New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1924. Half Bound Leather. Married set in a custom binding. 8vo; Vol. I: [vi]-xvi, [2]-368 + 2 blank leaves; Vol. II: [viii], 365pp + 2pp advertisements and 2 blank leaves; Vol. I: First edition, H-Y (August 1924); Vol. II: K-Y (October 1924)... More about Mark Twain's Autobiography, in Two Volumes
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1928. First Edition. Cloth. First edition, fourth impression, 1928 October. Two volumes. 8vo; gilt-stamped facsimile signature to front board navy ribbed cloth, gilt stamped spine; deckle fore-edge and bottom; Vol. I: xxviii, 607pp; photogravure portrait frontispiece with tissue guard of Abraham Lincoln; 8 inserted b&w plates; a.... More about Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1858, Volumes I and II
Portland, [Maine]: Shirley and Hyde, 1829. Later printing. Half Bound Leather. First edition, later printing. 8vo; viii, 466 + errata list; half bound in brown calf with brown marbled boards, gilt-stamped title “Survey of Maine” to leather label on spine; bookplate of the Pepperell family in America to front pastedown... More about A Survey of the State of Maine, in Reference to its Geographical Features, Statistics and...
Boston: Oliver Ditson Company, 1888. Pictorial boards. 16mo oblong; 216pp; illustrated paper over board with a bird on the front and publisher’s ads to the rear board, brown cloth spine; advertising endpapers; scuffing with some loss to boards, lightly age-tone; very good minus. Not only a songbook with music, but..... More about The Nightingale; A Choice Collection of Songs, Chants and Hymns, Designed for the Use of Juvenile...
[New York]: Delacorte / Eleanor Friede, 1980. Hilary KNIGHT. First Edition. Cloth. First edition. 8vo; 132 [4]pp; ISBN: 0440000734; mustard buckram with spine stamped brown; mustard toned pictorial endpapers with the cat over a reservation listing; b&w illustrations; clipped color pictorial dust jacket; fine in fine dj. Story of the... More about Algonquin Cat
New York: Random House, 1964. John BURNINGHAM. First American Edition. Cloth. First American edition, later printing. 8vo; 111 [7]pp; gilt-stamped title to front cover and spine, red cloth over board; dark stained upper edge; black and green endpapers of the flying car; b&w illustrations; price-clipped, color illustrated dust jacket, light... More about Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. The Magical Car
[New York]: Beginner Books, a Division of Random House, Inc., No date [1968]. B. TOBEY. First Edition thus. Boards. First edition thus. 8vo; 63pp; color pictorial boards; color pictorial endpapers; color illustrations every page; light rubbing to board edges; unclipped color illustrated dust jacket, large chip to tail of spine... More about Story of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang! The Magical Car
New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1979. Jamie WYETH. First Edition. Cloth. First edition. 8vo; 158pp; red buckram over board with gilt1stamped spine; dark blue endpapers; ownership in marker to ffep; illustrated throughout in b&w; color illustrated unclipped dust jacket with no listed price, light soiling to rear, shelf rubbing to..... More about The Stray
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1970. Raymond ABEL. First Edition. Cloth. First edition. 8vo; 123pp; quarter-bound yellow cloth with orange board, author, title and published stamped in orange on spine; untrimmed fore-edge; melon-colored endpapers; b&w illustrations; small bump to front bottom corner; color illustrated unclipped dust jacket; fine in fine..... More about Mystery in Hidden Hollow
New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., No date [c1908]. Cecil ALDIN. First American Edition. Cloth. First American edition. 8vo; 176pp; color pictorial onlay to green cloth over board, gilt-stamped spine; untrimmed rear and fore-edge; bookseller ticket to rear pastedown; color illustrated frontispiece and title page with tissue guard; 20 additional... More about Old Christmas
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1962. Raymond ABEL. First Edition. Cloth. First edition. 8vo; 128pp; chartreuse buckram over board, dark green-stamped title, author and publisher to spine, vignette of man rowing a boat to front board; b&w illustrations; , scuffing to board edges, stain to fore-edge; color illustrated unclipped dust... More about Mystery Behind Dark Windows
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1957. Raymond ABEL. First Edition. Cloth. First edition. 8vo; 126pp; green-stamped title on pale green buckram; bookplate to ffep; b&w illustrations; damp staining with color loss to cover bottom edge, no damage to endpapers or pages; color illustrated unclipped dust jacket, edge chipping with loss..... More about Mystery at Pemaquid Point
London: Ernest Nister, c. 1890. R. A. BELL. First Edition. Cloth. Printed by E. Nister at Nuremberg (Bavaria). First edition. 4to; [54pp]; gilt and color stamped pictorial cover on blue cloth over beveled board, gilt-stamped title to spine; all edges gilt; gilt-stamped brocade ribbed navy-blue liners; gift inscription to verso ffep;... More about The Golden Treasury of Art and Song
New York: H. W. Blake & Company, 1892. First Edition. Half Bound Leather. First edition; Edition limited to 1600 prints. Thick 4to; half-bond in maroon leather with red cloth boards, professionally re-backed by Green Dragon Bindery; gilt-stamped ruling and ornaments with title to spine; all edges gilt; cream moiré satin... More about Illustrated History of Kennebec County Maine, 1625 - 1799 - 1892
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., 1949. Robert P. Tristram COFFIN. First Edition. Cloth. First edition. 4to; [99pp]; blue cloth over board; gilt-stamped title and author to front and spine; blue & w pictorial endpapers; light age-toning of page edges, a few smudges; clipped two-tone blue pictorial dust jacket with title... More about Coast Calendar; Dust jacket title: Coast Calendar. A Saga in salty prose of one year of life on...
New York: Bonanza Books, 1924. Cloth. Modern reprint. 8vo; 302pp; bright green buckram over board, title to spine in black; pictorial title page; b&w drawings and photographic illustrations throughout text; light foxing and shelf soiling to top edge; unclipped green, heavy glazed b&w dust jacket with light foxing to edges;..... More about Maine Beautiful, A Pictorial Record Covering All the Counties of Maine, with Text Between
No place listed: Stanley F. Baker, Publisher, 1941. First Edition. Cloth. First edition. Thin 8vo; 101pp; gilt-stamped mint green cloth over board with title on front and spine; photographic illustrated endpapers; 96pp photographic illustrations in b&w; price clipped dust jacket with a pictorial view of vessels in port, green and..... More about The Coast of Maine, A Photographic Panorama
Camden, Maine: Camden Publishing Company, 1907. First Edition. Cloth. First edition. 8vo; xiii, 644pp; maroon ribbed cloth over board, gilt stamped spine; b& w photographic illustrations within text; cover scuffed, edges worn with loss, shaken; good. Detailed history of the towns the two mid-coast Maine coastal towns. More about History of Camden and Rockport
Portland, Maine: The Lakeside Press, Engravers, Printers and Binders, 1898. Half Bound Leather. 8vo; VIII, [II], 602pp; half-bound in pebbled maroon leather with gilt-stamped state seal under 35 stars on maroon cloth over board; gilt-stamped spine with 5 raised bands; brown calico floral endpapers; ownership in ink to front pastedown;... More about Maine at Gettysburg. Report of Maine Commissioners prepared by The Executive Committee
Boston: Crocker & Brewster, 47 Washington Street, 1847. Full calf. 12mo; 776 + 4pp ads; calf over board, gilt stamped black calf label to spine; bookseller’s ticket to front pastedown; ownership in ink to front pastedown and ffep; general wear and scuffing to boards and edges, front and top rear... More about The Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs, of the Rev. Isaac Watts, D.D. To Which are Added, Select...
Hallowell [Maine]: Calvin S. Spaulding, No. 5, Kennebec Row, 1824. Second Edition. Full leather. Second edition. 12mo; 324pp; brown calf over board with gilt stamped rulings on the spine and black calf label titled, “Town Officer”; glue burns to endpapers; shelf scuffing to edges, spine head chipped, age-toning of paper... More about The Powers and Duties of the Town Officer, as Contained in the Statutes of Maine; with Forms...
Boston: B. B. Russell, 57 Cornhill, 1881. First Edition. First edition. 8vo; 611pp; gilt stamped seal of the State of Maine to maroon cloth over beveled board, black stamped title to front cover, gilt stamped title and publisher to spine with author, pine tree and deer stamped in black; maroon... More about A Gazetteer of the State of Maine with Numerous Illustrations
Gardiner, Maine: Tilbury House, Publishers, 1995, June. Kate FURBISH. First Edition. Cloth. First edition, first printing. 4to; xiii, 161 [1]pp; smooth dark green linen with gilt-stamped spine; pale green endpapers; color and b&w photographic illustrations; unclipped color illustrated green dust jacket; fine in fine dj. Illustrations in both black and... More about Kate Furbish and the Flora of Maine
Portland, [Maine]: Falmouth Publishing House, 1950. First Edition. First edition. 8vo; viii [iv], 416pp; gilt stamped blue buckram with title and author on front cover and spine; ownership bookplate to front paste down; light fading of buckram, light bumping to cover corners, light scattered foxing to edges; unclipped color pictorial... More about A Town That Went to Sea
Boston: A Richard Todd Book, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1991. First Edition. 1/4 cloth. Later printing. 8vo; xx, 524pp; quarter-bound in navy cloth with white paper, spine stamped in white; b&w photographic illustrations; unclipped color pictorial dust jacket; near fine in near fine dj. A book about Maine culture and its... More about The Maine Reader