70290 AAMH WHALING - SEALING - Special Issue of THE GREAT CIRCLE, Volume 40, No. 2, 2018
$40.00 AUD
The Australian Association for Maritime History. Perth, W.A. 2018. Special Issue: Vol. 40, No. 2, 2018, edited by Michael McCarthy. X, 155 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial card cover. Fine. 24 x 16.3.
The role of Sealers, Whalers and Aboriginal People in the Exploration of Western Australia, by Ross Anderson. Findings from an Analysis of Data in the British Southern Whale Fishery, by Dale Chatwin. Foundations of the British South Sea Whale Fishery 1763-1785, by Jane Clayton. Three Sydney Whaling Captains of the 1830, by Mark Howard. Australian Sealers in the Antarctic Region 1820-1822, by Michael Pearson. The Whaling Career of Captain Robert Newby: A British Master Whaler in the Pacific, by Rhys Richards & Jocelyn Chisholm.
70258 APPLEYARD, H. S. BANK LINE 1885-1985 and ANDREW WEIR AND COMPANY
$50.00 AUD
World Ship Society. Kendal, UK. 1985. 1st Ed. 176 PP with 198 b/w photos. Fp (in colour): "Forthbank". Inside back cover: 6 Funnels and House Flags (in colour). Pictorial stiff covers with light wear on front (crease and rubbed patch), otherwise contents are near fine. Scarce. 21 x 14.8. 0905617347
Andrew Weir & Co., fleet list of Andrew Weir an Bank Line...
65295 AUGEY, Capitaine de Vaisseau Pierre SOUVENIRS D'UN MARIN DE CINQ "REPUBLIQUES"
$15.00 AUD
Rennes. 2002. Editions du Gerfaut. 1st Ed. 378, (6) PP with drawings by Capitaine de Vaisseau Max-Pierre Moulin., and 5 b/w photos by the author. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Very good. 22 x 14.5. 291462204X
Joined in 1939 the French Navy of the (3rd) French Republic, World War II with Etat Français / Vichy France, and the Free French, then 4th and 5th (French) Republic.
70359 BALLARD, Robert D. & DUNMORE Spencer EXPLORING THE LUSITANIA, Probing the Mysteries of the Sinking That Changed History
$25.00 AUD
Weidenfeld & Nicolson / Madison Books. London / Toronto. 1995. 1st Ed. 228 PP with b/w & colour illustrations, including artworks by Ken Marschall and a large folded profile "Lusitania then". Half-title page: Prewar postcard. Title-page: The Lusitania Bow. Gilt-engraved hard cover & spine, dj. Near fine. 28.7 x 22.5. 0297813145
Her career, her fatal crossing and the controversy surrounding her sinking. Exploration of the wreck.
70215 BATCHELOR, John LADY TREVELYAN and the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
$25.00 AUD
Chatto & Windus. London. 2006. 1st Ed. XVI, 272 PP with facsimile of 2 pages of the handwritten manuscript from Pauline Trevelyan's diaries, plus 8 pages with 15 b/w illustrations. Hard cover, dj. Fine (mint condition). 24 x 16. 978070113043
58083 BATESON, Charles DIRE STRAIT - A History of Bass Strait
$10.00 AUD
BHP / Reed. Sydney. 1973. 1st Ed. 112 PP with b/w & colour illustrations. Laminated pictorial boards, dust jacket with a few small rubs, chips, otherwise near fine. 30 x 21.3. 0589071165
Details the history of Bass Strait: discovery, exploration, sealers, chartmakers, shipwrecks & the more recent oil discoveries.
34569 BATHE. E. W., RUBIN DE CERVIN, G. B. & TAILLEMITE, E. THE GREAT AGE OF SAIL
$20.00 AUD
Edita Lausanne. Lausanne / London. 1967. Reduced, unabridged version of the 1st edition. Translated by Michael Kelly. Edited by Joseph Jobé. 252, (24) PP with b/w and colour illustrations (8 of them folded plates). Hard cover, device on front cover, dj. Dust jacket with small chips. Light foxing, o/wise a very good clean copy. 28.5 x 24.5.
History of the great sailing ships over four centuries. The great maritime powers & their commercial interests.
62465 BATHURST, Bella THE LIGHTHOUSE STEVENSONS - The extraordinary story of the building of the Scottish lighthouses by the ancestors of Robert Louis Stevenson
$15.00 AUD
London. 1999. HarperCollins. 1st soft cover edition. XX, 284 PP with 1 map, plus 16 pages with 23 b/w illustrations. Fp: Map of Scotland waters with positions of lighthouses. Pictorial soft cover. Dedicatory note on half-title page, o/wise near fine. 21.5 x 13.5. 0002571129
70357 BATT, Lofty PIONEERS OF THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY
$20.00 AUD
Author. Sydney. 1967. 1st Ed. 108 PP with 14 b/w illustrations. Stapled soft covers, pictorial front. Front cover repaired. Stamps of the "Naval Historical Society, A.C.T. Chapter" on covers, title page and top margin of 5 other pages. Otherwise contents are near fine. 21.5 x 14.
Humorous authentic stories of men, from Rear Admiral Sir Geo. Patey to Ordinary Seaman Dinkum Minogue, who manned the ships of an infant Navy in peace and war.
10316 BEALE, Edgar KENNEDY OF CAPE YORK
$25.00 AUD
Rigby. Adelaide. 1970. 1st Ed. (12), 282 PP with 6 maps (2 on double page), plus 20 pages with 48 b/w illustrations. Eps: Map of Australia with tracks of Edmund Kennedy's Australian Travels 1840-1848. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. A fine copy. 24 x 16.5. 0851790062
70159 BOWEN, Frank C. THE FLAG OF THE SOUTHERN CROSS, The History of Shaw Savill & Albion Limited 1858-1939
$45.00 AUD
Shaw Savill. London. 1939. 1st Ed., with a preface by the Right Honourable Viscount Runciman of Doxford. (6), 124 PP, XXVIII, (12 pages Index), plus 22 bw illust. on full page. Title page: The Company Flag (in colour). Gilt-engraved blue cloth cover. Ex-libris plate pasted down on inside front cover, light foxing on endpapers, o/wise near fine. Scarce. 22.7 x 15.2.
The close association between the Dominion of New Zealand and the Shaw Savill and Albion Company.
68679 BRINNIN, J. M. (editor) BEAU VOYAGE - Life Aboard the Last Great Ships
$15.00 AUD
Bracken Books. London. 1981. 1st English edition, translated from the 1980 French original "Paquebots: Le temps des traversées" by Richard Miller. 272 PP with 331 b/w photos. Half title page: "Queen Elizabeth", berthing New York. Eps: The "Queen Mary" moving down river to Grennock. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Stamp of "Devonport Maritime Museum & Historical Society" on front endpaper, o/wise near fine. 32.3 x 24. 1851701346
70402 BROOKFIELD, H. C. COLONIALISM, DEVELOPMENT AND INDEPENDENCE - The Case of the Melanesian Islands in the South Pacific
$25.00 AUD
C.U.P. London. 1972. 1st Ed. XVI, 226 PP with 5 figures. Hard cover, dj (price-clipped). Faint foxing, o/wise near fine. 23.5 x 16. 052108590X
A case study of the islands of Melanesia: behavioural understanding of colonialism, prior to Independence.
A. N. M. Hobart. 1988. Commemorative book, with a letter dated July 25 1988, signed by G. F. Gibson, Managing Director. No pagination, 56 PP with 38 b/w and 29 colour photos. Inside covers with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft covers with flaps, title on front cover and spine, contained in a decorated box. Box with slight scratch and rubbed edges. A near fine and scarce item. 30. 26.
36662 CHAPELLE, Howard I. THE AMERICAN FISHING SCHOONERS 1825-1935
$30.00 AUD
W. W. Norton. New York. 1973. 1st Ed. 690 PP with 137 plates, 39 figures and numerous sketch-drawings in the important "Notebook" part of this book. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price clipped). Old tape marks on front and rear endpapers, signature of previous owner on FFEP. Light foxing around outside edges, o/wise a very good clean copy. 24 x 16. 0393031233
The history of the commercial fishing schooner, its development in design, function and construction.
70124 CHEESMAN, Evelyn THINGS WORTH WHILE
$25.00 AUD
Hutchinson. London. 1957. 1st Ed. 330 PP. Fp: Author. Eps: Maps of the Pacific with author's journey. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price clipped). Foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 22 x 14.5.
Reminiscences of an entomologist during scientific surveys to the Galapagos from 1923 to 1925 / French Polynesia 1924-1925 / New Hebrides 1928-1930 and New Caledonia & Lifou 1950-1952 (P.273-308).
56092 CHEEVER, Rev. Henry T. THE WHALE AND HIS CAPTORS; or THE WHALEMAN'S ADVENTURES, and The Whale Biography, as gathered on the homeward cruise of the "Commodore Preble"
$40.00 AUD
Ye Galleon. Fairfield, Wash. 1991. Facsimile reprint of the 1850 original. XIII, 314, (6 publications); 1 (colophon) PP with 34 b/w engravings. Eps: Sperm whale rammed by steam whale chaser. Hard cover, Simile leather, gilt title on front cover and spine. Fine. 23.5 x 15.5. 0877704872
Whaling in the North & South Pacific (including Rimatara Island of the Austral Group) & Atlantic Oceans in 1844 & 1845.
70397 CHICHESTER, Francis GIPSY MOTH CIRCLES THE WORLD
$10.00 AUD
Hodder & Stoughton. London. 1967. 1st Ed. XVI, 269 PP with 7 maps and 5 line drawings, plus 40 pages with 14 colour and 39 b/w photos. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine. Covers partly mottled and a sunned spine. Slight ageing of paper on outside edges. Very good. 23 x 15.
Voyage from England and back with calls at Sydney, round Cape of Good Hope & Cape Horn when he was 65 years of age.
70370 CLIFFORD, Graham NOTES FROM A SKIPPER'S LOG BOOK - An Account of New Zealand's Bay of Islands
$20.00 AUD
Jennifer and Graham Clifford. Russell, Bay of Islands. 1989. Reprint of the 1985 original. 140 PP with b/w illustrations by Michael Nettmann (1 map on double page, 59 line drawings and 3 photos) and 1 colour photo, plus 12 pages with 19 colour photos by Frank Habicht. Pictorial soft cover. Dedicatory note on title page dated and signed by the author. Near fine. 20.8 x 17.
69387 COLLARD, John A MARITIME HISTORY OF RYE
$15.00 AUD
Author. Rye, UK. 1985. 2nd paperback edition of the 1978 original. (14), 153 PP with b/w figures (7 engravings, 16 maps & plans, and 21 photos), plus 3 folded plates for maps 4, 8 and 12. Fp: aerial view of Rye and its Rivers. Pictorial card covers. Fine. 24.5 x 18.5. 0950627623
70412 COLLINGRIDGE, George DISCOVERY OF AUSTRALIA
$20.00 AUD
Golden Press. Sydney. 1989. 1st paperback edition. Reprint of the 1983 "Facsimile Edition" (original of 1895). XV, 376 PP with 87 maps & illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Spine lightly sunned. Near fine. 28 x 21.5. 073020586X
15728 COLWELL, Max THE VOYAGES OF MATTHEW FLINDERS
$20.00 AUD
Hamlyn. Sydney. 1970. 1st Ed. 151 PP, profusely illustrated in b/w and colour. Half title page: Matthew Flinders' statue outside St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne. Fp: Portrait of Matthew Flinders. FEP: Planisphere. REP: Views of Hobart. Hard cover, dj. Foxing spots on top outside edge. Near fine. 29.5 x 21.7. 0600359492
69853 COOPER, Malcolm, HARVEY, Bill & LAXON, Bill GLEN AND SHIRE LINES - A Ships in Focus Fleet History
$60.00 AUD
Ships in Focus Publications. Preston. 2005. 1st Ed. Preface by Roy Fenton. 188 PP with 1 sketch map, 45 colour illustrations (5 funnels and House-Flags, 6 paintings and 34 photos) and 326 b/w photos. Title page: Flintshire. FEP (in colour): Glenorchy. REP (in colour): Glenogle. Laminated pictorial boards. As new. 30.2 x 21.6. 9781901703658
Chronological history of the Glen Line and of the Shire Line. Fleet Lists.
70413 CORBETT, Sir Julian S. NAVAL OPERATIONS - History of the Great War based on Official Documents - Volume II
$20.00 AUD
Naval & Military Press & The Imperial War Museum. London. c. 2009. Paperback reprint of the 2nd edition of 1929. XII, 448 PP with 2 maps "Gallipoli, the southern beaches" in text, plus16 plates (5 of them on double page). Pictorial soft cover. Front cover with a crease. 5 pages with some hightlighting of text. Pictorial soft covers. Very good. 23.5 x 15.5 1843424908
70416 COURSE, A. G. A DICTIONARY OF NAUTICAL TERMS
$25.00 AUD
Arco Publications. London. 1962. 1st Ed. 216 PP with 22 drawings. Hard cover, marbled boards, gilt title on red vignette, lightly soiled and chipped dust jacket. A few small stamps (endpapers and title-page), o/wise contents near fine. 20.3 x 13.5.
A comprehensive work compiled by a seaman for seafarers and landlubbers alike.
69960 COWDEN, James E. THE PRICE OF PEACE - Elder Dempster 1939-1945
$20.00 AUD
Jocast Limited. Liverpool. 1981 1st Ed. 99 PP with 34 b/w photos. Pictorial card cover. Near fine. 20.6 x 13.7. 0950748005
Record of the losses during WWII of this shipping line: 26 vessels, 144,465 gross tons & 478 sea-going personnel.
43116 COWSILL, Miles & HENDY, John THE TOWNSEND THORESEN YEARS 1928 - 1987
$15.00 AUD
Ferry Publications. Kilgetty, UK. 1988. 1st Ed. 56 PP with 9 colour photos & bw illust. (maps, plans, photos). Centrefold: "Pride of Dover". Title page: funnel of "Panther". Inside front cover: "Spirit of Free Enterprise". Pictorial soft cover with a small crease. Name of previous owner on title page, o/wise near fine. 29.6 x 20.8. 0951309307
69838 COX, G. W. BASS STRAIT CROSSING
$50.00 AUD
Melanie Publications. Sandy Bay, Tas. 1986. 1st edition limited to 1000 copies. (12), 371, (3) PP with 6 maps and 81 b/w photos. Eps: TSS Loongana. Cloth cover, dj. Near fine. 25 x 18. 0908415141
History of Bass Strait ferries with a pageant of sailing ships, paddle-steamers, etc...
70417 COX, Sue BANISHED BEYOND THE SEAS - A Saga of Van Diemen's Land
$30.00 AUD
Forty South Publishing. Hobart. 2017. 1st Ed. (4), 203 PP. Pictorial soft cover. Dedicatory note to previous owner dated and signed by the auythor. Near fine. 23.3 x 15.4. 9780648028697
15960 CROWDY, Michael LEIF HÖEGH & CO a/s OSLO - The Firm and the Fleet 1928-1968
$5.00 AUD
World Ship Society. Kendal, UK. 1968. 1st Ed. 63 PP with 4 line drawings, 8 portraits and 102 b/w photos. Inside back cover: House Flag and Funnels. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 21.5 x 14.
41059 CURTIS, Cynthia, O'BRIEN, Mike & LAZARUS, Paul (compilers) THIRTY WOODEN BOATS - A Second Catalog of Building Plans
$15.00 AUD
Woodenboat Publications. Brooklin, Maine. 1988. 1st Ed. Introduction by John Wilson, editor. 78, (2) PP with 4 drawings, 14 figures and 30 sets of plans (line drawings, sails plans...). Title page: 20' Catboat, Madam Tirza. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27.7 x 20.5. 0937822159
67858 D. LE BAIL & F. WEISSERT LIVRES DE VOYAGES, Atlas, Estampes - Printemps 2006
$25.00 AUD
Librairie Le Bail - Weissert. Paris. 2006. Spring 2006 edition. 158 PP for 327 items with b/w and colour illustrations, plus a 4 folds flyer with 15 b/w illustrations. Pictorial stiff cover. French text. Fine. 29.7 x 21.
Sale catalogue with prices. Items: Voyages: 1 - 271. Marine: 272 - 291. Natural History: 292 - 307. Atlas: 308 - 327. Flyer: 2 items: 5 charts by Jean-Baptiste Louis Clouet, and 10 panoramic views, by Jean Boisseau.
70505 DAKIN, William John WHALEMEN ADVENTURERS - The story of whaling in Australian waters and other Southern seas related thereto, from the days of sails to modern times
$40.00 AUD
Angus & Robertson. Sydney. 1934. 1st Ed. XX, 264 PP, plus 72 pages with 2 maps and 49 b/w plates. Fp: The Final Flurry, off Twofold Bay. FEP: Chart of the Pacific Ocean. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine (lightly sunned). Foxing on few pages and on outside edges, offsetting of endpapers. Name of previous owner on half title page. A very good clean copy. 24 x 16.5.
Whaling in Australian waters and the Southern Ocean from the days of sails to the days of steam.
10339 DARBY, Madge WHO CAUSED THE MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY ?
$25.00 AUD
Angus & Robertson. Sydney. 1965. 1st Ed. (6), 127 PP with 1head & 13 tail pieces. Vignette on title page. Cloth cover, dj (price-clipped). Dust jacket has light wear, o/wise a fine copy. 22 x 14.
Investigation into the behaviour of both Bligh & Fletcher Christian plus the role of the third person who the author thinks directed the mutiny from behind the scenes...
16245 DE FRAGA, Christopher 100 YEARS OF YACHTING ON PORT PHILLIP BAY - A History of the Royal Brighton Yacht Club
$15.00 AUD
Hawthorn Press. Melbourne. 1975. 1st Ed. (6), 210 PP, plus 16 pages with 37 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 25 x 15. 0725601558
70249 DE HARTOG, Jan CAPTAIN JAN - A Story of Ocean Tugboats
$25.00 AUD
Cleaver-Hume Press. London. 1952. 2nd impression in September 1952 of the September 1952 English edition. Edited and abridged from the 1940 Dutch original "Holland Glorie", by Carlos Peacock. 315 PP with 11 tail pieces. Cloth cover, gilt title on a sunned spine. Covers speckled on hinge of back cover. Offsetting of endpapers and foxing on outside edges and some pages. Very good reading copy. 22.8 x 15.5.
Adventures aboard the old tugboat "Jan van Gent".
18909 DEMPSEY, John I'VE SEEN THEM ALL NAKED
$20.00 AUD
Waterfront Publications. London. 1992. 1st Ed. No pagination, 56 PP with 53 b/w photos. Inside front cover: Burt Lancaster. Inside back cover: Queen Elizabeth leaving Southampton. Picorial soft cover. Fine. 27.2 x 21.5. 0946184763
Reminiscences of a ship masseur who sailed on the liners of the Cunard.
52134 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY - NAVY TODAY 1978
$15.00 AUD
Canberra. 1978. AGPS. 1st Ed. 34 PP with tables and b/w illustrations (3 artists' impressions, 7 drawings, 6 photos of planes and 18 photos of warships and 48 silhouettes). Stapled pictorial soft cover (anti-submarine "S2-G" Tracker Aircraft). Very good. Oblong: 17.5 x 25. 0642030413
The RAN in 1978.
50450 DIXSON, Sir William (editor) MADAME ROSE DE FREYCINET 'S VISIT TO SYDNEY - November 18 to December 26, 1819 (in Journal and Proceedings of the R.A.H.S.)
$10.00 AUD
Royal Australian Historical Society. Sydney. 1944. Volume XXX, Part V, 1944. Contains article (translated from the French by Sir William Dixson) between P.326 and 330. Soft cover. Browning of outside edges, o/wise near fine. 20.8 x 13.7.
Extract from Journal de Madame Rose de Saulces Freycinet d'après le Manuscrit Original accompagné de Notes, by Charles Duplomb.
21812 DUNN, Laurence BRITISH PASSENGER LINERS
$5.00 AUD
Adlard Coles. Southampton. 1959. 1st Ed. 64 PP with 87 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 18.3 x 12.5.
From the Anchor Line to the Union-Castle Line.
70464 DUYKER, Edward CITIZEN LABILLARDIERE - A Naturalist 's Life in Revolution and Exploration (1755-1834)
$75.00 AUD
Miegunyah Press. Melbourne. 2003. 1st edition, limited to 1000 copies. XX, 383, (3) PP with 12 maps, plus 16 pages with 18 b/w illustrations. Hard cover, dj. Dedicatory note to previous owner signed by the author on title page Spine of dust jacket lightly sunned, o/wise fine. 24.3 x 16.5. 0522850103
Naturalist with the Bruny d'Entrecasteaux expedition with calls in Van Diemens Land, New Holland, the Friendly Islands, New Caledonia...
70514 DYMOND, Ralph THE HISTORY OF H.M.A.S. VOYAGER I
$45.00 AUD
Southern Holdings. Hobart. 1992. 1st Ed. IV, 196 PP with b/w illust. (photos, maps). Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Dust jacket with a lightly sunned spine, a few small chips and a small hole on front cover and a rubbed patch at top of rear cover. Contents near fine. Scarce. 29.6 x 21.1. 0949089214
Her diary, from construction in 1917 for the Royal Navy, her transfer to the Royal Australian Navy in 1933, her war service and her end in September 1942 in Timor.
36401 EDWARDS, Bernard THE GREY WIDOW-MAKER
$15.00 AUD
London. 1990. Robert Hale. 1st Ed. 192 PP, plus 8 pages with 12 b/w illust. Hard cover, dj. Foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise fine. 22.2 x 14.2. 0709041918
24 disasters at sea: Grosvenor East Indiaman - Her Majesty's troop-ship Birkenhead - Californian and Titanic... 236,000-tonne Liberian tanker Caribbean Breeze caught in 1985 by the Iran/Iraq conflict.
70503 EDWARDS, Hugh ISLANDS OF ANGRY GHOSTS
$20.00 AUD
Angus & Robertson. Sydney. 1996. 11th reprint of the paperback edition of the 1966 original. (8), 208 PP with 1 map & inset on double-page. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 19.8 x 12.8. 0207163170
A 20th century scuba diver discovers a 17th century shipwreck & treasure and reveal the final truth about the infamous Batavia mutiny.
43193 EWE, Herbert ABBILD ODER PHANTASIE? - Schiffe auf Historischen Karten
$20.00 AUD
VEB Hinstorff. Rostock. 1978. 1st Ed. 196 PP with 33 colour and 66 b/w illustrations. Illustrated endpapers. Cloth cover, dj. Dust jacket with a sunned spine and closed tears, slight ageing of paper on outside edges and light foxing. German text. Near fine. 34.5 x 24.5.
Representation or imagination: vessels on old maps and charts.
34514 FAITH, Nicholas MAYDAY
$10.00 AUD
London. 1998. Channel 4 Books. Reprint of the 1998 original. IX, 182 PP, plus 8 pages with 5 b/w and 12 colour photos. Hard cover, dj. Foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 24 x 15.7. 0752221736
The real story behind the world's worst maritime disasters.
34293 FISCHER, Richard BRITISH PIERS
$20.00 AUD
London. 1987. Thames and Hudson. 1st Ed., with an introduction by John K. Walton. 96 PP with 9 b/w and 79 colour photos. Hard cover, dj. Light foxing on endpapers, o/wise near fine. 25 x 22.3. 0500541256
56106 FISHER, Tim & HALL, Susan (editors) TRAVELLERS ART
$15.00 AUD
National Library of Australia. Canberra. 2003. 1st Ed. Foreword by Jan Fullerton. 20 PP with 2 b/w and 6 colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 25 x 21. 0642107726
Booklet accompanying the exhibition.
31357 FLAGS AUSTRALIAN FLAGS
$15.00 AUD
Department of Administrative Service. Canberra. 1995. 1st Ed. (2), VIII, 61, (3 blank) PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Inside covers: key to the Australian Flags decorating the front cover. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 20 x 20. 9780644431507
62325 LE FLEMING, H. M. SHIPS OF THE HOLLAND-AMERICA LINE
$25.00 AUD
John Marshbank. London. 1963. 1st Ed. 77 PP with 58 b/w illustrations. Title spread: SS "Maasdam". Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price clipped and lightly rubbed). Near fine. Small format: 15.8 x 12.8.
Fleet list of 127 Holland-America Ships.
74426 FLINDERS, Matthew A VOYAGE TO TERRA AUSTRALIS : A voyage to Terra Australis undertaken for the purpose of completing the discovery of that vast country, and prosecuted in the years 1801, 1802, and 1803, in His Majesty's Ship the Investigator (in Two Volumes and an Atlas)
$1000.00 AUD
South Australian Government Printer. Adelaide. 1989. Facsimile reprint of the 1814 original. Limited edition of 500 hand numbered copies (No. 263 / 500), with a foreword by John Tregenza. Volume I: (6), VI, XX, CCIV, 269 PP, plus 1 colour plate (portrait of Captain Matthew Flinders by Toussaint Antoine De Chazal), and 4 b/w plates. Eps: Chart of Spencer's Gulf, Investigator's Strait and Gulf of St. Vincent. Volume II: (II), 613 PP, plus 5 b/w plates. Eps: Chart of Spencer's Gulf, Investigator's Strait and Gulf of St. Vincent. Atlas: No pagination 80 PP with 18 b/w plates (9 charts on double page, 7 on full page and 2 coastal views on double page) and 10 b/w plates of selected plants from different parts of Terra Australis. Eps: pencil drawing by R.T. Sexton, showing HMS Investigator. Half bound, gilt title on front cover and spine. Gilt lettering has been rubbed on the spines at top of the two volumes. Minimal foxing on the cover of the Atlas. A near fine set contained in a custom built red velvet lined box with a clear perspex cover. More images available upon request. Large format: Volumes: 37.5 x 28.5cm., Atlas: 70.5 x 53cm., Boxed set: 58 x 76 x 10. A very heavy item so please ask for best available postage rate. This is a heavy item and postage will be higher than usual. Please ask for a quote. Can be sold without the box if requested. 0724365400
... Very nice collector's item.
64658 FORSTER, Pat & EGAN, Ted THE NAVY IN DARWIN 1941-1943
$15.00 AUD
Darwin. 1992. Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory. 1st Ed. 48 PP with 1 plan, 50 b/w sketches & 4 watercolours by Pat Forster, and 18 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Note inside front cover. Near fine. 29.8 x 21. 0724526862
"A graphic record from a Sailor's Sketchbooks with photographs from the early 1940's".
70015 FRENCH, Nelson ORMONDE TO ORIANA, Orient Line to Australia and beyond, a Purser remembers
$25.00 AUD
Navigator Books. Ringwood, U.K. 1995. 1st Ed. (16), 217 PP with 26 b/w photos. Pictorial card covers with light soiling. Faint foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise fine. 23.4 x 15.6. 0902830430
First call in Australia, 1948 on board the Orontes. Migrant voyages on the Otranto. Maiden voyage on the Oriana...
48302 FRY, Peter BLUEWATER AUSTRALIANS - The Australian Experience in Ocean Sailing
$15.00 AUD
ABC Enterprises. Sydney. 1987. 1st Ed. 126 PP with 40 b/w photos. Pictorial card cover. Signature of previous owner at top of half title page. Faint foxing. Near fine. 24.5 x 17.5. 0642527636
The Australian experience in ocean sailing through the words of people like Jack Earl, Vic Meyer,....
69950 GARWOOD, George FORTY YEARS ON: Ships on the New Waterway in 1968
$40.00 AUD
World Ship Society Ltd. Windsor, UK. c. 2000. 1st Ed. 64 PP with 62 colour photos. Laminated pictorial boards. Fine. Oblong: 19.8 x 24.4. 9780956076915
51343 GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY OF NEW SOUTH WALES [THE] THE AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHER - Vol III, No.4, May, 1938
$15.00 AUD
The Geographical Society of New South Wales.Sydney. 1938. 34 PP. Contains article from P. 3 to 15 with 1 map Australasia as defined by De Brosses. Soft cover. Slight ageing of paper, few foxing spots, o/wise near fine. 24.8 x 18.5.
Articles: " Austral-Asia" by J. Shepherd, "The Nymboida Hydro-Electric Undertaking" by H.V. Cransten.
51355 GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY OF NEW SOUTH WALES [THE] THE AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHER. Vol. IV, No. 3
$15.00 AUD
The Geographical Society of New South Wales. Sydney. 1942. Vol. IV, No. 3, June 1942. Pages 65 to 88 with 7 b/w illustrations (2 figures and 7 photos). Soft cover. Staples removed. Slight ageing and foxing of paper. Near fine. 24.8 x 18.5.
Articles: "The slotted Templet method of obtaining control from Mapping from aerial photographs", by J. Devery. "Water and soil problems in irrigation , Murrumbidgee", by E. W. R. Thorpe.
51356 GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY OF NEW SOUTH WALES [THE] THE AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHER. Vol. V, No. 4, November 1946
$15.00 AUD
The Geographical Society of New South Wales. Sydney. 1946. Illustrated soft covers. Staples removed. Slight ageing and foxing of paper. Near fine. 24.8 x 18.5.
Contains articles "The present position of mapping in Australia", by J. Macdonald Holmes. "A photographic series: Whyalla, Port Pirie and Murray Valley", by J. B. Rowe.
70375 GODFREY, Fred G. TUGBOATS I HAVE KNOWN
$25.00 AUD
Todd & Honeywell. New York. 1987. 1st Ed. (6), 114 PP with 43 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Foxing on outside edges. Near fine. 23 x 15.2. 0899626092
51893 GREENHILL, B., ROBERTS B. et al. THE STORY OF THE CAMBRIA
$10.00 AUD
Maritime Trust. London. 1973. 1st Ed. (1), 16 PP with 2 drawings, 1 map and 24 b/w photos. Inside back cover: Sail, rigging and general details of the Cambria. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. Oblong: 21 x 30.
The sailing barges (construction, trade..) and the Cambria launched in 1906.
69873 GRUNER, George F. THE WHITE FLYERS: HARVARD AND YALE - American Coastwise Travel
$30.00 AUD
Associates of the National Maritime Museum Library / The Glencannon Press. San Francisco / Palo Alto, Ca., USA. 2002. 1st Ed. No. 4 in the Pacific Maritime History series. XVIII, 168, (6 blank) PP withj B:w illustrations (drawings, ephemera, plans and photos). Eps: General Arrangment of S.S. Yale. Laminated pictorial boards. Top edge with faint foxing spots, o/wise fine. 26 x 18.2. 97818899012168
Published to commemorate the 75th anniversary of her commissioning.
70369 HAMILTON, D.J. & J.B. Through THE BLIGH MUSEUM OF PACIFIC EXPLORATION, Adventure Bay
$15.00 AUD
Bligh Museum. Adventure Bay, Bruni Island. 1956. 1st Ed. 16 PP with 4 b/w photos. Soft covers, pictorial front with title, staples removed. Small rubbed patches on front cover. Contents near fine. 23 x 16.5.
Published for the Official Opening of the Museum by The Right Honourable Sir Ronald Cross, Governor of Tasmania on 1st of March 1956.
70188 HAMMOND, David MARITIME AUSTRALIA - Volume 1 - THE PORT OF HOBART, TASMANIA - A Pictorial Record
$35.00 AUD
Southern Holdings. Huonville, Tasmania. 1996. 1st Ed. 154 PP with b/w illustrations (plans and photos) and 6 colour photos. Pictorial soft covers a little rubbed and a small crease at bottom corner, o/wise a fine copy. Scarce. 29.8 x 20.9. 0949089400
A pictorial insight into Hobart's waterfront history, the ketches, sailing ships, ocean liners, ferries and river steamers, the whalers, explorers, scientists and watermen, the wharves, piers, shipyards and slipways, with landscapes of yesterday and today.
64293 HARDY, A. C. WRECK S.O.S. - A story of how ships are wrecked, how they are repaired and what exists to save them
$40.00 AUD
Crosby Lockwood. London. 1944. 1st Ed. 147 PP with 2 pages of graphs & 9 pages of line drawings, plus 16 pages with 29 b/w illustrations. Fp: "A salvage steamer at work". Orig. blue cloth cover, gilt title spine, dust jacket (price-clipped). Dust jacket has a few nicks, chips, book has a little light foxing and ageing of paper. An otherwise near fine copy and scarce in this condition. 21.5 x 14.
70235 HARRINGTON, Julian (compiler) An Oral History of the TASMANIAN SEAFOOD INDUSTRY - Volume 1: North Eastern Tasmania
$15.00 AUD
Tasmanian Seafood Industry Council. Hobart. c. 2012. 1st Ed. (2), 46 PP with 30 b/w and 18 colour photos. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 21 x 14.6.
70074 HARRIS, John WITHOUT TRACE - The Last Voyages of Eight Ships
$10.00 AUD
Guild Publishing. London. 1988. Reprint of the 1981 original. (10), 244 PP with 7 maps, plus 8 pages with 21 b/w illustrations. Eps: Mappemonde with location of the 8 disappearances. Hard cover, title in blind on front cover and gilt on spine, dj. Ageing and foxing of paper on outside edges. Very good. 24 x 16.
The Erebus and Terror of the Franklin Expedition, the Waratah vanishing between Durban and Cape Town, the Joyita mystery in 1955 between Samoa and Fiji,...
63111 HARVEY, W. J. STENA 1939-1989
$20.00 AUD
Stena AB. Sweden. 1989. 1st Ed. Foreword by Dan Sten Olsson. 152 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Eps: aerial views of the Port of Göteborg. Hard cover, gilt-engraved title and colour vignette on front board and spine, dj. Fine. 25.5 x 21.3. 9185786411
Pages 101 to 140: Ship Histories / Fleet List: 286 vessels with 145 b/w photos.
68168 HAWS, Duncan THE SHIPS OF THE HAMBURG AMERICA, ADLER AND CARR LINES
$15.00 AUD
Patrick Stephens. Cambridge. 1980. 1st edition in the Merchant Fleets in profile series, No. 4. 208 PP with scale profile drawings (1:1800) by author. Hard cover, dj. Stamps of "University of Tasmania" /" Australian Maritime College" on endpapers and title page. Contents clean and a very good copy. 24 x 16. 0850593972
69011 HAWS, Duncan MERCHANT FLEETS No. 5: ROYAL MAIL LINE & NELSON LINE
$15.00 AUD
Author. London. 1982. 1st Ed. No. 5 in the Merchant Fleets series. 128 PP with b/w illustrations (3 funnels and 145 scale profile drawings). Pictorial card cover. Stamps of "University of Tasmania" & "Australian Maritime College" on half title page, title page and last page. Very good. 23.2 x 15.5. 0946378002
70091 HAWS, Duncan MERCHANT FLEETS IN PROFILE - 3 - The ships of the UNION, CASTLE & UNION-CASTLE, ALLAN and CANADIAN PACIFIC LINES
$25.00 AUD
Patrick Stephens. Cambridge. 1979. 1st Ed. No. 3 in the Merchant Fleets in Profile series. 186 PP with scale profile drawings (1:1800) by author. Hard cover, dj (price-clipped). Occasional foxing. Near fine. 24 x 16. 0850993522
19498 HEATON, P.M. JACK BILLMEIR, Merchant Shipowner
$15.00 AUD
Starling Press. Newport. 1989. 1st Ed. 90 PP plus 56 pages with full-page b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Light foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise fine. 21.7 x 15. 095077149X
Started in 1934, developed during the Spanish Civil War, WWII and the Malta Convoy.
20666 HEATON, P.M. TATEMS OF CARDIFF
$20.00 AUD
Starling Press. London. 1987. 1st Ed. 67 PP, plus 48 b/w full-page plates. Fp: Colour painting of a Tatems Vessel. Hard cover, dj (water colour by Laurence Dunn). Fine. 22 x 15.5. 0950771473
History of this fleet from its creation in 1897, its expansion and its end in 1973. Contains 18 pages of fleet list.
20685 HENDERSON, Graeme UNFINISHED VOYAGES, Western Australian Shipwrecks, 1622-1850
$40.00 AUD
University of Western Australia Press. Perth. 1980. 1st Ed. XXII, (2), 288 PP with 13 fig. (location maps) & 38 b/w plates in text. Title-page: Aquatint of "florishing state of the Swan River Thing". Gilt-engraved hard cover, dj. A fine copy of the first edition. Oblong: 18.7 x 25. 0855641762
69976 HENDY, John THIS IS DOVER & FOLKESTONE
$15.00 AUD
Ian Allan. London. 1983. 1st Ed. 56 PP with 1 map, 1 plan and 139 b/w photos. Inside covers: Advertisements. Pictorial card covers with light wear, o/wisse fine. 28.5 x 21. 0711012660
70283 HETHERINGTON, Roy M. THE WRECK OF H.M.S. ORPHEUS, New Zealand's Worst Sea Disaster
$20.00 AUD
Cassell. Auckland. 1975. Reprint of the 1968 original. XVI, 158 PP with 1 map & 24 bw illust. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket with tiny chips. Faint foxing. Brief note on front endpaper, otherwise a near fine copy. 22.4 x 14.8. 0726937037
The most tragic shipwreck in New Zealand waters, 7th Feb. 1863, Manukau Harbour: loss of 189 from a complement of 258. Appendix with 58 pages on wrecks in N.Z.
61994 HILDEBRAND, J. R. / CHALMERS ADAMS, Harriet THE PATHFINDER OF THE EAST / AN ALTITUDINAL JOURNEY THROUGH PORTUGAL (in National Geographic Magazine)
$20.00 AUD
National Geographic Society. Washington. 1927. Extracts from Volume LII, No. 5, November 1927. Contains 2 articles: pages 503 to 550 with 1 map and 43 b/w photos, then pages I-XVI, 567-610 with XVI colour plate, 1 map and 44 b/w photos. Soft cover. Near fine. 25.4 x 17.6.
Vasco da Gama and the search for Christians and Spices / Portugal, a tiny nation that once ruled the world.
40027 HOBART GAZETTE THE HOBART TOWN GAZETTE AND SOUTHERN REPORTER - Volumes III & IV January 3, 1818 to December 25, 1819
$25.00 AUD
Public Library of New South Wales / Platypus Publications. Hobart. 1967. 1st facsimile edition. The William Dixson Foundation, Publication No. 9. No pagination (2), IV, (238), (47 index) PP. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price clipped). Near fine. 31.8 x 23.2.
Volume 3 - No. 84 (Saturday, January 3, 1818) to No. 188 (Saturday, December 25, 1819).
70376 HOLLAND, James THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN - Five Months that Changed History
$15.00 AUD
Corgi Book. London. 2011. 1st paperback edition of the 2010 original. 924, (4 publications) with 19 maps and figures, plus 32 pages with b/w illustrations (2 drawings and 100 photos). Pictorial soft cover (design by Tom Poland). Near fine. 19.8 x 12.7. 9780552156103
Macrae Smith Co. Philadelphia. 1926. 1st Ed. 390 PP with 32 decorations by Edward Shenton, plus 6 colour plates and 8 b/w plates with 14 illustrations by Manning de V. Lee. Fp (in colour): The Constitution. Eps: US Ships of Perry, in 1853 at Uraga, Japan. Cloth cover, decoration on front cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Covers slightly marked with a little shelf wear. Note on front endpaper. Very good. 23.2 x 18.
Includes: Viking Voyages to America, The Argosies and Pageants of Venice, The First Ship to Sail Around the world, The Great Harry, The Mayflower, Tall East Indiamen, Buccaneers of the Atlantic Coast, The Darling of the Seas: The Clipper Ship ...
70143 HOPKINS, David L. THE SHIPPING HISTORY OF THE BASS STRAIT CROSSING
$15.00 AUD
Taswegia. Hobart. 1994. 1st Ed. 36 PP with b/w illustrations. FEP: Mouth of River Don. REP: Comparison of vessel size in Bass Strait ships (Alma Doepel to Spirit of Tasmania). Pictorial stiff covers. Near fine. 30.5 x 22.5. 0646186353
History in pictures & text of the regular passenger ferries crossing Bass Strait, a treacherous stretch of water.
57194 HORDERN HOUSE CAPTAIN WILLIAM BLIGH AND THE MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY: chiefly from The Robert and Mary Anne Parks Collection
$50.00 AUD
Hordern House Rare Books Pty. Ltd. Sydney. 2009. 1st Ed. No pagination, 128 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Price list loosely inserted. Hard cover, gilt title on front board and spine, dj. Fine. 28.7 x 22. 9781875567539
133 items.
70451 HORDERN, Lieutenant Commander Marsden C. AUSTRALIA'S DEBT TO STOKES AND BEAGLE
$30.00 AUD
Naval Historical Society of Australia. Sydney. 1996. 1st Ed., Monograph No. 55 of the Society. 15 PP (typescript on recto only) with 1 map, 2 charts and 4 b/w illustrations (photocopy quality). Soft cover, illustrated front cover, clear plastic folder. Fine. 29.8 x 21.
Transcript of a lecture given to the Society on 7 June 1996.
61312 HORNSBY, David OCEAN SHIPS - 1998
$10.00 AUD
Ian Allan / Plymouth Press. London. 1998. New edition, fully revised. 224 PP with tables and 162 b/w photos. Title spread: Orient Overseas (international) Ltd Containership "OOCL Singapore". Half title page: A.P. Moller "British Vigilance". Laminated pictorial boards (Fascination). Fine. 24.2 x 17.7. 0711025673
Part One: Passenger liners & cruise ships. Part Two: Cargo vessels & tankers.
70346 HOUGH, Richard CAPTAIN BLIGH & MR. CHRISTIAN, The Men and the Mutiny
$25.00 AUD
Hutchinson of London. London. 1972. Uncorrected proof copy "on proofing paper and the property of the publisher". 314 PP with 12 head-pieces and 13 b/w illustrations (plans, maps,..), plus 20 pages with 19 b/w plates. Fp: Portraits of William Bligh and Fletcher Christian. Eps: Chart of the track of His Majesty's Armoured Ship Bounty in the South Seas 1788 to 1790. Soft covers with light wear/soiling. Faint foxing on outside edges. Very good. 23.4 x 15.5. 0091128609
40250 INGPEN, Robert ROBE - A Portrait of the Past
$30.00 AUD
Rigby. Adelaide. 1975. 1st Ed. 63 PP with 2 plans, 10 b/w illustrations and 41 colour paintings. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. Oblong: 22 x 29.3. 0851797946
Robe Town, proclaimed in 1847. Important port in the mid 1850s...
69839 INVERFORTH, The Second Lord SEVENTY ADVENTUROUS YEARS - The Story of the Bank Line 1855 - 1955
$45.00 AUD
Bank Line. London. 1956. 1st edition. Reprinted from the 1955 "The Journal of Commerce and Shipping Telegraph". 136 PP with 1 House-flag in colour and 55 b/w illustrations (34 portraits and 21 photos of ships), plus 1 large folded colour illustrations of the Cedarbank, at rear of book. Fp (in colour): House Flag. Cloth cover, gilt title on front board and spine. Front cover with 3 discoloured spots (mottled), o/wise near fine internally. 23.5 x 15.8.
Reprinted from The Journal of Commerce and Shipping Telegraph, 14th October 1955. Pages 129 to 135: Fleet List.
Traplet Publications. Upton upon Severn. 1992. 4 issues, September to December 1992. 264 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 29.7 x 21.
Regulars (masthead, readers models, workshop, waterlines...) and features articles (Malvern Trader, 508 Cup Racer, YMS Minesweepers, HMS Lagos, HMS Inflexible, Hydrofoil Rapier...).
69984 KEMP, Lieut.-Commander P. K. FLEET AIR ARM
$20.00 AUD
Herbert Jenkins. London. 1954. 2nd impression (December 1954) of the November 1954 original. 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 has a few small chips, signature of previous owner on FFEP, o/wise near fine. 22.2 x 14.2.
64784 KERR, Garry CRAFT AND CRAFTSMEN OF AUSTRALIAN FISHING 1870-1970 - An Illustrated Oral History
$80.00 AUD
Main'sl Books. Portland, Vic. 1985. 1st Ed. 261 PP with 24 plans & around 250 photos. FEP: Sail plan of fishing ketch "Myrtle Burgess". REP: Sail plan of "Elsie Jargen". Hard cover in simile leather, with a near fine dust jacket. An otherwise fine copy of a scarce book. 25 x 18.5. 0949583553
52515 KING, David THE WRECK OF THE WILLIAM SALTHOUSE (in Heritage Australia)
$10.00 AUD
Australian Council of National Trusts. Canberra. 1988. Volume 7, No. 3, Spring 1988 issue. Contains article from P. 46 to 48 with 1 map, 2 drawings and 4 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 29.5 x 23.
Wrecked at the Rip, Port Phillip Heads, November 1841.
70221 KLINK, Amyr BETWEEN TWO POLES
$25.00 AUD
Bloomsbury. London. 1995. 1st UK edition of the 1992 Brazil original "Paratti: Entre Dois Polos". XII, 203, (9 blank) PP with 2 pages of plans, plus 28 pages with 2 b/w and 39 colour photos. FEP: Paratii's Journey and map of the Pebble route. REP: 2 maps, Southern Ice, and 2 maps, Northern Ice. Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing on top outside edge, o/wise a fine copy. 24 x 15.5. 0747519722
Voyage of the yacht "Paratii", around the Atlantic Ocean, with a stay of over a year on the Antarctic peninsula. From Paratii (between Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo), Brazil to the Antarctic Peninsula, Capetown, the Faeroes, the Spitzberg, Iceland, and back.
74542 KLUDAS, Arnold GREAT PASSENGER SHIPS OF THE WORLD TODAY
$50.00 AUD
Patrick Stephens. London. 1994. Reprint of the English edition translated from the German original by Keith P. Lewis. 186 PP with 19 colour and 312 b/w photos. Fp: Achille Lauro. Hard cover, dj. A fine copy. 27.5 x 21.4. 1852603828
An up-to-date survey of all existing large passenger ships, ferries and cruise vessels.
22156 KNIGHT, Alanna (editor) R. L. S. IN THE SOUTH SEAS - An Intimate Photographic Record
$15.00 AUD
Mainstream Pub. Edinburgh. 1986. 1st Ed. 192 PP with b/w illustrations (1 map of the Pacific, 89 sketches & photos). Fp: Portrait of Robert Louis Stevenson. Hard cover, dj. Light foxing on first few pages, o/wise fine. 24.6 x 19.7. 1851580131
Photos taken by Robert Louis Stevenson in 1888 to illustrate his history of the South Seas.
51901 KOPITTKE, Eric and Rosemary (compilers) EMIGRANTS FROM HAMBURG TO AUSTRALIA: 1860/1
$20.00 AUD
Queensland Family History Society Inc. Brisbane. 1991. 1st Ed. X, 80, (1 bibliography) PP with 4 drawings. Soft cover, staples, cloth spine. Occasional foxing. Very good. 29 x 21. 0949577189
51903 KOPITTKE, Eric and Rosemary (compilers) EMIGRANTS FROM HAMBURG TO AUSTRALIA: 1864
$20.00 AUD
Queensland Family History Society Inc. Brisbane. 1991. 1st Ed. X, 39 PP with 4 drawings. Soft cover, staples, cloth spine. Foxing spots on outside edges. Very good. 29 x 21. 0949577898
64734 LACK, Clem RUSSIAN AMBITIONS IN THE PACIFIC - Australian War Scares of the Nineteenth Century
$15.00 AUD
Royal Historical Society of Quuensland. Brisbane. c. 1968. 1st Ed. 39 PP with b/w illustrations (3 engravings and 4 photos). Soft covers with light wear, o/wise fine. 21.2 x 13.7.
Edition based on a paper delivered on 22 February 1968.
69928 LAMING, Tim THE VULCAN STORY 1952-2002
$30.00 AUD
Silverdale Books. London. 2002. Revised edition of the 1993 original. 231 PP with b/w illustrations: sketches, plans, cutaways and photos. Laminated pictorial boards, dj. Fine. 28 x 22.5. 1856057011
49495 LANG, A. W. SEEKARTEN DER SÜDLICHEN NORD- UND OSTSEE
$25.00 AUD
Deutsches Hydrographisches Institut. Hamburg. 1968. 1st Ed. (10), 106 PP with 84 figures, plus 70 pages for 20 charts (5 on full page and 15 on double page). Cloth cover, gilt decoration and title on front cover, gilt title on spine. Dust jacket tipped in on rear endpaper. Ingleton bookplate on front endpaper. German text (summary in German, English, French and Russian). Occasional foxing, o/wise near fine. 33.3 x 23.3.
Charts of the coasts of the Southern Baltic Sea and the German North Sea.
41255 LARN, Richard & Bridget SHIPWRECKS - Around Mount's Bay
$10.00 AUD
Tor Mark Press. Penryn. 1991. 1st Ed. 32 PP with 1 map and 29 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover (French-built wooden brigantine Jeune Hortense). Near fine. 21 x 14. 0850253268
South coast of Cornwall.
41256 LARN, Richard & Bridget SHIPWRECKS - Around the Lizard
$10.00 AUD
Tor Mark Press. Penryn. 1989. 1st Ed. 32 PP with 1 map and 31 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover (Norwegian barque Gunvor). Near fine. 21 x 14. 0850253063
South coast of Cornwall.
37602 LAWSON, Will IN BEN BOYD'S DAY
$30.00 AUD
New Century Press. Sydney. 1939. 1st Ed. 255 PP. Cloth cover. Spine sunned, light wear, some foxing, renewed endpapers. Very good. 18.7 x 12.5.
Novel based on Ben Boyd's life, achievements... to his ultimate death on Guadalcanal Island.
10841 LETHBRIDGE, T. C. BOATS AND BOATMEN
$20.00 AUD
Thames & Hudson. London. 1952. 1st edition in The Past in The Present series. VIII, 199 PP with 41 line drawings by the author, plus 4 photogravure plates with 6 b/w illustrations. Cloth cover, dj. Spine of covers damaged at extremities with corresponding dust jacket pieces missing. Contents very clean and overall, still a very good copy. 22.2 x 14.5.
Boats of the West and their gear, the men who built them and those who embarked on them. Magical and religious ideas underlying surviving nautical customs.
70218 LEWIS, David VOYAGE TO THE ICE - The Antarctic Expedition of Solo
$35.00 AUD
Collins & A.B.C. Sydney. 1979. 1st Ed. 144 PP with 3 maps, 4 yacht plans, 3 tables and 21 b/w illust., plus 24 pages with 62 colour photos. Illustrated endpapers. Hard cover, dj. Dedicatory note on title page to scientists at Davis Base, signed by the author David Lewis and Mimi George. Occasional foxing and stains on lower edge affecting only the lower margin, o/wise near fine. 23.4 x 16. 064297604X
Expedition during the Southern summer of 1977-78 of the Oceanic Research Foundation to Antarctica. Sydney - Balleny Island - Cape Adare - Macquarie Island - Sydney.
69767 LEWIS, Jon E. (editor) D-DAY, As They Saw It
$10.00 AUD
Robinson Publishing. London. 2004. Paperback revised edition of the 1994 original. Foreword by Field Marshal Lord Carver. XIV, (314, (4), (12 blank) PP, plus 8 pages with 10 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Spine with light creases. Near fine. 19.5 x 13. 9781841199412
20345 LOCKWOOD, Rupert HUMOUR IS THEIR WEAPON, Laugh with the Australian Wharfies
$15.00 AUD
Ellsyd Press. Sydney. 1985. 1st Ed. Foreword by Peter Morris. 96 PP with 22 bw photos and 28 comic strips by Mark Knight. Pictorial card covers. Front cover with small scratches. Very good. 20.9 x 13.5. 0949290068
The witticisms, anecdotes and nicknames from the waterfront, part of the Australian folk humour.
48142 LONEY, J. K. WRECK OF THE S. S. CASINO
$10.00 AUD
Marine History Publications. Geelong. c. 1975. 1st Ed., No. 5 in the Famous Wrecks series. 20 PP with 1 map, plus 8 pages with 15 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 20.8 x 13.8. 0909244146
Wrecked on 6th August, 1859, on a passage from Port Adelaide to Melbourne.
69789 LONEY, J. K. WRECKS ON PHILLIP ISLAND
$10.00 AUD
Author. Geelong. c. 1975. 1st Ed. 16 PP with 1 map & 9 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 20.5 x 14. 0909244138
18838 LONEY, Jack VICTIMS OF THE CORSAIR ROCK
$10.00 AUD
Author. Geelong. ND 1975?. 1st Ed. 12 PP plus 8 pages with 9 b/w photos. Pict. card cover. Fine. 21 x 13.5. 0909244197
Wrecks on the Rock, off Point Nepean.
36479 LONEY, Jack AN ATLAS HISTORY OF AUSTRALIAN SHIPWRECKS, (State by State, Including Maps & Diving Notes)
$25.00 AUD
A. & A.W. Reed. Sydney. 1981. 1st Ed. 120 PP plus 8 pages with 17 colour photos & many b/w illust. & charts. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 25.8 x 18.2. 0589503006
57977 LONEY, Jack WRECK - 1891, and Other Maritime Memories
$25.00 AUD
Marine History Publications. Geelong. 1992. 1st Ed. 121 PP with 1 map & 2 b/w illustrations, plus 32 pages with 69 b/w illustrations (including 6 maps). Pictorial soft cover. Signed on title page by the author. Fine (mint condition). 21.5 x 17.5. 0909191492
Major wrecks on the South Western Victorian coast in the year 1891: W.D. Godfrey, Joseph H. Scammell, Gambier, Fiji,...
43290 LONEY, Jack & STONE, Peter THE AUSTRALIA RUN - Volume 6 in Australian Shipwrecks
$45.00 AUD
Marine History Publications. Benalla, Vic. 2000. 1st Ed, Volume 6, in Australian Shipwrecks series. (10), 318, (32 indexes) PP with 1 graph, 20 maps & location maps, and over 106 b/w illustrations. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 24.8 x 18.5. 9780909191535
Ships lost in the run between Great Britain and Australia.
70414 LORD, Walter DAY OF INFAMY
$20.00 AUD
Longmans, Green and Co. London. 1957. 1st UK edition. (X), 243 PP, plus 32 pages with 1 plan and 49 b/w photos. FEP: The last instant of Peace, Pearl Harbor, 7.55 A.M. Dec. 7, 1941. REP: Route of the Japanese attack. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Outside edges with signs of ageing and foxing spots. Very good. 22 x 14.2.
Pearl Harbour, December 7th 1941.
70285 LUBBOCK, Basil THE WESTERN OCEAN PACKETS
$85.00 AUD
James Brown and Son. Glasgow. 1926. 2nd edition of the 1925 original. XIV, (2), 155 PP, plus 22 plates (1 in colour with 12 house flags and 21 in b/w, 17 of which are "packets"). Fp: Liverpool in 1840 - Black Ball packet disembarking passengers. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dust jacket which has a few small chips or closed tears. Bookplate of previous owner on front endpaper. Foxing spots (heavy on outside edges). An otherwise near fine copy which is scarce with the dust jacket. 22 x 14.5.
A treatise on the lines which served the Atlantic ferry in the first part of the 19th century.
18445 MACINTYRE, Captain Donald THE ADVENTURE OF SAIL 1520-1914
$15.00 AUD
Ferndale Editions. London. 1979. Reprint of the 1970 original. Introduction by Uffa Fox. 256 PP with 265 b/w illust. & 44 colour plates in text. Title-page: 17th Century Compass Card. Half-title page: The building of the Ark. Illustrated endpapers. Hard cover, device in blind on front cover, dj. Foxing spots on outside edges. Very good. Oblong: 25.3 x 31.5. 0905746015
Illustrated history of sailing ships and contemporary accounts of historic voyages, extracts from journals of famous mariners and classic sea tales.
10340 MACKANESS, George A BOOK OF THE 'BOUNTY' AND SELECTIONS FROM BLIGH'S WRITINGS
$25.00 AUD
J. Dent & Sons. London. 1938. Ist Ed., No. 950 in the Everyman's Library series. XVI, 327, (8 publications) PP. Eps. Green cloth cover, gilt title on spine. Ex Libris of previous owner on front endpaper. Very good. 17.5 x 11.
38463 MACKANESS, George A LINK WITH THE FRENCH-CANADIAN "PATRIOTES" TRANSPORTED TO N.S.W. AFTER THE PAPINEAU REBELLION OF 1838 (in Journal and Proceedings of the RAHS - Volume XXXV, Part VI, 1949)
$10.00 AUD
Royal Australian Historical Society. Sydney. 1949. Volume XXXV, Part VI. 305-352 PP. Contains article between pages 342 and 347 with 1 illustration. Stapled soft wrappers, browning of outside edges, o/wise near fine. 21 x 14.
Also contains an article from P.305 to P339 with 4 b/w illustrations: Port Jackson, its Romantic Growth, by A.B. Shaw.
70349 MACKANESS, George (editor) FRESH LIGHT ON BLIGH - Being Some Unpublished Correspondence of Captain William Bligh, R.N. and Lieutenant Francis Godolphin Bond R.N. ...
$150.00 AUD
Author / Privately Printed. Sydney. 1953. Limited edition of 135 copies & 15 Presentation copies. "One of the Presentation Copies signed by George Mackaness". Volume XXIX in the Australian Historical Monographs series. 84 PP with 12 b/w illustrations. Stapled card covers with light wear and sunned spine. Contents fine. Scarce. 24.5 x 18.
... with Lieutenant Bond's Manuscript Notes made on the Voyage of H.M.S. Providence 1791-1795. Correspondence between Captain William Bligh and John & Francis Godolphin Bond.
51227 MARCHANT, L. R. AUSTRALIA AND EAST ASIA: CHINA AND KOREA (in Independence and Alliance. Australia in World Affairs 1976-80)
$15.00 AUD
Reprint of chapter 13, editors: P. J. Boyce and J. R. Angel. Pages 207 to 222 with 2 tables. Soft cover, clear plastic. Fine. 29.6 x 21.
72741 MARCHANT, Leslie R. FRANCE AUSTRALE. A Study of French explorations and attempts to found a penal colony and strategic base in south western Australia 1503-1826
$60.00 AUD
Artlook Books. Perth. 1982. 1st edition with a foreword by Jean-François Deniau, French Minister for Overseas Trade. XVI, 384 PP with 72 b/w illustrations (coastal views, drawings, sketches, paintings, facsimile of documents...), plus 8 colour plates. Hard cover, dj. A near fine copy. 24.2 x 16.2. 0864451040
47501 MARINE-EMPIRE FEVRIER 1944 - LA MARINE FRANCAISE DEPUIS L' ARMISTICE. LE COMBAT DU VENGEUR EN PRAIRIAL AN II. LE NAUFRAGE DE LA MEDUSE... (in Marine - Empire)
$20.00 AUD
Editions du Secrétariat Géneral de l'Information / Marine-Empire. Lyon. 1944. Issue for February 1944. 64 PP with b/w illustrations Pictorial soft cover (le combat du "Vengeur" 13 prairial An II by Charles Fouqueray). Near fine. French text. 31 x 23.5.
French Navy (Vichy) since the Armistice of June 1940. First naval battle between the French Republic and the British Navy, 13 Prairial An 2 (1st of June 1793), or the Glorious First of June. Shipwreck of La Méduse.
69981 MARSH, Bryn J. & ALMOND, Sue THE HOME PORT: Bootle, the Blitz and the Battle of the Atlantic
$15.00 AUD
Metropolitan Borough of Sefton. Sefton, UK. 1993. 1st ed., with a foreword by Joe Benton. (5), III, 72 PP with b/w photos. Pictorial card covers. Fine. 29.5 x 21. 095213120X
12089 MATHEW, David THE NAVAL HERITAGE
$15.00 AUD
Collins. London. 1944. 1st Ed. XXIV, 264 PP, plus 8 plates. Fp: John, First Earl of St.Vincent. Cloth cover, dj (price clipped). War economy paper. Occasional foxing, o/wise near fine. 22.2 x 14.5.
Analysis of all the formative influences in the making of the Royal Navy. Development of naval life and the interaction with general life in England.
42297 MAXWELL, F. W. NICHOLLS'S CONCISE GUIDE TO THE LOCAL MARINE BOARD EXAMINATIONS FOR SECOND MATES
$100.00 AUD
James Brown & Son. Glasgow. 1926. 2nd edition of the 1924 original. XII, (1 errata), 419 PP with figures, plus 7 plates (3 of them folded), and 2 large folded plate at rear of book. Marbled endpapers. Full leather binding, gilt crest of The Incorporated Thames Nautical Training College - H M S Worcester on front board, gilt title on spine. All edges gilt. Prize plate of the College on front endpaper. Covers lightly rubbed on outside edges and hinges, hinge of front board partly split. The 2 large plates at rear of book are complete but detached. A very good copy. 24.3 x 19.5.
70165 McCART, Neil 20TH CENTURY PASSENGER SHIPS OF THE P&O
$30.00 AUD
Patrick Stephens. Wellingborough, UK. 1985. 1st Ed. 233 PP with 228 b/w illust. Title page: House Flag of the P & O. FEP: Strathnaver at Sydney after her post-war refit. REP: Royal Princess is floated out of her building dock, Helsinki, February 1984. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price-clipped). Faint foxing on outside edges, o/wise fine. 23 x 21. 0850597161
70502 MEYER, R. J. ALL ABOARD, Iron Horses to Wakatipu & Shipping on the Lake
$35.00 AUD
NZ Railway & Locomotive Society. Wellington. 1963. 1st edition of August 1963. Foreword by W. S. Shearer. X, 118 PP with 3 maps, 1 diagram and 55 b/w photos, plus 2 folding plans. Fp: Colour photo of S.S.Earnslaw (pasted down). Hard cover, dj. Signature on inside front and rear covers and a faint name stamp of previous owner on bottom of front endpaper, o/wise a fine copy. 23.4 x 15.8.
Story of the locomotives going to, and the steamers sailing on, Lake Wakatipu after a century of existence.
68786 MIDDLEMISS, Norman Feature: Transmediterranea Centenary / Port of Call: Quebec / Forgotten Fleets: Hansa Line of Bremen, A Pioneer of Heavy Lift Shipping (in SHIPPING TODAY and YESTERDAY, No. 330)
$10.00 AUD
Tandy Media Publishing. Bexhill-on-Sea, UK. 2017. Edited by Nigel Lawrence. 68 PP. Contains 3 articles: P.22 to 30, 48 to 52 then 54 to 61 with b/w and colour illustrations (House-Flag & Funnel and photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.7 x 21.
68787 MIDDLEMISS, Norman Memorable Ships: The Papenburg Sisters / Feature: S.A.L. Heavy Lift of Hamburg / Forgotten Fleets: United Netherlands Navigation Company (in SHIPPING TODAY and YESTERDAY, No. 331)
$10.00 AUD
Tandy Media Publishing. Bexhill-on-Sea, UK. 2017. Edited by Nigel Lawrence. 68 PP. Contains 3 articles: P.16 to 20, 22 to 30 then 54 to 59 with b/w and colour illustrations (House-Flag & Funnel and photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.7 x 21.
69034 MIDDLEMISS, Norman Memorable Ships: COLOMBIE, French Line in the Caribbean / Feature: STAR CRUISES, A Megastar of World Cruising / Forgotten Fleets: STRICK LINER, Frank C. Strick & Co. Ltd. / Port of Call: MANILA (in SHIPPING TODAY and YESTERDAY, No. 334)
$10.00 AUD
Tandy Media Publishing. Bexhill-on-Sea, UK. 2017. Edited by Nigel Lawrence. 68 PP. Contains 4 articles between pages: 18 to 21, 22 to 30, 48 to 53 & 54 to 60 with b/w and colour illustrations (House-Flag & Funnel and photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.7 x 21.
Other article - Through the eyes of the artist by David Eeles: The Red Star Line and the American Line, Part one.
70449 MILIUS, Pierre Bernard MILIUS, Last Commander of the Baudin Expedition, The Journal 1800-1804 / MILIUS, Le Dernier Commandant de l'Expédition Baudin, Le Journal 1800-1804 (in two volumes)
$125.00 AUD
Australian Capital Equity (Kerry Stokes Collection) & National Library of Australia. Perth & Canberra. 2013. 1st bilingual edition, edited by Peter Hamly. Forewords by Kerry Stokes and Michel Rocard. Prefaces by Rear-Admiral François Bellec and Anne-Marie Schwirtlich. Introduction by Anthony J. Brown. English volume: XX, 380 PP. French Volume: XX, 348 PP. Each volume with b/w and colour illustrations, plus a folded map in rear pocket. Eps: 1808 Map of New Holland, by M.L. Freycinet. English volume with: List of Illustrations and Index. Hard covers, illustrated front and back, cloth spine. Set of 2 volumes contained in an illustrated box. Fine. This is a heavy item and postage will be higher than usual. Please ask for a quote. Volumes: 24.6 x 19.5. & illustrated box: 25 x 20. 9780642277930
20838 MILLER, William H. BRITISH OCEAN LINERS - A Twilight Era, 1960-85
$15.00 AUD
PSL / Patrick Stephens Ltd. Wellingborough. 1986. 1st UK edition. 136 PP with b/w photos. Fp: Orsova docking. FEP: Queen Elizabeth berthing New York. REP: Canberra berthed at Circular Quay, Sydney. Hard cover, dj. Light foxing on endpapers, o/wise fine. 23 x 20.5. 0850597668
From Anchor Line to Union Castle Line.
22225 MILLER, William H. TRANSATLANTIC LINERS 1945-1980
$25.00 AUD
David & Charles. Newton Abbot. 1981. 1st Ed. 222 PP with b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket is price-clipped with a few small chips and sunned spine. A few small spots on endpapers, o/wise a near fine copy. 25.5 x 17.5. 0715380206
Information and technical details on every liner classed by shipping line. From the America Banner Lines and their "Atlantic" and "La Guardia", to the Zim Lines and their "Israel", "Jerusalem", "Shalom" & "Zion".
44631 MILLER, William H. & HUTCHINGS, David F. TRANSATLANTIC LINERS AT WAR - The Story of the Queens
$20.00 AUD
David & Charles. Newton Abbot, UK. 1985. 1st UK Ed. 175 PP with 1 map, 3 profiles of ships and 30 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. A little light foxing on prelims and dust jacket flaps, o/wise fine. 24 x 16.2. 0715385119
The distinguished war roles of the Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth during WWII and the QE2 during the Falklands War of 1982.
34666 MOORE, Captain John (editor) JANE'S NAVAL REVIEW 1982-83 - Second Year of Issue
$20.00 AUD
Jane's Publishing Company. London. 1982. 1st Ed. 160 PP with b/w illustrations (cutaways, maps, plans, photos and ship profiles). Pictorial laminated boards. Light foxing on prelims, o/wise fine. 27.5 x 20.5. 0710601270
The lessons of the Naval War in the Falklands, by Captain John Moore. Latin America: a patchwork of strengths and capabilities by Captain Frans de Blocq van Kuffeler... Conflict and commerce by Andrew Ambrose...
18489 MOTOR BOAT THE MOTOR BOAT AND YACHTING MANUAL
$20.00 AUD
Temple Press. London. 1960. 16th edition of the 1907 original. VII, (1), 432 PP with 233 fig. (72 b/w photos). FEP: Sectional Drawing of a Thornycroft 42 ft. REP: Donald Campbell's Jet-propelled hydroplane Bluebird. Hard cover, dj (price clipped and with a few small chips). Contents neear fine. 22.2 x 14.5.
Design and construction, practical boat building.... handling yachts and motor boats, cruising equipment...
18165 MUDIE, Rosemary & Colin POWER YACHTS
$20.00 AUD
Adlard Coles/Granada. London. 1977. 1st Ed. 286 PP with 313 b/w figures (plans, sketches & photos). Blue cloth cover a little discoloured around edges, dust jacket with a few small nicks/creases. A near fine copy. 28.2 x 22.2. 0229986633
Covers all aspects of power yachting. Seamanship, construction (modern & traditional), engines & installations, electrics, etc...
44962 NAUTICAL MAGAZINE THE NAUTICAL MAGAZINE FOR 1932 - A Technical and Critical Journal for the Officers of the Mercantile Marine - Volume 127
$70.00 AUD
Brown, Son & Ferguson / Simpkin, Marshall, and Co. Glasgow / London. 1932. 1st Ed. Volume 127 - 1932, January to June. (1), III, 656 PP with few figures and tables. Half bound, gilt title on leather spine. Hinges cracked on 2cms close to head of spine. Slight ageing of paper around the edges, o/wise very good. 22.3 x 14.5
57923 NELSON, Hank P.O.W. PRISONERS OF WAR - Australians Under Nippon
$15.00 AUD
ABC Enterprises / Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Sydney. 1985. 1st Ed. 224 PP with 1 b/w photo, 16 maps and 18 illustrations by Don Moore. Pictorial soft cover. Spine sunned, o/wise near fine. 24.5 x 17.2. 0642527369
Based on the ABC Radio series
61927 NELSON, Stewart B. OCEANOGRAPHIC SHIPS - Fore and Aft
$30.00 AUD
Office of the Oceanographer of the Navy. Washington. 1982. Reprint of the 1971 original. Foreword by Rear Admiral W. W. Behrens, Jr., and Preface by Rear Admiral O. D. Waters, Jr. XVII, 240, (6 blank) PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, engravings, line drawings, paintings, photos). Cloth cover, illustrated front board. Faint foxing. Near fine. 26.7 x 21. 1983672184
38005 NIXON, Larry VAGABOND VOYAGING - The Story of Freighter Travel
$35.00 AUD
Little, Brown & Co. Boston. 1938. 1st Ed. XXII, 314 PP, plus 36 pages with 7 drawings and 19 b/w photos. Fp: The Author. Cloth cover, decorated front, title on browned spine which is a little frayed top and borrom (shelf wear). Contents very clean and overall a very good copy.. Scarce. 19.6 x 13.5.
The adventue of tramp travel. Includes a list of freighter trips, routes travelled, fares, etc..
15211 NOBLE, Capt. John PORT PHILLIP: PILOTS AND DEFENCES
$20.00 AUD
Hawthorn Press. Melbourne. 1979. 2nd edition of the 1973 original. (10), 125 PP with 3 b/w illustrations, plus 8 pages with 16 b/w illustrations. FEP: Port Phillip Bay, Southern portion. REP: Northern portion. Loosely inserted a small folded brochure on the procedures to be followed (VHF procedure, Tides at Port Phillip Heads, Pilot Boarding, Requirements for Embarkation of Pilots with diagrams). Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket is rubbed around edges with a few chips, o/wise near fine. 21.5 x 14. 072560235X
Study of Victorian maritime history and the role played by the Port Phillip Sea Pilots.
70338 NUGENT, Maria CAPTAIN COOK WAS HERE
$20.00 AUD
Cambridge University Press. Melbourne. 2009. 1st Ed. XII, 164 PP with b/w illustrations, plus 24 pages with 29 plates (10 b/w and 19 colour). Eps: Chart of Botany Bay. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 24 x 16.2. 9780521762403
70089 O'MAY, Harry WOODEN HOOKERS OF HOBART TOWN AND WHALERS OUT OF VAN DIEMEN'S LAND
$20.00 AUD
L. G. Shea, Government Printer. Hobart. c. 1960. 137, VI (index) PP & 101, (3 index) PP, plus 32 pages with 61 b/w photos. Green cloth cover, dust jacket. Front part of dust jacket with small piece missing at top and now in a protective sleeve. Contents near fine. Scarce. 22 x 14.5.
Whaling in the early days of Van Diemen's Land.
71645 OLSON, William LION OF THE CHINA SEA - A History of The Eastern and Australian Steamship Company Limited (incorporated in England)
$15.00 AUD
P & O Australia Ltd. Sydney. 1976. 1st Ed. (6), 116 PP with 46 b/w illust. & 1 map, plus 4 pages with 7 colour illustrations (1 house-flag, 1 photo and 5 paintings). Eps: Map of the run by the Eastern & Australian Steamship Company Limited. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket is a little sunned on spine, o/wise a fine copy. 23.5 x 17. 095972900
A shipping line operating between East Asia (Hong Kong, China, Japan, Philippines) and Australia.
69913 OVERY, Richard All About HISTORY - Book of WORLD WAR II
$15.00 AUD
Imagine Publishing Ltd. Bournemouth, Dorset. 2014. 1st edition by Jon White & Alex Hoskins. 260 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Closed tear on front cover (repaired). Fine. 29.7 x 23. 9781910155295
The events, people and places that shaped the war.
56519 PARR, W. H. PORT NELSON - GATEWAY TO THE SEA. A History of the Nelson Harbour Board to 1978
$20.00 AUD
Nelson Harbour Board. Port Nelson. 1979. 1st Ed. Foreword by C. Gibbons, Chairman. VIII, 304 PP with 3 plans and 114 b/w photos. Fp: The Board ans Executive Officers, 1979. Eps: Aerial view of Port Nelson. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Dedicatory note on title page dated and signed by J.F.S. Baldwin, General Manager. Fine. 21.8 x 15.7.
70045 PARSONS, Jack & Nora CORNISH FISHERBOY TO MASTER MARINER: The Life of Henry Blewett 1836-1891 - Part One: Mousehole Boyhood and Early Days at Sea: 1836-1861
$15.00 AUD
Bournemouth Local Studies Publications. Bournemouth, UK. 1993. 1st Ed. VI, 74 PP with b/w illustrations (4 maps and 7 diagrams "Identification of sailing ships' rigs"), plus 4 pages with 8 b/w illustrations (4 drawings and 4 photos). Soft cover, pictorial front. Faint foxing on outside edges. Fine. 21 x 14.5. 0906287987
47001 PARSONS, Ronald AUSTRALIAN SHIPOWNERS AND THEIR FLEETS - Book Five: Early Australian Owners
$10.00 AUD
Roanld Parsons. Murray Bridge, S.A. 2004. Reprint of the 1979 original. Book Five, in Australian Shipowners and their Fleets Series. (2), 91 PP. Stapled typescript monograph. Soft cover. Fine. Oblong: 16.6 x 20.6.
Early shipowners, vessels owned/operated by the Colonial Government. Early whaling ships.
58403 PENDERS, C. L. M. THE WEST NEW GUINEA DEBACLE: Dutch Decolonisation and Indonesia, 1945-1962
$25.00 AUD
University of Hawai'i Press. Honolulu. 2001. 1st Ed. X, 490 PP with 1 map. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 21.2 x 14.2. 0824824709
54394 PERON, François & DE FREYCINET, Louis VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY TO THE SOUTHERN LANDS: Dissertations on various subjects
$90.00 AUD
The Friends of the State Library of South Australia. Adelaide. 2007. 1st edition, translated from the second French edition of 1824 by Christine Cornell. (IV), 109 PP with tables. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 23.4 x 16.
Book V (Chapters XXXV to XLI).
50887 PETERS, Nonja (editor) THE DUTCH DOWN UNDER: 1606-2006
$60.00 AUD
University of Western Australia Press. Perth. 2006. 1st Ed. XIX, 2-422 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Hard cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj. Fine. 28.8 x 22. 1920694757
33825 PINK, Kerry & VOWLES, Gill AGAINST THE TIDE - A Maritime History of Circular Head
$55.00 AUD
Hobart Ports Corporation. Hobart. 1998. 1st Ed. VI, 434 PP with 1 plan, 4 b/w illust., 16 colour and 210 b/w photos. Pictorial card cover. Near fine. 21.1 x 14.8. 0646362828
Port created in 1826 by the Van Diemen's Land Co. as an outlet for their first European settlement on the North-West Coast of Tasmania.
70462 PLOMLEY, Brian & PIARD-BERNIER, Josiane THE GENERAL - The visits of the expedition led by Bruny d'Entrecasteaux to Tasmanian waters in 1792 and 1793
$130.00 AUD
Queen Victoria Museum. Launceston. 1993. 1st Ed. XII, 379 PP with 32 b/w illust. Fp: Portrait of Bruny d'Entrecasteaux. Eps: Title Page of Volume I of the 1808 edition, list of officers & scientists of Recherche and Espérance. Cloth cover, title on front board and spine, dj. Dust jacket with a few small rubs, otherwise a fine copy of a scarce title. 25.5 x 17.8. 0724641181
70125 PLUMRIDGE, Lt-Colonel John H. HOSPITAL SHIPS AND AMBULANCE TRAINS
$25.00 AUD
Seeley, Service & Co. London. 1975. 1st Ed. 203 PP with tables and 45 b/w illustrations. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Foxing spots on top outside edge, o/wise near fine. 22.2 x 14.2. 0854220879
43804 QUANCHI, Max JACARANDA ATLAS OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS
$25.00 AUD
Jacaranda / John Wiley & Sons Australia. Brisbane. 2003. 1st Ed. IV, 156 PP with colour illustrations (maps and photos). FEP: Map of the world. REP: The language of maps. Pictorial soft cover. Folded flyer loosely inserted. Fine. 30 x 23.5. 9780701636623
Up-to-date and accurate coverage of the Pacific Islands.
53382 REES, Sian THE SHIP THIEVES
$15.00 AUD
Hodder / Hachette. Sydney. 2006. 2nd edition of the 2005 original. (8), 232 PP, plus 16 pages with 4 maps and 20 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 19.8 x 12.7. 0733620817
The amazing tale and unfortunate life of James Porter - Australian convict, pirate and master mariner.
70428 REID, Dr. Richard YPRES: Les Australiens sur le Front Occidental - 1917
$25.00 AUD
Department of Veteran's Affairs / Ministère des Anciens Combattants. Canberra. 2012. 2nd edition in August 2012 of the 2007 original. French translation by Yveline Piller. (4), 104 PP with 1 table, 5 colour illustrations (1 photo & 4 paintings) and b/w illustrations (1 map & location map, 1 etching and 101 photos). Pictorial soft covers. Fine (mint condition). French text. 23.5 x 23.2. 9781920720896
20917 RENARD, Leon LES PHARES
$20.00 AUD
L'Ancre de Marine. Saint Malo. 1990. 1st Ed. 360 PP with 49 b/w illustrations (many on full-page). Pictorial card cover. French text. Foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise fine. 24 x 15.5. 2905970243
Their origins, their construction & description. English & French lighthouses and other navigational aids.
70067 REVELL CARR, J. ALL BRAVE SAILORS - The Sinking of the "Anglo-Saxon", 21 August 1940
$20.00 AUD
Coronet Paperback / Hodder and Stoughton. London. 2004. 1st edition as a "Coronet" ' paperback. XVI, 365 PP with 2 b/w illustrations (1 map and 1 sketch), plus 8 plates with 23 b/w photos. Pictorial stiff covers. Slight ageing of paper. Ex Libris stamp of previous owner on preliminary page. Near fine. 19.6 x 12.8. 9780340825785
70042 RICHARDS, Captain James & Marlene, and HUSTVEDT, Eric THE SEA IN MY BLOOD - The Life and Times of Captain Andy Publicover
$20.00 AUD
Lancelot Press. Hantsport, Nova Scotia. 1987. 1st Ed. 123 PP with 3 plans, plus XX plates with 1 letterhead, 5 maps and 32 photos. Soft cover, pictorial front cover. Foxing spots on outside edges. Very good. 20.3 x 13.9. 0889993424
70259 RICHARDS, Rhys CAPTAIN CHARLES BAYLEY: Whaling Master 1813-1857
$15.00 AUD
Navarine Publishing. Hobart. 2019. Reprint of the 2014 original. No. 65 in the Roebuck series. Edited by Graeme Broxam. VI, 54 PP with 5 tables, 5 b/w illustrations (1 portrait, 2 paintings, 2 maps with insets and 4 photos) and colour illustrations (1 graph, 2 photos and 6 paintings). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 14.5. 9780992366025
51364 ROBERT, Willem C. H. CONTRIBUTIONS TO A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF AUSTRALIA AND THE SOUTH SEA ISLANDS (3 Volumes)
$250.00 AUD
Philo Press. Amsterdam. 1969 - 1972. Volume I (2nd edition, revised and enlarged): X, 275 PP. Volume II (1st Ed.): XII, 227 PP, plus large folded chart of Malay Archipelago and Australia at rear of book. Volume III (2nd edition, entirely revised and greatly enlarged): X, 401 PP, (2 adv.). Blue cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Ex library copy with stamp of the General Assembly Library - New Zealand in blind on front cover, gilt library number on spine, plate of the Library on front endpaper and empty library pocket on rear endpaper. Few foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise near fine. This is a heavy item and postage will be higher than usual. Please ask for a quote. 23 x 15.5.. 9060220455, 906
Massive work compiled by Willem Carel Hendrik Robert. Volume I: Printed Material relating to Discovery, Exploration and Travel issued in the Netherlands to 1921. Volume II: Index and Bibliography of Dutch Manuscripts and Manuscript-charts relating to the Discovery. Volume III: Printed Material relating to Discovery, Exploration and Travel, issued in Europe, except the Netherlands, to 1853 with a geographical index and an index of ships cited.
70371 ROBERTS, Glenys RICHARD KNIGHT'S TREASURE ! - The True Story of His Extraordinary Quest for Captain Kidd's Cache
$20.00 AUD
Viking / Penguin Books. Harmondsworth, Middlesex. 1986. 1st Ed. (10), 198 PP with 4 maps (1 on double page), 3 plans and the facsimile of a letter, plus 8 pages with 7 b/w illustrations. Hard cover, dj. Light foxing on top outside page efges, o/wise fine. 22.2 x 14. 0670807613
70210 ROBERTSON, Terence NIGHT RAIDER OF THE ATLANTIC (formerly The Golden Horseshoe) The saga of the German Submarine "The Golden Horseshoe" and her daring Commander Otto Kretschmer
$15.00 AUD
Evans Brothers. London. 1981. New edition of the 1955 original. Preface by Admiral Sir George Creasy. XIII, 14-210 PP, plus 16 pages with 21 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj (rubbed). Ex Library copy with stamp and number on title page. Dust jacket in a protective sleeve. Faint sellotape marks on covers. Renewed endpapers. Foxing spots on outside edges. Very good reading copy 21 x 14. 0237455498
The saga of the German Submarine "Golden Horseshoe" and her daring Commander Otto Kretschmer. When captured in 1941, the Germany foremost U-boat ace had sunk 55 allied ships. His last war years as a P.O.W. were as exciting as his U-boat experiences.
70254 ROBOTHAM, Rosemarie FALKLAND'S GRAVEYARD OF SHIPS (in Life - Volume 5, No. 6)
$10.00 AUD
Time Inc. Los Angeles, CA. 1982. Volume 5, No. 6, June 1982. Editd by Richard B. Stolley. 128 PP. Contains article pages 108 to 114 with 1 b/w and 8 colour photos by Harald Sund. Pictorial soft covers. Staples removed. Near fine. 33 x 25.
Over 200 wrecks.
67304 RODGER, N. A. M. THE SAFEGUARD OF THE SEA. A Naval History of Britain - Volume one: 660-1649
$10.00 AUD
Penguin Books & National Maritime Museum. London. 2004. Reprint (7) of the 1997 paperback edition. XXVI, 691 PP with 20 maps and 4 b/w illustrations, plus 24 pages with 59 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Covers with light creases on front and spine. Slight ageing of paper. Very good. 19.5 x 13.. 9780140297249
65033 ROYAL PACKET STEAM NAVIGATION CO. ISLES OF THE EAST - An illustrated guide to Australia, Papua, Java, Sumatra, Singapore etc.
$300.00 AUD
KPM / Royal Packet Steam Navigation Company. Batavia. 1912. Deluxe edition of January 1912. Edited by W. LORCK. LII (adverts), 244 PP, followed by LIII-CXXI (adverts) and b/w and colour illustrations, plus 1 b/w plate : portrait of Her Majesty the Queen of the Netherlands; 1 plate "Time Table 1912; 1 folded plate "Accommodation plan of KPM Steel Screw Steamer "Tasman" and 2 colour plates: painting by C. H. Hoyt "Middle Harbour, Sydney, from Mosman Heights, and "Samples of Javanese Art Work..." . Papered boards with a colour illustration on front board by Tindall, cloth spine. Front cover with small pieices missing at corners of front edge. Spine has been reinforced (crudely). The first few pages (up to VIII) are somewhat damaged at the gutters (without loss) and most of Page III/IV has been torn off. The guide was published on superior glossy paper thus conserving its clarity and brightness. A very good copy of quite a rare item. 25.3 x 15.5.
Section I, Chapter 1 (P. XXXIII to L): The "KPM": A Twenty Years' Record. Chapter III (P 38 to 155): A trip to Java by a KPM Steamer (Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Townsville, Port Moresby ... Borneo, Celebes, Singapore). Section II,Chapter 1 (P.156-243): Commercial Section - Rotterdamsche Lloyd, The Railways of Java, Sumatra Railways, Batavia, The Tea Industry, Bandoeng, Soerabaya.. Chapter II (P.LIII - CXXI): Advertisements: period advertisements for hotels, transport companies, import/export, ... Gives an insight to life in these areas at the time.
61338 SEAL, Jeremy THE WRECK AT SHARPNOSE POINT - A Victorian Mystery
$10.00 AUD
Picador. London. 2001. 1st Australian edition. (12), 316 PP with b/w illustrations (engravings, facsimile of documents, photos). Fp: chart of the North coast of Cornwall, opposite Lundy Island. Pictorial soft cover. Faint foxing. Near fine. 23.5 x 15.5. 0330493256
Wreck of the Caledonia in 1842, on the North coast of Cornwall.
70230 SEVERIN, Tim THE BRENDAN VOYAGE
$15.00 AUD
Abacus. London. 1997. Reprint of the 1996 Abacus edition of the 1978 original. (10), 292, (2) PP with drawings by Trondur Patursson, 1 schematic diagram of Brendan, 3 maps with 3 insets and 5 tables, plus 16 pages with 23 colour photos. Pictorial soft covers with light wear and a few small creases. Ageing of paper on outside edges. Title page with brief note signed by the author. A very good reading copy. 19.7 x 12.5. 0349107076
69832 SHIPLOVERS' SOCIETY OF VICTORIA THE DOG WATCH - No. 58
$15.00 AUD
Shiplovers' Society of Victoria Melbourne. 2001. Issue No. 58, "A Collection of Sea Stories", edited by Harrow Morgan. 116 PP with c. 30 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover (Breaksea Lightship). Fine. 21.3 x 14.5.
Issue on: Australia's last Lightships ... The beginning of "Herzogin Cecilie" last round voyage - 1935, by Pamela Eriksson.
49491 SIGMOND, J. P. & ZUIDERBAAN, L. H. DUTCH DISCOVERIES OF AUSTRALIA - Shipwrecks, Treasures and Early Voyages off the West Coast
$40.00 AUD
Rigby. Adelaide. 1979. 1st English edition of the 1976 original Dutch title "Nederlanders Ontdekken Australie". 176 PP with b/w illust. Fp: Chart of the Pacific by Hessel Gerritsz. Hard cover, dust jacket. Previous owner's signature on FFEP, o/wise a near fine copy. 25.5 x 18. 0727008005
Also contains relevant newspaper cuttings and articles loosely inserted.
30290 SINCLAIR, Keith V. LAPLACE IN NEW ZEALAND, 1831
$10.00 AUD
Heritage Press. Waikanae, NZ. 1998. 1st edition with a foreword by John Dunmore. Translated with Introduction and Notes by Keith V. Sinclair. 155 PP with 11 b/w plates, notes, bibliography & index. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 15. 0908708459
The French expedition led by Captain Laplace on the Corvette Favorite during his circumnavigation.
47692 SKWIOT, Miroslaw NIEMIECKA ARTYLERIA OKRETOWA / GERMAN NAVAL ARTILLERY - Vol. 1
$20.00 AUD
AJ - Press. Gdansk, Poland. 2004. 1st Ed. Volume 1 in the Gunpower series. Naval Monograph No. 17. 112 PP with 20 tables, 4 badges in colour, 7 sketches & plans, 125 b/w photos, and around 70 artworks in colour. Inside front cover (in colour): Admiral Hipper, in the Deutsche Werke shipyard. Inside back cover: 3 artworks (in colour). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. Polish and English text . 29.3 x 20.5. 8372371490
40725 SMITH, James Montagu SEND THE BOY TO SEA - The Memoirs of a Sailor on the Goldfields
$20.00 AUD
Five Mile Press. Melbourne. 2001. 1st Ed. Introduction, notes and epilogue by Peter Cuffley. XIV, 322 PP with 1 b/w illustration and 5 extracts of logbooks, plus 8 pages with 24 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 23 x 15. 1865035661
4 voyages to Australia, and 1 coastal crossing. Ship Lancastrian, in 1851. Transport ship Sir Robert Seppings, in 1852. Passage in the barque Chicora from Melbourne to London in 1854. Clipper ship Red Jacket from Liverpool to Melbourne in 1855. Passage on the paddle-steamer London from Melbourne to Sydney, in 1856. Passage from Sydney to London on the ship La Hogue in 1857.
70495 SPECTRE, Peter H. & LARKIN, David WOODEN SHIP, The Art, History, and Revival of Wooden Boatbuilding
$40.00 AUD
Houghton Mifflin. Boston. 1991. 1st Ed. 272 PP with magnificent colour photographs. Illustrated title spread, half title page and endpapers. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dust jacket. Two old tape marks on verso of the front endpaper and verso of the rear endpaper. An otherwise fine copy. 31 x 23.7. 0395566924
Simple craft and canoes, the Vikings, the building of the "Susan Constant", flagship of the 3 first vessels bringing settlers to Jamestown on the Chesapeake, building of working sails, yachts...
56142 STANBURY, Myra (editor) THE BARQUE EGLINTON - wrecked Western Australia 1852: the history of its loss, archaeological excavation, artefact catalogue and interpretation
$60.00 AUD
AIMA / Australasian Institute for Maritime Archaeology. Fremantle. 2003 1st Ed. A.I.M.A. Special Publication No. 13 / Special Publication Australian National Centre of Excellence for Maritime Archaeology No. 6. XVI, 233 PP with 24 tables and 109 b/w figures (maps and plans, drawings and photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.7 x 21. 1876465182
58057 STANIFORTH, Mark, & Mc GONIGLE, Martin The History and Archaeology of the GAULTOIS SHORE-BASED WHALING STATION in Newfoundland, Canada / Historical Background and Archaeological Survey of BALAENA, a 20th Century Norwegian Whaling Station in Newfoundland, Canada
$30.00 AUD
Department of Archaeology / Flinders University. Adelaide. 2005. Edition limited to 50 copies. No. 6 in the Maritime Archaeology Monograph and Reports series. VI, 32, 14 PP with 26 figures (1 drawing, 4 maps and 21 b/w photos). Pictorial soft cover, clear plastic. Fine. 29.7 x 21.
69458 STANNARD, Bruce THE TRIUMPH OF AUSTRALIA II - The America's Cup Challenge of 1983
$15.00 AUD
Lansdowne. Sydney. 1983. 1st Ed. Foreword by Ben Lexcen. 128 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 31 x 22.5. 070181800X
The America's Cup and the successful challenge of 1983 by Australia II.
70481 STANNARD, Bruce JACK EARL, The Life and Art of a Sailor
$60.00 AUD
Weldon. Sydney. 1991. 1st Ed. 104 PP with 1 map, 1 plan of Kathleen Gillett, and b/w illustrations (paintings and photos). Fp: The Voyage of Kathleen Gillett in her circumnavigation , 1947-48. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 29.5 x 21. 1863021760
The sailor & artist and the story of the yacht "Kathleen Gillett", given by the Norwegians to the Australian people for their National Maritime Museum.
70232 STAPLETON, Air Vice Marshal D.C. & DONOVAN, Wing Commander E. (editors) WINGED PROMISES - A History of No. 14 Squadron, RAF 1915-1945
$25.00 AUD
The Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund Enterprises. Fairford, UK. 1996. 1st Ed., with a foreword by King Hussein I of Jordan. Preface by The Lord Deramore. (10), 310 PP with 4 colour and 83 b/w illustrations (1 cartoon, 5 maps and 77 photos). Title page with colour illustration of The Squadron Queen Standard. FEP: Map of the World War I, Middle East Arena. REP: Map of the Mediterranean - North Africa. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 24 x 16.5. 1899808450
41261 STEWART, I. G. BRITISH TRAMPS and their Peacetime Contribution to World Shipping History
$125.00 AUD
Ian Stewart Marine Publications. Perth. 1997. 1st Ed. VI, 514 PP with over 110 plans & profiles, and 880 b/w photos. Fp: "Imperial Valley". Pictorial laminated boards. Dedicatory note on front endpaper, dated and signed by the author. Newspaper clipping dated 7 June 1998, on this book and its author loosely inserted. Fine. 30.5 x 22. 0646222716
The British tramp ship: background, development, new trends in designs during the late 1950s. British Standard tramps, and Liberty Ship replacements...
70247 TAFFRAIL THE NAVY IS HERE - A Convoy of Naval Novels
$15.00 AUD
Hodder & Stoughton. London. 1940. 1st printing. (8), 753 PP with 3 sketches (1 plan and 2 maps). Cloth cover, title on front board and spine. Covers lightly rubbed and soiled, spine sunned. Foxing throughout (heavy at times), o/wise a very good copy 18.6 x 11.5.
3 Novels - The Fight is on: The story of 'The Sub' (P.1 to 219); The Fight is won: The story of 'Kerrell' (P.221 to 487) ; Salvage: The story of 'The man from Scapa Flow' (P. 489 to 753).
70152 THOMAS, Captain D. C. BULL FORT HAS BEEN LISTED and other Articles
$30.00 AUD
Author / Harbour Master Humber. Hull. 1988. August 1988 edition. Introduction by A. G. Bell, Malet Lambert High School. (8), 37, (5) PP with b/w illustrations by E. (Ted) Beaumont (covers, frontispiece and 6 tail pieces), plus 7 plates: frontispiece, 1 photo, 1 newspaper clipping, 1 plan and 3 extracts of charts (2 of them folded). Stapled card covers, illustrated front and back. Near fine. 26 x 18.5.
Fort built at the mouth of the Humber during WWI and decommissioned in 1956.
70079 THOMAS, Gordon & MORGAN-WITTS, Max THE STRANGE FATE OF THE MORRO CASTLE
$10.00 AUD
Collins. London. 1973. 1st UK edition. 252 PP with 1 map and 1 ship plan, plus 12 pages with 29 b/w photos. Eps: Extracts from Ward Line brochures. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Foxing spots on outside edges. Very good. 21.5 x 14.5. 0002117436
The fire which ravaged the luxury cruise liner Morro Castle in 1934 with the loss of 90 passengers and 35 crew members.
15982 THOMAS, Mifflin SCHOONER FROM WINDWARD - Two Centuries of Hawaiian Inter-island Shipping
$15.00 AUD
University of Hawaii Press. Honolulu. 1983. 1st Ed. (8), 239 PP with 7 maps & 66 b/w illust. Hard cover, dj. Neat name of previous owner at top of FFEP, o/wise a fine copy. 24.2 x 21.5. 0824807995
The transition from canoe to sailing ship, to the steam ship followed by the tug & barge combination, intermingled with the history of the archipelago.
13300 THOMPSON, Anne-Gabrielle (editor) THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC. An annotated guide to bibliographies, indexes and collections in Australian Libraries
$15.00 AUD
Research School of Pacific Studies / A.N.U. Canberra. 1986. 1st Ed. X, 127 PP. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 24 x 17.5. 0867848327
479 entries.
70046 TITANIC BENEFIT PERFORMANCE for the Families of the VICTIMS of the "TITANIC" Disaster
$20.00 AUD
7 C'S Press, Inc. Riverside, Ct. c. 1970. Reprint of the 1912 original. No pagination, 36 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, musical scores, sketches, paintings, photos of ships, portraits and period advertisements). Illustrated soft covers, staples. Near fine. 25.4 x 17.8.
Performed 29th April 1912, at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York.
70296 UNDERHILL, Sir Arthur (Commodore) A SHORT HISTORY OF THE FIRST HALF CENTURY OF THE ROYAL CRUISING CLUB: MDCCCLXXX - MCMXXX
$85.00 AUD
C.F. Roworth Ltd / Royal Cruising Club. London. 1930. 1st Ed. No pagination, 66 PP, plus 12 pages for 6 b/w plates. Quarter bound, lightly rubbed marbled boards with cloth spine and vignette on front board. Neat signature of previous owner on front endpaper. A near fine copy. Scarce. 19.6 x 15.
70085 VAMPLEW, Wray THE EVOLUTION OF INTERNATIONAL WHALING CONTROL (in Maritme History - Vol. 2, No. 2)
$10.00 AUD
University College London. London. 1972. September 1972 issue. (2), 123-232 PP. Contains article pages 123 to 139 with 1 table "Antarctic Whaling". Soft covers, illustrated front. Traces of sellotape inside front and back covers. Very good. 21 x 15.
30391 VILLIERS, Alan THE SET OF THE SAILS, The Story of a Cape Horn Seaman
$20.00 AUD
Ibex / Heritage Book Group. Melbourne. 1997. Reprint of the 1949 original. 247 PP with 1 map, plus 12 pages with 17 b/w photos by the author. FEP: The voyages of the Grace Harwar, the Parma, the Joseph Conrad, and the Arab Dhows. REP: The voyages of the Rothesay Bay, the Bellands, the Lawhill and the Herzogin Cecilie. Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing on top outside edge. Near fine. 22.2 x 14. 1875689036
The autobiography of a Cape Horn seaman in the last days of sail.
70426 WAHLERT, Lieutenant Colonel Glenn EXPLORING GALLIPOLI: An Australian Army Battlefield Guide
$20.00 AUD
Army History Unit. Canberra. 2008. 1st Ed. No. 4 in the Australian Army Campaign series. 136 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Inside front cover: clear plastic pocket with a CD. Inside back cover: map of Turkey and inset of Sea of Marmara / Plan of Gallipoli Peninsula. Pictoria stiff covers. Fine. 21 x 14.8. 9780980475357
51366 WALKER, Ian TALL SHIPS AND CANNIBALS. The Story of Captain Richard Copping of Hobart Town
$25.00 AUD
Navarine Publishing. Hobart. 2005. 1st edition limited to 1000 copies. Publication No. 60 in the Roebuck Society series. VIII, 152 PP with 42 b/w illustrations. FEP: Map of the Northern & Southern Hemispheres. REP: Map of Oceania. Pictorial laminated boards, dj. Fine. 097513311X
54426 WALL, Don HEROES AT SEA
$45.00 AUD
Author. Sydney. 1991. 1st Ed. VII, 191 PP with 2 maps, and 78 b/w photos. Illustration on title page and front cover, by Clem Seale. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 24.5 x 16.7. 0646035789
Identifies 1800 Australian prisoners of war and internees lost at sea in World War II.
70494 WARDEN, Herbert W. III (compiler & editor) IN PRAISE OF SAILORS, A Nautical Anthology of Art, Poetry, and Prose
$45.00 AUD
Harry. N. Abrams. New York. 1978. 1st Ed. 300 PP with 186 illustrations including nearly 100 b/w etchings & engravings by Arthur Briscoe, Whistler, Winslow Homer & 44 colour hand-tipped plates by Jack Spurling, Montague Dawson, etc ... Cloth cover, dj. Foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise near fine. Oblong: 27.6 x 29.8. 0810911078
The sailor's life at sea, in prose & poetry by the most vivid writers on the sea, accompanied by etchings, engravings, watercolours & paintings.
35615 WARRING, R. H. RADIO CONTROLLED MODEL BOATS
$10.00 AUD
Argus Books. London. 1981. 1st Ed. 124 PP with 52 b/w photos and over 75 figures. Pictorial card cover. Covers rubbed and creased, name of previous owner inside front cover. Good. 21 x 14.7. 0852425694
51771 WARWICK, Peter VOICES FROM THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR
$20.00 AUD
David and Charles. Newton Abbot. 2005. 1st Ed., with a foreword by Dr Colin White. 320 PP with 5 battle diagrams and 34 b/w illustrations. Fp: Nelson. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 24 x 16. 0715320009
Explores the battle from the British, French and Spanish perspectives, the tactics and the individual acts of bravery, as well as daily life in the navies of the age.
47024 WATERS, Sydney, D. CLIPPER SHIP TO MOTOR LINER - The Story of the New Zealand Shipping Company 1873-1939
$30.00 AUD
The New Zealand Shipping Co. London. 1939. 1st Ed. XVIII, (2), 110 PP, plus 8 b/w plates. Fp: Sailing vessel Turakina. Cloth cover, dj. Few foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise near fine. 21.2 x 14.8.
70076 WATSON, Milton H. US PASSENGER LINERS SINCE 1945
$20.00 AUD
Patrick Stephens Limited. Wellingborough. 1988. 1st Ed. 224 PP with b/w illust. (memorablilia, photos, plans). Title-page: President Cleveland departing from San Francisco. FEP: America. REP: Celebration sailing off to the Caribbean. Hard cover, dj. Foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 24.2 x 21. 1852609172
70354 WEIDENHOFER, Margaret MARIA ISLAND: A Tasmanian Eden
$20.00 AUD
Darlington Press. Melbourne. 1978. 2nd edition of the 1977 original. 64 PP with b/w illustrations, plus 4 pages with 10 colour photos. Eps: Chart of Marias Eyland. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Spine of dust jacket lightly sunned with a small chip at top, otherwise near fine. 24.6 x 19.5. 0959768905
70087 WELLS, T. E. MICHAEL HOWE, the Last and Worst of the Bushrangers of Van Diemen's Land
$20.00 AUD
Review Publications. Dubbo, NSW. 1979. Reprint of the 1818 original. Volume XXXV in the Australian Historical Monographs new series. Introduction by George Mackaness. 40 PP with b/w illustrations (2 facsimile of documents and 2 portraits). Card cover. Very good. 21.5 x 13.8.
The first unofficial book or pamphlet printed in Tasmania.
70360 WHITTAKER, Paul & REID, Robert PATANELA IS MISSING - Australia's Greatest Sea Mystery
$50.00 AUD
Bantam Books. Sydney. 1993. 1st Ed. 248 PP with 1 map on double page and 1 b/w photos of the authors, plus 16 pages with 31 b/w photos. Pictorial card cover. Name of previous owner at top of half title page. Slight ageing of paper, other wise a near fine copy. Scarce. 21 x 13.5. 1863590870
43182 WIDDOWS, Nick CAR FERRIES OF THE BRITISH ISLES 1994
$10.00 AUD
Ferry Publications. Kilgetty, Wales. 1994. 1st Ed. 120 PP with advertisements, b/w and colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 20.5 x 14.5. 1871947189
70256 WILLIS, Sam THE STRUGGLE FOR SEA POWER - The Royal Navy vs The World, 1775-1782
$20.00 AUD
Atlantic Books. London. 2018. 1st paperback edition of the 2015 original. XXXIV, 572 PP with 18 charts and 25 b/w illustrations, plus 8 pages with 16 colour illustrations. Pictorial soft covers with light wear, o/wise fine. 19.8 x 12.8. 9781848878471
14776 WINTER, L. B. NOR THEY UNDERSTAND
$25.00 AUD
Jacaranda Press. Brisbane. 1966. 1st Ed. XV, 179 PP with 6 charts (4 on double page), plus 26 pages with 44 b/w photos. Fp: As we Dream. Name of previous owner on half title page. Hard cover, dj. Short rubbed patch at head of spine of cover and dust jacket . Top corner of front endpaper clipped. Otherwise contents near fine. 22.5 x 14.
Sailing experiences on cargo/passenger ship and his own yacht Brynhildr, brought from Scotland to Sydney on the M/V Cedric, vessel of Shaw Savill Line where he served as doctor.
WoodenBoat Magazine. Brooklin, Maine. 1994. Special Issue. 160 PP with b/w illustrations (line drawings, photos, plans...) and colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27.6 x 20.7. 0937822299
70410 ZUIDHOEK, Arne THE MARITIME WORLD OF ARNE ZUIDHOEK
$20.00 AUD
The Allen Publishing Company. Hull, UK. 1987. 1st bilingual edition. Foreword by Anthony van Kampen. No pagination, 76 PP with 46 b/w illustrations (2 photos & 44 drawings) and 15 colour artworks (4 on double page & 11 on full page). Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket with repaired tear at back. Illustrated thank you note pasted down on half title page. Text in English and Dutch. Very good. Oblong: 28 x 30.5. 0948493038
