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Mason City, IA: Savas Pub Co. VG lg sz PB. (1999). 2nd ptg. Who was the first to see the iceberg, why were ice warnings unheeded, how were the bodies of the dead collected, where were . they buried, etc.? .

np: Maine Island Trail Assn. VG PB. (2003). 16th ed. 12 new island and mainland sites, updated resource listings for small boaters, new articles on natural history. .

np: Maine Island Trail Assn. VG PB. (2004). 17th ed. New island and mainland sites, updated resource listings for small boaters, 5 new articles on natural history. .

np: Maine Island Trail Assn. VG PB. (2005). 18th ed. New island and mainland sites, updated resource listings for small boaters, new articles on natural history. .

np: Maine Island Trail Assn. VG PB. (2006). 17th ed. New island and mainland sites, updated resource listings for small boaters, articles on natural history. .

London: Edward Arnold. VG in VG DJ. (1949). 2nd ed. From general hints on tuning up to detailed commentary on vital racing rules, plus detailed survey of tactics during a race. . DJ chipped, owner bookplate and name ft endpaper. .

NY: HarperCollins. VG in VG DJ. (2000). 1st ed 1st ptg. Sailing across the Pacific, the battle-scarred heavy cruiser U.S.S. Indianapolis had just delivered a secret cargo that . would trigger the end of WWII. As she continued westward, her captain asked for a destroyer escort but was told it wasn't necessary. She was torpedoed & sunk by a Japanese submarine & in 12 minutes some 300 men went down with her. More than 900 others spent 4 days in the ocean with no water to drink, savaged by the sun & swarms of sharks and no one knew they were the until a Navy patrol plane accidentally discovered them. 316 crewmen survived. Originally published in 1958 now with new introduction & afterword supplies the answer as to why. .

Dayton, OH: Frigidaire Sales Corp.. Fair. (1934). Spine seam splitting, some soil on cvr. Seth Parker sails with frigidaires on board & Frigidaire sponsors wkly ship broadcasts. .

NY: John Day. VG in VG DJ. (1970). The Dimonds traveled from Juneau, Alaska to Key West, Florida, 8,500 miles mostly by waterways across continental U.S. This . is the lively journal of their 3-month trip which began on June 10, 1968, with a send-off by Alaska's governor and escorted by killer whales. DJ price clipped. .

NY: Harper. VG in VG DJ. (1994). 1st ed. "I like the idea that a few harried working people will pick up this book, obtain the notion that one can simply take off on a . wacky canoe trip in imitation of an obscure writer/camper extraordinaire from the late 1800s, take the four weeks of vacation due and skip town." Los Angeles Times "I have never read any other writing that conveys the sensations of the paddler so vividly." Paul Jamieson, editor of The Adirondack Reader, author of Adirondack Pilgrimage .

NY: Harper. VG PB. (1995). "I like the idea that a few harried working people will pick up this book, obtain the notion that one can simply take off on a . wacky canoe trip in imitation of an obscure writer/camper extraordinaire from the late 1800s, take the four weeks of vacation due and skip town." Los Angeles Times "I have never read any other writing that conveys the sensations of the paddler so vividly." Paul Jamieson, editor of The Adirondack Reader, author of Adirondack Pilgrimage .

Camden, ME: International Marine Pub Co. VG in VG DJ. (1986). 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. .

Camden, ME: Intl Marine Pub Co. VG in VG DJ. (1986). 1st ed. 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. .

Cambridge: Cornell Maritime Press Inc.. Fair. 1964. 5th ed. Laid in sheet of drawings of representative ship types of the American Merchant Marine. Edge wear, tear on back endpaper . (repaired). .

Washington, D.C.: US Govt Printing Office. VG Hardback. 1939. Texts and indices, navigation definitions, ocean waves, ocean contents, etc. Owner's name fep. .

Washington: Govt Ptg Office. VG. 1918. Blue binding, gilt lettering on spine. Binding rubbed, wear on spine edges, owner name. .

Washington, D.C.: Naval Hist Div Navy Dept. G PB. 1969. Front cover has spots on edges, shows wear. Interior very good. .

Washington, D.C.: U.S. Navy Hydrographic. VG. 1939. Revised. Corners bumped. .

Washington, D.C.: Defense Mapping Agency. VG. (1984). In seafaring town of Salem, Bowditch was drawn to navigation early, learning the subject at 13 from an old British sailor. .

NY: Dover. G PB. (1986). 1st PB ed. Swift, handsome vessels of uniquely American design, they completely dominated the open seas in the mid-19th century. . Edge wear. .