Helen Hamlin (48 results)

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Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. In this critically acclaimed Maine classic, first published in 1945, Helen Hamlin writes of her adventures teaching school at a remote Maine lumber camp and then of living deep in the Maine wilderness with her game warden husband. Her experiences are a must-read for anyone who loves the untamed nature and wondrous beauty of Maine's north woods and the unique spirit of those who lived there. In the 1930s, in spite of being warned that remote Churchill Depot was 'no place for a woman', the remarkable Helen Hamlin set off at age twenty to teach school at the isolated lumber camp at the headwaters of the Allagash River. She eventually married a game warden and moved deeper into the wilderness. In her book, Hamlin captures that time in her life, complete with the trappers, foresters, lumbermen, woods folk, wild animals, and natural splendour that she found at Umsaskis Lake and then at Nine Mile Bridge on the St. John River. In the 1930s, in spite of being warned that remote Churchill Depot was 'no place for a woman', the author set off at age twenty to teach school at the isolated lumber camp at the headwaters of the Allagash River. She eventually married a game warden and moved deeper into the wilderness. This book captures that time in her life. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 1st Edition. Three Years in the Maine Woods. Light green boards have faded to tan in places on the cover and the spine. The dust jacket is torn across the front page, 1/2 of the front is missing, otherwise intact. Former owner's name in ink on flyleaf. Interior is bright and clean.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Helen Hamlin (illustrator). Does not state first edition. Early printing of the first edition bound in the publisher's original green cloth. Corners lightly worn. Spine caps are bumped with fraying starting along the front joint near the heel. Top edges have some dust-dulling . Name of previous owner, dated 1946, on the first free endpaper. Otherwise, pages are lightly age-toned, clean and unmarked. The binding is firm. A true product of Maine as stated in the shape of a pine tree on the last page. paper made by S.D.Warren Company in the Cumberland Mills of Westbrook and cloth for the binding made by the Pepperell Manufacturing Company of Lewiston. 233 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Thus. VERY GOOD HARDCOVER WITH NO DJ AS PUBLISHED.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. second islandport press edition edition. 282 pages. 8.20x5.40x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Condition: New. 2005. Second Islandport Press Edition. paperback. . . . . .

Softcover. Condition: New. Special order direct from the distributor.

Condition: New. 2005. Second Islandport Press Edition. paperback. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1945 W W Norton & Company, green cloth hardcover without dust jacket, cover is lightly soiled, owner's name and small address label, 233 pages.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Paperback / softback. Condition: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Ex-Library copy with typical library marks and stamps. Dust jacket missing. Cover and binding are worn but intact. A reading copy in fair condition. Buckram binding is now in place of the original binding. A few tears on a few pages. Text is clean. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. SIGNED by author on front fly leaf. Hard cover, 238 pages. Previous owner's name to front fly leaf. Book in very good condition. Dust jacket shows shelf wear with small tears to edges. Now in a protective mylar sleeve. Signed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. White covers. 8vo, 233 pages.

Cloth. Condition: Good Plus. No Jacket. A Good Plus, internally clean, solid hard cover copy with some light spotting and scratching to the covers. In a torn and somewhat ragged unprinted glassine dust jacket. #.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 223-page hardcover in green cloth with illustrations by the author and with her signature on the front free endpaper. A great read by a native Mainer about life in Northern Aroostook Conty with her game warden husband. A later printing noting that it is a wartime book with added note in the shape of a fir tree on the last page that the paper was made by the S.D. Warren Company of Westbrook and the cloth was made by the Pepperell Manufacturing Company of Lewiston, Maine. Moderate wear to covers, mild bump to upper fore corners of a few pages, else good with no owner's names. No jacket. Ships in a box. We specialize in the Maine woods. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. PINE, POTATOES and PEOPLE: The STORY of AROOSTOOK, by Helen Hamlin- 1948- W. W. Norton, New York- ORIGINAL 1948 FIRST EDITION ('First Edition' STATED)- This is NOT an ex-library book and it is NOT a reprint edition- BINDING is decorated green cloth HARDCOVER; binding and text are very neat, clean and solid, VG+. Just light wear with neat previous owner gift inscription front free page. The ORIGINAL DUST JACKET is generally neat, clean and bright in new archival protector. Overall, a nice, SOLID COLLECTOR COPY of the fairly UNCOMMON ORIGINAL 1948 FIRST EDITION the 2ND BOOK written by HELEN HAMLIN her ANECDOTAL STORIES of the PEOPLE, PLACES and POTATOES of NORTHERN MAINE captured in their UNCOMPLICATED BEAUTY 138 pages. BK2522490.

Cloth. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Pale green cloth in unclipped jacket. 233 pp. An account of the author's experiences living in a remote wooded region of Maine, often being snowbound for several months, and completely relying on the land. GOOD condition. Minor toning and fading to the jacket. Extremities with some chips, scuffs, tears and minor loss. Heavy fading to the cloth, especially along the edges. Owner's gift inscription on the first endpaper.

Condition: New. KlappentextIn this critically acclaimed Maine classic, first published in 1945, Helen Hamlin writes of her adventures teaching school at a remote Maine lumber camp and then of living deep in the Maine wilderness with her game warden husb.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. In this critically acclaimed Maine classic, first published in 1945, Helen Hamlin writes of her adventures teaching school at a remote Maine lumber camp and then of living deep in the Maine wilderness with her game warden husband. Her experiences are a must-read for anyone who loves the untamed nature and wondrous beauty of Maine's north woods and the unique spirit of those who lived there. In the 1930s, in spite of being warned that remote Churchill Depot was 'no place for a woman', the remarkable Helen Hamlin set off at age twenty to teach school at the isolated lumber camp at the headwaters of the Allagash River. She eventually married a game warden and moved deeper into the wilderness. In her book, Hamlin captures that time in her life, complete with the trappers, foresters, lumbermen, woods folk, wild animals, and natural splendour that she found at Umsaskis Lake and then at Nine Mile Bridge on the St. John River. In the 1930s, in spite of being warned that remote Churchill Depot was 'no place for a woman', the author set off at age twenty to teach school at the isolated lumber camp at the headwaters of the Allagash River. She eventually married a game warden and moved deeper into the wilderness. This book captures that time in her life. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Panel edges, corners, head and base of spine have missing pieces on dust jacket. Age-toned. Otherwise this book is clean and unmarked in very good condition. Mylar cover. 233 pages.