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Seashells of the World - A Guide to Better-Known Species

by R. Tucker Abbott

A Golden Nature Guide, 1962

vintage paperback - very good condition considering age - all pages intact - great pictorial resource - no markings

160 pages

our price:   $5.50 plus media mail shipping

Face to Face With Dolphins

by Flip and Linda Nicklin

National Geographic Society, 2007

hardcover, 32 pages

like new condition- dustjacket shows minimal

shelf wear

all pages are crisp, clean, intact

our price:   $6.95 plus media mail shipping

The Wild Gulf Almanac - Educational Resources About Habitats and Ecosystems in the Gulf of Maine Watershed

produced by The Chewonki Foundation, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Gulf of Maine Project, the Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve

written and edited by Sarah S. Bright,

Osprey Press of Chewonki Foundation, 1995

softcover, 176 pages

good condition - no markings or highlighting

front cover has small crease

A Gulf of Maine State of the Environment Fact Sheet is also included with the book.

our price:   $24.95 plus media mail shipping

The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Seashore Creatures

by Norman A. Meinkoth

Alfred A. Knopf, 1981, First Printing

softcover imitation leather -  800 pages

phenomenal color illustrations

very good condition

our price:   $12.95 plus media mail shipping

Common Marsh, Underwater & Floating-Leaved Plants of the United States and Canada

over 750 illustrations

by Neil Hotchkiss

Dover Publications, 1972

vintage softcover -  252 pages

corner of front cover is clipped and cover is

slightly discolored due to age as shown in photo

interior pages are in good condition

pages 69-70 had tear that has been repaired

our price:   $8.95 plus media mail shipping

Bottlenose Dolphins

by Paul Thompson and Ben Wilson

Voyageur Press, 1994

softcover -  72 pages

very good condition - all pages clean, crisp,  and intact

our price:   $3.50 plus media mail shipping

The Lobster Gangs of Maine

by James M. Acheson

University Press of New England, 1988

softcover -  like new condition

181 pages

$12.95 plus media mail shipping

The Simple Guide to Marine Aquariums

by Jeffrey Kurtz

T.F.H. Publications, Inc., 2002

softcover -  good condition

front cover has a crease

239 pages

$3.95 plus media mail shipping

Dolphins and Their Power to Heal

by Amanda Cochrane & Karena Callen

Healing Arts Press, 1992

softcover -  good condition

182 pages

$4.95 plus media mail shipping

What is it? ...at the Beach

by Paul Giambarba

Scrimshaw Press, 1969

vintage softcover, 64 pages

excellent black and white illustrations

good condition -

our price:   $7.95 plus media mail shipping

The Sandy Shore

by John Hay

Chatham Press, 1968

vintage hardcover -  64  pages

excellent resource - beautiful illustrations

good condition

our price:   $7.95 plus media mail shipping

Discover Nature at the Seashore

Things to Know and Things to Do

by Elizabeth P. Lawlor

Stackpole Books, 1992

First Edition stated, 214 pages

softcover, good condition

cover has small crease in bottom corner as shown in photo and corners of book are slightly bumped

our price:   $4.50  plus media mail shipping

The Lobster: Its Life Cycle

Revised Edition by Herb Taylor

Pisces Books, 1984

hardcover, 96 pages

interior pages - very good condition

dustjacket shows some wear

$4.50 plus media mail shipping

The Wild Gulf Almanac

Educational Resources about Habitats and Ecosystems in the Gulf of Maine Watershed

produced by The Chewonki Foundation, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Gulf of Maine Project, the Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve

written and edited by Sarah S. Bright, 1995

softcover - good condition

cover has label over former owner’s name

and small tear

173 pages   

our price:   $14.95 plus media mail shipping

Marine Life of the North Atlantic

Canada to New England

text and photography by Andrew J. Martinez

co-author: Richard A. Harlow

Producer: Norman Katz

First Printing, 1994

wirebound softcover, 273 pages

amazing color photographs

like new condition

our price:  $15.95 plus media mail shipping

A Field Guide to the Shells

by Percy A. Morris - New and Revised Edition

over 400 illustrations, 102 in full color

Houghton Mifflin Company, 1951

seventh printing

antique hardcover, 236 pages

interior pages - very good condition

dustjacket has some wear as shown in photo

our price:   $19.95 plus media mail shipping

The Handbook for Beach Strollers

From Maine to Cape Hatteras

by Donald Zinn - second edition

The Globe Pequot Press, 1985

former library book with usual library markings

excellent resource

softcover, 247 pages

small tears on a few pages have been repaired

our price:   $3.95 plus media mail shipping

Lobster in My Pocket

story by Deirdre Kessler

art by Brenda Jones

Ragweed Press, 1987

softcover,  36 pages

good condition

our price:   $3.95 plus media mail shipping

The Whale Watcher’s Guide

Whale Watching Trips in North America

Updated Edition

by Patricia Corrigan

NorthWord Press, 1999

softcover,  304 pages

very good condition

our price:   $4.95 plus media mail shipping

Coastal Management Techniques

A Handbook for Local Officials

by Maine Department of Economic and

Community Development, Oct.1988

softcover -  66 pages plus additional 54 pages in

the Appendices section

good condition - all pages are clean and intact

cover shows minimal wear - torn area in corner of back cover

our price:   $4.95 plus media mail shipping

Shrimps, Lobsters, and Crabs

by Dorothy E. Bliss

New Century Publishers, 1982

cloth hardcover -  242 pages

good condition - all pages are clean, crisp, and intact

like new condition - no dustjacket

our price:   $9.95 plus media mail shipping

Color Treasury of Sea Shells

How To Identify and Collect Them

with an Introduction by Michael Tweedie

Crescent Books, Orbis Publishing Limited, revised edition, 1973

vintage hardcover, 64 pages

good condition - pages are intact and without markings

beautiful color photos

our price:   $6.95  plus media mail shipping

Basking With Humpbacks - Tracking Threatened Marine Life In New England Waters

by Todd McLeish

University Press of New England, 2009

NEW BOOK!!!!!!!

hardcover - 217 pages

$11.95 plus media mail shipping

North American Lighthouses Coloring Book

by John Batchelor

Dover Publications, 1995

softcover, like new condition,

49 pages

$2.95 plus media mail shipping

The Secret Life of Lobsters - How Fishermen and Scientists Are Unraveling the Mysteries of Our Favorite Crustacean

by Trevor Corson

Harper Collins, 2004

First Edition stated

hardcover, like new condition,

289 pages

$5.95 plus media mail shipping

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The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Fishes, Whales & Dolphins

by Herbert T. Boschung, Jr., James D. Williams, Daniel W. Gotshall, David K. Caldwell, Melba C. Caldwell

Chanticleer Press, Inc.

Alfred A. Knopf, 1983, First Printing

softcover imitation leather -  849 pages

phenomenal color illustrations

very good condition

our price:   $9.95 plus media mail shipping

Seashells of North America -

A Guide to Field Identification

by R. Tucker Abbott

Western Publishing Company, 1968

vintage paperback - very good condition

280 pages

our price:   $7.95 plus media mail shipping

Coastal Ghosts & Lighthouse Lore

by William O. Thomson

Autographed Copy - gift inscription to Donna

ghost stories along the New England coast

published in 2001

softcover - very good condition

100 pages

our price:   $4.95 plus media mail shipping

Lighthouse Legends & Hauntings

by William O. Thomson

Autographed Copy - gift inscription to Donna

published in 1998

softcover - very good condition

100 pages

our price:   $4.95 plus media mail shipping

About Lobsters

by T.M. Prudden

The Bond Wheelwright Company, 1962

vintage hardcover - 158 pages

dustjacket is worn

former library book

our price:   $8.95 plus media mail shipping

The Whale Watchers’s Handbook

A Field Guide to the Whales, Dolphins, and

Porpoises of North America

by David K. Bulloch

Lyons and Burford, 1993

softcover - 114 pages

very good condition

our price:   $7.95 plus media mail shipping

The Seaside Naturalist

A Guide to Study at the Seashore

Written and illustrated by Deborah A. Coulombe

Foreword by Julia Steed Mawson

Fireside Book, 1992

softcover - 246 pages

interior pages - good condition

corners of book are rubbed

our price:   $7.95 plus media mail shipping

Captain Annabel

by Neal Evan Parker

Down East Books, 2004

hardcover - 32 pages

interior pages - good condition

our price:   $5.95 plus media mail shipping

Peterson Field Guides

A Guide to Study at the Seashore

Written and illustrated by Deborah A. Coulombe

Foreword by Julia Steed Mawson

Fireside Book, 1992

softcover - 246 pages

interior pages - good condition

corners of book are rubbed

our price:   $7.95 plus media mail shipping

Peterson Field Guides

Atlantic Seashore

by Kenneth L. Gosner

Houghton Mifflin, 1978

softcover - 336 pages

interior pages - good condition

cover shows light wear

our price:   $7.95 plus media mail shipping

Salted Tories

The Story of the Whaling Fleets of San Francisco

by Lloyd C.M. Hare

The Marine Historical Association, Inc., 1960

Mystic, Connecticut

vintage softcover, 114 pages

very good condition

our price:   $14.95 plus media mail shipping

The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Seashore Creatures

by Norman A. Meinkoth

Alfred A. Knopf, 1988, Third Printing

softcover imitation leather -  813 pages

phenomenal color illustrations

very good condition

our price:   $12.95 plus media mail shipping

The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Fishes, Whales & Dolphins

by Herbert T. Boschung, James D. Williams,

Daniel W. Gotshall, David K. Caldwell,

Melba C. Caldwell

Alfred A. Knopf, First Printing

vintage leather softcover, 850 pages

good condition

our price:   $9.95 plus media mail shipping

Finding New England  Shipwrecks and Treasures

by Robert Ellis Cahill

Chandler-Smith Publishing House presents

Collectible Classics Number 6

softcover, 52 pages

four pages have underlining with highlighter

our price:   $5.95 plus media mail shipping

Echinoderms

by David Nichols

Professor of Zoology in the University of Exeter

Hutchinson University Library, 1969

vintage hardcover, 192 pages

good condition

our price:   $8.95 plus media mail shipping

Field Book of Seashore Life

by Roy Waldo Miner

G.P. Putnam’s Sons, Ninth Impression, 1950

vintage hardcover, 888 pages

interior pages - good condition

small tear on spine has been taped

our price:   $9.95 plus media mail shipping

The Log of the Schooner Bowdoin

by A.R. Horr

introduction and interpolations by

Commander Donald B. Macmillan

The World Publishing Company, 1947

vintage hardcover, 140 pages

16 pages of photos at end of book

interior pages - good condition

no dustjacket

gift inscription on front endpage

our price:   $14.95 plus media mail shipping

The Year of the Whale

by Victor B. Scheffer

Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1969

vintage softcover, 212 pages

interior pages - good condition

front cover is lightly soiled as shown in photo

our price:   $7.95 plus media mail shipping

Pond Lake River Sea

Maryjo Koch

Swans Island Books, 1994

hardcover, 128 pages

very good condition

very beautiful stunning illustrations

our price:   $14.95 plus media mail shipping

Burt Dow  Deep-Water Man

by Robert McCloskey

The Viking Press, 1963

hardcover, 64 pages

very good condition

our price:   $11.95 plus media mail shipping

The Audubon Society Pocket Guides

Familiar Marine Mammals - North America

Alfred A. Knopf,  2001

pocket-size softcover, 192 pages

interior pages - good condition

beautiful color photos

our price:   $5.95 plus media mail shipping

Peterson Field Guides

Atlantic Seashore

by Kenneth L. Gosner

Houghton Mifflin, 1978

softcover - 336 pages

interior pages - good condition

our price:   $8.95 plus media mail shipping

Folklore & The Sea

A superb account of the traditions and legends

of the people who live by the sea; their beliefs

and superstitions about boatbuilding, the weather, creatures real and legendary, the ghosts and saints and demons which surround

and influence their lives

by Horace Beck

published for the Marine Historical Association

Mystic Seaport - Wesleyan University Press,

First Paperback Edition, 1977

465 pages

very  good condition

our price:   $12.95 plus media mail shipping

The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Fishes, Whales & Dolphins

by Herbert T. Boschung, Jr., James D. Williams, Daniel W. Gotshall, David K. Caldwell, Melba C. Caldwell

Chanticleer Press, Inc.

Alfred A. Knopf, 1988, Fifth Printing

softcover imitation leather -  849 pages

phenomenal color illustrations

good condition

our price:   $9.95 plus media mail shipping

Aquaculture Management

by James W. Meade

published by Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1989

vintage hardcover - 175 pages

interior pages - good condition

our price:   $21.95 plus media mail shipping

A Hand Book for Beach Strollers

by Donald J. Zinn

Sea Grant - University of Rhode Island

Marine Bulletin Number 12, 1973

vintage softcover - 116 pages

interior pages - good condition

our price:   $6.95 plus media mail shipping

The Secret Life of Lobsters - How Fishermen and Scientists Are Unraveling the Mysteries of Our Favorite Crustacean

by Trevor Corson

Harper Perennial, 2005

softcover, good condition

289 pages plus 16 pages reading guide

$4.95 plus media mail shipping

Catching Lobsters for Fun, Food, or Profit

by Captain P.M. Pekar

Rockcom Enterprises Publications, 1985

vintage softcover, good condition

40 pages

from library vertical file collection

$8.95 plus media mail shipping

The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Seashore Creatures

by Norman A. Meinkoth

Alfred A. Knopf, 1981, First Printing

softcover imitation leather -  800 pages

phenomenal color illustrations

good condition

our price:   $9.95 plus media mail shipping

The Secret Life of Lobsters - How Fishermen and Scientists Are Unraveling the Mysteries of Our Favorite Crustacean

by Trevor Corson

Harper Perennial, 2005

softcover, good condition,

289 pages plus 16 pages reading guide

$5.95 plus media mail shipping

Seashores

475 Marine Subjects in Full Color

A Guide to Shells, Sea Plants, Shore Birds, and Other Natural Features of American Coasts

A Golden Nature Guide

by Herbert S. Zim and Lester Ingle

Simon & Schuster, 1955

vintage softcover, 158 pages

cover shows wear due to age of book

$6.95 plus media mail shipping

Secrets of a Salt Marsh

by John O. Snow

Guy Gannett Publishing Company, 1980

vintage softcover, good condition,

80 pages

$7.95 plus media mail shipping

Through The Looking Glass Teachers’ Guide

A marine awareness program for elementary and high school students at the Nature Center, Odiorne Point State Park - Rye, N.H.

Revised Spring - 1984

funded by N.H. Division of Parks and Recreation

Audubon Society of New Hampshire, the UNH Marine and Sea Grant Programs, and gifts of the Friends of Odiorne Point

plastic comb softcover, 59 pages

vintage softcover, good condition,

$12.95 plus media mail shipping

How to Know the American Marine Shells

Revised Edition

by R. Tucker Abbott

New American Library, 1970

vintage softcover, good condition,

cover shows wear, 222 pages

pages are toned due to age of book

$4.50 plus media mail shipping

Secluded Islands of the Atlantic Coast

written and illustrated by David Yeadon

Crown Publishers, 1984

vintage softcover, good condition,

212 pages

$8.95 plus media mail shipping