Search Results: Maine Authors from Lippincott Books

Portland, Maine: Loring, Short & Harmon, 1885. Hardcover. Very Good. 100 pp. Brown cloth, title stamped in gilt. Light soiling to front board. Maine author; includes a poem titled Fryeburg.

Madison, Wisconsin: Madison House Publishers, 1988. Pictorial Stiff Paper Wrappers. Near Fine. 28 pp. Illustrated, list of sources. Reprinted from: Conley and Kaminski, eds., The Constitution and the States.

Nobleboro (ME): Blackberry Books, 1992. First Edition . Soft cover. As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Beckman, Siri. Unpaged, with beautiful wood engravings by Siri Beckman Warm inscription by author, with banner drawn, on title page. Fine.

n. p., n. d.: Not Given. Probable First Edition . Limp Leather. GVG. 32 pp. First poem, titled Mellinokett Lake, mentions "fair Aroostook." Bound in brown suede with title stamped in gilt on front. Decorative pastedowns made of beige moire fabric over paper. Pages stitched through center fold, and then saddle-sewn into limp leather cover with thin suede gimp. Leather worn away on spine fold. Uncommon.

New York: Grand Street Publications, 1984. First Edition . Paper Wrappers. Very Good+. 179, [5] pp. This early short story by Chute was printed in the journal Grand Street, Vol. 3, No. 3 Spring 1984. Chute's first novel, The Beans of Egypt, Maine, was published a year later.

Keene, NH: Pan Press, 1993. First Edition . Pictorial Paper Wrappers. Very Good. Erick Ingraham. unpaginated [24 pp]. Would be near fine but for a faint water ring on front cover. Amos is five and riding in his grandfather's horse-drawn buggy when with a "blip" an impish elf named Hershal P Culpepper appears. Maine author. VG

Philadelphia: Dorrance & Co, 1942. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+/Good. 256 pp. "There is a salty tang in the air with ghosts, tombstones and quaint epitaphs everywhere." This jacket description catches the flavor of this story of life in a coastal village as seen by the summer people who came back year after year. Uncommon Maine title. Edges and endpapers foxed.

Hallowell, Maine: Balm O'Gilead Cabin, 1987. First Edition . Paper Wrappers. GVG. 219 pp. A collection of pieces published in the Kennebec Journal and the Lewiston Evening Journal during the 1940's -1960's. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Topics include Augusta landmarks, seasonal essays, and a number of biographical sketches. Of particular interest are biographies of Elijah Kellogg, Holman Day, and C.A.Stephens, plus a report of naturalist John Burroughs' trip to the Moxie Lake region in the mid-1880's. White paper wrappers sunned along spine, lightly soiled and a bit dog-eared; but pages are clean, and well attached in covers.

Orono, Maine: University Press, 1934. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 244 pp, with frontispiece, appendices, bibliography, index, b&w photos. The Maine Bulletin, Vol. XXXVII, No. I. August 1934. University of Maine Studies Second Series, No. 32. Covers sunned, otherwise clean & tight.

Orono, Maine: N.p., 1996. First Edition . Spiral Bound Paper Wrappers. Very Good+. 104 pp. The Maine Christian Association at UMO was formed from the older campus chapters of the YMCA and YWCA and other Protestant groups. Wilson's husband Elwin, a Methodist minister, was appointed the first Director of the new group in 1950. The Wilson Center, the current MCA building, is named for the couple. Dorothy Wilson is best known for her novels and biographies. Most of her subjects were either missionaries or, like Dorothea Dix and Doc Pritham, were dedicated to serving others. This publication is much less common than her books.

Freeport, Maine: Bond Wheelwright, 1960. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Alex Randall. 46 pp. 6 black and white illustrations. Includes 6 poems previously published in the New York Times. Nicely printed. Cloth is foxed around edges, otherwise condition would be near fine. The jacket is foxed and frayed along top edge.

New York: Lewis Colby, 1853. Fourth Edition . Hardcover. Good. iv, 432 pp. In the introduction, the author calls this "a humble contribution to a great reform in morals and legislation." He believed that he could best reach his audience through the vehicle of romantic fiction, as sermons were not enough. Blind stamped cloth, spine slanted and faded. Cloth worn at head and tail of spine, hinges are still sound. Good..

Augusta, Maine: Kennebec Journal Press, 1912. Hardcover. GVG. [x], 65 pages. Maroon cloth, titles gilt. top edges gilt. Wear at corners and spine edges, spine gilt starting, p.o. names on front pastedown, small hole in one leaf not affecting text.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1978. First Edition, Signed . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 198 pp. " Poetic reflections on the beauty of America, on childhood and patriotism, family and government, by the perceptive and sensitive Congressman from Maine." Serving on the House Judiciary Committee in 1974, then Representative Cohen faced his party's disapproval to make a vote of conscience supporting impeachment of President Nixon. He later served as President Clinton's Secretary of Defense. These early poems give a hint of the man whose career earned him the increasingly unique title Statesman. Inscription reads "For Dora, with best wishes to a "good Democrat" and wonderful Mother on this special day Bill Cohen May, 14, 1978." Fine/Near Fine.

Gardiner, Maine: Steele Publishing Company, 1989. First Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. Ken Brooks. [vi], 186 pp. INSCRIBED by the author on title page. Line drawings grace nearly every story.

Auburn, Maine: Merrill & Webber, publishers, 1893. First Edition . Hardcover. Good+. 128 pp. Includes frontispiece. A Maine poet; this collection includes 'The Woods and Lakes of Maine.' Brick red cloth, title and decoration gilt.

Portland, Maine: Ford & Rich, 1890. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 127, [3] pp. Includes table of contents at back. Probably self-published. A number of poems were inspired by people and events in the Yarmouth area of Maine. Especially lovely example of a 19th century binding in the tradition of sentimental gift books. Bound in fine-grained maroon cloth with titles, stanza of a poem and nosegay of violets gilt on front. A few of the violets and buds stamped in blue. Endpapers in floral pattern. 1/4 " hole in spine cloth archivally filled with matching tissue, otherwise very good.

Portland, Maine: The Dirigo Editions, 1940. Hardcover. Very Good+/GVG. [x], 54 pp. Red cloth, spine and cover titles black on brown labels. Clean & tight. One chip on lower front of dustjacket has allowed cloth to fade, otherwise would be NF/VG+. "To her credit is the skilful manipulation of verse forms, from the terse couplet and triolet to the extended sonnet and narrative...

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1981. First Edition, Signed . Hardcover. Very Good+/Good+. 344 pp. Chronicles Cohen's freshman year in the US Senate, from January to December of 1979. Inscribed on ffep, "For Albert Schiro with best wishes on your birthday Bill Cohen 2/14/81." Cohen was Secretary of Defense during the Clinton administration, the only Republican with a cabinet position. Slight fading of cloth under a tear in the jacket, else NF. In G+ price-clipped dustjacket which has small piece missing on top edge of back.

Portland, Maine: Falmouth Publishing House, 1940. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good+. [x], 38 pp. Red cloth, spine and cover titles black on white labels. Clean & tight. Attractive dustjacket has just a touch of edge wear. "Her sonnets spring spontaneously from an ardent soul; yet flow with the quietness of a deep river.