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Lighthouses of Maine and New Hampshire

A Pictorial Tour of the Lighhouses of Maine and New Hampshire

by Kathleen E. Finnegan and Timothy E. Harrison

Quantum Printing, 1991

softcover,  94 pages

good condition

our price:   $5.95 plus media mail shipping

Portraits of America - The Maine Coast

by George Putz

Chartwell Books, 1985

hardcover,  175 pages

no dust jacket

beautiful photos

very good condition

our price:   $5.95 plus media mail shipping

The Lobster Chronicles - Life on a

Very Small Island

by Linda Greenlaw

Hyperion, 2002

softcover,  239 pages

excellent condition

our price:   $3.95 plus media mail shipping

Kayaking the Maine Coast

A Paddler’s Guide to Day Trips from Kittery to Cobscook

by Dorcas S. Miller

Backcountry Guide, First Edition, 2000

softcover, 335 pages

like new condition (gift inscription on first page)

our price:   $7.50 plus media mail shipping

Between the Tides - Five Short Films About MidCoast Maine -    DVD

presented by the Strand Theatre and Otter Island Films, 2008

Directed by D’Arcy Marsh

45 minutes, color

our price:  $18.95 plus media mail shipping

From Cape Cod to the Bay of Fundy - An Environmental Atlas of the Gulf of Maine

edited by Philip W. Conkling

MIT Press, 1995

softcover -  258 pages

good condition - all pages are clean and intact

no markings or highlighting

our price:   $14.95 plus media mail shipping

An Answer in the Tide

by Elizabeth Ogilvie

Down East Books, 1991

softcover- NEW BOOK

278 pages

our price:  $12.95 plus media mail shipping

Maine Island Trail Association - 2003 Stewardship Handbook & Guidebook - 16th edition

Twelve New Islands and Mainland Sites, Updated Resource Listings for Small Boaters, New Articles on Natural History

Maine Island Trail Association, 2003

softcover, 400 pages, good condition, no marks or highlighting

corner of cover is slightly bumped

our price:  $15.95 plus media mail shipping

The Hungry Ocean - A Swordboat Captain’s Journey

by Linda Greenlaw

Hyperion, 1999

softcover,  265 pages

excellent condition

our price:   $3.95 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

Guide to Sea Kayaking in Maine - The Best Day Trips and Tours From Casco Bay to Machias

by Shelley Johnson & Vaughan Smith

Globe Pequot, 2001

softcover, 227 pages

excellent condition - pages are clean and intact

like new condition

our price:   $8.95 plus media mail shipping

A Birder’s Guide to the Coast of Maine

by Elizabeth Cary Pierson and Jan Erik Pierson

Down East Books, 1981

softcover - good condition

cover has stain from a coffee cup

224 pages   

our price: $5.95  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

Geological and Botanical Features of Sand Systems in Maine

by Bruce W. Nelson and L. Kenneth Fink

Maine Sea Grant Publications, Bulletin 14

softcover, 1980,

good condition - 163 pages

our price:  $24.00 plus media mail shipping

Maine Geographic - Tidal Zones

A Guide to Plants and Animals Where The Sea Meets the Shore

DeLorme Publishing Company, 1983

vintage softcover -  48 pages

cover shows slight wear

excellent color photos

good condition

our price:   $7.95 plus media mail shipping

The Hungry Ocean - A Swordboat Captain’s Journey

by Linda Greenlaw

Hyperion, 1999, First Edition stated

hardcover,  265 pages

excellent condition

our price:   $4.95 plus media mail shipping

All Fishermen Are Liars - True Tales From the Dry Dock Bar

by Linda Greenlaw

Hyperion, 2004

228 pages

hardcover, very good  condition

pages are crisp and clean

our price:   $6.95 plus media mail shipping

Nubble Light - Inside and Out All Seasons-

NEW VHS TAPE

Narrated by Rolland Smith, Music Score by Tim Janis, Written & Produced by Bill Thomson

running time: 27 minutes

our price:   $6.95 plus media mail shipping

Walking the Maine Coast - 32 Walking Tours from Kittery to the Canadian Border

by John Gibson

2nd Edition, Revised and Expanded

Down East Books, 1991

softcover, 132 pages

very good like new condition

our price:   $9.95 plus media mail shipping

Maine Lighthouses - The Last Watch -

USED VHS TAPE

Produced by Video Services Unlimited, 1991

30-Minute Documentary Video in Color

our price:   $3.50 plus media mail shipping

My World is an Island

by Elisabeth Ogilvie

Down East Books, 1990, Second Edition

updated by the author with new photographs

excellent condition

gift inscription on title page

278 pages

our price:   $8.95 plus media mail shipping

High Tide at Noon - Tide Trilogy I

by Elisabeth Ogilvie

Down East Books, 1971

softcover - 391 pages

very good condition

our price:   $6.50 plus media mail shipping

Storm Tide - Tide Trilogy II

by Elisabeth Ogilvie

Down East Books, 1972

softcover - 360 pages

very good condition

our price:   $6.50 plus media mail shipping

The Ebbing Tide- Tide Trilogy III

by Elisabeth Ogilvie

Down East Books, 1974

softcover - 272 pages

very good condition

our price:   $6.50 plus media mail shipping

One Man’s Island - Reflections on Maine life - from Slightly offshore

by Caskie Stinnett

Down East Books, 1984

hardcover- very good condition

former library book with a library marking on the title page that has been covered with a blank white sticker

187 pages - pages are clean and crisp

our price:   $16.95 plus media mail shipping

Islands in Time - A Natural and Human History of the Islands of Maine

by Philip W. Conkling

Down East Books, 1981

vintage softcover - 223 pages

very good condition

our price:   $14.95  plus media mail shipping

Storm Tide - Tide Trilogy II

by Elisabeth Ogilvie

Down East Books, 1972

softcover - 360 pages

good condition

corners of book are slightly bumped

our price:   $6.50 plus media mail shipping

Maine Island Trail Association

2002 Stewardship Handbook & Guidebook -

15th Edition

Maine Island Trail Association, 2002

376 pages

softcover, like new condition

our price:   $5.95 plus media mail shipping

Maine Coastal Cemeteries - A Historic Tour

by Karen Wentworth Batignani

gift inscription by author

Down East Books, 2003

215 pages

softcover, like new condition

our price:   $8.95 plus media mail shipping

Maine - A Guide Downeast

edited by Doris A. Isaacson

Courier-Gazette, Inc., 1970

First Edition

vintage hardcover,

510  pages   

our price:   $18.95 plus media mail shipping

Islands of Maine - Where America Really Began

by Bill Caldwell

Guy Gannett Publishing Co.

First Edition, 1981

gift inscription on title page signed by author

vintage hardcover

252 pages

our price:   $14.95 plus media mail shipping

The Secret Life of Lobsters

by Trevor Corson

First Harper Perennial Edition, 2005

softcover, 306 pages, good condition

our price:   $4.95 plus media mail shipping

Watching a River Freeze - Selections From Coastal Maine

by Elizabeth Elder

Puddingstone Publishing, 2000

First Edition stated

softcover, 176 pages, very good condition

former library book

our price:   $9.95 plus media mail shipping

Slipknot

by Linda Greenlaw

Hyperion, 2007

First Edition stated

hardcover, 480 pages, like new  condition

beautiful color photos

our price:   $7.95 plus media mail shipping

Winter: Photograohs from mid coast Maine

by Robert Mitchell

Pen-Mor Printers, 1984

softcover, 38 black and white prints

good condition - intact and unmarked

our price:   $9.95 plus media mail shipping

Downeast - The Magazine of Maine

September 2014

magazine - fairly good  condition

our price:   $1.95 plus media mail shipping

My World is an Island

by Elisabeth Ogilvie

Down East Books, 1990, Second Edition

updated by the author with new photographs

good condition - shows slight wear

278 pages

our price:   $6.95 plus media mail shipping

Insiders’ Guide Maine Coast

by Andrew Vietze

Globe Pequot Press, 2007, Second Edition

NEW BOOK!

softcover, 387  pages   

our price:   $17.95 plus media mail shipping

Hot Showers! - Maine Coast Lodgings for Kayakers and Sailors - 2nd Edition

by Lee Bumsted

Audenreed Press, 2000

softcover, 240 pages

good condition - pages are unmarked and intact

$9.50 plus media mail shipping

The Romance of Casco Bay

by Edward Rowe Snow

Dodd, Mead & Company, 1975

gift inscription on dedication page

vintage hardcover, 278 pages

good condition - pages are unmarked and intact

$12.95 plus media mail shipping

Island Hopping in New England

A Yankee Magazine Guidebook

by Mary Maynard

Yankee Publishing, Inc., 1986, First Edition

vintage softcover -

interior pages are unmarked and intact

our price:   $8.95 plus media mail shipping

A Teacher’s Guide to the Whales of the Gulf of Maine

The Natural History Museum - College of the Atlantic with the Maine/New Hampshire Sea Grant College Program

by Catherine Kiorpes Elk

Produced by the Communications Office at the Sea Grant Marine Advisory Program at the University

of Maine at Orono, 1984

softcover, 66 pages

interior pages are unmarked and intact

our price:   $14.95 plus media mail shipping

Rivers of Fortune - Where Maine Tides and Money Flowed

(the cultural history of the Penobscot, Kennebec, Saco, and Damariscotta Rivers)

by Bill Caldwell

Down East Books, 2002

softcover, 256 pages

like new condition

interior pages are unmarked and intact

our price:   $12.95 plus media mail shipping

Coast-Links - A Resource Guide to Maine’s Coastal Organizations

compiled and produced by Lorraine Lessard

Maine Coastal Program, Sea Grant Marine Advisory Program, 1990

softcover, 74 pages

excellent condition

tiny crease in upper right of cover as shown

in photo

interior pages are unmarked and intact

our price:   $8.95 plus media mail shipping

Harvesters of the Sea - The Story of Maine’s Commercial Fisheries

published by Maine Department of Marine Resources , circa 1970’s

vintage softcover booklet, 44 pages -

very good condition

interior pages are unmarked and intact

our price:   $9.95 plus media mail shipping

Walking the Maine Coast - 25 Walking Tours from Kittery to Mount Desert Island

by John Gibson

Down East Books, 1977

softcover, 109 pages

cover is creased and worn as shown in photo

book shows wear but still provides acceptable

reading copy

our price:   $2.95 plus media mail shipping

Longstreet Highroad Guide to the Maine Coast

by Elizabeth Edwardsen

Longstreet Highroad Coastal Guides

Longstreet, First Printing, 1999

softcover, 132 pages

very good like new condition

beautiful resource

our price:   $9.95 plus media mail shipping

Whalemen and Whaleships of Maine

by Kenneth R. Martin

A Publication of the Marine Research Society of Bath, Maine

Harpswell Press, 1975

softcover, 71 pages

FIRST EDITION STATED

very good condition

our price:   $10.95 plus media mail shipping

Seacoast Maine - People and Places

by Martin Dibner

Photographs by George A. Tice

Doubleday & Company, First Edition Stated, 1973

former library book with usual library markings

vintage hardcover, 208 pages

pages are intact and without writing or notes

dustjacket shows slight wear and two small areas are taped - great black and white photos

our price:   $9.95 plus media mail shipping

Lobsters Inside-Out - A Guide to the Maine Lobster

by Robert and Juanita Bayer

Illustrations by Marcia Spencer and MaJo Keleshian

Maine/New Hampshire Sea Grant College Program, 1987

softcover, 27 pages

very good  condition

our price:   $4.50 plus media mail shipping

The Red Dory

by Hazel Wilson

drawings by Forrest Orr

Little, Brown, & Company, 1959,

“New Edition” stated

vintage hardcover, 239 pages

former library book with usual library markings

no dustjacket

good condition considering age of book

our price:   $15.95 plus media mail shipping

A Seal Called Andre - The Two Worlds of a Maine Harbor Seal

by Harry Goodridge and Lew Dietz

Down East Books, 1975

softcover -  like new condition

181 pages   

our price:   $9.95  plus media mail shipping

Under the Grey Gull’s Wing

by Alta Ashley

Grey Gull Publications, 1983

Monhegan, Maine

vintage softcover - fairly good condition

SIGNED BY AUTHOR!

135 pages   

our price:   $9.95  plus media mail shipping

Time Before the Boat - A Collection  of Letters About Island Life

by Alta Ashley

Grey Gull Publications, 1985

1st Printing, 2000 copies

Monhegan, Maine

vintage softcover -good condition

309 pages   

our price:   $13.95  plus media mail shipping

Days in the Lives of A Fisherman’s Wife

by Rusty Warren (Ruth Star Gibson Warren)

Vinalhaven Island, Maine, 2000

softcover, 95 pages

good condition - pages are clean and crisp

front cover has crease in bottom right corner

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 Seasons Hereafter

by Elisabeth Ogilvie

Down East Books, 1999,

excellent like new condition

258 pages

our price:   $9.95 plus media mail shipping

The Dawning of the Day

by Elisabeth Ogilvie

Down East Books, 1999,

excellent like new condition

309 pages

our price:   $9.95 plus media mail shipping

Maine Island Trail - 2009 Guide

Maine Island Trail Association, 2009

plastic comb spiralbound softcover, 242 pages,

good condition, no marks or highlighting

our price:  $9.95 plus media mail shipping

Maine Island Trail - 2015 Guide

Maine Island Trail Association, 2015

plastic comb spiralbound softcover, 275 pages,

good condition, no marks or highlighting

our price:  $12.95 plus media mail shipping

Maine Island Trail - 2014 Guide

Maine Island Trail Association, 2014

plastic comb spiralbound softcover, 275 pages,

good condition, no marks or highlighting

our price:  $11.95 plus media mail shipping

Maine Island Trail - 2013 Guide

Maine Island Trail Association, 2013

plastic comb spiralbound softcover, 262 pages,

good condition, no marks or highlighting

our price:  $10.95 plus media mail shipping

Portland Head Light & Fort Williams

An illustrated history with a walking guide map

by Kenneth E. Thompson, Jr.

The Thompson Group, 1998

includes separate map of Fort Williams

SIGNED BY AUTHOR!!!!

softcover, 104 pages,

like new condition

our price:  $10.95 plus media mail shipping

Nubble Light - Inside and Out All Seasons-

already viewed VHS Tape

Narrated by Rolland Smith, Music Score by Tim Janis, Written & Produced by Bill Thomson

running time: 27 minutes

our price:   $3.95 plus media mail shipping

The Original Biography of Abbie Burgess

Lighthouse Heroine

by Ruth Sexton Sargent and Dorothy Holder Jones

softcover, 190 pages

pages are crisp and clean

Lighthouse Digest, 1996

our price:   $10.95 plus media mail shipping

Islands Down East - A Visitor’s Guide

by Charlotte Fardelmann,

softcover, 135 pages

pages are crisp and clean

A Peter Randal Book/Down East Books, 1984

our price:   $9.95 plus media mail shipping

Rim of the Gulf - Restoring Estuaries in the Gulf of Maine

Island Institute, Conservation Law Foundation. Conservation Council of New Brunswick, 1998

edited by David D. Platt

softcover, 145 pages

pages are crisp and clean

our price:   $12.95 plus media mail shipping

Summer Island Penobscot Country

by Eliot Porter

edited by David Bower

Sierra Club, 1966

vintage oversized hardcover, 200 pages

former library book with usual library markings

no dustjacket

small wrinkled area in corner pages towards end of book

many stunning full-page photos

last page is wrinkled and has had library sticker

removal

book shows some wear but still good reading copy

our price:   $12.95 plus media mail shipping

Lighthouses of Casco Bay

by Peter Dow Bachelder

The Breakwater Press, 1975

vintage softcover, 88 pages

good condition

our price:   $9.95 plus media mail shipping

The Good News From North Haven

A Year in the Life of a Small Town

by Michael L. Lindvall

Doubleday, 1991

First Edition stated

hardcover, 177 pages

new book

our price:   $14.95 plus media mail shipping

Rivers of Fortune - Where Maine Tides and Money Flowed

(the cultural history of the Penobscot, Kennebec, Saco, and Damariscotta Rivers)

by Bill Caldwell

Down East Books, 2002

softcover, 256 pages

very good condition

interior pages are unmarked and intact

our price:   $12.95 plus media mail shipping

Islanders - Real Life on the Maine Islands

by Virginia L. Thorndike

Down East Books, 2005

softcover -  336 pages

excellent condition

our price:   $9.95 plus media mail shipping

Coastal Maine - A Maritime History

by Roger F. Duncan

The Countryman Press, 1992

softcover, 573 pages

very good like new condition

our price:   $13.95 plus media mail shipping

Islands Down East - A Visitor’s Guide

by Charlotte Fardelmann,

softcover, 135 pages

pages are crisp and clean

A Peter Randal Book/Down East Books, 1984

our price:   $9.95 plus media mail shipping

Ghosts on the Coast of Maine

by Carol Olivieri Schulte

Down East Books, 1989

softcover - very good condition

160 pages

our price:   $7.95 plus media mail shipping

Guide to Sea Kayaking in Maine - The Best Day Trips and Tours From Casco Bay to Machias

by Shelley Johnson & Vaughan Smith

Globe Pequot, 2001

softcover, 227 pages

excellent condition - pages are clean and intact

like new condition

our price:   $8.95 plus media mail shipping

Enjoying Maine’s Islands

The Essential Guide to 15 Destinations You Can Reach By Ferry

by John Gibson

Down East Books, 2005

softcover - very good condition

pages

our price:   $7.95 plus media mail shipping

Insider’s Guide Maine Coast

by Andrew Vietze

Morris Book Publishing, 2009

by John Gibson

softcover - good condition

308 pages

our price:   $6.95 plus media mail shipping

Up River - The Story of a Maine Fishing Community

by Olive Pierce

with word pictures by Carolyn Chute

University Press of New England, 1996

softcover - good condition

former library book

120 pages

our price:   $18.95 plus media mail shipping

The Lighthouses of Maine

text and photography by Wally Welch

Lighthouse Publications, 1996

softcover - good condition

stunning color photographs

66 pages

our price:   $6.95 plus media mail shipping

Maine Sea Fisheries

The Rise and Fall of a Native Industry

1830-1890

by Wayne M. O’Leary

Northeastern University Press, 1996

softcover - good condition

391 pages

our price:   $15.95 plus media mail shipping

Biography of an Island

(Swan’s Island, Maine)

by Perry D. Westbrook

Thomas Yoseloff Inc., 1958

vintage hardcover, 224 pages

good condition

no dustjacket

former library book with usual library markings

our price:   $11.95 plus media mail shipping

The Island’s True Child

A Memoir of Growing Up on Criehaven

by Dorothy Simpson

with additional text by her niece, Dorothy

Elisabeth Simpson

softcover, 240 pages

very good condition

our price:   $15.95 plus media mail shipping

Biography of an Island

(Swan’s Island, Maine)

by Perry D. Westbrook

Thomas Yoseloff Inc., 1958

vintage hardcover, 224 pages

good condition

no dustjacket

former library book with usual library markings

our price:   $11.95 plus media mail shipping

Clear Sailing

How an Augusta boy becomes a Monhegan

fisherman

by Harold Clifford

Grey Gull Publications, 1987

vintage softcover, 143 pages

like new condition

our price:   $16.95 plus media mail shipping

Maine Sail

An Artist’s Journal of a Cruise Down East

by Margaret S. McCrea

autographed copy

Down East Books, 2004

hardcover, 224 pages

good condition

our price:   $14.95 plus media mail shipping

Zachary Goes Groundfishing on the Trawler Lucille B.

by Alice True Larkin

Down East Books, 1982

softcover, 52 pages

good condition

our price:   $14.95 plus media mail shipping

The Coast of Maine - An Informal History

and Guide

by Louise Dickinson Rich

Down East Books, 1993

softcover, 385 pages

like new condition

our price:   $9.95 plus media mail shipping

Time Before the Boat - A Collection of

Letters About Island Life

by Alta Ashley

Grey Gull Publications- Monhegan, Maine, 1985

vintage softcover, 308 pages

very good condition

our price:   $14.95 plus media mail shipping

Kayaking the Maine Coast

A Paddler’s Guide to Day Trips from Kittery to

Cobscook

by Dorcas S. Miller

A Backcountry Guide - First Edition, 2000

softcover,  335 pages

like new condition

our price:   $7.95 plus media mail shipping

Islands of Maine - Where America Really Began

by Bill Caldwell

Guy Gannett Publishing Co.

First Edition, 1981, Collector’s Special

Limited, Numbered

vintage softcover

cover has crease as shown in photo

252 pages

our price:   $13.95 plus media mail shipping

Windjammer Bride

The Journal of Angie H. Chapman’s Voyages on

the Maine-Built Sailing Ship “Leading Wind”

by Angie H. Chapman

Courier-Gazette, Inc., 1979

vintage softcover, 86 pages

excellent condition

our price:   $8.95 plus media mail shipping

The Call of the Running Tide

A Portrait of an Island Family

(the Joyce family of Swan’s Island, Maine)

by Nancy Price Graff

Little, Brown, and Company, 1992

hardcover, 80 pages

excellent condition

our price:   $16.95 plus media mail shipping

Up River - The Story of a Maine Fishing Community

by Olive Pierce

with word pictures by Carolyn Chute

University Press of New England, 1996

softcover - good condition

former library book - cover has light wear

120 pages

our price:   $18.95 plus media mail shipping

Fishes of the Gulf of Maine

by Henry B. Bigelow and William C. Schroeder

Fishery Bulletin of the Fish and Wildlife Service

First Revision

Volume 53

United States Government Printing Office, 1964

vintage hardcover, 577 pages

good condition

our price:   $24.95 plus media mail shipping

Glance of Wonder

The Seafaring Amsburys of Rockport, Maine

by Paul G. Charbonneau

with an introduction by Senator William Cohen

signed by author

Camden Printing, 1980

softcover - good condition

77 pages

our price:   $19.95 plus media mail shipping

West By North ... A Quarter North

once upon a time in casco bay, maine

by Roberta (Gomez) Ricker

gift dedication by author to Craig

revised second printing, 2004

softcover - good condition

326 pages

our price:   $9.95 plus media mail shipping

Beach Island - A Light History of Penobscot Bay to 1800 and Then of Her Center Island

by Janet Rhodes

1992

softcover - good condition

134 pages

our price:   $11.95 plus media mail shipping

Maine Coast

by Bill Caldwell

Guy Gannett Publishing Co., 1988

vintage softcover, 399 pages

good condition

our price:   $9.95 plus media mail shipping

Maine - Cruising the Coast By Car

by Arthur B. Layton, Jr.

Country Roads Press, 1997

softcover, 399 pages

good condition

our price:   $5.95 plus media mail shipping

 

Puffin Island

by Ada and Frank Graham, Jr.

The Thorndike Press, 1979

vintage softcover, 140 pages

good condition

our price:   $10.95 plus media mail shipping

Islands in Time

A Natural and Cultural History of the Islands

of the Gulf of Maine

by Philip W. Conkling

Island Institute, Down East Books, 1999

softcover, 319 pages

good condition

our price:   $19.95 plus media mail shipping

Maine’s Casco Bay Islands - A Guide

by  Nance Trueworthy, David A. Tyler

Down East Books, 2006

softcover, 80 pages

good condition

our price:   $9.95 plus media mail shipping

Lobsters - Great & Small

How Scientists and Fishermen are Changing

Our Understanding of a Maine Icon

by Philip Conkling and Anne Hayden

Island Institute, 2002

softcover, 119 pages

good condition

our price:   $9.95 plus media mail shipping

Lobsters - Great & Small

How Scientists and Fishermen are Changing

Our Understanding of a Maine Icon

by Philip Conkling and Anne Hayden

Island Institute, 2002

softcover, 119 pages

good condition

our price:   $9.95 plus media mail shipping

Island Boy

story and pictures by Barbara Cooney

gift inscription by author on back of first page

Viking Kestrel, 1988

hardcover, 36 pages

like new condition

our price:   $9.95 plus media mail shipping

The Fish House Door

by Robert F. Baldwin and Astrid Sheckels

Islandport Press, 2010

hardcover, 36 pages

very good like new condition

our price:   $8.95 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

Island Schoolhouse - One Room for All

by Eva Murray

Tilbury House Publishers, 2012

softcover, 304 pages

NEW BOOK!!!

our price:   $19.95 plus media mail shipping

Islanders - Real Life on the Maine Islands

by Virginia L. Thorndike

Down East Books, 2005

softcover -  336 pages

excellent condition - former library book

our price:   $9.95 plus media mail shipping

Islands of Maine - Where America Really Began

by Bill Caldwell

Guy Gannett Publishing Co.

First Edition, 1981

vintage hardcover, 252 pages

good condition

our price:   $14.95 plus media mail shipping

Islanders - Real Life on the Maine Islands

by Virginia L. Thorndike

Down East Books, 2005

softcover -  336 pages

good  condition

our price:   $9.95 plus media mail shipping

The Maine Coast - A Nature Lover’s Guide

by  Dorcas S. Miller

The East Woods Press in cooperation with the

Maine Audubon Society, 1979

vintage softcover -  336 pages

interior pages - good  condition

cover shows light wear

our price:   $7.95 plus media mail shipping

Summer Island Abridged

by Eliot Porter

Ligthographed by Barnes Press, 1968

A Sierra Club Ballantine Book

softcover -  160 pages

good  condition

our price:   $7.95 plus media mail shipping

Cruising Guide to Maine - Volume II

Rockport to Eastport - Second Edition

by Don Johnson

Wescott Cove Publishing Company, 1995

softcover -  224 pages

good  condition

our price:   $9.95 plus media mail shipping

Islands of Maine - Where America Really Began

by Bill Caldwell

Guy Gannett Publishing Co.

First Edition, 1981, Collector’s Special

Limited, Numbered

vintage softcover

good condition

price clipped from back cover

252 pages

our price:   $13.95 plus media mail shipping

A Year On Monhegan Island

by Julia Dean

Ticknor & Fields Books for Young Readers, 1995

hardcover, 48 pages

good condition

our price:   $9.95 plus media mail shipping

Island Alphabet

An ABC of Maine Islands

written and beautifully illustrated by

Kelly Paul Briggs

Down East Books, 1995

hardcover,  32 pages

interior pages - good condition

dustjacket has light wear

our price:   $8.95 plus media mail shipping

The Coast of Maine

A Photographic Panorama

pictured by Samuel Chamberlain

Hastings House Publishers, 1941

vintage softcover,  101 pages

interior pages - good condition

great vintage black and white photos

our price:   $9.95 plus media mail shipping

The Lighthouse Keeper’s Wife

by Connie Scovill Small

The University of Maine Press, 1999

softcover,  170 pages

interior pages - good condition

our price:   $9.95 plus media mail shipping

Chasi’ Crustaceans

Stories Behind the Names of Maine Lobster Boats

by Victor Cole

Down East Books, 2015

hardcover,  144 pages

like new condition

our price:   $9.95 plus media mail shipping

Island Lighthouse Inn: A Chronicle

by Jeffrey Burke

The Pilgrim Press, 1997

hardcover,  101 pages

interior pages - good condition

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An Image of Monhegan

Platinum Prints by John Kleinhans

A Precipice Publication, 1997

softcover,  61 pages

interior pages - good condition

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Island Journal

The Annual Publication of the Island Institute

Volume Fourteen

1997

softcover,  96 pages

interior pages - good condition

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Island Journal

The Annual Publication of the Island Institute

Volume Thirteen

1996

softcover,  96 pages

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Island Journal

The Annual Publication of the Island Institute

Volume Fourteen

1997

softcover,  96 pages

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Island Journal

The Annual Publication of the Island Institute

Volume Fifteen

1998

softcover,  96 pages

interior pages - good condition

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Island Journal

The Annual Publication of the Island Institute

Volume Six

1989

softcover,  90 pages

interior pages - good condition

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Island Journal

The Annual Publication of the Island Institute

Volume Ten

1993

softcover,  96 pages

interior pages - good condition

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Island Journal

The Annual Publication of the Island Institute

Volume Nine

1992

softcover,  92 pages

interior pages - good condition

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Island Journal

The Annual Publication of the Island Institute

Volume Two

1985

softcover,  70 pages

interior pages - good condition

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Island Journal

The Annual Publication of the Island Institute

Volume Eight

1991

softcover,  92 pages

interior pages - good condition

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Island Journal

The Annual Publication of the Island Institute

Volume Seven

1990

softcover,  92 pages

interior pages -

upper right corner of book has damage that

almost appears as though a dog got to it but

the magazine is a good reading copy

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Island Journal

The Annual Publication of the Island Institute

Volume Five

1988

softcover,  88 pages

interior pages -

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Island Journal

The Annual Publication of the Island Institute

Volume Thirteen

1996

softcover,  96 pages

interior pages - good condition

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Island Journal

The Annual Publication of the Island Institute

Volume Eleven

1994

softcover,  96 pages

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Island Journal

The Annual Publication of the Island Institute

Volume Eight

1991

softcover,  92 pages

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Island Journal

The Annual Publication of the Island Institute

Volume Twelve

1995

softcover,  96 pages

interior pages - good condition

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Sustaining Island Communities

The story of the economy and life of Maine’s

year-round islands

Island Institute, Maine Coastal Program, 1998

softcover,  98 pages

interior pages - good condition

back cover has some light stains

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Islands of the Mid-Maine Coast

Muscongus Bay and Monhegan Island

Vol. III

by Charles B. McLane

The Island Institute

Tilbury House Publishers, 1992

softcover,  276 pages

interior pages - good condition

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The Maine Coast - A Nature Lover’s Guide

by  Dorcas S. Miller

The East Woods Press in cooperation with the

Maine Audubon Society, 1979

vintage softcover -  189 pages

interior pages - good  condition

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Islands of the Mid-Maine Coast

Muscongus Bay and Monhegan Island

Vol. III

by Charles B. McLane

The Island Institute

Tilbury House Publishers, 1992

softcover,  276 pages

interior pages - good condition

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Down East

A Maritime History of Maine

by Lincoln P. Paine

Tilbury House, 2000

softcover,  180 pages

interior pages - good condition

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Island Journal

The Annual Publication of the Island Institute

Volume Three

1986

softcover,  72 pages

interior pages - good condition

cover has area where mailing sticker can

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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

Maine Lobster Boats

Builders and Lobstermen Speak of Their Craft

by Virginia L. Thorndike

Down East Books, 1998

softcover -  like new condition

168 pages

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Slightly Offshore

More Reflections on contemporary life from a

small Maine island by Down East Magazine’s

award-winning essayist

by Caskie Stinnett

Down East Books, 1992

hardcover,  223 pages

interior pages - good condition

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Lighthouse in My Life

The Story of a Maine Lightkeeper’s Family

by Philmore B. Wass

Down East Books, 1987

vintage softcover, 258 pages

interior pages - good condition

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Islands of Maine - Where America Really Began

by Bill Caldwell

Guy Gannett Publishing Co.

First Edition, 1981

vintage hardcover

252 pages

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Of Lobstering and Love

Trials and Triumphs

by Roy P. Fairfield

gift inscription written by author on title page

Bastille Books, 1990

softcover, 233 pages

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The Lighthouses of Maine

by Jeremy D’Entremont

signed by author

Commonwealth Editions, 2009

very good condition

softcover, 562 pages

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The Coast of Maine - An Informal History

and Guide

by Louise Dickinson Rich

Down East Books, 1993

softcover, 385 pages

good condition

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The Lighthouse Keeper’s Wife

by Connie Scovill Small

with an introduction by Andrea Constantine Hawkes

The University of Maine Press, 2012

softcover,  170 pages

interior pages - good condition

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My Island

Portraits of Maine Island Children

Patrisha McLean

Design by Blue Design, 2015

gift inscription written by author on title page

oversized hardcover, 160 pages

good condition

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Moonlight Murder at Smuttynose

by Lyman V. Rutledge

published by the Star Island Corporation, 1988

1958 version reprinted in 1988 with permission

vintage softcover, 46 pages

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Islands Down East - A Visitor’s Guide

by Charlotte Fardelmann,

softcover, 135 pages

good condition

front cover has a crease

A Peter Randal Book/Down East Books, 1984

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AMC Guide to Mount Desert Island and Acadia

National Park - 5th Edition Revised and Expanded

compiled by the Appalachian Mountain Club

Appalachian Mountain Club Books, 1993

good condition, softcover

includes map in back pocket

148 pages

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The Maine Islands in History and Legend

by Dorothy Simpson from material compiled by

The Maine Writers Research Club

J.B. Lippincott Company, 1960

vintage hardcover, 256 pages

good condition

gift inscription on front endpage

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The Lobster Coast

Rebels, Rusticators, and the Struggle for a

Forgotten Frontier

by Colin Woodard

signed by author

Viking, 2004

hardcover, 372 pages

good condition

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Maine Coastal Cemeteries - A Historic Tour

by Karen Wentworth Batignani

gift inscription by author

Down East Books, 2003

215 pages

softcover, like new condition

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Maine Lobster Boats

Builders and Lobstermen Speak of Their Craft

by Virginia L. Thorndike

Down East Books, 1998

softcover -  like new condition

168 pages

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Windjammer Bride

The Journal of Angie H. Chapman’s Voyages on

the Maine-Built Sailing Ship “Leading Wind”

by Angie H. Chapman

Courier-Gazette, Inc., 1979

vintage softcover, 86 pages

excellent condition

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Islands in Time - A Natural and Human History of the Islands of Maine

by Philip W. Conkling

Down East Books, 1981

vintage softcover - 223 pages

very good condition

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The Great Lobster Chase

The Real Story of Maine Lobsters and the Men

Who Catch Them

by Mike Brown

International Marine Publishing Company, 1985

vintage hardcover - 202 pages

interior pages - good condition

dustjacket shows light wear

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Islands in Time - A Natural and Human History of the Islands of Maine

by Philip W. Conkling

Down East Books, 1999

vintage softcover - 319 pages

very good condition

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Holding Ground - The Best of Island Journal

1984-2004

Peter Ralston

Island Institute, 2004

softcover - 258 pages

very good condition

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The Weir

by Ruth Moore

originally published 1943

reprinted by Blackberry Books, 1986

vintage softcover - 342 pages

dustjacket for this softcover shows light wear

good condition

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Fish and Men in the Maine Islands

by W.H. Bishop

1880 - reprinted from Harper’s New

Monthly Magazine by L. Berliawsky - Books

Camden, Maine

softcover - 38 pages

good condition

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Down East Schooners and Shipmasters

by Ingrid Grenon

History Press, 2012

softcover, 144 pages

good condition

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Portland Head Light & Fort Williams

An Illustrated History With a Walking Guide Map

by Kenneth E. Thompson Jr.

Signed by Author

The Thompson Group, 1998

softcover, 104  pages

very good condition

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The Islands of Casco Bay

by Bill Caldwell

softcover, 45 pages

good condition

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Guide to Sea Kayaking in Maine - The Best Day Trips and Tours From Casco Bay to Machias

by Shelley Johnson & Vaughan Smith

Globe Pequot, 2001

softcover, 227 pages

excellent condition - pages are clean and intact

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Boon Island - A True Story of Mutiny, Shipwreck, and Cannibalism

by Andrew Vietze and Stephen Erickson

Globe Pequot Press, 2012

softcover, 220 pages

excellent condition

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Maine Geographic - Whales & Seals

A Guide to Coastal and Offshore Mammals

text by Al Kidwell

illustrations by Jon Luoma

DeLorme Publishing Company, 1983

vintage softcover -  48 pages

good condition

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Tough Island - True Stories From Matinicus, Maine

by Crash Barry

Maine Misadventures, 2011

hardcover, 127 pages

excellent ‘like new” condition

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A Seal Called Andre - The Two Worlds of a Maine Harbor Seal

by Harry Goodridge and Lew Dietz

Down East Books, 1975

softcover -  like new condition

181 pages   

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History of the Schooner “Lucy Evelyn”

(a schooner built in Harrington, Maine and homeported in Machias, Maine)

by Betty and Nat Ewer

rare vintage pamphlet, 9 pages

good condition

name of former owner on cover

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Living With the Coast of Maine

by Joseph T. Kelley, Alice R. Kelley, and

Orrin H. Pilkey, Sr.

Duke University Press, 1989

interior pages - good condition

front cover is in poor shape as much of the photo has been removed but the book does

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softcover, 175 pages

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Islands of the Mid-Maine Coast

Muscongus Bay and Monhegan Island

Vol. III

by Charles B. McLane

The Island Institute

Tilbury House Publishers, 1992

softcover,  276 pages

interior pages - book has a wave to it

shows light wear

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Maine’s Casco Bay Islands - A Guide

by  Nance Trueworthy, David A. Tyler

Down East Books, 2007

softcover, 80 pages

good condition

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Alone Together

photographs by David Graham

text by Nicols Fox

Print Center, 2003

softcover, 32 pages

good condition

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Maine Geographic - Coastal Islands

A Guide to Exploring Maine’s Offshore Islands

text by Bedrnie Monegain

DeLorme Publishing Company, 1988

vintage softcover -  48 pages

cover is very worn as shown in photo

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Islands of the Mid-Maine Coast

Mount Desert to Machias Bay

Vol. II

by Charles B. McLane

Kennebec River Press, 1989

First Edition stated

vintage hardcover,  406 pages

interior pages - good condition

dustjacket is very worn worn

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Island Journal

The Annual Publication of the Island Institute

Volume 29 - 30th Anniversary Edition

softcover,  96 pages

interior pages - good condition

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Islands in Time - A Natural and Human History of the Islands of Maine

by Philip W. Conkling

Down East Books, 1981

vintage softcover - 223 pages

very good condition

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Shipwrecks & Maritime Disasters of the Maine Coast

by Peter Dow Bachelder

The Provincial Press, 1997

softcover - 226 pages

appears to be coffee-stained along the upper

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a good reading copy despite the stains

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Observations - A Maine Island, a Century of Newsletters and the Stories Found Between the Lines

by Phil Crossman

Talking Crow - Vinalhaven, Maine

softcover - 340 pages

excellent condition

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The Lobster Coast

Rebels, Rusticators, and the Struggle for a

Forgotten Frontier

by Colin Woodward

Viking, 2004

hardcover - 372 pages

slight wrinkle due to moisture exposure

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Seven Dogs on a Summer Island

written and illustrated by Charlotte Spencer

Design/Print: Champagne/Lafayette Communications Inc., 1998

softcover - 32 pages

shows light wear

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Holding Ground - The Best of Island Journal

1984-2004

Peter Ralston

Island Institute, 2004

softcover - 258 pages

very good condition

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Summer Island Abridged

by Eliot Porter

Lithographed by Barnes Press, 1968

A Sierra Club Ballantine Book

softcover -  160 pages

good condition

interior pages

cover shows wear

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Lighthouses of Maine

by Bill Caldwell

Gannett Books, 1986

good condition

former library book

softcover, 278 pages

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The Story of Bustins

A Maine Summer Island

by F. Benjamin Carr

Islandport Books, 2008

good condition

softcover, 171 pages

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“Afterglow”

A Maine Narrative of Penobscot Bay Islanders

by Leroy E. Goss

House of Falmouth, 1966

vintage hardcover -  158 pages

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Field Guide to Birds and Wildflowers of

Casco Bay and Peaks Island

by Dick Baker

softcover, 1976

former library book

good condition

softcover, 64 pages

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Lighthouse in My Life

The Story of a Maine Lightkeeper’s Family

by Philmore B. Wass

Down East Books, 1987

vintage softcover, 258 pages

interior pages - good condition

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Down East

A Maritime History of Maine

by Lincoln P. Paine

Tilbury House, 2000

First Edition stated

SIGNED BY AUTHOR

softcover, 180 pages

interior pages - good condition

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Nubble Light

York Beach Maine

by William O. Thomson

1996

softcover, 104 pages

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The Islands of Casco Bay

by Bill Caldwell

cover is soiled as shown in photo

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softcover, 46 pages

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