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A Life

By: (Abbe, Robert) Lawrence, William

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Lafayette National Park Museum of the Stone Age Period: ca 1925

Seller ID: 155496

Binding: paperback

Condition: 14-page Pamphlet; light foxing, else VG+ in wraps. Frontispiece portrait of Abbe

Lafayette National Park was created in 1919 and renamed Acadia National Park in 1929. The Museum of the Stone Age People is now called The Abbe Museum. Rare
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The Pot and Kettle Club, Bar Harbor, Maine 1923 By-Laws

By: (Bar Harbor)

Price: $95.00

Publisher: Philadellphia, The Dreka Co. (Printer): 1923

Seller ID: 153924

Binding: hardcover

Condition: 6-3/4 X 5 inches, bound in red and black cloth covered boards with gilt club emblem, 26 pages. Faint ring stain on front cover (no doubt from a tempting beverage), else near fine

An exclusive "Gentlemen-Only" private club founded in 1899 in Hulls Cove, Maine. The by-laws were initially adopted in 1904 and ammended in 1909 and 1923. A rare piece of ephemera from Bar Harbor's golden age
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The Bar Harbor Playhouse (opening performance, Aug, 1947)

By: (Bar Harbor) /Bar Harbor Playhouse

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Bar Harbor, Bar Harbor Playhouse: 1947

Seller ID: 139437

Binding: paperback

Condition: VG+ in stapled wraps

Opening show for the Playhouse in August, 1947. "Springtime For Henry" starring Edward Everett Horton
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Mt Desert in 1873: Portrayed in Crayon & Quill

By: (Mount Desert Island History)

Price: $250.00

Publisher: Boston, J. R. Osgood & Co: (1873)

Seller ID: 139205

Binding: hardcover

Condition: Better than VG hard cover (no Dust Jacket as issued) with worn corners and some rubbing to leather spine. Pages are free of any writing with tan pictorial boards

Mount Desert Island, Maine
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The Cumulative Impact of Development on Mount Desert Island, Maine

By: (Mount Desert Island)

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Southwest Harbor ME, The MDI League of Women Voters: 1988

Seller ID: 151206

Binding: paperback

Condition: Fine in stapled wraps

Memorial of Samuel de Champlain Who Discovered the Island of Mt. Desert Maine September 5, 1604

By: (Mount Desert Island)

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Privately Printed: 1906

Seller ID: 152886

Binding: paperback

Condition: Ornate bookplate and small blind stamp of the New Haven Historical Society; 10 pages with card cover, VG. Cover archivally repaired

Issued to commemorate the 300th anniversary of Champlain's visit. Frontispiece tipped in photograph of the Champlain Memorial on Mt. Desert Island and included is a list of subscribers who made the memorial possible in 1904. Rare
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Letter From a Maine Island

By: A. H.

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Seal Harbor, Maine, Penmaen Press: 1977

Seller ID: 140069

Binding: paperback

Condition: Fine trade paperback

Eighty copies on Nideggen paper. Decorations by Phillip H. Heckscher printed from the original blocks
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A Pocket Guide to the Carriage Roads of Acadia National Park

By: Abrell, Diana F.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Camden ME, Down East Books: 1995

Seller ID: 157158

ISBN: 0892722924

Binding: paperback

Condition: VG+ in wraps. Crease to rear cover

"For Hikers, Bikers, Joggers, & Cross-Country Skiers." Illustrated and with maps by Bunny LeDouceur. Uncommon
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Steam to the Summit: The Green Mountain Railway, Bar Harbor's Remarkable Cog Railroad

By: Bachelder, Peter Dow

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Ellsworth, Maine, Breakwater Press: 2005

Seller ID: 154084

ISBN: 0966483111

Binding: paperback

Condition: Trade paperback, new in wraps

Bygone days of Bar Harbor, Maine
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Inventing Acadia: Artists and Tourists at Mount Desert

By: Belanger, Pamela J.

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Farnsworth Art Museum: 1999

Seller ID: 150896

ISBN: 0918749093

Binding: paperback

Condition: Large trade paperback, near fine in wraps

Illustrated in color and black & white
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A Field Guide to Birds of the West Indies (Peterson Field Guides)

By: Bond, James

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Boston, Houghton Mifflin: 1993

Seller ID: 158418

ISBN: 0618002103

Binding: paperback

Condition: Fine trade paperback, small corner clipped from front endpaper. Originally published in 1947

Author James Bond was a friend of Ian Fleming. The author's wife later wrote the book "How 007 Got His Name"
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Wildfire Loose, The Week Maine Burned

By: Butler, Joyce

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Camden (ME), Down East Books: 1987

Seller ID: 159034

ISBN: 0892722428

Binding: paperback

Condition: Trade paperback, fine in pictorial wraps

In October 1947, Maine experienced the worst fire disaster in its history. Climaxing months of drought, fires raged across more than 200,000 acres, feeding on woods fields, and even the bone-dry earth. Nine communities were practically leveled and four others severely damaged. Includes extensive information on the Bar Harbor fire. 50th Anniversary Edition
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The Rusticator's Journal: A collection of articles from the Journal of Friends of Acadia

By: Coffin, Tammis E.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Bar Harbor, Maine, Friends of Acadia: 1993

Seller ID: 150894

ISBN: 0963769405

Binding: paperback

Condition: Trade paperback, new in wraps

Delightful mix of literature and art
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The Native Mammals, Reptiles, and Amphibians of Mount Desert Island,Maine

By: Coman, Dale Rex

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Bar Harbor, Maine, Parkman Press: 1981

Seller ID: 153902

Binding: paperback

Condition: VG in wraps. Light stain along spine edge of front cover

Illustrated
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Who's Who at Newport and Bar Harbor

By: Dennis, Albert W.

Price: $125.00

Publisher: Salem (MA), Salem Press: 1915

Seller ID: 150188

Binding: hardcover

Condition: VG with light wear to corners

Lists the rich and famous residing in Newport, Jamestown, Narragansett Pier, Watch Hill, Bar Harbor, Southwest Harbor, Seal Harbor, Northeast Harbor with photographs of many "cottages" in each location. Tipped in color ads for Dreicer & Co ("Jewels") of New York, L. P. Hollander & Co. (fashion) of Watch Hill & Bar Harbor and goldsmiths Bigelow, Kennard & Co. of Boston. Very scarce title
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