Crabtree's Collection Old Books

The Best Maine Stories: a century of short fiction by Sarah Orn Jewett, Ben Ames Williams, Carolyn Chute and others.

Phippen, Sanford, edited by Charles Waugh and Martin Greenberg, · 1986

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Camden, ME, Down East Books, (1986). 1st prntg. VG PB.

Sagebrush Country - Land and the American West.

Fradkin, Philip L., · 1989

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, KNOPF, (1989). First edition. VG Hardback in VG DJ. Bookseller sticker on front top of dj.

Dispatches from Maine 1942-1992.

Gould, John, · 1994

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

NY, Norton, (1994). 1st prntg. VG iN VG DJ. 75 of his favorite colmns from 1942-1992. Unexpectedly moving autobiography for the young man building a family with a young. wife amd watching his childen row up with a love for natural beauty.Along the way there is a lifetime of mi...

An Ultimate Retreat: a family's journey back to nature and self-renewal.

Erno, Richard B., · 1971

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Crown, (1971). VG in VG DJ. A modern Walden by a contemporary Thoreau. "Here we would be alone Here no intruders would disturb the solitude we sought.".

The Best Maine Stories: a century of short fiction by Sarah Orn Jewett, Ben Ames Williams, Carolyn Chute and others.

Phippen, Sanford, edited by Charles Waugh and Martin Greenberg, · 1986

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.33 | ¥1,757)

Camden, ME, Down East Books, (1986). 4th prntg. VG PB. Owner inscription on fep.

Remembering America: a sampler of the WPA Amerian Guide Series.

Hobson, Archie, edited by, Introduction by Bill Stott, · 1985

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

NY, Columbia University Press, (1985). 2ND Printing. VG Hardback in G DJ. A vivid detailed portrait of everyday Amerian life.The Federal Writers ranged from librarians to journalists to neophytewriters. writers. edge wear to dj.

The Maine Reader: the Down East experience 1641 to the present.

Shain, Charles and Samuella Shain, edited by, · 1991

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1991. 1st prntg. VG lg size PB. In an age of homogenization, Maine has kept its character symbolized by harbors dotted with lobster pots. Here is a book. that captures the dazzled vision of the first European explorers to the modern wit of Carolyn Chu...

The Salt Book - Yankee doings.

Wood, Pamela, Edited with an introduction, · 1977

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

Garden City, NY, Anchor Book, 1977. VG PB. Yankee doings - Lobstering, sea moss pudding, stone walls, rum running, maple syrup, snowshoes. Bookseller sticker front cover.

A Patriot's Handbook: songs, poems, sories and speeches celebrating the land we love.

Kennedy, Caroline: selected and introduced by, · 2003

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

NY, Hyperion, (2003). 1st ed 1 prntg. VG Haardback in G DJ. This book is my collection of America. Undestanding and renewing our commitment to our fundamental civic values is a process. of turning and returning to the words that defined the challenges of the past, inspiring ge...

The American Indian Wars - the conquest of America by the white man, revealed in all its drama, cruelty and heroism.

Tebbel, John & Keith Jennison, · 1960

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

NY, Bonanza Books, (1960). 2nd prntg. VG hardback in G DJ. Tanning to DJ edges. Epic story of the struggle betwween white men and red men for possession of America. Drama, cruelty &. obsession.

Maine Beautiful.

Nutting, Wallace, · 1924

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

NY, Bonaza Books, (1924). 3rd prntg. VG Hardback in VG DJ taning to books edges. Owner insription on front endpaper. Pictorial reproductions of quaint and old dwellings of the state of Maine. forests and striking coastal senes,many of whih never published before all poignantly...

Maine and the Making of the Nation 1783-1870.

Ring, Elizabeth, · 1996

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,783)

Camden, Maine, Picton Press, (1996). First Printing. VG Hardback book in VG DJ. The part Maine natives had in the building of the West. The book contains an extraordinary collection pf family letters. found in the McArthur attic in Limington, Maine, in the summer of 1942 now i...

Especially Maine - The Natural World of Henry Beston from Cape Cod to St. Lawrence.

Coatsworth, Elizabeth selected by and with introductions by, · 1970

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

Brattleboro, VT, Stephen Greene Press, (1970). VG Hardback in G DJ. Some tanning TO DJ edges Owner inscription. half title page. The accumulated impact of Henry Beston's of man in relation to. nature. amd his unique farsightedness demonstrated in these observations of earth, s...

Last Waltz in Vienna - The Rise and Destruction of a Family. 1842-1942.

Clare, Geprge, · 1980

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

NY, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, (1980). 1st Amer. Ed. VG Hardback in VG DJ. In February, 1938, 17 year Georg Klar took his girlfriend Lisl to his first ball at the Konzerthaus in Vienna. It was a very. grand occasion. Exactly two weeks later, Hitler had annexed Austria and the...

The Log book of the Captain's Clerk: Adventures in the China Seas.

Sewall, John S., edited by Arthur Power Dudden, · 1995

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

Chiago, IL, R.R. Donnelle & Sons, 1995. 1st ed. VG Hardback. Describes the American expeditions of the mid-19th century that culminated in the establishment of diplomatic and trade. relations with Japan. Lakeside Classic. Includes publisher's press release. Com Matthew Galbrai...

Maximilian and Juarez.

Ridley, Jasper, · 1992

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

NY, Ticknor & Fields, (1992). 1st Printing. VG in G DJ. Recounts one of the Tragicomedies of the 19th century. The attemptt by Napoleon III to eetablish Arch Duke Mximmilian of. Austria as the emperor of Mexico. A colorful narrative of this ill-starred undertaking which pitted...

No More Vietnams.

Nixon, Richard, · 1985

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

NY, Arbor House, (1985). 2ND Printing. VG in G DJ. Nixon calls the Vietnam War a paralyzing syndrome that he believes has prevented the U.S. from its proper role in the. world. top edge of DJ folded, book seller sticker front dj.

Living Faith.

Carter, Jimmy, · 1996

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

NY, Times Books Random House, (1996). 3RD Printing. VG in VG DJ. For the past three decades, Jimmy Carter has spent part of Sunday morning reading from scripture and sharing his personal. fair with neighbors, friends and visitors at his Baptist Church in Plains Georgia Today h...

Herbert Hoover - a biography.

Lyons, Eugene, · 1964

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

NY, Doubleday, 1964. First Edition. VG Hardback in Fair DJ. Photos on inner pages of all major persons. DJ edge wear, tears.

Soldier of Democracy - a biogrphay of Dwight Eisenhower (maps of the theater of Eisenhower's operataions).

Davis, Kenneth S., · 1945

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

NY, Doubleday Doran, 1945. 1st edition. VG Hardback in Fair DJ. On June 6 1944, Ike reached reached the climax of his career thus far - the terrible loneliness of an hour of decisive action. The many and long preparations as a soldier of the forces that molded him. There would...