Portsmouth Marine Society Press

The original Portsmouth Marine Society was chartered in 1808 as an organization of ship captains, officers, and owners who shared navigational and business information about domestic and foreign ports and provided some benefits to the families of members lost at sea.

Today it is the publishing arm of the Portsmouth Historical Society and has published 45 books to date. Topics include Atlantic Heights, needlework samplers, archaeology, Piscataqua-built sailing ships, tugboats, lighthouses, privateers, maritime Portsmouth, and Portsmouth furniture and fine art.

Recent Publications

Reinventing Portsmouth, Renewal to Renaissance 1970s, Robert Thoresen, 2025. Softcover, 8¼ x 9, 160 pp., full color. ISBN 978-0-915819-56-0

Cabot Lyford: Winds of Change, Rachel Walls and Gerald W. R. Ward, 2025. Softcover, 8¼ x 9, 114 pp., full color. ISBN 978-0-915819-51-5.

Imagine That! The Power of Picture Books, H. Nichols B. Clark, Naomi S. Baron, and Nina N. Maurer. 2022. Softcover, 8¼ x 9, 88 pp., full color. ISBN 978-0-915819-50-8.

Twilight of American Impressionism: Alice Ruggles Sohier & Frederick A. Bosley, with Working Waterfronts: Don Gorvett, William Brewster and Richard M. Candee. 2021. Softcover, 8¼ x 9, 83 pp., full color. ISBN 978-0-915819-49-2.