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33141. Ripa, Kelly. Live Wire – Long-Winded Short Stories. Deyst. Harper Collins. 2022.
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DM-11. Holland, F. Ross Jr., GREAT AMERICAN LIGHT-HOUSES. Washington. 1989
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5404c. [view book] ALONG SHORE AT BUZZARDS BAY. W. L. Kelley, Harwichport. 1896.
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7197k. [newspaper] LIGHT-HOUSE LANTERN PUNTA de los REGOS [Point Reys], CALIFORNIA. The Portland Transcript. December 6, 1856.
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7197ddd. [newspaper] MINOT’S LEDGE LIGHTHOUSE. The Lowell Daily Journal and Courier. May 2, 1855.
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7197i. [newspaper] THE LIGHT-KEEPER”S DAUGHTER. The Portland Transcript. April 25, 1868.
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7197t. [newspaper] THE LIGHT-HOUSE ON SKEVE MHOIL (New Zealand). The Gardiner Home Journal. July 27, 1865
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7197m. [newspaper] KEEPERS APPOINTED AT BOON ISLAND LIGHT, MAINE. The Portland Transcript. June 23, 1855
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21368. Hyde, Charles K., THE NORTHERN LIGHTS – Lighthouses of the Upper Great Lakes. Lansing, MI. 1986
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21296. Grant, John and Ray Jones. LEGENDARY LIGHTHOUSES – Volume II. 2001.
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Weintraub, Aileen. Great Lighthouses of North America Series. New York. 2003
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20278. Roberts, Cheryl Shelton and Bruce. NORTH CAROLINA LIGHTHOUSES. 2000.
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2378. Cahill, Robert Ellis. NEW ENGLAND’S STRANGE SEA SAGAS. Salem. c.1990’s
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21114. HR No 48. LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY TRANSMITTING STATEMENTS OF PAYMENTS MADE AT THE TREASURY DURING THE YEAR 1821 FOR THE DISCHARGE OF MISCELLANEOUS CLAIMS…OF CONTRACTS MADE FOR OIL, LIGHT-HOUSES, BUOYS, &c., … OF CONTRACTS MADE BY COLLECTORS FOR THE REVENUE SERVICE FOR THE YEAR 1820…. February 1, 1822.
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6711. [Rhode Island Colonial Laws / Light Houses] August, 1772. At the General Assembly of the Governor and Company of the English Colony of Rhode Island, and Providence Plantation in New England…. Newport. (1772)
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6810. Johnson, Robert Erwin. GUARDIANS OF THE SEA – History of the United States Coast Guard 1915 to the Present. Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, MD. 1987.
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8318. Loomis, Alfred F. THE YACHTSMAN’S YEARBOOK 1934. New York. 1934.
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2068. McKishine, Archie P., A SON OF COURAGE. Chicago. 1920.
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7330. Neeser, Robert W., A LANDSMAN’S LOG. New Haven. 1913
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21323. Rousmaniere, John. “FASTNET, FORCE 10”. New York. 1980
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8171. Jolly, Cyrl. S.O.S. – The Story of the Life-boat Service. London. 1961
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28278. Searle, Richard W. HISTORY OF CATTA ILAND OF MARBLEHEAD. Salem. 1947.
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12498b. na. Massachusetts 100 Years Ago – The Northeast – Essex and Marblehead. Compiled by Skip Whitson. Sun Publishing. 1976
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L-99. Crompton, Samuel Willard. THE LIGHTHOUSE BOOK. New York. 1999.
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2399b. Evans, Clayton. RESCUE AT SEA – An International History of Lifesaving, Coastal Rescue Craft and Organizations. Annapolis. 2003
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1601. Dolin, Eric Jay. Brilliant Beacons – A History of the American Lighthouse. 2016. 1st. 448p. Stiff wraps. DJ.
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6721. Jennings, Harold B. A LIGHTHOUSE FAMILY. Orleans. 1989.
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2405. Robotti , Frances Diane. WHALING AND OLD SALEM. New York. 1962
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2412. Sanderson, Ivan T. FOLLOW THE WHALE. Boston. 1956.
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23316. Parsons, Charles. MONTAUK POINT, LONG ISLAND: an 1871 visit
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7197mmm. [newspaper] Light-House Tender Sunk. The Boston Statesman. August 23, 1872
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L-75. Willson, Captain Russell. U. S. Navy. WATCH OFFICER’S GUIDE. Annapolis. April 1942.
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720. BEACONS ALONG THE SOUTHERN COAST. Harper’s Weekly. January 16, 1892.
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21261. ed. The Earl of Sandwich . BRITISH AND FOREIGN MEDALS RELATING TO NAVAL AND MARITIME AFFAIRS. Greenwich. 1950
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28342. Meehan, James D. Bethany Beach Memoirs – A Long Look Back. Bethany Beach. 1998
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24307. Masters, David. WHEN SHIPS GO DOWN – More Wonders of Salvage. London. 1945.
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24310. French, Joseph Lewis. GREAT SEA STORIES. New York. 1922.
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24298.Shay, Edit and Katharine Smith. THE PRIVATE ADVENTURE OF CAPTAIN SHAW. Philadelphia. 1945.
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23465. Blair, Clay Jr. DIVING FOR PLEASURE AND TREASURE. Cleveland. 1960.
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23464. Daley, Robert. TREASURE – The Story of the Most Successful and Most Tragic Treasure Hunt of Modern Times. New York. 1977.
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24274. Carse, Robert. PORTS OF CALL. New York. 1967.
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24302. Tomalin, Nicholas and Ron Hall. THE STRANGE LAST VOYAGE OF DONALD CROWHURST. New York. 1970.
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24296. Heyerdahl, Thor. THE TIGRIS EXPEDITION. Garden City. 1981.
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24105. Robertson, Dougal. SURVIVE THE SAVAGE SEA. New York. 1973.
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24268. Auger, Helen. TALL SHIPS TO CATHAY. New York . 1951
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24297. Ratigan, William. HIGHWAYS OVER BROAD WATERS. Grand Rapids . 1959
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24269. Thomas, Lowell. RAIDERS OF THE DEEP. Garden City. 1928
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24106. De Beaudean, Captain Raoul. CAPTAIN OF THE ILE . New York . 1960
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9179. Roberts, Cheryl Shelton and Bruce. MOVING HATTERAS – Relocating the Cape Hatteras Light Station to Safety. 1999.
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20355. Oleszewski, Wes. GREAT LAKES LIGHTHOUSES – AMERICAN & CANADIAN. 1998. Gwinn, MI.
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20172. Oleszewski, Wes. KEEPERS OF VALOR – Lakeboats, Lifesavers & Lighthouses. 2000. Gwinn, MI
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23317. Oleszewski, Wes. TRUE TALES OF GHOSTS & GALES. 2003. Gwinn, MI.
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2377. Cahill, Robert E. LIGHTHOUSE MYSTERIES OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC
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23375. Cahill, Robert E. HAUNTED SHIPS OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC. Salem. 1997.
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23374. Cahill, Robert E. NEW ENGLAND’S CHRISTMAS MEMORIES. Salem. 1993
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2374. [video] PART II – IN THE VALLEY OF DARKNESS
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2374. [video] PART I – SHIP ASHORE
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9287b. Paine, Ralph D., THE PRAYING SKIPPER, AND OTHER STORIES. New York. 1906
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22536. Weeks-Mifflin, Mary and Ray Mifflin. THE LIGHT ON CHANTRY ISLAND
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PC-100. na. SPLIT ROCK – EPOCH OF A LIGHTHOUSES. Minnesota Historical Society
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21404. Seibold, David J. and Charles J. Adams III. SHIPWRECKS OF OCEAN CITY – Drama on the High Sea from Absecon to Avalon.
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7244. Hope, Laura Lee. THE OUTDOOR GIRLS ON CAPE COD or Sally Ann of Lighthouse Rock
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9240. Wilson, Rufus Rockwell. SEA ROVERS. New York . 1906
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21532b. Stick, David. DARE COUNTY: A BRIEF HISTORY. North Carolina State Department of Archives and History. 1975
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6296. Floherty, John J., SEARCH AND RESCUE AT SEA.
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8124. Patterson, J. E., A HERO OF THE SEA: Some Thrilling Experiences in Life-Saving Done by Lieutenant John O. Williams, R.N., Chevalier du Devoir. London. 1910.
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6255c. Roberts, Bruce and Stick, David. THE CAPE HATTERAS SEASHORE. Charlotte. 1964.
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23257. [glass plate negative] Officer New Haven RR [?]. c. 1890-1900
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23456. Hass, Hans. MEN BENEATH THE SEA – Man’s Conquest of the Underwater World
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23458. Tantum, W. H. THE LUSITANIA CASE
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23459. Earle, Peter. THE TREASURE OF THE CONCEPCION – The Wreck of the Almiranta
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23460. Grissim, John. THE LOST TREASURE OF THE CONCEPCION
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23461. Gorsky, Bernard. VASTNESS OF THE SEA. Boston. 1957
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23462. Limburg, Peter R. and James B. Sweeney. VESSELS FOR UNDERWATER EXPLORATION
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23463. Cousteau, Captain J. Y. THE SILENT WORLD
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Hildebrandt, Barry & Susan. COASTAL CONNECTICUT – Stonington to Guilford including Mystic
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22495a,b. na. THE LIGHT-HOUSE ON MARLBOROUGH REEF
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9344. Oxenham, John. BARBE OF GRAND BAYOU. Toronto. 1903.
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20450d. Smith, F. Hopkinson. CALEB WEST MASTER DIVER. New York. 1898.
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28340. Meehan, James D. When Life Was a Day at the Beach – An Oral History of the Delaware Coast 1907-1952. Bethany Beach. 2007
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LG-62. [cup/saucer] c.1900. Bright, gilt edged, white china commemorative cup with saucer featuring a beautiful clear, detailed full colored image of the “Portland Head Light, Cape Elizabeth, Me.”
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6326. U. S. Coast Guard. MERCHANT MARINE SAFETY MANUAL. CG-203
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7149b. Lent, Henry B. AIR PATROL – JIM BREWSTER FLIES FOR THE U. S. COAST GUARD
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PC-181. Brown, Francine Litt. LIGHTHOUSE BOY.
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23546. Weeks-Mifflin, Mary and Ray Mifflin. HARBOUR LIGHTS BURLINGTON BAY
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22158b. Splake, T. Kilgore. SUPERIOR LAND LIGHTS
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PC-128. Roop, Peter & Connie. KEEP THE LIGHTS BURNING, ABBIE. Minneapolis . 1985
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PC-104g. [reprint] “THE LIGHTHOUSES OF THE UNITED STATES”, by Charles Nordhoff, March 1874 “LIFE IN A LIGHTHOUSE, LIFE ON THE SOUTH SHAOL LIGHTSHIP, and HEROISM IN THE LIGHTHOUSE SERVICE” by Gustav Kobbe
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7197ww. [newspaper] Mississippi Light-House. THE YANKEE
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975. [fold-out plate] LIFE-SAVING SHOT FOR 20-Pdr. B.L. Rifle
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2003. Chapelle, Howard I., THE SEARCH FOR SPEED UNDER SAIL 1700-1855
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9147e. US Coast Guard. AIDS TO MARINE NAVIGATION OF THE UNITED STATES CG-193. 1965
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21137. [newspaper] [Francis’s Metallic Life-Boats and Life-Car] LIFE-SAVING EFFORTS
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21127. Williamson, Sonny. SAILING WITH GRANDPA. Marshallberg
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7174b. Pullen, [Rear Admiral] Hugh F. THE SEA ROAD TO HALIFAX, Being an Account of the Lights and Buoys of Halifax Harbour
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7416b. [paperweight] c.1900. Heavy glass paperweight featuring an early c.1900 lithographed image of “The Cliffs” at Highland Light, Cape Cod
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2056c. [pennant] Hull Gala Day August 21, 1915
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2001. Sanders, Michael S. THE YARD – Building a Destroyer at the Bath Iron Works
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9438. Baker, W. A. and Tre Tryckare. THE ENGINE POWERED VESSEL
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9401. Ringwald, Donald C., THE HUDSON RIVER DAY LINE – The Story of a Great American Steamboat Company
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9306. FALL RIVER [STEAMSHIP] LINE JOURNAL.
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9350. Starbuck, Alexander. HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN WHALE FISHERY
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9322. Richardson, John. STEAMBOAT LORE OF THE PENOBSCOTT. Rockland, Maine. 1971
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9268. Kelsey, Albert. PROGRAM AND RULES OF THE SECOND COMPETITION FOR THE SELECTION OF AN ARCHITECT FOR THE MONUMENTAL LIGHTHOUSE WHICH THE NATIONS OF THE WORLD WILL ERECT IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC TO THE MEMORY OF CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS TOGETHER WITH A REPORT OF THE INTERNATIONAL JURY, THE PREMIATED AND MANY OTHER DESIGNS SUBMITTED IN THE FIRST CONTEST. Pan-American Union. 1930
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7280. Holland, F. Ross. LIGHTHOUSES. Metro Books. 1995
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23409. Laurence, Frederick Sturgis. COASTING PASSAGE. Arlington. 1950
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L-185. Nordhoff, Charles and James Norman Hall. Botany Bay. Boston. 1941.
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6174. Binns, Archie. LIGHTSHIP. New York. 1934.
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1705. (belt) Leather Belt marked “USCG”.
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CLEARANCE PRICED LIGHTHOUSE BOOKS by Bruce Roberts & Ray Jones
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24356. (original photographs) MAINE LIGHTHOUSES by Henry Way-Silvers. c.1950’s.
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27106. (framed photograph) Portland Head Lighthouse, Portland, Maine c.1889.
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25363. (cabinet photo) North Scituate Life Saving Station c.1890-1910
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28196. Hill, Peter. Stargazing – Memoirs of a Young Lighthouse Keeper. Knopf. 2004.
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2739, 8446. Smith, Robert H. SMITH’S GUIDE TO MARITIME MUSEUMS OF NORTH AMERICA Including CANADA. (various editions)
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6233. EDDYSTONE LIGHT-HOUSES, PAST AND PRESENT. Harper’s Weekly. September 13, 1879.
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6431. Shanks, Ralph and Janetta T. LIGHTHOUSES OF SAN FRANCISCO BAY. Petaluma. 1976
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28285. Meehan, James D. My, But the Wind Did Blow – Memoirs of Delaware ‘s Epic Struggles with the Sea. Dukes. 2003
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23286a. (large framed photo) Owl’s Head Lighthouse, Maine c.1900
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24229. Buckley, William Jr. ATLANTIC HIGH. Garden City. 1982
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24205. Riggs, Doug. KEELHAULED. Newport . 1986
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22231, 4260. Holland , F. Ross. AMERICA’S LIGHTHOUSES – An Illustrated History.
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6660g. Cape Cod Lighthouse Commemorative Plate
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25389. HISTORY OF CHATHAM, CAPE COD Part II
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26162. MYSTERIES AND ADVENTURES ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST. Beverly. 2004
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23357. BEACON ON THE ROCK- The Dramatic History of Lighthouses from Ancient Greece to the Present Day. New Burlington , London 2001
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24248. PASSAGE EAST. New York. 1953.
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24225. CHALLENGER – THE LIFE OF A SURVEY SHIP. New York. 1958.
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24241. VOICE ACROSS THE SEA New York. 1974.
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23475. Ratigan, William. SOO CANAL. Grand Rapids. 1954.
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2491. Baldwin, Hanson W., SEA FIGHTERS AND SHIPWRECKS. New York. 1955
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24104. EASTWARD THE SEA. Lynn. 1959.
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24224. THE INCREDIBLE VOYAGE – A Personal Odyssey. Kansas City. 1977
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2408. Chippendale, Captain H. A. Sails and Whales. Boston. 1951
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24306. van Loon, Hendrik Willem. SHIPS & HOW THEY SAILED THE SEVEN SEAS (5000B.C. – A.D. 1935). New York . 1935
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23461. Gorsky, Bernard. VASTNESS OF THE SEA. Boston . 1957
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24319. Carse, Robert. THE TWILIGHT OF SAILING SHIPS. New York . 1965.