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1844réf. 44264Washington; Gardiner ME 1844. Very good pair marginal finger soiling only closed tear at one centerfold not obscuring text. 2 pp. 8 x 10 inches. Two letters from George Evans 1797-1867 who was U.S. Senator from Maine during the time of these letters. 1: Dated and signed Washington Dec. 20 1842. Bifolium 3 pp. To Rufus Daniel regarding the claims on the estate of Col. Thomas and his son John. Evans tells Daniel that "No examination of any extent has yet been made into the state of his affairs. I hoped it would appear that he had some money on hand or at command but not traces of any a clue to it has been discovered.I had some previous knowledge of them & shall render all the aid in my power to his son in advising the estate. The land here is subject to mortgages to its full value." Evans himself is owed money from the estate. 2: Dated and signed Gardiner Maine Aug. 17 1844. 1 pp. Evans declines Daniel C. Baker's invitation to a mass meeting in Lynn Essex County scheduled for September 4th because he was engrossed in work involving the Massachusetts election of September 9th. "We are holding a succession of mass meetings in every county of the state & have made great efforts to obtain distinguished gentlemen from Massachusetts to address our citizens; but not one has yet honored us with his presence. Thus compelled to rely upon our own resources I feel the greater necessity of remaining at my post until we have achieved our victory. I pray you accept this acknowledgment for the flattering terms in which your invitation is conveyed." Daniel Collins Baker 1816-1863 was a Massachusetts politician who served as the third Mayor of Lynn Massachusetts. unknown books
1851réf. 38808Augusta: William T. Johnson Printer 1851. First edition. Stitched paper wrappers. Wear to the wrappers and spine few chips to edges faint marginal soilings one page with ink mark else very good. 171 1 pp. Illus. with 12 b/w plans 2 lvs. with school desk illus. Sm. 8vo. Separate printing of this fifth and next to last Report. Notes that "It is the imperative duty of every district to employ a competent teacher. On this point there has been a sad dereliction of duty in some sections of the State. …During the past year one hundred and fifty-two schools have been broken up through the incompetency of teachers." Sabin 43933n. William T. Johnson, Printer unknown books
1842réf. 38794Augusta: William R. Smith & Co. printers 1842. First edition. Stitched paper wrappers. Lacking the wrappers and title page else very good scattered foxing. 27 1 pp. 8vo. Attested to by Philip C. Johnson Secretary of State on May 3 1842. Includes Article I: Of the General Duties of the Towns; Article II: Of the Powers and Obligations of School Districts and the Assessments and Collection of Moneys Raised by such Districts; Article III: Of the Duties and Powers of the Superintending School Committees and School Agents and the Qualifications and Duties of Instructors; Article IV: Special Provisions Relating to the Regulations and Endowment of Schools and Affecting the Government and Discipline of Literary Institutions. Very rare. OCLC locates one copy: Trinity College. Sabin and American Imprints report a copy at the Boston Public Library but not found on their online catalogue. The printed version of Sabin lists this item as 43959 but the online version compiled by Gale assigns this number incorrectly to an 1826 version of 11 pages. American Imprints 423157. Sabin 43959. [William R. Smith & Co., printers] unknown books
1901réf. 31931Portland: 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
réf. 206741Boston: Boston and Maine RR. Hardcover. VG: Some wear to the edges and corners. Small stain on the front cover. An elongated green staplebound softcover book with embossed gold text on the cover. Unpaginated; profusely illustrated with black-and-white images. Boston and Maine RR hardcover books
2018réf. 187136Rockland Maine: Center for Maine Contemporary Art 2018. Paperback. VG. White wraps color illustrated with gray lettering; 63 pp; bw and color illustrations. Published in conjuction with the exhibition held on March 3 - June 17 2018 at Center for Maine Contemporary Art. Center for Maine Contemporary Art paperback books
2014réf. 1582672014. Softcover. VG. Off-white & color illus. stapled wraps 36 pp. color illus. Issued in conjunction with a 2014 exhibition of artwork rendered by American artist Steven Baris b. 1953. With an essay by Stephen Maine a chronology with exhibitions and collections histories and a nice selection of full-color examples of his geometric art. Scarce. paperback books
1915réf. 363211915. Softbound. Very dampstained but no pages stick together and very little rippling. Very usable. Greenish wraps. 48 pp. 17 bw plates. 140 or so artists and sculptors are represented by 120 oils 28 watercolors 14 miniatures and 22 works of sculpture. Rare. paperback books
1912réf. 28601912. Softbound. VG. Greenish wraps. 48 pp. 16 bw plates. 124 artists and sculptors are represented by 101 oils 30 watercolors 24 miniatures and 30 works of sculpture. Rare. paperback books
1899réf. 364591899. Softbound. VG. Black wraps. 16 pp. 4 bw plates. 35 works listed. Rare. Includes illustrated works by Alexander Pope F.H. Hatfield Abbott Graves Eva Cowdery. paperback books
1909réf. 1361241909. Softbound. VG old inked name on cover at top. Greenish wraps. 42 pp. 14 bw plates. 164 paintings and 9 sculptures. Rare. Artists biographies at rear. Great copy with many prominent Boston artists represented. Some of the artists represented include 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 Ben Foster Henry Gallison Abbott Graves Robert Vonnah Childe Hassam Jean N. Oliver Hugh Bolton Jones Cullen Yates Isidore Konti Bela Lyon Pratt Philip Little Rhoda Holmes Nicholls Adelaide Palmer Ben Foster Alexander Pope etc. paperback books
1906réf. 364581906. Softbound. VG soiling to front cover. Tan wraps. 46 pp. 10 bw plates. or so artists and sculptors are represented by 132 oils 29 miniatures and 6 works of sculpture. Rare. Includes illustrated works by Bela L. Pratt Carlton T. Chapman Ben Foster Ava de Lagercrantz Joseph Lauber F.H. Richardson Harriette Wood Robinson Walter Satterlee Edmund C. Tarbell Douglas Volk. paperback books
1991réf. 300321991. Softcover. VG. White wraps. 40 pp. Numerous bw & color plates. Essay by Stacey Moss. Catalogue of an exhibition from Mary 2 to July 12 1991. paperback books
1898réf. List2965United States and Caribbean 1898. Approximately twenty-nine pieces: logbook of eighty-four double-sided pages measuring 13 x 20 inches; eight letters seventeen documents and forms and three pieces of miscellany. Much wear and significant damage to logbook including water damage mildew and tearing; log book overall fair to good minus. Other materials good to very good. Overall good. William Higgins 1791–1872 was a farmer sea captain and owner of and investor in ships from Bowdoinham Maine. According to the Maine Maritime Museum which holds his family papers Higgins’ ships traded mainly in lumber which they took from Wilmington North Carolina to the Caribbean. Offered here is a logbook recording the travels of several of Higgins’ ships particularly the brigs Mary Jane and Llewellyn alongside related documents and personal letters. The logbook dating between 1832 and 1836 extensively documents the course wind data and weather remarks for travels of the ships between east coast US port cities and various locations in the Caribbean including Barbados St. Thomas and Martinique. The logbook also contains a copy of astronomer and mathematician Elijah Burritt’s illustration “A Plan of the Solar System Exhibiting its Relative Magnitudes and Distances” engraved by W. G Evans and printed in 1835 by F.J. Huntington. The letters and documents date from 1830 to 1867 and are also mostly business-related including an insurance document for the brig William Parrington a roll of sailors enlisted to work on a six-month journey between the Caribbean and the US in 1845 a bill of sale for ¼ stake in the brig Mary Jane and receipts and logs for items including various liquors sugar molasses casks and so on. One letter from a young man in Wilmington requests advice on how to start his own business in the style of Higgins’; other letters concern family matters. One interesting undated document is a writ addressed to the Marshal of the District of Maine concerning a lawsuit filed against Higgins and Rufus Carr master of the William Parrington by Zachrisson Nelson Co. The suit alleged that Carr acting as an agent for the ship’s owners that is Higgins had agreed to an affreightment involving shipping from Jamaica to Spain to New York but had then “wholly neglected and refused to do so”. Of interest to scholars of maritime history and trade in the mid-19th century. unknown books
1952réf. 2783Portland Maine: Sevren Whylie-Jewett Company 1952. 180 pp in repaired dust jacket. Signed by Elsia Holway one of the authors. The club was formed by women to document Maine history. Sevren Whylie-Jewett Company unknown books
réf. B271800-3Brunswick/Waterville 1985. 23 1pp. 6 color illus. Oblong 4to. Wraps. Brunswick/Waterville, 1985. paperback books
1995réf. 10214Lenexa Kan.: Cookbook Publishers Inc. 1995. Comb-bound octavo 23 x 16 cm. viii 105 viii pages. Introduction; illustrated with a cover design by Cheryl Green. Title from Cover. FIRST EDITION. An important civil rights fundraising cookbook raising awareness and money to help defeat a state referendum question which would have overturned the Portland Human Rights Ordinance which extended protected classifications to "gays and lesbians" the nomenclature of the era. The cookbook itself was issued just as the referendum was defeated and the civil rights of gays and lesbians were upheld. In 2009 Maine was the first state to legalize same-sex marriage though the law was overturned in 2012. The text includes "A brief history of gay rights legislation in Maine". Lightest rubbing to black-printed green card stock covers otherwise fine with black comb-binding. Scarce. OCLC locates six copies. [Cookbook Publishers, Inc.] unknown books
2019réf. 326582Portland: Maine Museum of Photographic Arts 2019. paperback. near fine. Black & white and color photographic illustrations throughout. 163 pages. 4to matte pictorial wrappers. Portland: Maine Museum of Photographic Arts 2019. A near fine copy of this scarce exhibition catalogue. Maine Museum of Photographic Arts unknown books
1904réf. 301550Augusta: Kennebec Journal 1904. hardcover. very good. 95 pages 45 muster rolls. Slim 8vo navy blue cloth neatly re-backed in plain cloth. Augusta: Kennebec Journal Print 1904. First Edition. Very good. Kennebec Journal unknown books
réf. 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. Cover title: Scenic Gems of Land and Sea with Camera. Illustrated Memories of a Pleasant Summer along the Maine Coast. G. W. Morris unknown books
1802réf. 262552Paris: Henrichs 1802. hardcover. 12mo 402pp. occasional toning full tree calf decoratively gilt spine with leather label. Paris: Chez Henrichs AN XI 1802. Very good copy. Maine de Biran's first psychological book emphasizing will and activity which has remained an important theme in French psychology. Early ownership name and stamp including that of art historian Meyer Schapiro. Henrichs unknown books
1856réf. 225142Augusta: 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. Published for the use of the militia by authority of the legislature by George M. Atwood. Fuller & Fuller unknown books
1812réf. 216429Portland 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. 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. unknown books
1957réf. 62473London: 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. Thames & Hudson unknown books
1957réf. 90276London: 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. Epworth unknown books
