This is the definitive work on this subject.
This hardbback volume, comprising 128pages, was originally published by the National Maritime Museum in 1974. It was republished in 1999 by Chatham publishing and this is the 2003 Caxton reprint of the Chatham edition.
The book has numerous illustrations and reproductions of original plans.
Chapter headings are:
Early history
Types of boats
Nineteenth century developments
Sails and rigging
Coming of steam
Arming boats
The original publishers recommended price was £20.00 but we are able to offer this volume for £12.00 including postage to a UK address

When it was originally published in 2002 this was intended to be an annual publication - one volume per year. As far as I am aware only two volumes were ever published and each of these is complete in itself.
The editor is Nicholas Tracy and the 208 page illustrated hardback volume is published by Conway Maritime Press.
Feature articles include, amongst others:
The destruction of Admiral Christian's fleet 1795
Naval surgery in the time of Nelson
The expedition to Lorient 1746
St Vincent: the rift with Nelson
Early trading Voyages in Hudson Bay 1700 - 1750
The Sloop of war HMS Swift - an archaeological approach
Efficiency in dockyard administration 1660 - 1800
The 24 gun frigate Seahorse
The original publishers recommended price was £30.00 but we are able to offer this volume for £19.00 including postage to a UK address

This 143 page hardback book was published as volume 1 of Conway's history of the ship
The book, however, is complete in itself and has numerous illustrations.
The volume includes:
Introduction
The beginnings of boatbuilding
Bronze age Nortwest Europe
Sailing ships of the ancient Mediterranian
Celtic plank boats and ships
Proto-Viking, Viking and Norse craft
Arabia to China - the Oriental traditions
Problems of reconstruction and the estimation of performance
Early shiphandling and navigation
The original publishers recommended price was £28.00 but we are able to offer this volume for £18.00 including postage to a UK address

Written by David Howarth and Stephen Howarth this is the Conway Classics edition. The book is a 390 page hardback with dust jacket.
This penetrating but sympathetic biography brings us closer to an understanding of one of our most revered heroes, who even during his lifetime secured an enduring place in the hearts of an entire nation.
We are able to offer this volume for £12.00 including postage to a UK address

This volume in the renowned Anatomy of the Ship series is written by renowned author Brian Lavery. The subject is the Colonial Merchantman Susan Constant 1605.
The usual format of the anatomy series is followed with copious illustrations and plans as well as detailed historical information.
This 120 page hardback volume was published in 1988 and has been difficult to find for a number of years.
We have secured a limited supply and are able to offer then at £12.50 including postage to a UK address.

This 288 page hardback is written by Dr Basil Greenhill with Professor John Morrison.
This book brings together all the archaeological knowledge on the world's boats and ships which is now available, and is thus an essential reference work for all maritime enthusiasts, historians and students of archaeology. It is far more than a catalogue of the world's boat finds; it is an evaluation of all the evidence on the evolution of boat- and shipbuilding through the ages and it examines the boat as part of the developement of changing civilisations.
This book was originally published at £30 but we are able to offer it at £19.00 including postage to a UK address

This is a Masthead facsimile edition published in 1970 and long out of print.
The original edition of 64 plates was published in 1828. This edition has additional descriptive notes by Roger Finch. The quality of the etchings is superb and any one of the 64 plates is worthy of being framed. This, however, would destroy a beautiful volume.
We have obtained a strictly limited supply of this magnificent out of print book and are able to offer it at £27.00 including postage to a UK address.