Naval History Books & Medals of the Age of Fighting Sail, 1793–1815

Sim Comfort Associates has published fine books on the Age of Fighting Sail from London since 1974. Every title is produced to the same standard: careful attention to paper, printing and binding, so that each reprint holds up against  and in many cases surpasses the craftsmanship of the original. This isn’t a marketplace reselling job lots of militaria; every book, medal and print in our collection has been researched, curated, and in many cases personally written or commissioned by Sim Comfort himself.

Our specialism covers the ships, officers, weapons and honours of Nelson’s navy: from David Steel’s foundational works on naval architecture and rigging, to the definitive two-volume reference on naval swords and dirks, to the Boulton and Appleby Trafalgar medals struck to commemorate the era’s defining battles. Historian and novelist Patrick O’Brian himself praised our reprint of Jenkins’s Naval Achievements for its quality of production.

Whether you’re a collector building a reference library, a museum curator sourcing period-accurate detail, or a researcher tracing a specific ship, officer or medal, our collection is built for people who need primary and near-primary source material not general-interest naval fiction.