Crabtree's Collection Old Books

Stroudwater Sketches.

Pease, Isabelle K., teacher of Creative Writing Class of 1938, · 1938

$65.00 (€58.97 | £49.20 | ¥10,380)

np, Privately published, (1938). VG lg sz PB. Recollections of Parson Bradley, life of Jeremiah P. Applegate, school days, Mrs. Lillian M. N. Stevens, Hawes House,. Portland Railway Co., Stroudwater River, Walter P. Griffin, Bibliography.

Women's Voices from the Oregon Trail including updated guide to women's history along the Oregon Trail.

Butruille, Susan G., · 1994

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Boise, ID, Tamarack Books, (1994). 2nd ed 4th ptg. VG PB. ".vivid picture of life on the trails." William Bullard, Adm. of National Frontier Trails Center, Independence, MO. Narrates lives and evokes the voices of the women who traveled the 2,000 miles trail to Oregon 150 year...

Galaxy Girls: Wonder Women stories.

Pierce, Anne Whitney, inscribed by author, selected by Carolyn Doty, · 1994

$24.00 (€21.77 | £18.17 | ¥3,832)

Kansas City, MO, Helicon Nine Editions, (1994). VG PB. Winner of the Willa Cather Fiction Prize. Women who have lifted a portion of their life from the ordinary to the. extraordinary. Unsung geniuses who have used their imaginations and cultivated eccentricities to an art form...

Highland Heritage: Scottish Americans in the American south.

the South in Sewanee, Tennessee, · 2001

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Chapel Hill, Univ N. Carolina Press, (2001). 1st ptg. VG PB. "Carefully researched and well-written ethnographic study adds to our understanding of our Scots at home and abroad, but also. of the process of ritual itself and the ways that immigrants everywhere symbolize, enact,...

Nothing Daunted: the unexpected education of two society girls in the west.

Wickenden, Dorothy, · 2011

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

NY, Scribner, (2011). 1st ptg. VG PB advance uncorrected proof. Dorothy and Rosamond grew up together in Auburn, NY, graduated from Smith in 1908 & spent 9 months on a grand tour of Europe. But in the summer of 1916, bored with society luncheons, charity events, and still not ...

Vanished Years.

Everett, Rupert, · 2012

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

London, Little Brown, (2012). VG PB. Mischievous, touching and brilliant with stories from childhood to the present. Astonishing encounters, tragedy, and comedy. Vivid portraits of friends and rivals, razor-sharp observations of the celebrity circus from LA to London and beyon...

Love and Kisses and a Halo of Truffles: letters to Helen Evans Brown.

Beard, James, edited by John Ferrone, · 1994

$24.00 (€21.77 | £18.17 | ¥3,832)

NY, Arcade, (1994). 1st ed 2nd ptg. VG in VG DJ. For over over five decades, Beard was America's most celebrated cook and food writer. He trained three generations of American. cooks, and his many cookbooks are gastronomic classics. This is a rich collection of over 300 letter...

Etruscan Studies: volume 3 1996: Journal of the Etruscan Foundation.

Etruscan Foundation, · 1996

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

Detroit, MI, Wayne State University, (1996). VG lg sz PB.

Wide Open.

by Bonni Bennube, · 1998

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

Boston, Bullfinch/Little Brown, (1998). VG in VG DJ. Linda McCartney took photos for more than 30 years, her work exhibited at several museums, additionally she is the author of. vegetarian cookbooks.

Cries of the Spirit: 300 poems in celebration of women's spirituality.

Sewell, Marilyn, edited by, · 1991

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Boston, Beacon Press, (1991). 4th ptg. VG lg sz PB.

Words & Images 2004: an annual collection of writing and visual art from across the United States.

with, foreword by Baron Wormser, Maine Poet Laureate, · 2004

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

np, University of Southern Maine, (2004). VG lg sz PB.

Ice Storm '98: a CMP photographic journal.

Central Maine Power, · 1998

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Portland, ME, CMP, (1998). VG lg sz PB. All over Maine heavy ice felled trees, powerlines & poles, cutting electricity to more than 600,000 people. Gov. Angus King. initiated Neighbors Helping Neighbors, a grassroots effort of Mainers looking out for one another.

The Forgotten Arts: book two.

Bacon, Richard M., · 1975

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Dublin, NH, Yankee Magazine, (1975). 1st ed 5th ptg. VG PB. Wooden toys, making paint from scratch, stenciling, apple picking ladder, keeping geese, guinea hens & peacocks. Small stain on ft cover of book two.

Outside Light (inscribed).

Woodman, Katherine, · 1990

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

Portland, ME, self-published, 1990. VG in VG DJ. Woodman was born in NH but has lived most of her life on the coast of Maine since 1940. She was actively involved in the. development of the Portland Museum of Art, served as co-chairman of the Museum's Portland Summer Arts Fest...

The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer: my life at Rose Red with an afterword by Steven Rimbauer.

Reardon, Joyce, Ph.D., edited by (Ridley Pearson), · 2001

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

NY, Hyperion, (2001). 1st ed 1st ptg. VG. At the turn of the century, Ellen Rimbauer, young bride of Seattle industrialist John Rimbauer, began keeping a remarkable. diary where Ellen could confess her anxieties about her new marriage, express her confusion over her emerging s...

Lenin.

Stalin, J. V., · 1977

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

Peking, Foreign Languages Press, (1977). 1st ed. G PB. Lenin as the organizer and leader of the Russian Communist Party, on his death, Lenin - a speech delivered at a Memorial. Meeting of the Kremlin Military School, January 18, 1924; Working Women and Peasant Women; To Rasoch...

The Real, True Angel: stories.

Lippincott, Robin, · 1996

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

Louisville, KY, Fleur-de-Lis Press, (1996). 1st ptg. G PB. Inscribed by author. Some underlining and jottings. In every story authentic people sing the necessary song of fiction in. its most angelic form. "There is a dark elegance which runs through this accomplished collectio...

The Young Lady's Geography; containing an accurate description of the several parts of the known world.

Unknown, · 1765

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.62 | ¥19,961)

London, R. Baldwin, 1765. Possible 1st. Fair. Description of various countries, longitude & latitude. Boards missing edges, spine backstrap missing, pages tanned.

Pocket Oxford Chinese Dictionary: English-Chinese, Chinese-English.

Yongehang, Wu Jingrong, Mei Ping, Ren Xiaoping, Shi Qinan, · 2003

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Oxford, NY, Oxford University Press, (2003). 2nd ptg. VG PB. Over 220,000 words, phrases and traqnslations, detailed index system, simplified characters, pinyin romanizations, Mandarin. pronunciation.

The Story of Gliding.

Welch, Ann, · 1980

$32.00 (€29.03 | £24.22 | ¥5,110)

London, John Murray, (1980). 2nd ed. VG in VG DJ. Glding today is a high-technology sport. Without an engine gliders have flown 1,000 miles in a day and average speeds of. 100 m.p.h., more than is possible in many light airplanes. The modern sailplane is made of glass and carb...