Crabtree's Collection Old Books

A Diary from Dixie.

Chesnut, Mary, edited by Isabella D. Martin and Myrta Lockett Avary, · 1997

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Portland House, (1997). Facimile 1905. VG lg sz PB. Civil War's most celebrated journal, written 1860-1865, by the wife of James Chesnut Jr., an aide to President Jefferson Davis. and a brigadier-general in the Confederate Army. Vivid pictures of the social life that went ...

Behind the Ballots: the personal history of a politician.

Farley, James A., · 1938

$24.00 (€21.77 | £18.17 | ¥3,831)

NY, Harcourt Brace, (1938). VG. Farley was the New Deal's Postmaster General under FDR. Francis B. Sayre's copy.

Stranger and Traveler: the story of Dorothea Dix, American reformer.

Wilson, Dorothy Clarke, · 1975

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,235)

Boston, Little Brown, (1975). 1st ed. VG in VG DJ. One of America's foremost achievers, she single-handedly paved the way for far-reaching reform in the treatment of the insane.

Just Maine Folks.

Baxter, Kate Douglas Wiggin, Laura E. Richards, · 1924

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,235)

Lewiston, ME, Journal Printshop, (1924). 2nd ptg. Fair. Illustrated cover with light house. Hole punched through beginning pages, tape on back endpaper, owner sticker, front. hinge cracked, spine ends worn. "A vision of beauty, with the faint peach bloom on her cheek, a being ...

The Blue Flower.

Van Dyke, Henry, · 1916

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

NY, Scribner, 1916. Reprint. VG. Margaret Armstrong color pictorial flower cover in gilt, blue, and green, top edge gilt. Slight edge wear, old book store. sticker. V instead of U on front title BLUE.

In Maine.

Cole, John N., · 1974

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,235)

NY, Harpswell Press, 1974. 1st ed 1st ptg. VG in G DJ. Maine offers a marvelous place for many of John Cole's feelings about life and himself. Creases to front DJ flap. "And I have felt the same wind fill a sail with a hard slap that sets my boat a running.Of the nor'west thou...

The Dazzling Miss Davison.

Warden, Florence, · 1910

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,235)

NY, Grosset & Dunlap, (1910). G. By the author of The House on the Marsh. Frontis shows a dazzling redhead well aware she's being looked at. Light red binding with cameo on front cover, spine faded.

Lincoln and Enfield Town Register 1905.

Mitchell, Daggett, Curtis and Gould, compiled by, · 1905

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Brunswick, ME, H. E. Mithcell Co., 1905. Fair. Smudges on some pages, front cover creased at center, edge wear.

Jefferson in Power: Death Struggle of the Federalists.

Bowers, Claude G., · 1936

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1936. VG HBs. The eight dramatic years of Jefferson's two administrations marked the consolidation of democracy's triumph. Red cloth. binding, owner name ft endpaper, book cocked.

The Cruising Sailor's Medical Guide.

Leone, Nicholas C., M.D. & Elisabeth C. Phillips, R.N., · 1979

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

NY, McKay, (1979). 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. Written by a yachting physician for layman's language. Owner stamp, DJ edge wear.

An Island Refuge: Casco Bay in 1676: Stories of American History.

Otis, James, · 1895

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Boston, Estes and Lauriat, 1895. G. Green biinding, green and gilt decoration on cover, owner inscription ft endpapers. Some soiling to spine and edges. Tape repair to front flyleaves at spine, pages uneven on fore-edge.

The Fishing Fleets of New England: North Star Books.

Chase, Mary Ellen, · 1961

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,554)

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1961. VG in G DJ. Fog and ice were an almost constant menace on the Grand Banks. Although the schooner carried a big bell and a swivel gun to. guide the loaded dories back to the ship many of the little boats were lost and never heart from again. Towe...

The Poetic and Dramatic Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson.

Tennyson, Alfred Lord, · 1899

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,235)

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, (1899). Household ed. VG. Olive green binding, gilt letterieng and decoration, top edge gilt. Owner insription ft endpaper, slight edge wear.

Pattern and Voice.

Stineford, Raymond, · 1968

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,554)

S. Berwick, ME, The American Weave Press, 1968. VG in glasine Fair DJ. "Not even that summer at Effingham alone and meditating on a thousand harmless sins or pickiing pasture rose and withered. berries was quite enough. Each day came to find him still there astonished and void...

The Nature of Maine: as seen by a teacher of philosophy.

Bradshaw, Marion J., · 1946

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,873)

Bangor, ME, Published by author, (1946). #709 4th ptg. VG. Signed by author. Outanding photos of all areas of Maine. Sights and thoughts in the state of Maine. Owner sticker. Black binding, gilt trees and decoration on cover, green lettering.

The Dawn of a To-morrow.

Burnett, Frances Hodgson, · 1909

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,235)

NY, Scribner, (1909). Reprint. VG ex-library. Maroon binding, gilt lettering and decoration, illustrations from drawings in color by F. C. Yohn. Some tanning to. beginning pages, library stamp sheet back cover. Ready to shoot himself a man encounters a street urchin and gives ...

Pioneers on Maine Rivers.

Spencer, Wilbur D., · 1930

$65.00 (€58.97 | £49.20 | ¥10,376)

Portland, ME, Lakeside Ptg Co, 1930. G. Each river settlement described with a list of pioneers arranged by surname of original pioneer, his wife, children,. occupation, date and place or origin and death. Blue binding, first blank page removed with some damage to endpaper.

The Motor Girls on Waters Blue, or The Strange Cruise of the Tartar.

Penrose, Margaret, · 1915

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,235)

Cleverland, OH, Goldsmith, (1915). Reprint. G. Green binding. Edge wear.

Villa Adriana e Villa d'Este; Hadrian's Villa and Ville d'Este (in Engligh and Italian).

Mancini, Gioacchino, · 0

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Roma, La Liberia dello Stato, nd. VG PB. Itineraries to the museums and monuments in Italy. Little is known with certainty about the sumptuous residence of Hadrian. beyond fragmentary historical records. Work began iupon a villa near Tibur (Tivolti) where he intended to spend ...

Only One Icebox to Fill.

Perry, Katy, · 1990

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Augusta, ME, Steele Pub, (1990). VG PB. A native of Millinocket, Maine, Perry taught school, raised four sons, did radio work, wrote a weekly column for the Maine. Sunday Telegram, worked for state governement, and spent two years in Belize, Central America, in the Peace Corps...