Crabtree's Collection Old Books

The American West: Twentieth-Century History.

Malone, Michael P. and Richard W. Etulain, · 1989

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,783)

Lincoln, Nebraska, Univesity of Nebraska Press, (1989). VG in VG DJ. First general history of the American West in the twentieth century. Fascinating accounts othe West's major industries,. whether copper mining, oil, minor industries, aerospace industries or Silicon Valley. T...

Wondrous Times on the Frontier.

Brown, Dee, · 1991

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Little Rock, August House Publishers, (1991). 3rd ptg. VG in VG DJ (price clipped). Author Brown draw on more than 50 years of research for a work rich in anecdotes and social history.

The American Shakers from neo-Christianity to Prosocialism.

Desoche, Henri (translated from French and edited by John K. Savacool, · 1971

$24.00 (€21.77 | £18.17 | ¥3,832)

Amherst, MA, Univeristy of Massachusetts, (1971). VG in G DJ. DJ sl worn with small tear to top edge and minor foxing.

Shaker Recipes and Formulas for cooks and homemakers.

Lassiter, William Lawrence, colleced by, · 1978

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

NY, Bonanza, (1978). 1st prntg. VG in VG DJ. Hundreds ofpractical hints and recipes. The Shaker were one of the most unusual splinter groups in the history of America. folk and religious life.Ignoring a dismal handicap of scorn and persecution. These hardy people drove ahead i...

People of Rimrock: a study of values in five cultures.

Vogt, Evon Z. and Ethel M. Albert, edited by, · 1967

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Cambridge, MA, Harvard Univ Press, 1967. G hb. Much underlining and written coments by the reader. New Mexico Navaho reservation the Zuni Indian pueblo the Spanish American. village of Rimrock selected as the sie of the Values Study research. Mankind's historical experience, t...

All Night Long - A novel of guerrilla warfare in Russia.

Caldwell, Erskine, · 1942

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Book League of AMerica, 1942. G in G DJ. The terrible struggle on the border between White Russia and Great Russia on the Central Front. When the Germans strike. through this region the guerrillas most specially trained for this band together in a marsh under the leadershi...

Georgia Boy.

Caldell, Erskine, · 1943

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Grosset & Dunlap, 1943. Reprint. VG in G DJ. A tale of boyhood woven from memory and fact, 12 years old, with a mother trying to raise her young son and cope with her. her husband, She raises her family with grace and competence of any woman who is supporting herself and h...

The Mennonite Canadians.

Flint, Joanne, · 1983

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Canada, Nelson, (1983). 2md prntg. VG LG PB. Mennonites have struggled to reconcile their German speaking past with the urban English society in which they live today. Since 1925, Mennonites from 44 countries have met at a world conference every 4 to 6 years to visit, sing pra...

The Forgotten Frontier: Urban planning in the Ameircan West before 1890.

Reps, John W., · 1981

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,783)

Columbia and London, Univ of Missouri Press, 1981. 1st ed. VG LG PB. Blind stamp by owner on fep.

Tribes that Slumber: Indians of the Tennessee Region.

Lewis Thomas M. N. and Madeline Kneberg, · 1973

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

Knoxville, TN, Univ of Tennessee Press, (1973). 5th printing. VG lg sz PB. Organization and literary style of this book enhanced by beautiful illustrations set a high standard for writing on. American archaeology. edges sl worn.

California Indian Days.

Bauer, Helen, · 1968

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

NY, Doubleday, (1968). Revised Ed. VG in G DJ. Detailed picture of life of the California Indian from earliest days to the present. DJ price clipped. wear to dj top edge.

All Night Long: a novel of Guerrilla warfare in Russia.

Caldwell, Erskine, · 0

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Book League of America, 31942. G Hardback. Some fading to binding edges.

Episode in Palmetto.

Caldell, Erskine, · 1950

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Duell Sloan and Pearce, (1950). 1st ed ss. G Hardback Ex-library. Verona was nearly 200 miles away from home among strange people and in unfamiliar suroundings in the low country, a teacher. Ex library stamps on inside front cover and fep, marks where library pocket has be...

The American Frontier.

Wright, Louis B., · 1971

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Capricorn Books, (1971). VG PB. Frontiersmen and their families were self-sufficient, Make-do governed not only their attitude toward tools and clothing but. their diet and their leisure time, little as that was. Tight, clean copy.

The Sure Hand of God.

Erskine, Caldwell, · 1947

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Grosset & Dunlap, (1947). Reprint. VG in G DJ. Molly loved vitamins, red wine, and her own lusty way of life. Her only friend in town is the minister's wife Christine.

God's Little Acre.

Caldwell, Erskine, · 1961

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Modern Library/Random House, (1961). Reprint. VG in VG DJ. Stamp "Schlosser Scholastic" title page, bookplate inside front cover, dj corner clipped.

Jackpot: the short stories of Erskine Caldwell.

Caldwell, Erskine, · 1943

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Garden City, NY, Sun Dial Press, (1943). VG Hardback. Owner's name fep. stain to top left corner of fep, o/w a clean, bright and tight copy.

Switzerland a series of views taken on the spot and especially for this work.

Beattie, William, M.D., Illustrated by W. H. Bartlett, Esq., · 1835

$150.00 (€136.09 | £113.54 | ¥23,953)

London, Geo Virtue, 1835. G. Whoever has travelled much and compared the various attactions presented to him in the course of his pereginations will. generally be found to admit that if there be any country which merist more attention than the rest, that counry is Switzerland....

Made in Japan and other Japanese "Business Novels".

Prindle, Tamae K, translator and editor, · 1990

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Armonk, NY, East Gate Book, M.E. Sharpe, (1990). 1st prntg. VG PB.

The Compromising of the Constitution (Early Departures).

Tugwell Rexford G., · 1976

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

Notre Dame, London, Univ of Notre Dame Press, (1976). VG Hardback. Blind Stamp "Library of Diane and Jack Barnes" end paper and fep.