy Acres and the villages. during the war; how Anne and others helped make history in America and felt what happened in Europe; with another m...

The Border Legion.

Grey, Zane, · 1916

$24.00 (€21.77 | £18.17 | ¥3,832)

NY, Harper, (1916). M-Q edition. G. Green binding, gilt illustration on cover of stage tanned coach among mountains and trees, gilt lettering, few black spots. This title filmed four times with the last one starring Roy Rogers. Owner name front endpaper with Dec. 25, 1917 date...

Eagle Scout a Bronc Burnett Story.

McCormick, Wilfred, · 1952

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

NY, Grosset & Dunlap, (1952). VG. 16 year old Bronc in his bedroll on the dirt floor heart pounding as he hears something crawl alongside his body and now. he knew what it was, a horned toad, a broad, flat, scaly lizard, with hornlike scales on his head. Despite its ferocious ...

Army Medical Service Planning Guide.

Army, · 1960

$65.00 (€58.97 | £49.20 | ¥10,380)

Washington, D.C., U.S. Army, October, 1960. FM 8-55. Fair PB 3 hold punched. Cover tanned, some corners creased, marks on the fore-edges, stamped Portland, Maine. The real thing.

Survival.

Army, · 1957

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

Washington, D.C., Dept of Army, Ocober 1957. FM 21-76. G PB. Stamped Portland, Maine, somewhat rippled appearance.

Boy Scout Requirements.

Boy Scouts of America, · 1961

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

New Brunswick, NJ, BSA, 1961. G PB. Listing of merit badges required for higher ranks. Owner name, sticker, checked list of badges received. Edge wear.

How to Dance.

Wright, Anita Peters and Dexter Wright, · 1943

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

NY, New Home Library, (1943). Reprint. G. "We believe that everyone is a potential dancer - that if you can walk, you can learn how to dance." Simple and practical. mehtods found to be successful in teaching modern ballroom dancing at studios in New York and San Francisco. Blu...

The Soldier's Guide.

Army, · 1952

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Washington, D.C., Govt Ptg Office, 1952. FM 21-13. G PB. Includes history of the Army from Civil War to WWII. Some corners creased.

Manual for the Full-Track Vehicle Driver.

Army, · 1956

$28.00 (€25.40 | £21.19 | ¥4,471)

Washington, D.C., Army, August 1956. TM 21-306. G PB. Combat driving. Stain to right edge of front cover.

Mr. Skeffington.

Elizabeth (von Armin), · 1940

$24.00 (€21.77 | £18.17 | ¥3,832)

Garden City, NY, Sun Dial Press, (1940). G. With a 50th birthday looming near, Mrs. Skeffington began to think about the husband who had finally given her her freedom. A book sure to interest every woman approaching the same age, and every man in a relationship with her. Owner...

Cubmaster's Pack Book.

Boy Scouts of America, · 1954

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

New Brunswick, NJ, BSA, (1954). G. Includes letter to Scoutmaster thanking him for 25 years of service to the BSA dated 1/14/1959. First two pages have. small puncture mark at bottom, blue binding have gilt spots from wolf imprint at bottom right edge.