Crabtree's Collection Old Books

Yankee Storekeeper.

Gould, R. E., · 1948

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Bantam, (1948). Revised. G PB. Full of Yankee wisdom & wry humor, a foxy old storekeeper sits back & tells of his 4 decades runing a general store in Somerset. County, Maine. Gould got his first taste of trading on his father's farm, where his days were spent trapping, soa...

Old Hundredth.

Gould, John, · 1987

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,873)

NY, Norton, (1987). 1st ed 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. John Gould has written 23 books about New England, from his home in Friendship Maine, to the nation's borders. set up a hundred years before Plymouth & Jamestown. The man who raffled off his horse quite a time after it died, the...

Give Us a Smile, Beetle Bailey and Shape Up or Ship Out, Beetle Bailey.

Walker, Mort, · 1974

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Tempo and Grosset & Dunlap, (1974) & (1979). 2 G PBs. Generally good condition for both.

Folk-Lore and Legends English.

C. J. T. introduction by, · 1891

$44.00 (€39.92 | £33.30 | ¥7,024)

Philadelphia, Lippincott, 1891. G. In his introduction, C.J.T. laments tht the old English Folklore Tales are fast dying out. The simplicity of character. necessary for the retaining of old memories and beliefs is being lost, more rapidly in English, perhaps, than in any other...

Maine History: Here Come the British!: January 2007.

Various, · 2007

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

Portland, ME, Maine Historical Society, (2007). VG PB. Address label back cover.

A Crossworder's Delight.

Blanc, Nero (signed by authors Steve Zettler and Cordelia Biddle), · 2005

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

NY, Berkley Prime Crime, (2005). 1st ed. VG in VG DJ. Rosco Polycrates and Belle Graham, PI partners, must restore an icon to the local inn and discover the origins of a very special. cookbook, a handmade book of dessert recipes in the form of crosswords. Some crosswords have ...

Victorian Gardens.

Highstone, John, · 1982

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

San Francisco, Harper & Row, (1982). VG PB. Unique pleasures of the Victorian garden. Plant drawings by Kevin Haapala, landscape plan drawings by Carol Carlson. A private, personalized world-in-miniature of varietal lushness, a special retreat with a trove of Victorian horticu...

After the Fire: the destruction of the Lancaster County Amish.

Robert Coles, · 1992

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,235)

Hanover, Univ. Press of New England, (1992). 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. Moving first person account of the struggle between the Old Order Amish of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and the. surrounding society that threatens to drive them out on the eve of their religion's 300th anni...

The Parables of Peter Partout.

Gould, John, · 1964

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,512)

Boston, Little Brown, (1964). 1st ed. VG in G DJ. Delightful collection of author Gould's peppery Down East humor of three dozen letters to the editor of the Lisbon Falls, Maine,. Enterprise by the story-spinner Peter Partout of Peppermint Corner. Reaers will find out as much ...

And One to Grow On: recollections of a Maine boyhood.

Gould, John, · 1949

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,235)

NY, Morrow, (1949). G. Author Gould lives with his wife and son on the Lisbon Ridge farm cleared by Great Grandfather Jacob Gould 200 years ago. Owner name front endpaper, DJ flaps glued to front endpapers (with photo of Gould and his son), binding tanned at edges.

Allie Cole: a Maine pioneer.

Cole, Galen, Bangor, Maine, · 1980

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Portland, ME, Casco Printing Co, 1980. VG PB. Allie Cole was born in Lowell, Maine, December 27, 1893. His parents were Sidney and Roxie Spencer Cole. Sidney was a. teamster and hauled bark from nearby Greenfield, Cardville area, as well as Passadumkeag Mountain to the tannery...

Whistling Wings: the dove chronicles.

McClure, H. Elliott (inscribed by author), introduction by Hope Ryden, · 1991

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Pacific Grove, CA, Boxwood Press, (1991). VG PB. The mourning dove is one of America's most appreciated and most heavily persecuted birds. Story of one bird, his families and. friends drawn from the fates of birds from over 5,000 nests. Inscription by author reads, "Honor the ...

Passages of Time: narratives in the history of Amherst College.

Wilson, Douglas, edited and with several selections by, · 2007

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,554)

np, Amherst College Press, (2007). VG in VG DJ. Editor Wilson worked for 27 years in the publications office of Amherst, retiring in 2002. Most of the selections in this. anthology are narrative chapters of Amherst history from earliest days to recent time. They take the reade...

Instant Legends from the Rock Pile.

Vincent, Lee, · 1973

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

np, Self-published, (1973). G signed. highest peak from the transmitter supervisor.

Ten Years on the Rock Pile.

Vincent, Lee, · 1973

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

np, Self-published, (1973). G signed. What goes on at the top of Mt. Washington, East's highest peak from the transmitter supervisor. Some soil & spots to cover.

Maine Covered Bridge Finder.

Robertson, Edwin "Bill" and Doris K. Robertson, · 1983

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,235)

Westbrook, ME, Robertson Books, (1983). VG PB. Front cover picture of Bennett Covered Bridge at Wilson Mills, back cover Sunday River Covered Bridge from the river.

Sextasy Ecstasy book and card pack.

Craze, Richard, · 1998

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,235)

Boston, MA, Journey/Perplus, (1998). 1st ptg. VG in VG slipcase. For committed sexual partners of every age, offers dozens of possibilities for enlivening your love life.for new depths of. passion.

2006 Guidebook & Stewardship Handbook.

Maine Island Trail Association, · 2006

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,235)

np, Maine Island Trail Assn, (2006). 17th ed. VG PB. New island and mainland sites, updated resource listings for small boaters, articles on natural history.

Abandoned: the story of The Greely Arctic Expedition 1881-1884.

Todd, A. L., introduction by Vilhjalmur Stefansson, · 1961

$85.00 (€77.12 | £64.34 | ¥13,569)

NY, McGraw-Hill, (1961). 1st ed. VG signed by author.

Picture History of New England Passenger Vessels (from 1850 to WWII).

Cram, W. Bartlett (signed), · 1980

$65.00 (€58.97 | £49.20 | ¥10,376)

Hampden Highlands, ME, Burntcoast Corp, (1980). 1st. VG in G DJ. Former steamship line manager Cram was federal maritime administrator and industrial development director. Under the. Marshall, Portland, Maine, became the principal port to export horses and cattle. Cram was a m...