Crabtree's Collection Old Books

Poganuc People.

Stowe, Harriet Beecher, introduction by Josepph S. Van Why, · 1987

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Hartford, CT, Stowe-Day Foundation, 1987. G BP. A vehicle for the expression of Stowe's mature social, political and religious philosophy as well as a rememberance. of her childhood in Litchfield, CT. Fading toward spine, beginning pages slightly rumpled.

Mozart's Last Year 1791.

Landon, H. C. Robbins, · 1988

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Schirmer, (1988). 1st Amer ed. VG PB. Because his body swelled up after death, it was thought he might have been poisoned. Drawing on a rich variety of sources. Landon settles the score with eyewitness accounts to freshly discovered documents, and lays aside myths for the ...

The Trouble with Poetry and other poems.

Collins, Billy, · 2005

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.33 | ¥1,756)

NY, Random, (2005). 1st ptg. VG PB. Collins has opened the door to poetry for thos to whom it might otherwise have remained closed. Former Poet Laureate.

Batman in Detective Comics: volume two featuring complete covers of the second 25 years.

DC Comics, introduction by Joe Desris, · 1994

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,554)

NY, Abbeville Press, (1994). VG PB. Including Rogues Gallery and Complete List of Artists No. 302 to 600. Remainder mark.

Choctaw Journey: a video diary of The Choctaw People.

Choctaw Nation, · 2008

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Durant, OK, Choctaw Nation, (2008). DVD in pictorial foler. The Choctaw people are on a journey from their homeland in Mississippi along a trail consumed with sadness to build a. dynasty in Oklahoma. Many of the triumphs, cultural awareness, social and economic accomplishments...

Still Life with Chickens: starting over in a house by the sea.

Goldhammer, Catherine, · 2006

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Hudson Street Press, (2006). 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. A lovely unconventional memoir the author wakes at midlife to find herself to move from an affluent New England suburb of her. daughter's childhood into a new more rustic life by the sea. Against all logic she begins the t...

Alexander's Gospel Songs.

Alexander, Charles M., compiled by, foreword by J. Wilbur Chapman, · 1906

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Revell, nd (ca 1906). G. Glued onto front endpaper Andover, Mass.'s, Rev. Harry Taylor's Smile Whene'er You Can by E. K. L. Emurian with photo of Taylor. Yellow binding, corner creases.

Blessings in Disguise.

Guinness, Alec, · 1987

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,235)

NY, Warner Books, (1987). 1st PB ptg. VG lg sz PB. Star-struck and theater-struck Guinness fell in love with acting and hid behind dozens of masks and now steps out of the. shadows and crosses the footlights.

The Logbook of the Captaini's Clerk: adventures in the China Seas.

Sewall, John S., edited by Arthur Power Dudden, · 1995

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,873)

Chicago, Lakeside Press/Donnelley, 1995. VG. American expeditions of mid-19th century that culminated in the establishment of diplomatic and trade relations with Japan. Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry, U.S.N., accepted the difficult task of opening Japan to the West and succ...

The Wall in My Backyard: East German women in transition.

Dodds, Dinah and Pam Allen-Thompson, · 1994

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Amherst, MA, Univ of Massachusetts, (1994). VG PB. Candid interviews with 18 East German women about life before and after unification are a fascinating oral history of everyday. life in the former GDR. A crucial forum for East German women to define their own problems in thei...

The Truth about Medium: extraordinary experiments with the real Allison Dubois of NBC's Medium and other remarkable psychics.

Schwartz, Gary E., Ph. D. with William L. Simon, · 2005

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,235)

Charlottesville, VA, Hampton Roads, (2005). VG in VG DJ. The Medium where an ordinary woman helps police solve baffling crimes through her ability to communicate with the dead has. been called white knuckle TV is based on a real life medium who for four years has been the subj...

The Ways of Game Fish featuring reproductions of paintings by Bob Hines and Fred Sweney, etchings by R. H. Palenske.

Williams, Russ, Charles L. Cadieux, edited by Thomas C. Jones, · 1972

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,873)

Chicago, J. G. Ferguson Pub Co, (1972). G ex-library. Reproductions of fish on endpapers is an example of the ancient Japanese art of Fish painting, gyotaku, where paint pigments are. placed on the fish, then transferred onto a paper towel by blotting. The artist later adds li...

American Nights Entertainment.

Overton, Grant, · 1923

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Appleton, 1923. Stated 1st ptg. VG. Dark green binding, paper title labels on front cover & spine (some tanning), edge wear. Laid in vintage newspaper article. on Grant Overton stating, "it is his admirable work as critic and writer about writers, that has brought Grant Ov...

Gardens on the Perennial Pleasures of Soil, Seed, and Sun.

Hughes, Holly, compiled by, · 1994

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,235)

Philadelphia, Running Press, (1994). 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. "I am more and more impressed with the moral qualities of vegetables and contemplate forming a science which rank with. comparative anatomy and comparative philology, - the science of comparative vegetable morality. We...

The Oldest Map with the Name America.

Perillo, Lucia, · 1999

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,235)

NY, Random, (1999). Stated 1st ed. VG in VG DJ. An important new way of looking at the world, a vision that in its coherence provides us with a deep and original understanding. of what we're all about, as individuals and as a culture. Jacket art by Anton Ginsburg adapted from ...

Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats.

Eliot, T. S., · 1982

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Harcourt Brace, (1982). VG PB. Supposedly the inspiration for Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical, "Cats", multiple illustrations by the whimsical Edward Gorey. "The Naming of Cats is a difficult matter, It isn't just one of your holiday games." Owner's inscription front endpape...

Where Divinity Begins: poems (signed by author).

DeNicola, Deborah, · 1994

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,512)

Cambridge, MA, Alice James Books, (1994). VG PB. Inscribed by author, "In respect for your growth and in memory of days in the Old Port - All best wishes, Deborah!". When Divinity Begins is stunning - sexy, jazzy, somber and steeply Gregorian by turns.The voice blooms deep wit...

When No One Is Looking.

Red Hawk, · 1990

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,235)

Turtle Island (Knox, ME), Little Letterpress, (1990). VG PB. Who they gonna teach you to kill now, Injun?.And for what? Their own ends? For gold, beads, land and trinkets. Mohawk,. Micmac?" from Brother.

Subject Matter.

Wormser, Baron, · 2003

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,235)

Louisville, KY, Sarabande, (2003). 1st ed. VG PB. Cover art by Janet Wormser, 2001.

American National Red Cross Text-Book on First Aid and Relief Columns: a manual of instruction.

Lynch, Charles, Major, · 1915

$28.00 (€25.40 | £21.19 | ¥4,470)

Philadelphia, Blakiston, (1915). 2nd ptg. G. How to prevent accidents and what to do for injuries and emergencies. Worn covers, edge wear.