Boston and Toronto: Little, Brown & Co., 1979 Book. Very Good +. Hardcover. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. First American Edition. SIGNED by the AUTHOR on the title page and SIGNED and INSCRIBED by the AUTHOR on the free endpaper. "A detailed documentary, a hauntingly lyrical narrative, and an ageless tale of fishermen and their people that might have been told of any port in the Western world", with the author having been "a deep-sea fisherman, sailing out of a New England port to harvest the rich bounty of Georges Bank". End papers maps. Dust jacket's spine strip is sunned, name stamp on flyleaf..

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Bookseller: UHR Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 093349
Title: The Boat and the Town - SIGNED
Author: Moorhouse, Geoffrey
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good +
Jacket Condition: Very Good +
Edition: First American Edition
ISBN 10: 0316580600
ISBN 13: 9780316580601
Publisher: Little, Brown & Co.
Place of Publication: Boston and Toronto
Date Published: 1979
Keywords: biography, autobiography, new england fishing industry, new england fisherman, nautical stories, sea adventures, fishermen tales, deep sea fishing boat, new england fishing ports, georges bank fishing fish, oceanography, seafarers, fishing boats vessels
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