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.
| Title | Author | Publisher | ISBN | Themes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RAF Air Sea Rescue Service 1918-1986 [The] | Sutherland, Jon | Pen & Sword | 978-184884-303-5 | ASR MCU WW2 World War Two launches Far East Mediterranean Middle East West Africa |
| RAF Coastal Command1936-1969 | Ashworth, Chris | Patrick Stephens Limited | 1-85260-345-3 | WW2 World War Two U-boats Atlantic Gap weather photo-reconnaissance air-sea rescue |
| RAF Middle East | RAF Middle East | Ministry of Information | WW2 RAF Tobruk Alamein Luftwaffe Rommel Mediterranean battle | |
| RAF St Mawgan | Saunders, Keith A | Alan Sutton | 1-84013-195-0 | Cornwall RAF bomber |
| Rafting in British Colombia | VanDine, Doug | Hancock House | 0-88839-985-5 | Canada raft inflatable Vancouver geology eagle camping sheep gold erosion |
| Rahui | Iles, Colin | Paul Elek | 0-236-31039-9 | yacht cruising Pacific Tahiti New Zealand Australia cutter |
| Raid on St Nazaire | Mason, David | Macdonald and Co | WW2 Second World War France Tirpiz Nazaire | |
| Raiders From the Sea | Lepotier, Rear Admiral | William Kimber | Dieppe Arctic tank Zeebrugge Campeltown Canada | |
| Raiders from the Sea | Lodwick, John | Greenhill Books | 978-1-78438-345-9 | Special Boat Service WW2 commandos Mediterranean |
| Raiders of the Deep | Thomas, Lowell | William Heinemann | WW1 submarine German Dardanelles torpedo Q-ship U-boat | |
| Rail and Sail to Pentewan | Drew, John Henry | Twelveheads Press | 0-906294-12-6 | port Pentewan cargo dock wreck harbour |
| Railroad Ferries of the Hudson | Baxter, Raymond J | Lind Publications | 0-910389-01-2 | ferry technology propeller New Jersey New York weather |
| Rails to the Lancashire Coast | Kirkman, Richard | Dalesman Books | 1-85568-027-0 | tramroad canal Blackpool Morecambe LMS Fleetwood Ribble viaduct dock Salwick Lytham St Annes |
| Railway and Other Steamers | Duckworth, Christian Leslie | T Stephenson | ferry | |
| Railway Ships at War | Mullay, A J | Pendragon | 978-1-899816-16-3 | ferries Dunkirk Falklands WW1 WW2 First World War Second World War D-day STUFT |
| Railway Steamships of Ontario | Ashdown, Dana | |||
| Railways, Ships and Aeroplanes | Railways | Odhams | railway aircraft | |
| Raincoast Chronicles First five | Raincoast Chronicles | Harbour Publishing | 0-920080-04-9 | British Columbia BC history Pender steamers smuggling Vancouver lighthouses whaling |
| Raise the Herald | Vandenbussche, Fred | Bailey Bros & Swinfen | 0-561-00336-X | |
| Raising the Dead | Stirland, A J | John Wiley & Sons | 0-471-98485-X | Mary Rose crew sociology victualling construction salvage |
| Rajah Brookes Borneo | Rajah Brookes Borneo | John Nicholson | 962-328-001-7 | Borneo shipwreck pirate fauna flora East India Company telegraph |
| Ramblin’ Jack: The Journal of Captain John Cremer (1700-1774) | Ramblin’ Jack | Jonathan Cape | journal | |
| Ramblings of a Boatman [The] | Hill, A L | list Hull Yorkshire collisions engine | ||
| Ramlin Rose | Stewart, Sheila | Oxford University Press | 0-19-212326-2 | canal narrowboat barge Midland |
| Ramming Ship Schorpioen | Ramming Ship Schorpioen | Ramming Ship Schorpioen Society | Dutch restoration museum warship | |
| Ramsey Lifeboats 1829-1991 [The] | Seybold, W N | RNLI | 0-9517945-0-7 | lifeboat rescue RNLI shipwreck IoM |
| Ramsey Lifeboats 1829-2004 | Morris, Jeff | lifeboat RNLI IoM | ||
| Ramsey Steamship Co 100 1913-2013 | Basnett, Stan | Ferry Publications | 978-1-906608-59-0 | Isle of Man coaster steam motor vessels coal timber gas shipowner history |
| Ramsey Steamship Company Limited [The] | Ramsey | history steamship shipbuilder WW1 tonnage cargo fleet | ||
| Random Notes on Old Bideford and District | Ascott, W | Gazette Printing | Devon history bridge quay shipyard harbour architecture river Bideford | |
| Rank and Rate Vol 1 | Coleman, E C | Crowood Press | 978-1-84797-138-8 | badges cuff buttons epaulettes swords RNVR Navy chaplains nuclear biological chemical |
| Rank and Rate Vol 2 | Coleman, E C | Crowood Press | 978-1-84797-308-5 | Warrant Officers Petty Officers Ratings Nuclear Biological Chemical WRNS QUARNNS RNMWS RNXS Merchant Navy Sea Cadets |
| Rankin Gilmour and Co Shipowners of Liverpool | Mills, Chris | Ocean Steamers Publishing | 1-876261-46-3 | Phoenix steamer tramp Liverpool |
| Rare Marine Antiques Paintings Scientific Jan 1991 | Richard A Bourne | Richard A Bourne Co Inc | catalogue instrument whaling art certificate | |
| Rare Marine Antiques Paintings Scientific Nov 1991 | Richard A Bourne | Richard A Bourne Co Inc | catalogue art scrimshaw whaling Massachusetts | |
| Raroia | Danielsson, Bengt | Rand McNally & Co | Pacific lagoon France Oceania Kon-Tiki Papeete copra Tahiti coral | |
| Rathbones of Liverpool 1845-73 | Marriner, Sheila | Liverpool Uni Press | company USA cotton Brazil tea China piracy finance Egypt New York | |
| Rattlesnake [The] | Goodman, Jordan | Faber & Faber | 0-571-21073-2 | exploration Australia survey Coral Sea Great Barrier Reef New Guinea Stanley MacGillivray Huxley |
| Rattlin the Reefer | Howard, Edward | J M Dent | Edward Howard biography | |
| Ravenscraig the Allan Royal Mail Line | Appleton, Thomas E | McClelland and Stewart | 0-7710-0720-5 | Allan sail steam coasters Montreal Quebec shipbuilders Glasgow Dumbarton Greenock Liverpool passenger |
| Ray Bulman Bulls Eye and Back Chat | Bulman, Ray | Charles Lawrence Chiswick | 978-1- 9956451-1-1 | power motor boat yacht racing channel round Britain history Fairey Cowes monohull RYA |
| Reaching for the Sun | Gladwin, Peter | Latimer House | yacht cruising Caribbean Atlantic deckplan | |
| Readheads 1865-1965 | Readheads | Readheads | shipbuilding Readhead Tyneside Softley Turkistan Media Hain Trewidden | |
| Reading the Weather | Watts, Alan | Adlard Coles | 0-229-11774-0 | |
| Ready Aye Ready | Macbeth, Jack | Key Porter Books | 1-55013-121-4 | RCN Canada minesweeper WW1 trawler Halifax submarine Seattle Grilse Olympic Esquinault |
| Ready for Anything | Puddefoot, Geoff | Seaforth Publishing | 978-1-84832-074-1 | WW1 WW2 RFA Atlantic North sea Mediterranean Pacific Indian amphibious Franco convoys armistice |
| Ready For Sea | Mosenthal, Basil | International Log Book | 82-7106-221-6 | sail electric engine navigation safety rigging weather |
| Ready for Sea | Oram, H K | Seeley Service | 0-85422-082-8 | WW1 square rig Cape Horn Scapa submarine Jutland biography |
| Real Cold War [The] | Tye, Chris B | Chris B. Tye | 0-9524692 | Russian convoys Arctic campaign Luftwaffe WW2 vessels u-boats survivors |
| Real Cruel Sea [The] | Woodman, Richard | John Murray | 0-7195-6403-4 | navy merchant WW2 convoy U-boat Atlantic |