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16982Writing on Stone: Scenes from a Maine Island Life
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Biography
  • Other, Gott's Island
  • Gillis, Christina Marsden
  • University Press of New England
  • 2008
Description:
"A moving account of how the life of an island [Gotts], past and present, shapes and transforms the unexpected loss of a son." (From the flyleaf.)
12613Wrecked on the Bermudas: the thrilling adventures of three boys. A true story of the present age.
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Shipwrecks
  • Meyer, Captain W. E.
  • 1892
Description:
Appears to be nonfiction. Illustrated. Inscription reads: Miss Meyer's sends her compliments to Mrs. Rumill and wishes her a Merrry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Decb. 15th. 94 Reid Street Bermuda
9295World’s Method for Cornet and Sax-Horn
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Music
Description:
The World’s Method for Cornet and Sax-Horn Part I.
17137Working Windows: Guide to Repair & Restoration of Wood Windows.
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Architecture
  • Other, Windows
  • Meany, Terence
  • Lyons Press
  • 1998
17337Working the Sea
  • Publication, Book
  • Nature, Animals, Shellfish, Lobsters
  • Other, Fishing industry
  • Seavey, Wendell
  • North Atlantic Books
  • 2005
12669Woman's Wrongs: A History of Mary and Fidelia
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Women's rights
  • Hume, Mrs. R.S.
  • B. Thurston and Co.
  • 1872
Description:
A work of fiction focusing on women's rights. Inscribed Lucy F. Somes, Mt. Desert, Maine, Oct. 21st 1873
12670Wise Sayings of the Great and Good
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Quotations
  • George Routledge and Sons
Description:
Sayings from English, American and European authors; table of contents arranged by topic, e.g., accidents, business, civility. No publication date.
12754Winnowed Hymns: A Collection of Sacred Songs...
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Hymn Books
  • Other, Mount Desert Island
  • McCabe, C.C. and D.T. Macfarlan
  • Biglow & Main
  • 1873
Description:
These songs were "especially adapted for revivals, prayer and camp meetings." Inside inscribed Lucie F. Somes, Mt. Desert, Maine, Sept. 4th, 1875
12868Windswept
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Fiction
  • Other, Maine
  • Chase, Mary Ellen
  • MacMillan
  • 1941
Description:
This is a work of fiction by Maine writer Mary Ellen Chase. It is Inscribed “Harriet S. Sanderson, January 1942” on title page and appears to be a first edition. A review by Bess Jones from an unidentified source is pasted inside the back cover.
12877Windows on the Past: Four Centuries of New England Homes
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Architecture
  • Other, Houses
  • Other, New England
  • Nylander, Jane C.
  • Little Brown
13645Willing Workers Record Book
  • Publication, Book, Journal
  • Organizations
  • Other, Clubs
  • 3/2/1953
Description:
Record book started by Constance Robbins, secretary for the Willing Workers Club, formed on 3/2/1953 to raise money for “the mortgage and carpet”. A group of Odd Fellows and Rebekahs comprised the club membership. The record book contains minutes from various meetings, loose reciepts, bank statements, and notes. Last entry made 12/30/1970.
16905William Otis Sawtelle Collection: 1692-1941 (Bulk Dates 1890-1935)
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Islesford
  • Other, Sawtelle, William Otis
  • Karle, Tim J.
  • [2004]
13493Wildfire Loose: The Week Maine Burned
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Bar Harbor Fire
  • Other, Fire of 1947
  • Other, Firefighters
  • Butler, Joyce
  • Down East Books
  • 1997
Description:
Description of the progression of fires throughout Maine in fall, 1947. Describes drought that affected the state. Several chapters have sections on Mount Desert Island. Photos include aerial view of Bar Harbor, burned public buildings and homes in Bar Harbor, including Jackson Lab. Photo of firefighters with Indian pumps. Third edition, 1997.
17193When Bar Harbor Was Eden
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Bar Harbor
  • Other, History
  • Turner, Loretta M.
  • Arcadia Publishing
  • 1995
17287Whalemen and Whaleships of Maine.
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, History
  • Other, Maine
  • Other, Whaling
  • Martin, Kenneth R.
  • Harpswell Press
  • 1975.
14621Weld's English Grammar
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Grammar
  • Other, Textbook
  • Weld, Allen H.
  • Sanborn & Carter
  • 1854
Description:
Composition, Analyzing, and Parsing
16702We Were An Island: The Maine Life of Art and Nan Kellam
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Islands
  • Other, Placentia Island
  • Blanchard, Peter P. III
  • University Press of New England
  • 2010
Description:
The Kellams lived alone on Placentia Island from 1949-1987.
17132Walls & Moldings: How To Care for Old & Historic Wood & Plaster
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Architecture
  • Other, Moldings
  • Other, Plasterwork
  • Other, Walls
  • Other, Woodwork
  • Shivers, Natalie
  • Preservation Press
  • 1990
17157Wake of the Coasters
  • Publication, Book
  • Leavitt, John F.
  • 1984
Description:
Wake of the Coasters, by John F. Leavitt. Copyright 1970, second edition 1984 by Mystic Seaport Museum. (used copy) 208 pages.
12598W. B. in California
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Poetry
  • Sanderson, Virginia Somes et.al.
  • H.S. Crocker Co.
  • 1919.
Description:
A tribute volume. Collection of poetry by numerous authors. Inscribed with note: To Mamma . . . . . Virginia. Sanderson has annotated the book throughout.
13967Vital Records of Mount Desert Island Maine and Nearby Island 1776-1820
  • Publication, Book
  • Long, Alice Macdonald, ed.
  • Picton Press
  • 1990
Description:
Introduction includes brief history of Mount Desert Island.
18806Vital Records of Mount Desert Island Maine
  • Publication, Book
  • Alice MacDonald Long, editor
  • 1990
Description:
Vital Records of MDI and Outlaying Islands, 1776-1820
12694Village Sermons: or Ninety One Plain and Short Discourses on the Principal Doctrines of the Gospel, Vol III
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Religion
  • Burder, Geogre
  • W.W. Woodward
  • 1818.
Description:
Marked inside front cover: "Reub. Dodge's Book". Found inside book, a page with engraving entitled, "Reading the Bible to the People".
1536Village Architecture of Early New England
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Architecture
  • Other, New England
  • Mullins, Lisa, ed.
  • The National Historical Society
  • 1987
17185Village and the Hill: Growing Up in Seal Harbor, Maine, in the 1930’s
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, History
  • Other, Seal Harbor
  • Billings, Richard W.
  • Day Mountain Publishing Co.
  • 1995