Crabtree's Collection Old Books

Hearts and Feathers: poetry.

Mitchell, Dorothy H., · 1973

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Carlton Press, (1973). VG. Red binding, black lettering on spine.

Robert Vickrey: artist at work.

Vickrey, Robert (signed by author), · 1979

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.62 | ¥19,961)

NY, Watson-Guptill, (1979). 1st ptg. VG in G DJ. Inscribed by author Vickrey. One of the leading egg tempura painters, his techniques, imaginative paintings much admired. Inscribed "To Janet Robert Vickrey" Examples from his One Man Show. Born in New York. a graduate of the BF...

The Maine Review Journal 3, Number 1.

Various (Margot Anne Kelley, editor), · 2016

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

Port Clyde, Maine, The Maine Review, (2016). VG lg sz PB. Various writings by many authors. "Wedding at the Retirement Village" by Margot Wizanski Pretend you aren't dying To see the moon tonight.Marry the man you called out for before your voice runs out. Let him carry you in...

Cold Comfort Farm.

Gibbons, Stella Dorothea (1902-1989), · 0

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

np, Stellar Classics, nd. Reprint. VG lg sz PB (7-1/2 x 10). A parody of D. H. Lawrence and Thomas Hardy's earthy writing. When Flora Poste descends on her relatives in Sussex she finds. them in need of organization and takes the task upon herself. A spoof of rural melodramas.

Royal Chldhood.

Reynolds, Anna and Lucy Peter, · 2014

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

London, Royal Collection Trust, (2014). VG in VG DJ. British royalty and the childhoods of Queen Eliabeth and Princess Margaret.

Essays and Poems.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo, introduction and notes byPeter Norberg, · 2004

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

NY, Barnes & Noble Classics, (2004). VG in VG DJ. "More than a poet, more than an essayist, and more than a philosopher, Emerson was an American presence.During his. prolific career.he achieved an almost guru-like status among the literati and youth of 19th century America." D...

Dennis the Menance (90 minutes VHS).

Ketcham, Hank, written by John Hughes and Richard Vane, · 1983

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Warner Bros, (1983). VG in G ex-library box. The perennial boy next door up against Walter Matthau. Holding box worn on edges, library markings.

St. Mary's Hall Lectures and other papers.

Budd, Henry, · 1898

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Philadelphia, Henry F. Coates & Co., 1898. VG. Works delivered in the School-room of St. Mary's Hall in Burlington, New Jersey from the 1870s. Sir Edward Coke etc. Burgundy cloth binding, gilt lettering (rubbed) on spine, floral decorated endpapers.

Favorite Recipes.

Sebago Volunteer Firemen's Auxiliary, · 0

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Sebago, Maine, Town of Sebago, (nd). G spiral bound PB. Cover tanned on outer edge.

Laura Bridgman: the story of an opened door.

author of "The Normal Mind"., · 1928

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,783)

NY, Appleton, 1928. 1st ed. VG in G DJ. The story of Laura Bridgman illustrated an educational event of the first importance showing that two master senses may be cut. off with little or any apparent decrease of intelligence by the special education of defectives stimulated by...

Something More to Say: a personal recording.

Inchfawn, Fay, · 1966

$27.00 (€24.50 | £20.44 | ¥4,312)

London, Lutterworth Press, (1966). 2nd imp. VG in G DJ. Who would want to miss Inchfawn's story of her Pretty Auntie who contested possession of a parasol with a polar bear?. DJ tanning on edges, slight fading on spine.

After Egypt: Isadora Duncan & Mary Cassatt: a dual biography.

Dillon, Millicent, · 1990

$27.00 (€24.50 | £20.44 | ¥4,312)

NY, Dutton, (1990). 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. Together but apart these two women are the subjects of this remarkable exploration, not only of their lives but of their art. News release from Dutton Publishing about comparative lives of Duncan and Cassatt after their separate experi...

Last Flight.

Earhart, Amelia, arranged by George Palmer Putnam, · 1937

$65.00 (€58.97 | £49.20 | ¥10,380)

NY, Harcourt Brace, (1937). 3rd ptg. VG in G DJ. "Last Flight" was to have been titled "World Flight" but fate willed otherwise and is almost entirely written by Earhart. herself according to her husband who wrote the introduction, George Palmer Putnam. She often said that on ...

Laughter's Gentle Soul: the life of Robert Benchley.

Altman, Billy, · 1992

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

NY, Norton, (1992). 1st ed 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. Humorist, actor and leading man, Benchley (1989-1945), member of the Algonquin Round Table. Small smudge at top of fore-edge. In the Roaring Twenties, the Vicious Cirlce held court, Dorothy Parker, Robert Sherwood, and Harold Ro...

Garrulities of an Octogenarian Editor with other essays somewhat biographical and autobiographical.

Holt, Henry, · 1923

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1923. 1st ed. VG. Dark blue binding, gilt lettering & decoration on front cover. Edge wear. Owner names. What is a Democrat? Not necessarily a horse-thief, but inevitably the party associate of all the horse-thieves.

There Has to Be More.

Gartanutti, S. Dolores, O.P., · 2009

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Bloomington, IN, Authorhouse, (2009). 1st ptg. VG PB. ".it is in doing that we are born to Eternal Life." Owner name front endpaper. It is a miracle to me how God has always provided. In all the twenty-two years that Noah's Ark operated, I can never remember not being able to ...

Brief Lives: modern English version.

Aubrey, John, edited by Richard Barber, · 1982

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Suffolk, England, Boydell Press, (1982). VG PB. Collection of notes, excerpts, gossip and dry facts about 17th century England great figures. He spent the last 20 years of. his life living in other people's houses, on the run from his creditors.

A Genteel Endeavor: American culture and politics in the Gilded Age.

Tomsich, John, · 1971

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

Stanford, CA, Stanford Univ Press, 1971. VG in G DJ. 20th century critics Van Wyck Brooks, Mencken, and Parrington blamed the genteel tradition for inhibiting the development of. a realistic, indigenous American literature and a vigorous national politics. Gentility, once an i...

The Seed Principle.

St. Matthew's Church, · 0

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Fryeburg, ME, St. Matthew's Church, nd. VG PB. God's divine seed principle that governs our success and prosperity.

Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman.

Buchan, Elizabeth, · 2002

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

NY, Viking, (2002). VG PB Advance Uncorrected Proofs. For 25 years Rose has juggled marriage, motherhood, and career with remarkable success but over the course of a few days she. sees her marriage and her career both fall apart. Prolonged reflection, the slimming effect of a ...