Crabtree's Collection Old Books

Up Here in Maine.

Lewis, Gerald E., foreword by John Gould, · 1975

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Pittsfield, ME, Pittsfield Publishers, (1975). 3rd ptg. G. Lewis has picked potatoes in the county, directed a wilderness outpost camp in Rangeley country, worked on wooden minesweepers. in a coastal shipyard, been a hunter, trapper, and Registered Maine Guide, has made his li...

Stealing History (signed by author).

Andrews, William D., · 2006

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,873)

New Gloucester, ME, Islandport Press, (2006). 1st ed. VG PB. Just a few days into her new job as director of a busy historical society and museum in western Maine, Julie finds all. is not as it should be. She didn't expect that some of the museum's most valuable artifacts - in...

The Strangest Song: one father's quest to help his daughter find her voice.

Sforza, Teri with Howard and Sylvia Lenboff, · 2006

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,554)

Amherst, NY, Prometheus Books, (2006). 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. Signed by author. Amazing musical talent accompanies other brain deficiencies.

The Complete Bloodhound.

Brey, Catherine F. and Lena F. Reed, foreword by Roger A. Caras, · 1978

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,235)

NY, Howell Book House, (1978). 1st ed 4th ptg. VG. Laid in handwritten genealogy of pedigree of the Rectory Kennel's son of a bishop Farmington, Maine. First major text on the bloodhound breed in many years, a monumental and overall view of one of world's oldest and most intri...

Kate Greenaway Cross Stitch Designs.

Hasler, Julie, · 1989

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,235)

NY, David & Charles Craft Book, (1989). 2nd imp. VG in VG DJ. Over 50 superb gift projects based on illustrations for children's stories in English 1837-1900 patterns.

High on Arrival.

Phillips, Mackenzie, · 2009

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,235)

NY, Simon Spotlight, (2009). VG in VG DJ. Born into rock and roll royalty, flying in Learjets to the Virgini Islands at five, making pot brownies with her father's. friends at 11, Mackenzie grew up in an all-access kingdom of hippie freedom and heroin cool. A part in American ...

The Education of a Woman: the life of Gloria Steinem.

Heilbrun, Carolyn G., · 1995

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,235)

NY, Dial, (1995). 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. The life of one of the most controversial women of our time who wrote her own script for her life, Gloria Steinem.

Two Feathers: spiritual seed planter.

Hawk, Kevin Laughing, · 2003

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Rockland, ME, Seven Coin Press, (2003). 1st ptg. VG lg sz PB.

Charles Kingsley: his letters and memories of his life.

Kingsley, Charles, edited by his wife, · 1921

$24.00 (€21.77 | £18.17 | ¥3,831)

London, Macmillan, 1921. G one volume edition. Brown binding, gilt lettering, black decorative lines. 1819- 1875 English clergyman and novelist, born in Devonshire,. Educated King's College, London and Cambridge, identified with Christian Socialism, and in his early novels sho...

William Lawrence: later years of a happy life.

Sherrill, Henry Knox (signed by author), · 1943

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,873)

Cambridge, Harvard Univ Press, 1943. VG in G DJ. Written by a grateful and devoted friend, a successor and intimate friend completes the story of Lawrence's life to the. eve of his retirement 15 years after "Memories of a Happy Life". Bishop did more than endure old age, he ma...

What Shall Make Us Whole? or, Thoughts in the Direction of Man's Spiritual and Physical Integrity.

Merriman, Helen Bigelow, · 1888

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,512)

Boston, Cupples and Hurd, 1888. VG. Rose and cream-colored binding with brown lettering and decoration. Owner notations, spine tanned, corners bumped.

Some More Branch Water Tales: country poor, mountain proud.

Carver, Bill (signed by author), · 2001

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,512)

Andrews, NC, Mountain Voice Publishers, (2001). VG PB plus CD with extra tales. A trip to the world of Appalachia before the technology revolution. Gripping narratives give a rare insight into a. way of life from an insider.

The Voyage of the Chianti: a little Maine murder.

Morison, B. J. (Betty Jane), · 1987

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,235)

Thorndike, ME, North Country Press, (1987). VG in VG DJ. 12 yr old Elizabeth has wrangled herself a passage from Boston to Mount Desert Island aboard the Chianti, a luxury yacht owned. by her grandmother's neighbor, an aging gentleman who has assembled a motley crew including ...

Headhunting in the Solomon Islands around the Coral Sea.

Mytinger, Caroline, · 1942

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,554)

NY, Macmillan, 1942. 1st ed. VG. Brown cloth with mask in lower right corner, pictorial endpapers of northeast leg of the Coral Sea. Owner label & name.

Weapons of World War II: infantry weapons, unarmored and armored vehicles, artillery, special weapons, aircraft, ships.

Ludeke, Alexander, · 2010

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,235)

Bath, Parragon, (2010). VG PB in VG DJ. Development in weapons technology was rapid from 1939 to 1945 in prevoiusly unknown volume and variety. Wonderful condition.

Glorious Knits: 35 designs for sweaters, dresses, vests, and shawls.

Fassett, Kaffe, · 1985

$24.00 (€21.77 | £18.17 | ¥3,831)

NY, Clarkson Potter, (1985). 6th ptg. VG in VG DJ. One of the craft world's premier interpreters of pattern and color in his collection of projects for knitting and. needlepoint as he shares the creative processes behind his fabulously rich and textured designs. Many people we...

Glorious Color: sources of inspiration for knitting and needlepoint with 17 projects.

Fassett, Kaffe, · 1988

$24.00 (€21.77 | £18.17 | ¥3,831)

NY, Clarkson Potter, (1988). 1st ed. VG in VG DJ. One of the craft world's premier interpreters of pattern and color in his collection of projects for knitting and. needlepoint as he shares the creative processes behind his fabulously rich and textured designs. Owner name fron...

Passionate Love Letters: an anthology of desire.

Lovric, Michelle, · 1996

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,235)

NY, Shooting Star Press, (1996). VG in VG DJ. Facsimiles of real letters and quotations from lovers' correspondence throughout the ages. Described by "The Romantic. Times" as the single most romantic thing since Gone with the Wind.

Rum, a Tailor's Goose and a Soap Box: three murderous affairs in the history of Hanover, Massachusetts.

Gallagher, John F., · 2010

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,512)

Baltimore, Publish America, (2010). 1st ptg. VG PB. 165 years ago the shooting deaths of two immigrant laborers by a recalcitrant, local rum dealer shocked the tranquil town of. Hanover, Massachusetts. 30 years later the manager of a hotel in the town's Four Corners Village mu...

The Village Writer.

Various, · 1990

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Avondale Estates, GA, Georgia Council for the Arts, (1990). Summer. VG PB. The Goat Next Door; Lucky to Be; Face of Evil; Taking Peter Along; The Night They Killed Jimmy Lee Jackson; Groove-Zilla. Rides the Gondola; The Phantom Inmate; Soul Plane (excerpt). Various stories and...