Maine Books

The Twentieth Maine - A Volunteer Regiment in the Civil War $12.00
John J. Pullen
Dayton, Ohio: Morningstar Press, 1983 (1957)
Story of the 20th from 1862 through the end of the war.
338 pages, softbound, minor wear >ME >MIL

Big Dreams and Little Wheels (Wiscasset and Quebec Railroad, Maine)$18.50
Ruby Crosby Wiggin
Clinton, ME: Down East Reprints 1976 3rd. Printing
An engaging history of the Wiscasset and Quebec Railroad from its incorporation in 1854 to the last turn of its little wheels in 1933. Full of stories and anecdotes which have been handed down by actual workmen on the railroad, or members of their families, the book deals with all the important events in the life of the railway, and examines the role it played in the small Maine communities through which it passed.
Table of contents:
The Wiscasset and Quebec
The Wiscasset and Waterville
The Franklin, Somerset and Kennebec
The Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railroad
The Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railway
The Narrow-Gauge in Review
Stories, Told and Retold
The Boothbay Railway Museum
Finis
94 pages, Photographs (Black & White) 8vo., paperback, good condition

Marine Atlases in the Dartmouth College Library $23.00 (available elsewhere for $40.00-$77.95)
Hanover, NH: 1950
A descriptive list and finding aid of marine atlases in the Dartmouth College Library.
29 pages, 9x6 hardbound, good condition.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Maine for the Period of the World War 1917-1919 Vol. II $24.95
Published under the Direction of JAMES W. HANSON The Adjutant General By Authority of The State Legislature, 1929 Augusta, Maine
Table of contents
THE SELECTIVE SERVICE
Personnel of State Headquarters
District Boards
Summary of Registrations
Local Boards
Legal Advisory Boards Medical Advisory Boards
Selective Service
Organization of the System
The First Registration
Organization of Local and District Boards
Exemption Regulations
The Drawing
Apportionment of Quotas
The First Regulations
Dependency
Government and State Allotments
Delinquents
Slackers
The First Mobilization
The First Calls
The New Regulations
The Questionnaire
The Classes
Classification on Account of Agriculture or Industry
The Second Year
June and August Registrations
The Third Registration
Result of the Third Registration
Change in Method of Determining Quotas
Maine Quotas
Deferred Classification Dependency
Rectification of Classification Agricultural and Industrial Deferments
Industrial and Agricultural Furloughs
Emergency Fleet Exemptions
Work or Fight Regulations
Physical Qualifications
Rejections
Physical Examinations Discontinued
Slackers, Delinquents and Deserters
The State Constabulary
Alienage
The British and Canadian Conventions
Induction
Calls
Process of Mobilization Army Training Schools
Infantry- Officers Training School
Personnel and Duties of the Selective Service Organization
Civic Organizations    .
The Press
Completion of Selection Card Index of Registrants Closing of State Headquarters
OFFICERS ROSTER
Army Navy
Coast Guard
Marine Corps
CASUALTIES
Deaths
Deaths in Canadian Service  
Prisoners of War
DECORATIONS
Foreign
Distinguished Service Cross  
Distinguished Service Medal
CITATIONS
Army Navy
Marine Corps
LIST OF PERSONS CREDITED TO MAINE, ARRANGED BY CITIES AND TOWNS CREDITS BY COUNTIES
CREDITS, NATIONAL GUARD
CREDITS, TOTAL
ADDENDUM
Field and Staff, Non-Commissioned Staff and Band, 2nd Maine Inf.
295 pages, 6x9 hardbound, covers faded, corners worn, edge wear, fair condition, pages are in good condition and intact.

Maine Towns

Augusta, Maine $16.99
Frank H. Sleeper
Arcadia publishing, 1995
On Feb. 24th 1827, the legislative act making Augusta Maine's state capital was signed. Since that time, politics and government have played a central role in the development of Augusta. In this fascinating pictorial history Frank H. sleeper uses Augusta's political heritage as a springboard in the exploration of the many faces of this dynamic city.
Augusta contains a wealth of images, from the businesses on water Street during its heyday, to the Augusta millionaires semi--pro baseball team, to daily life as it has been lived over the past century. It introduces us to the doers and shakers in Augusta's history, and follows the development of the city's Franco American community. As the 21st century approaches, this concise and compelling history takes us on voyage of discovery into the past. It is a journey some will find nostalgic, others informative, but one that will be enjoyed by all.
127 pp., new, soft bound

Bangor, (Maine) $18.99
Richard R. Shaw
Dover, NH: Arcadia Publishing, 2001, 1994
Images of America Series.
(from the back cover) Bangor is a city which has grown in many ways since Jacob Buswell and his family, the first white settlers, built their log cabin by the Penobscot River in 1769. Over the course of the 19^th century Bangor developed into a cosmopolitan center of Maine, but to this day it retains some of the proud characteristics of a town that was once the lumbering capital of the world.
Collected in this fascination visual are over 200 photographs which together reflect this rich and diverse history…
Richard R. Shaw is an editor and writer for the Bangor Daily News, and is considered its resident historian.
127 pages, 6½ x 9½ softbound, new.

Buxton, Hollis & Limington, Maine (Images of America) $9.50
Frank H. Sleeper
Arcadia Publishing 1997
table of contents:
River Giveth
the River Taketh Away
The Town's
Farms
Oxen
Leisure Time and Recreation
the Celebrity
Bradburys
Doers and Shakers
128 pages,  6x9 softbound, good condition, remnants of sticker on front cover

Recollections Casco, Maine 1841 – 1991 $12.00
Denmark, ME: Cardinal Publishing Co, 1993
All photos with captions.
100 page 9x12 softbound good condition, some light markings on covers, corners bumped.

Farmington, Wilton, Kingfield, & Sugarloaf, ME (Images of America) $9.50
Frank H. Sleeper,
Arcadia Publishing 1997
Table of Contents:
Farmington
The Millses: Political Savvy
Wilton
The Basses: Economic Savvy
Canfield and Sugarloaf
the Winters: Business and Recreation Savvy
Doers and Shakers
128 pages,  6x9 softbound, good condition, remnants of sticker on front cover

Hurricane Island the Town that Disappeared $19.95
Eleanor Motley Richardson
Rockland, Maine: Island Institute, 1989
Table of Contents:
Acknowledgments
Author's Preface
The Regime of General Davis Tillson "Lord of the Isles"
Hurricanes Legacy Monuments to Posterity
Many Vinyl's Story the End Is Beginning
Margaret Philbrook's Story Childhood in a Ghost Town
Hurricane Island Outward Bound School the New Era
Appendix
Author's Note
Partial Listing of Arcane Granite Destinations
Vital Records
Births Press Shift Enter Marriages
Deaths
Letters
Bibliography
Interviews
Index Press Shift Enter about the Author
124 Pages, softbound, good condition

My First 60 Years in Harrison, Maine $19.95
Ernest E. Ward
Harrison, ME: Author, 1967, second printing.
"This book is not intended to be a history of Harrison but rather a recollection of events that have occurred during my 61 years as resident. I've enjoyed every one of them an old annexed 60 will be as pleasant."
Table of contents: Early Transportation Problems, the Canal, the Railroad, Some of Harrison’s Fires, the Harrison fire Department, Harrison Drummond bugle corps, Harrison Business Establishments, Miscellaneous Records: Listed Town Officials since 1906, Representatives to the State Legislature from Harrison from 1909 to 1965, State Senator from Harrison, Harrison Business Directory, Harrison Civic Directory, Harrison's New Municipal Office.
85 pages, 6x9 softbound, staple bound, good condition.

Portrait of Paris Hill - A Landmark Maine Village $40.00
Martin Dibner
Paris Hill Maine: Paris Hill Press, 1990
Table of contents: Preface, Introduction, The Beginnings, The Growing Years, Occupations, The Press, Religion, Education, The Diaries of Persis Sibley Andrews, The Dark Side of the Hill, Misfortune - A Blessing In Disguise, The Twentieth Century, The Paris Hill Historic District, Coming of Age, Epilogue, Index
213 pages, 9x12 hardbound, very fine condition.

The Origin and History of Raymondtown, Maine $19.95
Ernest Harmon Knight
Freeport, Maine: Village Press, second printing 1996, 1974
Foreword       
Introduction to Capt. Rayment
Expedition to Canada Anno Domini 1690
Beverly Canada and the Canada Towns
Raymondtown, Massachusetts
Surveying the Township
Early Mills
Incorporation and Division of Raymond
Formation of Casco
Physical Features of Raymond and Casco
Industry
Transportation and Vacation Business
Life in Raymond and Casco
Military Service and Population Trends
Education
Religion and Cemeteries
People
Illustrations:
Title page of the Proprietors Record book, Map of Narragansett and Canada towns, Map of Boundary Settlement, Mass. vs N.H. Act of General Court granting Raymondtown, Map of Gores abutting Raymondtown, Site of Lewis Gay Homestead, Quaker Ridge Rd., Dingley Homestead and Mill Site, So. Casco, Hog Meadow Saw Mill, Webbs Mills, Nason Stave and Shingle Mill, Raymond, Cooper Shop at Dingley Mill Site, So. Casco, Corn Shop at Jordan River, Raymond, Wide Stone Wall, Casco, Unfinished Work—Starting Slab Splits, Central Chimney Arch of Split Stone, Canal Boat at Freight Wharf, Jordan River,  Murch Stage Coach, So. Casco to Portland,  Dominicus Jordan Homestead, Raymond, Wilson House' North Raymond, Graph of Population 1790-1970, Proprietors Plan of 1791 in back pocket.
106 pages, 6x9 softbound, good condition.

Raymond Then and Now - Volume II $30.00
Prepared by Ernest Knight (Inscribed by the author)
Denmark, ME: Raymond Woman’s Club, 1986
Great collection of vintage photos paired with a current photo and commentary.
(From the preface) The Volume II of "Raymond Then and Now" presents more of the old pictures that continue to appear subsequent to the printing of Volume I. While there are undoubtedly many more pictures from the past hidden away that will eventually either be brought out of their hiding places or lost forever, it can be assumed that there will not be enough for further inclusion. Someday, predicted by the current rapid growth and changes in the Raymond scene, someone may be inspired to show in this pictorial form the transition to condominiums, freeways and exotic innovations compared to the pastoral atmosphere of the 1800's and the compromises of the 1900's as presented in these collections.
The same observation made in the preface to Volume I applies equally well in this extension and will not be repeated as the two will in all probability be kept together as companion pieces. Unlike a book of words, once read and shelved, pictures can be looked at repeatedly with resulting new appreciation or understanding of what they show or say to the reader.
217 pages, 9x12 softbound, good condition, some marks on the cover.

Historical Gems of Raymond and Casco, Maine $18.00
Ernest H. Knight
Raymond-Casco, Maine: Raymond-Casco Historical Society, 1996
HISTORY of RAYMOND and CASCO
Jordan & Dingley - Layout of Town Range Lines on Lots, 1800 Proprietors' Map, Division of Raymond & Casco Separation of Casco, Casco, Wisconsin, Place Names, First Town House, Town officers, Town Reports, Reflections.
LANDMARKS & PLACE NAMES
Gores, Rattlesnake Mountain, Frye's Leap - Rock, Frye's Leap - Painting, Boulder, Casco, Place Names, Shadagee, Underwitted Road,
PEOPLE and FAMILIES
Edgar Welch, Jeremiah Tarbox, Joseph Dingley & Dominicus Jordan Dominicus Jordan Prof. Holden, Prof. Whitney, Peter Coffin, Francis Radoux, Nathaniel Hawthorne Dr. William Plummer Princess Goldenrod Moses Greenleaf, Ben Smith, Albinus Jordan, Ministers, Professional Vacationers Given Names, Jeremiah Hayden.
HOUSES & BARNS
John Spiller - Conesca Road, J. J. Bond - Raymond Cape, Lewis Gay - Quaker Ridge, Cook - Tenney Farm - Quaker Ridge William Hayden - Gray Surplus David McLellan, Long Barn - Casco Village,
SCHOOLS, CHURCHES and SERVICES
School Districts, District #1 Casco, Teachers, 3rd Grade Test, Venice, Gay Meetinghouse - Quaker Ridge Methodist - Episcopal - Raymond Hill Raymond Hill Church, Friends' Meetinghouse - Quaker Ridge Town Pound - Raymond Hill, Telephone Exchange - Webbs Mills, Early Telephones.
ACTIVITIES and CELEBRATIONS
Militia Company, Town Band - Raymond, Little Rigby Racetrack - Casco, Social Clubs, Raymond Village TWC No. 14, Boston Post Lane, Ground Observers WW H Baseball Team - Raymond July 4th, Hockey Team, Riverside Grange No. 93 Casco Grange No. 67, NEOP Hall - Webbs Mills Lakeview Pavilion - Crescent Lake Shakers and Quakers, Boys' and Girls' Camps.
INDUSTRY and BUSINESS
Watkins' Blacksmith Shop - So. Casco Fish Hatchery - Raymond Fish Hatchery - Raymond Cumberland and Oxford Canal, Churchill Store and P. 0. Mussey Ice Cream Parlor - Raymond Livestock Drives, White Bronze Monuments White Bronze Monuments Lafayette House - Raymond Smith's Hotel, Summer Inns and Camps Webb's Mills, Hog Meadow Saw Mill - Casco Jordan and Eager Store Holden Mill - Casco Village Plummer and Davis Mill Forhan Corn Shops, Wilson Spring - No. Raymond Industries at Webb's Mills Ponds and Mills, Suphur Matches, Lumbering, steamboats Songo Lock.
SKILLS, TRADES and TOOLS
Brickmaking, Tanning Tinsmith Weaving Charcoal, Tar and Pitch, Pine Pitch and Spruce Gum, Cooperage Shoemaking, Water Power, Cut Nails Wells, Saw Sharpening, Splitting Granite, Millstones and Saws, Girt Chain, Trompe l'Oeil Painting, Chimney Arches, Chimney Arches, Weathervane, Peddlers Bicycles, Casco Iron Mine, Candy Manufacture, Occupations.
INCIDENTS,
Maine's First Bank Robbery - Benjamin Rolfe Kronprinzessen Cecile Internment - Gene Harmon Federal Surplus 1837, Federal Surplus 1837, , Baseball Trip to Bridgton - Canal Boat, Wild Woman of Frye Island, Drowning of Henry Britton, Confederates Buried in Gray and New Gloucester Letter after Gettysburg - John Duran, Letter after Bull Run - L. B. Danforth, Letters of Whitman Sawyer - 25th Maine, Super Load of Wood,
POEMS, WRITINGS and DOCUMENTS
Faithful Soldier - Joseph Sawyer, Death of George Washington, The Box Mill - Sam Mann, Grandmother's Perfect Day - Eldred Spiller Grandfather's Day - Martha Menard "Town of Casco", "C" is for Casco, Indenture.
TRIVIA
278 Pages, 9x12 softbound, good condition, light wear on the edges, some fading on covers and spine.

Saco Maine Then and Now: A Diverse Heritage $9.00
Peter N. Scontras, Editor
1994. Scontras Publishing Company, Saco, Maine
(from the back cover) Peter Scontras, born and raised in Saco, is a noted photographer, avid local historian, and teacher at Saco Middle School. His wife Bridget and he reside in their hometown where they brought up their two children Carol-Anastasia and Nicholas Peter II. Because of his 1990 Winter Brick poster and innovative research project involving his Middle School English students, he was a co-recipient of the first Roy P. and Maryllyn Fairfield Award for his contribution to Saco history. In 1987 he was recognized as Saco Citizen of the Year for organizing and chairing a committee of citizens that planned and funded the Veterans' Monument in Laurel Hill Cemetery.
     Saco, Then and Now is truly a book of substance, a skillful blend of photographs and a fascinating, revealing collection of oral history that is the first in a series of presentations by Peter Scontras that captures the rhythms that were and are Saco, Maine.
     Dr. Roy P. Fairfield, the most published, respected Saco historian of his time, states of Saco, Then and Now, "Local historians, both professional and amateur, will enjoy the visual walks along Main Street...The people's stories speak, one generation to another...few will miss the kind of lives our ancestors lived...both in triumph and tragedy, through enthusiasms and disappointments. Saco, Then and Now is a major contribution to Saco's rich historical record, one providing a living legacy...In short, we experience an intelligent choice of themes, and it is exciting to anticipate what images his next volumes will include." Enjoy this drama about one of Maine's first thriving settlements...a unique historical community...Saco.”
225 pages. 6x9 softbound, Bibliography and index, 17 pages Condition: Very good.

Margaret Chase Smith's Skowhegan (Maine) $16.99
Frank H. Sleeper
Dover, NH: Arcadia Publishing, 1996
Images of America Series.
(from the back cover) Called "...the most influential woman in the history of American politics," Senator Margaret Chase Smith always carried with her a strong connection to her roots in Skowhegan, Maine. How did her years and experiences in this community influence her strength of character and lifetime commitment to public service? Author Frank H. Sleeper has searched local archives to bring us rare photographs and new Connections between Skowhegan and its famous senator.
In this illuminating pictorial history, readers enjoy unique views of Skowhegan, with its historic buildings and riverfront, where Senator Smith spent her first forty years. Her strong convictions and tolerance for dissent, especially apparent in her famous "Declaration of Conscience" speech against Senator Joe McCarthy, may well have come from her background in Skowhegan.
With each turn of the page, we see this strikingly vibrant woman amidst her community in school and at work, and through her lifetime commitment to public service as one of the first women in the U.S. Senate. The over 200 images presented here, most from the Margaret Chase Smith Library and the Maine Historic Preservation Commission, are sure to evoke fond memories for the old and provide inspiration for the young.
128 pages, 6½ x 9½ softbound, new