Crabtree's Collection Old Books

Where Have You Gone, Starlight Cafe?: America's golden era roadside restaurants.

Anderson, Will (signed by author), · 1998

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,873)

Portland, ME, Anderson & Sons Pub Co, (1998). VG lg sz PB. Back to the glory days of America's roadside restaurants, 1930 through 1960. Revives an era that has been stripped, gutter or. bulldozed. Makes you want to sit right up at the counter and order another cup of coffee an...

Lost Diners and Roadside Restaurants of New England and New York.

Anderson, Will (signed by the author), · 2001

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Bath, ME, Anderson & Sons Pub Co, (2001). VG lg sz PB. Packed with photos of original diners, their history and the present day. Signed by author. Rhode Island, Vermont. Few small marks along fore-edge.

A1 Diner: real food, recipes & recollections.

Rolph, Sarah, · 2006

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,235)

Gardiner, ME, Tilbury House Pubs, (2006). 1st ed 1st ptg. VG lg sz PB. In 1946, Worcester Diner #790 arrived by truck and was installed at 5 Bridge Street. Under the name of Heald's it. served employees of Gardiner's mills and factories with an emphasis on ample portions serve...

Bridgton (Maine) Bicentennial Souvenir Program August 10-17, 1968.

Dorcas Hebb, editor, · 1968

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,235)

np, np, (ca 1968). VG lg sz PB.

Remembering Randall: a memoir of poet, critic, and teacher Randall Jarrell.

Jarrell, Mary von Schrader, · 1999

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, HarperCollins, (1999). 1st ed 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. Written by his widow, Mary offers a distinctive portrait of Jarrell as onlyl she could have known him. She writes about. the wellspring and character of his poetry. Maurice Sendak writes that "working with Randall was the...

The Good Terrorist.

Lessing, Doris, · 1986

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Vintage, (1986). 4th ptg. G PB. A woman becomes involved with a radical group whose only thought is fighting capitalism and complacency. Owner name, edge wear to bottom edge, some tanning to top fore-edge.

Blind Courage (signed by author and his dog).

Irwin, Bill with David McCasland, foreword by Dr. Robert Schullere, · 1996

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

np, WRS Pub, (1996). New edition. VG in VG DJ. Story of Bill Irwin who with his dog Orient became the first blind person to thru-hike the 2,100 mile Appalachian Trail. In a remarkable story of commitment, perseverance, and the will to survive, Blind Courage portrays Irwin, the...

Annual National (83rd) Convention Boston '86.

National League of Postmasters of United States, · 1986

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

np, np, (1986). VG plate. Very attractive plate show Paul Revere on horse, lobster, church and city hall. Gold edge trim. Memorial plate (dish).

A Warden's Worry (signed by author).

Probert, Randall, · 2005

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Bethel, ME, Randall Enterprises, (2005). VG PB. Signed on title page by Probert, color streamer fly on title page provided by Alvin Therault. After the Korean War. Captain Parnell Peasley boards a train in Bangor, Maine, for Howe Brook Village, a wilderness settlement that gre...

Thanksgiving over the Water: double signed book.

Sandy, Stephen, · 1992

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,873)

NY, Knopf, 1992. 1st ed. VG in VG DJ. Inscribed by author with best wishes on front endpaper and signed by him on the title page. "Among the stongest poems of. our time". ".forcing us to become what we think - and what we think we think.ordinary experience on a higher plane.".

After Visiting Friends: a son's story.

Hainey, Michael, · 2013

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

NY, Scribner, (2013). 1st ptg. VG PB advanced uncorrected proofs. Card from Wendy Sheanin, Director of Marketing Adult Pub Group of Simon & Schuster, with a signed note by Sheanin. The author had just turned six when there was a knock on his family's back door with tragic news...

Ansel Adams: Singular Images.

Land, Edwin, David H. McAlpin, Jon Holmes and Ansel Adams, · 1974

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,235)

NY, Morgan & Morgan, (1974). VG lg sz PB. Amazing photos by the master.

No Other Book: selected essays.

Jarrell, Randall, edited and with an introduction by Brad Leithauser, · 1999

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

np, HarperCollins, (1999). 1st ed. VG in VG DJ. Music, abstract painting, the appeal of sports cars, the role of the intellectual in modern American life, forgotten novels,. contemporary trends in education. Small nick on back of DJ.

Country Boy and selected poems.

Staples, Walter, · 2004

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Portsmouth, NH, Peter Randall, 2004. VG PB. Looking over 9 decades, poet Walter Staples remembers his boyhood growing up on a farm in southern Maine, a slower pace. of life with reverence for traditional values and a full appreciation for the natural world.

Valentines.

Kooser, Ted, introduction by poet, · 2008

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Lincoln, Univ of Nebraska Press, (2008). VG in VG DJ. Traditional hearts and candy, brilliance and purity of love, quiet beauty of friendship, and the bittersweetness of longing.

Man in the Open Air: poems (signed).

Sandy, Stephen, · 1988

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,235)

NY, Knopf, 1988. 1st ed. VG PB. Inscribed by author on publication date of 1988. Cover painting of The Coming Storm by Martin Johnson Heade, 1859.."a profound source of wisdom in a complex combining of inner and outer relationships." Richard Eberhart.

Wild Flowers Daily Journal.

Buek, G. H. & Co. publisher, · 1997

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,235)

NY, G. H. Buek, (1997). VG (not written in). Created from the original lithographic edition of 1894. A date book showing color wild flowers opposite days of the week. Would make a lovely gift for a wildflower lover. Bacl cpver shows two girls in old fashioned clothes running d...

A Field Book of North American Snakes.

New York Zoological Park, · 1943

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,512)

NY, Doubleday Doran, 1943. G. Color frontis shows the harmless coral snake as well as the poisonous one. Back section has 48 pages of photos of snakes. Red binding, edge wear, spine has fading.

Annie and the Prince of Wales: Portland, Maine, 1860: a historical novel.

Pierson, Duane Robert, · 2012

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,873)

Portland, Me, Integritas Publishing, (2012). VG lg sz PB signed. Four great days lost to history. British men-of-war in Portland Harbor, a great ball for officers of the fleet, a. thousand troops marching down the street, Lincoln's coming election, romance, and the Prince of W...

Godspell Vocal Selections.

Lansbury, Edgar, Stuart Duncan, and Josepsh Beruh, · 1971

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,235)

NY, Charles Hansen, (1971). G lg sz PB. The songs from Godspell. Also laid in "VBS Closing Program Script". Photos from production on back endpaper. Edge wear.