History
Maritime history is an essential part of British history, and we offer memoirs from life at sea as well as beautiful coffee table books.
We stock many interesting publications from well-known publishers such as Seaforth Publishing or Conway but also stock independent self-published titles.
Shipwrecks of the Dover Straits
£18.99
The Dover Straits is the resting place for many wrecks and this book reveals the stories behind a selection of these unfortunate vessels.
By Steamer to the Kent Coast
£18.99
Andrew Gladwell gives us a flavour of pleasure steamer day trips of a bygone era.
Clyde Built Ships
£16.99
This illustrated history reveals the whole gamut of Clyde-built types constructed on the river and celebrates the glory days of times past, now sadly only living on in old photographs and the memories of those who were there.
The Caledonian Steam Packet Company An Illustrated History
£15.99 £19.99
This follow-up to Alistair Deayton’s David MacBrayne history tells the story of the other constituent company of CalMac, whose vessels, with their blacktipped yellow funnels, once flourished on the Clyde, sailing to Ayrshire, Renfrewshire and Argyll.