Ship and boatbuilding & Naval Architecture

53440
A.B.I.A.
THE AUSTRALIAN BOATING INDUSTRY - A Statistical Analysis, September 1978.
$10.00 AUD

Australian Boating Industry Association. Sydney. 1978. 1st Ed. (4), 67 PP with tables. Soft cover, spiral bound. Very good. 29.7 x 21.

53990
AFAI
AFAI Ships Limited
$5.00 AUD

Afai Ships Limited. Hong Kong. c. 2000. 1st Ed. 13 PP (11 recto only, 2 verso) with colour illustrations. Clear cover, spiral bound. Fine. 29.7 x 21.

Builder of high speed Ferry Boats.

74853
ALLEN, Sam
CABINETRY BASICS
$10.00 AUD

Sterling Publishing Co. New York. 1981. 1st Ed. 128 PP with 247 b/w illustrations (drawings and photos). Soft covers, pictorial front. Very good. 25.3 x 20. 9780806982908

74854
ALLEN, Sam
JOINERY BASICS
$10.00 AUD

Sterling Publishing Co. New York. 1992. 1st Ed. 127 PP with 260 b/w illustrations (drawings and photos). Soft covers, pictorial front. Very good. 25.3 x 20. 9780806972343

67832
AMATEUR YACHT RESEARCH SOCIETY
RUDDER DESIGN FOR SAILING CRAFT
$15.00 AUD

Amateur Yacht Research Society. London. c. 1974. 1st Ed., publication No. 79 of A.Y.R.S. 80 PP with b/w illustrations (plans photos and sketches). Pictorial card covers a little rubbed/worn around edges, o/wise a very good copy. 21 x 14.

56601
AMERICAN BUREAU OF SHIPPING
RULES & REGULATIONS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND CLASSIFICATION OF STEEL VESSELS 1862 - 1965
$20.00 AUD

American Bureau of Shipping. New York. 1965. Yearly edition. (2), XXX, (2), 458 PP (one of them folded) with numerous figures and tables including 12 tables "Scantlings / Equipments". Cloth cover, gilt device on front board, gilt title "Rules for Building and Classing Steel Vessels 1965" on front board and spine. Slight ageing and foxing of paper. Stamp on front endpaper, o/wise near fine. 26 x 20.

1965 rules.

56602
AMERICAN BUREAU OF SHIPPING
RULES & REGULATIONS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND CLASSIFICATION OF STEEL VESSELS 1862 - 1966
$20.00 AUD

American Bureau of Shipping. New York. 1966. Yearly edition. (2), XXX, 448 PP (one of them folded) with numerous figures and tables including 12 tables "Scantlings / Equipments" . Cloth cover, gilt device on front board, gilt title "Rules for Building and Classing Steel Vessels 1966" on front board and spine. A 12 pages "Supplement to Rules ... 1966", loosely inserted. Slight ageing and foxing of paper. Stamp on front endpaper, o/wise near fine. 26 x 20.

1966 rules.

56603
AMERICAN BUREAU OF SHIPPING
RULES & REGULATIONS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND CLASSIFICATION OF STEEL VESSELS 1862 - 1967
$20.00 AUD

American Bureau of Shipping. New York. 1967. Yearly edition. (2), XXX, (2), 520 PP (one of them folded) with numerous figures and tables including 12 tables "Scantlings / Equipments" . Cloth cover, gilt device on front board, gilt title "Rules for Building and Classing Steel Vessels 1967" on front board and spine. Slight ageing and foxing of paper. Stamp on front endpaper, o/wise near fine. 26 x 20.

1967 rules.

56604
AMERICAN BUREAU OF SHIPPING
RULES & REGULATIONS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND CLASSIFICATION OF STEEL VESSELS 1862 - 1968
$20.00 AUD

American Bureau of Shipping. New York. 1968. Yearly edition. (2), XXX, (2), 535 PP (one of them folded) with numerous figures and tables including 11 tables "Scantlings / Equipments" . Cloth cover, gilt device on front board, gilt title "Rules for Building and Classing Steel Vessels 1968" on front board and spine. Slight ageing and foxing of paper. Stamp on front endpaper, o/wise near fine. 26 x 20.

1968 rules.

56605
AMERICAN BUREAU OF SHIPPING
RULES & REGULATIONS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND CLASSIFICATION OF STEEL VESSELS 1862 - 1969
$20.00 AUD

American Bureau of Shipping. New York. 1969. Yearly edition. (2), XXX, (2), 537 PP (one of them folded) with numerous figures and tables including 7 tables "Scantlings / Equipments" . Cloth cover, gilt device on front board, gilt title "Rules for Building and Classing Steel Vessels 1969" on front board and spine. Slight ageing and foxing of paper. Near fine. 26 x 20.

1968 rules.

35251
ANDERSEN, Hakon With & COLLETT, John Peter
ANCHOR AND BALANCE - Det Norske Veritas 1864-1989
$50.00 AUD

J. W. Cappelens Forlag A.S. Oslo. 1989. 1st English edition. 491 PP with 29 graphs, b/w and colour photos. Fp (in colour): shipwrecked on the coast. Cloth cover, crest of Norske Veritas in blind on front cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Short note with signatures on front endpaper. Near fine. 26.5 x 19.7. 8202117690

125 years history of this Ship's Classification Society.

40131
ANDERSON, Robert & WILSON, Ian
SHIPS AND QUAYSIDES OF ULSTER
$20.00 AUD

The Friar's Bush Press. Belfast. 1990. 1st Ed. (VI), 90 PP with 87b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. Oblong: 17.9 x 21.5. 0946872325

The Harland & Wolf Historic photograph Collection at the Ulster Folk & Transport Museum.

75644
ANDERSON, Romola & R. C.
THE SAILING-SHIP, Six Thousand Years of History
$20.00 AUD

George G. Harrap. London. 1947. Reprint of the 1926 original. 212 PP with b/w illustrations: 134 figures, plus 16 plates with 20 half-tone photos and 10 plates on full page. Fp: Clipper-ship Benjamin F. Packard. Cloth cover, gilt-title on spine, dj. Dust jacket with repaired tears and small chips. Contents near fine. 20.8 x 14.

History of the sailing ship: from the Egyptian to the last tall ships and the last working sails.

75645
ANDERSON, Romola & R. C.
THE SAILING-SHIP, Six Thousand Years of History
$20.00 AUD

Robert M. McBride & Co. New York. 1947. Reprint of the 1926 original. 212 PP with b/w illustrations: 134 figures, plus 16 plates with 20 half-tone photos and 10 plates on full page. Fp: Clipper-ship Benjamin F. Packard. Cloth cover, gilt-title on spine, dj (price clipped). Dust jacket with repaired tears and small chips. Bookplate of previous owner pasted down on front endpaper. Foxing spots on outside edges. Very good. 20.8 x 14.

History of the sailing ship: from the Egyptian to the last tall ships and the last working sails.

75021
ATKIN, William and John
HOW-TO-BUILD PLANS FOR SIMPLE, SPEEDY SEAWORTHY CRAFT - Volume 38
$100.00 AUD

Motor Boating. New York. 1954. 1st edition,. Volume 38 - Motor Boating's Ideal series. Edited by Charles F. Chapman and F.W. Horenburger. 208 PP printed on superior gloss paper, with b/w illustrations: 10 photos and hundreds of sketches, drawings, line drawings and plans, by William and John Atkin. Cloth covers, title on decorated front cover and spine. Attractive bookplate of previous owner on front endpaper. Covers with minimal shelf wear. Contents are near fine. Scarce. 29.5 x 22.

Designs, plans and building descriptions for a great variety of practical small boats: fishing skiff, catboat, catamaran, motor sailer, runabout, yacht club tender, plywood cruiser, ...

67969
AUSTIN, Ted
AUSTIN BUILT BOATS
$10.00 AUD

Ted Austin Boat Builder. Brisbane. 1949. 3 folds flyer with 5 b/w photos. Flyer with creases and rubbed patches at folds. Very good. 23 x 14.5.

16 Ft "Sea Nymph" de luxe ...

34399
AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE FOR MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY
THE BULLETIN OF THE AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE FOR MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY - Volume 17, No.2 (1993)
$40.00 AUD

AIMA / Australian Institute for Maritime Archaeology. Fremantle. 1993. Edited by Jeremy GREEN & Myra STANBURY. 48 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial card cover. Near fine. 29.6 x 21.

Contains articles: The Yatra Dhoni of Sri Lanka by Tom Vosmer, The Walter Hood: Walking the Waters, by Timothy Smith....

63093
AUSTRALIAN SHIPPING
AUSTRALIAN SHIPPING AND SHIPBUILDING 1974
$10.00 AUD

A.G.P.S. / Department of Transport. Canberra. 1974. 27th edition. (2), 80 PP with 23 tables. Soft cover. Folded bird's-eye view of Port Jackson in colour loosely inserted. Fine. 29.6 x 20.8.

Data as at 30 June 1974. Trading Fleet & Trading Ships... Trades... Passenger ferries... Ships imported & ships constructed. Dry docks and patent slipways.

68085
AUSTRALIAN SHIPPING
Task Force on the AUSTRALIAN SHIPBUILDING INDUSTRY - REPORT - January 1984
$10.00 AUD

A.G.P.S. / Department of Transport. Canberra. 1984. January 1984 edition. V, 64 PP with tables. Pictorial card cover. Stamp of the Devonport Maritime Museum on bottom of title-page. Very good. 25 x 17.5. 0644031743

Data as at 30 June 1982. Trading Vessels... Trades... Passenger ferries... Ships imported & ships constructed. Dry docks and patent slipways.

51714
BALLET, M., CHENEAU, H. & SERVIERES, R.
CONNAISSANCE DU NAVIRE. Tome VI: Les Matériels Navals
$10.00 AUD

Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Techniques Avancées. Paris. 1973. 1st Ed. ENSTA - CN 10 / 225. 128 PP with tables and figures (drawings, b/w photos, plans, sketches), plus 1 large folded plate Wave distribution by area. Soft cover. Name of previous owner at top of title page. French text. Very good. 27 x 21.

51712
BARET B. & GUIADEUR, E.
LES NAVIRES DE COMMERCE. La coque et les installations de coque: Les Panneaux de Cale
$10.00 AUD

Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Techniques Avancées. Paris. 1976. 1st Ed. ENSTA - CN 36 / 401. 64 PP with over 34 figures (drawings, plans, b/w photos). Name of previous owner at top of title page. French text. Very good. 29.7 x 21. 2722504014

Hatches.

51713
BARET B. & GUIADEUR, E.
LES NAVIRES DE COMMERCE. La coque et les installations de coque: La Mâture
$10.00 AUD

Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Techniques Avancées. Paris. 1976. 1st Ed. ENSTA - CN 36 / 372. 171 PP with 108 figures (drawings, plans, sketches). Name of previous owner at top of title page. French text. Very good. 27 x 21. 2722503727

Masts and derricks.

17002
BARNICHON, Gilles & NOIREL, Didier
LES CAR-FERRIES CONSTRUITS EN FRANCE - FRENCH BUILT CAR FERRIES
$30.00 AUD

Editions Michel-Didier Vrac. Le Touvet, France. 1996. 1st Ed. 120 PP with 5 pages of tables with technical data and 65 bw photos in text. Pict. card cover. French and English text. Fine. Oblong: 22 x 24. 2910821056

The design and building of car ferries in France. History of 45 vessels built since the Compiègne in 1958.

51673
BARRILLON, P., BEHAR, A., BRAYARD, J. & SMOL, R.
LES NAVIRES DE COMMERCE. La Réglementation Technique Maritime. Tome II: Protection contre l' Incendie, Transports de Grains, Capacité, Jauge, Franc-Bord
$10.00 AUD

Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Techniques Avancées. Paris. 1972. 1st Ed. ENSTA - CN 31 / 142. 330 PP with tables and figures (drawings, sketches). Soft cover. Name of previous owner at top of title page. French text. Very good. 27 x 21.

Volume II - Regulations: Fire protection, Grains in Bulk, Register, Plimsoll marks.

73366
BEISER, Arthur
THE PROPER YACHT
$50.00 AUD

Adlard Coles. London. 1978. 2nd Ed. X, 364 PP with numerous b/w illust., photos & plans. Orig. cloth cover, dj (price clipped). Name of previous owner at top of FFEP, o/wise contents near fine. 28.5 x 22. 0229115845

Contains designs & information on construction, rigging, sails, etc. for sloops, ketches, cutters, ...

69573
BENFORD, Jay R.
POCKET CRUISERS & TABLOID YACHTS - Volume 1: Building Plans for Six Small Cruising Craft
$20.00 AUD

Tiller Publishing. St. Michaels, Md. 1992. 1st Ed. 96 PP with b/w illust. (plans, sketches, photos). Pictorial soft covers. Fine. 28 x 21.5. 0961039639

Advice on design by an American yacht architect with some of his yachts. Choosing a vessel, aesthetics of yacht design, the great pyramid rig, ...

69574
BENFORD, Jay R.
BENFORD DESIGN GROUP / YACHT DESIGNERS: 1962-1992, 30 YEARS OF EXCELLENCE
$30.00 AUD

Tiller Publishing. St. Michaels, Md. 1993. Folder containing: 12 items. Order Form: 8 PP + 11 folded booklets: 100 PP with b/w illust. (plans, sketches, photos). Soft covers, illustrated front. Covers of folder a little chipped or creased, contents in near fine condition. 30.5 x 22.5.

66536
BENUSSI, Libero
ROVINJSKA BATANA I NJEZINO JEDRO / LA BATANA ROVIGNESE E LA SUA VELA
$45.00 AUD

Kucu O Batani, Grad Rovinj. Rovinj, Croatia. 2007. 1st bilingual edition: Italian and Croatian (translated by Rodolfo Segnan). (6), 85 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Croatian and Italian text. Fine. 24 x 21. 978953730308X

Wooden boat built and used in Rovigno / Rovinj, West coast of Istria, on the Adriatic Sea.

51710
BERTRAND, Jean-Pierre
LES NAVIRES DE COMMERCE. Les Principaux Types et leurs Conditions d'Exploitation - Les Navires Transports de Gas - Tome I
$15.00 AUD

Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Techniques Avancées. Paris. 1979. 1st Ed. ENSTA - CN 31 / 467. 214 PP with graphs, tables and over 55 figures (drawings, plans, sketches). Name of previous owner at top of title page. French text. Very good. 29.7 x 21. 2722504677

Gas Tankers.

51711
BERTRAND, Jean-Pierre
LES NAVIRES DE COMMERCE. Les Principaux Types et leurs Conditions d' Exploitation - Navires de Pêche
$10.00 AUD

Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Techniques Avancées. Paris. 1977. 1st Ed. ENSTA - CN 31 / 413. 77 PP with over 10 tables and 18 figures (drawings, plans, b/w photos). Name of previous owner at top of title page. French text. Very good. 29.7 x 21. 2722504138

Fishing Vessels

40779
BILLE, T.
EXPERIENCES WITH CONTROLLABLE PITCH PROPELLERS (in Transactions of the Institute of Marine Engineers - Volume 82, No. 8, August 1970)
$15.00 AUD

Institute of Marine Engineers. London. 1970. Contains article from P. 289 to 302 with 1 photo, 1 table and 8 figures. Pictorial soft covers. Near fine. 28 x 21.6.

51718
BINDEL, S.
HYDRODYNAMIQUE NAVALE - V: Dynamique du Navire. Tenue à la Mer/Qualités Evolutives
$15.00 AUD

Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Techniques Avancées. Paris. 1977. 1st Ed. ENSTA CN 21 / 395. 192 PP with 5 b/w photos and figures (drawings, plans, sketches). Soft cover. Name of previous owner on title page. French text. Very good. 29.7 x 21. 2722503956

74836
BIRMINGHAM, Richard
BOAT BUILDING TECHNIQUES ILLUSTRATED
$40.00 AUD

Adlard Coles Ltd. London. 1985. Reprint of the 1984 original. VIII, 312 PP with 15 tables and b/w illustrations (figures and photos). Hard covers, simile leather, gilt title on spine, dj. Faint foxing on top outside edges, o/wise fine. 25.2 x 17.5. 0229116701

32147
BIRT, Douglas H. C.
SAILING YACHT DESIGN
$45.00 AUD

Robert Ross. Southampton. 1951. 1st Ed. 272 PP with 12 tables, 69 figures, and 5 diagrams, plus 32 pages with 42 b/w photos. Fp: A model being tested in the Stevens Tank, Hoboken, USA. Eps: Line drawings of the 30/42 ft fast cruiser "Trilby". Cloth cover with shelf wear and a few marks, device on front cover. Contents clean and still a very good copy. 22 x 14.2.

The art of yacht design. Speed and hull shape. Stability, ballast and hull shape... Construction.

70029
BLAKE, George
BIG SHIPS LITTLE SHIPS
$15.00 AUD

The British Council / Longmans Green & Co. London. 1944. 1st Ed. No. 12 in the "Britain Advances" series. 32 PP with 25 b/w photos. Pictorial soft covers, staples. War economy paper. Foxing spots on covers. Very good. 21 x 15.2.

51715
BLANC, L., PARIZOT, B. & SERVIERES, R.
CONNAISSANCE DU NAVIRE, Tome VII: Les Types de Navires
$15.00 AUD

Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Techniques Avancées. Paris. 1973. 1st Ed. ENSTA - CN 10 / 240. 128 PP with tables and figures (drawings, b/w photos, plans, sketches), plus 4 large folded plates. Soft cover. Name of previous owner at top of title page. French text. Very good. 27 x 21.

Warships and Navies of the world. Submarines. Merchant ships.

74872
BLANDFORD, Percy
CARPENTRY
$25.00 AUD

Macdonald Educational Ltd. London. 1979. 1st cased edition, in the Macdonald Guidelines series. 96 PP with tables, b/w and colour illustrations. Hard covers, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 20.8 x 15.8. 0356064344

35168
BLOHM + VOSS
NAVAL LOGISTICS
$10.00 AUD

Blohm + Voss A.G. Hamburg. 1982. 1st Ed. 24 PP with graphs, organigrams, and 9 b/w & 10 colour photos. Pictorial card cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21.

Blohm + Voss Logistics support for the Navies of the World, training, Electronic Data Processing...

35170
BLOHM + VOSS
MEKO 360 Frigate, Short Description
$5.00 AUD

Blohm + Voss A.G. Hamburg. 1983. 1st Ed. Brochure: 4 PP with 1 plan, 1 profile, and 4 colour photos. Pictorial cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21.

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...

65836
BONNE, M.
ATLAS MARITIME OU CARTES REDUITES DE TOUTES LES CÔTES DE FRANCE, avec des Cartes particulières des Isles voisines les plus considérables, suivies des Plans des principales Villes Maritimes de ce Royaume
$4500.00 AUD

Chez Lattré. Paris. 1762. 1st Ed. Avertissement, 6 Mars, 1762, by Bellin. 8, (30 plates on double page), 46, 4 PP with 32 colour plates (Title page, Dédicace au Roi and 30 colour plates on double page (1 Chart of France, 6 charts on the Atlantic Coast, 2 charts on the Mediterranean Coast, 3 charts on islands off the Atlantic Coast and 18 of plans). Full leather bound, gilt decorated covers, gilt title (shortened) on spine, all edges gilt, marbled enddpapers. Last plate with a short repair at fold and a few pages have small nicks at the bottom and one very small repaired closed tear. Corners of covers rubbed. French text. A near fine copy. Rare. Octavo format: 12.8 x 8.5.

Coasts and Ports of France, before the purchase of the Island of Corsica. An item for the collector. More images available upon request.

42279
BOTTOMLEY, Tom
THE BOATKEEPER'S PROJECT BOOK
$10.00 AUD

Motor Boating & Sailing Books. New York. 1972. 1st Ed. (8), 120 PP with 7 tables and 248 figures (b/w photos, & line illustrations by Richard Meyer). Illustrated cloth cover. Occasional foxing. Very good. 29 x 21.2. 0910990085

Ideas and instructions for modifications, improvements, and equipment installations.

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.

54306
BOYS, G. V. (editor)
TRANSACTIONS OF THE INSTITUTION OF NAVAL ARCHITECTS. Volume 83 - 1941
$20.00 AUD

Institution of Naval Architects. London. 1941. Annual edition. Vol. LXXXII. XLII, 204 PP with tables and figures, plus 4 plates with b/w portraits and 5 plates with 18 b/w photos. Fp: Portrait of Rear Admiral D. W. Taylor. Cloth cover, gilt decoration on front board, gilt title on front board and spine. Spine lightly sunned. Near fine. 28.5 x 22.5.

Historical notes on investigations at the Admiralty Experiment Works, Torquay, by R. W. L. Gawn.

66622
BRAY, Maynard & PINHEIRO, Carlton
HERRESHOFF OF BRISTOL - A Photographic History of America's Greatest Yacht and Boat Builders
$75.00 AUD

Herreshoff Marine Museum. Bristol, Rhode Island. 2005. 2nd edition of the 1989 original. Introduction by Halsey C. Herreshoff. XIV, 250 PP with beautiful b/w photos. Fp: Map of Bristol Harbour. Eps: Launching of "Reliance", 1903. Cloth cover, title on front board and spine, dj. Fine. 28.5 x 25. 0971067821

Story of the two brothers who created Herreshoff Manufacturing Co., builders of some of the fastest steamboat and torpedo boats and, of course, yachts.

66961
BRITISH ANTI-FOULING COMPOSITION & PAINT COMPANY LTD
THE PROTECTION AND DECORATION OF YACHTS
$20.00 AUD

The British Anti-Fouling Composition & Paint Company Ltd. London. c. 1949. 1st Ed. 32 PP, plus 13 plates: 4 colour plates from original paintings by Charles Pears, and 9 b/w photos by Beken &Son of Cowes. Each plate is protected by tissue guard, with name of vessel for the b/w ones. Cloth cover, front cover with title and colour vignette of "The Needles". Near fine. Oblong: 18.2 x 21.8.

Includes: Hull Protection for Yachts, Modern Views on Anti-Fouling Compositions, List of British Anti-Fouling Yacht Specialities, ... The photos show: s.y. "Venetia", s.y. "Rosaura", s.y. "Adventuress", s.y. "Star of India", s.y. "Sayonara", s.y. "Anna Marie", s.y. Virginia", m.y. "Titan" and aux.sch. "Viva".

63055
BROGREN, Klas (editor)
DESIGNS 90 - Cruise & Ferry
$25.00 AUD

Plus 2 Ferryconsultation. Halmstad, Sweden. 1990. 1990 edition. 186 PP with tables and b/w or colour illustrations (plans, profiles and photos of ships). Pictorial soft cover. (starboard side of "Crystal Harmony"). Near fine. 29.7 x 21.

NYK / Nippon Yusen Kaisha, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Crystal Cruises & Crystal Harmony. History of NYK "Nibiki", by Michio Yamada. Cruise Vessels: Angelina Lauro, ... Club Med I, Westerdam. Ferries: Asagiri Maru ... Venus. Ro / Ro: Bore Sea ... Yufutsu Maru.

63072
BROGREN, Klas (editor)
ShipPax DESIGNS 05 - Ferry, Cruise & Ro-Ro Newbuilding Yearbook
$30.00 AUD

ShipPax Information. Halmstad, Sweden. 2005. 2005 edition. 216 PP with tables and b/w or colour illustrations (plans, profiles and photos of ships). Pictorial soft cover ("Birka Paradise" ). Fine. 29.7 x 21.

Birka Line and "Birka Paradise". Aker Finnyards. Aland is Finland's maritime heart ... Ferries: New Camellia ... Stena Baltica. Cruise: Arosa Luna ... Echantment of the Seas ... Pride of America. RoRo: Positive Star ... Torrens.

74827
BROOKS, John & HILL, Ruth Ann
HOW TO BUILD GLUED-LAPSTRAKE WOODEN BOATS
$45.00 AUD

WoodenBoat Publications. Brooklin, Maine. 2004. Reprint of the 2004 edition. (VI), 281 PP with 18 b/w photos (14 headpieces and 310 b/w illustrations (line drawings, plans, sketches and photos). Hard covers, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine (as new condition). 28.5 x 22. 9780937822586

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

74981
BROWN, David K.
THE GRAND FLEET - Warship Design and Development 1906-1922
$65.00 AUD

Caxton Publishing. London. 2003. Reprint of the 1999 original published by Chatham. 208 PP with tables and b/w illustrations (photos, plans, sketch plans) throughout. Illustrated pictorial boards, dust jacket. A fine/as new copy. 26 x 22. 1840675314

69652
BROWN, J. D. & PICKETT, Bob
BUILD A CLANCY : A Step-by-Step Guide to Your First Boat
$20.00 AUD

International Marine / McGraw-Hill. Camden, Maine. 1992. 1st Ed. V, 122 PP with b/w illustrations: drawings, plans, sketches and photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine (mint condition). 23.4 x 18.6. 0877423180

75467
BRUCE, Erroll
THIS IS ROUGH WEATHER CRUISING
$10.00 AUD

Nautical Books. London. 1981. Reprint of the 1980 original. Foreword by Adlard Coles. 136 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (diagrams, maps and photos). Hard cover, dj. Fine. 20.5 x 19.5. 0333320905

68642
BRUNEL LOW, Bevis
STRENGTH OF MATERIALS
$10.00 AUD

Longmans, Green & Co. London. 1949. 1st Ed. VII, 231 PP with 236 figures. Cloth cover, gilt title (dulled) on spine. Short tear at foot of spine/front hinge. Name of previous owner at top of front endpaper. Very good. Image shows the title-page. 22.2 x 14.5.

63629
BUREAU VERITAS
REGISTER OF SHIPS / REGISTRE MARITIME 1980
$40.00 AUD

Bureau Veritas. Paris. 1980. 1980 Edition. 45, 827 PP. Hard cover, simile leather, gilt device on front board, gilt title on spine and front board. Text in French and English. Fine. 30.5 x 22. 2900344042

18135
BURNS, Lt. Cdr. K. V.
DEVONPORT BUILT WARSHIPS SINCE 1860
$5.00 AUD

Maritime Books. Liskeard, Cornwall. 1981. 1st Ed. 112 PP with 3 silhouettes and 60 b/w photos. Pictorial card cover. Very good. 20.6 x 14.8. 0950632376

From the Royalist of the Rosario Class, launched 1861, to the Scylla of the Leander Class, launched 1968.

20541
BURRELL, D. C. E.
SCRAP & BUILD
$10.00 AUD

World Ship Society. London. 1983. 1st Ed. 79 PP with b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 14.5. 0905617290

British Shipping Tables, Scrap & Build Fleet Lists, Shipping Loan Fleets Lists, ...

69363
BUTZ, Richard & MONTAGUE, John
BUILDING THE WEEKEND SKIFF
$25.00 AUD

Tiller Publishing. St Michaels, Maryland. 1997. 1st Ed. 80 PP with b/w illustrations: photos and drawings, line drawings, plans, sketches by John Montague. Pictorial soft covers. Fine. 27.8 x 21.5. 1888671106

18169
CANNELL, David & LEATHER, John
MODERN DEVELOPMENT IN YACHT DESIGN
$15.00 AUD

Adlard Coles. London. 1976. 1st Ed. (8), 152 PP with 79 b/w illust. (plans, sketches,..) & 17 b/w photos in text. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket rubbed and soiled, now in protective sleeve. Foxing spots on outside edges. Still a very good clean copy. 28.3 x 22.5. 0229115187

Sailing and motor yachts, spars, rigs & sails, materials & construction.

59145
CARLISLE, Rodney
WHERE THE FLEET BEGINS - A History of the David Taylor Research Center 1898-1998
$35.00 AUD

Naval Historical Center, Department of the Navy. Washington. 1998. 1st Ed. Foreword by Richard E. Metrey. XVIII, 662 PP with 1 map, 1 organigram, over 10 tables, 65 portraits and 108 b/w illustrations. Eps: Photos of the center in 1898, 1908 and in 1198. Hard cover, simile leather, gilt seal on front cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 25.5 x 18. 0160494427

65970
CARTER, Craig J. M. (editor)
SHIPS ANNUAL 1958
$15.00 AUD

Ian Allan. London. 1958. 1st Ed. 96 PP with tables, 1 cutaway, 8 funnels, 12 house flags, 29 ship's profiles and 124 b/w photos. Title page: Empress of Britain. Red hard cover with light wear around edges and spine, hinges starting. Some pages lightly soiled. Still a very good copy. 24.2 x 18.4.

Shipbreaking, is a major industry by Kenneth Brown. House flags and funnel markings, by John S. Styring...

65056
CARTER, Ernest F.
TRAMS AND TRAMWAYS
$5.00 AUD

W. & G. Foyle. London. 1961. 1st edition in the Foyles Handbooks series. 92 PP with 3 figures, plus 4 pages with 16 b/w illustrations. Pictorial laminated boards. Faint foxing, o/wise very good. 18.5 x 12.3.

66525
CHAPELLE, Howard I.
AMERICAN SMALL SAILING CRAFT - Their Design, Development, and Construction
$60.00 AUD

W. W. Norton. New York. c.1980. 6th reprint of the 1951 original. XVIII, 363, (2) PP with 122 figures (plus 8 figures in appendix), plus 8 pages with 12 b/w photos. Blue cloth cover, gilt device on front cover, gilt title on spine, dj. A fine copy. 24 x 16. 0393031438

A collection of over 100 plans of small sailing craft used in coastal trade and occupations during the days of sail, from the "Adirondack skiff" to the "yawl boat".

73737
CHAPELLE, Howard I.
YACHT DESIGNING AND PLANNING For Yachtsmen, Students and Amateurs
$60.00 AUD

Putnam, London. 1937. 1st UK Ed. ix, P.11 to 319 with many figures, line drawings & plans. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Covers with light wear around edges. Light offsetting of endpapers, otherwise a fine copy. Scarce. 24.5 x 16.

Tools and materials, preliminary designs, etc ...

75687
CHAPELLE, Howard I.
YACHT DESIGNING AND PLANNING For Yachtsmen, Students and Amateurs
$50.00 AUD

Norton. New York. 1936. 1st Edition. IX, P.11 to 319 with many figures, line drawings & plans. Fp: A Modern Cruising Yacht Malabar X, designed by John Alden, N.A. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Covers with light soiling and wear and 2 pages with traces of old watermarks at top edge, not affecting any text and otherwise contents are near fine. Scarce. 24.5 x 16.

Tools and materials, preliminary designs, etc ...

47421
CHICOT, Emmanuel
CONSTRUCTION DU NAVIRE DE COMMERCE
$20.00 AUD

Editions Maritimes et Coloniales. Paris. 1960. 1st Ed. (4), 423 PP with 8 b/w photos and over 200 figures. Hard cover. Faint foxing on outside edges. Very good. French text. 24 x 16.

51161
CLIFFORD, Dr. Robert & FLEURY, Karina (editors)
INCAT / HALES - Calendar 1999
$5.00 AUD

Incat Group of Companies. Hobart. 1998. 1st Ed. 28 PP with 1 b/w and 26 colour photos (12 of them on full page). Fine. Oblong: 21 x 29.7.

History of the Hales trophy and the crossing of the Catalonia, on last page/cover.

50978
CLIFFORD, Dr. Robert & LOWRIE, Kim (editors)
INCAT Profile 1999
$20.00 AUD

Incat Group of Companies. Hobart. 1999. 1st Ed. 28 PP with 2 maps, 6 b/w portraits, 12 graphs, 22 profiles of Incat vessels, and colour photos (32 photos and 33 portraits). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. Oblong: 21 x 29.7.

69810
CLIFFORD, Dr. Robert & LOWRIE, Kim (editors)
INCAT / Profile 1999 / Calendar "RAW" 2000
$10.00 AUD

Incat Group of Companies. Hobart. 1999. 3 items - Profile: 28 PP with 2 maps, 6 b/w portraits, 12 graphs, 22 profiles of Incat vessels, and colour photos (32 photos and 33 portraits). Pictorial soft cover. / Calendar RAW: 28 PP with 27 colour photos (12 of Incat Ferries). Newsletter (4 pages) on "Hales Trophy", evolution et specifications of Wave Piercing RO/PAX Catamaran. Fine. Oblong: 21 x 29.7.

74092
CLIFFORD, Dr. Robert & LOWRIE, Kim (editors)
INCAT - The Magazine, Volume 1 1999
$10.00 AUD

Incat Group of Companies. Hobart. 1999. Vol. 1, 1999: 34 pages with b/w and colour illustrations. Centrefold with colour photo of the Buquebus "Catalonia". Pictorial (Incat Hull 45, HMAS Jervis Bay) soft covers. Near fine. 29.7 x 21.

75310
COLE, Guy (editor)
BEST OF UFFA - Immortal Designs from Uffa Fox's Five Famous Volumes
$35.00 AUD

Nautical Publishing. Lymington, U.K. 1978. 1st Ed. Notes by Peter Johnson and Roger Taylor. 160 PP with detailed drawings, photos. Hard cover, dj. Foxing spots on outside edges. Dust jacket in a clear plastic protective sleeve. Fine. 27 x 20. 024553234X

Fifty designs extracted from Sailing, Seamanship & Yacht Construction (1934), Uffa Fox's Second Book (1935), Sail & Power (1931), Racing Cruising & Design (1937) and Thoughts on Yachts & Yachting (1938).

62528
COLES, Adlard & HARDY, A. C.
MERCHANT SHIPS: WORLD BUILT, Vessels of 1000 tons gross and over completed in 1960. With Part II for Ships of about 1000 tons gross and under - Volume IX
$30.00 AUD

Adlard Coles. Southampton. 1961. 1st Ed., Volume IX, 1961, with an introduction by A. C. Hardy. 208 PP with tables & bw illust. (photos & plans) & 21 pages with bw & colour adverts. Eps: Colour adverts. Fp: "Oriana", the 41,923 tons gross twin-screw turbine steamship for P & O lines. Hard cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj. Fine. Oblong: 15 x 22.5.

45196
COLES, Adlard & STEWART, A. J.
MERCHANT SHIPS: WORLD BUILT, Vessels of 1000 tons gross and over completed in 1964 - Volume XIII
$20.00 AUD

Adlard Coles & John de Graff. London & New York. 1965. 1st Ed., Volume XIII, 1965. 176 PP with tables & b/w illust. (photos & plans). Fp: Methane Princess. Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing. Near fine. Oblong: 14.5 x 22.5.

73488
COLES, Adlard & STEWART, A. J.
MERCHANT SHIPS: WORLD BUILT, Vessels of 1000 tons gross and over completed in 1964 - Volume XIII
$15.00 AUD

Adlard Coles & John de Graff. London & New York. 1965. 1st Ed., Volume XIII, 1965. 176 PP with tables & b/w illust. (photos & plans). Fp: Methane Princess. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket has been laminated and glued to the endpapers. Contents near fine. Oblong: 14.5 x 22.5.

69593
COLES, K. Adlard & BRUCE, Peter
HEAVY WEATHER SAILING
$10.00 AUD

International Marine. Camden, Maine, USA. 1992. 4th edition of the 1967 original, revised by Peter Bruce. Foreword by Peter Blake. XII, 411 PP with b/w illustrations (diagrams, maps and photos). Hard cover, dj. Fine. 25.5 x 18.5.

69387
COLLARD, John
A MARITIME HISTORY OF RYE
$15.00 AUD

Author. Rye, UK. 1985. 2nd paperback edition of the 1978 original. (14), 153 PP with b/w figures (7 engravings, 16 maps & plans, and 21 photos), plus 3 folded plates for maps 4, 8 and 12. Fp: aerial view of Rye and its Rivers. Pictorial card covers. Fine. 24.5 x 18.5. 0950627623

74440
COLLINS, John & DODDS, James
RIVER COLNE SHIPBUILDERS - A Portrait of Shipbuilding 1786-1988
$65.00 AUD

Jardine Press Ltd. London. 2009. 1st paperback edition. Foreword by Richard Woodman. (X), 314 PP with 6 headpieces (map of the River Colne) and over 170 b/w or colour illustrations. Pictorial stiff covers. 2 light creases on spine, o/wise fine. 32 x 24. 9780955203589

75547
COLSON, C.
NOTES ON DOCKS AND DOCK CONSTRUCTION
$70.00 AUD

Longmans, Green & Co. London. 1894. 1st Ed., in the "Longmans' Civil Engineering" series. X, 425 , (16 publications) PP with tables and 365 figures, plus 2 folded plates with respectively 2 and 3 of these figures. Cloth covers, gilt title on spine. Name & signature of previous owners on front endpaper and stamp & signature on title page. Occasional foxing spots on few pages and outside edges. Outside edge of top outside edge slightly soiled. Near fine. 25 x 16.

Includes sections on Dams, Water in foundations, Dock and Quay walls, Dry or Graving docks, Dredging, Floating docks, Slipways, etc ....

73980
COOKE, Francis B.
CRUISING HINTS
$25.00 AUD

Edward Arnold & Co. London. 1928. 4th edition revised. XII, 274, (2 publications) PP with 54 figures, plus 4 large folded plans at back of book. Hard covers, device and title on front cover, gilt title and device on spine. Slight ageing of paper. Minor insect damage in the gutter of endpapers. Near fine internally. 22.5 x 14.5.

The Selection of a Yacht, Head-Quarters, Equipment, Maintenance, Seamanship..

38764
CRUMLIN-PEDERSEN, Ole
TRAESKIBET - Fra Langskib til Fregat
$10.00 AUD

raebranchens Oplysningsrad. Copenhagen. 1968. T 1st Ed. 48 PP with b/w illustrations. Title page: 12 silhouettes of ships. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. Danish text. Oblong: 14.8 x 21.2.

The Wooden Ship: from the Longship to the Frigate. 3rd Wood pamphlet in the series of History of Civilization published by the information council of the timber trade in Denmark.

50161
CUMMINS, Ian G.
EZE BUILD BOAT PLANS
$5.00 AUD

Eze Build Boat Plans. Runaway Bay, Qld. c. 1995. 1st Ed. No pagination, 38 PP (recto only) with 25 sketch-plans. Soft cover, illustrated front, spiral bound. Fine. 29.7 x 22.

60993
CURRENT AFFAIRS BULLETIN
IMPERIAL MAPPING PENS / CHILD CARE - Who Cares?
$10.00 AUD

CAB/University of Sydney. Sydney. 1978. Vol. 54, No. 8, January 1978. Edited by Desmond Crowley and George Wilson. Articles by J.R.E.Prescott / Eva Cox. 32 PP with 10 maps. Slight ageing of paper. Good. 24.5 x 17.5.

.

53868
CURTIS, Cynthia, O'BRIEN, Mike & HYLAN, Doug (compilers)
FORTY WOODEN BOATS - A Third Catalog of Building Plans
$15.00 AUD

Woodenboat Publications. Brooklin, Maine. 1995. 1st Ed. Introduction by John Wilson, editor. 96 PP with 5 drawings and 40 sets of plans (line drawings, sails plans...). Title page: Redwing. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27.7 x 20.5. 0937822329

41059
CURTIS, Cynthia, O'BRIEN, Mike & LAZARUS, Paul (compilers)
THIRTY WOODEN BOATS - A Second Catalog of Building Plans
$15.00 AUD

Woodenboat Publications. Brooklin, Maine. 1988. 1st Ed. Introduction by John Wilson, editor. 78, (2) PP with 4 drawings, 14 figures and 30 sets of plans (line drawings, sails plans...). Title page: 20' Catboat, Madam Tirza. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27.7 x 20.5. 0937822159

38847
LA DAGE, John & VAN GEMERT, Lee
STABILITY AND TRIM FOR THE SHIP'S OFFICER
$20.00 AUD

Cornell Maritime Press, Inc. Cambridge, Maryland. 1963. 4th reprint of the 2nd edition of 1956 (original of 1946). XVI, 216 PP with 67 figures and 4 inserts, plus 4 folded inserts in rear pocket. Fp: Heavy lift ship USNS Pvt Leonard C. Brostrom. Hard cover, gilt device and title on front cover and spine. Lower and upper part of the spine worn, faint foxing on outside edges. Signature and bookplate of previous owner on front endpaper, o/wise very good. 22.2 x 14.5.

69892
DAVIES, Lynn & Margaret, & BOYLES, Warren (editors)
MAPPING VAN DIEMEN'S LAND and the Great Beyond
$100.00 AUD

Royal Society of Tasmania. Hobart. 2018. 1st hardback edition. Introduction by Michael Giudici, Surveyor General, Tasmania. VI, 138 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (charts, maps and photos). Hard cover, pictorial boards. Note to previous owner on front endpaper. Fine. Oblong: 26.5 x 30.5. 9780648141334

Rare and Beautiful Maps from the Royal Society of Tasmania.

18138
DE DURANTI de LIRONCOURT, M.
INSTRUCTION ELEMENTAIRE ET RAISONNEE SUR LA CONSTRUCTION - PRATIQUE DES VAISSEAUX en forme de dictionnaire
$40.00 AUD

Editions Omega. Nice. c. 1990? Facsimile reprint of the 1771 original. XXXII, 272 PP, plus large folded table loosely inserted. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover, gilt title "Construction-Pratique des Vaisseaux" on spine. French text. Fine. 20.2 x 13.5.

Dictionary giving all information & instructions necessary for building ships.

74839
DERRICK, David
BOAT MAINTENANCE
$10.00 AUD

David & Charles. London. 1984. 1st Ed. 128 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, sketches & photos). Hard covers, dj. Fine. 25.3 x 17.3. 0715384120

18154
DOUGAN, David
THE SHIPWRIGHTS, The History of the Shipconstructors' and Shipwrights' Association
$50.00 AUD

Frank Graham. Newcastle upon Tyne. 1975. 1st Ed. X, 341 PP plus 8 pages with 10 b/w photos. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dust jacket. Light foxing around edges, o/wise a near fine copy. Scarce. 22.2 x 14.

The Associated Shipwright Society, set against the industrial and political events of the time. Created in 1882 when 4 out of every 5 ships in the world were built by British shipwrights. A scarce book.

72171
DOW, Eric
How to Build the SHELLBACK DINGHY
$20.00 AUD

Woodenboat Publications. Brooklin, Maine. 1993. 1st Ed. Introduction by Jon Wilson. VI, 56 PP with 2 pages "kit part list" & "Shellback Study Plan" and 200 b/w photos by Sherry Streeter. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 27.7 x 21. 9780937822272

48473
du CANE, Peter
HIGH-SPEED SMALL CRAFT
$25.00 AUD

Temple. London. 1951. 1st Ed. X, 278 PP with 139 figures in text (23 b/w photos) plus 18 plates with 27 b/w photos. Fp: 73 ft. motor torpedo boat. FEP: Sectional drawing of a M.T.B. REP: Sectional drawing of Jet-propelled Bluebird. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine (faded), price-clipped dust jacket is rubbed and soiled around edges with a few chips and is in a protective sleeve. A little light foxing, o/wise a very good clean copy. 25 x 15.5.

Types, stability, seaworthiness and manoeuvrability... propelling, record breakers..

38510
DU PLESSIS, Hugo
FIBREGLASS BOATS - Fitting Out, Maintenance and Repair
$15.00 AUD

London. 1964. Adlard Coles / Rupert Hart-Davis. 1st Ed. 324 PP with tables and 177 figures. Eps: A Westfield De Luxe outboard runabout and an Elizabethan 29-foot sloop. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price-clipped). Dust jacket rubbed and with small chips. Occasional foxing, o/wise near fine. 25.5 x 19.

75548
DU-PLAT-TAYLOR, F. M.
THE DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF DOCKS, WHARVES & PIERS
$150.00 AUD

Ernest Benn, Ltd. London. 1934. 2nd edition, revised and enlarged from the 1928 original. Introduction by Joseph G. Broodbank. XXVI, (2 Bibliography & Errata), 521 PP with tables and 481 figures (93 of them b/w photos), plus 8 folded plates for 8 of these figures. Cloth covers, gilt title on spine, dj (in a protective sleeve). Occasional foxing. Near fine. 26 x 21.

64112
DUFF, Peter (Editor)
MERCHANT SHIPS: WORLD BUILT, Vessels of 1000 tons gross and over completed in 1962
$20.00 AUD

Adlard Coles. London. 1963. 1st Ed., Volume XI, 1963. 184 PP with tables & bw illust. (photos & plans). Fp: "Savannah", the world's first nuclear-powered cargo/passenger vessel. Hard cover, gilt title on sunned spine, top edge tinted. Neat stamp of Maritime Museum of Tasmania Inc. on endpapers, otherwise contents are near fine. Oblong: 15 x 22.5.

31058
DUFFETT, John
MODERN MARINE MAINTENANCE
$20.00 AUD

Motor Boating & Sailing Books. New York. 1973. 1st Ed. XII, 13-256 PP with figures and b/w photos. Decorated boards, dj. (price clipped). Ex-library copy with renewed endpapers, o/wise a very good clean copy. 23.4 x 15.8. 0910990158

The Boatman's guide to today's materials and methods for today's pleasure boats.

74644
ENDSOR, Richard
THE RESTORATION WARSHIP - The Design, Construction and Career of a Third Rate of CHARLES II'S NAVY
$70.00 AUD

Naval Institute Press. Annapolis. 2009. 1st US edition. Foreword by The Duke of Richmond, Lennon and Gordon. 256 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Half title page: "Lenox" general arrangement, body lines. Title page Spread: "Lenox" at sea in a gale. Eps: "Lenox" by Willem Van de Velde the Elder (FEP: Larboard quarter / REP: Starboard Beam. Hard covers, gilt title on spine, dj (inside dust jacket: Draught of "Lenox"). Fine (as new condition). 30 x 25.2. 9781591147121

Construction and career of the "Lenox" A 70-gun third rate warship.

74874
EVERITT, Dick
BOAT OWNER'S SKETCH BOOK - (1)
$10.00 AUD

Practical Boat Owner. Poole, Dorset. 1979. 1st Ed. 36 PP with 38 plates with b/w illustrations (36 as text + inside front and back covers). Card covers, pictorial front. Near fine. 20.5 x 12.5.

74875
EVERITT, Dick
BOAT OWNER'S SKETCH BOOK - 2
$10.00 AUD

Practical Boat Owner. Poole, Dorset. 1982. 1st Ed. 36 PP with 38 plates with b/w illustrations (36 as text + inside front and back covers). Card covers, pictorial front. Fine. 20.5 x 12.5.

74876
EVERITT, Dick
BOAT OWNER'S SKETCH BOOK - 3
$10.00 AUD

Practical Boat Owner. Poole, Dorset. 1986. 1st Ed. 36 PP with 38 plates with b/w illustrations (36 as text + inside front and back covers). Card covers, pictorial front. Near fine. 20.5 x 12.5.

75468
EVERITT, Dick & WITT, Rodger
THIS IS BOAT HANDLING AT CLOSE QUARTERS
$10.00 AUD

Nautical Books. London. 1985. Reprint of the 1984 original. 140, (3 index) PP with colour illustrations (diagrams, maps and photos). Pictorial Laminated boards. Fine. 20.5 x 19.5. 0851773869

74828
FAGGETTER, Colin
BOAT BUILDING IN WOOD: From Lofting to Launching
$55.00 AUD

Waterline Books / Airlife Publishing. Shrewsbury, UK. 1995. 1st Ed. 128 PP with 3 b/w photos and 95 b/w illustrations (77 figures and 18 photos). Laminated pictorial boards. Fine. 25.2 x 19.5. 9781853105302

40784
FASSE, Ir. J.
SOME CONSIDERATIONS BY A SHIPOWNER ON THE SELECTION OF MAIN PROPULSION MACHINERY FOR CARGO SHIPS (in Transactions of the Institute of Marine Engineers - Volume 81, No. 8, August 1969)
$15.00 AUD

Institute of Marine Engineers. London. 1969. Contains article P. 273 to 281 with 6 figures. Pictorial soft covers. Near fine. 28 x 21.6.

18164
FERCHAULT DE REAUMUR, R.A. & DUHAMEL, M.
DOSSIER ANCRE, France, 18ème siècle - Fabrique des Ancres (I) - Encyclopédie Marine: Forge des Ancres (II)
$150.00 AUD

Pharos. San Remo. 1993. Reprint in a limited edition of 350 copies. Volume I: (2), 54 PP plus 6 full-page plates each with engravings and figures. Volume II: 16 PP plus 13 full page plates, each with engravings and figures. Marbled card covers in a green cloth casing with title vignette. Printed on quality art paper. French text. Fine. 39 x 25.

A comprehensive study of anchors carried out in France during the 18th century.

18143
FINCHAM, John
A HISTORY OF NAVAL ARCHITECTURE
$60.00 AUD

Scolar Press. London. 1979. Reprint of 1851 orig. Ed. Introduction by John Leather. XI, (3), VIII, (XI), LXXXIV, 415 PP with numerous figures & tables in text, 58 plates numbered 1 to 47. Gilt-engraved papered boards, blue cloth spine, dj. Plain slipcase. Dust jacket is sunned/browned at spine and has a small crease and repairs at extremities. An otherwise fine copy. 24.8 x 16. 0859675696

A summary of the evolution of naval architecture, from log rafts & canoes, the Phoenicians, Greeks & Romans... up to the British Navy at the time.

69576
FOREMAN, E. J.
AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE PERFORMANCE OF SEA ANCHORS FOR INFLATABLE LIFERAFTS
$20.00 AUD

Department of Industry / National Maritime Institute. Feltham, Middlesex. 1982. January 1982 edition of report N M I R127. (2), 9 PP in typescript, plus 1 table (recto / verso) loosely inserted and 15 pages with 1 graph, 15 b/w photos and 16 figures. Soft covers with light wear. Near fine. 29.5 x 21.

34388
FORFAIT, Pierre-Alexandre-Laurent
TRATTATO ELEMENTARE DELL' ALBERATURA DELLE NAVI
$80.00 AUD

Historia Nautica. San Remo, Italy. 1979. Numbered edition limited to 1000 copies (No. 644). Translated from the 2nd French edition (revised by Etienne Willaumez) of 1815, by G. Santi-Mazzini. XXI, 230, (6 Index) PP with 60 tables, plus 25 b/w plates on full page (24 plates with 190 figures and 1 plate with 11 figures with . Cloth cover, illustrated vignette on front cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Italian text. Faint foxing. Near fine. 31.8 x 21.5.

Treatise on the masting of ships and vessels. (Traité de la Mâture pour les Elèves de la Marine).

51672
FOUSSAT, P., PARIZOT, B., & PONT, D.
LES NAVIRES DE COMMERCE. Les Principaux Types et leurs Conditions d' Exploitation - Navires de Pêche, Navires de Servitude, Hydroptères, Aéroglisseurs
$10.00 AUD

Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Techniques Avancées. Paris. 1973. 1st Ed. ENSTA - CN 31 / 243. 148, (2) PP with 62 figures (drawings, b/w photos, sketches), plus 1 large folded table. Soft cover. Name of previous owner at top of title page. French text. Very good. 27 x 21.

Fishing vessels, harbour work boats, Hydrofoils and Hovercraft.

62634
FOX SMITH, C.
SHIP MODELS
$30.00 AUD

Country Life. London. 1951. 1st Ed. 174 PP with 48 pages containing 78 b/w photos. Vignette on title-page. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, gilt device on spine, dj (price clipped). Dust jacket with chips and small pieces missing. Occasional foxing. Near fine. 24 x 16.

Ship models in the ancient world. Ex-voto from churches and chapels. East Indiaman to clipper ship. Ships in bottles and other marine diversions such as scrimshaw...

38171
FOX, Uffa
SAILING, SEAMANSHIP and YACHT CONSTRUCTION
$60.00 AUD

Peter Davies. London. 1949. Reprint of the 1934 original. (XII), 272 PP with over 300 b/w photos and design drawings. Blue cloth cover, silver engraving on front cover. Top of front cover lightly sunned, otherwise a near fine copy. Scarce. 28 x 21.

73728
FOX, Uffa
RACING, CRUISING AND DESIGN
$80.00 AUD

Peter Davies. London. 1951. 3rd Reprint of the 1937 original. VIII, 340 PP with sketches, plans & photos. Fp: Dorade sweeps past Diamond Head. Cloth cover, silver decoration on front cover, dj (price clipped). Newspaper clipping "Uffa Fox, Man of the Sea", by his wife Yvonne, loosely inserted. Dust jacket has a few small chips, o/wise a near fine copy. 27.8 x 21.

Story & designs of cruising or racing sailing boats or power craft. Scarce.

73729
FOX, Uffa
SAILING, SEAMANSHIP and YACHT CONSTRUCTION
$70.00 AUD

Peter Davies. London. 1957. Reprint of the 1934 original. (XII), 272 PP with over 300 b/w photos and design drawings. Blue cloth cover, silver engraving on front cover, dj (price clipped). Dust jacket with a repaired closed tear, and small piece missing at head of spine. Internally near fine. An excellent copy of a scarce title. 28 x 21.

75311
FOX, Uffa
SAILING, SEAMANSHIP and YACHT CONSTRUCTION
$100.00 AUD

Peter Davies. London. 1934. 1st edition. XII, 272 PP with 325 b/w illustrations: maps, weather maps, line drawings, sketch plans and 152 photos by Beken and Sons, Morris Rosenfeld... Blue cloth cover, silver engraving on front cover, lightly sunned spine with title in silver lettering. Ageing of paper on outside edges, o/wise a near fine copy of the scarce first edition. Image shows title-page and frontispiece. 28 x 21.

75312
FOX, Uffa
SAIL AND POWER
$100.00 AUD

Peter Davies. London. 1948. 3rd reprint of the 1936 original. VIII, 388 PP with over 400 plans, photos and diagrams. Fp: Roland Von Bremen, winner of this year's Transatlantic Race from Bermuda to Cuxhaven. Blue cloth cover, gilt device on front cover. Hinges lightly rubbed. Slight ageing of the paper around the edges. Still a near fine copy. Image shows title page and frontispiece. 27.8 x 21.5.

A companion volume to "Sailing, Seamanship and Yacht Construction" and Uffa Fox's Second Book.

38550
FRIEDMAN, Norman
SEERÜSTUNG HEUTE - Entwurf und Konzeption Moderner Kriegsschiffe
$10.00 AUD

Bernard & Graefe Verlag. München. 1981. 1st German edition of the 1979 English original Modern Warship. 193 PP with cutaways, drawings, plans and b/w photos. Fp: USS cruiser Canberra, 12 June 1957. Cloth cover, dj. German text. Signature of previous owner on inside front cover, o/wise fine. 25.8 x 20.5. 3803303257

Design and development.

31567
FRIEL, Ian
THE GOOD SHIP - Ships, Shipbuilding and Technology in England 1200-1520
$20.00 AUD

British Museum Press. London. 1995. 1st Ed. 208 PP with 11 tables and 71 figures (line drawings by Lynne Friel and b/w photos). Fp: Three-masted carrack in an Italian engraving, c. 1470-80. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 25.2 x 19.4. 0714105740

75316
GALLON, Daniel
VOILIERS TRADITIONNELS
$15.00 AUD

Editions Ouest-France. Rennes, France. 1992 1st Ed. 117, (3) PP with colour photos. Pictorial laminated boards. French text. Fine. 30.8 x 24.5. 9782737311215

Working boats on the coastal waters of Brittany, France.

39080
GARDINER, Robert & UNGER, Professor Richard W. (editors)
COGS, CARAVELS AND GALLEONS - The Sailing Ship 1000-1650
$80.00 AUD

Conway. London. 2000. Reprint of the 1994 original, in the "Conway's History of the Ship" series. 188 PP with b/w illust. Glossary terms (pages 181 to 185). Title spread: Mediterranean Round Ships, c.1450. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 30.2 x 25.2. 0851775608

Viking Boats, Cogs, Mediterranean Round Ship, Caravel and Galley, Coastal Shipping & Navigation, Guns and Gunnery, Ship Construction: tools and techniques...

69359
GARDNER, John
MORE BUILDING CLASSIC SMALL CRAFT
$30.00 AUD

International Marine Publishing Company. Camden, Maine. 1990. 2nd paperback printing of the 1984 original (Building Classic Small Craft, Vol. 2). XI, (3), 241 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, line drawings, plans, sketches & photos). Pictorial soft covers. Fine. 27.8 x 21.5. 0877422745

How to build 23 traditional boats: from Herreshoff rowboat to Mower Dory.

69360
GARDNER, John
CLASSIC SMALL CRAFT YOU CAN BUILD
$30.00 AUD

Mystic Seaport Museum. Mystic, Connecticut. 1993. 1st Ed. (10), 195 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, line drawings, plans, sketches & photos) and 18 headpieces. Pictorial soft covers. Fine. 27.8 x 21.5. 0913372668

How to build 16 traditional boats: from Skiff and Bateau to 20-Foot outboard Oyster Skiff.

44853
GAY, Jacques
SIX MILLENAIRES D'HISTOIRE DES ANCRES
$110.00 AUD

Presses de l'Université de Paris-Sorbonne. Paris. 1997. 1st Ed. 272 PP with 215 b/w illustrations (drawings, engravings, sketches and photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 24 x 15.8. 2840500922

A history of anchors (symbol of safety) over the milleniums.

51658
GEEN, Fox
FITTING OUT A MOULDED HULL
$10.00 AUD

Hollis & Carter. London. 1974. 1st paperback edition. 173 PP with over 75 drawings by Maureen Verity. Pictorial soft cover. Faint foxing on outside edges. Near fine. 19.8 x 12.5. 0370103149

75641
GILLMER, Thomas C.
WORKING WATERCRAFT - A Survey of the Surviving Local Boats of Europe and America
$30.00 AUD

International Marine Publishing Co. Camden, Maine. 1972. 1st US edition. XII, 184 PP with 226 figures (drawings, plans and b/w photos). Cloth cover, dj. Dust jacket with closed tears and in a protective sleeve. Near fine. 28.5 x 22. 0877420254

North American working craft. Northern European working craft...

69571
GOUGEON
GELCOAT BLISTERS: Diagnosis, Repair & Prevention - A guide for repairing and preventing gelcoast blisters with West System Brand Epoxy
$15.00 AUD

Gougeon Brothers Inc. Bay City, Michigan. 1991. 1st Ed. Catalogue No. 002-650. (4), 51 PP with b/w illustrations: 1 photo, drawings, and sketches. Soft cover, illustrated front, punch holes for ring binder, o/wise fine. 26.7 x 20.2. 1878207121

74881
GOUGEON, Meade
THE GOUGEON BROTHERS ON BOAT CONSTRUCTION - Wood and West System Materials
$50.00 AUD

Gougeon Brothers, Inc. Bay City, Michigan. 2005. 5th edition of the 1979 original. XII, 406 PP with tables, drawings, sketches and b/w photos, plus 16 pages with 66 colour photos. Cloth cover, illustrated front cover. Bookplate of previous owner on front endpaper. Fine. 28.5 x 22. 9781878207500

69570
GOUGEON, Meade & Jan
FIBERGLASS BOAT REPAIR & MAINTENANCE, with West System Epoxy
$15.00 AUD

Gougeon Brothers Inc. Bay City, Michigan. 1988. Revised edition of the 1987 original. Catalogue No. 002-550. (4), 60 PP with b/w illustrations: 5 photos, drawings, and sketches. Soft cover, illustrated front. Fine. 26.7 x 20.2.

17004
GRAEME-EVANS, Alex & WILSON, Peter
BUILT TO LAST, The story of the Shipwrights of Port Cygnet, Tasmania, and their boats 1863-1997
$20.00 AUD

Tasbook Publishers. Woodbridge, Tasmania. 1996. 2nd edition in December 1996 of the November 1996 original. X, 134 PP with bw 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 soft covers are creased. Stamp of the Maritime Museum of Tasmania on FFEP, otherwise a good copy. 29.8 x 20.8. 0646296167

70519
GRAEME-EVANS, Alex & WILSON, Peter
BUILT TO LAST, The story of the Shipwrights of Port Cygnet, Tasmania, and their boats 1863-1997
$130.00 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

73809
GRAEME-EVANS, Alex & WILSON, Peter
BUILT TO LAST, The story of the Shipwrights of Port Cygnet, Tasmania, and their boats 1863-1997
$80.00 AUD

Regal Publications. Launceston, Tasmania. 2005. 3rd edition of the 1996 original. 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. Signed by co-author Alex Graeme-Evans on FFEP. Near fine. Scarce. 29.8 x 20.8. 1876261307

58208
GREENE, Danny
CRUISING SAILBOAT KINETICS - The Art, Science and Magic of Cruising Boat Design
$10.00 AUD

Seven Seas Press, Inc. Newport, Rhodes Island. 1985. 1st Ed. XIV, 237 PP with boxes and b/w illustrations (plans, photos...) by the author. Hard cover, cloth spine, dj. 28.4 x 22. 0671552163

72304
GREENHILL, Basil
ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE BOAT - A New Introductory Study
$25.00 AUD

Adam & Charles Black. London. 1976. 1st Ed., with introduction by Professor W. F. Grimes. 320 PP with 213 b/w illustrations (photos & line drawings). Cloth cover, gilt title on spine. No dust jacket. Fine. 25.2 x 19. 0713616458

Evolution of boats and ship-building, covering the 4 main roots of boat-building: raft, skin boats, bark boats and dug-outs.

57540
GREENWALD, Michael
SURVIVOR
$20.00 AUD

Blue Horizons Press. San Diego. 1995. Revised 4th printing of the 1989 original, edited by Steve Callahan and Douglas Robertson. XXIV, 600, (6) PP with 160 b/w illustrations. Fp: drawing by Steve Callahan. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 23.3 x 18.3. 0931297036

Account of survival after being shipwrecked on an Alaskan island. A manual and required reading for all those who go to sea.

67237
GRIFFITHS, Simon
BOAT
$60.00 AUD

Lantern / Penguin. Sydney. 2015. 1st Ed. 206, (2) PP with colour illustrations throughout. Pictorial endpapers. Hard covers, illustrated front and back. Fine. 23.5 x 18.5.

Row: Derwent skiff, Taroona .. Sail: Storm Bay, Patterson Lakes, Nerida, Janus ... Boatbuilders, motor: Erica, Blackbird, Vigilant .. Steam: S.Y. Preana, S.L. Huon, P.S. Marion ... Festivals: Wooden Boat, South Australian & Geelong Wooden Boat Festivals..

51708
LE GUERN, B.
LES NAVIRES DE COMMERCE. Les Principaux Types et leurs Conditions d'Exploitation - Les Porte Conteneurs
$15.00 AUD

Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Techniques Avancées. Paris. 1976. 1st Ed. ENSTA - CN 31 / 385. 310 PP with over 170 figures (drawings, b/w photos, sketches), plus 2 large folded plates. Soft cover. Name of previous owner at top of title page. French text. Very good. 27 x 21.

Container ships.

69386
GUTHORN, Peter J.
THE SEA BRIGHT SKIFF, and other Shore Boats
$40.00 AUD

Schiffer Publishing. Exton, Pennsylvania. c. 1984. 1st paperback edition. (10), 239, (17) PP with b/w figures (drawings, sets of plans, sketches & photos). Pictorial card covers. Fine. Scarce. 25.4 x 17.8. 0916838730

53388
H.M.S.O.
RADIO ENGINEERING TRADE GROUP (Mechanics) - Part I: Basic Electricity
$10.00 AUD

HMSO / Air Ministry. London. 1963. 1st Ed. Standard Technical Training Notes, Air Ministry, AP 3372. IV, 197, V-IX PP with over 290 figures. Cloth cover, title on front cover and spine. Covers lightly marked. Signature of previous owner on front endpaper. Very good. 24.7 x 18.7.

75545
HAFFENREFFER, R. F. (editor)
YACHTS BY HERRESHOFF
$350.00 AUD

The Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. Bristol, Rhode Island. c. 1934. Limited numbered presentation copy (No. 138). Foreword by C.W. Haffenreffer, General Manager. (2), 53, (1) PP with 108 b/w illustrations (1 sketch , 2 facsimile of documents, and 105 photos), 24 duo-tone (green / white) illustrations and 8 colour plates (painting & small drawing with sail plan), plus 7 interpolated transparent leaves with Rigging plan, Sails plan and Specifications. Fp: On Her Beam's End - Herreshoff "M" Class Sloop "Istalena". FEP: sketch map of "The Atlantic Seaboardf from Cape May to Cape Cod" with presentation Scroll at lower corner numbered 138 and hand written name of recipient: May B. Heckstall-Smith, Esquire. REP: Sketch map of the Atlantic Seaboard from Cape Cod to Bar Harbour. Decorated hard covers, with gilt device (compass/Herreshoff logo ) and title on front cover. Covers lightly rubbed. A rare item in near fine condition. 30.2 x 26.

Published after the America's Cup victory of Rainbow (designed by W. Starling Burgess and owned by Wanderbilt) on Endeavour.

37601
HAMMITT, Andrew G.
TECHNICAL YACHT DESIGN
$30.00 AUD

Adlard Coles. London. 1975. 1st Ed. 241 PP with 13 tables and 123 figures. Cloth cover, dj (price clipped). Foxing spots on outside edges. Very good. 25.2 x 17.2. 0229115152

38729
HAMMITT, Andrew G.
TECHNICAL YACHT DESIGN
$20.00 AUD

Adlard Coles. London. 1975. 1st Ed. 241 PP with 13 tables and 123 figures. Cloth cover, dj (price clipped). Top edge of covers lightly speckled. Foxing spots on outside edges and some pages. Signature of previous owner on title page. Very good. 25.2 x 17.2. 0229115152

75679
HARDY A.C. (editor)
MERCHANT SHIPS: WORLD BUILT, Volume III, Vessels of 1000 tons gross and over completed in 1954
$30.00 AUD

Adlard Coles. Southampton. 1955. 1st Ed., with an introduction by A. C. Hardy. 264 PP with tables, b/w illustrations (plans, profiles, photos), & 32 pages with b/w adverts. The P. & O. liner "Iberia". Hard cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, top edge tinted. Renewed endpapers. Covers with light wear otherwise a very good clean copy. Oblong: 15 x 22.5.

71910
HART, Christopher G. (Editor), FULLER, Robert S., TREMAIN, Stephen R. & LANG, Richard L.
KLEGECELL COMPOSITE STRUCTURES For Marine Applications
$30.00 AUD

Lloyd's Register of Shipping. London. 1981. 1st printing of April 1981. (6), 90 PP with duotone ilustrations (drawings, plans, sketch plans, and photos). Stiff covers rubbed/worn around edges, title on front cover and spine. Foxing spots on top outside edge. Very good. 28 x 21.5.

A rigid polyvinyl foam core material.

55480
HASSELBALCH, Kurt, OVERCASH, Frances & REDDIN, Angela
GUIDE TO THE HAFFENREFFER-HERRESHOFF COLLECTION: The Design Records of the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company, Bristol, Rhode Island - The Francis Russel Hart Nautical Collections
$60.00 AUD

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Museum. Cambridge, Massachusetts. 1997. 1st printing of the first edition. 218 PP with 18 b/w illustrations and 83 facsimile pages of the "Herreshoff Manufacturing Company Construction Record". Pictorial soft covers. Fine. 27.8 x 21.5. 0917027051

44160
HEINRICH, Thomas R.
SHIPS FOR THE SEVEN SEAS - Philadelphia Shipbuilding in the Age of Industrial Capitalism
$20.00 AUD

The Johns Hopkins University Press. Baltimore. 1997. 1st Ed., Volume 12 in the Studies in Industry and Society series. X, (2), 290, (2) PP with b/w figures (1 organigram, paintings, plans and photos). Eps: Map of Delaware River with Philadelphia Steel Shipyards 1900-1918. Cloth cover, dj. Fine. 26 x 18. 0801853877

33338
HERRESHOFF, L. Francis
THE COMMON SENSE OF YACHT DESIGN - Volume 1
$120.00 AUD

Caravan-Maritime Books. New York. 1975. Reprint.. IX, 158, VII, 176 PP with over 378 figures, and 48 other illustrations (line drawings, photos, plans, and sketches). Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, tatty dust jacket with pieces missing and in a protective sleeve. Contents near fine. Scarce. 31 x 23.

34621
HERRESHOFF, L. Francis
SENSIBLE CRUISING DESIGNS
$50.00 AUD

International Marine Publishing Co. Camden, Maine. 1979. 4th Printing of the 1973 original. Preface by Roger C. Taylor, publisher. (10), 394 PP with b/w illust. (photos, plans, diagrams, sketches). Cloth cover, dj. Dust jacket has a few repaired tears and is in a protective sleeve. Neat signature of previous owner on title-page. Faint foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise near fine. Oblong: 18.5 x 25.5. 0877420351

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.

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.

75524
HERRESHOFF, L. Francis
CAPT. NAT HERRESHOFF, THE WIZARD OF BRISTOL - The life and achievements of Nathanael Greene Herreshoff, together with an account of some of the yachts he designed
$40.00 AUD

Sheridan House. Double Ferry, NY. 1986. Reprint of the 1974 edition. 349 PP with 46 figures (maps, plans, sketches...), plus 48 pages with 105 b/w photos. Cloth cover, dj. Few foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise near fine. 23.5 x 15.8. 0911378324

Biography of the greatest yacht and marine designer and builder of the USA.

69362
HILL, Thomas J. & STETSON, Fred
ULTRALIGHT BOATBUILDING
$20.00 AUD

International Marine Publishing Company. Camden, Maine. c. 1990. 3rd paperback printing of the 1987 original. (X), 134 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, line drawings, plans, sketches & photos). Pictorial soft covers. Fine. 27.8 x 21.5. 0877422443

39552
HMSO
SURVEY OF PASSENGER SHIPS - Instructions to Surveyors - Volume I
$20.00 AUD

HMSO. London. 1961. Consolidated edition including Supplement of November 1958. XIV, 319 PP with figures and tables, plus 2 folded charts. 1 errata slip loosely inserted. Soft cover (slightly soiled). Very good. 24.1 x 15.4.

40328
HMSO
INSTRUCTIONS AS TO THE SURVEY OF PASSENGER STEAMSHIPS - Volume I: text
$15.00 AUD

Board of Trade / HMSO. London. 1950. Reprint of the 1946 edition. IV, 302 PP with 13 figures and tables in appendices. Soft cover. Paper ageing with foxing on outside edges, covers with creases/chips, o/wise good. 21.2 x 13.7.

49686
HMSO
HYDRAULICS RESEARCH 1957
$10.00 AUD

Department of Scientific and Industrial Research / HMSO. London. 1959. Reprint of the 1958 original. Edited by W.P. Shepherd-Barron. VI, 69 PP with 4 tables and 26 figures, plus 8 b/w plates. Pictorial soft cover. Staples removed. Bookshop sticker on front cover. Very good. 24.4 x 15.2.

Transport of solids by flowing water. The Tidal Trent. The Thames estuary. The Mersey estuary... Eyemouth harbour.. Ship-Mooring problems arising from Wave-Disturbance at a Jetty... Radioactive tracer experiment off the Norfolk Coast...

49687
HMSO
HYDRAULICS RESEARCH 1958
$10.00 AUD

Department of Scientific and Industrial Research / HMSO. London. 1959. 1st Ed. Edited by G.A. Wilson. VI, 74 PP with 1 table and 29 figures, plus 8 plates with 11 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Bookshop sticker on front cover. Very good. 24.4 x 15.2.

Transport of solids by flowing water. The Tidal Trent. The Thames estuary. The Mersey estuary... Eyemouth harbour.. Ship-Mooring problems arising from Wave-Disturbance at a Jetty... Radioactive tracer experiment off the Norfolk Coast...

58648
HMSO
RADIO ENGINEERING TRADE GROUP (Mechanics) - Part I: Basic Electricity
$10.00 AUD

HMSO / Air Ministry. London. 1963. 1st Ed. Standard Technical Training Notes, Air Ministry, AP 3372. IV, 197, V-IX PP with over 290 figures. Cloth cover, title on front cover and spine, dj. Sellotape marks on endpapers. Name of previous owner on front endpaper. Very good. 24.7 x 18.7.

73966
HMSO
CATALOGUE OF THE NAVAL AND MARINE ENGINEERING COLLECTION IN THE SCIENCE MUSEUM, South Kensington. With Descriptive and Historical Notes ...
$30.00 AUD

HMSO / Board of Education. London. 1911. 2nd edition 407 PP. Soft covers (repaired). Previous owner's name and address at top of front cover, o/wise contents very good. 24 x 15.2.

... War and Mercantile Vessels; Yachts, Boats, Tugs, Barges, etc ... 2nd edition: 1142 (1137 + 5 appendix) items described. 2nd edition without the "Supplement containing illustrations".

52728
HOGG, Robert S.
NAVAL ARCHITECTURE AND SHIP CONSTRUCTION
$10.00 AUD

Institute of Marine Engineers. London. 1956. 2nd edition of the 1942 original. (4), 336 PP with 212 figures. Cloth cover. Covers speckled. Occasional foxing. Very good and clean internally. 18.7 x 12.5.

49796
HOLLAND, Alec
BUCKLER'S HARD Maritime Museum & Beaulieu River
$5.00 AUD

Buckler's Hard Maritime Museum. London. c. 1980. 1st Ed., with an introduction by Lord Montagu. No pagination, 20 PP with 6 colour illustrations including a cutaway of the 74-gun ship-of-the-line HMS Illustrious, and 50 b/w illustrations including 2 maps of Buckler's Hard village and 2 plans of the Beaulieu River. Pictorial soft cover (by Antony King) Near fine. Oblong. 21 x 29.5.

History of Buckler's Hard on the River Beaulieu (Bewley), Hampshire and the shipyard where ships such as "Agamemnon", "Illustrious" or "Swiftsure" (Battle of Trafalgar) were built.

68214
HOVGAARD, William
MODERN HISTORY OF WARSHIPS, Comprising a Discussion of Present Standpoint and Recent War Experiences
$25.00 AUD

Conway. London. 1978. New impression of the 1920 original, with a foreword by Anthony Preston. XVI, 502 PP with 2 tables and 209 figures (6 of them on supplementary folded plates I to VI). Hard cover, dj (lightly creases). Slight ageing of paper on outside edges. Ex Library copy with stamps on front endpaper and title page (recto & verso), and sellotape marks on covers. Contents very good. 24.5 x 16. 0851770401

Battleships, Cruisers... Aircraft. Their design and construction of hull, machinery, ordnance...

69230
HOVGAARD, William
MODERN HISTORY OF WARSHIPS, Comprising a Discussion of Present Standpoint and Recent War Experiences
$45.00 AUD

Conway. London. 1971. New impression of the 1920 original, with a foreword by Anthony Preston. XVI, 502 PP with 2 tables and 209 figures (6 of them on supplementary folded plates I to VI). Top edge tinted. Hard cover, dj, ribbon page-marker. Dust jacket has a few small tears at head of spine , o/wise a near fine copy. 24.5 x 16. 0851770401

Battleships, Cruisers... Aircraft. Their design and construction of hull, machinery, ordnance...

70177
HUTCHINSON, James
ALL ABOUT BOATS
$10.00 AUD

Popular Mechanics Press. Chicago. 1958. 1st Ed. Edited by Robert B. McCoy. 160 PP with tables, plans, sketches and b/w photos. Library binding, card cover retaining original wrappers, spine reinforced with cloth tape. Ex Library copy with stamps on endpapers and top corner of "contents" page.. Still a very good reading copy. 23.2 x 16.

Hints and tips on how to build a boat: rowboats, canoes, power and sail craft, plywood outboards, inboard runabouts, cabin cruisers...

51051
INCAT
INTERNATIONAL CATAMARANS AUSTRALIA - Specification sheets
$5.00 AUD

Incat. Hobart. 1986. 26 PP for 12 specification sheets with b/w or colour illustrations (photos, plans, sketch-plans). Spiral bound. Near fine. 30 x 20.5

List of vessels built or under construction as at 1st May 1986. Specification sheets for: 30-metre catamaran ferry - Wave piercing catamaran - Spirit of Victoria - Keppel Cat 1 - Quick Cat - 22 metre catamaran Cougar - Quick Silver... as well as 2 sheets Research + Development.

51162
INCAT
INCAT Calendar 1998
$5.00 AUD

Incat Group of Companies. Hobart. 1997. 1st Ed. Edited by Dr. Robert CLIFFORD. 28 PP with 27 colour photos (12 of them on full page). Fine. Oblong: 21 x 29.7.

39308
JOHNSTON, Sarah & Dave
VALKYRIE - The Restoration of a Wooden Boat
$20.00 AUD

B. T. Batsford. London. 1983. 1st Ed. 160 PP with 5 drawings, 37 figures, and 62 b/w photos. Title page: Valkyrie II under sail. Eps: plans of interior layouts. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price-clipped). Faint foxing, o/wise near fine. 25.4 x 19. 0713440317

20658
JONES, Henry M.
SHIPS OF KINGSTON, Good-bye, Fare Ye Well
$75.00 AUD

Memorial Press of Plymouth. Plymouyj, Mass. 1926 1st Ed. 130 PP with 5 plans of Port, 19 ship plans, 50 b/w illust. & 6 colour plates. Title-page: Sheer and spar plan of bark Abby of Kingston, 1854. Fp (in colour): Ship Herculean of Kingston, Benjamin Cook, Master, entering Liverpool, 1840. Orig. gilt & decorated cloth cover (flag signal for Good-bye, fare ye well). Handsome gothic-printed dedicatory note: "Presented to Commander Alan John Villiers by the Jones River Village Club at the Major John Bradford House, Kingston, Massachusetts". Covers have a few spots, o/wise a fine copy. 28 x 20.

An account of the 276 vessels built and launched at the landing into Jones River since the Revolution.

52888
KEMP, J. F., & YOUNG, Peter
SHIP CONSTRUCTION SKETCHES & NOTES
$10.00 AUD

Kandy Publications. London. 1965. Reprint of the 1958 original. 80 PP with many figures. Pictorial card cover. Covers soiled, Occasional foxing. Very good. 21 x 16.3.

67841
KEMP, J. F., & YOUNG, Peter
SHIP CONSTRUCTION SKETCHES & NOTES
$15.00 AUD

Butterworth-Heinemann. Oxford. 1991. Reprint of the 1989 edition, original of 1958). 136 PP with many b/w figures. Pictorial card cover. Fine. 21 x 14.8. 075060381X

34401
KENDERDINE, Sarah
TE WAKA MAORI - Maori Canoe in New Zealand prehistory: reconstruction from an archaeological perspective including oral and historical evidence. (in A.I.M.A. Bulletin - Volume 15, No.2, 1991)
$20.00 AUD

AIMA / Australian Institute for Maritime Archaeology. Fremantle. 1991. Edited by Jeremy GREEN & Myra STANBURY. 87 PP, contains article from P.29 to 36 with 4 figures (1 engraving and 3 sets of drawings). Illustrated card cover. Fine. 29.6 x 21.

Other articles: The Last Voyage of the Day Dawn Wreck, by Geoff Kimpton & Graeme Henderson, The Kangaroo Island Shipwreck Survey and Community Involvement, by Robert McKinnon,...

59490
KISSAM, Philip
SURVEYING FOR CIVIL ENGINEERS
$20.00 AUD

McGraw-Hill Book Co. New York. 1956. 1st Ed. XI, 716 PP with with tables and figures, plus 1 folded "Navigational Star Chat". Fp: Closing the horizon. Cloth cover. Front endpaper with a cancelled stamp and felt marks covering a previous note. Very good. Image shows title-page and frontispiece. 19.3 x 13.5.

Contents: Instruments and Methods for Large Surveys, Operations, Procedures for Precise Control and Appendix.

73111
KLINGEL, Gilbert C.
BOATBUILDING WITH STEEL, including Boatbuilding with Aluminium
$35.00 AUD

International Marine Publishing. Camden, Maine, USA. 1991. 2nd edition of the 1973 original, with an introduction by Thomas E. Colvin. X, 270 PP with 3 tables, 13 b/w photos & 143 figures. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price clipped). Faint sellotape marks on endpapers. Near fine. 23.5 x 16. 9780877422877

Includes boatbuilding with aluminium by Thomas Colvin.

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.

38177
LAMB, John
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ON THE MARINE DIESEL ENGINE
$25.00 AUD

Charles Griffin. London. 1957. 2nd Impression of the 6th edition (original of 1921). VII, 432 PP, plus 16 pages of period advertisements. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine. Address of previous owner on front endpaper. Binding tight. Very good. 21 x 14.5.

Matter and heat. Work and efficiency... Vibration in diesel engines.

46936
LAVERY, Brian
THE COLONIAL MERCHANTMAN SUSAN CONSTANT 1605
$40.00 AUD

Conway. London. 1988. 1st Ed. in the Anatomy of the Ship series. 120 PP with 6 pages containing 19 b/w photos & 60 pages of plans & drawings. Hard cover, dj. Fine. Oblong: 24.5 x 26. 085177489X

75518
LEATHER, John
COLIN ARCHER AND THE SEAWORTHY DOUBLE-ENDER
$50.00 AUD

Waterside Publications Ltd. Cornwall. 1995. Reprint of the 1979 US edition. 174 PP with b/w illustrations throughout (photos, plans). Pictorial soft covers. Near fine. 28 x 21.5. 0877420866

Part I: Colin Archer and his Designs. Part II: Boats in the Archer Tradition.

58195
LEE, Adrian & PHILPOTT, Ruby
LAURENT GILES, An Evolution of Yacht Design
$100.00 AUD

Nautical Books. London. 1980. 1st Ed. Foreword by Olin Stephens. 208 PP with b/w illustrations (sketches, plans, photos...). Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Fine. Scarce. 27 x 20.2. 9780713633221

69401
LEWIS, John
SMALL CRAFT CONVERSION
$40.00 AUD

Granada Pub. London. 1977. Reprint of 1972 orig. 288 PP with 125 drawings (36 full-page construction plans & 65 photos in text plus 7 pages of glossary). Hard cover, dj. Slight speckling of top edges of covers, spine of dust jacket is a little faded, o/wise a near fine copy. Scarce. 25.2 x 17.5. 0229586803

The material and the knowledge amassed by the author after 25 years of small boat conversion.

54954
LLOYD'S
REGISTER OF SHIPPING - Annual Report 1956
$15.00 AUD

Lloyd's Register of Shipping. London. 1957. Annual Report. Edited by GARRETT, Sir Ronald. 68 PP with 10 tables, b/w and colour illustrations. Inside covers: line drawings. Pictorial soft cover. Front cover with some stamps, o/wise very good. 23.4 x 17.7.

World shipbuilding. Cargo ship design and construction... Ships completed to class during 1956. ... Around the world... Atomic Energy...

54955
LLOYD'S
REGISTER OF SHIPPING - Annual Report for the year 1957
$15.00 AUD

Lloyd's Register of Shipping. London. 1958. Annual Report. Edited by Pelly, Kenneth R. 86 PP with 1 map in colour, 10 tables, b/w and colour illustrations. Inside covers: Dounreay Atomic Plant, Caithness, Scotland. Pictorial soft cover. Front cover with some stamps, o/wise very good. 23.4 x 17.7.

The past year. Ship classification. Ships completed to class during 1957. Marine Engineering... Around the world...

54957
LLOYD'S
REGISTER OF SHIPPING - Annual Report for the year 1959
$15.00 AUD

Lloyd's Register of Shipping. London. 1960. Annual Report. Edited by Pelly, Kenneth R. 106 PP with 4 drawings (in colour) by David Knight, 9 tables, b/w and colour illustrations. Inside front cover: Seal of the Lloyd's Register of Shipping. Pictorial soft cover. Front cover with some stamps, o/wise very good. 23.4 x 17.7.

Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1760-1960: Two centuries of service. The past year. Ship construction and classification. Ships completed to class during 1959. Marine Engineering... Around the world...

54958
LLOYD'S
REGISTER OF SHIPPING - Annual Report for the year 1960
$15.00 AUD

Lloyd's Register of Shipping. London. 1961. Annual Report. Edited by Pelly Sir Kenneth R. 106 PP with 5 drawings (in colour) by David Knight, graphs, 9 tables, b/w and colour illustrations. Inside front cover: Motor Tanker Liparus, off Bradwell nuclear power station. Inside back cover: Seal of the Lloyd's Register of Shipping. Pictorial soft cover. Front cover with some stamps, o/wise very good. 23.4 x 17.7.

The past year. Ship classification, Load Line and Safety Regulations... Ships completed to class during 1960. Marine Engineering... Around the world...

54959
LLOYD'S
REGISTER OF SHIPPING - Annual Report for the year 1961
$15.00 AUD

Lloyd's Register of Shipping. London. 1962. Annual Report. Edited by Pelly, Sir Kenneth R. 106 PP with graphs, 9 tables, b/w and colour illustrations. Inside covers: Graphs (Growth of World Shipping and of Tonnage 1899-1961). Pictorial soft cover. A few stamps, o/wise very good. 23.4 x 17.7.

The past year. Ship classification, Load Line and Safety Regulations... Ships completed to class during 1961. Marine Engineering... Around the world...

53847
LUCAS, Alan
THE TOOLS AND MATERIALS OF BOAT BUILDING
$30.00 AUD

Horwitz. Sydney. 1978. 1st Ed. X, 262 PP with b/w illust. Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing. Near fine. 24.8 X 15.6. 0725505222

64403
LÜRSSEN
LÜRSSEN - Builder of Fast Boats
$30.00 AUD

Fr. Lürssen Werft. Bremen. 1975. 1st Ed. No pagination, 48 PP with 1 colour photo tipped in, 3 b/w photos (2 of them tipped in), 10 drawings and 7 plans/profiles. Also, a 34 page folio "Pictures of a Shipyard" tipped in on rear endpaper with 60 b/w and 18 colour photos. Cloth cover, gilt title on front board and spine, dj. Compliments card loosely inserted. Dust jacket has light shelf wear, o/wise fine. 27.5 x 21.3.

67448
M.V. PERA
LAUNCHING CEREMONY OF M.V. PERA
$10.00 AUD

Dillingham Shipyards (W.A.) Pty. Ltd. Fremantle. 1969. 2 folded items: Invitation to the Launching Ceremony, 19th September 1969 & Launching Ceremony with Order pof Proceedings, Refreshments, The Blessing and Menu. Near fine. 21 x 13.

Built for John Burke Ltd and operated out of Cairns by Mason Shipping Company.

18150
MACDOUGALL, Philip
ROYAL DOCKYARDS
$10.00 AUD

Shire Publications. London. 1989. No. 231 in Shire Album series. 32 PP with 44 b/w illust. Picorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 15. 0747800332

Docks and building slips, ropeyard buildings, sail lofts, stores and smitheries.

72299
MacGREGOR, David R.
FAST SAILING SHIPS, Their Design and Construction, 1775-1875
$45.00 AUD

Conway Maritime Press. London. 1988. 2nd revised edition of the 1973 original. 319 PP with b/w illustrations. Title spread: The three skysail-yarder "Morning Star". Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Dust jacket with short tear, o/wise a fine copy. 28.5 x 22. 9780851774527

43001
MAENPAA, Sari, MATIKKA, Hannu
NAUTICA FENNICA 1995 - A WOMAN AT SEA - Women on the Sailing Ships of Gustaf Erikson 1913-1937 / REPAIRING TRADITIONAL SHIPS
$15.00 AUD

The Finnish Association for Maritime History. Turku. 1996. Annual Report 1995. 80 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. Finnish and English text. Oblong: 20 x 20.5. 951907595X

51709
MAILLOT, F., MERLIN, G. E. & de DIETRICH, P.
LES NAVIRES DE COMMERCE. Les Principaux Types et leurs Conditions d'Exploitation - Cargos
$15.00 AUD

Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Techniques Avancées. Paris. 1975. 1st Ed. ENSTA - CN 31 / 375. 284 PP with tables and figures (drawings, b/w photos, plans, sketches), plus 1 large folded plate. Soft cover. Name of previous owner at top of title page. French text. Very good. 27 x 21.

Cargo ships: Freighters. Roll On Roll Off. Polytherm/Freezer.

59545
[MARINE]
MARINE ENGINE DRIVING
$40.00 AUD

Technical¨Publications Trust. Perth, W. A.. 1980. 1st Ed. No continuous pagination, (2), IV, (325) PP with 227 figures (13 of them on 6 folded pages). Soft cover, staples. Covers slightly soiled, spine reinforced. Name of previous owner on title page. Very good. 24.5 x 17.5.

72307
MARQUARDT, Karl Heinz
THE GLOBAL SCHOONER: Origins, Development, Design and Construction - 1695-1845
$135.00 AUD

Conway Maritime Press. London. 2003. 1st Ed. 239 PP with tables and b/w illustrations throughout. Fp: Replica of the Australian merchant schooner Enterprize of 1830. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine (as new). Scarce. 30.3 x 25.5. 9780851779300

Extensive and ideal book for the modeller.

53858
MARSHALL, Roger
YACHT DESIGN DETAILS
$10.00 AUD

Hearst Marine. New York. 1989. 1st Ed. 171 PP with b/w illust. (sketches, plans, photos..). Hard cover, cloth spine, dj. Fine. 28.5 x 22.2. 0688072151

Projects to improve boats, from hull construction to davits & dinghies.

51716
LE MARTRET, J. P. & LE ROY, J.
LES BATIMENTS DE GUERRE - Installations de Coque: Installations de Manutention / Installations de Sécurité
$10.00 AUD

Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Techniques Avancées. Paris. 1977. 1st Ed. ENSTA CN 30 / 403. 111 PP with 2 b/w photos and figures (drawings, plans, sketches). Soft cover. Name of previous owner on title page. French text. Very good. 29.7 x 21. 2722504030

Warships: Davits, Derricks, Fire fighting, Flood control.

51717
LE MARTRET, J. P. & LE ROY, J.
LES BATIMENTS DE GUERRE - Installations de Coque : Installations de Mouillage, Amarrage, Remorquage/Manoeuvres et Stabilisation du Navire
$15.00 AUD

Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Techniques Avancées. Paris. 1977. 1st Ed. ENSTA CN 30 / 399. 286 PP with 4 b/w photos and figures (drawings, plans, sketches). Soft cover. Name of previous owner on title page. French text. Very good. 29.7 x 21. 2722503999

Warships: Anchoring (anchors, cables, windlass) , Mooring, Towing/Rudders, Steering motors, Stability at sea.

65526
MARZARI, Mario (editor)
NAVI DI LEGNO - Evoluzione Tecnica e Sviluppo della Cantieristica nel Mediterraneo dal XVI Secolo a Oggi
$100.00 AUD

Lint / Comune di Grado. Trieste, Italy. 1998. 1st Ed. Forewords by Giovanni Battista Salvini & Angelo Marzollo. 364, (4) PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Abstracts between pages 363 and 362 (30 in English, and 8 in Italian). Pictorial soft cover. Texts of papers: 2 in French, 6 in English & 28 in Italian. Near fine. 29.7 x 21. 8881900521 / 9788881900527

International Conference: "Wooden shipbuilding in the Mediterranean. Technical Evolution and Shipyards Development from the 16th century until today", held in Grado 21st to 25th May 1997. 36 papers: 2 in French - 6 in English and 28 in Italian. 38 abstracts: 30 in English and 8 in Italian (abstract of the 2 French papers are in Italian and English). An important work.

53493
MASON, Kenneth
BOAT BUILDING FROM KITS
$10.00 AUD

Adlard Coles Ltd. Southampton. 1962. Reprint of the 1958 original. No. 4 in the Bosun Books series. 64 PP with 2 plans / cutaway and 25 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Ex library copy with stamp on title page and sellotape marks inside covers. Rebacked copy, clear plastic, spiral bound. Good. 12.5 x 12.5.

66635
MATE, Ferenc
THE WORLD'S BEST SAILBOATS: A Survey (Volume I)
$30.00 AUD

Albatross Publishing House. New York. c. 2000. 9th printing of the 1986 original. 280 PP with 180 b/w illustrations (accommodation plans, sail plans, line drawings and photos), and 448 colour photos. Eps: plans of a Swan 43 and of a Sou'wester 42. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj. Fine. 30.5 x 23.5. 0920256112

Yachts built by 19 renowned boatyards: from Able Marine of Southwest Harbor, Maine, USA... to Vindö yachts of Sweden. Page 219 to 279: Plans Specifications for 60 boats. A lavish publication.

42297
MAXWELL, F. W.
NICHOLLS'S CONCISE GUIDE TO THE LOCAL MARINE BOARD EXAMINATIONS FOR SECOND MATES
$100.00 AUD

James Brown & Son. Glasgow. 1926. 2nd edition of the 1924 original. XII, (1 errata), 419 PP with figures, plus 7 plates (3 of them folded), and 2 large folded plate at rear of book. Marbled endpapers. Full leather binding, gilt crest of The Incorporated Thames Nautical Training College - H M S Worcester on front board, gilt title on spine. All edges gilt. Prize plate of the College on front endpaper. Covers lightly rubbed on outside edges and hinges, hinge of front board partly split. The 2 large plates at rear of book are complete but detached. A very good copy. 24.3 x 19.5.

17820
MAY, Commander W. E.
THE BOATS OF MEN OF WAR - Maritime Monographs and Reports no.15
$20.00 AUD

National Maritime Museum. London. 1974. 35 PP, plus 16 pages with 31 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 20.8. 09501764

Study on subsidiary vessels employed by warships of all types from the earliest days to the beginning of the 20th century.

69190
MAYS, Nicole
INDUSTRIOUS, INNOVATIVE, ALTRUISTIC: The 20th Century Boat Builders of Battery Point
$85.00 AUD

Navarine Publishing. Hobart. 2017. 1st edition with a foreword by John Lucas. 366, (2), (4 blank) with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Newspaper clipping on launch of book, loosely inseted. Signed by the author on title page. Near fine. 29.8 x 21. 9780992366049

75693
MAYS, Nicole & PAYNE, David
WALTER REEKS
$55.00 AUD

Navarine Publishing. Hobart. 2023. 1st edition. (5), V, 378, (4 blank) PP with b/w and colour illustrations (caricatures, drawings, newspaper cuttings, plans, photos, portraits) and colour photos. Fp: Taipo (recto) / Walter Reeks at the helm of Thelma. Laminated pictorial boards. New. 28.5 x 22.3. 9780645708622

73130
McCALL, Bernard
SIETAS AND ITS SHIPS (Part 2)
$40.00 AUD

Bernard McCall / Gomer Press. Portishead, UK. 2021. 1st Ed. 132 PP with 141 colour photos. Laminated pictorial boards. Fine. Oblong: 24.5 x 19.5. 9781913797058

Shipyard of J.J. Sietas / Pella Sietas Werf.

31358
McCLUSKIE, Tom
SHIPS - From the Archives of Harland & Wolff, the Builders of the Titanic
$10.00 AUD

PRC. London. 1998. 1st Ed. 160 PP with colour illustrations. Fp: the Waipara. Pictorial laminated boards, dj. Near fine. Oblong: 25 x 28.5. 185648467X

A selection of 29 of the early ships (transition from sail to steam) built in Belfast by Harland & Wolff.

18162
McDONALD, K. & TODD, M.
THE INFLATABLE BOAT BOOK
$10.00 AUD

Pelham Books. London. 1975. 1st Ed. 134 PP with 17 fig. in text plus 8 pages with 17 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Occasional foxing. Very good. 22.2 x 14. 0720708338

Assembling, handling and seamanship, safety techniques.

74200
McGRATH, John & BARTON, Mark
BRITISH NAVAL SWORDS & SWORDMANSHIP
$150.00 AUD

Seaforth Publishing. Barnsley. 2013. 1st Ed. 144 PP with c. 200 b/w and 74 colour illustrations. Fp (in colour): range of uniform items required by an officer in the RN, in 1898. Title page: "boarding party", c. 1890. Hard covers, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine (as new condition). Scarce. 25.2 x 19. 9781848321359

68543
McKEE, Eric
WORKING BOATS OF BRITAIN - Their Shape and Purpose
$85.00 AUD

Conway / National Maritime Museum. London. 1983. 1st Ed., with an introduction by Dr. Basil Greenhill. 256 PP with 182 b/w drawings (lines, sketches & graphs) by the author. Titlespread: Inshore boats of Abersoch. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Dust jacket with a sunned spine anda repaired closed tear. Light foxing on top outside edge, otherwise a fine copy. 28.5 x 22. 0851772773

Study of the working boats of Britain. Factors affecting boat shapes, propulsion & steering.

74831
McKEE, Eric
CLENCHED LAP OR CLINKER - An Appreciation of a Boatbuilding Technique
$40.00 AUD

National Maritime Museum. Greenwich 1980. 3rd impression of the 1972 original. Introduction by Basil Greenhill. (2), 30 PP with 7 figures on full page, plus 2 sheets for "10 foot workboat" at centrefold. Title page: Strake Diagrams. Pictorial card cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21.

18418
MERLIN, Jules
TRAITE PRATIQUE DE VOILURE, ou exposé de méthodes simples et faciles pour calculer et couper toutes espèces de voiles
$30.00 AUD

Editions Omega. Nice. 1995. Facsimile reprint of the 1865 original. (4), 226 PP with 96 figures in text plus 6 large folded plates at back of book. Soft cover. French text. Fine. 23.6 x 15. 2906381187

Treatise on sail making.

36778
MERRIMAN, Commander R.D. (editor)
THE SERGISON PAPERS
$25.00 AUD

Navy Records Society. Greenwich. 1950. 1st Ed. Publications of the Navy Records Society, Volume 89. (XII), 382 PP, (20 publications & members), plus 4 b/w plates. Fp: Charles Sergison, Clerk of the Acts, 1690-1719. Navy blue/cream buckram, gilt device on front cover, gilt title on spine. Occasional foxing. Near fine. 23.2 x 15.5.

40785
MEULENBERG, Ir. R. E. & ABELL, T. W. D.
MARINE APPLICATIONS OF STIRLING CYCLE REFRIGERATORS (in Transactions of the Institute of Marine Engineers 6 Volume 81, No. 7, July 1969)
$10.00 AUD

Institute of Marine Engineers. London. 1969. Contains article P. 225 to 248 with 25 figures. Pictorial soft covers soiled along front edge, o/wise contents are fine. 28 x 21.6.

74832
MILLER, Les & KEMP, Jeff
AUSTRALIAN TIMBER - Buyer's Guide
$60.00 AUD

Skills Publishing. Hazelbrook, NSW. 2000. 3rd reprint of the 1994 original. Foreword by Art V. Burrows. (2), 18, (4) PP with b/w illustrations (2 photos and 14 sketches), plus c. 104 individual plates " Species" on glossy paper (recto only) and with a colour photograph. Contained in a plastic (beige colour) 3 rings binder, decoration and title on front board. Fine. 22.5 x 17.5. 0646180967

74961
MITCHELL, W. H. & SAWYER, L. A.
THE OCEANS, THE FORTS AND THE PARKS - Merchant Shipbuilding for British Account in North America during World War II
$45.00 AUD

Sea Breezes. Liverpool. 1966. 1st Ed., in the Wartime Standard Ships series, Volume Two. IX, 58 PP with b/w photos and ship profiles by John S. Lindsay. Pictorial laminated boards with wear around edges. Bookplate of previous owner on inside front cover, o/wise near fine. Scarce. 25.5 x 19.

51967
MODEL & ALLIED PUBLICATIONS
MAKING SAILING DINGHIES AND WOODEN BOATS
$15.00 AUD

MAP / Model & Allied Publications. London. 1972. 1st Ed. 50 PP with tables and b/w illustrations. Illustrated card cover. Near fine. 21 x 14.7.

10654
MONK, Edwin
MODERN BOAT BUILDING
$15.00 AUD

Charles Scribner's Sons. New York. 1949. Reprint of the 1939 original. VIII, 104 PP with 45 figures (diagrams and plans), and 35 b/w photos, plus 1 plan on double-page (Fig. No.1). Cloth cover, decorated front cover. Signature of previous owner on front endpaper. A very good clean copy. 31 x 23.5.

Boatbuilding: materials, moulds and patterns, framing, spars.

74350
MONK, Edwin
MODERN BOAT BUILDING
$25.00 AUD

Charles Scribner's Sons. New York. 1945. Reprint of the 1939 original. VIII, 104 PP with 45 figures (diagrams and plans), and 35 b/w photos, plus 1 plan on double-page (Fig. No.1). Cloth cover, decorated front cover, dust jacket with rubs and chips and in a protective sleeve, otherwise a near fine copy. 31 x 23.5.

Boatbuilding: materials, moulds and patterns, framing, spars.

49678
MOON, A. Ramsay
THE DESIGN OF WELDED STEEL STRUCTURES
$20.00 AUD

Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons. London. 1948. 2nd edition. VIII, 134 PP, (2 publications) with over 110 figures, plus 6 large folded insets. Green cloth covers faded around edges, spine and rear cover. War economy paper. Foxing. Name of previous owner on front endpaper. Very good. 22.2 x 14.2.

72606
MORWOOD, John (editor) & AYRS
SELF STEERING
$15.00 AUD

Amateur Yacht Research Society. London. 1974. 3rd edition with additional gears, of the publication No. 13 of A.Y.R.S. 167, (1 publications) PP with b/w illustrations (plans photos and sketches). Hard cover, title on front board and spine, dj. Dust jacket chipped and rubbed (now in a protective sleeve). Faint foxing on outside edges. Very good. 22.2 x 14.5.

18489
MOTOR BOAT
THE MOTOR BOAT AND YACHTING MANUAL
$20.00 AUD

Temple Press. London. 1960. 16th edition of the 1907 original. VII, (1), 432 PP with 233 fig. (72 b/w photos). FEP: Sectional Drawing of a Thornycroft 42 ft. REP: Donald Campbell's Jet-propelled hydroplane Bluebird. Hard cover, dj (price clipped and with a few small chips). Contents neear fine. 22.2 x 14.5.

Design and construction, practical boat building.... handling yachts and motor boats, cruising equipment...

38846
MOTOR BOAT
THE MOTORBOAT AND YACHTING MANUAL
$20.00 AUD

Temple Press. London. 1949. 2nd impression of the 14th edition of the 1907 original. XVI, 334, XVII-XL PP with 185 figures (drawings, plans and b/w photos), plus 5 folded plates (3 cut aways and 2 graphs). Blue cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Very good. 19 x 12.

Covers all aspects of general design and construction of motor boats... handling yachts and motor boats, cruising equipment...

62698
MOTOR BOAT
THE MOTORBOAT AND YACHTING MANUAL
$20.00 AUD

Temple Press. London. 1948. 14th edition of the 1907 original. X, 334, XI-LVIII PP with 185 figures (drawings, plans and b/w photos), plus 4 folded plates (2 cut aways and 2 graphs). Hard cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Very good. 19 x 12.

Covers all aspects of general design and construction of motor boats... handling yachts and motor boats, cruising equipment...

74107
MOTOR BOAT
THE MOTOR ELECTRICAL MANUAL
$15.00 AUD

The Motor and Temple Press. London. 1953. 12th edition of the 1921 original. VIII, 218 PP with over 130 sets of figures. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 19 x 13.

Basic electrical theory and principles; Wiring, Batteries, Magneto ignition...

42632
MOTOR BOAT AND YACHTING
THE MOTOR BOAT AND YACHTING MANUAL
$20.00 AUD

Temple Press. London. 1954. 15th edition of the 1907 original. VIII, 420 PP with 230 figures (many b/w photos), plus 4 folded plates (2 sectional drawings and 2 graphs). Cloth cover. Slight ageing of paper on outside edges, o/wise very good. 22.2 x 14.5.

Design and construction, practical boat building.... handling yachts and motor boats, cruising equipment...

18165
MUDIE, Rosemary & Colin
POWER YACHTS
$20.00 AUD

Adlard Coles/Granada. London. 1977. 1st Ed. 286 PP with 313 b/w figures (plans, sketches & photos). Blue cloth cover a little discoloured around edges, dust jacket with a few small nicks/creases. A near fine copy. 28.2 x 22.2. 0229986633

Covers all aspects of power yachting. Seamanship, construction (modern & traditional), engines & installations, electrics, etc...

48206
MUDIE, Rosemary & Colin
POWER YACHTS
$10.00 AUD

Adlard Coles. London. 1977. 1st Ed. 286 PP with 313 b/w figures (plans, sketches & photos). Cloth cover, dj. Covers speckled and discoloured. Front cover and spine of dust jacket sunned. Internally very good. 28.2 x 22.2. 0229986633

Covers all aspects of power yachting. Seamanship, construction (modern & traditional), engines & installations, electrics, etc...

71909
MURRAY ISLES
1991 CATALOGUE OF SERVICES & STOCK PLANS, Including complete plans for a 4.8 metre Plywood Rowing Dory
$20.00 AUD

Murray Isles Small Craft Designs. Kettering, Tas. 1991. 1991 edition. 59 & 18 ("Mullet Creek" Stitch & Tape Dory) PP with b/w illustrations: 14 set of plans and 16 "stock plans" on folded page. Soft covers, illustrated front, clear plastic front, spiral bound. Very good. 29.7 x 21.

65511
MURRAY, J. M.
MERCHANT SHIPS 1860-1960
$75.00 AUD

Lloyd's Register of Shipping. London. 1960. 1st Ed. 47 PP with 17 tables and over 29 figures (figure 19 with 3 b/w photos of ships), plus 1 large folded table (No. XI) tipped in, and 1 large folded plate for figure No. 17 at centrefold. Soft cover, illustrated front, staples. Errata slip tipped in on page 1. Fine. Rare. 28 x 21.5.

Paper read before the Royal Institution of Naval Architects, at its Centenary Meeting, 17th May 1960., by J.M. Murray Chief Ship Surveyor of Lloyd's Register of Shipping.

35160
N/A
THYSSEN NORDSEEWERKE / NORFLOAT - Advanced Desalting Technology
$5.00 AUD

Thyssen Nordseewerke GMBH. Emden, Germany. 1981. 1 brochure, 4 PP with 2 colour illust. Soft cover. Fine. 29.6 x 20.8.

Desalination Plant.

52955
N/A
BULLETIN TECHNIQUE DU BUREAU VERITAS, No. 4 - 1989 - English Edition
$10.00 AUD

Bureau Veritas Group. Paris. 1989. Issue No. 4, 1989, translated iby Denis Mahaffey. 48 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 29.8 x 21.

Tentative rules for the classification of merchant icebreakers, by D. Beghin... Earthquake risks, Insurance and Inspection, by R. Heim, Accidental bursting of a turbine blade, by H. de Leiris & R. Waeckerlé...

52956
N/A
BULLETIN TECHNIQUE DU BUREAU VERITAS, No. 1 - 1990 - English Edition
$10.00 AUD

Bureau Veritas Group. Paris. 1990. 48 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21.

Future Ships - Rationally based structural design, by D. Beghin & P.L. Latreille. Quality and reliability of flexible steel pipes (offshore), by J. Mallen, P. Estrier and S.G. Amilhau ...

60465
N/A
NAVAL FORCES - International Forum for Maritime Power - Vol. VI, No. I & Special Supplement, 1985
$10.00 AUD

Mönch Publishing Group. Aldershot, UK. 1985. Edited by Admiral Sir James Eberle & John Llewellyn. 112 PP & 80 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft covers. Near fine. 29.7 x 21.2.

Supplement: GNM (van der Giessen-de Noord Marinebouw B.V.) Naval Construction.

60469
N/A
NAVAL FORCES - International Forum for Maritime Power - Vol. VII, No. IV (Supplement 1986)
$10.00 AUD

Mönch Publishing Group. Aldershot, UK. 1986. Edited by Manfred Sadlowski. 112 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 29.7 x 21.2.

Supplement: HDW (Howaldtswerke Deutsche Werft) Naval Construction yard in Kiel. Frigates for Turkey and Portugal. Corvettes for the Royal Malaysian Navy.

63631
N/A
GERMANISCHER LLOYD - Rules for the Classification and Construction of Seagoing Steel Ships: Automation
$15.00 AUD

Selbstverlag des Germanischer Lloyd. Hamburg. 1975. Volume II, Chapter 3 , Section 18: Automation, January 1975. 24 PP. Soft cover, illustrated front. Text in English. Fine. 29.7 x 21.

65934
N/A
NEPTUNIA, Revue des Amis du Musée National de la Marine - No. 253
$10.00 AUD

Association des Amis du Musée de la Marine. Paris. 2009. April 2009. 72 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 27 x 21.

On sea-planes, and Flying Boats: In the French Navy by Jean Juniet (pages 5 to 13) - With Air France, by Jean Maestri (pages 14 to 20) - French wings across the Atlantic, by Michel Mantin (pages 21 to 28). Dutch shipbuilding during the 17th Century, by Ab. Hoving. Ships portraits painted by Francois Michel Blondela, by Jean-René Donguy. ...

65935
N/A
CADEAUX DES TSARS - La diplomatie navale dans l'Alliance Franco-Russe 1891-1914 (in NEPTUNIA, Revue des Amis du Musée National de la Marine - No. Hors-Série 2010)
$15.00 AUD

Association des Amis du Musée de la Marine. Paris. 2010. No. Hors-Série, May 2010. 72 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 27 x 21.

Exhibition held at Musée de la Marine, Palais de Chaillot between 28th May and 3rd October 2010. 7 articles on The Alliance between France and Russia, 1891 to 1914, by Brigitte de Montclos, Alexandre Sheldon-Duplaix, Wilfrid Zeisler, Marjolaine Mourot, Angelina Meslem and Ekaterina Khmelnitskaïa.

69208
N/A
WORLD MAPS & FLAGS
$10.00 AUD

Kidstart (Australia) Pty Ltd. Melbourne. 2001. 1st Ed. 8 PP (laminated - clear plastic) with colour illustrations: 4 maps (2 on double page) and 192 Flags of Nations. Fine. 24.5 x 16.8. 1877024155

69414
N/A
THE MOTORBOAT AND YACHTING MANUAL
$20.00 AUD

Temple Press. London. 1954. 15th edition of the 1907 original. vii, 420 PP, with drawings, plans and b/w photos throughout plus 3 folded plates. Hard cover. Very good. 19 x 12.

Covers all aspects of general design and construction of motor boats... handling yachts and motor boats, cruising equipment...

69439
N/A
THE SYMPOSIUM BOOK - 1st WORLD MULTIHULL SYMPOSIUM, June 14-17, 1976
$45.00 AUD

Chiodi Advertising & Publishing. Boston, Mass. 1977. 1st Ed., with an introduction by Charles Chiodi. X, 250 PP with b/w illustrations (portraits and photos). Soft cover, illustrated front. Faint foxing. Very good. 21 x 13.8.

Transcript of the symposium's tape recording, held Harbour Castle, Toronto, in June 1976.

69440
N/A
THE SYMPOSIUM BOOK II - WORLD MULTIHULL SYMPOSIUM, July 12-3, 1985
$35.00 AUD

Chiodi Advertising & Publishing. Boston, Mass. 1985. 1st Ed., with an introduction by Charles Chiodi. X, 212 PP with graphs, tables and b/w illustrations (drawings, photos, plans & sketches). Soft cover, illustrated front. Faint foxing. Very good. 21 x 13.2.

Transcript of the symposium's tape recording, held Annapolis, Maryland, in July 1985.

69691
N/A
INTERNATIONAL RULES for PREVENTION of COLLISION at SEA and I.A.L.A. SYSTEM of BUOYAGE
$10.00 AUD

Perth. 1986. Technical Publications Trust. 2nd edition of the 1983 original. (2), 56 PP with over 28 figures with b/w or colour illustrations. Soft cover, pictorial front, staples. Slight ageing of paper. Very good. 29.2 x 20.8. 0730908135

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.

72410
N/A
MARINE EQUIPMENT - SIMPSON-LAWRENCE LIMITED "CATALOGUE Q"
$40.00 AUD

Simpson-Lawrence Ltd. Glasgow. 1961. Edition Q, 1961. 288 PP with hundreds of b/w illustrations (drawings, sketches, plans & photos). Hard covers, illustration and title on front board, cloth spine. Except for the "Conditions of Sale" which are in French, Dutch and Italian, the main text is in English. Near fine. Scarce. 27.2 x 18.

Marine equipment catalogue: anchors, pumps, steering wheels, compasses, horns, navigation lamps, cleats and deck fittings, small sailboat fittings, jib furling gears, buoys and fenders ...

74707
N/A
Records Guide SHIPS REGISTRATION PAPERS FOR THE PORT OF HOBART: 1900-1956
$25.00 AUD

Australian Archives - Tasmania. Hobart. c. 1985. 1st Ed. (2), 28 PP (recto only) with 12 sketches of "Vessel Types" and tables between pages 3 and 27. Soft covers, title on front cover, staples. Fine. Oblong: 21 x 29.7.

74708
N/A
Records Source Analysis REGISTERS OF BRITISH SHIPPING - Launceston Vessels 1846 - 1885
$25.00 AUD

Australian Archives - Tasmania. Hobart. c. 1985. 1st Ed. (2), 31 PP (recto only) with 12 sketches of "Vessel Types" and tables between P.3 and 30. Soft covers, title on front cover, staples. Fine. Oblong: 21 x 29.7.

74845
N/A
WOOD
$20.00 AUD

Marshall Cavendish. London. 1978. 1st printing. 135, (2) PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Hard covers, dj. Near fine. 25 x 21.5. 0856853143

Woods - finishes - practical projects and creative craftsmanship.

68972
NAVAZ, M. Z.
THE CARRIAGE BY SEA OF HAZARDOUS CARGOES REQUIRING ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL
$10.00 AUD

Lloyd's Register of Shipping. London. 1971. Paper and Discussion No. 59. Reprint: 221 - 244 PP with tables and 7 figures. Decorated soft cover, title on front cover. Near fine. 28 x 21.8.

68762
NEUMANN, Peter & RUCKERT, Thomas (editors)
SENTINELS OF THE SEA - The History and Future of German Surface Warships
$50.00 AUD

Koehler / Blohm+Voss. Hamburg. 1997. 1st English edition. 210, (6 credits), (8 acknowledgements) PP with b/w and colour illustrations (line drawings, plans, photos). Eps: Line drawings. Hard cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj. A near fine copy. Scarce. 29.3 x 23.5. 3782207106

Naval shipbuilding in Hamburg, Kiel and Emden... The "MEKO" design concept. "Meko" ships on the world's oceans (Argentina, Nigeria, Malaysia, Turkey, Portugal, Greece, Australia and New Zealand)...

18152
NICOLSON, Ian
DESIGNERS NOTEBOOK
$10.00 AUD

Adlard Coles. London. 1975. 3rd impression of the 1971 original. 230 PP with tables & b/w figures in text (drawings, plans, sketches). Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Brief note on front endpaper. Foxing spots on outside edges. Very good. 25.2 x 19.5. 0229974902

Ideas for yachtsmen on construction, fittings, equipment and how to improve your own boat.

38688
NICOLSON, Ian
BUILD YOUR OWN BOAT - Building and Fitting out for Sail and Power
$10.00 AUD

Allen & Unwin. London. 1982. 1st Ed. (8), 198 PP with 66 figures (sketches & diagrams). Pictorial laminated boards. Spine lightly sunned. Near fine. 25.2 x 19.5. 0046230149

42029
NICOLSON, Ian
MARINIZE YOUR BOAT
$10.00 AUD

Stanford Maritime. London. 1975. 1st Ed. 191 PP with 255 drawings. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Dust jacket has been clear plastic laminated. Light foxing, o/wise very good. 25.2 x 19.2. 0540071390

The advantages of steel construction as well as feature designs, building & proper maintenance.

44737
NICOLSON, Ian
DESIGNERS NOTEBOOK
$10.00 AUD

Adlard Coles. London. 1973. 2nd Impression of the 1971 original. 230 PP with tables & b/w figures (drawings, plans, sketches). Hard cover, dj (price-clipped). Foxing spots on outside edges. Very good. 25.2 x 19.5. 0229974902

Ideas for yachtsmen on construction, fittings, equipment and how to improve your own boat.

44738
NICOLSON, Ian
DESIGNERS NOTEBOOK
$5.00 AUD

Adlard Coles. London. 1970. 1st Ed. 230 PP with tables & b/w figures (drawings, plans, sketches). Hard cover, no dust jacket. Address of previous owner on front endpaper. Number on spine. Foxing on outside edges and few pages. Very good. 25.2 x 19.5. 229974902

Ideas for yachtsmen on construction, fittings, equipment and how to improve your own boat.

46484
NICOLSON, Ian
CUSTOMIZING YOUR BOAT
$10.00 AUD

Van Nostrand Reinhold Company. New York. 1975. 1st US edition of the UK title Marinize your Boat. 191 PP with 255 drawings. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Faint foxing on top outside edge, o/wise fine. 25.2 x 19.2. 0442260253

The advantages of steel construction as well as feature designs, building & proper maintenance.

53854
NICOLSON, Ian
DESIGNERS NOTEBOOK
$10.00 AUD

Adlard Coles. London. 1977. 4th impression of the 1971 original. 230 PP with tables & b/w figures in text (drawings, plans, sketches). Hard cover, dj. Foxing spots on outside edges. Very good. 25.2 x 19.5. 0229974902

Ideas for yachtsmen on construction, fittings, equipment and how to improve your own boat.

64563
NICOLSON, Ian
DESIGNERS NOTEBOOK
$5.00 AUD

Adlard Coles. London. 1987. 2nd Paperback Ed. 230 PP with tables & b/w figures (drawings, plans, sketches). Pictorial soft covers with light creasing at top righthand corner, o/wise very good. 24.5 x 19.

Ideas for yachtsmen on construction, fittings, equipment and how to improve your own boat.

73987
NICOLSON, Ian
SURVEYING SMALL CRAFT, Fault-finding in Boats
$10.00 AUD

Granada / Adlard Coles Ltd. London. 1983. 2nd edition of the 1974 original. XII, 260 PP with b/w illustrations: 17 b/w photos and 40 drawings by the author. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket with repaired tear at top of front part and in a protective sleeve. Near fine. 21.3 x 14.5. 0229117104

74873
NOLL, Terrie
THE JOINT BOOK - The Complete Guide to Wood Joinery
$30.00 AUD

Gary Allen / Quarto Book. Sydney. 2002. 1st Ed. 192 PP with hundreds of coloured illustrations. Pictorial laminated boards, sqpiral bound. Fine (mint condition). 20.2 x 17. 1877082090

56627
NORSKE VERITAS
RULES FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND CLASSIFICATION OF STEEL SHIPS - 1971
$30.00 AUD

Det Norske Veritas. Oslo. 1971. Yearly edition. 32, 602 PP with figures and tables. Erratum and 2 supplements loosely inserted. Cloth cover, gilt device and title on front board and spine. Slight ageing of paper. Stamp of previous owner on front endpaper, o/wise very good. 30 x 21.5.

74149
O'BRIEN, Matt.
TASMANIA'S WAR EFFORT 1939-1945
$25.00 AUD

Department of Premier and Cabinet. Hobart. 1995. Facsimile reprint of this 1995 edition with a foreword by Ray Groom, premier of Tasmania. Original of 1946 with the foreword by the Hon. Robert Cosgrove, Premier of Tasmania. X, 104, (7 index) PP with 23 b/w photos. Stiff covers, illustrated front cover, illustrated backcover: badge of "Australia Remembers 1945-1995". Fine. 18.6 x 12.3. 0724642277

A brief outline of the part played by Tasmanians in the War Effort of Australia in World War, 1939-1945. Wooden shipbuilding (P.59 to 65).

74833
OUGHTRED, Iain
CLINKER PLYWOOD BOATBUILDING MANUAL
$50.00 AUD

Iain Oughtred. Findhorn, Scotland. 1998. 1st Ed. 174 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, sketches and photos). Pictorial stiff covers with light wear on corners, o/wise near fine. 29.7 x 21.

69375
OUGHTRED, Iain (editor)
WOODEN BOATBUILDING IN BRITAIN - A Guide to Designers, Builders & Suppliers
$20.00 AUD

Nautical Books / Conway Maritime. London. 1986. 1st Ed. 192 PP with b/w illustrations (line drawings, plans and photos). Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 24.6 x 19. 0851773702

65638
PAASCH, Capt. H.
ILLUSTRATED MARINE ENCYCLOPEDIA
$90.00 AUD

Argus Books Ltd. London. 1977. Facsimile edition of the 1890 original edition, with an introduction by David R. MacGregor. (8), 306 PP with tables, plus 202 pages with 100 b/w plates on full page & 28 pages of Index. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price-clipped and a little sunned), o/wise fine. Scarce. 24 x 16. 0852425392

A complete A-Z compendium of sail and early steam shipping, covering types, rigging, terms, construction, sails & equipment.

74933
PAFFETT, James A. H.
SHIPS AND WATER
$60.00 AUD

The Nautical Institute. London. 1990. 1st Ed. Foreword by Commodore G.G. Greenfield. VII, 95 PP with b/w illustrations (21 drawings and 15 photos). Stiff covers, illustrated front. Fine. 29.5 x 21. 1870077067

A short book about the physical interactions which occur between a ship and her liquid environment. The nature of water - waves ... stability and stabilisation - vibration.

69385
PARKER, Reuel B.
THE SHARPIE BOOK
$15.00 AUD

International Marine. Camden, Maine. 1994. 1st paperback edition. XIII, 179 PP with b/w figures (drawings, sets of plans, sketches & photos). Fp: Florida Sharpie, c. 1890. Pictorial card covers. Crease on front cover, o/wise near fine. 23.5 x 18.7. 0877423040

74740
PATTERSON, H. W.
SMALL BOAT BUILDING
$25.00 AUD

The Macmillan Company. New York. 1933. Reprint of the 1929 original. 144 PP with 16 figures, plus 10 folded plates (3 folds) with close to 100 figures (line drawings and sketches). Cloth covers, decorations and title on front cover and spine. Spine slightly discoloured. Foxing on outside edges, number written on FFEP, otherwise contents are clean and still a near fine copy. 18.3 x 13.

71144
PEISLEY, Tony (editor)
ORIANA - From Dream to Reality
$20.00 AUD

The Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company. London. 1995. 2nd edition. Foreword by Lord Sterling of Plaistow. 168 PP with b/w and colour illust. (drawings, plans, photos...). Half title page: House flags of P&O Cruises Ltd. Fp: Stern of the Oriana. Illustrated endpapers. Cloth cover, title on front cover and spine, dj. Contained in an illustrated slipcase. Fine. 29.5 x 25.7. 0951432818

Built at Papenburg, by the German shipyard Meyer Werft, and launched 30th July 1994. The Ballad of Oriana by Michael Hanson. P&O at one with the sea by Garry Pownall. Cruising, a celebration by Tony Peisley.

74871
PHILLIPS, Jim
TECHNIQUES OF ROUTING
$15.00 AUD

A Building Trades Journal Book / International Thomson Publishing Ltd. Bristol, UK. 1986. Reprint of the 2nd edition of 1985. 293, (2 Publications: A BTJ Books) PP with hundreds of b/w illustrations (drawings and photos). Pictorial stiff covers. Fine (as new condition). 20.8 x 14.8. 1850320012

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.

73722
PHILLIPS-BIRT, D.
RIGS AND RIGGING OF YACHTS
$30.00 AUD

Adlard Coles Ltd. London. 1954. 1st Ed. 207 PP with tables and b/w illustrations (12 sail plans, 46 diagrams and 44 b/w photos). Fp: The Art of Masts, Sail-crowded. Cloth cover, gilt device on front cover and title on spine, dj (price clipped). .Top edges tinted. Dust jacket with rubbed patches and short tears and in a protective sleeve. Offsetting of endpapers. Occasional foxing, o/wise contents near fine. 25.3 x 19.

38677
PHILLIPS-BIRT, Douglas
SAILING YACHT DESIGN
$20.00 AUD

Adlard Coles Ltd. London. 1971 3rd impression of the 2nd edition of 1966 (1951 original). 332, (2 index) PP with over 100 figures & plans, plus 30 pages with 49 b/w plates. Fp: A model being tested in the Stavens Tank, Hoboken, USA. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Faint foxing spots on outside edges, spine of dust jacket sunned, signature of previous owner on front endpaper. Near fine internally. 25.3 x 19.

Hull forms & types, the keel, stability, ballast, hull & rig, in relation to rating.

42540
POTTER, David
THE CARE OF ALLOY SPARS AND RIGGING
$10.00 AUD

Granada / Adlard Coles. London. 1980. 1st Ed. 120 PP with 7 tables, 44 figures and 54 b/w plates. Pictorial laminated boards. Fine. 22.2 x 18.8. 0229116280

71404
PRADOS, Edward
HURIS, SAMBUQS, AND THE BOATBUILDERS OF YEMEN (in WoodenBoat Magazine)
$10.00 AUD

WoodenBoat Publications. Brooklin, Maine. 1996. No. 131, August 1996. 160 PP. Contains article pages 50 to 56 with colour illustrations (1 location map, 1 line plan of a Huri and 12 photos). Pictorial soft covers. Very good. 27.6 x 21.7.

Desert boatbuilding in the Middle East: working craft of the Yemen coasts.

65522
PRITCHETT, V. S.
BUILD THE SHIPS - The Official Story of the Shipyards in Wartime
$30.00 AUD

HMSO / Ministry of Information. London. 1946. 1st Ed. 64 PP with 55 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover (slightly rubbed). Very good. 22.5 x 17.7.

33930
PURSEY, H. J.
MERCHANT SHIP CONSTRUCTION, Especially Written for the Merchant Navy
$15.00 AUD

Brown, Son & Ferguson. Glasgow. 1955. Reprint of the 2nd edition of 1950 (1942 original). XIV, 221 PP with 83 plates on full page & 16 sketches. Navy cloth cover, gilt title on spine. Covers with light wear and bottom corner of back cover has a repaired closed tear. Offsetting of endpapers. Contents near fine. 24.5 x 18.

33931
PURSEY, H. J.
MERCHANT SHIP STABILITY, A companion to "Merchant Ship Construction"
$15.00 AUD

Brown, Son & Ferguson. Glasgow. 1955 Reprint of the 2nd edition of 1954 (1945 original). X, 157 PP with 78 figures, plus 2 folded plates (Deadweight Scale & Curves of Displacement &c. at rear of book. Navy cloth cover, gilt tile on spine. Covers with light wear. Offsetting of endpapers. Name of previous owner at top of title page and front endpaper, o/wise contents near fine. 24.5 x 18.

33932
PURSEY, H. J.
MERCHANT SHIP STABILITY, A companion to Merchant Ship Construction
$15.00 AUD

Brown, Son & Ferguson. Glasgow. 1962. 3rd edition of the 1945 original. X, 165 PP with 82 figures, plus 2 folded plates at rear of book. Cloth cover, dj (price clipped). Signature of previous owner on front endpaper. Very good. 24.5 x 18.

65119
PURSEY, H. J.
MERCHANT SHIP STABILITY, A companion to "Merchant Ship Construction"
$10.00 AUD

Brown, Son & Ferguson. Glasgow. 1945. 1st Ed. X, 153 PP with 73 figures, plus 2 folded plates at rear of book. Cloth cover. Protective cover pasted down on covers. Name of previous owner on front endpaper. Very good. 24.5 x 18.

12052
PUTZ, George & SPECTRE, Peter H. (editor)
THE MARINER'S CATALOG, Volume 4
$5.00 AUD

National Fisherman & Int'l Marine. Camden, Maine. 1976. 1st Ed. 192 PP, profusely illustrated with photos, sketches, drawings, diagrams, etc... Pictorial soft cover. Sellotape marks on inside of covers, former owner's stamp on title page. Faint foxing. Very good. 27 x 21. 0877420777

Boats, tools, ship's gear, women of the sea, marine sciences, cruising canals,..

64583
PUTZ, George & SPECTRE, Peter H. (editor)
THE MARINER'S CATALOG, Volume 4
$10.00 AUD

Camden, Maine. 1976. National Fisherman & Int'l Marine. 1st Ed. 192 PP, profusely illustrated with photos, sketches, drawings, diagrams, etc... Pictorial soft cover. Small rub at bottom of front cover, o/wise near fine. 27 x 21. 0877420777

Boats, tools, ship's gear, women of the sea, marine sciences, cruising canals,..

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.

72059
RATSEY, Ernest A. & DE FONTAINE, W. H.
YACHT SAILS - Their Care and Handling
$20.00 AUD

Putnam. London. 1948. 1st UK Ed. 258 PP with 104 diagrams, drawings or sketches, plus 12 plates with 29 b/w photos. Cloth covers with some wear and a few marks, price-clipped dust jacket has chips and small pieces missing and is in a protective sleeve. Contents are near fine. 21.8 x 14.8.

63946
REEKS, Walter & SINCLAIR, William
SMALL COASTAL STEAMERS (in Minutes of Proceedings, Volume XXXIII)
$80.00 AUD

The Engineering Association of New South Wales. Sydney. 1919. Volume XXXIII, 1917-18, edited by J. McNamara. LXIII, (5), 286, (2) PP printed on superior paper. Contains 2 articles pages 101 to 112 and 113 to 130 with 13 figures (3 on folded plates tipped in). Cloth cover, gilt title (dulled) on spine. Stamp and name of previous owner on endpapers. Occasional foxing of prelims, o/wise near fine. 22 x 15.

Includes two articles : Small Coastal Steamers by Walter Reeks and another by William Sinclair. Other articles: Permeability of Concrete by Water by B.J. Smart and A. Morrison, Transmission of Heat from non-luminous flames through thin water-cooled plates, by A.W. Tournay-Hinde, Cooling of Condensing Water by Towers and Spraying, by E.W. Marriott, Bridge Construction in New South Wales, by W.F. Burrow, Modern Road Pavements, by Jas. Vicars and A Method of Calibrating a Sharp-edges Orifice used for determining the flow of air, by Herbert J. Swain.

73848
RICHARDSON, Garry
SAFE PASSAGE - The Lighthouses of Tasmania
$90.00 AUD

Bay of Fires Images and Publishing. Hobart. 2022. 1st Ed., with a foreword by Anthony Donald. 523 PP with b/w, duotone and colour illustrations (documents, sketches, maps & plans, paintings & photos). Laminated pictorial boards. Fine. 30.2 x 21.5. 9780992551360

The history of Tasmania's 14 manned lighthouses ... and the ships that supplied them.

71618
RICKMERS, R.C.
RICKMERS 1834-1959, A Book on Shipbuilding and Shipping
$100.00 AUD

Rickmers. Bremerhaven. 1959. 1st English edition. 126 PP with 22 colour (1 House Flag) and 60 b/w illustrations, Fleet list and List of ships built for third party account. Title page: Birds eye view of R.C. Rickmers, Schiffsbauerei, Bremerhaven & Geestemunde. Cloth cover, house flag on front cover and spine, dust jacket with a few small chips and is in a protective sleeve. Faint foxing on first and last pages, o/wise a fine copy of a scarce item. 26.7 x 23.

The German conglomerate founded by Rickmer Clasen Rickmers.

69944
RILEY, D. M. & B.H.P.
THE IRON SHIPS, A Maritime History of BHP 1885-1992
$90.00 AUD

BHP Transport. Melbourne. 1992. 1st Ed. 252 PP with b/w & colour illustrations (plans, photos, maps, ...). Title-page: "Iron Melbourne" stern. Engraved cloth cover, dj, ribbon page-marker. Fine. 31 x 30.5. 0867690232

Brief history of BHP, involvement in shipowning and shipbuilding, followed by the history of their "iron ships", from the Iron Monarch (1917-1928) to the Iron Dampier and Iron Chieftain.

18140
ROBERTS-GOODSON, R. Bruce
ILLUSTRATED CUSTOM BOATBUILDING
$10.00 AUD

Petersen. Los Angeles. 1980. 1st Ed. 191 PP with b/w illustrations: gdrawings, plans, sketches & photos. Pictorial soft covers with light wear. Very good. 27.5 x 21.

From the choice of the building site to the building itself: fiberglass, strip planking or plywood, steel or aluminium...

74311
ROBERTS-GOODSON, R. Bruce
ILLUSTRATED CUSTOM BOATBUILDING: Fibreglass - Composites - Steel - Aluminium - Wood - Epoxy
$40.00 AUD

Adlard Coles Nautical. London. 2008. 1st Ed. VIII, 312 PP with b/w illustrations: drawings, plans, sketches & photos. Pictorial laminated boards. Stamp of the editor on half title page: "Sample Copy, not for sale". A fine copy with a misleading stamp. 25 x 19.5. 9780713677492

From the choice of the building site to the building itself: fiberglass, strip planking or plywood, steel or aluminium...

68981
ROBSON, B. L.
WARSHIP DESIGN IN THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY - Some Design Aspects & A Look to the Future
$45.00 AUD

The Royal Institution of Naval Architects, Australian Branch, Canberra Section. Canberra. 1973. Technical Paper, 1st edition. (2), 85 PP with 2 tables and 31 figures on full page (artwork, drawings, graphs, line drawings, sketches ...). A 7 page "Discussion and Author's Reply" loosely inserted. Stiff covers, title on front cover, staples. Foxing spots on front cover and fore outside edges. Stamp of "The Tasmanian Maritime and Folk Museum" at top of title page. Very good. 30 x 21.

Presented on 8th November 1973, at the Canberra Section.

17001
ROMME, Charles
DESCRIPTION DE L'ART DE LA MATURE - L'ART DE LA VOILURE
$125.00 AUD

Omega. Nice. c. 1995. Reprint of the 1778 and 1781 original editions. (6), 82 PP, plus 7 b/w plates and 1 large folded plate, (2 blank), (2), 68 PP plus 9 b/w plates. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. French text. Faint foxing, o/wise fine. 32.5 x 22.5. 2906381217

18th century treatises on masts, masting, sails and rigging.

61154
ROSBOROUGH, James Douglas
CONFESSIONS OF A BOATBUILDER
$15.00 AUD

Sheridan House. New York. 2001. Paperback edition of the 2000 original. XII, 260 PP with 7 pages with plans and b/w illustrations (drawings, sketch plans, photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 23 x 15.3. 1574091271

Boatbuilder from Nova Scotia.

49688
ROUSE, Hunter
ELEMENTARY MECHANICS OF FLUIDS
$20.00 AUD

John Wiley & Sons. New York. 1947. 5th printing in October 1947 of the 1946 original. XII, 376 PP with 11 tables, 196 figures and 27 b/w plates. Fp: Scale model of a destroyer hull towed at a speed of 9 knots in the David Taylor Model Basin of the U.S. Navy. Cloth cover, name of previous owner on front endpaper, o/wise very good. 23.5 x 15.2.

73078
THE ROYAL INSTITUTION OF NAVAL ARCHITECTS
SIGNIFICANT SHIPS OF 2016 - A Publication of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects
$45.00 AUD

RINA / The Royal Institution of Naval Architects. London. 2017. 26th year of publication, 2017 edition. Edited by SPEARES, Sandra & GRISBROOK, Robert. 96 PP with 13 pages with advertisements, b/w and colour illustrations (plans & photos). Pictorial soft cover (Yang Ming Window). Fine. 29.5 x 21. 9781909024618

Study of 41 vessels.

73079
THE ROYAL INSTITUTION OF NAVAL ARCHITECTS
SIGNIFICANT SHIPS OF 2017 - A Publication of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects
$45.00 AUD

RINA / The Royal Institution of Naval Architects. London. 2018. 27th year of publication, 2018 edition. Edited by HALFHIDE, Richard & STEWART, Joseph. 80 PP with 10 pages with advertisements, b/w and colour illustrations (plans & photos). Pictorial soft cover (Ever Bliss). Fine. 29.5 x 21. 9781909024694

Study of 35 vessels.

73080
THE ROYAL INSTITUTION OF NAVAL ARCHITECTS
SIGNIFICANT SHIPS OF 2018 - A Publication of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects
$45.00 AUD

RINA / The Royal Institution of Naval Architects. London. 2019. 28th year of publication, 2019 edition. Edited by HALFHIDE, Richard & STEWART, Joseph. 84 PP with 10 advertisements on full page, b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft covers (GPO Grace). Fine. 29.5 x 21.

Study of 37 vessels.

73081
THE ROYAL INSTITUTION OF NAVAL ARCHITECTS
SIGNIFICANT SHIPS OF 2019
$45.00 AUD

RINA / The Royal Institution of Naval Architects. London. 2020. 29th year of publication, 2020 edition. Edited by HALFHIDE, Richard & COLLINGWOOD, Sophie. 96 PP with 7 advertisements on full page, b/w and colour illustrations (plans & photos). Pictorial soft cover (China Steel Liberty). Fine. 29.5 x 21. 9781909024694

Study of 45 vessels.

73082
THE ROYAL INSTITUTION OF NAVAL ARCHITECTS
SIGNIFICANT SHIPS OF 2020
$45.00 AUD

RINA / The Royal Institution of Naval Architects. London. 2021. 30th year of publication, 2021 edition. Edited by HALFHIDE, Richard & COLLINGWOOD, Sophie. 101 PP with 5 advertisements on full page, b/w and colour illustrations (plans & photos). Pictorial soft cover (Yang Ming Celebrity). Fine. 29.5 x 21. 9781911649274

30 years on ... Study of 46 vessels.

68724
SADLER, Samuel B.
THE ART AND SCIENCE OF SAILMAKING
$60.00 AUD

Crosby Lockwood and Son. London. 1906. 2nd edition with an additional chapter, of the 1892 original. XII, 141, (3 advertisements) PP with tables, plus 24 plates with 25 figures. Cloth cover, gilt title on front board and spine. Front endpaper with a crease, 2 small chips and name of a previous owner blocked out. Neat name of previous owner at top margin of preface. Contents near fine. Scarce. 21.7 x 17.

69352
SATTIN, D. L.
JUST OFF THE SWALE: The story of the barge building village of Conyer
$25.00 AUD

Meresborough Books. Rainham, Kent. 1982. Reprint of the 1978 original. Foreword by Richard-Hugh Perks. (12), 140 PP with b/w illustrations by Jeremy Nesham. Eps: Map "Just Off the Swale". Pictorial laminated boards. Fine. 21.5 x 15. 0905270053

69353
SATTIN, D. L.
BARGE BUILDING AND BARGE BUILDERS OF THE SWALE
$25.00 AUD

Meresborough Books. Rainham, Kent. 1990. 1st Ed. 130 PP with 1 family tree, b/w illustrations (drawings by Glenn Coleman, 4 facsimile of documents and 76 photos & portraits). Pictorial laminated boards. Spine lightly sunned. Near fine. 21.5 x 15. 0948193530

62450
SCHIELDROP, Edgar B.
THE HIGH SEAS
$20.00 AUD

Hutchinson & Co. London. 1939. 1st Ed. No. 3 in the Hutchinson's Illustrated Library of Modern Knowledge. Foreword by Sir Archibald Hurd. (2), 211 PP with over 130 b/w illustrations (diagrams, plans, photos). Fp (in colour): S.S. Stratheden at Port Said. Cloth cover, device on front cover, dj. Dust jacket rubbed with closed tears, o/wise near fine. 23.7 x 15.5.

Shipbuilding and ship management from earliest times to the present day (1939).

38549
SCHONEFELD, Dr.-Ing. Helmut (editor)
DEUTSCHER KRIEGSSCHIFFBAU HEUTE
$10.00 AUD

Bernard & Graefe Verlag. München. 1982. 1st Ed. (14 adv.), 132 PP with 144 figures (illustrations, tables and graphs). Pictorial laminated boards. Signature of previous owner on verso of FFEP, o/wise fine. German text. 24.5 x 17.5. 3763756019

11 papers on the German Navy Today (military technology and warships). Seminar held in Bremen 18 and 19 February 1982.

47226
SEBILLE, Albert et al.
DUNKERQUE ET SES CHANTIERS DE CONSTRUCTIONS NAVALES. De l'Origine à nos Jours
$30.00 AUD

Ateliers et Chantiers de France. Dunkerque. 1950. 1st edition limited to 2000 copies. 119, (3) PP with over 80 b/w illustrations and 12 colour plates on full page (watercolours by Albert Sebille). Fp: Chantier Naval sous Louis XIV. Card covers (reinforced/repaired at spine) with a decorative crest of Dunkirk on the front. Light foxing of covers and small bump on bottom right page corners. French text. A very good clean copy. Scarce. Large format: 31 x 24.5.

Dunkirk and Naval shipbuilding since its founding.

45543
SERVICE HISTORIQUE DE LA MARINE
BATEAUX DES COTES DE FRANCE, de Nantes jusqu'à Bayonne 1679
$75.00 AUD

Service Historique de la Marine / Editions du Gerfaut. Paris. 2002. 1st edition of a 1679 manuscript offered to Colbert. Preface by Contre-Amiral Jean-Pierre Beauvois, and introduction by Alain Morgat (curator Bibliothèque Historique Centrale de la Marine). 96 PP on art paper, with 1 chart, 3 illustrations, and 21 plates on double page. Title page: Pinasses built in La Rochelle. Laminated decorated boards, dj. Fine. French text. 35 x 24.5. 2914622112

Drawings of various vessels found on the French Atlantic coast between Nantes and the Spanish border.

75546
SHIELD, William.
PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF HARBOUR CONSTRUCTION
$150.00 AUD

Longmans, Green & Co. London. 1895. 1st Ed., in the "Longmans' Civil Engineering" series. XIII, 299, PP with tables and 96 figures. Cloth covers, gilt title on spine. Gilt stamp of the "Library of Parliament of New South Wales" on front cover. Top outside edge slightly soiled. Occasional foxing, otherwise contents are near fine. 25 x 16.

Contents include sections on Wind, Knowledge of Waves, Theory of Tides, Currents, Fetch, Exposure, and Wave-Power, Quarrying, Materials, Cements, Timber, Iron & Steel, Considerations affecting the General Design of Harbours, Estuary Harbours, Various types of Breakwaters, Pier-heads, Foundations, Settlement & Bond, Silting, ....

12304
SHIELDS, John
CLYDE BUILT, A history of shipbuilding on the River Clyde
$25.00 AUD

William McLellan & Co. Glasgow. 1949. 1st Ed. 173 PP with 12 head & tail pieces, plus 18 pages with 22 b/w illustrations. Fp: The Launch of the Queen Elizabeth. Endpapers: Facing Title-page: The "Queen Elizabeth" in the fitting out basin in John Brown's yard. Eps: Map of the docks. Green cloth cover with wear around edges and a little soiling. Signature of previous owner on FFEP, title page has a small piece at top corner missing, o/wise a very good clean copy. Image shows title-page and frontispiece. 21.5 x 14.

64690
SHIPBUILDERS' ASSOCIATION OF JAPAN ...
SHIPBUILDING IN JAPAN - 2005
$25.00 AUD

Japanese Marine Equipment Association / Shipbuilders' Association of Japan / Japan Ship Exporters' Association & The Nippon Foundation. Tokyo. 2005. Annual edition. 34 PP with colour illustrations (2 maps, 8 graphs, 1 cut-away, 1 plan and 16 photos (11 of ships). Pictorial card cover. Fine. 29/7 x 21. /ISSN1344-3127

56606
SHIPBUILDING
RULES FOR BUILDING AND CLASSING STEEL VESSELS FOR SERVICE ON RIVERS AND INTRACOASTAL WATERWAYS 1862 - 1965
$20.00 AUD

American Bureau of Shipping. New York. 1965. Yearly edition. (6), 142, (2) PP with numerous figures and tables including 7 tables "Scantlings". Cloth cover, gilt device on front board, gilt title on front board and spine. Slight ageing and foxing of paper. Near fine. 26 x 20.

1965 rules.

56610
SHIPBUILDING
RULES FOR BUILDING AND CLASSING UNDERWATER SYSTEMS AND VEHICLES - 1979
$15.00 AUD

American Bureau of Shipping. New York. 1979. 1st Ed. No continuous pagination, 94 PP with figures and tables. Cloth cover, gilt device on front board, gilt title on front board and spine. Slight ageing and foxing of paper. Bookplate of previous owner on front endpaper, o/wise near fine. 24 x 16.

74825
SHIPPING WORLD
SHIPPING WORLD & SHIPBUILDER - Annual Review 1967
$15.00 AUD

Benn Group / Shipping World & Shipbuilder. London. 1967. Volume 160, No. 3802, January 1967. 94 - 270 PP with over 90 pages of advertisements in b/w or colour, and b/w illustrations in text, plus 3 large folded plates with plans of propelling machinery of "Priam" & "Glenalmond", and 4 tables. Pictorial soft covers. Near fine. 29.5 x 21.

Pages 153 to 164: Priam and Glenalmond , a new class of cargo liner for Ocean Steam Ship Group. ... Australian shipping faces rapid change, by Peter D'Abbs. Current Container scene in Australia, by Rex Scambary.

74826
SHIPPING WORLD
SHIPPING WORLD AND SHIPBUILDER - International Mid Year Number / 1968
$15.00 AUD

Benn Group / Shipping World & Shipbuilder. London. 1968. Volume 162, No. 3823, July 1968. 1122 - 1310 PP with over 100 pages of advertisements in b/w or colour, and b/w illustrations in text, plus 1 large folded plate with 7 graphs "Development and Design of Passive Roll Stabilisers". Pictorial soft covers. Near fine. 29.5 x 21.

Cargo handling in the World's Ports. The Soviet Marchant Fleet, by Cdr. Edgar P. Young. ...

17263
SIGWART, E. E.
MERCHANT SHIPS: WORLD BUILT, Vessels of 1000 tons gross and over completed in 1965 - Volume XIV
$10.00 AUD

Adlard Coles. London. 1966. 1st Ed., Volume XIV, 1966. 192 PP with tables & b/w illust. (photos & plans). Fp: Oceanic, first large ship built solely for cruising. Hard cover. Stamp of previous owner on front endpaper. Foxing spots on outside edges and few pages, o/wise very good. Oblong: 15 x 22.5.

62521
SIGWART, E. E.
MERCHANT SHIPS: WORLD BUILT, Vessels of 1000 tons gross and over completed in 1965 - Volume XIV
$15.00 AUD

Adlard Coles. London. 1966. 1st Ed., Volume XIV, 1966. Compiled by E.E. Sigwart. 192 PP with tables & b/w illust. (photos & plans). Fp: Oceanic, first large ship built solely for cruising. Hard cover. Spine lightly sunned. Renewed endpapers Occasional foxing. Very good. Oblong: 15 x 22.5.

70997
SIGWART, E. E. (Compiler)
MERCHANT SHIPS: WORLD BUILT, Vessels of 1000 tons gross and over completed in 1965 - Volume XIV
$25.00 AUD

Adlard Coles. London. 1966. 1st Ed., Volume XIV, 1966. 192 PP with tables & b/w illust. (photos & plans). Fp: Oceanic, first large ship built solely for cruising. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj (M/V Benya River). Dust jacket with a few chips, with neat stamp of the Maritime Museum of Tasmania Inc on the endpapers. Contents are near fine. Oblong: 15 x 23.

37402
SIGWART, E. E. (Compiler)
MERCHANT SHIPS: WORLD BUILT, Vessels of 1000 tons gross and over completed in 1967 - Volume XVI
$25.00 AUD

Adlard Coles. London. 1968. 1st Ed. Volume XVI, 1968. 192 PP with b/w illust. (photos & plans). Fp: Strathardle. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dust jacket. Neat stamp of the Maritime Museum of Tasmania Inc. on the endpapers, otherwise a near fine copy. Oblong: 15 x 23.

Including the 5-year cumulative index. Merchant ships: World Built Vols. XI-XV.

30190
SIMMONS, Joe J., III
THOSE VULGAR TUBES: External Sanitary Accommodations aboard European Ships of the Fifteenth through Seventeenth Centuries
$15.00 AUD

Chatham Publishing & Texas A&M University Press. London. 1998. 2nd edition of the 1991 original, No. 1 in the Studies in Nautical Archaeology series. XII, 99 PP with 41 b/w illust. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 22.8 x 15.2. 1861760434

68968
SIMS, Sir Alfred J. (editor)
SYMPOSIUM ON GRP SHIP CONSTRUCTION - London, 24th October 1972
$30.00 AUD

The Royal Institution of Naval Architects. London. 1973. 1st Ed. (2), 86 PP with tables and b/w illusrations (drawings, graphs, plans, sketch plans, photos ...). Card covers, illustrated front, title on spine and front cover. Stamp of "The Tasmanian Maritime and Folk Museum" on title page, o/wise fine. 29.7 x 21.

4 papers presented on 24th October 1972 on GRP (Glass Reinforced Plastic) construction. Design and build of the GRP Hull of HMS Wilton. Structural problems in the design of GRP ships. ...

35245
SKENE, Norman L.
ELEMENTS OF YACHT DESIGN
$25.00 AUD

John Lane/The Bodley Head. London. 1936. 1st UK edition of the 1927 US original. (IX), 244 PP with 182 figures, 11 tables, and 33 b/w photos. Fp: At Close Quarters!, 50-Footers Mystic and Iroquois II. Black cloth cover, device in blind on front cover, gilt device and title on spine. Covers have some old insect damage and there are some small remnants (tiny holes) on a few pages, not affecting the legibility at all and this is still a very good copy . 24 x 16.

53884
SLEIGHTHOLME, J. D.
FITTING OUT - Preparing for Sea
$10.00 AUD

Adlard Coles Nautical. London. 1992. 4th edition of the 1963 original. (6), 130 PP with b/w illust. (52 drawings & 15 photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21.5 x 13.5. 0713635584

How to take an active part in all aspects of sailing and running the boat.

40782
SMITH, Captain J. A.
ANCILLARY SHIPBOARD SERVICES (in Transactions of the Institute of Marine Engineers - Volume 81, No. 11, November 1969)
$15.00 AUD

Institute of Marine Engineers. London. 1969. Contains article P. 373 to 380 with 11 figures. Pictorial soft covers. Near fine. 28 x 21.6.

36511
SMITH, J. W. & HOLDEN, T. S.
WHERE SHIPS ARE BORN - Sunderland 1346-1946, A History of Shipbuilding on the River Wear
$50.00 AUD

Thomas Reed. London. 1947. 2nd impression of the 1946 original. (6), 98 PP, plus 62 pages with 85 b/w photos. Pictorial papered boards, cloth spine, dust jacket. Dust jacket has chips and a few pieces missing and is in a protective sleeve. Contents are near fine. Image shows cover and dust jacket. Scarce. 21.5 x 14.

73986
SMITH, LeCain W. & MOIR, Sheila
STEEL AWAY - A Guidebook to the World of Steel Sailboats
$25.00 AUD

Windrose Productions. Port Townsend, Wa. 1990. 4th printing of the 1986 original. (6), 432 PP with over 110 tables and b/w illustrations by Gué Pilon.: 23 headpieces, and 331 figures (drawings, line drawings, sketches, plans and photos). Pictorial stiff covers. Covers lightly rubbed, corners affected by thumbing the book, spine with creases. A few light stains on lower outside edge. A very good and clean working copy. 27.8 x 21.5. 0961550805

... including a Directory of Designers and Builders working in steel (pages 381 to 428).

32946
SMITH, Peter
REBECCA - The restoration of an old yacht
$25.00 AUD

Heinemann. Auckland. 1978. 1st Ed. 84 PP with drawings, plans and sketches, plus 8 plates with 10 b/w photos. Fp: Rebecca, 1975. Eps: plans and line drawings of yacht Rebecca. Hard cover, dj (closed tears). Near fine. 31.2 x 26. 0868634158

50642
SMYTH, Dacre
THE LIGHTHOUSES OF VICTORIA - A Second Book of Paintings, Poetry and Prose
$20.00 AUD

Author. Melbourne. 1980. 1st Ed., with a foreword by Sam Benson. No pagination, 88 PP with 1 b/w drawing at end piece and 41 plates in colour. FEP: sketch map "Cape Nelson to Cape Woolamai". REP: sketch map "Cape Liptrap to Gabo Is". Hard cover, dj. Signed by the author on half title page. Faint foxing on outside edges. Fine. Oblong: 21.5 x 22.8. 0959519823

A pictorial essay on the lighthouses, signposts of the sea, of the coast of Victoria.

75633
SMYTH, Herbert Warington
MAST AND SAIL IN EUROPE AND ASIA
$75.00 AUD

William Blackwood & Sons. Edinburgh. 1929. New edition of the 1906 original. XXIV, 536 PP with 430 sketches, plus 50 pages with 34 diagrams and 13 full-page b/w plates. Fp: Thames Barges by W. L. Wyllie. Blue cloth cover, title (black letters) on spine. Two short tears (1 cm) at head of spine. Small signature at top of FFEP. Slight ageing of paper, otherwise contents are near fine. A scarce item. 22.5 x 14.5.

A wonderful study. Glossary between P.515 and 528.

66963
SNOXELL, Harvey
MOTOR BOATING - A Book for Owners, Prospective Owners, and All interested in the Sport
$25.00 AUD

Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons Ltd. London. 1932. 1st Ed. (8), 143 PP with 33 figures (1 map, cutaways, line drawings and photos), plus 1 folded map (figure 32). Eps: advertisements. Hard cover, title on front board. Stamp of previous owner on front endpaper. Occasional foxing. Near fine. 18.3 x 12.3.

... describing the various types of craft available with notes on prices and running costs, cruising grounds, clubs, etc..

59377
SPECTRE, Peter H.
THE MARINER'S BOOK OF DAYS - 1998
$10.00 AUD

A WoodenBoat Book. Brooklin, Maine. 1997. 1998 edition. No pagination, 114 PP with 53 pages of nautical miscellany, and 53 pages for each week of days diary. Pictorial soft cover, spiral bound. Near fine. 23.5 x 17.5. 0937822434

Has been filled in by previous owner recording various outings on the water throughout the year.

74835
SPECTRE, Peter H. (editor)
PAINTING & VARNISHING
$30.00 AUD

WoodenBoat Publications. Brooklin, Maine. 1995. 1st edition, in The WoodenBoat Series. XII, (2), 146 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 27.5 x 21.3. 9780937822418

18433
SPECTRE, Peter H. & LARKIN, David
A GOODLY SHIP - The building of the Susan Constant
$10.00 AUD

Houghton Mifflin. Boston. 1992. 1st Ed. 96 PP with 1 headpiece, and col. photos throughout. Half title and title spread: Views of the wooden model of the Susan Constant. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 30.4 x 21.8. 039557322X

The story of the ship that brought the settlers to Jamestown, Virginia. Revisiting history and the art of wooden shipbuilding.

21654
SPECTRE, Peter H. & LARKIN, David
WOODEN SHIP, The Art, History, and Revival of Wooden Boatbuilding
$50.00 AUD

Houghton Mifflin. Boston. 1991. 1st Ed. 272 PP with magnificent colour photographs. Illustrated title spread, half title page and endpapers. Cloth cover, dj. Fine. 31 x 23.7. 0395566924

Simple craft and canoes, the Vikings, the building of the "Susan Constant", flagship of the 3 first vessels bringing settlers to Jamestown on the Chesapeake, building of working sails, yachts...

70495
SPECTRE, Peter H. & LARKIN, David
WOODEN SHIP, The Art, History, and Revival of Wooden Boatbuilding
$40.00 AUD

Houghton Mifflin. Boston. 1991. 1st Ed. 272 PP with magnificent colour photographs. Illustrated title spread, half title page and endpapers. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dust jacket. Two old tape marks on verso of the front endpaper and verso of the rear endpaper. An otherwise fine copy. 31 x 23.7. 0395566924

Simple craft and canoes, the Vikings, the building of the "Susan Constant", flagship of the 3 first vessels bringing settlers to Jamestown on the Chesapeake, building of working sails, yachts...

74882
SPECTRE, Peter H. & LARKIN, David
WOODEN SHIP, The Art, History, and Revival of Wooden Boatbuilding
$30.00 AUD

Cassell Publishers. London. 1991. 1st soft cover edition. 272 PP with magnificent colour photographs. Illustrated title spread, half title page and endpapers. Stiff illustrated covers with flaps. A crease on the spine. An otherwise fine copy. 30.5 x 23. 9780304344895

Simple craft and canoes, the Vikings, the building of the "Susan Constant", flagship of the 3 first vessels bringing settlers to Jamestown on the Chesapeake, building of working sails, yachts...

51899
SPINAZE, M. P. (editor)
SHIPS ON SLIPS. A Condensed History of Peters Slip 1856 to 1992
$20.00 AUD

The Queensland Women's Historical Association. Brisbane. 1996. 1st Ed. No pagination, 160 PP with b/w illustrations (facsimile of documents, sketch plans, plans, photos) Pictorial soft cover, cloth spine. Fine. 29.7 x 21. 0959027149

Shipyard on the Brisbane River.

64411
SPINAZE, M. P. (editor)
FROM KANGAROOS TO CARGO SHIPS - A Short History of Peninsula Kangaroo Point 1823 to 1996
$25.00 AUD

The Queensland Women's Historical Association. Brisbane. 1997. 1st edition by Diana Hacker. (18), 103 PP with b/w illustrations, plus 100 pages with b/w illustrations (drawings and sketches, plans, portraits, photos...). Pictorial soft cover, cloth spine. Fine. 29.7 x 21. 0959027165

37598
SPRATT, H. Philip
THE BIRTH OF THE STEAMBOAT
$10.00 AUD

Charles Griffin. London. 1958. 1st Ed. 149 PP, plus 11 b/w plates. Fp: Portrait of Denis Papin (1647-1714). Cloth cover, gilt device on front cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price-clipped). Occasional foxing. Near fine. 20.2 x 14.2.

30557
SPURR, Daniel
YACHT STYLE - Design and Decor Ideas from the World's Finest Yachts
$15.00 AUD

International Marine. Camden, Maine, USA. 1990. 1st Ed. XII, 308 PP with tables and colour photos. Fp: The classic yawl Cotton Blossom IV with teak decks. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 28.7 x 22.2. 0877422613

43772
SPURR, Daniel
SPURR'S BOATBOOK - UPGRADING THE CRUISING SAILBOAT
$15.00 AUD

Seven Seas Press. Newport, R.I., USA. 1984. 2nd printing of the 1983 original. XVI, 336 PP with tables and 391 figures (b/w photos and drawings), illustrations by Bruce Bingham. Hard cover, gilt title on cloth spine, dj. Few foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 28 x 22. 0915160579

69364
STAMBAUGH, Karl
GOOD SKIFFS - How They're Designed and Built
$35.00 AUD

Devereux Books. Marblehead, Massachusetts. 1998. 1st Ed. X, 223, (5) PP with headpieces and b/w illustrations: photos and drawings, line drawings, plans. Pictorial soft covers. Fine. 27.8 x 21.5. 0964007037

69612
STARR, Arthur J.
A FIRST BOOK OF METEOROLOGY
$15.00 AUD

George G. Harrap. London. 1949. 1st Ed. 87 PP with 37 figures (20 illustrations in half-tone and 17 diagrams). Cloth cover, gilt decoration on front board and gilt title on a faded spine. Light foxing of endpapers. Very good. 20.2 x 13.6.

73726
STEPHENS II, Olin J.
ALL THIS AND SAILING, TOO - An Autobiography
$45.00 AUD

Mystic Seaport Museum. Mystic, Connecticut. 1999. 2nd printing of the 1999 original. 280 PP with 73 b/w illustrations: 12 plans and 61 photos. Hard covers, dj. Fine (as new condition). 26 x 21. 9780913372890

37468
STEWARD, Robert M.
BOATBUILDING MANUAL
$35.00 AUD

International Marine. Camden, Maine. 1987. 3rd edition of the 1970 original. XII, 274 PP with 176 figures (line drawings and b/w photos). Hard cover, dj. Fine. 26 x 18. 9780877422365

The essential information required to build a boat: plans & tools, wood or fiberglass... deck & interior joinery..

56276
STEWART, A. J.
MERCHANT SHIPS: WORLD BUILT, Vessels of 1000 tons gross and over completed in 1963 - Volume XII
$20.00 AUD

Adlard Coles & John de Graff. London & New York. 1964. 1st Ed., Volume XII, 1964. 176 PP with 1 graph, tables & bw illust. (photos & plans). Fp: Forcados, 8,150 tons d.w. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj (Montreal City). Faint foxing. Near fine. Oblong: 15 x 23.

31022
STOKOE, E. A.
REED'S SHIP CONSTRUCTION FOR MARINE ENGINEERS
$20.00 AUD

Thomas Reed. London. 1968. 2nd edition of the 1964 original. Volume V in the Reed's Practical Mathematics series. (8), 147, (5) PP with 143 figures. Hard cover, dj. (price clipped). Very good. 22.2 x 14.2.

Ship types and defenitions. Stresses in ship structure. Riveting and welding. Bottom and side framing... Oil tankers and bulk carriers. Freeboard, tonnage and classification.

47108
STREIFFERT, Bo (editor)
GLASSFIBRE BOAT MANUAL. Practical Repairs, Maintenance and Improvements
$20.00 AUD

Queen Anne Press. London. 1989. 1st UK edition. 192 PP with hundreds of drawings. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price-clipped). Fine. 27 x 19.7. 035612357X

73356
STROBEL, Dietrich & DAME, Günter
MIT MTW ZUR SEE: Schiffbau in Wismar
$25.00 AUD

Hintstorff Verlag. Rostock. 1996. 1st Ed. Foreword (in Geman and English) by Oswald Müller. 220 PP with tables, b/w illustrations (artworks, plans of shipyards, documents, photos ...) and 74 colour photos. Captions of the illustration in German and English). Afterword and conclusions (in German and English) by the authors. Eps: plans of the shipyard in colour (FEP: in 1991 / REP: in 2000). Hard covers, dj. German text. Fine (mint condition). 27 x 21. 3356006606

Shipbuilding on the river Wismar with MTW / Mathias - Thesen - Werft Gmbh., shipyard..

71239
SWINSON, Mike & MAYS, Nicole
BLOOD, SWEAT & THE SEA
$60.00 AUD

40 / Forty South Publishing. Hobart. 2017. 1st edition, with a foreword by Robert Clifford. 416 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Illustrated endpapers. Laminated pictorial boards. Fine. 28.7 x 22.4. 9780995367371

Biography of John Muir, a Tasmanian, who started from scratch to become one of the world's leading manufacturers of anchoring and mooring systems.

74079
SWINSON, Mike & MAYS, Nicole
BLOOD, SWEAT & THE SEA
$80.00 AUD

40 / Forty South Publishing. Hobart. 2017. 1st edition, with a foreword by Robert Clifford. 416 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Illustrated endpapers. Laminated pictorial boards. Half title page with a dedicatory note to Peter Campbell, Australian Yachting specialist, dated and signed by the author. Fine. 28.7 x 22.4. 9780995367371

Biography of John Muir, a Tasmanian, who started from scratch to become one of the world's leading manufacturers of anchoring and mooring systems.

74080
SWINSON, Mike & MAYS, Nicole
BLOOD, SWEAT & THE SEA
$125.00 AUD

40 / Forty South Publishing. Hobart. 2017. Deluxe edition, with a foreword by Robert Clifford. 416 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Illustrated endpapers. Cloth cover and laminated pictorial boards, dust jacket. Half title page with a dedicatory note dated and signed by the author. Fine. 28.7 x 22.4. 9780995408296

Biography of John Muir, a Tasmanian, who started from scratch to become one of the world's leading manufacturers of anchoring and mooring systems.

73768
SYMONDS, A. A.
AN INTRODUCTION TO YACHT DESIGN
$30.00 AUD

Edward Arnold & Co. London. 1938. 1st Ed. 142 PP with tables and 26 figures. Top outside edge tinted. Cloth covers, dj. Ageing and foxing on pages and dust jacket which is in a protective sleeve. Contents near fine. 22.3 x 14.5.

Theory and Construction, The Practice of Design.

40780
TAKEDA, Dr. Y.
DEVELOPMENT OF A JAPANESE DESIGN OF MARINE STEAM TURBINE PLANT (in Transactions of the Institute of Marine Engineers - Volume 82, No. 5, May 1970)
$15.00 AUD

Institute of Marine Engineers. London. 1970. Contains article from P.153 to 170 with 1 photo, 4 tables and 23 figures. Pictorial soft covers. Near fine. 28 x 21.6.

44178
TARGETT, R. S. (editor)
JOURNAL OF COMMERCE - Annual Review 1964
$35.00 AUD

The Journal of Commerce and Shipping Telegraph Ltd. Liverpool. 1964. Yearly publication. 368 PP with advertisements, and b/w illustrations (maps, plans, photos...). Pictorial soft cover (lightly rubbed), o/wise near fine. 28.4 x 21.6.

Annual Review of Shipping, Shipbuilding, Marine Engineering, Marine Insurance and kindred subjects during the year 1964. Shipping in the computer age...

74935
THOMPSON, Captain C. B.
SURVEYING MARINE DAMAGE - A Handbook for Marine Surveyors and Loss Adjusters and a Guide for Underwriters, Shipowners, Lawyers particulary for Insurance Claims
$25.00 AUD

Witherby Publishers. London. 1994. 1st Ed. Foreword by C. A. Sinclair. XXIII, 542 PP. Hard covers, laminated boards, title on front board and spine. Copy reinforced at the gutter of both endpapers. Faint foxing on top outside edge. Near fine. 24 x 16. 1856090671

38366
TIME-LIFE
The Time-Life Library of Boating - THE BOAT
$5.00 AUD

Time-Life Books. Alexandria, Virginia. 1977. 2nd printing of the 1975 original. Edited by Harvey B. LOOMIS & Bryce S. WALKER. 176 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (drawings, photos). Cloth cover, colour vignette on front cover, dj. Very good. 29 x 22.5.

Hull design... How boats are built... Where to berth a boat.

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

44797
TOGHILL, Jeff
THE BOAT OWNER'S MAINTENANCE MANUAL
$5.00 AUD

Reed. Sydney. 1979. Reprint in a limp edition of the 1970 original. 308 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, sketches, photos). Illustrated endpapers. Pictorial soft. Foxing spots on outside edges. Very good. 24.7 x 18.2. 0589501445

69365
TOPOLSKI, Daniel
HENLEY - The Regatta
$15.00 AUD

John Murray. London. 1984. 1st soft cover edition. 12 PP with 9 b/w photos, plus 100 pages with 94 b/w photos by Rogerr George Clark. Pictorial soft covers. Fine. 28 x 18.5. 0719547199

73310
TRANSFIELD
TRANSFIELD SHIPBUILDING / ANZAC SHIP PROJECT
$30.00 AUD

The Transfield Group. Melbourne. c. 1994. Folder containg 4 documents: A 3 folds flyer with 14 colour photos. / Brochure "Transfield Shipbuilding": 24 PP with 29 colour illustrations. / Brochure "The Anzac Ship Project": 10 PP with 1 cutaway, 4 ship profiles in b/w and 28 colour photos. / in house magazine "Transfielder'", Issue for September 1994: 20 PP with colour illustrations (2 artworks "Linking city and Airport by train"), 4 artworks on the Patrol Vessels and 20 photos. Fine. Folder format: 31 x 22.5.

Frigates built for the Royal Australian Navy and Royal New Zealand Navy.

73886
TUMA, Ing. J.
THE PICTORIAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF TRANSPORT
$35.00 AUD

Hamlyn. London. 1979. 1st English edition. 495 PP with 91 colour and over 634 b/w illustrations (artworks, drawings, graphs, paintings and photos). Cloth covers, title (silver lettering) on front board and spine, dj. Near fine. 22.7 x 16. 0600387623

15370
UNDERHILL, Harold A.
SAILING SHIP RIGS AND RIGGING
$30.00 AUD

Brown, Son & Ferguson Ltd. Glasgow. 1988. 5th reprint of the 1955 edition. X, 128 PP with 32 illust, 33 plans & 21 drawings & diagrams. Fp: Two-masted, topsail schooner. Hard cover, simile leather, gilt title on spine, dj. Remnants of tape marks on covers and endpapers with stamp of the Maritime Museum of Tasmania also on rear cover of dust jacket. Otherwise contents are clean and this is still a very good copy. 24.5 x 18. 0851741762

Identification of types, sail plans & description of each rig.

74577
UNDERHILL, Harold A.
SAILING SHIP RIGS AND RIGGING, with Authentic Plans of Famous Vessels of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
$40.00 AUD

Brown, Son & Ferguson. Glasgow. 1955. Second edition of 1938 original. X, 128 PP with 32 illustrations, 33 plans by the author & 21 drawings & diagrams. Fp: Two-masted, topsail schooner. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price clipped). Errata slip inserted on FFEP. A near fine copy and scarce in this condition. 24.5 x 18.

Identification of types, sail plans & description of each rig.

42599
UPHAM, N. E.
ANCHORS
$10.00 AUD

Shire Publications. London. 1983. 1st Ed., No.110 in Shire Album series. 32 PP with b/w illustrations (engravings, photos, plans). Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 21 x 15. 0852636369

Their history, description, manufacture...

74868
UPHAM, N. E.
ANCHORS
$10.00 AUD

Shire Publications. London. 2001. 2nd edition, No.110 in Shire Album series. 32 PP with b/w illustrations (engravings, photos, plans). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 15. 0747805083

Their history, description, manufacture...

71566
VAITSES, Allan H.
LOFTING
$25.00 AUD

Woodenboat Publications. Brooklin, Maine. 1999. 1st ed. (6), 150 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial card covers. Near fine. Oblong: 25.4 x 17.8. 0937822558

Contents include: Lofting a Flat-bottomed Skiff, Lofting a Round-bottomed Auxiliary Sailboat, Developing Transoms, Lofting for One-Offs and Tooling...

69472
VAN DE STADT, E.G.
CATALOGUE OF YACHT PLANS and information concerning building methods
$20.00 AUD

Wormerveer, Netherlands. 1st Ed. Introduction by Cees W. Van Tongeren. 52 PP with b/w illustrations (sketches, plans and photos) and colour photo at centrefold of the 18 m (60 ft) Australian "SKOPE 59". Soft cover, illustrated front. Fine. 29.7 x 20.8

72372
VAN KEULEN, Gérard
2 "Hempel" reprints: Carte de la Nouvelle France / Carte de Curaçao
$20.00 AUD

Hempel Peintures Marine France S.A. Paris. c. 1990 2 frameable charts. Reprints from the 1734 original by Gérard Van Keulen, published in 1734 in "Lichtende Zee-Fackel" in Amsterdam, and held at "La Biblothèque Royale, Copenhague, Danemark". Oblong format: 31 x 35.5.

Nouvelle France: Canada and Louisiana- Curaçao, Netherland West Indies.

69565
VERCOE, H.J.
CATAMARANS - A Summary of their features, their use and current design knowledge
$40.00 AUD

The British Ship Research Association. Wallsend, Tyne & Wear. 1977. September 1977 edition. B.S.R.A. Technical Memorandum, T.M. No. 527. (4), 42 PP with 8 figures (No. 6 to 13), plus 7 pages with 7 figures (No. 1 to 5b.) with 1 artwork and 6 b/w photos. Hard cover, laminated boards, illustrated front. Stamp of the Library Board of W.A. at top of contents page and a small rubbed patch on inside front cover. An otherwise fine copy. 29.7 x 20.2.

69598
VERNEY, Michael
BOAT REPAIRS AND CONVERSIONS
$10.00 AUD

John Murray. London. 1979. Revised reprint of the second edition of 1977. XIV, (3), 317 PP with 118 figures & 43 b/w plates. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Foxing spots on top outside edge. Near fine. 20.5 x 13.5. 0719534372

50326
VOITH
VOITH-SCHNEIDER PROPULSION
$10.00 AUD

J. M. Voith GmbH. Heidenheim, Germany. 1975. December 1975 edition of 1000 copies. 8 PP with 1 diagram, 8 b/w photos and 3 colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21.2 x 15

74829
WALKER, Aidan (editor)
THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF WOOD - A Tree-by-Tree Guide to the World's most versatile Resource
$50.00 AUD

Viking / Penguin Group (Australia) / Quarto Publishing. Sydney. 2005. 1st Ed. 192 PP with colour illustrations and a directory with photos, location maps and graphs for 149 different species. Lamiunated pictorial boards, dj. Fine (as new condition). 30.2 x 23. 9780670028863

69368
WALKER, David A. & BARRETT, Wayne
SMALL WOODEN BOATS OF THE ATLANTIC
$15.00 AUD

Nimbus Publishing Ltd. Halifax, Nova Scotia. 1990. 1st Ed. Introduction by Marven E. Moore. VII, (3), 94 PP with 90 colour photos by Wayne Barrett. Fp: Small outboard-powered round bilge boat, Tidnish River, N.S. Hard cover, dj. Fine. Oblong: 22.2 x 28. 0921054548

10668
WALKER, Fred M.
STEEL SHIP BUILDING
$5.00 AUD

Shire Publications. London. 1981. 1st Ed., No. 73 in the Shire Album series. 32 PP with 8 plans & 32 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 15. 0852635699

Shipyards: locations, functions. Constructions, classification societies,..

74232
WARNOCK, F. V.
STRENGTH OF MATERIALS - A textbook covering the Syllabuses of the B.Sc. (Eng.) and I.Mech.E. Examinations in this Subject
$15.00 AUD

Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons Ltd. London. 1946. Reprint of the 6th edition of 1945 (original 1927). X, 398 PP with tables and 155 figures. Cloth covers, title in blind on front cover and gilt on spine. War economy paper, front endpaper with stamp of bookshop and name pf previous owner blocked out. Faint foxing, o/wise a very good clean copy. 22.2 x 14.2.

A "University of London Examination Paper".

43665
WARRING, R. H.
THE NEW GLASS FIBRE BOOK
$5.00 AUD

Model & Allied Publications. London. 1975. 4th impression of the 1971 original. 128 PP with over 9 graphs, 15 tables and 110 figures. Illustrated soft covers with a lithe insect damage near spine. Bookplate of previous owner on inside front cover, o/wise contents near fine. 21.6 x 15.. 0853440484

73720
WATTS, C. J.
PRACTICAL YACHT CONSTRUCTION - The Construction, Rigging and Equipment of Wood Sailing and Auxiliary Yachts
$20.00 AUD

Adlard Coles Ltd. London. 1957. Revised edition of the 1952 Second Edition. XI, 12-149, (3) PP with 4 tables and 117 figures. Fp: St. Barbara, the club yacht of the Royal Artillery Yacht Club. FEP: Construction plan for 20 tons cutter (Fig. 42). REP: Plan of plumbing system for 80 tons, Auxiliary Sloop Yacht (Fig. 102). Cloth covers, gilt device on front cover and title on spine, dj (price clipped). Top outside edge tinted. Dust jacket with rubbed and worn patches. Contents near fine. 25.2 x 19.

75672
WATTS, C. J.
PRACTICAL YACHT CONSTRUCTION - The Construction, Rigging and Equipment of Wood Sailing and Auxiliary Yachts
$10.00 AUD

Robert Ross & Co. Ltd. London. 1947. 1st Ed. Foreword by C. A. Nicholson. 136 PP with 3 tables and 115 figures. Fp: "Yeoman" - a modern Ketch. FEP: Construction plan for 20 tons cutter (Fig. 42). REP: Plan of plumbing system for 80 tons, Auxiliary Sloop Yacht (Fig. 102). Cloth covers, gilt title on spine (dulled lettering). Contents near fine. 25.2 x 19.

34449
WEAVER, Mary Anne
WHERE OLD SHIPS GO TO DIE AND BE RECYCLED (in Smithsonian, Volume 21, No. 3)
$10.00 AUD

Smithsonian Institution. Washington. 1990. Volume 21, No. 3, June 1990. Contains article from page 30 to 41 with 14 colour photos by Kay Chernush. Soft cover. Very good. 28.2 x 21.

On Gadani Beach in Pakistan.

69575
WHITE, Gerald Taylor
NAEBM YACHT DESIGN COURSE - Book Four: Displacement Methods
$25.00 AUD

NAEBM-Westlawn School of Yacht Design. Stamford, Connecticut. 1969. Edited by Jules G. Fleder. 19 PP (recto only) with 4 endpieces, plus 7 plates. Soft cover, illustrated front, folder with clear plastic front. Very good. 28.2 x 22.

NAEBM = National Association of Engine and Boat Manufacturers.

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.

43710
WHITEHURST, Clinton H.
THE U.S. SHIPBUILDING INDUSTRY: Past, Present, and Future
$15.00 AUD

Naval Institute Press. Annapolis. 1986. 1st Ed. XVI, (2), 282 PP with 1 organigram, 4 drawings, 4 graphs, 11 b/w photos, 14 sketch maps and 40 tables. Cloth cover, dj. Fine. 23.5 x 16. 0870217232

40781
WHITESIDE, H. N. E.
MARINE SAFETY (in Transactions of the Institute of Marine Engineers - Volume 81, No. 12, December 1969)
$15.00 AUD

Institute of Marine Engineers. London. 1969. Contains article P. 405 to 409 with 2 tables. Pictorial soft covers. Near fine. 28 x 21.6.

35870
WILLIAMS, David L.
WHITE'S OF COWES - 'White's-built, well-built!'
$25.00 AUD

Silver Link Publishing. Peterborough, UK. 1993. 1st Ed., in the Maritime Heritage series. 96 PP with 1 family tree, 8 plans and 160 b/w illust. Half title page: Launch of the destroyer Fury, 10 September 1934. Title page: HMS Faulknor. Pictorial card cover. Fine. 27.5 x 21.4. 1957940113

The history and heritage of a famous shipbuilder, based on original manuscript notes by Raymond F. Sprake.

67235
WILSON, Andrew
OLD SEA DOGS OF TASMANIA
$85.00 AUD

Paul County / Sunny South Publishing. Hobart. 2013. 1st Ed. 240 PP with 1 coloured postcard and b/w photos. Pictorial hard covers, title on front board and spine, ribbon page-marker. Signed by the author on page 3. Fine. 26.7 x 22. 9780980635508

68240
WILSON, Andrew
OLD SEA DOGS OF TASMANIA - Book 2
$75.00 AUD

Everything Pty. Ltd. Hobart. 2016. 1st Ed. Foreword by Sean Langman, and introduction by Peter Campbell. 260 PP (5 of these pages are double-folded) with b/w and colour photos. Pictorial hard covers, title on front board and spine. Signed by the author on page 3. Fine. 26.7 x 22. 9780992303631

75109
WILSON, Andrew
OLD SEA DOGS OF TASMANIA
$45.00 AUD

Paul County / Sunny South Publishing. Hobart. 2013. 1st Ed. 240 PP with 1 coloured postcard and b/w photos. Pictorial hard covers, title on front board and spine. Fine. 26.7 x 22. 9780980635508

34652
WITTMAN, Rebecca J.
BRIGHTWORK - The Art of Finishing Wood
$30.00 AUD

International Marine Publishing. Camden, Maine. 1990. 1st Ed. X, 182 PP with 54 colour photos. Hard cover, dj. Spine of dust jacket with short tears at head and foot, and lightly sunned. Near fine. 25 x 20.8. 9780877429845

Hints on how to transform a boat into a yacht.

73201
WITTMAN, Rebecca J.
THE BRIGHTWORK COMPANION: tried-and-true methods and strongly held opinions
$40.00 AUD

International Marine / McGraw-Hill. Camden, Maine. 2004. 1st soft cover edition. 176 PP with 60 colour photos. Pictorial soft covers. Fine. Oblong: 15 x 23.2 0071422773

A step by step guide in 13 1/2 chapters.

75341
WOLFARD, Bernard K. and BOLGER, Phil
COMMON SENSE DESIGN BOOK
$20.00 AUD

Common Sense Designs. Beaverton, Or. 1992. 1st printing of the 1st edition, August 1992.. No pagination, (4), 38 ("Instant" Boats), 55 ("Complex" Boats) PP with b/w figures (plans, sketch plans and 47 photos). Soft covers, pictorial front. Signature at top of front cover which also has a small rubbed patch. Contents are near fine. 28 x 21.5.

27 Instant Boats, and 26 Complex Boats, plus 3 appendices. Appendix No. 2: Description of 4 boats (Micro, Jinni, Birdwatcher & Martha Jane), by Phil Bolger.

52732
WYNN, Peter
FOAM SANDWICH BOATBUILDING. A Practical Guide to Home Construction
$10.00 AUD

International Marine Publishing Company. Camden, Maine. 1975. 3rd printing of the 1972 original. 128 PP with 31 figures and 39 b/w photos. Cloth cover. Covers speckled. Faint foxing. Internally very good. 25.5 x 19. 0877420270

72043
YOUNG, John
GOING DOWN ANOTHER LANE
$45.00 AUD

Ashwood Books. Franklin, Tasmania. 2020. 1st Ed. VII, 444 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, plan, maps, photos). Soft covers, pictorial front. Signed by the author on title page. New. 23 x 15.5. 9780987411129

A life of adventure, travel...leading to the establishment in Franklin of a school of wooden boatbuilding ... and the Franklin Working Waterfront Association.