Maritime Catalogue #111

75445
ALEXANDER, Alison
THE AMBITIONS OF JANE FRANKLIN, Victorian Lady Adventurer
$30.00 AUD

Allen & Unwin. Sydney. 2013. 1st edition. X, 294 PP with 4 b/w illustrations (1 Dinner Menu and 3 maps), plus 12 pages with 9 colour and 23 b/w illustrations. Pictorial stiff covers. Near fine. 23.2 x 15.4. 9781742375694

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

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

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

16062
ANDREWS, Graeme
THE FERRIES OF SYDNEY
$20.00 AUD

Sydney University Press / OUP. Sydney. 1994. 3rd edition, revised and updated from the 1969 original. VIII, 264 PP with tables, photos, graphs... Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 23 x 15.5. 0424002027

Australia's oldest & uninterrupted public transport service. The role of ferry services and their impact on the life of Sydneysiders.

77091
ARCHIBALD, E. H. H.
THE WOODEN FIGHTING SHIP IN THE ROYAL NAVY AD 897-1860
$50.00 AUD

Blandford. London. 1972. Revised Edition of 1968 first. (8), 174 PP with tables, b/w and colour illustrations by Ray Woodward. Title spread: HMS Berwick, 1775. FEP: 18 Flags and Pendants. REP: 13 Flags and Pendants. Cloth cover, laminated dust jacket. Near fine. 31 x 23. 0713704926

21314
ASHLEY, Clifford W.
THE YANKEE WHALER
$20.00 AUD

Dover Publications. New York. 1991. 1st Paperback edition with An Introduction by Robert Cushman Murphy and a preface to the pictures by Zephaniah W. Pease. XXVIII, 156, (8 catalogue) PP with b/w illustrations: 12 headpieces and tailpieces, plus 125 pages with 5 line drawings and 132 half-tone illustrations. Fp: A Gam. Stiff covers, illustrated front. Stamp of previous owner on recto of frontispiece. Covers lightly scratched, creases on spine. Very good. 23.3 x 16.3. 9780486268545

The multifarious duties of the cooper, the whalecraft man, the rigger, the quest for the great whales...

67969
AUSTIN, Ted
AUSTIN BUILT BOATS
$10.00 AUD

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

16 Ft "Sea Nymph" de luxe ...

52064
AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE FOR MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY (AIMA)
AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE FOR MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY - Volume 20, No.1, 1996
$15.00 AUD

AIMA / Australian Institute for Maritime Archaeology. Fremantle. 1996. Edited by Jeremy Green & Myra Stanbury. 64 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.7 x 21.

Articles include: Tracing Artefact Trajectories, following Chinese export porcelain, by Mark Staniforth. Lord Ashley, by Adam Wolfe. The Solway (1837): Results of the 1994 text excavation, by Cosmos Coroneos...

73789
AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE FOR MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY (AIMA)
THE BULLETIN OF THE AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE FOR MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY - Volume 16, Number 1
$25.00 AUD

AIMA / Australian Institute for Maritime Archaeology. Fremantle. 1992. Edited by Jeremy GREEN & Myra STANBURY. 48 PP with b/w illustrations. Card cover, illustrated front. Near fine. 29.6 x 21.

Proceedings of the 10th Annual Confernce of AIMA - September 23-29 1991 (part 2). Maritime Archaeology in: Thailand, Philippines, Vietnam, Indonesia and Malaysia.

73790
AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE FOR MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY (AIMA)
THE BULLETIN OF THE AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE FOR MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY - Volume 16, Number 2
$25.00 AUD

AIMA / Australian Institute for Maritime Archaeology. Fremantle. 1992. Edited by Jeremy GREEN & Myra STANBURY. 38 PP with b/w illustrations. Card cover, illustrated front. Fine. 29.6 x 21.

Barque "Fame", Sydney Harbour and the "Queen of Nations", wrecked off Corrimal (Wollongong), by Timothy Smith. The steamship "Oakland" lost off Port Stephens, by Adam Wolfe.

36567
AUSTRALIAN SHIPPING
AUSTRALIAN SHIPPING 1986
$10.00 AUD

AGPS/Department of Transport. Canberra. 1986. 1st Ed. VI, 69 PP with 16 tables. Pictorial card cover (Freighter). Fine. 24.7 x 17.5.

Data as at 30 June 1986. Trading Fleet & Trading Ships... Passenger ferries... Ships imported & ships constructed. Dry docks.

17717
BALLARD, Robert D. & ARCHBOLD, Rick
THE LOST WRECK OF THE ISIS
$10.00 AUD

Hodder & Stoughton / Madison Press Book. London & Toronto. 1990. 1st Ed. 64 PP with 3 maps, plans, bw & colour illustrations. Title spread: Robert Ballard and his team at work on their underwater robot Jason. Half title page: A Roman wall painting. Eps: Mosaic for the Jason project. Laminated pictorial boards, dj (inside of dust jacket is a poster). Near fine. 28.7 x 22. 0340531789

Wreck discovered at 300 metres on the Marsili Seamount, Tyrrhenian Sea.

31086
BARDIAUX, Marcel
THE FOUR WINDS OF ADVENTURE - Round Cape Horn to Tahiti
$55.00 AUD

Adlard Coles. London. 1961. 1st English edition. Translated from the 1958 French original by Captain Raymond Johnes. XIV, 15-271, (1) PP with 3 pages of line drawings & plans, and 4 maps, plus 32 pages with 61 b/w photos. Fp: Getting acquainted with the sextant. Choice of countries to visit. Hard cover, dj (price-clipped). Occasional foxing. Near fine. 22 x 14.5.

Single-handed across 2 oceans, on "Les 4 Vents". France, Morocco, Senegal, Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, Cape Horn, Peru and Tahiti.

16786
BARROW, Clayton R. Jnr.
AMERICA SPREADS HER SAILS, U.S. Seapower in the 19th Century
$10.00 AUD

Naval Institute Press. Annapolis. 1973. 1st Ed. XIV, 242 PP with 29 b/w illust. in text including 3 maps. Fp: Capt. John Mad Jack Percival. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Dust jacket with a few nicks, o/wise a very good copy. 23.5 x 16. 08702210718

Showing the flag in the Pacific (sandalwood, sealing & whaling, exploration), the Atlantic, the Indian ocean & the Polar seas.

19758
BATESON, Charles
AUSTRALIAN SHIPWRECKS Including Vessels wrecked en route to or from Australia, and some strandings, Volume One: 1622-1850
$10.00 AUD

A. H. & A. W. Reed. Sydney. 1982. Paperback reprint of the 1972 original. 267 PP with 42 b/w illust. Pictorial stiff covers. Outside edges browned, stamp of Cairns Navigation Centre at bottom of title-page, otherwise near fine. 24.7 x 18.4. 0589071122

22794
BEAVER, Paul
NATO NAVIES OF THE 1980s
$10.00 AUD

Arms and Armour Press. London. 1985. 1st Ed., No. 3 in the Warships Illustrated series. 72 PP with 14 colour and 129 bw photos. Title spread: Alongside at Portland Naval Base, UK. Pict. soft cover. Fine. 24.6 x 18.6. 0853687234

67293
BEAVER, Paul
ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF THE MODERN ROYAL NAVY, including the Fleet Air Arm & Royal Marines
$10.00 AUD

Patrick Stephens. Cambridge, UK. 1982. 1st Ed. 329 PP with maps, plans of ships, organigrams & bw photos. Title spread: superb also known as Super Bee. FEP: Southampton, a type 42 destroyers. REP: Hermes, manoeuvred by two tugs of the Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service. Hard cover, gilt title on spine. Near fine. 24 x 20. 0850595606

Royal Navy since 1945: organisation, role, warships... Naval equipment, weapons... Uniforms & insignia.

48820
BECHERVAISE, John
ANTARCTICA - The Last Horizon
$10.00 AUD

Cassell. Sydney. 1979. Completely revised and expanded edition of the 1961 original The Far South. (6), 138 PP with 110 b/w and 150 colour illustrations (drawings maps, photos). Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 29.2 x 21.8. 0726904740

66275
BECHERVAISE, John
ANTARCTICA
$10.00 AUD

Oxford University Press. Melbourne. 1959. 1st Ed., in the Australian Explorers series. 32 PP with 2 maps and 8 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. Small format: 18.2 x 12.4.

76977
BELL, Capt. Frederick J.
CONDITION RED, Destroyer Action in the South Pacific
$100.00 AUD

Longmans, Green & Co. New York. 1943. 1st edition. XIV, 274 PP with 2 maps, plus 16 pages with 25 photogravures. FEP: Pacific. REP: Map of New Guinea & Solomons, inset Guadalcanal & New Caledonia & New Hebrides. Orig. cloth cover, dj (price clipped). Dedicatory note on half title page signed by the author. War economy paper, slight ageing of paper. Covers slightly soiled. Dust jacket with chips and repaired tears and in a protective sleeve. A very good signed and scarce copy. 21 x 14.2.

Patrolling the Solomon islands waters during the operations on Guadalcanal.

61167
BENHAM, Hervey
THE LAST STRONGHOLD OF SAIL, The Story of the Essex Sailing-Smacks, Coasters and Barges
$15.00 AUD

Harrap Ltd. London. 1986. Paperback edition of the 1948 original. 201 PP with " drawings, plus 30 pages with 58 b/w illustrations. Fp: Barges getting under way in Colne Eps: Map of the East Coast. Pictorial soft cover with a few creases. Very good. 21.5 x 14.

39842
BERQUE, Jacques
FRENCH NORTH AFRICA - The Maghrib Between Two World Wars
$10.00 AUD

Frederick A. Praeger. New York. 1967. 1st US edition translated from the 1962 French original "Le Magrib entre deux guerres" by Jean Stewart. 422 PP with 1 map on double page. Cloth cover, dj. Name of previous owner on front endpaper. Dust jacket is a little foxed with a few small chips, o/wise near fine. 22.2 x 14.5.

Morocco - Algeria - Tunisia.

72521
BISSET, Sir James
TRAMPS & LADIES, MY EARLY YEARS IN STEAMERS
$40.00 AUD

Angus & Robertson. Sydney. 1960. Reprint of the 1959 original. XVI, 315 PP, plus 16 pages with 26 b/w illustrations. Fp: Colour painting of SS Mauretania. Eps: Chart of the North Atlantic steamer tracks. Hard cover, dj. Slight ageing of paper. Name of previous owner on verso of front endpaper and remnants of old tape marks on endpapers. Contents are near fine. 22.2 x 14..

The memoirs of Sir James Bisset in the early days of steamships with recollections of his arrival on board the SS Carpathia, at the scene of the sinking of the Titanic in 1912.

76976
BLAIR, Clay, Jr.
SILENT VICTORY - The U.S. Submarine War Against Japan
$75.00 AUD

J. B. Lippincott. Philadelphia / New York. 1975. 1st Ed. 1072 PP with 37 maps by Elizabeth Nicoll Felton, plus 32 pages with 91 b/w photos. Cloth cover, dj. Dust jacket with repaired chips. Foxing on outside edges. Near fine. Scarce. 23.5 x 15.5. 0397007531

Massive work in 5 parts. Includes 2 chapters dealing with US submarine facilities at New Farm Wharf (Brisbane) and at Fremantle.

46923
BLYTH, Chay & Maureen
INNOCENT ABOARD
$10.00 AUD

Nautical Publishing Co. London. 1970. 1st Ed., with a foreword by Sir Alec Rose. 196 PP with 1 map, plus 4 pages with 7 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj (price-clipped). Faint foxing on outside edges. Near fine. 20.4 x 13. 24550480X

Shake down cruise on the sloop Dytiscus, solo between England to South Africa and return trip with his wife.

77089
BONNEMAINS, Jacqueline, FORSYTH, Elliott, & SMITH, Bernard
BAUDIN IN AUSTRALIAN WATERS, The Artwork of the French Voyage of Discovery to the Southern Lands 1800-1804
$250.00 AUD

Oxford University Press. Melbourne. 1988. 1st Ed. XII, 347 PP with 35 b/w plates and around 300 illustrations (153 in colour). Fp: Portrait in pencil of Nicolas Baudin. Eps: Part of the Carte Générale de la Terre Napoléon. Cloth cover, device on front cover, dj. Dust jacket is a little sunned near spine, otherwise a fine copy. 34 x 23.5. 019554787X

From the Lesueur Collection in Le Havre.

77090
BOTT, Alan
THE SAILING SHIPS OF THE NEW ZEALAND COMPANY, 1873 - 1900
$60.00 AUD

B. Batsford Ltd. London. 1972. 1st Ed. 160 PP with 83 bw illust., plus 8 full-page colour plates and 3 folded plans of "Opawo", "Piako", and "Wanganui" (figure 84). Fp: Rangitiki under sail. Eps: Tracks followed by vessels. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 25.5 x 19.3. 0713404671

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

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

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

76991
BOWEN, Frank C.
SHIPS FOR ALL
$30.00 AUD

Ward, Lock & Co. London. 1952. New edition of original of 1923 original. 255 PP with 2 diagrams, plus 32 pages with 66 b/w photos. Fp: RMS Queen Elizabeth. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, price-clipped dust jacket, in a protective sleeve. Small chip at bottom corner of page opposite P.113, otherwise a very good clean copy. 20.5 x 13.5.

Designing and building. Machinery, Running the Ship... Passenger Ships, Cargo Ships, Specialised Types, Disaster, Salvage, Life-saving...

43797
BOWEN, John (editor)
MODEL SHIPWRIGHT 44 - "A Quarterly Journal of Ships and Ship Models"
$15.00 AUD

Conway. London. 1983. Number 44, June 1983. 72 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial stiff cover. Near fine. 24 x 18.5. 0851772625

Contents: The Frigate Pallas by Philip Reed; Holland I - the model by Malcolm Gray; Blocks and deadeyes for small scale models by R. Hanna; USS Fletcher, Part 1 by C.A. Evers; Spanish coastal craft: The Jabega of Malaga by Xavier Pastor; The Prince Line Motor Ship Maltese Prince, Part 4 (Conclusion) by Roy Chapman; Kapitan Smirnov by Igor Perestiuk; The Caliph, Part 3 by Douglas Hamby; Two Waterline Models: The Four-mast Barque California by Chas H.Meigs,..

51962
BOWEN, John (editor)
MODEL SHIPWRIGHT 43 - "A Quarterly Journal of Ships and Ship Models"
$15.00 AUD

Conway. London. 1983. Number 43, March 1983. 72 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 24 x 18.5. 0851772617

Contents: Royal George 1756, by Edward Marple; The Prince Line Motor Ship Maltese Prince, Part 3 by Roy Chapman; The Battlecruiser Lion by Keith Smith; Radio control in scale model sailing ships by Max Davey; The raising of the Mary Rose by Jane Weeks; Spanish Coastal Craft: The Dorna by Xavier Pastor; The 'Salcombe Fruiter' Brizo by Malcolm Darch, ...

42526
BREYER, Siegfried & POLMAR, Norman
GUIDE TO THE SOVIET NAVY
$10.00 AUD

Naval Institute Press. Annapolis. 1977. 2nd edition of the 1970 English original. X, 610 PP with tables and b/w illust. (maps, plans, profiles, photos...). Fp: VTOL Carrier of the Kiev class. Eps: Naval review. Cloth cover. Faint foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise near fine. Oblong: 16 x 23.5. 0870212389

73576
BRIDGE, L. J. (Jim)
BOATS, NETS, POTS & HOOKS - Untold Tales of Fish and Fishermen of South-Eastern Tasmania
$80.00 AUD

L.J. Bridge. Hobart. 2007. 1st Ed. (5), 139 PP with c. 25 b/w photos. Laminated soft covers, pictorial front, spiral bound. Fine. Scarce. 29.7 x 21.

48240
BROWN, David
CARRIER OPERATIONS IN WORLD WAR II, Volume 1: The Royal Navy
$20.00 AUD

Ian Allan. London. 1974. 2nd edition (completely reset) of the 1968 original. 160 PP, plus 64 pages with 136 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj (price-clipped). Near fine. 23.5 x 15.5. 0711005125

74755
BROXAM, Graeme
SHIPWRECKS OF TASMANIA'S WILD WEST COAST, Addenda & Errata
$10.00 AUD

Navarine Publishing. Canberra. 1996. Second Edition. 28 PP with 6 b/w photos. Pict. card cover. Signed by the author on the title-page. Fine. 21 x 14.5. 095865610X

Addenda and Errata to the First Edition corrected to 30 January 1996.

65624
BRUNE, Peter
A BASTARD OF A PLACE. The Australians in Papua: Kokoda . Milne Bay . Gona. Buna . Sanananda
$10.00 AUD

Allen & Unwin. Sydney. 2004. 1st paperback edition of the 2003 original.. XII, 691 PP with 37 maps, plus 20 pages with 41 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Corners of front cover with creases. Very good reading copy. 23 x 15.3. 9781741144031

68642
BRUNEL LOW, Bevis
STRENGTH OF MATERIALS
$10.00 AUD

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

77157
BUDD, Dale & WILSON, Randall
THE SYDNEY FERRY BOOK
$25.00 AUD

New South Book / University of New South Wales. Sydney. 2006. 1st Ed. 84 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (drawings, ephemera, map, paintings, photos ...). Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 18.5 x 18.5. 9780868409306

67835
BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY
WIND WAVES WEATHER - TASMANIA
$10.00 AUD

Commonwealth of Australia. Canberra. 2000. December 2000 edition in the Boating Weather series. IV, 44 PP with tables and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft covers with a couple of very small nicks, o/wise near fine. 25 x 17.5. 0642320497

Contents include: Using a barometer, Weather in Tasmania, Waves, Winds and the Beaufort scale...

76795
BURGESS, Cameron
THE COCONUT COAST - Anchorages of the Townsville, Cairns, Cooktown & Peninsula Coasts
$75.00 AUD

MH / maritimehippy.com. Townsville. 2024. 1st edition with your guides Cameron Burgess and Colin R. Grazules. 164 PP with colour illustrations 1 "Coconut Coast Key Map", 4 key maps for coasts of: Townsville / Cairns /, Cooktown / Peninsula, 100 sketch maps for approaches and anchorages, and 6 detailed plans of marinas (Breakwater, Townsville / Townsville Yacht Club / Magnetic Island / Marlin Marina / Yorkeys Knob Boating Club / Port Douglas) and colour photos. Pictorial soft covers. New. 29.8 x 21. 9780648510413

Knowledge of this coast gained on board the yacht "First Contact".

70430
BURNESS, Peter
VILLERS-BRETONNEUX TO LE HAMEL: Australians on the Western Front - 1918
$25.00 AUD

Department of Veteran's Affairs. Canberra. 2010. May 2010 revised edition of the 2008 original. (4), 108 PP with 1 table, 5 colour illustrations (3 photo & 2 paintings) and b/w illustrations (1 map & inset and 105 photos). Pictorial soft covers. As new. 23.5 x 23.5. 9781877007279

67067
BUTLER, Rowan
BREAKING THE ICE
$25.00 AUD

Albatross Books. Sydney. 1988. 1st Ed. Foreword by Louise Holliday 160 PP with 28 b/w photos and colour illustions (1 map, page of log book and 203 photos). Eps: Full moon over Antarctica. Hard cover, dj. Dedicatory note on half title page signed by the author. Occasional foxing on first & last leaves, and the dust jacket. Near fine. 30.4 x 22.5. 086760087X

Life and work in the frozen wilderness of Antarctica.

19057
CABLE, Boyd
A HUNDRED YEAR HISTORY OF THE P. & O. 1837-1937, Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company
$50.00 AUD

Ivor Nicholson and Watson. London. 1937. 1st Ed. X, 289 PP with 10 pages of silhouette sketches, plus 18 plates on full page (12 colour, 6 b/w). Fp (in colour): Armorial Bearings of the P & O. Eps: Maps of P & O routes. Original cloth cover, gilt device on front cover, gilt title on spine, dj. "Compliments" slip tipped in on preliminary page. Remnants of sellotape on top of half title page. Occasional foxing, o/wise a near fine copy. 24 x 19.

39298
CALDER, Kent E.
PACIFIC DEFENSE - Arms, Energy, and America's Future in Asia
$10.00 AUD

William Morrow. New York. 1996. 1st Ed. XII, (2), 253 PP with 1 figure, 2 maps and 9 tables. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 24.2 x 16. 0688137385

46128
CALLENDER, Geoffrey (editor)
SEA PASSAGES. A Naval Anthology and Introduction to the Study of English
$10.00 AUD

Cambridge University Press. Cambridge. 1943. 1st Ed. VIII, 216 PP. Cloth cover, title on front cover and spine. Name of previous owner on front endpaper. War economy paper. Very good. 19 x 13.

From: The Coming of the Armada (1588), by Charles Kingsley, to The Navy is Here' (1940), by Winston S. Churchill.

68673
CARTER, George Goldsmith
RED CHARGER, A Trip to the Arctic Fishing Grounds
$20.00 AUD

Constable. London. 1950. 1st Edition. VI, 174 PP with 12 b/w illustrations including 6 portraits, by R.P. Bagnall-Oakley. Blue hard covers, title on spine. Stamp of the Tasmanian Maritime and Folk Museum on title-page, o/wise very good. Scarce. 20 x 13.5.

36546
COCKCROFT, Barry
FATAL CALL OF THE RUNNING TIDE - Lifeboat Rescues and Sea Dramas
$10.00 AUD

Hodder & Stoughton. London. 1995. 1st Ed. X, 198 PP, plus 16 pages with 20 b/w and 16 colour photos. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 24.2 x 15.8. 034063524X

37204
CONNOR, Richard C. & PETERSON, Dawn Micklethwaite
THE LIVES OF WHALES AND DOLPHINS
$10.00 AUD

Henry Holt and Company. New York. 1994. 1st Ed., from the American Museum of Natural History. XIV, (2), 233, (4) PP with 9 head pieces and 36 b/w illust., plus 16 pages with 25 colour photos. Hard cover, gilt title on cloth spine, dj. Fine. 24.2 x 16. 0805019502

77040
CONRAD, Borys
MY FATHER: JOSEPH CONRAD
$15.00 AUD

Calder & Boyars. London. 1970. 1st Ed. 176 PP, plus 12 pages with 27 b/w illustrations: copy of a hand written letter, 1 etching of Joseph Conrad by Muirhead Bone and 25 photos. Hard covers, gilt title on spine, dj (price clipped). Veery good. 20.3 x 13.2. 0714500186

77037
CONRAD, Joseph
SEA STORIES
$35.00 AUD

Rupert Hart-Davis. London. 1957. 1st edition in the Mariners Library series, No.37. 272 PP. Fp: etching of Joseph Conrad, by Walter Tittle. Hard covers, device on front board, top outside edge tinted, dj. Ex library copy with Presentation Plate and envelope on front endpaper, stamp of the Royal Australian Naval College on title page Faint foxing spots on outside edges. Very good. 21.5 x 13.5.

Four classic sea stories: The Nigger of the Narcissus (1897). Youth (1902). Typhoon (1903). The Secret Sharer (1912).

77247
CONRAD, Joseph
THE MIRROR OF THE SEA, Memories & Impressions / A PERSONAL RECORD, Some Reminiscences
$70.00 AUD

J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd. London. 1923. 1st in "The Uniform Edition" series of "The Works of Joseph Conrad". Author's Note of 1919. XIV, 194 PP and XXIV, 138 PP. Cloth cover, gilt decoration on front cover and gilt title on a faded spine, top outside edge tinted. Offsetting of endpapers and the first and last pages, then occasional foxing. A few pages with small tears and/or poorly opened at front edge. Otherwise a very good copy. 21.5 x 14.5.

77249
CONRAD, Joseph
TALES OF HEARSAY
$40.00 AUD

T. Fisher Unwin Ltd. London. 1925. 1st Ed. Preface by R.B. Cunninghame Graham. 288 PP. Cloth cover, gilt title on front board and spine. Spine sunned. Bookplate of previous owner pasted down on front endpaper. A very good copy. 20.2 x 13.5.

Hearsay: The Warrior's Soul: pages 31 to 90 / Prince Roman: pages 92 to 153. / The Tale: pages 155 to 205 PP / The Black mate: pages 207 to 288.

67658
COOPER, Anthony
HMAS BATAAN, 1952 - An Australian Warship in the Korean War
$25.00 AUD

UNSW Press. Sydney. 2010. 1st Ed. XII, (2), 295, (3 publications) PP with b/w illustrations (3 maps, 1 plan, 14 headpieces and 49 photos). Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 24 x 16. 9781742231181

77099
CORDINGLY, David
MARINE PAINTING in England 1700-1900
$40.00 AUD

Studio Vista. London. 1974. 1st edition. 200 PP with 1 tail piece, 5 head pieces, 19 colour and 101 b/w illustrations. Illustrated endpapers. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dust jacket. A near fine copy. 29.6 x 21.5. 0289703778

18186
CORNWELL, E. L. (editor)
THE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF SHIPS
$10.00 AUD

Octopus. London. 1979. Reprint of the 1979 original published by New English Library. 479 PP with 355 b/w & 465 col. illust. Half-title page: Argentinian Libertade. Fp: Frigate. Hard cover, dj. Light foxing. Near fine. 34.5 x 24.5. 0706411560

From the beginnings (papyrus, balsa or dug-out) to nuclear powered vessels, commerce & trade, discovery & exploration, oceanography, safety at sea, dangers & disasters... Most comprehensive.

35480
COULTHARD-CLARK, Chris and Tina
WHITE ENSIGN - 1939-1945 - The Navy goes to war
$10.00 AUD

Australia Post. Canberra. 1993. 1st Ed. 40 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Title page: HMAS Perth. Pictorial laminated boards. Fine. 30.5 x 21.5. 0642186332

69741
COX, Rex & COX, G.W.
SHIPS OF HOBART HARBOUR
$90.00 AUD

Ron Withington. Hobart. 2014. 1st Ed. XII, 612 PP with b/w illustrations (1 document, 1 sketch map, 2 plans, 3 stamps, 8 paintings and 284 photos). Vignette on title page: Hobart waterfront on 11th February 1957 with 3 Royal Australian Navy vessels (HMAS Melbourne, HMAS Sydney, HMAS Warramunga) and 2 cargo ships of the British India Steamship Company (Palamcotta & Chanda). Pictorial boards. Dedicatory note on title page signed by author Rex Cox. Fine. 23.5 x 16.5.. 9780646913636

48149
CRANE, Nicholas
MERCATOR. The Man Who Mapped the Planet
$20.00 AUD

Phoenix. London. 2003. 1st paperback edition of the 2002 original. XVI, 397 PP with 22 illustrations (charts, maps, portraits), plus 16 pages with 19 colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 19.7 x 13. 9780753816929

39778
CRITCHLEY, Mike
BRITISH WARSHIPS & AUXILIARIES (1985/86 Edition)
$10.00 AUD

Maritime Books. Liskeard, Cornwall, UK. 1985. 1st Ed. 112 PP with tables, silhouettes, 8 colour & 93 b/w photos. Title page: RFA Blue Rover. Pictorial soft cover. Outside edges lightly soiled. Very good. 21 x 14.8. 0907771157

Royal Navy, Royal Fleet Auxiliary, Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service, Army Vessels and Fleet Air Arm.

47358
CROIL, James
STEAM NAVIGATION, and its relation to the Commerce of Canada and the United States
$10.00 AUD

Coles Publishing Company. Toronto. 1973. Facsimile reprint of the 1898 original published by William Briggs. XIV, 15-381 PP with 2 maps, 28 portraits and 62 b/w illustrations, plus 14 b/w plates. Pictorial soft cover. Faint foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 21.3 x 13.5.

77011
CUNARD
CUNARD WHITE STAR - Queen Mary Flyer
$5.00 AUD

Cunard. No date. Single page flyer with Hamburg-Amerika Line on verso. 26.3. x 19

30717
D'ANCONA, Jacob
THE CITY OF LIGHT
$10.00 AUD

Little, Brown and Co. London. 1997. 1st Ed., translated and edited by David Selbourne. VIII, 392 PP with 69 b/w illust. Eps: Map showing the travels of Jacob d'Ancona 1270-73, between Ancona, Italy and Zaitun, China. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 25.4 x 19.2. 0316639680

Before Marco Polo, a Jewish-Italian merchant embarked on a perilous voyage to the East and the Chinese metropolis of Zaitun or the City of Light.

76915
DAVIS, Charles G.
AMERICAN SAILING SHIPS - Their Plans and History
$20.00 AUD

Dover. New York. 1984. Reprint of the 1929 original, with an introduction by Irving R. Wiles. XII, 196, (16 adv.) PP with 89 line drawings, plus 32 PP with 45 b/w photos. Fp: Knockabout fishing schooner Helen B. Thomas of Boston. Pictorial soft cover. Occasional foxing. Bookplate of previous owner on the verso of the FP. Very good. 23.3 x 15.6. 0486246582

A cross section of a wide range of sailing ships from the 18th to 20th century.

77148
DE FREYCINET, Louis
REFLECTIONS ON NEW SOUTH WALES 1788-1839 - Freycinet's examination of the history and progress of the colony of New South Wales during the first fifty-two years, based on his visit to Port Jackson as commander of the Uranie in 1819, his earlier visit with the Baudin voyage in 1802, his interviews and subsequent correspondence with the colonists themselves, and his close analysis of the published literature to 1839
$350.00 AUD

Hordern House. Sydney. 2001. 1st edition strictly limited to 300 copies, now translated into English for the first time from the original publication of Freycinet's Voyage Autour du Monde (Paris, 1824-1844) by Thomas Cullity. XXII, 670, (1) PP with 4 musical scores, 20 b/w illustrations (frontispiece, facsimile of the title page of Volume 2, Part 2, 1839, 1 plan of Port Jackson, 3 maps of New South Wales and 14 images), plus 8 colour plates. Fp: Portrait of Louis de Freycinet (1779-1842). Eps: Le Port Jackson - vue de l'observatoire de l'Uranie, 1819. Printed on soft ivory laid paper. Bound in natural green woven cloth, title on spine and on a vignette pasted down on front cover. Faint foxing on last page and on outside page edges, otherwise a fine copy. Scarce. 25.2 x 18.5. 1875567313

Comprehensive examination of the early settlement and its first 50 years, compiled from direct observations, ideas or comments by Freycinet and his travelling companions...

19571
DE LA CROIX, Robert
MYSTERIES OF THE PACIFIC
$15.00 AUD

The John Day Co. New York. 1957. 1st US edition. Translated from the French original by James Cleugh. 252 PP. Hard cover, dj. Very good. 21 x 14.

What happened to the Comte de La Pérouse. The whaler Essex sunk by a whale... The riddle of Amelia Earhart's last flight.

43965
DE S. WINSER, John
B. E. F. SHIPS, before, at and after Dunkirk
$65.00 AUD

World Ship Society. Gravesend. 1999. 1st Ed. 160 PP with 1 plan, 3 maps and 118 b/w photos. Half title page: Isle of Man passenger ship Tynwald. Title spread: Royal Navy destroyer Icarus. FEP: Glen Line's Glenaffaric. REP: Dover-Calais steamer Canterbury. Pictorial laminated boards. Fine. Oblong: 24 x 25.2. 0905617916

The vessels that carried the soldiers, their vehicles, equipment, stores...

20545
DEAYTON, Alistair
STEAM SHIPS OF EUROPE
$15.00 AUD

Conway. London. 1988. 1st Ed. 192 PP with b/w photos plus 16 pages with 35 colour photos. Fp: Blidosund at Svartloga. Hard cover, dj. Occasional foxing, o/wise fine. 27.5 x 20.5. 0815774784

An illustrated guide to veteran passenger vessels: their routes & areas of operation, profiles of passengers...

62456
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE
ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY - 80th Anniversary Fleet Arrival / 1913-1993
$10.00 AUD

Royal Australian Navy. Canberra. 1993. 1st Ed. 8 PP with 18 b/w photos. Inside front cover: First Arrival by John Bastock. Inside back cover: First Arrival by Phil Belbin. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. Oblong: 17.5 x 25.

77056
DICK, Michael
HALF OF GLASGOW'S GONE
$20.00 AUD

Brown, Son & Ferguson, Ltd. Glasgow. 1986 1st Ed. XII, 128 PP with b/w illustrations (1 notice, 2 plans & 83 photos), plus 1 large fofded sketch map "Clyde River". Stiff covers. Fine. 22 x 14.3. 0851745091

50827
DICKSON, Rod (editor)
TO KING GEORGE THE THIRD SOUND FOR WHALES. A voyage aboard the British Whaling Vessel KINGSTON of London, Captain Thomas Dennis 1800-1802
$55.00 AUD

Hesperian Press. Perth. 2006. 1st Ed. Transcribed from the Original Ship's Logbook. XIV, 159 PP with 1 plan, 1 illustration, 5 facsimile of logbook pages, and 9 charts. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj, ribbon page-marker. Near fine. 25 x 17.2. 0859053725

Sailed from England, January 1800... South Africa. Reached Albany, Western Australia, mid August 1800. Sailed the coast of West Australia until mid December 1800... Return via Baie de St. Augustin (Tulear), Madagascar, South Africa, St Helena...

77069
Division of Industrial Education
SHIP JOINERY - Bulletin 345-S (A Manual of Instruction for Training Beginners and for Re-training Woodworking Ship Joiners for Metal Joiner Work)
$45.00 AUD

Department of Public Instructionn, Commonwealth of Pensylvania. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. 1942 1st Ed. Bulletin 345-S, with a foreword by Francis B. Haas. (10), 182 PP with a glossary and 178 b/w figures (drawings, sketches & photos), plus 4 folded plates with 8 "Blueprints" contained in an envelope at rear of book. Fp: An All Weld Tanker, Type T2-SE-A1. Cloth cover with light wear/soiling, title on front board and spine. War economy paper. Very good. Scarce. 24.3 x 16.5.

Vocational Training for War Production Workers.

63751
DIXON, Roberta (editor)
WAVES, National Newsletter of the Marine and Coastal Community Network - Volume 13, No. 1
$5.00 AUD

The Marine and Coastal Community Network / Natural Heritage Trust. Manly, QLD. 2007. Summer 2007. 32 PP with tables, and 19 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.7 x 21.

Climate Change Impacts on Australia's Coast and Oceans.

21262
DODGE, Ernest S.
NEW ENGLAND AND THE SOUTH SEAS
$20.00 AUD

Harvard University Press. Cambridge, Mass. 1965. 1st Ed. XV, (3), 217 PP with 53 b/w illustrations. Fp: Hawaiian War God. Eps: Chart of the South Seas. Cloth cover, device on front cover, dj. Dust jacket with rubbed spots and insect damage (now in a protective sleeve). Contents are near fine. 23.5 x 15.5.

The great South Seas: hunting the cachalot, sea otters, sandalwood, beche de mer and cannibals.

56926
DOMVILLE-FIFE, Charles W. (editor)
SQUARE RIGGER DAYS - Autobiographies of Sail
$30.00 AUD

University of New South Wales Press. Sydney. 2007. Reprint of the 1938 original, with the introduction of the 1963 edition. Foreword by Robert D. Foulke. 239 PP with 88 b/w photos. Title spread: the American three-masted Barque Kaiulani. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 25.2 x 18.5. 9780868409115

Nineteen first-hand accounts by the men who served on deep-sea square-riggers. Amongst them: 3 by Capt. J. G. Bisset. 4, by Captain R. Barry O'Brien. 4 by Harry Hine. 2 by Captain W. W. Waddell & J. Anderson. ...

21313
DOW, George Francis
WHALE SHIPS AND WHALING, A Pictorial History
$10.00 AUD

Dover. New York. 1985. Reprint of the 1925 edition. 241 PP with 207 b/w illust. Pictorial soft cover. Occasional foxing, o/wise fine. 23.5 x 16.5. 0486248089

Pictorial history of whaling with an account of the whale fishery in colonial New England.

20195
DUCKWORTH, C.L.D. & LANGMUIR, G.E.
WEST HIGHLAND STEAMERS
$15.00 AUD

T. Stephenson & Sons Ltd. Prescot, UK. 1967. 3rd edition of the 1935 original. XIV, 204 PP with tables, plus 36 pages with 1 colour plate and 69 b/w photographs. Fp (in colour): P.S. Columba (I). Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Bookplate of previous owner on inside front cover. Near fine. 22.2 x 14.5.

Vessels of the MacBrayne fleet and their predecessors, to the Western Isles and the Scottish Highlands.

76948
DUFF, Douglas V.
MAY THE WINDS BLOW ! - An Autobiography
$60.00 AUD

Hollis & Carter. London. 1948. 1st Ed. 382 PP, plus 8 pages with 11 b/w plates. Fp: Portrait of author. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine. Covers with light wear. Top corner of half-title page has been cut and lacks the FFEP. Otherwise text is complete and still a very good clean copy of a scarce title. 22.2 x 14.5.

Cadet on HMS Conway, torpedoed in convoy in WWI, Constabulary experience in Ireland, Palestine... Rejoined the Royal Navy at the beginning of WWII: Crete, Western Desert & Middle East.

76421
DUNMORE, John
STORMS AND DREAMS: Louis de Bougainville: Soldier, Explorer, Statesman
$25.00 AUD

ABC Books. Sydney. 2005. 1st Australian edition. 296 PP with 6 maps, plus 8 pages with 10 b/w illustrations. Hard cover, dj. Bookplate of Professor Adrian Horridge on the front endpaper. Fine. 24 x 16. 9780733314582

76435
DUNMORE, John
FRENCH EXPLORERS IN THE PACIFIC - Volume I: The Eighteenth Century
$60.00 AUD

Oxford University Press. Oxford. 1965. 1st Ed. VIII, 356 PP with 13 maps, plus 2 b/w plates with 2 charts. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine. Front endpaper with bookplate of Professor Adrian Horridge and signature of a previous owner. Ex library copy with remnants of library pocket on rear endpaper but no stamps. Internally a very good clean copy. 22.2 x 14.1.

Volume I: Bougainville, De Surville, Marion Dufresne, Kerguelen, La Pérouse, D'Entrecasteaux, and Marchand.

76935
DUNN, Bob
ANGLING IN AUSTRALIA, Its History and Writings
$40.00 AUD

David Ell Press. Sydney. 1991. 1st Edition. Foreword by Vic McCristal. 320 PP with b/w & colour illustrations. Hard cover, gilt spine, dj. Light edge wear to the dust jacket. Near fine copy. 28.8 x 20.6. 0908197977

From the aboriginal fisherman, to sport-fishing & recreational angling - sharks, tackle, techniques... A beautifully presented book.

16000
DUNN, Laurence
LAURENCE DUNN'S THAMES SHIPPING
$20.00 AUD

Carmania Press. London. 1992. 1st Ed. 112 PP with 280 b/w photos covering 50 years. Pict. soft cover. Fine. 27.2 x 21.5. 0951865617

An authoritative account of the past half-century on the Thames River, from its upper reaches at Hampton, to Shivering Sands Fort in the estuary.

76089
DUNN, Laurence
SHIP RECOGNITION - WARSHIPS: N.A.T.O. Powers and other important ships
$10.00 AUD

Adlard Coles. London. 1953. Revised second edition. 160 PP with over 150 ships' silhouettes & 122 b/w photos. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine. Covers a littled soiled, contents are clean and overall a very good copy. Oblong: 12.5 x 19.

64612
EAGLE STEAMERS
WHAT'S WHAT IN SHIPPING / "ON EITHER BANK" - A Souvenir Guide to the River Thames and to places served by Eagle Steamers
$25.00 AUD

The General Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. (Eagle Steamers). London. c. 1960. 1st Ed. 28 PP with 13 pages of period advertisements and b/w illustrations (1 map, 4 figures and 4 photos), plus 8 plates with flags (104 House Flags), buoyage and navigation lights and a map of the River Thames on folded plate at centrefold. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21.7 x 14.

61193
EAMES, Aled
SHROUDED QUAYS (The Lost Ports of Wales)
$15.00 AUD

Gwasg Carregh Gwalch. Gwynedd, Wales. 1991 1st English edition translated from the 1989 Welsh original, by Cymen. No. 2 in the Welsh Heritage series. 96 PP with 4 sketches and 77 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 18.5 x 12. 0863811973

32360
EASTLAKE, Keith
SEA DISASTERS, The Truth behind the Tragedies
$20.00 AUD

Greenwich Editions. London. 1998. 1st Ed. 96 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Half title page: Lakonia on fire. Title spread: Seawise University, formerly Queen Elizabreth, on fire in Hong Kong. Pictorial laminated boards. Fine. 28.7 x 23.6. 0862881498

Collision. Fire. Explosion. Human error. Weather and Mechanical failure.

69137
EDMOND, Stuart
MEMORIES OF A BEN LINE MAN
$30.00 AUD

Bassman Books. Balbair, Dingwall, UK. 2015. Second impression of the 2015 original. (2), 215, (2) PP with 34 b/w photos. Pictorial soft covers. Near fine. 21 x 14.7. 9780956790866

18858
EDMONDS, Dr. Carl
DANGEROUS MARINE CREATURES
$15.00 AUD

Reed. Sydney. 1989. 1st Ed. 192 PP with b/w figues (sketches & photos) and 102 colour plates. Hard cover, dj. Dedicatory note to previous owner at top of FFEP, otherwise a near fine copy. 26.6 x 16.4. 0730102149

Marine animals which cause trauma, venomous marine animals which sting, poisonous marine animals, marine infections & dermatitis.

52902
EDWARDS, Hugh
THE STORY OF PEARLING IN THE NORTH-WEST (in Australian Heritage No. 6)
$10.00 AUD

Hallmark Editions Pty Ltd. Brighton, Victoria. 2007. Issue No. 6, Autumn 2007. Contains article between P.75 and 82 with 1 portrait, 3 b/w and 6 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.9 x 21.2.

Pearling industry, Broome, West Australia.

10222
EISLER, William & SMITH, Bernard (editors)
TERRA AUSTRALIS - The Furthest Shore
$15.00 AUD

Art Gallery of NSW. Sydney. 1988. 1st Ed. 239 PP with b/w or colour drawings, paintings & charts. Fp (in colour): Portrait of Joseph Banks. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 31 x 22. 0642134642

Catalogue of an exhibition held for the Bicentennial celebrations of Australia. Visions of Terra Australis in the Middle Ages and Renaissance by Helen Wallis. Crossing the Equator: The Historical Background to Portuguese Navigational Techniques in the Age of Discovery by Luis de Albuquerque. The Dutch and the Southern Continent 1569-1756 by Ernst van den Boogaart...

77013
ELLIS, Rob
ARCTIC APPRENTICE
$50.00 AUD

Highgate Publications (Beverley) Ltd. Beverley, UK. 2007. 1st Ed. VI, 213 PP with12 b/w photos. Pictorial soft covers. Near fine. Scarce. 21 x 15. 9781902645490

Deep-sea trawling in the 1950s.

76923
ENGLERT, Anton & TRAKADAS, Athena (editors)
WULFSTAN'S VOYAGE - The Baltic Sea region in the early Viking Age as seen from shipboard
$120.00 AUD

Viking Ship Museum. Roskilde. 2009. 1st edition. No.2 in the Maritime Culture of the North series. Foreword by Ole Crumlin-Pedersen & Friedrich Lüth. 374 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (maps, plans, paintings, photos).. Hard covers, pictorial front. Attractive bookplate of previous owner on front endpaper. Near fine. 27.5 x 21.3. 9788785180568

Part III: Navigating the Baltic Sea. Transport Zones in Wulfstan's Day, by Christer Westerdahl. An 8th-Century Written Source on Ships and Navigation; The Cosmography of Aethicus Ister, by Ian Wood & George Indruszewski. Boats and Ships of the Baltic Sea in the 9th and 10th Centuries: The Archaeological and Iconographic Evidence, by Ole-Crumlin-Pedersen. Sailing in Wulfstan's Wake: The 2004 Trial Voyage Hedeby- Gdansk with the Skuldelev | Reconstruction, Ottar, by Anton Englert & Waldemar Ossowski. The Art of Sailing like Wulfstan, by George Indruszewski & Jon Godal.

63339
ERSKINE, Dr. Nigel
EAST OF INDIA, forgotten trade with Australia (in Signals Quarterly No. 103)
$10.00 AUD

Australian National Maritime Museum. Sydney. 2013. No. 103, June-July-August 2013, edited by Jeffrey Mellefont. 68P. Contains 4 articles between pages 2 and 27, plus page 48 with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover (Lord Wellesley's Boatman). New. 30 x 23.

Early links between Australia and India. Forgotten Lives: Indian workers in 19th century Australia, by Michelle Linder. Shipwrecks east of India: three-masted ship Ferguson on Ferguson Reef, by Kieran Hosty. By the Sea, drinking Tea, by Mariko Smith.

67554
ESTENSEN, Miriam
THE LIFE OF MATTHEW FLINDERS
$10.00 AUD

Allen & Unwin. Sydney. 2003. 1st paperback edition of the 2002 original. XXII, 538 PP with 5 maps and 19 b/w illustrations, plus 8 pages with 15 colour plates. Pictorial stiff covers. Front cover with 2 large creases, and spine lightly sunned. Faint foxing on outside edges. An otherwise very good clean copy. 23 x 15. 9781741141528

77012
FAGAN, Brian
BEYOND THE BLUE HORIZON - How the Earliest Mariners Unlocked the Secrets of the Oceans
$25.00 AUD

Bloomsbury Press. New York. 2012. 1st US edition. XX, 313, (3) PP with 56 b/w illustrations (drawings, engravings, sketches, maps, plans, paintings and photos). Hard covers, dj. Note on front endpaper. Very good. 24 x 16. 9781608190058

51737
FARQUHAR, Ian
THE TYSER LEGACY, A history of the Port Line and its associated companies
$50.00 AUD

New Zealand Ship and Marine Society. Wellington. 2006. 1st Ed. 376 PP with 124 b/w illustrations (1 facsimile of document, 4 cartoons, 7 portraits, 18 photos, 94 photos of ships) and 90 b/w photos of ships in the Fleet List section, plus 8 pages with 24 colour photos of ships. Title spread: Port Alma in rough seas. Eps: Port Auckland and Port Brisbane passing each other off Rangitoto. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. A fine/as new copy. Scarce. 26.7 x19.5. 0959783415

15083
FENTON, Roy & CLARKSON, John
SHIPS IN FOCUS RECORD - Issue Number 3, Volume 1
$15.00 AUD

J. & M. Clarkson. London. 1997. Issue No. 3. Pages 129 to 192 with 105 bw photos in text. Pict. card cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21. -ISSN 13631675

Issue concentrating on the ships of the Mersey and the port of Liverpool. The Yeoward Line, Ropner trunk-deck steamers, R.W. Leyland and the mighty Ditton...

15109
FENTON, Roy & CLARKSON, John
SHIPS IN FOCUS RECORD - Issue Number 4, Volume 1
$15.00 AUD

Ships in Focus Publications. London. 1997. Issue no. 4. Page 193 to 264 with 100 b/w photos. Pictorial card cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21.

Springbok Shipping Co. Ltd. - The Redcliffe Shipping Company Ltd., Hull...

21400
FENTON, Roy & CLARKSON, John
SHIPS IN FOCUS RECORD 5
$15.00 AUD

Ships in Focus Publications. London. 1998. Issue Number 5. 64 PP with 112 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21.

The Bowater Steamship Co. Ltd. British coasters under the Swastika. Diesel-Electric propulsion. Whale ship conversions. R.W. Leyland fleet list.

30039
FENTON, Roy & CLARKSON, John
SHIPS IN FOCUS RECORD 6
$15.00 AUD

Ships in Focus Publications. London. 1998. Issue Number 6. 64 PP ( P. 65 to 128), with 3 plans and 95 b/w photos. Pictorial card cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21. 0952117991

The Port of Barrow-in-Furness. Whale Ship Conversions (2) by Peter Newall. "Lancing": the steamer that became one of the fastest sailers...

36605
FENTON, Roy & CLARKSON, John
SHIPS IN FOCUS RECORD 12
$15.00 AUD

Ships in Focus Publications. London. 2000. Issue Number 12. 71 PP (193 to 264) with 1 map, 1 port plan and 108 b/w photos. Pictorial card cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21. 1901703096

Fleet in Focus: Bibby's four masters. Messageries Maritimes' last passenger fleet. The Royal Mail D Class... They could not save themselves: the story of two salvage tugs named Bullger...

37266
FENTON, Roy & CLARKSON, John
SHIPS IN FOCUS RECORD 13
$15.00 AUD

Ships in Focus Publications. London. 2000. Issue Number 13. 64 PP (1 to 64) with 1 port plan and 95 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21. 190170310X

Fleet in Focus: Bibby's four masters (part 2). Port Line's Golden Era, by Peter Newall. Whitbury Shipping Co. Ltd. Polskarob, by Jerzy Swieszkowski and Bohdan Huras. Torquay Harbour in the thirties (part 1)...

44601
FENTON, Roy & CLARKSON, John
SHIPS IN FOCUS RECORD 23
$15.00 AUD

Ships in Focus Publications. London. 2003. Issue Number 23. 64 PP (129-192) with 130 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21. 1901703207

Fleet in Focus: North Pacific Coast Line (part 2), by David Burrell. By Bergen Line from Newcastle (part 2), by Anthony Cooke. Photographer in focus: William Livermore of Sydney, by Ian Farquhar.

43638
FENTON, Roy, & CLARKSON, John
SHIPS IN FOCUS RECORD 22
$15.00 AUD

Ships in Focus Publications. London. 2002. Issue Number 22. 64 PP (64-128) with 3 flags & funnels, 1 set of plans and 118 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21. 1901703193

Fleet in Focus: North Pacific Coast Line (part 1), by David Burrell. By Bergen Line from Newcastle (part 1), by Anthony Cooke.

46073
FENTON, Roy, & CLARKSON, John
SHIPS IN FOCUS RECORD 26
$15.00 AUD

Ships in Focus Publications. London. 2003. Issue Number 26. 64 PP (65 to 128) with 3 sets of plans and 101 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21. 190170372X

Canadian Pacific's Beavers (part 2), by Stephen Howells. Iron Ladies follow up to parts 1, 2 and 3 (by John Harrison). The Liberty Liners, by Anthony Cooke.

76995
FERRELL, Bob
The United States MOSQUITO FLEET
$25.00 AUD

PT Boat Museum and Library. Memphis, TN. 1977. 1st Ed. (4), 64 PP with 1 colour photo on double page and b/w illustrations (4 maps, 8 pages of line drawings, plans & sketches, and 66 photos). 2 pages on the PT Museum, loosely inserted. Pictorial stiff covers with a small rubbed patch on front cover. Light foxing. Very good. 27.8 x 21.5.

55590
FIELD, Colonel C.
OLD TIMES AFLOAT: A Naval Anthology
$10.00 AUD

Andrew Melrose Ltd. London. 1932. 1st Ed. 320 PP, plus 30 pages with 29 b/w illustrations. Fp: Britannia. Cloth cover. Lacks plates facing pages 50 (Anson's Seamen at the capture of Payta) and 51 (Ducking under the equator). Free fly of front endpaper pasted down. Ingleton bookplate on recto of the free fly. Occasional foxing. Very good. Image shows title-page and frontispiece. 19 x 13.8.

21151
FINKEL, George
ANTARCTICA, THE HEROIC AGE
$10.00 AUD

Collins. Sydney. 1976. 1st Ed. 160 PP plus 8 PP with 16 b/w photos. Eps: Part of Antarctica with route of 4 expeditions. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 21.5 x 14. 0001950266

The exploration of Scott 1901/04, Shackleton 1908/09, Amundsen 1910/12 and Scott 1912/13.

18953
LE FLEMING, H. M.
OCEAN LINERS
$10.00 AUD

Ian Allan. London. 1956. 64 PP with 1 page of advert., tables and 67 b/w photos. Title page: M.V. Glenartney, Glen Line. Pictorial soft cover. Stamp of previous owner on title page. Very good. 15.3 x 10.2.

62063
LE FLEMING, H.M.
WARSHIPS OF WORLD WAR I, No. 3 Destroyers (British and German)
$10.00 AUD

Ian Allan. London. 1962. Reprint. 80 PP with tables, 3 pages of drawings & 67 b/w photos. Title page: H.M.S. Tempest (Admiralty 'R' Class) dropping depth charges. Pict. card cover. Very good. 18 x 12.

827 British and German destroyers of the WWI period.

77288
FLINDERS, Matthew (Edited by Anthony J. Brown and Gillian Dooley)
MATTHEW FLINDERS PRIVATE JOURNAL - From 17 December 1803 at Isle de France to 10 July 1814 at London
$250.00 AUD

Friends of the State Library of South Australia. Adelaide. 2005. Standard limited edition. Foreword by Witgar Hitchcock. Preface by Paul Brunton. XXXII, (2), 566 PP with 25 b/w illustrations, plus 1 folded Plan of London, 11 full size pages with 13 plates in colour and the large folded "General Chart of Australia or Terra Australis" in pocket at back of book. Fp (in colour): Portrait of Captain Matthew Flinders by Toussaint Antoine de Chazal. Decorated endpapers. Cloth cover, device on blind on front (sextant), gilt title and decorations on spine, dust jacket. A fine, as new copy. 25.3 x 18. 1876154462

52706
FORD, J. W. W.
A SEAMAN'S GUIDE TO THE RULE OF THE ROAD
$10.00 AUD

Educational Systems Limited. Bristol. 1976. 2nd impression of the new edition of 1975. Foreword by Admiral Sir Edward Ashmore. XVI, 384, 64 PP with b/w or colour illustrations. Illustrated soft cover. Faint foxing spots on outside edges. Name of previous owner on half-title page. Very good. Oblong: 11.7 x 18.5.

A programmed text on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972.

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

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

60677
FORNASIERO, Jean
STRANGERS ON THE SHORE: Musical Encounters in Terra Australis, 1802 (in Explorations No. 50)
$10.00 AUD

ISFAR / Institute for the Study of French-Australian Relations. Melbourne. 2011. June 2011. 64 PP. Contains article pages 5 to 15. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 14.8.

On the Baudin expedition.

77287
FORNASIERO, Jean & WEST-SOOBY, John
FRENCH DESIGNS ON COLONIAL NEW SOUTH WALES - François Péron's Memoir on the English Settlements in New Holland, Van Diemen's Land and the Archipelagos of the Great Pacific Ocean
$75.00 AUD

Friends of the State Library of South Australia. Adelaide. 2016. Paperback reprint of the 2014 original. Foreword by Robert J. King. XIX, 396 PP with 2 colour illustrations on double page and 12 b/ illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. As new. 23.5 x 15.5. 9781876154752

68688
FORNASIERO, Jean, LAWTON, Lindl, Peter & WEST-SOOBY, John (editors)
THE ART OF SCIENCES: Nicolas Baudin's Voyagers 1800-1804
$70.00 AUD

Wakefield Press. Adelaide. 2016. 1st Ed. Forewords by Christophe Lecourtier, Ambassador of France to Australia, and Edouard Philippe, Mayor of Le Havre then French Prime Minister (May 2017). 176 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Review of exhibition / book "In Search of an Answer" by Christopher Allen, Weekend Australian", July 2017, loosely inserted. Pictorial card covers. Fine. 26.5 x 21.8. 9781743054277

68348
FORNASIERO, Jean, MONTEATH, Peter & WEST-SOOBY, John
ENCOUNTERING TERRA AUSTRALIS: The Australian Voyages of Nicolas Baudin and Matthew Flinders
$40.00 AUD

Wakefield Press. Adelaide. 2004. 1st Ed. XII, 412 PP with 2 head pieces and 130 b/w illustrations (maps and plans, charts and coastal views, drawings and engravings), plus 16 pages with 2 b/w and 35 colour illustrations. Title page: Portrait of Ouriaga (Bruny Island). Hard cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj. Spine of dust jacket lightly sunned, o/wise a fine copy. 23.8 x 17.5. 9781862546257

76498
FOX, James J.
THE CEREMONIAL SYSTEM OF SAVU
$20.00 AUD

Ablex Publishing. Norwood. N.J. c. 1976. Offprint from "The Imagination of Reality: Essays on South-East Asian Coherence Systems. 145 - 173 with 6 tables, 1 figure and 1 sketch map of the Savu Islands. 1 signed letter from the author to Professor Adrian Horridge, dated 20 March 1985, loosely inserted. Staples. Very good. 25.2 x 17.5..

Savu Island, one of the Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia.

76654
FOX, Uffa
THE CREST OF THE WAVE
$45.00 AUD

Peter Davies. London. 1955. Revised and reset edition from the 1939 original. IX, 257, (4 adv.) PP with 1 drawing, 2 plans & 5 maps plus 12 pages with 22 bw photos. Cloth cover, top edge tinted, price-clipped dust jacket with a few small chips and in a protective sleeve. A near fine copy. 20.5 x 13.5.

Early cruising experiences of an outstanding designer, builder and sailor of boats.

55044
FREMANTLE HARBOUR TRUST
PORT OF FREMANTLE - Volume 4, No. 2, Autumn-April, 1971
$5.00 AUD

Fremantle Harbour Trust. Fremantle. 1971. Quarterly Journal edited by J. McCONNELL, L. BAMBURY. 36 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 26.5 x 21.5.

Pages 9 to 15: Centenay of local government in Western Australia 1871-1971. Pages 17 to 20: 19th February 1971, Paralla, first Roll On - Roll Off in West Australia (5 b/w photos). Pages 25 to 28: M/V Lindblad Explorer: a unique ship built for an unusual service (11 b/w photos) .

65839
FRENCH, Lieut-Colonel The Hon. E. G.
GOOD-BYE TO BOOT AND SADDLE, or The Tragic Passing of British Cavalry
$15.00 AUD

Hutchinson & Co. London. 1951. 1st Ed. Foreword by General Sir Hubert de la Poer Gough. 283 PP with b/w illustrations (1 map, 1 drawing and 31 figures), plus 1 folded map of "The Balaklava Charges" and 16 pages with 24 b/w illustrations. Illustrations by the Earl of Ypres. Fp (in colour): Field Marhall The Earl of Ypres. Cloth cover with some speckling, gilt title on a lightly sunned spine. Light foxing and signature of previous owner on front endpaper. Foxing. Very good clean copy. 23.4 x 16.

17427
FULTON, Robert
TORPEDO WAR AND SUBMARINE EXPLOSIONS
$10.00 AUD

Swallow Press. Chicago. 1971. Reprint of 1810 orig. XIV, 57 PP, plus 5 full-page b/w plates. Beige cloth cover, gilt title on spine. Minimal faint foxing, otherwise fine. Oblong: 21.5 x 27.2. 0804005338

A reproduction of Robert Fulton's treatise published in 1810 by William Elliot.

76943
GANDY, Captain Dick
THE AUSTRALIAN BOATING MANUAL (Third Edition)
$40.00 AUD

Author / Ocean Publications. Sydney. 2003. 3rd Edition. 852 PP with hundreds of b/w or colour illustrations. Laminated pictorial boards, dust jacket is a little faded on spine, otherwise near fine. 27.8 x 20.5. 0958097100

77006
GARRETT, K. S.
WESTON SHIPPING
$20.00 AUD

World Ship Society. Gravesend, Kent. 1999. 1st Ed. 47 PP with 45 b/w photos, plus 4 colour plates at centrefold. Fp: Jana Weston. Pictorial stiff covers (Funnel/House-Flag). Errata slip for page 25 loosely inserted. Fine. 21 x 14.5. 0905617908

52711
GARRIDO-SALGADO, Juan
UNMOVING NAVIGATOR, who fell in love with the ocean's darkness / NAVEGANTE INMOVIL, que amo en la oscuridad del oceano
$10.00 AUD

Picaro Press. Warners Bay, NSW. 2006. 1st bilingual edition translated by Peter Boyle. (2), 32, (2 blank) PP with 7 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover, staples. Spanish and English text. Fine. 20.8 x 13 1920957197

Poems to Pablo Neruda, on the Ship's Figureheads of the South Australian Maritime Museum.

51354
GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY OF NEW SOUTH WALES [THE]
THE AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHER - Vol. II, No. 3, 1934
$10.00 AUD

The Geographical Society of New South Wales. Sydney. 1934. 52 PP with b/w illustrations. Bound copy, cloth cover protecting the soft cover issue. Slight ageing of paper, few foxing spots, o/wise near fine. 25.2 x 19.

Articles: The Matapau Region, New Guinea, by G.A.V.Stanley, Land Utilization in the Lower Hunter Valley, New South Wales, by W.H. Maze, .. Image lists all contents.

59136
GIBB, D. M.
THE MAKING OF 'WHITE AUSTRALIA'
$10.00 AUD

Victorian Historical Association. Melbourne. 1979. Amended and reprinted from the 1975 edition (original of 1973). 139 PP with 2 cartoons. Soft cover. Name of previous owner at top of title page. Signs of dampness affecting lower part of covers and lower margin of pages. Good reading copy. 21.8 x 14. 0950096776

64122
GIBSON BOWLES, Thomas
SEA LAW AND SEA POWER, as they would be affected by recent proposals; with reasons against those proposals
$50.00 AUD

John Murray. London. 1910. 1st Ed. XVI, 296 PP with tables. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and a sunned spine, top edge gilt. Front endpaper with Ingleton bookplate and Thomas Welsby bookplate with his signature. Ingleton No: 10953. Foxing. Very good. 22.5 x 14.5.

Thomas Welsby: Maritime historian from Queensland.

76144
GIGGAL, Kenneth & DE VRIES, Cornelis
DE KLASSIEKE ZEILSCHEPEN
$25.00 AUD

Papyrus Book / Uniepers B. V. Amsterdam. 1989. 1st Dutch edition of the 1988 UK original. 128 PP with b/w drawings and 40 colour paintings by C.de Vries. Laminated pictorial boards. Dutch text. Fine. Oblong: 27.5 x 28.5. 9072977025

40 of the world's most famous sailing ships. Detailed glossary explaining contemporary sailing terms.

76903
GOGARTY, Paul
THE WATER ROAD - A Narrowboat Odyssey through England
$25.00 AUD

Robson Books / Chrisalis Books. London. 2002. 1st Ed. XIV, 364 PP with 1 Official "Notice", 5 maps and 10 sketch maps of canals/rivers, plus 8 pages with 1 b/w and 16 colour photos. Hard covers, dj. Fine. 24 x 16.3. 1861055153

Summer 2001.

69184
GORDON, Harry
DIE LIKE THE CARP! - The story of the greatest prison escape ever...
$15.00 AUD

Cassell Australia. Sydney. 1978. 1st Ed. 240 PP, plus 16 pages with 26 b/w photos. Eps: Plans of the P.O.W. camp near Cowra. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 22 x 14.2. 0726932434

5th August 1944: escape of over 1100 Japanese POW from the camp at Cowra.

76504
GRANVILLE PUTNAM, George
SALEM VESSELS AND THEIR VOYAGES - A History of the European, African, Australian and South Pacific Islands Trade as carried on by Salem Merchants, particulary the firm of N. L. Rogers & Brothers
$70.00 AUD

The Essex Institute. Salem, Massachusetts. 1930. Reprinted from the Essex Institute Historical Collections, Volumes LXV and LXVI. 175 PP, plus 31 plates with 38 b/w illustrations. Fp: the ship "America" as seen under full sail. Papered boards, b/w vignette of the schooner "Patsey B. Blount" pasted down on front board, gilt title on cloth spine. Bookplates of John K. Vickery and Professor Adrian Horridge on front endpaper. Covers have light wear and/or soiling, minimal ageing of paper, otherwise contents are near fine. 24.8 x 16.8.

African Trade / Madagascar Trade / the Feejee Islands Trade,...

51480
GRAUMONT, Raoul & WENSTROM, Elmer
FISHERMAN'S KNOTS AND NETS
$10.00 AUD

Cornell Maritime Press. Centreville, Maryland. 1988 9th printing of the 1948 original. XV, 203 PP with 77 b/w plates (sketches & photos). Pictorial soft cover with a few small creases. Name and address of prevous owner on half-title page, o/wise very good. 21.4 x 14. 0870330241

Angler's and still fisherman's knots. Commercial fisherman's knots. Fishing traps and seines. Netmaking and repairing.

43584
GREEN, Timothy
THE SMUGGLING BUSINESS
$10.00 AUD

Aldus Books. London. 1977. 1st Ed. 144 PP with 1 map, 42 colour and 120 b/w illustrations. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 26.8 x 19.8. 0490003702

77097
GREENACRE, Francis
MARINE ARTISTS OF BRISTOL: Nicholas Pocock 1740-1821 & Joseph Walter 1783-1856
$30.00 AUD

City of Bristol Museum and Art Gallery. Bristol. 1982. 1st Ed. 104 PP with 8 colour and 68 bw illust. in text. Pictorial card cover. Small round blind stamp of the Pocock Library Hawk HIll at bottom of title-page. Light foxing on top outside edge, otherwise a fine copy. Oblong: 20.6 x 24.8. 0900199199

Catalogue of an exhibition held in 1982-83 as a contribution to "Maritime England Year 1982".

16157
GREENHILL, Basil (editor)
THE EVOLUTION OF THE SAILING SHIP 1250-1580 - Keynote Studies from The Mariner's Mirror
$40.00 AUD

Conway. London. 1995. 1st Ed. 264 PP with 4 tables & 204 b/w illust. (drawings or photos of seals, stained or painted glass and paintings). Fp: Florentine ship at sea. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 22.3 x 14. 0851776558

Anthology on the evolution of the sailing ship through the Medieval and Renaissance period as observed from painted glass, seals, enluminures, models, ...

74326
GREENWOOD, Marjorie
ROADS AND CANALS IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
$5.00 AUD

Longmans. London. 1953. 1st Ed. in the Then and There series. IV, 92 PP with over 45 b/w illustrations, drawn by S. Greenwood. Stiff covers, pictorial front, cloth spine. Very good. 19.8 x 13.

64454
GRENFELL PRICE, A. (editor)
THE EXPLORATIONS OF CAPT. JAMES COOK IN THE PACIFIC, As Told by Selections of His Own Journals 1768-1779
$15.00 AUD

Angus & Robertson. Sydney. 1969. 2nd edition of the 1958 original. XVII, 292 PP with 40 b/w drawings by Geoffrey C. Ingleton. Fp (in colour): Plaque by Flaxman of Capt. Cook, tipped in. FEP: Chart of Pacific Ocean, before Cook. REP: Chart of the Pacific Ocean, after Cook. Cloth cover, sunned on bottom of spine, dj (price-clipped). Dust jacket sunned on spine with some rubbing on back. An otherwise near fine copy. 24.3 x 15.5. 0207952213

Selections of Capt. Cook's Journals compiled to give a running narrative accompanied by evocative & historically authentic illustrations.

67557
GRIBBIN, John and Mary
FITZROY. The Remarkable Story of Darwin's Captain and the Invention of the Weather Forecast
$10.00 AUD

Review / Headline Books. London. 2003. 1st paperback edition. XII, 336 PP with b/w illustrations: 1 plan of HMS Beagle, 2 charts (1 on double page) and 17 headpieces (FitzRoy Barometer), plus 8 pages with 17 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Occasional foxing. Very good. 23.5 x 16. 0755312902

45328
GRIFFITH, Paddy
THE ULTIMATE WEAPONRY
$10.00 AUD

Blitz Editions. Enderby, UK. 1995. Reprint of the 1991 original published by Sidgwick & Jackson. 217, (7 bibliography & index) PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Laminated pictorial boards, dj. Fine. 29.2 x 22. 1856052893

The most lethal conventional firepower in the world.

76947
GRIFFITHS, Maurice
DREAM SHIPS
$40.00 AUD

Conway. London. 1974 2nd Edition. 288 PP with line drawings, plans and 14 photographs. Fp: Sloop "Sequence", built 1956. Hard cover, title on faded spine. Name of previous owner at top of FFEP, otherwise a very good clean copy. 23.5 x 15. 0851770762

Part I: Planning the dream ship. Part II: Designs for 16 dream ships (cutter, ketch, sloop and yawls).

71532
GUILLAUMIN, Emile
FRANCOIS PERON - Enfant du Peuple - Un Grand Voyage - Une Oeuvre - Une Vie
$150.00 AUD

Les Marmousets. Moulins, France. 1982. 1st edition limited to 450 copies (400 with cloth cover), with a preface by Jacques Lougnon. 156 PP with 61 b/w reproductions of original engravings. Half title page: portrait of François Péron by M. C. A. Lesueur. Title page: Canda, Jeune fille Malaise, Timor. Cloth cover, colour vignette on front cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. French text. Near fine. 37.8 x 27.5. 2903886040

The life and the works of François Péron and his great voyage to Australia with the Baudin expedition.

77141
HAKLUYT, Richard
VOYAGES (in eight volumes)
$200.00 AUD

J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. London. 1962. Reprint of the 1907 edition of The Principal Navigations Voyages Traffiques & Discoveries of the English Nation... . Nos.: 264 & 265, 313 & 314, 338 & 339, 388 & 389 in the Everyman's Library series. Introduction by John Masefield. Vol. 1: XXVI, 468, (16 publications) PP. Vol. 2: XIV, 462, (4 publications) PP. Vol. 3: XII, 388, (16 publications) PP. Vol. 4: X, 386, (4), (16 publications) PP. Vol. 5: X, 356, (18 publications) PP. Vol. 6: X, 360, (12 publications) PP. Vol. 7: X, 400, (6 publications) PP. Vol. 8: X, 355, (20 publications) PP with general index between pages 315 and 355. Decorated endpapers. Cloth covers, dj. Top outside edge tinted. Foxing spots on outside edges and a few pages. Dust jacket of Volume 8 with repaired tears at head and foot of back hinge. A very good set. 18.5 x 12.

49637
HALL, Rear-Admiral G P D (editor)
SYMBOLS AND ABBREVIATIONS USED ON ADMIRALTY CHARTS
$10.00 AUD

Hydrographic Department. Taunton, UK. 1976. Book edition No. 3 - October 1975. Chart 5011. No pagination, 32 PP with b/w or colour sketches. Illustrated soft cover. Ingleton bookplate inside front cover. Fine. 30 x 21.

75067
HALLEGRAEFF, Gustaaf
PLANKTON - A Critical Creation
$35.00 AUD

School of Plant Science, University of Tasmania. Hobart. 2006. 1st Ed. 100 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Illustrated stiff covers. Fine. 24 x 34. 9781862952829

55561
HARBOURS & MARINE
SMALL SHIPS MANUAL - Including questions and answers for examinations for certificates of competency
$25.00 AUD

Queensland Department of Transport. Brisbane. 1994. 11th edition, revised February 1994. 380 PP with over 130 b/w and colour illustrations. Laminated pictorial boards. Name of previous owner on inside front cover and at top of rear cover. Near fine. 24.2 x 17.5. 0724256849

77209
HARDY, A.C. & LUPTON, Lewis
THE WORLD GOES BY SHIPS
$150.00 AUD

Oxford University Press. London. No date, c. 1940. 1st edition. No pagination. 48 pages with illustrations of 22 ships by Lewis Lupton and one page in colour with 20 House Flags and Funnels. Illustrated boards with dust jacket. Inside staples of the covers are rusted and detached however the text is intact although the staples are rusted. Dust jacket is very lightly soiled. Otherwise contents are still bright and clean. Quite scarce. 28 x 21.

Beautiful illustrations of 22 ships with a description and history of each. Vessels include: The Empress of Britain, The Queen Elizabeth, The Stirling Castle, The Pilot Cutter, The Thames Barge, The Whale Catcher Southern Maid, Aeroplane Carrier H.M.S. Ark Royal, ...

76584
HARRIS, Extra Master W. T.
THE LIFEBOAT GLOSSARY, with Diagram
$20.00 AUD

The James Laver Printing Co. Liverpool. 1953. 3rd edition. 48 PP with 4 plates of illustrations, plus large folded plate (42 x 55 cms) with 7 sets of life drawings. Soft covers, illustrated front cover. Covers rubbed and with sellotape repairs on spine and gutters. Folded plate repaired at fold. Name of previous owner at top of front cover. Still a very good copy of a scarce item. 18.5 x 12..

77035
HARTZELL, Warren & LABARGE, Lura
NET-MAKING & KNOTTING
$45.00 AUD

Sterling Publishing Co. New York. 1974. 1st edition in the "Little Craft Book" series. 56 PP with over 102 b/w illustrations: sketches, 13 b/w and 9 colour photos. Pictorial boards, library binding. Fine. 19 x 19. 080695311X

62423
HAVYATT, Geoffrey A.
HAVYATT'S AUSTRALIAN DIRECTORY OF SHIPPING
$10.00 AUD

Author. Woolwich, N.S.W. c. 1970. List of 8 PP (typescript on recto only), staples. Very good. 33.5 x 20.5.

List of 38 Passenger Ships sailing to / in Australia.

77005
HAWARD, Peter
HIGH LATITUDE CROSSING - The Viking route to America
$10.00 AUD

Adlard Coles. London. 1968. 1st Ed. (14), 146 PP with 4 "Course" maps and 3 "Weather maps", plus 4 pages with 8 b/w photos. Hard covers faded around edges, gilt title on spine. Foxing spots on top outside edges. Note on front endpaper. Very good. 21.6 x 16.5. 0229985688

Voyage of the yacht Griffin from Scarborough to Martha's Vineyard, via Iceland, Greenland and Newfoundland: lessons learnt..

76931
HAWKINS, Cathy
RETURN IN THE WAKE - The True Story of a Woman's Adventures at Sea
$100.00 AUD

John Ferguson. Sydney. 1988. 1st Ed. 188 PP with b/w illustrations (2 headpieces, 2 sketch plans and 30 photos), plus 24 pages with 38 colour photos. Eps: Mappemonde with tracks and insert with British Isles. Hard cover, attractive device on front cover, dj. Signature of previous owners (John and Ruth Young) on top of FFEP and a dedicatory note to them signed by the author on half-title-page. A near fine copy. Scarce. 23 x 15. 0949118222

Thousands of nautical miles logged, while racing in the trimarans "Twiggy" and "Balena". The difficulties in obtaining funds to realise her dreams...

35984
HAWS, Duncan
MERCHANT FLEETS - UNION STEAMSHIP COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND (No.32)
$30.00 AUD

TCL Publications. London. 1997. 1st Ed., No. 32 in the Merchant Fleets series. IV, 163, (9 blank) PP with 218 scale profiles drawing (scale 1/1200). Pictorial card cover. Fine. 21 x 15. 0946378320

History of the line, and fleet list of the 315 ships owned.

36280
HAWS, Duncan
MERCHANT FLEETS - BRITISH INDIA S.N. Co.- No.11 - BRITISH INDIA S.N. CO.
$30.00 AUD

TCL Publications. London. 1988. Reprint of the 1987 original. No. 11 in the Merchant Fleets series. 188 PP with 230 profile drawings to scale. Pictorial card covers. A near fine copy. Scarce. 23.5 x 15.5. 094637807X

History of the company and of the 526 ships of British India Steam Navigation Company and B.I. Associated Steamers.

40183
HAYTER, Alethea
A VOYAGE IN VAIN - Coleridge's Journey to Malta in 1804
$15.00 AUD

Faber and Faber. London. 1973. 1st Ed. 188 P, plus 8 pages with 10 b/w illustrations. Cloth cover, dj (price-clipped). Foxing spots on outside edges and some pages, offsetting of the front endpaper. Very good. 22.5 x 14. 0571102409

76961
HAYWOOD, John
DARK AGE NAVAL POWER - A Reassessment of Frankish and Anglo-Saxon Seafaring Activity
$45.00 AUD

Anglo-Saxon Books. Hockwold-cum-Wilton, Norfolk. 1999. Revised and extended edition of the 1991 original. 219, (5 publications) PP with b/w illustrations (1 photo, 5 maps and 17 figures). Stiff covers, pictorial front. Light crease at top corner of front cover. Bookplate of previous owner inside front cover. Near fine. 24.7 x 17. 9781898281221

76926
HEARD, Ian
CLASSIC BOATS OF THE WEST COUNTRY, drawing on our maritime tradition
$15.00 AUD

Bossiney Books. Launceston, Cornwall. 2002. 1st Ed. 48 PP with 17 b/w sketches and 22 colour illustrations. Laminated pictorial boards ("Elizabeth Mary", PH.107, chasing "Sadie Dalton). Fine. Oblong: 17.7 x 24.7. 9781899383535

Sketchbook of a collection of drawings, notes and paintings, south of Cornwall.

64467
HEATON, P.M.
THE "REDBROOK" A DEEP-SEA TRAMP
$20.00 AUD

P.M. Heaton Publishing. Gwent, U.K. 1995. 1st Paperback edition of original 1981. 80 PP plus 16 pages with 16 full-page b/w photos. Pictorial soft covers. Fine. 21.8 x 15.2. 1872006078

An account of the management and operation of a South Wales owned vessel in the 1960s.

69383
HENDERSON, Richard
UNDERSTANDING RIGS AND RIGGING
$25.00 AUD

International Marine. Camden, Maine. 1991. 1st paperback printing, a revised edition of the 1984 original. X, (2), 258 PP with over 190 figures (drawings, sketches & photos). Pictorial card covers with light wear. Faint foxing. Very good. 25.2 x 17.8. 0877422834

16126
HERBERT, Wally
THE NOOSE OF LAURELS - The Discovery of the North Pole
$10.00 AUD

Hodder & Stoughton. London. 1989. 1st Ed. 395 PP with 10 maps & diagrams, plus 16 pages with 49 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Ageing of paper around the edges, o/wise near fine. 24 x 16.2. 0340412763

A compelling portrait of the US explorer Peary, the first to reach the North Pole and his obsessive craving for fame.

33479
HERR, R. A. & ROOD, E. A. (editors)
A SOLOMONS SOJOURN: J. E. Philp's Log of the Makira 1912-1913
$10.00 AUD

Tasmanian Historical Research Association. Hobart. 1978. Limited edition of 550 copies. 208 PP with 3 maps, plus 8 b/w plates. Fp: John Ernest Philp, Boroni Plantation, 1913. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj (small repair and crease). Faint foxing, o/wise fine. 22.5 x 14.2. 0909479011

Trading for copra, goods, as well as recruiting labour for coconut plantations, on board the huon pine ketch Makira. Establishment of a plantation on San Cristobal, B.S.I.P.

38244
HEWSON, Robert
THE WORLD WAR II WARSHIP GUIDE
$10.00 AUD

Silverdale Books. London. 2000. 1st Ed. 112 PP with full-colour multiple view artwork describing over 50 warships. Half title page: HMS Exeter. Pictorial laminated boards, dj. Fine. Large format: 30.5 x 23. 1856055698

Each of the 53 ships with specifications table (powerplant, armament, dimensions and performance), as well as design and career history.

54672
HMSO
BERING SEA AND STRAIT PILOT, including the South-East Coast of Alaska Peninsula and off-lying islands, and the North-East Coast of Siberia
$80.00 AUD

Hydrographer of the Navy. London. 1920. 1st edition. Advertisement of the 1st edition, by Rear Admiral F. C. Learmonth. Edited by BAIRD, Captain W. J. N. (2 caution), XXXV, 610 PP with figures, over 12 tables (1 folded) and 27 coastal views (4 beacons or lighthouses), plus 91 plates with 267 coastal views and 1 folded Index Chart No. 15(1). Cloth cover, title on front cover and spine. Old water marks affecting the top or bottom margin of plates. Faint foxing, o/wise near fine. Rare. 24.4 x 15.5.

43248
HOAGLAND, Lt. Comdr. Edgar D.
THE SEA HAWKS - With the PT Boats at war
$25.00 AUD

Presidio Press. Novato, Ca. 1999. 1st Ed. VIII, 237 PP with 1 map, plus 10 pages with 19 b/w photos. Fp: Portrait of Ensign Edgar D. Hoagland. Hard cover, dj. Foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 22.2 x 14.5. 0891416846

30218
HOARE, Robert J.
TRAVEL BY SEA
$5.00 AUD

A. & C. Black. London. 1961. 1st Ed., in the Black's Junior Reference Books series. 80 PP with b/w illust. (drawings, photos). Title page: vignette of an early East Indiaman. Hard cover, pictorial front cover (Sirius, the first ship to cross the Atlantic under continuous steam power in 1838), dj (price clipped). Some foxing. Very good. 25.2 x 19.

Ships of early times, age of Discovery, great days of sail and in the age of steam.

35208
HOBSON, Richmond Pearson
THE SINKING OF THE MERRIMAC
$10.00 AUD

Naval Institute Press. Annapolis. 1987. Reprint of the 1899 original, in the Classic of Naval Literature series, with an introduction and notes by Richard W. Turk. XXXVI, 193, (2) PP with 60 b/w illust. Cloth cover, gilt device and title on front cover and spine, ribbon page-marker. Fine. 21.5 x 14.5 0870216325

USA / Spanish War of 1899.

77292
HOEHLING, A. A. & Mary
THE LAST VOYAGE OF THE LUSITANIA
$5.00 AUD

Longmans, Green & Co. London. 1957. 1st UK edition of the 1956 US original. VIII, 184 PP, plus 16 pages with 22 b/w illustrations. Hard cover. Library number on bottom of spine and on rear endpaper. Remnants of library pockets on FFEP. Otherwise there are no other marks and still a very good clean copy. 22.2. x 14.8.

Chronicle of the last days of this Atlantic liner, of her crew & passengers up to her sinking (torpedoed) on May 7 1915 off the coast of Ireland. Loss of 1198 lives (124 of them American). The experiences of the survivors, the rescue..

47136
HOGARTH, Christine (compiler)
NAVIGATORS AND SHIPWRECKS - Australia's Heritage in Stamps
$10.00 AUD

Australia Post. Melbourne. 1985. 1st Ed., Book 2 in the Australian Bicentennial Collection. 36 PP with b/w & colour illustrations (maps, charts, engravings, painting photos and images of stamps), plus stamp folder in pocket inside front cover. Title page: Silver plate from the wreck of the Batavia. Fp: Detail from the map: Mar del Sur, Mar Pacifico, 1622. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 25 x 25. 0642079013

21399
HORNSBY, David
OCEAN SHIPS - 1982
$15.00 AUD

Ian Allan. London. 1982. Updated & revised edition, from the 1964 original. 255 PP with tables & over 250 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj ("Vistafjord"). Very good. 22.3 x 15.2. 0711011508

Part One: Passenger liners & cruise ships. Part Two: Cargo ships. Part Three: Tankers.

49393
HORWITZ, Tony
INTO THE BLUE - Boldly going where Captain Cook has gone before
$10.00 AUD

Allen & Unwin. Sydney. 2003. 1st printing. (14), 480 PP with 1 portrait and 7 maps. Pictorial soft cover. Faint foxing. Near fine. 19.5 x 13. 9781741141634

76951
HOWARD, Sidney
THAMES TO TAHITI ( No. 16 in the Mariners Library)
$40.00 AUD

Rupert Hart-Davis. London. 1951. 1st edition as No. 16 in the Mariners Library series, of the 1933 original. 219 PP with 1 plan and 8 maps, plus 10 pages with 10 b/w photos. Fp: Author and John at St. Lucia / "Pacific Moon" leaving St. Vincent, Cape Verde Islands. Cloth cover, device on front cover, dj (price-clipped), top edge tinted. Dust jacket with a few chips and in a protective sleeve. Light foxing on outside page edges. Very good. 19 x 12.5.

Voyage of Pacific Moon, a 38-foot auxiliary cutter, to Tahiti in 1931.

20664
HOWARTH, David
SOVEREIGN OF THE SEAS, The Story of British Sea Power
$15.00 AUD

Collins. London. 1974. 1st Ed. 382 PP with 5 maps & 2 diagrams, plus 48 pages with 27 bw & 19 colour illust. Eps: World Map. Hard cover, dj. (small piece missing on spine). Foxing spots on outside edges. A very good clean copy. 24.7 x 17. 0002167557

The growth of British power at sea, since the 5th Century voyages of Celtic monks across the Atlantic...

21523
HOWARTH, David (editor)
THE DREADNOUGHTS (in The Seafarers)
$5.00 AUD

Time-Life Books. Amsterdam. 1980. 1st European English language printing of the 1979 original, in The Seafarers series. 176 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Title page: Hand-painted porcelain bowl . Eps: Map of Northern European waters. Simile leather covers, colour vignette of super dreadnought Queen Elizabeth pasted down on front cover. Near fine. 28.7 x 24. 0705406288

16715
HOYT, Edwin P.
CLOSING THE CIRCLE, War in the Pacific : 1945
$10.00 AUD

Van Nostrand Reinhold. New York. 1982. Book Club edition. XIII, (3), 236 PP, plus 8 pages with 23 b/w photos. Fp: Map of Japan with 3rd Fleet operations. Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing. Very good. 21.5 x 14.5.

The last 60 days of action of WWII in the Pacific theatre: Kamikaze attacks, Okinawa campaign, atomic bomb. Japan's official surrender aboard the USS Missouri.

19933
HOYT, Edwin P.
THE LONELY SHIPS, The Life and Death of the U.S. Asiatic Fleet
$20.00 AUD

David McKay. New York. 1976 Reprint in a Book Club Edition of the original. 316 PP with 7 maps. Fp: Map of the Far East. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Very good. 21.5 x 14.

The fleet formed in 1850 to protect America's interests in China and policed the seas of the Orient, but was almost destroyed at the onset of the Pacific War.

42334
HOYT, Edwin P.
THE MUTINY ON THE GLOBE
$10.00 AUD

Arthur Barker. London. 1976. 1st UK edition of the 1975 US original. (10), 203 PP. Eps: Map of the voyage of the Globe. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price clipped). Closed tears to dust jacket, faint foxing on outside edges. Very good. 22.2 x 14.2. 0213165767

The events on board the US whaleship Globe which in 1824, led to an uprising, mutiny and establishment of a kingdom on Mili Atoll.

31773
HUNT, Susan & CARTER, Paul
TERRE NAPOLEON - Australia through French Eyes 1800-1804
$25.00 AUD

Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales. Sydney. 1999. 1st Ed., with a foreword by Jacqueline Bonnemains. (8), 148 PP with b/w and colour illust., and 46 plates in b/w and colour. Pictorial laminated boards, dj. Fine. 31 x 24.7. 0949753874

French exploration of Australian shores (1801 to 1803) led by Captain Nicolas Baudin. Published to accompany an exhibition held in Sydney from 27th February to 30 May 1999.

44961
HURD, Sir Archibald
THE BATTLE OF THE SEAS, The Fighting Merchantmen
$10.00 AUD

Hodder & Stoughton. London. 1941. 1st Printing. 160 PP plus 40 pages with 52 b/w photos. Fp: Ships of Commerce Guarded by Ships of War. Hard cover with a few marks, scarce dust jacket. Light foxing, renewed endpapers, o/wise very good. 19.4 x 13.

A tribute to the skill, endurance & courage of the fighting merchantmen who supplied food & raw materials to the forces thus contributing to the defeat of Italy & Germany.

49790
INGPEN, Robert
AUSTRALIA'S HERITAGE WATCH. An Overview of Australian Conservation
$15.00 AUD

Rigby. Adelaide. 1981. 1st Ed. 120 PP with b/w and colour illustrations by the author. Illustrated endpapers. Hard cover, dj. Very good. 31.5 x 24. 0727015184

71415
INNES, Hammond
THE LAST VOYAGE, Captain Cook's Lost Diary
$10.00 AUD

Collins. London. 1978. 1st Ed. 254 PP. Eps: Map of world with the three voyages of Cook. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Foxing spots on top outside edge. Near fine. 21.6 x 13.8. 0002214458

The personal account written when he probably had time for reflection.

57303
INRO
WARSHIP INTERNATIONAL - Volume XXVIII, No. 3, 1991
$5.00 AUD

INRO / International Naval Research Organization. Toledo, Ohio, USA. 1991. Edited by Allan C. HARRIS & Christopher C. WRIGHT. 211-314 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (sketches, plans and photos). Pictorial soft cover in colour. Occasional foxing. Very good. 28 x 21.5.

The Arleigh Burke (DDG-51), by Christopher P. Cavas. The evolution of Battleship Gunnery in the U.S. Navy, 1920-1945, by W. J. Jurens.

57308
INRO
WARSHIP INTERNATIONAL - Volume XXXVI, No. 2, 1999
$5.00 AUD

INRO / International Naval Research Organization. Toledo, Ohio, USA. 1999. Edited by Allan C. HARRIS & Christopher C. WRIGHT. 111-206 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (sketches, plans and photos). Pictorial soft cover in colour. Previous owner's address label on front cover, o/wise near fine. 28 x 21.5.

Battleship Development in Russia, from 1905 to 1917, by Sergei E. Vinogradov. ...

76998
JACKSON, Jack (Editor)
TOP WRECK DIVES OF THE WORLD
$25.00 AUD

New Holland Publishers. London. 2007 1st Ed. 160 PP with colour photos throughout and a Destination Directory at rear. Hard covers, pictorial dust jacket. Fine. 31 x 27.. 9781845374662

The Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean, Red Sea, Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean (Malaysia, Philippines, Chuuk, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, Australia - East Coast, New Zealand, Canada - Vancouver Island).

75485
JACOBS, W. W.
SEA WHISPERS
$30.00 AUD

Methuen & Co. London. 1951. 3rd edition of the 1934 original. (8), 214, (2) PP. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price clipped and with repaired closed tears). Foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise contents are near fine. 19 x 13.

Short stories.

77143
JARVIS, Tim
SHACKLETON'S EPIC - Recreating the World's Greatest Journey of Survival
$20.00 AUD

ABC Books / HarperCollins. Sydney. 2013. 1st Ed. Foreword by Alexandra Shackleton. VIII, 264 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Laminated pictorial boards, dj. Fine. 25 x 19.5. 97807333526754

The "Shackletion Epic Expedition" of 2013 on the "Alexandra Shackleton", a replica of "James Caird" used by Ernest Shacketon in 1916.

34780
JOHNSON, Brian
FLY NAVY - The History of Maritime Aviation
$10.00 AUD

David & Charles. Newton Abbot. 1981. 1st Ed. 383 PP, plus 64 pages with 117 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Pages 33 to 48 with tears and chips on top margin, o/wise very good. 24 x 16.2. 0715380257

15491
JOHNSON, Hilda Archer
BYGONE DAYS ON THE TAMAR
$30.00 AUD

Regal. Launceston. 1988. 1st Ed. (14), 82 PP with 1 map & b/w illust. Pictorial soft covers with a little edge wear, otherwise fine. 21 x 14. 0949457248

Reminiscences of a lifetime on and observations of the Tamar River in Tasmania.

41303
JOHNSON, Irving & Electa
THE YANKEE'S WANDER-WORLD (in National Geographic Magazine)
$15.00 AUD

National Geographic Society. Washington. 1949. Volume XCV, No.1, January, 1949. Contains article between P. 1 and 50 with 1 map, 12 b/w and 42 colour photos. Soft cover with light wear. Near fine. 25.5 x 17.5.

4th world cruise (1st after the end of WWII) from Europe to Hawaii, via Galapagos, Easter, Pitcairn, Austral islands, Society Islands. Contains interesting photos.

20659
JONES, Freda & SULLIVAN, Tom
IN THE PATH OF THE ROARING FORTIES
$30.00 AUD

Regal. Launceston. 1989. 1st Ed. XII, 135 PP with 1 map, 1 genealogical tree, 12 pages of facsimiles (documents) & 36 bw photos. Pictorial card cover. Fine. 21 x 14.6. 0949457256

"Collection of Gleanings" and memories of King Island.

31624
JONES, Ted
THE DOGWATCH
$10.00 AUD

W. W. Norton. New York. 1981. 1st Ed. 224 PP with 13 maps & plans, and 21 b/w photos. Hard cover, cloth spine, dj. Fine. 24 x 16. 0393032523

One of America's best-known yachting writers tells stories of himself and his life afloat.

19460
JONES, Vincent
SAIL THE INDIAN SEA
$10.00 AUD

Gordon & Cremonesi. London. 1978. 1st Ed. 168 PP plus 16 pages with 31 b/w illust. FEP: Probable route of Vasca da Gama's first voyage. REP: Moorish trade routes before da Gama. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 26.5 x 17.5. 0860330214

Vasco da Gama: his travels, dominions and navigation. The discovery of the sea route to India.

48606
JORDAN, Humfrey
TIDE STILL FLOWING
$10.00 AUD

Hodder & Stoughton. London. 1940. 1st Ed. 383, (1) PP with 6 drawings by Bip Pares. Cloth cover. Foxing on outside edges and few pages, o/wise very good. 20.8 x 14.5.

64388
KEMP, Peter
THE HISTORY OF SHIPS
$10.00 AUD

Books for Pleasure. Sydney. 1978. 1st Australian edition. 288 PP with profuse b/w & colour illustrations throughout. Illustrated endpapers. Hard cover, gilt-engraved spine, dj (with a few repaired chips around edges). Contents near fine. 29.7 x 23.2. 0846704994

Man's struggle for mastery of the sea from the oarpower, the use of sail, to the nuclear energy of the submarine or the aircraft carrier.

76990
KEMP, Peter
THE ESCAPE OF THE SCHARNHORST AND GNEISENAU
$25.00 AUD

Ian Allan. London. 1975. 1st Ed., No. 14 in Sea Battles in Close-up series. 96 PP with 2 maps, plus 24 pages with 44 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 17.8 x 11.6. 0711005877

12/13th February 1942.

68783
KERR, Garry J. (editor)
AUSTRALIAN and NEW ZEALAND SAIL TRADERS
$35.00 AUD

Lynton Publications. Blackwood S.A. 1974. 1st Ed. 144 PP with 5 plans and 102 b/w photos. FEP: Sail plan of a 3 masted schooner. REP: Line drawings of Irazu. Illustrated hard cover. Fine. Scarce. 25 x 18.5. 0869461362

Pearling fleet of W.A., S.A. sail traders, whiting boats of Spencer Gulf, N.Z. scow, sailing traders of Southern Tasmania, Auckland mullet boats, Queenscliff couta boats, cray boats...

65809
KERR, Greg
LOST ANZACS: The Story of Two Brothers
$20.00 AUD

Oxford University Press. Melbourne. 1997. 1st Ed. VIII, 256 PP with b/w illustrations (cartoons & drawings, facsimile of documents, portraits, postcards & photos). Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Very good. 26 x 20. 0195540174

77278
KIRSOP, Wallace (editor)
EXPLORATIONS - Bulletin devoted to the study of Francop-Australian Links (in Explorations No. 1)
$10.00 AUD

Monash University / ISFAR. Melbourne. 1985. Issue No. 1, May 1985. 32 PP . Illustrated stiff covers. Fine. 20.8 x 14.5.

"A true account in which only the facts are wrong - Hubert de Castella's " Les Squatters Australiens (1861)", by Colin Thornton Smith. Oscar Comettant visits Brighton, by Genevieve Davison. Antoine Denat - A French Presence in Australia, by Margarert Denat. A Frenchwoman "Madame Marguerite Cockerton" in Melbourne: her contribution to the Alliance Francaise, by Colette Reddin. ...

77279
KIRSOP, Wallace (editor)
EXPLORATIONS - Bulletin devoted to the study of Franco-Australian Links - No. 2
$10.00 AUD

Monash University / ISFAR. Melbourne. 1985. Issue No. 2, December 1985. 40 PP. Pictorial stiff covers. fine. 20.8 x 14.2.

The Idea of France in Victoria, by Jim Davidson. French Perceptions of the Colony of Victoria: facts, fiction and euphoria, by Colin Thornton-Smith. Libraries, Archives and Research: a perspective from the La Trobe Library, by Dianne Reilly.

77280
KIRSOP, Wallace (editor)
EXPLORATIONS - Bulletin devoted to the study of Franco-Australian Links, No. 3
$10.00 AUD

Monash University / ISFAR. Melbourne. 1986. Issue No. 3, July 1986. 40 PP with 14 b/w illustrations. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 20.8 x 14.2.

Melbourne through French Eyes: Antoine Fauchery, by Dianne Reilly. The French Disconnection (architecture & buildings), by Miles Lewis.

77281
KIRSOP, Wallace (editor)
EXPLORATIONS - Bulletin devoted to the study of Franco-Australian Links, No. 4
$10.00 AUD

Monash University / ISFAR. Melbourne. 1987. Issue No. 4, March 1987. 32 PP with 2 b/w photos. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 20.8 x 14.2.

The incomparable Nazar Karagheusian, known as "Kara" (1898-1968), by Stan Scott. Coutance and the Voyage of the 'Adele", by Edward Duyker. Articles of Association for "Institute for the Study of French Australian Relations" / ISFAR.

77282
KIRSOP, Wallace (editor)
EXPLORATIONS - Bulletin devoted to the study of Franco-Australian Links, No. 6
$10.00 AUD

Institute for the Study of French-Australian Relations / ISFAR. Melbourne. 1988. Issue No. 6, September 1988. 24 PP with 2 b/w illustrations. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 20.8 x 14.2.

S.T. Gill and Hubert De Castella, on "Australian Squatters" published by Melbourne University Press of the 1861 "Les Squatters Australiens", by Colin Thornton-Smith.

77285
KIRSOP, Wallace (editor)
EXPLORATIONS - Bulletin devoted to the study of Franco-Australian Links, No. 7
$10.00 AUD

Institute for the Study of French-Australian Relations / ISFAR. Melbourne. 1988. Issue No. 7 December 1988. 32 PP with a 3 pages facsimile of a lettre. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 20.8 x 14.2.

A Coopérant's experiences in Melbourne, by François Fontaine. Some Thoughts on the Mauritian Cultural Impact on Australia, by Edward Duyker. The Consul's Treasure, by Colin Nettelbeck.

77289
KIRSOP, Wallace (editor)
EXPLORATIONS - Bulletin devoted to the study of Franco-Australian Links, No. 8
$15.00 AUD

Institute for the Study of French-Australian Relations / ISFAR. Melbourne. 1989. Issue No. 8 December 1989. 32 PP with 18 b/w illustrations and advertisements. Stiff covers, pictorial front. Fine. 25.8 x 17.7.

Bicentennial issue on the 1789 French Revolution. Paris - City of Revolutions, exhibition held 9th June to 31st July 1989 at Monash University Library.

77290
KIRSOP, Wallace (editor)
EXPLORATIONS - Bulletin devoted to the study of Franco-Australian Links, No. 9
$15.00 AUD

Institute for the Study of French-Australian Relations / ISFAR. Melbourne. 1990. Issue No. 9 December 1990. 32 PP. Stiff covers, pictorial front. Fine. 25.8 x 17.7.

The Victorian Customs Department and Respectable Limits of Taste: Emile Zola and Colonial Censorship, by Brian Hubber. A contemporary French Artist (Monique Frydman) in Australia, by Colin W. Nettelbeck. A contemporary Australian artist in France: Bronwyn Oliver.

22242
KLESTADT, Albert
THE SEA WAS KIND
$20.00 AUD

Kangaroo Press. Sydney. 1988. Reprint of the 1959 original. IX, 208 PP with 2 plans of the boat & 2 maps, plus 12 pages with 12 b/w illust. Fp: Sketches showing the lay-out and rig of "Kakugan". Hard cover, dj. Light foxing, mostly on inside of dust jacket. Very good. 22.3 x 13.8. 0864171854

The war-time escape in an open boat from the Philippines (occupied by Japanese forces), to Northern Australia.

17239
KLUDAS, Arnold
GREAT PASSENGER SHIPS OF THE WORLD, Volume 2, 1913-1923
$25.00 AUD

Patrick Stephens. Cambridge. 1976. 1st UK Ed. 240 PP with b/w photos. Fp: Vaterland. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Note on front endpaper. Near fine. 24.5 x 20.3. 0850592429

Passenger vessels over 10,000 G.R.T.

40568
KLUDAS, Arnold
GREAT PASSENGER SHIPS OF THE WORLD, Volume 5, 1951-1976
$20.00 AUD

Patrick Stephens. Cambridge. c.1990. 4th reprint of the 1977 UK edition. 226 PP with b/w photos. Fp: QE2 in New York. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 24.5 x 20.3. 0850592658

Passenger vessels over 10,000 G.R.T.

45460
KNÖBL, Kuno
TAI KI, To the Point of No Return
$10.00 AUD

W. Allen. London. 1976. 1st English edition of the 1975 German original. (10), 276 PP with 1 map, 3 plans of the junk Tai Ki and 18 figures in text, plus 84 pages with 2 b/w illust. & 120 colour photos. Eps: Map of North Pacific Ocean with the route of Tai Ki. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket with repaired tear on spine. Very good. 24.5 x 17.2. 049101547X

A voyage by junk and a failed attempt to prove the connection between the civilisation of South East Asia and Central America (attempt which began after studying knot codes found in a museum in Hue).

16513
LABOUTE, P. & MAGNIER, Y.
GUIDE SOUS-MARIN DE NOUVELLE CALEDONIE
$30.00 AUD

Edit. du Pacifique. Papeete. 1978. 1st Ed. 162 PP with 229 colour photos (212 of them for different species: from algae to turtles). Pictorial laminated boards. French text. Very good. 18.8 x 13.4. 2857001010

Some of the seascapes and the marine organisms found in the lagoon of New Caledonia.

37875
LACEY, Robert
THE QUEENS OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC
$15.00 AUD

Sidgwick & Jackson. London. 1973. 1st Ed. 124 PP with b/w illust. throughout. Fp: The launching of Queen Elizabeth. Illustrated endpapers. Hard cover (simile leather), gilt title on spine, dj. Foxing spots on endpapers. Near fine. 25 x 19.5. 0283979232

77086
LAIRD CLOWES, G. S.
SAILING SHIPS, Their History and Development as Illustrated by the Collection of Ship-Models in the Science Museum (in two volumes)
$55.00 AUD

HMSO / Science Museum. London. 1931 & 1932 2nd edition. Part I: August 1931 of the January 1931 original, 115 PP with 11 b/w illustrations, plus 38 plates with 45 b/w photos. Part II: February 1932 original. 112 PP, plus 28 plates with 35 b/w photos. Pictorial soft covers (Stern of the "Prince" 100 guns / Seal of Southampton). Soft covers have repairs and reinforcement. Contents are clean and still a very good set. 24.7 x 15.4.

Part I: Historical Notes. Part II: Catalogue of Exhibits, with Descriptive Notes.

67475
LANDSTRÖM, Björn
COLUMBUS, The Story of Don Cristobal Colon Admiral of the Ocean and his four voyages westward to the Indies according to contemporary sources, retold and illustrated by ...
$10.00 AUD

Allen & Unwin. London. 1967. 1st UK edition translated from the 1966 Swedish original by Michael Phillips and Hugh W. Stubbs. 208 PP with b/w & colour illustrations, pages 193-197: Chronology. Eps: Facsimile of the first printing of Columbus' letter about his discovery, printed in Barcelona in 1493. Cloth cover, device on front cover. Ex-library copy with library label on FEP, stamps on title page (recto/verso) and last leaf. Part of dust jacket tipped in on front endpaper. Covers lightly soiled. Good reading/working copy. 28.5 x 22.

76182
LANE, Daniel
THE DIGGER OF KOKODA - The Official Biography of Reg Chard
$25.00 AUD

Macmillan. Sydney. 2022 Reprint of the 2022 original. XVIII, 333 PP with 1 b/w photo, 1 location map, 1 map and 1 diagram of Kokoda Trail, plus 16 pages with 6 colour and 28 b/w photos. Pictorial soft covers with light wear, otherwise fine. 23 x 15.5. 9781761260278

22032
LAPPING, Brian
END OF EMPIRE
$10.00 AUD

Book Club Associates / Guild Publishing. London. 1985. 1st Ed. XVI, 560 PP with 17 maps and 133 bw illust. FEP: British Empire: dates of acquisition. REP: The end of British rule. Hard cover, dj. Signature of previous owner on FFEP and half-title page, o/wise a near fine copy. 25.3 x 18.5.

The Route to Independence : India, Palestine, Malaya, Iran, Egypt, Aden, Cyprus, Gold Coast, Kenya, Rhodesia.

41254
LARN, Richard & Bridget
SHIPWRECKS - Around Land's End
$10.00 AUD

Tor Mark Press. Penryn. 1989. 1st Ed. 32 PP with 1 map and 34 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover (the Dieppe trawler Jean Gougy, 1962). Near fine. 21 x 14. 0850253071

Extreme west coast of Cornwall.

68992
LAUBENSTEIN, William J.
THE EMERALD WHALER
$10.00 AUD

Readers Book Club. Melbourne. 1962. Reprint of the 1961 UK original. 239 PP with 1 map, plus 4 pages with 5 b/w illustrations. Hard cover a little cocked, rubbed dust jacket.dj. Ageing of paper. Name of previous owner on front endpaper. Good reading copy. 19 x 13.

The voyage of the whaler Catalpa to Western Australia, taking to freedom 6 Irishmen who were condemned to prison in W.A.

67295
LAUGHTON, John Knox (editor)
THE NAVAL MISCELLANY - Volume I
$70.00 AUD

Navy Records Society. London. 1902. 1st Ed. Volume XX of the Navy Records Society. XI, 463, (4 publications) PP, plus 4 b/w plates (1 map & 3 folded maps) and 4 plates in colour. Cloth cover, cream and navy blue, gilt device on front cover, gilt title on spine. Front and back hinge split at head and repaired. Relevant pencil annotations on "Contents" pages. Occasional foxing. Very good. 24 x 16.

Book of war by sea and land, anno 1543, by Jehan Bytharne. Relation of the voyage to Cadiz, 1596 by Sir William Slyngisbie... Seizure of Helgoland, 1807.

68998
LAWSON, Mary
KNOTS
$10.00 AUD

Methuen Australia. Sydney. 1984. 1st edition in the "Leisure Time" series. 64 PP with over 100 b/w illustrations by Richard Gregory. Stiff covers, pictorial front. Occasional foxing. Very good. 18 x 11. 0454008244

76438
LEATHER, John
GAFF RIG
$50.00 AUD

Adlard Coles Ltd. London. 1970. 1st edition. 266, (4 index) PP with 86 figures and 2 tail-pieces by author and 40 b/w photos. Fp: The 158 ft racing schooner Rainbow. Cloth cover, dj (price-clipped). Ex-libris of Prof. Adrian Horridge on inside front cover, dedicatory note to him on FFEP. Dust jacket has a few chips and small piece missing on rear and is in a protective sleeve. Foxing around the top and outside edges, otherwise contents are near fine. The scarce first edition. Oblong: 19 x 25.2. 0229974899

History & development of gaff-rigged craft (catboats, sloops,...), practical aspects of this rig (masts, spars, standing & running rigging,...)

76499
LEE, Stuart & HOWLAND, Keith
YAMBA YESTERDAY - A Retrospective View: 1885-1985
$20.00 AUD

The Centenary Committee. Yamba. 1985. 1st Ed. 133 PP with 1 music score, 9 plans of the Clarence river mouth, 24 colour and 136 b/w illust. Fp: Homestead. Illustrated endpapers. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket with a repaired tear, in a clear plastic sleeve, otherwise contents are near fine. Oblong: 21.4 x 30. 0958969108

Port at the mouth of the Clarence River.

16114
LEHANE, Brendan
THE NORTHWEST PASSAGE
$5.00 AUD

Time-Life Books. Amsterdam. 1982. 1st European English language printing of the 1981 original, in The Seafarers series. 176 PP with b/w & colour illust. throughout. FEP: Map of North American continent with Northwest Passage. Simile leather covers, colour illustration pasted down on front cover. Very good. 28.8 x 23.5. 705406393

The successive attempts to find the Northwest Passage to Japan and China.

21606
LENTON, H. T.
BRITISH FLEET & ESCORT DESTROYERS 2
$10.00 AUD

Macdonald. London. 1970. 1st Ed., in the "Navies of the Second World War" series. 136 PP with tables, 1 plan and 81 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Foxing spots on top outside edge. Near fine. Oblong: 10.8 x 15.5. 0356031225

21803
LENTON, H.T. & COLLEDGE, J.J.
WARSHIPS OF WORLD WAR II, Part 6 - Trawlers, Drifters and Whalers
$10.00 AUD

Ian Allan. London. 1963. 81 PP with b/w photos throughout. Pictorial card cover. Fine. Small format: 18.5 x 12.5.

Admiralty drifters, pennant numbers, purchased & requisitioned trawlers, whalers & drifters...

16173
LEPAGE, J. & RIETH, E.
EX-VOTO MARINS DE MEDITERRANEE
$30.00 AUD

Musées de la Marine. Paris. 1978. 1st Ed. 146 PP with 23 sketch plans of Mediterranean traditional craft, 64 b/w and 12 colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 21.5 x 15.5.

Catalogue of an exhibition held in 1978-1979 on the votive paintings, artifacts and shipmodels found in the chapels and churches on the Mediterranean coast of France.

75016
LESLIE, J.
HOME IS THE SAILOR
$10.00 AUD

N.S.W. Bookstall Company. Sydney. 1934. 1st Ed. (10), 267 PP. Cloth covers are worn/frayed around edges and a little soiled, dulled spine. Lacks the free front endpaper, o/wise a good clean copy. 18.8 x 13.

Novel set in Australia and the Islands of Fiji and Samoa... Search for the haunts of Bully Hayes, and for stranded sailors...

77014
LEVERT, Lee J.
FUNDAMENTALS OF NAVAL WARFARE
$30.00 AUD

The Macmillan Company. New York. 1947. 1st Printing. XII, (2), 488 PP with tables and 74 figures (diagrams, drawings, graphs, sketches, maps). Cloth covers, gilt title on spine. Offsetting of endpapers and occasional foxing. Leaf 83/84 with small torn part in the fore margin (not affecting the text). Very good. 21.5 x 14.5.

76937
LEVI, Renato "Sonny"
DHOWS TO DELTAS
$100.00 AUD

Nautical Publishing Co. London. 1971. 1st Ed. 255 PP with 125 figures & 38 b/w plates. Hard cover with light wear (a few small marks), gilt title on spine. Light foxing, mostly on first and last pages. Signature of previous owner on front endpaper. Contents are near fine. Scarce. 28.5 x 22. 0245599568

Part autobiography, part account of the author's design experience for high-speed boats. Appendix on propellers by Peter du Cane & Klaus Suhrbier, a senior hydrodynamicist of Vosper Thornycroft. (nb: As the author was born in Karachi and lived in India, Plate I showing a dhow explains this unusual title).

45667
LEWIS, David
FROM MAUI TO COOK - The Discovery and Settlement of the Pacific
$5.00 AUD

Doubleday. Sydney. 1977. 1st Ed. X, 213 PP with drawings by Walter Stackpool. Eps: Map of the Pacific Ocean (FEP: discoveries Magellan to Torres - REP: discoveries Schouten / Le Maire to Cook). Cloth cover. Occasional foxing. Near fine. 23.5 x 18. 086824001X

Pacific exploration, from prehistoric times, seen through the eyes of a modern-day seagoing adventurer.

12788
LEWIS, David Levering
THE RACE TO FASHODA, European Colonialism and African Resistance in the Scramble for Africa
$10.00 AUD

Weidenfeld & Nicolson. New York. 1987. 1st Ed. XIV, 304, (2) PP with 3 maps, plus 16 pages with 23 b/w photos. Eps: Political maps of Africa, circa 1870 and circa 1900. Hard cover, cloth spine, dj (price clipped). Faint foxing, o/wise fine. 24 x 16.5. 1555840582

European incursions in Africa, the attempts in 1898 by the French to colonize from the West in Senegal to Djibouti in the East, foiled by the will and might of England trying to colonize from the North in Egypt to Cape Town in the South.

76889
LEWIS, Tom
BY DERWENT DIVIDED - The story of the Lake Illawarra, the Tasman Bridge and the 1975 Disaster
$30.00 AUD

Tall Stories. Darwin. 1999. 1st Ed. (2), 71 PP with 2 maps, 3 cartoons and 61 b/w photos. Pictorial laminated boards. Article "Power Without Glory: ... on Sir Allan Knight, who designed the original and unique Hobart Floating Bridge" page pulled out from "Motor News" magazine of April/May 1992, loosely inserted. Fine. 30.5 x 21.6. 0957735111

47743
LINGWOOD, John
SD14 : THE FULL STORY
$50.00 AUD

Ships in Focus Publications. Preston, UK. 2004. 1st Ed. 256 PP with 1 map of the River Wear, 1 cutaway drawing of an SD14, 1 set of plans General Arrangement on a double page, 3 b/w and 547 colour photos. Title page: Syrie (Southwick, yard number 853). Fp: Sunderland Venture (Southwick, yard number: 1426). FEP: Porto Alegre (Southwick, yard number 888). REP: Ignacio Agramonte (Austin & Pickersgill, South Dock , yard number 453). Laminated pictorial boards. Fine. 30.5 x 21.8. 1901703649

SD (for Shelter-Deck) & 14 (for 14,000 tons deadweight).

76262
LLOYD'S - FAIRPLAY
LIST OF SHIPOWNERS & MANAGERS 2007-08
$50.00 AUD

Lloyd's Register - Fairplay Ltd. Redhill, Surrey, UK. 2007. Yearly edition. XVIII, 1132 PP. Hard covers, simile leather, device in blind on front cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Near fine. 29 x 24.3.. 9781901290998

17225
LONEY, Jack
LADY BAY WARRNAMBOOL, A Graveyard of Ships
$5.00 AUD

Marine History Publications. Geelong. 1982. Reprint of 1968 original. 20 PP, plus 8 pages with 1 plan & 7 b/w illust. Pict. soft cover. Fine. 20.8 x 14. 0909244103

Wrecks of Lady Bay near the city of Warrnambool.

18828
LONEY, Jack
WRECK - 1891, and Other Maritime Memories
$10.00 AUD

Marine History Publications. Geelong. 1992. 1st Ed. 121 PP with 1 map & 2 b/w illustrations, plus 32 pages with 69 b/w illustrations (including 6 maps). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21.5 x 17.5. 0909191492

Major wrecks on the South Western Victorian coast in the year 1891: W.D. Godfrey, Joseph H. Scammell, Gambier, Fiji,...

20801
LONEY, Jack
AUSTRALIAN SEA STORIES
$10.00 AUD

List Publishing. Geelong. 1985. 1st Ed. 150 PP with b/w illustrations. Hard cover, dj. Very good. 22.8 x 18.2. 0909191344

Shipwrecks, escapes from disaster, Ben Boyd's shipping empire, ...

77085
LUBBOCK, Basil & SPURLING, Jack
THE BEST OF SAIL
$400.00 AUD

Patrick Stephens Ltd. Cambridge. 1975. 1st limited edition of 100 numbered copies (No. 74/100). Edited by F.A. Hook, and with an introduction by Alan Villiers. (12), 181 PP on art paper, plus 36 colour plates by J. Spurling. FEP: Windjammer and Trawler by W.M. Birchall. REP: Port scene with windjammer and freighter, by W.M. Birchall. Hand bound in full goatskin, gilt title and decoration engraved on front cover, gilt title on spine, raised bands, all edges gilt, contained in cloth covered slipcase. Signed by Alan Villiers on title page. Fine. Scarce. 30.7 x 26. 0850592178

Condensed version of Sail: The Romance of the Clipper Ships. A collector's item.

65055
LURIE, Richard
UNDER THE GREAT BARRIER REEF
$10.00 AUD

Jarrolds. London. 1966. 1st Ed. 191 PP with 4 maps, plus 16 pages with 32 b/w photos and frontispiece. Fp (in colour): Aqualung diver collecting Red Fan coral. Hard cover, gilt title on spine. Very good. Image shows title page and frontispiece. 21.6 x 14.

47547
LYON, Hugh
FIGHTING SHIPS
$10.00 AUD

Kingfisher. London. 1981. 1st Ed. 124 PP with 1 map with inset, 40 flags in colour, 108 sketch plans, and colour illustrations (1 cutaway, 18 photos and 70 artworks by Roy Huxley). Title spread: Escort Vessels. Pictorial laminated covers. Faint foxing. Very good. 19.5 x 12.7. 0862720060

66278
MACARTHUR, Ellen
TAKING ON THE WORLD
$15.00 AUD

Michael Joseph / Penguin Books. London. 2002. 1st Ed. XX, 396 PP with 3 maps and 20 headpieces, plus 32 pages with 102 colour photos. Eps. Hard cover, dj. Note on half title page. Faint foxing. Near fine. 24 x 16. 0718145259

Round Britain race of 1995. Transatlantic races in 1996, 1997, 1998 and 2000. The Vendée Globe race of 2000/2001.

52166
MACINTYRE, Captain Donald
SEA WARFARE 1939-1945
$10.00 AUD

Phoebus. London. 1977. 1st edition, in the Phoebus History of the World Wars "Special" series. 64 PP with b/w and colour illust. (paintings, photos, plans, profiles). Pictorial soft cover. Covers lightly soiled. Near fine. 29.7 x 22.5.

16810
MACINTYRE, Donald
FAMOUS FIGHTING SHIPS
$10.00 AUD

Hamlyn. London. 1975. 1st Ed. 160 PP with b/w & 19 colour illust. Title-page: HMS Warspite. Eps: Trafalgar, surrender of Redoutable. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 30.5 x 15. 0600354865

Stories of 10 ships and their commanders. From the Revenge of Drake to the USS Enterprise... Redoutable (France), Mikasa (Japan), Scharnhorst (Germany),..

53507
MACINTYRE, Donald
FAMOUS SEA BATTLES
$10.00 AUD

Hamlyn. London. 1974. 1st Ed. 125 PP with b/w & colour illustrations. Illustrated boards, dj (price clipped). Dust jacket has a sunned spine and a few chips or closed tear. Overall, a very good clean copy. 26 x 19.5. 0600380661

Stories of 12 sea battles: Lepanto... Trafalgar... Jutland... Leyte Gulf.

11651
MACKANESS, George
SOME PROPOSALS FOR ESTABLISHING COLONIES IN THE SOUTH SEAS
$15.00 AUD

Review Publications. Dubbo, NSW. 1976. Reprint of 1943 Ed. Volume XI in the Australian Historical Monographs new series. 62 PP with 5 b/w illust. Stapled card cover. Very good. 21.4 x 13.7.

76898
MACKINNON, A. J.
THE UNLIKELY VOYAGE OF JACK DE CROW
$40.00 AUD

Black Inc. / Schwartz Books Pty. Ltd. Melbourne. 2022 New edition of the 2009 original. Afterword by the author. (10), 357 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, sketches, endpieces) by the author, plus 16 colour plates/watercolours, including 5 maps by the author. Eps: sketch map of Western Europe with "The Voyage of Jack de Crow", from Ellesmere to the Black Sea. Hard covers, dj. Fine. 24 x 16. 9781760643171

From the border of North Wales to the Black Sea, on a previously derelict dinghy of the Mirror Class: LOA: 3.35 m / Width: 1.22 m / Mast: 3.05 m. 4900 km over salt and fresh water / under sail, at the oars or under tow / 12 countries / 282 locks. Crossing in the late 1990's, when central Europe was still in turmoil.

15729
MADDOCK, Shirley & WHYTE, Don
FAR AS A MAN MAY GO - Captain Cook's New Zealand
$15.00 AUD

Collins. Auckland. 1969. 1st Ed. XVI, 284 PP, plus 60 pages with 114 b/w & colour illustrations. Fp (in colour): Captain Cook by John Webber. Eps: Chart of NZ drawn by Cook & map NZ coastline today. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price clipped). A near fine copy. 22 x 16.

A comparison of New Zealand in the 1960's and 200 years earlier when surveyed and described by Cook.

76946
MARCHAJ, C. A.
SEAWORTHINESS: The Forgotten Factor
$50.00 AUD

Adlard Coles. London. 1986. 1st Ed. X, 371 PP with 11 tables, and 191 figures (sketches, graphs, photos). Hard cover, dj Dust jacket with a few chips and faded spine. Signature of previous owner at top of FFEP, otherwise a very good clean copy. 27.2 x 20. 0229116736

11715
MARTIN, Captain Henry Byam
THE POLYNESIAN JOURNAL OF CAPTAIN HENRY BYAM MARTIN, R.N, In Command of HMS GRAMPUS - 50 Guns at Hawaii and on station in Tahiti and the Society Islands August 1846 to August 1847
$10.00 AUD

Australian National University. Canberra. 1981. 1st Australian edition. Foreword by Nigel Davies. 192 PP with 1 map, over 36 b/w illustrations, plus 8 pages with 20 colour paintings by author. Fp: portrait of Captain Martin. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Near fine. 23.5 x 15.5. 0708116094

The sojourn of one year (the fatal one), in which the French subjugated the Tahitians by bloody force and made the island a protectorate of France.

76953
MARTYR, Weston
THE £200 MILLIONAIRE (No. 14 in the Mariners Library)
$50.00 AUD

Rupert Hart-Davis. London. 1951. 1st edition of the 1932 original, No. 14 in the Mariners Library series. 253 PP. Cloth cover, dj (price-clipped) and with a few chips, now in a protective sleeve. Top edge tinted. Light foxing, otherwise a very good copy. Scarce. 18.8 x 12.8.

77053
MAY, John
GREEK FERRIES
$25.00 AUD

Ferry Publications Ltd. Narberth, UK. 1999. 1st Ed. 112 PP with b/w and colour illustrations: 5 maps, posters & sailing programs, and photos (all of them by the author). Pictorial stiff covers. Near fine. 29.7 x 21. 9781871947533

16188
McAFEE, Robert F.
DAWES'S METEOROLOGICAL JOURNAL [in Bureau of Meteorology, Historical Note No.2]
$10.00 AUD

A.G.P.S. Canberra. 1981. 1st Ed. Foreword by J. W. Zillman. VI, 30 PP with many b/w illust. & facsimile of documents, plus microfiche copy of the original 182 pages of the Journals (in a pocket at rear). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 25 x 17.5. 0642016852

The man and his contribution to Australian meteorology and climatology. His observatory and his Journal.

76767
McCALL, Bernard (editor)
COASTAL SHIPPING Vol. 8, No. 4
$5.00 AUD

Coastal Shipping Magazine. Portishead, UK. 2001. August 2001. 123-158 PP with 35 b/w and 7 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover (tanker "Esso Avon", 12 April 1983). Fine. Oblong: 14.8 x 21.

Port panorama: western bank of the river Trent, on 23 May 2001.

76769
McCALL, Bernard (editor)
COASTAL SHIPPING Vol. 10, No. 4
$5.00 AUD

Coastal Shipping Magazine. Portishead, UK. 2003. August 2004. 123-158 PP with 26 b/w and 8 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover (the "Jan-Fabian", a container feeder ship heading up the Elbe estuary, 29 May 2001). Fine. Oblong: 14.8 x 21.

Port Panorama: the port of Sharjah, by Roger Hurcombe..

76914
McCARTHY, Cal & TODD, Kevin
THE WRECK OF THE NEVA, The Horrifying Fate of a Convict Ship and the Irish Women Aboard
$45.00 AUD

Mercier Press / Navarine Press. Cork, Ireland / Hobart, Tasmania. 2024. New edition of the 2013 original. Foreword by Graeme Broxam. (6), IV, 217 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (charts, maps, sketches, plans, photos of Neva, 3 charts, 3 maps and 9 prints or photos). Fp: Broadsheet on wreck of the "Neva". Pictorial laminated boards. Fine. 26 x 18.5 9780645708653

Ship wrecked 13 May 1835, on a reef North of King Island: loss of 224 lives..

77169
McCORMICK, Anne & McDONNELL, Derek
HIGHLY IMPORTANT WORKS OF ART - THE BAUDIN EXPEDITION TO AUSTRALIA (1800-1804) / Nicolas-Martin Petit (1777-1804) & Charles Alexandre Lesueur 51778-1846) - AUCTION CATALOGUE
$50.00 AUD

Hordern House / Deutscher and Hackett. Sydney. 2018. 1st Ed. 81 PP with 5 colour illustrations (1 sketch map of Australia and 4 watercolours) and 18 b/w illustrations (1 portrait of Nicolas Baudin, 4 charts, etchings, sketches). Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. Oblong: 24 x 27.8. 9780648383918

List of items to be auctioned by Deutscher and Hackett on 28 November 2018 together with Price Estimates.

77000
McCUTCHEON, Campbell
THAMES SHIPPING in the 1960s and 1970s
$20.00 AUD

Amberley publishing. Stroud, UK. 2013 1st Ed. 128 PP with 260 b/w photos. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 23.5 x 16.5. 9781848682856

63669
McDONELL, Captain R.
BUILD A FLEET LOSE A FLEET
$30.00 AUD

Melbourne. Hawthorn Press. 1976. 1st Ed. VII, 242 PP, plus 8 pages with 32 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Dedicatory note to Senator Ken Wriedt on title page dated and signed by the author. A few nicks in the dust jacket, o/wise near fine. 22.2 x 14.5. 0725601655

The Commonwealth Government Line of steamers, founded in 1916, absorbing the prize ships taken from Germany at the outbreak of WWI and disbanded/sold in 1926.

41885
McFEE, William
LAW OF THE SEA
$10.00 AUD

Faber and Faber. London. 1951. 1st Ed. 302 PP. Cloth cover, gilt title on a sunned spine. Edges of covers rubbed. Foxing spots on outside edges and some pages. Faint old watermarks at bottom of rear endpaper and margin of the last 9 leaves but not affecting any text, o/wise a very good clean copy. Image shows title-page. 20.8 x 14.

18734
McINTYRE, Colin
World War II BATTLE AT SEA
$10.00 AUD

Mallard. New York. 1990. 1st US edition. 176 PP with 187 b/w photos. Pictorial laminated boards, dj. Faint foxing. Near fine. 27.6 x 24.2. 0792453735

Battles between warships (River Plate, Mediterranean, Bismarck, ..) with aircraft carrier support (Coral Sea, Midway, Leyte, ..), protection of convoys, landing operations on all oceans and seas.

75107
MELVILLE, Herman
The Best of MOBY DICK and TYPEE, also BILLY BUD complete
$10.00 AUD

Platt & Munk. New York. 1964. 1st edition in "The Platt & Munk Great Writers Collection". Foreword by Rear Admiral Edward Ellsberg. 543 PP. Hard covers, gilt decoration on front cover and spine, dj (price clipped). Dust jacket laminated and slightly soiled; Last leaf with a lower part torn (not affecting the text). Foxing. Good reading copy. 24 x 15.5.

51120
MENZIES, Gavin
1421 - The Year China Discovered the World
$10.00 AUD

Bantam Press. London. 2003. 1st paperback printing of the 2002 original. 650, (6 publications) PP with 19 head pieces, 22 text illustrations, 3 diagrams and 34 maps, plus 32 pages with 54 colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Newspaper clipping "When an ancient Empire set out to see the World", Daily Telegraph 21 Oct. 2004, loosely inserted. Foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise near fine. 19.8 x 12.7. 0553815229

49490
MERCER, Peter G.
GATEWAY TO PROGRESS - Centenary History of the Marine Board of Burnie
$10.00 AUD

The Marine Board of Burnie. Burnie, Tasmania. 1969. 1st Ed. XI, (3), 206 PP with 6 plans, plus 8 Pages with 13 b/w photos. Eps: Pencil sketch of Emu Bay. Cloth cover, gilt decoration on front cover, with title on spine, dj. Near fine. 23 x 15.8.

From an open roadstead to a modern port, with breakwater and wharves.

38956
MERRY, Barbara & DARWIN, John
THE SPLICING HANDBOOK - Techniques for Modern and Traditional Ropes
$10.00 AUD

International Marine. Camden, Maine. 1994. 8th printing of the 1987 original. XII, 100 PP with 4 tables and 143 illustrations. Pictorial card cover. Fine. 21.4 x 13.6. 0877429529

72133
MESIBOV, Bob ('Spider')
48 SPIDER'S WRITINGS ON NATURE, from the "Circular Head Chronicle", 1980-82
$10.00 AUD

Bob Mesidov / Circular Head Chronicle. Smithton, Tasmania. 1982. 1st Ed. 104 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, graphs, maps photos). Inside front cover: sketch map of Tasmania. Soft covers, illustrated front. Fine. 19.8 x 15.8. 0959296808

39002
MESSAGERIES MARITIMES
SUR LES TRACES DE BERNARDIN DE SAINT-PIERRE, LE VOYAGE A L'ILE DE FRANCE 1773 / THE VOYAGE TO MAURITIUS 1773 (in Courrier des Messageries Maritimes No. 136)
$20.00 AUD

Compagnie des Messageries Maritimes. Paris. 1973. No. 136, September-October 1973. Contains article by Pierre Bourdat from P. 32 to 45 with 4 colour and 16 duotone illustrations. Pictorial card cover. Fine. French and English text. 30.5 x 24.

On the Trail of Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, and Paul et Virginie, the novel of Mauritius.

64034
MESSAGERIES MARITIMES
MENU - Collection des Messageries Maritimes "Les Paquebots de Jadis"
$45.00 AUD

Compagnies des Messageries Maritimes / Alépée et Cie. Paris. c. 1950. 4 folded Menus (1st Class: Dinner or Lunch) illustrated on front by Frédéric H. Bernelle, and used in May 1953 on board the liner "Caledonien". Faint foxing. Format: 24 x 18.

4 Menus with following passenger vessels: Manche (1887) - Meikong (1871) - Menzaleh (1865) & Anadyr (1873) - Nil (1851) & Louqsor (1851) - Tibre (1866).

64294
MIDDLEMISS, N. L.
THE ANGLO-SAXON / SHELL TANKERS
$45.00 AUD

Shield Publications. Newcastle upon Tyne. 1990. 1st Ed. 192 PP with 1 map, 1 facsimile of an advertisment, and 11 plans, plus 96 b/w plates. Fp: Sir Marcus Samuel 1853-1927, founder of Shell. Hard cover, dj. Signed "with compliments" note on FFEP from The Shell Company of Australia and Tancus. Fine. 21.5 x 15. 1871128048

66920
MIDDLEMISS, N.L.
THE BRITISH TANKERS
$30.00 AUD

Shield Publications. Newcastle, UK. 1995. Revised Edition of 1989 first edition. 103 PP including a fleet list, with text illustrations : 2 plans and 1 map, 51 b/w photos and 22 colour photos. Green cloth cover, dj. Dust jacket with a repaired tear near spine, otherwise a fine copy. 30 x 21.5.

Celebrating over 80 years of tanker operations by the company (BP Shipping).

53718
MILLER, Russell & TIME-LIFE
THE EAST INDIAMEN (The Seafarers)
$15.00 AUD

Time-Life Books. Alexandria, Virginia. 1980. 1st edition in The Seafarers series. 176 PP with b/w & colour illustrations. A 2 pages Memo from the Editor, loosely inserted. Title page: The Dutch Indiaman Vryburg, on a plate of 1756. Eps: Map of the world plyed by the East Indiamen. Simile leather covers short tear at head of spine), colour illustration pasted down on front cover. A 2 page "Memo from the Editor" on The East Indiamen and English language, loosely inserted. Small tear at top of spine (shelf wear). Faint foxing. Near fine internally. 28.7 x 24. 0809426919

22024
MILLER, William H.
FAMOUS OCEAN LINERS - The Story of Passenger Shipping from the turn of the Century to the present day
$20.00 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 (price clipped). Faint foxing spots on outside edges. Fine. 25.2 x 19.2. 850598761

From the first of the super liners, Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, to Queen Elizabeth II.

30450
MILLER, William H.
LINER - Fifty Years of Passenger Ship Photographs
$10.00 AUD

Patrick Stephens. Wellingborough. c. 1986. 3rd printing of the 1986 original. 160 PP with b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing, o/wise fine. 28 x 20.5. 085059765X

A record of the changes in passenger shipping over the past 50 years.

59080
MILLER, William H.
THE LAST ATLANTIC LINERS
$45.00 AUD

Conway. London. 1985. 1st Ed. 192 PP with b/w photos. Fp: The largest liner ever built, Cunard's 83,673-ton "Queen Elizabeth". Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 24.7 x 18.5. 0851773206

48239
MILNE, Lt. Cdr. J. M.
FLASHING BLADES OVER THE SEA - The Development & History of Helicopters in the Royal Navy
$10.00 AUD

Maritime Books. Liskeard, Cornwall. c. 1978. 1st Ed. 104 PP with 1 table, 14 colour and 68 b/w photos. Pictorial card cover a little rubbed, o/wise near fine. 21 x 15. 0950632325

77042
MITCHELL, Edward
YACHT INTERIOR CONSTRUCTION
$20.00 AUD

Celebrity Books. Auckland. NZ. 1997. 1st Ed. 170 PP with over 380 drawings. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. Oblong: 14.8 x 21. 9780958364423

Step by step.

77269
MOLLAT DU JOURDIN, Michel & DE LA RONCIERE, Monique
SEA CHARTS OF THE EARLY EXPLORERS, 13th to 17th Century
$150.00 AUD

Thames & Hudson. New York. 1984. 1st US edition, translated by L. Le R. Dethan from the French original "Les Portulans: Cartes Marines du XIIIe au XVIIe Siècle". 300 PP with 23 b/w illustrations and 100 colour plates. Cloth cover, gilt device on front cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price clipped). Few (2 or 3) foxing spots on endpapers and first and last pages, as well as on top outside edge. Near fine. 34.5 x 25. 0500013373

The known world at the end of the Middle Ages as well as the discoveries of the early explorers between the 13th & 17th Centuries. A collector's item.

75655
MOLLO, John
UNIFORMS OF THE ROYAL NAVY, During the Napoleonic Wars
$60.00 AUD

Hugh Evelyn. London. 1965. 1st Ed. (8), 44 PP with 18 b/w figures and 20 colour plates in text. Eps: illustrated. Hard cover, title and gilt devices on font cover. Near fine. Oblong: 26 x 38.5.

The different patterns of uniforms worn by officers of the Royal Navy, based on contemporary sources.

55917
MONSARRAT, Nicholas
THE MASTER MARINER, Book 1 - Running Proud
$5.00 AUD

Pan Books. London. 1979. 1st paperback edition of the September 1978 original. 509 PP with 14 b/w illustrations (7 drawings, and 7 maps on double page). PIctorial soft cover. Covers lightly rubbed. Slight ageing and foxing of paper. Very good reading copy. 17.7 x 11. 0330258451

76400
MORISON, Samuel Eliot
THE GREAT EXPLORERS: The European Discovery of America
$20.00 AUD

Oxford University Press. New York. 1986 1st Ed. XXV, 752 PP with 40 maps and 219 b/w illust. Fp: Samuel Eliot Morison (1887-1976). Stiff covers, pictorial front. Faint foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 22.8 x 15. 0195042220

New edition of material selected from The European Discovery of America: The Northern Voyages, A.D. 500-1600, and ... The Southern Voyages, 1492-1616.

32804
MORRISS, Roger
NELSON - The Life and Letters of a Hero
$10.00 AUD

Collins & Brown / National Maritime Museum. London. 1996. 1st Ed. 160 PP with over 150 b/w and colour illustrations (Prints, paintings, contemporary memorabilia). Fp: The Fleet under Rear-Admiral Nelson at anchor in the Bay of Naples. Title page: Bust of Nelson. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Lower front corner bumped. Faint foxing. Very good. Oblong: 19.7 x 25.5. 1855852748

A fascinating account of Nelson's life, recounting his heroic rise to a glorious victory and death at Trafalgar and his long love affair with Emma Hamilton.

44213
MOULTON, Major-General J. L.
THE ROYAL MARINES
$15.00 AUD

Leo Cooper Ltd. London. 1972. June 1972 reprint of the 1972 original, in the Famous Regiments series edited by Lt-General Sir Brian Horrocks. X, 97, (3) PP, plus 12 pages with 23 b/w illustrations. Hard cover, dj (price-clipped). Light foxing. Small rubbed patch on bottom of FFEP and a small old sellotape mark. Very good. 22.2 x 14.2. 0850521173

Since the formation of the Corps in 1664 there have been few campaigns in which the Royal Marines have not been heroically and bloodily engaged.

77030
MULLINS R. F. (editor)
ROYAL HOBART REGATTA - Official Souvenir Programme 1954
$40.00 AUD

Mercury Press / Royal Hobart Regatta Association. Hobart. 1954. 116th Anniversary Regatta, 13th,16th and 22nd February 1954, "Tasmania's National Birthday Celebration". 82 PP with b/w illustrations: 2 plans of courses, drawings, paintings, photos and headpieces. Stapled soft wrappers with light wear, pictorial front. Staples have been removed, otherwise near fine. Scarce. 21.5 x 14.

116th Anniversary Regatta: Rowing, Sailing, Power Boats, Swimming, Amusements, Naval Section, Miscellaneous & Chopping. Flagship: H.M.A.S.Quadrant.

77033
MULLINS R. F. (editor)
ROYAL HOBART REGATTA - Official Souvenir Programme 1950
$20.00 AUD

Mercury Press / Royal Hobart Regatta Association. Hobart. 1950. 112th Anniversary Regatta, "Tasmania's National Birthday Celebration": 11th and 14th February, 1950. 108 PP with b/w illustrations: plan of courses, drawings, paintings, photos and headpieces. Soft wrappers with wear and repairs. Staples removed. Good. Scarce. 21.5 x 14.

112th Anniversary Regatta and Tasmania's National Birthday Celebration: Rowing, Sailing, Power Boats, Swimming, Amusements, Naval Section, Miscellaneous & Chopping. Regatta Flagship: HMAS Bataan.

73909
MULVANEY, John & TYNDALE-BISCOE, Hugh (editor)
REDISCOVERING RECHERCHE BAY
$200.00 AUD

National Academies Forum / The Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia. Canberra. 2007. 1st Ed. (6), 156 PP with tables and b/w or colour ilustrations (charts & maps, prints and photos). Pictorial stiff covers. A fine copy of a scarce item. 25 x 17.5. 9780908290222

From the hills of Provence to the coast of Van Diemen's Land: The Expedition of Antoine-Raymond Joseph Bruny d'Entrecasteaux, by Alan Frost. The Hydrographic Surveys of Beautemps-Beaupré, by Michael Pearson. ... Meeting the Tasmanians, by John Mulvaney. The Technology of Whaling: why they did it and how, by Ian D. Rae.

47716
N/A
SHIPS AND THE SEA Magazine - Vol. 9, No. 1, Summer 1959
$15.00 AUD

Kalmbach Publishing. Milwaukee. 1959. Edited by Willard V. Anderson. 64 PP with b/w illustrations photos. Pictorial soft covers with light wear, staples removed & reinforced at spine, otherwise near fine. 28.8 x 21.

Port Canaveral: Port of the Satellites, by Charles Layng. Twilight for the Liberty Fleet, by Earl A. Shelsby. Handling a 16th Century square-rigger "Mayflower II" (9 pages with 5 b/w illustrations), by Alan Villiers.

48376
N/A
CORVETTE ASM TYPE GEORGES LEYGUES
$20.00 AUD

Direction Technique des Constructions Navales. Paris Naval. 1979. 1st Ed. September 1979, 3000 copies. 24 PP with 1 b/w drawing and colour illustrations (1 cutaway at centrefold, 1 sketch plan, 2 diagrams and 24 photos). Pictorial soft covers. Text in French, English and Spanish. Rear cover has slight damage (lifting of laminate), o/wise near fine. Oblong: 21 x 29.6.

Type of Anti-Submarine Corvette of the French Navy.

51262
N/A
SEA BREEZES - The Ship Lovers' Magazine No. 221, Vol XXIII - April 1938
$10.00 AUD

Charles Birchall & Sons Ltd. Liverpool. 1938. 40 PP with 8 house flags (with colour key) and 15 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover (Olivebank), staples removed. Very good. 24.8 x 15.5.

"Falmouth Packets, 1688-1852". Tasmanian Barques, by Captain Todd. Scrimshaw Work, by Captain C.E. Parkes. "Sailing Ships' Roll of Honour": F. Laeisz, Hamburg (Part 1), "The Signal Station", etc..

53176
N/A
SURVIVAL AT SEA - A Training and Instruction Manual
$5.00 AUD

AMSA / Australian Maritime Safety Authority. Canberra. 1993. 3rd edition of the 1978 original. Foreword by Paul McGrath. VIII, 92 PP with 7 maps (5 on full page), drawings, 6 b/w and 9 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 24.8 x 17.8. 0644242620

Stowage of life-saving appliances, Abandonment. Survival instructions... Survival on land.

54218
N/A
SHIPS AND THE SEA, (quarterly) - Volume Five, Nos.1 to 4, Summer 1955 to Spring 1956
$25.00 AUD

Kalmbach Publishing. Milwaukee, Wi. 1955 / 1956. Edited by Willard V. Anderson. A total of 272 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft covers. Staples removed. Very good. 28.7 x 21.

No. 1: Grace Line, Fleet born of a potato famine in Ireland. The US Navy Forrestal, with her canted deck, by W. E. Hanks and Patrick Powers. No.2: San Francisco saves the full-rigged ship "Balclutha", by Alan Villiers. No.3: Rivalry on the Pacific ... for the passenger trade, by William B. Sapphire. Oh, for the life of a sailor! The Pioneer Sea ... leaving for Australia, by Dick Miller. No. 4: The filming of Moby Dick, by Alan Villiers. The White Viking Fleet, or Swedish Amercan Line, by Lynn Groh.

56717
N/A
THE NAUTICAL MAGAZINE, A Magazine for those interested in Ships and the Sea - Volume 222, Nos 1 to 6 - 1979
$25.00 AUD

Brown, Son & Ferguson Ltd. Glasgow. 1979. Volume 222, No. 1 (July 1979) to No. 6 (December 1979). Edited by R. Ingram-Brown. 384 PP, plus 140 pages with advertisements, "Notes and Comments". Illustrated soft cover. Fine set. 23.5 x 15.

62130
N/A
AUSTRALIAN WARSHIP - No. 60
$5.00 AUD

Australian Warship / Topmill. Sydney. 2010. Issue No. 60 / 2010. Edited by Maurice Kelly. 64 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Centrefold: Minor War Vessel Concentration period. Plus double-sided poster. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.7 x 21.

62131
N/A
AUSTRALIAN WARSHIP - No. 61
$5.00 AUD

Australian Warship / Topmill. Sydney. 2010. Issue No. 61 / 2010. Edited by Maurice Kelly. 64 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Centrefold: Minor War Vessel Concentration period. Plus double-sided poster. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 29.7 x 21.

RIMPAC 2010. Pacific Partnership 2010. International Fleet Review: Canadian Navy's 100th birthday.

64504
N/A
SHIPPING AND COMMERCE OF AUSTRALIA - 1967-68
$35.00 AUD

Shipping Newspapers Limited / The Daily Commercial News and Shipping List. Sydney. 1967. Special Issue of D.C.N., December 1967. 168 PP, XXIV (Commonwealth exports), with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover (Lufthansa Boeing 747 over Sydney) with light wear/soiling and a few small creases. Very good. Large format: 36.5 x 25.

Shipping and trade review, by J. R. Moylan. Shipping Trends in Australia, by Hon. Gordon Freeth .... The role of Quarantine in Trade and Travel, by Dr. A.J. Forbes. ...

65134
N/A
AUSTRALIA'S HERITAGE: The Making of a Nation. Vol. 2: The formative years
$10.00 AUD

Hamlyn House. Sydney. 1971. 1st Ed. Vol. 2: (4), 121-240 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Fp (in colour): John Macarthur. Hard cover, illustrated front cover (Whaling scene). Occasional foxing. Near fine. 28.3 x 20.5.

75345
N/A
WALKABOUT - Australia's Way of Life Magazine - Vol. 35, No. 6 - 1969
$10.00 AUD

Australian National Travel Association. Melbourne. 1969. Vol. 35, No. 6, June 1968. Edited by FENTON, Peter & HICKS, Gayle. 48 PP with b/w and illustrations. Pictorial soft covers in colour. Near fine. Format: 33 x 26.5.

Charles O'Hara Booth, benevolent martinet / Convict settlement of Port Arthur, by Lorraine Cazalar. Communications across the Nullarbor, by Warren Scott. Louis Brennan - Master Inventor and the Torpedo, by Richard Ross.

75509
N/A
WALKABOUT - Australian Geographical Magazine - Vol. 22, No. 2, February, 1956
$20.00 AUD

Australian National Publicity Association. Melbourne & Sydney. 1956. Edited by Charles H. Holmes. 48 PP with b/w with b/w photos throughout. Pictorial soft covers (surf-boats, Sydney). Very good. Format: 32 x 25.

Articles include: Down the River Murray by Paddle-Wheeler (Kathleen E. Graves), White Men Diving for Thochus (Godfrey L. Gapp), Caves Beneath the Nullarbor (Arnold Wright)...

75513
N/A
WALKABOUT - Australian Geographical Magazine - Vol. 22, No. 11, November, 1956
$20.00 AUD

Australian National Publicity Association. Melbourne & Sydney. 1956. Edited by Charles H. Holmes. 48 PP with b/w with b/w photos throughout. Pictorial soft covers (An armful of koalas, Australia's cuddlesome favourites). Very good. Format: 32 x 25.

Articles include: The String-bag People (Papua) (Basil Hall), My First Voyage in Sail (Lionel Adams), The Fishermen and Dugong Hunters of Princess Charlotte Bay (Dr. Donald F. Tomson), A village Church recalls a Great Tasmanian (C.C. Lawrence), ...

75774
N/A
WALKABOUT - Australian Geographical Magazine - Vol. 21, No. 4, April, 1955
$20.00 AUD

Australian National Publicity Association. Melbourne & Sydney. 1955. Edited by Charles H. HOLMES. 48 PP with b/w photos throughout. Stapled pictorial soft covers (View of the Railway Bridge across the Hawkesbury River, N.S.W.). Near fine. 31 x 24.

Articles include: Australia's Uninhabited Areas by Alan Foskett, Animals of the Canning Stock Route by L. Glauert, The Vivacious Squirrel Glider by David Fleay, King Island, Bass Strait by Paul R. Dann, The Caves of the Black Stalagmites (Solomon Islands) by Capt. Brett Hilder, Australia in the Antarctic by R.A. Swan, ...

75775
N/A
WALKABOUT - Australian Geographical Magazine - Vol. 21, No. 11, November, 1955
$20.00 AUD

Australian National Publicity Association. Melbourne & Sydney. 1955. Edited by Charles H. HOLMES. 48 PP with b/w photos throughout. Stapled pictorial soft covers (Native Warriors, Kerowagi, Central Highlands of New Guinea). Near fine. 31 x 24.

Articles include: Cattle of the "High Plains" Country by Richard D. Piesse, Reclamation by Earthquake by May Cottrell, Vanderlin Island by Alan Foskett, Across Bass Strait with "Pelorus" by H. Hardy Smith, Corroboree by V.C. Hall, Eagle Trapping by M.E. Gigney...

76020
N/A
WALKABOUT - Australia's Geographic Magazine - Volume 7, No.3, January, 1941
$20.00 AUD

Australian National Publicity Association. Melbourne. 1941. Edited by Charles H. Holmes. 48 PP with b/w illustrations throughout. Pictorial soft covers (Barron Falls, Queensland) with light wear, stamp of Officers Mess RAAF, Point Cook, at top of several pages, otherwise contents near fine. 30 x 24.

Articles include: Dilly-Bag and Billy-Can by Anne Gilmore, Shark Fishing by Norman Caldwell, Mount Copok and the Mackenzie Country (N.Z.) by Violet A. Roche, "That Curious Rock" and the Van Diemen's Land Company by A.B. and E.M. Edwards, Forgotten Nukumanu by James P. Shortall...

76606
N/A
SHIPS & SAILING Magazine - Volume 2, No. 1, June, 1952
$10.00 AUD

Kalmbach Publishing. Milwaukee, Wi. 1952. Edited by Willard V. Anderson. 68 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Staples removed. Very good. 28.7 x 21.

Vacation and Travel issue. Le Havre, Gateway to France P. 8 to 17 with b/w illustrations: 1 plan and 2 location maps, 3 drawings and 7 photos). Catalina, Here we come. George Washington's Canal, Marine Travel Salon (15 pages with 22 b/w photos). Mr Merchant Marine: Launching of the United States, and his designer William Francis Gibbs.

76608
N/A
SHIPS AND THE SEA Magazine - Volume 2, No. 4, September, 1952
$10.00 AUD

Kalmbach Publishing. Milwaukee, Wi. 1952. Edited by Willard V. Anderson. 68 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Staples removed. Very good. 28.7 x 21.

Keystone of a Floating Empire, Norway's Wilhelmsen Line (8 pages with 1 map, the fleet list and 9 photos). Milwaukee, World Port on an Inland Sea, (11 pages with 1 plan and 10 b/w photos), by Captain John S. Blank. The "Voice of America", goes to sea on the US Coast Guard Cutter "Courier", (4 pages with 7 b/w photos), by Arthur P. Miller.

76609
N/A
SHIPS AND THE SEA Magazine - Volume 2, No. 5, October, 1952
$10.00 AUD

Kalmbach Publishing. Milwaukee, Wi. 1952. Edited by Willard V. Anderson. 60 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Staples removed. Very good. 28.7 x 21.

Last Outpost in the Pacific, Farallon Islands (4 pages with 1 map, 1 drawing and 11 b/w photos), by Milton Ferris. Baltimore, "Farthest Inland" Atlantic Port (10 pages with 1 mant and an inseret, and 8 b/w photos), by E. John Long. The Truth about the "Bluenose", by Capt. Angus J. Walters. River (Fox & Wisconsin) Route of Empire: from Green Bay to the Mississippi (8 pages with 1 drawing, 1 map and 7 b/w photos), by Emery G. Gregory.

76611
N/A
SHIPS AND THE SEA Magazine - Volume 2, No. 8, January, 1953
$15.00 AUD

Kalmbach Publishing. Milwaukee, Wi. 1953. Edited by Willard V. Anderson. 60 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Staples removed. Very good. 28.7 x 21.

Via Vera Cruz, the Transhipment Port (7 pages with 2 drawings, 1 map with insert and 8 b/w photos), by Norman D. Ford. What happened on the "Flandre" on her maiden voyage, off New York Harbour, by Trevor Lewis-Jones. The Casualty Page of the, "Lloyd's List and Shipping Gazette", by Alan Villiers.

76614
N/A
SHIPS AND THE SEA Magazine - Volume 2, No. 11, April, 1953
$15.00 AUD

Kalmbach Publishing. Milwaukee, Wi. 1953. Edited by Willard V. Anderson. 60 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Staples removed. Very good. 28.7 x 21.

Lighthouses of San Francisco Bay, by Milton Ferris. Houston, bustling port on the old Bayou (7 pages with 1 plan of the Houston Ship Channel, 1 plan of the Port of Houston, and 6 photos), by W. J. Granberg. Israel's Mertchant Marine (4 pages with 1 national flag and 4 b/w photos), by William B. Saphire. Last of the Great Lakes Sailers, by Frances Caswell Hanna.

76615
N/A
SHIPS AND THE SEA Magazine - Volume 2, No. 12, May, 1953
$15.00 AUD

Kalmbach Publishing. Milwaukee, Wi. 1953. Edited by Willard V. Anderson. 60 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Staples removed. Very good. 28.7 x 21.

Salmon fishing off San Francisco Bay. The Shrimp boats of Biloxi. Bypassing the Mighty Niagara (Welland Ship Canal), by Gordon S. Smith. Vancouver, Canada's frontier port (7 pages with 1 drawing, 1 plan of the Port of Vancouver and 6 photos), by W.J. Granberg. The Voyage of the "James Caird" (10 pages with 1 map of South Polar Region, 1 route of the James Caird from Elephant Island to South Georgia, and charcoal illustrations by David A Strassman), by John Fuller.

56762
NAA
THE LOG - Quarterly Journal of the Nautical Association of Australia Inc. - Volume 39
$20.00 AUD

Nautical Association of Australia Limited. Melbourne. 2006. Vol. 39 (new series), Nos. 1 (February 2006) to 4 (November 2006). Edited by R.A. PRIEST. 224 PP with 22 b/w and 57 colour photos. Pictorial soft covers. Fine. 21 x 15.

No.1: Belfast & Koroit S.N. Co. Ltd - The Last Decade, Harland & Wolff's Last Two Australian Coastal Traders, Wanganella, The Wreck of Fifeshire, USS Kitty Hawk visits Hobart; No.2: Eumerella of 1908, Arawatta & Arafura E&A's Differing Sisters; No.3: Noorebar, Zincmaster, MV Kybra; No.4: Money Wigram & Sons, Darling River Class, South African Training Ship - General Botha,...

77248
NAJDER, Zdzislaw
CONRAD'S POLISH BACKGROUND - Letters to and from Polish Friends
$60.00 AUD

Oxford University Press. London. 1964 1st Ed. Translated from the Polish by Halina Carroll. VIII, 314 PP with 2 family trees of "Stanislaw Bobrowski" and "Teodor Korzeniowski". Cloth covers, gilt decoration and title on spine, dj. Foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 22 x 14.5.

57679
NASH, Michael
SYDNEY COVE - The History and Archaeology of an Eighteenth-Century Shipwreck
$60.00 AUD

Navarine Publishing. Hobart. 2009. Expanded edition of the 2001 "Cargo for a Colony". (4), 284 PP with 4 maps, 7 charts, colour & b/w illustrations. Hard cover, dj. A fine( as new) copy. 27.5 x 21.5 9780975133156

Wrecked in 1797 on a voyage from Calcutta to Port Jackson on Preservation Island in the Furneaux Group. First merchant ship wrecked after the establishment of the colony of New South Wales.

18058
NATKIEL, Richard & PRESTON, Antony
ATLAS OF MARITIME HISTORY, The Weidenfeld...
$10.00 AUD

Weidenfeld & Nicolson. London. 1986. 1st Ed. 256 PP with b/w illustrations (paintings, photos...) and many coloured maps and plans. Half title-page: The cog of the Hanseatic League. Title-page: Magellan in the Straits bearing his name. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 28.6 x 22.5.

Naval battles, the explorers, the evolving patterns of trade and commerce throughout the world...

65913
NAVAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF AUSTRALIA
NAVAL HISTORICAL REVIEW - Volume 23, No.4 & Volume 24, No.1
$10.00 AUD

Naval Historical Society of Australia. Sydney. 2002 & 2003. Vol. 23, No. 4, Summer 2002, & Volume 24, No. 1, Autumn 2003. Pictorial soft covers (in colour). Remnants of small sticker at top of front covers. Very good. Format: 24 x 17.

Contains articles: The Yanks were coming by Bob Nicholls.

57156
NAVY LEAGUE OF AUSTRALIA
THE NAVY: The Magazine of the Navy League of Australia - Volume 60, 1998
$10.00 AUD

The Navy League of Australia. Sydney. 1998. No. 1 (January-March) to No. 4 (October-December). Edited by Ross GILLETT. 4 issues for a total of 128 pages with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. Image shows cover of No.1. 29.7 x 21.

57157
NAVY LEAGUE OF AUSTRALIA
THE NAVY: The Magazine of the Navy League of Australia - Volume 61, 1999
$10.00 AUD

The Navy League of Australia. Sydney. 1999. No. 1 (January-March) to No. 4 (October-December). Edited by Ross GILLETT & Mark SCHWEIKERT. 4 issues for a total of 136 pages with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. Image shows cover of No.1. 29.7 x 21.

64881
NICHOLSON, Ian H.
LOG OF LOGS - Volumes (One), Two & Three. A Catalogue of Logs, Journals, Shipboard Diaries, Letters, and all forms of Voyage Narratives 1788 to: 1988 / 1993 / 1999 for Australia and New Zealand, and Surrounding Oceans
$400.00 AUD

Roebuck Society. Nambour, Qld. 1990, 1993 & 1999. 1st edition. Publications Nos. 41, 47 & 52 in the Roebuck series. Volume (One): X, 630 PP with 109 b/w illustrations (photos, drawings, paintings). Volume Two: XII, 608 PP with b/w figures and photos. Volume Three: XVI, 500 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings and photos). Bound copies of the original soft cover edition. Hard cover, gilt title on spine. Light foxing on top outside page edges, o/wise a fine set. Scarce. This is a heavy item and postage will be higher than usual. Please ask for a quote. 25.4 x 17.5. 0731665341, 0646091824 & 0958523207

65830
NICHOLSON, J. B. R.
THE GURKHA RIFLES
$10.00 AUD

Osprey Publishing. London. 1974. 1st Ed., in the Men-at-Arms series. 40 PP printed on 2 columns with 32 b/w illustrations, plus 8 pages with colour plates by Michael Roffe. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 24.7 x 18.2. 0850451965

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

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

38005
NIXON, Larry
VAGABOND VOYAGING - The Story of Freighter Travel
$35.00 AUD

Little, Brown & Co. Boston. 1938. 1st Ed. XXII, 314 PP, plus 36 pages with 7 drawings and 19 b/w photos. Fp: The Author. Cloth cover, decorated front, title on browned spine which is a little frayed top and borrom (shelf wear). Contents very clean and overall a very good copy.. Scarce. 19.6 x 13.5.

The adventue of tramp travel. Includes a list of freighter trips, routes travelled, fares, etc..

76966
O BRIEN, Conor
FROM THREE YACHTS - Kelpie, Saoirse and Ilen (No.13 in the Mariners Library)
$75.00 AUD

Rupert Hart-Davis. London. 1950. 1st edition, No.13 in "The Mariners library" series, of the 1928 original. 240 PP. Fp: Portrait of Conor O Brien. Cloth cover, dj (price-clipped) and with a few small chips, now in a protective sleeve. Light foxing on first and last leaves, outside edges, and inside the dust jacket. Very good. Scarce. 19 x 12.7.

Sailing in Irish waters. Gun running between Germany and Ireland...

41347
O'BRIAN, Patrick
BLUE AT THE MIZZEN
$10.00 AUD

HarperCollins. London. 1999. 1st UK edition. (6), 262 PP with 1 sails plan of a square-rigged ship. Pictorial stiff covers. Light ageing of paper. Very good. 23.3 x 15.2. 9780002261289

Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin off to South America on the "Surprise".

15900
O'DONOGHUE, K. & HEATON, P.M.
KAYE, SON AND CO. LTD.
$10.00 AUD

World Ship Society. London. 1983. Monograph No. 9. 48 PP with b/w illustrations (8 Houseflags and Funnels, and 40 photos). Soft cover. Fine. 21 x 15. 0905617282

55559
O.C.I.M.F. (editor)
VESSEL INSPECTION QUESTIONNAIRE FOR BULK OIL / CHEMICAL CARRIERS AND GAS CARRIERS
$10.00 AUD

Oil Companies International Marine Forum. London. 1997. 1st Ed. VI, 70, 149 PP. Soft cover. Covers rubbed and marked, o/wise very good. 29.8 x 21. 1856091414

18609
ODGERS, George
THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY, An Illustrated History
$25.00 AUD

Child & Henry. Sydney. 1985. 3rd edition for the "Royal Australian Navy 75th Anniversary". 232 PP with b/w & colour illust. Fp: Oberon class submarine HMAS Oxley. Eps: Crest of Australian warships. Hard cover, dj. Spine and top of dust jacket faded. An otherwise near fine copy. 31 x 23.5. 0867770104

Illustrated history 1911-1986.

68159
ORIENT LINE
RECORDS OF A VOYAGE - S.S. ORCADES, Cruise to the Mediterranean 1939
$150.00 AUD

Orient Steam Navigation Co. London. 1939. Folder "Cruise to the Mediterranean (20th April to 12th May) 1939" with 2 pockets. Left pocket with 1 "Passenger List & General Information", 11 folded 'Information for Cruise and Ports of Call" (Sports & Entertainments - Malta - Alexandria - Port Said - Beyrout & Damascus - Alexandretta / Iskanderun & tour to Aleppo & Antioch - Famagusta - Algiers - Gibraltar + Gibraltar Tourist Bureau - Southampton). Right pocket with 6 folded "Port Information" (4 pages each, plus a map/plan) for: Algiers - Malta - Beyrout, Baalbeck & Damascus - Alexandretta, Aleppo and Antioch - Famagusta & Cyprus - Athens - Gibratar. 1 folded "An Animal Guessing Competition. 1 folded Certificate for Musical Guessing Competition - Folded Menu dated 7th May 1939 illustration of S.S. Garonne (the ship that made the first Orient Line Cruise in 1889). Cloth covers. Very good. Scarce. 21 x 14.7.

37318
OSBORNE, Elizabeth
TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER WOMEN AND THE PACIFIC WAR
$10.00 AUD

Aboriginal Studies Press. Canberra. 1997. 1st Ed. XV, 271 PP with 4 maps and 20 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 25 x 17.5. 0855753137

Living between 1942 and 1945 on Australia's front line during the Pacific campaigns.

38241
OXLADE, Chris
ALL ABOUT SHIPS - Amazing Maritime Facts
$10.00 AUD

Southwater. London. 2000. 1st Ed. 64 PP with over 250 colour illustrations (photographs and explanatory artworks). Pictorial card cover. As new condition. 22.5 x 17. 1842150154

35202
PADFIELD, Peter
NELSON'S WAR
$10.00 AUD

Book Club Associates. London. 1976. Reprint of the 1976 original published by Granada, in the British at War series. 200 PP with 7 maps, 8 colour and 77 b/w illustrations. Hard cover, dj. Light foxing on outside edges. Near fine. 24.2 x 18.8.

The Glorious First of June. St Vincent, the Nile, Copenhagen, Trafalgar.

12042
PAINTER, Gwenda
THE RIVER TRADE, Wool & Steamers
$10.00 AUD

Turton & Armstrong. Sydney. 1987. 2nd edition of the 1979 original. VIII, 104 PP with b/w photos from the Godson Collection. Eps: Basin of the Darling, Murrumbidgee & Murray Rivers & their tributaries. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. Oblong: 14.5 x 23.5. 0908031300

River exploration, river trade (development & problems), the ports, competition from the railways, closing years...

22050
PALMER, A. R. (editor)
BROWN'S SIGNALLING, How to Learn the INTERNATIONAL CODE of Visual and Sound Signals
$10.00 AUD

Brown, Son & Ferguson. Glasgow. 1974. Reprint of the 1969 revised edition. 225 PP with b/w & 18 colour illustrations, plus 3 colour plates (1 buoyage & 2 flags). Pictorial papered boards a little soiled, cloth spine. Name of previous owner at top of front endpaper. Very good. 17.3 x 11.8.

Based on information contained in the 1965 International Code of Signals.

16092
PARSONS, Ronald
AUSTRALIAN SHIPOWNERS AND THEIR FLEETS, Book Six (SYDNEY 1830-1840)
$10.00 AUD

Ronald Parsons. Magill, SA. 1984. July 1984 edition of the 1980 original. IV, 84 PP. Stapled typescript monograph. Soft cover. Light foxing on covers, o/wise fine. Oblong: 16.2 x 20.6. 0909418160

47002
PARSONS, Ronald
AUSTRALIAN SHIPOWNERS AND THEIR FLEETS. Book Seven (VESSELS ENROLLED AT SYDNEY 1841-49)
$10.00 AUD

Ronald Parsons. Goolwa, S.A. c. 2003. Reprint of the 1982 original. IV, 98 PP. Stapled typescript monograph printed on 2 columns. Soft cover. Near fine. Oblong: 16.6 x 20.5. 0909418241

63137
PATTON, Brian
SCOTTISH COASTAL STEAMERS 1918-1975
$15.00 AUD

Silver Link Publishing. Wadenhoe, UK. 1996. 1st Ed., in the Maritime Heritage series. 128 PP with b/w illustrations (ephemera, maps, posters, photos). Fp: "Map" of West coast of Scotland. Title page: poster with Duchess of Argyll. Pictorial soft cover. Previous owner's name on half-title page, o/wise fine. 27.5 x 21.3. 1857940563

The Lines that linked the Lochs.

77286
PERON, François & DE FREYCINET, Louis / MM. LESUEUR & PETIT
VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY TO THE SOUTHERN LANDS (Two Volumes and an Atlas)
$250.00 AUD

The Friends of the State Library of South Australia. Adelaide. 2015, 2016 & 2018. 1st soft cover edition. Reprint with minor corrections of the four earlier editions of 2003, 2006, 2007 and 2008. Volumes I and II with a map "Le Géographe in Australian Waters"), translated by Christine Cornell and with introductions by Anthony J. Brown. Volume I with a preface by Louis de Freycinet and an Historical Eulogy of François Péron by M. J.-P.-F. Deleuze: LXXXIII, 430 PP with frontispiece "portrait of Francois Peron" and tables. Volume II with a foreword by John K. Ling: XXXIX, 389 PP with tables. Atlas, translated from the Second French edition of 1824, by Peter Hambly, and with an introduction by Sarah Thomas. XX, (XII), PP, plus 146 pages with 68 plates: 27 in colour and 41 in b/w (3 on double page, 2 musical scores, 11 with charts ...). Pictorial stiff covers. Fine (as new condition). Format - Volumes: 23.5 x 15.4 / Atlas: 34.8 x 25.5. 9781876154844/936/769

Volume I: Books I to III, comprising chapters I to XXI - Le Havre to Port Jackson. Volume II: Book IV - Port Jackson to return to Europe. Book V: Dissertations on various subjects.

61106
PERRY, F. W. & LAXON, W. A.
NOURSE LINE
$10.00 AUD

World Ship Society. Kendal. 1991. 1st Ed. 56 PP with 59 b/w photos. Fp: "Johilla" at Cape Town. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 14.6. 0905617622

From master, in 1851, to owner-master of the "Ganges" in 1861 and founder of the Nourse Line, used for the carriage of coolies as from 1864.

66470
PETTERSSON, Prof. Hans
WESTWARD HO WITH THE 'ALBATROSS'
$10.00 AUD

Macmillan & Co. London. 1954. 1st Ed. XII, 205, (5 blank) PP, plus 16 pages with 28 b/w illustrations. Fp: The Albatross under Canvas. Cloth cover, dj Top and bottom of spine with light wear, dust jacket with small pieces missing at corners and top of spine, now in a protective sleeve. Signature of previous owner on FFEP. Light foxing on prelims and outside page edges. Contents near fine. 22 x 14.5.

The Swedish deep-sea expedition in 1947, from the central Atlantic Ridge, the Caribbean Sea thence to the Pacific via the Galapagos, Tahiti, Honolulu and Mindanao, followed by the Indian Ocean in 1948 via Colombo, the Somali Deep to the Seychelles, return to Sweden via Suez & London.

46784
PHILBRICK, Nathaniel
SEA OF GLORY. The Epic South Seas Expedition 1838-1842
$10.00 AUD

Flamingo. London. 2004. 1st paperback edition. XXVIII, 452 PP with 8 maps (some with insets), plus 24 pages with 70 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Light foxing, mostly around outside edges, o/wise fine.. 23.3 x 15.2. 0007180217

Four years expedition to the Pacific and Antarctica, led by Charles Wilkes, US Navy.

56508
PHILLIPS, E. F. (compiler)
TASMANIAN BOATING WEATHER GUIDE
$10.00 AUD

Tasmanian Fisheries Development Authority. Hobart. 1981. October 1981 reprint of the June 1981 original. 80 PP with over 6 tables and 47 figures. Pictorial stiff covers. Near fine. 24.4 x 17.2.

77048
POLLARD, Jack (editor)
AUSTRALIAN FISHING
$20.00 AUD

Angus & Robertson / HarperCollins. Sydney. 1990. Reprint of the 1986 original. VI, 920 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings of fishes, 20 sketch maps, practical sketches for the fisherman, photos); plus 16 pages with 9 location sketch maps and 14 maps in colour. Illustrated endpapers. Hard covers, dj. Faint foxing. Dedicatory note on title-page. Very good. 24.7 x 17.5. 9780207151613

65795
PONTING, Herbert G.
THE GREAT WHITE SOUTH, or with Scott in the Antarctic. Being an Account of Experiences with Captain Scott's South Pole Expedition and of the Nature of Life of the Antarctic ...
$10.00 AUD

Duckworth. London. 1928. 8th impression in May 1928 of the October 1921 original. Introduction by Lady Kathleen Scott. XXVI, 305 PP, (1 in Memoriam by Owen Seaman) plus 116 pages with b/w illustrations [1 map, 2 drawings and 164 photos (11 of them by Captain Scott)]. Fp: The "Terra Nova" ice-bound. Cloth cover, device and title on front board and spine. Covers with speckled patches. Spine rubbed and starting at hinges. Name of previous owner on front endpaper. Occasional foxing. Very good. 22 x 14.5.

44982
POPPLE, Leonard
ADVANCED ROPEWORKING
$10.00 AUD

Brown, Son & Ferguson. Glasgow. 2001. 3rd reprint of 1959 original. 50 PP with 36 figures. Illustrated soft cover. Faint foxing. Near fine. 20.8 x 14.8. 0851741371

76698
PORTS
PORT OF FREMANTLE, A Quarterly Journal - Volume 7, No. 8
$10.00 AUD

Fremantle Harbour Trust. Fremantle. 1983. Volume 7, No. 8 (Spring 1983). 32 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover (Dempster Homestead). Near fine. 26.5 x 21.5.

Articles include: The Wrecked Whalers - Runnymede and Fanny Nicholson, by Chris Halls, Port of Esperance, by Pauline Fels, ...

62607
[POSTER]
FLINDERS - BAUDIN BICENTENARY - Poster
$5.00 AUD

Australia Post. Melbourne. 2002. Poster in colour. Fine. Format: 84 x 59.5.

Flinders - Baudin, Encounter Bay 1802.

77009
PRATT, Derek
LONDON'S CANALS
$20.00 AUD

Shire Books. London. 2004 4th edition of the 1977 original. Shire Album No. 432. 56 PP with colour illustrations (5 sketch maps & 30 photos). Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 21 x 14.8. 0747806012

20941
PRESTON, Antony & BATCHELOR, John
THE SUBMARINE SINCE 1919
$10.00 AUD

Phoebus. London. 1974. Purnell's History of the World Wars Special series. 64 PP with bw and colour illust. (paintings, photos, plans). Pictorial card cover with light soiling, o/wise contents near fine. 29.7 x 22.5.

76618
PRETYMAN, E. R.
SOME NOTES ON THE PENAL SETTLEMENT AT PORT ARTHUR
$15.00 AUD

Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery. Hobart. 1966. 1st Ed. Preface by W. Bryden. 24 PP with 8 b/w illustrations . Illustrated soft covers with light soiling, otherwise a fine copy. 24.7 x 18.5.

Port Arthur, Tasmania's Convict Settlement 1830-1877.

77096
PRICE, John Washington (transcribed and edited by FULTON, Pamela Jeanne)
THE MINERVA JOURNAL OF JOHN WASHINGTON PRICE - A Voyage from Cork, Ireland, to Sydney, New South Wales, 1798-1800
$150.00 AUD

The Miegunyah Press. Melbourne. 2000. First edition limited to 1000 copies, No. 25 in the Second numbered series of the Miegunyah Volumes. Transcribed and edited with an introduction by Pamela Jeanne Fulton. XVIII, 290 PP with 3 maps, plus 30 colour plates (facsimile of first page of journal and 29 watercolour drawings by the author). Title page: vignette with kangaroos. Brown cloth cover, silk page marker, gilt title on spine, dj. Dust jacket is a little faded at top edge and on spine. An otherwise fine copy. Scarce. 29.3 x 21.5. 0522848508

John Price was the surgeon on the Transport Minerva which sailed from Cork with 200 convicts (many were United Irishmen who participated in the 1798 rebellion. Return voyage from Sydney to Calcutta via the Solomon Islands, the Island of New Guinea and Indonesia.

36429
PUGET, Ollivier
THE WORLD'S GREAT SAILING SHIPS
$10.00 AUD

Barnes & Noble. New York. 1998. 1st US edition of the 1997 French original Les Plus Beaux Voiliers du Monde. 192 PP with 20 b/w and 231 colour illustrations. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 29.7 x 24.7. 0760709289

From the British three-masted schooner Adix to the Polish three-masted staysail schooner Zawisza Czarny.

16082
QUARTERMAINE, P. N.
METCALF MOTOR COASTERS LIMITED, 1924-1965
$15.00 AUD

WSS / World Ship Society. Kendal. 1965 1st Ed. 10 PP with 9 b/w photos and fleet list July 1965. Soft covers, House Flag on front cover and Funnel on back cover, staples. Near fine. 21 x 13.5.

A history and fleet list of the Company.

75855
RAFFAN, James
BARK, SKIN AND CEDAR - Exploring the Canoe in Canadian Experience
$40.00 AUD

Phyllis Bruce Book / HarperCollins. Toronto. 1999. 1st Ed. XIII, 274 PP with b/w illustrations: 11 head pieces (regional maps) and 13 text drawings (canoes). 9780002557306

Place of the "Canoes", in Canadian culture.

58487
RAHS
ROYAL AUSTRALIAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY - Journal and Proceedings: - Vol. VIII, Part IV, 1922
$15.00 AUD

Royal Australian Historical Society. Sydney. 1922. P.177-224 plus 1 folded map. Stapled soft covers. Front cover and spine are repaired. Stamp and signature on front. Contents are near fine. 21.6 x 13.5.

3 papers read before the Society: Convicts, by Professor G. A. Wood, read 30 August 1921. Australia in Czechoslovak Literature, by Dr. J. V. Danes, read 30 May 1922. Early Settlement of the upper Macleay, by John Weingarth. Image of back cover lists all articles and illustrations.

58511
RAHS
ROYAL AUSTRALIAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY - Journal and Proceedings: - Journal and Proceedings Vol XII, Part I, 1926
$20.00 AUD

Royal Australian Historical Society. Sydney. 1926. 72 PP with 1 map, plus 2 folded maps. Soft covers. Slight ageing of paper, staples removed. Very good. 21.2 x 13.6.

Explorations under Governor Phillip, by Professor G. A. Wood, read before the Society, 25 August 1925; and Notes by J. F. Campbell. Some Early Legal Celebrities (Third Series), by Audrey Halloran, read before the Society, 24 November 1925. Image of back cover shows all contents and list of illustrations.

58814
RAHS
ROYAL AUSTRALIAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY - Journal and Proceedings: - Vol XXV, Part I, 1939
$15.00 AUD

Royal Australian Historical Society. Sydney. 1939. 88 PP. Stapled soft covers. Slight ageing of paper. Very good. 21 x 14.

The First Grain, by I. K. Sampson. Historic Wattamola, by B. T. Dowd and W. L. Havard... Image of back cover shows all contents and list of illustrations.

74399
RALEIGH, Professor Walter
THE ENGLISH VOYAGES OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY
$10.00 AUD

James MacLehose and Sons. Glasgow. 1910. Reprint of the 1906 revised edition. VIII, 207 PP. Lacking the free fly of the front endpaper. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine. Very good. 20 x 13.5.

First published in April 1905, as an introduction to the 1905 edition of Hakluyt Voyages.

38736
RALLING, Christopher (editor)
THE VOYAGE OF CHARLES DARWIN, His autobiographical writings selected and arranged by ...
$10.00 AUD

Mayflower Books. New York. 1979. 1st American edition. 183 PP with 1 map on double page, 10 b/w illustrations and 68 colour photos. Cloth cover, dj. Foxing spots on outside edges, and endpapers. Very good. 23.3 x 16. 0831792124

62117
RAN
WARSHIP - Australian Warship Review - Vol. No. 16
$5.00 AUD

Australian Warship Review / Topmill. Sydney. 2003. Volume No. 16 / 2003. Edited by Maurice Kelly. 64 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.7 x 21.

Honda Point disaster 8 September 1923. ... Japanese Fleet Review 2002. HMS Nottingham, final glimpse.

34485
READER'S DIGEST
GREAT TALES OF THE SEA - Volume 1
$10.00 AUD

Reader's Digest Association. London. 1979. 1st Ed., with an introduction by Douglas Reeman. 430 PP with b/w and colour illust. Laminated pictorial boards. Slight ageing of paper. Near fine. 23.5 x 15.2.

England expects, by Dudley Pope. Youth, by Joseph Conrad. Surface at the Pole, by Commander James Calvert...

31336
RETTER, Catharine & SINCLAIR, Shirley
LETTERS TO ANN - The Love Story of Matthew Flinders and Ann Chappelle
$10.00 AUD

Angus & Robertson. Sydney. 1999. 1st Ed. IX, 150 PP with 7 b/w illust. Eps: flowers. Hard covers, decorated front cover, dj. Fine. 22 x 14. 0207196966

Married 14th April 1801, 3 months before his departure for New Holland. Surveying the coast of the continent and naming it Australia. 6 years detention at Isle de France (Mauritius). Return to Britain 24th October 1810.

30818
REYNOLDS, Quentin
OFFICIALLY DEAD, The Story of Commander C. D. Smith
$10.00 AUD

Cassell & Co. Ltd. Melbourne. 1946. 1st Australian edition. (6), 244 PP. Cloth cover (rubbed). War economy paper, slight ageing. Very good. 21 x 14.2.

Commander C.D. Smith, skipper of a Yangtze River steamer, Shanghai Harbour Pilot, Captain of the U.S.S. Wake, and the prisoner the Japs couldn't hold.

35783
REYNOLDS, Quentin
THE CURTAIN RISES
$15.00 AUD

Cassell. Melbourne. 1944. 1st Australian edition. 291 PP. Green cloth cover with chipped dust jacket, now in a protective sleeve. Paper ageing and light foxing, otherwise a very good clean copy. 22 x 14.3.

Editorials of the American war correspondent between March and December 1943: Iran, Russia, Sicily...

70042
RICHARDS, Captain James & Marlene, and HUSTVEDT, Eric
THE SEA IN MY BLOOD - The Life and Times of Captain Andy Publicover
$20.00 AUD

Lancelot Press. Hantsport, Nova Scotia. 1987. 1st Ed. 123 PP with 3 plans, plus XX plates with 1 letterhead, 5 maps and 32 photos. Soft cover, pictorial front cover. Foxing spots on outside edges. Very good. 20.3 x 13.9. 0889993424

46611
RIETH, Eric & MILON, Alain
EX-VOTO MARINS DANS LE MONDE, de l'antiquité à nos jours
$30.00 AUD

Musée de la Marine. Paris. 1981. 1st Ed. 254 PP with figures, b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 21 x 20.

Catalogue of an exhibition held 1981 on the votive paintings, artifacts and shipmodels found in chapels, churches, & other places of the coasts of the world.

76962
RIVIERE, Marc Serge (Translated and Edited by)
A WOMAN OF COURAGE - The Journal of Rose de Freycinet on her Voyage around the World 1817-1820
$60.00 AUD

National Library of Australia. Canberra. 2003. Reprint of the 1996 original. XXVI, 189 PP with 5 maps/charts, 26 b/w and 30 colour illustrations. Fp: Memorial to the French explorer Lapérouse. Pictorial soft covers. Fine. 24 x 20. 064210767X

During a round the world scientific expedition from 1817-1820, on board the Uranie, under the command of her husband, Louis de Freycinet, Rose stowed away and wrote a diary: Toulon, Canaries, Rio de Janeiro, Cape Town, Mauritius, Bourbon, Shark Bay (WA), Timor, Papua, Guam, Hawaii, Port Jackson. Shipwrecked in the Falklands.

46492
ROBERTS, Nancy
BLACKBEARD AND OTHER PIRATES OF THE ATLANTIC COAST
$10.00 AUD

John F. Blair. Winstom-Salem, N.C. 2002. 7th printing of the 1993 original. XVIII, 204 PP. Hard cover, cloth spine, dj. Fine. 22 x 14.3. 0895870983

Edward Teach Blackbeard. John Rackham Calico Jack...

53501
ROBIN, Bernard
SURVIVAL AT SEA. A practical manual of survival and advice to the shipwrecked, assembled from an analysis of thirty-one survival stories
$10.00 AUD

Stanley Paul & Co. London. 1981. 1st English edition with a foreword by Alain Bombard. Edited and translated from the 1977 French original by Richard Simpkin. (6), 233, (7 bibliography & index) PP with 26 maps and many drawings. Pictorial soft cover with a few creases, o/wise near fine. 21.5 x 13.7. 0091430917

Survival stories by: Richard Hakluyt..., Guillaume Bontekoe... William Bligh...

76941
ROBINSON, W. A.
DEEP WATER AND SHOAL (No.4 in the Mariners Library)
$40.00 AUD

Rupert Hart-Davis. London. 1949. 1st edition in The Mariners Library, No. 4. Introduction by Weston Martyr. 318, (2) PP with 2 plans of "Svaap" and 4 maps, plus 18 pages with 24 b/w photos. Fp.: Svaap in the Indian Ocean. Cloth cover, dj (price clipped). Dust jacket has some chips and small pieces missing and is in a protective sleeve. A very good clean copy. 19 x 13.

72129
ROE, Dr. Michael
A History of the THEATRE ROYAL - Hobart, from 1834
$30.00 AUD

National Theatre and Fine Arts Society of Tasmania. Hobart. c. 1970. 1st limited edition. Preface by J.N.D. Harrison. Foreword by Dame Sybil Thorndlike. 48 PP with 18 b/w illustrations (plan, poster, photos of buildings and performers) and advertisements. Stiff covers, illustrated front (etching by Sir Lionel Lindsay). Label for the limited edition hand numbered (No. 164) and signed by the author, tipped in on title page. Fine. 23.5 x 18.2. .

77043
ROGERSON, Simon & McINTYRE, John
DIVE RED SEA - The Ultimate Guide
$30.00 AUD

Ultimate Sports Book. London. 2007. 1st Ed. 350, (4) PP with b/w and colour illustrations: 14 maps with location maps, photos. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 28 x 22. 9780954519933

Natural history of the Red Sea. Over 199 dive sites. ... Identification guide with 78 colour photos of fishes with details

70768
ROSKILL, Captain S. W. D.S.C., Royal Navy (Retired)
WHITE ENSIGN - THE BRITISH NAVY AT WAR, 1939-1945
$35.00 AUD

United States Naval Institute. Annapolis. 1966. November 1966 reprint of the 1960 UK original The Navy at War, 1939-1945. 480 PP with 24 maps. Eps: Map of the North Atlantic Ocean. Navy blue cloth cover, colour device (White Ensign) on front cover and spine, gilt title on spine, dj. Dust jacket has some chips/small pieces missing and old tape marks on flaps and is plastic protected. Bookplate of previous owner on verso of front endpaper, o/wise contents near fine. 23.5 x 16

A comprehensive work.

77050
ROUSMANIERE, John
THE ANNAPOLIS BOOK OF SEAMANSHIP
$35.00 AUD

Simon & Schuster. New York. 2014 4th edition of the 1983 original. XII, 403 PP with b/w and colour illustrations by Mark Smith. Hard cover, cloth spine, dj. Fine. 28.5 x 22. 9781451650198

15193
ROWETT, Chris & BAXTER, Selina
WORKING PORT
$10.00 AUD

Fremantle Arts Centre Press. Fremantle. 1997. 1st Ed. 152 PP with 113 colour photos. Fp: Bow of the Panama Pearl. Pictorial stiff cover. Fine. Oblong: 21 x 24. 1863681884

Pictorial tribute to the Port of Fremantle for its 100th birthday. Reminiscences of people who used Fremantle as a port of departure or of entry. Daily life on the port: pilots, customs, wharfies, providores ... navies, and recreational activities.

30104
ROWSE, A. L.
SIR RICHARD GRENVILLE OF THE 'REVENGE'
$10.00 AUD

Jonathan Cape. London. 1977. Reissue of the 1937 original. 367 PP with 1 map (Island of Flores, Azores). Cloth cover, dj. Occasional foxing, o/wise fine. 22.4 x 14. 0224013564

Legendary hero of Elizabethan warfare: Drake and Raleigh, the Armada, First Virginia voyage... Fight of the 'Revenge' off Flores Islands in the Azores..

19205
ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY
AUSTRALIAN SEAPOWER - FRIGATES
$10.00 AUD

Topmill. Sydney. c. 1997. 1st Ed. No. 6 in the Australian Seapower Photofile series. 88 PP with over 150 b/w, and 18 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.7 x 20.8.

20956
ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY
AUSTRALIAN SEAPOWER - AIRCRAFT CARRIERS
$10.00 AUD

Topmill. Sydney. 1995 ?. 1st Ed. No. 2, in the Australian Seapower Photofile series. 56 PP with b/w and colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.7 x 20.8.

38252
ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY
CAMERA AT SEA - Stormy Seas
$10.00 AUD

Topmill Pty. Ltd. Sydney. c. 2000.. 1st Ed. 56 PP with 11 colour and 73 b/w photos. Pictorial card cover. Fine. 29.7 x 20.8.

The Fleet at sea in heavy weather.

64952
ROYAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF QUEENSLAND
THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF QUEENSLAND - JOURNAL - Vol. IV, No. 4
$25.00 AUD

The Historical Society of Queensland (Inc.). Brisbane. 1951. Journal Vol. IV, No. 4, December 1951. Foreword by G. Greenwood. 447-590 PP with 2 b/w plates. Soft covers, browning around edges and spine. Ageing of paper, o/wise near fine. 21.4 x 13.7.

8 papers read to the Society in 1951 "The Jubilee Year" (Second half-century of Australia existence) by: Allan A. Morrison, Clem Lack, Glenville Pike, C.G. Austin, Arthur Laurie... Image shows list of all contents.

64957
ROYAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF QUEENSLAND
THE JOURNAL OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF QUEENSLAND - Year-book of Proceedings : Vol. IX, No. 4 - 1972-73
$15.00 AUD

The Royal Historical Society of Queensland. Brisbane. 1972-73. 177 PP with b/w illustrations. Soft cover, illustrated front. Slight ageing of paper. Near fine. 21.3 x 13.7.

10 papers. "Queensland - Harbours, Rivers and Marine" & "Captain Charles Smith: A Master of Enterprise", by Norman S. Pixley. Two Brisbane Shipowners of the last century, by G. Roderick McLeod. ... A Thumbnail history of Numismatics pertaining to Queensland, by George D. Dean. German New Guinea: A Diplomatic, Economic and Political Survey, by Peter Overlack ...

73953
ROYAL INTEROCEAN LINES
T.S.S. "NIEUW HOLLAND" -
$20.00 AUD

Royal Interocean Lines / Ye Olde Printerie. Hong Kong. 1948 1st Ed. 4 PP with 1 b/w photo. Soft covers, illustrated front (T.S.S. Nieuw Holland, in Hong Kong Harbour). 1 page on reconditioning of a model of the Nieuw Holland, in "Ship Building, Repair & Services" of November 1949, loosely inserted. Near fine. Oblong: 14 x 19.

RIL - War record of the Nieuw Holland, reconversion and particulars.

60824
ROYAL UNITED SERVICE INSTITUTION
AUSTRALIA AND HER NAVY TO-DAY (in the Journal)
$10.00 AUD

Royal United Service Institution. London. 1931. Article extracted from the "Journal of the RUSI". Pages 35 to 46, plus 1 plate with 4 b/w photos. Soft cover. Foxing. Very good. 25 x 17.5.

Manuscript comment at top of title "This article was written by Captain Chalmers R.N., Staff Officer to Rear Admiral Evans while on the Australian Station July 1928 - 1931. He was Captain of the "Australia", as well . This article was published on his return to England. The Australian Navy reached its peak of efficiency under their guidance. It deteriorated partly owing to the disinterestedness of Evan's Successor and partly to the reduction in Pay in 1931", signed by Geoffrey Ingleton.

62459
RUTLAND, Jonathan
SEE INSIDE A GALLEON
$10.00 AUD

Kingfisher Books. London. 1986. 2nd edition in the See Inside series edited by R.J. Unstead. Revised edition of the 1977 original. 31 PP with illustrations by John Berry and Michael Trim. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27.5 x 21.3. 082722071

76583
SAUNDERS, Hilary St. George
VALIANT VOYAGING, A Short History of the British India Steam Navigation Company in the Second World War 1939-1945
$40.00 AUD

Faber & Faber. London. 1948. 1st Ed. 216 PP, plus 1 colour plate on double-page and 7 b/w plates with 13 photos. Fp (in colour): Regimental Badges on the Dunera. FEP: Position of the Fleet at the Outbreak of War. REP: Position of ships lost. Cloth cover, dj. Cloth covers with light wear and dust jacket with a few chips, now in a protective sleeve. Signature of previous owner on verso of the FFEP. An otherwise near fine copy. Scarce. 20.5 x 14.

16605
SCHLEE, Susan
THE EDGE OF AN UNFAMILIAR WORLD, A History of Oceanography
$10.00 AUD

E.P. Dutton. New York. 1973. 1st Ed. 398 PP with 8 maps, 25 figures & 56 photos of paintings in text. Hard cover, dj (price-clipped) Foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise near fine. 24 x 16. 0525096736

Oceanography with the Americans (Wilkes, Maury, Agassiz), the British (Darwin, Huxley, Wyville Thomson) the Monegasque (Prince Albert of Monaco), and 20th Century developments...

37736
SCHMITT, Frederick P. & SCHMID, Donald E.
H. M. S. CULLODEN
$10.00 AUD

Marine Historical Association. Mystic, Connecticut. 1961. 1st Ed., Publication No. 38. 63 PP with 17 b/w illustrations. Soft cover, vignette on front cover. Occasional foxing. Very good. 25.4 x 17.8.

74 Guns Ship-of-the-Line, launched 18th of May 1776... Wrecked January 1781 near Montauk Point, Long Island.

10456
SCHMITT, Frederick P., DE JONG, Cornelis & WINTER, Frank H.
THOMAS WELCOME ROYS - America's Pioneer of Modern Whaling
$10.00 AUD

Mariners Museum. Newport News, Virginia. 1980. 1st Ed. Mariners Museum publication, No.38. XIV, (2), 253 PP with 34 figures. Fp: Capt. Thomas Welcome Roys. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 24 x 15. 0917376331

His early whaling experiences in the Pacific, on the "Crescent" of Sag Harbor. The first American to use steamers for whaling. His attempts to develop a rocket-propelled harpoon, ...

77164
SEACRAFT
POWER & SAIL SEACRAFT - Aquatic Magazine Covering the Australasian Waterfront. Vol. 3, No.3, April, 1948
$30.00 AUD

Seacraft Publications. Sydney. 1948. Edited by Norman O. HUDSON & Jules FELDMAN. P.170 to 252 with b/w illustrations throughout. Pictorial soft covers with light wear (Yacht Pakerdoo racing on Sydney Harbour). Very good. 27.5 x 21.5.

Trans-Tasman Race 1948, 18 Footer World Title to Australia, The Lone Marine: H.J. Pollock, Round the World with "Kathleen" : L. Morris, illustrated by skipper Jack Earl.....

77165
SEACRAFT
POWER & SAIL SEACRAFT - Aquatic Magazine Covering the Australasian Waterfront. Vol. 4, No.5, November, 1948
$30.00 AUD

Seacraft Publications. Sydney. 1948. Edited by Norman O. HUDSON & Jules FELDMAN. P.274 to 348 with b/w illustrations throughout. Pictorial soft covers with light wear (North Reef Lighthouse, near Rockhampton). Very good. 27.5 x 21.5.

Montagu Island Race to "Tradwinds", Bermuda Dinghies, I Built a Tumlare: C. Harrison, Round the World with "Kathleen": L. Morris with illustrations by Jack Earl,, Rainbow Class grows in W.A,...

77166
SEACRAFT
POWER & SAIL SEACRAFT - Aquatic Magazine Covering the Australasian Waterfront. Vol. 4, No.6, December, 1948
$30.00 AUD

Seacraft Publications. Sydney. 1948. Edited by Norman O. HUDSON & Jules FELDMAN. P.350 to 424 with b/w illustrations throughout. Pictorial soft covers with light wear Spectator yachts at Torquay Harbour, England during Olmpic Games). Very good. 27.5 x 21.5. Newcomers to big ocean events; Back from World Cruise: Ketch Kathleen's Stirring Return to Home Port and Round the World with "Kathleen": L. Morris with illustrations by skipper Jack Earl. Tasman Storey to Max: George Lynne, Cruising Design by Searle, Skiff Review: C.S. Ryrie, ...

Montagu Island Race to "Tradwinds", Bermuda Dinghies, I Built a Tumlare: C. Harrison, Round the World with "Kathleen": L. Morris with illustrations by Jack Earl,, Rainbow Class grows in W.A,...

61338
SEAL, Jeremy
THE WRECK AT SHARPNOSE POINT - A Victorian Mystery
$10.00 AUD

Picador. London. 2001. 1st Australian edition. (12), 316 PP with b/w illustrations (engravings, facsimile of documents, photos). Fp: chart of the North coast of Cornwall, opposite Lundy Island. Pictorial soft cover. Faint foxing. Near fine. 23.5 x 15.5. 0330493256

Wreck of the Caledonia in 1842, on the North coast of Cornwall.

44311
SEARLE, G. W.
AT SEA LEVEL
$10.00 AUD

The Book Guild. Lewes, Sussex. 1994. 1st Ed. 256 PP with 5 maps, plus 24 pages with 48 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Name of previous owner on front endpaper. Faint foxing on outside edges, o/wise near fine. 22.3 x 14. 0863328970

War in the North Sea, Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea (Crete, Libya, Dodecanese)...

34429
SERVICE HYDROGRAPHIQUE ET OCEANOGRAPHIQUE DE LA MARINE (S.H.O.M.)
GUIDE DU NAVIGATEUR (in three volumes with 3 updates)
$60.00 AUD

Service Hydrographique et Océanographique de la Marine. Brest. 1981. 1st Ed., with a foreword by M-M. Eyries. Volume 1: 238 PP, plus 1 folded chart at rear. Volume 2: 218 PP, plus 1 folded map at rear. Volume 3: 318 PP, plus 2 folded maps at rear. Pagination by chapter and not continuous, many b/w or colour illust. Each volume with update for 1987, respectively with 62, 32 and 80 pages. Soft covers (lightly rubbed). Near fine. French text. This is a heavy item and postage will be higher than usual. Please ask for a quote. 26.5 x 18.5. 211080341X - 21

Volume 1: Nautical information, and update. French nautical charts. Meteorology. Annex to chapter 8 with 11 pages of French and English vocabulary used for Navarea/Avurnav (Navigational Warning). Volume 2: Navigation, position at sea, dead reckoning... Navigation Aids (Radar, Hyperbolic systems...). Volume 3: Rules and regulations (rules of the road, buoyage..), Search and Rescue...

71889
SEXTON, Robert & PICKHAVER, Gordon
FALIE. Portrait of a Coastal Trader
$40.00 AUD

Falie Project Limited. Port Adelaide. 1985. 1st Ed. VI, 114 PP with colour & b/w illust. (photos, paintings, maps ...). Title Page: Falie at the canal wharf, Maasluis. Eps: Sail plan with original rig front and sail plan rigged as a ketch. Pictorial soft cover. A fine copy. Scarce. Oblong : 17.5 x 25. 0958946809

A history of the South Australian ketch fleet, with trade route of the "Falie". Purchase, voyage from Holland, war years in Australia & New Guinea, coastal trader, then restoration.

69376
SHANE, Victor
DDDB / DRAG DEVICE DATA BASE- Using Parachutes, Sea Anchors and Drogues to Cope with Heavy Weather
$50.00 AUD

Para-Anchors International. Summerland, Ca. 1998. 4th edition, revised, expanded & updated from the 1990 original. Foreword by Lin and Parry Pardey and Preface by Earl Hinz. (11), VII, 269 PP with b/w illustrations. Fp: 2 photos of S.S. Caltex Rotterdam. Soft cover, pictorial front. Light creases on front cover. Address of previous owner at top of title page. Near fine. 27.8 x 21.5. 1878832034

Over 120 documented case histories.

75501
SHARPE, Alan
SHARK DOWN UNDER - The Story of Shark Attacks in Australian Waters
$15.00 AUD

Dominion Publishing Co. Pty. Ltd. Sydney. 1976. 1st Ed. 160, (9 index) PP, plus 30 pages with 27 b/w illustrations (3 drawings/engravings and 24 photos). Stiff covers. Very good. 17.7 x 10.7.

64462
SHAW, Capt. Frank H.
FLAG OF THE SEVEN SEAS, The Story of the British Merchant Navy
$10.00 AUD

Cleaver-Hume Press. London. 1953. 1st Ed. 219 PP with 2 fig. in text plus 16 pages with 28 b/w illust. Cloth cover, dj. Covers a little sunned around edges and spine, dj with chips and closed tears. Light foxing, o/wise near fine internally. 22.4 x 14.5.

Authentic & informative story of the British Merchant Navy, from the days of ancient Britons to the two World Wars.

48572
SHIPLOVERS' SOCIETY OF VICTORIA
THE ANNUAL DOG WATCH - Volume 13
$10.00 AUD

Shiplovers' Society of Victoria. Melbourne. 1956. Issue No. 13 for 1956, edited by S.A.E. Ström. Foreword by Sir Archie Michaelis. 144 PP with 10 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft covers a little soiled with signature of previous owner at top and on page one, otherwise contents clean and still a very good copy. 21 x 14.

"Tyburnia" - London, by R.W. Glassford. Australian Reminiscences: a Salvage Superintendent from Hamburg who in 1911, jumped ship from the 3-masted barque "Osterbek" moored on the Yarra, by Captain Carl Meyer. ...

54094
SHIPLOVERS' SOCIETY OF VICTORIA
THE ANNUAL DOG WATCH - No.27
$10.00 AUD

Shiplovers' Society of Victoria. Melbourne. 1970. Volume No. 27, 1970. 128 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover (HMS Endeavour). Covers a little soiled with signature at top of front cover. Otherwise, a very good clean copy. 21 x 13.8.

Contains article by N.S. Smith between P.106 and 118 with 4 b/w illustrations. "From Whitby to Botany Bay and Beyond, An outline of the life and achievements of Capt. Jas. COOK. "The Search for the Vergulde Draeck" (C. Halls) between P.48 & 56 with 1 map, 1 plan and 2 b/w photos.

19312
SHIPWRECKS
NEW SOUTH WALES - HISTORIC SHIPWRECK
$10.00 AUD

Department of Planning. Sydney. 1992. July 1992. Set 1 in the New South Wales Historic Shipwreck series. 22 PP loose leaves, with location map, plan of diving site and a b/w profile of each ship. Contained in a clear plastic envelope. Fine. 29.8 x 21.

Historical and diving information on 10 historic shipwrecks: PS Mimosa - TSS John Penn - Merimbula - Yarra Yarra - PS Commodore - Walter Hood - Ballina - SS Duckenfield - Dunbar - Queen of Nations.

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

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

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

76938
SMEETON, Miles
ONCE IS ENOUGH (No.42 in the Mariners Library)
$40.00 AUD

Rupert Hart-Davis. London. 1960. Revised from the 1959 original, with a Foreword by Nevil Shute. 208 PP with 10 maps and 19 drawings in text plus 8 pages with 13 bw photos. Hard cover with price-clipped dust jacket which has some wear and is now in a protective sleeve. Signature of previous owner on FFEP. Contents are near fine. 19 x 12.5.

The voyage of "Tzu Hang" where she turned right over, twice while attempting to sail round South America from Pacific to Atlantic.

42980
SMITH, Peter C.
ROYAL NAVY SHIPS' BADGES
$10.00 AUD

Balfour Book. St. Ives, UK. 1974. 1st Ed. 96 PP with 8 colour photos, and 40 badges in colour. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price clipped). Small chip at front cover of dust jacket. Free fly of front endpaper missing, o/wise very good and internally clean. 24.2 x 18.4. 0859440117

13 ships' badges (Benbow to Valhalla), and 27 boat badges (Amazon to Wild Swan).

76591
SOCIETY FOR NAUTICAL RESEARCH
MARINER'S MIRROR [THE]. The Journal of the Society for Nautical Research - Volume 56, No. 4, November 1970
$15.00 AUD

Society for Nautical Research. London. 1970. Edited by T.D. Manning. (2), 365 - 474, (III) PP with b/w illustrations, plus 5 plates with 4 b/w photos and 3 line drawings. Soft covers with light foxing and a light crease on rear, otherwise contents are near fine. 24.5 x 17.

Bronze-Age Stone-Anchors from the Eastern Mediterranean, by Honor Frost. Admiral Jerram and the German Pacific Fleet 1913-15, by I.H. Nish. The Sailing Shrimpers of Great Yarmouth (pages 429 to 437 with 2 Line drawings), by John Leather.

76592
SOCIETY FOR NAUTICAL RESEARCH
MARINER'S MIRROR [THE]. The Journal of the Society for Nautical Research - Volume 76, No. 3, August 1990
$15.00 AUD

Society for Nautical Research. London. 1990. Edited by Brian H. Dolley. (X), 201 - 302 PP with b/w illustrations. Soft covers. Near fine. 24.5 x 17.

No.3 - The Formative Years: the Malta Dockyard, 1800 - 1815, by Philip MacDougall. Colbert's Grand Indian Ocean Fleet of 1679, by Glen Joseph Ames. The Naval Architecture of Crusader transport ships and horse transports revisited, by John H. Pryor.

77002
SOLLY, Dr Ray
ATHEL LINE - A Fleet History
$40.00 AUD

The History Press. Stroud, UK. 20O9 1st Ed. Foreword by Captain Stan Waldron. 248, (8 publications) PP with lists and b/w illustrations (cartoons, documents, plans, portraits and photos). Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 24.8 x 17. 9780752448275

37081
SPECTOR, Ronald H.
EAGLE AGAINST THE SUN - The American War with Japan
$10.00 AUD

Vintage Books. New York. c. 1995. Paperback reprint of the 1st Vintage Books edition of 1985. XVI, 589 PP with map (Central Western Pacific) on double page, plus 16 pages with 31 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 20.3 x 13. 0394741013

US and Japanese strategy on the conduct of the War. Major battles, little-known campaigns and unfamiliar events of the 44 month Pacific War.

69716
SPONG, H. C. & DOBSON, J.
PORT LINE, Incorporating: James P. Corry & Company, Thomas B. Royden & Company, Wm. Milburn & Company, G.D. Tyser & Company & The Commonwealth & Dominion Line Ltd.
$70.00 AUD

World Ship Society. London. 2004. 1st Ed. 256 PP with b/w and colour photos throughout. Fp (in colour): "Port Chalmers". Pictorial laminated boards. Fine. 30.2 x 21.5. 0954331028

77168
STAFFORD, Brian
THE GREAT WINDSHIPS - How Sailing Ships Made the Modern World
$90.00 AUD

Brian Stafford / Xlibris. Hobart. 2023 Revised edition of the 2022 original. XVIII, 263 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (drawings & sketches, graphs, maps, paintings, photos and portraits). Laminated pictorial boards. Fine. 28.5 x 22.2. 97871669888147

77092
STANNARD, Bruce
JACK EARL, The Life and Art of a Sailor
$50.00 AUD

Weldon. Sydney. 1991. 1st Ed. 104 PP with 1 map, 1 plan of Kathleen Gillett, and b/w illustrations (paintings and photos). Pictorial soft covers with a little wear around edges. Dedicatory note at top of half-title page, otherwise near fine. Scarce. 29.5 x 21. 1863021760

The sailor & artist and the story of the yacht "Kathleen Gillett", given by the Norwegians to the Australian people for their National Maritime Museum.

52875
STARBUCK, Nicole
THE BAUDIN EXPEDITION IN AUSTRALIA, 1800-1803 (in National Library of Australia News - Vol XVII, No. 10, July 2007)
$5.00 AUD

N.L.A. Canberra. 2007. Volume XVII, No. 10, July 2007. Contains article between pages 3 and 6 with 3 b/w and 3 colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21.

76969
STEELE, David J.
YACHTSMAN IN RED CHINA
$20.00 AUD

John de Graff, Inc. Tuckahoe, N. Y. 1970. 1st Ed. (6), 208 PP with b/w illustrations (1 map, 1 sketch and 36 photos). Eps: Hard covers, gilt title on spine, dj (price clipped) and with a few chips. Foxing spots on outside edges. Very good. 23.5 x 16. 0828600422

Voyage on the trimaran "Linda Nina II", in the South China Sea. Coasting the South Vietnam coast. Captured and detained by Red Chinese south of Hainan Island, ... Released to Hong Kong a month later.

68416
STEPHEN, Martin
SEA BATTLES IN CLOSE-UP: World War 2
$20.00 AUD

Ian Allan Ltd. London. 1988. 1st Ed. (edited by Eric Grove). 224 PP with 60 detailed maps & 150 bw selected photos. Title spread: the German Navy "Prinz Eugen". Hard cover, dj (price-clipped). Stamp of the Devonport Maritime Museum and donation vignette on FFEP and one stamp on the rear endpaper, o/wise very good. 24.2 x 17.8. 0711015961

10 crucial naval engagements of World War II: Battle of the River Plate, Attack on Taranto, Battle of Matapan, Sinking of Hood and Bismarck, Sinking of Prince of Wales and Repulse, Escape of Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, Battle of the Coral Sea, Battle of Midway, Battle of the Barents Sea, Sinking of Scharnhorst.

76890
STEWART, I. G.
LIBERTY SHIPS IN PEACETIME, and Their Contribution to World Shipping History
$120.00 AUD

Ian Stewart Marine Publications. Rockingham Beach, W.A. 1992. 1st edition limited to 500 numbered copies. (2), 322 PP profusely illustrated with b/w & colour photos. Fp: "Pacific Nomad". Pictorial laminated boards. Certificate pasted down on front endpaper, hand numbered (030/500), dated and signed by the author. Postcard on this order and allocation of the Number for this title, signed by the author, loosely inserted. A fine copy. 30 x 21.5. 0646059874

The standard tramp vessel designed to last a few months & its contribution to the Allied Forces' war effort.

77274
STONE, Peter
HOSTAGES TO FREEDOM, The Fall of Rabaul
$250.00 AUD

Oceans Enterprises. Yarram, Vic. 2006. 3rd printing of the 1995 original. (12), VI, 514 PP, (24 pages Bibliography & Acknowledgements), (20 pages Index). Profusely illustrated in b/w. Title-page: Aerial view of Simpson Harbour during bombing raid. Eps: Japanese map of Blanche Bay. Hard cover, gilt title in blind on front board & spine, dj. Includes a presentation letter (tipped in) to Professor The Hon. Kim Beazley AC, welcoming him for his role as Patron of the Montevideo Maru Memorial Committee. Signed by the author on the half-title page. Dust jacket has light wear and is in a protective sleeve. A near fine copy of a scarce item. 30.5 x 21.5.x. 0646241249

History of Rabaul pre-World War II and the war years, from 1941 to 1945 and the subsequent years of land and sea salvage. An extensive work.

76888
STRABOLGI, Lord
SEA POWER IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR
$25.00 AUD

Hutchinson & Co. Ltd. London. 1943 2nd impression. 136 PP, plus frontispiece and 48 pages with b/w illustrations (1 map of Malta, 1 plan of Toulon and 44 photos). Fp: British Destroyers. Eps: Map of North Africa and Mediteerranean Sea. Cloth cover. Covers lightly rubbed and soiled, spine sunned. War economy paper with signs of ageing, however the plates with illustrations are in excellent condition. Still a good copy of a scarce item. 22 x 14.

39791
STRANDBERG, Olle
TIGERLAND & SOUTH SEA
$15.00 AUD

Michael Joseph. London. 1954. 3rd Impression of the 1953 original English edition, translated from the Swedish by M.A. Michael. 235 PP, plus 12 pages with 14 b/w photos. Fp: The schooner California under sail. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price-clipped). Foxing spots on edges and some pages, o/wise near fine. 20.8 x 14.2.

Two years' travel through South-East Asia and the Paradise on Earth, supposedly in the South Seas.

18797
STRANGE, James
JAMES STRANGE'S JOURNAL AND NARRATIVE OF THE COMMERCIAL EXPEDITION FROM BOMBAY TO THE NORTHWEST COAST OF AMERICA
$30.00 AUD

Ye Galleon Press. Fairfield, Washington. 1982. Reprint of the 1928 original, with an introductory material by A.V. Venkatarama Ayyar, and notes by John Hosie & F. W. Howay. 144, (2 colophon) PP with 3 b/w plates, plus folded map in back pocket. Eps: chart of the Cook Channel and Strange Island near Nootka Island. Hard cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj. Occasional light foxing spots, o/wise fine. 23.8 x 16.2. 0877702675

Expedition to the North-west Coast of America in 1786, which sailed from Bombay on 08/12/1785, on board the Captain Cook and The Experiment.

43755
STREATER, R. A. & GREENMAN, Corps Cdr D. G.
TALBOT-BOOTH'S MERCHANT SHIPS - Supplement Number 2
$5.00 AUD

Marinart / Kogan Page. London. 1979. 1st Ed. No pagination, 54 PP with 30 drawings (scale 200' to 1). Soft cover, spiral bound. Covers a little soiled, otherwise very good. 30 x 21. 0904478343

Supplement: new drawings and index.

77153
SUAREZ, Thomas
EARLY MAPPING OF SOUTHEAST ASIA
$175.00 AUD

Periplus Editions (HK) Ltd. Hong Kong. 1999. 1st Ed. 280 PP with 5 headpieces "Compass Rose" in colour and 168 figures: 119 in b/w and 49 in colour (including 10 on double page). Fp (in colour): Map of Southeast Asia by Pierre Mortier. FEP: Gulf of Siam and Indian Ocean from the "Traiphum", late 18th century. REP: Southeast Asia, from the Atlas of the 12th century, by Sharif al-Idrisi. Laminated pictorial boards, dj. Faint offsetting on half-title page and verso of rear endpaper, otherwise a fine copy. 31.5 x 23.5. 9789625934709

Part I: Southeast Asia, Part II: The Early Mediterranean and European Record, Part III: The View from the Deck: Early European Maps, Part IV: Companies and Colonization

74524
SWAN, Keith & CARNEGIE, Margaret
IN STEP WITH STURT
$20.00 AUD

Graphic Books. Melbourne. 1979. 1st Ed. XII, 115 PP with 21 figures [ 8 maps (3 on double pages), 2 copies of letters, 4 documents, and 7 pages of Journal] and 36 illustrations. Hard covers, illustrated front, dj. Foxing on top outside edge, o/wise a fine copy. 25 x 19. 0959636552

59423
SYDNEY HARBOUR TRUST
THE SYDNEY HARBOUR TRUST OFFICERS' JOURNAL - Volume IV
$50.00 AUD

Sydney. 1928 / 1929. Sydney Harbour Trust. Volume IV, No. 1 (June 1928) to No. 12 (May 1929). Edited by H.L. GILMOUR & H.H. EDWARDS. A total of 422 PP (on glossy paper) with b/w illustrations (drawings, engravings, photos) and c. 50 pages of period advertisements. Bound copies. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine. Gilt lettering on spine, faded. Ingleton bookplate on front endpaper. Contents are near fine. Image shows Contents page of No.1. 18.3 x 13.

The Wharfage System of Port Jackson, by F. Matthews, in issues 5 to 12 with a total of 64 pages with around 30 b/w illustrations.

77155
TALBOT-BOOTH, E. C. (editor)
MERCHANT SHIPS - 1963
$40.00 AUD

The Journal of Commerce and Shipping Telegraph London. 1963. 1963 edition. 458, (4 advertisements) PP with 50 figures in Introductory section and over 4000 profile drawings in the Ship Identification section, 403 funnels in the Fleet List section. Hard cover, gilt title spine, dj (price clipped). Dust jacket is slightly rubbed and with a few chips and is in a protective sleeve. Occasional foxing, o/wise near fine. Oblong: 22.8 x 28.5.

Ships with their particulars, shipping lines with fleet list and a most comprehensive index.

64737
TAVIANI, Paolo Emilio
CRISTOFORO COLOMBO, Genius of the Sea
$10.00 AUD

Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato. Roma. 1992. Reprint of the 2nd edition of 1991. 94 PP. Pictorial soft covers with a crease on the back cover, o/wise near fine. 20 x 12.

Published by the "Comitato Nazionale per le Celebrazioni del V Centenarion della scoperta dell' America".

50628
TAYLOR, Peter
VICTORIAN SHIPWRECK - NOTICE TO MARINERS 1841 - 2003
$10.00 AUD

Bob Leek & Peter Taylor. Newport, Victoria. 2006. Revised and updated edition of the 2005 original. 103 PP with 8 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 14.7. 0975175424

Official records of shipwrecks as described in the Notice to Mariners.

75070
TAYLOR, Roger C.
THE ELEMENTS OF SEAMANSHIP
$5.00 AUD

International Marine Publishing. Camden, Maine. 1986. 2nd edition of the 1982 original. VIII, 104 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings by Jim Sollers and photos). Soft covers, illustrated front. Covers with light wear, o/wise fine. 21.5 x 13.5. 0877422206

70211
TESTA, Serge
500 DAYS - Around the World on a Twelve Foot Yacht
$30.00 AUD

Serge Testa / Trident Press. Brisbane. 1988. 1st edition. VIII, 216 PP with 8 maps, drawings & plans, and 23 b/w photos. Fp: Route of Achrohc around the world. Pictorial soft covers with light wear. Slight ageing of paper on outside edges. Contents near fine. 21 x 14.3. 0731648498

Circumnavigation of Acrohc Australis, June 1984 to May 1987. At the time, the smallest yacht ever to complete this.

72309
THOMAS, Colin S.
SCRIMSHAW - "The Ancient Art of the Mariner"
$70.00 AUD

Colin S. Thomas. Hobart. 2011. Edition limited to 500 numbered copies (No.445 of 500). 42 PP with 55 colour photos. Inside front cover: Whale bone chair. Inside back cover: walking sticks. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. Scarce. 29.7 x 21. 9780646550077

Exhibition of February 2011, held at the Commissariat Store, Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery. Includes a card flyer for the exhibition.

70079
THOMAS, Gordon & MORGAN-WITTS, Max
THE STRANGE FATE OF THE MORRO CASTLE
$10.00 AUD

Collins. London. 1973. 1st UK edition. 252 PP with 1 map and 1 ship plan, plus 12 pages with 29 b/w photos. Eps: Extracts from Ward Line brochures. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Foxing spots on outside edges. Very good. 21.5 x 14.5. 0002117436

The fire which ravaged the luxury cruise liner Morro Castle in 1934 with the loss of 90 passengers and 35 crew members.

72734
THRA
TASMANIAN HISTORICAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATION, Papers and Proceedings - Volume 53, No. 4
$10.00 AUD

Tasmanian Historical Research Association, Inc. Hobart 2006. Volume 53, No. 4, December 2006. Edited by David Dilger & Hugh Campbell. 173-220 PP with b/w ilustrations. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 23.7 x 15.5.

Robert Walker of Kilburn Grange, by Margaret Mason-Cox. ... Garibaldi in Tasmania, by Stefan Petrow.

74563
TOGHILL, Jeff
CELESTIAL NAVIGATION FOR BEGINNERS
$10.00 AUD

Reed Books. Sydney. 1980. Reprint of 1978 original. 112 PP with tables and figures (diagrams, drawings, b/w photos). Stiff covers, pictorial front. Near fine. 21.5 x 14. 0730101479

The Sextant and Chronometer, Errors and Corrections, Estimated Position and Dead Reckoning, The Celestial Globe, The Tables...The Computation, Plotting, Other Celestial Work, Star Identification.

56327
TOLERTON, Nick
BULK CARRIERS: The Ocean Cinderellas
$50.00 AUD

Willson Scott Publishing. Christchurch. 2005. 1st Ed. 192 PP with b/w illustrations (1 newspaper cutting, 5 plans and 202 photos of ships). Title page: Chanda, registered Bombay. Hard cover, dj. A fine, as new copy. 30.2 x 21.7. 0958253560

35478
TRACEY, Michael P. & FORMAN, Amanda (editors)
SERVING THE WORLD: The Australian Defence Force Overseas (in Defence Update)
$10.00 AUD

Defence Public Relations. Canberra. 1993. No. 7, December 1993. 44 PP with 1 map, b/w & colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.7 x 21.

Australian Defence Force peacekeeping activities in the year 1993. RAN in Somalia. Maritime Interception Force in the Red Sea...

77187
[TRAINS]
Here Comes ... PUFFING BILLY - The story of Victoria's famous veteran steam train
$15.00 AUD

Puffing Billy Preservation Society. Belgrave, Victoria. c. 2000. 1st Ed. 16 PP with b/w illustrations: 3 sets of map & gradient diagram and 21 photos. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 24.5 x 18.

76879
TUCKER, Joan
FERRIES OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE
$35.00 AUD

Tempus Publishing. Stroud, UK. 2008. 1st Ed. 160 PP with 110 b/w illustrations (drawings, sketches, plans, maps, paintings and photos), plus 16 pages with 27 colour illustrations (3 maps and 24 photos). Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 24.8 x 17. 9780752442389

47616
URBAN, Frank
NED'S NAVY. The Private Letters of Edward Charlton from Cadet to Admiral
$10.00 AUD

Airlife Publishing. London. 1998. 1st Ed. 176 PP with b/w illustrations. Hard cover, dj. Minimal light foxing on endpapers otherwise fine. 27.2 x 21.8. 1853109045

A window on the British Empire from 1878 to 1924. 1887: HMS Rapid in Australia and the South West Pacific... 1898-1901: HMS Orlando and the Boxer rebellion...

77145
van den BROECKE, Marcel P. R.
ORTELIUS ATLAS MAPS - An illustrated Guide
$125.00 AUD

HES Publishers. Utrecht. 1996. 1st Ed. 308 PP with 10 b/w illustrations and 234 b/w maps. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj. Fine. Scarce. 24.6 x 13.7. 9061943086

Information on the maps which appeared in Ortelius' Theatrum Orbis Terrarum.

54178
VAN DYCK, Steve
THE TALE OF WILLIAM WALL'S WHALE (in Australian Natural History - Volume 23, No. 8, 1991
$15.00 AUD

The Australian Museum. Sydney. 1991. Edited by Fiona DOIG & Georgina HICKEY. 585-664 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Folded poster: Small fish of Norfolk Island, loosely inserted. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.2 x 21.

Other articles include: Southern Australia's enigmatic Clingfishes, by Barry Hutchins... Emperor, King and Little Pig: the three Rats of Guadalcanal, by Tim Flannery. Frank Hurley Collection, by Ric Bolzan. ...

75087
VERNE, Jules
20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA
$15.00 AUD

Octopus Books Ltd. London. 1987. 1st Octopus Books edition. 219 PP. Hard covers, dj. Slight ageing of paper, o/wise fine. 24.2 x 15.5. 0706430239

A classic novel with factual details of early attempts to explore the ocean floors.

10034
VERNON GIBBS, Cdr. C.R.
THE WESTERN OCEAN PASSENGER LINES AND LINERS 1934-1969
$15.00 AUD

Brown, Son & Ferguson. Glasgow. 1970. 1st Ed. 184 PP with 36 Pages with 68 photos of liners & 2 Pages on house flags. Fp: The old rivals: Queen Mary & Normandie. Hard cover, no dust jacket. Light foxing around the edges, o/wise near fine. Image shows title-page and frontispiece. 22 x 14.

Record of passenger liners & shipping lines on the North Atlantic in 1934 after 5 years of the Depression. The number of these ships had greatly diminished, most having been broken up and sold for scrap.

18894
VERNON GIBBS, Commander C. R.
BRITISH PASSENGER LINERS OF THE FIVE OCEANS - A Record of the British Passenger Lines and their Liners from 1838 to the Present Day
$25.00 AUD

Putnam. London. 1963. 1st Ed. 559 PP with 172 b/w illustrations (advertisements and posters, external views if ships, interior and general views). Fp: Bentick leaving Aden. Blue cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price-clipped). Near fine. 22.2 x 14.5.

40966
VILLIERS, Alan
PILOT PETE
$10.00 AUD

Angus & Robertson. Sydney. 1963. Reprint of the 1953 original. 64 PP with 61 illustrations by H. T. Cauldwell. Eps. Hard cover, dj (price-clipped). Note written on half title page. A few foxing sports, o/wise a very good clean copy. Scarce. 22.2 x 14.5.

Novel set in a rocky island far away in the South Pacific.

77047
VILLIERS, Peter
JOSEPH CONRAD, Master Mariner : The Novelist's life at sea, based on a previously unpublished study by Alan Villiers
$35.00 AUD

Seafarer Books / Sheridan House. Rendesham, UK / Dobbs Ferry, USA. 2006. 1st Ed. Preface by Peter Villiers. 125, (3 publications) PP with 1 b/w portrait of Alan Villiers, plus 12 colour paintings of Joseph Conrad tallships by Mark Myers. Pictorial stiff covers. Near fine. 26 x 20.2. 9780954706296

76954
VOSS, Captain
THE VENTURESOME VOYAGES OF CAPTAIN VOSS (No.3 in the Mariners Library)
$50.00 AUD

Rupert Hart-Davis. London. 1949. 1st edition in the Mariners Library (No. 3), with an introduction by Richard Hughes. Reprint of the 2nd edition of 1926 (original of 1913). XVI, 326, (1 adv.) PP, plus 8 pages with 9 b/w illust. FEP: Voss's voyages in the Pacific Ocean. REP: Voss's voyage on the "Tilikum" in the Indian and Atlantic Oceans. Cloth cover, illustrated (chipped) dust jacket by David Cobb, now in a protective sleeve. Top edge tinted. Light foxing on outside edges and endpapers o/wise a very good copy. 19 x 12.8.

67300
WALKER, Bryce (editor)
THE ARMADA
$15.00 AUD

Caxton Publishing Group / Time-Life Books. London. 2004. 1st Caxton edition of the 1981 original, in The Seafarers series. 176 PP with b/w and colour illust. Title page: Medal struck in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. Eps: map of the Channel. Laminated pictorial boards, dj. Fine. 28.7 x 24. 9781844471119

18218
WARNER, Oliver
THE BRITISH NAVY - A Concise History
$10.00 AUD

Thames & Hudson. London. 1975. 1st Ed. 192 PP with 151 b/w illustrations. Fp: The Resolution in a gale by W. Van de Velde the Younger. Hard cover, dj (price-clipped). Ageing of paper around the edges, o/wise near fine. 24.5 x 17.5. 0500011397

34025
WATERMAN, Talbot H.
ANIMAL NAVIGATION
$10.00 AUD

Scientific American Library. New York. 1989. 1st Ed., No. 26 in the Scientic American Library series. VIII, (2), 243, (2) PP with colour illust. (graphs, maps, photos). Fp: Baby green turtle entering the surf. Cloth cover, dj. Fine. 24.2 x 22. 0716750244

Animal migration: flyers and swimmers. Human navigation and its relevance to animal navigation... Biological clocks and calendars, sense of space, electric and magnetic direction finding...

17742
WATTS, Anthony J.
THE ROYAL NAVY: An Illustrated History
$10.00 AUD

Arms and Armour Press. London. 1995. 1st paperback edition of the 1994 original. 256 PP with 10 tables, 36 plans, and 249 bw illust. Fp: Cruiser Lion. Pictorial card cover. Near fine. 24.5 x 19. 185409324X

From wooden sailing ships to nuclear-powered submarines.

34449
WEAVER, Mary Anne
WHERE OLD SHIPS GO TO DIE AND BE RECYCLED (in Smithsonian, Volume 21, No. 3)
$10.00 AUD

Smithsonian Institution. Washington. 1990. Volume 21, No. 3, June 1990. Contains article from page 30 to 41 with 14 colour photos by Kay Chernush. Soft cover. Very good. 28.2 x 21.

On Gadani Beach in Pakistan.

18755
WEBSTER SMITH, B.
THE WAR AT SEA 1941-1943
$10.00 AUD

Blackie & Son. London. c.1944. 1st Ed. 192 PP, plus 8 full-page b/w plates. Fp: Ordeal of Penelope. Cloth cover (rubbed). War economy paper (ageing), o/wise very good. 20 x 13.5.

Crete and the Middle East in 1941. Japanese attacks, Malta, Atlantic battles.

35873
WELHAM, Michael G.
NAVAL ELITE UNITS
$10.00 AUD

Arms & Armour Press. London. 1990. Fotofax series. 48 pages with 83 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 24.5 x 19. 1854090550

77019
WEYNDLING, Walter
WEST COAST TALES: Riveters, Wrecks and Ring-netters
$20.00 AUD

Birlinn. Edinburgh. 2005. 1st Ed. Foreword by W. J. Lithgow. VIII, 167 PP with b/w illustrations: 1 map, 3 advertisements, 7 diagrams, 4 drawings, 2 plans and 72 photos. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 23.5 x 15.5. 9781841583464

37646
WHIPPLE, A.B.C. (editor)
THE CLIPPER SHIPS
$5.00 AUD

Time-Life Books. Amsterdam. 1982. 2nd European English language printing of the 1980 original, in The Seafarers series. 176 PP with b/w and colour illust. Title page: Brass bell of the Cutty Sark, 1869. Eps: Map of the world plyed by the Clipper Ships. Simile leather covers, colour illustration (clipper ship Golden State) pasted down on front cover. Near fine. 28.7 x 24. 0705406318

53995
WILLS, Juliet & van VELZEN, Marianne
THE DIAMOND DAKOTA MYSTERY
$15.00 AUD

Allen & Uwin. Sydney. 2006. 3rd printing. XVIII, 222 PP with 1 location map and 1 map, plus 8 pages with 20 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Light foxing on first and last pages, otherwise fine. 21 x 14. 9781741147452

40517
WILSON, Ian
UNDISCOVERED: The Fascinating World of Undiscovered Places, Graves, Wrecks, and Treasure
$10.00 AUD

Chancellor Press. London. 1993. Reprint of the 1987 original. 192 PP with head pieces and b/w illust. (maps & plans, paintings & photos). Title page: The British Egyptologist Howard Carter opening the golden shrine of the tomb of the pharaoh Tutankhamun. Pictorial laminated boards. Faint foxing on outside edges. Near fine. 25.5 x 17.5. 1851522999

20954
WILSON, Michael
ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY - MARITIME PATROL: Helicopter Ships, Submersibles, Amphibious, Mine Warfare and Patrol Craft - No.3 in the Royal Australian Navy Profile series
$5.00 AUD

Topmill. Sydney. c. 1994. 1st Ed. 80 PP with bw and colour photos. Pict. card cover. Fine. 29.6 x 20.8. 0646207725

19076
WINGATE, John (editor)
WARSHIPS IN PROFILE - Volume 2
$50.00 AUD

Profile Publications. London. 1973. 1st Ed. (8), 292, (8 index) PP with b/w illustrations (maps, plans and photos) and 12 full-colour centrefolds (2 double length). Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price-clipped). Near fine. 25.7 x 19. 0853830614

12 profiles : HMS Exeter - SMS Seydlitz - USS Enterprise (CVAN-65) - HM S/M Upholder - RN Zara - Kriegsmarine Bismarck - HMS Hood - HMS Hesperus - USS Tennessee - IJN Yukikase - HMS Furious.

64915
WOODING, Jonathan
THE VIKINGS
$10.00 AUD

Lansdowne Publishing Pty Ltd. Sydney. 1998. Reprint of the 1997 original. 160 PP with colour illustrations. Pictorial laminated boards, cloth spine, gilt title. Fine. 21.5 x 14 1863025235

60224
WOODS, Martin
A JOURNEY TO THE DUTCH EAST INDIES (in The National Library Magazine - Vol 1, No. 3, September 2009)
$10.00 AUD

National Library of Australia. Canberra. 2009. Vol. 1, No. 3, September 2009. 32 PP. Contains article pages 24 to 27 with 5 colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21.

Rare early documents and maps on exploration of the Dutch East Indies and Australia.

21007
WORTH, Jack
BRITISH WARSHIPS SINCE 1945, Part 4: Minesweepers
$10.00 AUD

Maritime Books. Liskeard, Cornwall, UK. c. 1984. 1st Ed. 160 PP with tables, and 121 b/w photos. Title page: Minesweeper M 295. Pict. card cover. Fine. 21 x 14.8. 0907771122

18393
WRIGLEY, Toby
MODEL SHIPS, Navies in Miniature
$10.00 AUD

Orbis. London. 1973. 1st Ed., in the Leisure Library. 64 PP with 11 b/w silhouettes of ships and 109 colour photos. Pictorial laminated boards. Discreet stamp on lower corner of front endpaper, o/wise near fine. 30.5 x 23. 0856131598

Brief history of the ship followed by pictorial illustrations of miniature navies, from the outrigger to the passenger ship.

50568
YACHTING
ANCHORAGE GUIDE SOUTH EAST COAST TASMANIA
$10.00 AUD

Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania Hobart. c. 1972. Folded (4 folds) map in colour 51 x 37.5. Soft covers, Fine. 21 x 13.5.

35 anchorages, between Freycinet Peninsula, Schouten Island... Cape Raoul and Tasman Island.

45805
YOUNG, John M. (Editor)
CUNARD LINE - SHIPPING TODAY & YESTERDAY supplement
$5.00 AUD

Shipping - Today & Yesterday London. 2000. 1st Ed. 16 PP with colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21.

Supplement to the April 2000 issue of Shipping.

74547
YOUNG, John M. (Editor)
PORT LINE - SHIPPING TODAY & YESTERDAY supplement
$5.00 AUD

Shipping - Today & Yesterday London. 2004. 1st Ed. 16 PP with b/w photos and a centrefold plan of Port Brisbane. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21.

Supplement to the April 2004 issue of Shipping.

74788
ZAHL, Paul & BOSWELL, Victor R.
THE MAGIC LURE OF SEA SHELLS (in National Geographic Magazine - Volume 135, No.3, March 1969)
$5.00 AUD

National Geographic Society. Washington. 1969. Contains articles from P. 386 to 429 with colour illustrations (1 map, 3 drawings and photos by Victor R. Boswel). Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 25.5 x 17.5.

49698
ZAHL, Paul A.
FISHING IN THE WHIRLPOOL OF CHARYBDIS (in National Geographic Magazine)
$5.00 AUD

National Geographic Society. Washington. 1953. Volume 104, No. 5, November 1953. Contains article between P.579 and 618 with 2 maps, 8 b/w and 37 colour photos. Soft cover. Very good. 25.2 x 17.5.

An American Naturalist harvesting weird creatures in the storied Strait of Messina.