Crabtree's Collection Old Books

The Portable Jack Kerouac.

Kerouac, Jeck, edited by Ann Charters, · 1965

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,783)

NY, Viking, (1965). 1st prntg. VG in VG DJ (highlighting). "When I wrote these books I did it as a "Holy Duty" and thought they would be discovered after I was dead. Selections from his poetry as well.

Lonesome Traveler.

Kerouac, Jack, · 1970

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

NY, Grove Press/Black Cat Ed, (1970). 9th prntg. VG PB. Includes an introduction of his life at beginning of text. Piers of the Homeless Night second section. Father of the beat gemeratopm one pf the most acclaimed (and criticized) of all modern times. He died in 1969 at the a...

The Beat Boook.

McDarrah, Fred W., · 1974

$64.00 (€58.07 | £48.44 | ¥10,220)

California, PA, Night, (1974). Volume 4. G large size PB. Collection of prose and poetry by several beat generation figures. Wear to edges & spine, lower right corner of cover bent.

Heartbeat: My life with Jack (Kerouac) and Neal (Cassady).

Cassady. Carolyn, · 1976

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

Berkley, CA, Creative Arts Book Company, 1976. G PB. Edge wear and fading to top of front cover and spine. An intimate portrait of life off the road with Jack Kerouac and. Allan Ginsberg.

The Beat Diary.

Knight, Arthur & Kit, edited by, · 1977

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.62 | ¥19,961)

California, PA, Knight, (1977). G large size PB. Ginsberg, Independence Day 1959 How many hypocrites are there in America , how many fearful of discovery? Independence Day. Down to earth musings of the Beat crowd plus a former owner's comments on their musings. My pedestal's t...

Private Peat.

Peat, Harold R., ex-Third Battalion First Canadian Contingent, · 1917

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

Indianapolis, Bobbs-Merrill, (1917). G. Life in the trenches and behind the lines, how things looked to him over there, what he saw and what he did. Binding tan,. white lettering & decoration. Foxing, owner's name inside front cover.

Greatest Mountain: Katahdin's Wilderness.

Baxter, Percival Proctor, · 1999

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

Gardiner, Maine, Tilbury House, (1999). VG PB. Katahdin stands above the surrounding plain unique in grandeur and glory. The works of man are short-lived but Katahdin remain.

Cappaghglass.

Somerville-Large, Peter, · 1985

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Great Britain, Flamingo, (1985). VG PB. Cappaghglass is a port and market town in the west of Ireland. The author has listened to the people who live there. recording the experiences of men and women from all walks of life. In a wonderful series of reminiscences this town and ...

Life with Rose Kennedy - An Intimate Account.

Gibson, Barbara, · 1986

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

NY, Warner Books, (1986). 1st prntg. VG hardback. Dowager Empress of an American Dynasty. stamp inside front cover "Fellowship Library UCC" no other ex lib markings.

The Master's Cat.

Barlow, Eleanor Poe (Inscribed), · 1998

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,783)

LondonH, The Dickens House, (1998). VG HB in VG DJ. Charles Dickens lives a life as fasinating as that of any character he created. It was full of sadness and joy, poetry. and wealth, mystery and fame. Inscribed by author on title page "Eleanor Poe Barlow. For Jack, a fellow D...

Where the Deer Were - Poems by Kate Barnes.

Barnes, Kate (Inscribed by author), · 1994

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

Boston, David R Godine, (1994). 1st ed ss. VG in VG DJ. Inscribed on title page "for Jack in the fall of 1997 - As Dr Johnson put it, "Sir, we are a nest of singing birds" - with. and admiration from Kate, with drawings, and a banner "for Jack & Diane Barnes from their old fri...

Speaking of New England: the place & her people.

Aldridge Richard, · 1993

$65.00 (€58.97 | £49.20 | ¥10,380)

Belfast & Unity, Maine, North Country Press, (1993). VG PB. 72 poems by 56 of her poets past and present. "All winter your brute shoulders strained against collars, padding and steerhide. over the ash harness, to haul sledges of cordwood for drying through spring and summer fo...

Poetry Amherst - a Sesquicentennial Anthology of Poems by Alumni of Amherst College.

Richard Aldridge, editor, · 1972

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

Amherst College, (1972). VG HB. A collection of 150 poems by men of Amherst in commemoration of the College's 115th birthdate.

Spirit Horse.

Ackerman, Ned (inscribed and signed), · 1998

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Scholastic Press, (1998). 1st ed. VG HB in G dj. Signed on title page. You speak of the spirit horse of the Snake People, but you know nothing about horses. You know. nothing about warcraft. You have no medicine You will bring misforturne to the raiding party." Still he lo...

Red Pine, Black Ash.

Aldridge, Richard (inscribed), · 1980

$37.00 (€33.57 | £28.01 | ¥5,908)

Thorndike, Maine, Thorndike Press, (1980). VG. Inscribed fep "For Jack Barnes, whose own life and work should be and will be written about by others - Richard Aldridge April. 1982 with small drawing of pines" Green cloth cover with embossed gilt sketch of trees - beautiful book.

Hunting Hemingway's Trout.

Anderson, Lauri, · 1990

$17.00 (€15.42 | £12.87 | ¥2,715)

NY, Atheneum, 1990. 1st prntg. VG in VG DJ. Sooner or later, every writer in America must address the work, the life and the legend of Ernest Hemingway in his unprecedented. work. Anderson pays homage to one of his literary heroes by example - by a series of interrelated stori...

Next of Kin.

Carroll, Gladys Hasty (inscribed by the author), · 1974

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

Boston, Little Brown, (1974). First Edition. VG iN G DJ. How family heritage affects the lives of people. "I do need somebody o talk to. Somebody who know how it used to be here. and wants to know how it is now. This book is for tho who never knew, don't know they want to know...

West of the Hill.

Carroll, Gladys Hasty (Inscribed), · 1949

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

NY, Macmillan, (1949). VG in F DJ. dj tears to edges and spine. Inscribed by author "For Jack and Diane Barnes - Gladys Hasty Carroll June 27, 1982".

Man on the Mountain.

Carroll, Gladys Hasty (Inscribed by author), · 1969

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

Boston, Little Brown, (1969). 1st ed ss. VG in G DJ. Story of a vast imaginary continent call Great Country. A society in which racial and economic distinctions cease to. to matter. DJ slight edge wear. Inscribed by author fep "For Jack and Diana - who lately had the experienc...

To Remember Forever:The Journal of a College Girl 1922-1923.

Carroll, Gladys Hasty (Inscribed by author), · 1964

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

Boston, Little Brown, (1964). First edition. VG IN G DJ. Wear to DJ edges. Inscribed by author "For Jack Barne - who will read here of my Bates days - With warm good wishes, Gladys. Hasty Carroll August 31, 1983".