Crabtree's Collection Old Books

Keeping Faith: memoirs of a president.

Carter, Jimmy, · 1982

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Bantam, (1982). 2nd ptg. VG in VG DJ. ".my impressions of life in the White House; the crises that confronts me, the people who worked.with or against me.".

The Key to "The Name of the Rose" including translations of all non-English passges.

Haft, Adele J., Jane G. White, and Robert J. White, · 1999

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Ann Arbor, Univ of Michigan Press, (1999). 8th ptg. VG PB. Demystifying Umberto Eco's novel The Name of the Rose.

Concord's Trials and Tribulations 1725-1977.

Anderson, Leon W., compiled by, · 1977

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Concord, NH, Village Press, (1977). VG PB. Main historic sites in Concord past and present. One copy has slight soil and coffee spot for $10.

Climbing Roses.

Wilson, Helen Van Pelt, · 1955

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, M. Barrows, 1955. 4th ptg. VG. Edge wear, spine sunned.

The Message in the Hollow Oak # 12 (Nancy Drew mystery stories).

Keene, Carolyn, · 1935

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

NY, Grosset & Dunlap, (1935). G. Blue binding, orange pictorial cover of girl with spyglass & lettering, white background orange illus endpapers. Binding. tight and clean, no markings, corners sl bumped.

Shanghai Conspiracy: The Sorge Spy Ring plus The Prisoners by Alan Stang; The Truth about Vietnam by Robert Welch 1967;.

Intelligence 1941-1951, Preface by General Douglas Mac Arthur, · 1965

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Boston, Americanist Library, (1965). VG PB plus The Aid and Trade Packet. The Great Pretense (how to finance communism while ostensibly opposing it; Selling to the Reds (speech by Hon. Glenard P. Lipscoomb; A petition to the president - stop helping America's Marxist enemies; ...

Mr. Edwin Booth in his various dramatic characters from life by W. J. Hennessy.

Hennessy, W. J., · 1872

$38.00 (€34.48 | £28.76 | ¥6,068)

Boston, Jas. R. Osgood & Co., 1872. Fair. Macbeth, Benedick, Don Caesar de Baxan, Claude Melnotte. Royal blue binding, gilt decoration. Damp stain on outer page edges,. heavy edge wear, foxing, hinges cracked, first few pages loose.

To Woo & to Wed.

Bluenthal, Michael, edited by, · 1992

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Poseidon, (1992). 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. Remainder mark, owner inscription ft endpaper.

I Have a Place: life with a younger man.

Wallem, Irma, · 1988

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

San Francisco, Mercury House, (1988). VG in VG DJ. When Irma invited a drifter to share a meal with her, she had no idea the power that love had to overcome drastic differences. DJ edge wear.

The Best Maine Stories: the marvelous mystery.

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

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Camden, ME, Yankee, (1986). VG PB. Set in this enchanting, mysterious, and sometimes very hard state, prize winning short stories speak profoundly to the rest. of America of a unique land of the heart. Slight edge wear.

The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club (one volume only).

Dickens, Charles, · 1890

$27.00 (€24.50 | £20.44 | ¥4,312)

NY, Hurst, nd (ca 1890). Arlington Ed. VG. Dark green binding with gilt title box on spine, black designs on cover, few spots on endpapers, owner name.

The Coast of Maine: an informal history.

Rich, Louise Dickinson, · 1956

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

NY, Crowell, (1956). 3rd ptg. VG PB in Fair DJ. Although the distance from Kittery at the southwest to Eastport at the northeast is only 225 miles as the gull flies, it is. 2500 miles long. Now for the first time the whole story of the past history and present attractions of t...

Paul Cezanne: his life and art.

Vollard, Ambroise, authorized translation by Harold L. Van Doren, · 1937

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Crown, (1937). 2nd ptg. G. Vollard details Cezanne's life and art with wonderful color oils by Cezanne. Binding worn.

Men in Currency (11 original steel note engravings); "America 1776-1976"; Lincoln's Gettysburg Speech; Thomas Paine plus.

American Bank Note Company, · 1976

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,783)

np, American Bank Note Co., nd (ca 1976). VG. engravings from the archives of American Bank Note Company which are more than 100 years old of the reading and signing. of the Declaration of Independence of 8 of the 56 signers; Statue of Liberty from the original steel engraving...

Memories and Anecdotes.

Sanborn, Kate, · 1915

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

NY, Putnam, 1915. 1st ed. G ex-library. From early days to literary friends, from writing "Adopting an Abandoned Farm" to "Abandonng an Adopted Farm" to "Old-Time. Wall Papers", to her own "Breezy Meadows". Edge wear, darkened spine, library markings.

Rob Roy (three volumes).

Scott, Sir Walter, · 1818

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,783)

Edinburgh, James Ballantyne and Co., 1818. 2nd ed. Fair. Leather bound, gilt stamping on spine, some covers disbound.

The Collected Poetry of W. H. Auden.

Auden, W. H., · 1945

$28.00 (€25.40 | £21.19 | ¥4,471)

NY, Random, (1945). 7th ptg. G. Edge wear, ring imprint on ft cover, back cover slightly discolored.

Saco Bay Cook Book.

Saco United Baptist Church, · 1969

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Saco/Portland, ME, Fellowship Class/Hall & Hall, (1969). 2nd ed. VG three ring binder. Before the railroad, all bulky freight for Saco was shipped by water. Nice condition, binder cover by decorated cloth,.

Rab and His Friends: Young Folks Library.

Brown, (Dr. John), · 1900

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

np, Caldwell, (1900). G. Aqua binding with paste down pictorial of three young girls in pink coats & hats with brooms Owner inscription ft endpaper,. edge wear. Small-sized book. Frontis shows a dog fight that narrator and his friend came upon on the street. There are spectato...

A History of the Far East.

Steiger, G. Nye, Associate Professor of History, Simmons College, · 1936

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

Boston, Ginn, (1936). VG. Of all the influences which tended to create Far Eastern cultural unity the most important was religion. Black binding, gilt lettering & decoration on spine.