70389 AAMH THE GREAT CIRCLE: Journal of the Australian Association for Maritime History - Volume 13, No. 2, 1991
$10.00 AUD
The Australian Association for Maritime History. Armidale, NSW. 1991. Vol. 13, No. 2 - 1991. Edited by G.R. HENNING. 73-140 PP with 1 map and 13 figures. Soft cover, illustrated front. Very good. 24 x 16.3.
No. 2: Yanyuwa bark canoes, Gulf of Carpentaria, by John J. Bradley. Indonesian Perahu, by Jeffrey Mellefont. Gunning for whales,... Whaling Guns, by Lindsey Shaw...
70391 AAMH THE GREAT CIRCLE: Journal of the Australian Association for Maritime History - Volume 24, No. 2, 2002
$10.00 AUD
The Australian Association for Maritime History. Adelaide. 2002. Volume 24, No. 2, 2002, edited by Steve Mullins. 70 PP with 1 map and 3 b/w Photos. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 24 x 16.3.
No. 2: James Clark and the Celebes Trading Co. ... in the Netherlands East Indies, by Steve Mullins.
74040 AAMH THE GREAT CIRCLE - Journal of the Australian Association for Maritime History - Volume 42, No. 1, 2020
$25.00 AUD
The Australian Association for Maritime History. Perth. 2020. Edited by Erika Techera. VIII, 128 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 24 x 16.3.
Articles: John Marshall and the peopling of Australia, by Liz Rushen. Captain Anthony Steel (1796-1842) - A Free Mariner, by Myra Stanbury. The Melbourne Sailor's Home 1865-1963, by Mark Howard. Destruction of the Whaleship Harriet of London at Kosrae in 1843, by Rhys Richards.
75254 ABBEY, Lloyd THE LAST WHALES
$5.00 AUD
Doubleday / Transworld Publishers Ltd. London. 1990. Paperback edition. 319 PP with 1 world map "The Great Blue Whales" (on double page) and a 5 pages glossary. Pictorial soft covers with a few light creases. Slight ageing of paper. Very good copy. 23.3 x 14.6. 9780385401159
77160 ADAMS, John FROM THESE BEGINNINGS - History of the Shire of Alberton (Victoria)
$20.00 AUD
Alberton Shire Council. Yarram, Victoria. 1990. 1st Ed. Foreword by Cr. J. M. Aninly. XII, 342 PP (on 2 columns) with b/w illustrations (drawings and etchings, maps, paintings and photos), plus a folded map of the Shire of Alberton, loosely inserted. Pictorial stiff covers. Near fine. 25 x 18.2. 0731690745
75849 ADNEY, Edwin Tappan & CHAPELLE, Howard I. BARK CANOES AND SKIN BOATS OF NORTH AMERICA
$35.00 AUD
Skyhorse Publishing. New York. 2007. Reprint of the 1964 original: Bulletin 230 of the Smithsonian Institution. Foreword by John McPhee. XIV, 242 PP with 224 b/w illustrations (drawings, sketches, plans and photos). Stiff covers, pictorial front. Name of previous owner at top of half title page, otherwise a fine copy. 27.8 x 21.6. 9781602390713
Materials and tools, form and construction. Boats and canoes from eastern maritime region, Central Canada, Northwestern Canada. Arctic skin boats.
75739 ALEXANDER, Alison BLUE, BLACK AND WHITE - The History of the Launceston Church Grammar School 1846-1996
$50.00 AUD
Launceston Church Grammar School. Launceston. 1996. 1st Ed. Foreword by Ewan Crawford. X, 326 PP with b/w illustrations (documents, cazrtoons & drawings, paintings and photos) and 13 colour photos. Fp: Nisi Dominus Frustra. Cloth covers, illustrated front and back, dj. Dust jacket has chips and is rubbed around edges and in a protective sleeve. FFEP has a rubbed patch, otherwise a near fine copy. 27.3 x 23. 06462751235
77572 ALEXANDER, Alison OBLIGED TO SUBMIT - Wives and Mistresses of Colonial Governors
$25.00 AUD
Montpelier Press. Hobart. 1999. New edition of the 1987 original; VIII, 251 PP with 41b/w illustrations (1 map, documents, drawings, letters, portraits &, photos). Fp: manuscript of a letter by Eliza Arthur. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 23 x 15. 9781876597016
77045 ALLEN, Durward L., CROMIE, William J. & AMOS, WILLIAM H. (editors) SECRETS OF THE SEAS - Marvels and Mysteries of Oceans and Islands
$15.00 AUD
The Reader's Digest Association. Pleasantville, New York. 1972. 1st Ed. 384 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (artworks drawings and photos). Cloth covers, title on front board and spine. Fine. 28.2 x 22.
42680 ALLEN, James JOURNAL OF AN EXPERIMENTAL TRIP BY THE "LADY AUGUSTA", ON THE RIVER MURRAY
$35.00 AUD
LBSA / Libraries Board of South Australia. Adelaide. 1976 Facsimile reprint of the 1853 original, No. 202 in the Australiana Facsimile Editions series. (2), (2 cover), XIV, 86 PP. Fp: Swan Hill. Hard cover, simile vellum, gilt title on spine. Fine. 21.2 x 13.7. 0724300554
77494 ANDERSON, R. C. THE RIGGING OF SHIPS IN THE DAYS OF THE SPRITSAIL TOPMAST 1600-1720
$35.00 AUD
Conway Maritime Press. Greenwich. 1982. Reprint of the 1927 original published by the Marine Research Society, Salem. XIV, (30), 278, PP with 369 figures and 24 b/w plates. Fp: English 100-gun Ship "Royal George" 1715. Hard cover, dj (price-clipped and a little faded near spine). Attractive bookplate of previous owner on FFEP. Near fine. 24.2 x 16. 0851772722
77615 ANDREWS, A. P. 20 SEA FISHES
$25.00 AUD
Tasmanian Museum. Hobart. 1969. November 1969 edition. Foreword by G. C. Cramp. No pagination, 24 PP with b/w illustrations by Mrs Elizabeth Turner (1 Sketch "Parts of a Fish" and 20 drawings). Card covers, spiral bound. Fine. A scarce item. Oblong: 9 x 18.
Australian Council of National Trusts. Canberra. 1983. Volume 2, No. 2, Summer 1983 issue of the Journal of the Australian Council of National Trusts. Contains article from P.40 to 43 with 5 b/w illust. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 29.5 x 23.
17982 ARCHIBALD, E. H. H. TRAVELLERS BY SEA
$10.00 AUD
National Maritime Museum / HMSO. London. 1962. 1st Ed. 34 PP with 16 b/w illustrations on full page. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. Oblong: 16.5 x 21.5.
76125 ARCHIVES MEMENTO - News from the National Archives (Issues No. 12 to 14)
$10.00 AUD
National Archives of Australia. Canberra. 1999 & 2000. Issues 12 to 14. 3 issues for 60 pages with b/w and colour illustrations. Original illustrated soft covers. Set in mint condition. 29.7 x 21.5.
76126 ARCHIVES MEMENTO - News from the National Archives (Issues No. 17 to 19)
$10.00 AUD
National Archives of Australia. Canberra. 2001 & 2002. Issues 17 to 19. 3 issues for 60 pages with b/w and colour illustrations. Original illustrated soft covers. Set in mint condition. 29.7 x 21.5.
76401 ARNOLD, Sir Edwin SEAS AND LANDS
$20.00 AUD
Longman, Green & Co. London. 1892 1st edition in the "Longman's Colonial Library" series. XII, 601, 24 (publications) PP with 63 b/w illustrations. Fp: Our garden at Azaru. Cloth covers, title on front board and gilt on spine. Covers lightly soiled. Ageing and foxing of paper. Signature at top of FFEP and stamp of The Girl Guides Association Launceston on FFEP and verso of Frontispiece. Very good. 18.7 x 13.
A round the world voyage by lands and seas with a long stay in Japan, close to the end of the 19th century.
69829 ATKINSON, Tony BLUE STAR: A FLEET HISTORY
$70.00 AUD
Ships in Focus Publications. Preston, UK. 2014. 1st Ed. 304 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Fp (in colour): Africa Star. Half title page: House Flag. Title page: Painting the Funnel. Eps: 8 drawings by Murray Robinson. Laminated pictorial boards. Fine. 30.5 x 21.7. 9780992826383
History and fleet list.
76141 AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL WARTIME - Official Magazine of the Australian War Memorial - Issue 102
$10.00 AUD
Australian War Memorial. Canberra. 2023. Autumn 2023. Edited by Andrew McDonald & Reflections by Matt Anderson, Director. 72 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.7 x 21.
War Leadership / Prime Ministers: Billy Hughes - Georges Clemenceau - John Curtin - Robert Menzies, by David Horner. The end of the "Emden", HMAS Sydney, by Thomas Rogers, Lachlan Grant & Shane Casey. Terror weapons: Tanks, by Scott Denis McCarthy. Poison Gas, by Albert Palazzo. Fire and Flame-Throwers, by Shane Casey. ....
76177 AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL WARTIME - Official Magazine of the Australian War Memorial - Issue 105
$10.00 AUD
Australian War Memorial. Canberra. 2023. Summer 2023. Edited by Andrew McDonald & Reflections by Matt Anderson, Director. 72 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.7 x 21.
Senseless and Merciless, extreme violence was the norm after the Russian Civil War, by Antony Beevor. War in the Mountains, In 1915-18, Italy fought a territorial war in the Alps, by Vanda Wilcox. "In order to restore tranquility"... declaration of Martial Law in Bathurst in 1824 against the "Wiradyuri" warriors, by Rachel Caines ...
76178 AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL WARTIME - Official Magazine of the Australian War Memorial - Issue 106
$10.00 AUD
Australian War Memorial. Canberra. 2024. Autumn 2024. Edited by Andrew McDonald & Reflections by Matt Anderson, Director. 72 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.7 x 21.
Hitler's Panzer Generals, by David Stahel. American Caesar in Peril, Douglas MacArthur and Landing at Leyte, by John McManus. ...
75878 AYMAR, Brandt (editor) MEN AT SEA - The Best Sea Stories of All Time, from Homer to William F. Buckley, Fr.
$10.00 AUD
PRC / Promotional Reprint Company Limited. Chatham, Kent. 1992. 1st Ed. XIII, (3), 640 PP. Laminated pictorial boards, dj. Slight ageing of paper. Near fine. 24 x 15.5. 9781856480871
Sea adventurers: Richard Henry Dana, Joshua Slocum, Sir Francis Chichester. Sea Battles: Battle of Salamis, Trafalgar, Battle of Jutland. Sea Disasters: Loss of the Endurance, torpedoing of the Lusitania. Sea Divers ... Sea Explorers. Sea Life. Sea Mutinies. Sea Phantoms... Sea Wrecks.
74573 BAILEY, John INTO THE UNKNOWN - The Tormented Life and Expeditions of Ludwig Leichhardt
$30.00 AUD
Macmillan. Sydney. 2011. 1st Ed. XIV, 396, (6 publications) PP with 1 map, plus 8 pages with 17 b/w illustrations (7 of them portraits). Pictorial stiff covers. Signed by the author on title page. Remainder mark on bottom outside edge. Near fine. 22.7 x 15.2. 9781742610450
77548 BALLU, Jean-Marie LA FAYETTE'S LIBERTY SHIP OF 1780: The Reconstruction of the Frigate HERMIONE
$40.00 AUD
Editions du Gerfaut. Paris. 2011 1st English edition, translated from the French by David Karslake. 152 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (drawings & sketches, cutaways & line drawings, photos). Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 24.5 x 17. 9782351910764
Building of the replica of Hermione, the celebrated French frigate used by Marquis La Fayette to join George Washington and the rebel colonist.
33184 BARCLAY, Glen A HISTORY OF THE PACIFIC, from the Stone Age to the present day
$15.00 AUD
Sidgwick & Jackson. London. 1978. 1st Ed. (8), 264 PP with 6 maps, plus 16 pages with 39 b/w photos. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Near fine. 24 x 15.8. 02839843841
48133 BARTIMEUS UNDER SEALED ORDERS. A Naval Adventure
$10.00 AUD
The Children's Press. London. 1958. Reprint. 256 PP, with 4 illustrations. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket with pieces missing. Foxing throughout, o/wise good. 20 x 14.
HMS Vengeance, Royal Navy and African jungle in the late 19th century
52114 BATEMAN, Robert WET WAY TO CALAIS
$10.00 AUD
Brockhampton Press. Leicester, UK. 1965. 1st Ed. 116, (4) PP with 1 map on double page and 17 illustrations by Peter Kesteven. Hard cover, dj (price-clipped). Very good. 22.2 x 14.7.
A Brock Real Life Adventure.
21609 BATHE, B. W. SHIP MODELS - 4: Foreign Small Craft
$15.00 AUD
HMSO. London. 1966. 1st Ed. No. 4 in the Science Museum illustrated booklets series. No pagination, 48 Pages with 20 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover (lightly soiled). Very good. 14.8 x 14.8.
Norwegian Herring Boat... Gozo Boat... Kolek from Trengganu...
47541 BENNETT, Jack THE LIEUTENANT. An Epic Tale of Courage and Endurance on the High Seas
$10.00 AUD
Angus & Robertson. Sydney. 1977. 1st Ed. (4), 130 PP . Hard cover, dj. Dedicatory note on the FFEP, otherwise near fine. 22.4 x 13.5. 0207133956
Novel based on the voyage of Captain Bligh from Tonga to Timor.
72748 BIGGAN, Joan THE MAIDEN VOYAGE
$10.00 AUD
The Molendinar Press. Glasgow. 1977. 1st Ed. 156 PP. Hard covers, gilt title on spine, chipped dust jacket. Ex library copy with remnants of envelope on front endpaper and stamps on front endpaper and verso of title page. Very good reading copy. 22 x 14. 0904002217
Novel. An 1860 crossing in of the "Lady Edwina Douglas" between Glasgow and Otago province in New Zealand, then return to the UK via Bombay.
77464 BLAINEY, Geoffrey A SHORT HISTORY OF THE WORLD
$20.00 AUD
Viking. Melbourne. 2000. 1st Ed. X, 669 PP with 3 head-pieces and 11 maps. Hard cover, dj. Covers with light edge wear. Dust jacket with faded spine and a few small repaired chips, in a protective sleeve. Contents near fine. 24 x 16. 0670880361
75637 BOURKE, Kevin MAN OF IRON, SHIP OF STEEL: The Story of Vic Meyer and Solo
$45.00 AUD
Kevin Burke. Kingscliff, NSW. 2014. 1st Edition. Foreword by Sir James Hardy. 198 PP with b/w and colour photos. Hard cover, title on front board and spine, dj. Dedicatory note to Peter Campbell, signed by the author on front endpaper. Fine. Oblong: 21.7 x 30.2. 9780646926094
Few yachts in the world could match Solo's career as a Racer (Sydney/Hobart, Brisbane/Gladstone, Trans Tasman race...), cruiser (circumnavigation of Australia, the Pacific, and the world), and Antarctic explorer with Dr David Lewis.
77437 BRADLEY, William A VOYAGE TO NEW SOUTH WALES - The Journal of Lieutenant William Bradley RN of HMS Sirius, 1786-1792
$100.00 AUD
Public Library of New South Wales / Ure Smith. Sydney. 1969. Publication No. 11 in The William Dixson Foundation series. Reproduced in facsimile from the original manuscript, with a Portfolio of Charts. XVI, 495 PP, plus 29 colour plates with 31 views and 25 charts inside a portfolio. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj with small repaired closed tear at bottom rear corner. Portfolio is in an open-ended cloth slipcase with a dust jacket which has a few chips. Faint foxing on top outside edge, bookplate on FFEP, o/wise a near fine set. 24.1 x 19.2.
Account of the voyage from England, explorations and surveys, observer of nature and of the aboriginal people.
77619 BRITTS, M.G. THE COMMANDANTS, The Tyrants who ruled Norfolk Island
$15.00 AUD
Kapak Publishing. Norfolk Island. 1980. 1st paperback edition. 160 PP, plus 16 pages with 17 b/w illustrations: 2 maps (1 with 2 inserts), 6 portraits, 2 photos and 7 paintings or prints. Stiff covers, pictorial front. Signature of previous owner on title page. Near fine. 20.6 x 13.5. 0947163069
65599 BROWN, Theo W. THE BOY AND THE SHARK
$25.00 AUD
Ataruka Publishing. Sydney. 1979. 1st Ed. (24), 183 PP with 5 maps in text plus 40 pages with 14 colour and 45 bw photos. Hard cover, dj. Dedicatory note on verso of half title page dated and signed by the author. Dust jacket is fine, hard covers are a little speckled on outer edges and with foxing spots, o/wise a near fine copy. 24.2 x 15.5. 0959943668
Account on the research for a shark repellent carried out in Rangiroa, in the Tuamotus.
49903 BRUCE, Erroll CHALLENGE TO POSEIDON. Adventures in Small Craft on the Open Seas
$10.00 AUD
Hutchinson. London. 1956. 1st Ed. XII, 164 PP , plus 16 pages with 25 b/w photos. Fp: Poseidon and Amphitrite. Cloth cover (marked and worn on the spine). Note to previous owner on front endpaper. Light foxing. Very good. 23.5 x 15.5.
Chapter II: Bligh and his voyage in the Bounty boat between Tonga and Timor. Chapter III: Joshua Slocum...
76062 BRUCE, Erroll DEEP SEA SAILING
$10.00 AUD
Stanley Paul. London. 1973. 4th Impression of the 1967 revised edition (original of November 1953). 248 PP with tables and 34 figures, plus 16 pages with 27 b/w photos. Fp: H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh with the author aboard "Samuel Pepys". Hard cover, dj (price-clipped). Brief note to previous owner at top of front endpaper. Slight foxing. Very good. 24 x 16.2. 0090534719
Planning a cruise, fitting and equipment, maintenance... Safety at sea... Storm at sea.
76486 BRYANT, Arthur SET IN A SILVER SEA - The Island Peoples from Earliest Times to the Fifteenth Century
$20.00 AUD
Guild Publishing. London. 1984. Book Club edition. Volume 1 in the "A History of Britain and the British People" series. XXIV, (2), 470 PP, plus 16 pages with 13 b/w illustrations. FEP: Map of England and Wales. REP: Maps of: Northern England and Scotland/Southern England and France. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 24 x 16.
71515 BUCKBY, Pauline DAVID HOWIE, Devil or Saint
$50.00 AUD
Jamala Press. Smithton, Tasmania. 2003. 1st Ed. 186 PP with b/w illustrations: 1 plan, 1 sketch map of King Island and 38 engravings & photos. Illustrated stiff covers. Fine. 23.5 x 15.5. 1876913088
75606 CAHALAN, Stephenie COLOUR AND MOVEMENT - The Life of Claudio Alcorso
$40.00 AUD
Forty South Publishing. Hobart. 2019 1st Ed. XIV, 192 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (documents, newspaper clippings, Sketches and photos). Pictorial stiff covers with folds. Fine. Oblong: 21 x 24. 9780648532828
76895 CAMPBELL, Peter (editor at large) 62nd edition, ROLEX SYDNEY HOBART YACHT RACE - 2006
$20.00 AUD
C.Y.C.A. / Cruising Yacht Club of Australia. Sydney. 2007. February/March 2007 issue, "Offshore Yachting ". 100 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft covers. Fine. 27.7 x 23.
Pages 26 to 43: Up Hill to Hobart, by Rob Mundle / IRC & PHS results / Q&A with Lindsay May on Hobart Win, by Di Pearson.
76885 CAMPBELL, Peter (editor) ROLEX SYDNEY HOBART YACHT RACE - 2005
$20.00 AUD
C.Y.C.A. / Cruising Yacht Club of Australia. Sydney. 2005. December 2005 / January 2006. Special issue, "Offshore Yachting Australia". 74 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft covers. Note on FFEP, otherwise near fine. 27.5 x 20.5.
The 61st yacht race Sydney Hobart: Classic Fleet for Hobart / Super-Maxis set up for race record / the Record-Breakers / Rev-Up for Rolex Trophy / Boxing Day Bonanza / Tracking the Fleet / Radio Relay Vessel ..., by Peter Campbell. Halvorsens on Start Line again, by Commodore Geoff Lavis. Tasmanian yachtsman John Taylor Hitching Home on Kathleen in 1945. Pages 36/37: Guide to the Fleet. Pages 38 to 49: on the 95 yachts with photos and details.
76886 CAMPBELL, Peter (editor) THE 50TH KODAK GOLD SYDNEY HOBART 1994
$20.00 AUD
C.Y.C.A. / Cruising Yacht Club of Australia. Sydney. 1995. February / March 1995. 50 Years issue, "Offshore Yachting". 62 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft covers. Near fine. 29.5 x 21.
The Greatest of the Great Races South / German Victory boost for Sydney-Hobart. ...
77110 CAMPBELL, Peter (editor) OFFICIAL PROGRAM: SYDNEY-HOBART and Southern Cross Cup - 1973
$15.00 AUD
Modern Boating / Cruising Yacht Club of Australia. Sydney. 1973. Issue for 29th annual race. 96 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft wrappers are a little rubbed. Very good. 27.2 x 20.5.
Official souvenir program. 98 yachts entered. Southern Cross Cup::. 4 offshore races starting in Sydney during the month of December 1973.
30024 CANTACUZINO, Marina ON EQUAL TERMS, The first disabled crew to sail round the world - racing in the BT Global Challenge
$10.00 AUD
Simon & Schuster. London. 1997. 1st Ed. 223 PP with 1 colour plan, 5 colour sketch-maps, tables and b/w & colour photos. Half title page: The Time and Tide under sail. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 24.1 x 18.6. 0684819368
Departure from Southampton, 29/09/1996. Calls at Rio de Janeiro, Wellington, Sydney, Capetown, Boston. Return Southampton, 17/07/1997.
45913 CARR, Frank G. G. THE EPIC VOYAGE OF SIR FRANCIS CHICHESTER IN GIPSY MOTH IV
$10.00 AUD
Pitkin Pictorial. London. 1967 1st Ed., in "The Pride of Britain" books. 24 PP with 1 cut away, 2 sketches, 3 plans, 1 chart & 2 maps, and 35 b/w photos. Inside front cover: Departure and return of Gipsy Moth IV, Plymouth. Pictorial card cover. Very good. 22.8 x 17.8.
41015 CARROLL, Nick (editor) THE NEXT WAVE - The World of Surfing
$20.00 AUD
Abbeville Press. New York. 1991. 1st US edition of the 1991 Australian original. 240 PP with 16 maps & plans, over 40 b/w and 230 colour photos. Half title page: Darrick Doerner, Sunset Beach. Title spread: Martin Potter strolls a high wire. Hard cover, dj. Signature of previous owner on front endpaper. Foxing spots on outside edges and inside the dust jacket, o/wise near fine. 31.5 x 24.5. 1558591621
38587 CHANT, Christopher THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD'S WARSHIPS
$25.00 AUD
Grange Books. Hoo, UK. 2000. 1st Ed. 433 PP, (13 Index) lavishly illustrated in b/w & colour. Half title page: Greek vase depicting a warship with oarsmen. Title page: Attack on Carthagena. Fp: Defence of Havana. Pictorial laminated boards, dj. Light foxing, o/wise near fine. Oblong: 24 x 30.8. 1853614750
The ultimate history of Maritime Warfare. A massive work.
20604 CHRISTIE'S MARITIME SALE
$10.00 AUD
Christie's East. New York. 1998. 1st Ed. 122 PP with 1 plan, 1 b/w and 208 colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 26.6 x 21.
Catalogue of a sale (with price estimates) held in New York on 17 February 1998. Photographs: 36 of instruments, 35 of ship models and 135 of paintings.
63989 CHURCHOUSE, Jack GLAMOUR SHIPS OF THE UNION STEAM SHIP COMPANY N.Z. LTD
$40.00 AUD
Wellington. 1981. Millwood Press. 1st Ed. 104 PP with b/w & colour illustrations. Fp: Painting of the Maori. FEP: Time-table for May, 1909. REP: Line drawing of SS Maunganui. Hard cover, dj. Dedicatory note on half title page signed by the author. Fine. 28.8 x 25.5. 0908582412
Illustrated history of the Company interwoven with the economic progress of New Zealand.
74037 COCHRANE, Peter (editor) AUSTRALIAN GREATS
$20.00 AUD
William Heinemann. Sydney. 2008. 1st Ed. X, (2), 244 with b/w or colour photos. Hard covers, title on front board and spine. Fine. 25 x 18.5. 9781741665925
Over 50 of Australian "Greats" by 50 contributors.
75535 COLES, K. Adlard NORIE'S SUMMARY of the YACHT RACING RULES
$15.00 AUD
Imray Laurie Norie & Wilson Ltd. London. 1948. 2nd edition of the 1939 original. Introduction by John Scott Hughes. 52 PP with b/w illustrations: 18 figures with 24 diagrams. Soft covers, title and colour illustration on front cover. Very good. Oblong: 14.5 x 19.5.
75970 COLES, K. Adlard HEAVY WEATHER SAILING
$20.00 AUD
Adlard Coles Limited. London. 1967. 1st Ed. 304 PP with over 53 figures (maps and diagrams), plus 24 pages with 28 b/w photos. Fp: "Cohoe III" at the start of the Fastnet Race, 1957. Eps: A freak wave, thought to be 60 ft. high. Hard cover, top edge tinted, dj (price clipped). Stamp of the Maritime Museum of Tasmania on front endpaper and recto of frontispiece. Sellotape marks on endpapers, otherwise a very good clean copy. 25.3 x 18.5.
16298 CONNETT, Eugene V. (editor) YACHTING IN NORTH AMERICA, Along the Atlantic & Pacific & Gulf Coasts, and on the Great Lakes and on the Western and Canadian Lakes & Rivers
$20.00 AUD
D. Van Nostrand. New York. 1948. 1st Ed. XIV, 750 PP with 31 pages of maps, 3 pages on Sound signals plus 76 pages with 156 bw photos. Fp: bowsprit. Cloth cover, gilt device engraved on front cover, gilt title on spine. Very good. 26 x 19.5.
The Atlantic coast from Cape Breton Island to the Bahamas, by William H. Taylor. The Mississippi river system, by Spencer A. Merrell. Puget Sound and Vancouver waters, by Charles D. Ogden...
75975 COURTENAY HAYES SEAMEW & CO.
$15.00 AUD
Herbert Jenkins Ltd. London. c. 1940. Popular Edition. 310, (10 publications) PP. Cloth covers, illustrated front cover with title. Front endpaper with note to previous owner dated Xmas 1940. Faint foxing. Near fine. 19 x 13.
58676 COUTTS, Lynette THE LIVING AUSTRALIA - Bonus Issue
$5.00 AUD
Bay Books. Sydney. c. 1985. Bonus issue of this weekly series. 32 PP with colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover (Running the rapids, Lan Hill Creek, Queensland). Fine. 29 x 21.2.
Living Off the Land: 40 000 years ago. The Bilby, is it too late to call it endangered? ... Dr Bob Brown, the Dam Buster ... Dangerous Australian: Funnel-Web and Red-Back spiders. ... Lightning Ridge, NSW.
18851 COWSILL, Miles BRITTANY FERRIES
$10.00 AUD
Ferry Publications. Kilgetty, UK. 1989. 1st Ed. Foreword by Ian A. Carruthers. 36 PP with 2 maps, 19 colour, and 61 bw photos. Inside front cover: Prince of Brittany. Inside back cover: the Prince of Brittany passes the Channel Island ferry Corbiere. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.6 x 21. 1871947006
63204 COWSILL, Miles FERRIES FROM PEMBROKESHIRE
$10.00 AUD
Ferry Publications. Kilgetty, Wales. 1993. 2nd edition of December 1993 (revised from the April 1985 original). 56 PP with over 60 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Name of previous owner on title-page. Fine. 21 x 14.7. 1871947146
42261 CROMIE, William J. EXPLORING THE SECRETS OF THE SEA
$5.00 AUD
George Allen and Unwin. London. 1964. 1st UK Ed. XIII, (3), 300, (2 adv.) PP with 13 headpieces and 80 figures (drawings by George Geygan and b/w photos). Fp: Icebreakers and cargo ships in Antarctica. Hard cover, gilt device on front cover, gilt title on spine. Ex library copy with 2 stamps on front endpaper. Very light foxing, o/wise very good. Image shows title-page and frontispiece. 21.5 x 14.2.
72312 CUMPSTON, J. S. SHIPPING ARRIVALS & DEPARTURES, SYDNEY, 1788-1825
$30.00 AUD
Roebuck Society. Canberra. 1977. 1st edition, No. 22 in the Roebuck Society Publication series. VII, 164, 66 (Index) and 3 (additions & amendments) PP with 1 illustration and 2 tail pieces, plus 4 plates (1 b/w illust and 3 maps). Cloth cover, gilt title on spine. Fine copy. 24.6 x 17.8. 0909434158
An altered edition of the 1963 original.
76502 D'AUBREY, Jeannette D. PRELIMINARY GUIDE TO THE SHARKS FOUND OFF THE EAST COAST OF SOUTH AFRICA
$25.00 AUD
South African Association for Marine Biological Research. Durban, S.A. 1964. 1st Ed. Investigational Report No. 8 of the Oceanographic Research Institute. 95 PP with 2 figures (sketch map of the East Coast of South Africa & diagram of a typical shark), 44 "details" figures and 28 b/w plates. Soft covers, crest and title on front cover. Near fine. 22.8 x 15.2..
77319 DAVIDSON, Mike (Editor) THE CRUISING SKIPPER MAGAZINE - Vol. 1 No. 3
$10.00 AUD
Leisure Magazines Pty. Ltd. Sydney. 1983. Vol. 1, No. 3, Winter 1983. 122 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft covers with wear. Some pages dog-eared, otherwise good. 27.5 x 20.7.
Articles include: The Bay of Islands, New Zealand, by Mike Davidson. The Redoubtable Ann Gash, an interview with Peter Webster / Downhill to Down Under by Henk Bleeker / Whales by Andrew Bray / The Perils of Pauline by Maureen Whitney, ...
75720 DAVISON, John THE PACIFIC WAR, Day by Day - Volume One: Japan's Onslaught, 1941-43
$10.00 AUD
Hothouse Developments. London. 2012. New edition. 96 PP with b/w illustrations (7 maps and c.170 photos). Stiff covers, laminated pictorial covers. Near fine. 28.x 21.7. 9780957191006
77664 DE BOUGAINVILLE, Hyacinthe ATLAS - Journal de la Navigation Autour du Globe de la Frégate la Thétis et de la Corvette l'Espérance
$200.00 AUD
Archival Facsimiles Ltd. Alburgh, UK. 1987. Reproduction of the 1837 copy in the British Library. No pagination, 72 PP with 34 b/w plates, 12 colour plates, 9 charts and 2 coastal views on double page, 1 colour plate on double page with 13 traditional craft, plus 1 large folded chart at rear. Original cloth cover, gilt title on green vignette on front cover and spine. Foxing spots on endpapers, half title page, title page and contents page, then decreasing from plate 1 to the last folded plate and mostly in the margins of some plates (rarely affecting the illustrations). Very good. Scarce. 51.5 x 33.5. 1852970049
Atlas published to accompany the Journal of the voyage around the world of the 1824 - 1826 expedition led by Baron de Bougainville. Spectacular illustrations.
75538 DE LA CROIX, Robert A HISTORY OF PIRACY
$5.00 AUD
Manor Books. New York. 1978. Paperback edition. Translation from the French original and foreward by Michael Ross. 250, (6 publications) PP. Pictorial soft covers. Covers rubbed, ageing of paper, light foxing. Good reading copy. 17.7 x 10.5. 0532192109
Henry Morgan: Bloodstained Gold. William Kidd. ... Libertalia: a Republic of Vertuous Pirates.
76326 DE LA CROIX, Robert MYSTERIES OF THE ISLANDS
$15.00 AUD
Frederick Muller. London. 1960. 1st edition. Translated from the French original by Anne Carter. (8), 143 PP, plus 8 pages with b/w illustrations (2 pages of a newspaper, 6 portraits and 4 photos). Hard cover. Spine sunned and somewhat soiled. Light foxing around edges and on 2 leaves. Library label, number and stamp on front endpaper, otherwise contents in good condiion. 20.5 x 13.5.
Tristan Da Cunha. Juan Fernandez Archipelago. Kingdom of New France (carved in the Bismarck Archipelago). ...
77151 DE SMET, A. LA CARTOGRAPHIE HOLLANDAISE
$15.00 AUD
Bibliothèque Royale Albert 1er. Bruxelles. 1971. 1st Ed. Foreword by Herman Libraers. XIV, 84, (2) PP with 4 b/w illustrations, plus 8 b/w plates. Soft covers, pictotial front. Faint foxing spots on outside edges. French text. Near fine. 22.5 x 14.5.
Exhibition of 55 items (atlas, charts, maps), held at Bibliothèque Royale Albert 1er: 18 September to 16 October 1971.
75743 DICKENS, L.P.J. (Charles) THE HISTORY OF W. COOGAN & CO. PTY. LTD. - THE FIRST 120 YEARS
$25.00 AUD
TMP Worlwide. Hobart. 2000. Reprint of the 1996 original. Foreword by Phillip Turner. 3-64 PP with b/w illustrations. Stiff covers with repaired spine at extremities, illustrated front with note, otherwise contents are fine. 26.8 x 18.
... in the 1920's, the largest furniture factory in Australia.
77475 DOTY, Richard G. MONEY OF THE WORLD
$25.00 AUD
Grosset & Dunlap. The Ridge Press Inc. New York. 1978. 1st Ed. 240 PP with b/w and colour illustrations throughout. Hard cover, dust jacket (price-clipped). Near fine. 28 x 21. 0448164507
The Pioneers - Lydia and the Greeks, The Great Eastern Empires, The Oriental Coinage Experiment, Rome, ... The Age of Awakening in Europe, The Age of Revolution, ...
77533 DUNMORE, John LES EXPLORATEURS FRANCAIS DANS LE PACIFIQUE, Tome II - Le Dix-Neuvième Siècle
$150.00 AUD
Les Editions du Pacifique. Papeete. 1983. 1st French edition translated by Georges Pisier. 389 PP with b/w plates & maps. Hard cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj. French text. Near fine. 23 x 15. 285700138X
77620 EDGECOMBE, Jean PHILLIP ISLAND AND WESTERN PORT
$20.00 AUD
Jean Edgecombe. Sydney. 1989. 1st paperback edition. V, 131 PP with b/w illust. (maps & plans, draw. & photos), plus 8 pages with 21 colour photos. Pictorial stiff covers. Copy dated and signed by the author on page IV. Near fine. 21 x 14.8. 0731653777
Early explorers: Bass, Grant, Baudin..., the pioneers. Guide to Phillip, French & Churchill Islands & Western Port and its naval establishment.
68564 EGLINTON, Edmund The MARY FLETCHER: Seven Days in the Life of a Westcountry Coasting Ketch
$15.00 AUD
University of Exeter Press. Exeter, 1990. 1st Ed. Exeter Marine Studies No. 5. Edited and introduced by Basil Greenhill. X, 85 PP with b/w illustrations (4 maps by Peter Allington and 43 plates). Laminated boards, pictorial front. Spine lightly sunned, o/wise fine. 25 x 17. 085989326X
75912 EINHARD, The Frank THE LIFE OF CHARLEMAGNE
$20.00 AUD
The Folio Society. London. 1970 Reprint of the 1969 edition. Translated and with an introduction by Lewis Thorpe. 88 PP with 2 b/w illustrations (1 family tree of "The Carolingians", map on double page of "The Lands of the Franks, inherited by Charlemagne and Carloman", and 17 plates in colour). Fp: Equestrian bronze statue of Charlemagne. Eps: cipher of Charlemagne. Hard cover with gilt cipher of Charlemagne on front board and gilt title on spine. Fine and in a near fine plain slipcase. 26 x 16.5.
77576 ELDRIDGE, Lin & Marguerite LOVE IN A "POT OF GOLD" AT STANLEY
$20.00 AUD
Lin & Marguerite Eldridge. Stanley, Tasmania. 2003. 1st Ed. 47 PP with over 40 colour photos. Pictorial stiff covers. Signed by both authors on title page. Fine. 21 x 15. 1876913096
Poems: "Love in a Pot of Gold" is all about Love ... Loving this little town, the people in it, and each other.
75880 ELLIOTT, Robin, KIDD, Harold, WILSON, T L Rodney WINKELMANN'S WAITEMATA - Classic Auckland Yachting
$70.00 AUD
David Ling Publishing & Auckland Museum. Auckland. 1998. 1st Ed. Introductions, by T L Rodney Wilson. 80 PP with over 75 b/w photos. Fp: Winkelmann's launch "Tawaki" in Albert Channel, Rawhiti, in January 1912. 9780908990528
Henry Winkelmann and Auckland Yachting, by Robin Elliott & Harold Kidd.
76830 EMMETT, E. T. TASMANIA, by Road and Track
$30.00 AUD
Melbourne University Press. Melbourne. 1954. 3rd edition of the 1952 original. 175 PP, plus 24 plates with 35 b/w illustrations (facsimile of a letterr, and 34photos). Fp: the author at Frenchman's Cap. EPS: map of Tasmania with 2 inserts (location map and Approaches to Hobart). Cloth covers, dj (price clipped). Name of previous owner on front endpaper and dedicatory note on verso of FFEP. Dust jacket with chips and repaired tears, now in a protective sleeve. Very good. 21.5 x 14.
72401 ESTENSEN, Miriam DISCOVERY: THE QUEST FOR THE GREAT SOUTH LAND
$5.00 AUD
Allen & Unwin. Sydney. 1999. 1st paperback edition of the 1998 original. X, 286 PP with 17 head pieces and 10 b/w illustrations. Fp: Title page of Gerard and Cornelis de Jode's atlas, Speculum Orbis Terrae, 1597. Stiff covers, illustrated front. Foxing, o/wise near fine. 19.5 x 15. 9781865081397
77418 EVANS, Frank THE VOYAGE OF THE "PETULA"
$30.00 AUD
Rupert Hale Ltd. London. 1957. 1st Ed. 189, (3) PP, plus 18 pages with 19 b/w photos. Fp: The Petula drifting in mid-Atlantic. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Dust jacket in a protective sleeve. Some foxing. Very good. 22.2 x 14.5.
Oceanography and a 3 month long study of the surface water between Dakar and Barbados, from a raft towed by a sailing yacht.
74874 EVERITT, Dick BOAT OWNER'S SKETCH BOOK - (1)
$10.00 AUD
Practical Boat Owner. Poole, Dorset. 1979. 1st Ed. 36 PP with 38 plates with b/w illustrations (36 as text + inside front and back covers). Card covers, pictorial front. Near fine. 20.5 x 12.5.
74875 EVERITT, Dick BOAT OWNER'S SKETCH BOOK - 2
$10.00 AUD
Practical Boat Owner. Poole, Dorset. 1982. 1st Ed. 36 PP with 38 plates with b/w illustrations (36 as text + inside front and back covers). Card covers, pictorial front. Fine. 20.5 x 12.5.
74876 EVERITT, Dick BOAT OWNER'S SKETCH BOOK - 3
$10.00 AUD
Practical Boat Owner. Poole, Dorset. 1986. 1st Ed. 36 PP with 38 plates with b/w illustrations (36 as text + inside front and back covers). Card covers, pictorial front. Near fine. 20.5 x 12.5.
76000 FENTON, Roy, & CLARKSON, John SHIPS IN FOCUS RECORD 49
$15.00 AUD
Ships in Focus Publications. Longton, Preston. 2011. Issue 49, July 2011 64 PP with b/w and colour photos. Pictorial stiff covers. Near fine. 29.8 x 21. 9781901703955
Elder Dempster Post War, Part 3, by Andrew Bell (pages 2 to 14 with 8 colour and 24 b/w photos). Railway Steamers serving France, (Part 2) by John de S. Winser (pages 16 to 29 with 33 b/w photos). The Clipper family of Reefer vessels, by Tony Breach (pages 49 to 59 with 31 colour photos).
76001 FENTON, Roy, & CLARKSON, John SHIPS IN FOCUS RECORD 50
$20.00 AUD
Ships in Focus Publications. Longton, Preston. 2011. Issue 50, November 2011 65-136 PP with b/w and colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21. 9781801703963
Robert Cock, Appledore Shibpbuilder, by Michael Guegan & Roy Fenton (pages 75 to 83 with 17 b/w photos). My Preston Ship and I, by John Clarkson (pages 84 to 96 with 28 b/w photos). Elder Dempster post war, Part 4: The Mail Boats, by Andrew Bell (pages 97 to 107 with 15 b/w and 8 colour photos). Record Books: Ian Allan 'ABC' Books, by Roy Fenton (pages 118 to 123 with 17 colour photos.
76002 FENTON, Roy, & CLARKSON, John SHIPS IN FOCUS RECORD 51
$15.00 AUD
Ships in Focus Publications. Longton, Preston. 2012. Issue 51, March 2012. 137-208 PP with b/w and colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21. 9781901703979
Nautical Photo Agency, by David Hodge and Roy Fenton (pages 156 to 165 with 22 b/w photos). The French Reefer: From Evolution to Revolution, by Jean-Pierre Burel (pages 166 to 177 with 4 plans, 16 b/w and 10 colour photos). All Greek to Me, by Roland Whaite (pages 183 to 192 with 1 b/w and 36 colour photos).
77246 FENTON, Roy, & CLARKSON, John SHIPS IN FOCUS RECORD 48
$20.00 AUD
Ships in Focus Publications. Longton, Preston. 2011. Issue 48, March 2011 64 PP with b/w and colour photos. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 29.8 x 21. 9781901703948
Elder Dempster Post War, Part 2, by Andrew Bell. Railway Steamers serving France, by John de S. Winser (part 1). The Hobart ship photographers by Russell Priest. The Clipper family of Reefer vessels (part 2). A Prince Line mystery by John Dobson, ...
53339 FINCH, Robert BEYOND THE OCEAN RIM
$10.00 AUD
University of London. Bickley, Kent. 1943. 1st Ed. 180 PP with 12 b/w illustrations on full page. Fp (in colour): The Golden Hind captures the Treasure Galleon Cacafuego. Illustrations by E. A. Shearlock. Eps: world map with tracks of maritime explorers. Cloth cover, device on front cover. Covers with discoloured spots. Slight ageing of paper (War economy paper). Very good. 19.5 x 13.5.
The Norsemen Discover America, The First Voyage round the World, Round the World with Drake, The Voyage of the 'Roebuck', Captain Cook: Circumnavigator, The Voyage of the 'Gjöa', ...
40336 FINLAY, Patrick (editor) JANE'S FREIGHT CONTAINERS 1979
$25.00 AUD
Macdonald & Jane's Publishing Co. London. 1979. 11th Ed. (56), 626 PP with b/w illustrations (photos and plans), plus 9 colour guide-cards. Cloth cover, dj. Near fine. 32.8 x 22. 0354005804
The world-wide survey of container and roll-on/roll-off operations.
75886 FISHER, Bob 12-METRE IMAGES
$10.00 AUD
Pelham Books. London. 1986. 1st edition. VIII, 152 PP with 6 b/w and 144 colour photos. Eps: Southern Cross in Newport's evening sun. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Faint foxing on both endpapers, o/wise fine. 28.2 x 21.2. 0720717132
76892 FISHER, Bob LEARNING TO SAIL
$15.00 AUD
Universal International / Regency House. Sydney. 1996. 1st Ed. 80 PP with 57 colour photos, and b/w & colour illustrations: diagrams, drawings, sketches, buoyage, knots ... Title spread: Hooked on Speed, Keith Musto's Melges 24, at the British National Championship. Laminated pictorial boards, dj. Note on front endpaper. Very good. 31.5 x 24. 9781876142032
76696 FITCHETT, T. K. THE VANISHED FLEET, Australian Coastal Passenger Ships 1910-1960
$25.00 AUD
Rigby. Adelaide. 1976. 1st Ed. 112 PP with colour illustrations by author. Fp: MV "Manoora". Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket has a small repaired closed tear on back and is in a protective sleeve. Name of previous owner on FFEP, otherwise a fine copy. Oblong: 22.5 x 28.5. 0727002104
From the arrival of the tiny "Express" during the Victorian gold rush to the departure of the "Manoora" on 9/8/1961.
Mayflower Books. New York. 1979. 1st Ed. 160 PP with 32 colour photos and b/w illustrations (drawings, diagrams and 127 photos). Hard cover, dj. Name of previous owner at top of FFEP, otherwise near fine. 28.2 x 21.5. 0813770503
76396 FITZSIMONS, Peter NANCY WAKE: A Biography of our Greatest War Heroine
$10.00 AUD
HarperCollins Publishers. Sydney. 2001. 9th reprint of the 2001 original. X, 310 PP, plus 16 pages with 31 b/w photos. Pictorial stiff covers. Near fine. 23.5 x 15.2. 9780732269197
76205 FONTENOY, Paul E. (editor) NAUTICAL RESEARCH JOURNAL - Vol. 54, No. 2, Summer 2009
$10.00 AUD
Nautical Research Guild, Inc. Cuba, N.Y. 2009. 65-128 PP with b/w illustrations (line drawings, plans, photos) and 28 colour photos. Pictorial stiff covers. The "Secretary's Newsletter" with 8 pages, loosely inserted. Fine. 28 x 21.5.
The Viking Ship (circa 950 A.D.), by Ralph Preston. The Thomson Collection of Ship Models at the Art Gallery of Ontario, by Simon Stephens. Restoring a LCVP (Landing Craft, Vehicle and Personnel), part 2, by Paul E. Fontenoy.
76207 FONTENOY, Paul E. (editor) NAUTICAL RESEARCH JOURNAL - Vol. 54, No. 4, Winter 2009
$10.00 AUD
Nautical Research Guild, Inc. Cuba, N.Y. 2009. 193-256 PP with b/w illustrations (line drawings, plans, photos) and 28 colour photos. Pictorial stiff covers. The "Secretary's Newsletter" with 8 pages, loosely inserted. Fine. 28 x 21.5.
An American Schooner in Sweden, by Olof Pipping. The Use of Computer Aided Drafting (CAD) in ship modeling, by Henry M. Strub III. A Short History of the Camel, by Charles Dawson. Art and the Ship Modeler: A Contemporary View, by Justin Camarata.
77268 FOSTER, Gail BOAT BUILDERS IN THE CHANNEL
$10.00 AUD
Channel Museum. Margate, Tasmania. 2021. 1st Ed. "Channel Museum Booklet" No. 21002. 36 PP with 1 colour illustration "Coat of Arms of Hobart City" and 27 b/w photos). Stapled pictorial soft covers. Fine. 21 x 14.8.
The whaling barque "Flying Childers" built by John Watson of Middleton, is part of the Coat of Arms of Hobart City.
77447 FOX, Uffa THOUGHTS ON YACHTS AND YACHTING - Design: Construction: Handling
$80.00 AUD
Peter Davies. London. 1952. 4th impression of the 1938 original. VIII, 350 PP printed on superior gloss with over 400 plans, photos and diagrams. Fp: The schooner Black Rose when owned by the author. Cloth cover, device on front cover, title on spine. 28 x 21.5.
BBC & Pelham Books. London. 1981. 1st Ed. 280 PP, profusely illustrated. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 28.7 x 21.5. 0720713072
The edge of the unknown, the world encompassed by discoverers, cargoes and evolution of the ships, sea power, harvests, from oil to aquaculture.
77409 FRANK, Stuart M. (compiler & editor) MEDITATIONS FROM STEERAGE: Two Whaling Journal Fragments
$50.00 AUD
The Kendall Whaling Museum. Sharon, Massachusetts. 1990. 1st Ed. No. 7 in the Kendall Whaling Museum Monograph series. (2), 34 PP with 13 b/w illustrations. Title page: Right Whale. Inside back cover: Sperm Whales. Pictorial soft covers (Sperm Whale / Whale Ship "Eliza Adams" of New Bedford). Near fine. 27.8 x 21.5. 093785431X
The Commonplace Book of Dean C. Wright, Boatsteerer, Ship "Benjamin Rush" of Warren, Rhode Island, 1841-45 and Six Months Outward Bound: John Jones, Steward, Ship "Eliza Adams" of New Bedford, 1852.
76399 FREEMAN, Dr. E. A. (Ted) DOCTOR IN VANUATU - A Memoir
$35.00 AUD
Institute of Pacific Studies / University of the South Pacific. Suva, Fiji. 2006. 1st Ed. Forewords by Propfessor R. Moulds, and Dr. John Yu. (16), 187 PP with 1 b/w photo and a map of Vanuatu, plus 16 pages with 6 b/w and 18 colour photos. Pictorial stff covers. Dedicatory note to previous owner signed by the author. Near fine. 21 x 14.7. 9789820203808
21100 FUCHS, Sir Vivian ANTARCTIC ADVENTURE - The Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1955-58
$10.00 AUD
Cassell. London. 1959. 1st Ed. XVI, 190 PP with 7 maps & 28 illustrations by Stuart Tresilian, plus 16 pages with 15 colour photos. Hard cover, dj (price-clipped). Foxing spots on outside edges. Very good. 21 x 14.5.
77638 GARDNER, Rodney VISION OF A PALAWA - With Original Portraits from the Baudin Voyage of 1802
$50.00 AUD
Allport Library and Museum of Fine Arts. Hobart. 2021. 1st Ed. Welcome to Country by Adam Thomson. Introduction by Caitlin Sutton. 48 PP with 12 illustrations (5 b/w drawings and 7 watercolours) by Rodney Gardner. The Baudin voyage drawings, by Adrienne Carlson, with 8 portraits and watercolours by Nicolas-Martin Petit. 9780994392046
Exhibition held in Hobart 25 November 2021 to 12 March 2022.
76479 GASTER, Jack TIME AND TIDE
$15.00 AUD
Amberley Publishing. Stroud, UK. 2010. 1st Ed. 192 PP with 32 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft covers, clear plastic cover. Title page with name of previous owner, and rubbed on lower half. An otherwise very good clean copy. 23 x 16. 9781848688445
On the Thames and with the Royal Navy from June 1942 to April 1947. Return to the Thames then with the Thames Water Authority.
77434 GATES, William and MACKANESS, George (editor) RECOLLECTIONS OF LIFE IN VAN DIEMAN'S LAND - Part I & Part II
$175.00 AUD
D.S. Ford Printers. Sydney. 1961. 1st edition of 150 copies. Edited with an Introduction, Notes and Commentary by George Mackaness. One of the 150 privately printed, numbered (No.74/150) and signed by George Mackaness. Part I: 76 PP with 7 b/w illustrations (portrait plus 6 in text). Part II: 56 PP with 5 b/w illustrations. Stiff covers, title on front, staples. Hand numbered and signed by the editor on verso of title page. Covers lightly soiled, back cover of Part II with a small repaired tear. Near fine. Scarce. 24.7 x 18.
49851 GIBSON, Charles, DUNN, Lawrence, FISHER, John & NIGHTINGALE, Geoffrey EAGLE BOOK OF SHIPS AND BOATS
$10.00 AUD
Hulton Press. London. 1959. 1st Ed. 192 PP with b/w illustrations. Fp: Passenger ship arriving in port. Blue hard cover, device on front. Spine is sunned, otherwise a near fine copy. 26.7 x 21.
The Royal Navy. The Merchant Navy (ocean freighter, tanker...). Safety at sea. Sailing...
77325 GILL, G. Hermon ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY 1939-1942 - Volume I
$30.00 AUD
Collins / Australian War Memorial. Sydney / Canberra. 1985. Reprint of the 1957 original with an introduction by John Robertson. "Australia in the War of 1939-1945" series, series two (Navy). XXI, 689 PP with 49 maps, plus 44 pages with 83 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Spine of dust jacket lightly sunned, otherwise fine. 24 x 16. 0002174790
77348 GILL, Jennifer & TRORIAL, Jean-Philippe (editors) LOUIS VUITTON CHALLENGER RACES FOR THE AMERICA'S CUP 87 - Official Programme
$50.00 AUD
L'Année Bateaux Magazine. Paris. 1986 Special Issue. 132 PP with b/w and colour illustrations, plus the large folded chart "America's Cup Course 1987", Approaches to Fremantle; loosely inserted. Pictorial soft covers with light wear around edges. Near fine.. Scarce. 30.2 x 22.5.
69587 GLASSPOOL, John OPEN BOAT CRUISING
$15.00 AUD
Nautical. Lymington, U.K. 1973. 1st Ed. 112 PP with b/w illustrations: 49 figures and 12 photos. Line drawings by Peter A. G. Milne. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 21.5 x 15. 0245518746
77586 GRANN, David THE WAGER - A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
$20.00 AUD
Simon & Schuster. London. 2023. 4th printing of the original. XIV, 329, (3) PP, plus 16 pages with 5 b/w and 22 colour illustrations. Pictorial soft covers. Fine. 22.5 x 15. 9781471183683
Ordeals of the Survivors of HMS Wager that was wrecked on Wager Island on the coast of Patagonia. Truth revealed at the Court Martial held 15 April 1746.
77501 GRANT, James THE NARRATIVE OF A VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY PERFORMED IN HIS MAJESTY'S VESSEL THE LADY NELSON, of Sixty Tons Burthen, WITH SLIDING KEELS, in the Years 1800, 1801, and 1802, to NEW SOUTH WALES
$100.00 AUD
Heritage Publications. Melbourne. c. 1971 Stated first facsimile Edition of the 1803 original (blurb of front fold of dust jacket). XXVI, (4), 195 PP, plus 6 full-page plates (1 colour & 5 b/w), a large folded plan and a large folded map. Fp: A sketch of two boats and a cutter with sliding keels. Cloth cover, dj. Frontispiece with repaired tear. Faint foxing on outside edges and a few spots on front outside edge. Light offsetting on endpapers. Near fine.. 28.2 x 22.
77635 GRANT, James Lowell AMATEUR SAILMAKER'S LIBRARY - "Make Your Own: Jibsails, Mainsails, Spinnakers and Staysails, Stormsails ... And Win !"
$55.00 AUD
Sailrite Kits. Venice, Ca. 1970, 72, 74 & 1975. Set of 5volumes + Catalogue. Make Your Own Jibsails... (3rd Ed.): VIII, 68 PP with 46 figures. Make Your Own Mainsails ... (3rd Ed.): VIII, 68 PP with 40 figures. Make your Own, Spinnakers and Staysails ... (2nd Ed.): VII, 65 PP with 35 figures (including 7 drawings by Terry Givens). Make Your Own Stormsails ... (2nd Ed.): VI, 39 PP with 18 figures. Sail Repair Manual: III, 21 PP with 17 figures (8 drawings & 9 photos). + The Amateur Sailmaker's Catalogue: (I), 43 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, sketches and photos). Each booklet with pictorial stiff covers, front covers with illustration and title. Set of 6 booklets contained in an illustrated box. Box with repaired tears and reinforced. Very good. Booklet size: 21.5 x 14. Box size: 22 x 15.
76503 GRANVILLE PUTNAM, George SALEM VESSELS AND THEIR VOYAGES - A History of the Pepper Trade with the Island of Sumatra
$45.00 AUD
The Essex Institute. Salem, Massachusetts. 1922. Reprinted from the Essex Institute Historical Collections, Volumes LVII and LVIII. V, (3), 171 PP, plus 42 plates with 79 b/w illustrations. Fp: Ship "America", George Crowninshield & Sons, Owners. Papered boards, b/w vignette of the ship "Propontis" pasted down on front board, gilt title on cloth spine. Bookplate of Professor Adrian Horridge on front endpaper. Boards worn around edges and frayed at head and foot of spine. Slight ageing of paper, otherwise contents are near fine. 24.8 x 16.8.
76224 GRAY, Howard THE WESTERN ROCK LOBSTER - Panulirus Cygnus - Book 1: A Natural History
$35.00 AUD
Westralian Books. Geraldton, W.A. 1992. 1st Ed. IX, 112 PP with 41 figures and 110 b/w & colour photos. Fp (in colour): Rock Lobster. Illustrated endpapers. Hard cover, dj. Dedicatory note on verso of front endpaper, dated and signed by the author. Fine. Oblong: 21.7 x 26.5. 095941052X
75959 GREEN, R. W. W., RETALLICK, K. & TALBOT, Dr. F. (editors) THE AMATEURS - A documentation of the first 100 years of sailing on Sydney Harbour as seen by Sydney Amateur Sailing Club 1872-1972
$40.00 AUD
Sydney Amateur Sailing Club. Sydney. 1972. 1st Ed. 216 PP with many b/w photos, 10 facsimile pages of the Rules and Regulations of the S.A.S.C. instituted October 1, 1872. Fp: The Amateurs' first clubhouse on Bennelong Point. Hard cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dust jacket. Dust jacket is somewhat browned and rubbed and now laminated. Foxing, o/wise very good. 28.5 x 21.5. 0959882901
37622 GRUPPE, Henry E. THE FRIGATES
$5.00 AUD
Time-Life. Amsterdam. 1982. 2nd European English edition of the 1979 original, in The Seafarers series. 176 PP with b/w & colour illust. Title page: Woolen banner with the last words of Captain James Lawrence of the doomed frigate Chesapeake. FEP: Map of North Atlantic & Western Mediterranean Sea. Simile leather covers, colour vignette on front cover. Near fine. 28.7 x 24. 0705406369
The birth of the US Navy. Battles against the Barbary corsairs. Quasi war with France and Anglo-American War of 1812-1814.
17632 H.M.S.O. ADMIRALTY MANUAL OF SEAMANSHIP, 1964, Volume III, BR.67 (3)
$35.00 AUD
HMSO. London. 1973. 5th Impression of 2nd edition of 1964. IX, 403 PP with b/w illust. Gilt-engraved blue cloth cover. Very good. 25 x 16.
76353 HALLINAN, Peter THE PETER HALLINAN COLLECTION OF MELANESIAN ART
$40.00 AUD
Sotheby's. London. 1992. 1st Ed. Foreword by Ava Pigge. 109, (15 abbreviations, notes, conditions) PP with 2 maps and 166 colour phoptos. Hard covers, decorated boards, dj. Fine. 27.5 x 21.5. 0646123823
Catalogue of auction sale: 7th December 1992, listing 166 items with colour photo and description.
75541 HANBURY-TENISON, Robin (editor) THE GREAT EXPLORERS
$25.00 AUD
Thames & Hudson. London. 2010. 1st Ed. 304 PP with 204 b/w or colour illustrations. Half title page: map of the Columbia River, by William Clark. Title spread: Alexander von Humbolt and companion on the way to Cajambe Volcano, Ecuador. Hard cover, device in blind on front cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Signature of previous owner at top corner of front endpaper, otherwise fine. 25.2 x 19. 9780500251690
40 Great Explorers - Oceans: 5 from Christopher Columbus to James Cook. Land: 9 from Hernando de Soto to Marc Aurel Stein. Rivers: 8 from Samuel de Champlain to Henry Morton Stanley. ....
51785 HATCH, A. S. JACK CORBETT MARINER
$10.00 AUD
The Quantuck Lane Press. New York. 2003. 1st Ed., with an afterword by Denny Hatch. 270 PP with 15 b/w illustrations. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 20.8 x 13.3. 0971454825
Relationship between A. S. Hatch, an American financier and Jack Corbett, an Irish seaman met on the Liverpool registered packet New World.
43021 HECKSTALL-SMITH, B. YACHTS & YACHTING IN CONTEMPORARY ART
$70.00 AUD
The Studio. London. 1925. Limited edition, No. 271/1000. XVI, 48 PP, plus 96 plates (79 in b/w and 24 with the colour illustrations tipped in). The 24 colour plates with tissue guard. Eps: Dutch Yacht, 1650. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, top edge gilt. Occasional foxing. Near fine. Scarce. 29.6 x 23.5.
76059 HEMPEL, J. C. HEMPEL KALENDER - 1972
$15.00 AUD
J.C. Hempels Skibsfarne-Fabrik. Kobenhavn, Denmark. 1971. 1972 Calendar 6 "Frameable" prints in colour of Sailing Ships commissioned by Hempel, Denmark. Danish text. Fine. Format: Calendar 43 x 36 / Frames: 27 x 36.
6 sailing ships with caption in Danish. "Florida" of New York, Capt. J.C. De Vries Passing Flushing; 1943, "Jonge Maria" van Antwerpen 1855, "Gustafva" Fran Gotheborg, Commenderadt Anton Glase, 1861, "Catharina" von Altona Capt. Tönnes Henrichs , 1806, "Hermann" von Papenburg Capt. Lambert H. Röttgers 1847, and "Petronille de Gand", Capt J. Hornbostel 1851.
77327 HENDERSON, Anne ENID LYONS: Leading Lady of a Nation
$15.00 AUD
Pluto Press Australia. Melbourne. 2008. 1st Ed. (8), 356 PP with 2 b/w photos, plus 8 pages with 25 b/w photos. Pictorial stiff covers. Faint foxing, light creses on spine. Very good. 23.4 x 15.3 9780980292497
Wife of Joe Lyons, Prime Minister / First woman member of the House of Representatives / First woman in a Federal Cabinet ...,
52918 HENDERSON, Graeme UNFINISHED VOYAGES - Western Australian Shipwrecks, 1622-1850
$60.00 AUD
University of Western Australia Press. Perth. 2007. 2nd edition of the 1980 original. XII, 340 PP with 4 location maps, b/w and colour illustrations. Hard cover, title on front cover and spine, dj. Fine. 29.2 x 25.2. 0920694883
63201 HENDY, John SAINT-GERMAIN, Vintage Train Ferry
$10.00 AUD
Ferry Publications. Staplehurst, UK. 1990. 1st Ed. 32 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Name of previous owner at top of title page, o/wise fine. Oblong: 14.8 x 21. 0951350633
76910 HENRY, Matthew (editor) 66th edition, ROLEX SYDNEY HOBART YACHT RACE - 2011 (in Sails / Offshore Yachting)
$20.00 AUD
C.Y.C.A. / Cruising Yacht Club of Australia. Sydney. 2010. December 2010/ January 2011 issue, "Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2010". 146 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft covers. Fine. 27.7 x 23.
Pages 45 to 130: Game On, by Lisa Ratcliff. Prize Fighters, by Matthew Henry. Brinda Rebooted, by Sam Tinson. Points of Interest, by Adrienne Cahalan. The Immortals..
73983 HESSELL, Jim THE AUCKLAND MARINER'S WEATHER HANDBOOK
$10.00 AUD
MetGen Meteorological Consultancy. Auckland. 1990. 1st Ed. (8), 43 PP with 1 table and 5 figures (meteorogical maps). Stiff covers, illustrated front, clear plastic protection, spiral bound. Stamp of previous owner at top of front cover, o/wise fine. 21 x 15. 0473012324
44663 HILD, Herb, DYSON, Bruce, STANTON, John R. et al.. THE BEST OF SAIL TRIM
$10.00 AUD
Adlard Coles. London. 1975. 1st Ed. (8), 280 PP with 248 figures (drawings, graphs, sketches and b/w photos). Hard cover, dj (price-clipped and with small chips). Foxing spots on outside edges and the inside of the dust jacket, o/wise very good. 23.5 x 15.5. 0229115667
An anthology of 54 important analytical pieces by experts on the art and theory of sail handling, from the pages of Sail Magazine.
75696 HILLENBRAND, Laura UNBROKEN - An Extraordinary True Story of Courage and Survival
$15.00 AUD
Fourth Estate/Griffin Press. London/Sydney. 2011. 1st Aust. edition of the 2010 US original. XVI, 473 PP with 1 map on double page, 1 cutaway "B-24 Liberator" and 50 b/w photos. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 20.7 x 12.5. 9780008108342
75916 HISCOCK, Eric C. BEYOND THE WEST HORIZON
$15.00 AUD
Oxford University Press. London. 1963. 1st reprint of the 1963 original. XII, 204 PP with 3 plans and 9 charts, plus 32 pages with 45 colour photos. Fp: In the Red Sea (in colour). Cloth cover, dj. Dust jacket in a protective sleeve. Renewed endpapers. Sellotape marks on covers. Light foxing around edges. Very good.. 22.2 x 14.5.
Second circumnavigation of the globe.
75755 HODGES, Ian The Battle of Fire Support Bases: CORAL / BALMORAL - Vietnam, 1968
$15.00 AUD
Department of Veterans Affairs/ C. of A. Canberra. 2008. April 2008 edition. No pagination, 48 PP with 42 b/w photos and colour illustrations (1 map with location map and 17 photos). Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 30 x 22. 9781877007316
76473 HOLBROOK, Dr. R.R. & SURIYA, Manob BLUE BOOK OF COASTAL VESSELS THAILAND
$200.00 AUD
Remote Area Conflict Information Center, Battelle Memorial Institute / Military Research and Development Center. Columbus, USA / Bangkok, Thailand. 1967. 1st Joint bi-lingual edition (Thai / Englsh). (2), XXIV, 430 PP with b/w illustrations: diagrams, drawings, maps & sketch maps, sketches, photographs. Eps: Types of Coastal Vessels in Thailand. Hard covers, illustrated front board, title on front board and spine. Covers a little soiled and with light wear. English & Thai text. Contents are near fine. Scarce. Oblong. 22 x 28..
Thailand boats: Origin and Evolution, Religious & Folklore influences on... Fish Types and Fishing Areas / Fishing Techniques and Equipmennt / Boat Construction Methods and Materials / Classification of Thailand's Coastal Vessels. Widely used by US Navy and Thai Navy, during the Vietnam War.
34440 HOLLANDER, Neil & MERTES, Harald SUNSET FOR WORKING SAIL (in Smithsonian, Volume 15, No. 9)
$15.00 AUD
Smithsonian Institution. Washington. 1984. Volume 15, No. 9, December 1984. 188 PP. Contains article between pages 72 and 81 with 10 colour photos. Soft cover. Near fine. 28.2 x 21.
With the three-masted Dhonis of India, the Oruwas of Sri Lanka... The Chinese junks.
20271 HOLLETT, David PASSAGE TO THE NEW WORLD, Packet Ships and Irish Famine Emigrants 1845-1851
$15.00 AUD
P.M. Heaton Publishing. Abergavenny, Gwent, UK. 1995. 1st Ed. 232 PP with 77 bw illust. (drawings, engravings, photos). Hard cover, dj. Fine. 21.6 x 15.5. 1872006086
76129 HOMANS, George C. / HOWLAND III, Llewellyn CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS: Sailing with Uncle Charlie / America's Greatest Amateur Helmsman (in Woodenboat, The Magazine for Wooden Boat Owners, Builders and Designers - 1988, Issue 85
$10.00 AUD
WoodenBoat Magazine. Brooklin, Maine. 1988. No. 85, November-Decenber 1988. Edited by Jonathan Wilson. 152 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Contains 2 articles with a foreword by the editor Jonathan Wilson: pages 74 to 92 with 2 portraits and 12 b/w photos. Soft covers, pictorial front (Douarnenez 1988). Fine. 27.7 x 20.8.
Sailing with Uncle Charlie, by George Caspar Homans and America's Greatest Amateur Helmsman, by Llewellyn Howland III.
76871 HOPE, Maurice THE FORGOTTEN SHORES - Stories of the Wirral coast from Eastham Ferry to Magazine Brow
$15.00 AUD
Maurice Hope / Countyvise Limited. Birkenhead, Wirral. 1988. 1st Ed. 143 PP with b/w illustrations (10 sketch maps, drawings, photos). Stiff covers, illustrated front cover. Fine. 21 x 15. 9780907768036
76477 HORRIDGE, Adrian THE LAMBO or PRAHU BOT: A Western Ship in an Eastern Setting
$75.00 AUD
ANU / Australian National University. Canberra. c. 1978 Working copy of the initial "Maritime Monographs and Reports", No. 39, published in 1980 by the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich. 37 PP (recto only), plus 36 pages with 36 figures, b/w illustrations: drawings, line drawings, sketches and photos (all figures of photocopy quality). Plastic covers, clear front, spiral bound. Figure 9 loosely inserted. Notes to the editor in the margin of some pages with information for placing the figures. Very good. 30 x 20.8.
History and development of the Lambo, an Indonesian version of a trading sloop or cutter of Western design (hull form, plank lines, rigging).
76478 HORRIDGE, G. A THE KONJO BOATBUILDERS AND THE BUGIS PRAHUS OF SOUTH SULAWESI
$75.00 AUD
ANU / Professor Adrian Horridge. Canberra. 1978. Working copy of the initial edition of the "Maritime Monographs and Reports" - No. 40, published in 1981 by the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich. (1), 69 PP (recto only), plus 37 pages for over 37 figures, b/w illustrations: 18 line drawings and 19 half tone photos (all illustrations of photocopy quality and caption either on the illustration itself or tipped on the blank verso of previous page. Soft covers, clear plastic protection for front cover, spiral bound. 2 letters between Professor Adrian Horridge and Captain Brett Hilder, author of "Navigator in the South Seas"", loosely inserted. Light foxing around edges, otherwise very good. 30 x 22.
The construction of the most impressive fleet of wooden sailing vessels still in use for trading in the Indonesian Archipelago.
76483 HORRIDGE, G. A A STUDY OF SELECTION PRESSURES IN THE EVOLUTION OF THE INDONESIAN PRAHU
$150.00 AUD
ANU / Professor Adrian Horridge. Canberra. c. 1978. Photocopy of a "potential monograph" / working copy. (2), 58 PP (recto only), plus 30 b/w plates ( 20 Line drawings and 10 half tones) some folded and a few loosely inserted. Slight ageing of paper. Plastic covers, clear front, spiral bound. Notes in the margin of this manuscript for position of the figures (with caption of each illustration between pages 54 to 58). Very good. 30 x 22.
Note on title page "Copies made Dec 15th".
77462 HUDSPETH, Audrey & SCRIPPS, Lindy CAPITAL PORT: A History of the Marine Board of Hobart 1858-1997
$50.00 AUD
Hobart Ports Corporation Pty Ltd. Hobart. 2000. 1st Ed. XVIII, 462 PP with 1 map, 8 head pieces, 7 plans and 91 b/w illustrations (facsimile of documents, plans & sketch plans, engravings & photos). Fp (in colour): Aerial view of Sullivan Cove. Hard cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj. Old sellotape marks on endpapers and stamp of the Maritime Museum of Tasmania on the rear endpaper. Contents are near fine. 25.5 x 18.5. 0957842813
76346 HUNT, Charles SHARK TOOTH & STONE BLADE
$150.00 AUD
University of Aberdeen. Aberdeen, Scotland. c.1981. 1st edition in the "Pacific Island Art from the University of Aberdeen series. (2), 38 PP with 4 b/w illustrations: 1 map of the South West Pacific, 1 sketch and 2 portraits, and 92 photos of artifacts on glossy paper (pages 15 to 37). Soft covers, pictorial front, spiral bound. Near fine. Scarce. 29.7 x 21.
75883 HYDROGRAPHER OF THE NAVY ADMIRALTY TIDAL STREAM ATLAS: DOVER STRAIT - NP 233
$10.00 AUD
Hydrographic Department. Taunton, UK. 1975. 2nd edition, under the Superintendence of Rear-Admiral D.W. Haslam. No pagination, 16 PP with 1 diagram "Computation of Rates" (inside front cover), 1 Index chart on last page and 13 coloured charts. Stiff covers, title on front cover which has a few rubs. Contents fine. 29.5 x 21.
14049 IDIENS, Dale COOK ISLANDS ART
$20.00 AUD
Shire Publications. London. 1990. 1st Ed. No.18 in the Shire Ethnography series. 64 PP with 2 maps & 46 b/w photos in text. Pictorial card cover. Fine. 21 x 15. 0747800618
Religious and functional wood-carving. Use of stone, pearlshell, feathers,...
IMO / International Maritime Organisation. London. 2011. 5th edition of the 1991 original. X, 447, (7 blank for Notes) PP with tables, figures and diagrams. Plus 2 papers loosely inserted: "Resolution MEPS (Marine Envirionment Protection Committee" 203 (62), adopted 15 July 2011/ Annex 10 (17 pages) and "Marine Order 96 (Marine Pollution Prevention - Sewage) 2013", 18 pages by Australian Maritime Safety Authority. Hard covers, pictorial front, ribbon pagemarkers. Fine (mint condition). 30.2 x 21.2 9789280115321
International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ship, 1973, plus: Protocol of 1978, ... Protocol of 1997, and various (countless) Annexes.
21467 INGLETON, Geoffrey C. MATTHEW FLINDERS, Navigator and Chartmaker
$75.00 AUD
Genesis. Guildford, UK. 1986. 1st Ed., with a foreword by HRH The Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh. XXIV, 468 PP with 252 illustrations, plus 4 plate sections with 40 pages comprising 16 b/w plates and 16 colour plates. Fp: Flinders' Investigator and Baudin's Le Géographe, 8th April, 1802. FEP: Map of Terra Australis. REP: H.M. Sloop Investigator (profile & rigging plan). Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, colour vignette on front cover, gilt device on back cover. Fine. 32.5 x 24. 0904351343
77080 INGLETON, Geoffrey C. CHARTING A CONTINENT - A Brief Memoir on the History of Marine Exploration and Hydrographical Surveying in Australian Waters from the Discoveries of Captain James Cook to the War Activities of the Royal Australian Navy Surveying Service
$200.00 AUD
Angus & Robertson. Sydney. 1944. 1st Ed. Foreword by Captain A. G. N. Wyatt. XIV, (2 blank), 146 PP, plus 32 pages with 42 b/w plates. FEP: Coral Sea. REP: Papua Gulf & Bismark Sea. Cloth cover, gilt device on front cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Errata slip tipped in on page XIII. Dust jacket has a small chip and is in a protective sleeve. Faint foxing on prelims, outside page edges and a few pages, otherwise a near fine copy of this scarce title. 22 x 15.
76873 JACKSON, Herbert and Mary WEST CUMBRIAN COAST
$20.00 AUD
Hirst-Jackson Publishers. Maryport, Cumbria. 1990. 1st numbered edition Book No. 465. 72 PP with 4 fleet lists, tables and b/w illustrations. Title page: Shipping Brow, Maryport. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 21 x 15.
Chapter 1: Hine Bros. - Holme Shipping line. "Eden Holme" wrecked in 1907 on Holm Reef. "Brier Holme" wrecked in 1905 off Tasmania's West coast (sole survivor found by the fishing vessel Britannia).
77559 JARMAN, Colin CRUISING: COASTWISE AND BEYOND
$15.00 AUD
Nautical. London. 1985. 1st Ed. 281 PP with b/w illustrations: 14 drawings and 88 photos. Laminated hard covers, pictorial front. Light foxing. Near fine. 22.2 x 14.3. 0851773494
44381 JARVIS, Adrian & SMITH, Kenneth (editors) ALBERT DOCK - Trade and Technology
$15.00 AUD
National Museums & Galleries on Merseyside - The University of Liverpool. Liverpool. 1999. 1st Ed. 154 PP (on 2 columns) with graphs, tables, drawings, plans and b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 24.5 x 18.5. 0906367999
Port of Liverpool.
77578 JEAN-AUBRY, G. JOSEPH CONRAD - Life and Letters (in 2 Volumes)
$65.00 AUD
Doubleday, Page & Co. Garden City, N. Y. 1927. 1st Ed. Vol. I: XII, 339 PP with 1 map and 1 facsimile of the last page of the first draft of "Nostromo", plus 10 pages of illustrations: a 4 pages facsimile of letter to Edward Garnett and 9 plates of facsimile and photos. Fp (with tissue guard): Joseph Conrad at Marienbad, 1883. Vol. II: VIII, 376 PP, plus 6 pages of illustrations: a 2 page facsimile of a letter to G. Jean-Aubry, a facsimile letter to Stefan Zeromski, and 4 photos. Fp (with tissue guard): Portrait of Joseph Conrad, 1923. Cloth covers, gilt signature of Joseph Conrad on front cover, gilt title on a lightly sunned spine. Slight ageing of paper. Near fine. 24.5 x 17.
76585 JONES, Cath. A FIRST FIELD GUIDE TO AUSTRALIAN MARINE LIFE
$15.00 AUD
Steve Parish Publishing. Fortitude Valley, Qld. 1997. 1st Ed., in the Search and Learn series. 56 PP with 2 pages of 44 keys to guide and code to 100 colour illustrations (5 drawings and 87 colour photos). Pictorial card cover. Near fine. Small format: 16.5 x 11.5. 1875932569
39956 JORGENSEN, Svend (editor) SOHISTORISK BILLEDBOG / Maritime History in Pictures
$10.00 AUD
Handels- Og Sofartsmusseet Pa Kronborg. Helsingor. 1967. 1st Ed. No pagination, 158 PP with 8 colour and 139 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft covers with light wear. Ex-libris vignette on half-title page, otherwise near fine. Danish and English text. 23.6 x 19.4.
Danish Maritime Museum at Kronborg Castle.
30092 JUDSON, Clara Ingram ST. LAWRENCE SEAWAY
$10.00 AUD
Follett. Chicago. 1964. 8th printing. 160 PP with drawings and maps by Lorence F. Bjorklund, and 28 bw photos. Title spread: Aerial view of Eisenhower Lock, Long Sault Dam and Moses-Saunders Powerhouse. Hard cover, dj (rubbed). Near fine. 23.5 x 17.
77580 KARL, Frederick R. & DAVIES, Laurence (Editors) THE COLLECTED LETTERS OF JOSEPH CONRAD - Volume 1: 1861-1897
$50.00 AUD
Cambridge University Press. Cambridge, UK. 1983. 1st Ed. Introductions by Frederick R. Karl, General Editor and Laurence Davies, Editor. LXVII, 446 PP with 3 maps, plus 16 pages with 1 facsimile of a letter to Cunninghame Graham and 18 portraits or photos. Cloth covers, gilt decoration on front board, gilt title on spine, top outside edge tinted, dj (price clipped). Near fine. 22.2 x 14.5. 0521242169
77581 KARL, Frederick R. & DAVIES, Laurence (Editors) THE COLLECTED LETTERS OF JOSEPH CONRAD - Volume 2: 1898-1902
$65.00 AUD
Cambridge University Press. Cambridge, UK. 1983. 1st Ed. Introduction to Volume 2 by Laurence Davies, Editor. XXXVIII, 483 PP with 1 map, plus 12 pages with 3 facsimile of letters and 13 portratis or photos. Cloth covers, gilt decoration on front board, gilt title on spine, top outside edge tinted, dj. Near fine. 22.2 x 14.5. 0521257484
77582 KARL, Frederick R. & DAVIES, Laurence (Editors) THE COLLECTED LETTERS OF JOSEPH CONRAD - Volume 3: 1903-1907
$70.00 AUD
Cambridge University Press. Cambridge, UK. 1988. 1st Ed. Introduction to Volume 3 by Laurence Davies, Editor. XLIII, 532 PP, plus 12 pages with b/w illustrations: 14 portraits or photos. Cloth covers, gilt decoration on front board, gilt title on spine, dj. Near fine. 22.2 x 14.5. 0521323878
77583 KARL, Frederick R. & DAVIES, Laurence (Editors) THE COLLECTED LETTERS OF JOSEPH CONRAD - Volume 4: 1908-1911
$80.00 AUD
Cambridge University Press. Cambridge, UK. 1990. 1st Ed. Introduction to Volume 4 by Laurence Davies, Editor. XLIX, 548 PP, plus 8 pages with 10 b/w illustrations. Cloth covers, gilt decoration on front board, gilt title on spine, top outside edge tinted, dj. Near fine. 22.2 x 14.5. 0521323878
76482 KEAY, John EXPLORERS EXTRAORDINARY
$15.00 AUD
John Murray / BBC. London. 1985. 1st Ed. 195 PP With 1 map on double page, plus 12 pages with 29 b/w illustrations. Hard covers, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 22.2 x 14.5. 0719542499
7 of these Eccentric Travellers. ... Chapter 3: A Walk on the Weird Side, by Dr Ludwig Leichhardt. ... Chapter 5: The most amazing tale a man ever lived to tell, Louis de Rougemont..
77675 KENNEDY, Jacqui THE HUNT COLLECTION - The George Hunt Maritime Photographic Collection from the Richmond River
$50.00 AUD
Jacqueline Kennedy / Get Twisted. Tuckurimba, NSW. 2022. 2nd edition. No pagination, 55 PP with 1 colour photo "Aerial View of the Richmond River" and b/w illustrations: 5 newspaper clippings and 62 photos. Laminated pictorial boards. As new. Oblong: 21.6 x 29.8. 9780645600018
Kennedy Brothers, Inc. Concord, NH. 1935. 5 bound issues. Volumes No: LVII, No.V (May 1935) / LVIII, No. I (July 1935) / LVIII, No. II ( August 1935) / LVIII, No. V (November 1935) / LVIII, No. VI (December 1935) 542 PP with b/w illustrations, plus 5 colour plates by Gregory Robinson (A 14th century Man of War / A Spanish Treasure Frigate of 1590 / Sir Richard Grenville in the "Revenge" / The "Andrew" / Captain James Cook "Endeavour". 5 issues with original illustrated front covers. Cloth covers frayed at top and bottom of spine and rubbed at corners. Gilt title on spine "Yachting - Vol. 2". Bookplate of previous owner on front endpaper. Contents are near fine. 33 x 25.5.
LVII, No. V: Square Topsails for Schooners, by Frederick Rand Rogers. The Tortola Cutters, by Desmond Holdridge. Cap'n Josh Slocum, Part III: A Venture in the Okhotsk Fisheries and the sale of "Pato", by Victor Slocum. LVIII, No. I: "Director" commences a long traverse, by Bruce and Sheridan Fahnestock. Two famous "Bluenose Ships", the Barks "Oweenee" and "Muskoka", by R.J. Dustan. LVIII, No. II: Cap'n Josh Slocum, Part IV: From the 'Amethyst" to the "Aquidneck", by Victor Slocum. Driving along the Northern Sea Lanes, "Stormy Weather" wins the Race to Norway, by Alfred Loomis / Charles Larkin. LVIII, No. V: The End of "Marechal Foch" (previously owned by Zane Grey as "Fisherman I"), by Paul Haaren. LVIII, No. VI: "Director" Doldrum Voyage, by Bruce and Sheridan Fahnestock. Captain James Cook, His voyages of Discovery in the "Endeavour" and the "Resolution", by Gregory Robinson. ...
19756 KING, Hilary THE MARINE CHRONOMETERS OF THE BAUDIN EXPEDITION TO AUSTRALIA, 1800-1804
$20.00 AUD
Antiquarian Horology. London. 1997. Reprint of an article published in the winter 1997 issue of Antiquarian Horology. P. 508 to 521 with 7 figures. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 24.7 x 17.8.
41144 KINSMAN, Jane, MATHIEU, Caroline, GOTT, Ted, et al.. PARIS IN THE LATE 19TH CENTURY
$15.00 AUD
National Gallery of Australia. Canberra. 1996. 1st Ed. 192 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 34 x 24.5. 0642130469
... Exiles in Paradise: Pont-Aven and Gauguin in Tahiti, by Ted Gott & Kathryn Weir...
77336 KIRSOP, Wallace (editor) EXPLORATIONS - Bulletin devoted to the study of Franco-Australian Links, No. 14
$15.00 AUD
Institute for the Study of French-Australian Relations / ISFAR. Melbourne. 1993. Issue No. 14, June 1993. 36 PP with 1 phoptocopy of a Sonnet, dated 7.2.60, Nouméa. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 21 x 14.7.
Sydney, 1957 - Paris and Melbourne, 1976: The Literary Friendship of two French Exiles, Antoine Denat and Louis Brauquier, by Philip Anderson.
77337 KIRSOP, Wallace (editor) EXPLORATIONS - Bulletin devoted to the study of Franco-Australian Links, No. 15
$15.00 AUD
Institute for the Study of French-Australian Relations / ISFAR. Melbourne. 1993. Issue No. 15, December 1993. 36 PP. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 21 x 14.7.
French-Australian Relations in the Cold War, by Roger London. Thirty-Four years in French Studies - Reminiscences and Reflections, By Ivan Barko. Beyond a cloistered Europe: Universities and the French Rediscovery of Australia, by Stephen Alomes.
76337 KJELLGREN, Eric, VAN TILLBURG, Anne & KAEPPLER, Adrienne L. SPLENDID ISOLATION - Art of Easter Island
$40.00 AUD
Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York. 2001. 1st Ed. Foreword by Philippe de Montebello. 80 PP with 61 b/w illustrations and 16 colour photos. Fp: Rapa Nui works from the collectio of Bishop Tepano Jaussen. Pictorial card covers. Dedicatory note to previous owner dated and signed on title page by Eric Kjellgren. Tiny crease on lower corner of front cover, o/wise fine. 28 x 20.5. 9780300090789
77493 KLEINSCHMIDT, Harald RULING THE WAVES - Emperor Maximilian I, the Search for Islands and the Transformation of the European World Picture c. 1500
$125.00 AUD
Hes & De Graff Publishers. Utrecht. 2008. 1st Ed. XIV, 475, (5) PP with 30 b/w illustrations. Cloth covers, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 25 x 16.2. 9789061940203
Portuguese Expeditions to Ethiopia and India (c. 1460 - 1499). Spanish Expeditions in 1503
65936 LAMBERT, Eric WATERMEN
$10.00 AUD
Frederic Muller Ltd. London. 1956. 1st Ed. 192 PP. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket chipped and pieces missing at head of spine. Sunned spots at top of covers corresponding to missing pieces of dust jacket. Name of previous owner on front endpaper. Occasional foxing. Very good. 20.5 x 14.
Australia Post. Melbourne. c.2009. Colour illustrated folder containing 4 unfranked stamps. Fine. Format: 10.5 x 16.5.
Stamps depicting travel posters of 4 shipping lines: Aberdeen & Commonwealth Line - Orient Line - Shaw Savill Lines - Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand.
77416 LANDAU, S. (compiler) ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY - THE NAVY LIST. March, 1969
$20.00 AUD
Royal Australian Navy / Commonwealth of Australia. Canberra. 1969. 1st Ed. 228 PP. Card covers lightly soiled. Very good. 21.4 x 13.7.
35963 LANGMUIR, Graham E. & SOMNER, Graeme H. WILLIAM SLOAN & CO. LTD. GLASGOW 1825 - 1968
$15.00 AUD
World Ship Society. Kendal, UK. 1987. 1st Ed. 28 PP with 23 b/w photos. Pictorial card cover. Fine. 21.2 x 13.7. 0905617428
History & fleet list.
77636 LAWRENCE, David, KENCHINGTON, Richard & WOODLEY, Simon THE GREAT BARRIER REEF: Finding the Right Balance
$25.00 AUD
Melbourne University Press. Melbourne. 2002. 1st Ed. XII, 263 PP with 7 tables, plus 8 b/w plates with 1 map and 13 photos, and 12 colour plates with 6 maps and 12 photos. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 23.4 x 15.3. 9780522849929
On the world's largest "Marine Park", and the first marine-based "World Heritage" area.
77360 LAWRENCE, E. Frank 1823 - BEFORE AND AFTER ... A story of William Effingham Lawrence, Tasmanian Pioneer, and his family
$100.00 AUD
The National Press. Melbourne. 1973. 1st Ed. Foreword by G.T. Stilwell. 87 PP, plus 2 plates with 5 b/w photos. Cloth covers, gilt title on spine, dj. Dust jacket somewhat soiled and with a little insect damage (small hole on front and on edges). An otherwise near fine copy. Scarce. 22.3 x 14.5. 0909470081
75133 LEWERS, Dick FISHING KNOTS & RIGS
$5.00 AUD
Farleigh Press. Lindfield, NSW. 1972. Revised and enlarged edition of the 1969 original. 70 PP with 38 figures. Stiff covers, illustrated front. Covers rubbed. Foxing. Good working copy. 18.3 x 11.3. 0858450038
36613 LEWIS, Philippa BRITISH COASTAL LIFE - A Photographic Record
$10.00 AUD
Parkgate Books. London. 1997. 1st Ed., in "Recollections from the Past" series. 96 PP with 102 b/w photos from the Hulton Getty collection. Pictorial card cover. Name of previous owner at top of half-title page, otherwise near fine. 24.7 x 18.2. 9781855853379
77532 LINGWOOD STUART, John THREE COLONIAL ADVENTURES - THE JOURNALS OF JOHN LINGWOOD STUART
$150.00 AUD
Edition Renard. Melbourne. 2018. 1st edition in a limited edition of 100 numbered copies (Nos. 101 to 200). This copy No.116. Introduction and 3 Journals bound in a single volume. Transcribed, Edited and Annotated by Robert M. Warneke. (8), 64, (4), 52, (2I, 82, (4), 54, (1 colophon) PP with 1 table on double page and 2 large folded maps. Cloth cover (full linen), gilt title on spine, ribbon marker. Fine. 21.5 x 14.5. 9781920738150
Introduction and Short Biography of John Longwood Stuart. Journal of a voyage from Gravesend to Adelaide on the Barque "Minerva", 1849. Sealing expedition on board the Cutter "Jane and Emma", 1851/1852. Overland Journey from Adelaide to Bendigo Gold Diggings, 1852/1853.
75367 LIU JIN PING SENSE OF VISION QINGDAO
$35.00 AUD
China Tourism Press. Qingdao. 2007. 2007 edition. 192 PP woth b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft covers. Chinese text. Fine (as new condition). 23 x 17.3. 9787503230509
Tsing Tao, Chinese City and Port occupied by Germany in 1898. Administered by Japan in 1914. Returned to China in 1922. ... Tsingtao Beer.
45364 LONEY, Jack LADY BAY WARRNAMBOOL, A Graveyard of Ships
$10.00 AUD
Marine History Publications. Geelong. 1975. Reprint of the 1968 original. 20 PP, plus 8 pages with 1 plan & 7 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft covers with light soiling. Near fine. 20.8 x 14. 0909244103
Wrecks of Lady Bay near the city of Warrnambool.
77538 LONGFEI (Long Fei), Professor Xi HISTOIRE DES NAVIRES DANS LA CHINE ANCIENNE
$125.00 AUD
Editions Ancre de Marine. Paris. 2019. 1st bilingual edition (French / Chinese), translated from the Chinese by Christian A. Fardel. 229, (3) PP with 4 colour paintings and over 244 b/w and colour figures (drawings & sketches, line drawings & maps, paintings, photographs, prints...). Laminated boards, pictorial front. Text in French and Chinese (script). Fine. 25.6 x 20.7. 9782841414161
44931 MAIN ROYAL THE WIND VANE
$15.00 AUD
Unwin Brothers. London. 1957. 1st edition. 178 PP. Hard cover, gilt title on lightly sunned spine. Note and address on front endpaper and verso. Few foxing spots on outside edges. Very good. 22.1 x 14.2
9 short stories on the sea: intercolonial trade in the Pacific or in New Zealand waters.
76373 MANLEY, Seon & Robert ISLANDS - Their Lives, Legends, and Lore
$15.00 AUD
Chilton Book Company. Philadelphia. 1970. 1st Ed. (8), 383 PP with b/w illustrations: drawings & sketches, charts, maps & plans, paintings, prints & photos. Cloth covers, dj. Ex library copy with stamps on title page and rubbed patches on front endpaper. Dust jacket in a protective sleeve. Occasional foxing. Very good. 24 x 16.
Holy Islands, Pirate Islands, Islands of Exile, Islands of Lost Civilizations, Desert Islands, Ice Islands, ...
77575 MANNING, Beryl GLEANINGS FROM THE PAST
$25.00 AUD
Beryl Manning / Ems & Ens Printing. Hobart. 1998. 1st Ed. 103 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings by the author, 1 map of Bruny Island and 1 map of Simpson's Bay, photos and portraits). Pictorial soft covers. Copy signed by the author on title page. Fine. 21 x 15. 0646361856
On Bruny Island, D'Entrecasteaux Channel.
72741 MARCHANT, Leslie R. FRANCE AUSTRALE. A Study of French explorations and attempts to found a penal colony and strategic base in south western Australia 1503-1826
$50.00 AUD
Artlook Books. Perth. 1982. 1st edition with a foreword by Jean-François Deniau, French Minister for Overseas Trade. XVI, 384 PP with 72 b/w illustrations (coastal views, drawings, sketches, paintings, facsimile of documents...), plus 8 colour plates. Hard cover, dj. Light foxing on top outside edge, otherwise a fine copy. 24.2 x 16.2. 0864451040
76069 MARLOWE, John CROOKED BOARDS ARE STRONGER: The Boatbuilders of Spetses, Greece (in WoodenBoat Magazine No.121)
$10.00 AUD
WoodenBoat Publications. Brooklin, Maine. 1994. No. 121, December 1994. 152 PP. Contains article pages 38 to 49 with 19 colour photos. Pictorial soft covers. Very good. 27.6 x 21.7.
Boatbuilding tradition in the Greek Island of Spetses, south of Athens / Piraeus.
77563 MARTIN, Angus THE RING-NET FISHERMEN
$45.00 AUD
John Donald Publishers Ltd. Edinburgh, Scotland. 1981. 1st Ed. XI, 263 PP with 63 b/w illustrations (41 photos and 22 drawings by Will Maclean (including 3 sketch maps and the frontispiece map of Lochfyne): Hard covers, gilt title on spine, dj. Attractive bookplate of previous owner pasted down on front endpaper. Fine. 24 x 16.3. 0859760641
Herring fishing industry, on the West Coast of Scotland.
76332 MAWLAND Group FROM QUARANTINE TO Q STATION - Honouring the Past, Securing the Future
$25.00 AUD
Arbon Publishing Pty Ltd. Crows Nest, NSW. 2016. 2nd edition. Forewords by Mark Speakman and Max Player and Introduction by Simon McArthur. 144 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial stiff covers with flaps. Fine. 24.5 x 19.2. 9780994310736
North Head Quarantine Station.
16600 MAWSON, Vivienne, TRANTER, David J. & PEARCE, Alan F. CSIRO AT SEA, 50 YEARS OF MARINE SCIENCE
$30.00 AUD
77660 MAYS, Nicole MARINERS, MARIAGES AND MANSIONS: The Bayley Family of Hobart
$55.00 AUD
Navarine Publishing. Hobart. 2025. 1st edition. (6), 214, (4) PP with the "Bayley Family Tree" (on 2 pages), tables and b/w illustrations (2 log entries, 27 documents, 30 newspaper clippings, 3 paintings and 60 photos) and colour illustrations (9 charts, maps & plans, 4 paintings & 10 photos). Pictorial stiff covers. New. 25.5 x 20.3. 9781763725959
Hobart/Van Diemen's Land: ...of Shipping, Shipbuilding, Whaling ... Mansions: "Lenna" at Battery Point and "Runnymede" at New Town.
76325 McGONIGAL, David, & WOODWORTH, Dr Lynn ANTARCTICA - The Complete Story
$70.00 AUD
Five Mile Press. Melbourne. 2001. 1st Ed., with foreword by Sir Edmund Hillary. 608 PP with over 80 thematic charts, over 1000 b/w and colour illustrations. Half-Title page: Ice Mask. Title spread: Emperor Penguins, Ross shelf. Pictorial laminated boards. CD Rom loosely inserted (front endpaper). Light foxing on half-title page, otherwise a near fine copy. This is a heavy item and postage may be higher than usual. Please ask for a quote. 30.6 x 24. 1865035416
Geology - Polar Environment - Polar Regions - Polar Wildlife (species notes for more than 100 animals) - Polar Exploration - Life at the Poles. CD Rom featuring comprehensive regional and wildlife guides, Antarctic sights and sounds, and 50 of the most informative websites and links.
76495 McGRAIL, Sean THE SHIP - RAFTS, BOATS AND SHIPS: From Prehistoric Times to the Medieval Era (Volume 1)
$20.00 AUD
HMSO. London. 1981. 1st Ed. Volume 1 in "The Ship" series. Introduction by Basil Greenhill, General Editor. 88 PP with 53 plates. Eps: Maps. Laminated pictorial boards rubbed on front and top edge with a little insect damage on edge of front endpaper. Copy signed by the author, owned by Professor Adrian Horridge and with his bookplate. Oblong: 20.5 x 21.2. 0112903126
19226 McINTYRE, Kenneth Gordon THE SECRET DISCOVERY OF AUSTRALIA - Portuguese Ventures 200 Years Before Captain Cook
$50.00 AUD
Souvenir Press Adelaide & London. 1977. 1st Ed. XXII, 427 PP with 55 b/w illustrations (drawings, graphs & maps), plus 8 pages with 9 b/w illustrations. Eps: Map of Australia. Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing on outside edges, o/wise a fine copy. 22.2 x 14.2. 0285623036
75971 McKEE, Alexander A WORLD TOO VAST, The Four Voyages of Columbus
$20.00 AUD
Souvenir Press. London. 1990. 1st Ed. 176 PP with 8 maps (5 on double page) and 34 b/w illustrations, plus 8 pages with 15 colour plates. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Neat stamp of the Maritime Museum of Tasmania on front endpaper. Near fine. 27 x 20. 9780285629646
32017 McMULLEN, R. T. DOWN CHANNEL (No. 7 in the Mariners Library)
$20.00 AUD
Rupert Hart-Davis. London. 1949. 1st Ed., No. 7 in the Mariners Library series, (original of 1869) with an Introduction by Dixon Kemp, and a Biographical Foreword by Arthur Ransome. 328, PP with 2 charts and 9 plans, plus 8 pages with b/w illust. FEP: Map of the western approaches of the Channel. REP: Map of the Eastern approaches of the Channel. Cloth cover a little soiled with light foxing and darkened spine. Top edge tinted. Very good. 19 x 13.
76099 McMURTRIE, Francis E. THE WORLD'S WARSHIPS 1942
$15.00 AUD
Sampson Low, Marston & Co. London. c. 1943. 1st Ed. 132 PP with 66 b/w photos. Fp: Duke of York. Cloth cover is rubbed with some flecking, gilt title on a rubbed and sunned spine. War economy paper with signs of ageing. Name of previous owner on FFEP and newspaper article tipped on on rear endpaper, otherwise contents are clean and still a very good copy. Oblong: 13.8 x 22.3.
Pages 128 to 132: War losses.
75544 MELLOR, John CRUISING SKIPPER
$15.00 AUD
Fernhurst Books. Brighton, UK. 1991. 1st Ed. 96 PP with b/w illustrations (sketches and photos). Stiff covers with light wear, o/wise fine. 24 x 17. 978096754719
77540 MERLE DES ISLES, Marie-Isabelle LES COMPAGNONS DU POURQUOI PAS ?
$65.00 AUD
Editions Paulsen. Paris. 2010. 1st Ed. 293 PP with b/w illustrations (line drawings & sketches, charts & coastal views, maps & plans, documents & ephemeras, musical scores, photos). Plus CD-ROM & Spectacles inserted in clear plastic envelope pasted down on rear endpapers. Hard covers, dj. French text. Fine. 29 x 22.5. 9782916552224
Expeditions to Antarctica, under the Command of Jean-Baptiste Charcot, as seen by his companions.. Sailing from Le Havre & Cherbourg (31 August 1908), returning to Rouen, Normandy on 5th June 1910.
21666 MERSON, John ROADS TO XANADU - East and West in the Making of the Modern World
$20.00 AUD
Child & Associates / ABC. Sydney. 1985. 1st Ed. 288 PP with b/w or colour illust. Title-page: Marco Polo leaving Venice. Fp: From Tsinan to Tai-an with performance of ceremony at Mount Tai. Eps: Chang Tse-Tuan. Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing, o/wise fine. 30.5 x 22. 0867770953
A journey through world history, social & technological changes. Pages 73 to 79: Zheng He and the last of the Treasure Ships.
75654 MILLS, John THE STORY OF SAIL
$10.00 AUD
Odhams Books Ltd. London. 1965. 1st English edition of the 1964 French original "Grands Voiliers" by Jean Riverain. 72 PP with colour illustrations throughout. Title page: Man of War. Pictorial laminated boards. Head of spine missing on first 2cms. Very good. 30.5 x 24.
76057 MOLLER, Johannes E. HEMPEL KALENDER - 2002
$15.00 AUD
Hempel's Marine Paints. Kobenhavn, Denmark. 2001. 2002 Calendar with 6 "Frameable" prints in colour of windjammers by Johannes E. Moller commissioned by Hempel, Denmark. Stiff covers, illustrated front, spiral bound. Front cover (Windjammers). Danish text. Fine. Oblong format: Calendar & prints: 29.5 x 42.5..
6 windjammers with details in Danish. France & France II (France), Potosi & Preussen (Germany), Kobenhavn (Denmark), and R.C. Rickmers (Great Britain).
34161 MOORE, Captain John E. WARSHIPS OF THE ROYAL NAVY
$10.00 AUD
Macdonald and Jane's. London. 1979. 1st Ed. 136 PP with tables, and 135 b/w photos (including 5 on double page detailing armaments and equipment). Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 26.4 x 20.6. 0354011316
77459 MOORE, Clive (editor) THE FORGOTTEN PEOPLE, A History of the Australian South Sea Island community
$40.00 AUD
A.B.C. Sydney. 1979. 1st Ed. 95 PP plus 4 pages with 8 b/w photos. Pictorial card cover. Near fine. 19.5 x 12.8. 0642972605
The European view of blackbirding and stories told by the islanders and their descendants.
77154 MOORE, Ross SAM BYRNE, Folk Painter of the Silver City
$40.00 AUD
Viking / Penguin Books. Ringwood, Vic. 1985. 1st Ed. 203 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (paintings and photos). Hard covers, dj. Foxing spots on top outside edges. Near fine. 25.2 x 22.3. 0670803103
Chronicle in a naive form of art (a la "Douanier Rousseau") of the folk history of Broken Hill.
76287 MOORE, Sir Alan RIG IN NORTHERN EUROPE (No. 11 in the Maritime Miscellany series)
$15.00 AUD
Society for Nautical Research. Greenwich, UK. 1974. Reprint from "The Mariner's Mirror", Vol. 42, No. 1, February 1956. (1), 6 - 37 PP with 32 figures (pencil drawings by Commander C.H. Williams). Soft cover, title on front cover, staples. Fine. 24 x 16.7.
77653 MORRIS, James THE PAX BRITANNICA TRILOGY - An Imperial Progress, The Climax of Empire, An Imperial Retreat
$80.00 AUD
The Folio Society. London. 1992. 1st edition with a revised introduction for The Folio Society, by Trefan Morys. Vol. I: "An Imperial Progress". XVIII, 470 PP with 5 maps, plus 32 b/w plates. Eps (in colour): "Sezincote House, Gloucestershire". Vol. II: "The Climax of Empire": XIII, 408 PP, plus 32 b/w plates. Eps (en colour): "The Great Indian Peninsular Terminus in Bombay". Vol. III: "An Imperial Retreat". XIII, 482 PP with 4 maps, plus 32 b/w plates. Eps (in colour): "Celebration in India when Queen Victoria became Empress". 3 volumes: Hard bound, full buckram, gilt decoration on front and back covers, with title in blind. Spine with gilt title. Set contained in an illustrated slipcase which is lightly foxed, gilt titles on sides. A fine set. 25 x 16.
MSC (Aust.) Pty Limited. Sydney. 2009 1st Ed. Principal's Message by Gianluigi Aponte. (2), 41 PP with colour illustrations. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 29.7 x 21.
First call in Sydney, by the "Alexandria", on August 1989.
76971 MUHLHAUSER, G. H. P. THE CRUISE OF THE AMARYLLIS (No. 10 in The Mariners Library)
$15.00 AUD
Adlard Coles. London. 1971. Reprint. 317 PP with 6 maps (1 on double page), plus 4 pages with 5 b/w photos. Cloth cover, dj (price clipped and a little soiled). Dust jacket design by Malcolm Young. Foxing on endpapers and outside edges. Very good. 19 x 13. 0229986366
76318 MUNDLE, Rob FATAL STORM - The 54th Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race
$10.00 AUD
Adlard Coles Nautical. London. 2003. Reissue of the 1999 original. Foreword by Sir James Hardy. 327 PP with 1 sketch map and 1 diagram, plus 32 pages with 1 map and 48 colour photos. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 19.7 x 12.5. 9780713667509
27th December 1998: six sailors perished, countless with injuries, many yachts sunk or badly damaged.
76091 MURPHY, Matthew P. FROM HONG KONG TO WASHINGTON - In Search of the Dragon Boat (in WoodenBoat Magazine No.124)
$10.00 AUD
WoodenBoat Publications. Brooklin, Maine. 1995. No. 124, June 1995. 168 PP. Contains article pages 42 to 49 with 1 set of plans of Dragon Boat and 11 colour photos. Pictorial soft covers. Very good. 27.6 x 21.7.
76384 MURRANT, Jim THE BOATING BIBLE: An Essential Handbook for Every Sailor
$15.00 AUD
Sheridan House. New York. 1991. Reprint of the 1991 original. (10), 310 PP with b/w illustrations and 16 pages with colour illustrations (International - Code of Signals, Buoyage, Light Configurations, Charts, Symbols). Laminated boards, pictorial front, dj. Fine. 26.8 x 19. 9780924486135
Australian National Publicity Association. Melbourne. 1941. Edited by Charles H. Holmes. 48 PP with b/w illustrations throughout. Pictorial soft covers (The Young Farmer) with light wear, reinforced spine, otherwise contents are near fine. 30 x 24.
Articles include: Life on a Sheep-Station by Helena Cass, Ayer's Rock (Said to be the largest rock in the world), by Frank Clune, Rubber Production by John Gibb, Islands of the River Murray, by Tarlton Rayment, Angling - The Papuan Way, by H. Ward Nolan, Perth, by R. Emerson Curtis with 3 of his illustrations, ...
76103 N/A WALKABOUT MAGAZINE - Australia's Geographic Magazine and Journal of the Australian Geographical Society - Volume 13, Nos. 3 to 12 and Volume 14, Nos. 1 to 2, 1947 (January to December 1947)
$120.00 AUD
Australian National Publicity Association. Melbourne & Sydney. 1947. Edited by Charles H. HOLMES. Monthly edition. Volume 13, No. 3, January 1947 to Volume 14, No. 2, December 1947, with a total of 580 PP with b/w illustrations. Stapled pictorial soft covers. All volumes have the pictorial pages in the centre. A near fine complete year of 12 issues. 30 x 24.
Volume 13, No.3: Australia's Water Resources by J.D. Lang (Page 6 to 20); Suwarrow by William S. Bond; Melville Island by W.E. Harney; Yellowtail in Spencer's Gulf by R.O. Burlinson. Volume 13, No.4: Soil Erosion in Australia by R.G. Downes; St. Peter's Birds by Michael Sharland; The Antiquitity of the Aboriginal by W. Charnley; The Gum of the Kauri Trees by Tarlton Rayment; The Trout comes to Western Australia by John K. Ewers. Volume 13, No.5: The Bitumen by M. Kathleen Woodburn; On Cooper's Creek by George Farwell; Chasing the Honey Flows by Art Hausler; The Lure of the Saltings by Ina Watson; Murray Downs Station by H.R. Nicholls, King Island by Cath Lott. Volume 13, No.6: An Australian Seashore by William J. Dakin, I Know a Dark Green Forest by Arthur Groom, Aileron by M. Kathleen Woodburn; Major Mitchell's Explorations by K.W. Richardson. Volume 13, No.7: Darwin by M. Kathleen Woodburn; Life in a Pine Forest by Michael Sharland; Nullarbor Caves by J. Maitland Thomson; Granite Gold by C.O. Leigh Cook. Volume 13, No.8: Building Ships in Australia by George Farwell; New Guinea is different now by R. Hamilton; Sidelights on Polynesian Life by Laurence Maine; The Oak Park Picnic Races by Ruth Ann Curtis; Rodondo Report by John Mayston Béchervaise; A Woman of Arnhem Land by John Russell. Volume 13, No.9: Water on Malvern Downs by R. and R. Emerson Curtis; Pelicans of the Coorong by Michael Sharland; Cotton in Australia by Sylvia D'Arcy-Evans; Robe, on St. Vincent's Gulf by George Farwell. Volume 13, No.10: The Power of Dreams, A Story of the Flying Doctor Service by Ruth Ann Curtis; Wings of the Overflow by Michael Sharland; Five Days on the "George Bass" by C.C. Lawrence; Shark Repellant by G. Payne; Walkabout in a Wagon, Melbourne to Wentworth by Horse and Cart by H.R. Nicholls. Volume 13, No. 11: Westward the River Rolls by George Farwell; Fish from the Bight by Michael Sharland; The Migrants (ticks) by M. Kathleen Woodburn. Volume 13, No.12: Cape York Peninsula by F.W. Whitehouse; Mining for Talc by George Farwell; No Rest for Australian Forests by R. Emerson Curtis; Monuments to Aboriginal Kings. Volume 14, No.1: The Musgrave Ranges by Allan F. Wilson; White Cliffs by Vernon A. Lee; Kings of the Cattle Ramp by Blanche Maynard; Adventure in Science by William J. Dakin; Chatham Islands by Rosaline Redwood; Canoe on the Murrumbidgee by R. Raven-Hart. Volume 14, No.2: Surveying Australian Waters by Geoffrey C. Ingleton; On Tiger Snakes by Eric Worrell; Trochus Shell and Reef by Norman W. Caldwell; Mataranka by M. Kathleen Woodburn; Aboriginal Ballet by John K. Ewers; Mapping by "Cography" by Stanley H. Powell.
76464 N/A JOURNAL OF THE COMPANY OF MASTER MARINERS OF AUSTRALIA - Volume XXX, October 1966
$10.00 AUD
Company of Master Mariners of Australia. Melbourne. 1966. Edited by Capt. B. Paul. 112 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 21.5 x 14.
Antarctic Log, 1912-13 (S.Y. "Aurora"), by Captain C. J. Hackworth. Trinity House, by Captain A. W. Clarke. Voyage into Oblivion (attacks of the German Raider "Pinguin", on the "Maimoa" of Shaw Savill Line., by by Captain J.L. Carroll. ...
77556 N/A BROWN'S SIGNAL REMINDER - INTERNATIONAL CODE, SEMAPHORE AND MORSE
$5.00 AUD
Brown, Son & Ferguson, Ltd. Glasgow. 1974 1st Ed. 8 stiff cards bound at top, with 7 subjects (2 in b/w: International Morse Code, and 5 in colour: Flags, Pendants, International Code Semaphore and Ships' Lights and Shapes). Stiff covers. Front illustrated with flags Y & U. Back: Cardinal marks. Back cover with a rubbed patch. Very good. 17 x 11.
77570 N/A VARIETIES OF SAILING VESSELS, and names of Masts, Spars, Sails, Standing and Running &C., also how to learn to Box the Mariner's Compass
$50.00 AUD
Norie & Wilson, Publishers of Charts and Nautical Works. London. c. 1892. New and Improved edition. 24 PP with tables and 22 b/w illustrations (1 Mariner's Compass, 13 Varieties of Sailing Vessels, and 8 plans on full page with details). Vignette on title page of "A Full-Rigged Ship". Card covers, stitches, cloth spine. Covers rubbed and lightly soiled. Traces of rusty staples. Various pencil notes inside covers and name of previous owner at top of title-page. Good. 21.5 x 14.
Publication date: 1892, when the variation was close to 16° 30' W. 8 drawings: 1 "Cutter": Particulars of Sail . 4 "Merchant Ship": Standing Rigging / Running Rigging / Square Sails and Driver / Fore-and-Aft Sails. 1 "Barque": Sails and Running Rigging. 2 "Yawl & Schooner": Ropes, Spars & Sails.
37021 NAN KIVELL, Rex & SPENCE, Sydney PORTRAITS OF THE FAMOUS AND INFAMOUS - Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific 1492-1970
$50.00 AUD
Authors. London. 1974. 1st Ed. IV, 332 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Fp: Colour portrait of Abraham Ortelius. Hard cover, clear dust jacket (illustrated). Occasional foxing, o/wise near fine. Folio: 43 x 29. 0950376906
National Geographic Society. Washington. 1941. Issue LXXIX, No. Three. (20 PP adverts.), 169 - 400, (8 adverts) PP with b/w illustrations: 3 maps & photos, and 32 pages with 43 colour photos, plus the large folded map in colour "Indian Ocean, including Australia, New Zealand and Malaysia", NGS 1941. Soft covers. Very good. 25.4 x 17.5.
Oklahoma ...by Frederick Simpich & Anthony Stewart. Unknown New Guinea, by Richard Archbold. Collecting expeditions for the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago, by Walter Chute. Fighting Giants of the Humbolt, by David D. Duncan.
77520 NICOLAISEN, Ida & DAMGARD-SORENSEN, Tinna BUILDING A LONGBOAT - An essay on the culture and history of a Bornean people
$40.00 AUD
Vikingeskibshallen. Roskilde. 1991. 1st Ed. Translation by Gillian Fellows Jensen.. Preface by Jan Skamby Madsen. 148 PP with 14 Colour ilmlustrations (1 map & location map and 13 photos) and b/w illustrations: 1 map of Borneo, 3 engravings, 68 photos and over a hundred of drawings or sketches (tools, sewing, sailing technique... ). Eps Map of South East Asia. Hard covers, pictorial front. Fine. 25.5 x 18. 8785180165
77535 NORIN, G. BOURJADE LE PAPOU
$45.00 AUD
Editions Dillen. Issoudun, France. 1944. 2nd edition. Preface by Roland Dorgelès, (Academie Goncourt). 150, (2) PP with I map (Papouasie, district of Roro) and location map (Nouvelle Guinée / Papua). Plus 16 pages with 33 b/w photos. Pictorial soft covers, with clear plastic protection. Slight ageing of paper, otherwise near fine. French text. 18.5 x 12.5.
Fighter pilot during WWI. Catholic Missionary, based on Yule Island, Papua New Guinea until his death in 1924.
70725 NORMAN, L. SEA WOLVES AND BANDITS
$50.00 AUD
J. Walch & Sons. Hobart. c. 1980. Reprint of the 1946 original. 208 PP with 1 portrait, plus 54 pages with 88 b/w plates. Fp (folded): Hobart Bridge. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. A fine copy. 25 x 16.
... Sealing, Whaling, Smuggling and Piracy. Wild Men of Van Diemen's Land. Bushrangers and Bandits. Wrecks and Wreckers ... with a chronology of curious and interesting facts relating to old Van Diemen's Land, and (from 1856) to Tasmania.
20339 O'MAY, Dave G. SONG OF STEAM - A Chronicle of Paddle Steamers and Screw Steamers in Tasmanian Waters 1832-1939
$10.00 AUD
Government Printer. Hobart. 1976. 1st Ed. 304 PP with 207 b/w photos. Fp: Hobart Harbour, circa 1893. Pictorial cloth boards with light shelf wear, otherwise near fine. 22.3 x 14.5.
A record of steamships which visited Tasmanian waters during the first one hundred years of steam.
77564 OGILVY, C. Stanley THOUGHTS ON SMALL BOAT RACING
$30.00 AUD
D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc. Princeton, N. J. 1957. 1st Ed. IX, 148 PP with 21 figures, plus 10 pages with 9 b/w photos. Fp: "Rounding a buoy", there is seldom time for any detailed analysis in a tight situation. Cloth covers, gilt device on front cover and title on spine, dj (price clipped). Attractive bookplate of previous owner pasted down on front endpaper. Near fine. 23.3 x 15.5.
77565 OGILVY, C. Stanley SUCCESSFULL YACHT RACING
$25.00 AUD
Peter Davies. London. 1952. 1st Ed. XII, 192 PP with 9 tables and 45 figures, plus 16 pages with 19 b/w photos. Cloth covers, dj (price clipped). Dust jacket with repaired tear and in a protective sleeve. Near fine. 22.3 x 15.
77648 ORIENT LINE R.M.S. ORMONDE - QUICK CRUISE: Brisbane / Sydney / TASMANIA / Sydney 1939
$100.00 AUD
Orient Line. London / Sydney. 1939. Over 17 items. 1- folded Flyer " Opportunity in Hot January to Cool Off at Sea and in Tasmania" with 5 b/w photos. 2 - folded Flyer "January 1939 Cruise : Itinerary of shore trips with 4 b/w photos. 3 - Abstract of Log 12 to 24 January 1939. 4 - "Tourist Class Passengers' Cruise Contract Ticket". 5 - Folded Information for Passengers. 6 - Passenger baggage label. 7 - Access Card: After Saloon First sitting. 8 - Passenger List & General Information (16 pages). 9 - Flyer for "A Grand Fun Fair". 10 - Envelope with a message from Tasmania per favour of Father Neptune with compliments note (a colour painting of Hobart Town in the late 'fifties, by George Rowe), by "Tattersall". 11- 4 roneotyped programmes (Tasmanian Cruise / Sydney / Hobart / Port Arthur). 12 - Port Arthur (Weather Permitting): 3 folds with I1 map and 1 plan ) together with a history. 13: - 4 (plaiin) Breakfast Menus. 14 - 3 (plain) Luncheon Menus. 15 - 1 (plain) Children's Tea Menu. 16 - 1 (plain Dinner Menu. 17 - 3 Dinner Menus illustrated by Mr. Barnett Freedman: St. James Palace / The Horse Guards, Whitehall / The Tower of London, White Tower. Over 17 items. Occasional foxing. Scarce. A near fine set, in a clear plastic protective envelope. 27 x 21.
77611 ORR, M. A. (Mrs John Evershed) SOUTHERN STARS - A Guide to the Constellations Visible in the Southern Hemisphere
$25.00 AUD
Gall and Inglis. Edinburgh. c. 1896. 4th Ed. Preface by John Tebbutt, F.R.A.S., Windsor Observatory, NSW. (2), 14 PP with 5 figures, plus 58 pages with 31 "night" maps and 5 maps with the figures of the constellations. Fp: North Polar Constellation. Soft covers, pictorial front (the Southern Sky in June). Very good. Small format: 13.8 x 11.
Ferguson: No. 13660.
16802 ORTZEN, Len GUNS AT SEA, The World's Great Naval Battles
$10.00 AUD
Galahad. New York. 1976. 1st U.S. edition, with a foreword by Ludovic Kennedy. 160 PP with b/w & colour illust. Title-page: Battle of Cape St. Vincent. Eps: The Bismarck in Action against HMS Hood. Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing. Very good. 28.5 x 22. 088365363X
Sixteen main naval battles. From the Battle of Sluys in 1340 to the Battle of Midway in 1942.
76142 OSMUN, Mark HAWAII KOA CANOE, (in WOODENBOAT, The Magazine for Wooden Boat Owners, Builders and Designers) 1984 - Issue 59
$10.00 AUD
WoodenBoat Magazine. Brooklin, Maine. 1984. No. 59, July / August 1984. 160 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Article pages 80 to 86 with 9 b/w and 6 colour photos. Pictorial soft covers with light wear, otherwise very good. 28.2 x 21.
The dugout tradition is alive and thriving in Hawaii.
52487 PACKER, Joy DEEP AS THE SEA
$5.00 AUD
Readers Union. Newton Abbot. 1977. 1st Book Club edition of the 1975 South Africa original. X, 246 PP, plus 8 pages with 13 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj (soiled). Foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise very good. 21.8 x 13.5.
Career in the Royal Navy, 1907 to 1953. WWI: Battle of Jutland in 1916... WWII: Hunting the Bismarck.. Defeat of the Italian Fleet...
77482 PARKINSON, Sydney A JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE TO THE SOUTH SEAS, in His Majesty's Ship, the "Endeavour". ...
$500.00 AUD
Libraries Board of South Australia. Adelaide. 1972. Facsimile reprint of the 1773 original. No. A34 in the "Australiana Facsimile Editions" series. (2), XXIII, 212, (2 errata) PP, plus frontispiece and 27 plates. Fp: Portrait of Sydney Parkinson. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, a few discolouration spots on covers and faint foxing on first few and last pages and outside edges. No signatures or other markings and a near fine copy. Scarce. 34.5 x 28. 0724300309
... Faithfully transcribed from the Papers of the late Sydney Parkinson, draughtsman to Joseph Banks. ... Parkinson's observations on the customs and manners of the people encountered. Language glossaries of Tahiti, New Zealand, New Holland, & Malaya.
17132 PARSONS, Ronald & WILLIAMS, R. THE RIVER BOATS
$10.00 AUD
R. Williams. Adelaide. 1992. 1st Ed., Volume I in the Discovering Australia's Pictorial Heritage with Rod Williams. 52 PP with 16 colour and 51 b/w photos. Pictorial card cover. Fine. 21 x 14.8. 0646103687
Pictorial souvenir of the Murray-Darling Basin river vessels.
76470 PASCOE, John EXPLORATION NEW ZEALAND
$20.00 AUD
A. H. & A. W. Reed. Wellington. 1971 1st Ed. 140, (4 Index) PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, maps, paintings, portraits, sketches & photos), plus 8 plates with 1 b/w and 8 colour illustrations . FEP: 3 b/w illustrations. REP: Maps of New Zealand. Hard covers, gilt device on front cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Neat name of previous owner on verso of front endpaper, otherwise a near fine copy. 29.3 x 21.5. 0589006673
49289 PAYNE, Edward John (editor) VOYAGES OF THE ELIZABETHAN SEAMEN TO AMERICA. First Series: HAWKINS FROBISHER DRAKE
$15.00 AUD
Clarendon Press. Oxford. 1893. 2nd edition of the 1880 original. LVI, 280 PP, plus 3 b/w plates. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Faint foxing on outside edges. Near fine. 19.8 x 13.5.
Select Narratives from the 'Principal Navigations' of Hakluyt.
50295 PAYNE, G. C. L. OUT OF POOLE
$25.00 AUD
John Murray. London. 1951. 1st Ed. VIII, 135 PP with 4 figures (position charts), 1 barograph chart and 1 weather chart, plus 1 map on a double page and 16 pages with 24 b/w photos. Fp: At the Starting Line, Trans-Atlantic Race 1950. Cloth cover. Dust jacket tipped in on endpapers. Foxing. Very good. 22 x 14.5.
Atlantic crossings of the yacht Karin III with 2 Australians, 2 Britons and 1 Dutchman, in 5 months. Poole to New York, Ocean race Newport, Rhodes Island to Bermuda, then Bermuda to Plymouth.
77443 PEARN, John Hemsley & EFSTATHIS, Vlasis Pitsonis THE KNIGHTS' CASTLE ON KASTELLORIZO - The Order of St John and two centuries of strategic defence at the interface of Europe and Asia
$45.00 AUD
Amphion Press. Brisbane. 1999. 1st Ed. X, 84 PP with 1 map, 1 chart, b/w illustrations (coat of arms, drawings; engravings, photos) and 13 colour photos. Pictorial laminated boards, dj. Dedicatory note on front endpaper and signed by John Pearn. Fine. 21.8 x 15.3. 1864990953
Eastern outpost of Greece, off the coast of Anatolia, Turkey.
77456 PEARSE, Ronald THE LAST OF A GLORIOUS ERA
$30.00 AUD
Syren & Shipping Ltd. London. 1934. 1st Ed. Foreword by Sir William Garthwaite. 98 PP with 8 pages of advertisements, and 80 b/w photos of tall ships, printed on superior gloss paper. Fp: Bowling along. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Covers with wear around edges and a few marks. Name and address of previous owner on FFEP. A repaired closed tear near spine on Page 15/16 and 17/18, otherwise a very good copy of the first edition. 23.5 x 17.2.
Brief record of ocean-going sailing ships with a large number of pictures of these survivors of the days of sail.
37345 PEIRCE, Augustus KNOCKING ABOUT - Being Some Adventures of Augustus Baker Peirce in Australia
$30.00 AUD
Shoestring Press. Wangaratta, Victoria. 1984. Facsimile reprint of the original published by Yale University Press in 1924. Edited by Mrs Albert T. Leatherbee, with an introduction by Edwin Howard Brigham. XVII, 181 PP with 86 b/w illustrations by the author. Fp: The Oriental. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 21.5 x 15.2. 0959839186
An American Captain on the Murray. He jumped ship in Melbourne, from the Oriental... Returned to America in 1892.
77438 PEPYS, Samuel PEPYS'S DIARY (in three volumes)
$130.00 AUD
The Folio Society. London. 1996. New and complete transcription edited by Robert Latham and William Matthews. Volume I: XLVIII, 350 PP with 2 genealogical tables and 6 maps, plus 1 b/w and 11 colour plates. Volume II: VII, 372 PP, plus 3 b/w and 9 colour plates. Volume III: VIII, 374 PP, plus 3 b/w and 9 colour plates. Eps: pages from the diary manuscript. Cloth covers, gilt decorated front cover, gilt title on spine, illustrated slipcase. Foxing spots on outside edges of volumes and on the slipcase, otherwise fine. 25.2 x 19.
Selection taken from "The Diary of Samuel Pepys, a new and complete transcription". Volume I: 1660-1663. Volume II: 1664-1666. Volume III: 1667-1669.
19755 PERON, M.F. A VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY TO THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE, Performed by order of the Emperor Napoleon, during the years 1801, 1802, 1803, and 1804
$200.00 AUD
Marsh Walsh. Melbourne. 1975. Reprint in an edition limited to 350 numbered copies (No. 217), of the 1809 first English edition. VIII, 314, (2) PP plus 2 folded plates. Fp: Natives of New South Wales. Full leather with raised bands, gilt title on black label vignette on spine, blind decoration on covers. Light foxing on top outside edge, otherwise a near fine copy. 21.5 x 14.5. 0909342040
Only the first volume of Péron's narrative of Baudin's voyage was translated, and ends with the arrival of the Géographe at Port Jackson. Call at Isle de France (Mauritius) 15th March to 25th April 1801. Description of New Holland and Van Diemens Land. First landfall in Australia on 27th May 1801, arrival in Sydney on 27th June 1802.
75238 PHILBRICK, Nathaniel SEA OF GLORY. America's voyage of discovery, The U.S. Exploring expedition, 1838-1842
$10.00 AUD
Penguin. New York. 2004 Paperback edition. XXVIII, 452 PP with 8 maps (some with insets), plus 24 pages with 70 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 20.2 x 13.5. 0142004839
Four years expedition to the Pacific and Antarctica, led by Charles Wilkes, US Navy.
Vietnam Wooden Boat Foundation. Port Townsend, Washington State, USA. 2010. Reprint of the 2006 English original. Translated from the French edition of 1949, by Stéphanie Dumont. Preface to this reprint by Ken Preston. XIV, 132 PP, plus c. 140 pages with b/w illustrations: 1 map Côtes de l'Indochine, frontispiece with 6 figures, and 70 b/w plates (7 plates with 53 silhouettes, 23 plates with 77 figures, and 40 plates with drawings of sailing ships, with detailed drawings. All illustrations by the author. Stiff covers, pictorial front. Leaf 127/128 misbound. A near fine copy of the 1st US edition. 27.7 x 21.5.
Comprehensive study of the sailing vessels found on the coasts of the French Indochina Peninsula: Cambodia, Cochinchina, Annam, Tonkin, and Koupang de Fort-Bayard or Kouang-Tchéou-Wan (French enclave on Hainan Peninsula).
69404 PLOWMAN, Peter THE WHEELS STILL TURN - A History of Australian Paddleboats
$20.00 AUD
Kangaroo Press. Sydney. 1992. 1st Ed. 157 PP (3), with b/w illust. (maps and photos), plus 20 pages with 41 colour plates. Fp: P/S "Maid of Sker". Eps: 5 paddle-wheel steamers. Hard cover, dj. No marks or signatures and a fine copy. 29 x 22. 0864174284
Comprehensive overview of the role of paddle-steamers in each colony, overseas as well as colonial trade.
60589 PORT PHILLIP BAY MAKING THE MOST OF THE BAY - A Draft Plan for the Protection and Development of Port Phillip and Corio Bays
$10.00 AUD
Ministry for Planning and Environment. Melbourne. 1989. April 1989 edition. Foreword by Tom Roper. (6), 58 PP with 18 b/w figures (2 graphs and 17 maps), plus folded poster with colour illustrations (4 maps and 16 photos). Pictorial soft cover. Bayside Bulletin, Issue 6, April 1989, loosely inserted. Fine. 29.7 x 21.
22826 PORTS THE HISTORY OF PORT MACQUARIE
$10.00 AUD
Hastings District Historical Society. Port Macquarie. 1983. 3rd revised edition of the 1957 original. 64 PP with 1 graph, 1 plan (centrefold), 4 maps & plans, and 36 b/w illust. Pict. card cover. Fine. 17.8 x 11.8. 0959988629
Discovered 1818 and established as a penal settlement in 1821.
77637 PRIOR, David MARINERS ON THE MARGINS: Plundering Seals in Colonial Australasia
$60.00 AUD
Glass House Books / Interactive Publications Pty Ltd. Carindale, Qld. 2025 1st Ed. VI, 357 PP. Pictorial stiff covers. Dedicatory note on title page signed by the author. As new condition. 22.8 x 15.2. 9781922830852
Early days of the colony of New South Wales and birth of the Sealing Industry on the shores of Australia, New Zealand and the outlying islands of the Indian Ocean, the Pacific Ocean, as well as the Sub Antarctic Islands.
53177 PRITCHETT, Robert RIVER LIFE
$10.00 AUD
Albany Books. London. 1979. 1st Ed. 93 PP with 100 colour photos. Title spread: Hindu pilgrims, Gange river at Benares. Eps: waterfall, Iceland. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 28.5 x 21.7. 0861360400
77311 RADFORD, Graham RADFORD 1000 SERIES STEEL CRUISING YACHTS
$50.00 AUD
Graham Radford Yacht Design Pty. Ltd. Balgowlah, NSW. c. 1992 No pagination, 52 PP, (including the reprint of 5 pages "Crusing Helmsman") and with b/w illustrations (line drawings & plans, and 16 photos). Soft cover, title on front cover, clear plastic protection, spiral bound. Fine. 29.7 x 21.
58510 RAHS JOURNAL AND PROCEEDINGS - Vol XI, Part V, 1925
$15.00 AUD
Royal Australian Historical Society. Sydney. 1925. P.251-316 with 4 b/w illustrations including 2 maps. Soft cover. Slight ageing of paper, staples removed. Very good. 21.2 x 13.6.
D'Albertis' Exploration of the upper Fly River, by Leo Austen. The Gold-Diggers, by C. B. Newling, read before the Society 30 June 1925. Shepherds and Shepherding in Australia, by R. H. Gennys. Some Early Homes and Epitaphs, by Mrs. A. G. Foster, read before the Society, 30 September 1924. Image of back cover shows all contents and list of illustrations.
76311 RAN THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY
$5.00 AUD
Department of Defence / A.G.P.S. Canberra. 1989. 1st Ed. 36 PP with 33 silhouettes, 8 b/w and 36 colour photos. Title-page: R.A.N. Ensign. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 25 x 17.5. 064490821X
Australian Defence policy and the Royal Australian Navy in the 1990's and beyond.
75496 RANSOME, Arthur SECRET WATER
$10.00 AUD
Puffin Books / Penguin Group. London. c. 1990. 14 th reprint of the 1969 edition. 374, (8) PP with over 45 illustrations by Arthur Ransome. Soft covers, pictorial front. Fine. 18 x 11. 9780140304138
A novel.
76040 RANSOME, Arthur PETER DUCK - A Treasure Hunt in the Caribbees
$10.00 AUD
David R. Goldine. Boston. 2006. 6th printing, in the "Godine Storyteller" series of the revised edition of 1983, (original of 1932). 414 PP with b/w illustrations: 1 map on double page, head pieces, tail pieces, 21 drawings on full page, sketch plans of the "Wild Cat"... All illustrations by the author. Fp: The Adventurers set sail from Lowestoft. Soft covers, illustrated front. Stamp of the Maritime Museum of Tasmania on title page, otherwise a near fine copy. 20.3 x 14. 9780879236601
75628 REES, Jasper BLIZZARD: Race to the Pole
$10.00 AUD
BBC Books. London. 2006. 1st Ed. Foreword by Sir Ranulph Fiennes. 288 PP, plus 16 pages with 14 b/w illustrations (2 maps & 12 photos) and 18 colour photos. Hard covers, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 24 x 16. 9780563493266
Book published to accompany the television series "Blizzard" produced by Keo Films.
77560 REICH, Otto DIE BERGUNG DER "AVARE"
$250.00 AUD
Otto Reich Studio. Hamburg. 1922. 1st Ed. 24 plates: 1 "Content / Record" page and 23 b/w photos with "Studio" stamp in blind in lower right corner: "Otto Reich, Hamburg". Stiff covers, binding with a tie. Front cover with title, house flag in colour and photo of the Avare on 17/08/1922. Copy may be lacking 1 of the 24 plates called for. Edges of outside covers worn and repaired, a few corners of plates worn or chipped. A very good photographic record. Scarce. German text. Oblong: 23 x 30.5.
The passenger/cargo ship "Avare" of 4952 Net Register Tons & 8227 Gross Register Tons, of Lloyd Brasileiro, capsized in the Port of Hamburg on 16th June 1922, salvaged then and refloated on 17th of August 1922, by Bugsier, Reederei and Bergungs Aktingessellschaft.
77699 REYNOLDS, Earle and Barbara ALL IN THE SAME BOAT. An American Family's Adventures on a Voyage around the World in the Yacht Phoenix
$15.00 AUD
Arthur Barker. London. 1964. 1st UK edition. VIII, (2), 310 PP, plus 16 pages with 30 b/w photos. Eps: Map of the World with route of Phoenix. Hard cover, dj (price-clipped). Dust jacket with a few chips and/or small pieces missing. Dedicatory note and name on endpapers. Contents are near fine. 22 x 14.5.
Yacht built near Hiroshima. Calls in Hawaii, Tahiti, New Zealand, Australia ... Cocos-Keeling...
66268 RICHARDS, Rhys CAPTAIN CHARLES BAYLEY: Whaling Master 1813-1857
$20.00 AUD
Navarine Publishing. Hobart. 2014. 1st Ed. No. 65 in the Roebuck series. VI, 54 PP with 5 tables, 5 b/w illustrations (1 portrait, 2 paintings, 2 maps with insets and 4 photos) and colour illustrations (1 graph, 2 photos and 6 paintings). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 14.5. 9780992366025
76283 RN NAVY DAYS CHATHAM: May 28 & 29 1978 - Souvenir Booklet
$20.00 AUD
RN / Ministry of Defence (Navy). London. 1978 1st Ed. Foreword by Rear Admiral C. M. Bevan, Flag Officer Medway. 36 PP with 6 colour photos "The Royal Naval Supply School - HMS Pembroke", and 37 b/w illustrations. Back cover with "Plan of Open Days Area" (in colour). Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 24.2 x 18.5.
"Navy Open Days - Chatham"
76389 ROBERTS, Gail (editor) ATLAS OF DISCOVERY
$15.00 AUD
Aldus Books / Jupiter Books. London. 1973. 1st British edition, with an introduction by Sir Francis Chichester. 192 PP with charts, maps, paintings... Title spread (in colour): Ship on the discovery route to India. Eps: Map of Asia in the 1623 edition of the Mercator-Honduras Atlas. Hard covers, gilt title on spine, dj (Martin Behaim's Globe 1492). Previous owner's name on FFEP, foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise near fine. 31 x 21.5. 0490003001
Man's gradual discovery of the world with maps & text describing the discoverers, their motives & their explorations.
18140 ROBERTS-GOODSON, R. Bruce ILLUSTRATED CUSTOM BOATBUILDING
$10.00 AUD
Petersen. Los Angeles. 1980. 1st Ed. 191 PP with b/w illustrations: gdrawings, plans, sketches & photos. Pictorial soft covers with light wear. Very good. 27.5 x 21.
From the choice of the building site to the building itself: fiberglass, strip planking or plywood, steel or aluminium...
76488 ROBSON, R. W. (editor) PACIFIC ISLANDS YEAR BOOK 1944
$50.00 AUD
Pacific Publications. Suva. 1944. 5th (wartime) edition. 383 PP with tables and maps, plus 4 folded maps in colour (Pacific Ocean/Hawaii Islands, French Oceania, and the Bismarck Archipelago). FEP: The Wealth-Producer of the Pacific Islands: The Coconut Palm and what it gives to mankind. Hard cover, cloth spine. Spine reinforced at hinges. Ageing of paper, foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise contents near fine. 21.7 x 14.
Wartime edition.
40745 ROGERS, Stanley TALES OF THE FORE-AN-AFT
$15.00 AUD
George G. Harrap London. 1935. 1st edition, illustrated by the author. 264 PP with 100 b/w illustrations. Fp: Valkyrie III and Defender. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, gilt decoration on spine. Ageing of paper, foxing. Name of previous owner on front endpaper. Very good. 22.2 x 14.8.
Fishermen. Circumnavigators. Explorers. America's Cup... Lawbreakers. Lost ships.
21970 ROSE, Lyndon RICHARD SIDDINS OF PORT JACKSON
$10.00 AUD
Roebuck. Canberra. 1984. 1st Ed., Roebuck Society publication No. 38. IX, 152 PP plus 12 pages with 24 photos. FEP: Pacific Ocean. REP: Falkland & Shetland Islands. Hard cover, dj. Occasional foxing, o/wise very good. 24.5 x 17.5. 0909434026
An early sea captain & merchant trading out of Port Jackson in the early days of the Colony.
76909 ROSENFELD, Stanley A CENTURY UNDER SAIL - Selected Photographs by Morris Rosenfeld and Stanley Rosenfeld, Legendary Photographers of the America's Cup races
$20.00 AUD
Addison-Wesley Publishing Co. Reding, Mass. 1988. 1st paperback printing in July 1988 of the updated and expanded edition of 1984. Foreword by Emil "Bus" Mosbacher. XII, (2), 287 PP with over 200 b/w photographs. Stiff covers, pictorial front. Prize plate on half title page. Near fine. 30.5 x 25.5. 9780201079630
An updated edition of the 1984 original including the trials and races for the 1987 America's Cup.
18247 ROSS, John O. CAPT. F. G. MOORE, Mariner and Pioneer
$20.00 AUD
Wanganui Newspaper. Wanganui. 1982. 1st Ed. 178 PP with a facsimile of documents and 37 b/w illust. FEP: Map of the colony of New Zealand by Arrowsmith 1841. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 25.2 x 17.8. 0959763619
Biography of a master mariner, coastal trader, farmer, coal miner,... a pioneer of New Zealand.
76081 ROYAL NAVY THE ROYAL MARINES
$10.00 AUD
Pitkin Pictorials. London. 1971. 1st Ed., in the "Pride of Britain" series. 24 PP with 35 b/w and 11 colour iillustrations. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 22.8 x 17.6. 9780853724544
Pictorial story .
73061 SAINT LINE REEF KNOT (The House Magazine of The South American Saint Line) - 1949
$60.00 AUD
The South American Saint Line Ltd. London. 1949. 11 issues with original stiff covers (January to November 1949) + Report of Speches of 8th April 1949, bound together. A total of 280 PP with b/w illustrations (cartoons, comic strips, drawings, photos). Cloth covers, gilt title on front board and spine, outside edges tinted. Spine with few speckles, inside front hinge starting and reinforced. Contents complete and in near fine condition. A scarce item. 21.5 x 14.5.
Each issue with: a cartoon of an attractive lady, stories on associated shipping lines or local agencies. ... learn to speak Spanish. Issues of January and February with World War II losses: St. Lindsay & St. Glen, Ripley & St. Clears.
75652 SATTERFIELD, Archie WORKBOATS - An illustrated guide to Work Vessels from Bristol Bay to San Diego
$20.00 AUD
Sasquatch Books. Seattle, Wa. 1992. 1st Ed. (6), 120, (2) PP with b/w illustratons by Walt Crowley. Stiff covers, illustrated front cover. Fine. 21.5 x 21.5. 9780912365510
On the US West Coast.
75840 SCAMMELL, G. V. THE ENGLISH CHARTERED TRADING COMPANIES AND THE SEA
$10.00 AUD
Trustees of the National Maritime Museum. Greenwich. c. 1982. 1st Ed. Foreword by Basil Greenhill. 48 PP with 12 b/w illustrations. Soft covers, pictorial front. Near fine. Oblong. 15 x 21.
67989 SCHILDER, Gunter (editor) VOYAGE TO THE GREAT SOUTH LAND, Willem de Vlamingh 1696-1697
$60.00 AUD
Royal Australian Historical Society / The Australian Bank. Sydney. 1985. 1st English edition of the 1976 Dutch original, translated by C. De Heer. X, 259 PP, plus 28 pages with 38 b/w & colour illustrations. Fp (folded): Outline chart of the Western Coast of the South Land. FEP: Atlantic & Indian Ocean with route of Willem de Vlamingh in 1696-97. REP: First printed chart referring to De Vlamingh's Voyage, 1753. Hard cover (simile leather), gilt title on spine, dj. A fine copy. 24.5 x 16.5. 0909954097
Last large scale voyage of exploration undertaken by the Dutch East India Company (V.O.C.) to Tristan da Cunha, St. Paul, Amsterdam and the West Coast of Australia.
76882 SCOTT, Valerie G. (editor) THE MAP COLLECTOR. No. 74
$10.00 AUD
The Map Collector Publications Ltd. Tring, Hertfordshire. 1996. No. 74, Spring 1996. 72 PP with b/w and colour illustrations, and advertisements. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.7 x 21.
The mapping of New Guinea, by Robert Clancy. The World in Silk; embroidered globes of the Westtown School (a Quaker boarding school, close to Philadelphia), by Judith Tyner. The mystery of the 'Vinland Map' Manuscript Volume, by Kirsten A. Seaver. Hydrographic Office seal, by Andrew David. ...
76455 SEACRAFT POWER & SAIL SEACRAFT - Aquatic Magazine Covering the Australasian Waterfront. Vol. 7, No. 3, March 1950
$30.00 AUD
Hudson Publications. Sydney. 1950. Edited by Norman O. HUDSON & Jules FELDMAN. 137 - 204 PP with b/w illustrations throughout. Pictorial soft covers (Crew of "Suzanne II" in the last Sydney-Hobart). Near fine. 27.5 x 21.5.
World 18-footer title to New Zealand, January / February 1950. "Tassie Too" again scoops Pool, by Neall Batt... Gear & Gadgets.
76456 SEACRAFT POWER & SAIL SEACRAFT - Aquatic Magazine Covering the Australasian Waterfront. Vol. 7, No. 4, April 1950
$30.00 AUD
Hudson Publications. Sydney. 1950. Edited by Norman O. HUDSON & Jules FELDMAN. 205 - 272 PP with b/w illustrations throughout. Pictorial soft covers (Squadron 18-footer "Jenny Too", Sydney Harbour). Near fine. 27.5 x 21.5.
Race Round Port Phillip: Lady Nelson Trophy. The First "Tassie" by H.G. Taylor... Tasmania wrests title from S.A. ... Gear & Gadgets.
76457 SEACRAFT POWER & SAIL SEACRAFT - Aquatic Magazine Covering the Australasian Waterfront. Vol. 7, No. 5, May 1950
$30.00 AUD
Hudson Publications. Sydney. 1950. Edited by Norman O. HUDSON & Jules FELDMAN. 273 - 340 PP with b/w illustrations throughout. Pictorial soft covers (Splicing job for skipper of Robert Nettleford, RYCT). Very good. 27.5 x 21.5.
Bridge-to- bridge race, 1950. 2nd Brisbane-Gladstone Race. Another lone mariner, Alfred Petersen and his cutter "Stornaway". From all quarters. ... Gear & Gadgets.
76458 SEACRAFT POWER & SAIL SEACRAFT - Aquatic Magazine Covering the Australasian Waterfront. Vol. 7, No. 6, June 1950
$30.00 AUD
Hudson Publications. Sydney. 1950. Edited by Norman O. HUDSON & Jules FELDMAN. 341 - 408 PP with b/w illustrations throughout. Pictorial soft covers ("Trade Winds" sails down the Derwent). Very good. 27.5 x 21.5.
Sailing Indian style, by W. H. Kuhl. Metals have feuds, by E. L. Ellis. Deep-Sea navigation, by Shellback. Percy Coverdale, veteran Hobart boatbuilder, owner-skipper of the cutter "Winston Churchill" ... Gear & Gadgets.
Hudson Publications. Sydney. 1950. Edited by Norman O. HUDSON & Jules FELDMAN. 84 PP with b/w illustrations throughout. Pictorial soft covers with light wear (H.C. Taylor's 72-ft American yawl "Baruna"). Very good. 27.5 x 21.5.
Fitting "Her" Out. Famous British-built craft for Australian Market, built by Brooks Marine, a 25 ft cabin day launch withplans, Orthodox Eye-Splicing and a new 2-minute way, Marine Review 1950, Fast new racer for Sydney, 36ft sloop Chrunest ...
76460 SEACRAFT POWER & SAIL SEACRAFT - Aquatic Magazine Covering the Australasian Waterfront. Vol. 8, No. 3, October 1950
$30.00 AUD
Hudson Publications. Sydney. 1950. Edited by Norman O. HUDSON & Colin RyrieELDMAN. 153 - 220 PP with b/w illustrations throughout. Pictorial soft covers with light foxing (18-footer "Miss Jantzen", on Sydney Harbour). Near fine. 27.5 x 21.5.
World "Star class" Championships. Single-handed world circuits: Major George Lewis, an Englishman on "Sundowner": Sydney to the Falkland Islands and return via Cape of Good Hope / Australian doctor Ernest Alexander Joske on his ketch "Christine" from South Australia. Dragons, by Eric Strain. Mud-Crawler for Thames Estuary, by Maurice Griffiths, ...
76285 SENIOR, William THE HISTORY OF MARITIME LAW (No. 8 in the Maritime Miscellany series)
$15.00 AUD
Society for Nautical Research. Greenwich, UK. 1974. Reprint from "The Mariner's Mirror", Vol. 38, No. 4, November 1952. 260- 275 with endpiece. Soft cover, title on front cover, staples. Fine. 24 x 16.7.
75926 SETH, Ronald TWO FLEETS SURPRISED. The Story of the Battle of Cape Matapan, Mediterranean, March, 1941
$20.00 AUD
Geoffrey Bles. London. 1960. 1st Ed. Forewords by Admiral Angelo Iachino & Admiral Sir William James. XXI,201 PP with 9 sketch maps and diagrams, plus 8 pages with 13 b/w photos. Fp: Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham. Hard cover. Renewed endpapers, otherwise near fine. 22.2 x 14.5.
76090 SHIPLEY, Ropbert A JOURNEY THROUGH TIME - The Working Boats of the Yangtze River (in WoodenBoat Magazine No.122)
$10.00 AUD
WoodenBoat Publications. Brooklin, Maine. 1995. No. 122, February 1995. 144 PP. Contains article pages 46 to 53 with 4 sets of plans of Junks and Boats, and 12 colour illustrations (1 map of China and 11 photos). Pictorial soft covers. Very good. 27.6 x 21.7.
76007 SHIPPING REGISTER DANSK ILLUSTRERET SKIBSLISTE 1983
$25.00 AUD
Forlaget SeaPress Aps. Aarhus, Denmark. 1982. 1st Ed. 528 PP with advertisements and hundreds of b/w photos. Insisde covers: from Captain Peter Maersk Moller to A.P. Moller. Soft covers. Danish text (with Foreword and Title of section in English). Occasional foxing. Very good. 20 x 10.8.
Illustrated Danish List of Ships, up to 1 July 1982.
77450 SHIRLEY, Rodney W. THE MAPPING OF THE WORLD, Early Printed World Maps 1472-1700
$500.00 AUD
The Holland Press. London. 1983. 1st Edition. Volume 9 in the Holland Press Cartographica series. Foreword by Helen Wallis (Map Library / British Library). XLVI, (2), 670 PP with 18 colour plates, 423 b/w plates & b/w illustrations. Fp (in colour): Oronce World Map. Eps: People's of the World. Original cloth cover, gilt title on back label on spine, dust jacket. Bookplate of previous owner on verso of FFEP. Dust jacket with light shelf wear. A near fine copy of this scarce item. 33.5 x 23.5. 0946323038
A cartobibliographical study illustrating how the world map developed. From the earliest years of printing in the 1470's to the turn of the 17th century. A most comprehensive book of scholarly excellence.
77442 SKOTTOWE, Thomas THE SKOTTOWE MANUSCRIPT - Thomas Skottowe's Select Specimens from Nature of the Birds Animals &c. &c. of New South Wales (in two volumes)
$260.00 AUD
David Ell / Hordern House. Sydney. 1988. 1st published from the 1813 original manuscript, in a limited edition of 550 numbered copies (No. 400). Edited with an introductory essay by Tim Bonyhady, and a foreword by Sir David Attenborough. Volume Facsimile: No pagination, 110 PP with 29 plates in colour. FP: Natives of New South Wales. Title page: Aboriginal family group at camp. Bookplate of David Scott Mitchell. Volume Commentary: 78 PP with 35 b/w illustrations. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine and title on a vignette on front covers. Cloth cover slipcase. Fine. 30.7 x 19.3. 0908197837
Observations on the flora, the fauna as well as the Aboriginal by a Lieutenant of the 73rd (Highland) Regiment of Foot based in Newcastle, with accompanying illustrations by Richard Browne, a convict. 13 plates with 21 birds, 4 plates with 13 fishes, 1 plate with 5 reptiles, 2 plates with 14 butterflies, 1 plate with 25 insects...
48169 SLEIGHTHOLME, J. D. YACHT ROPES. The Marlow Standard Guide
$10.00 AUD
Marlow Ropes Ltd.. London. 1964. 2nd edition of the January 1964 original. 48 PP with b/w illustrations by Author. Pictorial soft cover. Signature of previous owner on title page. 17.7 x 11.5.
Morland E. Smith. Churchlands, W.A. 2015. 1st Ed. 430 PP with 33 tables and 370 figures in b/w or colour (family trees, documents, drawings, maps, paintings, photographs and portraits). Stiff covers, pictorial front. Fine. Scarce. 29.7 x 21. 9780980736014
An account of his life in England & Australia, and of his ancestors and descendants.
76574 SOCIETY FOR NAUTICAL RESEARCH MARINER'S MIRROR [THE]. The Journal of the Society for Nautical Research - Volume 76, Issue No. 1, February 1990
$15.00 AUD
Society for Nautical Research. Greenwich. 1990. Editor: Brian H. Dolley. (XII), (VIII), 96 PP with b/w illustrations. Soft cover. Near fine. 24 x 17.2.
Navigation and Astronomy Teachers in Scotland, by David Gavine. Medieval ship Graffito in the Palau Reial Major at Barcelona (with 3 b/w illustrations), by Lawrence V. Mott. The Turkish Imperial State Barges (pages 41 to 49 with 1 painting), by Douglas S. Brookes.
76575 SOCIETY FOR NAUTICAL RESEARCH MARINER'S MIRROR [THE]. The Journal of the Society for Nautical Research - Volume 83, Issue No. 1, February 1997
$15.00 AUD
Society for Nautical Research. Greenwich. 1997. Editor: Michael Duffy. 128 PP with b/w illustrations. Soft cover. Near fine. 24 x 17.2.
No. 1 - 18th Century Chinese Vessels at Canton: The Paintings at Skärva, Sweden (pages 21 to 40 with 4 tables and 6 of these paintings), by Jeremy Franks. Force H, and British Strategy in the Western Mediterranean 1939-42, by Michael Simpson.
77484 SOLOMON, Eli (compiler) SIR THOMAS STAMFORD RAFFLES - A Comprehensive Bibliography
$45.00 AUD
Singapore Resource Library / National Library Board. Singapore. 1997. 1st Ed. Edited by Alice Loh and Introduction by Ernest Chew. Foreword by R. Ramachandran. XXX, 168 PP with 1 family tree, 1 chronology of Raffle's life, 1 map of the Eastern Archipelagop, and 12 colour plates. Illustrated stiff covers. Near fine. 26 x 19. 997188559X
77539 SORENSEN, Anne C., BISCHOFF, Vibeke, JENSEN, Kenn and HENRICHSEN, Peter LADBY - A Danish Ship-Grave from Viking Age
$125.00 AUD
The Viking Ship Museum. Roskilde, DK. 2001. 1st edition. Volume 3 in the "Ships and Boats of the North" series. Foreword by Ole Crumlin-Pedersen, General Editor. 293 PP with tables and 208 b/w and colour figures (drawings & sketches, line drawings & plans, graphs, photos). Pictorial laminated boards. Attractive bookplate of previous owner on front endpaper. Fine. 29 x 25. 8785189440
Ladby I: The Ship-Grave by Anne C. Sorensen. Ladby II: The Ship by Vibeke Bischopp & Kenn Jensen. Ladby III: The preservation situation from 1934 to 1999, by Peter Henrichsen.
77618 SPILLETT, Peter THE DISCOVERY OF THE RELICS of H.M. Colonial Brig "Lady Nelson" and the Schooner "Stedcombe"
$25.00 AUD
Historical Society of the Northern Territory. Darwin. 1982. 1st Ed. X, 50 PP with 4 maps, 9 colour photos and 27 b/w illustrations (engravings and photos). Soft covers, pictorial front. Covers rubbed with creases and a short tear at head of spine. Contents are near fine. Scarce. Oblong: 21 x 28. 0959970215
Both vessels attacked and crew murdered, in 1825, by pirates of Babar and Tanimbar Islands, Arafura Sea.
75706 STAMMERS, Michael K. THE PASSAGE MAKERS
$100.00 AUD
Teredo Books. Brighton, Sussex. 1978. 1st Ed., with an introduction by Ross Osmond. XX, (2), 508 PP with 96 b/w & 22 colour illustrations. FEP: The meeting of the Vision and the Schomberg near the line. REP: Plan of the Liverpool and Birkenhead Dock Estate. Cloth cover, gilt device on front cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Dust jacket has a few chips and small piece missing at bottom on the back near the spine and is in a protective sleeve. An otherwise near fine copy of a now scarce item. 25 x 19. 090366206X
Sub-title: The history of the Black Ball Line of Australian Packets, 1852-1871; of the men who founded the Company and guided its fortunes; of their ships and captains, some of whom were amongst the most famous in the annals of Maritime History and many of which have received little notice, of the emigrants both in the days of the Gold Rush and afterwards, and of the other ventures of this outstanding Shipping Company, together with the background to its operation.
77511 STEWART, Harris B. Je & HENDERSON, J. Welles (editors) CHALLENGER SKETCHBOOK: B. Shephard's Sketchbook of the H.M.S. CHALLENGER Expedition 1872-1974
$35.00 AUD
Philadelphia Maritime Museum. Philadelphia. 1972 1st Ed. No pagination, 76 PP with 35 illustrations by B. Shepperd: 1 b/w and 34 watercolours (10 in b/w and 24 in colour). Card covers, illustrated front, cloth spine. Inside covers: sketch map of the Route of HMS Challenger in the Atlantic and the Southern part of the Indian Ocean with Ports of Call and locations of Sketches. Fine. Oblong: 24.2 x 30.3. 0913346012
Benjamin Shephard was a cooper on HMS Challenger between November 1872 and May 1874.
77537 STRAUSS, Barry THE BATTLE OF SALAMIS - THe Naval Encounter that Saved Greece and Western Civilization
$30.00 AUD
Simon & Schuster. New York. 2004. 1st Ed. XXII, 294 PP with b/w illustrations 16 maps and 4 b/ photos, plus 8 pages with 18 b/w photos. Fp: Athenian Oarsmen. Hard covers, dj. Fine. 24 x 16.5. 9780743244503
Circa 25th September in 480 BC. Defeat of the Persian Navy by an outnumbered Greek Navy.
72353 SUAREZ, Thomas EARLY MAPPING OF THE PACIFIC: The Epic Story of Seafarers, Adventurers, and Cartographers who Mapped the Earth's Greatest Ocean
$100.00 AUD
Periplus Editions. Singapore. 2004. 1st edition. 224 PP with 223 figures with b/w or colour illustrations. Half title page: Volvelle on a north polar projection. Fp (in colour): Islamic World Map. FEP: World map, circa 1700) by Frederic de Wit. REP: Physical Map of the Pacific, by Philippe Buache. Pictorial laminated boards and illustrated dj (front: Pacific Ocean, by Abraham Ortelius / back: North Pacific, by Joao Teixeira Albernatz). Dedicatory note on title page, signed by the author. Fine (as new condition). 31.3 x 22.8. 9780794400921
75917 SULLIVAN, Eric THE MARINE ENCYCLOPAEDIC DICTIONARY
$35.00 AUD
Lloyd's of London Press Ltd. London. 1992. 3rd edition of the 1980 original. X, 497 PP. Laminated pictorial boards. Neat stamp of the Australian Maritime College Library on outside page edges and at the bottom of a few pages, otherwise contents are fine. 25 x 17.
From A1: 100 A1 = Sea-Going ship & A1 First Class = in sheltered waters ... to: Zulu ... & Zymotic.
57684 SWAN, Epi KO TE NONU
$15.00 AUD
Learning Media / Ministry of Education. Wellington. 1995. 1st Ed. 32 PP with colour illustrations (8 diagrams by Barry Way, and 37 photos by Justine Lord). Pictorial soft cover. Text in Tokelauan. Fine. 24 x 18. 0478057318
Nonu = a paopao (traditional fishing canoe) from Nukunonu, Tokelau Archipelago.
Yamaha Osaka Cup '95 Promotion Council. Osaka. 1995. 1st edition limited to 2000 copies. 122 PP with colour illustrations (2 maps, 2 cutaways, 8 b/w and 117 colour photos). Hard cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj. Notice of Race Sail Osaka '97 and Entry Form loosely inserted. Japanese and English text. Fine. 30.2 x 21.5. 4807233033
Marinart/Kogan Page. London. 1977. 1st Ed. 380 PP with 29 pages indexing around 10,000 ships and some 4000 drawings (scale 200' to 1). Hard cover, dj. Vignette of the Seafarers Education Service on the inside front cover, otherwise a near fine copy. 30.2 x 21.6. 0904478327
Merchant vessels with engines and bridge: amidships & three-quarters aft.
69624 TAYLOR, Theodore BATTLE IN THE ARCTIC SEAS: The Story of Convoy PQ 17
$20.00 AUD
New York. 1976. Thomas Y. Crowell. 1st printing. (8), 151, (1) PP with 1 sketch plan, 1 map of the North Atlantic Ocean, and 11 illustrations by Robert Andrew Parker. Hard cover, dj. Ex library copy with renewed endpapers, sellotape marks on covers, stamp on verso of title page, shelf number at foot of spine of the dust jacket. Very good reading copy. 20.8 x 14. 0690010842
69553 THOMPSON, Les G. FIRE IN MY BELLY: an Australian autobiography and the story of "LLINASE", the largest catamaran in the world to be designed and built by one man
$100.00 AUD
Llinase Press. Lakes Entrance, Victoria. 2004. 1st Ed. (8), 345 PP with 2 colour photos and over 100 b/w illustrations (drawings, sketches, plans and photos). Card cover, title on colour photo pasted down on front cover. Brief details on book and author pasted down on back cover. Dedicatory note at top of page (3) signed by author. Fine. 20.9 x 14.9. . 0646434128
Catamaran built by a school teacher in Bunbury, WA. Sailing along Australian coasts. Wrecked Windy Harbour,
77623 TOBIN, Professor Harold J. OCEANOGRAPHY: Exploring Earth's Final Wilderness (Book + CD-ROM)
$50.00 AUD
The Great Courses / The Teaching Company. Chantilly, Virginia. 2011. 1st Ed. Course Guidebook: (2), VI, 347, (5 notes) PP with 67 b/w illustrations, a 7 page Timeline and an 11 page "Glossary". Pictorial soft covers. CD-ROM with 6 discs contained in a plastic container. A fine set of 2 items. 19 x 13.3. 9781598037890
Book with 36 lectures; No. 1: Diving in -The Ocean Adventure. ... No. 36: The future Ocean. CD-ROM, with 6 discs for the 36 lectures, each of 30 minutes.
75560 TOR, Emel Kemal Hakki (editor) FETHIYE
$15.00 AUD
Bakisan. Istanbul. 1990 1st English edition, translated by Aksal Tercüme. 80 PP with colour photos. Pictorial stff covers. Near fine. 22.5 x 16.5
Ancient city of Telmessos, most important in Lycia, part of Anatolia.
77504 TRIEBEL, L. A. & BATT, J. C. FRENCH EXPLORATION OF AUSTRALIA, with Special Reference to Tasmania
$85.00 AUD
Government Printer. Hobart. 1957. 1st Ed. Foreword in French by His Excellency Monsieur Renaud Sivan, French Ambassador to Australia (English translation on pages 93/94). 94, (2) PP, plus 12 pages with 5 maps or charts & 12 b/w illustrations. Cloth cover, dj. Dust jacket with repaired tears and in aprotective sleeve. Copy signed by both authors on title page, next to their name. Near fine. A scarce signed copy. 21.5 x 14.
Marion du Fresne, La Pérouse, D'Entrecasteaux, Baudin, Dumont d'Urville,..
75952 TSOURAS, Peter G. BRITANNIA'S FIST: From Civil War to World War - An Alternate History
$15.00 AUD
Potomac Books, Inc. Washington, DC. 2008. 1st Ed. Volume 1 of "The Britannia's Fist Trilogy" series. XXVI, 256 PP with 8 maps, plus 8 pages with 21 b/w illustrations. Hard covers, dust jacket. Near fine. 23.3 x 15.8. 9781574888232
Historical novel.
77062 UNCLES, Cristopher J. (compiler) LAST FERRY TO SKYE
$15.00 AUD
Richard Stenlake Publishing. Ochiltree, Ayrshire. 1995. 1st Ed. 96 PP with b/w illustrations: 1 advertisement, 1 map, 1 seal and 197 photos. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 27.2 x 21. 9781872074603
76367 VAN DER GRIJP, Paul ISLANDERS OF THE SOUTH: Production, kinship and ideology in the Polynesian Kingdom of Tonga
$50.00 AUD
KITLV Press. Leiden. 1993. 1st edition translated by Peter Mason. Publication No. 154. X, 264 PP with over 8 tables and b/w illustrations: 1 map of Tonga, 1 page "key to symbols", 25 diagrams, and 28 photos. Stiff covers, illustrated front cover. Fine. 24 x 16. 9067180580
76277 Van Der MERWE, Pieter (editor) HOOKING, DRIFTING and TRAWLING - 500 Years of British Deep Sea Fishing
$10.00 AUD
National Maritime Museum. Greenwich. 1986. July 1986 edition. No. 2 in the "Outstations" series. 40 PP with b/w illustrations: 1 map of "Fishing Ports of Britain", line drawings by John Stengelhofen and photos. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. Oblong: 14.8 x 20.8. 0905555996
77507 Van WIECHEN, Peter VADEMECUM VAN DE OOST- EN WEST-INDISCHE COMPANIE - Historisch-geografisch overzicht van de Nederlandse aanwezigheid in Afrika, Amerika, Azië en West-Australië vanaf 1602 tot heden
$40.00 AUD
Antiquariaat Gert Jan Bestebreurtje. Utrech. 2002. 1st Ed. 381 PP with hundreds of b/w illustrations (charts, drawings, prints paintings, photos), plus 16 pages with 95 colour photos. Hard cover, simile leather, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj. Dutch text. Fine. 24.6 x 17.5. 9789065810045
A guide to Dutch colonial History.
15559 VAUGHAN, Thomas, CROWNHART-VAUGHAN, E. A. P. & PALAU DE IGLESIAS, Mercedes VOYAGES OF ENLIGHTENMENT, Malaspina on the Northwest Coast 1791/1792
$15.00 AUD
Oregon Historical Society. Portland, Oregon. 1977. 1st Ed. VIII, (2), 62 PP with 46 b/w illustrations (maps, paintings, plans,...), plus 1 large folded plate of illustration No. 1 "Accoutrement; armament and defense equipment ... " with original Spanish texr on recto and English translatioin, on the verso (loosely inserted). Fp: Alejandro Malaspina. Pictorial stiff covers. Faint foxing. Fine. 22.7 x 20.5. 0875950582
77458 VILLIERS, A. J. BY WAY OF CAPE HORN
$25.00 AUD
Hodder and Stoughton. London. 1939. 3rd edition of the April 1930 original. Cheap edition in the Black Jacket Books series, with a new preface of 1938. 285 PP, plus 8 pages with 1 map on double page and 6 b/w photos by Ronald Gregory Walker and the author. Hard cover, dj, top edge tinted. Signature of previous owner on FFEP. Very good. 18 x 12.
77657 WACE, Nigel & LOVETT, Bessie YANKEE MARITIME ACTIVITIES AND THE EARLY HISTORY OF AUSTRALIA
$90.00 AUD
Research School of Pacific Studies / A.N.U. Canberra. 1973. 1st Ed. No. A/2 in the Aids to Research Studies, RSPacS, ANU. Foreword by Lady Hasluck. XIV, 131 PP with 5 figures in text (maps, graphs ..). Pictorial soft covers with a few light marks. Near fine. Scarce. 29 x 20.5. 0708108210
The visits to Australia of the China traders, sealers and whalers. (Table list of over 600 voyages ...).
20418 WALSH, Dorothy (Editor) THE ADMIRAL'S WIFE, Mrs. Phillip Parker King: A Selection of Letters 1817-56
$50.00 AUD
Hawthorn Press. Melbourne. 1967. 1st Ed. (XII), 147 PP plus 12 pages with 16 b/w illust. Fp: Miniature of Mrs. Phillip Parker King, née Harriet Lethbridge. FEP: Genealogical tree The King Pedigree. REP: The Lethbridge Pedigree - Launceston Branch. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine & front cover, dj. (price clipped). Fine. 24.8 x 17.5.
77477 WALTON, Thomas & KING, John STEEL SHIPS: Their Construction and Maintenance. A Manual for Shipbuilders, Ship Superintendents, Students, and Marine Engineers
$100.00 AUD
Charles Griffin & Co. London. 1936. 7th edition, revised by John King and enlarged (original of 1901). (2), XXIII, Part I: 72, (2) PP with tables and 34 figures + Part II: 270 PP with 187 figures (127 in text), plus 60 on folded plans. Blue cloth cover with title and decoration in blind on front cover and with gilt title on spine. Covers worn/frayed and rubbed around edges and hinges starting. Two names crossed out on inside front cover and at top of FFEP. Contents are complete and overall, this is a very good clean copy of a scarce item. 23.5 x 16.5.
Uitgeverij Atlas . Huizen, Netherlands. c. 1998. 1st Ed. No pagination, a 4 pages flyer with a total of 17 dividers and 96 cards with either b/w or colour photos on the recto, and on its verso: National flag, characteristics, plans, sketches and technical data. Loose condition. Dutch text. Fine. Format of cards: 25 x 20.
75956 WARSHIPS WARSHIPS - 118 MAXI CARDS (contained in a 3 ring binder)
$25.00 AUD
Atlas Editions. Wetherill Park, DC, USA. 1998. 1st Ed. 12 dividers and 118 laminated cards with either b/w or colour photos on the recto, and characteristics, National Flag, plans, sketches and technical data on the verso. Contained in a three-ring binder, illustrated covers. An incomplete run of 130 cards (12 dividers and 118 individual cards). Fine. 27 x 24.5.
22806 WATSON, Milton H. FLAGSHIPS OF THE LINE - A Celebration of the World's Three-funnel Liners
$10.00 AUD
Patrick Stephens. Wellingborough. 1988. 1st Ed. 184 PP with 21 head pieces (house-flags) and 180 b/w photos. FEP: Queen Mary departs from New York. REP: Docked in New York in September 1939 were Ile de France, Normandie, Queen Mary, Aquitania and Rex. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Faint foxing on outside edges. Near fine. 24.5 x 20.8. 0850599318
75672 WATTS, C. J. PRACTICAL YACHT CONSTRUCTION - The Construction, Rigging and Equipment of Wood Sailing and Auxiliary Yachts
$10.00 AUD
Robert Ross & Co. Ltd. London. 1947. 1st Ed. Foreword by C. A. Nicholson. 136 PP with 3 tables and 115 figures. Fp: "Yeoman" - a modern Ketch. FEP: Construction plan for 20 tons cutter (Fig. 42). REP: Plan of plumbing system for 80 tons, Auxiliary Sloop Yacht (Fig. 102). Cloth covers, gilt title on spine (dulled lettering). Contents near fine. 25.2 x 19.
76501 WETJEN, Albert Richard WAY FOR A SAILOR ! A Saga of the Steamship Era
$200.00 AUD
George Newnes Ltd. London. c. 1933. 1st edition in the Popular Series. 128 PP. Rebacked copy of this Popular edition. Blue cloth covers, gilt title on front board and spine. Original soft covers pasted down on front and rear endpapers. Dedicatory note on half title page, dated 1933 and signed by the author: "For Captain F.M. Riley - a Sailor & a Man from the author Albert Richard Wetjen". Foxing spots, heavy on first and last pages, otherwise a very good copy. A rare early edition. 21.8 x 14.5.
75495 WHELAN, Edmund (editor) THE YACHTSMAN'S LAWYER
$45.00 AUD
Royal Yachting Association. Eastley, Hampshire. 1989. 1st Ed. RYA G9 / 89. (8), 158, (2) PP. Stiff covers. Fine. 21 x 14.7.
77490 WILLIAMS, Glyndwr THE BRITISH SEARCH FOR THE NORTHWEST PASSAGE IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
$40.00 AUD
The Royal Commonwealth Society / Longmans. London. 1962. 1st Ed. XVI, 306 PP with 13 maps. Fp: Section of Cartesdes Nouvelles Découvertes au Nord de la Mer du Sud, 1752. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price clipped). Dust jacket with 2 repaired tears, a part torn at top of front, in a protective sleeve. Contents are near fine. 22 x 14.5.
James Knight and the Strait of Anian / Voyage of William Moor ... The Baffin Bay Expeditions and the Voyage of James Cook.
77665 WILLIS, Sam FIGHTING AT SEA IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY - The Art of Sailing Warfare
$45.00 AUD
The Boydell Press. Woodbridge, UK. 2012. Reprint of the 2008 original. XVIII, 254 PP with 9 sketch maps by Jamie Whyte, and 32 b/w illustrations. Title page with vignette "A warship with her studding sails set". Hard covers, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 24 x 16. 9781843833673
14778 WILLIS, William THE EPIC VOYAGE OF THE SEVEN LITTLE SISTERS
$10.00 AUD
Hutchinson. London. 1956. 1st UK edition (Book Society Recommendation). 244 PP with 8 charts and sketches, plus 32 pages with 43 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Foxing on outside edges. Very good. 21.5 x 14.5.
A 6700 mile voyage alone across the Pacific from Callao in Peru to Pago Pago in American Samoa.
77439 WILSON, Timothy FLAGS AT SEA
$40.00 AUD
HMSO / National Maritime Museum. Greenwich. 1986. 1st Ed. 127 PP with 108 b/w illustrations and 16 colour plates. FEP: Nelson's Signal at Trafalgar. REP: Marryat's Code & Commercial Code. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 24.5 x 18.7. 0112903894
"A guide to the flags flown at sea by British and some foreign ships, from the 16th century to the present day, illustrated from the collections of the National Maritime Museum".
76485 WINTON, John WE SAW THE SEA and DOWN THE HATCH
$15.00 AUD
The Companion Book Club. London. 1962. 1st Companion book club edition (reprint of 1960 & 1961 original). 320 PP. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price clipped). Top outside edge tinted. Light foxing spots on fore and bottom edge. Near fine. 20.5 x 13.5.
Novels: HMS Carousel in the Far East / HM Submarine Seahorse: Life of submariners.
77658 WOODBURN, Kathleen BACKWASH OF EMPIRE
$20.00 AUD
Georgian House. Melbourne. 1944. 1st Ed. 223 PP plus 30 pages with 51 b/w illust. Fp: Backwash of Empire. Eps: Map of the Western Pacific. Hard cover, cloth spine (sunned). Signature and date of previous owner on title page. Covers a little soiled and worn at corners. Very good. 21.7 x 14.5.
A voyage in the 1930's through the New Hebrides and a stay on the island of Erromango.
76471 WORCESTER, G. R. G. NOTES ON THE CROOKED-BOW AND CROOKED-STERN JUNKS OF SZECHWAN
$500.00 AUD
The Stastistical Department of the Inspectorate General of Customs. Shanghai. 1941. 1st Ed., No. 52 in The Maritime Customs, III, - Miscellaneous series. Prefatory Note by F. W. Maze, Inspector General of Customs. (X), 82 PP with 3 colour illustrations and 5 figures, 5 in b/w illustrations, 7 figures and 16 b/w plate, plus 1 folded map, and 12 b/w plates (including 2 folded plans, 2 plates and 9 b/w photos). Fp: On the Yentsingho. Green moire covers, gilt title on front with a cloth spine. Covers with minimal wear (a little bumped at corners) and binding is tight. Compliments Card by Sir Frederick Maze, pasted down on inside of front cover which has a small rubbed patch. A near fine copy and quite scarce. 28.3 x 22.2.
71233 WRAY MCCANN, Hugh UTMOST FISH
$40.00 AUD
Heinemann. London. 1966. 1st edition. (12), 324 PP. Hard cover, glit title on spine, dj (price clipped). Signature of previous owner on FFEP, a few foxing spots on top outside edge, o/wise near fine. 22 x 15
Historical novel on: The Naval African Expedition of 1915-1916. 2 Royal Navy motor-boats "Mimi" and "Toutou" epic journey through Africa, from Capetown to the Belgian fort of "Lukuga" by train, non-existent roads and rivers, to attack 3 German gunboats on Lake Tanganyka. Title "Utmost Fish": the command term used to launch all torpedoes simultaneously at the target.
76815 WRIGHT, Patrick THE RIVER - The Thames in Our Time
$15.00 AUD
BBC. London. 1999. 1st Ed. 224 PP with 1 location map, 1 map, 27 b/w and 48 colour illustrations (woodcut, painting, photos). Hard covers, dj. Fine (as new). 25.5 x 19.5. 9780563384786
77266 WWI WE WILL REMEMBER THEM - The Men from Taroona - Kingston - Blackmans Bay who enlisted for Service in World War I
$10.00 AUD
Browns River History Group. Kingston, Tasmania. 2015. 1st Ed. 70 PP with 55 b/w illustrations (documents, drawings, medats, newspaper clippings, portraits and photos). Stiff cover. Fine. 21 x 14.8.
77267 WWI WE WILL REMEMBER THEM - The Men from The Channel who enlisted for Service in World War I
$10.00 AUD
Channel Heritage Centre. Margate, Tasmania. 2015. 1st Ed. (2), 146 PP with 45 b/w illustrations (portraits and photos). Stiff cover. Fine. 21 x 14.8.
18328 WYSS, Max Albert MAGIC OF THE SEA
$10.00 AUD
The Viking Press. New York. 1971. 1st English edition, translated from the 1968 German original by Maureen Oberli-Turner. 86 PP with b/w & colour illustrations. Hard cover, dj. Name of previous owner on front endpaper. Occasional foxing, o/wise near fine. 28.5 x 23. 067044992X
The boundless drama of the sea: coast & harbours, the discoverers or argonauts, the lure of the deep.
48034 YOUNG, John M. (editor) SERVICE TO AUSTRALASIA - The ships of the New Zealand Shipping Co. and the Federal S.N. Co. from 1883 to 1971
$10.00 AUD
Shipping - Today & Yesterday. London. 2001. 1st Ed. 8 PP with 7 b/w photos and 4 colur illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 29.8 x 21.
