Crabtree's Collection Old Books

The Second Tree from the Corner.

White, E. B., · 1954

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

NY, Harper, (1954). G in G DJ. Song of the Queen Bee, Morning of the Day They Did It, Death of a Pig, all for the first time in book form. Owner name, DJ worn.

The Key: a Miss Silver mystery.

Wentworth, Patricia, · 1992

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

NY, HarperPerennial, (1992). 1st thus. VG PB. The day after he is going to hand over the precious formula to the government, Michael Harsch is found dead in what looks like. a suicide but Miss Silver knows it is murder. Remainder mark.

First Rite: a Christmas tradition.

Cole, John, · 2014

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

Camden, Maine, Down East, (2014). VG small sized book. Hunter green cloth binding, gilt lettering (slightly rubbed) paste down pictorial cover of man with Christmas tree. A walk through the Maine woods to find the perfect Christmas tree. Yellow endpapers.

West Wall: the battle for Hitler's Siegfried Line September 1933-March 1945.

Whiting, Charles, · 1999

$34.00 (€30.85 | £25.74 | ¥5,429)

Staplehurst, Kent, Spellmount, (1999). VG in VG DJ hardcover. Intended to be Hitler's ultimate defender of his much vaunted 1000-year Reich, constructed in utmost secrecy and at enormous. cost. It almost lived up to Der Fuhrer's expectations and prolonged the war by 6 months a...

Cross Creek.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan, · 1942

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.33 | ¥1,757)

NY, Scribner, 1942. 1st ed. Fair ex-library. Green cloth binding worn, silver decoration ft cover & title on spine. Library markings. Story of the Cross Creek of the "Yearling Country". Its people, its scenery and wildlife by a writer whose genius for character portrayal and d...

Trolleys of New England: Northern New England volume one.

Seashore Trolley Museum, · 2000

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

np, Seashore Trolley, (2000). VG video enclosed in plastic slipcase with pictorial cover. Begins with Springfield, Vermont, Terminal Railway for a look at travel and passenger operations of the railroad. Then to. Claremont, NH, then Manchester, NH.

And This Is Laura.

Conford, Ellen, · 1977

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

Boston, Little Brown, (1977). VG. "Ill bet none of this would have happened if I hadn't been such an ordinary, run-of-the-mill person. If I'd been my sister Jill. for instance." Then she discovers that she's psychic.

The Good Luck Tree.

Collin, Hedwig, · 1954

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

NY, Viking, 1954. G ex-library. Young Danish girls want to build a small house on their own plot of land. A aunt tries to dissuade them. First blank page and pocket on back endpaper removed. Sturdy book with drawing on front cover and drawings of characters in the book. All pe...

Campobello the Outer Island.

Nowlan, Alden, · 1993

$26.00 (€23.59 | £19.68 | ¥4,152)

Toronto, Clarice Brown/Stoddart, (1993). VG lg sz PB. Photo of FDR on back cover June 1933 aboard Amberjack off Campobello Island. Color photo inside of Campobello, summer. residence of FDR.

The Mystery of the Haunted Skyscraper: a Power Boys adventure.

Lyle, Mel, · 1964

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

Racine, WI, Whitman, (1964). Fair. Before Detective Wilson got his bag unpacked for a vacation with his sons, two cases appear at his door. A boy too shy to. give a message and a widow who has poltergeists in her apartment. Plaid endpapers. Illustrated hardback. Film cover loo...

Made in Madawaska: people, paper, progress 1925-2000.

Fraser, Archibald, · 2000

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

Madawaska, ME, Fraser Paper, (2000). VG lg sz spiral bound PB. Samples of products made by Fraser Paper in Madawaska both color and brown and tan.

Ghost Wars: secret history of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden.

Coll, Steve, · 2005

$26.00 (€23.59 | £19.68 | ¥4,152)

NY, Penguin, (2005). 1st ed thus. VG lg sz PB. From the Soviet invasion to September 10, 2001. To what extent did America's best intelligence analysts grasp the rising threat. of Islamic radicalism? Who tried to stop Bin Laden and why did they fail? Coll recounts the history o...

Six Years in the Malay Jungle.

Wells, Carveth, · 1925

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

NY, Garden City, (1925). VG. Bright orange cover, slight soil and crease to spine. Wells was sent to the Malay Jungle in 1913 to survey a route for a. railway for the effects of WWI on this British possession. He tells the truth abaout it so well it would thought to be a lie. ...

The Illustrated Elvis.

Harbinson, W. A., · 1975

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

NY, Grosset & Dunlap, (1975). VG lg sz PB. Child, Southern boy, loner, bully, hero, crooner, lover, dreamer, genius and king, before Dylan, Lennon and Jagger. Price on back cover blacked out, mark from price on top of front endpaper.

My FBI.

Freeh, Louis J., former Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, · 2005

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

NY, St. Martins, (2005). 1st ed 1st ptg. VG in FB DJ. Bringing down the Mafia, investigating Bill Clinton, and fighting the war on terror.

Bridesmaids Revisited.

Cannell, Dorothy, · 2000

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

NY, Penguin, (2000). VG PB. When Ellie asked her mother where the name came from her mother said it was best forgotten. 30 years a letter from the. her grandmother Sophia arrives wishing to make contact. The only problem is that Sophia is dead. So Sophia starts out on a life-c...

The Case of the Restless Redhead: Perry Mason.

Gardner, Erle Stanley, · 1961

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Pocket Books, (1961). 2nd ptg. Fair PB. Front cover pictorial of women's faces. Pages tanned at edges, front cover loose, owner name front endpaper.

The Rescue.

Cunningham, Mary, · 1978

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Columbus, Ohio, Xerox Education Pub, (1978). VG. Two young children help their mother through a terrible rain storm and realize what security is all about.

Raggedy Ann and Andy: Came with the Wrinkled Knees.

Gruelle, Johnny, · 1951

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

NY, Johnny Gruelle Co, (1951). G. Owner inscription front endpaper, edge wear esp corners of covers, back paer lists other Raggedy Ann titles.

Steps (8) to create the Life You Want.

Dollar, Dr. Creflo A., · 2008

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Faith Words, (2008). 4th ptg. VG in VG DJ. God wants you to live the good life. A prove process leading to a life of success and total fulfillment.