Crabtree's Collection Old Books

This Tree Will Be Here for a Thousand Years: poems.

Bly, Robert, · 1979

$24.00 (€21.77 | £18.17 | ¥3,832)

NY, Harper & Row, (1979). 1st ed 3rd ptg. VG PB. Bly's 6th major collection - land, nature, and landscape. Poems begin with human concerns and then become transparent so. the reader is able to sense in it the powerful consciousness inside things.

Eye Level: poems.

Xie, Jenny, · 2018

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

Minneapolis, MN, Graywolf Press, (2018). 1st ptg thus. VG PB. Pictorial cover. Winner of the Walt Whitman Award 2017. "My parents and my words do not touch. I grow adept at tunneling inward, a habit I have yet to let go of.".

The Balance of Nature.

Milne, Lorus J. and Margery, · 1961

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

NY, Knopf, (1961). 2nd ptg. VG in G DJ. In this unusual book two well-known biologists and nature writers disclose the fierce impact of man upon animal life,. animals one another, and upon the plant life of the earth. DJ spine tanned and edge wear, owner stamps.

Loving Frank (Lloyd Wright).

Horan, Nancy, · 2008

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Ballantine, (2008). 6th ptg. VG PB. In her diary Hannah Cheney struggles to justify her clandestine love affair with architect Frank Lloyd Wright.

No Ordinary Time: Franklin & Eleanor Roosevelt: the home front in World War II.

Goodwin, Doris Kearns, · 1995

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

NY, Touchstone, (1995). 9th ptg. G PB. Compelling chronicle of a nation and its leaders during the period when modern America was created. Edge wear.

Ardor (a tribute to his love Jane Kenyon 1947-1995).

Hall, Donald signed, · 1998

$5,000.00 (€4,536.46 | £3,784.61 | ¥798,435)

Portland, Maine, Wolfe editions, August 1998. 76/150. VG first in a series of broadside poems. Printed for The Cafe Review. "Her death was the worst thing that could happen, and caring for her was the best.". "Hours are slow and weeks rapid in their vacancy. Each day lapses as...

Sailing the Great Races.

Burton, Robin, foreword by Chay Bluyh, · 1979

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

Secaucus, NJ, Chartwell, 1979. G in G DJ. A must for anyone interested in the craft of sail racing, informative and interesting. Slight edge wear.

Tinkers.

Harding, Paul, · 2009

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Bellevue Literary Press, (2009). 15th ptg. VG PB. "Ghostly proximity to other human souls",.

Old Man Tutt.

Train, Arthur, · 1938

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

NY, Scribner, 1938. 1st ed (a). Good. Owner stamp on front endpaper. Sunned spint, binding worn, gilt title and author.

The Penguin Book of Women Poets.

Cosman, Carol, Joan Keefe and Kathleen Weaver, edited by, · 1979

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

Middlesex, England, Penguin, (1979). G PB. Spanning 4,500 years and 40 literary traditions with an introductory note about the poet and the historic and literary. context in which she wrote. Some edge wear and tanning to top fore-edge.

Grass Roots: one year in the life of the New Hampshire presidential primary.

Duncan, Dayton, · 1991

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

London, Penguin, (1991). 1st ptg. VG PB. An inside look at one of the most pivotal stages of the electoral process. Remainder mark on bottom of pages. In 1952 NH introduced its first in the nation presidential primary and since then no one has won the presidency without winnin...

Clover Adams: a gilded and heartbreaking life.

Dyksstra, Natalie (signed by author), · 2012

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

NY, Houghton Mifflin, (2012). G in G DJ. Henry Adams' autobiography did not mention his wife Clover but here she takes center stage. Includes clipping from NY Times. Book Review about this book,dated March 4th 2012, "The Missing Pages". Almost invisible to Henry after her marr...

The Civil Wars of Julia Ward Howe (1819-1910): a biography.

Showalter, Elaine, · 2016

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

NY, Simon and Schuster, (2016). 1st ed 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. A beautiful studious New York heiress and aspiring poet when she married Bostonian Dr. Samuel Gridley, a hero of the Greek. war of independence against the Turks and an internationally acclaimed pioneer in the educat...

Great Rail-Trails of the Northeast: essential outdoor guide to 26 recreational-biking trails and their railroad history.

Penna, Craig Della, · 1996

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

Amherst, MA, New England Cartographics, (1996). 2nd ptg. VG PB. Donald Dale Karr, author, Pinsley Railroad Company. Detailed descriptions for all recreational uses.

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There.

Carroll, Lewis, · 0

$38.00 (€34.48 | £28.76 | ¥6,068)

Avenel. two VG hardback books. Dark brown binding with gilt letteing and decorations.

The Healing of Persons.

Tournier, Paul, · 1983

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Harper & Row, (1983). 2nd ptg. VG PB. Tournier opens wide the doorway to hope for the sick, lonely, and troubled in spirit offeriing a realistic hope based on the. discovery and interrelationship of mind and spirit in healing.

Guilt & Grace.

Tournier, Paul, · 1973

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Harper & Row, (1973). 1st PB ed. VG PB. Tournier's witness to the power of Christ to give people a new life founded on grace and characterized by freedp, and joy.

The Whole Person in a Broken World.

Tournier, Paul, · 1964

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

NY, Harper & Row, (1964). VG in a VG DJ. Tournier seeks to illuminate the ultimate meaning of the confusions of our world. Scratch on front of DJ.

My Side of the Mountain.

George, Jean Craighead, · 2004

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Puffin, (2004). VG PB. Samis unhappy living in his family's overcrowded apt so he runs away to the mountains with a pen knife, and his clothes.

We Die Alone.

Howarth, David, · 1955

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,874)

NY, Macmillan, (1955). G hardback. Mountaineering in Norwary during WWII. Owner sticker front endpaper, small tanning spot. In March of 1943 12 Norwegian resistance fighters betrayed by the Nazis travel 80 miles in the Arctic wilds to Sweden as told by survivor Jan Baalsrud. P...