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57888
AERTS, Theo (editor)
THE MARTYRS OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA: 333 Missionary Lives Lost During World War II: Port Moresby. 1994. University of Papua New Guinea. 1st Ed. Preface by Sir Michael Thomas Somare. 276 PP with 11 illustrations (drawings, diagrams...), 5 maps and 74 b/w photos in the "Photo Story" part. Fp (in colour): Lest we forget. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 25 x 17.7. 9980845036
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$60

20531
ALEXANDER, Michael
OMAI 'NOBLE SAVAGE': London. 1977. Collins & Harvill Press. 1st Ed. 223 PP plus 12 Pages with 14 bw illust. Ep: Capt. Wallis & men of the 'Dolphin' meet Queen Oberea, Tahiti, 1767. Hard cover, dj. (small closed tear). Near fine. 21.6 x 14. 0002626101
The first noble savage dear to the 18th century French philosopher Rousseau, comes into contact with the civilized world of England.
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$25

37386
ALLEN, W. E. D. (editor)
RUSSIAN EMBASSIES TO THE GEORGIAN KINGS (1589-1605) - Volume I: Cambridge. 1970. Hakluyt Society. Second Series, No. CXXXVIII. Translated by Anthony Mango. Volume I: 1st Ed. XXXII, 368 PP with 1 map, plus 4 folded maps, 11 plates (3 in colour and 8 b/w) and Map of Eastern Caucasia at end of volume. Fp: Illuminated capital letters from a manuscript of Saba Sulkhan Orbeliani's Dictionary of the Georgian Language. Cloth cover, gilt device on front cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Signature of previous owner on front endpaper. Fine. 22.2 x 14.5. 521010306
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$25

57865
ALLEN, W. E. D. (editor)
RUSSIAN EMBASSIES TO THE GEORGIAN KINGS (1589-1605) - Volume II: Cambridge. 1970. Hakluyt Society. Second Series, No. CXXXIX. Translated by Anthony Mango. Volume II: 1st Ed. IX, 369-640 PP, plus 1 coloured map, 1 folded map of Eastern Caucasia at end of Volume and 7 plates (2 in colour and 5 b/w). Fp (in colour): The men of Erzurum attacked by Simun. Cloth cover, gilt device on front cover, gilt title on spine. Signature of previous owner on front endpaper. Faint foxing on outside edges, o/wise fine. 22.2 x 14.5. 521010314
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$25

14593
ANDERSON, K. S.
A PORT IS BUILT: Melbourne. 1981. Portland Harbor Trust. 1st Ed. 83 PP with 1 map and 20 b/w illust. Eps: Portland jetties. Cloth cover, dj. Fine. 24.7 x 18.8. 072413378X
The harbour of Portland, Victoria. From a rambling jetty in 1950, to a modern sheltered harbour inaugurated in 1980.
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$10

41329
ANDERSON, Ross
WRECKS ON THE REEF - A guide to historic shipwrecks at Port Phillip Heads: Melbourne. 1997. Heritage Council Victoria. 1st Ed. (4), 84 PP with 68 figures (b/w and colour). Pictorial soft cover. Fine (mint condition). Oblong: 17.6 x 26.2. 0731106105
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$25

57635
APPEL, Michaela
OCEANIA - World Views of the South Seas: Munich. 2005. Staatliches Museum Für Völkerkunde München. 1st Ed. with 1 map on double page and 189 figures: 17 b/w (period) and 173 colour photos. Fp: Feather Head Dress. Eps: Painted bark cloth. Pictorial soft cover. Front cover with light crease on front edge, o/wise fine. 29 x 22. 3927270490
Catalogue of the permanent exhibition held at the Munich Museum.
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$100

38984
AUCHMUTY, Professor J. J.
SETTLERS UNDER SAIL (in The Victorian Historical Journal): Melbourne. 1978. Royal Historical Society of Victoria. Volume 49, No. 2, 192nd issue, May 1978. Contains article between P. 97 and 114. Card cover. 21.6 x 14.8.
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$15

55805
AUSTRALIA
CELEBRATION OF AUSTRALIA DAY, 1788 - 1988: Sydney. 1988. Premier's Department / NSW Directorate of Special Bicentennial Events. 1st Ed. No pagination, 16 PP with 1 map on transparent page and 3 colour illustrations. Soft cover, title in blind and window on front cover facing map of New Holland. Near fine. 29.9 x 21.2..
Tuesday, January 26, 1988. Forecourt, Sydney Opera House, Sydney, New South Wales. Brief history... National Anthem 'Advance Australia Fair', and Bicentennial Hymn 'Lord of Earth and All Creation'...
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$20

56900
AUSTRALIAN SHIPPING
CARGO HANDLING QUARTERLY - Volume 8, No. 4 - 1969: Melbourne. 1969. Pegasus Public Relations. Vol. 8, No. 4 (November/December 1969). Edited by G.A. STAPLETON & Errol H. COOTE. 136 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 27.5 x 21.7.
Issue No. 4: Australian Shipbuilding in 1969, a survey and forecast (pages 89 to 136). S.S. Clutha Oceanic. M.V. Kanimbla and Manoora. M.V. Australian Trader. M.V. Sedco Helen...
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$5

56961
AUSTRALIAN SHIPPING
CARGO HANDLING QUARTERLY - Volume 9, No. 2, June 1970: Melbourne. 1970. Pegasus Public Relations. Vol. 9, No. 2 (June 1970). Edited by G.A. STAPLETON & Errol H. COOTE. 114 PP with b/w illutrations. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 27.5 x 21.7.
The quarterly magazine for: Australia, New Zealand and Pacific Islands Ports: Trade, Shipping , Freight ... Issue No. 2: Port Reports: New South Wales (4), Victoria (3), Tasmania (7), South Australia (6), Western Australia (4), Northern Territory (1), Private Ports (13), Queensland (7), Papua-New Guinea ((6) (pages 65 to 103).
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$5

56901
AUSTRALIAN SHIPPING
CARGO HANDLING QUARTERLY - Volume 9, No. 4 - 1970: Melbourne. 1970. Pegasus Public Relations. Vol. 9, No. 4 (December 1970). Edited by G.A. STAPLETON & Errol H. COOTE. 126 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 27.5 x 21.7.
Issue No. 4: Shipbuilding in Australia 1970 - M.V. Darwin Trader. Sulzer's RND Marine Diesel ...
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$5

20573
AXFORD, Edward
WITH CAPTAIN COOK IN NEW ZEALAND. A publication marking the bicentenary of Captain James Cook's arrival in New Zealand and his subsequent sailing round our coasts: Auckland. 1969. Wilson and Horton. 1st Ed. 64 PP with 70 bw illust. Pict. soft cover (in colour). Ageing of paper, o/wise very good. 27.5 x 21.5.
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$15

30743
AYMAR, Gordon C.
YACHTS UNDER SAIL - A Collection of Photographs: New York. 1974. John de Graff. Reissue with an introduction by John Rousmaniere, of the 1933 original with a foreword by Alfred F. Loomis. No pagination, 128 PP with b/w photographs by Alftred F. Loomis (10 on the margin, 13 on double page and 70 on full page). Fp: The cutter Golliwogg loafs behind the ultimate in parachute spinnakers. Cloth cover, dj (rubbed). Occasional foxing. Near fine. 26 x 20.8.
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$15

58206
BAADER, Juan
THE SAILING YACHT: London. 1979. Granada Publishing. 2nd edition of the 1965. 392 PP with 91 b/w photos and 275 diagrams. Fp: Alysina, a Half Tonner. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price clipped). Fine. 28.2 x 22.4. 0229115764
Aerodynamic theory, yachting history, techniques, hydrodynamics, rating rules, classes, safety at sea, sails, navigation...
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$15

10216
BAGLIN, Douglass & MULLINS, Barbara
CAPTAIN COOK'S AUSTRALIA: Sydney. 1969. Horwitz. 1st Ed., in The Australian Heritage colour series. 32 PP profusely illustrated in colour. Inside back cover: Map of East coast of Australia. Pict. soft cover. Very good. 24 x 18.
A pictorial appraisal of James Cook, the ships he sailed in, and the sights he described along the hitherto unknown east coast of Australia.
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$5

58079
BAILLIEU, Darren (editor)
AUSTRALIA FELIX - A miscellany from The Geelong Advertiser 1840-1850: Melbourne. 1982. The Craftsman Press. 1st Ed. Foreword by Frank Strahan. IX, (3), 166 PP with b/w illustrations on margin of pages, and 11 colour plates. Hard cover, dj. Fine. Oblong: 22 x 28. 0909108161
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$20

55450
BARTLETT, Robert A.
SERVICING ARCTIC AIRBASES / VOYAGE OF THE MORRISSEY (in National Geographic Magazine): Washington. 1946. N.G.S. Volume LXXXIX, No.5, May 1946. Contains article between pages 602 and 616 with 1 map , 3 b/w and 10 colour photos. Soft cover. Very good. 25.5 x 17.5.
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$10

21678
BATESON, Charles
AUSTRALIAN SHIPWRECKS - Including Vessels wrecked en route to or from Australia, and some strandings Volume One: 1622-1850: Sydney. 1972. Reed. 1st Ed. 267 PP with 42 b/w illust. Eps: Map of Australia. Hard cover, simile leather, gilt title on spine, dj. Faint foxing. Fine. 24.5 x 17.7. 0589071122
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$50

21465
BATESON, Charles
GOLD FLEET FOR CALIFORNIA, Forty-Niners from Australia and New Zealand: Sydney. 1963. Ure Smith. 1st Ed. 172 PP, plus 14 pages with 16 bw illust. Eps (folded): Deserted ships in San Francisco Harbour. Hard cover, gilt decorated covers, dj. Light foxing, o/wise fine. 24.4 x 16.2.
A contribution to Australian maritime history, depicting the crossing of over 7000 Australians & New Zealanders who sailed to the Californian gold fields.
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$25

42997
BATHE, B. W.
SEVEN CENTURIES OF SEA TRAVEL, From the Crusaders to the Cruises: London. 1972. Barrie & Jenkins. 1st Ed. 298, (1) PP with 327 b/w illustrations, and 30 colour plates pasted down.. Cloth, gilt title on spine, dj. Near fine. Large format: 31.7 x 28.5. 0214668118
The development of sea travel from the 14th century to the present.
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$25

47099
BATY, Scott
SHIPS THAT PASSED: Sydney. 1984. Reed Books. 1st Ed. 328 PP with b/w illust. Fp: P & O Liner Oriana. Ep: Oriana passing the Chandris liner Australis. Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise a fine copy. 28.5 x 21.5. 0730100081
Salute to six decades of international passenger shipping service in Australasian waters. A pictorial roll-call of these liners.
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$50

50460
BAYLDON, Francis J.
HISTORY OF THE PILOTAGE SERVICE OF PORT JACKSON (in Journal and Proceedings of the R.A.H.S.): Sydney. 1934. Royal Australian Historical Society. Volume XX, Part III, 1934. Contains article between P.129 and 163. Soft cover. Dedicatory note to Geoff C. Ingleton by the author at top of title page. Signed by the author on page 162. Manuscript notes by G. C. Ingleton loosely inserted. Staples removed, o/wise very good. 20.7 x 13.5.
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$40

48578
BEAVER, Paul
BRITISH NAVAL AIR POWER 1945 TO THE PRESENT: London. 1985. Arms and Armour Press. 1st Ed., No. 33 in the Warbirds Illustrated series. 66 PP with 8 colour and 117 b/w photos. Title spread: Scimitar. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 24.6 x 18.6. 0853687102
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$15

15831
BEDDIE, M.K. (editor)
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CAPTAIN JAMES COOK: Sydney. 1970. Library of NSW. 2nd edition of the 1928 original. Preface by A. J. Dunston and G. D. Richardson. XVI, 894 PP. Cloth cover, dj. Fine. 25 x 15.5. 724099999
The most comprehensive bibliography and guide to sources of information on Captain Cook. 4808 + 16 (addenda) entries.
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$20

18275
BEISER, Arthur
THE SAILOR'S WORLD: New York. c. 1971. Ridge Press Book. 1st Ed. 251 PP with 79 b/w & 103 colour photos by Stanley Rosenfeld. Cloth cover, dj (price clipped). Stamp of previous owner on free endpaper, occasional foxing, o/wise very good. 28 x 22. 0600380408
Every aspect of sailing & the world of the sailor: the boat, racing, weather, navigation, seamanship,... cruising & ocean passage.
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$15

46789
BELLEC, François
LE LIVRE DE L'AVENTURE MARITIME: Paris. 1995. Philippe Lebaud / Editions du Félin. 1st Ed., in collection Les Temps du Monde. 315 PP, (2 colophon) with 34 b/w illustrations, plus 30 pages with 46 colour illustrations. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj. Fine. 27.5 x 19. 2866452054
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$65

20152
BELLIS H.
ADMIRAL NELSON: Singapore. 1970. McGraw-Hill Far Eastern Publishers. 1st Ed. in the Historical Characters series. (6), 58 PP with 4 maps, 23 colour and 10 b/w illustrations. Fp: the Victory at Portsmouth. Illustrated hard covers. Light foxing. Very good. 21 x 21.
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$10

57019
BERNOT, Jean-Yves
BRISES THERMIQUES - Comment utiliser les brises en croisières ou en régate: Versailles. 1991. Editions du Pen Duick. 1st Ed., in Cahiers de navigation du Pen Duick. 77, (3) PP with over 45 illustrations by the author. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 23.5 x 19.5. 2737310504
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$25

32667
BEST, Elsdon
FISHING METHODS AND DEVICES OF THE MAORI: Wellington. 1977. Government Printer. Reprint of the 1929 original. (10), 264 PP with 88 b/w figures (drawings, sketches, photos). Cloth cover, engraving in blind on front cover, gilt title on spine, dj (rubbed). Fine. 24.8 x 15.7.
Fishing-nets. Line fishing. Sharks and whales... Appendices (pages 230 to 250): Maori text.
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$50

47120
BINDING, Paul
IMAGINED CORNERS. Exploring the World's First Atlas: London. 2003. Review / Headline Book Publishing. 1st Ed. (6), 314 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Title page: Colour vignette of the title page Theatrum Orbis Terrarum of 1570. Eps: Typus Orbis Terrarum, from the 1570 Theatrum. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 25.3 x 19.4. 0747230404
On Theatrum Orbis Terrarum published in Antwerp in 1570, on Abraham Ortelius, on Antwerp at the time of publication.
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$30

48451
BIRD, Wal
ME NO GO MALLY BULLA. Recruiting and Blackbirding in the Queensland Labour Trade 1863-1906: Canberra. 2005. Ginninderra Press. 1st Ed. 111 PP, plus 28 pages with 1 map, 1 newspaper clipping and 47 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. New. 20.8 x 14.5. 1740272897
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$25

57829
BIRKETT, Dea
SPINSTERS ABROAD: Victorian Lady Explorers: Oxford. 1989. Basil Blackwell. 1st Ed. XII, 300 PP with 5 maps and 21 b/w illustrations. Newspaper review of the book, loosely inserted. Hard cover, dj. Sagnature of previous owner on front endpaper, o/wise fine. 23.5 x 15.5. 0631156046
Constance Gordon Cumming in the South Pacific and in China ... Isabella Bird in Hawai'i and on the Yangtse ...
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$15

20105
BLAKE, George
B.I. CENTENARY 1856-1956: London. 1956. Collins. 1st Ed. 272 PP, plus 16 plates with 22 b/w illust. Fp: Statue of Wm. McKinnon. Cloth cover, dj (chipped). Foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise very good plus. 21.5 x 14.8.
The British India Steam Navigation Company Limited, created to carry mail between Calcutta and Rangoon to become, in 1922, the largest merchant fleet in the world.
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$25

56985
BLEWITT, Mary
NAVIGATION FOR YACHTSMEN: London. 1979. Stanford Maritime. 4th edition of the 1964 original. (10), 101 PP with tables and 59 figures. Pictorial laminated boards. Name of previous owner on front endpaper. Fine. 22 x 14. 0540072745
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$10

17928
BLOTTIERE, G. & PERDRIEL. G.
LES VOILES DE LA LIBERTE: Paris. 1989. Sodicom. 1st Ed. 192 PP with colour illust. Eps: Crests of the tall ships participating in the bicentennial gathering in Rouen. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj. Fine. French text. 32 x 24. 2950419402
Gathering of tall ships in the port of Rouen to celebrate the bicentennial of the French Revolution of 1789.
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$20

56854
BLUMER, Rev. R.C. & ROWLAND, E. C.
THE PACIFIC AND YOU: Our Duty to our Neighbours: Sydney. 1943. The Australian Board of Missions. 1st Ed. Preface by Bishop G. H. Cranswick. VIII, 120 PP, plus 14 pages with 1 map in colour and 18 b/w illustrations (1 map, 1 engraving and 18 photos). Soft cover. Covers damaged at spine. Note at top of front cover. Very good. 20.7 x 14.1.
Action of the Church Missionary Society to be carried out at the end of the Pacific War.
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$50

58200
BOLGER, Philip C.
100 SMALL BOAT RIGS: Camden, Maine. 1986. International Marine Publishing. 2nd printing of the 1984 original. X, 261 PP with b/w figures (line drawings, plans and photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 22.7 x 15.2. 087742182X
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$40

44524
BOOT, W. J. J.
NEDERLANDSE VEER-EN BOOTDIENSTEN IN OUDE ANSICHTEN: Amsterdam. 1980. Europese Bibliotheek. 1st Ed. No Pagination, 110 PP with 104 b/w photos on full page. Eps: 5 types of Ferries. Pictorial card cover. Dutch text. Fine. Oblong: 15 x 20.8. 9028801642
Dutch ferry boats in old picture post cards.
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$20

57209
BOUDRIOT, J. & BERTI, H.
CUTTER LE CERF 1779-1780 BY THE DESIGNER DENYS: Paris. c. 1981. A.N.C.R.E. 1st Ed., in the "French Naval Archeology Collection" series. Translated from the French original by H. Bartlett Wells. Monograph of 72 PP with b/w illustrations. Fp: Map of the North Atlantic Ocean, plus 1 plate with colour schemes and 11 folded plans (1/48 scale). Items contained in a folder. Cloth cover, title on front cover and spine, dj. Fine. 32.5 x 24.5. 2903179034
Cutter used by the French Navy in the second half of the 18th Century. This cutter, built at Saint Malo in 1779 was involved in the American Revolution.
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$225

56927
BOWDEN, K. M.
CAPTAIN JAMES KELLY OF HOBART TOWN: Melbourne. 1964. M.U.P. 1st Ed. VI, 126 PP with 3 maps, plus 8 pages with 8 b/w plates. Cloth cover, dj. Bookplate of previous owner on front endpaper. Fine. 21 x 13.5.
The life of the most adventurous whaling master of Hobart Town... First man around Tasmania... Shipwreck on Macquarie.
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$35

58045
BOWDEN, Keith (editor)
MATTHEW FLINDERS' NARRATIVE OF TOM THUMB'S CRUISE TO CANOE RIVULET: Melbourne. 1985. South Eastern Historical Association. 1st Ed., with foreword by Ann Flinders Petrie. XVII, 34 PP with 6 b/w illustrations. Soft cover. Fine. 24.7 x 17.7. 0950091510
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$15

20623
BOWEN, Frank C.
THE SEA, Its History and Romance (in Four Volumes): London. 1924-1926. Halton & Truscott Smith, Ltd. 1st Ed. Volume I: (VI), 296 PP with 15 colour plates, and 143 bw illust. Fp: The Great Harry, 1520. Volume II: (VI), 278 PP with 15 colour plates, and 138 bw illust. Fp: The landing of New England forces in the expedition against Cape Breton. Volume III: (VI), 282 PP with 16 colour plates and 139 bw illust. Fp: Nelson boarding the San Josef at the Battle of St. Vincent, February, 1797. Volume IV: (VI), 282 PP with 16 colour plates, and 140 bw illust. Fp: The Duncan Dunbar Blackwall frigate, built 1857. Rebacked volumes, blue buckram, gilt title on vignette pasted down on spine. Ingleton bookplate. Some light foxing, a few small repairs, lacks half-title page of Volume I, otherwise a nice set. 29 x 23.
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$125

55461
BOWIE, Beverley
OFF THE BEATEN TRACK OF EMPIRE (in National Geographic Magazine): Washington. 1957. N.G.S. Volume CXII, No. 5, Nov. 1957. Includes article from P.583 to 626 with an introduction by H.R.H. The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, 1 map on double page, 28 b/w photos and 17 colour illustrations (2 paintings by Edward Seago & 15 photos). Soft cover, spine worn. Near fine. 25.4 x 17.4.
Voyage of the Royal Yacht Britannia.
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$15

45649
BOWN, Stephen R.
SCURVY - How a Surgeon, a Mariner and a Gentleman solved the Greatest Medical Mystery of the Age of Sail: London. 2003. Viking. 1st Ed. 284 PP with 22 b/w illustrations. Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing. Fine. 18.8 x 13.7. 0670041203
The Mariner: Captain James Cook.
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$20

20565
BOXER, C. R. (Editor)
FURTHER SELECTIONS FROM THE TRAGIC HISTORY OF THE SEA 1559-1565. Narratives of the Shipwrecks of the Portuguese East Indiamen Aguia and Garça (1559) Sao Paulo (1561) and the misadventures of the Brazil-ship Santo Antonio (1565): Cambridge. 1968. Hakluyt Society. Second Series. No. CXXXII. VIII, 170 PP with 8 b/w illustrations, plus 5 plates (1 folded) and 2 folded maps. Fp: Portrait of Francisco Barreto. Cloth cover, dj. Near fine. 22 x 14.5.
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$20

19428
BOXER, C. R. (editor)
THE TRAGIC HISTORY OF THE SEA 1589-1622 - Narratives of the shipwrecks of the Portuguese East Indiamen Sao Thomé (1589), Santo Alberto (1593), Sao Joao Baptista (1622), and the journeys of the survivors in South East Africa: Cambridge. 1959. Hakluyt Society. Second Series, No. CXII. 1st English edition of the Portuguese opriginal of the 1730's. XIV, 297 PP with 4 b/w illust. (facsimile of documents), plus 3 folded charts, 3 b/w plates and 6 folded maps. Fp: A Portuguese carrack of the 16th Century. Cloth cover, dj (foxing). 8 pages roughly opened, o/wise a very good copy of a scarce book. 22.5 x 14.5.
Sao Tome (San Lucia Bay 18/03/1589), Santo Alberto (Umzimvubu River 25/3/1593) and Sao Joao Baptista (Keiskama River 30/09/1622).
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$35

56261
BRATHWAITE, Errol
HISTORIC NEW ZEALAND: Christchurch. 1980. Kowhai Publishing Ltd. 1st Ed. 80 PP with 1 location map and colour photos by Warren Jacobs, Lloyd Park and Robin Smith. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 28.7 x 21.7. 0908598017
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$10

22187
BREMER, Stuart
AUSTRALIA'S GOLDEN ERA OF SHIPS: Sydney. 1989. Bullion Books. Originally published in 1984 by Dreamweaver Books as Home and Back. 223 PP with b/w illust. Fp: P & O poster. Eps: Passenger ships at a pier. Hard cover, dj. (Oriana passing Sydney Opera House). Fine. 29.5 x 22.5. 0730205975
The main shipping companies involved in trade to Australia and along its coastline.
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$10

38761
BREWER, Edward S. & WALLSTROM, Robert E.
CRUISING DESIGNS - Power and Sail: New York. 1976. Seven Seas. 1st ed. 144 PP with 16 figures, and sets of plans for 31 cruising auxiliary & 8 power boats. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 22.8 x 14.8. 0915160153
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$15

35816
BRIDGES, R. C. & HAIR P. E. H. (editors)
COMPASSING THE VASTE GLOBE OF THE EARTH - Studies in the History of the Hakluyt Society 1846-1996: London. 1996. Hakluyt Society. 1st Ed., No. 183 in the Second Series. XI, 336, (1 erratum) PP with 29 b/w illust. Fp: Captain James Cook. Cloth cover, gilt device on front cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 22.3 x 14.5. 0904180441
William Desborough Cooley and the foundation of the Hakluyt Society, by R. C. Bridges. Henry Yule: India and Cathay by, R. J. Bingle... With a complete list of the Society's Publications.
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$30

47544
BRINKLEY, William
DON'T GO NEAR THE WATER: New York. 1956. Random House. 3rd printing, Book Club edition. (8), 374 PP. Cloth cover, dj (price-clipped). Slight ageing of paper on outside edges. Very good. 21 x 14.
Novel. Story of an intrepid Task Force of dedicated Naval Officers who made almost everything but sea duty.
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$15

41287
BRITTEN, Sir Edgar T.
A MILLION OCEAN MILES: London. c.1936. National Book Association / Hutchinson. Reprint. 274, (2 publications) PP. Fp: Sir Edgar Britten on the Bridge of RMS Queen Mary. Cloth cover. Foxing on outside edges and the 6 first leaves. Name of previous owner on front endpaper. Very good. 22.2 x 14.3.
Autobiography of a Master Mariner who began as a ship's boy on the windjammer Jessie Osborne, his rise in rank to become Commodore of the Cunard White Star Line when he won the Blue Riband on the Queen Mary.
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$25

49415
BRITTON, John N. H.
THE PORTS OF VICTORIA. A freight study of commodity movements in the hinterlands of Melbourne, Geelong and Portland: Melbourne. 1964. Melbourne University Press. 1st Ed. (10), 50 PP with 3 tables and 9 figures. Soft cover. Near fine. 21.5 x 14.
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$10

58158
BROOKS, Alasdair
AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL GUIDE TO BRITISH CERAMICS IN AUSTRALIA 1788-1901: Sydney. 2005. ASHA / The Australasian Society for Historical Archaeology and the La Trobe University Archaeology Program 1st Ed. (3), VII, 87 PP with 1 map, 9 tables and 61 figures. Errata slip loosely inserted. Plus a note by ASHA accompanying the CD with colour images. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.6 x 21. 1920948317
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$45

57896
BROSSE, Jacques
GREAT VOYAGES OF EXPLORATION, THE GOLDEN AGE OF DISCOVERY IN THE PACIFIC: Sydney. 1983. Doubleday. 1st Ed. Preface by Leslie R. Marchant. 228, (4 index) PP with b/w or colour illustrations and 17 pages for "biographical dictionary of navigation, scientists & artists", and "geographical dictionary". Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj. Dust jacket with top edge frayed and repaired tears. Former owner's signature on title page, o/wise near fine. 32.5 x 25.5. 0868241822
Detailed accounts of more than 20 round the world voyages, including French, German, Russian & American seafarers, as well as the more famous Englishman, James Cook.
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$35

15903
BROWN, Alexander Crosby
THE OLD BAY LINE, 1840-1940: New York. c. 1977. Bonanza Books. Bonanza reprint (a) of the 1940 original. XVI, 176 PP with 57 b/w illust. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 23.3 x 15.5. 0517224941
Story of the Baltimore Steam Packet Company, running up and down the Chesapeake.
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$10

21146
BROWN, Paul
THE LAST WILDERNESS - Eighty Days in Antarctica: London. 1991. Hutchinson. 1st UK Ed. (6), 250 PP with 4 maps, plus 8 pages with 16 colour photos. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 24 x 16. 091744237
The 1988 expedition by Greenpeace to the various scientific bases on the Antarctic continent.
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$20

57787
BRUNEL, M. A.
LEVE DES BANCS DES ESQUERQUIS - Mission Hydrographique de Tunisie - 1937 (In Annales Hydrographiques): Paris. 1939. Service Hydrographique de la Marine. Extract from "Annales Hydrographiques 1938-1939". 61-77 PP with 8 figures, plus 3 folded plates. Soft cover. Very good. 25.4 x 17.
Survey of the Skerki Banks between the coasts of Tunisia and Sicily.
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$20

41150
BRYCE, Graham
THE SKETCHBOOK OF HMS Endeavour: Sydney. 1983. Collins. 1st edition (juvenile). 80 PP with 32 pages of sketches (full page). Eps: HMS Endeavour under sail. Pictorial laminated boards, dj. Ex library copy with number and small stamps on front endpaper. Faint foxing, o/wise very good. 29 x 21.7. 0001951718
A vivid picture of the epic voyage of HMS Endeavour.
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$5

33013
BULL, J. C.
SAILING SHIPS AND PADDLE WHEELS AND OTHER GIPPSLAND SHIPPING: Metung, Vic. 1981. Author. 2nd edition of the 1974 original. 230 PP with 1 map on double page & 70 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Foxing spots on outside edges. Fine. 22 x 14.5.
Early years of Capt. James Bull on tall ships, quest for gold in New Guinea, settling in the Gippsland Lakes,...
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$35

58473
BULLOT, J. B. M.
VERSLAG VAN HET VERONGELUKKEN DER NEDERLANDSCH INDISCHE BARK TWEE GEBROEDERS, beschreven door den gezagvoerder van dien bodem: Rotterdam. 1846. H. Nijgh. 1st Ed. IV, 5-34 PP. Rebacked hard cover (silk). All edges gilt. Slight ageing of paper, o/wise fine. Rare. 19.6 x 12.5.
Dutch East Indies bark Twee Gebroeders in 1843. Includes the 'Naamlijst der Inteekenaren'. Image shows the title-page.
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$300

58055
BURCHELL, David
MY WORLD, An Autobiography: Adelaide. 1988. Author. 1st Ed. Foreword by Sir James G. Hardy. VI, 253 PP with 3 plans and 61 b/w photos. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Dedicatory note on title page signed by the author. Fine. 25.5 x 18. 0731647572
Scuba diving. Diving on H.M.A.S. Perth sunk in 1942 in Sunda Strait...
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$50

41322
CADORET, Bernard (editor)
L' ALBUM CHASSE-MAREE - Hors Série No. 4: Douarnenez, France. 1993. Editions du Chasse-Marée. 1st Ed. Special issue, No. 4. 96 PP with 4 b/w and 105 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Closed tear on last leaves. Faint foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise near fine. French text. 27.5 x 22.
Maritime heritage on the coasts of France: Military architecture (forts), Lighthouses and Signal stations, Ports, Shipyards, Ex-Voto in churches and chapels...
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$45

31897
CAIRNS, Lynne & HENDERSON, Graeme
UNFINISHED VOYAGES, Western Australian Shipwrecks 1881 - 1900: Perth. 1995. UWAP. 1st Ed. 383 PP with b/w illust. in text plus location maps, bibliography & indexes. Eps: The wreck of the City of York off Rottnest Island. Hard cover, dj. Fine. Oblong: 19 x 25. 1875560246
The long-awaited third book in this series covering all the known shipwrecks along the Western Australian coast in the period 1881-1900.
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$45

57039

CALENDAR - CHRISTIE'S MARITIME 2000: London. 1999. International Maritime Department, Christie's. Annual edition. 24 PP with 10 b/w and 19 (6 on full page) colour illustrations. Pictorial covers, spiral bound. Fine. Oblong: 21 x 29.7.
1 octant, 2 diving helmets, 2 menus of Titanic (pre maiden voyage), 3 ship models, 7 paintings...
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$20

37898
CALVOCORESSI, Richard
MARINE PAINTING: Oxford. 1978. Phaidon Press. 1st Ed. (8), 72 PP with 30 b/w and 54 colour illustrations selected and introduced by Richard Calvocoressi. Stiff cover, illustrated front cover (Battle of the Texel). Corners of front cover with creases, spine slightly rubbed. Few foxing spots on outside edges. Very good. Large format: 41.5 x 29. 0714817740
A glance through this book will give some idea of the multiplicity of different subjects or categories that exist under the general heading of marine painting.
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$30

58180
CANDOW, James E.
OF MEN AND SEALS: A History of Newfoundland Seal Hunt: Ottawa. 1989. National Historic Parks and Sites, Canadian Parks Service - Environment Canada; 1st Ed., in Studies in Archaeology, Architecture and History. 239 PP with 70 b/w illustrations (maps, sketch plans, photos). Soft cover has a few creases, o/wise near fine. 22.6 x 15.2. 0660129388
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$20

32831
CARRICK, Robert W. & HENDERSON, Richard
JOHN G. ALDEN AND HIS YACHT DESIGNS: Camden, Maine. 1984. International Marine. 2nd printing of the 1983 original. Foreword by Donald G. Parrot. Introduction by Olin J. Stephens II. XVI, (2), 445 PP with b/w illustrations (photos, plans, sketches). Cloth cover, gilt decoration and title on front cover, dj. Fine. 28.7 x 22.5. 0877420890
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$85

58309
CASANOVA, Jack
FADING FOOTPRINTS - Pioneers, Runs & Settlement of the Lower Eyre Peninsula: Port Lincoln. 1992. Author. 1st Ed. 288 PP with b/w illustrations (maps & plans, and photos). Pictorial soft cover. Dents and light creases on front cover. Signed by the author on title page. Near fine. 24.5 x 17. 0646117122
Chapter 1: Whalers and sealers.
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$50

35523
CASSELLS, Vic
SHIPMATES - Illustrated Tales of the Mascots carried in R.A.N. Ships and Establishments: Paradise Point, Qld. 1998. Author. 1st Ed. (10), 203 PP with cartoons by the author and b/w illust. (drawings, photos). Pictorial card cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21. 0958527806
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$15

15603
CASTLEREAGH, Duncan
THE GREAT AGE OF EXPLORATION: London. 1979. Readers' Digest. Reprint with amendements of the 1971 original. 191 PP with b/w and colour illustrations, plus 1 folded map (The Golden Age of Discovery 1492-1780). Title spread: Battle at Surat between the Portuguese & Arabs. Pictorial laminated boards, gilt title on cloth spine. Lettering on spine speckled. Foxing spots on outside edges. Very good. 25.7 x 18.7.
From the first Portuguese inching along the African coast in the mid-1400's to the first circumnavigation of the world by Magellan.
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$10

58024
CASTLES, Alex C. & HARRIS, Michael C.
LAWMAKERS AND WAYWARD WHIGS: Government and Law in South Australia 1836-1986: Adelaide. 1987. Wakefield Press. 1st soft cover edition. XVI, 404 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine (mint condition). 22 x 15. 0949268607
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$20

47670
CHAMONAL, François & Rodolphe
VOYAGES GEOGRAPHIE MARINE AMERICANA: Paris. c. 1995. François et Rodolphe Chamonal. 1st Ed. 226, (2) PP with 90 b/w illustrations, plus 9 colour plates. Fp (in colour): Y-Erran-Gou-La-Ga (Aborigines from New Holland). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 25.4 x 18.5.
Catalogue of 1129 books, manuscripts... on Maritime subjects, Voyages and Geography.
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$20

47671
CHAMONAL, Rodolphe
LIVRES ANCIENS VOYAGES GEOGRAPHIE MARINE: Paris. c. 2001. Rodolphe Chamonal. 1st Ed. 345, (7) PP with over 190 b/w and 57 colour illustrations, plus 8 colour plates. Fp (in colour): Penguins. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 25.4 x 20.8.
Catalogue of 1058 books, manuscripts... on Maritime subjects, Voyages and Geography
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$35

58161
CHAPELLE, Howard I.
AMERICAN SAILING CRAFT: New York. c. 1975. Bonanza Books. Bonanza reprint (A) of the 1936 original. XIV, 240 PP with 3 sketchees, 16 drawings by Charles G. Davis and 72 figures (plans and line drawings). Fp: Pinky "True Love" of Gloucester, 1815-1840. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Foxing spots on top outside edge. Near fine. 23.4 x 16. 0517170531
New Haven Sharpie. Skipjack. Cape Cod Catboat. Gloucester Schooner... American Pilot Boats.
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$25

38645
CHAPELLE, Howard I.
YACHT DESIGNING AND PLANNING For Yachtsmen, Students & Amateurs: London. 1972. George Allen & Unwin Ltd. 1st UK edition of the 1971 Revised and Enlarged US edition. XI, 12-373 PP with many figures, line drawings & plans. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price clipped). Faint foxing. Near fine. 24 x 16. 0046230114
Tools and materials, preliminary designs, etc ...
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$45

34767
CHAPMAN, Charles F.
PILOTING, SEAMANSHIP AND SMALL BOAT HANDLING. A complete illustrated course prepared especially to develop skill, pleasure and safety in the navigation of small boats on coastal and inland waters: Taipei, Taiwan. c.1969. Chin Shan. Taiwanese copy of the 2nd printing of the 1969-70 edition. X, 11- 664 PP with 18 colour plates and over 500 bw illust. Eps: with 348 pennants of the United States Power Squadrons. Cloth cover, dj (rubbed and nicked). Very good. 30.5 x 22.
Equipment and regulations - Rules of the Road... Compass - Charts - 17 pages of illustrated nautical dictionary. 47th year of publication.
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$15

30027
CHAPMAN, Gifford D.
KANGAROO ISLAND SHIPWRECKS, An account of the ships and cutters wrecked around Kangaroo Island: Canberra. 1973. Roebuck. 2nd printing of the 1972 original. VIII, 108 PP plus 44 PP with 84 photos. Eps: Kangaroo Island with position of wrecks. Hard cover, dj. (rubbed), o/wise fine. 25.1 x 18.2. 0909434018
An account of the ships and cutters wrecked around Kangaroo Island.
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$30

43612
CHAPUIS, Olivier
A LA MER COMME AU CIEL - Beautemps-Beaupré & la naissance de l'hydrographie moderne (1700-1850): Paris. 1999. Presses de l'Université de Paris-Sorbonne. 1st Ed., in Histoire Maritime series. 1062 PP with 31 colour and 111 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 24 x 16. 2840501570
Beautemps-Beaupré, French hydrographer and the coming of modern hydrography. Chapter 1 of Part 2 (pages 323 to 388): the laboratory of the South Seas (Voyage with d'Entrecasteaux, to Tasmania, then to New Caledonia in search of La Pérouse).
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$80

58033
CHARLES, Rod & LONEY, Jack
NOT ENOUGH GRASS TO FEED A SINGLE BULLOCK - A History of Tarwin Lower, Venus Bay and Waratah: Melbourne. 1989. Rod Charles. 1st Ed. VI, 134 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Signed on title page by Jack Loney, co-author. Fine. 24 x 17.5. 0731653750
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$45

47347
CHARLWOOD, Don
THE LONG FAREWELL: Melbourne. 1981. Allen Lane. Deluxe edition limited to 50 copies, hand bound and numbered and signed by the author (No. 27/50). X, (4), 338 PP with b/w illustration. Quarter bound, gilt decorations and title on spine, raised band, device on front cover. Top outside edge lightly foxed. Near fine. 22.8 x 19.2. 0713914289
Settlers under sail from diaries kept by emigrants. The perils faced, the route, the ships, on board (accommodation & crew, surgeons & health...).
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$250

17738
CHARLWOOD, Don
WRECKS & REPUTATIONS - The Loss of the Schomberg and Loch Ard: Sydney. 1977. Angus & Robertson. 1st Ed. XIV, 190 PP with 2 maps, 2 plans (rig & sail) in text plus 16 pages with 23 b/w illust. Eps: The Great Circle Route. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 19.8 x 13.5. 0207130655
The end of two tall ships on the South-west coast of Victoria in 1855 and 1878.
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$15

34527
CHICHESTER, Francis
ALONG THE CLIPPER WAY: London. 1967. Brockhampton Press. 1st cadet edition, abridged from the 1966 original. 192 PP with 1 map and 1 diagram of sails, plus 12 b/w plates. FEP: A Clipper, chartered for the gold regions of Australia. REP: Gipsy Moth IV rounding Cape Horn on 22nd March, 1967. Hard cover, dj. Foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise very good. 19 x 12.8.
A great non-stop voyage round the world, written from countless log books & stories of clipper ships.
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$15

43220
CHRISTIAN, F. W.
EASTERN PACIFIC LANDS - Tahiti and the Marquesas Islands: London. 1910. Robert Scott. 1st Ed. 269 PP, plus 6 maps (2 of them folded) and 56 b/w plates. Fp: A group of Tahitian men in festal attire. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Covers slightly flecked. Foxing spots on endpapers, few pages and outside edges, o/wise near fine. Scarce. 23.3 x 17.
Travel, adventure, and historical inquiry amongst the islands of Eastern Polynesia at the beginning of the 20th century.
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$350

20546
CHURCHOUSE, Jack
GLAMOUR SHIPS OF THE UNION STEAM SHIP COMPANY N.Z. LTD: Wellington. 1981. Millwood Press. 1st Ed. 104 PP with b/w & colour illustrations. Fp: Painting of the Maori. FEP: Time-table for May, 1909. REP: Line drawing of SS Maunganui. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 28.8 x 25.5. 0908582412
Illustrated history of the Company interwoven with the economic progress of New Zealand.
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$20

16018
CILENTO, Sir Raphael
CAPTAIN WALKER'S MARATHON: Brisbane. 1986. Boolarong. 1st Ed. XVI, 143 PP with 3 maps and b/w illustrations (1 drawing and 11 photos). Laminated pictorial boards. Fine. 24 x 15.8. 1862520509
Historical novel with the story of the wreck of the Thomas King in 1852 and the establishment of the Walker family in Australia.
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$10

22849
CLARK, Paul
SHIPWRECK SITES IN THE SOUTH-EAST OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA 1838 - 1915: Adelaide. 1990. AIMA / Australian Institute for Maritime Archaeology. 1st Ed., Special Publication No.5 by Australian Institute for Maritime Archaeology. X, 140 PP with 81 illust. (location maps, maps, sketches and photos), and 52 tables shipwrecks database. Pictorial soft cover. Fine (mint condition). 29.8 x 21.
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$30

17513
CLARKE, Peter
HELL AND PARADISE - The Norfolk, Bounty, Pitcairn Saga: Melbourne. 1986. Viking. 1st Ed. 189 PP with b/w & colour illust. Half-title page: Cat-o'-nine-tails. Titlespread: Matavai Bay, Island of Otahytey. FEP: Map of Norfolk Island. REP: Map of Pitcairn Island. Cloth cover, title in blind on front cover and spine, dj. Near fine. 26 x 24.5. 0670815217
Two small islands in the South Pacific, miles apart, but linked by a common history and the descendants of the mutineers of HMS Bounty.
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$30

58154
CLAUGHTON, A.R., WELLICOME, J.F. & SHENOI, R.A. (editors)
SAILING YACHT DESIGN: PRACTICE: London. 1998. Addison Wesley Longman. 1st Ed. X, 286 PP with tables and over 105 figures. Pictorial soft cover. Fine (mint condition). 23.2 x 15.7. 058236857X
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$100

58153
CLAUGHTON, A.R., WELLICOME, J.F. & SHENOI, R.A. (editors)
SAILING YACHT DESIGN: THEORY: London. 1998. Addison Wesley Longman. 1st Ed. X, 337 PP with tables and over 165 figures. Pictorial soft cover. Fine (mint condition). 23.2 x 15.7. 0582368561
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$100

45055
CLAYPOLE, Yvonne
LIVING ON THE EDGE - Our Personal Antarctic Story: Sydney. 2001. HarperCollins. 1st Ed. (8), 262 PP with 1 map, plus 12 pages with 36 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 23.4 x 15.3. 0732269156
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$20

36368
CLEGG, W. Paul
BRITISH SHIPPING: London. 1988. Ian Allan. 1st Ed. 128 PP with 8 plans and 139 b/w photos. Title spread: Sealink St Christopher. Half title page: Seaforth Monarch. Pictorial card cover. Fine. 22.5 x 14. 0711017875
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$20

36366
CLEGG, W. Paul
LONDON: London. 1987. Ian Allan. 1st Ed. No. 2 in "Docks and Ports" series. 96 PP with 7 plans, 7 engravings and 136 b/w photos. Title page: London and St Katharine Docks, in the early 1950s. Half title page: A "Flat-iron" motor collier passes under Westminster Bridge in 1965. Pictorial laminated boards. Fine. 24 x 17.3. 0711016739
History of the Port's development. Port of London Authority... Developments at Tilbury.
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$20

51161
CLIFFORD, Dr. Robert & FLEURY, Karina (editors)
INCAT / HALES - Calendar 1999: Hobart. 1998. Incat Group of Companies. 1st Ed. 28 PP with 1 b/w and 26 colour photos (12 of them on full page). Fine. Oblong: 21 x 29.7.
History of the Hales trophy and the crossing of the Catalonia, on last page/cover.
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$15

11473
COLE, Allan B.
YANKEE SURVEYORS IN THE SHOGUN'S SEAS, Records of the United States Surveying Expedition to the North Pacific Ocean, 1853-1856: Princeton, NJ. 1947. Princeton University Press. 1st Ed. 161 PP with 1 map & 3 drawings, plus 4 pages with portrait of Commander John Rodgers and 2 charts. Cloth cover, device on front cover, dj. Dust jacket chipped and price clipped. Former owner's signature on FFEP. Faint foxing, o/wise very good. 22 x 14.5.
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$25

15835
COLWELL, Max
SHIPS AND SEAFARERS IN AUSTRALIAN WATERS: Melbourne. 1973. Lansdowne Press. 1st Ed. 127 PP with 108 b/w illustrations, plus 8 colour plates. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. Oblong: 25.7 x 29.5. 0701800259
The owners, builders, ships, seamen and their deeds and disasters which played a part in Australia's development.
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$15

15711
COOK, James
CAPTAIN COOK IN THE SOUTH SEAS - Two Letters Written to Captain John Walker 1771 and 1775: Sydney. 1970. The Council of the Library of N.S.W. 1st Ed., No.: 12 of The William Dixson Foundation publications. 24 PP with b/w illust. Pictorial card cover (front: Portrait of J. Cook, & back: HMS Resolution). Staples removed. Fine. 27.8 x 21.5. 724099913
Facsimile edition with transcriptions of two letters dated 13th Sept. 1771 and 14th Sept. 1775.
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$10

54444
COOK, James
HISTORICAL RECORDS OF NEW SOUTH WALES. COOK 1762-1780 - Facsimiles of Charts, To accompany Vol.I, Part 1: Sydney. 1980. Lansdown Slattery & Company. Facsimile reprint of the 1893 original. (II) PP, plus facsimile of title page of Lieutenant Cook's original volume of charts in the British Museum and 12 folded charts. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine. Fine. 29.2 x 22.6. 0868330108
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$80

20535
CORDINGLY, David (editor)
CAPT. JAMES COOK, NAVIGATOR - The achievement of Captain James Cook as a Seaman, Navigator and Surveyor: London & Sydney. 1988. National Maritime Museum & Campbell Publishing. 1st Ed. 111 PP with b/w & colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 27.5 x 19.7. 0958799407
Catalogue of the exhibition celebrating the bicentenary of Australia.
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$15

34701
CORNER, Sylvia (editor)
CAPTAIN COOK AND AUSTRALIA: Sydney. 1973. Captain Cook's Landing Place Historic Site Trust. 3rd edition of the 1965 original. 63 PP with a plan of the Endeavour, 6 charts & 17 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 24 x 15.
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$20

22851
CORONEOS, Cosmos
SHIPWRECKS OF ENCOUNTER BAY AND BACKSTAIRS PASSAGE: Adelaide. 1997. A.I.M.A. 1st Ed., Special Publication No.8 by Australian Institute for Maritime Archaeology. XIV, 134 PP with 6 sketches, 23 tables, 35 illust., and 51 location maps & plans. Title page: The S.S. Sorata stranded at Lands End, Cape Jervis, 1880. Pict. soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21. 0958849625
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$40

22852
CORONEOS, Cosmos & McKINNON, Robert
SHIPWRECKS OF INVESTIGATOR STRAIT AND THE LOWER YORKE PENINSULA: Adelaide. 1997. A.I.M.A. 1st Ed., Special Publication No.9 by Australian Institute for Maritime Archaeology. XV, 119 PP with 4 sketches, 16 tables, 47 b/w illust., and 47 location maps & plans. Title page: The bow of the Kona ashore near Port Moorowie, 1917. Fine. Pict. soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21. 0958849633
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$40

22874
COSTELLO, J. & HUGHES, Terry
THE BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC & Photographic Essay: New York. 1977. The Dial Press/James Wade. 1st US printing. (10), 314, (28 photographic essay) PP with b/w illust. (maps, photos, tables). Title spread: U124: Rendezvousing with the battleship Gneisenau off the Azores on 10 March 1941. Eps: World map with sea routes. Hard cover, dj (closed tears). Very good. 26 x 19.6. 0803764545
The first complete account of the origins and outcome of the longest and most crucial campaign of World War II. Photographic essay with 50 b/w photos.
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$30

58043
COUTTS, P. J. F.
CORINELLA: A Forgotten Episode in Victorian History: Melbourne. 1983. Ministry for Conservation. January 1983 edition. Records of the Victorian Archaeological Survey No. 15. (2), XII, 182, (2) PP with 4 genealogical charts, 15 tables, 28 figures and 6 b/w plates, plus 9 folded plates (table 10, and figures 5, 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, 15 & 16). Soft cover, pictorial front. Fine (mint condition). 29.7 x 21.
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$45

58121
COUTTS, P. J. F.
VICTORIA'S FIRST OFFICIAL SETTLEMENT: SULLIVAN'S BAY, PORT PHILLIP: Melbourne. 1981. Ministry for Conservation. July 1981 edition. Records of the Victorian Archaeological Survey. (4), 35 PP with 1 table, plus 32 pages with 32 figures (14 maps & plans, and 18 photos) . Soft cover, pictorial front. Fine (mint condition). 29.7 x 21. 0724133356
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$30

58271
COX, Reverend George
NOTES ON GIPPSLAND HISTORY - Volume I: The Exploration of Gippsland: Yarram, Victoria. 1983. Shire of Alberton and the Yarram and District Historical Society. Re-issue of the notes published in the Gippsland Standard of Yarram between 1911 and 1930. Edited with an introduction by John D. Adams. Foreword by John Irving. (8), 86 PP with 1 map, plus 3 b/w plates (portraits of George Cox, Angus McMillan, and Paul Edmund Strzelecki). Pictorial soft cover. Name of previous owner at top of foreword page, o/wise fine. 29.2 x 21. 0958848815
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$25

58272
COX, Reverend George
NOTES ON GIPPSLAND HISTORY - Volume II: The Beginnings of Gippsland 1841: Port Albert. 1990. Port Albert Maritime Museum. Re-issue of the notes published in the Gippsland Standard of Yarram between 1911 and 1930. Edited with an introduction by John D. Adams. Foreword by John Irving. (6), 56 PP with 12 b/w illustrations, plus 2 folded charts at rear of book. Pictorial soft cover. Name of previous owner at top corner of title page, o/wise fine. 29.2 x 20.6. 0958848823
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$25

18279
CRABTREE, Reginald
THE LUXURY YACHT FROM STEAM TO DIESEL: London. 1973. David & Charles. 1st Ed. 208 PP with 26 b/w draw. in text plus 16 pages with 31 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 22.4 x 14.2. 071536023X
The development of the luxury power yacht in Britain and the U.S.A. A social and technical history of yachts, yachting & yacht clubs.
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$15

22656
CREE, Edward H.
THE CREE JOURNALS, The Voyages of Edward H. Cree, Surgeon R.N. as Related in his Private Journals 1837-1856: Exeter. 1981. Webb & Bower. 1st Ed., with an introduction by Michael Levien. 276 PP with b/w & colour illust. Fp: Edward Hodges Cree. Eps: Chart of South China Sea and Gulf of Tonkin. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Fine. 24 x 19. 0906671361
Personal narrative of Dr. Edward H. Cree, recording his cruises between 1837 & 1856: Notebook & sketch book.
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$35

58196
CROCKER, S. Sturgis
SAM CROCKER'S BOATS - A Design Catalog: Camden, Maine. 1985. International Marine Pulishing. 1st Ed. Foreword by Bud McIntosh. Introduction by Joel White. XVII, (3), 295 PP with b/w illustrations (sets of plans & photos). Hard cover, dj. Fine. 28.7 x 22. 0877421951
103 of his best designs.
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$100

58168
CROTHERS, William L.
THE AMERICAN-BUILT CLIPPER SHIP 1850-1856 - Characteristics, Construction, and Details: Camden, Maine, USA. 2000. International Marine. 1st paperback edition of the 1997 original. XXV, (3), 530 PP with tables, plans, sketch-plans, and drawings. Replacement page 145 "Table 9-1", loosely inserted. Fp: Taffrail of the "Young America", New York. Inside front cover: Track of the "Flying Cloud", 1854. Inside back cover: Track of the "Comet", 1853-1854. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27.6 x 21.5. 0071358234
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$55

42229
CROWL, Philip A. & LOVE, Edmund G.
THE WAR IN THE PACIFIC - SEIZURE OF THE GILBERTS AND MARSHALLS: Minnetonka, MN. / Washington. 1995. National Historical Society / Center of Military History, United States Army. Special commemorative edition of the 1955 original, in the United States Army in World War II series. XVIII, 414 PP with 4 tables, 3 charts, 19 maps and 67 b/w photos. Pictorial laminated boards. Fine. 23 x 18.
The Central Pacific drive against Japan: late 1943, early 1944. Makin and Tarawa in the Gilbert Islands (Kiribati). Kwajalein, Majuro and Eniwetok in the Marshall Islands.
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$25

38184
CULLITY, Thomas Brendan
VASSE - An Account of the Disappearance of Thomas Timothée Vasse: Perth. 1992. Author. 1st Ed. 24 PP with 1 b/w photo and 2 coloured charts. Pictorial card cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21.
Assistant helmsman on board the Naturaliste of the Baudin expedition, who disappeared on 18th June 1801, near Wonnerup Inlet, Geographe Bay, Western Australia.
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$25

57203
CUNNINGHAM, Ken
A VOYAGE WITH AN AUSTRALIAN SAILOR - A Collection of Notes and Anecdotes: Sydney. 1997. Balgowlah-Seaforth-Clontarf Returned and Services League of Australia Sub Branch. 1st Ed. Foreword by Captain L. M. Hinchliffe. (6), II, 277 PP, plus 22 pages with 2 facsimile of messages and 40 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21. 0731311868
Naval history and personal experiences.
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$50

32139
CUTLER, Carl C.
GREYHOUNDS OF THE SEA, The Story of the American Clipper Ship: New York. 1930. Halcyon House. 1st edition, with a foreword by Charles Francis Adams. XXVIII, 592 PP with 34 head pieces, and 13 pages with 23 plans, plus 3 plates in duo-tones, 8 plates in colour, and 30 plates with 51 half-tone illust. Fp: Northern Light. Eps: Clipper ship sailing tracks. Cloth cover. Spine lightly faded, front cover with small marks, o/wise very good. 27 x 20.
The rise and decline of the American clipper ship.
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$45

32995
CUTLER, Carl C.
QUEENS OF THE WESTERN OCEAN - The Story of America's Mail and Passenger Sailing Lines: Annapolis. 1967. United States Naval Institute. Reprint of the 1961 original. Foreword by Fleet Admiral C. W. Nimitz. XXII, 672 PP, (2), with 9 pages of ship and sail plans, plus 52 pages with 78 b/w illustrations. Fp: Black ball liner Neptune. FEP: Plans of Boston & New York City. REP: Liverpool in 1851. Cloth cover, gilt title on blue vignette on spine, dj. Black felt mark at top of front endpaper, foxing spots on edges, o/wise an excellent copy. 26.8 x 18.5.
Appendices: Sailing Lines between the United States & Foreign Ports (P.331-413), Coastal Lines (P.414-548), Index of Ships' Names (P.579-613), General Index (P.615-672).
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$25

58097
DALTON, Tina & ISAACS, Ross
THE AUSTRALIAN GUIDE TO WHALE WATCHING: Sydney. 1996. Lansdowne Publishing. Reprint of the 1992 original. 1st Ed. 96 PP with b/w illust. (figures & photos), plus 12 pages with 22 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Stamp of previous owner on half title page, o/wise fine. 22.7 x 15.2. 1863022155
Identification of species. Natural history, behaviour, conservation & research.
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$15

12129
DAVID, Andrew
THE CHARTS & COASTAL VIEWS OF CAPTAIN COOK'S VOYAGES - Volume II: The Voyage of the Resolution and Adventure 1772-1775: London. 1992. Hakluyt Society. 1st Ed. No. 44 in the Hakluyt Society Extra series. C, 332 PP with 40 plates (23 in colour) in the Introduction plus over 270 charts & coastal views. Fp: Colour Portrait of Captain James Cook by Nathaniel Dance. Hard cover, gilt device on front cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 44.5 x 29. 090418031X
The Introduction to this volume contains a synopsis of the second voyage of Cook relating his surveying and oceanographic activities. The main part contains a full descriptive catalogue of all the charts and coastal views produced on board the HMS Resolution & Adventure.
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$650

18541
DAVIS, Charles G.
AMERICAN SAILING SHIPS - Their Plans and History: New York. 1984. Dover. Reprint of the 1929 original. XII, 196, (16 adv.) PP with 89 line drawings, plus 32 PP with 45 b/w photos. Fp: Knockabout fishing schooner Helen B. Thomas of Boston. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 23.3 x 15.6. 0486246582
A cross section of a wide range of sailing ships from the 18th to 20th century.
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$10

57037
DAVISON, Dennis
OSCAR COMETTANT VISITS 'OBERWYL' IN 1888 (in Margin): Melbourne. 1977. English Department / MARGIN (Monash Australiana Research Group Informal Notes). Issue No. 1. Edited and translated by Dennis Davison. 7 PP (recto only). Soft cover, staples. Slight ageing of paper. Near fine. 29.7 x 21.
Oberwyl, 33 Burnett Street, Saint Kilda: Establishment and boarding-school for young ladies
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$20

43025
DAW, C. E. & LIND, L. J.
HMAS SYDNEY 1913-1929: Sydney. 1996. Naval Historical Society. Reprint of the 1973 original. 82 PP with 24 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 28.8 x 19.7. 0958745692
Commissioning in 1913, destruction of the Emden in 1914.
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$20

57664
DAY, Marele
MRS COOK - The Real and Imagined Life of the Captain's Wife: Sydney. 2003. Allen & Unwin. New edition of the 2002 original. 358 PP with 39 head pieces. Pictorial soft cover. Foxing on outside edges, o/wise fine. 19.5 x 13. 1741141214
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$10

45038
DE BOER, Dr. M. G.
100 JAAR NEDERLANDSCHE SCHEEPVAART: Amsterdam. 1939. N.V Drukkerij en Uitgeverij V.H. C. De Boer Jr. 1st Ed. 210 PP with 1 table, 10 tailpieces, and 27 drawings, plus 44 pages with 60 b/w illustrations. Cloth cover, gilt device on front cover, gilt title on a lightly sunned spine. Very light foxing, o/wise a fine copy. Dutch text. 24.8 x 17.5.
100 year of Dutch shipping: sail and steam.
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$40

46040
DE BOER, G. J. (editor)
JAARBOEK SCHEEPVAART 3: Alkmaar. 1990. Uitgeverij De Alk. 3rd yearly edition. 160 PP with 18 colour illustrations (house flags and funnels), tables, plans and b/w photos. Title page: Tugboat Smit Siberie. Pictorial laminated boards. Fine. Dutch text. 30.5 x 21.5. 9060139720
Dutch Merchant Navy. Royal Netherlands Navy. Tugboat companies...
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$40

57206
de FOSSARD, Esta
BARRENJOEY: Melbourne. 1971. Lansdowne. 1st edition (Juvenile). No pagination, 24 PP illustrated by John Mason. Pictorial laminated boards. Near fine. 28.5 x 21.5. 701804645
Barrenjoey, the Sydney Ferry Boat and her trip to Melbourne for the Moomba Festival.
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$20

15670
DE MORGA, Antonio
SUCESOS DE LAS ISLAS FILIPINAS: Cambridge. 1972. Hakluyt Society. Second Series No.140. Reprint. Translated and edited by J.S. Cummins. XI, 347 PP with 2 b/w illust. & 2 folded maps. Fp: Portrait of Morga. Cloth cover, dj. Fine. 22 x 14.5. 0521010357
History of the Spanish colony in the Philippines during the 16th century.
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$35

36817
DEAN, Lois
THE WRECK OF THE GELTWOOD: Millicent. 1986. National Trust of South Australia. 1st Ed. Foreword by David Harris. 56 PP with 22 b/w photos. Inside front cover: map of Solway Firth / Isle of Man. Inside back cover: Map of South East South Australia. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21.8 x 14. 0909378363
Barque on her maiden voyage from Liverpool to Sydney, wrecked in July 1876. Plunder of the wreck by nearby settlers...
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$20

58259
DEAN, Martin, FERRARI, Ben, OXLEY, Ian, REDKNAP, Mark & WATSON, Kit
ARCHAEOLOGY UNDERWATER - The NAS Guide to Principles and Practice: London. 1995. Nautical Archaeology Society. Reprint with corrections of the 1992 original. X, 332 PP with over 150 b/w illustrations (graphs, maps, drawings by Ben Fzrrari, photos...). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 24 x 19. 1863132255
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$35

56702

THE DETROIT MARINE HISTORIAN: Journal of Marine Historical Society of Detroit - Volumes 20 to 25: Detroit, Michigan. 1966 to 1972. Marine Historical Society of Detroit. Volumes 20 to 25 with 12 issues each. Edited by Curtis HASELTINE. 72 issues for a total of 402 PP with b/w illustrations. Issues bound together. Plain soft cover. Near fine. 28 x 21.5.
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$30

56703

THE DETROIT MARINE HISTORIAN: Journal of Marine Historical Society of Detroit - Volumes 26 to 33: Detroit, Michigan. 1972 to 1979. Marine Historical Society of Detroit. Volumes 26 to 33 with 12 issues each. Edited by Curtis HASELTINE. 96 issues for a total of 426 PP with b/w illustrations. Issues bound together. Plain soft cover. Near fine. 28 x 21.5.
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$30

58023
DICKEY, Brian, MARTIN, Elaine and OXENBERRY, Rod
RATIONS, RESIDENCE, RESOURCES - A History of Social Welfare in South Australia since 1836: Adelaide. 1986. Wakefield Press. 1st paperback edition. XXVI, 366 PP with tables and b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine (mint condition). 22 x 15.3. 0949268232
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$20

57066
DIVING
SCUBA DIVER (December 1987 / January 1988): Sydney. 1987. Scuba Diver / Yaffa Publishing Group. Bicentenary Special issue. Edited by Martin COLEMAN. 88 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 27. 2 x 21.
Excavating HMS Sirius, with Graeme Henderson. Albany, a dive into W.A.'s deep south, by Jeff Mullins... Claws, Murray River Crayfish, by Attlia Bikscos...
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$10

57077
DIVING
SPORTDIVING IN AUSTRALIA & THE SOUTH PACIFIC - No. 18: Melbourne. 1990. Mountain, Ocean & Travel Publications. Issue No. 18, February/March 1990. Edited by Barry ANDREWARTHA. 114 PP with b/w and colour photos. Pictorial soft covers. Fine. 27.7 x 21.
Diving on the wreck of the Emden on North Keeling reef, Cocos-Keeling Archipelago, by Helmut Debelius. Diving Indonesia, by Michael Czarny...
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$10

58022
DONOVAN, Peter
BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE SEA: A History of West Torrens from Settlement in 1836 to the Present Day: Adelaide. 1986. Wakefield Press. 1st Ed. Foreword by S. J. Hamra. XVI, 291 PP with tables and b/w illustrations. Fp: Council Chambers... Eps: plan of Adelaide. Hard cover, simile leather, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine (mint condition). 25 x 17.5. 0949268690
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$25

58084
DOUGLAS B., SCOTT, Wm., TAPLEY, Richd ...
THE WRECK OF THE ADMELLA, August 6th, 1859: Mount Gambier, S. A. 1984. The Border Watch. 1st edition limited to 500 copies. Facsimile reprint of the 1859 original report, under the direction of S. Kieselbach. 52 PP with 1 sketch map and 1 plan "courses steered by the Admella". Pictorial soft cover. Note on page 1 signed by S. Kieselbach. Near fine. Scarce. 34 x 21.2.
Facsimile of report No. 19, 1859. Report of Commission appointed by the Governor-In-Chief to inquire ito the Loss of the "Admella"...
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$125

21313
DOW, George Francis
WHALE SHIPS AND WHALING, A Pictorial History: New York. 1985. Dover. Reprint of the 1925 edition. 241 PP with 207 b/w illust. Pictorial soft cover. Occasional foxing, o/wise fine. 23.5 x 16.5. 0486248089
Pictorial history of whaling with an account of the whale fishery in colonial New England.
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$15

22336
DRUETT, Joan
PETTICOAT WHALERS, Whaling Wives at Sea, 1820-1920: Auckland. 1991. Collins. 1st Ed. VI, 213 PP, with b/w illustrations, plus 8 pages of colour illustrations (Paintings by Ron Druett). Eps: Northern Whale Fishery. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 26 x 18.5. 1869500431
Experiences of women accompanying their husbands-skippers on the long and perilous voyages of the whaling ships.
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$25

37329
du CHATENET, Gaetan
GALAPAGOS: Paris. c. 1980. Editions Delroise. 1st Ed. (12), 208 PP with 110 colour photos. FEP: Ecuadorian map of the Galapagos Archipelago. Hard cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj (closed tears), slipcase (soiled). Near fine. English, French, German and Spanish text. 27.8 x 21.5. 2855180309
Origins. Flora (cacti, prickly thickets, coldenia...). Fauna: marine iguanas, tortoises, seals... birds.
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$45

46417
DUGARD, Martin
FARTHER THAN ANY MAN: The Rise and Fall of Captain James Cook: New York. 2001. Pocket Books. 1st printing of the US edition. XIV, 287 PP with 1 map on double page. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 24.2 x 16. 0743400682
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$15

42115
DUNMORE, John
MONSIEUR BARET: First Woman Around the World 1766-68: Auckland. 2002. Heritage Press. 1st Ed. 198 PP with 1 drawing of a Bougainvillea. Title page: vignette with French Frigate Etoile. Eps: Map of the Pacific, with voyage of Jeanne Baret aboard the Etoile 1766-68. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 14.8. 0908708548
First woman to circumnavigate the world during the expedition of Louis-Antoine de Bougainville, disguised as the able-seaman and servant of Philibert Commerson, Naturalist.
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$20

18045
DUNMORE, John (editor)
THE JOURNAL OF JEAN-FRANCOIS DE GALAUP DE LA PEROUSE 1785-1788- Volume II: London. 1995. Hakluyt Society. 1st Ed. No. 180 in the Second series. 1st Ed. VI, 233 - 613 PP plus 12 pages with 21 b/w illustrations. Cloth cover, dj. Fine. 22.2 x 14. 0904180395
Continuation of the voyage: from arrival at Cavite in the Bay of Manila to the departure from Botany Bay in March 1788.
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$60

17645
DUNMORE, John (editor)
THE JOURNAL OF JEAN-FRANCOIS DE GALAUP DE LA PEROUSE 1785-1788 - Volume I: London. 1994. Hakluyt Society. 1st Ed., Volume 179 in the Second series. CCXL, 232 PP plus 10 plates of illustrations & maps. Fp: View of Port des Français. Cloth cover, dj. Faint foxing, o/wise fine. 22.2 x 14. 0904180387
The expedition: background, participants, the ships, the instructions... then the Journal (56 pages) from Brest (August 1785) to Manilla Bay (February, 1787).
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$60

50800
DUYKER, Edward
AN IMPETUOUS LIFE. François Péron, Naturalist and Voyager: Melbourne. 2006. The Miegunyah Press. 1st edition, No. 75 in the Second series of the Miegunyah Volumes. XXIV, 350 PP with 3 maps, plus 16 pages with 24 b/w and colour illustrations. Hard cover, dj. New. 24.3 x 16.0. 0522850103
Naturalist with the Nicolas Baudin expedition to Australian waters 1801.
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$60

20699
DYSON, John
WESTWARD WITH COLUMBUS: London. 1991. Hodder & Stoughton. 1st Ed. 64 PP with bw and colour illust. (photos by Peter Christopher). Title spread: Wind fills the sails of the new Nina. Half title page: The crest of Christopher Columbus. Eps: Columbus sails with a fleet of 17 ships on his second voyage to the New World. Laminated pictorial boards, dj (inside is a wall poster of 28 x 68 cm). 28.8 x 22.2. 0340555645
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$10

48476
EDGECOMBE, Jean
DISCOVERING KING ISLAND, Western Bass Strait: Sydney. 2004. Author. Reprint of the 1993 original. Revised edition. 152 PP with b/w illust. (maps & plans, draw. & photos), plus 16 pages with 28 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 14.7. 0646152335
Discovery, early history & settlement. Shipwrecks. Guide to King Island and the islands of S.W. Bass Strait: Robbins, Walker, Three Hummock Is., Perkins, Hunter and Trefoil.
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$20

37495
EDWARDS, Philip (editor)
THE JOURNALS OF CAPTAIN COOK: London. 1999. Penguin Books. 1st edition in the Penguin Classics series. XIV, 646, (12) PP with 5 maps on double page and 12 location maps. Pictorial soft cover. Faint foxing, o/wise fine. 19.8 x 12.8. 0140436472
Journals selected and edited by Philip Edwards and prepared from the original manuscripts by J. C. Beaglehole for the Hakluyt Society, 1955-67
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$20

51952
ELLIS, Chris (editor)
HOW TO GO ADVANCED PLASTIC MODELLING: London. 1972. PSL / Patrick Stephens Limited. January 1972 reprint of the September 1970 original. 192 PP with b/w illustrations (62 diagrams and 74 photos). FEP: Avro Tutor. REP: Airspeed AS-6. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price-clipped). Foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise near fine. 22 x 14.2. 0850590523
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$20

31352
ENGLISH, Adrian & WATTS, Anthony
BATTLE FOR THE FALKLANDS (2) - Naval Forces: London. 1982. Osprey. 1st Ed., No. 134 in the Men-at-Arms series. 40 PP with 1 map, 43 b/w photos, plus 8 pages with 17 colour plates. Fine. 24.7 x 18.3. 0850454921
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$15

18603
EVANS, Wilson P.
DEEDS NOT WORDS: Melbourne. 1971. Hawthorn Press. 1st Ed. (6), 200 PP plus 16 pages with 30 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 22 x 14. 725600292
The Victorian Naval Forces provided the keel on which the Commonwealth, and ultimately the Royal Australian Navies were built.
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$15

15834
EVANS, Wilson P.
THROUGH THE RIP - Ships and Seamen of Old Port Phillip: Adelaide. 1978. Rigby. 1st Ed. 232 PP plus 16 pages with 31 bw illust. Eps: Port Phillip Heads, early etching of the Victorian coastline. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 22 x 13.8. 0727005448
A social and historical work on the different facets of Victorian shipping.
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$20

30016
EWERS, John K.
THE WESTERN GATEWAY, A History of Fremantle: Perth. 1971. Fremantle City Council. 2nd revised edition of the 1948 original. Deluxe limited edition of 500 numbered and signed copies. XXIV, 262 PP with tables, graphs & plans, plus 42 pages with 88 b/w photos. Half title page with presentation plate. Title spread: HMS Challenger. Eps: Seal of the City of Fremantle. Quarter bound, gilt title on spine, dj (price clipped). Foxing spots on outside edges and inside the dust jacket, o/wise near fine. 24.8 x 17.8. 855640502
How Fremantle grew and a history of the men & women who helped this growth.
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$30

57717
FACEY, A. B.
A FORTUNATE LIFE: Melbourne. 1986. Viking. Reprint of the reset edition of 1985 (original of 1981). Afterword by Jan Carter. (10), 331 PP with 2 portraits of A.B. Facey, 4 maps and 6 illustrations by Robert Juniper. Fp: Portrait of A. B. Facey, aged twenty. Hard cover, dj. Slight ageing of paper and foxing spots on outside edges. Very good. 22 x 14. 0670807060
Pages 234 to 277: War, 1914-1915 (Gallipoli: 252 to 274).
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$20

58072
FALL, V.G.
THE SEA AND THE FOREST, A History of the Port of Rockingham, Western Australia: Nedlands. 1972. Shire of Rockingham. 1st Ed. Foreword by Professor R. T. Appleyard. XIV, 213 PP with 1 map on double page and 2 drawings, plus 16 pages with b/w illustrations (1 painting and 36 photos). Hard cover, simile leather binding. Fine. 24.3 x 16. 855640588
The port of Rockingham in Cockburn Sound: the sea, the ships and the seamen, cargoes, shipwrecks.
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$30

11650
FATNOWNA, Noel
FRAGMENTS OF A LOST HERITAGE: Sydney. 1989. Angus & Robertson. 1st Ed. Edited by Roger Keesing. XIV, 185 PP with 4 maps and 28 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 23.4 x 15. 0207157383
An account of growing up in Queensland for a South Sea Islander in the 1930's and 40's.
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$25

58167
FENTON, Roy, & CLARKSON, John
SHIPS IN FOCUS RECORD 45: London. 2010. Ships in Focus Publications. Issue Number 45, March 2010. 64 PP with 105 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. New. 29.8 x 21. 9781901703917
Ellerman's Cathedral Cities. British Shipowners' Company Limited, Part 1: the Sailing Fleet, by Malcolm Cooper. A history of Barber Lines A/S, by Malcolm Cranfield...
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$30

55708
FIELD, Michael
BLACK SATURDAY: New Zealand's Tragic Blunders in Samoa: Auckland. 2006. Reed Publishing. 1st Ed. 228 PP with 1 plan of Apia and 81 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. New. 19 x 13. 0790011035
28th December 1929.
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$55

57812
FINCH, Lynette
DARK ANGEL: Propaganda in Modern Warfare: Melbourne. 2006. Circa / Melbourne Publishing Group. 1st Ed. XVI, 203 PP. Pictorial soft cover. Dedicatory note on half title page dated and signed by the author. Fine. 21.5 x 14. 0975780263
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$25

57754
FINNEY, Ben (editor)
VOYAGE OF REDISCOVERY - A Cultural Odyssey Through Polynesia: Berkeley, Ca. C. 2007. University of California Press. Print-on-demand copy of the 1994 original. XVIII, 402 PP with 84 figures, 4 tail-pieces, 9 head-pieces & 18 b/w illustrations by Richard Rhodes. Laminated pictorial boards. Fine. 23.6 x 16. 0520080025
Sailing in canoes, navigating solely by reading the stars, ocean swells and other natural signs.
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$10

55459
FISHER, Allan C.
MYSTERIES OF BIRD MIGRATION (in National Geographic Magazine): Washington. 1979. N.G.S. Volume 156, No 2, August 1979. Includes article from P.154 to 193 with b/w and colour illustrations. Pict. soft cover. Very good. 25.4 x 17.5.
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$10

39935
FISHER, Raymond H. (Editor)
THE VOYAGE OF SEMEN DEZHNEV in 1648 - Bering's Precursor with Selected Documents: London. 1981. The Hakluyt Society. Second Series, No. 159. XIII, 326 PP with 3 figures and 22 maps, plus a fold-out map at end of book. Cloth cover, gilt engraved device on front cover, gilt title on spine. Dust jacket tipped in on endpapers. Ingleton bookplate on front endpaper. Fine. 22.2 x 14.2. 0904180077
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$40

57569
FISHER, Robin & JOHNSTON, Hugh
CAPTAIN JAMES COOK AND HIS TIMES: Canberra. 1979. A.N.U.P. 1st Ed. (10), 278 PP with 11 maps, 4 tables & 31 b/w illustrations. Eps: Mappemonde with the 3 voyages of Cook. Hard cover, dj. Signature of previous owner on title page. Faint foxing. Near fine. 23.8 x 15.5. 0708112617
Eleven of the papers presented at the 1978 International Symposium of Cook Scholars. Effects on art, literature, medical aspects of the voyage, etc...
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$30

43640
FLANNERY, Tim (editor)
TWO CLASSIC TALES OF AUSTRALIAN EXPLORATION: 1788 by Watkin Tench / Life and Adventures by John Nicol: Melbourne. 2002. Text Publishing Company. Combined reprint of the Text Publishing editions of 1996 and 1997. (10), 280, (8), 198 PP with b/w illustration. Pictorial soft cover. New. 23.5 x 15.3. 1876485612
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$30

17485
FLAUM, Eric
DISCOVERY: Exploration Through the Centuries: Sydney. 1990. Mallard Press. 1st Australian edition. 208 PP with bw and colour illust. Eps: Mappe-Monde Geo-Hydrographique, by Sanson, 1719. Hard cover, dj. Printed on art paper. Fine. 36 x 26.4. 1863250328
Pleasant iconography.
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$15

51976
FLETCHER, Brian H.
ENDEAVOUR AND ACHIEVEMENT - Highlights in the Story of Australian Development: Sydney. 1961. Bank of New South Wales 7th edition (copletely revised) of the 1952 original. (2), 32 PP with 30 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover (HM Bark Endeavour). Bookshop stamp on title page. Near fine. 24.2 x 15.5.
From discoveries to the achievements up to 1957 bauxite discoveries at Weipa.
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$10

16059
FLEXNER, James Thomas
STEAMBOATS COME TRUE, American Inventors in Action: Boston. 1978. Little, Brown & Co. Newly illustrated edition of the 1944 original. XXII, (2), 406 PP with vignettes in text, plus 32 pages with 30 b/w illust. Fp. & Eps. Cloth cover, decorated front cover, dj. Fine. 24 x 16. 0316286087
The first American invention of world shattering importance - the steamboat.
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$20

36010
FOLEY, John C. H.
CORAL GATEWAY - The Hydrographer Passage Story: Brisbane. 1987. Nairana. 1st Ed. VIII, 49 PP with colour photos. Eps: Map of the Hydrographer Passage. Pictorial laminated boards. Fine. Dedicatory note on title page signed by the author. 28 x 21.7. 0731619838
The search for the hydrographer passage, its development, opening and operation of this shipping lane.
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$40

58042
FOSTER, Dr. Leonie
THE WILD COAST WRECKS: Melbourne. 1996. Heritage Victoria. 1st Ed. (6), 142 PP with 48 b/w illustrations (maps, sketches, photocopies and photographs). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.4 x 20.8. 0730686191
State of Victoria.
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$40

58031
FOWLER, R.M.
THE FURNEAUX GROUP, Bass Strait: A History: Canberra. 1980. Roebuck Society. 1st Ed. Publication No. 28. VIII, 394 PP, plus 36 pages with 8 charts & 60 b/w illust. Eps: Chart of Bass Strait. Hard cover, decorated boards, dj (chipped). Near fine. 23.8 x 16.5. 0909434204
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$30

34634
FROST, Alan
THE VOYAGE OF THE ENDEAVOUR - Captain Cook and the Discovery of the Pacific: Sydney. 1999. Allen & Unwin. Reprint of the 1998 original. XXXVIII, 196 PP with 8 head pieces, 13 charts & maps, and 10 b/w illust. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 19.5 x 12.8. 1865082007
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$10

50658
FYSH, Hudson
HENRY REED, VAN DIEMEN'S LAND PIONEER: Hobart. 1973. Cat & Fiddle Press. 1st Ed. XVI, 159 PP with 22 b/w illustrations. Fp: Bust of Henry Reed. Eps: Launceston in 1830, by Lyttleton. Cloth cover, dj. Fine. 24.5 x 17.7. 0858530155
Chapters 5 and 6: Whaling and Sea Trade...
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$125

58173
GARDEN, William
YACHT DESIGNS: Camden, Maine. 1977. International Marine Publishing. 1st Ed. VIII, (4), 216 PP with b/w illust. (plans, line drawings, photos) accompanying the description of 37 yachts. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price clipped). Dust jacket with a closed tear at head. Near fine copy. 28.5 x 22. 0877420661
Design details for 21 sail boats and 16 power boats.
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$50

58149
GARDINER, Robert
THE HEAVY FRIGATE - Eighteen-Pounder Frigates: Volume I, 1778-1800: London. 1994. Conway. 1st Ed., in "Conway's Ship Types" series. 128 PP with tables & b/w illust. (plans, paintings, photos of ship models, detailed sketches). Fp: Minerva Class 38. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket laminated with clear plastic and pasted down by endpapers. Fine. 27.4 x 27.4. 0851776272
The large single-decked cruising ship introduced during the American War of Independence. Design history, genesis of the type,... shipbuilding, design, armament, fittings,...
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$90

58014
GARDINER, Robert (editor)
CONWAY'S HISTORY OF THE SHIP (set of 12 Volumes): London. 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995 & 1996. Conway Maritime Press. Edition limited to 2000 hand numbered copies (this set No.: 930). Set of 12 volumes for a total of 2378 pages, with hundreds of b/w illustrations. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Few foxing spots on outside edges. Fine (in mint condition). 30.2 x 25.2.
The Earliest Ships, by Arne Emil Christensen. The Age of the Galley, by Professor John Morrison. Cogs, Caravels and Galleons, by Professor Richard W. Unger. The Line of Battle, by Brian Lavery. The Heyday of Sail, by Dr Philip Bosscher. The Advent of Steam, by Dr Basil Greenhill. Steam Steel & Shellfire, by dr Andrew Lambert. Sail's Last Century, by Dr Basil Greenhill. Eclipse of the Big Gun, by David K Brown. The Golden Age of Shipping, by Ambrose Greenway. Navies in the Nuclear Age, by Dr Norman Friedman. The Shipping Revolution, by Alastair Couper.
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$750

53361
GARDINER, Robert & LAVERY, Brian (editors)
THE LINE OF BATTLE, The Sailing Warship 1650-1840: London. 1992. Conway. 1st edition in Conways History of the Ship series, limited to 2000 copies ( No. 767/2000). 208 PP with b/w illustrations. throughout. Title spread: A British 74 signalling to a frigate. Orig. cloth cover, gilt-engraved spine, dj. Dust jacket with a repaired close-tear, o/wise fine. 30 x 25. 085177606X
The Ship of the Line, the Frigate, Sloop of War, Corvette, Brig, Fireships & Bomb Vessels, Oared Warships, ... Design & construction, rigs and rigging, fittings, guns and gunnery,..
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$65

41317
GARRETT, Kenneth
FROM BALTIC TO BICENTENNIAL BY SQUARE RIGGER [in National Geographic Magazine]: Washington. 1976. NGS. Volume 150, No. 6, December 1976. Contains article pages 824 to 857 with 1 coloured map, and 26 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 25.5 x 17.5.
From Gdynia to New York, on the Polish training ship Dar Pomorza.
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$10

51658
GEEN, Fox
FITTING OUT A MOULDED HULL: London. 1974. Hollis & Carter. 1st paperback edition. 173 PP with over 75 drawings by Maureen Verity. Pictorial soft cover. Faint foxing on outside edges. Near fine. 19.8 x 12.5. 0370103149
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54323

THE GEOGRAPHICAL JOURNAL - Volume: 131 - 1965 (in 4 parts): London. 1965. Royal Geographical Society. Edited by KIRWAN, L. P. Annual edition. Vol. 131, issues Part 1 (March 1965) to Part 4 (December 1965). XL (advertisements), 602 PP, (6 contents), plus plates with b/w photos and maps. Original soft cover. Foxing. Very good. 24.5 x 15.5.
Vol. 131. Part 2: Lucas Janzoon Waghenaer: a Sixteenth Century Marine Cartographer, by C. Koeman. Part 3: The Aborigines of Western Central Australia, by E.C. Evans and J. P. M. Long. Part 4: The Population Structure of Australian Cities, by Peter Scott.
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$40

54325

THE GEOGRAPHICAL JOURNAL - Volume: 133 - 1967 (in 4 parts): London. 1967. Royal Geographical Society. Annual edition. Vol. 133, issues Part 1 (March 1967) to Part 4 (December 1967). Edited by L.P. KIRWAN. XLVIII, (advertisements), 622 PP, (6 contents), plus plates with b/w photos and maps (some in colour). Original soft cover. Foxing. Very good. 24.5 x 15.5.
Vol. 133. Part 2: The Geographical elements in the Berlin Situation, by Prof. Dr/ F. Friedensburg. A simple method of Navigating in Deserts, by D. N. Hall. Part 3: North Sea exploration, by P. E. Kent. Seaports and the European Economic Community, by James Bird.
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$40

54327

THE GEOGRAPHICAL JOURNAL - Volume: 135 - 1969 (in 4 parts): London. 1969. Royal Geographical Society. Annual edition. Vol. 135, issues Part 1 (March 1969) to Part 4 (December 1969). Edited by KIRWAN, L. P. LI, (advertisements), 674 PP, (6 contents), plus plates with b/w photos and maps. Original soft cover. Foxing. Very good. 24.5 x 15.5.
Vol. 135. Part 1: Early Maps as historical evidence for coastal change, by G. de Boer and A. P. Carr. Part 2: The Persian Gulf submarine telegraph of 1864, by Christina Phelps Harris. Part 3: The evolution of the major ports of West Africa, by David Hilling.
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$40

54328

THE GEOGRAPHICAL JOURNAL - Volume: 136 - 1970 (in 4 parts): London. 1970. Royal Geographical Society. Annual edition. Edited by L.P. KIRWAN. Vol. 136, issues Part 1 (March 1970) to Part 4 (December 1970). XLVI (advertisements), 696 PP, (6 contents), plus plates with b/w photos and maps. Original soft cover. Foxing. Very good. 24.5 x 15.5.
Vol. 136. Part 2: Columbus and Iceland, by Alwyn A. Ruddock. Part 4: The first surface crossing of the Arctic Ocean, by Wally Herbert. The penetration of the Western Deserts of Australia, by J. S. Beard.
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$40

54335

THE GEOGRAPHICAL JOURNAL - Volume: 137 - 1971 (in 4 parts): London. 1971. Royal Geographical Society. Annual edition. Edited by L.P. KIRWAN. Vol. 137, issues Part 1 (March 1971) to Part 4 (December 1971). L (advertisements), 626, (6 contents) PP, plus plates with b/w photos and maps. Original soft cover. Foxing. Very good. 24.5 x 15.5.
Vol. 137. Part 2: Sir James Clark Ross and the voyage of the Enterprise and Investigator, 1848-49, by A. G. E. Jones.
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$40

54339

THE GEOGRAPHICAL JOURNAL - Volume: 145 - 1979 (in 3 parts): London. 1979. Royal Geographical Society. Annual edition. Edited by Prof. R.F. PEEL. Vol. 145, issues Part 1 (March 1979) to Part 3 (November 1979). XXVIII (advertisements), 548 PP, (8 contents), plus plates with b/w photos and maps. Original soft cover. Foxing. Very good. 24.5 x 15.5.
Vol. 145. Part 1: The Bahrein surface materials resources survey, by D. Brunsden, J. C. Doornkamp and D. K. C. Jones. Part 2: The Thames Barrier project, by R. W. Horner.
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$40

54340

THE GEOGRAPHICAL JOURNAL - Volume: 146 - 1980 (in 3 parts): London. 1980. Royal Geographical Society. Annual edition. Edited by Prof. R.F. PEEL & B.H. FARMER. Vol. 146, issues Part 1 (March 1980) to Part 3 (November 1980). XXV (advertisements), 502 PP, (8 contents), plus plates with b/w photos and maps. Original soft cover. Foxing. Very good. 24.5 x 15.5.
Vol. 146. Parts 2 & 3: 150th Anniversary 1830-1980 of the Royal Geographical Society.
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$40

54341

THE GEOGRAPHICAL JOURNAL - Volume: 147 - 1981 (in 3 parts): London. 1981. Royal Geographical Society. Annual edition. Edited by B.H. FARMER. Vol. 147, issues Part 1 (March 1981) to Part 3 (November 1981). XXIV (advertisements), 416 PP, (8 contents), plus plates with b/w photos and maps. Original soft cover. Foxing. Very good. 24.5 x 15.5.
Vol. 147. Part 1: Our planet resources, by Gerald Manners...
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$40

54292

THE GEOGRAPHICAL JOURNAL - Volume: CXV - 1950: London. 1950. Royal Geographical Society. Edited by KIRWAN, L. P. Vol. CXV, issues No 1-3 (January-March 1950) to No. 4-6 (April-June 1950). XX (advertisements), 280 PP, (4 contents), plus plates with b/w photos and maps (some in colour). Original soft cover. Foxing. Very good. 24.5 x 15.5.
Vol. CXI. No. 1-3: The expansion of Japan (Part I), by Charles A. Fisher. The voyage of the raft Kin-Tiki, by Thor Heyerdahl... No. 4-6: The expansion of Japan (Part II), by Charles A. Fisher. The growth of the Australian Iron and Steel Industry, by N. R. Wills...
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54317

THE GEOGRAPHICAL JOURNAL - Volume: CXXV - 1959 (in 4 parts): London. 1959. Royal Geographical Society. Edited by L.P. KIRWAN. Annual edition. Vol. CXXV, issues Part 1 (March 1959) to Parts 3- 4 (September-December 1959). XXXI (advertisements), 502 PP, (6 contents), plus plates with b/w photos and maps (some in colour). Original soft cover. Foxing. Very good. 24.5 x 15.5.
Vol. CXXV. Part 1: The Survey of South Georgia, 1951-7, by Duncan Carse. New Zealand after Twenty Years: A geographer's view, by Kenneth B. Cumberland. Part 2: Ibn Battutah 's Andalusian Journey, by H. T. Norris. Parts 3-4: The Antarctic Voyage of M.V. Thala Dan, 1958, by Phillip Law.
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54318

THE GEOGRAPHICAL JOURNAL - Volume: CXXVI - 1960 (in 4 parts): London. 1960. Royal Geographical Society. Edited by L.P. KIRWAN. Annual edition. Vol. CXXVI, issues Part 1 (March 1960) to Part 4 (December 1960). XLI (advertisements), 580 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. CXXVI. Part 2: Darwin as a Traveller, by Sir Charles Darwin. Part 3: A Hydrographic Survey Unit in British Antarctica, by C. J. C. Wynne-Edwards. Part 4: Captain Alexander Maconochie, by Gerard Ward.
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$40

54259

THE GEOGRAPHICAL JOURNAL - VOLUME LXXXVII - 1936: London. 1936. Royal Geographical Society. Edited by Arthur R. HINKS. Vol. LXXXVII, issues No 1 (January 1936) to No. 6 (June 1936). LXVIII (Advertisements), 587, (3 index to maps, illustrations and diagrams), VIII (contents) PP, plus plates with b/w photos and maps in colour (some folded). Original soft cover. Occasional foxing. Near fine. 24.5 x 15.5.
Vol. LXXXVII No. 3. Pages 222 to 225: The Wahgi river valley of Central New Guinea, by K.L. Spinks. Pages 226 to 262: The Central Highlands of New Guinea, by Michael Leahy.
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$40

54260

THE GEOGRAPHICAL JOURNAL - VOLUME LXXXVIII - 1936: London. 1936. Royal Geographical Society. Edited by Arthur R. HINKS. Vol. LXXXVIII, issues No 1 (July 1936) to No. 6 (December 1936). LXXIV (Advertisements), 603, (3 index to maps, illustrations and diagrams), VIII (contents) PP, plus plates with b/w photos and maps in colour (some folded). Original soft cover. Occasional foxing. Near fine. 24.5 x 15.5.
Vol. LXXXVIII - No.1: Variations in behaviour of the Peru Coatal Current, by E. R. Gunther. No. 2: Living with the people of Malekula, by T. H. Harrisson. No. 3: Living in Esperitu Santo, by T. H. Harrisson. No. 4: The New Hebrides people and culture, by T. H. Harrisson. Atchin twenty years ago, by John W. Layard.
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$40

17550
GILLETT, Ross
AUSTRALIA'S COLONIAL NAVIES: Sydney. 1982. Naval Historical Society of Australia. 1st edition limited to 1000 numbered copies. (2), 142 with 134 bw illust. in text. FEP: Cross section of the monitor HMVS Cerberus and of HMVS Nelson. REP: Plans and elevations of HMVS Childers and of the second class torpedo boats Mosquito. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21.5 x 13.7. 0909153086
N.S.W. Naval Forces - Queensland Marine Defence Force - South Australia Naval Forces - Tasmanian Torpedo Corps - Victorian Navy.
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$20

43395
GILLETT, Ross
H.M.A.S. MELBOURNE - 25 Years: Sydney. 1981. Nautical Press. 1st Ed. with 162 b/w illustrations. Inside covers: plans of HMAS Melbourne (CVS-21). Pictorial soft cover. Foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. Oblong: 21 x 27. 0949756008
Commemorative book for the 25 years of HMAS Melbourne (the Aircraft Carrier) - ship's movements, year by year.
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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

37747
GOLDBERG, Mark H.
CAVIAR AND CARGO, The C 3 Type Passenger Cargo Ships: New York. 1992. American Merchant Marine Museum. 1st Ed., Volume 2 of the American Merchant Marine History series. VI, 395 PP with b/w illust. (maps, photos & posters,..). Pictorial card cover. Fine. 23.3 x 15.2. 1879180017
History of the C3 passenger ships, part of the War years C3 programme.
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$25

32919
GOLDBERG, Mark H.
THE SHIPPING BOARD'S AGENCY SHIPS - Part 1: The Sub Boats: New York. 1994. American Merchant Marine Museum Found. 1st Ed., Volume 4 of the American Merchant Marine History series. XII, 401 PP with b/w illust. (photos, maps, ships plans). Pictorial card cover. Small crease to lower corner of front cover, o/wise near fine. 23.5 x 15.2. 187918001X
The cargo ships built by the Submarine Boat Corporation, and the story of 150 of them.
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$35

57786
GOUGENHEIM, M. A.
MODIFICATIONS DES PROFONDEURS DE LA RIVIERE DE SAÏGON, de 1913 à 1931 (In Annales Hydrographiques): Paris. 1939. Service Hydrographique de la Marine. Extract from "Annales Hydrographiques 1938-1939". 4 PP, plus 4 folded plates (1 table and 3 colour charts). Soft cover. Very good. 25.4 x 18.7.
Depth of the Saïgon River.
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$20

57851
GRANT, G. A. A. & KLINKERT, J.
THE SHIP'S COMPASS - Including General Magnetism; Theory, Practice and Calculations relating to Magnetic and Gyro Compasses: London. 1952. Routledge & Kegan. 1st Ed. XIV, 436 PP with 167 b/w or colour figures (drawings, sketches, photos), plus 20 pages for 19 of the figures (b/w photos). Fp: Magnetic Compass. Cloth cover, gilt device on front cover. Name of previous owner on title page. Spine lightly sunned. Foxing and slight ageing of paper. Internally a very good clean copy. 22.2 x 14.5.
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$45

58244
GRAY, Philip J.
THE BARQUENTINE 'LA BELLA': Warrnambool, Vic. 1976. Author & Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village authority. 1st Ed. (2), 18 PP with 12 b/w illustrations (sail plan at centrefold, 1 map, 1 facsimile of document, 2 drawings by author, photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 14.8.
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$15

18852
GREEN, Jeremy (editor)
MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY - Papers from the First Southern Hemisphere Conference on ...: Melbourne. 1977. Ocean's Society of Australia. 160 PP with b/w illust. (maps, graphs, photos). Pictorial soft cover a little soiled, o/wise very good. 21.1 x 15.7. 0868959645
Maritime archaeology in Europe, New Zealand & Australia: legislation, conservation & preservation.
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$10

32929
GREEN, Jeremy & HARPER, Rosemary
THE EXCAVATION OF THE PATTAYA WRECK SITE AND SURVEY OF THREE OTHERS SITES THAILAND, 1982: Fremantle. 1983. Australian Institute for Maritime Archaeology. 1st Ed., Special Publication No. 1. V, 89 with b/w illustrations (drawings, sketches and photos). Illustrated soft cover. Near fine. 29.7 x 21.
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$25

18421
GREEN, Jeremy, HUNDLEY, Paul F., STRACHAN, Shirley M., STANIFORTH, Mark et al.
PROCEEDINGS FROM THE AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE FOR MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY SEMINAR ON ASIATIC SHIPBUILDING TECHNIQUES (in A.I.M.A. Bulletin): Melbourne. 1986. AIMA / Australian Institute for Maritime Archaeology. Volume 10 No 2 - 1986. (2), 54 PP with 39 figures (6 maps, 15 photos..). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27.4 x 21.
9 papers presented at the seminar held in Launceston from 24-26 September 1985. Eastern shipbuilding traditions by J. Green. Indian and South East Asian shipbuilding for the European market: A survey 1790-1815 by S.M. Strachan. The Thistle (1837): An Indian built Brigantine/schooner...
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$25

58208
GREENE, Danny
CRUISING SAILBOAT KINETICS - The Art, Science and Magic of Cruising Boat Design: Newport, Rhodes Island. 1985. Seven Seas Press, Inc. 1st Ed. XIV, 237 PP with boxes and b/w illustrations (plans, photos...) by the author. Hard cover, cloth spine, dj. 28.4 x 22. 0671552163
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$20

14706
GREENHILL, Basil
JAMES COOK - THE OPENING OF THE PACIFIC: London. 1970. National Maritime Museum / H.M.S.O. 1st Ed. 32 PP with b/w illust. Fp: Capt. James Cook RN FRS, painting by Nathaniel Dance. Inside back cover: A draught plan & section of the Britannia Otehite War Canoe. Pictorial card cover. Near fine. Oblong: 21.5 x 27.5.
James Cook, the man and his discoveries, published at the time of the Bicentennial.
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$10

39611
GREGORY, Alexis
THE GOLDEN AGE OF TRAVEL - 1880-1939: London. 1991. Cassell. 1st UK edition of the 1990 French original. 220 PP with b/w and colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Corners of front cover with very small creases, o/wise near fine. 30.5 x 21.5. 0304340375
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$25

58289
GREIG, A. W. & BAYLEY, Miss F. (editors)
THE VICTORIAN HISTORICAL MAGAZINE - Vol. III, No. 4: Melbourne. 1914. The Historical Society of Victoria. Vol. III, No. 4, June 1914. (2 title), (6 index), 145-192 PP with 1 map, plus 1 folded map and 3 b/w plates. Original soft cover. Fine. 21.5 x 14
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$25

58113
GRIFFITHS, Lynne & JEFFERY, Bill
RIVER BOAT TRAIL - South Australia: Adelaide. 1993. State Heritage Branch, Department of Environment and Natural Resources. 1st Ed. (2), 35 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (maps and photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 30 x 21. 073084658X
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$10

58191
GRIFFITHS, Maurice
THE MAGIC OF THE SWATCHWAYS - Cameos of Cruising in Small Yachts: London. 1975. Conway. Reprint of the 7th edition of 1971 (oiginal of 1932). Introduction by Frank G. G. Carr. 235 PP with 1 map on double page, and b/w illustrations by F. B. Harnack (7 tailpieces and 8 plates). Fp: The Magic Hour. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Faint foxing. Fine. 22 x 14. 0851770452
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$20

48655
GRIMSHAW, Beatrice
THREE WONDERFUL NATIONS, TONGA, SAMOA, FIJI (in Tours to the South Sea Islands): Dunedin. 1913. Union Steam Ship Co. of N.Z., Ltd. 1st Ed. 32 PP with 46 b/w photos, plus 1 Chart of Routes in colour at centrefold. Inside front cover: Fleet List in February 1913. Inside back cover 2 advertisements. Pictorial soft cover (front cover: the Navua, rear cover: colour illustrations). Longitudinal crease in the middle. Foxing spots heavy on the covers and light on text pages. Staples removed. Very good. Scarce. 24.6 x 18.6.
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$200

17975
GROBECKER, Kurt & NEUMANN, Peter
SEA CLOUD, Legend Unter Weissen Seglen: Hamburg. 1986. Verlaghaus die Barque. 1st Ed. 160 PP with b/w & colour photos. FEP: Sail plan of S.Y. Sea Cloud ex Hussar. REP: General arrangement of S.Y. Sea Cloud ex Hussar. Cloth cover, dj. Fine. German text. 30.5 x 22.5. 3892421021
Launched in 1931 at Kiel as the Hussar. Yacht under US flag. WWII years as USS Sea Cloud. Floating funhouse when owned by the Dominican dictator Trujillo. Private yacht at US$20,000 a day.
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$25

18582
GUEROUT, Max
THE WRECK OF THE C.S.S. ALABAMA, Avenging Angel of the Confederacy [in National Geographic]: Washington. 1994. N.G.S. Volume 186, No. 6, December 1994. Contains article P. 66 to 83 with 1 map, 1 b/w photo and 19 colour illustrations by Rod M. Farb. Pictorial soft cover. New. 25.4 x 17.5.
On the wreck of the Confederate Alabama, sunk by the U.S.S. Kearsarge off Cherbourg, Normandy.
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$10

49002
GUIART, Jean
L' ENFER EXPATRIE. Réflexion sur la guerre dans le Pacifique Sud (1941-1945): Nouméa. 2005. Le Rocher-à-la-Voile. 1st Ed., No. 5 in essais pour servir à l'intelligence du temps présent series. 117 PP with 8 maps and 16 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. New. French text. 20.8 x 15. 2952197016
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$55

57278
GUILLIATT, Richard & HOHNEN, Peter
THE WOLF AT OUR DOOR (in The Weekend Australian Magazine): Sydney. 2009. The Australian Issue June 27-28, 2009. Pages 20 to 24 with 1 map, 2 colour illustrations and 3 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. New. 27.3 x 23.
Extract from the 2009 title "The Wolf". Story of a young Australian woman and her family captured in 1917, by this German Warship on their way to Sydney.
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$10

15738
GWYTHER, John
FIRST VOYAGE, Being the Full and Authentic Story of the Great Discoveries made by Lt. James Cook, R.N. commanding H.M. Bark Endeavour in the Great South Seas in the Years 1768-1771: London. 1954. Andrew Melrose. 1st Ed. 208 PP, plus 40 pages with 44 b/w illustrations. Fp: A Maori girl. Eps: Chart Maris Pacifici. Hard cover, dj (chipped). Foxing spots on outside edges o/wise very good. 21.8 x 14.
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$15

43268
HAALMEIJER, Frank & SHOLTEN, Ben
VAN NIEVELT, GOUDRIAN &CO'S STOOMVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ (NIGOCO): Alkmaar. 1995. De Alk. 1st Ed. 208 PP with hundreds of b/w photos. Half title page: Markab-N. Title spread: Aldabi and Alhena in Antwerp. FEP (in colour): 10 house flags and funnels. REP (in colour): 9 house flags. Laminated pictorial boards. Fine. Dutch text. 30.2 x 21.3. 9060130294
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$55

51003
HAMBURSIN, Olivier (editor)
RECITS DU DERNIER SIECLE DES VOYAGES. De Victor Segalen à Nicolas Bouvier: Paris. 2005. Presses de l'Université de Paris-Sorbonne. 1st edition. Volume No. 10, in Collection Imago Mundi. 262 PP with 3 diagrams. Pictorial soft cover. French text. New. 24 x 16. 2840503565
Voyages and Poetry. Voyage and Cinema...
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$30

58039
HAMMERTON, Marianne
WATER SOUTH AUSTRALIA - A History of the Engineering and Water Supply Department: Adelaide. 1986. Engineering and Water Supply Department / Wakefield Press. 1st Ed. Foreword by D. J. Hopgood. XII, 319 PP with b/w illustrations. Eps: Map of South Australia. Hard cover, simile leather, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 22.8 x 16. 0949268755
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$25

38729
HAMMITT, Andrew G.
TECHNICAL YACHT DESIGN: London. 1975. Adlard Coles. 1st Ed. 241 PP with 13 tables and 123 figures. Cloth cover, dj (price clipped). Top edge of covers lightly speckled. Foxing spots on outside edges and some pages. Signature of previous owner on title page. Very good. 25.2 x 17.2. 0229115152
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$50

58203
HANDS, Howard and Susan
THE CUSSED AND THE CURSED - The Coral, The Craft, The Captains, In North Queensland Waters: Ingham, Qld. 2009. Authors. 1st Ed. 172 PP with 55 b/w illustrations (drawings, maps, plans & photos). Pictorial soft cover, cloth spine. New. 20.5 x 14.7. 9780980411836
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$30

17858
HANSEN, Hans Jürgen & WUNDSHAMMER, Benno
LA PARADE DES GRANDS VOILIERS: Paris. 1973. Arthaud. 1st French edition. Preface by Geaorges Aubin. 112 PP with b/w & colour photos of tall ships. Hard cover, spine faded. Foxing, o/wise very good. French text. 34 x 24.5. 379791830
The 1972 tall ship race from the Isle of Wight to Kiel, through the North Sea, the Skagerrak & the Baltic.
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$15

35982
HARLAND, John
SEAMANSHIP IN THE AGE OF SAIL - An Account of the Shiphandling of the Sailing Man-of-War 1600-1860, based on Contemporary Sources: London. 1996. Conway. Reprint of the 1985 amended edition, (original 1984). 320 PP with b/w illustrations (paintings, photos), and over 350 line drawings by Mark Myers. Fp: 2 engravings by Pierre Ozanne. Eps: French Corvette "Galatée" under sail in Brest Roads. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. A very fine copy. 30.5 x 25.2. 0851771793
Historical development of seamanship among the major navies of the world.
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$100

58254
HARTELL, Robyn & RICHARDS, Nathan
GARDEN ISLAND, SHIP'S GRAVEYARD: Adelaide. 2001. Heritage South Australia, Department for Environment and Heritage. 1st Ed., in the Maritime Heritage Trail series. (2), 50 PP with 1 location map, 2 plans of the graveyard, 2 plans of Adelaide and surrounds, and 48 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 25 x 17.2. 0730858944
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$20

34785
HARTMAN, Tom
THE GUINNESS BOOK OF SHIPS AND SHIPPING - Facts & Feats: Enfield, UK. 1983. Guinness Superlatives Limited. 1st Ed. 265 PP with tables, 26 colour and 200 b/w illustrations (maps, engravings, paintings & photos). Fp: Submarines passing the Dreadnought. Eps: Mappemonde. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 24 x 17.8. 0851122698
Experiment and exploration. Warships and warfare. Trade and transport. Distress and disaster.
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$15

58109
HARVEY, Peter
CLONMEL - Disaster to Discovery: Melbourne. 1999. Heritage Council Victoria. 1st Ed. 28 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 21. 0730686981
Steamer lost on 1st January 1841 on a sandbar off Port Albert.
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$20

43508
HATTENDORF, John B., SIMPSON III, B. Mitchell & WADLEIGH, John R.
SAILORS AND SCHOLARS - The Centennial History of the U.S. Naval War College: Newport, Rhodes Island. 1984. Naval War College Press. 1st Ed. XVI, 354 PP with 70 b/w illustrations. Fp: Rear Admiral Stephen B. Luce. Cloth cover, gilt device and title on front cover and spine, dj. Near fine. 24 x 15.7.
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$30

58247
HAYDEN, Kevin
PORT OF PIRATE TREASURE: Geelong. c. 1976. Marine History Publication. 1st Ed. 24 PP, with 8 pages with 1 plan, 1 drawing and 6 b/w photos). Illustrated soft cover. Fine. 20.5 x 14.2.
Queenscliff and the treasure of Benito Bonito.
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$20

15993
HEAL, S.C.
THE MAPLE LEAF AFLOAT, Volume I, West Coast Maritime Memories: Vancouver. 1992. Cordillera Pub. 1st Ed. 181, (III adv.) PP with b/w illust. Pictorial soft cover. Foxing spots on outside edges. Fine. 22.5 x 15. 1895590027
Various aspects of shipping from a Canadian point of view: maritime & nautical stories, contemporary shipping, commercial fishing...
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$10

57815
HEALEY, Tim
THE LAST ADVENTURE: London. 1999. The Reader's Digest Association. 1st Ed., in The 20th Eventful Century series. 160 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial boards. Fine. 29.8 x 23.5. 0957702302
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$15

46947
HEBERLEY, Heather
LAST OF THE WHALERS. Charlie Heberley's Story: Auckland. 2004. Cape Catley Ltd. Reprint of the 2002 original. VIII, 9-212 PP with 1 map, 1 head piece and 2 pages with facsimile of newspaper clippings, plus 8 pages with 16 colour photos and 16 pages with 34 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 14.8. 0908561903
Last days of whaling in New Zealand: Tory Channel and Great Barrier Island.
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$25

15611
HEDGES, A. A. C.
THE VOYAGES OF CAPTAIN JAMES COOK: London. 1983. Jarrold. 1st Ed. 32 PP with 30 b/w or colour illustrations. Title-page: Frontispiece of manuscript of Cook's charts. REP: map of Cook's three voyages. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 24.8 x 18. 853064970
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$10

56938
HEMPENSTALL, Peter J.
PACIFIC ISLANDERS UNDER GERMAN RULE, A Study in the Meaning of Colonial Resistance: Canberra. 1978. A.N.U. 1st Ed. XII, (4), 266 PP with 6 maps in text plus 8 pages with 19 b/w photos. Eps: Map of the Pacific. Hard cover, dj. Spine of dust jacket sunned. Near fine. 22 x 14.5. 0708113508
Detailed study of the resistance of Samoans, Ponapeans & New Guineans under German rule.
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$65

42283
HENDERSON, Graeme
MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY IN AUSTRALIA: Perth. 1986. University of W.A. Press. 1st Ed. IX, 197 PP with 65 b/w photos & drawings. Fp: Divers on the platform of a scuttled whale chaser. Hard cover, dj. Name of previous owner on top corner of front endpaper. Name of 8 early wrecks added by previous owner in chapter 3. Foxing spots on first and last leaves, o/wise a near fine copy. 24 x 17.5. 0855642416
A comprehensive account of archaeological resources in Australia.
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$50

20044
HENDERSON, Graeme & STANBURY, Myra
THE SIRIUS - Past and Present: Sydney. 1988. Collins. 1st Ed. 168 PP with tables, 5 b/w & 30 colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 19.7 x 13. 0732224470
The Baltic trading ship Berwick, then Sirius of the first fleet, shipwrecked on Norfolk Island. Diving expeditions and preservation of artifacts.
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$25

58233
HENDERSON, Phill
THE DIVERS BIBLE: Singapore. 1993. Yong Kian Printing. 1st Ed. 168 PP with tables and figures. Pictorial soft cover. Dedicatory note inside front cover signed by the author. Fine. 21.5 x 14.8.
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$30

58207
HENDERSON, Richard
PHILIP L. RHODES and his yacht designs: Camden, Maine. 1993. International Marine. 1st paperback edition. Foreword by Philip H. Rhodes. XIV, (2), 415 PP with b/w illustrations (plans, sets of plans, sketches, photos). Pictorial soft cover. Faint foxing, o/wise fine. 28 x 21.6. 0877424152
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$60

19959
HENDERSON, Richard
SEA SENSE, Safety Afloat in Terms of Sail, Power and Multihull Boat Design, Construction Rig, Equipment, Coping with Emergencies, and Boat Management in Heavy Weather: London. 1975. Adlard Coles. 1st UK edition of the 1972 US original. XI, 311 PP with 47 figures, 13 plans & 58 bw photos. Fp: Heavy seas. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price clipped). Near fine. 25 X 17.5. 0229115276
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$10

16126
HERBERT, Wally
THE NOOSE OF LAURELS - The Discovery of the North Pole: London. 1989. Hodder & Stoughton. 1st Ed. 395 PP with 10 maps & diagrams, plus 16 pages with 49 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Ageing of paper around the edges, o/wise near fine. 24 x 16.2. 0340412763
A compelling portrait of the US explorer Peary, the first to reach the North Pole and his obsessive craving for fame.
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$15

33479
HERR, R. A. & ROOD, E. A. (editors)
A SOLOMONS SOJOURN: J. E. Philp's Log of the Makira 1912-1913: Hobart. 1978. Tasmanian Historical Research Association. Limited edition of 550 copies. 208 PP with 3 maps, plus 8 b/w plates. Fp: John Ernest Philp, Boroni Plantation, 1913. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Faint foxing, o/wise fine. 22.5 x 14.2. 0909479011
Trading for copra, goods, as well as recruiting labour for coconut plantations, on board the huon pine ketch Makira. Establishment of a plantation on San Cristobal, B.S.I.P.
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$15

44832
HEYERDAHL, Thor
IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF ADAM - An Autobiography: London. 2000. Little, Brown and Co. 1st English edition, translated by Ann Zwick, from the 1998 Norwegian original "I Adams Fotspor: En Erindringsreise". (6), 313 PP, plus 24 pages with 57 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 24 x 16. 0316853208
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$30

53076
HEYERDAHL, Thor
THE KON-TIKI EXPEDITION: London. 1965. Allen & Unwin. 1st English edition, illustrated by Eric Palmquist. 224 PP with 58 b/w photos, and 81 b/w & colour illustrations. Illustrated title spread. Eps: members of the Kon-Tiki expedition. Decorated cloth cover, dj (closed tear). Note on verso of front endpaper, o/wise near fine. 27.3 x 22.
Drifting on the raft Kon-Tiki, from Peru to the atoll of Raroia, Tuamotu archipelago.
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$20

58157
HOBBS, Edward W.
MODEL SAILING BOATS - Their Design, Building, and Sailing: London. 1929. Cassell. New and revised edition of the 1923 original. VIII, 312 PP with 352 photographs, diagrams and working drawings. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Faint speckling of covers. Top corner of front endpaper clipped, o/wise near fine. Scarce. 21 x 14.
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$35

56548
HOLLAND, Francis Ross Jr.
AMERICA'S LIGHTHOUSES - An Illustrated History: New York. 1988. Dover. Unabridged and slightly corrected republication of the third printing of 1981, published originally in 1972 as America's Lighthouses: X, 226 PP, (4 index) with 8 maps, 16 b/w line illustrations and 100 b/w photos. Title spread: Boon Island Light Station, Maine. Pictorial soft cover. Note and stamp on first page. Stamp on title page. Very good. 27.4 x 20.3. 048625576X
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47534
HOLLAND, Rupert Sargent
HISTORIC SHIPS: Philadelphia. 1926. Macrae Smith Co. 1st Ed. 390 PP with 32 decorations by Edward Shenton, plus 6 colour plates and 8 b/w plates with 14 illustrations by Manning de V. Lee. Fp (in colour): The Constitution. Eps: US ships of Perry, in 1853 at Uraga, Japan. Cloth cover, decoration on front cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Covers slightly marked. Note on front endpaper. Very good. 23.2 x 18.
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$45

31551
HOLLINS, Holly
THE TALL SHIPS ARE SAILING - The Cutty Sark Tall Ship Races: London. 1982. David & Charles. 1st Ed. 192 PP with b/w illust. Hard cover, dj. Damp marks at the bottom inner corner affecting paper and some of the illustrations, top of spine of dust jacket with a tear but o/wise good. 25 x 17.5. 715380281
History of the Cutty Sark tall ship races of 1980. Race 1: Kiel to Frederikshavn to Amsterdam.
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21063
HOLTHOUSE, Hector
SHIPS IN THE CORAL: Sydney. 1976. MacMillan. 1st Ed. (6), 146 PP with b/w illust., plus 8 colour plates. Fp: Map of N.W. part of the Coral Sea. Eps: Map of Torres Strait. Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing on outside edges. Near fine. 26.8 x 19.2. 0333210530
The story of the reef and the adjoining Torres Strait and Coral Sea - Torres, Cook, Flinders, Bligh, etc ...
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$20

44623
HOPE, Penelope (compiler)
THE VOYAGE OF THE AFRICAINE - A Collection of Journals, Letters and Extracts from Contemporary Publications: Melbourne. 1968. River House / Heinemann. 1st Ed. X, 174 PP with 3 maps (1 on double page) & 3 b/w illustrations. Eps: Map on approaches to Holdfast Bay (Adelaide). Pictorial stiff covers. Faint foxing on outside edges, o/wise very good. 19.5 x 13.
In 1836, the barque Africaine took some of the first settlers to the colony of South Australia.
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$20

58547
HORE, Captain Peter
SYDNEY CIPHER AND SEARCH - Solving the last great naval mystery of the Second World War: London. 2009. Seafarer Books. 1st Ed. 314, (6 publications) PP with 4 maps and diagrams, and around 50 b/w illustrations, plus 16 pages with 18 colour and 32 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. New. 21.5 x 13.5. 9781906266080
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$35

57023
HOTIMSKY, C. M.
THE DEATH OF CAPTAIN JAMES COOK - A Letter from Russia, 1779: Sydney. 1962. Wentworth Books. 1st Ed. 16 PP with 3 b/w illustrations. Fp: Meeting of the English and Russians in the Harbour of Petropavlosk in 1779. Soft cover. Ingleton bookplate inside front cover (Ingleton No.: 11124 on lower corner of back cover). Near fine. 21 x 13.6.
Letter of 26 December 1779 from Professor Peter Simon Pallas of the Imperial Academy at St. Petersburg to Anton Büsching, relating the death of Captain James Cook.
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$35

42334
HOYT, Edwin P.
THE MUTINY ON THE GLOBE: London. 1976. Arthur Barker. 1st UK edition of the 1975 US original. (10), 203 PP. Eps: Map of the voyage of the Globe. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price clipped). Closed tears to dust jacket, faint foxing on outside edges. Very good. 22.2 x 14.2. 0213165767
The events on board the US whaleship Globe which in 1824, led to an uprising, mutiny and establishment of a kingdom on Mili Atoll.
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$20

21811
HURLEY, Frank
SHACKLETON'S ARGONAUTS, The Epic Tale of Shackleton's Voyage to Antarctica in 1915: Sydney. 1979. McGraw-Hill. Reprint of the 1948 original, with a preface by Phillip Law. 186 PP with b/w photographs by the author. Title spread: The Endurance caught in ice. Eps: Antarctic Peninsula and Weddell Sea. Hard cover, device on front cover, dj. Foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 24.7 x 18.3. 0709355505
The 1915 ill-fated expedition of Shackleton in the Antarctic seas.
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$40

41880
IBBOTSON, John, & AMSA
LIGHTHOUSES OF AUSTRALIA: Melbourne. 2002. Australia Post. 1st Ed. Booklet in Prestige Collection designed by Lisa Christensen, Australia Post Design Studio. No pagination, 14 PP with 3 b/w and 14 colour photos, plus 5 plates with stamps. Stapled pictorial wrappers (Lighthouse of Maatsuyker Is, Tasmania). Fine. Oblong: 10.3 x 15.6.
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$15

57190
INDIAN OCEAN
I.C.I.O.S. II - SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INDIAN OCEAN STUDIES: Resources, Environment and Economic Development: Perth. 1984. I.C.I.O.S. / University of Western Australia... & Perth Building Society. 1st Ed. of proceedings "Section A". No continuous pagination, 398 PP (printed on 2 columns) with tables and b/w illustrations (graphs, maps, newspaper clippings). Soft cover, illustrated front, cloth spine. Texts in English (34) or French (5) by Fatima ALIKHAN, Edward ALPERS, Bruce DAVIS, André CASTEL, Guy LIONNET, H.& M. LY-TIO-FANE PINEO. Very good. Oblong: 20.6 x 29.2.
39 papers presented Perth, 5-12 December 1984.
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$45

49498
INGLIS, K. S.
THE AUSTRALIAN COLONISTS. An Exploration of Social History 1788-1870: Melbourne. 1974. Melbourne University Press. 1st Ed. XXII, 316 PP with over 90 b/w illustrations (engravings, paintings, photos...). Cloth cover, gilt title on spine. Dust jacket tipped in on rear endpaper. Ingleton bookplate on front endpaper. 24.7 x 18. 0522840728
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$20

57707
IRIYE, Akira
PEARL HARBOR AND THE COMING OF THE PACIFIC WAR - A Brief History with Documents and Essays: Boston / New York. 1995. Bedford / St. Martins. 1st paperback edition, in the Bedford Series in History and Culture. Foreword by Natalie Zemon Davis & Ernest R. May. XIII, 258 PP with 2 maps and 6 figures. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 14. 0312147880
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$15

46434
IRVINE, Lucy
FARAWAY: London. 2000. Doubleday. 1st paperback edition. XIV, 386 PP with 5 maps, plus 32 pages with 13 b/w and 73 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Spine slightly creased. Near fine. 23.3 x 15.5. 0385601808
Adventures and life in the second half of the 20th century on the faraway island of Pigeon Island, Lom Lom group, Reef Islands, Solomon.
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$20

33868
JAFFEE, Walter W.
THE LAST MISSION TANKER: Palo Alto, Ca., USA. 1995. The Glencannon Press. 2nd edition of the 1990 original. 80 PP with 2 facsimile of documents, 5 headpieces and 31 b/w photos. Pictorial card cover. Fine. 22.8 x 15.3. 0963758659
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$15

57785
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 70 numbered copies 31 to 100 (number 36). 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. Quarter bound, grey goatskin with moire cloth sides, title on 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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$365

58134
JEFFERY, W. & AMESS, J.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE SECOND SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE CONFERENCE ON MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY: Adelaide. 1983. South Australian Department of Environment and Planning. 1st Ed. VI, (2), 452 PP with 47 figures and 91 b/w plates. Soft cover, front cover illustrated and with clear plastic protection. Very good. 29.7 x 21. 724346686
47 papers presented in March 1982: Maritime Archaeology in Australia, and developments in each state - Maritime Archaeology in other countries - Research and Survey - Site management and protection...
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$50

11968
JENNINGS, J. N. & LINGE, G. J. R. (editors)
OF TIME AND PLACE - Essays in Honour of O.H.K. Spate: Canberra. 1980. A.N.U. 1st Ed. XXVI, 296 PP with 4 head pieces, 6 tables & 30 figures (maps, plans, engravings). Fp: Portrait of O.H.K. Spate. Title page: John Harrison's fourth timekeeper. Hard cover, dj. Foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 22 x 14. 0708114539
15 essays in honour of the progenitor of the Research School of Pacific Studies. ... Settlers in transit, by N. M. Wallace ...
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$10

55979
JENNINGS, John
THE SALEM FRIGATE: Sydney. 1946. Invincible Press. 1st Australian edition. Foreword by T. Tisdall. 407 PP. Eps: Map. Cloth cover, gilt device on front cover, gilt title on a lightly sunned spine. Faint foxing. Very good. 22 x 14.
Novel with an historical background. Story of the Frigarte Essex, USN: 1800-01 to Batavia, Indonesia. 1802-03 to Tripoli, Libya. 1812-14 to Eastern Pacific and the Marquesas Islands.
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$15

18263
JOHNSON, Peter
OCEAN RACING & OFFSHORE YACHTS: London. 1972. Nautical Publishing. 2nd edition of the 1970 original. 318 PP tables and 146 figures (plans, sketches), plus 32 pages with 55 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 25 x 19. 0245510575
Most comprehensive.
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$15

20661
JOHNSTONE, Paul
THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF SHIPS: London. 1974. The Bodley Head. 1st Ed. in the Bodley Head Archaeologies series. 135 PP with b/w & col. illust. Hard cover, dj. A little light foxing, o/wise fine. 25.3 x 19.2. 0370015797
Study of ships around the world from the Cheops Ship to the Polynesian double-canoes, Ferriby Boats, the Sutton Hoo, the Wasa, Mary Rose and Amsterdam,...
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$15

30252
JONES, M.
THE STORY OF CAPTAIN COOK'S THREE VOYAGES ROUND THE WORLD: London. c. 1880's. Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co. 6th edition of the 1870 original. VIII, 264 PP with 18 head pieces, plus 40 b/w plates. Fp: Cook landing at Mallicolli, New Hebrides. Decorated cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Renewed endpapers, o/wise near fine. 18.5 x 12.5.
For young readers. Beddie No. 265 & 266.
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$30

41589
JORDAN, D. J.
EAST COAST SHIPWRECKS - A Thematic Historical Survey: Melbourne. 1995. Maritime Heritage Unit, Heritage Victoria. 1st Ed. (6), 303 PP with tables and 29 b/w illustrations (map, sketches, and photographs). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.4 x 20.8. 0730686906
State of Victoria.
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$40

54766

JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL UNITED SERVICES INSTITUTE OF AUSTRALIA - Volume 8, No. 2: Canberra. 1986. Royal United Services Institute of Australia. Edited by GARDNER, R. J. Volume 8, No. 2, June 1986: IV, 67 PP with 1 map and 4 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 25 x 17.5.
The Pacific Islands and the South, by Major G. A. Johnstone... The Raid on St Nazaire, 28th March 1942, by Lieutenant Commander C. W. Wallach.
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$15

54764

JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL UNITED SERVICES INSTITUTE OF AUSTRALIA - Volume 11, No. 1: Canberra. 1990. Royal United Services Institute of Australia. Edited by CREWS, Brigadier W. J., & DONOVAN, J. C. Volume 11, No. 1, August 1990: IV, 91 PP with 4 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 25 x 17.5.
... Project Jindalee Over-the-horizon Radar (OTHR), by Air Commodore J. S. Back. Trends in Naval Warfare and Maritime Development, by Commodore T. A. Roach. ...
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$15

54763

JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL UNITED SERVICES INSTITUTE OF AUSTRALIA - Volume 13, No. 1: Canberra. 1992. Royal United Services Institute of Australia. Edited by DUNN, Colonel P. J., & DONOVAN, J. C. Volume 13, No. 1, October 1992: III, 60 PP with 8 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 25 x 17.5.
Operation Desert Storm: Observations and Lessons, by Colonel John Herlihy. The ADF in the Gulf War, by David Horner... Australia's place in the New World Order, by Richard Brown.
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$15

18431
JOY, William & DEILEY, Russell
CAPTAIN COOK - His Artists - His Voyages: Sydney. 1970. Daily Telegraph. Edited by Jim Fagan. 64 PP with 3 sketch maps at head of chapters, 28 b/w and 50 colour illustrations. Cloth cover, dj. A few foxing spots, o/wise near fine. Oblong: 21 x 27.2.
The Daily Telegraph Portfolio of original works by artists who sailed with Captain Cook.
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$10

31753
KEAY, John (editor)
THE ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY HISTORY OF WORLD EXPLORATION: London. 1991. Hamlyn. 1st Ed. 320 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (photographs, paintings and engravings). Illustrated frontispiece and endpapers. Hard cover, dj. Few foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 29 x 22.5. 0600568199
Asia, by John Keay. Antarctic, by Ann Savours. Oceanography, by Anita McConnell.
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$25

38714
KEMP, J. F., & YOUNG, Peter
METEOROLOGY: London. 1963. Kandy Publications. Reprint of the 1961 original. 80 PP with b/w and colour figures. Pictorial card covers a little soiled, o/wise near fine. 21 x 17.
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$10

17171
KEMP, Peter
DECISION AT SEA: The Convoys Escorts: New York. 1978. Elsevier-Dutton. 1st US Ed., in Men & Battle series. VIII, 184 PP with 16 headpieces and 74 b/w photos (2 on double page, 13 on full page). Hard cover, dj. Very good. 23.5 x 16. 0525930043
One of the aspects of the Battle of the Atlantic. During WWII, the author was working in the U-Boat tracking room of the British Admiralty.
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$15

58138
KEMP, Peter
The Oxford Companion to SHIPS AND THE SEA: Oxford. c. 2000. Oxford University Press. 9th reprint of the 1988 paperback edition. VIII, 972 PP with b/w & colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 23.2 x 15.7. 0192820842
From AB (able seaman) to Zulu (fishing vessel peculiar to the NE coast of Scotland).
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$35

58082
KENDERDINE, Sarah (editor)
HISTORIC SHIPPING ON THE MURRAY RIVER - A Guide to the Terrestrial and Submerged Archaeological Resources in New South Wales and Victoria: Sydney. 1994. Heritage Branch, Department of Planning. 1st Ed. XV, 140 PP with 55 figures -drawings, maps, plans & photos). Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 29.8 x 21. 073103063X
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$20

36618
KERR, Colin & Margaret
PORT PHILLIP BAY: Adelaide. 1979. Rigby. 1st Ed. 64 PP with 1 map and 50 b/w illust. Title spread: Approaching Geelong from Port Phillip Bay. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 24 x 18.3. 072701076X
One of the world's great harbours, from its discovery in 1802 to the present day.
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$10

19044
KERR, Garry J. (editor)
AUSTRALIAN and NEW ZEALAND SAIL TRADERS: Blackwood S.A. 1974. Lynton Publications. 1st Ed. 144 PP with 5 plans and 102 b/w photos. FEP: Sail plan of a 3 masted schooner. REP: Line drawings of Irazu. Illustrated hard cover (lightly rubbed). Name of previous owner on verso of front endpaper. Near fine. Scarce. 25 x 18.5. 0869461362
Pearling fleet of W.A., S.A. sail traders, whiting boats of Spencer Gulf, N.Z. scow, sailing traders of Southern Tasmania, Auckland mullet boats, Queenscliff couta boats, cray boats...
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$50

18350
KIM, H. Edward
A 14TH CENTURY CARGO MAKES PORT AT LAST [in National Geographic Magazine]: Washington. 1979. N.G.S. Volume 156, No 2, August 1979. Includes article from P.230 to 243. Pict. soft cover. Very good. 25.4 x 17.5.
The wreck of a 14th century Chinese sea-going vessel of Sinan on the South Western coast of Korea.
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$10

15884
KINGSFORD, Reverend Maurice Rooke
THE MERSEY MISSION TO SEAMEN 1856-1956: Abingdon, UK. 1957. The Abbey Press. 1st Ed. (24), 148 PP, XXVI, (10) with 4 maps & 2 illustrations, plus 22 pages with 34 b/w illust. Fp: Portrait of author. Hard cover, dj (lightly soiled). Foxing. Very good. 23 x 15.
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$20

58199
KINNEY, Francis S.
SKENE'S ELEMENTS OF YACHT DESIGN: London. 1973. Adam and Charles Black. 8th edition, completely revised and updated. (12), 351 PP with tables, and b/w illustrations (drawings, sketches, plans & photos). Fp: "Intrepid" running free. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Front cover of dust jacket with a closed tear at top. Light foxing, o/wise near fine. 26 x 18.5. 0713614684
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$40

46508
KIRKER, James
ADVENTURES TO CHINA - Americans in the Southern Oceans 1792-1812: New York. 1970. O.U.P. 1st Ed. (10), 192 PP with 2 drawings and 3 charts, plus 8 pages with 16 b/w illustrations. Fp: Daniel Foss, a seal hunter. Eps: A chart of the world. Cloth cover, device on front cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price-clipped). Spine of dust jacket lightly sunned. Faint foxing on outside edges. Signature of previous owner at top of half title page, o/wise near fine. 20.7 x 13.8.
American ships loaded with fur skins or sandalwood from the South Seas or Southern Ocean, to China.
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$25

58178
KITSON, Bill, & McKAY, Judith
SURVEYING QUEENSLAND 1839-1945: A Pictorial History: Brisbane. 2006. Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Water / Queensland Museum. 1st Ed. (10), 210 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (engravings, charts and maps, photos). Illustrated endpapers. Hard cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj. New. 28.7 x 21.2. 0975111647
Chapter 2: Settling the Land. Chapter 3: Exploration... Chapter 6: Marine Surveys... Chapter 12: Serving Overseas
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$60

46034
KLIMBIE, Bas
AANVARINGEN IN DE BINNENVAART: Amsterdam. 1980. De Boer Maritiem. 1st Ed. 160 PP with 142 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Fine. Dutch text. 25.2 x 18.2. 9022818462
Collision, shipwrecks, salvage: inland waters of the Netherlands.
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$15

19456
KNOX-JOHNSTON, Robin
THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, A Maritime History: London. 1989. Hodder & Stoughton. 1st Ed. 246 PP with b/w illust. (photos, maps), plus 16 pages with 28 b/w illustrations. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 24.2 x 16. 0340415282
Detailed account of the South African Coast: the quest for the sea route to India.
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$20

58312
KOENIG, Cr. W. L.
THE HISTORY OF THE WINCHELSEA SHIRE: Winchelsea, Lorne and Birregurra: Geelong. 1964. Winchelsea Shire. Updated edition of the 1934 original. Foreword by A. S. Kenyon. 107 PP with b/w illustrations. Soft cover. Fine. 28.6 x 22.
Pages 93 to 107: Up-dated part with "The Centenary Year, President Message" by Colin F. Worland, dated 22nd June 1964.
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$20

15954
KOLLTVEIT, Bard, CROWDY, Michael et al.
WILH. WILHELMSEN 1861-1994, A Brief History and A Fleet List: London. 1994. W.S.S. 1st Ed. 320 PP with 9 portraits, 1 line drawing, 20 colour & 418 b/w photos of ships in text. Fp. FEP: Headquarter building at Lysaker. REP: Line drawings of the Nosac Tanabata. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 21.6 x 15. 0905617738
History of the company with a comprehensive fleet list (P.57-291) and an interesting Index and Derivations of Ships' Names (P.292 to 320).
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$65

58185
KOSTOGLOU, Parry
SHORE BASED WHALING IN TASMANIA ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH PROJECT - Volume 1: Industry Overview and Recommendations: Hobart. 1995. Parks and Wildlife Service Ist Ed. IV, 66 PP with 8 maps or plans and 10 b/w plates. Soft cover, pictorial (sandstone chimney base, Okehampton Bay) front. Near fine. 29.7 x 21.
Second report dealing with the historic Tasmanian bay whaling industry.
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$25

22848
KOSTOGLOU, Parry & McCARTHY, Justin
WHALING AND SEALING SITES IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA: Adelaide. 1991. AIMA / Australian Institute for Maritime Archaeology. 1st Ed., Special Publication No. 6 by Australian Institute for Maritime Archaeology. XI, 77 PP with 2 tables, 4 maps, 32 location maps & plans, and 58 b/w photos. Illustrated soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21.
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$45

15970
KUMMERMAN, Henri & JACQUINET, Robert (editors)
SHIPS' CARGO / CARGO SHIPS: Hounslow. 1979. MacGregor Publications. 1st Ed. 288 PP, profusely illust. with drawings & b/w & colour photos. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Foxing on first and last leaves, name of previous owner at top of title page. Internally very good. 31.3 x 24.5. 0906536006
The evolution of maritime transport since world war two.
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$45

42981
LANDSTROM, Bjorn
SININEN TIE - Kymmenen Kertomusta Siita, Miten Ihminen Sinisia Meriteita Kayttaen Loysi Maan: Helsinki. 1958. Viikkosanomat Oy. 1st Finnish edition. 83 PP with 12 maps (with colour), 23 b/w illustrations, 12 maps with colour,and 10 colour plates on double page. Eps: Compass Rose. Illustrated hard covers, cloth spine. Fine. Finnish text. 35.7 x 25.6.
Explorers and explorations: Saint Brendan, Marco Polo, Columbus...James Cook, Amundsen & Scott.
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$45

40739
LANSING, Alfred
ENDURANCE: London. 2001. Phoenix Press. Paperback edition of the 2000 illustrated edition published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson (original of 1959). X, 278 PP with 2 maps, 7 headpieces in duotone, and 87 b/w photos by Frank Hurley. Fp: The Endurance in the ice, 1915. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 24.5 x 18.6. 1842121375
Endurance sailed from Grytviken, South Georgia Island on 5th December 1914, sunk off Palmer Peninsula on 21st November 1915. Return from Elephant Island on the James Caird (boat of Endurance). Arrival King Haakon Bay, South Georgia Island on 10th May 1916.
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$15

54797
LAVILLE, Jean & BERKOWITZ, Captain Joseph
PACIFIC ISLAND LEGENDS - Life and Legends in the South Pacific Islands: Nouméa. 1944. Librairie Pentecost. 1st Ed. 168 PP with 1 map of New Caledonia/New Hebrides, 9 b/w photos, 23 drawings on full page, and 18 drawings in text. Original cloth cover, dj. Occasonal foxing. Very good condition. Rare with dust jacket. 20.2 x 14.2.
Many of the well-known (the Rat and the Octopus) or lesser-known (the Revel of the Devil) legends of the South Pacific islands (mainly New Caledonia & New Hebrides).
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$150

37667
LAW, Derek G.
THE ROYAL NAVY IN WORLD WAR TWO - An Annotated Bibliography: London. 1988. Greenhill Books. 1st Ed. 305 PP. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 24 x 15.7. 1853670022
1883 entries.
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$20

16151
LEDUC, Charles
MARINES DE CHARLES LEDUC (1831-1911), Peintre du Commerce et du Yachting Nantais: Douarnenez. 1985. Editions de l'Estran. 1st Ed. 25 PP with 20 b/w illustrations, plus 48 plates on full page (16 b/w & 32 colour). Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. French text. Oblong: 25 x 32. 2903707162
An exceptional and little-known testimony on the working sail/fishing vessels and yachts in Nantes at the end of the 19th Century.
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$100

58195
LEE, Adrian & PHILPOTT, Ruby
LAURENT GILES, An Evolution of Yacht Design: London. 1990. Nautical Books. 1st Ed. Foreword by Olin Stephens. 208 PP with b/w illustrations (sketches, plans, photos...). Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Fine. 27 x 20.2. 0713633220
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$70

58017
LEEK, Bob & TAYLOR, Peter
SHIPWRECKS AT WILLIAMSTOWN: Newport, Victoria. 2004. Bob Leek & Peter Taylor. 1st Ed. 33 PP with b/w illustrations (1 map and 6 photos). Pictorial soft cover. Dedicatory note on title page signed by Peter Taylor, co-author. Fine. 21 x 14.7. 0975175408
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$10

34128
LENTON, H. T.
AMERICAN SUBMARINES: London. 1973. Macdonald. 1st Ed. in the Navies of the Second World War series. 128 PP with tables, and 67 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj (price-clipped). Near fine. Oblong: 10.8 x 15.5. 0356041905
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$20

15633
LESSA, William A.
DRAKE'S ISLAND OF THIEVES - Ethnological Sleuthing: Honolulu. 1975. The University Press of Hawaii. 1st Ed. XVIII, 289 PP with 5 tables, 11 maps and 35 b/w illust. Title-page: Francis Drake. Eps: De Ambonsche Hongi of De Coracora-Vloot. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 24 x 15.8. 0824803337
On 30 September 1579, Francis Drake on his Golden Hind completed his Pacific crossing at the Island of Thieves set in the Marianas, Carolines or in the Philippines (on Mindanao) ???
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$20

39607
LEVENTHAL, Josh
TUGS: New York. 1999. Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers. 1st Ed. 112 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. FEP: Chart of Boston. REP: Chart of approaches to New York. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 34.8 x 34.8. 1579120857
The world's hardest working boats. Mechanics, lore and history of tugboats.
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$20

57852
LEVER, Darcy
THE YOUNG SEA OFFICER'S SHEET ANCHOR, Or a Key to the Leading of Rigging and to Practical Seamanship: New York. 1963. Edward W. Sweetman Co. Unabridged republication of the second edition published by John Richardson, London, 1819. XII, 124 PP, plus 114 pages with 113 b/w plates (over 604 figures). Illustrated title page. Cloth cover. Covers slightly marked. Foxing spots on outside edges. Name of previous owner on front endpaper. Near fine. 25.7 x 19.5.
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$80

57606
LEWIS, David
THE GREAT CANOES OF THE PACIFIC (in Hemisphere): Canberra. 1980. AGPS / Commonwealth Department of Education. Issue Volume 25, No. 2, September/October 1980. Contains article page 66 to 76 with 1 map, 10 b/w and 7 colour illustrations. Illustrated soft cover. Fine. 27 x 20.2.
Contains other articles related to the Pacific. Charles I, Emperor of Oceania, by Peter Biskup. First footprints in Tonga, by O.H.K. Spate. Atu Tuvalu, by John Connell...
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$20

17877
LIBERMAN, Cy and Pat
THE MYSTIQUE OF TALL SHIPS: New York. 1989. Galahad Books. Reprint?. 191 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Hard cover, dj. Foxing spots on outside edges and endpapers, o/wise very good. 27.8 x 21.5. 0883657473
History of sail, from prehistoric times through the whaling era to the present. Tales of tall ships & their exploits. Intriguing details of shipboard life then & now.
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$20

20373
LIBERMAN, Cy and Pat
TALL SHIPS 1986: Wilmington, Del., USA. 1986. The Middle Atlantic Press. 1st Ed. 63 PP with 15 sketch-plans, 1 b/w & 33 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 28 x 21.5. 0912608293
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$5

37070
LINES, John D.
AUSTRALIA ON PAPER - The Story of Australian Mapping: Melbourne. 1992. Fortune Publications. 1st Ed. 344 PP with 102 b/w illust. FEP: General chart of Australia by Flinders on Investigator. REP: Road map central part of Victoria. Pictorial laminated boards. Fine. 25.2 x 17.5. 0646097695
The unfolding of Australia in topographic maps dating from the days of Captain Matthew Flinders.
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$45

52740
LOANE, Bill
THE KOOLAMA INCIDENT IN THE TIMOR SEA, 1942: Sydney. 2004. Rosenberg. 1st Ed. 215 PP with 4 maps, plus XVI pages with 43 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 22.5 x 15. 187705819X
The extraordinary story of the 1942 Japanese air attack on this vessel off the West Australian coast, its subsequent beaching in a remote area in the Kimberleys and the amazing story of survival of passengers & crew.
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$30

56748

THE LOG - Quarterly Journal of the Nautical Association of Australia Inc. - Volume 20: Melbourne. 1987. Nautical Association of Australia Limited. Vol. 20 (new series), Nos. 1 (February 1987) to 4 (November 1987). Edited by W.G. (Bill) VOLUM. 160 PP with 3 drawings, 8 waterline profiles, 4 plates with 60 flags and funnels, and 50 b/w photos. 12 pages index loosely inserted. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 15.e
Nos. 1 to 4: Flags and Funnels by R. J. Tompkins. Ships of the past, from the pen of Peter Nicolson. No. 4: The John Burke Line, by G. A. Hardwick
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$20

56750

THE LOG - Quarterly Journal of the Nautical Association of Australia Inc. - Volume 22: Melbourne. 1989. Nautical Association of Australia Limited. Vol. 22 (new series), Nos. 1 (February 1989) to 4 (November 1989). Edited by W.G. (Bill) VOLUM. 172 PP with 4 waterline profiles, 4 plates with 60 flags and funnels, and 66 b/w photos. 12 pages index loosely inserted. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 15.
Nos. 1 to 4: Flags and Funnels by R. J. Tompkins. Nos. 3 & 4: Peter Callen & Sons Ld, by T. J. Callen. ...
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$20

56751

THE LOG - Quarterly Journal of the Nautical Association of Australia Inc. - Volume 23: Melbourne. 1990. Nautical Association of Australia Limited. Vol. 23 (new series), Nos. 1 (February 1990) to 4 (November 1990). Edited by W.G. (Bill) VOLUM. 176 PP with 3 waterline profiles, 4 plates with 60 flags and funnels, and 71 b/w photos. 16 pages index loosely inserted. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 15.
Nos. 1 to 4: Flags and Funnels by R. J. Tompkins. No. 1: Peter Callen & Sons Ld, by T. J. Callen. Nos. 2, 3 & 4: Melbourne Steamship Company Limited by G. A. Hardwick...
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$20

56752

THE LOG - Quarterly Journal of the Nautical Association of Australia Inc. - Volume 24: Melbourne. 1991. Nautical Association of Australia Limited. Vol. 24 (new series), Nos. 1 (February 1991) to 4 (November 1991). Edited by W.G. (Bill) VOLUM. 180 PP with 2 plans, 7 waterline profiles, 3 plates with 45 flags and funnels, and 75 b/w photos. 16 pages index loosely inserted. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 15.
Nos. 1 to 3: Flags and Funnels by R. J. Tompkins.
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$20

56753

THE LOG - Quarterly Journal of the Nautical Association of Australia Inc. - Volume 25: Melbourne. 1992. Nautical Association of Australia Limited. Vol. 25 (new series), Nos. 1 (February 1992) to 4 (November 1992). Edited by W.G. (Bill) VOLUM. 192 PP with 1 plan, 2 maps, 2 waterline profiles, 3 drawings, 4 plates with 60 flags and funnels, and 89 b/w photos. 16 pages index loosely inserted. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 15.
Nos. 1 to 4: Flags and Funnels by R. J. Tompkins. Nos. 2, 3 & 4: Trans-Pacific Timber Traders, by B. A. Wilkinson. ...
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$20

15716
LOGAN, Robert and John
LANDFALL - 1769 Captain Cook at Poverty Bay, Anaura Bay and Tolaga Bay, 1969 - Gisborne Today: Gisborne. 1969. Gisborne Cook Bicentenary Committee. 1st Ed. 48 PP with b/w & colour illust. throughout. Pict. soft cover. Very good. 28 x 21.
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$10

39964
LONEY, J. k.
THE MAHOGANY SHIP: Geelong. c.1975. Marine History Publications. 3rd Ed. No. 2 in the "Famous Wrecks" series. 17 PP with 1 sketch map, plus 8 pages 2 maps and 5 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 20.2 x 14. 0909244030
The wreck of a derelict wooden vessel observed near Warrnambool: a Portuguese or a Spanish vessel??
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$10

58241
LONEY, J. K.
THE SEAHORSE INN: Geelong. c. 1985. Author. 1st Ed. No pagination, 24 PP with 1 location map, 1 plan of the inn, 1 plan of Boydtown and 24 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 14.8. 09092192352
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$15

58018
LONEY, J. K.
VICTORIAN SHIPWRECKS, All Wrecks in Victorian Waters and Bass Strait, Including King Island and the Kent Group: Melbourne. 1971. The Hawthorn Press. 1st Ed. 10, (III), 177 PP, plus 8 pages with 16 b/w illust. FEP: Key to locations on the Victorian Coast & Inland Waters. REP: 4 location maps (mahogany ship, obsolete vessels..). Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket slightly rubbed. Foxing spots on outside edges. Signed by the author on title page. Near fine. 24.8 x 15.8. 725600454
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$35

32430
LONEY, J. K.
WRECKS ALONG THE MURRAY: Portarlington, Victoria. 1974. Marine History. 1st edition. 21 PP with 1 map at centrefold, plus 8 pages with 14 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 20.2 x 13.8. 0909244014
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$20

45012
LONEY, Jack
AUSTRALIA'S SHIPWRECK COAST AND OTHER STORIES: Geelong. 1991. Marine History Publications. 2nd edition of the 1986 original. 104 PP with 4 maps & 117 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21.5 x 17.5. 0909244294
Wreck sites, graves, memorials to seamen and passengers...
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$15

18839
LONEY, Jack
THE CLIPPER LIGHTNING IN GEELONG 1862-1869: Portarlington. 1988. Author. 1st Ed. 24 PP with 3 b/w illust., plus 12 pages with 1 plan, 1 location map & 20 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21.2 x 15. 0909244324
First call: 5th November, 1862, last call: October 1869 (she burnt on 31st October).
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$15

58094
LONEY, Jack
OLD DAYS AND WAYS ALONG THE SOUTH COAST, Tales From the Surf and Shipwreck Coasts: Portarlington. 1992. Marine History Publications. 1st Ed. 78 PP with 1 map & 4 b/w photos, plus 2 pages with 4 colour photos & 28 pages with 57 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Signed by the author on title page. Fine (mint condition). 21.5 x 17.5. 0909191484
Stories and incidents between Queenscliff and Warrnambool.
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$30

58242
LONEY, Jack
THE OTWAY: Twelve Decades - Otway Memories - Pioneering Days, 3 volumes bound in one: Geelong. c. 1980. Author. Reprint of 3 booklets: (1), 51 PP, 43, (3) PP and 42 PP, a total of 140 pages, plus 38 pages with 1 map and 49 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 20.3 x 13.8. 0909244219
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$20

17147
LONEY, Jack
THE PRICE OF ADMIRALTY - Ships of the R.A.N., Lost 1914-1974: Geelong. c. 1978? Marine History Publication. 1st Ed. 36 PP with 22 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Covers slightly soiled, o/wise near fine. 20.5 x 14.3. 0909191115
From the loss of "A1", off Rabaul in 1914, to the loss of the "Arrow", hit by Cyclone Tracy on Christmas Day, 1974.
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$15

58030
LONEY, Jack
SHIPS AND SEAMEN OFF THE SOUTH COAST: Belmont, Vic. 1980. Neptune Press. 1st Ed. 142 PP with b/w illust. (map & photos). Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj (chipped). Dated and signed by the author on title page. Near fine. 22.2 x 16 0909131457
Whaling, wreckers, shipwrecks & disasters, tall ships and mosquito fleets.
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$35

37533
LONEY, Jack
TALL SHIPS AND SAILORMEN - A Concise Survey of Victoria's Early Maritime History: Geelong. c.1975. Marine History Publication. 2nd edition. 100 PP with 2 head pieces, 3 maps, plus 40 pages with 54 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover (wreck of a windjammer). Near fine. 21.8 x 17.8. 0909244022
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$15

58061
LONEY, Jack
WRECK AND RESCUE AT PORT PHILLIP HEADS: Queenscliff. 1989. The Queenscliffe Lifeboat Preservation Society. 1st Ed. (3), III, 50 PP with 1 map and 20 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Signed by the author on title page. Fine. 19.8 x 13. 0731658981
Operations & history of the Queenscliffe Lifeboat Service.
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$20

18038
LONEY, Jack
WRECKS IN THE FURNEAUX GROUP (Flinders Island): Geelong. c. 1970. Marine History Publications. 1st Ed. 16 PP with 1 map, plus 8 pages with 9 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 14.5.
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$15

19341
LONEY, Jack
WRECKS IN THE RIP AND PORT PHILLIP BAY: Geelong. 1978?. Marine History Publications. Combined edition. 73 PP, plus 20 pages with 34 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Covers soiled. Very good. 19 x 15.
Combined issue of his previous works: "Wrecks in "The Rip", and "Wrecks in Port Phillip Bay"
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$10

20800
LONEY, Jack
WRECKS ON THE NEW SOUTH WALES COAST: Yarram. 1993. Oceans Enterprises. 1st Ed. 166, (12 Indexes) PP with 56 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 22 x 15. 0646110810
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$20

22047
LONEY, Jack
WRECKS ON THE SOUTH AUSTRALIAN COAST (Including Kangaroo Island): Yarram. 1993. Lonestone Press. 1st Ed. 165 PP (11 Index) with 7 maps & 103 b/w illust. in text. Pict. soft cover. Fine. 22 x 15. 0646147447
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$20

14297
LONEY, J.K.
WRECKS ON THE SOUTH COAST OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA: Geelong. 1975. Author. 4th Ed. 54 PP, (4 index), plus 25 b/w plates. Pictorial soft cover. Slight ageing of paper, o/wise a very good copy. 20.5 x 14.
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$20

39141
LOWRY, Thomas & WELLHAM, John W. G.
THE ATTACK ON TARANTO - Blueprint for Pearl Harbor: Mechanicsburg, Pa. 1995. Stackpole Books. 2nd printing of the first edition. XIV, 143 PP with 1 map, plus 16 pages with 19 b/w photos. Hard cover, cloth spine, dj. Fine. 23.4 x 15.5. 0811717267
Attack of 11th November 1940 on the Italian Navy Fleet, by British carrier-launched planes.
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$25

58214
LUBBOCK, Basil
THE CHINA CLIPPERS: Glasgow. 1973. Brown, Son & Ferguson. Reprint of the 2nd edition of 1946. XIII, (3), 295 PP, plus 25 pages with 20 b/w illustrations & 11 plans (4 of them folded). Fp: Taeping and Ariel racing up channel. Cloth cover, dj (price clipped). Faint foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise near fine. 24.5 x 18.
History of the celebrated clipper ships in the opium & tea trades.
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$55

34571
LUBBOCK, Basil
THE COLONIAL CLIPPERS: Glasgow. 1968. Brown, Son & Ferguson. Reprint of the 1948 edition. XVI, 384 PP, plus 80 b/w plates & 4 plans. Fp: Emigrant fleet in Hobson's Bay. Cloth cover, dj (price clipped). Near fine. 24.8 x 18.5.
The wooden clippers, the composite wool clippers & iron sailing ships serving Australia & New Zealand up to the end of the 19th century.
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$45

58075
LUBBOCK, Basil
THE DOWN EASTERS - American Deep-water Sailing Ships 1869-1929: Glasgow. 1971. Brown, Son & Ferguson. 3rd reprint of the 1929 original. XVI, 288 PP, plus 84 pages with 118 bw illust. & 4 folded plans. Fp: Stowing topsails. FEP: Map of North America. REP: Type of rigging. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price clipped). Foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise near fine. 24 x 18.8.
The San Francisco grain trade, the clippers in the Cape Horn trade, down-easters in the 70's, 80's & 90's. The last of America's square-riggers.
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$45

19509
LYTE, Charles
SIR JOSEPH BANKS, 18th Century Explorer, Botanist and Entrepreneur: Sydney. 1980. Reed / David & Charles. 1st Australian edition. 248 PP with 19 bw & 8 colour illustrations. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 24 x 16. 0589502247
A skilled botanist who devoted his fortune and life to botany and science in general. Sailing to Newfoundland and Labrador, then joining Cook's first expedition.
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$25

36424
McCALL, Bernard
COASTERS IN FOCUS: Barry, South Glamorgan, UK. 1990. Author. 1st Ed. 80 PP with 8 colour and 146 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.7 x 21. 0951357638
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$20

57415
McCALMAN, Iain & ERSKINE, Nigel (editors)
IN THE WAKE OF THE BEAGLE: Science in the Southern Oceans from the Age of Darwin: Sydney. 2009. University of New South Wales Press / Australian National Maritime Museum. 1st Ed. Foreword by Mary-Louise Williams. 192 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. New. Oblong: 23 x 25. 9781921410949
Art and Exploration, by Richard Neville. Relying on the locals: Alfred Wallace and indigenous sailing craft. ...
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$50

58029
McCANCE ROBB, Andrew
THEORY OF NAVAL ARCHITECTURE: London. 1952. Charles Griffin & Co. 1st Ed. X, (2), 760 PP with tables and figures, plus 8 plates with 18 b/w photos. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, title in blind on front cover. Lower corner of front cover worn. Spine with a 1 cm tear at foot. Slight ageing of paper. Near fine. 28.4 x 22.3.
Theory of waves - Displacement, centre of buoyancy, stability - propellers... Shearing force and bending moments...
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$60

58275
McCOURT, Rosemary & DONALDSON, Elaine
BEACHPORT - A Southern Port: Mount Gambier, S.A. 1994. South East Book Promotion. Volume No. 12 in the Celebration South East series. (4), 36 PP with 1 facsimile of document, 2 maps, 7 b/w photos and 18 sketches by Debby Rogers. Soft cover, illustrated front. Signature of previous owner on title-page, o/wise fine. 21 x 15. 0646221833
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$15

56942
MACDONALD, Barrie
CINDERELLAS OF THE EMPIRE - Towards a history of Kiribati and Tuvalu: Canberra. 1982. A.N.U. Press. 1st Ed. XX, 335 PP with 3 maps. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 24 x 15. 0708116167
Early contacts, Christianization, labour trade, Pax Britannica and colonial rule, WWII. From the colony of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands to the nations of Kiribati and Tuvalu.
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$85

58129
McKAY, John & COLEMAN, Ron
THE 24-GUN FRIGATE PANDORA 1779: London. 1992. Conway. 1st Ed. in the "Anatomy of the Ship" Series. 128 PP with 17 b/w photos and over 300 perspectives & 3-view drawings. Fp: Photo of stern of the ship model. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. Oblong: 24.5 x 26. 0851775837
Design and building of the ship. Her career up to the shipwreck on the Great Barrier Reef. General arrangements of the ship, hull construction, fittings, masts, sails...
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$65

19343
MACKENZIE, Margaret E.
SHIPWRECKS AND MORE SHIPWRECKS: Peterborough. 1974. Author. 4th Ed. (expanded). 190 PP with 3 maps, plus 1 map & 8 pages with 17 b/w illust. Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing, o/wise fine. 19 x 12.5. 090947138
Being the historical and authentic account of shipwrecks along the Victorian coast from Cape Otway to Discovery Bay, 1935-1914.
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$20

47066
MACLACHLAN, Graham
LE SECRET DES LONGITUDES / THE SECRET OF LONGITUDE: Ancteville, France. 2000. Association Latitude. 1st Ed. 32 (French), 32 (English) PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. Text in both English & French (top to bottom). 21 x 15. 2903039356
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$20

55195
MACMILLAN, Miriam
FAR NORTH WITH CAPTAIN MAC (in National Geographic Magazine): Washington. 1951. NGS. Volume C, No.4, October 1951. Contains article from P. 467 to 513 with 1 map, 14 b/w and 32 colour photos. Soft cover. Near fine. 25.5 x 17.5.
Voyage of the 88-foot schooner Bowdoin to Labrador and Greenland.
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$10

38676
McMULLEN, Michael
MULTIHULL SEAMANSHIP: London. 1976. Nautical Publishing. 1st edition of March 1976. 200 PP with 4 tables, 18 graphs and 194 b/w illustrations (maps, photos and sketches). Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Foxing on outside edges, signature of previous owner on front endpaper. Very good. 25.2 x 19. 0245527265
Chapter 1: History (Pacific Ocean beginnings, first Western multihulls...). Chapter 2: Design and Construction comparisons...
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$15

14864
McSHANE, Gregor (editor)
FROM ARCHANGEL TO NEW ZEALAND - The Diaries of Robert Henry Harding RN, DSM: Hamilton, NZ. 1985. Rimu. 1st Ed. 107 PP with 1 plan, 2 facsimiles of documents and 9 bw photos. Pictorial card cover. Fine. 21 x 15.3. 0908703058
Eyewitness account of the War of Intervention waged by capitalist countries just out of the Great War, against Bolshevik Russia. The author was on HMS Cicala between April and November 1919, and arrived in New Zealand on HMS Chatham in 1921.
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$20

15966
MALLETT, Alan S. & BELL, Andrew M. B.
THE PIRRIE-KYLSANT MOTORSHIPS 1915-1932 - The story of the 111 motorships built for the R.M.S.P. Group between 1915 and 1932: Norfolk, U.K. 1984. Mallett and Bell Publications. 1st Ed. 120 PP with 5 colour illust. and 122 b/w photos, plus 1 folded plan at rear of book. Pictorial card cover. Fine. 20.8 x 14.6. 0950945307
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$20

42052
MALLMANN SHOWELL, Jak P.
ENIGMA U-BOATS - Breaking the Code: Shepperton, UK. 2002. Ian Allan Publishing. Reprint of the 2000 original. 192 PP with facsimile of messages and b/w photos. Title page: Conning tower of a type VII U-Boat. FEP: U-Boat under way. REP: U-Boat U53. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 26 x 20.7. 0711027641
Development of Enigma, its role during German U-Boat operations, code-breaking work at Bletchley Park. U-Boats boarded.
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$30

21462
MARCHANT, Leslie R.
FRANCE AUSTRALE. A Study of French explorations and attempts to found a penal colony and strategic base in south western Australia 1503-1826: Perth. 1982. Artlook Books. 1st Ed. XVI, 384 PP with b/w illustrations, plus 8 colour plates. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 24.2 x 16.2. 0864451040
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$80

55992

MARINER'S MIRROR [THE]. The Journal of the Society for Nautical Research - Volume 55, No. 4: Greenwich. 1969. Society for Nautical Research. Volume 55, No. 4, November 1969. Editor: Captain T. D. Manning. (2), (II), 355-484 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings... photos), plus 5 b/w plates. Soft cover (front cover soiled). Occasional foxing. Fine. 24 x 17.2.
No. 4: Annual Lecture: Some Problems of Cook's Biographer by Professor J.C. Beaglehole. A Commander for the Armada, by Peter O'Malley Pierson. The Panther Affair, by W. E. May. The Bridgewater Flatner, by Alan Shaw. His Majesty's Armed Tender Lady Nelson 1799-1825, by Clifford W. Hawkins...
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$20

55868

MARINER'S MIRROR [THE]. The Journal of the Society for Nautical Research - Volume 65, No.2: London. 1979. Society for Nautical Research. Volume 65, No. 2, May 1979. (16), (II), 103-196 PP with b/w illustrations. Contains articles: pages 105 to 135 with 14 figures. Soft cover. Fine. 24.5 x 17.
Captain Cook Commemoration, by Professor C. C. Lloyd. Captain Cook's Ships, by A. P. McGowan. The principal Scientific Instruments taken on Captain Cook's Voyages of Exploration, 1768-80, by Derek Howse.
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$20

48198
MARQUARDT, Karl Heinz
CAPTAIN COOK'S ENDEAVOUR: London. 1995. Conway. 1st Ed in the Anatomy of the Ship Series. 136 PP with 25 photos & 300 line drawings. Hard cover, dj. Spine of dust jacket lightly sunned, o/wise near fine. Oblong: 24.5 x 26. 0851776418
An insight into the technicalities of this famous ship. Ideal for ship buffs, historians and modelmakers.
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$50

58105
MARTIN, J. H.
PICTORIAL HISTORY OF SHIPS: Sydney. 1976. J.W. Books. 1st Australian edition of the Hennerwood Publications original. 128 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Title spread: crew setting sails. Eps: Thames barges. Laminated pictorial boards, dj. Fine. 32.5 x 24. 0907407218
The age of fighting sail - Great ocean liners - History of ship design - Voyages of adventure...
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$15

20860
MATTHEWS, Rupert
EXPLORER: Sydney. 1991. HarperCollins. 1st Ed., in the Eyewitness Guides series. 64 PP with colour illust. Laminated boards. Fine. 28.7 x 22.2. 0732200946
Story of exploration, from the first recorded expeditions to the latest voyages into outer space.
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$5

46840
MAYER, S. L. (editor)
THE RISE AND FALL OF IMPERIAL JAPAN: London. 1988. Bison Books. Reprint of the 1984 edition. 256 PP with over 300 b/w and colour illlustrations. Eps: Map Pacific War. Hard cover, dj. Occasional foxing. Near fine. 30.5 x 21.8. 861241428
The tragic & noble history of a gallant people led into misguided wars of expansion.
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$30

20338
MEAD, Tom
THE FATAL LIGHTS - Two Strange Tragedies of the Sea: Sydney. 1993. Dolphin Books. 1st Ed. (6), 123, (2 adv.) PP with 1 map, plus 20 pages with 1 map & 23 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 23 x 15. 0909089035
Two wrecks: the clipper ship Dunbar in 1857 underneath the Macquarie Lighthouse, and the S.S. Ly-Ee-Moon, in 1886, just under the Green Cape Lighthouse.
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$15

35509
MEISTER, Jürg
DIE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY GESTERN, EUTE UND MORGEN (in Marine-Rundschau): München. 1980. Bernard & Graefe Verlag. Year 77, Issue 6, June 1980. Contains article from P.329 to 343 with 28 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover (Australian Destroyer Perth). Fine. German text. 29.8 x 21.
The Royal Australian Navy: yesterday, today and tomorrow.
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$10

35510
MEISTER, Jürg
DIE SEESTREIKR�FTE NEUSEELANDS (in Marine-Rundschau): München. 1980. Bernard & Graefe Verlag. Year 77, Issue 2, February 198O. Contains article from P.85 to 92 with 2 tables and 12 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover (Dutch Frigate Kortenaer). Fine. German text. 29.8 x 21.
Naval forces of New Zealand: The Royal New Zealand Navy.
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$10

19296
METEOROLOGY
THE MARINE OBSERVER'S HANDBOOK: London. 1963. Meteorological Office / H.M.S.O. 8th edition. Publication: M.O.522. VII, 148 with 21 figures and 19 tables, plus 3 folded tables, and 44 pages with 13 figures (21 photos), 15 sea photographs, and 39 cloud photographs. Eps: advertising material. Hard cover, gilt title on spine (faded). Dust jacket has pieces missing top and bottom of spine, o/wise very good. 25 x 15.5.
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$15

57539
MICHEL-GASSE
TAHITI 1914: Le Vent de Guerre: Paris. 2009. à la frontière. 1st Ed. 350 PP with 1 plan (Baie de Papeete) and 62 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. French text. New. 22 x 15. 9782918665007
German Fleet off Papeete in September 1914. Attack and shelling of the city by the Gneisenau and the Scharnorst, on the 22nd of September. Attack repelled by the guns of the Zélée, a small French sloop.
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$55

57751
MILES, Patricia & FLETCHER, Daina
KATHLEEN DARLING ..., Jack Earl's voyage around the world 1947-48 (in Signals): Sydney. 2008. Australia National Maritime Museum. Issue No 85, December 2008-February 2009. 48 PP. Contains article from P. 16 to 19 with 4 b/w and 3 colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover (Hokule'a, in 1976). New. 29.7 x 21.
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$10

22741
MILLER, William H.
GERMAN OCEAN LINERS OF THE 20TH CENTURY: Wellingborough. 1989. Patrick Stephens. 1st Ed., with foreword by Arnold Kludas, and preface by Frank O. Braynard. 208 PP with b/w & col. illust. (photos, posters..). Fp: Hamburg prior sailing. FEP: 3 German liners at Southampton. REP: Europa at Hamburg. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 31 x 23.5. 0850598907
German liners over 10,000 tons, from Kaiser Wilhelm Der Grosse of 1897 to the Europa of 1981.
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$70

43049
MILLER, William H.
THE LAST BLUE WATER LINERS: London. 1986. Conway Maritime Press. 1st Ed. 224 PP with numerous b/w illust. Fp: The Arcadia at Suva, Fiji. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Faint foxing, o/wise fine. Fine. 24.5 x 19. 0851774008
A stimulating, factual & nostalgic account of the post-war era of intercontinental liner traffic.
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$10

56233
MITCHELL, Chris & DIXON, Geoff (editors)
WWII - 60TH ANNIVERSARY SERIES (in The Australian): Sydney. 2005. News Limited & Qantas. Special 13-Part Commemorative series. A total of 228 PP with b/w and colour photos. Each issue with pictorial soft cover. Fine set. 30 x 22.
Part 1: The Bomb. Part 2: Battle of Britain. Part 3: Pearl Harbour. Part 4: Stalingrad. Part 5: D-Day. Part 6: Fall of Berlin. Part 7: Australia's War. Part 8: Home Front. Part 9: Singapore. Part 10: El Alamein. Part 11: Battle of the Coral Sea Part 12: Kokoda and New Guinea. Part 13: Peace.
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$30

58139
MONDFELD, Wolfram zu
HISTORIC SHIP MODELS: New York. c. 2000. Sterling PublishingCo., Inc. 5th reprint of the 1989 US edition. Translated from the 1977 German original "Historische Schiffsmodelle". 352 PP with over 2500 b/w illustrations (drawings, engravings and photos). Pictorial soft cover. Faint foxing of outside edges, o/wise a fine copy. 23.7 x 19.3. 0806957336
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$30

57574
MOORE, Clive
KANAKA - A History of Melanesian Mackay: Port Moresby. 1985. UPNG Press. 1st Ed. XXVI, 420 PP with 1 figure, 6 graphs, 24 tables, 18 maps & plans and 28 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover (rubbed). Name of previous owner at top of title page. Signs of dampness on outside edges and on first and last leaves. An otherwise very good copy. 22.8 x 15.2. 9980680008
The indentured/blackbirded labourers from Melanesia who cut cane in coastal Queensland and were the true founders of the Queensland sugar industry.
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$125

38795
MOORE, Mike
DESERT WAR - A Unique Photographic Record of the Desert Rats at War: London. 1991. Penguin Books. 1st Ed. 90 PP with colour photos. Pictorial card cover. Near fine. 29 x 23. 0140165134
With the 4th Armoured Brigade, to liberate Kuwait.
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$10

52708
MORAN, Vivienne
LOST OFF THE COAST- Southern Ocean Shipwreck Trail: Adelaide. 2000. Heritage South Australia. 1st Ed. 45 PP with 1 map, 1 graph and 32 b/w illustrations (drawings, engravings and photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 15. 0759010056
Ships lost on the South East coast of South Australia: Port MacDonnell to the Coorong.
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$10

10618
MORISON BECK, Emily
SAILOR HISTORIAN - The Best of Samuel Eliot Morison: Boston. 1977. Houghton Mifflin. 1st Ed. XL, (2), 431 PP with 1 music score, 2 pages with sketch plans. Cloth cover, dj. Fine. 24 x 16. 0395254442
On the discovery of America, voyages and sea battles, navy years, studies in American history, reminiscences and adventures.
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$10

56784
MORRILL, James
17 YEARS WANDERING AMONG THE ABORIGINALS: Virginia, N.T. 2006. David M. Welch. 1st edition containing the 1864 original "Sketch of a residence among Aboriginals of Northern Queensland". No. 1 in the Australian Aboriginal Culture series. Introduction and additional text by David M. Welch. VIII, 80 PP with 1 location map, 1 map, 2 newspaper clippings, 1 colour and 110 b/w photos by Eric Mjoberg (1918) and from the Alfred Atkinson and James Handley collections (1890). Pictorial soft cover. New. 24 x 17 097750350X
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$50

12002
MOSS, Jim
SOUND OF TRUMPETS, History of the Labour Movement in South Australia: Adelaide. 1985. Wakefield Press. 1st Ed. XVII, 454 PP with 23 b/w illust. Fp: 8 hours' march at Victor Harbour. Eps. Hard cover, dj. Fine (mint condition). 22.7 x 16.5. 0949268054
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$20

57601
MOUROT, Suzanne & JONES, Paulette
THE GREAT SOUTHLAND - Treasures of the Mitchell and Dixson Libraries and Dixson Galleries: Melbourne. 1979. Sun Academy Series. 1st Ed. 80 PP with b/w & colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Name of previous owner on title page. Very good. 28.5 x 21.5. 0725103345
Over 100 b/w or colour reproductions showing the extensive range of these magnificent collections.
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$15

53812
MUCKELROY, Keith
MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY: Cambridge. 1978. Cambridge University Press. 1st paperback edition. X, 270 PP with 109 figures (charts, diagrams, maps, sketches and b/w photos). Pictorial soft cover. Front cover with a light crease, o/wise near fine. 24.5 x 17.5. 0521293480
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$25

58107
MUCKELROY, Keith (editor)
ARCHAEOLOGY UNDER WATER. An Atlas of the World's Submerged Sites: New York. 1980. McGraw-Hill Books. 1st Ed. 192 PP with maps, charts, diagrams plus bw & colour photos. Title page: Diver inspecting a storage jar. Half-title page: Diver recovering a Roman amphora. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price clipped). Occasional foxing. Near fine. 28.5 x 22.5. 0070439516
Wrecks & sites (ports & cities) from Scandinavia to Middle America and from 1200 BC to the end of the 19th century.
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$25

58261
MURRAY-JONES, Sue & SHEPHERD, Scoresby (editors)
THE 2004 EXPEDITION TO THE ALTHORPE ISLANDS, SOUTH AUSTRALIA (in Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia): Adelaide. 2005. Royal Society of South Australia. Special Issue - Volume 129, Part 2, 30 November 2005. (2), 85-280 PP with tables, 8 colour photos and b/w illustrations (graphs, maps, photos). Soft cover. Fine. 24.5 x 17.2.16
Althorpe Island, Investigator Strait (South of Eyre Peninsula), South Australia. 14 papers. Introductory narrative. Geology. Human settlement and lighthouse complex. Conservation. Flora. Fauna. Marine life ...
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$35

48732
NAGASAKI
THE RECORDS OF THE ATOMIC BOMBING IN NAGASAKI: Nagasaki. c. 1995. Nagasaki Foundation for the Promotion of Peace. 1st Ed. 64 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial stiff cover. Japanese and English text. Fine. 25.8 x 18.3.
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$15

14280
NAPIER, William, GILBERT, John, & HOLLAND, Julian
EASTERN ISLANDS, SOUTHERN SEAS - A History of Discovery and Exploration: London. 1973. Aldus Books / Jupiter Books. Reprint of the 1971 edition. 488 PP with b/w & colour illustrations. Hard cover, dj (protected). Clear plastic film covering the dust jacket pasted down on endpapers. Very good. 26.7 x 19.5. 490002927
Towards the lands of spice and treasure, by William Napier. Charting the vast Pacific, by John Gilbert. Lands of the Southern Cross, by Julian Holland.
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$15

58012
NASH, Mike
INVESTIGATION OF A SURVIVORS CAMP FROM THE SYDNEY COVE SHIPWRECK: Adelaide. 2004. Department of Archaeology / Flinders University. Edition limited to 50 copies. No. 2 in the Maritime Archaeology Monograph and Reports series. (2), 73 PP with 13 figures (drawings, photos and sketches). Pictorial soft cover, clear plastic. Fine. 29.7 x 21.
Preservation/Rum Islands, Bass Strait, Tasmania.
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$20

21089
NAVEEN, Ron, MONTEATH, Colin, DE ROY, Tui, & JONES, Mark
WILD ICE - Antarctic Journeys: Sydney. 1990. Bay Books. 1st Australian edition. 224 PP with colour illust. throughout. Cloth cover, dj. Fine. 28.6 x 23.4. 1826564213
A photographic study of Antarctica's ecosystems.
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$10

56654
NAVIGATION
BULLETIN of the Permanent International Association of Navigation Congresses / de l'Association Internationale Permanente des Congrès de Navigation - No. 53: Bruxelles. 1986. P.I.A.N.C. / A.I.P.C.N. No. 53. (2), 178, XII (advertisements) PP with b/w illustrations. Edited by Henri VANDERVELDEN. Pictorial soft covers (lightly rubbed). Faint foxing. Text either French or English (with summary in other language). Fine. 30 x 21.
Issue with 7 technical articles on: Coastal harbours, Water intusion into waterways, River transport in France. ... Breakwaters.
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$20

56655
NAVIGATION
BULLETIN of the Permanent International Association of Navigation Congresses / de l'Association Internationale Permanente des Congrès de Navigation - No. 54 & Supplements: Bruxelles. 1986. P.I.A.N.C. / A.I.P.C.N. No. 54. (2), 142, XII (advertisements) PP with b/w illustrations. Supplements: 9 & 12 PP. Edited by Henri VANDERVELDEN. Pictorial soft covers (lightly rubbed). Faint foxing. Text either French or English (with summary in other language). Fine. 30 x 21.
Issue with 9 technical articles on: 8 on precast concrete elements in Port construction. Graving dock in the Port of Palermo. Supplement (French text): Manuel d'entretien des ports, chapitre 3: Voies de circulations et aires d'entreposage. Supplement (French and English): Alphabetical index of technical articles published in the Bulletin of PIANC (Period 1979-1985).
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$25

56656
NAVIGATION
BULLETIN of the Permanent International Association of Navigation Congresses / de l'Association Internationale Permanente des Congrès de Navigation - No. 58 & Supplement: Bruxelles. 1987. P.I.A.N.C. / A.I.P.C.N. No. 58. (2), 204, X (advertisements) PP with b/w illustrations. Supplement: (2), 50 PP & Annex (2), A-1 to A-50 PP. Edited by Henri VANDERVELDEN. Pictorial soft covers (lightly rubbed). Faint foxing. Text either French or English (with summary in other language). Fine. 30 x 21.
Issue with 11 technical articles on: most on erosion due to propeller action or use of bow thrusters. Supplement (French text): Prise en compte des phenomenes aleatoires dans le dimensionnement des protections des berges. Annex (English text): Probabilistic calculations for a hypothetical case.
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$25

56657
NAVIGATION
BULLETIN of the Permanent International Association of Navigation Congresses / de l'Association Internationale Permanente des Congrès de Navigation - No. 59: Bruxelles. 1987. P.I.A.N.C. / A.I.P.C.N. No. 59. (2), 140, XII (advertisements) PP with b/w illustrations. Edited by Henri VANDERVELDEN. Pictorial soft covers (lightly rubbed). Faint foxing. Text either French or English (with summary in other language). Fine. 30 x 21.
Issue with 8 technical articles on: 3 on marinas (Denmark, France, United Kingdom)... Offshore airport island in Japan...
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$20

56658
NAVIGATION
BULLETIN of the Permanent International Association of Navigation Congresses / de l'Association Internationale Permanente des Congrès de Navigation - No. 60: Bruxelles. 1988. P.I.A.N.C. / A.I.P.C.N. No. 60. (2), 170, XII (advertisements) PP with b/w illustrations. Edited by Henri VANDERVELDEN. Pictorial soft covers (lightly rubbed). Faint foxing. Text either French or English (with summary in other language). Fine. 30 x 21.
Issue with 14 technical articles on: 11 of them on ports, trade and waterways in Poland...
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$20

57120
NAVY
SEA CLASSICS - Volume 3, No. 2: Canoga Park, California. 1970. Challenge Publications / Sea Classics. Vol. 3, No. 2 (March 1970). Edited by Ed. SCHNEPF, Joe MIZRAHI & Jim SCHEETZ. 68 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Staples removed. Very good. 27.7 x 20.7.
Italy's M.A.S., the Battleship killers, by Edward C. Fisher. Windjammer: US Coast Guard Training Ship Eagle. Deep sea duel - Anti submarine war. U-505, Prize of War. The Rising Sun at Midway, by Michael Ainsworth. The Great Harry, by Graham E. Dixey. ...
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$5

20783
NAYLER, Geoff
THE SILENT FLEET: Melbourne. c. 1975. Author. 1st Ed. 32 PP with 1 location map & 25 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21.5 x 14.
A pictorial record and details of the ships scuttled off Barwon Heads, Southwest of Point Lonsdale (Victoria).
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$10

16287
NEALE, Ralph P.
JOLLY DOGS ARE WE - The History of Yachting in Victoria: Melbourne. 1984. Landscape Publications. 1st Ed. VIII, 338 PP with b/w illustrations, plus 14 pages with 11 colour plates. Eps: Bird's eye view of Melbourne & Hobson's Bay. Cloth cover, dj. Fine. 28.5 x 21.5. 959087605
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$20

56933
NEDLLOYD LINES
NEDLLOYD LINES' NEW BUILDING PROGRAMME 1978/1979: Rotterdam. c. 1978. Nedlloyd Lines B. V. Folder containing: 3 folded sheets each with 4 folds with colour illustrations (cutaways, photos and sketch-plans). 32.8 x 24.
Programme 1978/79 for construction of: two 3-deck, two 4-deck Roll On Roll Off vessels, and 4 Multi-Purpose Carriers.
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$15

17667
NEEDHAM, Jack
MODELLING SHIPS IN BOTTLES: London. 1972. Patrick Stephens. 1st Ed., with a foreword by Alan Villiers. 64 PP with 23 line drawings, and 39 b/w photos. Pictorial laminated boards. Near fine. 24.8 x 18.5. 0850590949
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$20

57923
NELSON, Hank
P.O.W. PRISONERS OF WAR - Australians Under Nippon: Sydney. 1985. ABC Enterprises / Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 1st Ed. 224 PP with 1 b/w photo, 16 maps and 18 illustrations by Don Moore. Pictorial soft cover. Spine sunned, o/wise fine. 24.5 x 17.2. 0642527369
Based on the ABC Radio series
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$15

45541
NICHOLS, Peter
EVOLUTION'S CAPTAIN - The Dark Fate of the Man Who Sailed Darwin Around the World: Sydney. 2003. HarperCollins. 1st Australian edition. (8), 328 PP with 1 map and 7 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 23.4 x 15.3. 0732274788
Story of Robert FitzRoy, Captain of HMS Beagle, during the voyage of Charles Darwin.
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$20

16007
NICHOLSON, I.H.
GAZETTEER OF SYDNEY SHIPPING 1788-1840: Canberra. 1981. Roebuck. 1st Ed. Roebuck Society Publication No.26. X, 217 PP with b/w illust., plans, charts views of coast & paintings. Eps: Map of Australia & Chart of South & Central Pacific Is. Pictorial soft cover. Foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 24.5 x 17.5. 0909434182
Geographical index of ports of origin and destination, and places discovered, visited or remarked upon by Sydney shipping.
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$20

15212
NOBLE, Capt. John
PORT PHILLIP PANORAMA, A Maritime History: Melbourne. 1975. Hawthorn Press. 1st Ed. (6), 169 PP plus 8 pages with 14 b/w charts & photos & 3 line drawings. FEP: map of Southern portion Port Phillip Bay. REP: Southern portion Port Phillip Bay. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket lightly rubbed. Near fine. 21.6 x 14. 0725601493
The maritime history of Port Phillip, the development of the ports of Melbourne & Geelong.
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$20

56627
NORSKE VERITAS
RULES FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND CLASSIFICATION OF STEEL SHIPS - 1971: Oslo. 1971. Det Norske Veritas. Yearly edition. 32, 602 PP with figures and tables. Erratum and 2 supplements loosely inserted. Cloth cover, gilt device and title on front board and spine. Slight ageing of paper. Stamp of previous owner on front endpaper, o/wise very good. 30 x 21.5.
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$30

21201
OBEYESEKERE, Gananath
THE APOTHEOSIS OF CAPTAIN COOK - European Mythmaking in the Pacific: Princeton & Honolulu. c. 1995. Princeton University Press & Bishop Museum Press. 2nd reprint of the 1994 paperback edition (1992 original). XVIII, 251 PP with 14 b/w illust. Fp: Captain James Cook by William Hodges. Pictorial soft cover. Name of previous owner at top of half title page. Near fine. Fine. 24.2 x 16. 0691036217
The death of Capt. Cook re-examined after studying shipboard journals and logs, kept by the Captain and his officers. (A non-Western culture approach to the explanation of the slaying of a God).
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$20

34583
ODGERS, George
NAVY, AUSTRALIA - An Illustrated History: Sydney. 1989. Child & Associates. 4th Ed., of the 1982 original The Royal Australian Navy: an Illustrated History. 232 PP with b/w & colour illust. Fp: Oberon class submarine, HMAS Oxley. Eps: Crest of Australian warships. Pictorial laminated boards, dj. Near fine. 31 x 23.5. 0867773901
Illustrated history 1911-1986.
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$25

36026
ODGERS, George
THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY - An Illustrated History: Sydney. 1982. Child & Henry. 1st Ed. 224 PP with b/w & colour illustrations. Fp: Submarine. Eps: Crest of Australian warships. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 31.2 x 23.5. 0867772409
Illustrated history 1911-1981.
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$20

13372
OLIVER, Phillip & FREEMAN, Desmond
CAPTAIN JAMES COOK - NAVIGATOR, The Story of Captain Cook's First Voyage: Sydney. c.1988. Star Capital & Campbell Group. Reprint. Repaired colour folder in three sections containing photos & facsimiles of documents. Very good. 36.5 x 23.
Published for World Expo, 1988, Brisbane. 1st Section: Portulan chart of the East Indies, letter from Cook to the Admiralty, Cook's instruments. 2nd Section: Endeavour, ship's plan, part of the complement of the Endeavour. 3rd Section: World map of Francesco Rosselli, about 1508. The death of Captain Cook on 14 February, 1779. The Resolution and Discovery in Noutka Sound and on the rear of the 3rd Section: Portrait of James Cook by W. Hodges.
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$20

17599
O'MAY, Harry
WRECKS IN TASMANIAN WATERS, 1797-1950: Hobart. c. 1970. T. J. Hughes, Government Printer Tasmania. Reprint ?. Foreword by Amy Rowntree. 209 PP, (V Index), plus 24 pages at rear with 44 b/w photos & 1 folded map at back. Fp: Schooner Mariner, 1925. Red cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Near fine. 22 x 14.5.
Comprehensive details of ships wrecked in the treacherous seas around Tasmania.
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$20

37318
OSBORNE, Elizabeth
TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER WOMEN AND THE PACIFIC WAR: Canberra. 1997. Aboriginal Studies Press. 1st Ed. XV, 271 PP with 4 maps and 20 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 25 x 17.5. 0855753137
Living between 1942 and 1945 on Australia's front line during the Pacific campaigns.
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$20

46749
O'SULLIVAN, Patrick
THE LUSITANIA, Unravelling the Mysteries: Staplehurst, UK. 2000. Spellmount. 1st UK edition of the 1998 original published in Ireland. 140 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Hard cover, dj. As new. 30.5 x 21.4. 1862270864
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$30

32943
PAINTER, Gwenda
A DIFFERENT RIVER - River Trade and Development along the Murray Valley Network: Melbourne. 1993. Hyland House. 1st Ed. 112 PP with 1 map, 2 facsimiles and 37 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 22 x 17.5. 1875657266
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$20

12042
PAINTER, Gwenda
THE RIVER TRADE, Wool & Steamers: Sydney. 1987. Turton & Armstrong. 2nd edition of the 1979 original. VIII, 104 PP with b/w photos from the Godson Collection. Eps: Basin of the Darling, Murrumbidgee & Murray Rivers & their tributaries. Pictorial soft cover. Faint foxing spots on outside edges. Fine. Oblong: 14.5 x 23.5. 0908031300
River exploration, river trade (development & problems), the ports, competition from the railways, closing years...
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$15

15643
PALUKA, Frank
THE THREE VOYAGES OF CAPTAIN COOK: Pittsburgh. 1974. Beta Phi Mu. Limited edition. Beta Phi Mu Chapbook No. 10. XIV, 80, (2) PP with 1 portrait and 3 charts. Fp: Captain James Cook, (engraving by J. Basire 1777). Cloth cover, gilt device and title on front cover & spine. Faint foxing. Fine. 21 x 15.5. 0910230102
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$15

21665
PARIS, Amiral François-Edmond
LE VOYAGE DE LA FAVORITE - Collection de Bateaux Dessinés d'après Nature, 1830-1831-1832: Paris. 1992. Anthèse. Reprint of the 1832 original, edited by Eric Rieth. 200 PP with 1 colour chart, 30 text illustrations, and 115 colour plates on full page. Fp: View on the Golconde coast, India. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj. Fine. French text. Oblong: 28.5 x 34.5. 2904420517
Superb colour plates of ethnographic value, describing traditional craft from Senegal, India, Malaysia, Philippines, China, Indonesia, South America...
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$230

20812
PARSONS, Ronald
STEAMERS IN THE SOUTH: Adelaide. 1979. Rigby. 1st Ed. 128 PP with b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Occasional foxing, o/wise fine. 26.5 x 21.5. 0727008927
A selection of photos from State Archives of South Australia, issues of the Australasian sketches as well as from private collectors.
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$10

54710
PASSMORE, Commander W. M.
SOUTH AMERICA PILOT, Part III: comprising the Western Coast of South America from Cabo Tres Montes to Punta Mariato, including Archipiélago de Colon and other Outlying Islands: London. 1968. Hydrographer of the Navy. 5th edition. Advertisement of the 5th edition, by Rear-Admiral G. S. Ritchie. XII, 660 PP with figures, 67 coastal views and 30 tables, plus 12 plates with maps and 1 folded Index Chart N.P.7. Cloth cover, title on front cover and spine. Spine lightly faded. Foxing. Very good. 24.7 x 15.
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$30

35621
PEARSALL, Ronald
THE ROMANCE OF TRAVEL: New York. 1999. Todtri. 1st Ed. 128 PP with 94 b/w and colour illust. Pictorial (The Matson Navigation Company's Malolo) laminated boards, dj. Fine. 30.2 x 23. 157717156X
Inclues: The Romance of Travel by Sea (P.40-73).
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$10

43222
PEASE, Z. W.
THE CATALPA EXPEDITION: Perth. 2002. Hesperian Press. Reprint of the 1897 original published in New Bedford. VI, 134 PP with 12 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21.5 x 14.2. 0859053083
Escape of Irish political prisoners from Western Australia on the US whaling ship Catalpa.
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$20

57085
PELLICONI, Alberto & CONI, Teresa
PEARLS TO DIVE FOR (in Asian Diver): Singapore. 1998. Asian Diver Pte Ltd. Vol. 6, No. 5, Feb/March 1998. Contains article P. 27 to 32 with 11 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27.7 x 20.8.
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$10

49563
PERKINS, John
THE SHIPWRECKS OF PORT ELLIOT 1853-1864: Adelaide. 1988. Society for Underwater Historical Research. 1st Ed. 36 PP with 26 b/w illustrations. Illustrated soft cover. Fine. 28.3 x 20.5. 095880060X
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$20

50758
PETERSON, Barbara Bennett
THE MING VOYAGES OF CHENG HO (ZHENG HE), 1371-1433 (in The Great Circle - Volume 16, No. 1): Armidale, NSW. 1994. Australian Association for Maritime History. Volume 16, No. 1. Contains article between P.43 and 51 with 1 map Soft cover. Near fine. 24 x 16.3.
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$15

15449
PETROFF, Peter & FERGUSON, John (editors)
SAILING ENDEAVOUR, Including Helpful Extracts from the Journal of James Cook, Navigator: Sydney. 1994. Driza-Bone / Maritime Heritage Press. 1st edition, with introduction by Bruce Stannard. 80 PP with 2 plans & 68 b/w photos by Rod Mcleod. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 14.8. 1875684050
Pictorial introduction to the world of 18th century square-rigged sailing vessels. Photos taken on the replica of the Endeavour launched in Fremantle in 1994.
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$10

34895
PEZZA, Alberto, BONIFACIO, Gaetano, LEFEVRE, Renato, & SCICHILONE, Giuseppe
LE MARINE MILITARI ITALIANE NEL 1848: Roma. 1948. Ufficio Storico della Marina Militare. 1st Ed., Publication No. 6 of the Ufficio Storico. 99 PP. Soft cover. Small chips to the (reinforced) covers. Near fine. Scarce. Italian text. 24 x 16.8.
Reprint of six articles published in issues 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, & 6 of Rivista Marittima, 1948. Navies of Sardignia, Pontifical states, Tuscany, Kingdom of the two Sicily and Venice.
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$40

10407
PHELAN, Joseph
THE WHALE HUNTERS, in Pictures: New York. 1969. Time-Life. 1st Ed., in the Spotlight on History series. 52 PP with 10 b/w and 14 colour illustrations (7 on double page, 6 on full page, 1 on half page). Cloth cover, dj. Near fine. Oblong: 20.5 x 20.8.
General history and pictorial description of whaling in the 1820-1850's by the Yankee whalemen.
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$10

45132
PHILLIPS, Peter J.
REDGUM & PADDLEWHEELS - Australia's Inland River Trade: Melbourne. 1980. Greenhouse. 1st Ed., with a foreword by Bill Peach. 167 PP with b/w illustrations (sketch-plans, engravings, photos). Eps: Map of the Murray-Darling River System. Cloth cover, dj. Spine of dust jacket sunned. Few foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise near fine. 28 x 22. 0909104263
The thriving transport industry between 1850 & 1890 on the Murray, Darling & Murrumbidgee Rivers when over 300 paddle-steamers plied them.
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$30

17754
PHILLIPS, Valmai, COBERN, Patricia, & HOWARD, Ann
EXPLORING THE MYSTERIOUS SOUTH: Sydney. c. 1990. Bay Books. 1st Ed. 280 PP with b/w & colour illust. Hard cover, dj. Few foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 26.5 x 18.5. 085835912X
The tales of the men who sought new lands and fortunes in the Pacific's uncharted territories.
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$10

38677
PHILLIPS-BIRT, Douglas
SAILING YACHT DESIGN: London. 1971. Adlard Coles. 3rd impression of the 2nd edition of 1966 (1951 original). 332, (2 index) PP with over 100 figures & plans, plus 30 pages with 49 b/w plates. Fp: A model being tested in the Stavens Tank, Hoboken, USA. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Faint foxing spots on outside edges, spine of dust jacket sunned, signature of previous owner on front endpaper. Near fine internally. 25.3 x 19.
Hull forms & types, the keel, stability, ballast, hull & rig, in relation to rating.
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$20

58008
PLAYFORD, Phillip
CARPET OF SILVER, The Wreck of the Zuytdorp: Perth. 1996. U.W.A. Press. 1st Ed. XII, 260 PP with 10 maps and 44 b/w illustrations. Title-page: Schelling of the province of Zeeland. Pictorial soft cover. Note to previous owner on preliminary page. Fine. 24.7 x 17.6. 1875560858
History of the Dutch East India Company, story of the Zuytdorp: ship's disappearance, discovery of the wreck, looting its treasure..
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$20

55029

PORT OF MELBOURNE QUARTERLY - Volume 26, No. 1: Melbourne. 1975. The Melbourne Harbor Trust Commissioners. Vol. 26, No. 1, January- March 1975. Edited by A.S. MAYNE & K. R. TRUEMAN. 44 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, engravings, plans and photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27.4 x 21.5.
No. 1: People and ships in port... It need not have happened (Lady Bird and Champion), by J. Millar.
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$10

55030

PORT OF MELBOURNE QUARTERLY - Volume 26, No. 2: Melbourne. 1975. The Melbourne Harbor Trust Commissioners. Vol. 26, No. 2, April-June 1975. Edited by A.S. MAYNE & K. R. TRUEMAN. 44 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, engravings, plans and photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27.4 x 21.5.
No. 2: People and ships in port... Sunk within sight of home (Kakariki, Caradale, Iolanthe, Edina), by J. Millar. Wrecked on Lonsdale Reef, by J. Millar.
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$10

55031

PORT OF MELBOURNE QUARTERLY - Volume 26, No. 3: Melbourne. 1975. The Melbourne Harbor Trust Commissioners. Vol. 26, No. 3, July-September 1975. Edited by A.S. MAYNE & K. R. TRUEMAN. 44 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, engravings, plans and photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27.4 x 21.5.
No. 3: People and ships in port... Perils of the Gippsland run, by J. Millar. Char (brown coal briquettes): a thriving export, by J. Leonard.
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$10

15724
PORTER, Frances
A SENSE OF HISTORY - A Commemorative Publication for John Cawte Beaglehole, O.M., about James Cook's Landing Sites in New Zealand: Wellington. 1978. E. C. Keating, Government Printer. 1st Ed. Introduction by A. D. McIntosh. (14), 90 PP with 9 b/w illustrations & 1 facsimile of document. Fp: J.C. Beaglehole. Eps: Cook in Queen Charlotte Sound. Cloth cover, title on front cover. Fine. 24.8 x 15.5. 0477010237
Includes a calendar of Cook's movements in New Zealand.
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$20

58001
POWLING, J. W.
PORT FAIRY - The First Fifty Years 1837-1887. A Social History: Melbourne. 1980. William Heinemann. 1st Ed. Foreword by Stephen Murray-Smith. XII, 319 PP, plus 16 pages with 29 b/w illustrations. Fp: The grant, to James Atkinson, of the Port Fairy Special Survey (1843). Eps: plan of Port Fairy. Cloth cover, dj. Dust jacket slightly soiled and with repaired tears. Few foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise near fine. 25 x 15.5. 085561045X
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$35

22659
PRICE, Petty Officer Harry
THE ROYAL TOUR 1901 or the Cruise of the H.M.S. Ophir: Exeter. 1980. Webb & Bower. Facsimile edition of the 1901 manuscripts. No pagination. (8), 192 pages of manuscript with delightful watercolours of daily life at sea, ports of call, etc... Fp: Harry Price in uniform. Eps. Hard cover, gilt device on front cover, dj. Fine. 28.7 x 19.7. 0906671108
Being a lower deck account of their Royal Highnesses, the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York's voyage around the British Empire.
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$5

56643
PRICE, Willard
RIP TIDE IN THE SOUTH SEAS: London. 1936. William Heinemann Ltd. 1st Ed. XIV, 323 PP, plus 48 b/w plates and the frontispice. Fp: Stone money. Eps: map of westerern part of Central Pacific. Cloth cover, gilt device on front board, gilt title on spine. Coloured top outside top edge. Occasional foxing. Fine. 22 x 15.
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$35

58073
PRICKETT, Nigel
THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF NEW ZEALAND SHORE WHALING: Wellington. 2002. Department of Conservation / Te Papa Atawhai. 1st Ed. (6), 151 PP with 34 tables and 111 figures. 2 colour photos "trypots" (Akaroa, NZ, Oct 2004) loosely inserted. Pictorial soft cover. Signed on title page by the author. Fine. 29.8 x 21. 0478222084
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$70

16208
PRIEBE, Paul D.
MODERN COMMERCIAL SAILING SHIP FUNDAMENTALS: Centreville, Maryland. 1986. Cornell Maritime Press. 1st Ed. XXVI, 230 PP with 28 tables and 113 figures (line drawings, photos). Title spread: 40,000 dwt. O.B.O. with 3 sails. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Foxing spots on top outside edge. Near fine. 23.5 x 16. 0870333402
Evolution of sailing ship technology: research, aerodynamics, hydrodynamics...
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$45

53177
PRITCHETT, Robert
RIVER LIFE: London. 1979. Albany Books. 1st Ed. 93 PP with 100 colour photos. Title spread: Hindu pilgrims, Gange river at Benares. Eps: waterfall, Iceland. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 28.5 x 21.7. 0861360400
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$10

58165
PUREY-CUST, Captain H.E. & COMBE, Commander J.W. (editors)
AFRICA PILOT. Part II: including the the West coast of Africa, from Rio del Rey to False Bay; the Islands of Ascension and St. Helena; Tristan da Cunha group; Gough, Bouvet and Thompson Islands: London. 1922. Hydrographic Department, Admiralty. 7th edition. Advertisement by Rear Admiral F. C. Learmonth. XXIV, 402 PP with figures, plus 2 index charts 7a & 7b, and 26 plates with 2 b/w photos of lighthouses and 68 coastal views. Cloth cover, title on front cover and spine. Inside hinge a little weak, speckling of front cover and spine, occasional foxing, o/wise a very good clean copy 24.3 x 15.5.
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$45

16144
QUARM, Roger & WILCOX, Scott
MASTERS OF THE SEA, British Marine Watercolours: Oxford. 1987. Phaidon Press. 1st Ed. 95 PP & Index with 87 b/w & colour paitings. Pictorial card cover. Fine. 28 x 24. 0714824917
Catalogue published for the exhibition: Masters of the Sea. British Marine Watercolours 1650-1930. Watercolours from Alexander through Chambers, Constable, Cooke, Moore, Turner... to Van de Velde.
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$20

45084
QUINN, D. B. (editor)
THE HAKLUYT HANDBOOK (in two volumes): London. 1974. The Hakluyt Society. No. 144 & 145 in the Second series. Volume I: XXVI, 331 PP with 16 b/w illust., plus 1 folded plate (The Edward Wright world map) at the end of book. Fp:Richard Hakluyt's autograph dedicatory letter to Queen Elizabeth. Volume II: XIII, 333-707 PP with 36 b/w illust. Cloth cover, gilt device on front cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Dust jacket with a little insect damage and sunned spine. Faint foxing on outside edges, o/wise very good. 22.2 x 14.2. 0521202124
Richard Hakluyt, geographer by G.R. Crone. Hakluyt's nautical terms by G.P.B Naish... Hakluyt's use of materials available to him...
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$55

22652
RABAN, Jonathan (editor)
THE OXFORD BOOK OF THE SEA: Oxford. 1992. O.U.P. 1st Ed. XVIII, 524 PP. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 22.3 x 14.5. 019214197X
105 extracts from the acknowledged marine masterpieces in English literature.
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$35

36437
RABSON, Stephen & O'DONOGHUE, Kevin
P&O - A FLEET HISTORY: Kendal, U.K. 1988. World Ship Society. 1st Ed. 584 PP with 62 colour photos and 1097 b/w illust. (badge, house flag, plans, paintings, photographs...). Fp: Letters Patent of the P&O Armorial Bearings. Endpapers: Advertising material and Fleet lists. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, gilt crest on front cover, dj. Fine. Scarce. 30.5 x 22. 0905617452
Technical and career details of around 930 craft, from the sailing ships of Willcox & Anderson, and the steamers used on the Peninsular Steam service, to units of the Group Fleet of the late 1980s. 57 of the colour photos on the house flags and funnels.
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$250

38480
RAHS
COOK: LANDFALL AND THE NEXT EIGHT DAYS (in Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society): Sydney. 1971. Royal Australian Historical Society. Volume 57, Part 4, December 1971. Contains article by Edgar BEALE between P.287 and 310 with 2 drawings. Card cover. Near fine. 22.2 x 14.3.
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$15

57123
RAHS
JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY - Vol. 85, Part 2: Sydney. 1999. Royal Australian Historical Society. Vol.85, Part 2, December 1999. Edited by Geoffrey Sherington & Stephen Garton. (6), 71-180, (2) PP with 2 maps and 3 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 24.7 x 17.5.
What brought Lapérouse to Botany Bay, by Robert J. King. The three land excursions of Governor Phillip, by Alan E.J. Andrews. Matthew Flinders and the North Coast of New South Wales, 1799, by Robert James Smith.
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$10

57124
RAHS
JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY - Vol. 86, Part 2: Sydney. 2000. Royal Australian Historical Society. Vol.86, Part 2, December 2000. Edited by Geoffrey Sherington & Stephen Garton. (6), 93-226, (4) PP with 2 facsimile of document and 11 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 24.7 x 17.5.
Christianity and Free Society 1788-1840, by Brian H. Fletcher. The Governor, the Bushranger and the Premier, by Bede Nairn. The Cobar Incident: Warfare between,Earl Beauchamp, Governor of New South Wales, and Georges Biard d'Aunet, Consul General of France 1899-1900), by Ivan Barko. Preservation of Native Forests: the Contribution of an Australian Woman Scientist (Gretna Weste), by Nessy Allen...
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$10

57125
RAHS
JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY - Vol. 88, Part 2: Sydney. 2002. Royal Australian Historical Society. Vol.88, Part 2, December 2002. Edited by Carol Liston, Geoffrey Sherington & Stephen Garton. (6), 115-224, (4) PP with 6 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 24.7 x 17.5.
The 'Penal Reformatory' that never was: proposals to establish Borstal training in NSW 1900-1948, by Peter Quinn. The indigenous Australians in Sydney and its environs as seen by French explorers 1802-1831, by Colin Dyer. ...
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$10

42514
RAHS
LA PEROUSE AND THE FRENCH MONUMENTS AT BOTANY BAY (in Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Australian Historical Society): Sydney. 1918. Royal Australian Historical Society. Volume IV, Part VII, 1918. Contains article by Henry SELKIRK between P.329 and 361, plus 6 b/w plates. Fp: Portrait of La Pérouse, by Pigeot. Soft cover. Spine of covers with pieces missing and repaired, staples removed. Ageing and light foxing of paper, first 2 leaves with a small hole (not affecting text), o/wise very good. 20.7 x 13.8
Read before the Society, 28th May 1918.
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$25

52219
RAINES, Jim (editor)
SEAWAYS' SHIPS IN SCALE - Volume XI, Numbers 1 to 6: San Jose, Ca. 2000. Seaways Publishing. Vol. XI, Nos 1 / 6. 6 issues 480 PP with b/w illustrations (plans, sketches and photos). Inside covers with 36 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27.5 x 21.5.
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$50

58245
RAISON, E. T. (Ray)
QUEENSCLIFF AS A FISHING PORT: Point Lonsdale. c. 1990. Queenscliff Historical Publications. 1st Ed. 32 PP with 3 plans and 4 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21.2 x 14.6. 0731616715
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$10

34380
RAN
ENGINEERING NOTES - Royal Australian Naval College: Melbourne. 1940. T. Rider, Government Printer / Royal Australian Naval College. 1st Ed. 161 PP with 1 table, plus 113 pages with over 230 figures. Quarter bound, gilt title on front cover and spine. Hinges split on 4 centimetres at the head of spine. Small rub at foot of spine. Some foxing, essentially on first and last leaves, o/wise very good. Scarce. 32.2 x 22.
Heat Engines. Reciprocating and Rotary Motion... Boilers... Steam and Feed Water Circuit... The Corrosion of Iron and Steel in ships and Structures... Pumping and Flooding Arrangements.
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$80

56873
RAN
NAVAL HISTORICAL REVIEW - 1978: Sydney. 1978. Naval Historical Society of Australia. Vol. 1, No. 8 to Vol. 2, No.2, New series. Edited by Alan PAYNE. 4 issues for 1978, March, June, October and December. A total of 144 pages with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Faint foxing, o/wise a fine set. 24 x 18.
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$10

56872
RAN
NAVAL HISTORICAL REVIEW - 1979: Sydney. 1979. Naval Historical Society of Australia. Vol. 2, Nos. 3 to 6, New series. Edited by Alan PAYNE. 4 issues for 1979, March, June, October and December. A total of 172 pages with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Faint foxing, o/wise a fine set. 24.3 x 18.6.
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$10

56868
RAN
NAVAL HISTORICAL REVIEW - 1980: Sydney. 1980. Naval Historical Society of Australia. Vol. 2, Nos. 7 to 10, New series. Edited by Alan PAYNE & Harry ADLAM. 4 issues for 1980, March, June, October and December. A total of 168 pages with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Faint foxing, o/wise a fine set. 24.3 x 18.6.
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$10

56869
RAN
NAVAL HISTORICAL REVIEW - 1983: Sydney. 1983. Naval Historical Society of Australia. Vol. 5, Nos. 1 to 4, New series. Edited by Harry ADLAM & L.J. LIND... 4 issues for 1983, March, June, October and December. A total of 152 pages with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Faint foxing, o/wise a fine set. 24.3 x 18.6.
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$10

56870
RAN
NAVAL HISTORICAL REVIEW - 1984: Sydney. 1984. Naval Historical Society of Australia. Vol. 6, Nos. 1 to 4, New series. Edited by L.J. LIND, L.M. HINCHCLIFFE, ... 4 issues for 1984, March, June, October and December. A total of 124 pages with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Faint foxing, o/wise a fine set. 24 x 18.
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$10

56871
RAN
NAVAL HISTORICAL REVIEW - 1985: Sydney. 1985. Naval Historical Society of Australia. Vol. 7, Nos. 1 to 4, New series. Edited by L.J. LIND, L.M. HINCHCLIFFE, ... 4 issues for 1985, March, June, October and December. A total of 144 pages with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Faint foxing, o/wise a fine set. 24 x 18.
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$10

56878
RAN
NAVAL HISTORICAL REVIEW - 1998: Sydney. 1998. Naval Historical Society of Australia. Vol. 19, Nos. 1 to 4, New series. Edited by Capt. W.F. COOK & Commodore J.B. SNOW. 4 issues for 1998, March, June, October and December. A total of 104 pages with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine set. 28 x 21.
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$10

56879
RAN
NAVAL HISTORICAL REVIEW - 1999: Sydney. 1999. Naval Historical Society of Australia. Vol. 20, Nos. 1 to 4, New series. Edited by Capt. W.F. COOK & Commodore J.B. SNOW. 4 quarterly issues for 1999. A total of 108 pages with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine set. 28 x 21.
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$10

56880
RAN
NAVAL HISTORICAL REVIEW - 2000: Sydney. 2000. Naval Historical Society of Australia. Vol. 21, Nos. 1 to 4, New series. Edited by Capt. W.F. COOK & Commodore J.B. SNOW. 4 quarterly issues for 2000. A total of 100 pages with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine set. 28 x 21.
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$10

56881
RAN
NAVAL HISTORICAL REVIEW - 2001: Sydney. 2001. Naval Historical Society of Australia. Vol. 22, Nos. 1 to 4, New series. Edited by Capt. W.F. COOK & Commodore J.B. SNOW. 4 quarterly issues for 2001. A total of 88 pages with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine set. 28 x 21.
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$10

57152
RAN
THE NAVY: The Magazine of the Navy League of Australia - Volume 56, 1994: Sydney. 1994. Percival Publishing / The Navy League of Australia. Volume 56, No. 1 (January-March) to No. 4 (October-December). Edited by Geoffrey EVANS & J.C.J. JEPPESEN. 4 issues for a total of 136 pages with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 28 x 21.
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$10

57153
RAN
THE NAVY: The Magazine of the Navy League of Australia - Volume 57, 1995: Sydney. 1995. The Navy League of Australia. Volume 57, No. 1 (January-March) to No. 4 (October-December). Edited by Ross GILLETT. 4 issues for a total of 136 pages with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 28 x 21.
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$10

57154
RAN
THE NAVY: The Magazine of the Navy League of Australia - Volume 58, 1996: Sydney. 1996. The Navy League of Australia. Volume 58, No. 1 (January-March) to No. 4 (October-December). Edited by Ross GILLETT. 4 issues for a total of 128 pages with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 28 x 21.
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$10

57155
RAN
THE NAVY: The Magazine of the Navy League of Australia - Volume 59, 1997: Sydney. 1997. The Navy League of Australia. Volume 59, No. 1 (January-March) to No. 4 (October-December). Edited by Ross GILLETT. 4 issues for a total of 144 pages with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 28 x 21.
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$10

57156
RAN
THE NAVY: The Magazine of the Navy League of Australia - Volume 60, 1998: Sydney. 1998. The Navy League of Australia. Volume 60, No. 1 (January-March) to No. 4 (October-December). Edited by Ross GILLETT. 4 issues for a total of 128 pages with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 28 x 21.
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$10

57157
RAN
THE NAVY: The Magazine of the Navy League of Australia - Volume 61, 1999: Sydney. 1999. The Navy League of Australia. Volume 61, No. 1 (January-March) to No. 4 (October-December). Edited by Ross GILLETT & Mark SCHWEIKERT. 4 issues for a total of 136 pages with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 28 x 21.
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$10

57158
RAN
THE NAVY: The Magazine of the Navy League of Australia - Volume 62, 2000: Sydney. 2000. The Navy League of Australia. Volume 62, No. 1 (January-March) to No. 4 (October-December). Edited by Mark SCHWEIKERT. 4 issues for a total of 132 pages with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 28 x 21.
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$10

57025
RAN
ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY - 21st Century Warships : Naval Auxiliaries 1911 to 1999 (including Defence Maritime Services): Sydney. c. 2004. Topmill. Revised edtion. No. 4, in the Royal Australian Navy Profile series. 80 PP with 14 colour and 134 b/w photos, plus 16 pages with 22 colour photos. Illustrated endpapers. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27 x 20.5. 1876278721
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$15

48601
REDMAYNE, Paul (editor)
TRANSPORT BY SEA: London. 1955. John Murray. Reprint in The Changing Shape of Things series, of the 1950 original. 48 PP. Text by Thomas Insull, with b/w illustrations (engravings, charts, paintings and photos) and duo tone drawings by Hans Schwarz. Hard cover. Spine frayed at head and with small holes at hinges. Faint foxing. Very good. 25.1 x 19.
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$15

15727
REED, A.H. & A. W. (editors)
CAPTAIN COOK IN AUSTRALIA - Extracts from the journals of Captain James Cook giving a full account in his own words of his adventures and discoveries in Australia: Wellington. 1969. Reed. Reprint of the 1969 original. 192 PP with b/w illustrations & maps, plus 16 pages with 30 b/w photos, and a large folded map at rear. Cloth cover, dj. Near fine. 23.5 x 15.5.
Epic voyage of Cook on the East Coast in 1770 and on Van Diemen's Land in 1776 and the voyage of Furneaux in Van Diemen's Land in 1773.
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$25

58026
REES, Gareth
TALL SHIPS: London. 1978. Phaidon Press Ltd. 1st Ed., selected and introduced by Gareth Rees. (8), 64 PP with 2 figures, 24 colour and 48 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Light foxing. Very good. Large format: 41.2 x 29. 0714818526
The large deepwater square-riggers of the period after 1870, and the clipper ship era of the 1850s and 1860s. Photographs and paintings (Montague Dawson, Mark Richard Myers, D.G.M. Gardner, Thomas Somerscales...).
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$20

58063
REINELT, W. H.
SLIPYARDS AND SAILING SHIPS: Geelong. 1977. Marine History Publication. 1st Ed. No pagination, 16 PP with 10 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Dated and signed by the author on title page. Near fine. 19.5 x 13.
Story of the first patent slip at Hobart and its shipbuilder: Harry Wood.
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$20

58065
REINELT, W. H.
WRECK OF THE S.S. RIVERINA: Geelong ?. c.1979. Author. 1st Ed. 19 PP, plus 8 pages with 1 map at centrefold and 6 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Dated and signed by the author on title page. Near fine. 21 x 13.8.
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$20

50928

REVUE D'HISTOIRE MARITIME - NO.1 - LA PERCEE DE L'EUROPE SUR LES OCEANS, Vers 1690 - Vers 1790: Paris. 1997. Presses de l'Université de Paris-Sorbonne. 1st Ed., 300, (4) PP with tables, and over 24 b/w illustrations, plus 4 pages with 5 colour plates. Pictorial soft cover. New. French text. 24 x 15.8. 2840500930
European Nations and the Conquest of the Oceans. 10 papers. Officers of the Royal navies of France and Great Britain, by Michel Vergé-Franceschi... French East India Company, India and French Settlements, the sea, by Jacques Weber... Science and Cartography, by Monique Pelletier...
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$55

57063
REYNOLDS, Henry
MACKAY AND THE MELANESIANS (in Australian Heritage): Brighton, Victoria. 2008. Hallmark Editions Pty Ltd. Issue No. 16, Spring 2009. Contains article between P. 55 and 60 with 3 b/w and 3 colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. New. 29.9 x 21.2.
Blackbirding and Sugar Industry in Northern Queensland.
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$15

54321
RGS
THE GEOGRAPHICAL JOURNAL - Volume: 129 - 1963 (in 4 parts): London. 1963. Royal Geographical Society. Edited by KIRWAN, L. P. Annual edition. Vol. 129, issues Part 1 (March 1963) to Part 4 (December 1963). XLI (advertisements), 602 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. 129. Part 1: Charting the coast of Antarctica, by Captain Edwin A. McDonald. Part 2: The evolution of the map of Alexander and Charcot islands, Antarctica, by D. J. H. Searle. The Antarctic Landfall of John Biscoe, 1831, by John Cumpston. Part 3: The Royal Society Expedition to Tristan da Cunha, 1962, by I. G. Gass. Part 4: Hong Kong: Far Eastern Meeting Point, by R. H. Hughes.
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$40

54322
RGS
THE GEOGRAPHICAL JOURNAL - Volume: 130 - 1964 (in 4 parts): London. 1964. Royal Geographical Society. Edited by KIRWAN, L.P. Annual edition. Vol. 130, issues Part 1 (March 1964) to Part 4 (December 1964). XLVI (advertisements), 612 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. 130. Part 1: Alexander Smith 's account of the Discovery of east Antarctica, by R. S. Boumphrey. Part 2: Great Britain in Hawaii: the Captain Cook monument, by John Wesley Coulter. Part 4: Cash Cropping and the Fijian Village, by R. Gerard Ward.
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$40

54324
RGS
THE GEOGRAPHICAL JOURNAL - Volume: 132 - 1966 (in 4 parts): London. 1966. Royal Geographical Society. Edited by KIRWAN, L. P Annual edition. Vol. 132, issues Part 1 (March 1966) to Part 4 (December 1966). L (advertisements), 616 PP, (6 contents), plus plates with b/w photos and maps (some in colour). Original soft cover. Foxing. Very good. 24.5 x 15.5.
Vol. 132. Part 1: The Welsh Colony in Patagonia, 1865-1885, by E. G. Bowen. Part 2: Climate in the 1960's: World Wind circulation..., by H. H. Lamb. Socotra: Island of Bliss, by P. G. Boxhall. Part 3: Easter Island People, by Peter Beighton. Part 4: A Year with the Russians in Antarctica, by Charles Swithinbank.
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$40

54338
RGS
THE GEOGRAPHICAL JOURNAL - VOLUME 144 - 1978 (in 3 parts): London. 1978. Royal Geographical Society. Edited by KIRWAN, Sir Laurence, and PEEL, Professor R. F. Annual edition. Vol. 144, issues Part 1 (March 1978) to Part 3 (November 1978). XXIV (advertisements), 558 PP, (8 contents), plus plates with b/w photos and maps. Original soft cover. Foxing. Very good. 24.5 x 15.5.
Vol. 144. Part 1: The future of Seaports in the European Communities, by J. H. Bird and E. E. Pollock. Part 2: The outlying islands of Macquarie Island, by D. J. Lugg, G. W. Johnstone and B. J. Griffin.
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$40

50187
RICHARDS, Rhys
INDIGENOUS BEACHCOMBERS: The case of Tapeooe, a Tahitian Traveller from 1798 to 1812 (in The Great Circle): Armidale, NSW. 1990. Australian Association for Maritime History. Volume 12, No. 1. Contains article between pages 1 and 14, and page 58 with a map. Soft cover. Fine. 23.5 x 16.
Visit to Fiji, Tonga, New Zealand, Australia, Palau, the Philippines, Indonesia and Malaysia while en route to England: 1798-1807.
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$20

58183
ROBERTS, Y., BIBROWSKA, Hania, HOUGH, Don, MILES, I. (editors)
MARINE AND COASTAL SPECIAL INVESTIGATION - VICTORIA: Descriptive Report: Melbourne. 1993. Land Conservation Council. 1st Ed., with a foreword by David Scott. X, 354 PP with boxes, tables and b/w illustrations (graphs, maps, photos). Pictorial soft cover. Copy without the 5 maps (back pocket) called for, o/wise near fine. 29.5 x 20.7. 0724192808
Resources report: Atmospheric and Ocean Systems ... Biology ... Marine and Estuarine fish resources ... Defence ... Coastal engineering...
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$20

57862
ROBINSON, Neville K.
VILLAGERS AT WAR: some Papua New Guinean experiences in World War II: Canberra. 1979. Australian National University. 1st Ed. Pacific Research Monograph, No. 2. XIX, 223 PP with 7 maps and 17 b/w plates. Fp: map of Papua New Guinea. Pictorial soft cover. Covers rubbed. Name of previous owner on half title page. Light foxing. Very good. 24.2 x 17.3. 0908160291
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$30

20505
RODERICK, Colin
JOHN KNATCHBULL, From Quarterdeck to Gallows: Sydney. 1963. Angus and Robertson. 1st Ed. X, 278 PP, plus 16 b/w plates with 20 illustrations and facsimile of documents. Illustrated endpapers. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, gilt signature on front cover. Faint watermarks at top edge of first leaves (not affecting text). A very good reading copy. 22 x 14.5.
Includes the Narrative written by himself in Darlinghurst Gaol 23rd January-13th February 1844. Published from the Original Manuscript with retrospect of his life. Commander in the Royal Navy, transported in 1824, jailed for 19 years (7 at Norfolk Island), hanged for murder in 1844.
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$10

57877
RONCK, Ronn, PERRY, John W., MARTIN, Kenneth R. & ELLIS, Richard
WHALES AND WHALEMEN: Their Mingled Destinies in Micronesia (in Glimpses of Micronesia & the Western Pacific): Agana, Guam. 1978. Glimpses of Guam Co. Volume 18, No. 3, 3rd quarter 1978. 72 PP, contains 4 articles pages 18 to 51 with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover (Whale portrait by Richard Ellis). Fine. 28 x 21.5.
Articles include: Thaaar She Blooooows!, a Chronicle of Whaling in Micronesia. Conflicts of Interest. Let the Natives Come Aboard, Gentle Giants, paintings by Richard Ellis.
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$25

35519
ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY
CHAPEL ON THE CLIFFS: Sydney. c. 1962. Chapel Committee / H.M.A.S. Watson Reprint of the 1961 original. 12 PP with 3 colour and 21 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 27.4 x 21.3.
The Naval Memorial Chapel of St. George the Martyr at H.M.A.S. Watson, Sydney Australia.
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$15

21357
SANDERSON, Ivan J.
FOLLOW THE WHALE: Boston. 1956. Little, Brown & Co. 1st Ed. XXII, (2), 423 PP with tables, 10 maps & charts by author, 16 head pieces and 1 tail piece by F.W. Saunders, and 51 profiles of whales. Eps: Mappemonde with major sperming grounds. Cloth cover, dj (price clipped). Dust jacket chipped, rubbed and with sunned spine. Foxing. Very good. 22 x 15.
History of whaling, going back to the time of the first seafarers, Neolithic Man to the American experiences, with the Phoenicians, Basques, Japanese, Norsemen, Indians from Puget Sound, ...
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$10

47703
SAVILLE-KENT, W.
THE GREAT BARRIER REEF OF AUSTRALIA; Its Products and Potentialities: Melbourne. 1972. John Currey, O'Neil. Reprint of the 1893 original. XX, 387 PP with 21 b/w illustrations (1 map, 8 photos, figures), plus 1 folded chart of the Great Barrier Reef, XLVIII photo-mezzotype plates, and XVI chromo plates. Fp: Bleached coral specimens from the Great Barrier Reef. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj. Spine of dust jacket lightly sunned. Foxing spots on outside edges. Very good copy. 34.8 x 27. 859020002
An account of the Corals and Coral Reefs, Pearl and Pearl-Shell, Bêche-de-Mer, other fishing industries, and the Marine Fauna of the Australian Great Barrier region.
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$250

32723
SCHLECHTRIEM, Gert
SCHIFFE UND HAFEN, Bilder aus dem Deutschen Schiffahrtsmuseum: Bremen. 1975. Weser-Kurier. 1st Ed. 60 PP with 28 colour illustrations. Eps: Harbour scenes. Cloth cover, dj. Fine. German text. 24.7 x 21.5.
Paintings of ships and harbours in the German Maritime Museum.
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$35

51935
SCHLEICHER, Robert
THE MODELER'S MANUAL: Trains, Planes, Ships, Military Vehicles, Cars, Rockets: Radnor, Pe. c. 1985. Childon Books. 2nd reprint of the 1981 original. VIII, 184 PP with 187 figures (drawings, plans, photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 28 x 21.8. 0801969972
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$25

32797
SCHONKNECHT, R., LUSCH, J. et al. (editors)
SHIPS AND SHIPPING OF TOMORROW: London. 1983. MacGregor Publications. 1st English edition of the 5th German edition of 1983 (original of 1973). 240 PP with 182 figures (b/w & colour illustrations). Eps: Types of ships. Cloth cover, decorated front cover, dj. Dust jacket with closed tears , o/wise fine. 26.5 x 23.5. 0906536014
Evolution of ships: larger, faster, cheaper. New developments in transport & shipping.
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$15

43667
SCHRAVER, J., BONEBAKKER, Prof. Ir J. W., Van GUNSTEREN, Dr W. F. & Al (editor
ROTTERDAM DE POORT VAN EUROPA, De Geschiedenis van Haven en Handel van Rotterdam: Rotterdam / Antwerp. 1946. Ad. Donker. 1st Ed. 304 PP with 13 maps, 16 graphs and 17 illustrations, plus 1 folded plates (1 in colour) and 20 pages with 104 b/w illustrations. Hard cover, device on front cover, gilt title on front cover and cloth spine. 4 pages "op de Maas in de Maasstad", tipped in. Occasional foxing spots on outside edges and few pages. Near fine. Dutch text. 30.5 x 21.
Rotterdam, port/gateway to Europe.
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$30

55194
SCHREIDER, Helen & Frank
IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT (in National Geographic Magazine): Washington. 1968. NGS. Volume 133, No.1, January 1968. Contains article from P.1 to 65 with 2 maps and 54 colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 25.5 x 17.5.
Empire stretching from Macedonia to the Indus.
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$10

57070

SCUBA DIVER (August/September 1992): Sydney. 1992. Scuba Diver / Yaffa Publishing Group. August/September 1992 issue "Wreck Diving Special". Edited by Cathie HOLLOWAY & Cassie WELSH. 80 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 27. 2 x 21.
Scuba sites: Point Lonsdale, Victoria, by David King. Wrecks, by Max Gleeson, Andrew Green, David King, Mark Warwick
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$10

57068

SCUBA DIVER (February/March 1990): Sydney. 1990. Scuba Diver / Yaffa Publishing Group. February/March 1990 issue. Edited by Simon LANE. 80 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 27. 2 x 21.
No rest at "Wreck Reef" (wreck of Cato and HMS Porpoise of Matthew Flinders), by Frank Richards. Guam and Saipan, Micronesia.
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$10

58299
SEAMANSHIP
Learner's Guide - ABF 533: SHIP KNOWLEDGE MASTER 5: Melbourne. 1997. ANTA / Australian National Training Authority. 1st Ed., September 1997. (8), 229 PP with 81 figures. Soft cover, illustrated front, clear plastic, spiral bound. Fine. 29.7 x 21.5.
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$20

32211
SERVER, Lee
THE GOLDEN AGE OF OCEAN LINERS: New York. 1996. Todtri. 1st Ed. 80 PP with 43 b/w and 54 Colour illustrations. Pictorial laminated boards, dj. Fine. 31.6 x 22.6. 1880908867
Floating Palaces. Life aboard ship. Myth, media and popular culture.
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$10

38982
SEXTON, R. T. (compiler)
SHIPS THAT PASSED - A glimpse of South Australian maritime history: Adelaide. 1997. Friends of the South Australian Maritime Museum. 1st Ed. 44 PP with 8 b/w illustrations (head pieces). Pictorial card cover. Fine. 20.6 x 14.5. 064631467X
The South Australian Colonial Navy: HMCS Protector, by Christine Courtney... Passage by steamer, by Alan Workman.
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$20

57582
SHARP, Andrew
ANCIENT VOYAGERS IN POLYNESIA: Auckland. 1969. Longman Paul Ltd. Reprint of the 1963 original. 159 PP with 1 map on double page and 5 figures, plus 8 b/w plates. Eps: Map of the Pacific Area. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket with closed tears. Name of previous owner on half title page. Near fine. 22.4 x 14.4.
Settlement of the islands by the Polynesians: achieved by one-way voyagers, blown off course.
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$30

53136
SHAW, Lindsey
HMAS ONSLOW, cold war warrior: Sydney. 2005. Australian National Maritime Museum. 1st Ed. Preface by Mary-Louise Williams and Foreword by Commander John Hodges. 28 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (cut-away at centrefold). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.7 x 21. 0975142844
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$20

51633
SHINEBERG, Dorothy
THEY CAME FOR SANDALWOOD: Melbourne. 1967. M.U.P. 1st Ed. 299 PP with facsimile of a page of the title page of the Log of the Louisa and 2 maps, plus 12 pages with 22 b/w illustrations. Fp: Andrew Cheyne's plan of the Isle of Pines, 1842. Cloth cover, dj. Dust jacket plastic protected pasted down on covers. Near fine. 22 x 14.5.
A study of the sandalwood trade in the South West Pacific 1830-1865.
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$40

40627
SHIPWRECKS
VICTORIA'S SHIPWRECK DISCOVERY TRAIL: Melbourne. 1992. The Maritime Archaeology Unit / Victoria Archaeological Survey. 1st Ed. Ring folder containing 42 information sheets under plastic sleeves with b/w illustrations (plans, sketches, photos). Large folded flyer and a guide to maritime terminology in front pocket. Plastic folder with illustrated front cover. Fine. 31.4 x 26.
Contains individual sheets on 21 wrecks of the coasts of Victoria and Port Phillip Bay. Includes: SS Blackbird, Casino, Clarence, Coogee... Victoria Tower, SS Wauchope, William Salthouse.
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$35

46063
SIMPICH, Frederick
AS 2,000 SHIPS ARE BORN (in National Geographic Magazine): Washington. 1942. N.G.S. Volume LXXXI, No 5, May 1942. Contains article pages 551 to 588 with 34 b/w photos. Soft cover. Fine. 25.4 x 17.5.
Building program for 2000 new tankers, freighters and cargo-passenger ships, by the end of 1943.
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$20

57757
SINCLAIR, James
KIAP - Australia's Patrol Officers in Papua New Guinea: Sydney. 1981. Pacific Publications. 1st Ed. 295 PP with b/w photos. Eps: facsimile of patrol reports. Hard cover, device on front cover, dj. Faint foxing. Near fine. 28.6 x 22.2. 0858070529
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$65

57073

SKINDIVING AUSTRALIA AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC: Melbourne. c. 1975. Australian Sports Publications. Annual issue. Edited by Barry ANDREWARTHA. 80 PP with b/w and colour photos. Pictorial stiff covers. Lower margin of leaf 69/70 chipped. Foxing. Very good. 27.2 x 20.4. 0868950017
Australia: Kangaroo Island, King Island, Solitary Islands, Sydney Harbour... Pacific: New Zealand. Simpson Harbour, PNG. Kapingamarangi atoll, Micronesia
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$15

45013
SMITH, Samuel
SAILING WITH FLINDERS - The Journal of Seaman Samuel Smith: Adelaide. 2002. Corkwood Press. 1st edition, with an Introduction by Peter Monteath, and a foreword by Paul Brunton. XII, (2), 86 PP with 1 facsimile of manuscript (title page), 1 map, 1 sketch, 2 coastal views, 3 charts, 3 portraits and 9 engravings. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 23.4 x 16. 1876247134
A view of the voyage of the Investigator, 1801-1803, from below the deck.
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$30

32497
SNELL, Edward
THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF EDWARD SNELL - The Illustrated Diary of an Artist, Engineer and Adventurer in the Australian Colonies 1849 to 1859: Sydney. 1988. Angus & Robertson / Library Council of Victoria. Original manuscript edited and introduced for the first time, by Tom Griffiths with assistance from Alan Platt. XLIV, 480 PP with 7 maps, numerous b/w drawings, and 12 colour illustrations (10 of them are plates of insects). All illustrations by the author. Fp: Portrait of Edward Snell (1820-80), pictured in later life. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 26.7 x 19. 0207155291
Voyage to Australia on the barque Bolton of London, 31st July 1849 (Gravesend) to 30th November 1849 (Adelaide). Return voyage from Melbourne to London on the Norfolk 2nd April 1858 to 18th of June 1858 (Gravesend).
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$20

46036
SODENKAMP, R.
SCHEEPSRAMPEN 1945 TOT HEDEN: Amsterdam. 1974. De Boer Maritiem. 1st Ed. 160 PP with 1 chart, 3 maps, 2 facsimile of Salvage Agreement, 3 sketches and 56 b/w photos. Cloth cover, dj. Fine. Dutch text. 25.2 x 18.2. 9022819205
Disasters at sea since 1945.
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$10

20912
SOMNER, Graeme
FERRY MALTA - Il - Vapuri ta Ghawdex: London. 1982. World Ship Society. 1st Ed. (2), 42 PP with 36 b/w photos & 1 map in text. Fp: Grand Harbour about 1957. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 14.8. 0905617193
History of the ferry service between Malta and Gozo.
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$15

17260
SPATE, O. H. K.
MONOPOLISTS AND FREEBOOTERS: Canberra. 1983. ANUP. 1st Ed. Volume II in the Pacific since Magellan series. XXI, 426 PP with 28 maps/charts & 19 b/w plates. Eps: Map of the Pacific winds & currents. Hard cover, dj. Spine of dust jacket lightly sunned. Name of previous owner at top of half title page. Near fine. 25 x 17.5. 0708118445
From the Dutch intrusion to the British offensives by Anson. Also included (loosley inserted) is a photocopied article by Oskar Spate (Rediscovering the Pacific) in the September 1988 edition of "The Bulletin".
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$75

57074

SPORTDIVING IN AUSTRALIA & THE SOUTH PACIFIC - No. 3: Melbourne. 1987. Mountain, Ocean & Travel Publications. Issue No. 3, August/September 1987. Edited by Barry ANDREWARTHA & Peter STONE. 112 PP with b/w and colour photos. Pictorial soft covers. Covers lightly rubbed. Very good. 27.7 x 21.
Diving under Sargassum Weed, by Rudie H. Kuiter. Dive and Travel show "Oceans 87".
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$10

40787
SPROD, Dan
THE USURPER - Jorgen Jorgenson and his turbulent life in Iceland and Van Diemen's Land 1780-1841: Hobart. 2001. Blubber Head Press. 1st edition limited to 1000 copies. XIV, 718 PP, plus 8 pages with 9 colour illustratioons (2 of them maps) and 32 pages with 58 b/w illustrations (3 of them maps). Fp: Portrait of Jorgen Jorgenson. Cloth cover, gilt device on front cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 24.8 x 18.5. 0908528299
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$70

52840
STAHL, Paul-Jean, LE GOFF, Rémy et al.
ILS ARRIVENT ! Les Américains en Nouvelle-Calédonie: Nouméa 2002. Commemorative issue La France Australe. 32 PP with 2 maps, facsimile of documents or newspaper clippings, 84 b/w photos and a few period advertisements (some in colour). French text. Fine. 42 x 27
Issue published for the Exhibition "Et arriva le rêve américain". 60th anniversary of the arrival of the US Forces (Task Force 6814 ) in New Caledonia on the12th March 1942.
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$20

47655
STANBURY, Myra & GREEN, Jeremy (editors)
LAPEROUSE AND THE LOSS OF THE ASTROLABE AND THE BOUSSOLE (1788): Reports of the 1986 and 1990 investigations of the shipwrecks at Vanikoro, Solomon Islands: Fremantle. 2004. Australian National Centre of Excellence for Maritime Archaeology & AIMA / Australasian Institute for Maritime Archaeology. 1st Ed. Special Publication No. 11. IX, 166 PP with 30 figures (drawings, maps, plans and photos) and hundreds of b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.7 x 21. 1876465247
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$40

58057
STANIFORTH, Mark, & Mc GONIGLE, Martin
The History and Archaeology of the GAULTOIS SHORE-BASED WHALING STATION in Newfoundland, Canada / Historical Background and Archaeological Survey of BALAENA, a 20th Century Norwegian Whaling Station in Newfoundland, Canada: Adelaide. 2005. Department of Archaeology / Flinders University. Edition limited to 50 copies. No. 6 in the Maritime Archaeology Monograph and Reports series. VI, 32, 14 PP with 26 figures (1 drawing, 4 maps and 21 b/w photos). Pictorial soft cover, clear plastic. Fine. 29.7 x 21.
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$30

16116
STEGER, W. & SCHURKE, P.
NORTH TO THE POLE: New York. 1987. Times Books. 1st Ed. XII, 339 PP with 1 map, plus 16 pages with 1 map and 27 b/w photos. Hard cover,dj. Faint foxing on outside edges, top of spine slightly frayed. Very good. 24.2 x 16.5. 0812917049
Account of the 1986 Steger International Polar Expedition which left from Ward Hunt Island on 7th March to reach the North Pole on 3rd May.
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$15

57711
STEINBERG, Rafael
ISLAND FIGHTING: Alexandria, Virginia. 1981. Time-Life Books. 3rd printing (revised) of the 1978 original. 208 PP with b/w illustrations (16 maps & photos) and colour illustrations (7 paintings by Tom Lea and 8 artworks). Pictorial boards. Head and foot of spine slightly rubbed. Name of previous owner on half title page, o/wise very good. 29 x 24
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$10

15748
STEVEN, Margaret
FIRST IMPRESSIONS, The British Discovery of Australia: London. 1988. British Museum. 1st Ed. 96 PP with b/w & colour illust. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 22 x 22. 0565010662
Catalogue of an exhibition which travelled Australia at the time of its bicentennial. European exploration of the Pacific, the voyage of the Endeavour, ...
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$15

55451
STEVENSON, R. L.
TRAVELS WITH ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON - 3 Volumes set: AN INLAND VOYAGE - ACROSS THE PLAINS - IN THE SOUTH SEAS: London. 2004. The Folio Society. 1st Ed., with minor emendations of the 1911-12 Swanston edition. Introduction by Richard Holmes, and Illustrations by Nick Hardcastle. An Inland Voyage and other Europeans Tales: XXXII, 238 PP, plus 8 b/w illustrations. Across the Plains and Travels from Scotland to California: VIII, 219 PP, plus 8 b/w illustrations. In the South Seas, being an account of experiences and observations in the Marquesas, Puamotus and Gilbert Islands in the course of two cruises on the Yacht Casco (1888) and the Schooner Equator (1889): X, 373 PP, plus 8 b/w illustrations. Cloth cover, gilt title and design by the artist blocked on front cover and spine. Slip case. New. 21.3 x 14.5.
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$100

57703
STEWART, I. G.
THE SHIPS THAT SERVE NEW ZEALAND, Volume 1: British and European Line: Wellington. 1964. A.H. & A.W. Reed. 1st Ed. 255 PP with 156 b/w illustrations, plus 12 pages with 17 colour illust. FEP: Routes of vessels engaged in NZ, UK, Europe trade. REP: Mediterranean, North Sea & the Channel. Hard cover, dj. Slight ageing of paper, o/wise fine. 24.7 x 19.3.
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$45

58036
STONE, Peter & LONEY, Jack
HIGH & DRY, Visible Wrecks and Wreckage in Australian Waters: Newtown, Vic. 1983. Neptune Press. 1st Ed. No. 2 in the Neptune's Coast Watch series. 68 PP with 2 maps & 79 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Dated and signed by Jack Loney on title page. Fine. Oblong: 19.8 x 22.5. 0949583189
From the wreck of the French barque "Adolphe" off Newcastle breakwater, to the steamer "Windsor".
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$20

46116
STOW, Jefferson Pickman
THE VOYAGE OF THE FORLORN HOPE, from Escape Cliffs to Champion Bay 1865. With the Author's Account of the First Northern Territory Settlement & of the Condition of Western Australia: Adelaide. 1981. Sullivan's Cove. 1st edition, limited to 375 copies plus X deluxe numbered copies, No. VII / X. XII, 120 PP on Art paper with 1 chart on double page. Fp: The stockade at Escape Cliffs 1865 (pen and wash sketch by Stephen King junior). Full morocco binding by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, gilt title on spine. Spine lightly sunned. Faint foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. Scarce. 32 x 20.
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$400

37650
STUART, Richard H.
THE PICTORIAL STORY OF SHIPS: London. 1977. New English Library. 1st Ed. 256 PP with b/w and colour illustrations throughout. Hard cover, gilt title on spine. Near fine. Large format: 34.5 x 24.5. 450034305
Early ships. Compasses... Figureheads... Waghenaer and charting... Nuclear ships and submarines.
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$20

15459
SWENSON, Eric
THE SOUTH SEA SHILLING, Voyages of Captain Cook, R.N.: Sydney. 1965. Angus & Robertson. 1st Australian edition (Juvenile). 224 PP with 1 map, 28 head-pieces, 15 tail-pieces, 7 full-page & 5 other illustrations by Charles Daugherty. Eps: World map showing voyages of Cook. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Ex-library copy (4 discard stamps & damaged rear endpaper). Foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise very good. 24 x 15.5.
Cook's career from apprenticeship as a haberdasher's assistant to his death on the beach in Hawaii.
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$5

58100
SYDENHAM, G. F.
NOTES ON THE OTWAY: Geelong. 1987. Jack Loney. 1st Ed., with annotations by Jack Loney. 36 PP with 2 maps and 42 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 24 x 17.2 0909191360
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$15

58170
TAYLOR, Roger C.
GOOD BOATS: Camden, Maine. 1977. International Marine Publishing. 1st Ed. X, 214 PP with sets of plans and b/w photos. Cloth cover, dj (price clipped). Dust jacket lightly rubbed. Foxing spots on outside edges and few pages, o/wise near fine. 28.5 x 22. 0877420769
36 boats.
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$25

57772
THOMAS, Nicholas
COOK'S SITES: Sydney. 2006. Historic Houses Trust. 1st Ed. Introduction by Susan Hunt. 16 PP with 2 b/w and 10 colour photos, by Mark Adams. Soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21.
Exhibition held August 2005 to June 2006 at the Museum of Sydney and National Library of Australia. Significant places visited by Captain Cook, in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific.
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$10

30644
THOMAS, Stephen D.
THE LAST NAVIGATOR: New York. 1987. Henry Holt & Co. 1st US edition. (12), 308 PP with 1 map on double pages and 18 sketch-maps & drawings, plus 8 pages with 14 colour photos. Title spread: sky and stars. Hard cover, cloth spine, dj. List of text illustrations added by previous owner. Near fine. 23.5 x 16. 0805000968
Part adventure story, part traveller's tale and serious scientific inquiry.
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$20

48093
THOMPSON, Liz
SISSANO 'S LEGENDARY CANOES (in Paradise): Port Moresby. 1987. Air Niugini. Issue No. 60, January 1987. 38 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Contains article between P.5 and 7 with 13 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 28.5 x 21.
Sissano Lagoon, West Sepik Province.
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$10

40405
THORNTON, R. H.
BRITISH SHIPPING: Cambridge. 1959. University Press. 2nd edition of the 1939 original, in the English Institutions series. VIII, 274 PP, plus 16 pages with 25 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Discreet stamp of previous owner on front endpaper. Foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise near fine. 20.4 x 13.5.
Historical survey of the British Mercantile Marine, from the arrival of steam. Developments since 1946, effects of war and the cold war. Different types of ships for different types of trade.
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$20

15857
THORSOE, Soren & CROWDY, Michael
OVE SKOU, Copenhagen: Kendal, UK. 1982. World Ship Society. 1st Ed. 44 PP with 60 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 21 x 15. 0905617185
Brief history & fleet details.
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$15

45699
THROCKMORTON, Peter
DIVING FOR TREASURE: London. 1977. Thames & Hudson. 1st UK Ed. 136 PP with 126 b/w & 10 colour illustrations Hard cover, cloth spine, dj (chipped). Near fine. 24.8 x 22.4.
Introduction to underwater archaeology: treasures such as jade, pieces of silver, etc..
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$10

10229
THROWER, Norman J. W. (Editor)
THE THREE VOYAGES OF EDMOND HALLEY IN THE PARAMORE 1698-1701 (in two Volumes): Glasgow. 1981. Hakluyt Society. Second Series, Volume 156 & 157. Vol. I: 392 PP, plus 14 pages with b/w. Fp: Edmond Halley (1657-1742). Vol. II: 3 folded charts in Portfolio. Cloth cover, gilt device on front cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Dust jacket lightly rubbed. Faint foxing on outside edges, o/wise near fine. 22.5 x 14. 0904180026
Halley's first two voyages were to test his geomagnetical theories and the third voyage to investigate tidal phenomena.
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$30

57178
TILEY, Robert
THE MERMAID TREE. How a tiny unknown ship opened Australia's north and west to development, dreams and disappointment: Sydney. 2006. ABC. 1st Ed. XX, 298 PP with 2 tail pieces and 3 head pieces (sketch of HMC Mermaid), 1 chart, 26 maps, and b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Signed by the author on title page. New. 23.5 x 15. 0733317014
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$45

21475
TOGHILL, Jeff
GHOST PORTS OF AUSTRALIA: Melbourne. 1984. Macmillan. 1st Ed. VI, 186 PP with b/w illust. (maps, plans & photos). Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 28 x 22.4. 0333380673
The forgotten stories of over 40 ghost ports dotting the seaboard and riverbanks of Australia.
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$35

50290
TOGHILL, Jeff
KNOTS & SPLICES: Sydney. 1986. Reed. Reprint of the 1979 original. 64 PP with b/w illustrations (2 drawings and 142 photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. Oblong: 11.4 x 18.5. 0730101339
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$5

58111
TUCK, James A. & GRENIER, Robert
RED BAY, LABRADOR - World Whaling Capital A.D. 1550-1600: St John's, Newfoundland. 1989. Atlantic Archaeology Ltd. 1st Ed. (4), 68 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Inside front cover: map in colour Newfoundland. Inside back cover: map in colour of Eastern North Atlantic Ocean. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. Oblong: 21.5 x 28. 092048008
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$15

58156
TUPPER, Eric
INTRODUCTION TO NAVAL ARCHITECTURE: Oxford. 2001. Butterworth-Heinemann. Reprint of the revised reprint of 2000 of the 3rd edition of 1996. X, 361 PP with tables and over 158 figures. Soft cover, illustrated front. Fine (mint condition). 23.2 x 15.5. 0750625295
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$45

58019
UNDERHILL, Harold A.
MASTING AND RIGGING - The Clipper Ship & Ocean Carrier: Glasgow. 1949. Brown, Son & Ferguson. Reprint of the 1946 original. X, (2), 300 PP with 22 tables, 178 figures and 50 plates, plus 1 large folded plate (No. 51). Fp: Ship "Mount Stewart". Original cloth cover, gilt title on spine. Spine sunned and with a 1 cm tear at head of back hinge. Ageing of paper around the edges, occasional foxing. Original frontispiece pasted down on a "new" page. Complete. Very good copy. 24.8 x 18.5.
With authentic plans, working drawings and details of the nineteenth and twentieth century sailing ship.
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$50

15941
UNION STEAM SHIP
HISTORY OF UNION STEAM SHIP COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND LIMITED 1875-1940: Wellington. 1940. Union Steam Ship Company. 1st Ed. 56 PP with b/w photos of ships, their captains & their shipowner. Verso of half-title page: Armorial Bearings (in colour). Hard cover, gilt-engraved front board (lightly soiled). Very good. Scarce. 25 x 18.7.
A company of world-wide importance which was founded and managed in New Zealand. Issued in commemoration of the centenary of British settlement in New Zealand, 1940.
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$60

45037
Van DAM, W.
TE ROER EN TE WAAK: Baarn. 1946. Bosch & Keuning N.V. 1st Ed. 259 PP with 1 map, and 56 figures, plus 2 folded plates (1 world map, 1 ship's plans) and 24 pages with 50 b/w illustrations. Hard cover, cloth spine. Corners of covers rubbed. Slight ageing of paper. Foxing spots on outside edges and few pages. Very good. Dutch text. 24.8 x 16.5.
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$20

17055
VAN DER POST, Joost & DORLEIJN, Peter
'EN WEND HET ROER GEZWIND...': Amsterdam. 1984. De Boer Maritiem. 1st Ed. 132 PP with 55 b/w illustrations (drawings, plans & sketches). Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing on outside edges. Near fine. Dutch text. 28 x 20.5. 9022818543
Fishing vessels, evolution and changes. Material, equipment, fishing gear and technology.
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$30

51005
VAN HILLE, Jean-Marc
LES VICISSITUDES D'UN MARIN PROVENCAL, LE CONTRE-AMIRAL JEAN-GASPARD VENCE (1747-1808): Paris. 1998. Service Historique de la Marine. 1st Ed., with a preface by contre-amiral François Caron. VIII, 86 PP with 2 facsimile of documents ands b/w illustrations (4 photos and 17 engravings). Soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.7 x 21. 2110911360
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$30

56832
VEALE, Lionel
THE FINAL MISSIONS. COASTWATCHERS AT WAR IN NEW GUINEA. His 6th Mission: Gold Coast. 2005. Author. 1st Ed. 304 PP with 4 maps, 30 drawings (8 tail pieces, 20 headpieces), 30 b/w photos (including 10 portraits). Eps: Map of New Guinea. Pictorial laminated boards, dj. New. 25 x 15.7. 0957738528
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$45

21321
VENABLES, Bernard
BALEIA ! BALEIA ! Whale Hunters of the Azores: New York. 1969. Alfred A. Knopf. 1st US Ed. XII, 204, (4) PP with b/w illust. by the author (2 maps and 28 pen & ink drawings), plus XVI plates with 23 b/w photos. Decorated cloth cover & spine, dj. Fine. 21.8 x 14.6.
The survival in the late 1960's of the daring primitive techniques of New England's famous whalers.
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$25

54498
VETH, Peter, SUTTON, Peter & NEALE, Margo (editors)
STRANGERS ON THE SHORE: Early Coastal Contacts in Australia: Canberra. 2008. National Museum of Australia Press. 1st Ed. XII, 236 PP with 57 b/w or colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. New. 23.7 x 17. 9781876944636
Strangers and servants of the Company: The United East India Company and the Dutch Voyages to Australia, by Colin Sheehan... French strangers on Tasmanian shores, by John Mulvaney... Pre-Macassans at Dholtji, by Ian S. McIntosh... Harvesting the Memory: open beaches in Makassar and Arnhem Land, by Campbell Macknight.
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$40

16009
VOGEL, Leo F.
ANCHOR WATCH: Fairfield, Wash. 1983. Ye Galleon. 1st Ed. 144 PP with 39 b/w photos of ships and places visited. Fp: Photo of author. Pictorial soft cover. Occasional foxing. Signed by the author on title page. Near fine. 25 x 17. 0877703019
A voyage between Puget Sound, Japan & North China in the 1930's by a farm boy, turned seaman.
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$15

55887
WALDING, Murray
SURF-O-RAMA: Treasures of Australian Surfing: Melbourne. 2008. The Miegunyah Press. 1st Ed. No. 105 in the 2nd numbered series of the Miegunyah volumes. XVI, 237, (3) PP with hundreds of b/w or colour illustrations (magazines, memorabilia, photos, posters...). Pictorial stiff cover. New. 27.6 x 25. 9780522854961
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$45

38383
WALL, Robert
OCEAN LINERS: London. 1978. Collins. Reprint of the 1977 original. 256 PP with b/w & colour illust. throughout. Fp: poster of 1929 of the Statendam III. Hard cover, dj. Renewed endpapers. Foxing spots on outside edges. Very good. 30 x 23. 0002116103
The rise and fall of the ocean liner and its final capitulation to the aeroplane.
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$10

35694
WARNER, Oliver
GREAT SEA BATTLES: London. 1970. Spring Books / Hamlyn. 2nd impression of the 1968 edition (1963 original). 304 PP with 48 colour and 398 bw illust. (maps, charts, paintings, photos ..). Fp: Paul Jones in the Bonhomme Richard engaged with Pearson in the Serapis at the Battle of Flamborough Head. Illustrated endpapers. Blue cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Few foxing spots on endpapers. Near fine. 32.2 x 24.8. 0600016501
From the Battle of Lepanto in 1571 to the Battle of Leyte Gulf in 1944.
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$10

57292

WARSHIP INTERNATIONAL - Volume III (Nos. II, III, IV), 1966: Toledo, Ohio, USA. 1966. The Naval Records Club. Volume III, 3 quarterly issues No. II, (Spring 1966), No. III (Summer 1966) & No. IV (Fall 1966). Edited by Edward C. FISHER & Allan C. HARRIS. Pages 119 to 342. A total of 332 pages with b/w illustrations (sketches, plans and photos). Pictorial soft cover. Occasional foxing. Very good. 28 x 21.7.
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$25

57293

WARSHIP INTERNATIONAL - Volume IX, No. 1 1972: Toledo, Ohio, USA. 1972. The Naval Records Club. Volume IX, issue No. 1 (March 1972. Edited by Edward C. FISHER & Allan C. HARRIS. 98 PP with b/w illustrations (sketches, plans and photos), plus 1 large folded plate. Pictorial soft cover. Occasional foxing. Very good. 28 x 21.7.
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$10

57294

WARSHIP INTERNATIONAL - Volume XI, No. 2 1974: Toledo, Ohio, USA. 1974. The Naval Records Club. Volume XI, issue No. 2 - 1974. Edited by Edward C. FISHER & Allan C. HARRIS. 100 pages. 113-212 PP with b/w illustrations (sketches, plans and photos). Pictorial soft cover. Occasional foxing. Very good. 28 x 21.7.
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$10

57296

WARSHIP INTERNATIONAL - Volume XVI, No. 1, 1979: Toledo, Ohio, USA. 1979. INRO / International Naval Research Organization. Volume XVI, issue No. 1 - 1979. Edited by Edward C. FISHER, Allan C. HARRIS & Christopher C. WRIGHT. 90 PP with b/w illustrations (sketches, plans and photos), plus folded plan at centrefold. Pictorial soft cover in colour. Occasional foxing. Very good. 28 x 21.5.
Development of the "A Class" cruisers in the Imperial Japanese Navy (Part II), by Dr. E. Lacroix. R.F.A. Engadine, by Joseph D. Fama ...
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$10

57297

WARSHIP INTERNATIONAL - Volume XVI, No. 3, 1979: Toledo, Ohio, USA. 1979. INRO / International Naval Research Organization. Volume XVI, issue No. 3 - 1979. Edited by Edward C. FISHER, Allan C. HARRIS & Christopher C. WRIGHT. 195-290 PP with b/w illustrations (sketches, plans and photos). Pictorial soft cover in colour. Occasional foxing. Very good. 28 x 21.5.
U.S.N.'s Flight Deck Cruiser, by Alan D. Zimm. H.M.S. Invincible CAH-01, by I. A. Sturton.
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$10

57298

WARSHIP INTERNATIONAL - Volume XVIII, No. 1, 1981: Toledo, Ohio, USA. 1981. INRO / International Naval Research Organization. Volume XVIII, issue No. 1 - 1981. Edited by Edward C. FISHER, Allan C. HARRIS & Christopher C. WRIGHT. 96 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (sketches, plans and photos), plus large folded plate at centrefold. Pictorial soft cover in colour. Occasional foxing. Very good. 28 x 21.5.
U.S. Navy Shipbuilding Budgets, 1980-81. The development of the "A Class" Cruisers in the Imperial Japanese Navy (Part IV), by Dr. E. Lacroix.
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$5

57299

WARSHIP INTERNATIONAL - Volume XVIII, No. 4, 1981: Toledo, Ohio, USA. 1981. INRO / International Naval Research Organization. Volume XVIII, issue No. 4 - 1981. Edited by Edward C. FISHER, Allan C. HARRIS & Christopher C. WRIGHT. 307-402 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (sketches, plans and photos), plus large folded plate at centrefold. Pictorial soft cover in colour. Occasional foxing. Very good. 28 x 21.5.
The development of the "A Class" Cruisers in the Imperial Japanese Navy (Part V), by Dr. E. Lacroix
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$5

57295

WARSHIP INTERNATIONAL - Volume XXXVI, 1999: Toledo, Ohio, USA. 1999. INRO / International Naval Research Organization. Volume XXXVI, 4 quarterly issues No. 1 (March, 1999) to No. 4 (December, 1999). Edited by Allan C. HARRIS & Christopher C. WRIGHT. A total of 430 pages with b/w and colour illustrations (sketches, plans and photos). Pictorial soft cover. Occasional foxing. Very good set. 28 x 21.7.
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$30

34243

WARSHIP No. 7 - A Quarterly Journal of Warship History: London. 1978. Conway. Issue No. 7, July 1978. Edited by Antony Preston. Pages 145 to 216 with tables, maps & plans, and 51 b/w photos. Pictoral soft cover. Few foxing spots on covers, o/wise fine. 24 x 18.5. 0851771424
"Capitani Romani", design and construction, by Elio Ando. Japanese B Type Submarine at war, by Pierre Hervieux...
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$15

34255

WARSHIP No. 23 - A Quarterly Journal of Warship History: London. 1982. Conway. Issue No. 23, July 1982. Edited by John Roberts. 169-240 PP with tables, maps & plans, and 57 b/w photos. Pictoral soft cover. Fine. 24 x 18.5. 0851772285
The bad weather flotilla, by Prezemyslaw Budzbon & Boris Lemachko. AgaKi and Kaga, by Hans Lengerer. Amphibious Command Ship by Norman Polmar & John J Patrick.
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$15

34256

WARSHIP No. 24 (A Quarterly Journal of Warship History): London. 1982. Conway. Issue No. 24, October 1982. Edited by John Roberts. 241-312 PP with tables, maps & plans, and 68 b/w photos. Pictoral soft cover. Fine. 24 x 18.5. 0851772293
Lesser known warships of the Kriegsmarine - the Light Cruiser "Nürnberg" by M J Whitley. The first submarines for the Royal Navy, by Michael Wilson...
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$15

20453
WARWICK, Mark
CLIPPERS (in Sportdiving in Australia & the South Pacific): Melbourne. 1993. Mountain, Ocean & Travel Publications. No. 37, April/May 1993. Includes article from P.96 to 103 with 2 maps & 8 bw photos. Pict. soft cover. New. 27.5 x 21.
The clipper ship saga.
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$15

58028
WELCH, Major J. H.
QUARANTINE STATION POINT NEPEAN, PORTSEA: Sorrento, Victoria. 1986. Nepean Historical Society. Reprint of the 1968 original. 12 PP. Soft cover. Near fine. 20.5 x 16.5.
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$10

57704
WESTHORP, Christopher (editor)
VJ DAY IN PHOTOGRAPHS - 50th Anniversary: London. 1995. Salamander Book. 1st Ed. 64 PP with 100 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 30 x 21.5. 0861017951
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$10

45897
WEXHAM, Brian
SHIPWRECKS OF THE WESTERN CAPE: Cape, South Africa. c. 1985. Howard Timmins. 1st Ed. 124 PP with 1 map on double page, 1 chart, b/w and colour photos. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 28.5 x 24. 0869782517
HMS Sceptre, 1799. Birkenhead, 1852...
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$70

58175
WHITE, Colin (editor)
THE NELSON COMPANION: London. 1997. Bramley Books. Reprint of the 1995 original. XIV, 228 PP with 102 b/w illust., plus 8 pages with 13 colour photos. FEP: A first World War souvenir handkerchief attempting to invoke the spirit of Nelson. REP: HMS Victory during the great restoration of 1922 to 1927. Pictorial laminated boards. Fine. 24.8 x 17.5. 1858337658
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$20

58126
WICKING, T. A.
THE WRECK OF FAWKNER'S "ENTERPRISE" ?, with a note by E. D. Gill on the radiocarbon dating of wreck timber: Warrnambool. 1983. The Osburne Group / Flagstaff Hill. 1st Ed. 2-26, (3 index) PP with 4 b/w illustrations. Soft cover, illustrated front. Fine. 27 x 21. 0959375608
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$15

42542
WICKMAN, Victor, BOFFA, Charles & CARUANA, Joseph
MARITIME MALTA - Some 19th & 20th Century Wartime Aspects: Vittoriosa, Malta. 1996. The Maritime Museum. 1st Ed. 49 PP, plus 3 b/w plates. Soft cover. Fine. 29.2 x 21.
Proceedings of seminar held by the Friends of the Maritime Museum (Hbieb tal-Muzew Marittimu) in July 1996. The Crimean War and Malta. The Grand Harbour, with special reference to World War II. Operazione Malta Due (attack with Explosive Boats) 26th July 1941.
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$20

16766
WILCOX, L. A.
MR. PEPYS' NAVY: London. 1966. G. Bell & Sons. 1st Ed. X, 189 PP with 74 b/w illustrations by the author. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price clipped). Small chips to the dust jacket, foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise very good. 25.2 x 15.8.
A reconstruction of the day-to-day administration of the Navy, from the passages in his diary dealing with naval affairs.
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$25

57975
WILLIAMS, Captain Sir John
SO ENDS THIS DAY - An Autobiography: Melbourne. 1981. Globe Press. 1st Ed. (12), 226, (6 index) PP, plus 32 pages with 60 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Light foxing. Dedicatory note to previous owner on half title page, dated and signed by the author. Fine. 24.2 x 15.8. 095936711X
He started before the mast on sailing ships, migrated to Australia where he worked for the ports of Townsville & Melbourne. Marine salvage, Chairman of the Australian Coastal Shipping Commission, Australian National Line.
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$45

39364
WILLIAMS, David L.
SEA TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT: London. 1988. Ian Allan. 1st Ed. 128 PP with tables, sketches, maps, and 61 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 18.4 x 11.8. 0711017735
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$10

58067
WILLIAMS, Desmond S.
CORAMBA - The Ship the Sea Swallowed: Melbourne. 1984. Author. 1st edition limited to 1000 copies. VIII, 100 PP with 19 b/w illustrations (including 2 maps) and 1 folded plan "general arrangement". Pictorial soft cover. Note to previous owner on title page, dated and signed by the author. Near fine. 21.4 x 13.6.
The T.S.S. Coramba which foundered on 30th November, 1934, off Phillip Island.
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$40

31696
WILLIAMS, Glyndwr
THE GREAT SOUTH SEA: English Voyages and Encounters, 1570-1750: New Haven, USA. 1997. Yale University Press. 1st Ed. XV, 300 PP with 4 maps and 42 b/w illust. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 24 x 16. 0300072449
The world encompassed: Drake and his Successors. Dampier's explorations and writings... Anson's circumnavigation.
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$30

21331
WILLIAMS, Harold (editor)
ONE WHALING FAMILY: Boston. 1964. Houghton Mifflin. 1st printing. XII, 402 PP, plus 8 pages with 15 b/w illust. Eps: Map of Sea of Okhotsk & Bering Sea. Cloth cover, gilt device on front cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price clipped). Near fine. 21.8 x 15.
The William family saga. In 1858, Eliza sailed with her husband and gave birth at sea to a boy who later became a whaler and to a girl who married the whalebone king. Contains the diary of Eliza and the accounts of 32 whaling ships wrecked on the pack ice of the Arctic. Includes the first voyage of the son as a junior officer.
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$15

20974
WILLIAMS, Robyn
MAN OF FLOWERS: ... legacy of Joseph Banks (in Australian Way): Sydney. 1993. Qantas. Issue of August 1993. Contains article P. 53 to 55 with 8 colour illustrations (1 portrait and 8 Banksia). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27.5 x 21.
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$10

58088
WILTSHIRE, J. G.
WILLIAM DUTTON and the Sealing and Whaling Industries: Portland. 1976. E. Davis & Sons. 1st edition, section Two in "A People's History of Portland and District" series. 52 PP with 132 b/w illustrations. Library binding. Hard cover, illustrated front board, gilt title on cloth spine. Ex library copy with stamps on endpapers and the verso of title page. Very good. 21.6 x 13.6.
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$20

57627
WITHEY, Lynne
VOYAGES OF DISCOVERY, Captain Cook and the Exploration of the Pacific: London. 1988. Hutchinson. 1st UK edition. 512 PP with 36 b/w illustrations. Eps: Mappemonde with Voyages of Captain James Cook. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Faint foxing, o/wise fine. 24.2 x 16. 0091736021
Account of the last great age of European sea exploration, making use of the fragments of oral traditions, collected by early missionaries and anthropologists as well as the discoverers' notes.
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$20

41161
WRIGHT, Derrick
A HELL OF A WAY TO DIE - Tarawa Atoll 20-23 November 1943: London. 1996. Windrow & Greene. 1st Ed. 160 PP with 9 maps, plus 32 pages with 57 b/w illusrations (12 drawings by Kerr Eby and 45 photos). Title page: Ebb Tide, charcoal drawing by Kerr Eby. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 24.2 x 16. 1859150284
3301 US Marine casualties.
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$20

57098
WSS
MARINE NEWS - Journal of the World Ship Society - Volumes XXIV, XXV & XXVI: Kendal. 1970, 1971 & 1972. The World Ship Society. Vol. XXIV, Nos. 4, 6, 7 & 8 (1970), Vol. XXV, Nos. 1 to 12 (1971) & Vol. XXVI, Nos 1 to 12 (1972). Edited by Michael CROWDY. 28 issues for a total of 1082 PP with b/w illustrations. Bound copies retaining original wrappers. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine. Very good. 22 x 14.
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$40

57102
WSS
MARINE NEWS - Journal of the World Ship Society - Volumes XXXIII & XXXIV: Kendal. 1979 & 1980. The World Ship Society. Vol. XXXIII, Nos. 1 to 12 (1979) & Vol. XXXIV, Nos 1 to 6 (1980). Edited by Michael CROWDY. 18 issues for a total of 872 PP with b/w illustrations. Bound copies retaining original wrappers. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine. Very good. 22 x 14.
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$30

46493
WYCHERLEY, George
BUCCANEERS OF THE PACIFIC: Indianapolis. 1928. The Bobbs-Merrill Company. 1st Ed. (14), 444 PP, plus 32 b/w plates. Fp: Captain William Dampier. FEP: Map of America. REP: Map of the East Indies. Cloth cover. Slight ageing of paper on outside edges. Occasional foxing. Near fine. 23.7 x 16.
Of the Bold English Buccaneers, Pirates, Privateers & Gentlemam adventurers...
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$55

58089
WYND, Ian
BALLA - WEIN. A history of the Shire of Bellarine: Drysdale, Vic. 1988. Shire of Bellarine. 1st Ed. XI, 200 PP with b/w illustrations (maps & plans, engravings & paintings, photos). Hard cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj. Fine. 29.8 x 21.2. 0959728120
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$45

57432
[YACHTING]
YACHTING WORLD, Power and Sail - Volume 105, 1953: London. 1953. Yachting World / Iliffe & Sons Ltd. 59th year of publication. Volume 105, No. 2530 (January 1953) to No. 2541 (December 1953). 12 issues: 548, (726 Advertisements) PP with b/w and colour illustrations and the monthly folded "Design Supplement". Pictorial soft cover. Some of the covers and spines rubbed and chipped. Occasional foxing. Very good set. 29.5 x 21.5.
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$50

57433
[YACHTING]
YACHTING WORLD, Power and Sail - Volume 106, 1954: London. 1954. Yachting World / Iliffe & Sons Ltd. 60th year of publication. Volume 106, No. 2542 (January 1954) to No. 2553 (December 1954). 12 issues: 560, (742 Advertisements) PP with b/w and colour illustrations and the monthly folded "Design Supplement". Pictorial soft cover. Some of the covers and spines rubbed and chipped. Occasional foxing. Very good set. 29.5 x 21.5.
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$50

57434
[YACHTING]
YACHTING WORLD, Power and Sail - Volume 107, 1955: London. 1955. Yachting World / Iliffe & Sons Ltd. 61st year of publication. Volume 107, No. 2554 (January 1955) to No. 2565 (December 1955). 12 issues: 542, (776 Advertisements) PP with b/w and colour illustrations and the monthly folded "Design Supplement". Pictorial soft cover. Some of the covers and spines rubbed and chipped. Occasional foxing. Very good set. 29.5 x 21.5.
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$50

57435
[YACHTING]
YACHTING WORLD, Power and Sail - Volume 108, 1956: London. 1956. Yachting World / Iliffe & Sons Ltd. 62nd year of publication. Volume 108, No. 2566 (January 1956) to No. 2576 (December 1956). 11 issues (No. 2568 covers March and April 1956): 486, (712 Advertisements) PP with b/w and colour illustrations and 7 of the monthly folded "Design Supplement". Pictorial soft cover. Some of the covers and spines rubbed and chipped. Occasional foxing. Very good set. 29.5 x 21.5.
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$50

57436
[YACHTING]
YACHTING WORLD, Power and Sail - Volume 109, 1957: London. 1957. Yachting World / Iliffe & Sons Ltd. 63rd year of publication. Edited by Group Captain E. F. Haylock (as of October 1957). Volume 109, No. 2577 (January 1957) to No. 2588 (December 1957). 12 issues: 556, (772 Advertisements) PP with b/w and colour illustrations and 9 of the monthly folded "Design Supplement". Pictorial soft cover. Some of the covers and spines rubbed and chipped. Occasional foxing. Very good set. 29.5 x 21.5.
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$50

57437
[YACHTING]
YACHTING WORLD, Power and Sail - Volume 110, 1958: London. 1958. Yachting World / Iliffe & Sons Ltd. 64th year of publication. Edited by Group Captain E. F. Haylock. Volume 110, No. 2589 (January 1958) to No. 2600 (December 1958). 12 issues: 544, (856 Advertisements) PP with b/w and colour illustrations and 9 of the monthly folded "Design Supplement". Pictorial soft cover. Some of the covers and spines rubbed and chipped. Occasional foxing. Very good set. 29.5 x 21.5.
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$50

58210
YAMASHITA, Michael
ZHENG HE - Tracing the Epic Voyages of China's Greatest Explorer: Vercelli, Italy. 2006. White Star Publishers. 1st English edition translated from the Italian by Sarah Ponting. Historical introductions by Gianni Guadalupi. 448 PP with 1 map in colour on double page, 5 b/w illustrations and colour photos by Michael Yamashita. Laminated pictorial boards, dj. New. 25.6 x 25.6. 8854401641
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$45

36428
YOUNG, Victor
SHIPS OF WELLINGTON - The past 50 Years: Wellington. 1999. Nivic Maritime Books. 1st Ed. 104 PP with 46 colour and 59 b/w photos. Pictorial laminated boards. New. Oblong: 22 x 24.7. 0473060248
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$30

36362
ZIMMERMANN, Heinrich (Peter C.)
REISE UM DIE WELT MIT CAPTAIN COOK: Amsterdam. 1973. N. Israel. Facsimile reprint of the 1781 original. No. 73 in the Bibliotheca Australiana series. (2), 110 PP. Hard cover, simile vellum, gilt title on blue vignette (front cover and spine). Near fine. German text in Gothic script. 22 x 14.5. 9060720938
The third voyage of Captain Cook on the Discovery as told by a German sailor. Exchange of letters between previous buyer and editor as this reprint has Peter C. Zimmermann for author, where his real name was Heinrich Zimmermann (loosely inserted).
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$30