Mail-Order sources for Nautical Fiction, Nautical Non-Fiction Adventures
and
Other Books of Interest to Nautical-Minded Readers
Updated March 3, 2005

(For a more complete listing of boatbuilding and repair book sources see Great Encouragement to Boatwrights)

Copyright © John Kohnen 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
Mention in this list does not indicate an endorsement by the compiler.



Admiralty Marine has a small, but interesting, selection of used nautical
adventures and fiction, though they're mainly a used marine equipment dealer.

Admiralty Marine
6303 Seaview Avenue Northwest
Seattle, Washington 98107
(206) 781-9030
Fax: (206) 782-5494
adm-rick@admiraltymarine.com
http://www.admiraltymarine.com/books.htm

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All At Sea Books is an Australian dealer in used and antiquarian books on
whales, whaling, merchant ships, sail, Australian nautical and naval reference.

All At Sea Books
768 Military Road
Mosman, NSW, Australia 2088
+61 2 9969 2100
Fax: +61 2 9969 9335
boronia@bigpond.net.au
http://www.allatseabooks.com

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Almark & Co. specializes in all genres of fiction, but I has three full
six-shelf, seven-foot tall bookcases of historical naval fiction in hardcover,
some reprints but mostly first editions.

Almark & Co.
Box 7
Thornhill, Ontario L3T 3N1, Canada
(905) 764-2665
Fax: (905) 764-5571
al@almarkco.com
Alternate e-mail: almark@aol.com
http://www.almarkco.com

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Armchair Sailor Seabooks carries books, videos, sailing and navigation
software, and electronic and paper charts.

Armchair Sailor Seabooks
543 Thames Street,  Newport, Rhode Island
(401) 847-4252
Fax: (401) 847-1219
Orders: (800) 29CHART (292-4278)
armchair@seabooks.com
http://www.seabooks.com/

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The Armchair Sailor in Seattle has a fair number of new nautical fiction and
lots of non-fiction cruising adventures.

The Armchair Sailor, Seattle
2110 Westlake Avenue North
Seattle, Washington 98109
(206) 283-0858
(800) 875-0852
Fax: (206) 285-1935
armchair@wolfenet.com
http://www.armchairsailorseattle.com/

Bay View Books carries new, used, out of print and rare books about boat and
ship building, whaling, exploration, and from time to time offers original
ship's logs. Has hundreds of items on boatbuilding related subjects.

Burt Van Deusen
Bay View Books
595 Fireplace Road
East Hampton, New York  11937
BURTVD@aol.com

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Bluewater Books carries books of interest to mariners, even those that steer
steadfastly from their armchairs, with an emphasis upon practical seamanship
and a dash of history. They also sell nautical charts, electronic charts, and
cruising guides.

Bluewater Books & Charts
1481 SE 17th Street
Fort Lauderdale, Forida  33316
(800) 942-2583
Fax: (954) 522-2278
help@bluewaterweb.com
http://www.bluewaterweb.com/

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Bolen Books has new Alexander Kents in paperback for good prices, and is a
good place to look for hard to find UK published books. Not a nautical book
specialist.

Bolen Books
78-1644 Hillside Ave.
Victoria, British Columbia V8T 2C5, Canada
(604) 595-4232
Fax: (604) 595-1458
books@bolen.bc.ca
http://www.bolen.bc.ca/

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Bosman & Bosman Nautische Uitgevers is a Dutch publisher that specializes in
nautical books, CD-ROMs, videos and pictures.

Bosman & Bosman Nautische Uitgevers
It Bosk 3
9022 BV Mantgum, The Netherlands
0031 058 2501161
Fax: 0031 058 2501684
bosman@benb.com
http://www.benb.com

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Brown, Son & Ferguson, Ltd., nautical publishers since 1832, sells books about
the sea, historical books, books about old sailing ships, books about how to
build model ships, books about how to pass your exams, prints of clipper ship
paintings, drawings by Alistair Macfarlane and ship plans by Harold A.
Underhill.

Brown, Son & Ferguson, Ltd.
4-10 Darnley Road
Glasgow, G41 2SD Scotland, Great Britain
(44) 0141 429 1234
Fax (44) 0141 420 1694
sales@skipper.co.uk
enquiry@skipper.co.uk
http://www.skipper.co.uk/brown/

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Columbia Trading Company sells used books, mostly non-fiction. Free Catalog.

Columbia Trading Company
1 Barnstable Road
Hyannis, Massachusetts  02601
(508) 778-2929
Fax: (508) 778-2922
http://www.columbiatrading.com/

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Compass Rose Nautical Books Ltd.
9785 Fourth Street
Sidney, British Columbia
(250) 656-4674
Fax: (250) 656-4760
compassrose@bc.sympatico.ca
http://compassrose.ca/

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Crawfords Nautical Books specializes in books of all watery types including
yachting, sea stories, US navy, foreign navies, submarines, underwater, age of
sail, ships, exploration, art, pirates, lakes, rivers, islands, ports, places,
polar, and so on. No catalog, but illustrative selected lists upon request.
Want lists welcome.

Crawfords Nautical Books
4815 Fairbank Road
PO Box 336
Tilghman Island MD 21671-0336  USA
(410) 886-2418
Fax: (410) 886-2438
bookbank@bluecrab.org
http://www.abebooks.com/home/BOOKBANK/

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Devereux Books publishes books about industrial history, nautical history,
engines, boats, and related subjects.

Devereux Books
PO Box 503
Marblehead, MA 01945
(781) 631-3055
Fax: (781) 639-0597
publisher@devereuxbooks.com
http://www.devereuxbooks.com

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D. N. Goodchild publishes reasonably priced reprints of classic fiction and
non-fiction nautical books.

D. N. Goodchild
PO Box 2814
Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania  19004
(215) 879-8472
dng@dngoodchild.com
http://www.dngoodchild.com/

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Dover Publications publishes reasonably priced reprints of some of the
great nautical adventure books.

Dover Publications, Inc.
31 East 2nd Street
Mineola, NY 11501

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The Dromedary is a ship modeler's shop. It has an extensive collection of
maritime non-fiction available, with an emphasis on information of interest
modelers. It has some books on adventure at sea, too, and if you want books
that tell you just what the ships you read about are like -- right down to
the xxx -- this is the place.  Prices are not cheap.  Catalog is $6.00.

The Dromedary, Ship Modeler's Center
6324 Belton
El Paso, Texas 79912
(915) 584-2445 (9-5 MST, NO collect calls)

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Duck Trap Press sells boatbuilding books by Walter J. Simmons.

Duck Trap Press
P.O. Box 88
Lincolnville Beach, Maine 04849
(207) 789-5363
Fax: (207) 789-5124
ducktrap@midcoast.com
http://www.duck-trap.com/dtpress.html

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Echidna, The Nautical Book Catalog
Box F
Ringoes, New Jersey  08551
(800) 297-7617
(609) 466-8303
Fax: (908) 788-2999.

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Edward J. Lefkowicz, Inc. sells rare books and manuscripts relating to the
sea and its islands, and to nautical science.

Edward J. Lefkowicz, Inc.
500 Angell Street
Providence, Rhode Island  02906
(401) 277-0787
(800) 201-7901
Fax: (401) 277-1459
seabooks@saltbooks.com
http://www.saltbooks.com

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First Place Books specializes in used nautical fiction, mysteries, hypermodern
and literary first editions.

First Place Books
Box 561
Walkersville, Maryland  21793
(301) 845-1248
fpbooks@radix.net
http://www.radix.net/~fpbooks

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Fisher Nautical sells used, mostly non-fiction, books. Free catalog, but it
would be polite to send them something to cover the postage if you're outside
the UK.

Fisher Nautical
Huntswood House
St. Helena Lane
Streat, hassocks,
Sussex BN6 8SD, UK
(01273) 890273

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Francis Edwards Naval & Military Department specializes in rare and
antiquarian used books.

Francis Edwards Naval & Military Department
13 Great Newport Street
Charing Cross Road
London WC2H 7JA, UK
[44] 171 379 7669
Fax: [44] 171 836 5977
sales@francisedwards.co.uk
http://www.francisedwards.co.uk/

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Freshwater Press publishes books on the subject of waterborne Great Lakes
commercial transportation.

Freshwater Books
1700 E. 13th Street, Suite 3-R
Cleveland, Ohio 44114-3213
(216) 241-0373 (9:00-5:00 Eastern)
Fax: (216) 781-6344
mdills@lakeboats.com
http://www.lakeboats.com/

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Gail Sanders sells used historical fiction, including the Bolitho and
Hornblower books.

Gail Sanders
1943 Davison
Richland, WA  99352-2301
infomedx@oneworld.owt.com
http://www.owt.com/infomedix/hisficat.htm

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G. L. Green
Naval & Maritime Bookseller
18 Aldenham Avenue
Radlett, Hertfordshire WD7 8HX
Phone & Fax:  01923 857077

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The Hakluyt Society has been publishing scholarly editions of historical
travel literature for one hundred and fifty years.

The Hakluyt Society
c/o Map Library
The British Library
96 Euston Road
London NW1 2DB England
+44 1986 788359
Fax: +44 1986 788181
admin@hakluyt.com
http://www.hakluyt.com/

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Howland and Co. specializes in second hand books on sailing and the sea.

Howland and Co.
100 Rockwood Street
Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts  02130
(617) 522-5281

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Jean-Louis Boglio Maritime Books specializes in new, secondhand & old maritime
books and the French speaking islands of the Pacific & Indian Ocean regions.
Online catalog

Jean-Louis Boglio Maritime Books
P.O. Box 72
Currumbin, Queensland, 4223, Australia
+ (61 7) 5534 9349
Fax: + (61 7) 5534 9949
boglio@ozemail.com.au
http://www.ozemail.com.au/~boglio

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John W. Doull, Bookseller is Halifax's largest and most extensive antiquarian
bookseller, with a general stock of over one hundred thousand volumes. They
issue a nautical catalog regularly.

John W. Doull, Bookseller
1684 Barrington Street
Halifax, Nova Scotia  B3J 2A2, Canada
(902) 429-1652
Fax:  (902) 423-2803
service@doullbooks.com
http://www.doullbooks.com

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McBooks Press publishes and sells reprints of Alexander Kent's Richard Bolitho
series, and a Classics of Nautical Fiction series that includes titles by
Marryat and Sabatini.

McBooks Press
120 W. State St.
Ithaca, New York  14850
(888) 266-5711
http://www.mcbooks.com

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Mainmast Books is an established English specialist maritime mail-order
bookseller.

Mainmast Books
251 Copnor Road
Portsmouth, Hants.  PO3 5EE England
01705 645555
Fax: 01705 695723
mainmast@focalpoint.force9.co.uk
http://www.focalpoint.force9.co.uk/mainmast/

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Military History Book Store

Grandiosity Inc.
P.O. Box 750992
Dayton, Ohio 45475-0992
(513) 439-2488
grandio@erinet.com
http://www.erinet.com/grandio/booksale.html

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Nation Builder Books sells new and used books on American history,
specializing in the history of business, industry, and transportation.

Nation Builder Books
PO Box 253
Leesburg, Virginia  20175
(800) 480-5808
AKWKDL@aol.com
http://members.aol.com/akwkdl/nbbpage.html

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The Nautical Mind Bookstore sells new books on all aspects of the nautical
world. It's a good source for technical, reference and of course charts. They
have an excellent fiction selection as well.

Nautical Mind Marine Booksellers
249 Queen's Quay West
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
(416) 203-1163
books@nauticalmind.com) and
http://www.nauticalmind.com

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The Naval Institute Press publishes, and sells mail-order, lots of
non-fiction naval adventures, and also plenty of naval history and reference.

US Naval Institute
2062 Generals Highway
Annapolis, Maryland 21401
(800) 233-8764
(410) 224-3378
Fax: (410) 224-2406
http://usni.usni.org/press/press.html
Mary Beth Straight Kiss
U.S. Naval Institute West Coast Representative
(619) 874-8286
USNIWest@aol.com

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Oceans Enterprises publishes and distributes books of interest to the
professional and sport scuba diver, oceanographer, maritime archaeologist,
marine naturalist and scientist.

Oceans Enterprises
303 Commercial Road
Yarram, Victoria 3971, Australia
+(61 3) 5182 5108, Australia (03) 5182 5108
Fax: +(61 3) 5182 5823, Australia (03) 5182 5823
oceans@netspace.net.au
peter@oceans.com.au
http://www.oceans.com.au

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Parmer Books sells used books, mostly non-fiction

Parmer Books
7644 Forrestal Road
San Diego, California 92120-2203
(619) 287-0693
Fax: (619) 287-6135
ParmerBook@aol.com

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Pier Books & Dupont Communications publishers and sells books, plans, and
marine art of worldwide interest to ship modelers and others interested in the
history of ships, rare and collectable nautical titles, new and used.

Pier Books Inc.
PO Box 5
Piermont, New York  10968-0005
(845) 268-5845
Fax: (845) 268-8804
orders@pierbooksinc.com
http://www.pierdupont.com/

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Powell's Books is the largest independent bookseller in the US. New and used.
Not a nautical specialist, but they have a large department. Searchable
catalogue online. Out of print book searches.

Powell's Books
7 Northwest 9th Avenue
Portland, Oregon  97209
(800) 291-9676
(503) 228-0540 Extension 482
Fax: (503) 228-1142
help@powells.portland.or.us
http://www.powells.portland.or.us

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The Sailaway Cruising Club publishes and sells a selection of books about
cruising in the Caribbean and Latin American waters.

J. A. Rogers
Box 351073
Miami, Florida 33135-1073
d036981c@dc.seflin.org
http://www.cqws.com/zone1/sailaway/

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SeaOcean Book Berth
3534 Stone Way North
Seattle Washington  98103
(206) 675-9020
Fax: (206) 675-9029
info@seaoceanbooks.com
http://www.seaoceanbooks.com/

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The Sea Room specializes in new books about sailing vessels of any period,
fiction/non-fiction, especially the Aubrey/Maturin and Hornblower series
and historic references about the Napoleonic era.

The Sea Room
P.O. Box 298
Long Lake, Minn. 55356
johnberg@sea-room.com
http://www.sea-room.com/

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Ship Builder's Shop is Model Ship Builder magazine's bookstore. It too,
emphasizes model ship building books, however it has an excellent collection
of historical books, as well. Phoenix Publications (parent company of both
MSB and SBS) often features sales on Ship Builder's Shop books in MSB.

Ship Builder's Shop
P.O. Box 128
Cedarburg, Wisconsin 53102
(414) 377-7888

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Shipwrite Productions specializes in books and maps about the Pacific Northwest
and electronic navigation titles.

Shipwrite Productions
1780 Dean Park Road
Sidney, British Columbia, Canada, V8L 1C1
http://www.shipwrite.bc.ca/

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Tall Ships Books is a mail order book store and web site that specializes in
nautical fiction and nonfiction from the Age of Fighting Sail through WW I,
WW II to the present day. It carries used and new books, takes want lists, and
will take books to sell on consignment.

Tall Ships Books
PO Box 188
Monticello, Iowa 52310-0188
tallshipsbooks@jemm.com
http://www.tallshipsbooks.com/

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Ten Pound Island Books specializes in high-priced collectors' item used
books.

Ten Pound Island Book Company
76 Langsford Street
Gloucester, Massachusetts 01930
tenpound@shore.net
http://www.tenpound.com

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Torpedo Junction specializes in submarine history books, but carries many
other naval and military titles.

Torpedo Junction
Box 227
Penngrove, California 94951-0227
books@sonic.net
http://www.sonic.net/~books/

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Town's End Books specializes in collectable, hard to find, first editions by
20th century authors.

Town's End Books
132 Hemlock Drive
Deep River, Connecticut 06417
(860) 526-3896
john@townsendbooks.com
http://www.townsendbooks.com

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J. Tuttle Maritime Books apparently has a lot of out of print books.

J. Tuttle Maritime Books
1806 Laurel Crest
Madison, Wisconsin 53705
(608) 238-SAIL
Fax: (608) 238-7249
TuttleBk@aol.com
http://TuttleMaritime.com

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Warsash Nautical Bookshop: "Nautical Books new and out-of-print sent by post
from England"

Warsash Nautical Bookshop
6 Dibles Road
Warsash, Southampton SO31 9HZ. UK
(01489) 572384 (from UK)
+44 (1489) 572384 (from overseas)
Fax: (01489) 885756 (from UK)
     +44 (1489) 885756 (from overseas)
wnbooks@aladdin.co.uk
http://www.nauticalbooks.co.uk/

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Wells Book Group's specialty is transportation: nautical, ships, boats,
railroads, etc. The claim to have the largest selection of out-of-print and
hard to find nautical books in Canada.

The Wells Book Group
824 Fort Street
Victoria, British Coumbia V8W 1H8 Canada
(604) 360-2929
Fax: (604) 361-1812
wells@wellsbooks.com
http://www.swifty.com/wells/

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The Armchair Sailor in Sausalito sells new nautical books, worldwide cruising
guides and navigation charts from both the government and the private sector.

West Marine Books & Charts
301 Harbor Drive
Sausalito, California  94965
(415) 332-1320
Fax: (415) 332-1326
http://www.westmarine.com/navigation/

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W. Wiegand & Company sells used books, almost all non-fiction. Free Catalog.

W. Wiegand & Company
Box 563
Glastonbury, Connecticut  06033
(860) 659-5830 (6:30-10:00 PM "by chance")

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Wiening Marine sells new and used books about the Great Lakes.

Wiening Marine
432 West Michigan Street
Port Washington, Wisconsin  53074
(414) 284-5215
wiening@execpc.com
http://www.execpc.com/~wiening/

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Write Stuff Enterprises publishes histories of boating businesses.

Write Stuff Enterprises, Inc.
1001 South Andrews Avenue
Fort Lauderdale, Florida  33316
(800) 900-BOOK
Fax: (954) 463-2220
http://www.writestuffbooks.com/




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