Crabtree's Collection Old Books

Private Peat.

Peat, Harold R., ex-Third Battalion First Canadian Contingent, · 1917

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Indianapolis, Bobbs-Merrill, (1917). G. Life in the trenches and behind the lines, how things looked to him over there, what he saw and what he did. Binding tan,. white lettering & decoration. Owner's inscription fep.

Amanda & Her Alligator.

Willems, Mo, · 2011

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Balzer & Bray/Harper, (2011). 1st ed 1st ptg. VG. Amanda and her alligator have a lot of fun together but when he grandfather gives her a panda, they must make new friends. Owner inscription.

Susanna of the Alamo: a true story.

Jakes, John, · 1986

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

San Diego, Gulliver Books/Harcourt, (1986). G ex-library. Owner's jottings about Davy Crockett and the bravery of these heroes.

Maxwell's Magic Mix-Up.

Ashman, Linda, · 2001

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Simon & Schuster, (2001). 1st ptg. G ex-library. A family magician creates an uproat at a party when he turns the birthday girl into a rock and the guests into animals. Library markings, front endpaper rumpled.

The Education of a Schoolmaster: my years at St. Paul's School.

Ordonez, Jose A. G. (signed), · 1998

$24.00 (€21.77 | £18.17 | ¥3,832)

Washington, D.C., Francis Press, (1998). 1st ed. VG in VG DJ signed copy. In 1952 a young Cuban Canadian arrived in Concord, NH, to begin teaching Spanish at St. Paul's, woefully deficient in the skill. of explaining the grammar of his native language unacquainted with the bas...

Learning to Talk Bear so bears can listen.

Cheek, Roland, · 1997

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Columbia Falls, Montana, Skyline Pub, (1997). 3rd ptg. VG PB. A treasure for anyone wishing to understand what make bears, particularly grizzies, tick. A tale of high adventure with. understanding stemming from new grizzly research, a story that walks where the bears walk, abo...

Haunted Island: true ghost stories from Martha's Vineyard.

Nadler, Holly Mascott, · 1994

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Camden, ME, Down East Books, (1994). 6th ptg. VG PB. Ghostly entities of Chappaquiddick, the spirit in an empty house who incessantly murmured a pray for the dead in French,. even a cat in a cemetry. Not fiction, true stories, including the total disappearance of one guest.

My Life in France (best selling memoir).

Child, Julia, · 2006

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Anchor, (2006). 1st ptg. VG PB. Delightfully written it almost jumps off the page, Child's biography about her experiences in introducing French cooking. to Americans. Slight edge wear.

Touch of Wildness: a Maine woods journal.

Dietz, Lew, · 1970

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Camden, Maine, Down East, (1970). VG PB. Dietz explores Maine's coasts, woods and streams.

Poland Spring: a tale of the Gilded Age, 1800-1900.

Richards, David L., · 2005

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Durham, NH, Univ of NH, (2005). 1st ptg. VG lg sz PB. History of New England entrepreneurial tourism, microhistory that enlarges our understanding of class and leisure. Owner inscription.

Follow the Mount (an historical review).

Heald, Bruce D., · 1984

$24.00 (€21.77 | £18.17 | ¥3,832)

np, Winnipesaukee Flagship Corp, 1984. 8th ptg. VG PB. History of the Lake Winnipesaukee steamers, Mount Washington, and the area. Photo of flagship on the cover. Heald is a graduate of Lowell State College, Boston University, and resides in Meredith, NH.

That Old Cape Magic.

Russo, Richard, · 2009

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

NY, Knopf, 2009. 1st ed ss. VG in VG DJ. The story of a marriage and all the other ties that bind, from parents and in-laws to children and the promises of youth. A book of deep introspection and every family feeling imaginable. Front bottom corner bumped.

Far from the Madding Crowd.

Weber, Roberts Professor of English Literature Colby College, · 1937

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,783)

NY, Oxford University Press, 1937. 1st ed thus ss. G. Hardy was born on June 2, 1840, in a thatched cottage, and pronounced dead by the doctor in attendance but saved by the. family nurse who said, "Stop a minute! He's alive enough, sure!" His birthplace stands in southern Eng...

Paula Deen: a memoir: It Ain't All about the Cookin'.

Deen, Paula with Sherry Suib Cohen, · 2007

$24.00 (€21.77 | £18.17 | ¥3,832)

NY, Simon & Schuster, (2007). 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. Do you know the real Paula Deen? Intimate details of her bumpy road to fame and fortune. Owner sticker front endpaper.

The Romance of the Patchwork Quilt in America.

Hall, Carrie A. & Rose G. Kretsinger, · 1935

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

NY, Bonanza, (1935). VG in VG DJ. The patchwork quilt closely reflects the folkways of some portions of American life, a distinctly American art form. Owner name fep, sl soiling along inner ft hinge.

The Shape of Dark (signed).

Martin, Sally, · 2002

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

np, S. A. Martin, (2002). VG lg sz PB. Inscribed by author. Former high school English teacher Martin lives on the coast of Maine. Coming home unexpectedly, Kate. finds a shocking scene with her husband & young daughter. The ensuing struggle and her attempt to escape begin her...

She's Not There: a life in two genders.

Boylan, Jennifer Finney with afterword by Richard Russo, · 2003

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Broadway Books, (2003). 1st ed 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. Story of a person changing genders, bearing and finally revealing a complex secret. Boylan explores the remarkable. territory that lies betwen men and women, examining changing friendships, and rejoices in the redeeming ...

Postcards from Maine: stories and drawings; and Saturday Night at Moody's Diner and other stories.

Sample, Tim, · 1985

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

Gardiner, ME, Tilbury House & Harpswell, 1985; 1988. 2 VG PBs including postcard with color photo of Moody's Diner. Robert McCloskey "I've been reading Saturday Night at Moody's Diner and I'm grinning like a dog eating bumblebees.". Owner inscriptions and slight edge wear.

Frost, You Say?": a Yankee monologue.

Dodge, Marshall J., 3rd, with Walter Howe, · 1973

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Riverside, CT, Chatham Press, (1973). 1st ptg. VG. Funny sayings and thoughts by New Englanders.

Heritage Above: a tribute to Maine's tradition of weather vanes.

Burnell, Marcia, · 1991

$24.00 (€21.77 | £18.17 | ¥3,832)

Camden, ME, Down East, (1991). 1st ptg. VG in G DJ. Since Medieval times, people have been adorning their rooftops with weather vanes, a tradition that traveled to the New World. with the earliest European settlers. In the Northeast, Maine in particular, many of these charming...