Boglio Maritime Books

21134
ADAMS, Richard (editor)
ANTARCTICA - Voices from the Silent Continent: London. 1990. Hodder & Stoughton. 3rd impression of the 1990 original. 80 PP with 2 sketches of penguins and 55 colour illustrations (1 map, 9 artworks on whales and 45 photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 24.6 x 18.8. 340542551
Compilation of celebrated quotes & reports on/for protection of this continent.
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$10

56982
ALDRIDGE, Captain Michael
RULE OF THE ROAD CARDS: Ombersley, Worcs., UK. 1984. Flip Cards 1 card with text and 49 cards with b/w illustration on recto and explanation on verso. Clear plastic container. Fine. Small format. 8.5 x 6.
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$10

56890
ALLAN, Joyce
AUSTRALIAN SHELLS, With Related Animals Living in the Sea, in Freshwater and on Land: Melbourne. 1962. Georgian House. Reprint of the revised edition of 1959 (original of 1950). XXII, 487 PP with 112 figures, plus 44 plates (12 colour and 32 b/w). Fp: Large Sea-living univalve and bivalve of Tropical Australia. Eps. Cloth cover. Covers lightly rubbed and hinge of backcover split. Note on verso of front endpaper. A good working copy. 24.8 x 18.5.
First comprehensive & illustrated (by author) book on Australian shells.
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$25

57951
ALLEN, James
JOURNAL OF AN EXPERIMENTAL TRIP BY THE "LADY AUGUSTA", ON THE RIVER MURRAY: Adelaide. 1976. Libraries Board of South Australia. Facsimile reprint of the 1853 original, No. 202 in the Australiana Facsimile Editions series. (2), (2 cover), XIV, 86 PP. Fp: Swan Hill. Hard cover, simile vellum, gilt title on spine. Ex Library copy with few stamps, and remnants of envelope on rear endpaper. Internally fine. 21.2 x 13.7. 0724300554
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$25

30353
ALLEN, Madelene Ferguson
WAKE OF THE INVERCAULD - Shipwrecked in the sub-Antarctic: A great-gand daughter's pilgrimage: Auckland. 1997. Exisle Publishing. 1st Ed. 256 PP with 4 maps, duotone illustrations, and 16 pages of colour photos. Illustrated endpapers. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 26.5 x 19.3. 0908988028
Shipwrecked on the Auckland Islands, 10th May 1864, during a crossing between Melbourne and Callao. Survival on inhospitable shores, rescue 20th May 1865.
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$40

38793
ALLEN, Thomas B., CLIFTON BERRY, F., & POLMAR, Norman
CNN WAR IN THE GULF: Atlanta. 1991. Turner Publishing, Inc. 1st paperback edition. 240 PP with colour illustrations (maps, plans and photos). Pictorial card cover. Fine. 27.5 x 21.5. 1878685015
From the invasion of Kuwait, August 1990, to the Day of Victory, February 1991, and Beyond.
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$15

52206
ANDERSON, David
THE SPANISH ARMADA: London. 1988. Macdonald & National Maritime Museum. 1st edition (juvenile). 48 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 26.2 x 21. 0356136221
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55997
ANDERSON, Ronald
ON THE SHEEP'S BACK: Adelaide. 1967. Rigby. 1st hardback edition of the 1966 original. 268 PP, plus 12 pages with 20 b/w illustrations. Endpapers. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Very good. 22.2 x 14.5.
Wool Industry: past, present - future.
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$15

16599
ANDERSON, Tim (editor)
OCEANOGRAPHY: Canberra. 1987. CSIRO. No. 14 in the CSIRO Research for Australia series. 75 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 25 x 17.5. 0643037993
Studies: Oceans as a source of food, probing the sea and the R.V. Franklin, oceans and climate...
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$10

15852
ANDREWS, Graeme
A LOG OF GREAT AUSTRALIAN SHIPS: Sydney. 1980. Reed. 1st Ed. 160 PP with b/w illustrations. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Near fine. Oblong: 18.5 x 26. 0589502026
150 famous ships which played a vital role in the development of Australia.
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$10

15939
ANDREWS, Graeme
VETERAN SHIPS OF AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND: Sydney. 1976. Reed. 1st Ed. 136 PP with b/w illust., plus 4 colour plates. Hard cover, dj. Fine. Oblong: 19.3 x 27.5. 0589071904
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$10

57991
ANGELL, Barbara (compiler)
VOYAGE TO PORT PHILLIP 1803: Sorrento, Victoria. 1984. Nepean Historical Society. 1st Ed. 64 PP with 7 b/w illustratiopns. Soft cover, device ("Shire of Flinders") on front. Fine. 21.6 x 14. 0959089705
... on HMS Calcutta.
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$40

16371
ANSON, Peter F.
BRITISH SEA FISHERMEN: London. 1944. Collins. 1st Ed., in the British People in Pictures series. 48 PP with 23 b/w illust., plus 8 colour plates. Decorated hard cover, dj (lightly rubbed). Very good. 22.7 x 16.3.
The variety of fishing resources of Great Britain & the quality of the men engaged in this activity as well as their value to the nation.
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$20

42443
ARMSTRONG, John
YACAABA AND TOMAREE - A History of Port Stephens: Port Stephens, NSW. 1996. Port Stephens Shire Council. Revised and updated edition of the 1969 original. VI, 102 PP with 2 maps and many b/w or colour illustrations (plans and maps, posters and photos). Inside covers: 4 aerial views of Port Stephens. Pictorial soft covers. Fine. 26.5 x 20.6. 909805016
Sighted and described by Cook and Pickersgill in May 1770. The fifth best natural harbour in the world... Royal Australian Navy base HMAS Assault during WWII...
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$35

57328

AUSTRALASIAN SHIPS & PORTS - Volume 4: Melbourne. 1991 & 1992. Baird Publications Pty. Ltd. Volume 4, No. 1 (December 1991) to No. 12 (November 1992). Edited by Neil BAIRD & Joan WILSON. 12 issues for a total of 472 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21.
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$20

57329

AUSTRALASIAN SHIPS & PORTS - Volume 5: Melbourne. 1992 & 1993. Baird Publications Pty. Ltd. Volume 5, No. 1 (December 1992) to No. 12 (November 1993). Edited by Neil BAIRD & Brad WARREN. 12 issues for a total of 480 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21.
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57330

AUSTRALASIAN SHIPS & PORTS - Volume 6: Melbourne. 1993 & 1994. Baird Publications Pty. Ltd. Volume 6, No. 1 (December 1993) to No. 12 (November 1994). Edited by Neil BAIRD & Anne HELLSTEDT. 12 issues for a total of 488 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21.
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57331

AUSTRALASIAN SHIPS & PORTS - Volume 7: Melbourne. 1994 & 1995. Baird Publications Pty. Ltd. Volume 7, No. 1 (December 1994) to No. 12 (November 1995). Edited by Neil BAIRD & Anne HELLSTEDT. 12 issues for a total of 480 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21.
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57332

AUSTRALASIAN SHIPS & PORTS - Volume 8: Melbourne. 1995 & 1996. Baird Publications Pty. Ltd. Volume 8, No. 1 (December 1995) to No. 12 (November 1996). Edited by Neil BAIRD & Andrew JEFFS. 12 issues for a total of 480 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21.
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57333

AUSTRALASIAN SHIPS & PORTS - Volume 9: Melbourne. 1996 & 1997. Baird Publications Pty. Ltd. Volume 9, No. 1 (December 1996) to No. 12 (November 1997). Edited by Neil BAIRD & Andrew JEFFS. 12 issues for a total of 480 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21.
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57042

AUSTRALIAN FISHERIES - Volume 36 - 1977: Canberra. 1977. Fisheries Division, Department of Primary Industry. Volume 36: No. 1 (January 1977) to No. 12 (December 1977). Edited by Peter POWNALL & Martin BOWERMAN. 12 issues for a total of around 840 pages with b/w illustrations, and the 12 pictorial soft cover (in colour). Fine set. 24.2 x 18.
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57043

AUSTRALIAN FISHERIES - Volume 37 - 1978: Canberra. 1978. Fisheries Division, Department of Primary Industry. Volume 37: No. 1 (January 1978) to No. 12 (December 1978). Edited by Peter POWNALL & Bill ORD. 12 issues for a total of around 850 pages with b/w and colour illustrations, and the 12 pictorial soft cover (in colour). Fine set. 24.2 x 18.
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57040

AUSTRALIAN FISHERIES NEWSLETTER - Volume 24 - 1965: Canberra. 1965. Fisheries Branch, Department of Primary Industry. Volume 24: No. 1 (January 1965) to No. 12 (December 1965). Edited by P.C. POWNALL. 12 issues for a total of 576 pages with b/w illustrations, and the 12 pictorial soft cover (in colour). Fine set. 24.2 x 18.
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$30

57041

AUSTRALIAN FISHERIES NEWSLETTER - Volume 26 - 1967: Canberra. 1967. Fisheries Branch, Department of Primary Industry. Volume 26: No. 1 (January 1967) to No. 12 (December 1967). Edited by P.C. POWNALL. 12 issues for a total of 576 pages with b/w illustrations, and the 12 pictorial soft cover (in colour). Fine set. 24.2 x 18.
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$30

57216

AUSTRALIA'S WELCOME TO THE U.S. FLEET (in The Sydney Mail): Sydney. 1908. The Sydney Mail, New South Wales Advertiser.. American Fleet - Sydney Mail Souvenir. XXXII pages with musical score on 1 page for "The Star Spangled Banner", and b/w illustrations (1 painting by Fred Elliott at centrefold, 16 photos of warships, 39 portraits and 39 photos). Pictorial wrappers are a little soiled, foxed and detached. Spine split, rusty staples. Occasional foxing, o/wise very good. Large format: 44.5 x 30.
Call of the Great White Fleet in Sydney: 20 to 27 August 1908.
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$100

20110
BALLARD, Robert D. & DUNMORE Spencer
EXPLORING THE LUSITANIA, Probing the Mysteries of the Sinking That Changed History: London. 1995. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. 1st Ed. 228 PP with b/w & colour illust. as well as paintings by Ken Marschall. Half-title page: Prewar postcard. Title-page: The Lusitania Bow. Gilt-engraved hard cover & spine, dj. Fine. 28.7 x 22.5. 0297813145
Her career, her fatal crossing and the controversy surrounding her sinking. Exploration of the wreck.
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31575
BARKER, Felix, ROSS-MACDONALD, Malcolm & CASTLEREAGH, Duncan
THE GLORIOUS AGE OF EXPLORATION: New York. 1973. Doubleday. 1st US edition of the 1971 UK original, in the Encyclopedia of Discovery and Exploration. 488 PP with b/w and colour illust. Hard cover, gilt device on front cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Few foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise near fine. 26.5 x 19.5. 038504352X
From the first explorations by Egyptians and Phoenicians to the voyage of Magellan.
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57621
BARRATT, Glynn
CAROLINEAN CONTACTS WITH THE ISLANDS OF THE MARIANAS: The European Record: Saipan. 1988. Micronesian Archaeological Survey. 1st Ed. No. 25 in the Micronesian Archaeological Survey Report series. VIII, 92 PP with 9 b/w illustrations (1 map, 1 sketch map, 6 engravings and 1 photo). Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 27.5 x 21.3.
Pre-European contacts (Chamorro-Carolinean), European contacts: Spanish (Luis de Torres, missionaries, ..), Russian (von Kotzebue, von Lütke), French (Jacques Arago, Rose de Saulces de Freycinet, Dumont d'Urville, Jurien de la Gravière).
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$55

33705
BARTON, G. B. (editor)
HISTORY OF NEW SOUTH WALES FROM THE RECORDS - Volume I: Governor Phillip: Sydney. 1980. Hale & Iremonger. Facsimile reprint of the 1889 original. LXXXV, (3), 625 PP, plus 11 plates (1 map, 1 plan, 3 folded maps and 6 engravings). Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 22.3 x 14.5. 0908094639
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$65

43176
BASNETT, Stan
FERRIES OF THE ISLE OF MAN - Past & Present: London. c.1996. Ferry Publications. 1st Ed. 80 PP with 18 colour and 71 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. Oblong: 14.8 x 21.2.
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56152
BATEMAN, Sam and BATES, Stephen (editors)
SHIPPING AND REGIONAL SECURITY: Canberra. 1998. Strategic and Defence Studies Centre / ANU. 1st Ed. Canberra Papers on Strategy and Defence No. 129. XXIV, 159 PP with 8 figures and 16 tables. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 20.6 x 14.5. 0073152747X
Papers presented at the 4th meeting of the working group held at Tokyo, November 1997.
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$35

56150
BATEMAN, Sam and SHERWOOD, Dick (editors)
STRATEGIC CHANGE AND NAVAL ROLES: Issues for a Medium Naval Power: Canberra. 1993. Strategic and Defence Studies Centre / ANU. 1st Ed. Canberra Papers on Strategy and Defence No. 102. (10), 216 PP. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 20.6 x 14.5. 0731518624
Proceedings of the Maritime Strategic issues workshop held at HMAS Creswell, November 1992.
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21609
BATHE, B. W.
SHIP MODELS - 4: Foreign Small Craft: London. 1966. HMSO. 1st Ed. No. 4 in the Science Museum illustrated booklets series. No pagination, 48 Pages with 20 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover (lightly soiled). Very good. 14.8 x 14.8.
Norwegian Herring Boat... Gozo Boat... Kolek from Trengganu...
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45771
BEARD, Henry & McKIE, Roy
SAILING. A Sailor's Dictionary: New York. c. 1990. Workman Publishing. 21st printing of the 1981 original. 96 PP with 47 cartoons. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 20.3 x 20.3. 894801449
Sailing: the fine art of getting wet and becoming ill while slowly going nowhere at great expense.
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57508
BEASANT, John
STALIN'S SILVER - The Sinking of the USS John Barry: New York. 1999. St. Martins Press. 1st US edition of the 1995 UK original. (VIII), 216 PP with 1 map, 2 plans of ships & 22 facsimiles of documents, plus 24 pages with 5 b/w illust. & 29 colour photos. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 24 x 16. 0312205902
The shipment of silver loaded on the American merchant ship "John Barry", sunk by U-859 south of Oman in July, 1944, and retrieved late 1994 by Ifremer and Ocean Group. (in the 1980's, the author was the Press and Private Secretary to the Prime Minister of Vanuatu).
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19842
BEASLEY, A. W.
FELLOWSHIP OF THREE, The Lives and Association of John Hunter (1728-1793), The Surgeon; James Cook (1728-1779), The Navigator; and Joseph Banks (1743-1820), The Naturalist: Sydney. 1993. Kangaroo Press. 1st Ed. 80 PP with b/w illust., plus 4 pages with 11 colour illust. Fp: Statue of John Hunter. Eps: The World with Voyages of Captain Cook. Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing, o/wise fine. 24.8 x 18.8. 0864175426
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10945
BEAVIS, Bill
SAILORS' CRAFTS: London. 1981. Allen & Unwin. 1st Ed. 122 PP with 34 b/w photos and 110 figures. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 25.2 x 19.5. 0047970049
With limited materials, few tools and in cramped spaces, the sailors were resourceful craftsmen. Rope work, ship models, ...
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$25

22185
BISSET, Sir James
TRAMPS & LADIES, MY EARLY YEARS IN STEAMERS: Sydney. 1959. Angus & Robertson. 1st Ed. XVI, 315 PP, plus 16 pages with 26 b/w photos. Eps: Chart of North Atlantic. Fp (in colour): Painting of SS Mauretania, by John Allcot. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Dust jacket with closed tears. Faint foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise near fine. 22.2 x 14.
The memoirs of Sir James Bisset in the early days of steamships with recollections of his arrival on board the SS Carpathia, at the scene of the sinking of the Titanic in 1912.
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$40

57511
BLACK, Eileen
JAMES GLEN WILSON R.N., Landscape and Marine Painter (1827-1863): Belfast. 1980. Ulster Museum. 1st Ed. Publication No. 237 of the Ulster Museum. 52 PP with 1 tail piece, 2 b/w photos and 11 b/w plates. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. Oblong: 18.5 x 23.8.
Catalogue of an exhibition held at Botanic Gardens, Belfast: 3-30 September 1980. Pages 15-20 & 29-49: The Voyage of H.M.S. Herald to the Pacific (1852-1861), with 6 of the plates by, Lieutenant Commander Andrew David.
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$35

16412
BLAIR, Carvel H.
SEAMANSHIP, A Handbook for Oceanographers: Cambridge, Mass. 1977. Cornell Maritime Press. 1st Ed. IX, 227 PP with 114 b/w illust. (photos, fig. & tables) in text. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 23.5 x 15.8. 0870332287
To improve the knowledge of newly-graduated scientists or the student on handling of shipboard equipment, operating a research craft, ...
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$20

51014
BLANCHARD, Anne
NAVIGATION. A 3-Dimensional Exploration: New York. 1992. Orchard Books. 1st American juvenile edition. No pagination, 12 PP with colour illustrations by Irvine Peacock, and paper engineering by David Hawcock. Pictorial laminated boards. Fine. Oblong: 22 x 25.7. 0531054551
A Pop-up book on navigation.
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17443
BLASHFORD-SNELL, J. & TWEEDY, A.
OPERATION RALEIGH, Adventure Challenge: Sydney. 1989. Collins. 1st Ed. 196 PP with 1 map, plus 32 pages with 31 b/w & 29 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise near fine. 24 x 17. 0732224314
The astonishing enterprise which took adventurers from Chile to the Pacific islands, New Zealand, Tasmania to Pakistan.
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$10

54404
BLOCK, Gus
TRADITIONAL BOATBUILDING IN THE MALDIVES (in Classic Boat, No. 44): Falmouth. 1992. Classic Boat / Boating Publications. No. 44, February 1992. 112 PP. Contains article pages 22 to 26, with 16 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.4 x 22.5.
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$10

40577
BOLITHO, Hector
JAMES LYLE MACKAY, FIRST EARL OF INCHCAPE: London. 1936. John Murray. 1st Ed. XXIV, 264 PP, plus 15 b/w plates. Fp: On board S.Y. Rover. Cloth cover, gilt signature device on front cover, gilt title on spine (sunned). Covers somewhat soiled with fade spots and wear around edges. Very light foxing and an otherwise very good clean copy. Scarce. 22.5 x 15.
Biography of British shipping magnate.
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$350

38287
BONNEMAINS, Jacqueline (editor)
MON VOYAGE AUX TERRES AUSTRALES - Journal personnel du Commandant Baudin: Paris. 2000. Imprimerie Nationale. 1st Ed. 467, (3) PP with b/w illustrations (2 sketch-plans, 2 maps, 4 charts and 10 facsimile of original manuscript), plus 96 colour plates with 195 illustrations (6 of people, 5 of insects, 5 of animals, 98 on ocean fauna...) many relating to Australia: 3 views, 10 portraits of aborigines and 50 coastal views. Pictorial card cover. French text. Faint foxing on outside edges. Fine. 24 x 16.5. 2743303840
Journal of Nicolas Baudin kept during his voyage of discovery to Australia. Journal starting 7/8 March 1800, prior to the departure from Le Havre. Passports issued by the British Admiralty, Spain, Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark, Prussia, Portugal and USA. Call at Ile de France (Mauritius). West coast of New Holland (Australia), 27 May 1801. Leewin, 20 June 1801. Endracht, 22 July 1801. Kupang (West Timor) 22 August 1801. Sailing for D'Entrecasteaux Channel and Maria Island (Tasmania) on 13 November 1801. Journal ends on 30 December 1801 while closing on the South West corner of Western Australia.
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$140

57210
BOUDRIOT, Jean
LE VAISSEAU DE 74 CANONS - Traité Pratique d'Art Naval (a 4 volume set): Paris. 1977, 1977, 1975 & 1977. Jean Boudriot Publications. 1st Ed., in "Collection Archéologie Navale Française". Volume I: 166, (2) PP with b/w illustrations [106 figures & 3 pates (II, III & IV)on double page], plus 13 large folded plates (I, then V to XVI). Fp: a 74 guns ship under sail. Volume II: 212, (2) PP with 3 colour illustrations and 100 figures, plus 26 large folded plates (XVII to XLII). Volume III: 280 PP with 135 figures, plus 3 colour and 10 b/w plates (XLIII to LV). Volume IV: 392 PP with 165 figures, plus 2 b/w and 15 colour plates (LVI to LXXII). Eps (each volume): A 74 Gun ship. Cloth cover, title on front cover and spine, dj. French text. Occasional foxing spots. A fine set. 31.5 x 24.
Tome I / Volume I: Construction du Vaisseau / Hull construction. Tome II / Volume II: Construction du Vaisseau / Fitting out the hull. Tome III / Volume III: Construction du Vaisseau / Masts, Sails, Rigging. Tome IV / Volume IV: L'equipage & la conduite du vaisseau / Manning & Shiphandling.
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$750

57103
BOUVET, Eric & BOUDET-GRIFFIN, Elizabeth
FRENCH MIGRATION TO SOUTH AUSTRALIA (1955-1971) (in Explorations): Melbourne. 2008. ISFAR / Institute for the Study of French-Australian Relations. No. 42, June 2007 (issued August 2008). 48 PP. Contains article from P.3 to 26. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 14.8.
Issue also contains: Horace Remi Poussard: 19th Century Travelling Violist, by Horroie Poussard. Paul Wenz and Forbes, by Wallace Kirsop.
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57544
BOVENS, G. A. J., JANSEN, Willem, Van GINKEL & POMMEE, L. F. J. ...
SHIPS DOWN THE AGES / PAINT MAKING / ANCHORS AND CHAINS ( in Mermail): Rotterdam. c. 1960. Mermail Group. 1st Ed. 44 PP with 14 colour and 73 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 20.7.
Mermail: Dutch companies, suppliers to the shipbuilding and shipping industry.
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$30

56222
BOWD, Reuben, R. E.
A BASIS FOR VICTORY: The Allied Geographical Section 1942-1946: Canberra. 2005. Strategic and Defence Studies Centre / ANU. 1st Ed. Canberra Papers on Strategy and Defence No. 157. Foreword by General Peter John Cosgrove. XXIII, 168 PP with 4 maps, plus 30 pages with illustrations (2 organigrams, 3 pages of cartoons, 16 b/w photos and 14 pages with facsimile of documents). Fp: Allied Geographical Section, Manila, September 1945. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 25 x 17.8. 0731527194
AGS, a unique intelligence organisation, in the fight against Japan during WWII.
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$60

40448
BOWDEN, Tim
ANTARCTICA AND BACK IN SIXTY DAYS: Sydney. 1991. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 1st Ed. XVI, 239 PP with 4 maps, 5 facsimile of documents and 55 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 23.5 x 15.2. 733301134
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$15

18523
BOWEN, Frank C.
AMERICA SAILS THE SEAS, The History and Romance of America on the High Seas from the 15th to the 19th Century: New York. 1938. Robert M. McBride. 1st Ed. XX, P.21 to 411 with many b/w illust. Fp: Modern model of the Santa Maria. Eps: A new map of North America with the West India Islands, 1783. Decorated cloth cover (chart of Florida/Cuba). Bookplate on half-title page. Light browning of paper around edges, o/wise a near fine copy. 26 x 19.5.
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$55

41291
BOWEN, Frank C.
SHIPS FOR ALL: London. 1952. Ward, Lock & Co. New edition. 255 PP with 2 diagrams, plus 32 pages with 66 b/w photos. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine (lightly marked). Light foxing. Very good. Scarce. 20.5 x 13.5.
Designing and building. Machinery, running of ship... Disaster, salvage,life-saving...
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$25

57700
BOWN, Mark & SIMMONS, Roger
R.M.S. "TITANIC", A Portrait in Old Picture Postcards: Loggerheads, UK. 1987. Brampton Publications. 1st Ed. Foreword by Donald Smith. (6), 98 PP with numerous b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Covers lightly soiled. Remainder mark on top outside edge, o/wise very good. Oblong: 15 x 21.5. 0951146955
White Star offices - Shipyard of Harland and Wolff - Accommodation - Sea trials - Sailing - Sinking and aftermath.
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$25

52889
BRAKE, Anne, DAVIDSON, Diane, GREGG, Alison (editors)
FREMANTLE STUDIES - Journal of the Fremantle History Society, Issues 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5: Fremantle. 1999, c. 2001, 2004, 2005 & 2007. Fremantle History Society. No.1: VIII, 122 PP. No. 2: VI, 150 PP. No. 3: VI, 96 PP. No. 4: VI, 114 PP. No. 5: IV, 120 PP. Each issue with b/w illustrations (drawings, engravings, photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine set of the 5 first issues. 24 x 17.
No. 1: Fremantle 1939 to 1945; Extraordinary Events at the Port, by Tony Fletcher... The Italian Fisherman of Fremantle: from blue-collar businessmen to 'Lords of the Sea', by Sally May. No. 2: William Dalgety Moore (1835-1910): the making of a Merchant Prince, by Richard K. Moore... Fremantle South Slipway: a vital Wold War II defence facility, by Jacqui Sherriff. No. 3: The escape of the Military Fenians from Fremantle, by Sir William Heseltine... No. 4: Project Iceberg: Fremantle's response to visiting nuclear warships in the 1980s, by David Worth... No.5: The bubonic Plague in Fremantle, 1900. Fremantles hidden history. Escape! Fremantle to Freedom, by Sandra Murray.
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$125

56260
BRATHWAITE, Errol
NEW ZEALAND: Christchurch. 1980. Kowhai Publishing Ltd. 1st Ed. 96 PP with colour photos by Warren Jacobs, Lloyd Park and Robin Smith. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 28.7 x 21.7. 0908598025
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57741
BRENNAN, Niall
DAMIEN PARER - CAMERAMAN: Melbourne. 1994. Melbourne University Press. 1st Ed. (8), 192 PP, plus 8 pages with 10 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21.5 x 14. 0522844200
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$20

38794
BRENNER, Eliot & HARWOOD, William
DESERT STORM: The Weapons of War: London. 1991. Fontana. 1st Ed. 96 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial card cover. Fine. 27.5 x 21.2. 00066377300
Air, land, and sea techno-weapons in the Persian Gulf.
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$10

54718
BRENT, Commander C. R.
BRITISH COLUMBIA PILOT, Volume I: comprising: London. 1951. Hydrographic Department, Admiralty. 7th edition, S.D. No. 25. Advertisement of the 7th edition, by Rear-Admiral A. Day. XLIII, 598 PP with figures, over 9 tables and 8 maps, plus 20 plates with 1 lighthouse and 23 coastal views and 1 folded Index Chart S.D. 25. Supplement No. 5-1962 with folded Index Chart, and 1 coastal views and 125 pages, loosely inserted. Cloth cover, title on front cover and spine. Spine lightly faded. Foxing. Very good. 24.4 x 15.
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$35

54719
BRENT, Commander C. R.
BRITISH COLUMBIA PILOT, Volume I: comprising: London. 1957. Hydrographic Department, Admiralty. Reprint (04/57) of the 4th edition of 1949, S.D. No. 26. Advertisement of the 4th edition, by Vice-Admiral A. G. N. Wyatt. XLII, 324 PP with figures and 3 tables, plus 4 plates with 8 maps, 2 plates with 1 lighthouse and 1 coastal view and 1 folded Index Chart S.D. 26. Supplement No. 5-1959 with 45 pages, loosely inserted. Cloth cover, title on front cover and spine. Spine lightly faded. Foxing. Very good. 24.4 x 15.
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$35

38418
BRENT, Peter
CAPTAIN SCOTT AND THE ANTARCTIC TRAGEDY: New York. 1974. Saturday Review Press. 1st US edition. 223 PP with 21 colour and over 100 b/w illustrations. Title page: The Royal Society Range (watercolour). Fp: Captain Scott aged 36 (colour painting). Eps: Stacking up supplies at Scott's camp at Cape Evans. Hard cover, dj. Front cover of dust jacket partly faded, o/wise near fine. 25.4 x 18.2. 871502587
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$20

41159
BRIDGEWATER, Alan & Gill
CARVING FIGUREHEADS & OTHER NAUTICAL DESIGNS: New York. 1995. Sterling Publishing. 1st Ed. 176 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, sketches, photos) and over 210 figures (drawings and photos), plus 16 pages with 23 colour photos. Pictorial soft covers. Fine. 27.8 x 21.2. 806987065
Tools, techniques, materials and terms. Eagle's Head. Ribbon or Banner... Figureheads.
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$20

52283

BRITISH SHIPPING IN THE 20TH CENTURY: London. 1999. Shipping Today and Yesterday. December 1999 issue. 16 PP with 13 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Very good.
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$10

56178
BRODSKY, Isadore
BENNELONG PROFILE. Dreamtime Reveries of a Native of Sydney Cove: Sydney. 1973. University Co-operative Bookshop. 1st Ed. 95 PP with profile at top corner of each page, plus 11 b/w plates. Illustrated endpapers. Hard cover, simile leather, gilt device and title on front cover, gilt title on spine, clear plastic cover with gilt labels on front (name of the author) and back (illustration). Signed by the author on title page. Fine. 24.7 x 16.5. 0959903933
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$35

38200
BROWN, David (editor)
THE BRITISH PACIFIC AND EAST INDIES FLEETS, 'The Forgotten Fleets' 50th anniversary: Liverpool. 1995. Brodie Publishing. 1st edition, with an introduction by HRH Admiral of the Fleet The Duke of Edinburgh. (32), 118, (2 adv.) PP with advertising material, 5 maps & 131 b/w photos. Illustrated soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21. 1874447284
The Royal Navy during WWII in the Indian Ocean and the Pacific. Chapters on the Royal Indian Navy, Royal Australian Navy, Royal New Zealand Navy, Royal Canadian Navy, Royal Dutch Navy and Richelieu the French contribution.
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$20

57177
BRUCE, Harry
TALL SHIPS: An Odyssey: Toronto. 2000. Key Porter Books. 1st Ed. 96 PP with colour illustrations (6 maps, 12 types and 74 photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 25.5 x 20.3. 1552631575
Tall Ships 2000 Race - 10,000 nautical miles for 70 ships from Southampton & Genoa to Cadiz, Bermuda, Boston, Halifax then Amsterdam.
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$25

46638
BRUNTON, Paul (editor)
THE ENDEAVOUR JOURNAL OF JOSEPH BANKS: The Australian Journey: Sydney. 1998. Angus & Robertson in association with State Library of New South Wales. Reprint of the 1998 original. (6), 114 PP, plus 16 pages with 5 b/w & 15 colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 24 x 17.5. 0207197369
Joseph Banks' account of the voyage of Endeavour along Australia's East Coast.
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$30

57950
BULL, J. C.
SMALL SHIPS AND ADZE CHIPS: Metung, Vic. 1978. Author. 1st Ed. 200 PP with 1 facsimile and 15 head pieces, plus 32 pages with 48 b/w photos. Fp: Bandsaw and author, both aged 85 years. FEP: Map of the Gipps Land Lakes. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj. Dedicatory note on title page signed and dated by the author. Fine. Scarce. 22.2 x 14. 0959724737
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$75

52580
BULL, J. C. & WILLIAMS, Peter J.
STORY OF GIPPSLAND SHIPPING, Discoveries of the Early Navigators, Lakes Steamers, Coastal Windjammers, Shipwrecks and Famous Captains: Metung, Vic. 1967. Authors. 1st Ed. 110 PP with 1 map, 3 tail-pieces & 32 b/w illust. (25 photos). Pictorial soft cover. Covers rubbed. Note on half title page. Very good. 21.5 x 13.8.
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$25

48631
BURCHELL, David
ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE - An Autobiography: Melbourne. 1967. Heinemann. 1st Ed. 136 PP, plus 16 pages with 31 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Foxing spots on top outside edges. Dedicatory note on title page signed by the author. Near fine. 21.8 x 14.
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$35

20089
BURRELL, Vice-Admiral Sir Henry
MERMAIDS DO EXIST, The autobiography of ..: Melbourne. 1986. Macmillan. 1st Ed. X, 318 PP, plus 24 pages with 55 b/w illust. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 22 x 14.5. 033341540X
Naval career from 1918 to 1962, when the RAN went from reliance on the Royal Navy to a more independent stance.
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$20

48220
BUSCH, Corvette-Captain Fritz-Otto
THE DRAMA OF THE SCHARNHORST - A Factual Account from the German Viewpoint: London. 1956. Robert Hale. 1st English edition, translated from the German original by Eleanor Brockett and Anton Ehrenzweig. 186 PP with 3 plans, plus 16 pages with 21 bw photos. Fp: Ice-encrusted foredeck of Scharnhorst. Hard cover, gilt title on spine. Spine sunned. Foxing spots on outside edges and few pages. Good. 22.2 x 14.
Launched January 1939, sunk at the Battle of North Cape, 26 Dec. 1943. Sinking of the Auxiliary Cruiser Rawalpindi, action against Glorious.
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$15

57563
CADORET, Bernard, BENNETT, Jenny ...
MARITIME LIFE AND TRADITIONS - No. 13: Douarnenez. 2001. Le Chasse-Marée & WoodenBoat Publications. No. 13, December 2001. (6), 82 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27.5 x 22.
Shark hunting in Ireland, by Criostor Mac-Carthalgh. On the Garlandstone, by Basil Greenhill and Gary Emerson. The Gold-Rush Storeship Niantic, by James P. Delgado. Daring the sea: the first Atlantic crossing under oars, by David W. Shaw...
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$10

57564
CADORET, Bernard, BENNETT, Jenny ...
MARITIME LIFE AND TRADITIONS - No. 15: Douarnenez. 2002. Le Chasse-Marée & WoodenBoat Publications. No. 15, June 2002. (6), 82 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27.5 x 22.
SS Great Britain, by Peter Rolt. The Tancook Whalers, by Robert C. Post. Last days of sail in New Zealand, by Paul Titchener...
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$10

13806
CAIN, Lieutenant Commander T. J. & SELLWOOD, A. V.
H.M.S. ELECTRA: London. 1959. Frederick Muller. 1st Ed. X, 282 PP, plus 8 pages with 17 b/w photos. Fp: Lieutenant Commander T. J. Cain, R.N. (Retd.). Hard cover, dj. (price-clipped). Foxing spots on outside edges and few pages, o/wise near fine. Scarce. 20.2 x 13.5.
The war records of this destroyer which took part in battle against the Bismarck, escorted North Atlantic Convoys and was sunk during the battle of the Java Sea.
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$30

48798
CALLEGARI, Dennis
COOK'S CANNON AND ANCHOR, The Recovery and Conservation of Relics from H.M.B. Endeavour: Sydney. 1994. Kangaroo Press. 1st Ed. 96 PP with 47 b/w illust. (1 map, 4 engravings, 4 plans, 8 sketches & 33 b/w photos) plus 8 pages with 14 colour photos. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 24.6 x 18.8. 0864176449
The loss, recovery and conservation of the anchor and cannons jettisoned in 1770 from the Endeavour in order to refloat her after running aground.
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$15

57899
CAMPBELL, Dr. John
THE NAVAL HISTORY OF GREAT BRITAIN, commencing with the earliest period of history, ... (in 8 volumes): London. 1818. Baldwyn and Co. 1818 edition, with a dedication (dated 1812) to "His Royal Highness The Prince Regent", by John Stockdale. Volume I: (2) "Direction to the Binder and List of Plates", XXVI, XXIII "The Life of Dr. Campbell", 540 PP. Fp: The Rt. Hon. Earl of St. Vincent. Volume II: (2), IV, 538 PP. Fp: Rt. Hon. Lord Nelson. Volume III: VI, 532 PP. Fp: Lord Collingwood. Volume IV: (2), (IV), 529 PP. Fp: Sir Wm. Sidney Smith, Knt. K.C., Rear Admiral of the Blue. Volume V: (IV), 502 PP. Fp: Sir J. B. Warren, Bart K.B. Volume VI: (IV), 490 PP, plus 1 plate "Plan of the Battle of Cape St Vincent, Feb. 14th 1797. Fp: Sir J. M. Hardy, Knt. Volume VII: (IV), 485 PP, plus 5 plates with folded plan of "Marmorice Harbour" and 4 plans of the Battles of Aboukir, Copenhagen, and Trafalgar (2). Fp: Captain Sir H. R. PophamK.M. F.R.S. Volume VIII: (IV), 504, (26 Index) PP, plus 1 plate "The Funeral Car... Nelson". Fp: Fac-simile of Lord Nelson's hand-writing, after the loss of his right arm. 8 volumes with the 8 frontispieces and the 7 plates called for. The 8 volumes are restored and rebacked by Emrose Binding Services. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine. Ageing of paper and occasional foxing. Near fine complete set. 26 x 17.5.
... commencing with the earliest period of history, and continued to the expedition against Algiers, under the command of Lord Exmouth, in 1816. Including the History and Lives of the British Admirals. Also includes biographical sketches of the Admirals and other naval officers omitted by Dr. John Campbell ...
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$875

15203
CAMPBELL, Mark
SURF SPORTS DOWN UNDER: Sydney. 1982. Golden Press. 1st Ed. 64 PP with 33 bw and 30 colour photographs. Title spread: surf rider. Pictorial laminated boards. Fine. 28.6 x 21.7. 855588411
Surf riding, knee board riding, wave skis, and wind surfing in Australia and New Zealand.
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$20

15456

CAPTAIN JAMES COOK, Bi-Centenary Celebrations, Queensland Schools, Souvenir 1970: Brisbane. 1970. Campbell Advertising. 1st edition, compiled by the Department of Education and authorised by the Captain Cook Bi-Centenary Celebrations Committee, 1970. 32 PP with illustrations throughout. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. Oblong: 18.5 x 24.7.
Souvenir booklet of the celebrations held during 1970 to honour Captain James Cook who explored and charted the Queensland coast two hundred years ago.
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$10

57327
CAREY, Daniel
CONTINENTAL TRAVEL AND JOURNEYS BEYOND EUROPE IN THE EARLY MODERN PERIOD: An Overlooked Connection: London. 2009. Hakluyt Society. 1st Ed. 23 PP with 6 b/w figures. Soft cover. New. 21 x 14.8. 9780904180961
Annual lecture 2008. (Delivered at the Annual General Meeting, 27 June 2008).
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$15

36709
CARTER, Harold B.
THE SHEEP AND WOOL CORRESPONDENCE OF SIR JOSEPH BANKS 1781-1820: Sydney / London. 1979. Library Council of New South Wales / The British Museum (Natural History). 1st Ed. XXX, 641 PP, plus 8 pages with 11 b/w illust. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Dust jacket slightly rubbed and with a short closed tear. Faint foxing, o/wise near fine. 27.2 x 18.4. 0565008021
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$50

34425
CASTELL, Robin
ST. HELENA ILLUSTRATED (1502-1902): Cape Town. 1998. National Book Printers Group. Limited edition. (20), 172, (2) PP with 340 b/w and colour illust. Title page: Seal of St Helena. Eps: Coastal view 1832, by W.J. Huggins. Hard cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. One corner lightly bumped o/wise fine. 30.2 x 21.4. 0620228423
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$25

34231
CHAMBERS, Admiral B. M.
SALT JUNK - Naval Reminiscences, 1881-1906: London. 1927. Constable. 1st Ed., illustrated by the author. X, 364, (2 adv.) PP with 44 b/w text-illustrations, plus 4 b/w plates (2 engravings and 2 photos) and a colour frontispiece. Fp: Rio de Janeiro (water colour). Cloth cover, gilt title on spine. Some foxing, o/wise near fine. 22.7 x 14.5.
Between February 1913 and April 1914, Admiral B. M. Chambers was the first Captain of the Royal Australian Naval College, Osborne House, Geelong.
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$50

37251
CHATTERTON, E. Keble
FORE AND AFT - The story of the fore & aft rig from the earliest times to the present day: London. 1912. Seeley, Service and Co. 1st Ed. 348 PP, (4 Adv.) with 50 figures, plus 48 plates with 80 b/w illustrations (line drawings, plans, photos). Fp (in colour): Charles II's yacht Mary. Cloth cover, gilt title on decorated front cover with colour plate, top edge gilt with gilt device and title on spine. Top and foot of spine slightly rubbed, foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise near fine. Scarce. 24.6 x 18.5.
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$300

42616
CHATTERTON, E. Keble
SEAS OF ADVENTURES - The Story of the Naval Operations in the Mediterranean, Adriatic, and Aegean: London. c. 1937. Hurst & Blackett. Reprint (6th thousand) of the 1936 original. 319 PP with 1 plan and 2 maps, plus 32 pages with 55 b/w photos. Fp: Admiral Sir Sydney Fremantle. Cloth cover, gilt title on slightly sunned spine. Faint foxing on outside edges, o/wise near fine. 22 x 14.
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$20

16867
CHATTERTON, E. Keble
SHIPS AND WAYS OF OTHER DAYS: London. 1913. Sidgwick & Jackson. 1st Ed. 308 PP with 14 head-pieces & 41 b/w illustrations, plus 60 b/w plates and 3 folded plates with 41 plans at rear of book. Fp (in colour): A Ship of Yesterday (a Tea-clipper before the Wind). Navy cloth cover with colour plate, gilt title on spine.. Covers showing light shelf wear only with light foxing on front edges, o/wise in near fine condition. 25.2 x 17.5.
Chapters include: The birth of Nautical Arts, the Development of the Marine Instinct, the Viking Mariners, ... up to The Nineteenth Century.
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$60

47086
CHICHESTER, Francis
THE LONELY SEA AND THE SKY: New York. 1964. Coward-McCann. 1st US edition. XVII, 18-352 PP with 11 line illustrations, plus 16 pages with 24 b/w photos. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine. Ex library copy with 1 stamp in blind on title page and renewed endpapers. Sellotape marks on covers. Faint foxing on outside edges. Very good. 22.6 x 15.
Autobiography of the man who undertook the first solo long distance sea-plane flight in 1931 and the first solo sailing race across the Atlantic.
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$10

38223
CHRISTOPHER, Peter
PADDLESTEAMERS AND RIVERBOATS OF THE RIVER MURRAY: Adelaide. 2001. Axiom. Revised and enlarged edition of the 2000 original. 120 PP with 1 map, 11 headpieces, 34 b/w and 53 colour photos. 1864760400
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$10

48127
CIESLAK, Marek & DANIELEWICZ, Waldemar
KRAZOWNIKI TYPU K: KÖNIGSBERG, KÖLN, KARLSRUHE - Cz. 1 & 2 (in 2 volumes): Gdansk, Poland. 2001 & 2002. AJ - Press. 1st Ed., Naval Monograph Nos. 22 & 23. Cz. 1: 56 PP with 94 b/w photos of ships, plus 1 large folded sheet printed recto/verso (plans of the 3 K scale 1/300, and details scale 1/100) loosely inserted. Inside front cover: 3 colour artworks for the Karlsruhe, 1934 and Köln, 1939. Inside back cover: colour artwork (2 for seaplane Heinkel, 2 Flags and 3 Crests). Cz. 2: 64 PP with 4 maps & diagrams, 108 b/w photos, plus 1 large folded sheet (plans of the 3 K with different scales) loosely inserted. Inside front cover: 3 colour artworks of Köln. Inside back cover: 14 crew badges in colour. Pictorial soft cover. Polish text (legend of photos in both Polish and English) with English summary on pages 57& 58 of volume 1. New. 29.3 x 20.5. 8372370966 / 83
Cruisers of the German Navy.
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$90

11705
CLARK, Manning
A DISCOVERY OF AUSTRALIA, The 1976 ABC Boyer Lectures and their 1988 Postscript: Sydney. 1991. ABC. 1st combined edition of the 1976 original and 1989 Postscript. (8), 63 PP. Pictorial soft cover. Foxing spots on outside edges. Fine. 21.2 x 13.5. 0733300723
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$15

36546
COCKCROFT, Barry
FATAL CALL OF THE RUNNING TIDE - Lifeboat Rescues and Sea Dramas: London. 1995. Hodder & Stoughton. 1st Ed. X, 198 PP, plus 16 pages with 20 b/w and 16 colour photos. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 24.2 x 15.8. 034063524X
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$30

22092
COLEMAN, Neville
THE UNDERWATER AUSTRALIA DIVE GUIDE: Melbourne. 1987. Nelson Publishers. 1st Ed. VIII, 271, (7 adv.) PP with bw and colour illust. Pict. card cover. Fine. 24.5 x 19. 0170069192
Information on diving sites of Queensland, New South Wales... Northern Territory. Chapters on underwater wildlife & hazards, medical services...
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$15

56646
COLLEDGE, J. J.
SHIPS OF THE ROYAL NAVY: An Historical Index - Volume 1: Major Ships (Excluding Trawlers, Drifters, Tugs, Etc.): London. 1969. David & Charles. 1st Ed. 624 PP. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price clipped). Newspaper clipping tipped in on front endpaper. Dust jacket rubbed. Faint foxing. Very good. 22.2 x 14.5. 71534353X
Covers about 13,000 ships. From "Abelard Submarine 1945 "A" Class, Portsmouth Dockyard, to "Zulu" Frigate, 2300 Tons ..
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$70

37537
COLLINS, Bruce E.
THE WRECK OF THE PENGUIN: Wellington. 2000. Steele Roberts. 1st Ed. 128 PP with b/w illustrations (maps & plans, drawings, paintings and photographs). Title page: the Penguin leaving Wellington. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. Oblong: 20 x 28. 1877228281
Wreck of the New Zealand Union Steam Ship Penguin, 12th February 1909, with loss of 72 lives.
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$25

12898
COMETTANT, Oscar
IN THE LAND OF KANGAROOS AND GOLD MINES: Adelaide. 1980. Rigby. 1st Australian edition. Translated from the 1890 French original by Judith Armstrong. 275 PP. Fp: Title page of original French copy. Hard cover, dj. Occasional foxing spots, o/wise fine. 22 x 14.2. 0727010859
Impressions of a voyage by a French official at the international exhibition of Melbourne for the Centenary of Australia. He left on the Sydney from Marseille to Melbourne with stops in Suez, Mahé in the Seychelles & Albany in W.A. Stay in Australia of several months & return in 1889 to France on board the Océanien.
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$20

51024
[COOK]
COOK'S PACIFIC ENCOUNTERS: The Cook-Forster Collection of the Georg-August University of Göttingen: Canberra. 2006. National Museum of Australia. 1st Ed., with an introduction by Craddock Morton. Edited by Thérèse Weber and Jeanie Watson. XIV, 110 PP with 2 maps in colour (Pacific voyages of Captain Cook, and Polynesian migration routes), b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Folded flyer for exhibition and photocopy of press review loosely inserted. Fine. 21.5 x 24 1876944471
Catalogue of the exhibition held at the National Museum of Australia: 22nd June to 10 September 2006, together with 3 essays. Cook's voyages to the Pacific by Michelle Hetherington. Pacific cultural heritage: the Göttingen Cook-Forster collection by Brigitta Hauser-Schäublin & Gundolf Krüger. Collecting from the Collectors: Pacific islanders and the spoils of Europe, by Jennifer Newell.
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$125

35739
CORNWELL, E. L. (editor)
THE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF SHIPS: London. 1979. Octopus. Reprint of the 1979 original published by New English Library. 479 PP with 355 b/w & 465 col. illust. Half-title page: Argentinian Libertade. Fp: Frigate. Hard cover, dj (spine sunned). Some foxing of endpapers and on first and last leaves. Very good. Large format: 34.5 x 24.5. 0706411560
From the beginnings (papyrus, balsa or dug-out) to nuclear powered vessels, commerce & trade, discovery & exploration, oceanography, safety at sea, dangers & disasters... Most comprehensive.
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$10

57136
CORNWELL, E.L., RILEY, C., BATHE, B.W. & IRELAND, B. (editors)
HISTORY OF SHIPS - The Magnificent Saga of Man's Conquest of the Seas: London. c.1972. New English Library. Published in 96 weekly parts. 1920 PP (on three columns) with b/w & colour illustrations throughout. Pictorial soft covers (in colour). Complete set. Very good condition. Large format: 34 x 24.
Sea battles, epic voyages & exploration by sea, historic ships, merchant ships, warships, navies of the world, great ports, disasters at sea, waterways, shipping lines, propulsion, ... Index (9 pages on 5 columns). A wealth of information for the shipping enthusiast.
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$80

35292
COTTER, Marion (editor)
STAR PRINCESS INAUGURATION - 1989: London. 1989. Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation. 1st Ed. 104 PP with 2 cutaways, a set of accommodation plans, 4 maps, and b/w & colour illustrations (photos, drawings and artist impressions, menus, posters...). Fp: Coat of Arms of P & O. Half title page: Houseflag. Eps: Star Princess with tugs. Hard cover, dj. Occasional foxing. Near fine. 28.6 x 25.2. 095143280X
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$35

21997
COWDEN, James E. & DUFFY, John, O.C.
THE ELDER DEMPSTER FLEET HISTORY 1852-1985: Norfolk. 1986. Mallett & Bell. 1st Ed. XVI, 528 PP with maps, line drawings, plans, and b/w photos, plus 10 pages with 8 colour illustrations & 2 colour photos. Fp: Moonlight Rendezvous,fom a painting by John Stobart. Eps: Map of the West Coast of Central Africa. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 30.2 x 21.5. 0950945315
Fleet list of 586 ships. From the iron screw schooner Forerunner to the developments of the mid-1980's.
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$130

43172
COWSILL, Miles, & HENDY, John
NEWHAVEN / DIEPPE - The Car Ferry Era: London. 1994. Ferry Publications. 1st Ed. 56 PP with 10 colour and 57 b/w photos. Inside front cover: Vilandry at sea. Inside back cover: Stena Sealink advertisements. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. Oblong: 14.8 x 20.8. 1871947200
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$15

43170
COWSILL, Miles, DANIELSON, Richard, & HENDY, John
FERRIES IN CAMERA '90: London. 1989. Ferry Publications. 1st Ed. 48 PP with 50 colour photos. Inside front cover: Sealink's Horsa. Inside back cover: Channel Entente. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. Oblong: 14.8 x 20.8. 1871947030
Historical insight of the Sealink route between Harwich and Hook of Holland.
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$20

22150
COX, G. W.
BASS STRAIT CROSSING: Sandy Bay, Tasmania. 1986. Melanie Publications. 1st edition limited to 1000 copies. (8), 371 PP with 81 b/w photos & 6 maps. Orig. cloth cover, dj. Dedicatory note to previous owner on title page signed by the author. Fine. 25 x 18. 0908415141
History of Bass Strait ferries with a pageant of sailing ships, paddle-steamers, etc...
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$60

56599
CULLINEY, John L. & CROCKETT, Edward S.
EXPLORING UNDERWATER - The Sierra Club Guide to Scuba and Snorkeling: San Francisco. 1980. Sierra Club Books. 1st Ed. XI, 340 PP with illustrations by Rita Kempf, plus 8 cour plates. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 20.3 x 15. 0871562707
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$10

22037
CURREY, C. H.
THE TRANSPORTATION, ESCAPE AND PARDONING OF MARY BRYANT: Sydney. 1983. Halstead. Reprint of the 1963 original, illustrated by F.J. Broadhurst. 66 PP with 1 map and 5 line drawings on full page. Fp. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 22.8 x 16.8. 090913457X
Prisoner on the hulk Dunkirk, transported on the Charlotte of the First Fleet, escape from Botany Bay on 28th March, 1791, 69 day voyage to Coupang (Timor).
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$20

38796
DAVID, Peter
TRIUMPH IN THE DESERT - The Challenge - The Fighting - The Legacy: New York. 1991. Random House. 1st edition (stated), with a foreword by General Colin L. Powell. X, 209, (3) pp with b/w and colour illustrations. Hard cover, gilt title on cloth spine, dj. Near fine. 28 x 24 0679407227
A commemorative photo history of the Gulf War.
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$15

17240
DAVIS, William C.
DUEL BETWEEN THE FIRST IRONCLADS: New York. 1975. Doubleday. Book Club edition. X, (2), 202 PP, plus 16 pages with 41 b/w illustrations. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Faint foxing, o/wise near fine. 21.5 x 14.5.
The famous Civil War battle at sea between the Union ironclad "Monitor" and the Confederacy's "Virginia", the redesigned & rebuilt USS 'Merrimack'.
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$20

15517
DAY, David
CONTRABAND AND CONTROVERSY, The Customs History of Australia from 1901: Canberra. 1996. Australian Government Publishing Service. 1st Ed. XXXIV, 558 PP with 112 b/w illustratrions, plus 24 pages with 44 colour plates. Eps. Cloth cover, dj, contained in original box. Foxing spots on the inside of the dust jacket, o/wise fine. 25.9 x 18. 0644331518
Protection of the industry with tariffs, administration and implementation of the White Australia policy, censorship... war on drugs...
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$65

15800
de BROSSES, Charles
HISTOIRE DES NAVIGATIONS AUX TERRES AUSTRALES (In Two Volumes): Amsterdam. 1967. N. Israel. Bibliotheca Australiana No. 1. Facsimile reprint of 1756 original. Volume 1: (4), XIV, 464 PP, 4 errata & 4 folded charts. Volume 2: (4), 514 PP, 2 errata & 3 folded maps. Simile vellum with gilt title on blue vignette (front cover & spine). Fine. French text. 26 x 21.
History of the navigations towards the Southern Lands. Early history & discoveries in the South Seas. Sold as a set.
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$175

21944
DE KERBRECH, Richard P. & WILLIAMS, David L.
CUNARD WHITE STAR LINERS OF THE 1930'S: London. 1988. Conway Maritime Press. 1st Ed. 127 PP with b/w illust. Fp: Majestic alongside in Southampton. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Faint foxing on outside edges. Fine. 27.7 x 20.5. 0851774733
The amalgamation of Cunard & White Star Line to survive the great depression: histories, technical details of over 30 of their vessels.
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$30

46795
DE LESSEPS, J. B. B.
LE MESSAGER DE LAPEROUSE, du Kamchatka à Versailles: Barbizon, France. 2004. Editions Pôles d' images. 1st edition in the "Récits Introuvables" series. Reprint of the 1790 original, with the biographical introduction by Ferdinand de Lesseps of the 1880 edition. XII, 191 PP with 1 musical score, 2 maps and 22 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. New. 24.5 x 15. 2951610092
Historical Journal of the Voyage of M. de Lesseps accross Siberia, Russia and northern Europe. He left the Lapérouse expedition at Petropavlosk, Kamchatka.
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$100

18296
de MARE, Eric
THE NAUTICAL STYLE - An Aspect of the Functional Tradition: London. 1973. Architectural Press. 1st Ed. 88 PP with b/w illust. (drawings, photos ...). Fp: Aquatint of Whitehaven. Eps: Breakers. Hard cover, dj. Very good. Oblong: 21 x 26. 0851394477
Pictorial: sea walls, piers & harbours, docks, lighthouses, etc..
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$25

50712
de MORSIER, Capitaine de Frégate (H) Pierre
LES CORVETTES DE LA FRANCE LIBRE: Paris. 2002. Service Historique de la Marine. Updated edition of the 1972 original. Preface by Amiral Georges Cabanier and Amiral Emile Chaline. 273 PP with 2 drawings, 2 maps, 2 tables, and 41 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. French text. New. 29.8 x 21. 2110918489
Corvetttes of the Free French (FNFL: Forces Navales Françaises Libres), on the North Atlantic front: antisumarine warfare, convoy escort duties, West Africa...
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$25

13906
DE VRIES-EVANS, Susanna
CONRAD MARTENS ON THE BEAGLE AND IN AUSTRALIA: Brisbane. 1993. Pandanus Press. 1st paperback edition. 208 PP with 3 maps and 17 bw illustrations, plus 8 pages with 16 colour Illustrations. Fp: 2 portraits of Conrad Martens. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21. 0646141295
Biography of the official artist on the Beagle during the voyage of Charles Darwin. He then became Australia's first professional artist.
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$25

22078
DEAN, Frederick E.
SHIPS OF THE WORLD: London. 1964. Odhams. 1st English edition of the 1963 French original Bateaux d'Aujourd'hui by Jean Riverain. 64 PP with colour illustrations throughout. Title page: French Aircraft Carrier and tanker of Compagnie Navale des Pétroles. Pictorial laminated boards (France II) . Very good. Large format: 35.5 x 26.5.
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$15

57489
DELANEY, Lieutenant D. J., RAN (editor)
HMAS SYDNEY (FFG 03) - Op Slipper / Damask, 11 October 2001 - 28 March 2002: Sydney. 2002. HMAS Sydney. 1st Ed. No pagination, 122 PP with 1 line drawing, 2 maps in colour, 5 b/w and hundreds of colour photos. Title page (in colour): Crest of HMAS Sydney. Eps: Map of the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. Hard cover (simile leather), gilt decoration (Crest of HMAS Sydney) and title on covers. Fine. 30.5 x 21.7.
Australian participation in the 2001/2002 patrol of the Persian Gulf, following the terrorist attack of 11th September 2001 on US soil. Commander Daryl Bates, Commanding Officer.
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$100

57584
DENING, Greg
THE DEATH OF WILLIAM GOOCH, A History's Anthropology: Honolulu. 1995. University of Hawai'i Press. 1st US edition. X, 192 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 22.5 x 17.5. 0824817540
Gooch, the astronomer of the Daedalus, a transport ship of the George Vancouver expedition, was murdered in May 1792 at Waimea (island of Oahu). Calls in the Marquesas Islands in 1792/93.
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$25

57109

DESTROYER: Tin Fish ... Tin Cans ... and Torpedo Boats (in Sea Classics): Canoga Park, Ca. 1969. Challenge Publications / Sea Classics. Vol 1, No. 3, January 1969. Special Destroyer Issue. 72 PP. Edited by Ed. SCHNEPF & Joe MIZRAHI. Contains article pages 18 to 41, and 50 with 5 colour and 35 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Staples removed. Very good. 28 x 21.4.
Other articles: HMS Furious, the First Aircraft Carrier, by Robert O'Hara.
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$10

21386
DIAMOND, Marion
THE SEA HORSE AND THE WANDERER - Ben Boyd in Australia: Melbourne. 1988. Melbourne University Press. 1st Ed. XIV, 254 PP with 1 map and 2 figures, plus 8 pages with 10 b/w illust. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 22.4 x 14.8. 0522843557
City banker. Shipping magnate. Whaling...
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$20

56704
DILLON, Peter
A LA RECHERCHE DE LAPEROUSE, Voyages dans les mers du Sud: Barbizon, France. 2005. Editions Pôles d'images. 1st edition in the "Récits Introuvables" series. Improved edition of the 1830 French original (English original of 1829). Preface by Alain Conan. VI, 312 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, engravings, charts, maps). Pictorial soft cover. French text. New. 24.5 x 15. 2915561044
Peter Dillon of Vanikoro.
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$80

15656
DODGE, Bertha S.
JOHN LEDYARD, Controversial Corporal [in History Today]: London. 1973. History Today. Volume XXIII, No. 9, September 1973. Contains article between P.648 and 655 with 6 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 24 x 18.
A Captain's son from Connecticut helped to explore the Pacific (during the 3rd voyage of Captain Cook) and travelled across the Russian Empire.
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$10

16875
DOMVILLE-FIFE, Charles W.
EVOLUTION OF SEA POWER - Studies of Modern Naval Warfare and the Effect of Evolution on the Basis and Employment of Sea Power: London. 1939. Rich & Cowan. 1st Ed. 258 PP, plus 30 pages with 38 b/w photos and 2 folded maps. Fp: British battleships Resolution & Ramilles. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price-clipped). Foxing. Very good. 23.5 x 15.8.
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$40

20698
DOR-NER, Zvi & SCHELLER, William G.
COLUMBUS AND THE AGE OF DISCOVERY: London. 1992. HarperCollins Publishers. 1st UK edition of the 1991 US original. XII, 370, (2) PP with bw & colour illust. Title spread: Sunset. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 28.4 x 23.7. 0246135166
Biography of the discoverer, account of his voyage, as well as a social and political history of the Old World.
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$20

55885
DUDER, Tessa & THOMPSON, Kate
SPIRIT OF YOUTH: Thirty Years of the Spirit of Adventure Trust: Auckland. 2003. Exisle Publishing. 1st Ed. Foreword by Stephen Fisher. 128 PP with b/w and colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 22.5 x 20.3. 0908988516
Sail training for young New Zealanders on board the staysail schooner Spirit of Adventure and the three-masted brigantine Spirit of New Zealand.
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$35

15311
DUDSZUS, Alfred & HENRIOT, Ernest
DICTIONARY OF SHIP TYPES, Ships, Boats and Rafts under Oar and Sail: London. 1986. Conway. 1st English edition, translated from the 1983 German original "Das Schiffstypen Lexikon". 252 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, photos, plans), plus 32 pages with 53 colour plates. Fp: 3-masted barque under sail. FEP: Schooners (I & II). REP: Clippers (I & II). Hard cover, gilt spine, dj (price-clipped). Faint foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 30.5 x 24.5. 0851773605
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$55

42933
DUNN, Laurence
SHIP RECOGNITION, Merchant Ships: London. 1955. Adlard Coles. 2nd edition (revised) of the October 1952 original. 128 PP with ships' silhouettes & b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Foxing spots. Fine. Oblong: 12.5 x 19.
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$25

56355
DUNN, Laurence
SHIPS OF THE UNION-CASTLE LINE: London. 1954. Adlard Coles. 1st Ed. 128 PP with maps, plans, silhouettes & b/w photos. Fp: R.M.M.V. Athlone Castle at Cape Town. Hard cover, dj (colour photo of a Castle vessel off Capetown). Dust jacket chipped, rubbed and price-clipped. Name of previous owner on front endpaper. Faint foxing on outside edges and few pages, o/wise very good. Small oblong: 12.7 x 19.3.
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$20

19530
DUNN, Laurence (editor)
A SOURCE BOOK OF SHIPS: London. 1976. Ward Lock. Revised reprint of the 1970 original. 160 PP with 150 bw illust. (drawings, paintings, photos). Fp: The Great Tea Race of 1866. Hard cover, dj. Very good. Oblong: 12.2 x 17.5. 0706312155
All types of shipping, from oar propelled Greek galley to container ship.
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$15

18071
DURANT, John and Alice
PICTORIAL HISTORY OF AMERICAN SHIPS, On the High Seas and Inland Waters: New York. 1953. A.S. Barnes & Co. 1st Ed. VIII, 312 PP with 10 charts & maps, 10 ship profiles, 10 colour & 516 b/w illustrations. Eps: over 60 drawings of ships. Cloth cover (blue and white), gilt device (US Eagle) on front cover, gilt title on spine, dj (small piece missing at top of spine). Very good. 28.5 x 22.
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$30

44285
DUYKER, Edward
CITIZEN LABILLARDIERE - A Naturalist 's Life in Revolution and Exploration (1755-1834): Melbourne. 2003. Miegunyah Press. 1st edition, limited to 1000 copies. XX, 383, (3) PP with 12 maps, plus 16 pages with 18 b/w illustrations. Hard cover, dj. New. 24.3 x 16.5. 0522850103
Naturalist with the Bruny d'Entrecasteaux expedition with calls in Van Diemens Land, New Holland, the Friendly Islands, New Caledonia...
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$65

53880
DUYKER, Edward
A DICTIONARY OF SEA QUOTATIONS: From Ancient Egypt to the Present: Melbourne. 2007. The Miegunyah Press. 1st Ed. XXIV, 440 PP with 87 b/w illustrations including frontispiece and 27 headpieces. Hard cover, dj. New. 24.8 x 18. 9780522857311
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$50

57658
DYSON, John
COLUMBUS, For Gold, God and Glory: London. 1991. Hodder & Stoughton. 1st Ed. 228 PP with bw and colour illust. (photographs by Peter Christopher). Fp: Portrait of Columbus. Illustrated endpapers and half-title page. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 31 x 23.7. 0340487941
In search of the real Columbus, and the actual reasons behind his discovery of the Americas.
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$15

17978
EDWARDS, Herbert W.
UNDER FOUR FLAGS: London. 1954. Percival Marshall. 1st Ed. 223 PP plus 8 pages with 14 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj (chipped). Near fine. 22.2 x 15.
Apprentice on the Norwegian square-rigger Solheim. Under the Red Ensign of the British Merchant Service, the Blue Ensign of the RNR and the White Ensign of the RN.
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$20

57495
EDWARDS, Hugh
ISLANDS OF ANGRY GHOSTS: London. 1966. Hodder & Stoughton. 1st UK edition. (14), 208 PP with 1 map on double page (with inset), plus 16 pages with 29 b/w photos. Eps: "Islands of Angry Ghosts" (Abrolhos Islands). Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Dust jacket slightly rubbed and soiled at spine. Foxing spots on few pages and outside edges. Very good. 24 x 16.
20th century skin divers discover a 17th century shipwreck & treasure and reveal the final truth about the infamous Batavia mutiny.
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$35

19692
ELDRIDGE, F. B.
A HISTORY OF THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVAL COLLEGE (From its inception in 1913 to the end of World War II in 1945): Melbourne. 1949. Georgian House. 1st limited edition to 750 copies. (XX), 457 PP with b/w illust. (drawings and charts), plus 42 plates with 109 b/w photos. Fp: His Majesty the King. FEP: Map of the coast from Cape Otway to Sydney. REP: Map of Western Port. Blue cloth cover, dust jacket is faded around edges. Light foxing, o/wise a near fine copy. 25 x 19.5.
Covers the birth of the RAN, including parts on Geelong, Jervis Bay, Flinders Naval Depot plus appendices and biographical supplement.
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$140

57060
ESTENSEN, Miriam
THE LETTERS OF GEORGE & ELIZABETH BASS: Sydney. 2009. Allen & Unwin. 1st Ed. XXIV, 216 PP with 1 map on double page, plus 4 pages with 4 colour and 6 b/w illustrations. Hard cover, gilt title on spine. New. 21.5 x 15. 9781741756814
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$45

57091
EVANS, Alun, KNOX, Ian & WALLER, John (editors)
FLINDERS YEAR 1947 - The Stories of twenty four Boys who joined the Royal Australian Navy: Sydney. 2007. Naval Historical Society of Australia / Drawquick Printing. 1st Ed. Foreword by Rear-Admiral Peter Sinclair. Introduction by Alun Evans. XIV, 272 PP with b/w illustrations (cartoons, facsimile of documents, photos, portraits). Pictorial soft cover. New. 28.5 x 18.5. 9780980381009
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$50

57968
FAULL, Jim
LIFE ON THE EDGE: The Far West Coast of South Australia: Ceduna, S.A. 1988. District Council of Murat Bay, Ceduna, S.A.. 1st Ed. VIII, 423 PP with b/w illustrations (graphs, maps, plans, photos). Laminated pictorial boards. Fine (mint condition). 30.2 x 21.5. 0731623290
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$75

56853
FAVENC, Ernest
MAROONED ON AUSTRALIA. Being the Narration by Diedrich Buys of his Discoveries and Exploits in Terra Australis Incognita about the year 1630: London. c. 1920. Blackie & Son Limited. 224 PP with 1 map of western Australia, plus 3 b/w plates. Fp: Paul and Diedrich are marooned in a great unknown land. Cloth cover, illustration on front cover and spine. Note on front endpaper. Foxing spots on outside edges and few pages, o/wise near fine. 18.5 x 13.
Wreck of the Batavia.
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$45

57094
FAZIO, Vince
THE LAST OF A LEGENDARY AEROPLANE - A Story of the Supermarine Type 236 Seagull V and Walrus Survivors: Sydney. 2006. Drawquick Printing. 1st Ed. VIII, 144 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, photos...) and 31 colour photos, plus 4 folded plates (plans). Pictorial soft cover. New. 27.9 x 19.2. 9780980381030
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$65

57778
FENTON, Roy, & CLARKSON, John
SHIPS IN FOCUS RECORD 44: London. 2009. Ships in Focus Publications. Issue Number 44, November 2009. 201-272 PP with 25 colour and 110 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. New. 29.8 x 21. 9781901703900
The last Bibby Liners, by Roy Fenton and Adam Scott Gray. Nigerian National Shipping Line, by John Goble. The last voyage of Hemsley-I. Turkish veteran steamers, by Nigel Jones. ...
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$30

57484
FENWICK, John
THE LIGHTNING DIARY OF JOHN FENWICK 1854: Geelong. 1969. Geelong Historical Society. 1st Ed. Edited by L. Wynd, with a foreword by P. L. Brown. (2), 32, (2) PP with 7 b/w illustrations by W. G. Smith. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 20.8 x 16.5.
Maiden voyage of the clipper ship "Lightning", from Liverpool (14th May 1854) to Melbourne (31st July, 1854).
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$20

57966
FIELD GURNER, Henry
CHRONICLE OF PORT PHILLIP, Now the Colony of Victoria from 1770 to 1840: Melbourne. 1978. Red Rooster Press Reprint of the 1876 original, introduced and edited by Hugh Anderson. VIII, 54 PP with portrait of Henry Field Gurner. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 22.4 x 13. 095964900X
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$25

51386

THE FIRST 80 YEARS. A Look at the 20th Century in Words and Pictures from THE HERALD and THE SUN News-Pictorial: Melbourne. 1980. The Herald and Weekly Times. 1st Ed. 96 PP with hundreds of b/w photos. Inside back cover: For the Record. Pictorial soft cover. Covers rubbed. Faint foxing. Very good. 29.7 x 21. 0909917329
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$20

57144
FIRST FLEET
BICENTENNIAL FIRST FLEET VISIT, Sanctuary Cove 14th to 22nd May 1988: Brisbane. 1988. The Sunday Mail and The Gold Coast Bulletin. Bicentennial First Fleet - Souvenir Edition. Pages 15 to 34 with b/w and colour illustrations. Fine. 40.5 x 29
Bicentennial First Fleet Re-Enactment Voyage.
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$10

34293
FISCHER, Richard
BRITISH PIERS: London. 1987. Thames and Hudson. 1st Ed., with an introduction by John K. Walton. 96 PP with 9 b/w and 79 colour photos. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 25 x 22.3. 0500541256
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$35

10477
FLETCHER, Daina
AKARANA: Sydney. 1991. Beagle Press / Australian National Maritime Museum. 1st Ed. 72 PP with b/w & colour illustrations. Pictorial card cover. Fine. 25 x 21. 0947349049
The bicentennial gift from the New Zealand people to the Australian people: a yacht built in New Zealand 1888.
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$10

56902
FLETCHER, Daina / SCHMIDT, Christine
EXPOSED: THE STORY OF SWIMWEAR / WOOLLEN MERMAIDS (in Signals): Sydney. 2009. Australian National Maritime Museum. Issue No. 87, June-August 2009. Contains articles from P. 2 to 13 with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. New. 29.7 x 21.
Exhibition at the Australian National Maritime Museum.
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$10

42998
FORSSELL, Henry (compiler)
SEA FINLAND - Finnish Seafaring in Pictures: Helsinki. 1985. The National Board of Antiquities of Finland. 1st English edition. Edited by David Cordingly & Erkki Arni. No pagination, 110 PP with 38 b/w and 62 colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 20 x 20. 9519074961
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$20

42999
FORSSELL, Henry, TOIVONEN, Pekka et al.
THE BOAT COLLECTION OF THE MARITIME MUSEUM OF FINLAND / THE EARLY STAGES OF THE SHIPBUILDING INDUSTRY IN OSTROBOTHNIA (in The maritime Museum of finland, Annual Report): Helsinki. 1983. Section for Maritime History, National Board of Antiquities of Finland. Annual Report 1982-1983. 24 PP with 16 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. Oblong: 19.8 x 20.5.
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$25

57982
FOSTER, John
AE1 ENTOMBED BUT NOT FORGOTTEN: Loftus, NSW. 2006. Australian Military History Publications. 1st Ed. XX, 122 PP with b/w illustrations throughout. Pictorial laminated boards. New. 25.5 x 18. 187643953X
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$35

56323
FRANZEN, Anders
THE WARSHIP VASA - Deep Diving and Marine Archaeology in Stockholm: Stockholm. 1960. Norstedts & Bonniers. 1st Ed. 80 PP with b/w illustrations (photos, drawings, maps). Hard cover, dj. Top edge of dust jacket with small chips, o/wise fine. 28.5 x 21.2.
The fate which befell the Vasa in 1628 her remarkable salvage and restoration.
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$30

42477
FREEHAND, Julianna
A SEAFARING LEGACY - The Photographs, Diaries, Letters and Memorabilia of a Maine Sea Captain and His Wife 1859-1908: New York. 1981. Random House. 2nd printing (?) of the 1st edition. (12), 211 PP with b/w illustrations (letters, photos, sailing notices...). Title page: medallion portraits of Captain and his Wife. Hard cover, gilt title on cloth spine, dj (price-clipped). Fine. Oblong: 22.2 x 28.5. 394517717
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$25

56867
FRENCH, Joseph Lewis
GREAT SEA STORIES: New York. 1945. Tudor Publishing. Reprint of the 1921 original. Foreword by William V. Pratt. XIV, (2), 491 PP. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Covers rubbed and speckled. Foxing. Good reading copy. 20.7 X 14.
Texts by: James Fenimore Cooper, R.H. Dana, Victor Hugo... Jack London ... Pierre Loti... W. Clark Russell...
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$10

57504
GALBRAITH, Russell
DESTINY'S DAUGHTER, The Tragedy of R.M.S. Queen Elizabeth: Edinburgh. 1988. Mainstream. 1st Ed. 176 PP with b/w illustrations. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 25.2 x 19.5. 1851581790
Her building & launching at the time of the Munich Agreement. Troopship in wartime, luxury liner in peacetime. Her demise with the arrival of jet transport and her end in Hong Kong in 1972.
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$35

17007
GARDINER, Robert & COUPER, Alastair (editors)
THE SHIPPING REVOLUTION - The Modern Merchant Ship: London. 1992. Conway Maritime. 1st edition limited to 2000 hand numbered copies (No. 1661), in the Conway's History of the Ship series. 208 PP with tables, bw photos and line drawings. Title spread: the ore carrier Berge Stahl, world's largest dry cargo ship. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 30 x 25. 0851776094
Tramp ship, bulk carriers, refrigerated ships... Modern merchant ship navigation, propulsion... Ship registers and the use of flags. Glossary of terms and abbreviations (P. 201 to 205).
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$60

30033
GARDINER, Robert & FRIEDMAN, Dr. Norman (editors)
NAVIES IN THE NUCLEAR AGE - Warships since 1945: London. 1993. Conway. 1st Ed., in the Conway History of the Ship series. 224 PP with tables, plans and b/w photos. Fp: The American cruiser Yorktown, firing a standard MR-SM2 surface-to-air missile. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 30.2 x 25.2. 0851775683
Warship design, development and technology (weapons systems, naval radars, naval electronic warfare, propulsion).
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$50

19300
GARDNER, Albert Ten Eyck
WINSLOW HOMER, American Artist: His World and His Work: New York. No date. Bramhall House. Reprint of the 1961 original. XIV, 15-263 PP with 36 colour & 200 bw illustrations. Fp: The Lookout - All's Well. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj. Small stains on front and top edge, o/wise fine. 31.5 x 23.5.
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$50

54320

THE GEOGRAPHICAL JOURNAL - Volume: CXXVIII - 1962 (in 4 parts): London. 1962. Royal Geographical Society. Edited by KIRWAN, L. P. Annual edition. Vol. CXXVIII, issues Part 1 (March 1962) to Part 4 (December 1962). XL (advertisements), 600 PP, (8 contents), plus plates with b/w photos and maps (some in colour). Original soft cover. Foxing. Very good. 24.5 x 15.5.
Vol. CXXVII. Parts 1, 2 & 3: The Bindibu Expedition: exploration among the desert aborigenes of Western Australia, by Donald F. Thomson.
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$40

19658
GEORGE, Sam
SURFING, A Way of Life: New York. 1990. Mallard Press. 1st Ed. 128 PP with 13 b/w illustrations & 92 colour photos by Aaron Chang. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 36 x 26.2. 0792452895
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$25

15919
GILLETT, R. & MELLIAR-PHELPS, M.
A CENTURY OF SHIPS IN SYDNEY HARBOUR: Adelaide. 1980. Rigby. 1st Ed. 160 PP with over 200 b/w photos. Title spread: Argentinian training ship, Sydney Harbour 1970. Eps: Great Ferry Race of 1980. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket with a closed tear. Foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise near fine. 26 x 21. 0727012010
Sydney's sailing ships, ferries, tugs, liners, warships ...
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$25

44785
GLASSPOOL, J. & MICHAELIS, J.
BOATS OF THE LONGSHOREMEN: Lymington, U.K. 1977. Nautical. 1st Ed. 136 PP with line drawings by Jane Michaelis. Hard cover, dj. Top edge of covers rubbed. Offsetting of endpapers. Foxing spots on outside edges, few pages, and inside the dustjacket. Very good. 25.8 x 17.5. 0245531114
The boats which put out from beaches and open stretches of the coast. The Portland Lerret, Shetland Yole, Marseille Dory, ... Their hulls, riggings, etc ...
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$35

46787
GLEESON, Max
DESTINATION NEVER REACHED. New South Wales Shipwrecks: Sydney. 2004. Author. 1st Ed. 168 PP with 1 map, 9 colour photos and 82 b/w illustrations (photos and sketches). Pictorial soft cover. New. 24.8 x 17. 0975117807
12 shipwrecks on the coast of New South Wales: Ly-ee-Moon at Green Cape in the South to New England at the mouth of the Clarence River..
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$25

17592
GLEESON, Max
SHIPWRECKS, STORMS & SEAMEN OF THE NEW SOUTH WALES COAST: Sydney. 1996. Author. 1st Ed. 168 PP with 1 map, 7 drawings, 46 b/w & 15 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 25 x 17. 0646280198
Stories on 11 of the shipwrecks of the NSW coast. Cawarra in 1866 off Nobby's Headland (Newcastle), .. Keilawarra in 1886 near North Solitary Island (Coffs Harbour), .. Merimbula in 1928 on Beecroft Head (North of Jarvis Bay).
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$25

17598
GLEESON, Max
THE VANISHED FLEET OF THE SYDNEY COASTLINE: Sydney. 1993. Author. 1st Ed. 168 PP with 37 b/w and 22 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 25 x 17. 0646136712
The events surrounding the loss of fifteen ships wrecked on the Sydney or Illawarra Coast. Woniora in 1882, Undola in 1918, Malabah in 1931, Birchgrove Park in 1956.
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$25

22152
GOLOVNIN, V.M.
AROUND THE WORLD ON THE KAMCHATKA 1817-1819: Honolulu. 1979. Hawaii Historical Society & University Press of Hawaii. 1st English Ed., translated with an introduction and notes by Ella Lury Wiswell. XXXXII, 353 PP with 2 maps, 1 portrait of Capt. Cdr. Golovnin and 15 b/w reproductions of watercolours. Fp: Colour illust. of a Kolosh Chief from Baranov Island. Eps: Route of the sloop Kamchatka 1817-1819. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 24 x 16. 0824806409
Not only a voyage, but an insight to the societies and peoples encountered during this world cruise.
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$40

57192
GOODSON HARRIS, Timothy
A WHALE'S SONG: The Humpbacks of Eastern Australia: Lismore, NSW. 2003. Southern CRoss University Whale Research Centre 1st Ed. Foreword by Di Morrissey. 48 PP with b/w and colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. Oblong: 14.8 x 21. 1863844925
Whaling in Australia. Whales Natural History.
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$25

56813
GRANT, E. M.
GUIDE TO FISHES: Brisbane. 1965. Department of Harbours and Marine, Queensland. 1st Ed. Foreword by the Hon. T. A. Hiley. VIII, 280 PP with 2 figures, and 230 b/w illustrations, plus 16 plates with 46 coloured illustrations. Hard cover, illustrated front board. Spine lightly sunned. Signature of previous owner on front endpaper. Very good. 25 x 18.5.
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$25

35506
GRAVES, William P. E.
MARTHA'S VINEYARD (in National Geographic): Washington. 1961. N.G.S. Volume 119, No. 6, June 1961. Contains article from P.778 to 809 with 1 map and 2 b/w and 34 colour photos by James P. Blair. Soft cover. Near fine. 25.4 x 17.5.
Old whaling days still flavor life on sea-swept Martha's Vineyard.
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$10

17617
GREEN, Jeremy
LOOKING FOR KHUBILAI KHAN (in Geo Magazine): Sydney. 1984. Australasia's Geographical Magazine. Volume 5, No.4, December 1983-January 1984. Includes article from P.58 to 69 with 1 map and 14 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 23 x 20.3.
Applying a recently developed colour sonar system which detects large objects buried under sand, Japanese maritime archaeologists are probing Japan's Bay of Imari for Khubilai Khan's sunken fleet.
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$10

56957
GREENHILL, Basil
BOATS AND BOATMEN OF PAKISTAN: New York. 1972. Great Albion Books. 1st US edition of the 1971 UK original. Foreword by Alan Villiers. 192 PP with 22 line drawings, 2 maps & 32 b/w photos. Fp (in colour): a ghashi under sail. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Notes and bookplate of previous owner on front endpaper, o/wise very good. 22.4 x 14.5. 0715350099
The lives and work of the boatmen of Pakistan where the pattern of life is regulated by the great rivers' systems and the south-west monsoon.
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$30

17990
GREENHILL, Basil
SCHOONERS: London. 1980. B.T. Batsford Ltd. 1st Ed. 160 PP with 142 bw photos. Fp: The four-masted schooner Bertha L. Downs. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj is a little chipped at bottom o/wise a fine copy. 30.5 x 21.2. 713433809
Origin & definition of schooners. Detailed accounts of British & American schooners. Life history of the Bertha L. Downs. Last days of the schooners.
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$40

16157
GREENHILL, Basil (editor)
THE EVOLUTION OF THE SAILING SHIP 1250-1580 - Keynote Studies from The Mariner's Mirror: London. 1995. Conway. 1st Ed. 264 PP with 4 tables & 204 b/w illust. (drawings or photos of seals, stained or painted glass and paintings). Fp: Florentine ship at sea. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 22.3 x 14. 0851776558
Anthology on the evolution of the sailing ship through the Medieval and Renaissance period as observed from painted glass, seals, enluminures, models, ...
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$70

45547
GREENHILL, Basil (editor)
THE SHIP (set of 10 books): London. 1980 & 1981. HMSO & National Maritime Museum. 1st Ed. Series of 10 books with a total of 628 PP and 419 b/w illustrations in text. Illustrated endpapers. Laminated pictorial boards. Fine. 20.5 x 21.2.
The development of merchant vessels and specialized vessels of war, from the earliest times to the present day by: Sean McGrail, John Morrison, Alan McGowan, Robin Craig, John M. Maber, Basil Greenhill, Antony Preston, and Ewan Corlett.
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$150

57540
GREENWALD, Michael
SURVIVOR: San Diego. 1995. Blue Horizons Press. Revised 4th printing of the 1989 original, edited by Steve Callahan and Douglas Robertson. XXIV, 600, (6) PP with 160 b/w illustrations. Fp: drawing by Steve Callahan. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 23.3 x 18.3. 0931297036
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$75

57161
GROVER, John C. & ROBERTSON, Rear Admiral Andrew J.
NUCLEAR-POWERED SUBMARINES FOR THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY ?: Sydney. 1991. Percival Publishing / The Navy League of Australia. 1st Ed. 12 PP with 2 graphs and 9 b/w ilustrations (4 drawings, 4 photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27.4 x 20.5.
Based on a presentation to the Sydney Branch of the Institution of Engineers Australia on 22 November 1989.
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$10

57647
GURNEY, Alan
COMPASS - A Story of Exploration and Innovation: New York. 2004. W. W. Norton. 1st Ed. 320 PP with 18 b/w illustrations. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. Newspaper clipping (Weekend Australian August 28-29, 2004) "Review of this title by Jennifer Moran", loosely inserted. Fine. 21 x 13.8. 0393050734
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$15

50215
HALL, Barbara
DEATH OR LIBERTY. The Convicts of the Britannia, Ireland to Botany Bay, 1797: Sydney. 2006. Author. 1st Ed. XX, 258 PP. Pictorial card cover. Signed by the author on title page. New. 20.8 x 13.5. 0958149925
Irish prisoners transported from Cork (10 December 1796) to Botany Bay (27 May 1797)
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$55

57403
HALL, Barbara
THE IRISH VANGUARD. The Convicts of the Queen, Ireland to Botany Bay, 1791: Sydney. 2009. Author. 1st Ed. XX, 238 PP. Pictorial card cover. Signed by the author on title page. New. 20.8 x 13.5. 9780958149938
Irish prisoners transported from Cork (April 1791) to Botany Bay (26 September 1791).
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$65

57947
HALL, Barbara
A NIMBLE FINGERED TRIBE - The Convicts of the Sugar Cane, Ireland to Botany Bay, 1793: Sydney. 2010. Author. Reprint of the 2002 original. XVIII, 267 PP. Pictorial card cover. Signed and dated by the author on title page. New. 20.8 x 13.5. 9780958149907
164 Irish prisoners transported from Cork (13th April 1793) to Botany Bay (17th September 1793).
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$60

55627
HALL, James (editor)
THE DECADE OF THE CENTURY : Australia in the '40s (in The Australian Magazine): Sydney. 1996. Nationwide News Pty Ltd. Issue: October 12-13, 1996. 46 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27.5 x 20.3.
Turning Point: how the forties changed us forever, by Geoffrey Blainey. An audience with Miss Olley, by Bryce Hallett.
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$10

19112
HARDY, John & FROST, Alan
EUROPEAN VOYAGING TOWARDS AUSTRALIA: Canberra. 1990. Australian Academy of the Humanities. 1st Ed. XIV, 171 PP plus 14 pages with 18 figures (maps, nautical instruments ...). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 25 x 17.6. 0909897190
The diverse aspects of European voyaging to the South Seas: financial gains, scientific and imperial rivalry...
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$15

19111
HARDY, John & FROST, Alan
STUDIES FROM TERRA AUSTRALIS TO AUSTRALIA: Canberra. 1989. Australian Academy of the Humanities. 1st Ed. (8), 274 PP (4), with 1 illust. in text plus 32 pages with 35 b/w illust. (maps, charts, graphs, paintings). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 25 x 17.6. 0909897166
From the geo-morphology of the Australian continent to the diverse experiences of those who sailed and lived there. European exploration & settlement, Portuguese, Spaniards, Dutch, English ...
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$20

43504
HARLAND, John
SHIPS & SEAMANSHIP - The Maritime Prints of J J Baugean: London. 2000. Chatham Publishing. 1st Ed. 208 PP with 192 b/w plates. Fp: A lateen rigged (barque) privateer running to anchor. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Foxing spots on outside edges. Fine. 29.8 x 25.2. 1861761430
Warships (ships of the line, Frigates...). Merchant vessels (brigs, schooners, Mediterranean, Baltic and North Sea)... Ports and Harbours.
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$40

57494
HAWKINS, Clifford W.
ARGOSY OF SAIL - A Photographic History of Sail: Auckland. 1981. Collins. Reprint of the 1980 original. 184 PP with over 200 b/w photos. Title spread: Nile Feluccas. Hard cover, device on front cover, dj. Half title page soiled. Foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 28.5 x 22. 0002169649
Photographic biography representing over 45 years spent pursuing sailing ships with a camera. From the earliest water craft to the latter day sailing ship.
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$50

57974
HAWS, Duncan
UNION, CASTLE & UNION-CASTLE, ALLAN & CANADIAN PACIFIC LINES: Cambridge. 1979. Patrick Stephens. 1st Ed. No. 3 in the Merchant Fleets in profile series. 186 PP with scale profile drawings (1:1800) by author. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 24 x 16. 0850993533
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$45

57480
HAZELL, E. G.
SOME CAME FREE 1832-1892. A story of early colonial life at the limits of location: Canberra. 1978. Roebuck Society. 1st Ed. Roebuck Society publication No. 25. VII, 315 PP with illustrations by Bill Bresser, plus 16 pages with 25 b/w photos. Eps: Map of Werriwa. Illustrated hard cover, dj. Top edge of dust jacket chipped. Slight ageing and foxing of paper. Near fine. 25.2 x 18. 0909434174
Mid-nineteenth century Australia seen through the eyes of the pioneers.
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$60

39905
HAZLEWOOD, Nick
SAVAGE - THE LIFE AND TIMES OF JEMMY BUTTON: London. 2000. Hodder & Stoughton. 1st Ed. XVI, 384 with 1 map, plus 16 pages with 24 b/w illustrations. Hard cover, dj. Felt mark (remainder) on lower outside edge, o/wise fine. 20.4 x 13.5. 0340739118
Tragedy of the Fuegian people of Tierra del Fuego. Voyages to England in 1830 and return in 1834, on H.M.S Beagle of Captain FitzRoy...
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$10

16767
HEARSEY, John E.N.
YOUNG MR PEPYS: London. 1973. Historic Book Club. Reprint. (12), 307 PP plus 12 pages with b/w illust. Fp: Portrait of Samuel Pepys. Eps: The Dutch off Sheerness, 1667. Hard cover, dj. Small vignette pasted down on half-title page, two pages with vertical marker pen lines, o/wise very good. 22.3 x 13.8. 094591407
In 1660, he was made Clerk of the Acts at the Navy Office and by reorganizing it, became one of the Fathers of the Royal Navy.
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$15

57394
HEATH, Colin
AUSTRALIANS IN ANTARCTICA: Sydney. 1984. Methuen Australia Pty. Ltd. 1st Ed. 32 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Laminated pictorial boards. Fine. 29.2 x 21.8. 0454006721
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$10

31887
HECKSTALL-SMITH, B.
YACHTS & YACHTING IN CONTEMPORARY ART: London. 1925. The Studio. Limited edition , No. 269/1000. XVI, 48 PP, plus 96 plates (79 in b/w and 24 colour illustrations tipped in). The 24 colour plates with tissue guard. Eps: Dutch Yacht, 1650. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, top edge gilt. Covers with signs of wear at hinges and corner. Front endpaper rubbed. Some foxing. Colour plate XC with creases, o/wise an excellent copy. Ingleton bookplate. Scarce. 29.6 x 23.5.
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$120

56925
HEENAN, David
DUNK ISLAND AND BEAVER CAY: Brisbane. 1994. Glenmede. 1st Ed., in Australia's Great Barrier Reef series. 48 PP with 1 map with 2 insets on double page, 8 b/w and 74 colour photos. Pictorial laminated boards. Fine. 29.4 x 21.5. 0646168495
Holiday resort, research station...
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$20

21289
HEINE, William C.
HISTORIC SHIPS OF THE WORLD: Adelaide. 1977. Rigby. 1st Australian edition. 156 PP with 105 b/w illustrations & 15 colour photos. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 24 x 23. 0727003399
A review of 22 historic ships, restored & preserved as monuments to men who braved the sea. History, career, actual appearance.
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$10

31552
HENDERSON, James
SENT FORTH A DOVE - Discovery of the Duyfken: Perth. 1999. University of Western Australia Press. 1st Ed. XIV, 218 PP with 8 sketch-maps, b/w and colour illust. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 24.8 x 17.4. 1876268247
The story of the Dutch discovery of Australia in 1606 on the Duyfken (dove), and of the Duyfken 1606 Replica Project.
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$30

57605
HENDERSON, Kenneth Russell (editor)
HEMISPHERE ANNUAL - IV: Canberra. 1983. A.G.P.S. The six bi-monthly issues of Hemisphere "An Asian-Australian" magazine, published from July-August 1982 to May-June 1983. (8), 384 PP, (8 index) with b/w and colour illustrations. Fine. 29.3 x 20.6.
A John Bull in a China shop, by O. H. K. Spate. ... Wandering Continents and their Animals ...
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$25

36540
HENDY, John
FOLKESTONE - BOULOGNE: London. 1987. Author. 1st Ed. 40 PP with 1 map, 1 plan and 45 b/w phptos. Inside front cover: Colour photo of the Horsa. Inside back cover: Departure of the Hengist from Folkestone. Pictorial (Horsa) card cover. Fine. Oblong: 14.8 x 21.
With Sealink British Ferries.
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$15

17520
HENRY, Fred & O'FRIEL, Brendan
STEAM PACKET SHIPS: Glasgow. 1987. Brown, Son & Ferguson. 5th edition, revised by Brendan O'Friel. VII, 136 PP with 1 map, 1 portrait and 47 b/w illust., plus 1 b/w plate Lady of Mann departing Douglas. Pictorial soft cover (small crease on front cover). Very good. 18.3 x 12.2. 0851745113
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$25

57633
HENSHAW, David Ian Bryce
BLACK CONSEQUENCES OF AUSTRALIA'S WHITE NEW GUINEA POLICY: Burwood, Vic. 1989. Author Limited edition of 100 numbered copies. An unnumbered copy. 177 PP (typescript) with b/w illustrations, plus 9 cartoons of full page. Pictorial covers (front: cartoon and back: map of Papua New Guinea), clear plastic covers, spiral bound. Fine.
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$100

52717
HERITAGE, Mary
THE SKIPPER'S MATE ON THE LILLY: Goolwa, SA. c. 1988. Author. 1st Ed. Foreword by Dr. Kevin Fewster. 127 PP with 1 map and 31 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 13.6.
Sailing between 1946 and 1956 on the South Australian topsail schooner Leilateah.
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$15

21934
HETHERINGTON, Roy M.
THE WRECK OF H.M.S. ORPHEUS, New Zealand's Worst Sea Disaster: Auckland. 1975. Cassell. Reprint of the 1968 original. XVI, 158 PP with 1 map & 24 bw illust. Hard cover, dj. Very good. 22.4 x 14.8. 0726937037
The most tragic shipwreck in New Zealand waters, 7th Feb. 1863, Manukau Harbour: loss of 189 from a complement of 258. Appendix with 58 pages on wrecks in N.Z.
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$20

17062
HEYERDAHL, Thor
EARLY MAN AND THE OCEAN, A Search for the Beginnings of Navigation and Seaborne Civilizations: New York. 1979. Doubleday. Reprint of 1978 US Ed. XIV, 438 PP with 18 fig. in text plus 4 pages with 3 illust. Eps: Mappemonde with routes of European discoverers and track of Kon-Tiki, Ra I & Ra II rafts. Hard cover, gilt title on cloth spine, dj (price-clipped). Faint foxing on outside edges. Near fine. 21.5 x 14.5. 385127103
The beginning of navigation & sea-borne civilizations: the sea being no barrier to migration of early Man.
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$35

56326
HILL, John C.G.
SHIPSHAPE AND BRISTOL FASHION: Bristol. 1983. Redcliffe. Revised and enlarged edition of the 1951 original. XIV, 113 PP with 1 tail-piece (badge placed on new ships built at the Albion Dockyard), plus 32 pages with 11 colour and 44 b/w illustrations. Hard cover, decorated front with 2 House-Flags, dj. Fine. 22.5 x 14.3.
History of the Bristol City Line of steamships and of the shipyards either owned by Hilhouse, by Charles Hill & Sons or by Albion Dockyard.
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$20

35133
HITTELL, Theodore H.
EL TRIUNFO DE LA CRUZ, The First Ship Built in the Californias: San Francisco. c.1963. California Historical Society. 1st Ed., Special Publication No. 38. (6), 15 PP. Cloth cover, title on vignette pasted down front cover, dj. Fine. 19.7 x 13.
Essay first published in The Californian, San Francisco, of January, 1880. How Father Juan Ugarte built El Triunfo de la Cruz (The Triumph of the Cross) in 1719.
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$45

56997
HOARE, Merval (editor)
ELIZABETH ROBERTSON'S DIARY, NORFOLK ISLAND 1845: No place. 1996. Newey & Beath. Reprint of the 1988 original. 64 PP, plus 6 b/w plates. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 20 x 13.2. 731653769
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$20

30218
HOARE, Robert J.
TRAVEL BY SEA: London. 1961. A. & C. Black. 1st Ed., in the Black's Junior Reference Books series. 80 PP with b/w illust. (drawings, photos). Title page: vignette of an early East Indiaman. Hard cover, pictorial front cover (Sirius, the first ship to cross the Atlantic under continuous steam power in 1838), dj. (price clipped). Some foxing. Very good. 25.2 x 19.
Ships of early times, age of Discovery, great days of sail and in the age of steam.
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$15

20240
HOBBS, Edward W.
SAILING SHIPS AT A GLANCE, A pictorial record of the evolution of the sailing ship from the earliest times until to-day: London. 1925. The Architectural Press. 1st Ed. No. 4 in the "At a Glance" series. XVIII, 114 with 150 b/w illustrations. Hard cover. Spine sunned and part of front cover faded. Very good. 21.5 x 14.5.
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$15

22452
HOBDAY, P.W.
BRISTOL CITY DOCKS, The Final Years of Commercial Shipping: Liverpool. 1982. Author. 1st Ed. 44 PP including covers with 1 map & 17 b/w drawings by the author. Pict. soft cover. New. 14.8 x 21. 0950748013
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$10

54716
HODGSON, Captain F. M.
NOVA SCOTIA (South-East Coast) AND BAY OF FUNDY PILOT: comprising the Great Bank of Newfoundland, Sable Island, the South-East Coast of Nova Scotia and the Bay of Fundy: London. 1958. Hydrographic Department, Admiralty. 10th edition, S.D. No. 59. Advertisement of the 10th edition, by Rear Admiral K. St. B. Collins. XLIII, 372, (2) PP with figures, over 6 tables,1 lighthouse and 1 coastal view, plus 6 plates with 1 lighthouse and 8 coastal views, 8 plates with 14 photos (Ice), and 1 Index Chart S.D. 59. Supplement No. 5-1966 with Index Chart, 1 b/w plate (lighthouse) and 58 pages, loosely inserted. Cloth cover, title on front cover and spine. Spine lightly faded. Foxing. Very good. 24.7 x 15.
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$30

10620
HOGG, Ian & BATCHELOR, John
NAVAL GUN: Poole, Dorset. 1978. Blandford. 1st Ed. 142, (2 index) PP with b/w & colour illustrations. Title-page: 3 types of guns (4 inch quick-firing gun, bronze mortar, revolving cannon). Half-title page: 40 mm Bofors Gun. Eps: guns & gun tackle, ... Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing on outside edges, o/wise near fine. 31 x 23. 0713709057
The development of the naval gun, from bombards and serpentines, to the twilight of the big gun superseded by missiles and rockets.
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$20

57568
HOLMES, Christine (editor)
CAPTAIN COOK'S FINAL VOYAGE, The Journal of Midshipman George Gilbert: Canberra. 1982. Brian Clouston. 1st Australian edition. Preface by Christine L. Holmes. (6), 158 PP, plus 2 maps on double page, 3 maps and 8 pages with 3 colour illustrations. Fp: Facsimile of George Gilbert's "Passing Certificate". Hard cover, dj. Text complete, however 4 of the colour illustrations not printed. Signature of previous owner on half title page. Few foxing spots. Very good. 24 x 16. 0949742244
First edition of the narrative by a Midshipman on the Resolution for the third voyage of Pacific exploration (1776-1780) by Captain Cook.
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$40

57543
HOLMES, Tommy
THE HAWAIIAN CANOE: Hanalei, Kauai, Hawaii. 1981. Editions Limited. 1st Ed., with an introduction by Abraham Piinaia. VIII, 191 PP with 6 tables, maps & charts, b/w and colour illustrations. Decorated hard cover, dj. Notes on front endpaper and on title page. Fold of endpapers starting, o/wise near fine. 28.5 x 28.5.
A definitive and comprehensive work on the skills and traditions associated with the Hawaiian canoe: voyaging, materials, tools, fishing,...
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$150

15717
HOOPER, Meredith
DOCTOR HUNGER AND CAPTAIN THIRST - Stories of Australian Explorers: Sydney. 1982. Methuen. 1st Ed. 144 PP with b/w illust. Fp: Expedition horses & items of equipment. Eps: Map of Australia. Hard cover, dj. Few foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise near fine. 26 x 19.5. 0454003641
Account of some of the expeditions undertaken by John Eyre, John Lort Stokes, Burke & Wills, Sturt... faced with the threats of hunger and thirst.
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$20

18540
HOPKINS, David L.
THE SHIPPING HISTORY OF THE BASS STRAIT CROSSING: Hobart. 1994. Taswegia. 1st Ed. 36 PP with b/w illust. FEP: Mouth of River Don. REP: Comparison of vessel size in Bass Strait ships (Alma Doepel to Spirit of Tasmania). Pict. soft cover. Fine. 30.5 x 22.5. 0646186353
History in pictures & text of the regular passenger ferries crossing Bass Strait , a treacherous stretch of water.
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$15

57416
HOSTY, Kieran
DUNBAR 1857 - Disaster on our doorstep: Sydney. 2007. Australian National Maritime Museum. 1st Ed. Foreword, by Mary-Louise Williams. 154 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. New. 25 x 17.5 9780977547111
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$50

43950
HOWARTH, Stephen
MORNING GLORY - A History of the Imperial Japanese Navy: London. 1983. Hamish Hamilton. 1st Ed. XVIII, 398 PP with 5 maps (1 on on double page) and 15 sketches of Japanese warships on a double page, plus 16 pages with 35 b/w illustrations. Hard cover, dj. Spine of dust jacket lifghtly sunned. Faint foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise a fine copy. 24 x 16. 024111115
An account of the Imperial Japanese Navy, from its strange beginnings to the third largest naval force in the world and its tragic end only fifty years later.
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$35

20269
HUGHES, Robert
THE FATAL SHORE - A History of the Transportation of Convicts to Australia, 1787-1868: London. 1987. Collins Harvill. 4th impression of the 1987 UK original. XXVI, (2), 688 PP with 6 maps & 2 insets, plus 32 pages with 72 b/w illust. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Spine of dust jacket lightly sunned. Few foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 24 x 16. 2173611
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$25

56520
HUGHES, S. L. & I. C.
PORT TO PASTURE. Reminiscences and Records of Port Awanui, East Coast: Gisborne. 1991. Authors. Reprint of the 1988 original. 157 PP with 1 sketch map, 2 plans, 5 facsimiles of documents and 69 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21.5 x 17. 0473005808
Port, south of East Cape, North Island, New Zealand.
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$35

38267
HUTCHEON, Robin
SHANGAI CUSTOMS - A 20th century taipan in troubled times: Sydney. 2000. Galisea Publications. 1st Ed. 246, (4 index) PP, plus 20 pages with 36 b/w illustrations (photocopy quality). Illustrated soft cover. Fine. 20.7 x 14.8. 0646382608
Life and activities of George Ernest Marden in Shangai then Hong Kong.
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$75

55871
IDYLL, C.P.
ABYSS, The Deep Sea and the Creatures That Live in It: London. 1965. Constable. 1st UK Ed. XXX, 396 PP with 118 b/w illust. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket chipped and slightly rubbed. Light foxing on top edges, o/w very good copy. 21.5 x 15.
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$20

13246
IRWIN, Geoffrey
THE PREHISTORIC EXPLORATION AND COLONISATION OF THE PACIFIC: Cambridge. 1996. C.U.P. Paperback reprint. VIII, 240 PP with 83 figures & 22 tables, plus 8 pages with 13 b/w illustrations of "Canoes". Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 24.5 x 17.5. 0521476518
The author claims that, rather than sailing randomly in search of unknown lands, the Pacific islanders expanded settlement by exploring upwind so as to ensure their safe return.
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$25

43443
ISHERWOOD, J. H.
SEA BREEZES FAMOUS SHIPS - 1st series (Nos. 1 to 30): London. 1963, 1964 & 1965. The Journal of Commerce and Shipping Telegraph Ltd. 1st Ed. 30 colour filing cards with ship profiles to scale (funnel and hull colours), technical data and history of 30 Famous Ships, contained in original envelope. Fine. 25.3 x 20.3.
No. 1:Empress of Britain... No. 6: America... No.12: Suwa Maru... No. 18: Peninsular... No. 24: Chichibu Maru... No. 30: St. Louis.
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$120

56949
JACK, Homer A.
INSIDE GOA: Sydney. c. 1955. Information Service of India. Reprint of the original published in "The Hindustani Tmes" of New Dehli. 24 PP with 1 map and 3 insets at centrefold and 2 b/w photos. Soft cover. 21.6 x 14.
Views in 1955 of an American Journalist on Portuguese India and the Republic of India. The Satyagrahi (unarmed volunteer) invasion of Goa in August 1955.
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$20

57460
JACKSON, C. Ian (editor)
THE ARCTIC WHALING JOURNALS OF WILLIAM SCORESBY THE YOUNGER - Volume II: The voyages of 1814, 1815 and 1816: London. 2008. Hakluyt Society. 1st Ed. Series III, Volume 20. XXXVII, 308 PP with 3 maps and 9 b/w illustrations. Fp: Flensing a whale. Cloth cover, gilt device on front cover, gilt title on spine. dj. Fine. 25.2 x 18. 9780904180923
... with an Appendix "Scoresby's Navigation", by George Huxtable
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$70

57535
JACKSON, C. Ian (editor)
THE ARCTIC WHALING JOURNALS OF WILLIAM SCORESBY THE YOUNGER - Volume III: The voyages of 1817, 1818 and 1820: London. 2009. Hakluyt Society. 1st Ed. Series III, Volume 21. XLII, 245 PP with 3 maps and 10 b/w illustrations. Fp: Model of the "Baffin". Cloth cover, gilt device on front cover, gilt title on spine. dj. Fine. 25.2 x 18. 9780904180954
... with an Appendix "The Building of Arctic Whalers", by Fred M. George Walker
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$70

33876
JAFFEE, Capt. Walter W.
THE TRACK OF THE GOLDEN BEAR - The California Maritime Academy Schoolships: Palo Alto, Ca., USA. 1996. The Glencannon Press. 1st Ed. XII, 212 PP with 2 seals, 3 cartoons and 130 b/w photos. Eps: General Arrangement plan of the USS California State. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj. Fine. 28.7 x 22. 0963758683
From the Jamestown of 1876 to the California State (later Golden State) and the three Golden Bear.
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$75

55610

JAPAN MARITIME SELF DEFENCE FORCE - 1963 Training Fleet: Tokyo. 1963. Asagumo Shimbun (Organ Paper of Defense Agency). 1st Ed. 1/07/1963. No pagination, 12 PP with b/w illustrations. Centrefold: 1963' Training Cruise. Flyer on the Japanese Training fleet with map of the cruise, photos of the 4 warships and portrait of rear Admiral Koji Takikawa, loosely inserted. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 26 x 18.
7th Overseas Training Cruise, and the first to go to Europe (Napoli, Toulon, Kiel and Portsmouth) via Indian Ocean an Suez Canal.
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$20

17112
JAPANESE NAVY
JAPANESE BATTLESHIPS AND CRUISERS: London. 1963. Macdonald. 1st English edition of the Japanese original. Volume 1 in Pocket Pictorial series. 137 PP with 79 b/w photos, plus 7 pages with 19 silhouettes. Hard cover, dj (price-clipped). Very good. Oblong: 10.8 x 15.8.
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$20

57784
JARMAN, Robert
JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE TO THE SOUTH SEAS IN THE "JAPAN", employed in the Sperm Whale Fishery, under the Command of John May: Melbourne. 2009. Edition Renard Reprint of the 1838 original, in a limited edition of 100 numbered copies (Nos. 101 to 200). Edited, with an Introduction, Notes, Chronology, and Index by Robert M. Warneke. X, (2 blank), VI, 318 PP. Fp: Portrait of Robert Jarman in 1877. Top edge dyed. Marker ribbon. Cloth cover (full linen), title-labels on front board and spine. New. 23 x 16.5.
Voyage: June 1831 to August 1834. London, Cape of Good Hope, St Paul Island (Indian Ocean), Indonesia, Japan, Hawai'i, Tonga, Australia, Fiji, Kiribati ... New Zealand, Cape Horn, Azores, London.
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$195

36501
JENKINS, David
OWEN & WATKIN WILLIAMS OF CARDIFF - THE GOLDEN CROSS LINE: Kendal. 1991. World Ship Society. 1st Ed. 72 PP with 40 b/w photos. Fp: The Williams brothers. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 14.8. 0905617614
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$20

16117
JOHNSON, Donald S.
CHARTING THE SEA OF DARKNESS - The Four Voyages of Henry Hudson: Camden, Maine. 1993. International Marine. 1st Ed. XIV, 242 PP with 37 b/w illustrations. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Foxing spots on top edge, o/wise fine. 23.6 x 15.8. 0877423210
The search for the Northwest passage to Asia between 1607 and 1610.
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$25

41976
JOHNSON, Paula J.
THE WORKBOATS OF SMITH ISLAND: Baltimore. 1997. The Johns Hopkins University Press. 1st Ed. XII, 100 PP with 1 map, 2 tables, 2 drawings, 9 plans and 38 b/w photos. Fp: Deadrise workboats, skiffs, and a scraping boat in profile across the creek at Ewell, Smith Island, 1992. Cloth cover, dj. Fine. Oblong: 23.5 x 31. 801854849
Smith Island, in the Chesapeake Bay, State of Maryland.
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$55

16492
JOHNSTONE, Kenneth
THE AQUATIC EXPLORERS - A History of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada: Toronto. 1977. University of Toronto Press. 1st Edit. XV, 342 PP with b/w photos (research vessel, laboratory, staff..). Cloth cover, pictorial front board. Fine. 26.7 x 19.5. 0802022707
History of fisheries in Canada and an account of the first 75 years of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada: Aims and Achievements, Pure & Applied Science.
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$15

57678
JONES, David & NUNAN, Peter
MASTER MARINER - The Story of Captain Harold Chesterman: Rockhampton. 2009. Central Queensland University Press. 1st Ed. XII, 237 PP with I plan, 4 maps and 63 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. New. 25 x 17.8. 9781921274121
Cadet on HMS Worcester in 1931/1933. Port Line 1933 to 1938. Royal Navy 1938 to 1946 (... Battle of the Atlantic). With the Commonwealth Lighthouses Service 1947 to 1978, servicing the Queensland coast.
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$40

20658
JONES, Henry M.
SHIPS OF KINGSTON, Good-bye, Fare Ye Well: Plymouth, Mass. 1926. Memorial Press of Plymouth. 1st Ed. 130 PP with 5 plans of Port, 19 ship plans, 50 b/w illust. & 6 colour plates. Title-page: Sheer and spar plan of bark Abby of Kingston, 1854. Colour Fp: Ship Herculean of Kingston, Benjamin Cook, Master, entering Liverpool, 1840. Orig. gilt & decorated cloth cover (flag signal for Good-bye, fare ye well). Handsome gothic-printed dedicatory note: presented to Commander Alan John Villiers by the Jones River Village Club at the Major John Bradford House, Kingston, Massachusetts. An excellent copy. 28 x 20.
An account of the 276 vessels built and launched at the landing into Jones River since the Revolution.
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$120

16531
KAHARL, Victoria A.
WATER BABY: New York. 1990. OUP. 1st Ed. XII, 356 PP plus 32 pages with b/w & colour photos. Hard cover, cloth spine, dj. Faint foxing on outside edges, o/wise near fine. 24 x 16. 0195061918
Deep-sea exploration with Alvin, the world's first deep-diving submarine.
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$20

38802
KAMPS, Charles T. Jr.
THE HISTORY OF THE VIETNAM WAR: London. 1988. Temple Press / Aerospace. 1st Ed. 240 PP profusely illustrated in b/w and colour photos throughout. Hard cover, gilt title on spine. Near fine. 36 x 26. 0600557839
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$20

57059
KARSKENS, Grace
THE COLONY: A History of Early Sydney: Sydney. 2009. Allen & Unwin. 1st Ed. XIV, 678 PP with 109 greyscale illustrations, plus 32 pages with 64 colour plates. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket with lower edge of back lightly creased. Fine. 25.2 x 18. 9781741756371
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$60

56386
KEMBLE, John Haskell
SAN FRANCISCO BAY - A Pictorial Maritime History: New York. c. 1960. Bonanza Books. Reprint (C) of the 1957 original by Cornell Maritime Press. XV, 194 PP with over 350 b/w illust. (photos, maps, paintings). Fp: Sailing scene at Golden Gate. Eps: Map of San Francisco Bay area. Hard cover, cloth spine, dj. Dust jacket with small piece missing at head of spine, o/wise near fine. 27.5 x 21.5. 517016982
San Francisco Bay, the river ports, carriers of the Bay and rivers...
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$20

57638
KEMP, Paul
FRIEND OR FOE - Friendly Fire at Sea 1939-1945: London. 1995. Leo Cooper. 1st ED. IX, 198 PP, plus 16 pages with 37 b/w photos. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Initials of previous owner on outside edges, o/wise near fine. 24 x 16. 0850523850
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$20

49774
KENDALL, Henry
FORESHADOWINGS - The 'Bibliography of Australia' began with Henry Kendall: Sydney. 1963. The Australian Documentary Facsimile Society. Limited edition of 275 copies, one of the 250 copies signed by Iris Burke on the colophon. No pagination, 20 PP with 2 sketches by William Fish (frontispiece and tail piece), and 8 offset facsimiles tipped in. Fp: Kingston House, Newtown. Hard cover. Few foxing spots. Ingleton bookplate on front endpaper. Very good. 29 x 22.5.
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$25

18761
KENNEDY, Ludovic
PURSUIT, The Chase and Sinking of the Bismarck: London. 1975. Book Club Associates. Reprint of the 1974 original. 239 PP with 3 maps, plus 16 pages with 27 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket chipped and with closed tears. Previous owner's signature on endpaper, o/wise very good. 20 x 13.5.
The tracking & pursuit of the German battleship Bismarck which sailed from Gdynia on 18/5/41, sunk HMS Hood on 24/5, was disabled by torpedoes from the obsolete Swordfish of the Fleet Air Arm and was sunk on 27/5/41.
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$10

51681
KERR, Garry & McDERMOTT, Harry
THE HUON PINE STORY - The history of harvest and use of a unique timber: Portland. 2004. Mainsail Books. 2nd edition of the 2000 original. (8), 299 PP with 4 maps, numerous b/w and colour illustrations. Fp: Huon Pine (young tree), by S. Dean. Title page: Marble Cliffs, Gordon River, World Heritage Area, Tasmania. FEP: Map of Strahan/Macquarie Harbour. REP: Map of Birch Inlet / Macquarie Harbour. Hard cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj. New condition. 28.3 x 21.5. 0957791704
Chapter 8: The Rivermen. Chapter 9: the Piner's Punt. Chapter 10: The Riverboats.
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$75

38892
KIRSOP, Wallace
THE PERON - FREYCINET PROSPECTUSES (in Explorations): Melbourne. 1987. Institute for the Study of French-Australian Relations / ISFAR. Explorations: a bulletin devoted to the study of Franco-Australian links, Issue No. 5, July 1987. 32 PP with facsimile of two prospectuses (in French) Voyage de découvertes aux Terres Australes. Card cover. Fine. 20.8 x 14.5.
Prospectus: a publisher's device, being a descriptive leaflet outlining the plan of a work to be published.
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$15

47159
KLEINGARDT, Birgitta (editor)
WASA: Stockholm. 1983. Statens Sjöhistoriska Museum/Wasavarvet. Reprint of the 1st English edition of 1969, translated from the Swedish original by Alan Tapsell. 48 PP with b/w & colour illustrations. Pictorial soft covers. Fine. 21 x 15.
The saga of the Swedish warship "Wasa": lost and salvaged, life on board, preservation, the decorated man-of-war.
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$15

40566
KLUDAS, Arnold
GREAT PASSENGER SHIPS OF THE WORLD, Volume 2, 1913-1923: Cambridge. c.1990. Patrick Stephens. 3rd reprint of the 1976 original UK edition. 240 PP with b/w photos. Fp: Vaterland. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 24.5 x 20.3. 050592429
Passenger vessels over 10,000 G.R.T.
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$35

40567
KLUDAS, Arnold
GREAT PASSENGER SHIPS OF THE WORLD, Volume 3, 1924-1935: Wellingborough. c.1990. Patrick Stephens. 3rd reprint of the 1976 UK edition. 240 PP with b/w photos. Fp: Roma. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 24.5 x 20.3. 0850592453
Passenger vessels over 10,000 G.R.T.
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$60

36496
KLUDAS, Arnold
GREAT PASSENGER SHIPS OF THE WORLD, Volume 4, 1936-1950: Cambridge. 1977. Patrick Stephens. 1st UK Ed. 230 PP with b/w photos. Fp: Dunnottar Castle. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Renewed endpapers. Fine. 24.5 x 20.3. 0850592534
Passenger vessels over 10,000 G.R.T.
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$55

15540
KLUDAS, Arnold
GREAT PASSENGER SHIPS OF THE WORLD, Volume 5, 1951-1976: Cambridge. 1977. Patrick Stephens. 1st UK Ed. 226 PP with b/w photos. Fp: QE2 in New York. Hard cover, dj. Renewed endpapers. Near fine. 24.5 x 20.3. 0850592658
Passenger vessels over 10,000 G.R.T.
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$50

19887
KNOX-JOHNSTON, Robin
THE TWILIGHT OF SAIL: London / Melbourne. 1978. Sidgwick & Jackson / Hutchinson. 1st Ed. 192 PP, with 120 b/w photos. Title spread: Furling the fore course in a storm aboard the Garthsnaid. FEP: The barque King Malcolm in dry dock at Montevideo, 1896. REP: Bristol docks in the nineteenth century. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 25.5 x 19. 0091353009
A celebration in pictures of the full-rigged ocean flyers of the latter half of the 19th century.
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$20

42113
KOOP, Gerhard & SCHMOLKE, Klaus-Peter
BATTLESHIP SCHARNHORST: London & New York. 1998. Conway & The Military Book Club. Special US edition in the Conway Maritime Modeller's Series, translated from the German original Vom Originale zum modell: Schlatschiff Scharnhorst. 64 PP with 1 map, 4 camouflage patterns, 9 sketch-plans, 13 set of plans and 67 b/w photos. Pictorial laminated boards. Fine. 30.5 x 21.5. 0851777724
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$20

42112
KOOP, Gerhard & SCHMOLKE, Klaus-Peter
BATTLESHIP TIRPITZ: London & New York. 1998. Conway & The Military Book Club. Special US edition in the Conway Maritime Modeller's Series, translated from the German original Vom Originalezum modell: Schlatschiff Tirpitz. 56 PP with 1 map, 4 camouflage schemes, 7 sketch-plans, 9 set of plans and 58 b/w photos. Pictorial laminated boards. Fine. 30.5 x 21.5. 08517777732
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$20

57525
KORGANOFF, Alexandre
THE PHANTOM OF SCAPA FLOW: London. 1974. Ian Allan. 1st English edition, translated from the 1969 French original. Foreword by Grand Admiral Karl Dönitz. 235 PP with 4 maps, 12 line drawings, 2 plans & 50 b/w photos. Title Page: U-47 in dry dock. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Faint foxing. Near fine. 23.2 x 15.5. 0711005044
U-47 exploits in the Orkney Islands, sinking HMS Royal Oak in October 1939. How she escaped. Was there only one ship sunk?
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$25

16993
KROSCHEL, Günter & EVERS, August-Ludwig
DIE DEUTSCHE FLOTTE 1848-1945, Geschichte des Deutschen Kriegsschiffbaus in 435 Bildern: Wilhelmshaven. 1962. Verlag Lohse-Eissing. 1st Ed. XXVIII, with tables in text and 160 pages without pagination containing 435 b/w photos. Papered boards, cloth spine, dj is a little rubbed but o/wise a fine copy. German text. 26.5 x 20.5.
Photographic history of the various German navies (Prussia, North Germany) from 1848 to 1888, Imperial of the Kaiser (1888-1918), Reichsmarine of the Weiman Republic (1919-1935) and the Kriegsmarine of the Third Reich (1935-1945).
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$90

40450
KURNELL
DEDICATION OF CAPTAIN COOK'S LANDING PLACE - Kurnell, Botany Bay: Sydney. 1899. Department of Lands. 1st Ed. (4), 74 PP with 6 b/w plates, plus 2 folded maps. Fp: portrait of Captain James Cook. Hard cover, leather bound, gilt title on front cover. Top corner of page 3/4 torn without loss of text. Maps repaired. Leather with small pits, o/wise very good . Ingleton 6380 (Ferguson 11258). Scarce. 18.6 x 13.
Captain Cook, his Life and Voyages, Services to New Holland and to Man. A Biographical Sketch by Alfred McFarland.
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$75