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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
196126558London: Hodder and Stoughton. Near Fine in Near Fine dj. 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. price-clipped nice tight clean copy just the teensiest bumping to the lower front corner; the jacket is virtually flawless downgraded from Fine only because of the price-clipping and a touch of soiling to the rear panel. "John Soames is thirty years old and physiologically speaking alive. But by some trick of fate he has never become conscious. He is awoken and brought to full consciousness by a surgeon's knife a newborn baby with the body of a healthy young man." Basis for the 1970 British-American film of the same name starring Terence Stamp and Robert Vaughn; a critical and box-office disappointment on its original release the film has gained a bit of a retrospective cult reputation with one online critic calling it "a dark gem and a worthy pretender to the British horror hall of fame." Uncommon in the first edition all the more so in such outstanding condition. . Hodder and Stoughton hardcover books
1961105070London: Hodder and Stoughton 1961. Octavo boards. First edition. Slight spine lean some foxing to top and fore-edges of text block bruise to lower right corner of front cover a very good copy in good dust jacket with some wear wear foxing and soiling and clipped price. #105070 Hodder and Stoughton unknown books
1969142322N.p.: Amicus Productions 1969. Revised Draft script for the 1970 film. <br/><br/>Based on the 1961 novel by Charles Eric Maine and one of the classics from Amicus Productions in the 1960s. A man has been in a coma since birth and awakens for the first time at the age of 30 with the mind of an infant. <br/><br/>Set in London. <br/><br/>Red untitled wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present dated January 2 1969 noted as REVISED with credits for screenwriters Stanley Mann and John Hale and author Charles Eric Maine. 109 leaves with last page of text numbered 108. Mimeograph duplication. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with two silver brads. Amicus Productions unknown books
184434352Kennebunkport Maine 1844. Folio broadsheet 11" x 16" printed in four columns recto and verso. Light scattered foxing old folds else Very Good.<br/><br/> On July 4 1844 Maine's Democratic Party Convention was held in Alfred. Joshua Herrick a farmer was Maine's Democratic Congressman for its First Congressional District during the 1843-1845 Session. He sought renomination. But he was challenged by Judge William Alen Hayes. Hayes's campaign manager was future Supreme Court Justice Nathan Clifford whose manipulations aroused deep resentment over lawyers' control of the democratic process. This broadside reflects those class divisions emerging within the Democratic Party.<br/> Hayes who "is without doubt the richest man in the District-- has all the monied institutions at his control or in his interest-- all the aristocracy a queer idea in a dem. party but nevertheless true all or nearly all the Lawyers. Now what has Col. Herrick to go against this tremendous influence He is what we call self-made. has comparatively but little property but he has the confidence of the yeomanry of the District." Despite this appeal Herrick abandoned his effort to secure the Party's renomination and withdrew his name from consideration. He ran without the nomination and lost. <br/>Not located on OCLC or the online site of AAS as of October 2017. 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
1959164720New York: Ballantine 1959. First edition. Softcover. A paperback original. A tight very good plus copy in wrappers with some toning to the pages and a former owner signature to the title page. Ballantine 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
191622535Lewiston ME: Lewiston Journal Company 1916. First Edition. Large 8vo pp. 340. Illustrated. Green cloth stamped in gilt little faded but a very good tight copy. "In `The Trail of the Maine Pioneer' the club women of Maine offer a second book of Maine historical stories a companion volume to "Maine in History and Romance." This is a collection of prize stores resulting from a contest run by the Lewiston Journal in 1916 and open only to club women affiliated with the Maine federation. Lewiston Journal Company unknown books
1898288006Portland. : Tucker Printing. 1898. . Softcover green printed wraps. . Cover chipped at edges otherwise very good. . 8vo. Tucker Printing. paperback books
1920WRCAM45906Maine and various places in Europe 1920. A total of 248 original photographic prints. Oblong octavo albums. Original black morocco spines gilt titles as transcribed below. Albums with some shelf wear; European album slightly cocked lower portion of front joint splitting. The photographs are clean and in excellent condition. An outstanding collection of photographic images of scenes in Maine coastal France and the Channel Islands. The photographs were taken by an MIT Professor who apparently vacationed in Maine on a regular basis and who also visited England and France in the year before the outbreak of World War I. The albums of Maine images ably show the natural beauty of far western Maine while the album of scenes in France and England captures life in small villages and towns in Normandy Brittany and the Channel Islands before the peace of the region was shattered by the Great War. Two of the albums feature silver gelatin prints that have been printed directly onto the album sheets with accompanying handwritten captions. The third album consists of photographic prints affixed to sheets of the album. <br> <br> Though without ownership signatures we attribute these albums to Ralph Restieaux Lawrence a Professor of Electrical Engineering at MIT. These albums came with other photographic albums made by Lawrence on trips to the American West and Canada featuring photographs done in a similar style captioned and bound as these albums. Ralph Restieaux Lawrence b. 1873 was born in Cambridge Massachusetts and graduated from MIT in 1895. He taught electrical engineering at MIT from 1896 to 1941 and apparently enjoyed photography and traveling as the present albums would indicate. <br> <br> The three albums are: <br> <br> 1 HEALD POND MAINE 1907. Thirty-nine original photographic prints most approximately 3 3/4 x 4 3/4 inches each print affixed to a sheet in the album the sheets measuring 8 x 10 inches. Original oblong octavo album. This album contains a series of lovely photographs of the area around Heald Pond in west-central Maine not far from the Canadian border. Heald Pond is known for its natural beauty - ably captured in these photographs - and for its hiking trails. The photographs in this album are uncaptioned but show a number of images of the large pond and surrounding area as well as cabins and campsites. <br> <br> 2 PHOTOGRAPHS EUROPE 1913. 162 original silver gelatin prints approximately 3 1/4 x 5 1/4 inches each printed directly onto a sheet in the album the sheets measuring 6 3/4 x 9 1/4 inches. Each image is identified by a manuscript caption on the facing sheet. Original oblong octavo album. The pictures show scenes in France and England mostly in the regions of Brittany and Normandy the Channel Islands of Jersey Guernsey and Sark and the towns of Warwick and Stratford- upon-Avon. Many of the photographs show life in villages or larger towns such as Caen in Normandy. There are a number of photographs of scenes in and around the Brittany village of Concarneau including market scenes fetes and scenes along the port but other villages such as Pont-Aven and Vitre are included as well. Many of the photographs in the British islands show castles ruins towns and coastal scenes. In all a magnificent series of photographs of this region on the verge of World War I. <br> <br> 3 PHOTOGRAPHS ATTEAN MAINE 1920. Forty- seven original silver gelatin prints on average 3 x 5 inches one of them a panoramic photo 3 x 13 1/2 inches on a folded sheet each printed directly onto a sheet in the album the sheets 7 x 9 1/2 inches. Each image is identified by a manuscript caption on the facing sheet. Original oblong octavo album. Attean Lake is a resort area located in west- central Maine and this album of attractive silver gelatin prints shows scenes from a vacation taken there by Lawrence in 1920. The panoramic photograph is a lovely view of Attean Lake from a high perspective on nearby Mount Sally. There are several other pictures from Mount Sally as well as images of camps vistas from lake level nearby woods other ponds etc. unknown books
186334395NP 1863. Broadsheet 7" x 6-1/2". Caption title as issued. Printed in two columns per page. Small piece torn from center of top blank margin where originally posted. Otherwise Very Good.<br/><br/> This Republican Party broadsheet opposes the Democrat Bradbury's 1863 candidacy for Governor of Maine. His speeches-- as a Congressman and as a previous candidate for Governor-- show him as a spineless flip-flopper. In 1862 he defended the war effort. In less than a year he became "a malignant Copperhead." A supporter quotes him that "with or without qualification he is opposed to the war" and that if elected Governor he would in concert with Governor Seymour of New York "withdraw the troops of Maine."<br/>Not located on OCLC as of October 2017. unknown books
4653NY RINEHART 1955. FIRST AMERCAN EDITION FINE. 1st Edition. NY, RINEHART, 1955 unknown books
1955158323New York: Rinehart & Company 1955. Octavo boards. First U.S. edition. A novel of time travel about a "murdered" scientist lost in a chain of endless futures trying to get back to his own time. Based on the author's radio play "The Einstein Highway" broadcast by the BBC. 21 February 1954. Early owners signature at top edge of front free endpaper. Age-darkening to text block common to this book a nearly fine copy in good plus dust jacket with wear and shallow chipping at edges and age tanning to rear panel. #158323 Rinehart & Company unknown books
1956143881New York: Bantam Books 1956. Small octavo pictorial wrappers. First paperback edition. Bantam Books A1470. A novel of time travel about a "murdered" scientist lost in a chain of endless futures trying to get back to his own time. Based on the author's radio play "The Einstein Highway" broadcast by the BBC. 21 February 1954. Light wear to cover edges a very good copy. #143881 Bantam Books unknown books
1955105071New York: Rinehart & Company 1955. Octavo boards. First U.S. edition. A novel of time travel about a "murdered" scientist lost in a chain of endless futures trying to get back to his own time. Based on the author's radio play "The Einstein Highway" broadcast by the BBC. 21 February 1954. Mild age-darkening to text block common to this book a nearly fine copy in very good plus dust jacket with light wear mostly along top edges rubbing along rear spine fold and dust soiling to rear panel. #105071 Rinehart & Company unknown books
1955117568London: Hodder and Stoughton 1955. Octavo boards. First edition. A novel of time travel about a "murdered" scientist lost in a chain of endless futures trying to get back to his own time. Based on the author's radio play "The Einstein Highway" broadcast by the BBC. 21 February 1954. A fine copy in very good jacket with clipped price and general staining mostly to rear panel. Still presents well. Scarce. #117568 Hodder and Stoughton unknown books
4654LONDON HODDER 1955. FIRST EDITION VERY GOOD. F. LONDON, HODDER, 1955 unknown books
1799707161799. 1799 Document Appointed a Judge to the Kennebeck County Maine Court of Common Pleas Judges. Maine. Dummer Nathaniel 1755-1815. To All Unto Whom These Presents Shall Come Greeting. Boston February 28 1799. 17" x 11" part-printed document inscribed in neat hand docketed on verso large embossed Massachusetts seal to upper-left corner signed by Governor Increase Sumner countersigned by John Avery first Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth. Light browning and edgewear light soiling and a few minor spots vertical and horizontal fold lines a few minor years along folds with no loss to text. An interesting item. $350. Dummer resided in Hallowell Maine and was judge of the Kennebeck County Court from 1799 until his death in 1815. He was also Hallowell's postmaster from 1792 to 1802. The docket note witnessed by Joseph North and William Howard attests that Dummer took his oath of office on April 2 1799. unknown books
185433648np 1854. Broadside 12" x 17". Some old folds several fox spots couple of short closed margin tears no loss. Good. Signed in type at the end by about 140 loyal Aroostook Democrats.<br/><br/> The Kansas-Nebraska Act opened the Mexican Cession to Slavery and thus repealed the 1820 Missouri Compromise. Deep divisions in the Democratic Party resulted. Many Northern Democrats resisted the call of their dominant Southern brethren to populate the newly acquired Territories with slaves. Maine's Hannibal Hamlin for example abandoned the Democrats over the Slavery issue and became a Republican and Lincoln's running mate in 1860. <br/> This broadside excoriates such apostates who have joined forces with anti-slavery men "to batten and prey upon the very life of the Democratic Party" and who are "pledged to opposition to the regular democracy." Hyperbolically the broadside accuses them of opposing the Party's "very EXISTENCE plotting her ENTIRE OVERTHROW and DESTRUCTION."<br/>Not located on OCLC as of March 2017. unknown books
1715WRCAM39807London 1715. 1p. with printed docket title on verso. Small folio. Antique-style three-quarter calf and marbled boards spine gilt leather label. Ornamental upper border. Minor foxing. Very good. A rare and early petition relating to British settlement in the eastern part of present-day Maine. The authors refer to petitioning "his Majesty in Council on the 6th Day of December last for having a Colony settled between New England and Nova Scotia" with "over one thousand disbanded men" and to be funded with the proceeds of a proposed coinage operation. The only copy of this document listed by OCLC and ESTC is at the New-York Historical Society which estimates merely that the document was printed during the 1700s. The historical context the text cited above and discovery of this broadsheet among similar petitions dating almost exclusively to 1714 and 1715 however make 1715 an extremely likely date of printing. In the Treaty of Utrecht 1713 the French ceded the land east of the Kennebec River presumably the area in question here to the British; this event and the reference to "disbanded soldiers" suggest that the War of the Spanish Succession had recently ended which it finally did in 1714. George I succeeded Queen Anne in late 1714 which means the petitioning of "December last" could not have been earlier than that year. With the new monarchy and a major upheaval in the House of Commons following the general election of 1715 petitionary literature distributed in the lobby of Parliament surged with this document almost certainly among the examples from that year. <br> <br> The petitioners evidently officers who had served in the recent war call attention to the fact that the lands they hope to settle "were formally survey'd and given by King Charles the Second to the Duke of York" and that the area has been confirmed as rich for farming. They ask that Parliament allow them to present their formal proposals for the settlement or "if not thought proper to have a Colony settled in that part of North- America" at least still to grant them a contract to coin 1000 tons worth of half- pence and farthings. <br> <br> A very important Maine document one of only two surviving copies. hardcover books
195762473London: Thames & Hudson 1957. hardcover. very good/very good. Translated from French by Rita Eldon and B.W. Robinson. 261pp. 8vo burgundy cloth d.w. London: Thames and Hudson 1957. Very good .<br/><br/> Thames & Hudson unknown books
195740451London: Thames and Hudson 1957. First Edition. 8vo pp. viii 261. Translated from the French by Rita Eldon and B. W. Robinson. Illustrated with diagrams. VG in somewhat chipped and browned dj. Thames and Hudson unknown books
14274LONDON EPWORTH 1957. FIRST EDITION VERY GOOD. F. LONDON, EPWORTH, 1957 unknown books
195790276London: Epworth 1957. hardcover. very good/good. Introduction by Sir Compton Mackenzie. 156pp. 8vo cloth d.w.; dust jacket worn and chipped. London: The Epworth Press 1957. A very good copy in a good dust jacket.<br/><br/> Epworth unknown books
