Ten Pound Island Book Company

Old, Rare And Out of Print Books, Manuscripts And Charts Pertaining To The Sea

An Era to Remember.

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Item #50617
An Era to Remember.
Hammond, Robert R. (editor)
Robert Hammond, ( 1972), Harrington, ME
8 1/2 x 11 inch sheets bound in folder. b/w plates, b/w line ills.
Price: $50

“A historical sketch of the shipbuilding industry…” This is a narrative history of shipbuilding in the coastal towns of Washington County, Maine, typewritten and photocopied, with full page photo plates on glossy paper. It features an interesting chapter on rum runners, beginning in 1846 when the first Prohibition law was enacted in Maine, and a valuable 26-page index of ships built in the several coastal town covered in the text. Second printing (the first was 1967) and certainly scarce. Not in Baker’s “Maine Shipbuilding: A Bibliographical Guide.” Very good condition, bound as issued in paper folder.