Crabtree's Collection Old Books

Woman's Home Companion: December 1934.

Tarkington, Booth, et al, · 1943

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Springfield, OH, Crowell, (1943). G lg sz PB. Back cover lists distinguished women who smoke Camel cigarettes including Mrs. Powell Cabot, Mrs. J. Gardner Coolidgew, Mrs. Cenry Field, Mrs. James Russell Lowell, etc. "I can dance all night long and never feel tired if I smoke a...

Memoirs of Madame de Remusat 1802-1808 volume II only, published by her grandson M. Paul de Remusat.

Mr. John Lillie, · 1880

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, 1880. G. Madame de Remusat was in Bonaparte's Court. Half leather with gilt trim, blue binding, blue watercolor type endpapers. A lady-in-waiting to Empress Josephine who played chess with Napoleon. Tanning to edges of front endpapers.

Echoes of the Sea.

Parker, Elinor, poems selected by, · 1977

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,235)

NY, Scribner, (1977). 1st ptg. VG in G DJ. Ships and sea chanties, varied shoes, grandeur of Neptune. Dark brown binding, tan spine, pictorial DJ faded toward spine. Owner inscription.

I Am the Sea and Other Poems.

West, Austin, · 1964

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

S. Portland, ME, Self-published, (1964). 2nd ptg. VG PB. Inscribed by author to his teacher 1967. West, a Yankee salt, worked on the Orient Point-New London ferry. West spent three. months with the Robert D. Conrad searching for the U.S.S. Thresher. His poem Love Lives "Love l...

Poems.

Tagliabue, John, · 1959

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,512)

NY, Harper, (1959). 1st ed. VG in G DJ. Louis Untermeyer declared, "Ecstasy rises from these pages, bursts through the seemingly improvised lines, and strikes the. reader with spontaneous joy." Born in Italy, Tagliabue came to America at four. At the time of this book he lived...

Open House: a magazine of interior design and architecture: volume 41 semiannual.

Ernst, Patricia G., editor, · 0

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Miami, FL, Open House Magazine, nd. Volume 41. VG lg sz PB. Beautiful warm weather homes.

Arizona Recipes for You.

Petersen, William "Bill", · 1944

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Flagstaff, AZ, Self-published, (1944). 2nd ed. G PB. Lamb Liver Hash, Pork Sausage and Corn Casserole, Baked Trout and Mushrooms, Creamed Oysters, Caconina County Antelope,. Greenlee County Pan-broiled Bear Steak, Cochise County Deer, Maricopa County Wild Hog or Javalina, Finn...

Wine from These Grapes.

Millay, Edna St. Vincent, · 1934

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

NY, Harper, 1934. 7th ed. VG in Fair DJ. A variety of lyrics plus a sonnet sequence in Petrarchian form. Sea foam binding, black spine and corners, faded at edges,. DJ clipped, tattered at edges and some tanning.

Charlie Chan Carries On.

Biggers, Earl Derr, · 1936

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,512)

NY, Grosset & Dunlap, (1936). G. Photos from the Fox Movietone production. Yellow binding faded at edges and spine, damage spot mid spine.

A Gathering of Memories Saugus 1900 - 2000.

Burns, John J. and Thomas F. Sheehan, edited by, · 2000

$42.00 (€38.11 | £31.79 | ¥6,705)

Topeka, KS, Jostens Printing, Saugus.net, (2000). VG in VG DJ. Laid in newspaper clipping from 1988 celebrating the revival of the town of Saugus. Events from the last 100 years of Saugus. Beautiful pictorial dust jacket. Owner sticker front endpaper.

New Hampshire Beautiful.

Nutting, Wallace, · 1923

$42.00 (€38.11 | £31.79 | ¥6,705)

Framingham, MA, Old America Company, (1923). VG in Fair DJ. Green binding, gilt lettering. Owner inscription, DJ edges tattered, damp stain to DJ spine.

Panama and the Canal in picture and prose: a complete story of Panama, as well as the history, purpose and promise of its....

Abbot, Willis J., · 1913

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

NY, Syndicate Pub Co, 1913. Fair.world-famous canal - the most gigantic engineering undertaking since the dawn of time. Over 600 photos. Colored illustrations, map of Panama Canal and Canal Zone facing title page; plus Duke Street, Kingston, Jamaica; Old French Canal at Mount ...

Poems by Francis Thompson.

Thompson, Francis, · 1924

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,780)

Portland, ME, Thomas B. Mosher, 1924. 3rd ed Limited. G. 750 copies printed on Van Gelder hand-made paper. Light blue binding, paper label on spine, edges and spine faded, small spot. to front cover, top of spine has small damage spot, small edge damagae along spine. Handwritt...

American Nautical Almanac for the year 1921.

U.S. Navy, · 1919

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Washington, Govt Ptg Office, 1919. Fair PB. Owner writing and notes on covers and inside. Pass taped to front endpaper, hinges cracked. One note says "This book went. around the world with me" and it looks it.

Houses of Ice.

Cahen, Alfred B., · 1966

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

S. Berwick, ME, American Weave Press, (1966). VG in VG DJ. "Ironical, intellectual and uncommon." Helga Sandburg. Tanning to DJ edges and some wear.

The Custard Cup.

Livingston, Florence Bingham, · 1921

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Grosset & Dunlap, (1921). G ex-library. Scenes from Photoplay a William Fox production with Mary Carr as Mrs. Penfield (Penzie). Library markings, bookplate. partially removed, smudges on few pages, edge wear, library binding.

Lest We Forget: World War (I) Stories.

Thompson, Principal State Normal School, Fitchburg, MA, · 1918

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.33 | ¥1,756)

NY, Silver, Burdett, (1918). G. Stories about World War I. Pictorial cover. Scribbles and stamp front endpaper, edge wear.

Crown Jewels: gems of literature, art and music (Salesman's Sampler).

Various, · 1891

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

np, np, nd (ca 1891). Fair. Contains samples of the book for sale. Some scribbles and smudges, some blank endpapers removed, binding heavily worn.

Foxfire 2.

Wigginton, Eliot, editor & introduction, · 1973

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.33 | ¥1,756)

NY, Anchor/Doubleday, 1973. G PB. Ghost stories, spring wild plant foods, spinning and weaving, midwifing, burial customs, corn shuckin's, wagon making, etc. Edge wear.

Saugus Centenary: one hundredth anniversary of the incorporation of the town of Saugus 1815-1915 July 3-4-5, 1915.

Atherton, Horace H., Jr., · 1915

$85.00 (€77.12 | £64.34 | ¥13,569)

np, Saugus Board of Trade, nd (ca 1915). Fair. Laid in newspaper article about "Hammersmith - Roots of Iron, the story of the Saugus Iron Works" April 1971" with photos. Back cover disbound, some tanning.