Philadelphia: John C. Winston Co., (1912). Hardcover - A rather uncommon juvenile novel, the second and final title in this series, by this prolific author. The three friends - who own a fast motorboat - are approached by a Pinkerton detective to aid in capturing a gang responsible for several post office robberies in Maine. Glossy frontispiece by Burton D. Hughes. 336 pp.

By the author, (1968). Hardcover first edition - Correspondence between the sea captain, Joseph Griffin, his wife Abbie and others in his extensive family. Laid in is a 2 page typed summary on how these letters were saved after Joseph's death by drowning off Halifax at the age of 31. Also included is a brief note SIGNED by Ralph Griffin and dated in 1969, and 2 pages of photocopies of early reviews. Index. 284 pp

New York: Pantheon, (2013) dj. Hardcover first edition - Award-winning author's sixth novel, set in Maine, a "deeply felt portrait of a woman from a generation that quietly put individual dreams aside for the good of the partnership, and of the ongoing gift of loving and being loved in return." 292 pp. ISBN: 978-0307908032.

New York: Scholastic, (2022). SIGNED first edition - The first book in a new series by this award-winning young adult novelist, published as a trade paperback original. "Beatrice is obsessed with unsolved murders in her small town of Cabot Cove, Maine, like her great-aunt Jessica, the famous mystery writer. But when her best friend Jackson goes missing this time the mystery is personal." SIGNED on the title page. 283 pp.

New York: The Junior Literary Guild / Random House, (1951). Hardcover - A young adult novel set in Maine, a coming of age story featuring Connie Sayres who take a job as a substitute teacher at the local one-room schoolhouse to keep food on the table for herself and her younger brother and sister. In addition to being a prolific author of "books for young women, showcasing the protagonists worth, intelligence, and sensitivity" Robinson was a dedicated teacher - among her students were Ann Petry, author of "The Street" and Walter Farley, best known for the Black Stallion Series. Illustrations at the head of each chapter and on the title page by Lynd Ward. 249 pp.

New York: SOHO Press, (1994) dj. Hardcover first edition - The twelth novel in the Amsterdom Cops series, featuring Detectives Grijpstra and de Gier both now retired from the Amsterdam police. De Gier is living on an island off teh coast of Maine when he frantically calls Grijpstra: his girlfriend has been murdered and he was too drunk to remember if he did it. 265 pp. ISBN: 1-569470162.

Altadena, CA: Prospect Park, (2018). SIGNED first edition - Novel by this award-winning author issued as a trade paperback original - it starts out as a family drama set on Fox Island in Maine, then morphs into an intense ghost story. Author Tod Goldberg called it a "complex, surprising, and haunting novel. Sutton's trademark wit lives within these pages, but here he reaches deeper, into a dark place, and finds something richer, something more human, than in any of his previous books. This is a page-turner of a different kind: mysterious, weird, and deeply affecting." SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. 317 pp.

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.

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.

New York: Viking, (1991). SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first mystery novel, introducing amateur sleuth, Lucy Stone, set in the small town of Tinker's Cove, Maine. While moonlighting during the Christmas rush for a trendy mail-order house, she stumbles upon the body of the company's founder and turns sleuth to find the killer. 198 pp. ISBN: 1-575668327.

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.

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.

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: 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: 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.

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: 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: Macmillan, (1989). Hardcover first edition - Meet the cats who have wound up living on the author's farm in Maine. Most of them were rescued cats, others were strays that found their way to his warm home. Illustrated with lines drawings with color highlights. Oblong format. Unpaginated. ISBN: 0-027701506.

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.

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: 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.

New York: St Martin's, (1991) dj. Hardcover first edition - Second mystery featuring caterer and minister's wife Faith Fairchild, set in the fictitious Massachusetts town of Aleford. In this book, she and Tom have gone to the island of Sanpere off the coast of Maine - and when Tom leaves to attend a religious retreat, Faith is left on her own - and almost stumbles on a body on the beach. 212 pp. ISBN: 0-312-053924.