Crabtree's Collection Old Books

A Son of the Middle Border.

Garland, Hamlin, (1860-1940) edited with introduction by Joseph McCullough, · 1995

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Penguin Books, (1995). 1st Printing. G PB (some edge wear). Frontier and pioneer life set in Northwestern States. Includes Bibliographical references. An epic story of the quest for. new frontiers - and of the gradual heartbreaking failure of Amerian pioneer ideals. Drawin...

From Mexican Days to the Gold Rush.

Nunis, Doyce E. Jr., Editor, · 1993

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

Chicago, IL, R R Donnelley & Sons, 1993. 1st Ed. VG Hardback. Memoirs of James Wilson Marshall and Edward Gould Buffum who grew up with California. Lakeside Classic.

Polk: the diary of a president 1845-1849 (covering Mexican War the Aquisition of Oregon and conquest of California and the SW.

Nevins, Allan, edited by, · 1929

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,783)

NY, Longmans Green & Co., 1929. First Edition. G Hardback. A selecion from "The diary of James K. Polk" edited and published in four volumes in 1910 to Chicago Historical Society. The edior has selected from it the portions most interesting and valuable and to knit them togeth...

Passionate Sage: the character and legacy of John Adams.

Ellis, Joseph J., · 1994

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Norton, (1994). 1st PB Ptg. VG PB. A thoughtful study of Adams, who knew himself as few men do and preserved his knowledge in voluminous correspondence that still. vibrates. bookseller sticker top of rep.

Abraham Lincoln: the prairie years & the war years.

Sandburg, Carl, · 1993

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

NY, Galahad Books, (1993). VG Hardback in G dj. Lincoln was a mountain in grandeur of soul, a sea in deep undervoice of mystic loneliness, star in steadfast purity of. purpose and service, and he abides." from preface.

Abraham Lincoln and the Second American Revolution.

McPherson, James M., · 1991

$24.00 (€21.77 | £18.17 | ¥3,832)

NY, Oxford Univ Press, 1991. VG Hardback in VG DJ. Author gathered in the broad sweep of politial, social and cultural fores at work during the Civil War era. bookseller. sticker on front of dustjacket.

Six Days in Havana.

Michener, James A. and John Kings, · 1989

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

Austin, TX, Univ. of Texas Press, (1989). First edition. VG Hardback in VG dj. Writer Michener has an extraordinary talent for finding the essence of a place. Slight edge wear to dj. Bookseller stamp on. back of dj.

The Lighthouses of Maine.

Welch, Wally, · 1990

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Apopka,FL, Lighthouse Publications, (1990). VG large size PB. Gorgeous color photos of Maine lighthouses.

Where the Buck Stops: the personal and private writings of Harry S. Trman.

Truman, Margaret S. , edited by, · 1989

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

NY, Warner, (1989). First printing. VG Hardback in VG DJ. Outspoken sometime outrageous, always full of common sense an uncommon insights, totally frank book brings in the full flavor. an exceptional man who brings us the full flavor of an esceptional man and his ideas with th...

The Blue an the Gray (two volumes in one): the story of the civil war as told by participants.

Commager, Henry Steele, edited by, · 1982

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

NY, Fairfax Press, (1982). Reprint. VG hardback in G DJ. Many wars have been fought since Ameria became a nation, but it is the Civil War that has left the srongest impression on our. minds and in our hearts. Slight tanning to page edges.

Gauchos.

Decotte, Alex (inscribed by author), · 1978

$26.00 (€23.59 | £19.68 | ¥4,152)

Buenos Aires, Liberas A.B.C., (1978). English. G Hardback in G DJ. Describes the life of the South American Gauchos. Hard routine but also colorful celebarations Third place in my gallery of. heros, immediaely after the cowboy and the Indian. A lonely serenade to the stars bef...

Soul of the Lion - a Biography of General Joshua L. Chamberlain.

Wallace Willard M., · 1991

$23.00 (€20.87 | £17.41 | ¥3,673)

Gettysburg, PA, Stan Clark Military Books, (1991). VG PB. His career was one of exceptional gallantry, an officer always in the thick of battle.

The Mormon Experience: a history of the Latter-day Saints.

Arrington , Leoanrd J. and Davis Bitton, · 1980

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Vintage Books, (1980). 1st edition. VG LG SZ PB. A competent and reliable one-volume history oflatter-day Saints drawn on church historians, sound scholarships of Church's first. century and more recent scholarship. Owner's inscription on fep.

Without a Doubt.

Clark, Marcia with Teresa Carpenter, · 1997

$24.00 (€21.77 | £18.17 | ¥3,832)

NY, Penguin, (1997). 1st prntg. VG Hardback in VG DJ. Criminal prosection of O.J.Simpson for the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldan. bookseller sticker front cover.

With Kennedy.

Salinger, Pierre, · 1966

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Garden City, NY, Doubleday, 1966. VG Hardback in G DJ. Salinger was an investigator for the Senate Select Committee of Improper activities in the Labor and Management Field and a. friend of Senator Jack Kennedy of the Senate Labor Relations Committee.

The Wild, Wild East:Unusual tales of Maine History.

Lemke, William, · 1990

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Camden,Mane, Yankee Books, (1990). VG PB. -Pirates and misionaries, presidents and politician, Salawags and heroes, ladies of virtue and ladies of the night.

The Amateur Marriage.

Tyler, Anne, · 2006

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.33 | ¥1,757)

NY, Ballantine, (2006). 1st printing. VG PB. After WWII a maarried couple still cannot find why they have deep-rooted differences. Evocative nuances of everyday life.

Men of Zeal - A candid inside story of the Iran-Contra hearings.

Cohen, William S. and George J. Mitchell, · 1988

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

NY, Viking, (1988). 1st printing. VG in VG DJ. Two senator tell what they know about the hearings and why it is a critical event in U.S. history. Cohen and Mitchell defend a. democratic government against insidious encroachment by men of zeal.

Merry Men.

Chute, Carolyn (inscribed by author), · 1994

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

NY, Harcourt Brace, (1994). 1st edition. VG Hardback in VG DJ. Chute broadens her scope of Egypt Maine in Merry Men as Dr. William Curry died and his children try to figure out his life. Brochure from that publisher offers a discount on Chute books. The plight of people who ca...

Lincoln, the War President, the Gettysburg lectures.

Boritt, Garbor S., edited by, essays by 7 historians, · 1992

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

NY, Oxford Unit Press, 1992. 1st printing. VG in G DJ. Lloye Garrison dismissed Lincoln as nothing but "a wet rag". Bookseller sticker front cover dj.