Portland: By Brown and Thurston for the Society. Good. 1857. First Edition. Hardcover. Dark brown blindstamped cloth, the spine with six simulated raised bands, bright gilt lettering and volume number on the second panel thus formed, lemon yellow endpapers. 405 pages plus 8 unpaginated pages including errata and letter of Bridget Phillips. Ex-Bangor Theological Seminary, with printed label inside front cover indicating this volume from the library of Prof. John S. Sewall. Brown library tape reinforcing spine cover above and below the second panel with title and volume number; hinges solid; spine lightly cracked, a little shaky; slight foxing of endpapers; period pencil signature of S. P. Benson on ffep; otherwise unmarked, clean, sound copy; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall .

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Bookseller: Frenchboro Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 27928
Title: Collections Of The Maine Historical Society, Volume V Of The First Series
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: By Brown and Thurston for the Society
Place of Publication: Portland
Date Published: 1857
Keywords: Maine, History, Maine Historical Society, COLLECTIONS, Documents
Bookseller catalogs: Maine / history / maine Historical Society / collections;

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Frenchboro Books

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We handle books from academic libraries (from institutions and scholars), both deaccessions and gift books from alumni, and from closed Seminary Bookstores. Our original location was on a remote island in Maine, the Island of Frenchboro, and thus the origin of our name. For a time we operated a brick and mortar store in Bangor four days a week, and then moved that to the Antique Marketplace on Main Street in Bangor, which still caries some of our stock. The major stock of our business is now housed in Louisville, Colorado. Our listings can include a wide range of material, but the majority are non-fiction, scholarly works.

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Raised Band(s): Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
Cracked: In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
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Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Errata: Errata: aka Errata Slip A piece of paper either laid in to the book correcting errors found in the printed text after being...
Gilt: The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
First Edition: In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...