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First edition, octavo, pp 24. Damp-stain, upper half of text throughout; moderate wear and browning; top-edge erosion on terminal pages, thus FAIR only in the publisher's printed wrappers. "The records of our Criminal Courts reveal the humiliating fact that our day of weekly rest is sadly perverted and abused [1]." An early document from the Committee, pointing up the twin evils of intemperance and sabbath-breaking and their tendency to promote irreligiosity and crime.

Publisher's blue cloth with silver spine lettering, octavo, pp. xiv, 180 plus colophon.

Publisher's color illustrated glossy boards, quarto, pp. x, 230. Illustrated.

First printing, octavo, pp. xiii, 227. Light blue cloth with silver spine lettering. A few black and white illustrations.

Publisher's blue cloth with spine lettering gilt, quarto, pp. xv, 637. Black and white illustrations.

Publisher's original stapled wrappers, octavo, pp. 32. Illustrations. Bottom page tips shelf-bumped, but protected now in a clear display sleeve with white card-stock backing board. Williamsburg Craft Series.

Softcover, octavo, pp. 24. Light shelf wear. Old spot on front panel. GOOD in stapled mustard-colored cardstock wrappers.

First edition, so stated, and signed by the author on the title page, octavo, pp. 238.

Uncommon Corrected Proofs. Wraps, octavo, pp. 238. SIGNED and dated by the author in the year of publication. A small rubbed spot at crown of spine (see Photo 5), and a small shelf mark near bottom fore-edge (see Photo 7), else Very Good in the publisher's pale green cardstock wrappers.

Publisher's red cloth with spine lettering gilt, octavo, pp. [x], 251. Dust jacket with light shelf wear at crown of spine.

Publisher's original red cloth with black spine lettering, octavo, pp. ix, 252.

Publisher's maroon boards with spine lettering gilt, octavo, pp. xiv, 168. Reprinted by AMS Press from the Columbia University edition of 1910. Dust jacket was not issued with this title.

Hardcover, oblong octavo. As New in As New dust jacket.

Third edition, publisher's illustrated card stock wrappers, octavo, pp. xii, 379. Several maps. Front cover faded mildly by sun. Light shelf wear.

Edition limited to 1000 unnumbered copies in the publisher's green cloth with gold spine lettering, octavo, pp. 55 plus colophon. Frontis photograph of Dorothy Healy and other black and white illustrations. This copy SIGNED on the free front endpaper by four of the book's contributors (essayists William David Barry; Gael May McKibben; Frances W. Peabody; and designer Bruce Kennett) to Bella Cowan, Bangor native but Saco resident after 1964, and former owner (with her husband, Harold) of Sam's Place of Biddeford and then Main Street in Saco, where she was sometimes called "The Mayor of Main Street." This copy and its opaque dust jacket are graded FAIR-only due to old tide lines on the exterior, perhaps from a coffee spill (see image for our best attempt at a close-up). Clean and unmarked internally. Two little bonuses here for bibliophiles: (1) the inclusion of contributor Francis O'Brien, regarded frequently as the "Dean" of Maine antiquarian booksellers; and (2) printing at the venerable Stinehour Press.

Quarto hardcover. As New in As New color-illustrated dust jacket.

First Brockhampton edition, quarto, pp. 144. Illustrated. Very good in the publisher's glossy illustrated boards. Dust jacket very good and ensconced in a sheet of archival mylar.

Publisher's maroon cloth with gold spine and upper board lettering, octavo, pp. ix, 157. Dust jacket was not issued with this title.

Color-illustrated pictorial wrappers, small quarto, pp. [16]. Shelf rubbing and wear at spine ends and wrapper tips and their edges. Spine ends and wrapper tips also bumped mildly. Old price sticker removal shadow near top of front panel. The 8 pop-ups are bright and fully functional, in Very Good condition and without tears. Printed in the USSR.

Publisher's red cloth with gold spine lettering, octavo, pp. x, 445. Illustrated with basic drawings of devices such as Fire Oil Cart and Animal Skin Floats.