The Portsmouth Marine Society is a non-profit, educational publishing house established to develop maritime historical research in the Piscataqua River Basin of New Hampshire and Maine. Since 1982, the Portsmouth Marine Society has produced 30 volumes, each one illustrated, clothbound, and complete with index, references, and bibliography. The titles are researched and written by New England historians, many of whom are New Hampshire or Maine natives. Our writers are acknowledged leaders in their fields, and closely connected to their chosen subject matter. More....

New 2006 Hardcover Title!

Friendly Edifices: Piscataqua Lighthouses And Other Aids to Navigation 1771-1939 is the most recent title (Publication May 2006) from the Portsmouth Marine Society. Read more about it here ...

Just Rye Harbor: An Appreciation & History was published in June 2005. Read more about it here ...

Beginning in August of 2002, some previously out-of-print titles are now available in reprinted, paperback editions.

Portsmouth Marine Society books are edited and produced by Peter Randall Publisher, a New Hampshire publisher specializing since 1970 in historical publications.