Crabtree's Collection Old Books

Planck: driven by vision, broken by war.

Brown, Brandon R., Professor of Physics, University of San Francisco, · 2015

$24.00 (€21.77 | £18.17 | ¥3,832)

NY, Oxford Univ Press, (2015). 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. Credited with being the father of quantum theory with his work described by his close friend Albert Einstein as "the basis of. all twentieth-century physics." He was a German physicist working during the first half of the 20...

Bird Homes: the nests, eggs and breeding habits of the land birds breeding in the eastern U.S..

Dugmore, A. Radclyffe, · 1904

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,783)

NY, Doubleday, Page, 1904. G ex-library. With hints on the rearing and photographing of young birds. Gilt lettering on title box (edge wear) on spine. Edge wear, library markings, soil on binding.

The Golden Age.

Grahame, Kenneth, · 1914

$65.00 (€58.97 | £49.20 | ¥10,380)

NY, John Lane Co, 1914. G. Red cloth binding with gilt ship decoration and gilt lettering, endpapers green & white illus of pond area, top edge gilt,. delightful paintings by Moony of children playing in their fantasyland dreaming of past ages (while they sit at the dinner tab...

Natural History for the Use of Schools and Families.

Hooker, Worthington, M.D., · 1886

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

NY, Harper & Bros, 1886. Early ptg. G. "There are many good books on Zoology, or Natural History.but none are properly adapted to instruction in schools." from. preface by author Hooker. Professor of the Theory and Practice of medicine in Yale College, Hooker was the author of...

The Twin Cousins: Flaxie Frizzle stories.

May, Sophie, · 1880

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

Boston, Lothrop, Lee & Sehpard, (1880). G. Pictorial cover of girl holding cat on tan & green binding, brown lettering, owner name, few smudges, tear to first two. flyleaves. Frontis "Disagreeable Patty follows the twins". 10 pages of ads for books at back of book: Sophie May'...

One Hundred and One Hymn Stories.

Price, Carl F., · 1932

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Abingdon Press, (1932). 13th ptg. G ex-library. Personal stories of the creation of the most beautiful hymns of all time some in the author's own words. Slim green binding. gilt lettering, library markings.

Vanessa: a novel.

Walpole, Hugh, · 1933

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

NY, Doubleday, Doran, (1933). 1st ed. VG. The film starred Robert Montgomery and Helen Hayes. Blue binding, silver illustration on front cover, silver lettering. on spine (rubbed), slight edge wear. English love story set near Walpole's home.

The Snowshoe Book: a complete guide to how, why, when & where.

Osgood, William and Leslie Hurley, · 1971

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Brattleboro, VT, Stephen Greene, (1971). VG PB. Chapters on the history of this age-old means of transport and sport, equipment and clothing plus which snowshoes to buy, which. bindings work best, boots, where do you go, rations, emergencies?.

A Dark Music.

Froese, Robert (signed by author), · 2006

$24.00 (€21.77 | £18.17 | ¥3,832)

Harrington, ME, Flat Bay Press, (2006). VG PB. Signed on title page. Members of an archaeological dig in southern New Mexico are stunned when nearby construction. unearths the remains of a girl dating several millennia before the earliest known inhabitants of the N. American c...

The Origins of Misgiving.

Froese, Robert (signed by author), · 2009

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

Harrington, ME, Flat Bay Press, (2009). VG PB. Signed by author on title page. Comfortable in the gated community of Brandewoode, Michael couldn't ask for a better life but f. but for weeks now a fog has blotted out the sky, bringing with it a thick incessant drizzle. His wife...

Forward-March!: the photographic record of America World War and the Post War Social Upheaval: sections one and two.

Mackey, Frank J. and Marcus Wilson Jernegan, Ph.D., Advisory Editor, · 1934

$145.00 (€131.56 | £109.75 | ¥23,155)

Chicago, Disabled American Veterans, 1934,-35,-36-37. VG. Published by the Department of Rehabilitation of the Disabled American Veterans of the World War(I). Two volume set. Blue binding 11x14, silver lettering and decorations, end papers have blue decorative edging, color il...

August Gale: a father and daughter's journey into the storm.

Walsh, Barbara, · 2013

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Guilford, CT, Globe Pequot, (2013). 1st ptg thus. VG PB. Vividly captures the fishermen who fought for their lives in an unforgiving sea. Walsh's quest to redeem and understand her. grandfather is a powerful story that will resonate with father, daughter and sons. A haunting j...

Amerlia Earhart - Case Closed?.

Wagstaff, Nat'l Aerobatic Champion, · 1996

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Hummelstown, PA, AViation Pubs Book, (1996). VG PB. On July 2, 1937, in a "state-of-the-art", totally capable airplane, America's First Lady of the Air disappeared somewhere. in the South Pacific, creating one of 20th century's greatest mysteries. This book explores the woman,...

Touched with Fire: manic depressive illness and the artistic temperament.

University University School of Medicine., · 1994

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Free Press, (1994). 7th ptg. VG PB. The interaction of manic depressive illness and the artistic temperament. Includes chapter on Lord Byron, "The Mind's. Canker in Its Savage Mood.".

Famous Firearms of the Old West: from Wild Bill Hickok's Colt Revolvers to Geronimo's Winchester.

Herring, Hal, · 2008

$42.00 (€38.11 | £31.79 | ¥6,707)

Guilfort, CT, Twodot, (2008). VG. Twelve guns that shaped our history. "Tells the stories of real life heroes, sinners and cowards, and the guns that figured so. prominently into their lives." Brian McCombie, Senior Editor, Guns & Ammo magazine.

New Provisions for Compensation and Medical and Surgical Care and Supplies under the War Risk Insurance Act.

U.S. Treasury Dept., · 1920

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Washington, D.C., Bureau War Risk Insurance, (1920). VG PB. Important information for former soldiers, sailors and marines & their relatives and beneficiaries (also of active service men.

New and Liberal Features of War Risk Insurance important to former soldiers, sailors, and marines and their relatives etc..

U.S. Treasury Dept, · 1920

$24.00 (€21.77 | £18.17 | ¥3,832)

Washington, D.C., Bueau of War Risk Insurance, 1920. VG PB. Pamphlet listing benefits of government life insurance with charts and graphs.

Christ Stilling the Tempest.

Hemans, Mrs., · 1880

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

NY, Whitman, nd (ca 1880). G PB. Two poems: Title poem plus The Sheep That Was Lost. Pictorial front cover of Christ holding up his arms to still the waves. Gilt fore edge, gilt center ribbon. Edge wear, back cover tan markings and damp stain at inner bottom corner.

Historic Ticonderoga 1609-1781.

Ticonderoga Historical Society, · 0

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Ticonderoga, NY, Historical Society, nd. VG PB. Pictorial cover shows the fort, John Hancock House, Champlain's picture plan.

Saco River Wild Blueberry Festival Cookbook.

Fryeburg Congregational Church, Fryeburg, Maine, · 0

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Fryeburg, ME, United Church of Christ, nd. VG spiral bound PB. Wonderful blueberry recipes.