Books

Our online library catalogue is available here. The archive currently holds over eighty-five thousand books; more than half of the titles concern various broad aspects of maritime history and conservation, marine research and nautical education; there are a further fourteen thousand on associated aviation and military matters; the others cover related and associated subjects including biography, engineering, economics and politics, the Great Lakes and the Arctic, flags, oceanography, etc.

The following extracts from our online library catalogue represent some subjects / authors taken from our catalogue and are given as examples, so should not be considered complete in any manner:

Alan Villiers

Biographies and auto-biographies

Alfred Cecil Hardy, 1898-

C.H.J. Snider - see also Snider's "Schooner Days" articles.

Basil Lubbock

Great Lakes

Nelson, Admiral Horatio

Prince Edward County

Shanties, sea poetry and Masefield

War of 1812

Yachting:

• Yacht design
• Yacht racing
• Yacht cruising

More references to naval matters may be found in:

• Jane's "All the World's fighting ships" and many of the Jane's aeronautical titles can be found here.
• the Navies - General
• the Navy - Royal Canadian Navy
• the Royal Navy
• the Navy - United States Navy
• the Navies - American Civil War
• and An older list concerning the Royal Canadian Navy

Various

Please also see separately the books, magazines, etc that are for exchange or sale as duplicates or surplus to our requirements. Enquiries about our holdings are welcome.