70383 AAMH THE GREAT CIRCLE - Journal of the Australian Association for Maritime History - Volume 37, No. 2, 2015
$20.00 AUD
The Australian Association for Maritime History. Perth, W.A. 2015. Volume 37, No. 2. Edited by Michael McCarthy. VI, 148 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 24 x 16.3.
Vol. 37, No. 2: Unexpected Soviet visitor: the trawler "Van Gogh", in the Gulf of Carpentaria (July- August 1968, by Georgy Zaytsev. ... The French Connection with New Holland: an overview of research studies, by Nicolas Bigourdan.
77159 ADAM SMITH, Patsy TIGER COUNTRY
$25.00 AUD
Rigby Limited. Adelaide. 1968. 1st Ed. (10), 206 PP, plus 16 pages with 43 b/w photos. Eps: Sketch map of Tasmania. Hard cover,device on front cover, dj (price clipped). Dust jacket and edges of covers lightly rubbed. Faint foxing. Very good. 21.2 x 14.
20091 ADAM-SMITH, Patsy THERE WAS A SHIP
$15.00 AUD
Thomas Nelson. Melbourne. 1983. New Edition. VIII, 239 PP with b/w illustrations: 1 drawing, 28 head pieces, 4 maps and 125 photos. Eps: Rough sea through the rigging. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 25.5 x 18. 0170062627
Patsy Adam-Smith's story of her years at sea. The first Australian woman to be granted signed articles in Australian waters while sailing the islands of Bass Strait.
DM&A / Artemis Publishing Consultants. Hobart. 2009. 1st Ed. VI, 154 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Fp: portrait of John Dobson. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 27.8 x 20.5. 9780646526072
175th anniversay of this Tasmanian Legal Firm.
67135 ALLAN, J. K. THEIR IS A CANNAL
$10.00 AUD
Falkirk Museums Publication. Falkirk. c. 1970. 1st Ed. 32 PP with b/w illustrations (engravings, facsimile of documents, 2 plans & 12 photos). Soft cover, pictorial front. Covers a little soiled, o/wise near fine. 21 x 14.7. 0950225053
57378 ALLEN, Richard & KENWARD, C. W. (editors) MER - MARINE ENGINEERS REVIEW (Journal of the Institute of Marine Engineers) - November 1974
$5.00 AUD
Marine Media Management Ltd. London. 1974. Issue: November 1974. 104 PP with b/w illustrations. Soft cover. Very good. 29.8 x 20.8.
57379 ALLEN, Richard & KENWARD, C. W. (editors) MER - MARINE ENGINEERS REVIEW (Journal of the Institute of Marine Engineers) - December 1974
$5.00 AUD
Marine Media Management Ltd. London. 1974. Issue: December 1974. 76 PP with b/w illustrations. Soft cover. Very good. 29.8 x 20.8.
57381 ALLEN, Richard & KENWARD, C. W. (editors) MER - MARINE ENGINEERS REVIEW (Journal of the Institute of Marine Engineers) - February 1975
$5.00 AUD
Marine Media Management Ltd. London. 1975. Issue: February 1975. 80 PP with b/w illustrations. Soft cover. Very good. 29.8 x 20.8.
50472 AMERICA'S CUP WINNING & DEFENDING THE CUP / AMERICA'S CUP - "GIFT PACK"
$15.00 AUD
Australia Post / Angus & Robertson. Sydney. 1986. Gift box containing: Book "Winning & Defending the Cup": [(6), 90 PP with maps and plans, and 49 colour photos]. Souvenir bookmark (from the sail loft of Australia II). Calendar (1986-1987) for desk or wall. Map (large folded chart Approaches to Fremantle). Sailing/Beach bag (in green and gold nylon fabric). Gift box decorated with the Fighting Kangaroo. Box lightly soiled, o/wise fine. 33.5 x 26.5.
77071 ASF The ASF Annual Review of Shipping - INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING 2000/2001
$25.00 AUD
Australian Shipping Federation. Sydney. 2000. 1st Ed. Foreword by Alan Brundish, President and Report by Lachlan Payne, Chief Executive. 132 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial stiff covers with flaps. Fine. 29.7 x 20.6.
First ASF edition of the International Shipping Review. Freight and cargo / Australian ports / Shipbuilding and repair / Marine Surveying / Maritime Law.
63093 AUSTRALIAN SHIPPING AUSTRALIAN SHIPPING AND SHIPBUILDING 1974
$10.00 AUD
A.G.P.S. / Department of Transport. Canberra. 1974. 27th edition. (2), 80 PP with 23 tables. Soft cover. Folded bird's-eye view of Port Jackson in colour loosely inserted. Fine. 29.6 x 20.8.
Data as at 30 June 1974. Trading Fleet & Trading Ships... Trades... Passenger ferries... Ships imported & ships constructed. Dry docks and patent slipways.
54483 BACH, Joanne (editor) BETWEEN THE FLAGS: 100 Years of Surf Lifesaving
$20.00 AUD
National Museum of Australia Press. Canberra. 2006. 1st Ed. with a foreword by Craddock Morton. XII, 52 PP with 32 b/w and 52 colour illustrations (20 of objects). Folded poster loosely inserted. Pictorial stiff cover. Fine. 22 x 22. 1876944498
57536 BACH, John SEA COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE BEFORE 1860 (in Journal and Proceedings of the RAHS - Volume 41, Part 1, July 1955)
$15.00 AUD
Royal Australian Historical Society. Sydney. 1955. 48 PP. Contains article by M.A. BACH between P.1 and 22 with 2 charts, plus a double folded plate with 2 charts. Stapled soft covers. Near fine. 21.3 x 13.8.
Other article: Australia: In French Geographical Documents of the Renaissance by R. Hervé, translated by J.M. Forsyth. Image shows back cover with list of contents and illustrations.
71761 BACH, John P. S. A MARITIME HISTORY OF AUSTRALIA
$30.00 AUD
Book Club Associates. Sydney. 1976. Reprint of the 1976 original. XIV, (2), 481 PP with 1 map and 65 b/w illustrations. Eps: Loading steamer at a river wharf. Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing on outside edges, o/wise near fine. 23.5 x 16. 0170050874
First full-scale general maritime history of Australia, describing the development of seaborne trade from 1788-1974, covering the years of European settlement.
41259 BAGNIS, Raymond, MAZELLIER, Philippe, BENNETT, Jack & CHRISTIAN, Erwin. FISHES OF POLYNESIA
$15.00 AUD
Lansdowne Press. Melbourne. 1974. 1st. Australian edition. 368 PP with 1 map and hundreds of colour illustrations. Title page: Hoa / Chameleon Sea Bass. Eps: Tahitian fisherman casting his net. Navy cloth cover, no dj. Lettering on front cover and spine rubbed, foxing spots on ouside edges and first and last leaves. Very good. 27.8 x 20.6. 0701804092
The fishes of French Polynesia (names in Latin, Mao'hi & English) : jacks, surgeon fish, ... sharks & rays.
14205 BALDERSTON, David THE WAIHEKE FERRIES OF AUCKLAND
$20.00 AUD
Grantham House. Wellington. 1991. 1st Ed. X, 94 PP with b/w illust. (photos, maps & line draw.). Eps: Ferries' profiles. Pictorial soft cover. Name of previous owner and date on half-title page, o/wise fine. 26 x 18.8. 047700010
From the first ferry "Novelty" to the quick catamarans running between Auckland, Waiheke Island & Kawau Island.
57622 BARRATT, Glynn RUSSIA IN PACIFIC WATERS 1715-1825, A Survey of the Origins of Russia's Naval Presence in the North and South Pacific
$75.00 AUD
University of British Colombia Press. Vancouver. 1981. 1st Ed. XVIII, 300 PP with 1 map on double page, plus 12 pages with 23 b/w plates. Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing on top outside edge. Fine. 22.7 x 15. 0774801174
71463 BARRON, Captain William OLD WHALING DAYS
$25.00 AUD
Conway. London. 1996. 2nd reprint in the Conway Classics series of the 1895 original Ed. VIII, 211 PP. Glossary (P. 207 to 211). Hard cover, dj. Dedicatory note on inside front cover, o/wise a near fine copy. 22.2 x 13.8. 0851776957
Last years of the whaling fleets from Hull, Aberdeen.., operating in the Davis Strait. The author went to sea in 1849 as a cabin boy on board the "Truelove" and became her Captain in 1861...
76864 BARTLETT, Tim RYA NAVIGATION HANDBOOK
$20.00 AUD
The Royal Yachting Association. Southampton. 2004. 1st Ed. Foreword by James Stevens. 172, (4 ) PP with colour illustrations (photos, symbols ... and 153 figures). Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 24.5 x 17. 9780901501936
76803 BASNETT, Stan (compiler) STEAM PACKET ALBUM - The Official 175th Anniversary Book
$40.00 AUD
Ferry Publications / Steam Packet Company. Ramsey, Isle of Man. 2005. 1st Ed. Foreword by Joan Gelling. 160 PP with 209 b/w photos and 115 colour illustrations (1 chart, ephemera, posters, photos). Hard covers, dj. Fine (as new). 28.5 x 22.5. 9781871947793
77478 BASSETT-LOWKE, W. J. & HOLLAND, George SHIPS AND MEN - An account of the development of ships from their prehistoric origin to the present time and to the achievements and conditions of the men who have built and worked upon them
$15.00 AUD
George Harrap. London. 1949. Reprint of the 1946 original. 316 PP with 160 b/w illust. (photos, profiles, drawings). Fp: Shipping in London River. FEP: Map, The World at the time of the Great Explorers, A.D. 1450-1550. REP: Main steamship route in 1939. Cloth cover, device on front cover. Very good. 25.5 x 19.5.
71329 BEAGLEHOLE, J. C. THE LIFE OF CAPTAIN JAMES COOK
$50.00 AUD
Stanford University Press. Stanford. 1998. Paperback reprint of the 1974 US edition. XII, (2), 760 PP with 4 sketch maps, plus 1 folded map and 48 pages with 51 b/w illustrations. Fp: Captain James Cook by Nathaniel Dance. Pictorial card cover. Light creases to front cover, o/wise fine. 23.5 x 15.5. 9780804720090
77081 BEAGLEHOLE, J. C. (editor) THE ENDEAVOUR JOURNAL OF JOSEPH BANKS 1768-1771 (in two volumes)
$250.00 AUD
Library of New South Wales / Angus and Robertson. Sydney. 1962. 1st Ed. Foreword by H.V. Evatt & G.D. Richardson. Volume I: XXVIII, 476 PP with 5 maps & 16 sketches, plus 6 b/w and 10 colour plates within text and 40 b/w plates at end of volume. Fp (in colour): Joseph Banks. Volume II: XVI, (2), 406 PP with 3 maps & 4 sketches, plus 6 colour plates within text, and 1 folded map with track of "Endeavour" & 40 b/w plates with 47 illustrations at end of volume. Cloth covers, gilt titles on spines, dust jackets with a couple of small nicks and in protective sleeves. Neat signature of previous owner at top of FFEP on both volumes. A near fine set. 24 x 16.
Volume I: Polynesia P.244-386, New Zealand: P.397-476 & Vol. II: P.1-37. Volume II: Australia P.49-137.
69055 BEAN, C. E. W. FLAGSHIPS THREE
$80.00 AUD
Alston Rivers, Ltd. London. 1913. 1st edition. XVI, 340 PP with 25 head-pieces, 6 tail-pieces by the author plus 4 b/w plates. Fp: The first flagship at Gokstad. Cloth cover, gilt title and decoration on front cover & spine. Spine frayed at extremities and a little sunned and light shelf wear on corners. Gutter of front endpaper starting. Occasional light foxing, o/wise a very good bright clean copy of the scarce first edition. 22.2 x 14.5.
The creation of the Royal Australian Navy and its role, decided at the Naval Conference of 1909. Describes the settlement of England by seafarers (Vikings, Normans), the Royal Navy and its expansion (rule Britannia..), the U.S. Navy and finally, the Royal Australian Navy.
56203 BEDFORD, Stuart, SAND, Christophe & CONNAUGHTON, Sean P. (editors) OCEANIC EXPLORATIONS: Lapita and Western Pacific Settlement
$60.00 AUD
ANU E Press. Canberra. 2007. 1st Ed. Volume 26 in the Terra Australis series. X, 300 PP with tables and figures. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 29.6 x 21. 9781921313325
71773 BERTHOLD, Robert The AUSTRALIAN SCUBA DIVERS Illustrated Dictionary
$25.00 AUD
Robert Berthold Photography. Sydney. 1992. 1st Ed. Foreword by J.T. Baker, AIMS. 224 PP with 240 photos (over 160 in full colour). Pictorial card cover. Dedicatory note on title page dated and signed by the author. Fine. 21 x 14.7. 0646075268
Quick reference guide to Marine plants and animals, biological terms... From Abalone and Absolute pressure to Zooxanthellae and Zostera.
47868 BETTS, M. S. AUSTRALIANS IN ANTARCTICA
$15.00 AUD
Australian Government Publishing Service. Canberra. 1981. 1st Ed. 42 PP with 15 b/w and 57 colour photos. Inside front cover: Map of Antarctica. Pictorial soft cover. Crease at top and bottom corner of front cover, o/wise near fine. 29.8 x 21. 0642016194
77057 BEVERIDGE & BROWN Leslie MAID OF THE LOCH - Loch Lomond's Paddle Steamer
$15.00 AUD
The Loch Lomond Steamship Company. Balloch, Scotland. 2000. 1st Ed. with 11 b/w illustrations (1 cutaway, 1 shipping schedule and 10 photos) and 52 colour photos. Pictorial soft covers. Fine. Oblong: 14.7 x 21.
Paddle Steamer between 1953 and 1981. Static Business Venture since the Autumn 2000.
77411 BICKFORD, Anne, BLAIR, Sandy & FREEMAN, Peter BEN BOYD NATIONAL PARK BICENTENNIAL PROJECT - Davidson Whaling Station, Boyd's Tower, Bittangabee Ruins
$75.00 AUD
NSW National Parks and Wildfife Service / NSW Council of the Australian Bicentennial Authority. Sydney. 1988. February 1988 edition. (2), (IV), 98 PP with b/w illustrations (c. 15 maps & plans, and 27 photos). Stiff covers, front cover with title and colour photo of cottage on Davidson's Whaling Station. Near fine. Scarce. 29.7 x 21.3. 0959916067
65468 BILLING, John THE CORNUBIA PADDLE STEAMER and the Common Seal of the City of Gladstone Queensland
$80.00 AUD
Magic Daffodil Studio Press. Port Keats, N.T. 1993. 1st edition limited to 500 copies, hand numbered (No. 100) & signed by author. (8), 32 PP with 5 full-page b/w draw. Hard cover, dj. Fine. Scarce. 25.2 x 17. 0646153692
This paddle steamer built for the coast of Cornwall, came to Australia & was owned by Ben Boyd. She ended in Aneytum, Southern Vanuatu, owned by Capt. James Paddon, whaler, sandalwood trader and then settler in New Caledonia.
65047 BJÖRKLUND, Anders (editor) PROCEEDINGS 1990, VIIth International Congress of Maritime Museums
$30.00 AUD
National Maritime Museums. Stockholm. 1991. 1st Ed. Preface by Lars-Ake Kvarning. 283 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft covers lightly soiled, o/wise fine. 24 x 16.5. 9185268488
31 papers presented during the 7th Congress held 24 August/2 September,1990, on board M/S Kristina Regina: The Maritime Museum in Stockholm, by Sibylla Haasum. ... The Malmö Maritime Museum, by Per Soderhielm. ... Hawaii - A Maritime Community, by Tommy Holmes. ... Down to the Sea in Monorails (Australian National Maritime Museum / Sydney), by Kevin Fewster.
76965 BLAEU, Dr Joan "BLAEU'S" - THE GRAND ATLAS OF THE 17TH CENTURY WORLD
$60.00 AUD
Studio Editions / Royal Geographical Society. London. 1990. 1st edition with a foreword by Peter Ckark, Keeper of the R.G.S., London. Introduction, captions and selection of maps by John Goss. 224 PP with 100 colour maps on double page. Eps: Nova et Accuratissima Totius Terrarum Orbis Tabula. Cloth cover, dj. Minimal light foxing on first and last pages. Near fine. 38.5 x 28.7. 9781851704002
Based on the 1662 "Atlas Major", by Dr. Joan Blaeu.
76963 BLAINEY, Geoffrey BLACK KETTLE AND FULL MOON: Daily Life in a Vanished Australia
$25.00 AUD
Viking / Penguin. Melbourne. 2003. 1st Ed. X, 484 PP with over 45 b/w illustrations. Hard cover, gilt title on front board and spine, dj. Light shelf wear and dust jacket with a few small chips. Name of previous owner at top of FFEP. Very good. 24 x 15.7. 9780670041329
71862 BLANCE, Captain A. G. (editor) NORIE'S NAUTICAL TABLES, with explanation of their use
$25.00 AUD
Imray Laurie Norie and Wilson Ltd. St Ives, UK. 1981. Reprint of the 1977 revised edition. 38, 547 PP with 48 tables. Fp: Mariner's Compass. FEP: Sun's total correction. REP: Star's total correction. Hard cover, gilt title on spine. Covers with laminated protection. Previous owner's signature on half-title page. Very good. 25.2 x 18.5.
77144 BLOOM, S. G. (editor) THE 1997-98 WHITBREAD ROUND THE WORLD RACE FOR THE VOLVO TROPHY
$25.00 AUD
Quokka Sports / Universe Publishing. New York. 1998. 1st Ed. Introduction by Stephen Pïzzo. No pagination, 214 PP with colour illustrations. Pictorial boards, dj (transparency). Near fine. Oblong: 18.5 x 26. 07893O287X
Race in 9 "Legs" between: Southampton / Capetown / Fremantle / Sydney / Auckland / São Sebatião / Recife / Fort Lauderdale / Baltimore / Annapolis / La Rochelle / Southampton.
76709 BOATMAN THE BOATMAN - The World of Traditional Boats & Boat Craftsmanship - No. 2
$20.00 AUD
The Boatman, Waterside Publications Ltd. Falmouth, UK. 1992 Issue No. 2, August/September 1992, edited by Jenny Bennett. 112 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft covers. Near fine. 29.5 x 21.7.
Yachting World 5 Tonner. BREST 92, what they saw & what they said. Essex Sail, by Gael Pawson and John Leather. Timber !, Part I: Temperate timber, by Dick Phillips. Thumb Knots, by Des Pawson, illustrated by Christine Thery. Donna Capel, of Terry Heard, by Janet Heard. ... Traditional gear: the Block (part II). The Boatman Horizons, by correspondents from Germany, France, Netherlands ... UK
76710 BOATMAN THE BOATMAN - The World of Traditional Boats & Boat Craftsmanship - No. 3
$20.00 AUD
The Boatman, Waterside Publications Ltd. Falmouth, UK. 1992 Issue No. 3, October/November 1992, edited by Jenny Bennett. 112 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft covers. Near fine. 29.5 x 21.7.
Brest 92: Festival of Sail in France. The Swampscott Dory, by Peter H. Spectre. Timber !, Part II Tropical timber. The Solent fishing cutters.
77094 BONNEMAINS, Jacqueline & TERRY, Martin (editors) TERRE NAPOLEON, An Encounter
$40.00 AUD
Alliance Française/State Library of South Australia. Adelaide. 1986. 1st Ed., with a foreword by John Bannon, Premier of South Australia and a preface by Jean Terrassin. X, 28 PP with 6 b/w illustrations (4 portraits (2 photos, 2 drawings) and 2 drawings by Charles-Alexandre Lesueur, and 5 advertisements, plus 4 pages with 4 colour plates. Stiff covers, illustrated front (Bust of an aborigine, by Nicolas Petit). Covers with light wear. Letter dated 10 November 1986, from Barbara Perry, Pictorial Librarian, National Library of Australia, to His Excellency Mr. E. R. Pocock, Australian Ambassador to the USSR, thanking him for the loan of his watercolour "Animaux de la Nouvelle Hollande, 1807" by Charles-Alexandre Lesueur, loosely inserted. Near fine. Scarce. 24 x 16.7.
Catalogue of the exhibition organised for the Sesquicentenary of South Australia, with the Collection "Lesueur" from Le Havre.
44092 BOTTINI, Margherita, CRANE, Berkeley & STANNARD, Bruce FROM NEWPORT TO PERTH - The New Challenge
$10.00 AUD
Nautical Books. London. 1986. 1st Ed. 200 PP with 12 b/w photos, 10 sketch-plans, 18 Yacht Clubs burgees and 121 colour photos. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 31 x 24.8. 0851774105
The Louis Vuitton Cup - The America's Cup. The preparations for the 1987 America's Cup in Fremantle.
21567 BOUNTY THE MUTINY OF THE "BOUNTY" (for ages 10 to 12 years)
$15.00 AUD
Whitcombe and Tombs. Auckland. c. 1950. Juvenile edition, in the "Whitcombe's Story Books" series. 96 PP with 1 map, and 10 b/w illustrations, plus 4 b/w plates. Fp: Pitcairn Island from the sea. Title page: Bounty Bay, village of Pitcairn. Card covers, pictorial front (slightly rubbed). Light foxing and soiling. Very good. 17.7 x 12.3.
77018 BOWDEN, K. M. CAPTAIN JAMES KELLY OF HOBART TOWN
$25.00 AUD
Melbourne University Press. Melbourne. 1964. 1st Ed. VI, 126 PP with 3 maps, plus 8 pages with 8 b/w plates. Cloth cover, dj. Near fine. 21 x 13.5.
The life of the most adventurous whaling master of Hobart Town... First man around Tasmania... Shipwreck on Macquarie.
33812 BOWEN, John (editor) MODEL SHIPWRIGHT 27 - "A Quarterly Journal of Ships and Ship Models"
$20.00 AUD
Conway. London. 1979. Number 27, March 1979. 72 PP with b/w illust. Inside front cover: Full rigged ship "Mount Stewart". Pict. stiff cover. Near fine. 24 x 18.5. 0851771289
Contents: Square and Round Sterns by Jean Boudriot; Schooner Modelling, Part 2 by D.G. Bennett; The English Cutter by D.L. McCalip; Bomb Vessels: Their Development and Use, Part 4, Conclusion by David Wray; Modelling the Mount Stewart Part 1 by R.A. Wilson; P class Patrol Vessels by P.N. Thomas; Steam Launch Lady of the Lake by Michael Cox, ...
39915 BOWEN, John (editor) MODEL SHIPWRIGHT 56 - A Quarterly Journal of Ships and Ship Models
$15.00 AUD
Conway. London. 1986. Number 56, June 1986. 72 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial card cover. Fine. 24 x 18.5. 0851773729
Contents: Royal Yacht Caroline by Chris King; Sovereign of the Seas by Edward Marple; Warship Modelling Part 4 by Michael Reading; Miniature Merchantman: RMS Queen Mary by John Bowen; A Model of a Dutch 2-Decker, Part 4 Conclusion by W. Kelley Hannan; An Interview sith Jean Boudriot by David Roberts; A Stern Paddle Wheel Steamer Samson V by Ray Adams, ....
40017 BOWEN, John (editor) MODEL SHIPWRIGHT 58 - A Quarterly Journal of Ships and Ship Models
$15.00 AUD
Conway. London. 1986. Number 58, December, 1986. 72 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial card covers. Fine. 24 x 18.5. 0851773923
Contents: HMS Anson by J.J. Taylor; Krait by Wayne Masters; Dutch 17th Century Shipbuilding by A.J. Hoving; Miniature Merchantmen: Empress of Asia by John Bowen; Understanding Ship's Draughts Part 6 by David White; The Confederate Ironclad Chichora, ...
77270 BOXER, C. R. (editor) SOUTH CHINA IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY - Being the Narratives of Galeote PEREIRA / Fr. Gaspar da CRUZ, O.P. / Fr. Martin de RADA, O.E.S.A. (1550-1575)
$200.00 AUD
Hakluyt Society. London. 1953. 1st Ed. Second series, No. CVI. XCII, 388 PP with 5 maps & plans, and 7 illustrations, plus 3 b/w plates, 2 folded maps and 1 large folded map (Asia about 1550) at back. Fp: Title-page of the first European book on China (1569). Cloth cover, gilt device ("Victoria") on front cover, gilt title on spine. Faint foxing around edges. Near fine. 22.5 x 14.5.
Three narratives describing South China as it appeared to Portuguese and Spanish visitors in the years 1550-1575.
77407 BRADLEY, Joseph ADVENTURES OF A NATIVE OF AUSTRALIA WHEN ASTRAY FROM HIS SHIP, THE BARQUE 'LYNX' (A WHALER) AND HIS CONSEQUENT CRUISE IN A BOAT ON THE OCEAN. A TRUE NARRATIVE
$45.00 AUD
Amphion Press. Brisbane. 1988. Limited edition to 300 copies. Re-issued and annotated by M. D. Cobcroft. Foreword by C. Sheehan. No. 1 in the "Whaling Primitives" series. (IV), 97 PP with copy of title page of the c. 1860 original, 1 page with musical scores, 2 maps and 20 drawings/sketches. Pictorial laminated boards. Fine. Scarce. 21.8 x 15.2. 0959632158
35816 BRIDGES, R. C. & HAIR P. E. H. (editors) COMPASSING THE VASTE GLOBE OF THE EARTH - Studies in the History of the Hakluyt Society 1846-1996
$15.00 AUD
Hakluyt Society. London. 1996. 1st Ed., No. 183 in the Second Series. XI, 336, (1 erratum) PP with 29 b/w illust. Fp: Captain James Cook. Cloth cover, gilt device on front cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Dust jacket a little rubbed around edges, o/wise a fine copy. 22.3 x 14.5. 0904180441
William Desborough Cooley and the foundation of the Hakluyt Society, by R. C. Bridges. Henry Yule: India and Cathay by, R. J. Bingle... With a complete list of the Society's Publications.
ShipPax Information. Halmstad, Sweden. 2005. 2005 edition. 216 PP with tables and b/w or colour illustrations (plans, profiles and photos of ships). Pictorial soft cover ("Birka Paradise" ). Fine. 29.7 x 21.
Birka Line and "Birka Paradise". Aker Finnyards. Aland is Finland's maritime heart ... Ferries: New Camellia ... Stena Baltica. Cruise: Arosa Luna ... Echantment of the Seas ... Pride of America. RoRo: Positive Star ... Torrens.
77098 BROOK-HART, Denys BRITISH 19TH CENTURY MARINE PAINTING
$50.00 AUD
Antique Collectors' Club. London. 1978. 2nd Ed. (orig. 1974). (8), 372 PP with 227 plates (mostly b/w). Fp: Mr. Talbot's Yacht GALATEA off Sicily. Eps: "A Man-of-War and other shipping off-shore". Orig. cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Small round blind stamp of The Pocock Library Hawk Hill at bottom of FFEP. Dust jacket has a small defect at bottom. Light foxing on outside top edge, otherwise contents are near fine. Scarce. 28 x 22. 902028324
Details of over 500 marine artists. Categories of paintings: pure sea, ship portraits, landscapes..
39992 BROWN, Alan LOCH LOMOND PASSENGER STEAMERS 1818-1989
$15.00 AUD
Allan T. Condie Publications. London. 2000. 1st Ed. 128 PP with b/w illustrations (engravings, maps, photos) and 8 pages of colour illustrations (9 flags and funnels, 12 profiles, postcards and photos). Inside front cover: Map of Loch Lomond and Trossachs. Inside back cover: Map between the Clyde and Loch Lomond. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 29.8 x 20.8. 1856380288
68715 BROXAM, Graeme (editor) THE JAMES OF GEORGE TOWN - A Colonial Maritime, Mercantile and Family Correspondence: 1813-1857
$30.00 AUD
Navarine Publishing. Canberra. 2002. 1st edition limited to 500 copies. No. 56 in Roebuck Society series. XXXII, 64 PP with 1 map and 14 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Signed by the author on title page. Fine (as new condition). 25 x 17.5. 0958656185
Captain Joseph James, Sydney shipowner and merchant: pork trade with Tahiti, sandalwood in the Austral Islands... First merchant in George Town in 1820.
70698 BRYANT, Arthur & KENYON, Professor John FREEDOM'S OWN ISLAND: The British Oceanic Expansion
$20.00 AUD
Collins. London. 1986. 1st edition. Volume 2 in the "A History of Britain and the British People" series. (8), 568 PP with 1 genealogical tree and 7 maps or diagrams, plus 24 pages with 20 b/w plates for 21 illustrations. FEP: Map "Sir Francis Drake's circumnavigation of the world". REP: Map "Iberian Peninsular Wars". Hard cover, gilt title on vignette on spine, dj. Signature of previous owner on front endpaper, o/wise fine. 24 x 16. 0002174111
Chapter 13 "The Search for Stability", by Professor J. P. Kenyon.
76891 BURLEIGH, Robert & MAUFFRET, Yvon THE SEA - Exploring Life on an Ocean Planet
$15.00 AUD
Harry N. Abrams. New York. 2003. 1st US edition. Adapted from the French original. 80 PP with 1 b/w photo (Eric Tabarly steering "Pen Duick"), and colour illustrations (48 photos by Philip Plisson and well over 50 drawings by Emmanuel Cerisier. Eps: Fishing net and floats. Pictorial laminated boards, dj. Dust jacket with a repaired tear at head of spine. Note at top corner of half title page. Very good. 32 x 25.8.² 9780810945913
51786 BUSQUETS I VILANOVA, Camil THE ETERNAL SAIL
$15.00 AUD
Edimat Books. London. 2004. 1st Ed. 127 PP with drawings and colour photos. Illustrated endpapers. Pictorial laminated boards, dj. Very good. 32.5 x 24.5. 08497940458
Columbian ships. Vestiges of the past (Victory, Warrior...). Style ships. Lateen sail...
67465 BUSQUETS i VILANOVA, Camil THE WORLD'S SAILING SHIPS
$25.00 AUD
Edimat Books. London. c.2005. 1st Ed. 229 PP with colour photos. Laminated pictorial boards, dj. Fine. 30.5 x 24.5. 9788497940009
20616 BUTLER, John A. SAILING ON FRIDAY, The Perilous Voyage of America's Merchant Marine
$15.00 AUD
Brassey's. Washington. 1997. 1st Ed. XV, 287, (1) PP with 3 maps, and 35 bw illust. Fp: Merchantman wheelhouse, Socony Mobilube, circa 1940. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 24.3 x 16. 1574881248
Pages 251 to 260: chronology of the US merchant marine.
59063 CAMPBELL, Hugh NOTABLE SERVICE TO THE EMPIRE, Australian Corvettes and the British Pacific Fleet 1944-45
$65.00 AUD
Naval Historical Society of Australia. Sydney. 1995. 1st Ed. Foreword by Con Sciacca, Minister for Veterans Affairs. (2), VI, 204 PP with 1 plan and elevation view of a typical AMS vessel, 10 maps (3 on full page) and 12 b/w photos. Pictorial soft covers. Near fine. Scarce. 24.5 x 17.2. 0958745641
Account of the work of HMAS Tamworth with the British Pacific Fleet, as well as for the 17 other Corvettes of the 21st and 22nd mine-sweeping flotillas. Pages 141 to 198: Appendix with movements of the 18 corvettes in 1944 and 1945.
13795 CANNON, Lester & GOYEN, Mark EXPLORING AUSTRALIA'S GREAT BARRIER REEF, A World Heritage Site
$15.00 AUD
Angus & Robertson. Sydney. 1989. 1st Ed. 240 PP with colour illustrations (maps and photos). Fp: Scuba diver with potato cod. Hard cover, dj. Light foxing on prelims and inside of dust jacket, o/wise fine. 30.2 x 22. 0207161348
Natural beauty of the reef and how to admire & appreciate it (accommodation, snorkelling, fishing,...). Evolution of the reef, its inhabitants, the ecosystem, shipwrecks.
40539 CAPPER, D. P. MOAT DEFENSIVE - A History of the Waters of the Nore Command 55 BC to 1961
$15.00 AUD
Arthur Barker. London. 1963. 1st Ed. XI, 251 PP with 2 drawings and 8 maps, plus 16 pages with 24 b/w illust. Vignette on title page. Eps: A prospect of Chatham Dock. Cloth cover, dj (price-clipped and a few chips). Foxing spots on outside edges. Very good. 22.2 x 14.5..
Published at the time of the closing of the Nore Command (South East corner of England).
71487 CARTER, Captain Stephen DOUGLAS HEAD FERRY & THE PORT SODERICK BOATS
$20.00 AUD
Twelveheads Press. Truro. 2003. 1st Ed. 72 PP with b/w illustrations: location map, map of Isle of Man, plan of Douglas Harbour, 1 caricature, 3 ephemera and 51 photos. Soft covers, pictorial front. Fine. Note to previous owner dated and signed by the author. Oblong: 19.7 x 21. 9780906294550
69750 CARVER, Michael WAR SINCE 1945
$15.00 AUD
Weidenfeld and Nicolson. London. 1980. 1st Ed. XIV, 322 PP with 18 maps (some with insets, and 2 on double page), plus 16 pages with 29 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Ex Library copy with stamps on title page (recto / verso) and lower outside edge. Very good. 24 x 16. 0297778463
77496 CELL, Gillian T. (editor) NEWFOUNDLAND DISCOVERED, English Attempts at Colonisation, 1610-1630
$10.00 AUD
The Hakluyt Society. London. 1982. Second Series, Volume 160. XVIII, 310 PP with 5 bw illust. (3 maps). Fp: Map of the Island of Newfoundland. Cloth cover, dj. (rubbed around edges and in a protective sleeve). Signature of previous owner at top of FFEP. Foxing on top outside edge. Very good. 22.2 x 14.5. 0904180131
Settlement, tied to the exploitation of cod fisheries, as well as searching for iron, growing food...
77170 CHAMBERLAIN, Brian EARLY STEAM IN TASMANIA - The first 17 years of 'Broad Gauge" railway in Tasmania
$50.00 AUD
Brian Chamberlain / Regal Press. Launceston. 1987 Collectors Edition. (2), VI, 146 PP with tables and b/w illustrations (drawings, ephemera, etchings, graphs, plans, portraits and photos). Stiff covers, illustrated front cover. Corrigenda slip tipped in on preliminary page. Fine. 29.8 x 21. 0949457159
... The struggle, the hardship and tragedy, plus a 22 page feature (with 10 b/w photos) on the tall ships that were involved.
56043 CHEESMAN, L. E. THE CYCLOPS MOUNTAINS OF DUTCH NEW GUINEA (in The Geographical Journal)
$25.00 AUD
The Royal Geographical Society. London. 1938. Extract from: Vol. XCI, No. 1, January 1938. Pages 21 to 30 with 1 map, plus 2 pages with 4 b/w photos. Soft cover. Fine. 25 x 17.5.
75859 CHESHIRE, Gerard SPIRIT OF THE POLAR REGIONS
$20.00 AUD
Parragon Books Ltd. Bath, UK. 2007. 1st Ed. 256 PP with 5 b/w photos and colour illustrations: 2 mappemondes (Arctic and Antarctic polar caps) and photos. Illustrated endpapers. Pictorial laminated boards, dj. Non obrusive stamps of the Maritime Museum of Tasmania on front endpaper and half title page. Near fine. 31.5 x 25. 9781405486699
Arctic: Landscape, Life in the Arctic, Humans in the Arctic. Antarctic: Landscape, A continent for science, Exploration ...
71250 CHRISTOPHER, Peter AUSTRALIAN SHIPWRECKS, A Pictorial History
$25.00 AUD
Axiom Australia. Adelaide. 2009. 1st Ed. 132 PP with b/w and colour illustrations throughout. Pictorial card covers. Fine. Oblong: 25.5 x 26. 9781864765885
Includes ship index and bibliography.
72226 CLARK, Carrel Inglis THE PARLIAMENT OF TASMANIA: An Historical Sketch
$20.00 AUD
H.H. Pimblett, Government Printer, Tasmania. Hobart. 1947. 1st Ed. Foreword by Robert Cosgrove, Premier. Part I: (2), 88 PP. Part II (compiled by L.A. Thomson): 30 PP. Fp: Photo of Parliament House, Hobart. Cloth covers rubbed around edges and top of spine which is a little frayed, gilt title on front board and spine. Gilt lettering dulled. Offsetting of endpapers, o/wise contents near fine.. 25.5 x 16.
15998 CLARK, William H. SHIPS AND SAILORS, The Story of Our Merchant Marine
$25.00 AUD
L. Page. Boston. 1938. 1st Ed., in the American Cavalcade series. 322 PP plus 32 plates with 43 b/w illust. plus a diagram of a full-rigged ship. Fp: Donald McKay of East Boston, America's greatest shipbuilder. Eps: Mappemonde with great ship routes of the Nineteenth Century. Cloth cover, gilt title on front board and spine, dj. Slight ageing of paper. A very good copy. 22.5 x 15.
From the beginning when the New England colonists turned to the sea.
33929 CLARKE, Captain W. V. J. COLE'S SHIPMASTERS' HANDBOOK TO THE MERCHANT SHIPPING ACTS
$20.00 AUD
Brown, Son & Ferguson. Glasgow. 1949. 6th edition of the 1913 original. XVII, (3), 268 PP. Cloth cover, title in blind on front cover and gilt on spine. Light foxing on first and last pages, o/wise a near fine copy. Image shows the title-page. 21.8 x 14.2.
Being a practical guide to the Acts and Regulations for Shipmasters and all connected with the Mercantile Marine.
71578 COLEMAN, Lieutenant E.C. R.N. THE ROYAL NAVY IN LINCOLNSHIRE
$20.00 AUD
Richard Kay. Lincolnshire. 1992. 1st Ed. ix, 82 PP with 78 b/w illust. Fp: Edward Fiennes Clinton - Lord High Admiral. Hard cover, dust jacket. Dedicatory note, signed by the author on title page. A near fine copy. 27 x 18.8. 0902662996
76945 COLFELT, David & BRADLEY, David THE COMPLETE YACHTSMAN'S HANDBOOK TO THE WHITSUNDAY PASSAGE
$15.00 AUD
Windward Publications. Sydney. 1980. 1st Ed. 264 PP with b/w and colour illust. (maps and plans, drawings and photos, including aerial views of Islands), plus large folded map in colour of the Great Barrier Reef. Illustrated endpapers. Pictorial card covers with a few small creases and a little corner wear. Signature of previous owner at top of title-page. Very good. 27.5 x 20.8. 0959472517
First part: The Whitsundays and the Great Barrier Reef (resorts, camping, visiting, boating...). Second part: Anchorages of the Whitsundays with maps, plans...
75470 CONNELLY, Charlie ATTENTION ALL SHIPPING: A Journey Round the Shipping Forecast
$15.00 AUD
Little, Brown. London. 2004. 9th reprint of the 2004 original. X, 373, (1) PP with b/w illustrations: 1 map "Forecast area of the British Isles" on full page and 11 headpieces (area maps ). Soft covers, illustrated front. Faint foxing on outside edges. Near fine. 21.5 x 13.5. 97803349116037
77039 CONRAD, Joseph TALES OF HEARSAY AND LAST ESSAYS
$30.00 AUD
J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. London. 1972. Reprint of the 1955 "Collected Edition". Tales of Hearsay with a preface by R.B. Cunninghame Graham. XVI, 120 PP. Last Essays with a preface by Richard Curle. X, 171, (3 select bibliography) PP with a copy of the Last Words that Conrad wrote. Hard covers, gilt title on spine, dj. Near fine. 18.8 x 12.7. 046003457X
Hearsay: The Warrior's Soul, pages 1 to 26 ... Essays: Geography and some Explorers, pages 1 to 21...
77104 CONWAY MODEL SHIPWRIGHT INDEX - Nos. 1 to 44 Inclusive
$25.00 AUD
Conway. London. 1983. 28 PP. Soft covers. Near fine. 24 x 18.5. 0851772978
From September 1972 to June 1983. Entries show issue number followed by page number.
55509 COOK, James & CLARK, John COOK'S ENDEAVOUR JOURNAL: The Inside Story
$20.00 AUD
National Library of Australia. Canberra. 2008. 1st Ed. 194, (2) PP with 19 facsimile pages of manuscript and 72 b/w or colour illustrations. Pictorial stiff cover. Fine. 18.7 x 18.4. 9780642276506
63079 COOKE, Anthony EMIGRANT SHIPS - The Vessels which carried Migrants across the World, 1946-1972
$15.00 AUD
Carmania Press. London. c.1990. 1st Ed. 112 PP with b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Name of previous owner at top of title page, otherwise fine. 27.3 x 21.5. 0951865609
The various shipping lines and ships which ferried migrants leaving war-torn Europe for other destinations or lands of promise.
76968 COOKE, Francis B. SEAMANSHIP FOR YACHTSMEN
$30.00 AUD
Edward Arnold & Co. London. 1923. 1st Ed. (10), 187 PP with b/w illustrations: 1 photo, 1 Spar and Rigging Plan of Pole-masted Cutter , and 37 figures (24 in Knotting & Splicing). Fp: "Outward Bound". Cloth covers with light wear, decoration and title on front cover and spine. Slight ageing of paper. Very good. 22.5 x 15.
70582 Le COUTEUR, Wilson THE GREAT OUTPOSTS OF THE EMPIRE
$50.00 AUD
Federal-Houlder-Shire Lines. London. 1907. 1st Ed. (4), 224, LXXIIII, PP with 1 map, 6 tables (distances, fleet list...) and 178 b/w photos. Illustrated endpapers. Hard cover, gilt title on front cover, all edges gilt. Hinges worn and edges of covers rubbed. Spine worn at extremities. Stamp of previous owner on recto of front endpaper and last page. Verso of title page with traces of previous label. Still a very good copy. Scarce. 18.8 x 12.3.
The World of Federal-Houlder-Shire Lines: Great Britain, South Africa, Australia (pages 49 to 113) , and New Zealand.
19831 CRABTREE, Reginald THE LUXURY YACHT FROM STEAM TO DIESEL
$10.00 AUD
Drake Publishers. New York. 1974. 1st US Ed. 208 PP with 26 drawings, plus 16 pages with 31 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 22.4 x 14.2. 0877495653
The development of the luxury power yacht in Britain and the U.S.A. A social and technical history of yachts, yachting & yacht clubs.
18957 CRAIG, Robert (editor) MARITIME HISTORY - Volume 2
$15.00 AUD
David & Charles. Newton Abbot, UK. 1973. 1st Ed. (8), 243 PP with 1 map, 3 graphs, 15 tables and 16 bw plates. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 21.5 x 15. 0715359878
11 articles in the 2nd bound volume of the journal Maritime History (Volume 2, No. 1 & 2, 1972). Sea transport in Australia: the rise and fall of the intrastate shipping industry of New South Wales, by John Bach. The evolution of international whaling controls, by Wray Vamplew.
77283 CRISP, Frank THE ADVENTURE OF WHALING
$20.00 AUD
Macmillan & Co. London. 1954. 1st Ed. viii, 144 PP with 50 b/w illustrations in text by Winston Megoran (6 on full page). Fp: Nineteenth-century American whaler. Cloth cover, gilt device and title on front cover and spine. Front of dust jacket pasted down on FFEP. Both endpapers are rubbed and neat library stamp on half-title page, however, contents are clean and still a very good copy. 19.5 x 14.
The First Whale Hunters, The Right Whale Hunters, The Sperm Whale Hunters, The Rorqual Whale Hunters, ... The Vanishing Whale.
47387 CUMMING, Helen (editor) VIVE LA DIFFERENCE! - The French in NSW
$10.00 AUD
State Library of New South Wales. Sydney. 2004. 1st Ed. Introduction by Dagmar Schmidmaier and Marc Finaud. (2), 38 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Soft cover. Fine. 24 x 14. 0731371402
38847 LA DAGE, John & VAN GEMERT, Lee STABILITY AND TRIM FOR THE SHIP'S OFFICER
$20.00 AUD
Cornell Maritime Press, Inc. Cambridge, Maryland. 1963. 4th reprint of the 2nd edition of 1956 (original of 1946). XVI, 216 PP with 67 figures and 4 inserts, plus 4 folded inserts in rear pocket. Fp: Heavy lift ship USNS Pvt Leonard C. Brostrom. Hard cover, gilt device and title on front cover and spine. Lower and upper part of the spine worn, faint foxing on outside edges. Signature and bookplate of previous owner on front endpaper, o/wise very good. 22.2 x 14.5.
11896 DANIELSSON, Bengt THE HAPPY ISLAND
$20.00 AUD
Allen & Unwin. London. 1952. 1st English edition, translated from the 1951 Swedish original Den Lyckliga ön by F. H. Lyon. 252, (4 adv.) PP, plus 14 pages with 32 b/w photos. Fp: Coconut palms. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). A little light foxing, o/wise near fine. 22 x 14.5.
The carefree life in 1949 on the atoll of Raroia where Bengt returned with his wife two years after the end of the Kon Tiki expedition.
77273 DARBY, Karen (editor) A TAPESTRY OF BRUNY ISLAND TASMANIA
$35.00 AUD
Karen Darby / Monotone Art Printers. Hobart. 2012. Revised and expanded edition of the 2014 original. 105 PP with 1 Family Tree, 2 watercolours and b/w illustrations (1 map, 3 drawings, 4 head pieces and 66 photos). Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 25 x 17.5. 9780975706374
77271 DAVID, Andrew, FERNANDEZ-ARMESTO, Felipe, NOVI, Carlos & WILLIAMS, Glyndwr (editors) THE MALASPINA EXPEDITION 1789-1794 - The Journal of the Voyage by Alejandro Malaspina (in 3 volumes)
$225.00 AUD
Hakluyt Society & Museo Naval. London & Madrid. 2001, 2003 & 2004. 1st Ed. Series III, Nos. 8, 11 & 13. Joint foreword by José Ignacio Gonzalez-Aller Hierro and Sarah Tyacke. Introduction by Donald C. Cutter. Volume I: XCVIII, 338 PP with 9 sketch maps and 39 b/w and colour illustrations. Fp (in colour): Portrait of Alejandro Malaspina. Volume II: XX, 511 PP with 7 sketch maps and 44 b/w or colour illustrations. Fp (in colour): Portrait of José Bustamante Y Guerra. Volume III: XXI, 487 PP with 6 sketch maps and 38 b/w or colour illustrations. Fp (in colour): Portrait of Alejandro Malaspina. Eps: Tracks of the Malaspina expedition Cloth cover, gilt device "Maria" on front cover, gilt title on spine. dj. Faint foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise fine. 25.2 x 18. 0904180727, 816 & 840
Volume I: Cadiz (30th July 1789) to Panama (14th December 1790). Volume II: Panama (15th December 1790) to the Philippines (3rd October 1792). Volume III: Philippines (15th November 1792) to Cadiz (21st September 1794), with Chapter 5: At Port Jackson, 12th March to 11th April 1793.
76776 DAVIDSON, Richard THE MIGHTY MERSEY AND ITS FERRIES
$10.00 AUD
Ferry Publications. Laxey, Isle of Man. 1992. 1st Ed. Foreword by Craig J. M. Carter. 80 PP with 57 b/w and 36 colour illustrations. Inside back cover: Location Chart of the River Mersey. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. Oblong: 14.8 x 21. 0951315544
74294 DAVIS, Murray AUSTRALIAN OCEAN RACING
$30.00 AUD
Angus & Robertson. Sydney. 1967. 1st Ed. (8), 192 PP with 15 plans & 7 maps, plus 24 pages with 103 b/w photos. Blue cloth covers, gilt title on spine, dj. Spîne of dust jacket sunned. Slight ageing of paper on outside edges. Very good. 25.4 x 19.
The atmosphere created by Australian ocean racing, achievements of Australian yachtsmen.
36395 DAWLISH, Peter THE SEA STORY OMNIBUS
$15.00 AUD
Collins. London. 1956. Reprint of the 1956 original. 128 PP with b/w drawings, plus 4 colour plates. Fp: Arthur, incapable of movement, could only lie and stare downward. Pictorial boards, dj (price-clipped). Foxing, o/wise very good. 26 x 20.5.
Vivid pen pictures of ships and the rugged men who sail them. 6 stories and 8 articles and strip features for young adults.
75493 DE HAAS, Werner & KNORR, Fredy The Young Specialist Looks at MARINE LIFE
$20.00 AUD
Burke Books. London. 1966. 1st English edition of July 1966, translated from the German original. 356 PP with b/w illustrations (5 photos, sketches and over 7910 drawings in "Species Description" and over 80 sketches "Key" on four pages), plus 8 plates with 8 photos with captions. Pictorial stiff covers. Near fine. 20 x 13.2
76973 DE SAULCES DE FREYCINET, Rose ROSE DES VENTS - Journal de Madame Rose de Saulces de Freycinet: Voyage de l'Uranie autour du monde (1817-1820)
$100.00 AUD
ARS Terres Créoles / Editions de l'Océan Indien. Réunion / Maurice. 1996. 1st edition in "Collection Mascarin", introduced, presented and annotated by Marc Serge Rivière. IV, 222 PP with b/w illustrations (1 photo, 1 sketch map and copy of the first page of her manuscript), plus 12 pages with 13 b/w plates. Soft covers, pictorial front. Top corner of front cover clipped. Contents are near fine. Scarce. French text. 21 x 15.
76813 DEARDEN, Steven & HASSELL, Ken SHIPS OF THE ISLE OF MAN STEAM PACKET COMPANY
$15.00 AUD
Stenlake Publishing. Ochiltree, Ayrshire. 1999. 1st Ed. 48 PP with b/w illustrations (2 paintings and 60 photos). Title page: Victoria Dock, Douglas. Inside back cover: on the "Wreck of the Ellan Vannin", 3rd December 1909. Pictorial stiff cover. Fine. Oblong: 17.3 x 24. 9781840330786
Tempus Publishing. Stroud, Gloucestershire. 2002. 1st Ed. 160 PP with b/w illustrations: advertiusements, notices, sailing schedules, excursions programs and over 200 b/w photos. 9780752423623
76542 DENNIS, Peter, GREY, Jeffrey (editors) THE SECOND FIFTY YEARS THE AUSTRALIAN ARMY 1947-1997
$25.00 AUD
School of History, University College, Australian Defence Force Academy. Canberra. 1997. 1st Ed. X, 133 PP. Fp: Lieutenant-General John Sanderson. Stiff covers, Illustrated front. Fine. 21 x 14.8. 0731703634
Proceedings of the 1997 Chief of Army's History Conference, 23 September 1997.
73143 DILLON, Peter NARRATIVE OF LA PEROUSE EXPEDITION, Narrative and successful result of a voyage in the South Seas, performed by order of the government of British India, to ascertain the actual fate of LA PEROUSE's expedition
$80.00 AUD
N. Israel. Amsterdam. 1972. 1st edition in the Bibliotheca Australiana series, Nos. 53 & 54. Facsimile reprint of the 1829 original. Volume I: LXXVIII, (2 errata), 302 PP, plus 1 folded plate (Fp: Massacre at the Fejee Island in Sept. 1813). Volume II: (IV), 436 PP, plus 1 folded chart in colour "island of Mannicolo, 1827" and 1 folded plate in colour "Natives of La Perouse's island or Mannicolo". Hard cover, simile vellum, gilt title on blue vignette (front cover & spine). Glassine protection. Foxing on top outside edge and foxing spots on th 3 outside edges. Near fine. 22 x 14.5. 9060721004
Peter Dillon, was the first to discover traces of the vanished expedition of La Pérouse on the island of Ticopia and to investigate its fate on the island of Vanikoro.
59189 DOUGLAS, Ms Linda Savings in Search Costs of the COSPAS-SARSAT Maritime Distress System
$10.00 AUD
Federal Bureau of Transport Economics. Canberra. 1987. Reference Paper No. 128, June 1987. Copy No. 119. Foreword by J. W. Moll. X, 35 PP with 5 tables, 1 sketch and 5 maps. Soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21.
74555 DOVEY, Mike & BOTTOMS, Ken ANDREW WEIR SHIPPING, Comprising Bank Line, United Baltic, MacAndrews & Co. - A History of the Company with Photographs, Cachets and Paquebot Covers
$75.00 AUD
The TPO & Seapost Society. Ross on Wye, UK. 2012. 1st Ed. 136 PP with with hundreds of b/w or colour illustrations. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 29.7 x 21. 9780956966209
16224 DUDER, Tessa, THOMSON, Barry & HAWKINS, Clifford SPIRIT OF ADVENTURE
$15.00 AUD
Century Hutchinson. Auckland. 1985. 1st Ed. 160 PP with b/w and colour photos. Fp: Spirit of Adventure. Eps: In the rigging. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 30.5 x 21.5.. 0091631300
Sail Training revival in New Zealand brings to fruition the Spirit of Adventure.
34735 DUNNINGHAM, Honourable J. M. (editor) AN HISTORIC RETROSPECT ON THE OCCASION OF THE 150th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS OF THE FOUNDING OF AUSTRALIA
$10.00 AUD
Australia's 150th Anniversary Celebrations Council. Sydney. 1938. 1st Ed. No pagination, 32 PP with 2 b/w and 98 colour illustrations Pictorial soft covers, stapled. Very good.. 24.5 x 15.5.
Book presented to the children of New South Wales by Australia's 150th Anniversary Celebrations Council.
55435 DUTTON, Kenneth R. EARLY COLONIAL ATTITUDES TOWARDS FRANCE AND THE FRENCH (in Explorations No. 41)
$10.00 AUD
ISFAR / Institute for the Study of French-Australian Relations Melbourne. 2008. . December 2006 (issued June 2008). 36 PP. Contains article from P.3 to 24. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 14.8.
Issue also contains: The case against the allegation that Lapérouse's men killed 20 aborigines on 26 January 1788, by Ivan Barko (pages 42 to 48).
69328 EDGECOMBE, Jean FLINDERS ISLAND and Eastern Bass Strait
$15.00 AUD
Edgekirk. Sydney. 1986. 1st paperback edition. IX, 159 PP with b/w illust. (maps & plans, draw. & photos) plus 8 pages with 20 colour photos. FEP: Chart of Southern Furneaux Is. by M. Flinders. REP: Chart of Bass Strait, 1806. Pictorial card covers. Front cover with light creases. Faint foxing spots on top outside edge. Near fine. 20.8 x 14.6. 1862527849
Discovery & exploration, sealers.. The Furneaux Group and the group of islands South of Wilson's Promontory.
55746 EISLER, William THE FURTHEST SHORE - Images of Terra Australis from the Middle Ages to Captain Cook
$25.00 AUD
Cambridge University Press. London. 1995. 1st Ed. XII, 180 PP with 81 b/w illustrations, plus 16 pages with 20 colour plates. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 28.2 x 21.6. 0521392683
Traces the pictorial imagery associated with the unknown and mysterious Southland. The invention of a Southern continent: in antiquity, the Middle-Ages, Java la Grande, Spanish vision (Torres, Prado de Tovar), then the Southern world in the age of Dutch expansion (1606-1756)...
70695 EVANS, Kathryn SHORE-BASED WHALING IN TASMANIA HISTORICAL RESEARCH PROJECT - Volume 1: A Social and Economic History
$25.00 AUD
Parks and Wildlife Service. Hobart. 1993. 1st Ed. (1), 62 PP with tables and 2 b/w illustrations, plus 9 b/w plates. All illustrations: photocopy quality. Soft cover, pictorial front (whaling station, Wineglass Bay). "Office Copy" crossed out at top of front cover, otherwise a fine copy. 29.7 x 21.
Report dealing with the historic Tasmanian bay whaling industry.
71419 EVANS, Kenneth J. JAPAN é buggerup pinis - The Final days of World War II in Papua New Guinea
$70.00 AUD
Author. Smithton, Tasmania. 2001. 1st Ed. Foreword by C.L. Spotswood & A. C. Billett. (8), 9-152 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, facsimile of documents, maps, sketch plans, portraits and photos), plus 4 pages with 16 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Signed by the author on title page. Fine. 30 x 23.8. 1876913061
Japan é buggerup pinis (in Pidgin - English) = Japan has Surrendered.
55106 EVATT, H. V. (editor) THE PUBLIC LIBRARY OF NEW SOUTH WALES
$20.00 AUD
Trustees of the Public Library of New South Wales. Sydney. 1945. New impression of the 1943 original. 46, (2) PP with 30 b/w illustrations (1 drawing and 29 photos). Soft cover. Foxing spots on covers and outside edges. Inside front cover with Ingleton bookplate. Very good. 24 x 15.
A brief guide to the building.
31978 FENTON, Roy & CLARKSON, John SHIPS IN FOCUS RECORD 8
$15.00 AUD
Ships in Focus Publications. London. 1999. Issue Number 8. 72 PP ( P. 193 to 264), with 7 drawings and 115 b/w photos. Pictorial card cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21. 1901703029
Omega, the last of her race. Post-war South African coasters...
35620 FENTON, Roy & CLARKSON, John SHIPS IN FOCUS RECORD 11
$15.00 AUD
Ships in Focus Publications. London. 2000. Issue Number 11. 64 PP (129 to 192) with 105 b/w photos. Pictorial card cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21. 1901703088
Fleet in Focus: Alexander Shipping Co. Ltd. The potato ship that turned turtle. Canadian wood, U.S. steel. On the Rocks (shipwrecks)...
41884 FENTON, Roy & CLARKSON, John SHIPS IN FOCUS RECORD 19
$15.00 AUD
Ships in Focus Publications. London. 2002. Issue Number 19. 64 PP (129 to 192) with 1 map, 1 flag and funnel, 2 sketch-plans and 92 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21. 1901703169
Fleet in Focus: Houlder's post-war Granges, by John Hill. Tasmanian Traders by Rex Cox and Ken Wriedt. Sunderland in Focus, by John Lingwood.
42421 FENTON, Roy & CLARKSON, John SHIPS IN FOCUS RECORD 20
$15.00 AUD
Ships in Focus Publications. London. 2002. Issue Number 20. 64 PP (193 to 264) with 2 sketch-plans and 123 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21. 1901703177
Fleet in Focus: Houlder 's post-war Granges, Part 2 by John Hill. The Nile Steamship by David Burrell. Ben-My-Chree of 1908, by John Shepherd.
34050 FENTON, Roy, & CLARKSON, John SHIPS IN FOCUS RECORD 10
$15.00 AUD
Ships in Focus Publications. London. 1999. Issue Number 10. 64 PP with 3 house flags / funnels and 97 b/w photos. Pictorial card cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21. 1901703061
Fleet in Focus: John Holt. The Port of Widnes. Boer War transports... The King Orry of 1946, Lombardy to the West Indies, ..;
44951 FENTON, Roy, & CLARKSON, John SHIPS IN FOCUS RECORD 24
$15.00 AUD
Ships in Focus Publications. London. 2003. Issue Number 24. 72 PP (193-264) with 1 set of plans, 36 flags and funnels (in colour), 62 b/w and 65 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21. 1901703703
Fleet in Focus: Shaw, Savill's big ICs, by Captain Edward Buckle and Roy Fenton. Thomas Skinner's Castle Line, by Malcolm Cooper. Iron colours, Flags and Funnels of BISCo ore carriers by J.L. Loughran.
46946 FENTON, Roy, & CLARKSON, John SHIPS IN FOCUS RECORD 28
$15.00 AUD
Ships in Focus Publications. London. 2004. Issue Number 28, July 2004. 74 PP (193 to 264) with 1 map, 1 set of plans, 97 b/w and 39 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine.. 29.8 x 21. 1901703746
Lamport and Holt D Class. Migrants and Butter- The Finland Line to Hull, by Anthony Cooke. Frideborg - A link with the Tea Clippers, by John Naylon. Bosphorus Ferries.
48980 FENTON, Roy, & CLARKSON, John SHIPS IN FOCUS RECORD 31
$15.00 AUD
Ships in Focus Publications. London. 2005. Issue Number 31, July 2005. 64 PP (129 -192) with b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21. 1901703770
The Furness Withy-Houlder Brothers Link (part 3), by D. H. Johnson. The brief rise and rapid fall of the Arosa Line...
51154 FENTON, Roy, & CLARKSON, John SHIPS IN FOCUS RECORD 34
$15.00 AUD
Ships in Focus Publications. London. 2006. Issue Number 34, July 2006. 64 PP (65 -128) with 1 set of plans, 1 house-flag & funnel, and 109 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21. 1901703800
Booker Line, by Andrew Bell. Sailing tankers, part 2, By John Naylon. Hain in a hundred, A British tramp fleet at work, New Year's Day 1900, by Malcolm Cooper ...
47816 FORBES, David W. TREASURES OF HAWAIIAN HISTORY, From the Collection of the Hawaiian Historical Society
$50.00 AUD
Hawaiian Historical Society. Honolulu, Hawai'i. 1992. 1st Ed. Preface by C. Dudley Pratt, J, Poresodent. 126 PP with 64 b/w illustrations and 16 colour plates. Fp: A Double Canoe of Sandwich Islands. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 28 x 19. 0945048033
Catalogue of the Exhibition celebrating the Centennial Year of the Hawaiian Historical Society, presented at the University of Hawaii Art Gallery between 22nd of November and the 18th of December 1992. 175 items exhibited with details.
77308 FOSKETT, Alan FROM LAKE GEORGE TO LAKE BURLEY GRIFFIN - Canberra's Pioneer Sailors
$35.00 AUD
Canberra Yacht Club. Yarralumla, ACT. 2008. 1st Ed. September 2009. Forewords by Peter Forster, Club Historian / Archivist and Graham Giles, Commodore. 159 PP with b/w illustrations (ephemera and photos). Pictorial stiff covers. Near fine. Oblong: 21.5 x 26. 9780980403213
Formation of the Canberra Yacht Club, as well as the Events and Personalities of the First Decade: 1959-1969.
38171 FOX, Uffa SAILING, SEAMANSHIP and YACHT CONSTRUCTION
$60.00 AUD
Peter Davies. London. 1949. Reprint of the 1934 original. (XII), 272 PP with over 300 b/w photos and design drawings. Blue cloth cover, silver engraving on front cover. Top of front cover lightly sunned, otherwise a near fine copy. Scarce. 28 x 21.
40775 FRANKEL, Edgar BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE GREAT BARRIER REEF PROVINCE
$20.00 AUD
AGPS / Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority. Canberra. 1978. 1st Ed. X, 204 PP with 1 map of the Great Barrier Reef Region. Illustrated hard cover. Light foxing, o/wise near fine. 25.6 x 18.5. 0642036454
Over 4444 published works, and 112 serial publications and films... Charts...
69084 FURNISS, Harry P & O SKETCHES IN PEN AND INK
$15.00 AUD
Weidenfeld & Nicolson. London. 1987. Reprint of the original published by The Studio of Design. 204 PP with 98 sketches on full page. Cloth cover, gilt title and illustration on front cover. Covers have a few marks/speckling on spine and back edge, otherwise contents are fine. Oblong: 21.2 x 29.8. 0297791958
11652 GEIL, William Edgar OCEAN AND ISLE
$50.00 AUD
W. T. Pater. Melbourne. 1902 1st Ed. (8), 309 PP with b/w illustrations: 1 sketch map and 9 illustrations of postal stamps, plus 94 b/w plates (6 of them on double page) for 100 engravings. Fp: Portrait of Geil. Illustrated endpapers. Cloth cover, Title in blind on front cover and gilt on spine. Brief note on front endpaper. Faint foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 21.8 x 15.5.
Voyage to study the works of Protestant missions in the Pacific at the beginning of the 20th century: organization, instruction, efforts. Descriptions of the islands and states of Oceania.
51351 GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY OF NEW SOUTH WALES [THE] THE AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHER. Vol. II, No. 5 - 1935
$15.00 AUD
The Geographical Society of New South Wales. Sydney. 1935. 48 PP with 1 graph, 3 maps, 9 weather charts and 6 b/w photos. Soft cover. Staples removed. Slight ageing and foxing of paper. Near fine. 24.8 x 18.5.
The analysis of Weather Charts, by Dr. E. Kidson. The regional distribution of vegetation in New South Wales, by Lilias M. Cameron. Notes on Central Australia and the Kimberleys. Image list all contents.
32135 GERLACH, A. J. A. NEERLANDS HELDENFEITEN IN OOST-INDIË, Bewerkt Naar Les Fastes Militaires des Indes Orientales. (Three volumes bound in one)
$150.00 AUD
Joh Ijkema. The Hague. 1876. 1st Ed. Volume I: (4), 395, 34 PP, plus 2 plates. Volume II: (4), 322, 48 PP, plus 1 plate. Volume III: (4), 302, 48 PP, plus 2 plates. Complete with four large folded maps at the rear. Half bound, raised bands, gilt title on spine. Some foxing but not affecting the text. Very good. Dutch text. 24.6 x 16.2.
Military events and feats by Netherland troops (V.O.C. or National) in their East Indies (Indonesia).
50087 GIBB, Sir Alexander PORT OF BURNIE - Proposed Extensions
$25.00 AUD
Sir Alexander Gibb & Partners. London. 1937. 1st Ed. 26 PP, plus large folded plan Port of Burnie, plan showing future breakwaters and ultimate development of port. Cloth cover, title on front cover. Fine. 34.5 x 22.
Port on the North Coast of Tasmania.
48641 GILLETT, Ross NAVY TODAY
$20.00 AUD
Defence Public Relations. Canberra. 1987. 1st Ed. 40 PP with colour photos and b/w illustrations (26 sketch plans of warships, 6 sketch plans of planes, 5 photos of planes, 14 photos of warships and 29 silhouettes of warships and 6 silhouettes of planes). Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 25.2 x 17.7.
The Royal Australian Navy as of February 1987
76785 GILLETT, Ross & JEFFERY, Vic TO SAIL NO MORE - Part Five
$20.00 AUD
Maritime Books. Liskeard, Cornwall. 2000. 1st Ed. 96 PP with c. 90 b/w photos. Title page: Patrol Boat Adroit, sunk off Rottnest Island 8 August 1994. Pictorial soft covers. Fine. Oblong: 17.5 x 24. 0907771920
Part Five: HMAS Ships of the Royal Australian Navy, in reserve, being scrapped or blown up!
76084 GLEESON, James & HENSHAW, John AUSTRALIAN PAINTERS - Colonial Painters 1788-1880 / Impressionist Painters 1881-1930 / Modern Painters 1931-1970
$15.00 AUD
Lansdowne Press/Australian Art Library. Melbourne. 1976. New edition in the "Australian Painting Studio" series of the 1971 original published in 3 volumes. Colonial: 128 PP with 17 b/w and 75 colour plates. Impressionist: 128 PP with 11 b/w and 105 colour plates. Modern: 128 PP with b/w and 88 colour plates. Hard covers. Slight ageing of paper. Spine of dust jacket lightly rubbed at foot. Near fine. 25 x 19. 0701807318
77346 GOUGEON, Meade, Jan & Joe THE GOUGEON BROTHERS ON BOAT CONSTRUCTION - Wood & West System Materials
$45.00 AUD
Gougeon Brothers, Inc. Bay City, Michigan. 1979. 1st Ed. Preface by Kay Harley, editor. Acknowledgements by Meade Gougeon. XI, 316 PP with tables and over 320 figures: drawings, sketches and b/w photos. Cloth cover, illustrated front cover. Faint foxing. Stamp of previous owner on front endpaper and page III. Near fine. 28.7 x 22.2. 0878121668
33569 GREEN, Jeremy (editor) MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY - Papers from the First Southern Hemisphere Conference on ...
$15.00 AUD
Ocean's Society of Australia. Melbourne. 1977. 1st Ed. 160 PP with b/w illust. (maps, graphs, photos). Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 21.1 x 15.7. 0868959645
Maritime archaeology in Europe, New Zealand & Australia: legislation, conservation & preservation.
72304 GREENHILL, Basil ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE BOAT - A New Introductory Study
$20.00 AUD
Adam & Charles Black. London. 1976. 1st Ed., with introduction by Professor W. F. Grimes. 320 PP with 213 b/w illustrations (photos & line drawings). Cloth cover, gilt title on spine. No dust jacket. Fine. 25.2 x 19. 0713616458
Evolution of boats and ship-building, covering the 4 main roots of boat-building: raft, skin boats, bark boats and dug-outs.
76993 GRENFELL, Captain Russell MAIN FLEET TO SINGAPORE
$30.00 AUD
The Macmillan Company. New York. 1952. 1st US edition. 238 PP with 6 maps, plus 12 pages with 14 b/w photos. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price clipped). Dust jacket with small chips and in a protective sleeve. Occasional foxing. Near fine. 21 x 14.
The Royal Navy's involvement in the Malayan Campaign and Indonesian occupation by the Japanese. Operations in the Indian Ocean and in the Pacific during the Battle of Midway.
76060 GRIFFIN, Peter W. M. HEMPEL KALENDER - 1977
$15.00 AUD
J.C. Hempels Skibsfarne-Fabrik. Kobenhavn, Denmark. 1976. 1977 Calendar with 6 "Frameable" prints in colour of Paddle Wheels Ships commissioned by Hempel, Denmark. Danish text. Near fine. Format: Calendar 40 x 46 / Frames: 31 x 46.
6 Paddle Wheels ships, with captions in Danish. Savannah, 1818, Fawcett, 1829, Britannia, 1840, Hope, 1864, Marie Henriette, 1893, and "Medway Queen", 1924 (A Dunkirk veteran).
58597 GUIGUENO, Vincent & VATTIER, Valérie LE PHARE AMEDEE - Lumière de Paris & de Nouvelle-Calédonie
$85.00 AUD
Musée de l'histoire maritime de Nouvelle-Calédonie / Editions Point de Vues. Nouméa / Paris. 2010. 1st Ed. Foreword by Jean-Paul Mugnier. 144 PP with location map & charts, maps & plans, b/w and colour photos. Pictorial boards. French text. Fine. 36 x 25.5. 9782915548372
Metallic Lighthouse: built 1862 in Paris then knocked down. Shipped to New Caledonia, then erected in 1865.
18917 GWYN, Julian THE ROYAL NAVY AND NORTH AMERICA: The Warren Papers, 1736-1752
$10.00 AUD
Navy Records Society. Greenwich. 1973. 1st Ed. Publications of the Navy Records Society, Volume 118. XLV, (1 errata), 463 PP with 2 maps, plus 10 pages with 8 b/w plates. Fp: Sir Peter Warren, K.B., Vice-Admiral of the Red. Navy blue buckram, gilt device on front cover, gilt title on spine. Occasional foxing. Near fine. 23.2 x 15.5.
War with France in Canada. Siege and occupation of the French fortress of Louisbourg, conquest of Canada...
74480 GWYTHER, John CAPTAIN COOK AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC, The Voyage of the "Endeavour" 1768-1771
$20.00 AUD
Houghton Mifflin. Boston. 1955. Edition printed especially for the friends of Petersen Engineering Co. Inc. (12 PP adverts for Pengo products), xii, 269 PP plus 12 pages with 8 b/w plates and Frontispiece: The Endeavour. Endpaper maps showing the Chart of the known World at the time of Captain Cook's First Voyage and Modern Chart of the South Pacific Ocean showing the track of H.M.S. Endeavour 1768-1770. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine and gilt image of the Endeavour on front cover with the inscription "Especially Prepared for Peter John K. Riddell. A near fine copy. 21.4 x 14.2.
10513 H.M.S.O. ADMIRALTY MANUAL OF SEAMANSHIP - Volume I, BR.67 (1)
$30.00 AUD
HMSO. London. 1972. Consolidated edition. X, 494 PP with 326 figures (3 of them in colour), plus 12 pages with colour illustrations (Flags, Codes Pennants...) and a folded colour plate (Buoys & Buoyage). Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj. Dust jacket has a few chips and light soiling, otherwise a near fine copy. 25 x 16. 117709735
77065 HADDON, A. C. & HORNELL, James CANOES OF OCEANIA
$300.00 AUD
Bishop Museum Press. Honolulu. 1991. 2nd printing of the 1975 reprint in one combined volume of the "B. P. Bishop Museum Special Publications 27, 28 & 29". Published respectively in 1936, 1937 & 1938. Foreword of the 1975 reprint by Roland W. Force. XVII, 2-454 / (2) / VI, 342 / (2), II, 88 PP with 12 maps and a total of 542 figures (b/w photos and drawings). Pictorial card covers are a little soiled with light wear. Light foxing on outside page edges. A near fine copy. Scarce. 27.3 x 18.4. 0910240191
75864 HADDON, George GEORGE HADDON'S VICTORIA SKETCHBOOK
$50.00 AUD
Royal Auto. Melbourne. 2006. 1st Ed. 70 PP with colour illustrations throughout. Pictorial card covers, spiral bound. A fine copy. Oblong: 42cm x 29.7cm. 9780646464763
A selection of the author's monthly contributions to the Royal Auto magazine.
72057 HALL, James, FRYKBERG, Ian & FOYLE, Lidsay (editors) THE BULLETIN (with Newsweek) - SPECIAL BICENTENNIAL EDITION - 1988
$20.00 AUD
The Bulletin / Australian Consolidated Press. Sydney. 1988. Bicentenary Edition, January 26, 1988. 338 PP with b/w and colour illustrations, as well as many advertisements (including 2 of 24 pages each on art paper for Hayman Island and BMW). Pictorial soft covers. Near fine. 27.5 x 21.
13778 HAMPTON, Captain T.A. THE SAILOR'S WORLD
$15.00 AUD
David & Charles. Newton Abbot. 1968. 1st Ed. 128 PP with 1 table, 2 maps and over 125 drawings by John Horsley. Hard cover, dj (price-clipped). Near fine. 22.4 x 14. 0715341847
An informative guide to ships, harbours, customs of the sea. Glossary of nautical terms P.116 to 125.
69219 HAUSER-SCHAUBLIN, Brigitta, KRUGER, Gundolf et al. JAMES COOK - Gifts and Treasures from the South Seas / Gaben und Schatze aus der Sudsee
$50.00 AUD
Prestel. Munich. 1998. 1st Ed. 352 PP with 51 colour plates and 422 b/w illustrations. Fp: Engraving with adzes, club and shell trumpet from New Zealand. FEP: Map of the 3 voyages of exploration of Captain Cook. Cloth cover, title in blind on front cover, gilt title on spine, dj. English and German text. Fine condition. 30.5 x 24.5. 3791318683
The Cook / Forster Collection owned by the University at Gottingen, Germany.
20224 HAWS, Duncan SHIPS AND THE SEA - A Chronological Review
$20.00 AUD
Hart Davis, MacGibbon. London. 1976. 1st UK. Ed. 240 PP with b/w and colour illustrations by AB Nordbok. Illustrated endpapers. Illustrated hard cover. Near fine. 30 x 27. 0246109181
Splendid story of ships and the sea, from their humble beginnings to their present-day significance.
TCL Publications. London. 1997. 1st Ed., No. 33 in Merchant Fleets series. 144 PP with 156 b/w drawings to constant scale. Pictorial card cover. Fine. Scarce. 21 x 14.7. 0946378320
Technical details and career histories of 380 ships manned by the Cayzer, Irvine empire.
76724 HAWS, Duncan MERCHANT FLEETS - MANCHESTER LINERS - HOULDER BROS., ALEXANDER & PRINCE LINES (No.38)
$30.00 AUD
Duncan Haws. Pembroke, UK. 2000. 1st Ed. No. 38 in the Merchant Fleets series. 284, (4 notes) PP with 307 profiles drawings to scale (1/1200). Pictorial card cover. Fine. 21 x 14.8. 0946378398
Career of 622 ships.
42598 HAZELL, Martin SAILING BARGES
$10.00 AUD
Shire Publications. London. 1990. Reprint of the 2nd edition of the 1982, No.13 in Shire Album series. 32 PP with 1 map, 2 plans on double page & 43 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 15. 0852635842
Their history, description and trade.
76689 HEALY-FENTON, Anna (editor) WAVES OF INFLUENCE - A Celebration of 60 Years: HONG KONG SHIPOWNERS ASSOCIATION
$40.00 AUD
Hong Kong Shipowners Association. Wanchai, H.K. 2018. 1st bilingual edition. Messages from Carrie Lam, Chief Executive of HKSAR... Jack Hsu, Chairman 2017-2019. 188 PP with 4 b/w photos and colour illustrations: 2 National Flags (China and HKSAR), 3 maps, photos, portraits. Advertising material (pages 146 to 185). Pictorial hard covers. English and Chinese text. Fine. 22.7 x 22.5.
Established in 1957. The HK Shipowners Association: 60 years of Achievements. Embracing the Future, by Frank Chan. Challenges and opportunities, by Maisie Cheng. Recollections of Arthur Bowring.
76050 HEIKELL, Rod TURKISH WATERS & CYPRUS PILOT - A Yachtsman's Guide to the Mediterranean and Black Sea Coasts of Turkey with the Island of Cyprus
$20.00 AUD
Imray, Laurie, Norie & Wilson Ltd. St Ives, Cambridgeshire. 1997. 5th edition of the 1984 original. VIII, 290 PP with b/w illustrations (coastal views, drawings, maps & plans, photos), plus 24 pages with 75 colour photos. "Supplement No. 1 to December 1998": 7 pages with 1 plan of Finike, loosely inserted. Laminated pictorial boards. Name of previous owner on front endpaper. Near fine. 30.5 x 21.5. 9780852883631
A yachtsman's guide to the Mediterranean waters of Turkey and Cyprus.
35532 HEWITT, J.E. THE BLACK ONE
$15.00 AUD
Langate Publishing. Melbourne. 1984. 1st Ed. 172, (8 index) PP, plus 40 pages with 65 b/w photos, and 124 pages of facsimile of Journal for the use of Midshipmen with plans & maps. Cloth cover, dj. Fine. 27.8 x 19.6. 095946221X
Autobiography of an officer of the RAN then the RAAF, up to 1939.
15485 HILL-WILLIS, Capt. C.H. ON THEIR MAJESTIES SERVICE
$15.00 AUD
Neptune Press. Newtown, Vic. 1983. 1st Ed. 249 PP with 21 b/w photos in text. Hard cover, dj has a few small chips or closed tears, o/wise a near fine copy, signed by author. 22.2 x 14.8. 0949583200
A life at sea: 30 different ships and ashore working for Majesties of kingdoms in Malaya and in Tonga.
50577 HOGENHOFF, Carsten Berg, in collaboration with Lyn & Tex Battle, Bob Forsyth et al. SWEERS ISLANDS UNVEILED. Details from Abel Tasman and Matthew Flinders' explorations of Australia
$10.00 AUD
Hogenhoff Forlag. Oslo, Norway. 2006. 1st Ed., with a foreword by Paul Brunton. IV, 44 PP with over 45 b/w or colour illustrations. Inside front cover: aerial view of Sweers Island, Gulf of Carpentaria. Pictorial soft cover. Note at top of title page, signed by Lyn Battle co-author. Fine. 24 x 16. 8299714028
51614 HOLMES, Sir George C. V. ANCIENT AND MODERN SHIPS. Part I: Wooden Sailing Ships
$25.00 AUD
HMSO/Wyman and Sons. London. 1907. Revised edition of 1906 first edition in the Victoria and Albert Museum Science Handbook series. XVI, 168 PP with 74 b/w illustrations. Rebacked copy. Cloth cover. Some pages reinforced at fold. Foxing, pencil notes. Name of previous owners. Good reading copy. 21.8 x 14.5.
40400 HOOK, F. A. MERCHANT ADVENTURERS 1914-1918
$30.00 AUD
A. & C. Black. London. 1920. 1st Ed. VIII, 319 PP, plus 2 folded maps at rear and 32 plates with 35 b/w illust. Fp: Four-point-seven. Cloth cover, device in blind on front cover, gilt title on spine. Bookplate of "The Royal Cruising Club" on front endpaper. Ageing of paper and foxing (not affecting plates). Top of spine missing on 2 cm. Covers protected by a dust jacket (laser print). Good reading copy. 21.4 x 13.5.
War records during the first World War of: P. & O., British India, and their Associated Lines.
J. H. Schultz Information. Copenhagen. 1988. 1st edition with a foreword by Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller. 326 PP with tables, 1 map, 1 family tree, 2 sketch-plans of ships, 1 page with house flag, funnel and seal of Maersk line (in colour), 2 colour illustrations and 60 b/w photos. Cloth cover, device (seven-pointed star) on front cover, dj. Near fine. 24 x 17. 8756923562
The largest shipping company of Denmark. Fleet list covering 216 of their ships.
69230 HOVGAARD, William MODERN HISTORY OF WARSHIPS, Comprising a Discussion of Present Standpoint and Recent War Experiences
$40.00 AUD
Conway. London. 1971. New impression of the 1920 original, with a foreword by Anthony Preston. XVI, 502 PP with 2 tables and 209 figures (6 of them on supplementary folded plates I to VI). Top edge tinted. Hard cover, dj, ribbon page-marker. Dust jacket has a few small tears at head of spine, o/wise a near fine copy. 24.5 x 16. 0851770401
Battleships, Cruisers... Aircraft. Their design and construction of hull, machinery, ordnance...
75895 HUGHES, Robert THE FATAL SHORE - A History of the Transportation of Convicts to Australia, 1787-1868
$20.00 AUD
Collins Harvill. London. 1987. 1st UK edition of the 1986 US original. XXVI, (2), 688 PP with 6 maps & 2 insets, plus 32 pages with 72 b/w illustrations Cloth covers, dj. Spine of dust jacket lightly sunned. Faint foxing on top outside edge. Stamp of the Maritime Museum of Tasmania on front endpaper. Near fine. 24 x 16. 0002173611
36318 HUGHES, Tom THE BLUE RIBAND OF THE ATLANTIC
$5.00 AUD
Patrick Stephens. London. 1976. 1st paperbound edition of the 1973 original. 192 PP with 12 head pieces, 4 plans & 51 b/w illustrations. Card cover, dj (price-clipped). Very good. 21.5 x 14. 0850591465
Description of the origins of ocean steamship travel, careers of the most famous ships: Lusitania, Mauretania ...
66745 HUNT, Susan, TERRY, Martin, & THOMAS, Nicholas LURE OF THE SOUTHERN SEAS - The Voyages of Dumont d'Urville 1826-1840
$45.00 AUD
Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales. Sydney. 2002. 1st Ed. Foreword by Mary-Louise Williams and Peter Watts. Preface by Monique Ducreux. 144 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Inside front cover: Portrait of Contre-Amiral Jules Dumont d'Urville. Inside back cover: Common Spotted Cuscus. Pictorial soft covers. Fine (as new condition). 30 x 23.6. 9781876991005
76602 HURLEY, Frank THE HOLY CITY - A Camera Study of the Holy City and its Borderlands
$60.00 AUD
Angus and Robertson. Sydney. 1949. 1st edition. Foreword by Father Eugene HOADE. Introduction by Frank Hurley. No pagination, 198 PP with 83 lithographic plates: 26 in colour and 57 in b/w (2 of them on double page). Top outside edge tinted. Eps: Bird-eye view plan of Jerusalem. Cloth covers, gilt title on front board and spine, dj. Dust jacket lightly soiled and chipped, now in a protective sleeve. Slight ageing of fore and bottow outside edges. Near fine condition. 28.5 x 22..
NLA: 22018.. A collection of photos during 2 tours of duty in the Middle East, in 1917-18, and in the 1940s.
38235 HYNDS, Paul WORLDWIDE HIGH SPEED FERRIES
$30.00 AUD
Conway. London. 1992. 1st Ed. 160 PP with b/w illustrations (photos, plans, drawings and artist impressions). Fp: Surface-piercing foils carry the weight of this Rodriguez-built hydrofoil. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 27.5 x 20.2. 085177587X
55871 IDYLL, C.P. ABYSS, The Deep Sea and the Creatures That Live in It
$10.00 AUD
Constable. London. 1965. 1st UK Ed. XXX, 396 PP with 118 b/w illust. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket chipped and slightly rubbed. Light foxing on top edges, o/w very good copy. 21.5 x 15.
38213 ILLINGWORTH, Captain John H. TWENTY CHALLENGES FOR THE AMERICA'S CUP
$15.00 AUD
Hollis & Carter. London. 1968. 1st Ed. 158 PP with tables and 3 figures, plus 16 pages with 22 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj (rubbed). Light foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise near fine. 22.3 x 14.2. 370003314
The founding of the Cup, and early defenders... Appendix: the 12-Metre Rating Rule.
38983 IRVING, Robert, & CHISHOLM, P. M. OLD SYDNEY TOWN - Heritage Park Somersby Guide
$15.00 AUD
Old Sydney Town Publication. Somersby, NSW. 1980. Revised edition of the 1974 original by June Whittaker. 32 PP with b/w illustrations, plus 1 plan of the Town of Sydney and 1 folded plan of the City of Sydney. Inside front cover: plan of the Heritage Park of Old Sydney Town. Pictorial card cover. Near fine. 21.5 x 15.5. 0869000241
39138 JACKSON, Robert THE ROYAL NAVY IN WORLD WAR II
$15.00 AUD
Airlife. London. 1997. 1st UK edition. 176 PP with 6 maps and 169 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 25.2 x 19.5. 185310714X
21512 JOHANNESSON, Tomas HILLERSTRÖM'S 1891-1976
$10.00 AUD
World Ship Society. Kendal, UK. 1976. 1st Ed. 48 PP with 65 b/w photos. Inside front cover: technical details of m.v. Andros & Advara. Inside back cover: map of the run Australia to South East Asia. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 21.5 x 14. 0905617010
The history of Hillerström's Helsingborg.
71923 JOHNSON, Donald S. & NURMINEN, Juha THE HISTORY OF SEAFARING - Navigating the World's Oceans
$85.00 AUD
Conway Maritime Press / John Nurminen Foundation. London. 2007. 1st UK edition. 374 PP with 353 b/w or colour illustrations. Title spread: Reefing the Foresail by John Stobart. Hard cover, illustrated front board, dj. Fine. 35 x 25.5.
Tells the history of the seas and ships. Richly and impressively illustrated with rare maps, old manuscripts, pictures of navigational tools and of course, paintings of the ships themselves and of their scale models. A magnificent book.
72997 JOHNSON, Jane (editor) FRANKLIN HISTORY - "THE BOWMONT", A Story of Three Eras
$25.00 AUD
Huon Valley News. Franklin, Tas. 2011. March 2011 edition. 2-28, (1) PP with 23 b/w illustrations . Pictorial soft covers. Fine. 20.8 x 14.6.
Commercial Bank of Tasmania: 1906-1921. English, Scottish and Australian Bank: 1921-1943. Bowmont Hospital: 1945-1965. The Bowmont Community Centre.
77393 JOHNSON, Les SHE WAS THE "AMITY" BRIG
$25.00 AUD
Town of Albany / Albany Advertiser. Albany. c. 1977. Reprint. 40 PP with 16 b/w illustrations by Kathleen C. Brierley and 4 b/w photos. Decorated soft cover. Fine. 20 x 14. 0909994722
On Christmas Day 1826, the brig Amity brought the first British settlers to King George Sound and this settlement later became the town of Albany.
71731 JOHNSTON, Dr. Mark THE HUON PENINSULA 1943-1944
$20.00 AUD
Department of Veterans' Affairs. Canberra. 2008. 2nd edition of the 2005 original, in the Australians in the Pacific War series. (2), 54 PP with 1 map and over 40 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 21. 9781920720551
69366 JONES, Tristan ONE HAND FOR YOURSELF, ONE FOR THE SHIP, The Essentials of Single-Handed Sailing
$20.00 AUD
Granada/Adlard Coles. London. 1983. Reprint of 1982 1st Ed. XII, (2), 226 PP with 5 graphs, 7 tables and 42 drawings by author. Hard cover, dust jacket. Name of previous owner on top of FFEP, o/wise a fine copy. 24 x 16. 0229116981
Rigs & rigging, self-steering, accommodations, navigation (scraps and celestial), anchors... List of recommended books.
75328 KAISER, Bryan THE JANGGOLANS OF MADURA (in WOODENBOAT - The Magazine for Wooden Boat Owners, Builders and Designers) - No.77
$5.00 AUD
WoodenBoat Magazine. Brooklin, Maine. 1987. No. 77, July / August 1987. 152 PP. Contains article pages 52 to 59 with 9 b/w illustrations (1 map of Indonesia & Madura island, and 8 photos). Original pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 27.5 x 21.
On these rare Indonesian working vessels.
77432 KEMP, Peter THE OXFORD COMPANION TO SHIPS AND THE SEA
$35.00 AUD
Oxford University Press. Oxford. 1979. Reprint with corrections os the 1976 original. VIII, 972 PP with b/w & colour illustrations. Title spread: The Spanish Armada in 1588. Cloth cover, dj. Foxing spots on top outside edge. Near fine. 24 x 16.
From AB (able seaman) to Zulu (fishing vessel peculiar to the NE coast of Scotland).
18761 KENNEDY, Ludovic PURSUIT, The Chase and Sinking of the Bismarck
$5.00 AUD
Book Club Associates. London. 1975. Reprint of the 1974 original. 239 PP with 3 maps, plus 16 pages with 27 b/w photos. Hard cover. Very good. 20 x 13.5.
The tracking & pursuit of the German battleship Bismarck which sailed from Gdynia on 18/5/41, sunk HMS Hood on 24/5, was disabled by torpedoes from the obsolete Swordfish of the Fleet Air Arm and was sunk on 27/5/41.
76731 KIEZA, Grantlee FLINDERS
$40.00 AUD
ABC Books / HarpersCollins. Sydney. 2023. 1st Ed. (6), 490 PP with 42 b/w illustrations (engravings, paintings, portraits), plus 16 pages with 1 b/w & 32 colour illustrations. Hard covers, dj. Near fine. 24 x 16. 9780733341557
The life, loves and voyages of the man who put Australia on the map.
77027 KING, Andy THE PORT OF BRISTOL
$20.00 AUD
Tempus Publications. Stroud, Gloucestershire. 2003. 1st Ed. 128 PP with b/w illustrations (2 plans, 2 posters and 210 photos). Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 23.7 x 16.5. 9780752432014
77299 KIRSOP, Wallace (editor) EXPLORATIONS - Bulletin devoted to the study of Franco-Australian Links, No. 11
$15.00 AUD
Institute for the Study of French-Australian Relations / ISFAR. Melbourne. 1991. Issue No. 11, December 1991. 24 PP. Pictorial soft covers, staples removed. Fine. 21 x 14.7.
Selling French books in Melbourne during the First World War, by Wallace Kirsop. List of French books offered by Melville & Mullen Pty. Ltd. A Réunion Journalist (Thomy Lahuppe) in 19th Century Australia and his "Notes sur l'Australie", published at Saint Denis, Ile de la Réunion in 1865, by C.B. Thornton-Smith.
77300 KIRSOP, Wallace (editor) EXPLORATIONS - Bulletin devoted to the study of Franco-Australian Links, No. 12
$15.00 AUD
Institute for the Study of French-Australian Relations / ISFAR. Melbourne. 1992. Issue No. 12, June 1992. 32 PP with 2 b/w photos. Pictorial soft covers, staples removed. Fine. 21 x 14.7.
Interview with J. G. Cornell, 17 October 1984, by Colin Nettlebeck.
77258 KLINGEL, Gilbert C. INAGUA - A very lonely & nearly forgotten island
$15.00 AUD
Readers Union / Robert Hale. London. 1944 Readers Union edition. VIII, 308 PP with 1 map with location map and 20 headpieces, plus 16 pages with 29 photos. Top outside edge tinted. Clotrh cover. Spine sunned. War economy paper, Very good. 19.8 x 12.5.
Record of 2 expeditions to the southern most island of the Bahamas archipelago.
76952 KNIGHT, E. F. THE CRUISE OF THE ALERTE (No.21 in the Mariners Library)
$40.00 AUD
Rupert Hart-Davis. London. 1952. 1st edition in the Mariners Library series of the 1890 original. Introduction by Arthur Ransome. 205 PP with 3 maps. Fp: E.F. Knight, c. 1909. Hard cover, dust jacket (price-clipped) and with a few chips, now in a protective sleeve. Top edge tinted. Faint foxing on outside edges, o/wise very good. 19 x 13.
Search for the treasure stolen from the cathedral of Lima, in 1821 during the Peruvian war for independence.
77146 KOEMAN, Dr. Ir. C. JOAN BLAEU and his GRAND ATLAS
$25.00 AUD
George Philip & Son Ltd / Theatrum Orbis Terrarum Ltd. London / Amsterdam. 1970. 1st Ed. (4), 114 PP with his family tree and over 28 b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial stiff covers. Neear fine. 23 x 15.4. 902211080X
Based on the 1662 "Atlas Major", by Dr. Joan Blaeu.
76371 KÜCHLER, Susanne & MILLER, Daniel (editors) CLOTHING AS MATERIAL CULTURE
$30.00 AUD
Berg. Oxford. 2006. Reprint of the 2005 paperback edition. X, 195 PP with 30 b/w illustrations: 1 diagram, 3 tivaivai (or quilt), and 26 photos. Stiff covers, pictorial front. Fine (as new condition). 23.3 x 15.6. 9781845200671
Chapter 7: Nga Aho Tipuna (Ancestral Threads): Maori Cloaks from New Zealand. Chapter 10: Why are there Quilts in Polynesia?
69928 LAMING, Tim THE VULCAN STORY 1952-2002
$30.00 AUD
Silverdale Books. London. 2002. Revised edition of the 1993 original. 231 PP with b/w illustrations: sketches, plans, cutaways and photos. Laminated pictorial boards, dj. Fine. 28 x 22.5. 1856057011
77052 LANGLEY-PRICE, Pat & OUVRY, Philip OCEAN YACHTMASTER - The essential coursebook for the RYA Ocean Yachtmaster certificate
$20.00 AUD
Adlard Coles Nautical. London. 2002. 2nd edition of 1984 original. Foreword by Admiral Sir John Fieldhouse. (8), 214 PP with 67 extracts of tables and b/w illustrations. Pictorial laminated boards. Fine. 25.2 x 17.2.
No landmarks. Finding: Time, Altitude ... Satellite Navigation...
77152 LEACH, Nicholas PADSTOW LIFEBOATS - An Illustrated History
$20.00 AUD
The History Press. Stroud, UK. 2012. 1st Ed. 176 PP with b/w illustrations (1 map, 2 plans, 1 poster, photos and portraits), plus 16 pages with 31 colour photos. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 23.5 x 16.5. 9780752465401
On the North coast of Cornwall.
77107 LEATHER, John THE GAFF RIG HANDBOOK: History - Design - Techniques - Developments
$25.00 AUD
Adlard Coles Ltd. London. 2002. 2nd edition (paperback) of the 1970 original. 240 PP with 110 sketches or line drawings by the author and 55 b/w illustrations (c.15 engravings and 40 photos). Fp: The 158 ft racing schooner Rainbow. Pictorial stiff covers. Ex Library, of the Living Boat Trust, Franklin, Tasmania. Old damp marks on the lower part of covers and lower margin of first and last pages (no loss of text or illustrations). Few foxing spots on outside edges. Very good working copy. 27.8 x 21.5. 9780713661743
History & development of gaff-rigged craft (catboats, sloops,...), practical aspects of this rig (masts, spars, standing & running rigging,...)
76877 LEE, Brian CARDIFF'S VANISHED DOCKLANDS
$25.00 AUD
Sutton Publishing. Stroud, UK. 2007. Reprint of the 2006 original. Foreword by Peter Finch. 160 PP with 124 b/w photos. Title page: Sacks of potatoes unloaded at Queens Dock, 1947. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 25 x 17. 9780750944243
76688 LEMMES, Wilfried & CRIEL, Ludwig (editors) ROYAL BELGIAN SHIPOWNERS' ASSOCIATION - ANNUAL REPORT 2017
$40.00 AUD
Royal Belgian Shipowners' Association / Redershuis. Antwerp. 2018 1st Ed. 79 PP with 1 b/w photo, colour illustrations: tables and 6 graphs, artworks, 2 portraits and 58 photos. Folded poster "Decarbonisation, a partnership for our Future" by Maritime Industry Decarbonisation Council, inserted in pocket inside front board. Hard covers, title on front board. Fine (as new condition). 23.7 x 21.
Environment / Employment / Training / Security and Refugee Crisis / Regulations / External Relations.
16171 LEPAGE, J., RIETH, E. & SAMSON, D. EX-VOTO MARINS DU PONANT, offerts à Dieu et à ses Saints par les gens de la Mer du Nord, de la Manche et de l'Atlantique
$25.00 AUD
Musées de la Marine. Paris. 1975. 1st Ed. 152 PP with 74 b/w and 10 colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 21.5 x 15.5.
Catalogue of an exhibition held 1975-1976 on the votive paintings, artifacts and shipmodels found in the chapels and churches of the French coasts of the Atlantic, the Channel and the North Sea.
70218 LEWIS, David VOYAGE TO THE ICE - The Antarctic Expedition of Solo
$20.00 AUD
Collins & A.B.C. Sydney. 1979. 1st Ed. 144 PP with 3 maps, 4 yacht plans, 3 tables and 21 b/w illust., plus 24 pages with 62 colour photos. Illustrated endpapers. Hard cover, dj. Dedicatory note on title page to scientists at Davis Base, signed by the author David Lewis and Mimi George. Occasional foxing and stains on lower edge affecting only the lower margin, o/wise near fine. 23.4 x 16. 064297604X
Expedition during the Southern summer of 1977-78 of the Oceanic Research Foundation to Antarctica. Sydney - Balleny Island - Cape Adare - Macquarie Island - Sydney.
76690 LIM, June (editor) Unity in Diversity: THE STORY OF SSA 1985-2010
$40.00 AUD
SSA / Singapore Shipping Association. Singapore. 2010. 1st Ed. Foreword by Raymond Lim, Minister for Transport. Message by S.S. Teo, President SSA. 172 PP with 2 pages of b/w photos and colour illustrations: Seal of SSA, 3 tables, sketch map, portraits and photos. Pages 132 to 171: Advertising material. Hard covers, title on front board and spine, dj. Fine. 25.7 x 22.5.
Established in 1985. The Singapore Shipping Association: 25 years of Achievements.
77088 LINDENMAYER, Sarah DEBT OF HONOUR - How an ANZAC saved the Assyrian people from Genocide
$30.00 AUD
ASPG / Australian Self Publishing Group. Calwell, ACT. 2018. 1st Ed. 264 PP, plus 2 plates with 6 b/w photos on recto and 1 colour map on verso. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 22.7 x 15.2. 9780648317722
The gripping account of the ANZAC who saved the Assyrians.
71707 LINGWOOD, John & APPLEYARD, Harold CHAPMAN OF NEWCASTLE - The Story of a Tyneside Tramp Shipping Company
$15.00 AUD
World Ship Society. Kendal, UK. 1985. 1st Ed. 80 PP with 1 plan, 4 facsimiles of documents and 83 b/w photos. Inside back cover: Houseflags and funnels (in colour). Pictorial soft cover. Signed by John Lingwood, co-author on title page. Near fine. 21 x 14.5. 0905617355
History & fleet list..
76907 LLEWELLYN, Sam (editor) THE MARINE QUARTERLY - A Journal of the Sea: No. 13
$10.00 AUD
The Marine Quarterly Ltd. Kington, UK. 2014 No. 13, Spring 2014: "Sailing". 112 PP with 16 drawings by Claudia Myatt. Illustrated stiff covers (Front: A Cunarder converted to a Merchant Cruiser, 1918 / Back: Tabula Rogersiana, 1154). Fine. 21 x 14.
11 Articles: Notes from a Svalbard Diary, by Emma Beynon. ... The Instruments of Navigation, by Christopher Schüler; The "Mary Deare", by Hammond Innes.
76725 LLOYD, Lewis THE "UNITY" OF BARMOUTH
$25.00 AUD
Gwynedd Archives Service. Gwynedd. 1977. 1st Ed. 236 PP with tables and b/w illustrations (1 chart, 1 map of the Irish Sea, 1 map of NW Europe, 2 drawings / engravings on Barmouth, and facsimiles of pages of logbooks). Fp: Chart of Barmouth. Hard covers, dj. Near fine. 22.3 x 14.5. 0901337218
A study of coastal shipping from Barmouth in the Irish Sea and Western Europe.
30761 LLOYD, W. W. P&O PENCILLINGS
$60.00 AUD
Weidenfeld & Nicolson. London. 1987. Reprint of the original published for "The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company". No pagination, 48 PP with 24 colour and 25 b/w plates. Fp: In the River. Title page: The pilot leaving the ship off the Isle of Wight. Illustrated half title page & last leaf: Quis Separabit. Cloth cover, gilt title and illustration on front cover. Near fine. Scarce. Oblong: 21.2 x 29.8. 0297791966
Illustrations by the author of life aboard a P&O voyage from London, through the Mediterranean, via the Suez Canal with views of Gibraltar, Malta, Port Said, Suez Canal, and Red Sea.
19650 LONEY, J. K. VICTORIAN SHIPWRECKS, All Wrecks in Victorian Waters and Bass Strait, Including King Island and the Kent Group
$10.00 AUD
The Hawthorn Press. Melbourne. 1971. 1st Ed. 10, (III), 177 PP, plus 8 pages with 16 b/w illust. FEP: Key to locations on the Victorian Coast & Inland Waters. REP: 4 location maps (mahogany ship, obsolete vessels..). Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket with a few chips and in a protective sleeve, otherwise near fine. 24.8 x 15.8. 725600454
18989 LONEY, Jack BAY STEAMERS AND COASTAL FERRIES
$25.00 AUD
A. H. & A. W. Reed. Sydney. 1982. 1st Ed. 88 PP with b/w illustrations: 2 maps, 10 sketch maps & plans, drawings, paintings and photos. Hard cover, dj. Spine of dust jacket lsunned, o/wise near fine. Oblong: 19.2 x 26.5. 0589503839
Melbourne-Geelong trade, Bay excursion steamers, steamers on the West coast to the Gippsland Lakes.
32294 LOWNDES, A. G. (editor) SOUTH PACIFIC ENTERPRISE - The Colonial Sugar Refining Company Limited
$25.00 AUD
Angus and Robertson. Sydney. 1956. 1st edition with a preface by E. R. Knox. XVIII, 500 PP with 11 b/w photos, 12 head pieces, diagrams, graphs, maps, and tables, plus 24 plates with 3 maps and 30 colour photos and 132 plates with 282 b/w photos. Fp: Sir Edward Knox. Eps: Map of Australia and surrounding seas showing the world of CSR. Cloth cover, gilt title on front board and spine, dj. Dust jacket with chips, repaired tears and in a protective sleeve. Contents are near fine. 24 x 16.
Historical background, by Alan Birch and J.F. Blaxland. The sugar industry of Fiji, by A.G. Lowndes. The Australian Sugar Industry by H.W. Herbert. Sugar in New Zealand, by A.C. Isaacs...
71482 LUBBOCK, Basil JACK DERRINGER - A TALE OF DEEP WATER
$25.00 AUD
Facsimile Publisher. Delhi, India. 2016. Facsimile reprnt of the 1906 original (UK) edition. XII, 328 PP, (12 publications). Matt laminated pictorial boards, dj. Very good. 23 x 15.2.
Life at sea: a work of fiction.
51053 LUNDY, Derek THE WAY OF A SHIP. A Square-Rigger Voyage in the Last Days of Sail
$25.00 AUD
Jonathan Cape. London. 2002. 1st Ed. (12), 448 PP with 1 b/w photo, 1 map of Cape Horn and 3 plans of the Beara Head. Fp: In a storm. Eps: High Aloft, taking sail as the storm increases. Hard cover, dj. Slight ageing of paper on outside edges. Near fine. 24 x 16. 9780224061391
Historical novel.
77068 LUQUET, G.-H. L'ART NEO-CALEDONIEN, Documents Recueillis par Marius Archambault, Directeur du Service des Postes et Télégraphes en Nouvelle-Calédonie
$225.00 AUD
Institut d'Ethnologie. Paris. 1926. 1st edition in Travaux et Mémoires de l'Institut d'Ethnologie, No. II. Preface by L. Lévy-Bruhl. (6), 160 PP with 241 figures, plus 20 plates with 77 b/w illustrations. Green cloth cover, gilt device and title on spine (lettering faded). Slight ageing of paper and foxing spots around edges. Name of previous owner at top of front endpaper. French text. Near fine. Scarce. 27.2 x 18.
The art of the Kanaks of New Caledonia: body paint, sculpture, engraved bamboo, petroglyphs, etc... A title not often seen.
67448 M.V. PERA LAUNCHING CEREMONY OF M.V. PERA
$10.00 AUD
Dillingham Shipyards (W.A.) Pty. Ltd. Fremantle. 1969. 2 folded items: Invitation to the Launching Ceremony, 19th September 1969 & Launching Ceremony with Order of Proceedings, Refreshments, The Blessing and Menu. Near fine. 21 x 13.
Built for John Burke Ltd and operated out of Cairns by Mason Shipping Company.
77415 MACANDIE, G. L. THE GENESIS OF THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY - A Compilation
$100.00 AUD
Alfred Henry Pettifer, Government Printer. Sydney. 1949. 1st Ed. 349 PP with 79 b/w photos, plus 3 folded maps of the Australia Station in 1859, 1903, 1911. Fp: Captain W. R. Creswell. Cloth cover, dj. Dust jacket has a small closed tear at rear and is in a protective sleeve. An otherwise fine copy. Scarce. 25.5 x 16.
Compilation by the former secretary of the Australian Naval Board, 1914-1946.
75333 MACAULAY, David SHIP
$20.00 AUD
Dorling Kindersley. London. 1994 1st UK edition of the 1993 US original. 96 PP with b/w and colour artworks by the author. Pictorial boards, dj. Fine. 31.2 x 20. 0751370223
74574 MACKLIN, Robert HAMILTON HUME - The Life and Times of our Greatest Explorer
$20.00 AUD
Hachette Australia. Sydney. 2016. 1st Ed. XVIII, 318 PP with 1 map, plus 8 pages with 16 b/w illustrations. Pictorial stiff covers. Faint foxing on outside edges. Near fine. 29.5 x 15.3. 9780733634055
77272 MAIDEN, J. H. SIR JOSEPH BANKS: The "Father" of Australia
$125.00 AUD
William Applegate Gullick, Government Printer. Sydney. 1909. 1st Ed. XXIV, 244 PP with 64 b/w illustrations, plus 3 folded plates within the text for illustrations Nos. 13, 28 and 39, and 2 large folded charts at end of book for illustrations Nos. 63 and 64. Cloth cover with light wear/soiling and a little frayed around edges, gilt decoration and title on front board, gilt title on spine. The large folded chart "Coast-Line of East Australia" at end of book with a repaired tear. Offsetting of endpapers and occasional foxing spots on edges of the 2 large folded charts. A very good copy. Scarce. 22 x 15.
Ingleton catalogue No. 6174.
15966 MALLETT, Alan S. & BELL, Andrew M. B. THE PIRRIE-KYLSANT MOTORSHIPS 1915-1932 - The story of the 111 motorships built for the R.M.S.P. Group between 1915 and 1932
$10.00 AUD
Mallett and Bell Publications. Norfolk, U.K. 1984. 1st Ed. 120 PP with 5 colour illust. and 122 b/w photos, plus 1 folded plan at rear of book. Pictorial card cover. Fine. 20.8 x 14.6. 0950945307
52564 MARCUS, Alex "DEMS? WHAT'S DEMS?"
$60.00 AUD
Boolarong. Brisbane. 1986. 1st Ed. XIII, 209 PP with 5 illustrations and 125 b/w photos. Pictorial laminated boards. Name of previous owner on front endpaper, o/wise fine. 27.2 x 21.5. 0864390122
The story of the men of the Royal Australian Navy who manned Defensively Equipped Merchant Ships during WWII.
64300 MARINE UNDERWRITERS' AND SALVAGE ASSOCIATION OF VICTORIA LTD THE REGISTER OF AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING - Including Shipping Registered at Fiji and New Guinea 1906-1907
$250.00 AUD
Compiled and issued by The Marine Underwriters' Association of Victoria Ltd. Melbourne. 1906. 1st Ed. 199 PP. Pages 1 to 10 printed recto/verso, P.11 to 183 recto only. P. 185-199 printed recto/verso. Original green cloth cover, gilt title on front cover. Covers worn around edges and inside gutters starting. Corner of preliminary page clipped. Ageing of paper and a little light foxing. Otherwise a very good copy of a scarce item. Oblong: 18.4 x 26.
"From Returns furnished by the Customs Authorities in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Fiji and New Guinea".
69002 MARTINDALE, Rod POWER-BOATING in Australia and New Zealand
$15.00 AUD
Murray Publishing. Sydney. 1970. 1st Ed. 160 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, plans, sketches & photos). Hard covers, dj. Stamps/signatures of previous owners on front endpaper and title page. Faint foxing. Very good. 20.5 x 17.5.
76763 MARTYR, Weston THE SOUTHSEAMAN. Life-Story of a Schooner
$35.00 AUD
William Blackwood & Sons Ltd. Edinburg & London. 1946. 8th impression of the 1926 original. (8), 327 PP with 16 drawings (lines, sketches, ...) Fp: b/w photo of the "Southseaman". Cloth cover, dj. Dust jacket lightly soiled and has 3 punch holes (spine and back cover) now in a protective sleeve. Foxing spots on outside edges, otherwise a very good clean copy. 19 x 12.5.
NZ Ship & Marine Society. Wellington. 1988. Reprint of the 1987 original. 96 PP with numerous b/w illustrations (line drawings by S.V. Lampard & photos). Title spread: M/V Calm, ashore Waiweranui Point. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 26.7 x 19. 0959783414
The Canterbury Steam Shipping Company.
71644 McLELLAN, R. S. ANCHOR LINE 1856-1956
$50.00 AUD
Anchor Line Ltd. Glasgow. 1956. 1st Ed. 184 PP with 1 colour (house flag) & 4 b/w illust., and 47 b/w photos of ships. Fp: Photo of Anchor Line Head Office in Glasgow. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Dust jacket is a little soiled around edges with a few small repaired chips. Light foxing on outside edges. Contents are near fine. Scarce. 22.8 x 15.
Handysides & Co., commenced business as ship brokers in 1838, trading to the Baltic. Thomas Henderson joined the firm in 1852, and in 1856 the "Anchor Line" started trading to Australia. Fleet list from P.139 to 160.
62744 MERCIER, R. P. CAMPAGNE DU "CASSINI" DANS LES MERS DE CHINE 1851-1854, d'après les Rapports, Lettres et Notes du Commandant DE PLAS
$200.00 AUD
Retaux-Bray, Libraire-Editeur Paris. 1889. 1st Ed. XII, 433 PP, plus 4 folded maps in colour. Soft cover. Renewed spine and back cover. Occasional foxing, essentially on first and last leaves, o/wise near fine. French text. 23 x 14.5.
Polak: No. 6635.
76812 MERRIGAN, Justin & CLEARE, Brian 'LET GO FORE AND AFT' - A History of the Fishguard & Rosslare Railways & Harbours Company 1894 - 1996
$30.00 AUD
Nautical Signals. Ireland. 1996. June 1996 edition with a foreword by Nick Saul. 92 PP with 13 colour illustrations (2 posters, 2 photos and 9 paintings) and b/w illustrations (1 sketch map, ephemera, drawings, paintings and photos). Pictorial soft covers. Fine. Oblong: 14.8 x 21. 9780952848608
69421 MIDDLETON, E. W. LIFEBOATS OF THE WORLD, A Pocket Encyclopedia of Sea Rescue
$15.00 AUD
Blandford. London. 1977. 1st Ed. 256 PP with b/w illust. (sketches, plans, maps, photos) & 102 colour plates (P.15-80). Eps. Hard cover, dust jacket (price-clipped). Foxing spots on top outside edges. Near fine. 19.8 x 13.5. 0713708425
From Britain: cradle of the lifeboat, to other countries of the world.
57751 MILES, Patricia & FLETCHER, Daina KATHLEEN DARLING ..., Jack Earl's Voyage around the World 1947-48 (in Signals No. 85)
$10.00 AUD
Australia National Maritime Museum. Sydney. 2008. No 85, December 2008-February 2009. 48 PP. Contains article from P. 16 to 19 with 4 b/w and 3 colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover (Hokule'a, in 1976). Near fine. 29.7 x 21.
Other articles include: Vaka Moana, Voyages of the Ancestors, Sea of Dangers: Cook and de Surville by Prof. Geoffrey Blainey....
18216 MILLS, John (editor) THE UFFA FOX BOOK OF SAILING
$15.00 AUD
Longacre. London. 1963. 1st Ed. 192 PP with b/w illust. throughout. Fp: Uffa Fox. Hard cover, dj. A very good clean copy. 26.8 x 20.5.
History, sailing & racing, seamanship, safety at sea,... Includes a chapter on the language of the sea and an extensive list of the sailing & yacht clubs in the British Isles (with their burgees).
20811 MILSOM, C. H. BLUE FUNNELS IN THE MERSEY IN THE 1920s
$15.00 AUD
Sea Breezes Publication. Liverpool. 1988. 2nd Ed. 48 PP with 1 map & 87 photos. Pictorial card cover. Previous owner's name on front cover, o/wise fine.. 29.7 x 20.8. 0951320203
Pictorial history of the Blue Funnel Line started by Alfred & Philip Holt who named their ships after the heroes of the Trojan War.
60005 MOREL GIBBS, John MORELS OF CARDIFF: the History of a Family Shipping Firm
$15.00 AUD
Amgueddfa Genedlaethol Cymru / National Museum of Wales. Cardiff. 1982. 1st Ed. Foreword by J. Geraint Jenkins. 184 PP with tables and 34 b/w illustrations, plus 1 folded plate with 2 family trees (Morel and Gibbs). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 14.8. 072000246X
38352 MORIZE, André (editor) FACTS ABOUT FIGHTING FRANCE
$100.00 AUD
Fighting France Publications / Société des Editions de la France Libre Ltd. London. 1943. 1st Ed. 36 PP, plus 4 b/w plates. Inside front cover: To All Frenchmen.. France has lost a Battle! (in colour). Inside back cover: Ultimatum sent by Rommel to General Koenig, June 3rd, 1942 (Battle of Bir Hacheim). Illustrated soft cover with a few small chips, spine repaired, o/wise near fine. Scarce. 21.6 x 14.
The Leader: Général De Gaulle - his life, his thoughts, his military doctrine. Fighting France: When? Where? Why? What it's done, what it's doing, what it wants to do. Administration Organization of Fighting France. The Trustee of French Democracy.
49220 MOSES, Henry VISIT OF WILLIAM THE FOURTH WHEN DUKE OF CLARENCE, AS LORD HIGH ADMIRAL, TO PORTSMOUTH, IN THE YEAR 1827, WITH VIEWS OF THE RUSSIAN SQUADRON
$1000.00 AUD
Henry Moses. Portland Place. 1831. 1st Ed. (IV), 23, (3) PP with 2 vignettes (title page and dedicatory page), plus 17 b/w plates (these 2 pages and 17 plates protected with tissue guard). Vignette on title page: Vessel represented is most probably HMS Victory, as she was the flagship at Portsmouth between 1825 and 1869. Loosely inserted letter by John Barton, Windsor Castle, dated 5th March 1831, giving assent to Henry Moses, Esq. (the author), to dedicate this work to Her Most Gracious Majesty Adelaide, Queen of the United Kingdom. Rebacked copy retaining original front cover, leather spine. All the plates are present and in the right place, however, four are mis-numbered, ie, they don't have the same number as that given on the List of the Plates. A very nice copy of a scarce item. 38.7 x 28.7.
72655 MULLINS R. F. (editor) ROYAL HOBART REGATTA - Official Souvenir Programme 1957
$30.00 AUD
Mercury Press / Royal Hobart Regatta Association. Hobart. 1957. 119th Anniversary Regatta "Tasmania's National Birthday Celebration": 9th and 12th February 1957. (2), 76, (2) PP with b/w illustrations: 2 plans of courses, 11 drawings, paintings, photos and 6 headpieces. Stapled soft wrappers with light wear, pictorial front. Staples removed. Very good. Scarce. 21.5 x 14.
119th anniversary regatta: Rowing, Sailing, Power Boats, Swimming, Amusements, Naval Section, Miscellaneous & Chopping. Call in Hobart of: H.M.A.S. Sydney.
77031 MULLINS R. F. (editor) ROYAL HOBART REGATTA - Official Souvenir Programme 1959
$30.00 AUD
Mercury Press / Royal Hobart Regatta Association. Hobart. 1959. 121st Anniversary Regatta "Tasmania's National Birthday Celebration": 7th and 10th February 1959. 88, PP with b/w illustrations: plan of courses,drawings, paintings, photos and headpieces. Stapled soft wrappers with some repaired tears and reinforced spine, pictorial front. Staples removed. Very good. Scarce. 21.5 x 14.
121st anniversary regatta: Rowing, Sailing, Power Boats, Swimming, Amusements, Naval Section, Miscellaneous & Chopping. Flagship: HMS Cossack.
77032 MULLINS R. F. (editor) ROYAL HOBART REGATTA - Official Souvenir Programme 1960
$30.00 AUD
Mercury Press / Royal Hobart Regatta Association. Hobart. 1960. 122nd Anniversary Regatta "Tasmania's National Birthday Celebration": 6th and 9th February 1960. 88, PP with b/w illustrations: plan of courses,drawings, paintings, photos and headpieces. Stapled soft wrappers with some wear and marks, staples removed. Very good. Scarce. 21.5 x 14.
122nd anniversary regatta: Rowing, Sailing, Power Boats, Swimming, Amusements, Naval Section, Miscellaneous & Chopping. Flagship: HMS St.Brides Bay.
Longmans, Green & Co. London. 1953. 1st Ed. XVIII, 392 PP plus 100 pages with 4 photo-gravures, 6 colour illust. & 137 bw illust. Fp: Table Bay in 1851. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine (dulled). Light foxing, mostly on prelims and around some margins and outside page edges. A near fine copy of this scarce item. 24.2 x 17.4.
Hundred year history of the ships and men of this shipping line, in peace or in war. The struggle between the Union Line and its rival Castle Line up to their amalgamation in 1900.
50088 N/A THE MARINE BOARD OF BURNIE: REPORTS ON PORT DEVELOPMENT INVESTIGATION - October 1959
$30.00 AUD
The Marine Board of Burnie. Burnie. 1959. 1st Ed. (1), 18 PP (recto only), plus 18 plates with 3 b/w photos, figures and tables, and 6 folded plates (plans at various development stages). Cloth cover, git title on front cover. Ingleton bookplate inside front cover. Two letters between G.C. Ingleton, Hydrographic Office, and Captain J.W.S. Madden, Harbour Master, tipped in on rear endpaper. Near fine. 34.5 x 21.8.
50089 N/A THE MARINE BOARD OF BURNIE: REPORTS ON PORT DEVELOPMENT INVESTIGATION - October 1959
$30.00 AUD
The Marine Board of Burnie. Burnie. 1959. 1st Ed. (1), 18 PP (recto only), plus 18 plates with 3 b/w photos, figures and tables, and 6 folded plates (plans at various development stages). Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover. Front endpaper with Ingleton bookplate and a manuscript letter from G.C. Ingleton, Hydrographic Office, to Captain J.W.S. Madden, Harbour Master, Burnie, tipped in. Near fine. 34.5 x 21.8.
54220 N/A SHIPS AND THE SEA, (quarterly) - Volume Seven, Nos 1 (Summer 1957) to No.4 (Spring 1958)
$25.00 AUD
Kalmbach Publishing. Milwaukee, Wi. 1957/1958. Edited by Willard V. ANDERSON. A total of 256 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Staples removed. Very good. 28.7 x 21.
No. 1: Trapping the Timorus Tuna, by Alan Villiers. Last Voyage of the Henry Bergh, by Edward F. Oliver. No.2: New look in Liberty Ships, by John La Dage. Wreck of the ship Balclutha, by Roger R. Olmsted. No.3: Bound for the Far East, by Meredith A. Scott. The Nature of the Ocean Waves, by John La Dage. No.4: The long way home (from the Far East to Halifax), by Meredith A. Scott. The great ice fleet, J. Lauritzen of Copenhagen, by Gardner Soule.
76868 N/A AUSTRALIA'S HERITAGE: The Making of a Nation. Vol. 3: The Colony Established
$10.00 AUD
Hamlyn House. Sydney. 1971. 1st Ed. Vol. 3: (4), 241-360 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Fp (in colour): Governor Macquarie. Hard cover, illustrated front cover (Major Johnston arrests Governor Bligh). Fine. 28.3 x 20.5.
Bligh: Mutiny on the Bounty, Challenge to the Rum Corps, arrested and deposed. .. The Blue Mountains conquered.
61210 NAA THE LOG - Quarterly Journal of the Nautical Association of Australia Inc. - Volume 33
$20.00 AUD
Nautical Association of Australia Limited. Melbourne. 2000. Vol. 33 (new series), Nos. 1 (February 2000) to 4 (November 2000). Edited by R.A. PRIEST. 192 PP with 1 map, 12 "House Flags and Funnels", and 108 b/w photos. Pictorial soft covers. Near fine. 21 x 15.
No.1: Sydney and the Blue Anchor Line, Part 4: The Waratah and Captain Ilbury, Addenda, Aldinga; No.2: American Pioneeers (continued), Flags and Funnels, Missing Ships - Comet and Citizen, The Warrnambool Steam Packet Company and its Successor; No.3: The Ballarat Steamboats, Missing ships - Quiraing, Sydney and the White Star Line, Memories of the New Guinea Australia Line, Matson to Australia; No.4: Matson to Australia (conclusion), Memories of the NGAL (Part II), Obituary - William Gordon Volum, Missing Ships - Fiado, ...
77401 NASH, Michael (editor) CAPTAIN ROBINSON : The Reminiscences of a Tasmanian Master Mariner. James Williams Robinson 1824-1906
$50.00 AUD
Blubber Head Press. Hobart. 2009. 1st edition limited to 500 numbered copies (No. 94/500). X, 175, (3) PP with 20 b/w illustrations, plus 8 pages with 5 b/w and 11 colour illustrations. Fp: Portrait of Captain James William Robinson. Eps: Map of the South Pacific Ocean. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 24.8 x 17. 9780908528349
Bay-whaling in Tasmania then pelagic whaling. Sealing on Heard Island. Guano in Queensland. Trading in the Indian and the Pacific Oceans...
54350 NAVAL REVIEW THE NAVAL REVIEW - Volume: XXXVIII - 1950 (in 4 issues)
$40.00 AUD
The Naval Review. London. 1950. Annual edition. Vol. XXXVIII, 4 issues No. 1 (February 1950) to No. 4 (November 1950). 490 PP with occasional figures or plate. IV pages Index loosely inserted. Original soft cover. Covers fragile at spine. A little foxing or soiling. Very good. 24.2 x 16.5.
Vol. 38. No. 1: Yangtse Incident 1949 - HMS Amethyst, by Commander J. S. Kerans. The Diamond Rock, by W. B. Rowbotham. No. 2: HMS Raleigh in a Typhoon. The Navy shows the Flag, by Starshell. No. 3: Naval strategy in the Pacific in the Second World War. No. 4: HMS Belfast in Korea, and Naval operations in Korea. The Maritime and Naval aspects of the Russian War 1853-1856, by Lieut. Commander J. D. D. Moore.
The Naval Review. London. 1941. May 1941. Edited by Admiral Richard Webb. (6), 183-386 PP. Soft cover. Covers fragile at spine, and slightly rubbed. Occasional foxing. Very good. 24.3 x 16.5.
Notes, and postscripts to notes, on the War at Sea. The British Mercantile Marine. The Merchant service of the future... Naval Diary of the War (September 1939 to March 1941).
The Naval Review. London. 1942. August 1942. Edited by Admiral Richard Webb. (2), 183-268 PP, plus 1 plate with 5 b/w photos. Soft cover. Covers fragile at spine and slightly rubbed. Occasional foxing. Very good. 24.3 x 16.5.
Notes on the War at Sea. Postscripts to notes on the war at sea. The Merchant Navy... Naval Diary of the War (April, May, June and July 1942).
The Naval Review. London. 1943. November 1943. Edited by Admiral Richard Webb. (2), 281-376, (2) PP, plus 1 plate with 2 b/w photos. Soft cover. Covers fragile at spine and slightly rubbed. Occasional foxing. Very good. 24.3 x 16.5.
Notes on the War at Sea... Naval Diary of the War (August, September & October 1943).
The Naval Review. London. 1944. August 1944. Edited by Admiral Richard Webb. (2), 181-268, (2) PP, plus 2 plates with 4 b/w photos. Soft cover. Covers fragile at spine and slightly rubbed. Occasional foxing. Very good. 24.3 x 16.5.
Notes on the War at Sea... Naval Diary of the War (May, June and July 1944).
50490 NAVY LEAGUE THE NAVY YEAR BOOK AND DIARY 1949
$15.00 AUD
Navy League. London. 1948. Yearly edition. 240 PP with many adverts, b/w photos, and 4 colour plates on double page. Diary between pages 187 and 240. Soft cover, gilt device and title on front cover. Lower corner of leaf 7/8 damaged. 3 leaves of the article Commonwealth Navies with lower part 77/78 or upper part 81/82 , 83/84 cut. Faint foxing on outside edges, o/wise near fine internally. 24 x 18.5.
An annual review with articles including: Royal Progress - Royal Marines in the Atomic Age - Commonwealth navies by Lt. Commander Kemp... The Bus that went to France, by Bartimeus.
76996 NEWCOMB, Richard F. ABANDON SHIP ! - The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis, the Navy's Greatest Sea Disaster
$20.00 AUD
HarperCollins. 2001. Revised edition, with an introduction and an afterword by Peter Maas. XVIII, (4), 326, (3) PP with 1 map with location map on double page, plus 8 pages with 20 b/w photos. Pictorial soft covers. Small stamp of previous owner at top of half-title page. Very good. 23.3 x 15.3. 0732269881
Sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis, flagship of the Fifth Fleet, 29th July 1945.
76829 NEWMAN, Nicholas NEWMANSHIP - The sailing scene observed
$15.00 AUD
Adlard Coles. London. 1985. 1st Ed. (4), 108 PP with drawings by the author. Pictorial soft covers. Near fine. 19.8 x 13. 0229117538
Seamanship à la "Newman" !
20312 NEWMAN, Peter C. EMPIRE OF THE BAY - Illustrated History of the Hudson's Bay Company
$25.00 AUD
Madison Press. Toronto. 1989. 1st Ed. 224 PP with b/w & colour illust. (charts, maps, paintings, photos). Title-page: Dog sledge. Eps: Beavers of North America building a dam. Hard cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj. Near fine. 31 x 23.2. 06708829692
History of the world's oldest continuous commercial enterprise. Its empire once stretched from the Arctic Ocean to San Francisco and from Labrador to Hawaii.
77402 NICHOLSON, Ian Hawkins SHIPPING ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES - TASMANIA - Vol. 1: 1803-1833 ( Parts I, II and III)
$70.00 AUD
Roebuck Society. Canberra. 1983. 1st Ed. Roebuck Society Publication No. 30. VIII, 224, 94 (indeses) PP with 12 charts & maps and 31 b/w illustrations. FEP: Chart of Van Diemen's Land & Bass Strait. REP: Australia & the East Indies. Soft covers, pictorial front. Edges of covers lightly rubbed. Near fine. 24.5 x 17.4. 0909434220
71206 NORMAN, L. PIONEER SHIPPING OF TASMANIA - Whaling, Sealing, Piracy, Shipwrecks, etc. in Early Tasmania
$45.00 AUD
O.B.M. Pty. Ltd. Hobart. 1980. Reprint of the 1938 original. Preface by A. G. Ogilvie. 220 PP, plus 36 pages with 61 b/w illust. Fp: Hobart in the colourful whaling days. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 25.2 x 16.4.
77142 NORMAN, Leslie HAUNTS OF THE BLUE WHALE
$50.00 AUD
O.B.M. Publishing. Hobart. 1978. 1st Ed. XVI, 156 PP with 12 tables, plus 12 pages with 20 b/w illustrations (5 portraits, 1 painting and 14 photos). Fp: A full rigged whaler at sea. Cloth cover, dj. Fine. 25 x 17.5. 0959903453
The whaling industry as it applied to the old port of Hobart Town: whaling on the seven seas as well as whaling fleets taking shelter, refitting & victualling.
76759 NUTTING, William Washburn THE TRACK OF THE "TYPHOON"
$45.00 AUD
Motor Boat. New York. 1922. 2nd printing of the 1921 original. XVIII, 270 with 8 illustrations (sail plans, 3 line drawings, 2 barometer graphs, 1 sketch), plus 64 pages with 94 b/w illustrations (5 maps & 89 photos). Fp: " ... we might have been on the Grand Banks all the way to the Scilly Isles". Original decorated cloth covers with light wear, otherwise contents are near fine. Scarce. 21 x 14.
North Atlantic cruise from Bras d'Or Yacht Club on Cape Breton island to New York, July to November 1921 with calls at Cowes, Roscoff, Ferrol, Coruna and the Azores.
76647 O'MAY, Dave G. FERRIES OF THE DERWENT - A History of the Ferry Services on the Derwent River
$25.00 AUD
D.G. O'May. Hobart. 1988. 1st Ed. Foreword by Max Chesterman. (10), 118 PP with 5 facsimile of documents and 81 b/w photos. Fp: Kangaroo Bay showing Bellerive Ferry Wharf. Illustrated hard cover. Fine. 22.3 x 14.5. 0724623604
77109 ODGERS, George REMEMBERING KOREA - Australians in the war of 1950-1953
$25.00 AUD
Lansdowne. Sydney. 2000. 1st Ed. Foreword by John Howard, Prime Minister. 176 PP with b/w illustrations (2 maps, 3 drawings of RAAF planes, 4 drawings of RAN ships, 3 paintings and c.70 photos). Fp: Map of Korea. Hard covers, illustrated boards, dj. Fine. 28.7 x 20.8. 9781863026796
69673 ORIENT LINE S.S. "ORSOVA" - Dinner Menu "ASCOT"
$15.00 AUD
On board. 1955. Dinner menu, 4th April 1955. "Ascot", designed by Douglas Annand of Sydney. Near fine. 21 x 12.5.
One of a series of 7 impressions of Racecourses designed by Douglas Annand of Sydney.
19086 P & O THE P. AND O. POCKET BOOK (Fourth Issue)
$60.00 AUD
Adam & Charles Black. London. 1926. 4th issue. XXXI, 375 PP with 1 map and 2 figures, plus 36 pages with 40 maps (one folded with a small crease) and plans in colour, 16 colour plates (2 by Spurling), 4 colour plates with flags (16 House Flags and Funnels, 15 British and colonial Flags, 18 Merchant vessels Flags, and 29 Flags and pennants). Blue cloth cover, gilt device on front cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Small inscription on inside front cover and short verse opposite half-title page. Small neat drawing of a revolver on inside back cover. Light offsetting of endpapers and minimal foxing. A near fine copy. Scarce. 16.7 x 11.
History of P. & O. and of British India with description of countries & ports of call of both these companies.
38365 PAGE, Frank & PAYER, Georges (editors) THE WORLD OF YACHTING 1981-82 (No. 5)
$15.00 AUD
Editions de Messine. Paris. 1981. 1st English edition. 216 PP with tables, b/w and colour photos. Cloth cover, dj (closed tears and in a protective sleeve). Very good. 32 x 24.5. 2864090066
Boating industry 1981 by D. Gleen... Sydney Hobart by P. Campbell... Surf by Gilles Lhote.
76791 PATIENCE, Kevin SHIELDHALL - The Story of a 'Clyde Banana Boat'
$25.00 AUD
The Solent Steam Packet Ltd. Southampton. 2001. 1st Ed. 32 PP with b/w illustrations (Bill of sale, 1 painting, 1 cutaway, 4 plans and 33 photos). Fp: Shieldhall in 1955. Stiff covers, pictorial front cover. Fine (as new). 21 x 15.
S.S. Shieldhall, a ferry for passengers on the Clyde river between October 1955 and October 1976.
71001 PATTEN, Chris EAST and WEST - The Last Governor of Hong Kong on Power, Freedom and the Future
$15.00 AUD
Macmillan. Sydney. 1998. 2nd printing. X, 340, (2) PP, plus 16 pages with 33 b/w photos. Eps: Royal Yacht Britannia, leaving Hong Kong. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 24 x 16 9780333747872
56969 PELLY, David THE ILLUSTRATED ENCYCLOPEDIA OF WORLD SAILING
$15.00 AUD
Golden Press. Sydney. 1989. 1st Ed. 256 PP with b/w & colour illust. throughout. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 30 x 22. 0863078982
31044 PETERSEN, E. Allen IN A JUNK ACROSS THE PACIFIC
$10.00 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 the junk. Hard cover. Ex Library copy, with stamps on endpapers,. Covers soiled, outside hinges and gutters of endpapers starting. Flap of dust jacket pasted down on half title page. A very good reading copy. 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. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, Dr Petersen joined the New Guinea Volunteers.
77158 PEYTON, Mike EVER WONDER, WHY WE DO IT ?
$15.00 AUD
Adlard Coles Nautical. London. 2007. 1st Ed. 100 PP with cartoons (b/w or colour). Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 23.5 x 15.5. 9780713682915
15823 PHILLIP, Arthur THE VOYAGE OF GOVERNOR PHILLIP TO BOTANY BAY, With Contributions by Other Officers of the First Fleet
$60.00 AUD
Angus & Robertson / Royal Australian Historical Society. Sydney. 1970. Reprint of the 1789 original. Introduction and Annotations by James J. Auchmuty. . XXXIX, 383 PP with 55 b/w illustrations, plus 8 folded maps. Original green cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price clipped). Dust jacket is rubbed and now in a protective sleeve. A very good clean copy. 24 x 15.5. 0207953104
Fourth in the series of "foundation" volumes produced in association with the Royal Australian Historical Society.
33825 PINK, Kerry & VOWLES, Gill AGAINST THE TIDE - A Maritime History of Circular Head
$15.00 AUD
Hobart Ports Corporation. Hobart. 1998. 1st Ed. VI, 434 PP with 1 plan, 4 b/w illust., 16 colour and 210 b/w photos. Pictorial card cover a little cocked, otherwise near fine. 21.1 x 14.8. 0646362828
Port created in 1826 by the Van Diemen's Land Co. as an outlet for their first European settlement on the North-West Coast of Tasmania.
63046 PLOWMAN, Peter PASSENGER SHIPS OF AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND - Volume II (1913-1980)
$20.00 AUD
Doubleday. Sydney. 1981. 1st edition. 220 PP profusely illustrated with b/w photos. Eps: 18 House Flags, Funnels anf Hull colour of these passenger ships. Hard cover, dj. Spine of dust jacket slightly discoloured. Stamp of the Maritime Museum of Tasmania on front endpaper and half title page, otherwise near fine. Oblong: 21.2 x 28. 0868240370
This volume cover 80 ships placed in service from 1913 to 1980 by 17 companies from Australia and 5 from New Zealand.
69951 PLOWMAN, Peter WANGANELLA AND THE AUSTRALIAN TRANS-TASMAN LINERS
$35.00 AUD
Rosenberg / Transpress NZ. Sydney. 2009. 1st Ed. 188 PP with 23 colour and over 125 b/w illustrations (menus, programs, paintings, plans & photos). Fp: Advertisements for travel by Huddart Parker Line. Pictorial soft cover. Dedicatory note to previous owner signed by the author on title page. Fine. 28.5 x 21. 9781877058806
46157 PLUMMER, Russell (compiler) UK FERRY ROUTES GUIDE 1993
$10.00 AUD
Ships Monthly / Waterway Productions Ltd. London. 1993. 1st Ed. 16 PP with 1 map and 18 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 25.5 x 20.
72506 POOLMAN, Kenneth ILLUSTRIOUS
$30.00 AUD
William Kimber. London. 1955. 1st Ed. 246, (10 adv.) PP, plus 16 pages with 29 b/w photos. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, very good dust jacket in a protective sleeve. Very light foxing on outside edges. Small ex-libris name stamp at top of front endpaper, o/wise a near fine copy. Scarce. 22.2 x 14.2.
Built as No. 732 by Vickers-Armstrong at Barrow. World War II with actions in the Mediterranean and the Far East... December 1954: Reserve Fleet.
76712 POULSON, Bruce RECHERCHE BAY - A Short History
$35.00 AUD
Management Committee of the Southport Community Centre. Southport, Tasmania. 2009 Third reprint of 2009 of the 2004 original. V, 83 PP with b/w illustrations. Inside front cover: sketch map of Recherche Bay. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 21. 9780975797501
Bay at the southern tip of Tasmania, first explored by Bruny d'Entrecasteaux. Garden of Recherche Bay "Jardin du Roi", by Felix Lahaie. ... Whaling.
77303 PROTHEROE, Ernest A BOOK ABOUT SHIPS
$30.00 AUD
The Epworth Press. London. 1922. 1st Edition. 128 PP plus 3 pages with 5 b/w photos plus Fp: The Mauretania - the fastest passenger steamship in the world. Illustrated cloth cover and spine. Light offsetting of endpapers and a faint stamp of previous owner on FFEP. Two pages with repaired nicks in margin, otherwise a very good clean copy of a scarce title. 19 x 12.5.
77049 PURSEY, H. J. MERCHANT SHIP STABILITY (Metric Edition) - A companion to "Merchant Ship Construction
$30.00 AUD
Brown, Son & Ferguson. Glasgow. 2001. Reprint to the Revised 6th Edition of 1983. X, 202 PP with 85 figures, plus 8 pages with "Hydrostatic Curves & Scales". Laminated pictorial boards. Fine. 24 x 17.5. 0851744427
77276 PUTMAN, Robert EARLY SEA CHARTS
$75.00 AUD
Abbeville Press. New York. 1983. 1st Ed. 143 PP with 10 b/w illustrations (2 plates and 8 drawings) and colour illustrations (title spread, endpiece, 35 drawings and 74 plates). Hard covers, title in blind on front board and silver lettering on spine, dj. Near fine. 38.5 x 30.5. 0896593924
75911 QUINN, David B. DRAKE'S CIRCUMNAVIGATION OF THE GLOBE - A Review
$15.00 AUD
University of Exeter. Exeter, UK. 1981 1st Ed. (2), 14 PP with 2 figures (sketches: map & plan). Stapled soft covers, pictorial front. Fine. 21 x 15. 08569891976
The 15th Harte Lecture, delivered at the University of Exeter, on 14 November 1980.
38386 RAHS THE FIRST HISTORY OF AUSTRALIA (In RAHS - Volume 79, Parts 1 & 2, 1993)
$10.00 AUD
Royal Australian Historical Society. Sydney. 1993. Contains article by Colin FORSTER from P.115 to 134. Soft cover. Fine. 22 x 13.8.
On the first history of European settlement in Australia, published in 1831 in Paris under the title: Histoire des colonies pénales de l'Angleterre dans l'Australie. Image lists all articles.
54039 RAHS JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY - Vol. 51, 1965, Parts 1 to 4
$30.00 AUD
Royal Australian Historical Society. Sydney. 1965. Edited by K.J. CABLE & Hazel KING. 360 PP with diagrams, figures and tables, plus 10 b/w plates with 12 illustrations. Soft cover, staples. Faint foxing. Near fine. 22.5 x 14.5.
Part 2: Russian Ships in Australian Waters, by Verity Fitzhardinge... Part 3: The Court-Martial of Captain Edward Edwards, by George Mackaness... Part 4: Sydney in 1863, by Pavel Mukhanov of the Corvette Bogatyr (translated by Verity Fitzhardinge)... Image shows list of contents for each part.
54154 RAHS JOURNAL AND PROCEEDINGS - Vol. 48, 1962, Parts 1 - 7
$30.00 AUD
Royal Australian Historical Society. Sydney. 1962. Edited by A.G.L. SHAW. 484 PP with 19 b/w illustrations, plus Part 7: "Annual Report 1962": 35 pages, and "Contents & Index, Volume 48 " (60 pages). Soft cover, staples. Near fine. 21.5 x 13.8.
Part 1: Sir Joseph Banks, by George Mackaness. ... Part 2: The Journals of Captain James Cook, by C. H. Currey. Part 3: Australian aboriginal and white relations, by A. P. Elkin... Part 4: Old Miller's Point, Sydney, by J. S. N. Wheeler. ... Part 7: The Annual Report and Statement of Accounts 1962. Image shows contents and illustrations for all the parts.
58515 RAHS ROYAL AUSTRALIAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY - JOURNAL AND PROCEEDINGS - Vol XIV, Part I, 1928
$15.00 AUD
Royal Australian Historical Society. Sydney. 1928. 56 PP, plus 1 folded map at rear of journal. Soft covers soiled and with chips. Slight ageing of paper, staples removed. Very good. 21.5 x 14.
History of the Sydney Botanic Gardens, by the late J. H. Maiden, edited and presented by R. H. Cambage, read before the Society, 25 October 1927. The wild Cattle of the Cowpastures and the village of Cawdor, by J. F. Campbell. Image of back cover shows all contents and list of illustrations.
58752 RAHS JOURNAL AND PROCEEDINGS - Vol XIX, Part I, 1933
$10.00 AUD
Royal Australian Historical Society. Sydney 1933. 72 PP with 3 b/w illustrations. Stapled soft covers. Slight ageing of paper. Very good. 21 x 14.
Some Historical Memorials and Buildings, by K. R. Cramp. ... Who founded Melbourne, by Charles R. Long. Image of back cover shows all contents and list of illustrations.
58812 RAHS ROYAL AUSTRALIAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY - Journal and Proceedings: - Vol XXIII, Part V, 1937
$10.00 AUD
Royal Australian Historical Society. Sydney. 1937. P.323- 410 with 1 map of Antarctic regions and 6 b/w illustrations. Stapled soft covers. Slight ageing of paper. Very good. 21 x 14.
Exploration in Queen Mary Land, by Andrew D. Watson. French visit (Astrolabe and Zélée), 1839, translated by William Dixson. ... Image of back cover shows all contents and list of illustrations.
61041 RAHS ROYAL AUSTRALIAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY - JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS - Vol XXXII, Part V, 1946
$10.00 AUD
Royal Australian Historical Society. Sydney. 1942. Edited by C. Price Conigrave. 273-340 PP with 10 tables and 2 b/w illustrations. Stapled soft covers a little browned around edges, otherwise near fine. 21 x 14.
Governor Macquarie and the "Rum" Hospital, by M. H. Ellis. The pattern of population change in Australia, by A. T. Gover.
70540 RAHS THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY - Journal and Proceedings Vol XVI, Supplement to Part II
$30.00 AUD
Royal Australian Historical Society. Sydney. 1930. P.133 -150, plus folded chart "Torres Strait, showing probable track of Torres, September 1606". Wrappers with short closed tears (repaired). Slight ageing of paper, staples removed. Very good. Scarce. 21 x 14.
Pages 133 to 146: Voyage of Torres by Francis J. Bayldon. Pages 147 to 150: Note on Prado's "Relacion" , by Sir William Clarkson. Image of back cover shows all contents and list of illustrations.
72910 RAHS ROYAL AUSTRALIAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY - JOURNAL AND PROCEEDINGS - Vol. IX, Part III, 1923
$15.00 AUD
Royal Australian Historical Society. Sydney. 1923. P. 113-176 with 2 maps. Stapled soft covers. Near fine. 21.6 x 13.5.
The first decade of the Australian Agricultural Company 1824-1834, by J.F. Campbell. Discovery and Early Settlement of New England, ... Image of back cover lists all articles and illustrations.
72930 RAHS ROYAL AUSTRALIAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY - JOURNAL AND PROCEEDINGS - Vol 44, Part 5, 1958
$15.00 AUD
Royal Australian Historical Society. Sydney. 1958. 61-324 PP. Stapled soft covers. Near fine. 21.4 x 14.
George Crossley, by K.G. Allars. The Alleged Russian Plans for the Invasion of Australia, 1864, by Duncan MacCallum. Image of back cover lists all contents and illustrations.
72931 RAHS ROYAL AUSTRALIAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY - JOURNAL AND PROCEEDINGS - Vol 44, Part 3, 1958
$15.00 AUD
Royal Australian Historical Society. Sydney. 1958. 117-184 PP with 4 b/w illustrations. Stapled soft covers. Near fine. 21.4 x 14.
The Valley of the Richmond, by James Jervis. The Australians in London, by David S. Macmillan. Image of back cover lists all contents and illustrations.
15886 RATHBONE, A.D. IV ROMANCE OF THE SEA LANES, Shall We Scrap Our Merchant Marine?
$10.00 AUD
National Travel Club. New York. 1945. 1st Ed. 397 PP. Hard cover, gilt-decorated front, dj. Small stamp on FFEP, o/wise very good. 21 x 14.5.
Brief history of world shipping with a panorama of the U.S.A. industry & following its achievements in WWII: What future for Post-War development? Admiral Alfred T. Mahan: Sea power equals naval vessels plus bases plus merchant vessels.
77003 REID, Dr. Richard KOKODA 1942
$20.00 AUD
Department of Veterans' Affairs. Canberra. 2014. Revised edition of the January 2007 printing. Australians in the Pacific War series. (2), 53 PP with 1 map and over 37 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 21. 9781920720049
77004 REID, Dr. Richard EL ALAMEIN - Egypt October-November 1942
$20.00 AUD
Department of Veterans' Affairs. Canberra. 2006. 2nd edition of the April 2006. Australians in the Pacific War series. (2), 58 PP with 1 map and 51 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 21. 9781920720081
Koehlers Verlagsgesellschaft. Hamburg. 1989. 1st Ed. 156 PP with b/w and colour photos throughout. FEP: Ölauffangschiff Marcus plan. REP: Eisbrecher No.1. Hard covers, dust jacket with small repaired closed tear. A near fine copy. German text. Oblong: 21.5 x 20.5. 3782204646
75936 RICE, Larry CANOE COUNTRY REFLECTIONS
$20.00 AUD
ICS Books, Inc. Merrillville, Indiana. 1993. 1st Ed., in the "Reflections of the Wilderness" series. VI, 58 PP with 6 sketch maps and 64 colour photos. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 22.8 x 15.2. 0934802858
Mainland USA and Canada.
76645 RICHARDS, Mike NORTH COAST RUN, Men & Ships of the N.S.W. North Coast
$30.00 AUD
Turton & Armstrong. Sydney. 1980. 2nd edition of the 1977 original. 174 PP with 56 b/w illust. in text. Eps: General arrangement T.S.S. Poonbar. Pictorial soft cover. A fine copy. Oblong: 14.5 x 23.4. 090803106
An account of the coastal shipping between Sydney and Point Danger with list of vessels.
51742 RICHARDS, Rhys, & ROGA, Kenneth NOT QUITE EXTINCT. Melanesian barkcloth ('tapa') from western Solomon Islands
$40.00 AUD
The Paremata Press. Paremata, NZ. 2005. Revised 1st edition limited to 500 copies. 100 PP with 2 maps, over 50 b/w or colour illustrations of tapa motifs, 14 b/w and 19 colour photos. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine (as new condition). 26 x 20. 0958201323
40285 RINMAN, Thorsten & BRODEFORS, Rigmor THE COMMERCIAL HISTORY OF SHIPPING
$35.00 AUD
Rinman & Lindén AB. Gothenburg, Sweden. 1983. 1st English edition translated by Peter Hogg. 191 PP with 3 tables, 9 graphs, and 16 b/w illustrations (1 painting and 15 photos). Laminated boards, pictorial front is a little sunned at top, o/wise a fine copy. 21.5 x 15.3. 9197048402
Historical survey, qualified appraisals and analyses.
77301 ROBINSON, Allan IN AUSTRALIA TREASURE IS NOT FOR THE FINDER
$130.00 AUD
Allan Robinson / Vanguard Service Print. Perth. 1980. 1st Ed. (10), 141 PP with 4 maps & plans, 7 facsimiles of newspaper clippings, 6 colour photos, and 14 b/w & 4 colour illustrations by Frank Pash. Illustrated boards. Minimal shelf wear/rubs on corners, otherwise a fine copy of a scarce item. Oblong: 22 x 28.2. 0959495703
Diving on shipwrecks in Western Australia, brush with the "law", and consequences. Unusual story.
59787 ROBINSON, Denis (Compiler) A SUMMARY OF SHIPWRECKS IN AND AROUND PORT OF FREMANTLE, Western Australia (in Port of Fremantle Quarterly - Volume 5, No.1)
$20.00 AUD
Fremantle Port Authority. Fremantle. 1974. Spring - October 1974. 36 PP. Article by from P.13 to 24 with 1 location map and 5 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 24.5 x 19.2.
Contains also: the Port of Melbourne (Seaports - Vital link in world trade - No. 4).
60202 RONDA, James P. REVEALING AMERICA: Image and Imagination in the Exploration of North America
$15.00 AUD
D. C. Heath and Company. Lexington, Mass., USA. 1996. 1st Ed., in "Sources in Modern History" series. XXX, 278 PP with b/w illustrations (maps, paintings, photos ...). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 23.3 x 16.3. 066935175X
Chronology pages XVII-XX.
72810 ROSKILL, Captain S. W. THE WAR AT SEA 1939-1945 (set of 3 Volumes in 4)
$300.00 AUD
H.M.S.O. London. 1957, 1956, 1960 & 1961. Edited by J. R. M. Butler (then Sir James Butler), in the History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Military series. Volume I: 4th impression of the 1954 original. XXII, (2), 664 PP with 8 maps and 26 tables, plus 37 folded maps and 44 pages with 56 b/w photos. Fp: Admiral of the Fleet Sir A. Dudley P.R. Pound. Volume II: 1st Ed. XVI, (2), 523 PP with 7 maps and 38 tables, plus 35 folded maps and 36 pages with 64 b/w photos. Fp: The Tilting of the Balance. Volume III, Part I: 1st Ed. XVI, 413 PP with 1 map and 20 tables, plus 20 maps (9 of them folded) and 32 pages with 72 b/w photos. Fp: The submission of the Italian Navy, 10th September 1943. 1 errata slip tipped in on title page. Volume III, Part II: 1st Ed. XVI, (2), 502 PP with 4 maps and 20 tables, plus 21 maps (8 of them folded) and 38 pages with 80 b/w photos. Fp: The defeat of the German Navy 1945. Errata slip tipped on title page. All volumes with dark green cloth covers, gilt title on black label on spines and dust jackets. Lower corner of front cover of volume one a little bumped. All dust jackets are in a near fine condition and in protective sleeves. Minimal light foxing. A very nice set. This is a heavy item and postage will be higher than usual. Please ask for a quote. 25 x 17.
Volume I: The Defensive, from the start of WWII to December 1941 and the fall of Hong Kong. Volume II: The Period of Balance, January 1942 to May 1943. Volume III: The offensive, Part I: 1st June 1943-31st May 1944. Part II: 1st June 1944 -14th August 1945.
77307 ROYAL NAVY NAVAL RATINGS HANDBOOK B.R. 1938
$30.00 AUD
Naval Training Department, Admiralty. London. 1954. 1st Ed. VIII, 205 PP with 74 figures, plus 20 pages with 16 colour plates (ranks, distinguishing badges, decorations and medals). Cloth covers with light speckling, gilt title on front board and a rubbed spine. Stamp of previous owner on endpapers. Internally very good. 18.6 x 12.5.
Administration of the Royal Navy - Officers & marks of rank - Ratings & distinguishing badges ... Chapter 5: General Sea Terms. Chapter 6: Types of ship. Chapter 7: Elementary seamanship.
49428 RUHEN, Olaf OPENING THE OCEANS
$10.00 AUD
Nautical Press. Sydney. 1987? 1st Ed. 189 PP, plus 31 pages of prints and 1 folded chart of the voyages of Captain Cook in pocket at rear of book. Hard cover. Dust jacket tipped in on endpapers. Ingleton bookplate on front endpaper. Near fine. 26.8 x 19.5. 0949756067
Study of exploration of the Pacific: Anson, Wallis & Carteret, Cook, followed by the French, Spanish, Russians, Americans...
76851 SAINSBURY, John C. COMMERCIAL FISHING METHODS: An introduction to vessels and gears
$50.00 AUD
Fishing News (Books) Ltd. London. 1986. Second edition of the 1971 original. 207 PP with 138 figures (drawings and b/w photos). Pictorial stiff covers. Near fine. 21 x 14.8. 0852381425
76627 SALTER, David RAGAMUFFIN MAN: The World of Syd Fischer
$15.00 AUD
Nero / Schwartz Publishing. Melbourne. 2016. 1st Ed. Foreword by Sir James Hardy. (8), 344 PP, plus 16 pages with 22 b/w and 21 colour photos. Illustrated endpapers. Hard covers, dj. Fine. 23.5 x 16. 9781863958882
46160 SANDERS, R. E. THE PRACTICE OF OCEAN RESCUE
$35.00 AUD
Brown, Son & Ferguson. Glasgow. 1977. Revised edition of the 1968 original. XI, 260 PP with 8 tables and 68 figures (sketches and photographs). Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Near fine. 21.2 x 17. 0851742947
67197 SARGENT, John R. 'A HEAD OF STEAM' - Hobart Town to Kangaroo Point Ferry Service
$20.00 AUD
John R. Sargent. Bellerive. Tas. 1999. 1st Ed. (2), 18 PP with 2 b/w illustrations (sketch of Kangaroo Bay by Emily Bowring at centre fold, and cut-away of a Paddle Steamer). Soft cover, illustrated front. Dedicatory note on title page, signed by the author. Fine. 21 x 14.7. 0958528411
The arrival of the first steamships in Australian service and their impact on the Trans-Derwent service.
76906 SCAMBLER & BURGESS, Julian AUSTRALIAN THREE PEAKS RACE- The First Twenty Years
$35.00 AUD
Gus Green Pty Ltd. Launceston. 2008 1st Ed. Foreword by Martin Pryor. (2), 100 PP with sketch map of the "Three Peaks Race Course" inside front cover, 20 "results" tables, b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial stiff covers. Plus: Official programme & Race Team, for Race of 2002 and 2 Race summary supplements by Holly Ranson, for 2008 and 2009 . Fine. 29.7 x 21. 9780958517430
Celebrating 20 Years (1989 - 2008) of the Ultimate Endurance Challenge: Coastal Sailing (335 Nautical Miles) and Mountain Running (133 Kilometres) in Tasmania.. Race starting on Good Friday, from Beauty Point, Tamar River to Flinders Island & Mount Strzelecki / Coles Bay / Mount Freycinet / Finishing at Hobart / Mount Wellington.
43968 SCHAAP, Dick & SCHAAP, Dick A BRIDGE TO THE SEVEN SEAS - Holland America Line Centennial
$25.00 AUD
Meijer Pers bv. Amsterdam. 1973. 1st Ed. 120 PP with b/w & colour illust. (photos, posters, postcards,..). Eps: Dutch & US flags. Hard cover, title in blind on front board and gilt on spine, dj. Near fine. 27 x 26.6.
Pictorial history of a century of ocean travel aboard the ships of the Holland America Line. Migrants from Europe to Ellis Island (N.Y.). Luxury passengers between the two continents.
77291 SCHILDER, Gunter AUSTRALIA UNVEILED - The share of the Dutch navigators in the discovery of Australia
$150.00 AUD
Theatrum Orbis Terrarum Ltd. Amsterdam. 1976. 1st English edition, translated from the German original by Olaf Richter. XII, 419, (5 index) PP with 61 figures, XLIV plates, and 88 maps. Fp: A gore from a terrestrial globe by Vincenzo Coronelli. In "Libro dei Globi", Venice 1699. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj. Dust jacket has some chips and is in a protective sleeve. Some light remnants of marginal pencil notes, light offsetting of endpapers, otherwise a very good copy of a scarce title. 25.5 x 17.8. 9022199975
Dutch discoveries of the Northern, Western and Southern coasts of Australia.
32979 SCULL, Theodore W. OCEAN LINER ODYSSEY 1958-1969
$30.00 AUD
Carmania Press. London. 1998. 1st Ed. 88 PP with 1 plan and 130 b/w illust. (ship's memorabilia and photos). Inside front cover: The Flandre, with her great flared bow at Le Havre. Pictorial card cover. Fine. 27.3 x 21.5. 0951865692
Going in style: the French Line's Liberté & Flandre. The other French line: Navigation Mixte and French Line between Marseille and North Africa... Up the British Columbia Coast: Northland Navigation's M/V Northland Prince...
77188 SEACRAFT POWER & SAIL SEACRAFT - Aquatic Magazine Covering the Australasian Waterfront. Vol. 12, No.3 (January 1953)
$30.00 AUD
Hudson Publications. Sydney. 1953. Edited by Norman O. HUDSON & Jules FELDMAN. P.131 to 186 with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft covers (Spray flies as A.C. Finlay's crack harbor racer "Panamuna" slices through Port Phillip's choppy seas). Very good. 27 x 21.5.
Articles include: Frisco-Auckland in "Springbok"; Avenger III by Peter Cole; The Gwen Twelve by G. Stewart, ...
77189 SEACRAFT POWER & SAIL SEACRAFT - Aquatic Magazine Covering the Australasian Waterfront. Vol. 12, No.4 (February 1953)
$30.00 AUD
Hudson Publications. Sydney. 1953. Edited by Norman O. HUDSON & Jules FELDMAN. P.191 to 246 with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft covers (South Australian ketch "Ingrid" leaves Sydney Heads at start of the 1952-53 race). Very good. 27 x 21.5.
Articles include: Slow Hobart Race to "Ingrid": Contestants' track charts, Crew Lists, Official Results; English Dinghies by Jim Annand; Yachting World Hornet Class, ...
77190 SEACRAFT POWER & SAIL SEACRAFT - Aquatic Magazine Covering the Australasian Waterfront. Vol. 12, No.5 (March 1953)
$30.00 AUD
Hudson Publications. Sydney. 1953. Edited by Norman O. HUDSON & Jules FELDMAN. P.251 to 306 with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft covers (Veteran 16-Footer skipper Billo Hayward in "Billo" leads a pair of rivals in a State selection heat on Sydney Harbour). Very good. 27 x 21.5.
Articles include: "Falcon III" still champ, Tasker Takes All Trophies; What Happend to Leon Kelaher; Stonehaven Cup Went West (J. Harrington); Tomlinson regains title; "Nereus", One-Design Ocean Racer, ....
77191 SEACRAFT POWER & SAIL SEACRAFT - Aquatic Magazine Covering the Australasian Waterfront. Vol. 13, No.2 (June 1953)
$30.00 AUD
Hudson Publications. Sydney. 1953. Edited by Norman O. HUDSON & Jules FELDMAN. P. 63 to 118 with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft covers (Sydney woman driver Grace Walker warms up her "Diane II" for a time trial run). Very good. 27 x 21.5.
Articles include: Home Boat wins Fifth Gladstone Race; 10,000 Miles to Boston by N. Arrow; Queens's Birthday Cup to "Kurura"; Top N.Z. Skipper: Peter Mander; Family Life on Board by John Nestle, ...
77192 SEACRAFT POWER & SAIL SEACRAFT - Aquatic Magazine Covering the Australasian Waterfront. Vol. 13, No.6 (October 1953)
$30.00 AUD
Hudson Publications. Sydney. 1953. Edited by Norman O. HUDSON & Jules FELDMAN. P.309 to 368 with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft covers (Scandal VI rigging for Middle Harbour Championship at Balmoral). Very good. 27 x 21.5.
Articles include: Irene Wins First Noumea Race, Official Results and Crew Lists; Montague Island Race to "Kurura"; The 'Cutty Sark' fights for her livelihood - Part Three of Alan Villiers' latest book - in serial form); How we built 'Pegasus", Fourth article by R.N. Anderson; "Ingrid", Last Hobart Race Winner by William Atkin, ...
Hudson Publications. Sydney. 1953. Edited by Norman O. HUDSON & Jules FELDMAN. P.369 to 420 with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft covers (A Coastal Canoe from d'Entrecasteaux Island off New Guinea). Very good. 27 x 21.5.
Articles include: How we Built "Pegasus", Fifth article by R.N. Andeerson; The "Cutty Sark", Part Four of alan Villiers' latest book - in serial form; How to make Water Skis; "Van Dieman", Roomy, comfortable and fast, this Hobart built 50 footer is a cruising man's dream, ...
55692 SHARMA, Dr Kamlesh INDIGENOUS GOVERNANCE
$25.00 AUD
KP's Publications. Canberra. 2005. 1st Ed. 75, (5) PP with 1 portrait and 5 headpieces. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 24.2 x 17.6. 0975802801
75236 SHARP, Andrew ANCIENT VOYAGERS IN POLYNESIA
$30.00 AUD
Longman Paul Ltd. Auckland. 1969. Reprint of the 1963 original. 159 PP with 1 map on double page and 5 figures, plus 8 b/w plates. Eps: Map of the Pacific Area. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket has a few small chips and is in a protective sleeve. Label "Auckland University Press / Oxford University Press" at lower part of title page. Stamp of previous owner at top of title page, o/wise near fine. 22.4 x 14.4.
Settlement of the islands by the Polynesians: achieved by one-way voyagers, blown off course.
70826 SHEPPARD, Trish AUSTRALIAN ADVENTURERS
$20.00 AUD
Angus & Robertson Publishers. Sydney. 1984. 1st Ed. (6), 225 PP with b/w illustrations (maps, head pieces of chapters) by Iain Finlay, b/w and colour photos. Title page: "Ice Bird" sailing in Antarctic waters. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 29.4 x 22. 0207149518
20 of these adventurers: Ann Gash: A grand mother sailing solo around the world. Dick Smith: flying a helicopter around the world. Paul Caffyn: canoeist around Australia. ... Ron and Valerie Taylor: Underwater photographers. Nancy Wake: Resistance fighter in occupied France, known as the White Mouse to the Allied forces and the Germans. ... David Lewis: Antarctic Sailor.
76881 SHIPPING ASIA PACIFIC SHIPPING DIRECTORY - 2002
$15.00 AUD
Baird Publications Pty. Ltd. Melbourne. Annual edition. Preface by William O'Neil, IMO. Foreword by Hon. Peter Morris. Edited by Neil BAIRD. 216 PP with tables, b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.5 x 21.
Hong Kong, world 's leading Container Port. Port statistics. Vessels on order in Asia and the Pacific. Asia Pacific Shipping Directory (pages 71 to 215).
71580 SILBERBERG, Bob PORT DALRYMPLE SHIPPING From 1963 to 1972, Volume 1
$50.00 AUD
Bob Silberberg. Beauty Point, Tasmania. 2010. 1st Ed. (4), 96 PP with colour illustrations: 3 maps and 95 photos; Pictorial soft covers. Fine. Oblong : 24 x 20. 9780980615777
15944 SINCLAIR, Robert C. ACROSS THE IRISH SEA: Belfast-Liverpool Shipping Since 1819
$10.00 AUD
Conway. London. 1990. 1st Ed. 192 PP with b/w illust. Fp: Promenade deck of Ulster Monarch. Hard cover, dj. Occasional light foxing, o/wise fine. 27 x 20.2. 0851775241
The development of the Belfast Steamship Company between Liverpool and Belfast.
15169 SJOVOLD, Thorleif THE VIKING SHIPS IN OSLO
$20.00 AUD
Universitetets Oldsaksamling. Oslo. 1985. 1st Ed. 80 PP with b/w illustrations (1 map, 3 sets of line drawings, 2 plans and 22 photos) & 6 colour photos. Inside front cover: Plan of the Viking Ship Hall. Inside back cover: Plan of the Oseberg Collections. Stiff covers, pictorial front. Near fine. 24 x 17.
The Oseberg Find, the Gokstad Find, the Borre Find, ..
75532 SLEIGHTHOLME, Des THE ESSENCE OF CRUISING
$15.00 AUD
Fernhurst Books. Arundel, UK. 2001. 1st Ed. No pagination, 158 PP with b/w illustrations (1 endpiece, 8 headpieces and 35 sketches) by the author. Laminated pictorial boards. Fine. Oblong: 12 x 15.5. 1898660840
77304 SLEIGHTHOLME, J. D. FITTING OUT - Maintenance and Repair of Small Craft
$25.00 AUD
Adlard Coles Nautical. London. 1972. 2nd Ed. (5), 130 PP with b/w illustrations. Hard cover, dust jacket. Near fine. 20.2 x 13.5. 02298651X
76986 SMITH, Peter C. HOLD THE NARROW SEA - Naval Warfare in the English Channel 1939-1945
$40.00 AUD
Naval Institute Press. Annapolis. 1984. 1st US Ed. 256 PP with 8 maps & diagrams, 14 tables & 53 b/w illustrations (3 paintings and 50 photos). Fp: Map of the English Channel. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Spine of dust jacket is a little sunned, foxing spots on outside edges. Light offsetting of endpapers. Near fine. 24 x 16.5. 0861900790 / 0870219383
Not only the battle of motor torpedo boats against E-boats, but coastal raiding & mining parties, culminating in the Normandy landing.
62539 SMYTHE, Mrs S. M. TEN MONTHS IN THE FIJI ISLANDS
$200.00 AUD
John Henry and James Parker. Oxford & London. 1864. 1st Ed, with a Preface, an Introduction and Appendix by Colonel W. J. Smythe. X, XVIII, (II), 282 PP with 4 engraved maps (2 folding) by Arrowsmith, 4 chromolithographs, 6 tinted wood-engraved plates, & 3 wood-engraved text illustrations. Fp (in colour): Levuka on the island of Ovalau. Green cloth covers, gilt title on spine. Light shelf wear of covers with a few small rubs. Front endpaper split at gutter. Occasional foxing, o/wise contents clean and a near fine copy. Scarce. 23 x 15.
An important account in the form of 20 letters covering the voyages, islands, people ... Coaling Station on Rapa Iti (Oparo). Mrs. Smythe accompanied her husband, Colonel Smythe who was sent to Fiji to study the area and report to the British Government on the suitability of establishing a protectorate there.
77396 SMYTHE, Suzanne WHALES, MAIDENS AND GOLD - Henry Williams of Hobart Town
$35.00 AUD
Austin Macauley Publishers. London. 2019. 1st Ed. 161 PP with over 85 b/w illustrations (maps, newspaper clippings, paintings, plans, portraits, photos). Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 20.5 x 12.8. 9781528931236
65470 SOBEL, Dava & ANDREWES, William J. H. The Illustrated LONGITUDE
$30.00 AUD
Fourth Estate. London. 1998. 1st paperback edition. (VIII), 216 PP with 178 b/w and colour illustrations. Fp: John Harrison, portrait by Thomas King. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 25.4 x 22.8. 1857027140
The "Illustrated" true story of a lone genius who solved the greatest scientific problem of his time.
67426 SOCIETY FOR NAUTICAL RESEARCH MARINER'S MIRROR [THE]. The Journal of the Society for Nautical Research - Volume 52, No. 2, May 1966
$15.00 AUD
Society for Nautical Research. Greenwich. 1966. Editor: Captain T. D. Manning. VI, 113 - 208 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings... photos), plus 6 b/w plates. Soft covers with light wear. Very good. 24 x 17.2.
The Royal Naval Colleges at Portsmouth and Greenwich, by Christopher LLoyd. A Model of an Ancient Warship in the Louvre, by Lucien Basch. Elizabethan Ships pictured on Smerwick Map, 1580 (pages 157 to 165, plus 2 plates with 3 b/w illustrations), by Tom Glasgow, Jr.
76590 SOCIETY FOR NAUTICAL RESEARCH MARINER'S MIRROR [THE]. The Journal of the Society for Nautical Research - Volume 52, No. 3, August 1966
$15.00 AUD
Society for Nautical Research. Greenwich. 1966. Editor: Captain T. D. Manning. IV, 209 - 304;PP with b/w illustrations (drawings... photos), plus 5 b/w plates. Soft cover. Occasional foxing. Near fine. 24 x 17.2.
The Craft in use at the Rivergate of the Dunajec, a tributary of the Vistula, Poland (pages 211 to 222 with 2 diagrams, plus 4 b/w plates), by M.L. Boczar. The Evolution of Studdingsails, by D. L. Dennis. 19th - Century Dock Labour in the Port of London, by George Pattison, Hydrography: A Note on Eightreenth-Century Methods, by G.N.D. Evans..
75937 SPECTRE, Peter H. DIFFERENT WATERFRONTS - A Wooden Boat Reader
$20.00 AUD
Tilbury House, Publishers. Gardiner, Maine. 1989. Ast papereback edition. XIV, 242 PP with 20 b/w illustrations by William Gilkerson. Pictorial soft covers with light soiling.. Faint foxing on outside edges. Contents near fine. 22.5 x 14.5. 9780884480792
77066 SPEISER, Felix ETHNOLOGY OF VANUATU: An Early Twentieth Century Study
$200.00 AUD
Crawford House. Bathurst. 1991. First edition, translated by D.Q. Stephenson from the 1923 German original. VII, 644 PP with 109 b/w plates containing over 1000 illustrations, plus 32 pages with 56 colour plates. Hard cover, gilt-engraved spine, dj. Dust jacket has a few small repaired nicks or closed tears and is in a protective sleeve. A near fine copy. Scarce. 29.3 x 21.5. 1863330216
A most comprehensive study made between 1910 & 1912 in the former New Hebrides Archipelago. This is a heavy item and postage may be higher than usual. Please ask for a quote.
76643 STANLEY, Kathleen M. GUIDING LIGHTS - Tasmania's Lighthouses and Lighthousemen
$100.00 AUD
St. David's Park. Hobart. 1991. 1st Ed. IX, 181 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial card covers. A fine copy. Scarce. 24.8 x 17.6. 0724625607
A vital record of the lives of the personnel keeping the lights shining and of the lighthouses they manned.
77306 STEGHERR, Fritz DEAR MAMA - The Diary of a German P.O.W. in Tasmania 1914-1915
$90.00 AUD
Wildcare Inc. "Friends of the Bruny Island Quarantine Station" / Franklin Direct. Hobart. 2021. 1st Ed. Translated from the German original by Doro Forck & Paul Thost. XII, 175 PP with 4 colour illustrations and over 140 b/w illustrations (drawings, sketches, plans, photos and portraits). Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 29.7 x 21. 9780646842660
Diary of the 4th Officer of the S.S. OBERRHAUSEN. Vessel seized in Port Huon, at the start of World War I. Crew arrested and interned in Hobart and Bruny Island, Tasmania until 4th September 1915 . Moved to POW camps in New South Wales, at Holsworthy, Berrima and Trial Bay.
30101 STENMARK, Marea SIR DAVID MARTIN, A Man of Courage and Dedication
$15.00 AUD
Simon & Schuster. Sydney. 1996. 1st Ed., foreword by Sir Ninian Stephen. XIV, 178 PP with headpieces (Coat of Arms: Sans Tache) and 6 bw illust, plus 16 pages with 31 bw photos. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 24 x 16. 0731805607
Joined the Royal Australian Navy in 1947, Admiral, then Governor of New South Wales.
57703 STEWART, I. G. THE SHIPS THAT SERVE NEW ZEALAND, Volume 1: British and European Line
$20.00 AUD
A.H. & A.W. Reed. Wellington. 1964. 1st Ed. 255 PP with 156 b/w illustrations, plus 12 pages with 17 colour illust. FEP: Routes of vessels engaged in NZ, UK, Europe trade. REP: Mediterranean, North Sea & the Channel. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket is worn and rubbed around edges, o/wise a very good clean copy. 24.7 x 19.3.
77284 STOTT, Rebecca DARWIN AND THE BARNACLE
$10.00 AUD
Faber and Faber. London. 2004. 1st Paperback edition. xxv, 309 PP with 32 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft covers with light wear. Birthday inscription on preliminary page. Paper ageing, otherwise a very good copy. 19.5 x 12.5. 9780571216093
The story of one tiny creature and history's most spectacular scientific breakthrough.
77277 SUAREZ, Thomas SHEDDING THE VEIL, Mapping the European Discovery of America and the World
$75.00 AUD
World Scientific Publishing. Singapore. 1992. 1st Ed. A Collector's Comment, by Sidney R. Knafel. XIII, 203 PP with 41 b/w plates and XXV colour plates. Hard covers, simile leather, gilt title on front cover and spine. Faint foxing spots on outside edges, first and last pages and inside dust jacket. Near fine. 29.7 x 22. 9810208693
Based in selected works from The Sidney R. Knafel Collection of Early, Maps, Atlases and Globes: 1434 - 1865.
Sea Lines / GFRQ Cheam, Surrey / Launceston, Cornwall. 1990. Sea Lines issue No. 11 / GFRQ issue No. 16. 36 PP with b/w illustrations (cartoon and 14 photos). Pictorial soft cover (SS Uganda homeward bound up the English Channel). Fine. 21 x 15.
59421 SYDNEY HARBOUR TRUST THE SYDNEY HARBOUR TRUST OFFICERS' JOURNAL - Volume II
$50.00 AUD
Sydney Harbour Trust. Sydney. 1926 / 1927. Volume II, No. 1 (June 1926) to No. 12 (May 1927). Edited by H.L. GILMOUR & H.H. EDWARDS. A total of 433 PP (on glossy paper) with b/w illustrations (drawings, engravings, photos) and c. 100 pages of period advertisements. Bound copies. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine. Ingleton bookplate on front endpaper. Covers a little worn with light foxing on outside page edges. Internally near fine. 18.3 x 13.
59423 SYDNEY HARBOUR TRUST THE SYDNEY HARBOUR TRUST OFFICERS' JOURNAL - Volume IV
$50.00 AUD
Sydney. 1928 / 1929. Sydney Harbour Trust. Volume IV, No. 1 (June 1928) to No. 12 (May 1929). Edited by H.L. GILMOUR & H.H. EDWARDS. A total of 422 PP (on glossy paper) with b/w illustrations (drawings, engravings, photos) and c. 50 pages of period advertisements. Bound copies. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine. Gilt lettering on spine, faded. Ingleton bookplate on front endpaper. Contents are near fine. 18.3 x 13.
The Wharfage System of Port Jackson, by F. Matthews, in issues 5 to 12 with a total of 64 pages with around 30 b/w illustrations.
15864 SYSE, J. P., HOWELLS, Astri & CROWDY, Michael WILH. WILHELMSEN 1861-1977 - A Brief History and a Fleet List
$10.00 AUD
World Ship Society. Kendal, UK. 1978. 1st Ed. 144 PP with b/w photos throughout. FEP: Wilh. Wilhelmsen Head Office (in colour). REP: Oil drilling rig Treasure Seeker (in colour). Pictorial card cover. Faint foxing. Near fine. 21.5 x 14. 0905617053
Sampson Low, Marston & Co. London. 1942. 1942 edition. 44 PP (adverts) followed by 744 PP with b/w illust. throughout. Original navy blue cloth cover, title in blind on front board and gilt on spine. Clear plastic protection pasted down on outside covers and their inside. Signatures of previous owners on title page, and their stamp on title page and endpapers. Oblong: 22.8 x 32.
Contains over 900 half-tone illustrations and 2400 line drawings of ships and 700 line drawings of house flags and 1500 line drawings of funnels for recognition.
77100 TAYLOR, James MARINE PAINTING, Images of Sail, Sea and Shore
$45.00 AUD
Studio Editions & National Maritime Museum. London. 1995. 1st Ed. Foreword by E.H.H. Archibald. 160 PP with 41 b/w and 198 colour illustrations. Fp: Catching a mermaid, by James Clarke Hook. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Dust jacket is slightly faded near top left corner, otherwise a near fine copy. Large format: 30.7 x 28.5. 1858912407
From the first marine painters, the Dutch and Flemish masters to the twentieth-century war artists.
71781 THOMAS, Lowell RAIDERS OF THE DEEP
$40.00 AUD
William Heinemann. London. 1937. May 1933 reprint of the 1929 original. X, (2), 363 PP with 3 text illustrations(newspaper clipping, letter & dioagram of a U-Boat), plus 16 pages with 31 b/w photos. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, colourful dust jacket with a few small pieces missing, now in a protective sleeve. Signature of previous owner on FFEP, o/wise a very nice clean copy. 22.4 x 14.5.
German U-Boats during WWI.
15982 THOMAS, Mifflin SCHOONER FROM WINDWARD - Two Centuries of Hawaiian Inter-island Shipping
$15.00 AUD
University of Hawaii Press. Honolulu. 1983. 1st Ed. (8), 239 PP with 7 maps & 66 b/w illust. Hard cover, dj. Neat name of previous owner at top of FFEP, o/wise a fine copy. 24.2 x 21.5. 0824807995
The transition from canoe to sailing ship, to the steam ship followed by the tug & barge combination, intermingled with the history of the archipelago.
22683 TOGHILL, Jeff CIRCUMNAVIGATING AUSTRALIA'S COASTLINE - A Yachtman's Manual
$30.00 AUD
Reed Books. Sydney. 1988. 1st Ed. 256 PP with b/w illustrations & coloured charts extracts. Pictorial card covers, dj. Dedicatory note on front endpaper, o/wise near fine. 26 x 16. 073010186X
Navigation guide around the 40,000 km. coastline of Australia.
33753 TOGHILL, Jeff THE JAMES CRAIG - Her history, recovery and restoration
$10.00 AUD
Reed. Sydney. 1978. 1st Ed. 32 PP with 1 ship profile, 1 map, 9 b/w and 48 colour photos. Inside back cover: 2 b/w photos of the James Craig: under full canvas, and in her port of registry. Pictorial soft cover (painting of James Craig by Oswald Brett). Covers with light wear, o/wise very good. 24 x 18.5. 0589500597
Launched 18 February 1874 as Clan Macleod from the Sunderland shipyard. Sold to J.J. Craig shipowner of Auckland New Zealand 15 August 1899 and renamed James Craig on 14 December 1905...
42430 TOGHILL, Jeff SYDNEY HARBOUR OF YESTERYEAR - The Glass Plate Photography of William James Hall
$15.00 AUD
Reed / Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron. Sydney. 1982. 1st Ed. 127 PP with 123 b/w photos. Fp: Arrival of the British Fleet in Sydney Harbour in 1897. Eps: Montage of numerous photographs of 12 footers. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. Oblong: 21 x 29. 0589503332
Collection of photos revealing the whole spectrum of boating life, the people and their recreational activities.
71577 TUCKER, Jon SNOW PETREL
$50.00 AUD
40 Degrees South Publishing, Hobart. 2011. 1st Ed. iv, 167 PP with maps and colour photos throughout. Pictorial boards. A fine (as new) copy. 23.5 x 16. 9780980533262
The Roaring Forties, the Furious Fifties and Screaming Sixties, the Pack Ice, Cape Denison at Last, ... To the Pole, and Home.
58529 TURNER, Turner & SOLNESS, Peter PARAGUAYAN AUSSIES (in Geo Australasia Volume 9, No.1, March-May 1987)
$10.00 AUD
Australasia's Geographical Magazine. Sydney. 1987. 122 PP. Includes article P. 24 to 37 with 1 location map, 8 b/w and 13 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 27.5 x 20.2.
Australians of the 1890s, in search of Utopia.
77149 Van Der KROGT, Peter THE GLOBES OF HONDIUS - A most important pair of Globes showing the results of the earliest Dutch exploration voyages to the East Indies
$30.00 AUD
Antiquariaat Forum / Sebastiaan S. Hesselink. Utrecht, NL. 1991. 1st Ed. 32 PP with 1 vignette "Woodcut printer's mark of J. Hondius" on title page and 16 colour photos. Pictorial stff covers. Fine. 21 x 14.8.
Terrestial Globe & Celestial Globe.
76974 Van Dert KROGT, Peter, HAMELEERS, Mare & Van Den BRINK, Paul BIBLIOGRAFIE VAN DE GESCHIEDENIS VAN DER KARTOGRAPHIE VAN DER NEDERLANDEN / Bibliography of the History of Cartography of the Netherlands
$75.00 AUD
HES Publishers. Utrecht, NL. 1993. 1st bilingual edition. 418 PP. Stiff covers. Dutch & English text. Foxing spots on top outside edges. Near fine. 24 x 16. 906194158X
4564 entries. Index of authors: pages 323 to 300. Index of personal names: pages 401 to 418.
71749 VEITCH, Michael SOUTHERN SURVEYOR: Stories from onboard Australia's Ocean Research Vessel
$40.00 AUD
CSIRO Publishing. Clayton South, Victoria. 2015. Original print edition. Foreword by Craig Johnson. XXIII, 242 PP with colour illustrations. Pictorial stiff covers with light wear Top corner of half title page clipped, otherwise near fine. 23.4 x 15.2. 9781486302642
54708 VESILIND, Priit J. & KLESIUS, Michael IN SEARCH OF VIKING / MYSTERY SHIP FROM A DANISH BOG (in National Geographic Magazine - Volume 197, No.5)
$15.00 AUD
National Geographic Society. Washington. 2000. May 2000. Contains 2 articles from P. 2 to 35 with 2 maps and 24 colour photos by Sisse Brimberg. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 25.5 x 17.4.
Viking seafarers: from the Gulf of St Lawrence to the Aral Sea / Oar powered vessel of the Scandinavian raiders.
30925 VILLIERS, Alan HOW WE SAILED THE NEW MAYFLOWER TO AMERICA [in National Geographic Magazine]
$20.00 AUD
National Geographic Society. Washington. 1957. Volume CXII, No. 5, Nov. 1957. Includes article from P. 627-674 with 35 illustrations (25 in colour), plus the Special Supplement Painting of Mayflower II, by Hervey Garrett Smith. Soft cover, spine lightly rubbed. Scarce copy with the Supplement. Very good. 25.4 x 17.4.
Why did Mayflower II take the long Southern route? What were the risks she ran? Her skipper reveals the answers.
51075 VILLIERS, Alan THE PARIS BOAT SHOW (in Ships and Ship Models, Volume IX, No. 96, January 1956)
$10.00 AUD
Percival Marshall. London. 1956. 36 PP. Contains article between P. 2 and 5 with 5 b/w photos. Illustrated wrappers, reinforced at spine, o/wise near fine. 24.6 x 18.3.
Alan Villiers writing about the most unusual nautical exhibition he has visited, says ... trust the French to be daringly different!
51083 VILLIERS, Alan WHERE SAIL SURVIVES (in Ships and Ship Models, Volume IX, No. 100, May 1956)
$10.00 AUD
Percival Marshall. London. 1956. 32, IV, PP (137-166). Contains article between P.138 and 140 with 4 b/w photos. Illustrated wrappers. Near fine. 24.6 x 18.3.
Impressions of the sailing fleets of the East: Ceylon.
46973 Von LANGSDORFF, Georges H. VOYAGES AND TRAVELS IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THE WORLD DURING THE YEARS 1803, 1804, 1805, 1806 AND 1807 (In Two Volumes)
$125.00 AUD
N. Israel. Amsterdam. 1968. Facsimile reprint of 1813 original. Nos. 40 & 41 in the Bibliotheca Australiana series. Volume I: XXI, (3), 362, (6 Index) PP, plus 16 b/w plates (2 musical scores). Fp: Portrait of the author. Volume II: (8), 386, (6 Index) PP, plus 1 folded map & 5 b/w plates. Fp: View of Russian settlement at Oonalaska. Simile vellum with gilt title on blue vignette (front cover & spine). Bookplate on front endpaper. Foxing on top outside edge. Near fine. This is a heavy item and postage will be higher than usual. Please ask for a quote. 26 x 21.
75856 WALBRAN, Captain John T. BRITISH COLUMBIA COAST NAMES: Their Origin and History
$25.00 AUD
Douglas & McIntyre. Vancouver. 1977. 1st paperback edition of the 1971 reprint (1909 original). Preface by M. P. Jordan and introduction by G. P. V. Akrigg. XVI, (4), 546 PP, plus 21 b/w plates and 2 maps of the coast line of British Columbia on double page (Southern Coast Line & Northern Coast Line). Fp: Portrait of Captain Vancouver, RN. Stiff covers, pictorial front. Wrinkles on the clear plastic protection of front cover and spine, otherwise near fine. 21.5 x 14. 9780888941435
72807 WANE, Greg DEATH AT SEA - The Bass Strait ferry tragedy
$25.00 AUD
Gegory Wane. Camperdown, Vic. 2021. 1st Ed. No. 1 in the Mini-Book History series. VIII, 9-104 PP with b/w illustrations: 1 plan of Launceston, 3 newspaper advertisements and 30 photos. Pictorial stiff covers. Signed by the author on title page. New. 19 x 14.5. 978098066353
Collision in Bass Strait between the passenger ferry "Coogee" and the 2204-ton iron barque "Fortunato Figari", 25th December 1803.
35694 WARNER, Oliver GREAT SEA BATTLES
$10.00 AUD
Spring Books / Hamlyn. London. 1970. 2nd impression of the 1968 edition (1963 original). 304 PP with 48 colour and 398 bw illust. (maps, charts, paintings, photos ..). Fp: Paul Jones in the Bonhomme Richard engaged with Pearson in the Serapis at the Battle of Flamborough Head. Illustrated endpapers. Blue cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Few foxing spots on endpapers. Near fine. 32.2 x 24.8. 0600016501
From the Battle of Lepanto in 1571 to the Battle of Leyte Gulf in 1944.
52310 WATELET, Marcel (editor) GERARD MERCATOR COSMOGRAPHE, le temps et l'espace
$125.00 AUD
Fonds Mercator Paribas. Antwerp. 1994. 1st Ed. Foreword by Hugo Weckx, and preface by Maurice Wollecamp. 445, (3 colophon) PP with b/w and colour illustrations, including 4 folded plates. Fp: Portrait anonyme de Gérard Mercator. Eps: Canevas pour la construction d'un portulan. Cloth cover, gilt device (Brass Compass) on front cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Illustrated slip case (an astrolabe). French text. Fine. 33 x 25.3. 9061533147
76640 WATSON, Nigel THE BIBBY LINE 1807-1990 - A Story of Wars, Booms and Slumps
$25.00 AUD
James & James. London. 1990. 1st Ed. 74 PP with 18 colour & 44 b/w illust. Half-title page: The "Mary Bibby" in Liverpool in 1825. Fp: The "Lincolnshire" LPG carrier. Title-page and chapter head-pieces: House flag. Hard cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj. A fine copy. 25.6 x 21.8. 0907383123
72442 WATTON, Ross THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER VICTORIOUS
$120.00 AUD
Conway. London. 2004. Reprint of the 1991 1st Ed. in "The Anatomy of the Ship" series. 160 PP with 27 b/w photos, 6 tables & over 350 perspective and 3-view drawings. Fp: "Victorious" as she appeared in January 1965. Hard cover, dj (in a protective mylar sleeve). Names of previous owners at top of FFEP, o/wise a fine copy. Scarce. Oblong: 24.5 x 25.8. 0851775802
59125 WEBSTER SMITH, B. THE NAVAL WAR 1943-1945
$10.00 AUD
Blackie & Son. London. c.1946. 1st Ed. 207 PP with 1 diagram and 2 maps, plus 8 b/w plates. Fp: H.M.S. Magpie. Cloth cover, dj (worn and chipped). War economy paper (ageing), o/wise very good. 20 x 13.5.
Invasion of Italy. ... Battle of the Atlantic. The Navy in the Pacific. ...
76831 WHEATLEY, Keith National Maritime Museum Guide To MARITIME BRITAIN
$20.00 AUD
Webb & Bower. London. 1990. 1st Ed. Foreword by Prince Philip. 208 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Title spread: 4 stacker Mauretania, by Montague Dawson. FEP: Map of the North of the British Isles and Ulster. REP: Map of the South of the British Isles. Hard covers, dj. Spine of dust jacket is a little faded, name of previous owner on inside front cover, otherwise near fine. 25.3 x 19.7. 9780863502682
76284 WHITE, Colin (editor) THE ROYAL NAVY : In Peace and War
$15.00 AUD
Royal Naval Museum / Pitkin Pictorials. London. 1989. 1st Ed. in the "Pitkin Maritime History Guides" series. (2), 21 PP with 6 b/w and 40 colour illustrations including "HMS Victory arriving at St Helens, Isle of Wight, with Nelson Body" (at centrefold). Pictorial stff covers. 3 folds flyer loosely inserted. Fine. 24 x 17.2. 0853724660
72954 WHITE, Gary ISLANDS OF SOUTH-WEST TASMANIA
$15.00 AUD
Gary White. Sydney. 1980. March 1980 printing of the January 1980 original. Foreword by S. G. Lane. XII, 63 PP with 10 b/w photos. Stiff covers, pictorial front, staples. Covers slightly rubbed. Near fine. 22.2 x 15.7. 0959486607
70778 WHITE, Michael W. D. AUSTRALIAN SUBMARINES. A History
$60.00 AUD
AGPS. Canberra. 1992. 1st Ed. Foreword by Vice Admiral I. D. G. MacDougall. XIV, 284 PP with 94 figures (maps, sketches, photos), plus 1 folded plate (figure 37) with profiles of J5 and J6, and AEI and AE2 (between pages 86 & 87). Fp: Author at periscope of "Otway" in 1968. Pictorial soft cover, dj. Ex library copy with stamps on half title page and title page. Covers and dust jacket lightly rubbed/creased. Faint foxing spots on outside edges. Still a very good copy of a now scarce item. 25 x 17.6. 064424397X
The fortunes of the Australian Submarine Service from 1910 to the present (1992).
63236 WHITTLE, John SPEED BONNY BOAT - The Story of Caledonian MacBrayne Ltd. under Scottish Transport Group, 1969-1990
$15.00 AUD
Scottish Transport Group / Saltire Communications. Edinburgh. 1990. 1st Ed., with an introduction by Ian S. Irwin. 48 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Name of previous owner at top of title page, o/wise near fine. 23.8 x 17. 0946265135
76917 WHITTOME, Candy THE LAST HUNTERS - The Crab Fishermen of Cromer
$30.00 AUD
Full Circle Editions. Woodbridge, Suffolk. 2012. 1st Ed. Foreword by Blake Morrison. 215, (3) PP with 52 b/w photos (9 on double page). Illustrated endpapers. Pictorial hard covers, dj (price clipped and with a few small chips). Note on title page, otherwise near fine. 22.6 x 16.5. 9780957152809
76823 WIDDOWS, Nick FERRIES 2008 - BRITISH ISLES and NORTHERN EUROPE
$20.00 AUD
Ferry Publications. Ramsey, Isle of Man. 2007. 1st Ed. 224 PP with colour illustrations (2 maps, 11 advertisements and 80 photos. Laminated pictorial boards. Fine as new condition). 21.5 x 15. 9781871947878
62407 WILLIAMS, David L. & DE KERBRECH, Richard FERRIES AND PLEASURE STEAMERS - A Colour Portfolio
$15.00 AUD
Ian Allan. London. 2008. 1st Ed. 80 PP with colour photos. Title page: Jubilee Queen, in the River Camel estuary. Pictorial laminated boards. Faint foxing. Fine. Oblong: 19.2 x 24.5. 9780711032729
76832 WILLIAMS, David L. & DE KERBRECH, Richard COASTAL VESSELS - A Colour Portfolio
$20.00 AUD
Ian Allan. London. 2008. 1st Ed. 80 PP with colour photos. Title page: "Corncrake" underway on the River Thames.. Pictorial laminated boards. Fine. Oblong: 19.2 x 24.5. 9780711032057
76804 WILLIAMSON, John, ROSSITER, Heather, KILLICK, David ... IN MAWSON'S FOOTSTEPS (Part 1)
$10.00 AUD
Mercury / Tasmanian Government / Norske Skog. Hobart. 2011 1st edition: 21 November 2011. Foreword by: Gary Bailey, editor. Part 1: with 16 PP with 24 b/w photos and 6 colour illustrations (1 map of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition 1911-1914, and 5 photos). Illustrated soft wrappers, staples removed. Near fine. 30 x 27.
Part 1: "Mawson's Legacy". The race to the Pole / Shackleton's courage , by John Williamson. Mawson's unremembered men / The forgotten Tasmanian, by Heather Rossiter. Mawson's incredible endurance / An Australian expedition takes shape / At home in the Blizzard / A terrible catastrophe, by David Killick.
77034 WILSON, Jim (editor) Lloyd's List / DCN (Daily Commercial News) - Directory of Australian Shipping, Air, Road & Rail Services - 2010/2011
$20.00 AUD
Informa Group of Publication. Sydney. 2011. 49th edition, published by Peter Attwater. 164 PP with tables and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft covers. Fine. 27.5 x 20.5.
77275 WOODWARD, S.P. F.G.S. A MANUAL OF THE MOLLUSCA, or RUDIMENTARY TREATISE of RECENT AND FOSSIL SHELLS
$200.00 AUD
John Weale, London. 1851-6. 1st Ed. Preface dated Bainsbury, March, 1856. XVI, 3 - 486, (12 catalogue) PP with engravings and woodcuts: 272 figures in text, plus 24 plates with 600 drawings accompanied by 24 pages "Explanation of the plates", and a folded map "Molluscan Provinces" by J.W. Lowry and dated 1856. Soft covers. Copy lacking the front cover, the frontispiece and the "Table of the sub-kingdoms and classes of "Animals"called for on page 2 of the text. Folded map with repaired tears. Pages XI to XVI present but in a loose condition. Slight ageing of paper and foxing, Book in need of a good binding. Still a very good copy of a scarce title. 18 x 11.2.
55235 WRIGHT, Nicolas, DONALDSON, Graham (editors) DAILY MAIL PICTORIAL HISTORY OF OUR TIMES 1945. No. 1: Peace, Perfect Peace?
$10.00 AUD
Phoebus Publishing. London. 1975. 1st Ed. 64 PP with b/w or colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 30 x 22.3.
41097 WRIGHT, Rob WITH HOOK, LINE AND SNORKEL IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC
$15.00 AUD
Pacific Publications. Sydney. 1969. 1st Ed. 168 PP with 1 map on double page, 1 drawings and 3 tail pieces, plus 32 pages with 1 sketch and 62 b/w photos. Eps: Map of the Pacific Ocean. Hard cover, dj. Dedicatory note on title page, signed by the author. Near fine. 22.4 x 14.2.
The author's personal experiences, mostly in Fiji.
67192 YOUNG, John M. (editor) SHIPPING Today and Yesterday, No. 100 - 1998
$10.00 AUD
HPC Publishing. St Leonards on Sea, Sussex, UK. 1998. June 1998. 52 PP with b/w and colour illustrations, plus an 8 pages facsimile of Issue No.1, published in 1990. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21.
Liverpool Line, NYK 's Mersey link with Japan, by Craig J.M. Carter. ... Irish Sea Link.
