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1888522721888. Maine Sir Henry Sumner 1822-1888. Lectures on the Early History of Institutions. New York: Henry Holt and Company 1888. viii 412 pp. Octavo 5-1/2" x 8-1/2". Original cloth blind frames to boards gilt title to spine. Light rubbing to boards spine ends bumped and lightly worn rear hinge cracked but secure crack between first and second gatherings. Early bookplate to front pastedown internally clean. $40. First American edition. This work on historical jurisprudence is a sequel to Maine's important Ancient Law 1861. unknown books
184011603Washington: Blair & Rives printers 1840. 8vo. 2 pp. <br><br>Concerns the boundary dispute between Maine and New Brunswick. Government document: 26th Congress 1st Session. Senate. 370. Rare: We fail to trace any copies via OCLC. Removed from a nonce volume; gutter margin a little irregular; two holes in inner margin not touching text. Moderate spotting. Early inked notation above title and at foot of p. 2. Blair & Rives, printers unknown books
18562203738Benjamin D. Peck 1856. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Edges rubbed. 1856 Hard Cover. vx 384 pp. CONTENTS: List of Ordinances in this volume; List of Statutes cited; City Charter and Amendments; Agents; Alien Passengers; Amusements; Auctioneers; Billiard Rooms; Boats and Lighters; Boundary Lines; Bowling Alleys; Bridges; Buildings; Carriages; Cemeteries; City Clerk; City Constable and Messenger; City Engineer; City Hall; Clerk of the Common Council; Constables; Courts; Cows; Criers; Dogs; Drains and Sewers; Elections; Finance; Fire; Gunpowder; Harbor; Hawkers and Pedlers; Hay; Health; House of Correction; House of Reformation; Intelligence offices; Jurors; Lamps; Leater; Libraries; Licenses; Lumber; Lunatics; Market; Ordinances and By-Laws; Paupers; Pawn Brokers; Permits; Pilots; Police; Public Buildings; Registryof Births Marriages and Deaths; Riots; Schools; Seal of the City; Solicitor; Steam Engines; Streets; Taxes; Trees; Truants; Wards; Watch; Watering Troughs; Weighters and Gaugers; Weights and Measures; Weigher of Hard Coal; Weigher of Plaster; Wells and Pumps; Wharves; Wood Bark and Charcoal; Work Houses; Revised Ordinances; Appendix -- Acts authorizing the City of Portland to aid in the construction of the Atlantic & St. Lawrence Rail Road -- Acts of incorporation of Portland Gas Light Company -- Additional Acts relating to City of Portland -- Acts relating to town of Portland -- Catalogue of City Government; Index; Instructios to Ward Officers. Benjamin D. Peck hardcover books
187630688NY: Henry Holt and Co. 1876. Enlarged Third ed. Hardcover. Good/No dust jacket. Six Lectures Delivered at Oxford to Which are Added Other Lectures Addresses and Essays. NY: Henry Holt and Co. 1876. Enlarged Third ed. 413 ads pp. Hardcover. 8vo. Red cloth. Gilt lettering to spine. Extremities bumped and rubbed. Pressure points worn and chipped. Spine sunned and shaken. Boards lightly scuffed and soiled. Top edge dust-soiled. Pages toned with light scattered soiling and chipping. Endpapers creased. Several signatures uneven a few cracked. Text block clean and bright. Good/No dust jacket. Henry Holt and Co. hardcover books
4654LONDON HODDER 1955. FIRST EDITION VERY GOOD. F. LONDON, HODDER, 1955 unknown books
192061861On a lake in northern New England 1920. Photographs. Small snapshots 3 x 4 1/2 inches nice images. The vintage outboard motor being used is especially interesting. Very good. 8871. <br/><br/> unknown books
1983BL4115Louvain-la-Neuve:: Editions de l'Institut Superieur de Philosophie 1983. 1983. Series: Bibliotheque Philosophie de Louvain 29. 8vo. ix 115 pp. Original printed wrappers. Very good. Scarce. ISBN: 2801701939 Editions de l'Institut Superieur de Philosophie, 1983. unknown books
189022854No Place Listed: No Photographer Noted 1890. Two negatives on glass plates; depicts rocky shoreline sailing vessels close-in to coast populated small island - perhaps Deer Island area or other resort; approx. 4" x 5"; no photographer or studio noted; not mounted; one plate with a little loss of image in the outer border chipped emulsion; in good condition interesting 19th century photographic work from the age of sail. NOTE: Lamp shadow is not in the image plate; our images show these negatives converted to positive via software. Photograph. Not Bound. Very Good. No Photographer Noted Paperback books
19105898Portland Maine: Baker Extract Company 1910. Stapled booklet 13.5 x 10.5 cm. 24 pages. FIRST EDITION. A promotional book for the Baker Extract Company makers of flavoring extracts toilets waters etc. with offices in multiple states but the Laboratory was in Portland Maine. Recipes include cakes ice creams custards and candies. Interestingly a street address for the company is not provided despite the inclusion of a coupon which "MUST be sent direct to our Laboratory with the owner's name". Some light soiling and small chips to corners of some pages. Staples rusting. Stapled in gray wrappers with a humorous illustration. Good or a bit better. Scarce. OCLC locates no copies of this title. Baker Extract Company unknown books
1830392391830. Maine Acts January Session 1830 Maine. Public Acts of the State of Maine Passed by the Tenth Legislature at Its Session Held in January 1830. Published Agreeably to the Resolve of the 28th June 1820. Portland: Day & Fraser 1830 iv 1225-1267 8 pp. Octavo 9-1/2" x 6". Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers bound into recent maroon textured cloth endpapers renewed. Browning to half-title foxing to wrappers minor dampstaining to first few leaves. Occasional light foxing interior otherwise fresh. Ex-library. Bookplate to front pastedown stain from removed label below small inventory label to head of Table of Contents. A nice copy in a good-quality binding. $50. With index. This book is often bound with public acts of the Sixth through Eleventh Legislatures. Babbitt Hand-List of Legislative Sessions and Session Laws 156. unknown books
14274LONDON EPWORTH 1957. FIRST EDITION VERY GOOD. F. LONDON, EPWORTH, 1957 unknown books
1982273789Birmingham: Legal Classics Library 1982. Reprint. hardcover. fine. viii 415 pages 32 pages of ads. Thick 8vo full burgundy leather with ornate gilt decorations. Birmingham: Legal Classics Library 1982. A fine copy.<br/><br/> A facsimile of the original 1861 London edition.<br/><br/> Legal Classics Library unknown books
1875698261875. Maine Henry Summer 1822-1888. Lectures on the Early History of Institutions. London: John Murray 1875. ii viii ii 412 20 pp. Publisher catalogues at beginning and end of text. Octavo 8-1/2" x 5-1/2". Cloth blind frames to boards gilt title and blind frames to spine. Light rubbing and a few minor stains to boards some chipping to spine ends corners lightly bumped and worn front hinge cracked early owner bookplate to front pastedown early owner signature to half-title light toning to text. $50. First edition first impression. unknown books
188746692Portland: John T. Hull and B. Thurston and Company 1887. Hardcover. Very good. Ink historical society stamp on title page spine label battered edges of boards sunned else very good in later tan buckram. <br/><br/> John T. Hull and B. Thurston and Company hardcover books
188846690Portland: John T. Hull and B. Thurston and Company 1888. Hardcover. Very good. Ink historical society stamp on title page spine label battered edges of boards sunned else very good in later tan buckram. <br/><br/> John T. Hull and B. Thurston and Company hardcover books
188846691Portland: John T. Hull and B. Thurston and Company 1888. Hardcover. Very good. Ink historical society stamp on title page spine label battered edges of boards sunned else very good in later tan buckram. <br/><br/> John T. Hull and B. Thurston and Company hardcover books
189446686Portland: Brown Thurston Company 1894. Hardcover. Very good. Ink historical society stamp on title page else very good in later blue buckram. <br/><br/> Brown Thurston Company hardcover books
189246693Portland: John T. Hull and B. Thurston and Company 1892. Hardcover. Very good. Ink historical society stamp on title page spine label battered edges of boards sunned else very good in later tan buckram. <br/><br/> John T. Hull and B. Thurston and Company hardcover books
189246694Portland: John T. Hull and B. Thurston and Company 1892. Hardcover. Very good. Ink historical society stamp on title page spine label battered edges of boards sunned else very good in later tan buckram. <br/><br/> John T. Hull and B. Thurston and Company hardcover books
189446685Portland: Brown Thurston Company 1894. Hardcover. Very good. Ink historical society stamp on title page else very good in later blue buckram. <br/><br/> Brown Thurston Company hardcover books
190446687Portland: Maine Genealogical Society 1904. Hardcover. Very good. Small blindstamp on title page else very good in later blue buckram. <br/><br/> Maine Genealogical Society hardcover books
190346684Portland: Maine Genealogical Society 1903. Hardcover. Very good. Small blindstamp on title page else very good in later blue buckram. <br/><br/> Maine Genealogical Society hardcover books
191046688Bethel: E.C. Bowler 1910. Hardcover. Very good. 654pp index. Small blindstamp on title page else very good in later blue buckram. <br/><br/> E.C. Bowler hardcover books
190856921908. Softbound. VG small spot on lower front cover. Greenish wraps. 48 pp. 16 bw plates. 118 artists and sculptors are represented by 167 paintings and 14 works of sculpture. Rare. Artists biographies at rear. Great copy with many prominent Boston artists represented. Some of the artists represented include Charles Aiken Marion Boyd Allen Mary Fisher Austin J. Carroll Beckwith Frank Benson William John Bixbee Anne Blake Dwight Blaney J.G. Brown Adelaide Cole Chase Colin Campbell Cooper Emma Lambert Cooper Charles Courtney Curran Leon Dabo John Enneking Gertrude Fiske Ben Foster Daniel Chester French Henry Gallison Abbott Graves Charles P. Gruppe Susan Ricker Knox Robert Vonnah Childe Hassam Jean N. Oliver Anna Vaugn Hyatt Hugh Bolton Jones Cullen Yates Isidore Konti William Robinson Leigh George Lawlor Helen Pratt Philip Little Henry Hobart Nichols Walter L. Palmer Ben Foster Alexander Pope etc. paperback books
188519536London: John Murray 1885. Fourth edition 8vo pp. 2 viii 2 412 32 ads; later cloth spine gilt lettered light wear to covers overall very good. The result of a series of lectures delivered at Oxford Lectures deals with Indian law Mahametan law feudalism inclosure family tradition usury laws etc. Maine a highly respected legal historian a vigorous critic of democracy convinced many legal historians that law and legal institutions must be studied historically if they are to be understood. <br/><br/> John Murray hardcover books
