Unknown cat 82

67226
A.U.S.N.
STEEL STEAMSHIP "WODONGA"
$20.00 AUD

Colour print (frameable) with name of ship on the front, plus details of "Wodonga" and her services as an Iron Steamship. Slight foxing/soiling (sellotape mark at top). Near fine. Oblong: 20.8 x 33.5.

Iron Steamship, built 1890 at Glasgow, by A. J. Inglis. Sailing for the Australasian United Steam Navigation Co. between Melbourne and Cooktown, until 1923....

67225
ADELAIDE STEAMSHIP
STEEL STEAMSHIP "INNAMINCKA"
$20.00 AUD

Colour print (frameable) with name of ship on the front, plus details of "Innamincka" and her services as an Iron Steamship. Slight foxing/soiling (sellotape mark at top). Near fine. Oblong: 20.8 x 33.5.

Iron Steamship, built 1890 at Glasgow, by Napier, Shanks & Bell. Sailing for the Adelaide Steamship Co. between Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney, then on the Australian East Coast, until 1917.... Sunk 28 December 1941, by Japanese aircraft in Manila Bay.

20531
ALEXANDER, Michael
OMAI 'NOBLE SAVAGE'
$20.00 AUD

Collins & Harvill Press. London. 1977. 1st Ed. 223 PP plus 12 Pages with 14 bw illust. Ep: Capt. Wallis & men of the 'Dolphin' meet Queen Oberea, Tahiti, 1767. Hard cover, dj. (small closed tear). Near fine. 21.6 x 14. 0002626101

The first noble savage dear to the 18th century French philosopher Rousseau, comes into contact with the civilized world of England.

72509
ALLEN, Kenneth S.
THAT BOUNTY BASTARD - The true story of Captain William Bligh
$10.00 AUD

Robert Hale. London. 1976. 1st Ed. 224 PP with 1 drawing & 2 maps, plus 12 pages with 18 b/w illustrations. Hard cover is lightly soiled, o/wise contents are near fine.. 22.3 x 14.2. 0709153465

Mutinies on board Bounty and when Governor of New South Wales....

67372
AMERICAN PIONEER LINE
AMERICAN PIONEER LINE - Baggage Label "Hold"
$5.00 AUD

American Pioneer Line. New York. 1920. 1 Baggage Label for storage in "Hold", with a string tie. Ageing of paper. Very good. Oblong: 8 x 16.

67206
ARON, Wellesley
WHEELS IN THE STORM - The Genesis of the Israeli Defence Forces
$35.00 AUD

Roebuck Book. Canberra. 1974. 1st edition. Foreword by Major-General Cullen. Roebuck Society Publication No. 13. X, 196 PP, plus 20 pages with b/w illustrations (4 cartoons and 36 photos). FEP: Map of Eastern Mediterranean Sea. REP: Map of Cyrenaica. Pictorial hard covers, dj. Fine. 25.1 x 18.2. 0909434042

Jewish Palestinian troops with the British Army (Royal Army Service Corps): Egypt, Libya, Malta, Italy.

61827
ATKINSON, Jenni
A GIRL IN SQUARE RIG - Four Months Before The Mast
$10.00 AUD

Arlington Books. London. 1977. 1st Ed. 203 PP, plus 16 pages with b/w illustrations (1 map and 34 photos). Eps: details of Brigantine "Phoenix" and Sail Plan. Hard cover, gilt title on spine. Near fine. 24 x 16.

Deckhand for crossing the Atlantic on the brigantine "Phoenix".

67219
ATKINSON, Lewis, LIVINGSTON, Howard T.
PHOTOGRAPHERS OF THE BAY / MARINE VIEWS of Vessels Under Sail / PHOTOGRAPHER on the Waterfront (in Sea Letter, Vol. 4, No.1)
$10.00 AUD

San Francisco Maritime Museum. San Francisco. 1966. August 1966. Edited by Anita Ventura. 8 PP with 6 b/w photos). Issue with a crease. Very good. 28 x 21.7.

Photographers of the Bay: William Letts Oliver, William H. Lowden & Walter A. Scott. ...

38159
BARBOUR, Philip L. (editor)
THE JAMESTOWN VOYAGES UNDER THE FIRST CHARTER 1606-1609 Volume I
$25.00 AUD

Hakluyt Society. Cambridge. 1969. 1st Ed. Publication 136 of Hakluyt Society second series. Vol. I: XXVIII, 247 PP with 1 facsimile of title page and 2 maps, plus 1 folded map and 2 b/w plates. Fp: The original fleet of 1606. Cloth cover, gilt device on front cover, gilt title on spine, dj has a little light foxing, o/wise near fine. 22 x 14.5.

Documents relating to the foundation of Jamestown and the history of the Jamestown colony up to the departure of Captain John Smith, last president of the Council in Virginia under the first charter, early in October, 1609. Volume I: 44 documents.

67306
BEATSON, Robert
NAVAL AND MILITARY MEMOIRS OF GREAT BRITAIN from 1727 to 1783 - Volume 3
$25.00 AUD

Adamant Media Corporation. New York. 2005. 1st in the "Elibron Classics Replica Edition". Unabridged facsimile of the 1804 original. (4), XV, 448 PP. Pictorial soft cover. Covers have been laminated. Fine. 21x 13.5. 9781402178382

Vol. III: Appendix to Volumes First and Second.

67293
BEAVER, Paul
ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF THE MODERN ROYAL NAVY, including the Fleet Air Arm & Royal Marines
$10.00 AUD

Patrick Stephens. Cambridge, UK. 1982. 1st Ed. 329 PP with maps, plans of ships, organigrams & bw photos. Title spread: superb also known as Super Bee. FEP: Southampton, a type 42 destroyers. REP: Hermes, manoeuvred by two tugs of the Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service. Hard cover, gilt title on spine. Near fine. 24 x 20. 0850595606

Royal Navy since 1945: organisation, role, warships... Naval equipment, weapons... Uniforms & insignia.

20595
BENCHLEY, Peter
GHOSTS OF WAR IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC - WRECK OF THE COOLIDGE (in National Geographic - Vol.173, No.4)
$10.00 AUD

N.G.S. Washington. 1988. April 1988. Contains articles P. 424 to 467 with bw and colour photos. Pict. soft cover. Very good. 25.4 x 17.5.

Wrecks of planes, and ships in the South Pacific War zone. Wreck of the President Coolidge, sunk off Santo, Vanuatu in 1942 and now a popular diving destination.

42371
BLYTH, Chay
THEIRS IS THE GLORY
$10.00 AUD

Hodder and Stoughton. London. 1974. 1st Ed. 222 PP with 4 maps, plus 24 pages with 36 b/w & 12 colour photos. Eps: The 16 yachts competing. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Short note at top of title page. Foxing spots on outside edges and some pages, dust jacket rubbed and chipped, o/wise very good. 22 x 14. 034018518X

Great Britain II and the Round the World Race .

46923
BLYTH, Chay & Maureen
INNOCENT ABOARD
$10.00 AUD

Nautical Publishing Co. London. 1970. 1st Ed., with a foreword by Sir Alec Rose. 196 PP with 1 map, plus 4 pages with 7 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj (price-clipped). Faint foxing on outside edges. Near fine. 20.4 x 13. 24550480X

Shake down cruise on the sloop Dytiscus, solo between England to South Africa and return trip with his wife.

67231
BOGLE, Edwin
VOYAGE OF EDWIN BOGLE, 22 years old, on the Sailing Vessel "LOCH VENNACHAR" from Glasgow to Melbourne: 76 days, 5/7/1879 to 18/9/1879
$20.00 AUD

Queensland Maritime Museum. Brisbane. c. 1990. Plastic folder containing: Transcription from manuscript, 13 PP (recto only) with 1 graph "Miles travelled per week", 1 b/w photo & 2 maps (photocopy quality), photocopy of original manuscript & its hand written transcription, and 7 typed pages. Clear plastic front. Near fine. 29.7 x 21.

Edwin Bogle: 1856- 1908. Refer: "Log of Logs", Volume Two, page 303.

66699
BONINGTON, Chris
QUEST FOR ADVENTURE - Ultimate Feats of Modern Exploration
$15.00 AUD

Adventure Press / National Geographic Society. Washington. 2000. 1st Ed. 352 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (maps, plans and photos). Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 27.2 x 20.2. 0792279530

17 Adventures - Oceans: Kon Tiki / Thor Heyerdahl. Gipsy Moth / Francis Chichester. Ice Bird / David Lewis. ... Desert. Rivers. Mountains. Poles ... Air.

42914
BOYCE, James & HAYE, Pete / BOYLES, Warren & WILSON, Lyn
NICOLAS BAUDIN - The Bicentenary of the expedition to Van Diemen's Land of an extraordinary French Explorer / THE EXPEDITION - An artist's perception of Baudin's voyage (in 40° South Tasmania)
$20.00 AUD

40 Degrees South Pty Ltd. Hobart. 2002. Issue 24, Autumn, March 2002. Contains article pages 16 to 23 with 1 b/w portrait and 8 colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27.5 x 21.

54306
BOYS, G. V. (editor)
TRANSACTIONS OF THE INSTITUTION OF NAVAL ARCHITECTS. Volume 83 - 1941
$20.00 AUD

Institution of Naval Architects. London. 1941. Annual edition. Vol. LXXXII. XLII, 204 PP with tables and figures, plus 4 plates with b/w portraits and 5 plates with 18 b/w photos. Fp: Portrait of Rear Admiral D. W. Taylor. Cloth cover, gilt decoration on front board, gilt title on front board and spine. Spine lightly sunned. Near fine. 28.5 x 22.5.

Historical notes on investigations at the Admiralty Experiment Works, Torquay, by R. W. L. Gawn.

66956
BRION, Irene
LADY GI - A Woman's War in the South Pacific
$15.00 AUD

Presidio Press. Novato, CA. 1997. 1st Ed. 178 PP, plus 34 pages with 69 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 19.8 x 13.5. 0891416331

66548
BRISBANE PORT
PORT OF BRISBANE NEWS - Official Newsletter of the Port of Brisbane (2005 - 2007)
$15.00 AUD

Port of Brisbane Corporation. Brisbane. 2005 to 2007. Official Newsletters: October 2005 to January 2007. A total of 15 issues: 30 pages, with colour illustrations. Very good. Format: 29.7 x 21.

37305
BRODIE, Ian
STEAMERS OF THE FORTH
$15.00 AUD

David & Charles. Newton Abbot. 1976. 1st Ed. 168 PP with 2 maps, 6 drawings, and 17 b/w plates. Title page: vignette with paddle steamer. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 22.2 x 14.2. 071537155X

16 pages with Fleet List.

67414
BROWN, Warren, MATHESON, Mick & KIDBY, Lang
The Great PEKING TO PARIS Expedition
$20.00 AUD

HarperCollins. Sydney. 2005. 1st Ed. XIII, 340 PPwith b/w photos and colour illustrations (1 map, artworks by Ben Mullins and photos by Bob Barker). Illustrated frontispiece and endpapers. Hard cover, dj (lightly rubbed). Near fine. 28 x 22.5. 0732282535

The 2005 re-enactment voyage of the 1907 expedition " La croisière Jaune".

54914
BRUIJN, Wim, van der KUIP, Guus & VROOM, Udo (editors)
SPIEGEL DER ZEILVAART
$10.00 AUD

De Boer Maritiem. Bussum. 1978. 2nd Year, No. 3, July 1978. 66 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Dutch text. Fine. 28 x 21.5.

16748
BRYANT, Sir Arthur
NELSON
$15.00 AUD

Collins. London. 1971. 1st reprint of the 1970 original. 173 PP with 83 b/w illust. (paintings, plans, maps,..) & 5 tables in text, plus 12 colour illust. Fp: Nelson Wounded at Teneriffe. Eps: Scene at the Battle of Trafalgar. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Faint foxing. Very good. 24.5 x 16. 0001922556

Life of Nelson, his three major victories: Nile at Aboukir, Baltic at Copenhagen, and against Villeneuve at Trafalgar.

42785
BUCKRIDGE, Patrick (Editor)
QUEENSLAND REVIEW - Vol.8, No.1
$15.00 AUD

The University of Queensland. Brisbane. 2001. Volume 8, No. 1, May 2001. VI, 96 PP. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 24.8 x 17.5.

Contains article from P. 21 to 30 by Steve Mullins "KASTOM, Synchretism and Self-Determination: the Reconciliation of Bipotaim and Pastaim in the Church of Torres Strait".

39432
BUREAU OF TRANSPORT ECONOMICS
REGIONAL IMPACT OF PORTS
$15.00 AUD

Bureau of Transport Economics. Canberra. 2000. 1st Ed., Report No. 101. XX, 152 PP with 1 map of Australia, 2 plans of the Port of Fremantle, figures and tables. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 24.8 x 17.6. 0642432929

Impact of a port on regional output, income and employment... Case study: the Port of Fremantle.

20616
BUTLER, John A.
SAILING ON FRIDAY, The Perilous Voyage of America's Merchant Marine
$15.00 AUD

Brassey's. Washington. 1997. 1st Ed. XV, 287, (1) PP with 3 maps, and 35 bw illust. Fp: Merchantman wheelhouse, Socony Mobilube, circa 1940. Hard cover, dj. As new. 24.3 x 16. 1574881248

Pages 251 to 260: chronology of the US merchant marine.

67067
BUTLER, Rowan
BREAKING THE ICE
$25.00 AUD

Albatross Books. Sydney. 1988. 1st Ed. Foreword by Louise Holliday 160 PP with 28 b/w photos and colour illustions (1 map, page of log book and 203 photos). Eps: Full moon over Antarctica. Hard cover, dj. Dedicatory note on half title page signed by the author. Occasional foxing on first & last leaves, and the dust jacket. Near fine. 30.4 x 22.5. 086760087X

Life and work in the frozen wilderness of Antarctica.

67394
CADORET, Bernard, BENNETT, Jenny ... (Editors)
MARITIME LIFE AND TRADITIONS - No. 14
$10.00 AUD

Le Chasse-Marée & WoodenBoat Publications. Douarnenez. 2002. No. 14, Spring 2002. (6), 82, (2) PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover (HM Bark Endeavour). Fine. 27.5 x 22.

Pages 2 to 17: H.M. Bark Endeavour, by Jenny Bennett. Pages 18 to 33: The Aland Shipowners and Pommern, by Basil Greenhill. The All-America Catboat, by Peter Brewer. Samuel Walters of Liverpool (1811-1882), by A.S. Davidson.

67395
CADORET, Bernard, BENNETT, Jenny ... (editors)
MARITIME LIFE AND TRADITIONS - No. 15
$10.00 AUD

Le Chasse-Marée & WoodenBoat Publications. Douarnenez. 2002. No. 15, Summer 2002. (6), 82, (2) PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover (Yawl Royono at La Nioulargue). Fine. 27.5 x 22.

Pages 12 to 27: S.S. Great Britain - Brunel's Masterpiece, by Peter Rolt. The Alden Yawl "Royono", by Gwendal Jaffry. The Tancook Whalers, by Robert C. Post. New Zealand and the Last Days of Sail, by Paul Titchner.

67397
CADORET, Bernard, BENNETT, Jenny ... (editors)
MARITIME LIFE AND TRADITIONS - No. 2
$15.00 AUD

Le Chasse-Marée & WoodenBoat Publications. Douarnenez. 1999. No. 2, March 1999. (4), 84, (2) PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover (The Thames Barge "Dawn"). Fine. 27.5 x 22.

Cornish Pilchards today, by Keith Harris. Eric Tabarly and Pen Duick, by François Chevalier, Jacques Taglang and William Collier. The Thames Barges, by Tom Cunliffe. The Kuna of the San Blas islands and the Ulu, by Tom Zydler.

67399
CADORET, Bernard, BENNETT, Jenny ... (editors)
MARITIME LIFE AND TRADITIONS - No. 8
$10.00 AUD

Le Chasse-Marée & WoodenBoat Publications. Douarnenez. 2000. No. 8, August 2000. (4), 84, (2) PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover (An Adirondack Guideboat). Fine. 27.5 x 22.

The Adirondack, "Venice of the Woods", by Hallie E. Bond. The last Whale Hunters (Lamalera, Indonesia), by Roger Michael Johnson. Mathew Fontaine Maury, by Tom Jackson.

39279
CANADIAN PACIFIC
MENU - EMPRESS OF BRITAIN - William Shakespeare
$15.00 AUD

Dinner menu, 25th June 1958, illustrated by Lendon. Pictorial card cover. Alittle light foxing o/wise fine. 28.5 x 21.

Illustration: Born at Stratford-on-Avon, and Medallion of William Shakespeare 1564-1616. England's greatest literature figure.

47113
CANNON, Michael
AUSTRALIA, SPIRIT OF A NATION - A Bicentenary Album
$20.00 AUD

Viking O'Neil / Hallmark Diemasters & Engravers. Melbourne. 1988. Special edition of the 1985 original, published for The Australian Collection. 224 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (picture research by Debby Cramer). Quarter bound, cloth boards, gilt device and "The Australian Collection" on front cover, gilt title on leather spine. All edges gilt. A hint of foxing on first and last pages, o/wise fine. 31 x 23. 0859022102

45913
CARR, Frank G. G.
THE EPIC VOYAGE OF SIR FRANCIS CHICHESTER IN GIPSY MOTH IV
$10.00 AUD

Pitkin Pictorial. London. 1967 1st Ed., in "The Pride of Britain" books. 24 PP with 1 cut away, 2 sketches, 3 plans, 1 chart & 2 maps, and 35 b/w photos. Inside front cover: Departure and return of Gipsy Moth IV, Plymouth. Pictorial card cover. Near fine. 22.8 x 17.8.

67307
CHANDLER, David G. (Foreword)
THE TIMECHART OF MILITARY HISTORY
$15.00 AUD

The Timechart Company / Worth Press. London. 1999. 1st Ed. 152 PP with b/w and (mostly) colour illustrations. Title spread: US Marines at Iwo Jima. Eps: Medieval "bombard". Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Small chip at top edge of front cover of dust jacket. Near fine. 31.5 x 25. 9781903025000

Pages 57 to 89: A - Z of Great Battles.

17738
CHARLWOOD, Don
WRECKS & REPUTATIONS - The Loss of the Schomberg and Loch Ard
$15.00 AUD

Angus & Robertson. Sydney. 1977. 1st Ed. XIV, 190 PP with 2 maps, 2 plans (rig & sail) in text plus 16 pages with 23 b/w illust. Eps: The Great Circle Route. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 19.8 x 13.5. 0207130655

The end of two tall ships on the South-west coast of Victoria in 1855 and 1878.

67223
CLARENCE & RICHMOND RIVERS S.N. CO.
IRON PADDLE STEAMSHIP "CITY OF GRAFTON"
$20.00 AUD

Colour print (frameable) with name of ship on the front, plus details of "City of Grafton" and her services as a paddle-wheeler. Slight foxing/soiling (sellotape mark at top). Near fine. Oblong: 20.8 x 33.5.

Iron paddle wheeler, built 1876 at Port Glasgow by Alexander Stephen & Sons. Sailing for the Clarence and Richmond Rivers S. N. Co., until 1913. Hulk in the Port of Sydney in 1920. Scrapped in 1930.

45196
COLES, Adlard & STEWART, A. J.
MERCHANT SHIPS: WORLD BUILT, Vessels of 1000 tons gross and over completed in 1964 - Volume XIII
$20.00 AUD

Adlard Coles & John de Graff. London & New York. 1965. 1st Ed., Volume XIII, 1965. 176 PP with tables & b/w illust. (photos & plans). Fp: Methane Princess. Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing. Near fine. Oblong: 14.5 x 22.5.

73488
COLES, Adlard & STEWART, A. J.
MERCHANT SHIPS: WORLD BUILT, Vessels of 1000 tons gross and over completed in 1964 - Volume XIII
$15.00 AUD

Adlard Coles & John de Graff. London & New York. 1965. 1st Ed., Volume XIII, 1965. 176 PP with tables & b/w illust. (photos & plans). Fp: Methane Princess. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket has been laminated and glued to the endpapers. Contents near fine. Oblong: 14.5 x 22.5.

67042
COLLIN, Catherine
BEACH CLUBS - Sea, See & Seen
$20.00 AUD

Loft Publications. Barcelona. 2007. 1st bilingual edition. 223 PP with 1 reference map and hundreds of colour photos). Hard cover, title on front board and spine, dj. Text in Spanish and English. Note on front endpaper. Covers a little rubbed on outside edges (shelf wear), o/wise near fine. 26.2 x 26. 9788495832016

31 Beach Clubs and Spas around the world.

67216
COLTON, J. Ferrell (editor)
MARITIME REVIEW, A Monthly Compendium of Maritime Information - Volume I, No. 12
$10.00 AUD

International Maritime Exchange. Flagstaff, Arizona. 1949. Vol. I, No. 12, November 1949. 14 PP (stapled) with 1 b/w photo of the "Pommern" on page 1. Ageing of paper. Very good. 28 x 22.

43836
CORSINI, Capitano di Vascello Andrea & RESTANY, Pierre
AMERIGO VESPUCCI
$40.00 AUD

Dante Bigji. Milano. 1986. Revised edition of the 1983 original. 173 PP with colour photographs between pages 27 and 171. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover, dj. Fine. Italian and English text. 30.5 x 24.5.

Three-masted sailing ship (with auxiliary engine power) of the Italian Navy. Launched 22 February 1931 at the Italian naval dockyard of Castellammare di Stabia.

35468
COTTEE, J. M.
TALL TRAINING SHIPS AND AUSTRALIAN REGION SAIL TRAINING SHIPS
$10.00 AUD

Ginninderra Press. Canberra. 1997. 1st Ed., with a foreword by Malcolm Tull. 94 PP with 4 pages of sketches and 58 line drawings of Tall Ships by the author. Illustrated limp cover, clear plastic protected, spiral bound. Fine. 29.7 x 21. 0958682593

65808
COULTHARD-CLARK, Chris
WHERE AUSTRALIANS FOUGHT - The Encyclopaedia of Australia's Battles
$25.00 AUD

Allen & Unwin. Sydney. 1998. 1st Ed. Foreword by Ian McLachlan. XIV, 306 PP with b/w illustrations (maps and plans, diagrams and drawings, engravings, paintings & photos). Hard cover, dj. Name of previous owner on front endpaper. Faint foxing, o/wise fine. 24.8 x 18. 1864486112

67068
COUPE, Sheena
THE HOME FRONT FAMILY ALBUM - Remembering Australia 1939-1945
$15.00 AUD

Weldon Publishing. Sydney. 1991. 1st edition with an introduction by Nancy Keesing. 208 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 28.7 x 232.5. 1863021159

67301
CRONE, G. C. E.
NEDERLANDSCHE JACHTEN BINNENSCHEPEN VISSCHERSVAARTUIGEN EN DAARMEE VERWANTE KLEINE ZEESCHEPEN 1650-1900
$60.00 AUD

Schiepers, Schiedam. 1978. Facsimile reprint of 1926 original. 309, (4) PP, followed by 35, (3) PP of English translation : "Dutch Yachts, inland Ships, Fishing-Craft and small sea-going Ships - 1650-1900", plus 1 folded plate, 2 colour and 10 b/w plates within text, and over 66 b/w plates on glossy paper at end of book. Fp (in colour): Het IJ voor Amsterdam, einde der 17e eeuw. Blue cloth cover with gilt illustration on front and gilt title on spine. Dutch text. Light soiling on front cover, o/wise fine. Large format: 32 x 25.

Contains 85 illustrations on 77 plates, of ship models, ships, and old ship decoration. A massive volume.

45263
DALY, Henri
NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE, Porte-Avions Américain dans les Mers du Sud - La Guerre du Pacifique 1941-1945 - SEH Publication No.60
$100.00 AUD

Société d' Etudes Historiques de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 2003. 1st Ed. 321 PP with 6 drawings, 9 maps, and hundreds of b/w photos. Title page: USS Aircraft Carrier Enterprise (CV6), 10 October 1945. FEP: US troops landing in Nouméa. REP: US Navy ships anchored, in Grande Rade. Hard cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj. French text. Fine. 28.8 x 21.4.. 2951723008

New Caledonia: American aircraft carrier during the Pacific War. WW II, before Pearl Harbor and the arrival of Poppy Force on 12 March 1942... USN in Wallis Island... Battle of the Coral Sea...

67037
DALZIEL, Nigerl
LANCASTER MARITIME MUSEUM
$15.00 AUD

Lancaster City Museums. Lancaster, UK. 1992. 1st Ed. 24 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft covers. 2 punch holes for ring binder close to spine. Near fine. 21 x 20.5. 0905665058

Commerce and Industry - Shipbuilding - Port - Morecambe Bay ...

38796
DAVID, Peter
TRIUMPH IN THE DESERT - The Challenge - The Fighting - The Legacy
$15.00 AUD

Random House. New York. 1991. 1st edition (stated), with a foreword by General Colin L. Powell. X, 209, (3) pp with b/w and colour illustrations. Hard cover, gilt title on cloth spine, dj. Near fine. 28 x 24 0679407227

A commemorative photo history of the Gulf War.

35619
DAWSON, Philip
CRUISE SHIPS - An Evolution in Design
$30.00 AUD

Conway. London. 2000. 1st Ed. 271 PP with over 100 line drawings and 178 b/w photos, plus 16 pages with 25 colour illust. Hard cover, dj. A little light foxing on prelims and inside of dj, o/wise near fine. 28.3 x 22. 0851776604

Very comprehensive.

18138
DE DURANTI de LIRONCOURT, M.
INSTRUCTION ELEMENTAIRE ET RAISONNEE SUR LA CONSTRUCTION - PRATIQUE DES VAISSEAUX en forme de dictionnaire
$40.00 AUD

Editions Omega. Nice. c. 1990? Facsimile reprint of the 1771 original. XXXII, 272 PP, plus large folded table loosely inserted. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover, gilt title "Construction-Pratique des Vaisseaux" on spine. French text. Fine. 20.2 x 13.5.

Dictionary giving all information & instructions necessary for building ships.

36070
DEAR, Ian
MARINES AT WAR
$10.00 AUD

Ian Allan. London. 1982. 1st Ed. 128 PP with 20 maps and plans, and 174 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Fine. 29.8 x 22. 0711011478

Wake Island, Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Iwo Jima... Walcheren.

30296
DELGADO, James P.
THE BEAVER: First Steamship on the West Coast
$15.00 AUD

Horsdal & Schubart. Victoria, B.C., Canada. 1993. 1st Ed. VII, 54 PP with 45 b/w illust. (line drawings, facsimiles & photos). Fp: Map of the area of the Pacific coast served by the Beaver. Pict. card cover. Fine. Oblong: 18.8 x 22.8. 0920663206

Built 1835 for the Hudson's Bay Company. Floating fur-trade post, chartered by the Royal Navy for surveying, towboat... wrecked in 1888.

41864
DERRIMAN, Phillip
FIXED IN TIME - Photographs from Another Australia 1900 - 1939
$15.00 AUD

The Fairfax Library. Sydney. 1985. 1st Ed., with a foreword by Manning Clark. 176 PP with 16 colour and 154 b/w photos. Title page: Pilots and crew of Vickers Vimy plane. Hard cover, dj. Brief note at top corner of half title page. Few spots on top outside edge, o/wise very good. 29 x 24.5. 0909558906

From the archives of the John Fairfax newspaper organisation.

51512
DOMVILLE-FIFE, Charles W. (editor)
THE SEAGOER - An Illustrated Quarterly of the Sea, Land and Air - Volume XIX, No.1-4
$30.00 AUD

Seagoer Publishing Co. Ltd. Bristol. 1953, 1954. No. 1 (Autumn 1953) to No. 4 (Summer 1954). No. 1: 58 PP with 1 map, 1 drawing and 42 b/w and duotone photos. No. 2: 58 PP with 36 b/w and duotone photos. No. 3: 58 PP with 36 b/w and duotone photos. No. 4: 58 PP with 37 b/w and duotone photos. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 19.7 x 13.5.

No.1: Dismasted off the Horn, by Captain S. Y. Woodroof. Adventurous voyage, full-rigged ship Cleomene, by Captain J.H. Mabey. No. 2: Eventful voyage in the Inverness, by John Anderson. No. 3: Nigger of the Chelmsford, by H. Jellicoe. A mystery of lonely Rapa, by Commander D. Blair. Secret of Rikitea, by H. Green. No. 4: The Boca (Buenos Aires docks) in sailing ship days, by Captain A. Maltby Conrade. Seven months in an ocean tramp, by A. J. Pazolt.

51522
DOMVILLE-FIFE, Charles W. (editor)
THE SEAGOER - An Illustrated Quarterly of the Sea, Land and Air - Volume XXI, No.1-4
$30.00 AUD

Seagoer Publishing Co. Ltd. Bristol. 1955, 1956. No. 1 (Autumn 1955) to No. 4 (Summer 1956). No. 1: 58 PP with 28 b/w and duotone photos. No. 2: 58 PP with 1 map and 28 b/w and duotone photos. No. 3: 54 PP with 34 b/w and duotone photos. No. 4: 54 PP with 36 b/w and duotone photos. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 19.7 x 13.5.

No.1: In those brave days of Sail, by Captain William F. Reid. T'was in Trafalgar Bay ..., 150th anniversary. No. 2: In those brave days of Sail, by Captain William F. Reid. In the Cygnet's Lifeboat, by Captain F. C. Jarrett. No. 3: In those brave days of Sail. Salving of the Polynesia, by Captain H. Parsons. No. 4: Sail in the 'Sixties, by Harry Hine. On Christmas Island (Pacific Ocean), October 1919, with Admiral Lord Jellicoe, by Vice Admiral Oliver Leggett.

50493
DOMVILLE-FIFE, Charles W. (Editor)
THE SEAGOER - An Illustrated Quarterly of the Sea, Travel and World Affairs - Volume IV, No. 2
$20.00 AUD

Seagoer Publishing Co. Ltd. London. 1936. Winter Number 1936-37. 176 PP with b/w and duotone photos. Illustrated soft cover. Very good. 20.2 x 13.5.

The influence of the Submarine on Naval Warfare, by Vice-Admiral Usborne... Cruise of the Daisy, by Frank T. Bullen... My worst voyage, by Captain J. G. Bissett...

56129
DRURY, J. Linda
THE BISHOP OF DURHAM'S WHALE, 1766-67: The Story behind the Skeleton in Durham Cathedral
$15.00 AUD

Durham County Local History Society. Durham. 1980. Offprint from Bulletin 25, December 1980. 39-52 PP. Soft cover protected by clear plastic cover, spiral bound. Fine. 29.7 x 21.

16058
DUCKWORTH, C. L. D. & LANGMUIR, G. E.
RAILWAY AND OTHER STEAMERS
$20.00 AUD

T. Stephenson & Sons. London. 1968. 2nd edition of the 1948 original. XII, 432 PP, plus 102 b/w photos of ships together with fleet lists & index. Fp: P.S. Freshwater. Hard cover with a small bump on bottom corner, dj. Bookplate of previous owner on inside front cover, o/wise near fine. 22.2 x 14.5.

Includes the London Midland Region, Scottish Region, Irish Railway Companies, Continental Companies... Most comprehensive.

67207
EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN STEAMSHIP CO.
IRON SINGLE-SCREW STEAMSHIP "AIRLIE"
$25.00 AUD

Colour print (frameable) with brief history on the front, plus details of "Airlie" and sister ship "Guthrie" and their services services on loose page. Slight foxing/soiling. Very good. Oblong: 20.8 x 33.5.

Single-screw Steamship, built 1884 at Sunderland by Wm. Doxford & Sons. Sailing with Eastern & Australian Steamship Company, up to 1904. Sailed for the Australia - Java - Singapore service of Burns Philp up to 1911.

32360
EASTLAKE, Keith
SEA DISASTERS, The Truth behind the Tragedies
$20.00 AUD

Greenwich Editions. London. 1998. 1st Ed. 96 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Half title page: Lakonia on fire. Title spread: Seawise University, formerly Queen Elizabreth, on fire in Hong Kong. Pictorial laminated boards. Fine. 28.7 x 23.6. 0862881498

Collision. Fire. Explosion. Human error. Weather and Mechanical failure.

33637
FANNING, Pauline (editor)
JAMES COOK - His early life and the Endeavour voyage
$15.00 AUD

National Library of Australia. Canberra. 1970. 1st Ed., with a preface by A. Grenfell Price and H. L. White. 40 PP with 2 colour and 17 b/w illust. Eps: Map on the voyage of the Endeavour 1768-1771. Pictorial stiff wrappers. Fine. 19.6 x 16.5.

An introduction to a bicentenary exhibition arranged by the National Library of Australia.

56374
FENTON, Roy, & CLARKSON, John
SHIPS IN FOCUS RECORD 42
$25.00 AUD

Ships in Focus Publications. London. 2009. Issue Number 42, March 2009. 65-128 PP with 107 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21. 9781901703887

Prince Line Mediterranean Ships, post 1945 (Part 2), by George Swaine. Nigerian National Shipping Line Ltd. (Part 2), by Andrew Huckett. Shell's former sailing ship Tankers, by Malcolm Cooper. W.N. Lindsay Ltd of Leith (Part 2), by Graeme Somner & Douglas J. Lindsay. Liberty Ships on charter to Britain (Part 1), by John de S. Winser.

34412
FINGARD, Judith
JACK IN PORT: Sailortowns of Eastern Canada
$15.00 AUD

University of Toronto Press. Toronto. 1988. Reprint of the 1982 original, No. 36 in the Social History of Canada series. IX, 292, (6) PP with 6 head pieces and 17 tables, plus 12 pages with 17 b/w illust. Pictorial card cover. Fine. 22.8 x 15.2. 0802064671

The sailor labour markets. Patterns of seafaring life. The rhythm of port life...

15509
FISHER, E. M. (editor)
THE TASMANIAN STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY'S TIME TABLE and Guide to Tasmanian Railways, &c. &c.
$25.00 AUD

Navarine Publication. Canberra. 1996. "Magnified" facsimile edition of the June 1888 original. 52 PP with 1 map of SE Australia/Tasmania at centrefold and 1 b/w photo of S.S. Oonah. Soft cover, illustrated front. Fine. 21.5 x 14.5. 0958656118

A guide to commercial marine, rail and road transport available to Tasmanian travellers in June 1888: colonial, intercolonial and overseas.

57343
FRANK, Stuart M.
THE KWM NEWSLETTER - The Quarterly Newsletter of the Kendall Whaling Museum
$15.00 AUD

The Kendall Whaling Museum. Sharon, Massachusetts. 1994 to 1997. 9 Newsletters (Vol. 12, No. 3, Fall 1994 to Vol. 15, Nos. 3 & 4, Fall/Winter 1997). Nine newsletters for a total of 112 PP. Pictorial soft covers. Fine. 25.8 x 21.5.

Also, in Vol 14, No.4, an article "The Decorative Arts and Scrimshaw of Charles Durgin.

31567
FRIEL, Ian
THE GOOD SHIP - Ships, Shipbuilding and Technology in England 1200-1520
$20.00 AUD

British Museum Press. London. 1995. 1st Ed. 208 PP with 11 tables and 71 figures (line drawings by Lynne Friel and b/w photos). Fp: Three-masted carrack in an Italian engraving, c. 1470-80. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 25.2 x 19.4. 0714105740

41369
GARDINER, Robert (editor)
THE CAMPAIGN OF TRAFALGAR 1803-1805
$15.00 AUD

Caxton Editions & The National Maritime Museum. London. 1997. Reprint in the Caxton Pictorial Histories series of the 1997 original published by Chatham. 192 PP with tables and over 300 b/w illustrations. Title spread: climax of the greatest battle of the age of sail. 'Victory of Trafalgar', in the Rear. Pictorial laminated boards, dj. Fine. 29.5 x 24.8. 1840673583

Trafalgar: the culmination of a campaign that began as soon as war between England and France was resumed in May 1803.

20734
GARDINER, Robert (editor)
NAVIES AND THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775-1783
$35.00 AUD

Chatham & National Maritime Museum. London. 1996. 1st Ed., in the Chatham Pictorial History series. 192 PP with bw contemporary illustrations. Title spread: Battle at sea. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 29.5 x 25. 1861760175

46686
GARNIER, Jules
VOYAGE AUTOUR DU MONDE - LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE (côte orientale)
$125.00 AUD

Henri Plon, Imprimeur-Editeur. Paris. 1871. 1st Ed. (4), 364 PP, plus 4 b/w plates (engravings and tissue guard) and 1 large folded map in colour (New Caledonia). Soft cover. Map with a closed tear, o/wise near fine. Rare. French text. 18.6 x 12

The voyages of Jules Garnier through New Caledonia, between 1863 and 1866, where he studied mineral deposits and gave his name to the nickel ore Garnierite.

72512
GARNIER, Jules
VOYAGE AUTOUR DU MONDE: LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE (côte orientale)
$225.00 AUD

Henri Plon, Imprimeur-Editeur. Paris. 1871. 1st edition. (4), 364 PP, plus 1 large folded map in colour "Nouvelle Calédonie et ses Dépendances" with an inset " Nouméa et l'Ile Nou et son pénitencier" and 4 b/w plates with tissue guard. Fp: Halte dans la brousse. Modern "half bound" copy retaining original covers, marbled boards and endpapers, leather spine with raised bands, gilt decorations and title. Original covers with signs of ageing. French text. Rare in this condition. 18.6 x 13.

The voyages of Jules Garnier through New Caledonia, between 1863 and 1866, where he studied mineral deposits and gave his name to the nickel ore Garnierite.

40092
GARRETT, K. S.
R. LAPTHORN AND COMPANY LIMITED
$40.00 AUD

Ships in Focus Publications. Preston. 2001. 1st Ed. 88 PP with 95 b/w photos and 45 colour illustrations (1 house flag, 11 funnels and 33 photos). Title plage: House Flag. Pictorial laminated boards. Fine. 30.2 x 21.3. 190170341X

63354
GIBBARD JACKSON, G.
THE SPLENDID BOOK OF STEAMSHIPS
$15.00 AUD

Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd. London. c. 1929. 1st Ed. X, 11-192 PP, followed by 32 PP of adverts, plus 16 b/w plates. Red cloth cover with light shelf wear. Slight ageing of paper and foxing spots on outside edges. Inscription dated 1932 on FFEP. Very good. 19 x 13.

58244
GRAY, Philip J.
THE BARQUENTINE 'LA BELLA'
$15.00 AUD

Author & Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village Authority. Warrnambool, Vic. 1976. 1st Ed. (2), 18 PP with 12 b/w illustrations (sail plan at centrefold, 1 map, 1 facsimile of document, 2 drawings by author, photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 14.8.

72304
GREENHILL, Basil
ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE BOAT - A New Introductory Study
$25.00 AUD

Adam & Charles Black. London. 1976. 1st Ed., with introduction by Professor W. F. Grimes. 320 PP with 213 b/w illustrations (photos & line drawings). Cloth cover, gilt title on spine. No dust jacket. Fine. 25.2 x 19. 0713616458

Evolution of boats and ship-building, covering the 4 main roots of boat-building: raft, skin boats, bark boats and dug-outs.

16157
GREENHILL, Basil (editor)
THE EVOLUTION OF THE SAILING SHIP 1250-1580 - Keynote Studies from The Mariner's Mirror
$40.00 AUD

Conway. London. 1995. 1st Ed. 264 PP with 4 tables & 204 b/w illust. (drawings or photos of seals, stained or painted glass and paintings). Fp: Florentine ship at sea. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 22.3 x 14. 0851776558

Anthology on the evolution of the sailing ship through the Medieval and Renaissance period as observed from painted glass, seals, enluminures, models, ...

65277
GREGORY, C. Dickson
AUSTRALIAN STEAMSHIPS PAST AND PRESENT
$300.00 AUD

The Richards Press Ltd. London. 1928. 1st Ed. Foreword by Granville Ryrie. 260 PP, plus 6 colour plates (full page) and 138 pages with 276 b/w photos. Fp (in colour): H.M.S. "Ophir" 6814 tons. Original blue buckram covers, gilt decorated front cover, gilt title on spine, top edges gilt. Covers a little rubbed, spine lightly sunned. Short neat note to previous owner on front endpaper. Frontispiece with repaired closed tears. Colour plate facing page 152 has some scribble but not affecting the illustration. Light foxing, not affecting illustrations. Very good copy of a scarce item. 25.7 x 20.

The history of steam navigation in Australian waters, beginning in 1831 with the arrival of the Sophia Jane.

67237
GRIFFITHS, Simon
BOAT
$60.00 AUD

Lantern / Penguin. Sydney. 2015. 1st Ed. 206, (2) PP with colour illustrations throughout. Pictorial endpapers. Hard covers, illustrated front and back. Fine. 23.5 x 18.5.

Row: Derwent skiff, Taroona .. Sail: Storm Bay, Patterson Lakes, Nerida, Janus ... Boatbuilders, motor: Erica, Blackbird, Vigilant .. Steam: S.Y. Preana, S.L. Huon, P.S. Marion ... Festivals: Wooden Boat, South Australian & Geelong Wooden Boat Festivals..

16215
GRUBE, F. & RICHTER, G. (Editors)
THE BIG BOOK OF SAILING - the Sailors, the Ships and the Sea
$15.00 AUD

Barron's. New York. 1979. 1st English edition. 309 PP with b/w & colour illustrations. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. Large format: 34 x 26.5. 0812053249

One of the last arenas of adventure left: the sea... Very good.

67325
HAMBURG AMERICA LINE
ASHTRAY "HAMBURG AMERICA LINE"
$20.00 AUD

HAPAG / Hamburg Amerikanische Paketfahrt Aktien Gesellschaft. Hamburg. c. 1980. China ashtray in shape of a funnel with the company's coloured rings of yellow with the black, white and red rings at top, and logo / acronym "HAPAG" at top. Stamp of manufacturer "SPM", Walküre, Bayreuth, Bavaria" on the bottom, Fine condition. Size: Height: 9cm, Length: 11cm.

65473
HAVILLAND, Charlotte (editor)
THE CHINA NAVIGATION COMPANY LIMITED - A Pictorial History 1872-1992
$100.00 AUD

John Swire & Sons Limited. Hong Kong. 1992. 1st Ed. (2), 120 PP with b/w and colour illustrations, plus 2 maps in colour (1 of them folded). Cloth cover, title in blind on front cover, dj. 2 rubbed patches on rear endpaper. Occasional foxing, o/wise a near fine copy. Scarce. Oblong: 26 x 33.5.

From the start as a Yangtze river steamer company to a shipping line covering Far Eastern & Pacific waters.

66775
HAWS, Duncan
MERCHANT FLEETS - 6 - BLUE FUNNEL LINE
$30.00 AUD

Author. London. 1986. Reprint, updated edition of the 1984 original. No. 6 in Merchant Fleets series. 149 PP with 113 b/w drawings by author. Pictorial soft covers a little faded near spine, o/wise fine. 23.3 x 15.7. 0946378010

History of the line, fleet index and fleet list (351 vessels).

67158
HAY, David and Joan
NO STAR AT THE POLE
$45.00 AUD

Charles Knight & Co. London. 1972. 1st Ed. X, 230 PP with 38 figures (most of them delightful illustrations by Dennis Mallet). Fp: Pytheas reaches the Cornish coast, about 320 B.C. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Faint foxing, o/wise fine. 23.5 x 15.5. 853140000

A history of navigation from the Stone Age to the 20th Century, for all who enjoy the sea.

67268
HEAPS, Leo
LOG OF THE CENTURION
$15.00 AUD

Hart-Davis, Macgibbon. London. 1973. 1st edition. 264 PP with 59 illustrations. Fp: Portrait of Philip Saumarez. Eps: Chart of the Centurion's route round the world. Cloth cover, device in blind on front cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Dust jacket has a few repaired chips and is in a protective sleeve. Light foxing, o/wise a near fine copy. 25 x 17.5. 024610581X

Log based on the original papers of Capt. Philip Saumarez on board the HMS Centurion, Lord Anson's flagship during his circumnavigation between 1740 and 1744.

49654
HEYEN, Captain G. H. (compiler)
SAILING DIRECTIONS ON NAVIGATION IN AND BETWEEN THE ISLANDS AND ATOLLS OF THE GILBERT GROUP
$45.00 AUD

Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony. Suva. 1937. 1st Ed. 18 PP, (2 blank) with 1 table "Current observations in the Gilbert Islands". A notice slip tipped in at top of first page. Stapled soft wrappers a little browned. Bottom corner of P.15 clipped without loss of text. Page (19) with following manuscript note At Bairiki, Tarawa, Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony, on 28th September 1945, Officers of H.M.A.S. Diamantina, signed by 8 officials (signature followed with their position). Very good. Scarce. 33.7 x 21.

67181
HILL, Kenneth
THE HILL COLLECTION OF PACIFIC VOYAGES at the University of California, San Diego
$110.00 AUD

William Reese Company / Hordern House, Ltd. New Haven / Sydney. 2004. 2nd edition, revised and enlarged. Foreword by Lynda Corey Claasen. Biography "Kenneth Evan Hill as a Book Collector", by Jonathan A. Hill. Preface of original edition, by Melvin J. Voigt. XXIV, 792 PP. Fp: Dorothy and Kenneth Hill. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine. Fine. 26.2 x 18.5. 0939226103

Bibliography relating to voyages to the Pacific Islands with 1937 Entries (pages 1 to 685), References (pages 687 to 691), Chronological Index (pages 693 to 737) and General Index (pages 739 to 792).

51969
HMSO
SAILING SHIPS 1400 B.C. to 1860 A.D.
$20.00 AUD

Science Museum / HMSO. London. 1978. 1st Ed. No. 1 in the Science Museum Picture Packs series. Pack contained in a clear plastic envelope with: 2 covers and 12 plates with 1 drawing each. Inside covers: Details of the 12 ships. Soft cover. Fine. Oblong: 24 x 37.

12 Sailing ships: Egyptian Ship, c.1480 B.C.... Viking Ship, c.900 A.D... Elizabethan Galleon, c.1600. .. Clipper Ship c.1865.

67280
HODGES, H. W. & HUGHES, E. A. (editors)
SELECT NAVAL DOCUMENTS
$20.00 AUD

University Press. Cambridge. 1927. Reprint of the 1922 original. XIV, 227 PP with tables and 4 text illustrations, plus 3 b/w plates (1 on double page). Cloth cover, gilt device (anchor) on front board, gilt title on spine. Name of previous owner on front endpaper. Foxing. Very good. 19.5 x 13.5.

52728
HOGG, Robert S.
NAVAL ARCHITECTURE AND SHIP CONSTRUCTION
$10.00 AUD

Institute of Marine Engineers. London. 1956. 2nd edition of the 1942 original. (4), 336 PP with 212 figures. Cloth cover. Covers speckled. Occasional foxing. Very good and clean internally. 18.7 x 12.5.

31623
HOLME, Timothy
GONDOLA, GONDOLIER
$15.00 AUD

Gentry Books. London. 1971. 1st Ed. XVI, 166 PP with plans of a 19th-century gondola and 12 head pieces by Silvano Cocchetto, plus 1 map of Venice and 12 pages with 21 b/w illust. Eps: Historical Regatta off Piazza San Marco. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Near fine. 22.2 x 14. 856140015

66494
HOOK, Fiona, PATERSON, Alistair & SOUTER, Corioli (editors)
Program and Abstracts of the 2005 Conference "THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF TRADE & EXCHANGE"
$30.00 AUD

University of Western Australia & Western Australia Maritime Museum. Perth & Fremantle. 2005. October 2005 edition. 94 PP. Pictorial soft cover. Minimal scoring on 5 pages, o/wise near fine. 29.2 x 21. 1740521250

56370
HOPE, Ronald
THE SHOREGOER'S GUIDE TO WORLD PORTS
$20.00 AUD

The Maritime Press. London. 1963. 1st Ed. VI, (2), 341 PP with 132 plans of Ports. FEP: Map of the world on a Mercator's projection. REP: Map of Europe on Mercator's projection. Hard cover, dj (price clipped and repaired). Near fine. 22.2 x 14.2.

Guide to 168 ports throughout the world (position in latitude and longitude, population, places of interest, restaurants, shops, sports facilities...).

12369
HOUGH, Richard
NELSON
$15.00 AUD

Books for Pleasure. Sydney. 1980. 1st Australian edition. 192 PP with 111 b/w & 55 colour illust. Fp: Nelson by Leonardo Guzzardi. Eps: 18th Century English coverlet embroidered in silks and gold. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 25 x 19. 092602060

A biography of the national hero, victor of Cape St.Vincent, the Nile (Aboukir) and Trafalgar, who died while defeating the Franco-Spanish Fleet at Trafalgar on 21 October 1805.

12941
HOUGHTON, Philip
PEOPLE OF THE GREAT OCEAN, Aspects of Human Biology of the Early Pacific
$40.00 AUD

Cambridge. 1996. C.U.P. 1st Ed. X, 292 PP with 35 tables & 51 figures (maps, graphs, ..) in text. Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing on outside edges. Near fine. 25.4 x 18. 0521471664

Documents how the original settlers adapted culturally and biologically to the Pacific environment.

31998
HOWARTH, David
TRAFALGAR: The Nelson Touch
$15.00 AUD

Galahad Books. New York. c. 1974. Reprint of the 1969 edition. 254 PP with 1 fig., 2 maps, 5 plans, 87 b/w illust. Half title page: portrait of Nelson. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Very good. 23.5 x 15. 0883652722

The blockade to prevent Napoleon's invasion, the Battle of Trafalgar and the death of Nelson.

67227
HUDDART, PARKER
STEEL STEAMSHIP "ZEALANDIA"
$20.00 AUD

Colour print (frameable) with name of ship on the front, plus details of "Zealandia" and her services as an Iron Steamship. Slight foxing/soiling (sellotape mark at top). Near fine. Oblong: 20.8 x 33.5.

Iron Steamship, built 1899 at Dundee, by Gourlay Brothers. Sailing for the Huddart, Parker & Co. Ltd. on their trans-Tasman service between Melbourne and New Zealand, until 1908 ... Renamed "Paloona" by the Union Steam Ship of New Zealand. ... Part of Otago Heads since 1928.

39812
HUGHES, David E.
THE INDONESIAN SAILING CARGO and the Problem of Technology Choice for Sea Transport in a Developing Country: A Study of the Consequences of Perahu Motorisation Policy in the Context of the Economic Regulation of Inter-Island Shipping
$100.00 AUD

University of Wales, College of Cardiff. Cardiff. 1984. Photocopy of a Thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements of Philosophiae Doctor in the University of Wales. (2), XXIV, 334 PP, plus 12 tables, 16 maps, 2 appendices with 25 plates with 1 b/w and 60 colour photos (laser prints), and 66 pages with 32 maps. Soft cover, stapled. Erratic pagination 2 or 3 times. Thesis complete (as received from the University). Fine. 29.2 x 20.7.

67347
HUGO STINNES
SUGAR-BOWL - HUGO STINNES ZWEIGNIEDERLASSUNG
$30.00 AUD

H. ST. / Hugo Stinnes Zweigniederlassung Hamburg. Hamburg. c. 1980. Glazed crockery Sugar-Bowl with House Flag on bowl and on lid. Stamp of manufacturer: Schönwald Germany 27 "Fabrik Dekor", on the bottom. Excellent condition. Diameter: 10 cms / Height: 7 cms.

38235
HYNDS, Paul
WORLDWIDE HIGH SPEED FERRIES
$30.00 AUD

Conway. London. 1992. 1st Ed. 160 PP with b/w illustrations (photos, plans, drawings and artist impressions). Fp: Surface-piercing foils carry the weight of this Rodriguez-built hydrofoil. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 27.5 x 20.2. 085177587X

44360
HÖPKER, Wolfgang
WELTMACHT ZUR SEE - Die Sowjetunion auf allen Meeren
$15.00 AUD

Seewald Verlag. Stuttgart. 1971. 1st Ed. 212 PP with 20 maps (1 on double page). Pictorial soft cover (slightly rubbed). Faint foxing spots on outside edges. Dedicatory note to Naval Historian Jürg Meister on title page, signed by the author. Very good. German text. 24.5 x 17.5.

53823
ILLSLEY, John Sherwood (compiler)
A DATABASE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF UNDERWATER ARCHAEOLOGY and Related Topics with Author and keyword Indexes
$50.00 AUD

Akadimias Software / University College of North Wales. Bangor, Wales. 1989. 1st Ed. Booklet: (4), 24 PP, plus 6 floppy discs (5.25) in IBM PC 360K format. Booklet format: 20 x 14.6. Booklet and floppy discs contained in a plastic box. With Compliments note signed by the author loosely inserted. Very good. Box format: 14 x 15.5.

9300 citations sorted into 45 subject groups.

44184
ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS [THE]
CUTTY SARK / ARK ROYAL - No. 6133, Volume 229, 22nd December 1956
$10.00 AUD

The Illustrated London News and Sketch Limited. London. 1956. P 1061-1096. Contains article by Arthur Bryant on page 1069 with 4 b/w photos on Cutty Sark, plus the folded supplement (cut-away of H.M.S. Ark Royal). Soft cover. Fine. 36.5 x 25.8.

Preserving the last of the clippers: refitting Cutty Sark. H.M.S. Ark Royal.

50023
INDONESIAN PILOT
ZEEMANSGIDS VOOR INDONESIË - Deel I: Westelijk Gedeelte
$20.00 AUD

Staatsdrukkerij- en Uitgeverijbedrijf. The Hague. 1957. 9th edition. XXII, 450 PP with 1 map, tables and 201 coastal views, plus 2 folded maps Magnetic variations, and Index map. Addendum No. 1 - 1958 (8 pages) tipped in on front endpaper. Cloth cover with light wear. Slight ageing of paper and occasional foxing. Very good. Dutch text. 27.5 x 20.

Mariners guide to the Indonesian archipelago. Volume 1: Western Part.

50024
INDONESIAN PILOT
ZEEMANSGIDS VOOR INDONESIË - Deel II: Middengedeelte
$20.00 AUD

Staatsdrukkerij- en Uitgeverijbedrijf. The Hague. 1956. 9th edition. XXII, 547 PP with 1 map, tables and 305 coastal views, plus 1 folded map Index map. Addendum No. 1 - 1958 (8 pages with 4 coastal views) loosely inserted. Cloth cover with light wear. Slight ageing of paper and occasional foxing. Very good. Dutch text. 27.5 x 20.

Mariners guide to the Indonesian archipelago. Volume 2: Central Part.

37541
ISELIN, Isaac
JOURNAL OF A TRADING VOYAGE AROUND THE WORLD. 1805-1808
$20.00 AUD

Ye Galleon Press. Fairfield, Washington, USA. 1999. 1st Ye Galleon edition of an 1897 original. (10), 110, 1 colophon PP. Illustrated endpapers. Hard case binding, decorated front cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Fine. 26 x 18.4. 0877706689

Isaac Iselin, a Swiss supercargo of the brig Maryland, owned by the New York Commision House (brokerage firm) of Le Roy, Bayard & McEvers. New York, Cape Verde Islands, Falkland Islands, Cape Horn, coasts of Chile and Peru, Marquesas Islands (20/11 to 10/12/1806), coast of Mexico, Sandwich Islands (Hawai'i) 18th May to 20th July 1807...

56182
ISHERWOOD, J. H.
SEA BREEZES FAMOUS SHIPS (Nos. 1 to 6)
$15.00 AUD

The Journal of Commerce and Shipping Telegraph Ltd. London. 1963. 1st Ed. 6 colour filing cards with ship profiles to scale (funnel and hull colours), technical data and history of 6 Famous Ships, contained in a folder. Few foxing spots, o/wise near fine. 25.3 x 20.3.

Empress of Britain (1931), Etruria (1885), California (1928), Cap Trafalgar (1913), Paul Lecat (1911) - see image, and America (1909).

56183
ISHERWOOD, J. H.
SEA BREEZES FAMOUS SHIPS (Nos. 8 to 13)
$15.00 AUD

The Journal of Commerce and Shipping Telegraph Ltd. London. 1964. 1st Ed. 6 colour filing cards with ship profiles to scale (funnel and hull colours), technical data and history of 6 Famous Ships, contained in a folder. Few foxing spots, o/wise near fine. 25.3 x 20.3.

Leonardo da Vinci - see image (1960), Malolo (1927), Statendam (1929), Omrah (1899), Suwa Maru (1914) and Orcades (1937).

56185
ISHERWOOD, J. H.
SEA BREEZES FAMOUS SHIPS (Nos. 20 to 30)
$25.00 AUD

The Journal of Commerce and Shipping Telegraph Ltd. London. 1965. 1st Ed. 11 colour filing cards with ship profiles to scale (funnel and hull colours), technical data and history of 11 Famous Ships, contained in a folder. Few foxing spots, o/wise near fine. 25.3 x 20.3.

Baltic - see image (1904), Conte Di Savoia (1932), President Coolidge (1931), Almanzora (1915), Chichibu Maru (1930), France (1912), Rawalpindi (1925), Australia (1951), Ruahine (1951), Scot (1891), and St. Louis (1895).

56186
ISHERWOOD, J. H.
SEA BREEZES FAMOUS SHIPS (Nos. 33 to 39)
$15.00 AUD

The Journal of Commerce and Shipping Telegraph Ltd. London. 1965 & 1966. 1st Ed. 7 colour filing cards with ship profiles to scale (funnel and hull colours), technical data and history of 7 Famous Ships, contained in a folder. Few foxing spots, o/wise near fine. 25.3 x 20.3.

Oriente (1930), Iberia (1954), Baloeran (1930), Caledonia - see image (1925), Imperator (1913), America (1940), and Virginian (1905).

56187
ISHERWOOD, J. H.
SEA BREEZES FAMOUS SHIPS (Nos. 41 to 48)
$20.00 AUD

The Journal of Commerce and Shipping Telegraph Ltd. London. 1966. 1st Ed. 8 colour filing cards with ship profiles to scale (funnel and hull colours), technical data and history of 8 Famous Ships, contained in a folder. Few foxing spots, o/wise near fine. 25.3 x 20.3.

Pendennis Castle - see image (1958), Galileo Galilei (1963), Paris (1921), Independence (1950), Orsova (1950), Nestor (1913), City of Rome (1881), and Giulio Cesare (1922).

31676
JOHN, Anthony & DEAR, Ian
THE EARLY CHALLENGES OF THE AMERICA'S CUP (1851-1937)
$15.00 AUD

Pierson. Sydney. 1986. 1st Ed. 160 PP with b/w or colour illustrations. Eps: Comparison of size of racing yachts. Hard cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj. Near fine. Oblong: 23 x 33. 0947068007

The long struggles to mount the early challenges and how the competition developed.

16777
JONES, Colin
AUSTRALIAN COLONIAL NAVIES
$25.00 AUD

Australian War Memorial. Canberra. 1986. 1st. Ed. XII, 177 PP with b/w illustrations. Stiff covers, Illustrated front. Fine. 24 x 17.6. 064299479X

Naval history of Australia between 1788 and the creation of the Royal Australian Navy in 1911.

40311
KEATING, Bern
VOYAGES OF THE ROYAL VIKINGS
$50.00 AUD

Royal Viking Line. San Francisco. 1985. 1st Ed., introduced by Horace Sutton. (2), 190 PP with 8 sketch maps and 173 colour photos by Harvey Lloyd. Decorated endpapers. Cloth cover, device in blind on front cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Cloth slipcase. Fine. Large format: 34.8 x 27.3.

The world of Royal Viking Line: Alaska/Canada - Canada / New England - Panama Canal / Caribbean / Mexico - Northern Europe - Mediterranean - South Pacific - Southeast Asia - China / Orient.

48815
KENNEDY, Ludovic (compiler)
A BOOK OF SEA JOURNEYS
$10.00 AUD

Collins. London. 1981. 1st Ed. XX, 395 PP with 52 b/w illustrations. Fp: A ship of 1565. Hard cover, gilt title on cloth spine, dj. Foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise near fine. 23.5 x 15.5. 0002163101

An anthology of outstanding writings about people at sea.

21196
KIRK, Allan A.
SHIPS AND SAILORMEN
$10.00 AUD

Reed. Wellington. 1964. 1st Ed. XII, 196 PP with 2 maps, plus 16 pages with 49 photos. Hard cover, dj. (chipped and some pieces missing) and in a protective sleeve. Former owner's signature on FFEP. Foxing spots on outside edges and few pages. Other wise contents clean and still a very good copy. 22 x 14.5.

A collection of pen portraits of 21 ship masters and 4 others whose lives have been dedicated to the sea and sailing Australasian waters.

67257
KNOX-JOHNSTON, Robin
THE TWILIGHT OF SAIL
$15.00 AUD

Sidgwick & Jackson / Hutchinson of Australia. London / Melbourne. 1978. 1st Ed. 192 PP, with 120 b/w photos. Title spread: Furling the fore course in a storm aboard the Garthsnaid. FEP: The barque King Malcolm in dry dock at Montevideo, 1896. REP: Bristol docks in the nineteenth century. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 25.5 x 19. 0091353009

A celebration in pictures of the full-rigged ocean flyers of the latter half of the 19th century.

30328
LANDSTRÖM, Björn
SAILING SHIPS in Words and Pictures - From Papyrus Boats to Full-Riggers
$10.00 AUD

Allen & Unwin. London. 1978. Reprint of the 1969 original, re-issued in a larger format. 192 PP with 339 b/w and colour illustrations by author. Fp: The stern of the Royal Ship Vasa. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 24 x 13.3. 0046230130

5,000 years of marine illustrations.

15651
LAPLACE, Capitaine de Frégate
VOYAGE AROUND THE WORLD ON THE CORVETTE LA FAVORITE 1830, 1831, 1832
$20.00 AUD

Antiques of the Orient. Singapore. 1991. 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. Call in the Derwent River and at Sydney...

12242
LAPLACE, Cyrille Pierre Théodore
VOYAGE AUTOUR DU MONDE par les Mers de l'Inde et de Chine Executé sur la Corvette de l'Etat LA FAVORITE Pendant les Années 1830, 1831 et 1832 sous le Commandement de M. LAPLACE ... TOME I
$70.00 AUD

Archival Facsimiles. London. 1987. A reproduction of the copy in the British Library of the original edition published in Paris in 1833 by Imprimerie Royale. (8), XLII, 558 PP with 10 tail-pieces, plus 1 large folded map at rear. Slate blue Irish linen buckram, gilt title on green vignette on spine and front cover. Fine. French text. 22.5 x 14. 1852970014

Volume I of the world voyage of La Favorite. France to Macao with calls at Goree (off Senegal), Mauritius and La Réunion, Seychelles, French settlements in India, Malacca, Singapore, Manilla.. P.482 to 525: interesting notes on the British attack on Isle de France in 1810.

67286
LAUGHTON, John Knox (editor)
STATE PAPERS RELATING TO THE DEFEAT OF THE SPANISH ARMADA, Anno 1588 (two volumes)
$70.00 AUD

Navy Records Society. London. 1981. Reprint of the 1895 & 1900 originals. Volume I: LXXXIV, 365 PP. Fp: sketch map of the estuary of the Thames. Volume II: (VI), 418 PP. Original Navy blue/cream buckram, gilt device on front cover, gilt title on spine. Faint foxing, o/wise fine. 23.2 x 15.5. 08593726 42 & 50

67295
LAUGHTON, John Knox (editor)
THE NAVAL MISCELLANY - Volume I
$70.00 AUD

Navy Records Society. London. 1902. 1st Ed. Volume XX of the Navy Records Society. XI, 463, (4 publications) PP, plus 4 b/w plates (1 map & 3 folded maps) and 4 plates in colour. Cloth cover, cream and navy blue, gilt device on front cover, gilt title on spine. Front and back hinge split at head and repaired. Relevant pencil annotations on "Contents" pages. Occasional foxing. Very good. 24 x 16.

Book of war by sea and land, anno 1543, by Jehan Bytharne. Relation of the voyage to Cadiz, 1596 by Sir William Slyngisbie... Seizure of Helgoland, 1807.

67285
LAUGHTON, Sir John Knox (editor)
THE NAVAL MISCELLANY - Volume II
$35.00 AUD

Navy Records Society. London. c. 1970. Reprint (?) of the 1912 original. Volume XL of the Navy Records Society. X, 430 PP with tables, plus 7 plates (3 of them folded). Navy cloth cover (gilt device on front, gilt title on spine. Covers with light shelf wear, a few relevant pencil annotations in "Contents" page which has a small repaired closed tear. Stamp of previous owner at top of front endpaper. An otherwise very good copy. 24 x 16.

Voyage of the Barbara to Brazil, anno 1540. The taking of the Madre de Dios, anno 1592. Operations on the coast of Egypt, 1801... Frustration of the plan for the escape of Napoleon Bonaparte from Bordeaux in July 1815...

32055
LAYTON, Thomas N.
THE VOYAGE OF THE FROLIC - New England Merchants and the Opium Trade
$20.00 AUD

Stanford University Press. Stanford. 1997. 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.

30271
LEAVER-COOPER, Sheila
JANET FRAME'S KINGDOM BY THE SEA: OAMARU
$20.00 AUD

Lincoln University Press. Canterbury, N.Z. 1997. 1st Ed. 72 PP with 2 plans and 75 b/w photos. Pict. card cover. Fine. Oblong: 19 x 25. 090904905X

Description of the community and harbour of Oamaru, East Coast of South Island, by Janet Frame, one of the most important writers of New Zealand.

67247
LEEK, Michael E.
THE ART OF NAUTICAL ILLUSTRATION, A Visual Tribute to the Achievements of the Classic Marine Illustrators
$25.00 AUD

Quantum Books. London. 2005. Reprint of the 1991 original. 192 PP with 6 b/w & 115 colour illustrations. Fp: A Pleasant Breeze. Pictorial laminated boards, dj. A near fine copy. 33.5 x 24.4. 1845730941

Beautifully illustrated survey of nautical paintings found on vases, on manuscripts, on canvas and on posters.

67146
LENTON, H. T. & COLLEDGE, J. J.
WARSHIPS OF WORLD WAR II
$30.00 AUD

Ian Allan. London. 1970. 4th impression of the 1964 original. 638 PP with many tables & hundreds of b/w photos. Fp: H.M.S. Warspite in Malta Habour. Hard cover, dj (price-clipped). Dust jacket has a few small chips or closed tears, o/wise near fine. 19 x 13. 711002029

A complete record of all known vessels of the Royal and Dominion Navies which participated in WWII. Capital ships, destroyers, submarines,... coastal forces and landing craft.

58128
LIPPMANN, John
OXYGEN FIRST AID
$5.00 AUD

J.L. Publications. Melbourne. 1999. January 1999 reprint of the April 1995 revised Asia-Pacific edition (original of August 1992). 160 PP with tables and b/w illustrations (drawings and photos). Pictorial soft cover. Name of previous owner at top of title page. Fine. 21 x 15. 0646235656

A guide to the provision of oxygen in scuba diving accidents and other emergencies.

67169
LLOYD'S
100 A1 - A Bulletin Published by Lloyd's Register of Shipping - Number Three: 1959
$15.00 AUD

Lloyd's Register of Shipping. London. 1959. Issue No.: Three, 1959. 33, (3) PP with 2 graphs and b/w illustrations (1 diagram, 2 maps, 6 drawings and 6 photos). Soft cover, device on front cover. Near fine. 24.8 x 18.3..

Lloyd's Register of Shipping and Large Tankers, by J.M. Murray. New York - Entrance to the New World. Seeking Oil under the sea. Tribute to Don Ernesto Anastasio Pascual. Metals and the 'Methane Pioneer'.

15797
MACARTHUR, Antonia
HIS MAJESTY'S BARK ENDEAVOUR - The Story of the Ship and her People
$10.00 AUD

Angus & Robertson. Sydney. 1997. 1st Ed. IX, 86 PP with line and wash drawings by Dennis Adams and illustrations from contemporary paintings, charts and sketches. Fp: Map of the voyage of H.M. Bark Endeavour. Pict. card cover. Fine. 24 x 17.5. 0207191808

15376
MacGREGOR, David R.
THE CHINA BIRD - The History of Captain Killick, and the Firm he Founded: Killick Martin & Company
$35.00 AUD

Conway Maritime Press. London. 1986. 2nd revised edition. 224 PP profusely illustrated throughout. Fp: The "Lothair". Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 29 x 22. 0851773818

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.

45368
MACLEAN, Alistair
CAPTAIN COOK
$15.00 AUD

Doubleday. New York. 1972. 1st US Ed. 192 PP with 1 map, 68 b/w illustrations, plus 24 pages with 22 colour plates. Fp: Medaillon portrait of James Cook. Eps: Chart of world showing the latest discoveries of Capt. Cook. Hard cover, dj. Spine lightly sunned. Foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 23.5 x 15.

44098
MAHONY, Juan
FROM THE HOME FRONT TO THE FRONT LINE - Images of the Great War
$25.00 AUD

Author. Charlestown, NSW. 2001. 1st Ed. 192 PP with b/w illustrations (facsimile of documents & letters, photos, posters...). Half title page: Departure of King Island volunteers. Title page: AIF troops resting. Fp: Australian Flying Corps mechanics, Cologne, Germany. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. Oblong: 21 x 29.5. 0957969600

67259
MARSDEN, Peter
SEALED BY TIME - The Loss and Recovery of the Mary Rose
$35.00 AUD

The Mary Rose Trust Ltd. Portsmouth, UK. 2003. 1st Ed. XIV, 194 PP with 18 headpieces and 140 b/w illustrations, plus 8 pages with 22 colour plates. Laminated pictorial boards. Fine. 30.2 x 21.5. 0954402901

67128
MARY ROSE
The MARY ROSE Drama
$15.00 AUD

The Mary Rose Society / Trust. Portsmouth. 1981. 5 brochures. 1- The Mary Rose Society, Occasional Paper No. 1 of June 1981 (signed by Nigel Walter, co-editor): 12 PP with 2 organisation charts. 2 - The Mary Rose Society, Occasional Paper No. 2 of October 1981 (signed by Nigel Walter co-editor): 12 PP with 1 sketch map of "The Battle of Spithead, 19th July 1545'' and 1 drawing of the Mary Rose. 3 - The Mary Rose drama: 3 folds flyer with 15 b/w illustrations. 4 - Progress Report 15th September 1981: 2 PP. 5 - Bulletin of The Mary Rose Trust, No. 14 of October 1981: 4 PP with 2 b/w illustrations. 6 - Catalogue "Mary Rose Trading Ltd", for Autumn 1981: 4 PP. Near fine. 29.5 x 21.

44207
MASEFIELD, John
ON THE SPANISH MAIN or, some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien, with a description of the Buccaneers and a short account of old-time ships and sailors
$15.00 AUD

Naval Institute Press. Annapolis. 1972. New US edition of the 1906 original. XII, 344 PP, plus 21 b/w plates. Fp: Sir Henry Morgan. Eps: Chart of the West Indies. Cloth cover, dj. Fine. 22 x 14. 0870218573

66635
MATE, Ferenc
THE WORLD'S BEST SAILBOATS: A Survey (Volume I)
$30.00 AUD

Albatross Publishing House. New York. c. 2000. 9th printing of the 1986 original. 280 PP with 180 b/w illustrations (accommodation plans, sail plans, line drawings and photos), and 448 colour photos. Eps: plans of a Swan 43 and of a Sou'wester 42. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj. Fine. 30.5 x 23.5. 0920256112

Yachts built by 19 renowned boatyards: from Able Marine of Southwest Harbor, Maine, USA... to Vindö yachts of Sweden. Page 219 to 279: Plans Specifications for 60 boats. A lavish publication.

56383
MATHEWSON III, R. Duncan
ARCHAEOLOGICAL TREASURE: The Search for NUESTRA SENORA DE ATOCHA
$30.00 AUD

Seafarers Heritage Library. Woodstock, Vermont. 1985. 2nd printing (July 1985) of the January 1980 original. (2), XXIV, 171 PP with 3 tables, 13 figures, and b/w illustrations (5 portraits & 31 plates). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27.3 x 20.8. 0916149005

The world's greatest treasure hunt.

44831
MAWSON, Sir Douglas
THE HOME OF THE BLIZZARD - The Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914
$15.00 AUD

Wakefield Press. Adelaide. 1996. Reprint of the 1996 edition. Facsimile of the 1930 abridged popular edition. Foreword by Philip Law and Preface by Christopher Anderson & Gavin Brown. XXXII, 432, (2) PP with 8 maps and 11 plans, plus 64 pages with 90 b/w photos. Fp: Photo of Sir Douglas Mawson. Pictorial soft cover, dj. Front cover and spine with light creases. Foxing spots on outside edges and on fore part of title page, o/wise fine. 21 x 13.5. 1862543771

Detailed account of the expedition daily subsistence on the icy continent, its scientific endeavours and Douglas Mawson's epic sledge journey in 1912-13 during which his companions Ninnis and Mertz both perished.

67274
MAY, Commander W. E. & STEPHENS, Simon
THE BOATS OF MEN-OF-WAR
$20.00 AUD

National Maritime Museum & Naval Institute Press. London & Annapolis. 1999. New edition of the 1974 edition with additions by Simon Stephens. Foreword by Basil Greenhill. 128 PP with colour and b/w illustrations. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 25.2 x 19.2. 1557501904

54740
McCARTHY, John (editor)
THE AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF DEFENCE STUDIES - Volume 1 (Nos. 1 & 2)
$20.00 AUD

United Services Institute of Australia. Canberra. 1977. Volume 1, Nos. 1 & 2. No.1 (March 1977): 82 PP. No. 2 (October 1977): 83-167 PP. Card covers. Ink stain on the outside edges and margins of P.7 to 54 (not affecting text). Very good. 25 x 17.5.

No. 1: A Military view on the Limitations on Australia's future defence capabilities, by Admiral Sir Victor Smith. ... Australia 1939-1945: the official Histories and the Home Front, by Margot Simington. No. 2: Defence and Diplomacy in the Indian Ocean, by Hon. Andrew Peacock. Australia and the Indian Ocean: Problems and Potential, by Brian Beddie... Australian responses to the European War 1939-1941, by John McCarthy...

54741
McCARTHY, John, & SIMINGTON, Margot (editors)
THE AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF DEFENCE STUDIES - Volume 2 (Nos. 1 & 2)
$20.00 AUD

United Services Institute of Australia. Canberra. 1978. Volume 2, Nos. 1 & 2. No.1 (April 1978): 80 PP. No. 2 (November 1978): 81-179 PP. Card covers. Very good. 25 x 17.5.

No. 1: Expectations of the Australian Defence Force Academy, by Rear Admiral W. J. Dovers. No. 2: The Broken Promise - Britain's failure to consult its Commonwealth on defence in 1934... by E. M. Andrews.

35103
MccGWIRE, Michael, BOOTH, Ken & McDONNELL, John (editors)
SOVIET NAVAL POLICY - Objectives and Constraints
$20.00 AUD

Praeger. New York. 1975. 1st Ed., in the Praeger Special Studies in International Politics and Government. XXVI, 665 PP with 17 tables and 21 figures. Hard cover. Faint foxing, o/wise near fine. 24.2 x 16.2. 027509720X

34 papers: Soviet Military's Influence on Foreign Policy - Soviet Defense Policies and Naval Interests... Command of the Sea in Soviet Naval Strategy...

42221
McCREERY, Cindy
PORTS OF THE WORLD - Prints from the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich - c.1700-1870
$20.00 AUD

Philip Wilson & The National Maritime Museum. London. 1999. 1st Ed. Foreword by Richard Ormond. 176 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Fp (colour): Portsmouth Point, engraving by Thomas Rowlandson, c. 1811. Hard cover, dj. Foxin spots on outside edges. Fine. 26.6 x 26.2. 9780856675058

30158
MCGOWAN, A. P. (editor)
THE JACOBEAN COMMISSIONS OF ENQUIRY 1608 and 1618
$10.00 AUD

Navy Records Society. London. 1971. 1st Ed. Publications of the Navy Records Society, Volume 116. XXVII, 319 PP, (30 adv. & members), plus 3 b/w plates. Fp: Portrait of King James I, 1603-1625. Navy blue buckram, gilt device on front cover, gilt title on spine. Occasional foxing. Near fine. 23 x 15.5.

Scandal caused by embezzlement and other forms of corruption following the decision to maintain a standing force of ships. Graft in the dockyards, use of Navy ships for commercial ventures...

67224
McILWRAITH, McEACHARN
IRON STEAMSHIP "CLONCURRY"
$20.00 AUD

Colour print (frameable) with name of ship on the front, plus details of "CLONCURRY" and her services as an Iron Steamship. Slight foxing/soiling (sellotape mark at top). Near fine. Oblong: 20.8 x 33.5.

Iron Steamship, built 1884 at Sunderland, by Wm Doxford & Sons. Sailing for the McIlwraith, McEacharn, until 1904. Renamed Yoneyama Maru in Japan, and wrecked on Kinkasan Island, Japan in 1911.

67337
MCKEAG, Malcolm
TAKE UP SAILING - A guide to the sport of Dinghy Racing for complete beginners
$5.00 AUD

Springfield Books Ltd. London. 1989. 1st edition in the Take up Sport series. Ed. 64 PP with 12 figures and b/w photos. Pictorial stiff cover. Fine. 21 x 10. 9780947655655

51284
McKINNON, Malcolm (editor)
NEW ZEALAND HISTORICAL ATLAS - KO PAPATUANUKU E TAKOTO NEI
$40.00 AUD

David Bateman / Historical Branch Department of Internal Affairs. Auckland. 1998. Reprint of the 1997 original. 290 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (graphs, maps, photos sketches...). Eps: Map of New Zealand. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 36.5 x 26. 1869533356

67184
McLEOD, G. Roderick
THE SOUTH PASSAGE AND THE AMITY POINT PILOT STATION
$5.00 AUD

Boolarong Press. Brisbane. 1984. Abstract from "Focus on Stradbroke: ...". 99-106 PP. Plastic covers, clear plastic front, spiral bound. Fine. 24.5 x 18.

67269
McMURTRIE, Francis E. (editor)
JANE'S FIGHTING SHIPS 1931
$35.00 AUD

David & Charles Reprints. Newton Abbot. 1973. Reprint of the 1931 original (35th year of issue). (4), 37 adv, XIV, 512 PP with hundreds of b/w illustrations (photographs, plans, profiles & silhouettes, flags and uniforms). Fp: French Submarine Cruiser Surcouf. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Near fine. Oblong: 21.3 x 31. 0715358499

39429
McNARN, Maurice Raymond
CONVENTIONAL ARMS PROCUREMENT IN ASEAN - A Defence Export Role for Australia
$20.00 AUD

Australian Defence Studies Centre. Canberra. 1995. 1st Ed. (2), VI, 89 PP with 6 tables and 2 graphs. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 25 x 17.5. 0731703170

Regional perspectives for ASEAN countries (Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Thailand and Philippines).

36601
McNEILL, D. B.
IRISH PASSENGER STEAMSHIP SERVICES (in Two Volumes)
$25.00 AUD

David & Charles. Newton, Abbot. 1969 & 1971. 1st Ed. Volume 1: 232 PP with 3 maps, and 31 b/w illust. Fp: Donegall Quay, Belfast. Volume 2: 240 PP with 2 maps and 34 b/w illust. Fp: Arrival of the mail boat at Dun Laoghaire. Hard cover, dj (corner of flaps trimmed). Ex library copy with stamp on verso of title page, and renewed endpapers, o/wise near fine. Scarce. 22.3 x 14.2. 0715343416 & 071

Volume 1: North of Ireland. Volume 2: South of Ireland.

47238
MELVILLE, Henry
OBSERVATIONS RESPECTING THE ISLANDS OF THE MAURITIUS, written during a short sojourn there in 1828
$100.00 AUD

James Dally. Adelaide. 2004. 1st edition limited to 55 hand numbered copies (No. 33/55). 82, (2) PP. Bound in polished quarter kangaroo skin, raised bands, fine yellow English linen, gilt title on spine. Fine. 25.3 x 19.5.

Reprint of a 1830 original limited edition of 12 copies: "Observations respecting the Islands of the Mauritius, to which are added a few General Remarks on the Slaves of the Isles of France and Bourbon...". Sailed 9th March 1828 Marseille for La Reunion on "l'Etoile de la Mer". Pages 11 to 32: Island of Bourbon (La Réunion) 2nd to 23rd of July 1828. Pages 33 to 82: Isle of France (Mauritius) 24th July to 14th of August.

18418
MERLIN, Jules
TRAITE PRATIQUE DE VOILURE, ou exposé de méthodes simples et faciles pour calculer et couper toutes espèces de voiles
$30.00 AUD

Editions Omega. Nice. 1995. Facsimile reprint of the 1865 original. (4), 226 PP with 96 figures in text plus 6 large folded plates at back of book. Soft cover. French text. Fine. 23.6 x 15. 2906381187

Treatise on sail making.

17965
MERRY, Ian D.
THE WESTCOTTS AND THEIR TIMES - Maritime Monographs and Reports No.25
$25.00 AUD

National Maritime Museum. London. 1977. (2), (X), 148 PP with 69 plates (b/w photos and facsimile of documents), plus 2 pages with Index of ships (loosely inserted). Title page: Albert Westcott as a young man. Pictorial soft cover. Slight ageing and faint foxing of paper. Near fine. 29.3 x 20.4. 0905555023

History of the fleet of schooners, tugs, barges & smacks of the Westcott family between the 1870's and the Great Depression of 1930.

44631
MILLER, William H. & HUTCHINGS, David F.
TRANSATLANTIC LINERS AT WAR - The Story of the Queens
$20.00 AUD

David & Charles. Newton Abbot, UK. 1985. 1st UK Ed. 175 PP with 1 map, 3 profiles of ships and 30 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. A little light foxing on prelims and dust jacket flaps, o/wise fine. 24 x 16.2. 0715385119

The distinguished war roles of the Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth during WWII and the QE2 during the Falklands War of 1982.

74961
MITCHELL, W. H. & SAWYER, L. A.
THE OCEANS, THE FORTS AND THE PARKS - Merchant Shipbuilding for British Account in North America during World War II
$45.00 AUD

Sea Breezes. Liverpool. 1966. 1st Ed., in the Wartime Standard Ships series, Volume Two. IX, 58 PP with b/w photos and ship profiles by John S. Lindsay. Pictorial laminated boards with wear around edges. Bookplate of previous owner on inside front cover, o/wise near fine. Scarce. 25.5 x 19.

67233
MITCHENER, E. A. (Ted)
ICE IN THE RIGGING - Ships of the Antarctic, 1699-1937
$75.00 AUD

Maritime Museum of Tasmania. Hobart. 2015. 1st edition by Peter Boyer and Graeme Broxam. Foreword by Patrick G. Quilty. XXII, 353 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Illustrated endpapers. Cloth cover, gilt title on front board and spine, ribbon bookmark, dj. Signed by Colin Denny, President of the Maritime Museum of Tasmania / Publisher, on page VI. Fine (mint condition). 26.8 x 21.8. 9780646934556

67238
MOORE, Alex (Master Mariner)
REVOLUTIONARY METHOD OF RECEIVING AND DELIVERING CARGO (Port of Brisbane)
$10.00 AUD

Author. Brisbane. 1972. Paper No. 5 "Review, Observations and Suggestions" of "Overdue Port and Harbour Development", 9th February 1972. 12 PP. Slight ageing of paper. Punch hole at top corner close to spine (not affecting text). Copy signed by author on front and back cover Very good. 22 x 14.

46020
MOORE, Robin & JENNINGS, Howard
THE TREASURE HUNTER
$10.00 AUD

Prentice-Hall. Englewood Cliffs, N.J. 1974. 1st Ed. X, 261 PP with 1 sketch map, plus 16 pages with 1 map, 2 charts with Insets, and 26 b/w photos. Eps: Map of Central America, the Caribbean and Northern South America. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine. Near fine. 23.5 x 15.5. 139305297

Howard Jennings: modern adventurer and full-time treasure hunter.

43424
MURRAY, Reverend Thos. Boyles
PITCAIRN: The Island, The People, and the Pastor. To which is added a short notice of the original settlement and present condition of Norfolk Island
$100.00 AUD

Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. London. 1860. 12th Ed. XIV, 15 - 414, (4 publications) PP with 4 tail pieces, plus 16 plates. Fp: Portrait of John Adams. Hard cover, gilt device on front cover, gilt title and devices on a sunned spine. Foxing spots on outside edges and few pages, o/wise contents near fine. 16.6 x 11.

40638
N/A
AUSTRALIA IN THE WAR OF 1939-1945 - Series Three: AIR (4 volumes)
$150.00 AUD

Australian War Memorial. Canberra. 1962, 1957, 1954 & 1963. 1st Ed. Volume I: XIV, 786 PP with 1 diagram and 47 maps, plus 52 pages with 3 maps on double page and 73 b/w photos. Volume II: XIV, 533 PP with 35 maps, plus 48 pages with 3 maps on double page and 65 b/w photos. Volume III: XVIII, 731 PP with 1 graph, 2 diagrams and 35 maps, plus 52 pages with 95 b/w photos. Volume IV: XIV, 539 PP with 1 chart and 38 maps, plus 58 pages with 4 maps (2 on double page) and 90 b/w photos. Blue cloth covers, gilt titles on slightly faded spines. No dust jackets. Occasional foxing. Very good set. This is a heavy item and postage will be higher than usual. Please ask for a quote. 24 x 16.3.

Volume I: Royal Australian Air Force 1939-1942, by Douglas Gillison. Volume II: Air War against Japan 1943-1945, by George Odgers. Volume III: Air War against Germany and Italy 1939-1943, and Volume IV: Air Power over Europe 1944-1945, by John Herington.

47558
N/A
Plan d'attaque de / Plan van den aanval op: ZEEBRUGGE
$35.00 AUD

Edition J. Revyn. Bruxelles. c. 1920. Booklet containing 20 illustrated post cards with their protective tissue guard. 1 map, 22 b/w photos (1 vignette, 2 portraits and 19 views). Soft cover with crest (in colour) of the city of Zeebrugge on front cover. Covers lightly soiled and with small chip on front. Slight ageing of paper. Text (captions) in Dutch, English and French. Near fine. Scarce. Oblong: 9 x 15.

Blocking the base used by German U-Boats, by the Captain of HMS Vindictive who gained the Victoria Cross for the exploit. Attack took place midnight 22/23 April 1918.

48376
N/A
CORVETTE ASM TYPE GEORGES LEYGUES
$20.00 AUD

Direction Technique des Constructions Navales. Paris Naval. 1979. 1st Ed. September 1979, 3000 copies. 24 PP with 1 b/w drawing and colour illustrations (1 cutaway at centrefold, 1 sketch plan, 2 diagrams and 24 photos). Pictorial soft covers. Text in French, English and Spanish. Rear cover has slight damage (lifting of laminate), o/wise near fine. Oblong: 21 x 29.6.

Type of Anti-Submarine Corvette of the French Navy.

66640
N/A
AUSTRALIAN SEA HERITAGE - Magazine of the Sydney Maritime Museum (Nos.1 to 3, 5 & 6, 8 to 58)
$150.00 AUD

Australian Sea Heritage / National Publications. Sydney. 1984 to 1999. Issues 1 (February 1994) to 58 (Autumn 1999). Run of 56 issues for over 2200 pages with b/w photos. Each issue with pictorial soft cover (in colour). Near fine condition. 27.7 x 21.

A near complete run No. 1 to No. 58, lacking 2 issues: 4 (November 1984) & 7 (Spring 1985). Subtitle: " Magazine of the Sydney Maritime Museum" No. 1 to No. 21, then "Magazine of Australia's Maritime Museums" No. 22 to No. 58.

66829
N/A
AUSTRALIAN JOINT COPYING PROJECT HANDBOOK - Part 5: FOREIGN OFFICE - Class and Piece List
$20.00 AUD

National Library of Australia / Library of New South Wales. Canberra. 1984. AJCP Handbook, Part 5. Reprinted with addenda from the 1975 original. 117 PP. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.5 x 21. 0642990611

66832
N/A
AUSTRALIAN JOINT COPYING PROJECT Handbook - Part 9: Public Record Office, Personal Collections
$20.00 AUD

National Library of Australia. Canberra. 1991. AJCP Handbook, Part 9. 1st Ed. IX, 42 PP. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.5 x 21. 0642154139

66833
N/A
AUSTRALIAN JOINT COPYING PROJECT Handbook - Part 10: Dominions Office - Class, Piece and File List
$25.00 AUD

National Library of Australia. Canberra. 1991. AJCP Handbook, Part 10. Compiled by Margaret E. Phillips. 1st Ed. XI, 375 PP. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.5 x 21. 0642105170

66952
N/A
SAILING DIRECTIONS FOR THE PORTS AND HARBOURS OF QUEENSLAND 1960
$15.00 AUD

S. G. Reid, Government Printer. Brisbane. 1960. 1st Ed. 235 PP with tables and some figures, plus 5 folded plates on table of distances, signals and recommended track past Wyborn Reef. Hard cover, cloth spine. 12 pages (recto only), "Corrections to ..." 1960, loosely inserted. Near fine. 21.5 x 13.8.

General information, sailing directions on the coast, and other information relative to the ports, harbours, creek and waterways...

67124
N/A
STAND EASY
$15.00 AUD

The Australian Military Forces / Australian War Memorial. Canberra. 1954. Reprint of the 1945 original. Foreword by General Blamey. 208 PP with 6 maps in colour, drawings, 67 b/w photos, 12 b/w and 24 colour plates tipped in. Fp (in colour): Coastal Advance. Eps : Illustrated. 2 large folded plates with 6 maps in colour, loosely inserted. Cloth cover, title on front cover and spine, dj with a few small chips or closed tears. Slight ageing of paper and foxing, o/wise a very clean near fine copy. 28 x 22.

67125
N/A
AS YOU WERE. A Cavalcade of Events with the Australian Services from 1788 to 1947
$15.00 AUD

Australian War Memorial. Canberra. 1953. 1st Ed. Yearly edition in the R.A.N., A.M.F., and R.A.A.F. series. 202 PP with b/w and colour drawings, 26 b/w photos and 36 colour plates. Illustrations by Walter Beaumont, Frank Norton and Reginald W. Rowed. Fp (in colour): Disembarking from H.M.A.S. Kanimbla. Illustrated endpapers. Cloth cover, title on front cover and spine, nice dj. Ageing of paper and foxing, o/wise near fine. 28 x 22.

67230
N/A
SCOTTISH MARITIME MUSEUM - IRVINE
$15.00 AUD

Scottish Maritime Museum. Irvine, Scotland. c. 1965. Folder containing 7 items with b/w illustralions. I - "Laird Forge Building": 4 PP with 15 drawings + Location map . II - "The Shipyard Worker's Flat": 3 folds with 6 illustrations. III - 5 Information leaflets, 3 folds each with drawings: "Puffers" - "Dredging " - "Pilots and Pilotage" - "Tugs and Towing" - "Yachting". Fine condition. 29.7 x 21.

67308
N/A
THE NAVAL AND MILITARY MAGAZINE - Vol. II, Nos. III & IV.
$350.00 AUD

G. Mills. London. 1827. 1st edition. Vol. II: (2), 722 PP. No. III, September 1827: pages 1 to 344 with 2 facsimiles of signatures and the frontispiece "Portrait of His Royal Highness the Lord High Admiral". No. IV, December 1827: pages 345 to 722. Rebacked in modern black cloth, gilt title on spine. Few pages with short tears or chips. Slight ageing of paper and foxing. Image shows frontispiece and title-page. Near fine. Rare. This is a heavy item and postage will be higher than usual. Please ask for a quote. 21.6 x 14.

Contents include: Memoir of Thomas Dahl, First Grenadier of France, Widows of Officers, Royal Artillery and Marines, Record of Services of British Regiments, The War Game of the Continent, The Waterloo Vase, American War, Observations on the Campaigns in Ceylon .... A mine of information.

67309
N/A
THE NAVAL AND MILITARY MAGAZINE - Vol. III, Nos. V & VI
$350.00 AUD

Saunders and Otley. London. 1828. 1st edition. Vol. III: (2), 576, CCIV PP. No. V, March 1828: pages 1 to 280, plus 1 folded plate "Plan of Onore" and the frontispiece: portrait of "Field Marshal His Grace the Duke of Wellington". No. VI, July 1828: pages 281 to 576 with 1 plan, plus 1 plate: plan of "Bhurtpoor", then pages I to CCIV. Rebacked in modern black cloth, gilt title on spine. Image shows frontispiece and title-page. Few pages with short tears or chips. Slight ageing of paper and foxing. Near fine. Rare. This is a heavy item and postage will be higher than usual. Please ask for a quote. 21.6 x 14.

Contents include: The Order of the Bath, Mercenaries in the Christian Armies, Desertions from Regiments in Canada, Proceedings in Portugal, Between the Russians and the Persians, Defence of Onore, Naval Construction, The War in the Peninsula ... plus the Naval and Military Miscellany, Mutiny Bill, - Corporal Punishment, Naval Promotions and Appointments, Births, Marriages, and Deaths.

67310
N/A
THE NAVAL AND MILITARY MAGAZINE - Vol. IV - Nos. VII & VIII
$350.00 AUD

Saunders and Otley. London. 1828. 1st edition. Vol. IV: (2), 590, CLVI PP. No. VII, September 1828: pages 1 to 280, plus 1 folded plate "Stevens Improved Paddles" and the frontispiece "God Save the King", then pages I to LXXXVIII. No. VIII, December 1828: pages 281 to 590 with 1 plan , plus 1 plate: "map of the western sea board of the Black Sea", then pages LXXXIX to CLVI, and (4 Index). Rebacked in modern black cloth, gilt title on spine. Image shows frontispiece and title-page. A few pages with short tears or chips. Slight ageing of paper and foxing. Near fine. Rare. 21.6 x 14.

Contents include: New Method of Propelling Steam Vessels, The English in France, The New System of Tactics, Narrative of the Irish Rebellion of 1798, The Peninsular War, Distribution of Religious Tracts to the Navy, Origin and Progress of Shipbuilding, Campaigns in India, History of the Siege of Vienna, Sketch of the Military Power of Prussia, The Red Flag at the Fore, A New System of Signals by Rear-Admiral Raper, Naval and Military Miscellany, Promotions, Court Martials, ...

39975
NEILSON, D. R.
WELLINGTON HARBOUR - A Heritage of Tara
$50.00 AUD

A.H. & A.W. Reed. Wellington. 1970. 1st Ed. 120 PP with 136 pencil drawings and 12 colour plates tipped in by the artist/author. Eps: Lambton Harbour, 1885, by John Gibb. Decorated cloth cover is fine, dj is rubbed with small chips. Foxing spots on outside edges. Presentation plate by the chairman of the Wellington Harbour Board to Captain Ian Nicholson pasted down on verso of front endpaper. 2 letters and 2 newspaper clippings loosely inserted. Internally near fine. Scarce. 28.2 x 27. 0589004107

Wellington / Port Nicholson was named in honour of Captain John Nicholson, Harbour Master at Sydney (appointed in January 1821), the great great grandfather of previous owner Captain Ian Nicholson R.A.N. and Maritime Historian.

46648
NICHOLS, Freda
SHIPPED TO BOTANY BAY
$15.00 AUD

Ginn and Company. London. 1969. 2nd impression of the 1967 original. Young adult edition in The Active Readers: Second Series. VI, 186 PP with 1 map and 51 b/w illustrations by John Sergeant. FEP: Route of transports to New South Wales showing prevailing winds. REP: Plan and elevation of a transport of 1802. Decorated hard cover. Very good. 18.3 x 13. 602200237

22211
NICHOLSON, Ian
LOG OF LOGS, Volume Two
$100.00 AUD

Roebuck Society. Nambour, Qld. 1993. 1st Ed. Publication No.47. XII, 608 PP with b/w figures & photos. Bound copy of the original stiff covers edition. Hard cover, gilt-engraved spine. Light foxing, o/wise fine. 25.5 x 17.8. 0646091824

A complement to the first volume which generated much response and provided a great deal of fresh material making a second volume necessary.

66800
NICHOLSON, Ian Hawkins
SHIPPING ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES - SYDNEY : VOLUME II: 1826-1840, PARTS I, II and III
$35.00 AUD

Roebuck. Canberra. 1981. Reprint of the 1977 original. Roebuck Publication No. 23. VI, 258 PP with 5 maps and 10 b/w illustrations, plus 76 pages of index (Part II: 1-36 & Part III: 53-93). FEP: Port Jackson. REP: Discoveries in Australia in 1834. Pictorial card cover. Covers slightly rubbed, o/wise very good. 26 x 18.3. 090943414X

67188
NORFOLK ISLAND
NORFOLK ISLAND - Commonwealth of Australia, Territory of Norfolk Island
$25.00 AUD

Commonwealth of Australia. Canberra. c. 1960. 1st Ed. 32 PP with 2 maps and 30 b/w photos. Fp: The voyage of the "Bounty". Pictorial boards (Seal of Norfolk Island), cloth spine. The Prayer of John Adams on back cover. Fine. 28.5 x 21.

55609
OBIN, Alan
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF NAUTICAL BOOKS
$30.00 AUD

Warsash Nautical Bookshop. Southampton. 1986. Revised reprint of the 1st edition of 1985. 215, (3) PP, plus Supplement No. 1, May 1986 with 19 PP and Supplement No. 2, September 1986 with 31 PP. Soft cover. Spine rubbed. Name of previous owner at top of front cover. Very good. 33 x 22. 0948646004

Books classification by colour coded pages: Title (blue), Author (pink), Subject (white), Hydrographic Dept. (green), International Marine Organisation (yellow), and Statutory Instruments i.e. HMSO (blue).

20830
OMAN, Carola
NELSON
$15.00 AUD

Hodder & Stoughton. London. 1948. March 1948 reprint of June 1947 original. XVI, 734 PP with 6 maps, plus 12 b/w plates & 1 large folded sheet with The Nelson Family at back of book. Fp: Portraits of HMS Agamemnon, Captain, Vanguard, Elephant & Victory. Cloth cover, spine sunned. Renewed endpapers. Light foxing, mostly on prelims and around outside page edges, o/wise a very good clean copy. 25 x 15.5.

67282
OPPENHEIM, M.
A HISTORY OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE ROYAL NAVY AND OF MERCHANT SHIPPING IN RELATION TO THE NAVY, From MDIX to MDCLX with an introduction treating of the preceding period
$80.00 AUD

The Shoe String Press, Inc. Ann Arbor, Michigan. 1961. Reprint of the 1896 1st edition. XIII, 411 PP with 3 b/w illust. in text, plus 3 plates. Title page: recto & verso of the Wyard's Medal, 1650. Fp: the "Tiger" of Henry VIII. Navy cloth cover with gilt title on spine (a little dulled). A near fine copy. 22.2 x 14.5.

The Navy between the reign of Henry VIII (1509-1547) and the Commonwealth (1649-1660).

67350
ORIENT LINE
R.M.S. ORONTES - NAPKIN-RING
$30.00 AUD

Orient Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. London. c. 1930. EPNS fretwork metal Napkin-Ring with the Coat-of-Arms of Orient Line, held by a Lion and a Kangaroo with motto "Par Non Leonina Societa". Very good condition. Diameter: 4.5 cms & Width: 3.8 cms.

67364
ORIENT LINE
ORIENT LINE - Baggage Label "C"
$5.00 AUD

Orient Line. London. 1950. 1 "C" Cabin Baggage label. Circular. Fine. Diameter: 12 cms.

67367
ORIENT LINE
POST CARD: R.M.S. ORSOVA, 1915
$50.00 AUD

R.M.S. ORSOVA post card pasted down on card paper and inscribed on recto "... at Port Said on 8th December 1915" at the lower part, and "Arrived in Cairo 9th December" at the top. On the back of the card a small colour photo is pasted down "Egyptian Palm Grove" with the comment: "to Hilda from Roger, Christmas 1915". Format of post card: 9 x 14, and of the card: 14 x 19.2.

R.M.S. Orsova was then a Troop Transport (commissioned as such in May 1915).

66397
P & O / ORIENT LINES
P & O / ORIENT LINES of Australia - Staff Newsletter
$15.00 AUD

P & O / Orient Lines of Australia Pty Ltd. Sydney. 1960, 1962 & 1963. 4 issues of this Monthly Newsletter. No. 20, November 1960 + No. 21, December 1960 + No. 34, January 1962 + No. 46, January 1963. Each issue with 12 PP. A total of 48 PP with b/w illustrations (cartoons and photos). Near fine. 26.5 x 21.5.

67357
P&O - ORIENT LINE
PASSENGER LIST - S.S. ORCADES: Bombay to the United Kingdom, July 1964
$10.00 AUD

P&O - Orient Lines. On board. 1964. 12 pages Captain E. V. Harris. Soft covers with light wear. Contents fine. Small format: 18.5 x 12.2.

Leaving Bombay 11th July 1964 for the United Kingdom.

67358
P&O - ORIENT LINE
PASSENGER LIST - S.S. ORSOVA: North America Pacific Seaboard for Southampton via Panama Canal, 1962
$10.00 AUD

P&O - Orient Lines. San Francisco. 1962. 8 pages Captain R. J. Craddock. Soft cover. Fine. Small Format: 18.5 x 12.2.

Leaving Vancouver 27 April, San Francisco 1st May and Los Angeles (Long Beach) 2nd of May 1962 for Southampton via the Panama Canal

48575
PACIFIC
KON-TIKI MUSEET / THE KON-TIKI MUSEUM
$15.00 AUD

Kon-Tiki Muséet. Oslo. 1983. 1st Ed. 24 PP with 1 plan, 3 maps, 3 b/w and 32 colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Norwegian and English text. Fine. 21 x 14.7. 8271820591

67298
PADFIELD, Peter
THE GREAT NAVAL RACE: Anglo-German Naval Rivalry 1900-1914
$10.00 AUD

Hart-Davis. London. 1974. 1st Ed. 382 PP plus 12 pages with 20 b/w illust. Hard cover. Slight ageing of paper and stains on front outside edge (not affecting the text). Good. 22.2 x 14.2. 024610578X

Deadly competition in dreadnought battleships between Great Britain and Imperial Germany, fueled by Kaiser Wilhelm II and his dreams of imperial destiny.

51507
PAUL, Philip
CITY VOYAGE. The Story of Erlebach & Company, Limited 1867-1967
$30.00 AUD

Harley Publishing Company. Morden, Surrey. 1967. 1st Ed., with an introduction by Donald E. Erlebach. 84 PP printed on superior glossy paper, with b/w illustrations (drawings, portraits, photos). Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover. A fine copy. 21.5 x 14.5.

49879
PEARSON, Capt. A.
TONNAGE MEASUREMENT
$10.00 AUD

IAPH / International Association of Ports and Harbors Melbourne. 1969. 1st Ed. 12 PP with 2 figures, plus a 2 pages Resolution concerning tonnage measurement loosely inserted. Soft cover. Near fine. 24.5 x 17.8.

Paper presented on behalf of I.M.C.O., at the Sixth Biennial I.A.P.H. Conference, Melbourne, March 1969 - Nautical Adviser, Dept of Shipping and Transport of the Australian Government.

51657
PEARSON, Michael
GREAT SOUTHERN LAND: The Maritime Exploration of Terra Australis
$30.00 AUD

The Australian Government Department of the Environment and Heritage. Canberra. 2005. 1st Ed. Foreword by Senator the Hon. Ian Campbell, Minister for the Environment and Heritage. IV, 155 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial boards, dj. Fine. 30.5 x 21.5. 0642551855

56969
PELLY, David
THE ILLUSTRATED ENCYCLOPEDIA OF WORLD SAILING
$15.00 AUD

Golden Press. Sydney. 1989. 1st Ed. 256 PP with b/w & colour illust. throughout. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 30 x 22. 0863078982

67051
PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY
SHIP MENUS (12) - FLOWERS OF AUSTRALIA
$45.00 AUD

Peninsular and Orient Line. 11 menus (9 blank, 2 pre-printed and one printed) in a series of 12 paintings by Strom Gould, published by P&O. Front: Flowers. Back: description. A little light soiling/foxing on a few menus but not affecting the artwork. Near fine. 21.5 x 14.5.

No. 1: Golden Everlasting Daisy, Native Rose and a butterfly. No. 2: 8 flowers from West Australia. No. 3: 9 flowers. No.4: 8 flowers. No. 5: Illawarra Flame Tree & Lace Bark. No. 6: 3 flowers and a Christmas Beetle. No. 7: 9 flowers. No. 8: 7 flowers and a cicada. No. 9: Illyarrie, Waratah and Wattles. No. 10: Darwinia, Geraldton wax flower and butterfly. No. 11: 8 flowers. No. 12: Kangaroo Paws.

16919
PERRIN, W. G. (editor)
BOTELER'S DIALOGUES
$20.00 AUD

Navy Records Society. London. 1929. 1st Ed. Publication of the Navy Records Society, Volume LXV. XXXIX, 341, 7 (publications of N.R.S.) PP with 1 facsimile page of A Dialogical Discourse Concerning Marine Affaires. Buckram cover, gilt device on front cover and gilt title on spine. Spine a little faded, occasional foxing. Very good. 24.2 x 15.5.

An insight into naval affairs in the reign of Charles I, represented as six dialogues or discourses: Commanders-in-Chief, Common Mariner, Victualling, Sea Terms & Signals,...

55827
PIETRI, J.B.
VOILIERS D'INDOCHINE
$500.00 AUD

Société des Imprimeries et Librairies Indochinoises. Saigon. 1949. Reprint of the 1943 original edition. (8), 130, (1) PP, plus 144 pages with 1 map Côtes de l'Indochine, 1 colour plate (with 6 figures), and 70 duo tone plates (7 plates with 53 silhouettes, 23 plates with 77 figures, and 40 plates with drawings of sailing ships and details). All illustrations by the author. Card cover, dust jacket with repaired tears. Name of previous owner on front endpaper. French text. Near fine copy of a rare book. Large format: 36.6 x 27.4.

First comprehensive study of the sailing vessels of the coasts of the Indochina Peninsula: Cambodia, Cochinchina, Annam, Tonkin, and Koupang de Fort-Bayard or Kouang-Tchéou-Wan (French enclave on Hainan peninsula). Beautiful illustrations.

46706
PONS, Xavier
L'AUSTRALIE, entre Occident et Orient
$40.00 AUD

La Documentation Française. Paris. 2000. 1st Ed. 133, (3) PP with 1 map, 1 organigram (Australian Government) and 3 tables. Soft cover. Fine. French text. 24 x 16. 2110045426

Australia at the turn of the millenium.

66370
POSTER
SHIPWRECKS: A Fragile Link with the Past -
$5.00 AUD

Department of the Arts, Sport, the Environment and Territories & Department of Planning. Canberra & Sydney. c. 1994. Poster: S.S. Bombo, coastal trader (50 Tons, 154'), wrecked Port Kembla Harbour Entrance. Colour photo by John Fowden (Winner of the 1992 Shipwreck NSW Amateur Photographic Competition). Fine. Large oblong format: 47 x 67.

S.S. Bombo, off Port Kembla.

49828
POWLEY, Edward B.
THE ENGLISH NAVY IN THE REVOLUTION OF 1688
$35.00 AUD

Cambridge University Press. Cambridge. 1928. 1st Ed., with a foreword by Admiral of the Fleet The Earl Jellicoe. XII, 188 PP with 2 tables, plus 1 large folded chart at end of book. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine. Light foxing on prelims and last pages, and around outside page edges, o/wise a fine copy. Scarce. 22.5 x 14.5.

67153
PROUT, Geoffrey
BROWN'S POCKET-BOOK FOR YACHTSMEN
$20.00 AUD

Brown, Son & Ferguson. Glasgow. 1965. 4th edition of the 1933 original. 185 PP with 58 figures, plus 6 pages of colour illust., (2 of them with flags). Hard cover, slightly rubbed dust jacket.o/wise near fine. 18.7 x 12.

P. 147 to 185: glossary of Sea-Terms.

54202
RAHS
JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY - Vol. 53, Part 2, June 1967
$10.00 AUD

Royal Australian Historical Society. Sydney. 1967. Edited by K. J. Cable, Hazel King & D. S. MacMillan. 101-170 PP , plus 6 b/w plates. Soft cover, staples. Fine. 22.5 x 14.7.

Part 2: Henry Lawson: the middle years, 1893-1896, by Colin Roderick. David Buchanan: chartist, radical, republican, by R. B. Walker...

54203
RAHS
JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY - Vol. 53, Part 3, September 1967
$10.00 AUD

Royal Australian Historical Society. Sydney. 1967. Edited by K. J. Cable, Hazel King & D. S. Macmillan. 173-276 PP , plus 3 b/w plates. Soft cover, staples. Fine. 22.5 x 14.7.

Part 3: Barron Field: his association with New South Wales, by K. G. Allars. Archibald Clunes Innes, by Frank O'Grady...

54204
RAHS
JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY - Vol. 54, Part 1, March 1968
$10.00 AUD

Royal Australian Historical Society. Sydney. 1968. Edited by K. J. Cable, Hazel King & D. S. MacMillan. 112 PP , plus 6 b/w plates. Soft cover, staples. Fine. 22.5 x 14.7.

Part 1: The British Naval Officer and the Australian Colonies, by Philip M. Cowburn. Solomon Levey, from convict to Merchant Prince (part II), by George F. J. Bergman...

54206
RAHS
JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY - Vol. 55, Part 3, September 1969
$10.00 AUD

Royal Australian Historical Society. Sydney. 1969. Edited by Brian Fletcher & Hazel King. 205-308 PP, plus 2 b/w plates. Soft cover, staples. Fine. 22 x 14.5.

Part 3: The earlier years of the University of Sydney Library, by Harrison Bryan. Robertt Hickson: civil engineer (1842-1921), by James M. Antill.

56137
REDOR, Florence
LE DOCTEUR NEL, CHIRURGIEN-BALEINIER DE L' ALBATROS, Le Havre (1837-1840)
$300.00 AUD

Author & Université de Nantes. Nantes. 1980. Thesis. (2 pages of an 1843 letter (copy) given to the author by M. du Pasquier), (10), 265 PP, (1) printed on recto only, with 4 graphs, tables and 2 maps. Bound in green cloth, gilt title on spine. Loosely inserted: signed manuscript letter from the author to Honore Forster, Australian Historian (Whaling Specialist). French text. Fine. 30 x 21.

Thesis for her Ph.D. in Medicine, held Nantes, 4th April 1980. Chapter I: General History of Whaling. Chapter II: Whaling from the port of le Havre, and doctors or surgeons on French whaling ships. Chapter III (pages 153 to 257): Voyage of the whaling ship Albatros by Jean-Baptiste Généreux Nel, M. D. - Sailed from le Havre on 16 October 1837, Cape Horn, Valdivia (Chile) 24 January 1838, Honolulu (April 1838 then July / August 1838).. Bay of Islands February 1839... Tahiti 30 June 1839... Rio de Janeiro, February 1840. Return to le Havre 18 April 1840.

56135
RICHARDS, Rhys
SOUTHERN RIGHT WHALES: a reassessment of their former distribution and migration routes in New Zealand waters, including on the Kermadec grounds (in Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand)
$15.00 AUD

Royal Society of New Zealand. Wellington. 2002. Extract from Volume 32, No. 3, September 2002. 355-377 PP with 2 maps. Soft cover. Fine. 24.5 x 17.8.

62252
RICHARDSON, Brian W.
LONGITUDE AND EMPIRE: How Captain Cook's Voyages Changed the World
$40.00 AUD

University of British Columbia Press. Vancouver, B.C. 2005. 1st paperback edition. XVI, 240 PP with 30 b/w illustrations. Pictorial card cover. Bookplate of previous owner inside front cover. Near fine. 22.8 x 15.2. 0774811900

"Fascinating account offering a new understanding of Captain Cook's voyages and how they affected the European world view" (review comments).

31031
RIDGWAY, John & BLYTH, Chay
A FIGHTING CHANCE
$5.00 AUD

Paul Hamlyn. London. 1966. 1st Ed. 255 PP with 13 pages of the log (facsimile), plus 16 pages with 24 b/w photos. Eps: Map of the North Atlantic with the Voyage of English Rose III. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Foxing spots on outside edges. Very good. 20.3 x 13.2.

Rowing the Atlantic in 92 days (Cape Cod, 4th June 1966 to Aran Isles, 3rd September 1966) by Captain John Ridgway and Sergeant Chay Blyth.

66630
ROSENFELD, Stanley
A CENTURY UNDER SAIL - Selected Photographs by Morris Rosenfeld and Stanley Rosenfeld, Legendary Photographers of the America's Cup races
$40.00 AUD

Mystic, Ct. 2001. Mystic Seaport Museum. 1st printing in May 2001 of the updated edition of 1988. Foreword by Emil "Bus" Mosbacher. XII, 287 PP with over 200 b/w photographs. Hard cover, title in blind on front board and spine, dj. Spine of dust jacket lightly suinned. Fine. 31 x 25.5. 0939510715

An updated edition of the 1984 original including the trials and races for the 1987 America's Cup.

22730
SANKEY, Raymond
BARROW & MORECAMBE BAY
$15.00 AUD

Silver Link Publishing. Carnforth, UK. 1991. 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 21. 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.

36628
SCARR, Deryck
THE MAJESTY OF COLOUR: A Life of Sir John Bates Thurston - Volume One: I, The Very Bayonet
$25.00 AUD

Australian National University Press. Canberra. 1973. 1st Ed. XXX, 370 PP with 3 maps, plus 8 pages with 18 b/w photos. Fp: Portrait of Na Kena Vai. Cloth cover, device on front cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Dust jacket lightly rubbed, o/wise near fine. 24.1 x 15.5. 0708107044

Rose to the position of Governor of Fiji, and High Commissioner of the Western Pacific. In 1849, went at sea as a 13 year-old apprentice on a barque from Liverpool shipowner J.J. Melhuish... Shipwrecked on Rotuma Island in 1865...

41485
SEXTON, Rae
BEFORE THE WIND - Tracing the impact on a small community and shipping company by the shipwreck in 1888 of the Star of Greece
$20.00 AUD

Australasian Maritime Historical Society. Adelaide. 1982. 1st edition numbered and signed. X, 110 PP with 1 map, 17 b/w photos and drawings. Fp: Construction plans & rigging plans of the Star of Greece. Eps: Sketches showing the total wreck of the Star of Greece. Hard cover, illustrated front. Copy No. 197 with signature of the author on verso of title page. Few foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 21 x 13.8. 0959944834

Shipwrecked off Willunga, South Australia, on Friday the 13th of July, 1888.

67140
SHARP, Donald B., WARBURTON III, Barclay H., STANFORD, Peter ...
TALL SHIPS PACIFIC - The Official Souvenir Book and Program
$20.00 AUD

American Sail Training Association. Newport, Rhode Island. 1978. 1st Ed. 80 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 27.3 x 21.7.

Pages 4 to 19: Captain Cook - A Modest, Methodical , Remarkable Man, by Donald. B. Sharp. Pages 20 to 29: Sail Training and the Tall Ships races, by Barclay H. Warburton. Three centuries of Sailing Ships, by Michael Levitt.

11573
SHAW, George A.
MADAGASCAR AND FRANCE, With Some Accounts of the Island, its People, its Resources and Development
$20.00 AUD

Religious Tract Society. London. 1885. 1st Ed. 320 PP plus 1 folded map and 15 full-page plates. Rebacked copy retaining original gilt-decorated cloth cover, spine faded & little worn on corners. Frontispiece & half-title page missing, o/wise very good. 20.2 x 14.3.

From initial settlement, discovery, tentative settlement and war with France. Geography, flora, fauna...

39430
SHEPHARD, Allan
A COMPENDIUM OF AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE STATISTICS
$15.00 AUD

Australian Defence Studies Centre. Canberra. 1995. 1st Ed. (2), VI, 89 PP with 6 tables and 2 graphs. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 25 x 17.5. 0731703200

Regional perspectives for ASEAN countries (Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Thailand and Philippines).

66510
SINCLAIR, Cecil
TRACING YOUR SCOTTISH ANCESTORS
$20.00 AUD

HMSO. Edinburgh. 1991. Reprint of the 1990 original. X, 154 PP with 22 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft covers. Fine. 24.6 x 15.5. 0114941181

A Guide to Ancestry Research in the Scottish Record Office.

73698
SMYTH, Admiral W. H
SAILOR'S WORD-BOOK, An alphabetical digest of Nautical Terms
$20.00 AUD

Conway Maritime Press. London. 2005. 1st soft cover edition. VI, 744 PP with 1 medallion of the author on the top of the Introduction page. Soft covers with light wear. Faint foxing, o/wise very good. 22.8 x 14. 0851779727

A digest of sea terms and phrases: from "A", The highest class of the excellence of merchant ships on Lloyd's books, to "ZUMBRA", A Spanish skiff or yawl. This digest was revised by Vice Admiral, Sir E. Belcher.

62121
SOMERVILLE, Rear Admiral Boyle T. & WOODHOUSE, Commander A. F. B.
OCEAN PASSAGES FOR THE WORLD
$80.00 AUD

Admiralty / Hydrographic Department. London. 1957. November 1957 reprint of the 1950 edition (based on the 1898 original, revised by Commander Woodhouse). 368 PP with 10 b/w figures, plus 8 folded charts in the pocket at the end. Supplement No. 1 - 1953 (24 PP), loosely inserted. Cloth cover, gilt device and title on front cover. Covers faded and rubbed, lettering sunned. Image shows the Title-Page. Name of previous owner on front endpaper. Slight ageing of paper and occasional foxing. Very good. Scarce. 34 x 21.

Contents include: Oceanic Winds and Weather, Ice, and Currents, Steamship Routes: Atlantic, Mediterranean and Black Seas, Red Sea,, Indian Ocean, and Persian Gulf, Pacific Ocean, Sailing Ship Routes, Notes and Cautions ...

18433
SPECTRE, Peter H. & LARKIN, David
A GOODLY SHIP - The building of the Susan Constant
$10.00 AUD

Houghton Mifflin. Boston. 1992. 1st Ed. 96 PP with 1 headpiece, and col. photos throughout. Half title and title spread: Views of the wooden model of the Susan Constant. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 30.4 x 21.8. 039557322X

The story of the ship that brought the settlers to Jamestown, Virginia. Revisiting history and the art of wooden shipbuilding.

40530
SPRATT, H. Philip
TRANSATLANTIC PADDLE STEAMERS
$15.00 AUD

Brown, Son & Ferguson. Glasgow. 1967. 2nd edition of the 1951 original. 92 PP, plus 6 large folded tables and 9 b/w plates. Fp: P.S. Savannah (1818). Blue cloth cover, gilt device on front cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price-clipped). Neat stamp of previous owner on inside front cover. Near fine. 22 x 14.5.

Their history from the Savannah built in 1818 to the Great Eastern (1858) and the last of this breed, the Scotia (1861).

67416
STEAMSHIP HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA
STEAMBOAT BILL - Volume XXXI, issues 129, 130, 131 & 132 - 1974
$30.00 AUD

Steamship Historical Society of America. New York. 1974. Volume 31, No. 1, issue 129, Spring 1974, to No. 4, Issue132, Winter 1974, plus title page and table of contents for Volume XXXI. Edited by Peter T. Eisele. 256 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft covers. Very good. 28 x 21.5.

No. 129: ... The Four Stackers by Jack Shaum ... No. 130: The Normandie -Triumph to Tragedy, by George Prince. ... No. 131: S.S. Caribia, by Lt. Dale R. Wilkinson.

67417
STEAMSHIP HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA
STEAMBOAT BILL - Volume XXXII, issues 133, 134, 135 & 136 - 1975
$30.00 AUD

Steamship Historical Society of America. New York. 1975. Volume 32, No. 1, issue 133, Spring 1975, to No. 4, Issue136, Winter 1975, plus page "Table of Contents" for Volume XXXII. Edited by Peter T. Eisele. 256 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft covers. Very good. 28 x 21.5.

No. 133: ... New Old Bay Liners, by Jack Shaum. ... No. 133 & 134: Mariposa / Homeric, by William J. Green. No. 135: The end of an Australian Era, by Peter Plowman. ... No. 136: Canadian Pacific's Triangle Service 1904-1974, by W. Kaye Lamb.

67418
STEAMSHIP HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA
STEAMBOAT BILL - Volume XXXIII, issues 137, 138, 139 & 140 - 1976
$30.00 AUD

Steamship Historical Society of America. New York. 1976. Volume 33, No. 1, issue 137, Spring 1976, to No. 4, Issue140, Winter 1976, plus Title Page and "Table of Contents" page for Volume XXXIII. Edited by Peter T. Eisele. 256 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft covers. Very good. 28 x 21.5.

No. 137: ... Pictorial tribute to Union-Castle Line. No. 138: South Steyne - the Ultimate Manly Steamer, by Bruce R.J. Miller. French Line's 110 years on the North Atlantic, by Malcolm Graeme Riddle. No. 139: S.S. Universe - Orient Overseas Line, by Don Persson. No. 140: Cunard Adds a Countess by Peter T. Eisele.

67419
STEAMSHIP HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA
STEAMBOAT BILL - Volume XXXIV, issues 141, 142, 143 & 144 - 1977
$30.00 AUD

Steamship Historical Society of America.New York. 1977. Volume 34, No. 1, issue 141, Spring 1977 to No. 4, Issue144, Winter 1977, plus Title Page and "Table of Contents" page for Volume XXXIV. Edited by Peter T. Eisele. 256 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft covers. Very good. 28 x 21.5.

No. 141: Swedish American Line, 1915-1975, by Allan Jordan. No. 142: Nelly to a Queen - Greek Line, by Peter T. Eisele. No. 143: A voyage on Dwarka (B.I. Line), Kuwait to Karachi, by James L. Shaw. No. 144: Sailing the Rhine with the K-D Line, by Alexander Crosby Brown. ... M.V. Felix Roussel / Arosa Sun, by Michael Von Kirvan-Pichette.

38562
STEPHEN, Ann (editor)
VISIONS OF A REPUBLIC - The Work of Lucien Henry - Paris * Nouméa * Sydney
$20.00 AUD

Powerhouse Publishing. Sydney. 2001. 1st Ed. 240 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Fp: Dedication plate, 1890. Hard cover, dj. Dedicatory note signed by the editor. Fine. 30.3 x 24. 1863170847

The work of a French - Australian artist, Lucien Henry. Born in France. Member of the 1871 uprising La Commune de Paris. Deported to New Caledonia as a Communard (communist) up to the 1879 amnesty to political deportees. Artist in Australia...

18240
STERNBERG, Jacques
PORTS EN EAUX-FORTES. Les Ports du Monde Vus par les Graveurs au 19ème Siècle
$15.00 AUD

Editions Maritimes & d'Outre-Mer. Paris. 1981. 1st Ed. 233 PP with b/w etchings throughout the book. Eps: Mappemonde. Pictorial laminated boards. Foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. French text. 28.2 x 21.

Etchings of the harbours of the world, as seen by the 19th Century engravers: Le Havre, London, New York, Melbourne.

56276
STEWART, A. J.
MERCHANT SHIPS: WORLD BUILT, Vessels of 1000 tons gross and over completed in 1963 - Volume XII
$20.00 AUD

Adlard Coles & John de Graff. London & New York. 1964. 1st Ed., Volume XII, 1964. 176 PP with 1 graph, tables & bw illust. (photos & plans). Fp: Forcados, 8,150 tons d.w. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj (Montreal City). Faint foxing. Near fine. Oblong: 15 x 23.

64224
STEWART, W. W.
PRINT - Former "ARAWA"
$10.00 AUD

Weekly News. Auckland. c. 1970. Reprint of a painting in the "Famous New Zealand Steam and Motor Ships" series by W. W. Stewart, published by the New Zealand Weekly News. Frameable print of the 1884 Arawa. Near fine. Oblong: 29 x 38.

Built 1884 for the Shaw Savill Line, their first steam ship ...

64226
STEWART, W. W.
PRINT - A Warm Favourite "MONOWAI" (2)
$10.00 AUD

Weekly News. Auckland. c. 1970. Reprint of a painting in the "Famous New Zealand Steam and Motor Ships" series by W. W. Stewart, published by the New Zealand Weekly News. Frameable print of the Monowai (2). Near fine. Oblong: 29 x 38.

Built 1925 for the P&0 Line as the RAZNAK. Purchased by Union Steam Ship Co. and renamed Monowai, in 1930... Armed Merchant Cruiser in 1944 ...

56068
TAYLOR, A. Carey, WINKS, Robin W. & KUGLER, Richard C.
THE OPENING OF THE PACIFIC, Image and Reality - Maritime Monographs and Reports No 2
$25.00 AUD

National Maritime Museum. London. 1971. Foreword by Basil Greenhill. 28 PP, plus 1 map on double page at centerfold. Pictorial soft cover. Note to Honore Forster, Australian Historian (Whaling Specialist) at top of front cover, o/wise near fine. 29.5 x 20.8.

3 papers read at a symposium held at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich on 7th November 1970: Charles de Brosses, the man behind Cook - Getting to know the beau sauvage - The penetration of the Pacific by American whalemen in the 19th century.

44286
TAYLOR, Roger C.
THE ELEMENTS OF SEAMANSHIP
$5.00 AUD

International Marine Publishing. Camden, Maine. 1982. 1st Ed. (8), 119 PP with tailpieces and figures, and 5 drawings by Allen Beechel. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Old tape marks on covers, o/wise fine. 22.2 x 14.5. 0877421536

11429
TERRAINE, John
TRAFALGAR
$15.00 AUD

Sidgwick & Jackson. London. 1976. 1st Ed. 205, (3 index), (1 source) PP with many b/w illustrations (plans, maps, paintings, ..) and 18 colour plates. Half-title page: Facsimile of the London Gazette, Nov. 6, 1805, on the Victory at Trafalgar. Title spread: The Redoutable at Trafalgar. FEP: Map of West Indies and Mediterranean Sea. REP: Position of the combined forces of France and Spain. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Dust jacket with piece missing at head of sine. Newspaper clippings loosely inserted. Very good. 25.5 x 19. 0283982365

England's war at sea against Napoleon, culminating with his defeat at Trafalgar.

59197
THEIN, Captain K. M.
ILLUSTRATED CHART OF THE COLLISION RULES
$5.00 AUD

Kandy Publications Ltd. Sevenoaks, Kent. c. 1970. Folded charts with the 31 rules (of the day) illustrated in b/w and colour. Occasional foxing spots. Very good. Poster size: 70 x 52. Folded format: 17.5 x 10.5. 853090602

32912
TITANIC
TITANIC: The Official Story April 14-15, 1912
$20.00 AUD

Random House. New York. 1997. 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.

36749
UPTON, Joe
JOURNEYS THROUGH THE INSIDE PASSAGE - Seafaring Adventures along the Coast of British Columbia and Alaska
$10.00 AUD

Alaska Northwest Books. Anchorage. 1994. 3rd printing of the 1992 original. 189, (3) PP with 7 maps and 33 b/w photos. Pictorial card cover. Near fine. 22.7 x 15.2. 0882403664

67142
USN
Commissioning of United States Ship SIMON LAKE (AS-33)
$25.00 AUD

Puget Sound Naval Shipyard / Department of the Navy. Bremerton, Washington State / Washington, D. C.. 1964. 1st edition, November 1964. Messages from: The Honourable Paul Nitze, Secretary of the Navy - Admiral David L. McDonald, Chief of Naval Operations - Rear Admiral Eugene B. Fluckey, Commander Submarine Force, US Pacific Fleet. 48 PP with b/w illustrations (1 drawing, 19 photos and 66 portraits). Centrefold program of the Commissioning Ceremonies, 7 November 1964. Pictorial soft cover, staples removed, o/wise near fine. 20.4 x 13.3.

USS Simon Lake (AS-33): A Polaris Submarine Tender.

31601
VAN SINDEREN, Adrian
A VOYAGE THROUGH THE AZURE SEAS
$10.00 AUD

Privately printed by Yale University Press. New York. 1958. Limited edition to 725 copies. 170, (2) PP with 150 b/w and colour illust., plus large folded map of the Mediterranean Sea in pocket at back of book. Cloth cover, gilt map on front cover, gilt title on spine, plain slipcase. Faint foxing. Near fine. 26 x 17.5..

Voyage covering all the shores of the Mediterranean Sea.

22417
VERNEY, Peter
ANIMALS IN PERIL, Man's War Against Wildlife
$10.00 AUD

Brigham Young University Press. Prove, Utah, USA. 1979. 1st US Ed. 186 PP with bw illust. Title spread: Tiger drive. Eps. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 25.2 x 19.5. 0842517146

The Great Whale hunt...

66773
VETTER, Richard (editor)
ECONOMIC BENEFITS FROM OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH - A special report of the Committee on Oceanography - No.1228
$15.00 AUD

National Academy of Sciences - National Research Council. Washington, D.C. 1964. Publication No. 1228. Foreword by Milner B. Schaefer. (VIII), 50 PP with 3 tables. Illustrated soft covers. Front cover has some small patches of insect damage and traces of rust, o/wise very good. 24.7 x 17.5.

67300
WALKER, Bryce (editor)
THE ARMADA
$15.00 AUD

Caxton Publishing Group / Time-Life Books. London. 2004. 1st Caxton edition of the 1981 original, in The Seafarers series. 176 PP with b/w and colour illust. Title page: Medal struck in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. Eps: map of the Channel. Laminated pictorial boards, dj. Fine. 28.7 x 24. 9781844471119

60968
WANE, Greg
AGROUND IN THE RIP - The Wreck of the SS Time at Port Phillip Heads
$25.00 AUD

Author / Two Dogs Books - Boutique Publishers. Wallington, Vic. 2010. 1st Ed. IX, 10- 96 PP with 1 map and inset, plus 16 pages with 37 b/w photos. Title page: SS Time leaving Melbourne in 1948. Pictorial soft cover. Signed by the author on title page. Fine. 23 x 15.4. 978098066315

67173
WANE, Greg
WRECKED ON BRUNY ISLAND - Three of Tasmania's finest ships were lost at Adventure Bay in 1909 during two weeks of fierce storms
$25.00 AUD

Author / Two Dogs Books - Boutique Publishers. Wallington, Vic. 2010. 1st Ed. VIII, 9-88 PP with 1 engraving, 1 map, 4 charts, 3 portraits and 20 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Signed by the author on title page. Fine. 23 x 15.4. 978098066322

Wooden ketch "Priscilla" and steamer S.S. "Sea Bird": 12th June 1909. Barque "Natal Queen": 24th June 1909.

66626
WARD, Captain A. R. (compiler)
THE CHRONICLES OF THE ROYAL THAMES YACHT CLUB
$20.00 AUD

Fernhurst Books. Arundel, West Sussex. 1999. 1st Ed. Foreword by H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh. 270 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Hard cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dust jacket. A fine copy. 31 x 23. 189866062X

19340
WARNER, Oliver
NELSON
$10.00 AUD

Weidenfeld & Nicolson / Book Club Associates. London. 1975. 1st Ed., in the Great Lives series. 231 PP with 100 b/w & 16 colour plates. Fp: Nelson by Leonardo Guzzardi. Eps: The Victory rakes the Spanish at Trafalgar. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Occasional foxing. Very good. 25.5 x 18.

52106
WARNER, Oliver
NELSON AND THE AGE OF FIGHTING SAIL
$10.00 AUD

Cassell. London. 1963. 1st Ed. No. 3 in the Cassell Caravel Books series, in consultation with Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz. 153 PP with b/w & colour illustratrions. Eps: Painting depicting five ships on which Nelson served. Hard cover, iIlustrated front and back covers. Covers slightly rubbed. Occasional foxing. Prize plate on front endpaper. Very good. 26 x 18.2.

46231
WARWICK, Ronald W. & FLAYHART III, William H.
QE2
$15.00 AUD

W.W. Norton. New York & London. 1985. 1st Ed. 176 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Eps: 10 QE2 Deck Plans. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Light shelf wear, dust jacket with a few rubs, o/wise fine. 26 x 22. 0393018857

Background on Cunard Line, and history of the Queen Elizabeth 2: construction, launching, maiden voyage... refitting after her return from the Falklands conflict.

52744
WATT, Vice-Admiral James, MILTON-THOMPSON, G.J. & DAVIES, D.M.
PROBLEMS OF MEDICINE AT SEA - Maritime Monographs and Reports No. 12
$20.00 AUD

National Maritime Museum. London. 1974. Introduction by Basil Greenhill. 35 PP with 3 tables and 16 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 30.7 x 21.

3 papers read at a 1973 symposium. The burns of sea battle. The changing character of the sailor's diet and its influence on disease. The environment of the nuclear submarine.

67056
WEBB, Arthur F. (artist)
BRISBANE'S HISTORIC BUILDINGS
$25.00 AUD

A. F. Webb. Brisbane. 1980. Folder containg 9 colour illustrated cards (with mailing envelope) of these historic buildings. 8 painted in 1980, and 1 in 1985. Near fine condition. 22.2 x 16.

8: Custom House - Bellevue Hotel - Newstead House - Wolston House - The Queensland Club - St. Martins Hospital - The Mansions - Tower Hill. 1: Queensland Museum Public Display Galleries (closed 3rd November 1985).

38865
WHEELER, Keith
THE ROAD TO TOKYO
$15.00 AUD

Time-Life Books. Alexandria, Virginia. 1979. 1st printing, in the World War II series. 208 PP with 6 maps, 1 plan of a plane (in colour), 1 colour painting and 148 b/w photos. Half title page: Invading Iwo Jima. Pictorial boards. Very good. 28.8 x 24.

Iwo Jima. Okinawa...

44827
WHITING, Roger
THE ENTERPRISE OF ENGLAND - The Spanish Armada
$10.00 AUD

Alan Sutton. London. 1988. 1st Ed. 248 PP with 97 b/w illustrations (maps, engravings, playing cards). Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 25.2 x 17.5. 0862994764

35483
WILLIAMSON, Kristin
THE LAST BASTION
$10.00 AUD

Lansdowne. Sydney. 1984. 1st Ed. 264 PP with b/w illust. (cartoons, facsimile of newspapers, photos). Hard cover, dj. Fine. 25.5 x 18.7. 0701818476

We are the last bastion between the Japanese and the west coast of America (Australian Prime Minister John Curtin).

53995
WILLS, Juliet & van VELZEN, Marianne
THE DIAMOND DAKOTA MYSTERY
$15.00 AUD

Allen & Uwin. Sydney. 2006. 3rd printing. XVIII, 222 PP with 1 location map and 1 map, plus 8 pages with 20 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 14. 9781741147452

67235
WILSON, Andrew
OLD SEA DOGS OF TASMANIA
$85.00 AUD

Paul County / Sunny South Publishing. Hobart. 2013. 1st Ed. 240 PP with 1 coloured postcard and b/w photos. Pictorial hard covers, title on front board and spine, ribbon page-marker. Signed by the author on page 3. Fine. 26.7 x 22. 9780980635508

41912
WILSON, J. Havelock
MY STORMY VOYAGE THROUGH LIFE - Vol. I
$20.00 AUD

Co-operative Printing Society. London. 1925. 1st Ed., with a foreword by Sir Walter Runciman. (8), 288 PP, plus 21 plates on the 23 called for. Fp: Mr. and Mrs. Wilson with floral tributes. Cloth cover (some edges lightly rubbed), gilt title on front cover and spine. Stamp of previous owner on front endpaper. Lacks plates facing pages 128 (outward bound) and 240 (the sailing ship "Min'y'don). Spine a little shaken and lightly sunned with wear at head and foot. Ageing of paper, o/wise very good. 21.6 x 14.3.

Early years at sea... Formation of the National Union of Seamen... Member of Parliament in 1893.

21232
WILSON, John
THE CRUISE OF THE GIPSY, The Journal of John Wilson, Surgeon on a Whaling Voyage to the Pacific Ocean 1839-1843
$45.00 AUD

Ye Galleon Press. Fairfield, Wa., USA. 1991. 1st edition with introduction and notes by Dr. Honore Forster. XXXII, 404 PP, plus 24 pages with 8 maps & 16 illustrations. Coloured frontispiece: Scene at Agana, Guam in 1840. Eps: Whaling scene. Hard cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Occasional foxing, o/wise fine. 31 x 23. 0877704880

Detailed and meticulous account of a whaling cruise by a British whaling ship.

34555
WINDJAMMERS
TALL SHIPS AND AUSTRALIA DAY
$25.00 AUD

Telecom Australia. Sydney. 1988. 1st Ed. No pagination, 50 PP with 24 colour plates. Pictorial soft cover, spiral bound. Covers with light wear, o/wise near fine. Oblong: 28.8 x 30.6.

Pictorial souvenir of the 1988 historic bicentennial visit of tall ships to Australian shores.

54767
WINKELMANN (Photos by)
VIEWS OF NEW ZEALAND
$120.00 AUD

Wildman & Arey. Auckland. c. 1920. Album with 18 pages with 18 sepia plates by Winkelmann, tipped in and 9 tissue sheets . Soft covers with light shelf wear, front cover with gilt title and a circular photo vignette, ties with tassel. Near fine. Oblong: 22.8 x 28.6..

A scarce item.

20933
WINTER, Heinrich
DIE KOLUMBUSSCHIFFE VON 1492
$5.00 AUD

Verlag Delius, Klasing & Co. Bielefeld. 1980. 1st Ed. 67 PP with 36 figures and 12 plates. Title page: model of a ship from Catalogna. Fp: Santa Maria. (This copy lacks the 6 folded plans called for on title page). Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Very good. German text. 24.5 x 17.5. 3768802256

The ship used by Columbus in 1492.

40928
WINTERNITZ, Dr. Judith
AUSTRALIA'S HIDDEN HERITAGE
$15.00 AUD

Office of Multicultural Affairs / AGPS. Canberra. 1990. 1st Ed. XVI, 106 PP with 78 colour photos by John Houldsworth. Stiff cover, dj. Fine. 29.6 x 21. 0644099186

67209
WM. HOWARD SMITH
COASTAL STEAMSHIP "BARRABOOL"
$20.00 AUD

Colour print (frameable) with name of ship on the front, plus details of "Baarrabool" and her services as a coastal passengers steamship then a Coal Hulk on a loose page. Slight foxing/soiling (sellotape mark at top). Near fine. Oblong: 20.8 x 33.5.

Iron Steamship with auxilliary sails, built 1874 at Newcastle-on-Tyne by Palmers & Co. Sailing with Wm Howard Smith between 1874 and 1950.

66216
YOUNG, John M. (Editor)
SHIPPING Today and Yesterday, No. 59 to No. 70 - 1995
$25.00 AUD

HPC Publishing. St Leonards on Sea, Sussex, UK. 1995. Issues Nos. 59 (January 1995) to 70 (December 1995) + Index. 12 issues for 528 PP with b/w and colour illustrations, plus the 4 page "1995 Index". Pictorial soft cover. Each issue with 2 punch holes for ring binder close to the spine. Fine set. 29.8 x 21.

66217
YOUNG, John M. (Editor)
SHIPPING Today and Yesterday, No. 71 to No. 82 - 1996
$25.00 AUD

HPC Publishing. St. Leonards on Sea, Sussex, UK. 1996. Issues Nos. 71 (January 1996) to 82 (December 1996) + Index. 12 issues for 528 PP with b/w and colour illustrations, plus the 4 page "1996 Index". Pictorial soft cover. Each issue with 2 punch holes for ring binder close to the spine. Fine set. 29.8 x 21.

66218
YOUNG, John M. (Editor)
SHIPPING Today and Yesterday, No. 83 to No. 94 - 1997
$20.00 AUD

HPC Publishing. St Leonards on Sea, Sussex, UK. 1997. Issues Nos. 83 (January 1997) to 94 (December 1997). 12 issues for 536 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Each issue with 2 punch holes for ring binder close to the spine. Fine set. 29.8 x 21.