72406 ALLEN, J., GOLSON, J. & JONES, R. (editors) SUNDA AND SAHUL - Prehistoric Studies in Southeast Asia, Melanesia and Australia
$150.00 AUD
Academic Press. London. 1977. 1st Ed. (XII), 647 PP with tables, figures and b/w photos. Fp: Sketch map of Sunda and Sahul. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price clipped). A 7 pages article " The remarkable history of Indo-Pacific Man...", by Jack Golson, extracted from "Search", Vol 3, No. 1-2 Jan-Feb 1972, loosely inserted. Some pencil underlining in 6 of the articles. Light foxing on outside page edges, o/wise a near fine copy. Scarce. 23.5 x 15.5. 0120512505
19 papers presented at the 13th Pan Pacific Science Congress in Vancouver, 1975.
14701 AUSTIN, K. A. (editor) MATTHEW FLINDERS - On the Victorian Coast April-May 1802
$20.00 AUD
Cypress Book. Melbourne. 1974. 1st Ed. 64 PP with b/w illust. (charts, coastal views, paintings & photos). Fp: Flinders as a boy. FEP: Aerial view of the Shire of Flinders. REP: Surveyors at work. Pictorial stiff cover. Very good. 23.8 x 18.3. 0909807132
59409 AUSTRALASIAN INSTITUTE FOR MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY (AIMA) THE BULLETIN OF THE AUSTRALASIAN INSTITUTE FOR MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY - Volume 28
$35.00 AUD
AIMA / Australasian Institute for Maritime Archaeology. Sydney. 2004. Edited by Jeremy GREEN & Myra STANBURY. 145 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, maps and photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21.
Whaling and colonial trade, shipwreck of Cheviot, by R. Anderson. The Australian built schooner Alert, by M. Nash. ... Stone anchor from Saurashstra coast, India, by A.S. Gaur. ...
21127 BAILEY, Alfred M. & SORENSEN, J.H. SUBANTARCTIC CAMPBELL ISLAND
$60.00 AUD
Denver Museum of Natural History. Denver. 1962. 1st Ed. (6), 305 PP with 1 location map , 1 map, and 230 b/w photos. Original covers, gilt title on front cover and a dulled spine. Fine. 26 x 18.5.
Proceedings No.10 of the Denver Museum of Natural History which followed their 1958 expedition to this island. History, expeditions, geology, flora & fauna..
72463 BALLANTYNE, Iain H.M.S. RODNEY
$60.00 AUD
Pen & Sword Maritime. Barnsley, South Yorkshire. 2008. 1st Ed. in the "Warships of the Royal Navy" series. Foreword by Commander R. W. Morris, R.N. 304 PP with 9 b/w illustrations (ink drawing, crest, cartoon, photos), plus 16 pages with 53 b/w illustrations (line drawings, sketch plans, portraits and photos). Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Neat ex-libris stamp of previous owner on FFEP, o/wise a fine copy. 29.6 x 21. 9781844154067
20587 BASS, George F. (editor) SHIPS AND SHIPWRECKS OF THE AMERICAS, A History Based on Underwater Archaeology
$30.00 AUD
Thames & Hudson. London. 1996. 1st soft cover edition. 272 PP with 80 colour and 296 bw illust. Title page: A diver dismantles a floor timber from a sixteenth century Basque galleon. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27 x 21.5. 050027892X
The first book to describe the dramatic discoveries now revolutionising new world maritime history: Pre-Columbian ships, Basque whalers, Spanish treasure galleons.
72583 BECKE, Louis THE EBBING OF THE TIDE - South Sea Stories
$70.00 AUD
T. Fisher Unwin. London. 1896. 1st Ed. (6), 292 PP. Green cloth cover, gilt title on spine. Spine with small parts worn and/or missing. Covers with marked patches. Occasional foxing and offsetting on endpapers. Gutter of front endpaper partly split, gutter of rear endpaper split. A good copy in need of rebacking. Image shows title page. 21 x 14.
21 stories.
72750 BELBIN, Phil & GILLETT, Ross THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY, The First Seventy-Five Years
$2000.00 AUD
Child & Henry. Sydney. 1986. 1st limited edition of 400 copies (350 for sale). Foreword by Vice-admiral M. W. Hudson, Chief of Naval Staff. Presentation page IX: with name of previous owner at top, then hand numbered copy (No. 201 / 350), and signed by the Artist, the Author and the Chief of Naval Staff. XIV, 278 PP with 33 pencil drawings and 26 colour plates hand-tipped with their tissue guard. All illustrations by Phil Belbin. FFEP: Crest of the Royal Australia Navy (in blind). Quarter bound in Australian buffalo hide and buckram, gilt title on front cover & spine. Contained in a Navy blue buckram slip case. A fine copy of a scarce item. Large format: 43.8 x 35.5. This is a heavy item and postage will be higher than usual. Please ask for a quote. 0867770023
Published for the 75th anniversary of the Royal Australian Navy. A magnificent book. More images available upon request.
55345 BENNETT, G. H. and R. SURVIVORS, British Merchant Seamen in the Second World War
$25.00 AUD
The Hambledon Press. London. 1999. 1st Ed. XV, 287 PP with 6 text illustrations, plus 8 pages with 17 b/w photos. Fp: poster "Save for the brave!. Hard cover, dj. Small neat name stamp of previous owner at top of FFEP, o/wise a fine copy. 24 x 16. 1852851821
55523 BETHELL, L.S. THE STORY OF PORT DALRYMPLE: Life and Work in Northern Tasmania
$25.00 AUD
L.G. Shea, Government Printer. Hobart. c.1957. 1st Ed. Foreword by W. A. Townsley. X, 193, IX (index) PP with 9 maps & plans, 4 tables and 68 b/w illustrations. Soft cover, illustrated front. Covers lightly soiled with light wear. Slight ageing of paper. Contents near fine. 24.5 x 15.6.
Port at the mouth of the Tamar River. Chapters 3 & 4: Ships in Port Dalrymple.
72413 BIRKETT, Dea JELLA: A WOMAN AT SEA
$25.00 AUD
Victor Gollancz Ltd. London. 1992. 1st Ed. 205, (3) PP with 1 map of Gulf of Guinea to the Thames with route of the Minos from Apapa, Nigeria to Tilbury. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Near fine. 22.5 x 14.5. 9780575051256
Jella or "small boy" for West African crew members. She signed on the M/V Minos in Lagos (Nigeria), calls in Douala (Cameroon), Tema (Ghana), Monrovia (Liberia). Signed off at Tilbury, Thames River, UK.
72636 BONE, David W. THE BRASSBOUNDER
$20.00 AUD
The Citadel Press. London. 1949 Revised edition of the 1910 original. XXII, 202 PP. Hard cover, dust jacket (price-clipped and in a protective sleeve). Ex-library copy with a stamp on title page and rear endpaper. Lacks the front free endpaper. Contents clean and overall still a very good copy. 19 x 13. 9781409991687
72537 BOWEN, John (editor) SCALE MODEL WARSHIPS
$40.00 AUD
Conway Maritime Press. Greenwich. 1978. 1st Ed. 192 PP with 120 plans & diagrams, and 150 b/w photos. Fp: Italian destroyer "Impavido". Hard cover, dj. Neat Ex Libris stamp of previous owner on front endpaper. Ex library copy with stamp "State Library of Tasmania"on verso of title page and sellotape marks on covers, o/wise contents near fine. 24.5 x 18.5. 085177170X
For the beginner and less experienced model maker. Hull & superstructure, guns, radar, deck fittings...
72119 BOWSKILL, Derek THE CHANNEL TO THE MED - A Guide to the Main Routes through the French Canals
$25.00 AUD
Opus Book Publishing. Wadhurst, East Sussex. 1995. 1st Ed. 192 PP with b/w illustrations (88 maps, most of them on full page and with insets), plus 4 pages with colour ilustrations (1 map, 2 pages with "Main signals on French waterways" and 5 photos. Pictorial stiff covers. Lower corner of front cover with small creases. Stamp of the previous yacht on title page. Contents near fine. 29.5 x 21. 9781898574033
72314 BRADFORD, Ernle THE STORY OF THE MARY ROSE
$20.00 AUD
Book Club Assoc. London. 1982. Reprint. 207 PP with numerous b/w and 19 colour illust. (engravings, paintings, photos, plans, sketches, ..). Title-page: The "Henry Grace à Dieu". Hard cover, dj. Blind seal of previous owner on FFEP, o/wise a fine copy. . 25.3 x 19.5.
The warship which sank without firing a shot, in an engagement against the French fleet. Her story and salvage.
16823 BURGESS, Michael AIRCRAFT-CARRIERS AND AIRCRAFT-CARRYING CRUISERS
$10.00 AUD
Burgess Media Services. Wellington. 1980. 1st Ed. 64 PP with 60 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. Oblong: 14.5 x 21.
Pictorial record and history.
37701 BURGESS, Michael BATTLESHIPS AND BATTLE CRUISERS
$10.00 AUD
Burgess Media Services. Wellington. 1981. 1st Ed. 64 PP with 58 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. Oblong: 14.8 x 21.
Pictorial record and history.
72345 BURNS, Jason M. THE LIFE AND TIMES OF A MERCHANT SAILOR: The Archaeology and History of the Norwegian Ship "Catharine"
$45.00 AUD
Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishers. New York. 2003. 1st Ed. in the Plenum series in Underwater Archaeology. Foreword by Roger C. Smith. XIV, 113 PP with 5 tables and 21 figures (including 2 sketch maps). Laminated boards, pictorial front. Fine (as new). 23.5 x 15.5. 9780306473890
Shipwreck off Pensacola Bay, Florida in August 1894.
65954 CALLEN, Terry BAR DANGEROUS, A Maritime History of Newcastle
$60.00 AUD
Newcastle Regional Maritime Museum & The Runciman Press. Newcastle. 1986. 1st edition, by Norm Barney. Foreword by Joy Cummings. 246 PP with b/w illustrations (plans & sketches by the author, and photos), plus 4 plates in colour. Hard cover, gilt title on front cover & spine, dj. Foxing spots on half title page. Fine. Scarce. 26.7 x 21. 095889390X
From the first discovery in 1797 to the latest dredging and improvements of the 1980's.
72206 CANDIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY 5 MENUS CANADIAN PACIFIC
$50.00 AUD
Canadian Pacific. London. 1955. 5 folded menus. Front cover: colour illustration / Back cover: details on the illustrated front / Inside: different types of menus. Near fine. 24.7 x 17.
Front covers: Empress of Australia (painting by Oswald Pennington) / Banff Springs Hotel, in the heart of the Canadian Rockies / Mount Assiniboine, Canadian Rockies / Indian Days at Banff / "The Mounted", Constable of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police on the steps of the West Block of Parliament Building and in front of the Peace Tower at Ottawa.
58870 CARLTON, Mike CRUISER: The Life and Loss of HMAS PERTH and Her Crew
$35.00 AUD
William Heinemann. Sydney. 2010. 1st Ed. XIV, 706 PP with 1 plan and 4 maps, plus 24 pages with 10 colour illustrations and 64 b/w photos. Eps: White Ensign, Royal Navy. Hard cover, dj. Neat ex-libris stamp of previous owner on FFEP, o/wise a fine copy. 24 x 16. 9781741668391
72356 CARWARDINE, Mark, HOYT, Erich, FORDYCE, R. Ewan & GILL, Peter WHALES, DOLPHINS & PORPOISES
$20.00 AUD
Reader's Digest (Australia). Sydney. 1998. 1st Ed. Foreword by Priscilla Wrubel. Introduction by James Darling. 288 PP with a few b/w and hundreds of colour illustrations. Pictorial laminated boards. Top corner of the free fly of the front endpaper rubbed, o/wise a fine copy. 28.7 x 16.8. 9780864490964
22792 CHESNEAU, Roger THE WORLD'S AIRCRAFT CARRIERS 1914-1945
$10.00 AUD
Arms and Armour Press. London. 1986. 1st Ed., No. 8 in the Warships Illustrated series. 64 PP with 120 b/w photos. Title spread: A prewar view of the Lexington (CV-2). Pictorial soft cover (USS Lunga Point, CVE-94). Fine. 24.6 x 18.6. 0853687684
72214 CIRCULAR HEAD HERITAGE Committee THE CIRCULAR HEAD CHRONICLE - Year 200 "Commemorative Edition"
$20.00 AUD
Circular Head Heritage Centre. Smithton, Tasmania. 1998. Vol 1, No.1 "Special Edition", December 5th 1998. 4 PP (on 5 columns). Fine. 43 x 28.5. 0646466542
Historical and Heritage story of Circular Head following the "Bass & Flinders sight Circular Head - Dec 5, 1798 "... the NW corner of Tasmania.
72215 CIRCULAR HEAD HERITAGE Committee TIME LINE OF EVENTS IN CIRCULAR HEAD from 1798 to 2001
$25.00 AUD
Circular Head Heritage Centre. Smithton, Tasmania. 2001. 37 PP (photocopies). 29.7 x 21.
Circular Head and the NW corner of Tasmania since the sighting by Bass & Flinders of Circular Head - Dec 5, 1798, to the Centenary of Federation celebrations.
72411 CLEUGH, James CAPTAIN THOMAS JOHNSTONE 1772-1839 - Smuggler's Reach
$45.00 AUD
Andrew Melrose. London. 1955. 1st Ed. No. 2, in The Rogues Gallery series. 318 PP, plus 24 PP with 23 old engravings. Fp: View of the Ton & Harbour of Portsmouth in Hamlpshire. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price clipped). Dust jacket with small tears (repaired), now in a protective sleeve. Slight ageing of paper. Very good. 23.2 x 16.
72656 COCKRILL, Philip THE WOERMANN STEAMSHIP LINE OF HAMBURG The History, Ships & Cancellations (Series Booklet No.11)
$25.00 AUD
Philip Cockrill. Newbury, Berkshire, UK. 1980. 1980 reprint. 34 PP with b/w illustrations. Stapled card covers with light soiling. Near fine. Scarce. 20.8 x 14.5.
A history of the Woermann Line (Deutsche Seepost Linie Hamburg Westafrika) / Deutsche Ost Afrika Linie.
40869 COHEN, Stan WINGS TO THE ORIENT - A Pictorial History of the Pan American Clipper Planes 1935 to 1945
$20.00 AUD
Pictorial Histories Publishing Company. Missoula, Montana, USA. 1986. 2nd printing of the 1985 original. X, 214 PP with hundreds of b/w illustrations (maps, plans, facsimile newspapers & photos). Pictorial card cover. Fine. 28 x 21.5. 0933126611
72660 COOPER, A. E. (editor) SEA FISHING
$40.00 AUD
Seeley Service & Co. London. c. 1934. 1st Ed. Volume XVII in the "Lonsdale Library" series. Introduction by the Rt. Hon. The Earl of Lonsdale. 352 PP with tables and 78 figures, plus 47 plates with 86 b/w photos. FP: The John Dory. Cloth cover, gilt decoration on front board, gilt title on spine, dj. Dust jacket lightly soiled. Foxing spots on outside edges. Contents near fine. 22 x 15.
37685 COOPER, Bryan THE E-BOAT THREAT
$30.00 AUD
Macdonald and Jane's. London. 1976. 1st Ed., a Macdonald Illustrated War Study. 138 PP with 47 b/w illustrations (drawings, maps, plans and photos). Title spread: E-boats returning to base. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price-clipped and in a protective sleeve). Neat name stamp of previous owner on FFEP, o/wise near fine. 24.8 x 17.5. 0356081443
On the German Schnellboot (E-boat = Enemy war motorboat).
52675 DAKIN, William John WHALEMEN ADVENTURERS
$20.00 AUD
Sirius Books. Sydney. 1963. Reprint of the 1938 revised edition (original of 1934). XXXII, 285 PP, plus 16 pages with 18 b/w illust. Decorated hard cover, dust jacket with a few chips and/or closed tears and in a protective sleeve, o/wise near fine. 20.5 X 13.5.
The story of whaling in Australian waters and other southern seas related thereto, from the days of sails to modern times.
70921 DARMAN, Pete, EVANS, Deborah ... (editors) WORLD WAR II - The Battle of Britain and the Blitz
$10.00 AUD
The Brown Reference Group Ltd. London. 2010. 1st edition. 96 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft covers. Fine. 27.8 x 21.3. 9781840443257
56273 DAVID, Andrew (editor) THE VOYAGE OF HMS HERALD to Australia and the South-west Pacific 1852-1861 under the command of Captain Henry Mangles Denham
$45.00 AUD
Miegunyah Press. Melbourne. 1995. 1st edition limited to 1200 copies. No. 3 in the second Miegunyah Press series. XXVIII, 521 PP, (3), with 11 survey charts & 8 maps, plus 24 pages with 48 illustrations (29 in colour). Hard cover, gilt title on spine, ribbon page-marker, dj. Fine. 24.7 x 18. 9780522843903
Between 1852 and 1861, HMS Herald covered part of the South-west Pacific and part of the Australian coast (including King George Sound & Shark Bay) and surveyed and charted known land masses and suspected hazards. In 1853, while at anchor off the Isle of Pines, it unknowingly witnessed the French take-over of New Caledonia and its Dependencies. Includes visits to Fiji, Lord Howe, survey of St.Paul Island (Indian Ocean) in early 1853 and Mellish Reef (Coral Sea) in 1858, where they found the abandoned wreck of the French naval vessel Duroc.
71977 DAY, Harold E. A. OLD SKETCHBOOKS & ALBUMS
$30.00 AUD
Hobart Press. Sandy Bay, Tasmania. 2002. 1st limited edition of 500 numbered copies (No. 491/500). 175, (5) PP with hundreds of b/w illustrations (covers of sketchbooks or albums, portraits, signatures and sketches). Illustrated endpapers. Hard covers, gilt title on front board and spine, dj. Fine (mint condition). Oblong: 21.2 x 27. 0957936508
24 of these: 13 sketchbooks and 11 albums.
37567 DE BLOSSEVILLE, Marquis HISTOIRE DE LA COLONISATION PENALE ET DES ETABLISSEMENTS DE L'ANGLETERRE EN AUSTRALIE
$200.00 AUD
Imprimerie de Auguste Herissey. Evreux. 1859. 1st Ed. (4), VIII, XXXII, VIII, (2), 569 PP. Marbled boards, cloth spine, gilt title on vignette on spine. Marbled endpapers. Ex library copy with discreet stamp of Bibliotheque Populaire du XIXe Arrondissement. Ageing of paper, some foxing. Still a very good copy. Scarce. French text. 21.5 x 13.7.
Early convict transportation to the Americas, choice of New Holland after the American War of Independence. Successive governors in Australia from Phillip to Brisbane and Darling. (Ferguson: 7152a). Based on the 1831 edition of Histoire des Colonies penales de l'Angleterre dans l'Australie (Ferguson: 1424).
72399 DE GROOT, Irene & VORSTMAN, Robert (editors) SAILING SHIPS - Prints by the Dutch Masters from the Sixteenth to the Nineteenth Century
$40.00 AUD
A Studio Book / Viking Press. New York. 1980. 1st US edition, translated from the Dutch original. 284 PP with 250 b/w illustrations (No.20 is a folded plate on double length). Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price clipped). Spine of dust jacket with a repaired tear. Near fine. 30.5 x 28. 0670615277
Breughel, Rembrandt, Bol... Pages 272 to 278: biographies. Pages 279 To 281: glossary.
56937 DOAK, Wade THE ELINGAMITE AND ITS TREASURE
$30.00 AUD
Hodder and Stoughton. London. 1969. 1st Ed. Foreword by Sir Douglas Robb. 192 PP, plus 16 pages with 37 b/w illustrations. Eps: Map of 3 Kings Islands and of the passage of Elingamite from Sydney to 3 Kings Islands. Hard cover, dj (price-clipped). Top edge tinted. Dust jacket has a repaired tear on rear and is now in a protective sleeve. An otherwise near fine copy. 22.4 x 14.7. 0340107774
The tragic shipwreck in November 1902 costing 45 lives and the story of the salvage of its treasure.
20739 DUNMORE, John THE FATEFUL VOYAGE OF THE ST. JEAN BAPTISTE, A True Account of M. de Surville's Expedition to New Zealand and the Unknown South Seas in the Years 1769-70
$30.00 AUD
Pegasus Press. Christchurch, N.Z. 1969. 1st Ed. 127 PP, plus 8 b/w plates with 9 illustrations. Eps: Map of Indo-Pacific Oceans with track followed by the Saint Jean Baptiste. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket rubbed, spine sunned. Faint foxing spots on outside edges. Contents near fine. 22 x 14.5.
The commercial cruise/discovery of the French East Indiaman Saint Jean Baptiste and her Captain de Surville, from French India to South America, via the Solomon Islands and New Zealand...
31721 DUNN, Laurence SHIPS OF SOUTHAMPTON, and the Solent
$15.00 AUD
Adlard Coles. Southampton. 1964. 5th completely revised edition. 36 PP (including covers) with 66 b/w photos. Pictorial card covers. Inside covers with 40 funnel (in colours). Near fine. 18.5 x 12.
72402 DUNN, Steve SECURING THE NARROW SEA - The Dover Patrol 1914-1918
$40.00 AUD
Seaforth Publishing. Barnsley, UK. 2017. 1st Ed. 288 PP, plus 16 plates with 37 b/w illustrations: 1 map, portraits and photos (18 of them Royal Navy warships). Hard cover, dj. As new. 24 x 16. 9781848322493
33676 EARLE, Peter THE LAST FIGHT OF THE "REVENGE"
$30.00 AUD
Collins & Brown. London. 1992. 1st Ed. 192 PP with 2 diagrams and 4 tables, plus 12 pages with 1 diagram and 13 b/w illustrations. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 24 x 16. 9781855851061
30th / 31st August 1591: Seafight off Flores, Azores Islands between the lone English galleon "Revenge" of Sir Richard Grenville and a 53 strong Spanish armada.
70911 EDEN, Paul E. (editor) ROYAL AIR FORCE SALUTE - "BATTLE OF BRITAIN" 75th Anniversary
$10.00 AUD
Royal Air Force Media and Communications / Key Publishing. Stamford, Lincs.. 2015. 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.
72468 ELLIOTT, Peter ALLIED ESCORT SHIPS OF WORLD WAR II, A Complete Survey
$80.00 AUD
Naval Institute Press. Annapolis. 1977. 1st US edition. 575 PP with tables, drawings, plans & 292 b/w photos. Title spread: Escort at speed in a choppy sea. Hard cover, dj. Front endpaper with bookplate and Ex Libris stamp and bookplate of previous owners. Cover of dust jacket with a small chip. Faint foxing on outside edges, o/wise fine. 25.2 x 19.5. 0870218018
Allied escort ships built during WWII and used in anti-submarine, anti-aircraft, surface and assault operations. Royal Navy, Royal Canadian Navy, Royal Australian Navy, Royal Indian Navy, Royal New Zealand Navy, South African Naval Forces and United States Navy.
72380 EWERS, John K. THE WESTERN GATEWAY, A History of Fremantle
$25.00 AUD
Fremantle City Council. Perth. 1971. 2nd revised edition of the 1948 original. XXIV, 262 PP with the Armorial Bearings (in colour) on page III, tables, graphs & plans, plus 42 pages with 88 b/w photos. Title spread: HMS Challenger. Eps: Seal of the City of Fremantle. Cloth cover, dj. Dust jacket with a repaired closed tear at head of spine . Faint foxing, o/wise near fine. 24.8 x 17.8. 855640502
How Fremantle grew and a history of the men & women who helped this growth.
18455 FISHER, John HOW TO SAIL
$5.00 AUD
Eyre & Spottiswoode. London. 1959. 1st Ed. 257 PP with 42 diagrams, plus 7 b/w plates. Fp: A day for single-handed sailing, national 12 ft. on the Thames. Hard cover, dj. Sellotape marks on endpapers. Occasional foxing. Very good. 19 x 13.
Includes chapters on: what kind of sailing, going afloat, safety first...
72017 FLINDERS, Matthew A BIOGRAPHICAL TRIBUTE TO THE MEMORY OF TRIM, ISLE DE FRANCE 1809
$30.00 AUD
John Ferguson / Halstead Press. Sydney. 1986. Reprint of 1the 1986 edition, with an introduction by Dr. Stephen Murray-Smith and a learned discource on the subject by Dr. T. M. Perry. 48 PP with illustrations by Annette Macarthur-Onslow. Fp: Portrait of Trim. Illustrated endpapers. Hard cover, dj. Fine (mint condition). 23 x 16.5. 0909134707
A brave seafaring cat who, in the company of Matthew Flinders, circumnavigated the globe in the years 1799-1804.
72676 FROMENT-GUIEYSSE, Georges LA PEROUSE
$95.00 AUD
Editions de l'Empire Français. Paris. 1947. 1st edition in the "Les Grand Navigateurs" series. 155, (5) PP, plus 5 b/w plates and 1 large folded map at rear of book. Fp: Portrait of Jean François Galaup De La Pérouse. Hard cover, illustrated front, title on front board and spine. Ageing of paper and occasional foxing. Near fine. French text. 19 x 14.
72514 GARDINER, Robert (editor) NELSON AGAINST NAPOLEON - From the Nile to Copenhagen, 1798-1801
$25.00 AUD
Caxton Editions & National Maritime Museum. London. 2001. Reprint in the Caxton Pictorial Histories series of the 1997 original. 192 PP with over 300 b/w illustrations. Title spread: British forces landing at Aboukir, March 1801. Pictorial laminated boards, dj. Dust jacket in a protective sleeve. Review by Norman Hurst loosely inserted. Fine. 29.5 x 25.2. 1840673613
Battles for the Mediterranean: Aboukir (Nile), Minorca, Malta... Colonial and commerce warfare in the West Indies, the Red Sea and in the East Indies.... Battle of Copenhagen.
72768 GARNERAY, Louis SEAMAN GARNERAY - Voyages, Aventures et Combats
$40.00 AUD
Argyll Publishing. Argyll, Scotland. 2003. 1st English edition, translated by Roland Wilson. 285, (3) PP with 43 b/w illustrations (1 map of Mauritius, 1 facsimile of a document, 3 portraits & 18 diagrams in margin, and 20 engravings). Hard cover, dj. Fine. 24 x 16. 9781902831633
Voyages in the Indian Ocean, naval war with corsairs such as Surcouf while based at Ile de France (Mauritius)... Marine painter... Prisoner of war on British pontoons...
49459 GATACRE, Rear-Admiral G. G. O. A NAVAL CAREER, Reports of Proceedings 1921-1964
$35.00 AUD
Nautical Press. Sydney. 1982. 1st Ed. (6), 382 PP with numerous b/w illustrations (drawings by Commander F. James and photos). Hard cover. Dust jacket tipped in on front endpaper. Front endpaper with obituary of Gatacre (11th August 1983), Ingleton bookplate and comments by Geoffrey Ingleton. Two letters signed by Rear Admiral Gatacre on endpapers. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 25.7 x 19.5. 0949756024
Interesting account of a varied and distinguished naval career (43 years at sea), and a contribution to Australia's naval heritage: WWII, sinking of Bismarck, Solomons & New Guinea campaign, etc.
36509 GESNER, Peter PANDORA - An Archaeological Perspective
$20.00 AUD
Queensland Museum. Brisbane. 2000. Updated reprint of the 1991 original. XII, 60 PP with b/w & colour illust. (maps, charts, paintings & photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 21. 9780724244829
Pandora and its historical background on the last voyage, the wreck, its discovery & the excavation on it.
17598 GLEESON, Max THE VANISHED FLEET OF THE SYDNEY COASTLINE
$15.00 AUD
Author. Sydney. 1993. 1st Ed. 168 PP with 37 b/w and 22 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 25 x 17. 0646136712
The events surrounding the loss of fifteen ships wrecked on the Sydney or Illawarra Coast. Woniora in 1882, Undola in 1918, Malabah in 1931, Birchgrove Park in 1956.
22152 GOLOVNIN, V.M. AROUND THE WORLD ON THE KAMCHATKA 1817-1819
$20.00 AUD
Hawaii Historical Society & University Press of Hawaii. Honolulu. 1979. 1st English Ed., translated with an introduction and notes by Ella Lury Wiswell. XXXXII, 353 PP with 2 maps, 1 portrait of Capt. Cdr. Golovnin and 15 b/w reproductions of watercolours. Fp (colour): A Kolosh Chief from Baranov Island. Eps: Route of the sloop Kamchatka 1817-1819. Hard cover, dj. Occasional foxing. Fine. 24 x 16. 0824806409
Not only a voyage, but an insight to the societies and peoples encountered during this world cruise.
71966 GOODWIN, Richard LEONTYNE - By barge from London to Vienna
$25.00 AUD
Collins. London. 1989. 1st Ed. 219 PP, plus 16 pages with 26 colour photos. Eps: map of NW Europe with track of Leontyne. Hard cover, dj. Fine (as new condition). 24 x 15.8. 9780002153904
London to Vienna through: Belgium, France, Germany and Austria.
71334 GORSKY, Bernard MOANA RETURNS
$20.00 AUD
Elek Books. London. 1959. 1st English edition of the 1957 original Expedition Moana. 264 PP with 1 map, plus 12 pages with 16 b/w photos. Cloth cover, repaired and protected dj (price clipped). Foxing spots on outside edges. Contents near fine. 22.2 x 14.5.
Homebound voyage, from Tahiti to Saint Tropez, via Tonga, New Caledonia, Indian Ocean, and the Red Sea, in the forty-foot cutter Moana.
72408 GRAHAM, Gerald S. GREAT BRITAIN IN THE INDIAN OCEAN - A Study of Maritime Enterprise 1810-1850
$70.00 AUD
Clarendon Press. Oxford. 1967. XIV, 480 PP with 9 maps (No. 1 to No. 9), plus 1 folded map "The Indian Ocean" (No. 10). Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Signature of previous owner on FFEP, o/wise near fine. 22.2 x 14.5.
53110 GREEN, David (editor) GIPSY MOTH IV CIRCLES THE WORLD AGAIN - Souvenir Programme
$15.00 AUD
United Kingdom Sailing Academy. Cowes, Isle of Wight. 2006. Edition VII, July 2006. Introduction by HRH The Princess Royal. No pagination, 32 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.7 x 20.8.
Commemorating Gipsy Moth IV's visit to Australia.
72527 GRIFFIN, Randall C. WINSLOW HOMER - An American Vision
$70.00 AUD
Phaidon Press Limited. London. 2017. 1st paperback edition of the 2006 original. 240 PP with over 200 b/w or colour illustrations. Fp: Portrait of Winslow Homer at Prout's Neck, 1908. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 29 x 25. 9780714874197
The story and art of one of the best American watercolour artists and probably the greatest painter of marinescapes.
71692 GROCOTT, Terence SHIPWRECKS OF THE REVOLUTIONARY & NAPOLEONIC ERAS
$20.00 AUD
Caxton Editions. London. 2002. Reprint of the 1997 original, by Chatham Publishing. XVI, 430 PP. Hard cover, laminated pictorial boards, dj. Light foxing on outside edges. Fine. 24 x 16. 1840671645
Chronicle of maritime tragedies (from contemporaneous publications) listing 1500 ships and covering: the Revolutionary Era 1793-1801, the Era of the Peace of Amiens 1801-1803, and the Napoleonic Era 1803-1816.
72698 GUNN, John QANTAS AIRWAYS: 1919 - 1970 (in 3 volumes). 1 - DEFEAT OF DISTANCE: Qantas 1919-1939 / 2 - CHALLENGING HORIZONS: Qantas 1939-1954 / 3 - HIGH CORRIDORS: Qantas 1954-1970
$180.00 AUD
University of Queensland / Qantas Airways Ltd. Brisbane. 1985, 1987 & 1988. 1st Ed. Vol. 1: XVI, 400 PP with 2 tables and 93 b/w illustrations (3 prospectus & 90 photos). Eps: Map in colour of Queensland ant the Northern Territory. Vol. 2: XIV, (2), 434 PP with 2 tables and 95 b/w photos. Eps: Cutaway in colour of an Imperial Flying Boat of Qantas Empire Airways. Vol. 3: XVI, 468 PP with 1 table and 92 b/w photos. Eps: Artwork of Super Constellation with boarding paasengers walking on the tarmac. Each volume with hard cover with title on front board and spine, and dust jacket. Top of the rear cover of Vol.2 (on 2 cm) has been rubbed with corresponding tear of the dust jacket and has been repaired. All volumes in a protective sleeve. Contents of all volumes in near fine condition. A scarce item. 25.4 x 18. 0702217077 / 0702220175 / 0702221287
72986 H.M.S. CONSORT Association LOYAL and STEADFAST - The Story of H.M.S. CONSORT
$35.00 AUD
H.M.S. CONSORT Association. London. 2008. 1st Ed. Foreword by Commander R. R. A. Cowan. (8), 123 PP with 2 b/w phoitos, plus 4 plates with 4 b/w photos. FP: HMS Consort in Hong Kong, 1948. Vignette on title page with crest of HMS Consort. Hard covers, dj. Fine (mint condition). 21.8 x 15.3.
First deployment: Hong Kong and the Far East. Malayan Insurgency. The Yangtze Incident. Montebello Island nuclear tests, off the coast of West Australia...
72440 HAINES, Gregory DESTROYERS AT WAR
$25.00 AUD
Ian Allan. London. 1982. 1st Ed. 128 PP with 1 track chart (St Nazaire) and 185 b/w photos. Title spread: HMS Intrepid. Hard cover, dj (in a protective sleeve). Neat name stamp on FFEP, o/wise a fine copy. 29.8 x 22. 0711011109
72969 HALL, Thomas THE T.W. LAWSON - The fate of the world's only Seven-Masted Schooner
$70.00 AUD
The History Press. Charleston, S.C. 2006. 2006 edition of the 2005 History Press original. 153, (7) PP with b/w illustrations (maps, drawings, engravings, paintings, photos and portraits... ). Stiff covers, pictorial front. Fine. 24.5 x 17.2. 9781596292086
72529 HARBRON, John D. THE LONGEST BATTLE - The Royal Canadian Navy in the Atlantic: 1939-1945
$40.00 AUD
Wanwell Publishing Ltd. St. Catharines, Ontario. 1995. 1st paperback edition. Foreword by Rear Admiral P.D. Budge. X, 11-132 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, ephemeras, scores of music, portraits & photos). Pictorial stiff covers. Neat Ex Libris stamp of previous wner on half title page, o/wise fine. 28 x 21.5. 9781551250182
72759 HATTENDORF, John B. (editor) THE OXFORD ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MARITIME HISTORY (in 4 Volumes)
$275.00 AUD
Oxford University Press, Inc. New York. 2007. 1st Ed. Volume 1: XXIV, (2), 677 PP with 4 tables and b/w illustrations: 25 maps and 101 drawings, paintings and photos. Volume 2: (6), 722 with 2 tables and b/w illustrations: 16 maps and 111 drawings, paintings and photos. Volume 3: (6), 715 PP with 2 tables and b/w illustrations: 15 maps and 108 drawings, paintings and photos. Volume 4: (6), 722 PP with 5 tables and b/w illustrations: 11 maps and 60 drawings, paintings and photos. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Fine (as new condition). This is a heavy item and postage will be higher than usual. Please ask for a quote. 28.7 x 22.2. 9780195130751
Volume 1: Battle of Actium to Ex Voto. Volume 2: Factory Ship to Navies, Great Powers: Japan. Volume 3: Navies, Great Powers: Portugal to Shipyards. Volume 4: Siebe, Augustus to Zheng He. Topical Outline of Entries / Directory of Contributors / Index.
72416 HAY, Ian THE SHIP OF REMEMBRANCE, Gallipoli - Salonika
$50.00 AUD
Hodder and Stoughton. London. c. 1920. 1st Ed. 43 PP, plus 10 pages with 8 b/w photo plates. Fp: Last Post. Inside front cover: map of the Gallipoli Peninsula. Cloth covers, title on front board and spine. Occasional foxing. Near fine. Scarce. 19 x 12.7.
Pilgrimage to the battlefields of World War One: Salonika and Gallipoli, September on board the white liner.
72642 HAYTER, Adrian SHEILA IN THE WIND, A Story of a Lone Voyage
$35.00 AUD
Hodder and Stoughton. London. 1959. 1st Ed. 319 PP, plus 8 pages with 9 b/w Illustrations (portrait and 8 photos). Fp: Portrait of Adrian Hayter, by Maureen Connell. Eps: Map with route taken by"Sheila II" between Southampton and Nelson in New Zealand. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price clipped). Sellotape marks on edges of dust jacket. Foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise a very good clean copy. Scarce. 22 x 14.5.
A wonderful single handed voyage that took 6 years.
71690 HENDERSON, James A. MAROONED, The Wreck of the Vergulde Draeck and the Abandonment and Escape from the Southland of Abraham Leeman in 1658
$55.00 AUD
St. George Books. Perth. 1982. XIV, 218 PP with b/w illust. throughout (maps, sketches, photos...). Eps. Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing on outside edges. Name of previous owner on half-title page, o/wise near fine. 22.5 x 15. 0867780118
After the wreck of the "Vergulde Draeck", a search party of the rescue ship "Waeckende Boey" is marooned on Green Island and has to reach Batavia in a leaking boat.
72531 HILL, David FIRST FLEET SURGEON - The Voyage of ARTHUR BOWES SMYTH
$40.00 AUD
National Gallery of Australia. Canberra. 2015. 1st Ed. XII, 210 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Stiff covers, pictorial front. End papers: Maps of the voyages of the Lady Penrhyn (FEP: Portsmouth to Sydney Cove 1787/1788 / REP: Sydney Cove to Tahiti, Macau, St Helena, Ramsgate 1788/1789). Fine (as new condition). 25 x 22. 9780642278623
Lady Penrhyn, first fleeter, brought over 100 female convicts from England, returned home via Lord Howe, Kermadec, Tahiti (Chapter 12: Abundance and hospitality in Tahiti), ...
72189 HINDLE, John THE PAPER HOUSE - The First Hundred Years: 1890 1990
$35.00 AUD
The Paper House. South Oakleigh, Victoria. 1990. 1st Ed. Foreword by John Pratt. 26 PP on art paper with 2 b/w and 24 colur illustrations. Tissue guard protecting first and last page (fly leaf). Stiff covers, dust jacket with title and gilt decoration on front. Fine. 29.7 x 21.3. 095907581X
71933 HMSO SOUTH AMERICA PILOT, Volume IV - North coast of South America, Cabo Orange to Punta Tirbi, including Trinidad and Tobago, Rio Orinoco and Nederlandse Antillen
$30.00 AUD
Hydrographer of the Navy. London. 1983. 2nd Ed. N.P.No.7A. XVI, 2 PP (Index Charts), 263 PP with diagrams and panoramic views, etc. Cloth cover, title on front cover and spine. Very good. 32 x 21.5
72549 HOPE, Anthony The Remarkable CAPTAIN JAMES KELLY of Van Diemen's Land
$70.00 AUD
Anthony Hope. Hobart. 2020. 1st Ed. Foreword by Captain Peter Martin. 180 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Laminated pictorial boards. As new. 30.5 x 21.5. 9780648954880
First Australian born Master Mariner. Whaling, Sealing ...
40478 HOPE, Iain THE CAMPBELLS OF KILMUN, Shipowners 1853-1980
$15.00 AUD
Aggregate Publications. Johnstone, Renfrewshire. 1981. 1st Ed. No pagination, 88 PP with 8 portraits and 69 b/w photos of ships. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x14.8.
Passenger excursions ships, first on the Clyde, then in the Bristol Channel.
72068 HOPKINS, David L. ThE LIFE AND TIMES OF HENRY HOPKINS 1778-1870
$50.00 AUD
Peregrine Publishing. Hobart. 2020. 1st edition. X, 90 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial stiff covers. New. 29.7 x 21. 9780994639653
The man who built "Westella", the House on Potters Hill, Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land.
72680 HOWGEGO, Raymond John THE BOOK OF EXPLORATION
$45.00 AUD
Weidenfeld & Nicolson. London. 2009. 1st Ed. 360 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Hard covers, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 29.7 x 25.8. 9780297855385
33764 HOYT, Edwin P. THE LAST CRUISE OF THE EMDEN
$10.00 AUD
Andre Deutsch. London. 1967. 2nd impression in June of the May 1967 original. VIII, (2), 242 PP plus 8 pages with 1 map & 11 b/w photos. FEP: Course of SMS Emden 1914. REP: From Cocos-Keeling to Constantinople. Hard cover. Name of previous owner on preliminary page, some foxing, o/wise near fine. 22 x 14.5.
The German cruiser Emden and her destruction at Cocos-Keeling. The escape on the copra schooner Ayesha, arrival at Constantinople of the landing party.
72460 HOYT, Edwin P. SUNK BY THE BISMARCK. The Life and Death of the Battleship HMS Hood
$30.00 AUD
Military Heritage Press. New York. 1988. Reprint of the 1977 original. (6), 149 PP, plus 4 pages with 10 b/w photos. Hard cover, gilt title on cloth spine, dj. Dust jacket in a protective sleeve. Ex Libris stamp of previous owner on front endpaper. Faint foxing on top outside edge. Near fine. 23.8 x 16. 0880292199
Convoy duty, against the French at Oran, chasing German raiders. Her fatal encounter with the Bismarck in May, 1941.
61832 HUDDART PARKER LIMITED WAR SERVICE OF THE MERCHANT NAVY - A Record of the Participation of the Men and Ships of Huddart Parker Ltd
$40.00 AUD
John D. Harris & Co. Melbourne. 1951. 1st Ed., with a foreword by Admiral Lord Mountevans. 79 PP with head-pieces in colour and 33 b/w photos. Cloth cover with gilt title and crest on front board, dj. Dust jacket with a tear and small chips (now repaired and protected). Scarce with a dust jacket. 29 x 22.5.
A tribute to the men who served during 1939/1945 together with a Roll of Honour.
72319 HUME, Ivor Noël SHIPWRECK! - History from the Bermuda Reefs
$20.00 AUD
Capstan Publications. Hamilton, Bermuda. 1995. 1st Ed. Foreword by The Hon. Sir John Swan, Premier of Bermuda. VIII, 64 PP with 6 b/w illustrations (1 photo and 5 drawings) and colour illustrations (2 charts, 8 paintings by E.B. Tucker and 68 photos). Pictorial stiff covers. Near fine. 22.8 x 15.2.
17939 HURST, A.A. THE SAILING SCHOOL-SHIPS
$5.00 AUD
Hennel Locke. London. 1962. 1st Ed. 64 PP with 1 table and 2 maps, plus 8 pages with 15 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. Small format: 18.5 x 12.3.
History of the first school-ship races held in 1956 (Torbay-Lisbon), 1958 (Brest-Las Palma) & 1960 (Oslo-Ostend & Cannes-Naples).
72105 HUTCHINS, Barry & SWAINSTON, Roger SEA FISHES OF SOUTHERN AUSTRALIA - Complete Field Guide for Anglers and Divers
$35.00 AUD
Swainston Publishing. Perth. 1986. 1st edition. 180 PP with 3 b/w figures including 1 map and 48 pages with some 1000 colour illust. Pictorial card cover. Near fine. 24 x 16.5. 1862526613
Over 700 species covered. Dangerous fishes and first aid. Fish deformities and parasites...
Defence Mapping Agency Hydrographic / Topographic Center. Bethesda, Md. 1993. Third edition., SD 162. X, 464 PP with tables and b/w illustrations: charts (information), maps & plans, coastal views, drawings and photos. Inside front cover: world map with Sailing Directions limits. Soft covers, illustrated front. Fine. 26 x 19.7.
71548 Hydrographic / Topographic Center SAILING DIRECTIONS (Planning Guide) - SOUTHEAST ASIA - PUB 160
$50.00 AUD
Defence Mapping Agency Hydrographic / Topographic Center. Bethesda, Md. 1993. Fourth edition., SD 160. X, 274 PP with tables and b/w illustrations: charts (information) &, maps. Plus 4 colour plates "Buoyage System" / 1 large folded "Route Chart" / 3 folded pages "Meteorology Instructions" and 25 folded plates with 48 monthly charts (Air Temperature, Temperature - Humidity Index, Precepitation, Surface Wind, Visibility, Waves, Pressure and Tropical Cyclone). Soft covers with light wear, illustrated front, title on front cover and spine. Near fine. 26 x 19.7.
71584 Hydrographic / Topographic Center SAILING DIRECTIONS (ENROUTE) - SOUTHEAST CHINA SEA AND GULF OF THAILAND PUB 161
$25.00 AUD
Defence Mapping Agency, Hydrographic / Topographic Center. Bethesda, Md. 1994. Sixth edition., SD 161. X, 271 PP with tables and b/w illustrations: charts (information) &, maps, coastal views & drawings and photos. Inside front cover: World Map with Sailing Directions limits. Soft covers, illustrated front, title on front cover and spine. Very good. 26 x 19.7.
59155 HYDROGRAPHIC BUREAU HYDROGRAPHIC DICTIONARY - Part I / DICTIONNAIRE HYDROGRAPHIQUE - Partie I
$45.00 AUD
International Hydrographic Bureau. Monte-Carlo, Monaco. 1974. 3rd Edition. Special Publication No. 32, Part I, of the International Hydrograpic Organization. Edited by Rear Admiral Luigi GUIDA. 370 PP, (25 French Alphabetical Index). Hard cover, title on front board an gilt on a cloth spine. Few foxing spots on edges of covers, o/wise fine. Rare. 27.2 x 19..
English / French dictionary of terms and definitions.
71819 ICS / Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers LEGAL PRINCIPLES IN SHIPPING BUSINESS
$100.00 AUD
Witherbys Publishing. London. 2005. 1st Ed. X, 152, (1 order form) PP. Soft covers, illustrated front, title on front cover and spine. Fine. 29.5 x 21. 1856092852
For the Shipbrokers, Ship Managers and Agents throughout the world.
50297 IMHOFF, Fred & PRANGER, Lex BOAT TUNING FOR SPEED
$5.00 AUD
Nautical. London. 1975. 1st UK edition. VIII, 144 PP with colour illustrations (drawings and photos). Hard cover, dj (rubbed and with a few closed tears or chips). Occasional foxing. Contents clean and a very good copy. 20.8 x 19.6. 0245525637
72298 INGRAM, C.W.N. NEW ZEALAND SHIPWRECKS 1795-1982
$60.00 AUD
Reed. Wellington. 1984. 6th (Revised. & Enlarged), (4), 491 PP plus 4 b/w plates. Fp: Rigs of sailing vessels. Cloth cover with pictorial dust jacket (by W.W. Stewart) A fine copy. Scarce. 24.8 x 19. 0589015109
An epic account of disasters on the coast of New Zealand.
19664 JANE, Fred T. THE BRITISH BATTLE-FLEET, Its Inception and Growth throughout the Centuries
$30.00 AUD
Conway Maritime Press. London. 1997. Reprint of the 1912 original, in the Conway Classics Series. Introduction by Anthony Preston. XVI, 406 PP with b/w illust. (plans & photos) in text plus 48 pages with bw & many colour plates including 24 by W.L. Wyllie. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Dedicatory note at top of FFEP, o/wise a fine copy. 23.5 x 15. 0851777236
51482 JARMAN, Colin & BEAVIS, Bill KNOTS IN USE
$5.00 AUD
Granada Publishing / Adlard Coles. London. 1984. 1st UK edition. X, 85 PP with b/w photos by Colin Jarman, and drawings by Bill Beavis. Pictorial soft cover (rubbed). Faint foxing on outside edges. Near fine. 21.3 x 13.8. 0229117120
Knots, Bends, Hitches, Whippings, Splices.
72548 JASPER, Willi LUSITANIA: The Cultural History of a Catastrophe
$25.00 AUD
Yale University Press. New Haven & London. 2016. 1st US edition. Translated from the German original of 2015 by Stewart Spencer. VI, 233 PP, plus 16 pages with 31 b/w illustrations (drawings & cartoons, posters, photos). Hard covers, dj. Fine. 22.2 x 14.2. 9780300221381
72467 JOHNSTON, Ian & McAULEY, Rob THE BATTLESHIPS
$15.00 AUD
Channel 4. London. 2002. 1st paperback edition of the 2000 original. 192 PP with b/w and colour illustrations Pictorial stff covers. Ex Libris stamp of previous owner on FFEP, o/wise fine. 27.8 x 22. 9780752261881
Sail to Steam & Wood to Steel. Companion book to the television series The Battleships.
46198 JUBELIN, Rear-Admiral André THE FLYING SAILOR
$5.00 AUD
Hurst and Blackett. London. 1954. Reprint of the November 1953 English edition, translated from the 1951 French original Marin de Métier - Pilote de Fortune. 276 PP, plus 20 pages with 34 b/w photos. Cloth cover. Occasional foxing. Very good. 21.7 x 14.5.
World War II with the French Navy, the Free French Navy (after leaving his post in Indo-China to join the British forces in Malaya) and as a fighter pilot with the Royal Air Force.
17316 KEMP, Peter The Oxford Companion to SHIPS AND THE SEA...
$30.00 AUD
Oxford University Press. London. 1988. 2nd reprint of the 1988 paperback edition. VIII, 972 PP with b/w & colour illustrations. Soft cover, pictorial front. Spine with a crease, o/wise near fine. 23.2 x 15.5. 9780192820846
From AB (able seaman) to Zulu (fishing vessel peculiar to the NE coast of Scotland).
71853 KERSHAW, R. C. & SUTHERLAND, F. L. QUARTERNARY GEOMORPHOLOGY OF FLINDERS ISLAND
$20.00 AUD
Queen Victoria Museum. Launceston. 1972. January 1972 edition by W.F. Ellis, Director of the Museum. Records of the Queen Victoria Museum, No. 43. (2), 28 PP with 1 table, 1 folded "Geomorphological sketch map of Flinders Island" and 12 b/w photos. Soft cover, title on front cover, staples. Near fine. 24.7 x 18.7.
72988 KHOSA, Raspal AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE ALMANAC 2010-2011
$35.00 AUD
ASPI / Australian Strategic Policy Institute. Canberra. 2010. June 2010 edition. (4), 144 PP (6 of them with colour advertisements) with tables, 6 maps (2 in colour "World" & "Australia's Maritime Boundaries" and 5 of Australia in b/w (Major DefenceFacilities / Principal Navy Establishments / Major Army Bases / Major Air Force Bases / Defence Approved Capital Facilities Expenditure by State and Territory) and colour illustrations: "ADF Badges of Rank and Special Insignia", 7 head pieces and few figures. Pictorial stiff covers. Near fine. 29.7 x 21.
15935 LAWSON, Will PACIFIC STEAMERS
$35.00 AUD
Brown, Son & Ferguson. Glasgow. 1975. Reprint of the 1927 original. XX, 244 PP, 68 full-pages with 125 b/w illust. Fp: The "Kaikoura" in 1866. Cloth cover, dj. Stamp of previous owner on title page, o/wise a near fine copy. 24.5 x 17.
The pioneer passenger & mail lines which survived up to the 1920's between the West Coast of America, Australia & New Zealand.
72089 LEPOTIER, Rear-Admiral RAIDERS FROM THE SEA
$15.00 AUD
William Kimber. London. 1954. 1st English edition, with a foreword by Admiral the Earl Mountbatten of Burma. 200, (8 publications) PP, plus 8 b/w plates. Fp: British craft going ashore under fire at Dieppe. Blue cloth cover sunned near spine which is also sunned. Light foxing on first few pages, o/wise contents clean and still a very good copy. 22 x 14.5.
During WWII combined operations with commando raiders on the Channel Islands, Lofoten Islands, Norway, on the Atlantic Defences at Dieppe and at Saint Nazaire.
71299 LLOYD TRIESTINO MENU - T.N. "GALILEO GALILEI": POMPEI - Via del Vesuvio
$10.00 AUD
On board. Trieste. 1968. Folded "Pranzo / Dinner" menu - First Class - 2nd May 1968. Near fine. 28 x 20.
Front cover: POMPEI - The Vesuvius way. Inside: menu in Italian and English.
71704 LLOYD'S LLOYD'S MARITIME ATLAS, including a comprehensive list of Ports and Shipping Places of the World
$30.00 AUD
Lloyd's of London Press. London. 1979. 12th edition of the 1951 original. Preface of November 19797 by E.G. Davis, in English, French, German and Spanish. No pagination, 120 PP with 16 colour plates with 16 maps and over 60 insets. Cloth cover, title on front cover and spine. Fine. 28.5 x 22.3. 0904093611
17144 LONEY, Jack WRECKS ON KING ISLAND
$15.00 AUD
Marine History Publications. Portarlington. 1979. 1st edition. 28 PP, plus 12 pages with 1 map & 11 b/w illust. Stiff covers, illustrated front cover. Near fine. 20.8 x 14.2. 0909191034
King Island: Australia's marine graveyard (over 60 wrecks and 800 lives lost).
72124 LONEY, Jack THE LOCH ARD DISASTER
$15.00 AUD
Jack Loney / Ken Jenkin. Geelong. 1970. 1st edition. (2), 50 PP with b/w illustrations (1 sketch map, 1 map and 30 photos, portraits, and prints). Inside front cover: Gorge Entrance from Tom Pearce's cave. Inside back cover: Captain Gibbs. Pictorial stiff covers. Near fine. 20.5 x 14.5.
Wrecked on Mutton Bird Island near Port Campbell on 1st June, 1878.
73527 LUCAS PHILLIPS, C. E. ESCAPE OF THE AMETHYST
$40.00 AUD
Heinemann. London. 1957. 1st Edition. X, 274 PP with 1 head piece and 9 line drawings, plus 10 pages with 16 b/w photos. Fp: HMS Amethyst at Devonport. Eps: Plans of the river Yangtse Kiang. Hard cover, title on spine, bright price-clipped dust jacket with a few small chips. Light foxing on outside page edges, o/wise a near fine copy. Scarce. 21.6 x 14.
In April 1949, while patrolling the Yangtse, HMS Amethyst of the 3rd frigate flotilla was attacked by the Chinese People Liberation Army. She later escaped to Shanghai.
44969 MACEWEN, W. A. CORNELL BLUE BOOK OF QUESTIONS & ANSWERS FOR THIRD MATE
$10.00 AUD
Cornell Maritime Press. Cambridge, Maryland. 1968. New revised edition of the 1960 original. X, 179 PP with 38 figures. Soft cover. Front edge of front cover with light insect damage. Spine with old water marks. Internally very good. 22.8 x 15.2.
72472 MACINTYRE, Captain Donald FIGHTING UNDER THE SEA
$15.00 AUD
W. W. Norton & Co. New York. 1965. 1st printing of the US edition. (2), 174 PP, plus 8 pages with 16 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Covers with rubbed patches, Ex library copy with stamps on endpapers and top outside edge, identification number at foot of spine of dust jacket. Dust jacket in a protective sleeve. An excellent reading copy. 21.5 x 14.5.
72464 MACINTYRE, Donald THE BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC
$20.00 AUD
The Macmillan Co. New York. 1961. 1st US edition. 208 PP with 54 b/w illustrations (maps, plans & photos) in text. Cloth cover, dj. Ex Libris stamp of previous owner on front endpaper. Dust jacket rubbed and in a protective sleeve. Ex Library copy with stamps at top of title page, on outside edges and envelope on rear endpaper. Occasional foxing. Very good reading copy. 22.7 x 15.5.
72465 MACINTYRE, Donald THE BATTLE FOR THE PACIFIC
$25.00 AUD
B. T. Batsford. London. 1966 1st Ed. 240 PP with 16 maps, plus 24 pages with 51 b/w photos. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price clipped). Ex Libris stamp of previous owner on front endpaper. Dust jacket in a protective sleeve. Faint foxing on outside edges, o/wise near fine. 22.5 x 15.5.
72487 MACINTYRE, Donald THE NAVAL WAR AGAINST HITLER
$30.00 AUD
Charles Scribner's. New York. 1971. Book Club edition. 478 PP with 21 maps (20 on full page), plus 24 pages with 70 b/w photos. FEP: Map of the English Channel & the Mediterranean. REP: The Arctic area of operations. Cloth cover, nice dust jacket in a protective sleeve. Neat name stamp on FFEP, o/wise a near fine copy. 21.5 x 14.
69547 MARCHANT, Harvey J., LUGG, Desmond J. & QUILTY, Patrick G. (editors) AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC SCIENCE: the First Fifty Years
$60.00 AUD
Australian Antarctic Division. Kingston, Tasmania. 2002. 1st Ed., with Opening Address by The Honourable Sir Guy Green, Governor of Tasmania. X, 622 PP with tables and b/w illustrations (drawings, graphs, maps and photographs). Laminated pictorial boards. Fine. 25.8 x 18.5. 1876934050
45668 MARRINER, John BLACK SEA AND BLUE RIVER
$10.00 AUD
Rupert Hart-Davis. London. 1968. 1st Ed. 240 PP with 5 maps, plus 16 pages with 28 b/w photos. Fp: Early morning on Lake Fortuna. Eps: Map of the Danube lands. Hard cover, dj (price-clipped). Top edge tinted. Dust jacket with a few chips, o/wise near fine. 22.4 x 14.5. 246644710
Voyage on the yacht September Tide, between Istanbul and Vienna.
37381 MARSDEN, Peter BOOK OF SHIPS AND SHIPWRECKS
$25.00 AUD
B. T. Batsford Ltd. London. 1997. 1st Ed., in the English Heritage series. 128 PP with 90 b/w illustrations, plus 8 pages with 11 colour plates. Pictorial card cover. Fine 24.6 x 18.7. 03475366
Maritime archaeology in Britain... Roman ship found in London. The First British Navy of the 2nd century A. D.
40439 MASEFIELD, John THE BIRD OF DAWNING
$5.00 AUD
Century Publishing. London. 1984. Paperback reprint in the Century Seafarers series, of the 1933 original. 223 PP. Pictorial soft cover with light wear and a small crease on front corner. Stamp in blind of previous owner on half-title page, o/wise a very good clean copy. 21.3 x 13.5. 0712603344
Novel. Adventures of the crew of a China Clipper. Abandon of the ship...
34313 MASON, John T. (editor) THE ATLANTIC WAR REMEMBERED - An Oral History Collection
$15.00 AUD
Naval Institute Press. Annapolis. 1990. 1st printing. XXII, (2), 480 PP with 9 maps, 4 b/w photos and 28 portraits. Cloth cover, dj. Faint foxing, o/wise fine. 26 x 18.5. 087021523X
37 stories: Dakar yields valuable tools for the allies, by Rear Admiral Ralph Kirk James. Italian surrender and German resistance, by Vice Admiral George Carroll Dyer...
National Archives of Australia. Canberra. 2009. June 2009 edition. 28 PP with b/w or colour illustrations. Pictorial soft covers. Fine. 29.7 x 21.
Index for articles by Michael Harrington / Index for photographs, by Elizabeth Masters.
54137 MATSUDA, Matt K. EMPIRE OF LOVE: Histories of France and the Pacific
$25.00 AUD
Oxford University Press. New York. 2005. 1st paperback edition. VIII, 232 PP with 15 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 23.4 x 15.5. 0195162951
Attempt to build the Panama Canal. Wallis & Futuna (martyrs and memories). Society Islands. New Caledonia. Indochina. Japan (Pierre Loti and Madame Chrysanthème).
69190 MAYS, Nicole INDUSTRIOUS, INNOVATIVE, ALTRUISTIC: The 20th Century Boat Builders of Battery Point
$85.00 AUD
Navarine Publishing. Hobart. 2017. 1st edition with a foreword by John Lucas. 366, (2), (4 blank) with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Newspaper clipping on launch of book, loosely inseted. Signed by the author on title page. Near fine. 29.8 x 21. 9780992366049
72058 MAYS, Nicole, GRAZULES, Colin & PAYNE, David LITTLE BOATS WITH SAILS - The History of Australia's 21 Foot Restricted Class
$55.00 AUD
Navarine Publishing. Hobart. 2021. 1st edition with a foreword by David Payne. (2), IX, 243, (4 blank) PP with b/w and colour illustrations (caricatures, drawings, newspaper cuttings, plans, photos, portraits) and colour photos. Fp: Launch of "Tassie III" at Battery Point, 21 December 1929. Laminated pictorial boards. Signed on title page by co-author Colin Grazules. New. 28.5 x 22.3. 9780648725237
72564 McGEOCH, Ian AN AFFAIR OF CHANCES - A Submariner's Odyssey 1939-44
$45.00 AUD
Imperial War Museum. London. 1991. 1st Ed. Foreword by Admiral of the Fleet Terence Lewin. Preface by Alan Borg, Director General Imperial War Museum. 221, (2 maps) PP with b/w illustrations (Crest of submarine Splendid, 2 maps, documents, newspaper clipping and over 30 photos). Cloth cover, dj (with protective sleeve). Small chip at top of front cover of dust jacket. Small Ex-libris stamp of previous owner on front endpaper. Near fine. 25.6 x 18. 9780901627667
Active service in the central Mediterranean Sea, sunk off Naples (21/04/1943). Escape From Naples to Portsmouth via Switzerland, France, Spain and Gibraltar.
38270 McINTYRE, Kenneth Gordon PORTUGUESE DISCOVERERS ON THE AUSTRALIAN COAST (in The Victorian Historical Magazine)
$20.00 AUD
Royal Historical Society of Victoria. Melbourne. 1974 Volume 45, No. 4, 178th Issue - November 1974. Edited by E. W. O. Perry. 169 to 244 pages. Contains article between P. 201 and 228 with 3 maps. Card cover. Fine. 21.7 x 15.3.
42644 McKAY, Gary TRACY - The Storm that Wiped out Darwin on Christmas Day 1974
$10.00 AUD
Allen & Unwin. Sydney. 2001. 1st Ed. XV, 213 PP with 1 b/w photo, 1 map, 1 sketch and 1 plan of Darwin, plus 8 pages with 16 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 23 x 15. 1865085588
66203 McNAB, Chris Order of Battle: GERMAN KRIEGSMARINE IN WWII
$40.00 AUD
Amber Books. London. 2009. 1st edition in the "Order of Battle" series. 192 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial laminated boards, dj. Neat name stamp on FFEP, o/wise a fine copy. 24.8 x 19.6. 9781906626198
68920 MEARNS, David L. LOST & FOUND - The Epic Search for HMAS Sydney Wreck (in the Weekend Australian Magazine)
$5.00 AUD
Nationwide News. Sydney. 2017. Issue July 22-23, 2017. 60 PP. Contains article pages 28 to 31 with 2 colour and 3 b/w photos. Pictorial soft wrappers. Fine. 27.5 x 22.3.
53656 MELBOURNE HARBOR TRUST PORT OF MELBOURNE QUARTERLY - Volume 13, Nos. 5 - 8
$40.00 AUD
The Melbourne Harbor Trust Commissioners. Melbourne. 1962. Vol. 13, Nos. 5 (January-March 1962) to 8 (October-December 1962). Edited by A.D. MACKENZIE & M.W. CLIFTON. Each issue with 52 pages. Total of 208 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, engravings, plans and photos). Pictorial soft covers (image shows cover of No.5). A near fine set. 27.4 x 21.5.
Regular features: Editorial - People and ships in port. No. 5: The passing of the coastal passenger fleet, by J. W. Mann. Century-old Shipowners haul down their flags, by Winifred Graham and R. Howell. No. 6: Shipping, Ships and trade, by B.H. Arnold. Echuca, the port that died, by Ian M. Stewart. No. 7 & 8: Early years in the Port, by K. A. Austin...
54845 MELBOURNE HARBOR TRUST PORT OF MELBOURNE QUARTERLY - Volume 14, Nos. 1 - 4
$40.00 AUD
The Melbourne Harbor Trust Commissioners. Melbourne. 1963. Edited by SWANSON, V. G. & CLIFTON, M. W. W. .. Vol. 14, Nos 1 (January-March 1963) to 4 (October-December 1963). Each issue with 52 pages. Total of 208 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, engravings, plans and photos). Pictorial soft covers (image shows cover of No.1. A near fine set. 27.4 x 21.5.
Regular features: Editorial - Waterfront pictorial. No. 1: Music of the Sea, by M. A. Jenkins. Order out of chaos (Early years in the Port 1858-1877 ), by K. A. Austin. No. 2: Melbourne link with Polish Novelist ( Joseph Conrad), by Jack Millar. No. 3: The man (Eckhardt Hamacher) who wouldn't drown, by B. H. Arnold. A famous ship (Great Britain) and... the Invasion of 1854, by Jack Millar. No. 4: Ancient heraldry in modern Australia, by Graeme R. Jebb. A Voyage to Australia (from the diary of a woman migrant of 1883), by B. H. Arnold.
47057 MOITESSIER, Bernard DER VERSCHENKTE SIEG
$10.00 AUD
Verlag Delius, Klasing & Co. Bielefeld-Berlin. 1973. 1st German edition. Translated from the 1971 French original La Longue Route, by Wolfgang Rittmeister. 256 PP with 8 maps, 2 facsimile of entries and around 50 drawings, plus 16 pages with 31 colour photos. Eps: Map of the world. Cloth cover, dj. Faint foxing spots on outside edges. German text. Near fine. 22.4 x 15. 3768801578
38352 MORIZE, André (editor) FACTS ABOUT FIGHTING FRANCE
$100.00 AUD
Fighting France Publications / Société des Editions de la France Libre Ltd. London. 1943. 1st Ed. 36 PP, plus 4 b/w plates. Inside front cover: To All Frenchmen.. France has lost a Battle! (in colour). Inside back cover: Ultimatum sent by Rommel to General Koenig, June 3rd, 1942 (Battle of Bir Hacheim). Illustrated soft cover with a few small chips, spine repaired, o/wise near fine. Scarce. 21.6 x 14.
The Leader: Général De Gaulle - his life, his thoughts, his military doctrine. Fighting France: When? Where? Why? What it's done, what it's doing, what it wants to do. Administration Organization of Fighting France. The Trustee of French Democracy.
16611 MORRIS, Keith (editor) WOODSIDE'S GUIDE TO FISHING ON THE DAMPIER ARCHIPELAGO
$15.00 AUD
Woodside Offshore Petroleum. Perth. 1986. 1st Ed. Foreword by Peter Tapper. 80 PP with 1 large folded map, 7 colour photos, 26 sketches & 15 colour plates of fishes by Roger Swainson. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. Oblong: 20 x 23.8. -ISSN 08167311
72606 MORWOOD, John (editor) & AYRS SELF STEERING
$15.00 AUD
Amateur Yacht Research Society. London. 1974. 3rd edition with additional gears, of the publication No. 13 of A.Y.R.S. 167, (1 publications) PP with b/w illustrations (plans photos and sketches). Hard cover, title on front board and spine, dj. Dust jacket chipped and rubbed (now in a protective sleeve). Faint foxing on outside edges. Very good. 22.2 x 14.5.
72569 MOSLEY, David GUERNSEY AND THE GREAT WAR + Tourist Guide "Love Guernsey"
$25.00 AUD
Guernsey Museums & Galleries. St Peter Port. c. 2015. Edited by Lynne Ashton. 48 PP with b/w illustrations. Inside cover: Map of Europe (in colour). Inside back cover: 18 colour photos of Memorials to the fallen. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine (mint condition). 23.5 x 16.7. 9781871560091
How Guernsey people were involved in the 1914-18 war. Together with a 44 pages guide "Love Guernsey", 2018.
58107 MUCKELROY, Keith (editor) ARCHAEOLOGY UNDER WATER. An Atlas of the World's Submerged Sites
$25.00 AUD
McGraw-Hill Books. New York. 1980. 1st Ed. 192 PP with maps, charts, diagrams plus bw & colour photos. Title page: Diver inspecting a storage jar. Half-title page: Diver recovering a Roman amphora. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price clipped and with a few small nicks and small piece missing at rear top near spine). Edges are rubbed (shelf wear) and dust jacket is in a protective sleeve. Contents near fine. 28.5 x 22.5. 0070439516
Wrecks & sites (ports & cities) from Scandinavia to Middle America and from 1200 BC to the end of the 19th century.
72310 MUDIE, Ian WRECK OF THE ADMELLA
$15.00 AUD
Rigby. Adelaide. 1966. 1st Ed. 184 PP with 1 map "Kangaroo Island to Port Phillip Bay & 1 facsimile of letter of thanks, plus 4 pages with 13 b/w illust. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Dust jacket with repaired tear, now protected. Ex-library copy with stamps on front endpaper and title page and remnants of card on rear endpaper. Very good reading copy. 22.2 x 14.
The wreck of "Admella", one of Australia's coastal steamers, in 1859, on a passage from Port Adelaide to Melbourne.
58260 MURRAY-JONES, Sue, SHEPHERD, Scoresby & ROBINSON, Anthony (editors) ENCOUNTER 2002 EXPEDITION TO THE ISLES OF ST FRANCIS, SOUTH AUSTRALIA (in Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia)
$35.00 AUD
Royal Society of South Australia. Adelaide. 2003. Special Issue - Volume 127, Part 2, 28 November 2003. (2), 70-280 PP with tables and b/w illustrations (graphs, maps, photos), plus 1 plate with 4 colour photos. Soft cover. Fine. 24.5 x 17.2.
St Francis Island, Nuyts Archipelago, South Australia. 14 papers. Formation of the Islands. Geology and geochemistry. Settlement History. Conservation. Flora. Fauna. Marine life (9).
60465 N/A NAVAL FORCES - International Forum for Maritime Power - Vol. VI, No. I & Special Supplement, 1985
$10.00 AUD
Mönch Publishing Group. Aldershot, UK. 1985. Edited by Admiral Sir James Eberle & John Llewellyn. 112 PP & 80 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft covers. Near fine. 29.7 x 21.2.
Supplement: GNM (van der Giessen-de Noord Marinebouw B.V.) Naval Construction.
60466 N/A NAVAL FORCES - International Forum for Maritime Power - Vol. VI, No. II, 1985
$10.00 AUD
Mönch Publishing Group. Aldershot, UK. 1985. Edited by Admiral Sir James Eberle & John Llewellyn. 104 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 29.7 x 21.2.
Interview with the First Sea Lord, Admiral Sir John Fieldhouse. Navies of North and South Korea, by Professor J. K. Park. The Chinese Navy, by Professor I. P. G. S. Cosby. ...
60469 N/A NAVAL FORCES - International Forum for Maritime Power - Vol. VII, No. IV (Supplement 1986)
$10.00 AUD
Mönch Publishing Group. Aldershot, UK. 1986. Edited by Manfred Sadlowski. 112 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 29.7 x 21.2.
Supplement: HDW (Howaldtswerke Deutsche Werft) Naval Construction yard in Kiel. Frigates for Turkey and Portugal. Corvettes for the Royal Malaysian Navy.
Pegasus Public Relations. Melbourne. 1971. June 1971. 104 PP. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 27.7 x 22.
Contains article between P. 20 and 35 with b/w illustrations (3 portraits).The Australian Transportation Conference, Canberra, March 24 & 25, 1971. Creation of the TIAC: Transport Industry Advisory Council. Digest of 9 papers by: E. H. P. Abeles, J. A. Davidson. A.K. Johinke ... Working the Northern Leg: from Melbourne to Brisbane via Sydney.
61218 N/A THE AUSTRALASIAN PORTS CARGO HANDLING QUARTERLY - Volume 1, No.4, November 1962 / January 1963
$5.00 AUD
Pegasus Public Relations. Melbourne. 1962. 64 PP. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 27.7 x 21.5.
Contains article between pages 56 and 61 with 4 b/w photos on the Birthplace of little ships: Port Adelaide's thriving industry. Small-ships shipbuilding Industry and Slipway. Also another article, between P.30 and 39 with b/w illustrations (4 sketches / plans & 4 photos) on Port Stanvac, South Australia, Australia's newest port.
Simpson-Lawrence Ltd. Glasgow. 1961. Edition Q, 1961. 288 PP with hundreds of b/w illustrations (drawings, sketches, plans & photos). Hard covers, illustration and title on front board, cloth spine. Except for the "Conditions of Sale" which are in French, Dutch and Italian, the main text is in English. Near fine. Scarce. 27.2 x 18.
Marine equipment catalogue: anchors, pumps, steering wheels, compasses, horns, navigation lamps, cleats and deck fittings, small sailboat fittings, jib furling gears, buoys and fenders ...
69794 NASH, Michael CARGO FOR THE COLONY, The Wreck of the Merchant Ship Sydney Cove
$20.00 AUD
Wrecked in 1797, on a voyage Calcutta to Port Jackson, on Preservation Island in the Furneaux Group. First merchant ship wrecked after the establishment of the colony of New South Wales.
60845 NAVY NAVAL SHORE ESTABLISHMENT - PHILIPPINE NAVY (3 issues)
$15.00 AUD
Naval Shore Establishment, Cavite/Public Relations Office. Cavite City. 1970, 1971 & 1972. Issues: 23rd Anniversary, 24 October 1970 with 24 PP. - 24th Anniversary, 24 October 1971 with 8 PP. - Issue April 1972 with 12 PP. A total of 44 pages with b/w illustrations (plans, photos, portraits). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 28 x 21.5.
17279 NAYLER, Geoff MY CEILING THE WAVES
$30.00 AUD
Geoff Nayler / Wedneil Publications. Melbourne. c. 1972. 1st Ed. 88 PP with 1 plan, 3 maps & 35 b/w photos plus 32 pages with 29 full-page colour plates. Pictorial soft cover. Some light wear, creases, near corners, o/wise near fine. 21.5 x 14.
The diving experiences on wrecks in Australian waters and Truk Lagoon (Micronesia).
50147 NEAL, John LOG OF THE MAHINA
$15.00 AUD
Author. Seattle. 1977. 6th printing of the 1976 original. (4), 284 PP with 3 maps, 2 plans and 47 b/w photos. Title page: map of the crossings. Pictorial card covers worn around edges and repaired at bottom of spine, o/wise contents near fine. 20 x 13.3. 0918074002
A 14,000 mile cruise, in 1974, on a 27' sailing yacht. US west coast, Hawaii, Marquesas, Tahiti, Cook Islands, Samoa, Hawaii.
72456 PACK, S. W. C. NIGHT ACTION OFF CAPE MATAPAN (Sea Battles in Close-Up No.2)
$25.00 AUD
Ian Allan. London. 1972. 1st Ed. 146 PP with 7 diagrams, plus 24 pages with 45 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Neat name stamp on FFEP, o/wise a fine copy. Scarce. 17.8 x 11.5. 711002574
Battle between British & Italian fleets on the 28/29 March, 1941, South West of Crete. First main fleet action where carrier-borne aircraft played a vital role.
71922 PALLEY, Reese & DALTON, Anthony THE BEST OF NAUTICAL QUARTERLY - Volume 1: The Lure of Sail
$25.00 AUD
MBI (MotorBooks International) Publishing Company. St Paul, MN. 2004. 1st Ed. Foreword by Jim Gilbert. 192 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Hard cover, colour vignette on front cover. Fine. 26 x 26. 0760318204
America, Lord Jim. The Hooligan Navy, by Joseph Cooper. On the Banks, the marine paintings of Thomas Hoyne, by George P. Roth. Don Demers, Transcending time, by deLancey Funsten. Getting the Essence, Frank Hartman Wagner paintings, by deLancey Funsten.
42496 PARER, David & PARER-COOK, Elizabeth DOUGLAS MAWSON - THE SURVIVOR
$15.00 AUD
Alella Books / A B C. Morwell, Vic. 1983. 1st Ed. 160 PP with 1 sketch map, 13 colour, and 219 b/w photos. Fp: Portrait of Douglas Mawson, May 1914. Eps: Map of King George Land. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 25 x 19. 0949681016
The Mawson story: based on the film Douglas Mawson - The Survivor produced in 1981 & 1982, by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (Grand Prix Winner Melbourne Film Fetival 1983).
72528 PARKER, Mike RUNNING THE GAUNTLET - An Oral History of Canadian Merchant Seamen in World War II
$45.00 AUD
Nimbus Publishing. Halifax, NS. 1994. 1st Ed. Foreword by Honourable Jack Marshall, Senator. XII, 344 PP with b/w illustrations: 1 map, documents, portraits, photos. Stiff covers, pictorial front. Front cover with a light crease and shelf wear. Neat Ex Libris stamp of previous owner at top corner of half title page, o/wise near fine. 25.4 x 18.. 9781551090689
40409 PEARSE, Ronald THE LAST OF A GLORIOUS ERA
$25.00 AUD
Conway. London. 1969. New impression of the 1934 original published by Syren and Shipping. 96 PP with 80 b/w photos. Fp: Bowling along. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj (price-clipped). Discreet stamp of previous owner on front endpaper. Near fine. 22.5 x 15.8. 0851770053
Brief record of ocean-going sailing ships with a large number of pictures of these survivors of the days of sail.
52632 PHILLIPS, Christopher STEICHEN AT WAR
$15.00 AUD
Harry N. Abrams. New York. 1981. 1st Ed. 256 PP with 1 map and over 209 b/w photos. Title spread: Comdr. Edward Steichen on USS Lexington. Cloth cover, title in blind on front cover and spine, dj. Bookplate of previous owner on front endpaper. Foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 30.8 x 24. 0810916398
Edward Steichen and his team of photographers of the Naval Aviation Photographic Unit, U.S. Navy.
53379 PILKINGTON, Roger BOATS OVERLAND
$5.00 AUD
Abelard-Schuman. New York. 1962. 1st Ed. 61 PP with 15 illustrations by David Knight. Fp: Liner under bridge of Kiel Canal. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Ex-library copy with stamps on dust jacket, endpapers, on lower margin of 7 pages, and number on front endpaper and spine. Sellotape marks on endpapers. Very good. 21.3 x 15.5.
72409 PINCHOT, Gifford TO THE SOUTH SEAS - The Cruise of the Schooner "Mary Pinchot" to the Galapagos, the Marquesas, and the Tuamotu Islands, and Tahiti
$80.00 AUD
John C. Winston. Philadelphia. 1930. 1st Ed. XIV, 500 PP with 3 maps and over 250 reproductions of photographs and wood engravings. Fp (in colour). "In the South Seas where dreams come true". Eps: Course of the "Mary Pinchot" in the Western Caribbean and Eastern Pacific. Orig. cloth cover, gilt decorated front cover, gilt title on spine. Signature of previous owner on recto of frontispiece. Light foxing, mostly on prelims. Minimal shelf wear with a a little rubbing at top edge. A very nice clean and near fine copy 24 x 16.5.
The 1929 Pinchot South Sea Expedition of the National Museum at Washington. Extensive survey and description on the Galapagos, the Marquesas and the Tuamotus.
70658 PINKUS, Margaret (compiler) A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE GEEVESTON TOWN HALL
$20.00 AUD
Geeveston Archives & History Society. Geeveston, Tasmania. 2019. 1st edition, by Charles Rich & GAHS. 40 PP with b/w illustrations (11 portraits, 5 adverts, 25 photos). Soft covers, illustrated front, staples. Fine. 21.2 x 14.7.
Story of the Geeveston Town Hall and the Community spirit: Tahune Air Walk, Forest & Heritage Centre, Wooden Statues ...
72760 PLATE, A. G. (editor) THE "LLOYD" GUIDE TO AUSTRALASIA for the NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD, Bremen
$175.00 AUD
Edward Stanford. London. 1906. 1st Ed. (4), 469, X (index) PP with a few tables, plus 44 plates with b/w photos and 20 colour plates for 7 maps and 13 plans, as well as 2 folded maps in pocket at back of book (New Zealand / Indo Pacific region including: Australia, British New Guinea, New Zealand and German Possessions in the Western Pacific). Cloth covers with light shelf wear, gilt title on front board and spine. A near fine copy of a scarce item. 17.2 x 12.
72506 POOLMAN, Kenneth ILLUSTRIOUS
$30.00 AUD
William Kimber. London. 1955. 1st Ed. 246, (10 adv.) PP, plus 16 pages with 29 b/w photos. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, very good dust jacket in a protective sleeve. Very light foxing on outside edges. Small ex-libris name stamp at top of front endpaper, o/wise a near fine copy. Scarce. 22.2 x 14.2.
Built as No. 732 by Vickers-Armstrong at Barrow. World War II with actions in the Mediterranean and the Far East... December 1954: Reserve Fleet.
16760 POPE, Dudley THE DEVIL HIMSELF - The Mutiny of 1800
$15.00 AUD
Alison Press / Secker & Warburg. London. 1987. 1st Ed. XVI, 186 PP with 1 map & 2 insets on double page and 1 facsimile of a document (American Protection Form). Hard cover, dj. Top corner of front endpaper clipped. Near fine. 24 x 16. 0436377519
The French Corvette La Vaillante, built in 1796, captured & renamed Danae by the Royal Navy. Taken back in March 1800 by the French, following a mutiny of her crew.
72883 POPE, Dudley 73 NORTH - The Battle of the Barents Sea
$10.00 AUD
Pan Books Ltd; London. 1976 1st paperback edition of the 1958 original. Foreword by Admiral of the Fleet Lord Tovey. 320 PP with 1 map ("Route of convoy JW 51B), 1 sketch plan of the HMS Onslow, 2 tables and 12 battle diagrams, plus 4 pages with 8 b/w photos. Pictorial stiff covers. Occasional foxing and foxing spots on outside edges. Ex Libris stamp of previous owner on preliminary page. Very good. 17.8 x 11. 0330244418
72507 PORTER, Captain David JOURNAL OF A CRUISE MADE TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN by Captain David Porter, in the United States Frigate ESSEX in the Years 1812, 1813 and 1814 (Volume I)
$65.00 AUD
Gregg Press. Upper Saddle River, N.J. 1970. Reprint of the 2nd edition of 1822. Volume I: (VI), LXXVI, 246 PP, plus 5 b/w plates: 3 folded (1 table, 2 maps "Gallapagos Islands") & 2 engravings (Galapagos Turtle & Coastal views Galapagos Islands). Decorated cloth cover. Near fine. 23.5 x 15.5. 839815735
The frigate used the Galapagos Islands as a base during the war of 1812, between the United States and Great Britain. Chapter X: departure for Washington Island (Nuku Hiva), Marquesas Islands.
72670 POWLING, J. W. THE MAHOGANY SHIP - A Survey of the Evidence
$75.00 AUD
Osburne Group. Warrnambool, Vic. 2003. 1st Ed. (8), 99 PP with b/w illustrations (2 location maps, sketch plans, facsimile of docments). Pictorial stiff covers. Signed and dated by the author on inside front cover. Fine (as new condition). 29.7 x 21 0959257632
72116 PRESS, Tony (editor) STRATEGIC DIRECTIONS - Australian Antarctic Division
$10.00 AUD
Australian Antarctic Division. Kingston, Tasmania. c. 2004. 1st Ed. (3), 19, (2) PP with colour photos. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 24 x 24.
Antarctic science. ...
16848 PRESTON, Antony (editor) HISTORY OF THE ROYAL NAVY IN THE 20TH CENTURY
$15.00 AUD
Dolphin Publications. London. 1987. 1st Ed. 224 PP with bw & colour illust. Half title-page: British sailor operating an Aldis Lamp. Title-page: HMS Manchester, a type 42 destroyer. Pictorial laminated boards, dj. Near fine. 31 X 23.6. 0861243641
From the Edwardian Navy and WWI to the Falklands war. Warship designs, the Admiralty and the shipyards. Naval uniforms.
72275 PRIDMORE, Walter B. PORT ARTHUR ... as it was
$25.00 AUD
Walter B. Pridmore. Murdunna, Tas. 2002. 1st edition, November 2002. VI, 81 PP with 1 drawing and 43 watercolours by Rose Solomon. Inside covers: plan of Port Arthur & Location map. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 21 x 14.7. 064642078X
72279 RACKHAM, Sarah HYDRO CONSTRUCTION VILLAGES - Volume 2: Butlers Gorge / Bronte Park / Trevallyn / Wayatinah
$40.00 AUD
Public Relations Department, The Hydro-Electric Commission. Hobart. 1982. Edited by Joan Woodberry. 76 PP with 1 sketch map in colour and 40 b/w illustrations: 5 maps and 35 photos. Stiff covers, pictorial front. Fine. 23.4 x 17.5. 0724610367
72625 RAEDER, Erich GRAND ADMIRAL
$35.00 AUD
Da Capo Press. New York. 2001. 1st paperback republication of the 1960 English original "My Life". Translated from the German original by Henry W. Drexel. Foreword by H. Kent Hewitt, Admiral USN. XVII, 430 PP, plus 16 pages with 24 b/w photos. Pictorial stiff covers. Neat Ex Libris stamp on half title page, o/wise as new condition. 23 x 14.8. 9780306809620
40364 RANSOME-WALLIS, P. TRAIN FERRIES OF WESTERN EUROPE
$10.00 AUD
Ian Allan. London. 1968. 1st Ed. 289 PP with 240 b/w plates, plus 1 large folded map at back of book. Fp: Italian Railways train ferry m.s. Gennargentu. Cloth cover, dj. Dust jacket with a few repaired chips and in a protective sleeve. Name of previous owner on FFEP and remnants of old tape marks on endpapers. Contents clean and overall, a very good copy. 23.5 x 15.5;
72576 RAVEN, Alan ENSIGN 1 - KING GEORGE THE FIFTH CLASS BATTLESHIPS
$45.00 AUD
Bivouac Books. London. 1972. 1st edition. No pagination, 44 PP with tables, 46 b/w photos, 12 plans, and 1 double length centrefold with 4 colour artworks (profile). Pictorial stiff covers. Ex Libris stamp of previous owner at top corner of first page, o/wise near fine. 25.5 x 20.2. 0858600023
72575 RAVEN, Alan & ROBERTS, John BATTLESHIPS RODNEY AND NELSON, No. 3 in the Man O'War series
$50.00 AUD
RSV Publications & Arms & Armour Press. New York & London. 1979. 1st Ed. 56 PP with b/w illust. throughout and 1 double-length centrefold in colour. Pictorial stiff covers. Small name stamp on inside front cover, o/wise fine. Scarce. 25.5 x 20. 0853682631
72578 RAVEN, Alan & ROBERTS, John ENSIGN 5 - TOWN CLASS CRUISERS
$50.00 AUD
Bivouac Books. London. 1975. 1st Ed. 52 PP with tables, 2 large plans, 8 sketch plans, 9 b/w profiles, and 1 double length centrefold with 8 colour artworks (profile). Pictorial card covers. Small name stamp on inside front cover. Near fine. Scarce. 25.5 x 20.2. 0856800082
72743 RAWSON, Geoffrey MATTHEW FLINDERS' NARRATIVE OF HIS VOYAGE IN THE SCHOONER FRANCIS 1798: Preceded and Followed by Notes on Flinders, Bass, the Wreck of the Sidney Cove, &c.
$600.00 AUD
The Golden Cockerel Press. London. 1946. Limited Edition (No.517/750). 100, (2 "map and colophon") PP with 1 map and engravings (frontispiece, vignette on title page, six head-pieces and 1 tail piece) by John Buckland Wright. Cloth cover, gilt device on front cover, gilt title on spine, top edge gilt. Fine condition. 31.8 x 19.2.
Title dedicated: "To Captain John King Davis, Explorer and Navigator". The 4 page flyer and order form by Angus & Robertson, loosely inserted.
56109 RICHARDS, Rhys and Margaret PACIFIC ARTIFACTS BROUGHT HOME BY AMERICAN WHALEMEN
$50.00 AUD
Paremeta Press. Paremata, NZ. 2000. 1st Ed. Preface by Michael A. Jehle. (2), 65 PP with 2 maps and tables. Soft cover. Note to previous owner, Honore Forster, Australian Historian (Whaling Specialist) signed by Rhys Richards, tipped in on half title page. Fine. 25.5 x 17.5. 0473073773
A report by Rhys and Margaret Richards for the New Bedford Whaling Museum, October 2000.
72443 ROBERTS, John THE BATTLECRUISER HOOD
$60.00 AUD
Conway Maritime Press. London. 1982. 1st Ed., in the "Anatomy of the Ship" Series. 127 PP with 11 tables, 24 b/w photos and up to 300 perspective and 3-view drawings. Title spread: H.M.S. Hood. Hard cover, dj. Errata slip pasted down on verso of title page. Neat stamp of previous owner on FFEP and another signature at top corner of title-page. Paper ageing a little around edges, o/wise a near fine copy. Scarce. Oblong: 25 x 26. 0851772501
17332 ROBERTSON, R. G. HMS HOOD / BATTLE-CRUISER 1916-1941
$20.00 AUD
Profile Publications. London. 1972. May 1972 edition. No. 19 in the Warship Profile series. 28 PP (P. 145 to 172) with 1 colour double length centrefold (badge, flag, profile), 1 badge, 2 plans and 54 bw photos. Inside front cover: Crest of HMS Hood. Pictorial soft cover. Neat name stamp of previous owner at top of title page, o/wise near fine. 25.2 x 18.7.
Sunk by the Bismarck on 24th May 1941.
71967 ROBINS, Nick TURBINE STEAMERS OF THE BRITISH ISLES
$25.00 AUD
N.S. Robins & Colourpoint Books. Newtownards, Northern Ireland. 1999. 1st Ed. 125 PP with graphs, plans, tables and b/w photos. Pictorial stiff covers. Faint remnants of damp mark at top of front outside edge of last 25 pages, o/wise near fine. 23.2 x 18. 9781841586014
72223 RODWAY, Leonard THE TASMANIAN FLORA, With Drawings of Some Typical Species
$100.00 AUD
John Vail, Government Printer, Tasmania. Hobart. 1903. 1st Ed. XIX, 320 PP, including Appendix with Arrangement of Orders, Dictionary and an Index, plus 50 b/w plates. Papered boards, green cloth spine, title on front board. Covers have a few soiled spots. Ageing of paper on outside edges and a few ink marks on one page, not affecting any text. Overall, a very good plus copy. Scarce. 24.5 x 15.
72810 ROSKILL, Captain S. W. THE WAR AT SEA 1939-1945 (set of 3 Volumes in 4)
$300.00 AUD
H.M.S.O. London. 1957, 1956, 1960 & 1961. Edited by J. R. M. Butler (then Sir James Butler), in the History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Military series. Volume I: 4th impression of the 1954 original. XXII, (2), 664 PP with 8 maps and 26 tables, plus 37 folded maps and 44 pages with 56 b/w photos. Fp: Admiral of the Fleet Sir A. Dudley P.R. Pound. Volume II: 1st Ed. XVI, (2), 523 PP with 7 maps and 38 tables, plus 35 folded maps and 36 pages with 64 b/w photos. Fp: The Tilting of the Balance. Volume III, Part I: 1st Ed. XVI, 413 PP with 1 map and 20 tables, plus 20 maps (9 of them folded) and 32 pages with 72 b/w photos. Fp: The submission of the Italian Navy, 10th September 1943. 1 errata slip tipped in on title page. Volume III, Part II: 1st Ed. XVI, (2), 502 PP with 4 maps and 20 tables, plus 21 maps (8 of them folded) and 38 pages with 80 b/w photos. Fp: The defeat of the German Navy 1945. Errata slip tipped on title page. All volumes with dark green cloth covers, gilt title on black label on spines and dust jackets. Lower corner of front cover of volume bumped. All dust jackets are in a near fine condition and in protective sleeves. Minimal light foxing. A very nice set. This is a heavy item and postage will be higher than usual. Please ask for a quote. 25 x 17.
Volume I: The Defensive, from the start of WWII to December 1941 and the fall of Hong Kong. Volume II: The Period of Balance, January 1942 to May 1943. Volume III: The offensive, Part I: 1st June 1943-31st May 1944. Part II: 1st June 1944 -14th August 1945.
71912 ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY AUSTRALIA'S NAVY 1998
$10.00 AUD
Department of Defence / AGPS. Canberra. 1997. 1st Ed. Edited by Lieutenant Pauline REYNOLDS. (1 advertisement), 120 PP, (5 Head of Chapter) with b/w & colour illustrations and 13 advertisemnts in colour. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 29.7 x 21.
71747 ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED YACHT CLUB CLUB NEWS, Vol. 2, No. 1
$5.00 AUD
Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club. Sydney. 1958. Vol. 2, No. 1, November 1958. 12 PP. Soft cover, illutrated front (Yacht Malohi). Near fine. 21 x 15.7.
71748 ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED YACHT CLUB CLUB NEWS, Vol. 2, No. 2
$5.00 AUD
Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club. Sydney. 1958. Vol. 2, No. 2, December 1958. 10, (2 blank) PP. Soft cover, illutrated front (Yacht Teal). Near fine. 21 x 15.7.
72170 RUSH, Philip R. AUSTRALIAN POEMS THAT WOULD SATISFY A SAILOR
$20.00 AUD
Philip R. Rush Pty Ltd. Glen Huon, Tasmania. 2011. 1st edition February 2011, limited to 2500 copies. VI, 74 PP with 1 drawing by Ross Shardlow, 3 drawings by Syd Woon and 15 colour photos. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine (mint condition). 21 x 14.7. 9780975813461
67197 SARGENT, John R. 'A HEAD OF STEAM' - Hobart Town to Kangaroo Point Ferry Service
$20.00 AUD
John R. Sargent. Bellerive. Tas. 1999. 1st Ed. (2), 18 PP with 2 b/w illustrations (sketch of Kangaroo Bay by Emily Bowring at centre fold, and cut-away of a Paddle Steamer). Soft cover, illustrated front. Dedicatory note on title page, signed by the author. Fine. 21 x 14.7. 0958528411
The arrival of the first steamships in Australian service and their impact on the Trans-Derwent service.
72095 SCHAFFER, Irene (compiler) A SHORT HISTORY OF THE LADY NELSON 1799 - 1825
$10.00 AUD
Lady Nelson / The Tasmanian Sail Training Association. New Town, Tasmania. 1997. 1st edition. No pagination, 12 PP with 3 b/w illustrations and 1 colour photo pasted down on page (9). Soft covers, pictorial front. Fine. 21 x 15. 0958648999
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72019 SCOTT, Ernest THE LIFE OF MATTHEW FLINDERS, R.N.
$175.00 AUD
Angus & Robertson. Sydney. 1914. 1st Ed. XVIII, (2), 492 PP plus 38 plates, some on double-page (facsimile of docuents, paintings, engravings...). Fp: Matthew Flinders, aged 27. Cloth cover, gilt device on front cover, gilt title on spine. Slight ageing of paper, occasional foxing. Very good plus copy. 22.4 x 14.8.
Biography published 100 years after his death. Interesting Appendices on Baudin's account of Encounter Bay & Péron's report on Port Jackson.
61329 SELIGMAN, Adrian NO STARS TO GUIDE
$15.00 AUD
Hodder & Stoughton. London. 1951. Reprint of the June 1947 original. 332 PP with 2 facsimiles of documents, 7 head-pieces & 33 b/w other decorations, plus 6 maps on double page. All illustrations by Konstance Pares. FEP: Map of Anatolia and the Aegean Sea. Cloth cover, dj. Dust jacket with chips and repaired tears. Occasional foxing. A very good reading copy. 22.8 x 15.
Escape of a Russian convoy from the Dardanelles to Syria in late 1941, through islands occupied by Germany or Italy. The author was Commanding Officer of the Levant Schooner Flotilla during WWII.
51602 SHAW SAVILL CAPE TOWN, The Gateway to Southern Africa
$10.00 AUD
Shaw Savill Line. London. 1963. 15 PP with 6 photos and 2 maps (inside covers). Soft cover. Very good. Oblong: 14 x 20.
Short history & description of Cape Town issued for passengers going ashore.
72236 SHAW SAVILL GALA DINNER and DANCE MENU - S.S. ARAWA
$10.00 AUD
On board. 1955. Folded "Gala Dinner and Dance" menu, 23rd April 1955, Captain L.J. Hopkins Commanding. Front cover: Dancing Girl. Inside: Dance Programme: 9.00 to 11 p.m. & Dinner. Faint foxing. Near fine. 19 x 12.7.
34153 SHAW, Captain Frank H. STIRRING DEEDS OF BRITAIN'S NAVAL MIGHT
$10.00 AUD
George G. Harrap. London. 1940. 1st Ed. 254 PP, plus 16 pages with 19 b/w photos. Fp: Rear-Admiral Sir Henry Harwood. Cloth cover (soiled). Spine sunned, war economy paper, some foxing. Good reading copy. 22 x 14.
The first year of World War 2 at sea: Battle of the River Plate. Liner Rawalpindi versus the Deutschland...
44554 SHAW, Henry I. FIRST OFFENSIVE: The Marine Campaign for Guadalcanal
$15.00 AUD
Marine Corps Historical Center. Washington. 1992. 1st Ed., in the Marines in World War II Commemorative Series. 52 PP with 5 maps and b/w illustrations (drawings, paintings, photos). Pictorial soft cover. Small rub on back cover. Near fine. 28.2 x 21.5.
50th Anniversary of World War II.
72708 SINCLAIR, James WINGS OF GOLD - How the Aeroplane Developed New Guinea
$75.00 AUD
Robert Brown & Associates. Bathurst, NSW. 1983. Reprint of the 1978 edition. 326, (VIII tinted inserts) PP with b/w illustrations: 1 location map, 2 maps with insets, 2 documents and 156 photos. Title spread: Junkers of Guinea Airways. Illustrated endpapers. Hard cover, device on front cover, dj. Foxing on top outside edge, and foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 28.6 x 22.2. 0909197385
72337 SKOWRONEK, Russell K. & FISCHER, George R. HMS FOWEY, LOST AND FOUND: Being the Discovery, Excavation and Identification of a British Man-of-War Lost off the Cape Florida in 1748
$60.00 AUD
University Press of Florida. Gainesville, Fl. 2009. 1st Ed. Foreword by James C. Bradford and Gene Allen Smith. XXV, 233, (3) PP with figures. Cloth covers, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine (as new condition). 23.5 x 16. 9780813033204
72446 SLADER, John THE RED DUSTER AT WAR - A History of the Merchant Navy During the Second World War
$50.00 AUD
William Kimber. London. 1988. 1st Ed. 352 PP, plus 24 pages with 55 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket is reinforce and in a protective mylas sleeve. Ex-library copy with a few stamps on FFEP, one on title-page and one on top and bottom outside page edges and a library number at bottom of spine. Otherewise this is a very good clean copy of a scarce title. 24 x 15.2. 0718306791
Comprehensive and authoritative account of the Merchant Navy during WWII. Includes an extensive index of ships.
72167 SLOT, B. J. ABEL TASMAN, en de ontdekking van Nieuw-Zeeland
$40.00 AUD
Otto Cramwinxckel Uitgever. Amsterdam. 1992. 1st Ed. 126, (2 colophon) PP with 20 b/w and 25 colour illustrations. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Presentation plate from the Municipality of Grootegast, signed by the Mayor and Town Clerk, loosely inserted. Dutch text. Fine. 24.2 x 17.3. 9071894398
Chapter 5: Expedition on board "Heemskerk" and "Zeehan", to the Great South Land (Tasmania, New Zealand)
72461 SMITH, Peter C. PEDESTAL, The Malta Convoy of August 1942
$35.00 AUD
William Kimber. London. 1987. Revised and expanded edition of the 1970 original. Foreword by Admiral of the Fleet The Lord Lewin. 256 PP with 9 maps and diagrams, plus 18 pages with 45 b/w photos. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price clipped). Dust jacket in a protective sleeve. Ex Libris stamp of prevoious owner on front end paper, o/wise near fine. Scarce. 24 x 16. 9780718306328
Pedestal: the last attempt to relieve Malta with Convoy WS.521.S comprising 14 merchant ships.
72659 SMITH, Peter C. CRUISE SHIPS: The World's Most Luxurious Vessels
$50.00 AUD
Pen & Sword Maritime. Barnsley, South Yorkshire. 2010. 1st Ed. 288 PP with 3 tables and over 200 colour photos. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Small repaired closed tear at rear of dust jacket, o/wise fine. Oblong: 18 x 25. 9781848842182
Part 1: The Ships: the showcase and the facts for over 150 of them. Part 2: The stories behind the ships: Making, Operating, Enjoying them. Future trends.
71961 SPEIGHT, D. L. AUSTRALIA'S SPANISH KNIGHT/ Fourteen Months, Sixty One Years
$15.00 AUD
D.L. & K.L. Speight. Seacliff, S.A. 2004. 1st edition. X, 251, (3) PP with 5 maps and 5 b/w photos. Fp: 1 erratum slip, tipped in on verso of title page. Pictorial soft covers with light wear on corners. Near fine. 21 x 15. 9780646441238
14 months (pages 1 to 176) : Experiences as an ambulance driver with the International Brigades in the Spanish Civil War. 61 years (pages 177 to 237): WWII, Palestine... migrating to Australia. Last Chapter: 22 " Spain Remembers": Spanish nationality and Knight of the Order of Civil Merit of Spain.
72624 SPITERI, David STOKER MUNRO SURVIVOR
$30.00 AUD
HarperCollins. Sydney. 2014. 2nd printing of the 2014 original. Foreword by Mike Carlton. (6), 263, (3) PP with 1 portrait, 2 maps and 11 b/w illustrations ("True-to-Life" sketches) by Len Collins, plus 8 pages with 17 b/w photos. Stiff covers, illustrated front. Neat Ex Libris stamp of previous owner on half title page, o/wise in as new condition. 23.2 x 15.2. 9780732298913
Joined the RAN in June 1941. Survivor of the sinking of HMAS Perth on 1st March 1942. Prisoner of War of the Japanese : Changi, Burma-Siam railway... Transported to Japan on board Rakuyo Maru which was torpedoed by USS Barb on 12 September 1944. ...
72492 STEPHEN, Martin THE FIGHTING ADMIRALS, British Admirals of the Second World War
$30.00 AUD
Naval Institute Press. Annapolis. 1991. First US Ed. X, 227 PP plus 12 pages with 25 bw photos. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, fine dust jacket in a mylar protective sleeve. Small neat name stamp at top of FFEP, o/wise a fine copy. 24 x 16. 1557502536
The men, their background and upbringing and the battles they fought.
63023 STEWART, I. G. LIBERTY SHIPS IN PEACETIME, and Their Contribution to World Shipping History
$120.00 AUD
Ian Stewart Marine Publications. Rockingham Beach, W.A. 1992. 1st edition limited to 500 numbered copies. (2), 322 PP profusely illustrated with b/w & colour photos. Fp: "Pacific Nomad". Pictorial laminated boards. Certificate pasted down on front endpaper, hand numbered (054/500), dated and signed by the author. A tiny bump to top front corner, o/wise a fine copy. 30 x 21.5. 0646059874
The standard tramp vessel designed to last a few months & its contribution to the Allied Forces' war effort.
72535 SWAINSTON, Roger SWAINSTON'S FISHES OF AUSTRALIA
$80.00 AUD
Viking / Penguin Books. Sydney. 2020 New edition in a soft covers form, of the 2010 original. (10), 822 PP with 9 figures (4 in b/w and 5 in colour) and over 1500 colour illustrations by Roger Swaintson. Limp covers. New. 27 x 23.2. 9781761040542
36867 TANNER, J. R. (editor) A DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF THE NAVAL MANUSCRIPTS IN THE PEPYSIAN LIBRARY, at Magdalene College, Cambridge - Volume II
$30.00 AUD
Navy Records Society. London. 1904. 1st Ed. Publications of the Navy Records Society, Volume 27. Vol. II: XXXVIII, 455, (3 publications) PP. Navy blue/cream buckram, gilt device on front cover, gilt title on spine. Fine. 23.2 x 16.
Vol. II: Admiralty Letters (Vols II. & III.).
56920 TAYLOR, Geoff THE HOUR OF THE OCTOPUS
$5.00 AUD
Hutchinson of Australia. Melbourne. 1978. 1st Ed. (8), 159 PP. Hard cover, dj. fine. 22 x 14.5. 0091308607
Novel: "Block the Panama Canal !".
72546 TAYLOR, Stephen STORM AND CONQUEST - The Clash of Empires in the Eastern Seas, 1809
$30.00 AUD
W. W. Norton & Co. New York. 2008. 1st US edition. XX, 380 PP with 23 b/w illustrations (1 map on double page with 2 insets, 2 maps, drawings, paintings, porraits ..), plus 8 pages with 14 illustrations (3 b/w and 11 in colour). Hard cover, dj. Fine. 24 x 16. 9780393060478
72418 THOMAS, Shirley GREETINGS FROM MALTA - World War II
$40.00 AUD
Shirley Thomas / Regal Press. Launceston, Tas. 1996. 1st Ed. Introduction by Claudio Alcorso. XVI, 138 PP with 48 b/w illustrations (3 maps, 3 documents and 42 photos). Inside front cover: map of Malta in 1942. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 21 x 14.8. 094945799X
Malta during 4 harrowing years of World War II.
72305 THROCKMORTON, Peter DIVING FOR TREASURE
$20.00 AUD
Thames & Hudson. London. 1977. 1st UK Ed. 136 PP with 126 b/w & 10 colour illust. Hard cover, cloth spine, dj. Dust jacket has some light shelf wear along top edge, o/wise fine. 24.8 x 22.4.
Introduction to underwater archaeology: treasures such as jade, pieces of silver, etc..
72643 TILMAN H. W. IN MISCHIEF'S WAKE
$40.00 AUD
Hollis & Carter. London. 1971. 1st Ed. 167 PP with maps in text plus 12 pages with 19 b/w photos. Hard cover, dust jacket in protective sleeve. Ex-library copy with a few stamps on FFEP and at bottom of title-page and in margin of P.17, and remnants of tape marks on covers. Small light stain on some pages but not affecting text. Overall, this is still a very good clean copy of a scarce title. 22 x 15. 0370013778
72602 TONKS, Jonathan EMPIRE - A journey to the remote edges of the British Empire
$120.00 AUD
Dewi Lewis Publishing. Stockport, UK. 2014. 2nd printing in June 2014 of the 2013 original. Foreword by Christopher Lord. 187 PP with 4 b/w sketch maps and 85 colour illustrations (5 ephemera and 80 photos). Hard covers, illustrated front, cloth spine. Minimal bumps to corners, o/wise in as new condition. 25.3 x 20. 9781907893490
Voyages between 2007 and 2013 to the remnants of the British Empire in the South Atlantic Ocean: St Helena, Ascension Island, Tristan da Cunha & the Falkland Islands.
72029 TULL, Malcolm (editor) A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF UNIVERSITY THESES ON AUSTRALIAN MARITIME HISTORY
$15.00 AUD
Australian Association for Maritime History. St John's, Newfoundland. 1996. 1st Ed. X, 44 PP. Soft covers, illustrated front, staples. Fine. 23 x 15. 0968128807
72543 U.S.S. BARB (SS220) USS BARB SS-220: WAR PATROLS 1-12 - Declassified Reports
$150.00 AUD
Washington, D.C. 1972. Photocopies of Official Reports, "DECLASSIFIED" on 23 May 1972 and covering the 12 patrols. A total of 257 PP (recto only). Contained in a special folder with stiff covers. Fine. 29 x 22.8. 9780252019258
The war patrols. 1st Patrol: 20 Oct to 25 November 1942. 2nd Patrol : 16 December 1942 to 18 January 1943. ... 11th Patrol: 19th December 1944 to 15 February 1945. 12th Patrol: 8 June to 2 August 1945.
71452 UPTON, Joe JOURNEYS THROUGH THE INSIDE PASSAGE - Seafaring Adventures along the Coast of British Columbia and Alaska
$5.00 AUD
Alaska Northwest Books. Anchorage. 1992. 2nd printing of the 1992 original. 189, (3) PP with 7 maps and 33 b/w photos. Card covers, pictorial front. Rubbed patch at head of spine. Contents near fine. 22.7 x 15.2. 0882403664
Trinder. London. 1940? 1st Ed. (5), 46 PP printed on recto only plus 7 full-page b/w illustrions (3 of tall ships) with tissue guard & Fp: Coloured Flag of West Australian Steam Navigation Company. Printed letter by Harvey Trinder (Australia) Limited, explaining delays in publication loosely inserted. Original cloth cover, gilt title on front cover. Very good. A scarce book. 25.5 x 19.5.
Being the story of the Historic Assocation of Trinder, Anderson & Company with the State of Western Australia and How They Both Grew and Flourished in Concept (Sub-title).
72118 USCG / NOAA United States COAST PILOT 7 - Pacific Coast: California, Oregon, Washington, and Hawai'i
$20.00 AUD
U.S. Department of Commerce / National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration / National Ocean Service. Washington. 2003. 35th edition. VIII, 656, 38 (Tables), 24 (Index) PP with tables, b/w and colour illustrations (figures, maps, photos). Pictorial stiff covers. Creases on the spine and lower corner of front cover. Very few pages with highlighted or underlined words or sentences. Stamp of the yacht of previous owner on title page. Very good working copy. 28 x 21.
48384 VAN DER VAT, Dan THE PACIFIC CAMPAIGN, World War II - The U.S.- Japanese Naval War 1941-1945
$30.00 AUD
Hodder & Stoughton. London. 1992. 1st UK edition of the 1991 US original. (2), 430, (1) PP with 1 map with insert on double page, plus 7 maps (1 on double page and 6 on full page) and 24 pages with 57 b/w photos. Hard cover, cloth spine, dj. Faint foxing on outside edges. Near fine. 24 x 16. 9780340496619
72336 VIEIRA DE CASTRO, Filipe THE PEPPER WRECK: A Portuguese Indiaman at the Mouth of the Tagus River
$65.00 AUD
Texas A&M University Press. College Station. 2005. 1st Ed. XI, 287, (4 blank) PP with 46 tables, 70 figures and the "Artifact List" for 1902 items between pages 203 and 240. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine (as new). 24 x 16. 9781585443901
72417 VINCE, Charles STORM ON THE WATERS - The Story of the Life-Boat Service in the War of 1939-1945
$30.00 AUD
Hodder and Stoughton. London. 1946. 1st edition of October 1946. 111 PP with 1 diagram of the rescue from the trawler Gurth, plus 12 pages with 17 b/w portraits. Fp: Coxswain Henry George Blogg of Cromer. Cloth covers with light shelf wear and a few marks, title on front board and spine. Occasional foxing. Very good. Image shows title-page and Fp. 20.7 x 14.2.
72352 VIRGA, Vincent & The Library of Congress CARTOGRAPHIA - Mapping Civilizations
$30.00 AUD
Little Brown and Company. New York. 2008. 3rd printing of the 2007 original. Introduction by Ronald E. Grim. Afterword by James H. Billington. (VI), 266 PP with 202 plates with b/w or colour illustrations. Half title page: Claudius Ptolomy. Title spread: Detail from Ruysch Map of the Known World. Eps: Detail from "Pictorial Map on cloth of the Vale of Kashmir". Pictorial laminated boards ("Waldseemüller Map of the World"), dj (Southeast Africa, from a secret Portuguese Atlas, 1640). A fine copy. 33.5 x 26.3. 9780316997669
72485 VON DER PORTEN, Edward P. PICTORIAL HISTORY OF THE GERMAN NAVY IN WORLD WAR II
$35.00 AUD
Thomas Y. Crowell Co. New York. 1976. Revised Edition of 1969 first edition. XIV, 368 PP with more than 300 b/w photos and Appendices and Index. Hard cover with light shelf wear, nice dust jacket in a protective sleeve. Neat name stamp of previous owner on FFEP, o/wise a near fine copy. 28.5 x 22. 069001080X
Contents: The New Navy, The First Battles, Norway, Sea Lion, Grand Strategy (The Mediterranean), Surface forces, The North Atlantic (The Submarine Offensive), Surface Forces, The North Atlantic (The Submarine Defensive).
72489 WADE, Frank A MIDSHIPMAN'S WAR, A Young Man in the Mediterranean Naval War 1941-1943
$30.00 AUD
Cordillera. Vancouver, B.C., Canada. 1994. 1st Ed. 256 PP with 5 plans, 7 maps, 8 drawings and 93 bw photos in text. Hard cover, dust jacket. Small neat name stamp of previous owner on FFEP, o/wise a fine copy. 23.5 x 145.5. 189559006X
10668 WALKER, Fred M. STEEL SHIP BUILDING
$5.00 AUD
Shire Publications. London. 1981. 1st Ed., No. 73 in the Shire Album series. 32 PP with 8 plans & 32 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 15. 0852635699
51366 WALKER, Ian TALL SHIPS AND CANNIBALS. The Story of Captain Richard Copping of Hobart Town
$25.00 AUD
Navarine Publishing. Hobart. 2005. 1st edition limited to 1000 copies. Publication No. 60 in the Roebuck Society series. VIII, 152 PP with 42 b/w illustrations. FEP: Map of the Northern & Southern Hemispheres. REP: Map of Oceania. Pictorial laminated boards, dj. Fine. 097513311X
60657 WALTER, Richard (compiler) A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD, in the years 1740, 1741, 1742, 1743, 1744, by George Anson, Esq., afterwards Lord Anson
$25.00 AUD
Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. London. c. 1840. Reprint. XVI, 374 PP with 18 text illustrations, plus 1 large folded chartin colour with repaired tear close to the gutter. Fp: Dreadful storm, Strait of Le Maire. Quarter bound. Front board detached, otherwise complete. Image shows title-page and Frontispiece. Previous owner's label on inside front cover. In need of repair. Foxing. Very good. 16.5 x 11.
67173 WANE, Greg WRECKED ON BRUNY ISLAND - Three of Tasmania's finest ships were lost at Adventure Bay in 1909 during two weeks of fierce storms
$25.00 AUD
Author / Two Dogs Books - Boutique Publishers. Wallington, Vic. 2010. 1st Ed. VIII, 9-88 PP with 1 engraving, 1 map, 4 charts, 3 portraits and 20 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Signed by the author on title page. Fine. 23 x 15.4. 978098066322
Wooden ketch "Priscilla" and steamer S.S. "Sea Bird": 12th June 1909. Barque "Natal Queen": 24th June 1909.
72807 WANE, Greg DEATH AT SEA - The Bass Strait ferry tragedy
$25.00 AUD
Gegory Wane. Camperdown, Vic. 2021. 1st Ed. No. 1 in the Mini-Book History series. VIII, 9-104 PP with b/w illustrations: 1 plan of Launceston, 3 newspaper advertisements and 30 photos. Pictorial stiff covers. Signed by the author on title page. New. 19 x 14.5. 978098066353
Collision in Bass Strait between the passenger ferry "Coogee" and the 2204-ton iron barque "Fortunato Figari", 25th December 1803.
72395 WARREN, C.E.T. & BENSON, James ABOVE US THE WAVES, The Story of Midget Submarines and Human Torpedoes
$15.00 AUD
Harrap. London. 1953. October 1953 reprint of the September original. 256 PP with 3 diagrams & 4 maps, plus 24 pages with 36 bw photos. Fp: King George VI aboard HMS Bonaventure in 1941. Eps: Sketch map showing X-craft and human-torpedo operations. Green cloth covers with old damp marks with discolouration on corners and faded spine. Occasional foxing. Contents near fine and a very good reading copy. Image shows Title-page and Frontispiece. 21.5 x 14.2.
Development & training, attempts against the "Tirpitz", Mediterranean & Norwegian operations, attacks on Singapore, Hong Kong & Saigon.
72845 WATT, Commander Frederick B. IN ALL RESPECTS READY - The Merchant Navy and The Battle of the Atlantic, 1940-1945
$10.00 AUD
Totem Books. Toronto. 1986. 1st paperback edition of the 1985 original. Introduction by Gerald A. Morgan. XVIII, 222 PP. Stiff covers, illustrated front. Remainder mark on top outside edges. Ex Libris stamp of previous owner on half title page. Near fine. 17.8 x 10.7. 06077100595
The Royal Canadian Navy and the help given to keep afloat the Allied Merchant Navy during the darkest days of the Battle of the Atlantic.
72442 WATTON, Ross THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER VICTORIOUS
$120.00 AUD
Conway. London. 2004. Reprint of the 1991 1st Ed. in "The Anatomy of the Ship" series. 160 PP with 27 b/w photos, 6 tables & over 350 perspective and 3-view drawings. Fp: "Victorious" as she appeared in January 1965. Hard cover, dj (in a protective mylar sleeve). Names of previous owners at top of FFEP, o/wise a fine copy. Scarce. Oblong: 24.5 x 25.8. 0851775802
18755 WEBSTER SMITH, B. THE WAR AT SEA 1941-1943
$10.00 AUD
Blackie & Son. London. c.1944. 1st Ed. 192 PP, plus 8 full-page b/w plates. Fp: Ordeal of Penelope. Cloth cover (rubbed). War economy paper (ageing), o/wise very good. 20 x 13.5.
Crete and the Middle East in 1941. Japanese attacks, Malta, Atlantic battles.
72572 WELLHAM, Lt.Cdr. John W. G. WITH NAVAL WINGS: The Autobiography of a Fleet Air Arm Pilot in World War II
$25.00 AUD
Spellmount Ltd. Staplehurst, Kent. 1995. 2nd printing of the first edition. Foreword by Rear Admiral I. D. G. Garnett. X, 11- 199 PP with tables, 1 cutaway, 1 extract of log book, and 4 maps, plus 8 pages with 19 b/w photos. Fp: "Taranto", by Wilfred B. Currie. Hard cover, cloth spine, dj (in a protective sleeve). Ex Libris stamp and address stamp of previous owner on front endpaper, o/wise fine. 24 x 16. 9781873376331
39016 WHITFIELD, Peter MAPPING THE WORLD - A History of Exploration
$40.00 AUD
Folio Society. London. 2000. Reprint with some new material of the 1998 "New Found Lands: Maps in the History of Exploration", published by The British Library. 264 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Half title page: Navigators using a compass. Title spread: World map by Martin Waldseemüller, 1507. Eps: The North Atlantic by Jan Van Doetecum, c. 1594. Cloth cover, gilt decorated front cover, gilt title on spine, illustrated slipcase (America, by Willem Blaeu). Book is fine and slipcase is near fine. 30 x 23.7.
Exploration in the Ancient World. The Lure of the East, 1250-1550. The New World, 1490-1630. The Pacific and Australia, 1520-1800. The Continents Explored, 1500-1900. Postscript: Exploration in the Modern World.
33028 WHITLEY, M. J. CRUISERS OF WORLD WAR TWO - An International Encyclopedia
$50.00 AUD
Naval Institute Press. Annapolis. 1995. 1st US Ed. 288 PP with tables and 395 b/w illust. (photos and line drawings). Title spread: "Chester" on 20 july 1943. Hard cover, dj (in a protective mylar sleeve). Neat ex-libris stamp of previous owner, o/wise a fine copy. Scarce. 25.2 x 24.8. 1557501416
72439 WHITLEY, M. J. DESTROYERS OF WORLD WAR TWO - An International Encyclopedia
$70.00 AUD
Naval Institute Press. Annapolis. 2002. Reprint of 1988 1st Ed. 320 PP with tables and over 480 b/w illust. (photos and line drawings). Half title page: "Janus" as completed. Title spread: "Casque" in August 1942. Hard cover, dj in a protective sleeve. Neat small ex-libris stamp on FFEP, o/wise a fine copy. 25.2 x 24.8. 0870213261
72448 WHITLEY, M. J. BATTLESHIPS OF WORLD WAR TWO - An International Encyclopedia
$100.00 AUD
Naval Institute Press. Annapolis. 1998. 1st US Ed. 320 PP with tables and over 250 b/w illustrations (photos and line drawings). Title spread: the French Battleship "Strasbourg" on 23 May 1942. Hard cover, dj (in a protective mylar sleeve). Neat ex-libris stamp of previous owner on FFEP, o/wise a fine copy. Scarce. 25.2 x 24.8. 9781557501844
72477 WHITLEY, M. J. GERMAN CRUISERS OF WORLD WAR TWO
$45.00 AUD
Naval Institute Press. Annapolis. 1985. 1st UIS edition. 176 PP with b/w illust. (ship plans & sketches, maps & photos & tables). Title spread: "C" and "D" turrets of Admiral Hipper. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket in a protective sleeve. Neat "Ex-Libris" stamp of previous owner on front endpaper. Contents fine. 25.2 x 24.5. 0870212176
The design, construction and operational history of German cruisers between 1920 and 1945. Heavy cruisers: Admiral Hipper, Prinz Eugen, .. Light cruisers: Konigsberg, Koln.
72478 WHITLEY, M. J. GERMAN CAPITAL SHIPS OF WORLD WAR TWO
$50.00 AUD
Arms & Armour Press. London. 1990. Reprint of the 1989 original. 224 PP with b/w illustrations (ship plans & sketches, maps & photos & tables). Title spread: Trondheim, 11 June 1940 with Gneisenau, Scharnhorst, Kondor, Lody. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket in a protective sleeve. Neat "Ex-Libris" stamp of previous owner on front endpaper, o/wise fine. 25.2 x 24.5. 9780853689706
The design, construction and operational history of German Capital Ships: Deutschland, Admiral Scheer, Admiral Graf Spee...
72628 WILCOX, Craig HOME FRONT - Australians in World War I
$40.00 AUD
Department of Veterans' Affairs. Canberra. 2011. December 2011 edition. 136 PP with 20 pages of colour illustrations (posters, photos, medals... ) and 85 b/w photos. Stiff covers, pictorial front. Fine (as new condition). 23.5 x 23.2. 9781877007729
72382 WILD, Antony THE EAST INDIA COMPANY - Trade and Conquest from 1600
$25.00 AUD
HarperCollins Illustrated. London. 1999. 1st Paperback edition. 192 PP with 4 maps, b/w and colour illustrations. Half title page: Tipu's Tiger. Fp: Title page of the 1712 Journal of Isaac Pike, Captain of the Stringer. Eps: Map of The East. Stiff illustrated covers. Near fine. 28 x 22. 0004140540
21563 WILKES, Bill St. John NAUTICAL ARCHAEOLOGY, A Handbook
$20.00 AUD
David & Charles. Newton Abbot, UK. 1971. 1st Ed. 294 PP with 38 line drawings, plus 8 pages with 14 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Signature of previous owner on FFEP and a few old sellotape marks on flaps of dust jacket. Contents clean and a very good copy. 22.3 x 14.3. 0715350234
21536 WILLIAMS, Peter J. & SERLE, Roderick WRECKS OF PORT PHILLIP
$20.00 AUD
Maritime Historical Productions. Melbourne. 1964. 1st edition. (8), 94 PP with 2 tail-pieces & 38 b/w illustrations (2 maps, 13 paintings & 23 photos). Hard cover, dj. Stamp of bookseller at lower part of front endpaper. Dust jacket chipped. Occasional foxing, o/wise contents near fine. 21.8 x 14.2.
72641 WILSON, Frances HOW TO SURVIVE THE TITANIC - Or, The Sinking of J. Bruce Ismay
$25.00 AUD
Bloomsbury. London. 2011. 1st UK edition. (12), 328, (12) PP with b/w illustrations plus 32 pages with 50 b/w plates. Eps: Reproduction of the original First Class Passenger List. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket has a few small chips, o/wise near fine. 23.5 x 16. 978140880922
12125 WILSON, Ian SHIPWRECKS OF THE ULSTER COAST, From Carlingford Lough to Inishowen Head
$15.00 AUD
Impact Amergin. Belfast. 1979. 1st Ed. (12), 177, (6 Index), (2 Bibliography) PP with 9 maps & 43 b/w photos in text. Half-title page: Schooner "Lily" in the evening setting, Portstewart, 1931. Fp: "Ulrica" wrecked on Lighthouse Island - Copeland Islands, 1897. Pictorial soft cover. Foxing spots on outside edges. Signature of previous owner on front endpaper. Very good. 21.8 x 15.3.
35934 WINTON, John AIR POWER AT SEA 1939-45
$15.00 AUD
Thomas Y. Crowell. New York. 1977. 1st US Ed. 185, (2 index) PP with 12 drawings and 128 b/w photos. Title spread: Douglas SBD Dauntless on an auxiliary aircraft carrier in the Atlantic. FEP: Map of Europe and the Mediterranean sea. REP: Map of the Pacific war theatre. Hard cover, dj. Neat name stamp of previous owner on FEP. Near fine. 25.5 x 19. 0690012225
The influence of air power: successes and failures. The use of aircraft: torpedo strike, fighter defence over fleets and convoys, support to assault troups landing, mine-laying, air-sea rescue...
72484 WINTON, John THE DEATH OF THE SCHARNHORST
$20.00 AUD
Cassell. London. 2000. Cassell Military Paperback ed. X, 182 PP with 4 maps, plus 16 pages with 1 cartoon and 24 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Neat name stamp of previous owner on half-title page, o/wise fine. 20 x 13. 0304355208
26th December 1943 off North Cape, Norway.
17740 WINTON, John (editor) THE WAR AT SEA, The British Navy in World War II
$30.00 AUD
William Morrow. New York. 1968. 1st US edition of the 1967 UK original. XX, 416 PP plus 32 pages with 35 b/w photos. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, with near fine dust jacket in a protective sleeve. Small name stamp of previous owner at top of FFEP, o/wise a near fine copy. 23.5 x 15.5.
A generous selection of personal experiences written by those who were there. Includes contributions by Winston Churchill, John Masefield, C.S. Forester...
72544 WOOLEY, David & CLARKE, William WARSHIPS and Warship Modelling
$60.00 AUD
Naval Institute Press. Annapolis. 2006. 1st US edition. Foreword by Robert F. Sumrall. 176 PP (5 last pages blank for notes) with over 300 b/w illustrations (30 drawings, line drawings, sketch plans, plans and photos), plus 16 pages with 29 colour photos. Hard cover, dj. Fine (mint condition). 31 x 23.5. 9781591149286
72397 WYNNE, Barry THE MAN WHO REFUSED TO DIE - Teehu Makimare's 2,000 mile drift in an open boat across the South Seas
$35.00 AUD
Souvenir Press. London. 1966. 1st Ed. Foreword by the Rt. Hon. Keith Holyoake, Prime Minister of New Zealand. 158 PP with 3 maps & 2 plans, plus 12 pages with 25 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Faint foxing on outside edges, signature of previous owner on FFEP, o/wise near fine. 22.2 x 14.5.
A short inter island (Manihiki to Rakahanga) trip of the "Tearoha" that ended 64 days later in Erromango, Vanuatu.
50333 ZANTVOORT, Pim THE COCKPIT BOOK
$5.00 AUD
Adlard Coles. London. 1972. 1st UK edition. (1),39 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial stiff cover, spiral bound. Errata slip pasted down inside front cover. Very good. 21.6 x 14. 0229986374
A Highway Code of the Sea: Rules of the road, signals (sound and visuals), lights (navigation, recognition)... Flag etiquette.