Boglio Maritime Books

32758
LA RICHE, William
ALEXANDRIA - The Sunken City: London. 1996. Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 1st English edition of the French original "Alexandrie: Septième Merveille du Monde". 135, (6) PP with 1 map, 28 drawings, 2 b/w & 9 colour illustrations, and 75 colour photos. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 31 x 26.5. 0297821806
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$35

36309
LAGENDIJK, A.
SCHAKEL TUSSEN TWEE WERELDEN - Repatriërings - en troepenschepen naar en van Indië 1945-1951: Amsterdam. 1991. De Bataafsche Leeuw. 1st Ed. 80 PP with 103 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Dutch text (captions of photos in English). Fine. 29.8 x 21. 9067072672
Liners / Troopships ferrying civilian and military personnel between The Netherlands and their East Indies (Indonesia).
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$20

53701
LANKFORD, Jr., Benjamin
WATERCRAFT MODELER'S HANDBOOK: Silver Spring, Maryland. 1988. Nautical Research Guild, Inc. 1st Ed. No continuous pagination, XIV, (160) PP with b/w illustrations (181 figures (drawings, sketches, photos), 19 b/w photos of models, and 9 plates). Pict. soft cover. Near fine. 28 x 21.5. 0960345655
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$25

15651
LAPLACE, Capitaine de Frégate
VOYAGE AROUND THE WORLD ON THE CORVETTE LA FAVORITE 1830, 1831, 1832: Singapore. 1991. Antiques of the Orient. 1st edition (being the first English translation of text relating to the plates). 72 PP with 72 colour plates. FEP: Chart of the Voyage of the Corvette La Favorite. Pictorial laminated boards. Fine. 30.2 x 21.5. 9810025394
The circumnavigation voyage of La Place, to re-establish French influence over Indochina and French commercial interest in the Pacific.
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$80

45071
LAROE, Lisa Moore
TITANIC: Washington. c. 1992. National Geographic Soviety. Collector's edition. 32 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. Oblong: 22.8 x 30. 5.
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$15

21230
LAWSON, Will & The Shiplovers' Society of Tasmania
BLUE GUM CLIPPERS AND WHALE SHIPS OF TASMANIA: Melbourne. 1949. Georgian House. 1st Ed. 261 PP, plus 30 b/w plates. Fp: Sailing ships at New Wharf in 1881. Cloth cover, dj (price-clipped). Sellotape marks on both endpapers, o/wise near fine. 22.3 x 14.5.
Early whaling, trading and shipbuilding in Tasmania.
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$30

55811
LAXON, W. A., DICK, H. W., FARQUHAR, I. J. & STEVENS, T. S.
HUDDART PARKER: A Famous Australasian Shipping Company, 1876-1961: Melbourne. 2008. Nautical Association of Australia. 1st Ed. XII, 236 PP with b/w illustrations (8 portraits, 3 posters and 124 photos, 113 of ships). Inside covers: advertising material. Pictorial soft cover. New. 25 x 17.6. 9780975689615
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$45

36083
LAYMAN, R. D.
THE CUXHAVEN RAID - The World's First Carrier Air Strike: London. 1985. Conway. 1st Ed. 160 PP with 2 tables, 2 maps and 24 b/w photos. Fp: HMS Engadine and her large steel hangar. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise near fine. 24.8 x 16.2. 0851773273
Christmas Day 1914.
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$15

32055
LAYTON, Thomas N.
THE VOYAGE OF THE FROLIC - New England Merchants and the Opium Trade: Stanford, Ca. 1997. Stanford University Press. 1st Ed. XVI, (2), 227 PP with 39 figures (2 maps, facsimile of documents, drawings and photos). Title spread: Frolic under sail. Cloth cover, dj. Faint foxing, o/wise fine. 23.5 x 15.5. 0804729093
Custom-built Baltimore clipper for the Opium trade between Bombay and China. Wrecked with Chinese goods, on the Mendocino coast, North of San Francisco, in the early years of the Gold Rush.
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$30

21662
LE FLEMING, H.M.
CUNARD WHITE STAR LINERS OF THE 1930s: London. c. 1960. Ian Allan. 1st Ed. 32 PP with 59 b/w photos. Soft cover has a little wear, o/wise very good. 23.5 x 18.
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$15

59997
LEATHERWOOD, Stephen & REEVES, Randall R.
The Sierra Club Handbook of WHALES and DOLPHINS: San Francisco. 1983. Sierra Club Books. 1st paperback edition. Foreword by Sam H. Ridgway. XVII, 302 PP with 130 b/w photos and 70 illustrations in full-color by Larry Foster. Pictorial soft cover. Name of previous owner on half title page. Fine. 20.3 x 11.5. 0871563401
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$10

46071
LECLERCQ, W. L.
DE LAATSTE NEDERLANDSE ZEILSCHEPEN, een korte beschrijving van de Nederlandse grote zeilvaart na de Franse tijd: Utrecht. 1966. A. Oosthoek's. 1st Ed. 102 PP with 1 folded map and 22 figures (drawings, engravings, plans, sketches), plus 32 pages with 42 b/w illustrations. Hard cover, illustrated front cover. Covers slightly rubbed, head of spine reinforced at hinges. Very good. Dutch text. 20 x 12.7.
The last Dutch windjammers.
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$10

59123
LEDYARD, Gari
THE DUTCH COME TO KOREA: Seoul. 1971. Royal Asiatic Society (Korea Branch) & Taewon Publishing Company. 1st Ed. Monograph No. 3 of the Royal Asiatic Society, Korea Branch, series. 231 PP with 8 b/w illustrations. Fp: Map of Korea. Cloth cover, gilt device on front cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Colour illustrations pasted down on front endpaper, 2 chops on title page. Review by Edward W. Poitras, tipped in on verso of half title page. Newspaper cutting "The Korea Herald", October 16, 1980, with a review by Lee Kyung-sik, loosely inserted. Near fine. 21.2 x 14.5.
An account of the Life of the First Westerners in Korea (1653-1666).
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$35

53988
LEEK, Bob
BALLAST SITES OPERATIONS AND CRAFT OF PORT PHILLIP: Newport, Victoria. 2007. Bob Leek & Peter Taylor. 1st Ed. 116 PP with 20 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 14.7. 0975175459
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$20

43696
LESLIE, J.
HOME IS THE SAILOR: Sydney. 1934. N.S.W. Bookstall. 1st Ed. (10), 267 PP. Cloth cover, device on front board. Spine lightly sunned, few foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 18.8 x 13.
Novel set in Australia and the Islands of Fiji and Samoa... Search for the haunts of Bully Hayes, and for stranded sailors...
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$30

51004
LESTRINGANT, Frank
SOUS LA LECON DES VENTS. Le monde d'André Thevet, cosmographe de la Renaissance: Paris. 2003. Presses de l'Université de Paris-Sorbonne. 1st edition. Volume No. 6, in Collection Imago Mundi. 472 PP, plus 40 pages with 57 b/w plates. Title page with portrait of André Thevet. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 24 x 16. 2840502925
Geographer of the kingdom of France: born 1504 or 1516, death 1592.... Chaplain of the 1555 expedition to at Guanabara (Rio de Janeiro) led by Nicolasz Durand de Villegagnon.
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$40

19685
LEVER, Darcy
THE YOUNG SEA OFFICER'S SHEET ANCHOR, Or a Key to the Leading of Rigging and to Practical Seamanship with An Appendix containing several figures illustrative of novelties and improvements in rigging, &c&c&c.: London. 1835. John Richardson. Reprint. XII, (II), 124 PP plus 113 plates (printed back to back) with 687 figures plus 3 plates (printed back to back) with 17 figures (In Appendix), followed by a Dictionary of Sea Terms (Pages 117 to 124). Rebacked copy retaining original morocco covers, raised bands, gilt lettering ("Rigging & Seamanship") on spine, lettering on foot of spine a little faded/rubbed. Signature: Wm. St. John Hornby, 1854, on original endpaper. Light foxing, otherwise a very good complete copy of a scarce book. 27.5 x 22.5.
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$900

22829
LEWIS, Glen
A HISTORY OF THE PORTS OF QUEENSLAND - A Study in Economic Nationalism: Brisbane. 1973. University of Queensland Press. 1st Ed. XVIII, 341 PP with 14 tables, plus 4 pages with 13 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. (rubbed). Very good. 23.3 x 15.5. 0702208124
The first major study of Queensland's economic history covering port development, shipping services and economic growth...
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$25

14229
LINDSAY, J. Murray
SAILOR IN STEAM: Adelaide. 1966. Rigby. 1st Ed. 147 PP, plus 12 pages with 18 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj (price clipped) is a little creased, o/wise near fine. 21 x 13.7.
Transition from sailing on square-riggers to steamships.
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$10

43803
LLOYD, Robert, & FENTON, Roy
THE BRITISH MERCHANT NAVY - Images and Experiences: Preston. 2002. Ships in Focus Publications. 1st Ed. 112 PP with 1 colour and 42 b/w photos, 51 House Flags (in colour) and 63 colour paintings by Robert Lloyd. Fp: P&O's Chusan at Tilbury. Hard cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Fine. Oblong: 22 x 30.5. 1901703452
Paintings by Robert Lloyd, described by Roy Fenton drawing on the experiences of British merchant seamen.
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$60

41521
LOCKHART, J. G.
PERIL OF THE SEA - A Book of Shipwrecks and Escapes: London. 1928. Philip Allan. Reprint of the 1924 original, No. 3 in the Nautilus Library series. 254 PP. Cloth cover, gilt device on front cover, gilt title on spine, dj (lightly soiled). Foxing spots on outside edges, name and stamp of previous owners on front endpaper, o/wise near fine. 17.4 x 11.5.
From the foundering of the Blanche Nef in 1120, carrying William the Etheling, the only legitimate son of King Henry I, to the Wreck of the Birkenhead in 1852 off South Africa, and the Titanic in April 1912.
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$15

39536
LOCKWOOD, Douglas
NORTHERN TERRITORY SKETCHBOOK: Adelaide. 1968. Rigby. 1st Ed. 64 PP with 65 drawings by Ainslie Roberts. FEP: Map of the Centre. REP: Map of the Top End. Hard cover, dj (slightly rubbed). Dedicatory note on title page, signed by the illustrator. Near fine. 22.5 x 14.2.
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$25

48743
LONEY, J. K.
AN ERA AT PORT PHILLIP HEADS 1830-1900: Geelong. 1973. Marine History Publications. 1st Ed. 38 PP, plus map at centrefold & 8 pages with 13 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Slight ageing of paper. Near fine. 21 x 13.7. 0959985360
The pilot service, the shipwrecks and piloting hazards, the lifeboat service...
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$15

36479
LONEY, Jack
AN ATLAS HISTORY OF AUSTRALIAN SHIPWRECKS, (State by State, Including Maps & Diving Notes): Sydney. 1981. A. & A.W. Reed. 1st Ed. 120 PP plus 8 pages with 17 colour photos & many b/w illust. & charts. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 25.8 x 18.2. 0589503006
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$20

59833
LONEY, Jack
AUSTRALIAN SHIPWRECKS, Volume 2: 1851-1871: Sydney. 1980. Reed. 1st Ed. 239 PP with 15 b/w illustrations. Eps: Map of Australia. Hard cover, dj. Dated and signed by the author on title page. Fine. 24.6 x 18.2. 0589501003
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$45

17582
LONEY, Jack
AUSTRALIA'S SHIPWRECK COAST AND OTHER STORIES: Geelong. 1986. Author. 1st Ed. 103 PP with 4 maps & 117 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21.5 x 18.6. 0909244294
Wreck sites, graves, memorials to seamen and passengers...
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$15

58102
LONEY, Jack
THE LOCH ARD DISASTER: Portarlington. c. 1975. Marine History Publications. 6th Ed. 44 PP with 1 map & 6 b/w illustrations, plus 12 pages with 1 map & 22 b/w illust. Pictorial soft cover. Ageing of paper. Name of previous owner on inside front cover, o/wise very good. 19.4 x 13.8. 095998531X
Wrecked on Mutton Bird Island near Port Campbell on 1st June, 1878.
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$10

58027
LONEY, Jack
TALL SHIPS AND SAILORMEN - A Concise Survey of Victoria's Early Maritime History: Geelong. c.1980. Marine History Publication. 3rd Ed. 60 PP, plus 8 pages with 17 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft covers (wreck of a windjammer). Signed by the author on title page. Covers lightly worn and creased, o/wise near fine. 27.5 x 21.4. 0909244022
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$20

19000
LONEY, Jack
WRECKS ALONG THE GREAT OCEAN ROAD: Portarlington. 1988. Marine History Publications. 9th edition of the 1967 original. 138 PP with 4 location maps, plus 16 pages with 29 b/w illust. (2 maps). Pict. soft cover. Fine. 22 x 15. 959985387
Shipwrecks on the Victorian coast, from Point Lonsdale to Portland.
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$10

58108
LONEY, Jack
WRECKS ON THE N.S.W. NORTH COAST: Geelong. 1978. Marine History Publications. 1st reprint in June 1978 of the 1976 original. 135 PP, plus 20 pages with 1 map & 32 bw illust. Pict. soft cover. Very good. 20.8 x 14.2. 0909244170
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$15

20876
LONSDALE, Adrian L. & KAPLAN, H.R.
A GUIDE TO SUNKEN SHIPS IN AMERICAN WATERS: Arlington, Virginia, USA. 1964. Compass Publications. 1st Ed. XIV, (2), 189 PP with 2 maps/charts, 8 tables & 19 bw photos. Fp: Barkentine wrecked on reef is swamped and dashed by pounding surf. Cloth cover is very good, dust jacket rubbed and stained. Internally very clean and good. 22.3 x 15.
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$25

13392
LOWER, J.A.
OCEAN OF DESTINY - A Concise History of the North Pacific, 1500-1978: Vancouver. 1978. University of British Columbia. 1st Ed. XIV, 242 PP with 2 graphs, 3 maps and 22 tables, plus 16 pages with 32 b/w illustrations. Hard cover, dj. Foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise near fine. 23 x 15. 0774801018
History of the North Pacific. Covers concurrent events in the East and West.
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$25

46780
LYNCH, Don & MARSCHALL, Ken
GHOSTS OF THE ABYSS. A Journey into the Heart of the Titanic: London & Toronto. 2003. Hodder & Stoughton / Madison Press Books. 1st Ed. 144 PP with b/w & colour photos from archives, paintings and illustrations. Title spread: Telemotor of the Titanic steering wheel. Eps: White Star line passenger ship sailing. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 26.2 x 26.2. 0340734167
Haunting saga of the great maritime disaster: Titanic sinking on its maiden voyage in April 1912. Enthralling information on the ship, its crew & its passengers.
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$25

31358
McCLUSKIE, Tom
SHIPS - From the Archives of Harland & Wolff, the Builders of the Titanic: London. 1998. PRC. 1st Ed. 160 PP with colour illustrations. Fp: the Waipara. Pictorial laminated boards, dj. Fine. Oblong: 25 x 28.5. 185648467X
A selection of 29 of the early ships (transition from sail to steam) built in Belfast by Harland & Wolff.
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$20

12887
McCUNE, Shannon
THE RYUKYU ISLANDS: London. 1975. David & Charles. 1st Ed., in The Islands series. 208 PP with 4 maps, 6 graphs & 31 b/w photos in text. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 22.5 x 14. 0715368931
History, traditional way of life, development, tourism.
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$15

15512
McDONELL, Captain R.
BUILD A FLEET LOSE A FLEET: Melbourne. 1976. Hawthorn Press. 1st Ed. VII, 242 PP plus 8 pages with 32 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 22.2 x 14.5. 0725601655
The Commonwealth Government Line of steamers, founded in 1916, absorbing the prize ships taken from Germany at the outbreak of WWI and disbanded/sold in 1926.
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$15

50546
McDOUGALL, Alderman D. G. & HUNTER Valley Research Foundation
THIS IS NEWCASTLE, New South Wales: Newcastle, NSW. 1966. The Council of the City of Newcastle. 1st Ed. 40 PP with graphs and tables, 2 maps in colour and 12 b/w photos. Inside back cover with folded map. Soft cover (Coat of Arms on back cover). Near fine. 21.5 x 14.
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$30

18320
McGILL, David
THE PIONEERS OF PORT NICHOLSON: Wellington. 1984. Reed. 1st Ed. (2), 194 PP with 100 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Foxing spots on outside edges. Very good. Oblong: 19 x 24.8. 0589015311
From the Maori settlement around Te Whanganui-a-Tara, to the Pakeha pioneers who developed it into the City of Wellington.
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$20

43742
MacGREGOR, David R.
THE CHINA BIRD, The History of Captain Killick and One Hundred Years of Sail and Steam: London. 1961. Chatto & Windus. 1st Ed. XVII, 366 PP with 56 fig. in text, 3 folding plans, 42 pages with 58 b/w plates. Fp: The Lothair. Eps: Map of world with principal sailing routes. Cloth cover, dj (price clipped). Dust jacket is a little faded and rubbed. Foxing spots on outside edges and few pages, o/wise near fine. 24 x 16.5.
Story of Killick & Martin, founded by Capt. James Killick of Challenger fame, described as China Bird. Annual races of the tea clippers from Chinese ports to the docks of England.
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$15

18443
MacGREGOR, David R.
FAST SAILING SHIPS, Their Design and Construction, 1775-1875: London. 1988. Conway Maritime Press. 2nd revised edition of the 1973 original. 319 PP with b/w illustrations. Title spread: The three skysail-yarder "Morning Star". Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Discreet name of previous owner on front endpaper, o/wise fine. 28.5 x 22. 0851774520
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$70

15499
McINTYRE, Kenneth Gordon
THE REBELLO TRANSCRIPTS, Governor Phillip's Portuguese Prelude: London. 1984. Souvenir Press. 1st Ed. 257 PP with tables & 10 maps in text plus 4 pages with 7 b/w illust. Hard cover, dj. Foxing on outside edges, o/wise near fine. 22 x 14.2. 0285626035
The years of Governor Phillip with the Portuguese Navy and in Brazil (then a Portuguese colony). Voyage of the first fleet & call at Rio.
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$10

42628
McKEE, Alexander
FARMING THE SEA - First steps into Inner Space: London. 1967. Souvenir Press. 1st Ed. 314 PP with 11 figures (graph, maps, plans sketches), plus 16 pages with 35 b/w photos. FEP: map of the Solent. REP: Map of the continental shelf areas of the world. Hard cover, dj. Rear endpaper misbound (upside down). Faint foxing, o/wise very good. 22 x 14.5.
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$15

19492
McLEAN, Gavin (compiler)
NEW ZEALAND COASTAL PASSENGER SHIPS: Wellington. 1989. G.P. Books. 1st Ed. 48 PP with 66 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 14.8. 0477000142
Photographic record of the various runs: Northern Route, Nelson Passenger Service, the Picton Ferry, the Wellington-Lyttelton Ferry Service and Foveaux Strait Service.
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$15

52542
McMAHON, Libby and John
EXPLORING THE SOUTH LAND. Tasmania emerges from Terra Australis Incognita: Hobart. 2006. Maritime Museum of Tasmania. 1st Ed., with a foreword by Colin Denny. VIII, 68 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (charts, maps, plans). Pictorial soft cover. New. Oblong: 23 x 30. 0975723731
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$30

40601
McMILLAN, A. Stewart
THE ROYAL ALFRED STORY: London. 1965. The Royal Alfred Merchant Seamen's Society. Edited by Joan F. Lafferty, with Centenary Message from Her Majesty the Queen and foreword by the Rt. Hon. Viscount Runciman of Doxford. 140 PP with 43 b/w photos. Cloth cover, illustrated front. Stamp of previous owner on front endpaper. Signed by the author on page 4. Near fine. 22.2 x 15.
100 year history of retired seamen's home, which started as Royal Hospital for Worn-Out and Disabled Merchant Seamen.
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$40

43916
MACNAB, Lieut. John
CATECHISM OF THE LAWS OF STORMS: London. 1897. George Philip & Son. New & enlarged edition of the 1890 original. 65 PP with 7 figures and 3 tables, plus 4 plates with diagrams. Fp: Folded world map with Storm Tracks. Illustrated endpapers. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover. Covers marked and rubbed. Front endpaper with a crease, some foxing, o/wise very good. Scarce. 19 x 13.
... For the use of sea officers, also odds and ends connected with modern seamanship, all according to the new requirements.
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$30

21466
McNAB, Robert
THE OLD WHALING DAYS - A History of Southern New Zealand from 1830 to 1840: Auckland. 1975. Golden Press. Reprint of the 1913 original, in the New Zealand Classics series. XIII, 508 PP. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 21 x 13.5. 0855584327
The competition between French, American and British whalers for the sperm whale.
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$20

42352
MANNING-SANDERS, Ruth
SEASIDE ENGLAND: London. 1951. B. T. Batsford. 1st Ed. VIII, 151 PP with 11 text illustrations, plus 16 pages with 57 b/w illustrations. Fp (in colour): A Beach Scene, c. 1890, by J.M. Whistler. Vignette on title page. Cloth cover, dj (price-clipped). Foxing on dust jacket, outside edges and a few pages, o/wise a very good clean copy. 22.2 x 14.5.
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$15

60271
MARINE ART
IHC CALENDAR - MARITIME 92: Wormer, Holland. 1991. IHC / Mercurius van Keulen. 1992 Maritime Calendar with 8 framable prints in colour. Front cover (French Herring Fisher entering a Harbour), clear plastic cover, spiral bound. Fine. 48 x 45
2 paintings: "The Paddle Steamer" & "The brig on the IJ in Amsterdam", by Willem Gruyter jr. (1817-1880) - 1 painting "Near Rotterdam", by James Webb (1825-1895) - 1 map "Orientora Indiarum Orientalum", by Frederick de Witt (1610-1698) - 1 painting "The Harbour of Helsingor", by Carl Frederik Sorensen. 1 painting "Departure from Bamburgh Castle, by Frederik Calvert. 1 Painting "French Herring Fisher entering a Harbour", by Edward William Cooke (1811-1880).
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$15

59350
MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY AUSTRALIA
AUSTRALIAN / AUSTRALASIAN / MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY - Newsletter / Bulletin for: Perth. 1979 - 2009. Australian / Australasian / Institute for Maritime Arhaeology. Edited by: Jeremy Green and Myra Stanbury. 46 issues 30 half-yearly and 16 yearly. Newsletters: 4 issues for 1979 and 1980 with a total of 149 PP. Bulletin: 42 issues with a total of 3100 PP. All issues with b/w illustrations (maps, plans, sketches and photos). Pictorial soft colour (b/w issues 1 to 20, colour issues 21 to 33). Fine set. 29.8 x 21.
Newsletter: Nos 1 to 4, for 1979 & 1980. Bulletin "Australian Institute": Nos 5 to 33 for 1981 to 2001. Bulletin "Australasian Institute": 2002 to 2009.
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$1200

42485
MARRIOTT, John
DISASTER AT SEA: New York. 1987. Hippocrene Books. 1st US edition. 176 PP with 30 maps & plans, and 49 b/w illustrations. Hard cover, gilt title on cloth spine, dj. Fine. 23.5 x 15.7. 087052450X
Lloyds of London. The British Search and Rescue Organisation. Shipwrecks: Victoria and Camperdown, Andrea Doria and Stockholm, Titanic... The 1979 Fastnet Race.
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$15

20827
MARRIOTT, Leo
TITANIC: London. 1997. Promotional Reprint Book Company. 160 PP with b/w illustrations (letters, plans, menus, photos...) & 18 colour illust. Fp: Titanic lying completed in Belfast Lough. Laminated boards, dj. Faint foxing on outside edges. Near fine. 31 x 23.5. 1856484335
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$15

46671
MARRYAT, Captain
JACOB FAITHFUL (in two volumes): London. 1928. Constable & Co Ltd. 1st edition limited to 750 copies, with an introductory essay by George Saintsbury. Volume I: LXV, (3), 275 PP, plus 5 colour plates. Fp: The Tom's hazardous mode of Rising in the world. Volume II: XII, 319 PP, plus 7 colour plates. Fp: Scene above Bridge during the Frost. All illustrations by R. W. Russ. Cloth cover with embossed blind decoration of a Man-of-war on front and back covers, spine with embossed decoration of a capstan and gilt title. Top edge gilt. Slight ageing of paper on the outside edges, occasional foxing spots. Attractive bookplate on front endpaper. A very nice set. 22.5 x 14.5.
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$35

17573
MARSDEN, Peter
DE LAATSTE REIS VAN DE AMSTERDAM: Amsterdam. 1974. De Boer Maritieme Handboeken. 1st Dutch edition. 248 PP with 90 illust. in text. Dark green gilt-decorated cloth cover, dj (closed tear). 4 pages with blurred printing, not affecting legibility, o/wise an excellent copy. Dutch text. 25.5 x 18. 9022819167
The ill-fated voyage of the Amsterdam, wrecked near Hastings on 23 January, 1749.
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$10

37662
MARSHALL, Don B.
CALIFORNIA SHIPWRECKS - Footsteps in the Sea: Seattle. 1978. Superior Publishing. 1st Ed. 176 PP with 103 b/w photos. Fp: The barque Gifford at Mussel Rock on September 25, 1903. Hard cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj. Half title page with stamp of previous owner and signed by Don Marshall, the author. A little very light foxing, o/wise fine. Scarce. 27.4 x 21.6. 0875642233
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$65

48741
MARTIN, Arch, & BARR, Hugh.
TOD & MacGIBBON'S ELEMENTARY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS IN ENGINEERING KNOWLEDGE FOR MARINE ENGINEERS: Steam and Motor: Glasgow. c. 1922. James Munro & Company. 10th re-arranged edition of the 1909 original. 371 PP, (4 publications) with 294 figures, plus 5 folded plates. Fp: Triple Expansion Engine, Richardson, Westgarth & Co. Ltd. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Covers lightly rubbed, spine lightly sunned. Very good. 20 x 13.5.
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$10

58282
MARTIN, J. H.
THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF SHIPS: London. 1979. Cathay Books. Reprint of the 1976 edition by Hennerwood Publications. 128 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Title spread: crew setting sails. Eps: Thames barges. Illustrated hard cover, dj. Dust jacket with repaired tears. Very good. 32.5 x 24. 08611780523
The age of fighting sail - Great ocean liners - History of ship design - Voyages of adventure...
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$15

15576
MARX, Robert F.
THE VOYAGE OF THE NIÑA II: Cleveland. 1963. World Publishing. 1st Ed. 249 PP, (3), plus 32 pages with 61 b/w photos. Eps: Track of the voyage of Nina II. Gilt decorated cloth cover, dj (chipped), o/wise very good. 22 x 14.8.
1962 re-enactment of the 1492 crossing of the North Atlantic by Christopher Columbus on his first voyage of discovery of the Americas.
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$15

19424
MARX, Robert F. & Jenifer
THE SEARCH FOR SUNKEN TREASURE - Exploring the World's Great Shipwrecks: Sydney. 1993. Random House. 1st Australian edition. 192 PP profusely illustrated with mostly colour photos. Fp: A diver with a pot recovered form a sixth-century Etruscan shipwreck. Title page: A Chinese ocean-going trading ship. Half title page: Gold and silver coins washed ashore off the Panama coast. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 28.5 x 22. 0091828147
The discovery of famous wrecks from around the world, the HMS Bounty, the Andrea Doria, the Titanic and the Mary Rose, etc.. Salvage operations and recovery of artifacts, many of them priceless pieces of jewellery, pottery, coins...
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$20

30087
MASON, John
THE HISTORY OF TRINITY HOUSE OF LEITH: Glasgow. 1957. McKenzie Vincent & Co. 1st Ed. (16 adv.), IX, 194 PP, (16 adv.), plus 2 colour and 10 bw plates. Fp: Admiral Duncan, Viscount of Camperdown. Cloth cover, gilt crest on front cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Signature of previous owner on front endpaper, o/wise fine. 22.2 x 14.5.
Account of the activities of the Incorporation of the Master and Assistants of Trinity House of Leith: For poor, aged and infirm mariners - For the safety of ships at sea - For the convenience of ships...
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35560
MASTERS, David
CRIMES OF THE HIGH SEAS: London. 1936. Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1st Ed. 280 PP, plus 8 plates with 12 b/w photos. Fp: Ships laid up in the River Dart during the great slump. Cloth cover. Some foxing, covers rubbed at hinges, short note on front endpaper, o/wise near fine. 22.2 x 14.
Underwriters against shipowners or operators trying to cheat them through fraudulent fires, shipwrecks...
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$20

17223
MASTERS, David
S.O.S. A BOOK OF SEA ADVENTURE: London. 1937. Eyre and Spottiswoode. Reprint of the 1933 original. (10), 340 PP plus 14 plates with 15 b/w photos. Fp: Vice-Admiral Evans. Cloth cover has light speckling and a few marks and spine is very sunned. Paper is ageing somewhat but still a very clean copy internally. 22.3 x 14.5.
Fire at sea, shipwreck, exploding volcano.
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$15

19899
MATHEWSON, R. Duncan, III
TREASURE OF THE ATOCHA - Sixteen Dramatic Years in Search of the Historic Wreck: London. 1986. Sidgwick & Jackson. 1st UK Ed. 160 PP with many b/w illust., plus 64 pages of coloured illust. Eps: Chart of Dry Tortugas, Key West. Hard cover, dj (price-clipped). Faint foxing on top outside edge, o/wise fine. 23.6 x 15.8. 0283994215
The world's greatest treasure hunt by the team of archaeologists, scientists, historians & divers working on the wreck of the Nuestra Senora de Atocha.
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$20

60216
MAUREL, Gilbert
SACHEZ BARRER LE BELEM (in Voiles & Voiliers): Paris. 1985. Voiles & Voiliers. Extract 69-90 PP pulled out of No. 177, November 1985. Article 70-89 with 2 colour photos by Thierry Perron and b/w illustrations by author. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 30 x 23.
Handling and Seamanship on the French Sail Training windjammer Belem
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$10

42424
MAURY, Matthew Fontaine
THE PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY OF THE SEA AND ITS METEOROLOGY: London. 1861. Sampson Low, Son & Co. 10th edition, revised (being the second edition of the author's reconstruction of the work). XXVIII, 458 PP, (18 publications) with tables & 2 figures (plates II & III), plus 14 plates (12 of them folded) at rear of book. Rebacked copy, cloth cover retaining most of the original cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Ageing of paper, foxing, o/wise very good. 21.2 x 14.
Work of the superintendent of the Naval Observation & Hydrographic Office (1841-1861). Compiling observations of wind & weather for the use in the navigation of sailing ships.
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$55

42297
MAXWELL, F. W.
NICHOLLS'S CONCISE GUIDE TO THE LOCAL MARINE BOARD EXAMINATIONS FOR SECOND MATES: Glasgow. 1926. James Brown & Son. 2nd edition of the 1924 original. XII, (1 errata), 419 PP with figures, plus 7 plates (3 of them folded), and 2 large folded plate at rear of book. Marbled endpapers. Full leather binding, gilt crest of The Incorporated Thames Nautical Training College - H M S Worcester on front board, gilt title on spine. All edges gilt. Prize plate of the College on front endpaper. Covers lightly rubbed on outside edges and hinges, hinge of front board partly split. The 2 large plates at rear of book are complete but detached. A very good copy. 24.3 x 19.5.
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$100

20835
MELLEFONT, Jeffrey (editor)
AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM: Sydney. 1992. A.N.M.M. 1st Ed. Introduction by Dr Kevin Fewster. 64 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.7 x 21. 0642182205
Guide to the galleries and permanent exhibits held at the Australian National Maritime Museum. Discovery - Passenger ships - Commerce - Leisure (sun, surf, sails). Navy...
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$15

20310
MELLEFONT, Jeffrey (editor)
PAINTED SHIPS, PAINTED OCEANS - Art and Artefacts from the Australian National Maritime Museum: Sydney. 1990. Australian National Maritime Museum. 1st Ed. 20 PP with 5 b/w & 30 colour illust. Pictorial stiff cover. Fine. Oblong: 21 x 29.5. 064215518
Catalogue of an exhibition held at Observatory Hill, Sydney, in September/October 1990.
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$10

38289
MERCER, Peter G.
GATEWAY TO PROGRESS - Centenary History of the Marine Board of Burnie: Burnie, Tasmania. 1969. The Marine Board of Burnie. 1st Ed. XI, (3), 206 PP with 6 plans, plus 8 Pages with 13 b/w photos. Eps: Pencil sketch of Emu Bay. Cloth cover, gilt decoration on front cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price-clippped). Dust jacket slightly rubbed. Near fine. 23 x 15.8.
From an open roadstead to a modern port, with breakwater and wharves.
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$20

48744
MEW, F.
BACK OF THE WIGHT: Isle of Wight. 1982. The Country Press. 10th impression. Reprint with additions to the 1934 original. (10), 116 PP, plus 12 b/w photos. Fp: Wreck of the Clarendon. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj. Few foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise fine. 21.7 x 13.5.
Yarns of wrecks and smuggling.
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$15

59463
MIDDLEMISS, Norman L.
'TRAVELS OF THE TRAMPS' - Twenty Tramp Fleets, Volume IV: Newcastle/Tyne. 1993. Shield Publications. 1st Ed. 160 PP with 1 b/w photo and tables, plus 96 b/w plates. Fp: "Prospero" of 1951, owned by Bowring at Fort William, Lake Superior. Hard cover, dj. A typed List of War Losses pasted down on front endpaper, a few marks (ticks) on the Contents page, o/wise near fine. 22 x 15.3. 1871128099
Histories of twenty more tramp fleets from Britain. World voyages, fleet list of 1200 vessels.
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$70

22388
MILLER, David.
THE WRECK OF THE ISABELLA: Annapolis. 1995. Naval Institute Press. 1st US edition. XII, 259 PP with 8 tables, 2 maps, 2 plans & 2 family trees, plus 8 pages with 7 bw photos. Eps: map of the Falkland Islands. Hard cover, dj. Foxing spots on outside edges. Fine. 24 x 15.8. 1557507686
Wreck on the Falkland Islands, of the Merchant Brig Isabella. Rescue of the castaways by the American sealing brig Nanina. Great Britain and the USA being then at war, the British took over the US ship, aftermath...
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18478
MILLER, William H.
THE FIRST GREAT OCEAN LINERS IN PHOTOGRAPHS, 193 Views, 1897-1927: New York. 1984. Dover Pub. 1st Ed. XI, 147 PP with 193 b/w photos & full captions. Pict. card cover. Fine. 30 x 22.5. 0486245748
The glorious early years of elegant Transatlantic travel. Photographs depicting the interior and exterior of 101 of these liners.
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45799
MILLER, William H.
GREAT CRUISE SHIPS AND OCEAN LINERS FROM 1954 TO 1986 - A Photographic Survey: New York. 1988. Dover Publications. 1st Ed. Foreword by Hisashi Noma. (6), 116 PP, (2), with 173 b/w photos. Title spread: France. Pictorial card cover. Front cover and spine with creases. Very good. 30 x 22.5. 0486255409
The last great years of Transatlantic travel and the rise of the ocean liner/cruise ship.
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14175
MILLER, William H.
MODERN CRUISE SHIPS, 1965-1990: A Photographic Record: New York. 1992. Dover Publications. 1st Ed. XI, 130 PP with 184 illust. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 30 x 22.5. 0486267539
Pictorial survey of over 100 cruise ships from the Queen of Bermuda to the Sovereign of the Seas.
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$15

36301
MILLER, William H. Jr.
THE GREAT LUXURY LINERS 1927-1954 - A Photographic Record: New York. 1981. Dover Publications. 1st Ed. (12), 163 PP with 186 b/w photos. Title spread: Queen Mary. Pictorial card cover. Covers rubbed with some creases, o/wise near fine. 29.8 x 22.5. 0486240568
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40588
MILNE, A. H.
SIR ALFRED LEWIS JONES, K.C.M.G. - A story of Energy and Success: Liverpool. 1914. Henry Young & Sons. 1st Ed. VII, 114 PP, plus 12 plates with 14 b/w photos. Fp: Sir Alfred Lewis Jones. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine. Stamp of previous owner on front endpaper. Occasional foxing. Near fine. 23 x 15.
1875: Shipping and Insurance Broker. 1879: partner in Elder Dempster & Co, then director... Development of British trade in West Africa...
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$30

38826
MILNER, The Rev. John & BRIERLY, Oswald W.
THE CRUISE OF H.M.S. GALATEA, Captain H.R.H. THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH, K.G., in 1867-1868: London. 1869. Wm. H. Allen. Variant issue of the 1869 original. XII, 488 PP with 12 b/w illustrations (6 on full page). Cloth cover, gilt device (H.M.S. Galatea) on front cover, gilt title on spine. Gilt stamp of Dulwich House School, Gipsy Hill on rear cover. All edges gilt. Spine sunned and frayed at top and on lower corners. Very good copy of a scarce title. 22 x 14.5.
Variant issue of the Ferguson12627
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$150

40143
MITCHELL, Charles
SEAMAN'S PORTRAIT: London. c.1938. Collins. 1st Ed., in the Peacock Colour Books series. 24 PP with 8 b/w illustrations, plus 11 colour plates. Fp: Admiral Sir John Harman. Card cover, dj (chipped and rubbed). Ageing of paper, foxing on outside edges. Very good. 24.5 x 17.7.
The naval pantheon of Englishmen.
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$15

20889
MOODY, Bert
MERCHANT SHIPS OF THE SOLENT - Past and Present: Southampton. 1988. Kingfisher Railway Productions. 1st Ed. 44 PP with 1 map, 4 colour and 71 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27.5 x 21.2. 0946184372
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$10

11488
MOORE, H. A.
THE MACKAY HARBOUR STORY: Mackay. 1978. Mackay Harbour Board / Rigby. 1st Ed. II, 80 PP with b/w & colour maps & illustrations. Pictorial laminated boards. Fine. 28 x 21.5. 0959816844
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$20

43185
MORDHORST, Jan
RETTEN, WAS ZU RETTEN LIST: Dramatische Schiffsbergungen: Herford. 1994. Koehler. 1st Ed. 137 PP with sketches, plans , maps, 26 colour and 90 b/w photos. Eps: Salvage of the Estrella. Hard cover, dj. Fine. German text. 27.5 x 21.5. 3782206045
Saved - Dramatic salvage: Tanker Aquarius in the Indian Ocean... Cargo ship Estrella... Tug boat Wotan...
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$30

60005
MOREL GIBBS, John
MORELS OF CARDIFF: the History of a Family Shipping Firm: Cardiff. 1982. Amgueddfa Genedlaethol Cymru / National Museum of Wales. 1st Ed. Foreword by J. Geraint Jenkins. 184 PP with tables and 34 b/w illustrations, plus 1 folded plate with 2 family trees (Morel and Gibbs). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 14.8. 072000246X
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$25

49930
MORESBY, Isabelle
NEW GUINEA - The Sentinel: Melbourne. 1943. Whitcombe & Tombs. 1st Ed. 126 PP with 18 b/w illustrations (1 cartoon, 1 engraving and 16 photos). Inside covers: map of the Island of New Guinea. Stamp of previous owner (Tintern C.E.G.G.S. Library) on half title page. Presentation note on the title-page by the author (née Milly Hunt) to her former school, dated and signed. Covers a little browned , o/wise near fine. Scarce. 18.2 x 12.2..
New Guinea, land of Heroes and History.
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$50

56596
MORRISON, Hugh & SINCLAIR, Steve
INTERNATIONAL SCUBA DIVER - The Essentials of SCUBA Theory: Perth. 1984. Lion Fish Publications. 1st Ed. Foreword by Stan Bugg. VI, 191 PP with tables and figures (drawings & photos). Pictorial soft cover. Back cover with a crease. Very good. 21.5 x 14.0. 0949665010
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$10

58939
MORWOOD, John (editor)
SAIL RIGS, 1976: London. 1976. Amateur Yacht Research Society. 1st Ed. of March 1976. Publication No. 81 of A.Y.R.S. 52 PP with b/w illustrations. Illustrated soft cover. Fine. 21.5 x 14.
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34494
MOSTERT, Noël
SUPERSHIP: London. 1975. Book Club Associates. Reprint of the 1974 original. (12), 304 PP. Hard cover, dj (rubbed). Faint stains on outside edges, stamp of book shop on preliminary page. Ageing of paper. Very good. 22 x 14.2.
Life on the P. & O. V.L.C.C. (Very Large Crude Carrier) Ardshield during a voyage between Le Verdon, France, and Mina-al-Ahmadi, Kuwait, Persian Gulf.
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$10

34886
MOZINO, José Mariano
NOTICIAS DE NUTKA - An Account of Nootka Sound in 1792: Seattle / Vancouver. 1991. University of Washington Press / Douglas & McIntire. 1st paperback edition, with a new foreword by Richard Inglis. Reprint of the 1970 original translated and edited by Iris H. Wilson Engstrand. LIV, 143 PP, plus 24 b/w plates. FEP: Vancouver Island and the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Pictorial card cover. Fine. 21.5 x 14.6. 0295971037
Mozino was the official botanist-naturalist of the expedition led by Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra investigating in 1792 the Spanish limits to the North of California.
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$15

59387
MULLINS, Steve
THE CELEBES TRADING Co: making an Australian maritime venture in the Netherlands East Indies.: Rockhampton. 2001. School of Humanities / Central Queensland University. 1st Ed. (2), 28 PP with 2 maps. Soft cover, clear plastic front, spiral bound. Fine. 29.7 x 21.5.
Paper presented at the conference Maritime History Beyond 2000: Visions of Sea and Shore, held Fremantle 11-14 December 2001
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$15

31803
MUNRO, Colin
SAILING SHIPS: London. 1973. Pelham. 1st Ed. 224 PP with b/w illust. by author in text. Fp: Three-masted barque of 1870. FEP: Rigging & other details of a barque about 1760. REP: Some fishing boats & small cargo boats from the coast of Europe. Gilt-decorated hard cover, dj. Foxing spots on top outside edges and endpapers. Very good. Oblong: 19 x 25. 0720707188
Silhouettes of period sailing ships from the cog of Middle-Ages to the clippers. Ships from Europe, the near & far East.
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$20

48043
MURPHY, Dallas
ROUNDING THE HORN. Being the Story of Williwaws and Windjammers, Drake, Darwin, Murdered Missionaries and Naked Natives - A Deck-Eye View of Cape Horn: London. 2004. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. 1st Ed. XVIII, 358 PP with 19 maps. Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing. Fine. 24 x 16.5. 029784766X
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$15

14171
NAESS, Erling D.
AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A SHIPPING MAN: London. 1977. Seatrade Publications. 1st Ed. III, 4-266 PP with tables & graphs, plus 8 pages with 1 map & 11 photos. Hard cover, dj (rubbed). Near fine. 24.5 x 16 0905597079
The various associations of this economist with the shipping industry: whaling story, war years, tanker, bulk carrier, to his presidency of Intertanko (independent tanker owner association).
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$15

37021
NAN KIVELL, Rex & SPENCE, Sydney
PORTRAITS OF THE FAMOUS AND INFAMOUS - Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific 1492-1970: London. 1974. Authors. 1st Ed. IV, 332 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Fp: Colour portrait of Abraham Ortelius. Hard cover, clear dust jacket (illustrated). Occasional foxing, o/wise near fine. 43 x 29. 0950376906
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$65

41055
NEWBERT, Christopher
WITHIN A RAINBOWED SEA: Honolulu, Hawaii. 1984. Beyond Words Publishing Company. 1st trade edition, in The Earthsong Collection. 208 PP with 158 colour plates. Cloth cover, title on front cover and spine, dj (slightly rubbed). Very good. 30.5 x 27.7. 0681299088
A pictorial voyage underwater.
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$25

38273
NEWPORT, O. W. & SUSSEX, John
THE POST IN LIVERPOOL: Liverpool. 1988. National Museums & Galleries on Merseyside / Stamp Publicity Board. 1st Ed. (2), 59, (5 advert.) PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 26 x 23. 0906367336
Liverpool's maritime Postal History (pages 34 to 49).
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$20

35605
NGUYEN THE ANH & ISHIZAWA, Yoshiaki (editors)
COMMERCE ET NAVIGATION EN ASIE DU SUD-EST (XIVe-XIXe siècle) / TRADE AND NAVIGATION IN SOUTHEAST ASIA (14th-19th centuries): Tokyo & Paris. 1999. Sophia University & l'Harmattan. 1st Ed. in Collection Recherches Asiatiques. 191 PP with 3 graphs, 3 maps and 2 figures. Soft cover. French and English texts. Fine. 24 x 15.7. 2738480799
10 papers (2 in French and 8 in English) presented at the 1997 seminar held in Tokyo.
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$65

39073
NIZOVOY, Paul
THE OCEAN: London. 1936. Hamish Hamilton. 1st UK edition, translated from the Russian original by John Cournos. (4), 421 PP. Cloth cover, dj. Slight ageing of paper, dust jacket with closed tears. Very good. 20.8 x 14.5.
Novel: Moving and triumphant story of man's struggle with nature on the shores of the Arctic Ocean, as the Bolshevik Revolution.
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$20

59882
NMHS
SEA HISTORY, Official Journal of the World Ship Trust No. 50: Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y. 1989. National Maritime Historical Society. Sea History, Official Journal of the World Ship Trust, issue No. 50, Summer 1989. Edited by Peter STANFORD. 48 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 27.4 x 21.
Marine Art: William M. Davis: artist of Port Jefferson, by Melville A. Kitchin. ... Sail Training aboard the "Bill of Rights", by Muriel Curtis.
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$5

48716
NOALL, Cyril & FARR, Grahame
CORNISH SHIPWRECKS Illustrated: Truro, Cornwall. c. 1965. Tor Mark Press. 1st Ed. 32 PP with 47 b/w photos. Fp: American liner Paris. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21.5 x 14
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$10

60250
NOBLE, Captain J. A.
JOURNAL OF THE COMPANY OF MASTER MARINERS OF AUSTRALIA - Volume XXXII: Melbourne. 1968. Federal Court of the Company of Master Mariners of Australia. Vol. XXXII, October 1968. 120 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 21.5 x 14.
The theft of the Ferret. The Master Mariner: Past, Present and Future, by Captain C. I. Flaherty. Whither the Master, by Captain Alan Pearson.
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$5

54345
NOMA, Hisahi
JAPANESE MERCHANT SHIPS AT WAR - The Story of Mitsui and O.S.K. Liners lost during the Pacific War: Tokyo. 2004. Author. 1st soft cover edition of the 2002 original. Three forewords, by Frank O. Braynard, Arnold Kludas and William H. Miller. 618 PP with b/w photos: 4 portraits, 280 of ships and 170 others (bombers, planes and submarines), plus 24 pages with 11 paintings in colour and 25 b/w photos. Errata page loosely inserted. Pictorial soft cover. Japanese and English text. Dated 12th August 2006 and signed by the author on title page. New. 25.6 x 18.5.
286 of them: includes the Montevideo Maru ferrying 1147 Australian Prisoners of War and sunk by the USN submarine Sturgeon.
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$100

35561
OAKESHOTT, Walter
FOUNDED UPON THE SEAS - A Narrative of Some English Maritime and Overseas Enterprises during the period 1550 to 1616: Cambridge. 1942. Cambridge University Press. 1st Ed. XII, 200 PP with 1 plan, plus 12 b/w plates. Fp: Queen Elizabeth, aged 59. Cloth cover, dj (price-clipped). Signature of previous owner on front endpaper, dust jacket with small pieces missing. Very good. 23 x 14.5.
Search for the North-East passage. Hawkins in the West Indies. Drake in the Caribbean and the Pacific...
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$25

60205
O'CONNOR, Desmond
NO NEED TO BE AFRAID - Italian Settlers in South Australia between 1839 and the Second World War: Adelaide. 1996. Wakefield Press. Reprint of the 1996 original. X, 283 PP with tables and b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Ex Library copy with stamp on half title page and inside back cover. Very good. 21 x 14.7.. 1862543801
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$20

20339
O'MAY, Dave G.
SONG OF STEAM - A Chronicle of Paddle Steamers and Screw Steamers in Tasmanian Waters 1832-1939: Hobart. 1976. Government Printer. 1st Ed. 304 PP with 207 b/w photos. Fp: Hobart Harbour, circa 1893. Pictorial cloth cover. Foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 22.3 x 14.5.
A record of steamships which visited Tasmanian waters during the first one hundred years of steam.
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$25

51470
OMMANNEY, F. D.
SOUTH LATITUDE: London. 1947. Longmans, Green. Reprint by novographic process of the 1938 original. XII, 308 PP, plus 16 b/w plates. Fp: R.R.S. Discovery II. REP: Map of the Antarctic continent. Cloth cover, dj (price clipped). Dust jacket chipped and with closed tears. Sellotape marks on endpapers. Foxing. Good copy. 22.2 x 14.7.
Voyage of a zoologist aboard the whaling factory ship Antarctic in 1929 to Antarctica. Whales, penguins, seals & sea elephants.
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$10

53738
PAASCH, Capt. H.
DE LA QUILLE A LA POMME DE MAT, Dictionnaire de Marine en Anglais, Français et Allemand: Paris. 1901. Augustin Challamel. 3rd edition. (2), IV, 614 PP with tables between pages 589 and 613 PP, plus 220 pages with 109 b/w plates, LXXXVIII (Index), (1 correction). Fp: Portrait of Captain Paasch with tissue guard. Cloth cover, gilt-decorated front cover, gilt tilt title on spine, device in blind on rear cover. Head and foot of spine rubbed with some fraying (shelf wear). Slight ageing of paper on outside edges. An excellent copy of a scarce book. 26.5. x 19.
Marine dictionary in English (From Keel to Truck), French & German (Vom Kiel zum Flaggenknopf).
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$300

15514
PACEY, Laurelle
THE STORY OF WAGONGA INLET: Narooma. 1990. Author. 1st Ed. 40 PP with 1 b/w illustration and 31 photos. Inside front cover: Map of Wagonga Inlet. Pictorial card cover. Fine. 29.6 x 20.8. 0646012576
Braving the hazards of the Narooma Bar to load timber. Shipping and shipbuilding.
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$15

42496
PARER, David & PARER-COOK, Elizabeth
DOUGLAS MAWSON - THE SURVIVOR: Morwell, Victoria. 1983. Alella Books / A B C. 1st Ed. 160 PP with 1 sketch map, 13 colour, and 219 b/w photos. Fp: Portrait of Douglas Mawson, May 1914. Eps: Map of King George Land. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 949681016
The Mawson story: based on the film Douglas Mawson - The Survivor produced in 1981 & 1982, by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (Grand Prix Winner Melbourne Film Fetival 1983).
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$25

17873
PARKER, John P.
CAPE BRETON SHIPS AND MEN: Aylesbury, U.K. 1967. Author. 1st Ed. 198 PP with 18 line drawings by Samuel F. Manning, plus 20 pages with 36 b/w photos. Fp: Brig James, a Cape Breton vessel. FEP: Type of rig. REP: Map of Cape Breton Island. Decorated front cover, dj. Occasional foxing. Fine. 25.4 x 19.
The sailing vessels built by native craftsmen of Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia up to 1900. Narrative of several seamen of this epoch.
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$20

59459
PARKIN, Ray
OUT OF THE SMOKE, The Story of a Sail: London. 1960. Hogarth Press. May 1960 reprint of the May 1960 original. XX, 311 PP with 1 map & 1 drawing of The sail, plus 24 full-page illustrations by author. Fp: This finely spun fabric. FEP: Map on the sinking of HMAS Perth with track of boats out of Sunda Strait. REP: Boat track up to Nusa Kanbangan. Cloth cover. Faint foxing. Near fine. 22.3 x 15.
Story of one of the survivors of the HMAS Perth. The battle, the attempt to rally an allied port, under sail, capture by the Japanese.
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$15

18340
PARRY, J. H. (author and chief consultant)
ROMANCE OF THE SEA: Washington. 1981. National Geographic Society. 1st Ed. 312 PP, profusely & lavishly illustrated. Marbled endpapers. Cloth cover, dj (lightly rubbed). Fine. Oblong: 27.5 x 35. 0970443461
Covers all aspects of Man's use of the ocean. The development of ships, exploration, traders, corsairs & conquerors, slavers & scientists. Beautifully presented work.
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$20

15550
PARRY, J.H.
THE SPANISH SEABORNE EMPIRE: London. 1966. Hutchinson. 1st Ed. in the History of Human Society series. 416 PP with 8 maps (5 on full page), plus 16 pages with 25 b/w illustrations. Cloth cover, dj. Occasional foxing. Near fine. 23.5 x 15.
The Spanish Empire in the Americas. Motives and theories underlaying conquest and conversion. Its control by the Spanish Crown, leading to the slow decline of Spain in Europe.
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$25

44898
PARSONS, Ronald
PADDLE STEAMERS OF AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND: Harbours, Coastal Rivers and Ocean-going: Murray Bridge, S.A. 2002. Author. 1st Ed. No pagination, 112 PP with 11 b/w illustrations (photocopy quality). Soft cover. New. 25 x 17.8. 0909418683
14 pages with history of paddle steamers in Australia and in New Zealand, then from Ability and Acheron to Yatala and Young Australian.
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$20

17605
PARSONS, Ronald
WRECKS OF STEAMSHIPS IN NEW SOUTH WALES 1836-1936: Adelaide. 1982. Author. 1st Ed. (2), 63 PP, plus 4 pages with 7 b/w illust. Stapled typescript monograph. Soft cover. Fine. Oblong: 16.2 x 20.6. 0909418217
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$15

46618
PASTOUREAU, Mireille
VOIES OCEANES. De l'ancien aux nouveaux mondes: Paris. 1990. Editions Hervas. Special edition limited to 600 copies, privately published the friends of Banque Nationale de Paris. 188 PP with 1 tail piece, 5 head pieces and 164 b/w and colour illustrations (2 of them folded). Large folded chart (facsimile of the 1613 chart by Pierre Deuaulx) loosely inserted. Marbled endpapers. Leather binding, gilt decoration (astrolabe) and title on front board and spine. French text. Near fine. 29.8 x 21. 2903118612
The Bibliothèque Nationale is custodian of the largest collection in the world of old nautical charts (the oldest: Carte Pisane, c.1290). With many of these charts, one rediscovers the history of the sea. Exploration from antiquity to the end of the 18th century.
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$125

31756
PATAI, Raphael
THE CHILDREN OF NOAH - Jewish Seafaring in Ancient Times: Princeton, N.J., USA. 1998. Princeton University Press. 1st Ed., with contributions by James Hornell and John M. Lundquist. XIX, 228 PP with 2 maps and 19 figures. Cloth cover, dj. Fine. 24 x 16. 0691015805
Ships and seafaring in the bible. Types of Ships. Crew. Maritime trade...
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$15

20810
PATERSON, Alan J.S.
THE VICTORIAN SUMMER OF THE CLYDE STEAMERS (1864-1888): London. 1972. David & Charles. 1st Ed. 260 PP with 1 map, tables & bw illust. (flags & funnels, sailing schedules, tail pieces, maps), and 25 bw photographs. Fp: The Adela in Rothsay Bay (in colour). Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Faint foxing. Near fine. 22.5 x 14.5. 0715356305
The development of Clyde steamers from the closing years of the American Civil War to the eve of the railway invasion of coast services.
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$15

38575
PEARSALL, Ronald
LOST AT SEA - Great Shipwrecks of History: New York. 1996. Todtri. 1st Ed. 128 PP with 124 full-colour illustrations. Pictorial laminated boards depicting The Shipwreck, by J. M. W. Turner, dj. Fine. Large format: 30.2 x 23. 1880908522
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$20

60156
PEAT, Neville
THE TASMAN - Biography of an Ocean: Auckland. 2010. Penguin Group (NZ). 1st Ed. 240 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. New. 26 x 21. 9780143011385
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$50

35987
PEDERSEN, Bjorn & HAWKS, F. W.
A HISTORY OF DEN NORSKE AMERIKALINJE A/S (Norwegian America Line) 1910-1995: Kendal. 1995. World Ship Society. 1st Ed. 80 PP with 3 plans and 114 b/w photos. Fp: Vistafjord of 1973. Pictorial card cover. Fine. 20.8 x 14.7. 0905617797
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$30

46024
PERKES, Dan
TWENTIETH-CENTURY SHIPWRECKS - A Pictorial History: Chicago. 1983. Contemporary Books. 1st Ed. VIII, (2), 127 PP with 3 maps and 140 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Covers rubbed at hinges and front edges. Very good. 28 x 21.8. 0809255758
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$15

59630
PERNOUD, Georges
BREST 92 - ALBUM SOUVENIR (in Thalassa, Hors Série No. 3): Paris. 1992. Thalassa. Special issue No. 3, July 1992. 82 PP with colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 30 x 21..
Wooden and Sailing boats gathering in 1992 at Brest and Douarnenez.
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$15

42911
PESTALOZZI, Anton
AUF DEN SPUREN VON GENERAL JOHANN RUDOLF WERDMÜLLER IN DER ÄGÄIS 1664-1667: Zurich. 1973. Kommissionverlag Berichthaus. 1st Ed. 192 PP with 12 colour and 118 b/w illustrations. Cloth cover, device on front cover, dj. Foxing spots on outside edges, endpapers, and on first and last leaves. Near fine. German text. 24.5 x 24.5. 38557200710
Voyages to Venice, the Dardanelles and the islands of the Aegean Sea.
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$35

60220
PHILLIPS, Peter
RIVER BOAT DAYS on the Murray, Darling, Murrumbidgee: Melbourne. 1972. Lansdowne. 1st Ed. 132 PP with b/w photos. Hard cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj. Stamp of previous owner on front endpaper. Foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise fine. Oblong: 25.5 x 29.5. 701804181
Paddle wheelers, steam wheelers, their builders, the wool trade, snagging boats, fishing boats, etc...
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$30

32230
PHILLIPS-BIRT, Douglas
THE FUTURE OF SHIPS - An Enquiry: St. Ives. 1970. Imray Laurie, Norie & Wilson. 1st UK Ed. XII, 176 PP with 15 figures, and 17 tables, plus 12 pages with 15 b/w photos. Fp: American naval hydrofoil High Point built by Boeing. Cloth cover, dj (rubbed). Faint foxing. Fine. 22.7 x 15.
An inquiry at the end of the 60's on what ships really have to offer in the future.
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$10

20326
PIGAFETTA, Antonio
THE VOYAGE OF MAGELLAN - The Journal of Antonio Pigafetta: Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA. 1969. Prentice-Hall. A translation by Paula Spurlin Paige from the edition in the William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan, Ann Harbor. XVII, (3), 152 PP (French text on the left page and English text on the right page), plus 5 charts. Fp: Fernand Magellan. Eps. Cloth cover, blind engraving on front cover, gilt-engraved spine, dj. Foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 25.2 x 18.
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60050
PIKE, Douglas, NAIRN, Bede, SERLE, Geoffrey, RITCHIE, John & LANGMORE, Diane (general editors)
AUSTRALIAN DICTIONARY OF BIOGRAPHY - Set of 16 Volumes: Melbourne. 1979 to 2002. Melbourne University Press. Set of 16 Volumes. Volumes 1 to 6 are reprint of earlier edition. Volumes 7 to 16 are original edition. Volume 1: XX, 578, (5 corrigenda) PP. Volume 2: XX, 634 PP, plus a 22 pages corrigenda. Volume 3: XX, 516 PP, plus a 16 pages corrigenda. Volume 4: XX, 494 PP, plus a 22 pages corrigenda. Volume 5: XX, 467 PP, plus a 22 pages corrigenda. Volume 6: XXII, 463 PP, plus a 18 pages corrigenda. Volume 7: XXIV, 647 PP, plus a 22 pages corrigenda and 2 other letters / instructions. Volume 8: XXIV, 660 PP. Volume 9: XXIV, 677 PP, plus a 2 pages letter (ADB No. 3) loosely inserted. Volume 10: XXIV, 680 PP. Volume 11: XXVI, 677 PP. Volume 12: XXVIII, 611 PP. Volume 13: XXVI, 628 PP, plus a 5 pages corrigenda. Volume 14: XXVIII, 616 PP, plus a 6 pages corrigenda. Volume 15: XXX, 611 PP, plus a 20 pages corrigenda. Volume 16: XXVI, 611 PP, plus a 4 pages corrigenda. A total of 327 and 8958 PP, plus162 pages of corrigenda. Cloth cover, gilt titles on spine. 10 of the 16 issues (1 to 6, and 12 to 16) are with a dust jacket. The rear endpaper of volumes 7 to 12 with Surnames added. A very good set. 25.8 x 16. 0522842364
Vol 1: 1788-1850, A - H. Vol 2: 1788-1850, I - Z. Volume 3: 1851-1890, A - C. Vol 4: 1851-1890, D - J. Vol 5: 1851-1890, K - Q. Vol 6: 1851-1890, R - Z. Vol 7: 1891-1939, A - Ch. Vol 8: 1891-1939, Cl - Gib. Vol 9: 1891-1939, Gil - Las. Vol 10: 1891-1939, Lat - Ner. Vol 11: 1891-1939, Nes - Smi. Vol 12: 1891-1939, Smy - Z. Volume 13: 1940-1980, A - De. Vol 14: 1940-1980, Di - Kel. Vol 15: 1940-1980, Kem - Pie. Vol 16: 1940-1980, Pik - Z.
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$500

60162
PISKURIC, Sally (designer)
HISTORIC SHIP WRECKS - Admella - Dunbar - Loch Ard: Melbourne. c.2009. Australia Post. Colour illustrated folder containing 3 unfranked stamps. New. Format: 10.5 x 16.5.
Stamps depicting the shipwrecks of: Admella on the coat of South Australia - Loch Ard on the coast of Victoria - Dunbar at the entrance of Sydney, New South Wales.
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$10

31751
PLOWDEN, David
FAREWELL TO STEAM: Brattleboro, Vermont, USA. 1966. The Stephen Greene Press. 1st Ed. VI, 154 PP with 156 b/w photos (41 of locomotives, 115 of steamers & ferries). Title spread: Steamboat Richelieu, and steam locomotive Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range Railroad's No. 220. Hard cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj. Top corner lightly bumped, o/wise near fine. 28.3 x 22.
A thrilling and intimate portrait of rail-and water-borne transportation in the last minutes of the steam era.
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$30

39902
POCOCK, Tom
NELSON 'S WOMEN: London. 1999. André Deutsch. 1st Ed. X, 278 PP, plus 16 pages with 29 b/w illustrations. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Faint foxing, o/wise fine. 24 x 16. 0233994793
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$15

30737
POMFRET, John E.
CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH VOYAGES, 1848-1849 - Three Original Narratives: San Marino, Ca., USA. 1954. The Huntington Library. 1st Ed. XII, 246 PP with 2 maps and 3 head pieces. Illustrated hard cover, gilt title on cloth spine, dj. Previous owner's ex-libris vignette on front endpaper, a little faint foxing, o/wise fine. 23.6 x 15.7.
Two of these voyages through the Strait of Magellan, the third one around Cape Horn. Brig North Bend from Boston to San Francisco, 1849. Ship Robert Bowne from New York to San Francisco, 1849. Mail Steamship California from New York to Panama via Rio Valparaiso, Callao and Peyta, 1848.
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$25

30556
POPE, Steve
HORNBLOWER'S NAVY - Life at Sea in the Age of Nelson: London. 1998. Orion Media. 1st Ed. 112 PP with b/w and colour illust. Fp: A Tribute to Nelson, c. 1820, (English School). Title page: Napoleon Bonaparte aboard H.M.S. Bellerophon at Plymouth, 1815. FEP: Battle of Cape St. Vincent, 14th February 1797. REP: Battle of Trafalgar, 21st October 1805. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 29.7 x 24. 0752817744
Fighting ships and weapons. Jolly tars and Navy Blues ...
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$10

20856
PORTER, Jonathan
MACAU, The Imaginary City: Culture and Society, 1557 to the Present: Boulder, Co., USA. 1996. Westview Press. 1st Ed., in the New Perspectives on Asian Studies series. X, (2), 240, (1 adv.) PP with 44 bw illust. Fp: Wall shrine. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 24 x 16. 0813328365
Macau, founded by the Portuguese in 1557: an enduring and changing threshold between East and West.
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$35

59937
PORTUS, Professor G. V.
FIFTY FAMOUS AUSTRALIANS: Melbourne. c. 1950. Colorgravure Publications 1st Ed. 464 PP with b/w illustrations (7 tail pieces, 8 head pieces and 50 portraits, plus 4 pages with 8 colour illustrations. Illustrated endpapers. Cloth cover, title in blind on front board and gilt on spine. Lettering on spine dulled. Top of pages 11 to 16 with a 4 cm crease. Very good. 22 x 14.
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$15

42540
POTTER, David
THE CARE OF ALLOY SPARS AND RIGGING: London. 1980. Granada / Adlard Coles. 1st Ed. 120 PP with 7 tables, 44 figures and 54 b/w plates. Pictorial laminated boards. Fine. 22.2 x 18.8. 0229116280
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40101
POTTER, N. & FROST, J.
QUEEN ELIZABETH 2 - The Authorised Story: London. 1969. Harrap. 1st Ed. 192 PP, plus 16 pages with 1 cut-away, 1 drawing and 26 b/w photos. Fp: QE2 at sea. Hard cover, dj (price-clipped). Faint foxing. Near fine. 21.5 x 14.6. 245594442
The problems of Cunard: new concepts, financial crises, as well as the building of the Queen Elizabeth 2.
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$30

52694
PRESTON, Antony
AIRCRAFT CARRIERS: New York. 1998. Military Book Club. Reprint of the 1977 original. 192 PP with b/w illustrations (maps, plans, photos). Illustrated half-title page and title spread. Laminated pictorial boards, dj. Fine. 30.3 x 21.8. 1862220441
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20936
PRESTON, Antony
DESTROYERS: Greenwich, USA. 1982. Bison Books. 1st US Ed. 64 PP with bw & colour photos. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 29 x 22.2. 0861240650
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$5

22095
PRESTON, Antony
GREAT WARSHIPS: London. 1986. Bison Books. 1st Ed. 112 PP with bw and colour illust. Title Spread: The USS New Jersey and the Frigate MeyerKord, 1983 in the Pacific. Half title page: Merchant ships in convoy under the 6-inch guns of HMS Sheffield. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 30.8 x 23.5. 0861242823
SMS Emden - HMS Warspite - Admiral Graf Spee - Mogami - USS Enterprise - HMS Sheffield - HMS Illustrious - Yamato - Bismarck - USS New Jersey.
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$5

38245
PRESTON, Antony
THE WORLD'S GREAT AIRCRAFT CARRIERS - From the Civil War to the present: San Diego, Ca. 2000. Thunder Bay Press. 1st US Ed. 160 PP with 51 colour artworks, and 80 b/w & colour photos. Half title page: USS Enterprise. Pictorial laminated boards, dj. Fine. 29.2 x 22. 1571452613
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22437
PREZELIN, Bernard & BAKER III, A.D. (editors)
THE NAVAL INSTITUTE GUIDE TO COMBAT FLEETS OF THE WORLD 1995: Their Ships, Aircraft, and Armament: Annapolis. 1995. Naval Institute Press. 10th English language edition of the yearly French original Flottes de combat published for 1995. XVI, 1053 PP with over 4,500 line drawings and photos. Cloth cover, dj. Fine. Large format: 31 x 23.5. 1557501092
Some 179 Nations: from Albania and Algeria to Zaire and Zimbabwe. A massive work.
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$30

42712
PRICE, Willard
THE AMAZING MISSISSIPPI: London. 1962. Heinemann. 1st Ed. (10), 188, plus 48 pages with 54 b/w photos. Eps: Map of the Mississippi River. Cloth cover (lightly marked), dj. Foxing spots on outside edges. Very good. 22 x 14.5.
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$10

36429
PUGET, Ollivier
THE WORLD'S GREAT SAILING SHIPS: New York. 1998. Barnes & Noble. 1st US edition of the 1997 French original Les Plus Beaux Voiliers du Monde. 192 PP with 20 b/w and 231 colour illustrations. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 29.7 x 24.7. 0760709289
From the British three-masted schooner Adix to the Polish three-masted staysail schooner Zawisza Czarny.
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$30

16794
RABINOVICH, Abraham
THE BOATS OF CHERBOURG: New York. 1988. Naval Institute / Seaver Books. 1st Ed. XII, 322 PP with 41 b/w illustrations (photos & documents). Title spread: Patrol boat La Combattante. Hard cover, cloth spine, dj. Foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 23.5 x 15.7. 080500680X
The escape on Christmas Eve 1969 of five navy patrols, built for the Israeli Navy, but impounded by the wrath of De Gaulle following the 6 Day War of June, 1967.
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59694
RAHS
JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY - Vol. 96, Part 2: Sydney. 2010. Royal Australian Historical Society. Vol.96, Part 2, December 2010. Edited by Carol Liston. (6), 115-234, (2) PP with 14 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 24.7 x 17.5.
Aboriginal tribal entities in Sydney, by Michael Powell and Rex Hesline. Loyal Lieutenant or spy? Frank de Groot and the intelligence services, by Andrew Moore. ...
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58516
RAHS
THE ROYAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY - Journal and Proceedings - Vol XIII, Part IV, 1927: Sydney. 1927. The Royal Australian Historical Society. Volume XIII, Part IV, 1927. By C. E. W. Bean & J.H. Collinson Close. 209-256 PP with 1 portrait. Soft cover. Slight ageing of paper, staples removed. Very good. 21.3 x 14.
Sidelights of the war on Australian Character, by C. E. W. Bean, read before the Society, 31 May 1927. Edward Charles Close, Pioneer of Morpeth, and Father of the Hunter, by J. H. Collinson Close, read before the Society , 29 March 1927.
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58813
RAHS
THE ROYAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY - Journal and Proceedings Vol XXIII, Part VI, 1937: Sydney. 1937. The Royal Australian Historical Society. Volume XXIII, Part VI, 1937. Edited by C. Price Conigrave. 411-494 PP. Soft cover. Slight ageing of paper. Very good. 21 x 14.
Bigge versus Macquarie, by J. Dennis. Some private correspondence of the Marsden Family (1794-1824), by Dr. George Mackaness.
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$10

59786
RAN
NAVAL HISTORICAL REVIEW - 2002: Sydney. 2002. Naval Historical Society of Australia. Vol. 23, Nos. 1 to 4, New series. Edited by Lieutenant-Commander R. J. Francis. 4 quarterly issues for 2002. A total of 104 pages with b/w illustrations. Issues (1, 2 & 3) of "The Buzz" loosely inserted. Pictorial soft cover. Soft cover of issues 1 with rubbed patch, o/wise a fine set. Format: issues 1 & 2: 28 x 21 - issues 3 & 4: 24 x 17.
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17918
RANDIER, Jean
MEN AND SHIPS AROUND CAPE HORN 1616-1939: New York. 1969. David McKay. 1st US edition. Translated from the 1966 French original Hommes et Navires au Cap Horn 1616-1939, by M. W. B. Sanderson. 360 PP with b/w & colour illustrations. Eps: Chart of Straits of Magellan & Tierra del Fuego. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price clipped). Dust jacket with small chips. Faint foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise a fine copy. 25.5 x 21.
One of the best anthologies written on tall ships and their struggles rounding the Horn.
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$25

42552
REEF SHIPPING
REEF GUIDE - A Shipmaster's Handbook to the Torres Strait and the Great Barrier Reef: Brisbane/Canberra. 1996. Queensland Transport/Australian Maritime Safety Authority. 1st Ed., with a foreword by W. A. O'Neil, Secretary-General, International Maritime Organization. 36 PP with 1 table, 4 colour photos and 5 maps. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 14.8.
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$10

31336
RETTER, Catharine & SINCLAIR, Shirley
LETTERS TO ANN - The Love Story of Matthew Flinders and Ann Chappelle: Sydney. 1999. Angus & Robertson. 1st Ed. IX, 150 PP with 7 b/w illust. Eps: flowers. Hard covers, decorated front cover, dj. Fine. 22 x 14. 0207196966
Married 14th April 1801, 3 months before his departure for New Holland. Surveying the coast of the continent and naming it Australia. 6 years detention at Isle de France (Mauritius). Return to Britain 24th October 1810.
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$10

60309
RICHARDS, Rowley
A DOCTOR'S WAR: Sydney. 2005. HarperCollins. 1st Ed., with a foreword by Andrew Denton and an introduction by Peter Stanley. XX, 332 PP with 2 plans and 3 maps, plus 16 pages with 39 colour photos and 11 colour illustrations (5 photos, 6 documents). Pictorial soft cover. Slight foxing, o/wise fine. 23.4 x 15.3. 0732280087
Malayan campaign. Prisoner of War: Changi prison, Burma/Siam Railway, Japan.
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$10

60120
RINGER, R. James
PHIPS' FLEET- Sir William Phips's ship found at Baie-Trinité, Saint Lawrence (in National Geographic Magazine): Washington. 2000. N.G.S. Volume 198, No. 2, August 2000. 124 PP. Contains article from P. 72 to 81 with 1map and 13 colour illustrations (photos by Bill Curtsinger). Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 25.4 x 17.5.
Shipwreck following the attempted attack on Québec of 1690.
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$5

58542
ROBSON, L. L. (editor)
AUSTRALIAN COMMENTARIES - Select Articles from the Round Table 1911-1942: Melbourne. 1975. Melbourne University Press. 1st Ed. XI, 221 PP. Hard cover, dj. Occasional foxing. Name of previous owner on front endpaper, o/wise fine. 22.4 x 15. 0522840779
Round Table, a quarterly Review of the Politics of the British Empire.
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$15

21511
ROLLS, Eric
SOJOURNERS, The Epic Story of China's Centuries-old relationship with Australia: Brisbane. 1992. University of Queensland Press. 1st Ed. XII, 532 PP with 2 maps & insets, and 20 b/w illustrations (1 photo, 19 engravings), plus 16 pages with 33 b/w photos. Eps: Location map of Australia & China. Hard cover, dj. Light foxing on outside edges, o/wise fine. 25.6 x 18. 0702224782
Sea trade, search for gold and Chinese migration. 1888, beginning of White Australia Policy.
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$20

32559
ROSKILL, Capt. S. W.
THE NAVY AT WAR 1939-1945: London. 1998. Wordsworth Editions. Paperback reprint of the 1960 original, in the Wordsworth Military Library. 480 PP with 24 maps and plans, plus 24 pages with 44 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Faint foxing, o/wise fine. 21.5 x 13.7. 1853266973
A comprehensive work.
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$5

16214
ROSS, B. & GRAY, M.
THE SAILING AUSTRALIANS: Adelaide. 1973. Rigby. 1st Ed. 215 PP with b/w illust. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 25 x 18.2. 0851796303
A striking collection of photographs of boats and their crew together with a salty prose on the sailing Australians.
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$15

40832
ROSS, Sir John
NARRATIVE OF A SECOND VOYAGE IN SEARCH OF A NORTH-WEST PASSAGE, AND OF A RESIDENCE IN THE ARCTIC REGIONS DURING THE YEARS 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832, 1833: London. 1835. A. W. Webster. 1st Ed. (6), (2 errata), XXXIV, 740 PP, plus pages *688 and *689 inserted between pages 688 and 689, and 21 plates (13 b/w & 8 colour). Rebound copy, cloth cover. Lacks frontispiece and 8 plates (3, 9, 11, 12, 13, 21, 23, 24). Foxing, o/wise very good. 31.7 x 25.
... including the reports of Commander, now Captain, James Clark Ross, R.N., F.R.S., F.L.S., &c. and the Discovery of the Northern Magnetic Pole.
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$250

40651
ROSSER, W. H.
Short Notes on the WINDS, WEATHER, & CURRENTS, together with general Sailing Directions and Remarks on making Passages; to accompany a Chart of the INDIAN OCEAN: London. 1878. James Imray & Son. 1st Ed. (4), 71 PP with tables, plus 2 folded charts Passages in the Indian Ocean, and Currents in the Indian Ocean. Soft cover. Very good. 23 x 14.8.
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$100

60221
ROUGHLEY, T.C.
FISH AND FISHERIES OF AUSTRALIA: Sydney. 1971. Angus & Robertson. Reprint of the revised edition of 1966. XVI, 328 PP with 11 figures, plus 59 full-page colour plates & 29 b/w plates. Fp (in colour): Snapper (Chrysophrys Guttulatus). Eps: Anglers. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Dust jacket rubbed and worn. Spine of cover and dust jacket with signs of water damage, o/wise very good. 25.5 x 18.8. 0207122407
Last chapter covers Australian aboriginal fishing.
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$15

21062
ROUGHLEY, T.C.
WHERE NATURE RUNS RIOT, On Australia's Great Barrier Marine Animals grow to Unusual Size, Develop Strange Weapons of Attack and Defense, and Acquire Brilliant Colors (in National Geographic Magazine): Washington. 1940. N.G.S. Volume LXXVII, No 6, June 1940. Article from P. 823 to 850 with 1 map, 18 bw and 15 colour photos in text. Soft cover, front cover rubbed. Very good. 25.4 x 17.5.
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$10

18855
RULE, Margaret
THE MARY ROSE: London. 1982. Ring Publications. 1st Ed. 60 PP with bw and colour illust. Inside back cover: The lifting after 437 years under water. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 27.5 x 21.
The excavation and raising of Henry VIII's flagship.
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$10

18080
RULE, Margaret
THE MARY ROSE, The Excavation and Raising of Henry VIII's Flagship: London. 1986. Conway Maritime Press. Reprint of the 1983 revised edition (original of 1982). 240 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Fp: A watch bell found in 1982 and cast in 1510. Pictorial soft cover. Faint foxing on outside edges, o/wise near fine. 26.3 x 19.3. 0851773826
The raising: after 437 years and 11 years of excavations written by the archaeological director of the project.
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$15

18357
RUTTER, Owen
RED ENSIGN, A History of Convoy: London. 1942. Robert Hale. 1st Ed. 214 PP, plus 18 pages with 18 b/w illustrations. Fp: They bring their food from afar. Cloth cover (lightly soiled), spine worn and discoloured, war economy paper, foxing on outside edges, o/wise good. 22 x 14.
The convoys of merchant ships in history (Tudor, Stuart, Napoleonic wars, WWI and early days of WWII.
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$10

56895
RYAN, Mark, TAYLOR, Peter & WHITMORE, Mick
VICTORIA'S SHIPS' GRAVEYARD: Melbourne. 2009. Scuttlebutt Press. 1st Ed. Introduction by Dr. Michael McCarthy. Foreword by Garry Gentile. XVI, 159 PP with 1 map on double page and 57 b/w illustrations (sketch maps, facsimile of documents and photos). Hard cover, dj. New. 24 x 16. 9780980590203
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$40

34413
SAGER, Eric W. & PANTING, Gerald E.
MARITIME CAPITAL - The Shipping Industry in Atlantic Canada, 1820-1914: Montreal. 1990. McGill-Queen's University Press. 1st Ed. XVIII, 289 PP with 1 figure (11 selected rigs), 9 maps, 28 tables and 38 graphs, plus 10 pages with 1 facsimile of agreement of crew and 6 b/w photos. Fp: A painting of Saint John Harbour, late 19th century. Cloth cover, dj (few chips), o/wise fine. 23.4 x 15.6. 0773507647
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$30

59874
SAILING
THE CRUISING SKIPPER MAGAZINE - Vol. 1 No. 8: Sydney. 1985. Leisure Magazines Pty. Ltd. Vol. 1, No. 8, Autumn 1985. Edited by Mike DAVIDSON. 112 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover (with small creases). Fine. 27.5 x 20.7.
Cruising Offshore: Vava'u Group, Tonga, by Mike Davidson. ... "Child of Bounty": the 1983 re-enactment of Bligh's open boat voyage from Tonga to Timor, by Captain R. W. Bligh-Ware. ... Cruising Inshore: Cape York and Torres Strait Islands, by Tony Allsop.
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$10

47620
SALE, Richard
TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH. The History of Polar Exploration: London. 2002. HarperCollins. 1st Ed. 224 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Title spread: Paradise Bay, Antarctica. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 28 x 22. 7142242
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$20

36349
SALOMON, Henry & HANSER, Richard
VICTORY AT SEA: New York. 1959. Doubleday & Co. 1st Ed. 256 PP with 4 maps and 517 b/w photos selected by Charles Osborn. Cloth cover, dj (price clipped). Near fine. 28.5 x 22.
The dramatic story of how in World War II the American armed forces swept the enemy from the seas.
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$15

20991
SAMPSON, Henry (editor)
THE DUMPY BOOK OF SHIPS & THE SEA: London. c. 1950. Sampson Low. 285 PP with over 1500 bw illust. (silhouettes, flags & funnels...). FEP: 30 Naval Ensigns of world navies. REP: 29 Merchant Ensigns and Jacks of world navies. Pictorial card covers. Ageing of paper, o/wise very good. Oblong: 10.3 x 13.
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$15

58815
SAMPSON, I. K.
THE FIRST GRAIN (R. A. H. S. - Journal and Proceedings Vol XXV, Part I ): Sydney. 1939. The Royal Australian Historical Society. Volume XXV, Part I, 1939. Contains article pages 1 to 79. Soft cover (renewed). Slight ageing of paper. Signed by the author on page 1. Very good. 21 x 14.
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$15

38307
SANDEMOSE, Aksel
MUTINY ON THE BARQUE ZUIDERSEE: London. 1970. Neville Spearman. 1st English edition, translated from the Norwegian original by Maurice Michael. 223 PP. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price-clipped). Faint foxing. Near fine. 20.2 x 13. 854354503
Novel based on the real mutiny held on the barque Zuidersee. Passage Reykjavik to the West Indies. Shipwrecked on New Foundland by mutinous crew... Arrival in Australia of some of the crew members.
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$10

14196
SANDERSON OF AYOT, Lord
SHIPS AND SEALING WAX: London. 1967. Heinemann. 1st Ed. X, 282 PP with 3 maps, plus 10 plates with 14 b/w illustrations. Fp: The author. Cloth cover, dj (price-clipped). Dust jacket with small tears, o/wise near fine. 25.4 x 15.8.
Memoirs of Basil, Lord Sanderson of Ayot, former President of the International Shipping Federation and Chairman of Shaw Savill Line 1947-1963.
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$10

22730
SANKEY, Raymond
BARROW & MORECAMBE BAY: Carnforth, UK. 1991. Silver Link Publishing. Reprint of the 1986 original, in the Maritime Heritage series. 64 PP with 1 map and 152 bw photos. Title page: The Isle of Man Steam Packet Company's Ben-My-Chree, completed in 1927. Pictorial card cover. Fine. 27.3 x 20.8. 0947971076
Shipping scenes (merchant ships and navy ships) on the waters of Barrow and Morecamber Bay, Cumbria. Shipbuilding activities: Navy built by Vickers, or Cunard, P & O, and Orient line.
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$35

15781
SCOTT, James
REMARKS ON A PASSAGE TO BOTANY BAY 1787-1792 - A First Fleet Journal: Sydney. 1963. Public Library of New South Wales / Angus and Robertson. 1st Ed. The William Dixson Foundation publication No. 1. XII, (2), 83 PP (9). Fp: Facsimile of page 35 of manuscript. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price-clipped). Signature of previous owner on title page. Foxing spots on outside edges and top of dust jacket, o/wise very good. 29.2 x 20.8.
The author was on the Prince of Wales. Arrival of the First Fleet, early days in Port Jackson.
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$30

32979
SCULL, Theodore W.
OCEAN LINER ODYSSEY 1958-1969: London. 1998. Carmania Press. 1st Ed. 88 PP with 1 plan and 130 b/w illust. (ship's memorabilia and photos). Inside front cover: The Flandre, with her great flared bow at Le Havre. Pictorial card cover. Fine. 27.3 x 21.5. 0951865692
Going in style: the French Line's Liberté & Flandre. The other French line: Navigation Mixte and French Line between Marseille and North Africa... Up the British Columbia Coast: Northland Navigation's M/V Northland Prince...
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$30

38825
SEVERIN, Tim
IN SEARCH OF MOBY DICK - Quest for the White Whale: London. 1999. Little, Brown and Company. 1st Ed. (10), 242 PP with 1 map on double page, 3 b/w plates and 22 drawings by Trondur Patursson, plus 8 pages with 31 colour photos. Eps: Map World of the White Whale. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 24 x 16.8. 316645958
Part one: Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands. Part two: Pamilacan, Philippines. Part Three, Lamalera, Indonesia. Part four: Tonga
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$30

37043
SHACKEL, Paul A. & LITTLE, Barbara J. (editors)
HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE CHESAPEAKE: Washington. 1994. Smithsonian Institution Press. 1st Ed. XIV, 299 PP with over 10 tables and 85 figures. Cloth cover, dj. Fine. 28.6 x 22. 1560982578
18 papers.
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$75

45894
SHAW, Frank H.
SPLENDOUR OF THE SEAS: London. 1953. Edward Stanford Limited. 1st Ed. 206 PP, plus 4 pages with 8 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj (price-clipped). Ageing of paper around the outside edges, o/wise near fine. 22.2 x 14.8.
Authentic & informative story of the British Merchant Navy, from the days of ancient Britons to the two World Wars.
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$20

47084
SHERIDAN, Robert E.
IRON FROM THE DEEP. The Discovery and Recovery of the USS Monitor: Annapolis. 2004. Naval Institute Press. 1st printing. XI, (3), 261, (4) PP with 49 b/w illustrations (engravings, plans, maps, graphs and photos). Cloth cover. dj. Fine. 23.5 x 16. 155750413X
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$35

51252
SHIPPING
SEA BREEZES. THE SHIP LOVERS' DIGEST - Volume 20: Liverpool. 1955. Charles Birchall & Sons. Bound copies of Volume 20, issues July to December 1955. 472 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, profiles, photos) and 4 colour photos (2 on double page). Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Slight ageing of paper. Very good. 19 x 12.5.
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$35

51991
SHIPPING
SEA BREEZES. THE SHIP LOVERS' DIGEST - Volume 25: Liverpool. 1958. Charles Birchall & Sons. Bound copies of Volume 25, issues January to June 1958. 476 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, profiles, photos) and 1 colour photo on double page (photos of the Seaford at Portslade, Brighton). Cloth cover, gilt title on spine. Speckling on covers. Slight ageing of paper. Address of previous owner on front endpaper. Very good. 19 x 12.5.
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$30

40334
SHIPWRECKS
CONSERVING OUR HISTORIC SHIPWRECKS: Adelaide. 1983. S. A. Department of Environment and Planning. 12 PP (unnumbered) with 2 maps, 11 different forms of rig, and 22 b/w illustrations (engravings, photos). Inside front cover: Map of State and Commonwealth waters in South Australia. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 20.8. 0724344209
Legislation relating to shipwrecks and 10 historic shipwrecks off the South Australian coast.
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$5

40836
SHIPWRECKS
THE PEARLING DISASTER, 1899 - A MEMORIAL: Brisbane. 1899. Outridge Printing Co. 1st edition limited to 27 copies. 72 PP with 1 table, 2 b/w photos and 11 portraits, plus 2 folding maps and 15 b/w plates with 20 b/w photos. Fp: Pearling scene, opening and cleaning shell on schooner Olive. Rebacked copy, gilt title on front cover. Original morocco front board and bookplate of previous owner pasted down on front endpaper. Folding map with track of cyclones repaired (sellotape marks) . A few foxing spots, o/wise near fine. Rare. Ferguson: 13959. 21.9 x 14.2.
History of pearling industry in the Torres Strait, and of the cyclones Nachon and Mahina which caused the disaster on the 5th March 1899.
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$700

36715
SIITERI, Helen A. (editor)
PAPA TOPSIDE - The Sealab Chronicles of Capt. George F. Bond, USN: Annapolis. 1993. Naval Institute Press. 1st printing. XXVIII, (2), 270, (4) PP with 12 b/w photos. Fp: Captain George F. Bond checks the chamber pressure gauge on the U.S. Navy's first Personnel Transfer Capsule. Cloth cover, dj. Fine. 21.5 x 13. 1557507953
Pages XVII to XXVIII: Evolution of diving.
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$30

44507
SILVERBERG, Robert
TREASURES BENEATH THE SEA: New York. 1971. Scholastic Book Services. Juvenile edition. 6th printing of the 1960 original. 78 PP with colour illustrations by Mort Kunstler [1 map on double page, 6 head pieces (location map) and 20 drawings]. Pictorial soft cover. Ageing of paper. Very good. 20.5 x 15.2.
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$10

58230
SILVESTER, Bill
THE DOWN-UNDER S.C.U.B.A. DIVER: Melbourne. 1974. Curlew Books. 1st Ed. of August 1974. Introduction by David Perry and Bill Silvester. 128 PP with figures (diagrams, drawings and b/w photos). Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 21.5 x 13.7.
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$10

59867
SIMPSON, Col
JAVA EMERGING: Unfolding Cartographic Views (in The National Library Magazine): Canberra. 2010. National Library of Australia. Vol. 2, No. 4, December 2010. 32 PP. Contains article pages 8 to 12 with 2 b/w and 5 Colour illustrations. Pictorial (Australian BrushTurkey) soft cover. New. 29.8 x 21.
Col Simpson charts the history of European exploration an settlement in Java through its maps.
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$10

30351
SKELTON, R.A., MARSTON, T.E. & PAINTER, G.D.
THE VINLAND MAP AND THE TARTAR RELATION: New Haven & London. 1995. Yale University Press. New edition with material from the 1965 original. LXVI, 291 PP with 9 figures (maps) and 4 colour plates, plus a large folded map (figure 1), 19 plates (3 large folded) and 26 pages of the facsimile of the original manuscript. Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing. Near fine. 29.7 x 22.5. 0300065205
The Vinland Map represents the only surviving medieval example based on Norse cartography, giving evidence to the Viking discovery of North America.
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$15

60052
SMITH, Captain C. V. (editor)
PACIFIC ISLANDS PILOT - Volume II: Taunton, UK. 1932. Hydrographic Department, Admiralty. 6th edition of the 1885 original. Advertisement to this 6th edition by Vice-Admiral H. P. Douglas. (4), XX, 562 PP with tables and 5 coastal views, plus 3 folded Index to Charts [S.D. 55 (a), (b), (c)], and 27 plates with over 33 coastal views. FEP: Notations of supplements and Annual Summaries of Notices to Mariners. Cloth cover. Top and foot of spine gnawed. Admiralty stamp on endpaper. Near fine internally. 24.5 x 15.2.
Central Groups comprising: New Caledonia and the Loyalty islands; The New Hebrides Group and the Banks, Torres and Santa Cruz islands; The Fiji Islands and the . Tonga, Samoa, Ellice, Gilbert, Marshall, Phoenix and Tokelau islands.
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$45

44836
SNOW, Edward Rowe
THE VENGEFUL SEA: New York. 1956. Dodd, Mead. 1st Ed. XII, 307 PP, plus 16 pages with 16 b/w illustrations. Cloth cover, dj. Covers lightly marked. Front endpaper with: bookplate, stamp of previous owner (Museum of Shipwrecks) and note tipped in. Slight ageing of paper on outside edges. Very good. 21 x 14.5.
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$15

37081
SPECTOR, Ronald H.
EAGLE AGAINST THE SUN - The American War with Japan: New York. c. 1995. Vintage Books. Paperback reprint of the 1st Vintage Books edition of 1985. XVI, 589 PP with map (Central Western Pacific) on double page, plus 16 pages with 31 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 20.3 x 13. 0394741013
US and Japanese strategy on the conduct of the War. Major battles, little-known campaigns and unfamiliar events of the 44 month Pacific War.
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$10

55032
SPENNEMANN, Dirk H. R.
'STEAM TO TONGA & SAMOA': The Norddeutscher Lloyd Mail Service 1886 to 1893: Albury, NSW. 2002. Letao Press. 1st Ed. 37, (3 publications) PP with 31 b/w illustrations (1 map, 1 house flag, 1 newspaper clipping, 2 franked stamps, 7 franking stamps, 9 franked envelopes or post cards, and 10 photos). Pictorial soft cover, staples. Very good. 29.7 x 20.7. 01876940085
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$20

47903
SPEYER, Martin & CAROLIN, Mike
IN CORAL SEAS. The History of the New Guinea Australia Line: Melbourne. 2004. Nautical Association of Australia, Inc. & John Swire & Sons. 1st Ed. Based on the manuscript of Martin Speyer, with additional material by Mike Carolin, and edited by Howard Dick. (14), 119 PP with 2 maps, 3 tables and 38 b/w photos (21 in the Fleet List). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 24.5 x 17. 0959907906
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$25

42078
STANIFORTH, Mark & HYDE, Michael (editors)
MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY IN AUSTRALIA: A READER: Blackwood, South Australia. 2001. Southern Archaeology / Wallowa Mallee Research Books. 1st Ed. X, 337 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, maps, photos, sketch plans...). Pictorial soft cover. Name of previous owner at top of half title page. Fine. 28.3 x 19. 1876675543
Collection of 45 papers, providing an overview of the state of Maritime Archaeology in Australia. Artefacts studies. Thematic studies... Underwater archaeology. Underwater cultural heritage management...
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$45

45901
STANNARD, Bruce
THE BLUE-WATER BUSHMEN - The Colourful Story of Australia's Best and Boldest Boatmen: Sydney. 1981. Angus & Robertson. 1st Ed. VIII, 42 PP with 2 photos, plus 134 pages with 130 full-page b/w photos. Illustrated endpapers. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket with large tear (repaired) on back part. Faint foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine internally. Oblong: 21 x 28.5. 0207146411
Photos of the open boats (Six-Footers, Canvas Dinghies, Twelve & Fourteen-Footers) and boatmen on Sydney Harbour, from 1880 to 1940.
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$100

21810
STEPHENSEN, P.R. (editor)
SYDNEY SAILS, The Story of the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron's First 100 Years (1862/1962): Sydney. 1962. Angus & Robertston. 1st Ed. VII, 272 PP & 213 b/w illust. Fp: Oil painting of Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron. Eps: Crest of Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron. Hard cover, burgee and gilt title on front cover and spine, dj. Near fine. 25 x 19.
Centennial volume presenting the fascinating story of sailing on Sydney Harbour.
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$15

52692
STERN, Rob
U.S. SUBS IN ACTION: Carrollton, Texas. 1983. Squadron/Signal Publications. 1st Ed., No. 2 in the Warships series, illustrated by Don Greer. 50 PP with 9 silhouettes, 16 sketch-plans, 24 profiles, 97 b/w photos, and 10 colour illustrations at centrefold. Title page: 1 profile. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. Oblong: 21 x 28. 0897470850
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$10

39096
STEVENS, David & REEVE, John (editors)
SOUTHERN TRIDENT - Strategy, History and the Rise of Australian Naval Power: Sydney. 2001. Allen & Unwin. 1st Ed. XX, 363 PP with 4 maps, 4 tables and 45 b/w illustrations. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 22.2 x 15. 186508462X
Collection of 19 essays: The rise of modern Naval Strategy c.1580-1880 by John Reeve... Imperial Naval Defence, a Canadian perspective by Nicholas Tracy... A strategy for the lower deck of the early Royal Australian Navy, by Kathryn Spurling...
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$30

49003
STONE, Richard
FRAGMENTS OF THE EVERYDAY. A Book of Australian Ephemera: Canberra. 2005. National Library of Australia. 1st Ed. 122 PP with illustrations (mostly in colour). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 26.5 x 21.5. 0642276013
Travelling Ephemera (including by Liners) : Page 72 to 110.
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$15

22790
STONE, Scott C.S.
PEARL HARBOR, The Way It Was - December 7, 1941: Norfolk Island. 1977. Island Heritage. Special edition. 71 PP with bw and colour illust. (map, plans, photos...). Title page: Arizona memorial. Pict. card cover. Fine. 25.3 x 17.8.
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$10

60312
SWAN, Rear Admiral Rothesay (editor)
THE TALL SHIPS ARE COMING TO AUSTRALIA - 1988: Sydney. c. 1988. Australian Bicentennial Authority. 1st Ed., with a message by R. Hawke, Prime Minister. No pagination, 12 PP with b/w illustrations (1 map, 9 sketches and colour illustrations (1 sketch plan, 1 map, 1 National flag, 7 State flags and 20 photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.7 x 21.
Tall Ship gathering organised for the 1988 bicentennial celebration of Australia.
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$10

39816
TAFFRAIL (Commander Taprell Dorling)
SEA VENTURERS OF BRITAIN: London. 1925. W. Collins & Co. Ltd. 1st Ed. 316 PP with 5 maps, plus 15 b/w plates and a folded coloured map (Voyages of Captain Cook). Cloth cover, gilt device on front cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. FEP: prize plate and short note. Some foxing. Former owner's number on front endpaper. Very good. 19 x 12.6.
8 of these Sea Venturers: Voyages of Sir John Hawkins... William Dampier... Captain James Cook.
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$20

59029
TAO, Kim
ON THEIR OWN, Britain's Child Migrants (in Signals): Sydney. 2010. Australian National Maritime Museum. Issue No. 92, September-November 2010. Contains articles from P. 2 to 13 with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover (child on deck of S.S. Strathnaver, 1955). New. 29.7 x 21.
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$10

13057
TARRANT, V. E.
JUTLAND, THE GERMAN PERSPECTIVE - A new view of the Great Battle, 31 May 1916: London. 1995. Arms & Armour Press. 1st Ed. 318 PP with 4 tables and 81 figures (maps, plans and profile of ships). Hard cover, dj. Fine. 24.2 x 15.8. 1854092448
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$20

42429
TAYLOR, Fitch W.
A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD , AND VISITS TO VARIOUS FOREIGN COUNTRIES, IN THE UNITED STATES FRIGATE COLUMBIA; ATTENDED BY HER CONSORT THE SLOOP OF WAR JOHN ADAMS AND COMMANDED BY COMMODORE GEORGE C. READ (two volumes bound into one): New-Haven & New York. 1846. H. Mansfield & D. Appleton. 5th edition. Volume I: 318 PP with 9 illustrations, plus 1 b/w plate (with tissue guard). Fp:Bombarding of Muckie, on the Malay coast. Volume II: 332, 2 PP with 10 illustrations, plus 1 colour plate (with tissue guard). Fp: Reasons Glory: The Present Emperor of China.. Rebacked copy retaining most of the original cloth (rubbed and worn), decorated boards in blind, gilt title on sunned spine. Complete. Foxing throughout. Very good. 20.5 x 13
From Hampton Roads on 6th of May 1838 to 9th of June 1840 off Cape Hatteras. Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Malaya, China... Call in Honolulu October 1839. Return via Valparaiso and Rio de Janeiro..
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$85

55372
TAYLOR, Margaret Stewart
FOCUS ON THE FALKLAND ISLANDS: London. 1971. Travel Book Club. Reprint of the 1971 edition published by Robert Hale & Company. 191 PP, plus 12 pages with 24 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Name of previous owner on front endpaper. Very good. 22.2 x 14.5.
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$10

19556
TAYLOR, Michael
NAVAL AIR POWER: London. 1986. Hamlyn. 1st Ed. 192 PP with 10 plans / cutaways of naval aircrafts, 96 colour illust. and over 200 bw illust. Title spread; A US super carrier prepares to launch its Tomcats on an air defence sortie. Half-title page: Tupolev Tu-22M Backfire. Pictorial laminated boards, dj. Faint foxing, o/wise near fine. 28.6 x 21.6. 0600501159
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$10

20509
TAYLOR, Peter
AUSTRALIA, The First Twelve Years: Sydney. 1982. George Allen & Unwin 1st Ed. 220 PP with 2 maps, 52 bw illust. (photos & period illustrations) plus 4 pages with 6 colour photos. Eps: Map of Sydney region. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 26.2 x 19.6. 0868612685
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$10

40237
TERRY, F. C.
NEW SOUTH WALES ILLUSTRATED, The Sketches of F. C. Terry: Sydney. 1978. Lansdowne Press. 2nd impression of the 1973 edition, first published in 1855 as The Australian Keepsake. 91 PP with 40 b/w plates. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket with repaired tears. Occasional foxing. Very good. Oblong: 25.5 x 29.7. 0701804963
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$15

18317
THOMAS, Leslie
A WORLD OF ISLANDS: New York. 1983. St. Martin's Press. 1st US Ed. 208 PP with 70 b/w photos, plus 16 Colour plates. Fp: The Citadel Canal at Corfu. Eps: Mappemonde. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 25.5 x 19.5. 0312892233
A voyage through some of the world's most famous and romantic islands, with their history.
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$10

38800
THOMPSON, Sir Robert (editor)
WAR IN PEACE - Conventional and Guerrilla Warfare since 1945: New York. 1982. Harmony Books. 1st US edition. VIII, 312 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Hard cover, dj. Fine. Large format: 30.5 x 23. 051754640X
Red Star in the East: China, 1946-1949... The Suez fiasco... The Gulf war between Iran and Irak.
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$10

20918
THORNTON, E. C. B.
SOUTH COAST PLEASURE STEAMERS: London. 1962. Stephenson. 1st Ed. XII, 180 PP, plus 18 pages with 47 b/w photos. Cloth cover, dj (chipped). Faint foxing, o/wise near fine. 22 x 14.5.
History of all England's South Coast pleasure steamers.
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$15

43338
THRESH, Peter
TITANIC: London. 1992. Parkgate Books. 1st Ed. 80 PP with b/w & colour illustrations. Pictorial laminated boards, dj. Fine. 31 x 23.7. 1855855992
The short but eventful life of this great ship: drawing board to the sinking and the rediscovery of the wreck.
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$10

17622
THROCKMORTON, Peter (editor)
HISTORY FROM THE SEA - Shipwrecks & Archaeology, From Homer's Odyssey to the Titanic: Sydney. 1987. Reader's Digest. 1st Australian edition. 240 PP with b/w & col. illust. (maps, graphs, paintings, photos). Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing. Fine. 29.7 x 23.5. 0864380445
Story of underwater archaeology examining the human history over 4000 years.
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$15

32912
TITANIC
TITANIC: The Official Story April 14-15, 1912: New York. 1997. Random House. Illustrated box containing a guide of 16 pages and over 100 pages reproducing 18 documents. Fine. 22.5 x 35 0375501150
Reproductions of eighteen remarkable documents telling the true history of the twentieth century's greatest maritime disaster.
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$20

50045
TOGHILL, Jeff
THE WHITSUNDAY ISLANDS: Sydney. 1981. Reed. 1st Ed. 32 PP with 2 maps, 4 b/w photos, 5 sketches and 22 colour photos. Inside back cover: 2 maps. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 24.2 x 18.3. 0589502913
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$10

46021
TOMPKINS, B. A.
TREASURE - Man's 25 Greatest Quest for Eldorado: New York. 1979. Times Books. 1st Ed. 253 PP with location maps and b/w illustrations. Hard cover, gilt title on cloth spine, dj. Ex library copy with stamp and card on front endpaper, o/wise good. 28 x 21.8. 812908104
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$10

20439
TORRANCE, William
STEAMERS ON THE RIVER - From Ipswich to the Sea: Brisbane. 1986. Author. 1st Ed. XIV, 278 PP with bw illust. Title page: Federal steamer Devon in the Hamilton Reach. Fp: City of Brisbane. Eps: South Brisbane Reach in 1880. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 30.5 x 21.5. 0959144900
Illustrated account of the activities of steamers on the river and the bay of Brisbane between WWI & WWII.
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$25

36235
TUCKER, Terry
BERMUDA'S STORY: Hamilton, Bermuda. 1967. The Bermuda Bookstores. 5th impression of the 1959 original. 213 PP with 12 line drawings by the author. Fp: Sir George Somers. Eps: Map of Bermuda. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj (closed tears). Near fine. 22.2 x 14.5.
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$10

40535
TUTE, Warren
ATLANTIC CONQUEST - The Ships and the Men of the North Atlantic Passenger Services, 1816-1961: London. 1962. Cassell. 1st Ed. 247 PP, plus 32 pages with b/w illustrations. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Stamp of previous owner on front endpaper. Near fine. 22 x 14.5.
The battle for international prestige and the commercial rivalry between the packets sailing each side of the Atlantic.
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$15

60183
US NAVY
UNITED STATES NAVY (in Navy International): London. 1979. Maritime World Ltd. Vol. 84, No. 6, June 1979. Edited by Anthony J. WATTS. 56 PP. Contains 5 articles from P.3 to 42 with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 30 x 20.8.
State of the American Navy, by Admiral Worth H. Bagley. American Aircraft carriers and their aircraft, by Captain Gerald G. O'Rourke. Aegis Destroyer, by Anthony J. Watts. Tomahawk - The Cruise Missile, by Captain G. R. Villar. ...
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$5

45646
VAIRO, Carlos Pedro
SHIPWRECKS IN CAPE HORN, Isla de los Estados, Magallanes, Mitre Peninsula, Malvinas and South Georgia: Ushuaia. 2001. Zagier & Urruty. 1st English edition of the 2000 original Naufragios en el Cabo de Hornos translated by Irai Freire. 215, (7) PP with b/w illustrations (engravings, maps, sketches and photos). Copy signed by Carlos Pedro Vairo and with stamp of the Museo Maritimo de Ushuaia, Fin del Mundo, Tierra del Fuego on title page. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 28 x 20. 1879568772
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$60

49412
VALERY, Paul
MER MARINES MARINS: Paris. 1930. Firmin-Didot. 1st edition, in the Collection Images du Monde. Limited to 500 numbered copies (No. 135/500). 14 PP, plus 96 b/w plates with legends by Georges Dupuy. Stiff cover. Foxing spots on outside edges and some pages. French text. Very good. 26.5 x 20.
French poet and vision of the Sea, the Sailors...
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$25

35014
VAN DERVOORT, Prof. J. W.
THE WATER WORLD; A Popular Treatise: New York. 1886. Union Publishing House. Reprint. 512 PP with head & tail pieces, and 77 b/w illust. Fp: Firing the Lyle gun. Marbled endpapers. Cloth cover, decoration and gilt title on front cover and spine, all edges gilt. A little foxing, o/wise a very nice copy. Scarce. 21.5 x 15.5.
A popular treatise on the broad ocean: its laws; its phenomena; its products and its inhabitants; graphically describing its currents, tides, waves; whirlpools, water-spouts, typhoons and trade winds; its coral reefs, pearls, shells, sponges, fisheries....
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$40

43060
van PAPENDRECHT, A. Hoynck
DE ZEILVLOOT VAN WILLEM RUYS JAN DANIELSZOON EN DE ROTTERDAMSCHE LLOYD: Rotterdam. 1933. Company. 1st Ed. XV, 147 PP with tables & 100 b/w illustrations, plus 11 b/w plates with tables, map, documents, 1 large folding plan of the D.S.M.S. Baloeran, 1 large folded plate with fleet list and 25 ship profiles and 1 folded map of the River Maas. Printed on superior glossy paper. Fp: Portrait of Willem Ruys Jan Danielszoon. Illustrated endpapers. Original sturdy soft cover. Foxing spots on covers and outside edges. Near fine copy of a scarce title. Dutch text. 27.8 x 20.4.
The sailing fleet of Willem Ruys and the fleet of Rotterdam Lloyd.
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$60

15559
VAUGHAN, Thomas, CROWNHART-VAUGHAN, E. A. P. & PALAU DE IGLESIAS, Mercedes
VOYAGES OF ENLIGHTENMENT, Malaspina on the Northwest Coast 1791/1792: Portland, Oregon. 1977. Oregon Historical Society. 1st Ed. VIII, (2), 62 PP with 46 b/w illustrations (maps, paintings, plans,...). Fp: Alejandro Malaspina. Pictorial soft cover. Faint foxing. Near fine. 22.7 x 20.5. 0875950582
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$15

39118
VERNE, Jules
20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA: London. 1973. Studio Vista Books. Annotated and abridged edition by Heather Amery. 104 PP with b/w illustrations, plus 12 coloured plates (4 of them folded). All illustrations by Adrian Williams. Fp: Folded plate with 4 maps. Cloth cover, dj (price clipped). Faint foxing, o/wise fine. 27.5 x 23.5. 0289704073
New edition of a classic novel with factual details of early attempts to explore the ocean floors.
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$25

16160
VICHOT, Jacques (editor)
L'ALBUM DE MARINE DU DUC D'ORLEANS, Aquarelles de Fréderic Roux (1805-1870): Paris. 1975. Musée de la Marine. 1st Ed. No Pagination, 62 pages with b/w illustrations and 24 colour plates. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 27 x 21.
From the Man-of-War, the Mediterranean traditional craft and the collier, to the steamship. Watercolours by Frederic Roux offered to the Duc of Orleans.
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$30

21379
VILLIERS, Alan & KEMP, Weston
THE AGE OF SAIL LIVES ON AT MYSTIC [in National Geographic]: Washington. 1968. N.G.S. Volume 134, No. 2, August 1968. Contains article between pages 220 and 239 with 1 plan, 1 map, 2 b/w and 13 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 25.4 x 17.5.
Mystic Seaport Museum, in Connecticut.
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$10

53689
VIVIAN, John
TALES OF THE CORNISH SMUGGLERS: Penryn, Cornwall. 1988. Tor Mark Press. Reprint of the 1969 original. 48 PP 2 facsimile of newspaper clippings and 14 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 14. 0850253012
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$10

59221

THE VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS AT RABAUL (in The Sydney Mail): Sydney. 1937. John Fairfax & Sons Ltd. No. 1315, Vol. LI (New Series). Wednesday, June 9, 1937. 68 pages with b/w illustrations (drawings, photos). Contains article on P.5, then Pages 22 to 35 with 1 map, 1 aerial view and 22 b/w photos (centrefold: Matupi) . Stapled illustrated wrappers. Paper ageing, o/wise very good. Scarce. 40 x 28.5.
Also contains: "Surveying in New Guinea Waters", by Geoffrey Ingleton.
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46033
von MUNCHING, L. L.
DE NEDERLANDSE KOOPVAARDIJVLOOT 1955-1956: Amsterdam. 1955. C. De Boer Jr. Yearly edition. 112 PP, plus 12 pages with 24 b/w photos. Pictorial laminated boards. Head and foot of spine frayed and repaired, o/wise very good. Dutch text. 24.2 x 16.2.
Fleet list of the Dutch merchant navy.
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$20

45803
WAGNER, Kip & TAYLOR, L. B.
PIECES OF EIGHT - Recovering the Riches of a Lost Spanish Treasure Fleet: London. 1967. Longmans. 1st. UK Ed. 222 PP with 1 map, plus 24 pages with 5 plans and diagrams, 20 colour and 14 b/w photos. Fp: A gold imperial eight-escudo coin. Eps: A map of the West Indies and Mexico or New Spain by H. Moll. Cloth cover, gilt device on front cover, dj. Dust jacket lightly rubbed. Faint foxing on outside edges. Very good. 24 x 15.7.
The search for and research on the ships of the Plate fleet sunk off the Florida coast in a 1715 hurricane.
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$25

58660

WALKABOUT - Australian Geographical Magazine - Vol. 24, No. 3: Melbourne. 1958. Australian National Travel Association. Vol. 24, No. 3, March 1958, edited by Basil G. Atkinson & Richard D. Piesse. 48 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial (St George's Terrace, Perth) soft cover. Very good. 30.2 x 24.
Perth gem of the West, by W. Charnley. Sing-Sing for a bridge (Lai River, western Highland, Papua New Guinea), by George Farwell. ... No facility for return: Life on a Convict Transport, by Kathleen E. Graves.
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58664

WALKABOUT - Australian Geographical Magazine - Vol. 24, No. 7: Melbourne. 1958. Australian National Travel Association. Vol. 24, No. 7, July 1958, edited by Basil G. Atkinson & Richard D. Piesse. 40 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial (Miss U.S.A. meets two Australians) soft cover. Front cover with a large tear. Very good. 30.2 x 24.
Caveman's Glory, Augusta, Western Australia, by Lennox V. Bastian. Radium Hill by Ken May. Roaming through the New Hebrides, by Cornelius Conyn. Camels for Coolgardie, a remarkable 1895 journey across the Nullarbor, by Malcolm Wallace.
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58665

WALKABOUT - Australian Geographical Magazine - Vol. 24, No. 8: Melbourne. 1958. Australian National Travel Association. Vol. 24, No. 8, August 1958, edited by Basil G. Atkinson & Richard D. Piesse. 40 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial (The dog on the Tucker-box) soft cover. Very good. 30.2 x 24.
Cairns - Queen city of the North, by Noel Lambert. A Tasmanian Water-way - the Denison Canal, by R. W. Glassford. The Dream-World of Lake Murray (Papua), By Guy Batham.
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36082
WALL, Robert
OCEAN LINERS - Postcards in Marine Art 1900-1945: Woodbridge, Suffolk. 1998. Antique Collectors' Club. 1st Ed. 159 PP with 200 colour postcards. Fp: T.S.S. Titanic. Title page: vignette with Sirius of the British and American Steam Navigation Co. Hard cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj. Faint foxing, o/wise fine. 21.5 x 15.2. 1851492755
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11611
WARD, Russel
AUSTRALIA SINCE THE COMING OF MAN: Melbourne. 1987. Macmillan. Revised and updated edition of the 1965 original. 263 PP with b/w illust., photos, paintings, maps, graphs, ... Title spread: The beached Endeavour. Eps: Hobartown. Hard cover, dj. Very good. 26.7 x 18.8. 0333450795
History of Australia: the Aborigines, the Navigators/Explorers, Settlement.
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18605
WARE, J. K., Naval Historian
AN OUTLINE OF AUSTRALIAN NAVAL HISTORY: Canberra. 1976. Department of Defence (Navy) / AGPS. 1st Ed. VI, 90 PP with 24 b/w illustrations. Hard cover, dj. Name of previous owner on front endpaper, o/wise very good. 25 x 17.5. 0642018669
From the discovery and settlement to the post-Vietnam era.
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52852
WARNE, Ian (editor)
A SHORT HISTORY OF THE BARQUE OMEO: Fremantle. 2007. Maritime Archeology Association of Western Australia. 1st Ed. 28 PP with 28 b/w illustrations ( 5 sketch plans and 23 photos). Pictorial soft cover. New. 21 x 15.
Auxiliary Steamship, built 1858 at Newcastle-on-Tyne, for McMelkan Blackwood & Company of Melbourne. Maiden voyage: 1859 in 108 days... Wrecked 1895 near Helin Bay, W.A.
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19276
WARNER, Oliver
GREAT SEA BATTLES: London. 1968. Spring Books / Hamlyn. Reprint of the 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. Spine of dust jacket lightly sunned. Very good. 32.2 x 24.8.
From the Battle of Lepanto in 1571 to the Battle of Leyte Gulf in 1944.
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33697
WASHBURN, Wilcomb E. (editor)
PROCEEDINGS OF THE VINLAND MAP CONFERENCE: Chicago. 1971. Newberry Library / University of Chicago Press. 1st Ed., in Studies in the History of Discoveries. XVII, 185 PP with 4 figures and 9 b/w plates, plus 1 double-page plate. Title page: sketch of the Vinland Map. Hard cover, device (Vinland Map) in blind on front cover, gilt title on cloth spine, dj. Name of previous owners at top of front endpaper, o/wise fine. 28.5 x 21.8. 0226873943
Conference held at the Museum of History and Technology of the Smithsonian Institute.
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34025
WATERMAN, Talbot H.
ANIMAL NAVIGATION: New York. 1989. Scientific American Library. 1st Ed., No. 26 in the Scientic American Library series. VIII, (2), 243, (2) PP with colour illust. (graphs, maps, photos). Fp: Baby green turtle entering the surf. Cloth cover, dj. Fine. 24.2 x 22. 0716750244
Animal migration: flyers and swimmers. Human navigation and its relevance to animal navigation... Biological clocks and calendars, sense of space, electric and magnetic direction finding...
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32089
WATSON, Bruce W.
THE CHANGING FACE OF THE WORLD'S NAVIES: 1945 to the Present: London. 1991. Arms and Armour Press. 1st Ed. 281 PP with 77 tables, plus 48 pages with 96 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 24 x 16. 1854090178
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58359
WATSON, Malcolm (editor)
SOCIETY FOR UNDERWATER HISTORICAL RESEARCH INC. - ANNUAL REPORT 1981.: Adelaide. 1981. The Society for Underwater Historical Research. September 1981. President's Report by Peter Christopher. 65 PP with 20 pages of b/w illustrations (drawings, maps, plans, photos). Soft cover, staples. Near fine. 29.7 x 21.
Wrecks of: Grecian, Morgan, Waterwitch.
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22806
WATSON, Milton H.
FLAGSHIPS OF THE LINE - A Celebration of the World's Three-funnel Liners: Wellingborough. 1988. Patrick Stephens. 1st Ed. 184 PP with 21 head pieces (house-flags) and 180 b/w photos. FEP: Queen Mary departs from New York. REP: Docked in New York in September 1939 were Ile de France, Normandie, Queen Mary, Aquitania and Rex. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Faint foxing on outside edges. Near fine. 24.5 x 20.8. 0850599318
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59929
WATT, Alan
THE ANZUS TREATY: Past, Present and Future (in Australian Outlook - Journal of the Australian Institute of International Affairs - Volume 24, No. 1): Melbourne. 1970. The Australian Institute of International Affairs. Volume 24, No. 1 (April 1970). Edited by T. B. Millar. 101, (3) PP. Contains article pages 17 to 36. Soft cover. Slight ageing of paper. Near fine. 24 x 17..
Includes too (pages 81 to 86): Anzus and the American Alliance , by Norman Harper.
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34136
WATTS, Anthony J.
BATTLESHIPS: London. 1978. Macdonald & Jane's. 1st Ed., in the World War 2 Fact Files series. 64 PP with tables, 5 plans and 97 b/w photos. Pictorial card cover. Very good. 26.7 x 20.3. 0354011359
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21014
WATTS, Anthony J.
THE ROYAL NAVY: An Illustrated History: London. 1994. Arms and Armour Press. 1st Ed. 256 PP with 10 tables, 36 plans & 249 b/w illust. Fp: Cruiser Lion. Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing. 25.3 x 19.5. 1854091247
From wooden sailing ships to nuclear-powered submarines.
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16839
WATTS, Anthony J. (editor)
WARSHIPS AND NAVIES 1973: London. 1972. Ian Allan. 1st Ed. 136 PP with 13 colour photos, 116 b/w photos & paintings and 2 line drawings. Fp: Harrier hovering above Ark Royal. Hard cover, dj. Very good. 24.2 x 18. 0711003858
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21307
WEBB, Robert Lloyd
ON THE NORTHWEST - Commercial Whaling in the Pacific Northwest 1790-1967: Vancouver. 1988. University of British Columbia Press. 1st Ed. XXI, 445 PP with 71 b/w illustrations and a map of the coast from Oregon to Alaska. Title spread: Whaling on the North West Coast. Eps: Log book of whaling. Cloth cover, dj. Fine. 22.8 x 15.2. 0774802928
History of commercial whaling in the North-West Pacific from the late 1700's to its demise in Canada in 1967.
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$50

18755
WEBSTER SMITH, B.
THE WAR AT SEA 1941-1943: London. c.1944. Blackie & Son. 1st Ed. 192 PP, plus 8 full-page b/w plates. Fp: Ordeal of Penelope. Cloth cover (rubbed). War economy paper (ageing), o/wise very good. 20 x 13.5.
Crete and the Middle East in 1941. Japanese attacks, Malta, Atlantic battles.
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52084
WEIDENHOFER, Margaret
THE CONVICT YEARS. Transportation and the penal system 1788-1868: Sydney. 1973. Lansdowne Press. 1st Ed. 144 PP with maps, plans, tables and b/w illustrations, plus 8 plates with 9 colour illustrations. Title spread: The Penitentiary, Port Arthur. Illustrated endpapers. Hard cover, illustrated front cover, dj. Slight ageing of paper and foxing on outside edges, o/wise near fine. Oblong: 25.2 x 29.2. 0701803444
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50649
WELCH, Major J. H.
FORT FRANKLIN - PORTSEA (Lord Mayor's Children's Camp): Sorrento, Victoria. 1968. Nepean Historical Society. 1st Ed. 4 PP. Soft cover. Faint foxing. Very good. 20.5 x 16.5.
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58328
WESTCOTT, Geoff, SHEPHERD, Scorsby, KUITER, Rudie...
THE MARINE ECOLOGY OF PORT PHILLIP: Melbourne. 1980. Scuba Divers Federation of Victoria. 1st Ed. (4), (10 chapter headings), 94 PP (in typescript) with tables and figures. Soft cover, illustrated front, spiral bound. Name of previous owner at top corner of front cover. Very good. 28.3 x 21.5. 0949839000
10 papers.
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59741
WESTWOOD, David
THE TYPE VII U-BOAT: Annapolis. 1984. Naval Institute Press. 1st US edition., in the "Anatomy of the Ship" Series. 95 PP with 7 tables, 25 b/w photos, and up to 300 perspective and 3-view drawings. Title spread: U 99 the day of her launch, 19 September 1940. Hard cover, dj. Fine. Oblong: 24.5 x 26. 087028867
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42397
WHEELER, Harold (editor)
THE WONDERFUL STORY OF THE SEA: London. c. 1938. Odhams Press Ltd. 1st Ed. 512 PP with 510 b/w illustrations. Title page: Lighthouse. Eps: Painting by C.A. Wilkinson. Cloth cover, device in blind on front cover, gilt title on spine. Name of previous owner on verso of front endpaper. Foxing on endpapers, outside edges, and few pages, o/wise very good. 25.3 x 18.5.
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57712
WIEST, Andrew & MATTSON, Gregory Louis
THE PACIFIC WAR: St Paul, Mn, USA. 2001. MBI Publishing Company. 1st US edition, in the Campaigns of World War II series. 256 PP with b/w photos and colour illustrations (maps, artworks and 3 photos). Pictorial laminated boards, dj (closed tear). Near fine. 30.2 x 23.5. 0760311463
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15184
WILBUR, C. Keith
PICTURE BOOK OF THE REVOLUTION'S PRIVATEERS: Harrisburg, Pa. USA. 1973. Stackpole Co. 1st Ed. 96 PP with illustrations by the author. Fp: Profile of a Privateer ship. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Spine of dust jacket sunned. Very good. 28.6 x 22. 0811712621
The privateers of the US War of Independence: ships, gear, weapons, prizes, tactics, life on the high seas...
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20975
WILKINSON, Douglas
SHIPWRECK, Selected New Zealand Maritime Accidents: Wellington. 1974. Southern Press. 1st Ed. No Pagination, 32 PP with 34 bw photos. Pict. soft cover. Very good. Oblong: 17.2 x 24.2.
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35870
WILLIAMS, David L.
WHITE'S OF COWES - 'White's-built, well-built!': Peterborough, UK. 1993. Silver Link Publishing. 1st Ed., in the Maritime Heritage series. 96 PP with 1 family tree, 8 plans and 160 b/w illust. Half title page: Launch of the destroyer Fury, 10 September 1934. Title page: HMS Faulknor. Pictorial card cover. Fine. 27.5 x 21.4. 1957940113
The history and heritage of a famous shipbuilder, based on original manuscript notes by Raymond F. Sprake.
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$35

57058
WILLIAMS, Glyn
THE DEATH OF CAPTAIN COOK - A Hero Made and Unmade: London. 2008. Profile Books. 1st Ed., in Profiles in History series. (X), 198 PP with 1 map and 20 b/w illustrations. Eps: chart of the Sandwich Islands with inset of Kealakekua Bay. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. New. 20.8 x 14.5. 9781861978424
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21428
WILLIAMS, Peter J. & SERLE, Roderick
SHIPWRECKS AT PORT PHILLIP HEADS 1840-1963: Melbourne. 1963. Maritime Historical Productions. 1st Ed. (12), 91 PP with 7 tail & head-pieces, 1 chart & 44 b/w illust. Card cover (rubbed). Very good. 21.5 x 14.
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21536
WILLIAMS, Peter J. & SERLE, Roderick
WRECKS OF PORT PHILLIP: Melbourne. 1964. Maritime Historical Productions. 3rd edition of the 1964 original. (8), 94 PP with 2 tail-pieces & 38 b/w illustrations (2 maps, 13 paintings & 23 photos). Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket chipped. Occasional foxing, o/wise near fine. 21.8 x 14.2.
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59945
WILLIAMS, Ruth C.
PIRATES GOLD: Sydney. c. 1947. The W. H. Honey Publishing Company. 1st Ed. No pagination, 102 PP with b/w illustrations and 12 colour plates. All illustrations by Rhys Williams. Illustrated boards a little light wear around edges, spine reinforced with cloth tape. Ageing of paper and foxing. Very good. 27.2 x 21.5.
Well-illustrated book for children.
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$40

36108
WILLIAMS, Winston
TWENTY FATHOMS DOWN FOR MOTHER-OF-PEARL (in National Geographic Magazine): Washington. 1962. N.G.S. Volume 121 No. 4, April 1962. Article between pages 512 and 529 with 22 colour photos by Bates Littlehales. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 25.4 x 17.5.
Pearl shell diving in the Tuamotus, French Polynesia.
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18116
WILLMOTT, H.P.
WARSHIPS: London. 1975. Octopus Books. 1st Ed. in the Modern Military series. Introduction by Aram Bakshian, Jr. 144 PP with tables, maps, plans and bw/colour illustrations. Title-page: Main deck of USS Arkansas during WWII. Half title-page: HMS Warspite (nuclear submarine). Eps: US Battleship firing. Illustrated hard cover, dj. Signature of previous owner on front endpaper, o/wise near fine. 28.5 x 21.2. 0706403568
Sea power since the ironclad.
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46019
WILSON, Derek
THE WORLD ATLAS OF TREASURE: London. 1981. Collins. 1st Ed. 256 PP with many maps and b/w illustrations. Hard cover, dj. Stamp of the Museum of Shipwrecks, Paihia, Bay of island on front endpaper, title page and margin of 6 pages. Very good. 30 x 22.
Treasures on: land, islands and underwater.
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$15

50765
WILSON, H. F.
SOFRANA UNILINES (2 parts in The Log): Melbourne. 1995. Nautical Association of Australia. Part I: Vol. 28, No. 2, Issue 120, May 1995. Pages 51 to 61 with 3 b/w photos, plus b/w photo on front cover. Part II: Vol. 28, No. 3, issue 121, August 1995. Pages 108 to 112, plus 5 b/w photos on pages 114 & 115. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 15.
SOciété FRAnçaise de NAvigation or SO FRA NA. French shipping line plying mostly the South West Pacific Ocean (Australia and New Zealand to the Pacific Islands).
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10579
WILSON, H. H.
CYCLONE COASTS - Australia's North-West Frontier: Adelaide. 1980. Rigby. 1st Ed. 192 PP with 5 charts, plus 20 pages with 35 b/w & 7 colour photos. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 22 x 14.2. 0727013904
Pearling industry on the Northwest coast of Australia.
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30147
WILSON, Ian
UNDISCOVERED: The Fascinating World of Undiscovered Places, Graves, Wrecks, and Treasure: New York. 1987. Beech Tree Books. 1st US Ed. 192 PP with head pieces and b/w illust. (maps & plans, paintings & photos). Title page: The British Egyptologist Howard Carter opening the golden shrine of the tomb of the pharaoh Tutankhamun. Illustrated endpapers. Hard cover, dj. Faint water mark foot of spine, o/wise near fine. 25.5 x 17.5. 068807278X
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39605
WILSON, Neil
GREAT SEA DISASTERS - The World's Worst Sea Disasters: Bristol, UK. 1998. Siena Book / Parragon. 1st Ed. 96 PP with 30 colour and 48 b/w illustrations. Half title page: White Star Liner Atlantic, aground on Meagher Island, Nova Scotia, 1873. Fp: The Endurance trapped in the pack ice, Weddell Sea, 1915. Pictorial laminated boards, dj. Fine. Oblong: 23.5 x 29.7. 0752527436
Galleons, guns and East Indiamen... Passenger Liners... Ferries and Riverboats... Survival and Rescue.
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18731
WINTON, John
AIR POWER AT SEA 1939-45: Melbourne. 1976. Hutchinson of Australia. 1st Australian edition. 185, (2 index) PP with 12 drawings and 128 b/w photos. Title spread: Douglas SBD Dauntless on an auxiliary aircraft carrier in the Atlantic. FEP: Map of Europe and the Mediterranean sea. REP: Map of the Pacific war theatre. Hard cover, dj. Very good. 25.5 x 19. 0283983132
The influence of air power: successes and failures. The use of aircraft: torpedo strike, fighter defence over fleets and convoys, support to assault troups landing, mine-laying, air-sea rescue...
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34508
WINTON, John
THE FIGHTING TEMERAIRE: New York. 1971. Coward, McCann & Geoghegan. 1st US edition. 239 PP. Cloth cover, dj (rubbed). Foxing on outside edges. Very good. 21.8 x 14.7.
Novel. Polaris submarine Téméraire in the Black Sea.
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$10

16980
WINTON, John
FOR THOSE IN PERIL - Fifty Years of Royal Navy Search and Rescue: London. 1992. Robert Hale. 1st Ed. 317 PP with 83 b/w illust. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 24 x 15.8. 070904917X
From the Air-Rescue launches of World War II, to the planes and helicopters of the Modern Search and Rescue.
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$25

41509
WINTON, John
THE SUBMARINERS - Life in British Submarines 1901-1999 - An Anthology of Personal Experience: London. 2001. Constable. Paperback reprint of the 1999 original. XIV, 316 P, plus 16 pages with 38 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Faint foxing. Fine. 23.5 x 15.5. 094802203
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21012
WINTON, John (editor)
THE WAR AT SEA 1939-1945 - An Anthology of Personal Experience selected and edited by John Winton: London. 1994. Pimlico. Reprint of the 1967 original. Volume I in the Freedom's Battle series. XX, 416 PP, plus 16 pages with 17 bw photos. Pictorial soft cover. Foxing on outside edges, o/wise very good. 23.3 x 15.2. 071266064X
The contributors: Winston Churchill, John Masefield, C.S. Forester, ..
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30272
WISE, Graeme
SHIPS, SHARKS AND PIRATE GOLD: Auckland. 1997. Random House. 1st Ed. 156 PP with b/w illust. Half title page and last page: charts of some Pacific archipelagoes. Pictorial card cover. Fine. 26 x 18.5. 1869412958
Joyita: Voyage to oblivion in 1955. Rescue to the Tokelau Group by the Gas Carrier Julie London. Lost treasure of Suwarrow. Wreck of the US liner President Coolidge...
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46069
WOOD, Walter
SURVIVORS' TALES OF FAMOUS SHIPWRECKS: London. 1932. Geoffrey Bles. 1st Ed. XVI, 272 PP, plus 8 b/w plates. Fp: The burning of H.M.S. Bombay. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine. Foxing spots on outside edges and some pages, o/wise very good and complete. 22.6 x 15.
Loss by fire of HMS Bombay, 1864. Saving of the Roddam, Mont Pelée, 1902. Sinking of the Birkenhead, 1852...
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$30

31549
WOODMAN, Richard
THE VICTORY OF SEAPOWER - Winning the Napoleonic War 1806-1814: London. 1998. Chatham. 1st Ed., in the Chatham Pictorial Histories series. 192 PP with 300 b/w illust. Title spread: Return of the Bourbon King Louis XVIII to France aboard the British royal yacht Royal Sovereign, 24 April 1814. Hard cover, dj. New. 29.6 x 25. 1861760388
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$20

59095
[WOOL]
SIR JOSEPH BANKS 1743 - 1820. An Exhibition to Commemorate the Father of Australia: Sydney. 1979. Dixson Gallery / State Library of New South Wales. 1st Ed. 23 PP (typescript) with 1 b/w illustration. Soft covers, illustrated front, staples. Foxing spots on covers and some pages. Very good. 31.7 x 21
Exhibition (January - June 1979) accompanying the launch of "The Sheep and Wool Correspondence of Sir Joseph Banks", by H. B. Carter.
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$25

36818
WRAGG, David
CARRIER COMBAT: London. 1997. Sutton. 1st Ed. VIII, 291 PP with 6 profiles, 8 maps and 143 b/w photos, plus 16 pages with 27 colour photos. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 27 x 20.. 0750913975
World War II to the Gulf War.
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18604
WRAGG, David
WINGS OVER THE SEA, A History of Naval Aviation: London. 1979. David & Charles. 1st Ed. 224 PP with 144 bw photos in text. Title-page: A flight of Royal Canadian Navy Grumman trackers. Hard cover, dj. Signature of previous owner on front endpaper. Very good. 25.2 x 17.5. 0715377086
From the first flights of Lt. Ely of the USN in 1910 to the Nuclear Navy.
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$10

59680
WSS
MARINE NEWS - Journal of the World Ship Society - Volume 63 - 2009: Kendal. 2009. The World Ship Society. Volume 63, Nos. 1 to 12 (January to December 2009). Edited by Kevin O'Donoghue & Harold Appleyard. 12 issues for a total of 768 PP with colour photos. Pictorial soft covers. Fine. 21.5 x 14.
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$20

58524
Yorke Peninsula Writers
TOP TO TOE: Yorketown, S.A. 1991. Yorke Peninsula Writers Group Inc. 1st Ed. Foreword by Max Fatchen. 64 PP with b/w illustrations. Soft cover, illustrated front. Fine. Oblong: 15.4 x 21.7. 0646060325
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$20

43238
YOUNG, Barbara & John
ALL SORTS OF SHIPS: London. 1972. Hamlyn. 1st Ed. No pagination, 56 PP with 83 colour illustrations by John Young. Eps: shipping scene in Hong Kong. Laminated pictorial boards. Few foxing spots, o/wise very good. 32 x 23.3. 0600300978
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$10

31141
YOUNG, Robert Nat
NAT'S NAT AND THAT'S THAT - An Autobiography: Angourie, N.S.W. 1998. Nymboida Press. 1st Ed., with a foreword by Peter Garrett. 459 PP with 205 b/w photos. Fp: portrait of Nat Young. Eps: Nat surfing at Huahine, Society Islands. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 25.3 x 17.2. 0646357786
A Surfing legend.
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$25