Crabtree's Collection Old Books

Foxfire 3: animal care, banjos and dulcimers, hide tanning, summer & fall wild plant foods, butter churns, ginseng.....

Wigginton, Eliot, · 1975

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Anchor/Doubleday, 1975. 2nd ptg. VG PB. Spine faded.

Kenneth Curtis of Maine: profile of a governor.

Lipez, Kermit, · 1974

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Brunswick, ME, Harpswell Press, (1974). G. Laid in menu of testimonial dinner 12/12/1974 of Maine Governor Curtis. Brown binding, gilt lettering. Some fading at edges. Muskie writes that when Curtis leaves office in January 1975 he will bring to a close one of the most creativ...

On Christmas Day in the Evening.

Richmond, Grace S., · 1910

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

NY, Burt, (1910). VG in G DJ. The family gathers together for the Christmas season at the old house. DJ edge wear. Pages decorated at edges in green holly. DJ show wreath with red ribbon and house inside covered with snow. Second copy dated 1905, 1908, in fair condition with w...

The Fourth Reader or Exercises in Reading and Speaking designed for the Higher Classes, in our Public and Private Schools.

Salem Town, A.M., · 1847

$24.00 (€21.77 | £18.17 | ¥3,832)

Portland, Sanborn & Carter, 1847. Revised ed. Fair. Tan leather binding with dark brown title block and gilt lettering, bad discoloration on back cover and piece missing. at bottom, edge wear. Readings and poetry. From Cherokee's Lament: "Loved graves of my sires! Have I left ...

The Silent Speaker: a corpse talks to Nero Wolfe.

Stout, Rex, · 1948

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Bantam, (1948). G PB. The fabulour fat detective who would rather do anything than go to work himself. The very beautiful blonde Miss Phoebe Gunther. knows something she isn't telling. Wolfe and his man-of-all-dirty-work Archie Goodwin are trying to find out what the littl...

The Southerner: a romance of the real Lincoln.

Dixon, Thomas, · 1913

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Grosset & Dunlap, (1913). Fair. "Dedicated to our first southern-born president since Lincoln, my friend and collegemate, Woodrow Wilson.". Binding quite worn and tanned.

Kate Douglas Wiggin as Her Sister Knew Her.

Smith, Nora Archibald, · 1925

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1925. VG. "The good stars met in her element, - made her of spirit, fire, and dew." Green binding, gilt lettering and wreath decoration. on front cover and spine, owner name front endpaper.

Architectural Heritage of the Piscataqua: early houses of gardens of the Portsmouth District in Maine and New Hampshire.

Howells, John Mead, · 1937

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

NY, Architectural Book Pub Co, (1937. Fair in Fair DJ. There seem tohave been a great number of visits to the shores of this part of New England by adventurers in search of the. North West Passage, of good fishing grounds, or of the leaves of the sassafras, for which there was...

Stumpwork: the art of raised embroidery.

Baker, Muriel, · 1978

$24.00 (€21.77 | £18.17 | ¥3,832)

NY, Scribner, (1978). VG in VG DJ.

R. S. Prussia and other R. S. and E. S. Porcelain plus price guide.

Gaston, Mary Frank, · 1982

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

Paducah, KY, Collector Books, (1982). VG. Includes Mold Identification Chart. Laid in Price Guide from publisher.

The Collectors Encyclopedia of Roseville Pottery: first series.

Huxford, Sharon and Bob, · 1989

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

Paducah, KY, Collector Books, (1989). VG in VG DJ. Laid in price guide no. 7-989 of Roseville Pottery by Huxfords 1990.

A Cathedral Courtship and Penelope's English Experience.

Wiggin, Kate Douglas (signed), · 1893

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

NY, Grosset & Dunlap, (1893). VG. Signed by Wiggin on front endpaper. Green binding, green title decorative block, black lettering. Owner name, some tanning. to endpapers.

The Birds' Xmas Carol (signed by author).

Wiggin, Kate Douglas, · 1888

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, (1888). Fair in Fair DJ. Signed "Yours sincerely Kate Douglas Wiggin". Book and DJ badly water stained on bottom half. Owner name front endpaper. Laid in bulletin from Dougleday, Page & Co., New York, on "The Children's Crimson Classics edited by Kate...

When Life Was Young at the Old Farm in Maine.

Stephens, C. A., · 1912

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

Norway Lake, ME, Old Squire's Bookstore, (1912). G. Frontis show Lake Pennesseewassee from the south; the Old Squire's Farm at the foot of the hills in the far background. The author Stephens had written for The Youths Companion. Brown embossed binding, gilt lettering. Book en...

Swanhilda-of-the-Swans.

Faralla, Dana, · 1964

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Philadelphia, LIppingoctt, (1964). VG ex-school copy. Oene night with a rush of wings that swans come in autumn flight out of the Arctic cold to Hilda and her brother. Pictorial cover of little girl pointing up at swans while she stands next to her swan sled. School markings.

J. W. Gitt's Sweet Land of Liberty.

Morris H. Rubin, · 0

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

VG in VG DJ. Is freedom dead in America? Writing from the vantage point of a career in journalism that spanned more than a century, Gitt. writes of such fundamental democratic verities as liberty, peace, justice, equality, decency in government and business, and respect for th...

Loiterer's Harvest.

Lucas, E. V., · 1913

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Macmillan, 1913. G ex-library. Thoughtful musings on all manner of things. Tanning to rush-colored binding, gilt lettering, library markings.

Mr. Cohen Takes a Walk.

Rinehart, Mary Roberts, · 1934

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

NY, Farrar & Rinehart, (1934). G ex-library. Owner name, library markings, damp stain on edges. One of illus missing.

Seven Keys to Baldpate.

Biggers, Earl Derr, · 1913

$65.00 (€58.97 | £49.20 | ¥10,380)

NY, Grosset & Dunlap, (1913). G Photoplay. Frontis show William Halowell Magee (Douglas MacLean) arrives at mysterious Baldpate (a Paramount Picture). Front cover is. tan and yeloow and show seven keys, lettering in black. Binding is tanned with edge wear. Owner name pencil fr...

The Royal Album of Windsor Views.

Unknown, · 1891

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Germany, np, nd (1891). G. Wonderful views of the Windsor area England. Windsor Castle from the river, from Brocas, Stateu of George III Windsor,. The Ruins Virginia Water, Clewer Church, Stoke Poges Church, Albert Memorial Chapel, The Long Walk-Windsor, Statue of the Queen an...