Maritime Catalogue #110

65096
AAMH
THE GREAT CIRCLE: Journal of the Australian Association for Maritime History - Volume 26, No. 1, 2004
$10.00 AUD

The Australian Association for Maritime History. Rockhampton, Qld. 2004. Edited by Steve Mullins. No. 1: 70 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 24 x 16.3.

No. 1: COOK, the Sea and Culture Contact in the Pacific, by John Gascoigne. Nautical themes in the Aboriginal Rock Paintings of Mount Borradaile, western Arnhem Land, by David Andrews Roberts.

65097
AAMH
THE GREAT CIRCLE: Journal of the Australian Association for Maritime History - Volume 27, No. 2, 2005
$10.00 AUD

The Australian Association for Maritime History. Rockhampton, Qld. 2005. Edited by Steve Mullins. No. 2: 70 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 24 x 16.3.

No. 2: Gustaf III's Australian Colony, by Robert J. King. The Australian Company of Edinburgh and Leith, by Michael Nix.

67225
ADELAIDE STEAMSHIP
STEEL STEAMSHIP "INNAMINCKA"
$20.00 AUD

Colour print (frameable) with name of ship on the front, plus details of "Innamincka" and her services as an Iron Steamship. Slight foxing/soiling (sellotape mark at top). Near fine. Oblong: 20.8 x 33.5.

Iron Steamship, built 1890 at Glasgow, by Napier, Shanks & Bell. Sailing for the Adelaide Steamship Co. between Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney, then on the Australian East Coast, until 1917.... Sunk 28 December 1941, by Japanese aircraft in Manila Bay.

76536
AKERMAN, Kim & STANTON, John
RIJI AND JAKOLI: Kimberley Pearl Shell in Aboriginal Australia
$500.00 AUD

Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences. Darwin. 1994. 1st Ed. Monograph series, No. 4. XII, 73 PP with 2 figures, 2 maps and 50 plates (3 b/w and 47 in colour). Stiff covers, pictorial ,front. Dedicatory note to previous owner at top of title page, dated and signed by Kim Akerman. Fine. Very scarce. 25 x 17.5. 0724528423

76708
ALEXANDER, Caroline
THE ENDURANCE, Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition
$30.00 AUD

Bloomsbury. London. 1998. 1st Edition. (X), 214 PP with 1 map and 142 b/w photos. Half title page: Cutting through the pack ice. Fp: The Endurance keeling over on port side. Hard cover, cloth spine, dj. Name of previous owner at top of FFEP, otherwise a fine copy. 23.8 x 21. 074754123X

36427
ALLAN, Alasdair, BROWN, Leslie et al.
WAVERLEY - The Golden Jubilee
$30.00 AUD

Waverley Excursions Ltd. Glasgow. 1997. 1st Ed. Foreword by Alan Robinson. 96 PP with 66 colour illust. (1 profile, 1 aerial view of Firth of Clyde and 64 photos) and 76 b/w photos. Pictorial card cover. Flyer "Paddle Steamer Preservation Society" (3 folds with 8 colour photos) loosely inserted. Fine. 29.7 x 21. 1856380262

56605
AMERICAN BUREAU OF SHIPPING
RULES & REGULATIONS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND CLASSIFICATION OF STEEL VESSELS 1862 - 1969
$20.00 AUD

American Bureau of Shipping. New York. 1969. Yearly edition. (2), XXX, (2), 537 PP (one of them folded) with numerous figures and tables including 7 tables "Scantlings / Equipments" . Cloth cover, gilt device on front board, gilt title "Rules for Building and Classing Steel Vessels 1969" on front board and spine. Slight ageing and foxing of paper. Near fine. 26 x 20.

1968 rules.

16599
ANDERSON, Tim (editor)
OCEANOGRAPHY
$10.00 AUD

CSIRO. Canberra. 1987. No. 14 in the CSIRO Research for Australia series. 75 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 25 x 17.5. 0643037993

Studies: Oceans as a source of food, probing the sea and the R.V. Franklin, oceans and climate...

15939
ANDREWS, Graeme
VETERAN SHIPS OF AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND
$10.00 AUD

Reed. Sydney. 1976. 1st Ed. 136 PP with b/w illust., plus 4 colour plates. Hard cover, dj. Name of previous owner at top of FFEP, otherwise a fine copy. Oblong: 19.3 x 27.5. 0589071904

51707
ANDREWS, Graeme
AUSTRALIA'S MARITIME HERITAGE
$10.00 AUD

Cromarty Press. Sydney. 1984. 1st Ed. 88 PP with 92 b/w photos. Title-page: Polly Woodside. Pictorial soft cover. Signed by the author on title page. Near fine. 24 x 17. 0949675105

List of groups preserving & restoring Australia's maritime heritage together with details of the vessels preserved.

76633
ANDREWS, Graeme
SOUTH COAST STEAMERS
$30.00 AUD

Marine History Publications. Geelong. c. 1983. 1st Ed. 32 PP, plus 44 pages with 43 b/w illustrations (7 engravings, 36 photos). Pictorial card covers. Copy signed by the author on title page. Covers with light wear, otherwise a fine copy. 20.7 x 14.5.

Study of the run and ships plying between Sydney and Eden, calling at small coastal settlements and ports.

69583
ANDREWS, Jim
TWELVE SHIPS A-SAILING: Thirty-five years of home-water cruising
$25.00 AUD

David & Charles. Newton Abbot. 1986. 1st Ed. 232 PP with b/w illustrations (line sketches, track-charts and 16 photos) by the author. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 24 x 16.2. 0715387871

76671
ANDREWS, Malcolm
THE FABULOUS FAIRSTAR - The Ship That Launched a Million Memories
$100.00 AUD

HarperCollins. Sydney. 1996. 1st Ed. 160 PP with many b/w illustrations and 33 colour photos. Pictorial stiff covers with tiny creases on front cover. Contents near fine. Scarce. 26 x 21. 0732257654

The remarkable story of the ship (formerly operated by Sitmar Lines) that became the favourite for Australian holiday makers cruising the Pacific.

47181
ARMSTRONG, Malcolm C.
PILOT LADDER SAFETY
$25.00 AUD

International Maritime Press. Sydney. 1979. 1st Ed. Foreword and Notice, by Edgar Eden. IV, 62, (63-68 Notes) PP with 17 series of sketch drawings. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 16.4 x 11.3. 0959469508

75103
ARNOT ROBERTSON, E.
THAMES PORTRAIT
$15.00 AUD

Ivor Nicholson and Watson Ltd. London. 1937. 1st Ed. XII, 174 PP with 1 photograph on double page, plus 25 plates with 50 b/w photographs by H.E. Turner. Title spread: Swans. Cloth covers, decorated front, title on spine. Copy with all photographs present, but lacking page 63/64. Slight ageing of paper. Very good. 25.3 x 19

76720
ATKIN, William, CRANDALL, Bruce N.
BUILDING PLANS FOR FORTY-THREE SMALL BOATS
$125.00 AUD

Motor Boating. New York. 1946. 3rd edition of the 1936 original,. Volume 17 - Motor Boating's Ideal series. Edited by Charles F. Chapman and F.W. Horenburger. 206 PP with tables of offsets and b/w illustrations: drawings, line drawings and sketches. Cloth covers are worn around edges and a little soiled, title on decorated front cover and spine. Foxing on endpapers, outside edges and few pages. Contents are near fine. Scarce. 29.5 x 22.

Designs, plans and building descriptions for: 9 or 10 Racing Yachts / 8 Runabouts and Utility Boats / 14 Motor Cruisers / 12 Sail and Auxiliary Boats.

76632
ATKINSON, Tony & O'DONOGHUE, Kevin
BLUE STAR
$40.00 AUD

World Ship Society. Kendal, UK. 1985. 1st Ed. 116 PP with 6 colour plates (2 photos of ships and 4 pages with flags and funnels), and over 200 b/w photos. Stiff covers, pictorial front. A near fine copy. Scarce. 21 x 14.8. 0905617371

History and fleet list.

41140
ATTENBOROUGH, David
THE LIVING PLANET - A Portrait of the Earth
$10.00 AUD

Reader's Digest Association. London. 1985. The augmented and enlarged edition of the 1984 original. 368 PP with hundreds of colour photos. Pictorial laminated boards, cloth spine. Light wear around edges, o/wise near fine. 26.2 x 25.8. 0002191695

Based on the original Collins/BBC edition... The margins of the land (territory between land and sea). Worlds apart (island animals). The open Ocean...

33937
AUBREY-REES, Captain W. C.
SHIPMASTER'S BUSINESS COMPANION AND BUSINESS GUIDE
$20.00 AUD

Brown, Son & Ferguson. Glasgow. 1951. 4th edition of the 1930 original. XI, 419 PP with tables, figures and 11 copies of documents, plus 1 folded map of the world and 18 folded documents in rear pocket. Fp: Vessel Final Port Clearance. Cloth covers worn around edges and with some speckling, title in blind on front cover and gilt on spine. Top of spine frayed, some foxing, renewed endpapers. Still a good reading copy. 22 x 14.5.

43632
BAILEY, John
THE WHITE DIVERS OF BROOME - The true story of a fatal experiment
$10.00 AUD

Macmillan. Sydney. 2001. 2nd reprint of the 2001 original. XV, 301 PP with 2 maps and a plan of Broome, plus 16 pages with 26 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 22.7 x 15.2. 9780732910785

White Australia Policy and Pearl-Shell diving.

76691
BAKKA, Dag, Jr., KVAN, Oddvar ... HAMMER, Helle.
CEFOR - 100 YEARS REFLECTIONS: 1911 - 2011
$75.00 AUD

The Nordic Association of Marine Insurers (Cefor). Oslo. 2012. 1st Ed. Foreword by Ole Wikborg, Chairman, Cefor. 162 PP with b/w and colour illustrations: crests, ephemera, graphs, tables, portraits, photos. Illustrated boards, dj. A near fine copy. Oblong: 25 x 27.

Perils of the sea: 1911 - 1945. Decades of Progress 1945 - 1975. Crises, Opportunities and Consolidation 1975 - 2011. P&I Insurance. ... CEFOR Statistics. Unification of Cefor: from a Norwegian to Nordic Association.

60395
BALLARD, Robert D. & ARCHBOLD, Rick
THE DISCOVERY OF THE TITANIC
$20.00 AUD

Warner / Madison Press. New York. 1987. December reprint of the 1987 original, with an introduction by Walter Lord. 230 PP, (2), with b/w & colour illust., as well as paintings by Ken Marschall. Title-page: The carved forward bow railing of the Titanic wreck. Eps: Flags of the White Star Line. Hard cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj (price clipped). Dust jacket with a few small repairs, faint foxing, otherwise near fine. 28.5 x 22. 0446513857

Story of this luxury passenger ship: construction, first & only voyage, quests for her wreck, her discovery.

76733
BANKS, M. R. & DIX, T. G. (editors)
RESOURCES OF THE SEA
$30.00 AUD

Royal Society of Tasmania. Hobart. 1975. 1st Ed., September 1975. Keynote address by A. Dunbavin Butcher, Ministry of Conservation. (10), 119 PP with 16 tables, 39 figures and 10 b/w photos. Fp: Part of the fishing fleet, The Gulch, Bicheno. Soft covers, illustrated front. Near fine. 25 x 18. 0959866910

Symposium arranged by the Royal Society of Tasmania, November 1974. 8 papers: The physical setting, by Dr. D.J. Rochford. Minerals from the Ocean by Dr. Peter J. Cook. ... The Sea and its Resources as an Ecosystem, by Dr. Alistair J. Gilmour.

76513
BARCA, Margaret (editor)
ADVICE TO A YOUNG LADY IN THE COLONIES
$10.00 AUD

Greenhouse Publications Pty. Ltd. Melbourne. 1979 1st Ed. Preface by Joanna Gordon. (2), 91 PP with b/w illustrations on some of the menus offered. Fp (in colour): "The Vineyard", Macarthur home, by Cosmos Julien. Cloth covers, gilt title on spine, dj. Foxing spots on top outside edge. Fine. 22 x 12.5. 0909104190

... , being a letter sent from Mrs E. of England to Maria Macarthur in the colony of N. S. Wales, in 1812. Les plaisirs de la table.

62306
BARNABY, K. C.
SOME SHIP DISASTERS AND THEIR CAUSES
$25.00 AUD

Hutchinson. London. 1968. 1st Ed. XVI, 272 PP, plus 16 pages with 26 b/w illust. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price-clipped) and in a protective sleeve. Neat stamp of the Maritime Museum of Tasmania, Inc. on the front endpaper, otherwise a near fine copy. 21.8 x 14.5.

The ships: design, construction and operation. Shipwrecks, foundering, collisions; fires...

76806
BASNETT, Stan
FERRIES OF THE ISLE OF MAN: 1945 - Present Day
$30.00 AUD

Lily Publications. Ramsey, Isle of Man. 2008 1st Ed. 96 PP with 21 colour and 153 b/w photos. Inside covers: 4 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.6 x 21. 9781906608033

58083
BATESON, Charles
DIRE STRAIT - A History of Bass Strait
$10.00 AUD

Reed. Sydney. 1973. 1st Ed. 112 PP with b/w & colour illustrations. Laminated pictorial boards, dust jacket. A near fine copy. 30 x 21.3. 0589071165

Details the history of Bass Strait: discovery, exploration, sealers, chartmakers, shipwrecks & the more recent oil discoveries.

48698
BATHURST, Bella
THE WRECKERS. A story of killing seas, false lights and plundered ships
$15.00 AUD

HarperCollins. Sydney. 2005. 1st Australian edition. XXIV, (2), 326 PP with 8 maps, plus 16 pages with 7 colour and 20 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Foxing spots on outside edges (heavier on top edge). Contents near fine. 21.6 x 13.5. 9780007207404

70561
BAUDIN, Nicolas
REFLECTIONS OF A PHILOSOPHICAL VOYAGER: Nicolas Baudin Letter to Philip Gidley King, 24 December 1802
$30.00 AUD

Friends of the State Library of South Australia. Adelaide. 2016. 1st edition. Edited and Translated by Jean Fornasiero. 46, (2) PP. Stiff covers, illustrated front. French and English text. Fine. 23.5 x 18. 9781876154912

... Supposed claims by the French Government on Van Diemen's Land ... Relations in Sydney between the English and the Aborigines... On the name given to King Island...

76704
BEAVER, Patrick
SUNDERLAND MARINE - Sunderland Marine Mutual Insurance: The First 100 Years 1882-1982
$15.00 AUD

Publications for Companies. Stevenage, UK. 1982. 1st Ed. VIII, 56 PP with 58 b/w photos. Stiff covers, pictorial front. Fine. 22.8 x 17.7.

Sunderland Marine Mutual Insurance Company Limited: 100 years, 1882-1982

76628
BERTRAND, John & ROBINSON, Patrick
BORN TO WIN - A Lifelong Struggle to Capture the America's Cup
$30.00 AUD

Bantam Books. Sydney. 1985. 1st Ed. Foreword by Richard Bach. XXIV, (2), 385 PP with 3 diagrams and 45 b/w photos. Hard cover, gilt title on cloth spine, dj. Near fine. 24 x 16. 0553051180

76817
BIGON, Mario & REGAZZONI, Guido
THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO KNOTS - For Sailing, Fishing, Camping, Climbing
$20.00 AUD

Ebury Press. London. 2007. Reprint of the 1982 English edition (translation copyright by Arnoldo Mondadori). 255 PP with 647 colour photos. Pictorial laminated stiff covers. Near fine. 18.8 x 2.2. 9780091917111

Practical handbook of the 70 most useful knots to know.

76274
BJORKLUND, Jarle Georg
NORSK SJOFARTSMUSEUM: The Boat Hall
$10.00 AUD

Norsk Sjofartsmuseum. Oslo. c.1984.. 1st English edition, translated by David Olsen. 32 PP with b/w illustrations: 14 drawings, dated 1983 by the author, 1 etching, and 23 photos. Pictorial soft covers. Fine. Oblong. 14.7 x 21.

23 historic boats and the "Svanen" a 3 mast Schooner built at Svenborg, Danemark in 1916.

69620
BLACKMAN, Raymond V. B.
SHIPS OF THE ROYAL NAVY
$20.00 AUD

Macdonald & Jane's. London. 1973. 1st Ed. 208 PP with 104 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Note at top corner of front endpaper. Near fine. Oblong: 15 x 22. 035604596X

Aircraft carriers, commando carriers to auxiliary & ancillary vessels.

76861
BLAIR, Lisa
FACING FEAR - The First Woman to Sail Solo around Antarctica
$20.00 AUD

Australian Geographic. Sydney. 2020. 1st Ed. Foreword by Sir Robin Knox-Johnston. XVII, 334 PP with b/w illustrations (41 headpieces, 1 photo, 1 map, 1 'point of sail' diagram and 3 sketch plans of "Climate Action Now", plus 16 pages with 37 photos. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 23.5 x 15.3. 9781922388063

76751
BOLGER, Philip C.
THE FOLDING SCHOONER AND OTHER ADVENTURES IN BOAT DESIGN
$50.00 AUD

International Marine Publishing. Camden, Maine. 1976. 1st Ed. (10), 198 PP with b/w figures (line drawings, plans and photos). Cloth cover, gilt title on spine. Covers with light edge wear and spine a little bumped, otherwise contents are near fine. Scarce. 26 x 18.2. 0877420831

14505
BOOT, Paul & BOWKER, Nigel
REFLECTIONS ON A RIVER - A Colour Portfolio of the Mersey's Shipping
$35.00 AUD

John & Marion Clarkson. Preston, UK. 1996. Revised edition of the 1993 original. 64 PP with 71 colour photos. Pictorial laminated boards. Fine. Oblong: 19.8 x 24.4. 0952117932

37619
BOTTING, Douglas (editor)
THE PIRATES
$5.00 AUD

Time-Life Books. Alexandria, Virginia. 1978. 1st edition, in The Seafarers series. 176 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Title page: Painted metal chest, owned by Thomas Tew. Eps: World map, with haunts of pirates. Simile leather covers, colour vignette on front cover. Near fine. 28.7 x 24. 0809426528

53973
BOWEN, Frank
FAMOUS SHIPS
$10.00 AUD

Puffin / Penguin Books. London. c. 1946. 1st Ed. No. 39 in the Puffin Picture Book series. No pagination, 28 PP with b/w and colour illustrations by Frank Mason. Centrefold: The Victory at Trafalgar and the Victory today. Pictorial soft cover. Covers rubbed and worn at corner. Top corner of front cover missing. Occasional foxing, o/wise good. Oblong: 18.7 x 22.5.

76789
BOWEN, Jan
THE SYDNEY SAILORS' HOME, 1859 - 2009: 150 Years of Caring for Seafarers
$35.00 AUD

The Australian Mariners' Welfare Society. Sydney. 2009. 1st Ed. X, 86 PP with 5 headpieces and b/w illustrations (1 newspaper clipping, 12 portraits and 21 photos). Cloth covers, dj. Fine (as new condition). 28.5 x 21.5. 9780646513614

33757
BOWEN, John (editor)
MODEL SHIPWRIGHT - "A Quarterly Journal of Ships and Ship Models", No. 17
$20.00 AUD

Conway. London. 1976. Issue No. 17, September 1976. 100 PP with b/w illust. Pictorial stiff cover. Fine. 21.5 x 18.5. 851771017

76786
BOYLE, Martin
LIZARD POINT
$15.00 AUD

B & T Publications. Southampton. 1999 1st edition in the "Lighthouses of England & Wales" series. 56 PP with b/w illustrations (1 location map, 4 portraits, 7 drawings & sketches, and 31 photos). Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 21 x 14.8. 9781901043136

54306
BOYS, G. V. (editor)
TRANSACTIONS OF THE INSTITUTION OF NAVAL ARCHITECTS. Volume 83 - 1941
$20.00 AUD

Institution of Naval Architects. London. 1941. Annual edition. Vol. LXXXII. XLII, 204 PP with tables and figures, plus 4 plates with b/w portraits and 5 plates with 18 b/w photos. Fp: Portrait of Rear Admiral D. W. Taylor. Cloth cover, gilt decoration on front board, gilt title on front board and spine. Spine lightly sunned. Near fine. 28.5 x 22.5.

Historical notes on investigations at the Admiralty Experiment Works, Torquay, by R. W. L. Gawn.

39881
BRENT, Peter
LA SAGA DES VIKINGS
$10.00 AUD

Tallandier. Paris. 1978. 1st French edition of the 1975 English original. 264 PP with 100 b/w illustrations and 8 colour plates. Title page: Silver cross, Norsberg, Botkyrka. Eps. Hard cover, dj. Occasional foxing, o/wise near fine. French text. 25.3 x 17.2. 2235006116

70539
BRIGNELL, Trevor L.
SOME SHIPWRECKS IN THE RANDWICK MUNICIPALITY
$25.00 AUD

Randwick & District Historical Society. Sydney. 1987. 1st Ed. No. 3 in the Historical Monograph series. 36 PP with 15 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover (wreck of the "Hereward" on front, location maps on back). Dedicatory note to previous owner at top of title page, signed by the author. Near fine. 21 x 15. 0958743170

Wrecks of the "Hereward" in 1898, "Tekapo" in 1899, "Malabar" in 1925...

21942
BROMLEY, J. S. (editor)
THE MANNING OF THE ROYAL NAVY. Selected Public Pamphlets 1693-1873
$10.00 AUD

Navy Records Society. London. 1974. 1st Ed. Publications of the Navy Records Society, Volume 119. L, 409, (7 publications) PP, plus 4 pages with facsimile title page of 4 pamphlets. Blue buckram, gilt device on front cover, gilt title on spine. Occasional foxing. Near fine. 23 x 15.5.

25 pamphlets: on impressment, Marine Militia... Suggestions for improving the character of Merchant Seamen, and providing an efficient Naval Reserve.

38356
BROWN, Buster
PENNILESS MILLIONAIRE - Tales of a Shoestring Yachtsman
$45.00 AUD

Panda Books. Millifield. 1989. 1st Ed. Foreword by Iain Murray. Preface by Alan Payne. 112 PP with 2 sketch plans, 3 maps and 49 b/w photos. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Signed by the author on half title page. Fine. 21.6 x 15.2. 0958820813

Sailing in Sydney waters, yachting offshore and overseas. WWII and the Royal Australian Navy... (the author was on HMS Kanimbla on 8 December 1941, and took (possibly) the last 2 b/w photos of Prince of Wales and Repulse).

51915
BROWNLEE, Walter
THE NAVY THAT BEAT NAPOLEON
$5.00 AUD

Cambridge University Press. Cambridge. 1980. .1st edition in the Cambridge Introduction to the History of Mankind series. 48 PP with b/w illustrations (engravings, photos, sketches & plans). Pictorial soft cover. Covers sunned close to the spine, o/wise near fine. Oblong: 20.2 x 21.2. 0521221455

Launched 1860 as a reply to the previous building of Gloire designed by Dupuy de Lome as a threat to the Royal Navy. Her brief career (1871-1884), her demise, and her restoration from 1979.

76515
BRUNNER, Thomas
THE GREAT JOURNEY - An Expedition to Explore the Interior of the Middle Island, New Zealand, 1846-8
$40.00 AUD

The Pegasus Press. Christchurch. 1952. 1st Ed. Introduction by John Pascoe. 111 PP. Eps: Map of The Middle Island -Northern part of the South Island of New Zealand. Cloth cover, title on vignettes pasted down on front cover and spine, dj. Dust jacket in a protective sleeve. Foxing spots on outside edges. Name of previous owner at top of front endpaper, otherwise a near fine copy. 22.5 x 14.5.

51221
BRUNTON, Paul & BURNINGHAM, Nick
THE DUTCH EXPLORERS (in Australian Heritage No.2)
$15.00 AUD

Hallmark Editions. BNrighton, Vic. 2006. Issue No.2, Autumn 2006. 96 PP. Contains 2 articles between P.48 and 55 with 3 b/w and 5 colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 29.7 x 21.

Australia and the Dutch East India Company: The final phase of the Age of Discovery, by N. Burningham. Abel Tasman: Navigator of the unknown, by Paul Brunton.

19075
BRYANT, Arthur
SAMUEL PEPYS, The Years of Peril
$20.00 AUD

Collins. London. 1952. 3rd reprint of the 1948 new edition, (orig. of 1935). XIV, 466 PP, plus 6 full-page plates. Fp: The Britannia of 1682. FEP: The Thames and Medway. REP: London under Charles II. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price clipped). Foxing on outside edges, o/wise very good. 22 x 14.2.

The rising Admiralty servant: 1669-1683.

76663
BRYHN, R.J., SCHYBERG, T. & OESTMOEN, O.T.
ROUND THE WORLD ON THE "HO-HO"
$45.00 AUD

Geoffrey Bles. London. 1953. 1st English edition, translated from the Norwegian original by Joan Wright. Foreword by The Earl of Balfour. 205 PP with 1 table, plus 16 pages with 19 b/w photos. FEP: map with route of the "Ho-Ho". Cloth cover, dj. Price clipped dust jacket with small chips and in a protective sleeve. Foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. Scarce. 22.5 x 14.5.

Round the world trip (1933 to 1937) with a forced stay on Norfolk Island (5 August 1935 to 28 June 1936). Shipwrecked in Ball Bay 2 days after their arrival: salvage, repairs, reconstruction of Ho-Ho. Resuming their cruise. Sailing..

38819
BULL, J. C.
SMALL SHIPS AND ADZE CHIPS
$40.00 AUD

J. C. Bull. Metung, Vic. 1978. 1st Ed. 200 PP with 1 facsimile and 15 head pieces, plus 32 pages with 48 b/w photos. Fp: Bandsaw and author, both aged 85 years. FEP: Map of the Gipps Land Lakes. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj. Fine. Scarce. 22.2 x 14.

76595
BURNESS, Peter
BAPAUME AND BULLECOURT, Australians on the Western Front - 1917
$20.00 AUD

Australian War Memorial. Canberra. 2010. Reprint in May 2010 of the 2nd edition of September 2008. 84 PP with b/w illustrations: 1 map and 78 b/w photos. Stiff covers, pictorial front. As new. 23.5 x 23.5. 9781920720872

76596
BURNESS, Peter
AMIENS TO THE HINDENBURG LINE: Australians on the Western Front - 1918
$25.00 AUD

Department of Veterans' Affairs. Canberra. 2010. May 2010 reprint of the 2008 original. (4), 144 PP with 1 map and 4 colour illustrations and 139 b/w photos. Pictorial soft covers. As new. 23.5 x 23.5. 9781877007330

52446
BURTON, Anthony
THE PAST AFLOAT
$10.00 AUD

André Deutsch / BBC. London. 1982. 1st Ed. 191 PP with 6 figures, 14 colour and 142 b/w photos by Clive Coote. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Near fine. 25.2 x 19.5. 0233974334

An introduction to Britain's seafaring history. Book accompanying an eight-part BBC television series.

68343
BURTON, Robert, DEVANEY, Carole & LONG, Tony
THE LIVING SEA - An illustrated encyclopedia of marine life
$10.00 AUD

G.P. Putnam's Sons. New York. c. 1970. 1st US edition. 240 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price clipped). Dust jacket with repaired tears. Very good. 29.5 x 23. 399117482

69289
BUTCHER, David
THE DRIFTERMEN - Life in the tough days of Britain's vanished herring fleets, recalled by the men who manned them
$25.00 AUD

Tops'l Books. Reading, U.K. 1979. 1st Ed. 152 PP with 32 b/w photos and 40 line drawings by Syd Brown. Pictorial laminated boards. Bookplate of previous owner on FFEP, light foxing, mostly on outside page edges, otherwise a near fine copy. 24 x 18. 0906397022

Includes a 6 page glossary.

17696
CAMERON, Ian
EXPLORERS & EXPLORATION
$15.00 AUD

The Mallard Press. New York. 1991. 1st US Ed. 304 PP with b/w and colour illust. Title spread: De Soto discovery of the Mississippi. Half title page: A man of the Sandwich Islands in a mask. Hard cover, dj. Fine. Large format: 36.5 x 27. 0792455533

Prehistoric and early explorers to the space age.

34832
CAMPBELL, Rear-Admiral Gordon
MY MYSTERY SHIPS
$10.00 AUD

Hodder & Stoughton. London. 1929. 1st popular edition in September 1929 of the October 1928 original. XVIII, 300 with 20 text illust. by Lieutenant J.E. Broome plus 8 b/w plates and Fp: Rear-Admiral Gordon Campbell. Cloth cover is a little soiled and frayed at top of spine. Signature and note at top of FFEP. Light foxing, otherwise still a very good reading copy. 22.2 x 14.5.

Q-ships or decoy ships. 180 mystery ships were fitted during WWI, and helped to destroy 11 U-Boats.

33772
CHAPELLE, Howard I.
THE HISTORY OF AMERICAN SAILING SHIPS
$30.00 AUD

Bonanza Books. New York. 1982. Reprint (V) of the 1935 original. XV, (3), 400 PP with 157 b/w illustrations, plus 16 plates with line drawings on double-page and 14 pages with 48 b/w photos or paintings. Fp: drawing by George C. Wales. Hard cover, gilt title on cloth spine, dj. Fine. 24.2 x 19.2. 0517023326

Development of American ships, their design & construction, as well as the portrait of the men who built them.

76839
CHAPELLE, Howard I.
BOATBUILDING - A Complete Handbook of Wooden Boat Construction
$40.00 AUD

W. W. Norton & co. New York. 1941. 1st Ed. 624 PP with 186 figures & 58 plates. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Ex Library copy with stamp of the Maritime Museum of Tasmania on front endpaper and stamp of previous owner at top of title page. Covers laminated, gutters reinforced and shelf numbrer on spine, otherwise internally good. 24 x 16.

All types of craft: flat-bottom rowboat to ocean cruisers & commercial vessels.

17738
CHARLWOOD, Don
WRECKS & REPUTATIONS - The Loss of the Schomberg and Loch Ard
$15.00 AUD

Angus & Robertson. Sydney. 1977. 1st Ed. XIV, 190 PP with 2 maps, 2 plans (rig & sail) in text plus 16 pages with 23 b/w illust. Eps: The Great Circle Route. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 19.8 x 13.5. 0207130655

The end of two tall ships on the South-west coast of Victoria in 1855 and 1878.

49345
CHARLWOOD, Don
THE LONG FAREWELL
$15.00 AUD

Penguin Books. Melbourne. 1983. 1st paperback edition of the 1981 original. X, (2), 338 PP with b/w illustrations. Stiff covers, pictorial front. Slight ageing of paper on outside edges. Near fine. 22 x 18. 0140047190

Settlers under sail from diaries kept by emigrants. The perils faced, the route, the ships, on board (accommodation & crew, surgeons & health...).

76778
CLAGUE, Dick
HEYSHAM PORT - A Century of Manx and Irish services
$30.00 AUD

Ferry Publications / The Mersey Docks and Harbour Company. Ramsey, Isle of Man. 2004. 1st Ed. Foreword by Captain Graham Maclean. 86 PP with 3 colour photos and 110 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft covers. Copy signed by the author on title page. Fine (as new condition). Oblong:14.7 x 21. 9781871947755

76695
CLARK, Robin, REX, Lindsay & ROBERTSON, Doug
AUSTRALIAN SHIPPING COMMISSION - THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL LINE 1956-1981
$15.00 AUD

World Ship Society. London. 1982. 1st Ed., with a foreword by Sir John Williams. 120 PP with 2 maps and 143 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 14.6. 090561723

History and fleet list.

76684
CLARKSON, John, HARVEY, Bill & FENTON, Roy
BLUE FUNNEL LINE
$50.00 AUD

Ships in Focus Publications. Preston, UK. 1998. 1st Ed., in the Ships in Focus series. 192 PP with 430 b/w and 18 colour photos. Title page: "Alcinous", in 1973. FEP: "Calchas" in Saigon, and "Telemachus" at New York. REP: "Centaur" in Malacca Straits, and "Neleus" at Brisbane in January 1958. Laminated pictorial boards. Fine. 30.5 x 21.4. 1901703010

76670
CLULOW, Derek A.
NO TIDES TO STEM - A History of the Manchester Pilot Service
$25.00 AUD

Derek A. Clulow & Countywise Publication. Wirral, UK. 1995. 1st Ed. VIII, 339, (5 blank) PP with over 70 b/w illustrations (newspaper clippings, advertisements, documents and photos), plus 1 folded plan of Manchester Docks at rear of book. Pictorial stiff covers. Spine slightly sunned, otherwise fine. 21 x 14.8. 9780907768722

76554
COOK, Robert
Francis Frith's ISLE OF WIGHT Living Memories
$20.00 AUD

Frith Book Company Ltd. Teffont, Salisbury, UK. 2004. 1st paperback edition. 117, (3 adverts) PP with over 215 b/w photos. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 24.5 x 18.8. 9781859379394

10180
CORDINGLY, David & PERCIVAL-PRESCOTT, Westby
THE ART OF THE VAN DE VELDES. Paintings and drawings by the great Dutch artists and their English followers
$35.00 AUD

National Maritime Museum. London. 1982. 1st edition with a foreword by Basil Greenhill. 143 PP with 1 map, 12 colour plates, 10 figures and 88 b/w paintings. Stiff covers with light wear, pictorial front. Occasional foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise near fine. Oblong: 21 x 24.6. 0905555627

Catalogue of an exhibition held at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich in 1982. David Cordingly listing 160 works.

40607
CORNISH, Richard, FENTON, Roy, LOUGHRAN, Louis, OSBORNE, Richard, PEIN, Joachim & SPONG, Harry
FIFTY DYNAMIC YEARS
$10.00 AUD

World Ship Society. Gravesend. 2000. 1st Ed. 72 PP with 72 b/w photos of ships and 24 colour illustrations of Flags and Funnels. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 14.8. 0905627940

Fifty years with the World Ship Society. Clipped wings: British aircraft carrier development 1947-1999 by Richard Osborne... Plus ça change: Fifty years of fashions in Flags and Funnels by J.l. Loughran... Cargo ships: The Blue Funnel experience Post War, by Robert Cornish...

41050
CORROLER, Alain, GUERY, Jean-Louis et RUBENSTEIN, Bernard (text & illustrations)
BREST 92 - BATEAUX D'HIER ET DE TOUJOURS - Chroniques de bois et de sel
$10.00 AUD

Neptune-Yachting / Le Télégramme de Brest. Paris. 1992. 1st Ed. 122 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Plans and drawings by Nicolas Gilles. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. French text. 27.5 x 20.7.

Event Brest 1992, celebrating: sailing craft of yesteryear, seafarers like Eric Tabarly, lighthouse keepers...

52295
COTTEAU, Edmond
EN OCEANIE. Voyage autour du Monde en 365 jours 1884-1885
$75.00 AUD

Librairie Hachette & Cie. Paris. 1888. 1st Ed. (4), 390 with 2 coastal views, 3 maps and 43 engravings (36 on full page), plus 1 folded map. Bound copy retaining the original pictorial soft cover. Marbled endpapers. Quarter bound, gilt title En Océanie on spine. Ferguson: 8727. Near fine. French text. 19 x 13.

Left Paris on 15th March 1884. Sailed from Toulon (20 March 1884) on the French warship Nive... Chapter III: Krakatau island 11-29 May 1884. Australia (pages 122 to 222): Torres Strait on 18th July 1884, then Port Kennedy, Townsville, Bowen, Rockhampton, Brisbane (27 July 1884), Sydney, Melbourne, Tasmania, Sydney. New Caledonia on the Rockton in September 1884. New Hebrides on the French warship Duchaffaut in October 1884. Tahiti on the French warship Vire in November 1884... Return to Paris on 15 March 1885.

74596
COTTEE, Kay
FIRST LADY - A History-Making Solo Voyage Around The World
$45.00 AUD

Macmillan. Sydney. 1989. 1st Ed. VI, 226 PP with 1 drawing, 2 plans and 7 weather maps, plus 24 pages with 47 colour photos. Eps: Route of "Blackmores First Lady". Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. A fine copy. 24 x 16. 0732900158

The first woman to complete a solo non-stop and unassisted voyage around the globe. Departure Sydney 29th November 1987, rounded Cape Horn 19th January 1988, Halfway point at Sao Pedro and Sao Paulo Rocks 27th February 1988, returned Sydney 5th June 1988.

76660
COULTMAN SMITH
TALES OF OLD TASMANIA - The First Fifty Years
$30.00 AUD

Rigby Limited. Adelaide. 1978. 1st Ed. (8), 160 PP, plus 12 pages with b/w illustrations (drawings, sketches, paintings and photos). Hard covers, dj, Copy signed by the author on half title page, and with a typed note tipped in on front endpaper, mentioning that the author was from the 'Lions Club of Beauty Point,", Tasmania. A fine copy of a scarce title.. 22 x 14.5. 0727007413

74673
COUPER, J. M.
THE BOOK OF BLIGH
$10.00 AUD

Melbourne University Press. Melbourne. 1969. 1st Ed. (8), 88 PP with 6 headpieces. Cloth covers, gilt title on a black spine, dj. Dust jacket with insect damage on back cover and at head of spine, o/wise contents near fine. 24 x 15.

76870
COWSILL, Miles (compiler)
FISHGUARD ROSSLARE 1906-2006 - The Official Anniversary Book of Stena Line
$45.00 AUD

Ferry Publications. Ramsey, Isle of Man. 2006. 1st Ed. Preface by Vic Goodwin, Route Director. Foreword by Dan Sten Olsen, Chairman Stena Line. 128 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. FEP: St. David , 1906. REP: Stena Lynx III and Koningin Beatrix. Hard covers, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj. Fine. 28.5 x 22.5. 9781871947823

76773
COWSILL, Miles, HENDY, John & MAYES, William
P&O THE FLEET
$20.00 AUD

Ferry Publications. Narberth, Pembrokeshire, UK. 1999. 1st Ed. 96 PP with 1 b/w photo & 140 colour illustrations (6 paintings / artworks and 134 photos). Pictorial soft cover (Cruise vessel Oriana, built 1995). Fine (as new condition). Oblong: 15 x 21. 9781871947540

The routes and the fleet of P. & O.'s European ferries between the Channel, the North Sea and the North Channel. Sesquicentenary publication of a service which began in 1837.

76805
COX, G. W. & RATCLIFF, E. V. R.
TASMANIA REMEMBERED: Early Photographs of H. J. King
$30.00 AUD

The Mary Fisher Bookshop. Launceston. 1974. 1st Ed. A Tribute to Herbert J. King, by C. Craig. XVI, 160 PP with b/w illustrations (1 Locality Map of Tasmania and 115 photos). Cloth covers, dust jacket with chips and repaired tears, now in a plastic sleeve. Contents near fine. Oblong: 20 x 24.5. 0959920722

34673
CRAMER, Max
TREASURES, TRAGEDIES AND TRIUMPHS OF THE BATAVIA COAST - A true story of discovery and adventure in the 20th Century
$35.00 AUD

Author / Scott Four Colour Print. Perth. 1999. 1st Ed. XVIII, 334 PP with 6 maps and 90 b/w illustrations, plus 16 pages with 31 colour photos. Eps: Dutch chart. Pictorial card covers with light wear, otherwise fine. 21 x 14.8. 064638483X

Wreck of the barque "Stefano" lost in 1875. Wrecks of the "Batavia", "Zeewyk"... Dive with whale sharks... Discovery of French coins left by Louis François Marie Aleno de Saint-Aloüarn in 1772.

76801
CROFTS, Graham (compiler)
SWAN YACHT CLUB - The First Hundred Years 1904 - 2004
$20.00 AUD

Swan Yacht Club / Bill Pratley. East Fremantle. 2004. 1st Ed. Commodore's Note, by Bob Smith. Foreword by Roy Perron. X, 222 PP with b/w illustrations (3 copies of "Cygnus", 73 portraits and 110 photos). Soft covers, pictorial front. Fine. 21.5 x 14. 0646438735

30286
CUMMING, Helen
DARE TO KNOW: The Art and Science of Pacific Voyages
$10.00 AUD

State Library of New South Wales. Sydney. 1998. 1st Ed. (6), 32 PP with 27 b/w and colour illustrations. Soft cover, illustrated front. Fine. 21 x 21. 0731066243

Catalogue of an exhibition held at the State Library of New South Wales in mid 1998.

71484
CUYVERS, Luc
SETTING SAIL: Ten Thousand Years of Seafaring Adventure
$30.00 AUD

Tide-mark Press Ltd. Windsor, Connecticut. 2004. 1st North American edition. 174 PP with colour illustrations: 4 maps on double page, paintings and photos. The 4 hour DVD inserted in the rear pocket pasted down on rear endpaper. Eps: Mappemonde. Laminated pictorial boards. Fine. 28.2 x 22. 9781559498791

First blue water sailors: Austronesians & Polynesians. Sons of Sinbad: Arabian ships and seafarers. Dragon at sea: China and Oceanic explorers. ...

76756
DAVENPORT, Philip
THE VOYAGE OF "WALTZING MATILDA"
$45.00 AUD

Hutchinson. London. 1953. 1st Ed. 232 PP with 2 pages of plans, & 2 maps plus 16 pages with 26 bw photos. Fp: At anchor, Ringdove Inlet, Patagonian Channels. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price clipped). Dust jacket with repaired chips and in a protective sleeve. Foxing spots on top outside edge, otherwise a near fine copy. Scarce. 21.8 x 13.8.

Sturdy forty-six foot sailing cutter, launched July 1949 at Battery Point, Hobart. Voyage 1950/1951, from Sydney to England via the Patagonian Channels and the Magellan Strait.

76919
DAVIS, Charles G.
THE SHIP MODEL BUILDER'S ASSISTANT
$125.00 AUD

Marine Research Society. Salem, Mass. 1926. 1st edition. Publication No. 12 of the Marine Research Society. VIII, 275 PP, 3 PP (1 List of publications & 2 blanks), with tables and 280 figures (illustrated by author). Hard covers, gilt title on spine, dust jacket browned around edges and in a protective sleeve. Attractive bookplate of previous owner on front endpaper. Near fine. Scarce. 24 x 16.

Different types of ship models. Masting, rigging & fittings.

76650
de BISSCHOP, Eric
TAHITI-NUI - By Raft from Tahiti to Chile
$35.00 AUD

Collins. London. 1959. 1st UK edition, translated from the 1958 French "Cap à l'est" by Edward Young. 256 PP, plus 10 pages with 16 b/w photos. Fp: Eric de Bisschop. Eps: The voyage of Tahiti-Nui 1. Cloth cover, price-clipped dust jacket. Light foxing around outside edges, otherwise a near fine copy. 20.7 x 14.

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

45374
DE HARTOG, Jan
THE CAPTAIN
$10.00 AUD

World Books. London. 1968. Reprint of the 1967 UK edition published by Hamish Hamilton. 379 PP. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket with repaired tears, in a proyective sleeve. Foxing, o/wise very good. 20.4 x 13.

Novel. Murmansk run during WWII.

64832
DE QUINCEY, Elizabeth
SHIPS THAT SAILED THE GIPPSLAND LAKES
$15.00 AUD

Gippsland Heritage House. Sale, Victoria. 1994. 1st Ed. IV, 28 PP with b/w illustrations (1 photo and 13 sketches by the author). Pictorial soft cover (Tanjil, built 1877). Front cover with small rubbed patches, o/wise fine. Oblong: 15.4 x 22. 0646214225

76507
DICK, H. W.
THE INDONESIAN INTERISLAND SHIPPING INDUSTRY - An Analysis of Competition and Regulation
$60.00 AUD

ASEAN Economic Research Unit / Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. Singapore. 1987. 1st Ed. XV, 217, (3) PP with over 24 tables and 22 b/w photos. Fp: cargo ship "Silumba", used for passengers. Eps: map of the Indonesian archipelago. Pictorial stiff covers. A 12 page Bibliography from: "Indonesian Interisland Shipping: An assessment of the Relationship ...", 1989, by Purwaka, Tommy Hendra, loosely inserted. Bookplate of Professor Adrian Horridge, pasted down on verso of front endpaper. A near fine copy. Scarce. 24.8 x 17. 9971988291

The importance of inter-island shipping. Conflict between market forces and government regulations.

12227
DIVINE, David
CERTAIN ISLANDS, A Personal Selection
$20.00 AUD

Arco Publishing Co. New York. 1972. 1st US Ed. (8), 215 PP with 12 head-pieces (11 maps), plus 8 b/w & 8 colour plates. Cloth cover, dj. Foxing on outside edges, otherwise near fine. 22.4 x 14.5. 0668026324

Islands of discovery (Vinland, Canaries), of the gods (Delos, Hawaii, ..), of evil (Easter, Devil), cities (Paris, Manhattan, Venice, ...), war (Malta, Iwo Jima, ..), refuge (Capri, Cocos Keeling, ...).

46710
DO, Kiem & KANE, Jane
COUNTERPART, A South Vietnamese Naval Officer's War
$20.00 AUD

Naval Institute Press. Annapolis. 1998. 1st printing. (14), 233, (5) PP, plus 8 pages with 17 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 23.5 x 15.8. 1557501815

Ecole Navale in Brest. Fights in South Vietnam against communists ... Exodus after the fall of Saigon in April 1975.

51218
DOUMENGE, Professeur François (editor)
GUIDE DU MUSEE OCEANOGRAPHIQUE MONACO
$10.00 AUD

Musée Océanographique Monaco. Monaco. 1996. 1st Ed. 72 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 24 x 20. 2726001831

45831
DOUSSET, Roselène & TAILLEMITE, Etienne
THE GREAT BOOK OF THE PACIFIC
$20.00 AUD

Books for Pleasure. Sydney. c. 1979. 1st Australian edition translated by Andrew Mouravieff-Apostol. 279, (12 index & appendices) PP with 330 b/w illustrations and 47 colour plates. Hard cover, gilt device on front, gilt title on spine, dj. Faint foxing, o/wise fine. 31.5 x 26.

Reveals the truth behind the legends and the myths emanating from the great exploratory movement from the 15th to 19th centuries.

76701
DRECHSEL, Edwin
NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD, BREMEN, 1857 - 1970 - Volume 0ne: History - Fleet - Ship Mail
$75.00 AUD

Cordillera Publishing Company. Vancouver, B.C. 1994 1st Ed. Foreword by Arnold Kludas. XV, 472 PP with b/w illustrations: ephemera (mail envelopes, postal stamps, franking stamps, postcards), maps, newspaper clippings, paintings & photos. Hard cover, dust jacket. A fine copy. 28.5 x 22. 1895590086

History, fleet list, 110 postal agencies operated by NDL, up to WWI. Only 278 NDL ships are indexed in this Volume One (others are in Voloume Two)

76809
DREYER, Francis
LIGHTHOUSES - PHILLIP PLISSON
$20.00 AUD

Harry N. Abrams. New York. 2005. 1st US edition, translated from the French original by Chris Miller. 75, (2) PP with colour illustrations (54 photos and 79 drawings by Daniel Dufour). Eps: Staircases of lighthouses. Pictorial laminated boards, dj. Fine (as new condition). 31.5 x 25.8. 9780810959637

68677
DUFF, Douglas V.
THE STORY OF THE MERCHANT NAVY (Two Thousand Years of Seafaring)
$10.00 AUD

Cassell. London. 1954. 2nd edition in December 1954 of the September original. VIII, 136 PP with 8 line-drawings, plus 8 pages with 15 half-tone illustrations. Hard cover soiled with a faded spine. Bookplate and stamps on front endpaper and title page. Rear endpaper rubbed. Foxing. Good reading copy. 19 x 13.

Seafaring up to the introduction of steam and its evolution since then. Life at sea, regulations, organization, trade..

76653
DUMAS, Vito
ALONE THROUGH THE ROARING FORTIES - The voyage of "Lehg II" round the world
$70.00 AUD

Adlard Coles. London. 1960. 1st English edition, translated by Captain Raymond Johnes. IX, 10-191 PP with 1 map, 4 diagrams and 12 sketches by c. Kingston, plus 8 pages with 7 b/w photos. Fp: Vito Dumas in oil skin. Eps: Map with the cruise of the "Lehg II". Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Spine of dust jacket is sunned and chipped at top and now in a protective sleeve. Light foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise a near fine copy with no markings or signatures. Scarce in this condition. 20.4 x 13.

The great voyage of 1942-43 through the roaring forties (the impossible route).

76620
DUMONT d'URVILLE, Jules S-C, [Translated from the French and edited by Helen Rosenman]
AN ACCOUNT OF TWO VOYAGES TO THE SOUTH SEAS To Australia, New Zealand, Oceania 1826-1829 in the Corvette ASTROLABE and to the Straits of Magellan, Chile, Oceania, South East Asia, Australia, Antarctica, New Zealand and Torres Strait 1837-1840 in the Corvettes ASTROLABE and ZELEE [2 Volumes]
$200.00 AUD

Melbourne University Press. Melbourne. 1987. 1st edition. Volume.I: Astrolabe 1826-1829: LIII, 312 PP. Vol.II: Astrolabe and Zélée 1837-1840: XII, P.313-634. Contains 29 maps & charts, plus 44 pages with 56 b/w & colour plates. Frontispieces. Canvas cloth covers, gilt title on red vignette on spines. Both volumes in a cloth slipcase. A fine, as new set. Scarce. 25 x 18. 0522843387

The two great voyages of Dumont d'Urville to the Pacific and the Antarctic. Sold as a set.

74760
DUNN, Laurence
SHIP RECOGNITION - MERCHANT SHIPS
$10.00 AUD

Adlard Coles. London. 1954. 4th impression in February 1954, of the October 1952 original. 128 PP with ships' silhouettes & b/w photos throughout. Hard cover worn around edges and spine, o/wise contents are clean and still a very good copy. Oblong: 12.5 x 19.

76665
DUNN, Laurence
LAURENCE DUNN'S MEDITERRANEAN SHIPPING
$35.00 AUD

Carmania Press. London. 1999. 1st Ed. 132 PP with b/w photos. Inside front cover: Stern of the Raffaeollo, Genova. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27.2 x 21.5. 095342913X

74492
DURANT, John and Alice
PICTORIAL HISTORY OF AMERICAN SHIPS, On the High Seas and Inland Waters
$10.00 AUD

Castle Books. New York. 1953. 1st Ed. VIII, 312 PP with b/w illustrations throughout. Small name label at top of FFEP. An otherwise very good clean copy. 28.5 x 22.

New World Landfalls, The Glory Days, Ebb Tide and Flood, ...

68628
DUYKER, Edward
CITIZEN LABILLARDIERE - A Naturalist 's Life in Revolution and Exploration (1755-1834)
$30.00 AUD

Miegunyah Press. Melbourne. 2004. Paperback edition of the 2003 original. XX, 383, (3) PP with 12 maps, plus 16 pages with 18 b/w illustrations. Pictorial card covers. Fine. 24.3 x 16.5. 0522851606

Naturalist with the Bruny d'Entrecasteaux expedition with calls in Van Diemens Land, New Holland, the Friendly Islands, New Caledonia...

69262
DYMOND, Ralph
THE HISTORY OF H.M.A.S. VOYAGER I
$30.00 AUD

Southern Holdings. Hobart. 1992. 1st Ed. IV, 196 PP with b/w illustrations (photos, maps). Pictorial stiff covers. Name of previous owner in gutter of title-page, otherwise fine. 29.6 x 21.1. 0949089214

Her diary, from construction in 1917 for the Royal Navy, her transfer to the Royal Australian Navy in 1933, her war service and her end in September 1942 in Timor.

76713
EADDY, P.A.
HULL DOWN
$20.00 AUD

Andrew Melrose. London. 1933. 1st Edition. 285 PP, plus 6 pages with 8 b/w photos and Fp: "Hull Down". Lacks the photo of Barque Manurewa called for on P.112. Blue cloth covers with edge wear, gilt title on spine. Light foxing, otherwise a very good clean copy. 21.5 x 14.5.

Sea lore, sea legends and the hard & bitter life at sea in the days of sailing ships. The author sailed around the world on the barquentine "St. Elmo" then the "Cambrian Lass".

76600
EASTMAN, Peter F.
ADVANCED FIRST AID AFLOAT
$10.00 AUD

Cornell Maritime Press. Centreville, Maryland. 1979. 5th printing of the 2nd edition of 1974 (revised and enlarged) of the 1972 original. XI, 132 PP with 41 figures (tables, sketches, photos & diagrams), plus 1 colour plate (2 photos) for figure 23. Fp: Sloop Wa leaving Marina del Rey, California. Recto of frontispiece, and page 132: Rapid Reference to Recipes for Injury or Illness sketch. Stiff covers, illustrated front. Foxing spots on slightly ruubbed outside edges. Very good. 22.5 x 15.2. 0870331698

A guide for yachtsmen and small boat skippers who venture beyond the range of immediate professional medical assistance.

48640
EATON, Warrant Officer G. W. (compiler)
ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY TODAY
$15.00 AUD

Department of Defence / AGPS. Canberra. 1983. 1st Ed. 36 PP with tables and b/w illustrations (1 artist's impression, 1 model, 6 photos of planes, 18 photos of warships and 55 silhouettes of warships). Pictorial soft cover (guided missile frigate, HMAS Sydney). Stamp of the Maritime Museum of Tasmania at top corner of front and back covers and on page 3. Contents are near fine. Oblong: 17.5 x 24.8.

The RAN in 1983.

76538
EDWARDS, Tanya & YU, Sarah (editors)
LUSTRE: Pearling & Australia
$25.00 AUD

Western Australian Museum. Perth. 2021. Reprint of the 2018 1st Ed. Foreword by Patrick Dodson, Yawuru Elder. 128 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 27 x 21. 9781925040333

76686
ELISEO, Maurizio
THE SITMAR LINERS & THE V SHIPS 1928-1998 - The History of the Shipping Companies founded by Alexandre and Boris Vlasov and of their Vessels
$70.00 AUD

Carmania Press. London. 1998. 1st Ed. 240 PP with 32 line drawings, 5 folded plans and 276 b/w and colour illustrations. Fp: Castle Felice. FEP: Gemstone off Venice. REP: Fairsky. Cloth cover, device and title on front cover, dj. Dust jacket a little faded at top and spine, otherwise a fine copy. 28.7 x 22.5. 0953429105

64347
ELLIOTT, Colin
STEAM FISHERMEN in old photographs
$15.00 AUD

Tops'l Books. Reading, U.K. 1981. 2nd Impression opf the 1979 original. 64 PP with over 50 b/w photos from the Ford Jenkins Collection. Pictorial stiff covers. Small light stain at top of covers near spine, otherwise fine. 24 x 18. 0906397014

The glorious age of steam drifters and trawlers and the men who sailed in them.

21083
EMMONS, Frederick
PACIFIC LINERS 1927-1972
$20.00 AUD

Leonard Fullerton. Auckland. 1973. 1st N.Z. Ed. 135 PP with 226 ships' profiles (line drawings). Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Sellotape marks on endpapers and covers, otherwise contents are near fine. 24.6 x 19. 0903680009

Illustrations and brief biographies of the ships engaged in passenger services in the Pacific.

76553
ENDACOTT, Andy
300 YEARS "Devotion to Duty"
$20.00 AUD

D.L. Endacott. Saltash, Cornwall. 1996. Reprint of the 1991 original. 64 PP with b/w illustrations (8 sketch plans, ephemeras, drawings and prints, paintings, photos. Inside front cover: Plymouth Sound in 1643. Inside back cover: the Naval Base in 1991. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 29.7 x 21. 0951152734

"The Dockyard" (Devonport): started at Point Froward, on 2nd September 1691, to become for over 300 years the largest Naval Dockyard in Europe.

45109
EVANS, Stan
FINS, SCALES, AND SAILS - The Story of Fishing at Port Fairy 1845 to 1945
$200.00 AUD

Jim Crow Press. Daylesford, Victoria. 2003. 1st paperback edition. XVIII, 428 PP with 3 figures, 4 maps, 4 diagrams, 7 tables and 89 b/w photos, plus 1 folded plan of Port Fairy 1854, loosely inserted. Fp: South landing stage of the Port Fairy wharf, c. 1906-1910. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. Quite scarce. 26 x 18. 97890975022412

18562
FAITH, Nicholas
CLASSIC SHIPS, Romance and Reality
$10.00 AUD

Boxtree. London. 1995. 1st Ed. 144 PP with bw and col. illust. Half-title page: Brunel's Great Britain on her maiden voyage. Title-page: Tug boats. Hard cover, dj. Fine. Oblong: 24.5 x 28.7. 075221022X

Men o'war, great liners, working boats...

76631
FENTON, R. S.
CAMBRIAN COASTERS - Steam and motor coaster owners of North and West Wales
$35.00 AUD

World Ship Society. Kendal. 1989. 1st Ed. 200 PP with 1 map and 148 b/w photos. Fp: Loading the "Vaynol" with slates at Port Dinorwic in 1896. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 21 x 14.5. 0905617525

76672
FENTON, R. S.
MERSEY ROVERS - The coastal tramp ship owners of Liverpool and the Mersey
$40.00 AUD

World Ship Society. Gravesend, Kent. 1997. 1st Ed. 344 PP with b/w illustrations (1 tail piece, 2 maps and 102 photos ), and on 8 pages, 35 sets of "Flags and Funnels" in colour . Fp: S.S. Ashfield of the Zillah Shipping and Carrying Co. Ltd. FEP: plans of the J.J.Mack's "Cumberland" and "Yorkshire". REP: plan of Henry Seddon's "Trevor". Hard cover, dj. Fine (as new condition). 25.5 x 19. 0905617843

61093
FENTON, Roy & CLARKSON, John
SHIPS IN FOCUS RECORD - Issue Number 1
$25.00 AUD

J.& M. Clarkson. London. 1996. Issue No. 1. 64 PP with 86 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21. /ISSN13631675

Australind Steam Shipping Co. The full rigged ship "Monkbarns", by John Naylon. ... Heavy lifts, by Paul Boot.

76703
FENTON, Roy & CLARKSON, John
SHIPS IN FOCUS RECORD, Issues 33-36
$50.00 AUD

John & Marion Clarkson. London. 2006. Bound copy of issues from 33 to 36 of Ships in Focus Record. 4 issues: 264 PP with hundreds of b/w photos. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine. Fine set. 30 x 21.5.

38494
FENTON, Roy, & CLARKSON, John
SHIPS IN FOCUS RECORD 15
$15.00 AUD

Ships in Focus Publications. London. 2001. Issue Number 15. 64 PP (129 to 192) with 1 plan and 112 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21. 1901703126

Fleet in Focus: Furness North Pacific Ships (part 2). Lamport and Holt Fleet List. Guan Guan and the Golden Liberties...

47656
FENTON, Roy, & CLARKSON, John
SHIPS IN FOCUS RECORD 29
$15.00 AUD

Ships in Focus Publications. London. 2004. Issue Number 29, November 2004. 64 PP with 1 set of plans, 2 drawings and 123 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21. 1901703754

The Furness Withy-Houlder Brothers Link (part 1), by D. H. Johnzon. The last square riggers built for British owners, by John Naylon. Blue Star Three Cs, by Captain A. W. Kinghorn...

76667
FILDES, R. D.
THE SHIPS THAT SERVE AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND - VOLUME TWO: Overseas Flag Ships
$30.00 AUD

Searail Productions. Sydney. 1985. 2nd Ed. 144 PP with tables and 46 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 28 x 19.

Guide to the overseas flag ships serving Australia and New Zealand.

18264
FISHER, Bob & ROSS, Bud
THE AMERICA'S CUP 1987, The Official Record
$20.00 AUD

Henry Holt & Co. New York. 1987. 1st Ed. Introduction by John Bertrand. 256 PP with colour photos. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 31 x 23.2. 0805005803

The race off Fremantle, February, 1987.

53336
FISHER, Peter R. & LAMB, T. M. (editors)
LLOYD'S NAUTICAL YEAR BOOK and Calendar 1979
$10.00 AUD

Lloyd's of London Press. London. 1979. Yearly edition. 590 PP with figures (plans, sketch maps and photos), graphs, tables and illustrated advertising material. Eps: Advertisements. Hard cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Very good. 20.8 x 13.5. 090409345X

Maritime Organisations: IMCO, Baltic Exchange, Maritime Welfare Organisations... Lloyd's and Insurance. Legal / International Regulations. Safety at sea. Pages 296 to 309: Liverpool's Knight Line, The history of the ships of Greenshields, Cowie & Co, by David Burrell.

16110
FITCHETT, T. K.
DOWN THE BAY - The Story of the Excursion Steamers of Port Phillip
$30.00 AUD

Rigby Ltd. Adelaide. 1973. 1st Ed. (8), 96 PP with 33 colour illustrations (6 on full page). Eps: Plans of Hobson's Bay and Yarra River, plan of Port Phillip Bay. Hard cover, dj. A near fine copy. Scarce. Oblong: 22.2 x 28.5. 085179632X

Story of these vessels between 1854 & 1942, including the golden years between 1890 & 1930.

20705
FITZSIMONS, Bernard (editor)
WARSHIPS OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR
$15.00 AUD

Phoebus. London. 1973. Purnell's History of the World Wars "Special" series. 64 PP with bw & colour illust. (paintings, photos, plans, profiles, maps...). Pictorial stiff covers. Very good. 29.7 x 22.5.

Balance of naval power August 1914, by Lt-Commander P. Kemp. The Cruise of the "Emden", by Lionel Fanthorpe. Q-Ships, killers in disguise by Rear-Admiral Gordon Campbell...

69135
FLAYHART, William Henry III
PERILS OF THE ATLANTIC: Steamships Disasters, 1850 to the Present
$15.00 AUD

W.W. Norton & Co. New York. 2003. Advance Uncorrected Proof copy (without any illustrations). 357, (3 blank) PP. Soft cover. Sticker on front cover. Internally fine. 23.4 x 15.3.

Includes the wreck of the Arctic in 1854, the White Star liner Atlantic in 1873, the Ville du Havre, the Loch Earn, the Cunard liner Oregon, the steamship Rusland, Holland America's Veendam, the Titantic, Empress of Ireland, Lusitania, Morro Castle ....

76798
FORD, Alan (compiler)
UNITED TOWING 1920-1990 : A History
$30.00 AUD

Hutton Press. Beverley, UK. 1990. 1st Ed. Foreword by Michael Lacey, United Towing Ltd. 156 PP with over 100 photographs (10 in colour). Fleet list by Arthur G. Credland. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. Oblong: 20 x 21. 1872167071

76752
FORESTER, C. S.
THE SHIP - MR MIDSHIPMAN HORNBLOWER - THE EARTHLY PARADISE - THE GENERAL - THE CAPTAIN FROM CONNECTICUT - THE AFRICAN QUEEN
$40.00 AUD

Heinemann / Octopus. London. c. 1978. 1st edition (complete and unabridged) of the 1943, 1950, 1940, 1936, 1941 and 1935 originals published by Michael Joseph and Heinemann. 861 PP with 8 drawings. Near fine. 24 x 15. 0905712021

76794
FOSKETT, Alan
CAPITAL SAILING 1959-2009, The History of the Canberra Yacht Club
$35.00 AUD

Canberra Yacht Club. Yarralumla, ACT. 2009. 1st Ed. September 2009. Foreword by Peter Forster. 269 PP with b/w illustrations (ephemera and photos) and 68 colour photos. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. Oblong: 25.8 x 21.5. 9780975148440

57343
FRANK, Stuart M.
THE KWM NEWSLETTER - The Quarterly Newsletter of the Kendall Whaling Museum
$15.00 AUD

The Kendall Whaling Museum. Sharon, Massachusetts. 1994 to 1997. 9 Newsletters (Vol. 12, No. 3, Fall 1994 to Vol. 15, Nos. 3 & 4, Fall/Winter 1997). Nine newsletters for a total of 112 PP. Pictorial soft covers. Fine. 25.8 x 21.5.

Also, in Vol 14, No.4, an article "The Decorative Arts and Scrimshaw of Charles Durgin.

72703
FYSH, Sir Hudson
QANTAS (in Three Volumes): QANTAS RISING, QANTAS AT WAR, WINGS TO THE WORLD: The Story of Qantas 1945-1966
$275.00 AUD

Angus and Robertson. Sydney. 1965, 1968 & 1970. 1st Ed. Vol. 1: XII, 296 PP with 1 map "Queensland & Northern Territory" on double page and 9 tables, plus 26 pages with 43 b/w photo. Fp: Lieutenants W.H. Fysh and P.J. McGinness. Vol. 2: XII, 244 PP with 1 drawing and 9 tables, plus 25 pages with 44 b/w illustrations (1 Certificate "Secret Order of the double sunrise" and 43 photos). Fp: Empire Flying Boat "Corio". Vol. 3: XII, 236 PP with 1 drawing, plus 24 pages with 45 b/w photos. Each volume with original hard cover, gilt title on spine, and dust jacket. Each volume has the ex-libris vignette of previous owner on inside front cover. Covers have light shelf wear as have the dust jackets. Dust jacket of Vol.1 is price clipped. Vol. 3 is an ex library copy, with erased stamp on title page and stamp on rear endpaper plus remnants of a library pocket. All volumes are in a protective archival sleeve. Occasional foxing. A very good clean set. Scarce. This is a heavy item and postage will be higher than usual. Please ask for a quote. 24.2 x 16.2.

58436
GAPPS, Dr. Stephen
ADMIRAL PARIS AND HIS EXTRA-EUROPEAN BOATS (in Signals No. 91)
$10.00 AUD

Australian National Maritime Museum. Sydney. 2010. No. 91, June-August 2010. Contains articles from P. 2 to 12 with 13 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.7 x 21.

76154
GARDINER, Robert (editor)
THE CAMPAIGN OF TRAFALGAR 1803-1805
$20.00 AUD

Caxton Editions & The National Maritime Museum. London. 2001. Reprint in the Caxton Pictorial Histories series of the 1997 original published by Chatham. 192 PP with tables and over 300 b/w illustrations. Title spread: climax of the greatest battle of the age of sail. 'Victory of Trafalgar', in the Rear. Pictorial laminated boards, dj. Near fine. 29.5 x 24.8. 1840673583

Trafalgar: the culmination of a campaign that began as soon as war between England and France was resumed in May 1803.

76761
GARDNER, Erle Stanley
HUNTING THE DESERT WHALE - Personal Adventures in Baja California
$15.00 AUD

Jarrolds. London. 1963. 1st UK Ed. 256 PP plus 32 pages with 58 b/w photos. Eps: Map of Baja California, inset plan of Scammon's Lagoon. Cloth cover, title on spine, price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket a little rubbed and in a protective sleeve. A near fine copy. 21.5 x 14.5.

Hunting/studying the rare grey whale, in the waters of Scammon's Lagoon.

44466
GARNSEY, A. H. (Anne Stafford Bird)
THE ROMANCE OF THE HUON RIVER
$30.00 AUD

Whitcombe & Tombs. Melbourne. c. 1947. 1st Ed. 220 PP with head pieces and 38 b/w illustrations (drawings and photos). Fp (in colour): The lovely Upper Huon. Eps: map of Bruny Island and the Huon River. Cloth cover, dj. Very discreet (tiny) stamp of previous owner on front endpaper, otherwise a fine copy. 19 x 13.

Settlement, fishing ...Shipwright's and the Regatta... the River Craft.

76544
GATTY, Harold
NATURE IS YOUR GUIDE, How to Find Your Way on Land & Sea
$30.00 AUD

Collins. London. 1958. 1st Ed. 254 PP with 3 maps & 24 b/w illustrations, plus 16 pages with b/w or colour plates. Fp: portrat of Harold Gatty. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Dust jacket with small chip at head of spine. A near fine copy. Scarce. 20.5 x 14.5.

How the Polynesians travelled great distances across the ocean, the American indians travelled through primeval forests, the Australian aborigines crossed the waterless bush... The author was born in Tasmania and joined the merchant navy, before he conceived a new system of air navigation. He went on to become a renowned authority on navigation and compiled The Raft Book, a handbook to survival for those cast adrift at sea.

73696
GEEVES, M. D., GRIGGS, G. C., HONEYSETT, J. L., JOHNSTON, R. A. et al...
SAILING ON... A History of the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania 1880-1980
$35.00 AUD

The Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania. Hobart. 1980. 1st edition, with a foreword by His Excellency The Honourable Sir Stanley Burbury. XII, 256 PP with 2 maps and 84 b/w photos (82 on full page). Fp: Mouth of the Derwent River. Eps: Cadet Dinghies, Invitation Race, 1970. Cloth cover, simile leather, gilt device and title on front cover and spine, dj. Dedicatory vignette signed by the Commodore Clive Simpson with congratulations in becoming a RYCT Member in 201O (100th anniversary). A fine copy. 24 x 18. 0959621415

49228
GIBBARD JACKSON, G.
THE SHIP UNDER STEAM
$20.00 AUD

T. Fisher Unwin. London. 1927. 1st Ed. 262 PP, plus 24 b/w plates with 47 b/w illustrations. Fp: H.M.S. Opal, a wartime destroyer at speed. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine. Few foxing spots on outside edges. Light offsetting of endpapers. Near fine. 22.2 x 15.2.

The Coming of Steam, The Wooden Steamship, The Iron Steamship, Steam in the Navy, Tramps, Trawlers, and Tugs, ...

44863
GIBBINGS, Robert
BLUE ANGELS AND WHALES - A record of personal experiences below and above water
$10.00 AUD

J.M. Dent. London. 1946. 2nd edition, revised and enlarged from the 1938 original. 114 PP with duo tone illustrations. Fp: Tropical fish. Cloth cover, gilt device on front cover, gilt title on spine. Name of previous owner on front endpaper. Slight ageing of paper around the edges, o/wise near fine. 18 x 11.

The strange under-sea world of the coral reef described by a well known artist who went to Tahiti, Bermuda and the Red Sea and made drawings actually under water.

48533
GLOVER, Winifred
REALMS OF THE PACIFIC
$25.00 AUD

Ulster Museum. Belfast. 1994. 1st Ed. Ulster Museum Publication No. 272. (6), 74 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. Oblong: 21 x 29.5. 0900761296

The Polynesian, Melanesian and Micronesian collections in the Ulster Museum.

76525
GOETZFRIDT, Nicholas J. (compiler)
INDIGENOUS NAVIGATION AND VOYAGING IN THE PACIFIC: A Reference Guide
$110.00 AUD

Greenwood Press. Westport, Ct. 1992. 1st Ed. No. 6 in the Bibliographies and Indexes in Anthropology series. XVII, (5), 294, (1) PP with 1 map oln double page. Cloth covers, gilt title on black vignette on front cover and spine. Ex Library copy with an X on inside front cover and 2 rubbed patches on rear endpapers, plus 3 marker pen lines on outside page edges. Contents are near fine. 24 x 16. 0313277397

694 books studied (bibliographic data and short summaries). Oceania and Pacific Islands (P.1-293), New Zealand (P.294-465) and Australia (P.466-724).

45340
GORDON, John Steele
A THREAD ACROSS THE OCEAN - The Heroic Story of the Transatlantic Cable
$10.00 AUD

Simon & Schuster. London. 2002. 1st paperback edition. XIV, (2), 239 PP with 43 b/w illustrations (drawings, engravings, maps and photos). Pictorial soft cover. Faint foxing. Near fine. 21.6 x 13.3. 0743231279

38959
GRAHAM, Lydia S.
PORT TO PORT - A Description of Real Journeys, made by Real People, under Modern Conditions
$20.00 AUD

A. Wheaton. Exeter. 1938. 2nd impression. 136 PP with 22 figures (21 maps and plans) and 27 b/w photos. Fp: Eden gardens and Pagodan, Calcutta (the second city of the Empire). Eps: World map. Attractive illustrated cloth cover. Near fine. 21.8 x 14.

Round the world voyages westward and eastward. Written by a headmistress who describes journeys made by herself and recounted to her pupils in an endeavour to stimulate their imagination and interest and to give them a general idea of the relation of one part of the world to the rest. It even includes some simple questions put to the students.

76673
GRAY, Edward & FENTON, Roy
NINETY YEARS OF THE RAMSEY STEAMSHIP CO. LTD.
$20.00 AUD

Ships in Focus Publications. Preston, UK. 2003. 1st Ed. Foreword by Captain Ramsey Cringle. 48 PP with b/w illustrations (1 sketch map, 1 postal stamp and 74 photos). Pictoral stiff covers. Fine. 29.5 x 21. 9781901703504

Shipping line based in Ramsey, port in the N.E. of the Isle of Man.

75964
GREENOP, Frank S.
COAST OF TRAGEDY
$10.00 AUD

K.G. Murray. Sydney. 1944. 1st Ed. 256 PP. Hard cover, cloth spine. Renewed endpapers, otherwise a very good clean copy. 18.8 x 12.

26 tales of the sea, on the Australian coast and the bordering seas. Wreck of the Trial, mutiny on the Bounty, Seringapatam, the whaler turned Man-of-War, Ben Boyd's empire...

76799
GREENOUGH, Mary
CARGO HANDLING in the Port of Liverpool during the 1920s
$15.00 AUD

Merseyside Maritime Museum. Liverpool. 1981. 1st Ed. 40 PP with b/w illustrations (sketch map of "Mersey Dock Estate in 1928", and 31 photos). Stiff covers, pictorial front. Fine. Oblong: 19.5 x 24.2. 0906367093

76765
GRIFFITHS, Denis, LAMBERT Andrew & WALKER, Fred
BRUNEL'S SHIPS
$40.00 AUD

Chatham Publishing & National Maritime Museum. London. 1999. 1st Ed. Foreword by Susan Baylis. 160 PP with b/w illustrations (original draughts, contemporary prints, portraits and photos). Fp: Great Britain in drydock at Bristol. Hard covers, gilt title on spine, dj. Dust jacket with lightly sunned spine, otherwise a fine copy. 30 x 25. 9781861761026

Brunel and shipbuilding. The ships: Great Western / HMS Rattler /Great Britain / Great Eastern.

76781
GRYTTEN, Harald, HALLKJELL DAHLE (editors)
FARSTAD - A SHIP OWNING COMPANY IN AALESUND 1956-2006
$75.00 AUD

Farstad Shipping ASA. Älesund, Norway. 2007 1st edition limited to 2000 copies. 385 PP with graphs, tables, b/w and colour illustrations. Cloth covers, title in blind on covers and spine. Front endpaper with a closed repaired tear and lower part of gutter split on 6 cms. An otherwise fine copy. Oblong: 21.5 x 26.5. 9788299793117

Pages 276 to 297: Time line (1914 to 2007). Pages 300 to 339, design of: 20 AHTS (Anchor Handling and Tug Supply Vessels) and 15 PSV (Platform Supply Vessels). Pages 340 to 378: history, details and photo of 108 vessels (8 with b/w photos and 100 with colour photos).

69386
GUTHORN, Peter J.
THE SEA BRIGHT SKIFF, and other Shore Boats
$25.00 AUD

Schiffer Publishing. Exton, Pennsylvania. c. 1984. 1st paperback edition. (10), 239 PP with b/w illustrations (adverts, line drawings & sketches, plans & photos), plus17 pages with 11 for illustrations (2 set of plans and 25 photos), 2 for glossary, 4 for index. Pictorial card covers. Fine. Scarce. 25.4 x 17.8. 0916838730

70682
GYSI, Werner M. & Family
A FAMILY OF SIX AT SEA - Crossing the Atlantic on a Cement Boat
$15.00 AUD

Gooly Mooly Publishing. Enderby, B.C., Canada. 2009. 1st Ed. 320 PP with b/w illustrations: 1floor plan for Kirsty Nicole, maps, drawings, photos, portraits. Pictorial soft covers. Note on title page, signed and dated by the owner/author. Near fine. 21.6 x 13.7. 0781896424019

16490
HALL, Cyril
THE SEA AND ITS WONDERS
$10.00 AUD

Gresham. London. c.1930. 1st edition in The Gresham Library of Knowledge. 256 PP with b/w illustrations, plus 32 b/w plates. Cloth cover, gilt-engraved spine. Foxing, o/wise very good condition. Image shows title-page and frontispiece. 20 x 14.

Encompasses all the knowledge at the time: marine biology, geophysics, oceanography, meteorology, fishing, etc.. up to the disappearance of the five-masted barque, Danish training ship, Kobenhaven.

76848
HAMILTON, A. G.
THE RESTLESS WIND
$75.00 AUD

William Blackwood & Sons Ltd. Edinburgh. 1961. 1st Ed. X, 335 PP with 4 sketch charts, plus 12 pages with 8 b/w photos. Fp (in colour): "Salmo" at the Royal St Lawrence Yacht Club. Hard covers, gilt title on spine, dj (price clipped). Dust jacket with small repaired chips and in a protective sleeve. Few foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. Scarce. 22.2 x 14.5. Coast of Sussex to the Clyde, then Labrador. Up and down the Saint Lawrence River. From Canada to the Panama Canal, the Galapagos, Pitcairn, Mangareva and the Gambiers, Rapa Iti, ... Tahiti.

76852
HAMILTON, John
SAIL TRAINING - The Message of the Tall Ships
$20.00 AUD

Patrick Stephens Ltd. Wellingborough. 1988. 1st Ed. Foreword by Lord Burnham, Chairman of the STA. 232 PP with 130 b/w illustrations (10 line drawings and 130 photos), plus 16 pages with 26 colour photos. FEP: Sorlandet under sail. REP: Gorch Fock. Hard covers, device in blind on front cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 27.8 x 20.7. 0850599067

64775
HAMLYN, Paul
THE ADVENTURE OF SHIPS
$10.00 AUD

The Hamlyn Publishing Group. London. 1968. 1st Ed. 80 PP with colour illustrations by Istituto Geografico de Agostini. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price clipped). Dust jacket with closed tears (repaired). Occasional foxing. Very good. 30.2 x 23.

Ships of all ages. Well illustrated.

76863
HAMPTON, C. W. & CLIFFORD, E. (editors)
PLANECRAFT - Hand Planing by Modern Methods
$50.00 AUD

C.& J. Hampton Ltd. Sheffield, UK. 1945 3rd edition of the 1934 original. 136 PP with 181 plus 5 figures (drawings, sketches & photos). Cloth covers, gilt decoration & title on front board. Lettering on spine a little faded. War economy paper. Light damage to the lower outside corner of front cover (scuffed), otherwise near fine. Scarce. 22.3 x 14.5.

76835
HANSEN, Anita & HANSEN, Brita (editors)
POLES APART: Fascination, Fame and Folly
$45.00 AUD

The Royal Society of Tasmania. Hobart. 2018 1st Ed. Forewords by Richard Catlow, Royal Society, and Professors Ross Large & Matt King, The Royal Society of Tasmania. 256 PP with 205 figures (b/w and colour illustrations). Pictorial stiff covers. As new. 25 x 21.5. 9780648141372

Pages 58 to 123: The Arctic (search for the North West Passage / search for the Franklin expedition ...). Pages 124 to 189: The Antarctic.

63073
HARESNAPE, Brian
THIS IS SEALINK
$10.00 AUD

Ian Allan. London. 1982. 1st Ed. 32 PP with 104 b/w illustrations (2 drawings and 102 photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.3 x 21.5. 0711012504

The Sealink consortium (Ferries and Channel crossing). Includes a complete Sealink Fleet list..

76668
HARVEY, Clive
THE SAXONIA SISTERS, The Story of Four Splendid Liners
$60.00 AUD

Carmania Press. London. 2001 1st Ed. Foreword by William H. Miller. 96 PP with 19 colour and 65 b/w illustrations (Artworks, drawings, travel flyers, posters and photos). Fp (in colour): A brave diisplay of Flags. Pictorial stiff covers, spine slightly faded. An otherwise fine copy. Scarce. 27.2 x 21.5. 0953429199

Under the Cunard House-Flag. Then: Ref Flag of the USSR & the charter by CTC Line, or the Italian flag with Sitmar Line.

31687
HAWS, Duncan
MERCHANT FLEETS - 20: ELDER DEMPSTER LINES
$30.00 AUD

TCL Publications. London. 1990. 1st Ed., No. 20 in Merchant Fleets series. 174 PP with 240 b/w drawings to constant scale. Pictorial card cover. Fine. 23.2 x 15.5. 0946378177

Technical details and career histories of 514 ships manned by Elder Dempster.

76692
HAWS, Duncan
MERCHANT FLEETS - ELDERS & FYFFES AND GEEST (No.31)
$50.00 AUD

TCL Publications. London. 1996. 1st Ed., No. 31 in Merchant Fleets series. IV, 71, (5) PP with 54 b/w drawings to constant scale (1:1200). Pictorial card cover. A fine copy. Scarce. 21 x 14.7. 0946378312

Technical details and career histories of 144 ships manned by Elders & Fyffes, United Fruit, Waling Van Geest & Zonen, and Geest.

76694
HAWS, Duncan
MERCHANT FLEETS - 14: BLUE STAR LINE
$30.00 AUD

TCL Publications. London. 1988. 1st Ed., No. 14 in Merchant Fleets series. 100 PP with 103 scale drawings (scale: 1 / 200). Pictorial soft covers with lightly sunned spine, otherwise near fine. 23.2 x 15.5. 094937810X

Fleet of 165 vessels.

31887
HECKSTALL-SMITH, B.
YACHTS & YACHTING IN CONTEMPORARY ART
$90.00 AUD

The Studio. London. 1925. Limited numbered edition. (No. 269/1000). XVI, 48 PP, plus 96 plates (79 in b/w and 24 colour illustrations tipped in). The 24 colour plates with tissue guard. Eps: Dutch Yacht, 1650. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, top edge gilt. Covers with signs of wear at hinges and corner. Front endpaper rubbed. Some foxing. Colour plate XC with creases, o/wise a very good copy. Ingleton bookplate. Scarce. 29.6 x 23.5.

76802
HENDRY, Robert
A CENTURY OF MANX TRANSPORT in Colour
$40.00 AUD

The Manx Experience. Douglas, Isle of Man. 1998. 1st Ed. 128 PP with over 300 colour illustrations: 1 map of the Isle of Man, posters, handbills, tickets, postcards, photos. Pictorial laminated boards. Fine (as new condition). 30.3 x 21.2. 1873120389

76853
HERBERT, Karl & LEWIS-JONES, Huw
IN SEARCH OF THE SOUTH POLE
$35.00 AUD

Conway / Anova Books Ltd. London. 2011 1st Ed. Introduction by Sir Ranulph Fiennes. 192 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Epilogue by Leslie Carol Roberts. Illustrated hard covers. Fine. 27.5 x 20.5 9781844861378

76576
HERR, Richard & BERGIN, Anthony
OUR NEAR ABROAD: Australia and Pacific Islands Regionalism (in Strategy)
$15.00 AUD

ASPI / Australian Strategic Policy Institute. Canberra. 2011. STRATEGY, issue November 2011. IV, 84 PP with 7 tables and b/w or colour illustrations (2 graphs and 3 maps). Stiff covers, pictorial front. Fine. 29.6 x 17. 9781921302695

12103
HILDER, Brett
PRIMITIVE NAVIGATION IN THE PACIFIC (in Navigation, Vol. 2 - No. 1)
$25.00 AUD

Australian Institute of Navigation. Sydney. 1963. Volume 2, No 1, December 1963. XX, 99 PP. Article between P.77 and 89. Soft cover. Front cover with repaired tear and creases. Contents are near fine. 24.2 x 17.5.

Steering and searching for an island - The navigational stones of Arorae - Voyages to groups or chains of islands - Drift voyages...

70313
HILDER, Brett
LANDSCAPE - SOHANO, BUKA PASSAGE
$250.00 AUD

Dated 1953. Original unframed signed watercolour. Oblong: 25.5 x 31 cm.

71130
HILDER, Brett
AK MARUA, built San Francisco
$100.00 AUD

No date. Original unframed watercolour. 27.5 x 22cm.

Wrecked at Nonouti, Gilberts / Kiribati..

16074
HOLYOAK, Jon
BALMORAL and the Story of the Bristol Channel Steamers
$10.00 AUD

Waverley Excursions. Glasgow. 1986. 1st Ed. 32 PP with 38 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Name of previous owner on inside front cover. Near fine. Oblong: 14.2 x 20.8. 0950517720

The excursion steamers of the Bristol Channel and the "Balmoral" restored to services by preservationists in 1986.

68579
HOPKINS, David L.
THE HUON PINERS
$30.00 AUD

Taswegia Marketing. Hobart. 2004. 1st Ed. (2), 52, (2) PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, maps, plans, photos). Pictorial soft covers. Fine. 29.7 x 21. 0958709254

70143
HOPKINS, David L.
THE SHIPPING HISTORY OF THE BASS STRAIT CROSSING
$10.00 AUD

Taswegia. Hobart. 1994. 1st Ed. 36 PP with b/w illustrations. FEP: Mouth of River Don. REP: Comparison of vessel size in Bass Strait ships (Alma Doepel to Spirit of Tasmania). Pictorial stiff covers. Near fine. 30.5 x 22.5. 0646186353

History in pictures & text of the regular passenger ferries crossing Bass Strait, a treacherous stretch of water.

76869
HORE, Peter
BATTLESHIPS OF WORLD WAR I - Over 185 Archive Photographs and Illustrations of 70 Ships
$15.00 AUD

Southwater / Anness Püblishing. London. 2008. 1st paperback edition. 96 PP with over 185 photos and illustrations. Half title page: Japanese "Ise". Title spread: Von der Tann. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 29.7 x 22.8. 9781844763771

10892
HORNELL, James
FISHING IN MANY WATERS
$45.00 AUD

Cambridge University Press. London. 1950. 1st Ed. XV, 210 PP with 66 b/w plates & 44 text-figures. Fp: Fijian fisher-girl with her prawn-net. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price clipped, a little chipped and in a protective sleeve). Bookplate of Professor Adrian Horridge on front endpaper. A near fine copy. 24.5 x 17.5.

Fishing methods in various parts of the world, more particularly in India & Ceylon, the Far East and the South Sea. Also contains material of anthropological interest.

76508
HORRIDGE, Adrian
PERAHU LAYAR TRADISIONAL NUSANTARA
$50.00 AUD

Penerbit Ombak. Yogyakarta, Indonesia. 2015. 1st Indonesian edition of the 1985 English original. XXXVI, 197, (1 publications) PP with b/w illustrations (40 drawings and sketches by Chris Snoek , 25 headpieces ) and 16 colour photos. Fp (in colour): Perahu Patorani datang ke Makassar, 1979. Pictorial soft covers. Indonesian text. Manuscript note at top of title page: "Adrian Horridge, own copy, 2015". Fine. 23 x 15.3. 9786022582175

PRAHU, Traditional Sailingboat of Indonesia.

76543
HORSEY, Nicola (editor)
THE DEFENCE OF THE REALM - The Military Heritage of Southern England
$15.00 AUD

Ian Allan Ltd. Shepperton, Surrey. 1992. 1st Ed. 32 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (maps, 15 sketch maps (location), line drawings, paintings and photos). Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 29.5 x 21. 9780711020863

Place to visit in and around Hampshire, Dorset and the Isle of Wight.

76635
HORSLEY, John E.
TOOLS OF THE MARITIME TRADES
$100.00 AUD

David & Charles. Newton Abbot. 1978. 1st Ed. 304 PP with 129 figures with over 600 line drawings and 15 b/w plates. Hard cover, dust jacket (price-clipped and a little sunned on spine). Name and address of previous owner on inside front cover. An otherwise fine copy. Scarce. 24 x 16. 0715352806

Workshops and premises - Shipwright, Sailmaker, Rope maker...

76727
HORWOOD, J.B.
A VETERAN - The Last Grain Race of the Windjammers aboard the Archibald Russell
$35.00 AUD

Privately published. 1st Ed. Edited by his son Michael Horwood. X, 148 PP with b/w illustrations: 1 sketch map of Cape Horn, 4 drawings and 21 b/w photos. Hard covers, dj. Signed by his son Michael Horwood. New. 24.2 x 16.

Life at sea on the Archibald Russell during the last Grain Race. The last Grain Race (Outward 1938;/ Home ward 1939) involving 13 windjammers, all 4 masted barques: 10 via Cape Horn (Moshulu / Padua / Pamir / Passat / Pommern / Olivebank / Archibald Russell / Viking / Winterhude / Lawhill) and 3 via Cape of Good Hope (Killoran / Abraham Rydberg / Kommodore). The Archibald Russell, Captain Sommarlund sailed from Port Germein on the 3rd of April, reached Falmouth on the 2nd of August for final destination the port of Hull. The author signed off on the 3rd and left thz Archibald Russell on the 4th of August.

14660
HOUGH, Richard
CAPTAIN BLIGH & MR. CHRISTIAN, The Men and the Mutiny
$10.00 AUD

Readers Union. London. 1974. Reprint of the 1972 original by Hutchinson. 320 PP with 12 head-pieces, 13 b/w illustrations (plans, maps sketches,..), plus 18 pages with 17 b/ w plates. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Very good. 22 x 14.

44109
HOUGH, Richard
A HISTORY OF FIGHTING SHIPS
$10.00 AUD

Octopus Books. London. 1975. Reprint of the 1969 original. 144 PP with 175 bw & colour illust. Half title-page: Sails and driver of a 20-gun ship. Title-page: Dutch men of war and yacht. Eps: Group of vessels by Van de Velde. Illustrated hard cover, dj. Near fine. 28.6 x 21. 0706403037

The oar-driven fighting ship, the sailing fighting ship and the engine-driven fighting ship.

76833
HOWARTH, David and Stephen, & ROBSON, Stephen
THE STORY OF P&O - The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company
$20.00 AUD

Weidenfeld & Nicolson. London. 1994. Revised edition of the 1986 original, with additional text by Stephen Robson. Foreword by Lord Sterling of Plaistow. 240 PP with numerous b/w & colour illust. Fp: The Royal Charter of Incorporation of P & O. Illustrated endpapers. Hard covers, gilt title on spine, dj. Bookplate of previous owner on FFEP, otherwise near fine. 26.3 x 19.5. 9780297833581

Begins with P & O's steam ships and covers the company's career for 150 years.

76278
HOWARTH, Patrick
THE LIFE-BOAT SERVICE
$10.00 AUD

Pitkin Pictorials. London. 1975. 1st Ed. in the "Pitkin Pride of Britain" series. 24 PP with 35 illustrations (1 cutaway, 2 prints and 32 photos). Pictorial stff covers. Fine. 23 x 17.8. 0853720754

76872
HUBBARD, Charles M. & DAVIS, Jr., COLLIS H.
CORREGIDOR IN PEACE AND WAR
$45.00 AUD

University of Missouri Press. Columbia. 2006. 1st Ed. XII, (2), 198 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (charts, maps & plans, paintings, posters and photos). Fine. Oblong: 26 x 18.5. 9780826217127

Corregidor: Early history, Battle 9th April to 6 May 1942, Return to the Rock 16th to 27th February 1945. Shrine of Peace.

44764
HUFF, W. G.
THE ECONOMIC GROWTH OF SINGAPORE - Trade and Development in the Twentieth Century
$20.00 AUD

Cambridge University Press. Cambridge. 1997. 1st paperback edition of the 1994 original. XXII, 472 PP with 12 figures (graphs & maps) and 97 tables. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 22.8 x 15.2. 0521629446

70550
HUGILL, Stan
SHANTIES AND SAILORS' SONGS
$65.00 AUD

Herbert Jenkins Ltd. London. 1969. 1st Ed. X, 243 PP with 41 drawings by the author, and 40 musical scores. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Dust jacket with repaired tears on front cover of dust jacket and is plastic protected. Light foxing and small stains on top and bottom outside edges, o/wise a very good clean copy. 23.2 x 15.2. 0257657681

Historical background of the sea-song and shanty. How shanties and other kinds of shipboard songs were used...

38284
HUIZINGA, Leonhard
TAKE YOUR JACKET OFF - The chronicle of a merchant house as seen against 75 years of world history
$10.00 AUD

Hagemeyer. Amsterdam. 1975. 1st English edition of the Dutch original "Trek jij je jas eens uit". 236 PP with 1 map and 84 b/w illustrations. Cloth cover, seals in blind on front and back covers, gilt title on spine, dj. Occasional foxing spots, o/wise fine. 26 x 18.3.

Founding of the firm in Surabaja, 1900, by Johan and Anton Hagemeijer... Agencies in Adelaide, and Brisbane , 1968.

76811
HUNTLY, Moira
PAINTING & DRAWING BOATS
$30.00 AUD

A & C Black. London. 1985. 1st Ed. 144 PP with 39 colour illustrations (gouache, watercolour) and over 200 b/w illustrations (sketches, drawings, paintings). Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 27.7 x 21.8. 9780713627466

60428
THE INSTITUTE OF NAVIGATION
LORAN-C (in NAVIGATION, Journal of the Institute of Navigation - Volume 29, No. 1, (Spring 1982) - LORAN-C Special Issue
$10.00 AUD

The Institute of Navigation. Washington. 1982. Edited by Paul M. JANICZEK. (6), 104, (7) PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Faint foxing on outside edges. Very good. 25.2 x 17.

History of Loran-C, by Robert L. Frank. Loran-C: Present and Future, by Lcdr. John F. Weseman. Loran-C charting, by John J. Speight. ... Evolution of Loran-C Coverage by Edward L. McGann ...

38201
IRELAND, Bernard
HISTORY OF SHIPS
$10.00 AUD

Hamlyn. London. 1999. 1st Ed. 192 PP with over 200 b/w and colour illustrations. Illustrated endpapers, half title page, and title page. Illustrated hard cover, dj. Fine. 28.5 x 24.6. 0600595900

From the first dug-out canoe (c. 500 BC) to the great ocean liners and the modern warships of today.

46434
IRVINE, Lucy
FARAWAY
$10.00 AUD

Doubleday. London. 2000. 1st paperback edition. XIV, 386 PP with 5 maps, plus 32 pages with 13 b/w and 73 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover.with a few light creases, spine slightly creased. Ageing of paper and faint foxing, otherwise contents are near fine. 23.3 x 15.5. 0385601808

Adventures and life in the second half of the 20th century on the faraway island of Pigeon Island, Lom Lom group, Reef Islands, Solomon.

53828
JACOBS, Joseph
THE STORY OF GEOGRAPHICAL DISCOVERY - How the World became known
$15.00 AUD

George Newnes. London. c. 1895. 1st Ed., in The Library of Useful Stories. 224 PP with 24 maps. Fp: Arms granted to Sebastian Del Cano. Illustrated cloth covers, gilt title on spine. Slight ageing of paper. Signature of previous owner on front endpaper. Near fine. Small format: 15.3 x 10.

76080
JAY, Lieutenant-Commander L. M. A. (editor)
HMS VICTORY - Souvenir Guidebook
$10.00 AUD

Pitkin Pictorials. London. 1988. New edition of the 1972 original. 20 PP with colour illustrations (1 "exploded" drawing of H.M.S. Victory, 1 sketch map of the Battle of Trafalgar and 27 photos). Pictorial stiff covers. Stamp of the Maritime Museum of Tasmania on title page. Near fine. 24 x 17. 9780853724544

The pictorial story .

76846
JOB, G. Macarthur
DISASTER IN THE DANDENONGS
$15.00 AUD

Mt Dandenong Historical Societry. Olinda, Vic. 1978. 1st Ed. Preface by Volkhard Wehner. 16 PP with b/w illustrations: 1 map, 1 sketch of the crash site and 5 photos & & 12 portraits.

Aircraft crash at Mount Dandenong on 25/10/1938: 18 deaths.

76744
JOHNSON, Captain & Mrs. Irving
WESTWARD BOUND IN THE SCHOONER YANKEE
$85.00 AUD

W. W. Norton & Co. New York. 1936. 1st Ed. VIII, 9-348 PP, with 21 head-pieces and 4 sketch plans of the "Schooner Yankee", (all drawings) by Roland Wentzell, plus 32 pages with 61 b/w photos. Eps: Map "World Cruise of the Yankee, Gloucester to Gloucester". Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price clipped). Dust jacket in a protective sleeve. Occasional foxing with spots on outside edges, otherwise contents are near fine. Scarce. 22 x 15.3.

Cruise to Galapagos, Pitcairn, Tahiti, Fiji, New Hebrides.. Cocos Keeling, Mauritius.

61838
JOPPIEN, Rüdiger & SMITH, Bernard
THE ART OF CAPTAIN COOK'S VOYAGES - VOLUMES I, II & III (boxed 4 volume set)
$1100.00 AUD

Oxford University Press in association with the Australian Academy of the Humanities. Melbourne. 1985-1987. Vol.I, II & III: First edition. Vol. I (1st edition 1985): The Voyage of the Endeavour 1768-1771. Vol.II (Ist edition 1985): The Voyage of Resolution & Endeavour 1772-1775. Vol III (text) & Vol III (catalogue): 1st edition of 1987: The Voyage of Resolution & Discovery 1776-1780. Vol I: XVI, 248 PP with 326 b/w & colour plates. Vol. II: XIV, 274 PP with 106 b/w or colour plates, 19 colour and 189 b/w illustrations. Vol.III (Text): XXI, 234 PP with 209 b/w & colour plates. Vol III (Catalogue): VIII, 435 PP with 458 b/w plates. All volumes bound in cloth with dust jacket and contained in a cloth covered boxed slipcase. A fine set. This is a heavy item and postage will be higher than usual. Please ask for a quote. 35 x 25.5. 0195548930 (complete set)

Also includes an associated pamphlet "The Functions of Art on Captain Cook's Voyages", reprinted from the Pacific Island Monthly magazine.

76746
KARNEKE, Joseph Sidney & BOESSEN, Victor
NAVY DIVER
$60.00 AUD

The Adventurers Club. London. 1964. Reprint of the 1962 original. 190 PP plus 8 pages with 14 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket has a few small chips and is in a protective sleeve. A near fine copy. Scarce. 21.5 x 14.

Twenty years' experience of a USN deep sea diver. Pearl Harbour, experiences on the submarine rescue vessel "Chanticleer", salvage works, ...

31753
KEAY, John (editor)
THE ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY HISTORY OF WORLD EXPLORATION
$25.00 AUD

Hamlyn. London. 1991. 1st Ed. 320 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (photographs, paintings and engravings). Illustrated frontispiece and endpapers. Hard cover, dj. Few foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 29 x 22.5. 0600568199

Asia, by John Keay. Antarctic, by Ann Savours. Oceanography, by Anita McConnell.

38760
KEMP, J. F., & YOUNG, Peter
ELECTRICITY AND GENERAL MAGNETISM (Illustrated Notes for Masters and Mates)
$10.00 AUD

Kandy Publications. Kenley, Surrey, UK. 1965. Reprint of the 1960 original. 80 PP with many figures, some with colour. Pictorial soft cover. Name of previous owner on front cover, otherwise near fine. 21 x 16.5.

72869
KEMP, Paul
CONVOY ! - Drama in Arctic Waters
$10.00 AUD

Cassell Military Paperbacks. London. 2000. 1st paperback edition of the 1993 original. 256 PP with tables, plus 48 pages with 112 b/w photos. Stiff covers, pictorial front. Ex Libris stamp of previous owner on half title page, o/wise fine. 19.7 x 12.8. 9780304354511

43966
KEMP, Paul J.
AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN BATTLESHIPS
$40.00 AUD

Iso Publications. London. 1991. 1st Ed. 112 PP with b/w illustrations (plans and photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.7 x 21.

48815
KENNEDY, Ludovic (compiler)
A BOOK OF SEA JOURNEYS
$10.00 AUD

Collins. London. 1981. 1st Ed. XX, 395 PP with 52 b/w illustrations. Fp: A ship of 1565. Hard cover, gilt title on cloth spine, dj. Foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise near fine. 23.5 x 15.5. 0002163101

An anthology of outstanding writings about people at sea.

76644
KERRISON, Janet
BEACONSFIELD GOLD
$20.00 AUD

Beaconsfield Rotary Club. Beaconsfield, Tas. 1976. 3rd Edition. No pagination, 48 PP with 11 b/w illustrations (1 plan, 1 painting and 9 photos). Sketch map of the Mining Town, inside front cover. Stiff covers, illustrated front, staples. Fine. 21.6 x 14.2.

64913
KETCHUM, Creston Donald
HIS PATH IN THE WATERS
$15.00 AUD

Prentice-Hall, Inc. New York. 1955. 1st Ed. (8), 183 PP, plus 4 pages with 10 b/w photos. Hard cover, gilt signature of author on front cover, title on a gilt vignette on spine. Signature of previous owner on front endpaper. Cover rubbed on fore hinge and head of spine, slight ageing of paper, otherwise a very good clean copy. 21 x 14.2.

Experience of a young Canadian at sea. During World War II, while in a convoy to Great Britain: witness of the fight between Admiral Scheer and the Jervis Bay. .. Later in the early 1950s with the American Board of Missions vessel Morning Star VI, sailing in Micronesia.

40135
KILDUFF, Peter
US CARRIERS AT WAR
$10.00 AUD

Ian Allan. London. 1981. 1st UK edition. 128 PP with 164 b/w photos. Eps: map of the Pacific Ocean. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 29.8 x 22. 0711010773

34592
KING, Jonathan
AUSTRALIA'S FIRST FLEET - The Voyage and the Re-enactment 1788/1988
$15.00 AUD

Fairfax / Robertsbridge. Sydney. 1987. 1st Ed. 224 PP with b/w sketches & colour illustrations. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 32.2 x 23. 0947178163

Official story of the re-enactment setting the proper historical perspective against the events of 1788.

76680
KINGHORN, Capt. A. W.
AWAY TO SEA - Life in Blue Star and Golden Line
$30.00 AUD

P.M. Heaton. Gwent, UK. 1996. 1st Ed. 256 PP with 80 b/w photos. Fp: Captain Kinghorn. Hard cover, dj. A fine copy. 21.5 x 15.2. 1872006124

Sequel to "Before the Box Boats". Sailing with Blue Star Line, then after retirement, return to sea with the Guan Guan Shipping of Singapore.

76679
KINGHORN, Captain A. W.
BEFORE THE BOX BOATS
$40.00 AUD

Kenneth Mason. Hampshire. 1983. 1st Ed. 214 PP with b/w illust. (drawings and photos). Hard cover, dj. A fine copy. Scarce. 22 x 14. 0859372979

Story of Captain A.W. Kinghorn, a merchantman, and of the Blue Star line. Travels on traditional merchant vessels before the arrival of the new "box boats" or container vessels...

76825
KITTRIDGE, Alan
STEAMERS & FERRIES OF THE RIVER TAMAR & THREE T0WNS DISTRICT
$45.00 AUD

Twelveheads Press. Truro. 2003. 1st Ed. 160 PP with over 250 b/w illustrations: 1 map (with location map & 3 inserts), 1 map "Ferries & short distances", ephemera, drawings & sketches, plans and photos. Fp: Paddle steamer "Prince Edward. Hard covers, dj. Fine. 27.6 x 21.5. 0906294541

18121
KOENIG, William
EPIC SEA BATTLES
$20.00 AUD

Octopus Books Ltd. London. 1975. 1st Ed. Introduction by S. L. Mayer. 256 PP with over 310 b/w and colour illustrations. Eps: World map with position of 13 sea battles. Hard cover, dj. Top edge of dust jacket lightly rubbed. Very good. 32.5 x 24. 0706404459

13 epic Sea Battles: Nile (Aboukir), Trafalgar, Navarino... Matapan... Leyte Gulf.

36751
KRYTHE, Maymie
PORT ADMIRAL - Phineas Banning 1830-1885
$25.00 AUD

California Historical Society. San Francisco. 1957. 1st Ed. limited to 1000 copies. Special Publication No. 28. XVI, 251, (3) PP, plus 12 pages with 12 b/w illust. Title page: Portrait of Phineas Banning. Cloth cover, dj. Dedicatory note on front endpaper signed by the author. A near fine copy. 24.2 x 16.

Biography of the Irrepressible General, father of the man-made port of Los Angeles (including Wilmington and San Pedro).

76537
LAL, Brij V. & HENDRIE, Peter
PACIFIC JOURNEYS
$30.00 AUD

Peter Hendrie. Albert Park, Vic. 2003. 1st Ed. Introduction by Professor Brij V. Lal. 224 PP with colour photograps by Peter Hendrie. Eps: Map of the Central Pacific. Cloth covers, title on front board and spine, dj. Fine. Oblong: 23.3 x 33. 9780957740204

76641
LANCE, Kate
REDBILL, From Pearls to Peace - The Life and Times of a Remarkable Lugger
$25.00 AUD

Fremantle Arts Centre Press. Fremantle. 2004. 1st Ed. 399 PP with 5 maps, 2 plans of the pearling lugger Redbill and 93 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 22.8 x 15.2. 1920731423

Pearling lugger, launched at Fremantle in 1904. Sunk in 2000 off Broome by tropical cyclone Rosita. Pearling... WWII with Japanese attack on Darwin and as H.M.A.S. Redbill of the Lugger Maintenance Service... Pearling... Charter by Greenpeace for protests in Australia and in Tahiti...

76511
LANGDON, Robert
THE LOST CARAVEL
$30.00 AUD

Pacific Publications. Sydney. 1975. 1st Ed. 368 PP with 14 text illust. and maps, plus 24 pages with 59 b/w photos. Eps: Map of Tuamotus & Society Islands. Hard cover. Name of previous owner "Adrian Horridge", and his bookplate on front endpaper. Review in the ANU Reporter of 24 October 1975 tipped in on margin of last page. Lower edge of covers rubbed. Faint foxing. Near fine. 24 x 17. 0858070219

On the Caravel "San Lesmes" of the Loaisa expedition, lost in 1526.

16774
LANGMAID, Capt. Kenneth
CLEAR FOR ACTION! The Royal Navy in Defence and in Attack
$10.00 AUD

Jarrolds. London. 1970. 1st Ed. XVI, 176 PP plus 8 pages with 16 b/w illust. Hard cover, dj. Occasional foxing. Near fine. 22.2 x 14.2. 0091038405

Record of the sequence of foreign invasions which led to the establishment & growth of British naval strength; to control, eliminate them and counter attack!

63948
LARGE, Tony
IN DEEP AND TROUBLED WATERS - The Story of a South African at War who survived the Sinkings of both HMS Cornwall and the Troopship Laconia in 1942
$75.00 AUD

Paul Watkins. Donington, Lincolnshire. 2001. 1st Ed. XIII, 194 PP with b/w illustrations (20 head pieces, 3 maps, 61 photos). Pictorial laminated boards. Dedicatory note signed by the author on title page. Fine. Scarce. 25.4 x 19.5. 1900289318

69916
LAWTHER, Rebecca & WRIGHT, Jonathan (editors)
D-DAY, 70 YEARS ON - The Normandy Campaign Remembered
$15.00 AUD

Script Media / Pen & Sword Military Books. Barnsley, South Yorkshire. 2014. 70th Anniversary edition. 112 PP, (6 Images of War, D-Day) with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 23. 9781848841710

The story of 6 June 1944: D-Day. 2nd of August 1944, very first flight of the Arado AR234, a jet aeroplane.

76921
LEVER, Darcy
THE YOUNG SEA OFFICER'S SHEET ANCHOR, Or a Key to the Leading of Rigging and to Practical Seamanship
$35.00 AUD

Dover Publications, Inc. New York. 1998. Unabridged republication of the second edition published by John Richardson, London, 1819. Introduction to this Dover edition by John H. Harland. (2), XII, 126 PP plus 114 pages with 113 b/w plates. Fp: Original title page. Stiff covers, pictorial front. Stamp and bookplate of previous owner on preliminary page. Near fine. 27.7 x 20.5. 9780486402208

76858
LEWIS, M. J. T.
SAILS ON THE DWYRYD - The River Transport of Ffestiniog Slate
$50.00 AUD

Snowdonia National Park Study Centre. Maentwrog. 1989. 1st Ed. 116 PP with tables and b/w illustrations: chart, maps & plans, drawings & sketches, paintings, photos. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 21 x 14.5. 0951237330

16805
LIND, Lew
HISTORIC NAVAL EVENTS OF AUSTRALIA DAY-BY-DAY, Ships, Men, Battles and Great Moments
$15.00 AUD

Reed. Sydney. 1982. 1st Ed. 272 PP profusely illustrated. Eps. Hard cover, dj (Action in the North Sea in 1917 between the Sydney and a Zeppelin). Dust jacket is laminated and pasted down on covers. A near fine copy. 28.5 x 21. 0589502956

Over 4000 entries concerning the role of the Navy in the discovery, settlement and defence of Australia. Loosely inserted is an article by Bob Darroch: The dying hours of the Sydney.

53333
LLOYD'S
LLOYD'S CALENDAR 1952
$10.00 AUD

Lloyd's. London. 1951. Yearly edition. XVIII, (2), 706 PP with figures (plans, sketch maps and photos), graphs, tables and illustrated advertising material, plus b/w plates. Eps: Adverts. Cloth cover with light wear, gilt title on front board and spine. Ex-libris plate of previous owner on inside front cover. Contents near fine. 20.8 x 13.5.

73 tide tables. Funnels and house flags. Salvage Association. Collision regulations... Pages 409 to 416: Record Sailing Ship Voyages. 16 pages of glossary of maritime and commercial terms (English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Norwegian)...

19248
LONEY, Jack
WRECKS ALONG THE GIPPSLAND COAST
$25.00 AUD

Marine History. Geelong, Vic. 1994. 8th Ed. of the 1968 original. 114, (14) PP with Appendices, Indexes, and 54 b/w illustrations. Pictorial stiff covers. Spine lightly sunned. Fine. 20.3 x 14.5. 0909244278

36479
LONEY, Jack
AN ATLAS HISTORY OF AUSTRALIAN SHIPWRECKS, (State by State, Including Maps & Diving Notes)
$20.00 AUD

A. H. & A. W. Reed. Sydney. 1981. 1st Ed. 120 PP plus 8 pages with 17 colour photos & many b/w illust. & charts. Hard cover, dj. Spine of dust jacket lightly sunned. Near fine. 25.8 x 18.2. 0589503006

76288
LUBBOCK, Basil
MERCHANTMEN UNDER SAIL: 1815 - 1932 (No. 12 in the Maritime Miscellany series)
$15.00 AUD

Society for Nautical Research. Greenwich, UK. 1974. Reprint from "The Mariner's Mirror", Vol. 41, No. 1, February 1957. 18 PP with 5 pencil drawings by Commander C.H. Williams). Soft cover, title on front cover, staples. Fine. 24 x 16.7.

76747
LUCAS PHILLIPS, C.E.
COCKLESHELL HEROES
$40.00 AUD

Heinemann. London. 1956. September reprint of the August 1956 original. Foreword by Admiral The Earl Mountbatten of Burma. IX, (3), 252 PP with 33 figures (b/w photos and action sketches drawn by Lieutenant-Colonel Hasler). Fp: A Limpeteer as equipped for the Bordeaux raid. Hard cover, dust jacket (price-clipped). A few chips to the dust jacket which is now in a protective sleeve. Otherwise a near fine copy of this early edition. 22.1 x 14.5.

22696
MACK, John
MADAGASCAR, Island of the Ancestors
$20.00 AUD

Trustees of the British Museum. London. 1986. 1st Ed. 96 PP with 78 b/w illustrations, plus 8 pages with 11 colour photos. Pictorial stiff covers. Near fine. 24.5 x 19. 9780714115801

Malagasy life and history. Significance of ancestral practices and the relationship between the living and the dead.

76836
MADILL, Frank
SANDERS DFC OUT OF THE DARKNESS
$50.00 AUD

Frank Madill / Bokprint. Launceston. 2011 1st Ed. Foreword by Air Vice-Marshal Peter J. Scully. XVI, 211 PP with b/w illustrations: headpieces & tail pieces, artworks, drawings and sketches, charts & maps, plans, photos. Inside covers with 2 Navigation Charts used by Max Sanders. Pictorial stiff covers. As new. 25 x 17.4. 9780987108517

The story of WWII Bomber Command as told by Lancaster navigator, Tasmanian Max Sanders.

67584
MAGGS
THE WINTERTON COLLECTION - Catalogue 1343: From the Abyssinian Expedition to the Mau Mau Insurrection
$25.00 AUD

Maggs Bros. Ltd. London. 2003. 1st Ed. Introduction by Humphrey Winterton. VIII, 156 PP with 28 b/w illustrations, plus XII plates with b/w and colour illustrations. Inside covers: 3 colour photos illustrating 24 items. Pictorial soft cover (General Paul Emil von Lettow-Vorbeck, by Fritz Grothemeyer). Near fine. 27 x 21.

100 years of Military and Naval Operations in Eastern and North-Eastern Africa (1860s - 1960s). A Collection of 842 items.

67590
MAGGS
MILITARY & NAVAL HISTORY - Catalogue 1296
$10.00 AUD

Maggs Bros. Ltd. London. 2001. 1st Ed. 176 PP with 5 colour and 24 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 24 x 17.

A Selection of 846 items.

67594
MAGGS
MILITARY & NAVAL HISTORY - Catalogue 1394
$10.00 AUD

Maggs Bros. Ltd. London. 2006. 1st Ed. 120 PP with colour and b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 24 x 17.

Selection of 347 items.

16098
MAGUGLIN, Robert O.
THE QUEEN MARY, The Official Pictorial History
$15.00 AUD

Wrather Port Properties/Sequoia. Long Beach. 1985. 1st Ed. 120 PP with profuse b/w & colour photos on glossy paper. Pictorial card covers. Very good. 30.2 x 23. 0866790152

The career of Cunard's Queen Mary, the stateliest ship, from her launching in 1934 until 1967 when she was sold to the City of Long Beach.

11867
MAKEPEACE, Chris E.
THE MANCHESTER SHIP CANAL, A Portrait in Old Photographs and Picture Postcards
$20.00 AUD

SB Publications. London. 1993. 1st Ed. VIII, 88 PP with 1 map, 3 plans & 87 b/w illust. Pict. card cover. Fine. Oblong: 14.6 x 21. 1857700198

76875
MALPASS, Peter & KING, Andy
BRISTOL'S FLOATING HARBOUR: The First 200 Years
$30.00 AUD

Redcliffe Press. Bristol, UK. 2009. 1st Ed. Foreword by Kate Brindley. 160 PP with c. 100 b/w and 15 colour illustrations (4 maps/plans, prints, photos). Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 21.x 26. 9781906583285

76784
MARSHALL, James R. (editor)
SHIPWRECKS OF LAKE SUPERIOR
$25.00 AUD

Lake Superior Port Cities, Inc. Duluth, Minnesota, USA. 1995. 5th printing of the 1987 original. 100 PP with b/w illustrations (1 map, 3 drawings & sketches, 41 photos) and colour ilustrations (1 painting, 3 maps and 45 photos). Pictorial stiff covers. Fine (as new condition). 28 x 21.5. 9780942235005

43468
MARSHALL, Roger
DESIGNED TO WIN - Ocean Racing Deck Layout
$20.00 AUD

Granada Publishing/Adlard Coles. London. 1979. 1st Ed. 191 PP profusely illustrated with b/w photos, diagrams, drawings. Hard cover, dj (price-clipped). Foxing, o/wise near fine. 28 x 22.5. 0229115780

15519
MARTIN, C. & BROUWER, N.
THE STORY OF SAIL
$10.00 AUD

Weldon Publishing. Sydney. 1992. 1st Ed. 112 PP with b/w & colour photos. Laminated decorated boards, dj. Fine. 31.5 x 24.2. 1863022392

Voyage of discovery of sailing ships. Covers 9 ships: Sutton Hoo, Oseberg Ship, Mary Rose, Wasa, Batavia, Cutty Sark, Preussen & Sobraon, once the world's largest sailing passenger ship.

76004
MARTIN, Colin & PARKER, Geoffrey
THE SPANISH ARMADA
$15.00 AUD

Guild Publishing. London. 1988. Reprint of the 1988 original by Hamish Hamilton. 296 PP with 100 b/w illust., plus 32 pages with 54 colour plates. Eps: map of Western Europe with theatre of operations, 1588. Hard cover, gilt arms of Philip II of Spain and title on spine, dust jacket. Stamps of Senator Ken Wriedt and Maritime Museum of Tasmania on front endpaper, otherwise a near fine copy. 25.2 x 19.3.

18235
MASON, Michael, GREENHILL, Basil & CRAIG, Robin
THE BRITISH SEAFARER
$10.00 AUD

Hutchinson / BBC & National Maritime Museum. London. 1980. 1st Ed. No pagination, (4), 158 PP with 3 colour photos and hundreds of b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 25.5 x 19.8. 0091419514

A mosaic of what the seafarer saw and thought about, expressed in his own words. Enjoyable voyage of discovery in the seafarer's world.

76775
MAYES, Gilbert
SHORT SEA SHIPPING 2001 / 2002.
$15.00 AUD

Ships in Focus. Preston, UK. 2001. September 2001. 88 PP with 14 colour and 39 b/w photos. Pictorial card cover ("Mark C", in the river Tees on 18 July 1986). Fine. 21 x 14.6. 1901703517

38431
MAYES, Gilbert & McCALL, Bernard
SHORT SEA SHIPPING 1997/98
$10.00 AUD

Halia / Authors. Portishead, UK. 1997. 1st Ed. 72 PP with 8 colour and 34 b/w photos. Pictorial ("Saint Kearan", passing Acton Bridge on the Weaver Navigation) card cover. Fine. 21 x 14.6. 0951357689

63115
MAYES, Gilbert & McCALL, Bernard
SHORT SEA SHIPPING 1995
$10.00 AUD

Halia / Authors. Portishead, UK. 1995. 1st Ed. 72 PP with 8 colour and 30 b/w photos. Pictorial ("Whitide") arrives at Barry) card cover. Fine. 21 x 14.6. 0951357654

76774
MAYES, Gilbert & McCALL, Bernard
SHORT SEA SHIPPING 1999 / 2000.
$10.00 AUD

Halia. Portishead, UK. 1999. 1st Ed. 80 PP with 8 colour and 48 b/w photos. Pictorial card cover ("Carole T", discharging on 22 March 1997, at at Fosdyke on the River Welland). Fine. 21 x 14.6. 0951357697

76770
McCALL, Bernard (editor)
COASTAL SHIPPING Vol. 11, No. 6
$5.00 AUD

Coastal Shipping Magazine. Portishead, UK. 2003. December 2004. 203-238 PP with 31 b/w and 8 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover (the "Björn M" at Cuxhaven, 23 July 2002). Fine. Oblong: 14.8 x 21.

Port Panorama: the port of Cuxhaven.

76771
McCALL, Bernard (editor)
COASTAL SHIPPING Vol. 12, No. 2
$5.00 AUD

Coastal Shipping Magazine. Portishead, UK. 2005. April 2005. 43-78 PP with 30 b/w and 13 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover (the "Jokulfell" leaving Reykjavik on 27 July 2004). Fine. Oblong: 14.8 x 21.

Port Panorama: the port of Boston, on the East coast of England, in Lincolnshire.

76772
McCALL, Bernard (editor)
COASTAL SHIPPING Vol. 12, No. 6
$5.00 AUD

Coastal Shipping Magazine. Portishead, UK. 2005. December 2005. 203-238 PP with 17 b/w and 22 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover (the port of Teignmouth on the 4 October 2005). Fine. Oblong: 14.8 x 21.

Port Panorama: the port of Barcelona on the Costa Brava , Catalonia.

16317
McCANN, Leonard G.
THE HONORABLE COMPANY'S BEAVER
$10.00 AUD

Vancouver Museum. Vancouver, B.C. 1980. 1st Ed. 32 PP with 61 b/w illustrations (facsimile of documents, photos, ..). Pictorial card covers a little foxed, o/wise near fine. 28 x 21.5.

Life of the little paddle-wheeler Beaver which operated on the waters of the Pacific coast of Northwest America. Built in 1835 for the Hudson's Bay Company and wrecked in July 1888, at the entrance of Vancouver Harbour.

53673
McGRAIL, Sean
THE BUILDING AND TRIALS OF THE REPLICA OF AN ANCIENT BOAT: The Gokstad Faering - Part I: Building the Replica
$30.00 AUD

National Maritime Museum. London. 1974. 1st edition March 1974. Maritime Monographs and Reports No.11, Part I: Introduction by Basil Greenhill. VIII, 60 PP with 3 tables and 50 b/w illustrations (graphs, line drawings, photos...). Soft cover, pictorial front. Bookplate of Professor Adrian Horridge inside front cover. Very good. 31 x 21.

Study of the Faering Fra Gokstad, the smallest of the 3 boats found near Oslo Fjord in 1880 & excavated.

76790
McIVOR, Aidan
A History of the IRISH NAVAL SERVICE
$35.00 AUD

Irish Academic Press. Dublin. 2006. 1st paperback edition of the 1994 original. Foreword by Captain John E. Moore, RN. 256 PP with 6 maps, 9 tables and 35 b/w illustrations (Irish Naval Service Flags, Qualification Badges, Uniform & Insignia, and photos). Fp: LE Emer on patrol in heavy seas. Stiff covers, pictorial front. Fine (as new). 24.3 x 17.. 9780716534181

76674
McLAUGHLIN, John & NORTH, Reg
STOLT-NIELSEN 1891-1991
$15.00 AUD

Lloyd's List International. London. 1991. February 1991 issue. 48 PP with 9 b/w photos and 27 colour illustrations (1 artwork, 2 graphs and 24 photos), and 20 pages with advertisements. Pictorial soft covers. Fine. 29.7 x 21.

Norwegian shipping line, specialized in the transportation of vital liquids throughout the world.

76705
McLEAN, Gavin
A VOICE FOR SHIPPING: The New Zealand Shipping Federation story
$25.00 AUD

NZIF Inc. Wellington. 2009. 1st Ed. 96 PP with 22 colour photos and 38 b/w illustrations (1 drawings, 1 cartoon, 1 travel poster and photos). Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 26.5 x 19.5. 9781877448768

19492
McLEAN, Gavin (compiler)
NEW ZEALAND COASTAL PASSENGER SHIPS
$10.00 AUD

G.P. Books. Wellington. 1989. 1st Ed. 48 PP with 66 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 14.8. 0477000142

Photographic record of the various runs: Northern Route, Nelson Passenger Service, the Picton Ferry, the Wellington-Lyttelton Ferry Service and Foveaux Strait Service.

38540
MEACHAM, Ellis K.
THE EAST INDIAMAN
$20.00 AUD

Hodder and Stoughton. London. 1969. 1st UK edition of the 1968 US original. (8), 337 PP with decorations and map by Samuel H. Bryant. Title page: vignette of an East Indiaman. Eps: Map of the route followed by the East Indiamen. Hard cover, gilt device on front cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price clipped). Note on dedication page and name of previous owner on preliminary page. Near fine. 22.2 x 14.5. 0340042982

Historic novel. Naval Service of the East India Company during the Napoleonic wars.

64759
MESSAGERIES MARITIMES
M/V POLYNESIE : 3 MENUS - Collection "Views of France"
$30.00 AUD

Compagnies des Messageries Maritimes. On board / Paris. 1969. 3 folded Menus (Luncheon & Dinner ), 8th, 9th & 10th January 1969 on board the liner "Polynesie", Commandant M. Rouesnel. Front: (in colour): "Immeuble des Messageries Maritimes, Boulevard de la Madeleine, Paris", "Ile de Bréhat" & "Pau, le Chateau". Faint foxing. Near fine. Format: 24 x 18.

3 Menus.

76677
MIDDLEMISS, Norman L.
'TRAVELS OF THE TRAMPS' - Twenty Tramp Fleets, Volume III
$50.00 AUD

Shield Publications. Newcastle/Tyne. 1992. 1st Ed. 160 PP with 1 b/w photo and tables, plus 96 b/w plates. Fp: "Exning" of 1965, in New Zealand waters. Hard cover, dj. Spine of dust jacket is sunned, otherwise a finbe copy. 22 x 15.3. 1871128080

Histories of twenty more tramp fleets from Britain. World voyages, fleet list of 1200 vessels.

76678
MIDDLEMISS, Norman L.
'TRAVELS OF THE TRAMPS' - Twenty Tramp Fleets
$35.00 AUD

Shield Publications. Newcastle/Tyne. 1989. 1st Edition. 160 PP with 1 b/w photo, 1 funnel and general arangement plan of the "Bretwalda", and tables (typescript), plus 96 b/w plates. Fp: "Cromarty" entering Sydney Harbour. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket has a sunned spine and a small crease at top of front, otherwise a fine copy. 22 x 15.3. 1871128021

Histories of twenty of the largest tramp fleets from Britain. World voyages, fleet list of 1200 vessels.

76681
MIDDLEMISS, Norman L.
BRITISH SHIPBUILDING YARDS Volume 3: Belfast, Merseyside, Barrow and All Other Areas
$80.00 AUD

Shield Publications. Newcastle-upon-Tyne. 1995. Volume 3: 256 PP with graphs, maps, plans and b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 25.4 x 17.5. 1871128129

Volume 3: Belfast, Merseyside, Barrow, and all other areas.

76722
MIDDLEMISS, Norman L.
MERCHANT FLEETS - FRENCH LINE (Compagnie Générale Transatlantique) - No.30
$25.00 AUD

Shield Publications Ltd. Newcastle upon Tyne. 2007. New edition, of No. 30 in the Merchant Fleets series. 240 PP with 305 profile drawings. Pictorial card covers. Fine. 23.4 x 15.7. 9781871128277

History of the Compagnie Générale Maritime, from its formation to 1973 merger with Messageries Maritimes, then CMA CGM - The French Line. Full career details of 703 ships.

76723
MIDDLEMISS, Norman L.
MERCHANT FLEETS - MAERSK LINE (No.45)
$40.00 AUD

Shield Publications Ltd.. Newcastle upon Tyne. 2005. 1st Ed. No. 45 in the Merchant Fleets series. 192 PP with 1 map of Denmark and close to 200 profile drawings, plus 8 pages with 16 colour photos. Pictorial card covers. Fine. 23.4 x 15.7. 1871128269

A centenary book of the Maersk Group Fleet with career of over 750 ships described.

76714
MIELCHE, Hakon
LET'S SEE IF THE WORLD IS ROUND
$30.00 AUD

William Hodge. London. 1950. Seventh English edition of the Danish original. (8), 330 PP with 480 drawings on fore margin of pages, plus 16 pages with 14 b/w photos. Eps: Map of the good ship "Monsoon's Wonderful Voyage". Cloth cover, dj. Dust jacket with small pieces missing and now in a protective sleeve. Light foxing, mostly on outside page edges. An otherwise very good clean copy. 22.3 x 16.

Voyage in the mid 1930's by a Danish schoolmaster, on board the Monsunen, registered in Kobenhavn. The expedition was financed through the collection and sale of ethnographic artifacts obtained from remote and seldom visited places. Shipwreck on Vanikoro Island after calls at the Marquesas, Tahiti, Samoa, Fiji, New Caledonia, Loyalty Islands and the New Hebrides.

48076
MILLAR, Ronald
A TIME OF CHERRIES, Sailing with the Breton Tunnymen
$10.00 AUD

Cassell. London. 1977. 1st Ed. (10), 214 PP, plus 8 pages with 13 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 22.2 x 14. 0304298425

16050
MILLER, Byron S.
SAIL, STEAM AND SPLENDOUR, A Picture History of Life Aboard the Transatlantic Liners
$30.00 AUD

Times Books. New York. 1977. 1st US Ed. 288 PP with b/w & colour illust. throughout. Hard cover, gilt-engraved cloth spine, dust jacket has one small chip on top of spine, o/wise a fine copy. Oblong: 27 x 36. 1812906381

The conquest of the Atlantic, emigrant ships, floating palaces, war experiences, last crossings..

69127
MILLER, William H.
DOOMED SHIPS. Great Ocean Liner Disasters
$30.00 AUD

Dover. New York. 2006. 1st Ed. X, 118 PP with 193 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.7 x 22.4. 0486453669

The lavish interiors of the magnificent liners which sailed between the 1890's and the 1980's.

15663
MOLLAT DU JOURDIN, Michel & HABERT, Jacques
GIOVANNI ET GIROLAMO VERRAZANO NAVIGATEURS DE FRANCOIS Ier
$125.00 AUD

Imprimerie Nationale. Paris. 1982. 1st Ed. XII, 242 PP with 29 documents and 89 bw & colour illust. (35 maps & charts) in text. Fp: Document signed by the explorer Janus Verrazanus. Eps: Portulan. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, colour vignette of the Verrazano bridge on front cover, illustrated cloth cover slipcase. French text. Ingleton bookplate. Fine. 30.5 x 21.5. 2110807830

Verrazano: French explorers of the Atlantic coasts of the Americas, as well as the first to cross the Indian Ocean and reach the Island of Sumatra in 1525. Giovanni Verrazano was the first European to describe the site of New York in 1524 and a bridge in this city bears his name.

76860
MOMBER, Colin
BRISTOL SEAPORT - A Pictorial History from the 1950s to ther Present Day
$25.00 AUD

Redcliffe Press. Tiverton, UK. 1997. 1st Ed. 176 PP with c. 300 b/w photos. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 26 x 21. 9781900178709

41233
MONSARRAT, Nicholas
HMS MARLBOROUGH WILL ENTER HARBOUR
$10.00 AUD

Cassell. London. 1952. December reprint of the November 1952. Originally published in 1947 as Depends What You Mean by Love. 96 PP with 19 illustrations by James Holland. Cloth cover, device on front cover, dj (price-clipped). Dust jacket with pieces missing at tope front and back. Offsetting on endpapers, occasional foxing. Contents near fine and overall a very good clean copy. 24.2 x 18.8.

76783
MONSARRAT, Nicholas
THREE CORVETTES - comprising H.M. Corvette, East Coast Corvette, Corvette Command
$20.00 AUD

Cassell and Co. London. 1954 9th edition of the 1945 original. VIII, 248 PP, plus 6 pages with 8 b/w photos and the Fp: Author on watch. Hard covers soiled, spine dulled. Slight ageing and foxing of paper on outside edges. Note to previous owner on front endpaper. Contents clean and still a very good copy. 19 x 12.6.

Experiences of the author during the Battle of the Atlantic.

41958
MOORE, Sir Alan
LAST DAYS OF MAST & SAIL - An Essay in Nautical Comparative Anatomy
$20.00 AUD

David & Charles Reprints. London. 1970. Paperback reprint of the 1925 original, with an introduction by Basil Greenhill. (2), 260 PP with 222 figures by R. Morton Nance, plus 2 full-page plates (drawings by an Arab). Fp: A Ghanja. Soft covers with light wear. Signature of previous owner on recto of frontispiece. Old watermarks near the spine of the 3 first leaves and the inside of the front cover, foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise contents are near fine. 21.5 x 13.8. 715348779

Rigging practices in the last years of the commercial ship, in Britain, the Mediterranean and the Near East.

76800
MORRIS, Myfanwy
PORTHMADOG - LLANW DDOE / YESTERDAY'S TIDE
$35.00 AUD

Gwynedd Archives and Museum Service. Caernarfon, Gwynedd. 1991. 1st bilingual edition (Welsh & English). Introduction by Lewis LLoyd. No pagination, 72 PP with b/w illustrations (1 map, 1 drawing, 13 ephemera, 6 paintings and 127 portraits or photos. FEP: Crossing Traeth Mawr, Watercolour by A. V. Copley Fielding. REP: Carnarvonshire & Anglesey Postal directory, 1886. Pictorial laminated boards. Fine. Oblong: 21.3 x 21.5. 090133751X

16359
MOSCOW, Alvin
COLLISION COURSE, The Story of the Collision between the Andrea Doria and the Stockholm
$20.00 AUD

Grosset & Dunlap. New York. 1981. Reprint of the 1959 original. 345 PP, plus 32 pages with b/w illustrations. Eps: Andrea Doria sinking. Cloth cover, dj. Few foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise near fine. 23.5 x 16. 0448120194

76719
MOTOR BOAT
THE MOTORBOAT AND YACHTING MANUAL
$25.00 AUD

Temple Press. London. 1943. 2nd impression of the 13th edition of the 1907 original. X, 271, XI- LVIII PP (war economy paper) with tables and hundreds of figures (drawings, plans and b/w photos). Green cloth cover, title on front cover and spine. Very good. 19 x 13.

A Practical Handbook devoted to Yachts: Motor Boats also Commercial & Motor Craft.

33979
MOYAL, Ann (editor)
PORTRAITS IN SCIENCE
$15.00 AUD

National Library of Australia. Canberra. 1994. 1st Ed. V, 203 PP with 12 portraits. Stiff cover, dj. Faint foxing. Near fine 24.6 x 17.7. 0642106169

12 Australian leading scientists speaking about their lives and their work.Sir Mark Oliphant / Sir Gustava Nossal / Professor Harry Messel ... Dr. Michael Gore.

76505
MUHLHAUSER, G. H. P.
THE CRUISE OF THE AMARYLLIS
$75.00 AUD

The Bodley Head. London. 1924. 1st edition with a Memoir of the author by E. Keble Chatterton, and an introduction by Claud Worth. XX, (4), 316 PP, plus 32 plates with b/w illustrations: 4 maps (2 of them folded) and 60 photos. Fp: The late G. H. P. Mulhauser. Eps: The track of the Amaryllis. Cloth cover, top outside edge tinted. Dedicatory note at top of preliminary page dated Christmas 1924 and signed by the author's sister. Bookplate of Professor Adrian Horridge on verso on front endpaper. Occasional foxing. Image shows title-page and frontispiece. Very good. 19.3 x 13.5.

76782
MUIR, Tim (editor)
The Response to the IRON BARON Oil Spill
$30.00 AUD

AMSA / Australian Maritime Safety Authority. Canberra. 1996. January 1996. 1st Ed. Foreword by Tim Muir, Chair "Iron Baron Review Group". (2), V, 58 PP with 4 colour photos and b/w illustrations (1 location map, 3 diagrams and 6 b/w photos). Stiff covers, title on front cover. Newspaper clipping "Iron Baron clean-up volunteers, take a bow "The Examiner", dated 15 November 1996, loosely inserted. Fine. 29.7 x 20.5

Report into the response by the National Plan to Combat Pollution of the Sea by Oil, to the Oil Spill which followed the grounding of the "Iron Baron" on Hebe Reef, Northern Tasmania on 10 July 1995. Pages 57/58: Chronology key events: Grounding 10th July 1995 / Refloating 16th July / sunk at disposal site on 30th July 1995.

76629
MURPHY, Dallas
ROUNDING THE HORN. Being the Story of Williwaws and Windjammers, Drake, Darwin, Murdered Missionaries and Naked Natives - A Deck-Eye View of Cape Horn
$10.00 AUD

Weidenfeld & Nicolson. London. 2004. 1st Ed. XVIII, 358 PP with 19 maps. Hard cover. Rubbed patch at foot of spine. Near fine. 24 x 16.5. 029784766X

76616
MUSEUM
THE CHESAPEAKE BAY GALLERY at the Mariners' Museum
$20.00 AUD

The Mariners' Museum. Newport News, Va. 1989. Museum Publication. 30 PP with plan of the Gallery at centrefold, 27 b/w and 14 colour illustrations. Pictorial stiff covers. Lower corner of booklet with creases, otherwise near fine. 23 x 15.5

Gallery opened on 25th September 1989.

63306
N/A
CRUISE TRAVEL MAGAZINE - Volume 10 (6 Issues)
$15.00 AUD

World Publishing Company. Evanston, IL. 1988/1989. Volume 10, No.1 (July/August) 1988 to No. 6 (May/June) 1989. 6 issues for a total of 444 PP with b/w and colour photos. Each issue with original soft cover. 2 holes for ring binder close to spine. Fine set. Image shows cover of No.1. 27.5 x 20.5

Volume 10. Each issue with following : Port of the Month - Ship of the Month - Cruise of the Month ... No. 1 - Port: Grenada. - Ship: "Celebration" of Carnival Cruise Lines. - Cruise: River Shannon. No. 2 - Port: Copenhagen. - Ship: "Royal Princess". - Cruise: Mexican Riviera. No. 3 - Port: San Diego. - Ship: "Sovereign of the Seas". - Cruise: Greek Isles. No. 4 - 10th Anniversary Issue. No. 5 - Port: Ocho Rios, Jamaica Island. - Ship: "Yorktown Clipper". - Cruise: The Baltic. No. 6 - Port: Miami. - Ship: "Queen Elizabeth 2". - Cruise: exploring China.

67230
N/A
SCOTTISH MARITIME MUSEUM - IRVINE
$15.00 AUD

Scottish Maritime Museum. Irvine, Scotland. c. 1965. Folder containing 7 items with b/w illustralions. I - "Laird Forge Building": 4 PP with 15 drawings + Location map . II - "The Shipyard Worker's Flat": 3 folds with 6 illustrations. III - 5 Information leaflets, 3 folds each with drawings: "Puffers" - "Dredging " - "Pilots and Pilotage" - "Tugs and Towing" - "Yachting". Fine condition. 29.7 x 21.

76021
N/A
WALKABOUT - Australia's Geographic Magazine - Volume 7, No.4, February, 1941
$20.00 AUD

Australian National Publicity Association. Melbourne. 1941. Edited by Charles H. Holmes. 48 PP with b/w illustrations throughout. Pictorial soft covers (The Stockman) with light wear and a small stamp, otherwise contents are near fine. 30 x 24.

Articles include: Postal Routes of the Lonely Lands by Ewen K. Patterson, Cossack by Norman Caldwell, Hobart's Floating Concrete Bridge by Bev. C. Smith, Isle of Eternal Sunshine (Rarotonga) by Kathleen Campbell, "Come Katchem Kai-Kai" by Anne Gilmour, ...

76022
N/A
WALKABOUT - Australia's Geographic Magazine - Volume 7, No.5, March, 1941
$20.00 AUD

Australian National Publicity Association. Melbourne. 1941. Edited by Charles H. Holmes. 48 PP with b/w illustrations throughout. Pictorial soft covers (Fairy Penguin) with light wear, otherwise contents are near fine. 30 x 24.

Articles include: Melbourne's Royal Mint, by S. Altson Pearl, Apia, by Myra Drummond, Penguin Parade, by Ronald K. Monro, "In the Sun", by H.D. Williamson, Adventure in the Arafura Sea, A cruise of earlier days, by A.C. Angelo, In Australian Ship Yards by R. Emerson Curtis (with 2 of his illustrations).

76023
N/A
WALKABOUT - Australia's Geographic Magazine - Volume 7, No7, May, 1941
$20.00 AUD

Australian National Publicity Association. Melbourne. 1941. Edited by Charles H. Holmes. 48 PP with b/w illustrations throughout. Pictorial soft covers (Papuan "Warrior") with light wear and a faint stamp at top, otherwise contents are near fine. 30 x 24.

Articles include: Australia's Unknown Neighbour (Portuguese Timor), by Hudson Fysh, "Song of the Cicada" by Tarlton Rayment (with his illustrations) , Memories of Walhalla, Port Lincoln by M.G. Agars, Australian Wonder Bird by H.D. Williamson, ...

76599
N/A
The 1st and 2nd NORTHAMPTONSHIRE YEOMANRY 1939-1946
$25.00 AUD

The Naval & Military Press Ltd. Uckfield, East Sussex. c. 1990. Reprint of the original published in 1946, in Germany. (4), 142, (10 maps) PP with 10 maps with colour at rear of book and b/w illustrations (over 15 drawings (in text, endpieces and headpieces), plus 8 plates with 1 drawing and 22 b/w photos. All drawings by Major D. G. Bevan. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 24.5 x 17. 9781845749972

For 2 regiments raised in Northhampton, in 1939, return to "Old Saxony" after their respective landing in Normandy in June 1944.

76607
N/A
SHIPS AND THE SEA Magazine - Volume 2, No. 2, July 1952
$15.00 AUD

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

Previously published as Ships & Sailing Magazine. Articles include: Floating Post Office of the Great Lakes, by James Thomson. Can Dead Men Vote Twice, by W. J. Granberg. Tampa, Port among the Palms (7 pages with 1 map, 2 drawings and 7 b/w photos). Sailing School-ships in Europe, by Alan Villiers.

76610
N/A
SHIPS AND THE SEA Magazine - Volume 2, No. 7, December, 1952
$15.00 AUD

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

The "Mayflower" makes a New Landfall, by James Merrick. Why I sailed the Joseph Conrad (6 pages with 1 drawing and 4 b/w photos), by Alan Villiers. Port of Oakland: From Rags to Riches (10 pages with 1 drawing, 1 map and 8 b/w photos), by W. J. Granberg.

76612
N/A
SHIPS AND THE SEA Magazine - Volume 2, No. 9, February, 1953
$10.00 AUD

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

Second Annual Travel Issue. Southampton, Passenger Port of the British Isles (8 pages with 1 drawing, 1 location map and 1 plan, and 4 b/w photos), by Lynn Groh. Honolulu and the Orient (7 pages with 1 drawing, 1 Fleet list of American President Line and 5 b/w photos), by Paul M. McMahon. Luxury Liner of the Mississippi (8 pages with 1 drawing, 1 map and 6 photos), by Captain Frederick Way Jr.

76842
N/A
Lloyd's List / DCN (Daily Commercial News) - Directory of Australian Shipping, Air, Road & Rail Services - 2011/2012
$20.00 AUD

Informa Group of Publication. Sydney. 2012. 50th edition, published by Peter Attwater. 170 PP with tables and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft covers. Fine. 27.5 x 20.5.

76539
NAA
THE LOG - Quarterly Journal of the Nautical Association of Australia Inc. - Volume 55
$40.00 AUD

Nautical Association of Australia Inc. Melbourne. 2022. Vol. 55 (new series), Nos. 1 (Issue 227) to 4 (Issue 230) + Index 2022. Edited by R.A. Priest. 252 PP with b/w and colour photos, Index 2022 with 16 pages (Illustrations, Merchant Ships & Naval Vessels). Pictorial soft covers. Fine. 21 x 15.

76540
NAA
THE LOG - Quarterly Journal of the Nautical Association of Australia Inc. - Volume 56
$40.00 AUD

Nautical Association of Australia Inc. Melbourne. 2023. Vol. 56 (new series), Nos.1 (Issue 231) to 4 (Issue 236) + Index 2023. Edited by R.A. Priest. 252 PP with b/w and colour photos, Index 2023 with 14 pages (Illustrations, Merchant Ships & Naval Vessels). Pictorial soft covers. Fine. 21 x 15.

63013
NAIRN, R. A.
PRETTY MAIDEN, The Steamship Kwinana
$20.00 AUD

Fremantle Arts Centre Press. Fremantle. 1982. 1st Ed. VIII, 42 PP with 10 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Note to previous owner at top of title page, signed by the author. Fine. 20.4 x 14. 0909144648

The life of the state ship Darius, renamed Kwinana, blown ashore in 1922 on the beach which kept her name.

16637
NAISH, G. P. B.
H.M.S. VICTORY
$15.00 AUD

Pitkin Pictorials. London. 1972. 1st Ed. in the Pride of Britain series. 24 PP with 12 colour, 15 b/w illustrations, and 1 exploded drawing of HMS Victory. Inside front cover: the Victory stern as altered in 1803. Pictorial card cover. Fine. 23 x 18. 0853721033

56868
NAVAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF AUSTRALIA
NAVAL HISTORICAL REVIEW - 1980
$20.00 AUD

Naval Historical Society of Australia. Sydney. 1980. Vol. 2, Nos. 7 to 10, New series. Edited by Alan PAYNE & Harry ADLAM. 4 issues for 1980, March, June, October and December. A total of 168 pages with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Faint foxing, o/wise a fine set. 24.3 x 18.6.

Anti-Submarine Warfare, Warship Pictorial Prinz Eugen, Corvette "Maryborough" 1941-1946, The Battle of Tsushima, 1905, The Luftwaffe Anti Shipping Missile Threat during WWII, My Memories of the Cruiser Emden and Her Captain Karl von Mueller, by Arthur Werner-Emden, HMAS "Bataan", The New South Wales Naval Forces in 1901, ...

76820
NEWBY, Eric
LEARNING THE ROPES - An Apprentice in the Last of the Windjammers
$25.00 AUD

John Murray. London. 1999. 1st Ed. 144 PP with 1 map, 1 sail plan of "Moshulu" and 147 b/w photos. Title spread: Taking in an upper topgallant. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 24.2 x 24.2. 9780719556418

"Moshulu" around the world: Belfast 18 October 1938. Spencer Gulf January to March 1939. Queenstown 10 June 1939.

76569
NEWHOUSE, John
THE NUCLEAR AGE: From Hiroshima to Star Wars
$20.00 AUD

Michael Joseph. London. 1989. 1st Ed. XI, (3), 487, (4) PP, plus 48 pages with 76 b/w illustrations: 18 cartoons & 58 photos. Hard covers, dj. Ex library copy with renewed front endpaper and 3 stamps on title page (recto and verso). Occasional foxing. Near fine. 24 x 16. 97807128132637

31103
NIELSEN, Carl
THE WORLD IS ALL ISLANDS
$25.00 AUD

The Travel Book Club. London. 1958. Reprint of the 1st UK edition of 1957, translated from the Danish original "Jorden Rundt Med Nordkaperen". (6), 292 PP with 1 map. Fp: Map with route of the "Nordkaperen". Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 22.2 x 14.

Three young Danes around the World on the two-masted schooner "Nordkaperen" built in 1905. 2 years circumnavigation started in June 1946. Calls in Madeira, Virgin Islands, Panama, Galapagos, Tahiti, Fiji, Cairns and Torres Strait ...

46646
NIXON, Peter
SAFETY IN SEAGOING SHIPS
$10.00 AUD

Commonwealth Department of Shipping and Transport. Melbourne. 1972. Pilot edition with an introduction by Peter Nixon, Minister for Shipping and Transport. No continuous pagination, 82 PP with 8 cartoons on full page. Soft cover, stapled. Very good. 24.8 x 17.7.

Pilot edition: for critical and constructive comments by experts (professional seafarers), prior the final and complete edition.

12080
NORTHCOTE PARKINSON, C.
BRITANNIA RULES - The Classic Age of Naval History 1793-1815
$10.00 AUD

Weidenfeld & Nicolson. London. 1977. 1st Ed. (8), 199 PP with 7 battle plans on full page, plus 16 pages with 33 b/w illustrations. Hard cover, dj (price-clipped). Occasional foxing, o/wise fine. 24 x 16. 0297772872

The importance of the events of 1805-1816. There was no inherent superiority of the British over the French as the French Navy, crippled by the Revolution, began to recover about 1810.

54151
NORTHCOTE PARKINSON, C.
THE LAW AND THE PROFITS
$10.00 AUD

John Murray. London. 1960. 1st Ed. VI, 185 PP illustrated by Osbert Lancaster. Cloth cover, gilt device on front cover, dj. Near fine. 21 x 14.

22175
NOSSITER, Harold
NORTHWARD HO!, Being the Log of a 35 ton Schooner From Sydney to Plymouth
$75.00 AUD

H. F. & G. Witherby. London. 1937. 2nd impression in June 1937 of the March 1937 original. 222 PP with 3 sketches & 4 lines & plans of the Sirius, plus 1 folded map with route of the "Sirius", and 16 plates with 31 b/w photos. Fp: "Sirius" passing through Sydney Heads. Cloth covers lightly soiled, gilt title on spine, top outside edge tinted. Signature on inside front cover, some light foxing, otherwise contents are near fine. Scarce. 22.4 x 14.2.

First Australian yachtsman, with his sons, to sail around the world. Sailed Sydney 14 July, 1935 via Rabaul, East Indies, Malaya, Ceylon, Maldives, Red Sea, Mediterranean, arrived Plymouth 2 June, 1936.

76626
NOTT, Rodney & PAYNE, Noel
'THE VUNG TAU FERRY': HMAS SYDNEY and Escort Ships, Vietnam 1965-1972
$45.00 AUD

Rosenberg. Sydney. 2008. 4th edition of the 1998 original. Foreword by Commodore J. S. Dickson. XIV, 258 PP with 2 charts, 2 maps, 3 facsimile of documents and 68 b/w photos. Pictorial soft covers. Spine lightly sunned, otherwise fine. 21 x 15. 9781877058721

First hand accounts by sailors and soldiers who sailed in HMAS Sydney and the Escort Ships of the Royal Australian Navy as part of the Australian Forces during the war in Vietnam 1965-1972.

76579
NUNN, Patrick D.
FUTURE SEA-LEVEL RISE IN THE PACIFIC
$25.00 AUD

School of Social and Economic Development / University of the South Pacific. Suva, Fiji. 1988. SSED Working Paper No. 12, October 1988. (14), 46 PP (recto only), with 14 tables and 14 figures. Soft covers, title on front cover. Covers with lightr wear, otherwise fine. 28.8 x 21. 0982020092X

15914
O'BRIEN, Captain F. T.
EARLY SOLENT STEAMERS, A History of Local Steam Navigation
$10.00 AUD

David & Charles. Newton Abbot. 1973. 1st Ed. 248 PP with 2 maps on double page, 10 line drawings and 33 b/w plates. Vignette on title page. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise near fine. 22.5 x 14.2. 0715356542

The pioneering days of steam on the Solent which started in 1817. Steamers, excursion steamers, tugs. Shipbuilders, Owners and Masters.

13097
O'BRIEN, Frederick
WHITE SHADOWS IN THE SOUTH SEAS
$10.00 AUD

Hodder & Stoughton. London. c. 1920's. Reprint. 317 PP, plus 8 b/w plates. Fp: Village of Atuona in the Marquesas. Beige cloth cover. Foxing. Very good. 19 x 13.

Record of a happy year spent among the simple, but friendly cannibals, of Atuona Valley on the island of Hiva Oa in the Marquesas prior to WWI.

76764
O'HARA, George C.
IRONFIGHTERS, OUTFITTERS AND BOWLER HATTERS
$40.00 AUD

Clyard Novella Ltd. Prestwick, Scotland. 1997. 1st Ed. Foreword by Jimmy Reid. IV, 356 PP with over 25 tables, 4 graphs and b/w illustrations (2 plans and 64 photos) FEP: Plan of location of shipyards and marine engine works on River Clyde c. early 1960s. REP: Queen Elizabeth at Inchgreen Dry Dock in 1965. Laminated pictorial boards. Fine (as new condition). 30.5 x 21.5. 9780953082100

... on the banks of the River Clyde (from Greenock to Glasgow).

70089
O'MAY, Harry
WOODEN HOOKERS OF HOBART TOWN AND WHALERS OUT OF VAN DIEMEN'S LAND
$20.00 AUD

L. G. Shea, Government Printer. Hobart. c. 1960. 1st edition. 137, VI (index) PP & 101, (3 index) PP, plus 32 pages with 61 b/w photos. Green cloth cover, clipped dust jacket. Dust jacket has a few chips and is in a protective sleeve. Name and address of previous owner on FFEP, otherwise a near fine copy. 22 x 14.5.

Whaling in the early days of Van Diemen's Land.

76728
OSBORNE, Brian D. & ARMSTRONG, Ronald
SCOTLAND'S GREAT SHIPS
$30.00 AUD

Luath Press Ltd. Edinburgh. 2007. 1st Ed. 198, (6 publications) PP with 35 b/w illustrations (1 map of Scotland, drawings, portraits, paintings and photos), plus 16 plates with 5 b/w and 12 colour illustrations. Hard covers, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine (as new condition). 24 x 16. 9781906307042

54806
OUTRIGGERS
VA'A, La Pirogue Polynésienne
$55.00 AUD

Au Vent des Iles. Papeete. 2008. 1st Ed., with Preface by Jean-Marc Pambrun and Foreword by Tara Hiquily. Edited by Tara HIQUILY, Muriel GLAUNEC & Hiriata MILLAUD. 197 PP (3 publications) with b/w and colour illustrations (photos by Danee Hazama). Pictorial boards, dj. French text. Fine. Large format: 30.2 x 24.2.

Va'a, the Polynesian Outrigger.

32050
P&O
DEAREST MOTHER, Extracts from the Letters of F.R. Kendall
$10.00 AUD

P&O Cruises & GB Publications. London. 1987. 1st Ed. Introduction by Brian MacDonald. 48 PP with b/w illust. Bound copy with pictorial card cover pasted down the front cover. Light foxing, o/wise near fine. 21.4 x 15.4. 0946555060

Commemorative booklet published for the 150th anniversary of the creation of The Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company. Franklin Kendall had 50 years of service with P & O and during that time, he travelled extensively, writing regularly to his mother. This booklet contains extracts from the 78 letters he wrote, each commencing with the words Dearest Mother. They reflect the early days of P. & O.

72456
PACK, S. W. C.
NIGHT ACTION OFF CAPE MATAPAN (Sea Battles in Close-Up No.2)
$25.00 AUD

Ian Allan. London. 1972. 1st Ed. 146 PP with 7 diagrams, plus 24 pages with 45 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Neat name stamp on FFEP, o/wise a fine copy. Scarce. 17.8 x 11.5. 711002574

Battle between British & Italian fleets on the 28/29 March, 1941, South West of Crete. First main fleet action where carrier-borne aircraft played a vital role.

73568
PALIN, Michael
HIMALAYA
$10.00 AUD

Weidenfeld & Nicolson. London. 2004. 1st edition. 288 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (drawings, maps, photos). Decorated endpapers. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 27.2 x 19.5. 0297847310

17140
PARSONS, Ronald
SHIPS OF YORKE PENINSULA
$10.00 AUD

Railmac. Adelaide. 1984. 1st Ed. 24 PP with 13 b/w photos. Pictorial card cover (Map of Yorke Peninsula on back) with a small rub at top. Signature of previus owner on inside front cover, o/wise contents are fine. 21.5 x 15. 0949817406

Sub-title: The development of passenger/cargo shipping services to Yorke Peninsula Ports in both Spencer and St. Vincent Gulfs.

15949
PAYNE, Stephen M.
GRANDE DAME, Holland America Line and the S.S. ROTTERDAM
$20.00 AUD

Rina. London. 1990. 1st Ed. 132 PP with b/w & colour photos & 12 plans & diagrams. FEP: "Rotterdam" steaming out of New York. REP: SS Rotterdam. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.5 x 20.8. 0903055120

The building, technical features, passenger accommodation of the SS Rotterdam. The transition by Holland America Line from Atlantic ferry to cruise ship operators.

69351
PEAK, Steve
FISHERMEN OF HASTINGS - 200 Years of the Hastings Fishing Community
$40.00 AUD

SpeaksBooks. Hastings, East Sussex. 2005. Third impression with minor amendements of the 1986 edition (1985 original). 160 PP with over 140 b/w illustrations (2 maps, drawings, sketches and photos). Pictorial stiff covers. Signed by the author on title page. Fine. 29.7 x 21. 0951070606

49879
PEARSON, Capt. A.
TONNAGE MEASUREMENT
$10.00 AUD

IAPH / International Association of Ports and Harbors Melbourne. 1969. 1st Ed. 12 PP with 2 figures, plus a 2 pages Resolution concerning tonnage measurement loosely inserted. Soft cover. Near fine. 24.5 x 17.8.

Paper presented on behalf of I.M.C.O., at the Sixth Biennial I.A.P.H. Conference, Melbourne, March 1969 - Nautical Adviser, Dept of Shipping and Transport of the Australian Government.

61077
PELTA, Kathy
REDISCOVERING EASTER ISLAND, How History is Invented
$10.00 AUD

Lerner Publications Company. Minneapolis. 2001. 1st Ed. 112 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Laminated pictorial boards (reinforced binding), dj. Fine. 26 x 18.5. 9780822548904

76750
PEPPITT
THE CREW - A Portrait of Merchant Seamen at the end of the Tramp Steamer Era
$25.00 AUD

Chaffcutter Books. Were, UK. 2000. 1st Ed. Introduction by Sir Frederic Bolton. Postscript by Michael Everard. 140 PP with 44 b/w photos (42 as head pieces). Hard covers, gilt title on spine. Fine. 23.2 x 17.2. 0953242226

31043
PETERSEN, E. Allen
IN A JUNK ACROSS THE PACIFIC
$25.00 AUD

Elek Books. London. 1954 1st Ed. 224 PP, plus 16 pages with 25 b/w photos. Fp: Tani and Allen Petersen aboard their Chinese junk, the Hummel Hummel. Eps: Map of the Pacific with track of the junk. Hard cover, dj (price-clipped). Dust jacket lightly rubbed but still bright. Occasional foxing, otherwise near fine. 22.2 x 14.5.

Voyage started in Shanghai, 15th April 1938, towards the West coast of the Americas. Return via the South Pacific, leaving from Peru in 1941. Call in the Marquesas, Pago Pago... Shipwrecked on Sudest Island near Rossel Island (South East Papua), then arrival at Samarai 25th October 1941.

30969
PETERSEN, Kaare
THE SAGA OF NORWEGIAN SHIPPING - An Outline of the History of a Modern Merchant Marine
$70.00 AUD

Dreyers Forlag. Oslo. 1955. 1st Ed. 240 PP on coated art paper with 2 maps, 4 graphs and hundreds of b/w photos, plus 4 colour plates. Presentation leaf by the shipping line A/S THOR DAHL with their House Flag in colour and 3 b/w photos tipped in front of the half title page. Fp: H.M. King Haakon VII. Illustrated endpapers. Leather cover with gilt devices, gilt title on spine, top edge gilt. Covers with shelf wear of spine (frayed at top and bottom), o/wise near fine. Scarce. 26.7 x 19.5.

Since the Viking expeditions... From sail to steam. Norwegian shipping in the Great War. A fighting merchant marine during World War II... Shipping and the Norwegian economy.

76637
PFENNIGWERTH, Ian
TIGER TERRITORY: The Untold Story of the Royal Australian Navy in Southeast Asia from 1948 to 1971
$30.00 AUD

Rosenberg. Sydney. 2008. 1st Ed. 317 PP with 1 b/w photos and 11 maps and figures, plus 24 pages with 51 b/w photos. Fp: Presentation of Kings' Colour at KD Malaya. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 22.5 x 15. 9781877058653

47706
PHILLIPPS, G. F., GREIG, J. A. & LOGAN, J.
THE FOUNDING OF THE EDEN KILLER WHALE MUSEUM WITH A SHORT HISTORY OF EDEN
$25.00 AUD

Eden Museum Committee. Eden. c. 1983. 2nd edition of the 1981 original. No pagination, 60 PP with 33 b/w photos. Stapled soft covers. Fine. 21.5 x 15.

Publication for the 50th anniversary of the Eden Museum Committee.

43611
PIOLLET, Paul
EQUIPAGES ET VOILIERS DE BIRA (in two volumes)
$225.00 AUD

Paul Piollet. Orcines, France. Paris. 2000. 1st Ed., Nos. 3 and 4 in the "Images d'Indonésie" series. Vol 3: 150 PP with 1 coastal view, 4 maps, 21 facsimile of documents, 13 drawings and 9 b/w photos. Vol 4: 115 PP with 4 maps (3 in colour), 30 b/w and 82 colour photos. Pictorial stiff covers. Bookplate of Professor Adrian Horridge on inside front cover. Manuscript letter from Paul Piollet to Adrian Horridge dated 1st July 2001, loosely inseretd. Fine set. French text. 24 x 16.5. 2950977634/642

Shipping from Bira, Southern Celebes Province: the ships and their crew.

34902
PIRANI, Leila
THE OLD MAN RIVER OF AUSTRALIA - A Saga of the River Murray
$15.00 AUD

John Sands. Sydney. c. 1950 2nd edition. Foreword by L. R. East. 40 PP with illustrations by Walter Cunningham (1 sketch map showing the course of Old Man River Murray, 1 endpiece, 9 tailpieces and 24 in the margin of pages). Illustrated boards. Slight ageing of paper and foxing. Neat stamp of previous owner on title page. A very good clean copy. 24.5 x 18.5.

70462
PLOMLEY, Brian & PIARD-BERNIER, Josiane
THE GENERAL - The visits of the expedition led by Bruny d'Entrecasteaux to Tasmanian waters in 1792 and 1793
$130.00 AUD

Queen Victoria Museum. Launceston. 1993. 1st Ed. XII, 379 PP with 32 b/w illust. Fp: Portrait of Bruny d'Entrecasteaux. Eps: Title Page of Volume I of the 1808 edition, list of officers & scientists of Recherche and Espérance. Cloth cover, title on front board and spine, dj. Dust jacket with a few small rubs, otherwise a fine copy of a scarce title. 25.5 x 17.8. 0724641181

76687
PLOWMAN, Peter
PASSENGER SHIPS OF AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND - Volume I (1876-1912) and Volume II (1913-1980)
$80.00 AUD

Doubleday. Sydney. 1981. 1st Ed. Vol. I: 224 PP. Vol. II: 220 PP. Both volumes profusely illustrated with b/w photos. Eps: Funnels, flags & hulls (in colour) of these passenger ships. Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing on outside edges. A near fine set. Oblong: 21.2 x 28. 0868240362 & 0370

Volume I: 125 vessels placed in service from 1876 to 1912 by 21 shipping companies to Australia & 4 to New Zealand. Volume II: 80 Vessels placed in service from 1913 to 1980 by 17 shipping companies to Australia and 5 to New Zealand.

69996
POLO, Marco
THE TRAVELS OF MARCO POLO, with an introduction by John Masefield
$20.00 AUD

Heron Books. London. circa 1970. XVI, 461 PP, including Appendix and Index plus 9 b/w plates. Blue leatherette covers with gilt decoration on front cover and spine. Near fine. 20.5 x 12.5.

76619
PORTER, James
THE CAPTURE OF THE FREDERICK, Macquarie Harbour Van Diemen's Land 1834
$75.00 AUD

Sullivan's Cove. Adelaide. 1981. 1st edition limited to 375 numbered copies, No.71/375. 76 PP on art paper. Fp (in colour): John Redman Bateman's sketch of the mouth of the Gordon River and beyond Macquarie Harbour. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Dust jacket is faded around edges, a few foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise contents are fine. 32 x 20.

The piratical seizure of the brig "Frederick", voyage to the Chiloa Islands then Valparaiso in Chile. Arrest of the 10 convicts. Their return.

20856
PORTER, Jonathan
MACAU, The Imaginary City: Culture and Society, 1557 to the Present
$25.00 AUD

Westview Press. Boulder, Co., USA. 1996. 1st Ed., in the New Perspectives on Asian Studies series. X, (2), 240, (1 adv.) PP with 44 bw illust. Fp: Wall shrine. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 24 x 16. 0813328365

Macau, founded by the Portuguese in 1557: an enduring and changing threshold between East and West.

76844
POWLEY, Adam
GALLIPOLI - April 25 1915 to January 9 1916
$40.00 AUD

Park Lane Books. UK. 2014. 1st edition, 3 items in the "WWI Chronicles" series. 1 - Book: 64 PP with 62 b/w and 19 colour illustrations. Pictorial laminated boards. 2 - Archive Collection: 32 PP with 15 colour and 37 b/w illustrations. 3 - Wallchart: large folded with 4 colour illustrations and 10 b/w photos (format: 42 x 118 cms). 3 items contained in an illustrated box. Fine. Oblong: 22 x 30.5. 9781906969615

76675
PURCELL, Lisa
LIGHTHOUSES OF THE WORLD
$50.00 AUD

Skyhorse Publishing. New York. 2015. 1st Ed. 191 PP with around 30 b/w and 230 colour illustrations. Pictorial laminated boards, dj. Foxing spots on top outside edges, otherwise fine. 28.6 x 22.5. 0781629141916

18131
PURSEY, H.J.
MERCHANT SHIP CONSTRUCTION, Especially Written for the Merchant Navy
$15.00 AUD

Brown, Son & Ferguson. Glasgow. 1963. 4th Ed. XIV, 223 PP with 83 full-page plates & 16 sketches. Cloth cover, dj. Dust jacket with small chips and in a proptective sleeve. Faint stamps of previous owner, otherwise a very good clean copy. 25 x 19.

38853
PURVES, Libby & GROVE, Trevor (editors)
SINGLE HANDED - The Observer/Europe 1 singlehanded Transatlantic Race
$15.00 AUD

Ebury Press. London. 1984. 1st Ed., Introduction by Eric Tabarly. 208 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Title spread: under sail. Illustrated endpapers. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 31 x 23.5. 9780852234303

Trans Atlantic races of: 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980 & 1984.

76662
PYE, Peter
THE SEA IS FOR SAILING
$35.00 AUD

Rupert Hart-Davis. London. 1957. 1st edition. 192, PP with 5 maps, plus 16 pages with 19 b/w photos. Fp (in colour); The sun shining on a glacier, British Colombia. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket is price clipped and in a protective sleeve. Slight ageing of paper and ocassional foxing. Near fine. 19 x 13.

Voyage of "Moonraker", a Cornish fishing boat to Madeira, the Canaries, the West Indies, Panama, Galapagos, Marquesas, Tahiti, Hawaii, British Colombia and back along the West Coast of the USA, Mexico, Central America...

76661
QUILLIAM, Leslie
THE LIFEBOATS OF PEEL
$30.00 AUD

Cashtal Books Ltd. Peel, Isle of Man. 1990. 1st Ed. Foreword by Nick Keig. 99 PP with b/w illustrations: 4 maps, documents, drawings, plans and photos. Fp: 2 life boats 1897 and 1990. Inside front cover: Seal of "Manx Heritage Foundation". Inside back cover: Facts about the RNLI / Royal National Life-Boat Institution. Pictorial stiff covers a little sunned at top, otherwise fine. 21 x 14.7.

61039
RAHS
ROYAL AUSTRALIAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY - JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS - Vol XXXII, Part II, 1946
$10.00 AUD

Royal Australian Historical Society. Sydney. 1946. Edited by C. Price Conigrave. 89-144 PP with 2 b/w illustrations. Stapled soft covers a little browned around edges, otherwise near fine. 21 x 14.

The Life and Writings of Charles Harpur, Cecil W. Salier. Settlment in the Marulan-Bungonia District, by James Jervis. Image of back cover lists all articles and illustrations.

72906
RAHS
ROYAL AUSTRALIAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY - JOURNAL AND PROCEEDINGS - Vol. VII, Part III, 1921
$15.00 AUD

Royal Australian Historical Society. Sydney. 1921. P.105-160 with 5 b/w illustrations (1 chart and 4 photos). Stapled soft covers. Near fine. 21.6 x 13.5.

Australian Roadside Inns, by Frank Walker. Mount Wingen, by B. J. H. M. Abbott. Notes on Australian Artists (part IV), by William Dixson. Image of back cover lists all articles and illustrations.

72925
RAHS
ROYAL AUSTRALIAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY - JOURNAL AND PROCEEDINGS - Vol XXVII, Part VI, 1941
$10.00 AUD

Royal Australian Historical Society. Sydney. 1941. P.373- 444. Stapled soft covers. Slight ageing of paper. Very good. 21 x 14.

Macquarie's Administration of the convict system, by Frank Driscoll. The route to the North , by James Jervis ... Image of back cover shows all contents and list of illustrations.

72929
RAHS
ROYAL AUSTRALIAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY - JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS - Vol XXXIII, Part III, 1947
$10.00 AUD

Royal Australian Historical Society. Sydney. 1947. Edited by C. Price Conigrave. 117-188 PP with 7 b/w illustrations. Stapled soft covers a little browned around edges, otherwise near fine. 21 x 14.

Anthony Trollope: Travels and Impressions in Australia, by G. R. S. Reid. The Parramatta Observatory, by Vernon W. E. Goodin. Image of back cover lists all articles and illustrations.

76136
RAHS
ROYAL AUSTRALIAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY - JOURNAL AND PROCEEDINGS - Vol. XXXI, Part III, 1945
$10.00 AUD

Royal Australian Historical Society. Sydney. 1945. P. 133 to P.200 . Stapled soft covers a little browned around edges, otherwise near fine. 21.6 x 13.5.

The Great Australian Administrator - Sir Hubert Murray by Dorothy E.M. Cubis. The Newcastle Lifeboat by W.J. Goold. Image of back cover lists all articles and illustrations.

58245
RAISON, E. T. (Ray)
QUEENSCLIFF AS A FISHING PORT
$10.00 AUD

Queenscliff Historical Publications. Point Lonsdale. c. 1990. 1st Ed. 32 PP with 3 plans and 4 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21.2 x 14.6. 0731616715

76652
RALLIER DU BATY, Captain Raymond
FIFTEEN THOUSAND MILES IN A KETCH
$50.00 AUD

Thomas Nelson. London. 1948. 1st Edition in the Travel and Adventure Series. vi, 218 PP with 6 b/w photos plus Frontispiece: Captain du Baty on board the J.B. Charcot. Blue cloth cover with price-clipperd dust jacket in a protective sleeve. Light foxing on outside page edges, otherwise a near fine copy. Scarce. 18.5 x 12.5.

An expedition in 1907 from France to Melbourne on board the J.B. Charcot with a year's stay on the Kerguelen islands for exploration and sealing. In order to finance this expedition, one of the sponsors, the British "Daily Chronicle", bought the story in 1910. (It was only translated into French in 1990).

76718
RANSOME, Arthur
"RACUNDRA'S" FIRST CRUISE
$50.00 AUD

Fernherst Books. London. 2003. Reprint of 1923 original. 256 PP with b/w illustrations. FFEP map showing Racundra's Course. Illustrated rear endpapers. Hard cover, dust jacket. A fine copy. 24 x 15.5. 1898660964

Building of the yacht in Riga, Latvia and sailing her to Estonia and Finland. This recent edition is In two parts: The Preface covers various vessels: Slug, Kittiwake, Racundra and the writing of Racundra's First Cruise and On the Pirate Ship. The second part is Racundra's First Cruise with Appendix, Chronology, Bibliography, etc.

76753
REID, Alex & David
PADDLE WHEELS ON THE WANGANUI
$40.00 AUD

Paddlewheels Press. Wellington. 1993. 2nd Edition of original of 1967. iii, 125 PP plus 8 pages with 16 b/w photos, followed by 5 pages with 4 b/w photos. Fore Ep: Map of Wanganui River and Rapids: Upper reaches. Rear Ep: Lower reaches. Pictorial soft covers. Fine. 21 x 14.8. 0473020904

Atmosphere, people and events on the world of the paddlewheels plying 235 miles of the Wanganui River.

17589
REINELT, W. H.
THE LOSS OF THE ORION
$20.00 AUD

Marine History Publication. Geelong. 1980. 1st Ed. 16 PP, plus 4 pages with 1 map & 3 b/w illust. Soft covers, pictorial front. A fine copy. Scarce. 20.7 x 13.8.

Lost with all hands in May 1908 on a run from Duck River near Stanley, Tasmania to Melbourne.

42738
REINSTEDT, Randall A.
WHERE HAVE ALL THE SARDINES GONE ?
$10.00 AUD

Ghost Town Publications. Carmel, Ca., USA. c. 1980. 4th printing of the 1978 original. 168 PP with 1 plan, 1 map with inset, and 200 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Faint foxing. Near fine. 21.7 x 14. 093381805X

A pictorial history of Steinbeck's Cannery Row, & old Monterey's Wharf & sardine industry.

16473
REVELLE, R., BULLARD, E. & al.
THE OCEAN
$10.00 AUD

A Scientific American Book / W.H. Freeman. San Francisco. 1969. Reprint of the September 1969 issue of Scientific American. 140 PP with b/wand colour illustrations. (maps, graphs, photos, line draw). Pictorial soft cover (slightly rubbed). Very good. 29.8 x 21.8. 071670997X

The ocean: origin, continental shelf, deep ocean floor, the ocean and Man.

71975
RISBY, Warwick H.L.
RISBY ANCESTORS, From Convict Beginnings
$300.00 AUD

Warwick H. L. Risby. Hobart. 2020. Limited edition of 100 copies. One of the not numbered copies signed by the author opposite title page. X, 207, (3) PP with 6 pages on "Family Trees", b/w and colour illustrations. Erratum slip loosely inserted between pages 190/191. Endpapers with cartoons by "Humps" (Geoff Humphries). New. 24.5 x 21.5. 9780648675815

76018
ROBB, Daniel
SLOOP - Restoring my Family's Wooden Sailboat - An Adventure in Old-Fashioned Values
$10.00 AUD

Simon & Schuster. New York. 2007. 1st Ed. (14), 317 PP with b/w illustrations (1 map on double page with location inset, 1 sketch plan and 6 photos). Hard covers, dj. Fine. 22 x 14.5. 9780743202398

46682
ROBILLARD, Albert B. (editor)
SOCIAL CHANGE IN THE PACIFIC ISLANDS
$15.00 AUD

Kegan Paul International. London. 1992. 1st Ed. XVI, 507 PP with maps and tables. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 24 x 15.6. 07103 04005

New Caledonia: Social Change, Political Change and Tradition in a Settler Colony, by John Connell... French Polynesia: A nuclear Dependency, by Ben Finney...

76878
ROBINS, Nick
THE DECLINE AND REVIVAL OF THE BRITISH PASSENGER FLEET
$30.00 AUD

N.S. Robins & Colourpoint Books. Newtownards, Northern Ireland. 2001. 1st Ed. 160 PP with Appendices, Bibliography and Index, and 136 b/w illustrations (graphs, accommodation plans, general arrangement, menus, posters and c.120 photos). Fp: the Elders and Fyffes passenger cargo liner "Camito" heading down Southampton waters. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 23 x 18. 9781898392699

76847
ROBSON, Martin
NOT ENOUGH ROOM TO SWING A CAT: Naval Slang and its Everyday Usage
$15.00 AUD

Conway / Anova Books Co. London. 2008. 1st Ed. 176 PP with 30 b/w illustrations by Mark Myers. Hard covers, cloth spine. Fine. 18.5 x 12.5. 9781844860739

10130
ROHWER, Jurgen
AXIS SUBMARINE SUCCESSES 1939-1945
$30.00 AUD

Naval Institute Press. Annapolis. 1983. 1st English language edition, translated from the 1968 updated German original, by John A. Broadwin. XXII, 386 PP with 10 pages of maps. Original cloth cover, dj. Faint foxing, o/wise fine. Oblong: 16.5 x 21. 0870210823

76639
ROLT, L. T. C.
NARROW BOAT
$20.00 AUD

Sutton Publishing. London. 2002. Reprint. 212 PP with b/w illustrations, plus 16 pages with b/w photos. Pictorial soft covers. Near fine. 21.5 x 13.8. 0750908068

Life on board barges.

76857
ROLT, Sonia
A CANAL PEOPLE - The Photographs of Robert Longden
$20.00 AUD

Sutton Publishing / British Watrerways and The Inland Waterways Association. Stroud, UK. 1997. Reprint of the 1997 original. VI, 154 PP with 1 plan and b/w photos. Fp: Map showing position of Hawkesbury stop or Suttons, c. 1920. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 22 x 22 9780750917766

54319
ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY
THE GEOGRAPHICAL JOURNAL - Volume: CXXVII - 1961 (in 4 parts)
$40.00 AUD

Royal Geographical Society. London. 1961. Annual edition. Edited by KIRWAN, L. P. Issues Part 1 (March 1961) to Part 4 (December 1961). XL (advertisements), 592 PP, (8 contents), plus plates with b/w photos and maps (some in colour). Original soft cover. Foxing. Very good. 24.5 x 15.5.

Vol. CXXVII. Part 2: Prince Henry the Navigator and the Discovery of the Sea Route to India, by Erik Axelson. Part 3: Voyage to the îles Crozet and îles Kerguelen, by H. W. Tilman. The wreck of the Betsey and Sophia on îles Kerguelen, by Ann Saviour. Arab Navigation in the Red Sea, by G. R. Tibbetts. Part 4: The Highland Peoples of New Guinea, by H. C. Brookfield.

76840
SAIL TRAINING INTERNATIONAL
THE TALL SHIPS RACES 2011, Cruise in Company' Visits STORNOWAY 15th - 16th July
$10.00 AUD

Tall Ships Hebrides. Stornoway. 2011. 1st Ed. Foreword "Ceud Mile Failte" (a hundred thousand welcomes), Iain Macleod, Chairman Stornoway Port Authority. No pagination, 12 PP with 3 b/w illustrations and 23 colour illustrations (maps of Northern Scotland and of the North Sea, plan of Stornoway, 2 paintings, 12 portraits and 8 photos. Pictorial soft covers. Fine. Oblong: 21 x 29.7,

Call in Stornway of 4 tall ships "Pelican of London", "Dar Mlodziezy", "Mir" & "Europa", during the 2011 race between Greenock and Lerwick.

47608
SAMSON, Jane
IMPERIAL BENEVOLENCE: Making British Authority in the Pacific Islands
$25.00 AUD

University of Hawai'i Press. Honolulu. 1998. 1st Ed. XVI, 240 PP with 8 maps, plus 12 pages with 13 b/w photos. Cloth cover, dj. Fine. 23.3 x 16. 9780824819279

50063
SAUNDERS, Mike
THE WALKABOUTS
$10.00 AUD

Victor Gollancz. London. 1975. 1st Ed. 285 PP with 10 figures, plus 16 pages with 29 b/w photos. Eps: Map with route of the Walkabout. Hard cover, dj. Name of previous owner on front endpaper and title-page. A very good clean copy. 22 x 14.3. 057501850X

Story of the Saunders family of 6 living in Rhodesia and a voyage of adventure which took them halfway round the world.

76717
SAVILLE-KENT, W.
THE GREAT BARRIER REEF OF AUSTRALIA; Its Products and Potentialities
$150.00 AUD

John Currey, O'Neil. Melbourne. 1972. Reprint of the 1893 original. XX, 387 PP with 21 b/w illustrations (1 map, 8 photos, figures), plus 1 folded chart of the Great Barrier Reef, XLVIII photo-mezzotype plates, and XVI chromo plates. Fp: Bleached coral specimens from the Great Barrier Reef. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj. Dust jacket has a few small repaired chips and is in a protective sleeve. A near fine copy. This is a heavy item and postage may be higher than usual. Please ask for a quote. Large format: 34.8 x 27. 0859020002

An account of the Corals and Coral Reefs, Pearl and Pearl-Shell, Bêche-de-Mer, other fishing industries, and the Marine Fauna of the Australian Great Barrier region.

76657
SCHAEFFER, Heinz
U-BOAT 977
$50.00 AUD

William Kimber. London. 1952. 1st Ed. Preface by Admiral of the Fleet The Earl of Cork and Orrery. Foreword by Nicholas Monsarrat. 207 PP, plus 8 b/w plates. Fp: U-977 after surrender in Argentina. FEP: The structure of U-boat 977. REP: The last voyage of U-977. Cloth cover, dj. Dust jacket with repaired tears in a protective sleeve. Discreet signature of previous owner on front endpaper. Foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 22.2 x 14.

The U-boat war years by a surviving German Commander. The escape to Argentina with his U-977 hoping to find "a decent respect for the defeated"!

76518
SCHWARTZ, Milton L.
QUEEN MARY - Commemorative Pictorial
$10.00 AUD

WCO (Wather Corporation) Port Properties, Ltd. Oakland, Ca. 1984. 1st Ed. 16 PP with 9 colour illustrations (1 cutaway and 8 photos) and 18 b/w photos. Fine. 22.8 x 15.2.

21716
SEDGWICK, Stanley & SPRAKE, Raymond F.
LONDON & OVERSEAS FREIGHTERS LIMITED 1949-1977
$10.00 AUD

World Ship Society. London. 1977. 1st Ed. 60 PP with 70 b/w photos. Inside card cover: Founders of L.O.F. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21.7 x 14. 0905617010

A short history & fleet list.

76561
SELVON, Sydney
A COMPREHENSIVE HISTORY OF MAURITIUS - From the Beginning to 2001
$40.00 AUD

Mauritius Printing Specialists. Port-Louis, Mauritius. 2002. Reprint of the 2001 original. Preface by Abhimanyu Unnuth. Prologue by Bhishmadev Seebaluck. IX, 437 PP with b/w illustrations (maps of ile Tromelin, 6 portraits, and c. 12 photos). Pictorial soft covers with light wear, otherwise fine. 21 x 15. 9990329966

41642
SEVERIN, Tim
THE JASON VOYAGE - The Quest for the Golden Fleece
$15.00 AUD

Arrow Books. London. 1986. Paperback edition of the 1985 original. 263 PP with 1 map on double page, and drawings by Trondur Patursson, plus 32 PP with 77 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover (rubbed). Remainder marks on top and bottom outside edges, o/wise very good. 19.3 x 12.6. 9780099461807

Re-enactment of the voyage of a twenty-oar galley, "Argo", in search of the Golden Fleece, from Greece to present day Georgia, through the Aegean Sea, the Dardanelles, the Sea of Marmara, the Bosphorus, then the Black Sea.

76524
SEVERSON, Don R., HORIKAWA, Michael D. & SAVILLE, Jennifer
FINDING PARADISE: Island Art in Private Collections
$150.00 AUD

Honolulu Academy of Arts / University of Hawai'i Press. Honolulu. 2002 1st Ed. Foreword by George R. Ellis. XL, 356 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Title spread: (in colour): Hanalei Valley, Kauai, by D. Howard Hitchcock. Cloth covers, gilt title on spine, dj (Polynesian woman and Tiki, 1929). Fine. 30 x 25.7. 9780824826574

74692
SHAIRER, Gerda & JAMESON, Egon
HEROES OF THE BRITISH LIFEBOATS
$10.00 AUD

George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. London. 1938. 1st ED. 276 PP, plus 10 plates with 9 b/w photos. Fp: "Piled up !". Cloth covers. Covers rubbed and worn. 3 of the plates called for (74/75, 104/5 & 210/210 with 7 b/w photos) are missing). Ex Library copy with stamps on recto of frontispiece, lower margin of title page and 3 of the plates. A good reading / working copy. Image shows frontispiece and title-page. 20.7 x 14.5.

76707
SHELTON, Russell C.
FROM HUDSON BAY TO BOTANY BAY, The Lost Frigates of Lapérouse
$20.00 AUD

NC Press Ltd. Topronto. 1987. 1st Ed. 228 PP with 5 maps and 61 b/w illustrations. Hard cover, dj. Rubbed patch along gutter of FFEP, otherwise a near fine copy. 4.2 x 16.2. 1550210106

76655
SHERWOOD, Martyn
THE VOYAGE OF THE "TAI-MO-SHAN"
$35.00 AUD

Geoffrey Bles. London. 1946. 3rd Reprint of 1935 first edition. VI, 269 PP, plus 30 pages with 47 b/w illustrations (photos, general arrangement and lines and body plan). Fp: Portrait of the author in 1946. Eps: Track of the Tai-Mo-Shan. Cloth cover, title on spine. Foxing spots on outside edges. Very good. 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.

22680
SHEWAN, Andrew
THE GREAT DAYS OF SAIL, Reminiscences of a Tea-clipper Captain
$20.00 AUD

Conway Maritime. Londion. 1996. 2nd reprint of the 1973 "Conway Classics" series of the 1927 original, (reprinted without the illustrations of previous editions). Introduction by David Macgregor. 240 PP. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 22.2 x 13.8. 085177699X

Captain of the clipper "Norman Court" in 1872, when he was 23 years of age, ..

53788
SHIPLOVERS' SOCIETY OF VICTORIA
THE ANNUAL DOG WATCH - No.25
$15.00 AUD

Shiplovers' Society of Victoria. Melbourne. 1968. Issue No. 25, Edited by STROM, S. A. E., & GOLDFINCH, T. E. Foreword by Rear-Admiral L. Lockwood. 136 PP. Pictorial soft cover with a few creases, o/wise very good. 21 x 14.5.

Pages 20 to 29: The Polly Woodside restoration project, by Dr. E. Graeme Robertson. The great cold, by Captain J. Moodie Heddle...

69832
SHIPLOVERS' SOCIETY OF VICTORIA
THE DOG WATCH - No. 58
$15.00 AUD

Shiplovers' Society of Victoria Melbourne. 2001. Issue No. 58, "A Collection of Sea Stories", edited by Harrow Morgan. 116 PP with c. 30 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover (Breaksea Lightship). Fine. 21.3 x 14.5.

Issue on: Australia's last Lightships ... The beginning of "Herzogin Cecilie" last round voyage - 1935, by Pamela Eriksson.

69502
SILVER, Lynette Ramsay
THE STORY OF OPERATION JAYWICK (in Signals No. 64)
$10.00 AUD

Australian National Maritime Museum. Sydney. 2003. Issue No. 64, September - November 2003. 36 PP. Contains article between pages 9 to 12 with 1 map with inset, 3 colour illustrations and 7 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21.

60th anniversary of the attack on Japanese shipping in occupied Singapore, carried out from the Krait.

61864
SKELTON, R. A.
EXPLORERS' MAPS - Chapters in the Cartographic Record of Geographical Discovery
$75.00 AUD

Routledge and Kegan Paul. London. 1960. 2nd impression of the 1958 original. XII, 337 PP (glossy paper) with 219 figures (charts, maps, engravings & paintings, and 1 b/w photo). Fp (in colour): H.M.S. Racehorse in the ice north of Spitsbergen, 10 August 1773. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Dedicatory note on front endpaper, dated 24 January 1966 and signed by the author. Near fine. 25.5 x 19.

37009
SLEVIN, A. E.
TWIN SCREW TURBO-ELECTRIC STEAMER WAHINE
$30.00 AUD

Derwent Marine Publications. Hobart. c. 1975. Frameable colour print, by A. E. Slevin. Fine. Oblong: 24.8 x 37.5.

Twin screw turbo-electric steamer, built 1966 for Union Steam Ships of New Zealand Ltd, Wellington.

37010
SLEVIN, A. E.
TWIN SCREW MOTOR VESSEL AUSTRALIAN TRADER
$30.00 AUD

Derwent Marine Publications. Hobart. 1973. Frameable colour print by A.E. Slevin. Fine. Oblong: 24.8 x 37.5

Twin screw motor vessel, built 1968/69 for Australian Coastal Shipping Commission / ANL.

18470
SMITH, Ben
MERCHANT SHIP DESIGN SINCE 1945
$25.00 AUD

Ian Allan. London. 1984. 1st Ed. 128 PP with b/w illust. (line drawings & photos). Title-page: "L.N.G. Aquarius". Hard cover, dust jacket. Fine. 24 x 17.5. 0711013489

The specialised merchant ship (LNG carrier, car ferry, tug,...), built from different materials (glass reinforced plastic, aluminium,...).

15197
SMITH, Edward W. Jr. (Editor)
WORKADAY SCHOONERS, The Edward W. Smith Photographs taken on Narragansett Bay, 1895-1905; Together with Writings and Plans Describing the Designs and Use of the Period
$35.00 AUD

International Marine Publishing. Camden, Maine. 1975. 1st Ed. XVI, 196 PP with 6 bw photos & 102 b/w plates, and 28 figures & plans. Fp and half-title page: Working Boats. Eps: Chart of Newport. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price clipped). Postcard of the Schooner "Dispatch", tipped in on page V. Dust jacket with small piece torn and repaired tears, now in a protective sleeve. Contents are near fine. 22.8 x 20. 0877420122

76571
SOCIETY FOR NAUTICAL RESEARCH
MARINER'S MIRROR [THE]. The Journal of the Society for Nautical Research - Volume 51, Issue No. 2, May 1965
$15.00 AUD

Society for Nautical Research. Greenwich. 1965. Editor: Captain T. D. Manning. IV, 97 - 192 PP with b/w illustrations. Soft covers with light wear/soiling, otherwise near fine. 24 x 17.2.

The Crimean Gunboats (part 1), by G. A. Osbon. The Taking of Gorée, in 1758, by A. J. Marsh. The Shipbuilding Bayleys, by John Leather. The Tuticorin Thoni (pages 147 to 154 with 1 line drawing, plus 1 plate with 2 b/w photos), by C. W. Hawkins.

76572
SOCIETY FOR NAUTICAL RESEARCH
MARINER'S MIRROR [THE]. The Journal of the Society for Nautical Research - Volume 51, Issue No. 3, August 1965
$15.00 AUD

Society for Nautical Research. Greenwich. 1965. Editor: Captain T. D. Manning. IV, 193 - 288 PP with b/w illustrations. Soft cover. Near fine. 24 x 17.2.

The Capture of Minorca 1708, by H.T. Dickinson. Coins for luck under the Mast, by Henning Henningsen. The Crimean Gunboats (part 2), by G. A. Osbon. The New Zealand Scow (pages 221 to 232 with 5 tables, 4 line drawings, plus 2 plates with 4 b/w photos), by C. W. Hawkins.

76573
SOCIETY FOR NAUTICAL RESEARCH
MARINER'S MIRROR [THE]. The Journal of the Society for Nautical Research - Volume 53, Issue No. 2, May 1967
$15.00 AUD

Society for Nautical Research. Greenwich. 1967. Editor: Captain T. D. Manning. V, 97 - 206 PP with b/w illustrations. Soft cover. Near fine. 24 x 17.2.

Annual Lecture: E. W. Cooke, Marine Painter (plus 4 b/w plates), by John Munday. Impressment of Seamen during the war of the Spanish Succession, by G. Hinchliffe. Saling Boats of Western Sarawak (pages 161 to 169, plus 3 plates with 6 b/w photos), by Anthony Richards.

76580
SOCIETY FOR NAUTICAL RESEARCH
MARINER'S MIRROR [THE]. The Journal of the Society for Nautical Research - Volume 27, Issue No. 2, April 1941
$20.00 AUD

Society for Nautical Research. Greenwich. 1941. Editor: Professor Sir Geoffrey Callender. (2), 89 - 176 PP with b/w illustrations. Soft covers, war economy paper. Covers with wear around edges and light foxing. Contents are near fine. 24 x 17.2.

Early Manx Fishing Craft (pages 91 to 105 with 1 line drawing of smack "Maria" of Port St Mary, plus 1 plate with 2 b/w photos of Manx fishing craft, by Basil And Eleanor Megaw. The Capture of the Ardent by G. Rutherford. British Gunvessels of 1875, the smaller twin-screw type, by Admiral G A. Ballard, The Ancestory of the Eighteenth Century Frigate, by R.C. Anderson.

76588
SOCIETY FOR NAUTICAL RESEARCH
MARINER'S MIRROR [THE]. The Journal of the Society for Nautical Research - Volume 53, Issue No. 1, February 1967
$15.00 AUD

Society for Nautical Research. Greenwich. 1967. Editor: Captain T. D. Manning. IV, 96 PP with b/w illustrations. Soft covers a little soiled/worn, otherwise near fine. 24 x 17.2.

Merchantmen of War in Nelson's Day, by Bruce Dickins. The Origin of Leeboards (pages 39 to 53 with 1 table, 2 sketch maps and 4 line drawings, plus 1 plate with 4 b/w photos), by Edwin Doran Jr. Denmark and the first Anglo-Dutch War, by R. C. Anderson.

76837
SOLLY, Dr. Ray
MARINER'S LAUNCH
$35.00 AUD

Whittles Publishing. Caithness, Scotland. 2005. 1st Ed. Foreword by Commodore R. W. Warwick, Queen Mary 2. X, 181 PP with 52 b/w illustrations (1 cartoon, Merchant Navy insignia, 2 beermats and 49 photos). Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 24 x 17. 9781904445036

A rich tapestry of life at sea in a bygone era: the 1950s..

44599
SOMERS, Alain
SOUTHERN CROSSING - M/V EXPLORER (in Qantas, The Australian Way)
$10.00 AUD

Qantas. Sydney. 2002. Issue for October 2002. Contains article between P. 106 and 111 with 10 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27.5 x 21.

Antarctic Adventure: the final frontier in luxury cruising on board the M/V Explorer.

76656
SOMNER, Graeme
FROM 70 NORTH TO 70 SOUTH - A History of the Christian Salvesen Fleet / NINE YEARS ON -- 1983 - 1993
$30.00 AUD

Christian Salvesen Ltd. Edinburgh. 1984 / 1993. 1st Ed. 142 PP with 148 b/w photos and (Supplement) 12 PP with 4 b/w photos. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 21.5 x 15. 095091990X

Details of the ship of the "Salvesen of Leith", owned since 1879. Mediterranean and deep sea trade, Norwegian fleet: 70 N., whaling fleet in Antarctic based at Leith, South Georgia: 70 S. Plus Supplement of December 1993.

40977
SOUHAMI, Diana
SELKIRK'S ISLAND
$15.00 AUD

Weidenfeld & Nicolson. London. 2001. 1st Ed. 246 PP with 1 tail piece, 7 head pieces, 7 b/w illustrations, and 3 colour photos on double page. Title page: vignette with map of Isle of John Fernando. Frontispiece: Map of the west coast of the Americas. Hard cover, devices on front and back covers, dj. Fine. 22.2 x 14.5. 9780297643852

Juan Fernandez island, the island of Robinson Crusoe.

76685
SPONG, H. C. & DOBSON, J.
PORT LINE, Incorporating: James P. Corry & Company, Thomas B. Royden & Company, Wm. Milburn & Company, G.D. Tyser & Company & The Commonwealth & Dominion Line Ltd.
$50.00 AUD

World Ship Society. London. 2004. 1st Ed. 256 PP with b/w and colour photos throughout. Fp (in colour): "Port Chalmers". Pictorial laminated boards. Small nick at bottom corner of front cover, otherwise a fine copy. Scarce. 30.2 x 21.5. 0954331028

76796
STAMMERS, Michael
SAILING BARGES OF THE BRITISH ISLES
$30.00 AUD

The History Press. Stroud, UK. 2008. 1st Ed. 160 PP with 143 b/w illustrations (drawings, prints, sketches, plans & photos), plus 8 pages with 16 colour illustrations (4 paintings & 12 photos). Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 24.8 x 17.5. 9780752446233

76797
STAMMERS, Michael
END OF VOYAGES
$30.00 AUD

Tempus Publishing. Stroud, UK. 2004. 1st Ed. 189, (3) PP with 192 b/w illustrations (drawings, ephemera, prints, sketches, plans & photos), plus 8 pages with 19 colour illustrations (1 poster, 2 paintings & 16 photos). Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 24.8 x 17.5. 9780752429991

76514
STARKEY, David J.
BRITISH PRIVATEERING ENTERPRISE IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
$125.00 AUD

University of Exeter. Exeter, Devon, UK. 1990. 1st Ed., Exeter Maritime Studies, No. 4. 344 PP with 25 tables and b/w illustrations: 1 graph, 2 maps, plus 8 b/w plates. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, Scoring, underlining of text and pertinent pencil annotations in margin of some pages, half of the last page and the recto & verso of the rear end, by Professor J L Anderson of Latrobe University, State of Victoria, Australia. Near fine. 23.8 x 15.7. 085989312X

76597
STAUNTON, Anthony
NORTH AFRICA AND SYRIA Campaigns 1940-1942: Australians in World War II
$30.00 AUD

Department of Veterans' Affairs. Canberra. 2012 1st edition of October 1912. (8), 167 PP with 3 maps & 3 inserts, 8 colour illustrations (7 paintings (3 on double page, 4 on full page and 1 photo nd 160 b/w photos). Pictorial stiff covers with flaps. As new. 23.5 x 213.5.

Military Campaigns in Cyrenaica, capture of Tobruk and its siege ...Operations in Irak and Syria (April to mid July 1941). Return to Libyan front and Battle of El Alamein, 23rd October to 4th November 1942.

76506
STENROSS, Kurt
MADURESE SEAFARERS - Prahus, Timber and Illegality on the Margins of the Indonesian State
$45.00 AUD

ASAA (Asian Studies Association of Australia) / NUS (National University of Singapore). Singapore. 2011. 1st Ed. XXVI, 315 PP with b/w illustrations: 5 figures, 17 maps and 50 photographs. Fp: Lete-Lete from Sumenep. Pictorial stiff covers. Bookplate of Professor Adrian Horridge pasted down on verso of front cover. Fine. 22.7 x 15.2. 9789971685200

35444
STEPHEN, Ann (editor)
PIRATING THE PACIFIC - Images of Travel, Trade & Tourism
$20.00 AUD

Powerhouse Publishing. Sydney. 1993. 1st Ed. 79 PP with 1 map, 14 colour and 33 b/w illust. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine (as new condition). Oblong: 21 x 26.5. 9781863170420

Catalogue of the exhibition "South Pacific Stories", held at the Powerhouse Museum September 1993 - October 1994. 3 Essays on visual culture and colonial history in the Pacific. "I could not see as much as I desired" by Ross Gibson. The beautiful and the damned by Nicholas Thomas.

64991
STEWART, Desmond
L' AUBE DE L' ISLAM
$10.00 AUD

Collections Time-Life. Amsterdam. 1969. 1st French edition in "Les Grandes Epoques de l'Homme" series, of the 1967 US original. Preface by Jacques Berque. 192 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Hard cover, illustrated front board. French text. Near fine. 27.3 x 22.

76706
SUK WAI, Cheong, DURAI, Jennani & CHEW, Cassandra
LIVING THE SINGAPORE STORY: Celebrating our 50 years, 1965-2015
$40.00 AUD

National Library Board. Singapore. 2015. 1st paperback edition. President's Message, Dr. Tony Tan Keng Yam. Foreword by Lee Hsien Loong, Prime Minister. 200 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial stiff covers with flaps. Near fine. 25 x 27. 9789814342995

70808
SUTCLIFFE, Trevor (editor)
SAILING TO SUCCESS - Fremantle's Yachting Heritage and the History of the Fremantle Sailing Club
$30.00 AUD

Fremantle Sailing Club, Inc. Fremantle. 2000. 1st Ed. Forewords by Trevor Sutcliffe and Hugh Plaistowe, Commodore. Introduction by Patricia Brown. VI, 490 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Hard cover, gilt title on front board and spine, dj. Fine. 28.8 x 21. 0646405837

America's Cup 1987, by Max Shean.

76758
TABARLY, Eric
LONELY VICTORY. Atlantic Race 1964
$30.00 AUD

Souvenir Press London. 1965. 1st edition translated by Len Ortzen from the 1964 French original "Victoire en Solitaire". 221 PP with 25 sketches & maps, plus 12 pages with 28 b/w photos. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price clipped) and in a protective sleeve. A little light foxing, otherwise a near fine copy. 21.6 x 14.4.

The 1964 trans-atlantic race Plymouth, England to Newport, Rhode Island, USA.

20508
TAFFRAIL
THE NAVY IN ACTION
$10.00 AUD

Hodder & Stoughton. London. 1940. 4th reprint in November of the August 1940 original. 224 PP with 4 maps in text. Cloth cover, dj (price clipped). Covers with some marks, dust jacket rubbed and with small pieces missing, o/wise very good. 19.2 x 13.

The end of the Graf Spee. The boarding of the Altmark. The battles of Narvik. Dunkirk...

76659
TAWSE, Dawn & HUDSON, Alan (editors)
THE GUIDING LIGHT in Port Stephens Heritage - Nelson Head Inner Lighthouse
$15.00 AUD

Nelson Head Lighthouse & Rescue Station Reserve Trust. Port Stephens. 1998. 1st Ed. (4), 36 PP with b/w illustrations (1 coastal view, 2 drawings, 3 plans, 8 portraits and 18 photos. Inside front cover: Nelson Head Lighthouse, 1992. Inside back cover: Tomaree & Port Stephens. Illustrated stiff covers. Flyer: "Nelson Head Heritage Light House Cottage & Reserve", loosely inserted. Fine. 21 x 15.

42066
THOMAS, Nicholas
POSSESSIONS - Indigenous Art / Colonial Culture
$20.00 AUD

Thames and Hudson. New York. 1999. 1st paperback US edition, in the Interplay Arts + History + Theory series. 304 PP with 20 colour and 183 b/w illustrations. Title page: Roads meeting, 1987, by Rover Thomas. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 23.4 x 15.6. 9780500280973

15219
THOMAS, Pascoe
JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE TO THE SOUTH-SEAS
$40.00 AUD

N. Israel. Amsterdam. 1971. Facsimile reprint of the 1745 original. No. 72 in the Bibliotheca Australiana. (18), 348, 39 (appendix) PP. Simile vellum, gilt title on blue vignette (front cover & spine). Bookplate of previous owner on front endpaper. Faint foxing on outside edges, o/wise near fine. 22 x 14.5. 906072092X

Original title "A True and Impartial Journal of a Voyage to the South-Seas and Round the Globe in His Majesty's ship the Centurion, Under the Command of Commodore George Anson, 1740-1744".

76029
TOGHILL, Jeff
COASTAL NAVIGATION FOR BEGINNERS
$10.00 AUD

Reed Pty Ltd. Sydney. 1978. Reprint of the 1976 original. 112 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings & sketches, coastal views, charts & maps, and photos). Stiff covers, pictorial front. Note at top of FFEP, otherwise very good. 21.5 x 14. 0589071912

76762
LE TOUMELIN, Jacques-Yves
KURUN IN THE CARIBBEAN
$45.00 AUD

Rupert Hart-Davis. London. 1959. 1st UK edition. Translated and adapted from the French original by Lawrence Wilson. 173 PP with 1 map and insert of Dominica Island, plus 12 pages with 24 b/w photos. Hard covers, dj (price clipped). Occasional foxing. Slight ageing of paper, o/wise a very good clean copy. 19 x 13.

76512
TREVES, Sir Frederick
THE CRADLE OF THE DEEP - An Account of a Voyage to the West Indies
$35.00 AUD

Smith, Elder, & Co. London. 1908. 1st Ed. XII, 378 PP, plus 44 plates with 54 photos and 4 maps (1 of them folded at back of the book) and 1 colour plate. Fp (in colour): Victorine. Cloth cover, gilt title on spîne. Top edge tinted. Bookplate of Professor Adrian Horridge on front endpaper. Covers slightly rubbed. Occasional foxing. Very good. 23 x 16.

22163
TURNER, J. S., SMITHERS, C. N. & HOOGLAND, R. D.
THE CONSERVATION OF NORFOLK ISLAND
$10.00 AUD

Australian Conservation Foundation. Melbourne. 1975. Reprint of the 1968 original. (2), 41, (9) PP with 1 graph and 12 bw photos. Inside front cover: map of Norfolk Island. Pict. card cover. Very good. 24.6 x 18.2. 0858020327

Conservation of the native vegetation, fauna and landscape.

51987
UDEN, Grant
BRITISH SHIPS AND SEAMEN. A Short History (in Two Books)
$10.00 AUD

Macmillan / St Martin's Press. London. 1969. 1st Ed., in Sources of History series. Book One: 88 PP with 6 diagrams & charts, and 25 b/w illustrations. Book Two: 96 PP with 32 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Rubbed patch at top corner of front cover. Faint stains on outside edges. Very good. 21.5 x 15

Book One: The Ships. Book Two: The Seamen.

70488
UNDERHILL, Harold A.
DEEP-WATER SAIL
$45.00 AUD

Brown, Son & Ferguson. Glasgow. 1952. 1st edition. XXIX, (3), 302 PP, plus 64 pages with 100 b/w illustrations and 100 plates (33 folded) on construction, rigging, sail plans... Fp: Mediterranean schooner. FEP: 19th-20th century fore & aft rigged craft. REP: 19th/20th century square-rigged craft. Blue cloth covers with wear around edges, title in blind on front cover and gilt on spine. Front endpaper starting at gutter. Foxing spots on endpapers & outside edges with faint or occasional foxing in text. A very good copy of the first edition. 24.8 x 19.

Covers type of craft from Tasmania to Canada, from the Pacific islands to Scandinavia...

76793
UNDERHILL, Harold A.
MASTING AND RIGGING, The Clipper Ship & Ocean Carrier
$50.00 AUD

Brown, Son & Ferguson. Glasgow. 1988. 9th reprint of the 1946 original. X, (2), 304 PP with 181 figures, 22 tables & 50 plates, plus 1 large folded plate, No. 51: "Belaying Pin layout for full-rigged ship". Fp: Four-masted barque "Port Jackson". Hard covers, simile leather, title in blind on front board, gilt title on spine, dj Fine. 24.5 x 18.2. 0851741738

With authentic plans, working drawings and details of the nineteenth and twentieth century sailing ship.

76920
VAN GAASBEEK, Richard M.
WOODEN BOAT AND SHIP BUILDING - The Fundamental Principles and Practical Methods Described in Detail
$40.00 AUD

Frederick J. Drake. Chicago. 1941. 1st Ed. 238, (14 blank) PP (glossy paper) with 4 tables and 124 figures (69 of them photos). Cloth cover,gilt title on front cover and spine which is a little dulled. Name and bookplate of previous owner pasted down on front endpaper. Printed on superior gloss paper. Very good. Scarce. 19.3 x 12.8.

Especially written for Carpenters and other Woodworkers who desire to engage in boat or ship building, and as a text-book for schools.

76834
van VELZEN, Marianne
MISSING IN ACTION - Australia's World War I Grave Services, an astonishing story of misconduct fraud, and hoaxing
$25.00 AUD

Allen & Uwin. Sydney. 2018. 1st edition. XX, 267 PP, plus 16 pages with 38 b/w photos. Pictorial stiff covers. Near fine. 23.3 x 15.3. 9781760632809

69565
VERCOE, H.J.
CATAMARANS - A Summary of their features, their use and current design knowledge
$40.00 AUD

The British Ship Research Association. Wallsend, Tyne & Wear. 1977. September 1977 edition. B.S.R.A. Technical Memorandum, T.M. No. 527. (4), 42 PP with 8 figures (No. 6 to 13), plus 7 pages with 7 figures (No. 1 to 5b.) with 1 artwork and 6 b/w photos. Hard cover, laminated boards, illustrated front. Stamp of the Library Board of W.A. at top of contents page and a small rubbed patch on inside front cover. An otherwise fine copy. 29.7 x 20.2.

75649
VICTORIA
SAILING DIRECTIONS: VICTORIA, including Bass Strait
$30.00 AUD

Public Works Department - Ports and Harbors Division. Melbourne. 1970. New edition, with a Notice by A. J. Wagglen. 745 PP with 3 diagrams and 82 coastal views, figures, tables and b/w photos, plus 10 folded diagrams (2 with colours). Cloth covers, title on front board and spine. Ex Library copy with stamps on title page and last page. Renewed front endpaper. Very good. 25 x 15.8.

37530
VILLIERS, Alan
OCEANS OF THE WORLD - Man's Conquest of the Sea
$25.00 AUD

Museum Press. London. 1963. 1st Ed. 159 PP with 4 maps, plus 16 pages with 28 b/w plates. Fp: Mayflower II going to her berth in New York Harbour. Hard cover, dj (price clipped and with a few chips). A near fine copy. 22 x 14.

Aspects of the varied and interesting story of the ocean: sailing with Arabs, Maldivians, Trobriands. Square-rigger and nuclear ship...

45922
VILLIERS, Alan
GLORIE EN ONDERGANG VAN HET KAAP HOORN-SCHIP
$25.00 AUD

Uitgeverij C. De Boer Jr. Amsterdam. 1955. 1st Dutch edition of the 1953 original "The Way of a Ship", in the Bibliotheek der Zeven Zeeën series. 405 PP with 38 line drawings by Harold A. Underhill, plus 68 pages with 86 b/w photos. Cloth cover, gilt decoration on front cover and gilt title on spine, top edge tinted. Fold of front endpaper starting. Very good. Dutch text. 21.7 x 15.

The story of the Square-rigged Cape Horner...

51089
VILLIERS, Alan
THE SUEZ CANAL (in Ships and Ship Models, Volume IX, No. 107, December 1956)
$10.00 AUD

Percival Marshall. London. 1956. 28, (4) PP (375-402). Contains article between P.377 and 379 with 1 map and 5 b/w photos. Illustrated wrappers, reinforced at spine, o/wise near fine. 24.6 x 18.3.

71938
VILLIERS, Alan
THE WIND SHIP
$220.00 AUD

Hurst & Blackett. London. ND. 1928. 1st edition. 288 PP. Original blue cloth cover, title in blind on front cover and spine. Spine a little frayed at extemities and soiled/dulled. Ageing of paper with some foxing, mostly on prelims and around page edges and outside edges. Front endpaper with a hand-written dedicatory note signed and dated by the author and his then wife (Daphne). A very good copy of the scarce 2nd book written by Alan Villiers. A scarce copy. 19.4 x 13.

A novel. A doctor, just after graduating from Melbourne University, signed on to a grain ship bound for Finland. A cyclone south of Mauritius, murder of the Captain and the Chief Officer. He takes charge of the ship, faces a mutiny, another murder and reaches London after 153 days.

64372
VINCENT, Adrian
19TH CENTURY MARITIME WATERCOLOURS
$20.00 AUD

David & Charles. Newton Abbot. 1989. 1st Ed. 96 PP with 34 b/w and 66 colour illustrations. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. Oblong: 28 x 32.5. 0715392786

50326
VOITH
VOITH-SCHNEIDER PROPULSION
$10.00 AUD

J. M. Voith GmbH. Heidenheim, Germany. 1975. December 1975 edition of 1000 copies. 8 PP with 1 diagram, 8 b/w photos and 3 colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21.2 x 15

68625
WALKER, Leedham C.
SAIL ON THE TIDE. The Story of Flinders Island Shipping 1953-1994
$25.00 AUD

Leedham C. Walker. Hobart. 1994. 1st Ed. 96 PP with 3 tables and b/w illustrations (1 map, 1 document and 20 photos). Pictorial soft cover. Dedicatory note on title page dated and signed by the author. Near fine. Scarce. 21 x 14.5. 0646227998

76516
WARD, Edward
THE JOURNAL OF EDWARD WARD 1850/51
$35.00 AUD

The Pegasus Press. Christchurch. 1951. 1st edition of 1850 copies. Introduction by Sir James Hight. 222 PP, plus 11 b/w plates. Fp: Portrait of Edward Robert Ward. FEP: Map of the Voyage of the "Charlotte Jane" from Plymouth, England to Lyttleton, New Zealand. REP: Canterbury Settlement, 1851. Cloth cover, dj. Publication flyer loosely inserted. Newspaper clipping of Canterbury Press 04/08/1951, loosely inserted. Near fine. 25 x 16.5.

..., being his Account of the Voyage to New Zealand in the "Charlotte Jane" and the First Six Months of the Canterbury Settlement.

12045
WARDLE, David
MURRAY RIVER PADDLE STEAMERS
$10.00 AUD

Traction Publications. Canberra. 1970. 1st Ed. 36 PP with 1 map on back cover and 28 b/w photos. Soft cover, illustrated front (P.S. Coonawarra) and back (map). Covers lightly soiled. Very good. Oblong: 18.5 x 25. 0858290049

18605
WARE, J. K., Naval Historian
AN OUTLINE OF AUSTRALIAN NAVAL HISTORY
$10.00 AUD

Department of Defence (Navy) / AGPS. Canberra. 1976. 1st Ed. VI, 90 PP with 24 b/w illustrations. Hard cover, dj. Name of previous owner on front endpaper, o/wise very good. 25 x 17.5. 0642018669

From the discovery and settlement to the post-Vietnam era.

76621
WARREN, Geoffrey
ORIANA
$100.00 AUD

P&O - Orient Lines. London. 1960. 1st Ed. 22 PP with colour illustrations (2 of them folded) by Kenneth Browne. Centrefold: Deck Plan of Oriana. Fp (in colour): ship drawing by Bernard Brett. Soft cover, illustrated front by Lawrence Scarfe. Near fine. Scarce. Oblong: 21 x 29.7.

Published before her first voyage of December 1960.

76642
WARREN, Geoffrey
CANBERRA
$100.00 AUD

P&O - Orient Lines. London. c.1961. 1st Ed. 20 PP with colour illustrations of the interior and a centrefold by "Bagley" plus a colour fold-out of the front cover showing the ship. Near fine. Scarce. Oblong: 21 x 29.7.

A promotional and colourful brochure for this P&O liner.

68729
WARWICK, Ronald W. & FLAYHART III, William H.
QE2
$10.00 AUD

W.W. Norton. New York & London. 1985. 1st Ed. 176 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Eps: 10 QE2 Deck Plans. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price clipped). Dust jacket with short closed tears. Donation plate to and stamps of the "Devonport Maritime Museum & Historical Society" on endpapers. Internally contents near fine. 26 x 22. 0393018857

Background on Cunard Line, and history of the Queen Elizabeth 2: construction, launching, maiden voyage... refitting after her return from the Falklands conflict.

76551
WATERHOUSE, Michael
NOT A POOR MAN'S FIELD: The New Guinea Goldfields to 1942 - An Australian Colonial History
$70.00 AUD

Halstead Press. Braddon, ACT. 2010 1st Ed. Foreword by Ross Garnaut. 272 PP with b/w illustrations (ephemera, maps, plans and photos). FEP: Map of Papua New Guinea. REP: Lae aerodrome 1931-32. Pictorial hard covers, dj. Signed by the author on title page. Fine. 28.5 x 22. 9781920831837

30871
WATSON, Commander A.O., PALMER, Commander J.M. et al.
THE WONDER BOOK OF SHIPS AND THE SEA
$10.00 AUD

Ward, Lock & Co. London. 1959. 1st edition in the Wonder Book series. 224 PP with cutaways, maps, plans and over 250 b/w photos, plus 7 colour plates. Fp: An American cruiser firing a Terrier guided missile. Half title page: Ketch under sail. Illustrated endpapers. Pictorial boards with shelf wear (rubbing) around edges, o/wise a near fine copy. 25.5 x 19.

76480
WESTRUPP, Fred
BLIND BAY HOOKERS: The Little Ships of Early Nelson
$45.00 AUD

River Press / October Enterprises Ltd. Dunedin, NZ. 2007. 1st Ed. 275, (12 index) PP with c. 125 b/w illustrations (1 drawing by the author, maps and sketch maps, paintings and photos). Pictorial stiff covers. Fine (as new condition). 24 x 17. 9780958225298

15974
WHALE, Derek M
THE LINERS OF LIVERPOOL, Part I
$10.00 AUD

Countywise Limited. Birkenhead. 1986. 1st Ed. Foreword by Michael Stammers. 114, (1 publications) PP with 84 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft covers with light wear, otherwise near fine. 21 x 14.8. 0907768113

On the people (passengers and crew) who travelled on these liners.

76741
WHITE, Archie
TIDEWAYS & BYWAYS IN ESSEX & SUFFOLK
$20.00 AUD

Edward Arnold. London. 1948. 1st Ed. 216 PP with 13 maps or charts, and 78 illustrations by Archie White. Eps: Coasters of England from Canvey Isle to Aldeboro. Cloth cover, gilt device on front cover, gilt title (dulled) on spine. Occasional foxing. Very good 22.2 x 14.5.

70360
WHITTAKER, Paul & REID, Robert
PATANELA IS MISSING - Australia's Greatest Sea Mystery
$50.00 AUD

Bantam Books. Sydney. 1993. 1st Ed. 248 PP with 1 map on double page and 1 b/w photos of the authors, plus 16 pages with 31 b/w photos. Pictorial card cover. Name of previous owner at top of half title page. Slight ageing of paper, other wise a near fine copy. Scarce. 21 x 13.5. 1863590870

41651
WILCOX, L. A.
ANSON'S VOYAGE
$15.00 AUD

G. Bell & Sons. London. 1969. 1st Ed. XVI, 182 PP with 65 b/w illustrations by the author. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price-clipped). Foxing spots on top outside edge. The dust jacket has chips, closed tears and part missing on rear and is in a protective sleeve. Contents are near fine. 25.2 x 15.8. 0713515635

Anson's circumnavigation of the globe in the years 1740-1744. Flagship Centurion, plunder of the Manilla Galleon Nuestra Señora de Cabandonga...

46604
WILLIAMS, F. Winston
CHASING THE GHOSTS OF PITCAIRN'S PAST (in Cruising World)
$10.00 AUD

Cruising World Publications. Newport, R.I. 1998. Volume 24, No. 2, February 1998. 176 PP. Contains article pages 32 to 39 with 5 colour illustrations (1 map and 4 photos). Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 27.4 x 20.4.

On board Irving Johnson's Yankee: locating, discovery and salvage of the anchor of Bounty.

76721
WILMERDING, John
WINSLOW HOMER
$20.00 AUD

Funk & Wagnalls, Inc. New York. 1978. 1st Ed. Book 3 in "The Great Artists" series. No pagination, 8 PP with 1 colour and 6 b/w illustrations, plus 14 colour plates (2 of them on double page) with 17 paintings. Title page: "A basket of clams (1873)". Stiff covers, illustrated front. Slight soiling of covers. Very good. 35 x 26. 083430060

A splendid monograph.

76734
WILSON, Andrew & PEARSON, Di
BLUE WATER CLASSICS - Portraits of the Sydney Hobart Yacht Race
$75.00 AUD

Everything Everything Pty Ltd. Hobart. 2020. 1st Ed. Foreword by David Kellett. 521 PP with b/w and colour photos by Andrew Wilson. Fp: Tasman Island shrouded in Sea Fog. Pictorial boards, title on front board and spine. Signed by the author on title page. Fine. 28.5 x 21.5. 9780992588250

Jack Earl, by Tiare Tomaszewski. The Tattersall Cup. ... Larry Jamieson and Bob Oatley. ... The Legends: Captain J.H. Illingworth / Magnus and Trygve Halvorsen. Thorry Gunnersen and "Tilting at Windmills".

69139
WOLFF, Geoffrey
THE HARD WAY AROUND: The Passages of Joshua Slocum
$20.00 AUD

Vintage Books. New York. 2011. 1st Ed. (14), 220, (4) PP with 24 b/w illustrations. Soft covers, illustrated front. Fine. 20.3 x 13. 9780307745453

44389
WOODMAN, Richard
BLUE FUNNEL - VOYAGE EAST
$30.00 AUD

Avid Publications. Wirral, Mersey. 2002. 1st Ed. Foreword by Mike Stammers. Thoughts from Merseyside, by David Roberts. XII, 236 PP with 2 plans of "Antigone", 3 maps and 12 tail pieces, plus 16 pages with 32 b/w photos of ships of Blue Funnel. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 22 x 15.2. 1902964047

Life aboard a British vessel in the last great days of the Merchant Navy.

76682
WORDLEY, Dick
TASMANIAN ADVENTURE. The Island State... Tramp her mountains, fish her seas, follow the tracks of her pioneers
$30.00 AUD

Adventure Productions. Hobart. 1954. 1st edition of 20,000 copies. Produced by Milton Howard and illustrated by Phil Belbin. 144 PP with period advertisements, over 55 b/w photos and over 35 drawings. Pictorial soft cover. Covers with light wear, otherwise near fine. 24.5 x 18.5.

43238
YOUNG, Barbara & John
ALL SORTS OF SHIPS
$10.00 AUD

Hamlyn. London. 1972. 1st Ed. No pagination, 56 PP with 83 colour illustrations by John Young. Eps: shipping scene in Hong Kong. Laminated pictorial boards. Few foxing spots, o/wise very good. 32 x 23.3. 0600300978

76841
ZARACH, Stephanie
CHANGING PLACES: The remarkable story of the HONG KONG SHIPOWNERS
$65.00 AUD

Hong Kong Shipowners Association. Wanchai, H.K. 2007. 1st edition. Foreword by David C. C. Koo. XII, 252 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Eps: Map of Southern part of China, 1888. Hard covers, pictorial dust jacket. As new. 22.5 x 22.5. 9789881705815

Established in 1957, the HK Shipowners Association: 50 years of Achievements.

76867
ZINC COMPANY
RISDON WORKS, TASMANIA - Description of Activities
$30.00 AUD

Electrolytic Zinc Company of Australasia Ltd. Hobart. 1958 March 1958 edition. No pagination, 64 PP with 1 "General Flow Sheet", 5 colour illustrations (1 map of Tasmania, 2 "production" graphs & 2 aerial photos) and 28 b/w photos, plus 4 folded Flowsheets in colour (Roasting Division/Leaching Division/Contact Acid Division/Sulphate of Ammonia Plant). Stiff covers, title on front cover. Covers slightly soiled, top corners of some pages with old stains and/or torn. 2 of the "Flowsheets" with short tears (now repaired). Still a very good copy. Scarce. 28 x 21.5.

70410
ZUIDHOEK, Arne
THE MARITIME WORLD OF ARNE ZUIDHOEK
$20.00 AUD

The Allen Publishing Company. Hull, UK. 1987. 1st bilingual edition. Foreword by Anthony van Kampen. No pagination, 76 PP with 46 b/w illustrations (2 photos & 44 drawings) and 15 colour artworks (4 on double page & 11 on full page). Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket with repaired tear at back. Illustrated thank you note pasted down on half title page. Text in English and Dutch. Very good. Oblong: 28 x 30.5. 0948493038