New York and London: Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., 2007. Eric PUYBARET. First Edition. Cloth. First edition, 6th printing. 4to; [22]pp; unopened Compact Disc mounted in rear board, protected by a plastic disc; green cloth over board, color pictorial onlay of a dragon, gilt-stamped border; color pictorial endpapers; glazed color illustrated..... More
Rockport, Maine: Down East Books, 2000. Kelly Paul BRIGGS. Ephemera no binding. SIGNED by the ARTIST. Original art: 15 ½” x 15 ½” mat size; 5 5/8” x 5 5/8” image size. Original illustration art from Lighthouse Lullaby by mid-coast Maine author and artist Kelly Briggs. The fifth illustration found..... More
Rockport, Maine: Down East Books, 2000. Kelly Paul BRIGGS. Ephemera no binding. SIGNED by the ARTIST. Original art: 15 ½” x 15 ½” mat size; 5 5/8” x 5 5/8” image size. Original illustration art from Lighthouse Lullaby by mid-coast Maine author and artist Kelly Briggs. The fourteenth illustration found..... More
Rockport, Maine: Down East Books, 2000. Kelly Paul BRIGGS. Ephemera no binding. SIGNED by the ARTIST. Original art: 15 ½” x 15 ½” mat size; 5 5/8” x 5 5/8” image size. Original illustration art from Lighthouse Lullaby by mid-coast Maine author and artist Kelly Briggs. The fourth illustration found..... More
Rockport, Maine: Down East Books, 2000. Kelly Paul BRIGGS. Ephemera no binding. SIGNED by the ARTIST. Original art: 15 ½” x 15 ½” mat size; 5 5/8” x 5 5/8” image size. Original illustration art from Lighthouse Lullaby by mid-coast Maine author and artist Kelly Briggs. The second illustration found..... More
Rockport, Maine: Down East Books, 2000. Kelly Paul BRIGGS. Ephemera no binding. [ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATION ART] [JUVENILE]. SIGNED by the ARTIST. Original art: 15 ½” x 15 ½” mat size; 5 5/8” x 5 5/8” image size. Original illustration art from Lighthouse Lullaby by mid-coast Maine author and artist Kelly Briggs..... More
Seymour Eaton and Edward Stern & Co. Inc., 1907. Seymour EATON. Wraps. [ADVERTISING PREMIUM]. 16mo (6 3/8” x 5”); 12pp; glazed color pictorial wrapper, two bears baking on front, and two bears presenting their baked goods to Mother Goose characters on rear wrapper; 2 staple binding; small b&w vignettes in..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1928. Cloth. 12mo; xi, [1], 184pp; bright green cloth over board, gilt-stamped lettering on spine; bookseller’s ticket to rear pastedown; light shelf wear to boards; very good plus. Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) was an English novelist and poet. He is perhaps best remembered for two of..... More
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co., Publisher, No date [c. 1892]. Cloth. [WOMAN AUTHOR]. 16mo (6 1/8” x 4 1/8”); xxiv, 290pp; glazed illustrated cloth over board, bark motif with flowers, lettering in brown; ownership in neat ink on ffep; b&w fp with tissue guard, small b&w illustrations in text;..... More
Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1924. Cloth. [SPORTS]. 8vo; 62pp; navy glazed cloth over board, blind stamped borders, gilt lettering on spine; bookplate on front pastedown; black line drawings in text; fine. This lecture on rowing was first presented in 1907, and the first edition was published in 1909. The..... More
Boston: Small, Maynard and Company, 1910. Cloth. [POETRY]. The University Press, Cambridge, presswork. Eighth edition. 12mo; xv, [i], 209pp; dark green ribbed cloth over board, gilt-stamped lettering and framed vignette of pines on front; gilt-stamped lettering on spine; gift inscription on front pastedown; 6 b&w photographic illustrated plates incl. frontispiece;..... More
Boston: Small Maynard and Company, Publishers, 1912. Cloth. First edition. 8vo; xiv, 311pp; green cloth over board, vining border stamped in dark green, lettering and framed vignette of mountains gilt-stamped on front; gilt-stamped lettering and vignette of the Old Man of the Mountain on spine; owner’s bookplate on front pastedown;..... More
Garland, Maine: Gerald E. Lewis, 1975, Febrary. Roderick SLATER. Wraps. Roderick SLATER, illustrator. Third printing. 12mo; 134pp; color pictorial glazed wraps; b&w frontispiece and illustrations in text; binding tight, appears unread; fine. More
New York: The Platt & Peck Co., No date [c. 1915]. G.E. SHEPHEARD. Boards. [HUMOR] [POETRY/RHYME]. G.E. SHEPHEARD, illustrator. Printed in Great Britain. First edition thus. Part of The Little Wonder Books series. 24mo (5 ½” x 4 3/8”); 85pp; light brown boards, embossed borders and lettering, color pictorial onlay..... More
Boston: Thompson Brown Company, 1908, September. Ada BUDELL. Cloth. [WOMAN AUTHOR] [WOMAN ILLUSTRATOR]. Ada BUDELL, illustrator. First edition thus. 12mo; 128 [1]pp; tan cloth over board, vignette of a boy with books printed in color on front; color illustrated frontispiece and one additional plate; b&w illustrations in text; light fraying..... More
Calais [Maine]: J.A. Sears, Printer, 1875. Cloth. [HISTORY]. 12mo (7” x 4 ¾”); 208pp; marron cloth over board, blind-stamped borders and corner ornaments, gilt-stamped lettering on front board; brown endpapers; binding tight; spine ends lightly scuffed, mark to front board; very good plus. A short history of the towns of..... More
Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co., 1916. Cloth. 8vo; 297pp; navy cloth over board, gilt-stamped lettering on front and spine, small color stamped vignette on front and spine; map on cream endpapers; b&w photographic illustrated fp and plates; vignette and decorations on title page; white spots on front board, light age-toning..... More
New York: Antheneum, 1990. quarter bound cloth. First edition, first printing. 8vo; xvi, [ii], 365pp; quarter-bound in black cloth over cream boards, blind-stamped lettering to front, silver-stamped lettering to spine; b&w pictorial endpapers; b&w illustrated plates on glazed paper; unclipped color pictorial dust jacket; fine in fine dj. ISBN: 0-689-11960-7..... More
Camden, Maine: Down East Books, 2001. Cloth. First edition, first printing. 4to; 159 [1]pp; green cloth over board, gilt-stamped lettering on spine; green endpapers; color photographic illustrations throughout on glazed paper; unclipped color dust jacket; fine in fine dj. ISBN 0-89272-482-X. A lovely pictorial book of plants in Maine for..... More
Portland [Maine]: J. Chace, Jr. & Co.; Sanborn & Carter, 55 Exchange Street; Bailey & Noyes, 56 and 58 Exchange Street. No date [c. 1869]. Cloth. Printed by B. Thurston, Steam Book, Job, and Card Printer, Proprietor of Commercial News Room, Publisher of “Portland Price-Current” and “Maine Teacher,” 79 Middle..... More
Seacaucus, N.J. Chartwell Books, Inc., 1985. Cloth. 4to; 175pp; black cloth over board, silver-stamped lettering on spine; color photographic illustrations; unclipped color pictorial dust jacket lacking price, light crease to bottom edge; fine in near fine dj. ISBN: 0-89009-882-4. Lovely color photos of the Maine coast with descriptions. The author..... More
Augusta, Maine: [Maine State Library], 1920. Cloth. 4to; xiii, [ii], 338pp; dark green cloth over board, blind-stamped with pinecones, gilt-stamped lettering on front and spine; b&w fp and illustrations; light shelf-wear to boards, sunned spine and lettering, scattered light foxing; b&w illustrations; very good plus. Part I of the book..... More
Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1973. Cloth. 1973 reprint on the original 1930 edition. 8vo; 414pp; bright green cloth over board, black lettering on spine; owner’s address label on front pastedown; b&w maps and photographic illustrations in text; fine. $50.00. An in-depth look at the rivers of the state of..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, The Riverside Press Cambridge, 1937. Cloth. 8vo; 476pp; faux-leather dark green cloth over board, gilt-stamped lettering to front and spine; map of Maine front endpapers, rear eps have map pocket—map lacking; gift inscription on half-title; b&w photographic illustrations with titles; light scuffing to boards; very good..... More
New York: McLoughlin Bros. No date [c. 1890-1900]. Cloth. F. Schuyler MATHEWS, illustrator. Small 4to; 128pp; tan glazed buckram over board, color-stamped pictorial on front board with a vignette of a girl jumping rope; white stamped lettering on spine and front board; color pictorial title page; headbands; illustrated throughout; fine..... More