Tuckwell Press Ltd, November 2002. Hardback, illustrated, 368 pages.

This text traces the development of the Scottish marine and its institutions during the highly turbulent and formative period 1650-1790, when state intervention and warefare at sea in the pursuit of mercantilist goals largely determined, intentionally and otherwise, the course of events.

Birlinn Press (July 2005). Hardback & Paperback, illustrated, 223 pages.

Birlinn Ltd (3 July 2006), Hardback & Paperback, illustrated, 219 pages.