History

The Birmingham Archaeological Society's highly detailed report on the continuing  excavations at Wroxeter.

The third report by the research committee of The Society of Antiquaries of London on the ongoing excavations at Wroxeter.

A detailed and beautifully illustrated account of excavations organised by the Woolhope Naturalists Field Club and funded by private subscriptions.

The true story of the sinking of the Dumaru after a munitions explosion, and the harrowing struggle of the survivors adrift in the Pacific.

A first hand narrative by the first mate of  the sinking of the Nantucket whaler Essex after being rammed by a sperm whale. The original was and Inspiration for Herman Melvilles Moby Dick. Edited for young readers, with prologue and epilogue, by Iola Haverstick and Betty Shepherd. 

Introduced and annotated by the novelist John Fowles. An historical collection of photographs of shipwrecks around the Isles of Scilly taken by four generations of the local Gibson family from the 1860's onwards.

An illustrated history of shipbuilding, from the earliest dugout canoes to the warships of WWII.

A history, based on the unique experiences of individual seamen, of the role of the Merchants' Service during WWI.

A practical textbook designed both for senior senior school and professional bankers examinations. 

"The beauty and mystery of the ships and the magic of the sea." An illustrated history of  British sailing craft.

An economic and social history of the fishing industry and the communities it supported.

An illustrated history of the vast fleets of sailing trawlers that once fished the North Sea and English Channel, and the men who worked on them.

PUBLISHERDavid Charles: Newton Abbot, and International Marine Publishing Company, Maine, USA.
BINDINGTurquoise cloth boards.
BOOK CONDITIONGood, a little general shelf wear to boards, slight fading to edges. Printed pages and illustrations remain clear with few noticeable marks. 
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A comprehensive history of steamships in the Pacific Ocean and their particular challenges operating in remote locations far from the assistance of a dockyard.

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PUBLISHERBrown, Son & Ferguson, Ltd, Glasgow.
BINDINGNavy blue cloth boards with gilt lettering.
BOOK CONDITIONA little shelf wear to boards. Endpapers have remains of tape...

Published to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Bibby Line, a history charting the fortunes of the family run Liverpool shipping company.

Still published to this day, a fascinating bound collection of the monthly magazine devoted to the worldwide shipping industry from 1948.

A comprehensive history of the first successful steamship line established after the Civil War.