Crabtree's Collection Old Books

The Day the World Ended at Little Bighorn: a Lakota history.

Marshall, Joseph M. III, · 2007

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Viking, (2007). 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. Custer's Last Stand captured the American imagination in the press coverage of the time emphasized that Custer and his. gallant troop of soldiers went down valiantly in a final blaze of glory when they battled Lakota fighters. News of ...

Governor's Travels: how I left politics and learned to back up a bus, and found America.

King, Angus, former Governor of Maine (now U.S. Senator), · 2011

$24.00 (€21.77 | £18.17 | ¥3,832)

np, Down East, (2011). VG lg sz PB. "I always thought that public service was something you do for a while between stints at real life." After two terms as. governor, King along with his family packed into an RV and set out on a 5-1/2 month odyssey to circumnavigate the U.S. I...

My Brother's Face: portraits of the Civil War in photographs, diaries, and letters.

Phillips, Charles and Alan Axelrod, foreword by Brian C. Pohanka, · 1993

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

San Francisco, Chronicle Books, (1993). 1st ptg. VG lg sz PB. "My brave boys were so full and confident of victory as I led them forth!" Over on Cemetery Ridge the Federals beheld a scene. never previously enacted soon to be crushed by an overwhelming heartbreak. "The awful ra...

Shaker Style.

Horsham, Michael, · 2000

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Edison, NJ, Chartwell Books, (2000). VG in VG DJ ex-lib. In spite of decline as a sect, photos show the Shakers continued to maintain rigid standards in dress and deportment. Brilliant photos of their buildings, crafts, and deportment. Also outlines the historical foundation o...

Edward Hopper (1882-1967).

Marker, Sherry, · 2003

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

N. Dighton, MA, JG Press, (2003). 5th ptg. VG in VG DJ. Now acknowledged as one of the greatest and most challenging 20th century American artists because his work forces viewers. to think in ways that most conventionally attractive paintings do not. The feelings that inform h...

The Massachusetts Bay Colony: volume I, Plymouth Colony to 1623.

Bonifanti, Leo, · 1974

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Wakefield, MA, Pride Pubs., (1974). VG. New England Historical Series. Title page has drawing of the Departure of the Pilgrim Fathers by Bernard F. Gribble. Among those who have had the greatest impact on Massachusetts history during the past 500 years are two men who never se...

New England Side Trips: volume I and II.

Bonfanti, Leo, · 1972

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

Wakefield, MA, Pride Pubs., (1972, 1973). 2 VG PBs. Lord Timothy Dexter. Few corner creases, owner name on one paphlet.

The Location of the Monuments, Markets, and Tablets on Gettysburg Battlefield (Pennsylvania).

Harrison, Kathy Georg, compiled by, · 1993

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

Gettysburg, PA, Thomas Pubs., (1993). VG PB. Photos of 8 tables, brigade markers, and monuments. Few corner creases. Color pictorial front cover.

Bicentennial 1976 Celebration on Village Green at Naples (Maine).

Naples, Maine, · 1976

$24.00 (€21.77 | £18.17 | ¥3,832)

np, np, nd (ca 1976). VG. Brochure in red/white/and blue lists events of the 200th bicentennail with facsimile of Gerald Ford, photo of the. Bay of Naples Inn which was torn down in 1964, photo of passengers waiting for the "steamer" on the first public boat landing in Naples ...

Fuller Brushes for Health and Beauty.

Fuller Brushes, · 1934

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Hartford, CT, Fuller Brush, (1934). VG. New Fuller Manual of Beauty Care and Home Cleaning. Talks about inviting Fuller Brush man into your home. Slight edge wear.

The Forst of Maine, 1607-1945: an archaeological and historical survey.

Bradley, Robert L., Ph.D., Maine Historic Preservation Commission, · 1981

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

np, Maine Historic Preservation, (1981). VG PB. In the late 4th century the Roman historian Ammiamus Marcelinus quoted a Visgoth who said, "I am at peace with walls." A brief. but detailed survey of Maine's military architecture from the beginning of European settlement to WWI...

Mr. Civil Defense Tells about Natural Disasters.

Civil Defense, · 1956

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

NY, Graphic Information Service, (1956). G PB. Lil Abner says, "Folks, ah wants yuh t'meet Mr. Civil Defense. He helped us or-gan-ize a civil defense unit in mah home town. o' Dogpatch an' he can help yo' do the same in yo' town!!" Comic book size. Owner name front cover.

Life Picasso Special Double Issue December 27 1968.

Various, · 1968

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Chicago, Life Magazine, 12/27,1968. Double Issue. Fair damp stains. Many aspects of Picasso: his power, Spain, early years, cubism, his women, Guernica, Matamorphosis, Sleep Watchers, disguises. Managing Editor of Life Magazine, George P. Hunt, writes about his and wife going ...

Sharks of Steel.

Kaufman, Yogi and Paul Stillwell, · 1993

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Annapolis, MD, Naval Institute Press, (1993). 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. Submarine text and photos companion volume to a four-part documentary TV series produced by the Discovery Channel. Captures the feel of being on board and underwater and offers a rare insider's view of the cha...

Collier's July 9, 1954.

Collier's Magazine, · 1954

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

Springfield, OH, Collier, July 9, 1954. Fair. Marilyn Monroe hits a new high by Robert Cohn; Dick and Pat Nixon - the team on Ike's team by Helen Worden Erskine;. Miracle of Love by Maureen Daly; column by John O'Hara "Appointment with O'Hara. Heavy edge wear, damp stains, rea...

Mrs. Moon and Her Friends.

Harwood, Pearl Augusta, · 1968

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Minneapolis, MN, Lerner Pubs Co, (1968). 2nd ptg. G ex-library. A little Indian girl Tara was visiting Mrs. Moon and when she tried to say an English word, Mrs. Moon laughed at the funny. sound of it and now Tara won't try to talk English at all. But when Captain Jack shows he...

Seed of Sarah: memoirs of a survivor (with new chapter).

Isaacson, Judith Magyar, · 1990

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

Urbana, Univ of Illinois Press, (1990). VG in VG DJ. A young woman's account of her experiences in concentration camps including a new final chapter "A Time to Forgive?". Appendix: My letters of Maine, U.S.A. Berneck-am-Fichtelgebirge Fall 1945. DJ spine edge faded. Isaacson d...

The Flowers Grown and Shown at Monticello.

Woltz, Dawn Daniel, · 1977

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Charlottesville, VA, Michie Co, (1977). VG in VG DJ. Author Woltz tries to design each bouquet at Monticello so that it conforms to Jefferson's philosophy of using native materials. suits his sense of room decor and expresses his love of flowers and their lavish use to add bea...

The Tarot Murders.

Warner, Mignon, · 1978

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, David McKay, (1978). 1st Amer ed. G in G DJ exlibrary. It was after midnight and the young woman standing at the clairvoyante's door said, "I am going to die. The Professor. told me the cards never lie." Owner name, library discard stamp. Edge wear.

The Sleeper: Inner Sanctum Mystery.

Roth, Holly, · 1955

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Simon & Schuster, (1955). VG. Robert Kendall surveyed his living room: his apartment had been wrecked and the ruins then tossed about in an orgy of apparently. insane vandalism, when the doorbell rang. It was the FBI.