Crabtree's Collection Old Books

The Court Years 1939-1975.

Douglas, William O., · 1980

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

MU, Ramdom House, (1980). VG in VG DJ. Douglas served on the U.S. Supreme Court for over 36 years, the longest term of any Justice. His tenure was marked by an. unyielding and brilliantly executed determination to "keep the government off the backs of the people". DJ edge wear...

Needlecraft Encyclopedia.

Good Housekeeping, edited by Alice Carroll, · 1947

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Rinehart, (1947). VG. Nice tight copy with only slight wear. Tanning to endpapers.

A Pocket Guide to Hawai'i's Birds.

Pratt, H. Douglas, · 2006

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Honolulu, Mutual Pub, (2006). 9th ptg. VG PB. Introduction to the beautiful birds that inhabit America's only tropical state and will identify all of the birds likely seen. by the beginne and will open your eyes to island beauties you may have overlooked before.

Alaska & Yukon Wild Flowers Guide.

White, Helen A., editor, · 1990

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Anchorage, Alaska Northwest Books, (1990). 10th ptg. VG PB. Easy to use guide to some of the most interesting and varied wild plants in the world. Descriptions of more than 160 species. from every geographic area of Alaska with details. Stunning book!.

Something Beautiful for God: Mother Teresa of Calcutta.

Muggeridge, Malcolm, · 1977

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

England, Image, (1977). G PB. Previous owner name front endpaper, few pages creased at edge.

The Wrong Man: a true story.

F. Kennedy award, · 1996

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Avon, (1996). G PB. John Purvis was considered the local "freak", a 42 year old mental patient and when the body of a beautiful young woman. raped and murdered and her baby left to die, they were certain Purvis was responsible. He was coerced into confessing to a murder he...

The Complete Ghost Stories of M. R. James.

M. R. James, · 1984

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Penguin, (1984). VG PB. 21 of the world's best-loved ghost stories by the master. If you like a well-told story of England in the time of horse. carriages, if old churches and old houses delight you, if evil things with hairy arms and talons alarm you, if you believe in ha...

Wild Berries.

Yevtushenko, Tevgeny, · 1984

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

NY, Morrow, 1984. VG. Deep woods of the Siberian tanga, where there is savage beaut and the peasants still live in wooden huts. Some jottings on. the front endpaper. Few underlinings.

John Lothrop Motley: a memoir.

Holmes, Oliver Wendell, · 1879

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

Boston, Houghton Osgood, 1879. VG ex-library. American diplomat and historian who was appointed to the U.S. legation in St. Petersburg in 1841 and later served as Minister. to Austria and then Great Britain. He published his most famous work "The Rise of the Dutch Republic" in...

Across.

Handke, Peter, translated from German, by Ralph Manheim, · 1986

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

NY, Farrar, Straus and Girous, (1986). 1st edition. VG. Story of classical languages teacher and amateur archaeologist living in Salzburg witnesses a swastika defacing of a beech tree. tracks dowm the perpetrator and commits murder, crossing the boundary between good and evil....

Those Without Shadows.

Sagan, Francoise, translated from the French by Frances Frenate, · 1957

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,783)

NY, Dutton, 1957. 1st edition. VG hardback. By the writer who created a sensation in the 1950s by a first book "Bonjour Tristesse" Good Morning Sadness made into a movie. by Otto Preminger. Black and tan binding, gilt lettering. Includes various receipts from the 1950s unrelat...

Effective Radio Speaking.

Hoffman, William G. & Ralph L. Rogers, · 1944

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, McGraw Hill, (1944). G hardback. Owner name and jottings front endpaper. Binding some wear. "Don't beat around the bush in your desire to be pleasant. Be frank, direct, sincere. It is true that most people who boast that they are 'frank' are only fresh instead of refreshin...

Images of a University: a photographic history of the University of New Hampshire.

Bardwell, John D. and Ronald P. Bergeron, · 1984

$24.00 (€21.77 | £18.17 | ¥3,832)

Durham, NH, UNH, 1984. VG in G DJ. The story of an institution and of its people with an outstanding collection of photos barely saved from deterioration. DJ edge wear.

The Moons of Jupiter.

Munro, Alice, · 1983

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

NY, Knopf, 1983. 1st Amer, ed. VG. Nobel Prize in Literature for Munroe. 12 fictional stories by Munro,.

Cry, the Beloved Country.

Paton, Alan, · 1948

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

NY, Scribner, (1948). Fair hardback. Rust-colored binding, edge wear. Publication coincided with film release of movie with Richard Harris and James Earl Jones. story of Zulu pastor. Most important book in South Africa's history.

Bluegrass Mandolin.

Tuttle, Jack, · 1975

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

NY, Oak Publications, (1975). VG lg sz PB. An instruction book and collection of bluegrass mandolin music covering in detail all basic techniques and the music of:. Pictorial cover with photo of a bluegrass mandolin. Does not include bluegrass record.

Black Beauty: the autobiography of a horse.

Sewell, Anna, · 1911

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Barse & Hopkins, (1911). Good. Owner name front endpaper, butterscotch-color binding, illus horse on cover, edge wear, tanning to endpapers. Told from the point of view of the horse.

Maine Beautiful: illustrated by the author with pictures covering all the counties in Maine.

Nutting, Wallace, · 1935

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

NY, Garden City Publishing, (1935). 2nd printing. G ex-library. Brown tan pictorial binding with dark brown titles and illus, edge wear, library markings.

Pictured Knowledge: volume one only.

Dunham, Franklin, editor in chief, · 1956

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, J. J. Little & Ives Co, (1956). VG. Full-color illustrated encyclopedia for young people. Nicely bound burgundy with gilt symbols of subjects covered in book.

Guide to the Birds of Alaska.

Armstrong, Robert H., · 1991

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

Anchorage, Alaska Northwest Books, (1991). Revised 2d ptg. VG lg sz PB. Beautiful copy with multiple color photos on many pages.Author has been a biologist, naturalislt, and nature photographer since. 1960 He has led bird walks in the Denali national Park and for the Juneau Au...