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Where to Retire in Maine

by Victoria Doudera

Down East Books, 2003

softcover, 256 pages

like new condition

our price:   $5.95 plus media mail shipping

Vacationland - A Half Century Summering in Maine

by David E. Morine

Down East Books, 2001

233 pages

very good condition, like new

our price:   $9
.95 plus media mail shipping
 

Maine - The Spirit of America

text by Edgar Allen Beem

Henry N. Abrams, Inc., 2000

hardcover, 95 pages

fairly good condition

dust cover shows some wear

inscription to former owner inside cover

our price:   $4.50 plus media mail shipping

Maine Beautiful

by Wallace Nutting

Bonanza Books, 1924

hardcover -  good condition

no markings or highlighting - all pages are intact

302 pages

$18.95 plus media mail shipping

Moving to Maine - The Essential Guide to Get You There

by Victoria Doudera

Down East Books, 2000

softcover - like new condition

237 pages   

our price: $5.95  plus media mail shipping

The Salt Book - Lobstering, Sea Moss Pudding, Stone Walls, Rum Running, Maple Syrup, Snowshoes, and Other Yankee Doings

edited with an Introduction by Pamela Wood

Anchor Press/Doubleday, 1977

vintage hardcover, 430 pages

former library book with mylar covering over dustjacket and library markings

interior pages are clean and in good condition

our price:   $15.95 plus media mail shipping

The Down East Reader - Selections From The Magazine of Maine

with an Introduction by Louise Dickinson Rich

Down East Enterprise Inc., 1975

vintage softcover,  256 pages

fair condition, former library book

outer edges of the pages of the book and back cover are stained

our price:   $4.95 plus media mail shipping

Facts About Maine - The Offer of the Pine Tree State

published by Maine Development Commission, 1950

Hyperion, 1999

softcover booklet,  60 pages

excellent condition considering age

collector’s item

our price:   $9.95 plus media mail shipping

State O’ Maine - The Particular Flavor of a Very Special Place and How It Got That Way

by Louise Dickinson Rich

Harper & Row Publishers, 1964

very good condition

vintage softcover, 303 pages

our price:   $13.95 plus media mail shipping

Those Were The Days - Drive-Ins, Dance Halls, Fried Clams, Summer & Maine

includes 24 of Maine’s Best Present-Day Eateries

by Will Anderson

SIGNED BY AUTHOR

Anderson & Sons’ Publishing Company, 2002

softcover, 164 pages

very good condition

our price:   $11.95 plus media mail shipping

Maine Times Magazine

July 2003 - Vol. 1 No. 3

80 pages

$3.95 plus media mail shipping

A Beady-Eyed Look at Maine

Tales of Charlie the Crow

by Alice T. Larkin

Courier-Gazette, 1974

vintage softcover, 110 pages

very good condition - pages are clean

our price:   $8.95 plus media mail shipping

The Maine Reader - The Down East Experience 1614 to the Present

edited by Charles and Samuella Shain

Houghton Mifflin, 1991

softcover, very good condition

back cover has a small crease

gift inscription on first page

524 pages,

$12.95 plus media mail shipping

Maine’s Best Videos - Brand New Set of Three

VHS Videos in Unopened Package -

The Gift of Acadia and  Maine-America’s Coast and High on Maine

Narrated by Jack Perkins

Sound Track by John Cooper

All three videos are 50 minutes each

$14.95 plus media mail shipping

The Maine Idea

Stories and Pictures Arranged by Keith Jennison

Durrell Publications, 1954

vintage softcover,

good condition considering age of book

88 pages,

stunning vintage black and white photos

our price:   $9.95 plus media mail shipping

The Yankee Cat - The Maine Coon

by Marilis Hornidge

The Harpswell Press, 1986

First paperback Edition stated

vintage softcover, 112 pages

very good condition -

our price:   $7.95 plus media mail shipping

My Life Affair With the State of Maine

by Scotty MacKenzie with Ruth Goode

Durrell Publications, 1977

vintage softcover, 312 pages

cover has creases as shown in photo

interior pages - crisp, unmarked, intact

our price:   $7.95 plus media mail shipping

Hysteria and Other Cases - A Maine Doctor

Looks Back

by James Edward Poulin, M.D.

Mountain Greenery Press, 1993

softcover,  88 pages

excellent condition

our price:   $7.95 plus media mail shipping

Maine Resources: Print and Non-Print

by Walter J. Taranko and Dorothy A. Gregory

Maine Dept. of Educational & Cultural Services

printed in 1977, First Edition

vintage plastic comb softcover, 264 pages

excellent condition

our price:   $12.95 plus media mail shipping

Maine Beautiful

A Pictorial Record Covering All The Counties

of Maine, With Text Between by Wallace Nutting

Bonanza Books, 1924

hardcover -  good condition

no markings or highlighting - all pages are intact

302 pages

$18.95 plus media mail shipping

The Maine Idea

Stories and Pictures Arranged by Keith Jennison

Harcourt, Brace, and Company, 1943

vintage hardcover,

good condition considering age of book

88 pages,

dustjacket is worn as shown in photo

stunning vintage black and white photos

our price:   $9.95 plus media mail shipping

The Maine Idea

Stories and Pictures Arranged by Keith Jennison

Durrell Publications, 1954

vintage softcover,

good condition considering age of book

88 pages,

stunning vintage black and white photos

our price:   $9.95 plus media mail shipping

The Maine Idea

Stories and Pictures Arranged by Keith Jennison

Harcourt, Brace, & Co., 1943

vintage hardcover

age discoloration spots throughout book

89 pages, no dustjacket

stunning vintage black and white photos

our price:   $9.95 plus media mail shipping

Maine - A Guide Downeast

edited by Doris A. Isaacson

Courier-Gazette, Inc., 1970

Second Edition

vintage hardcover,

510  pages   

dustjacket is worn as shown in photo

our price:   $18.95 plus media mail shipping

Exploring the Spirit of Maine - A Seeker’s Guide

by Karen Wentworth Batignani

unique travel guide for traditional and non-traditional

spiritual opportunities

Down East Books, 2005

softcover - 234 pages

NEW BOOK

our price:   $7.95  plus media mail shipping

The Names of Maine - How Maine Places Got Their

Names and What They Mean

by Brian McCauley

Acadia Press, 2006

softcover, like new condition

176 pages

our price:   $10.95 plus media mail shipping

Maine Almanac and Book of Lists

compiled and published by Maine Times, 1991

edited by Jay Davis

softcover,  150 pages, worn condition

former library book with usual library markings

first two pages and last three pages have been taped

book is intact and without notes

our price:   $5.95 plus media mail shipping

Maine Geographic Book of Lists

Interesting and Unusual Facts About Maine

text by Jim Brunelle

DeLorme Publishing Company, 1983

softcover, fairly good condition, 48 pages

cover shows wear

our price:   $3.75  plus media mail shipping

Facts About Maine - The Offer of the Pine Tree State

published by the Department of Economic Development

State House - Augusta, Maine   1962

vintage pamphlet - good condition, 63 pages

former owner’s name on front cover as shown in photo

our price: $5.95 plus media mail postage

State O’Maine Facts - 1974

The Annual Handbook of Maine

Courier-Gazette Inc., 1974

Over 360 Campgrounds Listed With Facilities Offered

softcover, 160 pages, shows wear

cover has area where sticker was removed

a few pages have writing

our price: $1.95 plus media mail postage

Where to Retire in Maine

by Victoria Doudera

Down East Books, 2003

softcover, 256 pages

like new condition

our price:   $5.95 plus media mail shipping

Maine Politics and Government

by Kenneth T. Palmer, G. Thomas Taylor, and Marcus A. LiBrizzi

Introduction by Daniel J. Elazar

University of Nebraska Press, 1992

softcover, 240 pages

like new condition

our price:   $14.95 plus media mail shipping

State O’Maine Facts - 1976

The Annual Handbook of Maine

Eleventh Edition - a broad range of detailed information concerning the state of Maine and its people, culture, and industry

researched and compiled by Chester C. Nash

Courier of Maine Books, Courier-Gazette, 1976

rare vintage softcover, 192 pages

interior pages - good condition

cover shows slight wear

$9.95 plus media mail shipping

State O’Maine Facts - 1979

The Annual Handbook of Maine

Fourteenth Edition - a broad range of detailed information concerning the state of Maine and its people, culture, and industry

researched and compiled by Chester C. Nash

Courier of Maine Books, Courier-Gazette, 1979

rare vintage softcover, 192 pages

interior pages - good condition

cover shows slight wear

$9.95 plus media mail shipping

In Maine

by John N. Cole

photographs by John Ewing

Islandport Press, 2001

hardcover, 160 pages

like new condition

our price:   $18.95 plus media mail shipping

Maine  Trivia

compiled by John N. Cole

Rutledge Hill Press, 1998

softcover, 144 pages

like new condition

our price:   $6.95 plus media mail shipping

Maine & Me - 10 Years of Down East Adventures

by Elizabeth Peavey

Down East Books, 2004

SIGNED BY AUTHOR!!!!

excellent condition

softcover, 196 pages

our price:   $9.95 plus media mail shipping

It’s An Old State of Maine Custom

by Edwin Valentine Mitchell

( a fascinating collection of Maine local history, legends, customs, and personalities)

The Thorndike Press, 1978

vintage softcover, 248 pages

good condition

our price:   $14.95 plus media mail shipping

Only in Maine - The Second Down East Reader - Selections from Down East Magazine

edited by Duane Doolittle

Foreword by John Gould

Down East Magazine, 1969

vintage softcover,  274 pages

interior pages - excellent condition

cover has a crease

our price:   $10.95 plus media mail shipping

Only in Maine -  Selections from Down

East Magazine

edited by Duane Doolittle

Foreword by John Gould

Down East Enterprise, 1969

vintage softcover,  274 pages

interior pages - tanned due to age

cover is creased

our price:   $10.95 plus media mail shipping

Maine The Pine Tree State

by Bill Harris

Crescent Books, 1991

hardcover,  116 pages

many beautiful color photos

interior pages - good condition

dustjacket shows light wear

our price:   $5.95 plus media mail shipping

Cabin - Two Brothers, a Dream, and Five Acres in Maine

by Lou Ureneck

Penguin Books, 2011

softcover,  243 pages

interior pages - good condition

cover has a light small scratch as shown in photo

our price:   $3.95 plus media mail shipping

Midsummer Passion & Other Tales of

Maine Cussedness

by Erskine Caldwell

Yankee Books, 1990

softcover,  178 pages

many beautiful color photos

interior pages - good condition

cover has small creases in bottom right corner as shown in photo

our price:   $4.50 plus media mail shipping

The New Enchantment of America - Maine

by Allan Carpenter

Childrens Press, 1979

vintage hardcover,  96 pages

interior pages - good condition

cover shows light wear

our price:   $7.95 plus media mail shipping

It Happened in Maine

featuring stories about 24 events that helped make Maine what it is today, including little-known episodes that shaped the Pine Tree State’s colorful history

by Gail Underwood Parker

Globe Peqout Press, 2004

softcover,  147 pages

interior pages - good condition

our price:   $7.95 plus media mail shipping

So You Think You Know Maine

by Neil Rolde/WCBB

Harpswell Press, 1984

vintage softcover,  216 pages

interior pages - good condition

our price:   $16.95 plus media mail shipping

The Length and Breadth of Maine

by Stanley Bearce Attwood

University of Maine Orono Press, 1977

vintage softcover,  279 pages plus

two supplements (additional 12 pages and 30 pages)  compilation of data on the civil divisions, centers of population, physical features, minerals, flora, fauna, bodies of water, etc.

interior pages - good condition

our price:   $17.95 plus media mail shipping

Remember Maine

by Keith Jennison

with photographs by George French

Durrell Publications, 1963

Kennebunkport, Maine 

vintage softcover,  90 pages

wonderful black and white photos

interior pages - very good condition

our price:   $12.95 plus media mail shipping

Maine Ghosts & Legends  - 26 Encounters

with the Supernatural

by Thomas A. Verde

Down East Books, 1989

Kennebunkport, Maine 

softcover,  131 pages

very good like new condition

our price:   $8.95 plus media mail shipping

There Were Fruit Flies in the Berries (But I

Ate Them Anyway!)

Maine Stories by Dale C. Lincoln

Steele Publishing Company, 1991

softcover - 111 pages

good condition

our price:   $9.95  plus media mail shipping

Deep Roots - A Maine Legacy

by Esther Wood

Yankee Books, 1990

softcover - 282 pages

good condition

our price:  $7.95  plus media mail shipping

John’s Mother’s Book

by Mara Mulligan

signed by artist - Ellen Jameson

Coastal Publishing, 1976

First Edition stated

softcover - 88 pages

good condition

cover is lightly stained

our price:  $9.95  plus media mail shipping

Searching for the Spring

Poetic Reflections of Maine

by Ken Nye

Freeport, Maine 2005

TJMF Publishing, 2005

softcover - 97 pages

very good condition

our price:  $4.95  plus media mail shipping

Moving to Maine - The Essential Guide to Get You There

by Victoria Doudera

Down East Books, 2000

softcover - good condition

237 pages   

our price: $5.95  plus media mail shipping

 

Moving to Maine - The Essential Guide to Get You There

by Victoria Doudera

Down East Books, 2000

softcover - good condition

237 pages   

our price: $5.95  plus media mail shipping

The Sarah Mildred Long Bridge

A History of the Maine-New Hampshire

Interstate Bridge from Portsmouth, New

Hampshire, to Kittery, Maine

by Woodward D. Openo

Peter E. Randall Publisher, 1988

hardcover - good condition

former library book

237 pages   

our price: $29.95  plus media mail shipping

Twelve Months in Maine

by Bud Leavitt

Bangor Publishing Co., 1977

vintage hardcover - good condition

196 pages   

our price:   $12.95  plus media mail shipping

Maine  Trivia

compiled by John N. Cole

Rutledge Hill Press, 1998

softcover, 144 pages

good condition

our price:   $6.95 plus media mail shipping

Maine: An Encyclopedia  DVD

Research and Education Edition

by Jim Henderson

Interactive CD-Rom for PC’s and Mac’s

including iBooks

Browse more than 1,500 articles alphabetically, or use the search engine to find articles with words or phrases you supply. Over 1,600 photos, maps, and charts.

Publius Research, 2004

former library DVD

good condition

our price:   $6.95 plus media mail shipping

Maine  Trivia

compiled by John N. Cole

Rutledge Hill Press, 1998

softcover, 144 pages

like new condition

our price:   $6.95 plus media mail shipping

Maine  Ways

by Elizabeth Coatsworth

The Macmillan Company, 1947

vintage hardcover, 213 pages

former library book with usual library markings

dustjacket shows wear

our price:   $9.95 plus media mail shipping

Spillin’ the Beans

Behind the Scenes at L.L. Bean

by Carlene Griffin

A 45-Year Employee

Signed By Author

softcover, 128 pages

very good condition

our price:   $12.95 plus media mail shipping

So You Think You Know Maine

by Neil Rolde/WCBB

Harpswell Press, 1984

vintage softcover,  216 pages

interior pages - good condition

our price:   $16.95 plus media mail shipping

Homes Down East

Classic Maine Coastal Cottages and

Town Houses

by Earle G. Shettleworth, Jr., Christopher Glass, Scott T. Hanson

Tilbury House Publishers, 2014

hardcover,  228 pages

like new condition

our price:   $21.95 plus media mail shipping

For Maine Only

by Edmund Ware Smith

Frederick Fell Publishers, Inc., 1959

vintage hardcover,  295 pages

good  condition

no dustjacket

our price:   $35.95 plus media mail shipping

Maine Lingo

Boiled Owls, Billdads, and Wazzats

by John Gould

Down East Books, 1975, First Edition

vintage hardcover,  342pages

good  condition

dustjacket shows light wear

our price:   $15.95 plus media mail shipping

Maine Beautiful

A Pictorial Record Covering All The Counties

of Maine, With Text Between

by Wallace Nutting

Bonanza Books, 1924

hardcover -  very good condition

no markings or highlighting - all pages are intact

no dustjacket

302 pages

$18.95 plus media mail shipping

Maine Almanac

25,000 facts about Maine. Over 200 illustrations.

by Jim Brunelle

Guy Gannett, 1979

vintage softcover,  412 pages

good  condition

cover shows light toning

our price:   $18.95 plus media mail shipping

Changing Maine    1960-2010

edited and with an introduction by Richard Barringer

New England Environmental Finance Center, 2010

softcover -  very good condition

469 pages

$11.95 plus media mail shipping

Agreeable Situations

Society, Commerce, and Art in Southern

Maine, 1780-1830

edited by Laura Fecych Sprague

The Brick Store Museum, 1987

Kennebunk, Maine

softcover -  very good condition

290 pages

$14.95 plus media mail shipping

Spillin’ the Beans

Behind the Scenes at L.L. Bean

by Carlene Griffin

A 45-Year Employee

Signed By Author

softcover, 128 pages

very good condition

our price:   $12.95 plus media mail shipping

The Down East Compendium

A compendium of interesting & informative

miscelania

compiled & edited by Peter Spectre &

George Putz

Down East Books, 1979

vintage softcover -  good condition

381 pages

$9.95 plus media mail shipping

Spillin’ the Beans

Behind the Scenes at L.L. Bean

by Carlene Griffin

A 45-Year Employee

softcover, 128 pages

very good condition

our price:   $11.95 plus media mail shipping

It Happened in Maine

fascinating stories about 24 events that helped make Maine what it is today, including little-known episodes that shaped the Pine Tree State’s colorful history

by Gail Underwood Parker

Globe Peqout Press, 2004

softcover,  147 pages

interior pages - good condition

our price:   $7.95 plus media mail shipping

Clamdiggers and Downeast Country Stores

by Alan Lockyer

Berry Cove Publishing, 1993

softcover, 280 pages

very good condition

our price:   $14.95 plus media mail shipping

The Supernatural Side of Maine

by C.J. Stevens

John Wade, Publisher, 2002

hardcover, 276 pages

gift inscription by author on first page

very good condition

our price:   $23.95 plus media mail shipping

Backyard Maine

Local Essays by Edgar Allen Beem

Tilbury House Publishers, 2009

softcover, 212 pages

like new condition

our price:   $12.95 plus media mail shipping

Only in Maine -  Selections from Down

East Magazine

edited by Duane Doolittle

Foreword by John Gould

Barre Publishers, 1969

vintage hardcover,  274 pages

interior pages - tanned due to age

cover has wear

our price:   $10.95 plus media mail shipping

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It Happened in Maine

fascinating stories about 24 events that helped make Maine what it is today, including little-known episodes that shaped the Pine Tree State’s colorful history

by Gail Underwood Parker

Globe Peqout Press, 2004

softcover,  147 pages

interior pages - good condition

our price:   $7.95 plus media mail shipping

Maine The Way   -    Issue 01: Winter

Dogsledding in the Northern Tradition/

Portlanders on Gentrification/ Modern

Homesteading/ The North Pond Hermit /

Icy Mussel Harvest

Editor-in-Chief :  Cam Held

The Maine Way LLC, 2017

softcover,  160 pages

beautiful publication

our price:   $14.95 plus media mail shipping

Maine The Way   -    Issue 02:  Spring

Local Flower Harvest / From Vegan to Raising Rabbits / Bronze Bell Makers / New Owners,

Old Brewery /Anadromous Fish Flood

the Rivers

Editor-in-Chief :  Cam Held

The Maine Way LLC, 2018

softcover,  160 pages - good condition

beautiful quality publication

our price:   $14.95 plus media mail shipping

Maine The Way   -    Issue 03: Summer

Acadian Buckwheat Pancakes / Ingesting

Invasives / Realist Painter / Snippets from the Appalachian Trail / Light Station Restoration

Editor-in-Chief :  Cam Held

The Maine Way LLC,  2018

softcover,  160 pages - good condition

beautiful quality publication

our price:   $14.95 plus media mail shipping

Maine The Way   -    Issue 04:  Fall

Small-Batch Apple Cider / A Shear Fifty Years / Preserving the Harvest / Maine State

Prison Industries / Inside B & M Beans

Editor-in-Chief :  Cam Held

The Maine Way LLC, 2018

softcover,  160 pages - good condition

beautiful quality publication

our price:   $14.95 plus media mail shipping

The Down East Reader - Selections From The Magazine of Maine

with an Introduction by Louise Dickinson Rich

Down East Enterprise Inc., 1975

vintage softcover,  256 pages

fair condition, former library book

our price:   $4.95 plus media mail shipping

State O’Maine

by Louise Dickinson Rich

Harper & Row Publishers, 1964

vintage hardcover,  303 pages

dustjacket is worn and stained

slight musty odor

interior pages - good condition

our price:   $7.95 plus media mail shipping

Maine Beautiful

by Wallace Nutting

Bonanza Books, 1924

hardcover -  good condition

302 pages

$18.95 plus media mail shipping

Only in Maine -  Selections from Down

East Magazine

edited by Duane Doolittle

Foreword by John Gould

Barre Publishers, 1969

vintage hardcover,  274 pages

interior pages - tanned due to age

cover has wear

our price:   $10.95 plus media mail shipping

Maine Magic

by Bill Caldwell

Guy Gannett Publishing, 1979

Signed by Author

vintage hardcover,  334 pages

interior pages -good condition

our price:   $10.95 plus media mail shipping

Enjoying Maine

by Bill Caldwell

Guy Gannett Publishing, 1977

vintage hardcover,  324 pages

interior pages -good condition

dustjacket is very worn

our price:   $9.95 plus media mail shipping

Made in Maine

From Home and Workshop, to Mill and

Factory

by Paul E. Rivard

History Press, 2007

softcover,  160 pages

interior pages -very good condition

our price:   $14.95 plus media mail shipping

Maine Living

by Carol Bass

photographs by Dennis Welsh

Gibbs Smith, Publisher, 2004

hardcover,  176 pages

good condition

our price:   $11.95 plus media mail shipping

Maine Curiosities

Quirky Characters, Roadside Oddities &

Other Offbeat Stuff

by Tim Sample and Steve Bither

Globe Pequot Press, 2002

softcover,  212 pages

shows wear

our price:   $5.95 plus media mail shipping

Maine  Trivia

compiled by John N. Cole

Rutledge Hill Press, 1998

softcover, 144 pages

like new condition

our price:   $6.95 plus media mail shipping

So You Think You Know Maine

by Neil Rolde/WCBB

Harpswell Press, 1984

vintage softcover,  216 pages

interior pages - good condition

our price:   $16.95 plus media mail shipping

The Down East Compendium

A compendium of interesting & informative

miscelania

compiled & edited by Peter Spectre &

George Putz

Down East Books, 1979

vintage softcover -  good condition

381 pages

cover shows light wear

$9.95 plus media mail shipping

Maine Curiosities

Quirky Characters, Roadside Oddities &

Other Offbeat Stuff

by Tim Sample and Steve Bither

Globe Pequot Press, 2002

softcover,  212 pages

shows wear

our price:   $5.95 plus media mail shipping

Moving to Maine - The Essential Guide to Get You There

by Victoria Doudera

Down East Books, 2000

softcover - like new condition

237 pages   

our price: $5.95  plus media mail shipping

Haunted Maine

Ghosts and Strange Phenomena of the

Pine Tree State

by Charles A. Stansfield Jr.

Stackpole Books, 2007

softcover, 117 pages

excellent  condition

our price:   $9.95  plus media mail shipping