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70290
AAMH
WHALING - SEALING - Special Issue of THE GREAT CIRCLE, Volume 40, No. 2, 2018
$40.00 AUD

Perth, W.A. 2018. AAMH / The Australian Association for Maritime History. Special Issue: Vol. 40, No. 2, 2018, edited by Michael McCarthy. X, 155 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial card cover. Fine. 24 x 16.3.

The role of Sealers, Whalers and Aboriginal People in the Exploration of Western Australia, by Ross Anderson. Findings from an Analysis of Data in the British Southern Whale Fishery, by Dale Chatwin. Foundations of the British South Sea Whale Fishery 1763-1785, by Jane Clayton. Three Sydney Whaling Captains of the 1830, by Mark Howard. Australian Sealers in the Antarctic Region 1820-1822, by Michael Pearson. The Whaling Career of Captain Robert Newby: A British Master Whaler in the Pacific, by Rhys Richards & Jocelyn Chisholm.

70258
APPLEYARD, H. S.
BANK LINE 1885-1985 and ANDREW WEIR AND COMPANY
$60.00 AUD

Kendal, UK. 1985. World Ship Society. 1st Ed. 176 PP with 198 b/w photos. Fp (in colour): "Forthbank". Inside back cover: 6 Funnels and House Flags (in colour). Pictorial soft covers with light wear. Near fine. Scarce. 21 x 14.8. 0905617347

Andrew Weir & Co., fleet list of Andrew Weir an Bank Line...

65295
AUGEY, Capitaine de Vaisseau Pierre
SOUVENIRS D'UN MARIN DE CINQ "REPUBLIQUES"
$15.00 AUD

Rennes. 2002. Editions du Gerfaut. 1st Ed. 378, (6) PP with drawings by Capitaine de Vaisseau Max-Pierre Moulin., and 5 b/w photos by the author. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Very good. 22 x 14.5. 291462204X

Joined in 1939 the French Navy of the (3rd) French Republic, World War II with Etat Français / Vichy France, and the Free French, then 4th and 5th (French) Republic.

70457
BAGLIONE, Gabrielle & CREMIERE, Cédric
CHARLES-ALEXANDRE LESUEUR - Painter and Naturalist: A Forgotten Treasure
$100.00 AUD

Editions du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle du Havre. Paris. 2016. 1st edition translated from the French original of 2009, by Jean Fornasiero & John West-Sooby. 392 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Hard cover, pictorial boards. Fine. 29.3 x 26.2. 9791092305296

Voyage of Exploration to Australia, 1800-1804: pages 22 to 183.

70359
BALLARD, Robert D. & DUNMORE Spencer
EXPLORING THE LUSITANIA, Probing the Mysteries of the Sinking That Changed History
$25.00 AUD

London / Toronto. 1995. Weidenfeld & Nicolson / Madison Books. 1st Ed. 228 PP with b/w & colour illustrations, including artworks by Ken Marschall and a large folded profile "Lusitania then". Half-title page: Prewar postcard. Title-page: The Lusitania Bow. Gilt-engraved hard cover & spine, dj. Near fine. 28.7 x 22.5. 0297813145

Her career, her fatal crossing and the controversy surrounding her sinking. Exploration of the wreck.

70467
BARRATT, Glynn
THE RUSSIANS AND AUSTRALIA - Volume 1 of "Russia and the South Pacific, 1696-1840"
$50.00 AUD

University of British Colombia Press. Vancouver. 1988. 1st Ed.. XIII, 338 PP, plus 16 pages with 30 b/w illustrations. Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing spots on top outside page edges, o/wise a fine copy. 23.5 x 16. 077480291X

The first comprehensive study of Russian naval, social, mercantile & scientific enterprise in NSW, 1807 to 1835.

70215
BATCHELOR, John
LADY TREVELYAN and the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
$25.00 AUD

London. 2006. Chatto & Windus. 1st Ed. XVI, 272 PP with facsimile of 2 pages of the handwritten manuscript from Pauline Trevelyan's diaries, plus 8 pages with 15 b/w illustrations. Hard cover, dj. Fine (mint condition). 24 x 16. 978070113043

58083
BATESON, Charles
DIRE STRAIT - A History of Bass Strait
$20.00 AUD

BHP / Reed. Sydney. 1973. 1st Ed. 112 PP with b/w & colour illustrations. Hard cover, pictorial front, dj. Name of previous owner on front endpaper. Fine. 30 x 21.3. 0589071165

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

62465
BATHURST, Bella
THE LIGHTHOUSE STEVENSONS - The extraordinary story of the building of the Scottish lighthouses by the ancestors of Robert Louis Stevenson
$15.00 AUD

London. 1999. HarperCollins. 1st soft cover edition. XX, 284 PP with 1 map, plus 16 pages with 23 b/w illustrations. Fp: Map of Scotland waters with positions of lighthouses. Pictorial soft cover. Dedicatory note on half-title page, o/wise near fine. 21.5 x 13.5. 0002571129

70357
BATT, Lofty
PIONEERS OF THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY
$20.00 AUD

Sydney. 1967. Author. 1st Ed. 108 PP with 14 b/w illustrations. Stapled soft covers, pictorial front. Front cover repaired. Stamps of the "Naval Historical Society, A.C.T. Chapter" on covers, title page and top margin of 5 other pages. Otherwise contents are near fine. 21.5 x 14.

Humorous authentic stories of men, from Rear Admiral Sir Geo. Patey to Ordinary Seaman Dinkum Minogue, who manned the ships of an infant Navy in peace and war.

10316
BEALE, Edgar
KENNEDY OF CAPE YORK
$15.00 AUD

Adelaide. 1970. Rigby. 1st Ed. (12), 282 PP with 6 maps (2 on double page), plus 20 pages with 48 b/w illustrations. Eps: Map of Australia with tracks of Edmund Kennedy's Australian Travels 1840-1848. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Spine of dust jacket lightly sunned. Name of previous owner on front endpaper. Near fine. 24 x 16.5. 851790062

70159
BOWEN, Frank C.
THE FLAG OF THE SOUTHERN CROSS, The History of Shaw Savill & Albion Limited 1858-1939
$45.00 AUD

London. 1939. Shaw Savill. 1st Ed., with a preface by the Right Honourable Viscount Runciman of Doxford. (6), 124 PP, XXVIII, (12 pages Index), plus 22 bw illust. on full page. Title page: The Company Flag (in colour). Gilt-engraved blue cloth cover. Ex-libris plate pasted down on inside front cover, light foxing on endpapers, o/wise near fine. Scarce. 22.7 x 15.2.

The close association between the Dominion of New Zealand and the Shaw Savill and Albion Company.

68679
BRINNIN, J. M. (editor)
BEAU VOYAGE - Life Aboard the Last Great Ships
$15.00 AUD

London. 1981. Bracken Books. 1st English edition, translated from the 1980 French original "Paquebots: Le temps des traversées" by Richard Miller. 272 PP with 331 b/w photos. Half title page: "Queen Elizabeth", berthing New York. Eps: The "Queen Mary" moving down river to Grennock. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Stamp of "Devonport Maritime Museum & Historical Society" on front endpaper, o/wise near fine. 32.3 x 24. 1851701346

70402
BROOKFIELD, H. C.
COLONIALISM, DEVELOPMENT AND INDEPENDENCE - The Case of the Melanesian Islands in the South Pacific
$25.00 AUD

London. 1972. C.U.P. 1st Ed. XVI, 226 PP with 5 figures. Hard cover, dj (price-clipped). Faint foxing, o/wise near fine. 23.5 x 16. 052108590X

A case study of the islands of Melanesia: behavioural understanding of colonialism, prior to Independence.

62770
BROXAM, Graeme
ADMIRAL - The History, Recovery and Restoration of Tasmania's Oldest Commercial Vessel
$20.00 AUD

Hobart. 2009. Navarine Publishing. 1st edition limited to 100 copies. 64 PP with b/w illustrations (line drawing at centrefold, 5 engravings, 1 plan, sketches and 30 photos). Pictorial soft cover. Signed by the author on title page. Fine. 21 x 14.8., 9780975133163

70430
BURNESS, Peter
VILLERS-BRETONNEUX TO LE HAMEL: Australians on the Western Front - 1918
$30.00 AUD

Canberra. 2010. Department of Veteran's Affairs. May 2010 revised edition of the 2008 original. (4), 108 PP with 1 table, 5 colour illustrations (3 photo & 2 paintings) and b/w illustrations (1 map & inset and 105 photos). Pictorial soft covers. Fine (mint condition). 23.5 x 23.5. 9781877007279

70399
BURNS, Rowan
AUSTRALIAN NEWSPRINT MILLS LIMITED - 1938 - 88
$100.00 AUD

Hobart. 1988. A. N. M. Commemorative book, with a letter dated July 25 1988, signed by G. F. Gibson, Managing Director. No pagination, 56 PP with 38 b/w and 29 colour photos. Inside covers with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft covers with flaps, title on front cover and spine, contained in a decorated box. Box with slight scratch and rubbed edges. A near fine and scarce item. 30. 26.

70124
CHEESMAN, Evelyn
THINGS WORTH WHILE
$25.00 AUD

Hutchinson. London. 1957. 1st Ed. 330 PP. Fp: Author. Eps: Maps of the Pacific with author's journey. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price clipped). Foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 22 x 14.5.

Reminiscences of an entomologist during scientific surveys to the Galapagos from 1923 to 1925 / French Polynesia 1924-1925 / New Hebrides 1928-1930 and New Caledonia & Lifou 1950-1952 (P.273-308).

70397
CHICHESTER, Francis
GIPSY MOTH CIRCLES THE WORLD
$15.00 AUD

London. 1967. Hodder & Stoughton. 1st Ed. XVI, 269 PP with 7 maps and 5 line drawings, plus 40 pages with 14 colour and 39 b/w photos. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine. Covers partly mottled and a sunned spine. Slight ageing of paper on outside edges. Very good. 23 x 15.

Voyage from England and back with calls at Sydney, round Cape of Good Hope & Cape Horn when he was 65 years of age.

70335
CLANCY, Robert
THE MAPPING OF TERRA AUSTRALIS
$60.00 AUD

Universal Press. Sydney. 1995. 1st Ed. VII, 8-192 PP with mostly colour illustrations (maps, charts, coastal views, engravings). Half-title page: "Maris Pacifici". Fp: Mare del Zur. Title-page: Orbis Terrarum Nova. Illustrated laminated boards, dj (both with "Typus Orbis Terrarum"). A fine copy in like dust jacket. Scarce. 30.5 x 22. 9780731908318

... A guide to early printed maps of Australia, Antarctica and the South Pacific. Old maps and their origins. Terra Australis Incognita (1450-1600), Terra Australis discovered (1600-1800), the Southern Pacific Ocean (1500-1800), Antarctica (1500-1900), Australia colonised (1800-1900) and Post Federation maps (1901-1950).

70370
CLIFFORD, Graham
NOTES FROM A SKIPPER'S LOG BOOK - An Account of New Zealand's Bay of Islands
$20.00 AUD

Russell, Bay of Islands. 1989. Jennifer and Graham Clifford. Reprint of the 1985 original. 140 PP with b/w illustrations by Michael Nettmann (1 map on double page, 59 line drawings and 3 photos) and 1 colour photo, plus 12 pages with 19 colour photos by Frank Habicht. Pictorial soft cover. Dedicatory note on title page dated and signed by the author. Near fine. 20.8 x 17.

14569
COATES, Alan
WHAMPOA SHIPS ON THE SHORE
$35.00 AUD

Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock Co. Hong Kong. 1980. 1st Ed. XIII, (3), 266 PP, plus 32 pages with 49 b/w illustratiions and 5 colour photos. Hard cover, simile leather, gilt title on spine, dj. Faint foxing spots on outside edges. A near fine copy. 23.4 x 16.

The Hong Kong & Whampoa Dock Company which built the first Hong Kong dock and was permitted to develop, whereas, until then, Hong Kong was the "tail end of almost everything & the head of very little".

70356
COLEMAN, E.C.
THE ROYAL NAVY IN POLAR EXPLORATION: from Frobisher to Ross
$35.00 AUD

Stroud, UK. 2006. Tempus. 1st Ed. 352 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft covers. Fine. 24.8 x 17. 9780752436609

69387
COLLARD, John
A MARITIME HISTORY OF RYE
$25.00 AUD

Rye, UK. 1985. Author. 2nd paperback edition of the 1978 original. (14), 153 PP with b/w figures (7 engravings, 16 maps & plans, and 21 photos), plus 3 folded plates for maps 4, 8 and 12. Fp: aerial view of Rye and its Rivers. Pictorial card covers. Fine. 24.5 x 18.5. 0950627623

70412
COLLINGRIDGE, George
DISCOVERY OF AUSTRALIA
$20.00 AUD

Sydney. 1989. Golden Press. 1st paperback edition. Reprint of the 1983 "Facsimile Edition" (original of 1895). XV, 376 PP with 87 maps & illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Spine lightly sunned. Near fine. 28 x 21.5. 073020586X

15728
COLWELL, Max
THE VOYAGES OF MATTHEW FLINDERS
$20.00 AUD

Sydney. 1970. Hamlyn. 1st Ed. 151 PP, profusely illustrated in b/w and colour. Half title page: Matthew Flinders' statue outside St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne. Fp: Portrait of Matthew Flinders. FEP: Planisphere. REP: Views of Hobart. Hard cover, dj. Foxing spots on top outside edge. Near fine. 29.5 x 21.7. 0600359492

69853
COOPER, Malcolm, HARVEY, Bill & LAXON, Bill
GLEN AND SHIRE LINES - A Ships in Focus Fleet History
$60.00 AUD

Preston. 2005. Ships in Focus Publications. 1st Ed. Preface by Roy Fenton. 188 PP with 1 sketch map, 45 colour illustrations (5 funnels and House-Flags, 6 paintings and 34 photos) and 326 b/w photos. Title page: Flintshire. FEP (in colour): Glenorchy. REP (in colour): Glenogle. Laminated pictorial boards. As new. 30.2 x 21.6. 9781901703658

Chronological history of the Glen Line and of the Shire Line. Fleet Lists.

70413
CORBETT, Sir Julian S.
NAVAL OPERATIONS - History of the Great War based on Official Documents - Volume II
$20.00 AUD

London. c. 2009. Naval & Military Press & The Imperial War Museum. Paperback reprint of the 2nd edition of 1929. XII, 448 PP with 2 maps "Gallipoli, the southern beaches" in text, plus16 plates (5 of them on double page). Pictorial soft cover. Front cover with a crease. 5 pages with some hightlighting of text. Pictorial soft covers. Very good. 23.5 x 15.5 1843424908

69960
COWDEN, James E.
THE PRICE OF PEACE - Elder Dempster 1939-1945
$25.00 AUD

Liverpool. 1981. Jocast Limited. 1st Ed. 99 PP with 34 b/w photos. Pictorial card cover. Near fine. 20.6 x 13.7. 0950748005

Record of the losses during WWII of this shipping line: 26 vessels, 144,465 gross tons & 478 sea-going personnel.

43116
COWSILL, Miles & HENDY, John
THE TOWNSEND THORESEN YEARS 1928 - 1987
$15.00 AUD

Kilgetty, UK. 1988. Ferry Publications. 1st Ed. 56 PP with 9 colour photos & bw illust. (maps, plans, photos). Centrefold: "Pride of Dover". Title page: funnel of "Panther". Inside front cover: "Spirit of Free Enterprise". Pictorial soft cover. Faint foxing spots on outside edges. Fine. 29.6 x 20.8. 0951309307

70417
COX, Sue
BANISHED BEYOND THE SEAS - A Saga of Van Diemen's Land
$30.00 AUD

Hobart. 2017. Forty South Publishing. 1st Ed. (4), 203 PP. Pictorial soft cover. Dedicatory note to previous owner dated and signed by the auythor. Near fine. 23.3 x 15.4. 9780648028697

15960
CROWDY, Michael
LEIF HÖEGH & CO a/s OSLO - The Firm and the Fleet 1928-1968
$5.00 AUD

Kendal, UK. 1968. World Ship Society. 1st Ed. 63 PP with 4 line drawings, 8 portraits and 102 b/w photos. Inside back cover: House Flag and Funnels. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 21.5 x 14.

70348
CURREY, C.H.
AN OUTLINE OF THE STORY OF NORFOLK ISLAND AND PITCAIRN'S ISLAND, 1788-1857 (in Journal and Proceedings RAHS, Vol 44, Part 6)
$15.00 AUD

RAHS / Royal Australian Historical Society. Sydney. 1958. Volume 44, Part 6, 1958. Contains article P. 325-374 with 8 b/w illustrations. Soft cover. Very good. 21.4 x 14.

An outline of the Story of Norfolk and Pitcairn Islands, by C. H. Currey.

41059
CURTIS, Cynthia, O'BRIEN, Mike & LAZARUS, Paul (compilers)
THIRTY WOODEN BOATS - A Second Catalog of Building Plans
$15.00 AUD

Brooklin, Maine. 1988. Woodenboat Publications. 1st Ed. Introduction by John Wilson, editor. 78, (2) PP with 4 drawings, 14 figures and 30 sets of plans (line drawings, sails plans...). Title page: 20' Catboat, Madam Tirza. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27.7 x 20.5. 0937822159

67858
D. LE BAIL & F. WEISSERT
LIVRES DE VOYAGES, Atlas, Estampes - Printemps 2006
$25.00 AUD

Paris. 2006. Librairie Le Bail - Weissert Spring 2006 edition. 158 PP for 327 items with b/w and colour illustrations, plus a 4 folds flyer with 15 b/w illustrations. Pictorial stiff cover. French text. Fine. 29.7 x 21.

Sale catalogue with prices. Items: Voyages: 1 - 271. Marine: 272 - 291. Natural History: 292 - 307. Atlas: 308 - 327. Flyer: 2 items: 5 charts by Jean-Baptiste Louis Clouet, and 10 panoramic views, by Jean Boisseau.

70505
DAKIN, William John
WHALEMEN ADVENTURERS - The story of whaling in Australian waters and other Southern seas related thereto, from the days of sails to modern times
$45.00 AUD

Angus & Robertson. Sydney. 1934. 1st Ed. XX, 264 PP, plus 72 pages with 2 maps and 49 b/w plates. Fp: The Final Flurry, off Twofold Bay. FEP: Chart of the Pacific Ocean. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine (lightly sunned). Foxing on few pages and on outside edges, offsetting of endpapers. Name of previous owner on half title page. A very good clean copy. 24 x 16.5.

Whaling in Australian waters and the Southern Ocean from the days of sails to the days of steam.

43507
DALKMANN, H. A. & SCHOONDERBEEK, A. J.
ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF HOLLAND AMERICA LINE - A company history
$55.00 AUD

The Pentland Press. Edinburgh. 1998. 1st Ed. XII, 439 PP with 5 profiles, and 243 b/w photos. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 24 x 16. 1858215900

History of the Holland America Line, The Deep Sea Fleet, Holland America's Subsidiaries and their Fleets, History of Joint Ventures and their Fleet, Governmentships, Tenders and Dayboats, Riverfleet, Total Fleet Register, Bibliography, Notes and Appendices.

10339
DARBY, Madge
WHO CAUSED THE MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY ?
$25.00 AUD

Sydney. 1965. Angus & Robertson. 1st Ed. (6), 127 PP with 1head & 13 tail pieces. Vignette on title page. Cloth cover, dj (price-clipped). Dust jacket has light wear, o/wise a fine copy. 22 x 14.

Investigation into the behaviour of both Bligh & Fletcher Christian plus the role of the third person who the author thinks directed the mutiny from behind the scenes...

16245
DE FRAGA, Christopher
100 YEARS OF YACHTING ON PORT PHILLIP BAY - A History of the Royal Brighton Yacht Club
$20.00 AUD

Melbourne. 1975. Hawthorn Press. 1st Ed. (6), 210 PP, plus 16 pages with 37 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 25 x 15. 0725601558

70249
DE HARTOG, Jan
CAPTAIN JAN - A Story of Ocean Tugboats
$25.00 AUD

London. 1952. Cleaver-Hume Press. 2nd impression in September 1952 of the September 1952 English edition. Edited and abridged from the 1940 Dutch original "Holland Glorie", by Carlos Peacock. 315 PP with 11 tail pieces. Cloth cover, gilt title on a sunned spine. Covers speckled on hinge of back cover. Offsetting of endpapers and foxing on outside edges and some pages. Very good reading copy. 22.8 x 15.5.

Adventures aboard the old tugboat "Jan van Gent".

18909
DEMPSEY, John
I'VE SEEN THEM ALL NAKED
$20.00 AUD

London. 1992. Waterfront Publications. 1st Ed. No pagination, 56 PP with 53 b/w photos. Inside front cover: Burt Lancaster. Inside back cover: Queen Elizabeth leaving Southampton. Picorial soft cover. Fine. 27.2 x 21.5. 0946184763

Reminiscences of a ship masseur who sailed on the liners of the Cunard.

52134
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE
ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY - NAVY TODAY 1978
$15.00 AUD

Canberra. 1978. AGPS. 1st Ed. 34 PP with tables and b/w illustrations (3 artists' impressions, 7 drawings, 6 photos of planes and 18 photos of warships and 48 silhouettes). Stapled pictorial soft cover (anti-submarine "S2-G" Tracker Aircraft). Very good. Oblong: 17.5 x 25. 0642030413

The RAN in 1978.

50450
DIXSON, Sir William (editor)
MADAME ROSE DE FREYCINET 'S VISIT TO SYDNEY - November 18 to December 26, 1819 (in Journal and Proceedings of the R.A.H.S.)
$10.00 AUD

RAHS / Royal Australian Historical Society. Sydney. 1944. Volume XXX, Part V, 1944. Contains article (translated from the French by Sir William Dixson) between P.326 and 330. Soft cover. Browning of outside edges, o/wise near fine. 20.8 x 13.7.

Extract from Journal de Madame Rose de Saulces Freycinet d'après le Manuscrit Original accompagné de Notes, by Charles Duplomb.

21812
DUNN, Laurence
BRITISH PASSENGER LINERS
$5.00 AUD

Southampton. 1959. Adlard Coles. 1st Ed. 64 PP with 87 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 18.3 x 12.5.

From the Anchor Line to the Union-Castle Line.

70116
DUNN, Laurence & HEATON, P.M.
PALM LINE
$30.00 AUD

P.M. Heaton Publishing. Gwent, UK. 1994. 1st Ed. 64 PP plus 112 b/w photos on full page. Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing spots on top outside page edges, o/wise fine. 21.5 x 15.2. 1872006019

History of a shipping line owned by the Lever brothers, who were intent on securing palm oil for their soap industry, and even took an interest in whaling. Contains a fleet list of owned, managed and chartered ships.

66312
DUTTON, Geoffrey
THE HERO AS MURDERER, The Life of Edward John Eyre Australian Explorer and Governor of Jamaica 1815-1901
$20.00 AUD

Sydney. 1967. Collins. 1st Ed. 416 PP with 3 maps, plus 8 pages with 14 b/w illustrations. Fp: Portrait of John Edward Eyre. Eps: Map of Australia, showing Eyre's routes from Sydney to the Swan River. Top edge tinted. Hard cover, dj. Front cover of dust jacket slightly chipped and rubbed. Occasional foxing, o/wise a very good clean copy. 24 x 15.8.

Explorer of the inland between Sydney and Adelaide, first man to cross the Nullarbor Plain...

70514
DYMOND, Ralph
THE HISTORY OF H.M.A.S. VOYAGER I
$50.00 AUD

Hobart. 1992. Southern Holdings. 1st Ed. IV, 196 PP with b/w illust. (photos, maps). Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Dust jacket with a lightly sunned spine, a few small chips and a small hole on front cover and a rubbed patch at top of rear cover. Contents near fine. Scarce. 29.6 x 21.1. 0949089214

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

36401
EDWARDS, Bernard
THE GREY WIDOW-MAKER
$15.00 AUD

London. 1990. Robert Hale. 1st Ed. 192 PP, plus 8 pages with 12 b/w illust. Hard cover, dj. Foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise fine. 22.2 x 14.2. 0709041918

24 disasters at sea: Grosvenor East Indiaman - Her Majesty's troop-ship Birkenhead - Californian and Titanic... 236,000-tonne Liberian tanker Caribbean Breeze caught in 1985 by the Iran/Iraq conflict.

70503
EDWARDS, Hugh
ISLANDS OF ANGRY GHOSTS
$20.00 AUD

Sydney. 1996. Angus & Robertson. 11th reprint of the paperback edition of the 1966 original. (8), 208 PP with 1 map & inset on double-page. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 19.8 x 12.8. 0207163170

A 20th century scuba diver discovers a 17th century shipwreck & treasure and reveal the final truth about the infamous Batavia mutiny.

43193
EWE, Herbert
ABBILD ODER PHANTASIE? - Schiffe auf Historischen Karten
$20.00 AUD

Rostock. 1978. VEB Hinstorff. 1st Ed. 196 PP with 33 colour and 66 b/w illustrations. Illustrated endpapers. Cloth cover, dj. Dust jacket with a sunned spine and closed tears, slight ageing of paper on outside edges and light foxing. German text. Near fine. 34.5 x 24.5.

Representation or imagination: vessels on old maps and charts.

34514
FAITH, Nicholas
MAYDAY
$10.00 AUD

London. 1998. Channel 4 Books. Reprint of the 1998 original. IX, 182 PP, plus 8 pages with 5 b/w and 12 colour photos. Hard cover, dj. Foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 24 x 15.7. 0752221736

The real story behind the world's worst maritime disasters.

34293
FISCHER, Richard
BRITISH PIERS
$20.00 AUD

London. 1987. Thames and Hudson. 1st Ed., with an introduction by John K. Walton. 96 PP with 9 b/w and 79 colour photos. Hard cover, dj. Light foxing on endpapers, o/wise near fine. 25 x 22.3. 0500541256

56106
FISHER, Tim & HALL, Susan (editors)
TRAVELLERS ART
$15.00 AUD

Canberra. 2003. National Library of Australia. 1st Ed. Foreword by Jan Fullerton. 20 PP with 2 b/w and 6 colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 25 x 21. 0642107726

Booklet accompanying the exhibition.

31357
FLAGS
AUSTRALIAN FLAGS
$15.00 AUD

Canberra. 1995. Department of Administrative Service. 1st Ed. (2), VIII, 61, (3 blank) PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Inside covers: key to the Australian Flags decorating the front cover. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 20 x 20. 9780644431507

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

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

Fleet list of 127 Holland-America Ships.

64658
FORSTER, Pat & EGAN, Ted
THE NAVY IN DARWIN 1941-1943
$15.00 AUD

Darwin. 1992. Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory. 1st Ed. 48 PP with 1 plan, 50 b/w sketches & 4 watercolours by Pat Forster, and 18 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Note inside front cover. Near fine. 29.8 x 21. 0724526862

"A graphic record from a Sailor's Sketchbooks with photographs from the early 1940's".

70015
FRENCH, Nelson
ORMONDE TO ORIANA, Orient Line to Australia and beyond, a Purser remembers
$25.00 AUD

Ringwood, U.K. 1995. Navigator Books. 1st Ed. (16), 217 PP with 26 b/w photos. Pictorial card covers with light soiling. Faint foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise fine. 23.4 x 15.6. 0902830430

First call in Australia, 1948 on board the Orontes. Migrant voyages on the Otranto. Maiden voyage on the Oriana...

48302
FRY, Peter
BLUEWATER AUSTRALIANS - The Australian Experience in Ocean Sailing
$15.00 AUD

Sydney. 1987. ABC Enterprises. 1st Ed. 126 PP with 40 b/w photos. Pictorial card cover. Signature of previous owner at top of half title page. Faint foxing. Near fine. 24.5 x 17.5. 0642527636

The Australian experience in ocean sailing through the words of people like Jack Earl, Vic Meyer,....

69950
GARWOOD, George
FORTY YEARS ON: Ships on the New Waterway in 1968
$40.00 AUD

Windsor, UK. c. 2000. World Ship Society Ltd. 1st Ed. 64 PP with 62 colour photos. Laminated pictorial boards. Fine. Oblong: 19.8 x 24.4. 9780956076915

51343
GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY OF NEW SOUTH WALES [THE]
THE AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHER - Vol III, No.4, May, 1938
$15.00 AUD

Sydney. 1938. The Geographical Society of New South Wales. 34 PP. Contains article from P. 3 to 15 with 1 map Australasia as defined by De Brosses. Soft cover. Slight ageing of paper, few foxing spots, o/wise near fine. 24.8 x 18.5.

Articles: " Austral-Asia" by J. Shepherd, "The Nymboida Hydro-Electric Undertaking" by H.V. Cransten.

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

Sydney. 1942. The Geographical Society of New South Wales. Vol. IV, No. 3, June 1942. Pages 65 to 88 with 7 b/w illustrations (2 figures and 7 photos). Soft cover. Staples removed. Slight ageing and foxing of paper. Near fine. 24.8 x 18.5.

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

51356
GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY OF NEW SOUTH WALES [THE]
THE AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHER. Vol. V, No. 4, November 1946
$15.00 AUD

Sydney. 1946. The Geographical Society of New South Wales. Illustrated soft covers. Staples removed. Slight ageing and foxing of paper. Near fine. 24.8 x 18.5.

Contains articles "The present position of mapping in Australia", by J. Macdonald Holmes. "A photographic series: Whyalla, Port Pirie and Murray Valley", by J. B. Rowe.

70375
GODFREY, Fred G.
TUGBOATS I HAVE KNOWN
$25.00 AUD

New York. 1987. Todd & Honeywell. 1st Ed. (6), 114 PP with 43 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Foxing on outside edges. Near fine. 23 x 15.2. 0899626092

51893
GREENHILL, B., ROBERTS B. et al.
THE STORY OF THE CAMBRIA
$10.00 AUD

London. 1973. Maritime Trust. 1st Ed. (1), 16 PP with 2 drawings, 1 map and 24 b/w photos. Inside back cover: Sail, rigging and general details of the Cambria. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. Oblong: 21 x 30.

The sailing barges (construction, trade..) and the Cambria launched in 1906.

69873
GRUNER, George F.
THE WHITE FLYERS: HARVARD AND YALE - American Coastwise Travel
$30.00 AUD

San Francisco / Palo Alto, Ca., USA. 2002. Associates of the National Maritime Museum Library / The Glencannon Press. 1st Ed. No. 4 in the Pacific Maritime History series. XVIII, 168, (6 blank) PP withj B:w illustrations (drawings, ephemera, plans and photos). Eps: General Arrangment of S.S. Yale. Laminated pictorial boards. Top edge with faint foxing spots, o/wise fine. 26 x 18.2. 97818899012168

Published to commemorate the 75th anniversary of her commissioning.

70369
HAMILTON, D.J. & J.B.
Through THE BLIGH MUSEUM OF PACIFIC EXPLORATION, Adventure Bay
$15.00 AUD

Bligh Museum. Adventure Bay, Bruni Island. 1956. 1st Ed. 16 PP with 4 b/w photos. Soft covers, pictorial front with title, staples removed. Small rubbed patches on front cover. Contents near fine. 23 x 16.5.

Published for the Official Opening of the Museum by The Right Honourable Sir Ronald Cross, Governor of Tasmania on 1st of March 1956.

70188
HAMMOND, David
MARITIME AUSTRALIA - THE PORT OF HOBART, TASMANIA - A Pictorial Record
$40.00 AUD

Southern Holdings. Huonville, Tasmania. 1996. 1st Ed. 154 PP with b/w illustrations (plans and photos) and 6 colour photos. Pictorial soft covers a little rubbed around edges. Dedicatory note on inside front cover, o/wise contents near fine. Scarce. 29.8 x 20.9. 0949089400

A pictorial insight into Hobart's waterfront history, the ketches, sailing ships, ocean liners, ferries and river steamers, the whalers, explorers, scientists and watermen, the wharves, piers, shipyards and slipways, with landscapes of yesterday and today.

64293
HARDY, A. C.
WRECK S.O.S. - A story of how ships are wrecked, how they are repaired and what exists to save them
$40.00 AUD

London. 1944. Crosby Lockwood. 1st Ed. 147 PP with 2 pages of graphs & 9 pages of line drawings, plus 16 pages with 29 b/w illustrations. Fp: "A salvage steamer at work". Orig. blue cloth cover, gilt title spine, dust jacket (price-clipped). Dust jacket has a few nicks, chips, book has a little light foxing and ageing of paper. An otherwise near fine copy and scarce in this condition. 21.5 x 14.

70235
HARRINGTON, Julian (compiler)
An Oral History of the TASMANIAN SEAFOOD INDUSTRY - Volume 1: North Eastern Tasmania
$15.00 AUD

Hobart. c. 2012. Tasmanian Seafood Industry Council. 1st Ed. (2), 46 PP with 30 b/w and 18 colour photos. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 21 x 14.6.

70074
HARRIS, John
WITHOUT TRACE - The Last Voyages of Eight Ships
$10.00 AUD

London. 1988. Guild Publishing. Reprint of the 1981 original. (10), 244 PP with 7 maps, plus 8 pages with 21 b/w illustrations. Eps: Mappemonde with location of the 8 disappearances. Hard cover, title in blind on front cover and gilt on spine, dj. Ageing and foxing of paper on outside edges. Very good. 24 x 16.

The Erebus and Terror of the Franklin Expedition, the Waratah vanishing between Durban and Cape Town, the Joyita mystery in 1955 between Samoa and Fiji,...

63111
HARVEY, W. J.
STENA 1939-1989
$20.00 AUD

Stena AB. Sweden. 1989. 1st Ed. Foreword by Dan Sten Olsson. 152 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Eps: aerial views of the Port of Göteborg. Hard cover, gilt-engraved title and colour vignette on front board and spine, dj. Fine. 25.5 x 21.3. 9185786411

Pages 101 to 140: Ship Histories / Fleet List: 286 vessels with 145 b/w photos.

68168
HAWS, Duncan
THE SHIPS OF THE HAMBURG AMERICA, ADLER AND CARR LINES
$15.00 AUD

Patrick Stephens. Cambridge. 1980. 1st edition in the Merchant Fleets in profile series, No. 4. 208 PP with scale profile drawings (1:1800) by author. Hard cover, dj. Stamps of "University of Tasmania" /" Australian Maritime College" on endpapers and title page. Contents clean and a very good copy. 24 x 16. 0850593972

69011
HAWS, Duncan
MERCHANT FLEETS No. 5: ROYAL MAIL LINE & NELSON LINE
$15.00 AUD

Author. London. 1982. 1st Ed. No. 5 in the Merchant Fleets series. 128 PP with b/w illustrations (3 funnels and 145 scale profile drawings). Pictorial card cover. Stamps of "University of Tasmania" & "Australian Maritime College" on half title page, title page and last page. Very good. 23.2 x 15.5. 0946378002

70091
HAWS, Duncan
MERCHANT FLEETS IN PROFILE - 3 - The ships of the UNION, CASTLE & UNION-CASTLE, ALLAN and CANADIAN PACIFIC LINES
$25.00 AUD

Patrick Stephens. Cambridge. 1979. 1st Ed. No. 3 in the Merchant Fleets in Profile series. 186 PP with scale profile drawings (1:1800) by author. Hard cover, dj (price-clipped). Occasional foxing. Near fine. 24 x 16. 0850993522

19498
HEATON, P.M.
JACK BILLMEIR, Merchant Shipowner
$25.00 AUD

Newport. 1989. Starling Press. 1st Ed. 90 PP plus 56 pages with full-page b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Light foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise fine. 21.7 x 15. 095077149X

Started in 1934, developed during the Spanish Civil War, WWII and the Malta Convoy.

20666
HEATON, P.M.
TATEMS OF CARDIFF
$20.00 AUD

Starling Press. 1987. London. 1st Ed. 67 PP, plus 48 b/w full-page plates. Fp: Colour painting of a Tatems Vessel. Hard cover, dj (water colour by Laurence Dunn). Fine. 22 x 15.5. 0950771473

History of this fleet from its creation in 1897, its expansion and its end in 1973. Contains 18 pages of fleet list.

70509
HECKSTALL-SMITH, B. & DU BOULAY, Captain E.
THE COMPLETE YACHTSMAN
$80.00 AUD

London. 1912. Methuen. 1st edition (original). XII, 516 PP, with 200 illustrations in the text, plus 24 b/w plates (including frontispiece). Fp: The Waterwitch. Cloth cover, gilt title engraved on front cover, and spine. Covers have some fade spots or soiling and spine is also a little sunned. Spine has shelf wear with a small split at top where it's frayed and starting a little at gutters. Free front endpaper has a couple of small insect holes. Faint foxing, o/wise contents are near fine. Scarce. 22.7 x 15.

20685
HENDERSON, Graeme
UNFINISHED VOYAGES, Western Australian Shipwrecks, 1622-1850
$50.00 AUD

University of Western Australia Press. Perth. 1980. 1st Ed. XXII, (2), 288 PP with 13 fig. (location maps) & 38 b/w plates in text. Title-page: Aquatint of "florishing state of the Swan River Thing". Gilt-engraved hard cover, dj. Spine of dust jacket a little sunned, signature of previous owner on FFEP. An otherwise fine copy of the scarce first edition. Oblong: 18.7 x 25. 0855641762

Also contains many loosely inserted articles on Dutch shipwrecks.

69976
HENDY, John
THIS IS DOVER & FOLKESTONE
$15.00 AUD

London. 1983. Ian Allan. 1st Ed. 56 PP with 1 map, 1 plan and 139 b/w photos. Inside covers: Advertisements. Pictorial card covers with light wear, o/wisse fine. 28.5 x 21. 0711012660

70283
HETHERINGTON, Roy M.
THE WRECK OF H.M.S. ORPHEUS, New Zealand's Worst Sea Disaster
$20.00 AUD

Auckland. 1975. Cassell. Reprint of the 1968 original. XVI, 158 PP with 1 map & 24 bw illust. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket with tiny chips. Faint foxing. Brief note on front endpaper, otherwise a near fine copy. 22.4 x 14.8. 0726937037

The most tragic shipwreck in New Zealand waters, 7th Feb. 1863, Manukau Harbour: loss of 189 from a complement of 258. Appendix with 58 pages on wrecks in N.Z.

70474
HIATT, Alfred
TERRA INCOGNITA - Mapping the Antipodes before 1600
$50.00 AUD

London. 2008. The British Library. 1st Ed. XII, 298 PPwith 47 b/w illustrations, plus 8 colour plates. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine (mint condition). 25 x 18. 9780712349314

61994
HILDEBRAND, J. R. / CHALMERS ADAMS, Harriet
THE PATHFINDER OF THE EAST / AN ALTITUDINAL JOURNEY THROUGH PORTUGAL (in National Geographic Magazine)
$20.00 AUD

Washington. 1927. National Geographic Magazine. Extracts from Volume LII, No. 5, November 1927. Contains 2 articles: pages 503 to 550 with 1 map and 43 b/w photos, then pages I-XVI, 567-610 with XVI colour plate, 1 map and 44 b/w photos. Soft cover. Near fine. 25.4 x 17.6.

Vasco da Gama and the search for Christians and Spices / Portugal, a tiny nation that once ruled the world.

70376
HOLLAND, James
THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN - Five Months that Changed History
$15.00 AUD

London. 2011. Corgi Book. 1st paperback edition of the 2010 original. 924, (4 publications) with 19 maps and figures, plus 32 pages with b/w illustrations (2 drawings and 100 photos). Pictorial soft cover (design by Tom Poland). Near fine. 19.8 x 12.7. 9780552156103

47534
HOLLAND, Rupert Sargent
HISTORIC SHIPS
$20.00 AUD

Philadelphia. 1926. Macrae Smith Co. 1st Ed. 390 PP with 32 decorations by Edward Shenton, plus 6 colour plates and 8 b/w plates with 14 illustrations by Manning de V. Lee. Fp (in colour): The Constitution. Eps: US Ships of Perry, in 1853 at Uraga, Japan. Cloth cover, decoration on front cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Covers slightly marked with a little shelf wear. Note on front endpaper. Very good. 23.2 x 18.

Includes: Viking Voyages to America, The Argosies and Pageants of Venice, The First Ship to Sail Around the world, The Great Harry, The Mayflower, Tall East Indiamen, Buccaneers of the Atlantic Coast, The Darling of the Seas: The Clipper Ship ...

57194
HORDERN HOUSE
CAPTAIN WILLIAM BLIGH AND THE MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY: chiefly from The Robert and Mary Anne Parks Collection
$50.00 AUD

Sydney. 2009. Hordern House Rare Books Pty. Ltd. 1st Ed. No pagination, 128 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Price list loosely inserted. Hard cover, gilt title on front board and spine, dj. Fine. 28.7 x 22. 9781875567539

133 items.

70451
HORDERN, Lieutenant Commander Marsden C.
AUSTRALIA'S DEBT TO STOKES AND BEAGLE
$30.00 AUD

Sydney. 1996. Naval Historical Society of Australia. 1st Ed., Monograph No. 55 of the Society. 15 PP (typescript on recto only) with 1 map, 2 charts and 4 b/w illustrations (photocopy quality). Soft cover, illustrated front cover, clear plastic folder. Fine. 29.8 x 21.

Transcript of a lecture given to the Society on 7 June 1996.

61312
HORNSBY, David
OCEAN SHIPS - 1998
$10.00 AUD

London. 1998. Ian Allan / Plymouth Press. New edition, fully revised. 224 PP with tables and 162 b/w photos. Title spread: Orient Overseas (international) Ltd Containership "OOCL Singapore". Half title page: A.P. Moller "British Vigilance". Laminated pictorial boards (Fascination). Fine. 24.2 x 17.7. 0711025673

Part One: Passenger liners & cruise ships. Part Two: Cargo vessels & tankers.

70346
HOUGH, Richard
CAPTAIN BLIGH & MR. CHRISTIAN, The Men and the Mutiny
$50.00 AUD

Hutchinson of London. London. 1972. Uncorrected proof copy "on proofing paper and the property of the publisher". 314 PP with 12 head-pieces and 13 b/w illustrations (plans, maps,..), plus 20 pages with 19 b/w plates. Fp: Portraits of William Bligh and Fletcher Christian. Eps: Chart of the track of His Majesty's Armoured Ship Bounty in the South Seas 1788 to 1790. Soft covers with light wear/soiling. Faint foxing on outside edges. Very good. 23.4 x 15.5. 0091128609

61280
HUGHES, Lt.-Colonel Henry
IMMORTAL SAILS - A Story of a Welsh Port and some of its Ships
$15.00 AUD

London. c. 1947. Robert Ross & Co. Ltd 1st Ed. XI, 12-240 PP, plus 34 b/w plates (1 port plan, 2 maps, 1portrait, paintings and photos). Fp: Immortal Sails. Cloth cover. Part of the dust jacket (laminated) pasted or tipped in on endpapers. Dated (May 1st 1947) note on front endpaper. Foxing. A good copy of the scarce original edition. 22.2 x 14.

Development of the harbour of Portmadoc. Slate trade, phosphate trade, with the Dutch West Indies, trade with Labrador and Newfoundland. Coastal trade.

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

Adelaide. 1975. Rigby. 1st Ed. 63 PP with 2 plans, 10 b/w illustrations and 41 colour paintings. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. Oblong: 22 x 29.3. 851797946

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

69839
INVERFORTH, The Second Lord
SEVENTY ADVENTUROUS YEARS - The Story of the Bank Line 1855 - 1955
$45.00 AUD

London. 1956. Bank Line. 1st edition. Reprinted from the 1955 "The Journal of Commerce and Shipping Telegraph". 136 PP with 1 House-flag in colour and 55 b/w illustrations (34 portraits and 21 photos of ships), plus 1 large folded colour illustrations of the Cedarbank, at rear of book. Fp (in colour): House Flag. Cloth cover, gilt title on front board and spine. Front cover with 3 discoloured spots (mottled), o/wise near fine internally. 23.5 x 15.8.

Reprinted from The Journal of Commerce and Shipping Telegraph, 14th October 1955. Pages 129 to 135: Fleet List.

53418
JACKSON, Chris (editor)
MARINE MODELLING - Nos. 66, 67, 68 & 69
$20.00 AUD

Upton upon Severn. 1992. Traplet Publications 4 issues, September to December 1992. 264 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 29.7 x 21.

Regulars (masthead, readers models, workshop, waterlines...) and features articles (Malvern Trader, 508 Cup Racer, YMS Minesweepers, HMS Lagos, HMS Inflexible, Hydrofoil Rapier...).

69927
JACOBS, Peter
THE LANCASTER STORY
$10.00 AUD

London. 2003. Silverdale Books. Reprint of the 1996 original. Foreword by Sir Michael Beetham. 192 PP with 31 tables and b/w illustrations (1 cutaway on double page, 6 diagrams and photos). Laminated pictorial boards, dj. Fine. 28 x 22.5. 1856057038

69830
JONES, William H. S. & STEPHENSEN, P. R.
THE CAPE HORN BREED - My Experiences as an Apprentice in the Full-rigged Ship British Isles
$35.00 AUD

Ibex / Heritage Book Group. Melbourne. 1999. Reprint of the 1956 original. 328 PP with 2 line drawings, plus 16 pages with 25 b/w photos. Eps: Track of the British Isles. Hard cover, dj (The British Isles off Cape Otway). Fine. 22.5 x 14.5. 1875689044

Two and a half year voyage around Cape Horn to the West coasts of the Americas and across the Pacific to Australia.

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

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

59313
KETTLE, W. R.
A Supplement to the Third Edition of Findlay's Sailing Directory for the NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN and JAPAN, with revised description of the Coasts, Islands, etc. (Addenda, 1908)
$100.00 AUD

London. 1908. Imray, Laurie, Norie & Wilson, Ltd. 1st Ed. (2), 272 PP. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Ingleton bookplate on front endpaper, o/wise fine. 25.2 x 15.6.

52515
KING, David
THE WRECK OF THE WILLIAM SALTHOUSE (in Heritage Australia)
$10.00 AUD

Canberra. 1988. Australian Council of National Trusts. Volume 7, No. 3, Spring 1988 issue. Contains article from P. 46 to 48 with 1 map, 2 drawings and 4 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 29.5 x 23.

Wrecked at the Rip, Port Phillip Heads, November 1841.

70221
KLINK, Amyr
BETWEEN TWO POLES
$35.00 AUD

London. 1995. Bloomsbury. 1st UK edition of the 1992 Brazil original "Paratti: Entre Dois Polos". XII, 203, (9 blank) PP with 2 pages of plans, plus 28 pages with 2 b/w and 39 colour photos. FEP: Paratii's Journey and map of the Pebble route. REP: 2 maps, Southern Ice, and 2 maps, Northern Ice. Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing on top outside edge, o/wise a fine copy. 24 x 15.5. 0747519722

Voyage of the yacht "Paratii", around the Atlantic Ocean, with a stay of over a year on the Antarctic peninsula. From Paratii (between Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo), Brazil to the Antarctic Peninsula, Capetown, the Faeroes, the Spitzberg, Iceland, and back.

22156
KNIGHT, Alanna (editor)
R. L. S. IN THE SOUTH SEAS - An Intimate Photographic Record
$15.00 AUD

Edinburgh. 1986. Mainstream Pub. 1st Ed. 192 PP with b/w illustrations (1 map of the Pacific, 89 sketches & photos). Fp: Portrait of Robert Louis Stevenson. Hard cover, dj. Light foxing on first few pages, o/wise fine. 24.6 x 19.7. 1851580131

Photos taken by Robert Louis Stevenson in 1888 to illustrate his history of the South Seas.

51901
KOPITTKE, Eric and Rosemary (compilers)
EMIGRANTS FROM HAMBURG TO AUSTRALIA: 1860/1
$20.00 AUD

Brisbane. 1991. Queensland Family History Society Inc. 1st Ed. X, 80, (1 bibliography) PP with 4 drawings. Soft cover, staples, cloth spine. Occasional foxing. Very good. 29 x 21. 0949577189

51903
KOPITTKE, Eric and Rosemary (compilers)
EMIGRANTS FROM HAMBURG TO AUSTRALIA: 1864
$20.00 AUD

Brisbane. 1991. Queensland Family History Society Inc. 1st Ed. X, 39 PP with 4 drawings. Soft cover, staples, cloth spine. Foxing spots on outside edges. Very good. 29 x 21. 0949577898

64734
LACK, Clem
RUSSIAN AMBITIONS IN THE PACIFIC - Australian War Scares of the Nineteenth Century
$15.00 AUD

Brisbane. c. 1968. Royal Historical Society of Quuensland. 1st Ed. 39 PP with b/w illustrations (3 engravings and 4 photos). Soft covers with light wear, o/wise fine. 21.2 x 13.7.

Edition based on a paper delivered on 22 February 1968.

69928
LAMING, Tim
THE VULCAN STORY 1952-2002
$30.00 AUD

London. 2002. Silverdale Books. 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

49495
LANG, A. W.
SEEKARTEN DER SÜDLICHEN NORD- UND OSTSEE
$50.00 AUD

Hamburg. 1968. Deutsches Hydrographisches Institut. 1st Ed. (10), 106 PP with 84 figures, plus 70 pages for 20 charts (5 on full page and 15 on double page). Cloth cover, gilt decoration and title on front cover, gilt title on spine. Dust jacket tipped in on rear endpaper. Ingleton bookplate on front endpaper. German text (summary in German, English, French and Russian). Occasional foxing, o/wise near fine. 33.3 x 23.3.

Charts of the coasts of the Southern Baltic Sea and the German North Sea.

41255
LARN, Richard & Bridget
SHIPWRECKS - Around Mount's Bay
$10.00 AUD

Penryn. 1991. Tor Mark Press. 1st Ed. 32 PP with 1 map and 29 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover (French-built wooden brigantine Jeune Hortense). Near fine. 21 x 14. 0850253268

South coast of Cornwall.

41256
LARN, Richard & Bridget
SHIPWRECKS - Around the Lizard
$10.00 AUD

Penryn. 1989. Tor Mark Press. 1st Ed. 32 PP with 1 map and 31 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover (Norwegian barque Gunvor). Near fine. 21 x 14. 0850253063

South coast of Cornwall.

70217
LESUEUR, Gavin
THE LINE: not just a boat race
$25.00 AUD

Mallacoota, Victoria. 1995. Cyclone Publishers. 1st Ed. (6), 327, (3) PP with sketch maps, plus 12 pages with 18 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 22 x 14. 9781875181018

The toughest coastal race in the world. Around Australia.

10841
LETHBRIDGE, T. C.
BOATS AND BOATMEN
$20.00 AUD

London. 1952. Thames & Hudson. 1st edition in The Past in The Present series. VIII, 199 PP with 41 line drawings by the author, plus 4 photogravure plates with 6 b/w illustrations. Cloth cover, dj. Spine of covers damaged at extremities with corresponding dust jacket pieces missing. Contents very clean and overall, still a very good copy. 22.2 x 14.5.

Boats of the West and their gear, the men who built them and those who embarked on them. Magical and religious ideas underlying surviving nautical customs.

70218
LEWIS, David
VOYAGE TO THE ICE - The Antarctic Expedition of Solo
$35.00 AUD

Sydney. 1979. Collins & A.B.C. 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.

69767
LEWIS, Jon E. (editor)
D-DAY, As They Saw It
$10.00 AUD

London. 2004. Robinson Publishing. Paperback revised edition of the 1994 original. Foreword by Field Marshal Lord Carver. XIV, (314, (4), (12 blank) PP, plus 8 pages with 10 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Spine with light creases. Near fine. 19.5 x 13. 9781841199412

20345
LOCKWOOD, Rupert
HUMOUR IS THEIR WEAPON, Laugh with the Australian Wharfies
$20.00 AUD

Sydney. 1985. Ellsyd Press. 1st Ed. Foreword by Peter Morris. 96 PP with 22 bw photos and 28 comic strips by Mark Knight. Pictorial card covers. Front cover with small scratches. Very good. 20.9 x 13.5. 0949290068

The witticisms, anecdotes and nicknames from the waterfront, part of the Australian folk humour.

48142
LONEY, J. K.
WRECK OF THE S. S. CASINO
$10.00 AUD

Geelong. c. 1975. Marine History Publications. 1st Ed., No. 5 in the Famous Wrecks series. 20 PP with 1 map, plus 8 pages with 15 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 20.8 x 13.8. 0909244146

Wrecked on 6th August, 1859, on a passage from Port Adelaide to Melbourne.

69786
LONEY, J. K.
AN ERA AT PORT PHILLIP HEADS 1830-1900
$15.00 AUD

Geelong. 1973. Marine History Publications. 1st Ed. 38 PP, plus map at centrefold & 8 pages with 13 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Slight ageing of paper. Near fine. 21 x 13.7. 0959985360

The pilot service, the shipwrecks and piloting hazards, the lifeboat service...

69789
LONEY, J. K.
WRECKS ON PHILLIP ISLAND
$10.00 AUD

Geelong. c. 1975. Author. 1st Ed. 16 PP with 1 map & 9 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 20.5 x 14. 0909244138

18838
LONEY, Jack
VICTIMS OF THE CORSAIR ROCK
$10.00 AUD

Geelong. ND 1975?. Author. 1st Ed. 12 PP plus 8 pages with 9 b/w photos. Pict. card cover. Fine. 21 x 13.5. 0909244197

Wrecks on the Rock, off Point Nepean.

36479
LONEY, Jack
AN ATLAS HISTORY OF AUSTRALIAN SHIPWRECKS, (State by State, Including Maps & Diving Notes)
$25.00 AUD

Sydney. 1981. A. & A.W. Reed. 1st Ed. 120 PP plus 8 pages with 17 colour photos & many b/w illust. & charts. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket with lightly sunned spine and a few small creases, o/wise near fine. 25.8 x 18.2. 0589503006

57977
LONEY, Jack
WRECK - 1891, and Other Maritime Memories
$25.00 AUD

Geelong. 1992. Marine History Publications. 1st Ed. 121 PP with 1 map & 2 b/w illustrations, plus 32 pages with 69 b/w illustrations (including 6 maps). Pictorial soft cover. Signed on title page by the author. Fine (mint condition). 21.5 x 17.5. 0909191492

Major wrecks on the South Western Victorian coast in the year 1891: W.D. Godfrey, Joseph H. Scammell, Gambier, Fiji,...

69961
LONEY, Jack
SHIPWRECKS AND SEA ADVENTURES AROUND WILSONS PROMONTORY
$20.00 AUD

Newtown, Vic. 1982. Neptune Press. 1st Ed. No. 1 in the Neptune's Coast Watch series. 85 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft covers with light soiling. Name of previous owner on half title page. Near fine. Oblong: 19 x 22.2. 0909131953

Exploration, sealing and whaling, shipwrecks.

43290
LONEY, Jack & STONE, Peter
THE AUSTRALIA RUN - Volume 6 in Australian Shipwrecks
$75.00 AUD

Benalla, Vic. 2000. Marine History Publications. 1st Ed, Volume 6, in Australian Shipwrecks series. (10), 318, (32 indexes) PP with 1 graph, 20 maps & location maps, and over 106 b/w illustrations. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 24.8 x 18.5. 0909191530

Ships lost in the run between Great Britain and Australia.

14740
LORD, Walter
A NIGHT TO REMEMBER - Illustrated Edition
$20.00 AUD

London. 1978. Penguin Books. 1st paperback edition. Reprint of the 1976 illustrated edition (original of 1956). 232 PP with b/w illustrations. Title-page: Painting of Titanic steaming at night. Pictorial card cover. Near fine. 24.5 x 18.5. 0140047573

The sinking of the Titanic on the night of 14th April, 1912.

70414
LORD, Walter
DAY OF INFAMY
$20.00 AUD

London. 1957. Longmans, Green and Co. 1st UK edition. (X), 243 PP, plus 32 pages with 1 plan and 49 b/w photos. FEP: The last instant of Peace, Pearl Harbor, 7.55 A.M. Dec. 7, 1941. REP: Route of the Japanese attack. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Outside edges with signs of ageing and foxing spots. Very good. 22 x 14.2.

Pearl Harbour, December 7th 1941.

70285
LUBBOCK, Basil
THE WESTERN OCEAN PACKETS
$85.00 AUD

Glasgow. 1926. James Brown and Son. 2nd edition of the 1925 original. XIV, (2), 155 PP, plus 22 plates (1 in colour with 12 house flags and 21 in b/w, 17 of which are "packets"). Fp: Liverpool in 1840 - Black Ball packet disembarking passengers. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dust jacket which has a few small chips or closed tears. Bookplate of previous owner on front endpaper. Foxing spots (heavy on outside edges). An otherwise near fine copy which is scarce with the dust jacket. 22 x 14.5.

A treatise on the lines which served the Atlantic ferry in the first part of the 19th century.

18445
MACINTYRE, Captain Donald
THE ADVENTURE OF SAIL 1520-1914
$15.00 AUD

London. 1979. Ferndale Editions. Reprint of the 1970 original. Introduction by Uffa Fox. 256 PP with 265 b/w illust. & 44 colour plates in text. Title-page: 17th Century Compass Card. Half-title page: The building of the Ark. Illustrated endpapers. Hard cover, device in blind on front cover, dj. Foxing spots on outside edges. Very good. Oblong: 25.3 x 31.5. 0905746015

Illustrated history of sailing ships and contemporary accounts of historic voyages, extracts from journals of famous mariners and classic sea tales.

10340
MACKANESS, George
A BOOK OF THE 'BOUNTY' AND SELECTIONS FROM BLIGH'S WRITINGS
$25.00 AUD

London. 1938. J. Dent & Sons Ist Ed., No. 950 in the Everyman's Library series. XVI, 327, (8 publications) PP. Eps. Green cloth cover, gilt title on spine. Ex Libris of previous owner on front endpaper. Very good. 17.5 x 11.

38463
MACKANESS, George
A LINK WITH THE FRENCH-CANADIAN "PATRIOTES" TRANSPORTED TO N.S.W. AFTER THE PAPINEAU REBELLION OF 1838 (in Journal and Proceedings of the RAHS - Volume XXXV, Part VI, 1949)
$10.00 AUD

Royal Australian Historical Society. Sydney. 1949. Volume XXXV, Part VI. 305-352 PP. Contains article between pages 342 and 347 with 1 illustration. Stapled soft wrappers, browning of outside edges, o/wise near fine. 21 x 14.

Also contains an article from P.305 to P339 with 4 b/w illustrations: Port Jackson, its Romantic Growth, by A.B. Shaw.

70349
MACKANESS, George (editor)
FRESH LIGHT ON BLIGH - Being Some Unpublished Correspondence of Captain William Bligh, R.N. and Lieutenant Francis Godolphin Bond R.N. ...
$150.00 AUD

Sydney. 1953. Author / Privately Printed. Limited edition of 135 copies & 15 Presentation copies. "One of the Presentation Copies signed by George Mackaness". Volume XXIX in the Australian Historical Monographs series. 84 PP with 12 b/w illustrations. Stapled card covers with light wear and sunned spine. Contents fine. Scarce. 24.5 x 18.

... with Lieutenant Bond's Manuscript Notes made on the Voyage of H.M.S. Providence 1791-1795. Correspondence between Captain William Bligh and John & Francis Godolphin Bond.

70476
MACWHIRTER, Noel & Pat, SAGLIOCCO, Jean Louis & SOUTHWOOD, Jane (editors)
Le NATURALISTE in WESTERN PORT: 1802-2002 - Two Hundred Years of Change
$75.00 AUD

Melbourne. 2003. Victoria Department of Infrastructure. 1st Ed. (2), II, 134 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Soft covers, pictorial front, spiral bound. Fine. 29.7 x 21.5.

Proceedings of the seminar held at the Old Cranbourne Shire Office, Cranbourne, Victoria. 13th and 14th April 2002 and other commemorative events of 2002. 13 papers: ... Seals at Seal Rocks, Western Port in Bass Strait, before and after the Baudin expedition's visit in 1802, by Robert M. Warneke. ...

51227
MARCHANT, L. R.
AUSTRALIA AND EAST ASIA: CHINA AND KOREA (in Independence and Alliance. Australia in World Affairs 1976-80)
$15.00 AUD

Reprint of chapter 13, editors: P. J. Boyce and J. R. Angel. Pages 207 to 222 with 2 tables. Soft cover, clear plastic. Fine. 29.6 x 21.

72741
MARCHANT, Leslie R.
FRANCE AUSTRALE. A Study of French explorations and attempts to found a penal colony and strategic base in south western Australia 1503-1826
$60.00 AUD

Artlook Books. Perth. 1982. 1st edition with a foreword by Jean-François Deniau, French Minister for Overseas Trade. XVI, 384 PP with 72 b/w illustrations (coastal views, drawings, sketches, paintings, facsimile of documents...), plus 8 colour plates. Hard cover, dj. A near fine copy. 24.2 x 16.2. 0864451040

47501
MARINE-EMPIRE
FEVRIER 1944 - LA MARINE FRANCAISE DEPUIS L' ARMISTICE. LE COMBAT DU VENGEUR EN PRAIRIAL AN II. LE NAUFRAGE DE LA MEDUSE... (in Marine - Empire)
$20.00 AUD

Lyon. 1944. Editions du Secrétariat Géneral de l'Information / Marine-Empire. Issue for February 1944. 64 PP with b/w illustrations Pictorial soft cover (le combat du "Vengeur" 13 prairial An II by Charles Fouqueray). Near fine. French text. 31 x 23.5.

French Navy (Vichy) since the Armistice of June 1940. First naval battle between the French Republic and the British Navy, 13 Prairial An 2 (1st of June 1793), or the Glorious First of June. Shipwreck of La Méduse.

69981
MARSH, Bryn J. & ALMOND, Sue
THE HOME PORT: Bootle, the Blitz and the Battle of the Atlantic
$20.00 AUD

Sefton, UK. 1993. Metropolitan Borough of Sefton. 1st ed., with a foreword by Joe Benton. (5), III, 72 PP with b/w photos. Pictorial card covers. Fine. 29.5 x 21. 095213120X

12089
MATHEW, David
THE NAVAL HERITAGE
$15.00 AUD

London. 1944. Collins. 1st Ed. XXIV, 264 PP, plus 8 plates. Fp: John, First Earl of St.Vincent. Cloth cover, dj (price clipped). War economy paper. Occasional foxing, o/wise near fine. 22.2 x 14.5.

Analysis of all the formative influences in the making of the Royal Navy. Development of naval life and the interaction with general life in England.

42297
MAXWELL, F. W.
NICHOLLS'S CONCISE GUIDE TO THE LOCAL MARINE BOARD EXAMINATIONS FOR SECOND MATES
$100.00 AUD

Glasgow. 1926. James Brown & Son. 2nd edition of the 1924 original. XII, (1 errata), 419 PP with figures, plus 7 plates (3 of them folded), and 2 large folded plate at rear of book. Marbled endpapers. Full leather binding, gilt crest of The Incorporated Thames Nautical Training College - H M S Worcester on front board, gilt title on spine. All edges gilt. Prize plate of the College on front endpaper. Covers lightly rubbed on outside edges and hinges, hinge of front board partly split. The 2 large plates at rear of book are complete but detached. A very good copy. 24.3 x 19.5.

70165
McCART, Neil
20TH CENTURY PASSENGER SHIPS OF THE P&O
$40.00 AUD

Wellingborough, UK. 1985. Patrick Stephens. 1st Ed. 233 PP with 228 b/w illust. Title page: House Flag of the P & O. FEP: Strathnaver at Sydney after her post-war refit. REP: Royal Princess is floated out of her building dock, Helsinki, February 1984. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price-clipped). Faint foxing on outside edges, o/wise fine. 23 x 21. 0850597161

70502
MEYER, R. J.
ALL ABOARD, Iron Horses to Wakatipu & Shipping on the Lake
$35.00 AUD

Wellington. 1963. NZ Railway & Locomotive Society. 1st edition of August 1963. Foreword by W. S. Shearer. X, 118 PP with 3 maps, 1 diagram and 55 b/w photos, plus 2 folding plans. Fp: Colour photo of S.S.Earnslaw (pasted down). Hard cover, dj. Signature on inside front and rear covers and a faint name stamp of previous owner on bottom of front endpaper, o/wise a fine copy. 23.4 x 15.8.

Story of the locomotives going to, and the steamers sailing on, Lake Wakatipu after a century of existence.

68786
MIDDLEMISS, Norman
Feature: Transmediterranea Centenary / Port of Call: Quebec / Forgotten Fleets: Hansa Line of Bremen, A Pioneer of Heavy Lift Shipping (in SHIPPING TODAY and YESTERDAY, No. 330)
$10.00 AUD

Bexhill-on-Sea, UK. 2017. Tandy Media Publishing. Issue No. 330, August 2017. Edited by Nigel Lawrence. 68 PP. Contains 3 articles: P.22 to 30, 48 to 52 then 54 to 61 with b/w and colour illustrations (House-Flag & Funnel and photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.7 x 21.

68787
MIDDLEMISS, Norman
Memorable Ships: The Papenburg Sisters / Feature: S.A.L. Heavy Lift of Hamburg / Forgotten Fleets: United Netherlands Navigation Company (in SHIPPING TODAY and YESTERDAY, No. 331)
$10.00 AUD

Bexhill-on-Sea, UK. 2017. Tandy Media Publishing. Issue No. 331, September 2017. Edited by Nigel Lawrence. 68 PP. Contains 3 articles: P.16 to 20, 22 to 30 then 54 to 59 with b/w and colour illustrations (House-Flag & Funnel and photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.7 x 21.

69034
MIDDLEMISS, Norman
Memorable Ships: COLOMBIE, French Line in the Caribbean / Feature: STAR CRUISES, A Megastar of World Cruising / Forgotten Fleets: STRICK LINER, Frank C. Strick & Co. Ltd. / Port of Call: MANILA (in SHIPPING TODAY and YESTERDAY, No. 334)
$10.00 AUD

Bexhill-on-Sea, UK. 2017. Tandy Media Publishing. Issue No. 334, December 2017. Edited by Nigel Lawrence. 68 PP. Contains 4 articles between pages: 18 to 21, 22 to 30, 48 to 53 & 54 to 60 with b/w and colour illustrations (House-Flag & Funnel and photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.7 x 21.

Other article - Through the eyes of the artist by David Eeles: The Red Star Line and the American Line, Part one.

69035
MIDDLEMISS, Norman
Memorable Ships: TRIASTER, British Phosphate Carrier / Feature: DANNEBROG of DENMARK, 130 years of Tramp Shipowning / Forgotten Fleets: COMPANIA TRASATLANTICA ESPANOLA S.A., The Spanish Line. (in SHIPPING TODAY and YESTERDAY, No. 335)
$10.00 AUD

Bexhill-on-Sea, UK. 2018. Tandy Media Publishing. Issue No. 335, January 2018. Edited by Nigel Lawrence. 68 PP. Contains 3 articles between pages: 18 to 22, 24 to 33 & 54 to 58 with b/w and colour illustrations (House-Flag & Funnel and photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.7 x 21.

Other article - Through the eyes of the artist by David Eeles: The Red Star Line and the American Line, Part two.

69195
MIDDLEMISS, Norman
Memorable Ships: PRINCESS of TASMANIA: A Pioneer Car Ferry on the Bass Strait / Feature: HUGO STINNES of HAMBURG: 200 years of a German Shipping Family / Port of Call: NORFOLK ( Virginia) / Forgotten Fleets: HOLM SHIPPING Co. Ltd.: The Green Funnelled Kiwi Fleet. (in SHIPPING TODAY and YESTERDAY, No. 336)
$10.00 AUD

Bexhill-on-Sea, UK. 2018. Tandy Media Publishing. Issue No. 336, February 2018. Edited by Nigel Lawrence. 68 PP. Contains 4 articles between pages: 16 to 20, 22 to 29, 46 to 52 & 54 to 60 with b/w and colour illustrations (House-Flag & Funnel and photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.7 x 21.

Other article - Through the eyes of the artist by David Eeles: The Red Star Line and the American Line, Part three.

70449
MILIUS, Pierre Bernard
MILIUS, Last Commander of the Baudin Expedition, The Journal 1800-1804 / MILIUS, Le Dernier Commandant de l'Expédition Baudin, Le Journal 1800-1804 (in two volumes)
$125.00 AUD

Perth & Canberra. 2013. Australian Capital Equity (Kerry Stokes Collection) & National Library of Australia. 1st bilingual edition, edited by Peter Hamly. Forewords by Kerry Stokes and Michel Rocard. Prefaces by Rear-Admiral François Bellec and Anne-Marie Schwirtlich. Introduction by Anthony J. Brown. English volume: XX, 380 PP. French Volume: XX, 348 PP. Each volume with b/w and colour illustrations, plus a folded map in rear pocket. Eps: 1808 Map of New Holland, by M.L. Freycinet. English volume with: List of Illustrations and Index. Hard covers, illustrated front and back, cloth spine. Set of 2 volumes contained in an illustrated box. Fine. Volumes: 24.6 x 19.5. & illustrated box: 25 x 20. 9780642277930

20838
MILLER, William H.
BRITISH OCEAN LINERS - A Twilight Era, 1960-85
$15.00 AUD

Wellingborough. 1986. PSL / Patrick Stephens Ltd. 1st UK edition. 136 PP with b/w photos. Fp: Orsova docking. FEP: Queen Elizabeth berthing New York. REP: Canberra berthed at Circular Quay, Sydney. Hard cover, dj. Light foxing on endpapers, o/wise fine. 23 x 20.5. 0850597668

From Anchor Line to Union Castle Line.

22225
MILLER, William H.
TRANSATLANTIC LINERS 1945-1980
$25.00 AUD

Newton Abbot. 1981. David & Charles. 1st Ed. 222 PP with b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket is price-clipped with a few small chips and sunned spine. A few small spots on endpapers, o/wise a near fine copy. 25.5 x 17.5. 0715380206

Information and technical details on every liner classed by shipping line. From the America Banner Lines and their "Atlantic" and "La Guardia", to the Zim Lines and their "Israel", "Jerusalem", "Shalom" & "Zion".

44631
MILLER, William H. & HUTCHINGS, David F.
TRANSATLANTIC LINERS AT WAR - The Story of the Queens
$20.00 AUD

Newton Abbot, UK. 1985. David & Charles. 1st UK Ed. 175 PP with 1 map, 3 profiles of ships and 30 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. A little light foxing on prelims and dust jacket, o/wise fine. 24 x 16.2. 0715385119

The distinguished war roles of the Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth during WWII and the QE2 during the Falklands War of 1982.

69868
MITCHELL, Charles
A BOOK OF SHIPS
$20.00 AUD

London. 1941. The King Penguin Books. 1st Ed. 31 PP with 11 b/w illustrations, plus 16 colour plates. Card cover, illustration on front board. Fine. 18.4 x 12.

34666
MOORE, Captain John (editor)
JANE'S NAVAL REVIEW 1982-83 - Second Year of Issue
$20.00 AUD

London. 1982. Jane's Publishing Company. 1st Ed. 160 PP with b/w illustrations (cutaways, maps, plans, photos and ship profiles). Pictorial laminated boards. Light foxing on prelims, o/wise fine. 27.5 x 20.5. 0710601270

The lessons of the Naval War in the Falklands, by Captain John Moore. Latin America: a patchwork of strengths and capabilities by Captain Frans de Blocq van Kuffeler... Conflict and commerce by Andrew Ambrose...

18489
MOTOR BOAT
THE MOTOR BOAT AND YACHTING MANUAL
$20.00 AUD

London. 1960. Temple Press. 16th edition of the 1907 original. VII, (1), 432 PP with 233 fig. (72 b/w photos). FEP: Sectional Drawing of a Thornycroft 42 ft. REP: Donald Campbell's Jet-propelled hydroplane Bluebird. Hard cover, dj (price clipped and with a few small chips). Contents neear fine. 22.2 x 14.5.

Design and construction, practical boat building.... handling yachts and motor boats, cruising equipment...

18165
MUDIE, Rosemary & Colin
POWER YACHTS
$20.00 AUD

London. 1977. Adlard Coles/Granada. 1st Ed. 286 PP with 313 b/w figures (plans, sketches & photos). Blue cloth cover a little discoloured around edges, dust jacket with a few small nicks/creases. A near fine copy. 28.2 x 22.2. 0229986633

Covers all aspects of power yachting. Seamanship, construction (modern & traditional), engines & installations, electrics, etc...

61894
MUIR, Jock, HUDSON, Chris & FOGAGNOLO, Jocelyn
JOCK MUIR MARITIME REFLECTIONS
$60.00 AUD

Chris Hudson & Jocelyn Fogagnolo. Hobart. 1991. 1st Ed., with a foreword by Jack Earl. 136 PP with 2 maps, 8 plans and 70 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. Quite scarce. 29.7 x 20.8. 064601630X

... by one of Australia's best known designers, builders and ocean racing identities.

44962
NAUTICAL MAGAZINE
THE NAUTICAL MAGAZINE FOR 1932 - A Technical and Critical Journal for the Officers of the Mercantile Marine - Volume 127
$70.00 AUD

Glasgow / London. 1932. Brown, Son & Ferguson / Simpkin, Marshall, and Co. 1st Ed. Volume 127 - 1932, January to June. (1), III, 656 PP with few figures and tables. Half bound, gilt title on leather spine. Hinges cracked on 2cms close to head of spine. Slight ageing of paper around the edges, o/wise very good. 22.3 x 14.5

Hydrography. Voyages. Navigation. Nautical miscellany.

69771
NEILLANDS, Robin
THE BATTLE OF NORMANDY 1944
$10.00 AUD

Cassell Military Paperbacks. London. c. 2007. 4th printing of the 2003 paperback edition. 456, (8 blank) PP with 8 maps on full-page and, 19 headpieces, plus 16 pages with 36 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 19.7 x 12.8. 9780304365630

57923
NELSON, Hank
P.O.W. PRISONERS OF WAR - Australians Under Nippon
$15.00 AUD

Sydney. 1985. ABC Enterprises / Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 1st Ed. 224 PP with 1 b/w photo, 16 maps and 18 illustrations by Don Moore. Pictorial soft cover. Spine sunned, o/wise near fine. 24.5 x 17.2. 0642527369

Based on the ABC Radio series

61927
NELSON, Stewart B.
OCEANOGRAPHIC SHIPS - Fore and Aft
$30.00 AUD

Washington. 1982. Office of the Oceanographer of the Navy. Reprint of the 1971 original. Foreword by Rear Admiral W. W. Behrens, Jr., and Preface by Rear Admiral O. D. Waters, Jr. XVII, 240, (6 blank) PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, engravings, line drawings, paintings, photos). Cloth cover, illustrated front board. Faint foxing. Near fine. 26.7 x 21. 1983672184

70343
NICHOLLS, Max
A HISTORY OF LORD HOWE ISLAND
$15.00 AUD

Hobart. c. 1952. Mercury Press Ltd. 1st Ed. 148 PP with 1 map and 31 b/w photos. Card covers, illustrated front (slight rub). Slight ageing of paper. Near fine. 18.4 x 12.2.

38005
NIXON, Larry
VAGABOND VOYAGING - The Story of Freighter Travel
$35.00 AUD

Boston. 1938. Little, Brown & Co. 1st Ed. XXII, 314 PP, plus 36 pages with 7 drawings and 19 b/w photos. Fp: The Author. Cloth cover, decorated front, title on browned spine which is a little frayed top and borrom (shelf wear). Contents very clean and overall a very good copy.. Scarce. 19.6 x 13.5.

The adventue of tramp travel. Includes a list of freighter trips, routes travelled, fares, etc..

15211
NOBLE, Capt. John
PORT PHILLIP: PILOTS AND DEFENCES
$20.00 AUD

Hawthorn Press. Melbourne. 1979. 2nd edition of the 1973 original. (10), 125 PP with 3 b/w illustrations, plus 8 pages with 16 b/w illustrations. FEP: Port Phillip Bay, Southern portion. REP: Northern portion. Loosely inserted a small folded brochure on the procedures to be followed (VHF procedure, Tides at Port Phillip Heads, Pilot Boarding, Requirements for Embarkation of Pilots with diagrams). Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket is rubbed around edges with a few chips, o/wise near fine. 21.5 x 14. 072560235X

Study of Victorian maritime history and the role played by the Port Phillip Sea Pilots.

70338
NUGENT, Maria
CAPTAIN COOK WAS HERE
$35.00 AUD

Melbourne. 2009. Cambridge University Press. 1st Ed. XII, 164 PP with b/w illustrations, plus 24 pages with 29 plates (10 b/w and 19 colour). Eps: Chart of Botany Bay. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 24 x 16.2. 9780521762403

71645
OLSON, William
LION OF THE CHINA SEA - A History of The Eastern and Australian Steamship Company Limited (incorporated in England)
$25.00 AUD

P & O Australia Ltd. Sydney. 1976. 1st Ed. (6), 116 PP with 46 b/w illust. & 1 map, plus 4 pages with 7 colour illustrations (1 house-flag, 1 photo and 5 paintings). Eps: Map of the run by the Eastern & Australian Steamship Company Limited. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 23.5 x 17. 095972900

A shipping line operating between East Asia (Hong Kong, China, Japan, Philippines) and Australia.

70178
OSBORNE, Richard, SPONG, Harry & GROVER, Tom
ARMED MERCHANT CRUISERS 1878 - 1945
$100.00 AUD

London. 2007. World Ship Society. 1st Ed. 328 PP with over 11 tables and b/w illustrations (1 painting, 6 sketch plans and 251 b/w photos). Fp: "Alsatian", flagship of 10th Cruisers Squadron. Pictorial laminated boards. Fine. 30.2 x 21. 0954331087

69913
OVERY, Richard
All About HISTORY - Book of WORLD WAR II
$15.00 AUD

Bournemouth, Dorset. 2014. Imagine Publishing Ltd. 1st edition by Jon White & Alex Hoskins. 260 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Closed tear on front cover (repaired). Fine. 29.7 x 23. 9781910155295

The events, people and places that shaped the war.

56519
PARR, W. H.
PORT NELSON - GATEWAY TO THE SEA. A History of the Nelson Harbour Board to 1978
$20.00 AUD

Port Nelson. 1979. Nelson Harbour Board. 1st Ed. Foreword by C. Gibbons, Chairman. VIII, 304 PP with 3 plans and 114 b/w photos. Fp: The Board ans Executive Officers, 1979. Eps: Aerial view of Port Nelson. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Dedicatory note on title page dated and signed by J.F.S. Baldwin, General Manager. Fine. 21.8 x 15.7.

70045
PARSONS, Jack & Nora
CORNISH FISHERBOY TO MASTER MARINER: The Life of Henry Blewett 1836-1891 - Part One: Mousehole Boyhood and Early Days at Sea: 1836-1861
$15.00 AUD

Bournemouth, UK. 1993. Bournemouth Local Studies Publications. 1st Ed. VI, 74 PP with b/w illustrations (4 maps and 7 diagrams "Identification of sailing ships' rigs"), plus 4 pages with 8 b/w illustrations (4 drawings and 4 photos). Soft cover, pictorial front. Faint foxing on outside edges. Fine. 21 x 14.5. 0906287987

47001
PARSONS, Ronald
AUSTRALIAN SHIPOWNERS AND THEIR FLEETS - Book Five: Early Australian Owners
$10.00 AUD

Roanld Parsons. Murray Bridge, S.A. 2004. Reprint of the 1979 original. Book Five, in Australian Shipowners and their Fleets Series. (2), 91 PP. Stapled typescript monograph. Soft cover. Fine. Oblong: 16.6 x 20.6.

Early shipowners, vessels owned/operated by the Colonial Government. Early whaling ships.

58403
PENDERS, C. L. M.
THE WEST NEW GUINEA DEBACLE: Dutch Decolonisation and Indonesia, 1945-1962
$25.00 AUD

Honolulu. 2001. University of Hawai'i Press. 1st Ed. X, 490 PP with 1 map. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 21.2 x 14.2. 0824824709

54394
PERON, François & DE FREYCINET, Louis
VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY TO THE SOUTHERN LANDS: Dissertations on various subjects
$90.00 AUD

Adelaide. 2007. The Friends of the State Library of South Australia. 1st edition, translated from the second French edition of 1824 by Christine Cornell. (IV), 109 PP with tables. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 23.4 x 16.

Book V (Chapters XXXV to XLI).

64252
PERON, François & DE FREYCINET, Louis / MM. LESUEUR & PETIT
VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY TO THE SOUTHERN LANDS (Two Volumes and an Atlas)
$2500.00 AUD

The Friends of the State Library of South Australia. Adelaide. 2009. Special edition limited to 35 hand numbered copies. Reprint with minor corrections of the four earlier editions of 2003, 2006, 2007 and 2008. Volumes with 2 b/w illustrations (portrait of François Péron and map "Le Géographe in Australian Waters"), translated by Christine Cornell and with introductions by Anthony J. Brown. Volume I with a preface by Louis de Freycinet and an Historical Eulogy of François Péron by M. J.-P.-F. Deleuze: LXXXIII, 430 PP with tables. Volume II with a foreword by John K. Ling: XXXIX, 389 PP with tables. Atlas, translated from the Second French edition of 1824, by Peter Hambly, and with an introduction by Sarah Thomas. XX, (XII), PP, plus 146 pages with 68 plates: 27 in colour and 41 in b/w (3 on double page, 2 musical scores, 11 with charts ...). Leather bound (navy blue kangaroo), raised bands, gilt title on spine, cloth covered slipcase. Fine (mint condition). Format - Volumes: 30 x 24 and Atlas: Scarce. 35.6 x 26.5. 9781876154561

Vol. I: Books I to III, comprising chapters I to XXI - Le Havre to Port Jackson. Vol. II: Book IV - Port Jackson to return to Europe. Book V: Dissertations on various subjects

50887
PETERS, Nonja (editor)
THE DUTCH DOWN UNDER: 1606-2006
$70.00 AUD

Perth. 2006. University of Western Australia Press. 1st Ed. XIX, 2-422 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Hard cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj. Fine. 28.8 x 22. 1920694757

33825
PINK, Kerry & VOWLES, Gill
AGAINST THE TIDE - A Maritime History of Circular Head
$55.00 AUD

Hobart. 1998. Hobart Ports Corporation. 1st Ed. VI, 434 PP with 1 plan, 4 b/w illust., 16 colour and 210 b/w photos. Pictorial card cover. 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.

69952
PLOWMAN, Peter
AUSTRALIAN MIGRANT SHIPS 1946 - 1977
$50.00 AUD

Sydney. 2006. Rosenberg. 1st Ed. 144 PP with 102 b/w and 43 colour photos. Title page: "Johan van Oldenbarnevelt" in Sydney on 16 December 1956. Pictorial soft covers. Dedicatory note to previous owner signed by the author on title page. Fine. 29 x 21. 1877058408

69957
PLOWMAN, Peter
COAST TO COAST: THE GREAT AUSTRALIAN COASTAL LINERS
$50.00 AUD

Sydney. 2007. Rosenberg. 1st Ed. 196 PP with colour and 154/w illustrations (menus, programs, paintings, plans & photos). Fp: Advertisements for travel by Adelaide Steamship Company. Pictorial card cover. Dedicatory note to previous owner signed by the author on title page. Fine. 28.5 x 21. 9781877058608

70125
PLUMRIDGE, Lt-Colonel John H.
HOSPITAL SHIPS AND AMBULANCE TRAINS
$40.00 AUD

London. 1975. Seeley, Service & Co. 1st Ed. 203 PP with tables and 45 b/w illustrations. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Foxing spots on top outside edge, o/wise near fine. 22.2 x 14.2. 0854220879

48255
PONTING, Herbert & HURLEY, Frank
1910-1916 ANTARCTIC PHOTOGRAPHS - Scott, Mawson and Shackleton Expeditions
$30.00 AUD

Melbourne. 1979. Macmillan. 1st Australian edition. Foreword by Sir Vivian Fuchs. Introduction by Jennie Boddington. 120 PP with b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing spots. Fine copy with a fine dust jacket. Oblong: 22.3 x 26.1. 0333299930

Photographs of Scott's Expedition 1910-13, Mawson Expedition 1922-13 and Shackleton Expedition 1914-16.

43804
QUANCHI, Max
JACARANDA ATLAS OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS
$25.00 AUD

Jacaranda / John Wiley & Sons Australia. Brisbane. 2003. 1st Ed. IV, 156 PP with colour illustrations (maps and photos). FEP: Map of the world. REP: The language of maps. Pictorial soft cover. Folded flyer loosely inserted. Fine. 30 x 23.5. 9780701636623

Up-to-date and accurate coverage of the Pacific Islands.

53382
REES, Sian
THE SHIP THIEVES
$15.00 AUD

Hodder / Hachette. Sydney. 2006. 2nd edition of the 2005 original. (8), 232 PP, plus 16 pages with 4 maps and 20 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 19.8 x 12.7. 0733620817

The amazing tale and unfortunate life of James Porter - Australian convict, pirate and master mariner.

70428
REID, Dr. Richard
YPRES: Les Australiens sur le Front Occidental - 1917
$25.00 AUD

Canberra. 2012. Department of Veteran's Affairs / Ministère des Anciens Combattants. 2nd edition in August 2012 of the 2007 original. French translation by Yveline Piller. (4), 104 PP with 1 table, 5 colour illustrations (1 photo & 4 paintings) and b/w illustrations (1 map & location map, 1 etching and 101 photos). Pictorial soft covers. Fine (mint condition). French text. 23.5 x 23.2. 9781920720896

20917
RENARD, Leon
LES PHARES
$20.00 AUD

L'Ancre de Marine. Saint Malo. 1990. 1st Ed. 360 PP with 49 b/w illustrations (many on full-page). Pictorial card cover. French text. Foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise fine. 24 x 15.5. 2905970243

Their origins, their construction & description. English & French lighthouses and other navigational aids.

70067
REVELL CARR, J.
ALL BRAVE SAILORS - The Sinking of the "Anglo-Saxon", 21 August 1940
$20.00 AUD

Coronet Paperback / Hodder and Stoughton. London. 2004. 1st edition as a "Coronet" ' paperback. XVI, 365 PP with 2 b/w illustrations (1 map and 1 sketch), plus 8 plates with 23 b/w photos. Pictorial stiff covers. Slight ageing of paper. Ex Libris stamp of previous owner on preliminary page. Near fine. 19.6 x 12.8. 9780340825785

70042
RICHARDS, Captain James & Marlene, and HUSTVEDT, Eric
THE SEA IN MY BLOOD - The Life and Times of Captain Andy Publicover
$20.00 AUD

Hantsport, Nova Scotia. 1987. Lancelot Press. 1st Ed. 123 PP with 3 plans, plus XX plates with 1 letterhead, 5 maps and 32 photos. Soft cover, pictorial front cover. Foxing spots on outside edges. Very good. 20.3 x 13.9. 0889993424

70259
RICHARDS, Rhys
CAPTAIN CHARLES BAYLEY: Whaling Master 1813-1857
$15.00 AUD

Hobart. 2019. Navarine Publishing. Reprint of the 2014 original. No. 65 in the Roebuck series. Edited by Graeme Broxam. VI, 54 PP with 5 tables, 5 b/w illustrations (1 portrait, 2 paintings, 2 maps with insets and 4 photos) and colour illustrations (1 graph, 2 photos and 6 paintings). Pictorial soft cover. New. 21 x 14.5. 9780992366025

51364
ROBERT, Willem C. H.
CONTRIBUTIONS TO A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF AUSTRALIA AND THE SOUTH SEA ISLANDS (3 Volumes)
$250.00 AUD

Amsterdam. 1969 - 1972. Philo Press. Volume I (2nd edition, revised and enlarged): X, 275 PP. Volume II (1st Ed.): XII, 227 PP, plus large folded chart of Malay Archipelago and Australia at rear of book. Volume III (2nd edition, entirely revised and greatly enlarged): X, 401 PP, (2 adv.). Blue cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Ex library copy with stamp of the General Assembly Library - New Zealand in blind on front cover, gilt library number on spine, plate of the Library on front endpaper and empty library pocket on rear endpaper. Few foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise near fine. 23 x 15.5.. 9060220455, 906

Massive work compiled by Willem Carel Hendrik Robert. Volume I: Printed Material relating to Discovery, Exploration and Travel issued in the Netherlands to 1921. Volume II: Index and Bibliography of Dutch Manuscripts and Manuscript-charts relating to the Discovery. Volume III: Printed Material relating to Discovery, Exploration and Travel, issued in Europe, except the Netherlands, to 1853 with a geographical index and an index of ships cited.

70371
ROBERTS, Glenys
RICHARD KNIGHT'S TREASURE ! - The True Story of His Extraordinary Quest for Captain Kidd's Cache
$20.00 AUD

Harmondsworth, Middlesex. 1986. Viking / Penguin Books. 1st Ed. (10), 198 PP with 4 maps (1 on double page), 3 plans and the facsimile of a letter, plus 8 pages with 7 b/w illustrations. Hard cover, dj. Light foxing on top outside page efges, o/wise fine. 22.2 x 14. 0670807613

70254
ROBOTHAM, Rosemarie
FALKLAND'S GRAVEYARD OF SHIPS (in Life - Volume 5, No. 6)
$10.00 AUD

Los Angeles, CA. 1982. Time Inc. Volume 5, No. 6, June 1982. Editd by Richard B. Stolley. 128 PP. Contains article pages 108 to 114 with 1 b/w and 8 colour photos by Harald Sund. Pictorial soft covers. Staples removed. Near fine. 33 x 25.

Over 200 wrecks.

67304
RODGER, N. A. M.
THE SAFEGUARD OF THE SEA. A Naval History of Britain - Volume one: 660-1649
$10.00 AUD

London. 2004. Penguin Books & National Maritime Museum. Reprint (7) of the 1997 paperback edition. XXVI, 691 PP with 20 maps and 4 b/w illustrations, plus 24 pages with 59 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Covers with light creases on front and spine. Slight ageing of paper. Very good. 19.5 x 13.. 9780140297249

65033
ROYAL PACKET STEAM NAVIGATION CO.
ISLES OF THE EAST - An illustrated guide to Australia, Papua, Java, Sumatra, Singapore etc.
$300.00 AUD

Batavia. 1912. KPM / Royal Packet Steam Navigation Company. Deluxe edition of January 1912. Edited by W. LORCK. LII (adverts), 244 PP, followed by LIII-CXXI (adverts) and b/w and colour illustrations, plus 1 b/w plate : portrait of Her Majesty the Queen of the Netherlands; 1 plate "Time Table 1912; 1 folded plate "Accommodation plan of KPM Steel Screw Steamer "Tasman" and 2 colour plates: painting by C. H. Hoyt "Middle Harbour, Sydney, from Mosman Heights, and "Samples of Javanese Art Work..." . Papered boards with a colour illustration on front board by Tindall, cloth spine. Front cover with small pieices missing at corners of front edge. Spine has been reinforced (crudely). The first few pages (up to VIII) are somewhat damaged at the gutters (without loss) and most of Page III/IV has been torn off. The guide was published on superior glossy paper thus conserving its clarity and brightness. A very good copy of quite a rare item. 25.3 x 15.5.

Section I, Chapter 1 (P. XXXIII to L): The "KPM": A Twenty Years' Record. Chapter III (P 38 to 155): A trip to Java by a KPM Steamer (Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Townsville, Port Moresby ... Borneo, Celebes, Singapore). Section II,Chapter 1 (P.156-243): Commercial Section - Rotterdamsche Lloyd, The Railways of Java, Sumatra Railways, Batavia, The Tea Industry, Bandoeng, Soerabaya.. Chapter II (P.LIII - CXXI): Advertisements: period advertisements for hotels, transport companies, import/export, ... Gives an insight to life in these areas at the time.

62963
SAWYER, L. A. & MITCHELL, W. H.
FROM AMERICA TO UNITED STATES - The History of the long-range Merchant Shipbuilding Programme of the United States Maritime Commission (in Four Parts)
$100.00 AUD

Kendal, UK. 1979, 1981, 1984 & 1986. World Ship Society. 1st Ed. Part One: 120 PP with 9 ship profiles & 116 b/w photos. Fp: The liner "America". Part Two: 104 PP with 5 ship profiles & 90 b/w photos. Fp: The "Donald McKay". Part Three: 112 PP with 11 ship profiles & 79 b/w photos. Fp: The "Sea Fox". Part Four: 140 PP with 1 map showing location of shipyard, 8 ship profiles & 98 b/w photos. Fp: The liners "America" & "United States". Pictorial soft cover. Covers lightly rubbed, o/wise a fine set. 24.5 x 18.7. 0905617088 /126 /312 /38X

61338
SEAL, Jeremy
THE WRECK AT SHARPNOSE POINT - A Victorian Mystery
$10.00 AUD

London. 2001. Picador. 1st Australian edition. (12), 316 PP with b/w illustrations (engravings, facsimile of documents, photos). Fp: chart of the North coast of Cornwall, opposite Lundy Island. Pictorial soft cover. Faint foxing. Near fine. 23.5 x 15.5. 0330493256

Wreck of the Caledonia in 1842, on the North coast of Cornwall.

70230
SEVERIN, Tim
THE BRENDAN VOYAGE
$15.00 AUD

London. 1997. Abacus. Reprint of the 1996 Abacus edition of the 1978 original. (10), 292, (2) PP with drawings by Trondur Patursson, 1 schematic diagram of Brendan, 3 maps with 3 insets and 5 tables, plus 16 pages with 23 colour photos. Pictorial soft covers with light wear and a few small creases. Ageing of paper on outside edges. Title page with brief note signed by the author. A very good reading copy. 19.7 x 12.5. 0349107076

49491
SIGMOND, J. P. & ZUIDERBAAN, L. H.
DUTCH DISCOVERIES OF AUSTRALIA - Shipwrecks, Treasures and Early Voyages off the West Coast
$50.00 AUD

Adelaide. 1979. Rigby. 1st English edition of the 1976 original Dutch title "Nederlanders Ontdekken Australie". 176 PP with b/w illust. Fp: Chart of the Pacific by Hessel Gerritsz. Hard cover, dust jacket. Previous owner's signature on FFEP, o/wise a near fine copy. 25.5 x 18. 0727008005

Also contains relevant newspaper cuttings and articles loosely inserted.

30290
SINCLAIR, Keith V.
LAPLACE IN NEW ZEALAND, 1831
$10.00 AUD

Waikanae, NZ. 1998. Heritage Press. 1st edition with a foreword by John Dunmore. Translated with Introduction and Notes by Keith V. Sinclair. 155 PP with 11 b/w plates, notes, bibliography & index. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 15. 0908708459

The French expedition led by Captain Laplace on the Corvette Favorite during his circumnavigation.

47692
SKWIOT, Miroslaw
NIEMIECKA ARTYLERIA OKRETOWA / GERMAN NAVAL ARTILLERY - Vol. 1
$20.00 AUD

Gdansk, Poland. 2004. AJ - Press. 1st Ed. Volume 1 in the Gunpower series. Naval Monograph No. 17. 112 PP with 20 tables, 4 badges in colour, 7 sketches & plans, 125 b/w photos, and around 70 artworks in colour. Inside front cover (in colour): Admiral Hipper, in the Deutsche Werke shipyard. Inside back cover: 3 artworks (in colour). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. Polish and English text . 29.3 x 20.5. 8372371490

47352
SMITH, Babette
A CARGO OF WOMEN - Susannah Watson and the Convicts of the Princess Royal
$60.00 AUD

Sydney. 1988. NSW University Press. 1st Ed. VIII, 254 PP with 1 map. Illustrated endpapers. Hard cover, dj. Title page with dedicatory note signed by the author. Fine. 24 x 15.5. 086840067X

Story of 100 women transported together in 1829 on the Princess Royal. Reasons, voyage, arrival, years as convicts,..

40725
SMITH, James Montagu
SEND THE BOY TO SEA - The Memoirs of a Sailor on the Goldfields
$20.00 AUD

Melbourne. 2001. Five Mile Press. 1st Ed. Introduction, notes and epilogue by Peter Cuffley. XIV, 322 PP with 1 b/w illustration and 5 extracts of logbooks, plus 8 pages with 24 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 23 x 15. 1865035661

4 voyages to Australia, and 1 coastal crossing. Ship Lancastrian, in 1851. Transport ship Sir Robert Seppings, in 1852. Passage in the barque Chicora from Melbourne to London in 1854. Clipper ship Red Jacket from Liverpool to Melbourne in 1855. Passage on the paddle-steamer London from Melbourne to Sydney, in 1856. Passage from Sydney to London on the ship La Hogue in 1857.

56142
STANBURY, Myra (editor)
THE BARQUE EGLINTON - wrecked Western Australia 1852: the history of its loss, archaeological excavation, artefact catalogue and interpretation
$45.00 AUD

Fremantle. 2003. Australasian Institute for Maritime Archaeology. 1st Ed. A.I.M.A. Special Publication No. 13 / Special Publication Australian National Centre of Excellence for Maritime Archaeology No. 6. XVI, 233 PP with 24 tables and 109 b/w figures (maps and plans, drawings and photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.7 x 21. 01876465182

69458
STANNARD, Bruce
THE TRIUMPH OF AUSTRALIA II - The America's Cup Challenge of 1983
$15.00 AUD

Sydney. 1983. Lansdowne. 1st Ed. Foreword by Ben Lexcen. 128 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 31 x 22.5. 070181800X

The America's Cup and the successful challenge of 1983 by Australia II.

70232
STAPLETON, Air Vice Marshal D.C. & DONOVAN, Wing Commander E. (editors)
WINGED PROMISES - A History of No. 14 Squadron, RAF 1915-1945
$35.00 AUD

Fairford, UK. 1996. The Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund Enterprises. 1st Ed., with a foreword by King Hussein I of Jordan. Preface by The Lord Deramore. (10), 310 PP with 4 colour and 83 b/w illustrations (1 cartoon, 5 maps and 77 photos). Title page with colour illustration of The Squadron Queen Standard. FEP: Map of the World War I, Middle East Arena. REP: Map of the Mediterranean - North Africa. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 24 x 16.5. 1899808450

38839
STEPHEN, Ann (editor)
VISIONS OF A REPUBLIC - The Work of Lucien Henry - Paris * Nouméa * Sydney
$30.00 AUD

Sydney. 2001. Powerhouse Publishing. 1st Ed. 240 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Fp: Dedication plate, 1890. Pictorial card cover. Dedicatory note signed by the author on title page. Fine. 29.8 x 23.4. 1863170782

The work of a French-Australian artist Lucien Henry. Born in France. Member of the 1871 uprising of La Commune de Paris. Deported to New Caledonia as a Communard (communist) up to the 1879 amnesty to political deportees. Artist in Australia...

41261
STEWART, I. G.
BRITISH TRAMPS and their Peacetime Contribution to World Shipping History
$125.00 AUD

Ian Stewart Marine Publications. Perth. 1997. 1st Ed. VI, 514 PP with over 110 plans & profiles, and 880 b/w photos. Fp: "Imperial Valley". Pictorial laminated boards. Dedicatory note on front endpaper, dated and signed by the author. Newspaper clipping dated 7 June 1998, on this book and its author loosely inserted. Fine. 30.5 x 22. 0646222716

The British tramp ship: background, development, new trends in designs during the late 1950s. British Standard tramps, and Liberty Ship replacements...

70247
TAFFRAIL
THE NAVY IS HERE - A Convoy of Naval Novels
$15.00 AUD

London. 1940. Hodder & Stoughton. 1st printing. (8), 753 PP with 3 sketches (1 plan and 2 maps). Cloth cover, title on front board and spine. Covers lightly rubbed and soiled, spine sunned. Foxing throughout (heavy at times), o/wise a very good copy 18.6 x 11.5.

3 Novels - The Fight is on: The story of 'The Sub' (P.1 to 219); The Fight is won: The story of 'Kerrell' (P.221 to 487) ; Salvage: The story of 'The man from Scapa Flow' (P. 489 to 753).

70152
THOMAS, Captain D. C.
BULL FORT HAS BEEN LISTED and other Articles
$30.00 AUD

Hull. 1988. Author / Harbour Master Humber. August 1988 edition. Introduction by A. G. Bell, Malet Lambert High School. (8), 37, (5) PP with b/w illustrations by E. (Ted) Beaumont (covers, frontispiece and 6 tail pieces), plus 7 plates: frontispiece, 1 photo, 1 newspaper clipping, 1 plan and 3 extracts of charts (2 of them folded). Stapled card covers, illustrated front and back. Near fine. 26 x 18.5.

Fort built at the mouth of the Humber during WWI and decommissioned in 1956.

70079
THOMAS, Gordon & MORGAN-WITTS, Max
THE STRANGE FATE OF THE MORRO CASTLE
$10.00 AUD

London. 1973. Collins. 1st UK edition. 252 PP with 1 map and 1 ship plan, plus 12 pages with 29 b/w photos. Eps: Extracts from Ward Line brochures. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Foxing spots on outside edges. Very good. 21.5 x 14.5. 0002117436

The fire which ravaged the luxury cruise liner Morro Castle in 1934 with the loss of 90 passengers and 35 crew members.

15982
THOMAS, Mifflin
SCHOONER FROM WINDWARD - Two Centuries of Hawaiian Inter-island Shipping
$25.00 AUD

Honolulu. 1983. University of Hawaii Press. 1st Ed. (8), 239 PP with 7 maps & 66 b/w illust. Hard cover, dj. Small closed tear on top of dust jacket, o/wise near fine. 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.

13300
THOMPSON, Anne-Gabrielle (editor)
THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC. An annotated guide to bibliographies, indexes and collections in Australian Libraries
$30.00 AUD

Canberra. 1986. Research School of Pacific Studies / A.N.U. 1st Ed. X, 127 PP. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 24 x 17.5. 0867848327

479 entries.

70046
TITANIC
BENEFIT PERFORMANCE for the Families of the VICTIMS of the "TITANIC" Disaster
$20.00 AUD

Riverside, Ct. c. 1970. 7 C'S Press, Inc. Reprint of the 1912 original. No pagination, 36 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, musical scores, sketches, paintings, photos of ships, portraits and period advertisements). Illustrated soft covers, staples. Near fine. 25.4 x 17.8.

Performed 29th April 1912, at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York.

73486
TOOLEY, R. V.
PRINTED MAPS OF TASMANIA: 1642 - 1900
$100.00 AUD

Francis Edwards Ltd. London. 1975. 1st edition limited to 370 copies. 88, (50) PP with frontispiece and 49 b/w plates. Fp: "Carte de la Terre de Van Diemen et du Détroit de Bass". Blue cloth cover, gilt title on faded spine. No dust jacket - as issued. Light foxing on endpapers, o/wise near fine. Scarce. 25 x 18.8.

530 items listed.

70296
UNDERHILL, Sir Arthur (Commodore)
A SHORT HISTORY OF THE FIRST HALF CENTURY OF THE ROYAL CRUISING CLUB: MDCCCLXXX - MCMXXX
$85.00 AUD

London. 1930. C.F. Roworth Ltd / Royal Cruising Club. 1st Ed. No pagination, 66 PP, plus 12 pages for 6 b/w plates. Quarter bound, lightly rubbed marbled boards with cloth spine and vignette on front board. Neat signature of previous owner on front endpaper. A near fine copy. Scarce. 19.6 x 15.

70085
VAMPLEW, Wray
THE EVOLUTION OF INTERNATIONAL WHALING CONTROL (in Maritme History - Vol. 2, No. 2)
$10.00 AUD

London. 1972. University College London. September 1972 issue. (2), 123-232 PP. Contains article pages 123 to 139 with 1 table "Antarctic Whaling". Soft covers, illustrated front. Traces of sellotape inside front and back covers. Very good. 21 x 15.

70426
WAHLERT, Lieutenant Colonel Glenn
EXPLORING GALLIPOLI: An Australian Army Battlefield Guide
$20.00 AUD

Canberra. 2008. Army History Unit. 1st Ed. No. 4 in the Australian Army Campaign series. 136 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Inside front cover: clear plastic pocket with a CD. Inside back cover: map of Turkey and inset of Sea of Marmara / Plan of Gallipoli Peninsula. Pictoria stiff covers. Fine. 21 x 14.8. 9780980475357

51366
WALKER, Ian
TALL SHIPS AND CANNIBALS. The Story of Captain Richard Copping of Hobart Town
$25.00 AUD

Navarine Publishing. Hobart. 2005. 1st edition limited to 1000 copies. Publication No. 60 in the Roebuck Society series. VIII, 152 PP with 42 b/w illustrations. FEP: Map of the Northern & Southern Hemispheres. REP: Map of Oceania. Pictorial laminated boards, dj. Fine. 097513311X

54426
WALL, Don
HEROES AT SEA
$45.00 AUD

Sydney. 1991. Author. 1st Ed. VII, 191 PP with 2 maps, and 78 b/w photos. Illustration on title page and front cover, by Clem Seale. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 24.5 x 16.7. 0646035789

Identifies 1800 Australian prisoners of war and internees lost at sea in World War II.

70494
WARDEN, Herbert W. III (compiler & editor)
IN PRAISE OF SAILORS, A Nautical Anthology of Art, Poetry, and Prose
$45.00 AUD

Harry. N. Abrams. New York. 1978. 1st Ed. 300 PP with 186 illustrations including nearly 100 b/w etchings & engravings by Arthur Briscoe, Whistler, Winslow Homer & 44 colour hand-tipped plates by Jack Spurling, Montague Dawson, etc ... Cloth cover, dj. Foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise near fine. Oblong: 27.6 x 29.8. 0810911078

The sailor's life at sea, in prose & poetry by the most vivid writers on the sea, accompanied by etchings, engravings, watercolours & paintings.

35615
WARRING, R. H.
RADIO CONTROLLED MODEL BOATS
$10.00 AUD

London. 1981. Argus Books. 1st Ed. 124 PP with 52 b/w photos and over 75 figures. Pictorial card cover. Covers rubbed and creased, name of previous owner inside front cover. Good. 21 x 14.7. 0852425694

51771
WARWICK, Peter
VOICES FROM THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR
$20.00 AUD

Newton Abbot. 2005. David and Charles. 1st Ed., with a foreword by Dr Colin White. 320 PP with 5 battle diagrams and 34 b/w illustrations. Fp: Nelson. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 24 x 16. 0715320009

Explores the battle from the British, French and Spanish perspectives, the tactics and the individual acts of bravery, as well as daily life in the navies of the age.

70118
WATERS, Sydney D.
SHAW SAVILL LINE, One Hundred Years of Trading
$25.00 AUD

Whitcombe & Tombs. Wellington. 1961. 1st Ed. 158 PP, plus 16 pages with 30 b/w photos. Eps: World map with Shaw Savill Line routes. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Dust jacket is chipped on edges (insect damage) with a few small pieces missing at spine and is plastic protected. Faint foxing on outside edges. Contents are near fine. Scarce. 22.5 x 14.5.

One of the great shipping lines, the expanding fortunes of which have been firmly linked with those of New Zealand. From the days of the clipper ship of the Albion Line to the merger with Shaw Savill & Co. Their 20,000 ton Southern Cross was the first round-the-world passenger liner which carried no cargo.

47024
WATERS, Sydney, D.
CLIPPER SHIP TO MOTOR LINER - The Story of the New Zealand Shipping Company 1873-1939
$30.00 AUD

The New Zealand Shipping Co. London. 1939. 1st Ed. XVIII, (2), 110 PP, plus 8 b/w plates. Fp: Sailing vessel Turakina. Cloth cover, dj. Few foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise near fine. 21.2 x 14.8.

70076
WATSON, Milton H.
US PASSENGER LINERS SINCE 1945
$30.00 AUD

Wellingborough. 1988. Patrick Stephens Limited. 1st Ed. 224 PP with b/w illust. (memorablilia, photos, plans). Title-page: President Cleveland departing from San Francisco. FEP: America. REP: Celebration sailing off to the Caribbean. Hard cover, dj. Foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 24.2 x 21. 1852609172

71620
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. Dust jacket has a closed tear at bottom, few foxing spots on top outside edge, inscription on FFEP, o/wise near fine. 25.6 x 21.8. 0907383123

70354
WEIDENHOFER, Margaret
MARIA ISLAND: A Tasmanian Eden
$20.00 AUD

Melbourne. 1978. Darlington Press. 2nd edition of the 1977 original. 64 PP with b/w illustrations, plus 4 pages with 8 colour photos. Eps: Chart of Marias Eyland. Hard cover, dj. A near fine copy. 24.6 x 19.5. 0959768905

70087
WELLS, T. E.
MICHAEL HOWE, the Last and Worst of the Bushrangers of Van Diemen's Land
$20.00 AUD

Dubbo, NSW. 1979. Review Publications. Reprint of the 1818 original. Volume XXXV in the Australian Historical Monographs new series. Introduction by George Mackaness. 40 PP with b/w illustrations (2 facsimile of documents and 2 portraits). Card cover. Very good. 21.5 x 13.8.

The first unofficial book or pamphlet printed in Tasmania.

64728
WESTERN AUSTRALIAN COMMITTEE
MARITIME EXPLORERS OF THE WEST - Australia on the Map 1606-2006
$15.00 AUD

Perth. 2006. Western Australian Committee "Australia on the Map 1606-2006". 1st Ed. Foreword by Vice Admiral Chris Ritchie. Messages by John Howard, Prime Minister and Jan Peter Balkenende, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. VI, 22 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 14.7.

Commemorating the 400th anniversary of the first recorded mapping of Australia's coastline by Dutch navigators.

43182
WIDDOWS, Nick
CAR FERRIES OF THE BRITISH ISLES 1994
$10.00 AUD

Kilgetty, Wales. 1994. Ferry Publications. 1st Ed. 120 PP with advertisements, b/w and colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 20.5 x 14.5. 1871947189

70256
WILLIS, Sam
THE STRUGGLE FOR SEA POWER - The Royal Navy vs The World, 1775-1782
$20.00 AUD

London. 2018. Atlantic Books. 1st paperback edition of the 2015 original. XXXIV, 572 PP with 18 charts and 25 b/w illustrations, plus 8 pages with 16 colour illustrations. Pictorial soft covers with light wear, o/wise fine. 19.8 x 12.8. 9781848878471

53869
WILSON, John (editor)
FIFTY WOODEN BOATS - A Catalog of Building Plans
$15.00 AUD

Brooklin, Maine. 1997. Woodenboat Publications. 7th printing of the 1984 orignal. Understanding a boat plan by Weston Farmer. 112, (6) PP with 5 drawings, 10 figures and 50 sets of plans (line drawings, sails plans...). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27.7 x 20.5. 0937822078

14776
WINTER, L. B.
NOR THEY UNDERSTAND
$25.00 AUD

Brisbane. 1966. Jacaranda Press. 1st Ed. XV, 179 PP with 6 charts (4 on double page), plus 26 pages with 44 b/w photos. Fp: As we Dream. Name of previous owner on half title page. Hard cover, dj. Short rubbed patch at head of spine of cover and dust jacket . Top corner of front endpaper clipped. Otherwise contents near fine. 22.5 x 14.

Sailing experiences on cargo/passenger ship and his own yacht Brynhildr, brought from Scotland to Sydney on the M/V Cedric, vessel of Shaw Savill Line where he served as doctor.

47790
WOODENBOAT (editors)
BEAUTIFUL BOATS - A Twentieth-Anniversary Celebration
$15.00 AUD

Brooklin, Maine. 1994. WoodenBoat Magazine. Special Issue. 160 PP with b/w illustrations (line drawings, photos, plans...) and colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27.6 x 20.7. 0937822299

70410
ZUIDHOEK, Arne
THE MARITIME WORLD OF ARNE ZUIDHOEK
$35.00 AUD

Hull, UK. 1987. The Allen Publishing Company. 1st bilingual edition. Foreword by Anthony van Kampen. No pagination, 76 PP with 46 b/w illustrations (2 photos & 44 drawings) and 15 colour artworks (4 on double page & 11 on full page). Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket with repaired tear at back. Illustrated thank you note pasted down on half title page. Text in English and Dutch. Very good. Oblong: 28 x 30.5. 0948493038