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1876S11176Paris:: Germer Bailliere 1876. 1876. Thick 8vo. 4 c 519 3 pp. Original printed wrappers; extremities chipped spine ends and cover corners missing small pieces. As is. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED from Gerard to M. H. Chotard verso title page. Maine de Biran 1766-1824 was a French philosopher who evolved from a sensualist to a mystical theosophist proposing that "human conscious experience might be exhibited as growing or developing from its essential basis in connection with external conditions" Wikipedia. Martin Henri Chotard 1821-1904 to whom the book is inscribed was a historian and lecturer first at Basencon and then at Claremont-Ferrand where he became dean. He was described by one inspector sitting in on his lectures as someone who "worked hard and did his utmost not to be common. . . 'Speaking easily clearly and soberly he does not hanker after rhetorical or declamatory effect. He has the tone and approach truly befitting a professor'" the inspector said den Boer 232. den Boer Pim. History as a Profession: The Study of History in France 1818-1914. Princeton NJ: Princeton University Press 1998. Germer Bailliere, 1876. unknown books
19420000450New York: The Macmillan Company 1942. First edition. Â Slight foxing at the edges of the text block previous owner's name in ink at the front paste down otherwise Near Fine in Very Good price-clipped dust jacket lightly rubbed & age toned particularly on the verso with a half-inch tear at the front fold. Octavo 8.25" x 6.5" 192 pages illustrations in text & full page by Marguerite Davis. Original green cloth lettered in black on the spine with pictorial vignette mounted to the upper cover in pictorial dust jacket. <br/><br/>"The story of the lovely Damariscotta region shares with its readers the happiness of a country summer. The many illustrations in the book were drawn by the artist in the very cove where the story is laid." Elizabeth Coatsworth won the 1931 Newbery Medal from the American Library Association for The Cat Who Went to Heaven. The Macmillan Company hardcover books
185557411Portland: Benjamin C Peck 1855. First edn. 8vo pp. 60. Bound in yellow printed wraps some foxing and toning a very good copy. The Portland Rum Riot also called the Maine Law Riot was a brief but violent period of civil unrest that occurred in Portland Maine on June 2 1855 in response to the Maine law which prohibited the sale and manufacture of alcohol in the state from 1851. Benjamin C Peck unknown books
1868687971868. Settle your Accounts or Lose Your Credit Broadside. Maine. Notice! Persons Having Accounts at This Store Are Requested to Settle Them Before the First Day of January Next. North Harpswell ME Nov. 13th 1868. 9" x 12" broadside. Light browning foxing and faint dampstaining vertical and horizontal fold lines one at center of top edge with a very short tear. $150. The text states that the store will cancel the credit accounts of those who fail to pay by January 1. unknown books
1837542261837. Fairfield John Reporter. Maine Reports Vols. 10 to 12. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Judicial Court of the State of Maine. Hallowell Me.: Glazier Masters and Smith 1835-1837. 3 vols. Later tan cloth with red and black spine lettering pieces. Ex-private law library with stamps on inside front covers and very good condition. USD 150. First edition. unknown books
1958139759London: Hodder and Stoughton 1958. Octavo boards. First edition. "Nuclear tests cause the oceans to drain away under the Earth's crust. A stiff-upper-lipped British disaster novel of the old school and one of Maine's better books. Following the drought of 1976 it was revised and reissued in the UK as THIRST!" - Pringle The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction second edition. p. 373. Brians. Nuclear Holocausts: Atomic War in Fiction 1895-1984 p. 369. Small book label of Dr. Anthony R. Michaelis editor of Discovery affixed to front free endpaper. Top edge of pages a bit dusty and foxed else a fine copy in very good dust jacket with soiling and age-darkening to spine panel shelf wear at edges small chips from front corner tips and 15 mm closed tear at lower rear spine fold. A scarce book seldom found in jacket. #139759 Hodder and Stoughton unknown books
1843WRCAM52065London: T.R. Harrison 1843. 264pp. Dbd. Loosely stitched. Manuscript alternate page numbers very faint occasional foxing but overall a clean and crisp copy. A Parliamentary printing of documents relating to the Webster-Ashburton Treaty of 1842 negotiated principally by Daniel Webster and Lord Ashburton which resolved several boundary disputes between the United States and Canada. Foremost it determined the border between Maine and New Brunswick which had been the subject of growing local confrontations known informally as the Aroostook War. The treaty also agreed on crimes for which extradition was possible and notably neglected to include flight from slavery on that list. The documents contain correspondence between Webster and Asburton on both of those subjects as well as several letters discussing the Caroline affair in which a group of agitators for Canadian independence attacked an American steamboat on the Niagara River and sent it ablaze over the Falls in 1837. T.R. Harrison unknown books
277956Portland: G. W. Morris. paperback. good. Many photo Illus. 80pp. 17pp. of ads from Maine businesses. Oblong 4to pictorial wrappers wrappers lightly soiled front wrapper with pencil annotations in margins spine worn wrappers chipped in margins title-page and many plates dampstained in margins a few text pages dampstained. Portland: G. W. Morris n.d. circa 1900.<br/><br/> Cover title: Scenic Gems of Land and Sea with Camera. Illustrated Memories of a Pleasant Summer along the Maine Coast.<br/><br/> G. W. Morris unknown books
1872106553<p>31 issues of The Riverside Echo for the year 1872 not consecutive and not complete for the year. Each issue is about 8 pages some center creases edge folds some margin and edge chips and tears normal aging. Upper corner with Geo. W. Duncan stamp or notation. Overall in good or better condition. Mostly a literary newspaper but a few other items are sometimes included. </p> books
190017120521Boston: Engraved and printed by R.A. Supply Co. for Boston and Maine Railroad 1900. Wraps. Very good. Oblong octavo size five volumes illustrated. An early photographic account of New England each volume has a one-page introduction and 30 black and white plates. Of especial interest to any of us who have lived or currently live in the areas pictured as the changes over the past 100 years have been seismic. <br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Five volumes staple bound original paper wrappers with titles embossed in gilt five pages of text printed to recto only 171 black and white plates with captions all printed to recto only; oblong octavos 5 7/8" by 8". <br/><br/>___CONDITION: All five volumes are in varying degrees of very good condition the wrappers all display a bit of age toning but all are internally bright and complete with no prior owner markings "New England Lakes" and "Rivers of New England" have some chips and tape repairs to the wrappers with "Rivers of New England" lacking the back wrapper otherwise an overall very good set of scenic New England views. <br/><br/>___POSTAGE: International customers please note that additional postage may apply as the standard shipping charge does not always cover costs; please inquire for details. <br/><br/>___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. Engraved and printed by R.A. Supply Co. for Boston and Maine Railroad unknown books
182634420Maine 1826. Folio sheet folded to 8" x 9-1/2". One printed page followed by three blanks. Addressed on final blank with folds for mailing and remnant of wax seal to William Thomas of Gorham Maine. Spotted Good or so.<br/><br/> The document is signed in type at the end by Committee Members Daniel Gilbert Thomas Browne and Ethan Earle. It is dated in ink "Sept. 5th 1826." The Committee urges Maine "to send forth from our state an unequivocal voice in favor of the Head of the National Government" by voting for Adams supporters Enoch Lincoln Governor Stephen Longfellow Congress and other members of the State ticket.<br/> Allusions to the bitter 1824 presidential contest are numerous; the wounds inflicted by that campaign are obviously still open: "We have placed the man of our choice at the head of our government." If "we abandon him to the rude tempest of a bitter opposition how shall we answer it to our consciences and our country. What then has the President done that we should leave him to his enemies. We do not profess one thing and intend another-- we do not cry 'Adams' but mean 'Crawford'." <br/>Not located on OCLC as of November 2017. unknown books
44656n. p. n. d. Ca 1850s. Folds and faint foxing else VG. Manuscript broadside. Oblong: 4-1/2" x 7-1/2" <br/><br/>In 1854 some of the women of Springvale Maine formed a women's anti-slavery society called the "Daughters of Freedom" the "Sons of Freedom" society formed shortly after. This broadside annnouces an anniversary meeting and an upcoming convention for both groups. unknown books
1845WRCAM52063London: T.R. Harrison 1845. 32pp. plus folding map. Dbd. Stitched. Missewn with pages of second gathering running in reverse order. Still a clean near fine copy. A Parliamentary printing of British correspondence from the commission established by the Webster-Ashburton Treaty of 1842 to determine several boundary disputes regarding American and Canadian territory. In the northeast this meant primarily the delineation of the border between Maine and New Brunswick in order to halt growing local disputes collectively known as the Aroostook War. Contained is a detailed engraved folding map of the region with the border line hand drawn in red. TPL 2716. GAGNON II:533 SABIN 16899. T.R. Harrison unknown books
1856225142Augusta: Fuller & Fuller 1856. First. hardcover. good. Laws of the United States in Relation thereto. 106pp. 12mo original brown cloth lower right edge of covers and corners bumped edges of corners worn scattered light foxing mostly to margins. Augusta: Fuller & Fuller 1856. First Edition.<br/><br/> Published for the use of the militia by authority of the legislature by George M. Atwood.<br/><br/> Fuller & Fuller unknown books
19194707New York: The American Historical Society 1919. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Textblocks Fine. No DJ. Light shelf/edge wear light toning to spines hint of toning to gilt else tight bright and unmarred. Halfbound black cloth spine and tips green cloth boards four raised bands gilt lettering and decorative elements marbled endpages speckled dye at textblock edges frontispieces. 4to. 306pp; 629pp 936pp; 339pp; 425pp. Illus. b/w plates. Index. <br/><br/>A detailed and respected history of Maine from the colonial period through the wars and boundary disputes statehood the Civil War and a wide variety of social economic religious and other aspects of the evolution of the state. A handsome set seldom found in such nice condition nor complete with the Biographical volumes. The American Historical Society hardcover books
59373ca. 1832-1862. Folios pp.around 76 pages of writing in one volume and 205 in the second. The first is bound in well rubbed leather while the second is well worn leather backed boards. The rear of volume 2 assigns the accounts in the book to William Breck in 1855. Billings records general sales of cloth hay apples honey lumber surveying repairing shoes and boots sales of bread butter corn candy needles molasses and much more. Near Waterville Maine. unknown books
188517873New York: Century Magazine 1885. 1 vols. 4 3/4 x 4 1/8 inches. On stiff paper. Light wear. 1 vols. 4 3/4 x 4 1/8 inches. Early illustration of Mt. Desert. An early illustration of this island resort in Maine. From the well-known collection of American Artists' letters manuscripts and rare printed items formed by Professor E. Maurice Bloch. Century Magazine unknown books
183836115Bangor 1838. Folio sheet folded to 9" x 11-1/4". Printed on first page only middle two pages blank. Last page addressed in ink to Moses Emery of Saco faint postal cancel from Bangor in September folded for mailing. Tear from blank seal a remnant of the seal remaining. Good. Ink note unrelated to the text dated Sept 3 in blank inner margin appointing three commissioners to survey a boundary.<br/><br/> This appeal from the Whig State Committee is signed in type at the bottom by nine Committee members including Moses Emery the addressee. "Is there a Whig in the State who does not feel anxious to share the honors of a victory that shall prostrate Locofocoism forever in Maine and swell the advancing triumph of Whig principles that will soon plant the Whig Banner upon the Capitol of the Union. The eyes of the whole Union are upon us." Whigs are urged not "to fall into the arms of Loco focoism. unknown books
186634393Augusta 1866. 4 pp. Folded. Caption title as issued. Printed in two columns per page. Lightly foxed and worn Good.<br/><br/> Pillsbury the Democrats' candidate for Governor of Maine had been editor of the Farmington Patriot during the Civil War. His editorial comments-- expressing "disloyal sentiments during the very crisis of his country's fate"-- disqualify him from public office. Pillsbury "charged Mr. Lincoln with deception and falsehood" called the draft unconstitutional and otherwise "encouraged the hosts of Rebeldom."<br/> Pillsbury's opponent Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain was meanwhile in the thick of the most crucial battles of the War. His record is "WRITTEN WITH HIS OWN SWORD." "Voters of Maine!! Read them both and choose between them on the 14th of September.!" <br/>Not located on OCLC as of October 2017 or the online sites of Harvard or Bowdoin. unknown books
533814to and 8vo. Nine pages approximately 500 words total. One letter in part: "A party of six including myself expect to come to the lake this summer on a camping out expedition . We shall want three good canoes paddles setting poles &c and provisions. Can you have ready for us Aug. 6th" D.T. Sanders & Co. was located in Greenville Maine on the south end of Moosehead Lake. Each letter folded for mailing. Very good lot. <br/><br/> unknown books
1883407221883. MAINE SUMMER DAYS DOWN EAST. By M.F. Sweetser. Illustrated with thirteen full-page heliotypes. Portland: Chisholm Brothers 1883. First edition. 8vo. green cloth decorated in gilt t.e.g.; iv 160pp. Ink ownership. First signature starting. A bright very good copy. The heliotypes are particularly attractive renderings of the Kennebec River and other Maine locales. unknown books
194261353Grand Lake ME and other sites 1942. 4to 12 3/4 x 10 1/4 inches with 79 mounted photographs mostly in the 2 1/2 x 3 inch range with a few much smaller and a few 7 x 9 almost all with ink captions and with a little other manuscript commentary six on them picturing a 1940 hunting trip to Grand Lake Washington County Maine guns but no game 36 picturing May and June 1941 fishing trips to Grand Lake Maine plenty of fish and 10 picturing a September 1941 fishing trip to Grand Lake Stream Maine more fish the balance picturing a day at the Suffolk Downs Boston races 14 photographs including two with the horses approaching the wire club gatherings some with an outdoor theme and family and business activities; also included is a signed copy of the 1942 Massachusetts Fish and Game Association annual meeting program. Royce 1876-ca. 1950 apparently a principal at the Harvard Brewery in Lowell Massachusetts here records in short photographic essays his sporting outings with fellow New England brewers and other friends. Paper browned and somewhat brittle but a good solid album throughout. Brown pebbled cloth and board album tied. #8478. <br/><br/> hardcover books
1892WRCAM52035Rockland Me.: First Maine Cavalry Association 1892. Nine issues several with plates plus two supplements. Original printed wrappers mostly detached and chipping heavily. A few chips to initial leaves of one issue otherwise internally very good. A significant run nine of fourteen total issues with two additional supplements of a periodical for Civil War veterans of the First Maine Cavalry. "Published four times a year and will contain the proceedings of the yearly reunions of the First Maine Cavalry matters of historic value to the regiment and items of personal interest to all the members." The volunteer cavalry regiment served with the Army of the Potomac for the duration of the war and participated in many of the critical battles including Brandy Station the largest cavalry engagement of the entire Civil War. First Maine Cavalry Association unknown books
190131931Portland: Commandery of the State of Maine 1901. First edition. Three quarter morocco over red boards four raised bands ruled in gilt gilt titles. A very good copy with shelf sticker on foot of backstrip. 8vo. The Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States begun in Philadelphia in 1865 was modeled on the Society of the Cincinnati and formed to protect the republic amid rumors of a plot to destroy the government after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Among its members were Presidents Ulysses S. Grant Rutherford B. Hayes Benjamin Harrison and William McKinley. By 1899 it had over 8000 members which included nearly every officer of note. This volume contains 155 Maine circulars 22-179 for the years 1881 to 1901 Contains circulars meeting notices black bordered "In Memoriam" notices biographies of the deceased. Many items annotated and signed by the recorders Eward M. Rand and Henry S. Burrage. A wealth of information. [Commandery of the State of Maine ] hardcover books
185547098Portland: Benjamin D Peck City Printer 1855. First Edition. 8vo pp. 50. Printed yellow wraps. A very good clean copy. A scarce piece. The riot had to do with temperance issues as the City sought to maintain a monopoly on the sale of all spirits;so that they were to be used for medicinal purposes only. Benjamin D Peck, City Printer unknown books