Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Description: xxii, 2 l., 3-381 p. 20 cm. "First edition."jacket is worn and has a piece missing at the front spine edge, and is stained on the rear top. protective cover, book is clean and tight. a bit discolored inside front and back. Original price on inside jacket flap is 2.50.
Seller: Nelsons Books, Chazy, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 6 x 9 in. Tan buckram boards with Maine silhouette. Stated first edition, 1939. Condition is VERY GOOD+ ; covers very clean with a couple of foxing spots by spine. Corners have minor wear, minimal wear to edges. Binding tight. Endpapers toned. Charming gift message, dated 1939 on ffep. One recipe has pencilled notes next to it. Text edges have a few spots, several of which also are on the margins of a few pgs. Comes with a booklet on Maine canned food recipes from the same era. Cook. RGR.
Seller: Andre Strong Bookseller, Blue Hill, ME, U.S.A.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Description: Near fine in tan buckram cloth covered boards with brown decorations and text on the spine and on the front board. The front end papers are very slightly tanned as is typically seen with this title. In a poor dust jacket with upper five inches of the spine area missing and the balance faded and with a with several chips from the edges of the panels. Signed by both Marjorie Mosser and Kenneth Roberts on the first free end page. It has also been signed and inscribed to "Elva | With Love, | Clara | December 25, 1939". This was Clara Claasen, Kenneth Roberts' long-time editor at Doubleday, Doran. A fine association copy. 381 pages containing an index, recipes and an introduction by Kenneth Roberts the uncle of the author.
Seller: Town's End Books, ABAA, Deep River, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: [INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR]. 8vo; [vi], vii-xxii, [ii], [2] 3-381pp; tan buckram over board, silhouette of the state of Maine stamped in brown on front, vignettes of lobster, fish, and a bean pot with lettering on spine; cream endpapers; ffep inscribed, signed and dated 1939 by the author; lacking its dust jacket; a few spots on the fore edge; near fine. A lovely cookbook by the secretary of author Kenneth Roberts. Covering all manner of food with recipes from Maine, it also includes "Maxims from Maine Kitchens" at the start of each chapter. The inscription on the free front endpapers reads "Inscribed for Marion W. Goodall at the request of Mildred Campbell and with all the good wishes of Marjorie Mosser. Kennebunkport, Maine, Christmas, 1939." Marion W. Goodall and her husband, Thomas M. Goodall, were textile manufacturers in Sandford, Maine, and were known for their philanthropy. Mildred Campbell may be their niece.
Seller: Sandra L. Hoekstra Bookseller, Thomaston, ME, U.S.A.
Price: US$224.39 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Brown buckram with black decorations to front board and to spine. Brown topstain. Usual age darkening to outer edges of pages with a few stains to fore edge and tail edge; dampstain to topstain. Dustjacket shows some wear to outer extremities with some light smudging to front and rear panels and dustsoil to rear panel.
Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, Canada
MOSSER, Marjorie. Good Maine Food. Doubleday, Doran & Company, New York, 1939.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. Introduction by Kenneth Roberts. 381pp. Slightly cocked spine and toning on the spine else near fine in a very good dust jacket with fading on the spine, creasing, and small tears.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.