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• Battles with the Sea: or, Heroes of the Lifeboat and Rocket, by R. M. Ballantyne (Gutenberg text)
• The life-boat and its work. (Printed and published for the Royal National Life-Boat Institution by W. Clowes, 1911), by John Cameron Lamb and Royal National Life-Boat Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck (Great Britain) (page images at HathiTrust)
• An appeal to the British nation on the humanity and policy of forming a national institution for the preservation of lives and property from shipwreck. (G.B. Whittaker, 1825), by William Hillary (page images at HathiTrust)
• An appeal to the British nation, on the humanity and policy of forming a national institution for the preservation of lives and property from shipwreck. (G. and W.B. Whittaker, 1823), by William Hillary (page images at HathiTrust)
• Storm warriors : or, Life-boat work on the Goodwin Sands (Macmillan and co., 1875), by John Gilmore (page images at HathiTrust)
• Storm warriors; or, Life-boat work on the Goodwin Sands. (Macmillan and co., 1901), by John Gilmore (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Our sea-coast heroes : or, Stories of wreck and rescue by the lifeboat and rocket (T. Nelson, 1887), by Achilles Daunt (page images at HathiTrust)
• An appeal to the British nation, on the humanity and policy of forming a national institution for the preservation of lives and property from shipwreck. (Printed for G.B. Whittaker, 1825), by William Hillary (page images at HathiTrust)
• Heroes of the Goodwin Sands (The Religious tract society, 1892), by Thomas Stanley Treanor (page images at HathiTrust)
• Storm Warriors; or, Life-Boat Work on the Goodwin Sands, by John Gilmore (Gutenberg ebook)
• An Appeal to the British Nation on the Humanity and Policy of Forming a National Institution for the Preservation of Lives and Property from Shipwreck (1825), by William Hillary (Gutenberg ebook)
• Heroes of the Goodwin Sands, by Thomas Stanley Treanor (Gutenberg ebook)

• Report of the committee appointed to examine the life-boat models submitted to compete for the premium offered by His Grace the Duke of Northumberland: to which is added a list of the existing life-boat, rocket, and mortar stations, and an abstract of the wrecks which occurred on the shores of the British Isles in 1850. With appendix, maps, and plans. (W. Clowes & sons, 1851), by Great Britain. Admiralty. Committee appointed to examine the life-boat models and Royal National Life-Boat Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck (Great Britain) (page images at HathiTrust)

• Report of the committee appointed to examine the life-boat models submitted to compete for the premium offered by His Grace the Duke of Northumberland: to which is added a list of the existing life-boat, rocket, and mortar stations, and an abstract of the wrecks which occurred on the shores of the British Isles in 1850. With appendix, maps, and plans. (W. Clowes & sons, 1851), by Great Britain. Admiralty. Committee appointed to examine the life-boat models and Royal National Life-Boat Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck (Great Britain) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Our sea-coast heroes : or, Stories of wreck and rescue by the lifeboat and rocket (T. Nelson, 1887), by Achilles Daunt (page images at HathiTrust)
• Stories of the Lifeboat, by Frank Mundell (Gutenberg ebook)

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• Heroes of the storm (Houghton, Mifflin and company, 1904), by William Douglas O'Connor and Charles W. Eldridge (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• How to abandon ship (Cornell Maritime Press, 1942), by Philip Macleod Richards and John Joseph Banigan (page images at HathiTrust)
• The air sea rescue manual ... ([U. S. Govt. print. off.], 1945), by United States. Search and rescue agency (page images at HathiTrust)
• Lifeguard manual for beach and pool safety ... ([Chicago, 1941), by Chicago Park District (Ill.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The romance of life preservation (W.H. Allen & co., 1888), by James Burnley (page images at HathiTrust)
• Steam raft. Suggested as a means of security to human life upon the ocean. (G. Falkner, 1860), by George Catlin and Joseph Adshead (page images at HathiTrust)
• Red cross life saving methods. (The American National Red Cross, 1932), by American National Red Cross (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A hero of the sea: some thrilling experiences in life-saving done by Lieutenant John O. Williams, R. N., J. P., chevalier du devoir (Hodder and Stoughton, 1911), by J. E. Patterson (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Swimming in all its branches (s.n.], 1924), by T.W. Sheffield (page images at HathiTrust)
• Life saving (Association press, 1916), by George Edward Goss (page images at HathiTrust)
• The life-boat and its story (Sidgwick & Jackson ltd., 1912), by Noël T. Methley (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Cornwall and its coasts. (Chapman and Hall, 1865), by Alphonse Esquiros (page images at HathiTrust)
• Traité de la construction théorique et pratique du scaphandre, ou, Du bateau de l'homme : approuvé par l'Academie Royale des Sciences (Chez Debure ..., 1775), by abbé de La Chapelle, Louis Le Reynie de la Bruyère, and Académie royale des sciences (France) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Swimming and life saving (Health and strength library, 1906), by Archibald Sinclair (page images at HathiTrust)
• Swimming and life saving standards for summer camps as prepared by Swimming Committee of the National Association of Directors of Girls' Camps (New Jersey Law School Press, 1920), by National Association of Directors of Girls' Camps (page images at HathiTrust)
• Die einfachsten Rettungs-Anstalten bei Feuers- und Wassersgefahr. Ein Noth- und Hülfsbüchlein für Jedermann. (A.Weinbrack, 1831), by B. E. A. Weyrich (page images at HathiTrust)
• Heroes of the Great Lakes. With an account of the recent great disasters. ([Pohl Print. Co.], 1906), by William Hainstock Law (page images at HathiTrust)
• Life saving and artificial respiration (The Journal Printery, 1915), by Arthur Reynolds Knott (page images at HathiTrust)
• Fortegnelse over fyrene i kongeriget Danmark med vedføiet fortegnelse over de undersøiske telegraflinier og kort over redningsstationerne. (J. H. Schultz, 1800), by Denmark. Marineministeriet (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Casualties afloat : with practical suggestions for their prevention and remedy (Saunders, 1849), by Augustus Frederick Knaston (page images at HathiTrust)
• The life-boat and its story (Sidgwick & Jackson ltd., 1912), by Noël T. Methley (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Dunking sense. (Training division, Bureau of aeronautics, United States navy, 1943), by United States. Navy Dept. Bureau of Aeronautics (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• ... The preservation of life at sea : a paper read before the American Geographical Society, February 27th, 1879 (New York, 1879), by Theodorus B. M. Mason (page images at HathiTrust)
• Swimming and life-saving (W. Briggs, 1889), by W. D. Andrews (page images at HathiTrust)
• Life-saving hand-book of the Royal Canadian Humane Association containing special directions for rescuing drowning persons, with suggestions as to the best means of resuscitating the apparently dead, either from drowning, lightning, dynamic electricity, etc. (Printed for the Association by W. Briggs, 1895), by J. George Hodgins and Royal Canadian Humane Association (page images at HathiTrust)
• Swimming and life-saving (W. Briggs;, 1896), by W. D. Andrews (page images at HathiTrust)
• Treatment of the apparently drowned (The Institution, 1864), by Royal National Life-Boat Institution (page images at HathiTrust)
• The life-boat and its story (J.B. Lippincott, 1912), by Noël T. Methley (page images at HathiTrust)
• Instructions for United States coast guard stations. (Govt. print. off., 1916), by United States Coast Guard (page images at HathiTrust)
• Life savers of Cape Cod. ([s.n.], 1902), by John Wilfred Dalton (page images at HathiTrust)
• The preservation of life at sea. A paper read before the American Geographical Society, February 27th, 1879. (New York, 1879), by Theodorus B. M. Mason, U.S. Naval Museum of Hygiene, and American Geographical Society of New York (page images at HathiTrust)
• Der werdegang des rettungsapparates ... (Essen, 1912), by Bernh Dräger (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Acts of gallantry : being a detailed account of each deed of bravery in saving life from drowning in all parts of the world for which the gold and silver Medals and Clasps of the Royal Humane Society have been awarded from 1830 to 1871 ... (Sampson Low, Marston, Low, and Searle, 1872), by Lambton Young (page images at HathiTrust)
• Acta de la sesión celebrada para conmemorar el primer aniversario de su fundación. (M. Tello, 1882), by Sociedad Española de Salvamento de Náufragos (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sable Island: its history and phenomena. (W. Drysdale, 1894), by George Patterson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Chinese life-boats, etc. (Statistical Dept. of the Inspectorate General of Customs, 1893), by China. Hai guan zong shui wu si shu (page images at HathiTrust)
• Rescue. (Macrae Smith company, 1932), by Rupert Sargent Holland (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Resuscitation by the prone pressure method ... (New York City, 1937), by American Gas Association and Edison Electric Institute (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Rescue skills and techniques. (U.S.Govt. Print. Off., 1957), by United States Federal Civil Defense Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Instructions to mariners in case of shipwreck : with information concerning the life-saving stations upon the coasts of the United States (The Service, 1908), by United States Life-Saving Service and Charles H. McLellan (page images at HathiTrust)
• The art of swimming : being a clear, plain and practical treatise upon the most useful, invigorating and enobling pastime, in which the learner is easily but surely taught how to swim backwards, forwards, and sideways, on and under water, as well as to dive, leap, and float, in every possible manner... (R.M. De Witt, 1873), by Charles Weightman (page images at HathiTrust)
• Swimming (Longmans, Green, 1901), by Archibald Sinclair and William Henry (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• An address to the British public; with suggestions for the recovering property from sunken vessels : also, for the means for rescuing the lives of sailors from stranded vessels, and for the prevention of shipwreck ... with a description and representation of apparatus used for those purposes, and instructions for their application (J. Gathercole, 1838), by George William Manby (page images at HathiTrust)

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