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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
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
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
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
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
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
185610740Augusta 1856. Portland: 1855. All in original printed wrappers stitched variously paginated. Blank portion of rear wrap torn in 1855 Journal. Else Very Good. The primary source for the development of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Maine. FIRST EDITIONS. unknown books
184525979Augusta: Wm. T. Johnson Printer to the State 1845. 141 1 pp. Light rubberstamp in top margin of page 3 widely scattered light foxing. Senate Document 34 25th Maine Legislature. Very Good. Bound in modern cloth bookplate on front pastedown with gilt-lettered spine. <br/><br/> The claims are for Maine's expenditures "for the protection of her northeastern frontier" from "the unlawful intrusion of trespassers and depredators from the neighboring British Provinces." With a minority report and material on the Northeast Boundary dispute and its settlement by the Treaty of Washington. <br/>AI 45-4116 1. Wm. T. Johnson, Printer to the State unknown books
185925184Rockville CT: Press of the Tolland County Republican 1859. 8pp untrimmed. Folded fold splitting pinned. Tanned with some spotting. Good. <br/><br/> The author writes humorous poetry to express his distress at new and excessive tax laws. A complete list of taxable property would take "Methuselah's hours.Although I have little that now commands cash; I've plenty in 'ruins' all broken to smash; A fine dish of 'all-sorts' to publish in form; Would make out a list thrice as long as my arm. So I must abbreviate and name them in groups; then let our great ASSES-ors examine to boot."<br/>OCLC 15328280 9. Press of the Tolland County Republican unknown books
1812216429Portland Maine 1812. unbound. 1 page 10 x 8 inches Portland Maine August 6 1812. Interesting merchant's letter written during the War of 1812 while under British occupation requesting an accounting based on an unpaid invoice in part: ".shipped on board the Schooner Eagle.twenty jugs of the extract of the bark of Angostura which I consigned to the House of Mssrs. Anth Merchants in Havana.which has arrived out.but I have not received any remittance on account of it yet. My orders were for them to sell it and remit the proceeds in molasses and sugar." Two-inch closed tear at the right margin; otherwise very good.<br/><br/> It's possible that this letter is not from a disgruntled merchant but from a smuggler who has been cheated. Smuggling and Piracy as well as the pursuit of Prizes of War the capturing of another nation's vessel and cargo for profit were commonplace during the War of 1812.<br/><br/> unknown books
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
195815647New York: Avalon Books 1958. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. The 1958 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in a crisp price-intact $2.75 Near Fine dustjacket. The book shows a very thin trace of gum along its edges and the dustjacket shows a bit of creasing to the covers from the publisher's original "Plasti-Kleer" jacket cover now removed. 12mo the dustjacket art by Ric Binkley. This copy directly from the publisher's personal files. <br/><br/> Avalon Books hardcover books
1880WRCAM13823Portland 1880. 344pp. Original cloth. Cloth bit sunned some light scattered foxing else very good. Lists businesses by city or town populations statistics by county and statistics concerning the population of the U.S. with hundreds of advertisements for local businesses and services. hardcover books
190529100225Portland ME: Tucker Printing Company 1905. A bit of wear. There is a tape repair done to the inner binding at the middle. . The booklet is intended to give an introduction to the Maine Sanatorium in the Greenwood Mountains of Herbron Maine. The Sanatorium was established for the treatment and cure of people with pulmonary diseases specifically tuberculosis. There is a brief history of the Sanatorium as well as a description of the premises and the amenities. There are also ten 10 printed photographs throughout of areas like the dining room the living spaces and the sleeping quarters. Information regarding the prices and treatment plans are included as well. 32 pages illustrated paper wrappers with a stapled binding. Measures 7 3/4" x 5 1/2" <br/><br/> Tucker Printing Company unknown books
190528001222Portland: Tucker Printing Company 1905. The booklet is intended to give an introduction to the Maine Sanatorium in the Greenwood Mountains. 32 pages paper wrappers with a stapled binding. The Sanatorium was established for the treatment and cure of people with pulmonary diseases specifically tuberculosis. There is a brief history of the Sanatorium as well as a description of the premises and the amenities. There are also images from photographs throughout of areas like the dining room the living spaces and the sleeping place. Information regarding the prices and treatment plans are included as well. 7 3/4" x 5 1/2" <br/><br/> Tucker Printing Company unknown books
1888449281888. 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 titles to spine. Light rubbing to boards spine ends and corners bumped and lightly worn hinges starting internally clean. $95. First American edition. This work on historical jurisprudence is a sequel to Maine's important Ancient Law 1861. unknown books
182815125Washington: Pr. by Duff Green 1828. 8vo. 126 pp. <br><br>Report pp. 350 signed in type by John L. Megquier and 7 others. Government document: Senate document United States. Congress. Senate; 20th Congress 1st Session no. 171. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shoemaker 36385. Removed from a nonce volume; small holes in inner margin costing a letter or two on some pages. Light foxing. Ink numeral in top right corner of p. 1. Pr. by Duff Green unknown books