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Down East Books, 1978-06. Paperback. Good.

Down East Magazine, 1950 Book. Good. Soft cover. Moderate wear including light stains..

Camden, ME: Down East Magazine. G PB. (1950). "Maine enjoys being Maine....a positive enjoyment of adventure, character and circumstance....Here one still thinks of life . as life and not as existence." Here Beston has collected the best of three centuries of Maine fact and fiction. Early travelers, missionaries and soldiers describe the troubled era when the French and English battled each other and the Indians; seafaring days by Rachael Field and Edwin Arlington Robinson, while 19th century men and women, Longfellow, Thoreau, Stowe and Lowell among others relate to their own experiences in the Maine of that era. Coffin describes the ice trade on the Kennebec and Jewett writes of an old seacoast mansion. Some tanning on binding, few corner creases. .

Camden, Maine: Down East Magazine. Very Good. 1950. Paperback. 0892720131 . Book is sound with tight binding and clean, unmarked text. The editior, Henry Beston, is a popular Maine and New England author (The Outermost House) , and he writes of this collection of stories about Maine, "I have tried to assemble a picture and an account of Maine as those who know the state have presented it in their various ways." ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 410 pages; Mariaville barn sale. .

Down East Books. Very Good+. 1974. Softcover. 0892720131 . Stiff unmarked book in lightly rubbed covers ; 8.3 X 5.3 X 0.9 inches .

New York: Farrar, Straus and Company. Good+. 1950. Hardcover. Bumped corners and slight fraying at top and bottom of spine. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. ; Book is sound with tight binding and clean, unmarked text - exceptions noted and priced accordingly. Popular Maine and New England author (The Outermost House). ; City & Country Reader Series; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 410 pages .

New York: Farrar, Straus and Company. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Dustjacket has bumped corners and a few small, slight edgewear spots - see image. Unclipped. ; Both book and dustjacket are in excellent condition. Scarce First Edition copy in this condition. Popular Maine and New England author (The Outermost House). Bonus: Two telegrams dated 1950 from Crockers on Hancock Point, Maine. ; City & Country Reader Series; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 410 pages .

UNKNO. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

New York: Farrar & Strauss & Co, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. First Edition neatly Signed by Henry Beston on the front free endpaper. 8vo. 410 pp. A very good copy in 1/4 black over sea green cloth covered boards, gilt titles to the spine, showing some overall use. A wonderful compilation of writers writing on Maine spanning three-hundred years, with excerpts from Henry Beston's Northern Farm, Elizabeth Coatsworth, E.B. White, Harriet Beecher Stowe, James Russell Lowell, Henry David Thoreau et al.