Tredree, H. L.,

The Strange Ordeal of the Normandier.

Boston, Little Brown, (1958). 1st Amer ed ss. VG. Spine sunned. Owner's name ft ep. True story by survivor (wireless operator) of a disaster at sea of an old tramp ship.

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Book number: BOOKS003609I

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State Street Trust,

Some Ships of the Clipper Ship Era.

Boston, MA, State Street Trust, (1913). Fair ex-libary. Glance at an interesting phase of the American Merchant Marine. Damp stain covers, stamp on title page, library markings.

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Book number: BOOKS055581I

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Turner, Ted and Gary Jobson,

The Racing Edge: sailing strategies & tactics.

NY, Rutledge/Simon & Schuster, (1979). 1st ed ss. VG in VG DJ. Partially removed label over price ft DJ flp. Turner, winner of America's Cup, & Jobson, head sailing coach Naval Academy.

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Book number: BOOKS005403I

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Upton, Joe,

Amaretto.

Camden, ME, International Marine Pub Co, (1986). VG in VG DJ. Upton bought and rebuilt the sardine carrier Amaretto in hopes of finding a livelihood. He found a fishery and a way of life. harsh and cutthroat but also imbued with a sense of tradition, continuity and grace.

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Book number: BOOKS039897I

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Upton, Joe,

Amaretto.

Camden, ME, Intl Marine Pub Co, (1986). 1st ed. VG in VG DJ. In summer and in autumn, in the black of night, great schools of herring sometimes move into remote coves along the Maine. coast, and if conditions are right a few men can control such a school with a doryload of net. It could mean the difference between barely getting by and modest wintertime prosperity for an island community.

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Book number: BOOKS048687I

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Villiers, A. J.,

By Way of Cape Horn.

NY, Holt, (1930). 1st ptg. G ex-library. Account of last tall ship 138-day voyage from Australia to England in 1939 Grain Race. Edge wear, library markings.

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Book number: BOOKS034967I

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Villiers, Alan,

Posted Missing: the story of ships lost without trace in recent years.

NY, Scribner, (1956). G ex-library. Withdrawn stamp on bottom fore-edge, back endpaper missing.

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Book number: BOOKS024236I

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Wagner, Susan Foote,

The Sailing Adventures of La Boataique from Lake Erie to New Zealand.

Vermilion, OH, La Boatique Press, (2002). VG lg sz PB. Inscribed by author.

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Book number: BOOKS046544I

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Wainer, Nora Roberts,

Waterway Journey: the voyage of Nora's Ark.

NY, Funk & Wagnalls, (1968). VG in VG DJ. Nora and her husband build a trimaran, learned to sail it and traveled from Connecticut to Florida along the Inland Waterway. DJ price clipped & edge wear.

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Book number: BOOKS042339I

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Walsh, Jill Paton,

Grace.

NY, Farrar Straus Giroux, (1991). 3rd ptg. G in G DJ ex-library. In 1838 a storm blows a wreck along the Northumbrian coast. Grace & her father brave the frenzied waters & rescue the. passengers clinging to the rocks. As word of her bravery spreads, some call her a hero and others say she did it for the reward. Library markings.

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Book number: BOOKS037979I

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Weightman, Gavin,

The Frozen-Water Trade: a true story.

NY, Hyperion, (2003). 1st ed 1st pt. VG in VG DJ. In 1806 the brig Favorite left Boston harbor bound for the Caribbean island of martinique with a cargo few imagined would. survive the month-long voyage. Packed in hay in the hold were large chunks of ice cut from a frozen Massachusetts lake. The first venture of a young Boston entrepreneur Frederic Tudor who believed he could make a fortune selling ice to people in the tropics.

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Book number: BOOKS037456I

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Westcott, Allen, USNA (retired), Senior Professor, US Naval Academy,

American Sea Power since 1775.

Chicago, Lippincott, (1952). Revised. VG. Operational history of the Navy, covering its work in peace & war, from beginnings to present, in protection & promotion of. our national interest. Blue binding, white & black lettering & decoration. Owner name ft endpaper, edge wear.

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Book number: BOOKS037443I

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Wharton, Donald P., edited by,

In the Trough of the Sea: selected American sea-deliverance narratives, 1610-1766.

Westport, CT, Greenwood Press, (1979). 1st ptg. VG. Makes available for first time a selection of sea-deliverance narratives drawn entirely from U. S. colonial period.

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Book number: BOOKS035816I

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Wharton, Donald P., edited by,

In the Trough of the Sea: selected American sea-deliverance narratives, 1610-1766.

Westport, CT, Greenwood Press, (1979). 1st ptg. VG. Makes available for first time a selection of sea-deliverance narratives drawn entirely from U. S. colonial period.

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Book number: BOOKS035848I

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Whitfield, Peter,

The Charting of the Oceans: ten centuries of maritime maps.

Rohnert Park, CA, Pomegranate Artbooks, (1996). VG in VG DJ. Solving the problem of ocean navigation was an essential prelude to achieving international power. Owner blind stamp.

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Book number: BOOKS031178I

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