Crabtree's Collection Old Books

Mountain Men of the Early West.

Burt, Olive W., · 1967

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

NY, Hawthorn Books, (1967). 1st ed ss. G HB in Fair DJ. In the early 1800s the MOUNTAIN MEN forsook civilization to trap beaver in the wild unsettled ountry of the West. A. man lived by his gun, his knife and his wits. Always curious to see what lay beyond the next mountain, t...

Across the Wide Missouri - with an account of the discovery of the Miller Collection by Mae Reed Porter.

Charles Bodmer and Gaorge Catlin, · 1957

$65.00 (€58.97 | £49.20 | ¥10,380)

NY, Bonanza Books, (1957). 2nd prntg. G HB in G DJ. Dedicated to Garrett Mattingly Historian of Rennaissance England who has been working in the Rocky Mountains for a long time. Preface book deals with the Rocky Mountain fur trade during the years of its climax and decline. "I...

Wild Life on the Plains and Horrors of Indian Warfare - A complete history of Indian Life, Warfare and Adventure...America.

A Corps of Competent Authors and Artists, · 1969

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

NY, Arno Press, (1969). Reprint 1891. VG in G DJ. A reader note enclossed says "one of the best covering the Indian wars as they actually happened. Wonderful history". e taping on DJ. Big Chief's talk with the "Great White Father" in Washington. The struggle and ultimate demis...

American Christmas Craft & Foods.

Better Homes and Gar4ens, · 1984

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Des Moines, IA, Meredith Corporation, 1984. VG in VG DJ. The kitchen is one of the favorite gathering spots in your house and during the holidays it becomes the heart of your. home, guitar and banjo pickers, homemade biscuit sorghum molasses and freshly baked treats, Spruce up...

The Cherokees - Past and Present:an auathentic guide to the Chrerokee People.

Sharpe, J. Ed, · 1976

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Cherokee, NC, Cherokee Publications, 1976. 4th prntg. VG PB. Owner name on title page. Nearly 10,000 years ago the forefathers of the Cherokee made their way from Asia to this. continent.over a narrow strip of land now covered by the Bering Strait they wandered into North Amer...

Ordinary Women Extraordinary Sex: every women's guide to pleasure and beyond.

Scantling, Dr. Sandra and Sue Browder, · 1993

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Dutton, (1993). 1st prntg. VG in VG DJ. It was a feeling of spiritual connection so deep I can't even describe it. But I slowly became aware of lying on the sofa. beside him. This is what they mean about fireworks! Through in-depth interviews and intimate personal profiles...

Clinging to the Wreckage: a part of life.

of the Bailey), · 1982

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Penguin, (1982). G PB. Mortimer describes himself as the be playwright ever to have defended a murdeerer at the Central Criminal Court. London barrister Mortimer describes himself as well as a novelist, playwright, and journalist and relates all the paradoxes and pleasures...

Balloon Fun: amazing blow-up balloon creations.

Beak, Nick Huckleberry, · 1996

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.33 | ¥1,757)

NY, Lorenz Books, (1996). VG Hardback. Twist, twist, bend, bend, stretch twist and pop. A Balloon modeling bug. A world of hairless dogs,furless rabbits and. dogs, Create a worls od banana-less monkeys, and silly swanr. Start makiing models for fun become a balloonatic.

The Inner Flame.

Burnham, Clara Louise, · 1912

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

NY, Grosset & Dunlap, (1912). 1912. G Hardback. Gift inscription front endpaper, frontis shows ayoung man holding his hat over his chest and lookiing out a distance. corner wear to binding.

Jewel's Story Book.

Burnham, Clara Louise, · 1904

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Grosset & Dunlap, (1904). G hardback ex library. 18 short stories. Library sticker on frontendpaper. Some soil and fading to binding.

One White Star.

Carroll, Gladys Hasty (inscribed by author) on half title page, · 1955

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Chicago, Peoples Book Club, 1955. Fair Hardback ex-library. Elinor Wylie poem printed by publisher on front flyleaf from her poem "Incantation" Binding along top spine edg.

The Opened Shutters.

Burnham, Clara Louise, · 1906

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Groset & Dunlap, (1906). Fair Hardback. Soil to frontis page and binding, former Church copy worn edges, hinges cracked.

Sweet Clover: A Romance of the White City.

Burnham, Clara Louise, · 1894

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Grosset & Dunlap, (1894). G Hardback. Slight coil on binding, edge wear, owner name front endpaper.

A Few Foolish Ones.

Carroll, Gladys Hasty, signed by author, · 1935

$44.00 (€39.92 | £33.30 | ¥7,026)

NY, Macmillan, 1935. Reprint. G Hardback. Owne name front endpaper, edge wear.

Jewel: a chapter in her life.

Burnham, Clara LouIse, · 1903

$31.00 (€28.13 | £23.46 | ¥4,950)

NY, Grosset & Dunlap, (1903). G Hardback. Owner name front endpaper. Some soild to cover, edge wear.

Clever Betsey.

Burnham, Clara Louise, · 1910

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

NY, Groset & Dunlap, (1910). G Hardback. Spine sl sunned.

Horry and the Waccamaw.

Burroughs, Franklin, · 1992

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,783)

NY, Norton, (1992). 1st ed 1 prntg. Fine in Fine DJ. Burroughs' six day canoe voyage down the Waccamaw River from its source in North Carolina through his ancestral homeland. birthplace, Horry County, Burroughs meets a local artisan who specializes in wood carving and boat bui...

The River Home: a return to the Carolina Low Counry.

Burroughs, Franklin, · 1992

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.62 | ¥19,961)

Boston, Houghton Mifflinn, (1992). 1st prntg. Fine PB. Chronicle of a six day canoe voyage through the Carolinas and how this landscape echoes in the speech, memories of people. encountered.

Billy Watson's Croker Sack.

Burroughs, Franklin essays by, · 1991

$38.00 (€34.48 | £28.76 | ¥6,068)

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, (1991). 1st printing. VG PB in VG DJ. An elegance and style we haven't seen since Norman Maclean's A River Runs through it. Jim Harrison "An exquisitely wrought and unerringly graceful book>".

Shadow Dance: a womansleuth mystery.

Bushnell, Agnes, edited by Iren Zahav, · 1989

$26.00 (€23.59 | £19.68 | ¥4,152)

Freedom, CA, Crossing Press, (1989). VG LG SZ paperback. The year is 1980 Johanna Wilder and her partner Ruth Wilson have a small private investigating business in Portland, Maine. An intricate plot that moves from the terrors of a Russian prison camp to the glamor of the New ...