ALLENDALE, John.
Sailorman between the Wars.
John Hellewell Publications 1978. 205ppp.
ANDERSON, Jo.
Anchor and Hope
Hodder & Stoughton 1970, 0 340 2307 1 , 205pp
BAGSHAW, Capt. Harry, and Albert Bagshaw (Edited and compiled by Richard Walsh).
Coasting Sailorman.
Chaffcutter Books, 1998. 0 95324220 X.
BARBER, Antonia
Ring in the Rough Stuff (children's fiction).
Jonathan Cape 1983 - 0.224.02076.5 , 204pp
BECKETT, Roger.
The Thames Sailing Barge - A Practical Guide.
Ill. Basil Emmerson. 1994. Published Privately.
BECKETT, Roger.
Sailing Barges in their Social Context.
Jane Benham Memorial Lecture, May 1996.
Published privately by the Benham-Seaman Trust in memory of the late Jane Benham, an original trustee. It contains the substance of the first biennial Jane Benham lecture, delivered by Roger Beckett aboard the sailing barge, 'Hydrogen', in May 1996.
BENHAM, Hervey
Last Stronghold of Sail.
George G. Harrap & Co. 1948, reprints 1948, 1950, reissue 1981, paperback reprint 1986 , 0 245 53784 8, 202pp
BENHAM, Hervey
Down tops'l
George G. Harrap & Co. 1951, 2nd Ed. 1971, 0 245 50661 6 , 192pp
BENHAM, Hervey
Once upon a tide
George G. Harrap & Co. 1955, revised reprint 1971, 0.245.50804 , 204pp
BENHAM, Hervey
The Big Barges.(with Roger Finch)
George G. Harrap & Co. 1983, 0245,54003 2 , 168pp
BENNETT, Arthur S.
June of Rochester
Edward Arnold & Co. 1939, reprint 1949 , 256pp
BENNETT, Arthur S.
Tide Time.
G. Allen & Unwin Ltd. 1949 , 165pp
BENNETT, Arthur S.
Us Bargemen.
Meresborough Books 1980, 199pp, 0.905270.207.
BLUE CIRCLE GROUP.
100 years of River Trading Barges.
Blue Circle Group Public Relations 1977.
BROWN, Gordon.
Mate of the CAPRICE.
Seafarer Books 1995. 085036 444 2.
CARR, Frank G.G.
Sailing Barges.
Hodder & Stoughton 1931, 350pp Peter Davis Co (Revised edition) 1951
Conway Maritime Press reprint 1971
Terence Dalton, Revised edition 1989, 462pp 0.86138.060.6.
CARR, Marion.
Call of the Running Tide.
Sailtrust Ltd. 1983, 95pp, 0.946547.01.7
CHILDS, Bob.
Rochester Sailing Barges of the Victorian Era.
Published privately, 1995, 212pp.
CLARKE, D.H. (Nobby)
East Coast Passage.
Longman Co. 1971, 0.582.19374.6 , 221pp.
COOK, Clifford.
A Barge on the Blocks.
A5, printed privately 1984, 64pp
COOPER, F.S. and CHANCELLOR J.
Handbook of Sailing Barges.
Adlard Coles Ltd. 1955, reprint 1967.
Facsimile reissue 1989. 111pp.
COOPER, F.S.
Racing Sailormen.
Percival Marshall Co. 1963. 109pp. 0229 64232 2
CORDELL, Alan, FERGUSON, Peter, & PEARSALL, Alan.
Nautical Pictorial, Old Postcard Views.
No.1 River Thames, 1976.
No.2 The Rivers & Coast of Kent, 1978
No.3 The Rivers & Coast of East Anglia, 1983
CORDELL, Alan and WILLIAMS, Leslie.
The Past Glory of Milton Creek.
Meresborough Books, 1985 0948193042, 255pp.
DAVIS,D.F.
The Thames Sailing Barge, her gear and rigging.
David & Charles, 1970. 0 7153 4887 6
DENT, G.
The Third Hand. (Fiction)
Ashridge Press, 1997. 1 901214 20 6
DURHAM, Dick.
The Last Sailorman.
Terence Dalton, 1989 0.86138.067.3 , 160pp.
ELLIS, Tony.
The Sailing Barges of Maritime England.
Shepperton Swan, 1982, 0.906986.03.6, 80pp.
FINCH, Roger.
Sailing Craft of the British Isles.
Collins 1976.
FINCH, Roger.
A Cross in the Topsail.
The Boydell Press, 1979, 085115.113.2, 122pp.
FINCH, Roger and Benham, Hervey.
Sailing Craft of East Anglia.
Terence Dalton, 1987
FREESTON, Ewart C. & Kent B.
Modelling Thames Sailing Barges.
Conway Maritime Press, 1976, 0.85177.091.6, 96pp.
GARRETT, K.S.
Everards of Greenhithe.
World Ship Society, 1991, 0.905617.58.4, 238pp.
HAZELL, Martin.
Sailing Barges. (Shire Album 13)
Shire Publications, 1976, reprints 1982, etc. 0 85263 584 2
HEARN, Peter.
Sailing a Thames Barge, Sail by Sail.
1996. Published Privately.
HERBERT, A.P.
The Singing Swan, (Fiction).
Methuen & Co. 1968, 470pp.
HORLOCK, A.H. (Chubb) & R.J. (Bob).
Mistleyman's Log.
Fisher Nautical Press, 1977, 0.904340.01.5 , 226pp.
IONIDES, Cyril, ATKINS J.B. & BENNETT, Arnold.
A Floating Home.
Chatto & Windus, 1918, reprint 1919, 200pp.
JONES, Tristian.
A Steady Trade.
The Bodley Head, 1982
KEMP, John.
A Fair Wind for London.
Sailtrust Ltd., 1983, 0.946547.00.9 , 149pp.
LARKEN, Peggy.
Five Sisters.
Robert Hale Co. 1970;
Revised edition, Frederick Muller & Co. 1977 SBN 7091,1212,2, 208pp.
LEATHER, John.
Barges (an international Historic Survey).
Adlard Coles, 1984, 0.229.11594.2, 235pp.
MAILLART, Ella K.
Gypsy Afloat.
William Heinemann, 1942, 240pp.
MARCH, Edgar J.
Spritsail Barges of the Thames and Medway.
Percival Marshall Co. 1948.
David & Charles print revised 1970, reprint 1918. 0.7153.4681.4, 234pp.
MARITIME TRUST, The.
The Story of the Cambria.
Endlebury Publishing, 1973, Available
MARTIN E.G.
Sailorman.
Oxford University Press 1933, reprint 1950 , 90pp.
MILNE, Gustav, McKEWAN, C, & GOODBURN, D.
Nautical Archaeology on the Foreshore. Hulk recording on the Medway.
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1998.
ISBN 1 873592 32 9, 88pp.
OSLER, A
"Whe're Yer For?". The Recollections of Capt. Harold Smy, Sailing Bargemaster
Chaffcutter Books in association with theSociety for Sailing Barge Research 2006, ISBN 0 9532422-9-3, pp56.
PERFECT, Charles.
Handbook for Bargemen, Lightermen & Captains.
A.P.C.M. printed privately, 1930
PERKS, Richard Hugh.
A History of Faversham Sailing Barges.
Society for Spritsail Barge Research, 1967.
PERKS, Richard Hugh.
Dolphin Yard Sailing Barge Museum Guide.
Dolphin Sailing Barge Museum Trust, 1980.
PERKS, Richard Hugh.
George Bargebrick Esquire.
Meresborough Books, 1981/87. 0905 270 4 7 9
PERKS, R. Hugh, O'DRISCOLL,P, & CORDELL, A.
Sprits'l.
Conway Maritime Press, 1975. 0.54177.073.8, 168pp.
PERKS, R.H., O'DRISCOLL,P, PEARCE, B, & ELLIS A.
Below Sea Reach.
The Society for Spritsail Barge Research, 1988. A5, 84pp. 0 9500515 1 9
PHILLIPS, Rita.
The Thalatta Diaries
Heritage House 2006, ISBN 1.85215.1811, 158pp.
PRICE, Ann.V.
Thames Sailing Barges at Leigh.
Printed privately, 1984
PYNER, Alf.
An introduction to the Thames Sailing Barge.
Passmore Edwards Museum, 1980
QUARM, Roger & WYLIE, John.
W.L. Wylie Marine artist 1851-1931. Barrie & Jenkins, 1981
ROBERTS, Bob.
Coasting Bargemaster.
Edward Arnold Co. 1949; Terence Dalton, 1894. 192pp. 0 904 623 95 5
ROBERTS, Bob.
Last of the Sailormen.
Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1960, reprint 1973. 0 85 036 342 X
Reprint Seafarer Books, 1986 0.7100.2042.2 , 137pp.
ROBERTS, Bob.
A Slice of Suffolk.
Terence Dalton, 1978.
ROBERTS, Bob.
Breeze for a bargeman.
Terence Dalton, 1981, 0.86138.007X, 136pp.
ROBERTSON E.Arnot, & TURNER H.E.
Thames Portrait.
Ivor Nicholson & Watson, 1937 , 174pp.
SATTIN, Donald L.
Just off the Swale.
Meresborough Books, 1978. 0.905270.04.5, 140pp.
SATTIN, Donald L.
Barge Building and Barge Builders of the Swale.
Meresborough Books, 1990, 0948193.5.30, 150pp.
SIMPER, Robert.
Over Snape Bridge.
East Anglian Magazine Ltd.
SIMPER, Robert.
East Coast Sail.
David & Charles, 1972; New Ed. Seafarer Books, 1987
SMITH, Richard W.
The Thames Barge in Suffolk
Society for Sailing Barge Research, ISBN 0-9552489-0-6, 2006, 90pp.
SOCIETY FOR SAILING BARGE RESEARCH
A Conversation with Dick, The Dagger - The Life and Times of Centenarian Bargemaster Captain Henry Miller B.E.M. as told to Tony Farnham.
Topsail Publication by SSBR, 2001, 0-9500515-8-6, 78pp.
THAMES BARGE SAILING CLUB.
Centaur, Commemeration of a Centenary.
Printed privately, 1995. 0.95 25 474.0.6 , 127pp.
THAMES BARGE SAILING CLUB
The Golden Chaffcutter
Published by TBSC c/o 11, The Embankment, Twickenham TW1 3DU
£5 + p & p 64p 127page 57 photos & other illustrations including lines and plans
ISBN 0-9525474-0-6
This includes a general history of the sailing barge world post war with fleet lists and other information of general interest derived from TBSC Bulletins over the years.
TURNER M. Lloyd.
Ship Without Sails.
London University Press, 1953 , 160pp.
UGLOW, Capt. Jim, & FARNHAM, Tony.
Sailorman, A Barge Masters Story.
Conway Maritime Press, 1975, 085177.085.1, 163pp.
WALSH, Richard Kathleen.
The Biography of a Sailing Barge.
Terence Dalton, 1986. 0.86138.046.0, 189pp.
See also Capt. Harry Bagshaw, Coasting Sailorman. 1998.
WILLMOTT, Frank G.
Bricks and Brickies.
Published privately, 1972, reprint 1977, 80pp.
WILLMOTT, Frank G.
Cement, Mud and Muddies.
Published Privately, 1977, 0.905270.02.9 , 141pp.
WISEMAN, Gordon.
The History of the Wakerling and Barling barges.
Published by the S.S.B.R., 1999, 64pp.
WOOD, David.
Powderbarge W.D.
Published privately, 1977, 0905270.03.7, 63pp.
WOOD, David.
The Last Berth of the Sailorman.
Society for Spritsail Barge Research, 1987

This Bibliography of Books about Sailing Barges is based on a list prepared by Tony Farnham for the SSBR to which I have added some details and some recent book releases.