Ten Pound Island Book Co.

Our Most Recent Catalog

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This is an assemblage of unusual and offbeat books, documents, and manuscripts relating (mostly) to the sea and its history. Highlights include a couple of WW I Navy recruiting posters (by Charles Dana Gibson and Gordon Grant), a rare map of Newfoundland, some early 18th century New England manuscript material, a bound collection of photographic sales catalogs of ethnographic material from around the world, and a letter sheet featuring Ann Thornton, female marine. Lowlights are a small collection of 19th century suicide related material.

If you wish to order any of the books herein, the best way to do so is to send a quick email to tenpound@tenpound.com and tell us the item number(s) you wish to purchase. We’ll get back to you ASAP regarding availability.

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Bookman’s Log

A weekly blog of news, gossip, recent adventures and acquisitions, and deep thinking about the antiquarian book trade

Sitting around the office this afternoon, struggling to finish Maritime List 311, wondering at the same time what I’d do for a blog entry today, when the phone rang. It was Eve Lemon, promoter of last month’s successful Georgetown Book Fair. I blogged … More >>