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• A Century of Sea Trading, 1824-1924: The General Steam Navigation Company, Limited (London: A. and C. Black Ltd., 1924), by L. Cope Cornford, illust. by W. L. Wyllie and J. Spurling
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• The merchant navy (J. Murray, 1921), by Archibald Hurd (page images at HathiTrust)
• The British merchant service; being a history of the British mercantile marine from the earliest times to the present day (S. Low, Marston & company, limited, 1898), by R. J. Cornewall-Jones (page images at HathiTrust)
• How England got its merchant marine, 1066-1776 (National Council of American Shipbuilders, 1935), by Henry C. Hunter (page images at HathiTrust)
• The mercantile marine (Little, Brown, 1923), by E. Keble Chatterton (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The development of British shipping throughout the ages. (G. Schueler, 1924), by Thoby Prinsep (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A history of the administration of the royal navy and of merchant shipping in relation to the navy, from MDIX to MDCLX, with an introduction treating of the preceding period (J. Lane, 1896), by M. Oppenheim (page images at HathiTrust)
• The merchant navy (Longmans, Green, 1921), by Archibald Hurd (page images at HathiTrust)
• La riqueza de la Inglaterra: que explica las causas del origen, y progresos de la industria, el comercio, y la marina de la Gran Bretaña: los motivos de su decadencia, y el estado de sus actuales fuerzas, y recursos. (Imprenta de M. Escribano, 1774), by Jacques Accarias de Sérionne and Domingo de Marcoleta (page images at HathiTrust)
• The British merchant service; being a history of the British Mercantile Marine from the earliest times to the present day (Cornmarket P., 1969), by R. J. Cornewall-Jones (page images at HathiTrust)
• A history of the administration of the Royal Navy and of merchant shipping in relation to the Navy from MDIX to MDCLX, with an introduction treating of the preceding period, by M. Oppenheim (Gutenberg ebook)

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• A history of the administration of the Royal Navy and of merchant shipping in relation to the Navy, from MDIX to MDCLX with an introduction treating of the preceeding period. (Shoe String Press, 1961), by Michael Oppenheim (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Seaborne trade (J. Murray, 1920), by C. Ernest Fayle (page images at HathiTrust)
• Merchantmen-at-arms; the British merchants' service in the war (Chatto & Windus, 1919), by David W. Bone and Muirhead Bone (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The merchant seaman in war (Hodder and Stoughton, 1918), by L. Cope Cornford (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The fleets behind the fleet; the work of the merchant seamen and fishermen in the war (George H. Doran Company, 1917), by W. Macneile Dixon (page images at HathiTrust)
• Merchantmen at war, the official story of the merchant navy; 1939-1944 (H. M. Stationery off., 1944), by Great Britain. Ministry of War Transport and Great Britain. Ministry of Information (page images at HathiTrust)
• The British shipping industry. (Constable and company limited, 1917), by Edgar Crammond (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The war and the shipping industry (H. Milford, Oxford university press;, 1927), by C. Ernest Fayle (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• British merchant shipping (E. Arnold & Co., 1922), by Clement Wakefield Jones (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The sea traders (Cassell and company, 1921), by Archibald Hurd (page images at HathiTrust)
• The old East Indiamen (T.W. Laurie Ltd., 1914), by E. Keble Chatterton (page images at HathiTrust)
• My life at sea; being a "yarn" loosely spun for the purpose of holding together certain reminiscences of the transition period from sail to steam in the British mercantile marine (1863-1894) (Chapman and Hall, ltd., 1912), by William Caius Crutchley (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Transoceanic aircraft and the merchant marine. Executive hearings before the Committee on the merchant marine and fisheries, House of representatives, Seventy-eight Congress, second session, on H. Res. 52, a resolution authorizing investigation of the national defense program as it relates to the Committee on the merchant marine and fisheries. January 13, 25, and 26, 1944 ... (U.S. Govt. print. off., 1944), by United States House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries (page images at HathiTrust)
• Papers and addresses (Longmans, Green, and co., 1894), by Thomas Brassey Brassey and S. Eardley-Wilmot (page images at HathiTrust)
• The colonial clippers (J. Brown & son (Glasgow) ltd., 1921), by Basil Lubbock (page images at HathiTrust)
• The roaring forties and after (S. Low, Martson, 1929), by Donald John Munro (page images at HathiTrust)
• The foreshore of England, or, Under the red ensign (Harper & Bros., 1927), by H. M. Tomlinson and Harper & Brothers (page images at HathiTrust)
• The trade and navigation of Great-Britain considered ... (A. Bettesworth and C. Hitch, 1738), by Joshua Gee (page images at HathiTrust)
• Hull down; reminiscences of windjammers, troops and travellers (The Macmillan co., 1925), by Bertram Fox Hayes (page images at HathiTrust)
• The last of the windjammers, with illus. and plans. (Brown, Son & Ferguson, 1927), by Basil Lubbock (page images at HathiTrust)
• The sea: its history and romance (R.M. McBride and company, 1927), by Frank Charles Bowen (page images at HathiTrust)
• U.S. merchant shipping and the British import crisis (Center of Military History, United States Army, 1990), by Richard M. Leighton and Center of Military History (page images at HathiTrust)
• The merchant seaman in war (George H. Doran Company, 1918), by L. Cope Cornford (page images at HathiTrust)
• Enemy in sight! (Thomas Y. Crowell company, 1943), by Stanley Reginald Harry Rogers (page images at HathiTrust)
• Seaborne trade (Longmans, Green, 1920), by C. Ernest Fayle (page images at HathiTrust)
• The triumph of the tramp ship (Cassell, 1922), by Archibald Hurd (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• There was a ship; chapters from the history of sail (Methuen & Co., 1929), by C. Fox Smith and Philip W. Smith (page images at HathiTrust)
• Papers and addresses (Longmans, Green, and Co., 1894), by Thomas Brassey Brassey and Sydney Marow Eardley-Wilmot (page images at HathiTrust)
• Report on the training systems for the navy and mercantile marine of England, and on the naval training system of France, made to the Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting, U.S. Navy Department, September, 1879. (Govt. Print. Off., 1880), by French Ensor Chadwick and United States. Navy Dept. Bureau of Equipment (page images at HathiTrust)
• The great days of sail : some reminiscences of a tea-clipper captain (Heath Cranton, 1927), by Andrew Shewan and Rex Clements (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The old East Indiamen (Lippincott, 1914), by E. Keble Chatterton (page images at HathiTrust)
• The anatomy of the Navigation laws. (C. Gilpin, 1847), by John Lewis Ricardo (page images at HathiTrust)
• La brèche maritime allemande dans l'empire colonial anglais (E. Guilmoto, 1912), by Marcel Brunet (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Merchantmen-at-arms; the British merchant's service in the war (Chatto and Windus, 1929), by David William Bone and Muirhead Bone (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Outlines of naval routine. (Smith, Elder & co.: [etc., etc.], 1837), by Alexander Dingwall Fordyce (page images at HathiTrust)
• British seamen : as described in recent Parliamentary and official documents (Longmans, Green, 1877), by Thomas Brassey Brassey (page images at HathiTrust)
• The last of the windjammers (Glasgow, 1927), by Basil Lubbock (page images at HathiTrust)
• The illustrated guide to the Royal Navy and foreign navies, also mercantile marine steamers available as armed cruisers and transport, &c. (Waterlow Bros. & Layton, 1896), by Frederick T. M. Gibbs (page images at HathiTrust)
• The trade and navigation of Great Britain considered ... (Printed by William Duncan Junior, 1755), by Joshua Gee (page images at HathiTrust)
• The trade and navigation of Great-Britain considered ... (J. Almon, and S. Bladon, 1767), by Joshua Gee (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Mercantile Marine in war time; a series of articles reprinted from "The Shipping and Mercantile Gazette and Lloyd's list." (Spottiswoode & Co., Ltd., 1902) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The navigation laws of Great Britain, historically and practically considered, with reference to commerce and national defence. (Baily Brothers [etc.], 1849), by Joseph Allen (page images at HathiTrust)
• Quelques aspects actuels de l'impérialisme économique anglo-saxon, marine marchande - houille - pétrole ... (Jouve & Cie., 1923), by Jean Audemar (page images at HathiTrust)
• The clipper ship "Sheila", Angel -- master (C.E.Lauriat, 1923), by W. H. Angel (page images at HathiTrust)
• The trade and navigation of Great Britain considered... (Printed by Sam. Buckley, 1731), by Joshua Gee (page images at HathiTrust)
• A fair state of the case between the East India Company, and the owners of ships now in their service. : To which are added considerations on Mr. Brough's pamphlet, concerning the East India Company's shipping; (Printed by George Bigg ... and sold by J. Sewell ..., 1786), by Alexander Dalrymple (page images at HathiTrust)
• The trade and navigation of Great-Britain considered. (S. Buckley, 1730), by Joshua Gee (page images at HathiTrust)
• Shipping and tariffs ... extracts from the London Fairplay, of March 17 ... and March 24, 1910. ([Govt. print. off.], 1910) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Merchant shipping act. (Printed by S. Derbishire & G. Desbarats, 1854), by Great Britain (page images at HathiTrust)
• English seamen and divers. (Chapman, 1868), by Alphonse Esquiros (page images at HathiTrust)
• The merchant shipping act, 1854; with an introductory summary, notes, index, and an appendix, containing the Merchant shipping acts repeal act, 1854, &c., &c. (W.G. Benning, 1855), by Great Britain, William Digby Seymour, and Great Britain Parliament (page images at HathiTrust)
• Our merchant shipping its present state considered. (Longman and co.,;[etc., etc.], 1860), by W. S. Lindsay (page images at HathiTrust)
• The trade and navigation of Great Britain considered: shewing that the surest way for a nation to increase its riches, is to prevent the importation of such foreign commodities as may be rais'd at Home. (Printed by Sam Buckley, 1730), by Joshua Gee (page images at HathiTrust)
• Our merchant shipping : its present state considered (Longman, 1860), by W. S. Lindsay and Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee on Merchant Shipping (page images at HathiTrust)
• Report of the committee appointed to advise as to the measures requisite for the maintenance of the British mercantile marine. (Liverpool Steam Ship Owners' Association], 1917), by Chamber of Shipping of the United Kingdom, William H. Raeburn, and Liverpool Steam Ship Owners' Association (page images at HathiTrust)
• Nautical re-organization and increase of the trading marine (E. Wilson, 1840), by Adderley W. Sleigh (page images at HathiTrust)
• The sea, its history and romance. (B.F. Stevens & Brown, 1924), by Frank Charles Bowen (page images at HathiTrust)
• London, Liverpool, and North American Screw Steam Ship Company return to an address of the Honourable the House of Commons, dated 27 May 1853 for copies of all petitions to and orders of Her Majesty in Council ... and of all correspondence addressed by the Board of Trade to various persons in relation to an application made, on behalf of the promoters and the provisional committee of the London, Liverpool, and North America Screw Steam Ship Company, between the month of September 1852 and the month of April 1853, for the grant of a royal charter of incorporation to the said company. (s.n., 1853), by Great Britain Board of Trade (page images at HathiTrust)
• The speech of the Right Hon. Henry Labouchere, M.P. in the House of Commons on the navigation laws (J. Ridgway, 1848), by Henry Labouchere (page images at HathiTrust)
• Letter from Thomas Lack, Esq. and report thereon by the Special Committee of Ship Owners, April 30, 1827 (s.n., 1827), by Thomas Lack and George Lyall (page images at HathiTrust)
• Open boats (M'Clelland, Goodchild, & Stewart, 1917), by Alfred Noyes (page images at HathiTrust)
• Our flag and the sailors of our empire (s.n., 1914), by Navy League of Canada. British Columbia Division. Educational Dept (page images at HathiTrust)
• Marine Anglaise et libre-échange. (Librairie nouvelle de droit et de jurisprudence, A. Rousseau, 1908), by Maurice Anjubault (page images at HathiTrust)
• Angliĭskiĭ zakon o torgovom moreplavanii, 21 ... 1906 ... (Merchant Shipping Act, 1906) [...] (... , 1908), by Great Britain, L. A. Fedorov, and Russia. Ministerstvo torgovli i promyshlennosti. Otdi︠e︡l torgovago moreplavanii︠a︡ (page images at HathiTrust)
• Angliĭskiĭ zakon" o torgovom" moreplavanii 25 ... 1894 ... , ... (... , 1903), by Great Britain, M. V. Linden, S. P. Veselyĭ, and Russia. Glavnoe upravlenie torgovago moreplavanii︠a︡ i portov" (page images at HathiTrust)
• My life at sea : (Brentano's, 1912), by William Caius Crutchley (page images at HathiTrust)
• Merchant seamen; their diseases and their welfare needs. (Dutton, 1922), by Edward William Home (page images at HathiTrust)
• The colonial clippers (C.E. Lauriat, 1921), by Basil Lubbock (page images at HathiTrust)
• The shipowners' complaint and appeal to the United Kingdom, to which is added a proposed method to improve the merchant service, particularly the masters of vessels. (Longman, 1828), by Anthony Landers (page images at HathiTrust)
• Conquest of the seas : the history and adventure of sea and ships (Travel, 1940), by Frank Charles Bowen (page images at HathiTrust)
• Merchant marine policy and shipping and shipbuilding subsidies. Memorandum on France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, and Japan, prepared for the Senate Committee on Commerce in the consideration of S. 2582, a bill to develop a strong American merchant marine, to promote the commerce of the United States, to aid national defense, and for other purposes. (U. S. Govt. print. off., 1935), by United States Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce (page images at HathiTrust)
• The old East Indiamen (T.W. Laurie Ltd., 1915), by E. Keble Chatterton (page images at HathiTrust)
• The white ensign (Ministry of Information, 1942), by Great Britain. Ministry of Information (page images at HathiTrust)
• The clipper ship "Sheila", Angel -- master (Heath, Cranton limited, 1922), by W H Angel (page images at HathiTrust)
• An address to the electors of the sea-ports of the United Kingdom on the navigation laws and their duties at this critical juncture (s.n.], 1847), by James Mather (page images at HathiTrust)
• The coastwise trade of the United Kingdom, past and present and its possibilities. (G. Thompson, 1925) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Reasons for an augmentation of at least twelve thousand mariners to be employed in the merchants-service and coasting-trade : with some thoughts on the means of providing for a number of our seamen after the present war is finished ... : likewise to make provision for the boys fitted out by the Marine-Society when they shall be discharged from the King's ships : with some remarks on the Magdalen-house : in thirty-three letters to Charles Gray, Esq., of Colchester (Sold by R. and J. Dodsley ..., J. Waugh ..., 1759), by Jonas Hanway and Charles Gray (page images at HathiTrust)
• Load Line Committee. Report (H.M. Stationery Off :, 1916), by Philip Watts and Great Britain. Board of Trade. Load Line Committee (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Last of the windjammers. (Brown, Son & Ferguson, 1929), by Basil Lubbock (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Old East Indiamen, by E. Keble Chatterton (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Colonial Clippers, by Basil Lubbock (Gutenberg ebook)
• My Life at Sea: being a "yarn" loosely spun for the purpose of holding together certain reminiscences of the transition period from sail to steam in the British mercantile marine (1863-1894), by William Caius Crutchley (Gutenberg ebook)
• Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war, by David W. Bone, illust. by Muirhead Bone (Gutenberg ebook)

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