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Peterson, Basil. Turn of the Tide: An Outline of Irish Maritime History. Foreword by Sean F. Lemass. Illustrated by Karl Uhlemann. Dublin: Irish Shipping Ltd., 1962. 1st edition. 193 pages. Illustrations. Endpaper maps. Very good hardcover in fair dust jacket. #13115. $37.50
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Plowden, David. Tugboat. New York: Macmillan Publishing, 1976. 1st printing. Oblong small 4to. No pagination. Photographs. Illustrations. Endpaper photographs. Inscribed, dated and signed by the author. In addition, inscribed, dated and signed by the master of the tug Julia C. Moran. Text and photographs by the author. Describes a day in the life of the tugboat Julia C. Moran in New York harbor. Very good hardcover in slightly worn and torn dust jacket; some light foxing. ISBN 0027745503. #29162. $70
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Prager, Hans G. Through Arctic Hurricanes: Adventure in a Fishery Protection Ship. New York: Yoseloff, 1956? 161 pages. Illustrations. Map. Photographs. A reporter sailing on the German Fishery Protection ship the Meerkatze with his cameraman friend records shipboard life and one of the worst hurricanes ever encountered. Very good hardcover in fair dust jacket. #11260. $15
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Prenties, Samuel Waller. Ensign Prenties's Narrative: A Castaway on Cape Breton. Edited with an historical setting and notes by G. G. Campbell. Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1968. 90 pages. Illustrations. Map. Originally published as 'Narrative of a Shipwreck on the Island of Cape Breton, in a Voyage from Quebec 1780,' London, 1782. Very good hardcover in slightly worn and soiled dust jacket. #13110. $17.50
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Pugsley, R. M. Pugsley's New Guide to the United States Local Inspectors Examination of Masters and Mates of Ocean-Going Steam and Sailing Ships: Containing All Useful Information and Explaining How to Find Latitude and Longitude By Observation, and Many Other Useful Calculations Not Included in the Examination. New York: Pugsley's Nautical Press, 1918. Small 8vo. 287 pages. Cloth-covered hardcover binding. Good. #11268. $40
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Pulling, Edward. The Atlantic Crossing in the 'Good Old Days'. Oyster Bay, New York: The Author, 1988. 25 pages. A Christmas card is laid in signed by the author. The author's reminiscences of crossing the Atlantic, listing many of the ocean liners that he sailed on. Very good stiff wrappers (soft cover). #27553. $25
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Putnam, George G. Salem Vessels and Their Voyages: A History of the Pepper Trade with the Island of Sumatra. (Series 1-3, I-III. 3 volumes). Salem, Massachusetts: Essex Institute, 1924-25. Large 8vo. 3 volumes. Series I-III. Cloth-covered hardcover binding with paper label. Very good. #11277. $190
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Quartermaine, P. N. Metcalf Motor Coasters Ltd, 1924-1965. A History and the Fleet List of the Company. Kendal, England: World Ship Society, 1965. 9 pages. Photographs. Good stiff pictorial wrappers (soft cover). #26580. $20
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