The Currawong Publishing. Sydney. c. 1944. 1st Ed. 72 PP. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket with short closed tears and small pieces missing. Foxing spots on outside edges. Very good. 20.2 x 13.
A brief history of Australia.
69902 ABBOTT, Kellie / MASTERS, Elizabeth (editor) MEMENTO - News from the National Archives (Issues No. 28 to. 39)
$100.00 AUD
National Archives of Australia. Canberra. 2005 to 2010. Isssues 28 to 39 + 1 index (1996-2008). 13 magazines for 380 pages with b/w and colour illustrations, plus a large poster "Faces of Australia". Original illustrated soft covers. Set in mint condition. 29.7 x 21.
Issue 39 announced a "New Beginning" for Memento: available to subscribers only as an online magazine.
35590 ANDERSON, Romola & R.C. THE SAILING-SHIP, Six Thousand Years of History
$20.00 AUD
Bonanza. New York. c. 1965. Reprint (B) of the 1963 US edition. 212 PP with 134 fig. in text plus 16 pages with 20 half-tone plates. Cloth cover, dj. Spine of dust jacket lightly sunned. Occasional foxing, o/wise very good. 22.2 x 14.2.
History of the sailing ship: Egypt & Greece, Phoenicia & Rome, Northern & Southern ships, the ship of the line, the last days of the sailing ship.
38295 ANDREWS, Graeme FIGHTING SHIPS OF AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND AND OCEANIA
$5.00 AUD
Reed. Sydney. 1980. New revised edition of the 1971 original. 48 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial card cover. Near fine. 26 x 18.5. 0589501879
Not only the ships, also missiles & aircraft as well as the Australian Army's water transport squadrons. Papua New Guinea Defence Force. Royal Fiji Military Force. Solomons Islands Police Force. Royal Tongan Defence Service.
54236 ANGLEVIEL, Frédéric (editor) PEDRO FERNANDEZ DE QUIROS ET LE VANUATU. Découverte mutuelle et Historiographie d'un acte fondateur. 1606
$30.00 AUD
Groupe de Recherche sur l'Histoire Océanienne Contemporaine / Délégation de la Commission Européenne au Vanuatu. Port Vila. 2007. 1st Ed. Opening Address by Nicolas Berlanga Martinez (European Commission) and prologue by Pierre Mayaudon (French Ambassador). 348 PP with 2 tables, 6 maps, 7 b/w illustrations and 9 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Texts in English, French, Spanish and abstracts in either language as well as Bichlamar. Fine. 20.8 x 15. 29515558082
Proceedings (15 papers) of a meeting organised in Vanuatu by the University of French Polynesia and the University of New Caledonia. 1 paper in Spanish, by Rey Juan Carlos. 4 papers in English by: Mercedes Camino, Carlos Mondragon, Michel Perez and Margaret Jolly. 10 papers in French by: Annie Baert, Jean-Christophe Galipaud, Dominique Barbe, Claire Laux, Francisco Mellén...
69905 ATTAR, Rob (editor) THE STORY OF VIKINGS AND ANGLO-SAXONS (in BBC History Magazine)
$15.00 AUD
BBC History Magazine / Immediate Media Company Bristol. Bristol. 2016. Collector' Edition. 116 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft covers. Fine. 28.5 x 21.5.
Migrations, Invasions and the Battle for Britain.
10345 BARRATT, Glynn SOUTHERN AND EASTERN POLYNESIA
$15.00 AUD
University of British Colombia Press. Vancouver. 1988. 1st Ed. Volume 2 of Russia and the South Pacific 1696-1840 series. XX, 302 PP with 8 maps, plus 16 pages with 28 b/w plates. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 23.5 x 16. 0774803053
Easter Island, New Zealand and the Austral Islands.
69886 BARRIE, David SEXTANT - A Voyage Guided by the Stars and the Men Who Mapped the World's Oceans
$15.00 AUD
William Collins. London. 2015. 1st printing of the 2015 paperback edition (original of 2014). XX, 348 PP with 5 maps (4 on double page) and 9 figures (1 on double page), plus 16 pages with 23 b/w or colour illustrations. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 19.6 x 12.8. 9780007516582
51803 BAXTER, Carol AN IRRESISTIBLE TEMPTATION. The Story of Jane New and a colonial scandal
$35.00 AUD
Allen & Unwin. Sydney. 2006. 1st Ed. (10), 422 PP. Pictorial soft cover. Light foxing, mostly on prelims and outside page edges, o/wise fine. 23 x 15.4. 174114924X
Transported in 1824 on the convict ship Henry. Arrived Hobart 8th February 1825...
60904 BECKE, Louis BY REEF AND BY PALM and THE EBBING OF THE TIDE
$10.00 AUD
The Five Mile Press Pty Ltd. Melbourne. 2005. Ist edition in the Australian Classic Edition, with an introduction by Peter Pierce. 256 PP. Hard cover, simile vellum on boards, simile leather on spine. Colour vignette on front cover, ribbon page-marker. Near fine. 24 x 16. 1741244293
35599 BERNARD, Michel LA COLONISATION PENITENTIAIRE EN AUSTRALIE 1788-1868
$40.00 AUD
L'Harmattan. Paris. 1999. 1st Ed. in Collection Chemins de la Mémoire. 272 PP with 1 graph and 3 maps. Card cover. Fine. French text. 24 x 15.7. 2738481337
Penal settlements and the colonisation of the Australian continent.
69508 [BLACKBIRDING] Act for the PREVENTION AND PUNISHMENT OF CRIMINAL OUTRAGES UPON NATIVES OF THE ISLANDS IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN - (27th June 1872)
$250.00 AUD
George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoods, Printers to the Queen's most Excellent Majesty. London. 1872. Chapter 19, Pacific Islanders Protection. 9 PP (A1 to B). Sitches removed. Ageing of paper, occasional foxing. Very good. A rare item. 27 x 18.
Act of the British Parliament attempting to control the infamous practice of "Blackbirding"...
70029 BLAKE, George BIG SHIPS LITTLE SHIPS
$15.00 AUD
The British Council / Longmans Green & Co. London. 1944. 1st Ed. No. 12 in the "Britain Advances" series. 32 PP with 25 b/w photos. Pictorial soft covers, staples. War economy paper. Foxing spots on covers. Very good. 21 x 15.2.
51477 BLANDFORD, Percy W. RIGGING SAIL
$10.00 AUD
Tab Books Inc. Blue Ridge Summit, Pa. 1983. 1st printing of the 1st edition. No. 1634 in the TAB Books series. VIII, 264 PP with 15 headpieces and 194 figures. Pictorial soft covers with a few small nicks, rubs around edges, o/wise a very good clean copy. 23.5 x 19.7. 0830616349
10508 BONNER, Frederick THE YACHTING SEASON OF 1845 - An Illustrated Facsimile Reprint of the Yachtsman's Annual and General Register
$20.00 AUD
Nautical Publishing. London. 1971. Facsimile reprint of the 1845 original. (10), 230 PP with 4 sketch-maps and 13 b/w illust., plus 2 b/w plates. Hard cover, simile leather spine, gilt title on spine, dj. (price clipped). A little light foxing of dj and around the outside edger, o/wise near fine. 22 x 14.8. 0245507019
Yacht clubs: laws & regulations, list of members & yachts: Royal Yacht Squadron, Royal Thames Yacht Club, Royal Western Yacht Club... A delightful book.
68921 BONNICHON, Philippe, GENY, Pierre & NEMO, Jean (editors) PRESENCES FRANCAISES OUTRE-MER (XVIe-XXIe siècles) - Tome I
$110.00 AUD
Académie des Sciences d'Outre-Mer / Karthala. Paris. 2012. 1st edition. Foreword by Abou Diouf and Preface by Xavier Darcos. Vol. I: 1190 PP, plus XII plates with b/w or colour illustrations.. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Faint foxing. Fine. 24 x 16. 9782811107376
Tome / Volume I - Histoire: Périodes et Continents / History: Chronology , Continents.
18389 BOWEN, John (Editor) MODEL SHIPWRIGHT 40 - A Quarterly Journal of Ships and Ship Models - Number 40
$15.00 AUD
Conway. London. 1982. Issue No. 40, June 1982. 72 PP with b/w illust. Pictorial card covers. Near fine. 24 x 18.5. 0851772315
Contents include: Eye of the Wind, Part 1, HMS Tartar (1755), An English Herring Buss of 1750, Early Swivel Guns, ...
57700 BOWN, Mark & SIMMONS, Roger R.M.S. "TITANIC", A Portrait in Old Picture Postcards
$15.00 AUD
Brampton Publications. Loggerheads, UK. 1987. 1st Ed. Foreword by Donald Smith. (6), 98 PP with numerous b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft covers. Small rub on front cover, o/wise near fine. Oblong: 15 x 21.5. 0951146955
White Star offices - Shipyard of Harland and Wolff - Accommodation - Sea trials - Sailing - Sinking and aftermath.
43174 BREEZE, Geoffrey SALLY FERRIES
$5.00 AUD
Ferry Publications. London. 1990. 1st Ed., with a foreword by Michael J. Kingshott. 48 PP with 1 map, 2 plans, 4 profiles, 54 b/w and 7 colour photos Pict. card cover. Fine. Oblong: 14.7 x 21.
39992 BROWN, Alan LOCH LOMOND PASSENGER STEAMERS 1818-1989
$15.00 AUD
Allan T. Condie Publications. London. 2000. 1st Ed. 128 PP with b/w illustrations (engravings, maps, photos) and 8 pages of colour illustrations (9 flags and funnels, 12 profiles, postcards and photos). Inside front cover: Map of Loch Lomond and Trossachs. Inside back cover: Map between the Clyde and Loch Lomond. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 29.8 x 20.8. 1856380288
57087 BROWN, Anthony MYSTERY OF THE VENUS MUTINEERS (in Australian Heritage, No. 13)
$10.00 AUD
Hallmark Editions Pty Ltd. Brighton, Victoria. 2008. Issue No. 13, Summer 2008. Contains article between P.41 and 46 with 1 map, 2 b/w and 4 colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.9 x 21.2.
Colonial brig Venus.
30035 BROWN, Bruce GATTY: Prince of Navigators
$40.00 AUD
Libra. Hobart. 1997 1st Ed. VIII, 275 PP with 24 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 23.5 x 15.2. 0909619174
Tasmanian-born aviator, nicknamed "the Prince of Navigators" by Charles Lindbergh for inventing the navigational instruments he used. Author of: "The Raft Book" and "Nature is your Guide". Navigation research work with the Army Air Corps during WWII. Opening of Pan Am South Pacific route. The birth of Air Pacific...
69652 BROWN, J. D. & PICKETT, Bob BUILD A CLANCY : A Step-by-Step Guide to Your First Boat
$20.00 AUD
International Marine / McGraw-Hill. Camden, Maine. 1992. 1st Ed. V, 122 PP with b/w illustrations: drawings, plans, sketches and photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine (mint condition). 23.4 x 18.6. 0877423180
69629 BROWN, Malcolm, & MEEHAN, Patricia SCAPA FLOW, The reminiscences of men and women who served in Scapa Flow in the two World Wars
$10.00 AUD
Pan Books / Pan Macmillan. London. 2002. 1st Pan paperback edition of the 1968 original. 264 PP with 1 map, plus 24 pages with 41 b/w photos. Pictorial soft covers with light wear, slight ageing of paper on outside edges. Very good. 19.6 x 12.9. 9781405007856
Royal Navy base set in the Orkney Islands. WWI: Battle of Jutland, internment then scuttling of the German High Seas Fleet... WWII: loss of the Royal Oak...
51915 BROWNLEE, Walter THE NAVY THAT BEAT NAPOLEON
$5.00 AUD
Cambridge University Press. Cambridge. 1980. .1st edition in the Cambridge Introduction to the History of Mankind series. 48 PP with b/w illustrations (engravings, photos, sketches & plans). Pictorial soft cover. Covers sunned close to the spine, o/wise near fine. Oblong: 20.2 x 21.2. 0521221455
Launched 1860 as a reply to the previous building of Gloire designed by Dupuy de Lome as a threat to the Royal Navy. Her brief career (1871-1884), her demise, and her restoration from 1979.
58055 BURCHELL, David MY WORLD, An Autobiography
$50.00 AUD
Author. Adelaide. 1988. 1st Ed. Foreword by Sir James G. Hardy. VI, 253 PP with 3 plans and 61 b/w photos. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Dedicatory note on title page signed by the author. Fine. 25.5 x 18. 0731647572
Scuba diving. Diving on H.M.A.S. Perth sunk in 1942 in Sunda Strait...
69497 BURNINGHAM, Nick A SCURVY LIFE (in Signals No. 48)
$10.00 AUD
Australian National Maritime Museum. Sydney. 1999. No. 48, September - November 1999. 32 PP, contains article from P. 6 to 9 with 4 b/w and 14 colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.7 x 21.
Shipboard life at the time of the Dutch jacht "Duyfken" visit to Australia in 1606.
18135 BURNS, Lt. Cdr. K. V. DEVONPORT BUILT WARSHIPS SINCE 1860
$5.00 AUD
Maritime Books. Liskeard, Cornwall. 1981. 1st Ed. 112 PP with 3 silhouettes and 60 b/w photos. Pictorial card cover. Very good. 20.6 x 14.8. 0950632376
From the Royalist of the Rosario Class, launched 1861, to the Scylla of the Leander Class, launched 1968.
51239 BUTLER, Richard 258 DAYS TO SYDNEY COVE
$25.00 AUD
CCH Australia Limited. Sydney. 1984. 1st Ed. (8), 118 PP with 21 b/w illustrations. Title page: Governor Arthur Phillip raises the Union Jack at Sydney Cove on 26th January 1788). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 23 x 15.5. 0869036343
Australian history written with novelisation as part of the CCH Education series, Conflict in Australian Society.
19057 CABLE, Boyd A HUNDRED YEAR HISTORY OF THE P. & O. 1837-1937, Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company
$65.00 AUD
Ivor Nicholson and Watson. London. 1937. 1st Ed. X, 289 PP with 10 pages of silhouette sketches, plus 18 plates on full page (12 colour, 6 b/w). Fp (in colour): Armorial Bearings of the P & O. Eps: Maps of P & O routes. Original cloth cover, gilt device on front cover, gilt title on spine, dj. "Compliments" slip tipped in on preliminary page. Remnants of sellotape on top of half title page. Occasional foxing, o/wise a near fine copy. 24 x 19.
69267 CAPE HORNER THE CAPE HORNER JOURNAL - No. 95, September 1987
$5.00 AUD
Cape Horners - Australia Inc. Adelaide. 1987. 60 PP (roneo-typed) with b/w illustrations by R. Walsh. Soft covers, illustration of the "Passat" on front cover by Robert Walsh. Very good. 21 x 14.5.
The Aim: "to perpetuate Ties of Comradeship and Friendship which bind Cape Horners throughout this Earth". No.95: Bordeaux Congress at the time of the 50th anniversary of A.I.C.H. / Amicale Internationale des Capitaines au Long-Cours Cap-Horniers.
69270 CAPE HORNER THE CAPE HORNER JOURNAL - No. 99, October 1988
$5.00 AUD
Cape Horners - Australia Inc. Adelaide. 1988. 36 PP (roneo-typed) with b/w illustrations by R. Walsh. Soft covers, illustration of "Crew members of Parma rowing to visit Pamir" front cover by Robert Walsh. Very good. 21 x 14.5.
The Aim: "to perpetuate Ties of Comradeship and Friendship which bind Cape Horners throughout this Earth".
69418 CARR, Frank G. G. SAILING BARGES
$35.00 AUD
Hodder and Stoughton. London. 1931. 1st Ed. 328 PP with 5 tail pieces, and 17 figures, plus 42 b/w plates with 47 photos and 1 folded plate in colour with 25 house flags. Fp (in colour): Ethel Everard, in London River. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine. Covers rubbed at hinges and outside edges. Free fly of front endpaper with note to and address of previous owner. Occasional foxing on outside edges. A 3 page article "Drowsy Ships", by A.G. Pearson, (Country Life, January 31, 1947) loosely inserted. Very good. Image shows title-page and frontispiece. 22.8 x 15.
Barges on the Thames and Medway, Boomies, big barges... barges as yachts.
69683 CARRERE D'ENCAUSSE, Helene LENIN - Revolution and Power
$10.00 AUD
Longman. London. 1982. 1st paperback edition translated from the 1979 French original, by Valence Ionescu . Volume 1 in "A History of the Soviet Union 1917-1953". 279 PP. Pictorial soft cover. Ex library copy with discreet stamps on endpapers, verso of title page, lower outside edge, and shelf number at foot of spine. Excellent reading copy. 19.7 x 12.8. 0582295599
69750 CARVER, Michael WAR SINCE 1945
$15.00 AUD
Weidenfeld and Nicolson. London. 1980. 1st Ed. XIV, 322 PP with 18 maps (some with insets, and 2 on double page), plus 16 pages with 29 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Ex Library copy with stamps on title page (recto / verso) and lower outside edge. Very good. 24 x 16. 0297778463
70016 CASSELLS, Vic FOR THOSE IN PERIL ...
$15.00 AUD
Kangaroo Press. Sydney. 1995. 1st Ed. 269 PP with 99 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Light bump on lower corner of book, o/wise fine. 22.5 x 15.2. 9780864177346
A comprehensive listing of the ships and men of the Royal Australian Navy who have paid the supreme sacrifice in the wars of the twentieth century.
69537 CASSON, Lionel THE ANCIENT MARINERS, Seafarers and Sea Fighters of the Mediterranean in Ancient Times
$10.00 AUD
Victor Gollancz. London. 1959. 1st Ed. XX, (2), 286 PP with 6 figures & 2 maps, plus 16 plates with 43 b/w illustrations. FEP: The Mediterranean & Black Seas. REP: The Near & Far East. Hard cover, dj (price-clipped). Foxing on outside edges, both endpapers and inside dust jacket. Signature of previous owner at top of front endpaper. Very good. 22.2 x 15.
From the dim beginnings of sea conquest to the great maritime empires of antiquity: Egyptian, Cretian, Mycenian & Grecian, Phoenician.
69600 CATLING, Gordon SAILING AND CRUISING FOR EVERYONE
$10.00 AUD
Nicholas Kaye. London. 1956. 1st Ed. 110 PP with 2 tables and b/w illustrations by Winston Megoran (9 drawings and 39 figures). Fp: Work and Pleasure combined. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine. Name of previous owner at top of front endpaper. Foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 18.7 x 12.4.
33731 CHARLEWOOD, Geoff TROOPSHIP MEMORIES - A Dip in the Ocean
$30.00 AUD
Navigator Books. London. 1996. 1st Ed. (10), 126 PP with 12 b/w photos (11 of ships). Pictorial card cover. Fine. 23.2 x 15.6. 0902830627
On the Passenger ships of the "British India" Company, between 1941 and 1946.
19474 CHICHESTER, Francis THE LONELY SEA AND THE SKY
$5.00 AUD
London. 1967. Pan Books. 5th paperback printing in 1967 of the 1964 original. 400 PP with 12 line drawings, plus 8 pages with 13 bw photos. Pictorial soft cover. Paper browned, o/wise good. 18 x 11.
Autobiography of the man who undertook the first solo long distance sea-plane flight in 1931 and the first solo sailing race across the Atlantic.
31461 CHRISS, M., & HAYES, G. R. AN INTRODUCTION TO CHARTS AND THEIR USE
$15.00 AUD
Brown, Son & Ferguson. Glasgow. 1972. Reprint of the 3rd edition of 1964 (original of 1944). VII, 95 PP with 75 figures, plus 1 large folded chart in rear pocket. Pictorial soft cover with number on top corner. Stamp of previous owner on front endpaper, 7 words highlighted in foreword, o/wise contents clean and a very good copy. 21.5 x 14.
55840 CLARK, Robin, REX, Lindsay & ROBERTSON, Doug AUSTRALIAN SHIPPING COMMISSION - THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL LINE 1956-1981
$20.00 AUD
World Ship Society. London. 1982. 1st Ed., with a foreword by Sir John Williams. 120 PP with 2 maps and 143 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 14.6. 090561723
History and fleet list.
41286 CLEMENTS, Rex A GIPSY OF THE HORN - The narrative of a voyage round the world in a Windjammer twenty years ago
$10.00 AUD
London. 1939. Longmans. August 1939 impression of the 1938 abridged edition (by W. T. Hutchins), in the Heritage of Literature Series. (6), 186 PP with 6 pen & ink drawings by N. A. D. Wallis. Cloth cover. Head and foot of spine worn. Address of previous owners on front endpaper and half title page. Small ink stain in front margin of page 38. Good reading copy. Small format: 17 x 11.5.
Life on board and seeing the world on the Scottish barque Arethusa.
69627 CLOSE, Marguerite HISTORIC STANLEY
$15.00 AUD
Marguerite Close. Stanley, Tasmania. 1988. 3rd revised edition, of the 1975 original. Foreword by Frank Bolt. 68 PP with 35 b/w illustrations by the author. Pictorial soft cover. Signed by the author / artist on title page. Fine. 15.6 x 21.3. 0959851933
69593 COLES, K. Adlard & BRUCE, Peter HEAVY WEATHER SAILING
$10.00 AUD
International Marine. Camden, Maine, USA. 1992. 4th edition of the 1967 original, revised by Peter Bruce. Foreword by Peter Blake. XII, 411 PP with b/w illustrations (diagrams, maps and photos). Hard cover, dj. Fine. 25.5 x 18.5.
70022 CREE, Nicholas EMPRESS IN MELBOURNE - Recollections from the 1938 Visit
$10.00 AUD
N. Cree. Melbourne. 1991. 1st Ed. 32 PP with 10 b/w photos & 1 facsimile of menu. Pict. card cover. Near fine. Oblong: 15 x 20.8. 0959560645
6th April, 1938: Call at Melbourne of the biggest passenger ship of the time.
55351 DANEEL, Oumatjie MY SHIPS AND THEIR MEN
$25.00 AUD
Howard Timmins. Cape Town. 1972. 1st Ed. 138 PP, plus 8 pages with 16 b/w photos. Eps: Certificate of the "Order of the Salty Springbook". Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Fine. 21. 7 x 14.2.
Reminiscences of a South African woman waterfront reporter.
69782 DAVIES, J. L. THE WHALES AND SEALS OF TASMANIA
$20.00 AUD
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery. Hobart. 1963. 1st Ed. 29 PP (2 Index) with 27 b/w figures by author. Soft cover, illustrated front. Name of previous owner at top of front cover. Very good. 24.5 x 18.5.
Guide to the marine mammals of Tasmania. The pinnipeds (seals, sea lions & fur seals) and the cetaceans (whales, dolphins & porpoises), endemic to Tasmania or migratory.
69892 DAVIES, Lynn & Margaret, & BOYLES, Warren (editors) MAPPING VAN DIEMEN'S LAND and the Great Beyond
$100.00 AUD
Royal Society of Tasmania. Hobart. 2018. 1st hardback edition. Introduction by Michael Giudici, Surveyor General, Tasmania. VI, 138 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (charts, maps and photos). Hard cover, pictorial boards. Note to previous owner on front endpaper. Fine. Oblong: 26.5 x 30.5. 9780648141334
Rare and Beautiful Maps from the Royal Society of Tasmania.
69519 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE AUSTRALIAN NAVAL HISTORY
$5.00 AUD
Department of Defence / A.G.P.S. Canberra. 1977. Revised edition of the 1973 original.. 14 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 29.5 x 21. 0642031398
69980 DEVENISH, John F. SAILORS IN CIVIES
$80.00 AUD
Author. Ellenbrook, WA. 2005. 1st Ed. (6), 160 PP with b/w illustrations: facsimile of documents (house-flags, letters, logbooks, discharge booklets ... and over 90 photos). Soft cover. Fine. Scarce. 29.2 x 20.7. 0646453068
Life of sailors of the British Merchant Ships of the Blue Star Line, during the 1950's and 1960's.
69694 DIGGINS, Tracey WHO'S EATING WHO? ... an Antarctic and Southern Ocean Mystery
$5.00 AUD
Australian Government / Australian Antarctic Division. Hobart. c. 2001. Juvenile edition. No pagination, 16 PP with colour illustrations. Pictorial soft covers, staples. Fine. 29.5 x 21.
Tiny krill, to fishes, birds, seals and whales.
70050 DONALDSON, Captain A. FIFTY YEARS TOO SOON
$25.00 AUD
Whitcombe & Tombs. Melbourne. 1948. 1st Ed. 328 PP with 22 b/w photos (8 on full page). Fp: Portrait of the author. Cloth cover, device on front cover, title on front cover and spine. Covers a little soiled. Signature on inside front cover, o/wise contents near fine. 18.7 x 12.5.
Reminiscences of fifty-one years spent at sea. From 1894, embarking at 14 years of age, life on the 3-masted barque "Inveresk", sailing with Blue Funnel, then joining Burns Philp before WWI. Prisoner of the "Wolf" after the sinking of Matunga. WWII experiences, etc..
69156 DUDSZUS, Alfred & KÖPCKE, Alfred DAS GROSSE BUCH DER SCHIFFSTYPEN: Dampfschiffe, Motorschiffe, Meerestechnik
$25.00 AUD
Transpress Verlagsgesellschaft. Berlin. 1990. 1st edition. Volume 2. 320 PP with hundreds of b/w illustrations (drawings, sketches, plans, photos ...) and 60 colour plates. FEP: 21 sketches of paddle steamers. REP: 21 sketches of paddle boats. Cloth cover, dj. Fine (mint condition). German text. 30.5 x 24.7. 3344003747
69155 DUDSZUS, Alfred, HENRIOT, Ernest & KRUMREY, Friedrich DAS GROSSE BUCH DER SCHIFFSTYPEN: Schiffe, Boote, Flösse unter Riemen und Segel
$25.00 AUD
Transpress Verlagsgesellschaft. Berlin. 1987. 1st edition. 252 PP with hundreds of b/w illustrations (drawings, sketches, plans, photos ...) and 53 colour plates. FEP: Schooners (I & II). REP: Clippers (I & II). Cloth cover, dj. Fine. German text. 30.5 x 24.7. 3613500582
22638 DUNMORE, John VISIONS & REALITIES, France in the Pacific 1695-1995
$15.00 AUD
Heritage Press. Waikanae, New Zealand. 1997. 1st Ed. 320 PP with b/w illust. (maps, photos) in text. Pict. card cover. Fine. 21 x 14.8. 0908708416
The first complete history of the French presence in the Pacific from the days of Louis XIV to the post-nuclear period, including the political development of all the French territories.
68628 DUYKER, Edward CITIZEN LABILLARDIERE - A Naturalist 's Life in Revolution and Exploration (1755-1834)
$30.00 AUD
Miegunyah Press. Melbourne. 2004. Paperback edition of the 2003 original. XX, 383, (3) PP with 12 maps, plus 16 pages with 18 b/w illustrations. Pictorial card covers. Fine. 24.3 x 16.5. 0522851606
Naturalist with the Bruny d'Entrecasteaux expedition with calls in Van Diemens Land, New Holland, the Friendly Islands, New Caledonia...
59515 DUYKER, Edward (editor) THE DISCOVERY OF TASMANIA, Journal Extracts from the Expeditions of Abel Janszoon Tasman and Marc-Joseph Marion Dufresne
$25.00 AUD
St.David's Park. Hobart. 1992. 1st Ed. XIV, 106 PP with 15 b/w illustrations. Pictorial hard cover. Few foxing spots on covers and outside edges, o/wise near fine. 24.4 x 16.8. 0724622411
Transcription & translation into English of the journal extracts from the first two European expeditions to Tasmania: the Dutch with Tasman & the French with Marion Dufresne, respectively in 1642 & 1772.
16336 DWYER, Barry & BUCHANAN, Neil THE RESCUE OF ELIZA FRASER
$70.00 AUD
Dwyer & Buchanan. Noosa. 1986. 150th Anniversary Ed. IV, 50 PP with maps, sketches & photos. Pictorial soft covers (stapled) are a little browned around edges, with a few small soil spots. Previous owner's signature (Drury Clarke) on front cover plus his personal notes on the launching of the book stapled on inside rear cover. Signed by the author on the inside front cover, thanking Dr. Drury Clarke, then President of the Queensland Historical Society, for his launching of the publication. Contains 2 loosely inserted relevant newspaper articles. A very good copy. Scarce. 29.7 x 21. 0959078819
Rescue of Eliza Fraser, following the wreck of the "Stirling Castle" with 13 appendices for explanations.
69745 DWYER, Philip NAPOLEON - Passion, Death and Resurrection 1815 - 1840
$40.00 AUD
Bloomsbury. London. 2018. 1st paperback edition. XIV, 390, (4) PP with 1 map of St Helena (with location map) and 14 b/w illustrations, plus 16 pages with 25 colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 23.3 x 15.3. 9781408891759
64368 ELLIS, M. H. LACHLAN MACQUARIE - His Life, Adventures and Times
$50.00 AUD
Dymock's Book Arcade. Sydney. 1947. 1st edition. XIV, 697, (1) PP, plus 1 b/w and 7 coloured plates. Fp (in colour): Lieutenant-Colonel Lachlan Macquarie. FEP: Map "Macquarie's New South Wales". REP: Map "Macquarie's India. Cloth cover, device in blind on front cover, top edge tinted, gilt title on spine, dj. Dust jacket lightly soiled with repaired tears and in a protective sleeve. Slight ageing and foxing of paper. Near fine copy of the scarce first edition. 25.2 x 19.5.
Essa / BHP. Melbourne ?. c.1989. Poster (double sided) with colour photos. Recto: "Maersk Giant", the first jack-up drilling rig to work in Bass Strait. Verso: semi-submersible Derrick Barge DB101, lifting the platform on Whiting field, Bass Strait. Near fine. Format - Poster: 59.6 x 42. / Folded: 29.8 x 21.
34014 FARRINGTON, Karen SHIPWRECKS
$20.00 AUD
Parkgate Books. London. 1999. 1st Ed. 144 PP with 139 b/w photos. Title spread: Wreck on the Skeleton Coast, Namibia, providing nesting site for local seabirds. Pictorial laminated boards, dj. Fine. 31.3 x 23.7. 1902616138
38879 FENTON, Roy, & CLARKSON, John (editors) BRITISH SHIPPING FLEETS
$25.00 AUD
Ships in Focus Publications. Preston. 2000. 1st Ed. 192 PP with 1 plan, 2 facsimiles of document, and 311 b/w photos. Title page: Manchester Faith. Eps: House-Flags and Funnels (in colour) of 9 shipping lines. Pictorial laminated boards. Discreet name of previous owner on front endpaper, o/wise fine. 30.2 x 21.5. 1901703215
Manchester Liners. Joseph Fisher and Sons. Runciman (London) Ltd and Canatlantic Ltd. John T. Rennie and Sons. Cardiff Hall Line. The Carron Company.
40975 FERGUSON, Richard PEARLS OF THE PAST - A Biography of one of Australia's Pioneers, Captain Frank Biddles
$30.00 AUD
Author. Perth. 2001. 1st editon with a foreword by Di Morrissey. VIII, 215 PP with 8 figures and 59 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 24.5 x 16.5. 0957920709
21794 FINKEL, George THE DUTCHMAN BOLD, The Story of Abel Tasman
$15.00 AUD
Angus & Robertson. Sydney. 1975. 1st Ed. VII, 151 PP with 2 maps and 3 line drawings. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Dust jacket with rubbed patch on lower part of front cover. Occasional foxing, o/wise a very good clean copy. 21.4 x 13.4. 0207131139
Voyage to Japan then voyages of discovery towards Australia & New Zealand.
22411 FISHER, Bob & PICKTHALL, Barry OCEAN CONQUEST
$15.00 AUD
Little Brown & Co. Boston. 1993. 1st Ed. 160 PP with 1 map, 5 sketch-plans and colour photos. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 31.2 x 23.5. 0316904694
The official story of the Whitbread Round the World Race: Past, Present and Future. Races of 1973-74, 1977-78, 1981-82, 1985-86, 1989-90 & 1993-94.
45015 FOSTER, John HANDS TO BOARDING STATIONS - Australian Minesweeper HMAS Hawk
$35.00 AUD
Australian Military History Publications. Sydney. 2003. 1st Ed., with a foreword from HRH The Prince of Wales. X, 125 PP with 9 maps and diagrams, and 48 photographs and documents. Pictorial laminated boards. Fine. 25.2 x 17.8. 1876439211
Operations in the Indonesian Confrontation 1965-1966.
68616 FOSTER, Thomas The Pictorial History of SEA BATTLES...
$5.00 AUD
Paul Hamlyn. Sydney. 1974. 1st Australian edition. 128 PP with maps, b/w and colour illustrations. Hard cover (laminated), dj. Name of previous owner on FEP (blocked out). Stamp of "The Tasmanian Maritime and Folk Museum" on title page. Very good. 29 x 22. 0600073076
The struggle for control of the sea from slave galleys (Salamis and Preveza) to battleships (Bismarck, Tirpitz and battle of Leyte Gulf).
69307 FOWLES, John SHIPWRECK, Photography by the Gibsons of Scilly
$5.00 AUD
Sphere Books Ltd. London. 1981. Reprint of the 1974 original. No pagination, 48 PP with 2 maps and 36 b/w photos. Title page : Glenbervie ashore. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. Oblong: 20.2 x 25.2. 0722136358
The pictorial records of the Gibson family of the Scillies, started in 1860, on tall ships & working boats, steamships & motor vessels.
69835 FRICKER, Philip J. BEKEN OF COWES OCEAN LINERS
$70.00 AUD
Reed's Nautical Books. Corsham, UK. 1992. 1st Ed. 319 PP with over 150 b/w & colour photographs by the Beken family (Frank William, Alfred Keith and Kenneth John). Fp (in colour): "Majesty of the Seas" of the Royal Caribbean Cruise Line in April 1992. Hard cover, dj with a light crease and a couple of small nicks. Foxing spots on half title page and last page and inside of dust jacket, o/wise a near fine copy. Large oblong: 25 x 32. 0947637427
Splendid pictures covering over a hundred years. From the Albert Ballin to the Windhuk and the Windsor Castle with details and short history of each vessel together with a b/w or colour photo.
75634 GARDINER, Robert (editor) CONWAY'S HISTORY OF THE SHIP (set of 12 Volumes)
$500.00 AUD
Conway Maritime Press. London. 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995 & 1996. Edition limited to 2000 hand numbered copies (This set No. 1065). Set of 12 volumes for a total of 2378 pages, with hundreds of illustrations. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. A fine set. This is a heavy item and postage will be higher than usual. Please ask for a quote. 30.2 x 25.2.
The Earliest Ships, by Arne Emil Christensen. The Age of the Galley, by Professor John Morrison. Cogs, Caravels and Galleons, by Professor Richard W. Unger. The Line of Battle, by Brian Lavery. The Heyday of Sail, by Dr Philip Bosscher. The Advent of Steam, by Dr Basil Greenhill. Steam Steel & Shellfire, by Dr Andrew Lambert. Sail's Last Century, by Dr Basil Greenhill. Eclipse of the Big Gun, by David K Brown. The Golden Age of Shipping, by Ambrose Greenway. Navies in the Nuclear Age, by Dr Norman Friedman. The Shipping Revolution, by Alastair Couper.
38692 GILLES, Daniel ALONE - The Observer Book of the Single-handed Transatlantic Race
$10.00 AUD
Angus & Robertson. London. 1977. 1st English edition of the 1976 French original, with a preface by Eric Tabarly. 214 PP with plans & sketches of competing yachts, maps plus 32 pages with 86 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 24 x 16.5. 0207957584
Origins of the transatlantic race, inaugural race of 1960 then races of 1964, 68, 72 & 76.
69587 GLASSPOOL, John OPEN BOAT CRUISING
$10.00 AUD
Nautical. Lymington, U.K. 1973. 1st Ed. 112 PP with b/w illustrations: 49 figures and 12 photos. Line drawings by Jane Michaelis. Hard cover, dust jacket (laminated and pasted down on covers). Copy lacking the title page. A very good reading copy. 21.5 x 15. 0245518746
55507 GODARD, Philippe & DE KERROS, Tugdual 1772: THE FRENCH ANNEXATION OF NEW HOLLAND: The Tale of Louis de Saint Aloüarn
$30.00 AUD
Western Australia Museum. Perth. 2008. 1st English edition. Translated from the 2002 French original, by Odette Margot, Myra Stanbury & Sue Baxter. (10), 269, (3) PP with 2 tables and b/w illustrations (18 head pieces, 17 facsimile of documents), plus 48 PP with 68 b/w or colour plates. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 23.6 x 15.3. 9781920843984
69571 GOUGEON GELCOAT BLISTERS: Diagnosis, Repair & Prevention - A guide for repairing and preventing gelcoast blisters with West System Brand Epoxy
$15.00 AUD
Gougeon Brothers Inc. Bay City, Michigan. 1991. 1st Ed. Catalogue No. 002-650. (4), 51 PP with b/w illustrations: 1 photo, drawings, and sketches. Soft cover, illustrated front, punch holes for ring binder, o/wise fine. 26.7 x 20.2. 1878207121
69570 GOUGEON, Meade & Jan FIBERGLASS BOAT REPAIR & MAINTENANCE, with West System Epoxy
$15.00 AUD
Gougeon Brothers Inc. Bay City, Michigan. 1988. Revised edition of the 1987 original. Catalogue No. 002-550. (4), 60 PP with b/w illustrations: 5 photos, drawings, and sketches. Soft cover, illustrated front. Fine. 26.7 x 20.2.
70093 GRAHAM, Duncan SUNSET ON THE CLYDE
$25.00 AUD
Neil Wilson Publishing. Glasgow. 1993. 1st Ed. 160 PP with 65 b/w illustrations, plus 12 pages with 14 colour photos. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Faint foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise a fine copy. 25 x 19. 1897784198
A purser in the 1950s recalls the days of the last summers on the water.
69888 GRAY, Howard JAMBINBIRRI - CHAMPION BAY - Geraldton Western Australia: a pictorial and narrative history
$60.00 AUD
Westralian Books. Geraldton, W.A. 2018. 1st Ed. VI, 246 PP with b/w & colour illustrations: charts, maps and plans, coastal views, paintings and photos. Eps: chart of "The Houtman Rocks", of 1845. Pictorial soft cover. Signed by the author on title page. Fine. Oblong: 23 x 29. 9780648416906
69426 GREENHILL, Basil THE MERCHANT SCHOONERS, Volume I
$25.00 AUD
Percival Marshall. London. 1951. 1st Ed. Volume I: XVIII, (2), 244 PP with 3 tail pieces & 28 figures, plus 52 pages with 85 bw plates. Cloth covers worn, spine damaged, almost detached, and repaired. A little light foxing, however, contents complete and very clean. Sold as is. A good working copy. 23.5 x 16.
A survey of the history of the small fore and aft rigged merchant sailing ships of England and Wales in the years 1870-1940 with something of their previous history and subsequent fate.
69906 GREHAN, Julian (editor) DUNKIRK 1940 - The Real Story of "Operation Dynamo"
$10.00 AUD
Key Publishing. Stamford, Lincolnshire. 2017. 1st Ed. 100 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.7 x 21.
The miracle evacuation that saved the British Army: 26 May to 3rd June 1940.
73735 GRIFFITHS, Maurice YACHTING ON A SMALL INCOME (A Talk with the "Man in the Street")
$40.00 AUD
Hutchinson & Co. London. c.1930. Fourth edition. VI, 160 PP with 21 figures in text. Frontispiece: Off for the Week-end. Hard covers with a small insect hole on rear cover near spine, chipped dust jacket with small pieces missing on edges. Contents near fine. Scarce. 19.3 x 13.
69386 GUTHORN, Peter J. THE SEA BRIGHT SKIFF, and other Shore Boats
$40.00 AUD
Schiffer Publishing. Exton, Pennsylvania. c. 1984. 1st paperback edition. (10), 239, (17) PP with b/w figures (drawings, sets of plans, sketches & photos). Pictorial card covers. Fine. Scarce. 25.4 x 17.8. 0916838730
47323 HARCOURT, Rex SOUTHERN INVASION - NORTHERN CONQUEST: Story of the Founding of Melbourne
$15.00 AUD
Golden Point Press. Melbourne. 2001. 1st Ed., with a foreword by Geoffrey Blainey. X, (2), 247 PP with 50 b/w illustrations. Fp: Captain Charles Swanston. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 23.2 x 17. 0646403362
22415 HASS, Hans WE COME FROM THE SEA
$15.00 AUD
New York. 1959. Doubleday & Co. 1st US edition of the German original Wir Kommen aus dem Meer. 288 PP with 3 maps and 60 bw photos, plus 8 pages with colour photos. Cloth cover, dj. (rubbed with a few small chips). Light foxing on inside of dust jacket. Paper ageing a little, o/wise a near fine copy. 24 x 15.5.
Adventure under the water and science in the sun.
69970 HAWS, Duncan TRIUMPH OF A GREAT TRADITION 1840-1990 - Official Souvenir History of the Cunard Line
$20.00 AUD
Cunard Line. London. 1990. Limited edition with a foreword by Eric Parker, Chairman. 80 PP with b/w & colour illustrations. Pictorial card covers with a few light creases, top of spine is repaired, o/wise a near fine copy. 29.7 x 21.
Official history of the Cunard Line published for their 150th anniversary.
49392 HEATH, Byron DISCOVERING THE GREAT SOUTH LAND
$30.00 AUD
Rosenberg. Sydney. 2005. 1st Ed. 192 PP with b/w illustrations, plus 16 plates with 2 b/w and 28 colour illustrations. Fp: H. M. Bark Endeavour. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 24 x 18. 1877058319
18821 HEATON, P.M. REARDON SMITH LINE, The History of a South Wales Shipping Venture
$30.00 AUD
Starling Press. Newport. 1984. 1st Ed. 133 PP, plus 80 b/w photos (76 of ships) on full page. Eps: Transcript of register. Hard cover, dj. Photos plates 49 to 64 and 65 to 80 are misbound (out of order), o/wise fine. 21.8 x 15.4. 0950771430
History and fleet list.
62086 HENDERSON, Graeme THE WRECK OF THE "ELIZABETH"
$20.00 AUD
Australian Society for Historical Achaeology. Sydney. 1973. 1st edition limited to 600 numbered copies (No.282 / 600). No. 1 in the "Studies in Historical Archaeology" series. X, 53 PP with 10 plates & 14 figures. Pictorial soft cover. Faint foxing. Near fine. 21.5 x 14. 0909797013
The riddle of the wreckage found off Cottesloe, to the naming of the wreck.
36066 HENRY, Tom THE GOOD COMPANY - An Affectionate History of the Union Steamships
$25.00 AUD
Harbour Publishing. Madeira Park, B.C., Canada. 1994. 1st Ed. 152 PP with 1 map on double page and 196 b/w illust. (2 ephemera, 9 paintings and 185 photos). Title spread: "Lady Alexandra". Eps: chart of Malaspina Strait, British Columbia. Hard cover, dj. A little light foxing, o/wise fine. 31 x 23.5. 1550171119
Union Steamships of British Columbia, Canada, between 1889 and 1959.
69594 HISCOCK, Eric C. VOYAGING UNDER SAIL
$10.00 AUD
Oxford University Press. London. 1966. 3rd reprint of the 1959 original. XVI, 274 PP with 56 diagrams, plus 42 pages with 112 b/w photos. Fp: "Beyond" in the Pacific under trade wind rig. Eps: Portion of Pilot chart. Cloth cover, sextant engraved on front cover, dj (price clipped). Dust jacket rubbed and worn. Occasional foxing. Very good. 22.8 x 15.
Technical developments: steel hull, man-made fibres for sail, rigging, self-steering, etc.
69595 HISCOCK, Eric C. CRUISING UNDER SAIL
$10.00 AUD
Oxford University Press. London. 1965. 4th reprint of the 1950 original. XVIII, 480 PP with 70 diagrams, plus 64 plates with 249 b/w photos and a folded plan (figure 71) at rear of book. Fp: Outward bound, cutter Dyarchy. Cloth cover, device (yacht under sail) engraved on front cover, dj (price clipped). Repaired dust jacket chipped, worn and with small piece missing at head of spine. Name of previous owner on front endpapers. Occasional foxing. Good reading or working copy. 23 x 15.
The yacht and her gear. Seamanship and navigation...
40081 HMSO AUSTRALIA PILOT - Volume II
$25.00 AUD
Hydrographer of the Navy. Taunton, UK. 1969. 5th edition of the 1918 original, N.P. 14. Advertisement to this 5th edition by Rear-Admiral G. S. Ritchie. Edited by Cmdr. J.F. GRUNING. (4), VIII, 494 PP with tables, 4 figures, and 40 coastal views, plus 1 folded Index to Charts N.P.14, 1 b/w plate (Cumulus Roll of a Southerly Buster), 2 plates in colour (Weather forecast signals & Depth signals) and 12 maps. FEP: Notations of supplements and Annual Summaries of Notices to Mariners. Cloth cover. Near fine. 24.8 x 15.5.
The Southern and Eastern coasts of Australia from Cape Northumberland to Port Jackson, including Bass Strait and Tasmania.
69813 HMSO A CHANNEL PILOT, Part II: comprising the North-Western and Northern Coasts of France from Pointe de Penmarc'h to Dunkerque and the Franco-Belgian, frontier, including the Channel Islands
$25.00 AUD
Hydrographer of the Navy. London. 1938. 10th edition. Advertisement to the 10th edition by Rear-Admiral J. A. Edgell. Edited by Cdr. F. N. Shearne. (4), XXXI, 419 PP with 10 figures, plus 1 folded plate (Index to Charts SD 2), and b/w plates with tidal signals, coastal views and lighthouses. Supplement No. 6, 1947 with 62 pages loosely inserted. Blue cloth cover, title on front cover and spine. Occasional foxing. Very good. 24 x 15.
69918 HMSO OCEAN FRONT - The Story of the War in the Pacific 1941-1944
$25.00 AUD
HMSO / Ministry of Information. London. 1945. 68 PP with b/w illustrations: 8 maps and 90 photos. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 35 x 14.
From the battles of the the Coral Sea and Midway, to the landings in the Marianas and Peleliu (Palau).
39169 HORDERN HOUSE FIRST FLEET TO FEDERATION 1788 - 1901
$20.00 AUD
Hordern House. Sydney. 1997. 1st Ed. No pagination, 108 PP with 193 b/w illustrations. Pictorial card cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21. 1875567194
Catalogue detailing 457 items for sale on: Settlement, First Fleet. Coastal exploration and early visitors to New South Wales. Ships and Shipwrecks... Australian Aborigines... Travellers and tourists.
69498 HOSTY, Kieran VASA 1628, Strange Fate of a King's Warship (in Signals No. 57)
$10.00 AUD
Australian National Maritime Museum. Sydney. 2001. Issue No. 57, December 2001 - February 2002. 40 PP. Contains article pages 25 to 28 with 1 b/w and 9 colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.6 x 21.
Exhibition held 15 November 2001 to 27 January 2002 on her fate in 1628 ... her remarkable salvage and restoration.
34769 HOUGH, Richard THE LONGEST BATTLE - The War at Sea 1939-45
$15.00 AUD
Weidenfeld & Nicolson. London. 1986. 1st Ed. XI, 371 PP with 6 maps, plus 24 pages with 56 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj., Foxing on outside edges and a small mark on bottom outside edge, o/wise very good. 24 x 16. 029778983X
65517 HOWARD, Patrick TO HELL OR TO HOBART
$30.00 AUD
Wellington Bridge Press. Kingston, Tasmania. 2012. Reprint of the 20012 paperback "Revised Edition" (original of 1993). 276 PP with over 6 tables and 55 b/w or colour illustrations. Fp: Stephen and Ellen Howard at Geeveston in the 1890s. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 22.8 x 14.8. 9781921767074
The story of an Irish couple transported to Tasmania in the 1840s.
69795 HUDSON, Harry EXPLORERS OF AUSTRALIA
$15.00 AUD
T.A.A. / Trans-Australia Airlines. Melbourne. No date. 1st Ed. (4), 58, (2) PP with 58 illustrations by Harry Hudson, including 1 map at centrefold, and 55 portraits. Soft covers, illustrated, title on front cover "TAA Presents Explorers of Australia". 2 signatures on inside front cover, o/wise near fine. 18.3 x 12.5.
TAA paid tribute to the "Explorers of Australia", by giving their aircraft the name of these explorers. Each portrait accompanied with brief history of their achievements.
63671 HUDSPETH, Audrey & SCRIPPS, Lindy CAPITAL PORT: A History of the Marine Board of Hobart 1858-1997
$20.00 AUD
Hobart Ports Corporation Pty Ltd. Hobart. 2000. 1st paperback edition. XVIII, 462 PP with 1 map, 8 head pieces, 7 plans and 91 b/w illustrations (facsimile of documents, plans & sketch plans, engravings & photos). Fp (in colour): Aerial view of Sullivan's Cove. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 24.7 x 17.5. 0957842805
68061 HUGHES, Thea Stanley MATTHEW FLINDERS
$10.00 AUD
Movement Publication. Sydney. 2001. 5th impression of the 1984 original. Foreword by Donald A. Johnstone. 120 PP with 4 maps and 7 b/w illust. Pictorial card cover. Fine.. 18 x 12.2. 0908076215
68603 HUMBLE, Richard THE RISE AND FALL OF THE BRITISH NAVY
$5.00 AUD
Queen Anne Press. London. 1986. 1st Ed. 256 PP with tables, plus 16 pages with 27 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. STamps "University of Tasmania" / "Australia Maritime College" on endpapers and title page. Faint foxing. Very good. 24 x 15. 0356122271
From the Tudor Navy to victory against Japan, the Royal Navy fought and survived. Since then, it has diminished and lost its importance as a naval force.
68746 HUMBLE, Richard AIRCRAFT CARRIERS - The Illustrated History
$5.00 AUD
Connoisseur / Winchmore Publishing Services.. London. 1982. 1st UK edition. 192 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (photos and artworks). Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Dust jacket repaired. Donation plate to and stamp of "Devonport Maritime Museum & Historical Society". Very good. 28.5 x 22.5. 0890095035
11704 JACKSON, Gainor W. REFLECTIONS ON AUCKLAND HARBOUR
$15.00 AUD
Collins. Auckland. 1975. 1st Ed. 96 PP with b/w & colour line drawings or paintings by author. Title page: The Ferry Building. Eps: Waitemata Harbour & approaches. Hard cover, dj (short closed tears). Foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise very good. 28.5 x 22.
Sail and steam, waterfront, pleasure craft.. on the Waitemata.
11968 JENNINGS, J. N. & LINGE, G. J. R. (editors) OF TIME AND PLACE - Essays in Honour of O.H.K. Spate
$10.00 AUD
A.N.U. Canberra. 1980. 1st Ed. XXVI, 296 PP with 4 head pieces, 6 tables & 30 figures (maps, plans, engravings). Fp: Portrait of O.H.K. Spate. Title page: John Harrison's fourth timekeeper. Hard cover, dj. Foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 22 x 14. 0708114539
15 essays in honour of the progenitor of the Research School of Pacific Studies. ... Settlers in transit, by N. M. Wallace ...
39308 JOHNSTON, Sarah & Dave VALKYRIE - The Restoration of a Wooden Boat
$20.00 AUD
B. T. Batsford. London. 1983. 1st Ed. 160 PP with 5 drawings, 37 figures, and 62 b/w photos. Title page: Valkyrie II under sail. Eps: plans of interior layouts. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price-clipped). Faint foxing, o/wise near fine. 25.4 x 19. 0713440317
70070 JONES, A. G. E. & CHATWIN Dale SHIPS EMPLOYED IN THE SOUTH SEAS TRADE 1775-1859 - Volume 3
$20.00 AUD
Navarine Publishing / Roebuck Society. Hobart. 2013. Limited edition of 100 hand numbered copies. Publication No. 53 of the Roebuck Society expanded and edited by Dale Chatwin. 165 PP with 2 graphs, tables and 14 b/w illustrations (1 map, facsimile of documents and 3 whaling scenes). Card covers, illustrated front. Fine. 29.7 x 21. 9780992366018
British Southern Whale Fishery... Whaling trade.
69949 JORDAN, Roger W. THE WORLD'S MERCHANT FLEETS 1939. The Particulars and Wartime Fates of 6,000 Ships
$70.00 AUD
Chatham Publishing. London. 1999. 1st Ed. XVI, 624 PP with 300 b/w photos. Title spread: Umtali, built for the Natal Line service. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Faint foxing on outside edges and light crease on half-title page. Near fine. 30.2 x 21.5. 186176023X
39705 JOSS, John STRIKE - U.S. Naval Strike Warfare Center
$10.00 AUD
Presidio Press. Novato, Ca. 1989. 1st Ed. Airpower No. 1008, in the Presidio Power series. X, 134 PP with b/w and colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 22.2 X 20.5. 0891413200
69601 JUNGER, Sebastian THE PERFECT STORM - A True Story of Men Against the Sea
$5.00 AUD
Fourth Estate. London. 1998. 1st paperback edition of the 1997 original. XII, 227, (1) PP with 1 map on double page and 13 headpieces. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 19.6 x 12.7. 1857027302
38714 KEMP, J. F., & YOUNG, Peter METEOROLOGY
$5.00 AUD
Kandy Publications. London. 1963. Reprint of the 1961 original. 80 PP with b/w and colour figures. Pictorial card covers a little soiled, o/wise near fine. 21 x 17.
61298 KEMP, Lieut.-Commander P. K. FLEET AIR ARM
$10.00 AUD
Herbert Jenkins. London. 1954. 1st Ed. Foreword by Admiral of the Fleet Sir Philip L. Vian. 232 PP, plus 16 pages with 32 b/w photos. Fp: H. M. S. Eagle. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket price-clipped and chipped. Top part of front endpaper clipped. Foxing spots on outside edges and few pages but still a good copy. 22.2 x 14.2.
19052 KENNY, John BEFORE THE FIRST FLEET, Europeans in Australia 1606-1777
$20.00 AUD
Kangaroo Press. Sydney. 1995. 1st Ed. 184 PP with b/w illust. (maps, engravings, ...) plus 16 pages with 31 colour illust. Eps: Mappemonde, 1630. Hard cover, dust jacket. Minimal light foxing on prelims otherwise a fine copy. 24.7 x 18.6. 0864176457
Details of the early European contacts with Australia. Landfalls, exploration, sojourns. Thoughts of the explorers on the coastline, plants, animals... encounters with aborigines.
39890 KERR, Joan & FALKUS, Hugh FROM SYDNEY COVE TO DUNTROON - A Family Album of Early Life in Australia
$10.00 AUD
Victor Gollancz. London. 1982. 1st Ed. 128 PP with b/w & colour illustrations, plus 30 colour plates of the Flowers of Duntroon by Marrianne Campbell (many plates with description). Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 27.6 x 22.4. 0575030399
68985 KNEALE, Matthew ENGLISH PASSENGERS
$5.00 AUD
Penguin Books. London. c. 2001. Reprint 8 of the 2001 paperback edition, (original of 2000). X, 463, (3 blank) PP. Pictorial soft cover. Name of previous owner at top of half title page. Very good. 19.7 x 13. 0140285210
Historical novel: Search for the Garden of Eden on the island of Tasmania. Pages 460 to 462: Anglo-Manx glossary.
54089 KOEMAN, Prof. Ir. C., VIETOR, Alexander O. & WALLIS, Dr. Helen (editors) THEATRUM ORBIS TERRARUM CORPUS of old atlases in facsimile
$20.00 AUD
Theatrum Orbis Terrarum Ltd. Amsterdam. c. 1973. 1st Ed. 32 PP with 1 facsimile of a letter by R. A. Skelton, 1 portrait of Professor Koeman, 36 location maps and 38 b/w illustrations. Inside covers: Dust jacket of 32 of these Atlases. Pictorial soft cover. Few stamps or annotations out of print. Very good. Oblong: 21 x 29.7.
Catalogue of a corpus of 40 old and rare Atlases and Pilot Books.
69764 LAFFIN, John DAMN THE DARDANELLES! - The Agony of Gallipoli
$10.00 AUD
Sun Papermac / Macmillan. Sydney. 1985. 1st paperback edition of the 1980 original. 224 PP with 1 sketch, 5 plans & 71 b/w illustrations (photos, posters). Laminated soft cover, pictorial front. Spine sunned. Ex Library copy with stamp on verso of title page and renewed endpapers. Very good. 23.2 x 15.4. 0725104643
A critical and challenging analysis of the Gallipoli campaign, designed to knock Turkey out of the War and open a supply route to Russia.
69926 LAWSON, Will & The Shiplovers' Society of Tasmania BLUE GUM CLIPPERS AND WHALE SHIPS OF TASMANIA
$30.00 AUD
Georgian House. Melbourne. 1949. 1st Ed. 261 PP, plus 30 b/w plates. Fp: Sailing ships at New Wharf in 1881. Cloth cover, dj. Dust jacket with small chips and tears. 2 newspaper articles pasted down on front and rear endpaper. Light foxing. An otherwise clean and very good copy. 22 x 14.5.
Early whaling, trading and shipbuilding in Tasmania.
70018 LAXON, W. A. THE CURRIE LINE OF MELBOURNE
$15.00 AUD
Nautical Association of Australia. Melbourne. 2003. 1st Ed. 61, (3) PP with 25 b/w illustrations (2 newspaper clippings, 2 portraits and 21 photos of ships). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 14.8. 0959907963
Shipmaster & shipowner. Salvage expert... Shipping line taken over by British India in early 1913.
20849 LEED, Eric SHORES OF DISCOVERY, How Expeditionaries have Constructed the World
$10.00 AUD
BasicBooks / HarperCollins. New York. 1995. 1st Ed. XI, 322 PP with 10 head pieces. Hard cover, cloth spine, dj. Faint foxing on outside edges. Near fine. 24 x 16. 0465020968
Lives and motives of those who have engaged in every conceivable kind of expedition: military, missionary, commercial, scientific... even tourists.
22580 LESUEUR, Charles-Alexandre LES VELINS DE CHARLES-ALEXANDRE LESUEUR (Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle du Havre)
$35.00 AUD
Muséum du Havre / Municipalité de Sainte-Adresse. Le Havre. 1996. 1st Ed. Foreword by Dr. Pierre Baubion. No pagination, 92 PP with 2 b/w illust., 4 maps & 40 colour plates (37 on full page) on superior glossy paper. Pictorial card cover. Fine. Text in French. Oblong: 21 x 29.7.
Catalogue of an exhibition commemorating the 150th anniversary of the death of this French naturalist. Charles-Alexandre Lesueur was one of the scientists attached to the Baudin expedition of discovery to Australia and renowned for his drawings and watercolours of natural life in Australia, Indonesia, Mauritius and South Africa.
19322 LEWIS, Tom WRECKS IN DARWIN WATERS
$20.00 AUD
Turton & Armstrong. Sydney. 1992. 1st Ed. VIII, 97 PP with 45 b/w illustrations. Inside front cover: Darwin waters. Inside rear cover: Timor Sea and Van Diemen Gulf. Stiff covers, pictorial front. Occasional foxing. Near fine. 25 x 17.5. 908031459
Stories of misadventure, war, accident & storms which sent ships & aircraft to the bottom.
70028 LINGWOOD, John & O'DONOGHUE, Kevin THE TRADES INCREASE - A Centenary History of NOREX
$25.00 AUD
World Ship Society. Kendal, UK. 1993. 1st Ed., with a foreword by John Common. 200 PP with 2 pages with 23 House Flags and Funnels (in colour), and 186 b/w illustrations: 1 plan and 185 photos (including 108 of ships in the Fleet List section). Pictorial stiff cover. Fine. 21 x 14.5. 0905617746
Founded in 1893 as The Hindustan's Steam Shipping Company Limited, and managed by Common Brothers.
52237 LIU, Gretchen (editor) SINGAPORE HISTORICAL POSTCARDS, From the National Archives Collection
$25.00 AUD
Times Editions. Singapore. 2005. Reprint of the 1986 original. 96 PP with b/w and colour photos. Hard cover, dj. Fine. Oblong: 21.5 x 24.5. 9812045902
Places of interest, street scenes, transportation and the port...
43089 LLOYD'S ANNALS OF LLOYD'S REGISTER, being a sketch of the Origin, Constitution, and Progress of Lloyd's Register of British & Foreign Shipping
$100.00 AUD
London. 1884. Lloyd's Register. 1st Ed. Edited by William Henry TINDALL, Michael WILLS, et el. X, 165 PP with head pieces and tail pieces, plus 7 plates (1 folded) with 5 facsimile of pages of the register and 2 with b/w photo pasted down. Fp: Chairman from 1881. Marbled endpapers (presentation plate on FEP). Leather binding, gilt device on front cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, all edges gilt. Spine lightly sunned. Lower corner of front endpapers and presentation plate worn. Occasional foxing, o/wise a very good copy. Scarce. 25 x 18.5.
Published 30th October 1884, for the 50th anniversary of the Society.
41521 LOCKHART, J. G. PERIL OF THE SEA - A Book of Shipwrecks and Escapes
$15.00 AUD
Philip Allan. London. 1928. Reprint of the 1924 original, No. 3 in the Nautilus Library series. 254 PP. Cloth cover, gilt device on front cover, gilt title on spine, dj (lightly soiled). Foxing spots on outside edges, name and stamp of previous owners on front endpaper, o/wise near fine. 17.4 x 11.5.
From the foundering of the Blanche Nef in 1120, carrying William the Etheling, the only legitimate son of King Henry I, to the Wreck of the Birkenhead in 1852 off South Africa, and the Titanic in April 1912.
69787 LONEY, J. K. ADMELLA
$15.00 AUD
Marine History Publications. Geelong. c. 1975. 1st Ed., No. 4 in the "Famous Wrecks" series. 20 PP with 1 map, plus 8 pages with 10 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 20.8 x 13.8. 090924409X
Wrecked on 6th August, 1859, on a passage from Port Adelaide to Melbourne.
69790 LONEY, J. K. WRECKS ON THE N.S.W. SOUTH COAST
$15.00 AUD
J.K. Loney. Geelong. 1975. 1st edition of September 1975. 75, (5) PP, plus 20 pages with 40 b/w illustrations, including a location map. Stiff covers, pictorial front. Near fine. 19.6 x 14.2. 0909244081
62669 LONEY, Jack WRECK OF THE LY-EE-MOON
$10.00 AUD
Marine History Publications. Geelong. c. 1976?. 1st Ed. No pagination, 24 PP with 1 map and 14 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 20.4 x 14.5. 0909244235
Shipwrecked below the lighthouse of Green Cape on 31st May, 1886.
69907 MACE, Martin & GREHAN, Julian (editors) D-DAY, 6 JUNE 1944
$10.00 AUD
Key Publishing. Stamford, Lincolnshire. 2014. 1st Ed. 132 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.7 x 21.
The most crucial 24 Hours of WW2.
50380 MACMILLAN, David S. A SQUATTER WENT TO SEA - The Story of Sir William Macleay's New Guinea Expedition (1875) and his Life in Sydney
$25.00 AUD
Sydney. 1957. Currawong. 1st Ed. X, 166 PP with 8 drawings, plus 2 plates with maps (1 on double-page). Fp: Sir William Macleay in 1857. Hard cover, dj. Small rubbed patches on dust jacket. Slight ageing of paper, o/wise very good. 22 x 14.5.
The first scientific Australian expedition, financed and led by Macleay, to New Guinea in the barque Chevert in 1875.
67625 MAGGS MILITARY & NAVAL HISTORY - Catalogue 1334
$5.00 AUD
Maggs Bros. Ltd. London. 2002. 1st Ed. No pagination, 113 PP. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 21.5 x 14.
Selection of 258 items.
68984 MANWARING, G. E. & DOBREE, Bonamy THE FLOATING REPUBLIC - An Account of the Mutinies at Spithead and the Nore in 1797
$5.00 AUD
Pelican Books. London. 1937. 1st edition of the paperback copy of the 1935 original. XI, 12-288 PP. Soft covers soiled. Name and stamp of previous owner on half title page. Fore hinge starting. Ageing of paper and foxing. Good reading copy. 18.2 x 11.5.
51224 MARCHANT, Leslie R. FRANCE AND NEW ZEALAND: 1769-1846. A LIST OF NAVAL RECORDS IN PARIS
$35.00 AUD
Department of History, University of Western Australia. Perth. 1962. Reprint ?. Stencilled work printed on recto only. (4), 26 PP. Soft cover, clear plastic. Very good. 29.6 x 21.
64367 MARINE UNDERWRITERS' AND SALVAGE ASSOCIATION OF VICTORIA LTD THE REGISTER OF AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING - Including shipping registered at Fiji and New Guinea - 1941
$225.00 AUD
The Marine Underwriters' and Salvage Association of Victoria Ltd. Melbourne. 1941. 1st Ed. 164 PP with thumb index. Original green cloth cover, gilt decoration and title on front cover. Contains first supplement for 1942 in the pocket at back of book. Covers lightly marked and rubbed, o/wise a near fine copy. Scarce. Oblong: 18.2 x 24.5.
List of vessels lost... since 1928: pages: 139 to 150. Supplement showing: additions, alterations, changes of name and deletions. First supplement (up to 30th June 1942) with 11 pages.
68604 MARSDEN, Peter THE WRECK OF THE AMSTERDAM
$5.00 AUD
Hutchinson. London. 1974. 1st Ed. 287 PP with 41 figures, plus 24 pages with 52 b/w photos. Cloth cover, dj (price clipped). Stamps of "R.A.N. Education Service" on endpapers (blocked out on FEP) and of "The Tasmanian Maritime and Folk Museum" on title page. Very good. 24 x 15.5. 009119850X
The ill-fated voyage of the Amsterdam, wrecked near Hastings on the 23 January, 1749.
48629 MASEFIELD, John THE NINE DAYS WONDER (THE OPERATION DYNAMO)
$10.00 AUD
William Heinemann. London. 1941. April 1941 reprint of the March 1941 original. XVI, 61, (3) PP, plus 1 folded map and 6 pages with 12 b/w photos. Blue cloth cover, title in blind on front cover and gilt on spine (faded). Head of spine slightly worn, foxing spots. Brief note on front endpaper. Very good. 19.6 x 13.2.
The lifting of the First French Army and the B. E. F. from the beaches of Dunkirk.
10637 McLEAVY, Roy NAVAL FAST STRIKE CRAFT AND PATROL BOATS
$5.00 AUD
Blandford Press. London. 1979. 1st Ed., in the Blandford Colour series. 176 PP with 4 tables, 6 sketches & 64 illust. (plans & colour paintings). Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Faint foxing on outside edges. Near fine. 19.8 x 13.8. 0713708662
50585 MERCER, Peter A MOST DANGEROUS OCCUPATION. Whaling, Whalers and the Bayleys: Runnymede's Maritime Heritage
$25.00 AUD
National Trust of Australia (Tasmania). Hobart. 2002. 1st Ed., with a foreword by Dr. Marion Myhill. XIV, 82 PP with 1 map, 2 facsimiles of documents, 16 b/w and 18 colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 15. 0958024405
69874 MESSENGER, Charles WORLD WAR II IN THE ATLANTIC
$10.00 AUD
Bison Books. London. 1990. 1st Ed. 80 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Half title page: Gunther Prien on U-47. Title spread: Atlantic convoy preparing to sail. Laminated pictorial boards, dj. Very good. 31.5 x 23.5. 0861245989
70127 MIDDLEMISS, N. L. THE ANGLO-SAXON / SHELL TANKERS
$35.00 AUD
Shield Publications. Newcastle upon Tyne. 1990. 1st Ed. 192 PP with 1 map, 1 facsimile of an advertisment, and 11 plans, plus 96 b/w plates. Fp: Sir Marcus Samuel 1853-1927, founder of Shell. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 21.5 x 15. 1871128048
70061 MIDDLEMISS, Norman L. (editor) WARTIME WITH SHELL - The Autobiography of Capt. R. S. (Bob) Allen
$30.00 AUD
Shield Publications. Newcastle-upon-Tyne. 1996. 1st Ed. 144 PP with 1 drawing, 1 b/w photo and 2 plans, plus 4 pages with 8 b/w photos. Pictorial soft covers with light wear, faint foxing on outside edges, o/wise fine. 25.4 x 17.5. 1871128137
World War II: 6 years of convoy duties, including 18 months on Merchant Aircraft Carriers converted from tankers.
20811 MILSOM, C. H. BLUE FUNNELS IN THE MERSEY IN THE 1920s
$15.00 AUD
Sea Breezes Publication. Liverpool. 1988. 2nd Ed. 48 PP with 1 map & 87 photos. Pictorial card cover. Previous owner's name on front cover, o/wise fine.. 29.7 x 20.8. 0951320203
Pictorial history of the Blue Funnel Line started by Alfred & Philip Holt who named their ships after the heroes of the Trojan War.
69636 MONSARRAT, Nicholas HMS MARLBOROUGH WILL ENTER HARBOUR
$5.00 AUD
Cassell. London. 1952. December reprint of the November 1952. Originally published in 1947 in "Depends What You Mean by Love". 96 PP with 19 illustrations by James Holland. Cloth cover, device on front cover. Note to previous owner on front endpaper. 0ccasional foxing. Very good. 24.2 x 18.8.
31459 MOORE, D. A. MARINE CHARTWORK AND NAVAIDS
$15.00 AUD
Stanford Maritime. London. 1975. Reprint of the 1967 edition. 128 PP with b/w and colour illust., plus 1 large folded sheet with 3 charts. Pictorial card cover a little rubbed with number on top. Contents fine. 21.6 x 13.7. 85309019X
38543 N/A FREMANTLE MUSEUM
$20.00 AUD
Fremantle Branch, Western Australian Museum. Fremantle. c.1970. 1st Ed. 16 PP with b/w illustrations. Inside front cover: The Vlamingh Plate, 1697. Inside back cover: Dirck Hartog's plate, 1616... Illustrated soft cover. Near fine. Oblong: 18.3 x 24.2.
Early maritime history. Swan River Colony. The Asylum Building...
51357 N/A THE AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHER. Vol. VI, No. 6
$15.00 AUD
The Geographical Society of New South Wales. Sydney. 1956. Vol. V, No. 4, November 1946. 44, (4) PP with 18 diagrams and maps, and 11 b/w photos. Soft covers a little soiled. Staples removed. Slight ageing and foxing of paper, o/wise very good. 24.8 x 18.5.
Contains articles : "The rural pattern of South-East Queensland", by R. H. Greenwood. "Wheat in the Australian Economy", by F. C. Druce. "The measurement of water need in Queensland", by C. R. Tweedie ...
58535 N/A QUEENSCLIFFE ! How to See It
$10.00 AUD
Queenscliffe Historical Society. Queenscliff, Vic. 1984. Facsimile edition of the 1876-77 original, with Introduction Historical Notes and a Postcript by D. A. Beavis and E. T. Raison. (8), 50 PP with period advertisements and b/w illustrations, plus 1 plan of "The Maze". Soft cover. Fine. Small format: 17 x 11.7. 0949583332
Waterway Productions Ltd. Burton-on-Trent. 1979. March 1979. 48 PP. Edited by Robert Shopland. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 25.6 x 20.
Contains article: Guide to Ships of the Royal Australian Navy, by James W. Goss.
68598 N/A WOODENBOAT - The Magazine for Wooden Boat Owners, Builders and Designers - Issue 256
$10.00 AUD
WoodenBoat Magazine. Brooklin, Maine. 2017. Issue No. 256, June 2017. 148 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 27.5 x 21.
No. 256 - Slocum's Luck: A Life of near miss and good fortune, by Stan Grayson. ... The Salcombe Yawls of Devon, by Nic Compton. Lake Ontario's 8-Meter revival, by Rob Mazza.
69208 N/A WORLD MAPS & FLAGS
$10.00 AUD
Kidstart (Australia) Pty Ltd. Melbourne. 2001. 1st Ed. 8 PP (laminated - clear plastic) with colour illustrations: 4 maps (2 on double page) and 192 Flags of Nations. Fine. 24.5 x 16.8. 1877024155
Matilda Cruises / Tim Lloyd. Sydney. 1992. 1st Ed. No pagination, 8 PP with 2 b/w and 14 colour photos, plus 4 interpolary translucid sheets with watermarks. Pictorial soft covers. Fine. 29.7 x 21.
History, chronology ... including the pleasure cruises in Sydney Harbour with Matilda Cruises.
68960 NAVAL ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA WHITE ENSIGN: the National Journal of the Naval Association of Australia - Autumn 1993 - Issue 9301
$5.00 AUD
Naval Association of Australia. Sydney. 1993. Issue 9301, Autumn 1993. Edited by Graham STEVENS. 32 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21.
The River Plate, Cumberland and Graf Spey, by Peter Lockhart. The Voyages of Captain Cook - First Voyage,
68962 NAVAL ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA WHITE ENSIGN: the National Journal of the Naval Association of Australia - December 1995 - Issue 9504
$5.00 AUD
Naval Association of Australia. Sydney. 1993. Issue 9504, Summer 1995. 32 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 29.8 x 21.
The British Pacific Fleet: The Forgotten Navy, by Alan Zammit.
The Naval Review. London. 2000. July 2000. Edited by Rear Admiral Richard Hill. 197-201-298, (10) PP. Soft cover. Covers lightly rubbed. Very good. 20.8 x 14.5.
The German Navy in the Pacific, by Commander J. Lennox-King, RNZN.
16287 NEALE, Ralph P. JOLLY DOGS ARE WE - The History of Yachting in Victoria
$15.00 AUD
Landscape Publications. Melbourne. 1984. 1st Ed. VIII, 338 PP with b/w illustrations, plus 14 pages with 11 colour plates. Eps: Bird's eye view of Melbourne & Hobson's Bay. Cloth cover, dj. Occasional foxing. Fine. 28.5 x 21.5. 959087605
16860 NEILLANDS, Robin BY SEA AND LAND, The Royal Marines Commandos, A History 1942-1982
$15.00 AUD
Weidenfeld & Nicolson. London. 1987. 1st Ed. XVIII, 269 PP with 6 full-page maps in text plus 16 pages with 36 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Light foxing around outside edges, o/wise near fine. 24 x 15.8. 0297790641
Brief history of the Sea Soldiers 1604 to 1942, followed by the operations from the Dieppe Raid to the Falklands War.
69855 NEWALL, Peter CAPE TOWN SHIPPING
$50.00 AUD
Blackdog Press. London. 2000. 1st Ed. 112 PP with 198 b/w and 16 colour photos. Half title page: Liner Hamburg. Fp: Holland Africa's liner Randfontein. Laminated pictorial boards. Fine. 30.2 x 21.6. 0953939103
64405 NUNAN, Peter HMAS DIAMANTINA. Australia's last River Class Frigate, 1945-1980
$60.00 AUD
Slouch Hat Publications. McCrae, Vic. 2005. 1st Ed. 160 PP with b/w illustrations (documents, maps, photos). Fp: Most of HMAS Diamantina crew, October 1945. Pictorial soft cover. Dedicatory note by the author to Doctor Rod McLeod of the Queensland Maritime Museum on title page. Fine. 24.5 x 17. 0957975279
From warship to oceanographic research vessel.
70020 OCHERT, Morris AN AUSTRALIAN'S PERSPECTIVE ON THE MERCHANT NAVY IN WORLD WAR II
$25.00 AUD
Author. Brisbane. 2001. 1st Ed. VI, 46 PP, plus 4 pages with 9 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Signed by the author on title page. Fine. 20.5 x 14.5.
53666 OEHME, R. A FRENCH WORLD ATLAS OF THE 18TH CENTURY: THE ATLAS GENERAL OF G. L. LE ROUGE (In Imago Mundi, a review of Early Cartography)
$10.00 AUD
Nico Israel. Amsterdam. 1971. Article removed from issue 25. Pages 55 to 64. Soft cover, plastic cover, clear plastic front, spiral bound. Fine. 28.7 x 20.6.
19964 ORBELL, John, GREEN, Edwin & MOSS, Michael. FROM CAPE TO CAPE - The History of Lyle Shipping
$20.00 AUD
Paul Harris. Edinburgh. 1978. 1st Ed. XIII, 239 PP with graphs, tables, and numerous b/w illust. Title spread: Three masted iron ship "Cape Sable I". Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing. Near fine. 24.5 x 18.5. 090450526X
The 200 year history of this shipping line trading worldwide from its base in the West of Scotland.
68159 ORIENT LINE RECORDS OF A VOYAGE - S.S. ORCADES, Cruise to the Mediterranean 1939
$150.00 AUD
Orient Steam Navigation Co. London. 1939. Folder "Cruise to the Mediterranean (20th April to 12th May) 1939" with 2 pockets. Left pocket with 1 "Passenger List & General Information", 11 folded 'Information for Cruise and Ports of Call" (Sports & Entertainments - Malta - Alexandria - Port Said - Beyrout & Damascus - Alexandretta / Iskanderun & tour to Aleppo & Antioch - Famagusta - Algiers - Gibraltar + Gibraltar Tourist Bureau - Southampton). Right pocket with 6 folded "Port Information" (4 pages each, plus a map/plan) for: Algiers - Malta - Beyrout, Baalbeck & Damascus - Alexandretta, Aleppo and Antioch - Famagusta & Cyprus - Athens - Gibratar. 1 folded "An Animal Guessing Competition. 1 folded Certificate for Musical Guessing Competition - Folded Menu dated 7th May 1939 illustration of S.S. Garonne (the ship that made the first Orient Line Cruise in 1889). Cloth covers. Very good. Scarce. 21 x 14.7.
69375 OUGHTRED, Iain (editor) WOODEN BOATBUILDING IN BRITAIN - A Guide to Designers, Builders & Suppliers
$20.00 AUD
Nautical Books / Conway Maritime. London. 1986. 1st Ed. 192 PP with b/w illustrations (line drawings, plans and photos). Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 24.6 x 19. 0851773702
69801 PADFIELD, Peter MARITIME DOMINION and the Triumph of the Free World - Naval Campaigns that Shaped the Modern World 1852-2001
$20.00 AUD
The Overlook Press. New York. 2010. 1st US edition. XIV, 369 PP with 4 maps and 4 battle diagrams, plus 16 pages with 41 b/w illustrations. Hard cover, dj. Remainder mark on lower outside edge. Near fine. 23.5 x 16. 9781590203323
70131 PASH, Chris THE LAST WHALE
$15.00 AUD
Fremantle Press. Fremantle, WA. 2008. 1st Ed. 223, (1 colophon) PP with 51 b/w photos. Pictorial soft covers. Near fine. 19.8 x 12.7. 9781921361487
Last days of whaling in Western Australia.
48568 PATERSON, Lance WRECK-OLLECTIONS: SHIPS AND SHIPWRECKS IN QUEENSLAND WATERS - Volume 1
$55.00 AUD
Helen Kershaw Editing Services. Caloundra, Qld. 2003. 1st Ed. XII, 203 PP with 4 maps and 171 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.3 x 20.6. 0646417576
69800 PATERSON, Lance WRECK-OLLECTIONS: SHIPS AND SHIPWRECKS IN QUEENSLAND WATERS - Volume 4
$60.00 AUD
Author. Caloundra, Qld. 2018. 1st Ed. (XI), 101 PP with 2 maps, 58 b/w illustrations (drawings, engravings, photos) and 25 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.4 x 20.6. 9780646987378
72306 PATERSON, Lance WRECK-OLLECTIONS: SHIPS AND SHIPWRECKS IN QUEENSLAND WATERS - Volume 2
$40.00 AUD
Author. Caloundra, Qld. 2008. 1st Ed. (XII), 173 PP with 4 maps and over 170 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft covers with some wear and a few creases, o/wise contents fine. Scarce. 29.4 x 20.6. 9780646480473
64994 PEARN, John & O'CARRIGAN, Catherine (editors) AUSTRALIA'S QUEST FOR COLONIAL HEALTH. Some Influences on Early Health and Medicine in Australia
$25.00 AUD
Department of Child Health, Royal Children's Hospital. Brisbane. 1983. 1st Ed. (2), XII, 304 PP with 4 head pieces, 1 map, 1 plan and 18 b/w illustrations (facsimile of documents, photos, portraits). Pictorial soft cover. Covers lightly soiled. Signed by both authors / editors on title page. Near fine. 21.2 x 15. 0877760796
Chapter 1: the medical men of the First Fleet, by Noel Dan. Chapter 2: Medical aspects of the Second Fleet, by Mervyn Cobcroft... Chapter 5: French Doctors at Sydney Cove. Gallic contact in the second decade after Phillip....
69799 PEREIRA, W. D. BOAT IN THE BLUE - The wartime story of an RAF Air Sea Rescue crew and their boat
$30.00 AUD
Line One Publishing. Cheltenham, Glos. 1985. 1st Ed. Foreword by Group Captain L. R. Flower. 208 PP with b/w illustrations: 3 set of line drawings and 29 photos. Hard cover, dj. Foxing spots on top outside edge, o/wise fine. 21.7 x 15. 0907036228
69951 PLOWMAN, Peter WANGANELLA AND THE AUSTRALIAN TRANS-TASMAN LINERS
$50.00 AUD
Rosenberg / Transpress NZ. Sydney. 2009. 1st Ed. 188 PP with 23 colour and over 125 b/w illustrations (menus, programs, paintings, plans & photos). Fp: Advertisements for travel by Huddart Parker Line. Pictorial soft cover. Dedicatory note to previous owner signed by the author on title page. Fine. 28.5 x 21. 9781877058806
69956 PLOWMAN, Peter ACROSS THE PACIFIC: LINERS FROM AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND TO NORTH AMERICA
$70.00 AUD
Rosenberg. Sydney. 2010. 1st Ed. 272 PP with around 200 b/w illustrations (line drawings, plans, maps, photos) and 32 colour illustrations. Title page: Line drawing of "Mariposa". Frontispiece: Aorangi. Pictorial soft cover. Dedicatory note to previous owner signed by the author on half title page. Fine. 28.5 x 21. 9781877058967
74545 PLOWMAN, Piers & CARD, Stephen J. QUEEN OF BERMUDA and the Furness Bermuda Line
$200.00 AUD
Bermuda Maritime Museum Press. Bermuda. 2002. Deluxe edition. Foreword by Allan Davidson. 288 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (artworks, ephemera, paintings, posters, photos ...), plus a large folded plate with a colour drawing "Queen of Bermuda", by Enrico Repeto. Eps (in colour): cutaway and model of Queen of Bermuda. Hard cover, simile leather, gilt title on front board and spine, protected by a similar slipcase. Fine. Scarce. 32 x 24. 0921560109
46628 POIRIER, Nicolas LES BALEINIERS FRANCAIS EN NOUVELLE-ZELANDE. Des ambitions coloniales de la Monarchie de Juillet dans le Pacifique
$75.00 AUD
Les Indes Savantes. Paris. 2003. 1st Ed. Preface by Jacques Weber. 172, (2) PP with 2 crests, 7 maps and many tables, plus 12 pages with 6 b/w and 13 colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 24 x 16. 2846540314
French whaling in the Pacific, and attempt to create a French settlement in New Zealand.
69996 POLO, Marco THE TRAVELS OF MARCO POLO, with an introduction by John Masefield
$20.00 AUD
Heron Books. London. circa 1970. XVI, 461 PP, including Appendix and Index plus 9 b/w plates. Blue leatherette covers with gilt decoration on front cover and spine. Near fine. 20.5 x 12.5.
48665 PRADO Y TOVAR, Don Diego NEW LIGHT ON THE DISCOVERY OF AUSTRALIA, As Revealed by the Journal of Captain Don Diego de Prado Y Tovar
$150.00 AUD
Henry Stevens. London. 1930. 1st edition. Edited by Henry Stevens, with annotated translation from the Spanish by George F. Barwick. XII, 262, (2 publications) PP with 1 map and 2 facsimile of documents, plus 2 folded maps in text and 2 large folded maps in rear pocket. Cloth cover, gilt engraved front cover and spine. Top edge gilt. Covers with a few light marks, light foxing around edges of prelims and a small repaired tear at the bottom of the ffep, o/wise a near fine copy. 22.5 x 15.2.
63109 PURCHASE, Peter THE ALBATROSS NECKLACE - The Last Voyage of the Zuytdorp
$35.00 AUD
Dune Publishing. Perth. 2013. Reprint of the 2012 original. VI, 408 PP with 1 chart on double page (journey of the Zuytdorp 1711-12, 2 b/w illustrations and 2 colour photos- head of each major part). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21.7 x 14.5. 9780957736412
Historical novel. Published in 2012 to mark the tricentenary of the June 1712 wreck of the VOC ship "Zuytdorp" on the cliffs north of Kalbarri, Western Australia.
48046 PYBUS, Cassandra & MAXWELL-STEWART, Hamish AMERICAN CITIZENS, BRITISH SLAVES: Yankee Political Prisoners in an Australian Penal Colony 1839-1850
$30.00 AUD
Melbourne University Press. Melbourne. 2002. 1st Ed. XVI, 270 PP with 6 figures (3 maps and 3 drawings / plans), plus 12 pages with 22 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 23.4 x 15.5. 0522850278
Almost 100 American Patriots were deported to Van Diemens Land, for helping French Canadian (Upper Canada) fight British oppression.
69978 QUARRELL, Avis Touring The SHIPWRECK COAST
$10.00 AUD
Covell Publications. Warrnambool, Vic. 1990. 1st Ed. 24 PP with 16 drawings and 55 colour photos. Inside back cover: map of the shipwreck coast with 2 location maps. Pictorial card covers. Fine. 29.7 x 21. 0949068152
69486 R.M.S. QUEEN MARY Post Card "R.M.S. QUEEN MARY"
$20.00 AUD
Cunard White Star Line. London. 1936. Recto: colorized lithography of "The Cunard White Star R.M.S. QUEEN MARY", by Frank H. Mason. Verso: "Correspondence & For Address Only. Near fine. Oblong format: 8.9 x 14.
Correspondence with only the signature of sender to Addressee. Hidden meaning to the addressee (a young Miss in Sydney): "He loves me".
58245 RAISON, E. T. (Ray) QUEENSCLIFF AS A FISHING PORT
$10.00 AUD
Queenscliff Historical Publications. Point Lonsdale. c. 1990. 1st Ed. 32 PP with 3 plans and 4 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21.2 x 14.6. 0731616715
69935 RANSOME-WALLIS, P. NORTH ATLANTIC PANORAMA 1900-1976
$20.00 AUD
Ian Allan. Shepperton, Middlesex. 1977. 1st edition. 192 PP with bw photos, plus 4 pages with 3 colour illust. Title spread: Queen Elizabeth 2. Half-title page: SS City of Rome of Anchor Line. Hard cover, dj. Occasional foxing on outside edges and on inside of dust jacket. Near fine. 29.8 x 22.2. 0711006261
When passenger liners were providing luxury and safety between the US and Europe.
53770 RAO, Dr. S. R. JOURNAL OF MARINE ARCHAEOLOGY - Volume 1
$20.00 AUD
Society for Marine Archaeology / National Institute of Oceanography. Goa, India. 1990. Volume 1, January 1990. (4), 118, (2) PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 24.7 x 18.5.
Journal for the underwater cultural heritage of the Indian Ocean.
69877 RICE, Tony DO WHALES GET THE BENDS ? - Answers to 118 Fascinating Questions about the Sea
$20.00 AUD
Adlard Coles Nautical. London. 2010. 1st Ed. X, 163 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, sketches and maps). Soft covers, pictorial front. Fine. 23.2 x 15.5. 9781408113264
69499 RICHARDS, Bill & TERRY, Martin WELCOME BATAVIA & COMMERCE AND CONQUEST: The Story of the V.O.C. (Dutch United East India Company) (in Signals No. 49)
$10.00 AUD
Australian National Maritime Museum. Sydney. 1999. Issue No. 49, December 1999 - February 2000. 40 PP. Contains 3 articles pages 4 to 9 with 3 b/w and 10 colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover (Batavia at Lelystad, Netherlands). Fine. 29.6 x 21.
Exhibition held in 2000.
50214 RICKARD, D. R. AUSTRALIA'S NAVY - The First 100 Years. A 365 Day Almanac of Notable Events
$30.00 AUD
Author. Adelaide. 2006. Reprint of the 2005 original. XIV, 140 PP with 3 drawings and 24 b/w photo. Pictorial soft cover. Signed by the author on title page. Fine. 21 x 14.7. 0646451162
69944 RILEY, D. M. & B.H.P. THE IRON SHIPS, A Maritime History of BHP 1885-1992
$90.00 AUD
Brief history of BHP, involvement in shipowning and shipbuilding, followed by the history of their "iron ships", from the Iron Monarch (1917-1928) to the Iron Dampier and Iron Chieftain.
69642 ROBINSON, Charles PROGRES ET RESSOURCES DE LA NOUVELLE GALLES DU SUD
$20.00 AUD
Thomas Richards, Imprimeur du Gouvernement. Sydney. 1878. 1st French edition, translated by E. Marin La Meslée. 24 PP. Soft cover, sewn. French text. Very good. 21 x 13.8.
The Progress and Resources of New South Wales. Ferguson: No. 14992.
70071 ROGERS, Stanley MODERN PIRATES
$20.00 AUD
Blackie & Son. London. 1939. 1st Ed. 224 PP, plus 4 b/w plates illustrated by the author. Fp: "Spray" pursued by the Felucca. Cloth cover. Name of previous owner at top of half title page and prize plate on front endpaper. Foxing. Very good. 18.7 x 13.
69967 ROSE, Kurt THE ISLANDS OF THE SULU SEA
$15.00 AUD
The Glencannon Press. Palo Alto, Ca., USA. 1993. 1st Ed. (8), 216 PP with 2 maps, 11 b/w photos and 19 drawings. Pictorial card cover. Foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 22.7 x 14.7. 0963758616
Voyage from Hamburg to the Far East on the German cargo ship Eta Rickmers. Jumped ship in Vladivostok, later joined the Gospel Ship Fukuin Maru registered in Boston... Sailing the China and Sulu Seas.
45134 ROSKILL, Capt. S. W. A MERCHANT FLEET IN WAR - Alfred Holt & Co. 1939-1945
$50.00 AUD
Collins. London. 1963. 3rd impression in May 1963 of the September 1962 original. XIV, 352 PP. FEP: The Alfred Holt Fleet, Ships Sunk in the War of 1939-1945. REP: General plan of M/V Priam. Red cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price clipped). A few small nicks/chips in the dust jacket, o/wise near fine. 22.8 x 14.5.
The long and ferocious struggle for seaborne supplies on the ships of the Holt Line. Loss of 44 owned and 8 managed ships, including Centaur off the coast of Queensland and 4 French ships.
68939 ROSS, Bob LASER WORLDS: The Legend Legends (in Australian Sailing, June 1993)
$5.00 AUD
Australian Sailing. Sydney. 1993. June 1993 issue, edited by Bob Ross. 76 PP. Contains article from P.37 to 43, plus 70 pages with 2 b/w and 8 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover (Diamond classer Saltash II). Near fine. 27.5 x 21.
The 1993 Laser Worlds and Laser Masters Worlds, in Auckland, NZ.
69379 ROUSMANIERE, John "FASTNET FORCE 10"
$5.00 AUD
W. W. Norton. New York. 1993. 1st paperback edition of the 1980 original. 287 PP with 4 maps & 64 b/w photos. Title spread: Fastnet Rock, August 14 1979. Half title page: Satellite photo of the eastern North Atlantic Ocean. Soft cover, illustrated front. Fine. 22.7 x 15.2. 0393308650
The 1979 Fastnet Yacht Race. 303 vessels, the Atlantic storm with several yachts sunk with 15 fatalities. Rescue by the RN, RAF, Coastguard, Lifeboatmen..
61935 ROWE, Captain V.J. (Editor) JOURNAL OF THE COMPANY OF MASTER MARINERS OF AUSTRALIA - Volume XXV
$10.00 AUD
Federal Court of the Company of Master Mariners of Australia. Sydney. 1961. October 1961. Edited by Captain V.J. ROWE. 120 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Title of article "Henry the Navigator", hand writtten on front cover by Captain Brett Hilder. Very good. 22 x 14.
Henry the Navigator, by Brett Hilder. ... Pages 35 to 55: Captured by Moorish Pirates.
54324 ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY THE GEOGRAPHICAL JOURNAL - Volume: 132 - 1966 (in 4 parts)
$40.00 AUD
Royal Geographical Society. London. 1966. Annual edition. Vol. 132, issues Part 1 (March 1966) to Part 4 (December 1966). Edited by L.P. KIRWAN. L (advertisements), 616 PP, (6 contents), plus plates with b/w photos and maps (some in colour). Original soft cover. Foxing. Very good. 24.5 x 15.5.
Vol. 132. Part 1: The Welsh Colony in Patagonia, 1865-1885, by E. G. Bowen. Part 2: Climate in the 1960's: World Wind circulation..., by H. H. Lamb. Socotra: Island of Bliss, by P. G. Boxhall. Part 3: Easter Island People, by Peter Beighton. Part 4: A Year with the Russians in Antarctica, by Charles Swithinbank.
54337 ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY THE GEOGRAPHICAL JOURNAL - Volume: 141 - 1975 (in 3 parts)
$40.00 AUD
Royal Geographical Society. London. 1975. Annual edition. Vol. 141, issues Part 1 (March 1975) to Part 3 (November 1975). Edited by Sir Laurence KIRWAN. XXXVI (advertisements), 538 PP, (6 contents), plus plates with b/w photos and maps. Original soft cover. Foxing. Very good. 24.5 x 15.5.
Vol. 141. Part 1: For Galapagos Islands, by P. R. Grant. Part 2: Thomas Baines 1820-1875, by Helen Luckett. Part 3: Captain William Smith and the discovery of the New South Shetland, by A. G. E. Jones.
61515 ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY THE GEOGRAPHICAL JOURNAL - Volume: LXXIX, No. 3
$10.00 AUD
Royal Geographical Society. London. 1932. Vol. LXXIX, No. 3, March 1932. Edited by Arthur R. HINKS. XII (advertisements), 161-256 PP with figures (drawings, maps, sketches), plus 10 plates with graphs, 2 plans & 15 b/w photos and a large folded map "Surveys and Soundings of the R.R.S. Discovery II, 1929-30". Original soft cover. Occasional foxing. Near fine. 24.5 x 15.5.
Vol.LXXIX - No. 3: The Basin of the River Parana (continued), by W.S. Barclay. Speeches at the unveiling of the Shackleton Memorial. The Voyage of the R.R.S. Discovery II, by Dr. Stanley Kemp. Tidal Observations on the Great Barrier Reef expedition, by Michael Spender.
54509 RUDENNO, Victor GALLIPOLI: Attack from the Sea
$30.00 AUD
University of New South Wales Press. Sydney. 2008. 1st Ed. X, 338 PP with 9 maps and 11 tables, plus 16 pages with 17 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 23.5 x 15.3. 9781921410598
The Navy's presence at Gallipoli. An account of the complete Allied submarine and related German U-boat activity, analysis of the strategies and actions of all land, sea and air forces.
69509 Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs AGREEMENT ESTABLISHING THE SOUTH PACIFIC COMMISSION (with Resolution concerning Immediate Projects) - Canberra, 6th February, 1947
$100.00 AUD
Parliament / His Majesty's Stationery Office. London. 1947. Miscellaneous No. 9 (1947) - Cmd. 7104, 4/47. 12 PP. Staples removed. Near fine. 24.5 x 15.3.
14841 SHAW, Henry I. Junior TARAWA: A Legend is Born
$5.00 AUD
Macdonald. London. 1969. 1st UK edition, in Purnell's History of WWII - Battle book No.8. 160 PP with b/w illust. (maps & photos). Pictorial soft cover. Spine sunned, o/wise very good. 21 x 13.8. 356029654
The atoll of Betio secured by the US Marines in 76 hours in November 1943.
S. A. Department of Environment and Planning. Adelaide. 1987. 24 PP (unnumbered) with 2 maps, 11 different forms of rig, and 57 b/w illustrations (engravings, photos). Inside front cover: Map of SE South Australia. Pictorial soft cover. Some old damp marks on front edge and page margins and covers, o/wise very good. 29.8 x 20.8. 0724344209
Legislation relating to shipwrecks and 22 historic shipwrecks of the South Australian coast.
63694 SILVER, Lynette Ramsay THE HEROES OF RIMAU - Unravelling the mystery of one of World War II's most daring raids
$60.00 AUD
Sally Milner. Sydney. 1990. 1st Ed. (6), 314 PP with 8 maps, plus 24 pages with 50 b/w photos. Eps: Plan "Z", top secret, operation Rimau. Hard cover, dj. Signature of previous owner on front endpaper. Dedicatory note on title page dated and signed by the author. Spine of dust jacket lightly sunned. Faint foxing, o/wise fine. Scarce. 24.2 x 16.2. 1863510184
Raid at the end of 1944 against Japanese shipping in Singapore Harbour.
19470 SIMPSON, Colin & ANGELOGLOU, Christopher SIR FRANCIS CHICHESTER - VOYAGE OF THE CENTURY
$5.00 AUD
Sphere Books. London. 1967. 1st edition by Sphere Books. 112 PP with 1 world map, 2 plans of Gipsy Moth IV, 16 colour & 66 b/w photos. Paperback (rubbed at hinges). Very good. 17.8 x 10.7.
69462 SMITH, David E. TALL SHIPS ON CAMERA: The Photographs of David E. Smith
$15.00 AUD
National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside. Liverpool. 1992. 1st Ed., with an introduction by David Williams. 64 PP with b/w illustrations (1 portrait and 49 photos of tall ships). Pictorial card cover. Near fine. 29.7 x 21. 0906367557
Catalogue of an exhibition held in 1992 to celebrate the 500th anniversary of Columbus voyage of Discovery to the Americas.
62539 SMYTHE, Mrs S. M. TEN MONTHS IN THE FIJI ISLANDS
$200.00 AUD
John Henry and James Parker. Oxford & London. 1864. 1st Ed, with a Preface, an Introduction and Appendix by Colonel W. J. Smythe. X, XVIII, (II), 282 PP with 4 engraved maps (2 folding) by Arrowsmith, 4 chromolithographs, 6 tinted wood-engraved plates, & 3 wood-engraved text illustrations. Fp (in colour): Levuka on the island of Ovalau. Green cloth covers, gilt title on spine. Light shelf wear of covers with a few small rubs. Front endpaper split at gutter. Occasional foxing, o/wise contents clean and a near fine copy. Scarce. 23 x 15.
An important account in the form of 20 letters covering the voyages, islands, people ... Coaling Station on Rapa Iti (Oparo). Mrs. Smythe accompanied her husband, Colonel Smythe who was sent to Fiji to study the area and report to the British Government on the suitability of establishing a protectorate there.
69818 SOMNER, Graeme BEN LINE
$85.00 AUD
Ships in Focus Publications. Preston, UK. 2009. 1st Ed. Foreword by W. R. E. Thomson. 236 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (map, plans, photos and 10 Flags and Funnels). Laminated pictorial boards. Fine. 30.2 x 21.5. 9781901703542
53664 SOUCEK, S. The 'ALI MACAR REIS ATLAS' and the DENIZ KITABI: Their Place in the Genre of Portolan Charts and Atlases (In Imago Mundi, a review of Early Cartography)
$10.00 AUD
Nico Israel. Amsterdam. 1971. Article removed from issue 25. Pages 17 to 27 with 5 figures (Portolan Charts). Soft cover, plastic cover, clear plastic front, spiral bound. Fine. 28.7 x 20.6.
61979 SOULAIRE, Dr. Jacques, BONNEL, Ulane & RANDIER Jean BALEINES / PECHE A LA BALEINE (in Neptunia - No 94)
$15.00 AUD
Paris. 1969. Les Amis du Musée de la Marine. Extracts from issue 94, (printemps 1969). 1-23 PP with b/w illustrations. Soft cover. French text. Near fine. 27 x 21.
La pêche à la baleine en France, by Dr. Soulaire. Les Quakers, pêcheurs de baleine à Dunkerque et Lorient, by Ulane Bonnell. Yankee whalers, les baleines d' Amèrique / La pêche à la baleine aujourd'hui, by Jean Randier.
70090 STANFORD, Don ILE DE FRANCE, A Biography
$40.00 AUD
Cassell. London. 1960. 1st Ed. (8), 185, (3) PP with 2 maps on double page The Journeys of the Ile de France: 1940-1942 and 1943-1946, plus 24 pages with 45 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Name of previous owner at top of front endpaper. Foxing throughout (heavy on a few pages). Still a very good copy. Scarce. 22.2 x 14.5.
The 32 years of this luxurious passenger ship, in peace and at war (troop transport). After joining the Free French, voyages from Australia in 1941, 1942 & 1943. Rescue of the 754 passengers of the Andrea Doria.
15748 STEVEN, Margaret FIRST IMPRESSIONS, The British Discovery of Australia
$10.00 AUD
British Museum. London. 1988. 1st Ed. 96 PP with b/w & colour illust. Hard cover, dj. Light foxing on endpapers, o/wise near fine. 22 x 22. 0565010662
Catalogue of an exhibition which travelled Australia at the time of its bicentennial. European exploration of the Pacific, the voyage of the Endeavour, ...
68376 STODDART, Michael TASSIE'S WHALE BOYS - Whaling in Antarctic Waters
$30.00 AUD
40 / Forty South Publishing. Hobart. 2017. 1st edition with a foreword by Nick Gales. XV, 192 PP with tables, b/w or colour illustrations. FEP: The Antarctic Continent (in colour). REP: Map of the Ross Sea (in colour). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 25 x 17.5. 9780995408227
69909 STONE, Ben & D'SOUZA, Javie (editors) D-DAY AND NORMANDY, 6 JUNE 1944
$10.00 AUD
Blitz Publications / Pen & Sword Military Books Melbourne. 2009. 1st Australian edition. "Commemorative Collector's" series, Part Five. 100 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.7 x 21.
D-Day landings.
48717 SWALE, Rosie BACK TO CAPE HORN
$10.00 AUD
Collins. London. 1986. 1st Ed. 223 PP with 6 maps, plus 8 pages with 15 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Spine of cover lightly faded. Near fine. 23.8 x 16. 002174154
Horse riding through Chile, from the Antofagasta to Cape Horn and beyond.
53806 TATE, D. J. M. (compiler) RAJAH BROOKE'S BORNEO
$35.00 AUD
John Nicholson Ltd. Hong Kong. 1989. 2nd impression of the 1988 original. (6), 114 PP with b/w illustrations, plus 16 pages with 7 colour plates. Title spread: The Natives of Borneo. Laminated pictorial boards, dj. Dust jacket with short closed tears, o/wise fine. Oblong: 22.3 x 27.5. 09623280017
The Nineteenth century world of Pirates and Head-hunters, Orang Utan and Hornbills, and other such rarities as seen through the Illustrated London News and other contemporary sources.
69998 THOMAS, Gomer (1917-1937) & ANNAND, David (1930-1934) WE WENT TO SEA IN BROCKLEBANKS OF LIVERPOOL
$20.00 AUD
Artist's Valley Press. Wales. No date. c. 1988. 44 PP (typescript) with 33 b/w photos. Stapled pictorial wrappers with light soiling and wear, a few hand-written annotations, o/wise very good. 29.5 x 21.
14793 THOMAS, Stephen D. THE LAST NAVIGATOR
$15.00 AUD
Hutchinson / A Paul Sidey Book. London. 1987. 1st Ed. (12), 308 PP with 1 map on double pages and 18 sketch-maps and drawings, plus 8 pages with 14 colour photos. Title spread: stars. Hard cover, cloth spine, dj. Occasional foxing spots, o/wise near fine. 23.5 x 16. 0091726131
Part adventure story, part traveller's tale and serious scientific inquiry.
30794 TODD, Nigel & ROSS, Brian AMERICA'S CUP 83 - The Official Advance Australia Souvenir Edition
$5.00 AUD
Sea Spray Group. Sydney. 1983. 1st Ed., introduction by Sir James Hardy. (24 adv.), 62, (2 adv.) PP with plans, b/w and colour photos. Pictorial soft cover (slightly rubbed). Very good. 30 x 20.8. 0959249997
20439 TORRANCE, William STEAMERS ON THE RIVER - From Ipswich to the Sea
$10.00 AUD
Author. Brisbane. 1986. 1st Ed. XIV, 278 PP with bw illust. Title page: Federal steamer Devon in the Hamilton Reach. Fp: City of Brisbane. Eps: South Brisbane Reach in 1880. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 30.5 x 21.5. 0959144900
Illustrated account of the activities of steamers on the river and the bay of Brisbane between WWI & WWII.
47597 TUNLEY, Roul SECRETS FROM A TIME SHIP
$20.00 AUD
Reader's Digest Association Ltd. London. 1982. Reprint from British Reader' Digest. 8 PP with 10 colour photos by Adam Woodfitt. Pictorial soft cover (illustration by James Leech). 1 colour photo, 4 colour postcards and 3 folded flyers loosely inserted. Fine. 18.5 x 13.2.
60901 TURNBULL, Henry LEICHHARDT'S SECOND JOURNEY - A First-Hand Account
$15.00 AUD
Halstead. Sydney. 1983. 1st edition, with a foreword by Bruce Pratt, and illustrated by F. J. Broadhurst. (6), 58 PP with 1 map and 5 illustrations (on full page). Fp: Portrait. Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing, o/wise fine. 22.8 x 16.8. 0909134308
Exploration in the interior of Queensland 1846-47.
32153 TURNER, W. J. (editor) BRITISH ADVENTURE
$25.00 AUD
Collins. London. 1947. 1st Ed., in the Britain in Pictures Guinea volumes series. Introduction by Nigel Tangye. 324 PP with 120 b/w illustrations, and 48 colour plates. Cloth cover, gilt device and title on spine, dj (price clipped). A little light foxing, mostly on prelims and on outside page edges, o/wise near fine. 23 x 16.5.
British Merchant Adventurers, by Maurice Collis. British Polar explorers, by Admiral Sir Edward Evans. British Seamen, by David Mathew...
69805 US NAVY "Welcome Aboard!": USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN 72) - The Legend
$20.00 AUD
US Navy. Washington. c. 2000. 2000 edition. No pagination. 20 PP with 4 b/w photos and colour illustrations (11 artworks at centrefold and 36 photos). Soft cover, pictorial front with gilt illustration and title "Welcome Aboard! - The Legend". Near fine. 27.8 x 21.5
Keel laid in November 1984. Commissioned in 1989. ... published at the time of RIMPAC 2000, prior to WESTPAC 2000 (deployment in the Western Pacific and Arabian Gulf).
69472 VAN DE STADT, E.G. CATALOGUE OF YACHT PLANS and information concerning building methods
$20.00 AUD
Wormerveer, Netherlands. 1st Ed. Introduction by Cees W. Van Tongeren. 52 PP with b/w illustrations (sketches, plans and photos) and colour photo at centrefold of the 18 m (60 ft) Australian "SKOPE 59". Soft cover, illustrated front. Fine. 29.7 x 20.8
22195 VAN DER MOLEN, S. J. THE LUTINE TREASURE, The 150-year search for gold in the wreck of the frigate Lutine
$20.00 AUD
Adlard Coles. London. 1970. 1st English edition translated from the Dutch original. 168 PP, plus 16 pages with 28 b/w illustrations. Eps: Line drawing of la Lutine frigate. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket with repaired tear and protective sleeve. Near fine. 22.2 x 14.5. 0229974821
La Lutine captured from the French in 1793, sunk off Tershelling in 1799. Its famous bell was recovered in 1858 and is still in use in the Underwriters' Room at Lloyds.
69565 VERCOE, H.J. CATAMARANS - A Summary of their features, their use and current design knowledge
$40.00 AUD
The British Ship Research Association. Wallsend, Tyne & Wear. 1977. September 1977 edition. B.S.R.A. Technical Memorandum, T.M. No. 527. (4), 42 PP with 8 figures (No. 6 to 13), plus 7 pages with 7 figures (No. 1 to 5b.) with 1 artwork and 6 b/w photos. Hard cover, laminated boards, illustrated front. Stamp of the Library Board of W.A. at top of contents page and a small rubbed patch on inside front cover. An otherwise fine copy. 29.7 x 20.2.
13786 VICTOR, Frances Fuller FLOTSAM AND JETSAM OF THE PACIFIC
$5.00 AUD
Ye Galleon. Fairfield, Wa., USA. 1994. Reprint of the 1901 edition by the Oregon Historical Quarterly. 24 PP. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 22.8 x 15.2. 0877705453
Tales of ocean life and trade to the Columbia River and the Oregon coast by Captain Francis A. Lemont while serving on board the Owyhee, the Sultana and the May Dacre.
12912 VIGOUROUX, Louis L'EVOLUTION SOCIALE EN AUSTRALASIE
$50.00 AUD
Librairie Armand Colin. Paris. 1902. 1st Ed. (Bibliothèque du Musée Social). IX, (2), 441 PP, (2 adv.) with tables in text plus a very nice folded colour map of Australia and New Zealand at rear of book. Rebacked copy with original front and back cover pasted down. Old water stain on FFEP. Otherwise, apart from light foxing on prelims, very clean internally with pages largely uncut. French text. 18.5 x 12.
Includes sections on the penal settlements of New South Wales, the colonisation of South-east Australia and New Zealand, the squatters, the gold-rush, the labour movement, class differences, private enterprise and the states, unemployment... Even includes a chapter on the Colonie Ouvrière de Leongatha in Victoria. A very interesting and scarce book.
44687 WALLACE, Colin THE LOST AUSTRALIA OF FRANCOIS PERON
$85.00 AUD
Nottingham Court Press. London. 1984. 1st Ed. (14), III, (3), 166, (18 bibliography, appendix, index) PP with 8 b/w illustrations, plus 10 pages with 9 b/w illustrations. Fp: François Péron. Cloth cover, dj. Fine/as new condition. 24.6 x 17.2. 0906691966
58283 WARREN, James Francis IRANUN AND BALANGINGI: Globalization, Maritime Raiding and the Birth of Ethnicity
$25.00 AUD
Singapore University Press. Singapore. 2002. 1st Ed. XXII, 585 PP with 3 tables, 6 maps, and 27 b/w illustrations. Inside front cover: Iranun Sea Raider. Inside back cover: Attack on the Island and Fort of Balangingi. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 22.6 x 15.2. 9971692422
16839 WATTS, Anthony J. (editor) WARSHIPS AND NAVIES 1973
$10.00 AUD
Ian Allan. London. 1972. 1st Ed. 136 PP with 13 colour photos, 116 b/w photos & paintings and 2 line drawings. Fp: Harrier hovering above Ark Royal. Hard cover, dj. Very good. 24.2 x 18. 0711003858
51024 WEBER, Thérèse & WATSON, Jeanie (editors) COOK'S PACIFIC ENCOUNTERS: The Cook-Forster Collection of the Georg-August University of Göttingen
$45.00 AUD
National Museum of Australia. Canberra. 2006. 1st Ed., with an introduction by Craddock Morton. XIV, 110 PP with 2 maps in colour (Pacific voyages of Captain Cook, and Polynesian migration routes), b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial card covers. Folded flyer for exhibition and photocopy of press review loosely inserted. Fine. 21.5 x 24. 1876944471
Catalogue of the exhibition held at the National Museum of Australia: 22nd June to 10 September 2006, together with 3 essays. Cook's voyages to the Pacific by Michelle Hetherington. Pacific cultural heritage: the Göttingen Cook-Forster collection by Brigitta Hauser-Schäublin & Gundolf Krüger. Collecting from the Collectors: Pacific islanders and the spoils of Europe, by Jennifer Newell.
53014 WEGENER, Edward THE SOVIET NAVAL OFFENSIVE
$5.00 AUD
Annapolis. c. 1975. Naval Institute Press. 1st US edition of the 1972 original Moskaus Offensive zur See. VIII, (2), 135 PP with 7 maps. Hard cover, dj. Lacks the title page. Very good. 23.5 x 16.
An examination of the strategic role of Soviet naval forces in the east-west conflict.
40647 WILMORE, C. Ray SQUARE RIGGER ROUND THE HORN - The Making of a Sailor
$45.00 AUD
International Marine. Camden, Maine. 1972. 1st Ed. (6), 220, (4) PP with 1 facsimile of "Certificate of Discharge" and 7 b/w photos. Fp: The "John Ena". Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price-clipped and a little rubbed). Near fine. 23.2 x 15.7. 0877420165
Voyage from Honolulu to Philadelphia in 1911, on board the four-masted barque "John Ena". Honolulu 14th of May 1911. Cape Horn 30th June. Arrived 27th August 1911.
69381 WOOD, Pamela (editor) THE SALT BOOK - Lobstering, Sea Moss Pudding, Stone Walls, Rum Running, Maple Syrup, Snowshoes, and other Yankee Doings
$20.00 AUD
Anchor Press / Doubleday. New York. 1977. 1st paperback edition. XIV, 430 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, plans, photos). Pictorial soft covers. Slight ageing of paper and foxxing spots on top outside edge. Very good. 23.2 x 15.3. 0385114230
69382 WOOD, Pamela (editor) SALT 2 - Boatbuilding, Sailmaking, Island People, River Driving, Bean Hole Beans, Wooden Paddles, and more Yankee Doings
$20.00 AUD
Anchor Press / Doubleday. New York. 1980. 1st paperback edition. XIV, 433 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, plans, photos). Pictorial soft covers. Front cover with slight rub at top corner. Slight ageing of paper and foxxing spots on top outside edges. Inteernally near fine. 23.2 x 15.3. 0385143478
70021 WOODLEY, A.E. & BOTTERILL, Bob DUKE'S AND ORR'S DRY DOCK, Polly Woodside's Historic Home
$15.00 AUD
Melbourne Maritime Museum / National Trust. Melbourne. 1985. 1st Ed. X, 70 PP with 5 plans & b/w illustrations (engravings & photos). Pictorial stiff cover. Foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 21 x 15. 0909710406
Stories on: Melbourne's old Duke's and Orr's dry dock in the 1940's by a shipwright, and on the River Yarra graving docks between 1865 & 1975.
30031 WRAY, William D. MITSUBISHI AND THE N.Y.K., 1870-1914 - Business Strategy in the Japanese Shipping Industry
$40.00 AUD
Harvard University Press. Cambridge, Mass., USA. 1984. 1st Ed., in the Sub-series on the History of Japanese Business and Industry - Harvard East Asian Monographs No. 108. XX, (2), 672, (5 cat.) PP with 4 maps, 15 figures (7 b/w photos), and 62 tables. Cloth cover, dj. Short note on front endpaper, o/wise fine. 23.4 x 15.7. 0674576659
The origins and institutional growth prior to WWI: Japan's largest industrial group Mitsubishi, and the world's leading shipping enterprise Nippon Yusen Kaisha.