Madama Butterfly, Opera in Three Acts. Based on the book by John L. Long and the drama by David Belasco; Metropolitan Opera House Grand Opera, Edward Johnson, General Manager. Libretto, Madama Butterfly, Fred. Rullman, Inc., 17 East 42nd Street, New York City. The Only Correct and Authorized Edition, Knabe Piano Used Exclusively
by PUCCINI, G. [Giacomo], music. ILLICA, L. and G. GIACOSA, Italian Libretto. R.H. ELKIN, English Version
New York: G. Ricordi & Co., 12 West 45th Street, 1907. wraps. Near fine. 8vo; 64pp; stiff grey pictorial wrapper; 2 staple binding; rear wrapper advertisement for Knabe pianos with pictorial portraits of opera artists; light age-toning; near fine. English translation and text of the opera Madama Butterfly.
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History of the State Normal School, Farmington, Maine: with Sketches of the Teachers and Graduates; Cover title: First Quarter-Century 1864-1889. State Normal School, Farmington, Maine
by PURINGTON, George C.
Farmington, Maine: Press of Knowlton, McLeary & Co, 1889. Cloth. Very good. 8vo; v, 204pp + [1] errata; green cloth blind stamped borders, gilt-stamped title to front; b&w frontispiece with tissue guard; lithographic plate in sepia with portraits of four principals mounted on stiff board; scuffing to board edges, with some fraying of cloth, bumping of corners; very good minus. An early style of year and alumni book for the state teacher's college in Maine. Contents include the... Read More
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The Maine Coast, Portraits of America
by PUTZ, George
Seacaucus, N.J.: Chartwell Books, Inc, 1985. Cloth. Fine/near fine. 4to; 175pp; black cloth over board, silver-stamped lettering on spine; color photographic illustrations; unclipped color pictorial dust jacket lacking price, light crease to bottom edge; fine in near fine dj. ISBN: 0-89009-882-4. Lovely color photos of the Maine coast with descriptions. The author, George Putz, was editor of the Island Journal published by the Island Institute of Maine, and co-editor of Mariners Catalog.
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Windsor
by [QUINTON, Alfred Robert]
Sevenoaks, England: J. Salmon, Ltd, 1900. Wraps. Very good +. [VIEW BOOK] [SOUVENIR] [TRAVEL]. 8vo oblong (8 ¾" x 11"); 9 leaves; 9 tipped-in color illustrations; stiff mottled brown wrapper and leaves; publishers brown twisted tie binding; brown stamped title on front wrapper; a few spots on wrapper; light creasing to bottom corner of leaves, no damage to plates; very good plus. Not located in any OCLC library, unrecorded. Printed and published by J. Salmon, Ltd., Britain's oldest... Read More
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The Charles River to the Hudson, Boston and Maine Railroad
by [Boston and Maine Railroad]
Boston: R.A.Supply Company, printer for B and M Railroad, 1900. Staplebound wraps. Fine. 12mo long; [40pp] gilt embossed title to grey wrapper with 2 staple binding; black and white photographic illustrations to recto only with title; fine. One page of text and black and white photographs of the rivers, surrounding lands and train tracks.
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Calendar for the year 1898, "Make Cooking Easy, T.F. Foss & Sons, 111-113 Exchange St. Portland, Me
by GLENWOOD RANGES
[Portland, Maine]: No publisher noted, 1897. Staplebound. Near fine. [ADVERTISING PREMIUM] [COOKERY] [CALENDAR]. 6 ¼" x 2 15/16"; color printed recto only; calendar complete and stapled to front; unused, near fine. A calendar advertising premium for Glenwood Ranges, whose motto was "Make Cooking Easy." The Weir Stove Co. of Taunton, Mass. made cast iron, coal-burning stoves called Glenwood Ranges starting in the 1870s. The company was known for good worker relations and pay, craftsmanship and philanthropy. The calendar... Read More
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Cross Creek Cookery
by RAWLINGS, Marjorie Kinnan
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1942. First Edition. Cloth. Very good/very good. Robert CAMP. First edition. 8vo; xxii, 230pp; color pictorial cloth over board, title and author in red to front cover; b&w pictorial endpapers; owner's bookplate to front pastedown and a name written in red crayon above, black and white illustrations; light age toning to paper, anme in red crayon to bottom edge; unclipped color illustrated dust jacket, dj edges with chips, age toning of paper; very... Read More
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Second Regiment, Connecticut National Guard March; Cover title: To the Officers and Members of the Connecticut National Guard 2nd Regiment March-Two Step
by REEVES, D.W. [David Wallace], Leader of the American Band, Providence, R.I.
New York: Leo. Feist, Inc, 1915. Ephemera no binding. Good +. [EPHEMERA] [MILITARY]. Folio (13 ¾" x 10 ½"); 5pp; bifold wrapper with one leaf; pictorial wrapper in red and blue, half-screen photographic illustrations with relief decorations in red; purple seller's stamp on bottom of page 3 "Forest Music Store Fall River, Mass."; chipping to edges, creasing to corners, 4" separation at head of fold, 1" separation at foot, fragile fold; good plus. Located 4 in OCLC. A... Read More
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The Province of Maine, from the best Authorities 1795
by REID, John
New York: John Reid, 1796. Very good. Uncolored. Professionally restored along old vertical fold. Very good. This map is from the first general atlas engraved and published in the USA. This map uses the map drawn by Samuel Lewis and issued in 1794 published in Carey's American Edition of Guthrie's Geography improved as its basis (Rumsey and Ruderman). The northwestern boundary shows the "Line between the United States and the British Possessions by Treaty 1783". It shows major... Read More
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Les Aventures de Tintin, Le Tresor de Rackham Le Rouge
by HERGE [Georges Prosper REMI]
Tounai, Belgium: Casterman, 1947. Boards. Very good. 4to ; 62pp ; glazed color pictorial boards; blue and white pictorial endpapers; color vignette to title page; color cartoon style illustrations with dialogue; scuff to head and tail of spine, scuff to rear joint, small (1/4") hole to spine at rear joint; very good. Hergé (1907-1983) was a Belgian cartoonist and creator of the Adventures of Tintin, and its popular characters, including Snowy the little white dog. He was considered... Read More
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One Hundred Prize-Winning Window Displays, Products of Members of the Rice Leaders of the World Association
by RICE, Elwood E.
New York City: Rice Leaders of the World Association, Elwood E. Rice, Founder and President, 1915. Boards. Near fine. [MARKETING] [ADVERTISING] [WINDOW DISPLAYS] [BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS]. Laid in: Letter on the Rice Leaders of the World Association stationery dated January 10, 1916 to All Contestants in the 1915 Window Display Contest, from Elwood E. Rice, President. 4to oblong; [128]pp; black paper faux-leather boards, blind stamped borders, gilt-stamped title and company emblem; black and blue endpapers; cream-colored stock printed... Read More
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North Haven Summers, An Oral History
by RICHARDSON, Eleanor Motley, Herbert PARSONS, JR., forward
[Rockland, Maine]: Red Barn Publishing, 2009. 2nd Printing. Boards. Near fine. Second printing. 8vo oblong; 255pp; black and white photographic illustration laid on green cloth over board, gilt title; b&w photographic illustrations throughout text; lacking dust jacket; near fine. First published by the author in 1992, this second printing is through her company Red Barn Publishing. The author is a member of the Rockland Historical Society, Maine, and a fourth-generation summer resident of North Haven.
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The Thirteenth Edition of Rigby's Reliable Candy Teacher, with Complete and Modern Soda, Ice Cream and Sherbet Sections
by RIGBY, W.O. and Fred
Topeka, Kansas: Rigby Publishing Company, 1920. Cloth. Very good. 8vo; [vi] 271pp; grey illustrated cloth wrappers with a chef pictured on the front cover; light soiling to cover and a few pages; very good.
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Riley Songs O'Cheer
by RILEY, James Whitcomb
Indianapolis: The Bobs-Merrill Company, 1905. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Very good. Will VAWATER. First edition, first printing (BAL 16671). 12mo; 196pp; red cloth over board, gilt-stamped title and framer vignette to front; gilt top edge; color frontispiece; b7w illustrations throughout; sunning to spine, bumping to corners and light scuffing to edges, a few smudges to pages; 1" closed tear to page edge 13/14; very good. James Whitcomb Riley (1849-1916) a native of Indiana was a popular American... Read More
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A Host of Children
by RILEY, James Whitcomb
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Publishers, 1920. Cloth. Very good +. Ethel Franklin BETTS. 8vo; 88pp [1]; navy cloth over board, color pictorial onlay to front, stamped gilt frame with borders and title; pictorial endpaper sin sepia; 16 full page color illustrations on glazed stock, including fp; b&w illustrations for each poem; scuffing to onlay and corners, light glue burn to endpapers; very good plus. James Whitcomb Riley (1849-1916) was an American mid-western poet from Indiana. He was known... Read More
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A Child-World
by RILEY, James Whitcomb
Indianapolis and Kansas City: The Bowen-Merrill Company, 1897. First American Edition. [POETRY]. First American edition, later printing. 12mo (7 ¼" x 5"); 209pp + [11]pp publisher's ads; bright red cloth over board, gilt-stamped title and author on front with a gilt-ruled border, gilt vining and lettering on spine; top edge gilt, fore-edge and bottom untrimmed; fp and one additional plate; spine lightly sunned; fine. First printed in England in 1896. This first American edition has the printer's error: Proem... Read More
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Maine in the Making of a Nation 1783-1870
by RING, Elizabeth
Camden, Maine: Picton Press, 1996. First Edition. Cloth. Near fine/near fine. First edition. 8vo; xix [i], 485pp; gilt-stamped dark green cloth; map illustrated endpapers in green; b&w illustrations; light scattered foxing to upper and fore-edge not affecting the pages face; unclipped glazed green pictorial dust jacket; near fine in near fine dj. ISBN: 0-89725-246-2. From the front flap: " This book presents local and state history in the framework of national history with particular reference to the part... Read More
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Grand Trunk 713 and the Lewiston Branch
by ROBERTSON, Edwin "Bill" and John R. DAVIS
Westonbrook, Maine: Edwin B. Robertson, 1994. Bill PAXTON. Bill PAXTON, cover illustrator. 8vo oblong; 50pp; glazed color illustrated wrapper with a train on the front and rear; black and white photographic illustrations of trains with text; fine. From the Foreword: "This book is about a unique railroad operation that served the Lewiston [Maine] and Auburn area with a Mixed Train up until about forty years ago. A Mixed Train is a train that had both freight cars and passenger... Read More
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Old New England Houses
by ROBINSON, Albert G.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1920. Cloth. Very good. [ARCHITECTURE]. 4to; viii, 29 + 75 plates; green cloth over board, gilt-stamped lettering, vignette of a house with trees on front; owner's bookplate on front pastedown; b&w fp with tissue guard, small vignette on title page; 75 b&w half-tone photographic illustrated plates of houses; binding tight; rubbing to edges, loss at head and tail of spine, small stain on top edge; very good. Wonderful photographs of early New England... Read More
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The Maine Farmers' Almanac for the Year of Our Lord 1892; It being BISSEXTILE or LEAP-YEAR, and the one hundred sixteenth one hundred and seventeenth of our Country's Independence., No. 74
by ROBINSON, Daniel
Augusta: Charles E. Nash, 1891. Wraps. Very good. 12mo; [48pp]; peach wrapper, title and farm scene vignette within a triple border, rear wrapper an advertisement for Spear, May & Stover from Rockland, Maine; stab hole with cord for hanging; wood engraved illustrations; creasing to corners, damp stain to front wrapper, light spots to some pages; very good minus. None listed in WorldCat. Following the months, and the monthly farmer calendar with weather predictions and celestial calendar, there follows... Read More
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Blue Hawaii; Featured by Bing Crosby and Shirley Ross in the Paramount Picture "Waikiki Wedding
by ROBIN, Leo and Ralph RAINGER
New York: Famous Music Corp, 1937. Ephemera no binding. Very good +. 12 1/8" x 9 1/16"; 5, [1]pp; color pictorial front wrapper; ad for Bing Crosby and Popeye Folios on rear wrapper; very good plus. Featuring Bing Crosby, Bob Burns, Martha Raye, Shirley Ross, and including the following songs: Sweet is the Word For You, In A Little Hula Heaven, Blue Hawaii, Okolehao.
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Roars from the Kitchen, Volume II Cook Book
by ROCKLAND LADY LIONS, ROCKLAND, MAINE
Kansas City, Kansas: Cookbook Publishers, Inc, 1976. Stiff wraps. Very good +. Brian HARDEN. 8vo; [vi] 76pp + [4pp advertisements and order forms]; white glazed stiff wrapper with illustration of two lions, one wielding a rolling pin and the other a lobster, title on metallic green banner on front wrapper; black comb-style plastic binding; full page color photographic illustrations as chapter divisions; 28pp local business advertisements plus full-page ads on verso front and recto rear wrapper; blank pgs... Read More
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Family Favorites
by THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH OF CAMDEN AND ROCKPORT
Collierville, TN: Fundcraft Publishing, Inc, 1978. Comb-style plastic wraps. Very good. 8vo; A-D, [iv]; 164pp + A-G + 1pp notes + 16pp Household Hints; pictorial glazed wrapper with brown comb-style plastic binding; embossed church name on front wrapper; portrait photographic illustration of current minister on pC, Reverend Mark Monson Alley, with dedication; recipes with author; marginalia in neat pen along with additional recipes; color pictorial chapter divisions; light shelf wear to wrapper and small spot to rear; very... Read More
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Summer Switch
by RODGERS, Mary
New York: Harper & Row Publishers, 1982. Edward GOREY. [JUVENILE]. Edward GOREY, dust jacket illustrator. First edition. 8vo; 185pp; quarter bound in white linen with lime green boards, blind-stamped figure of a boy on the front board, orange lettering on spine; light diffuse foxing on edges, light hand wear to boards; pictorial dust jacket, price of $9.50 on front flap upper corner, bottom corner clipped; near fine in fine dj. ISBN: 0-06-025058-5. The third book in Mary Rodgers' Freaky... Read More
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The Flower Queen; or the Coronation of the Rose. A Cantata in Two Parts, for the use of Singing Classes in Academies, Female Seminaries & High Schools, Adapted Especially for Concerts, Anniversaries, or other Festive Occasions, and also for the Social Circle., By Geo. F. Root, Prof. of Music in Rutger's Female Institute, Abbott's Collegiate Institution, Spingler Institute, Institution for the Blind, Union Theological Seminary; Editor of Academy Vocalist, Etc.
by ROOT, Geo. F.
Boston: Oliver Ditson & Co., 277 Washington Street, 1880. Boards. Very good. [MUSIC]. Boston: Oliver Ditson & Co., 277 Washington Street, and New York: C.H. Ditson & Co. 711 Broadway. 24mo oblong (5 5/8" x 8 ¾"); 93pp + [1]pp Index and 8pp Supplement; printed green boards, brown cloth shelf-back; eps publisher's ads; some light marginalia in pencil; light age-toning of paper; very good. Preceded by "Directions" for the staging, and followed by the "Argument" summarizing the storyline.... Read More
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