North Harbour (A Cumbrian Shipbuilder's Illustrated Record of the Vanishing Age of Sail)

Kelsick Wood was a nineteenth-century Georgian shipbuilder in Maryport, West Cumberland, with a private passion for painting. He combined his two loves in his journals, where shipyard contracts and inventories share their pages with beautiful and curious watercolor pictures. North Harbour revels in the rich, textured story behind these little books. It shows how each small shipyard on Britain’s coast played its part in Britain’s economic expansion in the nineteenth century. It is also a personal tale, and the faces which look out from Kelsick’s journals remind us that these little wooden ships carried the dreams and livelihoods of all those who owned, commanded and crewed them. Simon Francis Brown’s highly visual title speaks immediately to lovers of maritime history, illustration and the Georgian era, drawing in daydreamers and doodlers alike.

This book title, North Harbour (A Cumbrian Shipbuilder's Illustrated Record of the Vanishing Age of Sail), ISBN: 9781398124912, by Simon Francis Brown, published by Amberley Publishing (October 7, 2025) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.

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