EXPLORING NEW ENGLAND SHORES A Beachcomber's Handbook by Waters, John F - 1974

Lexington, MA: Stone Wall Press, Inc.. Good+. 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. 091327609X; Some minor (damp? ) fading of the covers' top edges, lettering, 'tho no longer bright, is readily legible, else very minor wear on the clean, sound binding. Minor edge foxing. Ffep is wavy from excess glue used to affix review notice. Contents are clean and unmarked. No DJ. ; Blue cloth, gold lettering. Five-page map section. Numerous b/w photos throughout text. Review Copy with publisher's request for copies of the review glued on ffep. AMERICANA. "I have visited spots all along the entire coast of New England from Westport, Connecticut to Eastport, Maine. I have seen beaches and bluffs, animals and plants, waves and tides, and much, much more. I have learned about the shore, about sand dunes, pebbles and boulders, the cotninental shelves, storms and sea monsters. There are countless stories, and this book deals with some of them. " Some chapters: Kinds of beaches; How a beach is made; Salt marshes and wetlands; Seashore animals; Irish Sea Moss; The Herring run; New England lobsters; Collecting and preserving gleanings from the shore; Seacraft; New England storms and hurricanes; New England sea monsters; The beach in winter. ; 9-1/4" Tall; 198 pages .