Hardcover. Columbia MO, University of Missouri Press, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 356 pages with index, b&w illustrations. Eleanor Roosevelt called her one of the most influential women in America. Among the earliest and most assertive members of the Book-of-the-Month Club selection committee, Dorothy Canfield Fisher helped define literary taste in America for more than three decades. She helped shape the careers of such great writers as Pearl Buck, Isak Dinesen, and Richard Wright. A best-selling author herself, Fisher was also a deeply committed social activist. In Keeping Fires Night and Day, Mark J. Madigan collects much of Fisher's copious correspondence. With letters to Willa Cather, W.E.B. Du Bois, Albert Einstein, Robert Frost, Margaret Mead, James Thurber, and E.B. White, he documents Fisher's personal and professional life and career in a way that no biography could. Set against the American historical and cultural landscape from 1900 to 1958, these letters offer a firsthand account of one of the twentieth century's most remarkable women.
Hardcover. New York, Margaret K. McElderry Books, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 129 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED BY AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR ON TITLE PAGE. Clean and tight copy.
Hardcover. New York, Margaret K. McElderry Books, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 129 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED BY AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR ON TITLE PAGE. Clean and tight copy.
Softcover. Alexandria VA, self-published, 1st, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 250 pages, blue wrappers with white title and sketch of lighthouse. A collection of historical facts and b&w photographs of the Lake Champlain ares, mostly New York. Covers with light edgewear. SIGNED BY GLENN on the title page. Otherwise clean. Scarce.
Hardcover. Basin Harbor VT, Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 187 pages, illustrated throughout in color and b&w. SIGNED by author Arthur B. Cohn on title page. Dust jacket worn, with light sunning and tearing. Related article laid in. Clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. Montreal, Poirier, Bessette & Co., unk., 1893, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 546 pages, many b&w illustrations including maps and fold-outs. Binding is shaken and both covers loose with cracked hinges, front fly leaf loose. Internally good. Leather spine and corners with pink pebbled cloth covers, marled end papers.
Softcover. Montpelier, VT, Vermont Bureau of Publicity, 1st Edition, 1917, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 63 pages. Softcover pamphlet with string binding. Buff, textured endpapers, some tanning throughout from age. B/w illustrations throughout. Wrapper has some moisture staining and other soil, but otherwise very good and intact (see image).
Hardcover. New York, E. P. Dutton & Co., 2nd pr., 1945, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardbound in light blue cloth, 184 pages. Illustrated by Woodi Ishmael. Illustrated endpapers. Soiled covers and endpapers. Spine and corners a bit bumped. Tale of young Lance Chapelle and his horse Cherry set in 1870s Vermont.
Hardcover. Brattleboro VT, Green Place Books , 1st, 2020, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in paper-covered boards, 264 pages. SIGNED BY CO-AUTHOR BILL MARES on title page. Land of Milk and Honey: A History of Vermont Beekeeping follows the trials and tribulations of beekeepers in Vermont. This dramatic history begins in the early 1800's following the life and times of inspired beekeepers that are the advance guard of a line of notable beekeepers that is to stretch through the centuries into modern times. Readers will discover a beekeeping lineage born and raised within a single Vermont county, and establishes a continuity of beekeeping knowledge and skill spanning more than a century. The lineage of beekeeping concludes in the present day as apiculturists throughout the world face some of the most challenging times in over 200 years with the possibility of honey bee extinction rearing its ugly head. Is it possible that by reflecting on the history of Vermont's beekeepers we can find clues about what is needed to help the honey bee thrive today and well into the future? Land of Milk and Honey will also explore the relationship between the people of Vermont and the countryside they inhabit: a land and people that shift and change through the centuries in ways that directly impact the health and well-being of bees and its beekeepers.
Softcover. Montpelier, State of Vermont, 1st, 1869, Book: Good, Softcover, 344 pages, light foxing throughout, cover page wear and tears, especially along spine. Lightly soiled but tight copy.
Softcover. Burlington VT, Consulting Archaeology Program, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 316 pages. Brown glossy wrappers, slight rubbing and edge wear on fore edge. Front paper wrapper turns up slightly. Black & white photographs and map laid in. Clean and tight internally.
Softcover. Vermont, Consulting Archaeology Program, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 316 pages. Brown glossy wrappers, slight rubbing and edge wear on fore edge. Front paper wrapper turns up slightly. Black & white photographs and map laid in. Clean and tight internally.
Hardcover. Grans Isle VT, Privately Printed, 1st, 1934, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 265 pages, 8 b&w plates. Signed by the author on half title page and with a letter by he author laid-in. Dust jacket is missing a few small chunks around the edges of the spine and light soil. Clean, tight copy.
Softcover. St. Johnsbury VT, St. Johnsbury Republican, 1t, 1928, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 120 pages. A pictorial chronicle of the flood considered "the worst natural disaster to ever strike Vermont in modern times" covering the state with 8.71 inches of rain. According to the National Weather Service, "1285 bridges were lost as well as countless numbers of homes and buildings destroyed and hundreds of miles of roads and railroad tracks washed out." The book shows the results of the rainfall: rising water, destroyed railroad tracks, and leveled houses. Name on front fly leaf otherwise a clean copy in exceptional condition.
Softcover. Barre VT, Modern Printing Co., 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 104 pages. Green paper wrapper with tipped on color photograph, black lettering, Fold-out map in rear.
Hardcover. NY, Artisan, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. 145 pages. A master craftsman provides timeless wisdom from working with stone. Beautifully illustrated with color and black and white photographs from the work-field. In his highly anticipated second book, Vermonter Dan Snow once again proves that he is not just one of America's premier artisans, but also one of our most articulate voices on the natural world and our relationship to it. Snow's medium is stone: He is the nation's premier drystone wall builder. Schooled in this ancient craft, he painstakingly creates structures as breathtaking as sculpture with nothing but gravity as their glue. In Listening to Stone, Peter Mauss's tactile photographs of Snow's artistry are matched by the artisan's quietly compelling prose. Clean, bright copy.
Hardcover. Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University Press, 1st, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 175 pages, b&w illustrations. Vermont-native Twitchell sets out from his current home in Florida on the inauguration day of America's first black president to find the "real" South and to try to understand the truth about his illustrious ancestor. He travels in an RV from Georgia's Okefenokee Swamp across Alabama and Mississippi to Coushatta, Louisiana. As he drives through the heart of Dixie, Twitchell sorts through the prejudices he learned from his northern rearing. In searching for the culture he had held at arm's length for so long, he tours small-town southern life -- in campgrounds, cotton gins, churches, country fairs, and squirrel dog kennels -- and uncovers some fundamental truths along the way. Notably, he discovers that prejudices of race, class, and ideology are not limited by geography. As one man from Georgia mockingly summed up North versus South stereotypes, "Y'all are rude and we're stupid." Unexpectedly, Twitchell also uncovers facts about his great-grandfather and sheds new light on his family's past. An enlightening, humorous, and refreshingly honest search, Look Away, Dixieland reveals some of the differences and similarities that ultimately define us as a nation. Clean copy.
Softcover. Middlebury VT, Middlebury College Museum of Art, 1st, 2002, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 112 pages. Softcover. Extensive b&w photography throughout. Some creasing to front cover. Some foxing to back page, otherwise clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. Post Mills VT, Chelsea Green, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. INSCRIBED BY HELEN NEARING on the title page. illustrated with black and white photographs covering the many years of Helen and Scott Nearing. Here for the first time, Helen Nearing writes about a relationship with the young Krishnamurti, and when she went to Scott Nearing at the age of 24, he was 45; and their move to Vermont in 1932. Then in 1953, their move to Maine. Helen's memoir of their life together and an inspiring testimony to the ideals they stood for: self-sufficiency, simplicity, social justice, and peace. Clean copy.
Softcover. Manchester VT, Southern Vermont Arts Center, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover. 66 pages, 14 color and b&w illustrations. A collection of paintings by Italian-American artist Luigi Lucioni (1900-1988). One of his most-known pieces, 'Farewell to the Birches,' appears on the cover. With essays by Stuart P. Embury and Robert L. McGrath. Clean, bright copy.
Softcover. Manchester VT, Southern Vermont Arts Center, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover. 66 pages, 14 color and b&w illustrations. A collection of paintings by Italian-American artist Luigi Lucioni (1900-1988). One of his most-known pieces, 'Farewell to the Birches,' appears on the cover. With essays by Stuart P. Embury and Robert L. McGrath. Clean, bright copy.
Hardcover. Manchester VT, Town of Manchester , 1st, 1961, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, dark green cloth with gilt lettering and design on cover and spine. 317 pages, endpapers map, b&w illustrations. Clean, bright copy.
Hardcover. Middlebury VT, Middlebury Historical Society, 1st, 1885, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 68 pages, plate with color maps. Terra-cotta cloth with gilt lettering. Small area of discoloration to front and rear covers, otherwise very good.
 "Keeping Fires Night and Day; Selected Letters of Dorothy Canfield Fisher by: Dorothy Canfield Fisher / Mark J. Madigan (Edited)")
 "Kitty and Mr. Kipling: Neighbors in Vermont (SIGNED) by: Blegvad, Lenore")
 "Kitty and Mr. Kipling: Neighbors in Vermont (SIGNED) by: Blegvad, Lenore")
 "Lake Champlain Album: Volume 2 (SIGNED COPY) by: Glenn, Morris F.")
 "Lake Champlain's Sailing Canal Boats: An Illustrated Journey From Burlington Bay to the Hudson River (SIGNED COPY) by: Cohn, Arthur B.")
 "Lake St. Louis Old and New and Cavelier de La Salle by: Girouard (transl.), Disire")
 "Lakes of Eastern Vermont by: n/a")
 "Lance of Mystery Hollow by: Langdale, H. R.")
 "Land of Milk and Honey: A History of Beekeeping in Vermont (SIGNED COPY) by: Bill Mares, Ross Conrad")
 "Laws of Vermont 1869: Acts and Resolves Passed by the General Assembly of the State of Vermont by: N/A")
 "Leicester Vermont's Silver Lake: Beyond the Myths by: William J. Powers")
 "Life and Death in the Northeast Kingdom: Archaeology and History at the Old Burial Ground in St. Johnsbury, Vermont. by: Kenny, Kathleen M.; James B. Peterson, Phd; J")
 "Life and Death in the Northeast Kingdom: Archaeology and History at the Old Burial Ground in St. Johnsbury, Vermont. by: Kenny, Kathleen M.; James B. Peterson, Phd; J")
 "Life of Marie Moulton Graves Hopkins: Beloved Wife of John Henry Hopkins - The Story of Their Life and Work Together (SIGNED COPY) by: John Henry Hopkins")
 "Lights and Shadows of the Flood of 1927: Vermont at Its Worst, Vermonters at Their Best by: Charles T. Walter")
 "Lincoln: History of a Mountain Town from First Settlements to the Present. by: Reed, Richard V.")
 "Listening to Stone: Hardy Structures, Perilous Follies, and Other Tangles with Nature by: Dan Snow")
 "Look Away Dixieland by: Twitchell, James B.")
 "Looking Back at Vermont by: Graff, Nancy Price")
 "Loving and Leaving the Good Life (INSCRIBED COPY) by: Nearing, Helen")
 "Luigi Lucioni: in the Collection of the Elizabeth De C. Wilson Museum on the Occasion of the Grand Opening 22 July 2000 by: Luigi Lucioni")
 "Luigi Lucioni: in the Collection of the Elizabeth De C. Wilson Museum on the Occasion of the Grand Opening 22 July 2000 by: Luigi Lucioni")
 "Manchester, Vermont: a Pleasant Land Among the Mountains, 1761-1961 by: Edwin L. Bigelow Nancy H. Otis")
 "Marble Border of New England, The: Its Geology and Marble Development in the Present Century by: (Middlebury Historical Society)")