Biscoe, Mark Wyman. "No Pluckier Set of Men Anywhere" The Story of Ships and Men in Damariscotta and Newcastle, Maine. Newcastle, Maine: Lincoln County Publishing, 1994. First Edition. 8 1/2" x 11", 148 pp. Softcover. Minor wear & light creasing to covers; closed tear to spine. This copy has been INSCRIBED on first leaf by the author: "For B____ B____ / Very best wishes / Mark Biscoe / November 1994" Account of shipbuilding in Damariscotta and Newcastle, Maine, from Colonial times on. Well illustrated in black & white. An uncommon title. $35.00
Hume, David D. Blueberry: A Boat of the Connecticut Shoreline. Exeter, NH: J. N. Townsend Publishing, 1995 (1994). Second Edition. 109 pp. Hardcover in dustjacket. Few signs of handling; about fine condition. Engaging account of the author's experiences in designing and building his boat (in collaboration with a naval architect), and the pleasures of sailing along the Connecticut shoreline. Illustrated with pen & ink drawings by the author. Includes glossary. $27.50
Kemble, John Haskell. The Panama Route, 1848 - 1869. Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina, 1990 (1943). Reprint Edition. x + 316 pp. Hardcover in dustjacket. Minimal shelfwear; tiny tear to bottom edge of back cover. Few creases to dustjacket flaps. Firmly bound, clean & attractive copy. A reprint of this classic work as originally published by the University of California in 1943. An account of "the travel on the coastal steams across the Isthmus, the various steamship lines that engaged in the trade and their frequent bitter competition, the ships themselves, and life aboard them." A volume in the "Classics in Maritime History" series. $25.00
O'Connor, Fitzgerald. Mungo Starke. NY: W. W. Norton & Company, (1955). First US Edition. 118 pp. Hardcover in dustjacket. Minimal shelfwear to edges of cover. Jacket shows a little general wear / rubbing, with small chips & some creasing at head and tail of spine; corners of front flap clipped. Firmly bound; solid copy. Very good condition overall. Nautical fiction set in the Hebrides - a sea story of individual crew members and how they face "the furious action of the raging storm that catches the 'Poosie Nancy,' a little seiner, with her propeller fouled . . ." $12.00