THE SHIPS

& SHIP BUILDING

COLLECTION

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A truly unique and wonderful collection of over 120 rare, out-of-print books compiled together for the first time on DVD data disc covering all aspects of SHIPS & SHIP-BUILDING.

 

Discover the history of ship-building and vessels of all kinds – from Greek warships to Trans-Atlantic passenger ships, from sail ships and clippers, to boats and canoes. Read about wooden boat building, steel ship building, naval architecture, the design process and the construction of ships. Study the history of ocean shipping, ancient and modern trade routes, merchant vessels, seamanship and navigation at sea. Learn about motor boats, steamships and the clipper ships of Great Britain and America.  Some of the books contained within this collection are extremely hard-to-find and will provide a valuable library of reference material. Overall, this is the ultimate collection for anyone with an interest in the history of ships and ship-building. The full list of titles included speaks for itself….

 

This superb compilation of 123 vintage books provides literally 1,000’s of pages of great content and fabulous photos / illustrations for the reader. All of the books have been scanned in high quality and preserved forever in pdf format - easy to read on your laptop, computer, tablet, smartphone, kindle or e-reader. You can also print entire books or select pages.

 

This is without doubt the most extensive collection of its kind - compiled over time by rare-book-collections, and only available here!

 


The Full List of Titles Included is as Follows:


A bibliography of ship passenger lists, 1538-1825; being a guide to published lists of early immigrants to North America by H. Lancour (1913)

A cruising companion, ships and the sea by E. C. Talbot-Booth (1916)

A floating home by C. Ionides (1918)

A history of our firm - being some account of the firm of Pollok, Gilmour and Co. and its offshoots and connections, 1804-1920 by J. Rankin (1921)

A manual of naval architecture by W. H. White (1889)

A new treatise on the practice of navigation at sea - containing all the details necessary to enable the mariner to become a good practical navigator by W. Thoms (1902)

A practical course in wooden boat and ship building by R. M. Van Gaasbeek (1918)

A Sailor-boy's log-book from Portsmouth to the Peiho by W. White (1862)

A sketch of the origin and progress of steam navigation from authentic documents by B. Woodcroft (1848)

A text-book of ocean meteorology by A. G. Findlay (1887)

A treatise of the law relative to merchant ships and seamen, in six parts by C. Abbott (1867)

A treatise on naval architecture by R. W. Meade (1868)

A treatise on the stability of ships by E. J. Reed (1885)

All about ships, With four colour plates and a large number of drawings and photographs by H. T. Dorling (1912)

American vessels captured by the British during the revolution and war of 1812 (1911)

An introductory outline of the practice of ship-building by J. Fincham (1825)

Ancient and modern ships Vol. 1 by G. Holmes (1906)

Ancient mariners - the story of ships and sea routes by C. D. Forde (1921)

Ancient ships by C. Torr (1895)

Boat sailing in fair weather and foul by A. J. Kenealy (1895)

Boat-building and boating by D. C. Beard (1911)

Boating by W. B. Woodgate (1888)

Boating trips on New England rivers by H. P. Fellows (1884)

British shipping, its history, organization and importance, with a map of main routes and coaling stations, and full appendices by A. W. Kirkaldy (1914)

Canoe and boat building by W. P. Stephens (1889)

Captain Nathaniel Brown Palmer, an old-time sailor of the sea by J. R. Spears (1922)

Clipper ships of America and Great Britain, 1833-1869 by H. La Grange (1916)

Cold storage, heating and ventilating on board ship by S. F. Walker (1919)

Concrete ships by Portland Cement Association (1917)

Electric lighting for marine engineers; or, How to light a ship by the electric light and how to keep the apparatus in order, with 134 illustrations by S. F. Walker (1896)

Electrical boats and navigation by J. Sachs (1894)

Essay on the steam boats of the United States of America by J. Renwick (1913)

Every boy's book of railways and steamships by E. Protheroe (1911)

Fair winds & foul - a narrative of daily life aboard an American clipper ship by F. Perry (1921)

Fifty plates of shipping and craft by E. W. Cooke (1829)

Handbook of ship calculations, construction and operation by C. H. Hughes (1917)

Historic ships by R. S. Holland (1922)

History of merchant shipping and ancient commerce Vol. 1 by W. S. Lindsay (1874)

History of merchant shipping and ancient commerce Vol. 2 by W. S. Lindsay (1874)

Instructions as to the tonnage measurement of ships by Great Britain Board of Trade (1913)

Man on the ocean. A book for boys by R. M. Ballantyne (1863)

Merchant vessels by R. Riegel (1921)

Modern seamanship by A. M. Knight (1921)

Motor boats, a review of the development and construction of marine motors and motor boats, their advantages and their future scope by F. Strickland (1917)

Motor boats, hydroplanes, hydroaeroplanes, construction and operation by T. H. Russell (1917)

Narrative of a voyage to the Polar Sea during 1875-76 in H.M. ships 'Alert' and 'Discovery' Vol. 1 by G. S. Nares (1878)

Narrative of a voyage to the Polar Sea during 1875-76 in H.M. ships 'Alert' and 'Discovery' Vol. 2 by G. S. Nares (1878)

Nature and extent of fouling of ships' bottoms by J. P. Visscher (1922)

Naval architecture a manual on laying-off iron, steel, and composite vessels by T. H. Watson (1898)

Ocean life in the old sailing ship days, from forecastle to quarter-deck by J. D. Whidden (1908)

Ocean Racers by C. F. Smith (1921)

Ocean shipping - elements of practical steamship operation by R. E. Annin (1920)

Ocean shipping by E. W. Zimmermann (1921)

Ocean steamships - a popular account of their construction, development, management and appliances by F. E. Chadwick (1891)

Ocean traffic and trade by B. O. Hough (1921)

Old Marblehead sea captains and the ships in which they sailed by B. J. Lindsey (1915)

Old shipping days in Boston by State Street Trust Company (1918)

On marine motors and motor launches by E. W. Roberts (1901)

On the Action of Compasses in Iron Ships - article by J. Lilley (1866)

Pen and pencil sketches of shipping and craft all round the world by R. T. Pritchett (1899)

Pictures of ships and the sea by W. R. MacAskill (1912)

Practical boat-sailing by D. Frazar (1879)

Practical motor boat handling, seamanship and piloting; a handbook containing information which every motor boatman should know by C. F. Chapman (1917)

Principles of ocean transportation by E. R. Johnson (1920)

Rudiments of Naval Architecture by J. Peake (1855)

Sailing ships - the story of their development from earliest times to the present day by E. K. Chatteton (1909)

Sea Witch - a narrative of the experiences of Capt. Roger Murray and others in an American clipper ship during the years 1846 to 1856 by A. Laing (1921)

Seagoing and other concrete ships by N. K. Fougner (1922)

Ship construction and calculations, with numerous illustrations and examples for the use of officers of the mercantile marine, ship superintendents, draughtsmen, etc. by G. Nicol (1909)

Ship wiring and fitting by T. M. Johnson (1911)

Shipbuilding from its beginnings Vol. 1 by E. Von Konijnenburg (1913)

Shipbuilding from its beginnings Vol. 2 by E. Von Konijnenburg (1913)

Shipbuilding from its beginnings Vol. 3 by E. Von Konijnenburg (1913)

Ship-building in iron and wood by A. Murray (1863)

Ships & ways of other days by E. K. Chatterton (1913)

Ships of the seven seas by H. Daniel (1922)

Some recollections by Captain Charles P. Low, commending the clipper ships Houqua, Jacob Bell, Samuel Russell, and N.B. Palmer, in the China trade, 1847-1873 (1906)

Some ships of the clipper ship era, their builders, owners, and captains by State Street Trust Company (1913)

Specifications for construction of steel cargo steamers by Columbia river ship building corporation (1916)

Stability and equilibrium of floating bodies by B. C. Laws (1914)

Standardization of ship materials by F. T. Llewellyn (1919)

Steam navigation by B. Woodcroft (1847)

Steam vessels and marine engines by G. F. Howell (1896)

Steamship conquest of the world by F. A. Talbot (1912)

Steam-ships - the story of their development to the present day by R. A. Fletcher (1910)

Steamships and their machinery from first to last by J. W. C. Haldane (1893)

Steamships and their story by E. K. Chatterton (1910)

Steel ships, their construction and maintenance - a manual for shipbuilders, ship superintendents, students, and marine engineers by T. Walton (1901)

Stem to stern; or, Building the boat by O. Optic (1886)

Stowage and dangerous cargo by H. K. Barr (1918)

Stowage of ship cargoes by United States. War Trade Board. Bureau of Research (1919)

Text-book of theorectical naval architecture by E. L. Attwood (1917)

The Atlantic ferry; its ships, men, and working by A. J. Maginnis (1900)

The British merchant service; being a history of the British mercantile marine from the earliest times to the present day by R. J. Cornewall-Jones (1898)

The capability of steam ships, based on the mutual relations of displacement, power, and speed  illustrated by tables, adapted for mercantile reference by C. Atherton (1854)

The China clippers by B. Lubbock (1914)

The clipper ship era; an epitome of famous American and British clipper ships, their owners, builders, commanders, and crews, 1843-1869 by A. H. Clark (1910)

The Clyde passenger steamers - its rise and progress during the nineteenth century  from the 'Comet' of 1812 to the 'King Edward' of 1901 by J. Williamson (1904)

The colonial clippers by B. Lubbock (1921)

The electric propulsion of ships by H. M. Hobart (1911)

The Greek Warship (article) by W. W. Tarn (1905)

The handbook of iron shipbuilding by T. Smith (1869)

The history of North Atlantic steam navigation, with some account of early ships and shipowners by H. Fry (1896)

The history of the British convict ship Success and its most notorious prisoners by unknown author (1912)

The Homeric catalogue of ships by T. W. Allen (1921)

The illustrated guide to the Royal Navy and foreign navies, also mercantile marine steamers available as armed cruisers and transport by F. T. M. Gibbs (1896)

The magnetism of ships, and the mariner's compass by W. Walker (1853)

The Marine room of the Peabody Museum of Salem by J. Robinson (1921)

The marvel book of American ships by O. P. Jackson (1917)

The marvels of the ship; the story of the development of the ship from the earliest times by E. K. Chatterton (1921)

The Oseberg ship by A. W. Brogger (1921)

The romance of the ship; the story of her origin and evolution by E. K. Chatterton (1911)

The sailing ships of New England, 1607-1907 by J. Robinson (1922)

The sea; its history and romance Vol. 1 by F. C. Bowen (1921)

The story of the New England whalers by J. R. Spears (1910)

The theory and design of British shipbuilding by A. L. Ayre (1921)

Theoretical naval architecture; a treatise on the calculations involved in naval design Vol. 1 by S. J. Pope (1877)

Theoretical naval architecture; a treatise on the calculations involved in naval design Vol. 2 by S. J. Pope (1877)

Trans-Atlantic passenger ships, past and present by E. W. Smith (1917)

Wooden hull inspection & repair manual by United States. Coast Guard. Merchant Marine Technical Division (1900)

Wooden ship-building by C. Desmond (1919)

 

 

An absolute must for anyone with an interest in ships, ship-building, naval architecture, steam navigation and the history of shipping – an unbelievable treasure trove of information for a very small price!

 

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