Random House. Auckland. 1995. 1st Ed. 32 PP with 2 maps, 3 plans, 6 b/w and 29 colour illust. Pictorial card cover. Previous owner's name on title-page, o/wise fine. 29.8 x 21. 1869412893
A Collector's Souvenir.
67135 ALLAN, J. K. THEIR IS A CANNAL
$10.00 AUD
Falkirk Museums Publication. Falkirk. c. 1970. 1st Ed. 32 PP with b/w illustrations (engravings, facsimile of documents, 2 plans & 12 photos). Soft cover, pictorial front. Covers a little soiled, o/wise near fine. 21 x 14.7. 0950225053
38793 ALLEN, Thomas B., CLIFTON BERRY, F., & POLMAR, Norman CNN WAR IN THE GULF
$10.00 AUD
Turner Publishing, Inc. Atlanta. 1991. 1st paperback edition. 240 PP with colour illustrations (maps, plans and photos). Pictorial card cover. Fine. 27.5 x 21.5. 1878685015
From the invasion of Kuwait, August 1990, to the Day of Victory, February 1991, and Beyond.
67463 AMALFI, Carmello & The West Australian BRAWL OVER WHO KEEPS RARE COIN / The French First Europeans to Claim Australia (in The West Australian)
$20.00 AUD
Perth. 1998. THe West Australian / The Australian. Articles pulled out from "The West Australian", "The Australian" published in January 1998. 4 pages and other related newspaper clippings with 1 sketch map, 2 colour and 8 b/w photos. Articles pasted down on card paper. Fine. 44 x 31.
Aftermath of the call of Saint Alloüarn, and his "Gros Ventre" at Dirk Hartog Island in April 1772.
45722 AMATEUR YACHT RESEARCH SOCIETY RETIREMENT YACHTS AND POLARS - AYRS Publication No.70
$15.00 AUD
Amateur Yacht Research Society. London. c. 1969. Edited by John Morwood. 109 PP with 40 b/w photos and 30 figures. Illustrated soft cover (Kinnegoe on Lough Erne). Near fine. 22.2 x 14.2.
22601 ANDERSON, Capt. Lindsay A CRUISE IN AN OPIUM CLIPPER
$10.00 AUD
Ibex. Melbourne. 1989. Reprint of the 1891 original. 224 PP with 8 b/w illustrations. Fp: The Eamont, topsail schooner. Hard cover, simile leather, gilt title on front cover and spine. Foxing. Near fine. 19.2 x 13.3.
The author's trip on a topsail schooner between China/Taiwan and Japan, prior to the opening of this latter country to the civilized world.
15888 APPLETON, Thomas E. USQUE AD MARE, A History of the Canadian Coast Guard and Marine Services
$20.00 AUD
Dept. of Transport. Ottawa. 1968. 1st Ed. XIV, 318 PP with 110 b/w illust. in text plus several appendices. Fp: Canadian Coast Guard Ship Relay. FEP: Map of Canada showing the Marine Bases & Northern Operations Routes. REP: Plan & particulars of the triple-screw steam turbo-electric Arctic patrol icebreaker C.C.G.S. Louis S. St.-Laurent. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine (sunned). Gilt device on front cover. Ingleton bookplate on front endpaper. Faint foxing. Very good. 23.5 x 15.5.
38875 AUSTIN, Brigadier M. & CHIN, Colonel D. (Rtd) THE AUSTRALIAN ARMY... A Brief History
$10.00 AUD
Defence Publishing Service. Canberra. 2000. 3rd edition, updated from the 1987 original by the late Brigadier M. Austin. 36 PP with 10 maps in colour, and 88 b/w and colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.6 x 21. 0642952470
66495 AUSTRALIAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 11th Biennal National Conference : CROSSING BOUNDARIES
$30.00 AUD
Australian Historical Association. Brisbane. 2002. June 2002 edition. 28 PP (recto only) and 76 PP (recto and verso). Soft cover, illustrated front, spiral bound. Fine. 29.7 x 21.
Conference held at Brisbane: 3-7 July 2002. Program: 14 pages. Who's Where at the Conference: 9 pages . Abstracts of 190 papers presented: 76 pages.
48969 AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL JUNGLE WARFARE, with The Australian Army in the South-West Pacific
$10.00 AUD
The Australian Military Forces / Australian War Memorial. Canberra. 1944. 1st Ed. Foreword by General Blaney. 208 PP with 6 maps in colour, drawings, 46 b/w photos, 12 b/w and 18 colour plates. Fp (in colour): Through the Rain Forest. Eps : Illustrated. Cloth cover, title on front cover and spine. Covers slightly marked. Ageing of paper and foxing, o/wise very good. 28 x 22.
67556 BEARD, David I CAN SAIL CIRCLES
$15.00 AUD
Author Brisbane. 1994. 1st Ed. 191 PP with drawings, 2 plans, 9 maps, 17 b/w and 16 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Signed by the author on title page. Fine. 21 x 15. 0646206273
In 1990, David became the first person to sail single-handedly, non-stop around Australia (in 68 days).
49880 BEATTIE, D. L. RELATIVE MERITS OF UNITIZED AND CONTAINERIZED CARGOES
$10.00 AUD
IAPH / International Association of Ports and Harbors. Melbourne. 1969. 1st Ed. 28 PP with 1 table, plus 4 folded plates.(appendices B, C, D & E). Soft cover. Near fine. 24.5 x 17.8.
Paper presented at the Sixth Biennial I. A. P. H. Conference, Melbourne, March 1969. Director, National Materials Handling Bureau.
67039 BECHT, Richard SIR PETER BLAKE - 1948-2001 - A Pictorial Salute
$10.00 AUD
Hodder Moa Beckett Publishers Ltd. Auckland. 2001. 1st Ed. Publisher note by Kevin Chapman and Foreword by Helen Clarke, Prime Minister of New Zealand. 48 PP with colour illustrations (12 portraits and 44 photos). Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 29 x 27.5. 1869589157
39842 BERQUE, Jacques FRENCH NORTH AFRICA - The Maghrib Between Two World Wars
$10.00 AUD
Frederick A. Praeger. New York. 1967. 1st US edition translated from the 1962 French original "Le Magrib entre deux guerres" by Jean Stewart. 422 PP with 1 map on double page. Cloth cover, dj. Name of previous owner on front endpaper. Dust jacket is a little foxed with a few small chips, o/wise near fine. 22.2 x 14.5.
Morocco - Algeria - Tunisia.
67132 BLAINEY, Geoffrey SEA OF DANGERS: Captain Cook and his Rivals
$20.00 AUD
Penguin Group. Melbourne. 2010. 1st paperback edition of the 2008 original. XI, 420 PP with 6 maps, plus 16 pages with 10 b/w and 14 colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 23.3 x 15.3. 9780143798521
1768 to 1771: quest of the great Southland by Captain Cook on the Endeavour and Jean de Surville on the St. Jean Baptiste.
42774 BLUM, Mark BENEATH THE SEA IN 3-D
$15.00 AUD
Chronicle Book. San Francisco. 1997. 1st Ed. No pagination, 94 PP with 44 stereoscopic colour plates. 3-D lenses attached inside the front cover. Pictorial laminated boards. Near fine. 23.5 x 16.5. 0811814122
56380 BOLE, A. G., DINELEY, W. O., & NICHOLLS, C. E. THE NAVIGATION CONTROL MANUAL
$20.00 AUD
Heinemann. London. 1987. 1st Ed. X, 306 PP with over 5 tables and over 90 figures. Laminated boards. Name of previous owner on front endpaper and title page, o/wise near fine. 25 x 19. 0434901652
38287 BONNEMAINS, Jacqueline (editor) MON VOYAGE AUX TERRES AUSTRALES - Journal personnel du Commandant Baudin
$140.00 AUD
Imprimerie Nationale. Paris. 2000. 1st Ed. 467, (3) PP with b/w illustrations (2 sketch-plans, 2 maps, 4 charts and 10 facsimile of original manuscript), plus 96 colour plates with 195 illustrations (6 of people, 5 of insects, 5 of animals, 98 on ocean fauna...) many relating to Australia: 3 views, 10 portraits of aborigines and 50 coastal views. Pictorial card cover. French text. Faint foxing on outside edges. Fine. 24 x 16.5. 2743303840
Journal of Nicolas Baudin kept during his voyage of discovery to Australia. Journal starting 7/8 March 1800, prior to the departure from Le Havre. Passports issued by the British Admiralty, Spain, Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark, Prussia, Portugal and USA. Call at Ile de France (Mauritius). West coast of New Holland (Australia), 27 May 1801. Leewin, 20 June 1801. Endracht, 22 July 1801. Kupang (West Timor) 22 August 1801. Sailing for D'Entrecasteaux Channel and Maria Island (Tasmania) on 13 November 1801. Journal ends on 30 December 1801 while closing on the South West corner of Western Australia.
66946 BOWERMASTER, Jon DESCENDING THE DRAGON: My Journey Down the Coast of Vietnam
$10.00 AUD
National Geographic Society. Washington. 2008. 1st Ed. 144 PP with b/w photos, plus 32 pages with 29 colour photos. Photography by Rob Howard. Pictorial stiff covers. Top corner of last 50 page lightly bumped. Near fine. 25.4 x 21 9781426203046
... by kayak.
64237 BRAYNARD, Frank O. PRINT - "GORCH FOCK", Germany ("The Tall Ships", Official Op Sail '76 Portfolio)
$5.00 AUD
Sabine Press / Op Sail. New York. 1976. Frameable sketch of the the Steel barque Gorch Fock. Fine. Oblong format. 28 x 35.5.
Commissioned 1954, by the German Navy.
35816 BRIDGES, R. C. & HAIR P. E. H. (editors) COMPASSING THE VASTE GLOBE OF THE EARTH - Studies in the History of the Hakluyt Society 1846-1996
$15.00 AUD
Hakluyt Society. London. 1996. 1st Ed., No. 183 in the Second Series. XI, 336, (1 erratum) PP with 29 b/w illust. Fp: Captain James Cook. Cloth cover, gilt device on front cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Dust jacket a little rubbed around edges, o/wise a fine copy. 22.3 x 14.5. 0904180441
William Desborough Cooley and the foundation of the Hakluyt Society, by R. C. Bridges. Henry Yule: India and Cathay by, R. J. Bingle... With a complete list of the Society's Publications.
65624 BRUNE, Peter A BASTARD OF A PLACE. The Australians in Papua: Kokoda . Milne Bay . Gona. Buna . Sanananda
$10.00 AUD
Allen & Unwin. Sydney. 2004. 1st paperback edition of the 2003 original.. XII, 691 PP with 37 maps, plus 20 pages with 41 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Corners of front cover with creases. Very good reading copy. 23 x 15.3. 9781741144031
65746 BULBECK, Chilla AUSTRALIAN WOMEN IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Colonial Passages 1920-1960
$30.00 AUD
Cambridge University Press. Melbourne. 1992. 1st Ed. XII, 327 PP with 3 maps, plus 16 pages with 32 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Slight ageing of paper. Name of previous owner on front endpaper. Two names in the biographical notes underlined, o/wise fine. 24.2 x 17.8. 0521412854
16228 BURTON, Robin SAILING THE GREAT RACES
$5.00 AUD
McGraw-Hill. London. 1979. 1st Ed. Foreword by Chay Blyth. 160 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Hard cover, dj (repaired tears). Note at top of front endpaper. Very good. 29.5 x 23. 0070935319
The grain races, the Thames sailing barges, the round-the-world sailing races, round Britain race, America's Cup, the Sydney to Hobart ...
17661 BUSH, Captain Eric Wheler (editor) THE FLOWERS OF THE SEA - An Anthology of Quotations, Poems and Prose
$20.00 AUD
Allen & Unwin. London. 1962. 1st Ed. XXVI, 350 PP. Cloth cover, title on front cover and spine, dj (price-clipped). Discreet stamp of previous owner on front endpaper, o/wise near fine. 24 x 16.
Reference to the sea and life upon it, extracts from all forms of literature including inscriptions, letters, articles and plays.
67136 CAMERON, A. D. Getting to know ... THE CALEDONIAN CANAL
$10.00 AUD
Author. Edinburgh. 1977. 1st Ed. 32 PP with 4 maps (1 at centrefold) and b/w illustrations (1 painting and 27 photos). Pictorial soft covers. Fine. Oblong: 14.8 x 21.
39805 CAMM, F. J. MODEL BOAT BUILDING
$15.00 AUD
George Newnes. London. 1942. 2nd edition of the 1940 original. 144 PP with 151 figures (plans, sketches and b/w photos). Cloth cover. Spine sunned, small (punch) hole close to the lower corner of the first 40 pages and front cover. Name of previous owner on front endpaper. War economy paper. Very good. Scarce. 19 x 12.8.
Contribution to the design, construction and principles of this hobby.
67636 CAMPBELL, P. & A. THE WHITE FUNNEL HANDBOOK - Official Handbook of P. & A. Campbell Ltd.
$40.00 AUD
P. & A. Campbell. Bristol. c. 1930. 1st Ed. 112 PP with advertising material, 15 street plans and b/w illustrations, plus 2 large folded maps in colour "Bristol Channel Services" and "South Coast Services". Pictorial soft covers. Near fine. 19 x 13.
Account of the passenger services of P & A Campbell's White Funnel steamers of the Bristol Channel and the South Coast.
19278 CANBY, Courtlandt A HISTORY OF SHIPS AND SEAFARING
$10.00 AUD
Leisure Arts. London. 1965. 2nd British edition of the 1962 original published by Erik Nitsche in Switzerland. Volume 1 in the New Illustrated Library of Science and Invention. 120 PP with 136 b/w and 33 colour illust. Cloth cover, gilt device on front cover, dj (repaired and protected). Faint foxing. Internally near fine. 26.8 x 17.
An account of the development of ships and their impact on history.
49475 CANNON, Michael THE EXPLORATION OF AUSTRALIA
$15.00 AUD
Readers' Digest. Sydney. 1987. 1st Ed. 304 PP with 77 maps & charts, and 476 b/w or colour illust. (paintings, photos, ...). Pictorial laminated boards. Dust jacket tipped in on endpapers. Ingleton bookplate on front endpaper. Near fine. 29.8 x 21.6. 0864380364
An authoritative reference and a stirring chronicle on the exploration of Australia: from the arrival of the aborigines to the exploration with modern technology.
Ceres Terminals, Inc. Chicago. c. 1980. (10), 64 PP with conversion tables. Stiff covers, spiral bound. Very good. 15.2 x 10.5.
Tables: Metrics - Feet to meters - Grain stowage factors - Stowage factors for meals & pellets - Wheat and soybeans - Corn, rye and flax - Barley - Oats.
30540 CHESNEAU, Roger AIRCRAFT CARRIERS OF THE WORLD, 1914 TO THE PRESENT. An Illustrated Encyclopedia
$25.00 AUD
Arms and Armour Press. London. 1984. 1st Ed. 288 PP with over 400 photos and line drawings. Half title page: Pegasus launching a Beardmore W.B. III. Title spread: Hermes returning from her duties in the South Atlantic, 19 October 1982. Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing, o/wise near fine. 25.4 x 25. 085368636X
45320 CLEWES, Dorothy (compiler) THE SECRET OF THE SEA - An Anthology of Underwater Exploration and Adventure
$10.00 AUD
Heinemann. London. 1973. 1st Ed. 166 PP with 8 illustrations by Jeroo Roy. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price-clipped). Near fine. 24 x 16. 0434932868
33793 CLUTTERBUCK, R. J. ONE MAN'S LIST OF NAUTICAL WORDS, with a few notes on seamanship and some reminiscences of the Royal Navy
$30.00 AUD
Author. Sydney. 1999. 1st Ed. 108 PP with sketches by the author and 5 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Signed by the author on title page. Fine. 29.8 x 21.
From "Afterguard" a word helping to differentiate between yacht owner and the paid skipper and crew living forward, to "Yarn" and "Yawl".
56159 COLE, Michael (editor) International Rare Books Prices 1989: VOYAGES, TRAVEL & EXPLORATION
$10.00 AUD
The Clique Ltd. York. 1989. Annual Publication. 5th titles in the IRBP series. X, 254 PP. Pictorial boards. Faint foxing, o/wise fine. 21.5 x 15 0187077311X
1988 Catalogue Prices.
55509 COOK, James & CLARK, John COOK'S ENDEAVOUR JOURNAL: The Inside Story
$20.00 AUD
National Library of Australia. Canberra. 2008. 1st Ed. 194, (2) PP with 19 facsimile pages of manuscript and 72 b/w or colour illustrations. Pictorial stiff cover. Fine. 18.7 x 18.4. 9780642276506
66697 COOMBS, Anne & VARGA, Susan BROOMETIME
$10.00 AUD
Sceptre Book. Sydney. 2001. 1st Ed. X, 294 PP with b/w illustrations (1 map, 2 drawings and 32 photos), colour photos inside covers. Pictorial soft cover. Signature of previous owner on first page. Slight ageing of paper. Very good. 23.5 x 15.2. 0733609902
67658 COOPER, Anthony HMAS BATAAN, 1952 - An Australian Warship in the Korean War
$30.00 AUD
UNSW Press. Sydney. 2010. 1st Ed. XII, (2), 295, (3 publications) PP with b/w illustrations (3 maps, 1 plan, 14 headpieces and 49 photos). Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 24 x 16. 9781742231181
30338 CORLETT, Ewan THE REVOLUTION IN MERCHANT SHIPPING 1950-1980
$10.00 AUD
HMSO. London. 1981. 1st Ed., Volume 10 in The Ship series edited by Basil Greenhill. 60 PP with 35 illust. FEP: Cut-away of the Spirit of Free Enterprise. REP: Cut-away of a Barber Blue Sea- Super Carrier. Laminated pictorial boards. Fine. Oblong: 20.5 x 21.2. 0112903185
63175 COTTER, Charles H. THE ELEMENTS OF NAVIGATION AND NAUTICAL ASTRONOMY - A text-book for cadets
$30.00 AUD
Maritime Books, Tapes & Gifts Co. Keelung, Taiwan. 1981. 1st Taiwanese edition of the 1977 original by Brown, Son & Ferguson Ltd. XVII, 437 PP with tables and figures. Errata on front endpaper. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Name of previous owner on endpapers. Four pages with underlining of text (2 to 3 lines) and 1 pencil annotation, o/wise near fine. Scarce, even in this edition. 26.5 x 19.5.
55606 CRAIG, Hardin Jr. A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ENCYCLOPEDIAS AND DICTIONARIES DEALING WITH MILITARY, NAVAL AND MARITIME AFFAIRS 1577-1971
$30.00 AUD
Department of History, Rice University. Houston, Texas. 1972 (1971). 4th edition, revised and corrected. Foreword (May 1972) by Raemond Wilson Craig. (6), 134 PP (typescript), (XIII index). Stapled card covers, cloth spine. Ageing around edges, label of previous owner on inside front cover, o/wise near fine. 27.6 x 21.4.
66280 CRUICKSHANK, Dan AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 TREASURES
$20.00 AUD
Weidenfeld & Nicholson / BBC. London. 2005. 1st Ed. 256 PP with colour illustrations throughout (1 map on double page and photos). Hard cover, dj. Fine. 27.3 x 19.5. 0297843990
A journey to some of the world's best known treasures found in over 40 countries. Great churches and temples, statues, buildings and structures of achievement, weapons, art and artefacts.
20639 CUYVERS, Luc SEA POWER, A Global Journey
$10.00 AUD
Naval Institute Press. Annapolis. 1993. 1st Printing. XVI, 249, (5) PP with bw & colour illust. Title page: A view from the foremast of the Portuguese naval training ship Sagres. Cloth cover, dj. Fine. 30.6 x 23.5. 1557501459
Photographic journey on the Oceans: Life on board seafaring vessels - Relationship with the sea and the fate of nations... Evolution of Navies and today's geopolotical environment...
Emergency Management Australia / Bureau of Meteorology. Canberra. 2002. September 2002 edition. Folded brochure - 6 folds with colour illustrations. Folded size: 21 x 15. Full size: Oblong: 59 x 39.5.
58584 D'AMATO, Joseph (editor) War Classics / AIRCRAFT CARRIERS, Vol. 3 No.4
$5.00 AUD
Modern Day Periodicals. New York. 1976. Vol. 3, No. 4, November 1976. 70 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Ageing of paper, o/wise near fine. 27.5 x 21
The Birth of the Aircraft Carrier. The U.S.S. Langley. ...
72295 DAGGETT, Charles & SHAFFER, Christopher DIVING FOR THE GRIFFIN
$40.00 AUD
Weidenfeld & Nicholson. London. 1990. 1st Ed. XII, 178 PP with 4 maps & 1 plate, plus 16 pages with 1 chart & 31 b/w illustrations. Hard cover, dj. Paper ageing a little around edges, o/wise a fine copy. Scarce. 24 x 16. 0297810634
History of the English East India Company Marine Service, the four voyages of the East Indiaman Griffin, her sinking in 1761 and the recovery of her cargo in the late 1980's.
63114 DAY, Thomas Fleming (editor) THE RUDDER - 1897 - Volume VIII, January to December, 1897
$100.00 AUD
The Rudder Publishing Company. New York. 1897. 1st edition. (4), 362 PP with b/w illustrations throughout (burgees, maps, drawings, plans, photos), plus 18 b/w photos/plates. Blue cloth cover, gilt device and title on front board and spine, top edge gilt. Book slightly bowed but binding tight. Blue cloth cover soiled and marked, mostly at back with some wear around edges and corners. Small stamp of previous owner on both endpapers and at top of title page. Printed on superior gloss paper with only occasional light foxing. Title page with repaired tear. Lower corner of 20 first leaves with creases (dog-eared). Pages 125 to 150 with old water marks on upper part of front margin. Internally very clean. Rare. 29.4 x 22.5.
A mine of information with articles and designs for cruising schooners, knockabouts, catboats, yawls, sketches, verses...
33533 DE RUDDER, Catherine FOCUS ON FIJI
$15.00 AUD
Investment Management Service Ltd. Suva. 1973. 1st Ed. 176 PP with 18 b/w and 228 colour photos by Christian De Rudder. FEP: Map of the Pacific with Fiji. REP: Map of Fiji and Tonga. Hard cover, simile leather, gilt title on spine, dj. Name of previous owner on front endpaper. Near fine. 31 x 23.5.
16441 DEACON, G. E. R. (editor) OCEANS - An Atlas-History of Man's Exploration of the Deep
$15.00 AUD
Paul Hamlyn. London. 1962. 1st Ed. 297 PP with b/w & colour illust. (maps, plans, photos,..). illustrated title-page. Eps: Shells. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Very good. 28.5 x 21.5.
Contains contributions by distinguished authorities including: Men against the Sea by Edward Shackleton, Life in the Sea by Maurice Burton, Sunken Cities and Forgotten Wrecks by H.C. Flemming... Oceanography (currents, food chain, ..)
60627 DENHOLM, Matthew / AUSTIN, Steve MACQUARIE ISLAND - COLD WAR: The Battle to save Australia's wildest outpost / The MUTTS that saved Macquarie / AFTER THE WAR: Back to Nature (in The Weekend Australian Magazine)
$20.00 AUD
The Australian. Sydney. 2011, 2016, 2019. Three issues - September 17-18, 2011: Pages 16 to 21 with 7 colour photos by Chris Crerar / February 20-21, 2016: pages 18 to 21 with 4 colour photos / April 27-29, 2019: pages 18 to 21 with 6 colour photos by Ryan Osland. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 31 x 25.5 / 27.5 x 23.
Battle raging against rabbits and rats, for the ecological future of Macquarie Island. Results.
67343 DENIS FRERES DESSERT PLATE
$20.00 AUD
Compagnie de Navigation Denis Frères S.A. Paris. 1970s. Chinaware dessert plate with House Flag on edge and with underneath the caption."Porcelaine Véritable". Four fine cracks at centre of plate. Very good. Diameter: 17.5 cms.
67682 DICK, H. W. & KENTWELL, S. A. BEANCAKER TO BOXBOAT - Steamship Companies in Chinese Waters
$50.00 AUD
Nautical Association of Australia. Canberra. 1988. 1st Ed. XIV, 330 PP, plus 56 pages with 116 b/w photos of ships. Fp: Hong Kong Harbour, 1897. Hard cover, dust jacket has a lightly sunned spine. A near fine copy. 25.6 x 19.2. 0959907939
From Jardine, Matheson & John Swire, to C.Y. Tung.
41052 DILLON, Patrick LOST AT SEA - An American Tragedy
$15.00 AUD
The Dial Press. New York. 1998. 1st Ed. (16), 267 PP with 2 plans. Eps: Map with detail of the Bering Sea and the Aleutian Islands. Hard cover, dj. Signed by the author on title page, "Autographed Copy" sticker on front of dust jacket. Foxing spots on outside edges. Fine. 24.2 x 16.2. 0385314213
Sinking of Americus and Altair, two crabbing vessels off Unalaska Island in February 1983. 14 dead. Investigation...
51523 DOMVILLE-FIFE, Charles W. (editor) THE SEAGOER - An Illustrated Quarterly of the Sea, Land and Air - Volume XXII, No.1-4
$30.00 AUD
Seagoer Publishing Co. Ltd. Bristol. 1956, 1957. No. 1 (Autumn 1956) to No. 4 (Summer 1957). No. 1: 52 PP with 31 b/w and duotone photos. No. 2: 50 PP with 28 b/w and duotone photos. No. 3: 50 PP with 34 b/w and duotone photos. No. 4: 50 PP with 1 map, 36 b/w and duotone photos. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 19.7 x 13.5.
No.1: Sea Breed on the three-masted barque Curlew, by Boyd Cable. A Passenger-Captain: 1873 crossing of barque Springbok between Darwin, Somerset and Cardwell, by D. D. Daly. No. 2: Tales of the sea, by Bernard Magee. The Land of Not-Quite: a thrilling account of life in the Australian North, by Geoff Waye. No. 3: Memories of a tall ship: full-rigged ship Thomasina MacLellan, by Captain T. B. Jellicoe. A daughter of Sail, the story of Elizabeth Wayth. No. 4: The fight of the Cedarbank, by Frank Bowen.
17700 DUNMORE, John PACIFIC EXPLORER, The Life of Jean-François de La Pérouse 1741-1788
$15.00 AUD
Dunmore Press. Palmerston North, NZ. 1985. 1st Ed. 318 PP with 1 genealogical tree, 8 maps and 26 bw illust. Title spread: La Pérouse's ship anchored at Maui, Hawaii. FEP: Portrait of La Pérouse. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 22.8 x 16. 0864690487
Biography of La Pérouse, family background, years in the Indian Ocean, campaigns against the Royal Navy, his two-and-half years expedition to the Pacific between 1785 and 1788.
55169 DUNMORE, John FROM VENUS TO ANTARCTICA: The Life of Dumont D'Urville
$45.00 AUD
Exisle Publishing. Auckland. 2007. 1st Ed. 252 PP with 7 maps, plus 8 pages with 10 b/w illustrations. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 24.2 x 16. 9780908988716
36767 DURBIDGE, Ellie & COVACEVICH, Jeanette NORTH STRADBROKE ISLAND
$10.00 AUD
Stradbroke Island Management Organisation. Brisbane. 1981. 1st Ed. 168 PP with 35 figures and 142 b/w photos. Fp: Sand dunes, Main Beach. Pictorial soft cover rubbed with a few creases and a repaired tear, o/wise very good. 24 x 17.5. 0959398309
Natural environment: Flora and Fauna. Social environment: Aborigines, White settlement, shipwrecks, industries.
16306 EGLINTON, Edmund THE LAST OF THE SAILING COASTERS - Reminiscences and observations of the days in the Severn trows, coasting ketches and schooners
$10.00 AUD
National Maritime Museum / HMSO. London. 1982. 1st Ed. VIII, 131 PP with 1 map, plus 16 pages with 20 b/w plates. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Slight ageing of paper, occasional foxing and an old tape mark on front endpaper, o/wise very good. 22.2 x 14.2. 0112903363
48333 EMANUEL, Cedric THE ROCKS, Sydney 's Most Historic Area
$10.00 AUD
Cassell Australia. Sydney. 1979. Reprint of the 1974 original. No pagination, 64 PP with drawings by the author. Half title page: Argyle Place in the Early Days. Fp: Bust of Captain Arthur Phillip. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. Oblong: 21.6 x 26.2. 07269266655
Agar Steps. Argyle Place and Garrison Church. Argyle Place and Lower Fort Street. The Steps at Dawe's Point. Argyle Cut. Garrison Church and Argyle Cut.
42941 ESTENSEN, Miriam THE LIFE OF MATTHEW FLINDERS
$30.00 AUD
Allen & Unwin. Sydney. 2002. 1st Ed. XXII, 538 PP with 5 maps and 19 b/w illustrations, plus 8 pages with 15 colour plates. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 23.7 x 16. 1865085154
18431 FAGAN, Jim, JOY, William & DEILEY, Russell CAPTAIN COOK - His Artists - His Voyages
$10.00 AUD
Daily Telegraph. Sydney. 1970. Edited by Jim Fagan. 64 PP with 3 sketch maps at head of chapters, 28 b/w and 50 colour illustrations. Cloth cover, dj. Dust jacket has a few nicks/rubs, o/wise contents near fine. Oblong: 21 x 27.2.
The Daily Telegraph Portfolio of original works by artists who sailed with Captain Cook.
18562 FAITH, Nicholas CLASSIC SHIPS, Romance and Reality
$10.00 AUD
Boxtree. London. 1995. 1st Ed. 144 PP with bw and col. illust. Half-title page: Brunel's Great Britain on her maiden voyage. Title-page: Tug boats. Hard cover, dj. Fine. Oblong: 24.5 x 28.7. 075221022X
Men o'war, great liners, working boats...
66168 FARWELL, Byron PRISONERS OF THE MAHDI
$10.00 AUD
Harper & Row. New York. 1967. 1st US edition. Foreword by Les Courtils. XXII, 356 PP with 1 map with location map and 2 engravings, plus 12 pages with 23 b/w photos. Cloth cover, gilt title on a sunned spine. Ex library copy with few stamps on endpapers, title page and outside edges, and library pocket on rear endpaper. Occasional foxing. Very good reading copy. 21.7 x 14.5.
The story of the Mahdist Revolt which frustrated Queen Victoria's designs on the Sudan, humbled Egypt, and led to the fall of Khartoum, the death of Gordon, and Kitchener's victory at Omdurman fourteen years later.
67689 FERRAO, Cristina & SOARES, Jose Paulo Monteiro (editors) THEATRUM RERUM NATURALIUM BRASILIAE: BRASIL-HOLANDES, DUTCH-BRAZIL (in two volumes)
$100.00 AUD
Editora Index. Rio de Janeiro. 1993. 1st Facsimile reprint of the 1660 original, with drawings and paintings of Albert Eckhout. Volume I: 191 PP with 2 b/w illustrations, 70 colour plates "Aquatilium" and 111 colour plates "Volatilium". Volume II: 253, (3) PP with 73 colour plates "Animalium" and 172 colour plates "Vegetabilium". Laminated pictorial boards, contained in a pictorial laminated slipcase. Fine condition. Plate captions in Latin. 24 x 16.5. 8570830386
20273 FILDES, Bob OCEAN LINERS 1984
$10.00 AUD
Searail Productions. Sydney. 1984. 1st Ed. 200 PP (in typescript) with 75 b/w photos. Fp: Cruising vessels Royal Viking Star and Leonid Sobinov. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 29.7 x 21.
A world-wide guide to the shipowners who operate regular or advertised Liner services on deep sea routes (passenger and cruising ships, container ships, ro-ro ships, cargo liners).
42205 FINDEN, William and Edward VIEWS OF PORTS AND HARBOURS, Watering Places, Fishing Villages, and other Picturesque Objects on the English Coast
$50.00 AUD
EP Publishing Limited. London. 1974. Reprint of the 1838 original Finden's Ports and Harbours of Great Britain. (2), 162 PP, plus 49 b/w plates. Half-title page: Tynemouth Priory and Lighthouse, Northumberland, by G. Balmer. Fp: Brighton, Sussex, by T. Creswick. Hard cover, dj. Signature of previous owner on front endpaper. Faint foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise near fine. 26.2 x 18.2. 085409976X
59093 FINKEL, George CAPTAIN JAMES COOK PORTFOLIO / JAMES COOK, The First Voyage, 1768-1771
$20.00 AUD
The Sun-Herald & Shoalhaven Paper Mill / The Wiggins Teape Australia Group. Sydney. 1970. Decorated folder containing booklet of 32 PP with b/w or colour illustrations, folded ship's plan with 2 inserts, folded map of Tahiti with 2 inserts and one folded French map of the world with 3 inserts. Small seller's stamp on inside of folder cover, otherwise near fine. Format - folder: 37 x 23.5. & booklet: 29.7 x 22.
67376 FITCHETT, T. K. THE VANISHED FLEET, Australian Coastal Passenger Ships 1910-1960
$25.00 AUD
Rigby. Adelaide. 1976. 1st Ed. 112 PP with colour illustrations by author. Fp: MV "Manoora". Hard cover, dj. Date/number at top of FFEP, otherwise a fine copy. Oblong: 22.5 x 28.5. 0727002104
From the arrival of the tiny "Express" during the Victorian gold rush to the departure of the "Manoora" on 9/8/1961.
67553 FLANNERY, Tim (editor) THE EXPLORERS
$10.00 AUD
Text Publishing. Melbourne. 1998. 1st Ed. (14), 386 PP with 1 map on double page, and small location maps Pictorial soft cover. Covers with creases. Ageing and foxing of paper. Very good reading copy. 23.3 x 12.8. 1875847723
64 explorers: Tasman in 1642, Dampier in 1688, Cook in 1770, Phillip in 1788... François Péron in 1802... to Dr. W.J. Peasley in 1977.
18953 LE FLEMING, H. M. OCEAN LINERS
$10.00 AUD
Ian Allan. London. 1956. 64 PP with 1 page of advert., tables and 67 b/w photos. Title page: M.V. Glenartney, Glen Line. Pictorial soft cover. Stamp of previous owner on title page. Very good. 15.3 x 10.2.
16059 FLEXNER, James Thomas STEAMBOATS COME TRUE, American Inventors in Action
$10.00 AUD
Little, Brown & Co. Boston. 1978. Newly illustrated edition of the 1944 original. XXII, (2), 406 PP with vignettes in text, plus 32 pages with 30 b/w illust. Fp. & Eps. Cloth cover, decorated front cover, dj (price clipped). Brief note to previous owner on half title page. Rear endpaper with a small rubbed patch, o/wise near fine. 24 x 16. 0316286087
The first American invention of world shattering importance - the steamboat.
52706 FORD, J. W. W. A SEAMAN'S GUIDE TO THE RULE OF THE ROAD
$10.00 AUD
Educational Systems Limited. Bristol. 1976. 2nd impression of the new edition of 1975. Foreword by Admiral Sir Edward Ashmore. XVI, 384, 64 PP with b/w or colour illustrations. Illustrated soft cover. Faint foxing spots on outside edges. Name of previous owner on half-title page. Very good. Oblong: 11.7 x 18.5.
A programmed text on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972.
34028 FORSTER, Honore FILLING IN THE GAPS - Some lesser-Known Pacific Explorers (in National Library of Australia News - Vol IX, No. 9, June 1999)
$5.00 AUD
National Library of Australia. Canberra. 1999. Volume IX, No. 9, issue June 1999. Includes article P. 7 to 10 with 2 colour and 5 b/w illust. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 20.7.
Captain Wilson and Pelew Island. Don Francisco Antonio Mourelle de la Rua and the Hermit Group near New Ireland, the Haapai Group in Tonga...
15785 FORSYTH, W. D. CAPTAIN COOK'S LANDFALLS - Eye-witness Accounts by members of the ship's company of HMS "Endeavour" 1770
$5.00 AUD
Roebuck. Canberra. 1974. 2nd Printing of the 1970 original. VI, 26 PP with 10 b/w sketches. Pictorial soft covers. Back cover has a rubbed patch, o/wise contents are near fine. 24.7 x 17.5. 0950085707
Accounts extracted for visitors to the East Coast of Australia.
67533 FRAME, Tom WHERE FATE CALLS, THE HMAS VOYAGER TRAGEDY
$20.00 AUD
Hodder & Stoughton. Sydney. 1992. 1st Ed. XXIX, 447 PP with 32 figures, plus 16 pages with 23 b/w photos. A 3 pages (4 to 6) article from the June 1992 issue of the Magazine of the Royal Australian Historical Society, loosely inserted. Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing, o/wise near fine. 24.2 x 15.2. 0340549688
The collision on the night of 10th Feb. 1964 between the destroyer Voyager and the aircraft carrier Melbourne with the death of 82 men. Australia's worst peacetime naval disaster & the sequel of two controversial investigations lasting 4 years.
66713 FRANK, Stuart M. THE KWM NEWSLETTER - The Quarterly Newsletter of the Kendall Whaling Museum - Vol 12, No. 3
$5.00 AUD
The Kendall Whaling Museum. Sharon, Massachusetts. 1994 . Newsletter: Vol. 12, No. 3, Fall 1994.. 8 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 25.5 x 20.5.
53001 GEARING, John S. & COCHRANE, Maurice B. (editors) THE BIG SWIM: 25 Miles across Australia's Port Phillip Bay (in BP Shield)
$10.00 AUD
The British Petroleum Company Limited. London. 1968. March 1968 issue. 36 PP. Contains article P. 23 to 25 with 1 map and 4 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover (creases). Very good. 29.2 x 22.7.
January 1968 swim of former Australian Olympic Games representative Linda McGill, and Michael Kennedy.
32135 GERLACH, A. J. A. NEERLANDS HELDENFEITEN IN OOST-INDIË, Bewerkt Naar Les Fastes Militaires des Indes Orientales. (Three volumes bound in one)
$150.00 AUD
Joh Ijkema. The Hague. 1876. 1st Ed. Volume I: (4), 395, 34 PP, plus 2 plates. Volume II: (4), 322, 48 PP, plus 1 plate. Volume III: (4), 302, 48 PP, plus 2 plates. Four large folded maps at the end of book. Half bound, raised bands, gilt title on spine. Some foxing. Near fine. Dutch text. 24.6 x 16.2.
Military events and feats by Netherland troops (V.O.C. or National) in their East Indies (Indonesia).
67571 GIBBS, Jim TWILIGHT ON THE LIGHTHOUSES
$35.00 AUD
Schiffer. Atglen, Pa. 1996. 1st Ed. 152 PP with 4 sketch-maps, b/w & colour illust. (drawings, engraving, photos & plans). Decorated endpapers. Cloth cover, dj. Title page with a dedicatory note on its recto signed by the author, and a note on its verso. Faint foxing, o/wise near fine. 28.7 x 22. 088740930X
History of the sentinels of the sea from California to British Columbia, at a time when the jobs of the lighthouse keepers are being phased out.
32288 GIFFARD, Ann (editor) TOWARDS QUEBEC - Two mid-19th century emigrants' journals
$10.00 AUD
H.M.S.O. London. 1981. 1st Ed., in the Recollections series published by the National Maritime Museum. VIII, 72 PP with facsimile of an advertisement and 2 maps, plus 16 pages with 30 b/w illust. Hard cover, dj. Spine of dust jacket lightly sunned. Occasional foxing. Near fine. 22.2 x 14.2. 0112903355
William Fulford on the barque Civility, Spring 1848. William Gliddon on the full-rigged ship Ocean Queen, spring 1855.
67538 GILLETT, Ross & GRAHAM, Colin WARSHIPS OF AUSTRALIA
$100.00 AUD
Rigby. Adelaide. 1977. 1st Ed., with a foreword by Vice-Admiral Sir John Collins. 296 PP with b/w photos, plus 48 pages with 70 colour illustrations by Colin Graham. Title spread: HMAS Vendetta & Vampire. Hard cover, dj. Signed by co-author and illustrator Colin Graham, on half title page. Fine. 28 x 24.5. 0727004727
Description of every warship commissioned for the defence of Australia: First Fleet, Colonial navies, then Royal Australian Navy, the Fleet Air Arm...
67468 GLASCOCK, William Nugent / An Officer NAVAL SKETCH-BOOK: or, The Service Afloat and Ashore; with characteristic reminiscences, fragments and opinions, by An Officer (Volume I)
$40.00 AUD
E.L. Carey. Philadelphia. 1835. Volume I (only): (IV), XV-XXIII, 24-212 PP. Papered boards, cloth spine with paper label for title "The Naval Sketch-Book, in two volumes - Vol I" pasted down on spine. Covers lightly soiled and rubbed. Ageing of paper and light foxing. Very good. 20.7 x 12.2.
67529 GOLDSMITH, A.J., HIGGINS, G., PORTUS A.B., HODGEN, S. Report of the Board of Inquiry on The LINDON BATES DREDGES "SAMSON" AND "HERCULES", recently acquired by the Government of this State
$50.00 AUD
Houses of Parliament. Brisbane. 1902. C.A 11-1902. Printed 4th November 1902. XLII, 231 PP with tables and folded plates (1 map in colour, 1 plan, 6 general plans, and 6 b/w photographic plates), plus 1 large folded "Longitudinal Section from Hamilton Reach to No. 6 Beacon; Bar Cutting". Rusty staples removed. Very good. 33 x 21.
14336 GRAVES, Charles THE THIN RED LINES
$20.00 AUD
Standard Art Book. London. ND, 1950? 1st Ed. 183 PP plus 26 pages with 33 b/w photos. Fp: The Blue Train (water colour). Eps: The two 24 hour clocks (Northern & Southern hemispheres) in the court room at Electra House. Cloth cover,dj. A few chips and marks on dust jacket, o/wise a very good clean copy. 22.2 x 15.
The achievements of the Telcom personnel who, during WWII, maintained the telecommunication services linking the British Empire by 155,000 miles of cable & 200,000 miles of wireless network. Cable ships during the War.
20226 GRAY, Leonard THE ROPNER FLEET, 1874-1974
$5.00 AUD
World Ship Society. Kendal, UK. 1975. 1st edition. 50 PP with 36 b/w photos (35 of ships). Fp: Rudby. Pictorial soft cover (title on front cover "Ropner Shipping Company"). Very good. 22 x 14.
History & details of ships.
45701 GREENHILL, Basil JAMES COOK - THE OPENING OF THE PACIFIC
$5.00 AUD
National Maritime Museum / H.M.S.O. London. 1980. 3rd impression of the 1970 original. 32 PP with b/w illust. Fp: Capt. James Cook, RN; FRS, painting by Nathaniel Dance. Inside back cover: A draught plan & section of the Britannia Otehite War Canoe. Pictorial card cover. Very good. Oblong: 21.5 x 27.5.
James Cook, the man and his discoveries, published at the time of the Bicentennial.
34581 GREENHILL, Basil (editor) THE NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM
$10.00 AUD
Philip Wilson / Scala. London. 1986. Reprint of the 1982 original. 144 PP with b/w and colour illust. Pictorial card cover. Fine. 27.5 x 20. 0876671339
The building itself, the collection, the exhibits: from archaeology to modern times, the marine paintings ...
50539 GRESHAM, John & WESTWELL, Ian SEAPOWER
$10.00 AUD
Chartwell Books. New York. 2005. 1st Ed. 256 PP with 1b/w and 315 colour photos. Half title page: USS Dwight D. Eisenhower at sea. Fp: USS Dwight D. Eisenhower at Mayport, Florida. Laminated pictorial boards. Fine. Oblong: 30.5 x 43. 0785817921
The US Navy.
67557 GRIBBIN, John and Mary FITZROY. The Remarkable Story of Darwin's Captain and the Invention of the Weather Forecast
$10.00 AUD
Review / Headline Books. London. 2003. 1st paperback edition. XII, 336 PP with b/w illustrations: 1 plan of HMS Beagle, 2 charts (1 on double page) and 17 headpieces (FitzRoy Barometer), plus 8 pages with 17 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Occasional foxing. Very good. 23.5 x 16. 0755312902
67303 GRUBE, F. & RICHTER, G. (Editors) THE BIG BOOK OF SAILING - the Sailors, the Ships and the Sea
$10.00 AUD
Barron's. New York. 1979. 1st English edition. 309 PP with b/w & colour illustrations. Hard cover. Ex library copy with gilt stamp of "Xavier College" in blind on front cover, and stamps on outside edges, endpapers and title page. Internally near fine. Large format: 34 x 26.5. 0812053249
One of the last arenas of adventure left: the sea... Inncludes section on the Big Races on the High Seas, Admiral's Cup, The Lonely Men and the Sea,Sailing to Hell and Back ...
42398 GUNN, A. S. AUSTRALIA 1788 - A mine of botanical novelty
$10.00 AUD
National Museums & Galleries on Merseyside. Liverpool. 1987. 1st Ed. 36 PP with 1 sketch map, 1 map, 9 b/w and 18 colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 30 x 23. 0906367271
Exhibition for Australian Bicentenary, Liverpool Museum.
18917 GWYN, Julian THE ROYAL NAVY AND NORTH AMERICA: The Warren Papers, 1736-1752
$10.00 AUD
Navy Records Society. Greenwich. 1973. 1st Ed. Publications of the Navy Records Society, Volume 118. XLV, (1 errata), 463 PP with 2 maps, plus 10 pages with 8 b/w plates. Fp: Sir Peter Warren, K.B., Vice-Admiral of the Red. Navy blue buckram, gilt device on front cover, gilt title on spine. Occasional foxing. Near fine. 23.2 x 15.5.
War with France in Canada. Siege and occupation of the French fortress of Louisbourg, conquest of Canada...
67675 HADMAN, Ballard AS THE SAILOR LOVES THE SEA
$10.00 AUD
Harper & Brothers. New York. 1951. 1st US edition. (12), 209 PP, plus 16 pages with 13 b/w illustrations by the author. Eps: special map of the coast of Alaska with "telescoped distances". Cloth cover. Faint foxing. Very good clean copy. 21.5 x 14.5.
67570 HARBOURS QUEENSLAND THE HARBOUR BOARDS ACT, 1890 - A BILL, for the better REGULATION, MANAGEMENT, and IMPROVEMENT of HARBOURS, and for other purposes relating thereto
$15.00 AUD
Legislative Council & Legislative Assembly of Queensland. Brisbane. 1890. Printed 2nd July 1890. 29 PP. Soft cover, staples removed. Slight ageing of paper. Near fine. Format: 34 x 21.5.
14335 HARDY, A. C. (editor) THE WONDERFUL STORY OF THE SEA
$5.00 AUD
Odhams Press. London. c. 1950. 1st Ed. 384 PP with b/w illustrations. Cloth cover, device in blind on front cover. Spine sunned and split at hinge (repaired). Internally very good. 25 x 18.5.
From log to luxury liner: construction, propulsion, dry-docking; various & adapted types of ships: fishing, cable-laying, etc..
47834 HARRIS, David (editor) CROFTON BEAM ENGINES. The story of Crofton Pumping Station on the Kennet and Avon Canal
$10.00 AUD
The Crofton Society. Burbage, UK. 1975. 1st Ed. 24 PP with 1 map, 1 pictorial view of locks, 4 plans and 16 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 14.8.
50844 HASLAM, Rear-Admiral D W (editor) IALA MARITIME BUOYAGE SYSTEM A
$10.00 AUD
Hydrographic Department. Taunton. 1980. Edition 2. NP 735. (2), 9 PP, plus 8 diagrams in colour. Soft cover. Very good. 30 x 21.
36178 HATTERSLEY, Roy NELSON
$10.00 AUD
Weidenfeld and Nicolson. London. 1974. 1st Ed. 223 PP with 100 b/w illustrations and 18 colour plates. Fp: Horatio Nelson in 1801. Title-page: Embroidered portrait of Emma Hamilton and Nelson. Eps: The Battle of Cape St.Vincent. Hard cover, dj. Old watermark on lower part of front cover, o/wise near fine. 25.5 x 18. 297766902
30689 HAWS, Duncan SHIPS AND THE SEA - A Chronological Review
$15.00 AUD
Chancellor Press. London. 1985. Reprint of the 1976 UK original. 240 PP with b/w and colour illustrations by AB Nordbok. Illustrated hard cover, dj. Fine. 30 x 27. 0907486924
Splendid story of ships and the sea, from their humble beginnings to their present-day significance.
39911 HEATON, Peter A HISTORY OF YACHTING IN PICTURES
$10.00 AUD
Tom Stacey. London. 1973. 2nd impression of the 1972 original. 159 PP with 155 b/w illustrations (4 on folded plates) & 54 colour illustrations (1 on folded plate). Title spread: Mastview of the deck of Nefertiti, American 12-metre yacht. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj (closed tear). Faint foxing spots on outside edges. Very good. 31.8 x 24.2. 085468297X
67631 HENRY, Fred SHIPS OF THE ISLE OF MAN STEAM PACKET CO. LTD.
$5.00 AUD
Brown, Son & Ferguson. Glasgow. 1962. 1st Ed. 64 PP with 1 portrait, 2 maps and 24 b/w photos. Stapled pictorial soft cover. Occasional foxing, o/wise fine. 18.5 x 12.2.
67563 HERBERT, R.G.W. ... SURVEY OF THE QUEENSLAND COAST
$10.00 AUD
Houses of Parliament / The Admiralty. Brisbane. 1886. Published September 1886. 3 PP. Near fine. Format: 33 x 21.5.
Correspondence (6 letters & 2 enclosures) between R.G.W. Herbert, Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, and Charles S. Dicken, S.W. Griffith, G.P. Heath, Portmaster, Evan Macgregor, the Admiralty ...
67460 HIGGINS, Colin HALCIONE - OUTWARD BOUND
$10.00 AUD
Auckland. c. 1990. 2 colour prints of originals by Colin Higgins (details tipped-in on the verso). Fine. Oblong: 30.5 x 21.5.
Iron Barque "Halcione" alongside. Barquentine "Outward Bound", operated as a mission ship by the Melanesian Mission Society.
15485 HILL-WILLIS, Capt. C.H. ON THEIR MAJESTIES SERVICE
$15.00 AUD
Neptune Press. Newtown, Vic. 1983. 1st Ed. 249 PP with 21 b/w photos in text. Hard cover, dj has a few small chips or closed tears, o/wise a near fine copy, signed by author. 22.2 x 14.8. 0949583200
A life at sea: 30 different ships and ashore working for Majesties of kingdoms in Malaya and in Tonga.
58648 HMSO RADIO ENGINEERING TRADE GROUP (Mechanics) - Part I: Basic Electricity
$10.00 AUD
HMSO / Air Ministry. London. 1963. 1st Ed. Standard Technical Training Notes, Air Ministry, AP 3372. IV, 197, V-IX PP with over 290 figures. Cloth cover, title on front cover and spine, dj. Sellotape marks on endpapers. Name of previous owner on front endpaper. Very good. 24.7 x 18.7.
19920 HOBBS, Edward W. HOW TO MAKE OLD-TIME SHIP MODELS
$25.00 AUD
Brown, Son & Ferguson. Glasgow. 1968. Reprint of the 1962 revised edition (original of 1929). XXIII, 208 PP with 175 figures (plans, photos & sketches) and 4 illust. in preface, plus 5 large folding plates (Plate 4 in pocket at end of the book). Fp: The Royal Albert. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket with a few chips and is in a protective sleeve. A very good clean copy. 21.2 x 14.3.
47361 HOLM-PETERSEN, F. UNDER SEJL I FJERNOSTLIGE FARVANDE. Sejlkibsfladen fra Abenra, Harderslev, Sonderborg samt Flensburg, Eckernforde, Kiel og Heilingenhafen, der i tiden ca. 1845 til ca. 1890 besejlde Kina-kysten og sydostasiatiske farvande, Sydafrika samt oerne i det
$50.00 AUD
Egon Heinemann. Norderstedt. 1975. 1st Ed. 200 PP with 8 colour plates on full page and 102 b/w illustrations. Fp: Sonderjydsk bark braser bak for lods ved Dragor. Pictorial laminated boards. Dedicatory note on front endpaper. Near fine. Danish text. Oblong: 21.7 x 30.
Sailing ships registered in Aabenra, Haderslev..., Denmark in the Far East.
47441 HORDERN HOUSE HORDERN HOUSE - Rare Books . Manuscripts . Paintings . Prints
$20.00 AUD
Hordern House. Sydney. 2004. 1st Ed. No pagination, 80 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27 x 21. 1875567402
Catalogue detailing 79 items with price list.
53660 HOUGH, Richard DIE MEUTEREI AUF PANZERKREUZER POTEMKIN
$5.00 AUD
Bernard & Graefe Verlag für Wehrwesen. Frankfurt. 1961. Proof copy of the German edition. Translated from the 1960 English original The Potemkin Mutiny, by Walter Grabmann. 176 PP. Soft cover. German text. Foxing, o/wise good. 20.5 x 13.8.
Two weeks of June/July 1905, on the Black Sea, a month after the battle of Tsu-Shima.
37733 HYDE, Francis E. SHIPPING ENTERPRISE AND MANAGEMENT 1830-1939 - Harrisons of Liverpool
$20.00 AUD
Liverpool University Press. Liverpool. 1967. 1st Ed. XX, 208 PP with 19 tables, plus 15 b/w plates. Fp: Portrait of Thomas Harrison (1815-1888). Cloth cover, dj (price-clipped). Top edge tinted. Dust jacket is a little rubbed /chipped around edges and in a protective sleeve. A near fine copy. 23.6 x 16.
67446 INNISFAIL INNISFAIL, QUEENSLAND - An Australian Post Office History
$10.00 AUD
Innisfail Post Office. Innisfail. 1969. 18 PP (recto only), plus 11 pages with b/w photos. Plastic folder with clear front cover. Slight ageing of paper. Near fine. 30 x 21.
22658 IRELAND Bernard THE RISE AND FALL OF THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER
$10.00 AUD
Marshall Cavendish. London. 1979. 1st Ed. 168 PP profusely illustrated with b/w & colour photos. Fp: HMS Courageous. FEP: HMS Furious. REP: USS Independence. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 29 x 22. 0856857114
38201 IRELAND, Bernard HISTORY OF SHIPS
$10.00 AUD
Hamlyn. London. 1999. 1st Ed. 192 PP with over 200 b/w and colour illustrations. Illustrated endpapers, half title page, and title page. Illustrated hard cover, dj. Fine. 28.5 x 24.6. 0600595900
From the first dug-out canoe (c. 500 BC) to the great ocean liners and the modern warships of today.
56184 ISHERWOOD, J. H. SEA BREEZES FAMOUS SHIPS (Nos. 15 to 18)
$10.00 AUD
The Journal of Commerce and Shipping Telegraph Ltd. London. 1964. 1st Ed. 4 colour filing cards with ship profiles to scale (funnel and hull colours), technical data and history of 4 Famous Ships, contained in a folder. Few foxing spots, o/wise near fine. 25.3 x 20.3.
Lafayette - see image (1930), Santa Paula (1932), Columbia (1899) and Peninsular (1888).
36672 JACKSON, Robert HISTORY OF THE ROYAL NAVY
$10.00 AUD
Parragon. Bath, UK. 1999. 1st Ed. 96 PP with b/w and colour illust. Title spread: Aircraft carrier of the Invincible class. Pictorial laminated boards, dj. Fine. 30 x 23.5. 0752532197
67461 JAILLOT, Alexis Hubert Hempel reprints of 3 Wooden Warships: GALERE - VAISSEAU DE GUERRE - VAISSEAU DE104 CANONS
$20.00 AUD
Hempel Peintures Marine France S.A. Paris. c. 1990. 3 frameable reprints of the 1693 original by Alexis Hubert Jaillot, published in 1693 in "Le Neptune François", and held at "La Biblothèque Royale, Copenhague, Danemark". Oblong format: 31 x 39.
Vaisseau de Guerre - Coupe Longitudinale d'une galère - Vue en coupe d'un Vaisseau-Amiral de 104 canons.
44760 JAMES, Lawrence THE ILLUSTRATED RISE & FALL OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE
$15.00 AUD
New York. 1999. St. Martin's Press. Illustrated edition of the 1994 original, abridged by Helen Lowie. 352 PP with 16 maps, hundreds of illustrations (71 of them in colour). Fp: Portrait of Henry Morton Stanley with scenes from his expeditions in the Dark Continent. Half title page: HM The Queen arriving in Fiji. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 27.8 x 23.2. 0312264291
62729 JAMES, Naomi WOMAN ALONE
$10.00 AUD
A Daily Express Publication. London. 1978. 1st Ed. 128 PP with 2 pages of plans "Express Crusader", 4 maps, 63 b/w and 39 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Front cover creased. Faint foxing. Very good. 20.2 x 19.
Alone around the world. Dartmouth 9 September 1977, Cape Town in November 1977, Falkland Islands in March 1978. Return to Dartmouth 8th June 1978.
21512 JOHANNESSON, Tomas HILLERSTRÖM'S 1891-1976
$10.00 AUD
World Ship Society. Kendal, UK. 1976. 1st Ed. 48 PP with 65 b/w photos. Inside front cover: technical details of m.v. Andros & Advara. Inside back cover: map of the run Australia to South East Asia. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 21.5 x 14. 0905617010
The history of Hillerström's Helsingborg.
38275 JOHNSTON, Paul Forsythe STEAM AND THE SEA
$10.00 AUD
Peabody Museum of Salem. Salem. 1983. 1st Ed. VI, 90 PP with 12 colour and 77 b/w illustrations. Pictorial card cover. Fine. 25.3 x 20.3. 0875770738
Catalogue accompanying a special exhibition of 1983 held at the Peabody Museum.
38367 JONES, Charles E. PEOPLE IN BOATS - An illustrated introduction to the Young World of Boating
$10.00 AUD
Young World Productions. London. 1969. 1st Ed. 137 PP with 2 maps, 13 plans and sketches, 19 colour illustrations (17 photos) and 84 b/w photos. Pictorial endpapers. Hard cover, title on front board, dj (price clipped). Light foxing. Very good. 30.7 x 21.2.
By the editor of Yachting & Boating Weekly. Dinghies, canoes, kayaks... yachts, barges and people.
51667 JONES, John PORT ADELAIDE RIVER. Its First Reported Discovery
$10.00 AUD
The Mail Newspaper Limited. Adelaide. 1923. Reprint from the 22nd volume of the Royal Geographical Society of South Australia. 4 PP. Stapled wrappers. Initials on top of front cover, old watermarks at bottom of pages, o/wise good. 21 x 13.5.
49805 KEATS, Warren Davenport FLIGHT TO THE SOUTH LAND
$15.00 AUD
Author. Tweed Heads, NSW. 2005. 1st Ed., limited to 500 copies. 355 PP with 4 maps and 60 b/w illustrations (photos and drawings by the author). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 15. 0646432605
A story of enduring love and high adventure. Part 1: Flight to the South Land. Part 2: Sojourn in the South Seas, blackbirding in New Hebrides, voyages to New Zealand and Fiji... Adventures in the Marshall Islands with the discovery of Keats Reef, in the Carolines (marooned on Nukuoro... Sailing with Jardine Matheson, and death in Chinese waters).
45437 KELLY, Paul AUSTRALIA AND AMERICA - What is ANZUS for? (in The Diplomat)
$5.00 AUD
Diplomat Media Pty. Ltd. Sydney. 2003. Volume 2, No. 2, June-July 2003. Contains article between P. 26 and 30 with 1 colour photo (President G. W. Bush and Prime Minister J. Howard). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27.5 x 20.5.
On the ANZUS (Australia New Zealand United States) Treaty: post 11th September 2001, Bali bombing and War in Iraq.
49614 KING, Hazel COLONIAL EXPATRIATES. Edward and John Macarthur Junior
$10.00 AUD
Kangaroo Press. Sydney. 1989. 1st Ed. 112 PP with 3 b/w illustrations, plus 8 pages with 11 b/w illustrations. Hard cover, gilt title on spine. Dust jacket tipped in (see image) Ingleton bookplate on front endpaper. Very good. 21.7 x 13.5. 0864172540
Airmont Books. New York. 1986. Reprint of the 1963 paperback edition. No. CL27, in the Airmont Classics series. Introduction by Lucy Mabry Fitzpatrick. 189, (3) PP. Paperback. Slight ageing of paper. Offsetting of the inside covers. Very good. 18 x 10.5. 0804900272
73037 KLOOSTERMAN, Alphons M. J. DISCOVERERS OF THE COOK ISLANDS AND THE NAMES THEY GAVE
$30.00 AUD
Cook Islands Library & Museum. Rarotonga, Cook Islands. 1973. 1st edition by the Curiculum Development Unit. Bulletin No. 1 of the Cook Islands Library and Museum. 76 PP with 44 b/w illustrations (10 maps and 34 drawings). Card covers, illustrated front. Stapled typescript monograph. Covers a little soiled with light wear, occasional foxing, o/wise near fine. 29.8 x 21.
18524 KNOX-JOHNSTON, Robin CAPE HORN, A Maritime History
$20.00 AUD
Hodder & Stoughton. London. 1995. 1st Ed. 240 PP with 2 maps in text. Hard cover, dj. Foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 24 x 15.6. 0340415274
Cape Horn: the most feared of all the world's capes. The age of discovery (Magellan, Schooten & Lemaitre from the City of Horn,...), age of exploration with scientists like Darwin, ... the windjammers... up to the age of the racing yachts.
36671 KONSTAM, Angus THE HISTORY OF SHIPWRECKS
$20.00 AUD
The Lyons Press / Mariners' Museum, Virginia. New York. 1999. 1st Ed., with a foreword by Claudia Pennington. 192 PP with location maps, maps and b/w or colour illustrations. Half title page: Loss of HMS Magnificent, March 1801. Title page: Map the Atlantic. Fp: Diver surveying the Highborn Cay shipwreck. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 30.5 x 23. 1558219706
A full-colour guide to the ships and treasures at the bottom of the sea.
Kyowa Line. Tokyo. c. 1980. Cup in excellent condition - Diameter: 7.8 cms / Height: 7. cms.
52993 LACROIX, Louis LES ECRASEURS DE CRABES SUR LES DERNIERS VOILIERS CABOTEURS
$50.00 AUD
Aux Portes du Large. Nantes. 1947. 1st Ed. Preface by Captain A. Marchandeau. 348, XXXVI (annex & contents) PP with 2 maps in text, plus 1 folded plan (line drawings of a brick nantais) , 2 folded maps (Ras de Sein & Chenal du Four) and 82 Pages with 166 b/w illustrations (plans, charts, drawings, photos). Soft cover, pictorial front. Pages mostly uncut and unopened. French text. Ageing of paper. Very good. 25.2 x 16.
Comprehensive history of the fishing industry and the last trading coastal sailing ships: France and Europe (UK, Finland...), Mediterranean Sea (Gibraltar to Near East). South west Indian Ocean (Madagascar, Mauritius, Bourbon (La Réunion).
67073 LAMBERT, Nat RMS TITANIC - Press Out and Build
$15.00 AUD
Top That! Publishing. Woodbridge, Suffolk. 2012. 1st Ed. "Centennial Edition". 16 PP with 6 b/w illustrations and colour photos (6 in text and 24 for the Assembly instructions), plus 6 sheets on glossy stiff paper for the press out model by Gary Kings. Large double-sided poster in colour "The Sunday Times - Titanic" (supplement) loosely inserted. Pictorial stiff cover. Fine. 31.5 x 23.5. 9781845102067
Folded poster - Recto: Commemorating 100 years since the ill-fated voyage / Verso: poster for the movie "Titanic" by James Cameron. Format: 90 x 59.5 (folded: 29.7 x 21.2).
67615 LARSEN, Paul & COUTTS, Russell AMERICA'S CUP 2000, including the Louis Vuitton Cup
$20.00 AUD
Auckland. 1999. Hodder Moa Beckett. 1st Ed. 192 PP with b/w & colour illustrations, and colour photos (most by by Daniel Forster). Eps. Hard cover, dj. Spine of dust jacket a little faded, o/wise near fine. 31.3 x 24.6. 1869587170
48663 LEDERER, Eugene H. PORT TERMINAL OPERATION - Port Terminal Management . Stevedoring . Stowage . Lighterage & Harbor Boats
$20.00 AUD
Cornell Maritime Press. New York. 1945. 1st Ed. XVI, 3-430 PP with tables and b/w illustrations (facsimiles of documents, figures, organigrams, photos). Cloth cover, dj. Head of spine worn. Dust jacket with small chips. Faint foxing on outside edges, o/wise very good. 23.5 X 15.8.
35039 LEIDENFROST, Johannes DIE LASTSEGELSCHIFFE DES BODENSEES - Ein Beitrag zur Schiffahrtsgeschichte
$15.00 AUD
Jan Thorbecke Verlag. Sigmarigen, Germany. 1975. 1st Ed., Volume 11 in the Bodensee - Bibliothek. 88 PP with 3 sketches, 4 tables (2 folded), and 14 plates (1 folded), plus 16 pages with 27 b/w photos. Cloth cover. Fine. German text. 23.8 x 17.8. 3799551115
The working sailing ships on the Lake of Constance (Austria, Germany and Switzerland).
Atlas Tours. Vancouver. 1992. November 1992 issue. 56 PP with colour illustrations: 30 sketch maps, 6 sets of Deck Plans and Cabin for (Nieuw Amsterdam, & Noordam, Westerdam, Rotterdam, Crown Priness & Regal Princess, Star Princess, Regent of the Sea), 2 artworks and 60 photos (16 of ships). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27.7 x 20.7.
24 tours programs for 1993.
15447 LITTLE, Norman A. ENDEAVOUR AND ACHIEVEMENT, Highlights in the Story of Australian Development
$5.00 AUD
Bank of NSW. Sydney. 1973. 13th revised edition of the 1952 original. 32 PP with 40 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover (HM Bark Endeavour). Very good. 24 x 16.
From discoveries to the achievements of the opening of the Sydney Opera House.
53506 LLEWELLYN, Sam THE GREAT CIRCLE
$5.00 AUD
Headline. London. 1988. 1st paperback edition of the 1987 original. X, 566 PP. Paperback. Faint foxing. Near fine. 17.8 x 11. 074723132X
Novel.
39536 LOCKWOOD, Douglas NORTHERN TERRITORY SKETCHBOOK
$10.00 AUD
Rigby. Adelaide. 1968. 1st Ed. 64 PP with 65 drawings by Ainslie Roberts. FEP: Map of the Centre. REP: Map of the Top End. Hard cover, dust jacket has a few chips and minor insect damage. Dedicatory note on title page, signed by the illustrator. Near fine. 22.5 x 14.2.
67448 M.V. PERA LAUNCHING CEREMONY OF M.V. PERA
$10.00 AUD
Dillingham Shipyards (W.A.) Pty. Ltd. Fremantle. 1969. 2 folded items: Invitation to the Launching Ceremony, 19th September 1969 & Launching Ceremony with Order pof Proceedings, Refreshments, The Blessing and Menu. Near fine. 21 x 13.
Built for John Burke Ltd and operated out of Cairns by Mason Shipping Company.
20890 MACMULLEN, Jerry THEY CAME BY SEA, A Pictorial History of San Diego Bay
$20.00 AUD
Ward Ritchie Press & Maritime Museum Association of San Diego. San Diego. 1969. 1st Ed. VII, 152 PP with 1 map and 200 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover (rubbed at hinges). Dedicatory note on half title page signed by the author. Very good. 25.3 x 17.2.
16271 MADDOCK, Shirley ISLANDS OF THE GULF
$10.00 AUD
Collins. Auckland. 1966. Rep. of 1967. 286 PP with 20 colour & 80 b/w photos by Don Whyte. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 22.2 x 15.8.
The islands of the Hauraki Gulf, gateway to Auckland: history, trading, sailing.
67584 MAGGS THE WINTERTON COLLECTION - Catalogue 1343: From the Abyssinian Expedition to the Mau Mau Insurrection
$25.00 AUD
Maggs Bros. Ltd. London. 2003. 1st Ed. Introduction by Humphrey Winterton. VIII, 156 PP with 28 b/w illustrations, plus XII plates with b/w and colour illustrations. Inside covers: 3 colour photos illustrating 24 items. Pictorial soft cover (General Paul Emil von Lettow-Vorbeck, by Fritz Grothemeyer). Near fine. 27 x 21.
100 years of Military and Naval Operations in Eastern and North-Eastern Africa (1860s - 1960s). A Collection of 842 items.
67585 MAGGS MILITARY & NAVAL HISTORY - Catalogue 1214
$10.00 AUD
Maggs Bros. Ltd. London. 1996. 1st Ed. (2), 128 PP with 10 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft covers [Uniforms of the German Army and Navy (front) and British (back) Armies]. Near fine. 25 x 17.
A Selection of 607 items.
67586 MAGGS MILITARY & NAVAL HISTORY - Catalogue 1225
$10.00 AUD
Maggs Bros. Ltd. London. 1997. 1st Ed. (2), 146 PP with 30 b/w illustrations. Inside covers: 3 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 25 x 17.
A Selection of 624 items.
67588 MAGGS MILITARY & NAVAL HISTORY - Catalogue 1271
$20.00 AUD
Maggs Bros. Ltd. London. 1999. 1st Ed. (2), 190 PP with 5 colour and 53 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. Oblong: 17 x 25.
Pages 1 to 11: The Ivor Beddoes "El Alamein" Archive with 2 colour and 5 b/w illustrations, followed by a Selection of 884 items.
66797 MARINE UNDERWRITERS' AND SALVAGE ASSOCIATION OF VICTORIA LTD THE REGISTER OF AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING - 1907-1908 - Including Shipping Registered at Fiji and New Guinea
$125.00 AUD
Compiled and issued by The Marine Underwriters' Association of Victoria Ltd. Melbourne. 1907. 1st Ed. 200 PP. Pages 1 to 10 printed recto/verso, P.11 to 183 with thumb index, recto only. P. 185-200 printed recto/verso. Addenda slip tipped in on page 11. Original green cloth cover, title in blind on front cover. Covers damaged and detached, spine missing. Tears to the spine of the 3 first leaves (FEP, preliminary page and title page). Leaf 3/4 "List of Members/List of Agents" torn (lower part missing). Ageing of paper and a little light foxing. Complete. In need of a serious rebinding. Good copy of a scarce item. Sold as is. Oblong: 18.4 x 26.
"From Returns furnished by the Customs Authorities in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Fiji and New Guinea".
43119 MARRIOTT, John DISASTER AT SEA
$10.00 AUD
Ian Allan. London. 1987. 1st Ed. 176 PP with 30 maps & plans, and 49 b/w illustrations. Hard cover, gilt title on cloth spine, dj (price-clipped and in a protective sleeve). Near fine. 23.5 x 15.7. 0711017379
Lloyds of London. The British Search and Rescue Organisation. Shipwrecks: Victoria and Camperdown, Andrea Doria and Stockholm, Titanic... The 1979 Fastnet Race.
37673 MARVEL, William (editor) THE MONITOR CHRONICLES, One Sailor's Account - Today's Campaign to Recover the Civil War Wreck
$15.00 AUD
The Mariners' Museum / Simon & Schuster. New York. 2000. 1st Ed. 272 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (map, painting, photos) and facsimile of written documents. Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing, o/wise fine. 23.5 x 20.5. 0684869977
The Civil War Ironclad Monitor, past (sunk off Cape Hatteras on 31st December 1862) and present (campaign of 1999 to recover the wreck).
19424 MARX, Robert F. & Jenifer THE SEARCH FOR SUNKEN TREASURE - Exploring the World's Great Shipwrecks
$20.00 AUD
Random House. Sydney. 1993. 1st Australian edition. 192 PP profusely illustrated with mostly colour photos. Fp: A diver with a pot recovered form a sixth-century Etruscan shipwreck. Title page: A Chinese ocean-going trading ship. Half title page: Gold and silver coins washed ashore off the Panama coast. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 28.5 x 22. 0091828147
The discovery of famous wrecks from around the world, the HMS Bounty, the Andrea Doria, the Titanic and the Mary Rose, etc.. Salvage operations and recovery of artifacts, many of them priceless pieces of jewellery, pottery, coins...
58682 MASON, Peter TOURISM: Environment and Development Perspectives
$15.00 AUD
WWF / World Wide Fund for Nature. London. 1990. 1st Ed. 104 PP with 71 figures and b/w illustrations (drawings, engravings, maps, photos). A 4 page "Teachers' Notes" loosely inserted. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 23.8 x 21. 094761317X
67540 MAURY, Richard THE SAGA OF CIMBA
$20.00 AUD
Adlard Coles. London. 1971. Reprint of the 1939 US original. 254 PP with b/w illustrations (1 map and 19 drawings) by the author. Cloth cover, dj. Dust jacket with closed tears and chips and protected. Light foxing around outside page edges, o/wise a very good clean copy. 19.2 x 12.6. 0229986420
Deep-water cruising in a small yacht.
54752 McCARTHY, John, & SIMINGTON, Margot (editors) THE AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF DEFENCE STUDIES - Volume 3 - No. 1
$10.00 AUD
United Services Institute of Australia. Canberra. 1979. Volume 3, No. 1, May 19798: 100 PP. Card covers. Very good. 25 x 17.5.
No. 1: Australia and the Indian Ocean, by Henry S. Albinski. China's Air Power, by P. J. Bennett. The American Alliance - the debit side, by Robert E. Loskik.
61839 McCORMICK, Donald BLOOD ON THE SEA - The Terrible Story of the Yawl Mignonette
$20.00 AUD
Frederick Muller. London. 1962. 1st Ed. 158 PP with 1 map, plus 4 pages with 5 b/w illust. Fp: Map showing voyage of the Mignonette's dinghy. Hard cover, dj (price-clipped and with a few small closed tears), o/wise a near fine copy. 20.2 x 13.5.
49881 McCRAE, A. G. ESTUARIAL GROUPING OF PORTS. A study of developments in Britain
$10.00 AUD
IAPH / International Association of Ports and Harbors Melbourne. 1969. 1st Ed. 7 PP. Soft cover. Near fine. 24.5 x 17.8.
Paper presented, at the Sixth Biennial I. A. P. H. Conference, Melbourne, March 1969. Chairman, Clyde Port Authority.
50602 McDONALD, Charles E. & HENDERSON, Captain C. W. T. THE MANLY-WARRINGAH STORY
$10.00 AUD
Paul Hamlyn. Sydney. 1975. 1st Ed. 112 PP with 15 colour and 67 b/w photos. Fp (in colour): The Library of the Warringah Shire Council. Hard cover, dj. Title not printed on title page. Presentation plate of Warringah Shire Council pasted down on front endpaper. Name of previous owner on front endpaper. Very good. 29.3 x 21.7. 0600071995
41885 McFEE, William LAW OF THE SEA
$10.00 AUD
Faber and Faber. London. 1951. 1st Ed. 302 PP. Cloth cover, gilt title on a sunned spine. Edges of covers rubbed. Foxing spots on outside edges and some pages. Faint old watermarks at bottom of rear endpaper and margin of the last 9 leaves but not affecting any text, o/wise a very good clean copy. Image shows title-page. 20.8 x 14.
52579 MCLEOD, G. Roderick (compiler) SHIPS REGISTERED IN THE PORTS OF QUEENSLAND
$10.00 AUD
Brisbane. 2002. Queensland Maritime Museum Association. Briosbane. 2002 1st Ed. (4), 68 PP, (3 index), plus 1 errata slip pasted down on verso of foreword page and an addendum to Maryborough list pasted down on page 48. Soft cover. Fine. 24.2 x 18.
Moreton Bay, then Brisbane: 1851-1900. Rockhampton: 1860-1901. Maryborough: 1868-1936. Townsville: 1884-1911. Bundaberg: 1899-1954.
67607 MCLEOD, Roderick / MACKEN, the Honourable James THE STEAM YACHT "LUCINDA" / THE LUCINDA WEEKEND
$5.00 AUD
2 items - 1: Page.45 of issue No. 41, 1991 of "The Australian Antique Collector" with 1 colour plate of the Lucinda. 2 : Pages 14 & 15 of the June 1992 issue of the "Magazine of the Royal Australian Historical Society". Near fine. 29.8 x 21.
18846 MICCO, Helen Mary KING ISLAND AND THE SEALING TRADE, 1802
$20.00 AUD
Roebuck. Canberra. 1971. 1st Ed., Volume 3 in the Roebuck series. IV, 5I PP plus 8 pages with 7 b/w plates. FEP: Map of King Island. REP: The 3 vessels of Baudin's expedition. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 26 x 18.8. 0950085812
A translation of chapters 22 & 23 of the narrative by François Péron published in the official account of the voyage of discovery to the Southern lands undertaken in the corvettes Le Géographe, Le Naturaliste, and the schooner Casuarina during the years 1800 to 1804, under the command of Captain Nicolas Baudin.
39980 MIELCHE, Hakon AFTER YOU, COLUMBUS
$20.00 AUD
William Hodge. London. 1950. 1st English edition of the Danish original. (8), 273 PP with 480 drawings on fore margin of pages, plus 16 pages with 31 b/w photos. Eps: Map of the voyage of the good ship Santa Maria. Cloth cover, dj (price-clipped and with a few small chips and closed tears). Light foxing on some pages and outside page edges, o/wise a very nice clean copy. 22 x 15.6.
Voyage in 1948 by a Danish schoolmaster, on board the yawl Santa Maria, in the footsteps of Columbus.
66300 MILLER, Norma THROUGH EUROPE BY TRAILER CARAVAN (in National Geographic Magazine, Volume CXI, No. 6, 1957)
$10.00 AUD
National Geographic Society. Washington. 1957. Volume CXI, No.6, June 1957. Includes article from P.769-818 with 8 b/w & 36 colour photos by Ardean R. Miller III, plus large folded map in colour of Europe, June 1957.. Soft cover. Very good. 25.5 x 17.5.
Discovery voyage through a little-known (at the time) sultanate of the Indian Ocean, straddling the equator. 8 photos of baggala.
15453 MITCHELL, T. C. (editor) CAPTAIN COOK AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC
$15.00 AUD
British Museum. London. 1979. 1st edition. 249 PP with 4 maps and 158 b/w illustrations. Fp: Captain Cook. Cloth cover, dj. Foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 24.5 x 18.7. 0714100889
Banks's Artists and his Endeavour Collections, by A.M. Lysaght. Ancient Pacific Voyaging, by Brian Durrans... Tracing the history of Hawaiian Cook voyage artefacts in the Museum of Mankind, by Adrienne L. Kaeppler...
20889 MOODY, Bert MERCHANT SHIPS OF THE SOLENT - Past and Present
$10.00 AUD
Kingfisher Railway Productions. Southampton. 1988. 1st Ed. 44 PP with 1 map, 4 colour and 71 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27.5 x 21.2. 0946184372
18475 MORRISON, John H. HISTORY OF AMERICAN STEAM NAVIGATION
$15.00 AUD
Stephen Daye. New York. 1958. Reprint of 1903 orig. (10), 630 PP, VII, with 55 b/w illust. by Samuel Ward Stanton in text. Hard cover, price-clipped dj (chipped with a few closed tears). Internally near fine. 24 x 15.5.
Comprehensive history reviewing the entire American maritime scene with special coverage of the Hudson River and the Long Island Sound waterways.
Charles Birchall & Sons Ltd. Liverpool. 1938. April 1938. 40 PP with 8 house flags (with colour key) and 15 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover (Olivebank), staples removed. Very good. 24.8 x 15.5.
"Falmouth Packets, 1688-1852". Tasmanian Barques, by Captain Todd. Scrimshaw Work, by Captain C.E. Parkes. "Sailing Ships' Roll of Honour": F. Laeisz, Hamburg (Part 1), "The Signal Station", etc..
51268 N/A SEA BREEZES. The P.S.N.C. Magazine - No. 203, Vol. XXI
$10.00 AUD
Pacific Steam Navigation Co. Liverpool. 1936. October 1936. VIII (advertisements), 65 to 96 PP with 9 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover is rubbed and lightly soiled (the Viking) . Staples removed. Very good. 24.8 x 15.5.
Articles by ROBBINS, Dr. E. E., MILLER, Kenneth J. W., et al. A New York to China Voyage under sail in the Nineties, on the Lillian L. Robbins. Tle old coal hulk White Pine. Sailing Ships' Roll of Honour: John Kerr & Coy, Greenock (part II). Boudoir Breezes. The Signal Station ...
51270 N/A SEA BREEZES. The P.S.N.C. Magazine - No. 205, Vol. XXI
$10.00 AUD
Pacific Steam Navigation Co. Liverpool. 1936. December 1936. VIII (advertisements), 129 to 160 PP with 9 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover is lightly soiled (the s/v Hamburg). Soft cover split at spine. Staples removed. Very good. 24.8 x 15.5.
Articles by BOUQUET, Michael, MILLER, James L., et al. : The Breton traders of S. Wales. Old Clyde Sailing Ship Owners. Sailing Ships' Roll of Honour: John Kerr & Coy, Greenock (Part IV)... Boudoir Breezes. The Signal Station ...
51271 N/A SEA BREEZES. The P.S.N.C. Magazine - No. 206, Vol. XXI
$10.00 AUD
Pacific Steam Navigation Co. Liverpool. 1937. January 1937. VIII (advertisements), 161 to 192 PP with 9 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover (lightly soiled). Soft cover split at spine. Staples removed. Very good. 24.8 x 15.5.
Articles by HUGHES, W. J., BRIDGWATER, Cuthbert D. JONES, Captain Wm., et al. : My Apprenticeship on Pengwern. Pioneer Atlantic-Ferry Steamers. Portmadoc Ships... Sailing Ships' Roll of Honour: Robert Thomas & Co., Liverpool... Boudoir Breezes. The Signal Station ...
52221 N/A The SuperBook of SHIPS
$5.00 AUD
Macdonald Educational Ltd. London. 1977. 1st edition adapted from the 1971 original Ships by Brian Benson, and published in the Visual Library series. 32 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (detailed drawings, cutaways, cross-sections and labelled diagrams). Pictorial soft cover. Very light foxing. Very good. 28 x 21.7. 0356055949
Classic Boat / Benn Consumer Publications. Falmouth. 1988. Bimonthly publication. Second year of publication with 6 issues. No. 5, Jan/Feb 1988 to No. 10, November/December 1988. A total of 784 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Original pictorial soft covers (image shows cover of Jan/Feb 1988). Near fine set. Scarce. 29.5 x 22.5.
Nos. 5 & 6: Fifty Years of the Gaff Cutter, by John Leather. No. 7: 3 articles on Colin Archer, by John Leather, ... No. 8: Square Sails on the Humber, by Alex McMullen. No. 10: The story of Corsair, by Alan Dunn. Douarnenez, '88. ...
58333 N/A DOCUMENTS AND MATERIALS - USSR-US SUMMIT: Washington, December 7-10, 1987
$10.00 AUD
Novosti Press Agency. Moscow. 1987. 1st Ed. 144 PP, plus 16 pages with 15 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 19.5 x 12.5.
Pegasus Public Relations. Melbourne. 1971. March 1971. 104 PP. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 27.7 x 22.
Contains article between pages 48 and 60 with b/w illustrations (1 House Flag and Funnel, 1 sketch plan, 2 maps and 11 photos): Working the Northern Leg: from Melbourne to Brisbane via Sydney. "Door to Door" container service with M/V Kanimbla: Melbourne to Sydney.
Boating Publications Ltd. Croydon. 1996. No. 93, March 1996. 112 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.5 x 21.
No. 93. ... Mariette, back in the High Life, by Renato Polo & William Collier. Lost innocence: La Nioulargue. Brooke's of Lowestoft, Part I. The Pacific Halibut Schooners, by Steve Bunnell.
66714 N/A CLASSIC BOAT and The BOATMAN - 1996, No. 101
$5.00 AUD
Link House Magazines Ltd. Croydon. 1996. No. 101, November 1996. 112 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.5 x 21.
No. 101 - The Album: "Falmouth Classic", by Nikos. Bounty, a Herreshoff, by Robin Lloyd. Bordeaux dark secret, by Bill McDonald, 100 Years of Alfred Mylne, Part II, by Ian Nicolson. Fifies, by Mike Smylie.
66827 N/A AUSTRALIAN JOINT COPYING PROJECT HANDBOOK - Part 3: HOME OFFICE - Class and Piece List
$10.00 AUD
National Library of Australia / Library of New South Wales. Canberra. 1984. AJCP Handbook, Part 3. Reprinted with addenda of the 1974 original. 40 PP. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.5 x 21. 0642990220
66828 N/A AUSTRALIAN JOINT COPYING PROJECT HANDBOOK - Part 4: WAR OFFICE - Class and Piece List
$10.00 AUD
National Library of Australia / Library of New South Wales. Canberra. 1984. AJCP Handbook, Part 4. 2nd edition. 40 PP. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.5 x 21. 0642104077
67221 N/A MARITIME MUSEUM OF SAN DIEGO
$5.00 AUD
Maritime Museum of San Diego. San Diego. c. 2013. 2 items: I : Folded brochure with colour illustrations. Recto: outlay of the Museum. Verso: Activities at the Museum. II: A 4 page article with 6 b/w photos "The Star Shines Over San Diego", by Graeme Andrews pulled out of Seacraft Magazine, November 1971. Format: 28 x 21.7.
37021 NAN KIVELL, Rex & SPENCE, Sydney PORTRAITS OF THE FAMOUS AND INFAMOUS - Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific 1492-1970
$50.00 AUD
Authors. London. 1974. 1st Ed. IV, 332 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Fp: Colour portrait of Abraham Ortelius. Hard cover, clear dust jacket (illustrated). Occasional foxing, o/wise near fine. 43 x 29. 0950376906
53658 NATIONAL CARGO BUREAU General Information for GRAIN LOADING
$10.00 AUD
National Cargo Bureau, Inc. New York. 1973. Reprint of the 1972 edition. Foreword by C. R. Bender, Admiral, U. S. Coast Guard. (4),161 PP with 1 map, tables and figures (b/w drawings and 20 colour illustrations). Card cover, illustrated front, spiral bound at top. Very good. 18 x 10.8.
66544 NAVY LEAGUE THE NAVY: The Magazine of the Navy League of Australia - Volume 66, 2004
$10.00 AUD
The Navy League of Australia. Sydney. 2004. No. 1 (January-March) to No. 4 (October-December). 4 issues for a total of 128 pages with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. Image shows cover of No.1. 29.7 x 21.
66545 NAVY LEAGUE THE NAVY: The Magazine of the Navy League of Australia - Volume 67, 2005
$10.00 AUD
The Navy League of Australia. Sydney. 2005. No. 1 (January-March) to No. 4 (October-December). 4 issues for a total of 128 pages with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. Image shows cover of No.1. 29.7 x 21.
34734 NICHOLLS, Kathryn CARTOGRAPHY: The Art of Adventure (in Carter's Antiques & Collectables Annual)
$15.00 AUD
Carter's Promotions. Sydney. 1994. 1st Ed., issue 1994/1995. Contains article from P.68 to 73 with 7 colour illust. Pictorial card cover. Fine. 29.7 x 23.
Early maps: Product of science, art, and often imagination are historical and intriguing relics.
32971 OLIVER, Captain S. Pasfield THE TRUE STORY OF THE FRENCH DISPUTE IN MADAGASCAR
$15.00 AUD
New York. 1969. Negro Universities Press. Reprint of the 1885 original. (2), VIII, 279 PP, plus folded map at rear of book. Cloth cover. Very good. 22.2 x 14.5. 837112826
65428 ORIENT LINE SYDNEY
$10.00 AUD
Orient Line. London. c.1958. October 1958 edition. Folded brochure (5 folds) with History, places of interest etc... and 2 maps in colour: Sydney and Port Jackson / Sydney. A little soiling, o/wise very good. Folded format: 18.7 x 12.5.
Gives places of interest and information for passengers, hotels and restaurants, theatres, surfing beaches, golf, racing, expeditions, aeroplane services..
66388 ORIENT LINE ORIENT LINE STEAMSHIPS BETWEEN ENGLAND AND AUSTRALIA - Schedule 1929/30 (No. 1)
$10.00 AUD
Anderson, Green & Co. Ltd. London. 1929. Folded schedule 1929/30, No. 1. 4 folds. Tables on the Inside: Outwards & Homewards. Name of previous owner at top of title fold. Ageing of paper. Small format: 11.5 x 31.5. Folded: 11.5 x 8.
66389 ORIENT LINE ORIENT LINE Royal Mail Steamers Australia England 1929-1930 - Schedule 1929/30 (No. 1)
$10.00 AUD
D. L. Dodwell. Sydney. 1929. Folded schedule 1929 No. 1. 4 folds. Tables on the Inside: Outwards & Homewards. Name of previous owner at top of title fold. Ageing of paper. Small format: 11.5 x 30.2. Folded size: 11.5 x 7.5.
16802 ORTZEN, Len GUNS AT SEA, The World's Great Naval Battles
$10.00 AUD
Galahad. New York. 1976. 1st U.S. edition, with a foreword by Ludovic Kennedy. 160 PP with b/w & colour illust. Title-page: Battle of Cape St. Vincent. Eps: The Bismarck in Action against HMS Hood. Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing. Very good. 28.5 x 22. 088365363X
Sixteen main naval battles. From the Battle of Sluys in 1340 to the Battle of Midway in 1942.
20365 OSBUN, Albert G. TO CALIFORNIA AND THE SOUTH SEAS - The Diary of Albert G. Osbun 1849-1851
$15.00 AUD
The Huntington Library. San Marino, Ca, USA. 1966. 1st Ed. Edited by John Haskell Kemble. XIII, 233 PP with 2 maps and 3 drawings. Fp: Portrait of Albert Gallatin Osbun. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Dust jacket is a little browned around edges. A near fine copy. 23.6 x 15.8.
Unsuccessful at gold digging in California, he sailed on the brig Rodolph to Samoa, Wallis Island, Tuvalu, and Hawaii, intending to bring back pigs, chickens, yams, etc.. to San Francisco.
49884 OWEN, David THE ROLE OF THE UNITED NATIONS AS RELATED TO WORLDWIDE TRANSPORTATION PROBLEMS
$10.00 AUD
IAPH / International Association of Ports and Harbors. Melbourne. 1969. 1st Ed. 18 PP, plus 1 folded organigram The United Nations and Related Agencies. Soft cover. Near fine. 24.5 x 17.8.
Paper presented, at the Sixth Biennial I.A.P.H. Conference, Melbourne, March 1969. Co-Administrator United Nations Development Programme.
47645 OZANNE, Nicolas LE PORT DE ROUEN, Vu de l'Isle de la Croix
$45.00 AUD
Paris. c. 1980. Colour print - suitable for framing. Reprint of the 1776 original. Painting by Nicolas Ozanne, engraved by Le Gouaz and published in the Réduit de la Collection des Ports de France dessinés pour le Roi en 1776. Fine. Format: 26.8 x 35.5.
Port of Rouen on the Seine, viewed from the Island of the Cross.
66822 PALIN, Michael POLE TO POLE
$10.00 AUD
BCA. London. 1992. BCA edition of the 1992 BBC original. 320 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (drawings, maps, photos by Basil Pao). Eps: Map North Pole to South Pole, by David Atkinson. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Near fine. 24.7 x 19.
14766 PARSONS, Ronald AUSTRALIAN SHIPOWNERS AND THEIR FLEETS - Book Two: Northern Rivers of New South Wales
$10.00 AUD
Ronald Parsons. Lobethal, SA. 1986. Revised edition of the 1973 original. II, (2), 101 to 172 PP. Stapled typescript monograph. Soft cover. Fine. Oblong: 16.6 x 20.6. 090941839X
Ships trading to the Northern Rivers and the NSW Central Coast.
17122 PARSONS, Ronald THE PORT OF MARYBOROUGH
$10.00 AUD
Ronald Parsons. Magill, S.A. 1984. Revised edition of the 1976 original. IV, 102 PP with 9 b/w illustrations, plus 6 pages with 10 b/w photos. Title page: Schooner Fearless. Stapled typescript. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. Oblong: 16.2 x 20.5. 0909428349
44930 PARSONS, Ronald AUSTRALIAN SHIPOWNERS AND THEIR FLEETS. Book Eleven - Vessels enrolled at Launceston 1830-1859
$10.00 AUD
Ronald Parsons. Goolwa, S.A. c. 2003. Reprint of the 1992 original. (2), 56 PP. Stapled typescript monograph. Soft cover. Fine. Oblong: 16.2 x 20.6. 0909418462
31143 PAYNE, Joe HARBOUR UNDER SAIL - A guide to the Tall Ships bringing History to Life
$10.00 AUD
The Sun-Herald. Sydney. 1988. Insert to The Sun-Herald of 17th January 1988. 32 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover (US Coast Guard Eagle). Covers slightly rubbed. Very good. 27.5 x 20.5.
Fleet gathering in Sydney for the Bicentennial of Australia.
67052 PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY SHIP MENUS (9) - FLOWERS OF AUSTRALIA
$35.00 AUD
Peninsular and Orient Line. 9 menus (pre printed) in a series of 12 paintings by Strom Gould, published by P&O. Front: Flowers. Back: description. Light soiling or occasional foxing, o/wise very good. 21.5 x 14.5.
No. 1: Golden Everlasting Daisy, Native Rose and a butterfly. No. 3: 9 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. 10: Darwinia, Geraldton wax flower and butterfly. No. 11: 8 flowers. No. 12: Kangaroo Paws.
67053 PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY SHIP MENUS (6) - FLOWERS OF AUSTRALIA
$25.00 AUD
Peninsular and Orient Line. 6 menus (2 blank and 4 pre printed) in a series of 12 paintings by Strom Gould, published by P&O. Front: Flowers. Back: description. Faint ageing and occasional foxing. Very good. 21.7 x 14.5.
No. 1: Golden Everlasting Daisy, Native Rose and a butterfly. No. 3: 9 flowers. No. 5: Illawarra Flame Tree & Lace Bark. No. 8: 7 flowers and a cicada. No. 10: Darwinia, Geraldton wax flower and butterfly. No. 11: 8 flowers.
67065 PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY P & O PORTS OF CALL: MELBOURNE
$10.00 AUD
P & O. London. circa August, 1957. Folded brochure (3 folds) with history/information and 1 plan of Melbourne. Some ageing/soiling, o/wise very good. Folded format: 21.7 x 14.
Gives places of interest and information for passengers.
40181 PEREZ, Juan JUAN PEREZ ON THE NORTHWEST COAST - Six Documents of His Expedition in 1774
$25.00 AUD
Oregon Historical Society. Portland. 1989. 1st Ed., No. 12 in the North Pacific Studies series. Translated and annotated by Herbert K. Beals. XXVIII, (2), 270, (4) PP with 24 b/w illustrations (13 maps, 2 portraits...). Fp: Map of the Pérez expedition of 1774. Eps: Map on the voyage of the Santiago 24 January to 28 August 1774. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Faint foxing. Fine. 26 x 15.8. 0875951899
Exploration of the North West Coast of Canada and USA, and quest for presence of Russian colonies.
35576 POCOCK, Tom NELSON AND HIS WORLD
$10.00 AUD
A Studio Book / Viking Press. New York. 1968. 1st US Ed. 144 PP with 130 b/w illust. Fp: Horatio Nelson, aged 39, by Lemuel Abbott. Cloth cover, dj (price-clipped). Some foxing, o/wise near fine. 23.8 x 18.5. 670505978
18115 POLMAR, Norman & FRIEDMAN, Norman WARSHIPS
$10.00 AUD
Treasure Press. London. 1984. Reprint of the 1983 revised and updated edition of 1981. 88 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Title spread: HMS Invincible. Half-title page: HMS Warrior (1860). Eps: HMS Alacrity. Pictorial laminated boards. Very good. 32.2 x 23.8. 0907812597
From the American Civil War to the Falklands conflict and beyond.
61917 POULSON, Bruce RECHERCHE BAY - A Short History
$35.00 AUD
Management Committee of the Southport Community Centre. Southport, Tasmania. 2005 Reprint of the 2004 original. V, 83 PP with b/w illustrations. Inside front cover: sketch map of Recherche Bay. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 21.
Bay at the southern tip of Tasmania, first explored by Bruny d'Entrecasteaux. Garden of Recherche Bay "Jardin du Roi", by Felix Lahaie. ... Whaling.
59139 POWELL, L. H. THE SHIPPING FEDERATION: A History of the First Sixty Years 1890-1950
$10.00 AUD
Shipping Federation. London. 1950. 1st Ed. Foreword by Basil Sanderson. (6), 149, (3) PP, plus 17 b/w plates (1 cartoon, 11 portraits, 3 facsimile of documents, 17 photos) . Fp: Mr Basil Sanderson. Marbled endpapers. Hard cover, device and title on front cover (slightly faded), o/wise fine. 23.2 x 18.
32367 PRESTON, Antony DESTROYERS
$10.00 AUD
Parkgate Books. London. 1998. Reprint. 224 PP with tables and b/w illustrations (7 maps & plans, 4 drawings, 4 cutaways and 318 photos). Pictorial laminated boards, dj. Fine. 30 x 22.8. 1902616014
An illustrated history.
33345 PRESTON, Antony BATTLESHIPS
$15.00 AUD
AP Publishing / Bison Book. Sydney. 1981. 1st Australian edition. 192 PP with 13 maps & battle plans, 27 colour illust. (7 profiles and cutaways), tables and b/w photos. Title spread: HMS Nelson firing her starboard 6-inch secondary guns, 1940. Hard cover, dj (rubbed). Near fine. 30.5 x 23. 0868270857
The rise and fall of the battleship.
60808 PURNELL'S STRUGGLE FOR THE SEALANES (in Purnell"s History of the Second World War, No. 11)
$5.00 AUD
Purnell & Sons Ltd. London. c. 1974. No. 11 in Purnell's History of the Second World War series. Edited by Barrie Pitt. 281-308 PP with 1 map, and b/w or colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 29.7 x 22.5.
Articles by Lt-Cmdr Peter KEMP & Arthur SLATER. Struggles for the Sealanes. Bomber Command.
60809 PURNELL'S THE SINKING OF THE BISMARCK (in Purnell"s History of the Second World War, No. 16)
$5.00 AUD
Purnell & Sons Ltd. London. c. 1974. No. 16 in Purnell's History of the Second World War series. Edited by Barrie Pitt. 421-448 PP with 5 maps, and b/w or colour illustrations including 3 artworks by John Batchelor. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 29.7 x 22.5.
Articles by Lt-Cmdr. Peter KEMP & Lt-Cmdr Gerhard JUNACK. Chase of the Bismarck. Last Hours of the Bismarck. Hitler's New Order Struggles for the Sealanes. Bomber Command.
46164 RAUSA, Captain Rosario GOLD WINGS, BLUE SEA. A Naval Aviator's Story
$10.00 AUD
Naval Institute Press. Annapolis. 1980. 1st Ed. X, (4), 200 PP with 2 maps, 4 drawings and 26 b/w photos. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Light speckling on the top and lower edges and a few marks on covers. Very good. 23.5 x 15.8. 0870212192
Tours of duty in the Mediterranean and Vietnam. Desk duty in Washington.
51757 RICHARDS, Rhys WHALE TEETH ARTEFACTS IN THE WESTERN SOLOMON ISLANDS (in Tuhinga)
$15.00 AUD
Te Papa Museum of New Zealand. Wellington. 2006. Extract from Tuhinga (Records of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa) No. 17. Pages 69 to 79 with 1 map and 8 colour photos. Plastic covers, clear plastic front, spiral bound. Fine. 29.8 x 21.
51324 RICHARDS, Robert S. MARINE DRUG GUIDE
$20.00 AUD
World Trade Centre Pharmacy / Ultimate Idea. Melbourne. 1986. 2nd edition of the 1982 original Australian Ship's Masters Medical Guide). Foreword by Don Dunstan. XIV, 162 PP with tables, 1 portrait and 4 b/w photographic plates. Inside front cover: page 261 of The Chemists' and Druggists' Diary, 1898. Pictorial soft cover (topsail schooner Alma Doepel). Foxing spots on outside edges. Very good. 21 x 14.8. 0958914303
48009 RIGBY, Nigel & Van Der MERWE, Pieter CAPTAIN COOK IN THE PACIFIC
$30.00 AUD
National Maritime Museum. Greenwich. 2002. 1st Ed., with a foreword by Glyn Williams. 144 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (charts & maps, drawings & engravings, paintings & photos). Fp (in colour): Captain Cook by Nathaniel Dance. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 24.6 x 19. 0948065435
61463 ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY THE GEOGRAPHICAL JOURNAL - Volume: XCVI, No. 5
$5.00 AUD
Royal Geographical Society. London. 1940. Vol. XCVI, No. 5, November 1940. Edited by Arthur R. HINKS. VI (Advertisements), 305-376 PP with figures (drawings, maps, sketches), plus 6 plates with 16 b/w photos and a folded plate with 7 maps or plans at rear of Journal. Original soft cover. Occasional foxing. Near fine. 24.5 x 15.5.
Vol. XCVI - No. 5: Sand Cays and Mangroves in Jamaica, by J. A. Steers, ... J.A. Lofthouse. ... Whale-Marking in the Southern Ocean, by A.C. Hardy.
Department of Lands. Nowra, 1988. Folded brochure, March 1988. 4 folds with 2 sketch maps, 3 b/w photos and artwork. Local newspaper clipping (March 1988, Vol. 2, No.1) with a b/w photo of the wrecked Merimbula. Very good. Format: 21.2 x 10.
Wrecked off Beecroft Head on 27 March 1928.
62450 SCHIELDROP, Edgar B. THE HIGH SEAS
$20.00 AUD
Hutchinson & Co. London. 1939. 1st Ed. No. 3 in the Hutchinson's Illustrated Library of Modern Knowledge. Foreword by Sir Archibald Hurd. (2), 211 PP with over 130 b/w illustrations (diagrams, plans, photos). Fp (in colour): S.S. Stratheden at Port Said. Cloth cover, device on front cover, dj. Dust jacket rubbed with closed tears, o/wise near fine. 23.7 x 15.5.
Shipbuilding and ship management from earliest times to the present day (1939).
43502 SCHOERNER, Katarina (editor) DET SEGLANDE SKEPPET
$20.00 AUD
Vasamuseet. Stockholm. 1997. 1st Ed. 86 PP with 1 folded plan (rigging and sails), 3 colour and 20 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Swedish text. Near fine. 24 x 17. 9185268704
Rigging and sails of the Vasa.
67613 SHARP, Andrew (editor) DUPERREY'S VISIT TO NEW ZEALAND IN 1824
$20.00 AUD
Alexander Turnbull Library. Wellington. 1971. 1st Ed. 125 PP, plus 1 folded map, 6 b/w plates, and 1 large folded chart at back of book. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Dust jacket is a rubbed around edges and cloth cover has a little shelf wear on bottom edges, o/wise a fine copy. 25.5 x 15.7.
Accounts & illustrations from Duperrey's visit in La Coquille with details of Maori & European life in New Zealand in 1824.
53789 SHIPLOVERS' SOCIETY OF VICTORIA THE DOG WATCH - No. 28
$10.00 AUD
Shiplovers' Society of Victoria. Melbourne. 1971. Issue No. 28, edited by STROM, S. A. E., & GOLDFINCH, T. E. Foreword by Commodore Rodney Rhoades. 132 PP. Pictorial soft cover with a few creases, o/wise very good. 21 x 14.5.
Gleams through darkness, an outline history of lighthouses, by N. S. Smith... The first of Port Phillip Pilots, by Darren Baillieu... Murray River shipping, by Ross Holloway...
53791 SHIPLOVERS' SOCIETY OF VICTORIA THE DOG WATCH - No. 30
$10.00 AUD
Shiplovers' Society of Victoria. Melbourne. 1973. Issue No. 30, edited by STROM, S. A. E., & GOLDFINCH, T. E. Foreword by Commodore Dacre H. D. Smyth. 132 PP. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 21 x 14.5.
Progress of the Polly Woodside, by J. F. Yuncken. More of Pearling off the Aru Islands, by Captain W. J. Cowling. The tale of the Komet, by Harrow Morgan... A passage from England to Australia in the Gauntlet - 1853, by Sven Tvermoes.
66393 SHIPPING TO NEW ZEALAND - Trans-Tasman Passenger Sailings
$5.00 AUD
P&O, Orient, Shaw Savill, Matson, Nederland Line, New Zealand Shipping Co. Union S. S. of N. Z. Ltd. Sydney. 1963. August 1963 edition. Folded flyer. 4 folds with Timetable of Trans-Tasman Passenger Sailings on the inside and Fares on the outside. Folded format: 22.2 x 10.
67470 SHIPPING THE SHIPPING GAZETTE AND SYDNEY GENERAL TRADE LIST - Vol. XVII: from January to December 1860
$150.00 AUD
John Fairfax and Sons / Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney. 1861. Bound edition of this Weekly Gazette. (2), 216 PP. Hard cover, half bound with marbled paper. Covers rubbed and worn, hinge of front cover split, part of spine missing at foot. Foxing. Complete, but in need of rebacking. Good copy. 37.5 x 25.
Volume XVII: No. 817 of 2nd January 1860 to No. 869, 31 December 1860.
66698 SLATER, Kelly & BORTE, Jason PIPE DREAMS - A Surfer's Journey
$10.00 AUD
ReganBooks / HarperCollins. New York. 2003. 1st Ed. XIV, 338 PP with b/w illustrations (facsimiles of document and photos), plus 16 pages with 22 colour photos. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 23.5 x 16 0060096292
A Global Surf Quest by surfing "Legends", combined with reef studies by Marine Biologists.
21076 SMITH, Dick & WHELAN, Howard (editors) AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHIC - No. 35, July-Sept. 1994 + Poster-Map "ANTARCTICA"
$15.00 AUD
Australian Geographic Society. Sydney. 1994. 128 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Plus 2 folded plates "The making of an Australian pearl" and "West MacDonnell National Park", and a large folded map of "Antarctica" (loosely inserted). Pictorial soft covers. Fine. 27.8 x 21.
Australi's Giant Pearls, by Rory McGuinness. A Timeless Grandeur (Central Australia's spectacular West MacDonnell National Park), by Denis O'Byrne. Paddling into Paradise (kayaking expedition to Papua New Guinea), by Katie Reid.
67332 SOCIETY FOR NAUTICAL RESEARCH MARINER'S MIRROR [THE] - The Journal of the Society for Nautical Research - Volume 88, 2002, Nos. 1 to 4
$20.00 AUD
Society for Nautical Research. Greenwich. 2002. Edited by Professor Richard Harding. (2), VIII, 512 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings and photos). Soft cover. Fine. 24 x 17.2.
No. 1: Anchor Stone from Baga Waters, Goa, by Sila Tripati. Nelson and the Nile, by Marianne Czisnik. No. 2: Type of Ships on the Indian Ocean, by Norbert Weismann. No. 3: Dutch whaling after WWII, by Jaap R. Bruijn. No. 4: The West Indian Sailing Canoe, by Michael F. Doran.
67333 SOCIETY FOR NAUTICAL RESEARCH MARINER'S MIRROR [THE] - The Journal of the Society for Nautical Research - Volume 50, 1964
$20.00 AUD
Society for Nautical Research. Greenwich. 1964. Volume 50, Nos. 1 to 4. Edited by Captain T. D. Manning. (XX), 336 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings and photos). Soft cover. Fine. 24 x 17.2.
No. 1: The African Guano Trade, by Robert Craig. No. 3: The Voyage of the Pandora's Tender, by H. E. Maude. No. 4: John Biscoe (1794-1843), by A. G. E. Jones.
67431 SOCIETY FOR NAUTICAL RESEARCH MARINER'S MIRROR [THE]. The Journal of the Society for Nautical Research - Volume 90, No.1
$10.00 AUD
Society for Nautical Research. Greenwich. 2004. Volume 90, No. 1, February 2004. Edited by Profesor Richard Harding. 128 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings and photos). Soft cover. Fine. 24 x 17.2.
No. 1: The Greek sewn shipbuilding tradition, by Yaacov Kahanov & Patrice Pomey. ...
63913 SPENCER, Mark DIVING THE CUMBERLAND (in Australian Geographic, No. 77, Jan-Mar 2005)
$10.00 AUD
Australian Geographic. Sydney. 2005. 128 PP. Contains article from P. 80 to 87 with 4 b/w photos and 14 colour illustrations (1 map, 1 painting by Mike Golding, and 12 photos). Illustrated soft cover. Fine. 27.8 x 21.
Dive on the wreck of the Twin Screw Steamer Cumberland sunk after hiting a mine laid by the German Raider "Wolf", on the 6th of July 1917.
55032 SPENNEMANN, Dirk H. R. 'STEAM TO TONGA & SAMOA': The Norddeutscher Lloyd Mail Service 1886 to 1893
$20.00 AUD
Letao Press. Albury, NSW. 2002. 1st Ed. 37, (3 publications) PP with 31 b/w illustrations (1 map, 1 house flag, 1 newspaper clipping, 2 franked stamps, 7 franking stamps, 9 franked envelopes or post cards, and 10 photos). Pictorial soft cover, staples. Very good. 29.7 x 20.7. 01876940085
16199 SPIN, Jacob SCHEEPSPORTRETTEN
$55.00 AUD
G. Kolff & Co. Amsterdam. 1974. 1st Ed. (4), 60 PP with 4 bw illust. in text, plus 20 magnificent colour plates of frameable size (32cm x 40) in a portfolio at back of book. Eps: Launch of a ship. Cloth cover, vignette on front cover, dj. Dutch text. Fine. Oblong: 32.8 x 41.3.
Portraits of Dutch ships (schooners, windjammers, frigates, clipperships...)
39962 STAMP, Tom & Cordelia JAMES COOK MARITIME SCIENTIST
$10.00 AUD
Caedmon of Whitby. Whitby. 1978. 1st Ed. XIV, 160 PP with 8 b/w illustrations, plus 2 b/w plates. Fp: Portrait of Capt. James Cook. Pictorial soft cover. Faint foxing, o/wise fine. 21.5 x 14. 0905355040
The life of Captain Cook: Yorkshire years, family life, the voyages. The man, his methods, his achievements.
52875 STARBUCK, Nicole THE BAUDIN EXPEDITION IN AUSTRALIA, 1800-1803 (in National Library of Australia News - Vol XVII, No. 10, July 2007)
$5.00 AUD
N.L.A. Canberra. 2007. Volume XVII, No. 10, July 2007. Contains article between pages 3 and 6 with 3 b/w and 3 colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21.
67420 STEAMSHIP HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA STEAMBOAT BILL - Volume XXXV, issues 145, 146, 147 & 148 - 1978
$30.00 AUD
Steamship Historical Society of America.New York. 1978. Volume 35, No. 1, issue 145, Spring 1978 to No. 4, Issue148, Winter 1978. Edited by Peter T. Eisele. 264 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft covers (in colour) Very good. 28 x 21.5.
No. 145: The Italian Liners, 1932-1975, by William A. Fox. No. 146: Queen Frederica - A Tribute to Gibbs, by Allan Jordan. No. 147: How to build a Cruise Ship - "America" Style, by Peter T. Eisele. ...
67421 STEAMSHIP HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA STEAMBOAT BILL - Volume XXXIX, issues 161, 162, 163 & 164 - 1982
$30.00 AUD
Steamship Historical Society of America.New York. 1982. Volume 39, No. 1, issue 161, Spring 1982 to No. 4, Issue164, Winter 1982, plus Title Page and "Table of Contents" page for Volume XXXIX. Edited by Peter T. Eisele. 304 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft covers (in colour). Very good. 28 x 21.5.
No. 161: Hapag-Lloyd's "Grand Old Lady" (Kungsholm / Europa), by Peter C. Kohler. No. 162: Stefan Batory of the Polish Ocean Lines, by Theodore W. Scull. Harbor Scenes of Hong Kong, by Paul M. Wilson. No. 163: Maiden Voyage of a modern cruise ship (Atlantic), by Allan E. Jordan. No. 164: Central-Hudson Steamboat Co., by Donald C. Ringwald.
66028 STEELE, Philip A MARINER'S TALE
$20.00 AUD
Barron's Educational series, Inc. New York. 2009. 1st US edition (juvenile). A Quarto Children's Book. 30 PP with colour illustrations and 11 fascinating flaps, plus drawer "Mariner's Chest" containing Instruction sheets for models of a "Caravel" ship, a Compass and a Telescope. All colour art works and illustrations by: Laszlo Veres, Nick Harris and Martin Sanders. Laminated pictorial covers. Fine. 26 x 26. 9780764195532
52697 STERN, Rob U.S. BATTLESHIPS IN ACTION - Part 2
$15.00 AUD
Squadron/Signal Publications. Carrollton, Texas. 1984. 1st Ed., No. 4 in the Warships series, illustrated by Kevin Wornkey and Don Greer. 50 PP with 3 silhouettes, 6 sketch-plans, 8 profiles, 112 b/w photos, and 6 colour illustrations at centrefold. Title page: 2 profiles. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. Oblong: 21 x 28. 0897471571
64230 STEWART, W. W. PRINT - Thames Service "WAKATERE"
$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 Wakatere. Near fine. Oblong: 29 x 38.
Built 1896 for the Northern Steam Ship Company ...
66722 SYDNEY MARITIME MUSEUM Steam Launch LADY HOPETOUN (in Australian Sea Heritage, No. 5)
$5.00 AUD
Sydney Maritime Museum. Sydney. 1985. Autumn 1985. 32 PP. Contains article pages 12 to 17 with 13 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover (Lady Hopetoun). Covers a little soiled with a vertical crease on front. Very good. 27.7 x 21.
20416 SZABO, Michael MAKING WAVES
$20.00 AUD
Reed. Auckland. 1991. 1st Ed. (16), 248 PP (16), with b/w & colour illust. (maps, line drawings & photos). Title page: Rainbow Warrior, Rungelap. Ep: Anti-whaling campaign. Soft cover with dj. Fine. 27.2 x 19.5. 0790002302
Greenpeace New Zealand. Protest voyages into nuclear testing zone of Mururoa. Whale protection. Sinking of the Rainbow Warrior.
Silverdale Books. Enderby, UK. 2002. 1st Ed. 256 PP with over 60 colour artworks and cutaways and more than 140 b/w and colour photos. Half title page: Deep ocean research vehicle Alvin. Laminated pictorial boards, dj. Fine. 30.5 x 23.7. 1856056341
59817 TASMAN ABEL JANSZOON TASMAN'S JOURNAL of his discovery of Van Diemens Land and New Zealand in 1642 with documents relating to his exploration of Australia in 1644 being photo-lithographic facsimiles of the original manuscript in the Colonial Archives at The Hague with an English translation and facsimiles of original maps to which are added life and labours of Abel Janszoon Tasman by J.E. Heeres, LL. D. Professor at the Dutch Colonial Institute Delft and observations made with the compass on Tasman's voyage by Dr. W. van Bemmelen Assistant-Director of the Royal Meteorological Institute Utrecht
$1100.00 AUD
N. Kovach. Los Angeles. 1965. Reprint of the 1892 original edition by Frederik Muller. Edition limited to 225 copies. (X), 198 PP with photo-lithographic facsimiles of Tasman's original journal (53 pages with illustrations), (2), 164 PP containing the text of the life of Tasman by Heeres, with a sketch map and facsimile signature of Tasman, appendices from P.129 to 163 printed on 2 columns in English & Dutch, then (2), 22 PP with Bemmelen's observations with 2 illustrations, (1 errata). Plus 5 folded maps in pocket at back of book. Red cloth cover, gilt title on spine, illustrated dust jacket. Fine copy, inscribed by the publisher Nicholas Kovach on front endpaper. Large format: 44 x 29. This is a heavy item and postage will be higher than usual. Please ask for a quote.
15172 TAYLOR, Captain L.G. SHIPS AND PORTS, A Basic Study of their Relationships
$10.00 AUD
Brown, Son & Ferguson. Glasgow. 1991. 1st Ed. VII, 54 PP. Laminated decorated boards. Fine. 21 x 15. 0851745628
43812 THIESS, Frank TSUSHIMA - Der Roman eines Seekrieges
$10.00 AUD
Paul Zsolnay Verlag. Berlin. 1941. Reprint of the 1936 original. 516 PP, plus 1 folded map Libau to Tsushima, 1 map of Tsushima Strait and 5 battle diagrams at the rear of book. Cloth cover, title on spine. Slight ageing of paper. Near fine. German text in Gothic script. 20.4 x 13.
46680 THOMAS, Nicholas DISCOVERIES. The Voyages of Captain Cook
$15.00 AUD
Allen Lane. London. 2003. 1st Ed. XXXVIII, 468 PP with 6 head pieces (on double page), 9 maps (3 on double page) and 54 b/w illustrations. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. A few light foxing spots on outside page edges, o/wise fine. 24.2 x 16. 0713995572
38800 THOMPSON, Sir Robert (editor) WAR IN PEACE - Conventional and Guerrilla Warfare since 1945
$10.00 AUD
Harmony Books. New York. 1982. 1st US edition. VIII, 312 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Hard cover, dj. Fine. Large format: 30.5 x 23. 051754640X
Red Star in the East: China, 1946-1949... The Suez fiasco... The Gulf war between Iran and Irak.
16461 THOMSON, Keith Stewart LIVING FOSSIL, The Story of the Coelacanth
$5.00 AUD
Hutchinson Radius. London. 1991. 1st Ed. 252 PP with 46 figures (graphs, line drawings, photos) in text. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 21.5 x 14.5. 0091751152
First trawled by Capt. Goosen of the Nerine and studied by Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer in 1938. Search off the Comoros Archipelago. Studies & results.
67630 TOUGH, Ron & COWNIE, Stewart YACHT CLUBS OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA. A Historical and Pictorial Record
$15.00 AUD
Gallery Publications. Perth. 1981. 1st Ed. 64 PP with many b/w illustrations and 8 pages with colour illustrations (1 plate with 25 burgees and 10 watercolours). Title-page: vignette of the twenty two foot semi rater "Rhythm". FEP: Map of the Swan River. REP: Map of Western Australia. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket a little browned around spine and top edge, o/wise a very good clean copy. 27 x 22.2. 0959614826
History of yachting in Western Australia. The yacht clubs, the races...
67215 TRANTER, Deborah USING A LOCAL MUSEUM AS A PLACE FOR LEARNING
$10.00 AUD
Queensland Museum & Department of Education, Darling Downs Region. Toowoomba. 1988. 1st Ed. Note "Looking Locally", by Jeffrey Black. (4), 20 PP with b/w illustrations (1 map of Qld, 1 plan of Toowoomba, 1 plan of the "Cobb & Co. Museum", 3 facsimiles of documents and 6 pages of figures). Soft cover, illustrated front, staples. Near fine. 29.7 x 21.
66392 TRAVEL SEA and AIR SERVICES between AUSTRALIA - NEW ZEALAND
$5.00 AUD
New Zealand Government Tourist Bureau. Melbourne & Sydney. 1958. Folded flyer. 3 folds with Time Table (May 1958 - May 1959) and Fare List on the inside. Folded format: 18.7 x 14.5.
Projected Steamer Sailings to New Zealand 1958 / 1959.
67144 USN USS CUSHING - DD 985
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On Board. circa 1984. 8 PP booklet (typescript) with b/w illustrations (1 badge and 2 photos). Soft wrappers, illustrated front and back covers. Very good. 21.3 x 13.8.
USS Cushing: 23rd Destroyer of the Spruance Class. Welcome Aboard booklet with Captain's biography (Commander Frank F. Hewitt).
67659 VACUUM VACUUM MOTORBOAT GUIDE
$25.00 AUD
Vacuum Oil Company Pty. Ltd. Melbourne. 1946. 1st Ed. 40 PP with b/w, duotone and colour illustrations. Inside back cover: International code of signals in colour. Pictorial soft cover. Front cover with small rubbed patches at top. Very good. 21.3 x 13.3.
61201 VERCOE, Graham BOW WAVES ON THE WAIKATO
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49882 VLEUGELS, R. L. M. THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF PORTS ON THE REGIONS THEY SERVE AND THE ROLE OF INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT
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IAPH / International Association of Ports and Harbors. Melbourne. 1969. 1st Ed. 12 PP. Soft cover. Near fine. 24.5 x 17.8.
Paper presented, at the Sixth Biennial I. A. P. H. Conference, Melbourne, March 1969. General Manager Port of Antwerp.
66978 VOLUNTEER COASTAL PATROL OF N.S.W. SAFE BOATING
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The Sun & Volunteer Coastal Patrol of NSW. Sydney. c. 1950. 1st Ed. 36 PP with b/w sketches. Soft cover, pictorial front, staples removed. Near fine. 21.5 x 14.
... safe operation of boats by amateur enthusiasts ... to be read in conjunction with the official Rules and Regulations issued by the Maritime Services Board of N.S.W.
66201 WALKER, Peter Benson & ELLIS, Frank (editors) VENTURING WESTWARD - Accounts of Pioneering exploration in Western and North Western Tasmania by Messrs Gould, Gunn, Hellyer, Frodsham, Counsel and Sprent
$30.00 AUD
Government Printer. Hobart. 1987. 1st Ed. Foreword by Robin Gray, Premier of Tasmania. VIII, 62 PP with b/w illustrations (1 facsimile of document, 2 maps and 14 headpieces). Pictorial soft covers a little sunned near spine and traces of an old sticker on front, o/wise a very good clean copy. 26 x 18.7. 0724623280
Published for "Tasmania Day", 1987.
55342 WATSON, Nigel SUNDERLAND MARINE, Mutual Insurance Company Limited: THE FIRST 125 YEARS
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Sunderland Marine. Durham, UK. 2007. 1st Ed. (5), VII, 132 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 25.3 x 19.4.
Sunderland Marine Mutual Insurance Company Limited: 125 years, 1882-2007.
30793 WESTLEY, Eileen AMERICA'S CUP '83 - The Complete Story
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John Fairfax. Sydney. 1983. 1st Ed. 128 PP with b/w illust., and colour photos. Pict. card cover. Fine. 27.2 x 21. 0909558361
When Australia won the Cup.
37648 WHIPPLE, A.B.C. (editor) THE CLIPPER SHIPS
$10.00 AUD
Time-Life Books. Amsterdam. 1984. 6th European English language printing of the 1980 original, in The Seafarers series. 176 PP with b/w and colour illust. Title page: Brass bell of the Cutty Sark, 1869. FEP: Map of the world plyed by the Clipper Ships. Simile leather covers, colour vignette (clipper ship Golden State) on front cover. Foxing on half title page, o/wise near fine. 28.7 x 24. 0705406318
52504 WICKHAM, T. F. TEACH YOURSELF SEAMANSHIP
$10.00 AUD
The English Universities Press. London. 1967. Reprint of the 1954 original, in The Teach Yourself Books series. 192 PP with 69 figures. Hard cover, dj (price-clipped). Faint foxing on outside edges. Near fine. 18.2 x 11.2.
Ship routine and ships - Ropework - Flags and signals...
67253 WOODMAN, Richard THE VICTORY OF SEAPOWER - Winning the Napoleonic War 1806-1814
$15.00 AUD
Caxton Editions & National Maritime Museum. London. 2001. Reprint of the 1998 original, in the Caxton Pictorial Histories series. 192 PP with 300 b/w illust. Title spread: Return of the Bourbon King Louis XVIII to France aboard the British royal yacht Royal Sovereign, 24 April 1814. Laminated pictorial boards, dj. Near fine. 29.6 x 25. 1840673591
67657 WOODWARD, Jack UNDER IT DOWN UNDER - Surviving in Slit Trenches
$90.00 AUD
Author. Sydney. 1996. 1st Ed. (8), 291 PP, plus 4 pages with 10 b/w photos. Pictorial soft covers. Dedicatory note dated and signed by the author on verso of front cover. Covers slightly soiled, o/wise a near fine copy. Scarce. 21 x 15. 0646275917
The Ears and Eyes of the Royal Australian Airforce in 1942 were on Horn Island RAAF Advanced Operation Base.
67239 WORLAND, David G. L. (editor) NEWSLETTER of the Royal Australian Historical Society, No. 11
$5.00 AUD
Royal Australian Historical Society. Sydney. 1982. Issue No. 11, October 1982. 12 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 29.5 x 21.
Issue No. 11 - The Sydney Nautical Schools and Vocational Training, by John Ramsland. Sir Joseph Banks Hotel, Botany Bay. Chinese on the Turon Goldfields, by Matthew Higgins.
36818 WRAGG, David CARRIER COMBAT
$10.00 AUD
Sutton. London. 1997. 1st Ed. VIII, 291 PP with 6 profiles, 8 maps and 143 b/w photos, plus 16 pages with 27 colour photos. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 27 x 20.. 0750913975