1953 SIGNED Bk. Sea Drama by Edward R. Snow (WW2) vet.

FULL TITLE: NEW ENGLAND SEA DRAMA BY EDWARD ROWE SNOW- SIGNED BY AUTHOR -SOFTCOVER MEASURES 6 X 9" CONTAINS 64 PAGES WITH 20 BLACK AND WHITE FINE PHOTOGRAPHS.. THERE IS A WEE BIT OF WEAR TO COVERS, BUT TEXT IS EXCELLENT. IT IS ALSO ILLUSTRATED ON REAR COVER. THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF VERY FAIN SPOTTING TO INSIDE FRONT SPINE. TINY BIT IN TEXT. ALSO CALLED FOXING..VERY FAINT BROWN SPOTS  FROM AGE AND POSSIBLY FROM NOT USING NON-ACIDIC PAPER FOR PRINTING, HOWEVER , TEXT IS FINE SEMI-SHINE VELLUM PAPER. THERE IS AN INSCRIPTION NEATLY DONE IN PENCIL TO---FROM---FEB. 1954. THE ORIGINAL PRICE OF THE BOOK WAS $1.00. THIS IS A SCARCE BOOK. THE BOOK WAS PUBLISHED BY "PLANOGRAPH PRINTING CO. 80 BROAD STREET, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS. EDWARD ROWE SMITH WAS BORN IN WINTHROP, MASSACHUSETTS , BEING DESCENDED FROM SEA CAPTAINS. HE WAS A SEAMAN IN THE FORECASTLE, AND AN "EXTRA" AT HOLLYWOOD. PLAYED FOOTBALL IN COLLEGE. A.B. AT HARVARD, AND A.M. AT BOSTON UNIVERSITY. HE WAS IN THE AIR CORP OF WORLD WAR II AND WAS WOUNDED. HIS 1ST INTEREST HAS BEEN THE STUDY OF LIGHTHOUSES, ISLANDS, MOSTLY THE NEW ENGLAND COAST. HE HAD AUTHORED AT THE TIME OF THIS PRINTING 21 BOOKS. CONTENTS: A TOUR OF BOSTON, GOVERNOR'S ISLAND AND FORT WINTHROP, CASTLE ISLAND, (CASTLE ISLAND CONTAINS AN EXERPT ABOUT A DUEL BETWEEN A MAN NAMED EDGAR A. PERRY. THE OPPONENT WAS MORTALLY WOUNDED. EDGAR A. PERRY WAS REALLY "EDGAR ALLAN POE" READ ON..............) THOMPSON'S ISLAND FARM AND TRADE SCHOOL, LONG ISLAND AND FORT STRONG, THE WOMAN IN SCARLET, MARY BURTON 1748-1776, NIX'S MATE, FOR STANDISH ON LOVELL'S ISLAND, GRAVE'S LIGHT CANNIBALISM IN MAINE, FORT WARREN, RAIN FOR'S ISLAND, (HISTORY GOING BACK TO 1615, INDIAN MASSACRE AND MORE) IE: FRENCH, BRITISH, BUMPKIN ISLAND, NANTASKET BEACH, BOSTON LIGHT, MINOT'S LIGHT, THE STEAMER PORTLAND, PROVINCETOWN AND CAPE COD, TREASURE AT CAPE COD, NEW BEDFORD, BLOCK ISLAND, MARTHA'S VINEYARD AND NANTUCKET, THE BOOK CLOSES WITH A BOSTON HARBOR'S POET PHILOSOPHER "ADIEU, EACH PLEASANT LITTLE ISLE, FAREWELL, EACH PRETTY SHORE, MAY YOU BE BLESSED WITH HEAVEN'S SMILE, TILL TIME SHALL BE NO MORE".....PHOTOS ARE: THE ALPHA AT BOSTON FISH PIER, THE FLYING SANTA OVER BOSTON LIGHT, TREASURE SEEKER, BILL BLANEY WITH PIREATE COINS, GAY HEAD LIGHT AND CLIFFS FROM THE AIR, THE EXCURSION BOAT, CHARLES BANK II, BLOCK ISLAND SOUTHEAST LIGHT, VISITOR'S AT DEER ISLAND LIGHT, BOSTON, THE WTWIN LIGHT'S OF THATCHER'S ISLAND, CAPTAIN SNOW WITH WHEEL OF STEAMER PORTLAND, AIR VIEW OF SURF AT MINOT'S LIGHT, THE CITY OF MONGOMERY OFF LOVELL'S ISLAND, 1935, COMMISSIONER JOHN R. MCGULLIVRAY AT LONG ISLAND CAIRN, INSIDE THE FORTIFICATIONS AT FORT STRONG, A DIVE AT MINOT'S LIGHT, FORT ANDREWS GRAVESTONE "WHERE BY THESE GRAY ROCKS ENCLOSED IN A BOX LIES HATTER COX WHO DIED OF SMALL POX"...GRAVES LIGHT, NIX'S MATE ISLAND, THE LYNN COMING UP FROM THE BOTTOM, CASTLE ISLAND AROUND 1885, FANEUIL HALL, BOSTON, THE BOSTON BELLE EN ROUTE  FROM BOSTON TO PROVINCETOWN, CASTLE ISLAND, BOSTON HARBOR IN THE 1830'S-FRONTIS PICTURE OLD SCITUATE LIGHT-BLACK AND WHITE PICTURE REPEATED IN BLACK AND WHITE WHERE AUTHOR SIGNED. BOOK VALUE IS MUCH MORE THAN THE STARTING PRICE! I HAVE TOO MANY BOOKS!

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