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The Maine Reader: The Down East Experience, 1614 to the Present

The Maine Reader: The Down East Experience, 1614 to the Present

by Shain, Charles & Samuella [Edited by]

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Edition
1st Edition
Published
1991
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Hardcover
ISBN
9780395576519
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1991 xx, 524pp, bound in half cloth, gilt still bright, binding and hinges tight, includes the signature of Maine Author "Sanford Phippen" neatly tucked behind the front flap. The dust jacket is NOT price clipped. Contents include *Exploration and Discovery *Settling Maine and the Revolution *The Years Before the Civil War… Read more about this item
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Sea of Glory: America's Voyage of Discovery, The U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842  [1st Edition]

Sea of Glory: America's Voyage of Discovery, The U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842 [1st Edition]

by Philbrick, Nathaniel

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Used - Fine
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Near Fine
Edition
1st Edition
Published
2003
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780670032310
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Viking, 2003 xxv, [3], 452pp, gilt still bright, binding and hinges tight. NO LABELS, INSCRIPTIONS, NOR MARKINGS. The dust jacket is NOT price-clipped.
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The Lifeboat: Its Construction, Equipment and Management.  A Guide to the Board of Trade Lifeboat Efficiency Examinations  [Association Copy]
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The Lifeboat: Its Construction, Equipment and Management. A Guide to the Board of Trade Lifeboat Efficiency Examinations [Association Copy]

by Blake, Harold S.

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Used - Fair to Good
Published
1933
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Soft cover
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Glasgow: Brown, Son & Ferguson, Limited, 1933 Enlarged Edition, 61pp, [3], staple bound in stiff paper covers, illustrated throughout. Covers in Fair Condition, showing edge wear, stains and an ink stamp for "T. S. & J. D. Negus, 69 Pearl St., New York". The Negus family firm were proprietors of Maritime Chronometers and Nautical Instruments, with Robert Perry… Read more about this item
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Archaeology of the Boat: A New Introductory Study  [1st American Edition]

Archaeology of the Boat: A New Introductory Study [1st American Edition]

by Greenhill, Basil

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Used - VERY GOOD ++
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Very Good ++
Edition
First American Edition
Published
1976
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780819550026
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Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press, 1976 320pp, bound in green cloth, gilt still bright, binding and hinges tight, b/w photographs and illustrations throughout. NO LABELS, INSCRIPTIONS, NOR MARKINGS. The dust jacket is NOT price-clipped, and is housed in a protective mylar cover. Sight age toning to the pages.
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Models of American Sailing Ships.  A Handbook of the Ship Model Collection In the Addison Gallery of American Art

Models of American Sailing Ships. A Handbook of the Ship Model Collection In the Addison Gallery of American Art

by Peabody, Robert E.

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Used - VERY GOOD ++
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Published
1961
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Hardcover
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Andover, Massachusetts: Addison Gallery of American Art / Phillips Academy, 1961 Oblong format, 109pp, printed on fine glossy paper, bound in blue cloth, with the binding and hinges tight. NO LABELS, INSCRIPTIONS, NOR MARKINGS. The dust jacket is NOT price-clipped.
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The Highland Heart in Nova Scotia

The Highland Heart in Nova Scotia

by MacNeil, Neil

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Used - Good
Edition
First Canadian Edition
Published
1969
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Soft cover
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Saunders of Toronto Limited, 1969 [8], 199pp, bound in illustrated stiff paper covers, with the binding and hinges tight. NO LABELS, INSCRIPTIONS, NOR MARKINGS. Covers slightly age darkened, with soiling.
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The Kumulipo: An Hawaiian Creation Myth.  An Account of the Creation of the World According To Hawaiian Tradition Translated From Original Manuscripts Preserved Exclusively In Her Majesty's Family

The Kumulipo: An Hawaiian Creation Myth. An Account of the Creation of the World According To Hawaiian Tradition Translated From Original Manuscripts Preserved Exclusively In Her Majesty's Family

by Liliuokalani of Hawaii

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Near New
Published
1997
Binding
Soft cover
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Kentfield, California: Pueo Press, 1997 [16],79pp, [3], bound in textured brown paper, gilt still bright, binding and hinges tight. NO LABELS, INSCRIPTIONS, NOR MARKINGS.
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Recollections of a Naval Life Including the Cruises of the Confederate States Steamers "Sumter" and "Alabama"  [1st Edition]

Recollections of a Naval Life Including the Cruises of the Confederate States Steamers "Sumter" and "Alabama" [1st Edition]

by Kell, John McIntosh

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Used - Very Good
Edition
1st Edition
Published
1900
Binding
Hardcover
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Washington: The Neale Company, Publishers, 1900 Frontis-piece, 307pp, [5], bound in illustrated tan cloth, with the binding tight, front hinge starting, some pages uncut. Previous owners bookplate for "John J. Atwater",, with small bookstore label for "Charles E. Lauriat Co., Sea Books, Boston". Covers show light edge wear, spine darkened, pages slightly age darkened
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The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914; Illustrated in Colour and Black and White, Also With Maps.  Volume I & II (2 Volumes)  [1st Edition]
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The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914; Illustrated in Colour and Black and White, Also With Maps. Volume I & II (2 Volumes) [1st Edition]

by Mawson, Sir Douglas

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Used - Good
Edition
First American Edition
Published
1914
Binding
Hardcover
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Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1914 Circa 1914. xxx, 349pp; xiii, [1], 338pp, [2], uniformly bound in the original red cloth, deckled page edges, hinges starting, bindings tight. With the small bookplate of John J. Atwater. Covers show sunning, soiling, Interiors in Very Good Condition. Illustrated throughout, the Errata Slip is intact, with the three… Read more about this item
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The Grand Fleet 1914-1916 Its Creation, Development and Work, With Illustrations, Plans and Diagrams  [1st Edition]

The Grand Fleet 1914-1916 Its Creation, Development and Work, With Illustrations, Plans and Diagrams [1st Edition]

by Admiral Viscount Jellicoe

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Used - Good
Edition
1st Edition
Published
1919
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Hardcover
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NY: George H. Doran Company, 1919 With the four Plans and Diagrams in the back pocket [no tears], along with an extra paper spine label tipped-in in back. xiv, [2], 510pp, bound in original green cloth, with the paper spine label intact, binding tight, front hinge starting. Illustrations and folding maps throughout. Previous ownership of John J.… Read more about this item
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The Story of a Great Ship: The Birth and Death of the Steamship TITANIC

The Story of a Great Ship: The Birth and Death of the Steamship TITANIC

by Chipperfield, Joseph E.

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Published
1957
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Hardcover
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New York: Roy Publishers, 1957 Circa 1957. 174pp, [1], bound in tan cloth, with the binding and hinges tight, illustrated. The covers and preliminary pages show foxing. NO LABELS, INSCRIPTIONS, NOR MARKINGS.
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The Grand Fleet 1914-1916 Its Creation, Development and Work, With Illustrations, Plans and Diagrams  [1st Edition]

The Grand Fleet 1914-1916 Its Creation, Development and Work, With Illustrations, Plans and Diagrams [1st Edition]

by Admiral Viscount Jellicoe

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Used - Good
Edition
1st Edition
Published
1919
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Hardcover
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NY: George H. Doran Company, 1919 With the four Plans and Diagrams in the back pocket [no tears], along with an extra paper spine label tipped-in in back. xiv, [2], 510pp, bound in original green cloth, with the paper spine label intact, deckled page edges [some pages uncut], binding tight, front hinge starting. Illustrations and folding maps throughout.… Read more about this item
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The Crisis of the Naval War  [1st American Edition]

The Crisis of the Naval War [1st American Edition]

by Admiral of the Fleet, Viscount Jellicoe of Scapa

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Used - Good
Edition
First American Edition
Published
1921
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Hardcover
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New York: George H. Doran, 1921 xii, [6], 331pp, [1], in original green cloth binding, with the paper spine label intact, as well as the spare label tipped in inside the back cover. Complete with fifteen illustrations, as called for, as well as the six folding charts in the back pocket. Binding and hinges tight, cover show… Read more about this item
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Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates.  Fiction, Fact & Fancy Concerning the Buccaneers & Marooners of the Spanish Main: From the Writing and Pictures of Howard Pyle
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Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates. Fiction, Fact & Fancy Concerning the Buccaneers & Marooners of the Spanish Main: From the Writing and Pictures of Howard Pyle

by Pyle, Howard / Johnson, Merle [compiled by]

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Used - Very Good
Published
1930
Binding
Hardcover
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New York & London: Harper & Brothers, 1930 xviii, 247pp, bound in half cloth and paper, with a mounted illustration of a Pirate on the front cover [no chips], binding and hinges tight. NO LABELS, INSCRIPTIONS, NOR MARKINGS. Complete with all 36 plates, as called for [color and b/w], with some tipped-in and mounted text illustrations as… Read more about this item
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Treasure of the Atocha: A Four Hundred Million Dollar Archaeological Adventure  [1st Edition]

Treasure of the Atocha: A Four Hundred Million Dollar Archaeological Adventure [1st Edition]

by R. Duncan Mathewson III

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Used - Very Good
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Very Good +
Edition
1st Edition
Published
1986
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780525244974
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NY: Pisces Books, E.P. Dutton, 1986 160pp, bound in paper over boards, gilt still bright, binding and hinges tight, illustrated throughout. NO LABELS, INSCRIPTIONS, NOR MARKINGS. The dust jacket is NOT price-clipped. Book shows light edge wear, foxing to top of outer page edges. Hardcover, 1st printing of the 1st edition.
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In the First Watch  [SIGNED, 1st American Edition]

In the First Watch [SIGNED, 1st American Edition]

by McFee, William

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Used - Very Good
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Fair
Edition
First American Edition
Published
1946
Binding
Hardcover
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NY: Random House, 1946 xii, 334pp, bound in blue cloth, gilt still bright, blue top edges, binding and hinges tight. NO LABELS, INSCRIPTIONS, NOR MARKINGS other than the author's penned signature on the front free endpaper. The dust jacket is price clipped, with edge chips, now housed in a protective mylar cover. "Salty reminiscences of the Author's… Read more about this item
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Various Persons Named Kevin O'Brien  [1st Canadian Edition]

Various Persons Named Kevin O'Brien [1st Canadian Edition]

by Nowlan, Alden

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New
Edition
First Canadian Edition
Published
1973
Binding
Soft cover
ISBN
9780772013378
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Toronto, Canada: Clarke, Irwin and Company Limited, 1973 [12], 143pp, bound stiff glossy covers, binding and hinges tight. NO LABELS, INSCRIPTIONS, NOR MARKINGS. A novel based on the Author's Canadian maritime village and his childhood.
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Sea Exploring Manual For Sea Scouts.  Exploring Division - BSA

Sea Exploring Manual For Sea Scouts. Exploring Division - BSA

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Used - Very Good
Published
1966
Binding
Soft cover
ISBN
9780839532293
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North Brunswick, New Jersey: Boy Scouts of America, 1966 Eighth Edition, Fifth Printing. 440pp, [8], bound in stiff paper covers, with the binding and hinges tight. NO LABELS, INSCRIPTIONS, NOR MARKINGS. The first page has a clipped corner, not affecting the text. Illustrated throughout.
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My Secrete Log Boke  [Christopher Columbus]
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My Secrete Log Boke [Christopher Columbus]

by S. A. S. X., My Xpo FERENS

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Used - Fair
Edition
First English Edition
Published
1892
Binding
Hardcover
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Dusseldorf, Germany: Frz. Rangette & Sons, 1892 Circa 1892. "Discovered 400 years after 1492". A lithographically printed log book to imitate distressed parchment. At one time there were seashells attached to the front cover, and there remains the "damp sand marks" on the front cover. All pages are parchment, unpaginated, with 23 printed leaves, illustrated throughout,… Read more about this item
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The Sailing Doctor/Zippered Vinyl Waterproof Case

by Luray, Martin

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Used - VERY GOOD ++
Edition
1st Edition
Published
1992
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780679422914
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NY: Villard Books, 1992 176pp, contained within a zippered waterproof case. NO LABELS, INSCRIPTIONS, NOR MARKINGS. Contents include *Rules & Regulations *Going Afloat *Seamanship *Techniques of Sailing *Emergencies at Sea *Communications On Board *Elements of Navigation *Weather Notes *Maintenance Notes, with an Addenda.
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