Crabtree's Collection Old Books

Mississippi: an American journey.

Walton, Anthony, · 1996

$65.00 (€58.97 | £49.20 | ¥10,380)

NY, Knopf, 1996. 1st ed ss. Fine in Fine DJ. A place, a state of mind and the heart of the Deep South, Mississippi is a cauldron in which much of this nation's history. has been forged. It is also where the author's parents came and escaped from. An when he found himself, as a...

Maine Ghosts & Legends: 26 encounters with the supernatural.

Verde, Thomas A.(Inscribed by author), · 1989

$37.00 (€33.57 | £28.01 | ¥5,908)

Camden, Maine, Down East Books, (1989). 1st prntg. VG PB. Freelance writer and reporter Tom Verde first became interested in such eerie occurrences when he was researching first-hand. encounters for a series of public radio programs. He discovered that Maine has a rich history...

Momma Cat.

Walsh, Abigail M.(inscribed by author and illustrator), · 1990

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

Bar Harbor, ME, Acadia Press, (1990). 1st ed, 1 prnt. VG in VG DJ. A feline adventure story. Illustrator Dowling would like to thank her cat Daisy for the long hours of modeling for illus. Inscribed by author and illustrator on title page "To Jack Barnes with best wishes Abiga...

An Eagle named Bart: the true story of a healing friendhip Advance uncorrected proof copy.

Vasquez, William R. (signed by author), · 1990

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

Middlebury, VT, Paul S Eriksson, (1990). Adv Proof. G PB. Lifelong inerest in photography and conservation led Vasquezto to his work with Petit Manan National Wildlife Refuge in Maine. Signed by author on fep. minor marginal marks.

Artemus Ward - Twayne's United States Authors Series.

Austin, James C., · 1964

$24.00 (€21.77 | £18.17 | ¥3,832)

NY, Twayne Publishers, (1964). VG HB in G dj ex-library. Chronology of Ward's life. Ward was really three distinct personalities. Charles F. Browne printer, newspaperman and. editor. Ward was a exhibitor of wax figures and a traveling menagerie present happy go-lucky nenagerir...

Beautiful Snow; and other poems.

Watson, J. W., · 1889

$33.00 (€29.94 | £24.98 | ¥5,270)

Philadelphia, T. B. Peterson & brothers, (1889). Fair Hardback. Green binding, gilt lettering and decoration on cover, embossed title on back cover. Owner name front endpaper. Cover and first few pages loose. Pretty cover. Contents intact. I stood on the frozen river, Watching...

Celebrating Ourselves: a crone ritual booki.

Ward, Edna M., editor, · 1992

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Portland, Maine, Astarte Shell Press, (1992). 1st Ptg. VG PB. The powerful crone ritual celebrates women's passage into old age and includes further resources for exploring ageism andd. lives of old women.

Flute Song.

Buleson, Donald R. (inscribed by author), · 1996

$24.00 (€21.77 | £18.17 | ¥3,832)

Merrimack, NH, Black Meaa Press, 1996. VG PB. During a Thunderstorm in 1947 something fell out of the sky, scattering 50 acres of debris over a remote sheep ranch in. bwtween Roswell and Corona, NM. The military picked up the pieces and said it was a weather baloon but it wasn...

Selected Works.

Ward, Artemus, · 1924

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

NY, Albert & Charles Boni, 1924. VG in Fair DJ. DJ tattered and torn.

Sylvia Plath" her life amd work.

Aird, Eileen, · 1975

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Perennial Library Harper, (1975). 1st ed. Fair PB. Traditionally Plath's work never received recognition until after her death. Owner name on fore-edge, book store stamp. on introduction page Individual study of a poet whose whose reputation has contineud to grow since her...

Spooky Sea Stories.

Tony Gibbs, · 1991

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Camden, Maine, Yankee Books, (1991). VG pb. Mysterious stories about the sea Messengers at the Window; The Voodoo Woman, The Ghost Ship, The Derelict, Kentucky's Ghost. Seafarers have always been notorioiusly superstitious. What other class of people subject themselves to the ...

The Piscataqua River Gundalow.

Adams, John P. (signed by author), · 1950

$28.00 (€25.40 | £21.19 | ¥4,471)

Durham, NH, Self published, nd. VG oblong pb. Driftwood was launched in 1950, Stationary mast could rise as high as a dozen or so feet above deck The Piscataqua River. Gundalow was a flat bottom, narow, beamy craft consturcted low enough to pass under the bridges of the estuar...

Don't Take My Picture! How to Take Fantastic Photos of family and friends (and have fun!).

Alesse, Craig, · 1989

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

Amherst, NY, Amherst Media, (1989). 2nd prntg. VG PB. A must for anyone with a camera. Author is a photographer, teacher, and best selling author. Amazing shots in many funny spots and positions.

The Lost Tales of Horatio Alger; the best of Alger's early tales.

Alger, Horatio. compiled by Gary Scharnhorst, · 1989

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

Bar Harbor, Maine, Acadia Press, (1989). 1st printing. Fine in VG DJ. Born in Chelsea, Massachusetts in 1872, Alger grew up in New England and graduated with honors from Harvard in 1852, He was. a teacher and a minister from Harvard in 1852 for a short time, contributing hundr...

Above the Circle.

Basch, Marty (Inscribed by author), · 1997

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Hanover, NH, Top of the World Communic, (1997). 1st prntg. VG PB. The Arctic Circle can be a vey warm place when experienced by bibycle. Join Basch as he pedals among the reindeer near the. top of the world in the "Land of the Midnight Sun. Insightful travelogue about people m...

Against the Wind: A Maine to Alaska Bicycling Adventure.

Basch, Marty (Post it note with inscription by Author), · 1995

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

Intervale, NH, Top of the World Communictn, (1995). 2nd prntg. VG PB. During the summer of 1994, award-winning journalist Marty Basch set out to ride his bicycle from Maine to Alasks. He carried a. laptop computer to file weekly stories to The Conway Daily Sun, The Nashua Tele...

The Adventures of Allegra Fullerton Fullerton; A Memoir of Startling and Amusing Episodes from Itinerant Life.

Begiebing Robert J., · 1999

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

Hanover, NH, University Press of NE, (1999). 1st Ptg. VG in VG DJ. Voice and perspective of a young widow in the early 19th century struggling toward independence and artistic fulfillment. in a society unwilling to grant either to a woman.Vividly recreates another century. Fro...

The Years of the Life of Samuel Lane 1718-1806: A New Hampshire Man and His World.

Brown, Jerald E.edited and introduced by Donna Belle Garvin, · 2000

$42.00 (€38.11 | £31.79 | ¥6,707)

Hanover, NH, University Press of NE, (2000). 1st prntg. VG PB. Remarkable re-creation of life and world of an 18th century shoemake and tanner, surveyor and clerk, trader and farmer. Truly a "Renaissance man" Civic business, and personal concerns fill the pages of the diary he...

The New Hampshire Century - Concord Monitor profiles of 100 people who shaped the New hampshire century.

Belman, Felice and Mike Pride, editors, · 2001

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

Hanover, NH, University Press of New Eng., nd. Proof. VG large size PB. Writers spent a year profiling 100 people in the 20th century who helped shape NH in the 20th century and compiled their work. This is an uncorrected page proof, to be published in April 30,2001.

Artemus Ward [aka Charles Farrar Browne].

Seitz, Don C., · 1919

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

NY, Harper, (1919). VG red embossed Hardback with gilt lettering and design on front. Spine faded, some scattered underlining.Ward was a humorist of the Bob Hope variety, and he was favored by President Lincoln an. also said to have a strong influence on Mark Twain. Those who ...