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
Thomas' Stowage 10th Edition: The Properties and Stowage of Cargoes
£115.00
New Edition published 2024 January
The Pilot Ladder Manual - 2nd Edition (2024)
£50.00
This publication details the rules, regulations and procedures that should be followed when preparing for pilot embarkation and disembarkation. It includes relevant excerpts from SOLAS regulations and IMO resolutions. The text is supported by explanatory photographs and diagrams that demonstrate good and bad practice. This second edition supersedes both the basic and advanced editions of Pilot Ladder Manual.
The First British Empire : Global Expansion in the Early Modern Age
£18.39 £22.99
20% OFF Sale
Rochdale Canal
£15.99
This book tracks its 32-mile length, telling its story in colour through historians, canals users, lock keepers and all those who today utilise the canal in ways its originators never conceived.
River Thames Dockland Heritage: Greenwich to Tilbury and Gravesend
£15.99
London's docks were once the busiest in Britain. They had developed piecemeal from the beginning of the nineteenth century as the existing riverside wharves became too congested and pilfering became rife. Dock systems were built on both sides of the Thames.
Early Ships and Seafaring : European Water Transport
£15.99
This interesting volume is easily accessible to those with little or no knowledge of the building and uses of boats, whether ancient or modern.
BP Shipping Pictorial: The Golden Years 1945-1975
£18.99
An authoritative examination of the 30-year period that covered significant changes in the history of British Petroleum Tanker Company. The Book of the Month - December 2023.
The Petrol Navy
£25.00
The Petrol Navy : British, American and Other Naval Motor Boats at War 1914 - 1920
The Adlard Coles Book of Mediterranean Cruising, 5th edition
£25.00
The perfect companion for anyone who wants to cruise the Mediterranean, whether on their own yacht or chartering.
British Passenger Liners in Colour: The 1950s. '60s and Beyond
£27.50
British Passenger Liners in Colour is just that: a look back at a time when the British-flag passenger fleet spanned the world from Southampton to South America.
ShipCraft 30: Bounty : HM Armed Vessel, 1787
£16.99
The 'ShipCraft' series provides in-depth information about building and modifying model kits of famous warships.
William Schaw Lindsay : Victorian Entrepreneur
£25.00
This book is based on the unpublished journals of William Schaw Lindsay (1815-1877) housed in the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich. From rags to riches. Born in Scotland and orphaned by the age of 10, Lindsay ran away to sea at the age of 16.