Mostly Maritime Books Put Out Today

“You write not for children but for yourself. And if by good fortune children enjoy what you enjoy, why then you are a writer of children's books.” 

― Arthur Ransome

"A Book of the Sea" is poetry

Make a Signal! in this photo is barely visible, a book about naval signals, concerned mainly with the pre-microphone period

Some Good Old Fashioned Children's Books, Maritime, and more

"The writer catches the changes of his mind on the hop. Growth is exciting; growth is dynamic and alarming. Growth of the soul, growth of the mind." - Vita Sackville-West

Small Selection of Books and Booklets Introduced to Our Shelves

"A few words well chosen, and distinguished, will do work that a thousand cannot." - John Ruskin

St Lawrence College Ramsgate