5 117 résultats
1961réf. 26558London: 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
1840réf. 37337South 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. 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. Not located on OCLC as of May 2024 or online AAS Bowdoin Colby U ME U So. ME sites. unknown books
1844réf. 36140Washington D.C.: n.p. 1844. First edition. Removed. A very good copy. 1 pp. 8vo. The Maine resolution was an attack on the heinous process of re-enslaving freed blacks: "Resolved. That we do most solemnly in behalf of the people of this State protest against the existence of any laws in any of the States of Territories of this Union which subject our free colored citizens to the liability to be arrested and imprisoned and to be sold into slavery for the payment of the costs of such arrest and imprisonment; that we do protest against such laws as unconstitutional and as endangering the Union." Maine approved this on March 22 1843 sent a copy to all members of the House and Senate and to all the governors of States and Territories. OCLC locates no copies. Not in Sabin Blockson Dumont Work LCP. Afro-Americana Clark: New England in U.S. Government Publications 1789-1849: 1145. n.p. unknown books
1920réf. 1611Augusta Maine: Maine State Library 1920. Cloth. Very good . 4to; xiii ii 338pp; dark green cloth over board blind-stamped with pinecones gilt-stamped lettering on front and spine; b&w fp and illustrations; light shelf-wear to boards sunned spine and lettering scattered light foxing; b&w illustrations; very good plus. Part I of the book contains historical and literary information about the state of Maine Part II the social and industrial history. [Maine State Library] unknown books
1925réf. 797Boston and Maine Transportation Company 1925. Document no binding. Very good. 9" x 11"; tri-fold title and half-tone illustration of a motor coach; fee and ticket information on rear panel; routes with time and a larger half-tone illustration of the motor coach to verso; a few pin holes from tacks some creasing; very good. Not recorded. Advertising brochure for bus service that ran from Boston through Newburyport Mass. Hampton Portsmouth N.H. then up into Maine through York Ogunquit Wells Beach Biddeford to Portland. This was a major tourist route and transverse "over the old Newburyport Turnpike the longest perfectly straight road in New England laid out years ago and now a splendid State highway". Boston and Maine Transportation Company unknown books
1940réf. 893Augusta Maine: Maine Development Commission 1940. Staplebound. Fine. 12mo; 61 3pp; stiff pictorial glazed wrapper printed in green; two staple binding; half-tone b&w photographic illustrations throughout text; fine. Booklet covers equipment needed for hiking and climbing and local accommodations. Includes a chart of named mountains local towns with their counties the elevation at both the summit and base and the height of the climb. Maine Development Commission unknown books
1941réf. 559Augusta Maine: Maine Development Commission 1941. Cloth. Near fine. 8vo; 24pp; color pictorial stiff wrapper 2 staple binding; verso front and recto rear wrapper printed decoratively with title; vignette of state seal to title page; b&w half-tone photographic illustrations with titles; message from Governor; faint vertical fold; near fine. Date of pamphlet based on the forward from Lewis O. Barrows Governor of the State of Maine from 1937-1941. Maine Development Commission unknown books
1865réf. 586Augusta Maine: Head Quarters John L. Hodson Adjutant General's Office 1865. String. Very good. 8vo; 48pp; publisher's tan wrapper string binding; stab hole in upper left corner through wrappers and all leaves 1" chip to rear wrapper light soiling to wrapper scattered foxing light chipping to spine; very good minus. Laws concerning the military in the state of Maine. Detailed review of Chapter 307 and its sections. Interesting in that there was an exemption for Quakers and Shakers. In addition no "idiot lunatic common drunkard vagabond pauper or person convicted of any infamous crime" could be allowed to serve. Head Quarters, John L. Hodson, Adjutant General's Office unknown books
1996réf. 347Collierville TN: Fundcraft Publishing 1996. Stiff wraps. Very good. 8vo; A-D iv130pp A-D index 1-31pp 1 Making the Right Food Choices; white glazed stiff wrapper printed with title and church name vignette illustration of church; black comb-style plastic binding; b&w photographic illustration of church with worship schedule on pC; full page color pictorial chapter divisions; recipes with author; scuffing to wrapper light soiling of wrapper and a few pages; very good. Cushing Maine is a town in Knox County located in the mid-coast region of Maine just south of Thomaston. Fundcraft Publishing unknown books
1941réf. 1None listed: State of Maine Highway Commission 1941. First Edition. Stiff wraps. Very good. Elephant folio; 56pp; 55 full page maps in black and blue ink; blue textured wrappers with title on front cover and state seal 5 staple binding; soiling to wrapper some light page edge soiling soiling to pp 21-22 binding sound without pulling. Very Good. The first of traffic flow maps issued by the state the next not issued until 1955. The maps are of each county with details that include road types bridges water features boundaries natural features railroads airways parks and reservations and city and village centers. Traffic patterns indicated in blue ink. Fascinatingìì detailed look at each Maine county. [State of Maine Highway Commission] unknown books
1973réf. 305Rockland Maine: Courier-Gazette 1973. Stiff wraps. Very good . 8vo; 65pp a-h 8pp cooking aids 4 blank for recipes; white glazed stiff wrapper with white plastic comb binding illustration of a sailing ship to front; b&w vignettes to chapter heads; light staining to front wrapper; very good plus. Not in WorldCat. Scarce. Listing of the Women's Auxiliary of the Thomaston Fire Department with the 1972-73 Officers on the first page. Recipe recipe title and contributing author on each page. Courier-Gazette unknown books
réf. 15686MAINE MURDER 1811. The Trial of Ebenezer Ball before the Hon. Samuel Sewall . . . For the murder of John Tileston Downes at Robinstown Jan. 28 1811. Castine: By Samuel Hall 1811. 40 p. Removed from a bound volume. Old library stamps minor overall browning and foxing. Very good. John Tileston Downes was shot and killed by Ebenezer Ball in Robbinston Maine while attempting to arrest Ball on suspicion of forgery. Ball was found guilty and was hanged in what was the first legal hanging for murder in Eastern Maine. See W. L. Welch "Hanging Ebenezer Ball" Maine History 45 2010 pp. 151-167. Shaw and Shoemaker 24056; Skillin Bibliography of Maine Imprints 11-09; McDade Annals of Murder 65. unknown books
1862réf. 4211862. MAINE. A Business Directory of the Subscribers to the New Map of Maine with a Brief History and Description of the State Prepared by William Willis. Portland 1862. 344 p. Cloth. Spine faded else a fine copy. With an 1862 presentation inscription on the title page. A detailed statewide business and occupation directory arranged by county and town. In the same year the publisher Chase issued its large wall map of Maine. unknown books
1828réf. BK0113Beverly Massachusetts 1828. Autograph letter signed 3 pp. measuring 8 x 9 ½ inches addressed to Charles Coffin Esq. Buxton Maine. Stampless folded letter with manuscript "Beverly Ms Nov 26" postmark and "18¾" rate. Separation reinforced with archival tape due to brittle paper; otherwise very good. A research letter from jurist and statesman Nathan Dane to Maine antiquarian Charles Coffin concerning the seven Narragansett townships granted to veterans and descendants of veterans of King Philip's War. Dane reports an effort to trace Narragansett No. 1 incorporated as Buxton in 1772 and discusses the difficulty created when the original grants acquired new names in proprietary and governmental records: "I have examined the doings of the legislature of Massachusetts as far as I have them for more than a century past. I find the name Narragansett No. 1 &c. mentioned but three times once in the year 1760 when in erecting the counties of Cumberland and Lincoln in describing the boundaries of them Narragansett No. 1 is mentioned; again in 1764 it is mentioned in the act incorporating the town of Gorham; again in 1772 Narragansett No. 1 was incorporated and made a town by the name of Buxton." Dane suggests reconstructing the history of the grants through a combination of legislative records proprietary papers and the memories of "aged persons" as he "sees no other way to trace back to their origin these seven grants or proprietaries." He also provides information on Major Samuel Appleton a military officer during King Philip's War and on the early Dane family in Ipswich carefully distinguishing the surnames Dane and Dean through deeds wills and signed documents. The recipient Charles Coffin later published historical work on the Narragansett townships. A record of early nineteenth-century antiquarian method showing Dane's methodology for reconstructing the colonial history of Maine and Massachusetts. . unknown books
1851réf. BK0070Owsley's Bar Yuba River California 1851. 2 pp. 7 ½ x 9 ½ inches. Folded for mailing and postmarked San Francisco February 1 with red-orange circular datestamp and matching "40" rate handstamp. Minor wear with small pale spot to address panel. A Gold Rush letter from Thomas J. Dabline at Owsley's Bar on the Yuba River giving a detailed report on a dispersed community of Maine emigrants in the California diggings. Dabline names roughly a dozen acquaintances recording their locations occupations and in several cases their financial success while also describing the effects of an exceptionally dry winter on mining along the Yuba. Dabline begins by noting that he has continued mining "with about the same results" and then describes the winter season which had brought remarkably little rain. The shortage of water had begun to interfere directly with mining in the dry ravines: "The very small quantity of rain which has fallen has operated unfavorably for those who are engaged in mining in the dry ravines and hundreds who have been throwing out dirt for washing have been obliged to leave it for want of water. But should it continue as it has it will be very favorable for an early season up the mountains." He compares the weather to a pleasant October in Maine with occasional frost and thin ice and remarks on the relative health of the surrounding mining population estimating only six or eight deaths during the season among roughly 1500 to 2000 miners living within several miles. The strongest portion of the letter is Dabline's account of what he calls "the other Maine boys" who were dispersed across the northern California diggings: "I cannot tell you much about the other Maine boys. They are scattered about the country in the various diggings. I have learned that F. McLeod has gone home with about 3000 dollars and Mr. Sholl with 5000 or 6000 dollars. Fitch Demey is over on the American River in the Express business. Mr. Vinton & Upton are down on the McCormic or dry Creek. Mr. Carpenter with the two Johnsons of Waterville are over on the Feather River. Mr. G. is I believe at Sacramento City. The Trumbulls are up about Nevada City and Dr. Anderson was sometime back down at the little village of Nicholas which is about 55 miles above Sacramento." The passage offers a compact picture of a Maine migration network after its arrival in California with members spread among the Yuba American and Feather River regions Nevada City Sacramento and other settlements. Dabline records both the mobility of the group and their varying outcomes including men who had already returned home with several thousand dollars and another who had entered the express business rather than mining. He closes by mentioning current excitement over reports of a rich new discovery at Gold Bluff though adding that "very little credit is given to the tale here." A useful firsthand account of the social geography of the Gold Rush documenting a community of Maine emigrants across the mining regions while remaining connected through news of one another's whereabouts and fortunes. . unknown books
1874réf. BK0084Washington D.C.: Department of State 1874. Partly printed document completed in manuscript 2 pp. 16 ¾ x 10 ½ inches signed by Hamilton Fish as Secretary of State with embossed Department of State seal. Some small tears at folds otherwise near fine; very good plus overall. A Department of State extradition warrant arising from a violent episode aboard the British schooner Annie B and a subsequent dispute over whether the accused should be tried in Great Britain or Maine. Charles Tilton Robbins of Deer Isle boarded the vessel at Portland on May 22 1874 using the name "Dunham of St. Andrews" and taking passage for Saint John. According to the Maine Attorney General's contemporary account while the schooner was seven miles off Monhegan Light Robbins attacked the two men on deck with a revolver and then an iron bar mortally wounding mate Solomon Camp. Robbins escaped in the schooner's boat to Monhegan and then reached Rockland where he was arrested aboard the Deer Isle packet. Camp died at Rockland on May 28.1 Because the attack occurred aboard a British vessel on the high seas Great Britain claimed jurisdiction and requested Robbins's extradition under the tenth article of the Webster-Ashburton Treaty. U.S. Commissioner Edward M. Rand found the evidence sufficient to hold him pending action in Washington. In the present document Fish records that British chargé d'affaires Robert Grant Watson had made the required requisition and directs the United States Marshal for Maine or whoever had Robbins in custody "to surrender and deliver him up" to the British representative. The warrant appears to preserve a short-lived federal decision. Because Camp had died in Maine state authorities maintained that Maine itself had jurisdiction over the resulting murder. Robbins and his supporters appealed to Governor Nelson Dingley Jr. who intervened with Washington to prevent the extradition. The federal government subsequently declined to surrender Robbins and ordered him transferred to Maine authorities for trial. He was indicted in Knox County and brought to trial on September 29; after a twelve-day proceeding in which the defense was a general denial and insanity the jury found him not guilty by reason of insanity. Overall an interesting document from a notable nineteenth-century extradition dispute in which a single killing brought British maritime jurisdiction Maine criminal law and federal treaty obligations into direct conflict. 1 "In the County of Knox" Report of the Attorney General of the State of Maine. 1874 Sprague Owen & Nash 1875 5. . Department of State unknown books
1971réf. BK0129Portland Maine: Jack Laurence promoter 1971. Large illustrated wrestling poster for an evening at the Expo Building 17 x 26 inches. Printed in black and yellow with central portrait of Tarzan Tyler. Light wear old folds and small losses at margins; very good. A locally produced wrestling poster for a 1971 card at Portland's Expo Building promoted by longtime Maine sports promoter Jack Laurence. The main event was a six-man tag-team match pitting Jimmy Valiant Tarzan Tyler and "Crazy" Luke Graham against Rene Goulet Chief Jay Strongbow and Gorilla Monsoon advertised as three out of five falls with a two-hour time limit and two referees. The undercard included "The Battle of the Roughnecks" Mike Monroe against Stan "The Man" Stasiak; "Beautiful Bobby" against Karl Gotch; and Manuel Soto and Mike Pappas billed as "The Russians." Tyler and Graham were then the WWWF tag champions while Monsoon Strongbow Valiant Gotch and Stasiak were among the promotion's familiar stars. The evening followed immediately after the October 25 Madison Square Garden card where many of the same wrestlers appeared: Monsoon defeated Monroe Gotch defeated Beautiful Bobby and Strongbow and Victor Rivera defeated Tyler and Graham.1 Interestingly this Portland event does not appear in the extensive published 1971 WWWF results compilation we consulted which records the October 25 Madison Square Garden event and then resumes with October 29 cards in Lowell and North Attleboro. The poster thus appears to provide primary documentation of an otherwise poorly recorded Maine card. Laurence whose name appears prominently as promoter died the following February. A memorial resolution of the Maine Legislature described him as one of the state's "most devoted and beloved sports promoters."2 1 Richard Land "WWWF - 1971 Results" The History of WWE accessed September 17 2026 https://thehistoryofwwe.com/wwwf-results-1971/. 2 Legislative Record of the One Hundred and Fifth Legislature of the State of Maine Vol. III June 16-June 24 1971 893. . Jack Laurence, promoter unknown books
1826réf. 70512Ellsworth ME 1826. Manuscript written as if a broadside. Folio. One-page approximately 150 words; included in the manuscript are the places around town where events will take place starting times for the activities exhibition of the animals and ploughing and hauling matches information on the gathering places for the annual address a dinner and an exhibition of agricultural productions and manufactures. Addressed verso to Nathan Read in Belfast Maine; Read 1759-1849 served in the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts 1800-1803 moving to Maine in 1807 where he was involved in civic affairs until his death. Folded for mailing seal break to right edge taking two words. Very good. unknown books
1824réf. 70123Belfast ME: Ephraim Fellowes 1824. Printed broadside 10 x 7 inches somewhat trimmed employing several sizes and styles of type including italics and a large display type for the headline. Nathan Read 1759-1849 served in the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts 1800-1803; he moved to Maine in 1807 and was involved in civic affairs there until his death. Not in American Imprints. Not located on OCLC. Uniformly browned some foxing but a very good example on an apparently unrecorded agricultural broadside. 5081. [Ephraim Fellowes ?] unknown books
réf. 701534to. 4-pages one sheet of American laid paper folded. Approximately 750 words in ink. Folded for mailing and accompanied by its original franked envelope bearing a Washington cancellation stamp and O'Brien's red wax seal broken. Accompanied by Read's retained copies of two letters he wrote to O'Brien the first prompting O'Brien's response here the second Read's response to O'Brien's comments Feb. 7 and March 13 1828; folio four pages total approximately 1000 words each with editing and passages crossed through approximately 1250 words total. Read 1759-1859 served in Congress from Massachusetts 1800-1803 and was a well-regarded judge farmer and inventor during his years in Belfast Maine 1807-1849. Very good. For the 3 letters and envelope Responding to a recent letter from Read 1759-1849; U.S. House of Representatives 1800-1803 and apparently differing from his viewpoint O'Brien writes primarily of dubious Constitutional grounds for congressional action on internal improvements and on education seeing both as doomed to inequity inefficiency and excessive cost: "I am not for loading the national government with subjects that can be better & more economically performed by the constituent parts of the Union." As evidence he cites an example: that of John C. Calhoun then Vice-President who had earlier let the controversial "Rip Rap Contract" as Secretary of War and was accused of sharing in profits from it. The letter addresses issues of the day summarizes a portion of its author's philosophy of government and echoes arguments continued through every American era. Read's first letter shows an impatience with the state of affairs: "But for the virulence of party spirit excited and kept alive by ambitious and designing men we should be not only a prosperous but very happy people . as my hopes for the preservation of the Union for any great length of time principally rest on the prospect of a more general diffusion of knowledge among the people & a consequent improvement in their manners & morals . this in my humble opinion can only be done efficiently by a liberal provision made by the national government for the suitable education of youth in every section of the Union." Read responds to O'Brien's reply in part: "Whereas the public lands in the course of a few years if not appropriated to some objects entirely national & universally satisfactory will be a bone of contention & may operate as a bounty at some public expense to the states adjacent to them to sever the Union. unknown books
réf. 70167Having moved from Salem to Belfast in 1807 Read quickly realized the need for a school for the needs of the community and his children launching his effort to build something from the ground up; instrumental in its establishment Read served on the schools Board of Trustees until his death. Old fold lines to most some other light storage wear and soiling but a very good lot. 1 READ. Retained autograph copies of 1808 letters to Joseph Story 1779-1845; Salem judge and state legislator U.S Supreme Court justice author of important American legal works and Thomas Whittier a state legislator for then Belfast region seeking help on a petition for a charter and grant of land to establish "a contemplated Academy in Belfast" local citizens having already raised "upwards of $4000" for the project. The letter to Story: 4to 2-pages approximately 250 words signed by Read; Story was named to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1812 serving until his death. The letter to Whittier on an integral leaf: 4to 1-page approximately 175 words in Read's hand but unsigned. 2 READ. Extracts from Secretary's Records caption title. 4-page manuscript printing selections from records relating to the construction of the academy 1808-1814. 3 READ. An Inventory of the Property belonging to the Trustees of Belfast Academy Jany. 1st 1809 caption title to a manuscript "Waste-Book" recording the school's inventory and accounting for building the school and other operating expenses 1808-1810. Small 4to 25 cm. 17 pp. Plain drab wrappers. 4 READ Trustees meeting fund raising and accounting reports land grants requests to local officials and state legislators promises to send children to the school etc. relating to the building and operating of the Belfast Academy 1808-1832. 22 manuscript documents 31 pages total approximately 2500 words. 4to and folio almost all in the hand of Nathan Read several signed by him. Accompanied by seven small receipts 1808 1810 1826 and 1828 4. For the file of 32 documents unknown books
réf. 70164Small 4to 22 cm. Bifolio of four pages approximately 550 words in part: Responding to a recent letter from the Ex-President: "With a view to ascertain by experiment the use of a machine most notable for different horse power I am now constructing one at Salem designed nearly as I could calculate from theory for two horse power which I expect will be completed in about a fortnight . I am at this time uninformed of the extent & population of the counties you mention; but as it would be advantageous & highly gratifying to me to have the machine introduced into Virg. under your auspices I assure you I shall be very moderate in my terms for the right of using it in the counties named . I ought to know the power you wish to apply that the use of the machine may be adapted to it." The balance of the letter describes in detail technical aspects of the machine and its parts concluding with a discussion of shipping one to Virginia rather than having it constructed there. Old fold lines but very good. Read began a side-career as an inventor in the 1780s that continued well into the 19th century along the way working on improvements in steam engines creating a rotary steam engine and a chainwheel for paddle wheels building a machine that made one-step finished nails and providing many new machines and improvements for agricultural work especially windmill waterpower and threshing technology. We have not found records of a Madison-Read correspondence. unknown books
1826réf. 70168Belfast ME : Ephraim Fellowes 1826. Small broadside 8 ¼ x 6 ¾ inches employing several sizes and styles of type. The program eight parts printed beneath the title Select Piece Prayer Hymn Installation Hymn Address Anthem Concluding Prayer marked through replaced in manuscript" by "Benediction" with hymns of five verses to be sung before and after the installation printed in the lower half. Bowdoin holds a pamphlet printing of the address by Hiram Alden given at this ceremony. Apparently not in American Imprints or located on OCLC. Some browning but very good. [Ephraim Fellowes ?] unknown books
1839réf. 70165Belfast ME: C. Rowe Printer 1839. Printed broadside 11 ½ x 6 ½ inches employing several sizes and styles of type. Apparently not in American Imprints or located on OCLC. Foxed old central fold line. Very good. [C. Rowe, Printer ?] unknown books
1825réf. 70169Belfast ME : Ephraim Fellowes 1825. Small broadside 7 7/8 x 6 ½ inches employing several sizes and styles of type. The program six parts printed beneath the title Dirge Prayer Ode Eulogy Hymn Prayer Anthem with the Dirge three quatrains and the Ode six quatrains printed in the lower half. The Ode was by William George Crosby A. E. 1805-1881 a Belfast native and an 1823 Bowdoin graduate who would have been reading law under his father at this time; he served as Governor of Maine 1853-1855. Apparently not in American Imprints or located on OCLC. Some browning but very good. [Ephraim Fellowes ?] unknown books
