Nautilus Bookshop
Welcome to the Nautilus Bookshop – a collection of great reads to enjoy at sea and ashore. A partnership between Marine Society and Nautilus International, the bookshop stocks recent releases on a range of maritime topics, including ship histories, seafarer memoirs, studies of the Merchant Navy in wartime and even the occasional nautical novel.
The Book of the Month will feature a special discount during its respective month. All the books here have been reviewed in the Nautilus Telegraph, and new titles are added each month.
If you have a recently-published maritime book that you would like the Nautilus Telegraph to consider for review, please email: [email protected]
Featured products
Hello Sailor! The hidden history of gay life at sea
£38.00
When gays had to be closeted, ships were the only places where homosexual men could not only be out but also camp. And on some liners to the sun and the New World, queens and butches had a ball. They sashayed and minced their way across the world's oceans.
Pulling Together: The Making of a Global Maritime Trade Union
£19.99
The Book of the Month January 2024. This in-depth history will be of great interest to anyone with an interest in maritime or trade union history. The history of Nautilus is also of relevance to all unions organising in an increasingly globalised and unstable labour market. Ilustrated with 50b/w and 20 colour photos.
Titanic Legacy The Captain, The Daughter and The Spy
£22.50
Book of the Month June 2025. The book is currently reprinted. Stock is expected middle or end of June 2025!!!
c/o Cunard House : 88 Leadenhall Street, London, EC3
£18.99
Currently out of stock, reprint is expected in 3rd week in June 2025.
Gale Force 10: The Life and Legacy of Admiral Beaufort
£16.99
Nautilus Telegraph's book of the month for July 2025. Gale Force 10: The Life and Legacy of Admiral Beaufort : The Man Behind the Beaufort Scale
Irish Sea Lime Trade
£15.99
Book of the Month August 2025. The book is expected to be released on 15th June 2025.
Glasgow Harbour
£19.99
Cargo Liners and Tramps
£15.99
Readers who worked for a cargo liner or tramp ship before the 1970s – or who had a family member in the trade – may well enjoy browsing through the book to bring back some memories.
Der Kapitän
£20.00
Hans Rose was one of Germany’s most successful WWI U-boat aces and this biography tactfully explores his life.
The Taking of K-129
£12.99
**Book of the Month for September 2018** The most daring covert operation in history. By Josh Dean
Bell Rock Lighthouse
£15.99
An Illustrated history by Michael Strachan
The Struggle for Sea Power: The Royal Navy vs The Word, 1775-1782
£14.99
**Book of the month for August 2018** Historian Dr Sam Willis describes the inherent challenges of conflict at sea in the 1700s, the evolution of tactics, and much more in this well researched book.
Handling Cargo: Freighters
£19.99
American maritime history powerhouse William H. Miller has created a ‘voyage down maritime memory lane’ recalling the pre-containerisation cargo workhorses of his youth.
British Motor Fishing Vessels
£16.99
A print on demand - it takes 5-7 working days to ship.
Going Bananas: My Trailing Career Volume 1
£7.78
Did you know that the European Union is the largest consumer of bananas on the planet? Ever wondered where those bananas come from and how they get here? Or what their true price is?
U-Boat Assault on America
£25.00
Why the US was Unprepared for War in the Atlantic
Swansea Docks in the 1960s
£16.99
Local nostalgia for a Welsh port's 20th Century heyday
Shipwrecks of the P&O Line
£25.00
Scuba stories from the seabed of the Peninsular and Oriental Line by Sam Warwick and Mike Roussel
Last Voyage to Wewak
£16.99
A tale of the Sea, West Africa to South Pacific