Crabtree's Collection Old Books

Spillin' the Beans: behind the scenes at L. L. Bean.

Griffin, Carlene ( a 45-year employee), · 1992

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

Farmington, ME, Knowlton & McCleary Ptg, (1992). 1st ptg. VG lg sz PB (signed by author). Wonderful employee anecdotes & vignettes, some reaching back 60 years or more to the early days of L. L. Bean, Inc.

The Forgotten Nature of New England: a search for traces of the original wilderness.

Bennett, Dean B., · 1996

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

Camden, ME, Down East, (1996). 1st ptg. VG lg sz PB oblong. Early European explorers were both frightened and captivated by the wilderness they named New England. Whatever drew them there. they soon began to modify the landscape far more extensively than the original inhabitan...

A Distant War Comes Home: Maine in the Civil War era.

Beattie, Donald W., Rodney M. Cole, Charles G. Waugh, editors, · 1996

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

Camden, ME, Down East, (1996). 1st ptg. VG lg sz PB. The Civil War was one of the watershed events in U.S. history, so not surprisinglyl, we think of it in the large scale. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers fought across vast tracts of country in a conflict of unparalleled des...

Kennebunkport Scrapbook: signed by author.

Butler, Joyce, · 1977

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Kennebunk, ME, Thomas Murphy, (1977). VG lg sz oblong PB. A glimpse into the early years of Kennebunkport history showing the humanness of "people who lived in the houses, who built and. sailed the ships, who farmed the field, laid out the roads, and administered the instituti...

Memories of a Maine Island; turn of the century tales & photographs.

Locke, Marie & Nancy Montgomery, · 1998

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Univ of Maine, Orono, Maine, Maine Folklife Center v.33, (1998). VG lg pb oblong. Beautiful condition.

An American Artist in Africa, 1937: sketch book and diary.

(inscribed on handwritten note), · 1991

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.62 | ¥19,961)

S. Portland, Maine, Pearl Shedding Press, (1991). 1st edition. VG lg size pictorial cover PB. In 1937 after graduation the Art Institute in Chicago, author Norstrom went to Africa where she ws the only white person in. village. There was a radiance on her life and cast a stran...

Forever Wild: Maine's magnificent Baxter State Park.

Villani, Robert, · 1991

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

CAmden, Maine, Down East, 1991). VG in VG DJ. For many, Maine's vast Baxter State Park epitomizes wilderness. In our increasingly crowded times, its 201,000 acres of North. Woods have become ever more valuable.

The Park Loop Road: a guide to Acadia National Park's scenic byway.

Thayer, Robert A., written and photographed by, · 1999

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

Camden, Maine, Down East, (1999). 1st ptg. VG lg sz oblong PB. Acadia's 21 mile long Park Loop Road was designed in the 1930s by noted landscape architect Frederick Law Olmstead Jr. to. lead on through a series of visual experiences. Author Thayer, a naturalist for the Nationa...

A Year in the Notch: exploring the natural history of the White Mountains.

at The Briarwood Center for Marine Biology & Harvard, · 2001

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Hanover, NH, Univ. Press of New England, (2001). 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. Chronicles a year spent exploring the north woods of New Hampshire. Through words and photos, Sargent a first rate. interpreter of modern science, "investigates a new area's geology, ecology, and natural hi...

Law Review volume 39 1987 number 1.

University of Maine School of Law, · 1987

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

Portland, Maine, Univ. of Maine Law School, (1987). VG lg sz PB. Baxter State Park Snowmobile Dispute (Wilderness Trust and Finality), Provisional Appliction of International Agreement,. Maine's Living Will Ac5 and the Termination of Life-Sustaiing Medical Procedures, Liquor L...

Maine Speaks: an anthology of Maine Literature.

Council for English Language Arts, · 1989

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.28 | ¥6,387)

Brunswick, Maine, Maine Writers Alliance, (1989). 2nd edition. VG lg sz PB. Cover color illustration of Mount Katahdin by Hartley. Marked "damaged review copy" on front endpaper but can find no damage.

Kate Furbish and the Flora of Maine.

Graham, Ada and Frank Graham, Jr., · 1995

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

Gardiner, ME, Tilbury House, (1995). 1st ptg. VG lg sz PB. Text and cover design by Edith Allard, botanical illustration by Kate Furbish. A blend of illustration and narrative presents. the work and life of a unique 19th century woman of vision and courage plus a fascinating g...

What Do We Call It? A guide to Maine houses.

Bibber, Joyce K. (signed by author), · 1986

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

Univ. S. Maine Portland, ME, Center for Real Estate Ed., (1986). G lg sz PB. Designed & illustrated by Andrea van Voorst van Beest. Preface indicates Bibber has written this book for anyone interested in. our architectural heritage which she says evolved and reference to diffe...

A Pictorial History of Ogunquit, Maine 1870-1950.

Seaman, Charles Littlefield and Dorothy A. Seaman, · 1993

$65.00 (€58.97 | £49.20 | ¥10,380)

Sanford, Maine, Wilson's Printers, (1993). VG lg size oblong PB. As Ogunquit lookd in the "old days". Included is a letter from the publisher dated October 22, 1993.

Allagash: Maine's Wild and Scenic River plus a Down East Books catalog from Fall of 1994 of its books that season.

Bennett, Dean, · 1994

$52.00 (€47.18 | £39.36 | ¥8,304)

Camden, Maine, Down East Books, (1994). 1st printing. VG in VG DJ. Includes Press Release from Down Easts Books as a journey through Maine's remotest region, a legendary northwoods river. known for its spectacular white water, pristiine lakes, and old-growth forest, also the l...

The Only Woman on Board: the photographs, diaries, letters and memorabilia of a Maine sea captain and his wife 1859-1908.

FreeHand, Jolianna, · 1994

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

Camden, Maine, Picton Press, (1994). VG lg sz PB (11" wide x 8-1/2 high). This truly happened to a lady who had moved out of Maine to the Boston area where she experienced some difficulty in locating. some dividend checks that had not been forwarded to her. Once she found her ...

Maine Captured in Color.

Calvert, Mary, · 1980

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

Lewiston, Maine, Twin City Printery, (1980). VG in VG DJ. The true essence of Maine, a delightful sampling of this state's natural beuaty and of its people at work and at play. Author Calvert is a native of Madison, Maine, who after raising two daughters, took up photography a...

Sun Bear the book of the Vision Quest: personal transformation in the wilderness.

Foster, Steven with Meredith Little, · 1987

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Prentice-Hall, (1987). 1st ptg. VG PB. One man's first hand experiences of an ancient wilderness rite of passage to modern seekers. Foster re-creates an ancient rite. of dying, passing through, and being reborn. It is known today as a Vision Quest, a ceremony culminating i...

Handbook to the Fiordland National Park.

Hall-Jones, G., edited by, · 1961

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Invercargill, Fiorland Natl Park Board, (1961). Reprint. G PB. History which covers nearly two centuries, men of the sea, navigators, scalers, whalers and traders, the Maoris with tribal. lore, pioneers - gold-fossickers, explorers, surveyors, and men who loved the remote and ...

Discover Brittany.

Marriott, Michael, · 1992

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Oxford, England, Berlitz, (1992). VG. A rugged, Windswept peninsula sweeping into the Atlantic Ocean, some of the most spectacular coastline in the world. Famed for its seafood and historical heritage, a province of boundless variety & breathtaking beauty. Owner jotting on fro...