Crabtree's Collection Old Books

Ulu Alaska Cooking Recipes.

Ulu Factory, · 0

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Anchorage, AK, Ulu Factory Inc. VG lg sz PB. An Ulu is a knife primarily used in Alaska for centuries by native peoples. They were first shaped from slate. The reicpes. are prepared using the Ulu performs culinary chores from chopping nuts to slicing cheese and meats.

The Odyssey a Modern Sequel.

synopsis and notes by Kimon Friar, · 1958

$34.00 (€30.85 | £25.74 | ¥5,429)

NY, Simon & Schuster, 1958. 1st ed 3rd ptg. VG in G DJ. This work by the renown author of Zorba the Greek has been acclaimed as one of the towering achievements of contemporary. literature. It is not a new version of Homer but a modern sequel, an epic in its own right. Kazantz...

Contemporary Europe Since 1870.

Hayes, Carlton J. H., · 1953

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

NY, Macmillan, (1953). 1st ptg. VG. Green binding, black title circle front cover, black square title box spine, owner bookplate front endpaper, owner name &. jottings front flyleaf, chapter IV on Nationalistic Central Europe and the Anomalous Empires of Eastern Europe contain...

The Emergence of the Modern Mind.

Univ of Pa, · 1958

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

Philadelphia, Univ of Pennsylvania Press, (1958). VG in G DJ. What is the modern mind? Originally delivered as the Second Series of the Martin G. Brunbaugh Lectures in Education at the. Univ. of Pennsylvania offers illuminatng answers to this question by a biologist, an anthro...

V For Vendetta.

Moore, Alan and David Lloyd with Steve Whitaker and Siobhan Dobbs, · 1988

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

NY, DC Comics, 1988/89. VG lg sz PB. Moore writes, I began "V for Vendetta" in the summer of 1981 during a working holiday on the Isle of Wright. I finished in. the winter of 1988, five years after a gap in publishing in England's Warrior Magazine, its original home. This repr...

Ware Collection of Blaschka Glass Models of Plants in the Botanical Museum of Harvard University.

Blaschka, Leopold and Rudolph, Harvard University, · 1943

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Cambridge, MA, Harvard Univ., 1943. Fair. Glass models of plants from two workers in glass who were naturalists as well as models for their artistic expression and. abilities and scientific interpretation. Scribbling on blank backs of pages.

Reunion Granite Class of 1929: 25th reunion June 4-5-6, 1954.

University of New Hampshire, · 1954

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

Durham, NH, UNH, (1954). Fair. Program of events 25th edition class of 1929, registration Hotel Farragut, Rye Beach, NH, Faculty Club, Durham, clam bake,. Full fold-out photos of class of 1954. Damp stain on bottom edge of pages, fading to back joint.

History of Vassalborough, Maine: 1771-1971.

Robbins, Alma Pierce, · 1971

$32.00 (€29.03 | £24.22 | ¥5,110)

np, Self-published, nd (ca 1971). VG lg sz PB. Frontis of Memorial to Samuel Vassal of London, England, in King's Chapel, Boston, Massachusetts erected 1760.

Records forty-six 45 rpm (records).

Various, · 1973

$85.00 (€77.12 | £64.34 | ¥13,573)

Various, Various-Columbia,RCA,OnoBand, ca 1973. G. Forty six 45 rpm records with various artists from the seventies, most listed below. Our Last Goodbye; Bye Bye Love; All I Know; I Want You, I Need You, I Love You, Suspicious Minds; Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon; One Two Three...

Inside Gilligan's Island.

Schwartz, Sherwood, · 1994

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

NY, St. Martin's, (1994). 1st PB ptg. VG PB. The making of a TV classic. Owner name and sticker front endpaper, slight edge wear.

The Diary of an Honest Mum.

Olier, Jools, · 2006

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Hyperion, (2006). 1st ptg. VG. Jools and chef Jaime Oliver face unexpected and embarrasing emotional and physical reactions to pregnancy and motherhood.

The Beverly Hillbillies.

Cox, Stephen, foreword by Buddy Ebsen, · 1993

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Harper Perennial, (1993). 1st ed. G PB. From the small screen to the big screen, the complete guide to Amierca's all-time favorite show. Slight edge wear, owner. name and sticker front endpaper.

The History of Castle in the Clouds.

Gray, P., edited and text by Barry H. Rodrique, · 1941

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

San Diego, CA, Scenic Art, nd. VG PB. At the time of his death in 1941, Thomas G. Plant would have qualified as being destitute enough to have become a member of. the home tht he had founded. Just before the stock market crash of 1929, his investments began to go sour. He had ...

Too Many to Mourn: one family's tragedy in the Halifax Explosion.

Mahar, James and Rowena Mahar, · 1998

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Halifax, NS, Canada, Nimbus Pub, (1998). VG PB. The Halifax Explosion had an epicenter with a force so great it vaporized everything within a 100 foot radius, within 1,000 feet. a solid wall of force destroyed everything. The north end of Halifax, Richmond, bore the undiminish...

Poems and Sketches of E. B. White.

White, E. B., · 1981

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Harper & Row, (1981). 1st ed 1st ptg. VG in G DJ. "Whoever sets pen to paper writes of himself, whether knowingly or not." wrote White. Witty, wise and pensive, a rare delight. a book to be treasured and savored at your leisure. Green binding, told endpaper, green and whit...

Peggy Parker Girl Inventor.

Radford, Ruby Lorraine, · 1946

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Racine, WI, Whitman Pub Co, (1946). G. Brown binding, red lettering, illustrated endpapers of boys and girls in boat. Peggy's mother is trying to get her up but she. has a surprise. Peggy had a cord over her head that let her release a spring that lowered the window and then a...

The Secret Santa: The Nancy Drew Notebooks.

Keene, Carolyn, · 1994

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Scholastic, (1994). 5th ptg. VG PB. Nancy Drew's third grade class is having a Secret Santa exchange but Nancy's presents area gone and all she has to. unwrap is one big mystery.

Sunny Boy on the Ocean.

White, Ramy Allison, · 1925

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Barse, (1925). G. Lime green pictorial cover showing boy hold a dog, black lettering, front endpaper removed, owner name. A young. mild-mannered boy tries to get along with people. Edge wear, first blank page removed.

No Gentlemen (Yours Truly original title).

Burnham, Clara Louise (?), · 1882

$60.00 (€54.44 | £45.42 | ¥9,581)

Chicago, Henry A. Sumner & Co, 1882. G. Summering of a half dozen Boston girls just out of school at Red Farm in Pineland with Miss Hopeful Bounce who advertises. for summer borders. Of course her stiuplation of no gentlemen must be challenged with so many attractive girls aro...

Class of 1863.

Bowdoin College, · 1863

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

np, np, 1863. G in leather boards, all edges gilt with tooling to binding. Names, photos and signatures of 1863 class with remarks to owner G. Charles B. Shackford. Notes at front indicating book. was put in the possession of Burnham B. Davis, lawyer, Conway, New Hampshire. Li...