Crabtree's Collection Old Books

My Life in France.

Child, Julia and Alex Prud'homme, · 2006

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

NY, Anchor, (2006). 14th ptg. VG PB. Julia's life in France where she discovered the joys of French cooking.

Maine History: Maine History Index, 1969-2011: July 2011.

Various, · 2002

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

Portland, ME, Maine Historical Society, (2002). VG PB. Address label back cover.

Maine History: James Berry Vickery III 1917-1997: fall/winter 2002.

Various, · 2002

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

Portland, ME, Maine Historical Society, (2002). VG PB. Address label back cover.

New England Historical & Genealogical Register: 5 issues; plus First & Second Annual Aupplement Amerian Ancestors Journal.

Various, · 2001

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,780)

Boston, New England Historic Gen Soc, (2001- 2010). 7 VG PBs. Volume 155, April 2001; October 2001, Volume 156 January 2002, April 2002; Volume 165 January 2011; Supplement 163 October 2009. Supplement and Volume 164 October 2010. Samuel Mills, Sadler, of Jamaica, NY & Greenwi...

The Salt Book: lobstering, sea moss pudding, stone walls, rum running, maple syrup, snowshoes, and other Yankee doings.

Wood, Pamela, edited with introduction by, · 1977

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

Garden City, NY, Anchor Books, 1977. G PB.

A Sitdown with the Sopranos.

Barreca, Regina, edited by, · 2002

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,235)

NY, Palgrave Macmillan, (2002). 1st ed 1st ptg. VG PB. George Anastasia on Organized Crime; Barreca on The Women of the Sopranos; Michael Flamini on Psychotherapy in the Italian. American Community; Fred Gardaphe on Italian American Life in Suburbia; Sandra M. Gilbert on The R...

R.E.M. Talk about Passion: an oral history.

Sullivan, Denise, · 1998

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,873)

NY, Da Capo Press, (1998). Updated. VG PB. Out of the mouths of the people who were there. An oral history that reconstructs a special time and place that made R.E.M. possible, skillfully arranged anecdotes that give a human flavor of the band. One of the last great rock scene...

Edifying: history and wanderings of a Maine Yankee in and around The National Forest - Cold River Valley & Fryeburg area.

Jones, Edward W., · 1997

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,780)

N. Fryeburg, ME, Self-published, (1997). G PB. Ed Jones was born in North Fryeburg, Maine, in 1939, and worked for the White Mountain National Forest - Evans Notch. District for the next 15 years clearing trails, marking timber, building shelters and acting as timber sale admi...

Chinese Love Poems.

Klemer, D. J., edited by, · 1959

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.33 | ¥1,756)

NY, Hanover House, (1959). VG. Chinese tradition is at least 1000 years older than our own, and centuries ago cultivated Chinese had reached a degree of. intellectual development that was quite remarkable even when interpreted by modern standards. These people were sophicates....

The Great Roll of the Pipe for the Eleventh Year of the Reign of King John, Michaelmas 1209 (Pipe Roll 55).

Stenton, Doris M., D.Litt., Lecturer in History, the University, Reading, · 1949

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

London, Pipe Roll Society, 1949. VG. Publication of the Pipe Roll Society for the year 1946. Black original binding, gilt emblem on front cover, top corner bumped. In March 1209 England entered the second year of the Interdict laid on it by Innocent III. The continuance of the...

Ukiyo-e: 250 years of Japanese art.

Neuer, Roni and Susugu Yoshida, · 1979

$24.00 (€21.77 | £18.17 | ¥3,831)

NY, Gallery Books, (1979). VG in Fair DJ. With ukiyo-e, or pictures of the floating world, Japan left a masterly and unique mark on the world of graphic art. These. woodcuts bear a singularly vivid witness to Japanese everyday life between the 17th and 19th centuries. Authors ...

Following Sir Joseph: the rags to riches story of Frederick Edgcombe (1766-1832).

Taylor, Alan, · 2011

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Famborough, Hampshire, UK, Alan Taylor, (2011). VG PB. Edgcombe Family Genealogy and History: supplement no. 11, April 2011. Frederick the youngest son of John and Dinah (Peake) Edgcombe was christened September 22 1766. His father was a shipwright employed in Plymouth Dockyar...

Maplewood/North Parish Cemetery Plaistow, NH and Haverhill, MA.

Moulton, Mary Ellen, · 1995

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

Plaistow, NH, Mary Ellen Moulton, 1995. VG lg sz PB. Record of the gravestone at the Maplewood/North Parish Cemetery in Plaistow, NH, and Haverhill, MA.

Marriages de Saint Mary 185/0 de Rollins Ford 185/0 N.H. (in French).

Croteau, Fernand, compiler, · 1977

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

Manchester, NH, F. Croteau, 1977. G lg sz PB. Marriages celebrated at Sain Mary. In 1976 there were 1000 marriages but the registry is not complete.

Maine History: The Early Coast of Maine: summer 2000.

Various, · 2000

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

Portland, ME, Maine Historical Society, (2000). VG PB. Address label back cover.

Maine Ghosts & Legends: 26 encounters with the supernatural.

Verde, Thomas A., · 1989

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Camden, ME, Down East Books, (1989). 7th ptg. VG PB. Freelance writer and reporter Verde first became interested in such eerie occurrences when he was researching first-hand. encounters for a series of public radio programs. He discovered Maine has a rich history of supernatur...

Memorial of John Slafter with a genealogical account of his descendants including eight generations.

Slafter, Edmund F. (Rev.), · 1869

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,873)

Boston, Dutton, 1869 (2000). Facsimile. VG PB. John Slafter emigrated from Wales around 1680 and is thought to have settled in Lynn, MA, and to have raised at least 10. children there before relocating to Connecticut in 1716. This genealogy follows his male line of descent thr...

Georgia O'Keeffe: a life.

Robinson, Roxana, · 1990

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.33 | ¥1,756)

NY, Harper Row, (1990). 1st PB ptg. G PB. O'Keeffe's life began on a midwestern farm in the 1890s. As a young painter she lived in NYC at the center of the avant-garde. Later she divided her time between the countryside at Lake George, NY, and her explorations of the vast spac...

Balkan Ghosts: a journey through history.

Kaplan, Robert D., · 1996

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.33 | ¥1,756)

NY, Vintage, (1996). G PB. Political travelogue deciphers Balkans' ancient passions & intractable hatreds for outsiders. Slight edge wear.

The Orchids of Maine.

Cameron, Jean Wallace, · 1976

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Orono, Univ of Maine, 1976. VG PB. Orchids native to Maine have an elusiveness and delicacy that give them a special charm setting them apart from more. common members of the plant world. They are seldom abundant but one species or another may be found in every county and town...