Old &Rare Maritime Books Bought and Sold
• Expl oration and voyages by sea • Shipbui ldin g, seamanship and navigation • Naval history • W hali ng • Yachting and C ruising • Co mm ercial fish eries • Li ghthouses, pirates and shipw recks •Logboo ks, documents and manuscripts • Sea charts • Books rel atin g to marine art, antiques and ship models
We are eager to purchase single volumes or entire collections in these subject areas. Ten Pound Island Book Co. 76 Langsford Street, Gloucester, MA 01930 (978) 283-5299 e-mail: tenpound@shore.net web: www.tenpound.com Catalog available on request.
SINCE 1976
National Maritime's Selection of"Great Reads" -.----. A MO ST FORTUNATE SHIP A NARRATIVE OF OLD IRONSIDES by Tyrone G. Martin
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A fasc inating book that gives shape to the men who sailed this famous ship. "This m arvelous book is a must for n aval history buffs, for readl----~- ers w ho love the era of iron men and wooden ships, and for an yone interested in the p eriod of history when American courage and ingenuity seemed to su cceed in almost every endeavor the country attemp ted ." Book-of-the-Month Club HC: $40.00 ~
THE 1812 TRILO GY by William H. White An exciting new series of the much forgotten War of 1812. Bill White introduces a n ew character in American sea fiction: Isaac Biggs of Marblehead, MA. Follow Isaac from his departure from Boston aboard the bark Anne in 1810 to the drama, panic and confusion that gripped Washington, DC, Baltimore and the Chesapeake region in 1814. Vol. I, A Press of Canvas, Vol.II, A Fine Tops' I Breeze and Vol.III., The Evening Gun. SC: $14.95 each
SEA HISTORY 108, AUTUMN 2004
THE GREATER THE HON OR by William H. White A rollicking seastory of the American nava l officers wh o called them selves "Preble's Boys." Taking their ships to a distant station to defend the new Republic, they cowed the Tripolitans and impressed the British. Finally, Stephen Deca tu r an d the rest of Prebl e's boys get their due. Their ad ventures and co uragou s acts challenge Jack Aubrey and Hora tio Hornblower and are more impressive becau se they are true! HC: $24.95
THE S CHOONER PILGRIM ' S PROGR ESS A VOYAGE AROUND THE WORLD
1932-1934 by Donald C. Starr This book is more than just a seafaring adventure. It is one sailor's reminiscences of an era gone by, never to be recovered, as viewed through the eyes of an optimistic young man with the entire ocean to explore and all the time in the world in which to do it. HC: $16.00
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