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Reminiscences.

Carlyle, Thomas, edited by James Anthony Froude, · 1881 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,512)

NY, Harper & Bros, 1881. VG. Given to his editor ten years before his death to be published after he was gone. Tanning on beginning and ending pages. Maroon embossed binding, gilt lettering and decoration. Edge wear.

Calvin Collidge Vermonter: address by Kinsley, State Chamber of Commerce, Burlington, Vermont, March 24, 1924.

Kinsley, Earle S., · 1924 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,512)

Plymouth, VT, Home Town Coolidge Club, nd (ca 1924). G PB. Booklet published in honor of formation of "The Home Town Coolidge Club of Plymouth, Vermont" where 50 residents met to. organize the club in the building where he was born. Tan booklet with green lettering and green i...

Turns Again Home: Andover Newton Theological School and Reminiscences from an Unkept Journal.

Herrick, Everett Carleton, · 1949 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Boston, Pilgrim Press, (1949). 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. Begins with author's retirement from Andover Newton and then moves back to his childhood. DJ spine sl sunned, owner name.

An Adventure with a Genius: recollections of Joseph Pulitzer.

Ireland, Alleyne, · 1931 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,554)

NY, Dutton, 1931. New edition. VG in G DJ. A titan, struck blind in mid-career, rebuilding his life with the eyesight and brains of other men, the secretariat he bullied. tormented and relentlessly drove to the limit of its powers. Owner name and notation ft endpaper, DJ edge ...

Daniel Webster: New Hampshire's Noted Defender of the U.S. Constitution 1782-1852.

Anderson, Leon W. & New Hampshire State Liquor Commission, · 1977 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Concord, NH, Evans Ptg, (1977). VG PB.

A Degree of Prudery: a biography of Fanny Burney.

Hahn, Emily, · 1950 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Doubleday, (1950). 1st ed. VG in Fair DJ. A witty and penetrating study of a fascinating time and her fabulous time. Fanny wrote her first book, Evelina, anonymously. and for 6 months heard guesses made as to its authorship. Hahn writes of Fanny with affection but with cha...

Autographs.

French, Albert S., · 1874 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$65.00 (€58.97 | £49.20 | ¥10,376)

Fall River, MA, np, 1874. G. Red leather binding, gilt lettering & decoration. Quite worn binding, nick on bottom of front endpaper, back endpaper 1/3. remaining, pages show wear. Sayings and autographs from Fall River people in the 1870s, two drawings.

Biography of Revolutionary Heroes; containing the life of Brigadier Gen. William Barton, & also, of Captain Stephen Olney.

Williams, (Catharne R.) Mrs., · 1839 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Providence, Pub by author, 1839. Fair. Embossed boards. Owner bookplate & inscription, ft cover detached, spine taped, leather title label, edge wear.

Turns Again Home.

Herrick, Everett Carleton, · 1949 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,235)

Boston, Pilgrim Press, (1949). Limited signed. VG in G DJ. Signed by author. Begins with Maine born author's retirement from Newton. Under his presidency Congregational Andover and. Baptist Newton were merging. Laid in newspaper clipping with review of this book by H. T. Handl...

The Captain and the Captives: War: United We Stand.

Goldthwaite, Andrea, · 2001 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,235)

Tarentum, PA, Word Association Pubs, (2001). VG PB. Signed by the author plus her address sticker.

Elijah Kellogg: the man and his work: chapters from his life and selections from his writings.

Mitchell, Wilmot Brookings, Prof. of Rhetoric and Oratory, Bowdoin College, · 1903 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Boston, Lee and Shepard, 1903. 1st ed. VG. Wrote Maine boys adventure stories and was a Christian minister who taught at Bowdoin College. Dark green binding, gilt. lettering and decoration ft cover ands pine. Slight circular marks on ft cover. Owner name in pencil ft endpaper.

Captain Danger (Captain Gifford Davis).

Crittenden, Davis, · 1965 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$17.00 (€15.42 | £12.87 | ¥2,714)

NY, Carlton Press, (1965). VG in G DJ. Inscribed by author. Master Mariner and senior Captain on the Fall River Line, Danger Davis ran supplies to the Union forces. during the Civil War. Written by his grandson. DJ edge tears.

Soul of the Lion: a biography of General Joshua L. Chamberlain.

Wallace, Willard M., · 1995 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Gettysburg, PA, Stan Clark Military Books, (1995). Reprint. VG PB. ".superbly written account ofone of the most incredible officers to serve in the Army of the Potomac." Civil War News. "If ever a man earned the respect of his contemporaries, it was Joshua Chamberlain." Maine ...

Home to the Wilderness.

Carrighar, Sally, · 1965 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1965. BCE. VG. Writing from the deepest level and withholding nothing, wildlife author Carrighar writes about her life.

The Origin.

Stone, Irving, · 1980 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

NY, New American Library, (1980). VG PB. He did not mean to rock the world. He meant only to know the truth. But before he was done, Charles Darwin would shake the. faith of centuries, would be reviled as a fiend, denounced as a madman, and finally hailed as a genius. Nice copy.

Cross Creek.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan, · 1942 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

NY, Scribner, 1942. G. Spine & binding edges faded, first blank page removed causing ft hinge crack & some scrapes, portion of DJ flap showing. author writing at outside desk glued to back endpaper.

A Contemporary's Account of the Life and Times of James 1st Duke or Ormonde.

Butler Society, · 1980 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$95.00 (€86.19 | £71.91 | ¥15,165)

New London, NH, Country Press, 1980. VG PB. Privately printed for the enjoyment of members of The Butler Society. Ormonde was Councillor for New England at 23, Lord. Lieutenant of Ireland at 74, and was known for being the "loyal" Duke, the personification of steadfastness. Ta...

The United States Presidents: their lives, families and great decisions.

Saturday Evening Post, · 1980 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Indianapolis, IN, Curtis Pub Co, (1980). VG lg sz PB. Interesting sidelights as well as major happenings in the lives of the Presidents. Price marked out on cover, sl edge wear.

The American Immortals: the record of men who, by their achievements in statecraft, war, science, literature, art, law...

Eggleston, George Cary, · 1901 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$24.00 (€21.77 | £18.17 | ¥3,831)

NY, Putnam, (1901). 1st ed. G.and commerce, have created the American Republic, and whose names are inscribed in the Hall of Fame. Green binding, gilt lettering on spine (rubbed), edge wear, owner name ft endpaper in pencil.

Father Julius and Mother Emilie: a personal biography of midwestern pioneers.

Bubolz, George C., · 1975 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Hicksville, NY, Exposition Press, (1975). 1st ed. VG in G DJ. The Bubolz family came to American with their parents in the 1860s, part of the large throng of German. immigrants who entered Wisconsin and the Upper Midwest in serach of freedom and opportunity. DJ rubbed & edge w...