53284 AAMH THE GREAT CIRCLE: Journal of the Australian Association for Maritime History - Volume 13, Nos. 1 & 2, 1991
$20.00 AUD
Australian Association for Maritime History. Armidale. 1991. Vol. 13, 1991. Edited by G.R. HENNING. No. 1: 72 PP with 6 tables, 4 photos, 3 maps. No. 2: 73-140 PP with 1 map and 13 figures. Soft cover, illustrated front. Very good. 24 x 16.3.
No. 1: The birth of the Java Australia Line, by J. à Campo. The cruise of the Kingston and the Elligwood in 1800..., by Rhys Richards. 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...
73332 APTHORPE, Graham THE MAN INSIDE ... The Bloodiest Outbreak
$25.00 AUD
Big Sky Publishing. Newport, NSW. 2019. 1st Ed. Foreword by Professor Peter Stanley. X, 183, (1) PP, plus 16 pages with 12 b/w illustrations (1 plan and 11 photos) and 8 colour illustrations (1 map with location map and 7 colour photos). Pictorial soft covers. Faint foxing. Near fine. 23 x 15.2. 9781922265463
Breakout from Cowra Prisoner of War Camp on 5th August 1944 resulting in the death of 234 Japanese escapees.
72504 ASPINALL-OGLANDER, Cecil ROGER KEYES - Being the Biography of Admiral of the Fleet Lord Keyes of Zeebrugge and Dover
$20.00 AUD
The Hogarth Press. London. 1951. 2nd Impression of October 1951. XV, 478 PP with 5 maps and plans, plus 10 plates with 11 b/w illust. Fp: Roger Keyes: from the portrait by de Laszlo, 1923. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, price-clipped dust jacket which is in a protective mylar sleeve. Light foxing on outside page edges, name of previous owners at top of FFEP, o/wise contents near fine. 22.5 x 14.8.
Boxer uprising, relief of Peking legations... Gallipoli landings...
72632 AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE FOR MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY (AIMA) THE BULLETIN OF THE AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE FOR MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY - Volume 22, 1998
$30.00 AUD
AIMA / Australian Institute for Maritime Archaeology. Sydney. 1998. Edited by Jeremy GREEN & Myra STANBURY. 138 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, maps and photos). Pictorial soft cover. Signature of previous owner at top of title-page, o/wise near fine. 29.8 x 21.
Papers from the 17th International Conference "The Maritime Archaeology of Long Distance Voyaging". Includes: Maritime craft in the Maldives, by M. H. Maniku. The Janggolan, by N. Burningham. ... Wreck of the British frigate HMS Sirius (1797) in Mauritius, by Yann von Arnim. ...
72858 Australian Nature Conservation Agency REPORT OF THE WORKSHOP ON SCIENTIFIC AND VETERINARY ACTIVITIES AT CETACEAN STRANDINGS, Jervis Bay Territory, 1996
$45.00 AUD
Wildlife and Marine Management / Biodiversity Group of Environment Australia. Canberra. 1997. Report June 1997. 207 PP with tables and b/w illustrations. Soft covers, illustrated front, clear plastic protection, staples. Fine. 29.7 x 21.
Workshop held 1-3 May 1996 at Jervis Bay National Park.
72629 BARBER, Mark THE BRITISH FLEET AIR ARM IN WORLD WAR II
$25.00 AUD
Osprey Publishing. Oxford. 2008. 1st Ed. 64 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings and photos) and artwoks in colour by S. Walch & M. Postlethwaite on covers and on P.33 to 40. Pictorial stiff covers. Neat Ex Libris stamp of previous owner on title-page, o/wise fine. 24.8 x 18.5. 9781846032837
72813 BARRIE, David INCREDIBLE JOURNEYS: Exploring the Wonders of Animal Navigation
$35.00 AUD
Hodder & Stoughton / Hachette. London. 2019. 1st paperback edition. (10), 323, (3) PP with 14 b/w illustrations (diagrams, sketch maps). Pictorial stiff covers. Newspaper review, by Andrew Holgate, loosely inserted. New. 23.4 x 15.3. 9781473656833
53420 BATT, Gordon (editor) MARINE MODELLING - December 1989
$5.00 AUD
Traplet Publications. Malvern, Worcestershire. 1989. Issue, December 1989. 66 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 29.7 x 21.
Riverside Battleship: the Monitor in Vietnam, by Al Ross II. XSV Loyal Mediator... Marina Militaire 1989, Modern Italian Navy, by Kevin Holmes...
71827 BATY, Scott SHIPS THAT PASSED
$40.00 AUD
Reed Books. Sydney. 1984 1st Ed. 328 PP with b/w illust. Fp: P & O Liner "Oriana". Ep: Oriana passing the Chandris liner "Australis". Hard cover, dj. Light shelf wear at bottom edge, o/wise a fine copy. 28.5 x 21.5. 0730100081
Salute to six decades of international passenger shipping service in Australasian waters. A pictorial roll-call of these liners.
21367 BAX, Allan E. AUSTRALIAN MERCHANT SHIPPING, 1788-1849 [in Journal and Proceedings RAHS]
$25.00 AUD
Royal Australian Historical Society. Sydney. 1952. Volume XXXVIII, Part VI, (published in March 1953). Article from P.249 to 284 with 4 b/w illustrations. Soft cover, tile on front cover. Very good. 20.9 x 13.8.
Paper read before the Royal Australian Historical Society in April 1952: on bay whaling then offshore whaling, coastal and inland trade...
73344 BEAGLEHOLE, J. C. THE JOURNALS OF CAPTAIN JAMES COOK ON HIS VOYAGES OF DISCOVERY (in 4 volumes and a portfolio)
$2200.00 AUD
Hakluyt Society. Cambridge. 1968, 1969, 1967, 1967, 1974 & 1955. 2 reprints & 3 original editions. Volume I (Reprint of the 1955 original): CCLXXXIV, (2), 696 PP with 12 b/w illustrations in text, plus 9 folded plates (1 plan, 7 maps & 1 facsimile) and 32 pages with 35 b/w illustrations. Fp (in colour): Portrait of Captain Cook by Nathaniel Dance, 1776. Volume II (reprint of the 1961 original): (4), CLXX, 1028 PP with 22 b/w illustrations in text, plus 2 folded maps, 6 folded plates and 52 pages with 67 b/w illustrations. Fp (in colour): The Resolution, by Henry Roberts. Volume III (original edition in 2 parts) - Part one: CCXXIV, 718 PP with 13 sketch maps, plus 2 folded maps, 5 folded plates and 64 pages with 75 b/w illustrations. Fp (in colour): Portrait of Captain Cook by John Webber. Part two: VIII, 721-1647 PP with 1 sketch map, plus 1 large folded map at end of volume and 10 plates with 11 b/w illustrations. Fp: Silhouette David Samwell. Volume IV (original edition): XII, 760 PP with 4 sketch maps in text, plus 1 large folded map, 3 colour plates and 30 pages with 47 b/w illustrations. Fp (in colour): Captain James Cook by Nathaniel Dance, 1776. Top edge tinted. Portfolio "Charts & Views", edited by R.A. Skelton (original edition): VIII PP, plus 68 Charts and Views (some of them folded) drawn by Cook and his Officers. Each volume with cloth covers, gilt device on front boards, gilt title on spine, dj. Dust jacket of Volumes I & II price clipped. Dust jacket of Volume IV with a faded spine and light insect damage on the lower part of flaps. Ageing of some of the dust jackets and a rubbed patch on Volume III (Part one). All volumes and portfolio have dust jackets and they are in plastic protective sleeves. Ageing of paper and occasional foxing, mainly on outside edges and some of the endpapers. Still a very good complete set. More images available upon request. This is a heavy item and postage will be higher than usual. Please ask for a quote. Volumes: 24.7 x 16.5, and Portfolio: 39.5 x 26.
Complete set published by the Hakluyt Society, Volume I: The Voyage of the Endeavour, 1768-1771, with the 1968 Addenda and Corrigenda. Volume II: The Voyage of the Resolution and Adventure, 1772-1775, with 1969 Addenda and Corrigenda. Volume III: The Voyage of the Resolution and Discovery, 1776-1780, with the 1973 addendum "Cook and the Russians". Volume IV: The Life of Captain James Cook. Portfolio: "Charts & Views".
18275 BEISER, Arthur THE SAILOR'S WORLD
$10.00 AUD
Ridge Press Book. New York. c. 1971. 1st Ed. 251 PP with 79 b/w & 103 colour photos by Stanley Rosenfeld. Cloth cover, dj (price clipped). Stamp of previous owner on free endpaper, occasional foxing, o/wise very good. 28 x 22. 0600380408
Every aspect of sailing & the world of the sailor: the boat, racing, weather, navigation, seamanship,... cruising & ocean passage.
73119 BENNETT, A. G. WHALING IN THE ANTARCTIC
$60.00 AUD
Wm. Blackwood & Sons. London. 1931. 3rd impression in December 1931 of the May 1931 original. X, 222 PP, plus 24 b/w plates. Blue cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Front cover with light speckles. Light foxing on outside edges. Neat stamp of previous owner on front endpaper and signatures of previous owners on verso of front endpaper. Contents clean and still a very good copy. Scarce. 20.5 x 14.5.
The modern whaling industry, based on 13 years' experience including 4 with the whaling fleet operating in Antarctic waters from shore base or floating factory.
72661 BENNETT, Richard ISLANDS OF TASMANIA
$30.00 AUD
Richard Bennett. Kingston, Tasmania. 2006. 1st Ed. Foreword by Honourable William J.E. Cox. No pagination, c. 160 PP with 2 b/w photos and colour illustrations: 1 map with 2 insets & over 150 colour photos. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 30.5 x 23.3. 9780957811041
68924 BEVAN, Justin & BARCLAY, Ryan (editors) FOAM SYMMETRY - Volume 4, Number 4, 2015
$10.00 AUD
Foam Symmetry. Sydney. 2015. Issue 16: Vol. 4, No. 4, September 2015. 100 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.5 x 22. 9771839725006
Surf & Surfing.
40422 BLAKE, George B.I. CENTENARY 1856-1956
$20.00 AUD
Collins. London. 1956. 1st Ed. 272 PP, plus 16 plates with 22 b/w illustrations. Fp: Statue of Sir William McKinnon. Cloth cover, dj (a few chips, closed tears and a small piece missing). Foxing spots on outside edges and some pages, o/wise near fine. 21.5 x 14.8.
The British India Steam Navigation Company Limited, created to carry mail between Calcutta and Rangoon to become, in 1922, the largest merchant fleet in the world.
73091 BOYD, Andrew THE ROYAL NAVY IN EASTERN WATERS - Linchpin of Victory 1935-1942
$45.00 AUD
Ridge Books / NUS Press / National University of Singapore. Singapore. 2017. 1st Ed. Foreword by N.A.M. Rodger. XXI, 538 PP with 4 maps and 10 tables, plus 16 pages with 30 b/w illustrations (1 painting and 29 photos). Stiff covers, pictorial front. Fine (mint condition). 23.3 x 15.5. 9789814722667
63938 BOYER, Peter SOUTHERN QUEST: A Journey of Discovery for Australian Antarctic Science
$20.00 AUD
Antarctic CRC / Cooperative Research Centre for Antarctica and the Southern Ocean. Hobart. 2003. 1st Ed. Foreword by Dr. Tony Press. 97, (3) PP with colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. Oblong: 22 x 28.5. 1875796274
72851 BRABYN, Mark W. AN ANALYSIS OF THE NEW ZEALAND WHALE STANDING RECORD
$25.00 AUD
Department of Conservation / Te Papa Atawhai. Wellington. 1991. 1st Ed. No. 29 in the Science & Research series. Foreword by R.M. Sadleir. (6), 47 PP with 6 tables and 17 figures (maps, graphs). Soft covers, illustrated front with a clear plastic protection. Fine. 29.7 x 21. 0478012756
19151 BRADFORD, Ernle THE MIGHTY HOOD
$15.00 AUD
Coronet. London. 1977. 4th impression by Coronet of the 1959 original. 224 PP with 1 ship plan, 1 table & 2 maps. Paperback. Very good. 17.8 x 11.
The life and death of the Royal Navy's proudest ship.
72764 BROOKES, Mabel RIDERS OF TIME
$20.00 AUD
Macmillan of Australia. Melbourne. 1967. 1st Ed. XIV, 217 PP with 36 illustrations by Harold Freedman, and 39 b/w photos. Fp: Building the Briars Homestead. Cloth covers, gilt title on spine, dj. Foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise very good clean copy. 24 x 16.8.
Australia: exploration, settlement...
73034 BROWER, Kenneth WAKE OF THE WHALE
$15.00 AUD
Friends of the Earth. San Francisco. 1979. 1st edition with an introduction by Sidney Holt. 160 PP with b/w & colour photos by W.R. Curtsinger. Fp. Illustrated endpapers. Green cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj (price clipped). Repaired short tear at top of dust jacket. Fine. Format: 35 x 26.5. 0525229507
A pictorial plea on behalf of the whales, dolphins & other sea mammals.
73170 BROWN, Bob GREEN NOMADS: Across Australia's Wild Heritage
$80.00 AUD
Hardie Grant Books. Melbourne. 2015. 1st Ed. 240 PP with colour photos by the author. Hard cover, colour illustrations on front and back boards, dj. Ccpy signed by the author on half title page, and with a dedicatory note to the previous owner dated and and signed by the author on title page. Fine. 25 x 21. 9781743790786
A "Bush Heritage" tour: Randalls Bay and Oura Oura cottage by the Liffey River, in Tasmania, then to the backblocks of Eastern Australia.
33890 BROWN, Charles H. METEOROLOGY FOR MASTERS AND MATES
$15.00 AUD
Brown, Son & Ferguson. Glasgow. 1949. Revised reprint of the 1937 edition (8th). IX, 240 PP with tables and 102 figures (drawings, sketches and photos), plus 6 folded plates (1 with 11 photos of cloud forms). Cloth cover. Spine sunned, some foxing, name of previous owner on front endpaper. Very good. 21.5 x 14.
The atmosphere, instruments... tropical cyclone... Glossary (P. 197-219).
73195 BROWN, Charles H. NICHOLLS'S SEAMANSHIP AND NAUTICAL KNOWLEDGE For Second-Mates', Mates' & Masters' Examination
$20.00 AUD
Brown, Son & Ferguson. Glasgow. 1949. April 1949 reprint of the 18th edition of 1938. (28), 710 PP with 6 colour illustrations, and hundred of b/w illustrations (drawings, sketches, photos), plus 5 plates with colour illustrations (buoyage and signals) in text and 1 folded capacity plan at rear of book. Fp: Wheelhouse. FEP: 11 Motor on Steam Ships, REP: 12 Sailing Ships. Cloth covers with wear and soiling, title in blind on front cover, gilt title on spine (dulled). Signature of previous owners on FEP. Small repaired closed tear on one page, o/wise contents are near fine. Image shows title-page and frontispiece. 21.2 x 14.5.
73200 BROWN, S. G. Manual of the BROWN GYRO COMPASS Type A, Equipment
$50.00 AUD
S. G. Brown Ltd. Watford, Herts. c. 1950. 1st Ed. 34 PP with 8 tables and 13 b/w figures (drawings, sketches and photos), plus 3 folded plates (figures 10, 11, 12 and 13). FEP: Oiling chart for the Brown type A Gyro Compass (figures 10 & 12). REP: Schematic Wiring Diagram (figure 11). Brown limp covers, gilt title on front cover (dulled). Contents near fine. Scarce. 24 x 18.7.
73139 BROXAM, Graeme SHIPWRECKS OF TASMANIA'S WILD WEST COAST
$75.00 AUD
Navarine Publishing. Canberra. 1993. 1st Ed. No. 44 in the Roebuck Books series. Foreword by Jack Loney. XXX, 471 PP with b/w illustrations (plans, maps, portraits, photos). Stiff covers, pictorial front. Creases on the lower corner of the front cover, and spine. Back cover rubbed. Title page with name of previous owner at top and signed by the author. Very good. 24.8 x 17.6. 0646163817
Includes the wreck of the schooner Grondy late 1815, a study of the total wrecks, strandings, boating disasters... the hulks at Strahan, flotsam & jetsam.
31116 BRUCE, Erroll DEEP SEA SAILING
$15.00 AUD
Hutchinson's Scientific and Technical Publications. London. 1954. November 1954 reprint of the November 1953 original. XIV, 15-244 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. Cloth cover (marked and worn on the spine). Name of previous owner on front endpaper, some foxing. Very good. 23.5 x 15.5.
Planning a cruise, fitting and equipment, maintenance... Safety at sea... Storm at sea.
72646 BRYER, Robin JOLIE BRISE, A Tall Ship's Tale
$25.00 AUD
Secker & Warburg. London. 1982. 1st Ed. XIII, 255 PP with b/w illust. in text plus 16 pages with 31 b/w photos. Hard covers a little cocked, dust jacket in a protective sleeve. Ex-library copy with a few stamps, o/wise a very good clean copy. 24.5 x 16. 0436071819
The career of this famous ship, built as pilot cutter in Le Havre in 1913.
53992 BUCHANAN, Stuart THE LIGHTHOUSE KEEPERS
$45.00 AUD
Coral Coast Publications. Brisbane. 2005. 3rd paperback reprint of the 1994 original. VI, 268 PP with 1 map, plus 40 pages with 141 colour photos & 14 pages with facsimile copy of the first issue of "Instructions to Lightkeepers, 18/01/1917". Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 24.8 x 17.5. 9780646184586
Souvenirs of life on some light stations of the Queensland coast in the 1970's & 1980's.
68672 BUCHANAN, Stuart LIGHTHOUSE OF TRAGEDY
$50.00 AUD
Coral Coast Publications. Brisbane. 2006. 3rd reprint of the 1999 original. VIII, 243 PP profusely illustrated with b/w & colour plates, maps and diagrams. Pictorial laminated card covers with return flaps. Signed dedicatory note from the author. Near fine. 24.8 x 17.5. 095864330X
The Story of Bustard Head Lighthouse, Queensland's First Coast Light.
72998 BUCK, Anita Albrecht STEAMBOATS ON THE ST. CROIX
$45.00 AUD
North Star Press of St. Cloud, Inc. St. Cloud, Minnnesota. 1990. 1st Ed. VI, 170 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial stiff covers. Spine lightly sunned, o/wise fine. 28 x 21.5. 087839060X
Steamboating the waters (River and Lake) of St Croix, Mississippi Basin, between the 1850s and the 1920s
48798 CALLEGARI, Dennis COOK'S CANNON AND ANCHOR, The Recovery and Conservation of Relics from H.M.B. Endeavour
$25.00 AUD
Kangaroo Press. Sydney. 1994. 1st Ed. 96 PP with 47 b/w illust. (1 map, 4 engravings, 4 plans, 8 sketches & 33 b/w photos) plus 8 pages with 14 colour photos. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 24.6 x 18.8. 0864176449
The loss, recovery and conservation of the anchor and cannons jettisoned in 1770 from the Endeavour in order to refloat her after running aground.
73060 CANNON, Jack MY WAR, More than 150 Epic Events of World War 2
$35.00 AUD
The Sun News-Pictorial. Melbourne. 1990. 1st Ed. Foreword by Colin Duck, Editor. VII, 220 PP, (7 epilogue by Bruce Buxton, RSL) with b/w illustrations (cartoons of "Bluey & Curley", by Alex Gurney), plans and maps, sketch maps, photos...). Stiff covers, pictorial front (illustration by Robert Fidgeon). Slight ageing of paper. Near fine. 39.7 x 27.7. 9781863370189
Saturday 2nd September 1939 to Wednesday 15th of August 1945.
72724 CARVER, Robert PARADISE WITH SERPENTS - Travels in the Lost World of Paraguay
$15.00 AUD
Harper Perennial. London. 2007. 1st paperback edition. (8), 376 PPwith 1 map of Paraguay and a location map. Stiff covers, illustratd front. Slight ageing of paper and foxing spots on outside edges. Very good. 19.7 x 13. 9780002570961
73232 CATALA, René L. A. CARNIVAL UNDER THE SEA
$30.00 AUD
Editions R. Sicard. Paris. 1964. 1st English edition, with foreword by Jean Rostand and preface by Louis Fage. 142 PP with 48 b/w illustrations, plus 1 plate with a sketch map in colour of "Australasia", and 27 plates with 105 colour photos. Navy blue cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj with a few chips and light foxing. A colour plate for subscribers, loosely inserted. Printed on art paper (glossy). Occasional foxing on top outside edge. Near fine. 27.6 x 20.4.
The marine biology station & aquarium of Nouméa: their research on coral.
31856 CHANT, Christopher (compiler) An Illustrated Data Guide to BATTLESHIPS OF WORLD WAR II
$10.00 AUD
Tiger Books. London. 1997. 1st Ed. 77 PP with 6 colour illust. by the author, and 3 colour & 22 b/w photos. Pictorial laminated boards. Fine. 22 x 12. 1855018578
30540 CHESNEAU, Roger AIRCRAFT CARRIERS OF THE WORLD, 1914 TO THE PRESENT. An Illustrated Encyclopedia
$25.00 AUD
Arms and Armour Press. London. 1984. 1st Ed. 288 PP with over 400 photos and line drawings. Half title page: Pegasus launching a Beardmore W.B. III. Title spread: Hermes returning from her duties in the South Atlantic, 19 October 1982. Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing, o/wise near fine. 25.4 x 25. 085368636X
71880 CHESTER, Alan THE CYGNET ADVENTURE
$5.00 AUD
Weldon Publishing. Sydney. 1991. 1st paperback copy of the 1984 original, in the Real Books series. (6), 264, (2) PP with 1 map. Pictorial soft cover. Slight ageing of paper on outside edges. Near fine. 18 x 11. 9781863021586
A novel : the first voyage of William Dampier on the shores of Australia on the privateer ship Cygnet.
21588 CHESTERTON, D. Ridley BRITISH COASTAL SHIPS
$15.00 AUD
Ian Allan. London. 1966. 1st Ed. 80 PP with 53 b/w photos. Pictorial (M.V. Free Enterprise II) soft cover. Fine. 18.5 x 12.5.
Coastal Passenger and Cargo Ships of over 200 GRT under the British or Irish flags.
47999 CLENDINNEN, Inga DANCING WITH STRANGERS
$15.00 AUD
Text Publishing Company. Melbourne. 2003. 1st Ed. (XII), 324 PP with 1 map on double page + 2 insets (location maps), and 1 drawing (black swan), plus 8 pages with 1 b/w and 9 colour illustrations. Illustrated front endpaper. Hard cover, dj. Slight ageing of paper. Near fine. 24 x 16. 1877008583
45196 COLES, Adlard & STEWART, A. J. MERCHANT SHIPS: WORLD BUILT, Vessels of 1000 tons gross and over completed in 1964 - Volume XIII
$20.00 AUD
Adlard Coles & John de Graff. London & New York. 1965. 1st Ed., Volume XIII, 1965. 176 PP with tables & b/w illust. (photos & plans). Fp: Methane Princess. Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing. Near fine. Oblong: 14.5 x 22.5.
73488 COLES, Adlard & STEWART, A. J. MERCHANT SHIPS: WORLD BUILT, Vessels of 1000 tons gross and over completed in 1964 - Volume XIII
$15.00 AUD
Adlard Coles & John de Graff. London & New York. 1965. 1st Ed., Volume XIII, 1965. 176 PP with tables & b/w illust. (photos & plans). Fp: Methane Princess. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket has been laminated and glued to the endpapers. Contents near fine. Oblong: 14.5 x 22.5.
72663 COLLINS, David & CURREY, John A VOYAGE TO ESTABLISH A SETTLEMENT AT PORT PHILLIP
$25.00 AUD
Banks Society / Colony Press. Melbourne. 2002. 1st edited from the despatches of David Collins and John Currey. 40 PP with 4 b/w illustrations, plus 2 b/w plates. Fp: Camp at Port Phillip. Pictorial soft covers. Fine. 21 x 15. 0949586145
72800 COLNETT, Captain James A VOYAGE TO THE SOUTH ATLANTIC AND ROUND CAPE HORN INTO THE PACIFIC OCEAN, for the purpose of extending the Spermaceti Whale Fisheries...
$65.00 AUD
N. Israel. Amsterdam. 1968. Facsimile reprint of the 1798 original. No. 36 in the Bibliotheca Australiana series. (2), IV, XVIII, 180 PP, plus 1 portrait of Sir Philip Stephens and 9 folded plates (2 coastal views, 6 maps & 1 of a physeter or spermaceti whale). Simile vellum, gilt title on blue vignette (front cover & spine), clear plastic protection (repaired at back). Foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 26 x 20.
Captain Colnett, on board the "Rattler" after rounding the Horn, visited the Galapagos and explored the coasts from Mexico to Chile and the off-lying islands.
39140 COOK, Graeme NONE BUT THE VALIANT - Stories of War at Sea
$10.00 AUD
Rupert Hart-Davis. London. 1972. 1st Ed. 154 PP, plus 16 pages with 1 painting and 26 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj (price-clipped). Small felt mark at top of front endpaper, o/wise near fine. 22.2 x 13.7. 0246105399
Submarine Patrol. U-Boat Attack... Raider at Large... Raid on St Nazaire...
73269 COOPER, Viola Irene WINDJAMMING TO FIJI
$40.00 AUD
Rae D. Henkle. New York. 1929. 1st edition. Introduction by L. Chateauvieux, Captain of the "Bougainville". XIII, 296 PP with small text drawings and head pieces, plus 22 b/w plates (full-page). Fp: Our windjammer the Bougainville. Top outside edges tinted. Eps: Track of the Bougainville between Vancouver and New Caledonia. Cloth covers with light wear/soiling, decoration on front board, title on front board and a slightly sunned spine. Signature of previous owner on FFEP, o/wise a near fine copy. 22.5 x 16.
1926 voyage of 2 young American girls on one of the last French windjammers owned by Compagnie Navale de l'Océanie. Sailing from Vancouver to Nouméa by way of Fiji. The Bougainville was the former Star of Peru and ended her days as a pontoon carrying nickel ore, in New Caledonia waters.
61316 COURSE, Captain A. G. PIRATES OF THE EASTERN SEAS
$15.00 AUD
Frederick Muller. London. 1966. 1st Ed. (8), 263 PP with 3 maps, plus 4 pages with 8 b/w illustrations. Hard cover. Light foxing mostly on page edges and top outside edge, o/wise near fine. 22.2 x 14.5.
Piracy from the Gulf of Aden to Japan including the more infamous names of Kidd, Avery, Eli Bloggs, the formidable Mrs. Ching, etc.. The efforts of those who strove to combat them.
73075 COWSILL, Miles & SMITH, Colin PASSAGE TO THE NORTHERN ISLES: Ferry Services to Orkney & Shetland 1790-2010
$40.00 AUD
Ferry Publications. Ramsey, Isle of Man. 2010. 1st Ed. Foreword by Bill Davidson, Northlink Ferries. 96 PP with 2 pages with sets of plans for "Hrossey" & "Hjaltand", and "Hamnavoe", b/w and colour photos. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine, as new condition. 29.6 x 21. 9781906608149
73239 CRANE, Virginia Treece (editor) THE MARTIN & OSA JOHNSON SAFARI MUSEUM
$100.00 AUD
Jostens Co. Printing & Publishing. Wichita, Kansas. 1998. 1st Ed. 32 PP with 20 colour and 31 b/w photos. Hard cover, simile leather, gilt decoration and title on front board. 1 original post card, with Martin and Osa Johnson amongst pygmies, and published in British East Africa by by A. H. Wardle & Co. Ltd, tipped in on front endpaper. Fine condition. 28.5 x 21.8.
Their travels in the South Seas (1917 & 1919), Borneo (1920 & 1835) and in Eastern Africa (5 trips between 1920 and 1934), are recorded in the musem set in Chanute, Texas.
72582 CRUISING YACHT CLUB OF TASMANIA CRUISING SOUTHERN TASMANIA: A Guide to the Waterways of the River Derwent, D'Entrecasteaux Channel, Huon River and their tributaries
$25.00 AUD
Printing Authority of Tasmania / Tasmap. Hobart. 2006. Edition 3, 2006. Foreword by the Cruising Yacht Club of Tasmania. 108, (5 blank) PP with b/w illustrations (1 photos, 4 drawings of anchors) and colour illustrations (5 drawings, 24 photos, 1 location map and 33 maps [2 with insert]). Pictorial stiff covers, spiral bound. Near fine. 29.7 x 21. 9780724664283
Includes anchorages, list of boat ramps, list of lights, ...
65904 CULLEN, Edward Alexander A Report on Visit to HARBOURS IN EUROPE AND THE UNITED STATES
$100.00 AUD
Marine Department / Government Printer. Brisbane. 1900. Report C.A. 64 - 1900. 10 PP, plus 1 plate with the b/w photo of a "single bucket dipper type of Dredge" for service at Calcutta, and 9 folded plates with colour of Ports (River Tyne, Glasgow, Liverpool, Bremen, Bremerhaven, Hamburg, Antwerp, Boston, & San Francisco). Soft cover, staples removed, with rusted remnants. Protecting folder. Bottom part of first leaf with foxing spots, o/wise near fine. A rare document. Foolscap size: 34 x 21.
Voyage to Europe on the Orient Liner SS Orizaba...
72675 CUMPSTON, Dr. John (compiler) MACQUARIE ISLAND - A Bibliography
$75.00 AUD
The Stone Copying Company. Cremorne, N.S.W. 1958. Edition limited to 120 copies, numbered (No.50/120) and signed by Walter W. Stone, General Editor of "Studies in Australian Bibliography" series, No. 6. (2), II, 32 PP (recto only), plus 1 b/w plate (Fp: "Map of Macquarie Island"). Soft covers, title on front board, staples and cloth spine. Near fine. 25.3 x 20.3.
68482 CUTHBERTSON, Bern SMALL SHIPS THAT SHAPED MY LIFE
$35.00 AUD
Bern Cuthbertson. Hobart. 2008. 1st Ed. Foreword by Captain David Cowles. (6), 196 PP with 1 map and 22 b/w photos, plus 24 pages with 71 b/w photos. Pictorial soft covers with 2 colour photos, clear plastic protection, spiral bound. Fine. 29.7 x 21.
An autobiography containing memories of 70 years of exciting maritime adventures and tales of the Tasmanian fishing industry and its history.
Hutchinson. Melbourne. 1980. 1st Ed. 330 PP with b/w illustrations, plus 16 pages with 28 colour photos. Eps: Eastern seaboard with track of ocean races. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 26 x 20. 0091373603
Comprehensive coverage of Australian yachting.
35285 DAKIN, Professor W. J. WHALING AND AUSTRALIA (in Walkabout Vol. 12, No. 11)
$20.00 AUD
Australian National Publicity Association. Melbourne. 1946 Volume 12, No. 11, September 1946. Contains article from P.4 to 12 with 1 map and 9 b/w photos. Pictorial soft covers with a few small nicks, otherwise near fine. 30.5 x 24.
Whaling in Australian waters and the Southern Ocean from the days of sails to the days of steam.
72814 DALRYMPLE, William THE ANARCHY - The Relentless Rise of the East India Company
$45.00 AUD
Bloomsbury Publishing. London. 2019. 1st paperback edition. XXXV, 522, (4) PP with 3 maps and 11 headpieces, plus 48 pages with 3 b/w and 69 colour illustrations on glossy paper. Pictorial stiff covers. New. 23.5 x 15.2. 9781408864388
Pages XIII to XXII: Dramatis Personae (British, French, Mughals , Nawabs Rohillas, Maharathas). Pages 399 to 405: Glossary.
71229 DAVIDSON, René (compiler) WHALEMEN OF TWOFOLD BAY
$35.00 AUD
Author. Eden. 1988. 1st Ed. XI, 172 PP with 2 maps and many b/w illustrations (drawings, engravings & photos). Pictorial soft cover with light wear, o/wise a fine copy. Scarce. Oblong: 21 x 29.5. 0949362026
Historical photographs on the whales, their chases, the whalemen and their family life.
72681 DAWBIN, W. H. SURVEYS OF HUMPBACK AND SOUTHERN RIGHT WHALES OFF EAST AUSTRALIA, 1978-79
$30.00 AUD
The Australian Museum. Sydney. 1980. 1st Ed. 21, 6 (appendix), 8 (5 sketch maps, 1 graph and 2 sketches "whale identification") PP (recto only). Stiff covers, clear plastic front cover, spiral bound. Near fine. 30 x 21.5.
Report on consultancy carried by the Australian Museum, Sydney by Dr. W.H. Dawbin, Chief Investigator. An East coast survey with the help of Trawler fishermen, Shipping lines, Royal Australian Navy, Sailing and Motor Yacht Clubs, Scuba diving operators, charter boats and Surf Life Saving Clubs.
45181 DAY, David COMING SOUTH - Australia's days of sail
$20.00 AUD
Australia Post. Canberra. 1998. 1st Ed. 40 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Special folder "The Romance of Sail" with 4 unused stamps loosely inserted. Pictorial laminated boards. Fine. 30.2 x 21.5. 0642281599
Early settlers: aborigines and Macassan. Explorers... Convict ships... Clipper ships.
73143 DILLON, Peter NARRATIVE OF LA PEROUSE EXPEDITION, Narrative and successful result of a voyage in the South Seas, performed by order of the government of British India, to ascertain the actual fate of LA PEROUSE's expedition
$80.00 AUD
N. Israel. Amsterdam. 1972. 1st edition in the Bibliotheca Australiana series, Nos. 53 & 54. Facsimile reprint of the 1829 original. Volume I: LXXVIII, (2 errata), 302 PP, plus 1 folded plate (Fp: Massacre at the Fejee Island in Sept. 1813). Volume II: (IV), 436 PP, plus 1 folded chart in colour "island of Mannicolo, 1827" and 1 folded plate in colour "Natives of La Perouse's island or Mannicolo". Hard cover, simile vellum, gilt title on blue vignette (front cover & spine). Glassine protection. Foxing on top outside edge and foxing spots on th 3 outside edges. Near fine. 22 x 14.5. 9060721004
Peter Dillon, was the first to discover traces of the vanished expedition of La Pérouse on the island of Ticopia and to investigate its fate on the island of Vanikoro.
60708 DISNEY, Anthony & McPHERSON, Kenneth VASCO DA GAMA QUINCENTENARY CONFERENCE - Program and Abstracts
$10.00 AUD
La Trobe University & Curtin University. Melbourne & Perth. 1997. 1st Ed. 42 PP. Soft cover with clear plastic protection, pictorial front, spiral bound. Faint foxing. Near fine. 30 x 21.5.
A Conference on the Voyage of Vasco da Gama and 500 years of European-Asian Encounter, 21 to 29 June 1997. Program: pages 4 to 9. Participants: pages 10 to 14. 46 abstracts of papers presented: pages 15 to 42.
13987 du PASQUIER, Thierry LES BALEINIERS FRANCAIS DE LOUIS XVI A NAPOLEON
$50.00 AUD
Kronos & Henri Veyrier. Paris. 1990. 1st Ed. Volume 2, in "Collection Kronos". Preface by Ulane Bonnel. 230 PP with 1 map and 22 b/w plates. Pictorial stiff covers. French text. Few foxing spots on top outside edge, o/wise fine. 24 x 15.5. 9782851995216
The French whale fishery revival after the Nantucket whalers migrated to Dunkirk and Lorient from the newly-formed United States.
73069 DUDSZUS, Alfred & HENRIOT, Ernest DICTIONARY OF SHIP TYPES - Ships, Boats and Rafts under Oar and Sail
$30.00 AUD
Conway Maritime Press. London. 1986. 1st English edition, translated from the 1983 German original "Das Schiffstypen Lexikon", by Keith Thomas. 252 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, photos, plans), plus 32 pages with 53 colour plates. Fp: 3-masted barque under sail. FEP: Schooners. REP: Clippers. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Small dedicatory note on top inside front cover. Dust jacket has a few small repaired chips, o/wise contents fine. 30.5 x 24.5. 0851773605
73098 DUNBABIN, Tom MAKING THEIR OWN WAY - The Dunbabins on Maria Island: 1869 - 1876
$40.00 AUD
Tom Dunbabin / Bangor Publications. Dunalley. 2010. 1st Ed. 144 PP with 2 family trees, b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial stiff covers with flaps. Fine (mint condition). 24.5 x 17. 9780646542317
Appendix 3: Ships and boats of Maria Island.
73202 DUNCAN, Susan A LIFE ON PITTWATER
$50.00 AUD
Ebury Press / Random House. Sydney. 2009. 1st Ed. 240 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (most of the photographs by Anthony Ong). Eps: Watercolour map of the bays by Gwyn Perkins. Laminated illustrated boards, dj. Near fine. 29.5 x 22.5. 9781741666694
67678 DUNCOMBE, Kathy BRUNY ISLAND'S QUARANTINE STATION IN WAR AND PEACE
$35.00 AUD
57658 DYSON, John COLUMBUS, For Gold, God and Glory
$10.00 AUD
Hodder & Stoughton. London. 1991. 1st Ed. 228 PP with bw and colour illust. (photographs by Peter Christopher). Fp: Portrait of Columbus. Illustrated endpapers and half-title page. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 31 x 23.7. 0340487941
In search of the real Columbus, and the actual reasons behind his discovery of the Americas.
73198 EARL, Capt. G. E. & TAYLOR, Capt J. W. S. MUNRO'S ELECTRICITY AND THE MAGNETIC COMPASS
$25.00 AUD
James Munro & Co. Glasgow. c. 1952. 2nd Ed. 253 PP, (3 publications) with tables, 6 charts and 60 figures, plus a 16 pages: Appendix "Munro's Electricity and the Magnetic Compass" with b/w and colour illustrations tipped in on the inside of the back cover. Model deviascope (in colour) on front endpaper (without the rotating ship). Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Front cover slightly marked. Faint foxing. Very good. 21.7 x 14.
63300 EDWIN FOX RESTORATION SOCIETY THE STORY OF THE EDWIN FOX
$10.00 AUD
Toneden Promotions. Picton, NZ. 1987. 2nd edition of the 1986 original. Preface by H. J. Stace. 31, (2) PP with b/w illustrations (artist impression by Phillip Carey at centerfold, 4 drawings and 11 photos). Errata page loosely inserted. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 21 x 14.7.
55746 EISLER, William THE FURTHEST SHORE - Images of Terra Australis from the Middle Ages to Captain Cook
$30.00 AUD
Cambridge University Press. London. 1995. 1st Ed. XII, 180 PP with 81 b/w illustrations, plus 16 pages with 20 colour plates. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 28.2 x 21.6. 0521392683
Traces the pictorial imagery associated with the unknown and mysterious Southland. The invention of a Southern continent: in antiquity, the Middle-Ages, Java la Grande, Spanish vision (Torres, Prado de Tovar), then the Southern world in the age of Dutch expansion (1606-1756)...
20154 ELDERSHAW, M. Barnard PHILLIP OF AUSTRALIA
$10.00 AUD
The Discovery Press. Penrith. 1972. Reprint in the "Great Australian Lives" series of the 1938 original. 367 PP plus 11 b/w plates. Fp: Vice-Admiral Arthur Phillip. Hard cover, simile leather, title on spine, gilt decoration on front cover. Spine lightly rubbed, o/wise near fine. 20.3 x 13.5.
50891 ESTENSEN, Miriam THE LIFE OF GEORGE BASS. Surgeon and Sailor of the Enlightenment
$20.00 AUD
Allen & Unwin. Sydney. 2005. 1st Ed. XVIII, 259 PP with 5 maps, plus 8 pages with 6 colour and 5 b/w illustrations. Fp: Portrait of George Bass. Hard cover, dj. Spine of dust jacket is a little sunned, o/wise a fine copy. 23.8 x 16. 1741141303
73133 EVANS, I. O. SEA AND SEASHORE - Described in Simple Language
$20.00 AUD
Frederick Warne and Co. Ltd. London. 1948. 1st edition in the "Nature's Treasure" series, Book 2. 48 PP with 18 b/w illustrations (3 maps and 15 drawings). Soft covers, illustrated front, stitched. Fine. 18.3 x 13.5.
32653 EVANS, Jeff THE DISCOVERY OF AOTEAROA
$40.00 AUD
Reed. Auckland. 1998. 1st Ed., with a foreword by Francis Cowan. 128 PP with 6 maps, 10 figures and 30 b/w photos. Inside back cover: Line drawings of the "Hawaiki-Nui". Pictorial card cover. Fine. 24.6 x 17.6. 0790006499
Kupe's voyage to New Zealand. Navigational information from Maori lore... Re enactment voyage of Hawaiki-Nui: Tahiti, Moorea, Ra'iatea, Rarotonga, Aotearoa.
21413 EWERS, John K. WHALING ON THE WEST COAST OF AUSTRALIA [in Walkabout Magazine - Vol. 19, No. 12 - December, 1953]
$25.00 AUD
Australian National Publicity Association. Melbourne. 1953. 48 PP. Contains article pages 9 to 17 with 11 b/w photos. Pictorial soft covers (Whale-chaser, "Carnarvon"). Very good. 30 x 24.
72187 FARLEY, Michael B. & ROYER, Charles SCUBA EQUIPMENT, Care & Maintenance
$10.00 AUD
Marcor Publishing. St. Helena, Ca. 1988. Revised edition, June 1988 of the 1980 original. 176 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, sketches and photos). Stiff covers, illustrated front. Covers lightly rubbed and laminated. Very good. 23 x 15.3. 0932248012
42199 FEEKEN, Erwin H.J. & Gerda E.E. & SPATE, O.H.K. THE DISCOVERY AND EXPLORATION OF AUSTRALIA
$50.00 AUD
Thomas Nelson. Melbourne. 1970. 1st Ed. VIII, 318 PP with 12 colour illust., 24 maps with exploration routes by discoverers & 146 b/w illust. (11 maps & plans). Title-page: Dutch vessel. Illustrated endpapers. Decorated hard cover, dj. Very light foxing on covers, outside edges, endpapers and few pages, o/wise a near fine copy. 29 x 21.4. 170018121
Discovery and exploration by sea and land with gazetteer of Australian place names and key to maps.
42925 FENTON, Roy & CLARKSON, John SHIPS IN FOCUS RECORD 21
$15.00 AUD
Ships in Focus Publications. London. 2002. Issue Number 21 64 PP with 2 facsimile of newspaper clippings, 2 accommodation plans and 127 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21. 1901703185
Fleet in Focus: Ellerman's City of Oxford Class. Ships held hostage.
65955 FENTON, Roy, & ROBERTSON, Philip WILLIAM ROBERTSON AND THE GEM LINE
$40.00 AUD
Ships in Focus Publications. Preston. 2009. 1st Ed. 144 PP with b/w illustrations (3 plans, 14 portraits / employees, 262 photos), and 31 colour illustrations (1 House Flag, 2 paintings, 3 memorial plaques and 25 photos). Title page: The Pearl in 1896. FEP: General Arrangement of "S.S. Sphene". REP: General Arrangement "M.S. Citrine". Pictorial laminated boards with a small bump on right top corner, o/wise fine. Scarce. 30.2 x 21.5. 9781901703573
39455 FINNLINES FINNLINES GROUP - 1990 Annual Report
$10.00 AUD
Finnlines Group Oy Ab. Helsinki. 1991. 1st Ed. 58 PP with 1 organigram, tables, 12 colour photos, and 40 ship profiles in fleet list. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21.
Financial report... Fleet list as of 1 March 1991.
34170 LE FLEMING, H. M. WARSHIPS OF WORLD WAR I, No. 2 - Cruisers (British and German)
$20.00 AUD
Ian Allan. London. 1962. Reprint of the 1960 original. 73 PP with tables & 67 b/w photos. Title page: Light cruiser H.M.S. Dublin at sea. Stiff covers, pictorial front (HMS Shannon in 1915). Front cover with a few small rubs, o/wise fine. 18 x 12.
73461 FORNASIERO, Jean & WEST-SOOBY, John (editors) 'ROAMING FREELY THROUGHOUT THE UNIVERSE" - Nicolas Baudin's Voyage to Australia and the Pursuit of Science
$50.00 AUD
Wakefield Press. Adelaide. 2021. 1st Ed. VI, 341, (5 publications) PP with over 6 tables and 24 b/w illustrations. Stiff covers, pictorial front. New. 23.3 x 15.5. 9781743058275
4 subjects with 14 papers. ... The Pacific as a laboratory for Natural History, by John Gascoigne. ... 3 papers on "The Manuscripts of François Péron as Chronicler of the Sientific Voyage by: Gabrielle Baglione, Margaret Sankey ... Louis Freycinet at Port Jackson : Race, Colonialism and the figure of the French Scientific Traveller: 1803-1839, by Nicole Starbuck.
73140 GABY, Capt. James MATE IN SAIL
$20.00 AUD
Antipodean Publishers. Sydney. 1974. 1st Ed. 287 PP with over 100 b/w & colour illustrations. Eps: Tall ships in the stream and alongside, Newcastle. Hard cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj (colour painting by John Eighteen). Faint foxing spots on top outside edge. Near fine. 26 x 19. 086944008X
The experiences of Capt. James Gaby from the day he signed on the Amokura in 1910.
72614 GANNON, Michael OPERATION DRUMBEAT - The Dramatic True Story of Germany's First U-Boat Attacks Along the American Coast in World War II
$15.00 AUD
Harper Perennial. New York. 1991. 1st paperback edition of the 1990 original. XXII, 490 PP with 1 cutaway on double page of type IXB U-Boat and 3 maps (1 on double page), plus 16 pages with 34 b/w illustrations. Stiff covers, illustrated front. Neat Ex Libris stamp of previous owner on half title page. Near fine. 20.3 x 13.6. 97800609208832
10014 GIBBS, Jim WEST COAST WINDJAMMERS - In Story and Pictures
$15.00 AUD
Bonanza Books. New York. c. 1970s. 1st Bonanza reprint of the 1968 original. 192 PP with 288 b/w illust. Fp: Five Masted Schooner Inca. Hard cover, cloth spine, dj . Small chip at top of dj, o/wise near fine. 27.3 x 21.2. 0517170604
The little wooden schooners or four-masters plying to or along the West Coast of America.
41354 GIBSON, Walter THE BOAT
$10.00 AUD
A Star Book/W.H. Allen. London. 1974 Paperback edition of the 1952 original. 96 PP. Pictorial soft cover. Ageing of paper. Very good. 18 x 11. 0352300116
Dutch ship "Rooseboom" with 500 evacuees from Padang, Sumatra Island, torpedoed on the way to Ceylon. Of the 135 survivors of one lifeboat, 4 survived after drifting 28 days...
72972 GILLHAM, Skip SHIPS IN TROUBLE: The Great Lakes 1880-1950
$40.00 AUD
Looking Back Press / Vanwell Publishing Ltd. St Catharines, On. 2006. 1st paperback edition. 128 PP with over 240 b/w photos. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine (mint condition). 23.5 x 16.5. 9781550689389
73189 GODARD, Philippe & STEPHENS, Phillida THE FIRST AND LAST VOYAGE OF THE BATAVIA
$40.00 AUD
Abrolhos Publishing. Perth. 1993. 1st Ed. 332 PP with over 400 b/w & colour illustrations. Hard cover, title engraved on spine & front cover, dj. Foxing on endpapers and prelim pages and on top outside page edges, o/wise near fine. 28.7 x 22. 0646105191
Construction, V.O.C. specifications, the voyage, shipwreck, mutiny,... to modern discovery of the wreck.
53007 GORDON, Major Lawrence L. MILITARY ORIGINS
$10.00 AUD
Kaye & Ward. London. 1971. 1st Ed. Edited by Lieutenant-colonel J. B. R. Nicholson. 256 PP with 26 line drawings, plus 4 b/w plates with 6 illustrations and 8 colour plates. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Sellotape marks on endpapers. Foxing spots on outside edges. Very good. 22.2 x 14.5. 0718208765
41580 GOSS, J. W. BRITISH WARSHIPS 1975
$5.00 AUD
Marinart Ltd. Deal, Kent. 1975. 1st Ed. 88 PP with tables, 5 drawings & 57 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover (HMS Ark Royal). Stamp of previous owner inside front cover. Near fine. 15.3 x 10.
68945 GRAHAM, Charles SHIPS OF THE SEVEN SEAS - No. I - The Passenger Liners
$30.00 AUD
Ian Allan. London. 1947. 1st Ed. 104 PP with 9 line drawings and 38 b/w photos (22 on full page). Pictorial soft cover (in colour), slightly rubbed. Ex Library copy with donation plate and stamps of the "Devonport Maritime Museum and Historical Society". A very good copy. Scarce. 17.5 x 11.5.
Originally written to stimulate interest in the British Mercantile Navy. Presents the Aberdeen & Commonwealth Line, N.Z. Shipping Co., P. and O., Shaw Savill & Albion ...
18087 GREGOR, Hugh FIGHTING SHIPS IN BRITAIN
$10.00 AUD
Macmillan. London. 1972. 1st Ed., in the History Picture Topics series. 40 PP with 20 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Faint foxing. Very good. Oblong: 18.5 x 24.5. 333106660
From the Roman galleys and Viking longships to HMS Dreadnought.
53947 GREIG, A. W. (editor) THE VICTORIAN HISTORICAL MAGAZINE - Vol. V, No. 1
$15.00 AUD
The Historical Society of Victoria. Melbourne. 1916. Vol. V, No. 1, March 1916. Issue 17. 48 PP, plus 3 plates with 1 map, 1 illustration and 3 portraits. Original soft covers a little browned around edges, light foxing mostly around page edges, o/wise contents near fine. 20.5 x 13.8.
The Liardets of "The Beach", by A. W. Greig. The First Settlement of the North-East of Victoria, by Arthur Andrews. The true story of the Hobart hulk Aladdin, by Marjorie Masson.
64665 GROSE, Peter AN AWKWARD TRUTH: The Bombing of Darwin, February 1942
$20.00 AUD
Allen & Unwin. Sydney. c. 2013. Reprint (13th) of the 2009 original. XIII, 258 PP with 2 tables and 4 maps, plus 8 pages with 16 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 23 x 15.2. 9781741756432
72491 GROVE, Eric SEA BATTLES IN CLOSE-UP, WORLD WAR 2, Volume 2
$20.00 AUD
Naval Institute Press. Annapolis. 1993. 1st US Ed. 224 PP with battle-plans, maps, technical data, and b/w photos in text. Hard cover, gile title on spine, dust jacket in a mylar sleeve. Library label at bottom of spine of dust jacket and at top of rear cover of dust jacket and a library stamp on top outside page edges. Small name stamp of previous owner at top of FFEP, otherwise contents are near fine. 24 x 17.5. 1557507589
Narvik, Crete, Java Sea, Sirte, Philippine Sea & Leyte Gulf... attack on the Tirpitz.
65623 GUILLIATT, Richard & HOHNEN, Peter THE WOLF: How one German Raider terrorised Australia and the Southern Oceans in the First World War
$15.00 AUD
William Heinemann. Sydney. 2009. 1st Ed. XIII, (3), 366 PP with 1 cutaway of SMS Wolf and 2 maps, plus 16 pages with 45 b/w illustrations (2 documents, 3 newspaper clippings and 40 photos). Pictorial soft cover. Faint foxing. Very good. 23.2 x 15.2. 9781741666243
32315 HADFIELD, Charles THE CANALS OF THE EAST MIDLANDS (including part of London)
$30.00 AUD
David & Charles. Newton Abbot. 1981. 3rd impression of the 1966 original, in The Canals of the British Isles series. 294 PP with 15 b/w illustrations, plus 16 pages with 32 b/w photos. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price clipped). Fine. 22 x 14.2. 071534871X
David & Charles. Newton Abbot. 1970. 1st Ed. 200 PP with b/w illustrations (maps, plans and photos). Laminated pictorial boards. Top part of hinges lightly rubbed (shelf wear). Slight ageing of paper. Near fine. 22.4 x 13.8. 715347721
Canals of the British Isles and Overseas.
32200 HAMAKER, H.C. & HARDON H.J. THE SNELLIUS - EXPEDITION IN THE EASTERN PART OF THE NETHERLANDS EAST-INDIES 1929-1930 - Volume II (Part I, Chapters I & II)
$30.00 AUD
E. J. Brill. Leiden, Netherlands. 1941. 1st Ed. VIII, 56 PP with 26 figures, and 30 tables, plus 1 plate with 5 b/w photos. Cloth cover. Ingleton bookplate. Near fine. 32 x 23.
Expedition on board the Willebrord Snellius. Volume II: Oceanographic results, Part I: Methods and instruments. Chapter I: The oceanographic instruments and the accuracy of the temperature observations. Chapter II: The determination of chlorine and oxygen content.
44293 HANSEN, Admiral A. D. (editor) NAUTICUS 1942 - Jahrbuch sür Deutschlands Seeinteressen
$20.00 AUD
E. S. Mittler & Sohn. Berlin. 1942. 1st Ed. XX, 482, (70 adv.) PP with graphs, tables, maps and drawings, plus 48 plates with 87 b/w photos. Fp: Heldengedenflag. Rebacked copy retaining original cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Spine lightly sunned. Renewed endpapers. Occasional foxing and slight ageing of paper. Near fine. German text in Gothic script. Rare. 23.3 x 16.
The Bismarck (sunk 27 May 1941), by Admiral Günther Lütjens. The Kriegsmarine against Denmark and Norway, in 1940.
72520 HANSON, Neil THE CUSTOM OF THE SEA
$15.00 AUD
Doubleday. London. 1999. 1st Ed. 331 PP, plus 8 pages with 22 b/w illustrations. Fp: Cover of "The Graphic", 20th September 1884. Pictorial card cover. Address of previous owner at top corner of title page. Faint foxing. Near fine. 23.4 x 15.5. 9780385601153
Voyage of the Yacht "Mignonette" bound from Falmouth to Sydney. Shipwrecked in the Atlantic Ocean... A shocking true tale of shipwreck, murder and the last taboo.
62671 HARDY, A. C. WARSHIPS AT WORK, A Naval Notebook explaining in Text and by Profile some Functions of the Principal Warship Types of the World
$10.00 AUD
Penguin. London. 1941. September 1941 reprint of the July 1940 original. 144 PP with b/w illust. and ship profiles by Laurence Dunn. Pictorial soft cover (laminated) i little soiled. Paper ageing (war economy standard). Very good. Oblong: 10.8 x 18.
36065 HARESNAPE, Brian SEALINK
$25.00 AUD
Ian Allan. London. 1982. 1st Ed. 128 PP with 287 b/w illustrations (2 maps, 3 cutaways, 3 plans and b/w photos). Half title page: The Senlac in Harbour at Newhaven. Title spread: The St.Christopher. Hard cover, dj (price-clipped). Foxing spots on endpapers, and first & last leaf. Near fine. 29.8 x 22. 0711012091
A pictorial record of the Sealink consortium (Ferries and Channel crossing).
47834 HARRIS, David (editor) CROFTON BEAM ENGINES. The story of Crofton Pumping Station on the Kennet and Avon Canal
$10.00 AUD
The Crofton Society. Burbage, UK. 1975. 1st Ed. 24 PP with 1 map, 1 pictorial view of locks, 4 plans and 16 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 14.8.
31684 HAWS, Duncan HOLLAND AMERICA LINE
$55.00 AUD
Author. London. 1995. 1st Ed., No. 28 in the Merchant Fleets series. VI, 100, (2 index) PP with 92 scale (1:1200 & 1:1300) profile drawings. Pictorial card cover. Previous owner's name and date on title-page, o/wise fine. 21 x 14.8. 0946378258
Chronological Company history and Fleet list for all the ships ever owned by yh Nederlandsch Americaanische Stoomboot Maatschappij.
46322 HAYS, David & Daniel MY OLD MAN AND THE SEA - A Father and Son Sail around Cape Horn
$15.00 AUD
Algonquin Books. Chapel Hill, North Carolina. 1995. 1st Ed. XIV, 231 PP with 1 figure, 1 facsimile of entry in logbook, 3 plans and 16 maps. Eps: Pilot chart covering west coast of South America. Hard cover, dj. Note to previous owner on preliminary page. Near fine. 22 x 13.2. 1565121023
Voyage of the 25-foot yacht Sparrow: New London, Panama Canal, Galapagos, Easter Island, Cape Horn, Falkland Islands, Antigua and Bermuda.
45294 HEAPS, Leo LOG OF THE CENTURION
$10.00 AUD
Hart-Davis, Macgibbon. London. 1974. Reprint of the 1973 original. 270 PP with 59 illustrations. Fp: Portrait of Philip Saumarez. Eps: Chart of the Centurion's route round the world. Cloth cover, device in blind on front cover, ribbon page-marker, gilt title on spine. A very good clean copy. 25 x 17.5. 024610581X
Log based on the original papers of Capt. Philip Saumarez on board the HMS Centurion, Lord Anson's flagship during his circumnavigation between 1740 and 1744.
21289 HEINE, William C. HISTORIC SHIPS OF THE WORLD
$5.00 AUD
Rigby. Adelaide. 1977. 1st Australian edition. 156 PP with 105 b/w illustrations & 15 colour photos. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 24 x 23. 0727003399
A review of 22 historic ships, restored & preserved as monuments to men who braved the sea. History, career, actual appearance.
22048 HELLING, William P. REDISTRIBUTING THE BLAME - Baudin's Voyage to the Australian Seas (in The Great Circle - Volume 15, No. 2, 1993)
$15.00 AUD
Australian Association for Maritime History. Armidale, NSW. 1993. Vol. 15, No.2. 73-142, (2) PP. Contains article between P.107 and 127 with 5 maps. Soft cover. Fine. 24.5 x 16.5.
The Baudin expedition and some of the problems which plagued it: coordination between geographers and naturalists and their lengthy separations plus the problem of personalities (Baudin and Péron).
20685 HENDERSON, Graeme UNFINISHED VOYAGES, Western Australian Shipwrecks, 1622-1850
$40.00 AUD
University of Western Australia Press. Perth. 1980. 1st Ed. XXII, (2), 288 PP with 13 fig. (location maps) & 38 b/w plates in text. Title-page: Aquatint of "florishing state of the Swan River Thing". Gilt-engraved hard cover, dj. A fine copy of the first edition. Oblong: 18.7 x 25. 0855641762
73250 HENNIG, Dr. Edwin DIE WELTUMSEGELUNGSFAHRTEN DES KAPITÄNS JAMES COOK (1768-1780)
$100.00 AUD
Gutenberg-Verlag. Hamburg. 1908. 1st Ed. Volume 1 in the "Bibliothek denkwürdiger Reisen"- Ausgabe (edition) A. (4), 554 PP with vignettre at head of each printed page (33 to 554), plus 8 b/w plates and 1 large folded map in colour of the Pacific Ocean with track of the 3 voyages. FP: Portrait of Kapitän James Cook. Rebacked copy using original leather cover with illustration and title on front board, gilt title and decoration on spine, and in blind, stamp of Gutenberg Verlag on back cover. Renewed endpapers (marbled). Signature of previous owner on half-title page and a name and date (1916) at top of title -page. A little light foxing. Near fine. German text. 21.8. 15.
73058 HERALD SUN MOMENTS IN TIME: Great Images of the 20th Century
$75.00 AUD
Herald Sun / Hardie Grant Books. South Yarra, Vic. 1999. 1st Ed. Foreword by Dame Elizabeth Murdoch. XII, 307 PP with b/w pictures from the Herald Sun 1900-1999. Pictorial laminated boards, dj. Near fine. 35.5 x 26. 9781864980585
Great News Events which have affected Melbourne, Victoria and Australia.
64673 HILL, David THE GREAT RACE
$30.00 AUD
William Heinemann. Sydney. 2012. 1st Ed. XIV, 386 PP with 7 maps, plus 16 pages with 29 b/w and colour illustrations. Inside covers: Flinders' unpublished map of Terra Australis, 1804. Pictorial soft cover. 23.3 x 15.3. 9781742751092
The Race between the English and the French to complete the Map of Australia.
18308 HILL, W.S. THE SAILING SHIPS OF GREAT BRITAIN
$10.00 AUD
Jupiter Books. London. 1975. 1st Ed. 72 PP with 16 b/w text illustrations and 24 colour plates on full page. Fp: The Henry Grace à Dieu. Hard cover, dj. Some foxing, o/wise very good. 33.5 x 23.5. 0904041190
A tribute to Great Britain's maritime traditions. History & development of British sailing ships since the Middle Ages.
70353 HILLIER, R. S. THIS IS NORFOLK ISLAND
$15.00 AUD
Harper & Dudley Publications. Norfolk Island. 1973. 3rd edition in April 1973 of the 1969 original. No pagination, 46 PP with over 90 colour photos. Hibiscus flowers on itle page. Eps: Location position of Norfolk Island. Hard cover, illustrated front, dj. Dust jacket with a small repaired tear. Near fine. 26.5 x 21.4.
73012 HOBART PICTURESQUE HOBART, Tasmania and Surroundings
$45.00 AUD
Spurlings Pty Ltd. Launceston. c. 1925. No pagination, 32 PP with 54 b/w photos. Stiff covers, pictorial front. Foxing spots affecting the covers. Very good. Oblong: 24.5. x 31.5.
46701 HOCKING, Geoff THE AUSTRALIAN FLAG. The First 100 Years
$25.00 AUD
The Five Mile Press. Sydney. 2002. 1st Ed. 112 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial laminated boards, dj. Fine. Oblong: 18.2 x 25.6. 1865035998
70277 HODGSON, Bryan & LANTING, Frans THE FALKLAND ISLANDS: Life after the War / A Portfolio "Falkland Islands Wildlife" (in National Geographic, Vol. 173, No.3)
$5.00 AUD
N.G.S. Washington. 1988. March 1988. Contains 2 articles: pages 390 to 411, then 391-422 with colour illustrations: 1 map, 1 location map and 31 photos. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 25.4 x 17.5.
72819 HOLLETT, Dave FROM CUMBERLAND TO CAPE HORN - The Complete History of the Sailing Fleet of Thomas & John Brocklebank of Whitehaven and Liverpool - "The World's Oldest Shipping Company"
$55.00 AUD
Fairplay Publications. London. 1984. 1st Ed. 204 PP with 3 Family trees, 4 Fleet Lists, tables & b/w illustrations. Pictorial laminated boards. Occasional faint foxing, o/wise a fine copy. 25 x 18.5. 0905045629
Sub-title continues: and the early history of their associated Company, Robert & Henry Jeffersons of Whitehaven, plantation owners, Merchants and Shipowners, Established 1734.
17964 HOLLINS, Holly THE TALL SHIPS ARE SAILING
$20.00 AUD
David & Charles. London. 1982. 1st Ed. 192 PP with b/w illust. throughout. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Faint foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 25 x 17.5. 0715380281
History of the Cutty Sark tall ship races of 1980. Race 1: Kiel to Frederikshavn to Amsterdam.
72160 HOLME, Geoffrey (editor) THE STUDIO - Vol. 128, No. 621
$10.00 AUD
The Studio Ltd. London. 1944. Vol. 128, No. 621, December 1944. 161-192, (I - VIII Advertisements) PP with 4 colour and 39 b/w illustrations. Soft covers. Near fine. 24.6 x 18.7.
Pages 161 to 169: Decorative Maps, by Macdonald Gill. ...
72120 HOPKINS, David L. THE GOLDEN YEARS of TASMANIA - From boom to almost bust and back again in the island State, Tasmania
$40.00 AUD
St David's Park Publishing. Hobart. 1991. 1st edition. Foreword by Eric Reece. 272 PP, with hundreds of b/w illustrations: art works (drawings, engravings, sketches) by David Hopkins and photos. Illustrated endpapers. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Dust jacket lightly rubbed and with a sunned spine. Faint foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 31.5 x 23.5. 9780724625369
63870 HUDDART PARKER LIMITED WAR SERVICE OF THE MERCHANT NAVY - A Record of the Participation of the Men and Ships of Huddart Parker Ltd
$35.00 AUD
John D. Harris & Co. Melbourne. 1951. 1st Ed., with a foreword by Admiral Lord Mountevans. 79 PP with head-pieces in colour and 33 b/w photos. House flag (in colour) on half title page. Cloth cover with gilt title and crest on front board. Name of previous owner at top of FFEP, o/wise a fine copy. Scarce. 29 x 22.5.
A tribute to the men who served during 1939/1945, together with a Roll of Honour.
36318 HUGHES, Tom THE BLUE RIBAND OF THE ATLANTIC
$5.00 AUD
Patrick Stephens. London. 1976. 1st paperbound edition of the 1973 original. 192 PP with 12 head pieces, 4 plans & 51 b/w illustrations. Card cover, dj (price-clipped). Very good. 21.5 x 14. 0850591465
Description of the origins of ocean steamship travel, careers of the most famous ships: Lusitania, Mauretania ...
10434 HURLEY, Frank WHALE HUNTING WITH BOMB AND WIRELESS (in Walkabout Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 8)
$25.00 AUD
Australian National Travel Association. Melbourne. 1940. Vol. 6, No.8, June 1940. 48 PP. Contains article pages 8 to16 with 1 map and 7 b/w photos. Pictorial soft covers. Very good. 30 x 24.
A story of whales, their habits, and modern whaling in Australia's Antarctica. Other article: Tahitian Wedding, by Wilfred Burchett
31766 HUTCHINS, Barry & SWAINSTON, Roger SEA FISHES OF SOUTHERN AUSTRALIA - Complete Field Guide for Anglers and Divers
$30.00 AUD
Swainston Publishing. Perth. 1995. Reprint of the 1986 original. 180 PP with 3 b/w figures including 1 map and 48 pages with some 1000 colour illust. Pictorial card cover. A crease at lower corner of back cover. Near fine. 24 x 16.5. 1862526613
Over 700 species covered. Dangerous fishes and first aid. Fish deformities and parasites...
72897 HYDROGRAPHER OF THE NAVY ADMIRALTY TIDAL STREAM ATLAS: NORTH SEA (Southern Portion) - NP 251
$10.00 AUD
Hydrographic Department. Taunton, UK. 1976. 3rd edition, under the Superintendence of Rear-Admiral D.W. Haslam. No pagination, 16 PP with 1 diagram "Computation of Rates" (inside front cover) and 13 coloured charts. Stiff covers, title on front cover which has a few rubs. Contents fine. 29.5 x 21.
72790 INGLETON, Lieutenant-Commander Geoffrey C. A BRIEF HISTORY OF MARINE SURVEYING IN AUSTRALIA (in Journal and Proceedings, RAHS - Vol.XXX, Parts I, II & IV)
$120.00 AUD
Royal Australian Historical Society. Sydney. 1944. 1944. 3 issues for 139 pages with 15 illustrations. a total of PP. Part I: 44 PP with 7 b/w illustrations. rations. Part II: 85-151 PP with 8 b/w illustrations. Part IV: 259-288 PP with tables. Soft covers, staples. Front cover of Part I with small chips. Slight foxing on outside edges. Near fine condition of a rare set. 21.4 x 14.
Lectures read in part before the Society, September 28, 1943. Base for his 1944 "Charting a Continent".
72503 JAMESON, Rear-Admiral William ARK ROYAL 1939-1941
$20.00 AUD
Rupert Hart-Davis. London. 1957. 1st Ed. 371 PP with 17 maps and diagrams, plus 18 pages with 25 b/w photos. Fp: Off Trondheim, 16.45 on May 1st 1940, the Luftwaffe misses just ahead. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Dust jacket is price-clipped and laminated. Light fowing on outside page edges. Stamps of previous owners at top of FFEP with an ex-libris blind stamp at the bottom, o/wise contents are clean and overall, still a very good copy. 22.2 x 14.5.
Hunt for the Graf Spee ... sinking of the Bismarck ... torpedoed and sunk by U-Boat U-81, 13 November 1941.
73056 JEANS, Peter D. SEAFARING LORE & LEGEND; A Miscellany of Maritime Myth, Superstition, Fable, and Fact
$15.00 AUD
International Marine / McGraw-Hill. Camden, Maine. 2007. 1st soft cover edition of the 2004 original. XIII, 370 PP with 20 headpieces and 2 tables (Beaufort Wind Scale / Rating Scale: Rate / Guns / Men). Stiff covers, pictorial front. Near fine. 22.8 x 15. 9780071486569
73406 JEFFERYS, Greg HEROES AND VILLAINS - The astounding untold story of the founders of Cascade Brewery
$40.00 AUD
J.A.G. Publications. Woodbridge, Tas. 2013. 1st Ed. XVII, 238 PP with 50 b/w illustrations (drawings, engravings, maps, portraits and photos). Pictorial stiff covers. Fine/as new condition. 21 x 14.8. 9780646910468
Peter Degraves & Major Hugh Macintosh, and their "Hope", a Sharp built ship, shipwrecked at Hope Beach, South Arm, mouth of the Derwent River, in April 1827.
73042 JEFFREY, Mark A BURGLAR'S LIFE or the Stirring Adventures of the Great English Burglar
$20.00 AUD
J. Walch & Sons. Hobart. c. 1910. Reprint in the "Tales of the Early Days" series. 124, (4) PP, plus 2 b/w plates on Port Arthur Convicts Settlement. Soft covers, picrorial front, Ageing and foxing of paper. Very good. 21 x 13.5.
A thrilling adventures of the dark days of convictism in Australia.
39119 JEFFREYS, Max MURDER, MAYHEM, FIRE & STORM: Australian Shipwrecks
$20.00 AUD
New Holland Publishers. Sydney. 1999. 1st Ed. X, 262 PP with 1 map on double page, 16 location maps and 16 head pieces (paintings or photos). Pictorial stiff cover. Fine. 22.8 x 17. 9781864364453
Dutch Wrecks on West Australia coast: Batavia, De Vergulde Draeck, Zuytdorp, Zeewyk... HMS Pandora... Australian Hospital Ship Centaur.
50755 JONES, A. G. E. THE SOUTH SEAS WHALING VOYAGE OF THE COMET, 1812-1815 (in The Great Circle)
$10.00 AUD
Australian Association for Maritime History. Perth. 1983. Volume 5, No. 2, October 1983. Contains article between P.98 and 104 with 2 tables. Soft cover. Foxing spots on first and last leaves. Near fine. 24.3 x 16.3.
2980 barrels of oil on the coast of Peru.
21685 KAEPPLER, Adrienne L. (editor) COOK VOYAGE ARTIFACTS, in Leningrad, Berne and Florence Museums
$100.00 AUD
Bishop Museum Press. Honolulu, Hawaii. 1978. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publication No. 66. X, 186 PP with 9 colour (8 on full page) and 251 b/w illustrations. Fp (in colour): plate with Hawaiian objects. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine condition. Scarce. 28 x 21.5. 091024023X
The James Cook collection in the Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography, Leningrad. The Webber collection, Berne. Notes on an Ethnographic collection made during the Third Voyage of Cook and preserved until the end of the last century in the Royal Museum of Physics and Natural History in Florence.
Angus & Robertson. Sydney. 1967. 1st Ed. X, 412 PP with 1 map of Australia and 60 b/w illustrations. Cloth covers with light wear, gilt title and decoration on spine. Name of previous owner on FFEP. Covers lightly rubbed, o/wise contents near fine. 24 x 15.5.
An anthology on "The Australian Goldfields 1851 to the 1890s".
49383 KEMP, Peter THE OXFORD COMPANION TO SHIPS AND THE SEA
$25.00 AUD
Paladin Books / Granada. London. 1979 Paperback edition of the 1976 original. VIII, 972 PP with b/w & colour illustrations. Title page: The Spanish Armada in 1588. Pictorial soft cover. Covers with light creases. Slight ageing of paper and foxing. Very good. 23.2 x 15. 0586083081
From AB (able seaman) to Zulu (fishing vessel peculiar to the NE coast of Scotland).
73223 KENNY, Ian FISHING OUR WAY
$30.00 AUD
Ian Kenny. Norfolk Island. 1995. 1st Ed. 60 PP with b/w illustrations (5 maps, 4 drawings and 52 photos). Pictorial stiff covers. Dedicatory note on title page signed by the author. Fine. 21.5 x 14.5. 0646261991
Fishing experiences around Norfolk Island, New Zealand, Canada & Pitcairn Island.
73224 KENNY, Ian HOOKED BY THE SEA
$40.00 AUD
Ian Kenny. Norfolk Island. 1999. 1st Ed. 139 PP with b/w illustrations (1 sketch map, 4 drawings and 138 photos). Pictorial stiff covers. Dedicatory note on title page dated and signed by the author. Fine. 21 x 14.8. 0646386034
Experiences at sea: Norfolk Island, Pitcairn Island, New Zealand ... Diving: recrational, fishing, salvage ... Whaling experiences in New Zealand (Tory Channel) and Norfolk island.
37793 KERR, Garry & McDERMOTT, Harry THE HUON PINE STORY - The history of harvest and use of a unique timber
$70.00 AUD
Mainsail Books. Portland, Vic. 2000. 1st Ed. (8), 299 PP with 4 maps, numerous b/w and colour illustrations. Fp: Huon Pine (young tree), by S. dean. Title page: Marble Cliffs, Gordon River, World Heritage Area, Tasmania. FEP: Map of Strahan / Macquarie Harbour. REP: Map of Birch Inlet / Macquarie Harbour. Hard cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj. Name of previous owner at top of half title page. Near fine. 28.3 x 21.5. 0957791704
Chapter 8: The Rivermen. Chapter 9: the Piner's Punt. Chapter 10: The Riverboats.
73111 KLINGEL, Gilbert C. BOATBUILDING WITH STEEL, including Boatbuilding with Aluminium
$35.00 AUD
International Marine Publishing. Camden, Maine, USA. 1991. 2nd edition of the 1973 original, with an introduction by Thomas E. Colvin. X, 270 PP with 3 tables, 13 b/w photos & 143 figures. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price clipped). Faint sellotape marks on endpapers. Near fine. 23.5 x 16. 9780877422877
Includes boatbuilding with aluminium by Thomas Colvin.
48266 KNIGHT, E. F. THE CRUISE OF THE ALERTE
$10.00 AUD
Granada. London. 1984. 1st paperback edition of the 1890 original. Introduction by Arthur Ransome. XVI, 205 PP with 3 maps. Pictorial soft cover (light creases). Few foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise very good. 19 x 13. 0246123125
Search for the treasure stolen from the cathedral of Lima, in 1821 during the Peruvian war for independence.
72536 KNIGHT, E. F. THE CRUISE OF THE FALCON - A Voyage to South America in a 30-Ton Yacht
$25.00 AUD
Longmans, Green, and Co. London. 1906. New Impression of the 4th edition. VIII, 366 PP with 2 maps, 5 text illustrations and 8 b/w plates, including the Frontispiece: Entrance to the Bay of Rio. Navy cloth covers with shelf wear around edges, gilt tile on worn spine, Ship's Library stamp in blind on front cover. Gutters have been reinforced, stamp on inside front cover, signature of previous owner on prelims. A little light foxing, mostly on first and last pages, o/wise a very good reading copy. 19 x 12.5.
A voyage to South America in a 30 ton yacht. Falmouth, Madeira, Cape Verde Islands, Brazil, Uruguay, Plate River, Barbados, then return to Bristol on the 500-ton barque Augusta.
73055 KOZEL, Ben FIVE MONTHS IN A LEAKY BOAT: Rowing through Mongolia and Siberia to the Arctic Ocean
$20.00 AUD
Macmillan. Sydney. 2003. 1st Ed. (10), 422 PP with 1 map of the Yenisey River system, plus 16 pages with 44 colour photos. Pictorial stiff covers. Near fine. 23.2 x 15.5. 9780732911911
Down the Yenisey River in May 2001.
72884 LANDSBOROUGH, Gordon THE BATTLE OF THE RIVER PLATE
$15.00 AUD
Panther Book. London. 1956. 1st paperback edition. 160 PP with 1 sketch on ranges of amminitions, 1 sketch map of the South Atlantic Ocean and 1 chart track of the action, plus 8 pages with 16 b/w photos . Pictorial stiff covers. Slight ageing of paper. Ex Libris stamp of previous owner on preliminary page. Very good. 18 x 11.2.
Last stand of the Graf Spee, off Montevideo.
37913 LANG, Denise V. FOOTSTEPS IN THE OCEAN - Careers in Diving
$15.00 AUD
E. P. Dutton. New York. 1987. 1st Ed. XV, 144 PP with 35 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 23.5 x 15.5. 0525671935
63674 LATHWELL, Jennifer & David FROM FRANCE TO FREYCINET - The background to the French names on the East Coast of Tasmania
$20.00 AUD
Glamorgan Spring Bay Council. Hobart. 2008. 2008 reprint sponsored by The Embassy of France. No pagination, 32 PP with 1 chart in b/w and 33 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. Oblong: 14.8 x 21. 9780646496870
15167 LAWRENCE, K.V.W. (Editor) MOBIL OIL CENTENNIAL ISSUE (in The Compass, Magazine of the Sea, Vol. XXXVI, No. 4)
$20.00 AUD
Mobil Oil Corporation. New York. 1966. July/August 1966, "Centennial issue of Mobil Oil". Edited by K.V.W. Lawrence. Foreword by A. L. Nickerson, Chairman. 24 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (including colour painting of Clipper Ship Red Jacket at centrefold). Pictorial stiff covers. Small rubbed patch on front cover, o/wise fine. 30.5 x 23.
Centennial Issue of Mobil Oil - Mobil Oil : We went to Sea Early, but ... / Confederate Raider CSS Tallahassee, Halfax Harbour : The Red Jacket / Ferry to Bornholm / Steaming the North Atlantic, a review of the steam-powered record holders from 1838 to the present.
73126 LAWS, Steve (editor) WESTERN AUSTRALIAN CRUISING
$60.00 AUD
Fremantle Sailing Club, Cruising Section. Fremantle. 2001. 2nd Ed. VI, 250 PP with b/w illustrations (diagrams, sketch maps, charts & 75 photos) and colour maps, insets & plans, plus 16 pages with 55 colour photos. Pictorial stiff covers. Near fine. 29.7 x 21.
72765 LAWSON, Will & The Shiplovers' Society of Tasmania BLUE GUM CLIPPERS AND WHALE SHIPS OF TASMANIA
$20.00 AUD
Georgian House. Melbourne. 1949. 1st soft cover edition. 261 PP, plus 30 b/w plates. Fp: Sailing ships at New Wharf in 1881. Stiff covers, dj (price clipped). Light foxing on the outside edges, o/wise in fine condition. 21.5 x 14.
Early whaling, trading and shipbuilding in Tasmania.
41579 LENTON, H. T. ABC BRITISH WARSHIPS
$5.00 AUD
Ian Allan. London. 1964. 7th Ed. 72 PP with tables, & 30 b/w photos. recto of title page: H.M.S. Hermes, the Royal Navy's newest aircraft carrier. Pictorial soft cover (Frigate). Stamp of previous owner on title page, o/wise near fine. 15.3 x 10.3.
72806 LESSTRANG, Jacques SEAWAY - The Untold Story of North America's Fourth Seacoast
$45.00 AUD
Salisbury Press Book / Superior Publishing. Seattle. 1976. 1st Ed. 214, (1 "table distances") PP with b/w illustrations (1 engraving, 2 seals, 15 maps & plans, 260 photos and portraits) and 21 colour photos. Hard cover, simile leather, gilt title on front board and spine, dj. Near fine. 27.5 x 22. 0875642160
73415 LEVATHES, Louise WHEN CHINA RULED THE SEAS - The Treasure fleet of the Dragon Throne, 1405-1433
$30.00 AUD
Oxford University Press. New York. 1994. 1st soft cover edition. 252 PP with with 2 maps on double page and 19 b/w illustrations, plus 8 pages with 15 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 23.2 x 15.5. 01905112075
Between 1405 & 1433, Admiral Zhenghe with fleets of more than 300 treasure ships (some measuring up to 130 metres long), with 2800 men, made 7 voyages through the China Seas and the Indian Ocean towards the Red Sea and East Africa.
73068 LEWIS, Helen Jo THE SHERBURDS - Pioneers and Whalers in Van Diemen's Land
$65.00 AUD
Helen Jo Lewis. Hobart. 2021. 1st edition limited to 200 copies. X, 182 PP with 1 family tree, and over 100 b/w or colour illustrations (charts, maps and plans, drawings and paintings, documents, newspaper clippings, portraits ...). Fp: Map of Van Diemen 's Land, c. 1826. Laminated pictorial boards barque ["Pacific", 1848). Signed by the author on title page. New. 25 x 17.5. 9780646839950
At least 14 Master Mariners can be traced in the Sherburd family.
73276 LINDSAY, Norman NORMAN LINDSAY - PENCIL DRAWINGS
$75.00 AUD
Angus & Robertson. Sydney. 1969. 1st Ed. Foreword by A. D. Hope. No pagination, (VIII) PP, plus 45 plates. Hard covers, gilt title on spine. Near fine. Image shows title-page. 31 x 25.5. 0207952175
73116 LLOYD, Lieutenant Commander S J & ROYAL NAVY (editors) BROADSHEET- Overview of the Year 2003-2004 / Calendar 2005 "Trafalgar 200, Past Glories, Future Horizons / DVD "Your Navy Today and Tomorrow"
$50.00 AUD
Broadsheet / DDef Pub (Navy). London. 2004. 3 items: Broadsheet 2003-2004 40 PP, plus large folded plate (4 folds) with Fleet List "Surface Fleet / Submarine Service / Fleet Air Arm - Calendar 2005 "Trafalgar 200" - CD "Your Navy Today and Tomorrow, MMIV. Stiff covers. Fine condition. 29.7 x 21.
73235 LONEY, S.L. MECHANICS AND HYDROSTATICS FOR BEGINNERS
$15.00 AUD
Cambridge University Press. London. 1935. Reprint of the 4th edition of 1924 (original of January 1893). VIII, 310, XV, (3 publications) PP with figures. Coth covers, gilt title on spine. Outside corners of covers with signs of dampness. Very good. 17 x 12.
65542 LUBBOCK, Basil THE LAST OF THE WINDJAMMERS - VOLUME II
$70.00 AUD
Brown, Son & Ferguson. Glasgow. 1949. Reprint of the 1929 original. XV, 448 PP, plus 17 plans (16 of them folded) and 96 plates with 174 b/w illustrations. Fp: Hougomont. Eps: Chart of the world. Blue cloth cover, title in blind on front cover and gilt on spine, no dj. Faint foxing. Near fine. 25 x 19.5.
The last boom in sail, the lime-juicers, the carriers of the 90's, the square-riggers of the 20th century, small fry.
68493 LUBBOCK, Basil THE LAST OF THE WINDJAMMERS - Volume I
$50.00 AUD
Brown, Son & Ferguson. Glasgow. 1948. 3rd Impression of the 1927 original. XIV, (2), 518 PP, plus 74 pages with 126 b/w illustrations. & 17 pages of plans (11 of them folded). Fp: "Quathlamba". Eps: Chart of the world. Cloth cover, title in blind on front cover, gilt title on spine. Occasional foxing. Discreet stamp of previous owner on front endpaper. Very good. 24.9 x 19.
73142 LUCAS, Alan THE COMPLETE ILLUSTRATED ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF BOATING
$20.00 AUD
Horwitz. Melbourne. 1977. 1st Ed. 272 PP with over 1000 b/w illustrations throughout. Hard cover, title on front board and spine, dj. Dust jacket with lightly sunned spine and with a short repaired tear at foot of spine. Foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise a near fine copy. 25 x 16. 0725503858
Contains over 1000 illustrations. An authoritative work with explanatory diagrams for most terms.
73092 LYCETT, J. VIEWS IN AUSTRALIA, or New South Wales, & Van Diemen's Land Delineated,in Fifty Views, with Descriptive Letter Press
$100.00 AUD
Thomas Nelson. Sydney. 1977. Reprint of the facsimile edition of 1971 (original of 1825). (4), II, 15, (224) PP (with 2 maps and 48 coloured plates with descriptions of each on the opposite page). Title page with vignette (in colour): View in Bathurst Plain near Queen Charlotte Valley. Hard cover (simile leather), gilt title "Lycett's Views in Australia" and decoration on spine. Contained in an illustrated slipcase. Note to previous owner on front endpaper. A few tiny faint scuff marks on book covers, o/wise a near fine copy. Oblong: 27.7 x 37. 0170019659
38055 MABBERLEY, David THE LEGACY OF FLINDERS' NATURALIST (in Australian Geographic - Issue No. 60, Oct-Dec. 2000]
$10.00 AUD
Australian Geographic. Sydney. 2000. Contains article from P. 48 to 63 with 2 b/w and 17 colour photos by Grahame McConnell, plus 1 folded map. Illustrated soft cover. Fine. 27.8 x 21.
Robert Brown, naturalist on board HMS Investigator.
15376 MacGREGOR, David R. THE CHINA BIRD - The History of Captain Killick, and the Firm he Founded: Killick Martin & Company
$35.00 AUD
Conway Maritime Press. London. 1986. 2nd revised edition. 224 PP profusely illustrated throughout. Fp: The "Lothair". Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 29 x 22. 0851773818
Story of Killick & Martin, founded by Capt. James Killick of "Challenger" fame, described as "China Bird". Annual races of the tea clippers from Chinese ports to the docks of England.
73182 MACKANESS, George THE LIFE OF VICE-ADMIRAL WILLIAM BLIGH - R.N., F.R.S. (Two Volumes in One)
$45.00 AUD
Farrar & Rinehart, Inc. New York. c. 1931. 1st US edition from the 1931 Australian original. Vol. I: (14), 369 PP. Vol. II: (3), 348, ( 25 bibliography), (23 index) PP. Copy with 2 b/w portraits (frontispiece of Vol. I & Vol. II), plus 56 plates with 68 b/w illustrations and 1 large folded map at end of book. Top edge tinted. Green cloth cover, device in blind on front cover, gilt title on spine (dulled). Back and head of spine of dust jacket is missing and is now repaired and in a protective sleeve. Ageing of paper, and occasional foxing. Still a very good clean copy. 24 x 15.7.
34793 LE MAIRE, Jacob MIRROR OF THE AUSTRALIAN NAVIGATION
$150.00 AUD
Hordern House / Australian National Maritime Museum. Sydney. 1999. Australian Maritime Series, No. 5. Facsimile of the 1622 original Spieghel der Australische Navigatie .... Foreword by Justus Veeneklaas. Introductory essay by Edward Duyker, English text by Alexander Dalrymple. Limited to 950 copies. 32, (XVI), 72, (2), 64, 1 PP with 5 b/w and 7 colour illustrations, plus 3 colour maps on double page. Fp: Double hemisphere world map published in Amsterdam in 1618. Hand bound in quarter alum-tawed goat skin with marbled papered sides, gilt title on black vignette on spine. Near fine. 30.5 x 20.2. 1875567259
Being an account of the voyage of Jacob Le Maire and Willem Schouten 1615-1616 published in Amsterdam in 1622.
36263 MALSTER, Robert WHERRIES AND WATERWAYS - The story of the Norfolk and Suffolk wherry and the waterways on which it sailed
$40.00 AUD
Terence Dalton. Lavenham, Suffolk. 1986. Revised edition of the 1971 original. 176 PP with 80 b/w illust. (1 line-drawing, 3 drawings, engravings, paintings and photos). Fp: "Gertrude" unloading timber at Norwich. Eps: Map of the navigable waterways of Norfolk and Suffolk. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 23.2 x 18. 0861380428
72971 MANN, Alan ST. CLAIR SHIPPING - Marine Highway
$40.00 AUD
Looking Back Press / Vanwell Publishing Ltd. St Catharines, On. 2006. 1st paperback edition. 128 PP with b/w illustrations: 1 sketch map, 1 document, 9 advertising material and over 210 photos. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine (mint condition). 23.5 x 16.5. 9781550689501
The St. Clair River: natural border border between Michigan and Ontario and "The World's Busiest Waterway.
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
$60.00 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. A near fine copy. 24.2 x 16.2. 0864451040
43119 MARRIOTT, John DISASTER AT SEA
$10.00 AUD
Ian Allan. London. 1987. 1st Ed. 176 PP with 30 maps & plans, and 49 b/w illustrations. Hard cover, gilt title on cloth spine, dj (price-clipped and in a protective sleeve). Near fine. 23.5 x 15.7. 0711017379
Lloyds of London. The British Search and Rescue Organisation. Shipwrecks: Victoria and Camperdown, Andrea Doria and Stockholm, Titanic... The 1979 Fastnet Race.
66260 MARRIOTT, Leo FROM THE BRIDGE - HMS INVINCIBLE
$15.00 AUD
Ian Allan. London. 1990. 1st Ed. 80 PP with 1 map of the British Isles, 1 plan of the bridge and 103 b/w photos. Title spread: HMS Invincible arriving at Port Jackson, end of 1983. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 23.5 x 17. 0711019401
72838 MARS, Alastair SUBMARINE ATTACK
$15.00 AUD
Horwitz Publications Inc. Sydney. 1961. 2nd edition of the 1959 original. 162 PP. Stiff covers, pictorial front. Slight ageing of paper. Ex Libris stamp of previous owner on preliminary page. Very good. 17.8 x 11.5.
73071 MATTSSON, Algot (Editor) FROM LAKE AND RIVER TO DISTANT OCEANS - 1865 BROSTROMS 1965
$70.00 AUD
Brostrom. Gothenburg. 1965. 1st Ed. Foreword by Dan-Axel Broström. 164 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (including a folded fleet list with funnels/house flags). Hard cover, gilt title on front board and spine, dj. Dust jacket with light rubbing and a repaired tear on front, now in a protective sleeve. Near fine. Scarce. 30.2 x 21.5.
The largest shipping group of Sweden: The Ferm Steamship Company, The Tirfing Steamship Company, The Swedish East Asia Company Ltd, The Swedish American Line... Their involvment in shipyards. Axel Brostrom is regarded as the father of the modern Swedish mercantile marine.
16111 MAYES, Gilbert I. BRITISH COASTAL SHIPS TUGS & TRAWLERS
$15.00 AUD
Ian Allan. London. 1975. 1st Ed. 287 PP with tables and 64 bw photos. Title spread: Broodbank, Port of London Authority. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj (Suffolk Warrior). Fine. 18.8 x 12.5. 0711005923
73104 McCLUSKIE, Tom ANATOMY OF THE TITANIC
$25.00 AUD
PRC Publishing. London. 1998. 1st Ed. 160 PP with 25 colour and some 250 b/w illustrations (photos and plans). Pictorial laminated boards, dj. Fine. 31.2 x 23.5. 9781856484824
37028 McDONALD, D. I. HENRY PARKES AND THE SYDNEY NAUTICAL SCHOOL (in Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society - Vol.52, Part 3)
$20.00 AUD
Royal Australian Historical Society. Sydney. 1966. September 1966. Issue marking the "Centenary of the New South Wales Public Schools Act of 1966". Contains article from P. 212 to 227, plus 2 b/w plates (1 of the Training Ship "Vernon"). Card cover. Very good. 22.4 x 14.5.
70264 McDOWELL, Bart CARTAGENA NIGHTS (in National Geographic Magazine, Volume 175, No.4, 1989)
$5.00 AUD
N.G.S. Washington. 1989. April 1989. Includes article from P.494 to 509 with colour illustrations (4 maps and 13 photos by O. Louis Mazzatenta.). Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 25.4 x 17.5.
Historic Colombian port and fortress of the Spanish Main.
71921 McGLASHAN, Alistair THE COMPLETE FISHING BIBLE: Everything you need to know about Fishing in Australia
$40.00 AUD
New Holland Publishers (Australia). Sydney. 2007. 1st reprint of the 2007 original. Foreword by Rex Hunt. 431 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 28.6 x 23. 9781741104691
70887 McLELLAND, Tim (editor) F-4 PHANTOM, The St. Louis Slugger - Aeroplane Icons Series (No.17)
$10.00 AUD
Key Publishing / Aeroplane Illustrated Magazine. Stamford, Lincs.. c. 2015. 116 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (artworks, drawings, plans, photos), plus a large folded plate with 2 plans (scale 1:144). Pictorial soft covers. Fine. 29.7 x 21. 9781909786813
73120 McMULLEN, R. T. AN EXPERIMENTAL CRUISE, Single Handed in the 'PROCYON', 7-Ton Lugger
$150.00 AUD
Edward Stanford & Charles Wilson. London. 1880. 1st Ed. (4), 139, (3) PP with b/w illustrations: vignette 'Anchorage at night' on title page, plus 2 folded plates (plan of the lugger & map of the English Channel) and 2 plates on full page (map of Thames Estuary and Calais to Dover & woodcut 'Five Miles to Dover'). Cloth cover, gilt decoration and title on front cover, gilt title on spine. Covers with minimal wear, light foxing on outside edges. An unusually bright and near fine copy of a scarce item. 18.8 x 13.
Passage in 1873 from Greenhithe to the Isle of Wight and Lymington.
72400 McMULLEN, R.T. DOWN CHANNEL AND ORION (or how I came to Sail Alone in a 19-Ton Yacht). Two Classic Works of Solo Sailing
$20.00 AUD
Leonaur / Oakpast Ltd. London. 2014. 1st paperback edition, in the Leonaur Naval and Maritime series. Introduction of the 1893 edition by Dixon Kemp. 312 PP with b/w illustrations: 5 line drawings / sketch plans, 3 maps and 12 prints or sketches. Pictorial stff covers. Fine. 21.5 x 13.8. 9781782822783
73321 MIDDLEMISS, Norman Memorable Ships: CITY OF BENARES; The Ellerman Indian Passenger Liner with a tragic Ending / Feature: THE PETER DÖHLE Group of Hamburg / Forgotten Fleets: WITHERINGTON & EVERETT A North East Collier Company / Port of Call: STAVANGER (in SHIPPING TODAY and YESTERDAY, No. 346)
$10.00 AUD
Tandy Media Publishing. Bexhill-on-Sea, UK. 2018. Edited by Nigel Lawrence. 68 PP. Contains 4 articles between pages: 18 to 31 and 50 to 61 with b/w and colour illustrations (House-Flag & Funnel and photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.7 x 21.
Other article - Through the eyes of the artist by David Eeles: ELDER DEMPSTER - Part Two.
73096 MIDDLEMISS, Norman L. 'THE NAVVIES - History of the General Steam Navigation Company
$40.00 AUD
Shield Publications. Tyne & Wear, UK. 1999. 1st Ed. 160 PP with 1 colour painting and 106 b/w illustrations (1 drawing, 1 painting, 2 crests and 102 photos of ships). Fp (in colour): "Crested Eagle" and "Golden Eagle". Stiff covers, pictorial front (Crest and House-Flag). Lengthwise crease on front cover which has light edge wear, o/wise contents near fine. 25.2 x 17.7. 187112817X
72494 MILLER, Nathan WAR AT SEA - A Naval History of World War II
$20.00 AUD
Scribner. New York. 1995. 1st Ed. 592 PP with 6 maps, plus 16 pages with 34 b/w photos. Hard cover, cloth spine, dj. Dust jacket is in a protective sleeve. A few stamps/signatures of previous owners on FFEP. Traces of old damp at bottom edges near spine on first and last pages, not affecting text. An otherwise very good clean copy. 24.2 x 16. 0684803801
From the sinking of the British passenger ship Athenia on the 3rd September 1939 to the Japanese capitulation on USS Missouri on the 2nd September 1945.
74960 MITCHELL, W. H. & SAWYER, L. A. EMPIRE SHIPS OF WORLD WAR II
$20.00 AUD
Sea Breezes. Liverpool. 1965. 1st Ed. VIII, 120 PP with 32 line drawings by John S. Lindsay & 7 b/w photos. Fp: Photo of Empire Maldon. Pictorial laminated boards. Old tape marks on endpapers and light foxing on prelims. An other wise very good clean copy. 25.5 x 19.
Vessels built in British yards, purchased, requisitioned, captured & confiscated from the enemy and controlled by the Ministry of Shipping which renamed them using the "Empire" prefix. Included cargoes, tankers, colliers, tugs, ...
67233 MITCHENER, E. A. (Ted) ICE IN THE RIGGING - Ships of the Antarctic, 1699-1937
$75.00 AUD
Maritime Museum of Tasmania. Hobart. 2015. 1st edition by Peter Boyer and Graeme Broxam. Foreword by Patrick G. Quilty. XXII, 353 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Illustrated endpapers. Cloth cover, gilt title on front board and spine, ribbon bookmark, dj. Signed by Colin Denny, President of the Maritime Museum of Tasmania / Publisher, on page VI. Fine (mint condition). 26.8 x 21.8. 9780646934556
72626 MOFFAT, John & ROSSITER, Mike I SANK THE BISMARCK
$25.00 AUD
Bantam Press / Transworld Publishers. London. 2009. 1st paperbackedition. (10), 294 PP, plus 8 pages with 3 colour and 28 b/w photos. Pictorial stiff covers. Neat Ex Libris stamp of previous owner on half title page, o/wise fine. 23.3 x 15.2.. 9780593063514
Memoirs of a Second World War Navy Pilot.
15016 MOODY, B. BRITISH OCEAN LINERS
$15.00 AUD
Ian Allan. London. 1966. 1st Ed. 64 PP with tables, and 62 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover ( "Carmania" ). Very good. 18.3 x 12.5.
14764 MOODY, Bert FOREIGN OCEAN LINERS
$15.00 AUD
Ian Allan. London. 1966. 1st Ed. 64 PP with 52 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover ( "Argentina" of Moore-McCormack Lines). Front cover slightly soiled. Very good. Small format: 18.2 x 12.2.
73173 MORGAN, Sally Illustrated - MY PLACE
$15.00 AUD
Fremantle Arts Centre Press. Fremantle. 1994. Reprint of the 1989 "Illustrated" edition. 358, (18 Family Album) PP with 37 headpieces (5 on full pages) by the author, and 31 b/w photo. Eps. Hard covers, gilt title on spine, dj. Short note at top of title-page, o/wise a fine copy. 25.7 x 18.. 9780949206312
52952 MORRIS, Charles F. ORIGINS, ORIENT & ORIANA
$60.00 AUD
Teredo Books. Brighton, UK. 1980. 1st Ed. XX, 491 PP with 211 illustrations ( 9 in colour). Fp: Oriana in dry dock in Falmouth. FEP: Cuzco rounding Cape St. Vincent. REP: Oriana launching. Cloth cover, gilt device on front cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price clipped). A fine copy. Scarce in this condition. 25 x 19. 0903662078
The author was the Company's naval architect and describes the development of ships & the history of the Orient Company.
70659 MOSS, Dr. Ken (editor) TALL SHIPS AUSTRALIA 1998 - Official Program
$15.00 AUD
Davies Brothers Ltd. / Tall Ships Australia 1998. Hobart, Tasmania. 1998. 1st Ed. Messages of the Premiers of New South Wales and Tasmania. 28 PP with colour illustration (1 berthing plan "Sydney", 1 sketch map "Hobart to Sydney", 9 National Flags, 9 ship types and 44 photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.5 x 21.
Invitation to participate in the Tall Ship gathering organised for the 1988 bicentennial celebration of Australia.
72711 MOYES, Norman B. BATTLE EYE, A History of American Combat Photography
$20.00 AUD
MetroBooks / Friedman /Fairfax Publishers. New York. 1996. 1st Ed. Foreword by David Hume Kennerly. 144 PP with 96 b/w and 15 colour photos. Had cover, dj. Fine. 29.2 x 29.2. 9781567992878
Includes "capsule biographies" of 67 Photographers of War.
Chris Hudson & Jocelyn Fogagnolo. Hobart. 1991. 1st Ed., with a foreword by Jack Earl. 136 PP with 2 maps, 8 plans and 70 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Name of previous owner at top of title page. Copy signed by E.J. (Jock) Muir on title page. Near fine. Scarce. 29.7 x 20.8. 064601630X
... by one of Australia's best known designers, builders and ocean racing identities.
72795 MUNDLE, Rob UNDER FULL SAIL
$35.00 AUD
ABC Books. Sydney. 2016. 1st Ed. (10), 374 PP, plus 33 b/w or colour plates (on superior gloss). Includes a Glossary and Index. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 24 x 16. 9780733334696
How the majestic clipper ships transformed Australia from a convict outpost to a nation.
72594 MUNDLE, Robert THE SYDNEY HOBART YACHT RACE
$15.00 AUD
ABC Books / HarperCollins. Sydney. 2019. 1st Ed. Foreword by Sir James Hardy. (6), 410 PP with 2 maps (1 on double page), plus 16 pages with 16 b/w and 14 colour photos. Hard cover, title on front board and spine, dj. Fine. 24.2 x 16. 9780733339820
The story of a sporting Icon.
73169 MURRAY-SMITH, Stephen (editor) MISSION TO THE ISLANDS - The Missionary Voyages in Bass Strait of Canon Marcus Brownrigg, 1872-1885
$45.00 AUD
Foot & Playsted. Launceston. 1987. 2nd edition of the 1979 original. XXXVIII, (2), 246 PP with 1 portrait, 2 facsimile of title pages and 13 b/w illustrations (8 on full page). Fp: Portrait of Marcus Blake Brownrigg. Stiff covers, illustrated front, dust jacket in a protective sleeve. Name of previous owner at top of half title page. Occasional foxing. Near fine. 24 x 15.2. 0858530368
43897 N/A THE BOAT MUSEUM
$5.00 AUD
The National Waterways Museum. Ellesmere Port, UK. c. 1990. Reprint ?. 40 PP on glossy paper with b/w and colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. Oblong: 15 x 21.
46462 N/A A CITIZEN'S GUIDE TO THE LONDON BOROUGH OF GREENWICH
$10.00 AUD
South East London & Kentish Mercury Group Publication. London. 1984. 1st Ed. 72 PP with 48 b/w photos (and over 42 pages of advertisements). Pictorial soft cover. Slight ageing of paper. Very good. 28.4 x 21.
Published to celebrate 100 years of the Prime Meridian passing at Greenwich.
Classic Boat / Benn Consumer Publications. Falmouth. 1988. Issue No. 8, July / August 1988. 128 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.5 x 22.5.
No. 8: Square Sails on the Humber, by Alex McMullen. In praise of Harrison Butler, by Pat Winters. Barge Yachts, by John Leather ...
57448 N/A THE YACHTING WORLD AND POWER CRAFT - 1941
$50.00 AUD
Yachting World /Iliffe & Sons. London. 1941. 12 monthly issues: January 1941 to December 1941. 302 PP with b/w illustrations. 4 of the 12 issues with 16 pages of advertisements. No soft covers. Rusty staples. Occasional foxing. Complete with few pages disbound. Set contained in a clear plastic envelope. Very good. 30 x 22.5.
60493 N/A LET'S MAKE THE NEXT 200 YEARS SAFER
$5.00 AUD
Federal Sea Safety and Surveillance Centre / Transport and Communications. Canberra. 1988. Foreword by The Hon. Peter Duncan, Australian Minister for Land Transport and Infrastructure Support. 12 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover (The Shipwreck, by JMW Turner). Fine. Oblong: 15 x 21.2.
HMSO. London. 1953. March 1953 reprint of the 1938 original. XVIII, (2), 488 PP with XIV tables (4 of them on supplementary plates: 2 tables (XI & XIII) on full page and 2 tables (VI & X) on folded page) and 167 figures (many on supplementary pages: 29 b/w photos, 42 plates on full page in colour and 8 with folded charts in colour...). Cloth cover with light shelf wear, device in blind on front board, gilt title (faded) on spine. Foxing spots on top outside edges. A near fine copy. 24.5 x 16.
50831 NASH, Greg & STEVENS, David AUSTRALIA'S NAVY IN THE GULF: From Countenance to Catalyst, 1941-2006.
$20.00 AUD
Sea Power Centre - Australia. Canberra. 2006. 1st Ed. 96 PP with 5 maps, 32 b/w photos, and colour illustrations (1 document, 6 patches and 168 photos). Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 29.8 x 21. 9651921076684
Countenance: deployment of HMAS Yarra, Kanimbla in the Shatt el Arab, May to August 1941....
72852 NICOL, Douglas J. OCEANOGRAPHIC FEATURES THAT MAY INFLUENCE CETACEAN STRANDINGS AROUND TASMANIA
$20.00 AUD
Centre for Environmental Studies, University of Tasmania. Hobart. 1985. Research Project No. 25. (6), 46 PP with 4 figures (maps of Tasmania). Soft covers, title on front cover, staples, cloth spine. Fine. 29.5 x 20.7. 0859012921
Whale Stranding Programme.
72853 NICOL, Douglas J. HUMAN INTEREST IN THE TASMANIAN CETACEAN FAUNA
$20.00 AUD
Centre for Environmental Studies, University of Tasmania. Hobart. 1986. Research Report No. 26. (8), 13, (2 apendix) PP with 8 figures (series of graphs and 5 maps of Tasmania. Soft covers, title on front cover, staples, cloth spine. Fine. 29.5 x 20.7. 0859013537
Whale Stranding Research Programme.
72854 NICOL, Douglas J. OBSERVER EFFORT AND ITS EFECT ON THE TASMANIAN CETACEAN STRANDING RECORD
$20.00 AUD
Centre for Environmental Studies, University of Tasmania. Hobart. 1986. Research Report No. 27. (8), 24 PP with 4 figures (maps of Tasmania). Soft covers, title on front cover, staples, cloth spine. Near fine. 29.5 x 20.7. 0859013529
Whale Stranding Research Programme.
72856 NICOL, Douglas J. THE AUSTRALIAN CETACEAN STRANDING DATABASE, 1790 to 1988: Operating Procedures and Review
$35.00 AUD
Australian National Parks and Wildlife Service / Centre for Environmental Studies, University of Tasmania. Hobart. 1990. Consultancy Report, February 1990. (3), IV, 51 PP, plus 57 pages with 10 tables and 74 figures (graphs and maps). Soft covers, title on front cover, clear plastic protection, spiral bound. Fine. 29.5 x 20.7.
Whale Stranding Research Programme.
72857 NICOL, Douglas James (B.Sc.) THE TASMANIAN CETACEAN STRANDING RECORD: A Review of the Cetacean Strandings in Tasmanian Waters and an Examination of Possible Causes ...
$75.00 AUD
Centre for Environmental Studies, University of Tasmania. Hobart. 1991. September 1991 Thesis. XVIII, 219 PP with 16 tables and 66 figures (graphs, 2 measurements diagrams and distribution maps of Tasmania). Soft covers, title on front cover, clear plastic protection, spiral bound. Fine. 29.5 x 20.7.
... behind a Thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Environmental Studies (Research).
73065 NIELSEN, Jerri & VOLLERS, Maryanne ICE BOUND - One Woman's Incredible Battle for Survival at the South Pole
$15.00 AUD
Ebury Press. London. 2001. Reprint of the 1st UK edition. XX, (2), 362 PP with 2 b/w illustrations as frontispiece (map of Antarctica / South Pole Station Dome Layout 98/99). plus 8 pages with 16 b/w photos. Stiff covers, pictorial front. Near fine. 23.2 x 15.3. 9780091878474
73222 NORDHOFF, Charles & HALL, James Norman THE BOUNTY TRILOGY
$50.00 AUD
Little, Brown and Company. Boston. 1936. December 1936 reprint of the December 1936 original. VIII, 903 PP with , plus 7 colour plates by N.C. Wyeth. Fp (in colour): H.M.S. Bounty. cover. FEP: The route of the "Bounty's Launch. REP: The route of the "Bounty". Hard covers with light wear, device on front cover, top edge tinted. Price-clipped dust jacket has a piece missing at head of a repaired spine and is in a protective sleeve. A very good clean copy. 21.6 x 14.5.
Comprising the 3 volumes: Mutiny on the Bounty - Men against the Sea - Pitcairn's Island.
21229 O'MAY, Harry WOODEN HOOKERS OF HOBART TOWN & WHALERS OUT OF VAN DIEMEN'S LAND
$20.00 AUD
T. J. Hughes, Government Printer. Hobart. 1978. 2nd Impression. 137 PP, VI (index) PP & 101, (3 index) PP, plus 32 pages with 61 b/w photos. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Name of previous owner on FFEP, o/wise a near fine copy. 22 x 14.5.
Whaling in the early days of Van Diemen's Land.
72565 O'SHAUGHNESSY, Peter, INSON, Graeme & WARD, Russel THE RESTLESS YEARS: Being some Impressions of the Origin of the Australian (with 12" stereo mono L.P.)
$35.00 AUD
Jacaranda Press. Brisbane. 1969. Reprint of the 1968 original. (6), 138 PP with 62 colour and 124 b/w illustrations. Fp (in colour): Teamsters' Christmas Eve. Eps: illustrations (in colour). Cloth cover, title on front board and spine, LP record with plastic protection and original protective cover loosely inserted. Book and record contained in an illustrated slipcase. Edges of slipcase with small tears. Faint foxing, o/wise near fine. Oblong: 32 x 38.5. 0701601973
73372 OLSEN, Herb PAINTING THE MARINE SCENE IN WATERCOLOR
$25.00 AUD
Galahad Books. New York. 1967. 1st edition. 128 PP with 20 colour plates and b/w illustrations throughout. FP (in colour: Dragging / Waiting for the fog to lift. Cloth covers, gilt title on spine, dj. A near fine copy. 31.2 x 23.5. 0883653354
66526 PARKIN, Ray H.M. BARK "ENDEAVOUR" - Her place in Australian History - With an Account of her Construction, Crew and Equipment and a Narrative of her Voyage on the East Coast of New Holland in the Year 1770.
$50.00 AUD
The Miegunyah Press. Melbourne. 2006. Paperback edition of the 2nd edition of 2003 (the original of 1997 was No. 13 in the Second numbered series of the Miegunyah Press). XII, 468 PP with 2 reproductions of original drawings by Parkinson, as well as plans, charts and illustrations by the author. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 23.5 x 17.8. 9780522853117
Not only on the Bark "Endeavour", but the description of Australia by the participants to this voyage of discovery (Cook, Banks, Parkinson, Pickersgill...), while following the East Coast from Cape Howe to Cape York.
73489 PARRISH, Thomas THE SUBMARINE: A History
$10.00 AUD
Viking / Penguin Group. New York. 2004. 1st Ed. (14), 576 PP with 4 maps, plus 36 pages with 53 b/w illustrations. Hard cover with a rubbed patch at top of front cover. Ex-library copy with stamp of University of Tasmania on endpapers and title page and outside top edge. Remainder mark on lower outside edges. Otherwise, contents are fine. 24.2 x 16. 0670033138
17122 PARSONS, Ronald THE PORT OF MARYBOROUGH
$10.00 AUD
Ronald Parsons. Magill, S.A. 1984. Revised edition of the 1976 original. IV, 102 PP with 9 b/w illustrations, plus 6 pages with 10 b/w photos. Title page: Schooner Fearless. Stapled typescript. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. Oblong: 16.2 x 20.5. 0909428349
17141 PARSONS, Ronald FREMANTLE REGISTER OF SHIPS BEFORE 1900
$10.00 AUD
Roanald Parsons. Lobethal, S.A. 1995. Expanded & corrected edition of the 1960 original. (2), 73 PP. Stapled typescript monograph. Soft covers. Fine. Oblong: 16 x 20.6. 0646257714
Title on front cover: "Ships Registerd at Fremantle ...". Information extracted from Fremantle registers and other sources. Fleet lists of some shipowners with a general index.
22028 PARSONS, Ronald PORT LINCOLN SHIPPING, Whalers, disasters, and the sea link with Adelaide
$15.00 AUD
Ronald Parsons. Magill, S.A. 1981. 1st Ed. III, 73 PP, plus 6 pages with 1 sketch and 6 b/w photos. Stapled typescript monograph. Soft cover, illustrated front. Near fine. Oblong: 15.8 x 20.6. 0909418195
Port Lincoln: early history, whaling, advent of steam, shipwrecks and casualties.
44895 PARSONS, Ronald AUSTRALIAN SHIPOWNERS AND THEIR FLEETS. Book Nine (VESSELS ENROLLED AT MELBOURNE up to 1859)
$10.00 AUD
Ronald Parsons. Goolwa, SA. 2003. Reprint of the 1989 original. (4), P.101 to 186. Stapled typescript monograph. Soft cover. Near fine. Oblong: 16 x 20.5. 0909418411
Vessels enrolled at Melbourne, concluding the period 1839-1854, list of shipowners up to 1859.
48793 PARSONS, Ronald AUSTRALIAN SHIPOWNERS AND THEIR FLEETS. Books 21 and 22: Ships enrolled at Melbourne 1860-1875
$20.00 AUD
Ronald Parsons / AMHS. Murray Bridge, SA. 2004. 1st Ed. Book 21: (2), 79 PP. Book 22: (2), 53 PP. Soft covers with light soiling, o/wise fine. Oblong: 16.2 x 20.5. 0909418756 & 09
Book 21: A to L. Book 22: M to Z.
66029 PARSONS, Ronald SHIPS OF AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND BEFORE 1850 (in two parts) - Part One (A-J) & Part Two (K-Z)
$20.00 AUD
Ronald Parsons. Magill, S.A.. 1983. 1st Ed. Part One: IV, 104 PP with 1 b/w illust. Part Two: (2), 90 PP. Stapled typescript. Soft covers with 2 ititials at top of each cover. Light foxing. Near fine. Oblong: 16 x 20.7. 0909418 - 268 & 284
Details of Ships registered with Customs at Ports in Australia and New Zealand. Part One: A-J (from Abeona to Juno). Part two:K-Z (from Kangaroo to Young River Chief).
72848 PARSONS, Ronald SHIPWRECKS IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA: 1836-1875
$10.00 AUD
Ronald Parsons. Magill, S.A. 1981. 1st Ed. (6), 78 PP with 1 b/w illustrations, plus 8 pages with 10 b/w photos. Stapled typescript monograph printed on 2 columns. Pictorial soft covers with light foxing. Name of previous owner on title page. Near fine. Oblong: 16 x 20.6. 0909418187
73129 PATERSON, Len THE LIGHT IN THE GLENS: The Rise and Fall of the Puffer Trade
$50.00 AUD
Redwood Books / House of Lochar. Colonsay, Argyll, UK. 1996. 1st Ed. 128 PP with b/w illustrations (1 map, 1 sketch map, drawings, sketch plans, 6 profiles "Evolution of the Puffer" and 60 photos), plus 4 pages with 10 b/w ilustrations (1 painting and 9 photos). Fp: Hay's "Serb", discharging on the Beach at Islay. Eps: copy of a blueprint of the s.s. Skylight. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 25 x 17.5. 9781899863143
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
$350.00 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. 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.
72619 PLEVY, Harry DESTROYER ACTIONS - September 1939 to June 1940
$20.00 AUD
The History Press. Stroud, UK. 2008. 1st paperback edition of the 2006 original. XVI, 272 PP with 4 maps, plus 16 pages with 19 b/w photos. Pictorial soft covers. Neat Ex Libris stamp on half title page. Fine/as new condition. 23.3 x 15.5. 9781862274839
The Altmark Affair. Norwegian campaign and Narvik... Dunkirk and the Fall of France.
30556 POPE, Steve HORNBLOWER'S NAVY - Life at Sea in the Age of Nelson
$20.00 AUD
Orion Media. London. 1998. 1st Ed. 112 PP with b/w and colour illust. Fp: A Tribute to Nelson, c. 1820, (English School). Title page: Napoleon Bonaparte aboard H.M.S. Bellerophon at Plymouth, 1815. FEP: Battle of Cape St. Vincent, 14th February 1797. REP: Battle of Trafalgar, 21st October 1805. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 29.7 x 24. 9780752817743
Fighting ships and weapons. Jolly tars and Navy blues ...
39694 PORTS PORT OF MELBOURNE - Handbook 1985
$10.00 AUD
Port of Melbourne Authority. Melbourne. 1985. 1st Ed. 68 PP with 4 b/w photos, plus centrefold: Plan of the Port of Melbourne. Illustrated soft cover. Fine. Small format: 14 x 9.5.
55165 PORTS PORT OF SEATTLE
$20.00 AUD
Public Information Department / Port of Seattle. Seattle. 1986 Clear plastic envelope containing 11 documents. 3 Information sheets (2 pages each): The Seattle Harbour, Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, The Tax Levy. 4 folded flyers: The Port in short - In Out and about Sea-Tac International Airport - Pier 86 Grain Terminal - Jet Aircraft Noise and you. Facilities Handbook: A Directory of Port of Seattle facilities and Servoces, 92 PP with 1 plan at centrefold, 1 map and 17 b/w photos. Brochure Landing of Opportunity, 12 PP with 1 graph, 1 map and 28 colour photos. Tradelines Port of Seattle, U. S. A., issue for March / April 1985: 8 PP with b/w illustrations. Port of Seattle Annual Report 1984: 32 PP with colour illustrations (graphs, tables, photos). Near fine condition. Image shows the Facility Handbook. 28 x 21.5.
73059 PORTS THE PORT OF LONDON - A Brief Outline of its History and a Survey of its present Facilities and Trade
$55.00 AUD
The Port of London Authority. London. 1936. March 1936 edition. 28 PP (on glossy paper) with 28 b/w photos and a photomontage with 12 b/w photos at centrefold, plus 1 large folded plate "Port of London" (May 1925, updated in April 1931), with 3 maps in colour: Map of the River Thames, Teddington to the Nore/PLA Docks/Tilbury Docks. Plate tipped in on inside back cover. Title page: Royal Albert Dock. Soft covers with protective flap, illustrated front and flap (attractive watercolour of arrival and docking of a passenger liner at Tilbury). Parts of front cover with traces of insect damage (reinforced from the inside). Otherwise contents are near fine. A scarce item. Format: large folded plate (39.5 x 77.5) and book: 24 x 18.5 .
33931 PURSEY, H. J. MERCHANT SHIP STABILITY, A companion to "Merchant Ship Construction"
$15.00 AUD
Brown, Son & Ferguson. Glasgow. 1955 Reprint of the 2nd edition of 1954 (1945 original). X, 157 PP with 78 figures, plus 2 folded plates (Deadweight Scale & Curves of Displacement &c. at rear of book. Navy cloth cover, gilt tile on spine. Covers with light wear. Offsetting of endpapers. Name of previous owner at top of title page and front endpaper, o/wise contents near fine. 24.5 x 18.
69896 QUARRELL, Avis THE TWELVE APOSTLES - VICTORIA
$10.00 AUD
Covell Publications. Warrnambool. 1988. 12 PP with 1 map inside back cover, and 13 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 15 x 15. 0949068078
72586 QUIGLEY, Dave J. (editor) UNDER THE JOLLY ROGER - British Submariners at War 1939 - 1945
$30.00 AUD
Portsmouth Publishing and Printing. Portsmouth. 1988. 1st Ed. Foreword by Captain J.S. Stevens. 120 PP with 25 b/w photos. Stiff covers, pictorial front. Small name stamp of previous owner on title-page, o/wise fine. 25 x 17. 1871182034
31065 QUINCEY, Colin TASMAN TRESPASSER
$20.00 AUD
Hodder & Stoughton. Auckland. 1977. 1st Ed. 203 PP with 7 maps and plans, plus 12 pages with 22 photos. Eps: Map of the Tasman Sea with track of the "Tasman Trespasser". Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket has a few repaired chips/closed tears and is in a protective sleeve. Signed by author on half title page. Dedicatory note on inside front cover. Contents near fine. 22.2 x 14.2. 0340227575
Singlehanded rowing (February to April 1977) between Hokianga North of New Zealand to Marcus Beach, Sunshine Coast, Queensland.
72745 QUINN, William P. SHIPWRECKS ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST - A remarkable collection of photographs of maritime incidents from Maine to Florida.
$40.00 AUD
Commonwealth Edition. Beverly, Mass. 2004. New and redesigned edition of the 1988 original. XII, 244 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, paintings and photos). Hard cover, title on front board and spine, dj. Dust jacket with light wear and a few small nicks, o/wise near fine. 26 x 21. 9781889833736
A collection of photographs and data covering the period from the late 1800's to the 1980s.
72778 RAHS ROYAL AUSTRALIAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY - Journal and Proceedings: Vol. XXXI, Parts 1 to 7
$45.00 AUD
Royal Australian Historical Society. Sydney. 1945. Vol. 31, Parts 1 to 7: 1945. 408 PP with 41 b/w illustrations, plus (Part 7: XXXIV pages "Annual Report 1945" and "Index Volume 31: LXIII pages"). Soft cover, staples. Fine. 21 x 13.8.
72779 RAHS ROYAL AUSTRALIAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY - Journal and Proceedings: Vol. XXXIV, Parts 1 to 7
$40.00 AUD
Royal Australian Historical Society. Sydney. 1948. Vol. 34, Parts 1 to 7: 1948. 392 PP with 33 b/w illustrations, plus (Part 7: L pages "Annual Report 1948" and "Index Volume 34: XV pages"). Soft cover, staples. Fine. 21 x 13.8.
72789 RAHS ROYAL AUSTRALIAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY - Journal and Proceedings: Vol. XXXII, Parts 1 to 6
$45.00 AUD
Royal Australian Historical Society. Sydney. 1946. Vol. 32, Parts 1 to 6: 1946. 408 PP with 41 b/w illustrations, plus "Index Volume XXXII": XLIV" pages. Soft cover, staples. Fine. 21 x 13.8.
72917 RAHS JOURNAL AND PROCEEDINGS - Vol XVI, Part V, 1930
$15.00 AUD
Royal Australian Historical Society. Sydney. 1930. Volume XVI, Part V, 1930. By K. R. Cramp, Captain J. H. Watson. 323-402 PP with 4 b/w illustrations. Soft cover. Slight ageing of paper. Very good. 21 x 14.
Governor Macquarie, by Professor G. A. Wood.
72671 RAN CATALOGUE AND INDEX OF AUSTRALIAN CHARTS, and British Admiralty Charts of Australian Waters
$50.00 AUD
Hydrographic Service, Royal Australian Navy. Sydney. 1970. July 1970 edition. Australian Hydrographic Publication (A.H.P. 9). 53 PP (12 of them : large folded maps with list of charts), with 12 b/w sketch maps and colour illustrations (maps, Symbols and Abbreviations). Fp: location map of the R.A.N. Hydrographic Office, Sydney. Hard cover, title on front board. Near fine. 34.5 x 28.5,
Australia General Charts / West and South-West coast / South Coast / Bass Strait and Tasmania / East Coast / Great Barrier Reef (Southern & Northern) / Torres Strait / North Coast / North-West Coast / Territories of Papua and New Guinea / Antarctic Region.
72815 RAN AUSTRALIAN WARSHIP - No. 101
$10.00 AUD
Australian Warship / Topmill. Sydney. 2018. Issue No. 101 (3/2018). Edited by Ross Gillett. 64 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover (Hunter Class Frigate Type 26). Ffine. 29.7 x 21.
9 Frigates of the type 26 "Hunter" class", to replace the "Anzac" class . Task Group deployed into Pacific for RIMPAZC 2018. Putin's Warships on Show. Taiwan's Navy 2018.
72816 RAN AUSTRALIAN WARSHIP - No. 107
$10.00 AUD
Australian Warship / Topmill. Sydney. 2020. Issue No. 107 (1/2020). Edited by Ross Gillett. 64 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover (USS destroyer "Zumwalt"). Near fine. 29.7 x 21.
RAN in Focus 2019-2020. ... HMS Queen Elizabeth, Aircraft Carrier.
72893 RAYNES, John PAINTING SEASCAPES
$25.00 AUD
Studio Vista. London. 1971. 1st Ed. 104 PP with 5 colour and 80 b/w illustrations. Laminated boards, pictorial front. Few foxing spots on top outside edge, o/wise fine. 18.5 x 11.8. 0289700930
10411 REDWOOD, Rosaline EARLY SEALING DAYS (in Walkabout Magazine Vol. 9, No. 3)
$20.00 AUD
Australian National Publicity Association. Melbourne. 1943. Volume 9, No. 3, January 1943. Contains article from P.4 to 8 with 3 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 30 x 24.
A history of sealing & the sealing industry on the Southern Ocean islands between 1792 and 1829. Other article: "Boats on the Darling", by W. K. GLOVER
38561 REES, Sian THE FLOATING BROTHEL - The extraordinary story of the Lady Julian and its cargo of female convicts bound for Botany Bay
$10.00 AUD
Hodder. Sydney. 2001. 3rd printing of the 2001 original. (8), 248 PP with 1 map and 1 vignette, plus 12 pages with 22 b/w illustrations. Vignette on title page: Lady Julian, 1782. Inside covers: colour illustration Men of War, bound for the Port of Pleasure. Pictorial stiff covers. Near fine. 23.3 x 15.3. 0733613047
Voyage of the Lady Julian, July 1789 to June 1790.
72225 REID, Alan THE POWER STRUGGLE
$15.00 AUD
Shakespeare Head Press. Sydney. 1969. Reprint of the 1969 original. 203 PP with 13 b/w photos. Hard cover, title on front board and spine, dj. Dust jacket a little rubbed with a few chips. Contents near fine. 21.8 x 13.5.
The succession to the late Harold Holt.
73102 RESCHKE, William. MURRAY RIVER PILOT - Goolwa to SA-NSW Border, and Lower Murray, Lakes and Coorong
$25.00 AUD
R.J. & M.R. Baker & W.F. Reschke. Adelaide. 2004. New released edition of April 2004. 96 PP with 4 pages with 7 plans of river ports and 34 pages for: maps, insets, drawings & photos, by Ronald and Margaret Baker. Inside front cover: map. Pictorial stiff covers (River Murray Flag). Covers laminated and small piece cut out at top of title-page (no loss of text), o/wise contents near fine. 24.5 x 17. 9780646115603
36483 RICHARDS, Rhys AMERICAN WHALING ON THE CHATHAMS GROUNDS, Viewed From an Antipodean Perspective
$40.00 AUD
The Nantucket Historical Association. Nantucket, Mass. 1971. 1st Ed. 70 PP with 2 maps and 7 b/w illustrations. Inside front cover: Sketch map of the Chatham Islands. Card cover. Staples removed. Foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 22.8 x 15.3.
46461 RITCHIE, Carson GREENWICH ... a closer look
$10.00 AUD
Conway Maritime Press. Greenwich. 1974. 1st Ed. No pagination, 32 PP with 1 map at centrefold and 13b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover (slightly rubbed). Note on the inside of the front cover. Faint foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 23.3 x 15.
48147 ROBSON, John (editor) THE CAPTAIN COOK ENCYCLOPAEDIA
$50.00 AUD
Random House Australia. Sydney. 2004. 1st Ed. 288 PP with 100 b/w illustrations (charts & maps, drawings & engravings, photos), plus 8 pages with 17 colour illustrations. Half title page: A Hei tiki. Title spread: the replica bark "Endeavour". Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 26.5 x 20.5. 9780759310117
72558 ROE, Michael (editor) THE JOURNAL & LETTERS OF CAPTAIN CHARLES BISHOP on the North-West Coast of America, in the Pacific & in New South Wales 1794-1799
$25.00 AUD
Hakluyt Society. Cambridge. 1967. 1st edition in the Second Series, No. CXXXI. LVI, 341 PP, plus 6 b/w plates: frontispiece and 5 maps (2 of them folded). Fp: A page of Bishop's Memoranda on ship Nautilus. Cloth cover, gilt device "Victoria" on front cover, gilt title on a lightly sunned spine.. Near fine. 22 x 14.5.
72441 ROHWER, Jürgen WAR AT SEA 1939-1945
$20.00 AUD
Caxton Editions. London. 2001. Reprint. 192 PP with 252 b/w photos. Fp: German Battleship Schleswig-Holstein entering the harbour of Dantzig on the 25th of August 1939. Hard cover, dj (in a mylar sleeve). Neat ex-libris name stamp on FFEP, o/wise a fine copy. 30.5 x 24.5. 1840673621
The Naval arms race from 1922 to the outbreak of the second World War. Battles on the oceans and seas of the world between 1939 and 1945.
65777 ROSCOE, Theodore TIN CANS - The True Story of the Fighting Destroyers of World War II
$5.00 AUD
Bantam Books. New York. New York. 1960. 4th printing Authorized abridgment. Research and Technical editing by Rear Admiral Thomas L. Wattle. Introduction by Vice Admiral Walden L. Ainsworth, USN. X, 438 PP with b/w illustrations by Lt. Cdr. Fred Freeman (diagrams, charts, ..). Tinted outside edges. Pictorial soft cover. Stamp of previous owner on preliminary page. Very good reading copy. 17.8 x 10.4.
Originally published as: United States Destroyer Operations in World War II. US Navy's workhorses on every theatre of WWII, as submarine hunters, convoy escorts, troop transports, radar pickets, rescue vessels ...
59342 ROSIGNOLI, Guido NAVAL AND MARINE BADGES AND INSIGNIA OF WORLD WAR 2
$5.00 AUD
Blandford Press. London. 1980. 1st Ed. 5-167 PP with 6 b/w and 64 colour plates. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Copy without the free fly of the front endpaper, the half title page and the title page. Lower margin of page 97/98 trimmed (not affecting the text). Good working copy. 19.8 x 13.6. 0713709197
Great Britain, USSR, Denmark, Germany, France, Italy, USA, Japan, Poland, Netherlands, Finland.
73078 THE ROYAL INSTITUTION OF NAVAL ARCHITECTS SIGNIFICANT SHIPS OF 2016 - A Publication of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects
$45.00 AUD
RINA / The Royal Institution of Naval Architects. London. 2017. 26th year of publication, 2017 edition. Edited by SPEARES, Sandra & GRISBROOK, Robert. 96 PP with 13 pages with advertisements, b/w and colour illustrations (plans & photos). Pictorial soft cover (Yang Ming Window). Fine. 29.5 x 21. 9781909024618
Study of 41 vessels.
73079 THE ROYAL INSTITUTION OF NAVAL ARCHITECTS SIGNIFICANT SHIPS OF 2017 - A Publication of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects
$45.00 AUD
RINA / The Royal Institution of Naval Architects. London. 2018. 27th year of publication, 2018 edition. Edited by HALFHIDE, Richard & STEWART, Joseph. 80 PP with 10 pages with advertisements, b/w and colour illustrations (plans & photos). Pictorial soft cover (Ever Bliss). Fine. 29.5 x 21. 9781909024694
Study of 35 vessels.
73080 THE ROYAL INSTITUTION OF NAVAL ARCHITECTS SIGNIFICANT SHIPS OF 2018 - A Publication of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects
$45.00 AUD
RINA / The Royal Institution of Naval Architects. London. 2019. 28th year of publication, 2019 edition. Edited by HALFHIDE, Richard & STEWART, Joseph. 84 PP with 10 advertisements on full page, b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft covers (GPO Grace). Fine. 29.5 x 21.
Study of 37 vessels.
73081 THE ROYAL INSTITUTION OF NAVAL ARCHITECTS SIGNIFICANT SHIPS OF 2019
$45.00 AUD
RINA / The Royal Institution of Naval Architects. London. 2020. 29th year of publication, 2020 edition. Edited by HALFHIDE, Richard & COLLINGWOOD, Sophie. 96 PP with 7 advertisements on full page, b/w and colour illustrations (plans & photos). Pictorial soft cover (China Steel Liberty). Fine. 29.5 x 21. 9781909024694
Study of 45 vessels.
73082 THE ROYAL INSTITUTION OF NAVAL ARCHITECTS SIGNIFICANT SHIPS OF 2020
$45.00 AUD
RINA / The Royal Institution of Naval Architects. London. 2021. 30th year of publication, 2021 edition. Edited by HALFHIDE, Richard & COLLINGWOOD, Sophie. 101 PP with 5 advertisements on full page, b/w and colour illustrations (plans & photos). Pictorial soft cover (Yang Ming Celebrity). Fine. 29.5 x 21. 9781911649274
30 years on ... Study of 46 vessels.
73030 ROYAL NAVY NEPTUNE - October 1942
$15.00 AUD
Continental Publishers. London. October 1942. 1st Ed. 32 PP with 2 drawings (1 map of Supply Lines and at colour illustrations of US bombers flying supplies to China at centrefold, and 75 b/w photos. Pictorial soft wrappers (King George VI, visiting units of the United States Fleet in Britain and shaking hand with Lieut. Douglas Fairbanks, Junior, the famous American film star). Very good. 26 x 16.3.
The Royal Navy: 3 years at war. Attacks in the West. Britain calling the world. The Americans are ready. Girls of the W.A.A.F., Bomber Ferry. ...
72589 ROYAL SOCIETY OF VAN DIEMEN'S LAND REPORT OF ROYAL SOCIETY OF VAN DIEMEN'S LAND, for Horticulture, Botany and the Advancement of Science - 1848
$50.00 AUD
H & C Best, Printers, Courier Office. Hobart Town. 1848 1st Ed. Edited by J. Lillie (Honorary Secretary). 13 PP with 1 table "Receipts and Expenditure of the Royal Society of Van Diemen's Land - 1847". Soft covers, title on front cover. Near fine condition. Rare. 21.5 x 14.
Read and ordered to be printed at the Annual General Meeting, held by postponement on the 4th of May 1848.
72590 ROYAL SOCIETY OF VAN DIEMEN'S LAND REPORT OF ROYAL SOCIETY OF VAN DIEMEN'S LAND, for the Year 1855
$35.00 AUD
H & C Best, Printers, Courier Office. Hobart Town. 1856 1st Ed. Edited by J. Millingan (Secretary). (16), 16 PP with 12 pages "Lists: Officers of the Society, Honorary Members, Fellows" 12 pages for the Yearly report. Soft covers, title on front cover. Near fine condition. Rare. 20.7 x 13.7.
Read at the Annual General Meeting, held 31st January 1856.
Australian Antarctic Division / Commonwealth of Australia. Hobart. 2005. 1st ed. Folded brochure : 5 folds with 2 colour photos and 33 b/w illustrations (including 13 portraits). Near fine. Oblong format: 14 x 85 / Folded: 14 x 17.5.
18942 RYAN, A. N. (editor) THE SAUMAREZ PAPERS, Selections from the Baltic Correspondence of Vice-Admiral Sir James Saumarez 1808-1812
$20.00 AUD
Navy Records Society. Greenwich. 1968. 1st Ed. Publications of the Navy Records Society, Volume 110. XXV, 287, (6 publications) PP with 1 map, plus 1 plate and 1 folded map. Fp: Admiral James, 1st Baron De Saumarez. Navy blue/cream buckram, gilt device on front cover, gilt title on lightly sunned spine. Foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise fine. 23.2 x 15.5.
The Baltic command of Vice-Admiral Sir James Saumarez in the period 1808-1812.
73061 SAINT LINE REEF KNOT (The House Magazine of The South American Saint Line) - 1949
$150.00 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.
73160 SARKAR, Dilip THE FEW - The Story of the Battle of Britain in the Words of the Pilots
$10.00 AUD
Amberley Publishing. Stroud, UK. 2012. 1st Ed. Foreword by Lady Bader. 313, (7 publications) PP with 3 plans [Ju 87 (Stuka), Me 109 and Me 110] and 126 b/w photos. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 19.8 x 12.5 9781445607016
72714 SAWTELL, Clement Cleveland THE SHIP "ANN ALEXANDER" OF NEW BEDFORD: 1805 - - 1851
$40.00 AUD
The Maritime Historical Association, inc. Mystic, Connecticut. 1962. 1st Ed. Publication No.24. Foreword by Edouard A. Stackpole. 103 PP with b/w ilustrations (documents, 2 drawings, 2 photos, 3 portraits ... & 11 facsimile of pages of log books). Soft cover, illustrated front with title. Name on title page, and bookplate of Honore Forster, Australian Whaling Specialist, inside front cover. Occasinal foxing. Very good. 25.4 x 17.7.
72600 SCHMALENBACH, Paul KM BISMARCK / BATTLESHIP
$20.00 AUD
Profile Publications. London. 1972 May 1972 edition. No. 18 in the Warship Profile series. 24 PP (P.121 to 144) with 1 colour double length centrefold (badge, profile), 4 plans, and 47 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Near name stamp of previous owner at top of title page, o/wise very good. 25.2 x 18.7.
Sunk 27th May 1941.
72839 SCOTT, Michael THE FIGHTING FRIGATE
$20.00 AUD
Action Comics Pty. Ltd. / Pennant. Sydney. c. 1950. Complete and unabridged edition. No. 5 in the Pennant series. 146 PP. Soft covers, pictorial front. Small piece missing at foot of spine. Ex Libris stamp of previous owner on title page. Very good. 17.8 x 11.4.
HMS Brandon, the fighting frigate in western Mediterranean Sea.
72553 SCOTT, Phil HEMINGWAY'S HURRICANE - The Great Florida Keys Storm of 1935
$25.00 AUD
International Marine / McGraw-Hill. Camden, Maine. 2006. 1st Ed. Foreword by John Rennie, "Scientific American". XIV, 246, (14 blank) PP with 3 b/w illustrations (1 map of Caribbean Sea, 1 map of Southern Florida on 2 pages with an inset of the Florida Keys), plus 12 pages with b/w illustrations (1 weather map and 30 photos). Hard cover, dj. Fine (mint condition). 23.5 x 16. 9780071453325
Hurricane of August / September 1935.
59356 SEAMANSHIP INTERNATIONAL REGULATIONS FOR PREVENTING COLLISIONS AT SEA - Amended to 1st October, 1986
$5.00 AUD
Brown, Son & Ferguson Ltd Glasgow. 1986. Reprint of the 1983 edition. 32 PP, plus 2 colour plates (Uniform System of Maritime Buoyage) tipped in on title page. Errata page "as of 1st April 1991" loosely inserted. Soft cover, staples. Foxing. Very good. 18.3 x 12.2. 085174463X
72694 SELKIRK, D. R. & P. M. and SEPPELT, R. D. AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MACQUARIE ISLAND
$25.00 AUD
Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions / Antarctic Division. Kingston, Tas. 1986. 1st Ed. Anare Research Notes 38. IV, 133 PP with 1 map of Maquarie Island and a location map. Soft covers, staples, cloth spine. Fine (as new condition). 24.7 x 17. 0642099928
693 + 17 entries.
16339 SEXTON, Rae BEFORE THE WIND - Tracing the impact on a small community and shipping company by the shipwreck in 1888 of the Star of Greece
$10.00 AUD
Australasian Maritime Historical Society. Adelaide. 1982. 1st Ed., with a foreword by Ronald Parsons. X, 110 PP with 1 map, 17 b/w photos and drawings. Fp: Construction plans & rigging plans of the Star of Greece. Eps: Sketch showing the total wreck of the Star of Greece. Hard cover, illustrated front cover. Few foxing spots on outside edges. Fine. 21 x 13.8. 0959944834
Wrecked off Willunga, South Australia, on Fiday the 13th of July 1888.
72727 SHINEBERG, Dorothy CAPTAIN EDWARD WOODIN AND THE SANDALWOOD TRADE OF THE SOUTH-WEST PACIFIC (in Papers and Proceedings Volume 13, No. 4)
$5.00 AUD
Tasmanian Historical Research Association. Hobart. 1966. Volume 13, No. 4, August 1966. 101 - 147 PP. Contains article pages 133 to 144. Stapled card covers. Near fine. 24.5 x 15.5.
Paper read to the Association on 8 December 1964. Other article: Of Ships and Sealing Wax: the Montagu, the Navy and the Law, by P.A. Howell
63647 SILVER, Lynette Ramsay & HALL, Major Tom KRAIT: The Fishing Boat That Went To War
$60.00 AUD
Sally Milner. Sydney. 1992. 1st Ed. X, 181 PP with 7 maps, 3 drawings & 1 facsimile of original log (double-page), plus 16 pages with 34 b/w illust. Inside front cover: Plan of Keppel Harbour, Singapore on 27th Sept. 1943. Inside back cover: Singapore Area, attack courses and location of shipping. Pictorial soft cover with a 2 small creases on front cover, o/wise a fine copy. Scarce. 23.5 x 15.5. 186351063X
34171 SILVERSTONE, Paul H. U.S. WARSHIPS OF WORLD WAR II - Part 1: Battleships, Battlecruisers and Aircraft Carriers
$5.00 AUD
Ian Allan. London. 1963. 1st Ed. 64 PP with tables & 59 b/w photos. Verso of title page: USS Franklin (CV13), 21st February 1944. Pictorial card cover. Near fine. 18.5 x 12.5.
61033 SINCLAIR, John FRASER ISLAND AND COOLOOLA
$15.00 AUD
Ure Smith Press. Sydney. 1991. Reprint of the 1990 original, in the Australia's Wilderness Heritage series. 256 PP with 1 map in colour, 14 b/w illustrations and 232 colour photos by Reg Morrison. Laminated pictorial boards, dj. Neat name stamp of previous owner on verso of the FFEP. Near fine. 30.2 x 21.5. 9780725408411
72956 SMITH, Derek THEN AND NOW
$20.00 AUD
Derek Smith. Whitemark, Flinders Island. 1980. 1st Ed. Foreword by K. G. Worsley. VI, 86 PP with 16 b/w illustrations: 1 map of Flinders Island and close by islands, and 15 drawings. Stiff covers, illustrated front. Near fine. 22 x 15. 0959454609
On Flinders Island and its historical heritage.
72849 SMITH, Peter MANAGEMENT MANUAL FOR MARINE MAMMALS IN NSW
$25.00 AUD
NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service. Hurtsville, NSW. 1997. 1st edition of Match 1997. Species Management Report Number 14. VIII, 98, (71 for 5 Appendices) PP with 2 tables an 20 figures including 59 sketches and details as well as 55 drawings of Marine Mammals. Soft covers, illustrated front. Fine. 29.7 x 21. 0731008693
73228 SONNENBERG, G. J. RADAR AND ELECTRONIC NAVIGATION
$30.00 AUD
George Newnes Ltd. London. 1955. 2nd edition of the 1951 original. VIII, 288 PP with tables and 217 b/w illustrations, plus 4 folded charts in colour (Consol / Loran / Principle of Decca system / Decca). Cloth covers with light wear, gilt title on front board and spine. Spine lightly sunned. Name of previous owner on front endpaper. Contents near fine. 22 x 14.
72563 SPOONER, Tony SUPREME GALLANTRY: Malta Role in the Allied Victory 1939-1945
$35.00 AUD
John Murray Ltd. London. 1996. 1st Ed. Foreword by Admiral of the Fleet Lord Lewin. XXVI, 358 PP with tables and 5 maps, plus 16 pages with over 34 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj (protective sleeve). Small Ex-Libris stamp of previous owner on front endpaper, o/wise fine. 24 x 16. 9780719557064
73087 SPROD, Dan (editor) THE TREGURTHA LOG, Relating the Adventurous Life of Captain Edward Primrose TREGURTHA: Napoleonic Wars / Whaling in the South Seas / Shipmaster to the Port Phillip District
$75.00 AUD
Blubber Head Press. Sandy Bay, Tas. 1980. 1st edition limited to 600 copies hand numbered (No. 97) and signed by the Editor. 165 PP with 3 maps (FEP, text, REP), 3 illustrations pasted down (frontispiece and 2 headpieces in colour), and 5 b/w illustrations (vignette on title page, 3 headpieces and 1 tailpiece). Fp: Portrait of Capt. Tregurtha. FEP: Map of Australia & South Seas. REP: Map of Europe & the East. Cloth covers, gilt device on front board and gilt title on spine, dj. Spine of dust jacket slightly sunned. Few foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise a fine copy. 32 x 20. 0908528035
73013 SPURLING, S. PICTURESQUE LAUNCESTON: The City and Adjacent Tourist Attractions, illustrated by Forty-nine Photographs
$35.00 AUD
A.W. Birchall & Sons Pty Ltd. Launceston. c. 1930. No pagination, 24 PP with 49 b/w photos, including a panoramic view at centrefold. Stiff covers, illustrated front. Faint foxing on covers. Very good. Oblong: 20.5. x 26.7.
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.
70525 STANNARD, Bruce AUSTRALIA II - THE OFFICIAL RECORD
$45.00 AUD
Joyce Childress Management. Sydney. 1984. 1st edition with a foreword by Alan Bond. 296 PP, profusely illustrated with colour photos. Cloth cover, gilt device on front cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Upper and lower part of covers with light foxing. A near fine copy. 36 x 25. 0959131302
The boat and the team which brought the America's Cup to Australia after the 25th challenge.
67423 STEAMSHIP HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA STEAMBOAT BILL - Volume XLIV, issues 181, 182, 183 & 184 - 1987
$30.00 AUD
Steamship Historical Society of America. New York. 1987. Volume 44, No. 1, issue 181, Spring 1987 to No. 4, Issue184, Winter 1987, plus Title Page and "Table of Contents" page for Volume XLIV. Edited by Peter T. Eisele. 336 PP with b/w & colourillustrations. Pictorial soft covers (in colour). Some old faint water marks on lower corner of few pages. Very good. 28 x 21.5.
No. 181: They move The Masses - Postwar Migrant Ships, by Peter T. Eisele. Newport News ships: 1886-1986, by William A. Fox. No. 182: La Nave Blu - Willem Ruys / Achille Lauro, by Dr. Michael Von Kirvan-Pichette. No. 183: The Doughty De Grasse 1924-1962, by Peter C. Kohler.
41261 STEWART, I. G. BRITISH TRAMPS and their Peacetime Contribution to World Shipping History
$125.00 AUD
Ian Stewart Marine Publications. Perth. 1997. 1st Ed. VI, 514 PP with over 110 plans & profiles, and 880 b/w photos. Fp: "Imperial Valley". Pictorial laminated boards. Dedicatory note on front endpaper, dated and signed by the author. Newspaper clipping dated 7 June 1998, on this book and its author loosely inserted. Fine. 30.5 x 22. 0646222716
The British tramp ship: background, development, new trends in designs during the late 1950s. British Standard tramps, and Liberty Ship replacements...
13253 STOCK, Ralph THE CRUISE OF THE DREAM SHIP
$15.00 AUD
Wm. Heinemann. London. 1935. Reprint of the 1921 original. IX, 272 PP with 1 b/w illustration, plus 16 pages with 32 b/w illustrations. Fp: The dream ship. Green cloth cover, gilt title on spine. Light shelf wear around edges, o/wise a near fine copy. 22.2 x 14.5.
Cruising through the South Sea Islands on a former fishing smack at the end of WWI: Galapagos, Marquesas, Tuamotus, Tahiti ... Cruise ending in Tonga after her sale. ... Thursday Island.
30072 STOETT, Peter J. THE INTERNATIONAL POLITICS OF WHALING
$35.00 AUD
UBC / University of British Columbia Press. Vancouver. 1997. 1st Ed. XII, 228 PP with 3 tables, and an essential chronology of Whaling. Illustrated card cover. Fine. 22.8 x 15. 0774806044
The Whale and the Whaler, Cetapolitics, Whale ethics...
72555 STRATHERN, Paul NAPOLEON IN EGYPT
$25.00 AUD
Bantam Dell. New York. 2008. 1st US edition of the 2007 UK original. XVI, 480 PP with 11 maps, plus 8 pages with 7 colour and 13 b/w illustrations (drawings, engravings, graffiti, paintings, portraits). Title spread: Savants measuring the Sphinx. Hard cover, dj. Fine (mint condition). 23.5 x 16. 9780553806786
72630 SUMNER, Ian THE ROYAL NAVY 1939-45
$15.00 AUD
Osprey Publishing. Oxford. 2008. 2nd printing of the 2001 original. 64 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings and photos) and artwoks in colour by Alix Baker on covers and on P.31 to 40. Pictorial stiff covers. Neat Ex Libris stamp of previous owner on title-page, o/wise fine. 24.8 x 18.5. 9781841761954
68455 TEMPLE, Philip THE SEA AND THE SNOW - The South Indian Ocean Expedition to Heard Island
$50.00 AUD
Cassell. Melbourne. 1966. 1st Ed., with a foreword by Sir Edmund Hillary. (8), 188 PP with 2 maps, and 1 plan of the "Patanela", plus 12 pages with 32 b/w photos. Eps: Map of Heard Island. Hard cover, dust jacket with a few small chips/rubs and now in a protective sleeve. Contents near fine. Scarce. 22 x 14.4.
Expedition/exploration of Heard Island in 1965. Calls at the Kerguelen Islands.
30257 TERWEN, J. L. HET KONINGRIJK DER NEDERLANDEN voorgesteld in eene reeks vab naar de natuur geteekende schilderachtige gezigten
$25.00 AUD
Europese Bibliotheek. Zaltbommel, Netherlands. 1965. Reprint of the 1860 original. No pagination : (VIII), 136 PP (recto only) with 136 b/w plates. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj. Dutch text. Near fine. Oblong: 19.8 x 27.4.
Engravings on the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the 19th century, with many coatal views (canals, lakes and harbours).
16501 THOMPSON, Rose-Marie THE FIRST FORTY YEARS, New Zealand Oceanographic Institute: 1954-1994
$25.00 AUD
40th Jubilee Committee N.Z.O.I. Wellington. 1994. 1st Ed. 188 PP with 114 b/w illustrations (8 maps, 4 draw., 102 photos). Fp: Bathymetry of the New Zealand Region. Pictorial soft cover. Faint foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise fine. 25.5 x 21. 0473026465
Historical background, creation of the Institute: its philosophy, plans & targets, facilities, activities.
72322 THUBRON, Colin (editor) THE ANCIENT MARINERS (in The Seaferers)
$20.00 AUD
Caxton Publishing. London. 2004. Reprint. 176 PP with b/w and colour illust. Title page: Greek galley, engraving on a tiny red-jasper gem.. FEP: Map of the Mediterranean Sea, and of the world of the Ancient Mariners. Pictorial laminated boards, dust jacket Near fine. 28.5 x 24. 1844471101
70223 TOGHILL, Jeff ALL ABOUT SAILBOATS
$10.00 AUD
Sun Books. Melbourne. 1984. 1st Ed., in the "Jeff Toghill's Sailing School" series. 64 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, sketch plans and 53 photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. Oblong. 11.3 x 18.3. 0725104430
73158 TOWNSHEND BICKERS, Richard THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN - The Greatest Battle in the History of Air Warfare
$15.00 AUD
Salamander Books Ltd. London. 1999. 1st edition in Classic Conflicts series. Foreword by Air Marshal Sir Denis Crowley-Milling. 272 PP, plus 8 pages with 18 b/w photos. Stiff covers, pictorial front. Near fine. 23 x 15.3. 9781840650815
48940 TRACY, Nicholas (editor) THE AGE OF SAIL - The International Annual of the Historic Sailing Ship. Volume I: 2002-2003
$30.00 AUD
Conway Maritime Press. London. 2002. 1st Ed. 208 PP with b/w illustrations. Fp: The barque-rigged merchantman Rona. Hard cover, pictorial dj. Fine. 27.5 x 20. 0851779255
12 feature articles: Naval surgery in the Time of Nelson by Surgeon Admiral Sr James Watt ... Marine Plates from the Microcosm... The most uncomfortable ship: A Voyage aboard the Polly Woodside in 1904, by Ann Gibson.
The Transfield Group. Melbourne. c. 1994. Folder containg 4 documents: A 3 folds flyer with 14 colour photos. / Brochure "Transfield Shipbuilding": 24 PP with 29 colour illustrations. / Brochure "The Anzac Ship Project": 10 PP with 1 cutaway, 4 ship profiles in b/w and 28 colour photos. / in house magazine "Transfielder'", Issue for September 1994: 20 PP with colour illustrations (2 artworks "Linking city and Airport by train"), 4 artworks on the Patrol Vessels and 20 photos. Fine. Folder format: 31 x 22.5.
Frigates built for the Royal Australian Navy and Royal New Zealand Navy.
72190 Van OST, John R. & KLINE, Harry (editors) 1978 YACHTSMAN'S GUIDE TO THE GREATER ANTILLES: Virgin Islands / Puerto Rico / Dominican Republic / Haiti
$15.00 AUD
Tropic Isles Publisher. Coral Gables, Florida. 1978. 3rd edition. Message from Harry Kline, editor-illustrator. (2), 276 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings & sketches, maps, plans, photos), and advertisements in b/w or colour. Stiff covers, pictorial front, spiral bound. Stamp of previous owner on front cover and title page. Very good working copy. 23 x 16.5.
15310 VILLIERS, Alan VANISHED FLEETS, Sea Stories From Old Van Dieman's Land
$20.00 AUD
Cat & Fiddle Press. Hobart. 1974. Reprint of 1931 original. (XIV), 297 PP plus 16 pages with 20 b/w photos. Fp: Hobart. Eps: A chart of Tasmania. Cloth covers, gilt-engraved signature of Alan Villiers on front cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 22 x 14.5. 0858530163
A survey of the maritime history of Tasmania. Earlier days, convict ships, whalers, clippers & later days.
64938 VILLIERS, Alan THE QUEST OF THE SCHOONER ARGUS, A Voyage to The Banks and Greenland
$30.00 AUD
Hodder & Stoughton. London. 1951. 1st Ed. XI, 256 PP with 1 plan of the Argus, 1 diagram and 3 maps, plus 48 pages with 94 b/w photos by the author. Fp: The Doryman. Eps: Map of the North Atlantic Ocean. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, top outside edge tinted, dj (price clipped). Dust jacket with a few small chips and in a protective sleeve. Signature of previous owner at top of FFEP which has a little offsetting, light foxing on outside fore edge, o/wise a near fine copy. Scarce. 23 x 15.
Sailing in 1950 with the Portuguese cod-fishing fleet to the Grand Banks off Newfoundland and to the Greenland fishing grounds of the Davis Straits.
56134 VOGEL, Karl SEA SURGEONS IN THE DAYS OF OAK AND HEMP
$25.00 AUD
Charaka Club. 1935. Reprinted from the Proceedings of the Charaka Club. 185-202, (2 blank) PP, plus 2 b/w plates. Soft cover, staples. Near fine. 23.6 x 15.8.
Paper read before the Charaka Club, February 1932.
37963 VON DER PORTEN, Edward P. THE GERMAN NAVY IN WORLD WAR TWO
$10.00 AUD
Pan Books. London. 1972. 1st paperback edition of the 1970 UK original published by Arthur Barker. XVI, 286, (2 adv.) PP with 6 maps & diagrams, plus 16 pages with 17 bw photos. Pictorial card cover. Ageing of paper and foxing spots on outside edges. Ex-libris stamp of previous owner on half-title page. Very good copy. 17.8 x 11. 0330232355
The development of the new German navy, following Scapa Flow (June 1919), her pre-war years (secret building programmes...).
14399 WALKER, Peter Benson (editor) THE LOG OF THE CIRCUMNAVIGATION OF VAN DIEMEN'S LAND BY CAPTAIN JAMES KELLY 1814-1815 and Other Accounts of Early Exploration of the West and North West Coast of Tasmania taken from Tasmanian Parliamentary Papers
$30.00 AUD
Caudell, A.B., Government Printer. Hobart. 1986. 1st edition limited to 2100 copies. Preface by Robin Gray, Premier of Tasmania. X, 58 PP with b/w illustrations, plus 1 large folded map (in colour) of North-West quarter of Van Diemen's Land. Stiff covers, pictorial front. Three newspaper clippings loosely inserted. Near fine. 26 x 18.7. 0724622802
Published for "Tasmania Day", 24th November, 1986.
72777 WALL, William S. HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION OF THE SKELETON OF A NEW SPERM WHALE, lately set up in the Australian Museum, together with some account of a new genus of sperm whales called EUPHYSETES
$150.00 AUD
The Australian Museum. Sydney. 1890. Reprint of the 1851 original, with a preface by E.P. Ramsay. (8), 65 PP with tables, plus 2 large folded plates with 10 figures and 9 b/w plates. Soft covers, title on front cover. Covers with repaired chips, o/wise contents near fine. 21.5 x 14.
44687 WALLACE, Colin THE LOST AUSTRALIA OF FRANCOIS PERON
$85.00 AUD
Nottingham Court Press. London. 1984. 1st Ed. (14), III, (3), 166, (18 bibliography, appendix, index) PP with 8 b/w illustrations, plus 10 pages with 9 b/w illustrations. Fp: François Péron. Cloth cover, dj. Fine/as new condition. 24.6 x 17.2. 0906691966
60968 WANE, Greg AGROUND IN THE RIP - The Wreck of the SS Time at Port Phillip Heads
$25.00 AUD
Author / Two Dogs Books - Boutique Publishers. Wallington, Vic. 2010. 1st Ed. IX, 10- 96 PP with 1 map and inset, plus 16 pages with 37 b/w photos. Title page: SS Time leaving Melbourne in 1948. Pictorial soft cover. Signed by the author on title page. Fine. 23 x 15.4. 978098066315
72850 WARNEKE, Robert (editor) VICTORIAN WHALE RESCUE PLAN - A Contingency Plan for Strandings of Cetaceans (Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises) on the Victorian Coastline
$25.00 AUD
Fisheries and Wildlife Service / Department of Conservation, Forests and Land , Victoria. Melbourne. 1986. August 1986 edition. Foreword by Joan E. Kirner. VI, (2), 75 PP 4 figures (1 map of Victoria Coastline with inset "Port Phillip Bay", ... 7 sketches for: external features, measurements, and post mortem examination. Soft covers, illustrated front, clear plastic covers, spiral bound. Near fine. 29.7 x 21.
66263 WARWICK, Sam & ROUSSEL, Mike SHIPWRECKS OF THE CUNARD LINE
$40.00 AUD
The History Press. Stroud, Gloucestershire. 2012. 1st Ed., with a foreword by John Chatterton. 167 PP, (1 publication) with 6 location maps, b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial laminated boards. Fine. Oblong: 23.5 x 25.5. 9780752454771
Includes a "Cunard Line Fleet" list.
15354 WERE, Jonathan Binns A VOYAGE FROM PLYMOUTH TO MELBOURNE IN 1839, The Shipboard and Early Melbourne Diary of ...
$15.00 AUD
J. B. Were & Son. Melbourne. 1964. 1st Ed. XV, (3), 309 PP with b/w illust. in text (facsimile of diary on uneven numbered page), plus large folded plate (genealogical tree) at rear. Fp: Jonathan Binns Were in the uniform of Consul of Denmark. Eps: Track of the sailing ship William Metcalfe 447 T, between 25 July 1839 & 15 Nov. 1839. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Name of former owner on half-title page, o/wise a fine copy. 19.6 x 13.8.
49225 WHALL, W. B. THE ROMANCE OF NAVIGATION
$40.00 AUD
Sampson Low, Marston. London. 1930. 1st edition. Edited by Francis E. McMurtrie, with a foreword by Captain E. R. G. R. Evans. XII, 292, (14 publications) PP with 16 Sea Flags, plus 1 colour and 32 b/w plates. Fp (in colour): After Trafalgar, from a painting by Frank Brangwyn. Cloth covers, gilt title on spine. Covers are worn and rubbed around edges and spine is a little sunned. Foxing spots on outside edges and few pages. Still a very good copy of the first edition. Image shows the title page and frontispiece. 24.7 x 16.5.
Prince Henry and the early Portuguese navigators, the Elizabethan navigators... Development of the ship: sail & steam. Sea flags, aids to navigation.
40673 WHITE, Colin (editor) THE NELSON COMPANION
$10.00 AUD
Bramley Books. London. 1997. Reprint of the 1995 original. XIV, 228 PP with 102 b/w illust., plus 8 pages with 13 colour photos. FEP: A first World War souvenir handkerchief attempting to invoke the spirit of Nelson. REP: HMS Victory during the great restoration of 1922 to 1927. Pictorial laminated boards, dj. Fine. 24.8 x 17.5. 1858337658
72621 WHITE, David Fairbank BITTER OCEAN: The Dramatic Story of the Battle of the Atlantic 1939-1945
$15.00 AUD
Headline Review. London. 2007. 2nd printing of the paperback edition (original of 2006). (8), 350, (4) PP, plus 1 map on double page and 16 pages with 27 b/w photos. Pictorial stiff covers. Neat Ex Libris stamp of previous owner on preliminary page, o/wise fine. 198.7 x 13. 9780755310890
72955 WHITE, Gary ISLANDS OF SOUTH-WEST TASMANIA
$20.00 AUD
Gary White. Sydney. 1981. Enlarged edition of September 1981, (original of January 1980). Foreword by S. G. Lane. XII, 79 PP with b/w illustrations (1 map and 12 b/w photos). Stiff covers, pictorial front, staples. Fine. 22.2 x 15.7. 0959486607
42908 WILLIAMS, Glyn VOYAGES OF DELUSION - The Northwest Passage in the Age of Reason
$10.00 AUD
HarperCollins. London. 2002. 1st Ed. XX, 467 PP with 8 maps and 51 b/w illustrations. Fp: Captain James Cook. Eps: Chart of Hudson Bay, by c. Middleton, 1743. Hard cover, dj. Foxing on outside edges. Near fine. 22.2 x 14. 9780002571814
72587 WILLIAMSON, Gordon GERMAN DESTROYERS - 1939-45
$25.00 AUD
Osprey Publishing. Oxford. 2003. 1st Ed. 48 PP with b/w photos and artwoks in colour by Ian Palmer on covers, title page and on pages 25 to 32. Pictorial stiff covers. Neat name stamp of previous owner on title-page, o/wise fine. 24.8 x 18.5. 9781841765044
18116 WILLMOTT, H. P. WARSHIPS
$10.00 AUD
Octopus Books. London. 1975. 1st Ed. in the Modern Military series. Introduction by Aram Bakshian, Jr. 144 PP with tables, maps, plans and bw/colour illustrations. Title-page: Main deck of USS Arkansas during WWII. Half title-page: HMS Warspite (nuclear submarine). Eps: US Battleship firing. Illustrated hard cover, dj. Signature of previous owner on front endpaper, o/wise near fine. 28.5 x 21.2. 0706403568
Sea power since the ironclad.
72818 WILSON, Andrew & PEARSON, Di BLUE WATER CLASSICS - Portraits of the Sydney Hobart Yacht Race
$65.00 AUD
Everything Everything Pty Ltd. Hobart. 2020. 1st Ed. Foreword by David Kellett. 521 PP with b/w and colour photos by Andrew Wilson. Fp: Tasman Island shrouded in Sea Fog. Pictorial boards, title on front board and spine. Fine. 28.5 x 21.5. 9780992588250
Jack Earl, by Tiare Tomaszewski. The Tattersall Cup. ... Larry Jamieson and Bob Oatley. ... The Legends: Captain J.H. Illingworth / Magnus and Trygve Halvorsen. Thorry Gunnersen and "Tilting at Windmills".
50053 WINCHESTER, Simon KRAKATOA. The Day the World Exploded: 27 August 1883
$15.00 AUD
Viking / Penguin. Melbourne. 2003. 1st Australian edition. XVI, 432 PP with 12 headpieces and 57 b/w illustrations (charts, maps, drawings, engravings & photos). Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket rubbed. Ageing of paper and occasional foxing. Very good. 22 x 14.5. 9780670 914302
73201 WITTMAN, Rebecca J. THE BRIGHTWORK COMPANION: tried-and-true methods and strongly held opinions
$40.00 AUD
International Marine / McGraw-Hill. Camden, Maine. 2004. 1st soft cover edition. 176 PP with 60 colour photos. Pictorial soft covers. Fine. Oblong: 15 x 23.2 0071422773
A step by step guide in 13 1/2 chapters.
72176 WOOD, Robert WEST HARTLEPOOL -The Rise and Development of a Victorian New Town
$20.00 AUD
Hartlepool County Borough. Hartlepool. 1969. 2nd edition of the 1967 original. XII, 178 PP with 9 maps, plus frontispiece and 16 b/w plates. Fp: Ralph Ward Jackson. Erratum slip tipped in on page 343. Hard cover, gilt title on spine. Slight ageing of paper. Near fine. 22.2 x 14.5.
72895 WOODINGS, Simon A PLAUSIBLE PHYSICAL CAUSE FOR LIVE CETACEAN MASS STRANDINGS
$75.00 AUD
Department of Physics, The University of Western Australia. Perth. 1995. September 1991 Thesis. III, 4-69 PP (recto only) with (8 + 2) tables and 29 figures (graphs, 2 measurements diagrams and distribution maps of Tasmania). Soft covers, title on front cover, clear plastic protection, spiral bound. Fine. 29.5 x 20.7.
Thesis presented as partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Science (Honours).
52732 WYNN, Peter FOAM SANDWICH BOATBUILDING. A Practical Guide to Home Construction
$10.00 AUD
International Marine Publishing Company. Camden, Maine. 1975. 3rd printing of the 1972 original. 128 PP with 31 figures and 39 b/w photos. Cloth cover. Covers speckled. Faint foxing. Internally very good. 25.5 x 19. 0877420270
