Maps, Cartography, Hydrography, Pilot Books, Maritime Guides/Dictionaries, Lighthouses, Flags, Signals
Last update: Sunday, 1 December 2024.
22054 ALEXANDER, Kent & SMITH, Dr. Whitney FLAGS
$15.00 AUD
Mallard Press. Sydney. 1992. 1st Australian edition of the US original Flags of the World. 176 PP with colour illust. throughout. Fp: Flags of the European Community. Hard cover, dj. A little light foxing of dust jacket, o/wise fine. 29 x 29. 1863251251
42318 ALEXANDER, Kent, & SMITH, Dr. Whitney FLAGS
$15.00 AUD
Mallard Press. New York. 1992. 1st Ed. 176 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Fp: Flags of the European Union. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 29.4 x 29.4. 0792457528
63859 ALLEN, Mark (editor) CALIFORNIA'S LIGHTHOUSES - Standing Tall Through Time (in Mains'l Haul)
$20.00 AUD
Maritime Museum Association. San Diego. 2001. Reprint of : Mains'l Haul, A journal of Pacific Maritime History, Vol. 37 No. 2 (Spring 2001). 52 PP with b/w illustrations (map, plan, engravings, photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 28 x 21.5. 0944580122
The first West Coast Lighthouses, by Wayne Wheeler. Standing Tall fifty years later: some California Lighthouses revisited, by Jan Mattson. ... Point Loma lighthouse by Karen Wagner Scanlon. ...
75540 ALLEN, Philip & HAMMICK, Anne (editor) THE ATLANTIC CROSSING GUIDE
$35.00 AUD
Adlard Coles Nautical. London. 1992. 3rd edition, revised and updated by Anne Hammick. Royal Cruising Club Pilotage Foundation. X, 214 PP with tables and b/w illustrations: over 5 figures, 46 photos and 81 Charts and Port Plans. Hard covers, laminated illustrated boards. Fine. 30.2 x 21.5. 9780713635997
74026 ANGELO, Denise, COLEMAN, Carolyn, .... AUSTRALIAN PHRASEBOOK
$10.00 AUD
Lonely Planet Publications. Melbourne. 1998. 2nd edition of original. 254, (1 publication) PP with c. 10 maps and some drawings. Stiff covers. Fine. 13.8 x 9.2. 0864425767
Understanding Aussies & their Culture.
73470 APPLETON, Richard & Barbara The Cambridge DICTIONARY OF AUSTRALIAN PLACES
$25.00 AUD
Cambridge University Press. Cambridge. 1992. 1st Ed. XII, 356 PP with over 26 maps. Eps: Map of Australia, with "Index of Maps". Hard covers, dj. Faint foxing on top outside edges and inside dust jacket. Fine. 25.5 x 17.8. 9780521395069
15888 APPLETON, Thomas E. USQUE AD MARE, A History of the Canadian Coast Guard and Marine Services
$20.00 AUD
Dept. of Transport. Ottawa. 1968. 1st Ed. XIV, 318 PP with 110 b/w illust. in text plus several appendices. Fp: Canadian Coast Guard Ship Relay. FEP: Map of Canada showing the Marine Bases & Northern Operations Routes. REP: Plan & particulars of the triple-screw steam turbo-electric Arctic patrol icebreaker C.C.G.S. Louis S. St.-Laurent. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine (sunned). Gilt device on front cover. Ingleton bookplate on front endpaper. Faint foxing. Very good. 23.5 x 15.5.
73633 ASK, Victoria & SIDEN, Maria FYRGUIDE: Fran Kattholmen Till Smygehuk
$40.00 AUD
Byggfölaget. Stockholm. 2000. 1st Ed. 228 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. FEP: Chart of Skagerrak / Kattegatt. REP: samples of typical lights. Cloth covers, port and starboard lights on front and back covers, title on front cover and spine. Swedish text. Fine (mint condition). 29 x 13.2.. 978917881870
History & description of the Lighthouses and Light Vessels on and off the Western Coast of Sweden.
62605 AUSTRALIA POST LIGHTHOUSES OF AUSTRALIA - Poster
$5.00 AUD
Australia Post. Melbourne. 2002. Poster in colour. Fine. Format: 84 x 59.5
Macquarie - Troubridge Island - Cape Naturaliste - Cape Bruny.
62608 AUSTRALIA POST LIGHTHOUSES OF THE 20TH CENTURY - Poster
$5.00 AUD
Australia Post. Melbourne. 2006. Poster in colour. Fine. Format: 44 x 51.5
Point Lonsdale, Victoria - Cape Don, Northern Territory - Wollongong Head, New South Wales - Point Cartwright, Queensland.
49629 AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF CARTOGRAPHERS CARTOGRAPHY - Volume 4 - 1962 (Journal of the Australian Institute of Cartographers)
$20.00 AUD
The Australian Institute of Cartographers. Melbourne. 1962 . Volume 4, Nos. 3-4, 1962. No. 3, March 1962: Edited by S.G. BERVOETS. IV, 79-118, V-VIII PP, plus folded map at centrefold (Town map of the Hobart Metropolitan Area). No. 4, September 1962: IV, 119-174, V-VIII PP, plus colour map at centrefold (in colour). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 24.8 x 17.5.
53559 AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF CARTOGRAPHERS CARTOGRAPHY - Volume 5, Nos. 3 & 4 - 1964 (Journal of the Australian Institute of Cartographers)
$10.00 AUD
The Australian Institute of Cartographers. Melbourne. 1964 . Volume 5, Nos. 3-4, 1964. Edited by S.G. BERVOETS. VIII (adverts.), 45-108 PP with b/w illustrations, 1 colour map by Shell Co. of Australia Ltd. (Western Queensland bordering South Australia and Northern Territory) at centerfold. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 24.8 x 17.5.
53560 AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF CARTOGRAPHERS CARTOGRAPHY - Volume 6, No. 1 - 1966 (Journal of the Australian Institute of Cartographers)
$10.00 AUD
The Australian Institute of Cartographers. Melbourne. 1966 . Volume 6, No. 1. Edited by S.G. BERVOETS. VIII (adverts.), 40 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 24.8 x 17.5.
53561 AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF CARTOGRAPHERS CARTOGRAPHY - Volume 7, No. 1 - 1969 (Journal of the Australian Institute of Cartographers)
$10.00 AUD
The Australian Institute of Cartographers. Melbourne. 1969 . Volume 7, No. 1. Edited by Phil. JONES. VIII (adverts.), 48 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 24.8 x 17.5.
49622 AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF CARTOGRAPHERS [THE] CARTOGRAPHY - Volume 10
$45.00 AUD
The Australian Institute of Cartographers. Adelaide. 1977, 1978 . Volume 10, Nos. 1-4, 1977-1978, and Index. No. 1, January 1977: IV, 64, V-VIII PP, plus centrefold: aerial view Canberra (b/w). No. 2, July 1977: VI, 65-130, VII-X PP, plus 1 block diagram (in colour): Torrowangee-Fowlers Gap, NSW. No. 3, January 1978: II, 131-182, III-VII PP, plus centrefold: map of Australian Vegetation (in colour). No. 4, July 1978: XIV, (2 blank), 183-246 PP, plus centrefold: contemporary map of Western Australia (in colour). Index: XII PP. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 24.8 x 17.5.
49623 AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF CARTOGRAPHERS [THE] CARTOGRAPHY - Volume 11
$40.00 AUD
The Australian Institute of Cartographers. Perth. 1979, 1980 . Volume 11, Nos. 1-4, 1979-1980. No. 1, March 1979: VI, 64, VII-XII PP, plus centrefold: Unesco geological map of Europe (in colour). No. 2, September 1979: VI, 65-128, VII-X PP, plus map of Emerald, Qld, in contemporary cartography (in colour). No. 3, March 1980: IV, 129-192, V-VIII PP, plus centrefold: map of Antarctica in contemporary cartography (in colour). No. 4, September 1980: VIII, 193-260 PP, plus centrefold: contemporary map of Gosford Shire, NSW (in colour). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 24.8 x 17.5.
49624 AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF CARTOGRAPHERS [THE] CARTOGRAPHY - Volume 12
$45.00 AUD
The Australian Institute of Cartographers. Perth. 1981, 1982 . Volume 12, Nos. 1-4, 1981-1982, and Index. No. 1, March 1981: VIII, 64, IX-XVI PP, plus 1orthophotomap and centrefold: map of Mersey River, Tasmania in contemporary cartography (in colour). No. 2, September 1981: VIII, 65-128, IX-XVI PP, plus centrefold: map of Melbourne, in Melway street directory, contemporary cartography (in colour). No. 3, March 1982: IV, 129-188, V-VIII PP, plus centrefold with 2 maps on double page (in colour). No. 4, September 1982: IV, 189-268, V-VIII PP, plus centrefold: contemporary map of D'Entrecasteaux Channel, Tasmania (in colour). Index: XII PP. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 24.8 x 17.5.
49625 AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF CARTOGRAPHERS [THE] CARTOGRAPHY - Volume 13
$45.00 AUD
The Australian Institute of Cartographers. Perth. 1983, 1984 . Volume 13, Nos. 1-4, 1983-1984, and Index. No. 1, March 1983: VIII, 64, IX-XVI PP, plus 3 maps on double page (b/w). No. 2, September 1983: X, 65-132, XI-XX PP, plus centrefold: map of ACT, contemporary cartography (in colour). No. 3, March 1984: X, 133-216, XI-XX PP, plus centrefold with map of Jarrah forest, W.A. (in colour). No. 4, September 1984: XII, 217-336, XIII-XXIV PP, plus 2 colour plates and envelope with Microfiche Atlas. Index: XII PP. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 24.8 x 17.5.
49626 AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF CARTOGRAPHERS [THE] CARTOGRAPHY - Volume 14
$20.00 AUD
The Australian Institute of Cartographers. Perth. 1985 . Volume 14, Nos. 1-2, 1985. No. 1, March 1985: X, 88, XI-XX PP, plus 2 folded maps and centrefold (in colour). No. 2, September 1985: VIII, 89-152, IX-XVI PP, plus centrefold with 4 images in colour. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 24.8 x 17.5.
49627 AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF CARTOGRAPHERS [THE] CARTOGRAPHY - Volume 15
$20.00 AUD
The Australian Institute of Cartographers. Perth. 1986 . Volume 15, Nos. 1-2, 1986. No. 1, March 1986: VIII, 80, IX-XVI PP, plus 1 large folded map at centrefold (in colour). No. 2, September 1986: VIII, 81-152, IX-XVI PP, plus 1 large folded map in colour Albany magnetic domains in pocket at rear. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 24.8 x 17.5.
49628 AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF CARTOGRAPHERS [THE] CARTOGRAPHY - Volume 16
$20.00 AUD
The Australian Institute of Cartographers. Perth. 1987 Volume 16, Nos. 1-2, 1987. No. 1, March 1987: VIII, 88, IX-XVI PP, plus 1 large folded map (in colour). No. 2, September 1987: XII, 89-164, XIII-XX PP, plus 1 large folded tactual map (b/w). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 24.8 x 17.5.
53558 AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF CARTOGRAPHERS [THE] CARTOGRAPHY - Volume 15, No. 2
$10.00 AUD
The Australian Institute of Cartographers. Perth. 1986 . Volume 15, No. 2, September 1986: Edited by Colin FULLER, Barry ALLAN, Terry BIRTLES, et al...VIII, 81-152, IX-XVI PP. Pictorial soft cover. Issue lacking the large folded map in colour Albany magnetic domains in pocket at rear, o/wise fine. 24.8 x 17.5.
Pages 107-109: Photogrammetric check survey of R. A. N. ships' propellers.
U.S. Naval Oceanographic Office. Washington. 1966. 2nd Ed. in the Special Publication series, SP-35. VI, 204 PP with tables and 44 figures in text. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Very good. 26.8 x 20.8.
From abioseston and ablation to zoogene and zooplankton.
50410 BAKER, Captain T. Y. / CHEETHAM, Major G. THE 45° PRISMATIC ASTROLABE/THE TAVISTOCK THEODOLITE
$25.00 AUD
London. 1931. The Geographical Journal. Reprinted from Geographical Journal, Volume LXXVI, No. 5, May 1931. Pages 429 to 455 with 15 figures, plus 4 plates with 1 graph and 4 b/w photos. Soft cover with previous owner's stamp. Ink stain on lower corner of front cover and 2 first leaves, o/wise very good. 25 x 16.
51719 BALAY, Marciano A. EL RIO DE LA PLATA ENTRE LA ATMOSFERA Y EL MAR
$20.00 AUD
Secretaria de Marina/Servicio de Hidrografia Naval. Buenos Aires. 1961. 1st Ed., with a preface by Rodolfo H. R. Bagnati. Publication H. 621 limited to 1200 copies. (2), VIII, 154, ( 12 Tablas) PP with tables and 62 figures, plus 1 folded chart (in colour) Rio de la Plata de Buenos Aires a Montevideo in pocket pasted down the inside of the rear cover. Soft cover. Spanish text. Very good. 25.6 x 17.7.
13884 BARRACLOUGH, E. M. C. & CRAMPTON, W. G. (editors) FLAGS OF THE WORLD
$20.00 AUD
Frederick Warne. London. 1978. 1st edition (3rd revision from original). 250 PP with b/w & colour illustrations. Cloth cover, dj. Faint foxing, o/wise fine. 23.5 x 16.5. 0723220158
48805 BARRACLOUGH, E.M.C. (editor) FLAGS OF THE WORLD
$25.00 AUD
Frederick Warne. London. 1965. Revised edition of the 1953 original. X, 325 PP with over 400 text drawings, plus 36 plates and protective tissue guard with 340 flags in full colour. Fp: 5 Personal flags of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth. Cloth cover, gilt device on front cover and gilt title on spine. Annotation on plate I. Faint foxing, o/wise near fine. 23.4 x 16.5.
A very comprehensive work.
22154 BARRACLOUGH, E.M.C. (Editor) FLAGS OF THE WORLD
$25.00 AUD
Frederick Warne. London. 1969. Revised edition. IX, 284 PP with over 375 text drawings, plus 40 plates with 370 flags in full colour. Fp: 6 Flags of the United States of America. Hard cover, vellum, gilt device on front cover and gilt title on spine. Top edge tinted. Occasional foxing, o/wise near fine. 23.4 x 16.5. 723211019
A very comprehensive work.
68568 BARRACLOUGH, E.M.C. (editor) FLAGS OF THE WORLD
$15.00 AUD
Frederick Warne. London. 1971. Revised edition. IX, 284 PP with over 375 text drawings, plus 40 plates with over 370 flags in full colour and tissue guard paper with captions. Fp (in colour): Flags of the United States of America. Hard cover, gilt device on front board and gilt title on spine, dj. Head of spine with short tears at hinges. Dust jacket rubbed. Library stamps and markings on endpapers and title page. Internally very good. 23.4 x 16.5. 0723213380
A very comprehensive work.
65672 BARTLETT, Ralph FLAGS OF THE NATIONS
$15.00 AUD
Flag Society of Australia / National Australia Bank. Melbourne. 1991. March 1991 edition. Folded poster. Outside: "Australia" with colour illustrations (drawing, Australian Coat of Arms, 6 Friendship badges and over 40 flags in colour. Inside: 180 "Flags of the World" (Nations and Territories) in colour, and Flag of the "Flag Society of Australia". Fine. Format - Poster: 44 x 57. Folded: 22 x 9.5. 0909873569
74912 BARTON, Robert ATLAS OF THE SEA
$15.00 AUD
Heinemann. London. 1974. 1st Ed. 128 PP with full-colour artworks by David Nockels and maps by Geographical Projects. Title spread: Tunas. Hard cover. Front endpaper with bookplate and stamp / with chop of previous owner. Very good. Image shows title-page. 30.7 x 21.6. 0434048003
62465 BATHURST, Bella THE LIGHTHOUSE STEVENSONS - The extraordinary story of the building of the Scottish lighthouses by the ancestors of Robert Louis Stevenson
$15.00 AUD
London. 1999. HarperCollins. 1st soft cover edition. XX, 284 PP with 1 map, plus 16 pages with 23 b/w illustrations. Fp: Map of Scotland waters with positions of lighthouses. Pictorial soft cover. Dedicatory note on half-title page, o/wise near fine. 21.5 x 13.5. 0002571129
51535 BEAUTEMPS-BEAUPRE, C. F. CARTE DES ARCHIPELS DES ILES SALOMON, DE LA LOUISIADE ET DE LA NOUVELLE BRETAGNE, situés à l'Est de la Nouvelle Guinée
$500.00 AUD
Dépôt Général de la Marine. Paris. 1806. Original copper-engraved chart (Hyd. Fr. No. 608 - No. 21) showing the tracks of Bruny d'Entrecasteaux' s Frigates in 1792 and in 1793. Size of chart inside graduated border (Latitude and Longitude Méridien de l'Observatoire Impérial de Paris): 465 x 730 mm. Chart mounted on canvas buckram, laid paper with watermark Crown & Shield (AM on Shield) and name ARCHETTE. Coloured in outline with a very fine appearance. Very good condition. Size: 565 x 840 mm.
Chart of the Solomon Islands, the Louisiade and New Britain Archipelagoes, by C. F. Beautemps Beaupré, hydrographer with the Expedition led by Bruny d'Entrecasteaux in search for Lapérouse.
75125 BEAVIS, Bill BOWS AMIDSHIPS
$10.00 AUD
Granada Publishing / Adlard Coles. 1984. 1st Ed. (4), 108 PP with over 70 cartoons. Fp: Bowser!/Midships! Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 19.4 x 12.7. 0229117171
53665 BERNLEITHNER, E. AUSTRIA'S SHARE IN WORLD CARTOGRAPHY (In Imago Mundi, a review of Early Cartography)
$10.00 AUD
Nico Israel. Amsterdam. 1971. Article removed from issue 25. Pages 65 to 73 with 1 figure (The Klosterneuburg--Friedericus-Map of c. 1421) . Soft cover, plastic cover, clear plastic front, spiral bound. Fine. 28.7 x 20.6.
17090 BIRCH, T.W. MAPS, Topographical and Statistical
$20.00 AUD
Clarendon Press. Oxford. 1966. Reprint of the 1964 second edition (original of 1949). XIV, 240 PP with 99 figures in text and on 7 plates plus 8 plates with photos and maps. Cloth cover, dj (price clipped). Name of previous owner on front endpaper. Foxing spots on outside edges. Very good. 23.8 x 17.5.
31697 BLACK, Jeremy MAPS AND HISTORY - Constructing Images of the Past
$20.00 AUD
Yale University Press. New Haven, USA. 1997. 1st Ed. IX, 267 PP with 51 b/w and colour illust. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 25.3 x 17.7. 0300069766
Role, development, and nature of historical atlases. Their impact on the presentation of the past...
74649 BLAKE, John SEA CHARTS OF THE BRITISH ISLES - A Voyage of Discovery Around Britain & Ireland's Coastline
$35.00 AUD
Adlard Coles Nautical . Bloomsbury. London. 2016. Paperback edition of the 2005 original. Foreword by Admiral of The Fleet The Lord Boyce. 128 PP with b/w and colour illustrations throughout. Illlustrated card covers. Fine. 28 x 24. 9781472944900
75656 BLAKE, John THE SEA CHART - The illustrated History of Nautical Maps and Navigational Charts
$40.00 AUD
Conway/Anova Books Ltd. London. 20O9. Paperback edition of the 2004 original. Foreword by HRH The Duke of York. 164 PP with b/w and colour illustrations throughout. Illlustrated stiff covers with flaps. Fine. 30 x 28. 9781844860630
59872 BOHE, P. L'ANGLAIS MARITIME COMMERCIAL - Traduction partielle de "Chartering and Shipping Terms" de J. Bles
$10.00 AUD
Editions Maritimes et Coloniales. Paris. 1953. 1st Ed. 241, (7 index) PP. Soft cover. Covers fragile. Paper with signs of ageing & foxing. Pencil notes on many pages. Text in English (even number) and French (uneven number). Good working copy. 21.5 x 13.5.
Partial translation of "Chartering and Shipping Terms", by J. Bles.
60510 BONIN, M. P. MISSION HYDROGRAPHIQUE DU CAMEROUN, Juillet-Septembre 1938 (In Annales Hydrographiques)
$15.00 AUD
Service Hydrographique de la Marine. Paris. 1946. Extract from "Annales Hydrographiques 1938-1939". 8 PP (185 to 192), plus 2 folded plates. Soft cover. French text. Very good. 26 x 17.
43265 BOVE, Margrethe JENS SORENSEN - Spion og sokorttegner for Christian V / Spy and hydrographer to the Royal Danish Navy
$45.00 AUD
Eget Forlag. Copenhagen. 1998. 1st bilingual edition (English text translated by Tonnes Bekker-Nielsen). 80 PP with 1 b/w and 48 colour illustrations (35 charts and plans). Laminated pictorial boards. Fine. Danish and English text. 8798695908
Hydrography of the Baltic, and the North Sea, in the 1690s and the early 1700s.
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
71499 BRADFORD, Gershom THE MARINER'S DICTIONARY
$25.00 AUD
Weathervane Books. New York. No date 1972?. Reprint of the 1952 updated edition of the 1927 original "The Glossary of Sea Terms". XIX, 307 PP with 9 illust. of ships and 55 figures. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 21 x 14.5. 0517183633
The distinctive language of the sea, compiled from the point of view of the Seaman, and not covering the Engineer's important part in seafaring.
73502 BRIGHAM, William T. An INDEX to the ISLANDS OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN
$250.00 AUD
Martinus Nijhoff / Bishop Museum. 'S-Gravenhage / Honolulu, H.I. 1900. 1st Ed. Memoirs B.P. Bishop Museum, Vol 1, No. 2. Over 170, (2) PP with tables (some with list of smaller islands) and 12 figures, plus 24 plates with sketch maps of archipelagoes. Soft covers with chips around the edges and fragile at spine, title and illustration on front cover. Title page with short repaired tear. Contents are near fine. Scarce. 31 x 24.5.
A handbook to the Chart on the walls of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History.
69552 BRINKER, Russell C. ELEMENTARY SURVEYING (Fifth edition)
$25.00 AUD
International Textbook Company. New York. 1969. 11th printing. XVIII, (2), 620 PP with tables and b/w illustrations (drawings, sketches, graphs, ... & photos). Hard cover, illustrated front and back. Spine sunned, o/wise fine. 23 x 15.2. 70022243X
44044 BROUARD, Jean-Yves LES CANOTS DE SAUVETAGE DE CHEZ NOUS
$40.00 AUD
Editions MDM. Boulogne. 1999. 1st Ed. 144 PP with 2 plans, 2 maps, and 130 b/w photos. Laminated pictorial boards. French text. Faint foxing. Fine. Oblong: 21.8 x 24.5. 2909313611
Lifeboats and Lifeboat institutions in France.
57787 BRUNEL, M. A. LEVE DES BANCS DES ESQUERQUIS - Mission Hydrographique de Tunisie - 1937 (In Annales Hydrographiques)
$20.00 AUD
Service Hydrographique de la Marine. Paris. 1946. Extract from "Annales Hydrographiques 1938-1939". 61-77 PP with 8 figures, plus 3 folded plates. Soft cover. Very good. French text. 25.4 x 17.
Survey of the Skerki Banks between the coasts of Tunisia and Sicily.
68398 BRYAN, Marilyn (compiler) THE HISTORY OF IRON POT LIGHTHOUSE
$20.00 AUD
Author. Hobart. 1990. 1st Ed. 24 PP with 1 b/w photo. Soft cover, illustrated front, staples. Fine. 21.2 x 14.6.
70534 BUCHANAN, Gordon SHETLAND ISLANDS PILOT
$30.00 AUD
A yachtsman's guide from the most northerly of the British Isles.
53991 BUCHANAN, Stuart LIGHTHOUSE OF TRAGEDY: the Story of Bustard Head Lighthouse Queensland 's First Coast Light
$40.00 AUD
Coral Coast Publications. Brisbane. 2004. Reprint of the 1999 original. VIII, 243 PP profusely illustrated with b/w & colour plates, maps and diagrams. Illustrated card covers with a small light stain on bottom edge of inside front cover, otherwise a fine copy. 24.8 x 17.5. 095864330X
Built 1867/1868. Started 29th June 1868.
53992 BUCHANAN, Stuart THE LIGHTHOUSE KEEPERS
$45.00 AUD
Coral Coast Publications. Brisbane. 2005. 3rd paperback reprint of the 1994 original. VI, 268 PP with 1 map, plus 40 pages with 141 colour photos & 14 pages with facsimile copy of the first issue of "Instructions to Lightkeepers, 18/01/1917". Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 24.8 x 17.5. 9780646184586
Souvenirs of life on some light stations of the Queensland coast in the 1970's & 1980's.
74325 BURGESS, Francis H. A DICTIONARY FOR YACHTSMEN
$10.00 AUD
David & Charles. Newton Abbot. 1981. 2nd impression of the 1974 original. 176 PP with figures. Hard cover, dj. Identyfing stamp of a yacht on front endpaper. Near fine. 21.6 x 15.5. 0715363441
74957 BURN, Gavan & PIELOW, Colin (editors) THE SHIPS ATLAS
$15.00 AUD
Shipping Guides Ltd. Reigate, UK. 1986. 2nd edition of the 1984 original. Preface of February 1994 by Robert Pedlow. No pagination, 204 PP with 108 pages for 3 world maps and 51 regional maps (in colour) some with distance tables and 96 pages for "Index - Alphabetical by Port Name, etc. and including Islands, Seas, Rivers, Canals ... Stiff covers, gilt title on front cover and spine. Covers laminated. Stamps of "Research Library, Ministry of Transport, Tasmania" at top of title page. Very good. 30.5 x 23.
54931 BÖHNECKE, Dr. G. (editor) DEUTSCHES HYDROGRAPHISCHES INSTITUT JAHRESBERICHT No. 9, für das jahr 1954
$5.00 AUD
Deutsches Hydrographisches Institut. Hamburg. 1955. Annual Report for 1954. 75 PP with tables, plus 1 b/w plate. Soft cover. Ageing of paper. German text (English summary pages 70 to 75). Very good. 24.8 x 17.8.
Development of the German Hydrographic Institute during the year 1954.
60625 CALLAGHAN, Greg UP FOR GRABS: amazing Australian related books and maps coming for auction (in The Weekend Australian Magazine)
$5.00 AUD
The Australian. Sydney. 2011. Issue July 16-17, 2011. Pages 22 to 24 with 7 illustrations (maps, title page or page of books). Pictorial soft cover. New. 27.3 x 23.
Hordern House auction sale of August 2011
42920 CAMPBELL, Tony EARLY MAPS
$40.00 AUD
Abbeville Press. New York. 1981. 1st Ed. 148 PP with 68 colour plates (4 double-page). Fp: Early plan of New York (New Amsterdam). Cloth cover, title in blind on front cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Faint foxing. Near fine. Large format: 38.8 x 30.8. 0195543513
Earliest maps: Psalter world map with Jerusalem as centre of the world, to charts of the explorers.
31969 CARAVAN, Jill AMERICAN LIGHTHOUSES - A Pictorial History
$15.00 AUD
Courage Books. Philadelphia. 1996. 2nd printing of the 1996 original. 80 PP with 1 b/w illust. and 91 colour photos. Pictorial laminated boards, dj. Occasional foxing. Fine. 31.7 x 22.7. 1561387886
65311 CHALIAND, Gérard & RAGEAU, Jean-Pierre ATLAS STRATEGIQUE - Géopolitique des rapports de forces dans le monde
$10.00 AUD
France Loisirs. Paris. 1984. 2nd edition. 224 PP with graphs, tables, maps and plans in colour by Catherine Petit. Laminated boards, illustrated front. French text. Near fine. Oblong: 18.5 x 25.5. 2724220080
43612 CHAPUIS, Olivier A LA MER COMME AU CIEL - Beautemps-Beaupré & la naissance de l'hydrographie moderne (1700-1850)
$125.00 AUD
Presses de l'Université de Paris-Sorbonne. Paris. 1999. 1st Ed., in Histoire Maritime series. 1062 PP with 31 colour and 111 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft covers with light wear and 2 creases on the spine. Outside edges a little soiled. Contents near fine. French text. Scarce. 24 x 16. 9782840501572
Beautemps-Beaupré, French hydrographer and the coming of modern hydrography. Chapter 1 of Part 2 (pages 323 to 388): the laboratory of the South Seas (Voyage with d'Entrecasteaux, to Tasmania, then to New Caledonia in search of La Pérouse).
68860 CHARLES, Daniel LIGHTHOUSES OF THE ATLANTIC
$50.00 AUD
Cassell. London. 2001. 1st English edition of the 1999 French original, translated by Lisa Davidson. 240 PP with hundreds of colour photographs by Guillaume and Philip Plisson. Fp: Carbide lamp at the Ar-men lightouse. Eps: Créac'h lighthouse, Ouessant island. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 34.5 x 24 0304356530
72898 Chef der Hydrografie HYDROGRAFISCHE KAART, voor Kust-en Binnenwateren, voor Beroeps-en Pleziervaart - 1807: Grevelingenmeer / Krammer / Volkerak en Harinngvliet / Hollandsch Diep
$15.00 AUD
Dienst der Hydrografie van de Koninklijke Marine. 's-Gravenhage. 1986. 1986 edition. 8 PP with front cover with flap and 6 charts for small crafts in colour. Inside front cover: index of small craft charts, details (Habour facilities, traffic signs...) with text in Dutch and English. Very good. Oblong: 37.5 x 62.
Charts for coast and inland waterways.
72899 Chef der Hydrografie HYDROGRAFISCHE KAART, voor Kust-en Binnenwateren, voor Beroeps-en Pleziervaart - 1811: Waddenzee (westblad) en Aangrenzende Noordzeekust
$15.00 AUD
Dienst der Hydrografie van de Koninklijke Marine. s-Gravenhage. 1986. 1986 edition. 12 PP with front cover with flap and 9 charts in colour. Inside front cover: index of small craft charts, details (Habour facilities, traffic signs...) with text in Dutch and English. Very good. Oblong: 37.5 x 62.
Charts for coast and inland waterways.
72900 Chef der Hydrografie HYDROGRAFISCHE KAART, voor Kust-en Binnenwateren, voor Beroeps-en Pleziervaart - 1805: Oosdterschelde, Veerse Meer en Grevelingenmeer
$15.00 AUD
Dienst der Hydrografie van de Koninklijke Marine. s-Gravenhage. 1987. 1987 edition. 12 PP with front cover with flap and 9 charts in colour. Inside front cover: index of small craft charts, details (Habour facilities, traffic signs...) with text in Dutch and English. Very good. Oblong: 37.5 x 62.
Charts for coast and inland waterways.
72901 Chef der Hydrografie HYDROGRAFISCHE KAART, voor Kust-en Binnenwateren, voor Beroeps-en Pleziervaart - 1801: Noordzeekust oostende tot Den HelderOosdterschelde, Veerse Meer en Grevelingenmeer
$15.00 AUD
Dienst der Hydrografie van de Koninklijke Marine. s-Gravenhage. 1987. 1987 edition. 12 PP with front cover with flap and 8 charts in colour. Inside front cover: index of small craft charts, details (Habour facilities, traffic signs...) with text in Dutch and English. Very good. Oblong: 37.5 x 62.
Charts for coast and inland waterways.
72902 Chef der Hydrografie HYDROGRAFISCHE KAART, voor Kust-en Binnenwateren, voor Beroeps-en Pleziervaart - 1801: Noordzeekust oostende tot Den HelderOosdterschelde, Veerse Meer en Grevelingenmeer
$15.00 AUD
Dienst der Hydrografie van de Koninklijke Marine. 's-Gravenhage. 1992. 1992 edition. 12 PP with front cover with flap and 8 charts in colour. Inside front cover: index of small craft charts, details (Habour facilities, traffic signs...) with text in Dutch and English. Very good. Oblong: 37.5 x 62.
Charts for coast and inland waterways.
72903 Chef der Hydrografie HYDROGRAFISCHE KAART, voor Kust-en Binnenwateren, voor Beroeps-en Pleziervaart - 1803: Westerschelde Vlissingen to Antwerpen en Kanaal van Terneuzen naar Gent
$15.00 AUD
Dienst der Hydrografie van de Koninklijke Marine. 's-Gravenhage. 1992. 1992 edition. 12 PP with front cover with flap and 8 charts in colour. Inside front cover: index of small craft charts, details (Habour facilities, traffic signs...) with text in Dutch and English. Very good. Oblong: 37.5 x 62.
Charts for coast and inland waterways.
73664 CHERPILLOD, André DICTIONNAIRE ETYMOLOGIQUE DES NOMS GEOGRAPHIQUES
$70.00 AUD
Masson. Paris. 1991. 2nd edition of the 1986 original. Foreword by Gérard Dacier. XVI, 528 PP. Laminated illustrated boards. Light foxing. Near fine. French text. 24.7 x 16.2. 9782225822773
31461 CHRISS, M., & HAYES, G. R. AN INTRODUCTION TO CHARTS AND THEIR USE
$15.00 AUD
Brown, Son & Ferguson. Glasgow. 1972. Reprint of the 3rd edition of 1964 (original of 1944). VII, 95 PP with 75 figures, plus 1 large folded chart in rear pocket. Pictorial soft cover with number on top corner. Stamp of previous owner on front endpaper, 7 words highlighted in foreword, o/wise contents clean and a very good copy. 21.5 x 14.
64317 CLANCY, Robert & RICHARDSON, Alan SO CAME THEY SOUTH
$25.00 AUD
Shakespeare Head Press. Sydney. 1988. 1st edition, in Library Reference series. 176 PP with b/w & colour illust. (charts & paintings). Fp: 1540 map by Sebastian Munster. FEP: Mare del Sud / Mare Pacifico. REP: India Orientalis. Pictorial laminated boards, dj. Near fine. 32 x 23. 0730208648
Discovery and mapping by Europeans of the Australian continent and of New Zealand.
74394 CLARK RUSSELL, W. SAILORS' LANGUAGE - A Collection of Sea-terms and their Definitions
$200.00 AUD
Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington. London. 1883. 1st Ed. XVI, 165, 31 (Select List of Books) PP with b/w illustrations (frontispiece and 13 tailpieces), plus 20 pages with 20 illustrations. Fp (with tissue guard): Captain Cook's Ship. Cloth covers, title on front board and spine. Name stamp of previous owner on verso of frontispiece and name crossed out below it. Neat name stamp of previous owner at top of title-page and on the rear endpaper along with the name and address stamp. Covers have light wear (rubbed around edges and a little soiled). Otherwise contents are fine. A scarce item. 18.8 x 13.
40620 CLARKSON, H. (editor) THE BULK CARRIER REGISTER 1977
$30.00 AUD
H. Clarkson & Company Limited. London. 1977. 1st Ed. XXX, 475 PP with 13 tables, plus 8 pages of advertisements (in b/w or colour). Hard cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Ex library copy with stamps on front endpaper and title page, and pocket on rear endpaper, o/wise very good. Oblong: 21.5 x 32.
33793 CLUTTERBUCK, R. J. ONE MAN'S LIST OF NAUTICAL WORDS, with a few notes on seamanship and some reminiscences of the Royal Navy
$30.00 AUD
Author. Sydney. 1999. 1st Ed. 108 PP with sketches by the author and 5 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Signed by the author on title page. Fine. 29.8 x 21.
From "Afterguard" a word helping to differentiate between yacht owner and the paid skipper and crew living forward, to "Yarn" and "Yawl".
75487 COLLS, Keith & WHITAKER, Richard THE AUSTRALIAN WEATHER BOOK
$20.00 AUD
Child & Associates Publishing. French Forest, NSW. 1990. 1st Ed. Foreword by Professor Ann Henderson-Sellers. 175, (1) PP with b/w illustrations (over 95 figures and 16 photos) and 38 colour photos. Laminated pictorial boards, dj. Ex Library copy with renewed endpapers and stamps on half title page, title page (recto & verso). Good reading copy. 23.5 x 17.5. 9780867773033
Understanding our climate and how it affects us, includes the Greenhouse Effect and Ozone Layer Depletion.
17039 COLTHEART, Lenore & FRASER, Don LANDMARKS IN PUBLIC WORKS - Engineers and their Works in New South Wales 1884-1914
$25.00 AUD
Public Works Dept. / Hale & Iremonger. Sydney. 1987. 1st Ed. Foreword by L. J. Brereton. 144 PP with b/w illust. (plans, maps & charts, photos). Fp: Macquarie Lighthouse, 1883. FEP: Span for Pyrmont Bridge, Sydney. REP: Bird's-eye view of a cantilever design for a bridge across Sydney Harbour. Hard cover, dj. Few foxing spots inside dust jacket, o/wise near fine. 27.2 x 22. 0868062960
The modern monuments of two hundred years of European occupation in NSW. One chapter on Harbours and Rivers (removal of bars, dredging, lighthouses ...).
74928 CONY, Paul J. & CONDRON, ALAN (editors) LLOYD'S NAUTICAL YEAR BOOK 1993
$20.00 AUD
Lloyd's of London Press. London. 1992. Yearly edition. 416 PP with figures (plans, sketch maps and photos), graphs, tables and illustrated advertising material. Hard cover, gilt crest and title on front cover and gilt title on spine. Stamp of previous owner (with number) on front endpaper and title page. Contents fine. 24 x 15.7. 1850444196
The year in Shipping, by David Burrell. Ship management, by G. Paul Gunton. ... Ports - expansion and privatisation, by Mike Mundy. Marine casualties.
71360 COOK, John, BAUER, Jon THE LAST LIGHTHOUSE KEEPER, a memoir
$35.00 AUD
Allen & Unwin. Sydney. 2020. 1st Ed. X, 339, (3) PP, plus 16 pages with 28 b/w and colour photos. Pictorial soft covers. As new. 25 x15. 9781760875381
John Cook is known in Tasmania as "The Keeper of the Flame" and is one of Australia's longest-serving lighthouse keepers. Tales of his 26 years tending Tasmania's well-known kerosene 'lights' at Tasman Island, Maatsuyker Island and Bruny Island.
75977 COOTE, Captain J. O., Royal Navy THE SHELL PILOT TO THE ENGLISH CHANNEL - 1. Harbours on the South Coast of England: Ramsgate to the Scillies
$15.00 AUD
Faber & Faber. London. 1989. Reprint with list of errata. 270 PP with 2 tables (tide and distance), 24 colour charts with tidal streams, over 58 charts / port plans in colour by James Petter, and over 200 b/w photos. FEP: 12 charts with tidal streams on South Coast. REP: IALA Buopyage and International Unification of Port Movement Signals (1982). Pictorial laminated boards. Fine. Oblong: 15.8 x 21.5.. 0571149871
75978 COOTE, Captain J. O., Royal Navy THE SHELL PILOT TO THE ENGLISH CHANNEL - 2. Harbours in Northern France and the Channel Islands: Dunkerque to Brest
$15.00 AUD
Faber & Faber. London. 1991. Revised edition. 311, (9 blank) PP with tables (tide and distance), over 55 charts / port plans in colour by James Petter, and over 200 b/w photos. FEP: 6 charts with tidal streams up to 6 hours leading to High Water at Dover. REP: 6 charts with tidal charts up to 6 hours after High Water at Dover. Pictorial laminated boards and a ribbon page-marker. Fine. Oblong: 15.8 x 21.5.. 0571144845
55606 CRAIG, Hardin Jr. A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ENCYCLOPEDIAS AND DICTIONARIES DEALING WITH MILITARY, NAVAL AND MARITIME AFFAIRS 1577-1971
$30.00 AUD
Department of History, Rice University. Houston, Texas. 1972 (1971). 4th edition, revised and corrected. Foreword (May 1972) by Raemond Wilson Craig. (6), 134 PP (typescript), (XIII index). Stapled card covers, cloth spine. Ageing around edges, label of previous owner on inside front cover, o/wise near fine. 27.6 x 21.4.
12389 CRAMPTON, William THE WORLD OF FLAGS: A Pictorial History
$15.00 AUD
Studio Editions. London. 1990. 1st Ed. 160 PP with over 800 colour illust. Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing. Very good. Large format : 33.5 x 23.5. 1851704264
Early origins of flags, flags at sea, flags as early political symbols, flag genealogy, modern political symbols, flags for special purposes, flags without end,..
22099 CRAMPTON, William G. FLAGS, The Observer's Book of
$10.00 AUD
Frederick Warne. London. 1979. New edition of the 1959 original. 190 PP with 44 line drawings and 345 colour illust. Hard cover, dj. (price clipped). Fine. Small format:14.5 x 9.4. 0723215987
18339 LE CUNFF, Louis FEUX DE MER
$10.00 AUD
Ancre de Marine. St. Malo. 1992. 1st Ed. 248 PP with 12 figures, plus 16 PP with 25 b/w photos. Pictorial card cover. Near fine. French text. 22 x 15.5. 2905970448
Story of some lighthouses, including some of the British coasts of Trinity House. Drama inside them (isolation) and outside (shipwrecks & founderings).
60514 D'ERCEVILLE, M. L. MISSION HYDROGRAPHIQUE DE L'INDOCHINE, Aout 1936 - Octobre 1937 (In Annales Hydrographiques)
$10.00 AUD
Service Hydrographique de la Marine. Paris. 1946. Extract from "Annales Hydrographiques 1938-1939". 39 PP (79 to 118) with tables and 20 figures. Soft cover. French text. Very good. 26 x 17.
67858 D. LE BAIL & F. WEISSERT LIVRES DE VOYAGES, Atlas, Estampes - Printemps 2006
$25.00 AUD
Librairie Le Bail - Weissert. Paris. 2006. Spring 2006 edition. 158 PP for 327 items with b/w and colour illustrations, plus a 4 folds flyer with 15 b/w illustrations. Pictorial stiff cover. French text. Fine. 29.7 x 21.
Sale catalogue with prices. Items: Voyages: 1 - 271. Marine: 272 - 291. Natural History: 292 - 307. Atlas: 308 - 327. Flyer: 2 items: 5 charts by Jean-Baptiste Louis Clouet, and 10 panoramic views, by Jean Boisseau.
67859 D. LE BAIL & F. WEISSERT LIVRES DE VOYAGES, Atlas, Estampes - Printemps 2007
$25.00 AUD
Librairie Le Bail - Weissert Paris. 2007. Spring 2007 edition. 186 PP for 362 items with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial stiff cover. French text. Fine. 29.7 x 21.
73712 DANIELS, Jane THE ILLUSTRATED DICTIONARY OF SAILING
$10.00 AUD
Gallery Books. New York. 1989. 1st Ed. Introduction by Lou Carretero. 142 PP with b/w and colour photos. Hard cover, dj. Ex Library copy with stamps on endpapers, outside edges and title page, o/wise a near fine copy. 30.2 x 22.8. 0831748656
From Abaft and Abeam to Zephyr and Zigzagging.
58671 DARIAN-SMITH, Kate AUSTRALIA AND OCEANIA - (Continents)
$10.00 AUD
Wayland. London. 1996. 1st Ed. 48 PP with colour illustrations (25 National Flags, 5 graphs, maps, and 38 photos). Laminated pictorial boards. Fine. 27.6 x 22.3. 0750215003
61320 DAWSON, Major A. J. BRITAIN'S LIFE-BOATS - The Story of a Century of Heroic Service
$25.00 AUD
Hodder and Stoughton. London. 1923. 1st Ed., with an Introduction by H.R.H. The Prince of Wales, and a Foreword by Joseph Conrad. XIII, 279 PP with 1 plan, plus the Introduction, 1 large folded chart and 32 pages with 82 b/w photos. Hard cover with wear around edges and light soiling, device on front cover (RNLI Flag). Occasional foxing. Very good. 22.6 x 14.2.
32961 de BONNEFOUX, Pierre-Marie-Joseph & PARIS, E. LE DICTIONNAIRE DE LA MARINE A VOILE
$50.00 AUD
René Baudouin. Paris. 1980. Reprint of the 2nd edition of 1856. (2), XVI, 776 PP, plus 30 pages for 7 plates with 180 figures (originally folding plates). Hard cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Light foxing on prelims and on outside edges. Near fine. French text. 31.8 x 21.2.
French Maritime Dictionary with English equivalent between brackets. From Arab (Turkish sailor) to Zugyte. Pages 748 to 774: English / French vocabulary, from Aback to Youngster.
38446 de BONNEFOUX, Pierre-Marie-Joseph & PARIS, E. LE DICTIONNAIRE DE LA MARINE A VOILE
$30.00 AUD
René Baudouin. Paris. 1980. Reprint of the 2nd edition of 1856. (2), XVI, 776 PP, plus 30 pages for 7 plates with 180 figures (originally folding plates). Hard cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Watermarks on outside edges (lower and lower part of front one), obvious on the lower corner of the first and last leaves. Renewed endpapers. Very good. French text. 31.8 x 21.2.
French Maritime Dictionary with English equivalent between brackets. From Arab (Turkish sailor) to Zugyte. Pages 748 to 774: English / French vocabulary, from Aback to Youngster.
60512 DE GEFFRIER, M.G. & MILLIAU, M.J. MISSION HYDROGRAPHIQUE DE LA GUINEE FRANCAISE, DE LA MAURITANIE ET DU SENEGAL (In Annales Hydrographiques)
$15.00 AUD
Service Hydrographique de la Marine. Paris. 1946. Extract from "Annales Hydrographiques 1938-1939". 64 PP (119 to 183) with figures, plus 3 folded plates. Soft cover. French text. Very good. 25.5 x 17.
18296 de MARE, Eric THE NAUTICAL STYLE - An Aspect of the Functional Tradition
$15.00 AUD
Architectural Press. Londoin. 1973. 1st Ed. 88 PP with b/w illust. (drawings, photos ...). Fp: Aquatint of Whitehaven. Eps: Breakers. Hard cover, dj. Very good. Oblong: 21 x 26. 0851394477
Franklin Watts / RNLI. London. 1986. 1st Ed. 48 PP with 1 map, 8 b/w illust., 15 drawings and 50 colour illust. (2 cutaways and 48 photos). Pictorial laminated boards. Fine. 25.3 x 19.5. 0863133185
50302 DESOUTTER, Denny THE SMALL-BOAT SKIPPER'S SAFETY BOOK
$5.00 AUD
Hollis & Carter. London. 1972. 1st Ed. 222 PP with over 15 drawings by David Jenkins. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 18.2 x 12. 0370013980
39686 DEWEZ, Simon EAST MEETS WEST, In the World of Cartography (in The Australian Antique Collector No. 53 - Issue No. 53, June-November 1997)
$5.00 AUD
Antiques and Art in Australia. Sydney. 1997. Contains article P. 172 to 174 with 4 colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Crease on lower corner of front cover, o/wise near fine. 29.6 x 21.
68367 DUYKER, Edward A DICTIONARY OF SEA QUOTATIONS: From Ancient Egypt to the Present
$40.00 AUD
The Miegunyah Press. Melbourne. 2007. 1st Ed. XXIV, 440 PP with 87 b/w illustrations including frontispiece and 27 headpieces. Hard covers with a small bump at top and bottom of spine, near fine dust jacket. Note to previous owner on front endpaper. A near fine copy. 24.8 x 18. 9780522857311
64612 EAGLE STEAMERS WHAT'S WHAT IN SHIPPING / "ON EITHER BANK" - A Souvenir Guide to the River Thames and to places served by Eagle Steamers
$25.00 AUD
The General Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. (Eagle Steamers). London. c. 1960. 1st Ed. 28 PP with 13 pages of period advertisements and b/w illustrations (1 map, 4 figures and 4 photos), plus 8 plates with flags (104 House Flags), buoyage and navigation lights and a map of the River Thames on folded plate at centrefold. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21.7 x 14.
74939 EDWARDS, Herbert W. UNDER FOUR FLAGS
$35.00 AUD
Percival Marshall. London. 1954. 1st Ed. 223 PP plus 8 pages with 14 b/w photos. Fp: Steel-built three-masted barque at the end of the nineteenth century. Hard cover, chipped dust jacket is in a protective sleeve, o/wise contents are fine. 22.2 x 15.
Apprentice on the Norwegian square-rigger Solheim. Under the Red Ensign of the British Merchant Service, the Blue Ensign of the RNR and the White Ensign of the RN.
73427 ELBOROUGH, Travis ATLAS OF FORGOTTEN PLACES - Journey to Abandoned Destinations from around the World
$50.00 AUD
White Lion Publishing. London. 2021. 1st Ed. 208 PP with 4 b/w illustrations (1 engraving, 3 photos) and colour illustrations: maps, sketch maps and plans, by Martin Brown and photos. Decorative hard covers. Fine. 26.5 x 19. 9780711263307
73654 ERICKSON, Rica (compiler) DICTIONARY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIANS 1829-1914 - Volume 2: Bond 1850-1868
$120.00 AUD
University of Western Australia Press. Nedlands, W.A. 1979. August 1979 reprint of the 1979 original. XII, 607 PP with 1 table on 2 pages "Convict Ships". Eps: Map of the "Swan River Colony 1850-1868" with location map. Cloth cover, gilt title on front board and spine. Foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise fine. 22.2 x 15.7. 0855641622
Volume 2: from Thomas AARON to William YULE.
73655 ERICKSON, Rica (compiler) DICTIONARY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIANS 1829-1914 - Volume 3: Free 1850-1868
$70.00 AUD
University of Western Australia Press. Nedlands, W.A. 1979. October 1979 reprint of the 1979 original. X, 933 PP with 2 tables on 4 pages for list of "Immigrant Ships" and "Convict Ships". Eps: Map of the "Swan River Colony 1850-1868" with location map. Cloth cover, gilt title on front board and spine. Foxing spots on outside edges. Fine. 22.2 x 15.7. 0855641630
Volume 3: from David ABBEY to Charles ZEDDI.
73449 ESTIVAL, Dominique, FARRIS, Candace & MOLESWORTH, Brett AVIATION ENGLISH - A Lingua Franca for Pilots and Air Traffic Controllers
$125.00 AUD
Routledge / Taylor & Francis. Abingdon, Oxon. 2016. 1st Ed. XVIII, 197, (9) PP with 5 tables, 9 figures, and 12 tables. Laminated boards, illustrated front. Fine. 24 x 16.5.. 9781138022386
65085 EVANS, I.O. FLAGS
$10.00 AUD
Hamlyn Publishing Group / Sun Books. London / Melbourne. 1970. 1st edition in the "Hamlyn all-colour paperbacks" series 160 PP with colour illustrations throughout. Rebacked copy retaining original covers. Very good. 18.5 x 11.5. 600001237
Country flags, flags in space, signal flags, international flags, ...
75690 FILDES, Robert SHIPS WORLDWIDE: What Ship is That?
$75.00 AUD
Shipsworldwide Pty Ltd. Sydney. 2007. 1st Ed. IV, 205 PP with colour illustrations (111 hHouse Flags and Funnels, 4 Signal Flags, 24 National Flags and c. 180 photos). Pictorial laminated boards. Discreet stamp of the Maritime Museum of Tasmania on front endpaper, otherwise fine. 30.5 x 21.5. 9780980333404
75668 FINDLAY, Alexander George. A DIRECTORY FOR THE NAVIGATION OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN; with description of its Coasts, Islands, etc., from the Strait of Magalhaens to Panama, and those of New Zealand, Australia, etc. Its Winds, Currents, and Passages
$350.00 AUD
Richard Holmes Laurie. London. 1871. 3rd edition of the 1851 original. LVI, 966 PP, plus 4 b/w plates with 14 coastal views, and 4 folded charts (with colour) "Chart of the Pacific Ocean shewing the Surface Currents and Ice Drifts", "Chart of the Pacific Ocean shewing the Prevalent Winds", "The South Pacific Ocean shewing the Lines of Equal Magnetic Variation and Dip", and "The South Pacific Ocean Track Chart". Rebacked copy. Half bound leather/cloth covers, leather spine with gilt title and 4 raised bands. Fp: Chart "Currents of the South Pacific has been reinforced, Chart Magnetic variation and dip is misbound. Slight ageing of paper, and light foxing, o/wise near fine. Complete. Scarce. 25.4 x 16.
72374 FITZGERALD, Robert D HEEMSKERCK SHOALS
$2500.00 AUD
The Mountainside Press. Fern Tree Gully, Victoria. 1949. Limited edition of 85 numbered copies. No pagination, 28 PP with 15 large illustrations and other fine decorations at top and bottom of each page with text, plus 1 coloured chart on double page (all illustrations by Geoffrey Ingleton). Finely printed on hand made Georgian semi-rag paper. Half leather, raised bands, gilt, marbled sides, gilt decoration and title on front cover. Contained in a clear perspex purpose made protective box. Copy hand numbered 37, signed by author and illustrator. Name of previous owner on front endpaper. Near fine. Rare. This is a heavy item and postage will be higher than usual. Please ask for a quote. 56 x 38.5.
73503 FITZPATRICK, Gary L. THE EARLY MAPPING OF HAWAI'I - Volume I / Palapala'aina
$120.00 AUD
Editions Limited. Honolulu. 1986. 1st Ed. 160 PP with 90 b/w or colour illustrations: 9 portaits, coastal views, views, maps and charts). Title spread: Hawai'i, by Harrison, 1784. Cloth cover, title on front and spine. Small stain on top outsise edge. Dust jacket is a little sunned and has a few chips, repaired closed tears and is in a protective sleeve. Still a near fine copy. Large format: 36 x 26. 0915013053
31357 FLAGS AUSTRALIAN FLAGS
$15.00 AUD
Department of Administrative Service. Canberra. 1995. 1st Ed. (2), VIII, 61, (3 blank) PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Inside covers: key to the Australian Flags decorating the front cover. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 20 x 20. 9780644431507
68178 FLAGS AUSTRALIAN FLAGS
$25.00 AUD
Awards and Culture Branch / Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Canberra. 2006. 3rd edition of the 1995 original. VIII, 48 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Presentation label of Richard Colbeck, Liberal Senator for Tasmania, pasted down on inside cover. Fine. 20 x 20. 0642471347
72603 FRANCIS, Gavin ISLAND DREAMS: Mapping an Obsession
$45.00 AUD
Canongate Books Ltd. Edinburgh. 2020. 1st Ed. (10), 246 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (charts, maps, plans). Hard cover, decorated front (map of Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson) As new. 22 x 16. 9781786898180
65747 FRASER, Edward & GIBBONS, John SOLDIER AND SAILOR WORDS AND PHRASES
$50.00 AUD
George Routledge. London. 1925. 1st Ed. VIII, 372 PP, plus 5 b/w plates. Fp: Scene near Loos. Cloth cover, gilt title on a simile leather spine. Newspaper clipping pasted down at top of half title page. Foxing. Very good. Scarce. 22.2 x 14.5.
... including slang of the trenches and the Air Force, British and American war-words ... The Battle-Honours of the Great War awarded to the British Army.
74048 FREELY, John CLASSICAL TURKEY
$10.00 AUD
Penguin Books. London. 1990. 1st edition in the "Architectural Guides for Travellers" series. VIII, 152 PP with b/w illustrations: drawings, sketches, maps, sketch maps , plans and photos. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 21 x 14.8. 9780140118537
73629 FRENCH, Josephine, SCOTT, Valerie & LOWENTHAL, Mary Alice (editors) TOOLEY'S DICTIONARY OF MAPMAKERS - Revised Edition A - D
$150.00 AUD
Map Collector Publications Limited & Richard Arkway, Inc. Tring, Hertfordshire, UK. 1999. Revised edition. Preface by C. Broekema. Foreword by, Francis Herbert. XIV, 408 PP with b/w illustrations: signatures, title page of Atlas, portraits of mapmakers (including around 36 plates on full page). Fp: Terrarum Tractus, ... Marbled endpapers. Cloth covers, gilt title on front board and spine, dj. Errata slip inserted page 274. Ex-libris of previous owner on inside front cover, faint foxing spots on top outside edge, o/wise a fine copy. 25.7 x 17.8. 9780906430149
73631 FRENCH, Josephine, SCOTT, Valerie & LOWENTHAL, Mary Alice (editors) TOOLEY'S DICTIONARY OF MAPMAKERS - Revised Edition E - J
$125.00 AUD
Map Collector Publications Limited & Richard Arkway, Inc. Tring, Hertfordshire, UK. 2001. Revised edition. VI, 462 PP with b/w illustrations: headpieces, tailpieces, signatures, title page of Atlas, portraits of mapmakers (including around 43 plates on full page). Fp: Travels of Abraham Ortelius and Joris Hoefnagel. Marbled endpapers. Cloth covers, gilt title on front board and spine, dj. Faint foxing spots on top outside edge, o/wise a fine copy. 25.7 x 17.8. 9780906430194
71196 FULIGNI, Bruno TOUR DU MONDE DES TERRES FRANCAISES OUBLIEES
$40.00 AUD
Editions du Trésor. Paris. 2014. 1st Ed. 144 PP with 1 map on double page and 10 headpieces by Sergio Aquindo. Illustrated soft covers with flaps, dj (a large folded - poster like - map in colour). French text. Fine. Format - dj/poster: 42 x 56, book: 21 x 14. 9791091534109
69250 GALLAGHER, C. Pamela FOR THOSE IN PERIL
$25.00 AUD
B.E.D's Books. Brisbane. 2002. Second edition of the 1991 original. VI, 154 PP with b/w illustrations: 1 map, 1 cartoon, 8 drawings, 10 photos. Soft cover, illustrated front cover, title on spine and front cover. Copy signed by the author inside front cover. Copy of "words reflect life", an article about the author published in "Westside News", Brisbane and dated 14/10/2003; loosely inserted. Soft cover slightly soiled. Very good. 20.6 x 14.7. 00958515042
Life on lighthouses of the Queensland coast, after World War II.
52309 GAYTAN, Jose Fernandez BANDERAS DE LA MARINA DE ESPAÑA
$20.00 AUD
Instituto de Historia y Cultura Naval / Museo Naval. Madrid. 1985. 1st Ed. 40 PP with 1 b/w and 22 colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Spanish text. Fine. Oblong: 15.2 x 20.8.
Published for the Bicentennial of the Flag of the Spanish Navy (28th May, 1785).
54091 GEERING, Bill & WOODS, Martin DELL'ARCANO DEL MARE / MYSTERIES OF THE SEAS (in National Library of Australia News - Vol XVIII, No. 5, February 2008)
$5.00 AUD
National Library of Australia. Canberra. 2008. Vol. XVIII, No. 5, February 2008. 24 PP. Contains article P. 14 to 17 with 2 colour and 5 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.7 x 21.
Atlas of 1646 by Sir Robert Dudley: the first to include Australia.
58437 GESNER, Peter GOVERNOR MACQUARIE LIGHTS UP SOUTH HEAD (in Signals No. 91)
$10.00 AUD
Australian National Maritime Museum. Sydney. 2010. No. 91, June-August 2010. Contains articles from P. 34 to 38 with 7 colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.7 x 21.
67571 GIBBS, Jim TWILIGHT ON THE LIGHTHOUSES
$35.00 AUD
Schiffer. Atglen, Pa. 1996. 1st Ed. 152 PP with 4 sketch-maps, b/w & colour illust. (drawings, engraving, photos & plans). Decorated endpapers. Cloth cover, dj. Title page with a dedicatory note on its recto signed by the author, and a note on its verso. Faint foxing, o/wise near fine. 28.7 x 22. 088740930X
History of the sentinels of the sea from California to British Columbia, at a time when the jobs of the lighthouse keepers are being phased out.
68516 GIBBS, Jim SENTINELS OF SOLITUDE: West Coast Lighthouses
$15.00 AUD
Ez Nature Books. San Luis Obispo, Ca. 1989. Revised edition of the 1981 original. 88 PP with b/w illustrations (4 maps & insets and 4 photos) and colour photos by Chad Ehlers. Pictorial soft covers. Near fine. Oblong: 20.8 x 27. 0945092067
52274 GONZALEZ, Francisco Jose & MARTIN-MERAS, Luisa LA DIRECCION DE TRABAJOS HIDROGRAFICOS (1797-1908) - Tomo I: Historia de la Cartografia Nautica en la Espana del siglo XIX
$45.00 AUD
Ministerio de Defensa / Ministerio de Fomento / Lunwerg Editores. Madrid. 2003. 1st Ed., with Preamble by Fernando Riano Lozano and Prologue by Jose Ignacio Gonzalez-Aller Hierro. 252 PP with 29 b/w illustrations. Pictorial stiff cover. Spanish text. Fine. 29.7 x 22.2. 8477829616
57786 GOUGENHEIM, M. A. MODIFICATIONS DES PROFONDEURS DE LA RIVIERE DE SAÏGON, de 1913 à 1931 (In Annales Hydrographiques)
$10.00 AUD
Service Hydrographique de la Marine. Paris. 1946. Extract from "Annales Hydrographiques 1938-1939". 4 PP (1 to 4), plus 4 folded plates (1 table and 3 colour charts). Soft cover. Very good. French text. 25.4 x 18.7.
Depth of the Saïgon River.
60515 GOUGENHEIM, M. A. LES OBSERVATIONS DE PASSAGES EN ASTRONOMIE GEODESIQUE (In Annales Hydrographiques)
$10.00 AUD
Service Hydrographique de la Marine. Paris. 1946. Extract from "Annales Hydrographiques 1938-1939". 28 PP (193 to 221) with over 5 figures. Soft cover. Very good. French text. 25.4 x 18.7.
56515 GREIG, Charlotte THE DIRECTORY OF FLAGS - A Guide to the Flags from around the World
$15.00 AUD
Chartwell Books Inc. Edison, N. J., USA. 2005. 1st US edition. 208 PP with location maps and flags in colour. Laminated pictorial boards, spiral bound. Fine. 21.5 x 15 0785819231
71906 GRIER, Mary C. (compiler) REFERENCES ON THE PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY OF THE WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN
$35.00 AUD
United States Navy Department, Hydrographic Office. Washington. 1946. 1st Ed. H.O. Publication No. 238. IX, 174 PP. Soft covers, title on front cover, staples. Slight ageing of paper. Foxing spots on front cover. Very good. 26 x 20.
1227 entries.
71376 GUICHARD, Jean LIGHTHOUSES - 2008 CALENDAR
$10.00 AUD
Graphique de France. Woburn, Ma. 2007. 2008 Calendar. No pagination, 28 PP with 1 page of text by Jean Guichard in French, English and German, 1 b/w and 13 colour photos by Jean Guichard. Pictorial soft cover. English, French and German text. Unused with no markings. Fine. 30 x 30. 9780767144384
58597 GUIGUENO, Vincent & VATTIER, Valérie LE PHARE AMEDEE - Lumière de Paris & de Nouvelle-Calédonie
$85.00 AUD
Musée de l'histoire maritime de Nouvelle-Calédonie / Editions Point de Vues. Nouméa / Paris. 2010. 1st Ed. Foreword by Jean-Paul Mugnier. 144 PP with location map & charts, maps & plans, b/w and colour photos. Pictorial boards. French text. Fine. 36 x 25.5. 9782915548372
Metallic Lighthouse: built 1862 in Paris then knocked down. Shipped to New Caledonia, then erected in 1865.
52849 H.M.S.O. INTERNATIONAL CODE OF SIGNALS 1969
$15.00 AUD
HMSO. London. 1969. 1st Ed. XV, 149 PP with 4 pages of b/w and 4 pages of colour illust., plus the 4 pages Amendment List No. 1 loosely inserted. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj (price-clipped). Dust jacket is a little creased and soiled, o/wise very good. 30.2 x 21.2. 0115114157
38341 HAIGH, Gideon THE FATEFUL SHORE (in The Australian Magazine)
$10.00 AUD
Nationwide News. Sydney. 1994. Week End Australian, January 15-16, 1994. Contains article between P. 26 and 29 with 5 colour illustrations. Soft cover. Fine. 27.4 x 20.2.
Atlas makers filled in the Great Southern Land, charting an evocative history of how the old world learned of the new.
49637 HALL, Rear-Admiral G P D (editor) SYMBOLS AND ABBREVIATIONS USED ON ADMIRALTY CHARTS
$10.00 AUD
Hydrographic Department. Taunton, UK. 1976. Book edition No. 3 - October 1975. Chart 5011. No pagination, 32 PP with b/w or colour sketches. Illustrated soft cover. Ingleton bookplate inside front cover. Fine. 30 x 21.
49906 HALL, Rear-Admiral G P D (editor) SYMBOLS AND ABBREVIATIONS USED ON ADMIRALTY CHARTS
$5.00 AUD
Hydrographic Department. Taunton, UK. 1973. Book edition 2, November 1973. Chart 5011. No pagination, 32 PP with b/w or colour sketches. Buoys and Beacons IALA Buoyage System A, tipped in, inside back cover. Illustrated soft cover. Very good. 30 x 21.
13778 HAMPTON, Captain T.A. THE SAILOR'S WORLD
$15.00 AUD
David & Charles. Newton Abbot. 1968. 1st Ed. 128 PP with 1 table, 2 maps and over 125 drawings by John Horsley. Hard cover, dj (price-clipped). Near fine. 22.4 x 14. 0715341847
An informative guide to ships, harbours, customs of the sea. Glossary of nautical terms P.116 to 125.
49907 HASLAM, Rear-Admiral D W (editor) IALA MARITIME BUOYAGE SYSTEM
$10.00 AUD
Hydrographic Department. Taunton. 1982. Edition 3. NP 735. (2), 10 PP with 1 colour illustration (diagram 1), plus 8 diagrams (1 b/w and 7 colour). Soft cover. Very good. 30 x 21.
50844 HASLAM, Rear-Admiral D W (editor) IALA MARITIME BUOYAGE SYSTEM A
$10.00 AUD
Hydrographic Department. Taunton. 1980. Edition 2. NP 735. (2), 9 PP, plus 8 diagrams in colour. Soft cover. Very good. 30 x 21.
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.
76050 HEIKELL, Rod TURKISH WATERS & CYPRUS PILOT - A Yachtsman's Guide to the Mediterranean and Black Sea Coasts of Turkey with the Island of Cyprus
$20.00 AUD
Imray, Laurie, Norie & Wilson Ltd. St Ives, Cambridgeshire. 1997. 5th edition of the 1984 original. VIII, 290 PP with b/w illustrations (coastal views, drawings, maps & plans, photos), plus 24 pages with 75 colour photos. "Supplement No. 1 to December 1998": 7 pages with 1 plan of Finike, loosely inserted. Laminated pictorial boards. Name of previous owner on front endpaper. Near fine. 30.5 x 21.5. 9780852883631
A yachtsman's guide to the Mediterranean waters of Turkey and Cyprus.
75503 HEIKELL, Rod & HARPER, Mike A POCKET GUIDE TO THE SOUTHEAST AEGEAN - A Guide for Yachtsmen to the Greek Dodecanese Islands and adjacent Turkish Coast
$20.00 AUD
Imray, Laurie, Norie & Wilson Ltd. Huntingdon, UK. 1985. 1st Ed. (2), 88, (22 Log) PP with b/w illustrations (14 photos and 54 sketch maps (some with inserts) or plans. Pictorial soft covers. Very good. 20.5 x 11. 0852881010
49654 HEYEN, Captain G. H. (compiler) SAILING DIRECTIONS ON NAVIGATION IN AND BETWEEN THE ISLANDS AND ATOLLS OF THE GILBERT GROUP
$45.00 AUD
Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony. Suva. 1937. 1st Ed. 18 PP, (2 blank) with 1 table "Current observations in the Gilbert Islands". A notice slip tipped in at top of first page. Stapled soft wrappers a little browned. Bottom corner of P.15 clipped without loss of text. Page (19) with following manuscript note At Bairiki, Tarawa, Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony, on 28th September 1945, Officers of H.M.A.S. Diamantina, signed by 8 officials (signature followed with their position). Very good. Scarce. 33.7 x 21.
40081 HMSO AUSTRALIA PILOT - Volume II
$25.00 AUD
Hydrographer of the Navy. Taunton, UK. 1969. 5th edition of the 1918 original, N.P. 14. Advertisement to this 5th edition by Rear-Admiral G. S. Ritchie. Edited by Cmdr. J.F. GRUNING. (4), VIII, 494 PP with tables, 4 figures, and 40 coastal views, plus 1 folded Index to Charts N.P.14, 1 b/w plate (Cumulus Roll of a Southerly Buster), 2 plates in colour (Weather forecast signals & Depth signals) and 12 maps. FEP: Notations of supplements and Annual Summaries of Notices to Mariners. Cloth cover. Near fine. 24.8 x 15.5.
The Southern and Eastern coasts of Australia from Cape Northumberland to Port Jackson, including Bass Strait and Tasmania.
40085 HMSO AUSTRALIA PILOT - Volume IV
$25.00 AUD
Hydrographer of the Navy. Taunton, UK. 1962. 5th edition of the 1916 original, S.D. 16. Advertisement to the Fifth edition by Rear-Admiral E. G. Irving. Edited by Cmdr. H.P. PRICE. (4), XLIV, 439 PP with tables and 65 coastal views, plus 1 folded Index Chart (N.P.16), 15 maps and 4 plates in colour (Buoyage). FEP: Notations of supplements and Annual summaries of Notices to Mariners. Supplement no. 6-1971 updated by Commander J. A. Harper (46 PP, plus 1 folded Index Chart) loosely inserted. Cloth cover, title on front cover and spine. Covers rubbed, 3 digits number at top of front cover and spine. Faint foxing. Very good. 24.6 x 15.5.
Eastern coast of Queensland from Sandy Cape to Cape York, with the off-lying islands and reefs, including Great Barrier Reef.
40200 HMSO CHARTING THE SEAS IN PEACE AND WAR - The Story of the Hydrographic Department of the Admiralty over a hundred and fifty years: 12th August 1795 to 12th August 1945
$25.00 AUD
HMSO. London. 1947. 1st editon, with a foreword by Vice-Admiral Sir Rhoderick McGrigor. Edited by Rear Admiral A.G.N. WYATT. 24 PP with 12 b/w photos, plus 8 b/w plates. Soft cover. Covers lightly soiled. Very good. Scarce. 24.5 x 15.2.
40391 HMSO AUSTRALIA PILOT - Volume II
$15.00 AUD
Hydrographer of the Navy. London. 1956. 4th edition of the 1918 original, N.P. 14. Advertisement to the 4th edition by Commodore K. ST. B. Collins. Edited by Cmdr. F.N. SHEARME. XLVI, 384 PP with tables, plus 38 coastal views, 1 folded Index to Charts S.D.14, 6 plates in colour (Weather forecast signals, Depth signals and Buoyage) and 7 maps. FEP: Caution, and Notations of supplements and Annual Summaries of Notices to Mariners. Cloth cover, title on front cover and spine. Spine slightly sunned. Near fine. 24.8 x 15.5.
The Southern and Eastern coasts of Australia from Cape Northumberland to Port Jackson, including Bass Strait and Tasmania.
44272 HMSO JAPAN PILOT - Volume I
$40.00 AUD
Hydrographer of the Navy. Taunton, UK. 1982. 7th edition of the 1904 original, N.P. 41. Edited by ALDRIDGE, Lieutenant Commander J. L. XIV, 381 PP with 13 tables, 20 maps, coastal views, panoramic views and b/w photos, plus 2 index charts and 3 colour plates (buoyage system). Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Near fine. 30.2 x 21.5.
Honshu (except its southern coast), Hokkaido, The southern coast of Ostrov Sakhalin, Kuril'skiye Ostrova.
44273 HMSO SOUTH-EAST ALASKA PILOT - Volume I
$55.00 AUD
Hydrographer of the Navy. Taunton, UK. 1993. 6th edition of the 1920 original, N.P. 4. Edited by RYDER, Captain A. C. XII, 406 PP with 2 index charts, 7tables, and 21 maps. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, gilt map on back cover. Near fine. 30.2 x 21.5.
From Dixon Entrance to Cook Inlet.
44274 HMSO CHINA SEA PILOT - Volume I
$35.00 AUD
Hydrographer of the Navy. Taunton, UK. 1987. Revised 4th edition of 1978 (1937) original, N.P. 30. Edited by Lieut. Cmdr. P.J.D. HAYTER. XVIII, 306 PP with 22 tables, 18 maps, coastal views, panoramic views and b/w photos, plus 3 index charts. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Near fine. 30.2 x 21.5.
The West side of the China Sea from Tanjong Lompat on the Eastern side of Peninsular Malaysia to Zhelang Yan in China; Kepulauan Anambas, Hainan Dao, And the Islands and Banks bordering the main route from Singapore Strait to Hong Kong.
49531 HMSO INDONESIA PILOT - Volume I
$25.00 AUD
Hydrographer of the Navy. Taunton, UK. 1975. 1st edition, N.P. 36. Preface by Rear-Admiral G. P. D. Hall. XIV, 199 PP with 9 tables, 56 coastal views and 7 drawings, plus 1 index charts, and 15 diagrams (1 map in colour, 1 colour plate on buoyage). Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Supplement No. 2-1978 (8 pages) loosely inserted. Near fine. 30.2 x 21.5.
The Western end of Java, the southern and eastern coasts of Sumatera, Sunda Strait, Selat Bangka, Selat Gelasa, Karimata Strait....
49533 HMSO INDONESIA PILOT - Volume II
$30.00 AUD
Hydrographer of the Navy. Taunton, UK. 1976. 1st edition, N.P. 34. Preface by Rear-Admiral D. W. Haslam. XIV, 409 PP with 11 tables and 128 coastal views, plus 3 index charts, and 16 diagrams (1 colour plate on buoyage...). Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Near fine. 30.2 x 21.5.
South coast of Jawa... Sulawesi and the West part of Kepulauan Sula.
50096 HMSO PACIFIC ISLANDS PILOT - Volume II
$20.00 AUD
Hydrographer of the Navy. Taunton, UK. 1969. Ninth edition of the 1885 original, N.P. 61. Advertisement to this 9th edition by Rear Admiral G. S. Ritchie. Edited by Cmdr. T.C. RUSSELL. (4), XVI, 606 PP with tables and 64 coastal views, plus 3 folded Index to Charts [N.P. 61 (a), (b), (c)]. and 13 maps. FEP: Notations of supplements and Annual Summaries of Notices to Mariners. Cloth cover, title on front cover and spine. Covers soiled and rubbed. Foxing on outside edges, o/wise very good. 24.8 x 15.5.
Central Groups comprising: New Caledonia and Iles Loyalty. The New Hebrides Group and Santa Cruz islands. The Fiji Islands. Tonga, Samoa, Ellice, Gilbert, Marshall, Phoenix and Tokelau islands.
50097 HMSO PACIFIC ISLANDS PILOT - Volume II
$30.00 AUD
Hydrographer of the Navy. Taunton, UK. 1932. 6th edition of the 1885 original. Advertisement to this 6th edition by Vice-Admiral H. P. Douglas. Edited by Ckapt. C.V. SMITH. (4), XX, 562 PP with tables and 5 coastal views, plus 3 folded Index to Charts [S.D. 55 (a), (b), (c)], and 27 plates with over 33 coastal views. FEP: Notations of supplements and Annual Summaries of Notices to Mariners. Cloth cover. Covers lightly rubbed. Foxing on outside edges. Near fine. 24.5 x 15.2.
Central Groups comprising: New Caledonia and the Loyalty islands; The New Hebrides Group and the Banks, Torres and Santa Cruz islands; The Fiji Islands and the . Tonga, Samoa, Ellice, Gilbert, Marshall, Phoenix and Tokelau islands.
50100 HMSO PACIFIC ISLANDS PILOT - Volume III
$45.00 AUD
Hydrographer of the Navy. London. 1946. 7th edition of the 1885 original. Advertisement to this Sixth edition by Rear-Admiral A. G. N. Wyatt. Edited by HILLS, Commander G. A. B. XXXIV, 342 PP with tables, plus 1 Caution page, 1 folded Index to Admiralty Charts (S.D.62), and 36 pages with 29 coastal views. Supplement No. 5 for 1956 compiled by Captain W. S. Bardwell (44 PP with 1 coastal view) loosely inserted. Cloth cover. Covers slightly soiled. Occasional foxing. Very good. Scarce. 24.5 x 15.
The Eastern Group including Archipel Tubuaï, the Cook Islands, and Iles de la Société; Archipel des Tuamotu; Iles Marquises; the Line Islands and Scattered Islands near the Equator; and the Hawaiian Islands.
50103 HMSO AUSTRALIA PILOT - Volume II
$40.00 AUD
Hydrographer of the Navy. Taunton, UK. 1969. 5th edition of the 1918 original, N.P. 14. Advertisement to this 5th edition by Rear-Admiral G. S. Ritchie. Edited by Cmdr. J.F. GRUNING. (4), VIII, 494 PP with tables, 4 figures, and 40 coastal views, plus 1 folded Index to Charts (N.P. 14), 1 b/w plate (Cumulus Roll of a Southerly Buster), 2 plates in colour (Weather forecast signals & Depth signals) and 12 maps. Library binding: buckram, gilt title on spine, endpapers reinforced at the fold. Near fine. 24.8 x 15.5.
The Southern and Eastern coasts of Australia from Cape Northumberland to Port Jackson, including Bass Strait and Tasmania.
52176 HMSO EASTERN ARCHIPELAGO PILOT - Volume II
$35.00 AUD
Hydrographer of the Navy. London. 1923. 4th edition of the 1893 original. Advertisement to this 4th edition by Rear Admiral F. C. Learmonth. Edidted by Cmdr. I. MACKENZIE. (6), XXIV, 614 PP, plus 1 folded Index Chart (S.D.44) and 22 plates with over 48 coastal views. Cloth cover, title on front board and spine. Rear cover with signs of water damage, o/wise very good. 24.5 x 15.
Including the south-east end of Sumatra, Java, Islands east of Java, South and East coast of Borneo, and Celebes Island.
52178 HMSO EASTERN ARCHIPELAGO PILOT - Volume II
$35.00 AUD
Hydrographer of the Navy. London. 1949. 6th edition of the 1893 original. Advertisement to this 6th edition by Vice-Admiral A. G. N. Wyatt. Edited by Capt. F.M. HODGSON. (6), LII, 692 PP with 9 figures, 5 maps and 43 coastal views, plus 1 folded Index Chart (S.D.34), 6 plates with 6 maps and 46 plates with 108 coastal views. Supplement No. 5-1959 with 110 pages loosely inserted (advertisement by Rear-Admiral K. ST. B. Collins). Cloth cover, gilt title on front board and spine. Covers lightly rubbed. Internally a very good clean copy. 24.5 x 15.
Comprising the south-eastern end of Sumatra, Sunda Strait, Java, Islands eastward of Java, Southern and Eastern coasts of Borneo, Macassar Strait, Celebes, and the western part of the Soea Eilanden .
53166 HMSO CHINA SEA PILOT - Volume I
$35.00 AUD
Hydrographer of the Navy. Taunton, UK. 1987. Revised 4th edition of 1978 (1937) original, N.P. 30. Preface by Rear Admiral R. O. Morris. Edited by Lieut. Cmdr. P.J.D. HAYTER. XVIII, 306 PP with 22 tables, 18 maps, coastal views, panoramic views and b/w photos, plus 3 index charts. REP: map China Sea Pilot Vol I, NP 30. Supplement No. 4 - 1996 (2, 26, 4 pages) loosely inserted. Laminated boards. Lower edge of rear cover scratched, o/wise near fine. 30.2 x 21.5.
The West side of the China Sea from Tanjong Lompat on the Eastern side of Peninsular Malaysia to Zhelang Yan in China; Kepulauan Anambas, Hainan Dao, And the Islands and Banks bordering the main route from Singapore Strait to Hong Kong. Supplement 4 corrected to 17th October 1996.
53178 HMSO JAPAN PILOT - Volume II
$40.00 AUD
Hydrographer of the Navy. Taunton, UK. 1979. 7th edition of the 1904 original, N.P. 42A. Preface by Rear-Admiral D. W. Haslam. Edited by MITCHELL, Captain P. G. R.XII, 293, (3) PP with 23 tables, 22 maps and 75 panoramic coastal views, plus 2 index charts, 4 colour plates (3 maps / plans & 1 on buoyage system), and 18 b/w photo plates. Supplement No. 3 - 1984 (4, 22, 4 pages) loosely inserted. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Near fine. 30.2 x 21.5.
Nansei Shoto; east, west and north-west coasts of Kyushu, and Tsushima; south coast of Shikoku; south-east coast of Honshu; and Nanpo Shoto. Supplement No. 3, corrected to 1st September 1984.
53179 HMSO INDONESIA PILOT - Volume III
$35.00 AUD
Hydrographer of the Navy. Taunton, UK. 1980. 1st edition, N.P. 35. Preface by Rear-Admiral D. W. Haslam. XIV, 199, (3) PP with 9 tables, 13 diagrams and 149 coastal views, plus 2 index charts, and 1 colour plate on buoyage. Supplement No. 5 - 1994 (2, 36, 6 pages) loosely inserted. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Near fine. 30.2 x 21.5.
Islands between Mindanao and the North-east end of Sulawesi. Islands off Irian Jaya...
53183 HMSO MEDITERRANEAN PILOT - Volume I
$30.00 AUD
Hydrographer of the Navy. Taunton. 1978. 10th edition of the 1873 original. N.P. 45. Preface by Rear-Admiral D. W. Haslam. Edited by DEWE, Lieutenant Commander W. M. E. XVIII, 328, (2) PP with 16 diagrams, 33 tables and 136 coastal views , plus 2 index Charts and 6 pages on buoyage (in colour). Supplement No. 3 - 1982 ( 2, 22, 6 pages) loosely inserted. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Good. 30.2 x 21.5.
The coasts of Spain from Gibraltar to Cap Cerbère; Islas Baleares; The north coast of Africa from Ceuta to Ras Ajdir; Isola de Pantelleria and Isole Pelagie; The Maltese islands; Isole Egadi; Sicilia and isole Eolie; The coast of Italy from Capo Suvero to Capo Santa Maria di Leuca. Supplement No 3, corrected to 11th December 1982.
53185 HMSO WEST COASTS OF SPAIN AND PORTUGAL PILOT
$30.00 AUD
Hydrographer of the Navy. Taunton. 1972. 5th edition of the 1921 edition. N.P. 67. Preface by Rear-Admiral G. P. D. Hall. Edited by Cmdr. W.B. MONK. XIV, 188, (2) PP with 16 diagrams, 12 tables and 99 coastal views , plus 2 index charts, 1 diagram and 2 charts. Supplement No. 7 - 1981 ( 2, 20, 12 pages) loosely inserted. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Good. 30.2 x 21.5.
From Cabo Ortegal to Gibraltar, Strait of Gibraltar, North coasts of Africa from Cabo Espartel to Ceuta, and Arquipelago dos Açores. Supplement No 7, corrected to 12th Octiber 1981.
53392 HMSO AUSTRALIA PILOT - Volume II
$30.00 AUD
Hydrographer of the Navy. Taunton, UK. 1969. 5th edition of the 1918 original, N.P. 14. Advertisement to this 5th edition by Rear-Admiral G. S. Ritchie. Edited by Cmdr. J.F. GRUNING. (4), VIII, 494 PP with tables, 4 figures, and 40 coastal views, plus 1 folded Index to Charts (N.P. 14), 1 b/w plate (Cumulus Roll of a Southerly Buster), 2 plates in colour (Weather forecast signals & Depth signals) and 12 maps. FEP: Notations of supplements and Annual Summaries of Notices to Mariners. Supplement No. 8-1979 with 78 pages updated by Lieutenant-Commander F. St. P. Woodhouse, loosely inserted. Cloth cover, title on front cover and spine. Very good. 24.8 x 15.5.
The Southern and Eastern coasts of Australia from Cape Northumberland to Port Jackson, including Bass Strait and Tasmania.
53393 HMSO AUSTRALIA PILOT - Volume V
$25.00 AUD
Hydrographic Department, Admiralty. London. 1963. Reprint (02/63) of the 5th edition of 1959. Advertisement to the 5th edition by Rear-Admiral K. St. B. Collins. Edited by Cmdr. H.P. PRICE. (2), XLII, 476 PP with figures, plus 2 plates with colour illustrations (depth signals, Australian weather forecast), 1 folded Index Chart (S.D.17), 6 colour plates (Depth Signals, Weather forecast and Buoyage), 2 folded maps (Wind distribution), 4 plates with 5 coastal views and 4 plates with 8 radar views. Cloth cover, title on front cover and spine. Near fine. 24.5 x 15.5.
53398 HMSO PACIFIC ISLANDS PILOT - Volume III
$25.00 AUD
Hydrographer of the Navy. Taunton, UK. 1969. Ninth edition of the 1885 original, N.P. 62. Edited by Captain S.J. HENNESSEY. 4), XV, 362 PP with tables and 40 coastal views, plus 1 folded Index to Charts, 1 colour plate (United States Buoyage System) and 13 maps. FEP: Notations of supplements and Annual Summaries of Notices to Mariners. Cloth cover. Supplement No.8-1975 by Lieutenant-Commander D. T. Watts, with 74 pages and the folded index to charts loosely inserted. Very good. 24.8 x 15.5.
Comprising the Eastern Groups, including Iles Australes, The Cook Islands, and Iles de la Société; Archipel des Tuamotu; Iles Marquises; the Line Islands and Scattered Islands near the Equator; and the Hawaiian Islands.
53485 HMSO AUSTRALIA PILOT - Volume I
$25.00 AUD
Hydrographic Department, Admiralty. Taunton, UK. 1949. 4th edition in June 1952 of the 1918 original, N.P. 13. Advertisement to the fourth edition by Vice-Admiral A. G. N. Wyatt. Edited by BARDWELL, Captain W. S. XLIII, 285 PP with 10 figures, plus 1 folded plate (Index to Charts S.D. 13), 2 colour plates (depth weather), and 6 b/w plates with 11 coastal views and 23 photos of lighthouses. Supplement No. 2-1953 with 16 pages and a 4 pages colour leaflet Buoyage, loosely inserted. Blue cloth cover, title on front cover and spine. Near fine. 24.7 x 15.6.
Comprising the southern coast of Australia from Cape Leewin to Cape Northumberland.
53486 HMSO AUSTRALIA PILOT - Volume I
$25.00 AUD
Hydrographic Department, Admiralty. Taunton, UK. 1949. 4th edition in April 1950 of the 1918 original, N.P. 13. Advertisement to the fourth edition by Vice-Admiral A. G. N. Wyatt. Edited by BARDWELL, Captain W. S. XLIII, 285 PP with 10 figures, plus 1 folded plate (Index to Charts S.D. 13), 2 colour plates (depth and weather signals) and 6 b/w plates with 11 coastal views and 23 photos of lighthouses. Grey cloth cover, title on front cover and spine. Near fine. 24.7 x 15.6.
Comprising the southern coast of Australia from Cape Leewin to Cape Northumberland.
53516 HMSO AUSTRALIA PILOT - Volume II
$25.00 AUD
Hydrographer of the Navy. London. 1953. Reprint of the 3rd edition of 1944. Advertisement to 3rd edition by Vice-Admiral J. A. Edgell. Edited by Cmdr. W.T.P. WILSON. (4 notices), XXVI, 370 PP with tables and 17 views, plus 1 folded Index to Admiralty Charts S.D.49, 2 colour plates (Depth Signals and Weather Forecast Signals) and 11 b/w plates with 24 views. Inside front cover: Caution when approaching British Ports. Cloth cover, title on front cover and spine. Slight ageing of paper. Cancelled stamp on lower outside edge, o/wise very good. 24.2 x 15.2.
South and East coasts of Australia, from Cape Northumberland to Port Jackson, including Bass Strait and Tasmania.
53519 HMSO AUSTRALIA PILOT - Volume II
$20.00 AUD
Hydrographer of the Navy. London. 1956. 4th edition of the 1918 original, N.P. 14. Advertisement to the 4th edition by Commodore K. ST. B. Collins. Edited by Cmdr. F.N. SHEARME. XLVI, 384 PP with tables, plus 38 coastal views, 1 folded Index to Charts S.D.14, 6 plates in colour (Weather forecast signals, Depth signals and Buoyage) and 7 maps. FEP: Caution, and Notations of supplements and Annual Summaries of Notices to Mariners. Supplement No. 4-1964 with 74 pages and 1 folded plate, by Lieutenant Commander C. J. de C. Scott. Cloth cover, title on front cover and spine. Near fine. 24.8 x 15.5.
The Southern and Eastern coasts of Australia from Cape Northumberland to Port Jackson, including Bass Strait and Tasmania.
53521 HMSO AUSTRALIA PILOT - Volume II
$25.00 AUD
Hydrographer of the Navy. Taunton, UK. 1977. Reprint of the 1969 edition. 5th edition of the 1918 original, N.P. 14. Advertisement to this 5th edition by Rear-Admiral G. S. Ritchie. Edited by Cmdr. J.F. GRUNING. (4), VIII, 494 PP with tables, 4 figures, and 40 coastal views, plus 1 folded Index to Charts N.P.14, 1 b/w plate (Cumulus Roll of a Southerly Buster), 2 plates in colour (Weather forecast signals & Depth signals) and 12 maps. FEP: Notations of supplements and Annual Summaries of Notices to Mariners. Cloth cover. Near fine. 24.8 x 15.5.
The Southern and Eastern coasts of Australia from Cape Northumberland to Port Jackson, including Bass Strait and Tasmania.
53527 HMSO AUSTRALIA PILOT - Volume III
$25.00 AUD
Hydrographer of the Navy. Taunton, UK. 1954. Reprint (01/54) of the 1950 edition. 4th edition of the 1916 original, S.D. 15. Advertisement to the 4th edition by Vice-Admiral A. G. N. Wyatt. Edited by Cmdr. F.N. SHEARME. (4), XLII, 290, (2) PP with figures, tables, and 10 maps, plus 1 folded Index to Admiralty Charts S.D.15, 2 plates in colour (Weather forecast signals & Depth signals), and 10 b/w plates with 1 photo of Cumulus cloud and 24 coastal views. FEP: Notations of supplements and Annual summaries of Notices to Mariners. Cloth cover, title on front cover and spine. Faint foxing. Very good. 24.6 x 15.5.
The Eastern coast of Australia from Port Jackson to Sandy Cape, the seaward edge of Great Barrier Reefs, the islands and reefs off the Eastern coast of Australia, Great North-East Channel, Torres Strait, and the southern coasts of Papua and Nieuw Guinee from Parama island to Kaap Valsch.
53529 HMSO AUSTRALIA PILOT - Volume IV
$25.00 AUD
Hydrographer of the Navy. London. 1928. 2nd edition of the 1917 original. Advertisement to the 2nd edition by Rear-Admiral H. P. Douglas. Edited by Cmdr. C.W. TINSON & Capt. F.M. HODGSON. (6), XXIV, 282 PP with 7 figures, plus 1 colour plate with Depth Signals, 1 folded Index Chart S.D.51 and 14 plates with 49 coastal views. Cloth cover, title on front cover and spine. Signs of water damage at head of spine, top of covers and gutter of few pages. Very good. 24.3 x 15.5.
Comprising the Eastern coast of Queensland from Sandy Cape to Cape York, with the off-lying islands and reefs, including the inner edge of the Great Barrier Reef.
53539 HMSO AUSTRALIA PILOT - Volume IV
$15.00 AUD
Hydrographic Department, Admiralty. Taunton, UK. 1955. Reprint of the 4th edition of 1951. Advertisement to the Fourth edition by Rear-Admiral A. DAY. Edited by Cmdr. H.P. PRICE. (4), XLIV, 356 PP with figures, 6 tables and 9 maps, plus 1 folded Index Chart S.D.16, 1 colour plate (Depth Signals) and 24 b/w plates with 40 coastal views. FEP: Caution, and Notations of supplements and Annual summaries of Notices to Mariners. Cloth cover, title on front cover and spine. Covers rubbed and soiled. Spine sunned and split on 11 cms at back hinge. Faint foxing. Copy with notes and corrections. Good. 24.6 x 15.5.
Eastern coast of Queensland from Sandy Cape to Cape York, with the off-lying islands and reefs, including Great Barrier Reefs.
54662 HMSO JAPAN PILOT - Volume I
$20.00 AUD
Hydrographer of the Navy. London. 1957. Reprint (February 1957) of the 5th edition of 1952. N.P. 41. Advertisement by Rear-Admiral A. Day. Edited by Cmdr. F.N. SHEARME. (2 caution), XLIX, 462 PP with figures and over 7 tables, plus 2 index charts S.D.41a & S.D.41b, 2 colour plates (U.S.S.R. buoyage system), 10 plates with 18 b/w photos (Ice conditions), 10 plates with 17 maps and 35 plates with 87 coastal views (including 3 of lighthouses). Cloth cover, title on front cover and spine. Covers rubbed. Spine worn and with pieces missing. Internally very good. 24.7 x 16.5.
Honshu (except its southern coast), Hokkaido, the southern coast of Ostrov Sakhalin, and the Kuril Islands.
54672 HMSO BERING SEA AND STRAIT PILOT, including the South-East Coast of Alaska Peninsula and off-lying islands, and the North-East Coast of Siberia
$80.00 AUD
Hydrographer of the Navy. London. 1920. 1st edition. Advertisement of the 1st edition, by Rear Admiral F. C. Learmonth. Edited by BAIRD, Captain W. J. N. (2 caution), XXXV, 610 PP with figures, over 12 tables (1 folded) and 27 coastal views (4 beacons or lighthouses), plus 91 plates with 267 coastal views and 1 folded Index Chart No. 15(1). Cloth cover, title on front cover and spine. Old water marks affecting the top or bottom margin of plates. Faint foxing, o/wise near fine. Rare. 24.4 x 15.5.
54673 HMSO BERING SEA AND STRAIT PILOT, Comprising the North-Western and Northern Coasts of Alaska from Cape Douglas to Demarcation Point, the Northern Coast of Canada from Demarcation Point to Cape Bathurst, the Aleutian Islands, and the North-Eastern Coast of Siberia
$70.00 AUD
Hydrographer of the Navy. London. 1940. 2nd edition of the 1920 original. Advertisement of the 2nd edition, by Vice-Admiral J. A. Edgell. Edited by SUTCLIFF, Captain G. E. & TORLESSE, Lieutenant-Commander J. Y. G. (2 caution), XXXII, 497 PP with figures, over 13 tables and 37 coastal views (6 beacons or lighthouses), plus 3 plates with 5 b/w photos (Ice), 76 plates with 196 coastal views, and 1 folded Index Chart S.D.57. Cloth cover, title on front cover and spine. Faint foxing, o/wise fine. Rare. 24.4 x 15.5.
54675 HMSO BERING SEA AND STRAIT PILOT, Comprising the North-Western and Northern Coasts of Alaska from Cape Douglas to Demarcation Point, the Northern Coast of Canada from Demarcation Point to Cape Bathurst, the Aleutian Islands, and the North-Eastern Coast of Siberia from MYS Shipunskiy to MYS Otto Shmidt
$45.00 AUD
Hydrographic Department, Admiralty. London. 1954. 3rd edition of the 1920 original. SD23. Advertisement of the 3rd edition, by Vice-Admiral A. Day. (2 caution), LIII, 634, (2) PP with figures, 9 maps, 24 tables and 35 coastal views (4 beacons or lighthouses), plus 2 colour plates on U.S.S.R. Buoyage, 9 plates with 17 b/w photos (Ice), 65 plates with 186 coastal views, and 1 folded Index Chart S.D.23. Supplement No. 5-1965 with 1 folded Index Chart and 40 pages, loosely inserted. Cloth cover, title on front cover and spine. 24.4 x 15.5.
54700 HMSO SOUTH AMERICA PILOT, Volume IV: comprising the Islands of Tobago and Trinidad - North-eastern Coast of Venezuela from Punta Penas to Cabo Orange including Rio Orinoco - The Northern Coast of South America from Punta Penas to Punta Tirbi, i
$30.00 AUD
Hydrographer of the Navy. London. 1969. 1st Ed. N.P.No.7A. Advertisement of the 1st edition, by Rear-Admiral G. S. Ritchie. Edited by Capt. G.A. FRENCH & Cmdr. A. JONES. (4 caution), XIII, 481, (3) PP with figures, over 12 tables, 5 coastal views and 50 lighthouses, plus 4 plates with 5 figures and 4 maps, 26 plates with 56 coastal views and 2 folded Index Charts N.P.7A(a) & 7A(b). Cloth cover, title on front cover and spine. Faint foxing. Very good. 24.3 x 15.
54712 HMSO EAST COAST OF CENTRAL AMERICA AND GULF OF MEXICO PILOT. East coasts of Central America from Punta Tirbi to Cabo Catoche - Coasts of Gulf of Mexico and Mississippi Delta to Cape Sable and Florida Bay - Islands in the western Caribbean Sea, Northward
$30.00 AUD
Hydrographer of the Navy. London. 1970. 1st Ed. Preface of the 1st edition, by Rear-Admiral G. S. Ritchie. Edited by XIV, 490 PP with figures, 32 coastal views (20 lighthouses) and 25 tables, plus 8 plates (2 folded) with maps, 1 colour plate on U.S. Buoyage and 1 folded Index Chart FRENCH, Captain G. A. N.P.69A. Supplement No. 2-1973 with folded Index Chart and 37 pages loosely inserted. Cloth cover, title on front cover and spine. Spine lightly faded. Foxing. Very good. 24.7 x 15.
54713 HMSO WEST INDIES PILOT, Vol. II: comprising Mona Passage, the Leeward and Windward Islands from Puerto Rico to Grenada inclusive
$30.00 AUD
Hydrographer of the Navy. London. 1969. 11th edition. Advertisement to the 11th edition, by Rear-Admiral G. S. Ritchie. Edited by Cmdr. Alun JONES. XIII, 386 PP with figures, 46 coastal views (4 lighthouses) and 25 tables, plus 8 plates (2 folded) with maps, 1 colour plate on U.S. Buoyage and 1 folded Index Chart N.P.71. Supplement No. 3-1973 with folded Index Chart and 39 pages loosely inserted. Cloth cover, title on front cover and spine. Spine lightly faded. Foxing. Very good. 24.7 x 15.
54715 HMSO CHANNEL PILOT, Vol. II: comprising the North-Western and Northern Coasts of France from Pointe de Penmarc'h to Dunkerque and the Franco-Belgian Frontier, including the Channel Islands
$30.00 AUD
Hydrographic Department, Admiralty. London. 1952. 11th edition, S.D. No. 28. Advertisement of the 11th edition, by Rear-Admiral A. Day. Edited by Cmdr. W.M. PASSMORE. LI, 512 PP with figures, over 10 tables,19 lighthouses and 24 coastal views, plus 16 plates with 33 coastal views, 1 folded Index Chart S.D. 28. Supplement No. 5-1963 with folded Index Chart, 1 b/w plate and 88 pages, loosely inserted. Cloth cover, title on front cover and spine. Spine lightly faded. Foxing. Very good. 24.7 x 15.
54718 HMSO BRITISH COLUMBIA PILOT, Volume I: comprising the coast of the United States of America from Cape Flattery to Point Roberts, including Admiralty Inlet and Puget Sound; the Coast of British Columbia from Point Roberts to Cape Caution; and Vancouver Island and the Passages between it and the mainland
$35.00 AUD
Hydrographic Department, Admiralty. London. 1951. 7th edition, S.D. No. 25. Advertisement of the 7th edition, by Rear-Admiral A. Day. Edited by Cmdr. C.R. BRENT. XLIII, 598 PP with figures, over 9 tables and 8 maps, plus 20 plates with 1 lighthouse and 23 coastal views and 1 folded Index Chart S.D. 25. Supplement No. 5-1962 with folded Index Chart, and 1 coastal views and 125 pages, loosely inserted. Cloth cover, title on front cover and lightly faded spine. A very good clean copy. 24.4 x 15.
54719 HMSO BRITISH COLUMBIA PILOT, Volume I: comprising
$35.00 AUD
Hydrographic Department, Admiralty. London. 1957. Reprint (04/57) of the 4th edition of 1949, S.D. No. 26. Advertisement of the 4th edition, by Vice-Admiral A. G. N. Wyatt. Edited by Cmdr. C.R. BRENT. XLII, 324 PP with figures and 3 tables, plus 4 plates with 8 maps, 2 plates with 1 lighthouse and 1 coastal view and 1 folded Index Chart S.D. 26. Supplement No. 5-1959 with 45 pages, loosely inserted. Cloth cover, title on front cover and spine. Spine lightly faded. Foxing. Very good. 24.4 x 15.
54844 HMSO AUSTRALIA PILOT - Volume II
$35.00 AUD
Hydrographer of the Navy. London. 1943. Reprint (01.43) of the 2nd edition of 1929. Advertisement to the 2nd edition by Rear-Admiral H. P. Douglas. Edited by COLE, Commander A. C., & GLEN, Commander G. C. (4 notices), XXVI, 390 PP with tables, plus 1 folded Index to Admiralty Charts S.D.49, 2 colour plates (Depth Signals & Weather Forecast Signals) and 9 b/w plates with 2 lighthouses and11 coastal views. Inside front cover: Caution when approaching British Ports. Cloth cover. Spine lightly sunned. Fine. 23 x 14.5.
South and East coasts of Australia, from Cape Northumberland to Port Jackson, including Bass Strait and Tasmania.
55531 HMSO WEST COAST OF INDIA PILOT: Maldives, Lakshadweep, Sri Lanka, with Palk Bay; The West coast of India, the coast of Pakistan
$40.00 AUD
Hydrographer of the Navy. London. 1998. 12th edition of the 1866 original. NP 38. Advertisement of the 12th edition, by Rear Admiral J. P. Clarke. Edited by ATTWOOD, Captain A. J. XII, 328, (1) PP with Index charts NP 38(a) and NP 38(b), figures, 23 maps, 19 climatic tables and 38 coastal views or lighthouses (drawings or b/w photos). Laminated pictorial boards. Faint foxing. Fine. 30.2 x 21.3.
58410 HMSO THE 1931 INTERNATIONAL CODE OF SIGNALS - Volume I: For Visual and Sound Signalling
$20.00 AUD
HMSO. London. 1932. 1st Ed. (III), 4, XII colour plates of Flags, 359, (IV-XIV advertisements) PP with 1 page of drawings for the "Semaphore Alphabet". Supplement No. 1 of May 1934, loosely inserted. Cloth covers, title and device in blind on front, gilt title and device on spine. Covers lightly marked, and spine with 3 small holes. Stamp of The Adelaide Steamship Co. Ltd at top of advertisements (ii) page. Slight ageing of paper, occasional foxing spots, o/wise contents near fine. Scarce. Image shows title-page. 27.8 x 22.5.
The 12 colour plates: British Flags (I to III), National Flags (IV to X) and Signalling Flags and Pendants (XI & XII) are in excellent condition.
60397 HMSO CHINA SEA PILOT - Vol. III
$25.00 AUD
Hydrographer of the Navy. London. 1968. 3rd edition of the 1937 original. Advertisement by Rear-Admiral G. S. Ritchie. Edited by Cmdr. W.B. MONK. (4), XIV, 716, (2) PP with drawings, tables and 74 coastal views, plus 1 Index Chart N.P.32, 4 tidal charts, 15 charts. Supplement No. 7-1977 with 43 pages loosely inserted. Cloth cover, title on front cover and spine. Spine sunned and with tears on fore hinge. Very good working copy. 24.8 x 16
Comprising the coast of China from Fu-Chi Chiao to Yalu Chiang or Amnok Kang; the northern coast of Luzon; Tai-wan; and the western coast of Korea.
62701 HMSO INDONESIA PILOT - Volume I
$25.00 AUD
Hydrographer of the Navy. Taunton, UK. 1996. 2nd edition. N.P. 36. Preface by Rear Admiral J. P. Clarke. XXIV, 230, (2) PP with tables, coastal views and maps, plus 2 index charts [NP 36(a) & NP36(b)]. Soft cover. Near fine. 29.5 x 21.
The West Coast of Jawa, the south and east coasts of Sumatera, Selat Sunda, Selat Bangka, Selat Gelasa, Selat Karimata ....
69618 HMSO THE 1931 INTERNATIONAL CODE OF SIGNALS - Volume I: For Visual and Sound Signalling and Supplement No. 1
$20.00 AUD
H.E. Daw. Melbourne. 1931. 1st Australian edition. (4), XII colour plates of Flags, 360 PP with 1 page of drawings for the "Semaphore Alphabet". Cloth covers, title and device on front board. Covers and spine faded and worn around edges, with some soil marks and light speckling. Slight ageing of paper, occasional foxing spots. Stamp of the "Australian Water Transport (small craft)..." on endpapers and top of plate X. A near fine copy. Scarce. 18 x 14..
69813 HMSO A CHANNEL PILOT, Part II: comprising the North-Western and Northern Coasts of France from Pointe de Penmarc'h to Dunkerque and the Franco-Belgian, frontier, including the Channel Islands
$25.00 AUD
Hydrographer of the Navy. London. 1938. 10th edition. Advertisement to the 10th edition by Rear-Admiral J. A. Edgell. Edited by Cdr. F. N. Shearne. (4), XXXI, 419 PP with 10 figures, plus 1 folded plate (Index to Charts SD 2), and b/w plates with tidal signals, coastal views and lighthouses. Supplement No. 6, 1947 with 62 pages loosely inserted. Blue cloth cover, title on front cover and spine. Occasional foxing. Very good. 24 x 15.
71135 HMSO AUSTRALIA PILOT - Volume 3
$60.00 AUD
Hydrographer of the Navy. Wollongong / Taunton. 2012. 12th edition of the 1916 original. NP15. Preface by Commodore R. Nairn, RAN & Rear Admiral Moncrieff, Chief Executive, UK Hydrographioc Office. Edited by Mr. W. Daniels. XVI, 476, (4) PP with colour illustrations: 1 index charts [NP 15], tables, diagrams, graphs, maps and photographs (coastal views, lighthouses, ports). Laminated pictorial boards. Fine. 30.3 x 21.3. 9780707742854
East coasts of Australia from North Head to Cape York... Torres Strait, South Coast of Papua New Guinea.
71534 HMSO AUSTRALIA PILOT - Volume II
$40.00 AUD
Hydrographer of the Navy. Taunton, UK. 1999. Seventh edition of the 1918 original. N.P. 14. Preface to this 7th edition by Rear Admiral J. P. Clarke. Edited by P.C. McManaway, Master Mariner. X, 355, (1) with 14 tables, 31 maps in colour and over 100 aerial photos, plus 2 "Index to Charts (N.P. 14 (a), (b). Pictorial laminated boards. Stamp of previous owner on front endpaper. Fine. 30.5 x 21.5. 9780707711171
South, south-east and east coasts of Australia from Green Cape to Port Jackson, including Bass Strait and Tasmania.
71682 HMSO AUSTRALIA PILOT - Volume I: SD 13
$25.00 AUD
Hydrographic Department, Admiralty. London. 1960. 5th edition of the 1918 original, S.D. No. 13. Advertisement to the Fifth edition, by Rear-Admiral E. G. Irving. Edited by Cmdr. W.B. MONK. XLIII, 298 PP with 10 figures, 7 tables and 35 views (9 coastal and 26 lighthouses), plus 1 folded Index Charts S.D.13, 6 colour plates on Depth Signals, Weather forecast and buoyage and 7 b/w plates with 11 maps. Cloth cover, title on front cover and spine. Supplement No. 2-1968 (47 pages & 1 plate) updated by Captain J.G.B. Morrow loosely inserted. Cloth cover, title on front cover and spine. Ex library copy with stamp on title page, pocket on rear endpaper and No. at foot of spine. Very good. 24.2 x 15.2.
Comprising the southern coast of Australia from Cape Leewin to Cape Northumberland.
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
73099 HMSO AUSTRALIA PILOT - Volume I
$50.00 AUD
Hydrographer of the Navy. Taunton, UK. 2005. 1st edition. Seventh edition of the 1918 original. N.P. 13. Preface by Dr. D.W. Williams. Edited by Commander G.D. Niven. XII, 428, PP with 20 tables, over 50 maps in colour (including 3 Index diagrams), and many colour illustrations (traffic & port signals, navigation & depth, Courtesy Flag and over 30 aerial photos). Pictorial laminated boards. Copy lacking the CD Rom called for inside back covers. An otherwise fine copy. 30.5 x 21.5. 9780707715599
North, North-West, West and South coasts of Australia from the west entrance of Endeavour Strait to Green Point.
74427 HMSO AUSTRALIA PILOT - Volume II
$60.00 AUD
Hydrographic Department, Admiralty. London. 1929. 2nd Ed. Edited by Commander A.C. COLE & Commander G.C. GLEN. Advertisement to the 2nd edition by Rear-Admiral H. P. Douglas. (4 notices), XXVI, 390 PP with tables, plus 1 folded Index to Admiralty Charts S.D.49, 3 colour plates (Depth Signals, Weather Forecast Signals & Tidal Signals for Macquarie Harbour) and 9 b/w plates with 2 lighthouses and 11coastal views. Inside front cover: Caution when approaching British Ports. Cloth cover, title on front cover and spine. Occasional foxing. Very good. 24.5 x 15.5.
South and East coasts of Australia, from Cape Northumberland to Port Jackson, including Bass Strait and Tasmania.
74428 HMSO AUSTRALIA PILOT - Volume III: SD 15
$30.00 AUD
Hydrographic Department, Admiralty. London. 1960. 5th edition of the 1916 original, S.D. 15. Edited by Lieutenant-Commander J.D. LOCK. (4), XLVIII, 345 PP with tables and b/w illustrations (maps, drawings and 38 coastal views), plus 1 folded Index to Admiralty Charts, and 6 plates in colour (Buoyage, Weather forecast signals & Depth signals). Cloth cover. Title on front board and spine. Very good. 24.2 x 15.2.
... comprising: the East coast of Australia from Port Jackson to Sandy Cape, the seaward edge of Great Barrier Reefs, islands and reefs of the East coast of Australia, Great North East Channel, Torres Strait, and the south coasts of Papua and Netherlands New Guinea from Parama island to Kaap Valsch.
74429 HMSO AUSTRALIA PILOT - Volume IV: SD 16
$25.00 AUD
Hydrographic Department, Admiralty. London. 1962. Fifth edition, compiled by Commander H.P. Price. (4), XLIV, 438, (1) PP with tables and b/w illustrations drawings and 40 coastal views), plus 1 folded Index Chart S.D.16, 7 plates with 11 maps and 4 plates in colour (buoyage). FEP: Caution, and Notations of supplements and Annual summaries of Notices to Mariners. Cloth cover, title on front cover and spine. Very good. 24.6 x 15.5.
Eastern coast of Queensland from Sandy Cape to Cape York, with the off-lying islands and reefs, including Great Barrier Reefs.
74999 HMSO AUSTRALIA PILOT - Volume I: SD 13
$20.00 AUD
Hydrographic Department, Admiralty. London. 1960. 5th edition of the 1918 original, S.D. No. 13. Advertisement to the Fifth edition, by Rear-Admiral E. G. Irving. Edited by Cmdr. W.B. MONK. XLIII, 298 PP with 10 figures, 7 tables and 35 views (9 coastal and 26 lighthouses), plus 1 folded Index Charts S.D.13, 6 colour plates on Depth Signals, Weather forecast and buoyage and 7 b/w plates with 11 maps. Cloth cover, title on front cover and spine. Front cover with a few marks (speckles) and spine sunned. Contents very good. 24.2 x 15.2.
Comprising the southern coast of Australia from Cape Leewin to Cape Northumberland.
75018 HMSO MEDITERRANEAN PILOT - Volume II
$25.00 AUD
Hydrographer of the Navy. London. 1965. 9th edition of the 1877 original. N.P. 46. Preface by Rear-Admiral E. G. Irving. Edited by Lieutenant-Commander F. St. P. Woodhouse. (4), XII, 588 PP with 12 tables and 88 coastal views & lighthouses, plus 1 index Chart "N.P. 46" and 16 pages with 13 charts . Cloth cover, title on front cover and a sunned spine. Covers slightly rubbed and soiled. Old damp marks but not affecting the illustration pages. Good reading/working copy. 24.5 x 15.
The southern coasts of France from Cap Cerbère; to the Franco-Italian border. The island of Corsica, and the western and southern coasts of Italy from the Franco-Italian border to Capo Santo Maria di Leuca, including Archipelago Toscano.
75726 HMSO AUSTRALIA PILOT - Volume II
$30.00 AUD
Hydrographer of the Navy. Taunton, UK. 1982. Sixth edition of the 1918 original. N.P. 14. Preface to this 6th edition by Rear Admiral D. W. Haslam. Edited by Commander J.E. Smallwood, RN. X, 243, (1) PP with 14 tables, 13 maps in colour and b/w illustrations (65 coastal views & beacons / lighthouses and 26 aerial photos), plus 1 "Index to Chart (N.P. 14). Supplement No. 1 - 1983, 18 PP loosely inserted. Cloth covers, gilt title on front board and spine. Fine. 30.5 x 21.5. 9780707711171
South, south-east and east coasts of Australia from Green Cape to Port Jackson, including Bass Strait and Tasmania.
HMSO. London. 1959 & 1960. Volume I (1959): X, 536 PP with over 274 b/w or colour figures, plus 19 pages with 34 colour illustrations (Rules of the Road), 6 pages with 5 Curves Chart, and 1 large folded plate "Buoyage". Fp: 2 photos "Bridge of an Aircraft Carrier". Volume II (revised edition of 1960): XI, 2974 PP with 160 b/w figures and 20 pages with b/w photos "Cloud Types". Fp: The field of Orion. Cloth cover, gilt anchor in blind on front cover, gilt title on spine. Occasional foxing. Internally a nice set. 24.6 x 15.6.
B.R. 45 (1) & B.R. 45 (2).
46701 HOCKING, Geoff THE AUSTRALIAN FLAG. The First 100 Years
$25.00 AUD
The Five Mile Press. Sydney. 2002. 1st Ed. 112 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial laminated boards, dj. Fine. Oblong: 18.2 x 25.6. 1865035998
76014 HOEG, Anton & PETERSEN, Hjalmar SKIBSFARTENS - HVEM - HVAD - HVOR
$40.00 AUD
Politikens Forlag. Kobenhavn. 1955. 1st Ed. No. 54 in the Politikens Handboger series. 320 PP with hundreds of b/w illustrations (drawings, profiles, silhouettes, sketches, plans and photos) , plus a large folded "cut-away" in colour of the DFDS "Kronprinsesse Ingrid" tipped in on page 81. Illustrated hard covers. Damaged spine with part missing (1.5 cm) at head, and reinforced with clear sellotape at hinges. Business Card / Carte de Visite of Anton Hoeg, skibsreder loosely inserted. Slight ageing and foxing of paper. Very good. Danish text. 17 x 12.
42462 HOLLAND, Francis Ross LIGHTHOUSES
$20.00 AUD
MetroBooks / Friedman / Fairfax Publishers. New York. 1885. 1st US edition. 120 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Fp: Sandy Hook lighthouse, New Jersey. Hard cover, dj. Part of the front cover of dust jacket lightly sunned.. Brief note on front endpaper. Faint foxing on outside edges, o/wise near fine. 31.5 x 27.2. 9781567992014
History and development of these structures since antiquity. Lighthouses of the British Isles, the United States of America, Canada and the Caribbean.
32297 HOLLAND, Francis Ross jr. AMERICA'S LIGHTHOUSES - An Illustrated History
$15.00 AUD
Dover. New York. 1988. Unabridged and slightly corrected republication of the third printing of 1981, published originally in 1972 as America's Lighthouses: Their Illustrated History since X, 226, (4 index) PP with 8 maps, 16 b/w line illustrations and 100 b/w photos. Title spread: Boon Island Light Station, Maine. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27.4 x 20.3. 048625576X
72160 HOLME, Geoffrey (editor) THE STUDIO - Vol. 128, No. 621
$10.00 AUD
The Studio Ltd. London. 1944. Vol. 128, No. 621, December 1944. 161-192, (I - VIII Advertisements) PP with 4 colour and 39 b/w illustrations. Soft covers. Near fine. 24.6 x 18.7.
Pages 161 to 169: Decorative Maps, by Macdonald Gill. ...
50409 HOTINE, Captain M. EXTENSIONS OF THE ARUNDEL METHOD (A continuation of Professional Paper No. 3)
$40.00 AUD
H.M.S.O. London. 1929. 1st Ed., with an introduction by Colonel H. St. J. L. Winterbotham. Professional Papers of the Air Survey Committee - No. 6. 115 PP with 15 tables (XII, XIII and XIV on folded pages), and 40 figures, plus 4 large folded plates (I to IV), and 3 plates for figures 7 & 8, 26 and 40. Fp: Aerial photo of Glen Gova, Angus (Forfar). Papered boards, cloth spine. Covers with some shelf wear and light soiling. Name in inside front cover, o/wise contents near fine. Scarce. 24 x 13.3.
55882 HYDE, Ralph WARD MAPS OF THE CITY OF LONDON (in The Map Collectors' Circle)
$15.00 AUD
The Map Collectors' Circle. London. 1967. No. 38, in Map Collectors's series (Fourth Volume). 40 PP, plus 16 b/w plates. Soft cover. Fine. 24.7 x 18.5.
68279 HYDROGRAPHER OF THE NAVY AUSTRALIA PILOT - Volume I (with supplement)
$20.00 AUD
Hydrographic Department, Admiralty. London. 1973. 6th edition of the 1918 original. N.P. 13. Preface to the Sixth edition, by Rear-Admiral G.P.D. Hall Edited by Commander T.C. Russell. VIII, 136 PP with 4 figures, 13 tables and 35 views (10 coastal and 25 lighthouses), plus 1 Index Chart N.P.13, 6 colour plates on Depth Signals, Weather forecast and buoyage and 14 pages with 13 maps/diagrams. Cloth cover, title on front cover and spine. Supplement No. 4 - 1978 (16 pages & 1 plate) updated by Commander D. N. Penfold loosely inserted. Cloth cover, title on front cover and spine. Traces of old watermarks (obvious on lower corner of front cover and on pages 126 / 127), o/wise very good. 32 x 21.
South coast of Australia from Cape Leewin to Green Point.
72897 HYDROGRAPHER OF THE NAVY ADMIRALTY TIDAL STREAM ATLAS: NORTH SEA (Southern Portion) - NP 251
$10.00 AUD
Hydrographic Department. Taunton, UK. 1976. 3rd edition, under the Superintendence of Rear-Admiral D.W. Haslam. No pagination, 16 PP with 1 diagram "Computation of Rates" (inside front cover), 1 Index Chart on last page and 13 coloured charts. Stiff covers, title on front cover which has a few rubs. Contents fine. 29.5 x 21.
75883 HYDROGRAPHER OF THE NAVY ADMIRALTY TIDAL STREAM ATLAS: DOVER STRAIT - NP 233
$10.00 AUD
Hydrographic Department. Taunton, UK. 1975. 2nd edition, under the Superintendence of Rear-Admiral D.W. Haslam. No pagination, 16 PP with 1 diagram "Computation of Rates" (inside front cover), 1 Index chart on last page and 13 coloured charts. Stiff covers, title on front cover which has a few rubs. Contents fine. 29.5 x 21.
75884 HYDROGRAPHER OF THE NAVY ADMIRALTY TIDAL STREAM ATLAS: THE CHANNEL ISLANDS and adjacent coasts of FRANCE - NP 264
$10.00 AUD
Hydrographic Department. Taunton, UK. 1977. 3rd edition, under the Superintendence of Rear-Admiral D.W. Haslam. No pagination, 22 PP with 1 diagram "Computation of Rates" (inside front cover), 1 Index chart on last page and 26 coloured charts. Stiff covers, title on front cover which has a few rubs. Contents fine. 29.5 x 21.
76071 HYDROGRAPHER OF THE NAVY AUSTRALIA PILOT - Volume IV
$20.00 AUD
Hydrographic Department, Admiralty. Taunton, UK. 1951. Reprint, 09/1955 of the 4th edition of 1951 (1916) original. Advertisement to the Fourth edition by Rear-Admiral A. DAY. Edited by Cmdr. H.P. PRICE. (4), XLIV, 356 PP with figures, 6 tables and 9 maps, plus 1 folded Index Chart S.D.16, 1 colour plate (Depth Signals) and 24 b/w plates with 40 coastal views. FEP: Caution, and Notations of supplements and Annual summaries of Notices to Mariners. Supplement no. 3-1956 updated by Commander M.L. Harrison Price (24 PP. Cloth cover, title on front cover and spine. Company stamps of McIlwraith McEacharn on cover of Supplement, FFEP and Title-page and a few other pagers. Light wear to covers, otherwise contents are near fine. 24.6 x 15.5.
Eastern coast of Queensland from Sandy Cape to Cape York, with the off-lying islands and reefs, including Great Barrier Reefs.
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.
71585 Hydrographic / Topographic Center SAILING DIRECTIONS (Planning Guide) - SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN - PUB 122
$60.00 AUD
Defence Mapping Agency Hydrographic/Topographic Center. Bethesda, Md. 1982. First edition., SD 122. XXII, 293 PP with tables, information charts & chartlets and 14 pages of colour illustrations on existing "Buoyage System". Plus 1 large folded chart of the Pacific Ocean, and in appendix, an Atlas with 182 folded plates: Surface Winds, Surface Air Temperatures, Temperatures Extremes and T-H Index, Sea Surface Temperatures ... Precipitations, Visibility ... Prevailing Surface Current, Major Oceanic Currents, Tides. Rivetted papered boards a little soiled, o/wise very good. 26.5 x 20.
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.
49941 HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICE DEVELOPMENT OF HYDROGRAPHIC WORK IN SIAM, from the Beginning up to the Present
$20.00 AUD
International Hydrographic Office. Monaco. 1947. Extracted from the International Hydrographic Review, Vol XXIV of 1947. 16 PP, plus 3 folded plates (organigrams). Soft cover. Fine. 23.3 x 16.7.
Lecture delivered by Rear Admiral Luang Joldhan BRUDHIKRAI (Royal Siamese Navy) at the Fifth International Hydrographic Conference in April and May 1947 at Monaco.
55091 IALA IALA MARITIME BUOYAGE SYSTEM A
$5.00 AUD
Maritime Services Board of N. S. W. Sydney. 1980. April 1980 edition. No pagination, 12 PP with 5 diagrams in colour. Soft cover with creases. Good. 21 x 15.2.
IALA = International Association of Lighthouse Authorities.
70518 IBBOTSON, John LIGHTHOUSES OF AUSTRALIA - Images from the End of an Era
$100.00 AUD
Australian Lighthouse Traders. Surrey Hills, Victoria. 2001. 1st Ed. VI, 282 PP with 12 detailed location maps and 500 colour photographs. Title page: Whaler Point lighthouse, Portland, Victoria. Eps: Map of Australia showing the location of lighthouses. Hard cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj. 7 newspapers pages with colour photos on Australian lightouses (1 Victoria, 3 Tasmania and 4 new South Wales) loosely inserted. A fine copy. Large format: 31 x 27.5. 064641674X
74374 IBBOTSON, John LIGHTHOUSES OF AUSTRALIA - Images from the End of an Era
$75.00 AUD
Australian Lighthouse Traders. Surrey Hills, Victoria. 2001. 1st Ed. Foreword by Clive Davidson, A.M.S.A. VI, 282 PP with 12 detailed location maps and 500 colour photographs. Title page: Whaler Point lighthouse, Portland, Victoria. Eps: Map of Australia showing the location of lighthouses. Hard cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj. Fine. 31 x 27.5. 064641674X
220 of the Australian Lighthouses.
50023 INDONESIAN PILOT ZEEMANSGIDS VOOR INDONESIË - Deel I: Westelijk Gedeelte
$20.00 AUD
Staatsdrukkerij- en Uitgeverijbedrijf. The Hague. 1957. 9th edition. XXII, 450 PP with 1 map, tables and 201 coastal views, plus 2 folded maps Magnetic variations, and Index map. Addendum No. 1 - 1958 (8 pages) tipped in on front endpaper. Cloth cover with light wear. Slight ageing of paper and occasional foxing. Very good. Dutch text. 27.5 x 20.
Mariners guide to the Indonesian archipelago. Volume 1: Western Part.
50024 INDONESIAN PILOT ZEEMANSGIDS VOOR INDONESIË - Deel II: Middengedeelte
$20.00 AUD
Staatsdrukkerij- en Uitgeverijbedrijf. The Hague. 1956. 9th edition. XXII, 547 PP with 1 map, tables and 305 coastal views, plus 1 folded map Index map. Addendum No. 1 - 1958 (8 pages with 4 coastal views) loosely inserted. Cloth cover with light wear. Slight ageing of paper and occasional foxing. Very good. Dutch text. 27.5 x 20.
Mariners guide to the Indonesian archipelago. Volume 2: Central Part.
72790 INGLETON, Lieutenant-Commander Geoffrey C. A BRIEF HISTORY OF MARINE SURVEYING IN AUSTRALIA (in Journal and Proceedings, RAHS - Vol.XXX, Parts I, II & IV)
$120.00 AUD
Royal Australian Historical Society. Sydney. 1944. 3 issues for 139 pages with 15 illustrations. Part I: 44 PP with 7 b/w illustrations. Part II: 85-151 PP with 8 b/w illustrations. Part IV: 259-288 PP with tables. Stapled soft covers. Front cover of Part I with small chips. Slight foxing on outside edges. Near fine condition of a rare set. 21.4 x 14.
Lectures read in part before the Society, September 28, 1943. Basis for his 1944 "Charting a Continent". Images of back covers list all articles and illustrations.
53828 JACOBS, Joseph THE STORY OF GEOGRAPHICAL DISCOVERY - How the World became known
$15.00 AUD
George Newnes. London. c. 1895. 1st Ed., in The Library of Useful Stories. 224 PP with 24 maps. Fp: Arms granted to Sebastian Del Cano. Illustrated cloth covers, gilt title on spine. Slight ageing of paper. Signature of previous owner on front endpaper. Near fine. Small format: 15.3 x 10.
54587 JAPANESE HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICE ON THE MARINE GEOLOGY OF BEACH EROSION IN OMORI-HAMA VICINITY, HAKODATE CITY (in The Bulletin of the Japanese Hydrographic Office - Pub. No. 943, Volume XIII, Part I & II)
$20.00 AUD
Maritime Safety Board. Tokyo. 1956, 1959 . Part I (1956): 216 PP with 175 tables and 211 figures, plus folded plates and 20 pages with 74 b/w photos. Japanese text (caption of figures in Japanese and English). Part II (1959): Preface by Dr. Kanji Suda. Foreword by Dr. Ryoshichi Komukai. (8), IV, II, 217- 582 PP with 117 tables and 261 figure, plus folded plates and 10 pages with 34 b/w photos. Japanese text (caption of figures in Japanese and English). English text between P.434 and 582. A 3 page errata loosely inserted. Stiff covers. Very good set. 25.5 x 19.
51773 JOHNSON BARKER, Brian POCKET GUIDE TO FLAGS OF THE WORLD
$10.00 AUD
New Holland. London. 2005. 1st Ed. 192 PP with colour illustrations (flags, location maps). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 15. 1843308673
63045 JOHNSON, David TRIUMPH - The Ship that hit the Lighthouse
$25.00 AUD
The Dunmore Press. Palmerston North. NZ. 1981. 1st Ed. X, 142 PP with 1 map in text plus 24 pages with 41 b/w illust. Hard cover, dj. Name of previous owner on front endpaper. Fine. 22 x 14.5. 0908564589
The steamer shipwrecked on 29/11/1883 at the foot of the Tiritiri lighthouse which guides shipping into Auckland Harbour. Her subsequent refloating & career.
30566 JOHNSON, Hildegard Binder CARTA MARINA - World Geography in Strassburg, 1525
$15.00 AUD
Greenwood Press. Westport, Ct., USA. 1974. Reprint of the 1963 original published by University of Minnesota. (VIII), 159 PP with 1 map Strassburg and the Rhine Valley, 1525, and 1 folded map in rear pocket. Title page: Portrait of Lorenz Fries. Cloth covers with a few light marks, o/wise a fine copy. Image shows title-page. 22.2 x 14.4. 0837173108
The 1525 world map by Lorenz Fries Carta Marina, on which one can see where one is in the world and where every sea, country and city is, and published by Johannes Grüninger.
31657 JOHNSON, Hildegard Binder CARTA MARINA - World Geography in Strassburg, 1525
$10.00 AUD
Greenwood Press. Westport, Ct., USA. 1974. Reprint of the 1963 original published by University of Minnesota. (VIII), 159 PP with 1 map Strassburg and the Rhine Valley, 1525, and 1 folded map (laser print) in rear pocket. Title page: Portrait of Lorenz Fries. Cloth cover. Very good. Image shows title-page. 22.2 x 14.4. 0837173108
The 1525 world map by Lorenz Fries Carta Marina, on which one can see where one is in the world and where every sea, country and city is, and published by Johannes Grüninger.
74818 JUIN, P. & THIEGI, J. (editors) UTA - ATLAS DE VOL / FLIGHT ATLAS
$25.00 AUD
UTA / Union des Transports Aériens. Paris. 1970. 1st Ed. No pagination, 16 PP with colour illustrations: 23 photos by Milan Alram and 8 charts with 2 inserts. Pictorial soft covers (staples removed). French and English text. Very good. Oblong: 21 x 27.
French airline, linking France to Africa since 1935 then Oceania as of 1st January 1956 with flights from Paris - Saigon - Port Darwin - Noumea ... Then to Auckland, New Zealand a year later ... Tahiti, Los Angeles...
58678 JUVIK, James O. & Sonia P., PARADISE, Thomas R. STUDENT ATLAS OF HAWAI'I
$15.00 AUD
The Bess Press. Honolulu. 2000. 1st Ed. 48 PP with colour illustrations (maps, plans & photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 28 x 21.3. 1573060496
41298 KEATES, J. S. (editor) THE WORLD BOOKS ATLAS OF THE WORLD
$10.00 AUD
The Reprint Society. London. 1957. Reprinted of the 1956 original published by Penguin Books. XVI, 76, 80 PP with 79 pages of maps in colour. Eps: Maps with key to the Atlas. Cloth cover, device on front cover. Lettering on spine and device on front cover rubbed. Foxing spots on outside edges. Errata page: Developments since publication, tipped in between P. II and III. Bookplate of previous owner pasted down on half title page. Contents near fine. 38.6 x 26.5.
80 pages for Maps. 76 pages of Index.
38981 KELLY, Andrew LOOKING AT MAPS
$15.00 AUD
Bookshelf Publishing. Gosford, NSW. 1992. 1st Ed. (juvenile). 32 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial card cover. Dedicatory note on title page, signed by author. Fine. 27.5 x 23.5. 1863881026
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).
52397 KEMP, Peter THE OXFORD COMPANION TO SHIPS AND THE SEA
$35.00 AUD
Oxford University Press. Oxford. 1992. Reprint of the paperback edition of 1988 (original of 1976). VIII, 972 PP with b/w & colour illustrations. Stiff covers, pictorial front. Fine. 23.4 x 15.6. 9780192820846
From AB (able seaman) to Zulu (fishing vessel peculiar to the NE coast of Scotland).
58670 KENNEDY, T. F. A DESCRIPTIVE ATLAS OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS - New Zealand, Australia, Polynesia, Melanesia, Micronesia, Philippines
$10.00 AUD
Reed Education. Wellington. 1974. 3rd edition, revised and extended (original of 1966). 80 PP with b/w illustrations (1 drawing, 5 photos and 67 maps). Soft cover, illustrated front. Fine. 23.5 x 18.3. 0589040529
73471 KETTRIDGE, J. O. French-English & English-French DICTIONARY OF TECHNICAL TERMS AND PHRASES (in 2 Volumes)
$25.00 AUD
Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd. London. 1969. 1st Ed. Vol. I (French-English): XVI, 536, XXIV (supplement) PP. Vol. II (English-French): IV, 545 - 1146 PP. Hard covers with dust jackets. Clear plastic protection pasted down on dust jackets and endpapers. Occasional foxing (heavier on Volume I). Very good. 24.2 x 16.5.
50391 KNIGHT, Thomas EARLY CHINESE MAPS (in Hemisphere, An Asian-Australian Monthly - Vol.16, No.3)
$15.00 AUD
Department of Education and Science. Canberra. 1972. March 1972. Contains article between P.30 and 35 with 3 colour and 6 b/w illustrations. Soft cover. Fine. 27.2 x 20.3.
53663 KOEMAN, C. An Inventory of JOHANNES VAN KEULEN'S GLOBE-FACTORY in Amsterdam, Dated 1689 (In Imago Mundi, a review of Early Cartography)
$10.00 AUD
Nico Israel. Amsterdam. 1971. Article removed from issue 25. Pages 47 to 53. Soft cover, plastic cover, clear plastic front, spiral bound. Fine. 28.7 x 20.6.
54089 KOEMAN, Prof. Ir. C., VIETOR, Alexander O. & WALLIS, Dr. Helen (editors) THEATRUM ORBIS TERRARUM CORPUS of old atlases in facsimile
$20.00 AUD
Theatrum Orbis Terrarum Ltd. Amsterdam. c. 1973. 1st Ed. 32 PP with 1 facsimile of a letter by R. A. Skelton, 1 portrait of Professor Koeman, 36 location maps and 38 b/w illustrations. Inside covers: Dust jacket of 32 of these Atlases. Pictorial soft cover. Few stamps or annotations out of print. Very good. Oblong: 21 x 29.7.
Catalogue of a corpus of 40 old and rare Atlases and Pilot Books.
15731 KUNZ, Egon & Elsie A CONTINENT TAKES SHAPE
$25.00 AUD
Collins. Sydney. 1971. 1st Ed. 176 PP with b/w & colour charts, maps and plans. Eps: 1896 map. Cloth cover, decorated front board, gilt title on spine, dj. Occasional foxing, o/wise near fine. 31 x 24.5. 00211412
History of Australia in maps, from the fanciful charts of early seamen, to the latest development in aerial photography.
50727 KWAN, Elizabeth FLAG AND NATION: Australians and their National Flags since 1901
$25.00 AUD
University of New South Wales Press. Sydney. 2006. 1st Ed. 176 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 26 x 18. 0868405671
70691 LAING, Robert (compiler) ANCHORAGE GUIDE "VAN DIEMENS LAND CIRCUMNAVIGATION"
$25.00 AUD
Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania. Hobart. c. 1997. 1st Ed. (2), 98, (2) PP with 1 map of Tasmania and 78 sketch maps. 2 folded pages on Macquarie harbour loosely inserted. Pictorial soft covers protected by clear plastic, spiral bound. Near fine. 29.7 x 21.
44960 LAN, Richard CALIFORNIA DREAMING (in Antiquarian Book Review)
$10.00 AUD
Countrywide Edition. High Wycombe, UK. 2002. Volume XXXVII, Number 9, Issue 311, February 2002. Contains article between P. 30 and 35 with 3 colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27.5 x 20.5.
How fantasy shaped the West Coast in 17th century mapping.
73128 LANE, Kevin CRUISING WEST: First "South Coast" supplement
$20.00 AUD
Albany Advertiser. Albany, WA. 1987. 1st Ed. 77, (3 blank) PP with b/w illustrations (17 photos and 54 sketch maps & 3 insets). Card covers a little soiled. Name of previous owner inside front cover. Light foxing on outside edges. Near fine. 29.7 x 21.
49495 LANG, A. W. SEEKARTEN DER SÜDLICHEN NORD- UND OSTSEE
$25.00 AUD
Deutsches Hydrographisches Institut. Hamburg. 1968. 1st Ed. (10), 106 PP with 84 figures, plus 70 pages for 20 charts (5 on full page and 15 on double page). Cloth cover, gilt decoration and title on front cover, gilt title on spine. Dust jacket tipped in on rear endpaper. Ingleton bookplate on front endpaper. German text (summary in German, English, French and Russian). Occasional foxing, o/wise near fine. 33.3 x 23.3.
Charts of the coasts of the Southern Baltic Sea and the German North Sea.
Librairie Larousse. Paris. c. 1903. 1st Ed. 280, (1 Modification & Errata) PP with b/w illustraztions (70 maps and 741 photos), plus 23 plates 7 with maps in colour (1 on double page) and 16 plates with 27 b/w photos. Marbled endpapers reinforced at the gutter. Rebacked copy retaining the original marbled boards and spine with gilt title. Note on the verso of the front endpaper. Slight ageing of paper. French text. Near fine. 32 x 24.5..
19685 LEVER, Darcy THE YOUNG SEA OFFICER'S SHEET ANCHOR, Or a Key to the Leading of Rigging and to Practical Seamanship with An Appendix containing several figures illustrative of novelties and improvements in rigging, &c&c&c.
$900.00 AUD
John Richardson. London. 1835. New Edition and probably 3rd English edition. XII, (II), 124 PP plus 113 plates (printed back to back) with 687 figures plus 3 plates (printed back to back) with 17 figures (In Appendix), followed by a Dictionary of Sea Terms (Pages 117 to 124). Rebacked copy retaining original morocco covers, raised bands, gilt lettering ("Rigging & Seamanship") on spine, lettering on foot of spine a little faded/rubbed. Signature: Wm. St. John Hornby, 1854, on original endpaper. Title-page has a repaired closed tear. Light foxing, otherwise a very good complete copy of a scarce item. Image shows title-page. 27.5 x 22.5.
Darcy Lever was born around 1760 and as a young man he went out to India where he acquired his nautical skills. On his return to England he settled first of all in Leeds and later at Pontefract. He died at Edinburgh in 1837. His book was very successful and for almost 40 years remained the text book on the subject within both the Royal Navy and in the merchant service. It remains one of the principal sources of information on the subject today. Illustrated with over 600 drawings and diagrams engraved onto 113 plates, the book explains in clear and easy terms every aspect of the art of seamanship, rigging and ship-handling from the days of wooden ships and sail. The book is invaluable to the ship model-maker but it is also of prime importance for the study of masts, spars, rigging, blocks, ropes, knotting, braces, sails, shrouds, ....
41689 LLOYD'S MARITIME GUIDE 1986
$40.00 AUD
Lloyd's Register of Shipping. London. 1986. 1st Ed. (6), 510, (2), 54, (26 maps), 119, (3), 267, 20, (2), 19, (3), 7 PP with 54 maps and location maps (in the map section). Hard cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Near fine. 29.2 x 24.7.
Port facilities. Ports gazetteer and maps, telegraphic address and telex numbers. Call signs of ships. Shipbuilders. Shipbreakers. Marine Insurance. Marine Associations.
65051 LLOYD'S LLOYD'S BOOK OF HOUSE FLAGS & FUNNELS OF THE PRINCIPAL STEAMSHIP LINES OF THE WORLD AND THE HOUSE FLAGS OF VARIOUS LINES OF SAILING VESSELS
$750.00 AUD
Lloyd's London. London. 1912. Updated version of the 1904 original edition. (6), (2 PP index to National and Official Flags / index to Funnels), (30 PP index to shipowners), (2), 16 PP advertisements, plus 111 plates (25 to 136) with colour House-Flags and Funnels. Green cloth cover, gilt decorated front, gilt title on spine. Spine is soiled with some cracking and has been reinforced. Rear cover is a little soiled, o/wise front cover is quite clean and bright. Inside front and rear gutters are a little cracked. No other imperfections, and internally this is near fine copy of a very rare item. 25.5 x 16.
Plates 25 to 35: National and Official Flags. Plate 36: International Code Flags and Pennants. Plates 37 to 126 "House-Flags and Funnels of Steam Vessels": Numbered from 1 to 1890 (with 145 blank spaces and 45 corrections of House-Flags / Funnels pasted down on the opposite page). Plates 127 to 132 with blank spaces for No. 1891 to No. 2016, followed by an extra page with 21 blank spaces. Plates 133 to 136 "House-Flag of Sailing Vessels and other flags": numbered 2017 to 2128 (with 19 blank spaces).
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
64497 LLOYD, Christopher ATLAS OF MARITIME HISTORY
$25.00 AUD
Lansdowne Press. Melbourne. 1975. 1st Australian edition. 144 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, paintings, photos & sketches) and colour illustrations (13 graphs and over 80 diagrams, maps with insets). Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket has a few small chips, o/wise near near fine. Large format: 34 x 25. 0701806605
75526 LUCAS, Alan RED SEA AND INDIAN OCEAN CRUISING GUIDE
$100.00 AUD
Imray, Laurie, Norie & Wilson Ltd. London. 1985. 1st Ed. VIII, 174 PP with maps, plans, line drawings. Hard cover, dj. 2 supplements: 6 pages (12/1985) and 2 pages (12/1987) loosely inserted. Fine. Scarce. 30.5 x 21.5. 0852880960
A yachtsman's guide from the Suez Canal to Southern India, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Indonesia and Northern Australia.
46543 LUCCHINI, Laurent & VOELCKEL, Michel LES ETATS ET LA MER - Le Nationalisme Maritime
$10.00 AUD
La Documentation Française. Paris. 1977. Notes & Etudes Documentaires Nos 4 451 -4 452, 10 Jannuary 1978. 463 PP with 77 tables and 21 figures. Soft cover (rubbed). Foxing spots on covers and outside edges. Sellotape marks on title page. Good. French text. 23.8 x 15.8.
Nations and the Sea: nationalism.
75446 M.A.S.T. BOATING GUIDE - SOUTH EAST TASMANIA
$5.00 AUD
MAST / Marine and Safety Tasmania. Hobart. 2004. 1st Ed. Folded poster in colour, 7 folds. Recto: D'Entrecasteaux Waterways with 3 inserts: Barnes Bay, Mickeys Bay and Rocky Bay. Verso: Storm Bay to Tasman Island with 2 inserts: Dodges Ferry & Wedge Bay. Contained ina plastic envelope. Fine. Poster size: 63 x 63. Folded size: 21 x 12.
S.E Tasmania, includes The Tasman Peninsula, Bruny Island and the Huon.
17040 MAKOWER, Joel (editor) THE MAP CATALOG, Every Kind of Map and Chart on Earth and Even Some Above It
$10.00 AUD
Vintage Books. New York. 1990. 2nd Ed. (4), 364 PP with b/w & colour illust. Pictorial soft cover. Faint foxing on outside edges, o/wise fine. 25.3 x 17.8. 0679727671
Travel Maps, Boundary Maps, Scientific Maps, History Through Maps, Water Maps,...
33675 MALSTER, Robert SAVED FROM THE SEA - The story of life-saving services on the East Anglian coast
$20.00 AUD
Terence Dalton. Lavenham. 1974. 1st Ed. 296 PP with 138 b/w illust. FEP: Map of the Suffolk & Essex lifeboat stations. REP: Map of the Norfolk lifeboat stations. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 23.2 x 17.8. 0900963328
74335 MANNING, G. C. & SCHUMACHER, T. L. PRINCIPLES OF WARSHIP CONSTRUCTION AND DAMAGE CONTROL
$45.00 AUD
United States Naval Institute. Annapolis. 1939. Corrected reprint of the 1935 edition (original 1924). XV, 396 PP plus 10 b/w full-page photos & 15 folded plans. A total of 144 figures and 3 plates. Fp: U.S.S. Relief, Hospital Ship Leaving the Ways. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Front endpaper with stamp and name of previous owners, o/wise a very good clean copy. 23.5 x 16.
A treatise on the fundamental principles of Naval architecture, warship design and construction, and the control of hull damage.
40087 MARITIME SERVICES BOARD OF NEW SOUTH WALES SAILING DIRECTIONS NEW SOUTH WALES COAST - 1959
$15.00 AUD
The Maritime Services Board of New South Wales. Sydney. 1959. 6th Ed. 274 PP with 2 charts, 2 maps, tables and figures (b/w or colour). Cloth cover. Supplement No. 1 - 1961 + 8 "Notice to Mariners", loosely inserted. Stamp of the Tasmanian Maritime and Folk Museum and a date stamp on FFEP. Very good. 24 x 16.
From Gabo Island near the Victorian border to the Tweed River on the Queensland border.
40088 MARITIME SERVICES BOARD OF NEW SOUTH WALES SAILING DIRECTIONS NEW SOUTH WALES COAST - 1963
$15.00 AUD
The Maritime Services Board of New South Wales. Sydney. 1963. 7th Ed. 295 PP with 2 charts, 2 maps, tables and figures (b/w or colour). Cloth cover. Very good. 24 x 16.
From Gabo Island near the Victorian border to theTweed River on the Queensland border.
40089 MARITIME SERVICES BOARD OF NEW SOUTH WALES SAILING DIRECTIONS NEW SOUTH WALES COAST - 1976
$15.00 AUD
The Maritime Services Board of New South Wales. Sydney. 1976. 9th Ed. 323 PP with 2 charts, 2 maps, 35 b/w photos (aerial views of port entrance), tables and figures (b/w or colour). Hard cover. Supplement loosely inserted. Very good. 24 x 16.
From Gabo Island near the Victorian border to the Tweed River on the Queensland border.
43753 MARITIME SERVICES BOARD OF NEW SOUTH WALES SAILING DIRECTIONS NEW SOUTH WALES COAST - 1969
$15.00 AUD
The Maritime Services Board of New South Wales. Sydney. 1969. 8th Ed. 328 PP with 2 charts, 2 maps, tables and figures (b/w or colour). Cloth cover. Corrections tipped in. Very good. 24 x 16.
From Gabo Island near the Victorian border to the Tweed River on the Queensland border.
50375 MARITIME SERVICES BOARD OF NEW SOUTH WALES SAILING DIRECTIONS NEW SOUTH WALES COAST - 1959
$15.00 AUD
The Maritime Services Board of New South Wales. Sydney. 1959. 6th Ed. 274 PP with 2 charts, 2 maps, tables and figures (b/w or colour). Cloth cover. Ingleton bookplate on front endpaper. Very good. 24 x 16.
From Gabo Island near the Victorian border to the Tweed River on the Queensland border.
51564 MARITIME SERVICES BOARD OF NEW SOUTH WALES SAILING DIRECTIONS NEW SOUTH WALES COAST - 1959
$10.00 AUD
The Maritime Services Board of New South Wales. Sydney. 1959. 6th Ed. 274 PP with 2 charts, 2 maps, tables and figures (b/w or colour). Cloth cover. Very good. 24 x 16.
From Gabo Island near the Victorian border to the Tweed River on the Queensland border.
45331 MARRIOTT, Leo LIGHTHOUSES
$15.00 AUD
PRC. London. 2003. Reprint of the 1999 original. 128 PP with 14 b/w and 103 colour photos. Fp: Gannet Rock, New Brunswick, Canada. Pictorial laminated boards, dj. Fine. 31.2 x 23.4. 1856487008
73115 MARTIN, Ken WALKS OF THE SHIPWRECK COAST & VOLCANO COUNTRY
$20.00 AUD
Bas Publishing. Seaford, Vic. 2010. 2nd edition, completely revised and updated. 205, (3) PP with colour illustratons: maps, plans an photos. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine (mint condition). 21 x 14.8. 9781921496080
46542 MARTRAY, Joseph A QUI APPARTIENT L'OCEAN ? Vers un nouveau régime des espaces et des fonds marins
$5.00 AUD
Editions Maritimes & d'Outre-Mer. Paris. 1977. 1st Ed., in Collection Documents. 375 PP with tables, 2 figures and 9 maps on double page, plus 1 world map on double page. Soft cover (creased and rubbed). Foxing spots on outside edges and first and last pages. Good. French text. 22.5 x 14.
On the 200 nautical miles Exclusive Economic Zone.
41192 MAURY, Jean-Pierre COMMENT LA TERRE DEVINT RONDE
$25.00 AUD
Gallimard. Paris. 1989. 1st Ed., in Découvertes Gallimard series. 176 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. French text. 17.7 x 12.5. 2070530744
How our Earth became round: Pythagore...
65734 McCARTHY, J. E. MAPMAKERS OF AUSTRALIA - The History of the Australian Institute of Cartographers
$45.00 AUD
Australian Institute of Cartographers. Sydney. 1988. 1st Ed. Foreword by Hilbert W. Daff. 183 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21.
Published at the time of the 7th Australian Cartographic Conference , held in Sydney 22-26 May 1988.
41885 McFEE, William LAW OF THE SEA
$10.00 AUD
Faber and Faber. London. 1951. 1st Ed. 302 PP. Cloth cover, gilt title on a sunned spine. Edges of covers rubbed. Foxing spots on outside edges and some pages. Faint old watermarks at bottom of rear endpaper and margin of the last 9 leaves but not affecting any text, o/wise a very good clean copy. Image shows title-page. 20.8 x 14.
75028 McKENNA, Robert THE DICTIONARY OF NAUTICAL LITERACY
$30.00 AUD
Over 3500 entries, from A-1 to Zumwalt Elmo Russell.
64732 McLAREN, Verne THE CAPE JAFFA LIGHTHOUSE STORY
$20.00 AUD
Author / Kingston National Trust. Kingston, S.A.. 1977. 1st print. Foreword by G. W. Toogood. 60 PP with 28 b/w photos. Inside covers: Cape Jaffa chart. Soft cover, illustrated front. Very good. 18.4 x 11.8. 0958067600
67184 McLEOD, G. Roderick THE SOUTH PASSAGE AND THE AMITY POINT PILOT STATION
$5.00 AUD
Boolarong Press. Brisbane. 1984. Abstract from "Focus on Stradbroke: ...". 99-106 PP. Plastic covers, clear plastic front, spiral bound. Fine. 24.5 x 18.
65050 MEISSAS, Achille & MICHELOT, Aug. NOUVELLE GEOGRAPHIQUE METHODIQUE, suivie d'un petit Traité sur la Construction des Cartes, par M. Charle
$50.00 AUD
Chez L. Hachette, Libraire de l'Université Royale de France. Paris. 1845. 24th edition. XVI, 368 PP, plus 2 folded plates with 22 figures at rear of book. Hard cover, cloth spine. Covers slightly rubbed. Slight ageing of paper. French text. Very good. 18 x 11.
71190 MELHAM, Tom (editor) NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC EXPEDITIONS ATLAS
$25.00 AUD
National Geographic Society. Washington. 2000. Deluxe edition. Foreword by Peter H. Raven. 310 PP with a large folded plate (Recto: World Map / Verso: Timeline ) and b/w and colour illustrations (artworks, diagrams, maps & photos). Hard cover, simile leather, gilt decoration (Trans-Arctic expedition of 1995 led by Will Steger) on front board, gilt title on spine, all edges gilt, ribbon page marker. Foxing spots on free fly of endpapers and first and last leaf. Near fine. 28.3 x 24.2. 0792276167
72604 MIDDLETON, Nick ATLAS DES PAYS QUI N'EXISTENT PAS - Cinquante Etats improbables, non reconnus et largement méconnus
$40.00 AUD
Flammarion. Paris. 2016. 1st French edition. Translation of the 2015 English Original by Christine Mignot. 232 PP with colour illustrations (maps, location maps, sketch maps, National flags). Hard covers. French text. Dedicatory note opposite title-page, o/wise fine. 24.5 x 18.5. 9782081372016
41471 MILTOUN, Francis (editor) SHIPS & SHIPPING - A Handbook of Popular Nautical Information; with Numerous Diagrams, Plans and Illustrations
$85.00 AUD
Alexander Moring Ltd. London. 1903. 1st Ed. XIV, 366 PP with b/w illustrations (sketches, Funnel, House Flag, and profile of ships), plus 4 colour plates, 4 folded plates, and 2 folded plates of flags. Fp (in colour): Viking ship of King Alfred's day. Cloth cover, decorated front cover and spine. Top edge gilt. Neat stamps of previous owner on front endpaper, o/wise a near fine copy. Scarce. Small format: 13.7 x 10.
Folded plates: Evolution of the Cunarder from 1840 to 1903. Interior arrangement of a modern warship. Interior arrangement of a modern Atlantic Liner. Knots. Flags of all nations (48). The new international code of signals.
31458 MOORE, D. A. MARINE CHARTWORK AND NAVAIDS
$15.00 AUD
Kandy Publications. London. 1973. Reprint of the 1967 edition. 128 PP with b/w and colour illust., plus 3 large folded charts. Pictorial card cover with light wear/soiling. Signature on inside front cover, o/wise contents near fine. 21.6 x 14.2. 85309019X
31459 MOORE, D. A. MARINE CHARTWORK AND NAVAIDS
$15.00 AUD
Stanford Maritime. London. 1975. Reprint of the 1967 edition. 128 PP with b/w and colour illust., plus 1 large folded sheet with 3 charts. Pictorial card cover a little rubbed with number on top. Contents fine. 21.6 x 13.7. 85309019X
71168 MURE, Jo (editor) LIGHTHOUSES OF SYDNEY
$10.00 AUD
Australia Post. Melbourne. c. 2018. Folder illustrated by Australia Post Design Studio, with 3 lighthouses of Sydney (Hornsby, Robertsons Point and Macquarie) and accompanied by the 3 stamps and the minisheet with 3 stamps, (caption on rear cover) Front Cover (Robertsons Point Lighthouse, Cremorne Point). Fine (mint). Oblong: 12 x 19.5.
14998 N/A LIGHTHOUSES IN AUSTRALIA - A Guide to Records held by the Australian Archives
$30.00 AUD
Australian Archives Canberra. 1991. 1st edition with a foreword by George Nichols. Australian Archives Subject Guide No. 1. XII, 172 PP with 1 folded plate (map of Australia with location of lighthouses). Pictorial soft cover (Dent Island lighthouse, Queensland). A couple of light creases on covers, o/wise near fine. 29.5 x 20.8. 0642166250
Guide listing records held by the Australian Archives' regional offices relating to the administration and operation of lighthouses (manned and automatic). P.145 to 162: Commonwealth Lighthouse Service ships.
40090 N/A SAILING DIRECTIONS FOR THE PORTS AND HARBOURS OF QUEENSLAND - 1964
$10.00 AUD
Government Printer. Brisbane. 1964. 1st Ed. 236 PP, plus 7 folded plates (table of distances Queensland ports, Depth of Water, Dredger signals, Cyclone tracks, recommended track past Wyborn Reff, table of distances Brisbane port, & Berthage signals). Hard cover, cloth spine. Correction for 1964 loosely inserted. Near fine. 21 x 13.8.
40093 N/A SAILING DIRECTIONS AND OTHER INFORMATION FOR THE PORTS AND HARBOURS OF QUEENSLAND - 1978
$10.00 AUD
Government Printer. Brisbane. 1978. 1st Ed. 262 PP, plus 1 plate on Storm Warning Signals, and 3 folded plates (table of distances Queensland ports, table of distances Brisbane port, & Berthage signals). Hard cover, cloth spine. Near fine. 21 x 13.8.
47500 N/A PHARE DES BALEINES
$25.00 AUD
Syndicat National des Agents des Phares et Balises. Paris. 2001. 1st Ed. 32 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 24 x 16.5.
Lighthouse built in 1859 at the western tip of the island of Ré.
49962 N/A SAILING DIRECTIONS FOR THE PORTS AND HARBOURS OF... QUEENSLAND 1957
$15.00 AUD
A. H. Tucker, Government Printer. Brisbane. 1957. 1st Ed. 232 PP with tables and some figures, plus 5 folded plates on table of distances, signals and recommended track past Wyborn Reef. Hard cover with light soiling, cloth spine. Near fine. 21.5 x 13.8.
General information, sailing directions on the coast, and other information relative to the ports, harbours, creek and waterways...
49963 N/A SAILING DIRECTIONS FOR THE PORTS AND HARBOURS OF QUEENSLAND 1960
$10.00 AUD
S. G. Reid, Government Printer. Brisbane. 1960. 1st Ed. 235 PP with tables and some figures, plus 5 folded plates on table of distances, signals and recommended track past Wyborn Reef. Hard cover, cloth spine. Near fine. 21.5 x 13.8.
General information, sailing directions on the coast, and other information relative to the ports, harbours, creek and waterways...
49964 N/A SAILING DIRECTIONS FOR THE PORTS AND HARBOURS OF QUEENSLAND - 1966
$15.00 AUD
S. G. Reid, Government Printer. Brisbane. 1966. 1st Ed. 251 PP, plus 6 folded plates (table of distances Queensland ports, Depth of Water, Dredger signals, Cyclone tracks, recommended track past Wyborn Reff, table of distances Brisbane port, & Berthage signals). Hard cover, cloth spine. Correction for 1966, 19 pages (recto only) loosely inserted. Near fine. 21 x 13.8.
49965 N/A SAILING DIRECTIONS AND OTHER INFORMATION FOR THE PORTS AND HARBOURS OF QUEENSLAND - 1970
$10.00 AUD
S. G. Reid, Government Printer. Brisbane. 1970. 1st Ed. 266 PP, plus 7 folded plates (table of distances Queensland ports, map of Queensland Waters, Depth of Water, Dredger signals, Cyclone tracks, table of distances Brisbane port, & Berthage signals). Hard cover, cloth spine. Near fine. 21 x 13.8.
50242 N/A SAILING DIRECTIONS AND OTHER INFORMATION FOR THE PORTS AND HARBOURS OF QUEENSLAND - 1968
$10.00 AUD
S. G. Reid, Government Printer. Brisbane. 1968. 1st Ed. 262 PP with sketch plan of Story Bridge, plus 1 plate on Storm Signals and 6 folded plates (table of distances Queensland ports, Depth of Water, Dredger signals, Cyclone tracks, recommended track past Wyborn Reff, table of distances Brisbane port, & Berthage signals). Hard cover, cloth spine. Near fine. 21 x 13.8.
50245 N/A SAILING DIRECTIONS FOR THE PORTS AND HARBOURS OF... QUEENSLAND 1946
$15.00 AUD
A. H. Tucker, Government Printer. Brisbane. 1946. 1st Ed. 216 PP with tables and some figures, plus 1 plate Berthage Signals for Cairns and 4 folded plates on: table of distances, signals and recommended track past Wyborn Reef... Soft cover. Covers with few creases, o/wise near fine. 21.3 x 13.7.
General information, sailing directions on the coast, and other information relative to the ports, harbours, creeks and waterways...
50249 N/A SAILING DIRECTIONS FOR THE PORTS AND HARBOURS OF... QUEENSLAND 1939
$15.00 AUD
David Whyte, Government Printer. Brisbane. 1939. 1st Ed. 197 PP with tables and some figures, plus 1 plate Berthage Signals for Cairns and 2 folded plates on Signals. Soft cover. Fine. 21.5 x 14.
General information, sailing directions on the coast, and other information relative to the ports, harbours, creeks and waterways...
50738 N/A SAILING DIRECTIONS AND OTHER INFORMATION FOR THE PORTS AND HARBOURS OF QUEENSLAND - 1980
$10.00 AUD
Government Printer. Brisbane. 1980. 1st Ed. (4), 188 PP with 1 plate on buyage,1 plan of the Story Bridge and 2 figures (Distress Signals), plus 3 folded plates (table of distances Queensland ports, table of distances Brisbane port, & Track of cyclones, Berthage signals). Hard cover, cloth spine. Near fine. 21 x 13.8.
53010 N/A MERCATOR'S WORLD: The Magazine of Maps, Exploration and Discovery - Vol. 2, No. 5
$10.00 AUD
Aster Publishing Corporation. Eugene, Or., USA. 1997. Vol. 2, No. 5, September/October 1997. 82 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 27. 6 x 21.3.
The voyage that shook the world (the Beagle expedition), by Angus Carroll... Bridge to the Past (Maps depict the Philippines' place in history), by Cheri Brooks... A Bibliographic Excursion (Cartographic reference list for the beginning collector), by Eric Wolf...
53012 N/A MERCATOR'S WORLD: The Magazine of Maps, Exploration and Discovery - Vol. 3, No. 4
$10.00 AUD
Aster Publishing Corporation. Eugene, Or., USA. 1998. Vol. 3, No. 4, July/August 1998. 82 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 27. 6 x 21.3.
Mapping Britain from Afar, by Peter M. Barber... Frozen Sea of Dreams, by Joseph S. Rychetnik... In the name of the son (Le Maire Strait), by Brian Hooker... The Accidental Explorer (Michel Peissel), by Cheri Brooks...
53819 N/A MAPS AND MAPPING
$5.00 AUD
Nelson Doubleday / Science Service. New York. 1970. 1st Ed., in the Science Program 64 PP with b/w or colour illustrations (11 of them pasted down). Pictorial soft cover. Covers rubbed. Very good. 21 x 14.
61500 N/A MERCATOR'S WORLD: The Magazine of Maps, Exploration, and Discovery - Vol. 4 (Nos. 1 to 6)
$75.00 AUD
Aster Publishing Corporation. Eugene, Oregon, USA. 1999. Vol. 4, 1999. Edited by Colleen SELL, Gary TURLEY & Cheri BROOKS. 6 issues for a total of 480 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27. 6 x 21.3.
Volume 4. No. 1: Ten thousand rare and valuable things: Kazuma Yamashita, architect and map collector, by John K. Waters. No. 2: The Great Sahara Sea, by Grove Koger. Cartography, Literature, and Empire: Herman Moll, by Dennis Reinhartz. No. 3: SCramble for the Souther Continent: a cartographic history of the Australian Antarctic Territory, by Robert Clancy. No. 4: Mapping "all under heaven",: Jesuit cartography in China, by Daniel Kane. No. 6: "In the Most Faithful Manner": George Vancouver's Great Voyage, by Stephen R. Bown.
61501 N/A MERCATOR'S WORLD: The Magazine of Maps, Exploration, and Discovery - Vol. 5 (Nos. 1 to 6)
$75.00 AUD
Aster Publishing Corporation. Eugene, Oregon, USA. 2000. Vol. 5, 2000. Edited by Gary TURLEY, Cheri BROOKS & June RUSSELL-CHAMBERLAIN. 6 issues for a total of 480 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27. 6 x 21.3.
Volume 5. No. 1: Land of Wine and Forests: The Norse in North America, by Kirsten A. Seaver. To make observations on the Magneticall Needle: Atlantic voyage of Edmond Halley, by Norman J. W. Thrower. No. 2: Mercator's Secret, by Douglas McNaughton. Along the Ancient Silk Road: explorations of Sven Hedim, by Kenneth Wimmel. No. 3: A tale of 2 Admirals: Columbus and the Piri Reis Map of 1513, by Gregory C. McIntosh. No. 4: From Van der Donck to Visscher: a 1648 view of New Amsterdam, by Joep M. J. de Koning. No. 5.: Renewing the quest for Vinland, by Kirste, A. Seaver. No. 6.: Dudley's Last Secret, by Michael F. Layland..
61503 N/A MERCATOR'S WORLD: The Magazine of Maps, Geography, and Discovery - Vol. 7 (Nos. 1 to 6)
$75.00 AUD
Aster Publishing Corporation. Eugene, Oregon, USA. 2002. Vol. 7, 2002. Edited by Gary TURLEY & June RUSSELL-CHAMBERLAIN. 6 issues for a total of 480 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27. 6 x 21.3.
Volume 7. No. 1: No Smooth Sailing: Northwest Passage, by J. Victor Owen. No. 2: Commemorating Amérigo Vespucci, by Michael Layland. No. 3: Maps in a time of war: The rise of European military Cartography, by Joel Kovarsky. No. 4: Golden Maps: gold rush Cartography in Southeast Australia, by Robert Clancy. No. 5: Where all meridians meet: Cook' fantastic trip to the pole, by Dr. Frederick A. Cook. As long as ships shall sail: Nathaniel Bowditch and the "Seaman's Bible", by Gary Turley. No. 6: Strait to Cathay: Jacques Cartier and the French Claim to North America, by Derek Hayes.
64461 N/A BROWN'S SIGNAL REMINDER - INTERNATIONAL CODE, SEMAPHORE AND MORSE
$5.00 AUD
Brown, Son & Ferguson. Glasgow. c. 1960. 1st Ed. 8 stiff cards bound at top, with 7 subjects (3 in b/w: International Morse Code & Mechanical Semaphore, and 5 in colour: Flags, Pendants, International Code Semaphore and Ships' Lights and Shapes). Stiff cover, illustrated with flags N, M & E. Cover lightly soiled with a few marks, o/wise very good. 16.5 x 11.
66926 N/A SAILING DIRECTIONS AND OTHER INFORMATION FOR THE PORTS AND HARBOURS OF QUEENSLAND 1962
$10.00 AUD
S. G. Reid, Government Printer. Brisbane. 1962. 1st Ed. 234 PP with tables and some figures, plus 1 plate on Storm signals and 6 folded plates on table of distances, signals and recommended track past Wyborn Reef. Hard cover, cloth spine. Signature on top of front cover, o/wise very good. 21.5 x 13.8.
General information, sailing directions on the coast, and other information relative to the ports, harbours, creeks and waterways...
66951 N/A SAILING DIRECTIONS FOR THE PORTS AND HARBOURS OF... QUEENSLAND 1957
$10.00 AUD
A. H. Tucker, Government Printer. Brisbane. 1957. 1st Ed. 232 PP with tables and some figures, plus 5 folded plates on table of distances, signals and recommended track past Wyborn Reef. Hard cover, cloth spine. Near fine. 21.5 x 13.8.
General information, sailing directions on the coast, and other information relative to the ports, harbours, creek and waterways...
66952 N/A SAILING DIRECTIONS FOR THE PORTS AND HARBOURS OF QUEENSLAND 1960
$15.00 AUD
S. G. Reid, Government Printer. Brisbane. 1960. 1st Ed. 235 PP with tables and some figures, plus 5 folded plates on table of distances, signals and recommended track past Wyborn Reef. Hard cover, cloth spine. 12 pages (recto only), "Corrections to ..." 1960, loosely inserted. Near fine. 21.5 x 13.8.
General information, sailing directions on the coast, and other information relative to the ports, harbours, creek and waterways...
67746 N/A VINTAGE MAPS - Petite Parcel Set
$25.00 AUD
Cavallini & Co. San Francisco. 2013. Set for packaging special gifts. 12 assorted gift bags, 4 of each size. 12 glittered gift tags with tie, of of each different model. 12 sheets of assorted stickers. Contained in a sellophane envelope. New condition. 9781619921832
This delightful set has everything needed to package a special gift, including gift bags, decorative stickers, and glittered gift tags. Vintage imagery from the Cavallini archives.
70611 N/A ANCHORAGE GUIDE: CHANNEL, BRUNY ISLAND AND HUON RIVER
$5.00 AUD
Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania. Hobart. c. 1970. Folded (4 folds) map in colour (51 x 37.5), tipped in on a protective cover. Inside front cover: List of 30 of these anchorages. Illustrated soft covers. Covers lightly soiled and rubbed. Internally good. 21 x 13.5.
30 anchorages between: River Derwent and Recherche Bay.
18061 NATKIEL, Richard & PRESTON, Anthony ATLAS OF MARITIME HISTORY
$10.00 AUD
Bison Books. London. 1989. Reprint of the 1986 original edition. 256 PP with bw illust. (paintings, photos...) and many coloured maps and plans in text. Half title-page: The cog of the Hanseatic League. Title-page: Magellan in the Straits bearing his name. Hard cover, dj. Foxing spots on outside edges. Very good. 28.6 x 22.5. 0861242068
Naval battles, the explorers, the evolving patterns of trade and commerce throughout the world...
18058 NATKIEL, Richard & PRESTON, Antony ATLAS OF MARITIME HISTORY, The Weidenfeld...
$10.00 AUD
Weidenfeld & Nicolson. London. 1986. 1st Ed. 256 PP with b/w illustrations (paintings, photos...) and many coloured maps and plans. Half title-page: The cog of the Hanseatic League. Title-page: Magellan in the Straits bearing his name. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 28.6 x 22.5.
Naval battles, the explorers, the evolving patterns of trade and commerce throughout the world...
44962 NAUTICAL MAGAZINE THE NAUTICAL MAGAZINE FOR 1932 - A Technical and Critical Journal for the Officers of the Mercantile Marine - Volume 127
$70.00 AUD
Brown, Son & Ferguson / Simpkin, Marshall, and Co. Glasgow / London. 1932. 1st Ed. Volume 127 - 1932, January to June. (1), III, 656 PP with few figures and tables. Half bound, gilt title on leather spine. Hinges cracked on 2cms close to head of spine. Slight ageing of paper around the edges, o/wise very good. 22.3 x 14.5
73608 [NAVAL] MEMORIA DAS ARMADAS / (CHUAN TUI PEI WANG LU) / MEMORANDUM OF THE FLEETS
$400.00 AUD
Instituto Cultural de Macau / Museu Maritimo de Macau / Comisão Territorial de Macau para as Comemoraçoes dos Descobrimentos Portugueses. Macau. 1995. 1st tri-lingual edition (Portuguese / Chinese / English) limited to 3500 copies. Introduction by Luis de Albuquerque, October 1979. 154 PP with 79 pages of facsimile of the manuscript and illustrations belonging to the Lisbon Academy of Science. Title page in b/w and 78 illustrated pages in colour of original Fleet List with accounts of the India Fleet in Portuguese. Cloth covers, gilt title on front board and spine, contained in an illustrated slipcase. Fine. Scarce. 45.5 x 30.2 9723501724
75322 NEDIC, Brian (editor) MARINE RADIO OPERATORS HANDBOOK
$25.00 AUD
Australian Communications Authority. Melbourne. 2000. Revised edition, April 2000 of the 1998 edition. III, 130 PP with illustrations: diagrams and 11 headpieces (duo tone photos). Stiff covers, spiral bound. Fine. 29.8 x 21. 0644294183
64842 NELSON, Derek OFF THE MAP: The Curious Histories of Place-Names
$10.00 AUD
Kodansha International. New York. 1997. 1st Ed. VIII, 200 PP with 15 headpieces and 49 figures (charts or maps). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 20.8 x 14. 1568361742
56644 NEWBY, Eric THE WORLD ATLAS OF EXPLORATION
$20.00 AUD
Macmillan Company of Australia. South Melbourne, Vic. 1975. 1st Australian edition. Introduction by Sir Vivian Fuchs. 288 PP with b/w & colour illustrations (charts, maps, drawings, photos & paintings). Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Dust jacket has light shelf wear at top, otherwise a fine copy. 29.8 x 23.5. 0333175301
A 4000 year odyssey of Man's exploration of his world.
34733 NICHOLLS, Kathryn CARTOGRAPHY: The Art of Adventure (in Collectors Annual)
$15.00 AUD
Australian Consolidated Press. Sydney. 1986. 1st Ed., issue 1986/87. Contains article from P.28 to 33 with 10 colour illustrations. Pictorial card cover. Near fine. 29.7 x 23.
Early maps: Product of science, art, and often imagination are historical and intriguing relics.
34734 NICHOLLS, Kathryn CARTOGRAPHY: The Art of Adventure (in Carter's Antiques & Collectables Annual)
$15.00 AUD
Carter's Promotions. Sydney. 1994. 1st Ed., issue 1994/1995. Contains article from P.68 to 73 with 7 colour illust. Pictorial card cover. Fine. 29.7 x 23.
Early maps: Product of science, art, and often imagination are historical and intriguing relics.
75669 NICHOLS, Dr. Robert & WOODS, Dr. Martin (editors) MAPPING OUR WORLD: Terra Incognita to Australia
$55.00 AUD
National Library of Australia. Canberra. 2013. 1st Ed. Forewords: by Andrew Smith, Shell Australia / Anne-Marie Schwirtlich, National Library of Australia. XXX, 256 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial stiff covers with flaps. Fine (as new condition). Oblong: 27 x 30. 9780642278098
Catalogue accompanying exhibition " Mapping our World...", held at the National Library of Australia: 7 November 2013 to 10th March 2014.
67487 NISBET, William D. FITZROY RIVER IMPROVEMENTS
$20.00 AUD
Legislative Assembly / Harbours and Rivers Department. Brisbane. 1877. Published 23rd October 1877. 3 PP, plus 4 folded plates: Keppel Bay to Rockhampton / Prawn Island to Central Island / Upper Flats Reach / No. 5 Beacon to Thomson's Point. Paper ageing, otherwise near fine. 32.5 x 21
Rockhampton and Fitzroy River: Survey carried out by Captain Bedwell in 1876.
56312 NOBLE, Capt. John AUSTRALIAN LIGHTHOUSES
$25.00 AUD
Nelson Doubleday.(Australia). Sydney. 1967. 1st Ed., in the Around Australia Program series. 64 PP with 1 map on double page, 8 coloured drawings, 21 b/w photos and 22 colour plates pasted down. Pictorial soft covers (slightly rubbed). Slight ageing of paper. Contents near fine. 21 x 14.
Informative booklet on the lighthouses around Australia.
41508 NOBLE, Denis L. LIFEBOAT SAILORS - The U.S. Coast Guard 's Small Boat Stations
$15.00 AUD
Brassey's. Washington. 2001. 1st Ed. XVI, 247 PP with 16 head pieces, 2 maps and 31 b/w photos. Title page: crossing the bar. Pictorial soft cover. Faint foxing, o/wise fine. 22.8 x 15. 1574883364
40465 NORTON, Arthur P. A STAR ATLAS, and Reference Handbook (epoch 1950) for Students and Amateurs
$10.00 AUD
Gall and Inglis. London. 1950. 11th Ed. XVI, 55 PP with 10 figures, plus 35 pages with 18 maps. 2 clear plastic maps loosely inserted. FEP: Northern Index Map. REP: Southern Index Map. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Spine sunned. Top and bottom of spine frayed. Name of stars on some maps blocked with white out, o/wise very good. 28.3 x 22.
Astronomical terms, spectroscopy, hints on observing. Care and use of the telescope. Star maps...
55510 O'CONNOR, Maura & BIRTLES, Terry AUSTRALIA IN MAPS: Great Maps in Australia's History from the National Library's collection
$25.00 AUD
National Library of Australia. Canberra. 2007. 1st Ed. Foreword by Jan Fullerton. VIII, 148 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Half-title page: Oost Indien Wassende-graade Paskaart, c. 1690. Title spread: Sydney survey by RAAF, 1928. Eps: Hollandia Nova detecta 1644. Laminated pictorial boards. Fine. 28.7 x 23.7. 9780642276353
73628 O'CONNOR, Maura (compiler) MAP COLLECTIONS IN AUSTRALIA: A Directory
$35.00 AUD
National Library of Australia. Canberra. 1991. 4th edition. Foreword by Ron Furness. 146 PP with 7 b/w illustrations. Pict card cover. Near fine. 25.5 x 20.8. 0642104832
73407 O'DRISCOLL, Gerald A DICTIONARY OF NAVAL SLANG
$30.00 AUD
Swift Press. London. 2021. 1st edition of the 1943 original publication by W.H. Allen. Foreword dated July 2021, by Richards Humphreys. 122 PP. Hard covers, pictorial front. New. 20.5 x 13.5. 9781800750654
55609 OBIN, Alan BIBLIOGRAPHY OF NAUTICAL BOOKS
$30.00 AUD
Warsash Nautical Bookshop. Southampton. 1986. Revised reprint of the 1st edition of 1985. 215, (3) PP, plus Supplement No. 1, May 1986 with 19 PP and Supplement No. 2, September 1986 with 31 PP. Soft cover. Spine rubbed. Name of previous owner at top of front cover. Very good. 33 x 22. 0948646004
Books classification by colour coded pages: Title (blue), Author (pink), Subject (white), Hydrographic Dept. (green), International Marine Organisation (yellow), and Statutory Instruments i.e. HMSO (blue).
53666 OEHME, R. A FRENCH WORLD ATLAS OF THE 18TH CENTURY: THE ATLAS GENERAL OF G. L. LE ROUGE (In Imago Mundi, a review of Early Cartography)
$10.00 AUD
Nico Israel. Amsterdam. 1971. Article removed from issue 25. Pages 55 to 64. Soft cover, plastic cover, clear plastic front, spiral bound. Fine. 28.7 x 20.6.
76146 OOCL, HO, Sunny, WONG, Ernest (editors) SOUTH CHINA FREIGHT TRANSPORT GUIDE - OOCL
$50.00 AUD
Orient Overseas Container Line Ltd / The Hong Kong Shippers' Council. Hong Kong. c. 2000. Special "Premier Edition". XX pages (OOCL section) with colour illustrations (4 crests/logo, 4 maps & 20 photos), (5), 466 PP with over 100 tables, and over b/w illustrations [100 maps (50 in English and 50 in Chinese) & over 100 photos. Laminated pictorial boards. Fine (as new condition). 29.3 x 21. 9789627734116
64050 PACIFIC ISLANDS COMMISSION MAP - THE PACIFIC ISLANDS / LES ILES DU PACIFIQUE
$20.00 AUD
Pacific Islands Commission / Commission des Iles du Pacifique. Canberra. 1997. Folded maps (in colour) - Recto: Pacific Islands from Ducie Island (Pitcairn) to the Bonin and Daito Islands (Japan) with the 26 National Flags. Verso: 2 colour photos, 23 maps of Island Nations, dependencies or territories with 12 insets. Poster size: 72 x 100. Folded size: 24 x 12.5.
A joint publication of AusAID and the Pacific Islands Commission to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Commission.
22050 PALMER, A. R. (editor) BROWN'S SIGNALLING, How to Learn the INTERNATIONAL CODE of Visual and Sound Signals
$10.00 AUD
Brown, Son & Ferguson. Glasgow. 1974. Reprint of the 1969 revised edition. 225 PP with b/w & 18 colour illustrations, plus 3 colour plates (1 buoyage & 2 flags). Pictorial papered boards a little soiled, cloth spine. Name of previous owner at top of front endpaper. Very good. 17.3 x 11.8.
Based on information contained in the 1965 International Code of Signals.
75670 PARRY, Dr David THE CARTOGRAPHY OF THE EAST INDIAN ISLANDS - Insulae Indiae Orientalis
$100.00 AUD
Countrywide Editions Ltd. London. 2005. 1st Ed. 241 PP with b/w and colour illustrations: 1 map in colour, 10 headpieces and c. 150 charts. Eps: Chart "Borneo, Java, Sumatra' (tiny tears in gutters). Hard covers, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj. Fine. Scarce. Oblong: 27.3 x 31. 9780955170119
46618 PASTOUREAU, Mireille VOIES OCEANES. De l'ancien aux nouveaux mondes
$100.00 AUD
Editions Hervas. Paris. 1990. Special edition limited to 600 copies, privately published the friends of Banque Nationale de Paris. 188 PP with 1 tail piece, 5 head pieces and 164 b/w and colour illustrations (2 of them folded). Large folded chart (facsimile of the 1613 chart by Pierre Deuaulx) loosely inserted. Marbled endpapers. Leather binding, gilt decoration (astrolabe) and title on front board and spine. French text. Near fine. 29.8 x 21. 2903118612
The Bibliothèque Nationale is custodian of the largest collection in the world of old nautical charts (the oldest: Carte Pisane, c.1290). With many of these charts, one rediscovers the history of the sea. Exploration from antiquity to the end of the 18th century.
68212 PEDLOW, Robert et al. THE SHIPS ATLAS
$15.00 AUD
Shipping Guides Ltd. Reigate, UK. 1994. 5th edition of the 1984 original. Preface of February 1994 by Robert Pedlow, Feargal Hogan, Andrew Hamilton & Ruth Knight. No pagination, 240 PP with 136 pages for 75 maps, plus inserts (in colour) and distance tables and 98 pages for "Index - Alphabetical by Port Name, etc; and including Islands, Seas, Rivers, Canals ... Hard cover, gilt decoration and title on front cover and spine. Stamps of "The Tasmanian Maritime and Folk Museum" / "Australian Maritime College" on title page, rear endpaper and outside edges. Repairs at head of spine and gutter of front hinge. Very good. 30.5 x 21.3.
56645 PERNETTA, Dr. J.C. (editor) PHILIP'S ATLAS OF THE OCEANS
$25.00 AUD
Philip's / Octopus Publishing. London. 1995. Reprint of the 1994 edition. Foreword by Colin Summerhayes. 208 PP with colour illust. (maps, charts, photos...). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 30.5 x 22.8. 0540078743
Atlas mapping every ocean to show its resources, human impact, threatened species, topographical features...
68623 PHILLIPS, Valmai ROMANCE OF AUSTRALIAN LIGHTHOUSES
$35.00 AUD
Rigby. Adelaide. 1977. 1st Ed. 221 PP with 43 b/w photos, plus 8 pages with 13 colour photos. Hard cover, dj (Point Lonsdale Lighthouse). Near fine. 25 x 19. 0727004980
Australian lighthouses and the story of people: navigators, sea captains and the lighthouse keepers, a disappearing breed with automation.
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.
55622 POLAK, Jean BIBLIOGRAPHIE MARITIME FRANCAISE, depuis les temps les plus reculés jusqu'à 1914
$150.00 AUD
Editions des 4 seigneurs. Grenoble. 1976. 1st edition limited to 1400 (1300 of them on Papier Bouffant) . One of the unnumbered copies on Papier Bouffant. 367, (3) PP, plus 60 pages with 20 b/w plates (8 title page and 12 illustrations) and 18 pages for notes personnelles. Cloth cover, gilt device and decorations on front cover, gilt title and decoration on spine. Faint foxing on outside edges. French text. Near fine. 32.5 x 25.
Over 9627 entries. From: 1- Abeille (J.) ... to: 9627 - Zurcher et Margollé.
10749 POLLACCHI, Commandant P. ATLAS COLONIAL FRANCAIS, Colonies, Protectorats et Pays Sous Mandat
$300.00 AUD
L' Illustration. Paris. 1929. 1st Ed. Preface by Maréchal Lyautey. 320 PP with 56 colour maps (18 on double page and 38 on full page) and around 261 b/w illustrations (heliogravures & photographies). Fp: Tableau des Races Peuplant les Colonies Françaises. Marbled endpapers. Hard covers, half bound, title and colour illustration on front cover, gilt title on leather spine. Covers lightly soiled, hinges rubbed. Hardly any foxing. French text. Fine internally. Large folio: 41 x 33.
Atlas of the French Colonial Empire in the late 1920's, covering colonies, protectorates & countries under the mandate of the League of Nations (S.D.N.). Beautiful illustrations. More images available upon request.
53208 PURVES, Alec A. FLAGS FOR SHIP MODELLERS AND MARINE ARTISTS
$10.00 AUD
Percival Marshall. London. 1950. 1st Ed. (8), 84, (1 errata) PP with 104 figures. Rebound copy retaining original front cover, clear plastic, spiral bound. Front cover rubbed. Name of previous owner. Signs of water damage, o/wise very good. 18.4 x 12.4.
Gives a brief history of flags at sea.
75674 PUTMAN, Robert OUDE SCHEEPSKAARTEN en hun makers HOOGTEPUNTEN uit vijf eeuwen cartografie
$35.00 AUD
H.J.W. Becht. Amsterdam. 1983. 1st Ed. 143 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Hard covers, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj. Dutch text. Fine. 38.5 x 30. 902300504X
43804 QUANCHI, Max JACARANDA ATLAS OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS
$25.00 AUD
Jacaranda / John Wiley & Sons Australia. Brisbane. 2003. 1st Ed. IV, 156 PP with colour illustrations (maps and photos). FEP: Map of the world. REP: The language of maps. Pictorial soft cover. Folded flyer loosely inserted. Fine. 30 x 23.5. 9780701636623
Up-to-date and accurate coverage of the Pacific Islands.
40091 QUEENSLAND / SAILING SAILING DIRECTIONS AND OTHER INFORMATION FOR THE PORTS AND HARBOURS OF QUEENSLAND - 1974
$15.00 AUD
Government Printer. Brisbane. 1974. 1st Ed. 270 PP, plus 7 folded plates (table of distances Queensland ports, map of Queensland Waters, Depth of Water, Dredger signals, Cyclone tracks, table of distances Brisbane port, & Berthage signals). Hard cover, cloth spine. Correction for 1974 loosely inserted. Covers a little faded, o/wise near fine. 21 x 13.8.
74046 RAINE, Peter MEDITERRANEAN WILDLIFE - The Rough Guide
$5.00 AUD
Harrap-Columbus. London. 1990. 1st edition in "The Rough Guide" series. 376 PP with b/w illustrations (3 headpieces, maps, sketch maps and drawings) by Tessa Lovatt-Smith. Pictorial soft covers. Short tear (1 cm) on the first 7 leaves. Stamp of previous owner on title page and top outside edge. Very good. 19.8 x 13. 9780385314282
72162 RAMSBOTHAM, Joshua Fielden, JACKSON, Herbert Alfred & MEHAFFEY, Maurice William COASTAL AIDS TO NAVIGATION IN AUSTRALIA: Their Administration and Recent Developments / Cape Don Lighthouse, Northern Territory, Australia / New Lighthouses in Queensland
$50.00 AUD
The Institution of Civil Engineers. London. 1921. Excerpt of Minutes of Proceedings of The Institution of Civil Engineers, Volume ccx, Session 1919-1920, Part II. 48 PP with tables and 9 b/w figures, plus 2 folded plates with figures at end of book. Soft wrappers a little soiled with small piece missing on bottom corner, title on front cover. Note "With the Authors Compliments" at top of front cover. Covers reinforced at spine. A few pages with small dog-ears, o/wise near fine. 21.5 x 14.
72671 RAN CATALOGUE AND INDEX OF AUSTRALIAN CHARTS, and British Admiralty Charts of Australian Waters
$50.00 AUD
Hydrographic Service, Royal Australian Navy. Sydney. 1970. July 1970 edition. Australian Hydrographic Publication (A.H.P. 9). 53 PP (12 of them : large folded maps with list of charts), with 12 b/w sketch maps and colour illustrations (maps, Symbols and Abbreviations). Fp: location map of the R.A.N. Hydrographic Office, Sydney. Hard cover, title on front board. Near fine. 34.5 x 28.5,
Australia General Charts / West and South-West coast / South Coast / Bass Strait and Tasmania / East Coast / Great Barrier Reef (Southern & Northern) / Torres Strait / North Coast / North-West Coast / Territories of Papua and New Guinea / Antarctic Region.
45133 REID, Gordon FROM DUSK TILL DAWN - A History of Australian Lighthouses
$40.00 AUD
Macmillan/Department of Transport and Communications. Melbourne. 1988. 1st Ed. XVI, 264 PP profusely illustrated with b/w & colour photos, drawings, sketches & maps. FEP: James Barnet's plans for a classic NSW lighthouse, Smoky Cape, first lit in 1891. REP: Barnet's 1877 plan for the Barrenjoey lighthouse & quarters. Hard cover, dj. Cover has a small scratch, dust jacket has a few small repairs and is in a protective sleeve. An otherwise fine copy. 31 x 23.5. 033347709X
Comprehensive & beautifully presented work on the lighthouses of Australia. Book commissioned by the Federal Department of Transport & Communications as their major contribution to the Bicentenary of Australia
32791 REINHARTZ, Dennis & SAXON, Gerald D. (editors) THE MAPPING OF THE ENTRADAS INTO THE GREATER SOUTHWEST
$20.00 AUD
University of Oklahoma Press. Norman. 1998. 1st Ed. XIV, 227 PP with 120 b/w and 20 colour illustrations. Cloth cover, dj. Fine. 26 x 18.2. 0806130474
The role played by Spanish explorers and mapmakers in bringing knowledge of the New World to Europe. Spain's pioneering endeavours in the American Southwest.
20917 RENARD, Leon LES PHARES
$20.00 AUD
L'Ancre de Marine. Saint Malo. 1990. 1st Ed. 360 PP with 49 b/w illustrations (many on full-page). Pictorial card cover. French text. Foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise fine. 24 x 15.5. 2905970243
Their origins, their construction & description. English & French lighthouses and other navigational aids.
75323 RIDDELL, Shona GUIDING LIGHTS - The Extraordinary Lives of Lighthouse Women
$35.00 AUD
Exisle Publishing. Dunedin, NZ. 2020. 1st Ed. (12), 243 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Hard covers, dj. New. 23.6 x 15.8. 9781925820621
43505 RIVERAIN, Jean DICTIONNAIRE DES MARINS CELEBRES DES TEMPS LOINTAINS A NOS JOURS
$30.00 AUD
Larousse. Paris. 1967. 1st Ed. (4), 156, (3 publications) PP with 26 head pieces (signalling flags) and b/w illustrations (portraits, engravigs, paintings and photographs), plus 16 pages with 19 colour plates. Cloth cover, gilt device on front cover, gilt title (dulled) on spine. French text. Faint foxing. Fine. 23.7 x 17.8.
From Antonio Alaminos and Roald Amundsen Ferdinand Wrangel and Carlo Zeno.
76389 ROBERTS, Gail (editor) ATLAS OF DISCOVERY
$15.00 AUD
Aldus Books / Jupiter Books. London. 1973. 1st British edition, with an introduction by Sir Francis Chichester. 192 PP with charts, maps, paintings... Title spread (in colour): Ship on the discovery route to India. Eps: Map of Asia in the 1623 edition of the Mercator-Honduras Atlas. Hard covers, gilt title on spine, dj (Martin Behaim's Globe 1492). Previous owner's name on FFEP, foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise near fine. 31 x 21.5. 0490003001
Man's gradual discovery of the world with maps & text describing the discoverers, their motives & their explorations.
50058 ROSS, Bob & MALLITTE, John (editors) AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND COMPLETE BOOK OF BOATING
$20.00 AUD
Summit Books / Paul Hamlyn. Sydney. 1977. Reprint of the 2nd edition of 1975 (1972 original). 543 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Title spread: Chart with approaches to Port Stephens. Hard cover, illustration on front cover, title on front cover and spine, dj (with a few small chips). Foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise near fine. 28.5 x 21. 0727100963
49481 ROSS, J.O'C. THIS STERN COAST. The Story of the Charting of the New Zealand Coast
$30.00 AUD
Reed. Wellington. 1969. 1st Ed. 277 PP with 69 b/w illustrations (paintings, charts, photos ..). Hard cover. Foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 22 x 14.8.
The sea surveyors of New Zealand's coastline and coastal waters, from Tasman and Cook to the Royal New Zealand Navy men of the present day.
71956 ROSSER, W.H. SHORT NOTES on the WINDS, WEATHER, & CURRENTS, together with General SAILING DIRECTIONS and REMARKS ON MAKING PASSAGES ; To Accompany Charts of the CHINA SEA, Indian Archipelago & Western Pacific
$750.00 AUD
James Imray and Son. London. Circa 1867. Folded map of China Sea and Australia (tracks during the S.W. Monsoon) facing title-page, (3) ii (Contents), 126 PP, plus a page showing the Winds in the China Sea (Oct to March), another showing from April to September, plus a folded map of the China Sea and Australia with the tracks during the N.E. Monsoon, followed by 48 PP containing advertisements. Cloth covers with gilt title and emblem on cover, title on faded spine. Covers with light wear and a few marks, rubs. Overall a very good copy of a scarce title. 22 x 14.
Contents include: Winds and Currents, On Making Passages, China Sea - Rocks, Shoals, &c, Formosa Island - S & W Coasts, On the Passage through Torres Straits, by Raine Island entrance ... by the N.E. or Bligh entrance....
76180 ROWNTREE, Catriona CATRIONA'S AUSTRALIA - My Favourite Aussie Locations
$25.00 AUD
Jamie Durie Publications. Crows Nest, NSW. 2006. 1st Ed. (8), 200 PP with colour photos. Inside covers: location map and sketch map of Australia with the favourite locations on the flaps. Stiff covers with flaps. As new condition. 24 x 22. 9780975735596
92 of them.
57313 ROYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION THE LIFEBOAT, Journal of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution - Volume XLVIII to Volume 52
$20.00 AUD
Royal National Lifeboat Institution. London. 1982 to 1992. Volume XLVIII, No. 482, Winter 1982/83 to Volume 52, No. 520, Summer 1992. A run of 37 issues with around 1330 pages with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Set lacking 2 issues (No.500, Summer 1987, and 506 (Winter 1988-89). Near fine condition. 29.5 x 21.
30344 RUSHBROOK, Frank FIRE ABOARD: The Problems of Prevention and Control in Ships and Port Installations
$25.00 AUD
The Technical Press. London. 1961. 1st Ed. XVI, 480 PP with 118 figures, plus 32 pages with 47 b/w photos and 7 folded plates (5 of them with figures). Cloth cover, gilt title on red vignette on spine, dj. Some foxing (essentially on front and bottom edge), top corner of cover a little bumped, o/wise a near fine copy. 25.5 x 15.5.
50542 SAILING DIRECTIONS / INSTRUCTIONS NAUTIQUES INSTRUCTIONS NAUTIQUES. ILES DE L'OCEAN PACIFIQUE A L'OUEST DU MERIDIEN 170° E - 1er Volume
$25.00 AUD
Imprimerie Nationale/Service Hydrographique de la Marine. Paris. 1971. 1st Ed. Série K, Volume VIII, with a foreword by R. Grousson. XXII, 304 PP with tables and b/w figures (13 coastal views, 5 figures, 2 port plans and 8 plates with 12 charts), plus 4 folded maps. Correction No. 1, 1973 (13 with 1 port plan) loosely inserted. Hard cover. Covers lightly soiled. French text. Very good. 27.6 x 19.5.
Sailing directions for: New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, Carolines, Marianas.
76054 SAINT DAHL, Henry DAHL'S LAW DICTIONARY / DICTIONNAIRE Juridique Dahl - An Annotated Legal Dictionary, including Definitions from Codes, Case Law, Statutes, and Legal Writings (French to English / English to French) / Dictionnaire Juridique annoté, avec des définitions tirées des Codes, de la Jurisprudence, des Lois, et de la Doctrine (Français-Anglais / Anglais-Français)
$50.00 AUD
William S. Hein & Co. / Editions Dalloz. Buffalo, N.Y. / Paris. 2001. 2nd bi-lingual edition. Note on the French Language by V. Bourgoing-Dumonteil. XXVI, 675 PP. Laminated hard covers. Text in English and French. Fine. 26 x 19.2. 9780575886742
74618 SCHNALL, Dr. Uwe DIE WELT DER SEEKARTEN
$20.00 AUD
Deutsches Schiffahrtsmuseum. Bremerhaven. 1983. 1st Ed. 32 PP with 20 b/w illustrations, plus 23 tables on glossy paper with 14 b/w and 15 colour charts. Fp: Caerte van Portugal, 1584. Pictorial stiff covers. German text. Near fine. 23 x 14.8.
51689 SCOTT, Valerie G, & WALLIS, Dr. Helen M. (editors) THE MAP COLLECTOR. No. 64
$10.00 AUD
The Map Collector Publications Ltd. Tring, Hertfordshire. 1993. No. 64, Autumn 1993. 72 PP with b/w and colour illustrations, and advertisements. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.7 x 21.
Six new world maps, by Rodney Shirley. The mapping of Everest, by Michael Ward. George Louis Le Rouge, Vitus Bering, and Admiral de Fonte, by Warren Heckrotte and Edward H. Dahl. The map of the Holy Land, by Elizabeth M. Ingram. John Rudd, a forgotten Tudor mapmaker, by David Marcombe.
76007 SHIPPING REGISTER DANSK ILLUSTRERET SKIBSLISTE 1983
$25.00 AUD
Forlaget SeaPress Aps. Aarhus, Denmark. 1982. 1st Ed. 528 PP with advertisements and hundreds of b/w photos. Insisde covers: from Captain Peter Maersk Moller to A.P. Moller. Soft covers. Danish text (with Foreword and Title of section in English). Occasional foxing. Very good. 20 x 10.8.
Illustrated Danish List of Ships, up to 1 July 1982.
74382 SIGNALS THE 1931 INTERNATIONAL CODE OF SIGNALS - Volume I: For Visual and Sound Signalling
$15.00 AUD
H.M.S.O. London. 1932. 1st Ed. (XIV advertisements), 360 PP with 1 plate for "Semaphore Alphabet", plus XII colour plates: 7 National Flags, 3 Aircraft Markings & 2 Alphabetical, Numeral, Substitutes, Code and Answering pendants. Cloth covers, device and title in blind on front cover, gilt title on spine. Covers lightly rubbed and soiled. Very good. Image shows title-page. 28 x 22.
59867 SIMPSON, Col JAVA EMERGING: Unfolding Cartographic Views (in The National Library Magazine - Vol 2, No.4, December 2010)
$10.00 AUD
National Library of Australia. Canberra. 2010. Vol. 2, No. 4, December 2010. 32 PP. Contains article pages 8 to 12 with 2 b/w and 5 Colour illustrations. Pictorial (Australian BrushTurkey) soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21.
Col Simpson charts the history of European exploration an settlement in Java through its maps.
42122 SKELTON, R. A. EXPLORERS' MAPS - Chapters in the Cartographic Record of Geographical Discovery
$15.00 AUD
Spring Books. London. 1970. Reprint with corrections of the 1958 original. XI, 337 PP with 219 b/w illustrations (charts, maps, engravings & paintings, and 1 photo). Fp (in colour): H.M.S. Racehorse in the ice north of Spitsbergen, 10 August 1773. Hard cover. Covers lightly soiled, o/wise near fine. 28.7 x 22. 60001195X
50371 SKELTON, R. A. EARLY ATLASES / COLOUR IN MAPMAKING (in The Geographical Magazine)
$15.00 AUD
The Geographical Magazine. London. 1960. Volume XXXII, No. 11, April 1960. Special Number Atlases and Mapmaking. VIII, 529-584, IX-XXIV PP with 16 colour and 43 b/w illustrations. Illustrated soft cover. Fine. 24.6 x 18.7.
Atlases today by Professor W. G. V. Balchin. The Ordnance Survey, by Major-General L. F. de Vic Carey...
61864 SKELTON, R. A. EXPLORERS' MAPS - Chapters in the Cartographic Record of Geographical Discovery
$75.00 AUD
Routledge and Kegan Paul. London. 1960. 2nd impression of the 1958 original. XII, 337 PP (glossy paper) with 219 figures (charts, maps, engravings & paintings, and 1 b/w photo). Fp (in colour): H.M.S. Racehorse in the ice north of Spitsbergen, 10 August 1773. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Dedicatory note on front endpaper, dated 24 January 1966 and signed by the author. Near fine. 25.5 x 19.
30351 SKELTON, R.A., MARSTON, T.E. & PAINTER, G.D. THE VINLAND MAP AND THE TARTAR RELATION
$40.00 AUD
Yale University Press. New Haven & London. 1995. New edition with material from the 1965 original. LXVI, 291 PP with 9 figures (maps) and 4 colour plates, plus a large folded map (figure 1), 19 plates (3 large folded) and 26 pages of the facsimile of the original manuscript. Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing. Fine. 29.7 x 22.5. 0300065205
The Vinland Map represents the only surviving medieval example based on Norse cartography, giving evidence to the Viking discovery of North America.
73698 SMYTH, Admiral W. H SAILOR'S WORD-BOOK, An alphabetical digest of Nautical Terms
$20.00 AUD
Conway Maritime Press. London. 2005. 1st soft cover edition. VI, 744 PP with 1 medallion of the author on the top of the Introduction page. Soft covers with light wear. Faint foxing, o/wise very good. 22.8 x 14. 0851779727
A digest of sea terms and phrases: from "A", The highest class of the excellence of merchant ships on Lloyd's books, to "ZUMBRA", A Spanish skiff or yawl. This digest was revised by Vice Admiral, Sir E. Belcher.
50642 SMYTH, Dacre THE LIGHTHOUSES OF VICTORIA - A Second Book of Paintings, Poetry and Prose
$20.00 AUD
Author. Melbourne. 1980. 1st Ed., with a foreword by Sam Benson. No pagination, 88 PP with 1 b/w drawing at end piece and 41 plates in colour. FEP: sketch map "Cape Nelson to Cape Woolamai". REP: sketch map "Cape Liptrap to Gabo Is". Hard cover, dj. Signed by the author on half title page. Faint foxing on outside edges. Fine. Oblong: 21.5 x 22.8. 0959519823
A pictorial essay on the lighthouses, signposts of the sea, of the coast of Victoria.
74379 SMYTHE, Suzanne HISTORY OF THE IRON POT - DERWENT LIGHT
$75.00 AUD
Forty South Publishing. Hobart. 2012. 1st Ed. (8), 116 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial stiff covers. Signed by the author on title page. Fine (mint condition). 21 x 21. 978098755683
53664 SOUCEK, S. The 'ALI MACAR REIS ATLAS' and the DENIZ KITABI: Their Place in the Genre of Portolan Charts and Atlases (In Imago Mundi, a review of Early Cartography)
$10.00 AUD
Nico Israel. Amsterdam. 1971. Article removed from issue 25. Pages 17 to 27 with 5 figures (Portolan Charts). Soft cover, plastic cover, clear plastic front, spiral bound. Fine. 28.7 x 20.6.
72938 STANLEY, Kathleen M. GUIDING LIGHTS - Tasmania's Lighthouses and Lighthousemen
$45.00 AUD
St. David's Park. Hobart. 1991. 1st Ed. IX, 181 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial card covers. Covers with light creases and rubbed at hinges of spine. Brief note to previous owner on back of front cover. Very good. 24.8 x 17.6. 0724625607
A vital record of the lives of the personnel keeping the lights shining and of the lighthouses they manned.
73653 STATHAM, Pamela (compiler) DICTIONARY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIANS 1829-1914 - Volume 1: Early Settlers 1829-1850
$100.00 AUD
University of Western Australia Press. Nedlands, W.A. 1979. August 1979 reprint of the 1979 original. Preface by Rica Erickson. VIII, 375 PP. Eps: Map of the "Swan River Colony 1850 with location map. Cloth cover, gilt title on front board and spine. Foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise fine. 22.2 x 15.7. 0855641592
Volume 1: from Abraham AARON to Thomas YULE.
13822 STEWART, W. K. BROWN'S SIGNALLING - How to Learn the INTERNATIONAL CODE of Visual and Sound Signals
$10.00 AUD
Brown, Son & Ferguson. Glasgow. 1947. New edition. 213 PP with b/w & colour illustrations, plus 3 colour plates. Pictorial boards, cloth spine. Sellotape marks on endpapers, foxing spots on outside edges. Signature of previous owner at top of title-page, o/wise very good. 18 x 12.
17058 STEWART, W. K. BROWN'S SIGNALLING - How to Learn the INTERNATIONAL CODE of Visual and Sound Signals
$15.00 AUD
Brown, Son & Ferguson. Glasgow. 1942. New edition. 213, (3 adv.) PP with b/w & colour illust., plus 4 colour plates (3 on flags, 1 on buoys). Pictorial card cover, cloth spine. Covers with light wear and a few old damp marks, light foxing on prelims, o/wise very good. 18 x 12.
73906 STONE; William T. & HAYS, Anne M. A CRUISING GUIDE TO THE CARRIBEAN, Including the North Coast of South America, Central America, and Yucatan
$15.00 AUD
G.P. Putnam's Sons. New York. 1991. Revised edition. 541 PP with b/w illustrations: coastal views, maps, sketch maps, plans and photos. Eps: Map of the Caribbean Sea. Hard covers, title on spine. Foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 24 x 16. 0399135472
73903 STREET, Donald M. Jr. A CRUISING GUIDE TO THE LESSER ANTILLES
$15.00 AUD
Sail Books, Inc. Boston, Massachusetts. 1974. Revised edition. (16), 314, (6 index) PP with b/w illustrations (4 headpieces, 91 sketch charts & 41 drawings and topographical views.). Hard covers, pictorial front. Name and address of previous owner on preliminary page. Foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise near fine. 22.7 x 25.8.
Helpful hints, warnings, and common sense for the yachtsman.
74456 STROMNESS MUSEUM SAIL & STEAM
$15.00 AUD
Stromness Museum. Stromness, Orkney. c. 1970. 1st Ed. 8 PP with 19 b/w illustrations. Inside front cover: 2 photos of Shipping and Herring Curing at Stromness. Inside back cover: photo of "Countess Cadogan" & "Orcadia". Pictorial soft covers. Fine. 21 x 14.
Published in 1994, the centenary of the death of Robert Louis Stevenson whose family were Engineers to the Northern Lighthouse Board.
72353 SUAREZ, Thomas EARLY MAPPING OF THE PACIFIC: The Epic Story of Seafarers, Adventurers, and Cartographers who Mapped the Earth's Greatest Ocean
$100.00 AUD
Periplus Editions. Singapore. 2004. 1st edition. 224 PP with 223 figures with b/w or colour illustrations. Half title page: Volvelle on a north polar projection. Fp (in colour): Islamic World Map. FEP: World map, circa 1700) by Frederic de Wit. REP: Physical Map of the Pacific, by Philippe Buache. Pictorial laminated boards and illustrated dj (front: Pacific Ocean, by Abraham Ortelius / back: North Pacific, by Joao Teixeira Albernatz). Dedicatory note on title page, signed by the author. Fine (as new condition). 31.3 x 22.8. 9780794400921
75917 SULLIVAN, Eric THE MARINE ENCYCLOPAEDIC DICTIONARY
$35.00 AUD
Lloyd's of London Press Ltd. London. 1992. 3rd edition of the 1980 original. X, 497 PP. Laminated pictorial boards. Neat stamp of the Australian Maritime College Library on outside page edges and at the bottom of a few pages, otherwise contents are fine. 25 x 17.
From A1: 100 A1 = Sea-Going ship & A1 First Class = in sheltered waters ... to: Zulu ... & Zymotic.
40961 SYME, Marten A. LIFEBOATS FOR VICTORIA - The story of lifeboats and their crews in Victoria 1856 - 1979
$20.00 AUD
Roebuck Press. Port Fairy, Victoria. 2001. 1st Ed., No. 55 in the Roebuck Society Publication series. XVI, 80 PP with tables, 2 sketches, plans (2 of lifeboats and 5 of ports and bays), and 48 photos (8 colour and 40 b/w). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. Oblong: 21 x 22. 0957929501
49230 TALBOT, Frederick A. LIGHTSHIPS AND LIGHTHOUSES
$30.00 AUD
William Heinemann. London. 1913. 1st Ed. XII, 325 PP with 16 figures, plus 96 pages with 112 b/w photos. Fp: The 43,000,000 candle-power beams thrown from the Heligoland lighthouse. Red cloth cover, gilt title on spine. Spine lightly sunned, edges with light shelf wear. Foxing spots on outside edges and some pages, o/wise a very good clean copy. Image shows title-page and frontispiece. 22.5 x 14.5.
Contents: The Origin of the Lighthouse, The Eddystone Lighthouse, The Bell Rock and Skerryvore Lights, The Guardian Lights of Canada's Coast, Some Lighthouses in Australian Waters, A Flaming Sentinel of the Malacca Straits, Floating Lighthouses....
73596 TAYLOR, Mike (editor) WORLD ATLAS OF TRAVEL
$45.00 AUD
Thomas Cook Publishing / Columbus Press Ltd. Peterborough, UK. 1998. 1st Ed. VIII, 216 PP with colour illustrations: graphs (pages IV to VII) and maps (pages1 to 168). Hard covers, gilt title on front board and spine, dj. Fine. 30.5 x 21.5. 1900341557
First atlas ever published by Thomas Cook, after 125 years of existence.
73901 THOMPSON, Trevor and Dinah ADRIATIC PILOT - A Yachtsman's Guide to Alabania, Yugoslavia and the Italian coast to Santa Maria di Leuca
$30.00 AUD
Imray, Laurie, Norie & Wilson Ltd. St Ives, Cambridgeshire. 1990. 1st Ed. VIII, 403, (3) PP with b/w illustrations: coastal views, maps, sketch maps, plans, photos. Pictorial laminated boards. Fine. 29.7 x 21. 9780852881514
A yachtsman's guide to the Adriatic Sea.
72324 TOOLEY, R. V. MAPS AND MAP-MAKERS
$75.00 AUD
B. T. Batsford. London. 1949. 1st edition. VIII, 128 PP with 9 tailpieces and 13 b/w illustrations, plus 82 pages with 8 colour plates and 74 b/w illustrations (charts, maps, plans). Frontispiece (in colour): Title-Page to R. de Hooghe's Atlas Maritime, 1693. Cloth cover, title on spine, dj. Light foxing on outside edges and inside of the dust jacket. Near fine. 25.2 x 19.5.
42020 TOOLEY, R. V. & BRICKER, Charles LANDMARKS OF MAPMAKING - An Illustrated Survey of Maps and Mapmakers
$45.00 AUD
Phaidon. Oxford. 1976. 1st UK edition of the 1968 original published by Elsevier-Sequoia. Preface by Gerald Roe Crone. 276 PP with over 350 illustrations, including 6 illustrations in four colours, 4 fold-out maps printed in two colours and 10 fold-out maps in facsimile printed in six colours. FEP: Decoration of the title page of a Dutch edition of the Mariners Guide (1592). REP: Engraving from Theory and Practice of the Geometric Quadrant (1594), by Levinus Hulsius. Hard cover, gilt device on front cover, gilt title and devices on a cloth spine, dj (price-clipped). Foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise very good. 40 x 28. 0714817589
72327 TOOLEY, R.V. THE MAPPING OF AUSTRALIA
$450.00 AUD
Holland Press Limited. London. 1979. 1st edition. Volume I Holland Press Cartographica. XX, 633 PP with 239 plates and an Index (pages 619 to 633) by Douglas Matthews. Eps: Francois Jacobsen Chart of Tasman's Voyages 1642-43 and 1644. Dark green cloth covers, gilt title on spine, dj. Dust jacket a little dulled on spine and with a few small chips, now in a clear plastic sleeve. Foxing spots on top outside edge. A near fine copy of a scarce item. 25.3 x 19.5. 0900470879
73627 TOOLEY, Ronald Vere (compiler) TOOLEY'S DICTIONARY OF MAPMAKERS
$135.00 AUD
Map Collector Publications Limited. Tring, Hertfordshire, UK. 1979. 1st Ed. Preface by Helen Wallis. XII, 684 PP with b/w illustrations: signatures, manuscript page, title page of Atlas, portraits of mapmakers (including 58 plates on full page). Eps: Portraits of Mercator and Hondus. Cloth covers, gilt title on front board and spine, dj. Dust jacket chipped, lightly sunned and now protected. Foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise a near fine copy. Scarce. 26 x 18.5. 0906430054
55841 TOOLEY, Ronald Vere, SCOTT, Valerie G., THE MAP COLLECTOR - Issues Nos. 1 to 74
$900.00 AUD
Map Collector Publications Ltd. Tring, UK. 1977 to 1996. Complete run of the 74 issues published. Issue No. 1: December 1977 with 42 PP to issue No. 74: Spring 1996 with 72 PP. 74 issues with a total of 5430 PP, plus 5 index (1-20 , 21-30, 31-40, 41-50, & 51-60) with 90 PP. Each issue with original illustrated soft covers. Spine of 4 issues with minor damage, o/wise a fine set. 29.9 x 21. This is a heavy item and postage will be higher than usual. Please ask for a quote.
75542 TOY, Ernest W., Jr. ADVENTURERS AFLOAT - A Nautical Bibliography (in 2 volumes)
$200.00 AUD
The Scarecrow Press, Inc. Metuchen, N. J., & London. 1988. 1st Ed. Volume I, Part I: XII, 476 PP. Volume 2, Parts II-IV: (2), 477-1179 PP. Cloth covers, gilt title on front covers and spines. Fine. 22.2 x 14.3. 0810821893
A Comprehensive Guide to Books in English recounting the Adventures of Amateur Sailors upon the waters of the World in Yachts, Boats, and other Devices and including Works and Arts and Sciences of Cruising, Racing, Seamanship, Navigation, Design, building, etc. from the earliest writings through 1986.
61656 TREGEAR, Edward A DICTIONARY OF MANGAREVA (or Gambier Islands)
$100.00 AUD
New Zealand Institute. Wellington. 1899. 1st Ed. (8), 122 PP. Soft cover, staples. Copy with the front cover chipped and a closed tear, and lacking the back cover. Faint foxing. Contents near fine. Scarce. 24.5 x 15.3.
A pure Polynesian language closely related to the speech of the Maoris of New Zealand and different from the Paumotu Archipelago close by.
60511 TROMEUR, M. J.-Y.-M.-M. MISSION HYDROGRAPHIQUE DU SALOUM - 1930-1931 (In Annales Hydrographiques)
$10.00 AUD
Service Hydrographique de la Marine. Paris. 1946. Extract from "Annales Hydrographiques 1938-1939". 28 PP (5 to 33) with figures, plus 4 folded plates. Soft cover. French text. Very good. 25.5 x 17.
54588 TSUKAMOTO, Yushiro MAGNETIC SURVEY OF JAPAN 1954-55 (in The Bulletin of the Hydrographic Office)
$20.00 AUD
Maritime Safety Board. Tokyo. 1961 . 1st Ed. Publication No. 945, Volume XV: (2), IV, 228, (2) PP with 10 tables [table X: covering 133 locations (tables and sketch maps on Magnetic observations)], plus 7 folded charts in colour. Papered boards. Near fine. 25.5 x 18.5.
47322 TUPET, Jacques & MOULIN, Max-Pierre TOURNURES ET PARLURES DE LA MARINE
$25.00 AUD
Paris. 2003. Editions du Gerfaut / A.C.O.R.A.M. Paris. 2003. 1st Ed. 174, (2) PP with drawings by Capitaine de vaisseau (R) Max-Pierre Moulin. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 21.9 x 14.5. 2914622066
51750 UNITED NATIONS WORLD CARTOGRAPHY - Volume VI, 1958
$5.00 AUD
United Nations. New York. 1960. 1st Ed. United Nations Publication No. 60. I. 10. (2), 69 PP with b/w & colour tables and 2 plates, plus 1 folded Index Map. Soft cover. Stamp of Hydrographic Service on front cover. Very good. 28 x 21.5.
National Cartographic Agencies. Mapping techniques. Conventional Signs....
51749 URETA, BOSWELL, R. W., MARASHI, FIFTH UNITED NATIONS REGIONAL CARTOGRAPHIC CONFERENCE FOR ASIA AND THE FAR EAST. Vol. 2: Proceedings of the Conference and Technical Papers
$25.00 AUD
United Nations. New York. 1968. 1st Ed. United Nations Publication No. E.68. I. 14. 507 PP with tables and b/w figures (drawings, graphs, maps, organigrams, photos), plus 1 colour map in pocket pasted down inside back cover. Soft cover (slightly rubbed). Front cover with top corner missing close to spine. Very good. 28 x 21.5.
Conference (E/CONF.52/5) held in Canberra, Australia, 8-22 March 1967.
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.
51322 USN U. S. NAVAL OCEANOGRAPHIC OFFICE - CLASS OF 1963 - 1964
$20.00 AUD
U. S. Naval Oceanographic Office. Suitland, Maryland. 1964. 1st Ed. No pagination, 32 PP with 33 portraits of participants, 11 drawings, 4 portraits and 40 b/w photos. Inside front cover: US Naval Oceanographic Office at Suitland, Maryland. Inside back cover: Progress through Knowledge and Friendship. Pictorial soft cover (U.S. Brig Porpoise and USNS Gilliss). Near fine. Oblong: 20.4 x 26.5.
International students from: Brazil, Burma, Chiole, China (ROC), Greece; Indonesia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Japan, Thailand Philippines, Paraguay, Viet Nam, and Venezuela.
72190 Van OST, John R. & KLINE, Harry (editors) 1978 YACHTSMAN'S GUIDE TO THE GREATER ANTILLES: Virgin Islands / Puerto Rico / Dominican Republic / Haiti
$15.00 AUD
Tropic Isles Publisher. Coral Gables, Florida. 1978. 3rd edition. Message from Harry Kline, editor-illustrator. (2), 276 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings & sketches, maps, plans, photos), and advertisements in b/w or colour. Stiff covers, pictorial front, spiral bound. Stamp of previous owner on front cover and title page. Very good working copy. 23 x 16.5.
74004 VERDET, Jean-Pierre THE SKY - Order and Chaos
$5.00 AUD
Thames & Hudson. London. 1992. 1st English edition in the "New Horizons " series, translated from the French original by Anthony Zielonga. 200 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 17.8 x 12.4. 9780500300213
54607 VERMEER, H. J. SELAMAT DJALAN - Populaire Handleiding voor de Maleische Taal in de Praktijk
$20.00 AUD
N.V. Rotterdamsche Lloyd / Gedrukt Ter N. V. Zuid-Holl. Boek. The Hague. 1931. 7th edition. Foreword by Baginda Dahlan Abdoellah. VIII, 120 PP. Cloth cover, title on front board and spine. Slight ageing of paper. Near fine. Dutch text. 19.8 x 13.5.
75649 VICTORIA SAILING DIRECTIONS: VICTORIA, including Bass Strait
$30.00 AUD
Public Works Department - Ports and Harbors Division. Melbourne. 1970. New edition, with a Notice by A. J. Wagglen. 745 PP with 3 diagrams and 82 coastal views, figures, tables and b/w photos, plus 10 folded diagrams (2 with colours). Cloth covers, title on front board and spine. Ex Library copy with stamps on title page and last page. Renewed front endpaper. Very good. 25 x 15.8.
46819 VIDAL-NAQUET, Pierre (editor) THE COLLINS ATLAS OF WORLD HISTORY
$15.00 AUD
Guild Publishing / Book Club Associates. London. 1987. Reprint of the 1987 English edition published by William Collins. Translated from the 1986 French original Le Grand Livre de l'Histoire du Monde. XII, 340 PP with colour illustrations (diagrams, maps & photos). Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 29.2 x 23.5.
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
76316 VOGEL, Michael (editor) LIGHTHOUSES
$30.00 AUD
Main Street / Sterling Publishing. New York. 2001. 1st Ed. 176 PP with close to 90 colour photos (12 of them on double page). FEP: Pointe de Minou, France. REP: Point Judith Light, Rhode Island. Pictorial laminated boards, dj. Fine (as new condition). 36 x 26.5. 9781402731310
57176 von PHYSTER, George PAINTINGS AND LORE OF CALIFORNIA LIGHTHOUSES
$25.00 AUD
Artista Publications. San Diego, Ca. 1963. 1st Ed. Preface by Captain Robert T. Alexander, USCG, Pharologist. 40 PP with 1 colour painting, 1 b/w photos, 20 b/w illustrations ( 6 drawings & 14 paintings). Pictorial soft cover. Lower corner of front cover with a crease, o/wise near fine. 22.5 x 17.5.
75856 WALBRAN, Captain John T. BRITISH COLUMBIA COAST NAMES: Their Origin and History
$25.00 AUD
Douglas & McIntyre. Vancouver. 1977. 1st paperback edition of the 1971 reprint (1909 original). Preface by M. P. Jordan and introduction by G. P. V. Akrigg. XVI, (4), 546 PP, plus 21 b/w plates and 2 maps of the coast line of British Columbia on double page (Southern Coast Line & Northern Coast Line). Fp: Portrait of Captain Vancouver, RN. Stiff covers, pictorial front. Wrinkles on the clear plastic protection of front cover and spine, otherwise near fine. 21.5 x 14. 9780888941435
73634 WALLIS, Helen & TYACKE, Sarah (editors) MY HEAD IS A MAP - Essays & Memoirs in Honour of R. V. Tooley
$50.00 AUD
Francis Edwards & Carta Press. London. 1973. Limited edition of 1000 copies. XVI, 148 PP with b/w illustrations: frontispiece, vignette on title page, 2 head pieces, and 15 plates. Fp: Portrait of R. V. Tooley. Hard covers, gilt title on spine, dj (subtitle "A Festschrift for R.V. Tooley" ). Copy dated and signed on half title page by R. V. Tooley. Spine of dust jacket lightly sunned and faint foxing on outside edges. Otherwise a fine copy. 25.2 x 18.7.
38822 WALTHEW, Kenneth FROM ROCK AND TEMPEST - The Life of Captain George William Manby
$15.00 AUD
Geoffrey Bles. London. 1971. 1st Ed. 175 PP, plus 16 pages with 24 b/w illustrations. hard cover, dj (price-clipped). Dust jacket with small rub at top corner of front part. Very good. 22.2 x 14.5. 713802871
The Manby apparatus projects a life-line to stranded ships, then uses the breeches buoy...
17175 WARD, Tony MAP COLLECTING FROM AN AUSTRALIAN PERSPECTIVE (in The Australian Antique Collector No. 51 - April-October 1996)
$5.00 AUD
Antiques & Art in Australia. Sydney. 1996. Contains article from P. 166 to 169 with 4 colour illust. Pict. card cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21.
36695 WASHINGTON, George WASHINGTON'S OFFICIAL MAP OF YORKTOWN
$15.00 AUD
National Archives. Washington. 1964. Reprint of the 1952 edition. National Archives Facsimile No. 21. (2), 6 PP with 1 head piece, plus colour map at centre fold. Soft cover, title vignette pasted down on front cover, bound with a tie. Staples removed, o/wise very good. 41.6 x 27.3.
A facsimile reproduction of the map of Yorktown at the time of Cornwallis' surrender, which resulted in American independence.
52310 WATELET, Marcel (editor) GERARD MERCATOR COSMOGRAPHE, le temps et l'espace
$125.00 AUD
Fonds Mercator Paribas. Antwerp. 1994. 1st Ed. Foreword by Hugo Weckx, and preface by Maurice Wollecamp. 445, (3 colophon) PP with b/w and colour illustrations, including 4 folded plates. Fp: Portrait anonyme de Gérard Mercator. Eps: Canevas pour la construction d'un portulan. Cloth cover, gilt device (Brass Compass) on front cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Illustrated slip case (an astrolabe). French text. Fine. 33 x 25.3. 9061533147
76390 WATTS, D.T Lieutenant Commander SOUTH INDIAN OCEAN PILOT, Comores, Madagascar, Seychelles Group, La Réunion, Mauritius, Chagos Archipelago and other Islands lying westward of Longitude 90° East
$100.00 AUD
Hydrographer of the Navy. London. 1990. 9th edition of 1946. NP 39. XII, 320 PP with tables, 17 maps for natural conditions (4 "currents", diagrams, 2 Sea Surface temperature, 2 Barometric pressure, 4 wind distribution, 4 winds force over force 7, track of Cyclone), 2 Index charts NP 39a & NP 39b. and 18 "coastal views" / lighthouses). Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, and on the rear cover a gilt sketch chart of the Indian Ocean. Fine. 30.5 x 21.5.
The World Publishing Company. Cleveland / New York. 1942. 1st Ed. IX, (3), 404 PP with hundreds of self explanatory drawings from Abacus to Zones, Insignia of Arms, Rankings, Speciality Marks of the USN..., plus 32 colour plates "Maps of the World". Rebacked copy, cloth covers. War economy paper, ageing and foxing. Still a very good copy of a scarce item. 20.6 x 14.5.
A complete vocabulary of clear, concise definitions supplemented by selected reference material and a full section of world maps in colour.
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.
39777 WHITFIELD, Peter THE IMAGE OF THE WORLD - 20 Centuries of World Maps
$20.00 AUD
Rohnert Park, California. 1994. Pomegranate Artbooks. 1st US edition. VIII, 144 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Title spread: World map of Antonio Sanchez, 1623. FEP: Ptolemaic World map, 2nd century AD, republished 1486. REP: Dynamic Planet World Map, USGS 1989. Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing. Very good. 29.2 x 26.7. 0876540809
49416 WIESER, Dr. Franz MAGALHÂES-STRASSE UND AUSTRAL-CONTINENT AUF DEN GLOBEN DES JOHANNES SCHÖNER
$75.00 AUD
Verlag der Wagner'schen Universitaets-Buchhandlung. Innsbruck. 1881. 1st Ed. VIII, 124 PP, plus 5 folded plates (charts in colour) at rear of book. Rebacked copy, cloth cover, gilt title on leather label pasted down on spine. Original soft covers tipped on endpapers. Ingleton bookplate. German text. Near fine. 23.8 x 15.7.
Strait of Magellan, Great South Land, and the globes of Johannes Schöner.
17052 WILFORD, John Noble THE MAPMAKERS
$20.00 AUD
Alfred A. Knopf. New York. 1981. 1st Ed. XII, 414 PP (4), with 39 b/w illust. in text. Title page/Fp: Map of North America. Eps: Nova Totivs Terrarvm Orbis Geographica. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket a little sunned around spine, with a couple of very small chips, o/wise a fine copy. 24 x 17.2. 0862450411
The great pioneers in cartography, from antiquity to the space age. The technological revolution transforming cartography and the study of geography.
44094 WILLAUMEZ, Le Vice-Amiral DICTIONNAIRE DE MARINE
$120.00 AUD
Le Chasse Marée. Douarnenez. 1998. Facsimile reprint of the 1831 original. (16), 580, (4) PP with 9 colour plates, plus 7 folded plates with around 250 sketches. Fp (in colour): Portrait of Willaumez and drawing of his corvette amphisdrome. Eps (in colour): Flags. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. French text. 28.3 x 19.7. 2903708770
48942 WILLIAMS, Earl P. What You Should Know About THE AMERICAN FLAG
$10.00 AUD
Thomas Publications. Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. 1992. 2nd revised edition of the 1987 original. XVI, 52 PP with 40 figures (b/w and colour drawings and flags). Fp: Francis Hopkinson. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21.5 x 14.
66741 WILLIAMS, Peter BEACON ON THE ROCK - The dramatic history of Lighthouses from Ancient Greece to the present day
$35.00 AUD
Barron's / Quintet Book. New York. 2001. 1st US edition. 192 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Fp: Winstanley's Lighthouse upon the Eddystone Rock. Eps: Fresnel lens. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 33.2 x 24.5. 0764153498
71723 WILSON, Andrew COAST - TASMANIA, Seascapes from the Roaring Forties
$60.00 AUD
Everything Everything & Fullers Bookshop Publishing. Hobart. 2016. 1st Ed. Foreword, poem and chapter text by Finegan Kruckemeyer. 304 PP with b/w and colour photos by Andrew Wilson. Hard cover, title on front board and spine, dj. As new. 30.5 x 39.5. 9780992303686
73769 WILSON, Andrew COAST - TASMANIA, Seascapes from the Roaring Forties
$90.00 AUD
Everything Everything & Fullers Bookshop Publishing. Hobart. 2016. 1st Ed. Foreword, poem and chapter text by Finegan Kruckemeyer. 304 PP with b/w and colour photos by Andrew Wilson. Hard cover, title on front board and spine, dj. Copy with a signed dedicatory note by the author to previous owner on front endpaper, as well as signed on the title page. Fine. 30.5 x 39.5. 9780992303686
74455 WILSON, Bryce THE LIGHTHOUSES OF ORKNEY
$15.00 AUD
Stromness Museum. Stromness, Orkney. c. 1998. Reprint of the 1994 edition. 16 PP with 24 b/w illustrations, including 12 b/w photos of lighthoises. Inside front cover: sketch map of the Orkney. Inside back cover: Robert Louis Stevenson and his father Thomas Stevenson, in 1868. Pictorial soft covers. Fine. 21 x 14.
Published in 1994, the centenary of the death of Robert Louis Stevenson whose family were Engineers to the Northern Lighthouse Board.
48727 WINCHESTER, Simon THE MAP THAT CHANGED THE WORLD - The Tale of William Smith and the Birth of a Science
$10.00 AUD
Viking. London. 2001. Uncorrected Proof Copy of the 2001 original. XIV, 321 PP with 19 headpieces and 32 figures (6 of them not yet included). Fp: 1801 map. Pictorial soft cover. Old watermarks on lower corner, o/wise very good. 20.5 x 13.4. 0670884073
75486 WINCHESTER, Simon ATLANTIC - A Vast Ocean of a Million Stories
$10.00 AUD
Harper Press. William Collins. London. 2010. 1st paperback edition. (XIV), 498 PP with 44 b/w illustrations: maps and charts, engravings, photos. Pictorial card cover. Covers rubbed and with creases. Occasional foxing. Good reading copy. 23.5 x 15.6. 9780007364596
76033 WINCHESTER, Simon THE MAP THAT CHANGED THE WORLD - The Tale of William Smith and the Birth of a Science
$30.00 AUD
Viking. London. 2001. 1st Ed. XIV, 338 PP with b/w illustrations (frontispiece, 19 head pieces and 32 figures), plus 2 charts in colour. Fp: The Map that changed the World, 1801 (sketch of English Geology). Eps (in colour): 1 geological map of the British Islands, 1 general map of the Strata in England and Wales. Hard cover, dj. Foxing spots on outside edges, otherwise fine. 22.4 x 14. 9780670884070
50624 WITKOWSKI, Belinda (editor) LIGHTHOUSES OF THE 20TH CENTURY
$15.00 AUD
Australia Post. Melbourne. 2006. 1st Ed. Booklet in Prestige Collection designed by Belinda Witkowski, Australia Post Design Studio. No pagination, 16 PP with 15 colour photos, plus 5 plates with stamps. Map of Australia inside front cover. Stapled pictorial wrappers (Lighthouse of Wollongong Head). Fine. Oblong: 10.3 x 15.6.
72101 ZANELLI, Leo & SKUSE, George SUB-AQUA ILLUSTRATED DICTIONARY
$20.00 AUD
Kaye & Ward. London. 1976. 1st Ed. (6), 114 PP with 72 b/w illustrations: drawings, sketches, photos & tables. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Small water mark affecting a small area (1.5cm x 0.5cm) of lower edge of front board, dust jacket and outside edge. Contents near fine. 20.5 x 13.4. 0195198948
73644 ZIERLER, Amy & MUSTARD, Cam SIGNAL HILL, An Illustrated History
$15.00 AUD
Newfoundland Historic Trust. St John's, Newfoundland. 1997. Reprint. 47 PP with 4 colour illustrations (1 map and 3 photos), and 55 b/w illustration. Fp (in colour): Hayward Flags. Stiff covers, pictorial front. Fine. Oblong: 17.8 x 21.4. 0919735029
51772 ZNAMIEROWSKI, Alfred FLAGS OF THE WORLD - An Illustrated Guide to Contemporary Flags
$10.00 AUD
Hermes House. London. 2006. New edition of the 2000 The World Flags Identifier. 128 PP with over 600 colour illustrations. Fp: 9 house flags of Shipping lines to North and South America. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 22 x 17.3. 1840388668