Frank C. Bowen (1894-19??) Bibliography.

1923-
Merchant Ships of the World, Being an Illustrated Descriptive Annual of the World's Merchant Ships . . . 1923- Edited by Frank C. Bowen & F.J.N. Wedge.
Sampson Low, Marston & Co., London, 1923-. 4to.
1923
Ships for all . . .
Ward, Lock & Co, London & Melbourne, 1923. 8vo, 384 pp.
1924
British coasters, A Descriptive Annual of Power Vessels of Between 100 and 1000 tons Gross Trading in Home Waters, and of Sea-Going Tugs and Salvage Craft . . . 1924- . Edited by F.J. Wedge and Frank C. Bowen.
Sampson Low, Maston & Co., Lodnon, 1924-. 8vo.
1924
The Sea: Its History and Romance.
Halton & Truscott Smith, London, (1924-26). 4 vols in 4to.
1925
The Golden Age of Sail: Indiamen, Packets and Clipper Ships. With Illustrations from Contemporary Engravings and Paintings, . . . in the MacPherson collection.
Halton & Truscott Smith, London, 1925. 4to, xvi, 86 pp, 91 plates. Edition of 1500 copies.
Milton, Balchy & Co., New York, 1925.
Also an edition of 100 copies printed on fine paper.
1925
The King's Navy . . . With 47 Illustrations.
Methuen & Co., London, 1925. 4to, frontis., viii, 252 s, ill.
1926
History of the Royal Naval Reserve.
Corporation of Lloyd's, London, 1926. 4to, x, 172 pp.
(Reprinted from "Lloyd's List & Shipping Gazette".)
1927
From Carrack to Clipper. A Book of Sailing-Ship Models.
Halton & Truscott Smith, London, 1927. 4to, viii, 64, vii s, 68 plates.
Minton, Balch & Co., New York, 1927.
1928
His Majesty's Coastguard.
Hutchinson & Co., London, (1928). 8vo, 288 s, 15 plates.
1928
History of the Canadian Pacific Line.
Sampson Low & Co., Lodnon, (1928). 8vo, (4), 205 s, ill.
1928
Mail and Passenger Steamships of the Nineteenth Century. The Macpherson Collection. With Iconographical and Historical Notes by . . . H. Parker . . . and Frank C. Bowen.
Sampson Low & Co., London, 1928. 4to, xxvii, 324 s, clxx plates.
1929
Sea Slang. A Dictionary of the Old-Timers' Expressions and Epithets . . .
Sampson Low & Co, London, (1929). 8vo, frontis., vi, 154 pp, ill.
Illustrated by Savile Lumley, with a frontispice by Kenneth Shoesmith.
1930
Sailing Ships of the London River.
Sampson Low, Marston & Co., London, (c1930). 8vo, x, 310 s, 40 pl.
Illustrated by Pelham Jones;
1932
A Century of Atlantic Travel, 1830-1930.
Sampson Low & Co., London, (1932). 8vo, x, 374 pp.
1932
Ships We See.
Sampson Low & Co, London, (1932). 8vo, viii, 311 pp, plates.
1933
A Hundred Years of Towage. A History of Messrs. William Watkins, Ltd., 1833-1933.
Gravsend & Dartford Reporter, Gravesend, 1933. 8vo, frontis., 215 s, ill, ? p
1938
America Sails the Seas. The History and Romance of America on the High Seas from the 15th to the 19th Century . . . Profuesely Illustrated.
R.M. McBride & Co., New York, (1938). 4to, xx, 411 s, ill, ?? pl.
1938
London Ship Types . . . Illustrated by Pelham Jones.
East Ham Echo, London, 1938. 8vo, viii, 184 s, ill.
1939
The Flag of the Southern Cross. The History of Shaw Savill & Albion Co. Limited, 1858-1939, With a preface by the Right Honourable Viscount Runcinman of Doxford, P.C.
Shaw Savill & Albion, Liverpool, 1939. 8vo, 122, xxvii s, ?? pl.
1948
From Carrack to Clipper. A Book of Sailing-Ship Models.
Halton & Co., London & New York, 1948. 4to, vi, 74 pp.
Revision of the 1927 edition.
1949
Port of London.
Dryden Periodicals, London, 1949. 8vo, 216 s, ill.
1951
Wooden Walls in Action.
Halton & Co., London & New York, 1951. 4to, viii, 144 pp, plates.
On naval battles from 1340 to 1866.
1952
Men of the Wooden Walls.
Staples Press, London & New York, 1952. 4to, viii, 152 pp.
On the famous men connected with the sea.
1940
Conquest of the Seas, the History and Adventure of Sea and Ships . . . Profusely Illustrated.
R.M. McBride & Co., New York, (c1940). 26.5 cm, xviii, (2), (21)-423 s, ill,
1946
Famous Ships.
Pinguin Books, Harmondsworth, (1946). Tv8vo, onum. sid.
Together with Frank H. Mason.
1947
The Flag of the Southern Cross, 1939-1945.
Shaw, Savill & Albion Co., London, (c1947). 23 cm, 71 pp.
Privately circulated.
1951
Port of London Guide.
Coram, London, 1951. 25 cm, 231 s, ill.
Coram, London, 1953. 25 cm, 222 s, ill, plates.
Coram, London, 1955. 25 cm, 211 s, ill, plates.

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