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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
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
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
18381702125th Cong. 2nd Sess.: HD280. 1838. 2pp disbound. Minor foxing. Very Good. HD280. unknown books
185229962np: F. Ferguson Printer 1852. Broadside 5" x 13". Light spotting and wear two short closed margin tears. Good.<br/><br/> This pro-Temperance broadside rebuts the canard that the Sons of Temperance are the prime force behind enactment of the Maine Liquor Law. "Men of all denominations and parties are firm supporters of this law; look everywhere and you find it depends not alone upon the Sons of Temperance." The broadside also denies "that this law makes the man who buys liquor a criminal. An absolute falsehood-- not one word of truth in it." Opponents of the law are "lying." Indeed "DROWNING MEN CATCH AT STRAWS. BUT THE HAND-WRITING IS UPON THE WALL. A Prohibitory Liquor Law must and will be enacted."<br/>Not located on OCLC or the AAS web site or in Williamson or Sabin. F. Ferguson, Printer unknown 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
184037337South Berwick ME 1840. Broadside 11-3/4" x 14-1/2." Text as recited above in bold type of various sizes. Beneath are the printed signatures in smaller type of about 200 local citizens endorsing the call for assembly. Old folds as usual with several small pinholes along the folds which do not affect text. Ink signature on blank verso "Micajah Grant" preceded by "Mrs" "Hon.". Good plus.<br/><br/> South Berwick Democrats seek support for the re-election of Maine Governor John Fairfield 1797-1847. Elected in 1838 he beat his Whig i.e. "Federalist" opponent in the 1840 campaign. <br/>Not located on OCLC as of January 2021 or at the online AAS site. unknown books
188363670New York: Henry Holt and Company 1883. First edition. 23cm. 402pp. Rust colored cloth with gilt stamping on spine. Spine ends with wear some rubbing. Pencil marks in margins of some pages few pencil notes on blank page in the back. <br/><br/> Henry Holt and Company hardcover books
1912312798np 1912. 2 60 pp of typewritten text with a hand-drawn map of the Club property on the Dobsis Stream between "Dobsis" and "Pocumsas" lakes a folding cyanotype map of the region and 23 photographs of the Club and members. 1 vols. 8vo 8-1/2 x 6 inches. Reverse buckskin with title stamped in blind Dobsis Club 1872-1912 with metal ring binding. Signature "January 1 1912 Lillian W. Larrabbee" on title leaf. Typescript addendum of fishing catches 1919-1920 by H.S. Dennison loosely inserted. Green cloth folding box. 2 60 pp of typewritten text with a hand-drawn map of the Club property on the Dobsis Stream between "Dobsis" and "Pocumsas" lakes a folding cyanotype map of the region and 23 photographs of the Club and members. 1 vols. 8vo 8-1/2 x 6 inches. UNRECORDED. History of the Dobsis Club in the Grand Lake watershed formed in 1872 by Harvey Jewell Lyman B. Jewell E.W. Dennison Cutler Downer V.H. Blackston and F.A. Kennedy with famous Rangeley guide G. L. F. Ball as Manager. In 1879 club buildings were built by Ball on the spit of land between Sysladobsis or Dobsis and Pocumcus lakes. <br/>The first portion of the book transcribes Ball's letters 1872-1894 discussing his marriage money woes and fish hatchery business. Ball who had been a guide in the Rangeley region since the early 1860s worked for the club until 1898 and died the following year. The history includes a calendar of notable dates including construction poker hands an earthquake persons falling into the rivers and the disappearance of N.O. Shaw on 19 December 1907; his body was found the next June. Weather records include Ice Out dates earliest 22 April 1878 latest 16 May 1888 extremes of temperature in summer and winter. There is a long register of fishermen and visitors and logs of fishing catches and game bags. Many names from the Dennison clan appear over the years. The work is illustrated throughout with high quality photographs: portraits of members and views of the club sometimes two to a plate. The last entries for seven members visiting in Spring 1912 are in manuscript.<br/>The club appears to have continued in existence through the early 1940s. 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
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
183819085Washington: Thomas Allen printer 1838. 8vo. 2 pp. <br><br>Government document: 25th Congress 2d Session. Doc. No. 355. Ho. of Reps. Removed from a nonce volume. Ink numeral in top right corner of p. 1. Age-browned. Thomas Allen, printer unknown books
183812319Washington: Thomas Allen printer 1838. 8vo. 2 pp. <br><br>Resolves relating to fortifications on the U. S.-Canada border. Government document: 25th Congress 2d Session. Doc. No. 363. Ho. of Reps. removed from a nonce volume; inner edge a little irregular; small chips in top right corner short tear to outer margin crease along bottom right corner. Foxed. Thomas Allen, printer unknown books
183012006Washington 1830. 8vo. 1 f. verso blank. <br><br>Opposes the removal of Indians from their lands. Government document: 21st Congress 1st Session. 92. Removed from a nonce volume; inner margin a little irregular. Light foxing. Inked numeral in top margin of recto. unknown books
183112003Washington 1831. 8vo. 4 pp. <br><br>Opposes the removal of Cherokees from their lands. Government document: 21st Congress 2d Session. 18. Removed from a nonce volume. Light stain on first and last pages. Small hole in top margin of last page not touching text. Inked numeral in top margin of first page. 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
72615Very good. A collection of 28 original manuscript land surveys recording the boundaries of property in Kittery York County Maine during the mid to late 1700s. Then located in Massachusetts York County was established in 1652 when the Massachusetts Bay Colony first asserted territorial claims over the settlements of present-day southern Maine.<br/> <br/>Together this collection of property surveys helps to paint a picture of the history development and inhabitants of Kittery between 1772 and 1799. The coastal town with a current estimated population of about 10000 residents is the southernmost city in Maine and was originally settled as a fishing village. During the Revolutionary War the first vessels of the U.S. Navy were constructed in Kittery. In addition to the shape of property and ownership of homesteads the surveys reveal who occupied adjoining lands locations of roadways and occasionally the site of buildings and other improvements.<br/> <br/>One of the earliest surveys in this collection is pre-Independence dated November 6 1772 and provides the boundaries of land owned by John Bradbury. A February 1780 survey shows that a country road adjoined the property of Tim Fergusson and Stephen Paul while another updated survey is labeled "Plan Goodwin's Marsh" which is bounded along one edge by the York River. A portion of the property drawn for an undated survey of Stephen Remick's land is labeled "widows thirds" a reference to the common law tradition of dower which originated in England and carried on in the American colonies providing widows the right to one-third of the land and property of her husband. This practice persisted in Maine until 1896 when a new concept of a spousal share was enacted.<br/> <br/>A survey dated May 1790 contains the handwritten note: "Plan land taken by execution in favour of selectmen of York from Dan Braydon." Land taken by execution refers to the seizure of property generally in payment of a debt. However during this period property was routinely confiscated from landowners who were loyal to the King during the war for independence. Little is known about Braydon so the reasons for this forfeiture are unknown.<br/> <br/>Four of the surveys in this collection are connected to properties owned by the Jeremiah Moulton family who were among the earliest and most prominent settlers in the region. A survey dated May 13 1793 shows a portion of land "taken by execution in favour" of Abigail Lyman from her presumed brother Jeremiah Moulton. Both her father who died in 1777 and her brother were named Jeremiah Moulton. Two more surveys both dated July 7 1783 note Joseph Bragdon's land was "taken by execution from Jeremiah Moulton." Bragdon who died in 1766 was married to Mary Moulton the sister of the elder Jeremiah Moulton. The land had been mortgaged to Jonathan Sayward. Another plan is labeled "Col. Moulton's land bot of Peter Grant April 1785."<br/> <br/>Another group of land surveys in this collection is connected to the family of Abraham Preble who settled in York County in 1642 by way of County Kent England. He was a councilor county treasurer and judge. These five surveys show lands owned by Caleb Paul Esaias and Benjamin Preble two generations removed from Abraham. Esaias was captain of a company of minutemen at Cambridge later rising to the rank of Colonel during the Revolutionary War.<br/> <br/>The surveys each measure about 7 ½" x 8" and are hand drawn often containing holographic notations boundaries with longitude and latitude markings and various other notations including figures. They are generally toned several are soiled and a few have silk tape repairs. Overall they are in very good condition. 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
2005Embry 195792St. Martin's Press 2005. First edition first printing. Fine in fine dust jacket in mylar cover. St. Martin's Press, 2005. First edition, first printing. unknown books
1982140940258Melbourne Australia: Fast Forward 1982. Complete run of 13 issues in 12 #008/009 is a double issue. Magazines often folded and sometimes staple bound with a variety of folded inserts with cassettes housed in silk-screened colored plastic wallets. Near Fine condition overall appearing to contain all inserts etc.; slightly rubbed and soiled occasional slight creasing to inserts or oxidation to staples. Small tear to rear wallet of #005. Issue 008/009 wallet gilt lettering well-rubbed. Offsetting to wallet of #011. Rare as a set. One of the very first cassette magazines which was popular financially successful and proved to be influential in the burgeoning global "cassette culture" of '80s independent music directly spawning such other projects as Sub Pop editor/ label head Bruce Pavitt was a contributor to the double-issue and the UK's Mix. The audio portion was structured somewhat like an old-timey news broadcast featuring new music as well as interviews with musicians. In addition to featuring the sounds of Aussies The Birthday Party Primitive Calculators Dead Can Dance Scientists and the Go-Betweens et al many prominent cutting-edge British and American musicians such as Pere Ubu The Clash The Fall The Residents Adam and the Ants and Gang of Four were interviewed and sometimes provided songs. Being Australian the magazine was bound to have a sense of humor. Robert Smith of The Cure got in on the act and provided "A Few Stylish Tips" in #013 about how he obtained that perfect lift for his '80s hair: soap and water. Crossword puzzles became a feature early on. Also Michael Trudgeon's design of the magazine was inspired growing in sophistication throughout the run adding inserts steadily stylishly utilizing only one or two colors in the printing process. A real acme of early '80s independent music print and design cultures. Its run lends credence to the idea that post-punk truly went beyond punk in many ways. Fast Forward unknown books
195988054New York: Ballantine Books 1959. Small octavo pictorial wrappers. First U.S. edition. Ballantine Books 360K. Issued earlier in Britain as Count-Down 1959. Anatomy of Wonder 1987 3-269. Clarke Tale of the Future 1978 p. 116. Reginald 09560A. A fine copy. #88054 Ballantine Books unknown 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
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
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
193821310London: John Murray 1938. First edn. 8vo pp. 286. Photographs. Cover little worn and stained little foxing flyleaves stained o/w VG. A biography of Roosevelt. John Murray unknown books
