Crabtree's Collection Old Books

Maine: unforgettable vintage images of the Pine Tree State.

Arcadia Printing various, · 2000

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

Chicago, IL, Arcadia, (2000). VG in VG DJ. "Our past is our present - it surrounds us always. It is our responsibility to learn from it, and to preserve it for future. generations.

A History of Hollis, Maine 1660-1976.

Jewett, Martin H. and Olive W. Hannaford, · 1976

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

Farmington, ME, Knowlton & McLeary Co., 1976. VG signed by both authors. Written by two local residents who lived across the river in Buxton and know Hollis history and happenings. Hannaford was. born in the old Feletish Harmon house ata Buxton Lower Corner. The authors decide...

The Twenty-Four-Inch Gauge Railroad at Bridgton, Maine (based on a series of articles published in The Bridgton News.

signed by both, and Edgar Thorn Mead, Supt. Railway, · 1944

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,783)

Bridgton, Maine, Bridgton News, (1944). G PB tanned on covers. A pictorial history containing 35 illustrations. Clipped news article showing a "Wreck on Narrow-Gauge Road" a short distance. from Bridgton 1930.

Big Dreams and Little Wheels.

Wiggin, Ruby Crosby, · 1978

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Clinton, Maine, Down East, (1978). Reprint. G PB. Engagine history of the Wiscasset and Quebec Railroad from its incorporation in 1854 to its last run in 1933. Full of stories. and anecdotes handed down by actual workmen on the railroad or members of their families, on all the...

A Guide to the Cumberland & Oxford Canal.

Knight, Ernest H., · 2001

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

Freeport, Maine, Cumberland & Oxford Canal, (2001). Revised. VG PB. Cover shows canal boat Forest City, later renamed Bluebird, with Captain Benjamin Knight, the author's grandfather. List of sources of information about the Cumberland & Oxford Canal.

Circling the Midnight Sun: culture and change in the Invisible Arctic.

Raffan, James, · 2015

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Canada, HarperCollins, (2015). 1st ptg. VG PB slight edge wear & remainder mark. With the spirit of an adventurer, intellect of a geographer, curiosity of a journalisst, and the heart of a humorist. author. Raffan writes about the contradictory patterns, ethical conundrums and...

White Dog Fell from the Sky.

Morse, Eleanor, · 2013

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Penguin, (2013). 4th ptg. VG PB. Botswana, 1977, Isaac Muthethe thinks he is dead after the young medical student witnesses a murder by white members of. the South African Defense Force and heis smuggled across the border in a hearse. He awakens covered in dust, staring at...

Substance Abuse among Older Adults: a guide for social service providers: desk reference.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, · 2010

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

Rockville, MD, Health & Human Services, (2010). 3rd ptg. VG lg sz PB. Based on Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) 26.

Standish, Maine: A Collection of Pictures and Historical Items: Early history of Standish (Pearsontown) from 1748.

Standish Historical Society, · 1985

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

Standish, Maine, Standish Historical Society, (1985). VG lg sz PB. Interesting historical information about early Standish, Maine, with photos of peopls and buildings.

Portrait of Paris Hill: the chronicle of a small New England shire town, its rise and fall, and its coming of age.

Dibner, Martin, signed and inscribed by author, · 1990

$85.00 (€77.12 | £64.34 | ¥13,573)

Paris Hil, Paris Hill, Press, (1990). 1st edition. G lg sz PB (cover edge wear). Author Dibner had a professional career art that was interupted by war-time duties (1942-45). His experiences as an. anti-aircraft gunnery officer aboard a cruiser in the Aleutians and an anti-air...

Historical Gems of Raymond and Casco.

Knight, Ernest H., Historian, signed and inscribed by Knight on title page, · 1996

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.62 | ¥19,961)

Raymond, ME, Raymond-Casco, Maine, (1996). VG lg sz PB. Includes chapter on Wild Woman of Frye Island, Drowning of Henry Britton, Confederates Buried in Gray and New Gloucester,. Letter after Gettysburg - John Duran; Letter after Bull Run - L. B. Danforth; Letters of Whitman S...

Raymond Then and Now: volume 1 and II.

Knight, Ernest H., · 1978

$225.00 (€204.14 | £170.31 | ¥35,930)

Raymond Woman's Club, 1978. VG lg sz PBs: volume I signed by author. V. I Signed on title page by author Knight, xxtensive photos, VII 217 pages, published by Woman's Library Club 1986 photos on. back and front covers, printed by Colonial Offset Printing, Inc., Portland, Maine...

Maine: a history through selected readings.

Smith, David C., and Edward O Schriver, edited by, · 1985

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,783)

Dubuque, Iowa, Kendall/Hunt Pub Co, (1985). G lg sz pb. 43 articles. seLect bibliography, population figures. Edge wear, Maine emblem on front cover. Blind library stamp. Some. bend to binding.

The Early Coastline of Maine: volume 39, summer 2000.

Maine History, editor Richard W. Judd and Maratha I. McNamara, · 2000

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Portland, ME, Maine Historical Society, (2000). VG PB. ARTICLES: Waldrn vs. Smith Shipwreck at the Eastward, 1671 by Barbara Rumsey;; Harold Marsh Sewall and the Truculent Pursuit. of Empire Samoa, 1887-1890 by Paul T. Burlin; The Administrative Code of 1931; William Tudor Gar...

State O' Maine.

Rich, Louise Dickinson, · 1964

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Harper & Row, (1964). 1st ed. Fair ex-library. Nice sturdy library binding, dark green, library markings, soil.

Maine a History.

Clark, Charles E., · 1999

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Hanover, H, Univ Press of New England, (1999). 1st ptg. VG lg sz PB. An introductory history outlining past events and current concerns as well as capturing the essence of Maine as a place. and a people. The Journal of American History says that Clark has succeeded with ample ...

Maine a Bicentennial History.

Clark, Charles E., · 1977

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

NY, Norton, (1977). 2nd ptg. VG in VG DJ. The place, Maine, that Ferdinando Gorges long ago named on the far northeastern edge of the nation is today much the same as. it was then, knife-edge of Mount Katahdin, flatlands of Aroostook, Sebago Lake, islands of Casco Bay, but to ...

Journals of Hezekiah Prince, Jr. 1822-1828.

by Robert Greenhalgh Albion, · 1965

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

NY, Crown, (1965). VG in G DJ. Journals of a well-connected young resident of Thomaston, Maine, in the 1820s with a wealth of anecdotal maaterial gives. a feeling for life in a coastal Maine town, the social history a valuable source for studying attitudes and culture of that ...

The Coast of Maine: an informal history.

Rich, Louise Dickinson, · 1970

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

NY, Crowell, (1970). 3rd edition. VG in VG DJ (price clipped). The Down East of Rich who takes you to "the coast of Maine with all her heart." Here is where Champlain stood and Verrazano. landed. From the more populous west coast, to through the islands of Casco Bay to Kennebe...

Count Rumford: the extraordinary life of a scientic genius.

Brown, G.I., introduction by Susan Greenfield, · 1999

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

Gloucestershire, England, Sutton Pub., (1999). 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ clipped, owner name. President Roosevelt rated Count Rumford, along with Benjammin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson, as the greatest mind America has. produced and through his inventions, philanthroy, and the fou...