Boston: Press of Stanley and Usher, 1886. Cloth. 8vo; 292pp; brown cloth over board with black stamped horizontal cover border, title in gilt to spine; portrait frontispiece; scuffing to head and tail of spine, lightly bumped cover corners, age toning of paper; foxing of endpapers, frontispiece and title page, scattered..... More
Orono, Maine: University Press, 1944. First Edition. Stiff wraps. First edition. 8vo; xix, [iv], 72pp; green textured stiff wrapper with title and authors stamped in silver to front and spine; 8pp plus fp b&w photographic illustrations with titles preceding text, inserted 2pp map of the state of Maine; inserted quarter..... 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
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
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
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
Boston: Graves, Locke & Co., Publishers, 1879. Wraps. [TRAVEL] [SOUVENIR] [EPHEMERA]. Boston Stereotype Foundry, No. 10 Spring Lane, printers. Cover title: Old Orchard Maine Map: Plan of Ferry Beach Park, Cottage Lots, Ferry Beach, Saco, Maine, 2 pp Fold-out illustrated bird’s-eye-view map with vignettes: Balloon View of Old Orchard, Me...... More
Augusta, Maine: Maine Aeronautics Commission, State Airport, No date [c. 1940s]. 12mo; [4pp]; one leaf, vertical fold; green and black ink with relief printed vignette of an airplane to front; light creasing to corners; near fine. Blurbs on the Aeronautics Commission, Airfields, Safety, Legislation and Education for the Air Age..... More
Augusta, Maine: Maine Development Commission, No date [between 1937-1941]. Cloth. 8vo; [24pp]; color pictorial stiff wrapper, 2 staple binding; verso front and recto rear wrapper printed decoratively with title; vignette of state seal to title page; b&w half-tone photographic illustrations with titles; message from Governor; faint vertical fold; near fine..... More
Augusta, Maine: Maine Development Commission, No date [c. 1940s]. Staplebound. 12mo; 61, [3]pp; stiff pictorial glazed wrapper printed in green; two staple binding; half-tone b&w photographic illustrations throughout text; fine. Booklet covers equipment needed for hiking and climbing, and local accommodations. Includes a chart of named mountains, local towns with..... More
Bath, Maine: Patten Free Library, 1988. First Edition. Cloth. First edition. 8vo; vii, [i], 312pp; navy cloth over board, gilt-stamped spine; b&w illustrations in text; unclipped pictorial glazed dust jacket, lacking price; fine in fine dj. ISBN: 0-9620401-0-X. The history of Bath, Maine and the ship building industry. More
Bar Harbor, Maine: Acadia Publishing Company, 1997, June. Frederic Edwin CHURCH. First Edition. Stiff wraps. First edition. 8vo; 175pp; sepia stiff glazed pictorial wrapper; 28 b&w illustrated plates on thick glazed stock; fine. ISBN: 0-934745-25-0. Edited by Anne Mazlish under the auspices of the Mount Desert Island Historical Society. The..... More
New York: A Studio Book, The Viking Press, 1963. Cloth. 4to; 178pp; half-bound in mint green cloth with marbled boards, gilt-stamped spine; green endpapers; Christmas card with inscriptions to ffep; gift inscription to ffep dated “Christmas 1983”; both b&w and color illustrations of art; price clipped color pictorial dust jacket..... More
New York: A Studio Book, The Viking Press, 1963. 1/4 cloth. 4to; 178pp; quarter-bound pale green cloth, grey marbled paper over board, gilt stamped spine; grey end papers; front of a Christmas card pasted to ffep with gift inscription, gift inscription in red ink to half-title; photographic illustrations both in..... More
Brunswick, Maine: Published by the H.E. Mitchell Co., 1906. Cloth. 8vo; 284pp; dark green buckram over board, title stamped in black to front; scuffing to boards, light soiling throughout, damp-staining to top edge but no odors, lightly shaken; good plus. An interesting reference of history, events, government offices, Civil War..... More
Portland, [Maine]: Printed for the Society (The Society of the Colonial Dames of America Resident in the State of Maine). Cloth. 8vo; 28pp; gilt stamped title on pebbled brown cloth over board; owners bookplate to free front endpaper; light glue burn on endpapers; near fine. Not recorded. History of Sir..... More
Scarborough, Maine: Harp Publications, 1990. First Edition. Cloth. First edition. 8vo; xiv, 209 [1]pp; green cloth over board, gilt titles to spine; map of Bangor front endpapers, map of Portland rear endpapers; b&w illustrations; clipped pictorial dustjacket, light sunning to spine; fine in near fine dj. ISBN: 0-9626389-0-0. The story..... More
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
Framingham, Massachusetts: Old America Company, Publishers, 1924. Wallace Nutting. First Edition. Cloth. SIGNED. FIRST EDITION. 4to; 302pp; dark olive cloth over board, title gilt-stamped on front, blind-stamped borders and label; author’s signature on ffep dated “30 Sept, 1924”; pictorial vignette to title-page; 72 plates with photographic illustrations; b&w drawings in..... More
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
No place listed but University of Maine, Orono: Mainiac Publishing Association, 1921. Sidney OSBORNE, staff artist. Staplebound. 4to; 16pp; stiff pictorial wrapper printed in black & red, two staple binding; ad to rear; 7 full and one partial page of Maine ads; illustrated in cartoon style; general wear to cover..... More
Augusta, Maine: Stevens & Sayward, Printers to the State, 1864. Wraps. 8vo; 21pp; tan wrapper; ownership stamp to front wrapper and in ink to verso; light soiling to wrapper, light damp staining to upper corner through all pages, small chip bottom rear wrapper; very good. Review of the capital trials..... More
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1974. Charles PRATT, photographs; Harold S. Van DOREN, drawings. First Edition. Linen. First edition. 8vo; 178pp + [24pp] b&w photographic illustrations with titles; grey linen over board, title stamped in white on spine; grey-green mottled endpapers; b&w illustrations throughout; light foxing to upper and..... More
Farmington, Maine: Press of Knowlton, McLeary & Co., 1889. Cloth. 8vo; v, 204pp + [1] errata; green cloth blind stamped borders, gilt-stamped title to front; b&w frontispiece with tissue guard; lithographic plate in sepia with portraits of four principals mounted on stiff board; scuffing to board edges, with some fraying..... 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