WHERE THAMES SMOOTH WATERS GLIDE

A PERSONAL LIBRARY OF THAMES BOOKS

 

 (Letts)

Thames Valley

1969

Motorguide

(Nicholson 1)

Guide to the Waterways 1

Grand Union, Oxford & S.E.

2003

 

(Nicholson 7)

Guide to the Waterways 7

Thames, Wey, Kennet & Avon

1997

 

(Nicholson)

Ordnance Survey Guide to the Thames

1984

etc

 

(Nicholson)

Inland Waterways Map

2000

 

(NRA)

River Thames Handbook

1985?

 

(Stanford)

River Thames map

1976

 

(TYC etc)

Thames Book

1981

 

Adams, Anna

Thames: An Anthology of River Poems

1999

 

Ashby-Sterry, J

The Lazy Minstrel

1886

 

Ashby-Sterry, J

Thames items from The Lazy Minstrel

1886

On my Thames site

Atkinson, Mary

The Thames-side Book

1973

112p b&w illustrations

Ball, E & PW

Holiday Cruising On The Thames

1970

145 pages, Published by David & Charles 1970

Belloc, Hilaire

Historic Thames

1914

 

Belloc, Hilaire

River of London

1912

145 pages, 1 illustration

Birch G H

London on Thames in Bygone Days

1903

90 pages many illustrations

Bolland, R.R.

Victorians on the Thames

1974

100 Victorian prints & photos

Boney, Revd Prof

Royal River Henley to Maidenhead

Also

Richmond to Battersea

1885

 

Briggs, Martin S

Down the Thames

1949

239 pages.  Own pen & ink drawings

Burstall, Patricia

Golden Age of the Thames

1981

 

Cleaver, Hylton

History of Rowing

1959

 

Cornish, C J

Naturalist on the Thames

1902

With photos  (Gutenberg eBooks)

Cove-Smith

River Thames Book

1998

ISBN 0 85288 620 9 :218 pages, Published by Imray Laurie Norie & Wilson November 1998 Covers Cricklade to the Thames barrier plus the River Wey, Basingstoke Canal and part of the Kennet & Avon.

Croad, Stephen

Liquid History, The Thames through Time

2003

208pp B&W photos

Curtis, Roy

Thames Passport

1970

188 pages. Delightful guide to the non-tidal part of the River Thames, from Lechlade to Teddington

De Maré, Eric

Time on the Thames

1952

238 pages, Published by The Architectural Press 1952 A guide to the river by this well known waterways writer and photographer. 127 photographs plus other illustrations

Dodd, Christopher

Henley Royal Regatta

1989

150th anniversary

Doerflinger, Frederic

Slow Boat through England.  Exploring the Inland Waterways

1970

Includes Thames

Eade, Brian

Along the Thames

1997

ISBN 0 7509 1543 9 :126 pages, Published by Alan Sutton Publishing Ltd 1997 The non-tidal river with over 200 historic views and text

Eddy, Clyde

Voyaging Down the Thames

1938

Frederick Stokes Co 1938 317pp

an intimate account of a voyage 200 miles across England, Down the “River of Liquid history” – the Thames.

Fidler, Kathleen

The Thames in Story

1971

 

Forester, C S

Hornblower and the Atropos

1953

Hornblower steers a horse drawn narrow boat (at 11mph!) down the Thames & Severn Canal and then Flash weirs on the Thames.

Fox Smith, C

Thames

1931

 

Gedge, Paul

Thames Journey

1949

A book for boat-campers and lovers of the river.  67 photos and 2 maps

Gibbings, Robert

Sweet Thames Run Softly

1940

B&W drawings

Gibbings, Robert

Till I End My Song

1957

234 pages, Published by J M Dent 1957 The story of a move to a Berkshire village that allows the author to enrich his knowledge of part of the Thames

Gilbert, Stuart & Horner,Ray

The Thames Barrier

1984

182pp B&W photos

Goldsack, Paul

River Thames in the footsteps of the famous

2002

B&W cartoons & maps

Gordon, Colin

Beyond the Looking Glass

1944

 

Hadfield, Charles

British Canals

1952

Drawings & reproductions

Hall, S.C, Mr & Mrs

The Book of the Thames

 

1859

1976

516 pages, Published by Arthur James Ltd 1976 Written 1859 Reprint of an 1859 book with many engravings of wild life and scenery.

Harrison, Ian

The Thames from Source to Sea

2004

Overhead photos of the whole river

Harris, Mollie

Stripling Thames (Source to Oxford)

1994

 

Holinshed

The Chronicles of England

1586

The Description of the Thames

Hughes, T

Tom Brown at Oxford

1861

1879

 

Irwin, John & Herbert, Jocelyn

Sweete Themmes

1951

An Anthology with prints

Jerome K Jerome

Three Men in a Boat

1886?

 

Jones, Rodwell, Prof

The Geography of London River

1931

 

Jones, Sydney R

Thames Triumphant

1943

B&W drawings

Lang, Andrew

Oxford

1906

B&W drawings. My copy Ex Libris Hardy Amies. I met him once. He was  a guest at a wedding service I took.  Afterwards he told me “Your service was an example of controlled chic”.  Having had a champagne or two I challenged him – “What do you mean ‘controlled’?”

Leslie, George

Our River

1881

B&W prints

Llewellyn, Sheila

View from the Bridge

1999

The Story of the Thames side Villages of Clifton Hampden and Burcot

Mackay, Duncan

The Secret Thames

1993

 

MacColl, D

Royal River Oxford to Abingdon

1885

 

Mee, Arthur

Oxfordshire

1942

 

Mempes, Mortimer

Thames (& G.E.Mitton)

1906

Watercolours

Mitton, G.E.

Thames painted by E W Haslehurst

 

1910

56 pages, Published by Blackie & Son Ltd 1910 Beautiful  England series with 12 full colour plates

Nicholson

Ordnance Survey Guide to the Thames

1984

 

Nicholson 1

Guide to the Waterways 1

Grand Union, Oxford & S.E.

2003

 

Nicholson 7

Guide to the Waterways 7

Thames, Wey, Kennet & Avon

1997

 

Ollier, Edmund

Royal River Battersea to London Bridge

1885

 

Peel, J.H.B.

Portrait Of The Thames - From Teddington To The Source

1976

 

Penderell-Brodhurst J

Royal River Abingdon to Streatley

Also

Hampton to Richmond

1885

 

Phillips

(Bonhams)

Traditional River Craft And Ephemera.

1997

1998

2002

Auction Catalogues

Pilkington, Roger

Small Boat on the Thames

1966

238 pages, Published by Macmillan Publishers (UK) Ltd 1966 Illustrated.

Pilkington, Roger

Thames Waters

1956

 

Pitt, John William

River Thames A Descriptive Poem (from Source to Mouth)

1939

77pp “Poem” with BW photos

Prichard, Mari & Carpenter, Humphrey

A Thames Companion

1975

194pp B&W illustrations

Ravenstein E.G.

Oarsman's & Angler's Map Of The River Thames From Its Source To London Bridge. One Inch To A Mile. 1893.

1893

1991

 

Reade, Charles

Hard Cash

1868

Rowing excerpts on my site

Rivington, R T

Punts And Punting (Booklet)

1982

B&W photos & drawings Booklet

Rivington, R T

Punting (Book)

1983

B&W photos & drawings

Book

Runciman, J

Royal River Gravesend to the Nore

1885

 

Sampson, Aylwin

Winning Waters, The Homes of Rowing

1986

 

Senior, W

Royal River Above Oxford

Also

Royal River Streatley to Henley

1885

 

Sharp, David

Thames Path

1981

 

Schutz Wilson, H

Royal River Maidenhead to Windsor

1885

 

Taylor, Julia Isham

Down the Thames in Victorian Days

1886

1939

A trip on the Thames in 1886

Thacker, Fred S

Thames Highway. Volume I

1914

1968

1914 original 2 volumes 832 pages, Published by David & Charles 1968 Illustrated.

Thacker, Fred S

Thames Highway: Volume II           89A History of the Locks and Weirs

1920

1968

525 pages, Published by Published by the author 1920 The second volume of this History of the Thames.

Thacker, Fred S

The Stripling Thames

1909

Text Complete on http://thames.me.uk/0TST/index.htm

Tomalin, Harry

Henley-on-Thames, the book of

1975

 

Vincent, J E

Story of the Thames

1909

 

Wack, Henry Wellington

In Thamesland

1906

“Cruises and Rambles through England from the Surces of the Thames to the Sea.  An American on the Thames.  375pp.  Photos by Frith and Taunt.

Wallington, Mark

Boogie up the River

1990

One Man and his Dog to the Source of the Thames

Waters, Brian

Thirteen Rivers to the Thames

1964

Thirteen Tributaries

Waters, Tony

Bridge by bridge through London

1989

 

Watson, Aaron

Royal River London Bridge to Gravesend

1885

 

Williams, Nigel

Two and a half Men in a Boat

1993

 

Wilson, David Gordon

 Making of the Middle Thames

1977

159pp B&W illustrations

Wordsworth Turner, Godfrey

Royal River Windsor to Hampton

1885

 

Wykeham-Martin

How to Build a Thames Punt

1919

Plans (in “Punts” Rivington)

Wykes, Alan

An Eye on the Thames

1966

217pp B&W photos