Crabtree's Collection Old Books

Ninety Yeras of Living.

Fitch, Edwin Peabody 1840-1931, · 1976

$24.00 (€21.77 | £18.17 | ¥3,832)

Bridgton Historical Society, Evangeline Fitch Moke, (1976, 1997). VG PB. The Peabody-Fitch Farm (now known as "Narramissic") where narrator Fitch grew up is a historic site owned and operated. by the Bridgton (Maine) Historical Society. The house has been restored, largely wit...

Fryeburg Maine: an historical sketch.

Barrows, John Stuart, · 1938

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,783)

Fryeburg, Maine, Pequawket Press, 1938. First edition. VG. Dedicated to the inhabitants of Fryeburg, to the descendants of those heroic men and women who settled in old Pequawket, and to. who have resided her, with the hope that it will strengthen their love for the beautiful ...

History of Woodstock, ME., with family sketches and an appendix.

Lapham, William Berry, new foreword by Ruby C. Emery, · 1983

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.62 | ¥19,961)

Portland (Maine), Stephen Berry, Printer, 1983. Reprint. VG in VG DJ hardback. This history was originally published in a small numbered edition in Portland in 1882. This new edition includes the. entire text of that first printing plus a new foreword by the New England Histor...

A History of Otisfield, Cumberland County, Maine, from the original grant to the close of the year 1944.

Spurr, William Samuel, index compiled by Jean F. Hankins, · 1994

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,783)

Otisfield, Maine, Otisfield Historical Society, 1994. VG PB Scribner Hill Press. From the original grant to the close of the year 1944. Spurr identified as this author of this title and emphasized that his. own greatest strength as an historian was as a faithful subscriber. In...

Fryeburg Fair First 150 Years 1851-2000.

Fryeburg Fair Book Committee: West Oxford Agricultural Society, · 2000

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

Fryeburg, ME, Fryeburg Fair, (2000). First edition. VG lg sz PB. The fair was stated in 1851 with a lot of forethought and reasoning, probably a lot of opposition from their neighbors. for trying to improve their present methods. I know that farmers don't change easily and wri...

The Scalp Hunters: Abenaki ambush at Lovewell Pond - 1725.

Kayworth, Alfred E. and Raymond G. Potvin, signed by author Potvin, · 2002

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Boston, Branden Books, Inc., (2002). VG PB. On a warm spring day at the shore of Saco Pond in Maine, Chief Paugus and 80 warriars stumbled upon 34 Ranger knapsacks, while. in the same moment, Lovewell's Rangers were on a far shore watching their 20-year-old chaplain take his f...

A Wheel around the Hub: vol. XIX no. midwinter number.

Scribner's Monthly February 1880, · 0

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

Scribner. VG PB. First organized ride by a group of high wheel bicycle riders from Boston, Massachusetts, and vicinity on the new type. of bicycles which had originated in England a few years before known there as the Penny-Farthing.

Early Families of Standish, Maine.

Sears, Albert J., · 1991

$85.00 (€77.12 | £64.34 | ¥13,573)

Bowie, MD, Heritage Books, (1991). VG lg sz PB. Standish was originally named Pearson, Maine. after Captain Moses Pearson who led the company of soldiers to victory at. the siege of Louisburg. The town was settled at the time of the French and Indian Wars in the 1750s and inco...

History of Waterford, Oxford County, Maine 1775-1975.

Waterford, Maine, town of, · 1879

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.62 | ¥19,961)

Portland, Hoyt, Fogg & Donham, 1879. VG. This book grown out of the September 1, 1975 Centennial Celebration. Green binding with gilt lettering. Some underlining.

Waterford Maine 1875-1976.

Waterford Historical Society, · 1977

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Somersworth, New Hampshire, New Hampshire Printers, (1977). VG in G DJ. (Maps in back pocket of Waterford, S. Waterford, N. Waterford and center Waterford drawn to scale.) Pictorial DJ in green. background showing carriage on front. Edges have some chips. Researched by the Wat...

The Founding of Pearsontown (Standish), Maine.

Sears, Albert J., · 1991

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

Bowie, MD, Heritage, (1991). VG PB. A detailed history beginning in 1750 with the granting of land comprising the town now known as Standish to veterans of King. George's War (fifth of the French and Indian Wars for settlement. The township of 39,000 acres includes Frye's Isla...

The Origin and History of Raymondtown.

Knight, Ernest Harmon (signed by author), · 1974

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Norway, Maine, Oxford Hills Press, (1974). VG PB (some tanning to edges of cover). Captain Rayment of Great Swamp Fight whom town named after. A large map in back pocket of a plot in county of Cumberland.

Reproduction of the Portland Terminal Company: handbook for Officers, agents, stations, and sidings.

Maine Central Railroad Company, · 1917

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

Portland, Maine, Maine Central Railroad Co., 1917. VG PB. Portland Terminal Company.

Maine Covered Bridge Finder.

Robertson, Edwin "Bill" & Doris K., · 1982

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

Westbrook, ME, Robertsons, (1982). VG PB. Some covered bridges are hard to find in Maine and this will help. First copy has mark where price tage had been.

Old Covered Bridges of Maine.

Jakeman, Adelbert M., · 1980

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

Ocean Park, ME, Seahaven, 1980. Anniversary ed. VG PB. Naine covered brudges, their romance and history brought up to date.

The Cumberland and Oxford Canal and the Canal Bank.

Milliken, Philip I., · 1971

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Portland, Maine, Nilliken, 1971. 4th ptg. VG PB. Blue cover, title square with drawing attached to front cover. Another copy revised 2001, $35.

Covered Bridges in the Saco River Walley.

Robertson, E. B. & D. K., · 1984

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

Westbrook, ME, Robertson Books, (1984). VG PB.

The Cafe Review volume 5 fall 1994.

Argraves, Hugh Oliver, et al, · 1994

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Portland, Maine, XPRESS, 1994. VG PB. Various writers.

Hallowell Memories by Residents of Hallowell.

Hallowell Residents, Plumer, Paul S., front cover illustration, · 1991

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

Hallowell, Maine, Letter Systems, (1991). VG PB.

A Celebration of Maine Children's Books.

Plourde, Lynn & Paul Knowles, · 1998

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

Orono, ME, Univ of Maine Press, 1998. VG lg sz PB. A wonderful copy of this book which celebrates Maine in all its glory and diversity. Young people who read the Maine books. featured in this guide cannot help but know and love Maine more. Beautiful copy.