Alex Ship Models

HMS Victory

• The 100-Gun Ship Victory – John McKAY
• HMS Victory Building, Restoration & Repair, Vol 1 & 2 – A. R. BUGLER
• HMS Victory Her Construction, Career and Restoration – Alain McGOWAN
• The Anatomy of Nelson’s Ships – C Napean LONGRIDGE
• HMS Victory – Kenneth FENWICK

General ship building

• The Construction and Fitting of the English Man of War 1650-1850 – Peter GOODWIN
• The Masting and Rigging of the English Ships of War 1625-1860 – James LEES
• The Arming and Fitting of English Ships of War 1600-1815 – Brian LAVEREY
• The Boats of Men-of-War – W. E. MAY
• The Fully Framed Model, Building the Swan Class Sloop Pegasus 1777, Vol 1, 2, 3 & 4 – David ANTSCHERL

Re-prints

• The Young Sea Officer’s Sheet Anchor – Darcey LEVER
• Architectura Navalis Mercatoria – Fredrik Henrik af CHAPMAN
• A Treastie on Naval Architecture and Ship Building – Richard Worsam MEADE
• Deane’s Doctrine of Naval Architecture, 1670 – Sir Anthony DEANE
• Rees’s Naval Architecture 1819-20 – Abraham REES
• 18th Century Shipbuilding – Remarks on the Navies of the English & the Dutch by Blaise Ollivier – 1737
  – Translated by David H. ROBERTS

Miscellaneous

• Nelson’s Fleet at Trafalgar – Brian LAVEREY
• Nelson’s Ships – A History of the Vessels in which he Served 1771-1805 – Peter GOODWIN
• Nelson’s Navy – The Ships, Men and Organisation 1793-1815 – Brian LAVERY
• The marine Art of Geoff HUNT
• First Rate – The Greatest Warships of the Age of Sail – Rif WINFIELD
• Fighting Ships 1750-1850 – Sam WILLIS
• Fighting Ships 1850-1950 – Sam WILLIS
• 17th and 18th Century Ship Models from Kriegstein Collection – Arnold and Henry KRIEGSTEIN – 2nd edition
• The Rogers Collection of Dockyard Models, Vol 1 – G. H. WALKER
• The Ship of the Line – B. LAVEREY
• The Sailing Frigate – R. GARDINER
• The Boats of Men-of-War – W. E. MAY
• Message in a Model – A. HOVING
• Sloop of War 1650 – 1763 – I. McLAUGHLAN
• First Rate – R. WINFIELD
• Sailing Ships – Prints by the Dutch Masters – I. De GROOT, R. VORSTMAN

e-Books (PDF)

• 1754 Mungo – A treatise on ship building and navigation
• 1764 Duhamel – The elements of naval architecture
• 1770 Patoun – A complete treatise of practical navigation
• 1784 Falconer – An universal dictionary of the marine
• 1794 Steel – The Elements and Practice of Rigging and Seamanship Vol1
• 1794 Steel – The Elements and Practice of Rigging and Seamanship Vol2
• 1805 Steel – The shipwright’s vade mecum
• 1822 Annesley – A new system of naval architecture
• 1824 Ekins – Naval battles from 1744 to the peace in 1814
• 1825 Fincham – An introductory outline of the practice of ship-building
• 1826 Partington – The ship builders complete guide
• 1834 Boswall – A treatise on naval tactics
• 1841 Creuze – Treatise on the theory and practice of naval architecture
• 1843 Fincham – A treatise on masting ships and mast making
• 1851 Dana – The seaman’s friend
• 1853 Lever – The young sea officers sheet anchor
• 1854 Griffiths – Treatise on marine and naval architecture
• 1864 Kipping – Rudimentary treatise on masting
• 1869 Meade – A TREATISE ON NAVAL ARCHITECTURE AND SHIP-BUILDING
• 1872 Wharton – A short history of HMS Victory
• 1884 Luce – Text book of seamanship

General ship building

• Le Vaisseau de 74 Canons, Vol 1-4 – Jean BOUDRIOT
• La Frégate Marine de France – Jean BOUDRIOT, Hubert BERTI
• Les Vaisseaux de 54 et 64 canons – Jean BOUDRIOT
• Modèles Historiques Musée de la Marine, Vol 1 & 2 – Jean BOUDRIOT, Hubert BERTI
• L’art du Modélisme – Bernard FRÖLICH
• Accastillage et gréement du modËle réduit d’un vaisseau de 74 canons – Francis JONET
• Les Vaisseaux de 50 et 64 canons 1650-1780 – Jean BOUDRIOT
• La Chaloupe des Vaisseaux 1680-1780 – J C LEMINEUR

Monographs

• Le Coureur – Lougre 1776 – Jean BOUDRIOT, Hubert BERTI
• La Jacinthe – Goëlette 1823 – Jean BOUDRIOT
• Le Cerf – Cotre 1779-1780 – Jean BOUDRIOT, Hubert BERTI
• La Salamandre – Galiote à Bombes 1752 – Jean BOUDRIOT, Hubert BERTI
• Le Cygne – Brick de 24 1806-1808 – Jean BOUDRIOT, Hubert BERTI
• Le Bateau de Lanvéoc – Petite marine 17e-18e – Jean BOUDRIOT, Hubert BERTI
• La Créole – Corvette 1827 – Jean BOUDRIOT
• La Renommée – Frègate de VIII 1744 – Jean BOUDRIOT
• Le Gros Ventre – Gabare 1766-1779 – Gerard DELACROIX
• La Diligente – Tartane 1738-1761 – Gerard DELACROIX, Hubert BERTI
• La Belle Poule – Frégate de XII 1765 – Jean BOUDRIOT, Hubert BERTI
• Machine à curer les ports 1750 – G DELACROIX

Re-prints

• L’Album de Colbert 1670
• Élémens de l’Architecture Navale 1758, Duhamel du Monceau
• Encyclopédie Méthodique Marine 1783-1787
• Traite de Construction – Blaise OLLIVIER – 1736
• Souvenirs de Marine, Vol 1-3 – Amiral E. PARIS
• Le Voyage de la Favorite – Amiral E. PARIS
• Les caboteurs et pécheurs de la cote de Tunisie – P. A. Henrique – 1888
• La marine Française et les marines étrangères – L Morel-Fatio, L. Renard

Miscellaneous

• L’Armada – Maquettes du MusÈe naval de Madrid (XVII-XVIII)
• La Marine a voile de 1650 a 1890 – Autour de C-J Vernet
• Les Vues des Ports de France (1714-1789) – Joseph Vernet
• Les Génies de la Mer
• Petites marines – J.J. Baugean
• Marines de E.W. Cooke
• Marines de Charles Mozin
• Les combats de Jean-Bart – P. Villiers

e-Books (PDF)

• 1677 Dassie – L’architecture navale
• 1706 Anonyme – Construction Des Vaisseaux Du Roy
• 1731 Pitot – La theorie de la manoeuvre des vaisseaux
• 1746 Bouguer – Traite du navire de sa construction et mouvements
• 1752 Duhamel – Elemens Architecture Navale
• 1753 Bouguer – Nouveau traite de navigation
• 1758 Duhamel – Elemens Architecture Navale 2eme edition
• 1771 Duranti – Instruction elementaire et raisonnee sur la construction
• 1776 Euler – Theorie complete de la construction et de la maneovre des vaisseaux
• 1776 Goimpy – Traite sur la construction des vaisseaux
• 1781 Clairbois – Traite de la construction des vaisseaux
• 1783 Sebastien, Clairbois – Encyclopedie methodique marine Vol1
• 1789 Burgues – Arrimage des vaisseaux
• 1792 Juan – De la construction et de la manoeuvre de vaisseaux
• 1805 Clairbois – Traite elementaire de la construction des batiments de mer Vol1
• 1805 Clairbois – Traite elementaire de la construction des batiments de mer Vol2
• 1815 Forfait – Traite elementaire de la mature des vaisseaux
• 1863 d’Etroyat – Traite elementaire d’architecture navale