The Bartlett Library holds some 18,000 volumes on our open shelves, having grown by gift and purchase, from the core collection of 6,000 volumes, generously donated by our benefactor J. V. Bartlett Esq., in 2003.

Significant loans from the Cornwall Library Service (including a number of Lloyd’s Registers), together with gifts from many individuals have greatly increased the size and value of the collection since our establishment in 2003, supplemented by the Peter and Julie Newall Library in 2018.

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Title Author Publisher ISBN Themes
History of the Ship Letters of the British Isles[A] Vol 1] Robertson, Alan W Alan Robertson 9963-579-60-4 cancellations mail mailboat handstamps post letter commercial gratuities Portsmouth packet West Indies Falmouth
History of the Ship Letters of the British Isles[A] Vol 2 Robertson, Alan W Alan Robertson 9963-579-60-4 cancellations mail mailboat handstamps post letter commercial gratuities Portsmouth packet West Indies Falmouth
History of the Southport Lifeboats [A] Lawson-Booth, J H
History of the Southport Lifeboats [The] Morris, Jeff
History of the Stromness Lifeboats [The] Morris, Jeff Stromness lifeboat RNLI
History of the Sunbeam Milly V45 [The] History of the Sunbeam Mylor Yacht Harbour Ltd yacht class sunbeam
History of the Supply Ship [The] Gibson, Victor La Madrila Press 978-0-9557002-0-0 offshore submersible NorthSea US seismic exploration GPS rescue rig
History of the Tees Pilots [The] Hellier, D S Tees Pilotage Authority 0-9508004-0-6 pilotage Teesside cobles cutters Middlesbrough
History of the Teesmouth Lifeboats [The] Morris, Jeff
History of the Teignmouth Lifeboats [The] Morris, Jeff
History of the Texas Companys Marine Department Texas Company oil Texaco tanker WW1 WW2 loss
History of the Thames Iron Works Ship Building and Engineering Comp Steele, Peter Peter Steele shipbuilding London WarriorHMS Thames
History of the Torbay Lifeboats [The] Salsbury, Alan
History of the Transport Service [A] Greaves, Albert George H Doran USN troopship dazzle WW1 warloss crew cruiser
History of the Tynemouth Lifeboats [The] Morris, Jeff
History of the United Kingdom Pilots Association [The] Hignett, Harry United Kingdom Pilots Association pilot Pilotage Act loadmanage Plimsoll Cawley cutter coble
History of the Vikings [A] Jones, Gwyn Oxford University Press 0-19-285139-X viking norse Denmark Norway York Wessex Wales Orkney England
History of the Wakering and Barling Barges Wiseman, Gordon Society for Sailing Barge Research 0-9526455-1-3 Thames barge
History of the Watermens Company Vol 1 1514-1859 History of the Watermens Company of Watermen and Lighermen 0-7158-5340-6 Thames lightermen Admiralty Armada banking barge London coal corn
History of the Watermens Company Vol 2 1514-1859 History of the Watermens Company of Watermen and Lighermen 0-7158-5350-3 Thames lightermen barge docks Westminster coal Chelsea canal Blackwall
History of the Watermens Company Vol 3 1514-1859 History of the Watermens Company of Watermen and Lighermen 0-7158-5360-0 Thames lightermen almshouses aldermen barge army Battersea bridges
History of the Watermens Company Vol 4 1850-1883 History of the Watermens Company of Watermen and Lighermen 0-9510166-6-0 Thames lightermen almshouses barge canal regatta Dagenham freemen
History of the Watermens Company Vol 5 1883-1920 History of the Watermens Company of Watermen and Lightermen 978-0-9559501-0-0 accidents collisions parliament acts bills barges lighters cargoes docks regattas drownings engines Port of London Thames tides
History of the White Star Line [The] Gardiner, Robin Ian Allan 0-7110-2809-5 Company fleet sail steam Ismay Pilkington passenger liners packets migration Australia USA America Liverpool
History of the Wick and Ackergill Lifeboats [The] Morris, Jeff Wick Ackergill RNLI lifeboat
History of the Windermere Steamers [The] Martakies, Robin Trafford Publishing 978-1-4251-3325-2 museum Lakes Cumbria passenger Ambleside Bowness Furness railway pier Tern tourism
History of the Worcester [The] 1862-1929 Stafford, Frederick H Frederick Warne & Co training Thames P&O RNR navy WorcesterHMS
History of Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand Ltd 1875-1940 History of Union Steam Ship Company Union Steam Ship Co Maori Waitangi Acheron Auckland whaling Wakatipu Moana Wahine Wellington Sydney Tasmanian Steam Navigation Canadian-Australian Line Canadian Australasian Line Union Company
History of Union Steamship Co of New Zealand 1875-1971 [A] Vol 1 Arbon, A L Ronald H Parsons 0-909418-01-2 company New Zealand Union Company Harbour Steam Navigation Canadian-Australian Steamship Canadian-Australasian Huddart Parker USS Houlder Line
History of Warships George, James L Naval Institute Press 0-09-479700-5 warship design warloss
History of Weymouth Sailing Club [The] Vol 1 Hayes, Jim history Weymouth sail club yacht dinghy racing WW2
History of Wicklow Lifeboat Station [A] Doyle, Ciaran RNLI lifeboat Wicklow crew
History of William Sloan and Co Ltd [A] Langmuir, Graham E World Ship Society company Sloan Glasgow fleet
History of Working Watercraft of the Western World [A] Gillmer, Thomas C International Marine 0-07-023616-X fishing boatbuilding carvel lines buyboat Dutch shiptype
History of World Seapower Brett, Bernard Deans International Publishing 0-603-03723-2 Second World War WW2 ironclads dreadnoughts submarines sail rowing
History of Yachting Knox-Johnston, Robin Phaidon 0-7148-2608-1 Lipton New York multihull voyages RYA solo RYS
History of Yachting [The] Phillips-Birt, Douglas Elm Tree Books 241-89079-9 sail steam cruiser dinghy America’s Cup Bermuda cutter rules
History of Yachting [The] 1600-1815 Clark, Arthur H G P Putnam’s Sons Yachts mediaeval Dutch Tudor Stuart USA Georgian Duke of Cumberland East India Company Royal Navy Nelson
History of Yachting in Pictures [A] Heaton, Peter Tom Stacey Ltd 0-85468-297 X Victorian Era Stuart Court measurement rules racing American European clubs offshore
History Under the Sea Peterson, Mendel Smithsonian Institution Press archaeology anchor diving cannon exploration corrosion
Hitler and la Flotte Francaise Marines Edition 2-909675-38-6 France navy Germany WW2 Africa Toulon shipbuilding warloss
Hitler’s Armada Hewitt, G Pen & Sword Maritime 978-1-84415-785-3 World War 2 defence of Great Britain by Royal Navy against German invasion April October 1940 RN organisation 1939 1940 German surface fleet Operation Sealion and Dynamo Norway campaign Dunkirk evacuation
Hitlers Atlantic Wall Saunders, Anthony Sutton Publishing 0-7509-2544-2 Germany France bunker Dunkirk museum Normandy Dieppe battery casement medical
Hitlers Forgotten Flotillas: Kriegsmarine Security Forces Paterson, Lawrence Seaforth 978-1-4738-8239-3 WW2 mine naval u-boat
Hitler’s High Seas Fleet Humble, Richard Pan Ballantine WW2 Germany Kriegsmarine Graf Spee Narvik Bismark Scharnhorst Gneisenau
Hitlers Japanese Confidant Boyd, Carl University Press of Kansas 0-7006-0569-X Japan WW2 Pearl Harbor Overlord Ardennes Germany Russia France Menzies Marsall Eisenhower US GB
HM Customs and Excise Cutters and Launches Class Directory HM Customs and Excise World Ship Society (WSS) Small Craft Group custom cutter launch Plymouth Hull deckplan Portsmouth
HM Destroyers Kemp, P K Herbert Jenkins Jutland Fisher Dover Patrol Atlantic Norway Malta Convoys U-Boats 22cm
HM Packet Princess Augusta Capt Nathaniel Watson Commission HM Packet packet Falmouth Cornwall Watson Princess Augusta
HM Submarines Kemp, P K Herbert Jenkins submarine navy WW1 WW2 warloss

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