Crabtree's Collection Old Books

Contemporary Dates: French painters (1400-1900) and their times: an aid to memory.

Keppel, George, · 1933

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,780)

London, Hatchards, nd (ca 1933). G PB. Laid in genealogies of the Kings of France and Maisons Royales et Princieres issues d'Hugues Capet. Opens in the reign of. Charles VII because then painters such as Fonquet and Froment first began to make portraits of real people and pict...

The Weight of Coal & Lace: the story of Andras and Sophie Kuchta (signed by the author Tierney).

Tierney, Colleen B. (granddaughter), · 2012

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

np, Privately printed, (2012). VG PB. An American story of hope, determination, and survival. In 1904 Andras Kuchta arrived at Ellis Island from Austria-Hungary as. part of the large immigration wave that swept through the U.S. in the early part of the 20th century. Coal was t...

An Italian Patron of French Neo-classic Art: the Zaharoff lecture for 1972.

Haskell, Francis, Professor of the History of Art, Oxford, · 1972

$48.00 (€43.55 | £36.33 | ¥7,663)

Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1972. Review copy. VG PB. Review news clipping attached to front endpaper, rough draft of review laid in, as well as request from publisher for copy. Sommariva sprang apparently from nowhere to fame and fortune starting probably as a barber's assistant...

Forest Trees of Maine.

Peirson, H. B., revised, · 1951

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,873)

Augusta, ME, Maine Forestry Service, 1951 & 1973. Revised. G. Slight soil, owner note top of front endpaper. 1973 clean of all markings.

Facts about Maine: the offer of the Pine Tree State.

Dept of Economic Development, · 1956

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

Augusta, ME, Economic Development, 1956 & 1968. 2 VG PBs. All the facts and statistics about Maine.

Rooms by the Sea.

Davis, Alice J., · 1986

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

np, Privately published, nd (ca 1986). VG PB. Born and educated in Portland, Maine, a 1937 graduate of Holeyoke College, social worker in Haverhill, MA, Davis was an. organizer of Widow to Widow group, lectured frequently on death and dying and led counseling sessions for the ...

Poems.

Seferis, George, translated from the Greek by Rex Warner, · 1960

$24.00 (€21.77 | £18.17 | ¥3,831)

Boston, Nonpareil Books, (1960). G. In his foreword, translator Warner thanks the author Seferis for his help. Seferis is conscious of the presence of the past. and its weight as well as having an extraordinary freshness of vision. Seferis' poems are among the glories of 20th ...

A Pageant of the State of Maine in celebration of the official dedication of the Carlton Bridge, Bath, Maine.

Tanner, Virginia, written and produced by, · 1928

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,235)

Augusta, ME, Virginia Tanner, 1928. G. Acted, sung and danced by citizens of Bath, Brunswick, Woolwich, and Wiscasset. Names of all the performers. Edges tattered, crease to front top corner, tanning toward spine.

Peary and His Promised Land: the story of a love affair between a man and an island.

Stafford, Edward P. (Peary's grandson), · 1998

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

np, Friends of Peary's Eagle Isl, 1998. VG PB. Eagle Islad, Peary's home.

Women Who Made Their Mark.

Alpha Psi State Delta Kappa Gamma Society Intl, · 1981

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Auburn, ME, Central Maine Vocational Ins, (1981). VG. Red binding, gilt lettering. Oval photos of women, their schools, and bio of each, including Margaret Chase Smith,. Helen Hunt, Lena G. Perkins, and Emugene Staples. Owner bookplate and name ft endpaper, title page tanned.

Portland City Guide.

Writers' Program, compiled by workers, Work Projects Administration, · 1940

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.28 | ¥6,385)

Portland, ME, Forest City Printing, 1940. VG. Buckram binding, owner bookplate and names, slight soil on spine. Many photos including one of the 'Desert of Tents'. after the 'Great Fire'. Includes index.

Best of James Herriot: favourite memories of a country vet.

Herriot, James, · 1982

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,235)

NY, St. Martins, (1982). 6th ptg. VG in VG DJ. Herriot's own selection of 50 favorites from his original books with additional material by editors. Large format with over 100. full color pages of photos.

Rebecca West.

Rollyson, Carl, · 1996

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,235)

NY, Scribner, (1996). 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. One of the most brilliant writers of the 20th century challenged Britain and America to cherish an image of Europe. Europe in its full moral and political dimensions. Her restless and ferocious intelligence took her into every corner...

Madonna.

Morton, Andrews, · 2001

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, St. Martins, (2001). 1st US ed 1ptg. VG in VG DJ. Who is the private woman behind the public image? Morton has extensive interviews with members of Madonna's inner circle,. lovers, friends, business connections. Intimate photos, startling revelations.

Confidential: films of World War II: 2 DVD set.

United States Government, · 2006

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Eugene, Or, Timeless Media, (2006). VG. More secrets revealed. Attacks against Italy, Euroope, Invasion with airfields on the continent, etc.

Polly Oliver's Problem: a story for girls.

Wiggin, Kate Douglas, · 1894

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1894. 19th thousand. Fair ex-library. Partly autobiographical story of Wiggin, a young girl who travels to the West. Book cocked, tanning, library markings. Book cocked.

The Devil of Great Island: witchcraft and conflict in early New England.

Baker, Emerson W., · 2007

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,512)

NY, Palgrave/Macmillan, (2007). 1st ed 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. Great Island, NH, is plagued by mysterious events: strange, demonic noises, hundreds of stones fall on a local tavern and. appear at random inside its walls. Town residents blamed what they called Lithobolia or the "...

Ghosts of New England: true stories of encounters with the phantoms of New England and New England.

Holzer, Hans, · 1997

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Wings, (1997). 1st ptg thus. VG in VG DJ. A collection of true ghost stories, incursions from the world beyond witnessed or reliably reported by those who were there. when they happened. DJ slight edge wear.

Tales of Terror and Tragedy.

Snow, Edward Rowe, · 1979

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,512)

NY, Dodd Mead, (1979). 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. Includes bibliographical references and index. Terror and tragedy of shipwreck survivors rescued by murderous savages,. crazed pirates committing atrocities, entombment on a drifting, sinking ship, storms and floods, sailors obeying...

Naked.

Sedaris, David, · 1997

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Little Brown, (1997). 1st ed 3rd ptg. VG in VG DJ. Finally forced to face his naked self in the mirrored sunglasses of a lunatic, he picks potato chips from his pubic. hair and wonders what it all means. Owner name ft endpaper, dent top of back cover.