Crabtree's Collection Old Books

Lisbon: war in the shadows of the City of Light, 1939-1945.

Lochery, Neill, · 2011

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, PublicAffairs, (2011). 2nd ptg. VG PB. Lisbon was a pivotal role in the history of World War II though not a gun was fired there. Both the Allies and the Axis powers. did business and watched each other obsessively. As well as being temporary home to much of Europe's exile...

Letourneau's Used Auto Parts.

Chute, Carolyn, · 1988

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Ticknor & Fields, 1988. VG PB. "What Faulkner did for Mississippi, Chute does for Maine." Village Voice "Brutal, tenacious and blackly comic." Newsday. Beautiful copy.

The Saint in Miami.

Charteris, Leslie, · 1945

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Philadelphia, Blakiston/Triangle, (1945). G. Outline of Saint on front cover, light rust-colored binding. Front hinge cracked.

Chasing Lance: the 2005 Tour de France and Lance Armstrong's Ride of a Lifetime.

Dugard, Martin, · 2005

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Little Brown, (2005). 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. Lance Armstrong's final race on a 2,240 mile journey through the French countryside, up the rugged peaks of the Pyrenees,. all the way to one final ride down the Champs-Elysees. DJ slight edge wear.

The Bountiful Sea.

Hull, Seabrook, · 1965

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Prentice hall, (1965). 2nd ptg. G. The modern science of the seas began in mid-19th century. Slight discoloration on binding, tanning on endpapers. Much of the "knowledge" of oceanography is not really knowledge at all but a combination of glorified theor...

Down East Magazine: December 1984 and September 1985 vol. 32 no. 2.

Davis Thomas editor, · 1985

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Rockport, ME, Down East Enterprise, Dec 84 Sept 85. VG. Sept 1985 mag contains sale from Booth Tarkington's home, Right Whales, herrings, New Gloucester, Baron Wormser, religious camp meetings.

Introduction to Principles of Accounting.

Finney, H. A., Ph.B., CPA, · 1938

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Prentice-Hall, 1938 revised. 4th ptg. Fair. Fold-out sheets of accounting procedures. Heavy edge wear.

The Posthumous Papers of The Pickwick Club.

Dickens, Charles, · 1873

$60.00 (€54.44 | £45.42 | ¥9,581)

NY, Harper, 1873. Household. G. Green binding, gilt figures & lettering on cover. Edge wear.

Bleak House.

Dickens, Charles, · 1873

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.28 | ¥6,387)

NY, Harper, 1873. Household. G. Green binding, gilt figures & lettering on cover. Edge wear.

The Adventures of Oliver Twist.

Dickens, Charles, · 1872

$60.00 (€54.44 | £45.42 | ¥9,581)

NY, Harper, 1872. Household. G. Green binding, gilt figures & lettering on cover. Edge wear.

The Works of Charles Dickens 4 volumes (1, 2, 3, & 6).

Dickens, Charles, · 1911

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,783)

NY, Collier unabridged edition, nd (ca 1911). G. Christmas green binding with gilt illustrations on cover of Dickens and his characters. Rubbed, edge wear. Curiosity Shop, Sketches by Boz, Hard Times, A Message from the Sea, Master Humphrey's Clock, Uncommercial Traveller, A C...

What to Do When the Power Fails.

Twitchell, Mary, · 1999

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.33 | ¥1,757)

Pownal, VT, Storey Country Wisdom Bull., (1999). VG PB. Practical hands-on instructions designed to help you master dozens of country living skills quickly and easily.

Furniture Decoration Made Easy.

Hallett, Charles, · 1956

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

Boston, MA, Charles Branford, (1956). 2nd ptg. VG in G DJ. A studio-tested work manual with detailed instructions and practical, full-scale patterns for the home craftsman interested. in beautifying furniture old or new. Written by a master furniture decorator put together in ...

Portrait of the Rails from steam to diesel.

Ball, Don, Jr., introduction by David P. Morgan, · 1972

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Galahad Books, (1972). VG. Buried deep in our hearts and minds is the evidence of the railway adventure: the bigger-than-life steam locomotion that. was its hallmark, the endless, uncountable columns of box cars, refers and gons rolling toward the passes of Cajon, Feather ...

The Authentic Life of William McKinley, our third martyr President, together with a life sketch of Theodore Roosevelt.

McClure, · 1901

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

Washington, Scull, (1901). VG. Photo of McKinley laid in on front cover with flag surronding him, gilt lettering, Frontis of McKinley at his presidential. desk, also memorial tributes by statesmen, ministers, orators and rulers of all countries. Profusely illustated with repro...

The Day's Work.

Kipling, Rudyard, · 1899

$95.00 (€86.19 | £71.91 | ¥15,170)

NY, Doubleday & McClure Co., 1899. 1st Amer. ed. VG. 12 stories by Kipling. Dark green binding with outline of a sailboat on front cover plus gilt lettering & top edge gilt. A locomotive is, next to a marine engine, the most sensitive thing man ever made; and No. 007, besides ...

American Towns and People.

Rhodes, Harrison, · 1920

$32.00 (€29.03 | £24.22 | ¥5,110)

NY, Robert McBridge & Co., 1920. VG. Is the present raising of children the creation of a Frankenstein? Children were once thought well of chiefly. because they would grow up to be mend and women; nowadays men and women are valued mostly because they were once children. Growin...

Recollections of an Old Fashioned New Englander.

Dallinger, Frederick W., · 1941

$32.00 (€29.03 | £24.22 | ¥5,110)

NY, Round Table Press, 1941. VG in G DJ. Judge Dallinger's story of his fight for clean politics in his native city, county, and state of Massachusetts. Dark blue. binding, gilt lettering. Front endpaper and DJ tanned. His attack on the ringleaders of his own Republican party,...

Portrait of the Rails from steam to diesel.

Ball, Don Jr., iintrocution by David P. Morgan, · 1972

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

NY, Galahad, (1972). VG. From steam to diesel in American railroads. Slight edge wear.

My Own Cape Cod.

Taber, Gladys, · 1998

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Yarmouth Port, MA, Parnassus Imprints, (1998). VG PB. Taber writes about the Cape Cod she loves where her other home, Still Cove, is located. "Still Cove" is exactly my idea of. heaven." Nestled on a cliff overlooking the sapphire waters of Mill Pond inlet, it is a low, one-st...