Crabtree's Collection Old Books

Hero Jesse.

Millman, Lawrence, · 1982

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

Hanover,NH, University Press, (1982). 1st printing. VG large sz PB. Jesse Boone is learning about sex and how to tie his shoelaces at the same time. Obsessed with girls and television. One of. the first novels to deal with the emotional aftermath of Vietnam.

King of the Mountain.

Metz, Don (incribed by author), · 1990

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

NY, Harper & Row, (1990). 1st ed, 1 prnt. VG in VG DJ. High among the crags of Crooked Mountain in northern Vermont, a sacred Indian site overlooks the village of Dalton Pond,. protected for generations within the boundaries of the Abenkis it now is threatened by a developer. ...

Incident at Potter's Bridge.

Monninger, Joe (signed by author), · 1991

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

NY, Donald I. Fine, (1991). 1st printing. VG In VG DJ. Set in a sleepy New Hampshire college town centers araound a serial killer and coed he determines to be his final solution. Signed by author on fep.

Love Stars and All That.

Narayan, Kirin, · 1994

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

NY, Pocket books, (1994). First printing. Fine in Fine DJ. A delightfull look at Modern India and Indians in the U.S. The author was raised in Bombay by an American mother & Indian fathe. father. Narayan is also the author of Story Tellers, Sainsts and Scoundrels and winner of...

A World Alive: the natural wonders of a New England River Valley.

Field Guides,(Inscribed by author Margery Milne), · 1991

$41.00 (€37.20 | £31.03 | ¥6,547)

Camden, Maine, Yankee Books, (1991). First printing. VG PB. The Milnes are author of 35 nature books including A Multitude of Living Things. Paul Brooks makes clear that the authors with their first hand knowledege of worldwide threats to the natural environment, could not be ...

Journey of the pink dolphins: an Amazon Quest.

Montgomery, Sy, · 2000

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

NY, Simon & Schuster, (2000). 1st printing. VG in VG DJ. Pink river dolphins are callled "botos" shape shifters to local peopleof the Amazon that in the guise of human desire can claim. your soul and take you to the the Encante, an enchanted underwater world.

A Rare Breeds Album of American Livestock.

Forward by Wendell Berry, · 1997

$27.00 (€24.50 | £20.44 | ¥4,312)

Pittsboro, N. Carolina, American Livestock Breeds, (1997). VG large size PB. 70 breeds of livestock in America are rare. What if they became extinct?.

Spell of the Tiger: the man-eaters of Sundarbans.

Montgomery, Sy, · 1995

$76.00 (€68.95 | £57.53 | ¥12,136)

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 1st prntg. G Hardback in VG dj. With the predatory relatioinship between India Bay'a Bengal tigers and the native of Sundarbans, a study notes how the. tigers are worshipped by the people there and reconts the many legends that associate the tig...

Haunted Island: True Ghost Stories from Martha's Vineyard.

Nadler, Holly Mascott, · 1994

$36.00 (€32.66 | £27.25 | ¥5,749)

Montpelier, VT., Down East Books, (1994). 1st prntg. VG PB. Author Nadler developed a popular "Ghosets of Edgartown Tour" and found out her island neighbors were remarkably willing to. get involved. Includes letter from Down East Books to Jack Barnes with a review copy. Letter...

Oblivion & Dead Relatives Downeast.

Carter, Bruce, · 1996

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

Downeast Graphics & Printing, (1996). First edition. VG PB. Eddge wear to corners of cover, scrape to outer back cover at bottom,.

The Remains of Company D - A Story of the Great War.

Nelson, James Carl, · 2009

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, St. Martin' s Press, (2009). 1st ed 1prnt. Fine HB in Fine DJ. Haunted by an ancestor's tale of near death on a distant battlefield, James Carl Nelson set out in pursuit of the scraps. of memory of his grandfather's smsall infantry unit. Years of travel across the world le...

The New England Herb Gardener - Yankee wisdom for North American Herb Growers.

Turcotte, Patricia, · 1990

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Woodstock, VT, Countryman Press, (1990). 1st prntg. VG PB. "Will inspire all who love herbs." Extremely thorough and up-to-date, A sound and realistic approach to medicinal herbs. preparing the soil, starting and caring for your seedlings, placement and garden design, theme ga...

Local Deities - A novel.

Bushnell, Agnes (inscribed by author), · 1990

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

NY, Curbstone Press, (1990). VG PB. Based on the lives of two couples who were involved in protests during the 1960s -Erika and Simon, progressive people working. within the system and members of a radical group tried and convicted on conspiracy charges Contains the excitement...

Subway Hitchhikers.

Jnana-Devanandashram (inscribed by author), · 1990

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

Santa Barbara, CA, Fithian Press, 1990. VG [B. Story Duma Luma, a Tibetan reincarnated into a middle American family in Iowa, as he seeks to discover his innate identity. and purpose for life by venturing eastward to the state University in Daffodil, Indiana and then onward to...

Amoskeag: Life and work in an American Factory-City.

Hareven, Tamara K. and Randolph Langenbach, · 1978

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

Hanover, NH, Unniversity Press, (1978). 1st ptg. VG PB. Documents the social and cultural impact during America's rise as a manufacturing power. An establidshed classic. Through vivid oral histories and historic photogaphs, it documents the social and cultural impact of indust...

The Great Stone Face.

Hawthorne, Nathaniel. With forward by Stearns Morse, · 1975

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Lancaster, NH, North Country Pub, (1975). VG PB. 1805 was the first recognition that Old Man of the Mounain looked like Thomas Jefferson.

The Shadow President: Ted Kennedy in opposition.

Hersh, Burton (Inscribed by the author), · 1997

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

South Royalton, VT, Steerforth Press, (1997). 1st ed ss. VG in G DJ. Inscription on title page "For Jack and Diana Barnes, With thanks for an exhilerating morning - Best always, Burton Hersh". Inside front flap of dj creased. Includes post card by Steeforth Press. Some minor u...

Mad Boys.

Hebert, Ernest (Inscription by author), · 1993

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Hanover,NH, University Press, (1993). 1st prntg. VG in VG DJ. Hebert writes in his inscription that "This is the one that practically killed my reputation - (I don't care) Ernie Hebert". A sardonic road story, a bold departure from his previous novels master fully blending got...

The Mark of the Angel.

Huston, Nancy, · 1999

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

South Royalton, VT+, Steerforth Press, (1999). 1st edition. VG PB Uncorrected Proof. Nancy Huston's prose style is like nothing else I have read agile, taut, powerfule, memerizing. She deserves to be widely. known in this country as she is abroad.James Welch A passive amd stra...

Old Winchester Hill.

Hennedy (signed and inscribed by author), · 1993

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Listowel, Ireland, Enright House of Ireland, (1993). G PB. Author Hennedy is a graduate of Nptre Dame,Columbia amd Boston Universities and now lives in Porsmouth, NH. On the bus headed back Oh Big bosomed women of England Burdened as you are now Can you be so cheerful? Would I...