Don't Say That About Maine! de Kenneth Roberts - 1936

Portland, Maine: The Anthoensen Press, 1986 Reprinted from the Saturday Evening Post (1948). Text clean, binding sound. Covers and wraps in very good condition. One of 1,500 copies.

Portland, Maine: The Anthoensen Press, 1986 Limited. Light wraps, with stiff glossy outer wrapper/dust jacket; 25 pages. One of 1,500 copies. Lighthearted essay which first appeared in the "Saturday Evening Post" in 1948; Roberts defends his home state from the affronts of the historian Arnold Toynbee. Issued at centennial of Roberts' birth.

Waterville, ME: Colby College Press, 1951. Probably limited edition, but none stated. Wrappers with maroon dust jacket. 31pp. Small area of slight fading on front cover. Photos on request. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First Eidtion.. Paperback. Fine-/Dust Jacket Included.

Waterville ME: Colby College, 1951. Softcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Stapled wrappers in dustwrapper. Neat bookplate on the inside front wrapper else fine. An attractively printed pamphlet reprinting an article from *The Saturday Evening Post* defending the reputation of Maine.

Colby College Press�, Waterville, ME�, 1951. First Edition. Softcover (Saddle-stapled). Fine Condition/Fine. Pamphlet Signed by Author. Size: Around 7" or slightly taller - Duodecimo (12mo). Item Type: Pamphlet. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Essays & Literary Criticism; Maine; United States; 1950s; History. Signed by Author. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1246. .

Colby College Press, Waterville, ME, 1951. Softcover (Saddle-stapled). Good Condition. Pamphlet Inscribed by Author. A scarce bit of ephemera, especially inscribed by Roberts. The copies I have seen are marked as Christmas gifts to friends in 1951. This copy is inscribed on the title page to Dr. Oscar Johnson by Roberts. The Christmas notation at the bottom of the page next to the year of publication is almost completely washed away by the water. The text was originally written by Roberts as his last article for the Saturday Evening Post (Bales, 1993, p. 87) and reprinted by Colby College Press. There is a four page catalog of publications at the rear of the text. Note: I have a large selection of Kenneth Roberts books and related materials. Contact me if you are looking for something in particular. First Thus. Size: Around 7" or slightly taller - Duodecimo (12mo). 27 pages. Item Type: Pamphlet. Saddle-stapled booklet with heavier stock plain cover coverd in turn by a red wrapper with flaps.… Leer más

Waterville: Colby College Press, 1951. First Edition. Fine in heavy, printed brick red paper wraps over a stapled binding. A 12mo measuring 7 1/4 by 4 3/4 inches. A reprint of one of Kenneth Roberts' articles from the November 6, 1948 issue of the Saturday Evening Post. 31 pages of text. Illustrated with a black and white photographic frontispiece.

Waterville, Maine:: Colby College Press, 1951. FIRST EDITION. Paperback. Inscribed on title page from Roberts to Harry Hansen. Hansen was a literary critic for the New York Herald. He played a key role in promoting Roberts' books and the two became good friends. A fine copy in wrappers.

DON'T SAY THAT ABOUT MAINE, Colby College Press, 1951, first edition, fine in wraps. SIGNED by the author on a tipped in page.

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Engle, Joanna. Cap'n Kid Goes To The South Pole. A Seaworld Adventure featuring Shamu, the Killer Whale. RARE. Children's Book. Used. Good, clean Condition. Softcover. Stapled binding. Random House copyright 1983. 5 ½ X 5. ISBN 0394856430. Original cover price $1.25.

Traven, B. : The Treasure Of Sierra Madre. 1994 THORNDIKE PRESS LARGE-PRINT EDITION. Thorndike, Maine. EXLIB. Good/ No DJ if issued. ISBN0786201002. 533 pages. 5 ¾ X 8 ¾. Summary: "The story of three American adventurers who search for a lost gold mine in the mountains of Mexico. A tale of 'gold fever' and desperate greed." Basis for the Humphrey Bogart, John Houston film of the same name.

Sinclair, Upton. Samuel, The Seeker Copyright 1910. Apparently published by author. No publisher stated. First Edition. States printed at Western Printing and Lithography, Racine, WI. Yellow Boards with black titling. Used. Very Good/ No Dj is Included. Rare/Scarce. A nice copy.

YE Gallon Press, 1970. Limited Edition. #499/605. VG. Interior is tight, clean, and free of ownership marks except for one penciled notation on the flyleaf. Cloth boards show shelf and handling wear with light soiling, edge, corner, and spine wear. Overall a solid copy showing minimal signs of use. Photo is of the copy we have here at Barbed Wire Books.

The Man Who Lost His Head. By Claire Huchet Bishop. Viking Press, Copyright Renewed 1970. 16th Impression thus. Exlib. VG/VG unclipped DJ. Original cover price $3.56. Wrap-around blue and white endpapers show a headless man walking past farm animals on his way to the fair to look for his head there. Pages are bright. Now protected in a mylar wrap. A fantasy illustrated by Robert McCloskey, author and illustrator of "Make Way For Ducklings". Summary: "A man wakes up to find that he has no head, so he goes looking for it." Hard title to find.

Lucky You: What Science Has Done For Us J.B. Lippincott Stated First Edition. SCIENCE. Artfully illustrated by MUNRO LEAF. Good EXLIB in a Good unclipped $2.25 orig. price dust jacket. Last page states: 152 4.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1886. First Edition . Hardcover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book is in G condition with light rubbing to edges, cocked spine, bumping & fraying to spine ends, pencil marking to FFE, owner's name to title page, a couple of small tears to title page else still a bright and solid copy. SA 6/21

Union News Company , New York and Boston, circa 1910, Very Good Stapled Softcover, 50 pages, 10" x 7", 150 photographs of Boston points of interest, landmarks, buildings, bridges, street views and more.

El Paso de Robles Area Pioneer Museum. Very Good. 2004. No Edition Stated. Softcover. 1929117094 . Light edgewear, corners of book have light curl, small indentation to front cover; b/w photos; 172 pages .