NINETY YEARS AT THE ISLES OF SHOALS by Laighton, Oscar - 2003

Reprint of the Beacon Press 1930 edition. PAPERBACK. Cover is a little foxed and worn. Pencil mark erased from the front end page. Text is unmarked. No creases in the spine.

Boston: The Beacon Press, 1930. Cloth. Good. Green patterned cloth. 154 pages with a few black and white photos throughout. Reminiscences written by Oscar Laighton on life on the Isles of Shoals off the coast of New Hampshire and Maine in the late 1800's and early 1900's. In GOOD condition. Uneven darkening and fading to the covers, with the spine rather sunned. Minor soiling. Extremities with minor bumping and scuffing. Spine faded. Several ownership signatures on the first endpaper. A few (very few) amendments to the text, in pencil, throughout.

The Beacon Press, Inc., 1930. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Green cloth over boards, darker cloth on spine and corners. Edges are bumped and rubbed. Board edges are not square. Name on front pastedown. Page edges have some soiling and wear. Some wrinkling. Front flap of DJ is all that remains of DJ.

Star Island Corporation:, 1971. 162 pages, illustrated. This book is a reprinting of the 1930 edition published by Beacon Press in 1930. This edition has a new appreciation written by Lyman V. Rutledge. Oscar notes in his Preface the following: "Being the only one left of the Laighton family at the Isles of Shoals, I have been urged, by the many visitors here every summer, to write what I can remember of my life covering ninety years on these islands." FINE- SOFTCOVER.. Soft Cover. Fine-. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Star Island Corp, 1988. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback reprint of the Beacon Press 1930 edition. Teal blue illustrated wraps. Very light edge wear and rubbing to spine. Text and images unmarked. 8vo. 162pp.

Andover, Mass., 1929. First edition. Hardcover. Very good condition/tattered. 167 p. illus. 20 cm.

Andover, MA: The Andover Press, 1929. Hardcover. 12mo; pp 167; G+; green spine without text; no jacket; cloth shows mild wear to exterior; lightly rubbed edges; strong boards; text block has slight toning to exterior edges; previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown; frontispiece; interior clean; illustrated; small green sticker to rear pastedown; good binding;. 1326806. FP New Rockville Stock.

Star Island Co, 1988. paperback. Very Good. 6x1x9. Softcover. Very Good condition. Clear Text. Free of any markings and no writings inside. Minor shelf-wear. For any additional information or pictures, please inquire.

Star Island Co, 2003. Paperback. Good. 7x5x0. 2003 printing. Small bump to corner, else modest wear. No markings noted. Published by the Star Island Corporation, softbound.

Literary Licensing, LLC, 2012-04-07. Paperback. Good.