Gutenberg project

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You know, the web site where some authors out of copyright have their books turned into electronic versions.

http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page

Anyone know any good, old authors worth searching for on there?

Robert Louis Stevenson is on there of course.

 

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Look in author list for surname Verrall, [spelling approx]. Cap'n Verall wrote a good book on knots, tackles etc etc. The illustrations are very good.

 

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Have a flick through these. All are on Gutenburg

Bullen, Frank T., 1857-1915 The Cruise of the Cachalot Round the World

Day, Holman (Holman Francis), 1865-1935 The Skipper and the Skipped
Being the Shore Log of Cap'n Aaron Sproul

Doubleday, Russell, 1872-1949 A Gunner Aboard the "Yankee"

Dyson, Edward, 1865-1931 In the Roaring Fifties

Fenn, George Manville
Handforth, W.B. [Illustrator] Blue Jackets
The Log of the Teaser


A Tale of the Smuggling Days English Context 21305 Fenn, George Manville
Stewart, F.A. [Illustrator] A Dash from Diamond City English Context 21308 Fenn, George Manville
Rahey, L. [Illustrator] First in the Field
A Story of New South Wales English Context 21314 Fenn, George Manville
Garens, J. B. [Illustrator] King o' the Beach
A Tropic Tale English Context 21296 Fenn, George Manville
Forestier, A. [Illustrator] Mother Carey's Chicken
Her Voyage to the Unknown Isle English Context 21358 Fenn, George Manville
Stacey, W.S. [Illustrator] The Ocean Cat's Paw
The Story of a Strange Cruise English Context 21363 Fenn, George Manville
Dadd, Frank [Illustrator] Quicksilver
The Boy With No Skid To His Wheel English Context 21377 Fenn, George Manville
Hardy, Paul [Illustrator] To Win or to Die
A Tale of the Klondike Gold Craze English Context 21307 Fenn, G. Manville, 1831-1909 Fire Island
Being the Adventures of Uncertain Naturalists in an Unknown Track English Context 21355 Fenn, G. Manville, 1831-1909
Rowlandson, G.D. [Illustrator] Middy and Ensign



A Tale of the Smuggling Days English Context 21305 Fenn, George Manville
Stewart, F.A. [Illustrator] A Dash from Diamond City English Context 21308 Fenn, George Manville
Rahey, L. [Illustrator] First in the Field
A Story of New South Wales English Context 21314 Fenn, George Manville
Garens, J. B. [Illustrator] King o' the Beach
A Tropic Tale English Context 21296 Fenn, George Manville
Forestier, A. [Illustrator] Mother Carey's Chicken
Her Voyage to the Unknown Isle English Context 21358 Fenn, George Manville
Stacey, W.S. [Illustrator] The Ocean Cat's Paw
The Story of a Strange Cruise English Context 21363 Fenn, George Manville
Dadd, Frank [Illustrator] Quicksilver
The Boy With No Skid To His Wheel English Context 21377 Fenn, George Manville
Hardy, Paul [Illustrator] To Win or to Die
A Tale of the Klondike Gold Craze English Context 21307 Fenn, G. Manville, 1831-1909 Fire Island
Being the Adventures of Uncertain Naturalists in an Unknown Track English Context 21355 Fenn, G. Manville, 1831-1909
Rowlandson, G.D. [Illustrator] Middy and Ensign

Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924
Ford, Ford Madox, 1873-1939 Romance

Francis, M.E. (Mrs. Francis Blundell), -1930 North, South and over the Sea

Various
French, Joseph Lewis, 1858-1936 [Editor] Great Sea Stories

Tomlinson, H. M. (Henry Major), 1873-1958 London River

Verrill, A. Hyatt (Alpheus Hyatt), 1871-1954 Knots, Splices and Rope Work
A Practical Treatise

Bower, B. M., 1871-1940 Cabin Fever

Chappell, George S. (George Shepard), 1877-1946 The Cruise of the Kawa

London, Jack, 1876-1916
Haldeman-Julius, E. (Emanuel), 1889-1951 [Editor] Stories of Ships and the Sea

Hutcheson, John Conroy
Overend, W.H. [Illustrator] On Board the Esmeralda
Martin Leigh's Log - A Sea Story

London, Jack, 1876-1916 A Collection of Stories
The Human Drift -- Small-Boat Sailing -- Four Horses and a Sailor -- Nothing that Ever Came to Anything -- That Dead Men Rise up Never -- A Classic of the Sea -- A Wicked Woman (Curtain Raiser) -- The Birth Mark (Sketch)

London, Jack, 1876-1916 A Collection of Stories
Contents:
The Human Drift -- Small-Boat Sailing -- Four Horses and a Sailor -- Nothing that Ever Came to Anything -- That Dead Men Rise up Never -- A Classic of the Sea -- A Wicked Woman (Curtain Raiser) -- The Birth Mark (Sketch)
English Context 11051 London, Jack, 1876-1916 The Cruise of the Dazzler English Context 14449 London, Jack, 1876-1916 Dutch Courage and Other Stories
Contents:
Preface -- Dutch courage -- Typhoon off the coast of Japan -- The lost poacher -- The banks of the Sacramento -- Chris Farrington: Able seaman -- To Repel Boarders -- An Adventure in the upper sea -- Bald-face -- In Yeddo bay -- Whose business is to live.
English Context 1162 London, Jack, 1876-1916 The Jacket (Star-Rover) English Context 6455 London, Jack, 1876-1916 The Little Lady of the Big House English Context 1730 London, Jack, 1876-1916 Michael, Brother of Jerry English Context 2415 London, Jack, 1876-1916 The Mutiny of the Elsinore English Context 2152 London, Jack, 1876-1916 On the Makaloa Mat
Contents:
The Bones of Kahekili
The Kanaka Surf
On the Makaloa mat -- The bones of Kahelili -- When Alice told her soul -- Shin-bones -- The water baby -- The tears of Ah Kim -- The Kanaka surf
Shin-Bones
The Tears of Ah Kim
The Water Baby
When Alice Told Her Soul
English Context 18062 London, Jack, 1876-1916
Haldeman-Julius, E. (Emanuel), 1889-1951 [Editor] Stories of Ships and the Sea
Little Blue Book # 1169

Belloc, Hilaire, 1870-1953 Hills and the Sea

Slocum, Joshua, 1844-1910? Sailing Alone Around the World

United States. Navy Dept. Bureau of Ordnance Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy.
1866. Fourth edition.

Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851 Ned Myers
or, a Life Before the Mast

Dana, Richard Henry, 1815-1882 Two Years Before the Mast

Kingston, William Henry Giles, 1814-1880
Durden, James [Illustrator] Peter Trawl
The Adventures of a Whaler

Kingston, William Henry Giles, 1814-1880
Durden, James [Illustrator] Peter Trawl
The Adventures of a Whaler

Fenn, George Manville
Stacey, W.S. [Illustrator] The Ocean Cat's Paw
The Story of a Strange Cruise

Household, H. W. [Commentator]
Walter, Richard Anson's Voyage Round the World
The Text Reduced

Household, H. W. [Commentator]
Hutcheson, John Conroy
Stacey, W. S. [Illustrator] The Wreck of the Nancy Bell
Cast Away on Kerguelen Land

Kerr, Robert, 1755-1813 A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 15
Forming A Complete History Of The Origin And Progress Of Navigation, Discovery, And Commerce, By Sea And Land, From The Earliest Ages To The Present Time English Context 15376 Kerr, Robert, 1755-1813 A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 11
Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History
of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and
Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the
Present Time English Context 16471 Kerr, Robert, 1755-1813 A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 16 English Context 15425 Kerr, Robert, 1755-1813 A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 17
Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History
of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and
Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the
Present Time

Kingston, William Henry Giles, 1814-1880
Webb, Archibald [Illustrator] Will Weatherhelm
The Yarn of an Old Sailor

London, Jack, 1876-1916 The Cruise of the Dazzler

Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 Omoo English Context 8118 Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 Redburn. His First Voyage

Sleeper, John Sherburne Jack in the Forecastle
or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawser Martingale

Stephens, C. A. (Charles Asbury), 1844-1931 Left on Labrador
or, The cruise of the Schooner-yacht 'Curlew.' as Recorded by 'Wash.'

United States. Navy Dept. Bureau of Ordnance Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy.
1866. Fourth edition.

Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882 The Voyage of the Beagle

Kingston, William Henry Giles, 1814-1880
Lumley, Savile [Illustrator] Charley Laurel
A Story of Adventure by Sea and Land

Marryat, Frederick, 1792-1848 Peter Simple and The Three Cutters, Vol. 1


Bligh, William, 1754-1817 A Narrative Of The Mutiny, On Board His Majesty's Ship Bounty; And The Subsequent Voyage Of Part Of The Crew, In The Ship's Boat

Brassey, Annie Allnut A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam'

Collingwood, Harry
Cuneo, Cyrus [Illustrator] The Cruise of the Thetis
A Tale of the Cuban Insurrection

Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924 Chance English Context 5658 Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924 Lord Jim English Context 1058 Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924 The Mirror of the Sea English Context 1143 Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924 Notes on Life and Letters English Context 1712 Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924 The Rescue English Context 2305 Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924 A Set of Six
Contents:
Gaspar Ruix -- The informer -- The brute -- An anarchist -- The duel -- Il conde

English Context 8106 Cook, James, 1728-1779 Captain Cook's Journal During the First Voyage Round the World English Context 15777 Cook, James, 1728-1779 A Voyage Towards the South Pole and Round the World, Volume 1 English Context 15869 Cook, James, 1728-1779 A Voyage Towards the South Pole and Round the World Volume 2 English Context 13982 Cooper, James A. Cap'n Abe, Storekeeper English Context 8647 Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851 Afloat and Ashore
A Sea Tale English Context 9826 Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851 Homeward Bound
or, the Chase English Context 4796 Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851 Jack Tier English Context 11243 Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851 Miles Wallingford
Sequel to "Afloat and Ashore" English Context 9788 Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851 Ned Myers
or, a Life Before the Mast English Context 4215 Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851 Oak Openings English Context 1880 Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851 Pathfinder; or, the inland sea English Context 7974 Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851 The Pilot English Context 2275 Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851 The Pioneers English Context 19983 Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851 Recollections of Europe English Context 12990 Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851 A Residence in France
With an Excursion Up the Rhine, and a Second Visit to Switzerland English Context 20475 Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851 The Two Admirals English Context 12445 Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851 The Water-Witch or, the Skimmer of the Seas

 

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Wow, Thanks for that. Will go and have a look-see.