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Aroostook War. Historical Sketch and Roster of Commissioned Officers and Enlisted Men called...

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Aroostook War. Historical Sketch and Roster of Commissioned Officers and Enlisted Men called into Service for the Protection of the Northeastern Frontier of Maine. From February to May, 1839

Augusta, [Maine]: Kennebec Journal Print, 1904. Cloth. 8vo; 95pp; blue cloth over board with black printed boarder and gilt stamped title to front cover; binder’s ink stamp to free front endpaper; light age toning of paper, light scuff to bottom cover corners and tail spine; near fine. Presentation slip from..... More about Aroostook War. Historical Sketch and Roster of Commissioned Officers and Enlisted Men called...

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Tate House. Crown of the Maine Mast Trade. William David BARRY, Frances W. PEABODY

BARRY, William David, and Frances W. PEABODY

Tate House. Crown of the Maine Mast Trade

Portland, Maine: National Society of Colonial Dames of AMerica in the State of Maine, 1982. W. L. Frost. Limited Edition. cloth. Fold-out Map: FROST, W.L., Falmouth Neck and Stroudwater in the Time of the Tates, for the Colonial Dames, 1982. Fold-out Map: A Plan, of the Clear Inclosures in Brigadier Gen... More about Tate House. Crown of the Maine Mast Trade

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Tercentenary of Martin Pring's First Voyage to the Coast of Maine, 1603-1903. Hon. James Phinney....

BAXTER, Hon. James Phinney. Prof. Alfred L.P. DENNIS. Rev. Henry O. THAYER

Tercentenary of Martin Pring's First Voyage to the Coast of Maine, 1603-1903

[Portland, Maine]: [Maine Historical Society], 1903. 1st Edition. Wraps. Cover title: Tercentenary of Martin Pring’s First Voyage to the Coast of Maine, 1603-1903, [Portland, Maine: Maine Historical Society], 1903. BAXTER, Hon. James Phinney. The Avant Couriers of Colonization. DENNIS, Prof. Alfred L.P. Captain Martin Pring, Last of the Elizabethan Seamen. THAYER, Rev. Henry..... More about Tercentenary of Martin Pring's First Voyage to the Coast of Maine, 1603-1903

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The Texans! Tejas to Today. Charles BEAMER, Joe B. FRANTZ, Bertha Mae COX

BEAMER, Charles, Bertha Mae COX, Joe B. FRANTZ

The Texans! Tejas to Today

Austin-Dallas, [Texas]: Graphic Ideas, 1972. Cloth. 8vo; 288pp; color illustrated cloth over board with title and author to front cover and title, author and publisher to spine; front pastedown has printed school property student registration form; color illustrated; near fine. UNUSED school text book. More about The Texans! Tejas to Today

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1883-1884 Annual Report of the Directors to the Stockholders of the Knox & Lincoln Railroad...

[DIRECTORS, KNOX & LINCOLN RAILROAD COMPANY]

1883-1884 Annual Report of the Directors to the Stockholders of the Knox & Lincoln Railroad Company, for the Year Ending September 30, 1884

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 about 1883-1884 Annual Report of the Directors to the Stockholders of the Knox & Lincoln Railroad...

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Annals of the Town of Warren in Knox County, Maine, with the Early History of St. George's, Broad...

EATON, Cyrus

Annals of the Town of Warren in Knox County, Maine, with the Early History of St. George's, Broad Bay, and the Neighboring Settlements of the Waldo Patent, Second Edition

Hallowell, Maine: Masters & Livermore, 1877. Second Edition. Cloth. MAP: EATON, Emily. Plan of the Town of Warren with the Lots as Originally Laid Out, 1851. Revised by L.E. EATON, 1876. Fold-out. MAP: St. Georges and Vicinity in Early Times, Fold-out. Second edition. 8vo; xvi, 680pp; quarter bound in gilt stamped... More about Annals of the Town of Warren in Knox County, Maine, with the Early History of St. George's, Broad...

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Oceana or England and Her Colonies. James Anthony FROUDE

FROUDE, James Anthony

Oceana or England and Her Colonies

London: Longman, Green and Company, 1886. Half Bound Leather. 8vo; xi [i] 396pp; half bound in pebbled navy leather with 5 raised bands on the spine, marbled boards and gilts stamping; marbled endpapers with the bookplate of Claud Lambton on the front pastedown; all edges marbled; 9 engraved illustrations including... More about Oceana or England and Her Colonies

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The Iroquois Book of Rites, Brinton's Library of Aboriginal American Literature, Number II....

HALE, Horatio, editor

The Iroquois Book of Rites, Brinton's Library of Aboriginal American Literature, Number II

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 about The Iroquois Book of Rites, Brinton's Library of Aboriginal American Literature, Number II

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Historical Notes Respecting The Indians of North America with Remarks on the Attempts Made to...

HALKETT, John

Historical Notes Respecting The Indians of North America with Remarks on the Attempts Made to Convert and Civilize Them

London: Printed for Archibald Constable and Co. Edinburgh, 1825. Half Bound Leather. 8vo; vii, 408pp; half-bound with marbled paper over board, 5 raised bands to spine with gilt decoration and title; marbled endpapers; gilt tops; light shelf scuffing to bottom cover edges and bumping to corners with some loss, light... More about Historical Notes Respecting The Indians of North America with Remarks on the Attempts Made to...

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A Child’s History of the United States, for Little Men and Women, A Thrilling Account of the...

HANSON, JR., John Wesley

A Child’s History of the United States, for Little Men and Women, A Thrilling Account of the Progress of Our Country Told in the Simple Language of Childhood, The Most Interesting Events in American History Described in Words of One Syllable

Chicago: Homewood Publishing Company, No date [c. 1904]. Cloth. 8vo; quarter bound red cloth, color illustrated paper over board with title on front cover; black and white illustrations; gift inscription with date of 1904; of printed on pulp paper; fragile front hinge, paper age toned, bumping to cover corners and... More about A Child’s History of the United States, for Little Men and Women, A Thrilling Account of the...

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An Historical Sketch of the Town of Deer Isle, Maine, with Notices of Its Settlers and Early...

HOSMER, George L.

An Historical Sketch of the Town of Deer Isle, Maine, with Notices of Its Settlers and Early Inhabitants

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 about An Historical Sketch of the Town of Deer Isle, Maine, with Notices of Its Settlers and Early...

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A General History of New England from the Discovery to MDCLXXX. Rev. William HUBBARD

HUBBARD, Rev. William

A General History of New England from the Discovery to MDCLXXX

Cambridge, [Masschusetts]: The Massachusetts Historical Society, Hilliard & Metcalf, 1815. Full calf. First edition. 8vo; vi, 676pp; brown calf with gilt stamped black label to spine; foxed; wear to cover, front cover split at gutter but holding; lacking free front end paper; front hinge split, cover sewing holding but fragile... More about A General History of New England from the Discovery to MDCLXXX

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Ninety Years at the Isles of Shoals. Oscar LAIGHTON

LAIGHTON, Oscar

Ninety Years at the Isles of Shoals

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 about Ninety Years at the Isles of Shoals

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Thomaston Scrapbook, In Two Volumes. F. L. S. MORSE

MORSE, F. L. S.

Thomaston Scrapbook, In Two Volumes

Thomaston Historical Society, Rockland, Maine: Courier-Gazette, Inc., 1977. Cloth. 4to; Vol. I: 245pp; Vol. II: 242pp; green pebbled green cloth over board with blind stamped border and gilt title to front cover and spine; illustrated endpapers; near fine both volumes. History of the town "That Went to Sea", Thomaston, Maine... More about Thomaston Scrapbook, In Two Volumes

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Sir Fernando Gorges and His Palatinate of Maine, An Address Delivered Before The Society of the...

MOULTON, Hon. Augustus F.

Sir Fernando Gorges and His Palatinate of Maine, An Address Delivered Before The Society of the Colonial Dames of America Resident in the State of Maine, November 2, 1903

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 about Sir Fernando Gorges and His Palatinate of Maine, An Address Delivered Before The Society of the...

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The Barren Ground of Northern Canada. Warburton PIKE

PIKE, Warburton

The Barren Ground of Northern Canada

London: Macmillan & Co., 1892. Half Bound Leather. 8vo; [1] 2-300pp; half-bound in brown leather with brown speckled paper over board, five raised band and gilt stamped spine; brown and yellow marbled endpapers; gilt top; 2 maps present; scuffing and peeling of cover leather; very good. Map: Stanford’s Geography Established. A...... More about The Barren Ground of Northern Canada

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Gallery of Fashion 1790-1822, from Plates by Heideloff and Ackermann; Batsford Colour Books...

SITWELL, Sachaverell, introduction and Doris Langley MOORE, notes on plates

Gallery of Fashion 1790-1822, from Plates by Heideloff and Ackermann; Batsford Colour Books series No. 5

London: B.T. Batsford Ltd., 1949. Boards. First edition. 8vo; [5] 1-12 [3]pp; paper over board with title printed in red cartouche on front cover and spine; illustrated half title with illustration on verso; color frontispiece; black and white illustrations and 15 full page color illustrations plus frontispiece; half-title and illustration... More about Gallery of Fashion 1790-1822, from Plates by Heideloff and Ackermann; Batsford Colour Books...

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Men of Our Times; or Leading Patriots of the Day. Being Narratives of the Lives and Deeds of...

STOWE, Harriet Beecher

Men of Our Times; or Leading Patriots of the Day. Being Narratives of the Lives and Deeds of Statesmen, Generals, and Orators. Including Biographical Sketches and Anecdotes of Lincoln, Grant, Garrison, Sumner, Chase, Wilson, Greeley, Farragut, Andrew, Colfax, Stanton, Douglass, Buckingham, Sherman, Sheridan, Howard, Phillips and Beecher

Hartford, Conn. Hartford Publishing Company, 1868. First Edition. Cloth. First edition, second state (BAL 19449). 8vo; xiv, 575pp, [3pp]; green cloth over board with gilt stamped author’s name to front cover; title, author and published stamped in decorative gilt to spine; ink inscription to front fly leaf dated April 1... More about Men of Our Times; or Leading Patriots of the Day. Being Narratives of the Lives and Deeds of...

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Summer Days Down East. M. F. SWEETSER, Moses Foster

SWEETSER, M. F. [Moses Foster]

Summer Days Down East

Portland, [Maine]: Chisholm Brothers, 1883. Cloth. 8vo; v [vi] 160pp; gilt stamped decorative border on brown cloth with title to front cover; title, author and publisher to spine; blind stamped back cover; 13 full-page heliotypes in sepia; decorative head and tail-pieces; light shelf wear to edges, bumped cover corners with... More about Summer Days Down East

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Fifty News Pictures of Maine's Greatest Flood, March 11-23, 1936. THE LEWISTON DAILY SUN AND...

[THE LEWISTON DAILY SUN AND EVENING JOURNAL]

Fifty News Pictures of Maine's Greatest Flood, March 11-23, 1936

[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 about Fifty News Pictures of Maine's Greatest Flood, March 11-23, 1936

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Waldoboro Folks, 1917. WALDOBORO-BOSTON CLUB

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Waldoboro Folks, 1917

[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 about Waldoboro Folks, 1917

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Indian Antiquities of the Kennebec Valley, Occasional Publications in Maine Archaeology, Number...

WILLOUGHBY, Charles Clark

Indian Antiquities of the Kennebec Valley, Occasional Publications in Maine Archaeology, Number One

Augusta, Maine: The Maine Historic Preservation Commission and The Maine State Museum, 1980. Faux Leather. 4to; [16], 130, [10]; faux-leather over board; pictorial marbled end papers with facsimile book plates of the Willoughby’s; owner’s stamp to recto frontispiece; portrait frontispiece; facsimile of author’s hand- written 1892 pages and watercolor illustrations;..... More about Indian Antiquities of the Kennebec Valley, Occasional Publications in Maine Archaeology, Number One

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