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Book Catalogue Reviews - June - 2012 Issue

Maritime Books from Ten Pound Island Book Co.

- by Michael Stillman

Sea serpents – real or imaginary?

Sea serpents – real or imaginary?

Item 48 is a treatise on monsters of the sea: The Great Sea-Serpent. An Historical and Critical Treatise with the reports of 187 Appearances the Suppositions & Suggestions. The author of this 1892 book was not some promoter of Loch Ness monster or Bigfoot stories. A.C. Oudemans was a respected Dutch zoologist. He was a teacher and author, although this particular book was not as well received by the scientific community as most, it not being quite a scientific study. Oudemans gathered various reported sightings of sea serpents, and concluded they probably were some sort of large, undiscovered seal. $750.

Ten Pound Island Book Company may be reached at 978-283-5299 or tenpound@tenpound.com. Their website is www.tenpound.com.

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    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: William Shakespeare.
    The Poems and Sonnets of William Shakespeare, 1960. 7,210 USD
    Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens.
    A Christmas Carol, First Edition, 1843. 17,500 USD
    Sotheby’s: William Golding.
    Lord of the Flies, First Edition, 1954. 5,400 USD
    Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: Lewis Carroll.
    Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There, Inscribed First Edition, 1872. 25,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: J.R.R. Tolkien.
    The Hobbit, First Edition, 1937. 12,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: John Milton.
    Paradise Lost, 1759. 5,400 USD

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