Kennebunk, ME: Star Press, 1975. SIGNED first edition - Memories of life in Bowdoinham, Maine, from the city streets to the county roads to the first telephones - where the author lived from his birth in 1902 until 1925, although he notes that even though he lived many other places, he always remained in touch with Bowdoinham. Illustrated with many photographs. INSCRIBED and dated in the year of publication on the verso of the title page. 167 pp.

North Quincy, MA: The Christopher Publishing House, (1971) dj. Hardcover first edition - A humorous, somewhat fictitious account by this Maine author of life with a husband who "rode his hobbies hard" - in this case, the hobby was sailing. 112 pp. ISBN: 0-815802641.

New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2016) dj. Hardcover first edition - The nineteenth thriller featuring National Park Service ranger Anna Pigeon, set in Maine's Acadia National Park, where Anna is temporarily serving as acting chief ranger. 374 pp. ISBN: 978-125006491.

Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books, 1986. dj. Hardcover first edition - The first novel by this author who was born in Maine, set in a fictional small town there - cover praise from Annie Dillard who calls this a "warm, beautifully written story of young men and women in a New England mill town... ordinary people, rendered in depth and with tenderness. Their moving story is unforgettable." 286 pp. ISBN: 0-912697393.

New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1988. dj. Hardcover first edition - Second novel of life below the poverty line in Egypt, Maine - written with humor and honesty by an author who's been there herself. 244 pp. Map endpapers. ISBN: 0-89919-500-8.

New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1988. dj. Hardcover first edition - Second novel of life below the poverty line in Egypt, Maine - written with humor and honesty by an author who's been there herself. 244 pp. Map endpapers. ISBN: 0-89919-500-8.

New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1988. dj. Hardcover first edition - Second novel of life below the poverty line in Egypt, Maine - written with humor and honesty by an author who's been there herself. 244 pp. Map endpapers. ISBN: 0-89919-500-8.

New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1988. dj. Hardcover first edition - Second novel of life below the poverty line in Egypt, Maine - written with humor and honesty by an author who's been there herself. 244 pp. Map endpapers. ISBN: 0-89919-500-8.

St. Paul, MN: Graywolf Press, (2005) dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel set on an island off the rugged coast of Maine. 413 pp. ISBN: 1555974236.

New York: Hyperion, (2019). SIGNED first edition - The author's first book, a young adult novel, inspired by Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, about a lost shipwreck off the coast of Maine, "a missing piece of family history, and weathering the storms of life." Boldly SIGNED on the title page and dated in September 2019, that is before publication. 391 pp.

New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1961. dj. Hardcover first edition - Poet's third book - her poems evoke" the universe of rock and fire, of great waters and winds and stars."

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2000. SIGNED first edition - The author's first novel, second book following an award winning collection of short stories. Set on two remote islands off the coast of Maine, this is the story of a young girl determined to throw her education overboard and join the 'stern men' who work the lobster boats. SIGNED on the title page. Gilbert is best known for her later memoir, 'Eat Pray Love.' 287 pp.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2000. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, second book following an award winning collection of short stories. Set on two remote islands off the coast of Maine, this is the story of a young girl determined to throw her education overboard and join the 'stern men' who work the lobster boats. SIGNED on the title page. Gilbert is best known for her later memoir, 'Eat Pray Love.' 287 pp. ISBN: 0-395836228.

New York: Scribner's, 1978. dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's first book, a novel of the bonds between father and son, set in rural Maine. ISBN: 0-684-154781.

New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, (2013). First edition - Award-winning author's second novel, set in 1973 on a Maine Island, the story of an ornithologist who worked for the US in the Solomon Islands during World War II. Jim Harrison called this "A fascinating novel with the peculiar combination of ornithology and World War II in the South Pacific, birds and death, and the survivors who not so much survive as endure" and Publishers' Weekly described it as "Evocative . . . image-rich . . . The distinctive environments of disparate islands, interwoven with alternately romantic and horrific flashbacks, create a beautiful, ultimately painful story as haunting as its settings." 300 pp.

New York: Morrow (imprint of Harper Collins), (2000) dj. Hardcover - Highly praised novel set in the small town of Dundee on the coast of Maine, the story of two love stories 100 years apart. A Los Angeles Times Best Book of the Year. 269 pp. ISBN: 0-688174035.

Philadelphia: Lippincott, (1967) dj. Hardcover first edition - A story of what courage means and how a young boy learned to overcome his fears. Based on an actual incident in Maine during King Phillip's War in 1676 - because of the Indian raids the Potts family and their neighbors left their homes to travel offshore to Jewell Island. There they felt so safe they left nine year old Thomas Potts to guard the fort. When Thomas saw the Indians lower their war canoes off Cliff Island, he fired the shot that saved the island. Illustrated with drawings by J. C. Kocsis.

New York: Atheneum, (1997) dj. SIGNED hardcover - Written in diary form, this is the story of a ten-year-old girl who moves with her family in 1855 from a town on the Maine coast where her father is to be the lighthouse keeper. One night when he is ill it is up to her to keep the light shining and the ships safe. Illustrated in pen and ink and watercolor by Kimberly Bulcken Root. SIGNED by Hopkinson on the title page. Historical note at the end in which the author explains that while Birdie is a fictional character, her story is based on the experiences of real life lighthouse heroines. Tall thin format. Unpaginated. ISBN: 0-689810520.

Mineola, New York: Dover, (1999.). A new selection of ten short stories by Jewett, with a new introductory note for this edition. 120 pp. ISBN: 0-486-408841.

Boston: Lothrup, Lee & Shepherd, 1899. Hardcover - Young adult novel about an orphan boy, set on the Maine coast. A title in the American Boys Series. Frontispiece and two internal plates. 325 pp. Bound in illustrated pale green covers.

New York: Viking, (1990.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Mystery set off the coast of Maine, featuring English professor turned sleuth Roz Howard. 294 pp. Map endpapers of Penobscot Bay. ISBN: 0-670-835374.

New York: Putnam, (1985) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's surprisingly uncommon first book, the story of a camp on a Maine lakefront inhabited by a 'loony crew of washed-up sixties dropouts' one of whom just happens to fall into a humungous stash of cash and dope. Long blurb on the back cover of the dustjacket by Stephen King, described as 'a report from the man who read the manuscript first.' 336 pp. ISBN: 0-399-130810.

New York: Park Row Books / Harper Collins, (2020). SIGNED first edition - A psychological thriller sent in a small town in Maine. The Faust family has just moved there from Chicago, hoping for a new start, when one of their neighbors is found murdered. SIGNED on the title page and dated in 2019, that is, before publication. 359 pp plus author's note.

New York: Delacorte, (2003). First edition - The author's first novel, set in Boston, a story of the gritty underworld of cops and criminals. Stephen White called it "a harrowing memorable debut." 369 pp.

[Bar Harbor] Maine: Acadia Press, 1990. dj. Hardcover first edition - An anthology of fiction, essays and poetry by women who - although they were not born in Maine - found a home there. Each selection is preceded by a photograph and brief biography of the author. Includes contributions from Dianne Benedict, Alice Bloom, Roberta Chester, Alison Deming, Deborah DeNicola, Elaine Ford, Constance Hunting, Susan Kenney, Kala Ladenbeim, Heather McHugh, Patricia O'Donnell, Lee Sharkey, Betsy Sholl and the editors. 170 p. ISBN: 0-934745129.

New York & Boston: Dickerman Publishing Co., (1903). Hardcover first edition - Attractive copy of the first, and apparently only, novel by this Maine attorney and legislator. Illustrated with a glossy frontispiece with a tissue guard and five inserted glossy plates. Top edge gilt. 297 pp.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1979. dj. Hardcover first edition - A collection of 5 pieces: the title piece refers to the farmers selling at the Greenmarket in New York City. Also included is are essays on a white water trip in Maine, a proposed floating nuclear power plant which would be off the coast of New Jersey, and on pinbal machines. The longest piece is about a chef just outside NYC, who wants to remain anonymous, so the focus will be on his food. The comments made by this chef caused a lot of controversy when first published in the New Yorker, and now, on pg. 245 there is a meek little footnote "Otto guessed wrong.". ISBN: 0-374-163065.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1979. dj. Hardcover first edition - A collection of 5 pieces: the title piece refers to the farmers selling at the Greenmarket in New York City. Also included is are essays on a white water trip in Maine, a proposed floating nuclear power plant which would be off the coast of New Jersey, and on pinbal machines. The longest piece is about a chef just outside NYC, who wants to remain anonymous, so the focus will be on his food. The comments made by this chef caused a lot of controversy when first published in the New Yorker, and now, on pg. 245 there is a meek little footnote "Otto guessed wrong." Review copy with glossy photograph of McPhee laid in. 261 pp. ISBN: 0-374-163065.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1979. dj. Hardcover first edition - A collection of 5 pieces: the title piece refers to the farmers selling at the Greenmarket in New York City. Also included is are essays on a white water trip in Maine, a proposed floating nuclear power plant which would be off the coast of New Jersey, and on pinbal machines. The longest piece is about a chef just outside NYC, who wants to remain anonymous, so the focus will be on his food. The comments made by this chef caused a lot of controversy when first published in the New Yorker, and now, on pg. 245 there is a meek little footnote "Otto guessed wrong.". ISBN: 0-374-163065.