Maritime Books

Unknown cat 83C

Last update: Wednesday, 27 March 2024.

13795
CANNON, Lester & GOYEN, Mark
EXPLORING AUSTRALIA'S GREAT BARRIER REEF, A World Heritage Site
$15.00 AUD

Sydney. 1989. Angus & Robertson. 1st Ed. 240 PP with colour illustrations (maps and photos). Fp: Scuba diver with potato cod. Hard cover, dj. Light foxing on prelims and inside of dust jacket, o/wise fine. 30.2 x 22. 0207161348

Natural beauty of the reef and how to admire & appreciate it (accommodation, snorkelling, fishing,...). Evolution of the reef, its inhabitants, the ecosystem, shipwrecks.

60234
CHADWICK, Douglas H.
KINGDOM OF CORAL - Australia's Great Barrier Reef [in National Geographic Magazine - Volume 199, No.1]
$5.00 AUD

N.G.S. Washington. 2001. January 2001. 132 PP. Contains article pages 30 to 57 with 2 maps and 22 colour photos by David Doubilet. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 25.4 x 17.5.

45332
CLARKE, Arthur C.
THE COAST OF CORAL
$15.00 AUD

New York. 2002. Ibooks. Paperback reprint of the 1955 original, with a 2001 introduction. (12), 264, (7) PP with 2 sets of 3 maps, plus 16 pages with 24 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 13.5. 0743435079

Dives on the Great Barrier Reef in 1955. Chapter 18: on pearls and pearling in the Torres Strait.

16479
DAKIN, William J.
GREAT BARRIER REEF and some mention of other Australian coral reefs
$10.00 AUD

Melbourne. 1955. Aust. Nat. Travel Assoc. Reprint of the 1950 original. 133, (2 Index) PP with b/w photos & maps. Hard cover (faded around edges), dj (chipped). Very good. 24.7 x 15.

40775
FRANKEL, Edgar
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE GREAT BARRIER REEF PROVINCE
$20.00 AUD

Canberra. 1978. AGPS / Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority. 1st Ed. X, 204 PP with 1 map of the Great Barrier Reef Region. Illustrated hard cover. Light foxing, o/wise near fine. 25.6 x 18.5. 0642036454

Over 4444 published works, and 112 serial publications and films... Charts...

63854
GILBERTAS, Bernadette
L'AUSTRALIE, de Corail et de Brumes ... Queensland (in Le Figaro Magazine)
$10.00 AUD

Paris. 2013. Le Figaro Magazine. No. 1720, Weekly issue of 11 October 2013. 160 PP with colour illustrations. Contains article pages 84 to 92 with 1 sketch map of Queensland and 11 photos. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 28 x 21.7.

Great Barrier Reef and tropical forests of Queensland.

56925
HEENAN, David
DUNK ISLAND AND BEAVER CAY
$10.00 AUD

Brisbane. 1994. Glenmede. 1st Ed., in Australia's Great Barrier Reef series. 48 PP with 1 map with 2 insets on double page, 8 b/w and 74 colour photos. Pictorial laminated boards. Fine. 29.4 x 21.5. 0646168495

Holiday resort, research station...

66154
HOLTHOUSE, Hector
SHIPS IN THE CORAL: Explorers, Wrecks and Traders of the Northern Australian Coast
$25.00 AUD

Angus & Robertson. Sydney. 1986. Expanded and revised edition of the 1976 original. XIV, 337 PP with 2 maps and 32 b/w illustrations. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 22 x 14.5. 0207153108

35163
LAWLER, Clarrie
THE GREAT BARRIER REEF - Australia's Marine Wonderland
$15.00 AUD

Sydney. 1974. Australian Universities Press. 1st Ed. 80 PP with colour photos by Walter Deas and Ben Cropp. Hard cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj. Light foxing on prelims and inside of dust jacket, o/wise near fine. 29.2 x 22. 0724900012

Coral backbone of the reef, fishes & shells, spike & claw (on the underworld of the reef), birds & bushes of the islands of the Great Barrier Reef.

30172
LOBEGEIGER, Ross & BURKE, John (editors)
PROCEEDINGS OF THE POND MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP
$10.00 AUD

Brisbane. 1996. Department of Primary Industries. 1st Ed. VI, 45 PP with tables and figures. Illust. soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21. 0724266798

Workshop held at the Bribie Island Aquaculture Research Centre 23 July 1996. Marine farming questions, freshwater pond farming questions... Prawn feed, water quality and the fish pond.

65055
LURIE, Richard
UNDER THE GREAT BARRIER REEF
$10.00 AUD

London. 1966. Jarrolds. 1st Ed. 191 PP with 4 maps, plus 16 pages with 32 b/w photos and frontispiece. Fp (in colour): Aqualung diver collecting Red Fan coral. Hard cover, gilt title on spine. Very good. 21.6 x 14.

47832
MACK, George
CORALS AND THE GREAT BARRIER REEF
$10.00 AUD

Brisbane. 1950. Queensland Museum. 1st Ed. No pagination, 12 PP with 1 map, 1 diagram, 4 drawings by C. L. Sandercock, and 5 b/w photos. Soft cover. Near fine. 24 x 18.4.

34660
MCGREGOR, Craig
THE GREAT BARRIER REEF
$15.00 AUD

Amsterdam. 1974. Time-Life International. 1st Ed. in The World's Wild Places series. 184 PP with 1 map, 19 b/w and 100 colour photos. Pictorial laminated boards, cloth spine, dj. Near fine. 26 x 22.8. 705400921

51840
MURDOCH, Lesley (compiler)
DISCOVER THE GREAT BARRIER REEF MARINE PARK
$10.00 AUD

Sydney. 2001. Angus & Robertson. Reprint of the 1996 revised edition (original of 1989). 96 PP with 2 maps (in colour), 7 b/w and over 160 colour illustrations (drawings, photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27.8 x 21.4. 0207189900

40216
NAPIER, S. Elliott
ON THE BARRIER REEF - Notes from a No-ologist's pocket-book
$10.00 AUD

Sydney. 1939. Angus & Robertson. 7th impression of the 1928 original. (12), 200 PP with 2 maps. Fp: Map of the Great Barrier Reef. Cloth cover, dj. Foxing spots on outside edges, and some pages. Very good. 19 x 13.

42552
REEF SHIPPING
REEF GUIDE - A Shipmaster's Handbook to the Torres Strait and the Great Barrier Reef
$10.00 AUD

Brisbane/Canberra. 1996. Queensland Transport/Australian Maritime Safety Authority. 1st Ed., with a foreword by W. A. O'Neil, Secretary-General, International Maritime Organization. 36 PP with 1 table, 4 colour photos and 5 maps. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 14.8.

50774
ROUGHLEY, T.C.
WONDERS OF THE GREAT BARRIER REEF
$5.00 AUD

Sydney. 1946. Angus & Robertson. October 1946 reprint of the 1936 original. XIII, (3), 282 PP, plus 35 plates with 51 colour photos & 15 plates with 30 b/w photos. Fp: Colour illust: A coral garden. FEP: Map of Australia, the Great Barrier Reef & the Capricorn & Bunker Group. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine. Hinge of back cover split on 8cms. Name of previous owner on half title page. Foxing, o/wise a good copy. 23.4 x 16.8.

The habits of, and the animal life associated with, 1250 miles of coral reef.

56993
ROUGHLEY, T.C.
WONDERS OF THE GREAT BARRIER REEF
$5.00 AUD

Sydney. 1936. Angus & Robertson. 1st Ed. XIII, (3), 282 PP, plus 35 plates with 51 colour photos & 15 plates with 30 b/w photos. Fp: Colour illust: A coral garden. FEP: Map of Australia, the Great Barrier Reef & the Capricorn & Bunker Group. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine. Lettering on spine lightly faded. Name of previous owner on half title page blocked with white liquid paper. Occasional foxing, o/wise a very good copy. 23.4 x 16.8.

The habits of, and the animal life associated with, 1250 miles of coral reef.

64581
ROUGHLEY, T.C.
WONDERS OF THE GREAT BARRIER REEF
$5.00 AUD

Sydney. 1956. Angus & Robertson. Reprint of the 1936 original. XV, 279 PP, plus 35 pages with 50 colour plates & 15 pages with 30 b/w plates. Fp: Colour illust: A coral garden. FEP: Map of Australia, the Great Barrier Reef & the Capricorn & Bunker Group. Green cloth cover, gilt title on spine which is dulled. Very good clean copy. 23.4 x 16.8.

The habits of, and the animal life associated with, 1250 miles of coral reef.

44775
SAAP, Jan
WHAT IS NATURAL ? - Coral Reef Crisis
$15.00 AUD

New York. 1999. Oxford University Press. 1st Ed. XV, (3), 275 PP with 14 headpieces, plus 8 pages with 1 drawing and 12 b/w photos. Hard cover, cloth spine, dj. Fine. 24.2 x 16. 195123646

The crown-of-thorns starfish and coral reefs.

48232
STEENE, Roger
CORAL SEAS
$30.00 AUD

Bathurst. 1998. Crawford House. 1st Ed. (14), 272 PP with 340 colour photos. Hard cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj. Very good. Large format: 32.2 x 27.7. 1863331441

Life of world's coral reefs. Brilliant photography.

60832
STEERS, J. A.
THE QUEENSLAND COAST AND THE GREAT BARRIER REEFS (in The Geographical Journal)
$15.00 AUD

London. 1929. The Royal Geographical Society. Article pulled out from Volume LXXIV, No. 4, issue for October 1929: 341 - 370 PP with 2 figures, plus 4 pages with 8 b/w photos. Soft cover. Near fine. 25.2 x 16.5.

Paper partly read on 4th February 1929.

32192
WALSH, Anthony
LADY ELLIOT, First Island of the Great Barrier Reef
$15.00 AUD

Brisbane. 1987. Boolarong. 1st Ed. 96 PP with 1 plan, 2 maps, 30 b/w illustrations, and 15 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 15.5. 0864390424

50798
WHEELER, Tony, & ARMSTRONG, Mark
ISLANDS OF AUSTRALIA'S GREAT BARRIER REEF
$10.00 AUD

Melbourne. 1994. Lonely Planet. 2nd edition of the 1990 original. 287 PP, (5 publications) with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 18.4 x 12.6. 0864422229

60850
WHELAN, Howard
RAINE ISLAND - SPECK OF LIFE IN THE CORAL SEA [in Australian Geographic, No. 26, April-June 1992]
$10.00 AUD

Sydney. 1992. A.G.S. 128 PP. Contains article pages 30 to 55 with 2 b/w photos and colour illustrations (1 map, 2 paintings & 39 photos), plus 1 folded plate with 2 maps and 9 artworks by Catherine Bone on the recto and 2 colour photos on the verso. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27.8 x 21.

Raine Island: Australia's greatest tropical seabird nesting site.

60947
WOODFORD, James
THE GREAT BARRIER REEF
$20.00 AUD

Sydney. 2011. Pan Macmillan Australia. 1st paperback edition of the 2010 original. XI, 388 with 1 map, plus 32 pages with 54 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 19.8 x 12.8. 9781742610597

49616
ZAHL, Paul A.
ON AUSTRALIA'S CORAL RAMPARTS (in National Geographic Magazine)
$5.00 AUD

Washington. 1957. N.G.S. Volume 111, No. 1, January 1957. Contains article between P.1 and 48 with 2 maps, 9 b/w and 41 colour photos. Soft cover. Very good. 25.2 x 17.5.

An American Naturalist on the Great Barrier Reef.