New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, Publishers, 1880. Rosina Emmet [SHERWOOD]. cloth. 8vo; [3] 4-64pp; quarter bound tan cloth binding, illustrated paper over board with title and author on front cover and publisher on rear; blue endpapers; gift inscription in ink to free front endpaper dated 1887; chromolithographed illustrations with... More
Portland, Maine: Chisholm Bros. No date [c. 1880s]. Stiff boards. 32mo (5” x 6”); [13pp]; gilt stamped title on dark maroon paper over board decoratively blind stamped; 13 accordion folded leaves printed with lithographic images closely resembling photographs; scuffing and chipping to boards, age toning of paper; very good. Interesting... More
Boston: S. E. Cassino & Co., 1883. E. L. [Edwin Lord] WEEKS. Cloth. 12mo; ix, 203pp; brown cloth over board with gilt stamped title and stamped decorative cover and spine; decorated endpapers; stamp to free front endpaper indicating the book was a gift from Rotarians sometime during the Eisenhower administration;... More
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1931, February. Cloth. SIGNED. 8vo; 213pp; quarter bound in green cloth with gilt stamped spine, paper over board with gilt stamped facsimile signature to lower front cover; green top edge; owner’s signature to free front endpaper; SIGNED by author, “Robert Frost/Boston/1932” in blue ink... More
New York: Frederick A. Stokes & Brother, 1888. Susie Barstow SKELDING. First Edition. cloth. 8vo; [1-9] 10-128pp; decoratively stamped cloth over board with gilt, black and blue color, gilt stamped title to spine; all edges gilt; decorative floral endpapers; 12 full page illustrations of flowers with tissue guards, including frontispiece;... More
New York: Richard Marsh, 1846. wrap. 4 9/16” x 3 ¾”; 23pp; yellow printed wrappers with decorative front cover and publisher advertisement to rear cover; string binding; illustrated with wood engravings; light shelf wear to wrapper, ¼” tear to tail of wrapper fold, light stain to front wrapper, a few... More
London: Ernest Nister, No date [c. 1905]. Cloth. 8vo; [36pp]; quarter bound red cloth, chromolithographed pictorial paper over board with title on front cover; decorative endpapers; 12 full page chromolithographed illustrations including frontispiece, 2 full page lithographed illustrations and illustrations every page within text; thick stiff pages; 3 staple binding;... More
London: Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., No date [c. 1865]. Wraps. 32mo (4 ¾” x 3”); 30pp; still yellow wrapper with title and price printed on front cover in decorative border and a basket of flower design; string binding; frontispiece and tailpiece printed on pastedown plus 25 wood engravings followed by... More
Concord, N.H. Rufus Merrill, 1843. Wraps. 3 15/16” x 2 ¼”; [1-3] 4-8pp; decorated tan wrapper with string binding; 7 wood engraved illustrations with text and illustrated title page; near fine. Pretty illustrations of birds with text describing each one. More
Portland, Maine: The National Survey Co., 1915. No binding. Case map that folds to 10 ½” x 5”; grey stiff board with title and publisher on front; light sunning to back board, bumping to cover corners, 3 pin holes as if stabbed with a paper clip or similar sharp object... More
New York: Sam'l Gabriel Sons & Company, 1913. Stiff wraps. 4to; [14]pp; color printed glazed stiff wrapper “linenette”; all leaves heavy color illustrated glazed paper; chipping and scuffing of wrapper edges, bumping to corners with loss, spine split at head and tail with old ‘invisible’ tape as a repair, stitched... More
Leipzig: Rudolf Arnold Verlag, No date [c. 1950s]. Hans GRESCHEK. 1/4 cloth. 8vo; 32pp; quarter bound cloth with color illustrated board; illustrations in color and blue line drawing; light scuffing to cover edges; near fine. Wonderful German book on paper crafting for children. Line drawn illustrations probably sufficient for those... More
No Place [Bar Harbor, Maine: Publicity Committee Bar Harbor, Maine, No date [c. 1919]. First Edition. Stiff wraps. 8vo; [28pp]; pictorial stiff wrapper printed in blue and black with the title on the front; wood-cut illustration to wrappers; 2 staple binding; 2pp text followed by 22pp black and white photographic... More
Andover, Mass. The Andover Press, 1929. First Edition. Cloth. First edition. 8vo; 167pp; gilt stamped green cloth over board with title and author to front cover; black and white illustrations; ½” split to cloth in front cover gutter, book lightly cocked forward, light foxing to fly pages; very good. Interesting... More
New York: G.W. & C.H Colton for G.M. Donham, 1894. No binding. 17” x 14”, and 16” x 12 7/8” to the edge of the map extending through the neat line. Hand-colored folded pocket map, lacking its case, published for the Maine State Year Book. The map shows counties, towns... More
Bath, [Maine]: E. Upton & Son, 1884. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo; [1-5] 6-24pp; grey wrappers with the title printed within a double black border and a small wood-engraving of a train; brown spot to back wrapper, bump to bottom tail of spine, light vertical crease through booklet; near fine. Rare;... More
[Wiscasset, Maine]: Waldoboro-Boston Club, 1917. First Edition. Stiff wraps. 12mo; 35pp; tan stiff wrappers with title on front; 2 staple binding; small photographic illustrations; 17pp of members of the Boston area club of Waldoboro residents along with their occupations; light soiling to wrapper; near fine. Rare, not recorded. Collection of... More
[Lewiston, Maine]: The Lewiston Daily Sun and The Lewiston Evening Journal, 1936. First Edition. Stiff wraps. Long 8vo; [52pp]; tan faux-leather textured wrapper, oval opening exposes the photograph on title page; 50 full page black and white photographic illustrations; soiling to wrapper, small stain to title page bottom; some print... More
Quebec: Leger Brousseau, 1884. First Edition. Cloth. First edition. 12mo; [1-5], 6, [7-10], 11-230pp; decoratively stamped tan cloth with title, author and printer to front cover and spine; typed errata sheet laid in, with 2 additions hand written; light foxing to cover cloth, light age toning of paper; very good... More
Philadelphia: D. G. Brinton, 1883. Cloth. Map: The Huron-Iroquois Nations and the Surrounding Tribes. A.D. 1535-1780. First edition. 8vo; v, [1-9], 10-222pp; blind stamped border on brown cloth over board, gilt title to spine; one map; uncut bottom; sunning and spotting to cover and spine, bumping to cover corners, scuff with... More
Bangor, [Maine]: Bangor Board of Trade, 1906. First Edition. Stiff wraps. First edition. 12mo; [1-3] 4-64pp; green stiff wrappers with title to front; 2 staple binding; photographic illustrations; sunning and shelf wear to wrapper with some creasing and loss of back bottom corner, closed 2” tear to front wrapper fore... More
Augusta, Maine: Maine Development Commission, 1955. Stiff wraps. 4to; [34pp]; color pictorial stiff wrapper with title on front and back; two staple binding; both black and white and color photographic illustrations; light shelf wear and soiling; very good plus. This edition located in only two WorldCat libraries. Colorful tourism pamphlet... More
Syracuse, New York: Syracuse Washing Machine Corporation, 1927. Stiff wraps. Wrapper title: Washing, Helps and Suggestions. 12mo; [1-2] 3-32; ivory colored stiff wrapper with title and author printed in black on front and green decoration; 2 staple binding; vignette illustrations in green ink; sunning and soiling to wrapper; very good. Not... More
No place [Boston]: No publisher listed, No date [c 1858-1864]. Not bound. Broadside. 7 ¾” x 10 ¼”; pale yellow card stock with black printing; light creasing to corners, light soiling to front surface; very good. Broadside was issued by Capt. Proctor (1824-1910, Worcester County, Massachusetts) while Superintendent of the... More
Waterville, Maine: W. M. Ladd Company, Printers, No date [1902]. Stiff wraps. 12mo; [1-2] 3-36; light brown stiff wrapper with black title printed on front; 2 staple binding; black and white photographic illustrations; some printing ink smears, rusting of the staples with some staining; near fine. Four copies located in... More