NEW ENGLAND LIGHTHOUSES: A PICTORIAL GUIDE
Harwich, MA: Med Maps, Inc. Paperback. 48 pp; 79 superb, full-color photos of the lighthouses of each New England state; along with description, history, etc.; in full-color photo wraps.
Harwich, MA: Med Maps, Inc. Paperback. 48 pp; 79 superb, full-color photos of the lighthouses of each New England state; along with description, history, etc.; in full-color photo wraps.
Portland, ME: The Breakwater Press, 1975. Paperback. 88 pp; well-written commentary and history of the lighthouses of Casco Bay (Portlsand, ME); profusely illustrated with b & w photos and detailed line drawings; has name and address stamp of former owner on title page; in b & w photo wraps.
Philadelphia, PA: Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger, 1871. Hardcover. 403 pp; insightds into the condition, value and vicissitudes of the light-vessels, or floating lighthouses which guard the shores of the United Kingdom; with 5 fullpage illustrations; half-title page is mostly torn out, leaving small strip at gutter that is stuck to.....
Annapolis, MD: Eastwind Publishing, 2001. Hardcover. 123 pp; fascinating story of how the 200 foot high Cape Hatteras lighthouse was successfully moved, thus saving it from the encroaching Atlantic; profusely illustrated with superb full-color and b & w phots; dj has 2 pieces of scotch covering a tear to lower.....
Philadelphia: Courage Books, 1996. Hardcover. 80 pp; with 90 full-color photos; this volume leads the reader on a stunning visual tour of North America's most historicsal, intriguing and pictguresque lighthouses.
Charlston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 1999. Paperback. 128 pp; unique, comprehensive tribute to the men and women who protected mariners as they traveled along New England's rocky coastline; profusely illustrated with previously unpublished b & w photos; in b & w photo wraps; signed by the author on the title page.....
Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2001. Paperback. 127 pp; unique tribute to the men and women who protected mariners from shipping disasters from Cape ann to New Bedford; profusely illustrated with archival b & w photos; has bookstore sticker on rear cover; in b & w photo wraps.
Hyannis, MA: Parnassus Imprints, Inc., 1992. Hardcover. 244 pp; highly detailed account of all the lighthouses on Cape Cod; when and where built, type, range of light, the people who worked in them, etc.; a single chapter is devoted to each lighthouse; profusely illustrated with b & w photos, end.....
Cape Cod: The Peninsula Press, 1996. Fourth edition. Hardcover. 160 pp; story of the more than 40 lighthouses that guided mariners safely through the trecherous waters that surround Cape Cod; with detailed instruction on how to visit and/or see them; with 75 historic b & w photos, line drawings, end.....
Sarasota, FL: Pinapple Press, Inc, 1987. Paperback. 96 pp; the story of each of the 30 Florida lighthouses that guide shipping south form the St. Mary's River to the tip of the Keys, then north to Pensacola Bay; well-illustrated with both full-color and b & w photos and line drawings;.....
Sarasota, FL: Pineapple Press, Inc., 1998. Paperback. 304 pp; comprehensive history of the individual lights of the Florida Keys, including construction and the politics that swirled around them; includes ones that once existed and the one still standing at time of writing; with 16 stunning, full-color, full-page photos; plus numerous.....
Portland, OR: Graphic Arts Center Publishing Company, 2003. Hardcover. 128 pp; renowned photographer Laurence Parent and noted lighthouse expert Elinor DeWire have teamed up up for an elegant and informative look at a wide range of over 150 lighthouses across America; profusely ilustrated with rare archival photos=graphs and stunning full-color.....
Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 1996. Hardcover. 152 pp; comprehensive look at lighthouses of California and British Columbia; profusely illustrated with superb b & w and full-color photos; and detailed maps; slight rubbing to rear panel of dj.
Monroe, NY: Library Research Associates, 1975. Hardcover. 154 pp; fascinating memoir of Hudson River life by the wife of a lighthouse keeper; profusely illustrated with b & w photos; end paper maps; has name and address stamp of former owner on half-title page; dj slightly rubbed and shows moisture "crinkling".....
Oldsaybrook, CT: The Glode Pequot Press, 1998. Paperback. 198 pp; and 196 pp; respectively; the companion to the PBS Televisiioon Series celebrating America's treasured coastal beacons; profusely illustrated with full-color photos thoughout each volume; both volumes in full-color photo wraps.
New York: Todtri Publishers Limited, 1999. Hardcover. 128 pp; stunning, full-color photos capture the romance of various lighthouses across America; along with extensive text on lighthouses in general.
New York: Crescent Books, 1991. Hardcover. 124 pp; detailed overview of the lighthouses all across America; with over 95 full-color photos.
Guilford, CT: The Globe Pequot Press, 2001. Paperback. 92 pp; coast to coast look at over fifty North American lighthouses in peril at the time of writing; such as Cape Hatteras, NC, Cedar Island Lighthouse, NY and Waugoshance Lighthouse, MI etc.; gives history of each; how they are being threatened.....
Mineola, NY: Dover Publications, Inc., 1988. Paperback. 240 pp; comprehensive reference that takes the reader to every notable light installation in the United States at the time of writing; with 100 b & half-tones, 16 b & line illustrstions; 8 maps, Biblikogrpahy, Appendix and Index. This copy is 1988 Reprint.....
Boston: Klein Post Card Services, 2003. Paperback. 48 pp; 200 exceptionally vivid, full-color photos of 53 lighthouses on the Massachusetts coastline; each has a brief descriptive history and folklore details; has remains of price sticker on rear cover; in full-color photo wraps.
Guilford, CT: The Globe Pequot Press, 2002. Paperback. 96 pp; lavish tour of thirty-six beautiful and distinctive Irish lighthouses; full-ccolor photos throughout alonf with extensive descriptive text; which includes location,historical anecdotes, directiuons; plus full page map, pinpointing each lighthouse; in full-color photo wraps.
Harrisburg, PA: Stackpole Books. Hardcover. 118 pp; through evocative text and historic b & w photos and more contemporary full-color photos; the author turns back the clock to the early 1900's and tells the history of the world's most remote lighthouses from the perspective of light keepers, soldiers, sailors, ship.....
Shelburne, VT: The Shelburne Museum, 1958. Paperback. 43 pp; deals with life in the Coilchester Reef Lighthouse on Lake Champlain, VT during the years from 1871 to 1933; well-illustrated with detailed line drawings; in full-color photo wraps.
Seattle: Epicenter Press Inc., 1994. Paperback. 118 pp; absorbing stories that tell the fascinating history of 14 lighthouses that served the Oregon Coast and the lower Columbia River, the Columbia River Lightship station and the lighthoiuse tenders that served them; with maps and several b & w photos; has bookstore.....
Friday Harbor, WA: Umbrella Books, 1990. Paperback. 150 pp; comprehensive guide to the State of Washington's 25 lighthouses, it's lightship fleet, and the supply vessels that serviced them; with fascinating histories of each light; information about their early keepers and how to visit those that are open to the public;.....