Great Lakes from Maiden Voyage Booksellers

Manitowoc, WI: Mantowoc Maritime Museum, 1977. First Edition. Paperback. As New. staple bound, 2 volume set of indespensible reference works of Great Lakes shipping as seen through picture postcards; Volume 1 is 80 pp; Volume 2 is 79 pp; profusely illustrated with superb b & w reproductions of hundred's of postcards, along with descriptive text; in illustrated wraps.… Read more about this item

St. Catherines, Ontario: Vanwell Publishing Limited, 1990. Hardcover. As New. 64 pp; fine overview of paddle wheelers the plied the Great Lakes; with over 50, full-page, b & w photos; published without a dj in laminated, full-color illustrsted boards.

Boston, MA: Bruse Humphries Publishers, 1966. Hardcover. Fine/very good. 116 pp; pinpoints approximately 1,500 shipwrecks; giving location, date that the shiip was wrecked and information regarding the estimated values of the ship and its cargo; listings are alphabetcal, broken down by individual Great Lake; dj has been price-clipped and shos some rubbing woth minor edge tears to spine… Read more about this item

Port Edward, Ontario: William P. Moran, 1997. Second edition. Paperback. Fine. 210 pp; a compilation of vessels that plied the Great Lakes at time of writing; with histories, cross-referenced by former names; illustrated with b & w photos of various vessels listed; listings are in alphabetical order, as are the Fleet Lisitngs of operating companies; in plastic comb… Read more about this item

Marquette, MI: Avery Color Studios, 1994. Paperback. As New. 275 pp; fascinating look at the many shipwrecks, life-savers and lighthouses along the shoreline known as "The Graveyard of Lake Superior"; with very detailed descriptions of each wreck listed; this copy is 1994 reprint of work originally published in 1985; well-illlustrated with b & w photos; in b &… Read more about this item

St. Catherines, Ontario: Vanwell Publishing Limited, 1992. Hardcover. As New. 64 pp; superb, full-page collection of b & w photos of shipwrecks; each with brief text as to details of the sinking, etc.; in full-color illustrated, laminated boards that show some minor shelf wear.

West Bloomfield, MI: Altwerger & Mandel Publishing Co., Inc, 1991. Paperback. Near Fine. 245 pp; collection of author's most popular stories about spectacular sinkings, explosions, fires and wrecks of steamboats on the Great Lakes beginning with the violent demise of the historic WALK-IN-THE-WATER in 1821 and ending with the mysterious foundering of the EDMUND FITZGERALD in 1975; in… Read more about this item

Berkeley, CA: Howell-North Books, 1973. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. 256 pp; well-writen overview; with 100's of superb b & w photos; end paper maps; has name and address stamp of former owner; dj has minor wear and rubbing to edges; and minor browning to reverse; else VG+/VG+.