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76313
A.R.H. / HMSO
The Royal Scottish Museum - SHIP MODELS
$15.00 AUD

Royal Scottish Museum. Edinburgh. 1963. 2nd impression of the 1956 original. No pagination, 28 PP with 24 b/w photos. Stiff covers, pictorial front "Yellow Carvel, 1480"). Fine. 18 x 12.

76305
ADMIRALTY
BRITISH MERCHANT VESSELS LOST OR DAMAGED BY ENEMY ACTION DURING SECOND WORLD WAR AT SEA 1939-45
$45.00 AUD

HMSO. London. 1947. 1st edition. IV, 103 PP with tables and indexes. Soft covers, title on front cover. Occasional foxing, covers lightly soiled, otherwise contents are near fine. 33.5 x 20.8.

3rd September 1939 to 2nd September 1945. 6 lists - Lost by enemy action: Merchant Vessels / Fishing Vessels / Merchant and Fishing Vessels damaged but not lost / Lost by miscellaneous war causes other than enemy action / Casualties to personnel / loss by enemy action each month of the war.

74238
ADNUM, Mrs. V. B. & TULIP, A.
A HISTORY OF THE POST OFFICE IN TASMANIA
$25.00 AUD

Australian Post Office. Hobart. c. 1973. 1st Ed. 72 PP with b/w illustrations (1 diagram, 3 maps, prints and photos). Stiff covers, pictorial front. Fine. 24.8 x 17.5.

59398
AIMA
THE BULLETIN OF THE AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE FOR MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY - Volume 7, No. 1, 1983
$15.00 AUD

AIMA / Australian Institute for Maritime Archaeology. Fremantle. 1983. Edited by Jeremy GREEN. II, 47 PP with 1 table and 29 figures. Soft cover, illustrated front with a few small marks, otherwise fine. 29.3 x 21.

Ships fastenings, by Mike McCarthy. Report of the 1981 Leeman expedition, wreck on Drummond Rock, by Mark Staniforth.

59403
AIMA
THE BULLETIN OF THE AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE FOR MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY - Volume 12, No.1 - 1988
$20.00 AUD

AIMA / Australian Institute for Maritime Archaeology. Fremantle. 1988. Edited by Jeremy GREEN. 56 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, maps and photos). Soft cover, illustrated front. Fine. 29.6 x 21.

Wreck Reef controversy, by Warren Delaney. The Pandora project, by Peter Gesner, and Mark McCafferty.

53017
AIN
NAVIGATION: the Journal of the Australian Institute of Navigation - Vol. 3, No. 1
$15.00 AUD

The Australian Institute of Navigation. Syudney. 1968 Vol. 3, No. 1, December 1968. Edited by Mrs. Sheila COHEN. Presidential address by Nancy Ellis Leebold. XXII, 102 PP. Soft cover. Very good. 24 x 17.5.

Navigation in Space, by Professor Stuart Butler... Long Range Navigation, by John W. Newton (Air), Captain John Brace (Sea), and Captain Stan Darling (Yacht)... Australian Charts of Early Navigators, by M. E. Bracker... Containerisation in shipping, by Peter Manson...

36694
ALAUX, Jean-Paul (editor)
MAGELLAN - Le Premier Voyage Autour du Monde par le Navire La Victoire, d'après le Récit de Antoine Pigaphetta
$150.00 AUD

Editions du Galion d'Or. Paris. 1925. Limited edition of 600 copies. Trade edition of 500 numbered copies between 101 and 600 (No. 235), with a foreword by Paul Chack. (8), XXX, (2), 164 PP with wood cuts by Gustave Alaux, plus 5 plates of charts (4 folded). Fp: Arrival to the Pacific Ocean. Title page: Vignette of the Victoria. Illustrated card covers. Fine. French text. Scarce. 28.2 x 19.2.

75540
ALLEN, Philip & HAMMICK, Anne (editor)
THE ATLANTIC CROSSING GUIDE
$35.00 AUD

Adlard Coles Nautical. London. 1992. 3rd edition, revised and updated by Anne Hammick. Royal Cruising Club Pilotage Foundation. X, 214 PP with tables and b/w illustrations: over 5 figures, 46 photos and 81 Charts and Port Plans. Hard covers, laminated illustrated boards. Fine. 30.2 x 21.5. 9780713635997

76385
ALLEN, Richard & BAKER, Kimbal
GREAT PROPERTIES OF TASMANIA
$150.00 AUD

The Miegunyah Press / MUP. Melbourne. 2021. 1st edition, foreword by Geoffrey Blainey. 255 PP with colour photos by Kimbal Baker. Title spread:: Garden at Lochiel, South of Ross. Eps: Ross Bridge. Hard covers, dj. Fine (mint condition). 29.3 x 23.7. 9780522876673

18 of these Properties.

75645
ANDERSON, Romola & R. C.
THE SAILING-SHIP, Six Thousand Years of History
$20.00 AUD

Robert M. McBride & Co. New York. 1947. Reprint of the 1926 original. 212 PP with b/w illustrations: 134 figures, plus 16 plates with 20 half-tone photos and 10 plates on full page. Fp: Clipper-ship Benjamin F. Packard. Cloth cover, gilt-title on spine, dj (price clipped). Dust jacket with repaired tears and small chips. Bookplate of previous owner pasted down on front endpaper. Foxing spots on outside edges. Very good. 20.8 x 14.

History of the sailing ship: from the Egyptian to the last tall ships and the last working sails.

69696
ANTARCTIC
AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC Magazine - Issue 31
$10.00 AUD

Australian Government / Australian Antarctic Division. Hobart. 2016. Issue 31, December 2016. Edited by Wendy Pyper. 32 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial stiff covers (Adelie Penguin by the bow of Aurora Australis). Fine. 29.7 x 21.

Icebreaker science and Heavy lifting. Treating sewage seriously. Antarctic sea ice research. ...

18421
AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE FOR MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY (AIMA)
THE BULLETIN OF THE AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE FOR MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY - Volume 10, No.2, 1986
$20.00 AUD

AIMA / Australian Institute for Maritime Archaeology. Melbourne. 1986. Edited by Paul Hundley & Myra Stanbury. (2), 54 PP with 39 figures (6 maps, 15 photos..). Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 27.4 x 21.

9 papers presented at the seminar held in Launceston from 24-26 September 1985. Proceedings from the Australian Institute for Maritime Archaeology Seminar on Asiatic Shipbuilding Techniques. Eastern shipbuilding traditions by J. Green. Indian and South East Asian shipbuilding for the European market: A survey 1790-1815 by S.M. Strachan. The Thistle (1837): An Indian built Brigantine/schooner...

73787
AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE FOR MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY (AIMA)
THE BULLETIN OF THE AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE FOR MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY - Volume 14, Number 1
$20.00 AUD

AIMA / Australian Institute for Maritime Archaeology. Fremantle. 1990. Edited by Jeremy GREEN & Myra STANBURY. 56 PP with b/w illustrations. Card cover, illustrated front. Fine. 29.6 x 21.

Includes articles: A brief history of the J. Class submarines, by Gary Smith. Deconcreting objects, by Survey of the historic ship "Litherland" (1834-1853), by Michael Nash.

72940
AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL
OCEANIA - A Journal devoted to the Study of the Native Peoples of Australia, New Guinea, and the Islands of the Pacific (Volume XIV, No. 2, 1943)
$40.00 AUD

Australia National Research Council / University of Sydney. Sydney. 1943. December 1943. Edited by A.P. Elkin & H. Ian Hogbin. 91-182 PP with 3 figures, plus 1 plate with a portrait of F.E. Williams by C. Harrison-Ford. Soft covers, illustrated front, title on front cover and spine. Covers browned around edges with foxing spots on outside edges. Contents near fine. 24.3 x 18.5.

F.E. Williams - Government Anthropologist, Papua, by A. P. Elkin. Natives of the Bismarck Mountains, New Guinea. ... Aranda Grammar, by T.G.H. Strehlow.

71274
BAINBRIDGE, Cyril
PAVILIONS ON THE SEA: A History of the Seaside Pleasure Pier
$15.00 AUD

Robert Hale. London. 1986. 1st Ed. 221 PP with b/w and colour illustrations throughout (photos, drawings). Hard cover, dj. Fine. 24 x 20. 0709027907

A truly British institution.

30555
BALLARD, Robert & ARCHBOLD, Rick
GHOST LINERS, Exploring the World's Greatest Lost Ships
$10.00 AUD

Allen & Unwin. Sydney. 1998. 1st Australian Ed., paintings by Ken Marschall. 64 PP with b/w and colour illust. throughout. Half title page: Alvin explores the severed bow section of the Titanic. Title page: Delta illuminates the anchor of Lusitania. Eps: Titanic leaving Southampton. Pictorial laminated boards, dj. Fine. 28.5 x 22.2. 186448831X

Titanic - Empresss of Ireland - Lusitania - Britannic ...

61900
BANNISTER, John L.
GREAT WHALES
$20.00 AUD

CSIRO Publishing. Melbourne. 2008. 1st Ed., in the "Australian Natural History" series. X, 142 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, graphs, maps, photos) and 15 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 24 x 17. 9780643093737

13762
BANQUE NATIONALE DE PARIS
EARLY FRENCH VOYAGES TO AUSTRALIA - LES PREMIERES EXPEDITIONS FRANCAISES VERS L'AUSTRALIE (A portfolio of reproductions)
$450.00 AUD

Banque Nationale de Paris. Melbourne. 1981. Limited edition of 2300 copies. Special folder containing: An 8 PP text book with a preface by Rodney Davidson, 2 colour reproductions of invitations to attend State banquets marking the Centenary of Settlement in NSW (1888) and the opening of the Commonwealth Parliament (1901) and on title page (protected by tissue guard): Frontispiece of "Atlas du Voyage de La Pérouse, 1797". As well as 17 facsimiles of plates (4 of them on double page) from the atlases from Bougainville's Voyage until that of Dumont d'Urville's Second Voyage. Original blue stiff folder. Letter from Banque Nationale de Paris to previous owner loosely inserted. Fine. French & English text. Large folio (47.3 cm x 65.6cm). This is a heavy item and postage will be higher than usual. Please ask for a quote.

19828
BAPTIST, Captain C. N. T.
SALVAGE OPERATIONS
$30.00 AUD

Stanford Maritime. London. 1979. 1st Ed. (4), 155 PP with 1 facsimile of document (Salvage Agreement), 1 table and 15 maps & plans, plus 16 pages with 28 b/w photos. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Name and address of previous owner at top of FFEP which has some offsetting, o/wise a near fine copy. 24.2 x 16.2. 0540073784

Principle of marine salvage, salvage companies, wartime salvage tugs. 15 examples of salvage operations after stranding, grounding, fire...

75718
BARNETT, Guy (compiler)
OUR HEROES - TASMANIA'S VICTORIA CROSS RECIPIENTS
$15.00 AUD

Guy Barnett, Senator. Launceston. 2007. 2nd Ed. (1), 35 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 21 x 15.

69748
BARTLETT, C. J.
GREAT BRITAIN AND SEA POWER, 1815-1853
$30.00 AUD

Clarendon Press. Oxford. 1963. 1st Ed. XVIII, 364 PP with 1 map and 5 tables, plus 2 folded plates with 3 maps. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Dust jacket with small chips or rubbed parts. Ex library copy with stamps on front cover of dust jacket, endpapers and title page, and shelf number at foot of spine of cover and dust jacket. Very good copy. 22.2 x 14.5.

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.

44627
BEALE, Bob & FRAY, Peter
THE VANISHING CONTINENT - Australia's Degraded Environment
$15.00 AUD

Hodder & Stoughton. Sydney. 1990. 1st Ed., with foreword by Rick Farley & Phillip Toyne. XII, 196 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (maps, sketches and photos). Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 25.2 x 18.6. 0340541229

63182
BEATTIE, John
LIFEBOATS TO THE RESCUE
$15.00 AUD

David & Charles. Newton Abbot, UK. 1980. 1st Ed. 172, (1 acknowledgements) PP with 25 b/w photos. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Near fine. 22.2 x 14.2. 0715381032

51535
BEAUTEMPS-BEAUPRE, C. F.
CARTE DES ARCHIPELS DES ILES SALOMON, DE LA LOUISIADE ET DE LA NOUVELLE BRETAGNE, situés à l'Est de la Nouvelle Guinée
$500.00 AUD

Dépôt Général de la Marine. Paris. 1806. Original copper-engraved chart (Hyd. Fr. No. 608 - No. 21) showing the tracks of Bruny d'Entrecasteaux' s Frigates in 1792 and in 1793. Size of chart inside graduated border (Latitude and Longitude Méridien de l'Observatoire Impérial de Paris): 465 x 730 mm. Chart mounted on canvas buckram, laid paper with watermark Crown & Shield (AM on Shield) and name ARCHETTE. Coloured in outline with a very fine appearance. Very good condition. Size: 565 x 840 mm.

Chart of the Solomon Islands, the Louisiade and New Britain Archipelagoes, by C. F. Beautemps Beaupré, hydrographer with the Expedition led by Bruny d'Entrecasteaux in search for Lapérouse.

76013
BEISER, Arthur
THE PROPER YACHT
$25.00 AUD

Adlard Coles Ltd. London. 1967. 1st UK edition. XII, 307 PP with numerous b/w illust. (photos & plans). Fp: the yacht "Finisterre". FEP: The yawl "Ondine". REP: "Capricia", with Olin Stephens, her designer, at the helm. Cloth cover, dj (price clipped) Dust jacket with repaired tear at foot of spine in a protective sleeve. Stamp of the Maritime Museum of Tasmania on half title page. Sellotape marks on covers and endpapers. An otherwise very good clean copy. 26 x 18.5.

Contains designs & information on construction, rigging, sails, etc. for sloops, ketches, cutters, ...

16060
BENSON, Richard M.
STEAMSHIPS AND MOTORSHIPS OF THE WEST COAST
$20.00 AUD

Superior Publishing Co.. Seattle. 1968. 1st Ed. 176 PP with b/w photos. Fp: Matson Line passenger fleet passing under the Golden Gate Bridge. Cloth cover, title on front board and spine, dj. Dust jacket slightly rubbed. Name of previous owner on inside front cover, otherwise contents are near fine. 27.5 x 21.

Pictorial story of some famous and unusual vessels along the Pacific Coast of North America.

75465
BETT, Susan
GREAT IDEAS GALLEY GUIDE
$15.00 AUD

Susan Bett. Australia. 1994. 1st Ed. (5), 120, (3 blank for notes) PP with illustrations by Anthony McGovern and Su Bonsall. Stiff covers, illustrated (front & back), spiral bound. Fine. 21.2 x 16. 0646202537

76016
BIALOGUSKI, Michael
THE PETROV STORY
$15.00 AUD

William Heinemann Ltd. Melbourne. 1955 1st Ed. XVI, 247 PP, plus 16 pages with 24 b/w photos. Cloth covers, gilt title on spine, dj. Dust jacket with chips and repaired tears, now in a protectice sleeve. Signature of previous owner on FFEP, otherwise near fine. 22.3 x 14.5.

60415
BIERMAN, John
ODYSSEY
$15.00 AUD

Simon and Schuster. New York. 1984. 1st Ed. 255 PP, plus 16 pages with 1 map and 29 b/w photos. Hard cover, cloth spine, dj. Remainder mark on lower outside edge, o/wise near fine. 22.2 x 14.5. 0671501569

Attempted voyage of the Paddle Steamer "Pentcho", from Bratislava to Palestine: shipwreck in the Aegean Sea, internment in Rhodes and Calabria...

49995
[BIGELOW, H.B.]
PAPERS IN MARINE BIOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY, dedicated to Henry Bryant Bigelow
$35.00 AUD

Pergamon Press. London & New York. 1955. 1st Ed. Deep-Sea Research, supplement to Volume 3. XX, 498 PP with tables and b/w illustrations, plus 4 plates with 6 colour illustrations and 24 plates with 46 b/w photos. Fp: Portrait of Henry Bryant Bigelow. Cloth cover, dust jacket tipped in on rear endpaper. Ingleton bookplate on front endpaper. Faint foxing. Near fine. Image shows title-page and frontispiece. 26 x 17.5.

On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the founding of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.

45334
BILLINGHURST, Jane (editor)
THE SPIRIT OF THE WHALE - Legend, History, Conservation
$20.00 AUD

Colin Baxter. Grantown-on-Spey, Scotland. 2000. 1st Ed. 135, (9 appendix, bibliography, index) PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Laminated pictorial boards, dj. Near fine. 28.7 x 22.2. 1841070661

Part 2 (pages 39 to 66): Of Whales and Gods (legends). Part 3 (pages 67 to 104): Of Whales and Men (whaling industry).

18538
BIRD, Nicky
LUGGAGE LABELS FROM THE GREAT AGE OF SHIPPING
$10.00 AUD

Victoria and Albert Museum. London. 1985. 1st Ed. 8 PP with 11 bw illust. in text plus 12 full page colour plates. Pict. soft cover. Fine. 27.5 x 22. 0905209281

Twelve decorative, adhesive labels from bygone days, to adorn your luggage - with an introduction on the era of the liner.

70134
BLACKWOOD'S Magazine
SEA TALES FROM 'BLACKWOOD'
$20.00 AUD

William Blackwood and Sons Ltd. Edinburgh. 1960. 1st Ed. Foreword by Admiral Sir William M. James. VIII, 294 PP. Hard cover, dust jacket. Dust jacket is rubbed and chipped around edges and in a protective sleeve. Foxing on prelims and last pages and around outside edges, otherwise a very good clean copy. 22.2 x 14.5.

18 tales published in the 'Blackwood' Magazine between 1942 and 1959. The Old Nag, by Shalimar, Sinking the Scharnhorst by Lieut. Ramsden ..

75754
BLAIR, Carvel Hall & ANSEL, Willits Dyer
A GUIDE TO FISHING BOATS AND THEIR GEAR
$30.00 AUD

Cornell Maritime Press, Inc. Cambridge, Maryland. 1968. 1st Ed. XII, 142 PP with b/w illustrations: frontispiece, vignette on title page and 131 figures. Cloth covers, gilt title on spine, dj (price clipped). Slight insect damage on blank last page and rear endpaper. Dust jacket with chips and short tears and in a protective sleeve. Contents are near fine. Oblong: 15.8 x 23.5.

75871
BLAIR, Joan & Clay, Jr.
RETURN FROM THE RIVER KWAI
$25.00 AUD

Simon and Schuster. New York. 1979. 1st Ed. 318, (2) PP, plus 24 pages with 69 b/w illustrations (10 art works and 59 photos). FEP: Map of the South China Sea "The Attack". REP: Map of the South China Sea "The Rescue". Hard cover, gilt title on spine. Faint foxing on top and front outside edges. Near fine. 21.5 x 14.2.

US submarine attack (September 1944) on two Japanese ships ferrying 2000 Australian and British POW's. Sinking and rescue of some of the survivors.

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. Dust jacket has a few chips/nicks, otherwise a near fine copy. 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.

74677
BONWICK, James
WESTERN VICTORIA: Its Geography, Geology, and Social Condition - The Narrative of an Educational Tour in 1857
$50.00 AUD

William Heinemann Australia Pty Ltd. Melbourne. 1970. 1st edition with Introduction and Commentary on the 1858 original, by C.E. Sayers. XXXII, 196 PP. Hard cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj. Occasional foxing. Near fine. 22 x 14.2. 0855610166

39003
BOURDAT, Pierre / DERIBERE, Paulette & Maurice
LOYS MASSON (1915-1969): Poète et Romancier de l'Ocèan Indien - An Indian Ocean Poet and Novelist / LES ILES MALDIVES - THE MALDIVE ISLANDS (in Courrier des Messageries Maritimes No. 141)
$20.00 AUD

Compagnie des Messageries Maritimes. Paris. 1974. No. 141, July-August 1974. Contains articles: P. 15 to 19 with 9 b/w photos / P. 20 to 29 with 1 map, 2 colour and 12 duotone illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French and English text. 30.5 x 24.

Loys Masson. Maldive archipelago, in the Indian Ocean.

74518
BOYES, Rosemary (Mrs. Frank Boyes)
OVERLAND TO PORT PHILLIP BAY - The story of the epic exploration by Hume and Hovell, with party. October-December, 1824
$15.00 AUD

The Albury and District Historical Society. Albury. c. 1973. 2nd edition of the 1972 original. Foreword by the Reverend Bruce L. Clark. No pagination, 32 PP with 6 b/w illustrations (vignette on title page, 3 sketch maps and 2 photos). Library binding, retaining original soft covers (laminated). Stamp on verso of title page & library number on front cover. Very good. 22 x 14.

15776
BRADDON, Russell
THOMAS BAINES AND THE NORTH AUSTRALIAN EXPEDITION
$20.00 AUD

Collins / Royal Geographical Society. Sydney. 1986. 1st Ed. 160 PP with b/w & colour illust. Fp: Wickham River. FEP: Net fishing. REP: Messenger's longboat. Hard cover, dj. A little light foxing, otherwise fine. 27 x 27. 0002175452

North Australian Expedition led by Augustus Gregory: sketches, watercolours & oil paintings executed by Thomas Baines.

76331
BRASH, Nicholas
SYDNEY - A Pictorial Contrast
$25.00 AUD

Golden Press Pty Ltd. Sydney. 1986. 1st Edition. Forewords by David McNicoll & Bridget Adams. 160 PP with b/w and colour photos (contrast: b/w on upper part of page and colour on lower part). All colour photos by Phil Gray either on full page, double page or and folded pages with 3 or 4 folds. Title spread (in colour): Sydney Harbour from the Shore School Tower. Hard covers, simile vellum, dj. Fine. 33 x 24.8. 0949220000

74675
BRODRIBB, William Adams
RECOLLECTIONS OF AN AUSTRALIAN SQUATTER 1835-1883
$50.00 AUD

John Ferguson / Royal Australian Historical Society. Sydney. 1978. 1st edition. A facsimile reprint of the 1883 edition, with an Introduction by A.G.L. Shaw. (6), (4), 237 PP. Eps: Painting by W. Hatherell. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Faint foxing. Fine. 21.8 x 14. 090913412X

18292
BROEZE, Frank (editor)
BRIDES OF THE SEA: Port cities of Asia from the 16th-20th centuries
$120.00 AUD

NSW University Press. Sydney. 1989. 1st edition in "Comparative Studies in Asian History and Society", series. Preface by Alfred W. McCoy & M.N. Pearson. XVI, 255 PP with 16 tables and b/w illustrations: 8 figures, 17 maps and 41 illustrations Fp: Trade & Tribute V.O.C. Hard cover, dj. Newspaper review "Ebb and Flow of Asian Ports" by Oskar Spate, loosely inserted. Dust jacket with a few small chips, otherwise a fine copy. Scarce. 25 x 19.5. 0868402036

63004
BROGREN, Klas (editor)
ShipPax GUIDE 04 - Ferry, Cruise & Ro-Ro Register Yearbook
$20.00 AUD

ShipPax Information. Halmstad, Sweden. 2004. 2004 edition. 248 PP with tables and b/w or colour illustrations (plans, profiles and photos of ships). Pictorial soft cover (Visby, Capital of Gotland). Fine. 29.7 x 21.

Pages 8 to 113: The Visby / Rederi AB Gotland Story / Islands alike ?, by Karl Borgren. Four Times a Visby, by Frederik Naumann. The Danish influence, by Philip Dawson. ... Market Report.

76124
BROOKES, Jean Ingram
INTERNATIONAL RIVALRY IN THE PACIFIC ISLANDS: 1800 - 1875
$45.00 AUD

Russell & Russell. New York. 1972. Reissue of the 1941 original. X, 454 PP, plus 1 large folded map "Oceania and the Hawaiian Islands" at rear of book. Cloth covers, plain dust jacket. Stamp of the "Adventist Development and Relief Agency" on front and rear endpapers. Near fine. 24 x 16. .

76321
BROWN, Daniel James
THE BOYS IN THE BOAT - An Epic Journey to the Heart of Hitler's Berlin
$15.00 AUD

Pan Books / Pan Macmillan. London. I994. Reprint of the paperback edition. (12), 404 PP with 43 b/w photos. Pictorial stiff covers. Name of previous owner at top of preliminary page, otherwise near fine. 19.7 x 12.8. 9781447210986

US rowing team at the "Berlin" Olympic Games of 1936.

76092
BROWN, James W.
SEARUNNER CONSTRUCTION MANUAL - A Manual for Owner-Builders of Jim Brown-designed (and other) Trimarans
$75.00 AUD

James W. Brown / Searunner Trimarans. National City, Ca. / North, Va. 1971. 1st Ed. (7), 278 PP with b/w illustrations (cartoons, cutaways, drawings, line drawings, sketches, plans and photos). Pictorial soft covers with some wear. Very good. Scarce. 27.8 x 21.5.

75874
BROXAM, Graeme & NASH, Michael
TASMANIAN SHIPWRECKS - Volume 1 1797-1899
$50.00 AUD

Navarine Publishing. Canberra. 1998. 1st Ed., No. 51 in the Roebuck series. Foreword by The Hon. John White. XVI, 342 PP with 7 maps and 87 b/w illust. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Stamp of the "Maritime Museum of Tasmania" on front endpaper and title page. Faint sellotape marks on endpapers. Near fine. 25.8 x 17.2. 0958656150

19260
BUCHANAN, Gary et al.
GREAT VOYAGES OF THE WORLD, 25 adventures on the high seas and great rivers of the world
$15.00 AUD

Readers's Digest. Sydney. 1997. 1st Australian edition. 176 PP with maps & location maps, and colour photos. Title spread: the Xi Ling gorge, on the Yangtze river. Half title page: Portside anchor. Pict. laminated boards, dj. Fine. 30.2 x 21.5. 0864491972

Round the world on the QE2 - On the rivers: Shannon (Ireland), Rhine (Germany), Mekong... On the high seas: to St Helena and Tristan da Cunha, from Bali to Sydney...

71946
BULL, Tas
FORE AND AFT (mostly sea stories)
$35.00 AUD

Halstead Press. Sydney. 2005. 1st edition with a foreword by Greg Combet (ACTU) & Padraig Crumlin (MUA). 160 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Laminated pictorial boards, dj. Name of previous owner on title page, otherwise a fine copy. 27.8 x 22. 978192031325

Life at sea and on the waterfront of this seafarer and union representative, hailing from Tasmania. Family history of his forebears from Norway.

75919
BURCHETT, Wilfred
MEMOIRS OF A REBEL JOURNALIST: The Autobiography of Wilfred Burchett
$100.00 AUD

University of New South Wales. Sydney. 2005. 1st edition. Prefaces by George Burchett and Nick Shimmin (editors). Original introduction by Wilfred Burchett. Foreword by Phillip Knightley, AM. (XXVI), 785 PP. Hard covers, dj. 1 newspaper clipping and 3 newspaper articles/reviews loosely inserted. Near fine. 24 x 16.

Born in Poowong, Gippsland, Victoria, Australia in 1911 ... died in Sofia, Bulgaria on 27th September 1983. Newspaper clipping: "Mort d'un Communiste qui aimait la Caledonie" in Les Nouvelles Caledoniennes, 30 September 1983 (his first book: "Pacific Treasure Island - New Caledonia"). 3 articles in "The Australian": 23-24 December 2006: "History's faithless scribe", by Brendon O'Connor, 22-23 March 2008, "Writing Wrongs of Wilfred", by Tibor Meray, and 27-28 July 2013, "His Paymaster's Voice sets record straight", by Robert Manne.

16447
BUTCHER, David
THE DRIFTERMEN - Life in the tough days of Britain's vanished herring fleets, recalled by the men who manned them
$15.00 AUD

Tops'l Books. Reading, UK. 1979. 1st Ed. 152 PP with 32 b/w photos and 40 line drawings by Syd Brown. Pictorial card cover. Scoring and 4 words underlined on page 34. Bookplate of previous owner pasted down on inside front cover, otherwise very good. 24 x 18. 0906397030

Includes a 6 pages glossary.

75045
BYRD, Lieutenant Commander Richard Evelyn
THE FIRST FLIGHT TO THE NORTH POLE (in National Geographic Magazine - Vol. 50, No.3, September,1926)
$20.00 AUD

National Geographic. Washington. 1926. Contains article between P. 356 and 388 with 20 b/w illustrations: 1 chart, 2 "Hubbard Gold Medals" and 17 photos (11 on full page). Soft covers. Head and foot of spine worn and reinforced. Does not contain the map supplement. Very good. 25.5 x 17.5.

Flight of 9th of May 1926 . Other article: Flying over Egypt, Sinaï and Palestione (pages 312 to 355 with 27 b/w illustrations (2 maps and 25 photos) and 23 colour photos), by P.C.R. Groves and J.R. McCrindle.

12318
CALDWELL, J., MADDOCK, B. & SENBERGS, J.
ANTARCTIC JOURNEY, Three Artists in Antarctica
$25.00 AUD

AGPS. Canberra. 1988. 1st Ed. V, 50 PP with b/w & col. illust. Pictorial card cover. Fine. 23 x 21. 0644081724

19303
CANNON, Michael
PERILOUS VOYAGES TO THE NEW LAND
$50.00 AUD

Today's Australia Publishing Company. Melbourne. 1997 Revised and expanded "casebound" edition from the 1995 original. 272 PP with 5 tail-pieces, 25 head-pieces, and 131 b/w illust., plus 8 colour plates. Illustrated endpapers. Hard cover, title on front board and spine, dj. Name of previous owner on verso of front endpaper, otherwise a fine copy. 30.2 x 21.8. 9780646240183

Experiences of Australian pioneer families on the high seas.

47113
CANNON, Michael
AUSTRALIA, SPIRIT OF A NATION - A Bicentenary Album
$20.00 AUD

Viking O'Neil / Hallmark Diemasters & Engravers. Melbourne. 1988. Special edition of the 1985 original, published for The Australian Collection. 224 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (picture research by Debby Cramer). Quarter bound, cloth boards, gilt device and "The Australian Collection" on front cover, gilt title on leather spine. All edges gilt. A hint of foxing on first and last pages, o/wise fine. 31 x 23. 0859022102

76308
CARR, William Guy
BY GUESS AND BY GOD, The Story of the British Submarines in the War
$15.00 AUD

Hutchinson & Co. London. 1934?. Paperback edition in the "Hutchinson Pocket Library" series, (55th Thousand). Preface by Admiral S.S. Hall. XII, 13-252, (4 publications) PP. Soft covers, dj. Dust jacket with chipped spine. Ageing of paper. Discreet stamp of previous owner at top of title page. Very good condition. 18 x 11.

Early actions of the E-14 and E-11 in the Sea of Marmora... to the end of WWI.

75910
CARSE, Robert
GREAT CIRCLE
$10.00 AUD

Victor Gollancz Ltd. London. 1956. 1st Ed. (12), 243 PP. Hard covers, dj (price clipped). A few small chips to the dust jacket which is in a protective sleeve. Stamp of the Maritime Museum of Tasmania on front endpaper, otherwise near fine. 19 x 13.

Novel. Whaling voyage around the Horn in the 1840s.

71936
CATHERALL, Arthur
VANISHED WHALER
$15.00 AUD

Thomas Nelson. London. 1955. 3rd reprint of 1939 1st ed. 188 PP with b/w illustrations by S. Drigin. Lacks the front endpaper. Hard cover, price-clipped dust jacket (in a protective sleeve). Foxing on outside edges and last pages. Very good. 19 x 13.5.

A whaling adventure story set in Norway.

40165
CENTER, Bill
AMERICA'S CUP '95 - The Official Record
$25.00 AUD

Reed / Tehabi Books. Auckland. 1995. 1st Ed. 168 PP with 8 b/w photos, and 151 colour illustrations (1 painting & 150 photos). Cloth cover, title in blind on front cover and spine, dj. Fine. 29.2 x 26.8. 0790004429

Black Magic 's history victory in San Diego.

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.

75872
CHICHESTER, Francis
THE LONELY SEA AND THE SKY
$15.00 AUD

Hodder and Stoughton. London. 1964. 2nd impression of the May 1964 original. Introduction by J. R L. Anderson. XVII, 18-352 PP with 11 line illustrations, plus 16 pages with 24 b/w photos. Green cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Top outside edge tinted. Faint foxing. Near fine. 23 x 15.

Autobiography of the man who undertook the first solo long distance sea-plane flight in 1931 and the first solo sailing race across the Atlantic.

76087
CHICHESTER, Francis
ALONG THE CLIPPER WAY
$15.00 AUD

Hodder & Stoughton. London. 1967. 4th Impression of the 1966 original. 256 PP with 2 maps on full page. Eps: World map showing the Great Clipper Way. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Dust jacket with chips and repaired tears, now in a protective sleeve. Top corner of front endpaper and half title page clipped. Brief note on half title page. Foxing spots on top outside edges, o/wise a very good clean copy. 22.8 x 15.5.

A great non-stop voyage round the world, written from countless log books & stories of clipper ships.

70798
CLAMMER, Richard & KITTRIDGE, Alan
PASSENGER STEAMERS OF THE RIVER DART
$20.00 AUD

Twelveheads Press. Truro, Cornwall. 1988. 1st Ed. 72 PP with 2 maps, facsimile of notices, engravings, profiles and 80 b/w photos, plus large folded plan of "P.S. Kingswear Castle" at rear of book. Inside front cover: Maps of the Rivers Dart and Fal. Pictorial card cover. Fine. Oblong: 19.7 x 21. 0906294185

Steamboats, steamtugs...

76015
CLARK, Anna
THE CATCH - Australia's Love Affair with Fishing
$20.00 AUD

Vintage Books / Penguin. Sydney. 2023. Revised edition of the 2017 original. XII, 193, (2) PP with 10 b/w photos, plus 16 pages with 11 b/w and 16 colour photos. Pictorial soft covers. Fine. 23.4 x 15.3. 9781761342202

66354
CLARK, Rosemary, HOBAN, Mary, MADDOCKS, Hilary
2005 COLLECTION OF AUSTRALIAN STAMPS - Executive Edition
$120.00 AUD

Australian Postal Corporation. Melbourne. 2005. Executive edition of the 2005 Collection, limited to 8000 numbered copies (No. 4068/8000). 56 PP with b/w and colour illustrations, plus the 4 stock sheets with the 78 mint stamps (including 1 sheetlet & 3 miniature sheets issued for 2002 (face value 60.90 A$). Hard cover, brass corner protector on book, gold foil embossed black cover, gilt edged pages, contained in matching slip case. Fine (mint condition). 31 x 21.5.

25th Anniversary edition.

69577
CLAUGHTON, A & HANDLEY, P.
AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE STABILITY OF SAILING YACHTS IN LARGE BREAKING WAVES
$20.00 AUD

Department of Ship Science / Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science / University of Southampton. Southampton. 1984. January 1984 edition. No pagination, 32 PP in typescript with 1 table and 12 figures. Soft cover, title on front cover, spiral bound. Near fine. 29.7 x 21.5

20088
COLAS, Alain
AROUND THE WORLD ALONE
$20.00 AUD

Barron's / Woodbury. New York. 1978. 1st US edition, translated from the 1977 French original by J. F. Bernard. (2), VI, 212, (4 publications) PP with 1 sketch of the Manureva and 1 world map, plus 24 pages with 5 b/w & 20 colour photos. Title-page: Sketch portrait of Alain Colas. Eps: Manureva. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover & spine, dj (price-clipped and in a protective sleeve). A near fine copy. 23.5 x 16. 0812052196

Following the clipper ship route on the "Manureva", a trimaran, during the 1972/73 Whitbread Race. The author was a lecturer at the University of Sydney between 1966 and 1968.

75913
COLES, Adlard & HARDY, A. C.
MERCHANT SHIPS: WORLD BUILT, Vessels of 1000 tons gross and over completed in 1960. With Part II for Ships of about 1000 tons gross and under - Volume IX
$25.00 AUD

Adlard Coles. Southampton. 1961. 1st Ed., Volume IX, 1961, with an introduction by A. C. Hardy. (4 adverts), 208, (3 adverts.) PP with tables & bw illust. (photos & plans) & 21 pages with b/w & colour adverts. Eps: Colour adverts. Fp: "Oriana", the 41,923 tons gross twin-screw turbine steamship for P & O lines. Hard cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Stamp of the Maritime Museum of Tasmania on first page. Near fine. Oblong: 15 x 22.5.

68768
COLFELT, David
100 MAGIC MILES OF THE GREAT BARRIER REEF: The Whitsunday Islands
$20.00 AUD

Windward Publications. Sydney. 1985. 1st Ed. 256 PP with b/w and colour illust. (maps and plans, drawings and photos, including aerial views of Islands), plus large folded map in colour of the Great Barrier Reef. Illustrated title spread, half title page and endpapers. Pictorial card covers with light wear. Name and address of previous owner on half-title page. Two brochures on the Whitsundays loosely inserted. Near fine. 27.8 x 21. 0959083006

First part: The Whitsundays and the Great Barrier Reef (resorts, camping, visiting, boating...). Second part: Anchorages of the Whitsundays with maps, plans...

75466
COMPTON, Nic
THE SHIPPING FORECAST
$20.00 AUD

BBC Books. London. 2016. 1st edition. (8), 216 PP with b/w illustrations by Shutterstock. Eps: "The Sea Areas of the British Isles". Hard covers with gilt decorations on front and back and gilt title on spine. As new conditon. 20.5 x 13. 9781785940293

62624
CONRAD, Joseph
GEOGRAPHY AND SOME EXPLORERS (in National Geographic Magazine - Volume XLV, No.3, March 1924)
$25.00 AUD

National Geographic Society. Washington. 1924. (30 adv.), 239-356, (32 adv.) PP. Contains article from P. 239 to 274 with 1 chart and 28 b/w photos (1 by Frank Hurley, 16 "The Lure of the Land of Ice" by Herbert G. Ponting, ...). Soft covers lightly soiled and with rubbed patches, otherwise contents are near fine. 25.5 x 17.5.

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.

16168
CORDINGLY, David
NICHOLAS POCOCK, 1740-1821
$20.00 AUD

Conway Maritime Press / National Maritime Museum. London. 1986. 1st Ed., in Conway's Marine Artists series. 120 PP with 77 b/w plates, plus 8 colour plates on full page. Title spread: The capture of the Resistance and Constance. Hard cover, dj. Light foxing on inside of dust jacket and a small bookseller label at bottom of FFEP, o/wise fine. 24.5 x 19. 085177377X

Whilst at sea, Nicholas Pocock restricted his artistic activities to pen & ink drawings in his logbooks. He had taught himself to draft and did not take up painting as a profession until he was nearly 40.

68539
CORIN, John
PROVIDENT and the Story of the Brixham Smacks
$15.00 AUD

Tops'l Books. Reading, U.K. 1980. 1st Ed. 64 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, plans and photos). Pictorial stiff covers. fine. 24.2 x 18.4. 0906397049

... with old photographs from the great days of Devon's sailing trawlers, and of "Provident", one of the few survivors of the era.

74729
COULSON, Helen
STORY OF THE DANDENONGS 1838 - 1958
$45.00 AUD

F. W. Cheshire. Melbourne. 1968. Reprint of the 1959 original. Foreword by Lord Casey. XVI, 416 PP, plus 52 pages with 182 b/w illustrations (1 map, prints, photos & portraits). Fp: Timber splitters, Sherbrooke, 1894. FEP: map "Pastoral Runs - 1864". REP: map of "State Forests". Cloth cover, gilt stamp on front board and gilt title on spine, dj. Foxing spots on outside edges. Fine. 25.3 x 19.

19549
CRABTREE, Reginald
ROYAL YACHTS OF EUROPE, From the Seventeenth to Twentieth Century
$15.00 AUD

David & Charles. London. 1975. 1st Ed. 96 PP with 52 b/w illust. (photos, engravings). Hard cover, dj. Small date and price on inside front cover, light foxing, o/wise near fine. 24.5 x 19. 0715367544

68047
CUMPSTON, J. S.
KANGAROO ISLAND 1800-1836
$20.00 AUD

Roebuck. Canberra. 1986. 3rd edition. Publication No.1 in the Roebuck Society series X, 218 PP with 2 maps, plus 36 pages with over 65 b/w illustrations (6 maps, drawings, paintings and photos). FEP: Chart (part of Kangaroo Is.). REP: Kangaroo Is. Pictorial boards, dj. Dust jacket rubbed around edges and is in a protective sleeve. Contents near fine. 24.2 x 17.3. 0909434026

71155
CUMPSTON, J. S.
FIRST VISITORS TO BASS STRAIT
$40.00 AUD

Roebuck Society. Canberra. 1973. 1st Ed. Roebuck Society publication No. 7. VIII, 103 PP with 5 maps, plus 12 pages with 17 b/w photos & 1 chart on double page. FEP: First chart of Bass Strait. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 25.8 x 18.5. 095008588X

71721
CUNYNGHAM-BROWN, Sjovald
THE TRADERS - A Story of Britain's South-east Asian Commercial Adventure
$30.00 AUD

Newman Neame, for Guthrie & Co. London. 1971. 1st Ed. 352 PP with facsimile of a letter in text, plus 28 pages with 43 b/w illust. Fp: Alexander Guthrie. Eps: The Guthrie Coat of Arms. Hard cover, dj. Small rub at bottom of dust jacket on front, o/wise a near fine copy. 24.5 x 16. 080174132

Story of the firm founded by Alexander Guthrie, in Singapore, which expanded through Malaysia, Australia, Southern Africa and the United Kingdom.

16244
CURTIS, Brian
THE SYDNEY-HOBART, My 21 Years
$15.00 AUD

Libra Books. Hobart. 1981. 1st Ed. No pagination, 94 PP with 165 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 24.7 x 18.8. 0909619077

A selection of 165 b/w photos of the Sydney/Hobart race between 1949 and 1979.

35461
D'AUNET, Biard
L'AURORE AUSTRALE - La Société Australienne - Le Socialisme en Australie - La Constitution Australienne et son fonctionnement - La valeur et la situation, matérielle de l'Australie - L'Australie vue du dehors
$55.00 AUD

Librairie Plon. Paris. 1907. 1st Ed. (8), 403 PP. Soft covers a little fragile with one small closed tear. Pages uncut. Occasional foxing. French text. Near fine. Scarce. 18.8 x 12.

Australia: Society, Socialism, Constitution... How others perceived Australia.

76350
DAALDER, Truus
ETHNIC JEWELLERY AND ADORNMENT: Australia - Oceania - Asia - Africa
$800.00 AUD

Ethnic Art Press / Macmillan. Adelaide. 2009. 1st edition. Prefaces by Dr. Barry Craig & Dr Philip Jones. 420 PP with over 701 colour photographs by Jeremy Daalder. Half title page and frontispiece: Enamelled talismanic from Morocco, worn on the chest. Cloth cover, title on front board and spine, dj. Dedicatory note dated and signed by the author, in a protective sleeve loosely inserted. Fine (as new condition). Scarce. 32.8 x 28. 9781921394287

76298
DAVIES, J. L.
THE WHALES AND SEALS OF TASMANIA
$25.00 AUD

Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery. Hobart. 1963. 1st Ed. 29 PP (2 Index) with 27 b/w figures by author. Soft cover, illustrated front. Fine. 24.5 x 18.5.

Guide to the marine mammals of Tasmania. The pinnipeds (seals, sea lions & fur seals) and the cetaceans (whales, dolphins & porpoises), endemic to Tasmania or migratory.

72740
DAVIES, Kate
WHEN INNOCENCE TREMBLES
$15.00 AUD

Angus & Robertson. Sydney. 1994. Reprint. XII, 186 PP, plus 16 pages with b/w illustrations (1 drawing, 2 newspaper clippings and 16 photos. Pictorial soft covers. Very good. 21 x 13.5. 9780207184192

The Christian Brothers orphanage tragedy: a survivor story.

76282
DAY, Mrs Frank R.
THE PRINCESS OF MANOA, and other Fairy Tales of Old Hawaii
$25.00 AUD

The Petroglyph Press Ltd. Hilo, Hawaii. 1977. 2nd printing of the 1972 edition (original of 1906). (7), 93, (2) PP with 9 headpieces, and 10 duo-tone (blue & white) illustrations by D. Howard Hitchcock. Eps: frigate birds. Stiff covers, illustrated front. Fine. 14 x 10.2.

76425
DE BISSCHOP, Eric
TAHITI NUI
$30.00 AUD

McDowell, Obolensky, Inc. New York. 1959. 1st US edition, translated from the French by Edward Young. (6), 284 PP with 1 b/w photo, plus 10 pages with 15 b/w photos. Fp: Eric de Bisschop. Cloth cover, dj (price clipped). Slight ageing of paper on outside edges. Front endpaper with bookplate and signature of Professor Adrian Horridge. Near fine. 21.5 x 14.5.

Voyage of a French navigator to refute the theory of Thor Heyerdahl on the discovery and settlement of Polynesia.

76121
DE HARTOG, Jan
THE COMMODORE
$25.00 AUD

Harper & Row. New York. 1986. 1st Ed.. (8), 406, (2) PP with 1 map of "The Voyage of the Isabel Kwel" (on double page). Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Foxing spots on outside edges. Very good. 24.2 x 16.5. 0060390417

Novel. Tug boat voyage with a giant dry dock, from Rotterdam to Taiwan via Magellan Strait.WWII.

18296
de MARE, Eric
THE NAUTICAL STYLE - An Aspect of the Functional Tradition
$15.00 AUD

Architectural Press. Londoin. 1973. 1st Ed. 88 PP with b/w illust. (drawings, photos ...). Fp: Aquatint of Whitehaven. Eps: Breakers. Hard cover, dj. Very good. Oblong: 21 x 26. 0851394477

Pictorial: sea walls, piers & harbours, docks, lighthouses, etc..

76366
DIVER, Marolyn
THE VOYAGES OF THE CLONTARF
$20.00 AUD

Dornie Publishing Company. Invercargill, NZ. 2011. 1st edition in the "Ancestral Journeys of New Zealand" series. 104 PP with 2 lists of passengers and b/w illustrations: 5 maps for 2 voyages, newspaper clippings, plans, prints, 13 portraits of passengers and photos. Pictorial stiff covers with a tiny tear on front cover and title-page, otherwise fine. 21 x 15. 9780473184667

2 voyages: 16th September 1858 - 5th January 1859 / 30th November 1859 -16th March 1869.

56937
DOAK, Wade
THE ELINGAMITE AND ITS TREASURE
$30.00 AUD

Hodder and Stoughton. London. 1969. 1st Ed. Foreword by Sir Douglas Robb. 192 PP, plus 16 pages with 37 b/w illustrations. Eps: Map of 3 Kings Islands and of the passage of Elingamite from Sydney to 3 Kings Islands. Hard cover, dj (price-clipped). Top edge tinted. Dust jacket has a repaired tear on rear and is now in a protective sleeve. An otherwise near fine copy. 22.4 x 14.7. 0340107774

The tragic shipwreck in November 1902 costing 45 lives and the story of the salvage of its treasure.

70050
DONALDSON, Captain A.
FIFTY YEARS TOO SOON
$20.00 AUD

Whitcombe & Tombs. Melbourne. 1948. 1st Ed. 328 PP with 22 b/w photos (8 on full page). Fp: Portrait of the author. Cloth cover, device on front cover, title on front cover and spine. Covers a little soiled. Signature on inside front cover, o/wise contents near fine. 18.7 x 12.5.

Reminiscences of fifty-one years spent at sea. From 1894, embarking at 14 years of age, life on the 3-masted barque "Inveresk", sailing with Blue Funnel, then joining Burns Philp before WWI. Prisoner of the "Wolf" after the sinking of Matunga. WWII experiences, etc..

76358
DUMAS, Alexandre
CAPTAIN MARION
$100.00 AUD

The Caxton Press. Christchurch. 1949. 1st edition limited to 150 copies. Translated by F.W. Reed. 54 PP, pages on hand made paper. Original cover in full buckram, title on white label pasted down on front cover and spine, top outside edge tinted, dj. Front endpaper with signature of D.R. Gregg, Director of the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart. Light offsetting on endpapers. Newspaper "Christchurch" clipping dated 3rd May 1952 "Massacre of 1772 recalled - More about Marion Dufresne", loosely inserted. A fine copy. Scarce. 22.5 x 14.5.

Account of the massacre of Capt. Marion du Fresne by the Maoris in 1772 written by Alexandre Dumas. One of the four pieces under the title of "Drames de la Mer", largely based on Crozet's log.

41220
DUNN, Laurence
BRITISH TRAMPS, COASTERS AND COLLIERS
$15.00 AUD

Longacre Press. London. 1962. 1st Ed. No. 10 in the Hippo Books series. 128 PP with 62 b/w photos. Pictorial laminated boards. Near fine. Small Oblong: 10 x 12.7.

62 ships from "Abbotsford" to "Winga".

64368
ELLIS, M. H.
LACHLAN MACQUARIE - His Life, Adventures and Times
$50.00 AUD

Dymock's Book Arcade. Sydney. 1947. 1st edition. XIV, 697, (1) PP, plus 1 b/w and 7 coloured plates. Fp (in colour): Lieutenant-Colonel Lachlan Macquarie. FEP: Map "Macquarie's New South Wales". REP: Map "Macquarie's India. Cloth cover, device in blind on front cover, top edge tinted, gilt title on spine, dj. Dust jacket lightly soiled with repaired tears and in a protective sleeve. Slight ageing and foxing of paper. Near fine copy of the scarce first edition. 25.2 x 19.5.

30779
EVERETT, Marshall
STORY OF THE WRECK OF THE TITANIC
$20.00 AUD

Conway. London. 1998. Reprint of the 1912 original, in the Conway Classics series. 320 PP with 30 drawings, plus 32 pages with 35 b/w illust. Fp: Capt. E.J. Smith, the Commander of the Titanic, who went down with his ship. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 20.4 x 14.5. 0851777686

74068
FAGAN, Mavis, ISLES, Irene & CRETAN, Janet (editors)
THE HAMILTON LITERARY SOCIETY 1889-1989
$25.00 AUD

Hamiltion Literary Society 1989-90. Hobart. 1989. 1st Ed. (4), 78 PP with 9 b/w illustrations (1 photostat copy of a letter, 1 painting of Teresa T. Hamilton by Tennyson Cole and 7 photos). Stiff covers, pictorial front. Fine. 20.5 x 14.2.

In Honour of the Hamilton Literary Society's 100th Birthday.

18203
FANNING, Edmund
VOYAGES TO THE SOUTH SEAS, INDIAN & PACIFIC OCEANS, CHINA SEA NORTHWEST COAST, FEEJEE ISLANDS, SOUTH SHETLANDS, ...
$45.00 AUD

Ye Galleon Press. Fairfield, Washington. 1970. Limited edition of 600 copies This copy is un-numbered. (34), XII, 13-324, (8 Index) PP with few b/w illustrations (portrait, house of Captain Fanning, Coat of Arms, frontispiece of original copy), plus 6 folded plates (crew list, chart of British Columbia & 4 registries of US ships) in pocket pasted down on rear endpaper. Cloth covers, gilt engraved front cover and spine. Fine. 24.3 x 15.8.

Voyages and new discoveries made in the Southern Hemisphere between the years 1830 and 1837.

15976
FENTON, Roy
SHIPS IN FOCUS RECORD - Issue Number 2, Volume 1
$20.00 AUD

J. & M. Clarkson. London. 1996. 1st Ed. Numbered page 65 to 128 with 91 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 29.8 x 21. 9771363167006

Aberdeen and Commonwealth Line (pages 66 to 75 with 20 b/w photos). Ropner trunk-deck steamers. Kenneth Shaw: captain/owner...

45807
FENTON, Roy, & CLARKSON, John
SHIPS IN FOCUS RECORD 25
$15.00 AUD

Ships in Focus Publications. London. 2003. Issue Number 25. 64 PP with 2 sketch plan and 123 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21. 1901703711

Canadian Pacific's Beavers (part 1), by Stephen Howells. The Iron Ladies (part 3), by John Harrison. Sunderland in Focus 2, by John Lingwood.

49704
FENTON, Roy, & CLARKSON, John
SHIPS IN FOCUS RECORD 32
$20.00 AUD

Ships in Focus Publications. Longton, Preston. 2005. Issue 32, November 2005. 72 PP (193 -264) with 97 b/w and 42 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 29.8 x 21. 9781901703788

Bristol City Line, Part 1, by Geoffrey Holmes. The last years of the Loch Line, by Malcolm Cooper. The White Fleet of Thor Dahl, Part 1, by Peter Newall (pages 224 to 232 with 16 b/w photos). American Standards, Part 1, by Paul Boot (pages 233 to 242 with 27 colour photos).

71919
FENTON, Tony
A HISTORY OF PORT DAVEY, South West Tasmania. Volume One: Fleeting Hopes
$40.00 AUD

Forty South Publishing Pty Ltd. Hobart. 2017. 1st Ed. Foreword by Christobel Mattingley. XXII, 312 PP with 7 maps, b/w and colour illustrations (charts, drawings, engravings, maps, paintings, photos and portraits). Pictorial stiff covers. Fine (mint condition). 24 x 17.5. 9780995408241

Landfall and first contacts... Gold Fever. Whaling. Huon Pines... Tin Rush... Shipwrecks on an inhospitable coast.

75944
FERRALL, R. A.
THE STORY OF THE PORT OF LAUNCESTON
$30.00 AUD

Port of Launceston Authority. Launceston. 1983. 1st edition, with an introduction by Captain Sir John Williams. XIV, 138 PP with 72 b/w illust. (7 paintings, 65 photos), 28 head-pieces. Fp: Colour photo of the Board of the Port of Launceston Authority. Eps: Panorama of the Forty-Mile long Tamar estuary. Cloth cover, dj. Dust jacket with edges lightly rubbed. A near fine copy. 26.2 x 21.

Published for the 125th year of the Marine Board of Launceston set up in 1857.

75854
FESTING, Sally
FISHERMEN
$20.00 AUD

David & Charles. London. 1977 1st Ed. 206 PP. Hard covers, gilt title on spine, dj. Dust jacket lightly rubbed and soiled, with repaired tears and now in a protective sleeve.. Near fine. 22.2 x 14 0715374486

A community living from the sea: crabs and lobsters, worm-digging, mussels, herring... the Fisherman's wife.

74525
FINLAYSON, H. H.
THE RED CENTRE - Man and Beast in the Heart of Australia
$25.00 AUD

Angus and Robertson Limited. Sydney. 1943. 5th edition of the 1935 original. Foreword by Frederick Wood Jones. 154 PP, plus 54 pages with 57 b/w photos. Fp: Creek Gums (Eucalyptus Rostrata). Cloth cover, gilt title on front board and spine. Foxing, war economy paper. Covers rubbed. Lacks the map of the South-western portion of Central Australia, called for.. Still a very good copy. Image shows title-page and frontispiece. 22.8 x 17.

30030
FISHER, Bob
BEKEN OF COWES - THE NEW OCEAN THOROUGHBREDS
$25.00 AUD

Harrap. London. 1988. 1st Ed. 223 PP with 115 colour photographs by A. Keith Beken and Kenneth J. Beken. Fp: Cowes Harbour. Verso of title page: the Admiral's Cup. Hard cover, dj. Discreet bookshop stamp on lower corner of half title page. Near fine. 31.3 x 24. 0245544720

64844
FISHER, Rod & SCHIAVO, John (compiler)
MORETON BAY IN THE NEWS: 1841 - 1860 / A Select Subject Index
$25.00 AUD

Brisbane History Group. Brisbane. 2000. 1st Ed. Brisbane History Group, Sources No. 9. 180 PP with 1 map of Moreton Bay and 4 b/w illustrations. Errata slip tipped in on title page. Pictorial soft covers. Fine. 29.7 x 21. 0958625514

14757
LE FLEMING, H. M.
OCEAN FREIGHTERS
$10.00 AUD

Ian Allan. London. 1956. 1st Ed. in the ABC Series. 64 PP with 64 b/w photos. Title page: M.V. Harpalion. Pictorial soft cover (Foylebank). Covers repaired at spine. Ink annotations updating data. Very good. Small format: 15.5 x 10.

62325
LE FLEMING, H. M.
SHIPS OF THE HOLLAND-AMERICA LINE
$25.00 AUD

John Marshbank. London. 1963. 1st Ed. 77 PP with 58 b/w illustrations. Title spread: SS "Maasdam". Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price clipped and lightly rubbed). Near fine. Small format: 15.8 x 12.8.

Fleet list of 127 Holland-America Ships.

21447
LE FLEMING, H.M.
FOREIGN OCEAN TANKERS
$10.00 AUD

Ian Allan. London. 1960. 1st Ed. in the ABC Series. 64 PP with 48 b/w photos. Title page: M.V. Hermes. Pictorial soft covers with some wear, o/wise . Very good. Small format: 15.2 x 10.2.

54621
LA FLEUR, J. D. (editor)
PIETER VAN DEN BROECKE'S JOURNAL OF VOYAGES TO CAPE VERDE, GUINEA AND ANGOLA (1605-1612)
$15.00 AUD

Hakluyt Society. London. 2000. 1st Ed. Series III, Volume 5. XV, 139 PP with 1 facsimile of page of manuscript and 7 maps. Fp (in colour): Portrait of Pieter van den Broecke. Cloth cover, gilt device on front cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Few foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise fine. 25.2 x 18. 0904180689

13897
FOOS, Joseph
THE HIGHWAY OF ALL NATIONS
$20.00 AUD

Ye Galleon. Fairfield, Wash. 1987. Facsimile edition of 1820 orig. 48 PP with b/w illust. at end of chapters. Pict. soft cover. Fine. 24.8 x 17.6. 087770421X

Proposition in 1819 by a State Senator of the Ohio legislature, to dig a canal linking the Atlantic & Pacific oceans, across what is now Nicaragua, by joining Lake Nicaragua to each ocean.

74687
FORSTER, Harley W.
WARANGA 1865 - 1965
$25.00 AUD

F. W. Cheshire Pty Ltd. Melbourne. 1965. 1st Ed. Foreword by John McEwen, Deputy Prime Minister. XVI, 148 PP with 2 tables and 5 maps, plus 12 plates with 22 b/w illustrations. FEP: Map of Waranga in the 1860s. REP: Map of Waranga Irrigation Areas. Hard covers, marbled boards, gilt title on spine. Fine. 22.2 x 14.5.

75963
FOSTER-HOLMES, Marilyn
GERMAN CHARLIE - "Man of the Mallee"
$40.00 AUD

Marilyn Foster-Holmes. Forestville, S.A. 1986. 1st Ed. Foreword by Allan R. Schiller. 80 PP with b/w illustrations: 2 sketch maps, 10 drawings by Mark Bailey and 14 photos. Stiff covers, pictorial front. Fine. Scarce. 20.2 x 14.5. 0958909903

AKA: Ernst Friedrich Wilhelm von Worthmann: 1887 - 1970.

75599
FRASER, Alan (editor)
SABRETACHE - The Journal and Proceedings of the Military Historical Society of Australia (Volume XXVIII, No. 2 to Volume XXIX, No. 4)
$35.00 AUD

Federal Council of the Military Historical Society of Australia. Canbera. 1987 / 1988. 1st Ed. 7 issues (Vol. XXVIII, No, 2 to Vol. XXIX, No. 4), for a total of 300 PP with b/w illustrations. Bound copies of 7 issues with their original soft covers. Cloth covers, gilt title "Sabretache Volume 28-29" on spine. Fine. 25 x 18.

7 issues: Vol/ XXVII, No. 2, April / June 1987 to Volume XXIX, No. 4 , October-December 1988.

76320
FREEDLAND, Jonathan
THE ESCAPE ARTIST - The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World
$20.00 AUD

John Murray Publishers / Hachette. Sydney. 2022. 1st Ed. XX, 376 PP with 2 maps and 2 plans, plus 8 pages with 3 documents and 14 b/w photos. Pictorial stiff covers. Near fine. 23.5 x 15.2. 9781529369052

15104
FREMANTLE, Admiral Sir C. H.
DIARY & LETTERS OF ADMIRAL Sir C.H. FREMANTLE, G.C.B. RELATING TO THE FOUNDING OF THE COLONY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA 1829
$15.00 AUD

Fremantle Arts Centre Press. Fremantle. 1985. Reprint of the 1979 edition based on the 1928 original edited by Lord Cottesloe. Introduction by Ruth Marchant James. (IV), 94 PP with 1 map. Fp: Portrait of Admiral Sir C.H. Fremantle. Card cover, dj. Fine. 21.5 x 15. 0909144192

Captain Charles Fremantle took formal possession of the West Coast of Australia on 2nd May 1829, and remained in the Swan River colony for 4 months. Facsimile of his diary.

13418
GAUGUIN, Paul
NOA NOA - Voyage to Tahiti
$55.00 AUD

Reynal & Co. New York. c.1962. 1st US edition. Postscript by Jean Loize. Translated from 1954 edition of the original manuscript by Jonathan Griffin. 36 PP, plus 47 full page Plates (7 in b/w & 40 in colour). Decorated cloth cover, dj. Name of previous owner on FEP. Slight ageing of paper and a few foxing spots, o/wise near fine copy. 31.8 x 23.4.

Gauguin's famous diary (original version).

75592
GEE, Helen (compiler / editor)
FOR THE FORESTS - A History of the Tasmanian Forest Campaigns
$50.00 AUD

The Wilderness Society. Hobart. 2001. 1st edition. Foreword by Mary E. White. XVI, 378 PP with b/w illustrations (cartoons & drawings, maps & sketch maps, newspaper clippings, plans, photos...), plus 8 pages with colour illustrations (1 map on double page and 18 photos). Hard covers, gilt logo of the wilderness society and title on front cover and spine, dj. Fine (as new condition). 28.5 x 22. 9781875768097

... and campaigners.

43269
GELDER, Paul
THE LONELIEST RACE - 27,000 miles sailing alone around the world - the story of the BOC Challenge 1994-95
$15.00 AUD

Adlard Coles Nautical. London. 1995. 1st Ed. XXII, 170 PP with 4 maps, 20 portraits,and 36 b/w photos, plus 24 pages with 1 map and 49 colour photos. Eps: Map of the BOC Challenge 1994-95. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 25.2 x 19.5. 0713642025

51355
GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY OF NEW SOUTH WALES [THE]
THE AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHER. Vol. IV, No. 3 - 1942
$15.00 AUD

The Geographical Society of New South Wales. Sydney. 1942. Pages 65 to 88 with 7 b/w illustrations (2 figures and 7 photos). Soft cover. Staples removed. Slight ageing and foxing of paper. Near fine. 24.8 x 18.5.

Articles: "The slotted Templet method of obtaining control from Mapping from aerial photographs", by J. Devery. "Water and soil problems in irrigation , Murrumbidgee", by E. W. R. Thorpe.

75887
GERBAULT, Alain
THE FIGHT OF THE "FIRECREST" - The Record of a Lone-Hand Cruise from East to West across the Atlantic
$40.00 AUD

Newnes. London. c. 1926. 1st English edition in the Newnes "Wide World Library" series. Translated from the French original of 1926. 185 PP with 1 map & 3 plans. Cloth covers, dj. Dust jacket with inside repairs at fold of flaps and short tears on edges. Foxing spots on outside edges and the rear endpaper. An otherwise very good clean copy. 19 x 13.

From Cannes on the French Riviera, to New York, in the 39 feet English Cutter "Firecrest".

71385
GIGGS, Rebecca
FATHOMS: The World in the Whale
$20.00 AUD

Scribe. Melbourne. 2020. 1st paperback edition. (10), 358 PP. Soft covers, illustrated front. Fine. 23.3 x 15.3. 9781925321388

75270
GILL, Peter & BURKE, Cecilia
WHALE WATCHING IN AUSTRALIAN & NEW ZEALAND WATERS
$15.00 AUD

Australian Geographic. Sydney. 1999. 1st "Australian Geograhic " edition. (XII), 148 PP with location maps, b/w illustrations by Ian Faulkner and colour illustrations by Pieter Folkens. Fp (in colour): Southern right whales off Head of Bight, South Australia. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 21 x 15. 1862760306

76269
GILLESPIE, J. Bryce
R.M.S. QUEEN MARY Superliner Pictorial
$30.00 AUD

Scenic Art, Inc. / WCO Port Properties Ltd. Oakland, Ca. 1990. Reprint. No pagination, 44 PP with b/w and colour illustrations including a folded exploded-view painting at centrefold. Pictorial stiff covers. Near fine. 27.8 x 21.5; 0940188317

The factual story of a great ship.

70755
GILLETT, Ross
AUSTRALIAN SHIPS
$30.00 AUD

Child & Associates. Sydney. 1989. 1st Ed. 145 PP with b/w illustrations, plus 32 pages with 60 colour photos. Half title page: Replica William the Fourth. Title page: Port Jackson pilot steamer Captain Cook (III). Eps: Launching of the Sydney ferry Collaroy in 1988. Pictorial laminated boards, dj. Near fine. 28.5 x 21.5. 0867771070

Over two centuries of our maritime heritage. Chronological text from the discovery through to the bicentennial of 1988, with over 250 b/w & over 50 colour illustrations.

67956
GIORGETTI, Franco
SAILING YACHTS (America's Cup 2007 updated edition)
$40.00 AUD

White Star. Vercelli, Italy. 2007. New extended and up-dated edition of the 2000 original, translated from the Italian original by Neil Frazer Davenport. 328 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Hard cover, title in blind on front cover and spine, dj. Fine. 34 x 24.2. 9788854403277

63635
GODARD, Philippe
SOFRANA, des Navires et des Hommes
$250.00 AUD

Editions "Grand Large". Papeete. 2014. 1st Ed. 521 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Hard cover, title on front board and spine, dj. French text. Fine. A rare item. 28.5 x 22.2.

SOciété FRAnçaise de NAvigation. French shipping line plying the South West Pacific. Vessels flying the French flag, and registered in Mata Utu, capital of the French Overseas Territory of "Wallis & Futuna".

68784
GOLOVNIN, V.M.
DETAINED IN SIMON'S BAY - The Story of the Detention of the Russian Sloop DIANA, April 1808 - May 1809
$35.00 AUD

Naval Heritage Trust of South Africa. Simon's Town, South Africa. 2009. 2nd edition of the 1964 original. Translated from the Russian by Mrs. Lisa Millner. Edited with additional notes and Index by O.H. Spohr. XII; 108 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 20.7 x 14.5. 9780620428316

46310
GREENWAY, Ambrose
A CENTURY OF CROSS-CHANNEL PASSENGER FERRIES
$10.00 AUD

Ian Allan. London. 1981. 1st Ed. 124 PP with b/w illust. (plans, photos,..). Title-page: Caesarea leaving Folkestone. Half-title page: Steamer Sussex arriving in Dieppe. FEP: Canterbury. REP: Côte d'Azur. Hard cover, dj (price-clipped). Near fine. 24.2 x 18.2. 0711010692

75983
GREENWAY, Ambrose
CROSS CHANNEL AND SHORT SEA FERRIES - An Illustrated History
$30.00 AUD

Seaforth Publishing. Barnsley. 2014. 1st Ed. 176 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, photos). Half title page: "Koningin Wilhelmina'. Title spread: "Canterbury". Hard covers, dj. Fine. 26.5 x 24.5. 9781848321700

76073
GRIFFITHS, Maurice
THE ARROW BOOK OF SAILING
$20.00 AUD

Arrow Books Ltd / Hutchinson. London. 1966. 1st Arrow edition (a revised edition with additional material of the 1953 "Sailing on a small income"). 128 PP with 23 figures, plus 12 pages with 13 b/w illustrations (1 cutaway, 3 series of plans and 9 photos). Soft covers, illustrated front. Ageing of paper of the printed pages (not the case for the illustrations). Very good. 17.5 x 11

21264
GUNSON, Niel
THE DALTON JOURNAL, Two Whaling Voyages to the South Seas 1823-1829
$10.00 AUD

National Library of Australia. Canberra. 1990. 1st Ed. Foreword by Warren Horton. XII, 140 PP with 12 b/w illust. Eps: Facsimile of Log Book. Hard cover, scrimshaw illustration on front cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Fine. 24.8 x 17.4. 0642105057

A British account of whaling in the South Seas on board the Phoenix in 1823-25 and the Harriet 1826-29.

74745
H.M.S.O.
ADMIRALTY MANUAL OF NAVIGATION - Volume II - B.R. 45 (2)
$25.00 AUD

H.M.S.O. London. 1973. New edition. XIII, 328 PP with tables and figures throughout, plus 1 folded plate (astroplot) at rear of book. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Dust jacket with minute insect damage, o/wise near fine. 24.5 x 15.5. 0117714674

21326
HAGELUND, W. A.
WHALERS NO MORE - A History of Whaling on the West Coast
$10.00 AUD

Harbour Publishing. Vancouver, B.C. 1987. 1st Ed. IV, 211 PP with 68 b/w illustrations (photos, maps & sketches). Hard cover, dj. Light foxing on outside edges, o/wise fine. 23.5 x 15.5. 0920080022

The reminiscences of whaling on the Pacific North-West coast between 1905 and 1972, from shore bases or steam whaling ships.

76096
HAMILTON, Walter
CHILDREN OF THE OCCUPATION - Japan's Untold Story
$20.00 AUD

NewSouth Publishing. Sydney. 2012. 1st Ed. XVI, 304 PP with 2 maps, plus 16 pages with 42 b/w photos. Pictorial stiff covers. Foxing throughout (not affecting the photograph section.). Very good reading copy. 23.4 x 15.3. 9781742233314

68403
HAMMOND, David
THE HUON VALLEY - Yesterday & Today
$20.00 AUD

Southern Holdings. Huonville, Tasmania. 1995. 1st Ed. 64 PP with b/w photos. Fine. 29.7 x 21. 0949089265

A pictorial record.

75729
HARLAND, John
SEAMANSHIP IN THE AGE OF SAIL - An Account of the Shiphandling of the Sailing Man-of-War 1600-1860, Based on Contemporary Sources
$75.00 AUD

Conway. London. 1992. Reprint of the 1985 amended edition of the 1984 original. 1st Ed. 320 PP with b/w illust. (paintings, photos & over 350 line drawings by Mark Myers). Fp: 2 engravings by Pierre Ozanne. Eps: French Corvette "Galatée" under sail in Brest Roads. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Endpapers with stamp of the Maritime Museum of Tasmania. Sellotape marks on endpapers and covers. Near fine. 30.5 x 25.2. 9780851771793

Historical development of seamanship among the major navies of the world.

76352
HARRIS, Harry
UNDER OARS: Reminiscences of a Thames Lighterman 1894-1909
$40.00 AUD

Centerprise Trust Ltd. / Stepney Books. London. 1978 1st Ed. Foreword by Bob Harris. (6), 41 PP with 10 b/w illustrations: 1 map of the Thames "Westminster to Woolwich" and 9 illustrations by Albert Rolles. Illustrated soft covers. Signature of previous owner on half title page. Very good. Scarce. Oblong: 15 x 21. 090373835X

75336
HARRIS, Mike
COMMUNICATIONS AT SEA
$15.00 AUD

Adlard Coles Nautical. London. 2003. 1st Ed. XII, 172 PP with tables and b/w illustrations (drawings and sketches, maps, photos). Fine. 23.2 x 15.5. 9780713662719

Marine Radio, E-Mail, Satellite and Internet Services.

71978
HARVEY, Roy C. (compiler)
BACKGROUND TO BEECHWORTH from 1852
$15.00 AUD

Beechworth & District Progress Association. Beechworth, Vic. 1994. 9th edition of the 1952 original. 68 PP with b/w illustrations (3 tail pieces, 6 portraits and 43 photos). Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 22.5 x 17.5.

38799
HASTINGS, Max
VICTORY IN EUROPE - D-Day to V-E Day
$15.00 AUD

Weidenfeld and Nicolson. London. 1985. 1st Ed. 192 PP with 9 maps, and b/w and colour photos. Hard cover, dj. Light foxing, o/wise near fine. 28.2 x 20.2. 0297786504

76434
HAWKINS, Clifford W.
A MARITIME HERITAGE - The Lore of Sail in New Zealand
$100.00 AUD

Collins. Auckland. 1978. 1st revised edition of the 1960 "Out of Auckland". Foreword by Sir Robert A. Falla. VIII, 152 PP with b/w illust. Fp. Title-page. FEP: NZ main ship-building locations. REP: South Pacific trade routes from New Zealand. Hard cover, dj. Light ageing of paper on outside edges. Dedicatory note to Professor Horridge and his wife, on half title page, dated and signed by the author. Dust jacket with repaired tears and in a protective sleeve. Near fine. Oblong: 21.5 x 26.5. 0002169274

The builders and the craft of New Zealand's small boat sailors ..

15630
HEAPS, Leo
LOG OF THE CENTURION
$15.00 AUD

Macmillan Publishing. New York. 1974. 1st printing of the 1st U.S. edition. Introduction by Christopher Lloyd. 264 PP with 10 colour and 49 b/w illustrations. Fp: Portrait of Philip Saumarez. Eps: Chart of the Centurion's route round the world. Cloth cover, gilt-engraved spine, dj. Dust jacket with light repairs and in a protective sleeve. Some light foxing, otherwise near fine. 25.2 x 18.

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.

62056
HEATON, P. M.
WELSH BLOCKADE RUNNERS IN THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR
$30.00 AUD

The Starling Press. Gwent, U.K. 1985. 1st Ed. 107 PP, plus 48 pages with b/w photos. Eps: Map of Spain during the Civil War 1936-39. Hard cover, dj. Foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise fine. 22 x 15.5. 0950771457

Trade between UK and the two zones controlled in Spain by the Insurgents (Franco) and the Republicans (legal government).

65626
HEFFERNAN, Thomas Farel
MUTINY ON THE GLOBE - The Fatal Voyage of Samuel Comstock
$10.00 AUD

Bloomsbury. London. 2002. 1st paperback edition. XX, 280 PP with 1 map on double page and 1 sketch map, plus 16 pages with 16 b/w illustrations. Eps: map of Mili Atoll (inset Pacific Ocean with location map). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 24 x 16. 0747560986

1824 mutiny on the Nantucket whaling ship Globe.

75503
HEIKELL, Rod & HARPER, Mike
A POCKET GUIDE TO THE SOUTHEAST AEGEAN - A Guide for Yachtsmen to the Greek Dodecanese Islands and adjacent Turkish Coast
$20.00 AUD

Imray, Laurie, Norie & Wilson Ltd. Huntingdon, UK. 1985. 1st Ed. (2), 88, (22 Log) PP with b/w illustrations (14 photos and 54 sketch maps (some with inserts) or plans. Pictorial soft covers. Very good. 20.5 x 11. 0852881010

56116
HEINES, Donald S. (editor)
WHALING WITH CAPTAIN PENNIMAN. Log of Thomas Knowles
$30.00 AUD

Donald S. Heines. Orleans, Ma. 1995. 1st Ed. Foreward by Donald S. Heines. 23, (5) PP with b/w illustrations (1 portrait and silhouettes of Whales), plus 4 pages facsimile pages of original log with 3 wood block prints of whales. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 20.3 x 15.

Whaling in the North Atlantic Ocean on the bark Minerva of New Bedford: May/August 1860.

65194
HENDERSON, Graeme & Kandy-Jane
UNFINISHED VOYAGES, Western Australian Shipwrecks, 1851 - 1880
$55.00 AUD

University of Western Australia Press. Perth. 1988. 1st Ed. XVIII, 308 PP with 28 maps & location maps & 43 b/w illust. Hard cover, gilt title on front cover & spine, dj. Dust jacket with small repaired closed tear and in a protective sleeve. Name of previous owner at top of FFEP, otherwise near fine. Oblong: 18.7 x 25.5. 0855642823

52110
HIDDINS, Les
BUSH TUCKER MAN - Stories of Exploration and Survival
$25.00 AUD

ABC Books. Sydney. 1996. 1st Ed. 192 PP with 8 head pieces, 10 maps, 1 facsimile, 5 colour and 81 b/w illustrations, plus 32 pages with 38 colour photos. Title spread and endpapers with colour photos. Hard cover, dj. Note on front endpaper, o/wise near fine. 28 x 21.5. 0733305466

Inland explorers of the Australian continent, known (Ludwig Leichhardt, Burke & Wills...), or unknown (Lieutenant Nixon, and the lost Dutch settlement in the Kimberleys)...

74679
HILLS, Edwin Sherbon
THE PHYSIOGRAPHY OF VICTORIA - An Introduction to Geomorphology
$30.00 AUD

Whitcombe & Tombs Pty. Ltd. Melbourne. 1951. 3rd edition. Foreword by Professor Ernest W. Skeats. XX, 292 PP with frontispiece, endpiece and 351 b/w illustrations (drawings, sketches and photos). Fp: Mt Bogong, the highest mountain in Victoria. Endpiece (Page 278): Sic Transit Gloria "Persepolis, Persia". Eps (maps): Simplified Geologiocal Map of Victoria / The Physiographic Divisions of Victoria. Cloth covers, title on front board and spine, dj. Occasional foxing. Near fine. 22.2 x 14.8.

74627
HINZ, Earl R.
LANDFALLS OF PARADISE - The Guide to the Pacific Islands
$30.00 AUD

Western Marine Enterprises, Inc. Marina Del Rey, Ca. 1986. 2nd edition of the 1981 original. 384 PP with b/w figures (92 charts, maps, plans and 158 photos). Pictorial hard covers, National Flags of Pacific Nations (in colour) on back cover. Covers with light wear, light foxing on outside top edge, o/wise near fine. 28.2 x 21.5. 093003046X

Contents: The Islands of Polynesia, Melanesia, Micronesia and Eastern Pacific.

40200
HMSO
CHARTING THE SEAS IN PEACE AND WAR - The Story of the Hydrographic Department of the Admiralty over a hundred and fifty years: 12th August 1795 to 12th August 1945
$25.00 AUD

HMSO. London. 1947. 1st editon, with a foreword by Vice-Admiral Sir Rhoderick McGrigor. Edited by Rear Admiral A.G.N. WYATT. 24 PP with 12 b/w photos, plus 8 b/w plates. Soft cover. Covers lightly soiled. Very good. Scarce. 24.5 x 15.2.

74427
HMSO
AUSTRALIA PILOT - Volume II
$60.00 AUD

Hydrographic Department, Admiralty. London. 1929. 2nd Ed. Edited by Commander A.C. COLE & Commander G.C. GLEN. Advertisement to the 2nd edition by Rear-Admiral H. P. Douglas. (4 notices), XXVI, 390 PP with tables, plus 1 folded Index to Admiralty Charts S.D.49, 3 colour plates (Depth Signals, Weather Forecast Signals & Tidal Signals for Macquarie Harbour) and 9 b/w plates with 2 lighthouses and 11coastal views. Inside front cover: Caution when approaching British Ports. Cloth cover, title on front cover and spine. Occasional foxing. Very good. 24.5 x 15.5.

South and East coasts of Australia, from Cape Northumberland to Port Jackson, including Bass Strait and Tasmania.

15717
HOOPER, Meredith
DOCTOR HUNGER AND CAPTAIN THIRST - Stories of Australian Explorers
$20.00 AUD

Methuen. Sydney. 1982. 1st Ed. 144 PP with b/w illust. Fp: Expedition horses & items of equipment. Eps: Map of Australia. Hard cover, dj. Few foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise near fine. 26 x 19.5. 0454003641

Account of some of the expeditions undertaken by John Eyre, John Lort Stokes, Burke & Wills, Sturt... faced with the threats of hunger and thirst.

20301
HORN, Daniel
MUTINY ON THE HIGH SEAS, The Imperial German Naval Mutinies of World War One
$15.00 AUD

Leslie Frewin. London. 1973. 1st UK edition of the 1969 US original. XIII, 347 PP. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price clipped). Near fine. 22 x 14.5. 0856320595

Revolts of August 1917, and October-November 1918. Origins: Social conflict within the Navy. Evolution of a conflict between the adherents of the old order (feudalized naval officers), and the proponents of a new, and more democratic system (enlisted men).

76053
HORN, Les
THROUGH EUROPE AT FOUR KNOTS: A Tale of Boating Mayhem and Family Adventure
$15.00 AUD

International Marine / McGraw-Hill. Camden, Maine. 2000. 1st Ed. VIII, 296 PP with 1 sketch plan of yacht "Alea Jacta Est", a Vivacity 24, 2 sketch maps by Matt Kania, on endpapers and 3 b/w photos. FEP: from the Thames to Bratislava. REP: from Bratislava to Black Sea and Northern Greece. Hard covers, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 21 x 14.7. 9780071361378

From the Thames to Northern Greece, plying the meandering waterways of Europe, in the 1990s.

45793
HORNER, Frank
THE FRENCH RECONNAISSANCE: Baudin in Australia, 1801-1803
$75.00 AUD

Melbourne University Press. Melbourne. 19876. 1st Ed. XVII, 461 PP with 26 b/w illustrations, plus 12 pages with 16 b/w plates. Hard cover, dust jacket with a small chip at top. Front endpaper with bookplate of Professor Adrian Horridge and his signature. Slight ageing and foxing on outside edges, otherwise contents are near fine. 24.2 x 16. 0522843395

The scientific voyage of the French explorer in Australian waters. One of its achievements: the first complete map of Australia.

48822
HORNSEY, Pat (editor)
SHIPS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
$25.00 AUD

Chartwell. Secaucus, NJ. 1977. 1st Ed. 160 PP with b/w & colour illustrations. Hard cover, dj. Foxing spots on outside edges and on first and last pages, o/wise very good. 34.5 x 24.5. 0890091234

Great battles and ships of the modern era. From the Russo-Japanese war and the battle of Tsushima to the battles of the Philippines at the end of WWII.

35947
HOWARTH, David & Stephen
NELSON - The Immortal Memory
$20.00 AUD

J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. London. 1988. 1st Ed. IX, 390 PP plus 16 pages with 22 b/w illust. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 24 x 16. 0460070088

75736
HOWE, Hartley Edward
NORTH AMERICA'S MARITIME MUSEUMS: An Annotated Guide
$35.00 AUD

Hartley Edward Howe / Facts on File. New York, USA. 1987. 1st Ed. XI, 371 PP with 2 maps and 63 b/w illustrations 1 figures (paintings, photos). Hard covers, dj. Dust jacket with a few small chips and light shelf wear, otherwise a fine copy. 28.5 x 22. 0816010013

15890
HOYT, Edwin P.
AMERICAN STEAMBOAT STORIES
$10.00 AUD

Abelard-Schuman. New York. 1966. 1st ed. 128 PP with 10 b/w illustrations by Ann Grifalconi. Fp. Hard cover, dj (price-clipped). Near fine. 21.8 x 14.5.

History & story-telling of steamboating in America since the 17th Century with Robert Fulton.

63671
HUDSPETH, Audrey & SCRIPPS, Lindy
CAPITAL PORT: A History of the Marine Board of Hobart 1858-1997
$20.00 AUD

Hobart Ports Corporation Pty Ltd. Hobart. 2000. 1st paperback edition. XVIII, 462 PP with 1 map, 8 head pieces, 7 plans and 91 b/w illustrations (facsimile of documents, plans & sketch plans, engravings & photos). Fp (in colour): Aerial view of Sullivan's Cove. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 24.7 x 17.5. 0957842805

71381
ILLINGWORTH, Capt. (E.) J. H.
OFFSHORE - A Complete Introduction to Ocean Racing, and Cruising, Modern Yacht Handling and Equipment
$30.00 AUD

Robert Ross & Co. Ltd. Southampton. 1950. 2nd edition in May 1950 of the July 1949 original. 263, (1 publications) PP with 77 b/w diagrams, plus 16 plates with 21 b/w photos and the frontispiece. Fp (in colour) : Ocean Racing. Illustrated endpapers with maps of the 3 races: Sydney/Hobart, CCA Bermuda Race, Principal RORC courses. Cloth cover, gilt device on front cover and title on spine, top edge tinted, dj (price clipped). Dust jacket with a few tears and chips (now laminated). Faint foxing. Small signature of previous owner on FFEP. Contents near fine. Scarce. 28.5 x 22.5.

50346
INGLETON, Geoffrey C.
THE MILLIONAIRE BOTANIST, Joseph Banks (in Hemisphere, An Asian-Australian Monthly - Volume 14, No. 11, November 1970)
$15.00 AUD

Department of Education and Science. Canberra. 1970. Contains article between P.10 and 15 with 9 b/w illustrations. Soft cover. Fine.

Sir Joseph Banks.

49498
INGLIS, K. S.
THE AUSTRALIAN COLONISTS. An Exploration of Social History 1788-1870
$15.00 AUD

Melbourne University Press. Melbourne. 1974. 1st Ed. XXII, 316 PP with over 90 b/w illustrations (engravings, paintings, photos...). Cloth cover, gilt title on spine. Dust jacket tipped in on rear endpaper. Ingleton bookplate on front endpaper. Near fine. 24.7 x 18. 0522840728

40250
INGPEN, Robert
ROBE - A Portrait of the Past
$30.00 AUD

Rigby. Adelaide. 1975. 1st Ed. 63 PP with 2 plans, 10 b/w illustrations and 41 colour paintings. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. Oblong: 22 x 29.3. 0851797946

Robe Town, proclaimed in 1847. Important port in the mid 1850s...

74425
INGRAM, C. W. N. & WHEATLEY, P. O.
NEW ZEALAND SHIPWRECKS 1795-1960
$20.00 AUD

Reed. Wellington. 1961. 3rd edition of the 1936 original. VIII, 408 PP, plus 32 pages with 121 b/w illustrations. Fp: Rigs of sailing vessels. Hard cover, gilt title on a sunned spine. Copy lacking the free fly of front endpaper. Name of previous owner at top of half title page. Foxing. An otherwise very good clean copy. Image shows the frontispiece. 24.7 x 19.5.

37005
ISHERWOOD, J. H.
SEA BREEZES FAMOUS SHIPS (Nos. 43 to 48)
$15.00 AUD

The Journal of Commerce and Shipping Telegraph Ltd. London. 1966. 1st Ed. 6 colour filing cards with ship profiles to scale (funnel and hull colours), technical data and history of 6 Famous Ships, contained in a folder. A little light foxing, o/wise near fine. 25.3 x 20.3.

No. 43: Paris, of 1921 - (see image,) No. 44: Independence, of 1950. No. 45: Orsova, of 1950. No. 46: Nestor, of 1913. No. 47: City of Roma, of 1881. No. 48: Giulio Cesare, of 1922.

56185
ISHERWOOD, J. H.
SEA BREEZES FAMOUS SHIPS (Nos. 20 to 30)
$25.00 AUD

The Journal of Commerce and Shipping Telegraph Ltd. London. 1965. 1st Ed. 11 colour filing cards with ship profiles to scale (funnel and hull colours), technical data and history of 11 Famous Ships, contained in a folder. Few foxing spots, o/wise near fine. 25.3 x 20.3.

Baltic - see image (1904), Conte Di Savoia (1932), President Coolidge (1931), Almanzora (1915), Chichibu Maru (1930), France (1912), Rawalpindi (1925), Australia (1951), Ruahine (1951), Scot (1891), and St. Louis (1895).

65335
ISHERWOOD, J. H.
SEA BREEZES FAMOUS SHIPS (Nos. 7 to 24)
$35.00 AUD

The Journal of Commerce and Shipping Telegraph Ltd. London. 1964. 1st Ed. 17 colour filing cards with ship profiles to scale (funnel and hull colours), technical data and history of 17 Famous Ships, contained in a clear plastic envelope. Top corner of 7 cards lightly bumped. Few foxing spots. Near fine. 25.3 x 20.3.

Aquitania (1914) - Leonardo da Vinci (1960) - Malolo - see image (1927) - Statendam (1929) - Omarah (1899) - Suwa Maru (1914) - Orcades (1937) - Titanic (1912) - Lafayette (1930) - Santa Paula (1932) - Columbia (1899) - Peninnsular (1888) - Kaiser Wilhelm II (1903) - Baltic (1904) - Conte di Savoia (1932) - President Coolidge (1931) - Almanzora (1915) - Chichibu Maru (1930).

71248
JACKSON, Robert
STRIKE FROM THE SEA, A History of British Naval Air Power
$15.00 AUD

Arthur Barker. London. 1970. 1st Ed. 234 PP with appendices, plus 16 pages with 27 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj (price-clipped). Ex-libris of previous owner on FFEP with remnants of sellotape marks on endpapers and flaps of dust jacket. Contents near fine. 22 x 14. 0213001586

From the hunt for the Graf Spee to the final assault on Japan and Kamikaze attacks on the carriers of the British Pacific Fleet.

76291
JACOBS, Els M.
THE DUTCH EAST-INDIAMAN "AMSTERDAM"
$20.00 AUD

Netherlands Maritime Museum. Amsterdam. 1991 1st Ed. 24 PP with 20 b/w and 9 colour illustrations. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. Oblong: 20 x 21.5.

Built by the VOC (United Dutch India Company) in Amsterdam. Sailed from Texel 8th January 1749, ... Beached in Hastings on the 26 January 1749.

74742
JAMES, David
KINDLY LIGHT: The Life and Times of Adolphus Summer Cloud James
$25.00 AUD

David James. Elanora, NSW. 1999. 1st Ed. (6), 113 PP with b/w illustrations: 1 sketch of the iron clipper ship "Summer Cloud", and 13 photos. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 21.2 x 14.8. 0646373807

56072
JONES, A. G. E.
SHIPS EMPLOYED IN THE SOUTH SEAS TRADE 1775-1859 - Volume 2 (in 3 parts)
$100.00 AUD

Roebuck Society. Canberra. 1992. 1st edition. Publication No. 46 of the Roebuck Society. XXIV, 720 PP with b/w illustrations, edited by Ian H; Nicholson, including 24 maps. Eps: Docks on the Thames River. Hard cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Fine. 25.7 x 18.5. 0646091832

In Three Parts: Part I: 1775-1859, Part II: Admiralty Protections from Impressment, Part III: Aspects of the South Seas Trade.

72701
JONES, Elizabeth
RICHMOND - TASMANIA: A Crossing Place
$20.00 AUD

Richmond Preservation and Development Trust. Richmond, Tas. 1973. 1st Ed. Foreword by H.N. Macleod. 80 PP with b/w 13 illustrations (1 photo, 1 plan of the Court House and 11 line drawings by Mr. Moon), plus 8 pages with 10 b/w illustrations (1 manuscript and 9 photos). Eps: Plan of Richmond. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Near fine. 25.5 x 18. 0959861904

66623
JONES, Gregory O.
HERRESHOFF SAILBOATS
$50.00 AUD

MBI Publishing. St. Paul, Mn. 2004. 1st Ed. 160 PP with 9 headpieces, b/w and colour illustrations. Title page: Schooner "Eleonora". Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 31 x 23.7. 0760311609

The Beginning of HMC and a New Direction: The Steamboats of 1878-1900, The Sailing Vessels of 1878-1900, Lipton and the Twentieth Century, HMC enters the Twentieth Century, The Tradition of Design in the Herreshoff Family, L. Francis Herreshoff: The Torch is Passed....

75881
JONES, Gregory O.
THE AMERICAN SAILBOAT
$30.00 AUD

MBI Publishing. Saint Paul, Mn., USA. 2002 1st Ed. 192 PP with b/w illustrations (9 plans & 70 photos) and 90 colour photos. Hard covers, dj. Fine (as new condition). Oblong: 26 x 26.5. 9780760310021

19939
JONES, Theodore A.
RACING FOR THE AMERICA'S CUP 1974, The View from the Candy Store
$15.00 AUD

Quadrangle / New York Times. New York. 1975. 1st Ed. XIV, 177 PP with b/w photos. Fp: Well-wishers on the wharf. Eps: Location of America's Cup Course. Hard cover, cloth spine, dj. Name of previous owner at top of half title page. Occasional foxing. Near fine. 28.5 x 22. 0812905423

30947
KAY, F. George
THE ATLANTIC OCEAN - Bridge Between Two Worlds
$15.00 AUD

Museum Press. London. 1954. 1st Ed. 208 PP, plus 26 pages with 36 b/w illust. Fp: The Atlantic Ocean by the Cartographer Abraham Ortel, 1750. Eps: Map of the Atlantic Ocean. Cloth cover, dj. Foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 22.2 x 14.

69984
KEMP, Lieut.-Commander P. K.
FLEET AIR ARM
$20.00 AUD

Herbert Jenkins. London. 1954. 2nd impression (December 1954) of the November 1954 original. Foreword by Admiral of the Fleet Sir Philip L. Vian. 232 PP, plus 16 pages with 32 b/w photos. Fp: H. M. S. Eagle. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket has a few small chips, signature of previous owner on FFEP, o/wise near fine. 22.2 x 14.2.

46405
KENNEDY, Gavin
CAPTAIN BLIGH: The Man and his Mutinies
$30.00 AUD

Duckworth. London. 1989. 1st Ed. XIV, 321 PP, plus 8 pages with 16 b/w illustrations. Eps: Map of the Western Pacific with routes of the Bounty, the Bounty's launch and the Pandora. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 24 x 16. 9780715622315

Voyage with Cook on the Resolution, Breadfruit voyages and mutiny on the Bounty, Governor of New South Wales...

71783
KERR, Garry
THE TASMANIAN TRADING KETCH, An Illustrated Oral History
$25.00 AUD

Mains' Books. Portland, Victoria. 1998. 1st soft cover edition of the 1987 original. (8), 179 PP with 15 plans (hull, sail, construction) and many b/w photos (most full-page). Fp: Evaleeta under sail. Pictorial soft cover. Small dedicatory note on inside front cover, otherwise a fine copy. 24 x 18. 0731608879

Development and evolution of Tasmania's trading craft (construction, sailing and handling techniques, living conditions). 24.5 x 18.5.

75997
KING, Cecil
H. M. S. HIS MAJESTY'S SHIPS AND THEIR FORBEARS
$25.00 AUD

The Studio Publications. London. 1941. 3rd edition in June 1941 of the September 1940 original. Foreword by Admiral Sir Edward R. G. R. Evans. XI, 12- 28 PP with 38 text illustrations by the author, and 56 b/w plates, each with caption and comments. Eps: Mappemonde by author. Cloth covers, gilt device on front cover, gilt title on spine. Edges of covers rubbed and worn. Head and foot of spine rubbed and with a few tears. Back cover with old damp marks. War economy paper. Newspaper cliipping "Warship Names", by C. Bowen, Argus, dated 24 September 1942 loosely inserted. Signature of previous owner at top of front endpaper A very good clean copy internally. 25.2 x 16.

From Acasta and Achates to Warspite and Warwick.

68093
KIRKWOOD, Roger & GOLDSWORTHY, Simon
FUR SEALS AND SEA LIONS
$25.00 AUD

CSIRO Publishing. Melbourne. 2013. 1st Ed. in the Australian Natural History series. V, 151 PP with tables, over 45 b/w figures and 16 plates with 102 colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 24 x 17. 9780643096929

75626
KLEINIG, Simon
JACK THWAITES - Pioneer Tasmanian Bushwalker & Conservationist
$50.00 AUD

Simon Kleinig/Forty Degrees South. Lindisfarne, Tasmania. 2008. 1st Ed. XXII, (2), 261 PP with 10 maps with colour on full page and b/w or colour illustrations (1 sketch and photos). Pictorial stiff covers. Dated and signed on half title page by Anne Thwaites, his daughter. Fine (as new condition). 22.8 x 15.2. 9780980400663

44769
KNIGHTLEY, Phillip
AUSTRALIA - A Biography of a Nation
$15.00 AUD

Jonathan Cape. London. 2000. 1st Ed. X, 373 PP. Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing on outside edges, o/wise fine. 24 x 16. 0224050060

54089
KOEMAN, Prof. Ir. C., VIETOR, Alexander O. & WALLIS, Dr. Helen (editors)
THEATRUM ORBIS TERRARUM CORPUS of old atlases in facsimile
$20.00 AUD

Theatrum Orbis Terrarum Ltd. Amsterdam. c. 1973. 1st Ed. 32 PP with 1 facsimile of a letter by R. A. Skelton, 1 portrait of Professor Koeman, 36 location maps and 38 b/w illustrations. Inside covers: Dust jacket of 32 of these Atlases. Pictorial soft cover. Few stamps or annotations out of print. Very good. Oblong: 21 x 29.7.

Catalogue of a corpus of 40 old and rare Atlases and Pilot Books.

51431
KYOWA
THE PACIFIC WORLD OF KYOWA SHIPPING Co. Ltd. - Poster
$10.00 AUD

Kyowa Shipping Co. Ltd. Tokyo. 1991. Poster: Map (in colour) of the Pacific Ocean with 1 House Flag, 1 cutaway of a Kyowa ship and 12 Colour photos, with the 1992 calendar. Fine: 60 x 85.

Shipping Line linking Japan to South East Asia and the Pacific Islands.

41979
LAL, Brij V. & FORTUNE, Kate (editors)
THE PACIFIC ISLANDS - An Encyclopedia
$125.00 AUD

University of Hawai'i Press. Honolulu. 2000. 1st Ed. XXXVI, 664 PP with b/w illustrations and colour illustrations (8 headpieces, 13 tables, 24 figures, 28 maps and photos). Includes the CD-ROM version of the encyclopedia in rear pocket. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj. Fine. This is a heavy item and postage may be higher than usual. Please ask for a quote. 26.7 x 19. 082482265X

30774
LAUBENSTEIN, William J.
THE EMERALD WHALER
$15.00 AUD

Andre Deutsch. London. 1961. 1st UK Ed. 239 PP with 1 map, plus 4 pages with 5 b/w illustrations. Hard cover. Two small old tape marks on inside of covers, o/wise a very good clean copy. 21.5 x 14.

Voyage of the whaler "Catalpa" to Western Australia which took 6 Irishmen to freedom after they had been condemned to prison in W.A.

69030
LAWSON, Will & The Shiplovers' Society of Tasmania
BLUE GUM CLIPPERS AND WHALE SHIPS OF TASMANIA
$10.00 AUD

D. & L. Book Distributor. Launceston. 1986. Facsimile reprint of the 1949 original. 261 PP, plus 30 b/w plates. Fp: Sailing ships at New Wharf in 1881. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 21.5 x 14.

Early whaling, trading and shipbuilding in Tasmania.

62961
LAXON, W.A., FARQUHAR, I.J., KIRBY, N.J. & PERRY, F.W.
CROSSED FLAGS - The histories of the New Zealand Shipping Company Limited and the Federal Steam Navigation Company Limited and their subsidiaries
$35.00 AUD

World Ship Society. Gravesend, UK. 1997. 1st Ed. 196 PP with 10 colour plates and 336 b/w illust. Fp: R.M.S. "Rangitane" leaving Auckland, 1938. Half title page: The Crossed Flags, Maritime Building, Napier. FEP: Capacity plan of "Northumberland", 1916. REP: Capacity plan of "Hinakura", 1949. Hard cover, simile leather, gilt title on spine, gilt flags on front cover, dj. A fine copy. 30.2 x 21.5. 0905617878

43614
LENOTRE, G.
VOYAGES ET PASSAGERS DE JADIS, Illustrations de Maurice Leloir, Diary, Dessins de Gustave Bourgain
$50.00 AUD

Compagnie Générale Transatlantique. Paris. 1908. 1st Ed. (2), 10 b/w plates with legend on tissue guard paper, (2), 36 PP with 30 illustrations by Maurice Leloir, followed by a Diary: (4), 14 b/w plates illustrated by G. Bourgain. Bound copy in navy buckram with gilt title on spine and marbled endpapers, ribbon pge-marker. Binding retaining the original illustrated soft covers (see image). Slight ageing of paper, o/wise a fine copy. French text. Scarce. 20.7 x 14.5.

Souvenir book/diary (unused) for passengers of the French Line. 10 plates (views of France and America), Voyages and passengers with 30 illustrations, 12 plates with sailing craft...

33566
LENTON, H. T.
AMERICAN GUNBOATS AND MINESWEEPERS
$10.00 AUD

Macdonald & Janes. London. 1974. 1st Ed., in the World War 2 Fact Files series. 64 PP with 102 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj (price-clipped). Verso of title page with rubbed patches (previous labels). Bookplate on front endpaper. A very good copy. 27.2 x 21. 0356080633

Lists all the auxiliary escort vessels of the U.S. Navy in WWII.

76448
LENTON, H. T.
BRITISH BATTLESHIPS AND AIRCRAFT CARRIERS
$15.00 AUD

Macdonald. London. 1972. 1st Ed., in the "Navies of the Second World War" series. 160 PP with tables, 1 plan and 68 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Rubbed patch on front of dust jacket, otherwise near fine. Oblong: 10.8 x 15.5. 356038696

76075
LEO
LEO - Lovens Kemiske Fabrik KALENDER - 1967
$15.00 AUD

Lovens Kemiske Fabrik. Kobenhavn, Denmark. 1966. 1967 Calendar with 6 "Frameable" prints in colour of "Sailing Ships" and / or "Copenhagen", commissioned by Lovens Kemiske Fabrik. Danish text. Near fine. Format: Calendar 43.5 x 41 / Frames: 25 x 33.

6 paintings of Sailing Ships with captions in Danish. Kobenhavn, 1786 by M. Bang / Squadron of Danish and Swedish ships, in Copenhagen, in 1794 by T.E. Lonning / Copenhagen, c. 1840, by H.G.F. Holm / Danish Frigates "Ceres" 1793, by Jacob Petersen / Gouache of Palace c.1740, by Johan Jacob Bruun / Ship "Christianshavn" of the Asiatisk Kompagnis c. 1820, ....

75522
LEWIS, David
THE SHIP WOULD NOT TRAVEL DUE WEST
$30.00 AUD

Temple Press. London. 1961. 1st Ed. XII, 154 PP with 1 map and 15 drawings by the author, plus 16 pages with 21 b/w photos. Eps: Map of the North Atlantic. Hard cover, gilt title on spine. Covers somewhat soiled. Signature of previous owner at top of half-title page. Contents clean and still a very good copy. Image shows the endpapers. 22 x 14.4.

Arrived 3rd in the 1960 Single-handed Transatlantic Sailing Race.

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.

39117
LINDSTROM, Lamont & WHITE, Geoffrey M.
ISLAND ENCOUNTERS - Black and White Memories of the Pacific War
$20.00 AUD

Smithsonian Institution Press. Washington. 1990. 1st Ed. XII, 194 PP with 2 maps and over 175 b/w photos. Fp: A Woleaian Islander, U.S. Marine Corps Major and a Japanese officer. Cloth cover, dj. Light foxing o/wise fine. 28.4 x 22. 0874744571

76334
LITTLE, Stephen and RUTHENBERG, Peter (Editors)
LIFE IN THE PACIFIC OF THE 1700'S, The Cook/Forster Collection of the Georg August University of Göttingen (in 3 VOLUMES)
$300.00 AUD

Honolulu Academy of Arts. Honolulu, Hawai'i. 2006. 1st Ed. Volume I: XXXII, 383 PP with 3 b/w illustrations (1 painting and 2 photos) and colour illustrations (1 map of the Pacific with 7 inserts, 5 paintings, 5 drawings and 353 photos). Volume II: 144 PP with 7 b/w illustrations and 34 pages with copies of pages of 3 manuscripts. Volume III: 128 PP with b/w illustrations (22 drawings and paintings) and 23 pages of facsimiles of .an 1881 document). Hard covers, quarter bound with decorated boards and cloth spine with gilt title. 3 volumes set contained in a decorated "Tapa" slipcase with logo of the "Honolulu Academy of Art", on spine. Mint condition. This is a heavy item and postage may be higher than usual. Please ask for a quote. Volumes: 29.7 x 24.5. / Slipcase: 31 x 25.5. 0937426717

Vol.1: Artifacts from the life in the Pacific of the 1700s. Vol.2: European research, traditions, and perspectives. Vol.3: Pacific knowledge, traditions, and perspectives.

21277
LOCKLEY, Ronald M.
WHALES, DOLPHINS AND PORPOISES
$15.00 AUD

Methuen. Sydney. 1979. 1st Australian edition. 200 PP with 13 colour photos and 126 b/w illustrations (38 profiles of whales/porpoises). Hard cover, pictorial dj. Occasional foxing. Very good. 25.4 x 18. 0454001495

Evolution and anatomy, sound navigation, their ecosystem. The whale-hunters and modern whaling. The great whales and the small whales (dolphins and porpoises).

76449
LONEY, Jack
THE PRICE OF ADMIRALTY - Ships of the R.A.N., Lost 1914-1974
$10.00 AUD

Marine History Publications. Geelong. c. 1978? 1st Ed. 36 PP with 22 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Covers soiled, o/wise contents very good. 20.5 x 14.3. 0909191115

From the loss of "A1", off Rabaul in 1914, to the loss of the "Arrow", hit by Cyclone Tracy on Christmas Day, 1974.

33524
LOSCHE, Diane
THE ABELAM - A People of Papua New Guinea
$30.00 AUD

The Australian Museum. Sydney. 1982. 1st Ed. 74 PP with 5 maps, 7 drawings, 25 b/w and 40 colour photos. Pictorial card cover. Near fine. Oblong: 20 x 21.5. 0724015264

People of the east Sepik province of Papua New Guinea.

15437
LUBBOCK, Basil
THE COLONIAL CLIPPERS
$60.00 AUD

James Brown & Son. Glasgow. 1924. 3rd Ed. XVI, 433 PP, plus 2 colour plate with 24 House-flags and 60 b/w plates (4 plans and 82 paintings or photographs). Fp: Emigrant fleet in Hobson's Bay (Kent, Lightning, White Star & Malabar). Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Foxing on endpapers, preliminary and last few pages. A nice bright near fine copy. 21.6 x 14.2.

The wooden clippers, the composite wool clippers & iron sailing ships serving Australia & New Zealand up to the end of the 19th century.

62706
LUBBOCK, Basil
THE LAST OF THE WINDJAMMERS - VOLUME II
$75.00 AUD

Brown, Son & Ferguson, Ltd. Glasgow. 1929. 1st Ed. XVI, 443 PP, plus 2 plates with 40 house Flags in colour, 17 plans (16 of them folded one) and 96 plates with 173 b/w illustrations (paintings, photos, portraits). Fp: Hougomont. Eps: Chart of the world. Cloth cover, gilt device on front cover, gilt title on spine. Front board with a rubbed patch. Occasional foxing, otherwise contents are 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.

76030
LUCAS, Alan
HOW TO SAIL
$15.00 AUD

Jack Pollard Publishing. Sydney. 1975 1st Ed. 128 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, sketches and photos), plus 8 colour plates. Pictorial stiff covers. Near fine. Oblong: 13.6 x 21.2. 0909950555

Sailing theory, practice and hull design.

58972
LUMHOLTZ, Carl
AU PAYS DES CANNIBALES - Voyage d'Exploration chez les Indigènes de l'Australie Orientale 1880-1884
$350.00 AUD

Librairie Hachette et Cie. Paris. 1890. 1st French edition, translated from the Norwegian original by V. & W. Molard. XII, 499 PP with 3 musical scores, 4 tables and 152 b/w illustrations (27 on full page), plus 2 maps, inluding a folded map in colour at rear of book. Fp: Portrait of "Le Docteur Carl Lumholtz". Soft cover. Top corner of front cover chipped, o/wise near fine. French text. 28.5 x 19.2.

Ingleton: No. 226. Ferguson: No.: 11773 (by a different translator: C. & W. Nioland ??)

76286
LYNCH, Don
TITANIC, An Illustrated History
$30.00 AUD

Hodder & Stoughton / Madison Press Book. London / Toronto.. 1998. Reprint of 1992 original. 228 PP with b/w & colour photos from archives, paintings and illustrations. Hard cover, dj. Loosely inserted: 4 newspaper cuttings: My Death Defying Dive to Titanic; 100 Years since the sinking of the unsinkable with full page cutaway; Titanic, 4 long years to build, 4 short hours to sink; Titanic moments - 100th anniversary of the sinking. Near fine. Oblong: 29 x 30.5. 0340562714

Haunting saga of the great maritime disaster: Titanic sinking on its maiden voyage in April 1912. Enthralling information on the ship, its crew & its passengers.

61185
MACKANESS, George
EXILES FROM CANADA (in Journal and Proceedings of the RAHS, Vol 50, Part 6, 1964)
$15.00 AUD

Royal Australian Historical Society. Sydney. 1964. Edited by A. G. L. Shaw. 413-492 PP. Contains article between pages 429 and 432. Stapled soft covers a little browned around edges, otherwise near fine. 21 x 14.

Image lists all contents and illustrations.

50364
MACLEAN DISTRICT HISTORICAL SOCIETY
FISHING INDUSTRY LOWER CLARENCE RIVER. The Early Years
$30.00 AUD

Maclean District Historical Society Inc. Maclean, NSW. 2004. 1st Ed. (8), 146 PP with 2 maps, 2 plans, 4 drawings and 120 b/w photos. Soft cover, illustrated front cover, spiral bound. Fine. 29.8 x 22. 090932316X

69547
MARCHANT, Harvey J., LUGG, Desmond J. & QUILTY, Patrick G. (editors)
AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC SCIENCE: the First Fifty Years
$60.00 AUD

Australian Antarctic Division. Kingston, Tasmania. 2002. 1st Ed., with Opening Address by The Honourable Sir Guy Green, Governor of Tasmania. X, 622 PP with tables and b/w illustrations (drawings, graphs, maps and photographs). Laminated pictorial boards. Fine. 25.8 x 18.5. 1876934050

Scope of Antarctic science. Meteorology. Geology & Geophysics. Sea-ice, ice shelves & icebergs ...

72608
MARKHAM, Albert Hastings
THE CRUISE OF THE "ROSARIO" AMONGST THE NEW HEBRIDES AND SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS, Exposing the Recent Atrocities Connected with the Kidnapping of Natives in the South Seas
$70.00 AUD

Dawson of Pall Mall. Folkestone. 1970. Reprint of the 1873 original, in "The Colonial History" series. XVI, 304 PP with headpieces, tailpieces and 9 text illustrations, plus 8 plates with b/w illustrations, and 1 large folded map at end of book. Fp: HMS Rosario overhauling slaver "Carl". Cloth covers, gilt title on a black label on spine. Covers lightly speckled on front board and spine. Slight ageing of paper on outside edges. Bookplate of Professor Adrian Horridge on front endpaper. Contents are near fine. Scarce. 22 x 15.

The history of the New Hebrides and Santa Cruz islands and the cruise of a Royal Navy sloop to police and combat blackbirding.

76452
MASEFIELD, John
THE WANDERER OF LIVERPOOL
$20.00 AUD

Wm. Heinemann. London. 1930. 1st Ed. (8), 120 PP plus 15 plates with 16 b/w illust. Fp: Mr. & Mrs. W.H. Potter. Orig. blue cloth covers have a few speckles and light wear around edges/corners, gilt title on spine a little dulled, no dust jacket. Initials of previous owner on onside front cover, otherwise very good. 21.8 x 17.5.

The shipbuilder firm, W.H. Potter & Co., turned shipowner, with the "Wayfarer" and "Seafarer". Building and life of the four-masted full-rigged barque "Wanderer" built in 1891, sunk 1907. Related in both prose & verse.

67154
LE MASSON, Henri
THE FRENCH NAVY, 1
$25.00 AUD

Macdonald. London. 1969. 1st Ed. in the "Navies of the Second World War" Series. 174 PP with b/w illust. (photos, profiles). Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Front cover of dust jacket with a repaired tear. Near fine. Oblong: 10.7 x 15.2. 0356023842

31168
MATSON LINES
MATSON TO THE USA HAWAII & CALIFORNIA
$25.00 AUD

Matson Lines. San Francisco. c.1970s. Travel brochure, no pagination, 32 PP with 1 map of the run, 5 accommodation plans, 8 national flags, and 88 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 23 x 20.5 and folded size: 23 x 10.5.

The run of "Monterey" and "Mariposa": San Francisco, Los Angeles, Papeete, Bora Bora, Rarotonga, Auckland, Sydney, Nouméa, Suva, Niuafo'ou, Pago Pago, Honolulu.

36080
MATTOX, W. C.
BUILDING THE EMERGENCY FLEET
$30.00 AUD

Macdonald and Jane's. London. 1974. 1st UK edition of the 1920 original, in the "Macdonald Maritime History" series. (4), XX, 279 PP with 9 charts/graphs, 16 portraits and 21 b/w photos. Decorated hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Spine of dust jacket lightly sunned. Faint foxing. Near fine. 23.3 x 15.5. 0356047407

A historical narrative of the problems and achievements of the United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation.

65734
McCARTHY, J. E.
MAPMAKERS OF AUSTRALIA - The History of the Australian Institute of Cartographers
$40.00 AUD

Australian Institute of Cartographers. Sydney. 1988. 1st Ed. Foreword by Hilbert W. Daff. 183 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21.

Published at the time of the 7th Australian Cartographic Conference , held in Sydney 22-26 May 1988.

76387
McCRAE, Ensign Alexander
JOURNAL KEPT IN NEW ZEALAND IN 1820, by Ensign Alexander McCrae of the 84th Regiment
$35.00 AUD

Alexander Turnbull Library / W. A. G. Skinner, Government Printer. Wellington. 1928. 1st New Zealand edition, May 1928. Alexander Turnbull Library Bulletin No.3. Edited by the Honourable Sir Frederick Revans Chapman, with Notes by Johannes C. Andersen. 33, (3 blank) PP, plus 4 pages with 3 b/w plates. Soft covers with light foxing, title on front cover. Contained in the pocket of a protective cloth cover. Fine. Rare. 24.8 x 16.

72564
McGEOCH, Ian
AN AFFAIR OF CHANCES - A Submariner's Odyssey 1939-44
$45.00 AUD

Imperial War Museum. London. 1991. 1st Ed. Foreword by Admiral of the Fleet Terence Lewin. Preface by Alan Borg, Director General Imperial War Museum. 221, (2 maps) PP with b/w illustrations (Crest of submarine Splendid, 2 maps, documents, newspaper clipping and over 30 photos). Cloth cover, dj (with protective sleeve). Small chip at top of front cover of dust jacket. Small Ex-libris stamp of previous owner on front endpaper. Near fine. 25.6 x 18. 9780901627667

Active service in the central Mediterranean Sea, sunk off Naples (21/04/1943). Escape From Naples to Portsmouth via Switzerland, France, Spain and Gibraltar.

74459
McGREGOR, Alasdair
A NATION IN THE MAKING - Australia at the Dawn of the Modern Era
$30.00 AUD

Australian Geographic. Sydney. 2012. Reprint of the 2011 original. Foreword by Anne-Marie Van de Ven. (14), 210 PP with about 20 colour illustrations (ephemeras & post cards) and hundreds of b/w photos. Hard covers, illustrated front and back. Fine. 31 x 27. 9781742452265

38347
McLAREN, Ian F.
AUSTRALIAN EXPLORERS BY SEA, LAND AND AIR 1788-1988 - Volume 2: References
$20.00 AUD

University of Melbourne Library. Melbourne. 1988. 1st edition limited to 500 copies. XVIII, 253 PP with 3 maps and 13 b/w illustrations. Illustrated soft cover. Foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 29.4 x 20.7. 0868399663

Bibliography recording and describing printed works by and about explorers and exploration of Australia and Antarctica.

63009
McLEAVY, Roy (editor)
JANE'S SURFACE SKIMMERS: Hovercraft and Hydrofoils - 1974-75
$30.00 AUD

Macdonald and Jane's. London. 1974. 8th edition. (28), (2), 409 PP with b/w illust. (photos and plans). Glossary P. 389-400. FEP: Advert. in colour by Boeing Marine Systems. Cloth cover, title on front board and spine, dj. Ex Library copy with 1 stamp and a rubbed patch on front endpaper, o/wise very good. 32.8 x 22. 0354005081

The international survey of skimmer (hovercraft and hydrofoils) technology for military and civil application.

66203
McNAB, Chris
Order of Battle: GERMAN KRIEGSMARINE IN WWII
$40.00 AUD

Amber Books. London. 2009. 1st edition in the "Order of Battle" series. 192 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial laminated boards, dj. Neat name stamp on FFEP, o/wise a fine copy. 24.8 x 19.6. 9781906626198

47141
MENDHAM, Dawn (editor)
THE ANZAC TRADITION: Between The Lines - Australia's Heritage in Stamps
$15.00 AUD

Australia Post. Melbourne. 1990. 1st Ed. Foreword by Sir Edward ("Weary") Dunlop. 56 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (photos, posters and images of stamps), plus stamp folder (containing 5 stamps value: 4 $) loosely inserted and 1 large folded map Arenas of War. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21. 0642149461

76487
MILLAR, Jack
TRUE AUSTRALIAN SEA STORIES
$20.00 AUD

Rigby. Adelaide. 1978. 1st Ed. (10), 213 PP with b/w illustrations throughout. Hard cover, dj. Signed by the author on title page. Ex Library copy reinforced at gutters of endpapers, with stamps on front endpaper, top corner of page (5), last page and outside page adges. Dust jacket with library number at foot of spine and front cover. Contents are near fine. 26 x 19.5. 072700266X

Storm, shipwreck, piracy, gold robbery, heroism plus the stirring exploits of men against the sea.

45799
MILLER, William H.
GREAT CRUISE SHIPS AND OCEAN LINERS FROM 1954 TO 1986 - A Photographic Survey
$15.00 AUD

Dover Publications. New York. 1988. 1st Ed. Foreword by Hisashi Noma. (6), 116 PP, (2), with 173 b/w photos. Title spread: France. Pictorial card cover. Front cover and spine with creases. Very good. 30 x 22.5. 0486255409

The last great years of Transatlantic travel and the rise of the ocean liner/cruise ship.

41581
MITCHELL, W. H. & SAWYER, L. A.
CRUISING SHIPS
$15.00 AUD

Macdonald. London. 1967 1st Ed. in the "Merchant Ships of the World" series. 160 PP with 78 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket with repaired tears. Near fine. Small oblong: 11 x 15.5.

History of pleasure cruising which started in 1845, and details on the ships employed in this trade.

76134
MOLLAT DU JOURDIN, Michel
EUROPE AND THE SEA
$25.00 AUD

Blackwell Pulishers. Oxford. 1993 1st UK edition in "The Making of Europe" series. translated from the French by Teresa Lavender Fagan. XIV, 269 PP with 20 b/w illustrations (1 plan and 19 maps). Hard covers, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 23.5 x 15.2. 9780631172277

76058
MOLLER, Johannes E.
HEMPEL KALENDER - 1997 "The Grain Races" / "Den Australske Hvedefart"
$15.00 AUD

Hempel's Marine Paints. Kobenhavn, Denmark. 1996. 1997 Calendar 16 PP, with 1 map in colour, b/w illustrations (1 "Sail Plan" and 17 sketches) and 6 "Frameable" prints in colour of windjammers by Johannes E. Moller & commissioned by Hempel, Denmark. Front cover (Windjammers). Danish text. Fine. Oblong format: Calendar & prints: 24.5 x 33.2.

6 windjammers with details in Danish. The Pommern, Herzogin Cecilie, Beatrice, Archibald Russel, Viking and Garthpool.

74678
MOLLISON, Alexander Fullerton
AN OVERLANDING DIARY
$30.00 AUD

Mast Gully Press / Kenneth Hince (Old and Fine Books). Melbourne. 1980. Limited edition of 300 copies hand numbered (No.158/300), edited with notes by J. O. Randell. XVIII, 91 PP, plus 4 pages with 3 b/w portraits. Fp: Portrait of Alexander Fullerton Morison (1805-1885), the 3rd settler in Northern Victoria. Eps: "sketch map shewing Alexander Mollison's Route from Uriara Station to Colliban Station in the Port Phillip District 1837". Coth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 22.3 x 14.2. 0908218015

April-December, 1837, from Uriara Station, on the Murrumbidgee, to Port Phillip, Victoria.

76395
MOLONEY, Brendan
PILOT ON BOARD: the 175th Anniversary of the Port Phillip Sea Pilots
$80.00 AUD

Playright Publishing Pty. Ltd. Bowral, NSW. 2018. 1st Ed. Foreword by The Hon. Luke Donnallan, Victorian Minister of Ports. 256 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Fp: Tramp steamer "Heronspool", off the Heads. Title page: Crest (in colour) of the PPSP. Hard covers, title on front cover and spine, dj. Fine. 28.5 x 26.5. 9780994237378

35373
MORT, S. W.
BLUEWATER SEAMANSHIP
$20.00 AUD

Murray Books. Sydney. 1978. 1st Australian edition. 92 PP with 1 map, 7 b/w photos and many figures. Pictorial laminated boards. Dedicatory note on FFEP, signed by the author. Occasional foxing. Near fine. 24.2 x 16. 855663928

A practical guide to safer offshore cruising.

76439
MOTT, Lawrence V.
THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE RUDDER, A Technological Tale
$70.00 AUD

Chatham Publishing & Texas A&M University Press. London & Houston. 1997. 1st Ed., No. 3 in the Studies in Nautical Archaeology series. XV, 218 PP with 4 charts, 4 tables & 90 bw illust. Fp: A third century A.D. relief of a cargo ship with forward mounted rudders. Pictorial card covers. Bookplate of Prof. Adrian Horridge on inside front cover. Near fine. Scarce. 23 x 15.2. 1861760310

76304
MOUNTFIELD, David
A HISTORY OF POLAR EXPLORATION
$15.00 AUD

Book Club Associates. London. 1974. Book Club edition. 208 PP with b/w illustrations (maps, engravings & paintings, photographs) and 24 colour plates. Fp: A grotto in the Antarctic ice with the Terra Nova in the background. FEP: Map of Arctic Ocean. REP: Map of Antarctic Ocean. Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing on top and fore outside edges. Very good. 30.5 x 22.6.

76324
MUNRO, Neil
THE QUICK AND THE DEAD: Electronic Combat and Modern Warfare
$20.00 AUD

St. Martin's Press. New York. 1991. 1st Ed. XII, 324 PP with 7 figures. Hard covers, dj. Library stamps on outside edges, front endpaper and verso of title page. An otherwise near fine copy. 21.5 x 14.5.

58261
MURRAY-JONES, Sue & SHEPHERD, Scoresby (editors)
THE 2004 EXPEDITION TO THE ALTHORPE ISLANDS, SOUTH AUSTRALIA (in Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia)
$35.00 AUD

Royal Society of South Australia. Adelaide. 2005. Special Issue - Volume 129, Part 2, 30 November 2005. (2), 85-280 PP with tables, 8 colour photos and b/w illustrations (graphs, maps, photos). Soft covers with lightly faded spine, otherwise fine. 24.5 x 17.2.

Althorpe Island, Investigator Strait (South of Eyre Peninsula), South Australia. 14 papers. Introductory narrative. Geology. Human settlement and lighthouse complex. Conservation. Flora. Fauna. Marine life ... Image shows list of contents.

30848
N/A
SEA TRAVEL and how to enjoy it
$30.00 AUD

Rockliff. London. 1948. 1st Ed. VI, (2), 64 PP with over 30 sketches and diagrams. Hard cover, dj (price clipped) with a few closed tears and light wear, light foxing on endpapers, o/wise near fine. Scarce. 18.5 x 12.

An invaluable companion for all who travel by sea on business or pleasure in the "good old days".

35173
N/A
SURVIVAL AT SEA - A Training and Instruction Manual
$15.00 AUD

Department of Transport and Communications. Canberra. 1989. Second edition of the 1987 edition. VIII, 91 PP with 6 maps (4 on full page), drawings, 5 b/w and 9 colour photos. Cloth cover, gilt device and title on front cover. Covers lightly foxed, o/wise near fine. 26 x 18.5. 0644089555

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

49793
N/A
THE PORT OF PORTLAND, Victoria, Australia
$30.00 AUD

Portland Harbor Trust Commissioners. Portland. c. 1959. 1st Ed. No pagination, 14 PP with 1 table (Capital Financing updated to 1959/60) and 6 colour plates (1 of them folded), and a 16 page "A New Port under Construction" with 1 b/w illustration (artist impression), 1 colour and 15 b/w photos. Inside covers: map of Victoria. Illustrated stiff covers, ties. Fine. Oblong: 24 x 36.5.

57110
N/A
SEA CLASSICS MAGAZINE - Vol 1, No. 4, 1969 - Special Battleship Issue
$10.00 AUD

Challenge Publications; Canoga Park, Ca. 1969. Edited by Tom DAVIS, Jack DEAN, Eamon EMMONS & R.F. LIPPMAN. 68 PP. Contains articles : BATTLESHIP - Bismarck, New Jersey, Texas, Maine: from P. 6 to 11, P.20 to 49, P. 59 to 62 with 6 plans, 4 colour and 39 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Staples removed. Very good. 28 x 21.4.

Other articles: Ode to an Ocean Greyhound: RMS Mauretania, by Jonn Surmont.

58639
N/A
WALKABOUT - Australian Geographical Magazine - Vol. 14, No. 13 - November, 1948
$20.00 AUD

Australian National Publicity Association. Melbourne. 1948. Edited by Charles H. Holmes. 48 PP with b/w illustrations throughout. Pictorial soft covers ("Among the snow daisies" at Mt. Kosciusko). Near fine. 30.2 x 24.

Articles include: The hidden crater of Wolf Creek, by Charles H. Holmes. Lord Howe Island today, by G. Scoresby Shepherd. Captain Cook Memorial at Tahiti, by S. G. Martin. Letter from Macquarie, by Norman Laird. ...

67690
N/A
AQUARIUM NEAPOLITANUM - GUIDA per L'ACQUARIO della Stazione Zoologica di Napoli
$20.00 AUD

Francesco Gianni & Figli. Napoli, Italia. 1927. 9th Italian edition. 123 PP with 171 b/w illustrations (1 photo, the endpiece and 169 sketches). Pictorial soft cover. 6 names with ink annotation. Name of previous owner at top corner of front endpaper. Spine rubbed. Italian text. Very good. 24.5 x 16.

72410
N/A
MARINE EQUIPMENT - SIMPSON-LAWRENCE LIMITED "CATALOGUE Q"
$40.00 AUD

Simpson-Lawrence Ltd. Glasgow. 1961. Edition Q, 1961. 288 PP with hundreds of b/w illustrations (drawings, sketches, plans & photos). Hard covers, illustration and title on front board, cloth spine. Except for the "Conditions of Sale" which are in French, Dutch and Italian, the main text is in English. Near fine. Scarce. 27.2 x 18.

Marine equipment catalogue: anchors, pumps, steering wheels, compasses, horns, navigation lamps, cleats and deck fittings, small sailboat fittings, jib furling gears, buoys and fenders ...

74062
N/A
TASMANIA, The Treasure Island - Brief Facts on History and Development
$15.00 AUD

Department of Tourism / T.J. Hughes, Government Printer. Hobart. c. 1973. 1973 edition. (2), 32 PP with 1 map and 30 b/w photos. Stapled soft wrappers with a few marks, o/wise near fine. 24 x 17.

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75163
N/A
WALKABOUT Australia and the South Seas (Walkabout Magazine, Vol. 2, No.2, December, 1935)
$50.00 AUD

Australian National Travel Association. Melbourne. 1935. 64 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft covers (Mountainering in the New Zealand Alps). Covers with light wear, o/wise near fine. 30.5 x 24.5.

With the Buffalo Hunters, Arnhem Land, by C. H. Holmes. Tasman Island, by E. K. Sinclair. On the road to Broken Hill, by A. B. Haines. Mutton-Birds of Bass Strait, by M. S. R. Sharland. Glory of the Islands, coast of West Australia, by Ernestine Hill. Levuka (Fiji), by G. Scoresby Shepherd.

75172
N/A
WALKABOUT Geographic Magazine (Walkabout Magazine, Vol. 3, No.4, May 1937)
$50.00 AUD

Australian National Travel Association. Melbourne. 1937. 56 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft covers (The Drover). Covers with light wear, o/wise near fine. 30.5 x 24.5.

FEZ (Morocco), by Adrian Brunel. Tending 113,000,000 Sheep, by Arthur Barclay. Rafting down the Markham (New Guinea), by B. U. Kay. The Palaces of London, by Peter Fenn.

75175
N/A
WALKABOUT Geographic Magazine (Walkabout Magazine, Vol. 7, No.12, October 1941)
$20.00 AUD

Australian National Publicity Association. Melbourne. 1941. 48 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft covers (A Student at the Longerenong Agricultural College, Victoria). Covers with light wear, o/wise near fine. 30.5 x 24.5.

Life on a Sheep Station, by Helena Cass. Ayer's Rock (said to be the largest rock in the world), by Frank Clune. Rubber Production, by John Gibb. Australia's Great Gold Story, by C. R. Bradish.

75768
N/A
WALKABOUT - Australian Geographical Magazine - Volume 12, No.8, June, 1946
$20.00 AUD

Australian National Travel Association. Melbourne. 1946. Edited by Charles H. Holmes. 48 PP with b/w photos throughout. Stapled pictorial soft covers (Baby Sea Elephant). Near fine. 31 x 24.

Articles include: Tall Trees by Stanley H. Powell, Mission at Dogura by Leon Trout, The Dingo by W. Charnley, Tasmanian Swamps by J.H.S.

75782
N/A
WALKABOUT - Australian Geographical Magazine - Volume 12, No.5, March, 1946
$20.00 AUD

Australian National Travel Association. Melbourne. 1946. Edited by Charles H. Holmes. 48 PPwith b/w photos throughout. Stapled pictorial soft covers (The Maori Guide) Near fine. 31 x 24.

Articles include: Goannas by Norman Laird, Sky Track Record by H. Drake-Brockman, Deer in the Brisbane Valley by Robert Archer, Whero Island by L.E. Richdale, ...

75817
N/A
WALKABOUT - Australian Geographical Magazine - Volume 12, No.12, October, 1946
$20.00 AUD

Australian National Travel Association. Melbourne. 1946. Edited by Charles H. Holmes. 48 PP with b/w photos throughout. Stapled pictorial soft covers (Performing Pony). Near fine. 31 x 24.

Articles include: When Steamboats sailed the Murray by George Farwell, Whaling in the Antarctic and Japan by Prof. W.J. Dakin, Cormorants by L.E. Richdale, Megalong Valley by A.J. Quilty, The Boobook Owl by C.E. Bryant, ..

75818
N/A
WALKABOUT - Australian Geographical Magazine - Volume 12, No.9, July, 1946
$20.00 AUD

Australian National Travel Association. Melbourne. 1946. Edited by Charles H. Holmes. 48 PP with b/w photographs throughout. Stapled pictorial soft covers (The Chalet, Mt. Kosciusko). Near fine. 31 x 24.

Articles include: Norfolk Island by Stewart Cockburn, Weird Rocks of Chillagoe by Robert Archer, Kowmung Country by Hugh Henry, Maranboy by W.E. Harney, River of Destiny by Mary Durack, Nursery of the Pines by Robert Archer, Robbins Island by Cath Lott, Sidelights on Fijian Custom by Helen D. Cato, ...

75819
N/A
WALKABOUT - Australian Geographical Magazine - Volume 12, No.10, August, 1946
$20.00 AUD

Australian National Travel Association. Melbourne. 1946. Edited by Charles H. Holmes. 48 PP with b/w photographs throughout. Stapled pictorial soft covers (Arnhem Land Fisherman). Near fine. 31 x 24.

Articles include: The Story of Arnhem Land by Dr. Donald F. Thomson, "The River is Rising" by Marie Bronson, Damming the Country by M. Kathleen Woodburn, Where Roads End by John Béchervaise, "In Memory of the Pioneers", by A.A. Burns, Peanuts by Una Roseby, British Author Plans Canoe Trip Down the Darling, ...

75820
N/A
WALKABOUT - Australian Geographical Magazine - Volume 13, No.1, November, 1946
$20.00 AUD

Australian National Travel Association. Melbourne. 1946. Edited by Charles H. Holmes. 48 PP with b/w photographs throughout. Stapled pictorial soft covers (Fixing Australia's Time). Very good. 31 x 24.

Articles include: Niuafoou, by M. Kathleen Woodburn, Scheelite from King Island, by William Nolan, Fixing Australia's Time by Stewart Cockburn, Vale of Rasselas by Norman Laird, Sisters of the Outback by Blanche Maynard, The Valued Pituri, by Tarlton Rayment, Sidelights of Polynesian Life, by Laurence Maine, ...

75822
N/A
WALKABOUT - Australian Geographical Magazine - Volume 13, No.1, December, 1946
$20.00 AUD

Australian National Travel Association. Melbourne. 1946. Edited by Charles H. Holmes. 48 PP with b/w photographs throughout. Stapled pictorial soft covers (The Coco-Nut Mask). Near fine. 31 x 24.

Articles include: Broken Hill Today, by George Farwell, Romantic Cape Barren, by N.C. Johnston, Forgotten Shores, by Y.F. Smith, New Holland, Early Dutch Explorations in Australia, by Myra Drummond, The Striated Grass-Wren, by L.G. Chandler, ...

76272
N/A
EXETER MARITIME MUSEUM
$20.00 AUD

Weller Marketing / Exeter Maritime Museum. Exeter, UK. 1988. First Edition. 37 PP with 1 location plan, 19 b/w and 21 colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. Scarce. Oblong: 14.8 x 21.

History and Achievments.

76315
NALTY, Bernard C. & PRITCHARD, Russ A. (editors)
PEARL HARBOR AND THE WAR IN THE PACIFIC
$20.00 AUD

Salamander Books, Ltd. London. 2001. Reprint of the 1991 original. 304 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (artworks, diagrams, drawings, maps, photos. Eps: Facsimile of Army Air Forces Cloth Charts. Pictorial laminated boards, dj. Near fine. 33 x 25.5. 1840653221

The bitter struggle in the Pacific theatre of World War II. Featuring commissioned photographs of artefacts from all the major combatants.

56873
NAVAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF AUSTRALIA
NAVAL HISTORICAL REVIEW - 1978
$20.00 AUD

Naval Historical Society of Australia. Sydney. 1978. Vol. 1, No. 8 to Vol. 2, No.2, New series. Edited by Alan PAYNE. 4 issues for 1978, March, June, October and December. A total of 144 pages with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Faint foxing, o/wise a fine set. 24 x 18.

56878
NAVAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF AUSTRALIA
NAVAL HISTORICAL REVIEW - 1998
$20.00 AUD

Naval Historical Society of Australia. Sydney. 1998. Vol. 19, Nos. 1 to 4, New series. Edited by Capt. W.F. COOK & Commodore J.B. SNOW. 4 issues for 1998, March, June, October and December. A total of 104 pages with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine set. 28 x 21.

The Sinking of British Battleship HMS "Royal Oak" at Scapa Flow, by German Submarine, U-47, by Mackenzie J. Gregory, St.Nazaire... The Greatest Commando Raid of WWII, The Vung Tau Ferry, HMAS Sydney and Escort Ships (Vietnam 1965-72), by Rodney Nott and Noel Payne...

76365
NEALE, June E.
PIONEER PASSENGERS -To Nelson by Sailing Ship: March 1842 - June 1843
$50.00 AUD

Anchor Press Ltd. Nelson. 1982 1st Ed. (16), 188, (4) PP with 1 sketch map of southern part of Cook Strait (on double-page), and 74 b/w illustrations [drawings, sketches, prints (1 on double page), portraits and photos]. Pictorial hard covers, dj. Name of previous owner on front endpaper. Dust jacket with a small chip at top of front cover, now in a protective sleeve. An otherwise fine copy. 24 x 17.5.

16287
NEALE, Ralph P.
JOLLY DOGS ARE WE - The History of Yachting in Victoria
$15.00 AUD

Landscape Publications. Melbourne. 1984. 1st Ed. VIII, 338 PP with b/w illustrations, plus 14 pages with 11 colour plates. Eps: Bird's eye view of Melbourne & Hobson's Bay. Cloth cover, dj. Occasional foxing. Fine. 28.5 x 21.5. 959087605

48519
NELSON, R., MARGAN, F. et al..
A PICTORIAL HISTORY OF AUSTRALIANS AT WAR
$15.00 AUD

Paul Hamlyn. Sydney. 1970. 1st Ed. 323 PP with b/w & colour illustrations. Hard cover, dj (spine lightly sunned). Near fine. 28 x 20.5. 0600396560

64380
NEVILLE, Derek
BLACKBURN'S ISLE
$15.00 AUD

Terence Dalton. Lavenham. 1975. 1st Ed. 176 PP with 7 tail pieces, plus 24 pages with 28 b/w illustrations. Hard cover, gilt title on spine. Fine. 22.2 x 14.6. 0900963409

A story of the convict settlements at Botany Bay and Norfolk. Discovery of Lord Howe through the letters of David Blackburn, master of the HMS armed tender Supply of the first fleet.

69855
NEWALL, Peter
CAPE TOWN SHIPPING
$30.00 AUD

Blackdog Press. London. 2000. 1st Ed. 112 PP with 198 b/w and 16 colour photos. Half title page: Liner Hamburg. Fp: Holland Africa's liner Randfontein. Laminated pictorial boards. Fine. 30.2 x 21.6. 0953939103

56644
NEWBY, Eric
THE WORLD ATLAS OF EXPLORATION
$20.00 AUD

Macmillan Company of Australia. South Melbourne, Vic. 1975. 1st Australian edition. Introduction by Sir Vivian Fuchs. 288 PP with b/w & colour illustrations (charts, maps, drawings, photos & paintings). Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Dust jacket has light shelf wear at top, otherwise a fine copy. 29.8 x 23.5. 0333175301

A 4000 year odyssey of Man's exploration of his world.

72695
NEWMAN, Terry
TASMANIAN PREMIERS : 1856-1988 - A BIOGRAPHICAL HANDBOOK.
$30.00 AUD

Tasmanian Parliamentary Library. Hobart. 1988. 1st Ed. 81 PP with b/w illustrations (1 drawing of Parliament House and 37 portraits). Stiff covers, illustrated front, title on front cover and spine. Fine. 25 x 17.5.

34733
NICHOLLS, Kathryn
CARTOGRAPHY: The Art of Adventure (in Collectors Annual)
$15.00 AUD

Australian Consolidated Press. Sydney. 1986. 1st Ed., issue 1986/87. Contains article from P.28 to 33 with 10 colour illustrations. Pictorial card cover. Near fine. 29.7 x 23.

Early maps: Product of science, art, and often imagination are historical and intriguing relics.

64975
NICHOLSON, John
CEDAR, SEALS AND WHALING SHIPS
$40.00 AUD

Allen & Unwin. Sydney. 2007. 1st edition (juvenile). No. 2 in the "Transport, Trade and Travel in Australia 1788-1830s" series. 32 PP with colour illustrations by the author. Pictorial laminated boards. Fine. 27.5 x 22. 9781741750034

75692
NOBLE, Captain John
HAZARDS OF THE SEA - Three Centuries of Challenge in Southern Waters
$15.00 AUD

Angus & Robertson. Sydney. 1970. 1st Ed. 251 PP, plus 16 pages with b/w illustrations. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket is price clipped and with a sunned spine. Stamps and markings of the "Maritime Museum of Tasmania" on endpapers and title page. Slight ageing of paper on outside edges. Very good. 22 x 14.5.

Tragic and dramatic events in the seas around Australia and New Zealand, between the wreck of the Tryal in 1622 and the wreck of the Wahine in 1968.

68705
NORTHCOTE PARKINSON, C. (editor)
THE TRADE WINDS - A Study of British Overseas Trade During the French Wars 1793-1815
$45.00 AUD

Geo. Allen & Unwin. London. 1948. 1st Ed. 336 PP with 1 b/w illustrations, 7 maps (4 on double page) & 7 tables, plus 11 b/w plates. Fp: Sir Nathaniel Dance. FEP: Maps of trades of: West Indies, Newfoundland & America, East Indies, African trade. REP: Country trade SW & NE Monsoon: East Indian Archipelago & West Indies. Cloth cover, dj (price clipped), top edge tinted. Dust jacket with a few chips and in a protective sleeve. Signature of previous owner at top of FFEP. Faint foxing on outside edges, o/wise near fine. 22.2 x 15.

Seaports, shipowning, seamen. The trades: East India, West Indian, American, Newfoundland, slave trade & post office packets.

70797
OLIVER, W. S. (Bill)
SUGAR IN THE BLOOD
$15.00 AUD

Bill Oliver. Grafton, NSW. 1997. 1st Ed. VI, 138 PP with 38 b/w photos. Pictorial soft covers. Fine. 25 x 17.7. 0646325434

A lifetime (1944 to 1980) with the Colonial Sugar Refining Co. Ltd. (CSR).

70242
OLVER, Stuart
THE SCENIC RIM
$35.00 AUD

Dawn to Dusk Publishing. Moorooka, Qld. 2005. 1st Ed. (XII), 102, (10) PP with colour illustrations. Pictorial stiff covers. As new. Oblong: 21 x 26. 0975762702

Scenic Rim: Chain of mountains south and west of Brisbane. Fauna, flora, ... fragile heritage.

76424
OMMANNEY, F. D.
EASTERN WINDOWS
$20.00 AUD

Longmans, Green & Co. London. 196O. 1st Ed. 245 PP, plus 12 pages with 24 b/w photops. Hard cover, dj. Bookplate of Professor Adrian Horridge on front endpaper. Light ageing of paper. Near fine. 22.2 x 14.7.

The Far East: Singapore, Malaya, Hong Kong, Tokyo and the China Sea, , from the bridge of the "Manihine, a fishery vessel.

76146
OOCL, HO, Sunny, WONG, Ernest (editors)
SOUTH CHINA FREIGHT TRANSPORT GUIDE - OOCL
$50.00 AUD

Orient Overseas Container Line Ltd / The Hong Kong Shippers' Council. Hong Kong. c. 2000. Special "Premier Edition". XX pages (OOCL section) with colour illustrations (4 crests/logo, 4 maps & 20 photos), (5), 466 PP with over 100 tables, and over b/w illustrations [100 maps (50 in English and 50 in Chinese) & over 100 photos. Laminated pictorial boards. Fine (as new condition). 29.3 x 21. 9789627734116

35349
ORMOND, R. L. (editor)
THE NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM - The Story of Britain and the Sea
$20.00 AUD

National Maritime Museum. Greenwich, UK. c.1980 1st Ed. 36 PP with 19 b/w and 61 colour illustrations. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 29.8 x 21. 0948065045

51097
P&O
S.S. STRATHEDEN - MENU
$30.00 AUD

Dinner menu, 5th August 1958. Le Beau Danube, No. 11 in a series of 12 paintings of Ballets by R.B. Sutcliffe. Light foxing at the fold, o/wise near fine. 21.5 x 14.3.

Front cover: Le Beau Danube, produced at Theatre de Monte Carlo, 1933. Originally presented by Diaghilev as Le Beau Danube Bleu.

65560
P&O
S.S. ORONTES - MENU: "Henry Hudson"
$10.00 AUD

Dinner menu, 7th September 1961. Henry Hudson, in The Early Navigators series, by David Cobb. Near fine. 25.7 x 17.7.

Front cover: Hudson's Half Moon, in which he explored the North-West Passage attempting to reach China A.D. 1609.

71609
PAGET-TOMLINSON, E. W.
BIBBY LINE: 175 Years of Achievement
$30.00 AUD

Bibby Line Ltd. Liverpool. 1982. 1st Ed. (8), 69 PP with 33 b/w photos. Illustrated boards with minimal wear. A near fine copy. Oblong: 20.5 x 21.2. 0950159115

The oldest surviving independent British shipping company, founded in 1807, from coastal trade, expanding towards the Mediterranean & Indian Ocean, the two world wars, ..

31562
PATERSON, L. J.
TWELVE HUNDRED MILES FOR THIRTY SHILLINGS
$20.00 AUD

Mainstream Publishing. Edinburgh. 1988. 1st Ed. 127 PP with 91 b/w illust. (house flags, menu, posters... and photos). Hard cover, dj. Fine. 28 x 20.3. 1851581979

Photographic record of/on the Clyde Shipping Company.

71144
PEISLEY, Tony (editor)
ORIANA - From Dream to Reality
$20.00 AUD

The Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company. London. 1995. 2nd edition. Foreword by Lord Sterling of Plaistow. 168 PP with b/w and colour illust. (drawings, plans, photos...). Half title page: House flags of P&O Cruises Ltd. Fp: Stern of the Oriana. Illustrated endpapers. Cloth cover, title on front cover and spine, dj. Contained in an illustrated slipcase. Fine. 29.5 x 25.7. 0951432818

Built at Papenburg, by the German shipyard Meyer Werft, and launched 30th July 1994. The Ballad of Oriana by Michael Hanson. P&O at one with the sea by Garry Pownall. Cruising, a celebration by Tony Peisley.

72767
PHILP, J. E.
WHALING WAYS OF HOBART TOWN
$60.00 AUD

J. Walch & Sons. Hobart. 1936. 1st Ed. 95 PP with 2 diagrams and 11 b/w plates. Bound copy of the original soft cover edition. Stiff card covers with original front cover (The Flurry) pasted down on front board. Top part of title page cut away on 5cms. 4 brief marginal notes (1 pertinent correction and 3 references to other pages), otherwise contents are near fine. Scarce. 22.2 x 14.2.

Bay whaling, off-shore whaling, sperm oil quest, end of the whaling days by ships based/registered in Hobart.

71829
PIM
PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY - Vol. 41, No. 6, June 1970
$15.00 AUD

Pacific Publications. Sydney. 1970. Edited by Stuart INDER. 152 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover (Portrait of King Taufa'Ahau Tupou IV, by Captain Brett Hilder). Slight ageing and foxing of paper. Very good. 24 x 18.5.

The News Magazine of the South Pacific. Tonga: Independence for the last Kingdom in the South Pacific. Journal of an adventurous voyage to the South Seas, by Captain William Driver in the brig Charles Doggett.

72286
PINKUS, Margaret & RICH, Charles (compiler)
MEMORIES OF THE 1967 BUSHFIRES IN GEEVESTON AND SURROUNDS
$20.00 AUD

Geeveston Archives & History Society. Geeveston, Tasmania. 2021. 1st edition, by Marjorie Cartlidge & GAHS. 24 PP with b/w illustrations (2 photos and 2 Newspaper clippings). 1 errata slip loosely inserted. Soft covers, illustrated front, staples. New. 21.2 x 14.7.

53381
PLOWMAN, Peter
COAST TO COAST: THE GREAT AUSTRALIAN COASTAL LINERS
$30.00 AUD

Rosenberg. Sydney. 2007. 1st Ed. 196 PP with colour and 154/w illustrations (menus, programs, paintings, plans & photos). Fp: Advertisements for travel by Adelaide Steamship Company. Pictorial card covers with light shelf wear, otherwise fine. 28.5 x 21. 9781877058608

76391
PLOWMAN, Peter
THE SITMAR LINERS: Past and Present
$150.00 AUD

Rosenberg. Sydney. 2004. 1st Ed. 287 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Title page: vignette of the Fairstar. Fp: Fairstar at sea. Eps: Castle Felice off Fort Denison. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. Quite scarce. 31 x 23.3. 1877058254

39498
PORTS
PORTS AUTHORITY OF FIJI - Information Handbook 1985
$20.00 AUD

Ports Authority of Fiji. Suva. 1985. 1st Ed. (2), 18 PP with 3 port's plans, 3 b/w and 3 colour photos, plus in rear pocket a 20 pages booklet Ports Authority of Fiji (Tariffs) Regulations 1984. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 25.4 x 19.2.

Guide for port users and the public.

39499
PORTS
PORTS AUTHORITY OF FIJI - Annual Report and Accounts 1984
$20.00 AUD

Ports Authority of Fiji. Suva. 1985. 1st Ed. 24 PP with graphs, tables and 8 colour photos. Pictorial (aerial view of the Port of Lautoka) soft cover. Fine. 30 x 21.

76072
POTTER, Neil & FROST, Jack
THE MARY, The Inevitable Ship
$25.00 AUD

George G. Harrap. London. 1961. 1st Ed. 320 PP with 1 plan & 6 tables, plus 20 pages with 38 b/w photos. Fp (in colour): The "Queen Mary" leaving New York. Hard covers. Covers lightly soiled, spine sunned. Contents are near fine. 21.5 x 15.

From launching in September, 1934, to the early 1960's.

52409
PRETYMAN, E. R.
SOME NOTES ON MARIA ISLAND AND ITS PENAL SETTLEMENTS
$15.00 AUD

Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery. Hobart. 1970. 1st Ed. Foreword by W. Bryden. 29, (3) PP with 9 b/w illustrations (1 map, 1 plan, 3 engravings and 4 photos). Pictorial soft cover. Signature of previous owner at top of front cover, o/wise fine. 24.7 x 18.5.

76333
PRINCE ALBERT VICTOR & PRINCE GEORGE OF WALES
THE CRUISE OF HER MAJESTY'S SHIP "BACCHANTE". 1879-1882 (in two volumes)
$375.00 AUD

Macmillan and Co. London. 1886. 1st edition with Preface and Additions by John Neale Dalton. Volume I: XXVIII, 676 PP with tables, 27 charts and maps and 25 b/w illustrations, plus 1 folded chart and 9 b/w plates. Fp (in colour): folded map of the Cruise of H.M.S Bacchante, 1879-82. Volume II: XII, 803 PP with 34 charts, maps, and plans, and 26 b/w illustrations, plus 6 b/w plates. Cloth cover, gilt device and title on front covers and spine. Top edge gilt. Bookplate of Henry L. White of the "Australian Ornithology Philately and Bibliography". Lower edge of covers rubbed at fore corners and foot of spine. Occasional foxing . Small bump of cover at top corner of Volume I. Gutter of endpapers starting, otherwise a very nice set. Scarce. 23 x 16.

Volume I: The West and the South - The Mediterranean, Teneriffe, West Indies, Bermudas, Vigo, Ferrol, St. Vincent, the Plate, Falkland islands, Cape of Good Hope, Australia, Fiji. Volume II: The East - Japan, China, Straits Settlements, Ceylon, Egypt, Palestine, the Mediterranean. Ferguson: 5795 - Ingleton: 12181.

15924
PRIOR, Rupert (editor)
OCEAN LINERS - The Golden Years
$8.00 AUD

Tiger Books. London. 1993. 1st Ed. 144 PP with b/w & colour illust. throughout. Fp: The Arrival (1914), by the English painter C.R.W. Nevinson. Hard cover, dj. Fine. Large format: 30.5 x 23. 1855013436

A pictorial anthology recreating the grandeur and luxury of the passenger liners.

40941
PULLAN, Robert (editor)
READER'S DIGEST GUIDE TO THE AUSTRALIAN COAST
$20.00 AUD

Reader's Digest. Sydney. 1983. 1st Ed. 479 PP profusely illustrated in colour (including aerial photos & maps). Pictorial laminated boards. Near fine. 27.7 x 23.7. 0909486972

Comprehensive work with superb photography.

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.

46141
R.A.N.
H.M.A.S. MK. IV
$15.00 AUD

Royal Australian Navy / Australian War Memorial. Canberra. 1954. Reprint of the 1945 original, with a foreword by Admiral Sir Louis H.K. Hamilton. 200 PP with 35 line drawings, 23 colour plates & 32 plates with b/w photos. Fp (in colour): The British Pacific Fleet returns from strike. Decorated cloth cover, dj. Front cover of dust jacket with a repaired tear. Few foxing spots. Very good. 28 x 22.

The last year of WWII conflict.

76294
R.A.N.
H.M.A.S. MK. III
$15.00 AUD

Royal Australian Navy / Australian War Memorial. Canberra. 1953. Reprint of the 1944 original, with a foreword by Admiral Sir Guy Royle. 200 PP with 50 b/w illust., 25 colour plates & 32 pages with b/w photos. Fp: The Oerlikon Gunners. Eps: Convoy. Decorated cloth cover, dj. Dust jacket has a piece missing on rear cover at top, otherwise a near fine copy. 28 x 22.

The past year of WWII conflict.

72780
RAHS
ROYAL AUSTRALIAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY - Journal and Proceedings: Vol. XXXVI, Parts 1 to 7 - 1950
$40.00 AUD

Royal Australian Historical Society. Sydney. 1950. 392 PP with 9 b/w illustrations, plus (Part 7: XXXV pages "Annual Report 1950" and "Index Volume 36: XXII pages"). Soft cover, staples. Near fine. 21 x 13.8.

Image lists contents of all parts and illustrations.

72781
RAHS
ROYAL AUSTRALIAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY - Journal and Proceedings: Vol. XXXVII, Parts 1 to 7 - 1951
$40.00 AUD

Royal Australian Historical Society. Sydney. 1951. 392 PP with 23 b/w illustrations, plus (Part 7: XXXIX pages "Annual Report 1951" and "Index Volume 37: XVIII pages"). Soft cover, staples. Near fine. 21 x 13.8.

Image lists contents and illustrations for all parts.

72786
RAHS
ROYAL AUSTRALIAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY - Journal and Proceedings: Vol. 43, Parts 1 to 7
$40.00 AUD

Royal Australian Historical Society. Sydney. 1957. 320 PP with 22 b/w illustrations, plus (Part 7: 34 pages "Annual Report 1957" and "Index, Volume 43: 12 pages"). Soft cover, staples. Near fine. 21 x 13.8.

Image shows list of contents and illustrations for all parts.

72791
RAHS
ROYAL AUSTRALIAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY - Journal and Proceedings: Vol. 47, Parts 1 to 7 - 1961
$40.00 AUD

Royal Australian Historical Society. Sydney. 1961. 380 PP with 16 b/w illustrations, plus (Part 7: 36 pages "Annual Report 1961" and "Index, Volume 47: 24 pages"). Soft cover, staples. Near fine. 21 x 13.8.

Image shows list of contents and illustrations for all parts.

72904
RAHS
ROYAL AUSTRALIAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY - JOURNAL AND PROCEEDINGS - Vol. VI, Part I, 1920
$15.00 AUD

Royal Australian Historical Society. Sydney. 1920. P. 1- 68 plus 4 plates with 5 b/w illustrations (1 map and 4 photos). Stapled soft covers with light wear, otherwise near fine. 21.6 x 13.5.

Exploration beyond the Upper Nepean in 1798, by R.H. Cambage. The Plan of a Colony in New South Wales by Professor G.A. Wood. Image of back cover lists all articles and illustrations.

76131
RAHS
ROYAL AUSTRALIAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY - JOURNAL AND PROCEEDINGS - Vol XV, Part VI, 1930
$15.00 AUD

Royal Australian Historical Society. Sydney. 1930. P. 309-384 with a folded map. Stapled soft covers. Very good. 21.5 x 14.

Early Visitors to Moreton Bay by Dr. Ernest Sandford Jackson. The Vaucluse Estate from 1793 to 1829, and those connected with it by Philip H. Morton. Image of back cover shows all contents and list of illustrations.

76132
RAHS
ROYAL AUSTRALIAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY - JOURNAL AND PROCEEDINGS - Vol XI, Part VI, 1926
$15.00 AUD

Royal Australian Historical Society. Sydney. 1926. P. 318 - 380 with b/w illustrations or photos. Stapled soft covers with light wear. Very good. 21.2 x 13.6.

Memorials to Captain James Cook, R.N., Dr. William Bland by Norman J. Dunlop. Image of back cover shows all contents and list of illustrations.

54605
RAN
ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY - NAVY TODAY - 1970
$15.00 AUD

Royal Australian Navy, Office. Canberra. 1970. 1st Ed. No pagination. 32 PP with b/w illustrations (2 drawings, 2 plans, 55 silhouettes and 43 b/w photos). Stapled pictorial wrappers (HMAS Hobart). Very good. Oblong: 13.2 x 21.

47029
RANNOU, Thierry
EN COURSE AUTOUR DU MONDE PAR LES TROIS CAPS
$35.00 AUD

Voiles / Gallimard. Paris. 1986. 1st Ed. 157 PP with 3 tables, 5 maps, 19 sketch plans of yachts, and 110 colour photos. Eps: colour photos. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. French text. 30.8 x 24.8. 2070602265

Historiy of yacht races around the world by the three Capes. Race of 1985-86 race around Portsmouth - Capetown. Capetown - Auckland. Auckland - Punta del Este. Punta del Este - Portsmouth.

75759
REYNOLDS, Sunny
BOATS
$30.00 AUD

Courage Books / Running Press. Philadelphia. 2001. 1st Ed. Foreword by Carole C. Baldwin. 128 PP with c. 100 colour photos. Hard covers, dj. Fine. Oblong: 28 x 29 9780762412648

Around the world.

55362
RHOTON, Elaine
THE LOGOS STORY
$5.00 AUD

OM Publishing / Send The Light Books. Bromley, Kent. 1990. Reprint of the 1988 original. 192 PP, plus 16 pages with 31 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Faint foxing. Fine. 19.8 x 13. 01850780420

Built 1949 in Denmark as Umanak, plying between Denmark and Greenland. 1970 transformed in a Missionary Ship as Logos. Shipwrecked in Beagle Channel in 1988.

56109
RICHARDS, Rhys and Margaret
PACIFIC ARTIFACTS BROUGHT HOME BY AMERICAN WHALEMEN
$50.00 AUD

Paremeta Press. Paremata, NZ. 2000. 1st Ed. Preface by Michael A. Jehle. (2), 65 PP with 2 maps and tables. Soft cover. Note to previous owner, Honore Forster, Australian Historian (Whaling Specialist) signed by Rhys Richards, tipped in on half title page. Fine. 25.5 x 17.5. 0473073773

A report by Rhys and Margaret Richards for the New Bedford Whaling Museum, October 2000.

50214
RICKARD, D. R.
AUSTRALIA'S NAVY - The First 100 Years. A 365 Day Almanac of Notable Events
$25.00 AUD

Author. Adelaide. 2006. Reprint of the 2005 original. XIV, 140 PP with 3 drawings and 24 b/w photo. Pictorial soft cover. Signed by the author on title page. Fine. 21 x 14.7. 0646451162

75323
RIDDELL, Shona
GUIDING LIGHTS - The Extraordinary Lives of Lighthouse Women
$35.00 AUD

Exisle Publishing. Dunedin, NZ. 2020. 1st Ed. (12), 243 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Hard covers, dj. New. 23.6 x 15.8. 9781925820621

46131
ROBERTS, Shirley
CHARLES HOTHAM. A Biography
$15.00 AUD

Melbourne University Press. Melbourne. 1985. 1st Ed. XII, 201 PP with 1 Family Tree and 41 b/w illustrations. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 22.2 x 14.7. 0522842879

Naval officer (squadron of the Plata Estuary), suppression of the transatlantic slave trade... and Governor of the colony of Victoria (at the time of the Eureka Stockade).

46972
ROGERS, Captain Woodes
A CRUISING VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD: First to the South-Seas, thence to the East-Indies, and homewards by the Cape of Good Hope
$100.00 AUD

N. Israel. Amsterdam. 1969. Facsimile of the 1712 original. No. 63 in the Bibliotheca Australiana series. XXII, 428, 56 appendix, (14 alphabetical index) pp, plus 5 folded maps. Fp: A map of the world with the ships "DUKE" and "DUTCHESS" tracks round it from 1708 to 1711. Simile vellum, gilt title on blue vignette (front cover & spine), glassine protection. Foxing spots on outside edges, otherwise a fine copy. 22 x 14.5. 9060720059

The 1708-1711 expedition of the "Duke" and "Dutchess" led by Captain Rogers. Cape Horn, plundering the "Spanish" west coast of America, call at Juan Fernandez Island (Robinson Crusoe) and account on Alexander Selkirk's sojourn...

75966
ROGERS, Keith C.
ACROSS MOUNTAIN AND PLAIN - Writings of an East Gippsland Field Naturalist
$20.00 AUD

Bairnsdale Field Naturalist Club. Bairnsdale, Vic. 1980. 1st Ed. Foreword by J.H. Willis. 84 PP with b/w illustrations: 1 map at centrefold and 4 photos (Captions of photos pasted down on page 4). Photo of a brush tailed rock-wallaby pasted down on inside front cover. Stiff covers, illustrated front "Mountain Gentian". Near fine. 20.7 x 13.5.

76347
ROSE, Roger G.
HAWAI'I: Royal Isles
$25.00 AUD

Bishop Museum Press. Honolulu, Hawai'i. 1980. 1st edition. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publication No. 67. Foreword by Edward C. Creutz. Preface by Richard J. Ferris. Introductory essay by Adrienne L. Kaeppler. XII, 223 PP with b/w illustrations (2 maps and 63 photos) and 63 colour photos. Fp (in colour): Crown of Hawaii. Pictorial stiff covers. Near fine. 28 x 21.5. 0910240272

21656
ROSS, John O.
WILLIAM STEWART, Sealing Captain, Trader and Speculator
$15.00 AUD

Roebuck. Canberra. 1987. 1st Ed., Roebuck Society publication No. 37. IX, 219 PP, plus 8 pages of b/w illust. FEP: Map of Australia, N.Z., Tasman Sea & Southern Ocean. REP: Chart of N.Z., North, South & Stewart Is. Pictorial card cover. Fine. 24.8 x 17.6. 0909434288

61023
ROWLAND, E. C.
THE LIFE AND WORK OF LIEUTENANT JOHN OXLEY, R.N. (in Journal and Proceedings - Vol XXVI, Part IV, 1940)
$15.00 AUD

Royal Australian Historical Society. Sydney. 1942. P. 193-272 with 8 b/w illustrations. Contains article between pages 249 and 272 with 4 portraits and 4 b/w photos. Stapled soft covers. Slight ageing of paper. Very good. 21 x 14.

Read before the Society, 30 June 1942. Image of back cover shows all contents and list of illustrations.

76180
ROWNTREE, Catriona
CATRIONA'S AUSTRALIA - My Favourite Aussie Locations
$25.00 AUD

Jamie Durie Publications. Crows Nest, NSW. 2006. 1st Ed. (8), 200 PP with colour photos. Inside covers: location map and sketch map of Australia with the favourite locations on the flaps. Stiff covers with flaps. As new condition. 24 x 22. 9780975735596

92 of them.

76095
RUFF-O'HERNE, Jan
FIFTY YEARS OF SILENCE
$45.00 AUD

William Heinemann Australia. Sydney. 2008. Revised and updated edition of the 1994 original. Foreword by Eileen Mitton. X, 214 PP with 8 b/w illustrations (1 map, 3 sketches and 4 photos), plus 32 pages with 27 sketches and 34 photos. Prison camp sketches by Jan Ruff-O'Herne. Pictorial stiff covers with a crease at bottom front corner. Foxing (heavy at times). Very good reading copy. 23.4 x 15.2. 9781741667562

The extraordinary memoir of a war rape survivor.

71366
SARGENT, John R.
'A HEAD OF STEAM' - Hobart Town to Kangaroo Point Ferry Service
$25.00 AUD

J. R. Sargent. Hobart. 2010. Limited edition of the 1999 original. (2), 18 PP with 2 b/w illustrations. Laminated stiff covers, , illustrated front. Dedicatory note on title page signed by the author. Fine. 21 x 14.7. 0958528411

The arrival of the first steamships in Australian service and their impact on the Trans-Derwent service. Limited edition celebrating 150 years of Clarence.

73024
SARGENT, John R.
REBIRTH OF A LADY - The "Lady Nelson" Project
$35.00 AUD

J. R. Sargent. Bellerive, Tad. 1998. 1st edition limited to 500 copies. (2), 122, (12) PP with b/w illust. (drawings, facsimile of documents, plans and 55 photos). Pictorial card cover. Dedicatory note on title page signed by the author. Erratum at bottom of last page. Fine. 20.8 x 14.5. From conception to rebirth: 1960 to Launch. Reflections and recollections.

21385
SAYERS, M. C.
PORT FAIRY, Pioneer Whaling Station
$30.00 AUD

Mullaya Publications. Melbourne. 1975. Reprint of the 1973 original. 64 PP with 32 b/w illustrations by Jan Neil. Eps: Plan of Port Fairy. Pictorial soft cover with a small crease at top corner, o/wise near fine. 22.9 x 15.2. 0859140075

History of the township. Port first entered in April 1810. Whaling industry by 1830 sustaining 200 people...

76406
SEACRAFT
POWER & SAIL SEACRAFT - Aquatic Magazine Covering the Australasian Waterfront. Vol. 4, No.1, July 1948
$30.00 AUD

Seacraft Publications. Sydney. 1948. Edited by Norman O. HUDSON & Jules FELDMAN. 68 PP with b/w illustrations throughout. Pictorial soft covers (Viper Class speedboat Flash towing a water skier). Very good. 27.5 x 21.5.

My School-Ship adventure, Part 3: Passage of the Horn, by Alan Villiers... Round the World with "Kathleen", Ninth Despatch from Mate L.M. Morris, illustrated by skipper Jack Earl. Two cruisers by A.M. Deering. Gear and Gadgets, ...

76408
SEACRAFT
POWER & SAIL SEACRAFT - Aquatic Magazine Covering the Australasian Waterfront. Vol. 4, No. 3, September 1948
$30.00 AUD

Seacraft Publications. Sydney. 1948. Edited by Norman O. HUDSON & Jules FELDMAN. 137-204 PP with b/w illustrations throughout. Pictorial soft covers (Cutter Janet M. tries out spinnaker). Very good. 27.5 x 21.5.

Bermuda Race, 1948. Evolution of the 16-Footer, by Bryce Mortlock. "Joseph Conrad" revisited, post script to My School-Ship adventure, by Alan Villiers... Round the World with "Kathleen", Eleventh Despatch from Mate L.M. Morris, illustrated by skipper Jack Earl. Gear and Gadgets, ...

76409
SEACRAFT
POWER & SAIL SEACRAFT - Aquatic Magazine Covering the Australasian Waterfront. Vol. 5, No. 2, February 1949
$30.00 AUD

Seacraft Publications. Sydney. 1949. Edited by Norman O. HUDSON & L. M. MORRIS. 81 - 152 PP with b/w illustrations throughout. Pictorial soft covers (bow view of "Ada", gaff schooner). Very good. 27.5 x 21.5.

Trans-Tasman to "Peer Gynt". Tragic Loss of the "Merlan" in the Rip. Round the World with "Kathleen", "Jamaica & Island of Hispaniola" by L.M. Morris, illustrated by skipper Jack Earl. Sidereal Navigation by "Shellback" - Part Two. World 18-footer Championships. Gear and Gadgets, ...

76410
SEACRAFT
POWER & SAIL SEACRAFT - Aquatic Magazine Covering the Australasian Waterfront. Vol. 5, No. 4, April 1949
$30.00 AUD

Seacraft Publications. Sydney. 1949. Edited by Norman O. HUDSON & L. M. MORRIS. 229 - 304 PP with b/w illustrations throughout. Pictorial soft covers (An Impression by Jack Earl). Very good. 27.5 x 21.5.

Bridge to Bridge. First Interstate Yacht Race, by John E. Kavanagh. Round the World with "Kathleen", "Galapagos Islands" by L.M. Morris, illustrated by skipper Jack Earl. Stainless steel, Dream Ship. Southern Maid, Colin E. Philp's Design and Built. Gear and Gadgets, ...

76411
SEACRAFT
POWER & SAIL SEACRAFT - Aquatic Magazine Covering the Australasian Waterfront. Vol. 5, No. 5, May 1949
$30.00 AUD

Seacraft Publications. Sydney. 1949. Edited by Norman O. HUDSON & L. M. MORRIS. 305 - 388 PP with b/w illustrations throughout. Pictorial soft covers ("Kathleen" running heavily around the Cape of Good Hope by Jack Earl). Near fine. 27.5 x 21.5.

Bridge to Bridge. First Interstate Yacht Race, by John E. Kavanagh. Round the World with "Kathleen", "Galapagos to Marquesas Islands" by L.M. Morris, illustrated by skipper Jack Earl. Amazing Whale Boat Voyage: Aitutaki to Niue by Harold Pollock. The Beaufort Scale, the famous Admiral's immortal table. Gear and Gadgets, ...

76412
SEACRAFT
POWER & SAIL SEACRAFT - Aquatic Magazine Covering the Australasian Waterfront. Vol. 5, No. 6, June 1949
$30.00 AUD

Seacraft Publications. Sydney. 1949. Edited by Norman O. HUDSON & L. M. MORRIS. 389 - 472 PP with b/w illustrations throughout. Pictorial soft covers ("Norske" on Derwent River). Very good. 27.5 x 21.5.

Motor Cruisers race to Sea. Round the World with "Kathleen", "Tahiti to Cook Islands" by L.M. Morris, illustrated by skipper Jack Earl. With "Wanderer" to Tasmania, by Lieut. Commander J.N. Burgess. To the Barrier Reef with "Island Gipsy", by Brian Chirlian. The National Dragon Class: a possibility to bear in mind for 1956. Standard Pearling Lugger, ... Gear and Gadgets, ...

76413
SEACRAFT
POWER & SAIL SEACRAFT - Aquatic Magazine Covering the Australasian Waterfront. Vol. 6, No. 1, July 1949
$30.00 AUD

Seacraft Publications. Sydney. 1949. Edited by Norman O. HUDSON & Jules FELDMAN. 84 PP with b/w illustrations throughout. Pictorial soft covers (Artist Jack Earl's impression of a busy Fitting Out scene). Front cover with a repaired tear, otherwise very good. 27.5 x 21.5.

Fitting Out issue : On the Slip / The Hull / Deckwork / Painting and Varnishing / Rigging / Sails / Below deck... Ground tackle. Round the World with "Kathleen", "Tonga to New Zealand" by L.M. Morris, illustrated by skipper Jack Earl. Two racers by Laurent Giles: one for Australia ... One for England. ..., ...

76414
SEACRAFT
POWER & SAIL SEACRAFT - Aquatic Magazine Covering the Australasian Waterfront. Vol. 6, No. 4, October 1949
$30.00 AUD

Seacraft Publications. Sydney. 1949. Edited by Norman O. HUDSON & Jules FELDMAN. 221 - 288 PP with b/w illustrations throughout. Pictorial soft covers (Alexis Albert's champion 8-m "Norn" running shy before a southeaster on Sydney Harbour). Very good. 27.5 x 21.5.

"Myth" Does it again 1949 Fastnet Race, by Ken Wylie. 3200 Miles under rice bags, Steamer Carlisle, by Edward Samuel. Sailing Craft: Unchanged through the centuries, sketches from "Kathleen's Log, by Jack Earl. Gear & Gadgets. ...

76415
SEACRAFT
POWER & SAIL SEACRAFT - Aquatic Magazine Covering the Australasian Waterfront. Vol. 6, No. 6, December 1949
$30.00 AUD

Seacraft Publications. Sydney. 1949. Edited by Norman O. HUDSON & Jules FELDMAN. 357 - 440 PP with b/w illustrations throughout. Pictorial soft covers (Jubilees on a wind, watercolour by Eric Garrett). Very good. 27.5 x 21.5.

"1949-1950; Skiff Championship" preview. Navigator through the night: Story of Alain Gerbault, by Harold Pollock. Solo to Tonga: Johnny Wray. Wreck of "Marie", by Lydia Davis. Gear & Gadgets. ...

31503
SEMENOV, Petr Petrovich
TRAVELS IN THE TIAN'-SHAN' 1856-1857
$15.00 AUD

The Hakluyt Society. London. 1998. No. 189 in the Second series, edited and annotated by Colin Thomas. XLIII, 269 PP, plus 20 pages with 4 maps and 15 colour plates. Cloth cover, gilt device on front cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Near fine. 22.2 x 14.2. 0904180603

Travels from St Petersburg, beyond the Urals towards Lake Balkash and China.

21124
SHACKLETON, E. H.
AURORA AUSTRALIS 1908-1909
$20.00 AUD

Bay Books. Sydney. 1988. Reproduction of one of the original hand bound copies. XXIV, then 184 PP (without pagination) with 11 illustrations on full page (10 b/w and 1 colour) and 11 b/w illustrations in the introduction. Eps: Reproduction of the original which was printed and bound in Antarctica. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 24.8 x 18.8. 1862563098

Facsimile of the first book published in the Antarctic during Shackleton's second expedition.

76339
SHADBOLT, Maurice & RUHEN, Olaf
ISLES OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC
$50.00 AUD

National Geographic Society. Washington. 1968. 1st Ed. Foreword by Gilbert M. Grosvenor. 212 PP with over 250 bw and colour photos. Title spread: Canoeists fish by lantern light as the sun dips behind the ragged heights of Moorea. Eps: Sketch map of the Pacific Islands. Hard cover (cloth binding reproducing a design of Tonga tapa), dj. Dedicatory note to previous owner, dated March 8, 1969 and signed by co-author Olaf Ruhen, on front endpaper. Dust jacket has light shelf wear, otherwise a fine copy. Scarce. 25.5 x 18.

Polynesia: Tahiti, Cook Islands, Samoa, Tonga & New Zealand. Melanesia: Fiji, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Solomons & New Guinea.

46978
SHELVOCKE, George
A VOYAGE AROUND THE WORLD
$40.00 AUD

N. Israel. Amsterdam. 1971. Facsimile reprint of the 1726 original. No. 71 in the Bibliotheca Australiana series. (10), XXXII, (4), 468 PP, plus 4 b/w plates (2 folded) and 1 folded map at back. Simile vellum, gilt title on blue vignette (front cover & spine). Bookplate on front endpaper. Foxing spots on top outside edge. Near fine. 22 x 14.5. 9060720911

A Voyage Round the World by the Way of the Great South Sea, Perform'd in the Years 1719, 20, 21, 22, in the Speedwell of London,...

75834
SHERWOOD, Martyn
THE VOYAGE OF THE "TAI-MO-SHAN"
$50.00 AUD

Geoffrey Bles. London. 1942. 2nd Reprint of 1935 first edition. VI, 269 PP, plus 30 pages with 47 b/w illustrations (photos, general arrangement and lines and body plan). Eps: Track of the Tai-Mo-Shan. Fp: The Tai-Mo-Shan at Panama. Cloth cover, title on spine, price-clipped dust jacket. Small note at top of verso of the FFEP, otherwise a very good clean copy. Scarce. 19 x 13.

In 1933, five young naval officers on the China Station, sailed home to England via the North Pacific, Panama and the North Atlantic.

55368
SHINEBERG, Dorothy (editor)
THE TRADING VOYAGES OF ANDREW CHEYNE 1841-1844
$25.00 AUD

Australian National University Press. Canberra. 1971 1st Ed., No. 3 in the Pacific History series. Foreword by H. E. Maude. XV, 351 PP with the facsimile of a page of the manuscript, 5 maps, and 10 drawings & sketches. Eps: The voyages of Andrew Cheyne on the Diana, Bull & Naiad. Cloth cover, dj. Spine of dust jacket lightly sunned. Near fine. 21.2 x 13.8. 0708101259

Travels between Sydney and China after trading in sandalwood out of New Caledonia, the Solomons and Micronesia.

15209
SIMPER, Robert
VICTORIAN AND EDWARDIAN YACHTING From Old Photographs
$20.00 AUD

Batsford. London. 1984. Reprint of the 1978 original. No pagination, 120 pages with 110 b/w photos. Fp: Frank Beken with his camera in the launch "Rosabelle". Hard cover, dj. Light foxing on prelims and last pages, otherwise a fine copy. 25.2 x 19. 0713409142

A period when yachts were very photogenic.

72708
SINCLAIR, James
WINGS OF GOLD - How the Aeroplane Developed New Guinea
$75.00 AUD

Robert Brown & Associates. Bathurst, NSW. 1983. Reprint of the 1978 edition. 326, (VIII tinted inserts) PP with b/w illustrations: 1 location map, 2 maps with insets, 2 documents and 156 photos. Title spread: Junkers of Guinea Airways. Illustrated endpapers. Hard cover, device on front cover, dj. Foxing on top outside edge, and foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 28.6 x 22.2. 0909197385

75302
SKINNER, H.D.
THE MAORI HEI-TIKI
$30.00 AUD

Otago Museum Trust Board. Dunedin. 1966. 2nd edition. 30, (2 blank) PP with 44 b/w photos. Appendux by D.R. Simmons. Pictorial soft covers with 4 Hei-Tiki on front and back covers with details on the verso of back cover. Fine. 24 x 18.

Guide to the Collections desplayed in the "Skinner Hall of Polynesia", Otago Museum.

64434
SMALL, Isaac M.
SHIPWRECKS ON CAPE COD - The story of a few of the many hundred shipwrecks which have occurred on Cape Cod
$15.00 AUD

The Chatham Press. Riverside, Connecticut. c. 1967. Reprint of the 1928 original. 86 PP with b/w illustrations (1 map, drawings, tail-pieces and photos). Fp: Portrait of Isaac M. Small. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 22.8 x 15.3.

64843
SMITH, John Greig (editor)
BRISBANE TOWN NEWS, from the Sydney Morning Herald 1842-46
$25.00 AUD

Brisbane History Group. Brisbane. 1989. 1st Ed. Brisbane History Group, Sources No. 3. (4), VI, 178 PP with 1 map of Moreton Bay and 2 b/w illustrations. Soft cover, illustrated front, staples, cloth on spine. Fine. 29.7 x 21. 0958782636

96 entries between 10th March 1842 and 28th December 1846.

76442
SMITH, Windas
H.M.A.S. LATROBE - The Story of an Australian Corvette, 1942-1946
$20.00 AUD

Author. Hobart. 1987. 1st Ed. (I), 87 PP with b/w illustrations (1 menu, 2 crests and 3 photos), plus 1 large folded map of Australia's Northern reaches and Appendix tipped-in on inside back cover plus Appendix showing Details of Bathurst Class Minesweepers Built in Australia tipped in on inside back cover. Title page: Crest of "Latrobe". Pictorial card covers with a few marks, stamp of the Maritime Museum of Tasmania on inside of front cover and on verso of folded map at rear of book. Contents are otherwise near fine. Scarce. 24.5 x 17. 0731609808

21751
SNOW, Edward Rowe
MARINE MYSTERIES AND DRAMATIC DISASTERS OF NEW ENGLAND
$20.00 AUD

Dodd, Mead & Co. New York. 1976. 1st Ed. X, (2), 238 PP, plus 16 pages with 24 bw illust. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 21 x 14.2. 0396073786

Along the waterfront (bank robbery, fire), on the coast (piracy...) and offshore (shipwrecks...).

39340
SOTHEBY'S
FINE BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS, PHOTOGRAPHS AND MAPS
$25.00 AUD

Sotheby's Australia. Melbourne. 1990. 1st Ed. 78 PP with 4 colour and 21 b/w illustrations. Pictorial card cover (Schip Batavia). Fine. 27 x 21.

Catalogue with over 630 items.

39343
SOTHEBY'S
FINE AND IMPORTANT AUSTRALIAN BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPT, PHOTOGRAPHS AND MAPS
$20.00 AUD

Sotheby's Australia. Melbourne. 1989. 1st Ed. 82 PP with 8 colour and 28 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover (Birds of Australia by Gould). Fine. 27 x 21.

Catalogue with over 330 items.

74541
STEELE, Wilfred and Christopher
THE GREAT GULF - The Surveys and Explorations of L. A. WELLS, Last Australian Explorer 1860 - 1938
$25.00 AUD

Lynton Publications Pty. Ltd. Blackwood, S.A. 1978. 1st Ed. Foreword by G.H.C. Kennedy. 144 PP with 7 maps and 102 b/w illustrations. Eps: Map of "Queensland and Northern Territory Boundary survey, 1884-1886". Laminated boards, illustrated front cover. Spine and top of front cover lightly sunned. Fine. Foxing spots on top outside edge. Near fine. 24.5 x 18.5. 0869463128

75620
STEVENS, Leonie
'ME WRITE MYSELF': The Free Aboriginal Inhabitants of Van Diemen's Land at Wybalenna, 1832-47
$20.00 AUD

Monash University Publishing. Melbourne. 2017. 1st Ed., in the "Australian History" series. XLIV, 356 PP with b/W illustrations: 1 diagram, 1 table, 1 location map, 6 maps. Soft covers, pictorial front. Front and back covers with a crease. Very good. 23.4 x 15.2. 9781925494638

Forced exile of Tasmanian Aborigines to Flinders Island, Furneaux Group, Bass Strait.

62336
STEWART, W. W.
STEAM ON THE WAITEMATA
$15.00 AUD

A.H. & A.W. Reed. Wellington. 1972. 1st Ed. 64 PP with b/w illustrations and 17 colour plates. Fp (in colour): Auckland Ferry Building. FEP: The ferry routes on the Waitemata. REP: Ferry boat schedules and advert. Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing on outside edges. A little light wear around edges of dust jacket, o/wise a near fine copy. 24.5 x 27.5. 058900719X

The ferries which played a vital role in the life and development of the City of Auckland.

53780
STROM, S. A. E. (editor)
THE ANNUAL DOG WATCH - Volume 12
$20.00 AUD

Shiplovers' Society of Victoria. Melbourne. 1955. Issue No. 12 of "The Journal of the Shiplovers' Society of Victoria". Foreword by Vice-Admiral Sir John Collins. 146 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft covers with light wear, otherwise a fine copy. Scarce. 21 x 14.5.

The Alpena Gale, by Terry Callen. Old-Fashioned Marine Curiosities by Sir James Bisset. Sailing the Seven seas in the interest of science, (on the Carnegie) by Oscar G. Nordman, of Papeete, Tahiti... Memories of the Salamis, By Captain William Philip...

74522
STURT, Charles
JOURNAL OF THE CENTRAL AUSTRALIAN EXPEDITION, 1844-5
$25.00 AUD

Caliban Books. London. 1984. 1st edition with an Introduction and Notes, by Jill Waterhouse. VIII, 264 PP with 25 b/w illustrations. Hard covers, dj. Foxing spots on top outside edge, o/wise fine. 22 x 14. 0904573311

19272
TAIT, James
TAIT'S HOME TRADE GUIDE to the Board of Trade Examinations for Mates and Masters
$20.00 AUD

Brown, Son & Ferguson. Glasgow. 1943. Reprint of the 1941, 14th edition revised and brought up-to date by Captain H.T. Jefferys. XV, 299 PP with tables and figures, plus 1 colour plate (buoyage), 2 colour plates (flags: signals and national), and 7 folded plates. Cloth cover, dj. Very good. 19 x 13.

75232
TE RANGI HIROA (Peter H. Buck)
AN INTRODUCTION TO POLYNESIAN ANTHROPOLOGY
$50.00 AUD

Bishop P. Museum Press. Honolulu, Hawai'i. 1945. 1st Ed. Bulletin 187. (2), (II), 133 PP with 1 map. Soft cover, title on front cover and spine. Covers have some wear, otherwise contents are near fine. 25.8 x 17.5.

72010
TENCH, Captain Watkin
A NARRATIVE OF THE EXPEDITION TO BOTANY BAY
$200.00 AUD

The Australian Limited Editions Society. Sydney. 1938. Limited edition of 500 hand numbered copies (No. 307), with an Introductory Note, by C. H. Bertie. (4 blank), 2 ("limited edition"), XVIII, 114, (2 colophon "The Australian Limited Editions" designed by Perce Green) PP with facsimile of the title page of the 3rd edition of 1789, and 19 woodcuts & drawings (17 head pieces) by Adrian Feint. Decorated endpapers. Quarter bound, cloth covers, gilt decorations and title on leather spine, plain protective sleeve. Copy signed by Adrian Feint (illustrator) and Perce Green (designer) on the "limited edition" page. Occasional foxing. Fine. Rare. 24.5 x 17.

22749
THOMAS, David
ROYAL ADMIRALS 1327-1981
$15.00 AUD

André Deutsch. London. 1982. 1st Ed. (6), 200, (6 Index) PP with b/w illust., plus 8 pages with 12 colour illust. Eps: Genealogy tree of the Royal Admirals. Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing. Near fine. 24 x 17. 023397427X

The relationship over 700 years between the Royal Navy and English royalty.

76042
THOMSON, Mark (editor)
STORIES FROM THE SHED
$15.00 AUD

Angus & Robertson. Sydney, NSW. 1996. 1st Ed. 160 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings and photos). Soft covers, pictorial front. Fine. Oblong: 15.3 x 23.5. 9780207190704

50790
TILEY, Robert
THE MERMAID TREE. How a tiny unknown ship opened Australia's north and west to development, dreams and disappointment
$30.00 AUD

ABC. Sydney. 2006. 1st Ed. XX, 298 PP with 2 tail and 3 head pieces (sketch of HMC Mermaid), 1 chart and 26 maps, and b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Bookplate of Prof. Adrian Horridge on inside front cover. Fine. 23.5 x 15. 0733317014

50290
TOGHILL, Jeff
KNOTS & SPLICES
$15.00 AUD

Reed. Sydney. 1986. Reprint of the 1979 original. 64 PP with b/w illustrations (2 drawings and 142 photos). Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. Oblong: 11.4 x 18.5. 0730101339

76035
UPTIN, Charles
PORT MACQUARIE Growing Up ! - One 'L of a place' to ... Live, Learn, Labour, Love, Linger and Languish
$20.00 AUD

Uptin Femily. Port Macquarie, NSW. c. 1996. 1st Ed. (4), 247 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial stiff covers. Very good. 24.5 x 17.5. 0646303627

67142
USN
Commissioning of United States Ship SIMON LAKE (AS-33)
$25.00 AUD

Puget Sound Naval Shipyard / Department of the Navy. Bremerton, Washington State / Washington, D. C.. 1964. 1st edition, November 1964. Messages from: The Honourable Paul Nitze, Secretary of the Navy - Admiral David L. McDonald, Chief of Naval Operations - Rear Admiral Eugene B. Fluckey, Commander Submarine Force, US Pacific Fleet. 48 PP with b/w illustrations (1 drawing, 19 photos and 66 portraits). Centrefold program of the Commissioning Ceremonies, 7 November 1964. Pictorial soft cover, staples removed, o/wise near fine. 20.4 x 13.3.

USS Simon Lake (AS-33): A Polaris Submarine Tender.

69472
VAN DE STADT, E.G.
CATALOGUE OF YACHT PLANS and information concerning building methods
$20.00 AUD

Wormerveer, Netherlands. 1st Ed. Introduction by Cees W. Van Tongeren. 52 PP with b/w illustrations (sketches, plans and photos) and colour photo at centrefold of the 18 m (60 ft) Australian "SKOPE 59". Soft cover, illustrated front. Fine. 29.7 x 20.8.

76008
Van OMMERREN, Philippus
PHS. VAN OMMEREN
$40.00 AUD

Stegro V.o. F. Rotterdam. 2007. 1st Ed. Stegro-Reeks Nr. 9. 432 PP with b/w illustrations (artist impressions, documents, house-flag, 1 map, photos, portrait of Philippus van Ommeren). Laminated boards, pictorial front. Fine. Dutch text. 21.5 x 15. 9789079152018

58450
VICTORIA
HISTORICAL RECORDS OF VICTORIA - Volume 3: The Early Development of Melbourne
$50.00 AUD

Victorian Government Printing Office. Melbourne. 1984. 1st Ed., in the Foundation series compiled by the Public Record Office, Victoria. Edited by Michael CANNON & Ian MACFARLANE. Foreword by C. Hurley. XX, 670 PP with over 120 b/w illustrations, plus 6 folded plates with 12 colour and 6 b/w illustrations (2 of them on 4 folds). FEP: Melbourne in 1838. REP: View of Batman's Hill. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Spine lightly sunned. Faint foxing on top outside edge, o/wise fine. 26 x 18. 0724183035

61874
VILLIERS, Alan
VANISHED FLEETS, Sea Stories From Old Van Dieman's Land
$20.00 AUD

Charles Scribner's Sons. New York. 1975. Reprint of the 1974 edition, (original of 1931, with a new introduction. (XIV), 297 PP, plus 16 pages with 20 b/w photos. Fp: Hobart, capital city of Tasmania. Eps: A chart of Tasmania. Cloth cover, gilt-engraved signature of Alan Villiers on front cover, dj. Faint foxing, o/wise fine. 22 x 14.5. 0684141124

74979
VILLIERS, Alan
MODERN MARINERS - SEA DOGS OF TO-DAY
$20.00 AUD

Garden City Publishing. New York. 1937. Reprint of 1932 original. XVIII, 325 PP, plus 12 pages with 20 b/w photographs. Fp: The American four-masted barque "Howard D. Troop". Cloth cover, silver decoration on front cover, title in silver lettering on spine. Dust jacket with repaired tears and in a protective sleeve. Foxing throughout although not affecting plates and o/wise a very good copy. 20.7 x 15..

The story of Larsen, Master Whaler / Gustaf Erikson of Marieham : the John Steward Line of square-riggers...

73883
VILLIERS, Alan & FLEAY, David
AUSTRALIA: Vigorous Young Nation & Strange Animals of Australia [National Geographic Magazine - Volume 124, No.3, 1963]
$20.00 AUD

National Geographic Society. Washington. 1963. Volume 124, No. 3, September 1963. Contains 2 articles. No. 1: pages 309 and 387, in two parts: Part I: The West and the South, Part II: The Settled East, the Barrier Reef, the Center with colour illustrations (1 flag and 91 photos). No. 2: pages 388 to 411 with 4 b/w and 32 colour photos. Pictorial soft covers. Lacks the folded map called for. Very good. 25.5 x 17.5.

Australia: Tasmania, Cygnet, Wilson's Boatyard (Page 356 to 364).

76316
VOGEL, Michael (editor)
LIGHTHOUSES
$30.00 AUD

Main Street / Sterling Publishing. New York. 2001. 1st Ed. 176 PP with close to 90 colour photos (12 of them on double page). FEP: Pointe de Minou, France. REP: Point Judith Light, Rhode Island. Pictorial laminated boards, dj. Fine (as new condition). 36 x 26.5. 9781402731310

71322
W. F. & R. K. SWAN (HELLENIC)
S.S. ANKARA, Passenger List - SWANS HELLENIC CRUISE No. 76
$15.00 AUD

Swan (Hellenic) Ltd. / Hellenic Travellers Club. London. 1968. 30th July 1968 edition. 4 PP stapled with stiff covers. Near fine. 19 x 12.5.

Cruise No. 76: 6th August to 20th August 1968.

46996
WAKEFIELD, Edward Jerningham
ADVENTURE IN NEW ZEALAND 1839-1844 (in Two Volumes)
$60.00 AUD

N. Israel. Amsterdam. 1971. Reprint of the 1845 original. No. 74 in the Bibliotheca Australiana series. Volume I: (2), X, 482 PP, 1 large folded map at rear of volume. Volume II: (2), X, 546 PP. Hard cover, simile vellum, gilt title on blue vignette (front and spine), glassine covers. Faint foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise a fine set. 22 x 14.7. 9060720946

Adventure in New Zealand from 1839 to 1844; with some account of the beginning of the British colonization of the Islands.

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

71488
WALLACE, George
SAILING SHIPS
$20.00 AUD

Holt, Rinehart and Winston of Canada, Ltd. Toronto, Canada. 1972. 1st soft cover edition in "Themes in Art" series. IV, 72 PP with 45 b/w and 40 colour illustrations. Pictorial soft covers. Near fine. 23 x 18.5. 0039265587

75844
WARNER, Kirsten
ISLANDS OF THE GULF
$30.00 AUD

Hodder Moa Beckett. Auckland. 1995. 1st Ed. 80 PP with colour illustrations: 1 map of Hauraki Gulf and 72 colour photos by David Kerr. Pictorial laminated boards, dj. Fine. 22.2 x 15.8. 9781869582111

The islands of the Hauraki Gulf, gateway to Auckland and a marine wonderland.

71635
WATERS, Sydney D.
UNION LINE - A Short History of the Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand Ltd. 1875-1951
$30.00 AUD

Privately published, Wellington. 1951. 1st Ed. 148 PP with b/w illustrations. Frontispiece (in colour): Armorial bearings of the Company. Eps: Trade routes of the Union Steam Ship Co. of N.Z. Ltd. Green cloth cover, gilt title on front cover. Covers a little dulled with light wear around edges, light foxing on prelims and last pages, o/wise a near fine copy. Scarce. 25.2 x 19.

76443
WATERS, Sydney D.
ORDEAL BY SEA, The New Zealand Shipping Company in the Second World War 1939-1945
$25.00 AUD

N.Z. Shipping Co. London. 1949. 1st Ed. XII, 263 PP & 4 full-page plates & 1 map. Fp: M/V Rangitata under attack in July 1940. Orig. cloth cover. Light foxing, mostly on endpapers and prelims, signature of previous owner on title-page, otherwise a very good clean copy. 20.5 x 13.4.

The war years for the ships & seamen of the NZ Shipping Co. and its associated Federal Steam Navigation Co. The loss of 19 owned and 4 operated ships.

47024
WATERS, Sydney, D.
CLIPPER SHIP TO MOTOR LINER - The Story of the New Zealand Shipping Company 1873-1939
$15.00 AUD

The New Zealand Shipping Co. London. 1939. 1st Ed. XVIII, (2), 110 PP, plus 8 b/w plates. Fp: Sailing vessel Turakina. Cloth cover, dj. Few foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise near fine. 21.2 x 14.8.

39882
WATKINS, T. H.
MARK TWAIN'S MISSISSIPPI
$20.00 AUD

Weathervane Books. New York. 1974. 1st Ed. 223 PP with 1 map, b/w and colour illustrations. Half title page: Overview of the Mississippi near St. Louis. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 28.6 x 22. 0517187833

A pictorial history of America's greatest river, with selected excerpts from Mark Twain's Life on the Mississippi.

50729
WATSON, Arnold and Betty
ROSTER OF VALOR. The Titanic Halifax Legacy
$15.00 AUD

7 C'S Press, Inc. / Titanic Historical Society, Inc. Riverside, Ct. 1984. 1st Ed., with a foreword by Walter Lord. XIV, 97 PP with 26 b/w photos. FEP: Drawing with Titanic victims graves. REP: Map of Halifax. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Near fine. 21.7 x 14.5.

76390
WATTS, D.T Lieutenant Commander
SOUTH INDIAN OCEAN PILOT, Comores, Madagascar, Seychelles Group, La Réunion, Mauritius, Chagos Archipelago and other Islands lying westward of Longitude 90° East
$100.00 AUD

Hydrographer of the Navy. London. 1990. 9th edition of 1946. NP 39. XII, 320 PP with tables, 17 maps for natural conditions (4 "currents", diagrams, 2 Sea Surface temperature, 2 Barometric pressure, 4 wind distribution, 4 winds force over force 7, track of Cyclone), 2 Index charts NP 39a & NP 39b. and 18 "coastal views" / lighthouses). Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, and on the rear cover a gilt sketch chart of the Indian Ocean. Fine. 30.5 x 21.5.

75353
WEBER, Jenny & CHAFFER, Steven (compilers)
CONVOY - "STOP ADANI"
$30.00 AUD

Bob Brown Foundation. Hobart. 2019. 1st edition. Forword and afterword by Bob Brown. 148 PP with colour illustrations: 2 Aboriginal Artworks, 1 sketch map, 3 cartoons, newspaper covers with articles and photos. Stiff covers, illustrated front. Fine (as new). Oblong: 20 x 28. 9780648364429

People Power against coal mining operations.

60417
WEBER, Thérèse (editor)
CAPTIVATING & CURIOUS - Celebrating the Collection of the National Museum of Australia
$20.00 AUD

National Museum of Australia. Canberra. 2005. 1st Ed., with a foreword by Craddock Morton. VII, 116 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 30 x 24. 1876944374

The Investigator's anchor, by Mathew Trinca. ... Aboriginal breastplates, by David Kaus ...

70087
WELLS, T. E.
MICHAEL HOWE, the Last and Worst of the Bushrangers of Van Diemen's Land
$20.00 AUD

Review Publications. Dubbo, NSW. 1979. Reprint of the 1818 original. Volume XXXV in the Australian Historical Monographs new series. Introduction by George Mackaness. 40 PP with b/w illustrations (2 facsimile of documents and 2 portraits). Card cover. Very good. 21.5 x 13.8.

The first unofficial book or pamphlet printed in Tasmania.

76250
WELLS, Ted
SCIENTIFIC SAILBOAT RACING
$20.00 AUD

Kaye & Ward. London. 1968. Revised and enlarged edition of the 1954 original. Foreword by Bill Northam. Annotations for the British Commonwealth by John Chamier. X, 214 PP with 87 b/w illustrations (67 drawings & sketches and 20 photos), plus 24 pages for the 20 photos. Hard covers, gilt title on spine, dj. Dust jacket with light wear. A near fine copy. 25.2 x 17.8. 0718207777

39016
WHITFIELD, Peter
MAPPING THE WORLD - A History of Exploration
$40.00 AUD

Folio Society. London. 2000. Reprint with some new material of the 1998 "New Found Lands: Maps in the History of Exploration", published by The British Library. 264 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Half title page: Navigators using a compass. Title spread: World map by Martin Waldseemüller, 1507. Eps: The North Atlantic by Jan Van Doetecum, c. 1594. Cloth cover, gilt decorated front cover, gilt title on spine, illustrated slipcase (America, by Willem Blaeu). Book is fine and slipcase is near fine. 30 x 23.7.

Exploration in the Ancient World. The Lure of the East, 1250-1550. The New World, 1490-1630. The Pacific and Australia, 1520-1800. The Continents Explored, 1500-1900. Postscript: Exploration in the Modern World.

75870
WILLSON, Geoff
With the Australians 1944/45, at LINGAYEN (Philippines)
$35.00 AUD

Geoff Willson. Tasmania. 1995. 1st Ed. Foreword by Reg. B. Walker, Ex HMAS Australia. (4), 116 PP, plus 2 pages with 5 b/w photos (photocopy quality). Soft covers, front cover with clear plastic protection. Label of the "Huon RSL Sub Branch" pasted down on verso of front cover, otherwise fine. 29.7 x 21. 1875869026

50765
WILSON, H. F.
SOFRANA UNILINES (2 parts in The Log)
$20.00 AUD

Nautical Association of Australia. Melbourne. 1995. Part I: Vol. 28, No. 2, Issue 120, May 1995. Pages 51 to 61 with 3 b/w photos, plus b/w photo on front cover. Part II: Vol. 28, No. 3, issue 121, August 1995. Pages 108 to 112, plus 5 b/w photos on pages 114 & 115. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 15.

SO FRA NA / SOciété FRAnçaise de NAvigation. French shipping line plying mostly the South West Pacific Ocean (Australia and New Zealand to the Pacific Islands).

76033
WINCHESTER, Simon
THE MAP THAT CHANGED THE WORLD - The Tale of William Smith and the Birth of a Science
$30.00 AUD

Viking. London. 2001. 1st Ed. XIV, 338 PP with b/w illustrations (frontispiece, 19 head pieces and 32 figures), plus 2 charts in colour. Fp: The Map that changed the World, 1801 (sketch of English Geology). Eps (in colour): 1 geological map of the British Islands, 1 general map of the Strata in England and Wales. Hard cover, dj. Foxing spots on outside edges, otherwise fine. 22.4 x 14. 9780670884070

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.

14776
WINTER, L. B.
NOR THEY UNDERSTAND
$25.00 AUD

Jacaranda Press. Brisbane. 1966. 1st Ed. XV, 179 PP with 6 charts (4 on double page), plus 26 pages with 44 b/w photos. Fp: As we Dream. Name of previous owner on half title page. Hard cover, dj. Short rubbed patch at head of spine of cover and dust jacket . Top corner of front endpaper clipped. Otherwise contents near fine. 22.5 x 14.

Sailing experiences on cargo/passenger ship and his own yacht Brynhildr, brought from Scotland to Sydney on the M/V Cedric, vessel of Shaw Savill Line where he served as doctor.

22230
WISNIEWSKI, Richard A.
PEARL HARBOR AND THE USS ARIZONA MEMORIAL : A Pictorial History
$15.00 AUD

Pacific Basin Enterprises. Honolulu. 1986. 3rd revised edition of the 1977 original. 66, (2 publications) PP with many b/w & 3 colour illustraztions, centerfold: USS Arizona Memorial. Stapled pictorial card covers. Near fine. 28 x 21.5.

20908
WOOD, G. Arnold
THE VOYAGE OF THE ENDEAVOUR
$20.00 AUD

Macmillan. Melbourne. 1926. 1st Ed. VI, (4), 116 PP with 8 b/w illust. in text. Fp: The Endeavour. Covers with light shelf wear, page 107 has a small tear at bottom corner (margin), o/wise a very good clean copy. 18.5 x 12.5.

The author was a professor of history at Sydney University and the book has been written to appeal to both young people & adults.

72917
WOOD, Prof. G.A.
GOVERNOR MACQUARIE (in JOURNAL AND PROCEEDINGS - Vol. XVI, Part V, 1930)
$15.00 AUD

Royal Australian Historical Society. Sydney. 1930. P.323-402 with 4 b/w illustrations. Soft covers are detached with small parts missing. Contents are intact and still a very good copy. 21 x 14.

Governor Macquarie, by Professor G. A. Wood.

76416
WORCESTER, G. R. G.
SAIL AND SWEEP IN CHINA
$100.00 AUD

HMSO. London. 1966. 1st Ed. Foreword by D. H. Follett. XV, 146 PP with 66 figures, plus 10 pages with 13 b/w plates, 4 full-page illustrated by author, ad 1 folded plates at rear of book with 2 sketch maps of China. Hard cover, gilt device on front cover, dj. Bookplate of Professor Adrian Horridge on front endpaper. Dust jacket lightly soiled and in a protective sleeve. Faint foxing on outside top edge. Near fine. Scarce. 25 x 19.

76429
WORCESTER, G. R. G.
THE JUNKMAN SMILES
$75.00 AUD

London. 1959. Chatto & Windus. 1st Ed. 254 PP with 30 drawings (7 on full-page), plus 6 plates with 9 b/w photos. Fp: A Foochow Pole Junk. Eps: Map of S.E. China. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket with repaired tears and insect damage, now in a protective sleeve. Light bump at outside edge of front cover. Bookplate of Professor Adrian Horridge on verso of front endpaper. Slight ageing of paper on outside edges, otherwise contents are near fine. Scarce. 22.8 x 15.

Study of the junk, the junkmen & fishermen on the Yangtze Kiang, the S.E. coast & Formosa.

19898
WRIGHT, Louis B.
GOLD, GLORY AND THE GOSPEL, The Adventurous Lives and Times of the Renaissance Explorers
$15.00 AUD

Atheneum. New York. 1970. 1st Ed. XVIII, 362 PP. FEP: Maps of Spain & Portugal, and of Africa. REP: Maps of Middle America, the Caribbean and South America. Cloth cover, dj (with a small chip). Former owner's address label on FFEP, o/wise near fine. 24.2 x 15.5.

Prince Henry the Navigator, Vasco da Gama, Columbus, Sir Walter Raleigh, .. and the opening of the world.

67032
YOUNG, John M. (editor)
SHIPPING Today and Yesterday, No. 95 - 1998
$5.00 AUD

HPC Publishing. St Leonards on Sea, Sussex, UK. 1998. January 1998. 52 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. 2 punch holes for ring binder (close to the spine). Fine. 29.8 x 21.

Trans-Atlantic with White Star Line and the Titanic (Liner and the movie released in January 1998).

67033
YOUNG, John M. (editor)
SHIPPING Today and Yesterday, No. 96 - 1998
$5.00 AUD

HPC Publishing. St Leonards on Sea, Sussex, UK. 1998. February 1998. 52 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. 2 punch holes for ring binder (close to the spine). Fine. 29.8 x 21.

34926
YOUNGER, R. M. (editor)
AUSTRALIA! AUSTRALIA!, A Pictorial History - Volume 2: MARCH TO NATIONHOOD
$15.00 AUD

Rigby. Adelaide. 1977. 1st Ed. 296 PP with b/w and colour illust. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 32 x 24.2. 0727002430

75275
ZIM, Herbert S.
THE GREAT WHALES
$10.00 AUD

Scholastic Book Services / World's Work Ltd. Tadworth, Surrey. 1964. British edition (TW 364-C). No pagination, 64 PP with b/w and coloured illustrations by James Gordon Irving. Illustrated stiff covers. Signature of previous owner at top of title-page. Very good. 20.4 x 15.

58120
ZIMMERMANN, Heinrich
THE THIRD VOYAGE OF CAPTAIN COOK. 1776-1780
$125.00 AUD

Alexander Turnbull Library / W. A. G. Skinner, Government Printer. Wellington. 1926. 1st New Zealand edition, July 1926. Alexander Turnbull Library Bulletin No.2. Translated by Miss U. Tewsley & Johannes C. Andersen, with a few Explanatory Notes. 50 PP with facsimile of 2 title pages of German and English editions of 1781, plus 2 b/w plates and 1 large folded map, copy of the 1781 English edition "Chart Showing the tracks of the ships employed in the Captain Cook's...", tipped-in at rear. Soft covers with light foxing, title on front cover. Staples removed, repaired short tear on back cover, name of previous owner on inside front cover, otherwise contents are fine. Rare. 24.5 x 15.5.