70439 AAMH THE GREAT CIRCLE - Journal of the Australian Association for Maritime History - Volume 16, Nos. 1 & 2
$20.00 AUD
The Australian Association for Maritime History. Armidale, NSW. 1994. Vol. 16, Nos 1 & 2, edited by G.R. Henning. No. 1: 72 PP. No. 2: 73-152 PP with b/w illustrations. Card covers a little soiled, o/wise very good. 24 x 16.3.
No. 1: Ian Brand & Mark Staniforth: Care and Control: Female Convict Transportation voyages to Van Diemen's Land, 1818-1853. The Ming Voyages of Cheng Ho (Zheng Ho) 1371-1433, by Barbara Bennett Peterson. No. 2: Pearling Industry.
74592 ADKINS, Roy & Lesley THE WAR FOR ALL THE OCEANS - From Nelson at the Nile to Napoleon at Waterloo
$25.00 AUD
Little, Brown. London. 2006. 1st Ed. XXVI, 534 PP with 18 maps and plans, plus 16 pages with 32 b/w illustrations, including 12 portraits. Eps: Sketches of a 100-Gun Ship of the Line (FEP: Patterns of Sails / REP: Standing Rigging, Masts and Decks). Hard cover, dj. Fine. 24 x 16. 9780316728379
75052 ADNEY, Edwin Tappan & CHAPELLE, Howard I. THE BARK CANOES AND SKIN BOATS OF NORTH AMERICA
$75.00 AUD
Smithsonian Institution. Washington. 1964. 1st Ed. Bulletin No. 230 of the United States National Museum. XIV, (2), 242 PP with 229 figures (drawings, sketches, plans and photos) in text. Cloth cover, gilt device on front cover and gilt title on spine. Near fine. Scarce. 28.5 x 22.
Materials and tools, form and construction. Boats and canoes from eastern maritime region, Central Canada, Northwestern Canada. Arctic skin boats.
73786 AIMA THE BULLETIN OF THE AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE FOR MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY - Volume 12, No.2 - 1988
$20.00 AUD
AIMA / Australian Institute for Maritime Archaeology. Fremantle. 1988. Edited by Jeremy GREEN. 46 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, maps and photos). Soft cover, illustrated front. Fine. 29.6 x 21.
Colonies, convicts and filtering stones, by Myra Stanbury & Ian D. Macleod. Shipbuilding in Northern Tasmania, by Zuzana K. Orme.
33885 ALLEN, Gay Wilson MELVILLE AND HIS WORLD
$15.00 AUD
The Viking Press. New York. 1971. 1st Ed. 144 PP with 102 b/w illust. Title spread: The Harpooner prepares to strike, by Sir Oswald Brierly. Cloth cover, dj. Name of previous owner on front endpaper, o/wise very good. 23.5 x 18.3. 0670467405
40106 AMBROSE, A. J. (editor) JANE'S MERCHANT SHIPPING REVIEW - First Year of Issue
$25.00 AUD
Jane's Publishing Company. London. 1983. 1st Ed. 160 PP with b/w illustrations (maps, plans and photos). Pictorial laminated boards. Foxing spots on outside edges. Fine. 27.5 x 20.5. 0710602618
A Maritime Chronology of 1982. Shipbuilding in 1982. The Cruise Ship: growth in recession... Marine Salvage and Ocean Towage East of Suez, by Captain David Hancox... Merchant ships at war: the Falklands conflict, 1982.
74745 AMUNDSEN, Roald RACE TO THE SOUTH POLE
$20.00 AUD
White Star Publishers. Vercelli, Italy. 2007. Excerpts of the 1st English edition of 1912 "The South Pole, an account of the Norwegian Antarctic expedition in the Fram, 1910 - 1912", translated from the Norwegian original by A. G. Chater. Introduction by Fridtjof Nansen. 638, (2) PP with b/w illustrations (portrait of Roald Amundsen and 10 endpieces), plus 18 plates with 19 b/w photos (including 10 portraits and 12 collour illustrations (1 map and 11 photos). Pictorial hard covers. Fine (as new condition). 18.5 x 12.5. 9788854402171
16 chapters. Chapter 15: The Eastern Sledge Journey by Lieutenant K. Prestrud. Chapter 16: The Voyage of the Fram, by Thorvald Nilsen.
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.
13069 ANDERSON, Commander William R. & BLAIR, Clay NAUTILUS, 90 NORTH
$15.00 AUD
Hodder & Stoughton. London. 1959. 1st UK Ed. Foreword by Rear-Admiral G.B.H. Fawkes. 190 PP with 3 text illustrations (1 drawing & 2 facsimiles of documents), plus 16 pages with 43 b/w photos & 1 cutaway view of the Nautilus. Fp: Ship's position, 3rd August, 1958, at 19.15. FEP: Route of Nautilus, Hawaii to Portland, England. REP: Route of Nautilus, Seattle-Bering Strait-Honolulu. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price clipped). Foxing spots on outside edges. Name and address of previous owner on verso of the FEP, o/wise contents are near fine. 21 x 14.
The astonishing feat of the first nuclear-propelled submarine.
57991 ANGELL, Barbara (compiler) VOYAGE TO PORT PHILLIP 1803
$20.00 AUD
Nepean Historical Society. Sorrento, Victoria. 1984. 1st Ed. 64 PP with 7 b/w illustratiopns. Soft cover, device ("Shire of Flinders") on front. Fine. 21.6 x 14. 0959089705
... on HMS Calcutta.
74823 ARAGO, J. NARRATIVE OF A VOYAGE AROUND THE WORLD in the URANIE and PHYSICIENNE Corvettes, Commanded by CAPTAIN FREYCINET, during the years 1817, 1818, 1819, and 1820; on a Scientific Expedition Undertaken by Order of the French Government
$130.00 AUD
N. Israel. Amsterdam. 1971. Bibliotheca Australiana No. 45. Facsimile reprint of the 1823 English edition. In Two Parts. Part I: VI, (2), XXVII, (5), 285 PP plus 22 pages with 14 full-page b/w illust. Fp: Planisphere. Part II: (2), 297 PP, (2), with 1 illust. in text & 20 pages with 11 b/w full-page illust. Simile vellum with gilt title on blue vignette (front cover & spine) with a clear jacket. A fine copy. Scarce. 25.5 x 20.2. 9060720369
A series of 164 letters to a friend: Mascarenes (P.42-52), Australia (P.53-57 & P. 136-151), Marianas (P.76-103), Hawaii (P.104-131).... Vocabularies of some of the people visited (Part II, P.269-294).
57805 ASIA/PACIFIC ON WHAT TERMS? - Australia's future in the Asia/Pacific Region
$40.00 AUD
Australian Council For Overseas Aid / ACFOA. Canberra. 1978. Special folder, containing 14 papers in their wrappers: a total of 113 PP. Staples of each papers removed. Near fine. 24/6 x 18..
Papers delivered at the ACFOA Tasmanian Summer School, held at the University of Hobart 20-25 January 1978. Opening address by Bruce Grant. ... Education for a Multi Cultural Australia, by the Honourable Al Grassby. ... Uranium mining: the impact on Aboriginal Lifestyles, by Marcia Langton. ...
68763 AUGHTON, Peter THE FATAL VOYAGE. Captain Cook's Last Great Journey
$25.00 AUD
Arris Books. London. 2005. 1st Ed. XII, 203 PP with 9 maps, plus 8 pages with 1 b/w and 12 colour illustrations. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 24 x 16. 0184437050X
74514 AUROUSSEAU, M. (editor) THE LETTERS OF F. W. LEICHHARDT (in 3 Volumes)
$60.00 AUD
The Hakluyt Society / Cambridge University Press. Cambridge. 1968. 1st Ed. Vol. I: XVI, 424 PP with 4 maps (1 to 4). Fp: Portrait of Leichhardt in 1847. Vol. II: V, 425-820 PP with 4 maps 5 to 8), plus 1 large folded map (figure 9). Vol. III: VI, 821-1175 PP with 2 family trees and 2 maps (10 & 11). Cloth covers, gilt decoration "Victoria" on front boards, gilt title on spine, dj. Faint foxing, with foxing spots on outside edges. A near fine set. This is a heavy item and postage will be higher than usual. Please ask for a quote. 22 x 15.
66008 AUSTRALIA POST Australia's Heritage in Stamps - AUSTRALIAN BICENTENNIAL COLLECTION - 1788-1988 (boxed set of 5 volumes)
$50.00 AUD
Australia Post. Melbourne. 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987 & 1988. 1st Ed. Vol. 1: 36 PP. Vol. 2: 36 PP. Vol. 3: 40 PP. Vol. 4: 52 PP. Vol. 5: 24 PP. A total of 188 PP with colour illustrations. Each volume with pictorial soft cover. Set of 5 volumes contained in original slipcase. No stamps included. Fine. 26 x 25. 0642869634 ...
Volume 1: The First Australians. Volume 2: Navigators and Shipwrecks. Volume 3: Botany Bay. Volume 4: The First Fleet. Volume 5: Sydney Cove 1788-1809.
59404 AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE FOR MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY THE BULLETIN OF THE AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE FOR MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY - Volume 23, 1999
$30.00 AUD
AIMA / Australian Institute for Maritime Archaeology. Sydney. 1999. Edited by Jeremy GREEN & Myra STANBURY. 128 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, maps and photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21.
Pitcairn project: Mutineer settlement, by Nigel Erskine. La Bella and Polly Woodside (S; Strachan). Comparison: the Yongala and Cooma shipwrecks (V. Moran & B. Jeffrey). Wooden dug-out canoe discovered in the Solitary Island Marine Park (W.E. Boyd). S.S. Papanui, wrecked on St Helena Island, by Adam Wolfe.
73781 AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE FOR MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY THE BULLETIN OF THE AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE FOR MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY - Volume 31, 2007
$35.00 AUD
AIMA / Australian Institute for Maritime Archaeology. Sydney. 2007. Edited by Jeremy GREEN & Myra STANBURY. 104 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, maps and photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21.
Aboriginal watercraft depictions in Western Australia, by Nicolas Bigourdan. Stone structures of Goddesses on the boats from Goa,... (A.S. Gaur & R. Kerkar). Broome's World War II flying boat wrecks sites Broome, by S. Jung. Shipwreck at Pointe aux Feuilles, Mauritius: Le Coureur (1818), by I.A. Metwalli, et al. Survey of maritime infrastructures at Sarah Island penal settlement, by Michael Nash.
73788 AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE FOR MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY (AIMA) THE BULLETIN OF THE AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE FOR MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY - Volume 15, Number 1
$20.00 AUD
AIMA / Australian Institute for Maritime Archaeology. Fremantle. 1991. Edited by Jeremy GREEN & Myra STANBURY. 48 PP with b/w illustrations. Card cover, illustrated front. Fine. 29.6 x 21.
Includes articles: Chinese emigration to South Australia aboard foreign-owned vessels: the Guichen Bay shipwrecks of 1857, by Bill Jeffery and Sarah Kenderdine. Recent work on the "Sydney Cove" historic shipwreck, by Mike Nash..
52836 AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF NAVIGATION NAVIGATION - Vol. 1, No. 4
$20.00 AUD
The Australian Institute of Navigation. Sydney. 1962. Edited by J.R. BRACE. Vol. 1, No. 4, December 1962. XVIII, 95, (3) with b/w illustrations. Soft covers. Near fine. 24 x 17.5.
Presidential address, The Magnetic Compass and the Longitude Problem by W. D. Heighway... Satellites for Navigation, by J. E. Clegg. Current, Temperature and Salinity measurements in Physical Oceanography, by B. V. Hamon. Modern Hydrography by A. H. Cooper. Marine Phosphorescence and Magnetism, by Brett Hilder...
53018 AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF NAVIGATION NAVIGATION: the Journal of the Australian Institute of Navigation - Vol. 4, No. 1
$15.00 AUD
The Australian Institute of Navigation. Sydney. 1972. Vol. 4, No. 1, December 1972. Edited by Mrs. Sheila COHEN. Presidential address by Peter Manson. XVIII, 114 PP. Soft cover. Very good. 24 x 17.5.
The Apollo Programme, by Captain Frank Brown... Our Frontier, the Sea, by Professor C. E. Wallington...Satellite Dopler Navigation and Survey systems, by W. T. Muscio... Use of Lasers for Navigation, by J. E. Clegg... Sextants by Emmott...
30590 BAILEY, Eric THE CHRISTMAS ISLAND STORY
$15.00 AUD
Stacey International & The Gilbert Islands Government. London. 1977. "Captain James Cook Bicentennial Edition 1777-1877". 88 PP & XVI PP with b/w colour illust. with 2 charts. FEP: Map of Christmas Is. REP: The Pacific setting of Christmas Island. Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing on outside edges, o/wise fine. 22 x 15. 0905743083
Discovered by Capt. Cook on Christmas Eve, tells of its history for the following 200 years: whalers, guano, copra, atomic tests,...
67556 BEARD, David I CAN SAIL CIRCLES
$15.00 AUD
Author Brisbane. 1994. 1st Ed. 191 PP with drawings, 2 plans, 9 maps, 17 b/w and 16 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Signed by the author on title page. Fine. 21 x 15. 0646206273
In 1990, David became the first person to sail single-handedly, non-stop around Australia (in 68 days).
38680 BEKEN, Frank & Keith BEAUTY OF SAIL
$30.00 AUD
George G. Harrap. London. 1964. 1st Ed. Text by Alain Gliksman. 184 PP with 90 b/w photos & descriptions of yachts, plus 4 double-pages with 9 colour photos. Cloth cover, dj (price clipped). Dust jacket rubbed and with small pieces missing. Foxing of endpapers and on outside edges. Signature of previous owner on title page, o/wise near fine. A scarce book. English & French text. 29.6 x 22.2.
Sailing boats & ocean-going speed boats. Photos & informative captions by the Bekens.
17576 BERRY, Greig SHIPWRECKS OF THE NEW SOUTH WALES CENTRAL COAST, Volume 1, 1800-1899
$45.00 AUD
Author. Tacoma. 1994. 1st Ed. 128 PP with b/w illust., photos & maps in text. Pictorial soft cover. Dedicatory note signed by the author on verso of title-page. Near fine. Scarce. 24.5 x 17. 06462110991
Details in chronological order of wrecks along the Central Coast of NSW.
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.
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
72592 BLACKMAN, Raymond V. B. (editor) JANE'S FIGHTING SHIPS 1950-51
$50.00 AUD
David & Charles Reprints. Newton Abbot, Devon. 1975. Reprint of the 1951 oiginal. (4), 55 (advertisements), XXII, (6 Addenda), 506 PP with b/w illustrations (photographs, plans, profiles & silhouettes, flags and uniforms). Fp: U.S.S. Franklin D. Roosevelt. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj (HMS Ovean). Spine of dust jacket sunned. Faint stamp of previous owner on FFEP, o/wise near fine. Oblong: 21.5 x 30.7. 0715369342
63435 BLOSSOM, Christopher CHRISTOPHER BLOSSOM - Premier Maritime Artist
$20.00 AUD
The Greenwich Workshop Press. Shelton, Ct., USA. 2001. 1st Ed., in the New Century Artists series. 80 PP with 1 portrait, 9 colour photos and 32 colour plates. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. Oblong: 21.5 x 28. 0867130725
73863 BOSS-WALKER, Ian PEAKS AND HIGH PLACES - Cradle-Mountain-Lake St. Clair National Park, Tasmania
$15.00 AUD
Scenery Preservation Board. Hobart. 1950. 1st Ed. 64 PP with 5 b/w photos, plus 8 pages with 1 map at centre fold and 6 b/w photos. Soft covers, pictorial front. Fine. 24.2 x 15.6.
A guide for hikers.
14641 BOWEN, John (editor) MODEL SHIPWRIGHT - "A Quarterly Journal of Ships and Ship Models" - Volume IV (Nos.13-16)
$70.00 AUD
Conway Maritime Press. London. 1977. Four volumes bound together. (4), 416 PP. Near fine. 21.6 x 18.8. 0851771092
33811 BOWEN, John (editor) MODEL SHIPWRIGHT - A Quarterly Journal of Ships and Ship Models - Number 26
$15.00 AUD
Conway. London. 1978. Issue No. 26, December 1978. 72 PP with b/w illust. Inside front cover: Schooner Mary Miller. Pictorial card covers. Near fine. 24 x 18.5. 0851771270
Contents include: North East Coast Sailing Cobles, Part 1, Ships That Served: The Clyde Paddle Steamer, HMS Crocodile, Schooner Modelling, Part 1, An Eighteenth Century Pirate Junk, ...
20146 BRAYNARD, Frank O. SEARCH FOR THE TALL SHIPS - A sketchbook of the ships that came to Operation Sail 1976, the places visited in finding them, and the liners sailed on in this search
$20.00 AUD
Operation Ship. New York. 1977. 1st Ed. 144 PP with 202 drawings by the author. Fp: Bow on, the Royal Viking Star. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj. Foxing spots on outside edges. Address of previous owner at lower corner of front endpaper, o/wise near fine. 28.5 x 22.2.
The author organized the Operation Sail 1976, commemorating the 200th birthday of the United States of America. In his search for Tall Ships which could come to New York, he travelled widely with pen and ink in hand.
Macmillan. Hong Kong. 1980. 1st Ed. Foreword by Stanley Ho. (12), 132 PP with b/w and colour illust. Title-page: Chart of mouth of Canton river with Macau. Illustrated endpapers. Hard cover, chipped dj. Signature of previous owner on first page. Very good. 29 x 21.5. 9620301617
History of the first European city built on the Asian mainland, and initially used as a warehouse for trade with Japan.
38418 BRENT, Peter CAPTAIN SCOTT AND THE ANTARCTIC TRAGEDY
$20.00 AUD
Saturday Review Press. New York. 1974. 1st US edition. 223 PP with 21 colour and over 100 b/w illustrations. Title page: The Royal Society Range (watercolour). Fp: Captain Scott aged 36 (colour painting). Eps: Stacking up supplies at Scott's camp at Cape Evans. Hard cover, dj. Front cover of dust jacket partly faded, o/wise near fine. 25.4 x 18.2. 0871502587
74520 BRODRIBB, William Adams & BENNETT, Lavinia Hasell RECOLLECTIONS OF AN AUSTRALIAN SQUATTER by William Adams Brodribb & ACCOUNT OF A JOURNEY TO GIPPS LAND by Lavinia Hasell Bennett
$130.00 AUD
Queensberry Hill Press. Melbourne. 1976. Edition limited to 350 copies hand numbered (No. 90/350). XIV, 202, (2 errata), (2) PP with 13 hand-tipped facsimile reproductions of Diary pages, plus 1 folded map of New South Wales (1844), and 3 half-tone plates tipped in / pasted down. Quarter bound Kanpur Calf, spine with 6 raised bands and gilt name of authors, enclosed in a decorated slipcase. Folded flyer by Peter L. Marsh, publisher loosely inserted. Fine. 31 x 22. 0909174008
ShipPax Information. Halmstad, Sweden. 2003. 2003 edition. 240 PP with tables and b/w or colour illustrations (plans, profiles and photos of ships). Pictorial soft cover (Mont St Michel). Fine. 29.7 x 21.
Pages 10 to 107: The Mont St Michel Story, by Philippe Holthof. Brittany and Normandy, by Russell Plummer. Brittany Ferries: from feeder for farmers to ferries for cruisers, by Frederik Naumann ... Market Report.
ShipPax Information. Halmstad, Sweden. 2005. 2005 edition. 254 PP with tables and b/w or colour illustrations (plans, profiles and photos of ships). Pictorial soft cover (Pont-Aven). Fine. 29.7 x 21.
Pages 8 to 110: The Pont-Aven story / Les perfectionnistes français, by Philippe Holthof. Brittany Ferries & Meyer Werft, by Tom Todd. Brittany Ferries Broker, by Frederik Naumann. ... Market Report.
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
74587 BROWN, Joan C. POVERTY IS NOT A CRIME, The Development of Social Services in Tasmania 1803-1900
$35.00 AUD
Tasmanian Historical Research Association. Hobart. 1972. 1st edition. xix, 192 PP plus16 pages with19 b/w plates. Cloth cover, dust jacket. A fine copy. 25 x 17.5. 090947902X
74758 BROXAM, Graeme & MAYS, Nicole THOSE THAT SURVIVE, Tasmania's Vintage & Veteran Commercial and Government Vessels - No. 49A, in the Roebuck series
$80.00 AUD
Navarine Publishing. Hobart. 2022. 1st Ed. VIII, 298 PP with b/w and colour photos throughout. Signed by Graeme Broxam (co-author) on the title-page. Pictorial laminated boards. New. 29 x 22.5. 9780648725268
Ocean-going Sail, Sea-Going Sail, Coastal and Riverine Sail Traders, Motor Ships, River Steamers, Motor Ferries and Excursion Boats, Harbour Craft and Government Vessels, Fishing Vessels, ....
74759 BROXAM, Graeme & MAYS, Nicole THOSE THAT SURVIVE, Tasmania's Vintage & Veteran Recreational Vessels - No. 49B, in the Roebuck series
$90.00 AUD
Navarine Publishing. Hobart. 2022. 1st Ed. VIII, 350 PP with b/w and colour photos throughout. Signed by Graeme Broxam on the title-page. Pictorial laminated boards. New. 29 x 22.5. 9780648725275
Steam Yachts, Yachts, Motor Boats and Launches, Small Pleasure Craft: Dinghies and Others.
74781 BROXAM, Graeme & NASH, Michael SHIPWRECKS OF THE FURNEAUX GROUP
$25.00 AUD
Navarine Publishing. Hobart. 2023. 1st Ed. XII, 91 PP with 5 charts, 4 maps and b/w or colour illustrations. Pictorial stiff covers. Small rub at top of spine, o/wise as new. 26.5 x 21. 9780648725182
74782 BROXAM, Graeme & NASH, Michael SHIPWRECKS OF KING ISLAND
$25.00 AUD
Navarine Publishing. Hobart. 2023. 1st Ed. XII, 76 PP with 2 charts, 4 maps and b/w or colour illustrations. Pictorial stiff covers. Signed on the title page by Graeme Broxam (Co-author and Publisher). New. 26.5 x 21. 9780648725299
Shipwreck of: Cataraqui, in 1845 ... City of Melbourne, in 1852.
74633 BRYER, Robin JOLIE BRISE, A Tall Ship's Tale
$25.00 AUD
Adlard Coles Nautical. London. 1997. Ast paperback edition of the 1982 original. XIII, 260 PP with b/w illust. in text plus 16 pages with 31 b/w photos. Pictorial soft covers, Spine with 2 light creases, o/wise fine. 23.4 x 15.5. 9780713647853
The career of this famous ship, built as pilot cutter in Le Havre in 1913.
71774 BULLEN, Frank T. THE CRUISE OF THE "CACHALOT" - Round the World after Sperm Whales
$40.00 AUD
Dodd, Mead & Company. New York. 1928. Reprint of a 1926 edition ?. XX, 301 PP with 1 map and 27 endpieces, plus 7 colour plates and the endpapers illustrated by Mead Schaeffer. Cloth covers, gilt title and illustrations on front board and gilt title on a sunned spine. Top outside edge tinted. Copy lacking the frontispiece called for. Paper ageing but very little foxing. Covers with light shelf wear and binding a little loose. Overall still a very good copy of this illustrated edition. 24.2 x 18.5.
A whaling cruise through the Atlantic, Indian & Pacific Oceans - Japan, Hawaii, Christmas Is., Futuna (Chapter XXIII), Bay of Islands and the return to New Bedford.
74362 BURGESS, J. Tom KNOTS TIES AND SPLICES, A Handbook for Seafarers, Travellers, & all who use Cordage with Historical, Heraldic, and Practical Notes
$30.00 AUD
E.W. Cole. Melbourne. No date. c. 1880's. VIII, 101 PP with over 185 figures in text. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, all edges tinted. A near fine copy of an early edition. 18.7 x 12.5.
Burns, Philp & Company Limited. Sydney. 1932. Vol. V, No. 1, December 1932, edited by Dora Payter. 108 PP with b/w photos and period advertisements in colour. Pictorial soft cover (The Girl with the Rabbit, by W. B. McInnes). Near fine. 29.4 x 24.
Quarterly magazine containing articles on: Southern Royalty (Queen Morau Pomare in Tahiti), by Elsa Chauvel. "Heathen Chinese", An incident of the South Seas, by Marc T. Greene. Modern Ships and Modern Decoration, by H. A. MacDonald.
74622 BURTON, Robert SOUTH GEORGIA
$25.00 AUD
The Commissioner of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. King Edward Point, Grytviken. 2012. 3rd edition of the 1996 original. 64 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 24.5 x 18.5.
Pages 40 to 49: Seals & Whales / Sealing and Whaling.
16477 BUTLER, Jean Campbell DANGER SHARK!
$15.00 AUD
Scentific Book Club. London. 1965. Reprint of 1964 orig. 191 PP with b/w illust. Hard cover, dust jacket. Near fine. 22 x 14.
Factual account of the shark and its predatory attacks on mankind.
74595 BUTTAR, Prit COLLISION OF EMPIRES - The War on the Eastern Front in 1914
$40.00 AUD
Osprey Publishing. Oxford. 2016 1st paperback edition of the 2014 original. 472 PP with 17 maps, plus 16 pages with 32 b/w photos. Stiff covers, pictorial front. Fine. 23.3 x 15.2. 9781472813183
74783 BUTTS, I.R. THE MERCHANT'S & SHIPMASTER'S MANUAL AND SHIPBUILDER'S AND SAILMAKER'S ASSISTANT
$150.00 AUD
I. R. Butts & Co. Boston. 1860. 1st edition (abridged and altered from the "Merchant's and Mechanic's Assistant"). 132, 24, VIII, 9-94, (2) PP with tables and b/w illustrations (1 woodcut , 3 figures and 9 plates). Rebacked copy. Original boards leather bound with matching cloth spine and a red vignette with gilt title and renewed endpapers. Signature of original owner on verso of title page. Ageing of paper, occasional foxing. A very good copy of a rare title. 19.6 x 13..
64406 CARPENTER, Jon, PIGOTT, Louis & WHITWELL, Hugh A WATCH FROM H.M.S. PANDORA (in Antiquarian Horology)
$15.00 AUD
The Antiquarian Horological Society. London. 1985. Volume Fifteen, No. Six, December 1995. Edited by Dr. J. M. Plowman. Extract: Pages 560 to 572 and 601 with 15 b/w illustrations. Stapled pictorial soft wrappers, cover illustrated with Figure 8. Very good. 24.7 x 18.5.
70097 CHANDLER, George LIVERPOOL SHIPPING, A Short History
$20.00 AUD
Phoenix House. London. 1960. 1st Ed. XI, 12-256 PP with 36 line drawings (house flags and funnels), plus 30 pages with 54 b/w plates. Fp: Liverpool's Pier Head from an Atlantic Liner. FEP: Liverpool's Cunard Group's world-wide services. REP: Liverpool's Blue Funnel Group's Services. Cloth cover, title on spine. Light wear to covers, o/wise contents are fine. 22.7 x 15.2.
Liverpool's shipping companies, and their part in world trade.
18551 CHAPELLE, Howard I. THE BALTIMORE CLIPPER: Its Origin & Development
$20.00 AUD
Dover. New York. 1988. 1st soft cover edition of the 1930 original. XII, 192 PP, (16 publications) with 48 plans, plus 34 pages with 35 b/w plates. Fp: Baltimore Clipper Privateer Schooner. Soft covers, pictorial front. Edges of covers slightly rubbed. Faint foxing on outside edges. Book plate of previous owner on recto of frontispiece. Near fine. 23.3 x 16.5. 0486257657
74752 CHERRY-GARRARD, Apsley THE WORST JOURNEY IN THE WORLD - Antarctic 1910-13
$30.00 AUD
Picador/Pan Macmillan Publishers Ltd. London. 1994. In the "Picador Travel Classics" series with an Introduction by Paul Theroux. XCV, 607 PP with 4 maps (redrawn by E.J. Hatch), ribbon page marker. Hard covers, dj (price clipped). Slight ageing of paper, o/wise a near fine copy. 19 x 13. 9780330335850
Scott's last expedition to the Antarctic.
21246 CHISHOLM, Jocelyn CAPTAIN CATTLIN TOWARDS NEW ZEALAND
$15.00 AUD
Author. Wellington. 1994. 1st Ed. 96 PP with b/w illustrations (3 maps, facsimile, paintings). Title-page: Facsimile of Journal of a Voyage...1827. Eps: Map of South West Pacific. Pictorial soft cover. Occasional foxing, o/wise fine. 24 x 17.5. 0959759719
Trading between Australia & New Zealand. Whaling off Kermadec, Tonga, Solomons... between 1827 & 1837.
71512 CHISHOLM, Jocelyn BRIND OF THE BAY OF ISLANDS, Some Readings & Notes of Thirty Years in the Life of a Whaling Captain
$50.00 AUD
Author. Wellington. 1979. First limited edition of 400 copies and signed by the author on half-title page. 92 PP plus 8 pages with 10 b/w illust. Fp: Silhouette of Capt. W.D. Brind. Eps: Plan of Korakera. Gilt-engraved hard cover. A little light foxing around edges and top outside page edges, o/wise a fine copy. Scarce. 25.5 x 15.5. 0473000261
Captain Brind commanded the whaling ships Cumberland (1819-1822), Asp (1822-24), Emily (1825-1828), Toward Castle (1828-1835), then the Narwhal (1836-1840).
74414 CIANCI, Bruno LEGENDARY SAILBOATS - Beken of Cowes
$80.00 AUD
White Star Publishers / De Agostini Libri. Novara, Italy. 2014. 1st Ed. Translation by Guillermo Gonzalez. Foreword by Kenneth Beken. 208 PP with 90 b/w photos (including 27 on double page. Hard covers, pictorial front and back covers, dj. Fine (mint condition). 39 x 28.2. 9788854408531
35393 CLEMENTS, Kevin (editor) PEACE AND SECURITY IN THE ASIA PACIFIC REGION
$20.00 AUD
United Nations University Press & Dunmore Press. Tokyo & Palmerston North, N.Z. 1993. 1st Ed. 400 PP with tables and 2 figures. Pictorial card cover. Fine. 21 x 14.6. 0864691726
17 papers on the major peace and security issues confronting the Asia Pacific region.
61349 COCHRANE, Peter TOBRUK 1941
$15.00 AUD
ABC Books. Sydney. 2008. Reprint of the 2005 original. XXVIII, 116 PP with 2 maps and around 135 b/w photos. Pictorial laminated boards, dj. Fine. Oblong: 22.8 x 25.4. 9780733314070
47504 COCKETT, F. B. PETER MONAMY 1681-1749 And His Circle
$20.00 AUD
Antique Collectors' Club. London. 2000. 1st Ed. 119 PP with 2 b/w drawings, 6 colour paintings, 10 flags in colour, 37 b/w plates and 58 colour plates. Fp (in colour): Monamy, the painter exhibiting a sea piece, by William Hogarth. FEP: Calm estuary scene. REP: The capture of Porto Bello. Hard cover, gilt title on front cover and spine., dj. Fine. 28 x 21.6. 1851493395
Isaac Sailmaker, Adrian van Diest, Lorenzo A. Castro...
56646 COLLEDGE, J. J. SHIPS OF THE ROYAL NAVY: An Historical Index - Volume 1: Major Ships (Excluding Trawlers, Drifters, Tugs, Etc.)
$20.00 AUD
David & Charles. London. 1969. 1st Ed. 624 PP. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price clipped). Newspaper clipping tipped in on front endpaper. Dust jacket rubbed. Faint foxing. Very good. 22.2 x 14.5. 071534353X
Covers about 13,000 ships. From "Abelard Submarine 1945 "A" Class, Portsmouth Dockyard, to "Zulu" Frigate, 2300 Tons ..
74509 COLLIER, Graham & Patricia ANTARCTIC ODYSSEY - In the Footsteps of the South Polar Explorers
$15.00 AUD
Robinson Publishing. London. 1999. 1st UK Ed. XIV, 194 PP with 9 maps, 14 b/w and 55 colour photos (photographs by Patricia Graham Collier). Hard cover, dj. Fine (as new condition). 28.8 x 20.2. 1841191043
17039 COLTHEART, Lenore & FRASER, Don LANDMARKS IN PUBLIC WORKS - Engineers and their Works in New South Wales 1884-1914
$25.00 AUD
Public Works Dept. / Hale & Iremonger. Sydney. 1987. 1st Ed. Foreword by L. J. Brereton. 144 PP with b/w illust. (plans, maps & charts, photos). Fp: Macquarie Lighthouse, 1883. FEP: Span for Pyrmont Bridge, Sydney. REP: Bird's-eye view of a cantilever design for a bridge across Sydney Harbour. Hard cover, dj. Few foxing spots inside dust jacket, o/wise near fine. 27.2 x 22. 0868062960
The modern monuments of two hundred years of European occupation in NSW. One chapter on Harbours and Rivers (removal of bars, dredging, lighthouses ...).
74824 COPELAND, Sebastian ANTARCTICA - A Call to Action
$20.00 AUD
Earth Aware Editions. San Rafael, Ca. 2008. 1st Ed. Foreword by Orlando Bloom. 96 PP with colour photos. Hard covers, pictorial boards, dj. A fine copy. Oblong: 23 x 18. 9781601090270
74884 CORNFORD, L. Cope THE SEA CARRIERS 1825-1925 - The Aberdeen Line
$100.00 AUD
The Aberdeen Line. London. 1925. 1st Ed., with a preface by the Right Honourable The Viscount Burnham. (4), IV, 79, (5) PP, plus 12 aquatint plates with tissue guard. Fp: Portrait of Geo. Thompson, Jr. Original boards with cloth spine, gilt title and house-flag on front cover, top edge gilt. Covers slightly rubbed and soiled. Offsetting on endpapers and light foxing, otherwise a near fine copy of a scarce title. 22.8 x 15.5.
How England succeeded in dominating the world shipping scene. Some beautiful plates: creation of Aberdeen Line, Melbourne 1850, Sydney, early 19th Century, "Childe Harold" 1828, "Thermopylae" 1868, "Miltiades" 1871, SS Sophocles..
43328 COTTEE, Kay FIRST LADY - A History-Making Solo Voyage Around The World
$50.00 AUD
Macmillan. Sydney. 1989. 1st Ed. VI, 226 PP with 1 drawing, 2 plans and 7 weather maps, plus 24 pages with 47 colour photos. Eps: Route of "Blackmores First Lady". Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Dedicatory note on title page, dated and signed by the author. Fine. 24 x 16. 0732900158
The first woman to complete a solo non-stop and unassisted voyage around the globe. Departure Sydney 29th November 1987, rounded Cape Horn 19th January 1988, Halfway point at Sao Pedro and Sao Paulo Rocks 27th February 1988, returned Sydney 5th June 1988.
22425 COTTER, Charles H. THE ATLANTIC OCEAN
$30.00 AUD
Brown, Son & Ferguson. Glasgow. 1974. 1st Ed. IX, 164 PP. Cloth cover, dj (price clipped). Faint foxing, o/wise fine. 23.2 x 16.5.
Geography, geology, weather, currents... The Atlantic Islands. Discovery. Economic resources and trade. Political and strategic background.
65808 COULTHARD-CLARK, Chris WHERE AUSTRALIANS FOUGHT - The Encyclopaedia of Australia's Battles
$25.00 AUD
Allen & Unwin. Sydney. 1998. 1st Ed. Foreword by Ian McLachlan. XIV, 306 PP with b/w illustrations (maps and plans, diagrams and drawings, engravings, paintings & photos). Hard cover, dj. Name of previous owner on front endpaper. Faint foxing, o/wise fine. 24.8 x 18. 1864486112
74450 COX, G. W. SHIPS IN TASMANIAN WATERS, Riverboats, Ferries and the Floating Bridge
$15.00 AUD
74736 CRAIG, Darrell Max THE ART OF KENDO
$25.00 AUD
Shambhala Publications. Boston. 2003. 4th reprint of the 1999 original. XII, 238 PP with b/w illustrations (13 headpieces, 23 photos & prints and 134 series of figures). Pictorial stiff covers. Fine (as new condition). 23.2 x 20.5. 9781590300145
A Comprehensive Introduction to the Philosophy and Practice of the Art of the Sword
37979 CREDLAND, Arthur G. THE HULL WHALING TRADE - An Arctic Enterprise
$15.00 AUD
Hutton Press. Beverley, East Yorkshire. 1995. 1st Ed. 155 PP with 1 map, 12 colour and 98 b/w illustrations. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. Oblong: 19.9 x 20.8. 9781872167732
Whaling fisheries: Greenland and Davis Strait...
74114 CUNLIFFE, Tom THE COMPLETE YACHTMASTER - Sailing, Seamanship,and Navigation for the Modern Yacht Skipper
$20.00 AUD
Adlard Coles Nautical. London. 2016. 3rd edition of the 1994 original. (8), 236 PP with tables and b/w illustrations (84 figures and 31 photos). Hard covers, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine/as new condition. 25.2 x 17.5. 9780713652475
75463 CUNLIFFE, Tom HEAVY WEATHER CRUISING
$20.00 AUD
Fernhurst Books. Brighton, East Sussex. 1988. 1st edition, in "A Yachtmaster's Guide" series. Ed. 64 PP with b/w illustrations (over 40 figures and 59 photos). Fp. Soft covers, pictorial front. Near fine. 24.4 x 18.5. 9780906754368
74439 CUTLER, Carl C. GREYHOUNDS OF THE SEA - The Story of the American Clipper Ship
$40.00 AUD
Halcyon House. New York. 1930. 1st Ed. XXVIII, 592 PP with 34 headpieces and 13 pages for 23 "Ship and Sail Plans", plus 3 "Duotone" plates, 8 "colour" plates and 31 plates with 51 half-tone illustrations. Tinted top edge. Fp: "Northern Light". Eps: Clipper ship sailing tracks. Blue cloth cover, decoration in blind on front cover. Covers rubbed and worn, head and foot of spine frayed. Name of previous owner at top of front endpaper and half title page. Ageing of paper, occasional foxing hinges reinforced. Otherwise a good copy of the first edition. Image shows the title-page. 27 x 20.
The rise and decline of the American clipper ship.
74904 DADE, Ernest SAIL AND OAR, One hundred drawings of Yorkshire's North Sea Fishery before the advent of steam
$35.00 AUD
Lodestar Books. London. 2013. Soft cover edition of the original of 1933. 224 PP with the author's drawings throughout. Pictorial soft covers. Fine. 21.5 x 16. 9781907206238
Contains over 200 pen and ink drawings by the author while at sea on his own boat or from onboard the fishing boats themselves.
16479 DAKIN, William J. GREAT BARRIER REEF and some mention of other Australian coral reefs
$20.00 AUD
Australian National Travel Association. Melbourne. 1955. Reprint of the 1950 original. 133, (2 Index) PP with b/w photos & maps. Hard cover, dust jacket with a few chips and in a protective sleeve. Signature of previous owner on FFEP, o/wise contents are near fine. 24.7 x 15.
71205 DALLAS, K.M. TRADING POSTS OR PENAL COLONIES, The Commercial Significance of Cook's New Holland Route to the Pacific
$25.00 AUD
Richmond & Sons. Devonport, Tas. 1969. 1st Ed. (2), 132 PP. FEP: Sketch map of Pacific Ocean & hulk at Deptford. REP: Hulk and convicts screening ballast at Woolwich. Pictorial stiff covers. A light crease of top corner of front cover, neat stamp of previous owner on half-title page, o/wise near fine. 22 x 14.
The choice of Botany Bay, the discoveries of Cook and others, fur trade of the North Pacific and whaling in the South Pacific.
Historical photographs on the whales, their chases, the whalemen and their family life.
45591 DAVIES, Hunter IN SEARCH OF COLUMBUS
$20.00 AUD
Sinclair-Stevenson. London. 1991. 1st Ed. XII, 308 PP with 4 maps, 17 tail and 21 head pieces, plus 8 pages with 15 colour photographs. Illustrated endpapers. Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing, o/wise near fine. 24.2 x 16. 1856190676
62533 DAVIS, William C. THE PIRATES LAFFITE: The Treacherous World of the Corsairs of the Gulf
$30.00 AUD
Harcourt, Inc. Orlando, Fl. 2005. 1st Ed. XII, (2), 706 PP, plus 8 pages with b/w illustrations (1 map, 2 plans, 4 facsimile of signatures, 6 portraits and 5 drawings / paintings). FEP: map "The Laffites' Louisiana. REP: map "The Laffites' "Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean". Hard cover, dj. Fine. 23.5 x 16. 9780151004035
Jean Lafitte: corsair and/or pirate, hero and/or slave trader. Trader and smuggler...
75044 DAY, Cyrus Lawrence KNOTS AND SPLICES - A Pocket Manual
$10.00 AUD
Adlard Coles Ltd. London. 1962. 5th impression of the 1953 original. 64 PP with 86 figures (196 "step by step" b/w photos). Hard covers, illustrated front. Top and bottom of spine and edges of covers are worn and have been repaired. Contents are still good. 14.5 x 11.5.
Basic knots and the relationship of one knot to another is examined, and over 190 step by step photographs show how to tie anything.
71004 DICK, Howard, STEVERSON, Iain, CAROLIN, Mike, PEMBERTON, Barry, REX, Lindsay, COX, Rex & PRIEST, Russell ANL - A Fleet History of AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL LINE, 1957-1999
$85.00 AUD
Nautical Association of Australia Inc. Melbourne. 2020. 1st Ed. X, 349 PP with b/w illustrations (3 plans & 93 photos) and lavish colour illustrations (1 cut-away, 3 house-flags, 4 funnels and 245 photos). Vignette on title page (in colour): Funnel of Empress of Australia . FEP: Australian Venture arriving Sydney. REP: Flinders Range arriving Risdon / Hobart. Pictorial laminated boads. New. 30.2 x 21.5. 9780975689646
A fleet history, written and informed by the knowledge, experience and insight of those who sailed on and worked with the ships. Covers the complex forty-year transition from conventional shipping to modern bulk-handling and containers along with the nation-building role of the ANL, whose flag still flies across the region as a subsidiary of French CMA CGM.
66795 DOOLAN, Ken HMAS TOBRUK: Warship for Every Crisis
$100.00 AUD
Grinkle Press. Queanbeyan, NSW. 2007. 1st Ed. Foreword by General Peter Gration. (12), 158 PP with 62 b/w illustrations. Fp: Tobruk after exercise "Caltrop Force '89". Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 24.8 x 17.3. 0980282101
Macmillan. New York. 1967. 1st Ed. (8), 168 PP with tables & 1 plan plus 40 b/w photos. Fp: Frigate Constellation at anchor in Baltimore Harbour. Decorated cloth cover, dj (price-clipped). A very good copy. 23.8 x 16.
Guide to 33 American ships which can be seen from Massachusetts (USS Massachusetts) to Hawaii (Falls of Clyde). Classed according to US history/period: ships of colonization (Mayflower), windjammers (Star of India),..
35580 DULLES, Foster Rhea THE OLD CHINA TRADE
$30.00 AUD
Macdonald & Jane's. London. 1974. Reprint in the Macdonald Maritime History series. (18), 228 PP, plus 12 plates with 16 b/w illustrations. Fp: The Canton factories before 1821. Decorated cloth cover, dj (price clipped). Dust jacket rubbed on back and with spine sunned. Foxing spots on outside edges. Internally very good. 22 x 14. 0356047555
The Yankee traders from the end of the US War of Independence to the Treaty of Wanghia signed in 1844. Seal fisheries, beche-de-mer and sandalwood from the South Seas, opium trade and war,...
66440 DUNMORE, John FRENCH EXPLORERS IN THE PACIFIC - VOLUME II: The Nineteenth Century
$100.00 AUD
O.U.P. Oxford. 1969. 1st Ed. (VIII), 428 PP with 12 maps. Cloth cover, dj (price-clipped). Dust jacket is a little browned around edges with light soiling, a few small chips or closed tears and is now plastic protected. Light foxing around outside page edges, o/wise contents are fine. 22.2 x 14.5.
Nicolas Baudin, Louis de Freycinet, Duperrey, Hyacinthe de Bougainville, Dumont d'Urville, Laplace, Vaillant, Dupetit-Thouars.
74757 DUNN, Laurence PASSENGER LINERS
$50.00 AUD
Adlard Coles. London. 1961. 1st edition. (4), 474, (18 adv.) PP with b/w photos throughout, 6 pages with 120 funnels in colour, and a comprehensive index and addenda. Fp: R.M.S. Windsor Castle, flagship of the Union-Castle fleet. Eps: maps showing major passenger ports. Red cloth cover, gilt devices on front. Remnants of tape parks on endpapers, o/wise a very nice copy of the scarce first edition. 25.5 x 19.
A comprehensive work with sections on Great Britain, the Americas, Europe, Mediterranean, Asia and Australasia, Russia and the Communist Bloc. Contains an extensive index of companies, shipbuilders, ship names, changes, etc...
Heytesbury District Historical Society. Port Campbell, Vic. 1979. 1st Ed. (6), 54 PP with 1 "Postmarker" and 12 b/w photos. Pictorial stiff covers. Near fine. 21.5 x 14.2. 086825116X
Wreck of the Clipper Loch Ard, near Port Campbell, 1st June 1878. 2 survivors.
68367 DUYKER, Edward A DICTIONARY OF SEA QUOTATIONS: From Ancient Egypt to the Present
$40.00 AUD
The Miegunyah Press. Melbourne. 2007. 1st Ed. XXIV, 440 PP with 87 b/w illustrations including frontispiece and 27 headpieces. Hard covers with a small bump at top and bottom of spine, near fine dust jacket. Note to previous owner on front endpaper. A near fine copy. 24.8 x 18. 9780522857311
48287 EDWARDS, Lieut.-Commander Kenneth THE NAVY OF TO-DAY
$15.00 AUD
Blackie & Son. London. 1940. July 1940 reprint of the June 1939 original. 206 PP, plus 16 plates with 29 b/w photos. Fp: A destroyer at high speed laying a smoke screen. Cloth cover, title in blind on front cover and gilt on spine. Brief note on front endpaper. Foxing, mostly on prelims and around outside edges. Very good. 23.2 x 17.4.
Armed merchant ships, the big ships, the small ships, the Fleet Air Arm, the Royal Marines ....
20684 ENGEMAN, Jack ANNAPOLIS, THE LIFE OF A MIDSHIPMAN
$15.00 AUD
Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co., Inc. New York. 1966. 8th Printing (a revised edition from the 1965 original). Foreword by David L. McDonald, U.S. Navy. VIII, 120 PP profusely illustrated with over 400 b/w photos. Hard cover, cloth spine, dj. Occasional foxing. Very good. 27.8 x 21.5.
18600 EVANS, Alun ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY
$15.00 AUD
Time-Life Books & John Ferguson. Sydney. 1988. 1st edition in the Australians at War series. 168 PP with b/w & colour illust. Eps: Crest of the RAN. Pictorial laminated boards, dj. Fine. 28 x 22. 0949118249
The tradition of Australia's ships and sailors at war. In both World Wars and later, the involvement in Korea and Vietnam.
74137 EVANS, Peter (editor) FAIRMILE SHIPS OF THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY - Volume 1
$65.00 AUD
The Fairmile Association / Australian Military History Publications. Sydney. 2002. 1st Ed. Foreword by H. G. Percival. XII, 276 PP with b/w illustrations (cartoons, 4 maps, plans, photos...). Fp: Fairmile ML 809. Laminated pictorial boards. Spine lightly sunned, name label of previous owner on inside front cover, o/wise a fine copy. 25.2 x 18. 01876439866
74526 EYRE, Edward John JOURNALS OF EXPEDITIONS OF DISCOVERY INTO CENTRAL AUSTRALIA, and Overland from Adelaide to King George's Sound in the Years 1840-1 (in 2 Volumes)
$150.00 AUD
Libraries Board of South Australia. Adelaide. 1964. Facsimile Reprint of the 1845 original. No. 7 in the "Australiana Facsimile Editions" series. Volume I: (2), XVIII, (2), 448 PP, plus 11 plates (6 of them on some new animals), and 1 folded map of Australia inside pocket pasted down on rear endpaper. Fp: Tenberry with wife and child. Volume II: (2), VI, 512 PP with 1 drawing, plus 11 b/w plates and 1 large folded "Map of Mr. Eyre's Routes in Central Australia" inside the pocket pasted down on rear endpaper. Fp: Distribution of flour at Moorunde. Hard covers, simile leather, gilt title on spine. Foxing spots on outside edges. A near fine copy. 21.8 x 14.5.
..Sent by the Colonists of South Australia, with the sanction and support of the Government, including an account of the manners and customs of the Aborigines and the state of their relations with Europeans.
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
18598 FIRKINS, Peter OF NAUTILUS AND EAGLES - History of the Royal Australian Navy
$15.00 AUD
Hutchinson. Melbourne. 1983. Revised and updated edition from the 1975 original. VIII, 279 PP with 19 maps, plus 36 pages with 69 b/w photos. Eps: Naval Review. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 23.5 x 15.5. 091482909
74532 FITZGERALD, Caroline LETTERS FROM THE BAY OF ISLANDS, The Story of Marianne Williams
$40.00 AUD
Sutton Publishing. Stroud. 2004. 1st Edition. xviii, 270 PP plus 16 pages with 29 b/w plates. Hard cover, dust jacket. A fine copy. 24 x 16. 0750935967
In 1822 Marianne Williams lived in a remote missionary and isolated from European contact. Her letters to family back in England recount events and her interaction with the Maori in the area.
74213 FITZSIMONS, Peter MAWSON, and the Ice Men of the Heroic Age: Scott, Shackleton and Amundsen
$15.00 AUD
William Heinemann. Sydney. 2012. 1st paperback edition of the 2011 original. XXVI, 737 PP with 10 b/w illustrations (3 drawings, 6 maps and 1 relief drawing), plus 16 pages with 40 b/w photos. Pictorial stiff covers. Near fine. 23.3 x 15.3. 9781742752792
21443 LE FLEMING, H.M. WARSHIPS OF WORLD WAR I, No. 1 - Battleships
$15.00 AUD
Ian Allan in the ABC Series. London. 1959. 64 PP with 65 b/w photos & 4 pages with drawings recognition features. Pict. card cover. Very good. Small format: 18 x 12.3.
From wooden walls to steel battleships (1861-1893) and dreadnoughts, naval events 1906-1918.
39161 FLETCHER, Commandant M. H. THE WRNS - A History of the Women's Royal Naval Service
$20.00 AUD
B. T. Batsford. London. 1989. 1st Ed. 160 PP with 152 b/w photos. Fp: Crest of W.R.N.S. Hard cover, dj. Note on front endpaper, o/wise near fine. 28.3 x 22.5. 0713461853
Illustrated history of the WRNS with extensive appendices including a complete list of names from the WRNS Book of Remembrance.
44855 FRAME, Tom WHERE FATE CALLS, THE HMAS VOYAGER TRAGEDY
$15.00 AUD
Hodder & Stoughton. Sydney. 1992. 1st Ed. XXIX, 447 PP with 32 figures, plus 16 pages with 23 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise near fine. 24.2 x 15.2. 0340549688
The collision on the night of 10th Feb. 1964 between the destroyer Voyager and the aircraft carrier Melbourne with the death of 82 men. Australia's worst peacetime naval disaster & the sequel of two controversial investigations lasting 4 years.
56907 FREELEAGUS, L. G. (Sandy Hi Rob), Ex WOETP4 SM AUSTRALIAN NAVAL HERITAGE
$35.00 AUD
Author. Macleay Island, Qld. 2005. 1st Ed. (6), 60 PP with 1 b/w illustration per page by author. Soft cover, illustrated front. Fine. 20.5 x 14.6. 0958806489
69835 FRICKER, Philip J. BEKEN OF COWES OCEAN LINERS
$70.00 AUD
Reed's Nautical Books. Corsham, UK. 1992. 1st Ed. 319 PP with over 150 b/w & colour photographs by the Beken family (Frank William, Alfred Keith and Kenneth John). Fp (in colour): "Majesty of the Seas" of the Royal Caribbean Cruise Line in April 1992. Hard cover, dj with a light crease and a couple of small nicks. Foxing spots on half title page and last page and inside of dust jacket, o/wise a near fine copy. Large oblong: 25 x 32. 0947637427
Splendid pictures covering over a hundred years. From the Albert Ballin to the Windhuk and the Windsor Castle with details and short history of each vessel together with a b/w or colour photo.
21060 GANTER, Regina THE PEARL-SHELLERS OF TORRES STRAIT, Resource Use, Development and Decline, 1860s-1960s
$60.00 AUD
Melbourne University Press. Melbourne. 1994. 1st Ed. XVIII, 300 PP with 3 tables, 3 fig. & 5 maps, plus 12 pages with 21 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. Scarce. 21.5 x 14. 0522845479
The progress of pearl-shelling from its heyday, through several crises due to over-fishing to its present cautious management.
74582 GARDINER, A.G. LIFE OF GEORGE CADBURY
$30.00 AUD
Cassell & Company. London. 1923. 1st Ed. ix, 324 PP plus 9 pages with 12 b/w plates. Fp: George Cadbury at the age of 78. Blue cloth cover with device on front, gilt title on spine. Minimal shkelf wear and occasional light foxing. A near fine copy. 22 x 14.5.
George Cadbury was the third son of John Cadbury, a Quaker who founded Cadbury's cocoa and chocolate company in Britain.
68418 GARDNER, D. F. & HOBBS, J. E. THE UNION STEAM SHIP COMPANY STEAM SHIPS
$30.00 AUD
Millwood Press. Wellington. 1982. 1st Ed. 112 PP with 50 colour paintings (on full page) by J.E. Hobbs. Fp (in colour): S.S. Rotomahana 1879-1925. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. Oblong: 21.5 x 28. 0908582412
Pictorial record of the Union Company: steamships, coasters, short sea traders, deep sea passenger liners.
14328 GARRETT, K. S. EVERARD OF GREENHITHE
$60.00 AUD
World Ship Society. Kendal, UK. 1991. 1st Ed. 238 PP with 1 map (Greenhithe on the River Thames), 6 full page of colour illustrations (3 funnels & colours) and 408 b/w photos of sailing barges (30), motor vessels and port scenes. Fp: Colour painting Greenhithe, Kent. Eps: General particulars of Pamela Everard. Cloth cover, gilt-decorated front cover (house flag), gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 30.5 x 21.5. 0905617584
Company started in 1922 by the manager of the shipyard which was building & repairing sailing barges.
61779 GILLETT, Ross AUSTRALIA'S NAVY - Today and Tomorrow (Part 1)
$15.00 AUD
Topmill Pty Ltd. Sydney. 2012. 1st Ed. Foreword by Rear Admiral S. R. Gilmore. 64 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.7 x 21. 9781921951343
44785 GLASSPOOL, J. & MICHAELIS, J. BOATS OF THE LONGSHOREMEN
$15.00 AUD
Nautical. Lymington, U.K. 1977. 1st Ed. 136 PP with line drawings by Jane Michaelis. Hard cover, dust jacket (price-clipped) with a lightly sunned spine. A near fine copy. 25.8 x 17.5. 0245531114
The boats which put out from beaches and open stretches of the coast. The Portland Lerret, Shetland Yole, Marseille Dory, ... Their hulls, riggings, etc ...
17592 GLEESON, Max SHIPWRECKS, STORMS & SEAMEN OF THE NEW SOUTH WALES COAST
$15.00 AUD
Author. Sydney. 1996. 1st Ed. 168 PP with 1 map, 7 drawings, 46 b/w & 15 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 25 x 17. 0646280198
Stories on 11 of the shipwrecks of the NSW coast. Cawarra in 1866 off Nobby's Headland (Newcastle), .. Keilawarra in 1886 near North Solitary Island (Coffs Harbour), .. Merimbula in 1928 on Beecroft Head (North of Jervis Bay).
55507 GODARD, Philippe & DE KERROS, Tugdual 1772: THE FRENCH ANNEXATION OF NEW HOLLAND: The Tale of Louis de Saint Aloüarn
$30.00 AUD
Western Australia Museum. Perth. 2008. 1st English edition. Translated from the 2002 French original, by Odette Margot, Myra Stanbury & Sue Baxter. (10), 269, (3) PP with 2 tables and b/w illustrations (18 head pieces, 17 facsimile of documents), plus 48 PP with 68 b/w or colour plates. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 23.6 x 15.3. 9781920843984
17956 GOODMAN, John B. III. THE GOLD RUSH, Voyage of the Ship LOO CHOO Around the Horn in 1849
$30.00 AUD
Cumming Press. Mount Pleasant, Mich. 1977. 1st limited ed. of 487 copies. XXXII, 61 PP. Cloth cover with gilt device on front. Near fine. 23.5 x 15.7.
The Loo Choo voyage to California, told through letters.
30859 GORDON, G. A. H. BRITISH SEAPOWER AND PROCUREMENT BETWEEN THE WARS - A Reappraisal of Rearmament
$30.00 AUD
Naval Institute Press. Annapolis. 1988. 1st US Ed. IX, 321 PP with 2 organisation diagrams. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Bookplate and Ex Libris stamps (in blind) on front endpaper. Near fine. 22.4 x 14.5. 0870218948
The industrial roots of the Royal Navy: interdependence between Admiralty and the heavy armament firms.
74617 GORIS, Dr. R. BALI - GODSDIENST EN CEREMONIËN
$100.00 AUD
KPM / Koninklijke Paketvaart Maatschappij. Batavia, Java. c. 1930. 1st Ed. No pagination, 78 PP with decoration on text pages, and 50 b/w photos by Walter Spies. Stiff covers, colour illustration and title on front cover. Slight ageing of paper. Dutch text. Near fine condition. Oblong: 22.3 x 31.5.
69888 GRAY, Howard JAMBINBIRRI - CHAMPION BAY - Geraldton Western Australia: a pictorial and narrative history
$60.00 AUD
Westralian Books. Geraldton, W.A. 2018. 1st Ed. VI, 246 PP with b/w & colour illustrations: charts, maps and plans, coastal views, paintings and photos. Eps: chart of "The Houtman Rocks", of 1845. Pictorial soft cover. Signed by the author on title page. Fine. Oblong: 23 x 29. 9780648416906
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.
74739 GREGORY, Charles BRIXHAM IN DEVONIA - Illustrated Guide, with Historical & Descriptive Sketch, and Hand Book to Torbay and the Neighbourhood
$80.00 AUD
Totnes Times & Western Guardian. Totnes, Devon, UK. c.1896. 1st Ed. 166 PP with 35 pages of local advertisements and b/w illustrations (3 headpiecs, 12 tail pieces and 30 drawings, prints and photos), plus 4 pages of advertisements for the "Totnes Times and Western Guardian" and 2 folded plates (map of Brixham, and "Landing at Brixham of William Prince of Orange, afterwards William III"). Fp: Portrait of Charles Gregory. Cloth covers with only light edge wear and soiling, title on front cover and spine, renewed endpapers A few small brown spots at bottom of first few pages, otherwise this is a near fine copy of a scarce item. 19 x 12.5.
Contents include, Gallant Rescue by a Brixham Trawler, Custom House and Harbour Master's Office, The Pier, Visit of King Charles II, ...
39759 HADFIELD, Charles BRITISH CANALS, An Illustrated History
$25.00 AUD
David & Charles. Newton Abbot. 1966. 3rd impression of the 2nd edition (original of 1950). 291 PP with 42 b/w illustrations, plus 20 b/w plates. Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing spots on outside edges. Bookplate of previous owner tipped in on front endpaper. Near fine. 22.2 x 14.2.
History of British canals and navigable rivers associated with them.
43159 HADFIELD, Robert L. MUTINY AT SEA
$20.00 AUD
Geoffrey Bles. London. 1937. 1st Ed. VIII, 246 PP, plus 8 plates with 9 b/w illustrations. Fp: An East Indiaman Earl Balcarres. Cloth cover. Few foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise near fine. 22.2 x 14.5.
10431 HALEY, Nelson Cole WHALE HUNT, The Narrative of a Voyage by Nelson Cole Haley, Harpooner in the Ship Charles W. Morgan 1849-1853
$25.00 AUD
Robert Hale Ltd. London. 1950. 1st UK Ed. 319 PP with 16 full-page b/w illust. in text. Library binding, with number on spine, stamp on FFEP, at bottom of title-page and its verso. Contents clean and a very good copy of a scarce title. 21 x 14.
Sperm whaling in the South Pacific.
41031 HALL, Douglas B. & OSBORNE, Lord Albert SUNSHINE AND SURF - A Year's Wanderings in the South Seas
$40.00 AUD
Adam and Charles Black. London. 1901. 1st Ed. XIV, 320 PP, plus 36 b/w plates and 1 large folded Map of Route at end of book. Fp: The Tropic Bird. Cloth cover. Hinges weak and with short tears. Ageing of paper and light foxing. Signature and bookplates of previous owners on front endpapers. Very good. 20.5 x 14.5.
Voyage San Francisco to Papeete on the Tropic Bird. Voyage from Papeete to the Marquesas on Gauloise. To Cook Island and New Zealand on the Ovalau. To Fiji on the Taveuni. To Samoa...
37591 HALL, Lincoln DOUGLAS MAWSON - The Life of an Explorer
$15.00 AUD
New Holland. Sydney. 2000. 1st Australian edition. 224 PP with 1 plan, 4 maps and 178 b/w photos. Title page: Home of the Blizzard. Eps: Map of the route of the Discovery during the two voyages of BANZARE. Laminated boards, dj. Fine. 28.7 x 23.5. 1864366702²
The best-known of Australia's Antarctic explorers. His first steps were a geological survey in 1903 of the New Hebrides Islands (Vanuatu)...
74779 HAROLD, Anthony (editor) CAMERA ABOVE THE CLOUDS - Volume 2: The Aviation Photographs of Charles E. Brown
$30.00 AUD
Airlife Publishing Ltd. Shrewsbury, UK. 1985. 1st Ed. Foreword by Harald Penrose. 175 PP with 124 b/w and 32 colour photos. Hard covers, gilt title on spine, dj. Spine of dust jacket lightly sunned, o/wise fine. 27.3 x 21.5. 0906393507
62072 HAWS, Duncan MERCHANT FLEETS No. 5: ROYAL MAIL LINE and NELSON LINE
$25.00 AUD
Author. London. 1982. 1st Ed. No. 5 in the Merchant Fleets series. 128 PP with b/w illustrations (3 funnels and 145 scale profile drawings). Pictorial card cover. Fine. 23.2 x 15.5. 0946378002
66775 HAWS, Duncan MERCHANT FLEETS - 6 - BLUE FUNNEL LINE
$30.00 AUD
Author. London. 1986. Reprint, updated edition of the 1984 original. No. 6 in Merchant Fleets series. 149 PP with 113 b/w drawings by author. Pictorial soft covers a little faded near spine, o/wise fine. 23.3 x 15.7. 0946378010
History of the line, fleet index and fleet list (351 vessels).
68179 HAWS, Duncan & HURST, Alex A. THE MARITIME HISTORY OF THE WORLD - Volume II
$20.00 AUD
Teredo Books Ltd. Brighton, Sussex, UK. 1985. 1st Ed. Volume II: VII, 420 PP. With 5 maps (XXVII - XXXI) and 135 illustrations (25 colour & 110 b/w). Fp: A Kamikaze 'plane attacking the U.S. battleship Missouri. Illustrated endpapers. Cloth cover, gilt device on front covers, gilt title on spine, dj. Dust jacket with light creases. Stamps of "University of Tasmania" / "Australian Maritime College" on endpapers and title page. Very good. Large book: 31.2 x 22.5. 0903662108
Volume II: Maritime chronology (1826 to 1984) and Historical commentary (1816 to 1945). Maritime Chronology (1945-1984) followed by Epilogue, Addenda and Index.
62980 HAWS, Duncan & RABSON, Stephen MERCHANT FLEETS IN PROFILE - 1 - The Ships of the P&O, ORIENT and BLUE ANCHOR LINES
$30.00 AUD
Patrick Stephens. Cambridge. 1978. 1st Ed., No. 1 in Merchant Fleets in Profile series. 160 PP with scale profile drawings (1:1800) by author. Hard cover, price-clipped dust jacket which is a little faded on spine. An otherwise fine copy. 24 x 16. 0850593190
74859 HEAD, Viv (compiler / writer) SAILING GAFFERS - Stories from 50 years of the Old Gaffers Association
$40.00 AUD
Quartet Books. London. 2013. 1st Ed. Foreword by Tom Cunliffe, and Introducion by Mike Shaw, President of OGA. 303 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Fp (in colour): Gaff Rig. Stiff covers, pictoral front. Fine (as new condition). 24 x 17. 9780704373297
Chapter 2: Laying the Keel / The origins of OGA. ... Chapter 18: In Pacific seas - Australia & New Zealand .
43920 HEARN, Chester G. ADMIRAL DAVID GLASGOW FARRAGUT - The Civil War Years
$15.00 AUD
Naval Institute Press. Annapolis. 1998. 1st printing. XXI, (3), 382, (4) PP with 48 b/w illustrations. Fp: Portrait. Hard cover, cloth spine, dj. Few foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise fine. 23.5 x 15.5. 1557503842
74594 HERR, R.A., HALL, H.R. and HAWARD, M.G. ANTARCTICA'S FUTURE: Continuity or Change?
$25.00 AUD
Australian Institute of International Affairs. Hobart, Tas. 1990. 1st Ed. 338 PP with 1 sketch map, 1 graph and 2 tables. Pictorial stiff covers. Back cover with repaired short tear, o/wise near fine. 25 x 17.2. 9780724625284
15 papers and between pages 243 and 335: Antarctic Treaty + 3 "Appendix (Antarctic Seals, Marine Living Resources & Mineral Resources Activities).
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.
70283 HETHERINGTON, Roy M. THE WRECK OF H.M.S. ORPHEUS, New Zealand's Worst Sea Disaster
$20.00 AUD
Cassell. Auckland. 1975. Reprint of the 1968 original. XVI, 158 PP with 1 map & 24 bw illust. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket with tiny chips. Faint foxing. Brief note on front endpaper, otherwise a near fine copy. 22.4 x 14.8. 0726937037
The most tragic shipwreck in New Zealand waters, 7th Feb. 1863, Manukau Harbour: loss of 189 from a complement of 258. Appendix with 58 pages on wrecks in N.Z.
49654 HEYEN, Captain G. H. (compiler) SAILING DIRECTIONS ON NAVIGATION IN AND BETWEEN THE ISLANDS AND ATOLLS OF THE GILBERT GROUP
$45.00 AUD
Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony. Suva. 1937. 1st Ed. 18 PP, (2 blank) with 1 table "Current observations in the Gilbert Islands". A notice slip tipped in at top of first page. Stapled soft wrappers a little browned. Bottom corner of P.15 clipped without loss of text. Page (19) with following manuscript note At Bairiki, Tarawa, Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony, on 28th September 1945, Officers of H.M.A.S. Diamantina, signed by 8 officials (signature followed with their position). Very good. Scarce. 33.7 x 21.
74741 HILL, C. J. (editor) GENERAL NAVAL KNOWLEDGE POCKET BOOK - Royal Australian Navy
$25.00 AUD
Navy Office. Canberra. 1963. 1963 edition. V, 68 PP with b/w illustrations: 13 photos o full pages and 15 drawings (cartoons) on ship husbandry. Stiff covers, title on front cover, cloth spine. Fine. 17.8 x 12.5.
47581 HILL, J. R. & RANFT, Bryan (editors) THE OXFORD ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE ROYAL NAVY
$20.00 AUD
Oxford University Press. Oxford, UK. 2002. 1st paperback edition of the 1995 original. XIV, (2), 480 PP with 15 head-pieces, 23 maps, 6 ships' plans Action Stations, and hundreds of b/w illustrations, plus 16 pages with 26 colour illust. Title spread: Bombardment of Algiers 1816. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 24.6 x 19. 198602577
The wall of England. From the King's ships to the Royal Navy (1500-1642),... Endeavour, discovery and idealism,... the Royal Navy and the post-war naval revolution, 1948 to the present.
74591 HILL, Richard THE PRIZES OF WAR - The Naval Prizes System in the Napoleonic Wars, 1793-1815
$125.00 AUD
Royal Naval Museum / Sutton Publishing. London. 1998. 1st Ed. XX, 268 PP with 5 maps, plus 8 pages with 14 b/w illustrations. Hard covers, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine (as new condition). 24 x 15.7. 9780750918169
19920 HOBBS, Edward W. HOW TO MAKE OLD-TIME SHIP MODELS
$25.00 AUD
Brown, Son & Ferguson. Glasgow. 1968. Reprint of the 1962 revised edition (original of 1929). XXIII, 208 PP with 175 figures (plans, photos & sketches) and 4 illust. in preface, plus 5 large folding plates (Plate 4 in pocket at end of the book). Fp: The Royal Albert. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket with a few chips and is in a protective sleeve. A very good clean copy. 21.2 x 14.3.
70668 HOOPER, R.H. THE KING ISLAND STORY
$30.00 AUD
56307 HORNER, David THE GULF COMMITMENT: The Australian Defence Force's First War
$15.00 AUD
MUP. Melbourne. 1992. 1st Ed. (6), 238 PP with b/w illust. (maps, tables & photos). Pictorial soft cover. Lower part of front cover sunned. Near fine. 22.8 x 15.2. 0522845118 / 97
The involvement of the Australian Defence Force in 1990/91, at the time of the Kuwait Crisis.
21393 HORNSBY, David OCEAN SHIPS - 1996
$15.00 AUD
Ian Allan. London. 1996. Revised and updated edition, from the 1964 original. 224 PP with tables and 168 bw photos. Title spread: "Eckert Oldendorff". Half title page: "Maasdam". Laminated pictorial boards ("Oriana"). Name of previous owner on inside front cover. Near fine. 24 x 17.5. 0711024286
Part One: Passenger liners & cruise ships. Part Two: Cargo vessels & tankers.
17850 HURST, A.A. THE MUSIC OF FIVE OCEANS
$15.00 AUD
Hennel Locke. London. 1960. 1st UK Ed. 160 PP, plus 14 pages with 23 b/w photos. Fp: a contrast in school-ships. Hard cover, dj. Few foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 22 x 15.2.
Some of the epic voyages under sail. Also, sea-lore, mythology, superstition and curious experiences.
11571 HYDE, Francis E. FAR EASTERN TRADE 1860-1914
$15.00 AUD
Harper & Row. New York. 1973. 1st Ed. in the Merchant Adventurers Series. XII, 229 PP with 3 maps & 13 tables in text. Cloth cover, dj (price-clipped). Near fine 22 x 14. 064931110
The growth and expansion of Western trade with Japan, China, Indochina, Indonesia. Development with changing means of communications: telegraph, steamship..
72298 INGRAM, C.W.N. NEW ZEALAND SHIPWRECKS 1795-1982
$60.00 AUD
Reed. Wellington. 1984. 6th (Revised. & Enlarged), (4), 491 PP plus 4 b/w plates. Fp: Rigs of sailing vessels. Cloth cover with pictorial dust jacket (by W.W. Stewart) A fine copy. Scarce. 24.8 x 19. 0589015109
An epic account of disasters on the coast of New Zealand.
74712 JACK, Kenneth KENNETH JACK, World War II Paintings and Drawings
$30.00 AUD
Boolarong Publication / Australian War Memorial. Brisbane / Canberra. 1990. 1st Ed. 104 PP with 1 map in colour and b/w and colour illustrations (c. 102 sketches and c. 44 watercolour) . Fp (in colour): Georges River, Liverpool, NSW. Half title page: The wrecked "Zero", Kamiri Strip, Noemfoor Island. Title page: Boats in Watson Bay, Sydney. Hard covers, dj. Fine. 26.8 x 26.5. 0864390963
Tour of duty (March 1944 to August 1945) of an RAAF artist in the Western Pacific: Townsville, Papua New Guinea, Dutch New Guinea, Indonesia and Labuan
33168 JACOBS, Michael THE PAINTED VOYAGE - Art, Travel and Exploration 1564-1875
$15.00 AUD
British Museum Press. London. 1995. 1st Ed. 160 PP with b/w & colour illust. (engravings, paintings, sketches, watercolours). Fp: Thomas and William Daniell viewing Bijaigarh, Uttar Pradesh, from the south-west, 1790. Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing on outside edges. Near fine. 28 x 22. 0714116564
Up to the development of portable cameras in the late nineteenth century, artists were a habitual feature of exploration, scientific and diplomatic voyages.
17190 JENKINS, David HITTING HOME - The Japanese Attack on Sydney 1942
$40.00 AUD
Random House. Sydney. 1992. 1st Ed., with a foreword by Kevin Fewster. 88 PP with b/w illustrations (diagrams, maps and photos) and 8 colour sketches. Foreword and caption of illustrations in English and Japanese. Pictorial stiff cover. Fine. 28 x 21. 0091826683
The attack in Sydney Harbour by Japanese midget submarines on 31st May, 1942.
37587 JI, You THE ARMED FORCES OF CHINA
$15.00 AUD
Allen & Unwin. Sydney. 1999. 1st Ed. in The Armed Forces of Asia series. XXIII, 288 PP with 6 tables and 10 figures (1 map, organigrams, graphs). Pictorial card cover. Fine. 22.8 x 15. 1864487992
Organisation, roles and functions of each branch of the armed forces of China (People's Liberation Army). Historical background.
63045 JOHNSON, David TRIUMPH - The Ship that hit the Lighthouse
$25.00 AUD
The Dunmore Press. Palmerston North. NZ. 1981. 1st Ed. X, 142 PP with 1 map in text plus 24 pages with 41 b/w illust. Hard cover, dj. Name of previous owner on front endpaper. Fine. 22 x 14.5. 0908564589
The steamer shipwrecked on 29/11/1883 at the foot of the Tiritiri lighthouse which guides shipping into Auckland Harbour. Her subsequent refloating & career.
70070 JONES, A. G. E. & CHATWIN Dale SHIPS EMPLOYED IN THE SOUTH SEAS TRADE 1775-1859 - Volume 3
$20.00 AUD
Navarine Publishing / Roebuck Society. Hobart. 2013. Limited edition of 100 hand numbered copies. Publication No. 53 of the Roebuck Society expanded and edited by Dale Chatwin. 165 PP with 2 graphs, tables and 14 b/w illustrations (1 map, facsimile of documents and 3 whaling scenes). Card covers, illustrated front. Fine. 29.7 x 21. 9780992366018
British Southern Whale Fishery... Whaling trade.
16777 JONES, Colin AUSTRALIAN COLONIAL NAVIES
$25.00 AUD
Australian War Memorial. Canberra. 1986. 1st. Ed. XII, 177 PP with b/w illustrations. Stiff covers, Illustrated front. Fine. 24 x 17.6. 064299479X
Naval history of Australia between 1788 and the creation of the Royal Australian Navy in 1911.
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.
74818 JUIN, P. & THIEGI, J. (editors) UTA - ATLAS DE VOL / FLIGHT ATLAS
$25.00 AUD
French airline, linking France to Africa since 1935 then Oceania as of 1st January 1956 with flights from Paris - Saigon - Port Darwin - Noumea ... Then to Auckland, New Zealand a year later ... Tahiti, Los Angeles...
74749 JUTSUM, Captain KNOTS, BENDS, SPLICES, with tables of strengths of ropes, etc. and wire rigging
$20.00 AUD
Brown, Son & Ferguson. Glasgow. 1930. Revised and enlarged edition. Introduction by J. Netherclift Jutsum. VIII, 86 PP with 4 tables, and 141 figures (including some b/w photos). Card cover, illustrated front, cloth spine. Front cover slightly soiled, o/wise near fine. 18.3 x 12.2.
71630 KEILHAU, Wilhelm NORWAY AND THE BERGEN LINE, A Centenary Publication
$60.00 AUD
The Bergen Line, Oslo. 1953. 369 PP on superior coated paper with b/w illustrations throughout and drawings by Kjell Stormoen including headpieces and tailpieces. Decorated endpapers. Blue cloth cover, gilt company badge on front, gilt title and badge on spine (dulled). A near fine copy. Scarce. 26 x 18.
History of Norway before 1850, The Foundation of the Bergen Line, coastal trunk lines, coastal express service, tourist travel in Norway, the Bergen-Newcastle line, company expansion, the war and hardships, new expansion after WWI, the Depression, the Bergen Line during the German occupation, post war prosperity.
11235 KING, Jonathan THE MAYFLOWER MIRACLE, The Pilgrims' Own Story of the Founding of America
$20.00 AUD
Macmillan. Melbourne. 1986. 1st Ed. X, 134 PP with 33 margin illustrations, plus 16 pages with 26 b/w illust., and 4 pages with 8 colour illust. FEP: Facsimile of the Mayflower compact, 1620. REP: List of some of the pilgrims who joined the Mayflower. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket has a few small chips and is in a protective sleeve. Light foxing on top outside edge, o/wise a near fine copy. 25.5 x 19.8. 0333430050
The voyage which gave birth to the United States of America.
72717 KINGSFORD-SMITH, C. E. & ULM, C. T. P. THE FLIGHT OF THE SOUTHERN CROSS
$45.00 AUD
McBride, Robert M. & Co. New York. 1929. 1st edition, January 1929. Foreword by His Excellency the Right Hon. Lord Stonehaven. XIVV, (2), 295 PP with 1 sketch map, plus 22 pages with 25 b/w photos. Fp: Outward Bound. Cloth cover, title on front board and spine. Covers with light shelf wear around edges, front hinge starting, occasional foxing. Contents clean and still a very good copy. 21 x 14.3.
Trans Pacific Flight: Oakland, California (31st May 1928) - Honolulu, Hawaii - Suva, Fiji - Brisbane, Queensland - then Sydney (10th June 1928)..
44643 KIRK, Allan A. SHIPS AND SAILORMEN
$15.00 AUD
Reed. Wellington. 1964. 1st Ed. XII, 196 PP with 2 maps, plus 16 pages with 49 photos. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket has a few chips and small piece missing at top near spine. An otherwise near fine copy. 22 x 14.5.
A collection of pen portraits of 21 ship masters and 4 others whose lives have been dedicated to the sea and sailing Australasian waters.
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.
14436 KNIGHT, Frank THE GOLDEN AGE OF THE GALLEON
$15.00 AUD
Collins. London. 1976. 1st Ed. 96 PP with b/w illustrations, plus 5 plates in colour (1 on full page and 4 on double page). Hard covers, gilt title on spine, dj. Dust jacket with small chip at front cover. Foxing spots on top outside edge, o/wise a very good clean copy. 24 x 16. 0001952900
Elizabethan maritime life: the English galleons, Drake & Queen Elizabeth.
58599 KNOX-JOHNSTON, Robin THE TWILIGHT OF SAIL
$20.00 AUD
G. P. Putnam's Sons. New York. 1979. 1st US edition. 192 PP, with 120 b/w photos. Title spread: Furling the fore course in a storm aboard the Garthsnaid. FEP: The barque King Malcolm in dry dock at Montevideo, 1896. REP: Bristol docks in the nineteenth century. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. A near fine copy. 25.5 x 19. 0399123075
A celebration in pictures of the full-rigged ocean flyers of the latter half of the 19th century.
75042 KNOX-JOHNSTON, Robin LAST BUT NOT LEAST, His own story of the 1978 Round-the-world Race
$10.00 AUD
Angus & Robertson. London. 1978. 1st Ed. (8), 207 PP with 1 sail plan of Heath's Condor, 4 maps and 7 b/w photos, plus 16 pages with 20 colour photos. Hard cover, dust jacket (laminated). Ex-library copy with stamps on half-title page and verso of title-page and lacks the endpapers. Otherwise complete and still a very good copy. 22.2 x 14.2. 0207958300
Departure Portsmouth 27th August 1977, calls at: Monrovia (for repairs), Cape Town, Auckland and Rio de Janeiro. Returned Portsmouth 23 March 1978.
48518 KOLLTVEIT, Bard (editor) TRADE WINDS. A History of Norwegian Shipping
$100.00 AUD
Dreyers Forlag A/S. Oslo. 1990. 1st English edition, translated from the Norwegian original by Jean Aase. Introduction by Thor Heyerdahl. 398, (2) PP with b/w and colour illustrations (drawings, photos, plans...). Fp: Dutch Chart of 1630. Illustrated endpapers. Hard cover, gilt title on front board and spine, dj. Fine. Scarce. 27.7 x 23.7. 82091059763
From the Stone Age through the Middle Ages, The 16th Century through to the 20th Century, Norwegian Shipping in the 1990's. A most comprehensive volume.
21103 LAND, Barbara THE NEW EXPLORERS - Women in Antarctica
$15.00 AUD
Dodd, Mead. New York. 1981. Book Club edition. 224 PP with 8 maps, 1 table & b/w photos. Laminated pictorial boards, dj. Fine. 23.5 x 16. 0396079245
For the last two decades, women have become equal partners in science on the Antarctic continent: doctors, seagoing biologists, ornithologists, scuba divers,..
68630 LAWRENCE, Susan WHALERS AND FREE MEN - Life on Tasmania's Colonial Whaling Stations
$45.00 AUD
Australian Scholarly Publishing. Melbourne. 2006. 1st Ed. VIII, 211 PP with tables on 31 pages, plus 62 pages with b/w illustrations (maps, plans, sketches & graphs, plans and photos). Stiff covers, pictorial front. Slight ageing of paper on outside edges. Fine. 21 x 13.6. 174097087X
Whaling sites. Whaling and Sealing shipwrecks. Shore whaling stations in Australia and New Zealand. Whales and whaling at the Australian National Maritime Museum, by Patricia Miles.
70018 LAXON, W. A. THE CURRIE LINE OF MELBOURNE
$10.00 AUD
Nautical Association of Australia. Melbourne. 2003. 1st Ed. 61, (3) PP with 25 b/w illustrations (2 newspaper clippings, 2 portraits and 21 photos of ships). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 14.8. 0959907963
Shipmaster & shipowner. Salvage expert... Shipping line taken over by British India in early 1913.
40729 LEEK, Michael E. THE ART OF NAUTICAL ILLUSTRATION
$60.00 AUD
Eagle Editions. London. 2001. Reprint of the 1991 original. 192 PP with 6 b/w & 115 colour illustrations. Fp: "A Pleasant Breeze". Pictorial stiff covers with flaps, price clipped on front flap. Note to previous owner on half title page. Near fine. 32.6 x 24. 9781861604248
Beautifully illustrated survey of nautical paintings found on vases, on manuscripts, on canvas and on posters.
74612 LEITCH, Albert C. MINIATURE BOAT BUILDING - The Construction of Working Models of Racing, Sail and Power Boats
$70.00 AUD
The Norman W. Henley Publishing Co. New York. 1928. 1st Ed. XII, 242, (32 catalogue) PP with 238 b/w figures, plus the large folded plate in pocket at rear of book. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Spine with lettering faded. Paper browning at edges, o/wise a very good copy. 23.4 x 15.6.
A concise and complete practical treatise for the amateur and professional mechanic ...
68587 LEWIS, Captain J. L. LIFE SAVING APPLIANCE MANUAL
$15.00 AUD
Stanford Maritime. London. 1976. 1st Ed. 80 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings and photos). Pictorial soft covers with light wear, neat name stamp of previous owner on title-page, o/wise near fine. 21.8 x 13.8 0540072869
Lifeboat. Liferaft. Survival at Sea. Firefighting.
14612 LEWIS, David ICE BIRD, The First Single-Handed Voyage to Antarctica
$15.00 AUD
Book Club Associates. Sydney. 1975. Reprint of the original by Collins. 224 PP with 9 bw illust. in text plus 8 pages with 13 bw photos and 16 pages with 19 col. photos. Eps: Map of Antarctica and inset maps of Anvers Island and South Orkney islands. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket with chips and in a protective sleeve. Contents are near fine. 22.2 x 14.
74719 LEWIS, Dr. Tom DARWIN'S SUBMARINE I-124
$15.00 AUD
Avonmore Books. Adelaide. 2010. 1st Ed. Foreword by the Honourable Austin Asche, AC, QC. 182 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (artworks, documents, maps, plans and sketches and photos). Pictorial stiff cover. Ex Library copy with covers laminated with clear plastic and stamp on free fly of the front endpaper and outside top page edge. Very good reading/working copy. 25 x 17.7. 9780957735194
Sunk by HMAS "Deloraine" 20th January 1942 in 150 feet of water off Darwin. Early salvage attempts (for the code books). Historic shipwreck since 28th June 1977.
74418 LIBERMAN, Cy and Pat THE MYSTIQUE OF TALL SHIPS
$10.00 AUD
The Middle Atlantic Press. Wilmington, Delaware. 1986. 1st US edition. 191 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Hard covers, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj. Remainder mark on lower outside edge. Near fine. 28.7 x 22. 0912608285
History of sail, from prehistoric times through the whaling era to the present. Tales of tall ships & their exploits. Intriguing details of shipboard life then & now.
42252 LIMBURG, Peter R. & SWEENEY, James B. VESSELS FOR UNDERWATER EXPLORATION
$20.00 AUD
Crown Publishers. New York. 1973. 2nd Ed. (6), 154 PP with 105 b/w illust. (engravings, paintings, photos, sketch plans...). Fp: Research Submarine Deep Quest. Hard cover, cloth spine, dj. Few foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise near fine. 28.5 x 22. 0517505347
Oceanographic submersibles since prehistoric time: underwater breathing contraptions to diving bells, and submarines.
69783 LONEY, J. K. WRECKS ALONG THE MURRAY
$15.00 AUD
Marine History Publications. Portarlington, Victoria. 1974. 1st edition. 21 PP, plus 10 pages with 1 map at centrefold and 14 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 20.2 x 13.8. 0909244014
43290 LONEY, Jack & STONE, Peter THE AUSTRALIA RUN - Volume 6 in Australian Shipwrecks
$45.00 AUD
Marine History Publications. Benalla, Vic. 2000. 1st Ed, Volume 6, in Australian Shipwrecks series. (10), 318, (32 indexes) PP with 1 graph, 20 maps & location maps, and over 106 b/w illustrations. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 24.8 x 18.5. 9780909191535
Ships lost in the run between Great Britain and Australia.
Theo. Audel. New York. 1948. 1st Ed. (12), 554, (8 blank) and 8 PP of advertisement with b/w illustrations throughout. Cloth cover, raised title on front cover, and gilt title on spine, all edges tinted. Covers with light shelf wear, inside hinges at spine starting, o/wise contents near fine and overall, a very good copy. 17 x 12.
42917 LUND, Kaj TRAINING VESSELS UNDER SAIL
$15.00 AUD
Skandinavisk Bogforlag A/S. Odense, Denmark. 1969. 1st Ed. 80 PP with 71 b/w photos and 6 colour plates tipped in. Cloth cover, colour photo pasted down on front cover. Fine. Oblong: 19.8 x 20.3.
74623 LYNCH, John WILD WEATHER
$25.00 AUD
BBC Worldwide Ltd. London. 2002. 1st Ed. Foreword by Donald Macintyre. 242 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (artworks, diagrams, maps, paintings and photos). Half title page: Aurora Australis. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 28.5 x 25.5. 0563534478
Book accompanying the 2002 BBC TV "Wild Weather" series.
16854 MACINTYRE, Donald & BATHE, Basil W. THE MAN-OF-WAR
$15.00 AUD
Methuen. London. 1968. 1st Ed. 273 PP with b/w & colour illust. (photos, paintings,...) & many colour drawings by the Tre Tryckare artists. Fp: Austrian super-dreadnought Viribus Unitis. Decorated endpapers. Cloth cover, dj. Ingleton bookplate on front endpaper. Foxing spots on outside edges. Very good. Oblong: 25.2 x 27.5.
From the Greek trireme and the Viking longboat, to the modern warship.
71501 MACKENZIE, J.M. SEALING, SAILING AND SETTLING IN SOUTH-WESTERN VICTORIA
$25.00 AUD
Lowden Publishing Co. Kilmore. 1976. 1st Ed. No. 5 in the Historical Briefs series. VIII, 82 PP plus 16 pages with 20 b/w plates. Half title page: vignette with tall ship. FEP: Shires: South Western Victoria. REP: Counties and coastal parishes South Western Victoria. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Near fine. 22.2 x 14. 0909706484
Pioneer seamen of the Western Ports, early days at Port Fairy, Portland...
52569 MACNEIL, Calum SAN DEMETRIO
$20.00 AUD
Angus & Robertson. Sydney. 1957. 1st Ed. 127 PP with 17 decorations by Frank Norton. Illustrated title spread & endpapers. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, gilt device on front cover, dj. Dust jacket has been repaired and is in a protective sleeve. Three names written at top of half-title page, light foxing on outside page edges, o/wise contents are near fine. 20.5 x 13.5.
Epic of the tanker "San Demetrio", set on fire by the German battleship "Admiral Scheer" while in convoy between Halifax and the Clyde. During this action, the armed escort vessel "Jervis Bay" was sunk protecting the convoy of 37 merchant ships.
15807 MARCHANT, Leslie R. AN ISLAND UNTO ITSELF: William Dampier and New Holland
$30.00 AUD
Hesperian Press. Perth. 1988. 1st Ed. XVI, (2), 208 PP with 5 graphs, 5 maps & 40 pages with b/w illustrations. Fp: Cygnet crew and aborigines filling water barrels in New Holland in 1688. Errata slip and folded table loosely inserted. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21.7 x 14.5. 085905120X
A comprehensive account of Dampier's scientific explorations in New Holland. 1688 on board the Cygnet, 1689 on board the Roebuck, ...
64367 MARINE UNDERWRITERS' AND SALVAGE ASSOCIATION OF VICTORIA LTD THE REGISTER OF AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING - Including shipping registered at Fiji and New Guinea - 1941
$225.00 AUD
The Marine Underwriters' and Salvage Association of Victoria Ltd. Melbourne. 1941. 1st Ed. 164 PP with thumb index. Original green cloth cover, gilt decoration and title on front cover. Contains first supplement for 1942 in the pocket at back of book. Covers lightly marked and rubbed, o/wise a near fine copy. Scarce. Oblong: 18.2 x 24.5.
List of vessels lost... since 1928: pages: 139 to 150. Supplement showing: additions, alterations, changes of name and deletions. First supplement (up to 30th June 1942) with 11 pages.
48284 MARRIOTT, Leo ROYAL NAVY FRIGATES 1945-1983
$20.00 AUD
Ian Allan. London. 1983. 1st Ed. 128 PP with tables, 19 waterline profiles, 1 sketch plan and 110 b/w photos. Title spread: HMS Brilliant. Half title page: HMS Ashanti. Laminated pictorial boards. Fine. 24 x 17.7. 0711013225
18502 MARTIN, Brian P. (editor) TALES OF TIME AND TIDE, Stories of Life on Britain's Shores and Coasts
$20.00 AUD
David & Charles. London. 1984. 1st Ed. 192 PP with b/w & colour illust. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 27 x 20. 9780715300503
Reminiscences and exploits of fishermen (deep-sea, mud, rock), lifeboatmen, lighthouse keepers, coastguards, crofters, etc...
40167 MATHEWS, R. G. SAILING CRAFT
$30.00 AUD
Eyre and Spottiswoode. London. c. 1933. 1st Ed. 162 PP illustrated by the author with 2 maps and 130 b/w illustrations, plus 16 colour plates. Fp (in colour): His Majesty's yacht Britannia. Red cloth cover, dj. Dust jacket is chipped with small pieces missing. Dated note on front endpaper. Slight ageing of paper, occasional foxing, o/wise near fine. 26.5 x 19.5.
The beauty and mystery of the ships, and the magic of the sea.
50886 MAWER, Granville Allen SOUTH BY NORTHWEST. The Magnetic Crusade and the Contest for Antarctica
$10.00 AUD
Wakefield Press. Adelaide. 2006. 1st Ed. XIV, 320, (2) PP with head pieces, 20 charts and 32 b/w illustrations. Hard cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj. Fine. 23.5 x 17.5. 9781862546509
Race for the South Magnetic Pole: Dumont d'Urville, Charles Wilkes, James Clark Ross...
36513 MAXWELL, C. Bede WOODEN HOOKERS - Epics of the Sea History of Australia
$30.00 AUD
Angus & Robertson. Sydney. 1940. 1st Ed. IX, 780 PP. Green cloth cover with some soil marks, dust jacket is chipped and missing a few small pieces and is now in a protective sleeve. A date (1944) written on FFEP and former owner's name and address on title-page. Light foxing throughout and on outside page edges, o/wise a very good clean copy. 19.5 x 13.5.
True tales of heroism, endurance & resourcefulness. Tales of the men who sailed the wooden hookers, the mutinies, piracy, shipwrecks, whalers, blackbirders...
42625 MAXWELL, Dr. W. G. H. & Economic Department Bank of New South Wales OFFSHORE AUSTRALIA - The Continental Shelf, the Slope, and beyond
$25.00 AUD
Bank of New South Wales. Sydney. 1971. 1st Ed. IV, 68 PP with 3 graphs, 15 maps, 1 colour and 54 b/w photos, plus 1 folded map in colour Bathymetric Map of the Seas Surrounding Australia and its Territories in rear pocket. Inside front cover: Halibut oil production platform in Bass Strait. Pictorial soft cover. Letter and press release, addressed to the Australian Law Journal loosely inserted. Near fine. 24.2 x 18.5.
70165 McCART, Neil 20TH CENTURY PASSENGER SHIPS OF THE P&O
$30.00 AUD
Patrick Stephens. Wellingborough, UK. 1985. 1st Ed. 233 PP with 228 b/w illust. Title page: House Flag of the P & O. FEP: Strathnaver at Sydney after her post-war refit. REP: Royal Princess is floated out of her building dock, Helsinki, February 1984. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price-clipped). Faint foxing on outside edges, o/wise fine. 23 x 21. 0850597161
Mcilwraith McEacharn Ltd. On Board / Melbourne. 1914. Folded programme. Outside colour painting of T.S.S. Katoomba / Grand Concert to be held on the Saloon Deck at 8.15 P.M., Chairman-Captain E. L. Moodie Heddle. 1st February 1914, Between Melbourne & Sydney. Inside: Programme Part I and Part II. Near fine. Folded format: 15.7 x 12.6.
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.
22439 McMURTRIE, Francis E. (editor) JANE'S FIGHTING SHIPS 1944/5
$90.00 AUD
David & Charles Reprints. Nawton Abbot. 1971. Reprint of the 1944 original edition. (4), 79 adv., XXX, 36 addenda, 635 PP with b/w illust. (photographs, plans, profiles and silhouettes, flags & uniforms). Fp: H.M.S. Swiftsure. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price clipped). Faint old tape marks on endpapers and a vertical crease on the half-title page, o/wise near fine. Oblong: 21.3 x 31.5. 0715353810
War loss section: P.544 to 635, and 32 to 35 (addenda).
21466 McNAB, Robert THE OLD WHALING DAYS - A History of Southern New Zealand from 1830 to 1840
$20.00 AUD
Golden Press. Auckland. 1975. Reprint of the 1913 original, in the New Zealand Classics series. XIII, 508 PP. Hard cover, dj. Paper ageing around edges, o/wise near fine. 21 x 13.5. 0855584327
The competition between French, American and British whalers for the sperm whale.
73662 MEAYERS EDWARDS, Walter / LA FAY, Howard ETERNAL FRANCE / ALGERIA, France's stepchild [in National Geographic Magazine, Vol. 117, No.6, 1960]
$15.00 AUD
National Geographic Society. Washington. 1960. 1st Ed. (14), 725- 866 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Contains article P. 725 to 767 / 768 to 795 with 5 b/w photos, 1 map in colour and 50 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 25.4 x 17.5.
Dinner menu (folded), 25th December 1940. Outside: House-Flag of "Melbourne Steamship Line", Programme of Music and List of Officers, Commander I. L. Lloyd. Inside: Dinner menu for Christmas, with Christmas decorations. Foxing spots. Near fine. Scarce. 19.5 x 12.
Front cover with House-Flag (in colour) of Melbourne Steamship Line.
18846 MICCO, Helen Mary KING ISLAND AND THE SEALING TRADE, 1802
$20.00 AUD
Roebuck. Canberra. 1971. 1st Ed., Volume 3 in the Roebuck series. IV, 5I PP plus 8 pages with 7 b/w plates. FEP: Map of King Island. REP: The 3 vessels of Baudin's expedition. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 26 x 18.8. 0950085812
70061 MIDDLEMISS, Norman L. (editor) WARTIME WITH SHELL - The Autobiography of Capt. R. S. (Bob) Allen
$30.00 AUD
Shield Publications. Newcastle-upon-Tyne. 1996. 1st Ed. 144 PP with 1 drawing, 1 b/w photo and 2 plans, plus 4 pages with 8 b/w photos. Pictorial soft covers with light wear, faint foxing on outside edges, o/wise fine. 25.4 x 17.5. 1871128137
World War II: 6 years of convoy duties, including 18 months on Merchant Aircraft Carriers converted from tankers.
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
21521 MILLER, William H. THE CRUISE SHIPS
$15.00 AUD
Conway. London. 1988. 1st Ed. 191 PP with b/w photos and 13 pages on specifications of cruise ships. Fp: QE2, Britanis & Bermuda Star at New York berth. Half title page: Keeping fit on the aft decks of the Nordic Prince. Hard cover, dj (price-clipped). Top corner of back cover bumped, o/wise near fine. 26 x 20. 09851774296
The rise of the cruise industry which developed when commercial jet travel ousted passenger liners from their traditional routes.
44634 MILLER, William H. FAMOUS OCEAN LINERS - The Story of Passenger Shipping from the turn of the Century to the present day
$15.00 AUD
Patrick Stephens. Wellingborough. 1987. Reprint of the original. 136 PP with 109 b/w and 18 colour photos. Title spread: Queen Mary arriving New York, 1949. Hard cover, dj. Few foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise near fine. 25.2 x 19.2. 0850598761
From the first of the super liners, Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, to Queen Elizabeth II.
34623 MILLHOLLAND, Ray THE SPLINTER FLEET OF THE OTRANTO BARRAGE
$20.00 AUD
The Bobbs-Merrill Company. Indianapolis. 1936. 1st Ed. 307 PP, plus 16 plates with 21 b/w photos. Fp: The ace of the Splinter Fleet - Lieutenant Maclear Jacoby. Eps: Map showing all the various scenes of action in the Splinter Fleet in the Mediterranean. Cloth cover, dj. Near fine. 22.2 x 15.2.
Action of the US Navy submarine chasers in the Mediterranean during the last year of World War I.
41471 MILTOUN, Francis (editor) SHIPS & SHIPPING - A Handbook of Popular Nautical Information; with Numerous Diagrams, Plans and Illustrations
$85.00 AUD
Alexander Moring Ltd. London. 1903. 1st Ed. XIV, 366 PP with b/w illustrations (sketches, Funnel, House Flag, and profile of ships), plus 4 colour plates, 4 folded plates, and 2 folded plates of flags. Fp (in colour): Viking ship of King Alfred's day. Cloth cover, decorated front cover and spine. Top edge gilt. Neat stamps of previous owner on front endpaper, o/wise a near fine copy. Scarce. Small format: 13.7 x 10.
Folded plates: Evolution of the Cunarder from 1840 to 1903. Interior arrangement of a modern warship. Interior arrangement of a modern Atlantic Liner. Knots. Flags of all nations (48). The new international code of signals.
71656 MITSUI O.S.K. THE FIRST CENTURY OF MITSUI O.S.K. LINES, LTD
$50.00 AUD
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines. Tokyo. 1985. 1st Ed. (18), 244 PP with tables, b/w and colour illustrations. Cloth cover, house flag in blind on front cover, dj. Fine. Scarce. 21.5 x 15.2.
The story of Mitsui Steamship Co. Ltd. and Osaka Shosen Kaisha which merged on April 1, 1964 to form M.O.L. Ltd.
74605 MOITESSIER, Bernard THE LONG WAY
$60.00 AUD
Granada / Adlard Coles. London. 1979. Reprint of the 1977 Granada edition. Translated from the 1971 French original, by William Rodarmor. (4), 252 PP with b/w illustrations, plus 8 pages with 13 b/w photos. Hard covers, dj. Faint foxing on outside edges. Contents near fine. 22 x 14. 0246109874
74176 MORRIS MILLER, E. PRESSMEN AND GOVERNORS - Australian Editors and Writers in Early Tasmania
$100.00 AUD
Angus and Robertson. Sydney. 1952. Limited edition to 250 copies (this copy not hand numbered or signed). X, 308 PP. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine. Near fine. 25.3 x 16.5.
A Contribution to the History of the Australian Press and Literature with Notes Biographical and Bibliographical.
74651 MORRIS, Keith, ROWLANDS, Peter EXPLORING SHIPWRECKS
$15.00 AUD
Gallery Books. New York. 1988. 1st US edition. 192 PP with b/w & col. illust. Laminated pictorial boards, dj. Stamp (discreet) of the Maritime Museum of Tasmania at top of half title-page. Front end paper with remnants of sticker with address of previous owner. Near fine. 27.8 x 22.2. 0831730951
Describes seven very different wreck sites: Mediterranean, Red Sea, Caribbean, Orkney Is., The Great Lakes, off Bermuda & Truk Lagoon.
44451 MORRIS, Percy A. PACIFIC COAST SHELLS, including shells of Hawaii and the Gulf of California
$25.00 AUD
The Easton Press. Norwalk, Ct. 1986. Expanded edition of the 1952 original. The 50th anniversary edition, Roger Tory Peterson Field Guides. XXXVI, 297 PP with 3 pages of figures, plus 8 colour and 64 b/w plates. Marbled endpapers. Collector's Lifetime Edition bound in genuine leather, gilt title on front cover and spine, all edges gilt. Fine. 19.2 x 12.
30330 MORRISON, John LONG SHIPS AND ROUND SHIPS - Warfare and Trade in the Mediterranean 3000 BC - 5000 AD
$10.00 AUD
HMSO. London. 1980. 1st Ed., Volume 2 in "The Ship" series. 60 PP with 42 plates. Eps: Maps of Mediterranean waters. Laminated pictorial boards. Fine. Oblong: 20.5 x 21.2. 0112903118
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...
75043 MURRAY LINDSAY, J. SAILOR IN STEAM
$20.00 AUD
Rigby. Adelaide. 1966. 1st Ed. 147 PP, plus 12 pages with 18 b/w photos. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price-clipped). Dust jacket has a few chips/rubs around edges and is in a protective sleeve, otherwise near fine. 21 x 13.7.
Transition from sailing on square-riggers to steamships.
21120 MURRAY-SMITH, Stephen SITTING ON PENGUINS - People and Politics in Australian Antarctica
$15.00 AUD
Hutchinson. Sydney. 1988. 1st Ed. XI, 249 PP with 18 drawings by Jan Senbergs, plus 8 pafges with 14 colour photos. Fp: Penguin. Eps: Map of Antarctic. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 23.5 x 16.2. 091691206
A trip made to the Antarctic in 1985/86 and a critique of the Australian policy on Antarctica.
74386 MURRAY-SMITH, Stephen, PLOMLEY, N. J. B., GILMORE, Alister et al.. BASS STRAIT - Australia's Last Frontier
$15.00 AUD
Australian Broadcasting Commission. Sydney. 1969. 1st Ed. 110 PP with 1 map, plus 8 pages with 10 b/w photos. Soft covers, pictorial front (slightly rubbed). Very good. 18.2 x 12.
Series of 11 talks originally broadcast on ABC Radio. Discovery and exploration, as well as Lighthouses and Wrecks, by Stephen Murray-Smith. Petroleum exploration, by C.E.B. Conybeare. Mutton-Birding, by D.L. Serventy...
16631 MUSCIANO, Walter A. WARBIRDS OF THE SEA, a History of Aircraft Carriers and Carrier-Based Aircraft
$40.00 AUD
Schiffer. Atglen, Pa. USA. 1994. 1st Ed. 592 PP with 5 facsimile of documents, 7 battle maps, 86 ships or planes plans and over 800 b/w photos. Decorated eps. Hard cover, dj. Occasional foxing, o/wise fine. 28.6 x 22. 0887405935
19265 N/A SAILINGS OVER THE GLOBE: or, The Progress of Maritime Discovery
$45.00 AUD
John Cassell. London. 1850. Two volumes bound in one, in the "Cassell's Library". 144 PP and 144 PP with 14 b/w illustrations. Cloth cover. Gilt decorations and title on spine sunned and worn. Some pages badly cut/opened. Occasional foxing. Very good. 17.5 x 11.
Volume I: The East and the West - Rise and progress of navigation - Early discoveries of the Portuguese - Vasco da Gama... The four voyages of Columbus, Cortez and Mexico, Pizarro and Peru. Volume II: The South and the North - Commodore Byron - Captain Wallis - Voyages of Captain Cook - Polar exploration.
22737 N/A JANE'S FIGHTING SHIPS OF WORLD WAR I
$30.00 AUD
Studio Editions. London. 1990. Reprint of the 1919 original with a supplement by Captain John Moore. 320 PP with over 1000 b/w illustrations: 86 maps and plans of ports, naval bases and Dockyards - Hundreds of ships (plans, line drawings, profiles and photos) - Flags, Ensigns and details of uniforms. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Near fine. 32 x 25.5. 1851703780
The 1919 original has been supplemented by extracting entries on significant ships from the 1914 edition.
34053 N/A BUNBURY, Western Australia
$30.00 AUD
Town of Bunbury. Bunbury. c. 1972. 1st Ed. No pagination, 60 PP with 3 colour illust. (coat of arms and 2 photos) and 48 b/w photographic plates. Hard cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj. Light foxing. Dedicatory note dated 24th March 1973 by the Mayor of Bunbury and addressed to Capt. I.H. Nicholson, Captain of HMAS Hobart. Near fine. Scarce. 24.2 x 23.4.
Named Port Leschenault by the French Explorer Freycinet on board Geographe.
39389 N/A YACHTING WORLD ANNUAL 1958
$15.00 AUD
Yachting World Publication. London. 1957. 1st Ed. Edited by Group Capt. E.F. HAYLOCK & D. PHILLIPS-BIRT. 192 PP, XXIV (advert.) with drawings, sets of plans and 117 b/w photos. Fp: The yawl Casquet reaching fast in the Solent. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Edges of covers rubbed. Spine sunned and rear cover has some speckling. Small hole on front hinge. Contents very good. 28.2 x 22.
Mayflower, by David Thorpe (3 pages with 4 b/w photos).
57377 N/A PROCEEDINGS U. S. Naval Institute - Volume 109 (6 issues), 1983
$20.00 AUD
United States Naval Institute. Annapolis. 1983. Volume 109, No. 3, March 1983 (No. 961), then No. 8, August 1983 (No. 966) to No. 11, November 1983 (No. 970). Edited by Cdr. Roland T.E. BOWLER. 6 issues. A total of 928 PP with b/w and colour illustrations and advertisements. Pictorial soft cover. Foxing spots on outside edges. Very good run of 6 issues. 27.2 x 21.2.
62884 N/A THE NAVAL CHRONICLE FOR 1808 - Vol. XIX
$80.00 AUD
Joyce Gold. London. 1808. Nineteenth Volume. III-VIII, 514, (6 index) PP with 2 headpieces, plus 12 of the b/w plates (on the 13 called for): CCXLIX to CCXLX. FP: Monument of Captain Richard Rundle Burgess. Original covers, slit at hinges. Copy in need of rebacking and lacking title page, pages 1 to 8, pages A to H of the index, and plate CCXLVIII (Portrait of Captain Joseph Ellison). Ageing of paper and foxing. Some pages "dog eared", loose or soiled, (page 465/466 repaired). Sold as is. Format: 25 x 16.
... Containing a general and biographical history of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom; with a variety of original papers on nautical subjects. Volume the Nineteenth (from January to July 1808).
World Publishing Company. Evanston, IL. 1991 / 1992. Volume 13, No.1 (July/August) 1991 to No. 6 (May/June) 1992. 6 issues for a total of 488 PP with b/w and colour photos. Each issue with original soft cover. 2 holes for ring binder close to spine. Fine set. Image shows cover of No.1. 27.5 x 20.5
Volume 13. Each issue with following topics: Port of the Month - Ship of the Month - Cruise of the Month ... No. 1 - Port: Dubrovnik. - Ship: "Golden Odyssey" of Royal Cruise Lines. - Cruise: Path of Magellan. No. 2 - Port: Hong Kong. - Ship: "Crystal Harmony". - Cruise: South Pacific. No. 3 - Port: St. Thomas. - Ship: "Crown Princess". - Cruise: Bermuda. No. 4 - 1992 Annual Directory Issue. No. 5 - Port: Vancouver. - Ship: "Ocean Princess". - Cruise: Alaskan Adventure. No. 6 - Port: Barcelona. - Ship: "Horizon". - Cruise: Med / Red Seas.
World Publishing Company. Evanston, IL. 1989/1990. Volume 11, No.1 (July/August) 1989 to No. 6 (May/June) 1990. 6 issues for a total of 424 PP with b/w and colour photos. Each issue with original soft cover. 2 holes for ring binder close to spine. Fine set. Image shows cover of No.1. 27.5 x 20.5.
Volume 11. Each issue with following : Port of the Month - Ship of the Month - Cruise of the Month ... No. 1 - Port: Barbados. - Ship: "Stella Solaris" of Sun Line Cruise. - Cruise: Sailing the Mediterranean. No. 2 - Port: Istanbul. - Ship: "Crown Odyssey". - Cruise: Grenadines & Orinoco. No. 3 - Port: Nice. - Ship: "Norway". - Cruise: Western Caribbean. No. 4 - 1990 Annual Directory Issue. No. 5 - Port: St. Lucia. - Ship: "Seabourn Pride". - Cruise: Experience Alaska. No. 6 - Port: Helsinki. - Ship: "Cunard Countess". - Cruise: Britain circumnavigated.
63731 N/A SHIPWRECKS on the Coasts of Victoria and the Islands of Bass Strait
$25.00 AUD
Marine History Postcards. Geelong. c. 1990. Binder with 32 b/w postcards: 20 of windjammers, 12 of motor ships or steamships. Very good. Format - postcards: 9 x 14 / folder: 25 x 19.
Includes photos of the Blencathra, British Admiral, Carnarvon Bay, Cataraqui ... on King Island.
74552 N/A SYMPOSIUM ON ANTARCTIC OCEANOGRAPHY - SANTIAGO- CHILE 13-16 SEPTEMBER 1966
$20.00 AUD
International Council of Scientific Unions. 1966. 1st Ed. XI, 268 PP with b/w illustrations (photos, diagrams, fold-out plates). Card covers a little soiled with light wear. A little light foxing, o/wise contents near fine. 23 x 15.5.
Surface and Upper Layers, Deep Water, Ocean floor, coastal Waters, Pack Ice Regime,, Productivity, Comments and Recommendations on future work in Antarctic oceanography.
70756 NASH, Michael THE BAY WHALERS - Tasmania's shore-based whaling industry
$30.00 AUD
Navarine Publishing / Tasmanian Heritage Office. Canberra. 2003. 1st Ed. VI, 170 PP with 2 graphs, 5 sketches, 9 maps, 32 colour and 20 b/w illustrations. Title spread: Whaleboat approaching for the kill. Eps: Map of the world with whaling grounds. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 24.9 x 18. 0958656193
70599 NASH, Michael & BROXAM, Graeme SHIPWRECKS IN AUSTRALIAN WATERS 1622 -1850
$50.00 AUD
Navarine Publishing. Hobart. 2019. 1st Ed. VIII, 288 PP with b/w or colour illustrations (charts & location maps, plans, drawings, paintings and photos). Eps: General Chart of Terra Australis or Australia. Hard cover, title in blind on front board and spine, dj. Signed on title page by Graeme Broxam, publisher and co-author. New. 27.4 x 21.8. 97809992366087
15650 NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM VOYAGES AND TRAVEL - Catalogue of the Library, Volume One
$45.00 AUD
H.M.S.O. London. 1968. 1st Ed. XII, 403 PP with one tail-piece and 11 head-pieces, plus 8 b/w plates and 2 folded maps (track routes of major voyages of exploration to 1700). Cloth cover, gilt device (flying fish) on front cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Light wear around edges of dust jacket and a little foxing on outside edges, o/wise near fine. 25.2 x 19.
Works on collective voyages of the circumnavigators and explorers to Africa, America, East Indies, Far East, Pacific and the Poles. Over 1200 entries. Chronological tables of voyagers and comprehensive indexes (general and the ships involved).
66606 THE NAUTICAL INSTITUTE SEAWAYS - The Journal of The Nautical Institute - 1982
$50.00 AUD
The Nautical Institute. London. 1982. Monthly issues, January to December 1982. Edited by David J. Sanders. 12 issues for a total of 288 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft covers. Very good set. 29.8 x 21.
66607 THE NAUTICAL INSTITUTE SEAWAYS - The Journal of The Nautical Institute - 1983
$50.00 AUD
The Nautical Institute. London. 1983. Monthly issues, January to December 1983. Edited by David J. Sanders. 12 issues for a total of 356PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Very good set. 29.8 x 21.
66608 THE NAUTICAL INSTITUTE SEAWAYS - The Journal of The Nautical Institute - 1984
$50.00 AUD
The Nautical Institute. London. 1984. Monthly issues, January to December 1984. Edited by David J. Sanders. Set of 12 issues for a total of 384 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft covers. Very good set. 29.8 x 21.
66613 THE NAUTICAL INSTITUTE SEAWAYS - The Journal of The Nautical Institute - 1989
$50.00 AUD
The Nautical Institute. London. 1989. Monthly issues, January to December 1989. Edited by David J. Sanders. Set of 12 issues for a total of 388 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft covers. Very good set. 29.8 x 21.
53650 NAVAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF AUSTRALIA NAVAL HISTORICAL REVIEW - Volume 25 - 2004
$20.00 AUD
Naval Historical Society of Australia Inc. Sydney. 2004. Vol. 25, Nos. 1 (March 2004) to 4 (December 2004). Edited by Bob NICHOLLS. 3 issues with 32 pages and 1 issue with 36 pages. Total of 132 pages with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 24 x 17.
No. 1: Southwick House and D-Day: Events of 1944... HMAS Ping Wo golden secret... No. 2: Australians in Midget Submarines... No. 3: Special Service by Ray Worledge... No. 4: 90 years on: Rabaul and Sydney/Emden 1914, By Lcdr. Glen Kerr...
55164 NAVAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF AUSTRALIA NAVAL HISTORICAL REVIEW - 1977
$20.00 AUD
Naval Historical Society of Australia. Sydney. 1977. 4 issues for 1977, March, June, October and December. Edited by Lewis LIND & Alan PAYNE. A total of 144 pages with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Faint foxing, o/wise a fine set. 24.3 x 18.6.
March 1977: HMS Exeter at the Battle of the River Plate, by Lieutenant R. Atwill. June 1977: Well done Sir David (Vice Admiral Sir Hugh David Stevenson), by Albert F. Birch. Stuart sinks Italian submarine Gondar. October 1977: First of the Line (Royal Australian Navy Aircraft Carrier), by Keith Isaacs. The sumarine AE2 in World War one, by Commodore Dacre Smyth. December 1977: The second Battle of Sirte, by A. S. Storey. H.M.A.S. Warramunga, by Harry Adlam...
56880 NAVAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF AUSTRALIA NAVAL HISTORICAL REVIEW - 2000 - Vol.21, Nos. 1 to 4
$20.00 AUD
Naval Historical Society of Australia. Sydney. 2000. New series. Edited by Capt. W.F. COOK & Commodore J.B. SNOW. 4 quarterly issues for 2000. A total of 100 pages with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft covers. Fine set. 28 x 21.
HMAS Jervis Bay, Disaster at Bari, Operation 'Meridian', The Strikes on the Palembang Oil Refineries, January 1945, HMS Kanimbla, The exploitsd of an armed merchant cruiser 1939-1942, ..
16463 NEDELEC, C. CATALOGUE OF SMALL-SCALE FISHING GEAR / CATALOGUE DES ENGINS DE PECHE ARTISINALE / CATALOGO DE ARTES DE PESCA ARTESANAL
$20.00 AUD
FAO / Fishing News. Surrey. 1975. 191 PP with b/w illust. Printed on three columns, in English, French & Spanish. Pictorial laminated boards. Covers with a scratch on rear board and faded at spine. Signature of previous owner on front endpaper. Light foxing. A very good copy. 30.2 x 21. 0852380771
Gillnets & entangling nets, surrounding nets, hooks and lines, scoop nets, seine nets, cast nets, lift nets, dredges, trawls, traps,...
32904 NICHOLLS, Bob THE COLONIAL VOLUNTEERS - The defence of the Australian colonies
$40.00 AUD
Allen & Unwin. Sydney. 1988. 1st Ed. XVII, 215 PP with tables, 43 head & tailpieces, 2 facsimile of posters and 58 b/w illust., plus 8 pages with 15 colour illustrations. Eps: "Rank and File. New South Wales Mounted Rifles", late 19th century. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 23.8 x 15.8. 9780043020036
55955 NICHOLSON, Ian Hawkins SHIPPING ARRIVALS & DEPARTURES - TASMANIA - Vol. II: 1834-1842 (Parts I, II & III) & GAZETTEER OF TASMANIAN SHIPPING 1803-1842 (Part IV)
$30.00 AUD
Roebuck Society. Canberra. 1985. 1st Ed. Roebuck Society Publication No. 33. VI, 246, 212 (indexes) PP with 30 charts, maps & plans and 52 b/w illustrations. FEP: Chart of Bass Strait (Western part). REP: Chart of Bass Strait (Eastern part). Soft covers, pictorial front. Fine. 24.5 x 17.4. 0909434247
22705 NORRIS, Gerald (editor) WILLIAM DAMPIER, Buccaneer Explorer
$35.00 AUD
Folio Society. London. 1994. 1st Ed. XXII, 268 PP plus 13 plates with 3 charts, 1 colour & 11 bw illust. Fp: William Dampier, Pirate and Hydrographer. FEP: A map of the middle part of America. REP: A map of the East Indies. Decorated cloth cover, slipcase. Fine. 25.2 x 16.
64405 NUNAN, Peter HMAS DIAMANTINA. Australia's last River Class Frigate, 1945-1980
$60.00 AUD
Slouch Hat Publications. McCrae, Vic. 2005. 1st Ed. 160 PP with b/w illustrations (documents, maps, photos). Fp: Most of HMAS Diamantina crew, October 1945. Pictorial soft cover. Dedicatory note by the author to Doctor Rod McLeod of the Queensland Maritime Museum on title page. Fine. 24.5 x 17. 0957975279
From warship to oceanographic research vessel.
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).
21284 O'MAY, Harry HOBART RIVER CRAFT AND SEALERS OF BASS STRAIT
$20.00 AUD
L.G. Shea, Government Printer. Hobart. c. 1964. 1st Ed. 113 , IV, (2), 32 PP, plus 20 pages with 38 b/w photos, and 1 folded map at rear. Cloth cover, dj. Dust jacket has some shelf wear with chips at top, and is plastic protected. Contents near fine. 21.7 x 14.5.
The craft used by the early settlers to carry goods to and from Hobart. The sealers in Bass Strait.
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.
36223 P&O PLAYING CARDS
$25.00 AUD
Thomas De La Rue & Co. Ltd. London. C. 1940. Complete pack of 54 playing cards (circa 1940) with 2 swans (head to tail) on front in a protective illustrated slipcase box (rubbed). Near fine.
63708 P&O FAIRSTAR - TAKE ME AWAY CRUISING
$15.00 AUD
News Limited. Sydney. 1993. Large folded travel brochure with text by Travel Editor Mike Smith. Folded size: 29 x 27. Full poster size: 1m16cm x 57.5cm. Very good condition.
An enticement to travel on P & O's Fairstar in the 1993/1994 cruising season. Information on places to be visited plus all the attractions of on board activities. The verso is a full-size poster showing a cut-a-way of the Fairstar in full colour.
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.
Martin H. Packard / W.S. Cowell. Ipswich. 1963. 1st Ed. 120 PP with b/w photos & illustrations throughout on quality glossy paper. Hard cover, gilt badge on front, pictorial dj. Near fine. Oblong: 28.4 x 22.2.
A lighthearted and humouristic kaleidoscope of the commission voyage of this cruiser and her crew.
30500 PADFIELD, Peter TIDE OF EMPIRES - Decisive Naval Campaigns in the Rise of the West - Volume Two: 1654-1763
$15.00 AUD
Routledge & Kegan Paul. London. 1982. 1st Ed. X, 270 PP with 14 head-pieces, 4 maps and 11 battle diagrams in text, plus 16 pages with 30 b/w illust. Eps: Sketch of Dutch attack on the Medway, 9-10 June, 1667. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Faint foxing. Near fine. 24 x 15.8. 0710092156
Supremacy of England over Holland and France, finally giving her sovereignty of the seas.
64357 PADFIELD, Peter MARITIME SUPREMACY & THE OPENING OF THE WESTERN MIND - Naval Campaigns that Shaped the Modern World
$20.00 AUD
John Murray. London. 1999. 1st Ed. XII, 340 PP with 7 maps and 7 battle diagrams, plus 16 pages with 25 b/w illustrations. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 23.4 x 15.6. 0719556554
74710 PAGE, Frank ALONE AGAINST THE ATLANTIC - The Story of The Observer Singlehanded Transatlantic Race 1960-80
$20.00 AUD
The Observer Ltd. London. 1980. 1st Ed. 125, (3 index) PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Hard covers, gilt title on front board and spine, dj with a few chips/nicks, o/wise near fine. 28 x 21.5. 0950703419
74111 PAPIOL, Marta (editor) OFFICIAL COLLECTION - 32nd AMERICA'S CUP: VALENCIA
$30.00 AUD
Lunwerg Editores. Barcelona. 2007. 1st multilingual edition. Preface by Michel Bonnefous. No pagination, 225 PP with hundreds of colour photos. Pictorial laminated boards. Original text in English and Spanish (with translation in French, Italian and German on the last 22 pages). Hard cover, dj. Fine. 35 x 27.5. 9788497853125
21139 PARFIT, Michael SOUTH LIGHT - A Journey to Antarctica
$25.00 AUD
Bloomsbury. London. 1985. 1st UK Ed. X, 306 PP with map of Antarctica. Hard cover, dj. Light foxing around edges and inside of dust jacket, o/wise near fine. 24 x 16.3. 0747501343
Narrative on/of Antarctica: politics, law, science, history and the people encountered there.
70045 PARSONS, Jack & Nora CORNISH FISHERBOY TO MASTER MARINER: The Life of Henry Blewett 1836-1891 - Part One: Mousehole Boyhood and Early Days at Sea: 1836-1861
$15.00 AUD
Bournemouth Local Studies Publications. Bournemouth, UK. 1993. 1st Ed. VI, 74 PP with b/w illustrations (4 maps and 7 diagrams "Identification of sailing ships' rigs"), plus 4 pages with 8 b/w illustrations (4 drawings and 4 photos). Soft cover, pictorial front. Faint foxing on outside edges. Fine. 21 x 14.5. 0906287987
49558 PATERSON, Adam UNDERSTANDING THE SLEAFORD BAY TRYWORKS: An Interpretive Approach to the Industrial Archaeology of Shore Based Whaling
$25.00 AUD
Department of Archaeology / Flinders University. Adelaide. 2004. 1st Ed., limited to 50 copies. No. 3 in the Maritime Archaeology Monograph and Reports series. (4), IV, 104 PP with 1 map, figures (drawings, photos and sketches), graphs and tables. Pictorial soft cover, clear plastic. Fine. 29.7 x 21.
Shore base on Fishery Bay, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia.
74654 PERCY, Betty J. WELCOME ABOARD THE TAMAR BOATS
$125.00 AUD
Betty J. Percy. Launceston. 1993. 1st Ed. XII, 260 PP with 152 b/w illust., plus large folded map in colour of the Tamar River tipped in at centre of book Fp (in colour):: "Ronda-Lisa" under storm jib only. Illustrated endpapers. Cloth cover, decorated front cover, dj. Dust jacket with signs of wear and rubbed patches. Faint foxing on fore outside edge. Ex Library copy with stamps on front endpaper and verso of title page, rubbed patches on endpapers. o/wise fine. Scarce. 26.6 x 19. 0646136496
Stories of 750 craft built on, and launched from the banks of the Tamar River, Tasmania.
54394 PERON, François & DE FREYCINET, Louis VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY TO THE SOUTHERN LANDS: Dissertations on various subjects
$90.00 AUD
The Friends of the State Library of South Australia. Adelaide. 2007. 1st edition, translated from the second French edition of 1824 by Christine Cornell. (IV), 109 PP with tables. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 23.4 x 16.
Book V (Chapters XXXV to XLI).
74606 PETER, Bruce BALTIC FERRIES
$50.00 AUD
Ferry Publicatons. Ramsey, Isle of Man. 2009. 1st Ed. 128 PP with b/w and colour photos. Hard cover, dj. A fine copy. 28.5 x 22.5.
Contents: History of the Baltic Ferry Scene, Evolution of the Baltic Super-Ferry, Recession, Bankruptcy and Disaster, the Champagne Economy and Mini-Cruise Culture, Destination Tallinn ...
48850 PHILP, Jude PAST TIME: TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER MATERIAL FROM THE HADDON COLLECTION, 1888-1905
$25.00 AUD
National Museum of Australia. Canberra. 2001. 1st Ed. X, 54 PP with 6 maps, 23 b/w and 28 colour photos. Title page: Titui-titui (sea-star ornament). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. Oblong: 20 x 27. 187694403X
69956 PLOWMAN, Peter ACROSS THE PACIFIC: LINERS FROM AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND TO NORTH AMERICA
$70.00 AUD
Rosenberg. Sydney. 2010. 1st Ed. 272 PP with around 200 b/w illustrations (line drawings, plans, maps, photos) and 32 colour illustrations. Title page: Line drawing of "Mariposa". Frontispiece: Aorangi. Pictorial soft cover. Dedicatory note to previous owner signed by the author on half title page. Fine. 28.5 x 21. 9781877058967
74545 PLOWMAN, Piers & CARD, Stephen J. QUEEN OF BERMUDA and the Furness Bermuda Line
$200.00 AUD
Bermuda Maritime Museum Press. Bermuda. 2002. Deluxe edition. Foreword by Allan Davidson. 288 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (artworks, ephemera, paintings, posters, photos ...), plus a large folded plate with a colour drawing "Queen of Bermuda", by Enrico Repeto. Eps (in colour): cutaway and model of Queen of Bermuda. Hard cover, simile leather, gilt title on front board and spine, protected by a similar slipcase. Fine. Scarce. 32 x 24. 0921560109
14773 POPHAM, Hugh & Robin (editors) A THIRST FOR THE SEA, The Sailing Adventures of Erskine Childers
$45.00 AUD
Stanford Maritime. London. 1979. 1st Ed. with a foreword by Robert A. Childers. X, 178 PP, plus 16 pages with plan of Sunbeam and 22 b/w photos. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 22 x 14. 0540071978
The sailing adventures of the writer of "The Riddle of the Sands" and a clerk of the House of Commons.
40101 POTTER, N. & FROST, J. QUEEN ELIZABETH 2 - The Authorised Story
$15.00 AUD
Harrap. London. 1969. 1st Ed. 192 PP, plus 16 pages with 1 cut-away, 1 drawing and 26 b/w photos. Fp: QE2 at sea. Hard cover, dust jacket is a little sunned and is price-clipped. Neat stamp of previous owner on inside front cover, o/wise a near fine copy. 21.5 x 14.6. 245594442
The problems of Cunard: new concepts, financial crises, as well as the building of the Queen Elizabeth 2.
53698 POWNALL, Garry AURORA - Dawn of a New Era
$35.00 AUD
P&O Cruises (UK) Limited. London. 2000. 1st Ed. Foreword by Lord Sterling of Plaistow, Chairman, The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company. 128 PP with 4 plans in colour, and colour photos by Mike O'Dwyer. Hard cover, title in blind on front cover and spine, dj. Stamp Maiden Season and stamp of the Captain (30 May 2000) on front endpaper. A little light foxing on prelims, o/wise near fine. Large format: 34.7 x 25. 0951432826
A photographic record of this vessel.
63145 POWNALL, Peter & CATON, Albert WHALING WILL BE PROHIBITED WHEN 200-MILE ZONE IS PROCLAIMED (in Australian Fisheries 1979)
$15.00 AUD
Fisheries Division, Department of Primary Industry. Canberra. 1979. Volume 38, Number 5, May 1979. 80 PP. Contains article pages 12 to 21 with 1 colour and 4 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 25 x 17.5.
Article by P. Pownall - "Whaling will be prohibited when 200-Mile Zone is Proclaimed. End of Whaling and Whaling Industry with the introduction of the 200-Mile Australian Exclusive Economic Zone, on the 1st January 1981..
64365 PRINGLE STUART, Robert & BEAGLEY NAYLOR, Thomas NORFOLK ISLAND 1846 - The Accounts of Robert Pringle Stuart and Thomas Beagley Naylor
$50.00 AUD
Sullivan's Cove. Adelaide. 1979. Limited edition of 500 numbered copies (No.94). 84, (2) PP. Fp: Facsimile of one of the suppressed pages from Pringle Stuart's Report. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Spine of dust jacket lightly sunned, o/wise a fine copy. Folio: 32 x 20.
74879 "Q", (editor) assisted by LAUGHTON, Prof. J. K., ARNOLD-FORSTER, H. O., LAIRD CLOWES, W., WILSON, Herbert W. etc. etc. THE STORY OF THE SEA (in two volumes)
$200.00 AUD
Cassell & Company, Limited. London. 1898. 1st Edition. Volume I: VIII, 760, PP with head & tail pieces, and b/w illustrations throughout, plus 4 b/w plates. Fp: Gave orders to his men to board. Volume II: VIII, 760 PP with head & tail pieces and b/w illustrations. Half-bound modern binding, retaining the original covers and spine, renewed endpapers. All edges gilt. Minimal light foxing or ageing of paper around edges. Contents are otherwise near fine. Quite scarce. 26.3 x 19.5.
Q : Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch. Wonderful stories covering all aspects of the sea: about warfare, life in the Royal Navy, perils at sea, the pleasures, yachting, lights & signals, wrecks, smugglers, etc... Volume I with a 10 pages glossary of Nautical terms. Volume II with a 15 page glossary of sea terms and phrases, and the index for the 2 volumes.
13575 QUINN, David B. & RYAN, A. N. ENGLAND'S SEA EMPIRE 1550-1642
$30.00 AUD
George Allen & Unwin London. 1983. 1st edition, in the Early Modern Europe Today series. XIV, 257 PP with 9 maps. Pictorial laminated boards. Ingleton bookplate on front endpaper, o/wise a fine copy. 22.2 x 14.5. 0049421794
45120 RAAF THE AUSTRALIAN BOMBER SINCE 1921 - Volume I
$20.00 AUD
Topmill. Sydney. c. 1997. 1st Ed. 64 PP with 108 b/w and 13 colour photos. Title page: F-111C flying over an Australian destroyer. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21.
74548 RALSTON, Kathleen A MAN FOR ANTARCTICA, The Early Life of Phillip Law
$20.00 AUD
Hyland House. Melbourne. 1993. 1st Ed. X, 236 PP plus 10 pages with 29 b/w photos. Fp: P.G. Law, Acting Office-in-Charge Antarctic Division (1949). Endpapers: Diary entries and page x : Track chart of Wyatt Earp voyage, Map of Antarctica, The Route taken by Kista Dan on 1954 voyage. Hard cover, dust jacket. Gift note on half-title page, o/wise fine. 23.5 x 15.5. 1875657134
69514 RAN H.M.A.S. SYDNEY. An Epic in Australian History
$40.00 AUD
McDowells Ltd. Sydney. c. 1941. Commemorative edition. No pagination, 8 PP, 4 pages of text with the Actual Account from the British Admiralty Records, 1 colour painting, and 3 b/w photos (portrait of Captain J.A. Collins, HMAS Sydney lying in her home port, damage to the forward funnel). Soft covers a little browned around edges, gilt lettering. Fine. Scarce. Oblong: 13.2 x 21.7.
Australian Cruiser H.M.A.S. Sydney sinks Italian cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni.
30431 RANDIER, Jean MEN AND SHIPS AROUND CAPE HORN 1616-1939
$50.00 AUD
David McKay. New York. 1969. 1st US edition. Tranlated from the 1966 French original by M. W. B. Sanderson. 360 PP with b/w & colour illust. throughout. Eps: Chart of Straits of Magellan & Tierra del Fuego. Cloth cover, price-clipped dust jacket. A near fine copy. 25.5 x 21.
One of the best anthologies written on tall ships and their struggles rounding the Horn.
69935 RANSOME-WALLIS, P. NORTH ATLANTIC PANORAMA 1900-1976
$20.00 AUD
Ian Allan. Shepperton, Middlesex. 1977. 1st edition. 192 PP with bw photos, plus 4 pages with 3 colour illust. Title spread: Queen Elizabeth 2. Half-title page: SS City of Rome of Anchor Line. Hard cover, dj. Occasional foxing on outside edges and on inside of dust jacket. Near fine. 29.8 x 22.2. 0711006261
When passenger liners were providing luxury and safety between the US and Europe.
49138 REILLY, Dianne & CAREW, Jennifer SUN PICTURES OF VICTORIA: The Fauchery-Daintree Collection - 1858
$30.00 AUD
Library Council of Victoria / Currey O'Neil Ross Pty Ltd. Melbourne. 1983. 1st Ed. 143 PP with 11 b/w illustrations and 53 b/w plates. Hard cover, gilt decoration and title on front cover and spine, dj. Faint foxing on top outside page edges, o/wise a fine copy. 29.3 x 26. 0859023524
Antoine Fauchery born in Paris in 1823: Artist, Writer, Adventurer (Spy ???). Victorian goldfields and Melbourne: 1852 to 1856. Returned from Paris in 1857 then left in 1959 for the Philippines, China... Died in Yokohama in April 1861.
32791 REINHARTZ, Dennis & SAXON, Gerald D. (editors) THE MAPPING OF THE ENTRADAS INTO THE GREATER SOUTHWEST
$20.00 AUD
University of Oklahoma Press. Norman. 1998. 1st Ed. XIV, 227 PP with 120 b/w and 20 colour illustrations. Cloth cover, dj. Fine. 26 x 18.2. 0806130474
The role played by Spanish explorers and mapmakers in bringing knowledge of the New World to Europe. Spain's pioneering endeavours in the American Southwest.
74120 REYNOLDS, Betty CLUELESS IN TOKYO - An Explorer's Sketchbook of Weird and Wonderful Things in Japan
$20.00 AUD
Weatherill / Shambhala Publications, Inc. Boston. 2005. 6th printing of the 1997 original. No pagination, 48 PP with wonderful and surprising cartoons in colour. Illustrated stiff covers. Fine. 20.3 x 20.3. 9780834803862
18315 REYNOLDS, Stephen THE VOYAGE OF THE NEW HAZARD to the Northwest Coast, Hawaii and China, 1810-1813, by Stephen Reynolds, a member of the crew, edited by Judge F.W. Howay, F.R.S.C.
$30.00 AUD
Ye Galleon. Fairfield, Wash. 1970. Limited edition of 600 (No.481). XXII, 158 PP, plus 12 pages with b/w plates. Eps. Gilt engraved cloth cover. Foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise fine. 26.2 x 18.2.
Facsimile edition of the 1938 Peabody Museum edition.
22661 RICCIARDI, Lorenzo THE VOYAGE OF THE MIR-EL-LAH
$10.00 AUD
Collins. London. 1980. 1st UK Ed. 256 PP with b/w & colour photos with 2 maps & 2 diagrams. Title spread: The Mir-el-Lah in Cosmoledo Lagoon. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 24.6 x 17.5. 0002118874
The vanishing world of the dhows, from the Shatt Al Arab to East Africa then to the Seychelles and Comoro Islands.
45751 RICE, Desmond & GAVSHON, Arthur THE SINKING OF THE BELGRANO
$15.00 AUD
Secker & Warburg. London. 1984. 1st Ed. XV, 218 PP with 2 maps and 1 facsimile of document, plus 4 pages with 7 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj (spine sunned) . Foxing, o/wise near fine. 24 x 16. 0436413329
The Falklands War of 1982 and the torpedoing of the Argentinian Cruiser Belgrano (decision and aftermath).
59754 RICE, Dr. Tony VOYAGES OF DISCOVERY - Three Centuries of Natural History Exploration
$40.00 AUD
Allen & Unwin. Sydney. 2010. Soft cover edition of the 1st Australian edition of 2008. Foreword by Dr. Michael Dixon, and introduction by Dr. David Bellamy. 336 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 25.3 x 21.5. 9781742372259
Three centuries of Natural History Exploration. Voyage to Jamaica 1687-1689, by Sir Hans Sloane... Pacific crossing 1768-1771, by James Cook, Sir Joseph Banks & Sydney Parkinson. Return to the South Seas 1772-1775, by James Cook, Johann and George Forster... Fathoming the Deep 1872-1876, the Challenger expedition.
69877 RICE, Tony DO WHALES GET THE BENDS ? - Answers to 118 Fascinating Questions about the Sea
$20.00 AUD
Adlard Coles Nautical. London. 2010. 1st Ed. X, 163 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, sketches and maps). Soft covers, pictorial front. Fine. 23.2 x 15.5. 9781408113264
68444 RICHARDS, Rhys BOLD CAPTAINS: Trans-Pacific Exploration and Trade 1780-1830 (in 2 Volumes)
$70.00 AUD
Paremata Press. Wellington. 2017. 1st Ed. Volume I: 300 PP with b/w illustrations (2 charts, 15 sketch maps and 44 drawings, paintings, letters). Volume II: 301 - 590 PP with b/w illustrations (2 charts, 16 sketch maps and 40 drawings, paintings and portraits). Pictorial soft cover. As new. 22 x 15.5. 9780473405182 & 9780473405199
Collection of 24 articles, chapters and notes written between the 1970s and 2000. Simon Metcalfe: The American Fur Trader. Captain Roger Simpson and the Bass Islands. William Hutchings: a Boston Captain trading for the Dutch at Japan in 1800... Abraham Bristow: Whaling Master. Captain Robert Rhodes : an excellent Chart Maker, and pioneer whaler. Captain Louis Charles Ruault Coutance: French Naval Officer, Privateer and Trans-Pacific Trader. ..;
75001 RICHARDS, Rhys MAORI WHO WENT SPERM WHALING BEFORE 1840
$45.00 AUD
Paremata Press. Wellington. 2021. 1st Ed. 104 PP with 4 tables and over 50 b/w illustrations (1 map "Bay of Islands", 15 head pieces, 15 drawings by Gordon Grant, drawings, sketches, prints and 4 photos). Pictorial soft covers. New. 25 x 17.5. 9780473587482
... with the Names found in Shipping Records etc.
74475 RISING, Catrin (editor) THE STORY OF VASA
$25.00 AUD
Swedish National Maritime Museum. Stockholm. c. 2015. English edition. 52 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (photos, drawings, maps). Inside back cover: Vasa through the centuries. Illustrated stiff covers. Postcard in colour of Vasa in the Vasa Museet, Djurgarden, Stockholm. Near fine. 24 x 16.7. 9789198471335
Her fate in 1628, her remarkable salvage and restoration.
58174 ROBIE, David EYES OF FIRE - The Last Voyage of the Rainbow Warrior
$15.00 AUD
Lindon Publishing. Auckland. 1986. 1st Ed., with a foreword by Walter Lini. (5), 168 PP with 55 b/w illustrations (3 maps, cartoons and photos). Fp: Hole in the hull. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. Oblong: 17.7 x 22.7.
From Spain, through the Marshall Islands to final resting place in New Zealand.
17578 ROGERS, Stanley HAZARDS OF THE DEEP
$20.00 AUD
W. H. Allen. London. 1958. 1st Ed. 222 PP. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 22 x 14.5.
Strange tales of ships that vanished including the Ferret on regular run Glasgow-Belfast, found as Gladys in Melbourne. The never completed voyage of the brig Australia on its way from Leith to Sydney, burnt South-west of Cape Town....
56332 ROSE, John AKARANA - The Ports of Auckland
$20.00 AUD
Auckland Harbour Board. Auckland. 1971. 1st Ed. 238 PP with b/w or colour illustrations (paintings & photos, sketches & maps). Eps: chart of Auckland Harbour. Hard cover, gilt device and title on front cover and spine, dj. Dust jacket rubbed and chipped. Very good. 27.5 x 22.5.
The Centennial publication of the Auckland Harbour Board, 1971: history, achievements, organization - ships & shipping lines.
22578 ROSKILL, Captain S. W. A MERCHANT FLEET IN WAR - Alfred Holt & Co 1939-1945
$60.00 AUD
Collins. London. 1962. 1st Ed. XIV, 352 PP. FEP: The Alfred Holt Fleet, Ships Sunk in the War of 1939-1945. REP: General plan of M/V Priam. Cloth cover, dust jacket (price-clipped). A few small nicks/chips in dust jacket , o/wise a near fine copy of the first edition. 22.8 x 14.5.
The long and ferocious struggle for seaborne supplies on the ships of the Holt Line. Loss of 44 owned and 8 managed ships, including 4 French ships.
74417 ROWE, Nigel, DADSWELL, Ron, MUDIE, Colin & RAUWORTH, Michael TALL SHIPS TODAY, Their Remarkable Story
$45.00 AUD
Adlard Coles Nautical. London. 2014. 1st Ed. Preface by HRH The Duke of Edinburgh. Forewords by Douglas Prothero and Sir Robin Knox-Johnston. 224 PP with 2 b/w photos and colour illustrations (drawings and artworks, paintings, photos). Hard covers, dj. Dust jacket with a few nicks, chips at bottom, o/wise near fine. 31.5 x 23. 9781472903464
Tall Ships and Sail Training.
39494 ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY 75TH ANNIVERSARY 1911-1986 - SYDNEY 2UW, SALUTE THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY!
$15.00 AUD
Sydney 2UW. 1986. Souvenir newspaper. 28 PP with advertisements and b/w photos. Large format: 43.5 x 28.5.
Souvenir newspaper full of information on the Royal Australian Navy, Australian Sea Heritage and the activities for the 75th anniversary celebrations.
64965 ROYAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF QUEENSLAND SPECIAL JOURNAL "Centenary of Queensland 1859-1959": Vol. VI, No. 1
$50.00 AUD
The Royal Historical Society of Queensland. Brisbane. 1959. 293 PP. Hard cover, title on front board, cloth spine. Near fine. 21.2 x 13.8.
16 papers read to the Society in 1958 and 1959. "The Discovery of Australia" / "Wild White Men in Queensland", by Sir Raphael Cilento. Some Reminiscences of Early Queensland, by E.C. Davies. Queensland-One Hundred Years of Defence, by Commander N.S. Pixley. The Taming of the Great Barrier Reef (lighthouses on the coast)", by Clem L. Lack. ... Tug-Boats of the Brisbane River, by A.A. Jordan.
74696 SANCTON, Julian MADHOUSE AT THE END OF THE EARTH - The BELGICA's Journey into the Dark Antarctic Night
$30.00 AUD
W H Allen. London. 2021 1st UK paperback edition. VIII, 350, (4) PP with 2 headpieces, 2 sketch maps and 4 maps, plus 16 pages with 35 b/w illustrations: plan with general arrangement, 1 cartoon, 8 portraits and 25 photos. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 23.4 x 15.2. 9780753553459
Voyage of exploration to the Antarctic Peninsula of the Belgica who sailed from Antwerp on 16th of August 1897, was icebound for over a year n 1898-89 in the Bellinghausen Sea and returned to Ostende in November 1899.
74732 SANDLER, Martin W. RESOLUTE - The Epic Search for the Northwest Passage and John Franklin, and the Discovery of the Queen's Ghost Ship
$25.00 AUD
Sterling Publishing Co. New York. 2006. 1st Ed. Foreword by Russell A. Porter. XIX, 299 PP with b/w illustrations [3 maps, 17 headpieces, c.40 (line drawings, prints, paintings, portraits ...)], plus 16 pages with 13 colour and 18 b/w illustrations. Eps: Map of the Arctic Theater with location map. Hard covers, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine (as new condition). 23.5 x 16. 9781402740855
H.M.S. Resolute: 1845 voyage and loss. Salvage of the "Desk of the Resolute" used in the Oval Office of the White House, by the President of the United States since 1880.
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
60601 SCANLAN, A. B. HARBOUR AT THE SUGAR LOAVES - A Centennial History of the Taranaki Harbours Board
$25.00 AUD
Taranaki Harbours Board. New Plymouth. 1975. 1st Ed. Foreword by S. D. Hayton, Chairman. 192 PP with b/w illustrations, plus 40 pages with 4 colour and 128 b/w illustrations. Fp (in colour): 2 views of the Port. FEP: New Plymouth Harbour, proposals of 1879. REP: Port Taranaki, 1975. Hard cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj (slightly rubbed). Dedicatory note on front endpaper, dated (17 February 1979) and signed by Stuart Hayton, Chairman - J.G. Boddy, General Manager - P.D.L. Holmes, Chief Engineer and John Flett, Harbour Master. Near fine. 25.2 x 19.5.
63466 SCANLON, Andrew WATER POWER
$20.00 AUD
Hydro Electricity Commission. Hobart. 1990. 1st Ed. 44 PP with 5 b/w photos and colour illustrations (diagrams, drawings, graphs, maps, photos). Inside back cover: map of Tasmania's Electricity System. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21. 0724616837
18220 SCARLETT, Bernard SHIPMINDER - The Story of Her Majesty's Coastguard
$20.00 AUD
Pelham. London. 1971. 1st Ed. 208 PP, plus 8 pages with 16 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Occasional foxing. Near fine. 22.2 x 14. 0720704804
Coast protection against: smugglers in the 18th Century, saboteurs and spies during WWII. Fighting in wars since the Crimean & lifesaving and protecting the environment.
72128 SCHAFFER, Irene & McKAY, Thelma Profiles of Norfolk Islanders to Van Diemen's Land: "LADY NELSON" 1807 - Volume 1
$40.00 AUD
Irene Schaffer & Thelma McKay. Hobart. 1989. Updated edition of the 1987 original. V, 34 PP with 2 b/w illustrations (vignette on front cover and title page), plus 1 plate " View of the Lady Nelson in the Thames" and 1 page " Additional Research 1989". Soft cover, illustrated front. Foxing spots on front cover and outside edges. Very good. 29.7 x 21. 0958792615
49346 SCHLEE, Susan ON ALMOST ANY WIND, The Saga of the Oceanographic Research Vessel Atlantis
$15.00 AUD
Cornell University Press. New York. 1978. 1st Ed. 303 PP with 1 map, 18 draw. & 65 photos in text. Fp: RV Atlantis under sail. Eps: Map of North Atlantic & Mediterranean with track of principal cruises of RV Atlantis 1931-1950. Hard cover, dj. Ingleton bookplate on front endpaper. Near fine. 24.2 x 16. 081411602
Story of sea and sail during 35 years of oceanographic research.
74443 SCORESBY, William AN ACCOUNT OF THE ARCTIC REGIONS WITH A HISTORY & DESCRIPTION OF THE NORTHERN WHALE-FISHERY - Volume 1
$50.00 AUD
Cambridge University Press. Cambridge. 2011. Paperback edition of in the "Cambridge Library Collection" series of the 1820 original. Volume I: (4), XX, 552, (82 appendix) PP with tables. Fp (on double page): The ship Esk of Whitby damaged by ice. Stiff covers, pictorial front. Fine (as new condition). 21.4 x 14. 9781108037785
Volume I: The Arctic.
21876 SEDGWICK, Stanley, KINNAIRD, M. & O'DONOGHUE, K.J. LONDON & OVERSEAS FREIGHTERS PLC 1948-1992
$20.00 AUD
World Ship Society. Kendal, UK. 1992. 1st Ed. 120 PP with 2 colour illustrations (flag and funnel), 2 colour and 132 b/w photos. Fp: Founders of LOF. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21.8 x 14.8. 0905617681
History and fleet list of 75 ships.
43644 SELLICK, Douglas R G (editor) ANTARCTICA - First Impressions 1773-1930
$15.00 AUD
Fremantle Arts Center Press. Fremantle. 2001. 1st Ed. 256 PP with 2 maps, 20 drawings and 23 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21.4 x 14.8. 1863683437
James Cook, James Weddell, Charles Wilkes... Robert Falcon Scott... Douglas Mawson...
74773 SHACKLETON, E. H., C.V.O. THE HEART OF THE ANTARCTIC - Being the Story of the British Antarctic Expedition 1907-1909 (in 2 Volumes)
$950.00 AUD
William Heinemann. London. 1909. 1st edition. with an Introduction by Hugh Robert Mill, D.SC. An account of the First Journey to the South Magnetic Pole, by Professor T. W. Edgeworth David, F.R.S. Volume I: XLVIII, 372 PP with 11 diagrams in text, plus frontispiece, 6 coloured plates with caption on tissue guard and 106 b/w plates (4 on double page). Fp: Portrat of E.H. Shackleton with caption on tissue guard. Volume II: XVI, 420 PP with 38 b/w illustrations in text, plus frontispiece, 6 coloured plates with caption on tissue guard, 132 b/w plates. Fp: Photo of "The Northern Party..." with caption on tissue guard. The 2 "Panoramas" and 3 maps in colour called for are in the rear pocket of Volume II. Errata slip for Volume II tipped in on page XVI. Cloth covers, top edge gilt, illustrated front board, gilt title on a sunned spine. Covers rubbed and soiled. Occasional foxing. A very good clean and complete copy of a scarce item. More images available upon request. 25.3 x 19.
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.
53783 SHIPLOVERS' SOCIETY OF VICTORIA THE ANNUAL DOG WATCH - No.21
$15.00 AUD
Shiplovers' Society of Victoria. Melbourne. 1964. Volume No. 21, 1964. Contains article between P.20 and 29 with . Edited by C. HALLS. Pictorial soft covers with a few creases, head of spine with light wear, o/wise very good. 21 x 13.8.
Article by C. Halls "The search for the Batavia", between P.20 & 29 with 1 map, 1 drawing and 3 b/w photos.
21165 SHIPPING SHIPS OF SHAME, Inquiry into Ship Safety
$20.00 AUD
A.G.P.S. Canberra. 1992. 1st Ed. XXVI, 157 PP with 1 map & tables. Pict. card cover. Covers with a few small creases, o/wise near fine. 25 x 17.5. 0644258594
Australia and the substandard ships in Australian waters. December 1992 report from the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Transport, Communications and Infrastructure. Page 99 to 102: List of dry bulk cargo vessels totally lost with cargo in 1988, 1989, 1990 & 1991. Includes a newspaper clipping dated 28/2/93 on the coal ship Rudi in Gladstone Harbour.
62439 SHIPPING KNOW YOUR SHIPS - Car Ferries and Ocean Liners
$15.00 AUD
OTD / Ocean Travel Development. London. 1972. March 1972 up-dated and extended edition of the 1970 original. 144 PP with 99 b/w photos. Soft covers, spiral bound. Covers lightly rubbed. Very good. Oblong: 21 x 29.
OTD = the International Trade Association of Passenger Shipping Lines.
74748 SKEMP, John Rowland MEMORIES OF MYRTLE BANK - The Bush-farming Experiences of Rowland and Samuel Skemp in North-East Tasmania, 1883-1948
$35.00 AUD
Melbourne University Press. Melbourne. 1952. 1st Ed. Foreword by Aubrey Davern. 256 PP, plus 10 plates (1 of them folded) with b/w illustrations (map, drawings, photos and a facsimile of a "Passengers' Contract Ticket). Cloth covers, dj. Stamp of previous owner on front endpaper. Dust jacket lightly soiled and with repaired tears (now in a protective sleeve). Slight ageing of paper with occasional foxing. An otherwise very good clean copy. 22.6 x 15.
45664 SLADE, W. J. & GREENHILL, Basil WESTCOUNTRY COASTING KETCHES
$35.00 AUD
Conway Maritime Press. Greenwich. 1974. 1st Ed. 136 PP with 2 b/w photos, 70 b/w plates, 3 folding plates with 4 sailing plans and 7 drawings, Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Spine of dust jacket lightly sunned. Bookplate of previous owner on front endpaper. Occasional foxing. Near fine. 25.8 x 20.2. 0851770754
74088 SLEIGHTHOLME, J. D. YACHT ROPES. The Marlow Standard Guide
$15.00 AUD
Marlow Ropes Ltd. London. 1971. 4th edition of the January 1964 original. 49, (5 adverts.) PP with b/w illustrations by Author. Pictorial stiff covers. Stamp of previous owner on title page, o/wise near fine. 17.7 x 11.5.
... or Fun for the Foredeck.
74452 SMITH, John CONDEMNED AT STANLEY - Notes and Sketches on the Hulks and Wrecks at Port Stanley, Falkland Islands
$45.00 AUD
National Maritime Historic Society. New York / San Francisco . 1973. 1st Ed. Introduction bt Karl Kortum, San Francisco Maritime Museum. (2), V, 33 PP with b/w illustrations: 1 sketch plan of Stanley Harbour, the centrefold " Stanley, 24th February, 1871", 18 drawings and 5 figures (drawings of capstan). Illustrated soft covers. Fine. 23 x 15.2.
39615 SNYDER, Gerald S. THE ROYAL OAK DISASTER
$25.00 AUD
Presidio. San Rafael, Ca. USA. 1978. 1st US edition of the 1976 UK original. 261 PP with 1 map on double page, plus 24 pages with 42 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj (price-clipped). Fine. 21.4 x 14.6.
On 13/14 October 1939, U-Boat 47 penetrated the Royal Navy base of Scapa Flow in the Orkney Islands and sunk the Royal Oak: 833 dead, 424 survivors.
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
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...
31968 SPENCE, Bill HARPOONED - THE STORY OF WHALING
$20.00 AUD
Conway Maritime Press. London. 1980. 1st Ed. 192 PP, profusely illustrated. Hard cover, dj. Top corner near spine is bumped, top of spine a little damaged. Light foxing, mostly on prelims and last pages. An otherwise very good clean copy. 26 x 21. 085177167X
Whaling from the days of the Basque and the Dutch, to the Antarctic boom period up to the last of bay whaling and deep sea whaling from factory ships.
15487 SPILLETT, Peter G. FORSAKEN SETTLEMENT, An illustrated history of the settlement of Victoria, Port Essington North Australia 1838-1849
$35.00 AUD
Lansdowne Press. Sydney. 1972. 1st Ed. 196 PP with b/w illust. Hard cover, dust jacket. A near fine copy. 23.2 x 15.5. 701803347
60573 SPURLING, J. & LUBBOCK, Basil SAIL - The Romance of the Clipper Ships (in Three Volumes)
$500.00 AUD
The Blue Peter Publishing / Publications Ltd. London. 1930, 1933 & 1936. Volume I: 3rd imression (1000 copies) in April 1930 of the July 1927 original. Edited by F.A. Hook. Introduction by C. Fox Smith. XII, 154 PP with 1 figure, plus a large folded chart at rear, and 31 plates on full page by Jack Spurling (1 b/w and 30 colour). Fp: Ship "Argonaut" with the square-rigged SS "Mooltan". FEP: Windjammer and cargo freighter. REP: Windjammer and trawler. Volume II: 2nd impression (1000 copies) in February 1933 of the 1929 original. Edited by F. A. Hook. Pictures by C. Fox Smith. VIII, 152, (14) PP with 5 b/w plates by Paasch, plus a large folded chart at rear and 31 plates on full page by Jack Spurling (1 b/w and 30 in colour). Fp: The Flying Squadron. FEP: Windjammer and cargo freighter. REP: Windjammer and tawler. Volume III: 1st impression of April 1936. Edited by Alexander Campbell. When the Ports were filled with Loveliness ..., by C. Fox Smith. X, 102 PP, plus 1 large folded chart at rear and 19 plates on full page by Jack Spurling (1 b/w and 18 in colour). Fp: Cutty Sark. FEP: Windjammer and Trawler. REP: Windjammer and cargo freighter. Endpapers by W. M. Birchall. Original blue cloth covers, gilt decoration and title on front cover and spines which have been rebacked in modern cloth, gilt decoration (Blue Peter) on back cover. Nice handwritten dedicatory note dated 1942 on the verso of the free fly of each front endpaper. Very clean and overall, a very good set. Scarce. This is a heavy item and postage will be higher than usual. Please ask for a quote. 31.3 x 26.
58886 STANBURY, Myra EXAMINATION OF HISTORIC SHIPWRECK MATERIAL - Confidential Report prepared for Heritage South Australia / Department for Environment and Heritage
$15.00 AUD
Department of Maritime Archaeology, Western Australian Maritime Museum. Fremantle. 2004. Report No. 187, June 2004. VIII, 16 PP with 2 tables and 27 figures. Soft cover, pictorial front with clear plastic cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21.
74703 STATHAM, Commander E.P. PRIVATEERS AND PRIVATEERING
$50.00 AUD
Hutchinson & Co. London. 1910. 1st Ed. XIV, 382, (2 publications) PP, plus 8 b/w plates. FP: The 'Invention", French Privateer. Cloth covers, gilt title on spine, top edge gilt. Few foxing spots on fore outside edge, o/wise a near fine copy. 20.3 x 14.7.
72132 STEVENS, T.S. & DICK, H.W. SCOTTISH HOUSE: A History of McIlwraith , McEacharn - Shipowners, Merchants and Miners 1875-1993
$70.00 AUD
Nautical Association of Australia, Inc. Melbourne. 2021. 1st edition. XII, 392 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Inside front cover: Early painting of the "Bothwell Castle". Inside back cover: Cut-away of the triple screw steamer "Katoomba". Title page with House-Flag. Pictorial stiff covers. New. 25 x 17.3. 9780975689653
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..
64727 STEWART, Brian LOOKING FOR WICKHAM - Captain John Clements Wickham, R.N. 1798-1864
$15.00 AUD
The Friends of Newstead Inc. Brisbane. 2005. 1st edition adapted from the Patrick Leslie Address of 24 August 2003. (2), 30 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft covers. Fine. 21 x 14.7. 1741620309
Royal Navy Officer. Commander of HMS Beagle. Friend of Charles Darwin...
49318 STOBART, John & DAVIS, Robert P. STOBART: The Rediscovery of America's Maritime Heritage
$100.00 AUD
E. P. Dutton. New York. 1985. 1st Ed. XIV, 209 PP with 26 b/w drawings and 66 colour paintings (63 of them on full page). Fp: The Dashing Wave entering the Golden Gate. FEP: New York City's South Street from Wall Street north to Maiden Lane, circa 1870. REP: Vallejo Street Wharf, San Francisco, circa 1870. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Spine of dust jacket lightly sunned. Faint foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise near fine. Oblong: 31.2 x 40.3. 0525243623
14465 STOKESBURY, James L. NAVY AND EMPIRE
$25.00 AUD
William Morrow. New York. 1983. 1st Ed. 430 PP with 8 maps. Hard cover, cloth spine, dj. Faint foxing on outside edges. Blind stamp of previous owner on front endpaper. Near fine. 24 x 16. 0688021344
History of the Royal Navy from the time of Drake and the Armada to the Falkland Islands crisis of 1982. The inter-relationship between the Royal Navy and the British Empire.
74538 STUART, John McDouall FOURTH EXPEDITION JOURNAL MARCH TO SEPTEMBER 1860
$75.00 AUD
Sullivan's Cove. Adelaide. 1983. 1st "Sullivan's Cove" edition limited to 220 hand numbered copies (No. 74). 92 PP. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Foxing spots (faint) on top outside edge, spine of dust jacket lightly sunned, o/wise a fine copy. 25.5 x 18.5.
74865 SYDNEY HARBOUR TRUST THE PORT OF SYDNEY, N.S.W. - Official Handbook
$750.00 AUD
The Sydney Harbour Trust Commissioners. Sydney. 1919. 1st edition. 68 PP with 7 tables and 28 b/w illustrations (1 drawing "Captain Phillip's Sirius" and 27 photos (13 of them on full page), plus 8 large folded plates. (3 aerial photos of the Port and 5 "Bird's eye view" maps in colour). Of the 5 plates, 4 are in excellent condition with no repaired tears and one has 2 creases and 2 repaired tears on the fold of the "tip in". Original cloth covers with only minimal wear, gilt engraved title and device on front cover. Renewed endpapers. A near fine copy of this rare item. 22.6 x 14.5.
On the folded plates - 3 aerial photos: Entrance to the Port of Sydney / Circular Quay, Sydney Cove / Darling Harbour, Port of Sydney. 5 maps in colour "Birds Eye View", viz: The Port of Sydney (tipped in on FEP), showing new wharfage Scheme in course of construction "Walsh Bay" (tipped in on REP), Map of the Wharf Accommodation of the Port of Sydney, New Wharf and approaches Jones Bay and Pyrmont, Proposed Terminal Grain Elevator and Cargo Berths, Glebe Island, Port Jackson.
40961 SYME, Marten A. LIFEBOATS FOR VICTORIA - The story of lifeboats and their crews in Victoria 1856 - 1979
$20.00 AUD
Roebuck Press. Port Fairy, Victoria. 2001. 1st Ed., No. 55 in the Roebuck Society Publication series. XVI, 80 PP with tables, 2 sketches, plans (2 of lifeboats and 5 of ports and bays), and 48 photos (8 colour and 40 b/w). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. Oblong: 21 x 22. 0957929501
62487 TASMANIAN SAIL TRAINING ASSOCIATION LADY NELSON - Her Majesty's Colonial Brig of 60 Tons
$25.00 AUD
Tasmanian Sail Training Association. Hobart. 1990s. Clear plastic box containing: The Lady's Log of December 1192, 24 PP. Clear plastic folder containing: 9 pages (recto only), published 18th January 1996 by the Mid North Coast Museum. The folded page: "Lady Nelson / Tasail". A 9 pages (recto only) "Introduction to the Lady Nelson"with 2 plans & 1 page "Songs of Convicts & Sailors: Botany Bay" with 2 musical scores. A 32 pages (recto only) Able Seaman and Steering Ticket, Training Manual by Pip Turner. 3 pages "William Westall (1781-1850). 8 other pages on: Western Port, Charting the Continent, Over High Seas: the Lady Nelson & the British discovery of Port Phillip ... Fine. Image shows the cover of "The Lady's Log". 30 x 21.5.
74940 TAYLOR, J. R. W. GOLD FROM THE SEA - The Epic Story of the Niagara's Bullion
$40.00 AUD
Australasian Publishing. Sydney. 1947. Reprint of the September 1942 original. 224 P, plus 17 b/w photos by J. M. Leonard. Fp: R.M.S.Niagara. Eps: Sketch of mooring plan by Chief Diver Johnstone. Cloth cover, nice dust jacket with a few chips and in a protective sleeve. 20.5 x 13.5.
74494 TENISWOOD, DR Wilf V. DID YOU KNOW ? Transcripts from the Popular Radio Series 2ZR
$25.00 AUD
ABC / Speciality Press. Hobart. 1979. 1st Ed. Foreword by John Baldwin, Producer. 61 PP with 21 sketches (artworks) by Richard Bacon. Pictorial stiff covers with light wear Dedicatory note on title page, dated and signed by John Baldwin. Name of previous owner at top of front cover. Near fine. 19.5 x 13.8. 064297229X
Transcripts on Historic spots in and around Hobart, narrated by Ken Short.
74913 THOMAS, David THE RIGHT KIND OF BOY:- A Portrait of The British Sea Apprentice 1930-1980
$35.00 AUD
Phaiacia. Ystradowen, Camarthenshire. 2004. 1st Ed. XVIII, 418 PP with 5 facsimiles of "Certificate of Competency", plus 32 plates wiith 59 b/w photos. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Foxing spots on both endpapers and the 3 outside edges. A fine copy. 25.8 x 19.3. 9780954198114
58231 THOMAS, Dr. Robert & McKENZIE, Dr. Bart THE DIVER'S MEDICAL COMPANION
$10.00 AUD
Diving Medical Centre. Sydney. c. 1980. 1st Ed. A Diving Medical Centre monograph. Foreword by Carl Edmonds. (8), 184 PP with tables and b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Signature of previous owner on title-page, o/wise near fine. 21.5 x 14.
69998 THOMAS, Gomer (1917-1937) & ANNAND, David (1930-1934) WE WENT TO SEA IN BROCKLEBANKS OF LIVERPOOL
$20.00 AUD
Artist's Valley Press. Wales. No date. c. 1988. 44 PP (typescript) with 33 b/w photos. Stapled pictorial wrappers with light soiling and wear, a few hand-written annotations, o/wise very good. 29.5 x 21.
31350 TUCKER Arthur L. (editor) MODEL SHIPWRIGHT - Volume II, Number 2
$25.00 AUD
Conway. London. 1973. Winter 1973. 117-216 PP with b/w illust. Fp: Bow decoration of the "Minautor". Pictorial boards. Near fine. 22 x 19.
Contents include: The schooner Halifax, HMS Dreadnought, An English ketch rigged sloop, Part 4, A Pepysian model, HMS Atalanta, Part 4, ...
31349 TUCKER, Arthur L. (editor) MODEL SHIPWRIGHT - Volume II, Number 1
$25.00 AUD
Conway. London. 1973. Autumn 1973. 116 PP with b/w illust. Fp: Stern of the "Naseby". Pictorial hard cover. Near fine. 22 x 19.
Ships that served the steam day yacht Skeandhu, Hms Atalanta, Part 3 (conclusion), The corvette Kromantse, Paddle steamer Milton Queen: a working model paddle steamer, ...
Reader's Digest Pty. Ltd. Sydney. 1988. Revised edition of the 1987 original. 368 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Half title page and title spread: Eyes of an Estuarine Crocodile. Eps: European Wasps "Vespula Germanica". Laminated pictorial boards with small bump on rear top edge, o/wise a fine copy. 28.5 x 21.5. 9780864380180
Understand / Identify / Avoid / Suirvive.
73044 UNIVERSITY TASMANIA REPORT ON THE HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS OF TASMANIA - Number 1: William Sorell's Journal (1823 - 1825) / The Downie Papers (1823-1836) / The Pitt Collection (1828 - 1866)
$15.00 AUD
Department of History, University of Tasmania. Hobart. 1958. 1st edition. Introduction by Professor J. McManners. (4), 21 PP. Soft covers, title on front cover, staples, cloth tape on spine. Foxing spots on front cover. Very good. 26 x 20.3.
73045 UNIVERSITY TASMANIA REPORT ON THE HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS OF TASMANIA - Number 2: Philip Thomas Smith / William Henty / William Archer / Morris Store at Swansea / George Burn
$15.00 AUD
Department of History, University of Tasmania. Hobart. 1959. 1st edition. Introduction by Janet McRae, Research Assistant. (6), 34 PP. Soft covers, title on front cover, staples, cloth tape on spine. Faint foxing on front cover. Very good. 26 x 20.3.
73046 UNIVERSITY TASMANIA REPORT ON THE HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS OF TASMANIA - Number 3: The Leake Papers (1822-1917)
$20.00 AUD
Department of History, University of Tasmania. Hobart. 1959. 1st edition. Introduction by Janet McRae, Research Assistant. (6), 54 PP, plus 2 plates with 4 b/w illustrations: 1 photo and 3 portraits. Soft covers, title on front cover, staples, cloth tape on spine. Faint foxing on front cover. Very good. 26 x 20.3.
22195 VAN DER MOLEN, S. J. THE LUTINE TREASURE, The 150-year search for gold in the wreck of the frigate Lutine
$20.00 AUD
Adlard Coles. London. 1970. 1st English edition translated from the Dutch original. 168 PP, plus 16 pages with 28 b/w illustrations. Eps: Line drawing of la Lutine frigate. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket with repaired tear and protective sleeve. Near fine. 22.2 x 14.5. 0229974821
La Lutine captured from the French in 1793, sunk off Tershelling in 1799. Its famous bell was recovered in 1858 and is still in use in the Underwriters' Room at Lloyds.
22634 VILLIERS, Alan CAPTAIN COOK, The Seamen's Seaman, A Study of the Great Discoverer
$35.00 AUD
Hodder & Stoughton. London. 1967. 1st Ed. IX, 10-256 PP with 7 maps and 26 text illustrations by Adrian Small, plus 4 pages with 7 b/w plates. FEP: Map of the 1st Voyage in H.M.S. "Endeavour", 1768-1771. REP: Map of the 2nd Voyage in the "Resolution" 1772-1775. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, device on front cover, dj (price clipped). Dust jacket with small chips at head of spine and in a protective sleeve. Faint foxing. Very good. 24 x 16.5.
The biography of Captain Cook by the last great deep-water sailing ship man.
49745 VILLIERS, Alan GIVE ME A SHIP TO SAIL
$25.00 AUD
Hodder & Stoughton. London. 1958. 1st Ed. 256 PP, plus 14 pages with 28 b/w photos. Fp: Mayflower arriving in New York Harbour. Cloth cover, dj. Short dedicatory note on FFEP, otherwise a near fine copy in like dust jacket. Scarce. 21 x 14.
Adventures of this Australian author and seafarer while filming the movie Moby Dick and during the re-enactment of the voyage of the Mayflower, plus stories about far away places like the Maldives.
74527 VILLIERS, Alan WHALERS OF THE MIDNIGHT SUN - A Story of Modern Whaling in the Antarctic
$60.00 AUD
Charles Scribner's Sons. New York. 1934. 1st US Edit. 286 PP with 11 woodcuts by Charles Pont. Fp: "On the Grounds". Ep: Chart of the voyage of the "Pelagos". Orig. decorated cloth cover with light wear, o/wise a near fine copy. 24 x 16.
On the whaling grounds near the South Pole, and a Norwegian expedition which picked up a few extra hands in Hobart, including an under-age stowaway.
74373 VILLIERS, Alan J. THE MAKING OF A SAILOR, The Photographic Story of Schoolsips Under Sail
$180.00 AUD
George Routledge & Sons Ltd. London. 1938. 1st Ed. 45, (3) PP, plus 191 plates with 203 b/w photos. Cloth covers, dj. The dust jacket has chips and small pieces missing and is now in a protective sleeve. Dedicatory note signed by Alan Villiers on FFEP. Small bookseller stamp at bottom of title page. Faint foxing on prelims, otherwise a very nice signed copy of the first edition. Scarce. 25.3 x 18.8.
Photos taken during the cruise of the "Joseph Conrad" in 1934-35-36 and on the Danish schoolship "Georg Stage".
18689 VILLIERS, Captain Alan MEN, SHIPS AND THE SEA
$30.00 AUD
National Geographic Society. Washington. 1962. 1st Ed. Foreword by Melville Bell Grosvenor. 436 PP with 442 illustrations (260 in full colour and 27 maps). FEP: The anatomy of a sailing ship (Clipper Young America). REP: The Anatomy of a steamship (Cargo Passenger Liner Mormacpride). Decorated cloth cover, dj. Dust jacket with chips and rubbed patches and now in a protective sleeve. Contents are near fine. 28.7 x 19.8.
Man's ingenuity and courage to find a way to cross the oceans which cover more than two-thirds of the earth. A story of how the ship was fashioned, its evolution and Man's uses of it.
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
18452 WALKER, David CHAMPION OF SAIL - R W Leyland and his Shipping Line
$15.00 AUD
Conway. London. 1986. 1st Ed. 191 PP with b/w illust. & fleet lists. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 26 x 20. 0851774024
History of this shipowner plus a history of late 19th century shipping. One chapter deals with the Wavertree and its restoration.
74199 WALTER, John THE SWORD AND BAYONET MAKERS OF IMPERIAL GERMANY 1878-1918
$45.00 AUD
The Lyon Press. Brighton, Sussex. 1973. 1st Ed. No pagination, 94 PP with b/w illustrations: 1 photo, 23 drawings of swords or bayonets and 125 trademarks. Fp: Infanterie Offizierdegen Modell 89, made c. 1900. Hard covers, gilt title on spine, dj. Discreet stamp of previous owner on front endpaper. Near fine. 21.8 x 15.5. 0904256006
53371 WARD, R. Gerard (editor) AMERICAN ACTIVITIES IN THE CENTRAL PACIFIC 1790-1870, A history, geography and ethnography pertaining to American involvement and Americans in the Pacific taken from contemporary newspapers, etc. - Volume 5
$35.00 AUD
The Gregg Press. Ridgewood, N.J., USA. 1967. 1st Ed. Vol. 5: XIII, 578 PP with 41 illustrations, plus 7 folded maps. Fp: Man of the New Hebrides. Decorated cloth cover. Ex library copy, with library stamp (in blind) on title page and page 37, and withrawn stamp on outside edges. Contents are otherwise near fine. 26.5 x 17.5.
Vol. 5: Entries for Namoluk to Pingelap. 23 on Nauru (34 pages), 10 on New Caledonia (16 pages). 4 on New Guinea (34 pages)... 16 on Nuku Hiva, Marquesas ( 45 pages
52852 WARNE, Ian (editor) A SHORT HISTORY OF THE BARQUE OMEO
$15.00 AUD
Maritime Archeology Association of Western Australia. Fremantle. 2007. 1st Ed. 28 PP with 28 b/w illustrations ( 5 sketch plans and 23 photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 15.
Auxiliary Steamship, built 1858 at Newcastle-on-Tyne, for McMelkan Blackwood & Company of Melbourne. Maiden voyage: 1859 in 108 days... Wrecked 1895 near Helin Bay, W.A.
32414 WEATE, Philip & GRAHAM, Caroline CAPTAIN WILLIAM BLIGH - An Illustrated History
$25.00 AUD
Paul Hamlyn. Sydney. 1972. 1st Ed. 160 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Title spread: Marine chronometer. Hard cover, title on front board and spine, dj. Faint foxing on top outside edges, o/wise a fine copy. 29.2 x 21.5. 0600070603
His early life, training with James Cook, the breadfruit voyages, the Mutiny on the Bounty, Governor of NSW and the Rum Rebellion.
39344 WEBB'S WEBB'S MILLENIUM MARITIME SALE - including the Desmond Liddy Collection...Monday 17, Tuesday 18th and Wednesday 19th January 2000
$25.00 AUD
Peter Webb Galleries. Auckland. 2000. 1st Ed. 176 PP with b/w and colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Prices realised sheet loosley inserted. Near fine. 27 x 20.7.
Auction catalogue of 1520 maritime items of the Desmond Liddy collection and 10 cars of the Richard Izard collection. Maritime items Include Marine paintings, Models, Pond Yachts, Chronometers, Scrimshaw and whaling books.
37588 WEEKS, Stanley B. & MECONIS, Charles A. THE ARMED FORCES OF THE USA IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION
$20.00 AUD
Allen & Unwin. Sydney. 1999. 1st Ed. in The Armed Forces of Asia series. XX, 300 PP with 5 maps, 8 tables and 8 organigrams. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 22.8 x 15. 1864489219
Organisation, roles and functions of each branch of the armed forces of the United States of America in the Asia and Pacific region. Historical background...
64152 WHEELER, Edward THE JOURNAL OF EDWARD WHEELER - His account of his Voyage from London to Brisbane aboard the migrant sailing ship "Golden Empire" in 1863
$25.00 AUD
Peter Fox / Cranbrook Press. Toowoomba. 2011. 1st Ed., with an introduction by Peter Fox. 82 PP with 11 b/w illustrations (drawings and photos) and 4 colour illustrations (2 maps, 1 photo and a portrait). Scanned copy of his original handwritten journal between pages 41 and 82. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.7 x 21. 9780987142412
49858 WHITAKER, Richard SYDNEYSIDE
$20.00 AUD
Gregory's Publishing Company. Sydney. 1986. 1st Ed., with a foreword by Doug Sutherland. 214 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (maps, plans, drawings & engravings, and photos). Hard cover, title on front board and spine, dj. Occasional foxing with spots on front endpaper. Near fine. 31 x 23.5. 0949164097
Compares early photographs and maps with streetscapes of today.
20983 WILLOUGHBY, Commander Malcolm F. RUM WAR AT SEA
$15.00 AUD
U.S. Coast Guard. Washington. 1964. 1st Ed. XII, (2), 183 PP with 12 head pieces, plus 32 pages with 62 bw photos. Title page: vignette with 3 Coast Guard cutters. Eps: Map of the Eastern seaboard of the United States. Cloth cover, gilt vignette on front cover. Note on FFEP, o/wise very good. 23.5 x 15.2.
The Prohibition period in the USA, and the US Coast Guard attempts to suppress the traffic of illegal liquor.
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.
37142 WOODWARD, David THE RUSSIANS AT SEA
$15.00 AUD
William Kimber. London. 1965. 1st Ed. 254 PP with 3 maps. Hard cover, dj (price-clipped). Foxing on outside edges and some pages, closed tear to the dust jacket. Very good. 24 x 16.5.
The expansion from the Baltic & Black Seas towards the Far East.
40156 WOTTON, The Honourable David (editor) MARITIME ACCIDENTS AND POLLUTION: Impacts on the marine environment from shipping operations
$30.00 AUD
Australian and New Zealand Environment and Conservation Council. Canberra. 1995. 1st Ed. 50, (68) PP with 1 figure, plus 1 folded map (in colour). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.4 x 20.7. 0642194254
Paper for public comment. Shipping and environment. Current international and regional activities. Proposed action plan and consultation issues...
74536 WRIGHT, Harrison M. NEW ZEALAND, 1769-1840: Early Years of Western Contact
$20.00 AUD
Harvard University Press. Cambridge, Mass. 1980. 3rd printing of the 1959 original. Harvard Historical Monograph No. XLII. XII, 225, (3 publications) PP with 1 map of New Zealand North Island and an insert. Cloth covers, gilt title on spine, dust jacket. A fine copy. 20.5 x 14. 0620003674
Chapter II: Traders and Whalers.
42353 WYNN, Mel TRUE TO AUSTRALIA NOW
$45.00 AUD
Mel Wynn, Publisher. Sydney. 1931. 1st Ed. 4 PP with musical scores, contained in an illustrated folder. Front cover: red background, title in blue above an Australia Red Ensign (6 points stars) flanked by an Emu and a Kangaroo. Light foxing. Near fine. 30.2 x 23.
Souvenir Edition of Mark Foy's True to Australia Week.
74116 ZABO, Daniel KAMIKAZE - A French Cartoonist takes a Satirical Look at Japan Today
$20.00 AUD
John Weatherill, Inc. Tokyo. 1978. 15th printing (March 1978) of the 1966 original. 80 PP with 74 pages of wonderful and surprising cartoons. Illustrated stiff covers. Near fine. 22.6 x 15.2.
74657 ZALOGA, Steven J. LORRAINE 1944 - Patton Vs Manteuffel
$20.00 AUD
Osprey Publishing Ltd. Oxford. 2010. 1st edition in "Battles of World War II" series (No 38). 96 PP with 73 b/w photos and 16 colour illustrations (photos, maps & plans and artworks by Tony Bryan). Laminated boards, pictorial front. Fine. 25 x 19.5.
73644 ZIERLER, Amy & MUSTARD, Cam SIGNAL HILL, An Illustrated History
$15.00 AUD
Newfoundland Historic Trust. St John's, Newfoundland. 1997. Reprint. 47 PP with 4 colour illustrations (1 map and 3 photos), and 55 b/w illustration. Fp (in colour): Hayward Flags. Stiff covers, pictorial front. Fine. Oblong: 17.8 x 21.4. 0919735029
