Maine Stories by Stolle, John William, and Snowman, M.S. "Boob" (Aided and Abetted by) - 1953

Bangor ME.: H.P. Snowman: Printer., 1953. First edition. Presumed 1st, no print line.. Hard cover. Good. No dust jacket. Ex-library. Minor spine end wear, corner bumps.. 1 148 p. Blue cloth over boards, decorated in silver with state of Maine outline and title splash in silver. Small Pen&Ink illustrations. Scarce volume, Maine "old timer" tales, folklore of Northern Maine. In his Foreword, author John Stolle writes, "This book is not offered to the reader as a paragon of literary art. It is intended, rather, to entertain and amuse not only Maine people, but also that large body of tourists who make an annual pilgrimage to that unspoiled natural shrine--the Northern Maine Woods". He also notes he has tried to retain the actual language used by the storytellers.