[Rarebooks] Local Maine History
Gerard Gormley
gerard at shore.net
Mon Feb 9 13:17:54 EST 2004
For your kind consideration --
Wheeler, George Augustus & Henry Warren~. HISTORY OF BRUNSWICK,
TOPSHAM AND HARPSWELL, MAINE~. Somersworth NH, USA: New
Hampshire Publishing Company, 1974. Keywords: Limited Edition,
copies very, very hard to find (even ISBN searches proved
fruitless) -- Out of Print -- Americana (New England) --
Genealogy (Index of Names in Biographies & Family Histories) --
History (local, 3 towns in Maine, facsimile of 1878 edition with
a new Foreword by Louise R. Helmreich, includes Ancient Territory
Known as Pejepscot) -- Illustrated (maps, woodcuts, engravings) -
- Illustrated (photos) -- Marine-Nautical -- Travel-Description-
Exploration -- English language. First Printing, Limited Edition
(#107 of 750) -- facsimile of 1878 edition. Hardcover. Dust
jacket present, no price ever printed. 959 pages: Appendixes
(7), General Index, Index of Names in Biographies & Family
Histories, black & white photographs, maps, woodcuts, &
engravings throughout, 2 fold-out maps in back pocket. Binding
height: 9-1/4". Full cloth, spine gilt. Book Very Good: boards
warped, back joint a bit warped by thickness of 2 maps in pocket
glued to back fixed end paper. Binding strong & tight, insides
Fine. Dust jacket Good to Very Good: moderate rubbing & tearing
to top & bottom edges, moderate rubbing to sides of spine & areas
over joints. Dust jacket pluses: absolutely no scratching or
scoring to front, spine or back -- looks quite nice on book.
ISBN:0912274395. [Shipping weight: 4.25 lb.]. [Digital JPEG
image available on request]. 2141~. US$189.95
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