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New books are highlighted as new as are second hand. Second hand books are either in good or fair condition.
When purchasing a book or books, please note that postage and packaging has to be added and this will be advised at check out. The minimum charge is £7.50.
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“Whe’re Yer For”
The Recollections of Capt. Harold Smy, Sailing Bargemaster Author Anthony Osler NEW Smy tells it as he lived it; the hard work, the humour, the resilience of the sailormen, as both the crews and their craft were known in the coasting trade. Expertly compiled and edited by Anthony Osler, this book is£8.95 Add to basket -
Anchor & Hope
Anchor & Hope Jo Anderson SECOND HAND - FAIR 1980£4.50 Add to basket -
Binder – The Society for Sailing Barge Research
Topsail Binders accommodate five or six issues, retained in a strong hard cover in brown cloth, with text and labelling facility on spine NEW£5.00 Add to basket -
Binder – The Society for Sailing Barge Research Plain Cover
Topsail Binders accommodate five or six issues, retained in a strong hard cover in brown cloth, with text and labelling facility on spine NEW£5.00 Add to basket -
Binder for Mainsheet – The Society for Sailing Barge Research
Mainsheet Binders accommodate twelve issues, retained in a strong hard cover in yellow cloth NEW£6.00 Add to basket -
Call of the Running Tide
Call of the Running Tide Marion Carr SECOND HAND - GOOD 1983 Girl aloft in the days of trade£9.00 Add to basket -
Cards & Envelopes
12 High quality cards and envelopes, blank for your message or greeting 3 each of 4 designs From paintings by David Hurrell NEW£8.00 Add to basket -
Coasting Bargemaster
Author Bob Roberts NEW First published in 1949, shortly after the conflict covered in part of this book, Coasting Bargemaster has been ‘in print’ for many of the years since, such is the quality of both the story and the writing. Though fast dwindling, the sailing barges still had their fair£7.50 Add to basket -
Coasting Sailorman
Coasting Sailorman Captain 'Harry' Bagshaw Albert Bagshaw and Richard Walsh SECOND HAND - FAIR 1988 ‘Harry’ Bagshaw kept notes of his experiences, the cargoes carried and the freight rates earned, throughout his career afloat. He spent 30 years at sea and, when in command of the 190 ton sailing barge Scone, one of the£8.00 Add to basket -
Down Tops’l
Down Tops'l Hervey Benham SECOND HAND - FAIR Second Edition 1973 The story of the East Coast Sailing Barges£4.00 Add to basket -
Felton’s Sandwich Sailing Barges
Author Margaret Simmons Sandwich Local History Society NEW Over 100 years ago a local family business was established which constructed the last cargo carrying sailing vessels to be built in Sandwich, an enterprise in shipbuilding that was to last just eleven years. Amongst the yard’s output was a sailing barge that was£4.00 Add to basket -
Goldsmith of Grays
Author Graham Dent Tells the history of Goldsmith's NEW After nearly a decade in preparation by author Graham Dent and colleagues from The Society for Sailing Barge Research, comes this much-anticipated history. Founded in the mid-1800s, by the early 1900s the Grays, Essex, firm of E.J. & W. Goldsmith Limited operated by£35.00 Add to basket