by Alan Villiers

George Routledge, 1934.

1st edition. very good clean condition hardback, though covers rather spotted.

owner’s name to inside front cover.

59 pages of text and over 200 excellent photos of a working sailing ship,from two voyages of the “Parma”.

by A.J. Villiers

Geoffrey Bles, 1933.

by A.J. Villiers

Geoffrey Bles, 1930.

First Edition of one Alan Villier’s more elusive sailing ship titles.

with signed presentation inscription from the author.

the story of the square-rigged merchant marine of British North America, the ships, their builders and owners, and the men who sailed them

by Frederick William

Hodder, n.d.(ca.1924).

proceedings of the third Shipbuilding History Conference at the National Maritime Museum, April 1983

edited by Fred M. Walker & Anthony SlavenWalker

Marine Publications, 1983.

by Alec A. Hurst

three articles by Alex Hurst that appeared in the journal ‘Longitude’ –

Under Sail, a new perspective.

Oswald Brett, Marine Artist.

The Last Square-Riggers, facts and fallacies.

Report of a Committee appointed to consider certain questions relating to the Meteorological Department of the Board of Trade

HMSO, 1866.

particularly relevant to meteorology at sea – the collection, publishing, etc. of data, improvements in the system of weather telegraphy, staffing, etc.

by Thomas Mudd

London, 1895.

Thomas Mudd was recruited in 1883 by the West Hartlepool shipbuilders William Gray & Co. to set up the marine engine building side of the Business, the Central Marine Engineering Works.

HMSO, 1905.

statistical tables with explanatory notes

also available is the return covering the years 1909, 1910 and 1911