70649 ADMIRALTY / ALRS ADMIRALTY LIST OF RADIO SIGNALS - Volume 1 Part 2: Maritime Radio Stations The Americas, Far East and Oceania - NP281 (2), 2011/12
$35.00 AUD
United Kingdom Hydrographic Office. Taunton, UK. 2011. Published week 40 of 2011. NP 281 (2), 2011/12. XVI, 317, (3 blank for Notes) PP with tables and colour illustrations (drawings location maps, photos sketches... ). Pictorial soft cover. Signature on top of title-page and a few handwritten entries in the Record of Amendments. Near fine. 29.5 x 20.7 9780707719634
Global Communications Networks. Maritime Radio Stations. Anti-Piracy ...
46658 ANDREWS, Andrew THE BLUE TUNNYMAN
$20.00 AUD
Jonathan Cape. London. 1935. 1st Ed. 273 PP with 4 plans, plus 6 pages with 7 b/w photos. Blue cloth cover, gilt title on spine (sunned). Foxing on prelims and on outside page edges. Previous owner's signature and date on front endpaper. Contents clean and a very good copy. Scarce. 20.5 x 14.5.
36606 ANGUS, Max SIMPKINSON DE WESSELOW - Landscape painter in Van Diemen's Land and the Port Phillip District 1844-1848
$200.00 AUD
Blubber Head Press. Hobart. 1984. 1st edition limited to 1000 numbered copies signed by the author. This copy is no.21. 191 PP with 9 illustrations (3 colour & 6 b/w), 61 plates in colour, and 217 b/w illust. of the catalogue of Australian colonial works in Tasmanian public collections, plus 1 large folded plate (No. 39). Fp: Miniature of F.G. Simpkinson. Illustrated endpapers. Cloth cover, gilt device on front cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. Scarce. 31.7 x 28. 0908528132
Joined the Royal Navy in 1832, served with Captain F.W. Beechey then Captain Edward Belcher on HMS "Sulphur". Appointed to the Rossbank Observatory between 1844 and 1848...
45232 AUCKLAND HARBOUR BOARD OFFICIAL HANDBOOK, Containing information regarding the PORTS of AUCKLAND (Waitemata) and MANUKAU
$40.00 AUD
Auckland Harbour Board. Auckland. 1923. 1st Ed. 50 PP with 16 pages of b/w photos, plus 2 large folded plates (panoramic b/w photographs in 1923), and 3 large folded plans. Fp: 14 portraits of members of the board. Cloth cover, crest and title in blind on front cover. Date stamps (25 June 1946) at top margin of 4 pages/plates. 1st folded plan repaired. 1 closed tear on title page. Fold of endpapers split. Foxing spots on outside edges. Still a very good copy of a scarce item. 22.2 x 14.3.
70543 BAKER, Elaine & KEENE, Jock (editors) FULL FATHOM FIVE - 15 years of Australian involvement in the Ocean Drilling Program
$20.00 AUD
Australian ODP / University of Sydney. Sydney. 2003. 1st Ed. Foreward by Trevor G. Powell, Chair of Australian ODP Council. III, 65 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial stiff covers. Front cover with a crease at lower corner. Very good. Oblong: 20.7 x 29.3. 0646440004
44198 BALLARD, Robert D., McCONNELL, Malcolm ADVENTURES IN OCEAN EXPLORATION - From the Discovery of the Titanic to the Search for Noah's Flood
$10.00 AUD
National Geographic Society. Washington. 2001. 1st Ed. 288 PP with nearly 210 b/w and colour illustrations. Half title page: Alvin. Title spread: 2 passengers submersible inspecting the Cayman Wall. Hard cover, title on front cover and spine, dj. Fine. 31.2 x 24. 0792279921
The Mysterious Sea... Science beneath the sea... The Museum of the Deep.
61900 BANNISTER, John L. GREAT WHALES
$20.00 AUD
CSIRO Publishing. Melbourne. 2008. 1st Ed., in the "Australian Natural History" series. X, 142 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, graphs, maps, photos) and 15 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 24 x 17. 9780643093737
56205 BATEMAN, Sam (editor) MARITIME COOPERATION IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION: Current Situation and Prospects
$20.00 AUD
Strategic and Defence Studies Centre / ANU. Canberra. 1999. 1st Ed. Canberra Papers on Strategy and Defence No. 132. XXII, 193 PP with 2 maps and 3 tables. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 20.6 x 14.5. 0731527593
Papers presented at the 5th meeting of the working group held in Kuala Lumpur, 17 & 18 november 1998.
56206 BATEMAN, Sam and BATES, Stephen (editors) REGIONAL MARITIME MANAGEMENT & SECURITY
$20.00 AUD
Strategic and Defence Studies Centre / ANU. Canberra. 1998. 1st Ed. Canberra Papers on Strategy and Defence No. 124. XXIV, 209 PP with 3 maps and 4 tables. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 20.6 x 14.5. 0731527305
Papers presented at the 3rd meeting of the working group held in Bangkok, 30 May - 1 June 1997.
70676 BAUDIN, Nicolas THE JOURNAL OF POST CAPTAIN NICOLAS BAUDIN - 1800-1803, Commander-in-Chief of the Corvettes GEOGRAPHE and NATURALISTE
$500.00 AUD
Friends of the Library of South Australia. Adelaide. 2004. New edition of the 1974 original Australian edition, translated from the French by Christine Cornell, with an updated (2004) preface and a foreword by Jean-Paul Faivre. Edition limited to 300 copies (99 numbered), this is one of the unumbered copies. Australiana Facsimile Editions No. 222. XXI, 609 PP with 1 map and 1 chart, plus large folded map in pocket pasted down on rear endpaper. Half title page with portrait of Nicolas Baudin. Title page. Cloth cover, bound in quarter leather, gilt device and title on spine, device in blind on front board, ribbon page marker. A fine copy. Scarce. 25.3 x 19.5. 187615442X
70623 BEAN, Charles THE LIFE & LOVE OF A SEAFARING MAN
$15.00 AUD
Charles Bean. Hobart, Tasmania. c. 2010.. 1st edition, with an introduction by Lorrie Neate. (4), 136 PP With b/w illustrations: 1 facsimile of document and 8 photos. Pictorial soft covers. Spine lightly rubbed. Name of previous owner at top of preliminary page, o/wise fine. 20.8 x 14.8.
Royal Navy during WWII. Migrated and settled in Tasmania.
44141 BEKKER, C. D. SWASTIKA AT SEA - The Struggle and Destruction of the German Navy, 1939-1945
$5.00 AUD
William Kimber. London. 1953. 1st Ed. 207 PP with 1 map, plus 28 pages with 48 b/w photos. Fp: 2 views of the ramming of Leipzig by Prinz Eugen. Cloth cover. Spine sunned and foxed, hinge of back cover starting. Lacks the free fly of front endpaper. Foxing. Good reading copy. 22 x 14.
The war at sea, seen through German eyes.
49995 [BIGELOW, H.B.] PAPERS IN MARINE BIOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY, dedicated to Henry Bryant Bigelow
$35.00 AUD
Pergamon Press. London & New York. 1955. 1st Ed. Deep-Sea Research, supplement to Volume 3. XX, 498 PP with tables and b/w illustrations, plus 4 plates with 6 colour illustrations and 24 plates with 46 b/w photos. Fp: Portrait of Henry Bryant Bigelow. Cloth cover, dust jacket tipped in on rear endpaper. Ingleton bookplate on front endpaper. Faint foxing. Near fine. Image shows title-page and frontispiece. 26 x 17.5.
On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the founding of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
70134 BLACKWOOD'S Magazine SEA TALES FROM 'BLACKWOOD'
$20.00 AUD
William Blackwood and Sons Ltd. Edinburgh. 1960. 1st Ed. Foreword by Admiral Sir William M. James. VIII, 294 PP. Hard cover, dust jacket. Dust jacket is rubbed and chipped around edges and in a protective sleeve. Foxing on prelims and last pages and around outside edges, otherwise a very good clean copy. 22.2 x 14.5.
18 tales published in the 'Blackwood' Magazine between 1942 and 1959. The Old Nag, by Shalimar, Sinking the Scharnhorst by Lieut. Ramsden ..
76963 BLAINEY, Geoffrey BLACK KETTLE AND FULL MOON: Daily Life in a Vanished Australia
$25.00 AUD
Viking / Penguin. Melbourne. 2003. 1st Ed. X, 484 PP with over 45 b/w illustrations. Hard cover, gilt title on front board and spine, dj. Light shelf wear and dust jacket with a few small chips. Name of previous owner at top of FFEP. Very good. 24 x 15.7. 9780670041329
67853 BOATBUILDING BUILD A BOAT FOR PLEASURE OR PROFIT
$15.00 AUD
Popular Mechanics Press. Chicago. 1941. 1st Ed. 192 PP with plans, sketches and b/w photos. Illustrated cloth cover, title on front board and spine. dj. Dust jacket with repaired tears. Newsagency stamp on front endpaper, o/wise internally very clean and bright. 24.2 x 16.7.
Hints and tips on how to build a boat: rowboats, canoe, power and sail craft, plywood outboard, inboard runabout, cabin cruiser...
21154 BOWDEN, Tim THE SILENCE CALLING, Australians in Antarctica 1947-97 - The ANARE Jubilee History
$25.00 AUD
Allen & Unwin. Sydney. 1997. 1st Ed. XXVII, 593 PP with b/w illustrations (plans, photos), plus 24 pages with 72 colour photos. Fp: Facsimile of a poem by Sir Douglas Mawson, which gave the title to this book. Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 25.8 x 18. 1864483113
Australia and her interests in its Antarctic territories since the raising of the flag at Atlas Cove on Heard Island on 26 December 1947 by the first Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition (ANARE).
74770 BOWKER, R. M. & BUDD, S. A. MAKE YOUR OWN SAILS - A Handbook for the Amateur and Professional Sailmaker
$25.00 AUD
Macmillan. London. 1957. October reprint of the February 1957 original. XII, 140 PP with 32 figures, plus 8 plates with 35 b/w photos. Fp: Yacht Brumby. Hard cover, device and title on front cover which is faded along the edges and with faint old damp mark near the spine. Offsetting on endpapers, o/wise contents are near fine. 19 x 12.8.
70418 BRAHMS, Caryl & SHERRIN, Ned BENBOW WAS HIS NAME
$25.00 AUD
Hutchinson of London. London. 1967. 1st Ed. (10), 209 PP with 9 headpieces, plus 8 pages with 1 colour and 6 b/w illustrations. Fp (in colour): Admiral Benbow, by Sir Godfrey Kneller. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Library stamp on half title page and last page. Slight ageing of paper and foxing on outside edges. Very good. 21.( x 14.
A story of tall ships in battle compiled from literature of the sea and fashioned in a novel.
62319 BREW, Steve GREYCLIFFE - STOLEN LIVES
$30.00 AUD
Navarine Publishing. Canberra. 2003. 1st Ed. limited to 1200 copies, No. 58 in the Roebuck Society series. XII, 211 PP with b/w illustrations (1 painting and 3 sketches by the author and 53 photos). Hard cover, dj. Fine. 26 x 18.3. 0975133101
Sinking of the Sydney ferry Greycliffe by the Royal Mail Steamer Tahiti, 3rd November 1927.
53886 BROTHERTON, Miner K. THE 12-VOLT BIBLE for boats
$10.00 AUD
Thomas Reed Publications. Bradford on Avon. 2000. Reprint of the 1991 original. XVIII, 174 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 22 x 14.8. 0901281875
21330 BROWN, Diana & Colin THE WHALER AND THE PRIVATEER, The Story of Two Ships
$25.00 AUD
Letter of Marque Press. Nantucket. 1993. 1st Ed. XXII, 275 PP with 1 folded plate "Transition Chart for Hero and Swallow", and 36 b/w figures. Pictorial soft cover. Faint foxing, o/wise fine. 23 x 15.4. 096382080X
The French whaler Hero (Héros du Havre) and the English privateer Swallow, from the journal of Wm. Morris, first mate of the former and Wm. Mann, a carpenter of the latter. The Swallow seized the Hero off Santa Catarina Island (Brazil) in December, 1803.
Navarine Publishing / Roebuck Book. Canberra. 1998. 1st Ed., Roebuck Society Publication No. 45. XIV, 603 PP with 2 graphs,and 65 b/w illust. FEP: Map of Tasmania, c. 1850s. REP: An 1830s engraving of the Paddle steamer Seahorse. Hard cover, dj. Copy signed by the author on title page. Fine. 25.8 x 18. 0958656134
70871 BROXAM, Graeme (editor) TASMANIAN PINERS' PUNTS - Their History and Design
$40.00 AUD
Wooden Boat Guild of Tasmania / Australian National Maritime Museum. Hobart. 2020. Reprint of the 2019 edition. (6), 120 PP with tables, b/w illustrations (1 drawing, 1 map of Tasmania, line drawings, sketches & plans, 14 photos) and over 100 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Dated and signed on preliminary page by Graeme Broxam, editor. Fine. 29.7 x 21. 9780992366063
70698 BRYANT, Arthur & KENYON, Professor John FREEDOM'S OWN ISLAND: The British Oceanic Expansion
$20.00 AUD
Collins. London. 1986. 1st edition. Volume 2 in the "A History of Britain and the British People" series. (8), 568 PP with 1 genealogical tree and 7 maps or diagrams, plus 24 pages with 20 b/w plates for 21 illustrations. FEP: Map "Sir Francis Drake's circumnavigation of the world". REP: Map "Iberian Peninsular Wars". Hard cover, gilt title on vignette on spine, dj. Signature of previous owner on front endpaper, o/wise fine. 24 x 16. 0002174111
Chapter 13 "The Search for Stability", by Professor J. P. Kenyon.
51172 CALLENDER, Geoffrey THE QUEEN'S HOUSE GREENWICH. A Short History, 1617-1937
$10.00 AUD
Yelf Brothers Ltd. Newport, Isle of Wight. 1937. 1st Ed. (2), 28 PP with 2 plans and 2 b/w photos, plus 28 pages with 24 b/w plates. Title page: Queen's House. Stapled soft covers. Few foxing spots on outside edges. Very good. 24.3 x 18.2.
19333 CASTLETON, Philip LAST VOYAGE OF A JINXED SHIP - The Wreck of the "LOCH ARD" (in Geo Magazine Volume 14, No. 2, May-July 1992)
$10.00 AUD
Australasia's Geographical Magazine. Sydney. 1992. Includes article from P.74 to 85 with 2 maps, 11 b/w and 5 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 23 x 20.3.
The wreck of the Loch Ard on the reef off Mutton Bird Island.
19634 CHAPMAN, Charles F. PILOTING, SEAMANSHIP AND SMALL BOAT HANDLING. A Practical Treatise Dealing with Those Branches of Motor Boating with Which Every Yachtsman Should Be Familiar
$15.00 AUD
The Hearst Corporation / Motor Boating. New York. 1958. 1958-59 edition. Volume V - Motor Boating's Ideal series. X, 11- 500 PP with 10 colour plates and over 500 b/w illustrations, plus 68 pages of addenda. Cloth cover (slightly speckled), dj (slightly rubbed). Very good. 30 x 22.
Equipment and regulations - Rules of the Road... Compass - Charts - 17 pages of illustrated nautical dictionary.
44218 CHICHESTER, Francis THE LONELY SEA AND THE SKY
$5.00 AUD
Pan Books. London. 1967. 1st paperback edition of the 1964 original published by Hodder & Stoughton. 400 PP with 12 line drawings, plus 8 pages with 13 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Ageing of paper, o/wise very good. Includes a loosely inserted newspaper article from the Daily Mirror, Oct 16, 1989. 18 x 11.
Autobiography of the man who undertook the first solo long distance sea-plane flight in 1931 and the first solo sailing race across the Atlantic.
62067 CLEGG, W. Paul & STYRING, John S. STEAMERS OF BRITISH RAILWAYS AND ASSOCIATE COMPANIES
$20.00 AUD
T. Stephenson. Prescot, UK. 1962. 1st Ed. VIII, (2), 140 PP with 7 b/w photos in text of Part I plus 109 photos accompanying 108 descriptions of ships. Fp: The "Cerdic Ferry". Ep: Map of the regular passenger services of British Railways and Associate Companies. Hard cover, dust jacket (price-clipped with a few small chips). Offsetting of endpapers. A near fine copy. 22 x 14.
70571 CLYDE SHIPPING CLYDE SHIPPING COMPANY Limited
$5.00 AUD
Clyde Shipping Company. Glasgow. c. 1970. A 10 page "advertisement" flyer with 4 colour illustrations (3 photos and a 2 pages artwork of the tugboat "Flying Fulmar"), and 14 b/w illustrations (seal of the Company, 5 drawings and 8 photos). Staples removed. Near fine. 26.2 x 20.
70597 COLEMAN, Patrick J. (editor) THE WESTERN PACIFIC: Island Arcs - Marginal Seas - Geochemistry
$30.00 AUD
University of Western Australia Press. Perth. 1973. 1st edition with a foreword by Patrick J. Coleman and introduction by C.C. Von der Borch. XVIII, 675 PP with tables and figures (graphs, maps, diagrams ...). Fp: map of the Western Pacific. Hard cover, decoration on front cover, title on front cover and spine, all edges tinted. Front endpaper with bookplate of previous owner (name blocked out). Very good copy. 24.8 x 18. 085564060X
A total of 45 Papers. 10 on Features of the Pacific Ocean Basin. 18 on Island arcs and related structures of the Western Pacific region. 5 on Marginal areas of the Western Pacific. 12 on Petrology and Geochemistry of island arcs in relation to tectonic environment.
40231 COLWELL, Max & NAYLOR, Alan ADELAIDE - An Illustrated History
$10.00 AUD
MCP. Adelaide. 1984. Reprint of the 1981 revised edition (original of 1974). 128 PP with b/w illustrations, plus 8 colour plates. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 28 x 21.6. 0959439307
50840 COOK, James JAMES COOK Journal of Proceedings at ENDEAVOUR RIVER: 11 June-14 August 1770
$25.00 AUD
Banks Society Publications / Colony Press. Melbourne. 2003. 1st Ed. Transcribed by Captain W. J. L. Wharton. Edited with an introduction by John Currey. 64 PP with 1 portrait, 2 deck plans of Endeavour and 4 b/w illustrations, plus 1 folded plan of the Endeavour River facing page 24 and 1 folded chart inside back cover. Fine. 21 x 15. 094958617X
62485 COOPER, Ray LADY NELSON - Her Majesty's Colonial Brig of 60 Tons
$5.00 AUD
Mid North Maritime Museum. Port Macquarie, NSW. 1996. Published 18th January 1996. Clear plastic folder containing 9 pages (recto only) and a folded page: "Lady Nelson / Tasail". Fine. 30 x 21.5.
On the 175th anniversary of the Lady Nelson and the original settlement (17th April 1821) of Port Macquarie.
68585 COURSE, Capt. A. G. THE MERCHANT NAVY TO-DAY
$15.00 AUD
Oxford University Press. London. 1956. 1st Ed. VIII, 197 PP with 8 figures, plus 22 Pages with 47 b/w photos. Fp: In port - Ships in London's King George V Dock. Cloth cover. Stamp of "The Tasmanian Maritime and Folk Museum" on title page. Name of previous owner on front endpaper. Contents near fine. 22.2 x 14.5.
Types of ships engaged in the merchant service, cargoes they carry, the routes they follow.
70582 Le COUTEUR, Wilson THE GREAT OUTPOSTS OF THE EMPIRE
$50.00 AUD
Federal-Houlder-Shire Lines. London. 1907. 1st Ed. (4), 224, LXXIIII, PP with 1 map, 6 tables (distances, fleet list...) and 178 b/w photos. Illustrated endpapers. Hard cover, gilt title on front cover, all edges gilt. Hinges worn and edges of covers rubbed. Spine worn at extremities. Stamp of previous owner on recto of front endpaper and last page. Verso of title page with traces of previous label. Still a very good copy. Scarce. 18.8 x 12.3.
The World of Federal-Houlder-Shire Lines: Great Britain, South Africa, Australia (pages 49 to 113) , and New Zealand.
19058 COWSILL, Miles & HENDY, John P&O EUROPEAN FERRIES - The Fleet
$10.00 AUD
Ferry Publications. Kilgetty, UK. c.1987. 1st ED. 20 PP with 1 map, 8 b/w photos & 34 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Name of previous owner at top of title page. Fine. Oblong: 15 x 21.
The routes and the fleet of P. & O.'s European ferries between the Channel, the North Sea and the North Channel. Sesquicentenary publication of a service which began in 1837.
43170 COWSILL, Miles, DANIELSON, Richard, & HENDY, John FERRIES IN CAMERA '90
$10.00 AUD
Ferry Publications. Kilgetty, UK. 1989. 1st Ed. 48 PP with 50 colour photos. Inside front cover: Sealink's Horsa. Inside back cover: Channel Entente. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. Oblong: 14.8 x 20.8. 1871947030
Historical insight of the Sealink route between Harwich and Hook of Holland.
70011 CRITCHLEY, Mike BRITISH WARSHIPS SINCE 1945, (Part 2)
$10.00 AUD
Maritime Books. Liskeard, Cornwall, UK. 1981. 1st edition, introduced by Vice-Admiral Sir John Roxburgh. 104 PP with tables, and 50 b/w photos. Title page: H.M. Submarine. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 21 x 14.8. 0950632368
Submarines, Submarine Depot Ships, Depot Ships and Maintenance/Repairs Ships.
70685 DAVEY, Richard SARAH ISLAND. The Penal Settlement at Macquarie Harbour 1831
$10.00 AUD
The Round Earth Company. Strahan, Tasmania. 1998. 1st Ed. 16 PP with illustrations by Simon Barnard and Phil Fitzpatrick. Stapled soft wrappers. Fine. 21 x 15.
The People, Ships and Shipwrights, A guided tour.
70686 DAVEY, Richard THE SHIP THAT NEVER WAS, The Last Great Escape from Sarah Island, Macquarie Harbour
$10.00 AUD
The Round Earth Company. Strahan, Tasmania. c. 1999. 1st Ed. 16 PP with illustrations by Simon Barnard and Phil Fitzpatrick in a comic strip format. Stapled card covers. Fine. 21 x 15.
32961 de BONNEFOUX, Pierre-Marie-Joseph & PARIS, E. LE DICTIONNAIRE DE LA MARINE A VOILE
$50.00 AUD
René Baudouin. Paris. 1980. Reprint of the 2nd edition of 1856. (2), XVI, 776 PP, plus 30 pages for 7 plates with 180 figures (originally folding plates). Hard cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Light foxing on prelims and on outside edges. Near fine. French text. 31.8 x 21.2.
French Maritime Dictionary with English equivalent between brackets. From Arab (Turkish sailor) to Zugyte. Pages 748 to 774: English / French vocabulary, from Aback to Youngster.
51311 DEBBANE, Jean Pierre & CADORET, Bernard (editors) LE PETIT PERROQUET No. 17
$10.00 AUD
Editions des 4 seigneurs. Grenoble, France. 1975. No. 17 - Summer 75. 72 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Faint foxing. French text. Near fine. 26.5 x 22.
Tradition Nordique. Special issue on Nordic Heritage. Bernard Cadoret, Arne-Emil Christensen, Eric Mac Kee, Ole, Crumlin-Petersen, Paul Johnstone.
70618 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY TODAY
$15.00 AUD
Public Relations, Navy Office. Canberra. c. 1972. 1st Ed. 32 PP with tables and b/w illustrations (3 artists' impressions, 12 drawings, 6 photos of planes and 17 photos of warships and 55 silhouettes) Pictorial soft cover (Guided Destroyer Brisbane & Destroyer Escort Swan). Near fine. Oblong: 14.7 x 21.
The RAN in mid 1970s.
67682 DICK, H. W. & KENTWELL, S. A. BEANCAKER TO BOXBOAT - Steamship Companies in Chinese Waters
$25.00 AUD
Nautical Association of Australia. Canberra. 1988. 1st Ed. XIV, 330 PP, plus 56 pages with 116 b/w photos of ships. Fp: Hong Kong Harbour, 1897. Hard cover, dust jacket has a lightly sunned spine. A near fine copy. 25.6 x 19.2. 0959907939
From Jardine, Matheson & John Swire, to C.Y. Tung.
70639 DIVING RAN DIVING MANUAL - ABR 155 - Volume 2: Regulations and Practical Diving
$100.00 AUD
Department of Defence (Navy) Canberra. 1980 / 1983. 1st July 1980 original ABR 155 (updated 1983). Volume 2, Chapters 8 to 18. (4), XIV, 248 PP (14 of them large folded) with tables and b/w or colour figures (drawings, flages, graphs ...). Pages with 4 punch holes contained in a special ring binder. Covers of binder somewhat soiled. Contents fine. 32 x 25.
Last updated pages (1983), inserted on 5 July 1984.
70640 DIVING RAN DIVING MANUAL - ABR 155 : Volume 3: Specialised Diving Techniques and Equipment & Volume 4: Diving Equipment , Description and Maintenance
$150.00 AUD
Department of Defence (Navy). Canberra. 1980 / 1983. 1st July 1980 original ABR 155 (updated 1983). Volume 3, Chapters 19 to 23: (4), XIV, 114 PP with tables and b/w figures (drawings, photos ...). Volume 4, Chapters 24 to 29: (6), XIV, 194 PP (3 of them large folded), with tables and b/w figures (drawings, photos, sketches). Pages with 4 punch holes contained in a special ring binder. Covers of binder a little soiled. Contents near fine. 32 x 25.
Last updated pages (1983), inserted on 5 July 1984.
16581 DIXON, Joan M. & HUXLEY, Linda (editors) DONALD THOMSON'S MAMMALS AND FISHES OF NORTHERN AUSTRALIA
$20.00 AUD
Thomas Nelson Australia. Melbourne. 1985. 1st Ed. XII, 210 PP with b/w illustrations (24 figures, 60 maps and 91 plates). Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 29 x 21.5. 170065413
Record of a brilliant zoologist during the first half of the 20th century. Each species covered includes original notes by Thomson, locality maps, comments by the authors & identification photos where possible.
48924 DOWNER, Martyn NELSON'S PURSE. An extraordinary historical detective story shedding new light on the life of Britain's greatest naval hero
$5.00 AUD
Bantam Press. London. 2004. 1st Ed. (8), 424 PP with 18 head pieces and 28 b/w illustrations (engravings, facsimiles of documents or letters, paintings), plus 32 pages with 1 b/w and 48 colour photos. Eps: Plan of the attack of Lord Nelson on the combined fleet, October 21st 1805. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 24.2 x 16. 0593051807
15740 DUCKER, Sophie C. THE CONTENTED BOTANIST, Letters of W.H. Harvey about Australia and the Pacific
$35.00 AUD
MUP. Melbourne. 1988. No. 3 in the Miegunyah Press series. 1st limited Ed. (1000 copies). XVI, 414 PP with 1 plan, 8 maps and 2 facsimiles of letters in text, plus 16 pages with 7 colour & 13 b/w illust. Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing around outside page edges, o/wise a fine copy. 24.4 x 16. 0522843417
Letters from a Professor of Botany to some of his colleagues during a voyage between 1853 & 1856 to Australia via Ceylon and the return via South America. Description of the islands of Tonga and Fiji (P.233-270), problems between 3 nations (England, France & U.S.A.) and two religions (Protestant & Roman Catholic). Professor Harvey was a specialist in marine plants and algae and the author of Phycologia Australica in 5 volumes.
67678 DUNCOMBE, Kathy BRUNY ISLAND'S QUARANTINE STATION IN WAR AND PEACE
$35.00 AUD
66993 DUNMORE, John & DE BROSSARD, Maurice LE VOYAGE DE LAPEROUSE 1785-1788 (in Two Volumes)
$450.00 AUD
Imprimerie Nationale. Paris. 1985. 1st edition in Voyages et Découvertes series. Tome I: XIII, 315 PP with 75 b/w & colour illustrations, plus a folded chart (in three parts) in rear pocket. Tome II: XIII, 512 PP with 192 b/w & colour illustrations. Both volumes bound in blue cloth with colour vignette on front cover, gilt title on front board and spine, and contained in an illustrated cloth slipcase. Dedicatory note on half title page of Volume I, dated and signed by the author. Endpapers of Volume II split at the gutter. Faint foxing. French text. A near fine set. This is a heavy item and postage will be higher than usual. Please ask for a quote. 30.5 x 22. 2110808578
31234 DUNN, Laurence PASSENGER LINERS
$40.00 AUD
Adlard Coles. London. 1961. 1st edition. (4), 474, (18 adv.) PP with b/w photos throughout, 6 pages with 120 funnels in colour, and a comprehensive index and addenda. Fp: R.M.S. Windsor Castle, flagship of the Union-Castle fleet. Eps: maps showing major passenger ports. Red cloth cover, gilt devices on front, gilt title on spine, dj. Dust jacket has repairs and is in a protective sleeve. Stamp of the Maritime Museum of Tasmania on FFEP and half-title page. Sello tape marks on endpapers and covers. Otherwise contents are clean and near fine. 25.5 x 19.
A comprehensive work with sections on Great Britain, the Americas, Europe, Mediterranean, Asia and Australasia, Russia and the Communist Bloc. Contains an extensive index of companies, shipbuilders, ship names, changes, etc...
74757 DUNN, Laurence PASSENGER LINERS
$30.00 AUD
Adlard Coles. London. 1961. 1st edition. (4), 474, (18 adv.) PP with b/w photos throughout, 6 pages with 120 funnels in colour, and a comprehensive index and addenda. Fp: R.M.S. Windsor Castle, flagship of the Union-Castle fleet. Eps: maps showing major passenger ports. Red cloth cover, gilt devices on front. Remnants of tape parks on endpapers, o/wise a very nice copy of the scarce first edition. 25.5 x 19.
A comprehensive work with sections on Great Britain, the Americas, Europe, Mediterranean, Asia and Australasia, Russia and the Communist Bloc. Contains an extensive index of companies, shipbuilders, ship names, changes, etc...
10791 EDWARDS, Herbert THEIR LAWFUL OCCASIONS - A True Story
$10.00 AUD
Percival Marshall. London. 1956. 1st Ed. 256 PP, plus 8 pages with 12 b/w photos. Fp: Captain Herbert Edwards, R.N. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket with short closed tears. Occasional foxing. Very good clean copy. 22.2 x 14.2.
Sequel of the autobiography Under Four Flags, the Royal Navy years and the two World Wars.
56070 ELLIS, Richard MEN AND WHALES
$40.00 AUD
Alfred A. Knopf. New York. 1991. 1st Ed. XV, 542 PP, with 292 b/w illustrations (including 15 paintings & 10 maps by the author), 3 pages of glossary terms and 22 pages of bibliography. Fp: A gam between the bark Sunbeam and the ship James Arnold. Eps: Engraving from the Nuremberg (1760) edition of the 1720 Dutch work by C.F. Zorgdrager of the Greenland whale fishery. Hard cover, device on front cover, gilt title on cloth cloth spine, dj. Bookplate of Honore Forster, Australian Historian (Whaling Specialist) on verso of front endpaper. Near fine. 28.5 x 23. 0394558391
The complex history of men and whales, from the first commercial whaling by Basques of 10th Century France and Spain, to the International Whaling Commission and the worldwide movement to protect the whales.
64393 FARR, Grahame WEST COUNTRY PASSENGER STEAMERS
$35.00 AUD
T. Stephenson & Sons Ltd. Prescot, UK. 1967. 2nd edition of the 1956 original. XII, 355 PP with tables and b/w illustrations (facsimile of documents, plans, tail pieces and 19 funnels), plus 36 pages with 87 b/w photos and the frontispiece. Fp: S.S. Scillonian, leaving St.Mary's. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price-clipped). Fine. 22.3 x 14.5.
70690 FARRAR, Derek & CRUISING YACHT CLUB OF TASMANIA (compiler) D'ENTRECASTEAUX WATERWAYS - A Guide to the Waterways of the D'Entrecasteaux Channel and its tributaries
$25.00 AUD
Tasmanian Government Publication. Hobart. c. 1998. 1st Ed. 78 PP with b/w illustrations: 2 drawings by Neil Lamont & 6 figures, 1 location map and 27 maps/plans (in colour). Inside back cover: 9 colour illustrations "Common Channel Fish". Plastic folder with 42 clear plastic sleeves containing the 78 pages and original wrappers, spiral bound. Very good. 29.7 x 21. 0724623361
Includes anchorages, list of boat ramps, list of lights, ...
54390 FENTON, Roy, & CLARKSON, John SHIPS IN FOCUS RECORD 39
$15.00 AUD
Ships in Focus Publications. London. 2008. Issue Number 39, March 2008. 129-192 PP with 148 b/w illustrations (3 House Flags and Funnels, and 135 photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21. 9781901703856
Moss Hutchinson (Part 1), by Roy Fenton and John Cook. Scottish Shire Line (Part 1), by Ian Farquhar. Overseas Fruit Ships in Hobart 1960-1976 (Part 1), by Rex Cox.
55723 FENTON, Roy, & CLARKSON, John SHIPS IN FOCUS RECORD 41
$15.00 AUD
Ships in Focus Publications. London. 2008. Issue Number 41, November 2008. 64 PP with 113 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21.
Prince Line Mediterranean Ships, post 1945 (Part 1), by George Swaine. Nigerian National Shipping Line Ltd. (Part 1), by Andrew Huckett. Shell Tankers on the Mersey, by Captain Michael Pryce. W.N. Lindsay Ltd of Leith (Part 1), by Graeme Somner & Douglas J. Lindsay.
58829 FERGUSON, S. F. JOHN BULL GETS TOUGH - An Essay in Interpretation
$10.00 AUD
Angus and Robertson Ltd. Sydney. 1944. 1st Ed. VIII, 72 PP. Soft cover, pictorial dust jacket (cartoon by Norman Lindsay). Folds of dust jacket fragile. Ageing of paper. Very good. 18 x 12.
41767 FLANNERY, Tim (editor) TERRA AUSTRALIS - Matthew Flinders' Great Adventures in the Cirumnavigation of Australia
$20.00 AUD
Text Publishing Company. Melbourne. 2002. New edition of the 2000 original by Text Publishing. XXXIV, (4), 268 PP, (6 publications) plus 8 pages with 13 b/w or colour illust. Pictorial soft cover. Faint foxing on outside edges, o/wise fine. 19.8 x 12.7. 1876485922
66844 FLETCHER, Daina JOHN CHARLES ALLCOT (1888-1973) in Australian Sea Heritage, Magazine of the Australia's Maritime Museums, No. 28
$5.00 AUD
Australian Sea Heritage / Sydney Maritime Museum. Sydney. 1991. Issue No. 28, Autumn 1991, edited by Peter Plowman. 32 PP with b/w photos. Contains article pages 12 to 14 with 4 b/w illustrations (Portrait and 3 paintings). Pictorial soft cover (Monowai passing under the Sydney Harbour Bridge) . Fine. 27.7 x 21.
Australia's Maritime Painters, Part 10: John Charles Allcot (1888-1973). Other articles includes: Captain Frank W. Young: the James Craig and the Monowai, by Jack Churchouse. Katika 1 - Island Trader, by Lindsay Rex.
64157 FLINDERS UNIVERSITY THE HORACE LAMB CENTRE FOR OCEANOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH - Annual Report 1967
$10.00 AUD
The Flinders University of South Australia. Adelaide. 1968. No pagination, 16 PP with figures (3 maps, 1 b/w photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 24.2 x 18.5.
36381 FRAME, Tom THE SHORES OF GALLIPOLI - Naval Dimensions of the Anzac Campaign
$15.00 AUD
Hale & Iremonger. Sydney. 2000. 1st Ed. 256 PP with 12 b/w figures (1 profile of AE 2, and 11 maps), plus 16 pages with 44 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Slight ageing of paper and foxing. Brief note at top of half title page. Near fine. 23 x 15.2. 0868066761
The Anzac Campaign, and the action of the Australian Submarine AE 2 in the Dardanelles Strait and the Sea of Marmora.
48017 FRAME, Tom THE CRUEL LEGACY: The HMAS VOYAGER Tragedy
$30.00 AUD
Allen & Unwin. Sydney. 2005. 1st Ed. (4), 235 PP with 9 figures (diagrams & sketch plans), plus 8 pages with 12 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 23 x 15.2. 1741144213
70558 FRAME, Tom HMAS SYDNEY
$10.00 AUD
Hachette Australia. Sydney. 2008. Reprint of the 1998 paperback edition (updated of the 1993 original). XVI, 412 PP with 3 figures (1 location map and 2 diagrams), plus 8 pages with 4 profiles and 14 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 23.3 x 15.3. 9780733623639
Mysterious & controversial action between HMAS Sydney & the German auxiliary raider HSK Kormoran on 19th November, 1941. Search for both wrecks and their discovery in March 2008.
56343 FRAME, Tom & BAKER, Kevin MUTINY! - Naval insurrections in Australia and New Zealand
$25.00 AUD
Allen & Unwin. Sydney. 2000. 1st Ed. XII, 283 PP, plus 12 pages with b/w illustrations (3 drawings and 22 photos). Pictorial card cover. Spine sunned. Note at top of front endpaper, o/wise near fine. 22.8 x 15.2. 9781865083513
43346 FRANCIS, Clare COME HELL OR HIGH WATER
$10.00 AUD
Pelham Books. London. 1977. 1st Ed. 198 PP with 2 maps, plus 16 pages with 33 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Faint foxing. Near fine. 22.4 x 14.5. 0720709857
1st British girl to take part in the Observer Royal Western Singlehanded Transatlantic Race.
70216 FREDSTON, Jill ROWING TO LATITUDE: Journeys along the Arctic's Edge
$10.00 AUD
North Point Press. New York. c. 2005. 7th reprint of the 2002 paperback edition (original of 2001). (4), XVIII, 289 PP with 2 maps on double page, plus 8 pages with 16 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Slight ageing of paper, o/wise near fine. 20.9 x 13.8. 0865476551
58948 FROUIN, Charles JOURNAL DE BORD 1852-1856 - CHARLES FROUIN, CHIRURGIEN DU BALEINIER L'ESPADON
$30.00 AUD
Editions France-Empire. Paris. 1978. Reprint. 340 PP with 2 maps, plus 12 Pages with 13 b/w illust. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Very good. 19 x 14.
A world cruise by a French surgeon with calls at Albany, Akaroa, Hawaii and on the various fishing grounds of the Okhotsk and Bering.
43610 FRY, W. Arthur THE PAINTING BOOK OF SAILING SHIPS
$10.00 AUD
Allday Ltd. Birmingham. c.1960. 1st Ed., in Painting Books Shakespeare series. No pagination, 24 PP with 6 b/w and 6 colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Foxing spots on the inside of the covers and on first and last page. Very good. 24.5 x 18.5.
69084 FURNISS, Harry P & O SKETCHES IN PEN AND INK
$15.00 AUD
Weidenfeld & Nicolson. London. 1987. Reprint of the original published by The Studio of Design. 204 PP with 98 sketches on full page. Cloth cover, gilt title and illustration on front cover. Covers have a few marks/speckling on spine and back edge, otherwise contents are fine. Oblong: 21.2 x 29.8. 0297791958
51349 GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY OF NEW SOUTH WALES [THE] THE AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHER. Vol. II, No. 2 - 1933
$20.00 AUD
The Geographical Society of New South Wales. Sydney. 1933. 64 PP with 21 figures (diagrams & maps) and 5 b/w plates, plus 1 plate in colour (Land Occupation, New South Wales). Soft covers with light wear. Staples removed. Slight ageing and foxing of paper, o/wise near fine. 24.8 x 18.5.
Geographical incidence of disease in Australia, by Professor Harvey Sutton. Regionalism in France, by Professor S.H. Roberts. Land utilization in the Lower Hunter Valley (part 1), by W. H. Maze. The construction and interpretation of Statistical Maps, by Catherine D. J. Back. Image shows list of all contents.
51351 GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY OF NEW SOUTH WALES [THE] THE AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHER. Vol. II, No. 5 - 1935
$15.00 AUD
The Geographical Society of New South Wales. Sydney. 1935. 48 PP with 1 graph, 3 maps, 9 weather charts and 6 b/w photos. Soft cover. Staples removed. Slight ageing and foxing of paper. Near fine. 24.8 x 18.5.
The analysis of Weather Charts, by Dr. E. Kidson. The regional distribution of vegetation in New South Wales, by Lilias M. Cameron. Notes on Central Australia and the Kimberleys. Image list all contents.
70419 GILKERSON, William ULTIMATE VOYAGE: A Book of Five Mariners
$10.00 AUD
Shambhala Publications, Inc. Boston. 1998. 1st edition. (10), 314 PP with line drawings by the author (vignette on title page, headpieces, endpieces and text illustrations). Fp (in colour): " Vessle" swept gloriously along the waterfront, by the author. Pictorial soft cover. Top corner slightly bumped. Near fine. 28 x 21.5. 1570624615
A seafaring tale.
50186 GILL, Commander G. Hermon THE AUSTRALIAN NAVY: Origins, Growth and Development (in Journal and Proceedings of the R.A.H.S. - Volume 45, Part 3, 1959)
$10.00 AUD
Royal Australian Historical Society. Sydney. 1959. Contains article between pages 139 and 158. Stapled soft covers. Near fine. 20.7 x 13.5.
Read to the Society on March 31, 1959.
19345 GOULD, Alan THE MAN WHO STAYED BELOW
$5.00 AUD
Angus & Robertson. Sydney. 1984. 1st Ed. 201 PP. Illustrated end papers. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 22 x 14.5. 0207148910
A novel based on the voyage of a 16 year old apprentice on the wool clipper Emilia Denholm from Melbourne to London, via Cape Horn.
70519 GRAEME-EVANS, Alex & WILSON, Peter BUILT TO LAST, The story of the Shipwrights of Port Cygnet, Tasmania, and their boats 1863-1997
$75.00 AUD
Tasbook Publishers. Woodbridge, Tasmania. 1996. 1st edition limited to 1000 copies.. X, 134 PP with b/w illust. (plans, photos) in text. Title page: "Good Intent" on the slips at Martins Point, circa 1893. Inside cover: John Wilson and Sons shipyard late 1903 at Robleys Point. Pictorial stiff covers. Dedicatory note on front endpaper, dated and signed by both authors. A fine copy. Scarce. 29.8 x 20.8. 0646296167
Sheridan House. New York. 1981. 1st US edition. VI, 226 PP with silhouettes and b/w photos. Hard cover, dj (price-clipped and rubbed around edges). Foxing on top outside edge, o/wise very good. 25 x 16.5. 0911378332
17 parts covering passenger ships, general cargo... training ships.
19032 GROUSHKO, Michael LOST TREASURES OF THE WORLD
$15.00 AUD
Multimedia Books. London. 1993. Reprint of 1986 original. 192 PP with bw and colour illust. Fp: Research in Egypt. Half title page: Coins on sea floor. Eps: Battle at sea. Laminated pict. boards, dj. Fine. 29.5 x 23.2. 185375126X
Buried treasures of pirates, treasures of sunken ships...
54593 H.M.S.O. SUMMARY OF GERMAN WARSHIPS - B.R. 642 (G)
$45.00 AUD
Naval Intelligence Division / Admiralty. London. 1942. October 1942 edition. B.R. 642 (G). IV, 52 PP with b/w illustrations (silhouettes, sketch plans, profiles and photos). Soft cover. Back cover with pieces missing. Two last leaves with pieces missing. Covers soiled. Staples removed. Occasional foxing spots. Very good. A scarce item. 24.5 x 15.5.
Pages 47 to 52: Silhouettes of Danish, Netherlands & Norwegian Vessels believed to have been captured or taken over by the German Navy.
69993 HACKFORTH-JONES, Gilbert ONE-ONE-ONE, Stories of the Navy
$20.00 AUD
Hodder & Stoughton. London. 1943. January 1943 reprint of the October 1942 original. 223, (1 publications) PP. Cloth cover, dj (price clipped and plastic protected). Covers with a few small chips or closed tears, o/wise a fine copy. Scarce. 19 x 13.
58561 HAISMAN, Sylvie THIS BARREN ROCK: A True Tale of Shipwreck and Survival in the Southern Seas, 1875
$30.00 AUD
ABC Books. Sydney. 2010. 1st Ed. (XII), 238, (3) PP with 1 location map of the Crozet Islands and b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 13.5. 9780733325557
Wreck of the Shaw Savill & Co. "Strathmore" in 1875 on Grande Ile, Crozet Islands.
70142 HAMILTON, Rhonda & BARTKEVICIUS, Mark MAN AND RIVERS - A Photographic Exhibition
$10.00 AUD
The Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery. Launceston. 1985. 1st Ed. No pagination, 20 PP with 30 b/w photos. Soft cover, pictorial front. Signature of previous owner at top of title page. Near fine. 22.5 x 17.2.
31692 HAWS, Duncan MERCHANT FLEETS - No. 24 - BRITAIN'S RAILWAY STEAMERS: WESTERN AND SOUTHERN COMPANIES + French and Stena
$20.00 AUD
TCL Publications. London. 1993. 1st Ed. No. 24 in the Merchant Fleets series. (VI), 230 PP with 309 b/w drawings to constant scale (1:900). Pictorial card cover. Fine. 21 x 14.7. 0946378215
Technical details and career histories of 28 companies and their 466 ships.
19497 HEATON, P. M. WELSH SHIPPING FORGOTTEN FLEETS
$15.00 AUD
Starling Press. Newport. 1989. 1st Ed. 91 PP, plus 32 b/w photos of ships (on full page). Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing, o/wise fine. 21.8 x 15.4. 1872006000
Duncan & Company. Seagers. Pardoe-Thomas... History and fleet list.
43021 HECKSTALL-SMITH, B. YACHTS & YACHTING IN CONTEMPORARY ART
$70.00 AUD
The Studio. London. 1925. Limited edition, No. 271/1000. XVI, 48 PP, plus 96 plates (79 in b/w and 24 with the colour illustrations tipped in). The 24 colour plates with tissue guard. Eps: Dutch Yacht, 1650. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, top edge gilt. Occasional foxing. Near fine. Scarce. 29.6 x 23.5.
61854 HENRY, Fred SHIPS OF THE ISLE OF MAN STEAM PACKET CO. LTD.
$10.00 AUD
Brown, Son & Ferguson. Glasgow. 1977. 4th edition of the 1962 original, revised by F. B. O'FRIEL. 88 PP with 2 maps and 32 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 18.5 x 12.2. 0851742823
70541 HERRESHOFF, L. Francis SENSIBLE CRUISING DESIGNS
$35.00 AUD
International Marine. Camden, Maine. 1991. 1st paperback edition of the 1973 original. VIII, 216 PP with b/w illust. (photos, plans, diagrams, sketches). Pictorial soft cover. Front cover with crease at bottom front corner, lower corner of first 5 leaves with remnant damp marks, top outside edges lightly soiled, o/wise contents clean and an overall very good copy. 25.3 x 20.4. 0977422982
How to build double-paddle canoes, H 14 & H 28, Rozinante, Meadow Lark, Golden Ball, Nereia, Mobjack and Marco Polo, plus 46 other small craft & cruising yachts.
51450 HILL, M. N. (editor) THE SEA. Ideas and Observations on Progress in the Study of the Seas. Volume 2: The Composition of Sea-Water. Comparative and Descriptive Oceanography
$40.00 AUD
Interscience Publishers. New York. 1963. 1st Ed. XV, 554 PP with tables and figures (drawings, graphs, maps, b/w photos). Cloth cover, gilt title on spine. Dust jacket tipped in at rear of book. Ingleton bookplate on front endpaper, and stamp of Ingleton Catalogue and No. (13260) on rear endpaper. Light foxing on outside edges, o/wise near fine. 26 x 18.
45205 HOLDEN, Robert THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA - The Life of Australian Whaling Captain William Chamberlain: A tale of abduction, adventure and murder
$10.00 AUD
HarperCollins. Sydney. 2003. 1st Ed. XIV, 302 PP with 1 b/w illustration. Pictorial stiff covers with light wear, faint foxing, o/wise near fine. 23.3 x 15.3. 9780732275570
Historical reconstruction.
40400 HOOK, F. A. MERCHANT ADVENTURERS 1914-1918
$30.00 AUD
A. & C. Black. London. 1920. 1st Ed. VIII, 319 PP, plus 2 folded maps at rear and 32 plates with 35 b/w illust. Fp: Four-point-seven. Cloth cover, device in blind on front cover, gilt title on spine. Bookplate of "The Royal Cruising Club" on front endpaper. Ageing of paper and foxing (not affecting plates). Top of spine missing on 2 cm. Covers protected by a dust jacket (laser print). Good reading copy. 21.4 x 13.5.
War records during the first World War of: P. & O., British India, and their Associated Lines.
70668 HOOPER, R. H. THE KING ISLAND STORY
$25.00 AUD
Peko-Wallsend. Sydney. 1973. 1st Ed. Foreword by W. F. Ellis. Edited by Dr. Mark Richmond. XV, 153 PP with tables, plus 16 pages with 30 b/w illust. Fp: Map of King Island. Eps: L'éléphant marin ou phoque à trompe - Ile King - Nouvelle-Hollande. Cloth cover, dj. Dust jacket is a little soiled with a few small rubs. An otherwise fine copy. 24.5 x 17.8.
70409 HORDERN HOUSE VOYAGES
$20.00 AUD
Hordern House. Sydney. 2002. 1st Ed. No pagination, 96 PP with 116 b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Price list loosely inserted. Fine. 27 x 21. 01875567356
Catalogue detailing 97 items.
37746 HORNSBY, David OCEAN SHIPS - 2000
$10.00 AUD
Ian Allan / Plymouth Press. London. 2000. 12th edition. 224 PP with tables and 168 bw photos. Title spread: P&O Nedlloyd Southampton. Half title page: Peene Ore, Monrovia. Laminated pictorial boards (Disney Wonder). Fine. 24.2 x 17.7. 0711024270X
Part One: Passenger liners & cruise ships. Part Two: Cargo vessels & tankers.
68265 HUDDART PARKER MAILING ENVELOPE
$5.00 AUD
Huddart Parker Line. Melbourne. c. 1935. Mailing envelope with House-Flag on back. Fine. Small oblong: 9 x 14.5.
70550 HUGILL, Stan SHANTIES AND SAILORS' SONGS
$65.00 AUD
Herbert Jenkins Ltd. London. 1969. 1st Ed. X, 243 PP with 41 drawings by the author, and 40 musical scores. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Dust jacket with repaired tears on front cover of dust jacket and is plastic protected. Light foxing and small stains on top and bottom outside edges, o/wise a very good clean copy. 23.2 x 15.2. 0257657681
Historical background of the sea-song and shanty. How shanties and other kinds of shipboard songs were used...
66745 HUNT, Susan, TERRY, Martin, & THOMAS, Nicholas LURE OF THE SOUTHERN SEAS - The Voyages of Dumont d'Urville 1826-1840
$45.00 AUD
Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales. Sydney. 2002. 1st Ed. Foreword by Mary-Louise Williams and Peter Watts. Preface by Monique Ducreux. 144 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Inside front cover: Portrait of Contre-Amiral Jules Dumont d'Urville. Inside back cover: Common Spotted Cuscus. Pictorial soft covers. Fine (as new condition). 30 x 23.6. 9781876991005
65652 HURLEY, Frank SHACKLETON'S ARGONAUTS, The Epic Tale of Shackleton's Voyage to Antarctica in 1915
$30.00 AUD
McGraw-Hill. Sydney. 1979. New edition of the 1948 original, with a preface by Phillip Law. 186 PP with b/w photographs by the author. Title spread: The Endurance caught in ice. Eps: Antarctic Peninsula and Weddell Sea. Hard cover, device on front cover, dj. Light foxing on prelims, otherwise a fine copy. 25.5 x 19. 0070935505
The 1915 ill-fated expedition of Shackleton in the Antarctic seas.
15075 INGLETON, Geoffrey C. MATTHEW FLINDERS, Navigator and Chartmaker (In Two Volumes)
$750.00 AUD
Genesis Publications / Hedley Australia. London. 1986. De Luxe Edition limited to 500 copies and numbered (No. 249/550). Volume I: XXIV, 467 PP with 252 text illustrations plus 16 colour plates & 16 b/w plates. Fp: Flinders' Investigator and Baudin's Le Géographe, 8th April, 1802. Volume II: Matthew Flinders, Private Journal 1803-1814. VI, 366 PP. Fp: Chart of Isle of France or Mauritius. Handbound in quarter leather and master printed on archival paper, all edges gilt. Gilt decoration on front cover, spine with raised bands. The gilt lettering and gilt on decorations on spines have largely been lost. Cloth cover slipcase. Signed by the author. A near fine set. Scarce. This is a heavy item and postage will be higher than usual. Please ask for a quote. Large folio: 31 x 23. 0904351327
36501 JENKINS, David OWEN & WATKIN WILLIAMS OF CARDIFF - THE GOLDEN CROSS LINE
$15.00 AUD
World Ship Society. Kendal. 1991. 1st Ed. 72 PP with 40 b/w photos. Fp: The Williams brothers. Pictorial soft cover. Name of previous owner on FFEP, o/wise a fine copy. 21 x 14.8. 0905617614
63101 JENKINS, Geraint & David CARDIFF SHIPOWNERS
$10.00 AUD
Amgueddfa Genedlaethol Cymru / National Museum of Wales. Cardiff. 1986. 1st Ed. 87 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. Oblong: 15.2 x 23. 0720003091
39938 JOHNSTON, George H. BATTLE OF THE SEAWAYS
$10.00 AUD
Angus and Robertson. Sydney. 1941. 1st Australian edition. XVI, 240 PP, plus 12 b/w plates. Fp: British bomber circling German oil tanker. Cloth cover, gilt title on sunned spine. War economy paper, foxing spots on outside edges and few pages. Name of previous owner on front endpaper. Very good. 22 x 14.5.
Early stages (up to April 1941) of World War II: submarine warfare, blockade of Germany, mine warfare,...
38774 JONES, Ted THE OFFSHORE RACER
$20.00 AUD
Nautical Publishing. Lymington, UK. 1976. Reprint of the 1974 UK edition (US original of 1973). XI, (3), 285 PP with 4 tables and 103 figures (maps, sketches and b/w photos). Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket with a few small chips, foxing spots on outside page edges, o/wise near fine. 22.4 x 15.8. 0245524355
63617 JUBELIN, Rear-Admiral André THE FLYING SAILOR
$5.00 AUD
Hurst and Blackett. London. 1953. 1st English edition, translated from the 1951 French original "Marin de Métier - Pilote de Fortune". 276 PP, plus 20 pages with 34 b/w photos. Cloth cover. Ex Library copy (Australian Red Cross Hospital Library Service), with tape marks on endpapers, few stamps and colour photo pasted down on front cover. Foxing. Very good reading copy. 21.7 x 14.5.
World War II with the French Navy, the Free French Navy (after leaving his post in Indo-China to join the British forces in Malaya) and as a fighter pilot with the Royal Air Force.
70567 KNOX-JOHNSTON, Robin & PICKTHALL, Barry AROUND ALONE: THE BOC CHALLENGE 1986-87 - The Official Story of the Greatest Sailing Adventure of All Single-Handed Round-The-World Yacht Race
$20.00 AUD
Robertsbridge. New York. 1987. 1st edition. Foreword by Richard Giordano. XXIV, 112 PP with 1 map on double page, tables, 4 b/w illustrations and 66 colour photos. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket with closed tear and faded part (spine and top edge). Very good. 31.3 x 22. 0947178082
Around Alone: The Official Book of the Second Single-Handed ...
53663 KOEMAN, C. An Inventory of JOHANNES VAN KEULEN'S GLOBE-FACTORY in Amsterdam, Dated 1689 (In Imago Mundi, a review of Early Cartography)
$10.00 AUD
Nico Israel. Amsterdam. 1971. Article removed from issue 25. Pages 47 to 53. Soft cover, plastic cover, clear plastic front, spiral bound. Fine. 28.7 x 20.6.
71659 KOLLTVEIT, Bard, CROWDY, Michael et al. WILH. WILHELMSEN 1861-1994, A Brief History and A Fleet List
$25.00 AUD
World Ship Society. Kendal, UK. 1994. 1st Ed. 320 PP with 9 portraits, 1 line drawing, 20 colour & 418 b/w photos of ships in text. Fp. FEP: Headquarter building at Lysaker. REP: Line drawings of the Nosac Tanabata. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 21.6 x 15. 0905617738
History of the company with a comprehensive fleet list (P.57-291) and an interesting Index and Derivations of Ships' Names (P.292 to 320).
70139 KUNDA, Maria PERISCOPE: a view from the original Lake Pedder, by Professor Emeritus Geoff Parr
$15.00 AUD
University of Tasmania. Hobart. 2006. 1st Ed. Foreword by Mary Knights. 32 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Invitation for opening loosely inserted. Dedicatory note signed by the artist on title page. Illustrated card covers. Oblong: 21 x 14.8. 1862953317
Exhibition of artworks by Tasmanian artist, held at the Carnegie Gallery, Hobart: 25 August to 24 September 2006.
70632 KYSELKA, Will & LANTERMAN, Ray NORTH STAR TO SOUTHERN CROSS
$15.00 AUD
University Press of Hawaii. Honolulu. 1978. Reprint of the 1976 original. VIII, 152 PP with b/w or colour illustrations. Pictorial card cover. Covers with rubbed edges and few creases. Very good. 22.8 x 15.2. 0824804198
The successful round trip of "Hokule'a" between Hawaii and Tahiti in 1980 plus a study of its two traditional navigators: Nainoa from Hawaii and Mau Piailug from the Caroline Islands.
41257 LARN, Richard & Bridget SHIPWRECKS - Falmouth to Looe
$10.00 AUD
Tor Mark Press. Penryn. 1993. 1st Ed. 32 PP with 1 map and 33 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover (French two-masted schooner Marie Celine). Near fine. 21 x 14. 0850253381
South coast of Cornwall.
70225 LAWRENCE, R.D. VOYAGE OF THE STELLA
$5.00 AUD
HarperPerennial. Toronto. 1991. 1st HarperPerennial paperback edition (original of 1982). (8), 248 PP with 4 maps. Pictorial soft cover. Slight ageing of paper. Spine with creases. Very good. 20.2 x 13.2. 0006377068
69916 LAWTHER, Rebecca & WRIGHT, Jonathan (editors) D-DAY, 70 YEARS ON - The Normandy Campaign Remembered
$15.00 AUD
Script Media / Pen & Sword Military Books. Barnsley, South Yorkshire. 2014. 70th Anniversary edition. 112 PP, (6 Images of War, D-Day) with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 23. 9781848841710
The story of 6 June 1944: D-Day. 2nd of August 1944, very first flight of the Arado AR234, a jet aeroplane.
70656 LLOYD, Christopher PACIFIC HORIZONS - The Exploration of the Pacific before Captain Cook
$20.00 AUD
George Allen and Unwin Ltd. London. 1946. 1st Ed. 188 PP, plus 7 b/w plates (plate II on double page). Fp: Chart of The Pacific in 1589. Eps: map of the Pacific. Cloth cover, dj (price clipped). Spine of dust jacket lightly sunned and with a few small chips. War economy paper. Occasional foxing. Near fine. 22 x 14.5.
34506 LUND, C. A. COASTAL AND DEEP SEA NAVIGATION FOR YACHTSMEN
$10.00 AUD
Brown, Son & Ferguson. Glasgow. 1972. Reprint of the 6th edition of 1966 (original of 1934). X, 120 PP with tables, 65 figures, plus 1 folded chart and 3 colour plates. FEP: Deviation table. Hard cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. No. at top corner of front cover. Very good. 18.5 x 12.8.
14565 MABER, John M. NORTH STAR TO SOUTHERN CROSS
$15.00 AUD
T. Stephenson & Sons. Prescot. 1967. 1st Ed. XV, 335 PP with 5 line drawings by author, plus 48 pages with 96 b/w photos. Fp: Mariposa, built 1953. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Near fine. 24.2 x 16.2.
The story of the Australasian seaways where, since the 1850's, sixty shipping lines established routes between Europe, Australasia and North America.
70098 MAGGS TRAVEL AND VOYAGES - Catalogue 1339
$10.00 AUD
Maggs Bros. Ltd. London. 2003. 1st Ed. 88 PP with 15 colour and 20 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 24 x 17.
A Selection of 250 items. Pacific, Australasia & Antarctic: No. 131 to 167.
64300 MARINE UNDERWRITERS' AND SALVAGE ASSOCIATION OF VICTORIA LTD THE REGISTER OF AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING - Including Shipping Registered at Fiji and New Guinea 1906-1907
$250.00 AUD
Compiled and issued by The Marine Underwriters' Association of Victoria Ltd. Melbourne. 1906. 1st Ed. 199 PP. Pages 1 to 10 printed recto/verso, P.11 to 183 recto only. P. 185-199 printed recto/verso. Original green cloth cover, gilt title on front cover. Covers worn around edges and inside gutters starting. Corner of preliminary page clipped. Ageing of paper and a little light foxing. Otherwise a very good copy of a scarce item. Oblong: 18.4 x 26.
"From Returns furnished by the Customs Authorities in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Fiji and New Guinea".
15519 MARTIN, C. & BROUWER, N. THE STORY OF SAIL
$10.00 AUD
Voyage of discovery of sailing ships. Covers 9 ships: Sutton Hoo, Oseberg Ship, Mary Rose, Wasa, Batavia, Cutty Sark, Preussen & Sobraon, once the world's largest sailing passenger ship.
18235 MASON, Michael, GREENHILL, Basil & CRAIG, Robin THE BRITISH SEAFARER
$10.00 AUD
Hutchinson / BBC & National Maritime Museum. London. 1980. 1st Ed. No pagination, (4), 158 PP with 3 colour photos and hundreds of b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 25.5 x 19.8. 0091419514
A mosaic of what the seafarer saw and thought about, expressed in his own words. Enjoyable voyage of discovery in the seafarer's world.
36080 MATTOX, W. C. BUILDING THE EMERGENCY FLEET
$30.00 AUD
Macdonald and Jane's. London. 1974. 1st UK edition of the 1920 original, in the "Macdonald Maritime History" series. (4), XX, 279 PP with 9 charts/graphs, 16 portraits and 21 b/w photos. Decorated hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Spine of dust jacket lightly sunned. Faint foxing. Near fine. 23.3 x 15.5. 0356047407
A historical narrative of the problems and achievements of the United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation.
51158 McCAUSLAND, Ian (editor) 50TH SYDNEY-HOBART (in The Mercury)
$15.00 AUD
The Mercury. Hobart. 1995. Special Souvenir edition, Monday January 2, 1995. 56 PP with b/w illustrations (cartoons, drawings, photos) and 5 colour photos. Very good. 41 x 30.5.
All the races, history and drama of the Blue Water Classic.
Viking / Penguin. Melbourne. 2003. 1st Australian edition. XVI, 336 PP with maps 1 compass rose, 13 headpieces and 15 maps, plus 16 pages with 16 colour and 17 b/w photos. Stiff covers, pictorial front. Fine. 23 x 15. 9780670040193
13 shipwrecks: Trial in 1622 - Batavia in 1629 - Sydney Cove in 1797 - Stirling Castle in 1836 - Cataraqui in 1845 ... Sydney to Hobart yacht race of 1998.
G.P. Books. Wellington. 1989. 1st Ed. 48 PP with 66 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 14.8. 0477000142
Photographic record of the various runs: Northern Route, Nelson Passenger Service, the Picton Ferry, the Wellington-Lyttelton Ferry Service and Foveaux Strait Service.
64033 MESSAGERIES MARITIMES MENU - Collection des Messageries Maritimes "Les Paquebots de Jadis"
$75.00 AUD
Compagnies des Messageries Maritimes / Alépée et Cie. Paris. c. 1950. 7 folded Menus (1st Class: Dinner or Lunch) illustrated on front by Frédéric H. Bernelle, and used in May 1953 on board the liner "Caledonien". Faint foxing. Format: 24 x 18.
59779 MIDDLEMISS, N. L. 'GATHERING OF THE CLANS' - The History of the Clan Line Steamers Ltd
$20.00 AUD
Shield Publications. Newcastle upon Tyne. 1988. 1st Ed. Preface by Lord Cayzer. (XII), 4, 111 PP, plus 64 pages with b/w full-page photos. Fp: Clan Mactavish of 1949. Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise fine. 22 x 15. 1871128005
Contains an extensive appendix with details of vessels owned and another of vessels managed on behalf of the Ministry of War Transport.
38198 MILLER, William H. OCEAN LINERS
$10.00 AUD
Mallard Press. Sydney / Auckland. 1990. 1st Australian edition. 144 PP with b/w & colour illustrations. Title page: colour vignette with Paris. Hard cover, dj. Fine. Large format: 36.5 x 26.5. 1863250239
Travel by passenger liner from the White Star Line to the floating resorts plying the Caribbean. (published in the USA under the title: Ocean Liners: Travel on the Open Seas)
69966 MINTO, Captain Tom & STEVENS, Eric THE SEARCH FOR THE "KOBENHAVEN" and Other True Stories of the Depression Years
$20.00 AUD
Graeme K. Andrews. Sydney. 1984. Edition limited to 1000 hand numbered copies (No. 13 / 1000). 52 PP with 29 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft covers with a few rubs, lower margin of a few pages with old water stains in the margin, o/wise contents near fine. 23.5 x 16.5. 0959672311
Graphic descriptions of life on a square-rigger in 1936 and on a coal burner ship in 1929. The last voyage of the Parma by Eric Stevens.
22757 MONTGOMERY, Michael WHO SANK THE SYDNEY?
$15.00 AUD
Cassell. Sydney. 1981. 1st Ed. (12), 242 PP with 5 maps, 7 figures, and 18 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Spine of dust jacket with a small tear. Slight ageing of paper on outside edges. Very good. 22 x 15. 0726954764
A controversial approach to the sinking of the HMAS Sydney, lost with all hands, whereas the German "Kormoran" had most of her crew saved.
34667 MOORE, Captain John (editor) JANE'S NAVAL REVIEW - Fourth Year of Issue
$20.00 AUD
Jane's Publishing Company. London. 1985. 1st Ed. 175 PP with b/w illustrations (maps, plans and photos). Pictorial laminated boards. Near fine. 27.5 x 20.5. 0710603355
Counterbalancing the Soviet Navy East of Suez, by Admiral William J. Crowe... Britain's Merchant Navy: down by the bow and sinking fast by Nigel Ling. The French Navy in the year 2000, by Pierre Lachamade. 4 articles on the Soviet Navy, by Captain John Moore.
10910 MOORE, W. Robert GILBERT ISLANDS IN THE WAKE OF BATTLE [in National Geographic, Volume LXXXVII, No.2]
$10.00 AUD
National Geographic Society. Washington. 1945. February 1945. P.129-162 with 1 map with 2 insets, 11 b/w & 19 colour photos. Soft cover. Very good. 25.4 x 17.5.
Life returning to Tarawa and the Gilbert Islands after their conquest by the Marines.
60005 MOREL GIBBS, John MORELS OF CARDIFF: the History of a Family Shipping Firm
$15.00 AUD
Amgueddfa Genedlaethol Cymru / National Museum of Wales. Cardiff. 1982. 1st Ed. Foreword by J. Geraint Jenkins. 184 PP with tables and 34 b/w illustrations, plus 1 folded plate with 2 family trees (Morel and Gibbs). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 14.8. 072000246X
52427 MUNDLE, Rob FATAL STORM - The 54th Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race
$10.00 AUD
HarperCollins. Sydney. 1999. Reprint of the 1999 original, with a foreword by Sir James Hardy. XIII, 319 PP with 1 map and 1 diagram, plus 48 pages with 1 map and 77 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Signature of previous owner at top of half title page. Slight ageing / foxing of paper. Very good reading copy. 23.3 x 15.3. 0732264359
27th December 1998: six sailors perished, countless with injuries, many yachts sunk or badly damaged.
62715 MUNDLE, Robert FLINDERS: The Man Who Mapped Australia
$20.00 AUD
Hachette Australia. Sydney. 2012. 1st Ed. XIII, 386 PP with 2 maps, plus 16 pages with b/w and colour illustrations (coastal views, facsimile of documents, maps, etchings, paintings & watercolours). Eps: General Chart of Terra Australis or Australia. Hard cover, title in blind on front board and spine, dj. Fine. 24.2 x 16. 9780733628504
69897 N/A A Souvenir of your trip on Penny Royal "LADY STELFOX" Paddle - Steamer
$10.00 AUD
Penny Royal Complex. Launceston. c. 1990. 12 PP with colour illustrations: 1 map and 24 photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 14.5.
70595 N/A MANUAL OF TIDAL PREDICTION
$30.00 AUD
Brown, Son & Ferguson Ltd. Glasgow. 1958. 3rd edition of the 1940 original. (6), 133 PP with figures and tables, plus 6 folded diagrams (2 plotting Circle, 1 transparent diagram "Height Scale" for diurnal and semidiurnal components, and 3 working examples) contained in the rear pocket tipped in on back cover. Hard cover, cloth spine, title on front board and spine. Lower corner of covers rubbed and a little soiled, occasional foxing. Name of previous owner blocked out on front endpaper. Contents near fine. 25.2 x 19.
70599 NASH, Michael & BROXAM, Graeme SHIPWRECKS IN AUSTRALIAN WATERS 1622 -1850
$50.00 AUD
Navarine Publishing. Hobart. 2019. 1st Ed. VIII, 288 PP with b/w or colour illustrations (charts & location maps, plans, drawings, paintings and photos). Eps: General Chart of Terra Australis or Australia. Hard cover, title in blind on front board and spine, dj. Signed on title page by Graeme Broxam, publisher and co-author. New. 27.4 x 21.8. 97809992366087
31083 NAYDLER, Merton THE PENANCE WAY: The Mystery of PUFFIN's Atlantic Crossing
$5.00 AUD
Hutchinson. London. 1968. 1st Ed. XIX, 252 PP with 2 maps and 17 figures, plus 16 pages with 24 b/w photos. Fp: Puffin during tests carried out by the author (in colour). Eps: Map of the North Atlantic with tracks of the English Rose III and Puffin. Hard cover, dj. Foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 21.5 x 14.
Failed attempt in 1966 to row the Atlantic from the Chesapeake to UK.
38380 NAYDLER, Merton COOK ON A COOL CAT
$15.00 AUD
Temple Press Books. London. 1965. 1st Ed. XII, 207 with 1 map and 1 plan of the catamaran, plus 8 pages with 14 b/w plates. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket rubbed with a sunned spine. Stamp in blind "From the Shelves of Fiona Lewis" on lower corner of FEP anf half title page. Light foxing, o/wise a very good clean copy. 22 x 14.5.
Experience gained as a cook on the catamaran Rehu Moana of David Lewis, during a voyage in June 1963 between England and Iceland..
57905 NELSON, Hank TAIM BILONG MASTA - The Australian Involvement with Papua New Guinea
$25.00 AUD
ABC Books / Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Sydney. 1990. New edition of the 1982 original. 224 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Name of previous owner on inside front cover. A very good clean copy. 26 x 20.5. 0733300693
Based on the ABC Radio series, produced by Tim Bowden.
22734 NEPEAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY THE PENINSULA STORY, SORRENTO AND PORTSEA - YESTERDAY - Book I
$30.00 AUD
The Nepean Historical Society. Sorrento, Victoria. 1966. 1st Ed. Introduction by C. N. Hollinshed. 64 PP with 1 map , 1 plan, 1 facsimile of letter, and 15 bw photos. Pict. card cover ("Lady Nelson"). Very good. 21.4 x 13.7.
First landings and explorations and the first settlement under Governor Collins. The grazing, lime burning, and fishing industries...
61842 NEWBURY, C. W. (editor) THE HISTORY OF THE TAHITIAN MISSION 1799-1830, Written by John Davies Missionary to the South Sea Islands with Supplementary Papers from the Correspondence of the Missionaries
$60.00 AUD
Hakluyt Society. Cambridge. 1961. Second Series No. CXVI. LIV, 392 PP with 8 b/w illust., plus 8 plates and a folded map at back of book. Fp: Fold-out plate depicting The Cession of the District of Matavai to the Missionaries. Blue cloth cover, gilt device on front, slightly foxed dust jacket which has 2 small closed tears, a few foxing spots on outside page edges, o/wise a near fine copy. 22 x 14.5.
76996 NEWCOMB, Richard F. ABANDON SHIP ! - The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis, the Navy's Greatest Sea Disaster
$20.00 AUD
HarperCollins. 2001. Revised edition, with an introduction and an afterword by Peter Maas. XVIII, (4), 326, (3) PP with 1 map with location map on double page, plus 8 pages with 20 b/w photos. Pictorial soft covers. Small stamp of previous owner at top of half-title page. Very good. 23.3 x 15.3. 0732269881
Sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis, flagship of the Fifth Fleet, 29th July 1945.
22211 NICHOLSON, Ian LOG OF LOGS, Volume Two
$100.00 AUD
Roebuck Society. Nambour, Qld. 1993. 1st Ed. Publication No.47. XII, 608 PP with b/w figures & photos. Bound copy of the original stiff covers edition. Hard cover, gilt-engraved spine. Light foxing, o/wise fine. 25.5 x 17.8. 0646091824
A complement to the first volume which generated much response and provided a great deal of fresh material making a second volume necessary.
55955 NICHOLSON, Ian Hawkins SHIPPING ARRIVALS & DEPARTURES - TASMANIA - Vol. II: 1834-1842 (Parts I, II & III) & GAZETTEER OF TASMANIAN SHIPPING 1803-1842 (Part IV)
$30.00 AUD
Roebuck Society. Canberra. 1985. 1st Ed. Roebuck Society Publication No. 33. VI, 246, 212 (indexes) PP with 30 charts, maps & plans and 52 b/w illustrations. FEP: Chart of Bass Strait (Western part). REP: Chart of Bass Strait (Eastern part). Soft covers, pictorial front. Fine. 24.5 x 17.4. 0909434247
Tor Mark Press. Truro, Cornwall. c. 1965. 1st Ed. 32 PP with 47 b/w photos. Fp: American liner "Paris". Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21.5 x 14
64165 NOYE, John & RADOK, Rainer THE STORY OF A STORM IN THE SOUTHERN OCEAN - Research Paper No. 2, "Horace Lamb Centre for Oceanographical Research"
$10.00 AUD
The Flinders University of South Australia. Adelaide. 1966. Research Paper No. 2: (1), 2, (9) PP (recto only) with 1 table and 7 figures. Soft cover, staples. Fine. 28 x 21.5.
Off Macquarie Island: 10th / 11th March 1965.
76647 O'MAY, Dave G. FERRIES OF THE DERWENT - A History of the Ferry Services on the Derwent River
$25.00 AUD
D.G. O'May. Hobart. 1988. 1st Ed. Foreword by Max Chesterman. (10), 118 PP with 5 facsimile of documents and 81 b/w photos. Fp: Kangaroo Bay showing Bellerive Ferry Wharf. Illustrated hard cover. Fine. 22.3 x 14.5. 0724623604
11547 O'NEILL, Robert (editor) INSECURITY! - The Spread of Weapons in the Indian and Pacific Oceans
$15.00 AUD
ANU Press. Canberra. 1978. 1st Ed. X, (2), 280 PP with 1 map, 2 graphs and 23 tables. Hard cover, dj rubbed). Near fine. 22 x 14. 0708105467
Current and future trends in the spread of weaponry in and around the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
72496 OGDEN, Graeme MY SEA LADY - The Story of H.M.S. Lady Madeleine, from February 1941 to February 1943
$20.00 AUD
Hutchinson. London. 1963. 1st Ed. 201, (3) PP with 16 b/w illustrations by Richard Elsden. Hard cover, dj. Ex Library copy with stamps on endpapers and a few pages with pen marks. Very good reading copy. 21.5 x 14.5.
A personal narrative of the author's escort duty on the Arctic convoys. The Lady Madeleine was the largest of the fishing trawlers converted for anti-submarine duties in WWII.
69466 ORIENT LINE ORIENT LINE / ENGLAND - AUSTRALIA - NORTH AMERICA - S. S. ORCADES - WRITING PAPER
$5.00 AUD
Orient Steam Navigation Company. London. c. 1954. 2 unused sheets of Writing Paper with at the top: Logo of the company - Orient Line - England - Australia -North America, and name of vessel S.S. Orcades. Near fine. 19.5 x 12.7.
47642 OZANNE, Nicolas L' ENTREE DU PORT DE DUNKERQUE, Vue de la Rade
$45.00 AUD
Paris. c. 1980. Colour print - suitable for framing. Reprint of the 1776 original. Painting by Nicolas Ozanne, engraved by Le Gouaz and published in the Réduit de la Collection des Ports de France dessinés pour le Roi en 1776. Fine. Format: 26.8 x 35.5.
The entrance to the Port of Dunkirk from the outer Road.
68940 P. & O. PRINCESS CRUISES / PRINCESS TOURS - "The Love Boat" - ALASKA 1993
$15.00 AUD
P&O Princess Cruises Holidays. Sydney. 1992. September 1992 travel brochure. 98 PP with tables and colour illustrations (1 large folded map of Alaska and Western Canada, 60 sketch maps, 4 folded deck plans with 13 stateroom diagrams, and photos). 2 other flyers for Australian travellers loosely inserted. Pictorial soft cover (front with 3 folds). Fine. 29.4 x 21.
7-Day Inside Passage and Gulf of Alaska Cruises and Cruises tours on board: Regal Princess, Crown Princess, Star Princess, Sky Princess and Fair Princess
68941 P. & O. CRUISES "ROYAL PRINCESS" CRUISE / FLY HOLIDAYS: February - May 1987
$5.00 AUD
P&O Cruises. Sydney. 1986. Folded Flyer, June 1986 edition. 4 folds with tables and colour illustrations (1 map and 18 photos), plus a 2 folds flyer "Princess Cruises" for Royal Princess and Sea Princess, May-September 1987 with 1 sketch map and 8 colour photos. Near fine. 29.7 x 21.2.
69580 PHILLIPS-BIRT, D. MOTOR YACHT AND BOAT DESIGN
$25.00 AUD
Adlard Coles Ltd. London. 1953. 1st Ed. 180 PP with tables, 61 figures and 30 plates with 46 b/w photos. Fp: Yacht Girundia II, and yacht "Shemara". Cloth cover, gilt title on spine. Ex library binding, copy with stamps on verso of half title page and recto of frontispiece, and shelf number at foot of spine. Contents clean and still a good copy. 25 x 18.5.
Size, speed and type, stability, behaviour at sea, construction, resistance and hull form. Powering, propellers, planing boats, ... Glossary: P.169-178.
19350 PHILLIPS-BIRT, Douglas THE HISTORY OF YACHTING
$15.00 AUD
Stein & Day. New York. 1974. 1st US Ed. 288 PP, with profuse illust. in b/w & colour. Fp: The Sappho setting balloon canvas. Eps: Yachting off the Isle of Wight 1848. Cloth cover, pict. dj. Bookplate of previous owner on FFEP. Light foxing on prelims, o/wise a very good clean copy. 30.5 x 23.5. 0812817044
History of the sport of yachting & development of yacht design.
21757 PICKTHALL, Barry THE ULTIMATE CHALLENGE - Single-handed Round the World - The Story of the BOC Challenge 1982-83
$15.00 AUD
Orbis. London. 1984. Reprint of the 1983 original. 176 PP with 4 plans of yachts, 6 maps, 46 colour, & 92 bw photos. Fp: Paul Rodgers at the wheel of his class 1 entry Spirit of Pentax. Half-title page: Crédit Agricole, in Table Bay. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 25.3 x 19.2. 0856135607
Newport to Newport via Cape Town, Sydney, and Rio de Janeiro.
61046 PIGNEGUY, Dee SALTWATER IN HER HAIR - Stories of Sisterhood at Sea
$20.00 AUD
VIP Publications. Auckland. 2001. 1st Ed. Foreword by Captain Jim Varney. 160 PP with b/w illustrations (documents, photos). Pictorial soft cover. Crease on the spine. Dedicatory note on title page dated and signed by the author. Near fine. Oblong: 20.8 x 25.7. 0958227705
35 Women in the New Zealand maritime industry.
69953 PLOWMAN, Peter FERRY TO TASMANIA. A Short History
$40.00 AUD
Rosenberg. Sydney. 2004. 1st Ed. 200 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Fp: Australian Trader. Pictorial soft cover. Spine a little faded, otherwise a fine copy. 29 x 21. 9781877058271
31675 PLUMMER, Russell SUPER-FERRIES OF BRITAIN, EUROPE AND SCANDINAVIA
$15.00 AUD
Patrick Stephens Limited. London. 1988. 1st Ed. 144 PP with 4 maps, tables and 147 bw photos plus 8 pages with 18 colour photos. Title spread: Koningin Beatrix. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 25.2 x 19. 0850599237
31182 POTTER, John Deane FIASCO: The Break-out of the German Battleships
$10.00 AUD
Readers Union. London. 1971. Reprint of the 1970 original published by William Heinemann Ltd. (10), 235 PP, plus 8 pages with 14 bw photos. FEP: track of the escape route from Brest to Germany, 12/13 February 1942. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Faint foxing. Near fine. 22 x 13.7.
The break-out from the military port of Brest in February 1942 of the Scharnhorst, Gneisenau, and Prinz Eugen.
20905 PREGER, W. THE HUMBLE DUTCH HERRING
$40.00 AUD
F.W. Cheshire. Melbourne. 1944. 1st Imprint of 4000 copies. 62 PP with 2 head pieces, 7 tail pieces in text plus 32 bw plates. Fp: The Herring packers by Cees Bolding, 1939. Eps: Map of the North Sea. Soft cover, pict. dj. Very good. 25 x 19.
A history of Holland, her Empire and their seafaring people up to the Pacific War. Dedicated to all Dutch seafarers "To you who for four long and homeless years have courted death that others might live."
52409 PRETYMAN, E. R. SOME NOTES ON MARIA ISLAND AND ITS PENAL SETTLEMENTS
$15.00 AUD
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery. Hobart. 1970. 1st Ed. Foreword by W. Bryden. 29, (3) PP with 9 b/w illustrations (1 map, 1 plan, 3 engravings and 4 photos). Pictorial soft cover. Signature of previous owner at top of front cover, o/wise fine. 24.7 x 18.5.
70540 RAHS THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY - Journal and Proceedings Vol XVI, Supplement to Part II
$30.00 AUD
Royal Australian Historical Society. Sydney. 1930. P.133 -150, plus folded chart "Torres Strait, showing probable track of Torres, September 1606". Wrappers with short closed tears (repaired). Slight ageing of paper, staples removed. Very good. Scarce. 21 x 14.
Pages 133 to 146: Voyage of Torres by Francis J. Bayldon. Pages 147 to 150: Note on Prado's "Relacion" , by Sir William Clarkson. Image of back cover shows all contents and list of illustrations.
70628 RAJAWAT, Daulat Singh ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY OF JAIPUR
$20.00 AUD
Delta Publications. Jaipur, India. c. 1st Ed. 40 PP with 2 tables, 2 b/w illustrations (1 plan of the Observatory & 1 horoscope) and 25 colour illustrations (1 painting and 24 photos). Pictorial soft covers. Fine. 27.2 x 21.3.
15529 ROBERTSON, Jillian THE CAPTAIN COOK MYTH
$15.00 AUD
Angus & Robertson. Sydney. 1981. 1st. Aust. Ed. (8), 164 PP with 35 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Renewed front endpaper. Foxing spots on outside edges. Very good. 21.5 x 14.
Brief history of the successive discoveries of Australia prior to 1770 plus the adulation of Cook as Australia's national hero: the statues, monuments, towns, rivers, university, etc. which bear his name.
18247 ROSS, John O. CAPT. F. G. MOORE, Mariner and Pioneer
$20.00 AUD
Wanganui Newspaper. Wanganui. 1982. 1st Ed. 178 PP with a facsimile of documents and 37 b/w illust. FEP: Map of the colony of New Zealand by Arrowsmith 1841. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 25.2 x 17.8. 0959763619
Biography of a master mariner, coastal trader, farmer, coal miner,... a pioneer of New Zealand.
30603 SAMMON, Rick RHYTHM OF THE REEF - A Day in the Life of the Coral Reef
$15.00 AUD
Swan Hill Press. London. 1996. 1st Uk Ed. of the 1995 US original. 120 PP with 1 map of threatened Coral Reefs, 1 drawing (formation of Reef Types) and 117 colour photos. Title spread: glassy sweepers. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 25.8 x 25.6. 1853107417
Sunrise on the reef: Red Sea. Diving at midday: Truk Lagoon...
70662 SARGENT, John A BOOK OF "FERRY TALES"
$35.00 AUD
J. Sargent / Bellerive Historical Society. Bellerive, Tas. 2016. 1st edition limited to 250 numbered copies (No. 075 / 250). 169 PP with b/w illustrations: ephemeras, map & plans, paintings and photos. Pictorial soft covers. Dedicatory note signed by the author on page 2. Fine. 21 x 14.8. 9780958528450
69908 SCOREY, Adam & PENDLETON, Emma-Lily (editors) D-DAY - The Normandy Beach Landings in Pictures
$10.00 AUD
Iconic / Archant. Cheltenham. 2014. 70th Anniversary edition. Foreword by Colonel Stuart Tootal. 90 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 23.
The real story of 6 June 1944
70687 SHARP, Andrew ANCIENT VOYAGERS IN POLYNESIA
$50.00 AUD
Angus & Robertson. Sydney. 1963. 1st Ed. 159 PP with 1 map on double page and 5 figures, plus 8 b/w plates. Eps: Map of the Pacific Area. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket with a few small chips and a small piece missing at top of spine. A near fine copy signed by the author on title-page. 22.4 x 14.4.
Settlement of the islands by the Polynesians: achieved by one-way voyagers, blown off course.
70245 SHAW, Captain Frank H. EPIC NAVAL FIGHTS
$10.00 AUD
Werner Laurie. London. 1955. 1st Ed. 208 PP with 10 drawings on full page. Hard cover, title on a faded spine. Note to previous owner on front endpaper. Occasional foxing and offsetting on endpapers. Faint water stain at lower corner of 10 last leaves. Good reading copy. 18.5 x 12.5.
46978 SHELVOCKE, George A VOYAGE AROUND THE WORLD
$40.00 AUD
N. Israel. Amsterdam. 1971. Facsimile reprint of the 1726 original. No. 71 in the Bibliotheca Australiana series. (10), XXXII, (4), 468 PP, plus 4 b/w plates (2 folded) and 1 folded map at back. Simile vellum, gilt title on blue vignette (front cover & spine). Bookplate on front endpaper. Foxing spots on top outside edge. Near fine. 22 x 14.5. 9060720911
A Voyage Round the World by the Way of the Great South Sea, Perform'd in the Years 1719, 20, 21, 22, in the Speedwell of London,...
66877 SIMON, Captain F. Derek Reminiscences of EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN STEAMSHIP Co. Ltd (in Australian Sea Heritage, No. 53)
$5.00 AUD
Australian Sea Heritage / National Publications. Sydney. 1998. Issue No. 53, Summer 1998, edited by Graeme Andrews. 36 PP with b/w photos. Contains article pages 14 to 19 with 6 b/w photos). Pictorial soft cover (T.S.S. Nankin of E&A Line). Fine. 27.7 x 21.
Magazine of the Australia's Maritime Museums - Reminiscences of Eastern & Australian Steamship Co. Ltd, by Captain F. Derek Simon.
10853 SIMPER, Robert SAIL - The Surviving Tradition
$10.00 AUD
Conway. London. 1984. 1st Ed. 161 PP with 142 b/w illust. (3 engravings, 139 photos). Fp: Aloft on the Barque Passat. Half-title page: Kruzenstern & Peking. FEP: The wooden kotter Wilhelmina, the steel klipper Aja and the steel tjalk Anna Roosje. REP: On board the barque Marques approaching Harwich. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 24.5 x 19. 0851773176
The Golden Age of sail - Training under sail... Working sail.
70666 SKELTON, R. A. CAPTAIN JAMES COOK - After two hundred years
$20.00 AUD
British Library. London. 1976. Reprint of the 1979 original. 32 PP, plus 2 plates in colour and 24 b/w plates with 29 illust. Fp (in colour): Medallion portrait of Captain James Cook. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Fine. 22.2 x 14.2. 0714103829
Cook, the man (a commemorative address delivered in July 1968 before the Hakluyt Society).
65470 SOBEL, Dava & ANDREWES, William J. H. The Illustrated LONGITUDE
$30.00 AUD
Fourth Estate. London. 1998. 1st paperback edition. (VIII), 216 PP with 178 b/w and colour illustrations. Fp: John Harrison, portrait by Thomas King. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 25.4 x 22.8. 1857027140
The "Illustrated" true story of a lone genius who solved the greatest scientific problem of his time.
51208 SOCIETY FOR NAUTICAL RESEARCH MARINER'S MIRROR [THE]. The Journal of the Society for Nautical Research - Volume 60
$20.00 AUD
Society for Nautical Research. Greenwich. 1974. Volume 60, Nos. 1 to 4. Editors: Professor C. C. Lloyd & Brian H. Dolley. 454 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings... photos), plus 31 b/w plates. Soft cover. Fine. 24 x 17.2.
No. 1: Horatio Nelson and the murderous cooper, by H. L. Cryer... No. 2: Torres or Prado ?, by Brett Hilder... No. 3: The surveys of John McCluer by W. A. Spray. No. 4: Scroll paintings of Chinese junks..., by Osamu Oba (12 plates with 32 illustrations).
16566 SOPER, Tony OCEANS OF BIRDS
$20.00 AUD
David & Charles. Newton Abbot. 1989. 1st Ed. 208 PP with 19 maps, 50 bw illust. by Michael Loates and 50 colour photos in text. Half-title page : Laysan Albatross. Illustrated end-papers and title-page. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 24.8 x 19.6. 0715391992
The diversity of sea and coastal birds of the world.
36523 STAMMERS, M. K. STEAMBOATS
$10.00 AUD
Shire Publications. London. 1986. 1st Ed. No. 167 in Shire Album series. 32 PP with 3 plans & 39 b/w photos. Pictorial card cover. Fine. 21 x 15. 085263787X
70531 STEPHENS, Don, STEPHENSON, Lynda R. & PREDAINA, Nancy SHIPS OF MERCY: Bringing Hope and Healing to the World's Forgotten Poor
$15.00 AUD
Mercy Ships. Lindale, Texas. 2012. 2nd edition. VIII, 225 PP with b/w illustrations, including 8 pages of plans "Ship Specifications", plus 8 pages with 19 colour photos. Pictorial soft covers. Fine. 23 x 15.2. 9780986028434
42240 STERNDALE, Handley Bathurst MY ADVENTURES AND RESEARCHES IN THE PACIFIC, by a Master Mariner
$40.00 AUD
Mulini Press. Canberra. 2001. 1st edition of some 40 articles published in a serial form by the Australian Town and Country Journal between January 1871 and February 1872. Introduced and edited by Dirk H.R. Spennemann and Jane Downing. XLIV, 327 PP, with 1 map and 15 b/w woodcuts. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 25 x 17.7. 0949910864
Reminiscences ?? Beche-de-mer trade in the Caroline Islands in the 1860s... Year 1871/1872, for the Pacific Island Trading Company limited, on the atoll of Suwarrow, where he was rescued by Bully Hayes... Chapter 6 on Pearl fishing. Chapter 7 on the Beachcombers...
57703 STEWART, I. G. THE SHIPS THAT SERVE NEW ZEALAND, Volume 1: British and European Line
$20.00 AUD
A.H. & A.W. Reed. Wellington. 1964. 1st Ed. 255 PP with 156 b/w illustrations, plus 12 pages with 17 colour illust. FEP: Routes of vessels engaged in NZ, UK, Europe trade. REP: Mediterranean, North Sea & the Channel. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket is worn and rubbed around edges, o/wise a very good clean copy. 24.7 x 19.3.
48294 STRONG, L. A. G. FLYING ANGEL - The story of the Missions to Seamen
$15.00 AUD
Methuen & Co. London. 1956. 1st Ed. X, 189 PP, plus 16 pages with 12 b/w photos. Fp: The Rev. John Ashley, Pioneer Chaplain in the Bristol Channel. Cloth cover, dj. Foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise near fine. 22.2 x 14.2.
Tasmania Media Centre, Education Department. Hobart. 1975. 1st Ed. Clear plastic folder with pictorial cover, containing an 8 page booklet (staples removed) and 16 plates. Fine. 33.5 x 28
70288 TAYLOR H. G. THE DISCOVERY OF TASMANIA
$40.00 AUD
Cat and Fiddle. Hobart. 1973. 1st Ed. (12), 177 PP, plus 9 b/w plates (portraits of explorers ). Fp: The death of Marion du Fresne. Eps: Dutch vessels of Abel Tasman Expedition, at anchor. Blackman Bay, Forestier Peninsula (South East Tasmania). Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket is rubbed around edges and back, o/wise a near fine copy. 25 x 18. 0858530120
Abel Jansz. Tasman, Marion du Fresne, Tobias Furneaux, James Cook, William Bligh, John Henry Cox, Bruny D'Entrecasteaux... Nicolas Baudin.
31122 TAYLOR, Colin THE BROTHERS TAYLOR - A Tasmanian Maritime History
$30.00 AUD
Navarine Publishing. Canberra. 1998. 1st Ed., No. 50 in the Roebuck series. VIII, 184 PP with numerous facsimile of newspaper cuttings, 2 maps, 2 plans and 83 b/w illust. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 25.8 x 18. 0958656142
69770 TAYLOR, Frederick COVENTRY - Thursday, 14 November 1940
$10.00 AUD
Bloomsbury. London. 2016. 1st paperback edition of the 2015 original. XII, 356 PP with 1 map and 1 plan "Coventry City Centre, 1940", plus 16 pages with 24 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 19.7 x 13. 9781408860281
70587 THINARD, Florence EXPLORERS' BOTANICAL NOTEBOOK: In the Footsteps of Theophrastus, Marco Polo, Linnaeus, Flinders, Darwin, Speke and Hooker
$35.00 AUD
Firefly Books. Richmond Hill, Ontario. 2016. 1st English edition (1st printing). Translated from the French original "L'herbier des explorateurs" by Barb Collishaw. Foreword by Frédéric Lisak, Christina Harrison and Michel Robert. 175 PP with 68 portraits of the Botanical Explorers, b/w and colour illustrations, including 70 colour plates photographed by Yannick Fourie (61 from Herbarium at Kew and 9 from Herbarium at Montpellier). Pictorial laminated boards. As new. 35 x 22. 9781770857636
... as well as Jussieu, Commerson, La Pérouse, de la Billardière...
43202 THORSOE, Soren, SIMONSEN, Peter & FREDERICHSEN, Frederik THE DANNEBROG FLEET 1883-1993
$30.00 AUD
Dannebrog Rederi AS. Rungsted, Denmark. 1993. 1st Ed., with an historic preface by Ebbe Wedell-Wedellsborg. 208 PP with 1 map, 8 profiles (in colour), 7 plans, 270 b/w photos and 4 colour illustrations. FEP (in colour): Nordborg, 1930. REP (in colour): Brattingsborg, 1970. Pictorial boards. Name of previous owner on FFEP, o/wise a fine copy.. 27.6 x 24.2. 8798430505
70544 TILLEY, Geoff ADVENTURES AND MEMORIES: Memories of a Foreign-Going Master Mariner (UK) Rtd
$70.00 AUD
Katherine Wallace. Perth. 2010. 1st Ed. (8), 229 PP with 97 b/w illustrations (cartoons, facsimile of documents, newspaper cuttings and photos). Pictorial soft covers. Fine. Scarce. 22.8 x 15. 9780980791402
44796 TOGHILL, Jeff THE BOAT OWNER'S MAINTENANCE MANUAL
$10.00 AUD
Reed. Sydney. 1976. Reprint of the 1970 original. 308 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, sketches, photos). Illustrated endpapers. Hard cover, dj. Foxing spots on outside edges. Very good. 25.5 x 18.7. 0589070576
70223 TOGHILL, Jeff ALL ABOUT SAILBOATS
$10.00 AUD
Sun Books. Melbourne. 1984. 1st Ed., in the "Jeff Toghill's Sailing School" series. 64 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, sketch plans and 53 photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. Oblong. 11.3 x 18.3. 0725104430
76793 UNDERHILL, Harold A. MASTING AND RIGGING, The Clipper Ship & Ocean Carrier
$50.00 AUD
Brown, Son & Ferguson. Glasgow. 1988. 9th reprint of the 1946 original. X, (2), 304 PP with 181 figures, 22 tables & 50 plates, plus 1 large folded plate, No. 51: "Belaying Pin layout for full-rigged ship". Fp: Four-masted barque "Port Jackson". Hard covers, simile leather, title in blind on front board, gilt title on spine, dj Fine. 24.5 x 18.2. 0851741738
With authentic plans, working drawings and details of the nineteenth and twentieth century sailing ship.
18590 VILLAR, Captain Roger MERCHANT SHIPS AT WAR - The Falklands Experience
$15.00 AUD
Conway / Lloyd's of London Press. London. 1984. 1st Ed. 190 PP, (2 Index) with 132 b/w illust. (plan, paintings, photos...) in text. Fp: The Atlantic Conveyor in her aircraft ferry role. Hard cover, dj. Signature of previous owner on FFEP, o/wise fine. 25 x 19. 0851772986
56013 WALKER, Lieut. Frank B., R.A.N.V.R. TALES OF THE SEA
$30.00 AUD
New Century Press. Sydney. c. 1945. 1st juvenile edition. 45 PP with 21 colour illustrations by B. E. Pike. Hard cover, pictorial front. Covers rubbed on spine. Ageing and foxing of paper, o/wise near fine. 25 x 19.5
32396 WALSH, Professor R. J. (editor) SYMPOSIUM ON MARINE SCIENCES
$10.00 AUD
Australian Academy of Science. Canberra. 1970. 1st Ed., reports of the Australian Academy of Science Number 12. 76 PP with figures (drawings, graphs, maps and 1 b/w photo). Card cover. Fine. 25 x 17.5.
Ocean floor spreading, by Dr. F.J. Vine. Interaction between Oceans and Atmosphere, by Dr. C.H.B. Priestley...
70182 THE WATCHMAN THE DEATH OF KING GEORGE V
$40.00 AUD
Lord Mayor's "King George V Memorial Fund". Melbourne. 1936. 1st edition with a foreword by His Excellency Lord Huntingfield, K.C.M.G., Governor of Victoria. 22, (2) PP with facsimile of the original letter signed by Huntingfield, and 6 of the broadcasts relayed between 21st January and 28th January 1936. Stapled soft wrappers, title on front. Covers with chips and short closed tears, o/wise near fine. 21 x 13.
A reprint of a series of wireless broadcasts made from 3LO, Melbourne and relayed through the National Network of the Australian Broadcasting Commission.
22806 WATSON, Milton H. FLAGSHIPS OF THE LINE - A Celebration of the World's Three-funnel Liners
$10.00 AUD
Patrick Stephens. Wellingborough. 1988. 1st Ed. 184 PP with 21 head pieces (house-flags) and 180 b/w photos. FEP: Queen Mary departs from New York. REP: Docked in New York in September 1939 were Ile de France, Normandie, Queen Mary, Aquitania and Rex. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Faint foxing on outside edges. Near fine. 24.5 x 20.8. 0850599318
59125 WEBSTER SMITH, B. THE NAVAL WAR 1943-1945
$10.00 AUD
Blackie & Son. London. c.1946. 1st Ed. 207 PP with 1 diagram and 2 maps, plus 8 b/w plates. Fp: H.M.S. Magpie. Cloth cover, dj (worn and chipped). War economy paper (ageing), o/wise very good. 20 x 13.5.
Invasion of Italy. ... Battle of the Atlantic. The Navy in the Pacific. ...
41114 WELLINGTON HARBOUR BOARD YEAR BOOK OF THE WELLINGTON HARBOUR BOARD, New Zealand
$35.00 AUD
Wellington Harbour Board. Wellington. 1921. Issued December 1921. 80 PP with 1 plan, tables and 38 b/w photos, plus 1 b/w plate with a photograph of the Wellington Harbour Board - 1921, tipped in, 1 folded Aeroplane view of berthage Accommodation Lambton Harbour, 1 folded plan (berthage accommodation) and 4 folded maps (Wellington Country district, Port Nicholson, Pacific Trade Routes, and Polynesian voyages). Rebacked in tan cloth. Note at top of title page and note pasted down on front endpaper. Few pages lightly soiled. 2 of the folded maps with tears. Very good copy. Scarce. 21.7 x 14.
"Information relative to the Port of Wellington, New Zealand : with historical notes on the Discovery and Early Settlement of Wellington Harbour, by Elsdon Best, Ethnologist".
63127 WHITE, Richard (editor) SIGNIFICANT SMALL VESSELS OF 1991
$25.00 AUD
RINA / The Royal Institution of Naval Architects. London. 1992. 1992 edition. 56 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (plans & photos). Pictorial soft cover (Jet Raider III). Name of previous owner at top of title page. Fine. 28.5 x 21. 0903055147
Study of 24 vessels.
10579 WILSON, H. H. CYCLONE COASTS - Australia's North-West Frontier
$20.00 AUD
Rigby. Adelaide. 1980. 1st Ed. 192 PP with 5 charts, plus 20 pages with 35 b/w & 7 colour photos. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 22 x 14.2. 0727013904
Pearling industry on the Northwest coast of Australia.
70653 WILSON, Mathew TAKING TERRAPIN HOME: A Love Affair with a Small Catamaran
$20.00 AUD
Paradise Cay Publications. Middletown, Ca. 1994. 1st Ed. (6), IV, 230 PP with 3 maps, plus 8 pages with 16 b/w photos. Pictorial soft covers. Name of previous author at top of title page. Near fine. 19.7 x 13.2. 0939837242
35993 WINSTANLEY, Anthony (Tony) F. UNDER EIGHT FLAGS - An account of 55 years at sea - Volume I: 1937-1947
$30.00 AUD
Self-published. Victoria, B.C., Canada. 1995. 1st Ed. ("The Unexpurgated Version"). Foreword by Scott Leaney (1994) & Foreword by the author (1995). (6), VII, 211 PP with 2 maps, 2 colour illustrations and 31 b/w photos. Fp (in colour): The Mandalay. Title page: the Salween at Rangoon 1950. Pictorial card cover. Dedicatory note inside front cover dated and signed by the author. Covers a little soiled with a few small creases, o/wise fine. 21.6 x 14. 0969992009
Born in London in 1920, the author first went to sea at the age of 16. His first eleven years at sea. Sailing on cargo and passenger ships, even working in New Zealand for the N.Z. State Railway.
70060 WINSTONE, John L. THE MARTINGALE CHRONICLES (in 2 Volumes: 1933-1941 / 1942-1953)
$25.00 AUD
LITC Press. Hove, UK. c. 2000. 1st Ed. Part One (1933-41): 265 PP with b/w illustrations. Part Two (1942-53): 278 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft covers. Near fine. 20.5 x 14.2. 9780954318321/69
Historical novel about life at sea, before the age of modern technology.
70234 WINTON, John WE JOINED THE NAVY
$10.00 AUD
Michael Joseph. London. 1959. 2nd impression in April 1959 of the March 1959 original. 254 PP. Hard cover. Spine lightly sunned and worn at head and foot. Ex library copy with stamps and markings on front endpaper. Foxing and offsetting. Good reading copy. 20.5 x 13.5.
20967 WOOD, Peter [Editor] THE SEA, A CELEBRATION
$20.00 AUD
David & Charles, and Greenpeace. Newton Abbot. 1993. 1st Ed. 128 PP with colour illust. Title page: Masket butterfly fish in the Red Sea, Egypt. Half title page: Sea Pink, watercolour by Sarah Fox-Davies. Hard cover, dj. Fine. Oblong: 24.5 x 27.2. 0715300369
A moving collection of images and words by over 90 well known artists, writers, photographers and conservationists, in celebration of the sea, the coastline and marine life.
16338 WOODLEY, Arthur E. WESTERN PORT WRECKS AND MARITIME MISHAPS
$20.00 AUD
Loch Haven Books. Melbourne. 1992. 1st Ed. XV, 101 PP with b/w illust. (photos & maps), 5 pages Glossary. Pictorial card cover. Near fine. 25 x 17.5. 1875308083
An account of the maritime mishaps, fishing reminiscences, seafaring anecdotes and the tragedies in and off Western Port.
20521 WOODMAN, Richard THE HISTORY OF THE SHIP, The comprehensive story of seafaring from the earliest times to the present day
$25.00 AUD
Conway Maritime Press. London. 1997. 1st Ed. 352 PP with bw and colour illust. Title spread: the Ariel, 1811. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 30.2 x 25.5. 085177721X
