| Parent: | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc |
| Founded: | 1947 |
| Founder: | K Adlard Coles |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Headquarters: | London |
| Topics: | Nautical books |
| Imprints: | Thomas Reed, Reeds Nautical Almanacs, Conway |
| Url: | Adlard Coles Nautical |
Adlard Coles Nautical is a nautical publisher,[1] with over 300 books in print. The company publishes books on topics of interest to sailors and motorboaters and also ‘landlubbers’ with an interest in the sea. Their list includes almanacs, cruising guides, pilot books and how-to instruction books, as well as large format photographic books, sailing narratives and sea-related reference, maritime history, humour and trivia books.[2]
Adlard Coles Nautical has been part of Bloomsbury Publishing since 2003.
The company was founded by yachtsman Kaines Adlard Coles in 1947. He wrote many of the books, including pilots, sailing narratives and Heavy Weather Sailing, which continues to be published by the company (in an updated form).[3]
A & C Black Publishers, which had bought Nautical Books in 1987, acquired the Adlard Coles company in 1990 and merged the two companies into the Adlard Coles Nautical imprint.
In 2000, A & C Black was bought by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc and in 2003 the company acquired the Reeds Nautical Almanac.[4] In September 2014, Bloomsbury bought Conway Publishing and the maritime history list now complements the Adlard Coles Nautical imprint.[5]