Maritime Catalogue #96

72201
ABERDEEN & COMMONWEALTH LINE
PORT SAID and SUEZ CANAL
$20.00 AUD

Aberdeen & Commonwealth Line. London. 1931. September 1931 edition. 4 PP with 2 house flags and illustrated front (a Scottish terrier). Covers lightly soiled and worn, o/wise near fine. 21.6 x 14.

Brief history and description of the crossing.

72202
ABERDEEN & COMMONWEALTH LINE
EMBARKATION and Baggage Notice T.S.S. "Esperance Bay"
$20.00 AUD

Aberdeen & Commonwealth Line. London. 1934. March 1934 edition. Sailing from Southampton on 10 October 1934. 4 PP with 1 illustration at back (a Scottish Terrier). Covers lightly soiled. Near fine. 20. 2 x 12.5.

72199
ADELAIDE STEAMSHIP
T.S.M.V. MANOORA - POSTER
$80.00 AUD

The Adelaide Steamship Company Ltd. Adelaide. c. 1935. Recto: "Luxurious Twin Screw Motor Liner Manoora" (10,860 Tons) with 1 colour illustration "T.S.M.V. Manoora at sea" and 17 b/w photos of accommodation. Verso: TSMV Manoora Accommodation Plan (decks A, B, C, D, & E). Light wear and 3 small closed tears repaired with acid-free clear tape, o/wise near fine. Scarce. Poster size: 36.5 x 50.4 cms. Folded size: 19 x 16.

Arrived Sydney 23/05/1935 (maiden voyage).

58454
AHS
THE AUSTRALIAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY - Journal and Proceedings: Part 3 - 1901
$25.00 AUD

The Australian Historical Society. Sydney. 1920. 1920 reprint of the September 1906 original Part 3, 1901. Edited by F.M. BLADEN & Frank WALKER. 21-44 PP Stapled soft wrappers (repaired at spine). Slight ageing of paper. Very good. 21.4 x 13.6.

4 papers: Notes on the Life of John Hunter, Admiral, Governor of New South Wales by F.M. Bladen, read before the Society, 10th June 1901. The Administration of Lachlan Macquarie, fifth Governor of New South Wales, by Frank Walker, read before the Society, 2nd September 1901. ...

58461
AHS
THE AUSTRALIAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY - Journal and Proceedings: Vol. 2, Part 9 - 1904
$25.00 AUD

The Australian Historical Society. Sydney. 1913. Vol. II, Part IX, 1904. Edited by A. B. Portus. 197-228 PP Soft cover. Back cover missing. Slight ageing of paper. Very good. 21.4 x 13.6.

1 paper read before the Society in 1904: Early Australian Steamers, Period 1831-1856 (conclued), by A. B. Portus, read 30th June 1904.

51116
AMSA
AUSTRALIAN GLOBAL MARITIME DISTRESS AND SAFETY SYSTEM (GMDSS) HANDBOOK
$5.00 AUD

Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA). Canberra. 1998. 2nd edition of April 1998. (6), 105 PP with over 20 figures. Pictorial soft cover (slightly rubbed). Some highlighting and underlining of text, occasional notes or scoring in margin, o/wise very good. 29.7 x 21 0642221049

The Australian GMDSS training and operations manual.

16426
ANDERSON, Dr. Charles & HAFIZ, Ahmed
COMMON REEF FISHES OF THE MALDIVES, Part 2
$10.00 AUD

Novelty. Male, Rep. of Maldives. 1989. 1st Ed. (2), 85 PP with 80 colour photos. Pictorial laminated hard cover. Fine. 19 x 14.5. 9991580107

Information and photographs on more of the common fishes covered in the original guide.

14889
ARENSON, Sarah
THE ENCIRCLED SEA - The Mediterranean Maritime Civilization
$10.00 AUD

Constable. London. 1990. 1st Ed. XII, 205 PP with 9 maps & 49 b/w illust., plus 24 pages with 41 colour photos. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 24 x 17. 009469480X

The contribution of the Mediterranean civilisations to our modern world. The people living on its edges, ship construction, port engineering, naval warfare...

36575
AUSTRALIAN SHIPPING
AUSTRALIAN SHIPPING AND SHIPBUILDING 1981
$5.00 AUD

A.G.P.S. / Department of Transport. Canberra. 1981. 34th edition. IV, 94 PP with 19 tables. Pictorial card cover (damaged). Internally near fine. 25 x 17.5. 0642067538

Data as at 30 June 1981. Trading Vessels... Trades... Passenger ferries... Ships imported & ships constructed. Dry docks and patent slipways.

34738
AVON PRINTS
CATALOGUE OF SHIP PORTRAITS, SHIPPING AND MARITIME VIEWS
$10.00 AUD

Avon Fine Prints / Caxton Press. Christchurch, NZ. 1975. 1st Ed. 48 PP with 6 duotone and 50 b/w illust. Pictorial soft cover (Blackwall Frigate Seringapatam). Very good. 24.6 x 18.6.

Catalogue of Avon Fine Prints, a publishing company specialising in high quality colour prints in limited edition. 49 prints offered to the collector or the investor.

17533
AXELSON, Kjell A. & JOHANNESSON, Tomas
THE GORTHON SHIPPING COMPANIES 1915-1985
$10.00 AUD

World Ship Society. London. 1985. 1st Ed. 64 PP with b/w photos throughout. Fp (in colour): Ada Gorthon on trials. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 15. 0905617363

72313
BABITS, Lawrence E. & VAN TILBURG, Hans (editors)
MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY - A Reader of Substantive and Theoretical Contributions
$110.00 AUD

Plenum Press. New York. 1998. 1st edition in "The Plenum Series of Underwater Archaeology". XX, 590 PP with close to 100 headpieces and figures (drawings, maps, plans, photos). Pictorial laminated boards. Discreet name of previous owner on inside front cover, o/wise a fine, as new copy. Scarce. 25.2 x 17.8. 0306453304

9 parts containing 48 papers. Parts: The Field, Areal Studies, Research Design, Finding Sites, High Technology, Site Significance, Data Recovery, Conservation, Interpretation and Exhibition.

72085
BASSETT, Marnie
REALMS AND ISLANDS, The World Voyage of Rose de Freycinet in the Corvette Uranie 1817-1820
$55.00 AUD

Oxford University Press. London. 1962. 1st Ed. XII, 275 PP with 2 maps, plus 24 pages with 1 map and 46 b/w illust. Fp: Portraits of Rose and of Louis de Freycinet. FEP: Voyage Toulon to Shark Bay. REP: Shark Bay to Le Havre. Cloth cover, gilt ttle on vignette on spine, dj. Foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 22 x 15.

The voyage of Rose with her husband, Capt. Louis de Saulces de Freycinet, of the Uranie. Calls in Australia, shipwrecked on the Falklands (from her journal & letters and the reports of Louis de Saulces de Freycinet, Capitaine de Corvette).

16834
BATEMAN, Commodore W. S. G., SHERWOOD, Commander R.J., SEARS, Lieutenant J.S. &
NAVY EDITION, 80th Anniversary of the Arrival of the Australian Fleet (in Australian Defence Force Journal)
$5.00 AUD

Australian Defence Force Journal. Canberra. 1993. Volume No 103, November/December 1993. 72 PP (P. 1 to 51 on the R.A.N.), with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 24.8 x 17.5. ISSN13202545

Maritime Power and Australia - Traditions, Customs and Changes in the Royal Australian Navy - Navies and the Protection of Peaceful Shipping...

39157
BLYTH, Captain Ken & CORRIS, Peter
PETRO-PIRATES - The hijacking of the Petro Ranger
$15.00 AUD

Allen & Unwin. Sydney. 2000. 1st Ed. XVI, 192 PP with 19 headpieces, and 30 facsimiles of documents, plus 8 pages with 12 colour illustrations (1 map and 12 photos). Pictorial soft cover. As new. 23 x 15. 1865083682

Attacked by pirates on a short voyage from Singapore to Saigon. Aftermath...

38705
BOWDITCH, Nathaniel
AMERICAN PRACTICAL NAVIGATOR - An Epitome of Navigation and Nautical Astronomy
$20.00 AUD

United States Hydrographic Office / Secretary of the Navy. Washington. 1939. Reprint of the 1938 revised edition. Publication No. 9. Part I: 392 PP with 137 figures (drawings, sketches and b/w photos). Part II: 387 PP with 43 tables. Cloth cover. Browning and foxing spots on outside edges. Ingleton bookplate on front endpaper. Near fine. 26 x 18.

This epitome of navigation by Nathaniel Bowditch, has been continuously updated and revised since it was first published in 1802. Part I: Text and Appendices. Part II: Tables.

31132
BOWKER, R. M.
A BOAT OF YOUR OWN - A Guide to the Selection, Buying, Building, Maintenance, and Chartering of Yachts and Dinghies
$5.00 AUD

Cassell. London. 1959. 1st Ed. XII, 148 PP with tables and 16 figures, plus 18 pages with 27 b/w photos. Fp: South Coast One-Design 6-tonners. Hard cover. Spine sunned, some foxing, o/wise a very good clean copy. 20.5 x 13.5

65949
BRADY, Eunice
THE WALTER HOOD
$25.00 AUD

Shepp. Sydney. 1985. 1st Ed. V, 58 PP with 1 map & 12 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Copy signed by the author on title page. Near fine. 21 x 13.6. 0949250082

Wreck of the Aberdeen White Star Line ship Walter Hood on 26th April, 1870. The involvement of the author with the wreck.

62410
BRAYNARD, Frank O.
LIVES OF THE LINERS
$20.00 AUD

Cornell Maritime Press. New York. 1947. 1st Ed. XIV, (2), 204 PP with 42 drawings of liners by the author. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price clipped). Dust jacket with repaired tears and pieces missing. Faint foxing, o/wise near fine internally. 23.5 x 16.

47386
BRODSKY, George (editor)
COLLINS ALL SERVICES POLYGLOT DIARY
$100.00 AUD

Collins Bros & Coy. Ltd. Sydney. 1945. 1st Ed. (8), 180, (2 calendars 1944, 1945 &1946) PP, plus diary part (80 notes), (16 cash account), (14 index) PP. Outside edges marbled. Hard covers, cloth spine. Covers rubbed. Note on front endpaper. Ageing of paper. Very good. Scarce. 17 x 10.

Services: issued for the Australian forces fighting in South East Asia. Polyglot sections: French, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Japanese and Malayan.

53886
BROTHERTON, Miner K.
THE 12-VOLT BIBLE for boats
$10.00 AUD

Thomas Reed Publications. Bradford on Avon. 2000. Reprint of the 1991 original. XVIII, 174 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 22 x 14.8. 0901281875

38641
BROUWER, C. A., Van de REE, M... (editors)
TEKENEN VOOR EEN VLOOT
$10.00 AUD

Koninklijke Nedloyd Groep. Amsterdam. 1982. 1st Ed. 64 PP with 5 cartoons, 15 plans, 8 colour and 72 b/w photos. Title page: Nedlloyd Container Ship. Pictorial laminated stiff cover. Fine. Dutch text. 25 x 17.5. 9022818241

Outline of the Dutch merchant shipping line, Nedlloyd Group and its fleet.

71764
BROWN, T. Nigel & COTTER, Charles H. (editors)
BROWN'S NAUTICAL ALMANAC / DAILY TIDE TABLES FOR 1982
$15.00 AUD

Brown, Son & Ferguson. Glasgow. 1981. 105th year of publication. 20, (24 colour pages with instruments), 967 PP with tables and adverising material, plus 1 colour plate "Buoyage". Card cover, cloth spine. Name of previous owner at top of title page. Very good. 22 x 14.2.

Tables, Astronomical Ephemeris, Interpolation, Tide tables... Lists: Lights, Beacons and Buoys of the United Kingdom.

19260
BUCHANAN, Gary et al.
GREAT VOYAGES OF THE WORLD, 25 adventures on the high seas and great rivers of the world
$25.00 AUD

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

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

72069
BURNESS, Peter
TO THE FLANDERS FIELDS 1917
$20.00 AUD

Australian War Memorial. Canberra. 2007. 1st edition, July 2007. 44 PP with 21 b/w photos and 16 colour illustrations (1 map, 8 photos and 7 paintings). Stiff covers, pictorial front. Fine (mint condition). Oblong: 20 x 21. 9781921353031

59063
CAMPBELL, Hugh
NOTABLE SERVICE TO THE EMPIRE, Australian Corvettes and the British Pacific Fleet 1944-45
$65.00 AUD

Naval Historical Society of Australia. Sydney. 1995. 1st Ed. Foreword by Con Sciacca, Minister for Veterans Affairs. (2), VI, 204 PP with 1 plan and elevation view of a typical AMS vessel, 10 maps (3 on full page) and 12 b/w photos. Pictorial soft covers. Near fine. Scarce. 24.5 x 17.2. 0958745641

Account of the work of HMAS Tamworth with the British Pacific Fleet, as well as for the 17 other Corvettes of the 21st and 22nd mine-sweeping flotillas. Pages 141 to 198: Appendix with movements of the 18 corvettes in 1944 and 1945.

22129
COLEMAN, Neville
AUSTRALIAN SEA FISHES SOUTH OF 30° S
$10.00 AUD

Doubleday. Sydney. 1980. 1st Ed. 302 PP with b/w figures and almost 300 colour photos accompanied by b/w figures and location maps. FEP: Area Map. REP: Provinces around Australia. Hard cover, dj. Light foxing, o/wise near fine. 29.2 x 22.2. 0868240184

Each of the photographed species is accompanied by details of family, common & scientific name, original author with date, ..

51337
COLEMAN, P. L.
A CRITIQUE OF K. G. McINTYRE: The Secret Discovery of Australia (in The Victorian Historical Journal - 1979 - Vol.50, No.1)
$10.00 AUD

Royal Historical Society of Victoria. Melbourne. 1979. 195th issue, February 1979. 46 PP. Contains article from P. 8 to 17 with 1 map. Soft covers with light wear. Near fine. 21.5 x 14.8.

Other articles: ... A Baron under siege: Von Muller and the Press in the 1870s, by J.M. Powell. John Leadbeater (1831-1888), A Naturalist in Victoria, by D.H. Kemp.

71756
COMPTON, Nic
NOTABLE BOATS - Forty remarkable craft, forty great adventures
$35.00 AUD

Ivy Press Limited. Lewes, West Sussex. 2016. 1st edition. 176 PP with colour illustrations: artworks by Peter Scott, boat plans by John Woodcock & route maps by Nick Rowland. Laminated pictorial boards (Norwegian Gjoa). As new conditon. Oblong: 21.5 x 23. 9781782404156

Spray of Joshua Slocum. Suahili of Robin Knox-Johnston. Gypsy Moth IV of Francis Chichester. Joshua of Bernard Moitessier. America and the 1st America's Cup. ...

16247
CORNELL, Gwenda
PACIFIC ODYSSEY
$5.00 AUD

Adlard Coles London. 1985. 1st paperback edition. (4), 218 PP & 8 pages with 17 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Faint foxing, o/wise fine. 21.3 x 13.6. 0229117589

A five-year voyage to the unusual and usual ports: Pitcairn, Gambier, Tuvalu, Tikopia, Trobriands, ...

70893
COTTER, Jarrod (editor)
LANCASTER, Britain's Iconic War-Winning Bomber - Aeroplane Icons Series
$10.00 AUD

Kelsey Publishing / Aeroplane Magazine. Cudham, Kent.. 2013. 1st edition. 132 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (artworks, drawings, plans, photos), plus a large folded plate with 2 plans (scale1:144). Pictorial soft covers. Fine. 29.7 x 21. 9781907426520

13776
COWSILL, Miles & HENDY, John
HARWICH - HOOK OF HOLLAND
$10.00 AUD

Ferry Publications. Kilgetty, UK. 1988. 1st Ed. 52 PP with b/w illust. (photos, plans). Eps: Colour photos of ferries. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. Oblong: 14.8 x 20.8. 0951309315

Historical insight of the Sealink route between Harwich and Hook of Holland.

19082
COWSILL, Miles & HENDY, John
THE VIKING SAGA, Celebrating 25 years of Services to Cherbourg and Le Havre
$10.00 AUD

Ferry Publications. Kilgetty, UK. 1989. 1st Ed. 40 PP, 1 map, 1 plan, 26 colour and 66 bw photos. Inside front cover: selection of ferries brochures. Inside back cover: Viking Venturer and Viking Valiant. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.6 x 21. 0951309323

32902
CROMIE, William J.
EXPLORING THE SECRETS OF THE SEA
$10.00 AUD

George Allen and Unwin. London. 1964. 1st UK Ed. XIII, (3), 300, (2 adv.) PP with 13 headpieces and 80 figures (drawings by George Geygan and b/w photos). FP: Icebreakers and cargo ships in Antarctica. Hard cover, gilt device on front cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price clipped). Some foxing. Very good. 21.5 x 14.2.

72312
CUMPSTON, J. S.
SHIPPING ARRIVALS & DEPARTURES, SYDNEY, 1788-1825
$30.00 AUD

Roebuck Society. Canberra. 1977. 1st edition, No. 22 in the Roebuck Society Publication series. VII, 164, 66 (Index) and 3 (additions & amendments) PP with 1 illustration and 2 tail pieces, plus 4 plates (1 b/w illust and 3 maps). Cloth cover, gilt title on spine. Fine copy. 24.6 x 17.8. 0909434158

An altered edition of the 1963 original.

72204
CUNARD
"MEDIA" & "PARTHIA" - One Class Only / First Class
$50.00 AUD

Cunard Line. Liverpool. 1947. Folded poster with 5 folds. Recto: 2 colour illustrations (1 painting of the sister ships by Walter Thomas & 1 colour photo of Cocktail Bar of Parthia) and details. Verso: 7 colour photos of accommodation on either "Media" or "Parthia". Near fine condition. Format: 45 x 55 / folded: 23 x 10.

First new Passenger Liners to enter the post-war (World War II) fleet of the Cunard Line. Maiden voyages Liverpool to New York respectively 20th of August of 1947 and 10th of April 1948.

72295
DAGGETT, Charles & SHAFFER, Christopher
DIVING FOR THE GRIFFIN
$40.00 AUD

Weidenfeld & Nicholson. London. 1990. 1st Ed. XII, 178 PP with 4 maps & 1 plate, plus 16 pages with 1 chart & 31 b/w illustrations. Hard cover, dj. Paper ageing a little around edges, o/wise a fine copy. Scarce. 24 x 16. 0297810634

History of the English East India Company Marine Service, the four voyages of the East Indiaman Griffin, her sinking in 1761 and the recovery of her cargo in the late 1980's.

63223
DANIELSON, Richard
THE ISLE OF MAN STEAM PACKET (Volumes 1 & 2)
$20.00 AUD

Author Laxey, Isle of Man. 1987 & 1989. Volume 1: 32 PP with 5 b/w and 22 colour photos. Volume 2: (2), 62 PP with 3 facsimiles of documents, 16 b/w and 37 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Name of previous owner at top of title page. Fine. Oblong: 15 x 21. 0951315501 & 095131551X

13775
DANIELSON, Richard & HENDY, John
THE MANXMAN STORY
$10.00 AUD

T. Stephenson. Prescot, Merseyside. 1983. 1st Ed. (2), 30 PP with 14 b/w photos. Pictorial soft covers witha few creases at bottom front, o/wise very good. Oblong: 14.8 x 21. 0901314226

Story of the passenger steam packet Manxman linking Douglas on the Isle of Man to England and Wales.

61752
DANISH SHIPPING
EAC TRANSPORT
$5.00 AUD

The East Company Ltd. Copenhagen, Denmark. c. 1995. Brochure: 3 folds with colour illustrations (1 map, 6 logos of shipping lines and 11 photos). Fine. 23.5 x 23.5.

47553
DARMAN, Peter (editor)
WARSHIPS AND SUBMARINES OF WORLD WAR II
$10.00 AUD

Grange Books. London. 2004. 1st Ed., in the Military Handbook series. 192 PP with 184 b/w photos. Pictorial laminated boards, dj. Fine. 22.2 x 14.8. 1840136766

46031
DE BOER, G. J. (editor)
MARITIEM JAARBOEK - 1e Editie
$10.00 AUD

Uitgeverij De Alk. Alkmaar. 1985. 1st Ed. 208 PP with tables, plans and b/w photos. Pictorial laminated boards. Dutch text. Fine. 24.5 x 17.2. 9060139364

Dutch Merchant Navy. Royal Dutch Navy...

59538
DELANO, Amasa
A NARRATIVE OF A VOYAGE TO NEW HOLLAND AND VAN DIEMEN'S LAND
$30.00 AUD

Cat & Fiddle Press. Hobart. 1973. Facsimile extract of the 1817 original, limited to 500 copies. 58 PP. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket lightly rubbed, o/wise fine. 22.3 x 14. 0858530104

A facsimile extract from "A Narrative of Voyages and Travels in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres comprising three Voyages round the World together with a Voyage of survey and discovery in the Pacific Ocean and Oriental Islands". Sealing in Bass Strait, calls of the ship Perseverance at Hobart and Sydney in 1804.

72207
DENHAM, H. M.
THE AEGEAN - A Sea-Guide to its Coasts and Islands
$25.00 AUD

John Murray. London. 1983 5th UK edition fully revised and enlarged. XXIX, 278 PP with c. 20 drawings by Madge Denham and c. 120 sketch maps, insets & harbour plans by Ayuda Scott-Elliot, plus 16 pages with 24 b/w photos. Title page drawing by David Knight. Hard cover, gilt title on spine. Few foxing spots on outside edges and a few spots on endpapers. Contents fine. 24 x 16. 0393031977

70959
DEPT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRY
AUSTRALIAN FISHERIES Volume 39, No. 3, 1980
$5.00 AUD

Fisheries Division, Department of Primary Industry. Canberra. 1980. March 1980. 72 PP with b/w illustrations: drawings, plans and photos. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 25 x 17.5.

"Soela", chartered by the CSIRO for researches in the Australian Fishing Zone, by J.G.H. Maxwell. NZ albacore Tuna catch tops 800 tonnes, by G. Habib & R. Cade. Continued growth for top end prawner, by A. J. Green. ...

50827
DICKSON, Rod (editor)
TO KING GEORGE THE THIRD SOUND FOR WHALES. A voyage aboard the British Whaling Vessel KINGSTON of London, Captain Thomas Dennis 1800-1802
$55.00 AUD

Hesperian Press. Perth. 2006. 1st Ed. Transcribed from the Original Ship's Logbook. XIV, 159 PP with 1 plan, 1 illustration, 5 facsimile of logbook pages, and 9 charts. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj, ribbon page-marker. Near fine. 25 x 17.2. 0859053725

Sailed from England, January 1800... South Africa. Reached Albany, Western Australia, mid August 1800. Sailed the coast of West Australia until mid December 1800... Return via Baie de St. Augustin (Tulear), Madagascar, South Africa, St Helena...

72171
DOW, Eric
How to Build the SHELLBACK DINGHY
$20.00 AUD

Woodenboat Publications. Brooklin, Maine. 1993. 1st Ed. Introduction by Jon Wilson. VI, 56 PP with 2 pages "kit part list" & "Shellback Study Plan" and 200 b/w photos by Sherry Streeter. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 27.7 x 21. 9780937822272

72346
DROMGOOLE, Sarah (editor)
LEGAL PROTECTION OF THE UNDERWATER CULTURAL HERITAGE: National and International Perspectives
$100.00 AUD

Kluwer Law International Ltd. London. 1999. 1st Ed. XX, 239, (5 blank) PP with 2 sketch maps and 4 graphs. Hard cover, gilt title on front board and spine, dj. Fine (as new condition). 24.5 x 17.5. 9041197621

National Perspectives: Australia, by Bill Jeffery. China, by Porter Hozagland. France, by Gwenaëlle Le Gurun... Turkey by Janet Blake. UK, by Sarah Dromgoole. USA, by Ole Warner and Caroline M. Blanco. An International Perspective by Patrick J. O'Keefe.

45322
DRURY, Nevill
AUSTRALIA'S WATERWAYS
$15.00 AUD

Rigby. Adelaide. 1978. 1st Ed. 157 PP with 7 tables, 54 maps and 84 colour photos. Laminated pictorial boards. Occasional foxing. Near fine. 27.5 x 20.2. 0727008369

Swimming, fishing, water-skiing...

36528
DUNMORE, John
CHRONOLOGY OF PACIFIC HISTORY
$10.00 AUD

Heritage Press. Auckland. 2000. 1st Ed. 48 PP. Card cover. Fine. 21 x 14.7. 0908708491

From the arrival of the Aborigines on the Australian continent to January 2000.

70910
EDEN, Paul E. (editor)
ROYAL AIR FORCE SALUTE 2014 - "D-DAY" 70th Anniversary
$10.00 AUD

Royal Air Force Media and Communications / Key Publishing. Stamford, Lincs.. 2013. 1st edition. Foreword by Air Chief Marshall Sir Andrew Pukford. 100 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (artworks, drawings, plans, photos). Pictorial soft covers. Fine. 29.7 x 21.

71740
ELLMERS, Chris
GEORGE REID RIVER THAMES in the late Twenties & early Thirties
$15.00 AUD

Dirk Nishen Publishing. London. 1987. 1st edition in the Photo-Library I. Edited by Mike Seaborne. 32 PP with 29 b/w photos. Illustrated stiff covers. Fine. 24.5 x 16.3. 1855781010

18659
FAIRHALL, David
RUSSIA LOOKS TO THE SEA - A Study of the Expansion of Soviet Maritime Power
$10.00 AUD

Andre Deutsch. London. 1971. 1st Ed. 287 PP with 6 figures (5 maps) & 42 tables, plus 16 pages with 28 b/w photos. Hard cover. Image shows title-page. Light foxing mostly around page edges. Near fine. 23.5 x 15.6. 0233962247

Expansion of merchant shipping, fishing fleets, oceanographic research, as well as naval operations with overseas bases or floating support.

37896
FENTON, Roy & CLARKSON, John
SHIPS IN FOCUS RECORD 14
$15.00 AUD

Ships in Focus Publications. London. 2000. Issue Number 14. 64 PP (65 to 128) with 108 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21. 1901703118

Fleet in Focus: Furness North Pacific Ships (part 1). Whitbury Shipping Co. Ltd. Fleet List. Australian two-funnellers, by Ian Farquhar... Torquay Harbour in the thirties (part 2)...

40374
FENTON, Roy & CLARKSON, John
SHIPS IN FOCUS RECORD 17
$15.00 AUD

Ships in Focus Publications. London. 2001. Issue Number 17. 64 PP with 16 flags and funnels (in colour), 24 colour and 76 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21. 1901703142

Fleet in Focus: The Furness goalposters. Spanish veterans. The Welly Boot (Wellington Star), by Captain A.W. Kinghorn. Their own devices (flags and funnels) by J. L. Loughran.

41026
FENTON, Roy & CLARKSON, John
SHIPS IN FOCUS RECORD 18
$15.00 AUD

Ships in Focus Publications. London. 2001. Issue Number 18. 64 PP (65 to 128) with 5 profiles, 25 colour and 81 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21. 1901703150

Fleet in Focus: The PLM colliers 12 to 27, by Roy Fenton. The Country ship by John Naylon. The Fred Olsen cruise ships, by Anthony Cooke. The develpment of post-war Bank Line cargo ships (part 2), by Paul Boot.

72377
FINCH, Dr. Lynette
DARK ANGEL: Propaganda in Modern Warfare
$35.00 AUD

Circa / Melbourne Publishing Group. Melbourne. 2006. 1st Ed. XVI, 203 PP. Stiff covers, pictorial front. Dedicatory note on half title page dated and signed by the author. Fine. 21.5 x 14. 9780975780268

31069
FISHER, Bob
GREAT YACHT RACES
$15.00 AUD

David Bateman. Auckland. 1984. 1st Ed., with an introduction by Peter Blake. 256 PP with few figures (plans and maps) and over 250 photos mostly in colour. Title spread: Hitchhiker at the 1983 Admiral's Cup. Eps: The Admiral's Cup, 1983. Hard cover, title in blind on front cover, dj. Near fine. Large format: 36.3 x 28.2. 0908610238

America's Cup - Fastnet and the Admiral's Cup - Sydney- Hobart Race... Round the world Races... Route du Rhum - Transat en Double.

15509
FISHER, E. M. (editor)
THE TASMANIAN STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY'S TIME TABLE and Guide to Tasmanian Railways, &c. &c.
$25.00 AUD

Navarine Publication. Canberra. 1996. "Magnified" facsimile edition of the June 1888 original. 52 PP with 1 map of SE Australia/Tasmania at centrefold and 1 b/w photo of S.S. Oonah. Soft cover, illustrated front. Fine. 21.5 x 14.5. 0958656118

A guide to commercial marine, rail and road transport available to Tasmanian travellers in June 1888: colonial, intercolonial and overseas.

40776
FISHING
SOUTH AFRICAN FISH & FISHING
$25.00 AUD

Irvin and Johnson. Cape Town. 1964. 2nd edition. VI, 90 PP with 92 drawings and 36 colour photographs pasted down, plus 6 colour plates. Hard cover, gilt device on front cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Stamp of bookstore at lower corner of front endpaper. Faint foxing. Near fine. 28.5 x 21.6.

How fish are found and caught in the waters around southern Africa. How fish are preserved, transported and processed. How the fishing industry is organized.

72374
FITZGERALD, Robert D
HEEMSKERCK SHOALS
$2500.00 AUD

The Mountainside Press. Fern Tree Gully, Victoria. 1949. Limited edition of 85 numbered copies. No pagination, 28 PP with 15 large illustrations and other fine decorations at top and bottom of each page with text, plus 1 coloured chart on double page (all illustrations by Geoffrey Ingleton). Finely printed on hand made Georgian semi-rag paper. Half leather, raised bands, gilt, marbled sides, gilt decoration and title on front cover. Contained in a clear perspex purpose made protective box. Copy hand numbered 37, signed by author and illustrator. Name of previous owner on front endpaper. Near fine. Rare. This is a heavy item and postage will be higher than usual. Please ask for a quote. 56 x 38.5.

72139
FITZSIMONS, Peter
MAWSON, and the Ice Men of the Heroic Age: Scott, Shackleton and Amundsen
$30.00 AUD

William Heinemann. Sydney. 2011. 1st Ed. XXVI, 737 PP with 10 b/w illustrations (3 drawings, 6 maps and 1 relief drawing), plus 16 pages with 40 b/w photos. Eps: Aurora, Mid-February 1912. Hard cover, dj. Relevant newspaper article loosely inserted. Fine. 24 x 15.8 9781741666601

67771
FOLEY, Captain John
TIMELESS ISLE - An Illustrated History of Thursday Island
$30.00 AUD

Torres Strait Historical Society. Thursday Is. 2003. 4th edition of the 1982 original. 78, (16 supplement with 39 b/w photos) PP with maps, period advertising materials and b/w photos. Fp: Map of Torres Strait. Pictorial card cover. Dedicatory note on title page dated and signed by the author. Fine. 22.2 x 14.2. 0959266003

From the dreamtime to the explorers, first settlers, pearling and the pilotage.

18651
FRAME, Tom
PACIFIC PARTNERS - A History of Australian-American Naval Relations
$5.00 AUD

Hodder & Stoughton. Sydney. 1992. 1st Ed. XIII, 200 PP with 10 maps, 2 figures in text plus 24 pages with 41 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing on outside edges and prelims, o/wise near fine. 24.2 x 15.7. 034045585X

72152
[FRANCONIA]
AROUND THE WORLD Via the Southern Hemisphere
$35.00 AUD

Thomas Cook & Son. New York. 1927. 1st Ed. 88 PP with 16 b/w plates (photos). FEP: Route of the Cruise, North Atlantic, Caribbean Sea, Pacific Ocean. REP: Route of the Cruise, Indian Ocean and Atlantic. Hard cover. title and illustration on front board. Hard covers soiled and reinforced at spine with black tape. A few pages with pencil or pen annotations and underlining. Foxing. A good copy of a scarce item. 22.8 x 15.

Program for a cruise on the Cunard liner "Franconia", sailing from New York on the 12 January 1927 and returning to New York 2 June 1927.

64886
GEE, Patricia & SMITH, Michelle
REDCLIFFE REMEMBERS: The War Years 1939 - 1949
$35.00 AUD

Redcliffe City Council. Brisbane. 2004. 1st edition of 1000 numbered copies (No. 0849 / 1000). 192 PP with b/w illustrations (facsimiles of documents, newspaper clippings, photos ...). Pictorial soft covers. Fine. 29.7 x 21. 0959324054

Childhood memories, by David Malouf.

44277
GERBAULT, Alain
IN QUEST OF THE SUN - The Journal of the Firecrest
$100.00 AUD

Hodder and Stoughton. London. 1929. 1st edition. 315 PP with 4 maps, plus 1 folding map and 16 plates with 27 b/w photos. Fp: Alain Gerbault at Suva, (Fiji Islands). Top outside edge tinted. Cloth cover, gilt and red colour decorated front cover, gilt title on spine. Dedicatory note in French, signed by the author and dated 1929 on the verso of the frontispiece. Occasional light foxing, otherwise a very nice clean copy. Scarce. 23 x 16.

From New York to Le Havre, then crossing Panama Canal, the Pacific Ocean, Torres Strait, the Indian Ocean, and the Atlantic from Capetown to Normandy.

33869
GLEASON, Madeleine Rowse
THE VOYAGES OF THE SHIP REVERE 1849-1883
$10.00 AUD

Glencannon Press. Palo Alto, Ca., USA. 1993. 1st Ed. No. 2 in the Pacific Maritime History series. XXV, 164 PP with 17 tables and 26 b/w illust. (charts, maps, engravings and facsimile of documents). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 22.8 x 14.8. 0963758624

49395
GOODMAN, Jordan
THE RATTLESNAKE. A Voyage of Discovery to the Coral Sea
$35.00 AUD

Faber and Faber. London. 2005. 1st Ed. X, 357 PP with 23 b/w illustrations (headpieces, charts, documents...), plus 16 pages with 7 b/w and 28 colour illustrations. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 24 x 16. 0571210732

35345
GRASEMANN, C.
ABC OF YACHTS
$10.00 AUD

Ian Allan. London. 1954. 1st Ed., in the ABC series. 56 PP with 4 drawings, 8 flags and 35 b/w photos. Pictorial card cover. Near fine. Small format: 15.5 x 10.2.

72304
GREENHILL, Basil
ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE BOAT - A New Introductory Study
$25.00 AUD

Adam & Charles Black. London. 1976. 1st Ed., with introduction by Professor W. F. Grimes. 320 PP with 213 b/w illustrations (photos & line drawings). Cloth cover, gilt title on spine. No dust jacket. Fine. 25.2 x 19. 0713616458

Evolution of boats and ship-building, covering the 4 main roots of boat-building: raft, skin boats, bark boats and dug-outs.

48655
GRIMSHAW, Beatrice
THREE WONDERFUL NATIONS, TONGA, SAMOA, FIJI (in Tours to the South Sea Islands)
$250.00 AUD

Union Steam Ship Co. of N.Z., Ltd. Dunedin. 1913. 1st Ed. 32 PP with 46 b/w photos, plus 1 Routes Chart tipped in at centrefold. Inside front cover: Fleet List in February 1913. Inside back cover 2 advertisements. Pictorial soft wrappers (front cover: the Navua, rear cover: colour illustrations). Longitudinal crease in the middle of covers with 2 small closed and repaired tears. Minimal foxing around edges. Staples removed. Contents near fine. Scarce. 24.6 x 18.6.

46521
GUILLAIN, France & Christian
CALL OF THE SEA
$20.00 AUD

Victor Gollancz. London. 1976. 1st UK edition, translated from the French original by Caroline Hillier. 272 PP, plus 16 pages with 13 colour and 14 b/w photos. Hard cover. Foxing on outside edges. Contents clean and still a very good copy. 22 x 14.5. 0575020601

A family's adventures at sea with their infant daughter. From Europe across the Atlantic and the Pacific to Tahiti.

45006
HAKLUYT, Richard
THE PRINCIPALL NAVIGATIONS VOIAGES AND DISCOVERIES OF THE ENGLISH NATION (in 2 Volumes)
$150.00 AUD

Hakluyt Society & The Peabody Museum of Salem. Cambridge. 1965. Extra Series XXXIX. A photo-lithographic facsimile of the 1589 original, with an Introduction by Davis Beers Quinn and Raleigh Ashlin Skelton and a new Index by Alison Quinn. Volume I: LX, (16), 501 PP plus large folded map Typus Orbis Terrarum. Volume II: (6), 506-975 PP. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Few foxing spots on outside edges, the endpapers and the margin of the 2 pages facing the folding map. A little damage to the dust jacket of Volume I, o/wise very good. 30 x 20.

72177
HALE, Katherine
LEGENDS OF THE SAINT LAWRENCE
$20.00 AUD

Canadian Pacific Railway. Montreal. c. 1926. Reprint of the 1920 original. 48 PP with colour illustrations by Chas W. Simpson. REP: Mao of the River and the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Pictorial stiff cover. Near fine. 26 x 17.

30428
HARDY, A. C.
WARSHIPS AT WORK, A Naval Notebook explaining in Text and by Profile some Functions of the Principal Warship Types of the World
$10.00 AUD

Penguin. London. 1940. 1st Ed. 144 PP with b/w illust. and ship profiles by Laurence Dunn. Pictorial soft cover (repaired). Paper ageing (war economy standard), text near margin of last page lightly damaged, o/wise good. Oblong: 10.8 x 18.

62058
HARVEY, W. J.
HEAD LINE - The Ulster Steamship Co. Ltd. (G. Heyn & Sons Ltd.), Belfast
$10.00 AUD

World Ship Society. Kendal, UK. 1991. 1st Ed. 160 PP with 1 map, 1 colour photo, 7 b/w illust., 18 pages with facsimile of documents and 107 b/w photos. Fp: "Howth Head" flying the Green Ensign. Pictorial soft covers browned around edges, o/wise contents near fine. 21 x 14.8. 0905617533

55460
HENRY, Thomas R.
ATLANTIC ODYSSEY: ICELAND TO ANTARCTICA (in National Geographic Magazine, Volume CVIII, No. 6, 1955)
$5.00 AUD

N.G.S. Washington. 1955. Volume CVIII, No.6, December 1955. Includes article from P. 725 to 780 with 12 b/w and 46 colour photos by Volkmar Wentzel. Soft cover (creased and rubbed). Good. 25.2 x 17.5.

Whaling off Newfoundland, Cape Horn gale, Cape of Good Hope... Also: By Full-rigged Ship to Denmark Fairyland, by Alan Villiers.

56297
HILDER, Brett
THE VOYAGE OF TORRES - The Discovery of the Southern Coastline of New Guinea and Torres Strait by Captain Luis Baéz de Torres in 1606
$30.00 AUD

University of Queensland Press. Brisbane. 1980. 1st Ed. XXXII, 194 PP with 64 b/w illustrations, plus 8 pages with 5 colour plates. Fp: Luis Baéz de Torres. Eps: Portion of B.A. 2759a, showing Torres' track along the whole southern coast of New Guinea. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 24.5 x 18.5. 070221275X

44111
HILL, Rear Admiral J. R.
ARMS CONTROL AT SEA
$10.00 AUD

Naval Institute Press. Annapolis. 1989. 1st Ed. VII, 229 PP with 1 table. Hard cover, dj. Signature of previous owner on front endpaper. Occasional foxing, o/wise near fine. 22.4 x 14.2. 0870210009

55614
HMSO
SIGHT REDUCTION TABLES FOR MARINE NAVIGATION - Volume 3 - Latitudes 30° - 45°, inclusive
$25.00 AUD

Hydrographic Department. Taunton, UK. 1978. September 1978 reprint of the 1971 edition. Publication H.D.605 (III). Preface by Rear-Admiral G. D. P. Hall. (3). XXX, 365 PP with 5 figures and tables, plus 3 diagrams (diagram C is loosely inserted). Eps: interpolation tables. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Near fine. 30.2 x 21.5.

71682
HMSO
AUSTRALIA PILOT - Volume I: SD 13
$25.00 AUD

Hydrographic Department, Admiralty. London. 1960. 5th edition of the 1918 original, S.D. No. 13. Advertisement to the Fifth edition, by Rear-Admiral E. G. Irving. Edited by Cmdr. W.B. MONK. XLIII, 298 PP with 10 figures, 7 tables and 35 views (9 coastal and 26 lighthouses), plus 1 folded Index Charts S.D.13, 6 colour plates on Depth Signals, Weather forecast and buoyage and 7 b/w plates with 11 maps. Cloth cover, title on front cover and spine. Supplement No. 2-1968 (47 pages & 1 plate) updated by Captain J.G.B. Morrow loosely inserted. Cloth cover, title on front cover and spine. Ex library copy with stamp on title page, pocket on rear endpaper and No. at foot of spine. Very good. 24.2 x 15.2.

Comprising the southern coast of Australia from Cape Leewin to Cape Northumberland.

45077
HOHMAN, Elmo Paul
THE AMERICAN WHALEMAN
$30.00 AUD

Macdonald and Jane's. London. 1974. 1st UK reprint edition of the 1928 original. XIV, 355 PP, plus 32 plates with 21 b/w illustrations. Fp: Sperm whaling - The chase. Decorated hard cover, gilt title on spine. Faint foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise fine. 22.4 x 15.2. 0356047377

A study of life and labour in the whaling industry.

55255
HOLLON, Jim, MILLER, Ervin (editors)
THE GREAT WATERWAY: The Columbia / Snake River System - 1985/86
$10.00 AUD

Merchants Exchange of Portland / Columbia Snake River System. Portland, Oregon. 1985. 1st Ed. 74 PP with 1 map of the System on double page, b/w and colour illustrations. Large folded map (76 x 110) in colour of the Columbia : Snake River System with 2 location maps and 30 colour photos, loosely inserted (folded size: 27 x 22). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27.7 x 21.3.

62599
HOPKINS, David
BAREKI - Working Tugboat (colour print)
$10.00 AUD

Taswegia. Devonport, Tasmania. c. 1995. One of the Taswegia Fine Art Prints series, from a watercolour painting by David Hopkins. Oblong format, illustration: 17.8 x 24.5 / print: 31.5 x 47.5.

61931
HORDERN HOUSE
THE GREAT SOUTH LAND - Searching for the Antipodes, from classical scholars to Quiros & Dampier
$45.00 AUD

Hordern House Rare Books Pty. Ltd. Sydney. 2011 Edited by Anne McCORMICK & Derek McDONNELL. No pagination, 180 PP with b/w and colour illustrations on superior quality paper. Hard cover, gilt title on front board and spine, dj. Price-List loosely inserted. Fine. 28.7 x 22. 9781875567669

Beautifully presented Catalogue of 127 items for sale with price-list loosely inserted. Includes sections on Dutch exploration and the VOC fleets, Spanish & Portuguese discovery and the English adventurers Drake & Dampier.

40992
HORE, Captain Peter, R.N. (editor)
HMAS SYDNEY II - The cruiser and the controversy in the archives of the United Kingdom
$30.00 AUD

RAN Seapower Centre / Defence Publishing Service. Canberra. 2001. 1st Ed. No.9 in Papers in Australian Maritime Affairs. XX, 311 PP with tables, 2 sketch plans, 3 maps, and 20 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Gift sticker on inside front cover, o/wise fine. 21 x 14.6. 0642295549

63042
HORNBY, Ove
"WITH CONSTANT CARE..." - A.P. MOLLER: Shipowner 1876-1965
$45.00 AUD

J. H. Schultz Information. Copenhagen. 1988. 1st edition with a foreword by Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller. 326 PP with tables, 1 map, 1 family tree, 2 sketch-plans of ships, 1 page with house flag, funnel and seal of Maersk line (in colour), 2 colour illustrations and 60 b/w photos. Cloth cover, device (seven-pointed star) on front cover, dj. Near fine. 24 x 17. 8756923562

The largest shipping company of Denmark. Fleet list covering 216 of their ships.

14921
HORNELL, James
WATER TRANSPORT - Origins and Early Evolution
$30.00 AUD

David & Charles. Newton. 1970. Reprint of the 1946 original, with an introduction by Basil Greenhill. XXVI, 308 PP with 69 text figures, plus 48 pages with 45 plates containing 87 b/w photos. Hard cover with dust jacket which has a lightly sunned spine. Small neat stamp of previous owner at top of front endpaper, o/wise a fine copy. Scarce. 24.2 x 16.2. 0715348604

The development of water craft from the earliest times to the days of the sailing ship.

50409
HOTINE, Captain M.
EXTENSIONS OF THE ARUNDEL METHOD (A continuation of Professional Paper No. 3)
$40.00 AUD

H.M.S.O. London. 1929. 1st Ed., with an introduction by Colonel H. St. J. L. Winterbotham. Professional Papers of the Air Survey Committee - No. 6. 115 PP with 15 tables (XII, XIII and XIV on folded pages), and 40 figures, plus 4 large folded plates (I to IV), and 3 plates for figures 7 & 8, 26 and 40. Fp: Aerial photo of Glen Gova, Angus (Forfar). Papered boards, cloth spine. Covers with some shelf wear and light soiling. Name in inside front cover, o/wise contents near fine. Scarce. 24 x 13.3.

46962
HOWAY, Frederic W. (editor)
THE DIXON - MEARES CONTROVERSY
$20.00 AUD

N. Israel. Amsterdam. 1969. Reprint of the 1929 edition published by The Ryerson Press. No. 2 in the Bibliotheca Australiana Extra Series. XII,(2), 156 PP with 3 facsimiles of title pages, 7 maps and 1 illustration (the long boat of the Felice, one of Meares's vessel at the entrance of the Strait of Juan de Fuca, in June 1788). Simile navy blue vellum, gilt title on white label on front cover and spine. Bookplate on front endpaper. Foxing spots on top outside edges. Near fine. 24.8 x 16.5.

Trading vessels on the Northwest coast of America late 1780's, in the early days of the maritime fur trade.

15553
HOWAY, Frederic W. (Editor)
THE DIXON - MEARES CONTROVERSY
$25.00 AUD

N. Israel. Amsterdam. 1969. Bibliotheca Australiana Extra Series No. 2. Facsimile of the 1929 edition by Ryerson Press. XII,(2), 156 PP with 3 facsimiles of title pages, 7 maps and 1 illust. (the long boat of the Felice, one of Meares's vessel at the entrance of the Strait of Juan de Fuca, in June 1788). Simile navy blue vellum, gilt title on white vignette on front cover and spine. Fine. 24.8 x 16.5.

Trading vessels on the Northwest coast of America in the late 1780's, in the early days of the maritime fur trade.

12057
HOWE, K. R.
WHERE THE WAVES FALL, A new South Sea Islands history from first settlement to colonial rule
$20.00 AUD

Allen & Unwin. Sydney. 1991. 3rd Impression of the 1984 original. XX, 403 PP with 6 head pieces, 11 maps, and 33 b/w illustrations. Eps: Map of the Pacific Islands. Pictorial soft cover. Foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 23 x 18. 1863731911

Exploration & the interaction between the first inhabitants & the explorers, traders, beachcombers, missionaries...

69041
HOWGEGO, Joshua
PERIL ON THE SEA (in New Scientist, No. 3162)
$5.00 AUD

New Scientist Ltd. London. 2018. Volume 237, issue 3162, 27 January 2018. 56 PP. Contains article P. 34 to 39 with colour illustrations: graphs, 2 maps, tables and 4 photos. Pictorial soft covers. Fine. 26.6 x 20.5.

The shipping industry is in troubled waters, with sinkings still surprisingly common.

16801
IRELAND, Bernard
NAVIES OF THE WEST
$10.00 AUD

Ian Allan. London. 1984. 1st Ed. 192 PP with b/w illust. (3 line draw. & 174 photos & paintings). Title-page: Destroyer Broadsword. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 24 x 17.5. 071101339X

Vessels of NATO's fleets and Sweden.

48905
JACOBS, W. W.
LIGHT FREIGHTS
$5.00 AUD

Bookmarks / Boydell Press. London. 1982. Reprint of the 1900 original. 160 PP. Pictorial soft cover. Covers with creases. Foxing spots on outside edges. Very good. 21.5 x 13.5. 0851152023

Short stories amongst the sailors and riverside inhabitants of the Thames.

33872
JAFFEE, Walter W.
APPOINTMENT IN NORMANDY
$20.00 AUD

The Glencannon Press. Palo Alto, Ca., USA. 1995. 1st Ed. XVI, (2), 572 PP with over 235 illust. (comic strips, plans and b/w photos). Eps: Map of the voyage of the Liberty Ship SS Jeremiah O'Brien. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj. Fine. 23.5 x 15.8. 0963758640

Voyage to England and the beach heads of Normandy of the Liberty Ship Jeremiah O'Brien for the 50th anniversary of D Day.

72224
JAMESON, John & Al.
AUSTRALIAN SQUID FISHERY - Resource, Gear and Methods - Fisheries Report No.29
$10.00 AUD

Australian Government Publishing Service. Canberra. 1980. 1st Ed. Department of Primary Industry. III, 16 PP with b/w illustrations (4 diagrams & 3 photos). Stiff covers, drawing and title on front cover. Near fine. 25 x 17.3. 0642047197

72178
JANES, HURFORD
FULL AHEAD - The Story of Brown, Jenkinson & Co. Limited: 1860-1960
$25.00 AUD

Harley Publishing. London. 1960. 1st Ed. Foreword by Chairman of Glyn, Mills & Co. 70 PP with 27 b/w illustrations. Hard cover, gilt title on front board and spine (dulled). Near fine. 21.5 x 14.5.

The story of this shipbroking company.

72271
JULEN, Hans
THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE TASMANIAN WEST COAST
$20.00 AUD

Mary Fisher Bookshop. Launceston. 1974. 1st Ed. (4), 47 PP with 2 sketch maps (1 at centrefold). Stapled card covers. Near fine 21.5 x 14. 0959920714

Discovery in 1815, convict settlement early 1822..

52888
KEMP, J. F., & YOUNG, Peter
SHIP CONSTRUCTION SKETCHES & NOTES
$10.00 AUD

Kandy Publications. London. 1965. Reprint of the 1958 original. 80 PP with many figures. Pictorial card cover. Covers soiled, Occasional foxing. Very good. 21 x 16.3.

72070
KEMP, Peter
THE CAMPAIGN OF THE SPANISH ARMADA
$25.00 AUD

Phaidon Press. Oxford. 1988. 1st Ed. 160 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Title spread (in colour): Ships of the Spanish Armada in the River Tagus. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine (mint condition). 24.7 x 21.6. 9780714825038

One of the aspects of the Battle of the Atlantic. During WWII, the author was working in the U-Boat tracking room of the British Admiralty.

35367
KENDALL, Dave
THE COMPLETE BOOK OF BOAT MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR
$5.00 AUD

Doubleday. New York. 1975. 2nd printing. (10), 212 PP with 84 b/w photos. Hard cover, cloth spine, dj (price-clipped). Near fine. 24 x 16. 038504450X

68783
KERR, Garry J. (editor)
AUSTRALIAN and NEW ZEALAND SAIL TRADERS
$40.00 AUD

Lynton Publications. Blackwood S.A. 1974. 1st Ed. 144 PP with 5 plans and 102 b/w photos. FEP: Sail plan of a 3 masted schooner. REP: Line drawings of Irazu. Illustrated hard cover. Fine. Scarce. 25 x 18.5. 0869461362

Pearling fleet of W.A., S.A. sail traders, whiting boats of Spencer Gulf, N.Z. scow, sailing traders of Southern Tasmania, Auckland mullet boats, Queenscliff couta boats, cray boats...

52653
KOSKIE, Jack L.
SHIPS THAT SHAPED AUSTRALIA
$25.00 AUD

Angus & Robertson. Sydney. 1987. 1st edition with a foreword by Geoffrey Blainey. 132 PP with b/w & colour illustrations (drawings, paintings & sketches) by the author. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 25 x 25. 0207155607

Description of 34 ships which played an essential part in the growth of Australia: details, highlight of career accompanying an oil painting.

72355
LARN, Richard & WHISTLER, Rex
COMMERCIAL DIVING MANUAL
$35.00 AUD

David & Charles. Newton Abbot. 1993. 3rd edition of the 1984 original. 416 PP with tables and over 430 figures. Hard cover, title on front board and spine. Stamp of the "Australian National Underwater Training Centre" at Beauty Point at top of the free fly of the front endpaper, o/wise a fine copy. 25.4 x 17.5. 9780715301005

34553
LATHAM, Ernest
MARINE WORKS - A Practical Treatise for Maritime Engineers, Landowners and Public Authorities
$50.00 AUD

Crosby Lockwood. London. 1926. 2nd Edition, considerably enlarged. XII, 223, (17 adv.) PP printed on superior glossy paper with 86 figures (drawings & photos), plus 1 folded b/w photo (figure 83). Fp: Example of erosion at foot of masonry sea-wall, 1921. Cloth cover, title in blind on front cover and gilt title on spine. Very light shelf wear, o/wise a near fine copy.. 22.3 x 14.2.

Waves: formation, action and effect. Salvage of maritime works. Maintenance of tidal berths. Deep-Water quays...

68775
LAW, Philip & BECHERVAISE, John
ANARE, Australia's Antarctic Outposts
$40.00 AUD

Oxford University Press. Melbourne. 1957. 1st soft cover edition. Foreword by The Right Honourable R.G. Casey. XXIV, 152 PP with 16 colour photos & b/w illustrations (maps, plans, photos). Fp (in colour): Sledges being towed. FEP: Map of Antarctica. REP: Map of ANARE Coastal exploration 1948-1956. Soft covers, title on front cover, cloth spine. Covers with very light soiling/ageing, o/wise a fine copy. 28.2 x 22.3.

71392
LAWTHER, Rebecca (editor)
DAMBUSTERS - Remembering the Legend
$10.00 AUD

Script Media, Ltd / Blitz Publications. Barnsley, UK. 2013. 1st Ed. Commemorative Collector's series - Part Seven. 116 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (artworks, drawings, plans, photos). Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 29.7 x 22 9772207900001 07

71393
LAWTHER, Rebecca (editor)
BEHIND ENEMY LINES - Secret Operations in World War Two
$10.00 AUD

Wharncliffe History Magazines / Blitz Publications. Barnsley, UK. 2008. 1st Ed. Commemorative Collector's series - Part Eleven. 100 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (artworks, drawings, plans, photos). Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 29.7 x 22. 9772207900001 11

72318
LEFROY, Mike
SHIPWRECK AT MADMAN'S CORNER
$25.00 AUD

Western Australian Museum. Perth. 2010. New edition of the 1999 original. 80, (3) PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Laminated pictorial boards. Fine. 24 x 18.5. 9781920843465

Point Cloates, West Australia.

30857
LEGRAND, Françoise & HOWARD, Godfrey
BOATOPIA
$20.00 AUD

Hearst Marine Books. New York. 1986. 1st US Ed. 128 PP with 8 tail pieces and and 40 b/w photos. Eps: The Loiret, a river in France. Hard cover, dj. Signature of previous owner on front endpaper, o/wise fine. 25 x 19.7. 068806163X

A colourful combination of evocative photographs and writings.

48275
LENTON, H. T.
ABC BRITISH WARSHIPS
$10.00 AUD

Ian Allan. London. 1962. 6th Ed. 72 PP with tables, & 38 b/w photos. Title page: H.M.S. Duncan, type 14 Frigate. Pictorial soft cover (HMS Victorious, aircraft carrier). Rubbed patch at lower corner of front cover. A very good clean copy. 15.3 x 10.3.

72126
LESSON, Primevère
VOYAGE AUTOUR DU MONDE ENTREPRIS PAR ORDRE DU GOUVERNEMENT SUR LA CORVETTE "LA COQUILLE" (in 2 Volumes)
$2000.00 AUD

P. Pourrat Frères, Editeurs. Paris. 1838 & 1839. 1st edition. Volume 1 (1838): (IV), 510, (2) PP, with vignette on title page, plus 17 illustrated plates (1 folded and 4 in colour) with tissue guard. Fp: Portrait of R. P. Lesson. Volume 2 (1839): (IV), 547, (2 errata), (2) PP with vignette on title page, plus 25 illustrated plates (1 folded and 15 in colour) with tissue guard. Fp: Vue de la Colonnade Basaltique ou Pyha, Vallée de Matavaï. Hard covers, marbled paper over boards, quarter calf, gilt title on spine. Note on front endpaper of Volume 1 to previous owner signed by friends of l'Union Internationale pour la Protection de la Nature. Plate "Psitacule de Kuhl" (without tissue guard), loosely inserted. Slight ageing of paper, occasional foxing. A nice copy of a scarce item. French text. 25.7 x 16.5.

The author was the surgeon and acted as the naturalist of the expedition led by Duperrey. Ingleton reference: 6660.

72188
LIPPMANN, John
DEEPER INTO DIVING
$50.00 AUD

J.L. Publications. Melbourne. 1990. 1st edition, July 1990. Foreword by Peter B. Bennett. (14), 610 PP with tables and b/w illustrations (drawings, graphs, sketches & photos). Erratum ship loosely inserted. Stiff covers, pictorial front. Near fine. 24 x 17.5. 0959030638

71298
LLOYD TRIESTINO
MENU - T.N. "GALILEO GALILEI": ROMA - Castel Sant'Angelo
$10.00 AUD

On board. Trieste. 1968. Folded "Colazione / Lunchon" menu - First Class - 15th April 1968. Near fine. 28 x 20.

Front cover: ROMA - Castel Sant'Angelo. Inside: menu in Italian and English.

71300
LLOYD TRIESTINO
MENU - T.N. "GALILEO GALILEI": PAESTUM - La veduta della Basilica
$10.00 AUD

On board. Trieste. 1968. Folded "Pranzo / Dinner" menu - First Class - 27th April 1968. Small spot on front cover, o/wise near fine. 28 x 20.

Front cover: PAESTUM - The view of the Basilica. Inside: menu in Italian and English.

71302
LLOYD TRIESTINO
MENU - T.N. "GALILEO GALILEI": ROMA - Foro Romano
$10.00 AUD

On board. Trieste. 1968. Folded "Colazione / Luncheon" menu - First Class - 17th April 1968. Near fine. 28 x 20.

Front cover: ROME - The Forum. Inside: menu in Italian and English.

71303
LLOYD TRIESTINO
MENU - T.N. "GALILEO GALILEI": TAORMINA - Teatro greco-romano (sullo sfondo l'Etna)
$10.00 AUD

On board. Trieste. 1968. Folded "Colazione / Luncheon" menu - First Class - 24th April 1968. A little light foxing on front cover, o/wise near fine. 28 x 20.

Front cover: TAORMINA - Greco-romano theatre (on the background Mount Etna). Inside: menu in Italian and English.

71304
LLOYD TRIESTINO
MENU - T.N. "GALILEO GALILEI": TAORMINA - Teatro greco-romano (sullo sfondo l'Etna)
$10.00 AUD

On board. Trieste. 1968. Folded "Pranzo / Dinner" menu - First Class - 25th April 1968. Near fine. 28 x 20.

Front cover: TAORMINA - Greco-romano theatre (on the background Mount Etna). Inside: menu in Italian and English.

52940
LLOYDS
LLOYD'S LOG - June 1989
$10.00 AUD

Lloyd's of London. London. 1989. June 1989 issue: 3-66 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.7 x 21

Articles: Keeping Coastguards Afloat, by Victoria Cripps, Something to show more Fare, the Thames and renewal of Ferries by Jenny Campbell,.....

31641
LODWICK, John
THE FORBIDDEN COAST
$5.00 AUD

The Travel Book Club. London. 1956. 1st Ed. IX, 267 PP with 2 maps, plus 8 pages with 19 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Foxing spots on edges, renewed endpapers. Very good. 22.2 x 14.2.

The Story of a Journey to Rio de Oro, a Spanish Possession in North-West Africa, to some Adjacent Islands (Canary)...

36234
LOTT, LCDR Arnold S. & SUMRALL, Robert F.
PEARL HARBOR ATTACK - (An Abbreviated History)
$10.00 AUD

Leeward Publications. Annapolis. 1976. 2nd printing of the 1974 original, in the Ship's Data Special series. 32 PP with 3 maps and plans, and 38 b/w illust. (drawings and photos). Inside front cover: Admiral Yamamoto. Inside back cover: US Battleships and Oiler. Soft cover. Fine. Oblong: 21 x 27.5.

72080
LUKE, Rosemary & BRISSENDEN, Alan (editors)
BIBLIOFILE, Journal of Friends of the Library of South Australia. The Garden Issue: Volume 12, No. 4, 2010
$20.00 AUD

Friends of the State Library of South Australia. Adelaide. 2010. September 2010. 36 PP with 2 tables, 3 colour photos et 14 b/w illustrations (1 chart, 2 portraits, paintings, photos). Pictorial soft covers. Fine. 24.5 x 17.

An eighteenth-century French garden in Van Diemens Land, by Edward Duyker. Matthew Flinders "Investigator" garden, by Lance McCarthy...

35659
LUMB, R. D.
NEW BEARING IN THE LAW OF THE SEA
$10.00 AUD

University of Queensland Press. Brisbane. 1981. 1st Ed., No. 56 in the University of Queensland Inaugural Lectures series. 16 PP. Card cover. Near fine. 21.3 x 13.7. 0702216798

Inaugural lecture delivered 29 April 1981.

72253
MACANDIE, G. L. (editor)
The CONSOLIDATED ORDERS and REGULATIONS for the Government of THE NAVAL FORCES OF THE COMMONWEALTH - Volume II (Addenda)
$35.00 AUD

L.F. Johnston, Commonwealth Government Printer. Canberra. 1936. 1st Ed. 126 PP. Soft covers, title on front cover, staples. Spine repaired. Slight ageing of paper. Near fine. 24 x 15.5.

72317
MACDONALD, Janet
FEEDING NELSON'S NAVY - The True Story of Food at Sea in the Georgian Era
$30.00 AUD

Chatham Publishing. London. 2004. 1st Ed. 224 PP with 7 tables and 5 b/w illustrations, plus 8 pages with 12 b/w illustrations. Hard covers, dj. Fine (as new condition). 24 x 16. 9781861762337

16890
MACINTYRE, Donald & BATHE, Basil W.
MAN-OF-WAR: A History of the Combat Vessel
$10.00 AUD

Castle Books. New York. 1974. Revised edition of the 1969 original. 280 PP with b/w & colour illust. (photos, paintings, line drawings) & many colour illust. by the Tre Tryckare artists. Fp: Austrian super-dreadnought Viribus Unitis. Decorated eps. Hard cover, dj (chipped). Faint foxing on outside edges. Very good. Oblong: 25.2 x 27.5.

From the Greek trireme, the Viking longboat, to the modern warship: missile frigate, aircraft carrier, nuclear submarine...

16374
MAKARIOS, Emmanuel
NETS, LINES AND POTS, A History of New Zealand Fishing Vessels - Volume One
$25.00 AUD

IPL and Wellington Maritime Museum. Wellington. 1996. 1st Ed. 112 PP with 112 b/w photos. Title-page: trawler Maimai. Pict. card cover. Fine. 26 x 19. 090887698X

Episodes portraying: fishing communities, entrepreneurship and fishing vessels. WWII experiences of some fishing vessels as minesweepers of the Castle Class.

46937
MARINES
THE ROYAL MARINES, The Admiralty Account of their Achievement 1939-1943
$10.00 AUD

HMSO. London. 1944. 1st Ed. 80 PP with 3 maps in text plus 16 pages with 21 bw photos. FEP: Marines in a landing boat. REP: Review of Royal Marines on deck. Decorated wrappers. Name and address of former owner on top of title page, o/wise very good. 21.5 x 14.

Actions in the Faeroes and Iceland - Norway - Crete - Singapore and Burma - Madagascar - Dieppe.

72391
MARLOW PATERSON, Allison
ANZAC SONS - Five Brothers on the Western Front
$20.00 AUD

Big Sky Publishing. Newport, NSW. 2015. 1st Ed. (1), 47 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictoprial stiff covers. Fine. 26 x 23. 9781925275148

72307
MARQUARDT, Karl Heinz
THE GLOBAL SCHOONER: Origins, Development, Design and Construction - 1695-1845
$135.00 AUD

Conway Maritime Press. London. 2003. 1st Ed. 239 PP with tables and b/w illustrations throughout. Fp: Replica of the Australian merchant schooner Enterprize of 1830. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine (as new). Scarce. 30.3 x 25.5. 9780851779300

Extensive and ideal book for the modeller.

58698
MARTIN, Jesse, & GANNON, Ed.
LIONHEART - A journey of the human spirit
$10.00 AUD

A Sue Hines Book / Allen & Unwin. Sydney. 2000. 1st Ed. X, 253 PP with 1 map on double page, 1 sketch map, 2 plans of Lionheart and 2 facsimile of letters (including 1 by US President Bill Clinton), plus 16 pages with 36 colour photos and 12 portraits. Pictorial soft cover. Faint foxing. Near fine. 23 x 15.2. 186508347X

Jesse Martin, the youngest person (in 1999) to sail solo, non-stop and unassisted around the world, on his yacht Lionheart.

17413
MASON, David
U-BOAT: THE SECRET MENACE
$5.00 AUD

Macdonald. London. 1968. 1st UK edition in the Purnell's History of the Second World War series, Weapons Book, No. 1. 160 PP with 3 maps, 10 illust. and 94 b/w photos. Pictorial soft covers with light wear and a few creases. Very good. 21 x 13.5. 356025470

72198
MATSON Line
SOUVENIR PASSENGER LIST - S.S. "MONTEREY", First Class
$50.00 AUD

Matson Line. Sydney. 1939. Folded List dated 3rd March 1939. Illustrated card: Map in colour "Route of the Matson Line" on the outside, by E. Melbourne Brindle / Souvenir Passenger list on the inside. Captain E.R. Johanson. Near fine. Format - Map: 26 x 42.6 & folded: 26 x 21.3.

Attractive map by E. Melbourne Brindle. Sailing from Sydney to Auckland 3rd March 1939 at 11.00 a.m.

72368
McALEER, John and RIGBY, Nigel
CAPTAIN COOK AND THE PACIFIC: Art, Exploration & Empire
$70.00 AUD

Yale University Press / Royal Museums Greenwich. New Haven, Ct. / London. 2017. 1st edition, with a foreword by Dr. Kevin Fewster. 256 PP with 253 figures either in b/w or colour (charts & maps, drawings & engravings, paintings & photos). Fp (in colour): Resolution and Discovery in Ship Cove, Nootka Sound. Figure 1 (in colour): Captain Cook by Nathaniel Dance. Hard covers, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine (mint condition). 26 x 20. 9780300207248

20879
McAULEY, Rob
THE LINERS
$20.00 AUD

Boxtree / A Channel Four Book. London. 1997. 1st Ed. 160 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Hard cover, dj. Fine. Oblong: 24.8 x 28.4. 0752210580

Discovery of the ocean liners and passenger ships, since the first crossing of the Atlantic by an auxiliary steam-powered vessel. Companion book to the television series The Liners.

31358
McCLUSKIE, Tom
SHIPS - From the Archives of Harland & Wolff, the Builders of the Titanic
$10.00 AUD

PRC. London. 1998. 1st Ed. 160 PP with colour illustrations. Fp: the Waipara. Pictorial laminated boards, dj. Near fine. Oblong: 25 x 28.5. 185648467X

A selection of 29 of the early ships (transition from sail to steam) built in Belfast by Harland & Wolff.

71625
McDONELL, Captain R.
BUILD A FLEET LOSE A FLEET
$20.00 AUD

Hawthorn Press. Melbourne. 1976. 1st Ed. VII, 242 PP, plus 8 pages with 32 b/w photos. Eps: Circular Memo No. 1, dated 25th September 1916 "Commonwealth Government Line of Steamers". Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket is a little rubbed and foxed on inside of jacket, o/wise contents near fine. 22.2 x 14.5. 0725601655

The Commonwealth Government Line of steamers: founded in 1916, absorbing the "prize ships" taken from Germany at the outbreak of WWI then disbanded / sold in 1926.

13992
McGOWAN, Angela
HEARD ISLAND, Big Ben's Glacial Realm [in Australian Geographic, No. 9, Jan-Mar 1988]
$10.00 AUD

Australian Geographic Society. Sydney. 1988. Contains article from P.59 to 79 with 4 b/w photos and colour illustrations (1 painting by Alasdair McGregor, 1 location map, 1 folded plate, 3 maps, 3 illustrations by Rod Clement and 32 photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27.8 x 20.8.

Heard Island and its dependency of the McDonald Islands.

63293
McILWAIN, John
HMS WARRIOR - Britain's First and Last Iron-Hulled Warship
$5.00 AUD

The Pitkin Pictorials. London. 1991. 1st Ed. 28 PP with 1 colour cutaway of the "Warrior" (as she was in 1861) at centrefold, b/w & colour illustrations. Title spread: HMS Warrior 1860. Pictorial soft cover. Folded "Deck Guide" loosely inserted. Near fine. 24 x 17.2. 0853725373

72154
MELBOURNE
PORT OF MELBOURNE Authority - PORT PANORAMA Vol. 1, No. 2 & World Trade Centre Melbourne BULLETIN
$15.00 AUD

Port of Melbourne Authority. Melbourne. 1984. Vol.1, No. 2, December 1984 - March 1985. 16 PP with 13 b/w photos and 20 colour photos (11 prtraits). Port of Melbourne Management Structure at centre fold. WTCM Bulletin, Jan-Mar 1985 : 8 PP with 4 colour and 7 b/w photos. Fine. 29.5 x 21.5.

18010
MELBOURNE HARBOR TRUST
TEN YEARS' PROGRESS 1913-1922
$10.00 AUD

The Melbourne Harbor Trust Commissioners. Melbourne. 1923. 16 PP booklet with 6 b/w illust. plus tables. Stapled card covers a little creased, one stamp, o/wise very good. 28 x 21.5.

19874
MELVIN, A. Gordon
SEASHELL PARADE. Fascinating Facts, Pictures, and Stories
$10.00 AUD

Charles E. Tuttle. Rutland, Vt., USA. 1973. 1st Printing. 369 PP with tail pieces and 74 bw photos. Fp: Lambis crocata pilsbryi Abbott (in colour). Cloth cover, dj. Fine. 19.2 x 13.2. 0804809712

44153
MILLER, Nathan
THE NAVAL AIR WAR, 1939-1945
$10.00 AUD

The Nautical & Aviation Publishing Company of America. New York. 1980. 1st Ed. XII, 224 PP with 3 maps, 172 b/w illustrations (170 photos). Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 23.4 x 15.8. 0933852118

34510
MILLER, William H.
THE LAST BLUE WATER LINERS
$15.00 AUD

Conway Maritime Press. London. 1986. 1st Ed. 224 PP with numerous b/w illust. Fp: The Arcadia at Suva, Fiji. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 24.5 x 19. 0851774008

A stimulating, factual & nostalgic account of the post-war era of intercontinental liner traffic.

43110
MILLER, William H.
THE CRUISE SHIPS
$15.00 AUD

Conway. London. 1988. 1st Ed. 191 PP with b/w photos and 13 pages on specifications of cruise ships. Fp: QE2, Britanis & Bermuda Star at New York berth. Half title page: Keeping fit on the aft decks of the Nordic Prince. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 26 x 20. 0851774296

The rise of the cruise industry which developed when commercial jet travel ousted passenger liners from their traditional routes.

35428
MOSS, Captain W. D.
RADAR WATCHKEEPING
$15.00 AUD

The Maritime Press Limited. London. 1973. Revised and enlarged 2nd edition of the 1965 original. 128 PP with 85 figuress and 6 b/w photos. Pictorial laminated boards. Top of front cover lightly sunned, 3 lines on page 25 with pale highlighting. Very good. 22.2 x 14.5. 540009644

Contents: Why collisions occur despite radar, Radar plotting, Proceeding in reduced visibility, Coastal navigation, Radar on small craft, Plotting aids....

39895
N/A
THE GEOGRAPHICAL MAGAZINE - Volume XXII, No. 8, December 1949
$10.00 AUD

The Geographical Magazine Ltd. London. 1949. Volume XXII, No. 8, December 1949. Edited by Michael HUXLEY. XII, 295-342, XIII-XXVIII PP with b/w and colour illustrations, plus 8 pages for photogravure supplement "The Nativity", by J.P. Harthan. Pictorial soft covers with light wear and a few pages have small dog ears, o/wise near fine. 24.8 x 18.5.

Pidgin English of the South Seas, by A.J. Marshall. Rural England in the making, by Guy Paget. Islam in Morocco, by Rom Landau. The Rhine: Europe's River, by C. V. Wedgwood.

50513
N/A
CAREFULLY TO CARRY
$5.00 AUD

United Kingdom Mutual Steam Ship Assurance Association. London. December 1979. 1st Ed. 32 PP. Soft cover. Near fine. 21 x 13.4.

10th report of the Association's Advisory Committee on Cargo Claims. "The carrier shall properly and carefully load, handle, stow, carry, keep, care for and discharge the goods carried". (Hague Rules, Article III, Rule 2).

52955
N/A
BULLETIN TECHNIQUE DU BUREAU VERITAS, No. 4 - 1989 - English Edition
$10.00 AUD

Bureau Veritas Group. Paris. 1989. Issue No. 4, 1989, translated iby Denis Mahaffey. 48 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 29.8 x 21.

Tentative rules for the classification of merchant icebreakers, by D. Beghin... Earthquake risks, Insurance and Inspection, by R. Heim, Accidental bursting of a turbine blade, by H. de Leiris & R. Waeckerlé...

52956
N/A
BULLETIN TECHNIQUE DU BUREAU VERITAS, No. 1 - 1990 - English Edition
$10.00 AUD

Bureau Veritas Group. Paris. 1990. 48 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21.

Future Ships - Rationally based structural design, by D. Beghin & P.L. Latreille. Quality and reliability of flexible steel pipes (offshore), by J. Mallen, P. Estrier and S.G. Amilhau ...

53557
N/A
1987 BOAT DIRECTORY - Volume 5
$10.00 AUD

Clarion Press / Boat Directory. Melbourne. 1987. Edited by Hamish Thomson. 320 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27.4 x 20.8.

Pages 26-49: Sailing the Whitsundays. Pages 52-69: Cruising Western Australia. Pages 75-78: First Fleet sails again... Pages 159-164: Diving the President Coolidge, by Peter Stone...

57345
N/A
PROCEEDINGS U. S. Naval Institute - Volume 111, 1985
$40.00 AUD

United States Naval Institute. Annapolis. 1985. Volume 111, No. 1, January 1985 (No. 983), to No. 12, December 1985 (No. 994). Edited by Vice-Admiral A.S. MOREAU & Captain James A. BARBER. 12 issues, plus supplement "The U.S. Navy Yesterday". A total of 2272 PP with b/w and colour illustrations and advertisements. Pictorial soft cover. Foxing spots on outside edges. Very good set. Image shows cover of January. 27.2 x 21.2.

57366
N/A
UNITED STATES NAVAL INSTITUTE PROCEEDINGS - Volume 83, 1957
$25.00 AUD

United States Naval Institute. Annapolis. 1957. No. 2, February 1957 (No. 648), to No. 12, December 1957 (No. 658). Edited by Commander Robert N. ADRIAN. 11 issues for a total of CCXL, 1250, (232) PP with b/w illustrations and advertisements. Pictorial soft cover. Spine of some issues rubbed. Foxing spots on outside edges and slight ageing of paper. Very good run of 11 issues. 24.8 x 17.

59814
N/A
U. S. NAVAL INSTITUTE PROCEEDINGS - Volume 113, No. 1
$5.00 AUD

United States Naval Institute. Annapolis. 1987. Volume 113, No. 1, January 1987 (No. 1007). Edited by Captain James A. BARBER. 128 PP with b/w illustrations and advertisements. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 27.3 x 21.

Maritime Strategy, by Admiral Carlisle A. H. Trost. & F. J. West.

60467
N/A
NAVAL FORCES - International Forum for Maritime Power - Vol. VI, No. IV, 1985
$10.00 AUD

Mönch Publishing Group. Aldershot, UK. 1985. Edited by Admiral Sir James Eberle & John Llewellyn. 144 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 29.7 x 21.2.

Naval situation in the Baltic, by Admiral P. Y. Rudberg. ... The Tomahawk Cruise Missile, by A. M. Bowen and R. O'Rourke. ...

60468
N/A
NAVAL FORCES - International Forum for Maritime Power - Vol. VII, No. II, 1986
$5.00 AUD

Mönch Publishing Group. Aldershot, UK. 1986. Edited by Admiral Sir James Eberle & John Llewellyn. 124 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft covers with a few creases. Very good. 29.7 x 21.2.

66842
N/A
AUSTRALIAN SEA HERITAGE - Magazine of the Australia's Maritime Museums - 1991, No. 29
$5.00 AUD

Australian Sea Heritage / Sydney Maritime Museum. Sydney. 1991. Winter 1991, edited by Peter Plowman. 32 PP with b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover (Wooden launch Wentworth). Fine condition. 27.7 x 21.

Magazine of the Australia's Maritime Museums: Seaway to the Indies: 375th Anniversary of the Discovery of Western Australia, by Chris Halls. Nairana, Ship of War and Peace, by Peter Plowman.

70880
N/A
THE GEOGRAPHICAL MAGAZINE - Volume VII, No. 6
$10.00 AUD

The Geographical Magazine. London. 1938. Vol. VII, No. 6, October 1938. XXII, 361- 432, XXIII-XXX PP with b/w illustrations (maps & photos), plus 8 b/w photogravures and 4 colour photographs. Soft covers, pictorial front (Hungarian shepherd). Covers repaired with clear plastic tape. Very good. 24.8 x 18.5.

The Indigestible Magyar, by Countess of Listowel. The Sudeten Germans, by Elizabeth Wiskemann. Nomads of the North, Lappish Life under modern administration, by Andrew Croft. The Burma Scene, by Maurice Collis.

71598
N/A
WOODENBOAT - The Magazine for Wooden Boat Owners, Builders and Designers - Issue 270
$10.00 AUD

WoodenBoat Magazine. Brooklin, Maine. 2019. Issue No. 270, October 2019. Edited by Matthew P. Murphy. 140, (8 The Sticking Point) PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27.5 x 21.

No. 270 - Mullet Boats of Auckland, NZ, by Nigel Sharp. Lateen Rig, by Nic Compton. ... Maud (Roald Amundsen's last ship) returns Home, by Bruce Kemp. Schooner Ernestina Morrissey..., by Randall Peffer.

71599
N/A
WOODENBOAT - The Magazine for Wooden Boat Owners, Builders and Designers - Issue 273
$10.00 AUD

WoodenBoat Magazine. Brooklin, Maine. 2020. Issue No. 273, April 20209. Edited by Matthew P. Murphy. 128 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27.5 x 21.

Articles include: An Eye for Details, Customing a skin-on-frame dinghy by Steve McMahon, Maintaining Widgeon, by Anne Bryant, A.K. Ilen, Restoring a legendary Irish ketch, by Arista Holden, ...

72290
NASH, Michael
THE BAY WHALERS - Tasmania's shore-based whaling industry
$40.00 AUD

Navarine Publishing / Tasmanian Heritage Office. Canberra. 2003. 1st Ed. VI, 170 PP with 2 graphs, 5 sketches, 9 maps, 32 colour and 20 b/w illustrations. Title spread: Whaleboat approaching for the kill. Eps: Map of the world with whaling grounds. Hard cover, dj. Signed by the author on half title page. Fine. 24.9 x 18. 0958656193

50418
NAVIGATION
TABLES OF COMPUTED ALTITUDE AND AZIMUTH - Vol. V: Latitudes 40° to 49°, inclusive
$20.00 AUD

United States Navy Department, Hydrographic Office. Washington. 1940. H. O. Publication No. 214. Preface by George, S. Bryan, Captain, U. S. Navy. (11), 263 PP with 4 figures and tables. Eps: tables. Cloth cover, title on front cover and spine. Very good. 29.8 x 23.7.

72185
NEWTON FRIEND, J.
DETERIORATION OF STRUCTURES OF TIMBER, METAL, AND CONCRETE EXPOSED TO THE ACTION OF SEA-WATER
$50.00 AUD

The Institution of Civil Engineers. London. 1940. 18th Report, edited by H. J. Grose. IV, 52 PP with tables and 35 figures (3 in text), plus 4 large folded plates for 10 tables and 7 large folded plates with photos and graphs (2 with b/w photos (figures 20 to 35), 1 with 3 graphs (figures 17, 18 & 19), 1 with 10 graphs (figure 16), 1 with 2 graphs (Figures 14 & 15), 1 with 9 graphs (figures 12 & 13), 1 with 2 graphs (Figures 10 & 11), 1 with 3 graphs (figures 7, 8 & 9), 1 with 11 graphs (figures 1, 2 & 3). Cloth covers, gilt title on spine. Presentation slip by Mr. H.J. Grose, dated 12 August 1940, loosely inserted. Scarce. Complete. Near fine condition. 25 x 12.5.

Results of corrosion tests carried out at Auckland (NZ), Colombo (Ceylon / Sri Lanka), Halifax (Canada) and Plymouth (England).

49835
NIXON, John
FRONT-LINE OF FREEDOM
$10.00 AUD

Hutchinson & Co. London. c. 1942. 1st Ed. VIII, 9-64 PP, plus 16 b/w plates. Cloth cover. War economy paper. Occasional foxing. Very good. 25 x 18.5.

Journalist with Reuters agency: witness Battle with Bismarck, sinking of the Hood... Convoys on the North Atlantic

34583
ODGERS, George
NAVY, AUSTRALIA - An Illustrated History
$25.00 AUD

Child & Associates. Sydney. 1989. 4th edition of the 1982 original "The Royal Australian Navy: an Illustrated History". 232 PP with b/w & colour illust. Fp: Oberon class submarine, HMAS Oxley. Eps: Crest of Australian warships. Pictorial laminated boards, dj. Near fine. 31 x 23.5. 0867773901

Illustrated history 1911-1986.

72103
OWEN, David M.
A manual for FREE-DIVERS using compressed air
$35.00 AUD

Pergamon Press. London. 1955. 1st Ed. 62 PP with 13 b/w figures, plus 2 folded plates for figure 1 & 5 and 9 photos/plates for figures 3 and 6 to 13. Cloth cover, dj (price clippped). Dust jacket with repaired chips and small piece missing at head of spine. Very good. 19 x 12.5.

71807
P & O / ORIENT LINE
P & O PORTS OF CALL: ADELAIDE
$15.00 AUD

P & O / Orient Line. London. 1954. Folded brochure (3 folds) with history/information and a plan of Adelaide and Outer Harbour (inset). Information sheet "Adelaide for passengers on P & O s.s. Strathmore, 5th April 1955, loosely inserted. Very good. 21.7 x 13.8.

Gives places of interest and information for passengers.

65429
P & O ORIENT LINE
P & O PORTS OF CALL: MELBOURNE
$10.00 AUD

Orient Line. London. c. 1948. Folded brochure (3 folds) with history / information and 1 plan with colour of Melbourne. Fine. Small format: 21.7 x 14.

Gives places of interest and information for passengers.

71815
P. & O.
S.S. STRATHMORE - Luncheon Menu, Tourist Class
$5.00 AUD

s.s. Strathmore. June 1950. "Luncheon Menu", Tourist class, Tuesday 13th June 1950. Slight ageing of paper. Very good. 15.8 x 11.5.

68684
PALIN, Michael
SAHARA
$10.00 AUD

Weidenfeld & Nicolson. London. 2002. 1st edition. 256 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (drawings, maps, photos). Decorated endpapers. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 27 x 19.5. 0297843036

Around and across the Sahara between February 2001 and February 2002. Gibraltar, Morocco, Mauritania, Senegal, Mali, Niger, Algeria, Libya, Tunisia ... Gibraltar.

15983
PASSFIELD, Robert W.
TECHNOLOGY IN TRANSITION: THE SOO SHIP CANAL 1889-1985
$10.00 AUD

Environment Canada. Ottawa. 1985. 1st Ed. 267 PP with 89 figures (plans, sketches, maps, photos ..) and 1 map of the Great Lakes-St.Lawrence transportation in 1895. Pict. card cover. Near fine. 23 x 15.4. 0660129361

The construction of the Sault Ste. Marie Ship Canal which mirrored an age of technology: the first electrically powered ship locks, the longest lock at the time ...

72283
PAYNE, Stephen
FRANCE, Great Ship of State / FRANCE to NORWAY, Cruise Ship Transformation (in SHIPS MONTHLY - Volume 55, issues 5 and 6, 2020)
$20.00 AUD

Kelsey Media. Cudham, UK. 2020. Vol. 55, May 2020 & June 2020 Edited by Nicholas Leach. 2 issues: No. 5: Article from P.33 to 40 with 8 b/w photos, and colour illustrations(1 cutaway, 1 French Line baggage tag, 1 collage and 12 photos) / No. 6: Article from P.46 to 49 with 11 colour photos. Pictorial soft covers. Fine. 27.5 x 20.

35987
PEDERSEN, Bjorn & HAWKS, F. W.
A HISTORY OF DEN NORSKE AMERIKALINJE A/S (Norwegian America Line) 1910-1995
$10.00 AUD

World Ship Society. Kendal. 1995. 1st Ed. 80 PP with 3 plans and 114 b/w photos. Fp: Vistafjord of 1973. Pictorial card cover. Fine. 20.8 x 14.7. 0905617797

17754
PHILLIPS, Valmai, COBERN, Patricia, & HOWARD, Ann
EXPLORING THE MYSTERIOUS SOUTH
$10.00 AUD

Bay Books. Sydney. c. 1990. 1st Ed. 280 PP with b/w & colour illust. Hard cover, dj. Few foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 26.5 x 18.5. 085835912X

The tales of the men who sought new lands and fortunes in the Pacific's uncharted territories.

72084
PLISSON, Philip
SAILORS' WISDOM - Day by Day
$35.00 AUD

Abrams. New York. 2007. 1st English edition by Magali Veillon & Rachelle Mandik. No pagination, c.572 PP with 365 colour photos. Laminated pictorial boards, dj. Lower edge of covers with small rubbed patches. Small remainder mark on lower outside edge. Near fine. 21.7 x 21.7 9780810994495

Philip Plisson, Peintre de la Marine.

36582
PORTS
THE MARINE BOARD OF LAUNCESTON CENTENARY 1857-1957
$15.00 AUD

Marine Board of Launceston. Launceston. 1957. 1st Ed. No pagination, 40 PP with 1 map, 1 plan, 2 artist's impression, 9 portraits and 27 b/w photos. Card cover. Fine. Scarce. 23 x 14.8.

43778
PORTS
AUCKLAND HARBOUR BOARD - Year Book 1982
$10.00 AUD

Auckland Harbour Board. Auckland. 1982. Annual edition. 20 PP with 1 graph, 1 table and 17 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.7 x 21.

46535
PORTS
THE PORT OF ARHUS HANDBOOK
$10.00 AUD

The Port of Arhus Authority. Arhus, Denmark. 1985. 1st English edition. 72 PP with 1 graph, 1 organigram, 1 map, 2 plans, 3 tables, 4 sketch plans, and 36 colour photos. Inside front cover: Chart Arhus Bugt. Pictorial soft cover. 4 pages flyer on Arhus multitereminal loosely inserted. Near fine. 21 x 14.8. 8772510056

62604
[POSTER]
HISTORIC SHIPWRECKS: Admella, Dunbar, Loch Ard
$5.00 AUD

Australia Post. Melbourne. 2007. Poster in colour. Fine. Poster format: 84 x 59.5.

Admella: 6.8.1959, 89 lives lost - Loch Ard: 1.6.1878, 49 lives lost - Dunbar: 20.8.1857, 120 lives lost.

71404
PRADOS, Edward
HURIS, SAMBUQS, AND THE BOATBUILDERS OF YEMEN (in WoodenBoat Magazine)
$10.00 AUD

WoodenBoat Publications. Brooklin, Maine. 1996. No. 131, August 1996. 160 PP. Contains article pages 50 to 56 with colour illustrations (1 location map, 1 line plan of a Huri and 12 photos). Pictorial soft covers. Very good. 27.6 x 21.7.

Desert boatbuilding in the Middle East: working craft of the Yemen coasts.

57348
PRINCE, H. A. (editor)
SAFETY AT SEA INTERNATIONAL, containing the Nautical Institute Supplement - (Nos. 85 to 93 - 1976)
$10.00 AUD

Fuel & Metallurgical Journals / The Nautical Institute. London. 1976. Issues 85 (April 1976) to 93 (December 1976). 9 issues for a total of 376 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Very good run of 9 issues. 29.8 x 21.

Journal devoted to the promotion of safety in the design, construction and operation of shipping.

72162
RAMSBOTHAM, Joshua Fielden, JACKSON, Herbert Alfred & MEHAFFEY, Maurice William
COASTAL AIDS TO NAVIGATION IN AUSTRALIA: Their Administration and Recent Developments / Cape Don Lighthouse, Northern Territory, Australia / New Lighthouses in Queensland
$50.00 AUD

The Institution of Civil Engineers. London. 1921. Excerpt of Minutes of Proceedings of The Institution of Civil Engineers, Volume ccx, Session 1919-1920, Part II. 48 PP with tables and 9 b/w figures, plus 2 folded plates with figures at end of book. Soft wrappers a little soiled with small piece missing on bottom corner, title on front cover. Note "With the Authors Compliments" at top of front cover. Covers reinforced at spine. A few pages with small dog-ears, o/wise near fine. 21.5 x 14.

16833
RAN
THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY
$5.00 AUD

Department of Defence / A.G.P.S. Canberra. 1992. 1st Ed. 40 PP with 34 profiles, 5 b/w and 40 colour photos. Title-page: R.A.N. Ensign. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 25 x 17.5. 0644140518

Australian Defence policy and the Royal Australian Navy in the 1990's and beyond.

72180
RAPHAEL, Adam
ULTIMATE RISK - The Inside Story of the Lloyd's Catastrophe
$25.00 AUD

Bantam Press. London. 1994. 1st Ed. XI, 334 PP with tables, plus 16 pages with 44 b/w illustrations. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Light ageing of paper and foxing spots on outside edges. Very good. 24 x 16. 9780593026939

72059
RATSEY, Ernest A. & DE FONTAINE, W. H.
YACHT SAILS - Their Care and Handling
$20.00 AUD

Putnam. London. 1948. 1st UK Ed. 258 PP with 104 diagrams, drawings or sketches, plus 12 plates with 29 b/w photos. Cloth covers with some wear and a few marks, price-clipped dust jacket has chips and small pieces missing and is in a protective sleeve. Contents are near fine. 21.8 x 14.8.

57694
RAYBIN EMERT, Phyllis (editor)
WORLD WAR II: The Pacific Theatre
$10.00 AUD

Discovery Enterprises, Ltd. Carlisle, Mass. 1997. 1st ED. 64 PP with 12 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 19 x 13.3. 1878668862

65126
REEMAN, Douglas
TORPEDO RUN
$10.00 AUD

Arrow Books. London. 1982. 1st paperback edition of the 1981 original. 290 PP. Pictorial soft cover. Slight ageing of paper. Signed by the author on title page. Near fine. 17.8 x 11. 0099283808

16453
RENSCH, Karl H.
FISH NAMES OF EASTERN POLYNESIA
$35.00 AUD

ANU. Canberra. 1988. Pacific Linguistics, Series C, No.106, Special Number. XIII, 364 PP with 1 map. Pictorial card cover. Near fine. 23 x 15. 0858833808

Dictionary of fish names giving vernacular names with English translation and a Latin finderlist at rear.

46347
REYNOLDS, Earle and Barbara
ALL IN THE SAME BOAT. An American Family's Adventures on a Voyage around the World in the Yacht Phoenix
$15.00 AUD

Arthur Barker. London. 1964. 1st UK edition. VIII, (2), 310 PP, plus 16 pages with 30 b/w photos. Eps: Map of the World with route of Phoenix. Hard cover, dj (price-clipped). Dust jacket with repaired closed tears. Foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 22 x 14.5.

Yacht built near Hiroshima. Calls in Hawaii, Tahiti, New Zealand, Australia ... Cocos-Keeling...

49834
RILEY, Patrick
MEMORIES OF A BLUE-JACKET 1872-1918
$30.00 AUD

Sampson Low, Marston. London. c. 1920. 1st Ed. XII, 308 PP, plus 24 b/w plates. Fp: The Wheels of Time. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine. Foxing spots. Near fine. 24.6 x 17.5.

65054
ROBINSON, J. S.
ARMS IN THE SERVICE OF QUEENSLAND 1859-1901
$100.00 AUD

J. S. Robinson / S.F.R. Enterprises. Brisbane. 1997. Special Presentation Edition limited to 20 hand numbered copies (No. Ten). 240 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, plans, photos). Hard cover, simile leather, gilt title on front cover and spine. Dedicatory note on title page signed by the author. Fine. 24.6 x 18.7. 0949749346

Section 4: Forts and Ships / H.M.Q.S. Gayundah, Paluma, Mosquito, Otter ...

44812
ROBINSON, William
BILL ROBINSON'S BOOK OF EXPERT SAILING
$10.00 AUD

Macmillan. London. 1965. 1st Ed. (12), 148 PP with 58 b/w photos. Cloth cover, device on front cover, dj (price- clipped). Near fine. 22.8 x 16.5.

39741
ROCHE, T. W. E.
SAMUEL CUNARD, and the North Atlantic
$10.00 AUD

Macdonald. London. 1971. 1st Ed. 86 PP with b/w illustrations (12 silhouettes, 2 facsimiles of documents, 3 plans, 1cutaway and drawings). Title spread: Britannia, c. 1840. Hard cover, dj. Ex library copy with 7 discreet library stamps, number on spine, and small window cut on spine of dust jacket, o/wise very good. 22.2 x 14.5. 356034364

..

72205
Royal Dutch SHELL
Princess Margaret Launches New 28,000 DWT Shell Tanker, S.T.S. VELUTINA
$20.00 AUD

Shell Tanker Fleet. Wallsend-on-Tyne. 1950. Folded brochure. 4 PP with 3 b/w illustrations: 1 artist Impression by John Warsley and 2 photos. Brochure slightly ruffled. Light foxing & ageing of paper. Very good. 25 x 20.

Launched on 4th of April 1950 at Wallsend-on-Tyne, at the time the biggest oil carrier ever built in a UK shipyard.

72173
ROYAL NAVY
PORTSMOUTH NAVY WEEK, August 3rd & 5th to 10th 1935 - Official Guide and Souvenir
$20.00 AUD

The Navy Week Committee. Portsmouth. 1935. 1st Ed. 80 PP with b/w illustrations. Stiff covers, illustrated front. Faint foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 24.5 x 18.7.

HMAS Australia and A Short Account of the Royal Australian Navy.

45998
SARMENTO RODRIGUES, Commodore M. M. (editor)
ENQUETE SUR L' ANTICOLONIALISME - INQUIRY ON ANTI-COLONIALISM
$30.00 AUD

Ministerio do Ultramar. Lisbon. 1957. 1st Ed. Volume II in Estudios de Ciencias Politicas e Sociais. 394 PP. Soft cover (foxing spots). Pages uncut. Very good. Texts in English, French and Spanish. 25.7 x 19.5.

12 papers: 1 in Spanish, 3 in French and 8 in English. Developments towards self-government in dependent territories of the United States, by Professor Henry Wells. Self-government movements in Australia and New Zealand in the nineteenth century, by Professor C. H. Currey. The South Pacific and Australia, by Professor A. P. Elkin.

50063
SAUNDERS, Mike
THE WALKABOUTS
$10.00 AUD

Victor Gollancz. London. 1975. 1st Ed. 285 PP with 10 figures, plus 16 pages with 29 b/w photos. Eps: Map with route of the Walkabout. Hard cover, dj. Name of previous owner on front endpaper and title-page. A very good clean copy. 22 x 14.3. 057501850X

Story of the Saunders family of 6 living in Rhodesia and a voyage of adventure which took them halfway round the world.

71464
SCOTT, Ernest
LAPEROUSE
$40.00 AUD

Angus & Robertson. Sydney. 1912. 1st edition. 104 PP with 1 b/w illustration "Lapérouse Coat of Arms", plus 1 folded chart of La Pérouse voyage and 12 plates. Fp: portrait of La Pérouse. Card cover, dj tipped in by the spine. Spine worn and split at hinges. Internally very good. 18 x 15.3.

Life of La Pérouse prior to his expedition, voyage of discovery in the Pacific, disappearance.

53161
SCOTT, Lieutenant Commander C. J. de C.
THE MARINER'S HANDBOOK
$20.00 AUD

The Hydrographer of the Navy. London. 1973. 4th edition of the 1962 original, with a preface by Rear-Admiral G. P. D. Hall. Sailing Directions No. 100. VIII, 139 PP with 10 tables, and 12 diagrams, and 41 Ice Photographs (4 in colour, and 37 bw), plus 3 folded charts, 4 charts, 4 colour plates (buoyage), and 14 pages with 12 diagrams (3 on meteorology). Supplement No. 3 for 1985 loosely inserted (2, 35 PP). Fp: New Symbols and Colours on Metric Charts. Eps: Table for converting Feet and Fathoms to Metres. Supplement No. 3 - 1985 (2, 37 PP) loosely inserted. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Top edge of covers and spine rubbed. Near fine. 30.2 x 21.2.

66186
SCOTT, Lt.-Cdr. Peter
THE BATTLE OF THE NARROW SEAS - A History of the Light Coastal Forces in the Channel and North Sea, 1939-1945
$50.00 AUD

Country Life Limited. London. 1946. Reprint of the 1945 original. XII, 228 PP with 4 maps and 30 drawings, plus 8 colour plates and 42 pages with 76 b/w illustrations. Fp (in colour): Moonlight Attack. FEP: North Sea. REP: English Channel. Cloth cover, illustrated front cover, title on front cover and spine, dj (price clipped). Dust jacket lightly soiled and with a few chips. War economy paper, light foxing. Name of previous owner (blocked out) on free fly of the front endpaper, o/wise a near fine copy. 25 x 19.2.

70279
SCOTT, Sir Peter / SWAN, Robert / VESILIND, Priit
THE ANTARCTIC CHALLENGE / IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF SCOTT / ANTARCTICA (in National Geographic Magazine, Volume 171, No.4)
$10.00 AUD

N.G.S. Washington. 1987. April 1987. Includes 3 articles: pages 538 to 543, 544 to 555, 556 to 560 with 4 b/w photos and 13 colour illustrations (2 maps and 11 photos). Pictorial soft cover. Folded chart (Antarctica on recto and "Pinnipeds around the World" on recto) loosely inserted. Very good. 25.4 x 17.5.

Other article: Seals and their kin.

32211
SERVER, Lee
THE GOLDEN AGE OF OCEAN LINERS
$10.00 AUD

Todtri. New York. 1996. 1st Ed. 80 PP with 43 b/w and 54 Colour illustrations. Pictorial laminated boards, dj. Fine. 31.6 x 22.6. 1880908867

Floating Palaces. Life aboard ship. Myth, media and popular culture.

58007
SEXTON, R. T.
SHIPPING ARRIVALS & DEPARTURES - SOUTH AUSTRALIA 1627-1850 - A Guide for Genealogists & Maritime Historians
$30.00 AUD

Gould & Roebuck. Canberra. 1990. 1st Ed. Roebuck Society Publication No. 42. 272 PP with 3 maps & 3 illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Note on title page signed by the author. Near fine. 24 x 18. 0947284192

A chronological listing of vessels of the exploring era 1627-1803, the sealing era 1803-1835, and colonial South Australia starting with the arrival of the Africaine.

35677
SHEPSTONE, Harold J.
CAVALCADE OF SHIPS
$10.00 AUD

The Sunshine Press. London. c. 1945. 1st Ed. 62 PP with 36 b/w, plus 16 beautiful colour illustrations by S. Drigin. Cloth cover, device on front cover. Covers worn and soiled, 2 plates with small closed repaired tear, o/wise contents are very clean and bright. 25.8 x 20.5.

71503
SHIPLOVERS' SOCIETY OF VICTORIA
THE ANNUAL DOG WATCH - Volume 16
$15.00 AUD

Shiplovers' Society of Victoria. Melbourne. 1959. Issue No. 16 of "The Journal of the Shiplovers' Society of Victoria". Edited by S.A.E. Strom. XVIII, 19-144 PP with b/w illustrations. 21 x 14.5.

Pages 58 to 70: Wreck of the "Dundonald" on Disappointment Island, Auckland Islands, as told to Captain W.E. Eglen, by John Judge, A.B., survivor. ... Page 76 to 83: The S. N. Castle calls at Port Taiohae, Marquesas Islands, by Captain Fred Klebingat.

41907
SHIPPING WORLD
SHIPPING WORLD & SHIPBUILDER - Volume 172, No. 3950
$10.00 AUD

Shipping World & Shipbuilder. London. 1979. February 1979. (IV), 141-204 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 29.5 x 21.

Pages 171 to 185 - "A review of the Multi-Purpose Ships Designs from the world's shipyards" with 11 b/w photos plus large folded plate with 3 plans and 2 cutaways on the recto and 9 b/w photos on the verso.

41909
SHIPPING WORLD
SHIPPING WORLD & SHIPBUILDER - Volume 172, No. 3954
$10.00 AUD

Shipping World & Shipbuilder. London. 1979. June 1979. IV, 401 to 460, (2 editorial index) PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 29.5 x 21.

Pages 421 to 436, "Safety at Sea": Search and rescue convention... Steering Gear System... Alarm and control systems...

30190
SIMMONS, Joe J., III
THOSE VULGAR TUBES: External Sanitary Accommodations aboard European Ships of the Fifteenth through Seventeenth Centuries
$15.00 AUD

Chatham Publishing & Texas A&M University Press. London. 1998. 2nd edition of the 1991 original, No. 1 in the Studies in Nautical Archaeology series. XII, 99 PP with 41 b/w illust. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 22.8 x 15.2. 1861760434

40286
SIMON, Edelgard
HAMBURG - A Gateway for the World, 1189-1989
$20.00 AUD

Lloyds's List. London. 1989. 1st Ed. A Lloyd's List Special supplement. 200 PP (48 of advertisements) with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Top corner lightly bumped/creased, o/wise near fine. 33.7 x 23.8. 1850442282

72143
SLEEPER, Jeanne Bear & BANGASSER, Susan
WOMEN UNDERWATER
$15.00 AUD

DeepStar Publishing. Crestline, Ca. 1979. 1st Ed. (8), 111 PP with 1 table and b/w illustrations: 4 drawings & 75 photos. Pictorial stiff covers. Name of previous owner blocked out with black felt at top of title page. Very good. 21.5 x 13.7. 0918888042

72065
SMITH, Ian
THE NEW ZEALAND SEALING INDUSTRY - History, archaeology, and heritage management
$50.00 AUD

Department of Conservation / Te Papa Atawhai. Wellington. 2002. 1st edition of June 2002. (V), 72 PP with 6 tables and 21 figures (graphs, maps, photos & sketches). Soft covers, pictorial front. Near fine. Scarce. 29.8 x 21. 0478222505

47222
SOBEL, Dava
LONGITUDE - The true Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of his Time
$35.00 AUD

Walker Publishing Company. New York. c. 2000. 13th printing of the 1995 US original. (VIII), 184 PP with 15 headpieces. Fp: Chronometer H-4, A.D. 1759. Hard cover, dj. Bookplate "Greetings from the Board of Longitude" signed by the author, pasted down on front endpaper. Faint foxing. Fine. 19.5 x 12. 802713122

16108
SOMNER, Graeme
BEN LINE - Supplement
$10.00 AUD

World Ship Society. London. 1985. 12 PP with b/w photos. Stapled wrappers. Very good. 21 x 14.8.

Supplement to the 1980 fleet list and short history.

16435
SOULE, Gardner
MEN WHO DARED THE SEA, The Ocean Adventures of the Ancient Mariners
$15.00 AUD

Thomas Y. Crowell. New York. 1976. 1st Ed. (10), 262 PP with 27 b/w illustrations. Cloth cover, dj. Dust jacket with a small repaired tear. Name of previous owner on front endpaper. Foxing spots on outside edges. Very good. 20.8 x 14. 0690010958

The first men who went to sea and explored the oceans.

19434
SPRATT, H. P.
MERCHANT STEAMERS AND MOTOR-SHIPS - Part II: Descriptive Catalogue
$15.00 AUD

HMSO. London. 1949. 1st Ed. 152 PP, plus 14 pages with 13 b/w plates. Fp: T.S. Queen Elizabeth. Pictorial soft cover (lightly soiled). Occasional foxing. Near fine. 23.4 x 15.5.

Detailed description of the vessels present in the Science Museum Collection: passenger vessels, cargo vessels, oil tankers, power yachts,...

39096
STEVENS, David & REEVE, John (editors)
SOUTHERN TRIDENT - Strategy, History and the Rise of Australian Naval Power
$20.00 AUD

Allen & Unwin. Sydney. 2001. 1st Ed. XX, 363 PP with 4 maps, 4 tables and 45 b/w illustrations. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 22.2 x 15. 186508462X

Collection of 19 essays: The rise of modern Naval Strategy c.1580-1880 by John Reeve... Imperial Naval Defence, a Canadian perspective by Nicholas Tracy... A strategy for the lower deck of the early Royal Australian Navy, by Kathryn Spurling...

68510
STEVENSON, Joanne
NO CASE TO ANSWER
$25.00 AUD

Alpha Books. Sydney. 1971. 1st Ed. XI, 208 PP, plus 8 pages with 18 b/w photos. FEP: The Approach to Collision. REP: USN Evans in profile. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Dust jacket rubbed around edges with small chips and/or closed tears (now protected). Occasional foxing. Very good. 22.2 x 14.5. 0855530480

Collision between the aircraft carrier HMAS MELBOURNE and the destroyer USS EVANS. Aftermath when the wife of the Australian Captain tried to clear his name.

64231
STEWART, W. W.
PRINT - Now a Hostel "WANGANELLA"
$10.00 AUD

Weekly News. Auckland. c. 1970. Reprint of a painting in the "Famous New Zealand Steam and Motor Ships" series by W. W. Stewart, published by the New Zealand Weekly News. Frameable print of the Wanganella. Near fine. Oblong: 29 x 38.

Built 1929 as the Achimota. Purchased by Huddart Parker and renamed Wanganella in 1932 ... Used in 1963 as hostel ship for the Manapouri power scheme.

72320
STIRLAND, A. J.
THE MEN OF THE MARY ROSE - Raising the Dead
$35.00 AUD

Sutton Publishing. Stroud, UK. 2005. New and revised edition of the 2000 original. Introduction by Robert Hardy. XIV, 185 PP with 8 tables, 16 figures and 43 b/w plates. Stiff covers, illustrated front. Fine. 24.3 x 17.2. 9780750939157

65870
STONE, Andrew J.
A WALK IN THEIR FOOTSTEPS: A Kokoda Trail Experience - A Modern Soldier's Personal story
$20.00 AUD

Australian Military History Publications. Sydney. 1997. 1st Ed. X, 102 PP with 2 maps and 44 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Signature of previous owner on title page, o/wise fine. 21 x 15. 0958669341

22790
STONE, Scott C.S.
PEARL HARBOR, The Way It Was - December 7, 1941
$10.00 AUD

Island Heritage. Norfolk Island. 1977. Special edition. 71 PP with bw and colour illust. (map, plans, photos...). Title page: Arizona memorial. Pict. card cover. Fine. 25.3 x 17.8.

72210
STRATFORD, Gabrielle
LETTERS TO A GRANDSON - Memories of War
$30.00 AUD

Gabrielle Stratford (Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada). Port Louis, Mauritius. c. 2000. 1st Ed. 69 PP with 7 b/w photos and 8 colour illustrations (4 photos and 4 watercolours by Ida Talbot). Pictorial soft covers. Fine (mint condition). 19.8 x 12.8.

22 letters to her grandson. The author was born on a British Army base near Quetta (now in Pakistan) and spent her youth in northern China. Now living in Canada.

72353
SUAREZ, Thomas
EARLY MAPPING OF THE PACIFIC: The Epic Story of Seafarers, Adventurers, and Cartographers who Mapped the Earth's Greatest Ocean
$100.00 AUD

Periplus Editions. Singapore. 2004. 1st edition. 224 PP with 223 figures with b/w or colour illustrations. Half title page: Volvelle on a north polar projection. Fp (in colour): Islamic World Map. FEP: World map, circa 1700) by Frederic de Wit. REP: Physical Map of the Pacific, by Philippe Buache. Pictorial laminated boards and illustrated dj (front: Pacific Ocean, by Abraham Ortelius / back: North Pacific, by Joao Teixeira Albernatz). Dedicatory note on title page, signed by the author. Fine (as new condition). 31.3 x 22.8. 9780794400921

46767
SUEZ CANAL
SUEZ CANAL AUTHORITY - Yearly Report 1994 - Part 1
$10.00 AUD

Suez Canal Authority. Ismailia, Egypt. 1995. Yearly publication. 84, (2) PP with 1 map, graphs, statistical tables and 32 colour photos. Pictorial soft covers with light wear. Very good. 26.5 x 22.2.

49148
SUMMERRELL, Richard
THE SINKING OF HMAS SYDNEY - A Guide to Commonwealth Government Records
$25.00 AUD

National Archives of Australia. Canberra. 1997. 1st Ed. 190 PP with 16 facsimiles of documents. Pictorial soft cover, clear plastic protection, spiral bound. Fine. 29.8 x 21.

45161
TAFFRAIL
ENDLESS STORY
$10.00 AUD

Hodder & Stoughton. London. 1938. 6th edition of the November 1931 original. 346 PP with 1 figure, and 28 diagrams or maps. Cloth cover is somewhat soiled, occasional foxing, o/wise very good. 18 x 12.

The works of the Destroyers during World War I. Chapter III: Destroyers in the Dardanelles. Chapter IV: Destroyers at Gallipoli. Chapter V: Destroyers in the Aegean... Chapter XVIII: The Australian Destroyers.

72302
TALBOT, Frank & STEENE, Roger (editor)
READER'S DIGEST BOOK OF THE GREAT BARRIER REEF
$20.00 AUD

Reader's Digest Services. Sydney. 1984. 1st Ed. 384 PP with 2 maps, over 800 colour photos. Fp: Acropora with blue damselfish. Title page: Male blue-headed wrasse. Half title page: Sun rising over the waters of the Great Barrier Reef. Eps: Fungia, a mushroom coral. Pictorial laminated boards, dj. Fine. 26.3 x 26.3. 0949819417

72149
TASMAN
ABEL JANSZOON TASMAN - A Bibliography
$25.00 AUD

The Trustees of the Public Library of New South Wales. Sydney. 1963. 1st edition with a preface by G. D. Richardson & J. A. Ferguson. 80 PP with 1 colour and 3 b/w illustrations. Fp (in colour): Tasman with his second wife. Soft cover, front with device and title. Covers lightly soiled and with light insect damage. Very good. 24 x 15.

248 entries.

72315
TERRY, Martin
MARITIME PAINTINGS OF EARLY AUSTRALIA 1788-1900
$30.00 AUD

The Miegunyah Press. Melbourne. 1998. Limited edition of 2500 copies, No. 24 in the second numbered series of the Miegunyah Volumes. XIV, 111 PP with 31 b/w illustrations, and 65 colour plates. Title spread: North Head, Port Jackson 1854 by Conrad Martens. Half title page: Willem de Vlamingh's ships Geelvinck, Nijptangh and 't Weseltje, 1697. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 32 x 26. 9780522846881

72309
THOMAS, Colin S.
SCRIMSHAW - "The Ancient Art of the Mariner"
$70.00 AUD

Colin S. Thomas. Hobart. 2011. Edition limited to 500 numbered copies (No.445 of 500). 42 PP with 55 colour photos. Inside front cover: Whale bone chair. Inside back cover: walking sticks. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. Scarce. 29.7 x 21. 9780646550077

Exhibition of February 2011, held at the Commissariat Store, Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery. Includes a card flyer for the exhibition.

20431
THORNTON, Meg (editor)
HEARD ISLAND EXPEDITION 1983
$25.00 AUD

Spirit of Adventure. Sydney. 1983. 1st Ed. 56 PP with b/w illustrations. Fp: King penguins. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 29.7 x 21. 0959256806

1983 expedition on the Anaconda.

63040
THORSOE, Soren, SIMONSEN, Peter, KROGH-ANDERSEN, Soren, FREDERICHSEN, Frederik &
DFDS 1866-1991 - Ship Development through 125 years - from Paddle Steamer to Ro/Ro Ship / Skibsudvikling gennem 125 ar fra Hjuldamper til Rulleskib
$45.00 AUD

DFDS A/S. Copenhagen. 1991. 1st Ed. 503 PP with 3 maps, 21 plans, 86 bw illust., and 732 photos of ships (Fleet list). Illustrated endpapers. Laminated decorated boards. Fine. Danish and English text. 30.2 x 21.2. 8798003003

Short Sea shipping line running between Denmark and the United Kingdom and Iceland. As of 1926, routes to Atlantic ports of North and South America.

43767
THE TIMES (editors)
THE RUSSIAN NAVY: 1914-1918 (in The Times History and Encyclopaedia of the War)
$30.00 AUD

The Times Publishing Company. London. 1918. Part 204, Vol. 16, July 16, 1918. (II), 289-324 PP with 2 maps and 39 b/w photos. Soft cover. Staples removed. Near fine. 30 x 20.3.

The Russian and the Revolution.

11835
TODD, Ian
ISLAND REALM - A Pacific Panorama
$20.00 AUD

Angus & Robertson. Sydney. 1974. 1st Ed. (8), 214 PP with 19 maps, 32 drawings by Lindsay Wilson and 61 b/w photos, plus 48 pages with 63 colour photos. EPS: Map of the Pacific with winds and currents. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Near fine. 28 x 22. 0207127611

A contemporary observation over time and space within the realm of the Pacific: community & individual culture, history, political life, ...

72324
TOOLEY, R. V.
MAPS AND MAP-MAKERS
$75.00 AUD

B. T. Batsford. London. 1949. 1st edition. VIII, 128 PP with 9 tailpieces and 13 b/w illustrations, plus 82 pages with 8 colour plates and 74 b/w illustrations (charts, maps, plans). Frontispiece (in colour): Title-Page to R. de Hooghe's Atlas Maritime, 1693. Cloth cover, title on spine, dj. Light foxing on outside edges and inside of the dust jacket. Near fine. 25.2 x 19.5.

72327
TOOLEY, R.V.
THE MAPPING OF AUSTRALIA
$450.00 AUD

Holland Press Limited. London. 1979. 1st edition. Volume I Holland Press Cartographica. XX, 633 PP with 239 plates and an Index (pages 619 to 633) by Douglas Matthews. Eps: Francois Jacobsen Chart of Tasman's Voyages 1642-43 and 1644. Dark green cloth covers, gilt title on spine, dj. Dust jacket a little dulled on spine and with a few small chips, now in a clear plastic sleeve. Foxing spots on top outside edge. A near fine copy of a scarce item. 25.3 x 19.5. 0900470879

72254
[UNION ROYAL MAIL LINE]
MUSIC PROGRAMME & MENU - R.M.S. MAUNGANUI
$40.00 AUD

J.M. Quirke, Printer on board. R.M.S. Maunganui. 1934. Folded Souvenir Menu - Lord Howe Island Cruise, June 1934 R.M.S. "Maunganui", Union Line, containing folded "Music Programme & Dinner Menu, June 5, 1934, and list of officers under Commander Martin. Autographs of passengers and officers. Tie binding Souvenir folder and menu. Fine condition. 24.6 x 15.8.

51157
VAN DEN BERG, N. P.
UIT DE DAGEN DER COMPAGNIE - Geschiedkundige Schetsen
$30.00 AUD

H. D. Tjeenk Willink & Zoon. Haarlem. 1904. 1st Ed. (8), 419 PP. Soft cover. Sellotape marks at head and foot of spine. Dutch text. Slight ageing of paper. Very good. Dutch text. 22 x 14.5

Dutch East Indies, Batavia (Djakarta), V. O. C. (Dutch East India Company)...

43184
VIERUS, Dieter
KABELLEGER AUS ALLER WELT
$10.00 AUD

Steiger. Solingen, Germany. 1989. 1st Ed., in Bibliothek der Schiffstypen series. 148 PP with over 150 b/w illustrations (5 maps, 8 plans of ships, 3 cutaways... engravings and photos). Fp: Great Eastern. FEP: Plan of the cable ship von Podbielski. REP: Plan of the Japanese cable ship KDD Maru. Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing on outside edges, o/wise near fine. German text. 22.5 x 20. 392595208X

Cableships of the world.

43387
VILLIERS, Alan
THE INDIAN OCEAN
$45.00 AUD

Museum Press. London. 1953. 2nd impression (April 1953) of the 1952 original. 255 PP with 8 maps (5 headpieces and 3 in text), plus 16 pages with 32 b/w illustrations. Fp: Square rigger in the Indian Ocean. Eps: Map of the Indian Ocean. Cloth cover, dj (price-clipped). Dust jacket with tears and chips, now in a protective sleeve. Name on half title page (white-blocked out). Faint and occasional foxing, o/wise a very good clean copy. 23 x 16.

65991
VILLIERS, Alan
WILD OCEAN - The Story of the North Atlantic and the Men who Sailed It
$10.00 AUD

McGraw-Hill. New York. 1957. 1st US Ed. VI, (4), 326 PP, plus 12 Pages with 30 b/w illust. Illustrated title spread. FEP: Currents of the North Atlantic. REP: Prevailing January winds of the North Atlantic. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Dust jacket with small chips and rubbed patches. Note on verso of front endpaper. Slight ageing of paper and foxing spots on outside edges. Very good. 21.8 x 15.

The turbulent and unpredictable ocean, the men and ships who challenged it.

64172
VON DER BORCH, C. C.
SUBMARINE CANYONS OF SOUTHERN AUSTRALIA: Their Distribution and Ages - Research Paper No. 9, "Horace Lamb Centre for Oceanographical Research"
$10.00 AUD

The Flinders University of South Australia.Adelaide. 1967. Research Paper No. 9, June 1967: (1), 15, (4) PP (recto only) with 4 figures( 1 folded map, 2 maps and 1 with 10 diagrams). Soft cover, staples. Fine. 28 x 21.5.

40376
VON DER PORTEN, Edward P.
THE GERMAN NAVY IN WORLD WAR II
$5.00 AUD

Thomas Y. Crowell Co. New York. 1969. 2nd printing of the first U.S. edition. XIV, 274 PP with 6 maps & diagrams & 40 b/w photos in text. Fp: Scuttling of the Graf Spee. Cloth cover. Faint foxing spots on outside edges. Note on half title page. Very good. 23.2 x 15.5.

The development of the new German navy, following Scapa Flow (June 1919), the pre-war years (secret building programmes...).

38371
WALLACE, William M.
THE MACMILLAN BOOK OF BOATING
$10.00 AUD

Bonanza Books. New York. 1973. Reprint of the 1964 original. 249, (3 index) PP with b/w & colour illustrations. Hard cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj. Near fine. 30 x 21.5. 51703946XX

150 years of boats & boating from Cleopatra's barge, through the America's Cup races, steam yachts, schooners, ...

35455
WARSHIPS
THE GATEFOLD BOOK OF THE WORLD'S GREAT WARSHIPS
$10.00 AUD

Sandstone Books / Brown Books. Sydney. 1998. Reprint of the 1994 UK original. (8) PP with 4 colour photos, plus 36 pull-out gatefolds. Each gatefold (29.5 x 86) with a cut-away in colour, and b/w or colour illustrations. Pictorial laminated boards, spiral bound. Some foxing, o/wise very good. 30.7 x 26. 1897884028

From the Roman Galley and the Viking Longship, to the Dreadnought, the Nimitz etc...

58963
WATSON, Jessica
TRUE SPIRIT: The Aussie Girl who took on the World
$20.00 AUD

Hachette Australia Pty Ltd. Sydney. 2010. 1st Ed. XIV, 367, (3) PP with 1 map on double page, 1 plan on double page, 1 weather map and 9 b/w photos (6 headpieces), plus 24 pages with 62 colour photos. Inside front cover: Ella's Pink Lady. Inside back cover: Jessica Watson. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 23.5 x 15.2. 9780733624971

World circumnavigation on board Ella's Pink Lady: 18th October 2009 to 15th May 2010.

64837
WEATHERILL, Richard
The ANCIENT PORT OF WHITBY and its Shipping, with some Subjects of Interest Connected therewith
$300.00 AUD

Horne and Son. Whitby. 1908. 1st Ed. 445 PP, (11 list of subscribers) with 2 charts and 40 b/w illustrations. Fp: Whitby, from a drawing by Geo. Weatherill. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine. Spine with speckled spots, covering part of the letters of title. Endpapers starting at gutter. Few pages with short closed tears. Overall, a very good copy of a rare item. 22.7 x 16.

Compiled from various registers of shipping, periodicals, local newspapers and histories. Page 46: illustration and text of the "Earl of Pembroke" (Endeavour of Captain Cook). Pages 383 to 389: Captain Cook and Ships in which Captain Cook sailed.

57704
WESTHORP, Christopher (editor)
VJ DAY IN PHOTOGRAPHS - 50th Anniversary
$10.00 AUD

Salamander Book. London. 1995. 1st Ed. 64 PP with 100 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 30 x 21.5. 0861017951

49416
WIESER, Dr. Franz
MAGALHÂES-STRASSE UND AUSTRAL-CONTINENT AUF DEN GLOBEN DES JOHANNES SCHÖNER
$75.00 AUD

Verlag der Wagner'schen Universitaets-Buchhandlung. Innsbruck. 1881. 1st Ed. VIII, 124 PP, plus 5 folded plates (charts in colour) at rear of book. Rebacked copy, cloth cover, gilt title on leather label pasted down on spine. Original soft covers tipped on endpapers. Ingleton bookplate. German text. Near fine. 23.8 x 15.7.

Strait of Magellan, Great South Land, and the globes of Johannes Schöner.

57712
WIEST, Andrew & MATTSON, Gregory Louis
THE PACIFIC WAR
$20.00 AUD

MBI Publishing Company. St Paul, Mn, USA. 2001. 1st US edition, in the Campaigns of World War II series. 256 PP with b/w photos and colour illustrations (maps, artworks and 3 photos). Pictorial laminated boards, dj (closed tear). Near fine. 30.2 x 23.5. 0760311463

32274
WILBY, Sorrel
AUSTRALIA'S TROPICAL JEWELS: The Islands of Torres Strait (in Australian Geographic No. 10)
$10.00 AUD

Australian Geographic Society. Sydney. 1988. No. 10, April/June 1988. Contains article from P.76 to 97 with 30 colour photos, plus 1 folded colour plate with map on the recto and photo on verso. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27.8 x 21.

A unique blend of traditional culture and modern ways assures the Islanders a separate identity among fellow Australians.

62940
WILSON, Capt. John Aa.
WOODEN WALLS TO DISTANT SHORES - A Maritime Concoction and the Regina Maris Saga
$25.00 AUD

Author. Oslo. 1984. 1st Ed. 346 PP with 1 colour photo and b/w illustrations. 3 sheet "addenda" loosely inserted. Fp: The Regina Maris under sail. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj (rubbed and creased and a few repaired small tears). Faint foxing o/wise fine . 27 x 21.

An unusual book.

17335
WINGATE, John
HMS BELFAST / EDINBURGH CLASS CRUISER 1939-71
$25.00 AUD

Profile Publications. London. 1971. No. 29 in the Warship Profile series, (1st Warship Profile Special). No pagination, 32 PP, with colour artworks at centrefold (badge, profiles), 4 sketch-plans, and 64 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 25.2 x 18.7.

Commissioned 5th August 1939, Arctic convoys duty... Museum since Trafalgar Day, 21st October 1971.

72354
WORSLEY, Jill & Peter and GREEN, Jeremy (editors)
CAPES OF SUNSET: Western Australia's Maritime Heritage between Peel Inlet & Flinders Bay
$100.00 AUD

Australian National Centre of Excellence for Maritime Archaeology. Fremantle. 2012. 1st Ed. Special publication No. 15. Foreword by Hugh Edwards. XIV, 417 PP with 340 figures with b/w or colour illustrations (charts, maps & plans, sketches, paintings, photos...). Pictorial stiff covers. Fine (as new condition). Oblong: 21 x 29.3. 9781876465056

51615
YORK, Michael
ALL HANDS ON DECK: The Restoration of the JAMES CRAIG
$65.00 AUD

Citrus Press. Sydney. 2006. 1st Ed., with and introduction by Marsden Horden. Foreword by John Howard, Prime Minister of Australia XII, 164 PP with 42 portraits, 26 b/w and 45 colour photos. Title page: The James Craig, Recherche Bay, Tasmania. Eps: sails and rigging plan. Pictorial laminated boards, dj. Fine. 23.7 x 21. 0975102370

45804
YOUNG, John M. (editor)
PASSENGER SHIPS OF P & O (in Shipping - Today & Yesterday - Supplement August, 2000)
$10.00 AUD

Shipping - Today & Yesterday. London. 2000. 1st Ed. 16 PP with b/w and colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21.

Supplement to the August 2000 issue of Shipping.

67036
YOUNG, John M. (editor)
SHIPPING Today and Yesterday, No. 99 - 1998
$5.00 AUD

HPC Publishing. St Leonards on Sea, Sussex, UK. 1998. Issue No. 99 (May 1998). 52 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. 2 punch holes for ring binder (close to the spine). Fine. 29.8 x 21.

Inquiry into loss of the Derbyshire, the 169,044 dwt Ore/Bulk/Oil Carrier of Bibby Line (6 pages with 2 colour and 4 b/w photos).

36746
YOUNG, Louise B.
ISLANDS - Portrait of Miniature Worlds
$10.00 AUD

W. H. Freeman. New York. 1999. 1st printing of April 1999. XII, 296 PP with 47 illustrations by Jennifer Dewey. Hard cover, gilt title on cloth spine, dj. Fine. 21.6 x 14.5. 0716731355

Hawaiian archipelago: The Garden Isles. Easter Island: A paradigm for Man. Mauritius and the Seychelles: Home of the Dodo. Madagascar: The Land apart...

72101
ZANELLI, Leo & SKUSE, George
SUB-AQUA ILLUSTRATED DICTIONARY
$20.00 AUD

Kaye & Ward. London. 1976. 1st Ed. (6), 114 PP with 72 b/w illustrations: drawings, sketches, photos & tables. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Small water mark affecting a small area (1.5cm x 0.5cm) of lower edge of front board, dust jacket and outside edge. Contents near fine. 20.5 x 13.4. 0195198948

51772
ZNAMIEROWSKI, Alfred
FLAGS OF THE WORLD - An Illustrated Guide to Contemporary Flags
$10.00 AUD

Hermes House. London. 2006. New edition of the 2000 The World Flags Identifier. 128 PP with over 600 colour illustrations. Fp: 9 house flags of Shipping lines to North and South America. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 22 x 17.3. 1840388668