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A Seafaring Legacy: the photographs, diaries, letters & memorabilia of a Maine sea captain and his wife 1859-1908.

FreeHand, Julianna, · 1981 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,235)

NY, Random, (1981). 1st ed. VG in G DJ. Tucked away in musty cartons, packed up & gathering dust in atticks & closets in Yarmouth, Maine, was a treasure: letters,. diaries, photos & assorted memorabilia of Sumner & Alice Drinkwater, a 19th century Yankee sea captain & his wife...

Death Valley Scotty: "the fastest con in the West".

National Park Service, · 1974 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,554)

Corona del Mar, CA, Trans-Anglo Books, (1974). 1st ed. VG in G DJ. Stories about "Death Valley Scotty's" exploits are still told. His castle in Grapevine Canyon, a remote corner of Death Valley. National Monument, is now owned by the National Park Service & is open to the publ...

Death Valley Scotty: "the fastest con in the West".

National Park Service, · 1974 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,873)

Corona del Mar, CA, Trans-Anglo Books, (1974). 1st ed. VG in VG DJ. Stories about "Death Valley Scotty's" exploits are still told. His castle in Grapevine Canyon, a remote corner of Death Valley. National Monument, is now owned by the National Park Service & is open to the pub...

"Reconciled".

Crouse, Bette Jean, · 1983 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Portland, ME, House of Falmouth, (1983). VG in VG DJ. Inscribed by Crouse. Unstable marriage, rebelious teens, physical conditions did not deter her from seeking God. DJ two edge tears.

The Mount Vernon Street Warrens: a Boston story 1860-1910.

Green, Martin, · 1989 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,235)

NY, Scribner, (1989). 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ.

My Sister Life: the story of my sister's disappearance.

Flook, Maria, · 1997 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Pantheon, (1997). 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ. From the ocean liners & Paris vacations of their refined upbringing to the gritty peepshows & adult theaters where they. find jobs, two sisters flee from a tormented matriarch with secrets.

Thomas More.

Hollis, Christopher, · 1935 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,873)

Milwaukee, Bruce, (1935). 2ND PTG. VG in Fair DJ. Brown embossed binding, gilt lettering spine. DJ piece missing edges.

Memories of Anne Frank: reflections of a childhood friend.

Gold, Alison Leslie, · 1997 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$8.00 (€7.26 | £6.06 | ¥1,277)

NY, Scholastic, (1997). VG lg sz PB. Two childhood friends whose last tearful meeting was at a concentration camp just before Anne's death in 1945.

Prayers in the Pantry.

Weigle, Jacqueline Sanborn, · 1973 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

np, Privately printed, (1973). G ex-library. A week of grief in a couple's life as they lose friends & family members to death during Christmas week. Red binding,. faded at edges, spot ft cover.

Hitler: the pictorial documentary of his life.

Toland, John, · 1980 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

NY, Ballantine, (1980). 1st ptg thus. Fair. Edge wear, scrape at bottom of spine, hole punched in cover at top corner, damp stain bottom half near back of book. Assembled from world archives & private, personal albums of Eva Braun, Hermann Goring & Joachim von Ribbentrop, some...

Wednesday's Child.

Robbins, Rhea Cote, · 1997 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

Brunswick, ME, Maine Writers & Publishers, (1997). G PB. Edges of cover sl curling.

From the Orange Mailbox: notes from a few country acres.

Clark, A. Carman, preface by Roy Barrette, · 1985 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

Gardiner, ME, Harpswell Press, (1985). 1st ed. VG PB.

A Nostalgic Almanac.

Hong, Edna, · 1980 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$8.00 (€7.26 | £6.06 | ¥1,277)

Minneapolis, MN, Augsburg Pub House, (1980). BCE. VG PB. A delightful journey through the seasons as Hong shares her appreciation of life lived on a midwestern farm.

Across the Roof of the World.

Skrede, Wilfred, translated by M.A. Michael, · 1954 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

NY, Norton, (1954). 1st ptg. G in G DJ ex-library. Across Russia & turkestan, over the Himalayas alone & afoot into India to the sea. Owner inscription title page, usual. library markings, map on endpapers, DJ edge wear. A young Norwegian tells of his journey from Sweden to Ca...

Marianne Thornton: a domestic biography 1797-1887.

Forster, E. M., · 1956 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

NY, Harvest, (1956). 1st ptg. VG lg sz PB. Forster writes of his maiden aunt & the extraordinary span of social change during her lifetime & draws on her correspondence. & family papers.

A Sort of Life.

Greene, Graham, · 1971 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$8.00 (€7.26 | £6.06 | ¥1,277)

NY, Touchstone, (1971). 1st ptg. VG lg sz PB.

Mark Twain: God's Fool.

Hill, Hamlin, · 1975 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

NY, Harper, (1975). VG lg sz PB. Concentrating on the last 10 years of Twain's life, Hill throws light on his family antagonisms, his fear of poverty, his guilty. introspection & sense of inferiority, his doubts about himself as a writer, a friend, a husband, a father. Ft cove...

Albany Park: a story of Bohemian adventure & obsessive love: a memoir.

Chaplin, Patrice, · 1987 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$8.00 (€7.26 | £6.06 | ¥1,277)

NY, Atlantic Monthly, (1987). 1st ptg. VG PB. Sensual, vivid, often shocking memoir of life lived on a desperate edge. Patrice & a friend run away from a nightmarish. childhood in a London suburg to hitchhike across Spain bound for Bohemia. Patrice meets the handsome, elusive,...

Once There Was a Farm: a country childhood remembered.

Dabney, Virginia Bell, · 1991 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$8.00 (€7.26 | £6.06 | ¥1,277)

NY, Ballantine, (1991). 1st ptg. VG PB. Farm life with certain description that are breathtaking - the fire, rebuilding of the farm, her sister's early death.

Jagger Unauthorized.

Andersen, Christopher, · 1993 · Crabtree's Collection Old Books

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

NY, Delacorte, (1993). 1st ptg. VG in VG DJ.