Crabtree's Collection Old Books

The Great Cars.

Stein, Ralph, · 1967

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

NY, Grosset & Dunlap, (1967). VG in G DJ. "Great cars have one thing in common: they all feel alive when you drive them", says author Stein. Beautiful book, DJ price. clipped, tanning on half-title page.

In Concert Onstage and Offstage with the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

Vigeland, Carl A., · 1989

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Morrow, (1989). 1st ed 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. Author spent an entire season backstage sitting in on rehearsals and recording sessions usually closed to visiors,. traveling with the orchestra, interviewing musicians, conductor, and BSO staff. He plays piano and trumpet and w...

Meet You in Hell: Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick, and the bitter partnership that transformed America.

Standiford, Les, · 2005

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

NY, Crown, (2005). 1st ed 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. Beautiful book. Riveting story of two founding fathers of American industry and the bloody steelworkers' strike that. transformed their fabled partnership into a furious rivalry. Author Standiford begins at the bitter end when th...

In the Heart of the Sea: the tragedy of the whaleship Essex.

Philbrick, Nathaniel, · 1819

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

NY, Viking, (16th ptg). VG in VG DJ. The ordeal of the whaleship Essex was a mythic event in the 19th century & inspired the climatic scene in Herman Melville's. Moby Dick masterpiece, to its rightful place in American history. In 1819 the 238 ton Essex set sail from Nantucket...

Three Saints and a Sinner: Julia Ward Howe, Louisa, Annie and Sam Ward.

Tharp, Louise Hall, · 1956

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Boston, Little Brown, (1956). 1st ed. VG.

Leave Me By Dying: an Ellis Portal mystery.

Aubert, Rosemary, · 2003

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

Bridgehampton, NY, Bridge Works Pub, (2003). 1st ed 1st ptg. G in G DJ ex-library. Set in 1965 when Ellis is a University of Toronto law student, a fellow student draws him into accompanying him to the city. morgue for a "routine" autopsy part of a law school student project. ...

Thomas Jefferson: champion of religious freedom, advocate of Christian morals.

Foote, Henry Wilder, · 1947

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

Boston, Beacon Press, 1947. VG. Jefferson's religious background, his student days political and social reforms, struggle for religious freedom, the. federal consstitution, attacks on Jefferson's religious views provoked by political animosity, his reverence for Jesus and his ...

Heritage of the Desert: the Arabs and the Middle East.

Ellis, Harry B., · 1956

$65.00 (€58.97 | £49.20 | ¥10,380)

NY, Ronald Press, (1956). VG. Inscribed by author Ellis to former book owner, dated December 1956. "I have tried to explain the Arabs as I grew to know. them duriing nearly three years spen as Middle East correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor. I have also tried to tel...

Thirty Years.

Marquand, John P., introduction by Clifton Fadiman, · 1954

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

Boston, Little Brown, (1954). 1st ed. VG. A collection of stories, essays and articles that have not previously appeared in book form. Owner name front endpaper. Marquand once spent several weeks living with an Ojibway tribe and even joined in its tribal dances. Once he tried ...

Drawing on the Artist Within.

Edwards, Betty, · 1987

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Fireside Books, (1987). 1st PB ed. VG PB. An inspirational and practical guide to increasing your creative powers. All people can draw well just as they can. read well. Edwards has decoded the secrets of the creative process to help you tap your full creative potential and...

American Wildfowl Decoys.

Waingrow, Jeff, foreword by Adele Earnest, · 1989

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

NY, Weathervane Books, (1989). VG in VG DJ. Reprint of 1985 1st edition by Museum of American Folk Art. Decoy is a subtle art rarely appreciated by those with little. no exposure to the field. This book includes more than 50 essays describing the techniques, historical develop...

The Self Beyond Yourself.

Gregg, Richard B., · 1956

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

Philadelphia, Lippincott, (1956). G. Man does not live by bread alone. He has an infinite and insistent hunger for understanding for a meaning in and to his. life, a faith by which he may live. He must know something much greater than himself and feel himself in significant re...

A Stern and Lovely Scene: a visual history of the Isles of Shoals.

University Art Galleries, UNH, edited by Susan Faxon, · 1978

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Durham, NH, University of New Hampshire, (1978). VG lg sz PB. Tanning along spine edge, owner inscription.

Away to Cape Breton.

Brinley, Gordon, · 1936

$28.00 (€25.40 | £21.19 | ¥4,471)

NY, Dodd Mead, 1936. G. Conversation reminiscent of William Powell and Myrna Loy, Alexander Graham Bell and his wife spoke of islands and. peninsulas such as Cape Breton Island. Red binding, gilt lettering, map illustrated endpapers, illustrated scenes along the Island. Owner ...

Oberlin Trees of Campus and town.

Ralston, Chester F., foreword by Donald M. Love, · 1944

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Oberlin, OH, Oberlin Printing Colony, (1944). G PB. The Oberlin Colony was established in the forest. From earliest times Oberlin people have been concerned with trees. For several years, author Ralston has had a growing interest in Oberlin's campus' trees and their story. Fir...

Enjoying Maine Birds: an aid to finding, studying and attracting birds in Maine.

Pettingill, Olin Sewall, Jr & Richard B. Anderson, edited by, · 1972

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

np, Maine Audubon Society, (1972). 5th ptg. VG PB.

Prince Napoleon in America, 1861 (2nd son of Jerome Bonaparte and by his second wife Princess Catherine of Wurttemberg).

by Georges J. Joyaux, foreword by Bruce Catton, · 1960

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

London, Galley Press, (1960). G in G DJ ex-library. Some of the most engaging footnotes to history are the accounts of on-the-spot observers who have left graphic accounts in. letters. 1861 was a critical date in American affairs, the summer after the first battle of Bull Run....

King Albert's Book: a tribute to the Belgian king and people from representative men and women throughout the world.

Caine, Hall, introduction, · 1914

$85.00 (€77.12 | £64.34 | ¥13,573)

London, The Daily Telegraph, (1914). VG. A thank you for the for Belgian's share in WWI. Linen-like binding, black lettering & emblem. 3 plates missing.

The Hidden Discipline.

Marty, Martin E., · 1962

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

St. Louis, Concordia Pub House, (1962). VG in VG DJ. Study of the Christian faith in the light of Luther's Large Catechism. Using robust passages, Marty blasts popular notions. of religion and superficial views of our culture. He absorbs, recreates, reapplies to the space age,...

Bold Dragoon: the life of J.E.B. Stuart.

Thomas, Emory M., · 1986

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

NY, Harper & Row, (1986). 1st ed 1st ptg. G.