Crabtree's Collection Old Books

The Ramrodders: a novel.

Day, Holman, · 1910

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Grosset & Dunlap, (1910). VG.

How We Got There from Here: remembering the days of steamers, trolleys & Model T's to Maine.

Thorndike, Virginia L., · 1997

$65.00 (€58.97 | £49.20 | ¥10,380)

Camden, Maine, Down East Books, (1997). First printing. Fine large size PB. Drawing on period photos and interviews with Mainers who can still remember when schooners carried more cargo than trucks,. horses shared the roads with Model T's, and narrow-gauge railroads served the...

Night Train at Wiscasset Station: an unforgettable portrait of Maine and its people.

Dietz, Lew, text, Kosti Ruohomaa, photos, foreword by Andrew Wyeth, · 1977

$85.00 (€77.12 | £64.34 | ¥13,573)

Camden, Maine, Down East, (1977, 1998). Fine large size PB. Beautiful condition! Photographer Kosti first knocked on Andrew Wyeth's door on a June evening in 1950, the beginning of a. warm and rewarding friendship. I had seen his work in the pages of Life magazine. They had mo...

A Bicentennial History of Hiram, Maine.

Clemons, Hubert W., · 1976

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

np, np, (1976). VG lg sz PB. Addendum 3 pages of maps, front cover Hiram Villae and Covered Bridge, back cover Great Fall of the Saco. Covers tanned.

Keep Simple Ceremonies: the feminist spiritual Community of Portland, Maine.

Elker, Diane, Sapphire editor, · 1993

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

Portland, Maine, Astarte Shell Press, (1993). VG lg sz PB. Emerging genre of feminist rituals celebrates our life passages, friendships and political commitments.

The World of C. A. Stephens Commemorative Edition.

Whitney, Ronald G., · 1976

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

Norway, Maine, Friends of C. A. Stephens, (1976). VG lg sz PB. Stephens was one of America's most beloved storytellers and between the Civil War and the 1920s his name was a household. word to millions. For over 60 years he wrote exclusively for The Youth's Companion. He grew ...

As Ever...: a selection of letters from the voluminous correspondence of Jane Weinberger 1970-1990.

Weinberger), · 1991

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Mt. Desert, Maine, Windswept Publishers, (1991). VG PB printed by Downeast Garphics, Ellsworth, Maine. A behind the scene view of Washington through the eyes of a woman who writes with humor and a keen eye for history & detail.

Shadow, Shadow: poems.

Weingarten, Roger (signed by author on title page), · 1986

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

Boston, David R. Godine, (1986). First edition. VG PB. Memories of family and growing up revolve and collide with the present in bold violence of pure emotion and precise truth. Vibrant strong verse that shapes moments of ordinary life. David Ignatow says Weingarten is able to...

Gettysburg and More Amereican Tales.

Welsh, Shepherd, · 1990

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

Bath, Maine, Pemaquid Press, (1990). VG PB. Full story of America's greatest battle full of drama and suspense. The Vice-President who planned to create a new nation. in the American west, bloody skeleton in Harvard's closet, American invasion of Russia, luckless Baron of Cali...

Selected Works 1981-1991.

Magee, Alan (inscribed by author), · 1992

$48.00 (€43.55 | £36.33 | ¥7,665)

Rockland, Maine, Farnsworth Art Museum, 1992. VG lg sz PB.

Art of the Maine Islands.

Little, Carl, · 1997

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

Camden, Maine, Down East, 1997. VG in VG DJ. Some artists have begun coming to Maine in the early 1800s. The state's archipelago has proven expecially fertile territory.

Life in the 1900's.

(inscribed by author), · 1909

$48.00 (€43.55 | £36.33 | ¥7,665)

Sebago Lake West shore, ME, np. VG lg sz PB spiral bound. Franklin was born in Sebago, September 25, 1909, and graduated from Potter Academy in 1926. He worked at the South Portland. shipyard for 4 years and worked for the town of Sebago and State of Maine before that. He was ...

Denmark, Maine, Past and Present.

MacDonald, Sylvia Davis, Rita LaMountain, E. Blanche Warren Anthony, · 1977

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

Denmark, ME, Cardinal Printing, (1977). VG PB. Yellow binding, black lettering. Slight fading toward spine.

Twelve (12) Journeys in Maine.

McNair, Wesley, inscribed official review copy with attached note signed, · 1992

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

Portland, Maine, Romulus Editions, (1992). 1st trade copy. VG lg sz PB. "Past where the last gang of lights comes out of the dark to wave you back.Around you will be jewels of the fox-watch. Great trees will rise up to see you passing by all by yourself, riding on light." McNa...

Sketch of an Old River with an illustrated essay Shipbuilding on the Kennebunk.

Barry, William E., · 1993

$28.00 (€25.40 | £21.19 | ¥4,471)

West Kennebunk, Maine, Phoenix Pub./Brick Store Mus, (1993). VG in VG DJ. A meticulous history of the shipbuilding industry that once thrived on Kennebunk River. Originally published in 1888. published privately and here meticulously reproduced in its original form enhanced by...

Recollections Casco, Maine, 1841-1991.

Plummer, Sharon, Lois Varney, Pam Grant, and Olive Burgess, · 1993

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

Denmark, Maine, Cardinal Printing, 1993. VG lg sz PB. An album to commemorate The Casco Sesquicentennial 1841-1991.

Focus on Human Biology.

Thomas College), · 1992

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

NY, HarperCollins, (1992). 1st ptg. VG. Beautiful book with common Greek and Latin word origins on front endpapers and the metric system on the back.

Mark Twain Himself: printer, pilot, soldier, miner. re[prter. ;ectirer. editor, humorist, author, businessman, publisher.

his life, · 1960

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,783)

Hannibal, MA, Becky Thatcher Book Shop, (1960). G in G DJ plus a separate PB "Mark Twsin's Hannibal". Twain said his life was an unswerving regularity of irregularity. He reached old age by sticking strictly to a. scheme of life which would kill somebody else. That life, one o...

Nature Trails Captured in Color.

Calvert, Mary (inscribed by author on title page), · 1982

$28.00 (€25.40 | £21.19 | ¥4,471)

Lewiston, Maine, Twin City Printery, (1982). VG in VG DJ. For those who love flowers, birds, the forest and seashore. Those who love walking a woodland trail or canoeing a wilderness. pond will now know what to look for in these excusions and how to appreciate even the smalles...

Barns: their history, preservation, and restoration.

Klamkin, Charles, text and photos by, · 1979

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

NY, Bonanza Books, (1979). VG in VG DJ. The simple functional beauty and rural charm of one of our country's oldest landmarks, the early American farm. Klamkin is concerned that these lovely old structures will soon become vanishing landmarks if individuals continue to strip t...