15852 ANDREWS, Graeme A LOG OF GREAT AUSTRALIAN SHIPS
$10.00 AUD
Reed. Sydney. 1980. 1st Ed. 160 PP with b/w illustrations. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Dust jacket is a little sunned with a few chips. An otherwise near fine copy. Oblong: 18.5 x 26. 0589502026
150 famous ships which played a vital role in the development of Australia.
18661 ANDREWS, Graeme FIGHTING SHIPS OF AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND
$5.00 AUD
Regency House. Sydney. 1973. Revised and updated edition of the 1971 Australasian Navies. 64 PP with b/w & colour illustrations. Pictorial card cover. Near fine. 28 x 22.
Not only the ships, also missiles & aircrafts as well as the Australian Army's water transport squadrons.
33035 ARGYLE, E. W. LOCAL CRAFT & YACHTS
$10.00 AUD
Picton Publishing. Chippenham. 1971. 1st Ed. and Part five in the Ships on Stamps series. (2), 64 with 16 b/w photos and 154 photos of stamps. Pictorial card cover. Near fine. 21 x 15.3.
31506 BARR, William & WILLIAMS, Glyndwr (editors) VOYAGES TO HUDSON BAY IN SEARCH OF A NORTHWEST PASSAGE 1741-1747 (in two volumes)
$30.00 AUD
The Hakluyt Society. London. 1994 & 1995. Nos. 177 & 181 in the Second series. Volume I: XII, (2), 333 PP with 11 b/w plates. Fp: Inscription on rocks at Sloop Cove, Churchill. Volume II: XV, 393 PP with 20 b/w plates. Fp: Portrait of Arthur Dobbs (1755). Cloth cover, gilt device on front cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Signature of previous owner at top of FFEP of Volume I. Dust jackest a little rubbed, o/wise a fine set. 22.2 x 14.2. 0904180360 / 417
Volume I: The Voyage of Christopher Middleton in 1741-1742 on the Furnace and the Discovery. Volume II: The Voyage of William Moor and Francis Smith 1746-1747 on the Dobbs Galley and the California..
34473 BATHE. E. W., RUBIN DE CERVIN, G. B. & TAILLEMITE, E. THE GREAT AGE OF SAIL
$15.00 AUD
Crescent Books. New York. 1977. Reprint of the 1971 smaller unabridged edition of the 1967 original, translated by Michael Kelly. Edited by Joseph Jobé. 252, (24) PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Hard cover, device on front cover, dj. Renewed endpapers, o/wise a very good copy. 28.5 x 24.5. 0517246651
History of the great sailing ships over four centuries. The great maritime powers & their commercial interests.
34755 BECK, Horace FOLKLORE AND THE SEA
$30.00 AUD
Marine Historical Association. Mystic Seaport. 1973. 1st Ed., Volume VI in the American Maritime Library series. XVII, 463, (3) PP with musical scores and 21 b/w photos by Jane Beck. Fp: Portrait of the Author. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine. Foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 25.8 x 18. 0819540625
Various aspects of maritime folklore on shipbuilding, language, weather lore, song... mermaids, monsters, sea serpents and enchanted islands... Spectre ships.
32582 BEEBE, William THE ARCTURUS ADVENTURE - An Account of the New York Zoological Society's First Oceanographic Expedition
$20.00 AUD
G. P. Putnam's Sons. New York. 1926. 6th printing on December 1926 of the 1926 original. XIX, 439 PP, plus 8 colour plates and 49 pages with 69 b/w illustrations. Fp: Argyropelelus & Sternoptyx. Decorated endpapers. Orig. cloth cover, top edge gilt, gilt title on front cover and spine. Spine lightly faded, o/wise a very good copy. 24 x 17.
Six months aboard the steam yacht ARCTURUS through the Sargasso Sea, then to Cocos and Galapagos Achipelago.
32208 BEILBY, Alec TO BEAT THE CLIPPERS, The Financial Times Clipper Race 1975-6
$10.00 AUD
Allen Lane. London. 1976. 1st Ed. XX, 212 PP with 1 map, 5 plans, and 74 b/w photos, plus 8 pages with 12 colour photos. Title spread: Tower Bridge, Thames. FEP: Map of the first leg from Sheerness to Sydney. REP: Map of the Financial Times clipper race. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Light foxing on prelims and outside edges, o/wise near fine. 24 x 16. 0713909676
Great Britain II, against Kriter II, The Great Escape and CSeRB II Busnelli up to Sydney; then Anaconda between Sydney and Dover.
34784 BERLITZ, Charles & VALENTINE, J. Manson WITHOUT A TRACE
$10.00 AUD
Souvenir Press. Adelaide. 1977. 1st Australian edition. X, (2), 180 PP with 6 b/w illust, plus 24 pages with 37 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 24 x 16. 0285622862
More evidence from the Bermuda Triangle.
32330 BICSKOS, Attila SHARP ENCOUNTERS WITH THE MURRAY CRAY (in Geo Australasia Volume 11, No.1, March-May 1989)
$10.00 AUD
Australasia's Geographical Magazine. Sydney. 1989. Includes article P. 40 to 47 with 1 location map, 11 colour illustrations (8 photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27.6 x 20.6.
The Murray River crayfish.
32147 BIRT, Douglas H. C. SAILING YACHT DESIGN
$45.00 AUD
Robert Ross. Southampton. 1951. 1st Ed. 272 PP with 12 tables, 69 figures, and 5 diagrams, plus 32 pages with 42 b/w photos. Fp: A model being tested in the Stevens Tank, Hoboken, USA. Eps: Line drawings of the 30/42 ft fast cruiser "Trilby". Cloth cover with shelf wear and a few marks, device on front cover. Contents clean and still a very good copy. 22 x 14.2.
The art of yacht design. Speed and hull shape. Stability, ballast and hull shape... Construction.
31132 BOWKER, R. M. A BOAT OF YOUR OWN - A Guide to the Selection, Buying, Building, Maintenance, and Chartering of Yachts and Dinghies
$5.00 AUD
Cassell. London. 1959. 1st Ed. XII, 148 PP with tables and 16 figures, plus 18 pages with 27 b/w photos. Fp: South Coast One-Design 6-tonners. Hard cover. Spine sunned, some foxing, o/wise a very good clean copy. 20.5 x 13.5
32766 BRADFORD, James C. (editor) ADMIRALS OF THE NEW STEEL NAVY: Makers of the American Naval Tradition 1880-1930
$25.00 AUD
Naval Institute Press. Annapolis. 1990. 1st printing. XXII, (2), 427, (3) PP with 44 b/w illustrations. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. A little browning of paper around edges, o/wise fine. 23.3 x 15.2. 0870210033
Biographies of 13 American Admirals. Stephen B. Luce: Intellectual leader of the new navy, by John B. Hattendorf. Alfred Thayer Mahan: Christian expansionist, navalist and historian, by Rober Seager II...
21330 BROWN, Diana & Colin THE WHALER AND THE PRIVATEER, The Story of Two Ships
$25.00 AUD
Letter of Marque Press. Nantucket. 1993. 1st Ed. XXII, 275 PP with 1 folded plate "Transition Chart for Hero and Swallow", and 36 b/w figures. Pictorial soft cover. Faint foxing, o/wise fine. 23 x 15.4. 096382080X
The French whaler Hero (Héros du Havre) and the English privateer Swallow, from the journal of Wm. Morris, first mate of the former and Wm. Mann, a carpenter of the latter. The Swallow seized the Hero off Santa Catarina Island (Brazil) in December, 1803.
16849 BROWNE, Douglas G. THE FLOATING BULWARK - The Story of the Fighting Ship: 1514-1942
$20.00 AUD
Cassell. London. 1963. 1st Ed. XIV, 274 PP plus 24 pages with 26 bw illust. Fp: The Burghley Nef, model of a three-masted French ship, 1482. Cloth cover, dj (price clipped). Faint foxing. Near fine. 22.2 x 14,2.
The development of fighting ships, from the building of the Henry Grace à Dieu at Woolwich in 1514, to the eclipse of the capital ship with the Battle of Midway in 1942.
32402 BROXAM, Graeme A STEAMSHIP FOR HOBART, S.S. REEMERE 1909
$10.00 AUD
Navarine. Canberra. 1992. 1st edition limited to 1000 copies (No. 423/1000). Foreword by Ken Wriedt. II, 60 PP with 1 plan, 1 map & 46 b/w photos. Pictorial card cover. Covers slightly rubbed. Signed by author. Fine. 21 x 14.8. 0646113291
Story of small trading craft plying Tasmanian bays, rivers and inlets. The need to preserve and restore the SS Reemere, launched in 1909.
31116 BRUCE, Erroll DEEP SEA SAILING
$10.00 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.
32595 BRYCE, Graham THE SKETCHBOOK OF HMS Endeavour
$10.00 AUD
Collins. Sydney. 1983. 1st edition (juvenile). 80 PP with 32 pages of sketches (full page). Eps: HMS Endeavour under sail. Pictorial laminated boards, dj. Faint foxing. Near fine. 29 x 21.7. 0001951718
A vivid picture of the epic voyage of HMS Endeavour.
68453 CHAMBERS, Admiral B. M. SALT JUNK - Naval Reminiscences, 1881-1906
$25.00 AUD
Constable. London. 1927. 1st Ed., illustrated by the author. X, 364 PP, (2 adv.) with 44 b/w text-illustrations, plus 4 b/w plates (2 engravings and 2 photos) and a colour frontispiece. Fp: Rio de Janeiro (water colour). Blue cloth cover, gilt title on spine. Spine somewhat faded, a little light foxing, a library vignett and stamp on FFEP and former owner's name/address on half-title page. Small closed tear/chip on the top of the first 5 pages, o/wise contents very clean and overall a very good copy. 22.7 x 14.5.
Between February 1913 and April 1914, Admiral B. M. Chambers was the first Captain of the Royal Australian Naval College, Osborne House, Geelong.
30893 CHANT, Christopher WARSHIPS OF THE 20TH CENTURY
$10.00 AUD
Tiger Books International. London. 1996. 1st Ed. 144 PP with b/w & colour photos, and 42 colour illustrations by John Batchelor. Title page: One of the 4 Iroquois or Tribal class destroyers in service with the Canadian Navy. Illustrated laminated boards, dj. Fine. 30 x 23. 1855018039
35041 CHATTERTON, E. Keble THE MERCANTILE MARINE
$15.00 AUD
Little, Brown, and Company. Boston. 1923. 1st US Ed. XII, 254 PP, plus 35 plates with 47 b/w illust. Fp: H.E. India company's ship William Fairlie. Cloth cover, gilt device on front cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Front cover marked, spine lightly sunned. Light foxing, o/wise very good. 22.7 x 14.5.
31680 CHICHESTER, Francis GIPSY MOTH CIRCLES THE WORLD
$15.00 AUD
Hodder & Stoughton. London. 1967. 1st Ed. XVI, 269 PP with 7 maps and 5 line drawings, plus 40 pages with 14 colour and 39 b/w photos. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price clipped). Very good. 23 x 15. 0340004843
Voyage from England and back with calls at Sydney, round Cape of Good Hope & Cape Horn when he was 65 years of age.
21383 COLWELL, Max PETER THE WHALER IN SOUTHERN SEAS
$5.00 AUD
Rigby. Adelaide. 1978. Paperback reprint of the 1964 original. (X), 116, (2 adv.) PP with 20 illust. by G.C. Ingleton. Fp: There She Blows!. Pictorial soft cover. Foxing spots on outside edges. Very good. 18.1 x 11.4. 0727002716
Whaling in the Southern Seas, from the days of Sam Enderby to the Antarctic whaling of the mid-20th Century.
32662 CONROY, J. W. (editor) SEAMANSHIP DEPARTMENT NOTES - U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland
$40.00 AUD
The United States Naval Institute. Annapolis. 1918. 1st Ed. 165 PP with 30 diagrams & figures, and 18 plates (Rules of the Road pertaining to lights), plus 1 folded plate (Mooring and Manoeuvring board). Limp cloth cover with wear around edges and a few fade spots. Title on front cover and spine. Ageing of paper, spine frayed at top and bottom, name of previous owner on front endpaper and title page. Very clean and near fine internally. Scarce. 23.7 x 15.3.
Chapter I: Detailed instructions for Cutter drill. Chapter II: Sailing launches. Chapter IX: Handling Battleships in formation. Chapter X: Hints to young officers taking the deck. Chapter XIII: The Mooring Board...
19668 COOKE, Edward William SAILING VESSELS IN AUTHENTIC EARLY NINETEENTH-CENTURY ILLUSTRATIONS (Sixty Five Plates of Shipping and Craft)
$30.00 AUD
Dover. New York. 1989. Unabridged and unaltered republication of the 1831 original. (10), 65 PP with b/w plates by this renowned marine artist. Stiff covers, pictorial front. Fine. 27 x 21.2. 9780486261416
Reproduction of the plates from an unbound copy of the work in the Hart Nautical Collections, the MIT Museum.
34674 CRAMER, Max TREASURES, TRAGEDIES AND TRIUMPHS OF THE BATAVIA COAST - A true story of discovery and adventure in the 20th Century
$45.00 AUD
Max Cramer / Scott Four Colour Print. Perth. 1999. 1st Ed. XVIII, 334 PP with 6 maps and 90 b/w illustrations, plus 16 pages with 31 colour photos. Eps: Dutch chart. Pictorial stiff covers. Dedicatory note dated and signed by the author on verso of front endpaper. Fine. 22 x 15.6. 064638483X
Wreck of the barque "Stefano" lost in 1875. Wrecks of the "Batavia", "Zeewyk"... Dive with whale sharks... Discovery of French coins left by Louis Francois Marie Aleno de Saint-Alouarn in 1772.
32369 CRAWFORD, Steve BATTLESHIPS AND CARRIERS
$10.00 AUD
Brown Books. London. 1999. 1st Ed. 320 PP with 1 b/w, 3 colour photos, and some 300 side-view artworks and detailed specifications tables. Half title page: the Arpad. Pictorial laminated boards, dj. Fine. 17 x 13. 1897884443
Each of the 300 vessels with displacement, dimensions, performance and summary of career.
32902 CROMIE, William J. EXPLORING THE SECRETS OF THE SEA
$10.00 AUD
George Allen and Unwin. London. 1964. 1st UK Ed. XIII, (3), 300, (2 adv.) PP with 13 headpieces and 80 figures (drawings by George Geygan and b/w photos). FP: Icebreakers and cargo ships in Antarctica. Hard cover, gilt device on front cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price clipped). Some foxing. Very good. 21.5 x 14.2.
32207 DAVIES, Nigel VOYAGERS TO THE NEW WORLD
$15.00 AUD
William Morrow. New York. 1979. 1st US Ed. XIV, (2), 287 PP with 8 maps, plus 16 pages with 29 b/w photos. Hard cover, cloth spine, dj. Faint foxing. Fine. 24 x 16. 0688039962
Origins of the pre-Columbian inhabitants of America: China, Indonesia, Vikings, Phoenicians...
52198 DE HARTOG, Jan THE SAILING SHIP
$10.00 AUD
Paul Hamlyn. London. 1964. 1st Ed. No. 2 in the Odyssey Library series. 48 PP (including covers), with colour illust. by Peter Spier. FEP: 24 type of sailing vessels. REP: Sails and rigging plans of a full-rigged ship. Pictorial laminated boards. Note at top of page facing title page, o/wise very good. Small oblong: 10.8 x 16.8.
33003 DE LEEUW, Hendrik CROSSROADS OF THE BUCCANEERS
$15.00 AUD
J. B. Lippincott. Philadelphia. 1937. 1st US Ed. 414 PP with 1 map, head pieces and many attractive drawings by author. Includes 9 PP for Bibliography and 4 PP for Index. Cloth cover, dj. Top edge of spine and covers worn, dust jacket with small pieces missing at top and bottom. Internally very good. 24 x 16.5.
Voyage in 1934 and 1935 through the Spanish Main and the Islands of the Caribbean. An authoritative account of life in the Leewards and Windwards extending from Florida's coast to the Northeast shores of South America.
14231 DE MEDINA, Pédro L'ART DE NAVIGUER DE MAISTRE PIERRE DE MEDINE, ESPAGNOL
$100.00 AUD
De Boer Maritieme Handboeken. Bussum, Netherlands. c.1980. Facsimile edition of the 1554 French original. Limited edition of 1000 copies (No. 151/1000). (6), 116 PP (pagination only on right hand top corner of leaves). Printed on antique laid paper, with tables and figures in text. Hard cover, device in blind on front cover, gilt title on spine, decorated slipcase. Spine lightly sunned. Near fine. French text in old script. 33.2 x 21.6. 2852310082
The art of navigation in 1545, by Pedro de Medina: of the World (cosmography), the Sea and the art of sailing, the Wind (meteorology), the Sun (its declination & finding latitude), the Moon ... Published in the Netherlands for Unieboek, in UK for Patrick Stephens, in France for Editions des 4 Seigneurs and in Milan for U. Mursia & Co.
33976 DEPT OF DEFENCE OUTLINE OF AUSTRALIAN NAVAL HISTORY
$20.00 AUD
R.A.N. Education Service. Melbourne. 1955. New edition replacing the 1949 edition. 48 PP, plus 6 b/w photographic plates, and 1 folded map at rear of book. Hard cover, cloth spine, gilt title on front cover. Name of previous owner on front endpaper. Title slightly rubbed, o/wise very good. 25 x 17.5.
From the discovery and settlement to the post-Korean war era.
32213 DODSON, Granville & CHURCHILL, Anthony THE OFFICIAL GUIDE TO THE FINANCIAL TIMES CLIPPER RACE 1975-76
$10.00 AUD
Ocean Publications. London. 1976. 1st Ed. 84 PP with 18 maps & plans, and b/w or colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 29.8 x 21.
The Clipper Records, and Introducing Patriarch (69 days run from Gravesend to Sydney in 1869), by Cyril Hume. The entries: Great Britain II (U.K.), Kriter II (France), The Great Escape (Netherlands), Anaconda II (Australia), CSeRB II (Italy), and Veline (France).
21390 DRAKE-BROCKMAN, Henrietta VOYAGE TO DISASTER - The Life of Francisco Pelsaert
$30.00 AUD
Angus & Robertson. Sydney. 1982. Reprint in the Australian Classics series, of the 1963 original. XVI, 318 PP with 2 maps in text plus 16 pages with 23 b/w illust. Fp: Title page of the Joost Hartgers 1648 edition of "Ongeluckige Voyagie van't Schip Batavia". Hard cover, dj. Fine. 22 x 14.5. 0207148414
Covering his report to the Dutch East India Company and the wreck of the Batavia in 1629...
10765 DUNN, Capt. B. G. & WESCOMBE, Lt. R. E. (editors) ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY - 75TH ANNIVERSARY 1911-1986
$5.00 AUD
Magazine Art / Royal Australian Navy. Melbourne. 1986. 1st Ed. 80 PP with b/w & colour illust. Pictorial card covers with light wear. Very good. 27 x 20.7.
A brief history in text & photographs of the R.A.N.
34735 DUNNINGHAM, Honourable J. M. (editor) AN HISTORIC RETROSPECT ON THE OCCASION OF THE 150th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS OF THE FOUNDING OF AUSTRALIA
$10.00 AUD
Australia's 150th Anniversary Celebrations Council. Sydney. 1938. 1st Ed. No pagination, 32 PP with 2 b/w and 98 colour illustrations Pictorial soft cover (laminated). Staples removed, and copy stitched, o/wise near fine. 24.5 x 15.5.
Book presented to the children of New South Wales by Australia's 150th Anniversary Celebrations Council.
32360 EASTLAKE, Keith SEA DISASTERS, The Truth behind the Tragedies
$20.00 AUD
Greenwich Editions. London. 1998. 1st Ed. 96 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Half title page: Lakonia on fire. Title spread: Seawise University, formerly Queen Elizabreth, on fire in Hong Kong. Pictorial laminated boards. Fine. 28.7 x 23.6. 0862881498
Collision. Fire. Explosion. Human error. Weather and Mechanical failure.
16448 ELLIOTT, Colin STEAM FISHERMEN in old photographs
$10.00 AUD
Tops'l Books. Reading, U.K. 1979. 1st Ed. 64 PP with over 50 b/w photos from the Ford Jenkins Collection. Pictorial soft cover with rubbed patches. Good. 24 x 18. 0906397014
The glorious age of steam drifters and trawlers and the men who sailed in them.
34838 FANSLER BEHRMAN, Cynthia VICTORIAN MYTHS OF THE SEA
$20.00 AUD
Ohio University Press. Athens, Ohio. 1977. 1st Ed. X, 188 PP. Fp: Rear-Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson. Cloth cover, dj. Fine. 23.5 x 15.5. 0821403516
The English Romance with the sea. The English sense of History. The myths of Islandhood... The English Seaman... Heroism and the Myth of Nelson...
34033 FARA, Patricia PRESIDENTIAL PORTRAITS - Joseph Banks in the National Library (in National Library of Australia News - Vol IX, No. 3, December 1999)
$5.00 AUD
National Library of Australia. Canberra. 1998. National Library of Australia News, Volume IX, No. 3, issue December 1998. Includes article P. 7 to 10 with 3 colour and 3 b/w illust. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 20.7.
President of the Royal Society from 1778 to 1820.
34050 FENTON, Roy, & CLARKSON, John SHIPS IN FOCUS RECORD 10
$15.00 AUD
Ships in Focus Publications. London. 1999. Issue Number 10. 64 PP with 3 house flags / funnels and 97 b/w photos. Pictorial card cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21. 1901703061
Fleet in Focus: John Holt. The port of Widnes. Boer War transports...
15818 FINNEY, C. M. TO SAIL BEYOND THE SUNSET, Natural History in Australia 1699-1829
$20.00 AUD
Rigby. Adelaide. 1984. 1st Ed. X, 206 PP with 54 b/w & 92 colour illust. Eps: Map of New Holland and plan around Sydney. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 31.2 x 23.5. 0727018817
Natural history from discoverers & explorers followed by scientific expeditions: with Matthew Flinders on the Investigator and with Baudin on the Géographe.
18606 FIRKINS, Peter OF NAUTILUS AND EAGLES - History of the Royal Australian Navy
$10.00 AUD
Cassell Australia Ltd. Sydney. 1975. 1st Ed. Foreword by Vice Admiral Sir John Collins. VIII, 269 PP with 19 maps, plus 32 pages with 59 b/w photos. Eps: Naval Review. Hard cover, dj (repaired tear). Near fine. 23.5 x 15.5. 0726928623
15509 FISHER, E. M. (editor) THE TASMANIAN STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY'S TIME TABLE and Guide to Tasmanian Railways, &c. &c.
$25.00 AUD
Navarine Publication. Canberra. 1996. "Magnified" facsimile edition of the June 1888 original. 52 PP with 1 map of SE Australia/Tasmania at centrefold and 1 b/w photo of S.S. Oonah. Soft cover, illustrated front. Fine. 21.5 x 14.5. 0958656118
A guide to commercial marine, rail and road transport available to Tasmanian travellers in June 1888: colonial, intercolonial and overseas.
76697 FITCHETT, T. K. THE LONG HAUL - Ships on the England-Australia Run
$15.00 AUD
Rigby. Adelaide. 1980. 1st Ed. 95 PP with colour illust. Hard cover, dj. Oblong: 22.5 x 28.5. 0727010271
Passenger ships running the longest sea route in the world.
16059 FLEXNER, James Thomas STEAMBOATS COME TRUE, American Inventors in Action
$10.00 AUD
Little, Brown & Co. Boston. 1978. Newly illustrated edition of the 1944 original. XXII, (2), 406 PP with vignettes in text, plus 32 pages with 30 b/w illust. Fp. & Eps. Cloth cover, decorated front cover, dj (price clipped). Brief note to previous owner on half title page. Rear endpaper with a small rubbed patch, o/wise near fine. 24 x 16. 0316286087
The first American invention of world shattering importance - the steamboat.
21236 FORSTER, Honore (compiler) MORE SOUTH SEA WHALING
$25.00 AUD
ANU / Australian National University. Canberra. 1991. 1st Ed. 61 PP. Stiff covers, pictorial front. Near fine. 29.3 x 20.8. 0731511611
Supplement to The South Sea Whaler. New entries: 894 to 1240.
21285 FORSTER, Honore (compiler) THE SOUTH SEA WHALER - An Annotated Bibliography...
$30.00 AUD
Kendall Whaling Museum. Sharon, Mass. 1985. 1st Ed. IX, 157 PP. Fp: South Sea Whaling by W.E. Norton. Eps: Map of the Pacific Ocean. Cloth cover, title on front cover and spine. Foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise fine. 26 x 17.5. 0937854220
... bibliography of published historical, literary and art material relating to whaling in the Pacific Ocean in the nineteenth century.
18651 FRAME, Tom PACIFIC PARTNERS - A History of Australian-American Naval Relations
$5.00 AUD
Hodder & Stoughton. Sydney. 1992. 1st Ed. XIII, 200 PP with 10 maps, 2 figures in text plus 24 pages with 41 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing on outside edges and prelims, o/wise near fine. 24.2 x 15.7. 034045585X
32072 GIARDINI, Cesare THE LIFE AND TIMES OF COLUMBUS
$10.00 AUD
Curtis Books. Philadelphia. 1967. 1st US edition, in the Portraits of Greatness series. Translated from the 1966 Italian original. 76 PP with b/w and colour illust. Title spread: The 3 caravels Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria. Illustrated endpapers. Pictorial laminated boards. Small dent on front cover, o/wise near fine. 29.2 x 23.
32288 GIFFARD, Ann (editor) TOWARDS QUEBEC - Two mid-19th century emigrants' journals
$10.00 AUD
H.M.S.O. London. 1981. 1st Ed., in the Recollections series published by the National Maritime Museum. VIII, 72 PP with facsimile of an advertisement and 2 maps, plus 16 pages with 30 b/w illust. Hard cover, dj. Spine of dust jacket lightly sunned. Occasional foxing. Near fine. 22.2 x 14.2. 0112903355
William Fulford on the barque Civility, Spring 1848. William Gliddon on the full-rigged ship Ocean Queen, spring 1855.
30792 GILLES, Daniel LA COUPE DE L'AMERICA, ou le Monde Meilleur de la Course
$30.00 AUD
Voiles / Gallimard. Paris. 1977. 1st edition, with 400 illustrations by Morris and Stanley Rosenfeld. 158 PP with b/w illust. (plans, engravings and photos) and 4 colour illustrations on double page (Puritan, Columbia/Livonia, Columbia/Shamrock & Australia). Cloth cover, dj (price clipped). French text. Near fine. 31.5 x 25.
The challenges of the America's Cup between 1851 and 1977.
17956 GOODMAN, John B. III. THE GOLD RUSH, Voyage of the Ship LOO CHOO Around the Horn in 1849
$30.00 AUD
Cumming Press. Mount Pleasant, Mich. 1977. 1st limited ed. of 487 copies. XXXII, 61 PP. Cloth cover with gilt device on front. Near fine. 23.5 x 15.7.
The Loo Choo voyage to California, told through letters.
74343 GREENHILL, Basil THE MERCHANT SCHOONERS - Volume Two
$50.00 AUD
Percival Marshall. London. 1957. 1st Ed. XII, (2), 180 PP with 2 tail pieces, 9 figures in text, plus 3 folded plans & 40 pages with 63 bw photos. Cloth cover, dj. Dust jacket has a few chips and rubs and is in a protective sleeve. Near fine. Scarce. 23.5 x 16.
A survey of the history of the small fore and aft rigged merchant sailing ships of England and Wales in the years 1870-1940 with something of their previous history and subsequent fate.
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.
18819 HILDER, Brett NAVIGATOR IN THE SOUTH SEAS
$5.00 AUD
Rigby. Adelaide. 1978. 1st soft cover edition. (6), 232 PP with many illust. by the author. Pict. soft cover. Fine. 18 x 11.5. 0727005537
Until his death in 1981, Capt. Hilder sailed the various South Pacific archipelagoes and the Indonesian islands. His first years at sea & his WWII years.
64323 HILDER, Brett THE VOYAGE OF TORRES, The Discovery of the Southern Coastline of New Guinea and Torres Strait by Captain Luis Baéz de Torres in 1606
$60.00 AUD
University of Queensland Press. Brisbane. 1980. 1st Ed. XXXII, 194 PP with 64 bw illustrations, plus 8 pages with 5 colour plates. Fp: Luis Baéz de Torres. Eps: Portion of B.A. 2759a, showing Torres' track along the whole southern coast of New Guinea. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Dedicatory note signed by the author. A fine copy. 24.5 x 18.5. 070221275X
34737 HILDER, Captain Brett EXPLORING A HAZARDOUS PASSAGE (extract from Australian Natural History, Vol 19, No.6, 1978)
$10.00 AUD
Australian Museum. Sydney. 1978. Special Issue, April-June 1978. Extract: pages 177 to 181 with 5 b/w illust. Soft cover. Fine. 28 x 21.
Torres Strait exploration in 1606, by the Spaniard Luis Vaez de Torres.
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.
15085 HOARE, Merval THE DISCOVERY OF NORFOLK ISLAND
$10.00 AUD
AGPS. Canberra. 1974. 1st Ed. X, 23 PP with 2 charts and 6 portraits. Fp: Captain James Cook. Title page: Norfolk pine. Pictorial card cover. Fine. 25 x 17.5. 0642005737
35326 HOARE, Merval THE DISCOVERY OF NORFOLK ISLAND (in Australian External Territories)
$10.00 AUD
Department of External Territories. Canberra. 1970. Volume 10, No. 2, May 1970. Contains 2 articles pages 8 to 11 , and 30/31 with 6 b/w photos. Illustrated card cover. Fine. 25 x 17.8.
Discovery of Norfolk Island, and King memorial on Norfolk Island.
34440 HOLLANDER, Neil & MERTES, Harald SUNSET FOR WORKING SAIL (in Smithsonian, Volume 15, No. 9)
$15.00 AUD
Smithsonian Institution. Washington. 1984. Volume 15, No. 9, December 1984. 188 PP. Contains article betweebn pages 72 and 81 with 10 colour photos. Soft cover. Near fine. 28.2 x 21.
With the three-masted Dhonis of India, the Oruwas of Sri Lanka... The Chinese junks.
34693 HOWARD, Sidney OUR MERCHANT NAVY
$10.00 AUD
O.U.P. London. 1942. Reprint of the 1941 original. 104 PP with 9 line drawings by Edward Wigfull and 35 b/w photos. Fp: A big liner takes the water for the first time. Eps: Map with the trading routes of the British Empire. Cloth cover, device on front cover. Covers a little soiled/worn around edges, o/wise near fine. 20 x 16.
Work of the Merchant Navy under normal peace-time conditions.
31998 HOWARTH, David TRAFALGAR: The Nelson Touch
$15.00 AUD
Galahad Books. New York. c. 1974. Reprint of the 1969 edition. 254 PP with 1 fig., 2 maps, 5 plans, 87 b/w illust. Half title page: portrait of Nelson. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Very good. 23.5 x 15. 0883652722
The blockade to prevent Napoleon's invasion, the Battle of Trafalgar and the death of Nelson.
33166 HOWARTH, Patrick LIFEBOAT - In Danger's Hour
$20.00 AUD
Hamlyn. London. 1981. 1st Ed., with a foreword by Clare Francis. 144 PP with 1 map of the British Isles, 4 cutaways, 5 profiles, 155 b/w and 16 colour illust. Half title page: St Mary's, Scilly Isles, lifeboat on service during the Fastnet Race in August 1979. Title spread: Penzance lifeboat Dora saved the crew of Jeune Hortense, a brigantine wrecked off Eastern Green, Penzance, in 1888. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Near fine. 30.2 x 22.2 0600349594
Story of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, founded in 1824.
17641 HOWARTH, Stephen SEA SHELL - The Story of Shell's British Tanker Fleets 1892-1992
$30.00 AUD
Thomas Reed. London. 1992. 1st Ed. 216 PP with b/w & colour illustrations. Pictorial laminated boards, dj. Ex-libris of previous owner on FFEP, otherwise a near fine copy. 26.7 x 26.3. 094763732X
One hundred years of the British Shell tanker shipping line.
34056 HUTCHINSON, Paul, BROWN, David, O'NEILL, Richard et al. SEA WAR IN THE PACIFIC
$10.00 AUD
Marshall Cavendish. London. 1976. 1st Ed., in the Marshall Cavendish World War II Special. 64 PP with b/w photos & colour illust. (maps, plans, paintings). Inside front cover: US sea power off Luzon. Inside back cover: the multiple 6 battery of USS Miami bombards Japanese positions on the Island of Peleliu. Pictorial soft cover (slightly rubbed). Very good. 27.4 x 20.7.
From Japan's shock-attack on Pearl Harbor to the Marines' capture of Iwo Jima.
32674 HYDE, Robin CHECK TO YOUR KING
$20.00 AUD
Golden Press. Auckland. 1975. Reprint of the 1936 UK original, in the New Zealand Classics series. XII, 13-288 PP. Hard cover, dj. Top of front endpaper rubbed. Occasional foxing, o/wise near fine. 22 x 14.
The life history of Charles, Baron de Thierry, King of Nukahiva, Sovereign Chief of New Zealand.
31483 JAMES, Robert A. OCEAN SAILING
$10.00 AUD
Nautical. London. 1980. 1st Ed., with an introduction Dame Naomi James. 224 PP with 12 b/w photos and 89 figures. Hard cover. Stamp of previous owner and no. on front endpaper, o/wise near fine. 25.2 x 19.2. 0245535829
Instructional and practical techniques.
32161 KEMP, Lieut.-Commander P. K. H.M. DESTROYERS
$10.00 AUD
Herbert Jenkins. London. 1956. 1st Ed. 237, (2 adv.) PP, plus 16 pages with 32 b/w photos. Cloth cover (soiled and worn). Signature previous owner on title page, 2 stamps in blind. Foxing spots on edges. Still a good reading copy. 22.2 x 14.2.
Actions in both world wars, on different fronts: Atlantic, Mediterranean and the Eastern Seas.
18335 LAING, Alexander THE AMERICAN HERITAGE HISTORY OF SEAFARING AMERICA
$10.00 AUD
American Heritage Publishing. New York. 1974. 1st Ed. 344, (8 index) PP with 300 b/w & colour illust. Hard cover, gilt device on front cover, gilt title on cloth spine, dj (price clipped). Foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 28.6 x 22.2. 0070358478
America under sail: from colonial days to the present boom in sailing for pleasure and sport.
32769 LARKINS, William T. U.S. NAVY AIRCRAFT 1921-1941 - U.S. MARINE CORPS AIRCRAFT 1914-1959
$25.00 AUD
Orion Books. New York. 1988. Combined reprint of the 1959 and 1961 originals. (6), 391, (2), III, 203 PP with over 1000 b/w photos. Hard cover, gilt title on cloth spine, dj. Fine. 23.5 x 16. 0517569205
34034 LAYLAND, Penelope THE ENDEAVOUR STORY (in National)
$10.00 AUD
National Library of Australia. Canberra. 1998. National Library of Australia News, Volume IX, No. 2, issue November 1998. Includes article from P.3 to 6 with 8 colour illust. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 20.7.
On the CD-ROM Endeavour: Captain Cook's Journal 1768-71.
34852 LEITHAUSER, Joachim G. WELTWEITE SEEFAHRT
$10.00 AUD
Safari Verlag. Berlin. 1968. Special edition. 367 PP with 49 text illustrations and 140 b/w photos. Cloth cover, device on front cover, dj. German text. Fine. 24.4 x 17.
From the Phoenician, Viking, Hanseatic league... to U-Boats and Nuclear Powered ships.
33848 LEVI, Claude (editor) SPONGES OF THE NEW CALEDONIAN LAGOON
$80.00 AUD
Editions de l' Orstom. Paris. 1998. 1st Ed., No. XXXIII, in Collection Faune et Flore Tropicales. 214 PP with 51 b/w and 126 colour photos by Pierre Laboute, Georges Bargibant & Jean-Louis Menou. Cloth cover, title in blind on front cover and spine, dj. Fine. Oblong: 21.7 x 27.7. 2709913542
The role of sponges in coral reefs. Sponge diversity, distribution and biogeography... most comprehensive.
33702 LEWIN, The Lord, Admiral of the Fleet & STANNARD, Bruce JAMES COOK NAVIGATOR AND THE ENDEAVOUR STORY
$20.00 AUD
Maritime Heritage Press / The Endeavour Replica. Sydney. 1993. 1st Ed. Folder containing 8 facsimiles of documents and the 16 page booklet "The Endeavour Story" (with b/w and colour illust.). Near fine. Large format : 36 x 23.2.
Contents: The Tasman Map: facsimile of the decorated 17th century map hand drawn on Japan vellum, 1644. A letter from Cook to the Admiralty. The ship's plan. Endeavour Bark 1768, cutaway model. Part of the complement of the Endeavour. Jack Earl's painting of Endeavour. Captain Cook's Instruments: Sextant, Gregorian reflecting telescope 1763, Kendall's third marine chronometer 1774. Portrait of Captain James Cook, RN, painted six years after the discovery of New South Wales, by William Hodges, in 1776.
20792 LIND, Lew FAIR WINDS TO AUSTRALIA - 200 Years of Sail on the Australia Station
$10.00 AUD
Reed Books. Sydney. 1988. 1st Ed. 208 PP with b/w illustrations, plus 8 pages with 11 colour photos. FEP: Sailing ships at anchor. Hard cover, dj. Occasional foxing, o/wise fine. 29.3 x 22. 0730102165
Details & histories of some of the sailing ships which arrived in Australia over the past 200 years.
65268 LLOYD, Christopher BATAILLES NAVALES AU TEMPS DE LA MARINE A VOILES
$25.00 AUD
Flammarion. Paris. 1970. 1st French edition in the International Library series. Translated from "Sea Fights under Sail" by Magdeleine Paz. 128 PP with b/w & colour illustrations. Eps: V.O.C. vessels. Pictorial boards. Stamp of previous owner on half-title page. Very good. 25.8 x 18.5.
An account of the chief battles at sea during the age of sail.
14297 LONEY, J.K. WRECKS ON THE SOUTH COAST OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA
$20.00 AUD
Author. Geelong. 1975. 4th Ed. 54 PP, (4 index), plus 25 b/w plates. Pictorial soft cover. Slight ageing of paper, o/wise a very good copy. 20.5 x 14.
32257 LONGHURST, Henry ADVENTURE IN OIL - The Story of British Petroleum
$20.00 AUD
Sidgwick and Jackson. London. 1959. 1st Ed., with a foreword by the Rt. Hon. Sir Winston Churchill. 286 PP, plus 50 pages with 89 b/w photos. FEP: Map of the Middle East and of the Anglo Iranian interests. REP: Map of the world with the main activities of British Petroleum. Cloth cover, dj Dust jacket has a few small repaired chips and is in a protective sleeve. A near fine copy. 24 x 16.
Chapter 4: Oil for the Navy. Chapter 11: Tankers under fire. Chapter 17: Delivering the goods.
30659 LUBBOCK, Basil THE NITRATE CLIPPERS
$50.00 AUD
Brown, Son & Ferguson. Glasgow. 1953. Reprint of 1932 original. XII, 159 PP, plus 33 plates with 48 b/w illust. Fp: "Padua". Free fly of endpapers: Tracks of the trade routes. Cloth covers with light wear, gilt title on front cover and spine. Price-clipped dust jacket has repaired tears and is in a protective sleeve. Contents are clean and overall still a very good copy. 25 x 19.
The nitrate trade between the West Coast of South America & Northern Europe.
34851 LÜTZOW, Konteradmiral Friedrich SKAGERRAK
$10.00 AUD
Georg Müller. Munchen. 1936. Edition for young adults in Die Junge Reihe series. 82 PP, with 6 maps, plus 4 b/w plates (portraits of the British and German protagonists). Illustrated soft cover. Name of previous owner on the inside of the front cover. German text in Gothic script. Very good. Scarce. 17.5 x 10.5.
The Battle of Jutland, 31st May 1916.
33291 MACDONNELL, J. E. GIMME THE BOATS
$15.00 AUD
The Elmfield Press. London. 1974. Reprint of the 1953 original. 255 PP. Hard cover, dj. Very good. 22 x 14.5. 0705700356
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.
12131 MARDER, Arthur J. FROM THE DARDANELLES TO ORAN - Studies of the Royal Navy in War and Peace 1915-1940
$15.00 AUD
O.U.P. London. 1974. 1st UK Ed. XIII, (5), 301 PP with 1 facsimile of letter, plus 10 pages with 14 b/w photos and 5 folded charts at end of book. Fp: Winston Churchill, First Lord of the Admiralty, 14 October 1939. Hard cover with light shelf wear and old tape marks, very good dust jacket. Ex-library copy with stamps of the Library of Tasmania on a few pages. Renewed FFEP. Overall, still a very good clean reading copy. 22.5 x 14.2. 0192158023
14386 MARRIOTT, Leo TYPE 22 - MODERN COMBAT SHIPS 4
$30.00 AUD
Ian Allan. London. 1986. 1st Ed., No. 4 in the Modern Combat Ships series. 112 PP with b/w photos throughout. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj (light shelf wear). Foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise near fine. 24 x 17.5. 0711015937
Class of Frigates of the Royal Navy.
11715 MARTIN, Captain Henry Byam THE POLYNESIAN JOURNAL OF CAPTAIN HENRY BYAM MARTIN, R.N, In Command of HMS GRAMPUS - 50 Guns at Hawaii and on station in Tahiti and the Society Islands August 1846 to August 1847
$10.00 AUD
Australian National University. Canberra. 1981. 1st Australian edition. Foreword by Nigel Davies. 192 PP with 1 map, over 36 b/w illustrations, plus 8 pages with 20 colour paintings by author. Fp: portrait of Captain Martin. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Near fine. 23.5 x 15.5. 0708116094
The sojourn of one year (the fatal one), in which the French subjugated the Tahitians by bloody force and made the island a protectorate of France.
15623 McCORMICK, Anne & McDONNELL, Derek PACIFIC VOYAGES & EXPLORATION, From the Carlsmith Collection and Other Sources
$40.00 AUD
Hordern House. Sydney. 1987. 1st Ed. 160 PP profusely illustrated with 160 b/w & 31 colour illustrations. Bookplate of Professor Adrian Horridge on inside front cover. Folded "Price List (1987)" for these 289 listed items, tipped in on inside back cover. Pictorial soft covers. Front cover lightly rubbed with a few creases, otherwise contents are near fine. 29.5 x 21. 095884786X
Catalogue detailing 289 items of the Carlsmith Family collection of Pacific voyages: Cook, Bligh, La Pérouse ...
30981 MICHENER, James A. THE WATERMEN - Selections from Chesapeake
$10.00 AUD
Random House. New York. 1979. 1st Ed. XI, 193 PP with drawings by John Moll. Fp. FEP: Map of the Chesapeake. REP: Drawing of a Skipjack. Cloth cover, device (geese in flight) in blind on front cover, dj. Foxing spots on edges, o/wise near fine. 26 x 18.2. 039450660X
Narrative consisting of excerpts from the author's Chesapeake.
44631 MILLER, William H. & HUTCHINGS, David F. TRANSATLANTIC LINERS AT WAR - The Story of the Queens
$20.00 AUD
David & Charles. Newton Abbot, UK. 1985. 1st UK Ed. 175 PP with 1 map, 3 profiles of ships and 30 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. A little light foxing on prelims and dust jacket flaps, o/wise fine. 24 x 16.2. 0715385119
The distinguished war roles of the Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth during WWII and the QE2 during the Falklands War of 1982.
15637 MOLLAT, Michel LES EXPLORATEURS DU XIIIè AU XVIè SIECLE, Premiers Regards sur des Mondes Nouveaux
$20.00 AUD
Editions du C.T.H.S. / Comité des Travaux Historiques et Scientifiques. Paris. 1992. 1st Ed. No. 9 in the C.T.H.S. Format series. 258 PP with 8 maps. Pictorial soft cover. Name of previous owner at top of half title page. Spine lightly sunned, faint foxing spots on outside edges. Very good. French text. 18.5 x 12. 2735502511
Land routes in Asia (towards Cathay), in Africa (Ibn Batoutah ...). Sea discoveries around Africa, towards India, to America & circumnavigation up to the 16th century.
34666 MOORE, Captain John (editor) JANE'S NAVAL REVIEW 1982-83 - Second Year of Issue
$20.00 AUD
Jane's Publishing Company. London. 1982. 1st Ed. 160 PP with b/w illustrations (cutaways, maps, plans, photos and ship profiles). Pictorial laminated boards. Light foxing on prelims, o/wise fine. 27.5 x 20.5. 0710601270
The lessons of the Naval War in the Falklands, by Captain John Moore. Latin America: a patchwork of strengths and capabilities by Captain Frans de Blocq van Kuffeler... Conflict and commerce by Andrew Ambrose...
14998 N/A LIGHTHOUSES IN AUSTRALIA - A Guide to Records held by the Australian Archives
$30.00 AUD
Australian Archives Canberra. 1991. 1st edition with a foreword by George Nichols. Australian Archives Subject Guide No. 1. XII, 172 PP with 1 folded plate (map of Australia with location of lighthouses). Pictorial soft cover (Dent Island lighthouse, Queensland). A couple of light creases on covers, o/wise near fine. 29.5 x 20.8. 0642166250
Guide listing records held by the Australian Archives' regional offices relating to the administration and operation of lighthouses (manned and automatic). P.145 to 162: Commonwealth Lighthouse Service ships.
35240 NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM GENERAL CATALOGUE OF HISTORIC PHOTOGRAPHS - Volume II: Merchant Sailing Ships
$20.00 AUD
National Maritime Museum. Greenwich. 1976. 1st Edition with a foreword by Basil Greenhill (Director). XII, 193, (20 Index) PP, plus 4 pages with 7 b/w plates. Pictorial soft cover. Covers a little soiled and worn around edges with a few small creases and a few dog-eared pages. Otherwise, very good. 27.4 x 19.5.
32695 NICHOLSON, Ian LOG OF LOGS - Volume Three
$60.00 AUD
Roebuck Society. Nambour, Qld. 1999. 1st Ed., Roebuck Society publication No. 52. XVI, 500 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings and b/w photos). Pictorial card cover. Fine. 24.6 x 17.5. 0958523207
A complement to his previous two volumes which generated much response and led to fresh material becoming available, hence this third volume.
22609 NOBLE, Captain John THE GOLDEN AGE OF SAIL OF AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND
$15.00 AUD
Currey O'Neil. Melbourne. 1985. 1st Ed. IX, 118 PP with 98 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket with a small closed tear and in a protective sleeve. Near fine. 25 x 25. 0859021947
Collection of maritime photographs capturing the glorious and romantic days when sailors relied on wind and currents.
34093 O'NEILL, Richard SUICIDE SQUADS OF WORLD WAR II. Axis and Allied Special Attack Weapons of World War II: their Development and their Missions
$10.00 AUD
Lansdowne Press. Sydney. 1981. 1st Australian edition. 296 PP with 6 maps, 18 tables, 60 diagrams and sketch-plans, and 130 b/w photos. FEP: Map of Japanese waters. REP: Map of the Channel and North Sea. Hard cover, dj. Foxing on outside edges. Near fine. 23.8 x 15.5. 0701816104
33115 OXENHORN, Harvey TUNING THE RIG - A Journey to the Arctic
$10.00 AUD
Harper & Row. New York. 1990. 1st paperback edition. X, (8), 281 PP with 1 map on double page and 2 plans of the Regina Maris. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 23.5 x 15.3. 0060163518
Account of a scientific voyage on board a barquentine to study humpback whales off Newfoundland, Labrador & Greenland, as well as the birds & animals of these lands.
32337 PALADINO, Frank V. & SPOTILA, James R. DINOSAURS AND LEATHERBACKS: Standing up to the cold (in Australian Natural History, Vol 23, No.12, 1992)
$15.00 AUD
Australian Museum Trust. Sydney. 1992. Includes article P. 936 to 943 with 7 colour photos. Pictorial card cover. Fine. 29.2 x 21.
Leatherback Turtles (Dermochelys coriacea), the largest living reptiles in the world.
30622 PARSONS, Ronald SAIL IN THE SOUTH
$10.00 AUD
Rigby. Adelaide. 1975. 1st Ed. (6), 209 PP with 214 b/w photos. Title page: vignette of the four-masted ship Lancing. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 26.5 x 22. 0851799604
A selection from the A.D. Edwardes collection of shipping photos in the State Library of South Australia.
31143 PAYNE, Joe HARBOUR UNDER SAIL - A guide to the Tall Ships bringing History to Life
$10.00 AUD
The Sun-Herald. Sydney. 1988. Insert to The Sun-Herald of 17th January 1988. 32 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover (US Coast Guard Eagle). Covers slightly rubbed. Very good. 27.5 x 20.5.
Fleet gathering in Sydney for the Bicentennial of Australia.
17872 PERNOUD, Georges VOILIERS EN LIBERTE
$20.00 AUD
Edita SA / Conti. Lausanne. 1989. 1st Ed. Collection Thalassa. 144 PP, profusely illustrated with colour photos. Eps. Hard cover, dj. French text. Fine. 30.5 x 26. 2880012538
The meeting of 18 tall ships in the Port of Rouen on the Seine and their race to celebrate the Bicentenary of the French Revolution of 1789.
10407 PHELAN, Joseph THE WHALE HUNTERS, in Pictures
$10.00 AUD
Time-Life. New York. 1969. 1st Ed., in the Spotlight on History series. 52 PP with 10 b/w and 14 colour illustrations (7 on double page, 6 on full page, 1 on half page). Cloth cover, dj. Near fine. Oblong: 20.5 x 20.8.
General history and pictorial description of whaling in the 1820-1850's by the Yankee whalemen.
14282 PONKO, Vincent Jr. SHIPS, SEAS, AND SCIENTISTS - U.S. Naval Exploration and Discovery in the Nineteenth Century
$10.00 AUD
Naval Institute Press. Annapolis. 1974. 1st Ed. XII, (2), 283 PP. Hard cover. Near fine. Image shows title page. 23.6 x 15.6. 0870216414
Expeditions of discovery, exploration and scientific research: Wilkes to the South Sea and Antarctic 1838-1842 - Perry to China Sea and Japan 1852-1854...
73533 POOLMAN, Kenneth THE KELLY
$30.00 AUD
William Kimber. London. 1954. 1st Ed., with a foreword by Admiral the Earl Mountbatten of Burma. XII, 13-219, (5 adv.) PP with 1 map, plus 16 pages with 18 bw photos. Fp: "More Like a Submarine", H.M.S. Kelly returning to harbour after being torpedoed in the North Sea. Eps: Map of the Mediterranean Sea. Cloth cover, dj (price clipped). Dust jacket has part of the spine missing and is in a protective sleeve. Foxing on prelims and on outside page edges, o/wise contents near fine. 22 x 14.5.
The record of HMS Kelly by her only captain. A destroyer which fought on many fronts: North Sea, Norwegian waters, Malta, then Crete where she was sunk on 23rd May 1941.
12273 PORTS THE PORT OF PORTLAND, Souvenir of Harbor Opening, November, 1960
$15.00 AUD
Port of Portland Development Association. Portland. 1960. 1st Ed. No pagination, 24 pages with 1 map and 26 b/w illustrations, plus 1 folded colour plate at back Impression of Ultimate Development of the Port of Portland. Pictorial card cover a little soiled and rubbed, o/wise very good. 23 x 17.
Development and construction of a modern port.
20404 PRENTICE, Rina A CELEBRATION OF THE SEA - The Decorative Art Collections of the National Maritime Museum
$10.00 AUD
London. 1994. National Maritime Museum. 1st Ed. XII, 120 PP with 8 head pieces, and 105 b/w illustrations, plus 24 pages with 64 colour photos. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 28.2 x 25. 0112905315
From porcelain and gold boxes commemorating Nelson's victory at the Battle of the Nile, to furniture fashioned out of ship timbers...
32367 PRESTON, Antony DESTROYERS
$10.00 AUD
Parkgate Books. London. 1998. Reprint. 224 PP with tables and b/w illustrations (7 maps & plans, 4 drawings, 4 cutaways and 318 photos). Pictorial laminated boards, dj. Fine. 30 x 22.8. 1902616014
An illustrated history.
67153 PROUT, Geoffrey BROWN'S POCKET-BOOK FOR YACHTSMEN
$15.00 AUD
Brown, Son & Ferguson. Glasgow. 1965. 4th edition of the 1933 original. 185 PP with 58 figures, plus 6 pages of colour illust., (2 of them with flags). Hard cover, slightly rubbed dust jacket, o/wise near fine. 18.7 x 12.
P. 147 to 185: glossary of Sea-Terms.
33932 PURSEY, H. J. MERCHANT SHIP STABILITY, A companion to Merchant Ship Construction
$15.00 AUD
Brown, Son & Ferguson. Glasgow. 1962. 3rd edition of the 1945 original. X, 165 PP with 82 figures, plus 2 folded plates at rear of book. Cloth cover, dj (price clipped). Signature of previous owner on front endpaper. Very good. 24.5 x 18.
76329 PURSEY, H. J. MERCHANT SHIP STABILITY, A companion to Merchant Ship Construction
$15.00 AUD
Brown, Son & Ferguson. Glasgow. 1965. Reprint to the 3rd edition (1962), of the 1945 original. X, 165 PP with 82 figures, plus 2 folded plates at rear of book. Cloth cover, dj (price clipped). Very good. 24.5 x 18.
33172 RABLING, Harold THE STORY OF THE PACIFIC - Explorers of the Earth's Mightiest Ocean
$15.00 AUD
W. W. Norton. New York. 1965. 1st Ed. 192 PP with 2 maps and 40 b/w illust. Title spread: Model of a fifteenth-century caravel with Lateen sails. Decorated cloth cover, dj (price clipped and a little rubbed). Still a near fine copy. 20.8 x 14.
32416 RIENITS, Rex & Thea THE VOYAGES OF CAPTAIN COOK
$5.00 AUD
Paul Hamlyn. London. 1968. 1st Ed. 157 PP with b/w & colour illustrations. Fp: Engraved portrait of Cook, after Webber. Half-title page: Statue of Cook, The Mall near Admiralty Arch. Illustrated endpapers. Hard cover, gilt device on front cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 29.5 x 22.
32381 ROYAL NAVY ARK ROYAL - The Admiralty Account of her Achievement
$10.00 AUD
Admiralty / Ministry of Information - HMSO. London. 1942. 1st Ed. 64 PP with 2 maps and 1 engraving and 62 b/w photos. FEP: And the Ark went upon the face of the waters. REP: Gallant company. Soft cover, crest of Ark Royal on front cover. Closed tear to back cover, o/wise very good. 22.7 x 17.5.
Launch 13th April 1937, trials completed 12th January 1939, sunk by a German U-Boat on 13th of November 1941 within sight of Gibraltar.
17107 RUHEN, Olaf OPENING THE OCEANS
$15.00 AUD
Nautical Press. Sydney. 1987? 1st Ed. 189 PP, plus 31 pages of prints and 1 folded chart of the voyages of Captain Cook in pocket at rear of book. Hard cover, dj. Name of previous owner on front endpaper. Very good. 26.8 x 19.5. 0949756067
Study of exploration of the Pacific: Anson, Wallis & Carteret, Cook, followed by the French, Spanish, Russians, Americans...
32335 RUTHERFORD, David CHARLES DARWIN: A Victim of Agoraphobia? (in Australian Natural History, Vol.23, No.6, Spring 1990)
$10.00 AUD
Australian Museum Trust. Sydney. 1990. Includes article P. 464 to 469 with 6 b/w and 6 colour photos. Pictorial card cover. Fine. 29.2 x 21.
On the private and retired life of Charles Darwin.
32492 SANDERSON, Michael SEA BATTLES - A Reference Guide
$10.00 AUD
Wren Publishing. Melbourne. 1975. 1st Australian Ed. 199 PP with 50 maps & plans, and 76 b/w illustrations. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 24.6 x 19. 085885192X
Accounts of over 250 battles spanning 2,000 years: from Aboukir Bay (The Nile) on 1st of August 1798, to the Zuyder Zee (Enkhuizen) on 11th of October 1573.
32715 SAYER, Edmund Sears SHIPS OF OTHER DAYS
$25.00 AUD
Author. Nice, France. 1930. Limited and numbered edition (No. 42/1000). Numbered and signed by the author. No pagination, 38 PP with 12 head or tail pieces, plus 10 plates. All pages with a rope drawing around, title page and plates protected by tissue paper. Title page: Sail drying. Silver coloured endpapers. Cloth cover, gilt title and gilt decorated vignette on front cover. Foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise near fine. Oblong: 25 x 32.2.
Album dedicated to the Unnamed and the Unsung Heroes of the Great Armada who sailed the seas in centuries past. Caravel Fleet of 1492. The Mayflower in 1620. The Soleil Royal sunk 1759 by the Dutch and English combined Fleet. The Bon Homme Richard...
30680 SEFTON, Alan THE INSIDE STORY OF KZ-7 - New Zealand's First America's Cup Challenge, Fremantle 1986-87. The World Championships, Sardinia 1987
$25.00 AUD
Hodder and Stoughton. Auckland. 1987. 1st Ed. 292 PP with 1 map, 1 plan, 3 tables, 6 b/w portraits & profiles of yachts and 122 colour photos. Half title page: crew of KZ-7. Title spread: KZ-7 and "Stars & Stripes". Hard cover, dj. Fine. 28.2 x 22. 034041457X
32211 SERVER, Lee THE GOLDEN AGE OF OCEAN LINERS
$10.00 AUD
Todtri. New York. 1996. 1st Ed. 80 PP with 43 b/w and 54 Colour illustrations. Pictorial laminated boards, dj. Fine. 31.6 x 22.6. 1880908867
Floating Palaces. Life aboard ship. Myth, media and popular culture.
67613 SHARP, Andrew (editor) DUPERREY'S VISIT TO NEW ZEALAND IN 1824
$20.00 AUD
Alexander Turnbull Library. Wellington. 1971. 1st Ed. 125 PP, plus 1 folded map, 6 b/w plates, and 1 large folded chart at back of book. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Dust jacket is a rubbed around edges and cloth cover has a little shelf wear on bottom edges, o/wise a fine copy. 25.5 x 15.7.
Accounts & illustrations from Duperrey's visit in La Coquille with details of Maori & European life in New Zealand in 1824.
34846 SIEWERT, Wulf DER ATLANTIK - Geopolitik eines Weltmeeres
$10.00 AUD
Verlag und Druck von B. R. Teubner. Leipzig. 1940. 1st Ed. in the Macht und Erde series. VI, 98 PP with 10 maps. Illustrated card cover. Near fine. German text in gothic script. 21.5 x 14.8.
The Atlantic Ocean. Geopolitics and world power.
32579 SLOCUM, Captain Joshua SAILING ALONE AROUND THE WORLD
$15.00 AUD
Dover. New York. c. 1975. Reissue of the 1956 Dover original (reprint of the 1900 edition by Century Co). Introduction by Geoffrey Mott-Smith. XXIV, 294, (2 blank), (16 publications) PP with 1 head piece & 65 b/w illustrations by Thomas Fogarty and George Varian. Fp: The Spray in Australian waters. Pictorial stiff covers. Foxing spots on outside edges. Very good. 20.2 x 13.6. 0486203263
32698 SMITH, Peter C. ROYAL NAVY SHIPS' BADGES
$15.00 AUD
Balfour Book. St. Ives, UK. 1974. 1st Ed. 96 PP with 8 colour photos, and 40 badges in colour. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price clipped). Near fine. 24.2 x 18.4. 0859440117
13 ships' badges (Benbow to Valhalla), and 27 boat badges (Amazon to Wild Swan).
15763 SMITH, Robin THE BIRTH OF A NATION - Australia's Historic Heritage from Discovery to Nationhood
$15.00 AUD
Viking O'Neil/Penguin. Melbourne. 1987. Reprint of the 1981 The Birth of Australia. 223 PP with 265 colour photos. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 30.5 x 23.5. 0670900184
Pictorial history of Australian daily life, from the first settlers to Federation with comments by some distinguished historians.
18433 SPECTRE, Peter H. & LARKIN, David A GOODLY SHIP - The building of the Susan Constant
$10.00 AUD
Houghton Mifflin. Boston. 1992. 1st Ed. 96 PP with 1 headpiece, and col. photos throughout. Half title and title spread: Views of the wooden model of the Susan Constant. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 30.4 x 21.8. 039557322X
The story of the ship that brought the settlers to Jamestown, Virginia. Revisiting history and the art of wooden shipbuilding.
31968 SPENCE, Bill HARPOONED - THE STORY OF WHALING
$20.00 AUD
Conway Maritime Press. London. 1980. 1st Ed. 192 PP, profusely illustrated. Hard cover, dj. Top corner near spine is bumped, top of spine a little damaged. Light foxing, mostly on prelims and last pages. An otherwise very good clean copy. 26 x 21. 085177167X
Whaling from the days of the Basque and the Dutch, to the Antarctic boom period up to the last of bay whaling and deep sea whaling from factory ships.
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.
14702 STAMP, Tom & Cordelia JAMES COOK MARITIME SCIENTIST
$15.00 AUD
Caedmon of Whitby. Whitby. 1978. Reprint ???. XIV, 160 PP with 8 b/w illustrations, plus 2 b/w plates. Fp: Portrait of Capt. James Cook. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 23 x 14.5. 0905355040
The life of Captain Cook: Yorkshire years, family life, the voyages. The man, his methods, his achievements.
32275 STANTON, Jenny & JOHNSON, Mark A. LIFELINE TO OUR FAR NORTH (in Australian Geographic No. 33, January/March 1994)
$10.00 AUD
Australian Geographic Society. Sydney. 1994. Contains article from P. 84 to 97 with 2 maps and 21 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27.8 x 21.
Transport of goods by sea between Cairns and Thursday Island, Torres Strait.
34549 STARZECKA, Dorota JAMES COOK - THE MAN (in Hemisphere)
$20.00 AUD
AGPS / Commonwealth Department of Education. Canberra. 1979. Volume 23, No. 3, May/June 1979. Contains article from P.138 to 145 with 6 b/w and 8 colour illust. Illustrated soft cover. Fine. 27 x 20.2.
Reflections on a great explorer's achievements... and lapses.
14584 TALBOT-BOOTH, E. C. (editor) ALL THE WORLD'S FIGHTING FLEETS
$50.00 AUD
Sampson, Low, Marston. London. No date, c.1937. 1st Ed. XVIII, 694 PP (last 6 blank for notes) with b/w line drawings (profiles, sketches,...) and 208 b/w photos, plus 4 large folded plates & 15 colour plates (badges, flags, pennants, naval ensigns,...). Eps: World Map The Life Blood of an Empire. Navy cloth cover (rubbed), gilt title on spine which has a tear along the back hinge, 2 of the folded plates with closed tears, o/wise a very good clean copy. Scarce. Small oblong: 10.7 x 14.
History and development of fighting ships, types of warships, .. ships' badges, weapons,... England expects... then from P.272, survey of the navies of the world.
11429 TERRAINE, John TRAFALGAR
$15.00 AUD
Sidgwick & Jackson. London. 1976. 1st Ed. 205, (3 index), (1 source) PP with many b/w illustrations (plans, maps, paintings, ..) and 18 colour plates. Half-title page: Facsimile of the London Gazette, Nov. 6, 1805, on the Victory at Trafalgar. Title spread: The Redoutable at Trafalgar. FEP: Map of West Indies and Mediterranean Sea. REP: Position of the combined forces of France and Spain. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Dust jacket with piece missing at head of sine. Newspaper clippings loosely inserted. Very good. 25.5 x 19. 0283982365
England's war at sea against Napoleon, culminating with his defeat at Trafalgar.
17404 TERZIBASCHITSCH, Stefan SUBMARINES OF THE US NAVY
$20.00 AUD
Arms and Armour. London. 1991. 1st UK edition translated by M. J. Shields. 214 PP with tables, ship profiles and b/w photos. Fp: Bows-on view of Razorback. Eps: Drawing plans of the Tang class (SS-563). Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing, o/wise fine. 27.5 x 21.5. 185409145X
Story of the development of the US submarine force: their armament, their electronic equipment...
68620 TREGONNING, K. G. HOME PORT SINGAPORE - A History of Straits Steamship Company Limited 1890-1965
$120.00 AUD
O.U.P. / Straits Steamship Company Limited. Singapore. 1967. 1st Ed. XII, 321 PP with 3 maps, plus 1 map of Singapore Approaches, 1 folded map of Service Routes maintained in 1935, and 48 pages with 53 b/w plates (at rear of book). Fp: Ocean Building, Singapore. Eps: Certificate of Registry for Will o'the Wisp, 12th February, 1886. Cloth cover, dj. Both jacket and book are near fine and scarce in this condition. 25.5 x 16.5.
History of the shipping line and its home port: Singapore.
32536 TUCKER, Arthur L. (editor) MODEL SHIPWRIGHT - Volume 1, Number 2
$25.00 AUD
Conway. London. 1972. Winter 1972. 100-190 PP with b/w illust. Fp: La Guerrière. Pictorial boards. Near fine. 22 x 19.
Contents include: Building a 17th Century Dockyard Model, Modelling the German battleship 'Bismarck', Paddle tug "Reliant", An Early 19th Century Naval Cutter, Labour Saving Devices in Sail, ...
32609 TUCKER, Arthur L. (editor) MODEL SHIPWRIGHT - Volume 1, Number 4
$25.00 AUD
Conway. London. 1973. Summer 1973. 292-384, (5 Index) PP with b/w illust. Fp: Exhibition of models at the Royal Naval Museum, Somerset House. Pictorial boards. Near fine. 22 x 19.
Contents include: Paddle Tug "Reliant", Part 3 (conclusion), HMS 'Atalanta', 1775, Part 2, The Introduction of Steam into the Royal Navy, Part 4, ....
32153 TURNER, W. J. (editor) BRITISH ADVENTURE
$25.00 AUD
Collins. London. 1947. 1st Ed., in the Britain in Pictures Guinea volumes series. Introduction by Nigel Tangye. 324 PP with 120 b/w illustrations, and 48 colour plates. Cloth cover, gilt device and title on spine, dj (price clipped). A little light foxing, mostly on prelims and on outside page edges, o/wise near fine. 23 x 16.5.
British Merchant Adventurers, by Maurice Collis. British Polar explorers, by Admiral Sir Edward Evans. British Seamen, by David Mathew...
32192 WALSH, Anthony LADY ELLIOT, First Island of the Great Barrier Reef
$15.00 AUD
Boolarong. Brisbane. 1987. 1st Ed. 96 PP with 1 plan, 2 maps, 30 b/w illustrations, and 15 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 15.5. 0864390424
34025 WATERMAN, Talbot H. ANIMAL NAVIGATION
$10.00 AUD
Scientific American Library. New York. 1989. 1st Ed., No. 26 in the Scientic American Library series. VIII, (2), 243, (2) PP with colour illust. (graphs, maps, photos). Fp: Baby green turtle entering the surf. Cloth cover, dj. Fine. 24.2 x 22. 0716750244
Animal migration: flyers and swimmers. Human navigation and its relevance to animal navigation... Biological clocks and calendars, sense of space, electric and magnetic direction finding...
32089 WATSON, Bruce W. THE CHANGING FACE OF THE WORLD'S NAVIES: 1945 to the Present
$10.00 AUD
Arms and Armour Press. London. 1991. 1st Ed. 281 PP with 77 tables, plus 48 pages with 96 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 24 x 16. 1854090178
32263 WATTS, Anthony J. A SOURCE BOOK OF NAVAL AIRCRAFT AND AIRCRAFT CARRIERS
$10.00 AUD
Ward Lock. London. 1982. Reprint of the 1977 original. 128 PP with 108 b/w photos. Fp: Eugene Ely taking off from the American light cruiser USS Birmingham on November 14, 1910. Pictorial laminated boards. Fine. 11.8 x 16.5. 0706360524
32414 WEATE, Philip & GRAHAM, Caroline CAPTAIN WILLIAM BLIGH - An Illustrated History
$25.00 AUD
Paul Hamlyn. Sydney. 1972. 1st Ed. 160 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Title spread: Marine chronometer. Hard cover, title on front board and spine, dj. Faint foxing on top outside edges, o/wise a fine copy. 29.2 x 21.5. 0600070603
His early life, training with James Cook, the breadfruit voyages, the Mutiny on the Bounty, Governor of NSW and the Rum Rebellion.
33382 WILKES, Charles UNITED STATES EXPLORING EXPEDITION - Vol. III: Tongataboo, Feejee Group, Honolulu
$40.00 AUD
Fiji Museum. Suva. 1985. A Fiji Museum Historic Reprint of Volume III of the 1845 original Narrative of the United States Expedition, during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842. XV, 438 with 10 vignettes and 50 wood-cuts, plus 12 b/w plates. Large folded "Chart of the Viti Group or Feejee Islands",loosely inserted. Soft cover, gilt device on front cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Covers a little rubbed, o/wise very good. 28 x 17.5.
15799 WILLIAMS, Glyndwr & FROST, Alan TERRA AUSTRALIS TO AUSTRALIA
$50.00 AUD
OUP. Melbourne. 1988. 1st Ed. XIX, 242 PP with 143 b/w or colour illust. Fp: Matthew Flinder's first recorded use of the term 'Australia' 1804. Eps: Typus Orbis Terrarum. Cloth cover, dj. Dedicatory note signed by Alan Frost on title-page. A fine copy. 26.2 x 19.8. 0195549082
Describes the various stages of discovery and the significance of these for the European imagination. Examines the impact of early colonization on the Aborigines. A most comprehensive account of European discovery of Australia.
21232 WILSON, John THE CRUISE OF THE GIPSY, The Journal of John Wilson, Surgeon on a Whaling Voyage to the Pacific Ocean 1839-1843
$45.00 AUD
Ye Galleon Press. Fairfield, Wa., USA. 1991. 1st edition with introduction and notes by Dr. Honore Forster. XXXII, 404 PP, plus 24 pages with 8 maps & 16 illustrations. Coloured frontispiece: Scene at Agana, Guam in 1840. Eps: Whaling scene. Hard cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Occasional foxing, o/wise fine. 31 x 23. 0877704880
Detailed and meticulous account of a whaling cruise by a British whaling ship.
34555 WINDJAMMERS TALL SHIPS AND AUSTRALIA DAY
$25.00 AUD
Telecom Australia. Sydney. 1988. 1st Ed. No pagination, 50 PP with 24 colour plates. Pictorial soft cover, spiral bound. Covers with light wear, o/wise near fine. Oblong: 28.8 x 30.6.
Pictorial souvenir of the 1988 historic bicentennial visit of tall ships to Australian shores.