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The best sea books
in the heart of Milan
since 1976

From time to time we like to entrust the waves of the sea with a message in the bottle. If you want to receive it…

Our history

La Libreria del Mare was born in the Seventies and is located inside an ancient grocery store in the heart of Milan. Today the bookshop boasts a selection of almost 10000 books and other items, obviously including nautical charts and pilot books. In addition, La Libreria del Mare promotes seafaring culture through a series of meetings with the most successful authors in the field. Among others: Giovanni Soldini, Bjorn Larsson, Simone Perotti, Davide Besana, Elisabetta Eordegh and Carlo Auriemma… Finally, the bookshop collaborates with numerous public and private institutions (BookCity Milano, Municipality of Milan, Ocean Film Festival Italia and Urban Blue City Milan).

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ocean

A stunning visual journey from the shoreline to the ocean’s depths — celebrating the sheer diversity of life beneath the waves. Water covers more than 70 percent of the Earth, but three quarters of our oceans’ depths have never been explored by humans. This stunning book takes readers on a deep dive through the different depth zones — from the shoreline and surface, via the sunlight zone, the twilight and midnight zones and into the abyss — to chart the richness and dive…
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pannello “ailsa & britannia 1895”

Reproduction of a photograph from the Beken of Cowes archive. The poster was applied on an M.D.F. ultralight panel with an antacid hot glue. To protect the image, an anti-UV transparent matte lamination was performed. The edging was shaped and coated with a matt white film with the Transferfinish application process. The panel is washable on the entire surface with any liquid detergent or alcohol (no solvents).
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panel “susanne 1910”

Reproduction of a photograph from the Beken of Cowes archive. The poster was applied on an M.D.F. ultralight panel with an antacid hot glue. To protect the image, an anti-UV transparent matte lamination was performed. The edging was shaped and coated with a matt white film with the Transferfinish application process. The panel is washable on the entire surface with any liquid detergent or alcohol (no solvents).
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westward 1930

Reproduction of a photograph from the Beken of Cowes archive printed on matt paper.
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valkyrie & iverna 1913

Reproduction of a photograph from the Beken of Cowes archive printed on matt paper.
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norada & mariquita 1913

Reproduction of a photograph from the Beken of Cowes archive printed on matt paper.
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margherita 1913

Reproduction of a photograph from the Beken of Cowes archive printed on matt paper.
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lulworth & westward 1926

Reproduction of a photograph from the Beken of Cowes archive printed on matt paper.
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ierne & alachie 1913

Reproduction of a photograph from the Beken of Cowes archive printed on matt paper.
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livonia 1897

Reproduction of a photograph from the Beken of Cowes archive printed on matt paper.
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sonya leading the 12 metre class 1911

Reproduction of a photograph from the Beken of Cowes archive printed on matt paper.
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shamrock V leading lulworth, britannia & white heather II 1930

Reproduction of a photograph from the Beken of Cowes archive printed on matt paper.
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hispania & 15 metre class 1911

Reproduction of a photograph from the Beken of Cowes archive printed on matt paper.
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Il libro dell’apnea

Raro esemplare della prima edizione del 2008 dell’Editoriale Olimpia in perfetto stato di conservazione, collana “Exploits”. In-8, brossura illustrata a colori; 296 pp., con firma a penna del proprietario al frontespizio e numerosissime illustrazioni e fotografie a colori nel testo. Consigliato dal Settore A.S. della FIPSAS e con la prefazione di Alberto Azzali (Presidente Settore A.S. della FIPSAS). Dalla quarta di copertina: Apnea: l’immersione più antica, moderna, pra…
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obiettivo spitsbergen

Dalla quarta di copertins: Ho passato oltre cinquant’anni della mia lunga vita tra le nuvole. Pilota militare e poi civile, spesso mi sono detto, guardando il mare dal cielo: “Prima o poi devo andare a vedere cosa c’è laggiù”. Finché un giorno un amico mi propose di acquistare una barca a vela, un piccolo Samourai. Dopo un apprendistato da autodidatta e un paio d’anni di crociere in Mediterraneo, decisi di partire verso ovest, inseguendo il sol…
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atlantis

Atlantis is an eclectic collection of photographs taken by Oriane Thomasson across various landscapes, interwoven with archival images. Through these visual correspondences, she constructs a photographic fiction of the legend of Atlantis. The myth of Atlantis, as recounted by Plato in Timaeus and Critias, describes a magnificent, vast, and prosperous island blessed with fertile land and abundant natural resources. Its inhabitants, descendants of Poseidon, lived in a society organised in ha…
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the ocean book

Young readers can take a deep dive into the extraordinary world beneath our oceans with this wonderfully visual, full-color reference guide. Full of fascinating facts and stunning sea life photography, this book covers everything from the ocean shores to deep sea creatures. Find out why octopuses release ink, why clownfish live in anemone tentacles and where can you find a halloween crab. This definitive guide to ocean life includes easy-to-follow information on anatomy and behaviour of sea cre…
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pess

Le edizioni “in transito” riprendono l’idea di libri senza parole lanciata all’inizio del secolo scorso da alcuni artisti visionari, recuperando le loro opere o promuovendone di nuove. E’ questo il caso di Pèss, una storia semplice che, sebbene muta come il suo protagonista, racconta la tenacia della vita rendendosi comprensibile in ogni latitudine. Lingue: Italiano e Francese. Edizione: 2025
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la sirene

La Sirène di Frans Masereel viene pubblicato agli inizi degli Anni ’30 a Parigi: si tratta di una serie di 28 xilografie che sviluppano, una di seguito all’altra, un racconto compiuto senza bisogno di alcuna didascalia. Si tratta di un libro unico, che non assomiglia ad altri romanzi senza parole dell’autore. Diverso per lo stile e la tecnica di intaglio del legno, diverso per il tono, poetico e sognante, adottato dall’autore. La sua sirena del Nord è lontana dalle enigm…
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il corsaro nero

Il Corsaro Nero, il filibustiere più temuto e rispettato della Tortue, non avrà pace fino al compimento della sua vendetta contro il governatore spagnolo Wan Guld, assassino dei suoi fratelli. Battaglie mortali a colpi di spada, pericolose traversate nelle inospitali foreste delle Americhe, agguati inaspettati di uomini e animali non basteranno a scoraggiare l’ira del Corsaro Nero, che terrà fede al suo giuramento con sprezzo della morte, lealtà e con l’a…
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Barca Pulita

Barca Pulita is a 44 foot ketch with low environmental impact; her crew experiments new technologies for renewable energy conversion on board. For more than thirty years Elisabetta Eordegh and Carlo Auriemma have been looking for those islands where no one arrives in the middle of the oceans… And they got to the most remote and improbable corners of the planet, showing the treasures hidden in those hard-to-reach places.

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