68197 A. B. S. AMERICAN BUREAU OF SHIPPING - One Hundredth Anniversary 1862 - 1962
$30.00 AUD
The American Bureau of Shipping. New York. 1962. 1st Ed. (10), 132, (2) PP with tables, 36 illustrated head pieces duo-tone) and 27 b/w illustrations (1 art work of "N.S. Savannah", 11 portraits and 17photos), plus 2 plates (Certificate for an approved Shipmaster & Certificate of Classification for hull). Fp: American Bureau of Shipping Building, New York City. Illustrated endpapers. Cloth cover, gilt device and title on front board and spine. Stamps and markings of the "Dept. of Shipping & Transport Library", Canberra on half title page, top corner of pages 55, 65, 93 and rear endpaper (with envelope for loan card). Contents in near fine condition (unread copy). 26 x 20.
71617 A. B. S. AMERICAN BUREAU OF SHIPPING - One Hundredth Anniversary 1862 - 1962
$35.00 AUD
The American Bureau of Shipping. New York. 1962. 1st Ed. (10), 132, (2) PP with tables, 36 illustrated head pieces duo-tone) and 27 b/w illustrations (1 art work of "N.S. Savannah", 11 portraits and 17photos), plus 2 plates (Certificate for an approved Shipmaster & Certificate of Classification for hull). Fp: American Bureau of Shipping Building, New York City. Illustrated endpapers. Cloth cover, gilt device and title on front board and spine. Covers with light wear, o/wise a near fine copy. 26 x 20.
53298 AAMH THE GREAT CIRCLE: Journal of the Australian Association for Maritime History - Volume 22, Nos. 1 & 2, 2000
$20.00 AUD
The Australian Association for Maritime History. Perth. 2000. Edited by Kenneth McPHERSON. No. 1: 56 PP with 1 b/w photo. No. 2: 72 PP with 1 graph and 5 tables. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 24 x 16.3.
No. 1: Heirlooms and Tea Towels: views of ships' gender in the modern maritime museum, by Jeffrey Mellefont. The last voyage of the Macdhui, 6-18 June 1942, by Francis Ravel Harvey. No. 2: American Whalers and the Western Australian colonies 1826-1888, by Martin Gibbs.
37525 ALLCOT, John JOHN ALLCOT: MARINE ARTIST
$500.00 AUD
Copperfield. Sydney. 1978. Limited edition of 500 copies. This copy is No.64 and is signed by Rodney Allcot (his son). (8), XIII, 160, XIV - XXXIV, (1 colophon) PP with b/w portrait of John Allcot on title page and 40 full-page colour plates tipped in and protected with tissue guards, followed by the 20 pages (XIV to XXXIV) "Appendix" with a glossary and b/w illustrations (13 of them tinted). Original royal blue calf skin, gilt engraved front cover and spine. Formal advertisement from the publisher, loosely inserted. Gilt lettering on spine is almost completely faded. A little light foxing, o/wise a near fine copy of this collectable item. This is a heavy item and postage will be higher than usual. Please ask for a quote. Large book: 50cm x 38cm.
58941 AMATEUR YACHT RESEARCH SOCIETY SOLO CRUISING - AYRS Publication No.53
$10.00 AUD
Amateur Yacht Research Society. London. 1965. 1st ed. 87, (3) PP with b/w figures. Illustrated soft cover. Foxing spots on outside edges. Very good. 21.5 x 14.2.
67832 AMATEUR YACHT RESEARCH SOCIETY RUDDER DESIGN FOR SAILING CRAFT
$15.00 AUD
Amateur Yacht Research Society. London. c. 1974. 1st Ed., publication No. 79 of A.Y.R.S. 80 PP with b/w illustrations (plans photos and sketches). Pictorial card covers a little rubbed/worn around edges, o/wise a very good copy. 21 x 14.
35251 ANDERSEN, Hakon With & COLLETT, John Peter ANCHOR AND BALANCE - Det Norske Veritas 1864-1989
$50.00 AUD
J. W. Cappelens Forlag A.S. Oslo. 1989. 1st English edition. 491 PP with 29 graphs, b/w and colour photos. Fp (in colour): shipwrecked on the coast. Cloth cover, crest of Norske Veritas in blind on front cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Short note with signatures on front endpaper. Near fine. 26.5 x 19.7. 8202117690
125 years history of this Ship's Classification Society.
45307 ATTENBOROUGH, David THE FIRST EDEN - The Mediterranean World and Man
$10.00 AUD
Little, Brown and Company. Boston. 1978. 1st US edition. 240 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Fp: Barbary Macaques in the cedar forest of Morocco. Eps: Map of the Mediterranean World. Hard cover, dj (chipped). Near fine. 25.6 x 20.5. 0316057509
67969 AUSTIN, Ted AUSTIN BUILT BOATS
$10.00 AUD
Ted Austin Boat Builder. Brisbane. 1949. 3 folds flyer with 5 b/w photos. Flyer with creases and rubbed patches at folds. Very good. 23 x 14.5.
16 Ft "Sea Nymph" de luxe ...
68085 AUSTRALIAN SHIPPING Task Force on the AUSTRALIAN SHIPBUILDING INDUSTRY - REPORT - January 1984
$10.00 AUD
A.G.P.S. / Department of Transport. Canberra. 1984. January 1984 edition. V, 64 PP with tables. Pictorial card cover. Stamp of the Devonport Maritime Museum on bottom of title-page. Very good. 25 x 17.5. 0644031743
Data as at 30 June 1982. Trading Vessels... Trades... Passenger ferries... Ships imported & ships constructed. Dry docks and patent slipways.
67880 AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL WARTIME - Official Magazine of the Australian War Memorial - Issue 77
$10.00 AUD
Australian War Memorial. Canberra. 2017. Issue No. 77, 2017. Edited by Andrew McDonald. 72 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.7 x 21.
Issue No. 77: Axis Ascendant. Blitzkrieg, by James Holland. Operation Barbarossa, by David Stahel. Pearl Harbor: 75 years on, by Jonathan Parshall. Malayan Campaign and fall of Singapore. ... Proposed Invasion of Australia by Japanese war planners.
37712 BEAVER, Paul THE BRITISH AIRCRAFT CARRIER
$15.00 AUD
Patrick Stephens. Wellingborough, UK. 1984. Second edition of the 1982 original. 240 PP with 3 drawings and 159 b/w illustrations. Title spread: A Firefly landing on the Canadian carrier Magnificent. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price-clipped). Near fine. 24 x 16. 0850597226
34228 BELL, Douglas SEAMEN OF BRITAIN
$10.00 AUD
Thomas Nelson and Sons. London. 1943. 1st Ed. VII, 8-288 PP, plus 8 b/w plates. Fp: Admiral Lord Nelson. Cloth cover, dj. War economy paper, foxing spots on outside edges. Very good. 22.2 x 15.
Accounts of British Seamen from the days of Chaucer's Shipman of Dartmouth to the men who boarded the Altmark in 1940.
67846 BLORE, Trevor ESCAPE TO HILIFE - A Gourmet Goes to Sea
$25.00 AUD
Jarrolds. London. 1964. 1st Ed. 160 PP, plus 16 pages with 19 b/w photos. Cloth cover, dj. Dust jacket with repaired chips and price clipped, o/wise a very good clean copy. 21.5 x 14.2.
Life at sea for the crew & passengers on the run between England & South Africa, the ports of call...
67853 BOATBUILDING BUILD A BOAT FOR PLEASURE OR PROFIT
$15.00 AUD
Popular Mechanics Press. Chicago. 1941. 1st Ed. 192 PP with plans, sketches and b/w photos. Illustrated cloth cover, title on front board and spine. dj. Dust jacket with repaired tears. Newsagency stamp on front endpaper, o/wise internally very clean and bright. 24.2 x 16.7.
Hints and tips on how to build a boat: rowboats, canoe, power and sail craft, plywood outboard, inboard runabout, cabin cruiser...
67432 BONINGTON, Chris QUEST FOR ADVENTURE
$10.00 AUD
Hodder and Stoughton. London. 1981. 1st Ed. 448 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (maps, plans and photos). Cloth cover, dj (price clipped). Faint foxing. Very good. 28.2 x 22.2. 0340255994
21 Adventures - Oceans: Kon Tiki / Thor Heyerdahl. Gipsy Moth / Francis Chichester. Ice Bird / David Lewis. ... Desert. Rivers. Mountains. Poles ... Air.
18415 BOWEN, E. G. BRITAIN AND THE WESTERN SEAWAYS
$5.00 AUD
Thames & Hudson. London. 1972. 1st Ed. 196 PP with 61 photos, 17 line draw., 27 maps & 1 table in text. Hard cover, dj (price-clipped). Covers lightly marked. Few foxing spots on outside edges. Very good. 21 x 15.7. 0500020760
The Atlantic Ocean and connected waterways which played an important role in the prehistory and early history of Western Europe.
48240 BROWN, David CARRIER OPERATIONS IN WORLD WAR II, Volume 1: The Royal Navy
$20.00 AUD
Ian Allan. London. 1974. 2nd edition (completely reset) of the 1968 original. 160 PP, plus 64 pages with 136 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj (price-clipped). Near fine. 23.5 x 15.5. 0711005125
16849 BROWNE, Douglas G. THE FLOATING BULWARK - The Story of the Fighting Ship: 1514-1942
$20.00 AUD
Cassell. London. 1963. 1st Ed. XIV, 274 PP plus 24 pages with 26 bw illust. Fp: The Burghley Nef, model of a three-masted French ship, 1482. Cloth cover, dj (price clipped). Faint foxing. Near fine. 22.2 x 14,2.
The development of fighting ships, from the building of the Henry Grace à Dieu at Woolwich in 1514, to the eclipse of the capital ship with the Battle of Midway in 1942.
67971 BROXAM, Graeme ADMIRAL - The History, Recovery and Restoration of Tasmania's Oldest Commercial Vessel
$20.00 AUD
Navarine Publishing. Hobart. 2009. Revised edition (Post Relaunch of November 2009). 64 PP with b/w illustrations : 1 plan, sketches and 30 photos). Pictorial soft cover. Signed by the author on title page. As new. 21 x 14.8., 9780975133163
67835 BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY WIND WAVES WEATHER - TASMANIA
$10.00 AUD
Commonwealth of Australia. Canberra. 2000. December 2000 edition in the Boating Weather series. IV, 44 PP with tables and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft covers with a couple of very small nicks, o/wise near fine. 25 x 17.5. 0642320497
Contents include: Using a barometer, Weather in Tasmania, Waves, Winds and the Beaufort scale...
67975 CHARLWOOD, Don WRECKS AND REPUTATIONS, The Loss of the Schomberg and Loch Ard
$20.00 AUD
Burgewood Books. Melbourne. 2000. Reprint of the 2nd edition of 1988 (original of 1977). XIV, 194 PP with 2 maps, 2 plans (rig & sail), plus 8 pages with 20 b/w illustrations. Pictorial card cover. Signed by the author on title page. Near fine. 19 x 13. 0646280066
The end of two tall ships on the South-west coast of Victoria in 1855 and 1878.
35206 CHATTERTON, E. Keble BATTLES BY SEA
$10.00 AUD
EP Publishing. London. 1975. Republication of the 1925 original. XV, 271 PP with 1 map, and 1 battle plan, plus 32 b/w plates. Fp: H.M.S. Invincible. Hard cover, simile velum, dj (price clipped). Occasional foxing. Near fine. 22.2 x 14.5. 0715810774
Battles of the Galley period, the Sailing-Ship period, and the age of Steam.
21246 CHISHOLM, Jocelyn CAPTAIN CATTLIN TOWARDS NEW ZEALAND
$15.00 AUD
Author. Wellington. 1994. 1st Ed. 96 PP with b/w illustrations (3 maps, facsimile, paintings). Title-page: Facsimile of Journal of a Voyage...1827. Eps: Map of South West Pacific. Pictorial soft cover. Occasional foxing, o/wise fine. 24 x 17.5. 0959759719
Trading between Australia & New Zealand. Whaling off Kermadec, Tonga, Solomons... between 1827 & 1837.
68079 CHRISTIANSEN, Pat & BLUFF History Group SEAL HUNTERS OF THE SOUTH
$20.00 AUD
Bluff History Group. Bluff, NZ. 2007. 1st Ed. 56 PP with b/w illustrations (2 sketch maps, 2 genealogy trees, photos). Pictorial stiff cover. 8 lines on pages 10 & 11 highlighted, otherwise fine. 21 x 14.5. 9780473125547
An Authentic Diary of the Last Official New Zealand Sealing Season 1946.
68095 CLEAVE, Andrew SEALS & SEA LIONS - A Portrait of the Animal World
$10.00 AUD
Todtri. New York. 1996. 1st Ed. 72 PP with 80 colour photos. Pictorial laminated boards, dj. Dust jacket with closed tears. Near fine. 33.2 x 24.
42954 CLEGG, W. Paul SHIPS ANNUAL 1967
$10.00 AUD
Ian Allan. London. 1966. 1st Ed. 96 PP with ship's profiles, 1 plan, 2 maps and 104 b/w photos. Laminated pictorial boards. Free fly of front endpaper clipped . Occasional foxing. Near fine. 24.7 x 18.6.
Hydrofoils and Hovercrafts, by Dr. Donald Anderson... British Peacetime Troopships, by Bert Moody... The Eclipse of the Battleship, by Leslie Streater...
47504 COCKETT, F. B. PETER MONAMY 1681-1749 And His Circle
$20.00 AUD
Antique Collectors' Club. London. 2000. 1st Ed. 119 PP with 2 b/w drawings, 6 colour paintings, 10 flags in colour, 37 b/w plates and 58 colour plates. Fp (in colour): Monamy, the painter exhibiting a sea piece, by William Hogarth. FEP: Calm estuary scene. REP: The capture of Porto Bello. Hard cover, gilt title on front cover and spine., dj. Fine. 28 x 21.6. 1851493395
Isaac Sailmaker, Adrian van Diest, Lorenzo A. Castro...
67873 COLES, Adlard NORTH ATLANTIC, Boat against Boat over 3,000 miles
$20.00 AUD
Robert Ross / George G. Harrap. Southampton / London. 1951. 2nd edition of the 1950 original. VIII, 9-192 PP with 9 b/w illust. (maps, plans) and 21 b/w photos, plus 8 colour plates. Fp: Samuel Pepys being loaded. Eps: Map with tracks of Cohoe, Samuel Pepys & Mokoa in Transatlantic Race 1950. Cloth cover, dj. Dust jacket with chips and small pieces missing and plastic protected. Light foxing. A near fine copy. 22.2 x 14.5.
The 1950 Transatlantic race between Bermuda and Plymouth.
39140 COOK, Graeme NONE BUT THE VALIANT - Stories of War at Sea
$10.00 AUD
Rupert Hart-Davis. London. 1972. 1st Ed. 154 PP, plus 16 pages with 1 painting and 26 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj (price-clipped). Small felt mark at top of front endpaper, o/wise near fine. 22.2 x 13.7. 0246105399
Submarine Patrol. U-Boat Attack... Raider at Large... Raid on St Nazaire...
30018 COPPINGER, R.W. CRUISE OF THE ALERT, Four Years in Patagonian, Polynesian, and Mascarene Waters. (1878-82.)
$300.00 AUD
R. Worthington. New York. 1884. 2nd Ed. XV, 256 PP plus 17 full-page woodcut illustrations from photographs by F. North, R.N., and from Sketches by the Author. Fp: HMS Alert at anchor in Tom Bay, West Coast of Patagonia. Rebound copy, retaining original gilt-engraved and decorated cloth cover and spine. All edges gilt. Bookplate on FEP. Corners a little worn, o/wise an excellent copy with only occasional light foxing. 26 x 18.5.
The voyage of a naturalist/zoologist on board the HMS Alert. Four years in the waters of Patagonia, Polynesia, Great Barrier Reef and the Seychelles.
19549 CRABTREE, Reginald ROYAL YACHTS OF EUROPE, From the Seventeenth to Twentieth Century
$15.00 AUD
David & Charles. London. 1975. 1st Ed. 96 PP with 52 b/w illust. (photos, engravings). Hard cover, dj. Light foxing, o/wise near fine. 24.5 x 19. 0715367544
48668 CRAIG, Robert (editor) MARITIME HISTORY - Volume 3
$10.00 AUD
David & Charles. Newton Abbot, UK. 1973. Volume 3, No. 1, April 1973 and No. 2, September 1973. No. 1: 120 PP with 1 map, 4 graphs, 4 facsimile of posters, 4 tables and 8 b/w plates. No. 2: 121-236 PP with 1 facsimile of document and 10 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Covers of issue 1 rubbed and with creases. Very good. 21 x 14.7.
No. 1: Bergen, a Norwegian seafaring town, by Atle Thowsen. The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company and the development of Steamship links with Latin America, by Robert G. Greenhill... No. 2: Sea and Land mail in the former Netherlands East Indies, by R E J Weber. Round the world in 258 days: the voyage of the Bristol ship "Try", by Alison Grant.
32056 CRANE, Jonathan SUBMARINE
$15.00 AUD
British Broadcasting Corporation. London. 1985. Reprint of the 1984 original. 208 PP with 87 b/w illustrations and 40 colour photos. Fp: HMS Resolution. Half title page: USS Pickerelbursts from the deep. Hard cover, dj. Occasional foxing, o/wise fine. 23.5 x 16. 0563203269
First part: Development, the two world wars... Nuclear submarine. Second part: On patrol on board the nuclear-powered hunter-killer submarine Warspite.
68064 CRITCHLEY, Mike BRITISH WARSHIPS & AUXILIARIES (1984/5 edition)
$10.00 AUD
Maritime Books. Liskeard, Cornwall, UK. 1983. 1st Ed. 112 PP with tables, silhouettes, 12 colour & 93 b/w photos. Title page: RFA Blue Rover. Pictorial soft cover. Outside edges lightly soiled. Very good. 21 x 14.8. 0907771092
Royal Navy, Royal Fleet Auxiliary, Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service, Army Vessels and Fleet Air Arm.
62150 CROOKE, Ray AN EPISTLE FROM OBEREA with decorations by Ray Crooke
$450.00 AUD
The Rams Skull Press. Ferntree Gully, Victoria. 1955. Edition limited to 250 numbered copies. 5th edition based on 4th edition of 1774 "An Epistle from Oberea, Queen of Otaheite, to Joseph Banks, Esquire". 21 PP, (1 colophon), with 7 decorations by Ray Crooke. Cloth cover, tapa design. Copy No. 28/250, hand numbered and signed by Ray Crooke, on the colophon "Here ends the Epistle". Fine. 29 x 20.5.
33693 CUMES, J. W. C. THEIR CHASTITY WAS NOT TOO RIGID - Leisure Times in Early Australia
$15.00 AUD
Longman Cheshire / Reed. Melbourne / Sydney. 1979. 1st Ed. XI, 378 PP with 2 drawings and 51 figures. Fp: Cricket at Melbourne, 1841 (in colour). Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 24 x 16. 0582714567
67973 CUMPSTON, J. S. THE FURNEAUX GROUP, BASS STRAIT, First Visitors 1797-1810
$15.00 AUD
Roebuck Society. Canberra. 1972. 1st Ed. Publication Roebuck Society No. 5. IV, 35 PP with 3 maps, plus 4 pages with 3 b/w photos & 1 chart on double page. Soft cover. Near fine. 25 x 17.5. 0950085855
67978 CUMPSTON, J. S. MACQUARIE ISLAND
$70.00 AUD
Antarctic Division / Department of External Affairs. Canberra. 1968. 1st Ed. Publication No. 93, ANARE Scientific Reports, series A (1) Narrative. XII, 380 PP with 4 tail pieces and 6 maps, plus 34 pages with 70 b/w photos. Fp: North end of Macquarie Island. FEP: Chart & plans of anchorages at Macquarie Is. REP: Bird life at the Macquarie Is. Green cloth cover, gilt title on spine. Small mark/remnants of sellotape on spine. Verso of the FFEP with dedicatory note to the Nantucket Atheneum Library dated 14 October 1970 and signed by the Author. Discreet stamp of The Nantucket Atheneum on front endpaper and at lower part of title page and on top of Chapter 1 page. An otherwise near fine copy. 25.7 x 18.5.
Discovery and story of the ships which visited the island and of the men who manned them. Research expeditions.
68047 CUMPSTON, J. S. KANGAROO ISLAND 1800-1836
$20.00 AUD
Roebuck. Canberra. 1986. 3rd edition. Publication No.1 in the Roebuck Society series X, 218 PP with 2 maps, plus 36 pages with over 65 b/w illustrations (6 maps, drawings, paintings and photos). FEP: Chart (part of Kangaroo Is.). REP: Kangaroo Is. Pictorial boards, dj. Dust jacket rubbed around edges and is in a protective sleeve. Contents near fine. 24.2 x 17.3. 0909434026
74396 CUMPSTON, J. S. MACQUARIE ISLAND
$100.00 AUD
Antarctic Division / Department of External Affairs. Canberra. 1968. 1st Ed. Publication No. 93, ANARE Scientific Reports, series A (1) Narrative. XII, 380 PP with 4 tail pieces and 6 maps, plus 34 pages with 70 b/w photos. Fp: North end of Macquarie Island. FEP: Chart & plans of anchorages at Macquarie Is. REP: Bird life at the Macquarie Is. Green cloth cover, gilt title on spine, nice dust jacket. A fine copy. 25.7 x 18.5.
Discovery and story of the ships which visited the island and of the men who manned them. Research expeditions.
38847 LA DAGE, John & VAN GEMERT, Lee STABILITY AND TRIM FOR THE SHIP'S OFFICER
$20.00 AUD
Cornell Maritime Press, Inc. Cambridge, Maryland. 1963. 4th reprint of the 2nd edition of 1956 (original of 1946). XVI, 216 PP with 67 figures and 4 inserts, plus 4 folded inserts in rear pocket. Fp: Heavy lift ship USNS Pvt Leonard C. Brostrom. Hard cover, gilt device and title on front cover and spine. Lower and upper part of the spine worn, faint foxing on outside edges. Signature and bookplate of previous owner on front endpaper, o/wise very good. 22.2 x 14.5.
67834 DANIELS, Kay CONVICT WOMEN
$25.00 AUD
Allen & Unwin. Sydney. 1998. 1st edition. XI, 276 PP, plus 8 pages with 1 facsimile of letter and 9 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21.5 x 14. 1864486775
Experiences of Australia's convict women.
68081 DE-LA-NOY, Michael SCOTT OF THE ANTARCTIC
$10.00 AUD
Sutton Publishing. Stroud, UK. 1997. 1st edition in "Pocket Biographies" series. 112 PP, plus 8 pages with 14 b/w photos. Fine. 19.8 x 12.8. 9780750915120
67560 DILLON, Patrick LOST AT SEA - An American Tragedy
$5.00 AUD
Touchstone. New York. 2000. Reprint of the 1998 original. (16), 264, (8) PP with 2 plans. Pictorial soft covers a little worn around edges. Ageing of paper and foxing spots on outside edges. Very good. 21.5 x 14.0. 0684869098
Sinking of Americus and Altair, two crabbing vessels off Unalaska Island in February 1983. 14 dead. Investigation...
18649 DOAK, Frank ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY, A Brief History
$10.00 AUD
AGPS / Department of Defence. Canberra. 1987. 1st Ed. 48 PP with 60 b/w & 18 colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. Oblong: 21 x 29.5.
51513 DOMVILLE-FIFE, Charles W. (editor) THE SEAGOER - An Illustrated Quarterly of the Sea, Land and Air - Volume XX
$30.00 AUD
Seagoer Publishing Co. Ltd. Bristol. 1954, 1955. Volume XX, No. 1 (Autumn 1954) to No. 4 (Summer 1955). No. 1: 58 PP with 30 b/w and duotone photos. No. 2: 58 PP with 1 map and 39 b/w and duotone photos. No. 3: 56 PP with 40 b/w and duotone photos. No. 4: 56 PP with 42 b/w and duotone photos. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 19.7 x 13.5.
No.1: Last voyage of the Arctic Stream, by Captain Neil Campbell. No. 2: Sailing South a Hundred Years ago, by Harry Hine. No. 3: Loss of the brigantine Carnegie, by Captain Broadhouse. Awakening of Antarctica. No. 4: In those brave days of sail, by Captain William F. Reid. Thirty-one days in an open boat after the sinking of the Silver Dawn by a German raider after leaving Fremantle in June 1943, by G. Waye.
15685 DONNO, Elizabeth Story AN ELIZABETHAN IN 1582, The Diary of Richard Madox, Fellow of All Souls
$15.00 AUD
The Hakluyt Society. London. 1976. 1st Ed. Publication 147 in the Hakluyt Society second series. XVI, 365 PP with 1 figure in text plus 18 bw plates (charts, drawings...). Fp: A page of Madox's Diary, 24 Sept. 1583. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, gilt device on front cover, dust wrapper. Dust jacket with a few rubs, o/wise near fine. 22.2 x 14.2. 0904180042
Voyage from England to Sierra Leone and Brazil.
10765 DUNN, Capt. B. G. & WESCOMBE, Lt. R. E. (editors) ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY - 75TH ANNIVERSARY 1911-1986
$5.00 AUD
Magazine Art / Royal Australian Navy. Melbourne. 1986. 1st Ed. 80 PP with b/w & colour illust. Pictorial card covers with light wear. Very good. 27 x 20.7.
A brief history in text & photographs of the R.A.N.
10791 EDWARDS, Herbert THEIR LAWFUL OCCASIONS - A True Story
$10.00 AUD
Percival Marshall. London. 1956. 1st Ed. 256 PP, plus 8 pages with 12 b/w photos. Fp: Captain Herbert Edwards, R.N. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket with short closed tears. Occasional foxing. Very good clean copy. 22.2 x 14.2.
Sequel of the autobiography Under Four Flags, the Royal Navy years and the two World Wars.
48287 EDWARDS, Lieut.-Commander Kenneth THE NAVY OF TO-DAY
$15.00 AUD
Blackie & Son. London. 1940. July 1940 reprint of the June 1939 original. 206 PP, plus 16 plates with 29 b/w photos. Fp: A destroyer at high speed laying a smoke screen. Cloth cover, title in blind on front cover and gilt on spine. Brief note on front endpaper. Foxing, mostly on prelims and around outside edges. Very good. 23.2 x 17.4.
Armed merchant ships, the big ships, the small ships, the Fleet Air Arm, the Royal Marines ....
31352 ENGLISH, Adrian & WATTS, Anthony BATTLE FOR THE FALKLANDS (2) - Naval Forces
$10.00 AUD
Osprey. London. 1982. 1st Ed., No. 134 in the Men-at-Arms series. 40 PP with 1 map, 43 b/w photos, plus 8 pages with 17 colour plates. Pictorial soft covers. Fine. 24.7 x 18.3. 0850454921
67554 ESTENSEN, Miriam THE LIFE OF MATTHEW FLINDERS
$15.00 AUD
Allen & Unwin. Sydney. 2003. 1st paperback edition of the 2002 original. XXII, 538 PP with 5 maps and 19 b/w illustrations, plus 8 pages with 15 colour plates. Pictorial stiff covers. Front cover with 2 large creases, and spine lightly sunned. Faint foxing on outside edges. An otherwise very good clean copy. 23 x 15. 9781741141528
48685 FAIR, Marvin L. PORT ADMINISTRATION IN THE UNITED STATES
$10.00 AUD
Cornell Maritime Press. Cambridge, Maryland. 1954. 1st Ed. XVI, 3-217 with tables, graphs, organigrams and plans. Cloth cover, dj (price-clipped). Dust jacket browned with chips at head and foot of spine. Signature on FFEP. Faint foxing on outside edges, o/wise very good. 23.3 X 15.5.
Patrick Stephens Limited. London. 1991. 1st Ed., in the Action Stations series. 192 PP with hundreds of b/w photos. Eps: Map with principal British Military Overseas Airfields. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 24 x 15.7. 1852603194
60 of the most prominent overseas stations: WWII, Palestine... Berlin airlift... Falkland conflict.
64393 FARR, Grahame WEST COUNTRY PASSENGER STEAMERS
$35.00 AUD
T. Stephenson & Sons Ltd. Prescot, UK. 1967. 2nd edition of the 1956 original. XII, 355 PP with tables and b/w illustrations (facsimile of documents, plans, tail pieces and 19 funnels), plus 36 pages with 87 b/w photos and the frontispiece. Fp: S.S. Scillonian, leaving St.Mary's. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price-clipped). Fine. 22.3 x 14.5.
47497 FEEST, Christian THE ART OF WAR
$15.00 AUD
Thames and Hudson. London. 1980 1st Ed. 92 PP, (4 bibliography, index) with 104 b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 24.7 x 19. 050006010X
An account of the extraordinary range of weapons that proliferate in all tribal societies - from the clubs and knuckledusters to the glorious war canoes of Tahiti.
30528 FENTON, Roy & CLARKSON, John SHIPS IN FOCUS RECORD 7
$15.00 AUD
Ships in Focus Publications. London. 1998. Issue Number 7. 64 PP ( P. 129 to 192), with 1 plan and 109 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21. 1901703010
Twin-funnel cargo liners. Dublin gas boats. Antiques in the Humber. The Palmers of Boston and Ringaskiddy...
34050 FENTON, Roy, & CLARKSON, John SHIPS IN FOCUS RECORD 10
$15.00 AUD
Ships in Focus Publications. London. 1999. Issue Number 10. 64 PP with 3 house flags / funnels and 97 b/w photos. Pictorial card cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21. 1901703061
Fleet in Focus: John Holt. The port of Widnes. Boer War transports...
52964 FENTON, Roy, & CLARKSON, John SHIPS IN FOCUS RECORD 37
$15.00 AUD
Ships in Focus Publications. London. 2007. Issue Number 37, July 2007. 64 PP with 1 house Flag & Funnel, 87 b/w and 40 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21. 1901703835
British and Continental Steam Ship Co. Ltd (Part 1), by Colin Turner and Roy Fenton. Up the Canal (Manchester Ship Canal) in colour... Arnott Young, shipbreakers on the Clyde (Part 1) by Ian Buxton....
68178 FLAGS AUSTRALIAN FLAGS
$25.00 AUD
Awards and Culture Branch / Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Canberra. 2006. 3rd edition of the 1995 original. VIII, 48 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Presentation label of Richard Colbeck, Liberal Senator for Tasmania, pasted down on inside cover. Fine. 20 x 20. 0642471347
34170 LE FLEMING, H. M. WARSHIPS OF WORLD WAR I, No. 2 - Cruisers (British and German)
$20.00 AUD
Ian Allan. London. 1962. Reprint of the 1960 original. 73 PP with tables & 67 b/w photos. Title page: Light cruiser H.M.S. Dublin at sea. Stiff covers, pictorial front (HMS Shannon in 1915). Front cover with a few small rubs, o/wise fine. 18 x 12.
62062 LE FLEMING, H.M. WARSHIPS OF WORLD WAR I, No. 1 - Battleships (British and German Battleships and Battle Cruisers)
$10.00 AUD
Ian Allan. London. 1961. Revised edition of the 1959 original, in the ABC series. 64 PP with 65 b/w photos & 4 pages with drawings recognition features. Pict. card covers with slight insect damage around front edge. Contents very good. Small format: 18 x 12.5.
From wooden walls to steel battleships (1861-1893) and dreadnoughts, naval events 1906-1918.
67771 FOLEY, Captain John TIMELESS ISLE - An Illustrated History of Thursday Island
$30.00 AUD
Torres Strait Historical Society. Thursday Is. 2003. 4th edition of the 1982 original. 78, (16 supplement with 39 b/w photos) PP with maps, period advertising materials and b/w photos. Fp: Map of Torres Strait. Pictorial card cover. Dedicatory note on title page dated and signed by the author. Fine. 22.2 x 14.2. 0959266003
From the dreamtime to the explorers, first settlers, pearling and the pilotage.
17552 FORMAN, Werner & SYME, Ronald THE TRAVELS OF CAPTAIN COOK
$25.00 AUD
McGraw-Hill. New York. 1971. 1st US Ed. 180 PP with b/w text-illustrations and 102 b/w & colour plates. Printed on art paper. Eps: Resolution at anchor in Nootka Sound. Cloth cover, statue of Captain Cook on front cover, dj. Faint foxing, o/wise near fine. 28.5 x 23.5. 070626502
19752 GEO MAGAZINE LES CONQUETES PERDUES DE L'EXPEDITION BAUDIN [in GEO Magazine - Vol 214, December 1996]
$10.00 AUD
Geo. Paris. 1996. Edited by Maurice SOUTIF. Includes article from P.156 to 168 with 2 maps and 26 b/w and colour illust. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 27 x 21.3.
The scientific expedition led by Nicolas Baudin and sent to the shores of the Australian continent by Napoléon (1800-1804).
68172 GIBBS, James A. SHIPWRECKS OF THE PACIFIC COAST
$20.00 AUD
Binfords & Mort. Portland, Oregon. 1971. 2nd printing of the 1962 edition (original 1957). (8), 316 PP, plus 32 pages with 67 b/w photos. Eps: maps of the coasts of California, Oregon and Washington. Cloth cover, title and devices on front cover and spine, dj (price clipped). Repaired tear at top of the dust jacket. Very good copy. 22.2 x 14.2.
68043 GIBBS, Jim WEST COAST WINDJAMMERS - In Story and Pictures
$20.00 AUD
Superior Publishing. Seattle. 1968. 1st Ed. 192 PP with 288 b/w illustrations. Fp: Five Masted Schooner "Inca". Cloth cover, dj (price-clipped). Light foxing on prelims, o/wise a very good clean copy. 27.2 x 21.2.
The little wooden schooners or four-masters plying to or along the West Coast of America.
White Star. Vercelli, Italy. 2007. New extended and up-dated edition of the 2000 original, translated from the Italian original by Neil Frazer Davenport. 328 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Hard cover, title in blind on front cover and spine, dj. Fine. 34 x 24.2. 9788854403277
42361 GODDEN, John (editor) HARRIER - Ski-Jump to Victory
$20.00 AUD
Brassey's Defence Publishers. Oxford. 1983. 1st Ed. XI, 132 PP with 2 maps, b/w illustrations (drawings & plans, 92 b/w photos), plus 6 plates with 12 colour photos. Hard cover, simile leather, gilt title on spine, dj. Near fine. 25.4 x 19. 0080311660
Operation corporate - Falklands War..
12699 GOURGUECHON, Charlene JOURNEY TO THE END OF THE WORLD - A three-year adventure in the New Hebrides
$10.00 AUD
Charles Scribner's Sons. New York. 1977 1st English edition of the 1974 French original "L'Archipel des Tabous". (8), 338 PP with 1 map and 39 b/w photos. Fp: Map of the New Hebrides. Hard cover, dj. A small closed tear in rear of dust jacket. Occasional foxing. Near fine. 23.2 x 15.5. 0684148471
An exciting story on the New Hebrides islands: of roguish boat captains, missionaries & slave traders, planters & natives, ancient customs & a present-day (1974) but bizarre government "Condominium" shared by France & the U.K.
68169 H.M.S.O. ADMIRALTY MANUAL OF NAVIGATION - Volume I - B.R. 45 (1)
$25.00 AUD
H.M.S.O. London. 1977. Reprint of the 1970 Consolidated edition, incorporating Changes 1 to 4. VII, 544 PP with tables and 267 b/w and colour figures, plus 17 plates (3 b/w and 14 colour, including a folded one). 1 errata slip loosely inserted. Cloth cover, dj. A near fine copy. 24.5 x 15.5. 117707686
... and including the 1972 International Regulations for preventing collision at sea.
51640 HACKFORTH-JONES, Jocelyn AUGUSTUS EARLE, Travel Artist
$30.00 AUD
National Library of Australia. Canberra. 1980. 1st Ed. IX, 157 PP with 16 colour plates, and 168 b/w illust. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Dust jacket a little rubbed/chipped, o/wise near fine. 28.3 x 22.2. 064299143X
Paintings and drawings (in the Rex Nan Kivell Collection, National Library of Australia), illustrating his voyages to Australia, New Zealand, the Pacific Islands, and an eight months sojourn on Tristan da Cunha as a castaway.
68087 HAINE, Edgar A. DISASTER AT SEA
$20.00 AUD
Cornwall Books. New York. 1983. 1st Ed. 210 PP with 8 statistical tables and 160 b/w illustrations (maps, engravings, paintings and photos). Title spread: stranding wreck of the City of Columbus off Gay Head, Massachusetts, 18th January 1884. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Stamps of the University of Tasmania / Australian Maritime College on endpapers and title page. Dust jacket slightly ruffled, o/wise a very good copy. 28.6 x 22. 0845347195
Loss of 115 ships (48,800 lives): Lusitania, General Slocum, Eastland, Birkenhead... Waratah.
48626 HAMMOND, Rolt DOCK AND HARBOUR ENGINEERING
$10.00 AUD
Thomas Nelson. London. 1958. 1st Ed., Volume 2 in the Nelson's Nautical series. XII, 160 PP with 22 figures, plus 8 pages with 12 b/w photos. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine. Covers speckled. Foxing spots on outside edges, and on first and last leaves. Image shows title-page. Contents clean and still a very good copy. 23.2 x 16.5.
Forces of the Sea. Planning the Harbour...
32371 HANLEY, James THE LAST VOYAGE and other stories
$10.00 AUD
Harvill Press. London. 1997. 1st edition, in a combined form of 5 short-stories published in 1930 and 1931, with an introduction by Alan Ross. XIV, 271 PP. Pictorial soft cover. Occasional foxing. Near fine. 21.5 x 13.5. 1860463169
Life at sea...
51785 HATCH, A. S. JACK CORBETT MARINER
$10.00 AUD
The Quantuck Lane Press. New York. 2003. 1st Ed., with an afterword by Denny Hatch. 270 PP with 15 b/w illustrations. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 20.8 x 13.3. 0971454825
Relationship between A. S. Hatch, an American financier and Jack Corbett, an Irish seaman met on the Liverpool registered packet New World.
17938 HAY, Mary I SAW A SHIP A'SAILING
$15.00 AUD
HMSO & National Maritime Museum. London. 1981. 1st edition with a foreword by Doris M. Hay and a preface by John Crowder. X, 102 PP, plus 16 pages with 24 b/w photos of life on a windjammer. Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing on outside edges. Near fine. 22.2 x 14. 0112903401
Story of the Ladye Doris, a three-masted windjammer, which plied the Cape Horn route to the Pacific & Australia at the turn of the 20th Century.
42598 HAZELL, Martin SAILING BARGES
$10.00 AUD
Shire Publications. London. 1990. Reprint of the 2nd edition of the 1982, No.13 in Shire Album series. 32 PP with 1 map, 2 plans on double page & 43 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 15. 0852635842
Their history, description and trade.
30874 HENEGHAN, Chris (editor) BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC - 50th Anniversary (1943-1993)
$10.00 AUD
Brodie Publishing. Liverpool. 1993. 1st Ed. 107, (25) PP with a total of 50 pages of advertising material, and maps, plans, photos (b/w and colour)... Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.7 x 20.8. 1874447012
The longest conflict & The German Submarine threat, by David Brown. The convoy system, The Commanders at Western Approaches, & Escort Group Commanders, by W J R Gardner. The Mersey base, by Eric Grove...
38419 HETHERINGTON, Michelle COOK & OMAI - The Cult of the South Seas
$25.00 AUD
National Library of Australia / Humanities Research Centre, The Australian National University. Canberra. 2001. 1st Ed. Foreword by Jan Fullerton. VI, 66 PP with 13 b/w and 24 colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 24 x 22. 0642107319
Catalogue of an exhibition held at the National Library of Australia, held in February 2001. Captain Cook Pacific voyages and the cultural milieu in which they took place.
52178 HMSO EASTERN ARCHIPELAGO PILOT - Volume II
$35.00 AUD
Hydrographer of the Navy. London. 1949. 6th edition of the 1893 original. Advertisement to this 6th edition by Vice-Admiral A. G. N. Wyatt. Edited by Capt. F.M. HODGSON. (6), LII, 692 PP with 9 figures, 5 maps and 43 coastal views, plus 1 folded Index Chart (S.D.34), 6 plates with 6 maps and 46 plates with 108 coastal views. Supplement No. 5-1959 with 110 pages loosely inserted (advertisement by Rear-Admiral K. ST. B. Collins). Cloth cover, gilt title on front board and spine. Covers lightly rubbed. Internally a very good clean copy. 24.5 x 15.
Comprising the south-eastern end of Sumatra, Sunda Strait, Java, Islands eastward of Java, Southern and Eastern coasts of Borneo, Macassar Strait, Celebes, and the western part of the Soea Eilanden .
64794 HOPE, Ronald SHIPS
$10.00 AUD
B. T. Batsford Ltd. London. 1958. 1st Ed., in Junior Heritage Books series. 80 PP with b/w and colour illustrations by John Mansbridge. Fp: A Close-hauled Ship of 1565. Hard cover, illustrated front. Ex library copy with 4 stamps on endpapers, pocket on front endpaper and shelf number at foot of spine. Slight ageing of paper. Very good. 20.7 x 14.2.
68069 HOUGH, Richard THE MURDER OF CAPTAIN JAMES COOK
$15.00 AUD
Macmillan. London. 1979. 1st Ed. 271 PP with 18 headpieces, plus 16 pages with 25 b/w illustrations (paintings, photos, maps ...). Eps: Aerial view of Kealakekua Bay. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Rear top of jacket is repaired, o/wise a near fine copy. 24 x 16. 0333234774
68113 HOWELLS, Eric B. SAILING AND SEAMANSHIP
$10.00 AUD
Longmans. London. 1961. 1st edition by Commander B. W. Licke. (8), 184 PP with b/w illustrations by W. Megoran. Hard cover, gilt device on front cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price clipped). Signature on half-title page. Dust jacket lightly rubbed. Occasional foxing. Very good. 25.4 x 18.
53164 HOWGEGO, Raymond John ENCYCLOPEDIA OF EXPLORATION 1850 TO 1940: The oceans, islands and polar regions: a comprehensive reference guide to the history and literature of exploration, travel and colonization in the oceans, the islands, New Zealand and the polar regions from 1850 to the early decades of the twentieth century
$200.00 AUD
Hordern House. Sydney. 2006. 1st Ed. XII, 690 PP. Eps: H.M.S. Investigator and the ice pack. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj. Fine. 28.7 x 21.5. 1875567410
521 articles/entries. From Louis William ABBOTT to Ferdinand von ZEPPELIN.
36355 HULL, Seabrook THE BOUNTIFUL SEA
$15.00 AUD
Sidgwick and Jackson. London. 1966. 1st UK Ed. XII, 340 PP with 3 maps and 116 b/w illust. (artist's conceptions, sketches and photos). Hard cover, dj (price-clipped). Foxing spots on outside edges. Label of previous owner on FFEP, o/wise a very good clean copy. 23.2 x 15.5.
31773 HUNT, Susan & CARTER, Paul TERRE NAPOLEON - Australia through French Eyes 1800-1804
$25.00 AUD
Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales. Sydney. 1999. 1st Ed., with a foreword by Jacqueline Bonnemains. (8), 148 PP with b/w and colour illust., and 46 plates in b/w and colour. Pictorial laminated boards, dj. Fine. 31 x 24.7. 0949753874
French exploration of Australian shores (1801 to 1803) led by Captain Nicolas Baudin. Published to accompany an exhibition held in Sydney from 27th February to 30 May 1999.
38213 ILLINGWORTH, Captain John H. TWENTY CHALLENGES FOR THE AMERICA'S CUP
$15.00 AUD
Hollis & Carter. London. 1968. 1st Ed. 158 PP with tables and 3 figures, plus 16 pages with 22 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj (rubbed). Light foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise near fine. 22.3 x 14.2. 370003314
The founding of the Cup, and early defenders... Appendix: the 12-Metre Rating Rule.
41701 INNES, Hammond SEA AND ISLANDS
$10.00 AUD
Collins. London. 1967. 1st Ed. 288 PP with 1 plan of Mary Deare, and 5 maps, plus 24 pages with 27 b/w and 20 colour photos. Hard cover, dj. Front endpaper with offsetting and stamp of previous owner. Faint foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise near fine. 21.5 x 14.5.
Yacht Mary Deare in Scandinavia, Mediterranean Sea... Voyages to the Maritimes of Canada, to Addu atoll in the Maldives...
44082 JACKSON, Robert THE ROYAL NAVY IN WORLD WAR II
$10.00 AUD
Airlife. London. 1997. 1st UK edition. 176 PP with 6 maps and 169 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing. Remainder mark on lower outside edge, o/wise near fine. 25.2 x 19.5. 185310714X
54587 JAPANESE HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICE ON THE MARINE GEOLOGY OF BEACH EROSION IN OMORI-HAMA VICINITY, HAKODATE CITY (in The Bulletin of the Japanese Hydrographic Office - Pub. No. 943, Volume XIII, Part I & II)
$20.00 AUD
Maritime Safety Board. Tokyo. 1956, 1959 . Part I (1956): 216 PP with 175 tables and 211 figures, plus folded plates and 20 pages with 74 b/w photos. Japanese text (caption of figures in Japanese and English). Part II (1959): Preface by Dr. Kanji Suda. Foreword by Dr. Ryoshichi Komukai. (8), IV, II, 217- 582 PP with 117 tables and 261 figure, plus folded plates and 10 pages with 34 b/w photos. Japanese text (caption of figures in Japanese and English). English text between P.434 and 582. A 3 page errata loosely inserted. Stiff covers. Very good set. 25.5 x 19.
58806 JARMAN, Robert JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE TO THE SOUTH SEAS IN THE "JAPAN", employed in the Sperm Whale Fishery, under the Command of John May
$650.00 AUD
Edition Renard. Melbourne. 2009. Reprint of the 1838 original, in a limited edition of 30 numbered copies (No. 21). Edited, with an Introduction, Notes, Chronology, and Index by Robert M. Warneke. X, (2 blank), VI, 318 PP. Fp: Portrait of Robert Jarman in 1877. All edges tinted. Marker ribbon. Full grey goatskin, gilt title on spine, cloth slipcase with title on labels. Fine. 24.3 x 17.
Voyage: June 1831 to August 1834. London, Cape of Good Hope, St Paul Island (Indian Ocean), Indonesia, Japan, Hawai'i, Tonga, Australia, Fiji, Kiribati ... New Zealand, Cape Horn, Azores, London.
50948 JEFFS, Andrew, & MARSH, David CATALONIA CONQUERS THE ATLANTIC. Hales Trophy history re-written
$5.00 AUD
Hoogovens Aluminium & Baird Publications. Melbourne. 1998. 1st Ed. Reprint of a Work Boat World special feature. 32 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.5 x 21.
Catalonia, a 91metre wave-piercing catamaran, and the Hales Trophy holder, won in June 1990.
61457 JOHNSON, Dianne BRUNY D'ENTRECASTEAUX and his encounter with Tasmanian Aborigines: From Provence to Recherche Bay
$35.00 AUD
Blue Mountain Education and Research Trust. Lawson, NSW. 2012. 1st Ed. (XII), 121 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover with light creases. Near fine. 29.8 x 21. 9780646570563
20658 JONES, Henry M. SHIPS OF KINGSTON, Good-bye, Fare Ye Well
$75.00 AUD
Memorial Press of Plymouth. Plymouyj, Mass. 1926 1st Ed. 130 PP with 5 plans of Port, 19 ship plans, 50 b/w illust. & 6 colour plates. Title-page: Sheer and spar plan of bark Abby of Kingston, 1854. Fp (in colour): Ship Herculean of Kingston, Benjamin Cook, Master, entering Liverpool, 1840. Orig. gilt & decorated cloth cover (flag signal for Good-bye, fare ye well). Handsome gothic-printed dedicatory note: "Presented to Commander Alan John Villiers by the Jones River Village Club at the Major John Bradford House, Kingston, Massachusetts". Covers have a few spots, o/wise a fine copy. 28 x 20.
An account of the 276 vessels built and launched at the landing into Jones River since the Revolution.
67841 KEMP, J. F., & YOUNG, Peter SHIP CONSTRUCTION SKETCHES & NOTES
$15.00 AUD
Butterworth-Heinemann. Oxford. 1991. Reprint of the 1989 edition, original of 1958). 136 PP with many b/w figures. Pictorial card cover. Fine. 21 x 14.8. 075060381X
38197 KERR, George F. BUSINESS IN GREAT WATERS - The War History of the P. & O. (1939-1945)
$15.00 AUD
Faber & Faber. London. 1951. 1st Ed. 196 PP, plus 2 colour plates, 6 pages with 13 photos & 1 large folded photo (panoramic view of Table Bay Harbour in April 1941). Fp: The North African Landing 1942. Cloth cover, dj (chipped). Light foxing, signature of previous owner on preliminary page. Very good. Scarce. 20.5 x 14.
The world's greatest merchant fleet during WWII. Armed merchant cruisers, troopships ...
19756 KING, Hilary THE MARINE CHRONOMETERS OF THE BAUDIN EXPEDITION TO AUSTRALIA, 1800-1804
$20.00 AUD
Antiquarian Horology. London. 1997. Reprint of an article published in the winter 1997 issue of Antiquarian Horology. P. 508 to 521 with 7 figures. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 24.7 x 17.8.
68192 KIRKALDY, Adam W. BRITISH SHIPPING - Its History, Organisation and Importance
$20.00 AUD
Augustus M. Kelley. New York. 1970. Reprint of the 1914 original, with an introductory note by Professor Ralph Davis. VIII, (2), XX, 655 PP with tables, plus 1 large folded map and 12 folded plates (tables and graphs). Fp: Track chart of the world with main routes and coaling-stations. Cloth cover, dj. Stamps of "University of Tasmania" / "Australian Maritime College" on endpapers, title page and lower corner of page 177. Faint foxing, o/wise contents near fine. 22.3 x 14.5. 0678055580
74916 KIRKALDY, Adam W. BRITISH SHIPPING - Its History, Organisation and Importance
$50.00 AUD
Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd. London. 1914. 1st Edition. XX, 655 PP with tables, plus 12 folded plates (tables and graphs). Fp: Folded chart : Track chart of the world with main routes and coaling-stations. Original green cloth cover, title and device in blind on front and gilt title on spine which has a little speckling as has the rear cover. Signature of previous owner on FFEP. Minimal foxing and overall a very good clean copy of the first edition. Image shows title-page. 19 x 13.
The Evolution of the Ship, The Ownership, Management, and Regulation of Shipping, Trade Routes, Some of the Ports and Docks of the United Kingdom. Also contains Bibliography and Index.
68093 KIRKWOOD, Roger & GOLDSWORTHY, Simon FUR SEALS AND SEA LIONS
$25.00 AUD
CSIRO Publishing. Melbourne. 2013. 1st Ed. in the Australian Natural History series. V, 151 PP with tables, over 45 b/w figures and 16 plates with 102 colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 24 x 17. 9780643096929
68106 LAGAN, Jack THE BAREFOOT NAVIGATOR
$20.00 AUD
Adlard Coles Nautical. London. 2006. 1st Ed. XII, 148 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 24.2 x 17.2. 9780713674293
Navigating with the skills of the ancients.
18335 LAING, Alexander THE AMERICAN HERITAGE HISTORY OF SEAFARING AMERICA
$10.00 AUD
American Heritage Publishing. New York. 1974. 1st Ed. 344, (8 index) PP with 300 b/w & colour illust. Hard cover, gilt device on front cover, gilt title on cloth spine, dj (price clipped). Foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 28.6 x 22.2. 0070358478
America under sail: from colonial days to the present boom in sailing for pleasure and sport.
67475 LANDSTRÖM, Björn COLUMBUS, The Story of Don Cristobal Colon Admiral of the Ocean and his four voyages westward to the Indies according to contemporary sources, retold and illustrated by ...
$10.00 AUD
Allen & Unwin. London. 1967. 1st UK edition translated from the 1966 Swedish original by Michael Phillips and Hugh W. Stubbs. 208 PP with b/w & colour illustrations, pages 193-197: Chronology. Eps: Facsimile of the first printing of Columbus' letter about his discovery, printed in Barcelona in 1493. Cloth cover, device on front cover. Ex-library copy with library label on FEP, stamps on title page (recto/verso) and last leaf. Part of dust jacket tipped in on front endpaper. Covers lightly soiled. Good reading/working copy. 28.5 x 22.
22032 LAPPING, Brian END OF EMPIRE
$10.00 AUD
Book Club Associates / Guild Publishing. London. 1985. 1st Ed. XVI, 560 PP with 17 maps and 133 bw illust. FEP: British Empire: dates of acquisition. REP: The end of British rule. Hard cover, dj. Signature of previous owner on FFEP and half-title page, o/wise a near fine copy. 25.3 x 18.5.
The Route to Independence : India, Palestine, Malaya, Iran, Egypt, Aden, Cyprus, Gold Coast, Kenya, Rhodesia.
67848 LAUBENSTEIN, William J. THE EMERALD WHALER
$20.00 AUD
Andre Deutsch. London. 1961. 1st UK edition. 239 PP with 1 map with inset, plus 4 pages with 5 b/w illustrations. Hard cover, dj (price-clipped). Dust jacket with chips and repaired tears and in a protective sleeve. Light foxing on top outside edge, previous owner's signature on FFEP. Still a very good clean copy. 21.5 x 14.
Voyage of the whaler "Catalpa" to Western Australia which took 6 Irishmen to freedom after they had been condemned to prison in W.A.
45536 LAUX, Claire (editor) LE PACIFIQUE
$40.00 AUD
Groupe de Recherche en Histoire Océanienne Contemporaine / Editions Île de Lumière. Nouméa. 2002 1st Ed. Volume 6, in the 101 mots pour comprendre series. 260 PP with 3 tables, 1 b/w sketch map, 4 b/w & 30 colour illustrations, and 17 maps in colour. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 19 x 13. 9782912429186
101 words, to understand the History of the Pacific. Colonisation (German, English, Spanish, French)... Whaling... Pearls and Pearling... EEZ (Exclusive Economic Zone).
42737 LAVERY, H. J. (editor) EXPLORATION NORTH - Australia's Wildlife from Desert to Reef
$10.00 AUD
Richmond Hill Press. Melbourne. 1978. 1st Ed. 244, 6 index) PP with sketches, maps, b/w and colour photos. Hard cover, dj. Presentation plate by the Queensland Minister for Culture, National Parks and Recreation tipped in on front endpaper. Foxing spots on outside edges. Very good. 24.7 x 17.5. 0908157002
The Explorers by H.J. Lavery. The Mulga, Land of the Bulloo by M.J.S. Denny. The Bush by G. Gordon. The Rainforest by J. W. Winter. The Swamps, by J. G. Blackman. The Reef, Uncertain Land of Plenty, by C. J. Limpus.
68052 LAWSON, Will HARPOONS AHOY ! - Fighting the Great Sperm Whales
$50.00 AUD
Angus & Robertson. Sydney. 1938. 1st Ed. IX, (2), 220 PP. Blue cloth cover, title on front cover and spine. Spine lightly rubbed at head and foot and dulled. Occasional light foxing. Very good. 22 x 15.
Story of the great sperm whales and Captain McKillop, last of the old-time whalers out of Hobart (as told to the author).
59288 LEEK, Bob SAIL TRADERS OF PORT PHILLIP AND VICTORIA - Volume II
$30.00 AUD
62535 LEWIS, Dr. Tom DARWIN'S SUBMARINE I-124
$30.00 AUD
Avonmore Books. Adelaide. 2010. 1st Ed. Foreword by the Honourable Austin Asche, AC, QC. 182 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (artworks, documents, maps, plans and sketches and photos). Pictorial stiff cover. Neat ex-libris stamp of previous owner on FFEP, o/wise fine. 25 x 17.7. 9780957735194
Sunk by HMAS "Deloraine" 20th January 1942 in 150 feet of water off Darwin. Early salvage attempts (for the code books). Historic shipwreck since 28th June 1977.
56905 LINFORD, Jenny LIGHTHOUSES
$20.00 AUD
Parragon. Bath, UK. 2008. Reprint of the 2006 original. 192 PP with 3 b/w illustrations and 146 colour photos. Half title page: Beach Head, Isle of Wight. Title page: Westerheversand Lighthouse, Schleswig-Holstein. Fp: Los Angeles Harbor Light. Laminated pictorial boards, dj. Fine. 33.7 x 27. 978181405471176
67830 LONDON ILLUSTRATED NEWS [THE] THE SAMOAN CRISIS: BRITISH AND UNITED STATES WAR-SHIPS AT APIA (in The London Illustrated News, May 6, 1899)
$25.00 AUD
The International News Company. New York. 1899. Part of Vol. 24, No. 626, May 6, 1899. 639 - 662 PP, stapled. Contains article on P. 651 and 652 with 7 b/w photos by Symonds & Co., Portsmouth . Soft wrappers with a few small nicks and a small closed tear, illustrated front (The Queen at Cimiez: "Vive le Reine d'Angleterre !"). Very good. 39.5 x 30.
47555 LONEY, Jack AUSTRALIAN SHIPWRECKS, Volume 4: 1901-1986
$30.00 AUD
Marine History Publications. Portarlington. 1987. 1st Ed. 284 PP with numerous b/w illust., sketches & map. FEP: The four-masted bark Strathgryfe stranded on Yanakie Beach. REP: Stranded Falls of Halladale. Hard cover, dj. Signed by the author on title page. Near fine. 24 x 17.6. 0909244316
59865 LONEY, Jack THE LOCH ARD DISASTER
$10.00 AUD
Marine History Publications. Portarlington. c. 1985. 7th edition. 44 PP with 1 b/w photo, plus 16 pages with 1 map & 21 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 20.8 x 14.2. 095998531X
Wrecked on Mutton Bird Island near Port Campbell on 1st June, 1878.
68068 LONEY, Jack SHIPS AND SEAMEN OFF THE SOUTH COAST
$10.00 AUD
Neptune Press. Belmont, Vic. 1980. 1st Ed. 142 PP with b/w illust. (map & photos). Pictorial soft cover. Name of previous owner on front endpaper. Very good. 22.2 x 16 0909131465
Whaling, wreckers, shipwrecks & disasters, tall ships and mosquito fleets.
53111 MACARTHUR, Antonia & LONGLEY, John ENDEAVOUR. Australia's Flag Ship
$5.00 AUD
Australian National Maritime Museum. Sydney. 2006. 1st Ed. 32 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (1 cutaway, charts, engravings, paintings, photos). Pictorial card covers. Fine. 29.7 x 21. 1860070515
16785 MACINTYRE, Captain Donald FIGHTING SHIPS AND SEAMEN
$15.00 AUD
Evans Brothers. London. 1963. 1st Ed. 192 PP, plus 16 pages with 24 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 22 x 15.5.
Accounts of decisive actions at sea: battles of Jutland, Narvick and Leyte. The role of Q ships, convoys to Malta and Russia...
16810 MACINTYRE, Donald FAMOUS FIGHTING SHIPS
$10.00 AUD
Hamlyn. London. 1975. 1st Ed. 160 PP with b/w & 19 colour illust. Title-page: HMS Warspite. Eps: Trafalgar, surrender of Redoutable. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 30.5 x 15. 0600354865
Stories of 10 ships and their commanders. From the Revenge of Drake to the USS Enterprise... Redoutable (France), Mikasa (Japan), Scharnhorst (Germany),..
68189 MACINTYRE, Donald LEYTE GULF: Armada in the Pacific
$5.00 AUD
Macdonald. London. 1970. 1st UK Ed., in the Purnell's History of the Second World War series - Battle Book No. 11. 160 PP with b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Covers with rubbed patches. Slight ageing of paper. Stamp of "The Tasmanian Maritime and Folk Museum" on title page, o/wise very good. 21 x 13.5.
64638 MACKANESS, George ODES OF MICHAEL MASSEY ROBINSON - First Poet Laureate of Australia (1754-1826)
$10.00 AUD
Review Publications. Dubbo, NSW. 1976. Reprint of the 1946 original. Volume IV in the Australian Historical Monographs new series. 112 PP with 5 b/w illustrations. Card cover with a small rubbed patch and faded near spine. Very good. 21.5 x 13.8.
15729 MADDOCK, Shirley & WHYTE, Don FAR AS A MAN MAY GO - Captain Cook's New Zealand
$15.00 AUD
Collins. Auckland. 1969. 1st Ed. XVI, 284 PP, plus 60 pages with 114 b/w & colour illustrations. Fp (in colour): Captain Cook by John Webber. Eps: Chart of NZ drawn by Cook & map NZ coastline today. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price clipped). A near fine copy. 22 x 16.
A comparison of New Zealand in the 1960's and 200 years earlier when surveyed and described by Cook.
67623 MAGGS MILITARY & NAVAL HISTORY - Catalogue 1318
$10.00 AUD
Maggs Bros. Ltd. London. 2001. 1st Ed. 144 PP with colour and b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 24 x 16.5.
Selection of 491 items.
67624 MAGGS MILITARY & NAVAL HISTORY - Catalogue 1323
$10.00 AUD
Maggs Bros. Ltd. London. 2002. 1st Ed. 124 PP with colour and b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 24 x 16.5.
Selection of 390 items.
53070 MAITLAND, Derek SETTING SAILS - A Tribute to the Chinese Junk
$40.00 AUD
South China Morning Post. Hong Kong. 1981. 1st Ed. 174 PP with b/w & colour illust. (colour photos by Nik Wheeler). Eps. Hard cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj. Fine. 31 x 24.5.
The Chinese junk: its history, its triumph as a naval and trading vessel ...
67984 MARCUS, G. J. HEART OF OAK - A survey of British sea power in the Georgian era
$25.00 AUD
O.U.P. London. 1975. 1st Ed. XII, 308 PP with 4 maps and 53 b/w illustrations. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price clipped and a little rubbed or creased around edges). A near fine copy. 24.2 x 16. 0192158120
12131 MARDER, Arthur J. FROM THE DARDANELLES TO ORAN - Studies of the Royal Navy in War and Peace 1915-1940
$15.00 AUD
O.U.P. London. 1974. 1st UK Ed. XIII, (5), 301 PP with 1 facsimile of letter, plus 10 pages with 14 b/w photos and 5 folded charts at end of book. Fp: Winston Churchill, First Lord of the Admiralty, 14 October 1939. Hard cover with light shelf wear and old tape marks, very good dust jacket. Ex-library copy with stamps of the Library of Tasmania on a few pages. Renewed FFEP. Overall, still a very good clean reading copy. 22.5 x 14.2. 0192158023
Peter Davies. London. 1945. December 1945 reprint of the October 1945 original. VIII, 322 PP with 4 drawings and a tail piece (The Blue Water Medal), plus 24 pages with 24 b/w illustrations (5 paintings by the author and 19 b/w photos). Fp: Yacht Winnibelle. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price clipped). Dust jacket rubbed and chipped and small piece missing on spine. Signature on FFEP. Very good. 20.5 x 14.
Single-handed crossing of the North Atlantic on a power boat and under sail, pre WWII, by a painter commissioned by the French Navy.
43468 MARSHALL, Roger DESIGNED TO WIN - Ocean Racing Deck Layout
$20.00 AUD
Granada Publishing/Adlard Coles. London. 1979. 1st Ed. 191 PP profusely illustrated with b/w photos, diagrams, drawings. Hard cover, dj (price-clipped). Foxing, o/wise near fine. 28 x 22.5. 0229115780
53858 MARSHALL, Roger YACHT DESIGN DETAILS
$10.00 AUD
Hearst Marine. New York. 1989. 1st Ed. 171 PP with b/w illust. (sketches, plans, photos..). Hard cover, cloth spine, dj. Fine. 28.5 x 22.2. 0688072151
Projects to improve boats, from hull construction to davits & dinghies.
42777 MAUK, David C. THE COLONY THAT ROSE FROM THE SEA - Norwegian Maritime Migration and Community in Brooklyn, 1850-1910
$20.00 AUD
The Norwegian-American Historical Association / The University of Illinois Press. New York. 1997. 1st Ed. XVI, 272 PP with b/w illustrations. Cloth cover, dj. Fine. 26.2 x 18.4. 0877320861
61919 MAYS, Nicole FOR MANY YEARS A BOAT BUILDER: The Life and Life's Work of Jacob Bayly Chandler
$40.00 AUD
Nicole Mays. Hobart. 2011. 1st Ed. (3 blank pages), (11), 145, (3) PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, facsimile of documents, graphs, map, paintings and photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 24.5 x 18.7. 9780646546971
140 vessels built at Battery Point between 1843 and 1894.
43530 MccGWIRE, Michael (editor) SOVIET NAVAL DEVELOPMENTS - Context and Capability
$20.00 AUD
Dalhousie University. Halifax, Nova Scotia. 1973. 1st Ed., Centre for Foreign Policy Studies, Department of Political Science. X, 467 PP. Soft cover. Covers somewhat sunned, o/wise near fine. 27.5 x 21.5.
A collection of 31 papers relating to Russia's maritime interests presented at a seminar in October 1972.
67974 McLEAN, Donald & EMANUEL, Cedric THE GREAT SOUTH LAND - Book 2
$15.00 AUD
Angus and Robertson. Sydney. 1975. 1st Ed. Book 2 in The Story of Australia Series. 57 PP with 7 maps and 30 b/w illustrations ( 6 on full page) by Cedric Emanuel. Pictorial soft cover. Covers lightly soiled and with a crease at bottom of front cover. Occasional foxing. Very good. 25.2 x 19. 0207130507
49490 MERCER, Peter G. GATEWAY TO PROGRESS - Centenary History of the Marine Board of Burnie
$15.00 AUD
The Marine Board of Burnie. Burnie, Tasmania. 1969. 1st Ed. XI, (3), 206 PP with 6 plans, plus 8 Pages with 13 b/w photos. Eps: Pencil sketch of Emu Bay. Cloth cover, gilt decoration on front cover, with title on spine, dj. Near fine. 23 x 15.8.
From an open roadstead to a modern port, with breakwater and wharves.
36778 MERRIMAN, Commander R.D. (editor) THE SERGISON PAPERS
$25.00 AUD
Navy Records Society. Greenwich. 1950. 1st Ed. Publications of the Navy Records Society, Volume 89. (XII), 382 PP, (20 publications & members), plus 4 b/w plates. Fp: Charles Sergison, Clerk of the Acts, 1690-1719. Navy blue/cream buckram, gilt device on front cover, gilt title on spine. Occasional foxing. Near fine. 23.2 x 15.5.
68088 MIDDLETON, Angela TWO HUNDRED YEARS ON COD FISH ISLAND (WHENUAHOU) - From Cultural Encounter to Nature Conservation
$30.00 AUD
Department of Conservation / Te Papa Atawhai. Invercargill, NZ. 2007. Southland Conservancy, June 2007 edition. 84 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 29.7 x 20.8. 9421005174731
67875 MILLAR, Jack TRUE AUSTRALIAN SEA STORIES
$15.00 AUD
Rigby. Adelaide. 1978. 1st Ed. 213 PP with b/w illustrations throughout. Hard cover, dj with a few small chips, otherwise fine. 26 x 19.5. 072700266X
Storm, shipwreck, piracy, gold robbery, heroism plus the stirring exploits of men against the sea.
15558 MORTIMER, Lt. George OBSERVATIONS AND REMARKS MADE DURING A VOYAGE
$30.00 AUD
Ye Galleon. Fairfield, Wa., USA. 1988. Facsimile reprint of the 1791 original in a limited edition of 220 numbered copies (No.79). VIII, (8), 71 PP, (7). Fp: Facsimile of original title. FEP: Maria Is. REP: Amsterdam Island. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover. Foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise fine. 26 x 18. 0877704562
A voyage made of the brig Mercury to Teneriffe, Amsterdam Island, Maria Island near Van Diemen's Land, Tahiti ... in 1789.
68051 MORTON, Harry THE WHALE'S WAKE
$30.00 AUD
University of Otago Press. Dunedin. 1982. 1st Ed. 396 PP with tail pieces by Peggy Morton, plus 40 pages with 108 b/w illustrations. FEP: Australasia whaling grounds. REP: Whaling harbours & shore station locations of New Zealand. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket with small repaired tears. A near fine copy. 24 x 15.4. 0908569297
Whaling in New Zealand waters from 1792 to the late 1850's, its impact on Maori culture and the shaping of the NZ character.
69496 MOSS, Keith P. (compiler) 150 YEARS OF MARINE PROGRESS, 1788-1938
$40.00 AUD
Bennie S. Cohen & Son (NSW) Pty. Ltd. Sydney. c.1938. 1st edition with a foreword by Sir Samuel Cohen. No pagination, 24 PP with 17 profiles representing the important ships which came to Sydney, and reprint of NSW Pocket Almanack, 1814. Stitched pictorial card cover with ties, vignette on front cover representing the Sophia Jane. Covers a little soiled and chipped around edges, occasional foxing. Very good. 20 x 15.
Published at the time of the sesqui-centenary of Australia, by the leading firm of Lloyd's Brokers in Australia. Final six pages: arrival dates of vessels at Port Jackson and their departures, from the establishment of the Colony to the end of 1808. A scarce booklet.
35173 N/A SURVIVAL AT SEA - A Training and Instruction Manual
$15.00 AUD
Department of Transport and Communications. Canberra. 1989. Second edition of the 1987 edition. VIII, 91 PP with 6 maps (4 on full page), drawings, 5 b/w and 9 colour photos. Cloth cover, gilt device and title on front cover. Covers lightly foxed, o/wise near fine. 26 x 18.5. 0644089555
Stowage of life-saving appliances, Abandonment. Survival instructions... Survival on land.
67127 N/A AS YOU WERE 1949
$15.00 AUD
Australian War Memorial. Canberra. 1949. 1st Ed. Yearly edition in the R.A.N., A.M.F., and R.A.A.F. series. 194 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (drawings, cartoons, photos...). Fp (in colour): Landing in Oesapa Besar. Eps : Illustrated. Cloth cover, title on front cover and spine, nice dj. Ageing of paper and foxing, o/wise near fine. 28 x 22.
67690 N/A AQUARIUM NEAPOLITANUM - GUIDA per L'ACQUARIO della Stazione Zoologica di Napoli
$20.00 AUD
Francesco Gianni & Figli. Napoli, Italia. 1927. 9th Italian edition. 123 PP with 171 b/w illustrations (1 photo, the endpiece and 169 sketches). Pictorial soft cover. 6 names with ink annotation. Name of previous owner at top corner of front endpaper. Spine rubbed. Italian text. Very good. 24.5 x 16.
67746 N/A VINTAGE MAPS - Petite Parcel Set
$25.00 AUD
Cavallini & Co. San Francisco. 2013. Set for packaging special gifts. 12 assorted gift bags, 4 of each size. 12 glittered gift tags with tie, of of each different model. 12 sheets of assorted stickers. Contained in a sellophane envelope. New condition. 9781619921832
This delightful set has everything needed to package a special gift, including gift bags, decorative stickers, and glittered gift tags. Vintage imagery from the Cavallini archives.
42637 NASH, Michael CARGO FOR THE COLONY - The 1797 Wreck of the Merchant Ship Sydney Cove
$25.00 AUD
Navarine Publishing. Canberra. 2001. 2nd edition of the 1996 original. VIII, 199 PP with 4 maps, colour & b/w illustrations. Hard cover, dj. As new. 25 x 17.7.. 095865617
Wrecked in 1797 on a voyage Calcutta to Port Jackson on Preservation Island in the Furneaux Group. First merchant ship wrecked after the establishment of the colony of New South Wales.
55958 NEILL, Peter (editor) MARITIME AMERICA: Art and Artifacts from America's Great Nautical Collections
$25.00 AUD
Balsam Press. New York. 1988. 1st Ed. 255 PP with 232 b/w & colour illust. Fp: The restored 1877 barque Elissa under sail off Galveston Island. Title spread: View of Boston Harbor in 1848. Cloth cover, dj. Light foxing on outside edges, o/wise fine. 29.2 x 23.5. 0810915278
Thirteen different museums including Peabody of Salem, Mariners' Museum, Newport News, Philadelphia, Mystic Seaport, Thousand Islands Shipyard Museum, etc... described by their Curators. Beautifully presented book.
48632 NESDALE, Iris SPIN ME A DIT! Tales of the Royal Australian Navy
$50.00 AUD
Author. Adelaide. 1984. 1st Ed. XII, 259 PP with b/w illustrations throughout (maps, sketches & photos). FEP: Corvette in convoy escort. REP: Fleet at anchorage. Pictorial laminated boards, dj. Fine. Scarce. 25 x 15. 0949552062
Collection of sea stories: on board or ashore, as coastwatcher or seaman, WWII and Korean War.
67990 NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING COMPANY AND FEDERAL STEAM NAVIGATION THE CARRIAGE OF CARGO IN THE STEAMERS OF THE NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING Company, Ltd. and FEDERAL STEAM NAVIGATION Company, Ltd.
$125.00 AUD
Shipping Companies. London. 1935. May 1935 edition. (6), 472, (2) PP, plus (30 folded capacity plans), 13 (Distance tables), (14-20) Depths of water and tides, (12 maps) and XXIII Index. Text with b/w illustrations (drawings and photos), and colour illustrations (1 folded Capacity Plan, 1 folded chart "Load Line 1932" and over 115 plans of Ports). Navy cloth covers with light shelf wear on corners, gilt "Crossed Flags" on front cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Discreet stamp of The Tasmanian Maritime & Folk Museum with signature of previous owner on title page. Light foxing on first few pages and around a few page edges. Printed on superior paper and in near fine condition. Scarce. 25.2 x 16.3.
General supervision, handling and stowage suggestions, refrigerated cargo...
16007 NICHOLSON, I.H. GAZETTEER OF SYDNEY SHIPPING 1788-1840
$20.00 AUD
Roebuck. Canberra. 1981. 1st Ed. Roebuck Society publication No.26. X, 217 PP with b/w illust., plans, charts views of coast & paintings. Eps: Map of Australia & Chart of South & Central Pacific Is. Pictorial soft covers with light wear. Near fine. 24.5 x 17.5. 0909434182
Geographical index of ports of origin and destination, and places discovered, visited or remarked upon by Sydney shipping.
46646 NIXON, Peter SAFETY IN SEAGOING SHIPS
$10.00 AUD
Commonwealth Department of Shipping and Transport. Melbourne. 1972. Pilot edition with an introduction by Peter Nixon, Minister for Shipping and Transport. No continuous pagination, 82 PP with 8 cartoons on full page. Soft cover, stapled. Very good. 24.8 x 17.7.
Pilot edition: for critical and constructive comments by experts (professional seafarers), prior the final and complete edition.
55559 O.C.I.M.F. (editor) VESSEL INSPECTION QUESTIONNAIRE FOR BULK OIL / CHEMICAL CARRIERS AND GAS CARRIERS
$10.00 AUD
Oil Companies International Marine Forum. London. 1997. 1st Ed. VI, 70, 149 PP. Soft cover. Covers rubbed and marked, o/wise very good. 29.8 x 21. 1856091414
67366 ORIENT LINE ORIENT LINE / ENGLAND - AUSTRALIA - S. S. OTRANTO Writing Paper
$10.00 AUD
Orient Steam Navigation Company. London. 1954. 4 unused sheets of Writing Paper with at the top: Coat of Arms of the company - Orient Line - England Australia and name of vessel S.S. Otranto. Near fine. 19.5 x 12.7.
68160 ORIENT LINE RECORDS OF A VOYAGE - S.S. ORONTES, Cruise to the Fjords of Norway and Northern Capitals 1934
$250.00 AUD
Orient Steam Navigation Co. London. 1939. Folder "Cruise to the Fjords of Norway and Northern Capitals (28th July to 16th August), 1934" with 2 pockets. Left pocket with: 1 Post Card of S.S. Orontes - 1 card "Alterations in the Programme" - 1 sheet "Passenger List Competition" - 1 sheet "Sports & Entertainments" - 7 folded "Shore Excursions / Programme" for: Balholm, Stockholm, Helsingfors (Helsinki), Tallinn (Reval) Estonia, Travemunde, Immingham, Southampton. 1 folded List of Prizewinners. 10 folded "Port of call" (each with map or plan) for: Bergen, Christiansand, Mandal, Oslo, Tallinn, Stockholm, Travemünde & Lübeck, Helsingfors, Zoppot & Danzig, Copenhagen. Right pocket with: 1 card Concert in the Ball Room (29th July) - 1 card 'Appy 'Ampsted Coster Ball (6th August) - 1 folded "Invitation to Treasure Hunt" - 1 folded racing club "Baltic Sea Meeting" - 2 Orient line envelopes with: Coupons, Receipt "british Wireless Marine Service", Cinema... . 8 folded "Menu" illustrated front with " Australian Wildflowers" series (No. 1: Everlasting Daisy, No. 2: Geraldton Wax-Plant, No. 3: Scarlet-Flowering Gum, No. 4: Christmas Bells, No. 5: Wattle, No. 6: Sweet-Scented Boronia, No. 7: Waratah & No. 8: Christmas Bush. Cloth covers. Very good. Scarce. 21 x 14.7.
61340 OWEN, Charles NO MORE HEROES - The Royal Navy in the Twentieth Century: Anatomy of a Legend
$10.00 AUD
George Allen & Unwin Ltd. London. 1975. 1st Ed. 248 PP with 1 organigram , plus 8 pages with 19 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket rubbed and chipped. Occasional foxing. Very good. 22.2 x 14. 0043590071
67355 P&O NOTES FOR PASSENGERS
$10.00 AUD
Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company. London. 1955. April 1955 edition. 28 PP with useful information and lists: "P & O Fleet" (Passenger Liners and Cargo Liners) and "P&O Agents". Soft covers. Foxing spots on covers. Near fine. 18.4 x 12.4.
68130 P&O S. N. Co. P&O STRATHNAVER & STRATHAIRD, One Class - Run Britain, India, Ceylon, Australia
$20.00 AUD
P&O Steam Navigation Company. London. c. 1959. Folded travel brochure. 3 folds. On the outside 2 photos of the liners, 4 photos of ports of call, Addresses of Shipping Line and Agents, and on the inside sketch map of the run London to Sydney. On the inside: 15 photos of accommodation. Format: 38 x 51, folded: 19.2 x 17.2.
Strathnaver built 1931, and Strathaird built in 1932. One Class in 1959.
41526 PACKER, Joy DEEP AS THE SEA
$10.00 AUD
Eyre Methuen. London. 1976. 1st Uk edition of the 1975 South Africa original. X, 246 PP, plus 8 pages with 13 b/w photos. Fp: Lieutenant-Commander H. A. Packer, 1925. Hard cover, dj (price-clipped). Foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise very good. 22.2 x 14.2.
Career in the Royal Navy, 1907 to 1953. WWI: Battle of Jutland in 1916... WWII: Hunting the Bismarck.. Defeat of the Italian Fleet...
40113 PARKER, Alan & TAYLOR, Digby ONE MAN'S DREAM - OUTWARD BOUND
$10.00 AUD
Digby Taylor. Auckland. 1982. 1st Ed. 180 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Title spread: New Zealand flag. FEP: Man over board. REP: Maps of the 4 legs of the 1981/1982 race. Hard cover, dj. Spine of dust jacket sunned. Very good. 28.8 x 20.8. 086470008
The 1981/82 Whitbread Round the World Yacht Race, with the New Zealand yacht Outward Bound. They won the small boat trophy and took 5th place on handicap overall.
37095 PARRY, A. (editor) THE ADMIRALS FREMANTLE 1788-1920
$25.00 AUD
Chatto & Windus. London. 1971. 1st Ed. 286 PP with 1 genealogical tree and 5 maps, plus 24 pages with 40 b/w illust. Fp: Portrait of Thomas Francis Fremantle. Hard cover, dj (price-clipped). Bookplate of previous owner on front endpaper, o/wise near fine. 22.4 x 14.5. 070111603X
The biographies of Thomas Francis Fremantle (a close friend of Nelson's), Charles Howe Fremantle (Port of Fremantle and Battle of Balaklava), Edmund Robert Fremantle (Maori wars) and Sydney Robert Fremantle (WWI).
60859 PAYNE, Charles B. PORT CAMPBELL: Report On by Captain Payne
$25.00 AUD
John Ferres, Government Printer Melbourne. 1878. Report from Department of Ports and Harbors, dated 25th July 1878. 2 page document (recto/verso). Top margin chipped. In a protective plastic envelopee. Very good. 35 x 21.5.
Report presented to both Houses of Parliament. Visit on board the steamer Pharos in mid July 1878: Lay out, suitability, improvments ...
14563 PEARS, Chas. YACHTING ON THE SUNSHINE COAST - A Volume of Information compiled, written and illustrated by ...
$15.00 AUD
Southern Railway Co. London. 1932. 1st Ed. (6), 66 PP with 45 colour burgees of Yacht Clubs, plus 16 colour plates by the author on art paper. Cloth cover (lightly soiled and marked), colour illustration pasted down on front board. Foxing spots on outside edges. Name and stamp of previous owners on front endpaper. An otherwise very good copy. 23.7 x 15.
The various yachting centres of Southern England with Yacht Clubs Burgees and exquisite watercolours on art paper.
12088 PEARS, Commander Randolph YOUNG SEA DOGS, Some Adventures of Midshipmen of the Fleet
$15.00 AUD
Putnam. London. 1960. 1st Ed. 252 PP, plus 8 pages with 8 b/w illustrations. Fp: A gunroom of Napoleonic days. Cloth cover, dj. Light foxing, mostly on prelims and outside edges. Near fine. 22 x 14.
Early days at sea of Fisher, Jellicoe, Lord Charles Beresford,... Midshipman Heywood of the Bounty,..
11554 PONS, Xavier A SHELTERED LAND
$10.00 AUD
Allen & Unwin. Sydney. 1994. 1st Ed. XVI, 350 PP with 12 tables in text and 1 table in the endnotes section. Pictorial soft cover. Occasional foxing. Fine. 23 x 15.2. 1863736395
Australia: Creation of a no risk society built behind a wall of protection, either militarily (UK, then USA) or with tariffs and trade barriers. Attempts at a welfare state, which have not wiped out poverty and inequalities... Sweeping reassessment of Australia's past - a new vision of Australia's future.
67725 RAN AUSTRALIAN WARSHIP - No. 92 (2/2016)
$10.00 AUD
Australian Warship / Topmill. Sydney. 2016. Edited by Ross Gillett. 64 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Centrefold: Anzac class helicopter frigates, HMA Ships Stuart, Ballarat and Anzac. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 29.7 x 21.
Defending Australia's flat-tops. Rabaul,s wartime relics. Pages 37 to 43 (17 colour photos) Indian International Fleet Review February 2016, by Michael Nitz.
68126 RANTZEN, Lieut.-Comdr. M. J. LITTLE SHIP ASTRO-NAVIGATION
$15.00 AUD
Barrie & Jenkins. London. 1973. 3rd edition, revised and updated. XVIII, 19-162 PP with 1 tail piece, and 30 figures by M.A. Moffat. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price clipped). Fine. 20.2 x 13.5. 0257650318
31336 RETTER, Catharine & SINCLAIR, Shirley LETTERS TO ANN - The Love Story of Matthew Flinders and Ann Chappelle
$10.00 AUD
Angus & Robertson. Sydney. 1999. 1st Ed. IX, 150 PP with 7 b/w illust. Eps: flowers. Hard covers, decorated front cover, dj. Fine. 22 x 14. 0207196966
Married 14th April 1801, 3 months before his departure for New Holland. Surveying the coast of the continent and naming it Australia. 6 years detention at Isle de France (Mauritius). Return to Britain 24th October 1810.
42528 ROHWER, Jürgen DIE U-BOOT-ERFOLGE DES ACHSENMÄCHTE 1939-1945
$20.00 AUD
Munich. 1968. J. F. Lehmanns Verlag. 1st Ed. XXIV, 376 PP, plus 3 folded plate in rear pocket with 10 maps. Cloth cover. Discreet scoring in front of a few names of ships sunk, o/wise fine. Image shows title-page. German text. Oblong: 14.8 x 21.2.
U-Boat successes during World War II.
21970 ROSE, Lyndon RICHARD SIDDINS OF PORT JACKSON
$10.00 AUD
Roebuck. Canberra. 1984. 1st Ed., Roebuck Society publication No. 38. IX, 152 PP plus 12 pages with 24 photos. FEP: Pacific Ocean. REP: Falkland & Shetland Islands. Hard cover, dj. Occasional foxing, o/wise very good. 24.5 x 17.5. 0909434026
An early sea captain & merchant trading out of Port Jackson in the early days of the Colony.
62358 ROSKILL, Captain S. W. THE WAR AT SEA 1939-1945 (set of 3 Volumes in 4)
$275.00 AUD
H.M.S.O. London. 1954, 1956, 1960 & 1961. Edited by J. R. M. Butler (then Sir James Butler), in the History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Military series. Volume I: 1st Ed. XXII, (2), 664 PP with 8 maps and 26 tables, plus 37 folded maps and 44 pages with 56 b/w photos. Fp: Admiral of the Fleet Sir A. Dudley P.R. Pound. Volume II: 1st Ed. XVI, (2), 523 PP with 7 maps and 38 tables, plus 35 folded maps and 36 pages with 64 b/w photos. Fp: The Tilting of the Balance. Volume III, Part I: 1st Ed. XVI, 413 PP with 1 map and 20 tables, plus 20 maps (9 of them folded) and 32 pages with 72 b/w photos. Fp: The submission of the Italian Navy, 10th September 1943. 1 errata slip tipped in on title page. Volume III, Part II: 1st Ed. XVI, (2), 502 PP with 4 maps and 20 tables, plus 21 maps (8 of them folded) and 38 pages with 80 b/w photos. Fp: The defeat of the German Navy 1945. Errata slip tipped on title page. All volumes with dark green cloth covers, gilt title on black label on spines and dust jackets. Dust jackets slightly defective: top of spine of Volume II with piece missing, Volumes II and III are price clipped, and all are lightly soiled and with sunned spine. Front endpaper: Volume I with bookplate and Volume II with name of previous owner. Some foxing spots on outside edges, the endpapers and a very few pages, o/wise a nice set. This is a heavy item and postage will be higher than usual. Please ask for a quote. 25 x 17.
Volume I: The Defensive, from the start of WWII to December 1941 and the fall of Hong Kong. Volume II: The Period of Balance, January 1942 to May 1943. Volume III: The offensive, Part I: 1st June 1943-31st May 1944. Part II: 1st June 1944 -14th August 1945.
67940 ROSS, Bob A LOW BLOW - 1993 KODAK SYDNEY-HOBART CARNAGE: (in Australian Sailing, February 1994)
$5.00 AUD
Australian Sailing. Sydney. 1994. February 1994 issue, edited by Bob Ross. 76 PP. Contains article pages 28 to 35 + 68 with 4 b/w illustrations and 7 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27.5 x 21.
Sydney Hobart Race of 1993.
67946 ROSS, Bob WET AND WINDY - 1992 KODAK SYDNEY-HOBART: (in Australian Sailing, February 1993)
$5.00 AUD
Australian Sailing. Sydney. 1993. February 1993 issue, edited by Bob Ross. 76 PP. Contains article pages 28 to 35 + 65 with 3 b/w illustrations and 9 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover (Maxi Ketch "New Zealand Endeavour"). Fine. 27.5 x 21.
Sydney Hobart Race of 1992.
49688 ROUSE, Hunter ELEMENTARY MECHANICS OF FLUIDS
$20.00 AUD
John Wiley & Sons. New York. 1947. 5th printing in October 1947 of the 1946 original. XII, 376 PP with 11 tables, 196 figures and 27 b/w plates. Fp: Scale model of a destroyer hull towed at a speed of 9 knots in the David Taylor Model Basin of the U.S. Navy. Cloth cover, name of previous owner on front endpaper, o/wise very good. 23.5 x 15.2.
68173 RUSHTON, Gerald WHISTLE UP THE INLET - The Union Steamship Story
$15.00 AUD
J.J. Douglas Ltd. Vancouver. 1978. 1st paperback edition of the 1974 original. 236 PP, plus 48 pages with b/w illustrations: 1 map, 1 prospectus, 1 plan and 78 photos. Soft cover. Stamps and markings of "University of Tasmania" on half title page, title page and rear endpaper. Contents clean and bright. A very good copy. 23 x 15. 0888941862
Red-funnelled ships of the Union Steamship Company of British Columbia, Canada.
18357 RUTTER, Owen RED ENSIGN, A History of Convoy
$5.00 AUD
Robert Hale. London. 1942. 1st Ed. 214 PP, plus 18 pages with 18 b/w illustrations. Fp: They bring their food from afar. Red cloth cover is lightly soiled and worn around edges, war economy paper, foxing on outside edges, o/wise internally, a very good clean copy. 22 x 14.
The convoys of merchant ships in history: Tudor, Stuart, Napoleonic wars, WWI and early days of WWII.
68092 SANDIFORD, Libby RUGGED MOUNTAINS, JEWELLED SEA: The South Coast Heritage Trail Network
$15.00 AUD
Western Australian Heritage Committee & Department of Conservation and Land Management. Perth. 1988. 1st edition, a CALM Publication. (4), 48 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. Oblong: 21 x 29.5.
21148 SAVOURS, Ann (editor) SCOTT'S LAST VOYAGE - Through the Antarctic Camera of Herbert Ponting
$10.00 AUD
Praeger. New York. 1975. 1st US edition of the 1974 UK original. 160 PP with 2 maps & 119 b/w photos, plus 4 pages with 4 colour photos by Ponting. Fp: Capt. Robert Falcon Scott. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 25.5 x 19. 0275526704
The camera records of the British Antarctic Expedition of 1910-1913, Scott's last expedition, daily life on board the Terra Nova...
67989 SCHILDER, Gunter (editor) VOYAGE TO THE GREAT SOUTH LAND, Willem de Vlamingh 1696-1697
$50.00 AUD
Royal Australian Historical Society / The Australian Bank. Sydney. 1985. 1st English edition of the 1976 Dutch original, translated by C. De Heer. X, 259 PP, plus 28 pages with 38 b/w & colour illustrations. Fp (folded): Outline chart of the Western Coast of the South Land. FEP: Atlantic & Indian Ocean with route of Willem de Vlamingh in 1696-97. REP: First printed chart referring to De Vlamingh's Voyage, 1753. Hard cover (simile leather), gilt title on spine, dj. Faint foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 24.5 x 16.5. 0909954097
Last large scale voyage of exploration undertaken by the Dutch East India Company (V.O.C.) to Tristan da Cunha, St. Paul, Amsterdam and the West Coast of Australia.
38250 SCHOFIELD, Vice Admiral B.B. THE ROYAL NAVY TODAY
$25.00 AUD
OUP. London. 1960. 1st Ed., with a foreword by Sir Arthur Bryant. XII, 164 PP with 1 map on double page and 22 diagrams, plus 16 pages with 31 b/w plates. Fp: HMS Torquay, 2500 tons, a frigate of the Whitby class. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price-clipped). Some chips and small pieces missing from dust jacket. Signature of previous owner on front endpaper. Faint foxing, o/wise internally near fine. 22 x 14.2.
67838 SHIPLOVERS' SOCIETY OF VICTORIA THE ANNUAL DOG WATCH - Volume 9
$15.00 AUD
Shiplovers' Society of Victoria. Melbourne. 1952. Issue No. 9 of "The Journal of the Shiplovers' Society of Victoria". Edited by S.A.E. Strom. Foreword by Captain Sir E. Geoffrey Brookes.. Vol. 9: 96 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover (Figurehead of "Beatrice"). Spine repaired. Very good. 21 x 14.5.
Solomon Island incidents, by Captain A.J.D. McArthur. ... The end of the "Huia", on Komekame Reef, New Caledonia, by Clifford Hawkins. Cannibals and craters in the New Hebrides, by E. M. Christie.
67839 SHIPLOVERS' SOCIETY OF VICTORIA THE ANNUAL DOG WATCH - Volume 10
$15.00 AUD
Shiplovers' Society of Victoria. Melbourne. 1952. Issue No. 10 of "The Journal of the Shiplovers' Society of Victoria". Edited by S.A.E. Strom. Foreword by Captain F. Murchison. Vol. 10: 128 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover (Heavy Weather: the S.V. "Penang" in the Roaring Forties). Near fine. 21 x 14.5.
Tenth year of publication. The last voyage of the "Garthsnaid", by Captain A.G. Course. ... Facets of William Bligh, by T.M. Ramsay. Sea Wolves and Seals of Bass Strait, by Captain Harry O'May.
18423 SIMPER, Robert BRITAIN'S MARITIME HERITAGE
$15.00 AUD
David & Charles. Newton Abbot. 1982. 1st Ed. 392 PP with b/w & col. illust. (paintings, photos, plans, ..). Fp: Coastal trader loading timber. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 22.8 x 15.2. 0715381776
Early voyages of discovery to shipbuilders & engineers of the 19th & 20th century. From the coracles and the Brixham trawlers, to the tea clippers & the dreadnoughts.
32698 SMITH, Peter C. ROYAL NAVY SHIPS' BADGES
$15.00 AUD
Balfour Book. St. Ives, UK. 1974. 1st Ed. 96 PP with 8 colour photos, and 40 badges in colour. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price clipped). Near fine. 24.2 x 18.4. 0859440117
13 ships' badges (Benbow to Valhalla), and 27 boat badges (Amazon to Wild Swan).
39615 SNYDER, Gerald S. THE ROYAL OAK DISASTER
$25.00 AUD
Presidio. San Rafael, Ca. USA. 1978. 1st US edition of the 1976 UK original. 261 PP with 1 map on double page, plus 24 pages with 42 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj (price-clipped). Fine. 21.4 x 14.6.
On 13/14 October 1939, U-Boat 47 penetrated the Royal Navy base of Scapa Flow in the Orkney Islands and sunk the Royal Oak: 833 dead, 424 survivors.
67429 SOCIETY FOR NAUTICAL RESEARCH MARINER'S MIRROR [THE]. The Journal of the Society for Nautical Research - Volume 62 - No. 1
$10.00 AUD
Society for Nautical Research. Greenwich. 1976. Volume 62, No. 1, February 1976. Editors: Professor C. C. Lloyd & Brian H. Dolley. (8), (2), 106 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings... photos), plus 4 plates with 10 b/w photos. Soft cover. Occasional foxing. Fine. 24 x 17.2.
No. 1 Traditional British Boatbuilding methods, by Eric McKee. The Dark Ages of the Admiralty (part II), by N. A. M. Rodger. Admiral Ballard's Memoirs (part II). Naval Blockmaking, by Gregory Clark. British Ports of Call in the Nineteenth century, by W. E. Minchinton...
37598 SPRATT, H. Philip THE BIRTH OF THE STEAMBOAT
$10.00 AUD
Charles Griffin. London. 1958. 1st Ed. 149 PP, plus 11 b/w plates. Fp: Portrait of Denis Papin (1647-1714). Cloth cover, gilt device on front cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price-clipped). Occasional foxing. Near fine. 20.2 x 14.2.
30384 STEVENS, David (editor) MARITIME POWER IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY: The Australian Experience
$15.00 AUD
Allen & Unwin. Sydney. 1998. 1st Ed. XXI, 329 PP with 1 figure, 7 maps and 39 b/w photos. P. 276 to 290: Chronology of Australasian maritime operations 1901-97. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 22.3 x 14.5. 1864487364
17 papers in an expanded and enhanced form, presented at a conference in Canberra, July 1997. Australasia and Germany before 1914 - HMAS Adelaide and the punitive expedition to Malaita in 1927 - HMAS Adelaide in Noumea in 1940 ...
39096 STEVENS, David & REEVE, John (editors) SOUTHERN TRIDENT - Strategy, History and the Rise of Australian Naval Power
$20.00 AUD
Allen & Unwin. Sydney. 2001. 1st Ed. XX, 363 PP with 4 maps, 4 tables and 45 b/w illustrations. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 22.2 x 15. 186508462X
Collection of 19 essays: The rise of modern Naval Strategy c.1580-1880 by John Reeve... Imperial Naval Defence, a Canadian perspective by Nicholas Tracy... A strategy for the lower deck of the early Royal Australian Navy, by Kathryn Spurling...
67674 SWAN, Andrew & MACFAYDEN, Dugald THE REMARKABLE STORY OF ANDREW SWAN
$45.00 AUD
Hodder and Stoughton. London. 1933. 1st Ed. 254 PP. FEP: Map of the North Island of New Zealand. REP: Map of "Oceania", Central Pacific. Cloth cover, chipped dust jacket. Offsetting on endpapers. Occasional foxing. Very good. 22.2 x 15.
... being a record of his experiences, of his shipwreck (in the Central Pacific), and of his many escapes ...
53871 TAFFRAIL (Commander Taprell Dorling) A LITTLE SHIP
$15.00 AUD
W. & R. Chambers. London. 1918. December 1918 reprint of the 1918 original. (VI), 338 PP with 2 tail pieces and 13 text illustrations, plus 10 b/w plates illustrated by H. R. J. Fp: If one is married.... Cloth cover, decorated front cover and spine. Covers have some shelf wear and a few small marks<; Prize plate on front endpaper. Occasional foxing, o/wise a very good clean copy. 19.3 x 14.
67850 TATE, Michael BLUE WATER CRUISING
$20.00 AUD
Temple Press. London. 1964. 1st Ed. X, 102 PP with 9 figures, plus 12 pages with 11 b/w photos. Fp: One-way traffic through the Corinth Canal. Eps: Map of Western Mediterranean Sea with an inset "Carribean Islands". Hard cover; dj. Dust jacket rubbed, with a chip and repaired tears. Foxing spots on outside edges. Very good. 22.2 x 14.5.
For the yachtsman: voyaging-planning, preparing, and the life on board at sea and in harbour.
32397 THOMAS, Nicholas & LOSCHE, Diane DOUBLE VISION - Art Histories and Colonial Histories in the Pacific
$10.00 AUD
Cambridge University Press. Cambridge. 1999. 1st Ed. XII, 289 PP with 62 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft covers. Fine. 24.7 x 17.5. 9780521659987
This book explores the ambivalence of European perceptions of the Pacific and juxtaposes them with the indigenous visual cultures that challenge western assumptions about art and representation.
50088 TURNIDGE, L. E., GIBB, Sir Alexander, RUSSELL, R. C. H. & MEE, Capt. S. L. THE MARINE BOARD OF BURNIE: REPORTS ON PORT DEVELOPMENT INVESTIGATION - October 1959
$50.00 AUD
The Marine Board of Burnie. Burnie. 1959. 1st Ed. (1), 18 PP (recto only), plus 18 plates with 3 b/w photos, figures and tables, and 6 folded plates (plans at various development stages). Cloth cover, git title on front cover. Ingleton bookplate inside front cover. Two letters between G.C. Ingleton, Hydrographic Office, and Captain J.W.S. Madden, Harbour Master, tipped in on rear endpaper. Near fine. 34.5 x 21.8.
63041 UNDERHILL, Harold A. DEEP-WATER SAIL
$40.00 AUD
Brown, Son & Ferguson. Glasgow. 1988. Reprint of the 2nd edition of 1963 (original of 1952). XXIX, (3), 302 PP, plus 64 pages with 101 b/w illustrations, and 100 plates of construction, rigging, sail plans... Fp: Mediterranean schooner. FEP: 19th & 20th century fore & aft rigged craft. REP: 19th & 20th century square-rigged craft. Hard cover, title in blind on front board and gilt on spine, dj. Apart from a very small rub at top of dust jacket and a small nick, a fine copy. 25 x 18.2. 085174172X
Covers types from Tasmania to Canada, from the Pacific islands to Scandinavia.
67294 VAUGHAN, Thomas & MURRAY-OLIVER, A. A. St. C. M. CAPTAIN COOK R.N., THE RESOLUTE MARINER - An International Record of Oceanic Discovery
$15.00 AUD
Oregon Historical Society. Portland, Oregon. 1974. 1st Ed. Foreword by Admiral Sir James Madden. Preface by Thomas Vaughan. Introduction by Edmund Hayes. XIII, 97 PP with 85 pages of b/w illustrations, plus 4 colour plates. Eps: Carte reduite des parties connues du Globe Terrestre MDCCLV. Pictorial card cover. Covers somewhat rubbed. Occasional foxing. Very good. 22.8 x 20.3. 875950493
Catalogue for an exhibition on Capt. Cook organized by the Oregon Historical Society for the bicentennial of the USA and the exploration of Cook on its shores.
45666 VERNON GIBBS, Cdr. C.R. THE WESTERN OCEAN PASSENGER LINES AND LINERS 1934-1969
$15.00 AUD
Brown, Son & Ferguson. Glasgow. 1970. 1st Ed. 184 PP with 68 b/w photos of liners and 2 b/w plates (house flags and description). Fp: The old rivals: Queen Mary & Normandie. Cloth cover, dj (price-clipped). Top edge of covers with light speckling. Faint foxing on outside edges, o/wise near fine. 22 x 14.
Record of passenger liners & shipping lines on the North Atlantic in 1934 after 5 years of the Depression. The number of these ships had greatly diminished, most having been broken up and sold for scrap.
34646 VICKERS, Anna VOYAGE EN AUSTRALIE ET EN NOUVELLE-ZELANDE
$350.00 AUD
Librairie Ch. Delagrave. Paris. 1883. 1st Ed. (4), 462 PP with 52 illustrations (38 on full page), plus 1 large folded map of Australasia in colour. Cloth cover, gilt device on front cover, gilt decorations and title on front cover and spine, all edges gilt. Top and bottom of spine frayed, top of front hinge weak and worn on 3 cms, long closed tear on folded map, o/wise very good. French text. 27.2 x 17.2.
Voyage on the Orient. Departure from Plymouth on 6th November 1879, call at Saint-Vincent (Cape Verde Islands), Capetown. Arrival Sydney 20 December 1879. Travel to Adelaide on the Assam, to New Zealand on the Wakatipu... Return via San Francisco on the Australia with a departure from Auckland in June 1880. Ferguson 17716a.
74403 WALKER, Donald BEACONS OF HOPE
$20.00 AUD
Neptune Press. Belmont, Vic. 1981. 1st Ed. 144, (7 bibliography & index) PP with bw illust. (plans, engravings, photos...). Title page: Lighthouse and walkway. Eps: Chart of Bass Strait. Stiff covers, pictorial front cover with light wear. Near fine. Oblong: 21.3 x 29.6. 0909131678
The disastrous succession of shipwrecks which led to the construction of a lighthouse on Cape Otway, and another on Cape Wickham (King Island).
22252 WALLIS, Mary LIFE IN FEEJEE, OR, FIVE YEARS AMONG THE CANNIBALS
$40.00 AUD
The Gregg Press. Ridgewood, N.J., USA. 1967. Reprint of the 1851 original. XV, 16-423 PP, plus 1 folded chart with the Fiji, Samoa and Tonga archipelagoes. Decorated cloth cover. Fine. 23.8 x 15.5.
5 years (1844-1849) wandering about the Islands and in Fiji, with her husband, in command of the bark Zotoff.
67966 WALTON WALTON FAST SEA-GOING MOTOR YACHTS
$15.00 AUD
Walton Yacht Works Limited. Shepperton-on-Thames. 1938. 1938 edition. Folded flyer: 5 folds with 3 sets of sketch plans and 3 art works for Walton range motor yachts. Repaired at folds. Very good. Format: 28 x 56. Folded: 20x 38
Range of Walton high-speed luxury motor yachts, LOA: 30, 37 and 46 ft.
67967 WALTON THE WALTON "THIRTY", New Gray-engined standard Cruiser
$10.00 AUD
Walton Yacht Works Limited. Shepperton-on-Thames. 1937. Reprint from "Yachting World and Motor Boating Journal" Journal, October 1st 1937. 2 PP with 2 sketch plans and 4 b/w photos. 30 x 21.5.
Range of Walton high-speed luxury motor yachts, LOA: 30, 37 and 46 ft.
18218 WARNER, Oliver THE BRITISH NAVY - A Concise History
$10.00 AUD
Thames & Hudson. London. 1975. 1st Ed. 192 PP with 151 b/w illustrations. Fp: The Resolution in a gale by W. Van de Velde the Younger. Hard cover, dj (price-clipped). Ageing of paper around the edges, o/wise near fine. 24.5 x 17.5. 0500011397
35395 WHITE, Michael W. D. MARINE POLLUTION LAWS OF THE AUSTRALASIAN REGION
$30.00 AUD
The Federation Press. Sydney. 1994. 1st Ed., with foreword by Rt Hon Sir Ninian Stephen. XVIII, 334 PP with 21 figures. Hard cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Fine. 24.7 x 15.7. 1862871396
43710 WHITEHURST, Clinton H. THE U.S. SHIPBUILDING INDUSTRY: Past, Present, and Future
$15.00 AUD
Naval Institute Press. Annapolis. 1986. 1st Ed. XVI, (2), 282 PP with 1 organigram, 4 drawings, 4 graphs, 11 b/w photos, 14 sketch maps and 40 tables. Cloth cover, dj. Fine. 23.5 x 16. 0870217232
68060 WICKHAM, T. F. TEACH YOURSELF SEAMANSHIP
$10.00 AUD
The English Universities Press. London. 1958. Reprint of the 1954 original, in The Teach Yourself Books series. 192 PP with 69 figures. Hard cover, dj (price-clipped). Dust jacket with repaired tears. Faint foxing on outside edges. Near fine. 18.2 x 11.2.
Ship routine and ships - Ropework - Flags and signals...
65917 WILLIAMS, Kerry NORTHERN TERRITORY / OUTBACK AUSTRALIA
$10.00 AUD
Barker Souvenirs. Darwin, NT. 1983. 1st Ed. Introduction by Wendy Kirke, on the inside of front cover. No pagination, 104 PP (4 pages loosely inserted), with 1 map on the inside of back cover, and colour photos, by Kerry Williams. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 28 x 21.5.
48576 WINTON, John WARRIOR - The First and The Last
$10.00 AUD
Maritime Books. Liskeard, Cornwall. 1987. 1st Ed. 96 PP with 84 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 24 x 17.8. 0907771343
