Reed. Sydney. 1986. 1st Ed. 176 PP with 133 b/w illust., plus 12 pages with 9 b/w and 13 colour plates. Hard cover, dj. Light foxing otherwise a very good copy. 29.2 x 22.2. 0730101142
An affectionate look at the port, the ships and the boats, the institutions & organisations which have produced one of the few waterways in the world combining commerce & recreation.
20543 BADGER, Geoffrey THE EXPLORERS OF THE PACIFIC
$10.00 AUD
Kangaroo Press. Sydney. 1988. 1st Ed. 248 PP with b/w illustrations, plus 12 pages with 18 colour illustrations. Fp: Map of the Pacific. Eps: Mappe Monde. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 24.5 x 18.5. 0864172117
The story of hazard and adventure as the explorers found their way around the Pacific Ocean.
33747 BANKS, Steven THE HANDICRAFTS OF THE SAILOR
$25.00 AUD
David & Charles. London. 1974. 1st Ed. 96 PP with 90 b/w illust. Fp: A sailors life in a calm. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Near fine. 18.5 x 24. 0715363786
Handicrafts of the sailors aboard ships, manned by men mostly of European stock, during the last 300 years. Ships' models, sea chests, paintings, wool or silk pictures, scrimshaws, etc..
20103 CAMERON, Ian LOST PARADISE - The Exploration of the Pacific
$10.00 AUD
Salem House. Topsfield, Mass. 1986. 1st American edition. 248 PP with b/w & 33 colour illustrations. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 26.8 x 19.5. 0881622753
Description of physical creation of the Pacific. How the islands were settled: the epic voyages of the Spanish, Dutch, French, British, English, Russian & American explorers.
20093 COOKE, E.W. MARINES DE E. W. COOKE
$80.00 AUD
Editions de l'Estran. Douarnenez. 1983. 1st French edition. No pagination. 124 pages with 50 b/w plates. Hard cover, simile leather, gilt device on front cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Foxing spots on outside edges and few pages. Occasional foxing. Near fine. French text. 25 x 32. 2903707075
Reproduction of the original "Fifty Plates of Shipping & Craft", drawn and etched by the English marine artist, E.W. Cooke, London, 1829.
20645 DIVINE, David THE OPENING OF THE WORLD
$15.00 AUD
Collins. London. 1973. 1st Ed. 272 PP with 6 maps, 160 b/w illustrations & 28 colour plates. Eps: Orbis Terrae. Cloth cover, dj. (price clipped). Very good. 25.2 x 19.5. 0002111691
From the first attempt by primitive man to cross the unfordable river, through Sumerian, Nile, Minoan civilisation, to the Portuguese, Spanish explorers of the Renaissance.
21262 DODGE, Ernest S. NEW ENGLAND AND THE SOUTH SEAS
$20.00 AUD
Harvard University Press. Cambridge, Mass. 1965. 1st Ed. XV, (3), 217 PP with 53 b/w illustrations. Fp: Hawaiian War God. Eps: Chart of the South Seas. Cloth cover, device on front cover, dj. Dust jacket with rubbed spots and insect damage (now in a protective sleeve). Contents are near fine. 23.5 x 15.5.
The great South Seas: hunting the cachalot, sea otters, sandalwood, beche de mer and cannibals.
11686 DORNOY, Myriam POLITICS IN NEW CALEDONIA
$15.00 AUD
Sydney University Press. Sydney. 1984. 1st Ed. XVI, 302 PP with 16 maps & figures. Cloth cover, dj. Light foxing on outside page edges, otherwise near fine. 22 x 14.5. 0424001012
New Caledonia prior to the turmoil which shook this French territory between November 1984 & May 1988.
21313 DOW, George Francis WHALE SHIPS AND WHALING, A Pictorial History
$10.00 AUD
Dover. New York. 1985. Reprint of the 1925 edition. 241 PP with 207 b/w illust. Pictorial soft cover. Occasional foxing, o/wise fine. 23.5 x 16.5. 0486248089
Pictorial history of whaling with an account of the whale fishery in colonial New England.
16224 DUDER, Tessa, THOMSON, Barry & HAWKINS, Clifford SPIRIT OF ADVENTURE
$25.00 AUD
Century Hutchinson. Auckland. 1985. 1st Ed. 160 PP with b/w and colour photos. Fp: Spirit of Adventure. Eps: In the rigging. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 30.5 x 21.5.. 0091631300
Sail Training revival in New Zealand brings to fruition the Spirit of Adventure.
17924 DYSON, John SPIRIT OF SAIL - CLIPPERS, WINDJAMMERS, AND TALL SHIPS
$10.00 AUD
David Bateman. Buderim. 1987. 1st Australian edition. Originally purblished in Canada by Key Porter Books. 176 PP, profusely illustrated with plans, b/w & colour photos. Eps. Hard cover, device in blind on front cover, dj. A little light foxing on prelims, o/wise near fine. 31.2 x 23.5. 0949135151
The call of the sea and the exaltation sailors experience as they brave wind and wave.
76697 FITCHETT, T. K. THE LONG HAUL - Ships on the England-Australia Run
$15.00 AUD
Rigby. Adelaide. 1980. 1st Ed. 95 PP with colour illust. Hard cover, dj. Oblong: 22.5 x 28.5. 0727010271
Passenger ships running the longest sea route in the world.
21285 FORSTER, Honore (compiler) THE SOUTH SEA WHALER - An Annotated Bibliography...
$30.00 AUD
Kendall Whaling Museum. Sharon, Mass. 1985. 1st Ed. IX, 157 PP. Fp: South Sea Whaling by W.E. Norton. Eps: Map of the Pacific Ocean. Cloth cover, title on front cover and spine. Foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise fine. 26 x 17.5. 0937854220
... bibliography of published historical, literary and art material relating to whaling in the Pacific Ocean in the nineteenth century.
18409 GUEGUEN, Michel LES PECHEURS BRETONS AU BON VIEUX TEMPS
$30.00 AUD
SPRL Sodium. Bruxelles. 1977. 1st Ed. 140 PP with illust. taken from postcards. Green cloth cover with colour vignette. Name of previous owner at top of title page, a little light foxing, o/wise near fine. French text. 28 x 19.
The fishermen of Brittany, describing the type of fishing, the various vessels used & their family life, their solidarity.
18613 GUTTRIDGE, Leonard & SMITH, Jay. D. THE COMMODORES - The Drama of a Navy under Sail
$5.00 AUD
Peter Davies. London. 1970. 1st UK Ed. X, 340 PP, plus 16 pages with 35 b/w illust. Eps: Maps. Cloth cover, dj. Occasional foxing, o/wise near fine. 24 x 16. 432063706
Chronicles the economic & political currents in the young nation, as well as the story of the men who commanded and fought during the U.S. Navy's early years.
16490 HALL, Cyril THE SEA AND ITS WONDERS
$10.00 AUD
Gresham. London. c.1930. 1st edition in The Gresham Library of Knowledge. 256 PP with b/w illustrations, plus 32 b/w plates. Cloth cover, gilt-engraved spine. Foxing, o/wise very good condition. Image shows title-page and frontispiece. 20 x 14.
Encompasses all the knowledge at the time: marine biology, geophysics, oceanography, meteorology, fishing, etc.. up to the disappearance of the five-masted barque, Danish training ship, Kobenhaven.
20224 HAWS, Duncan SHIPS AND THE SEA - A Chronological Review
$20.00 AUD
Hart Davis, MacGibbon. London. 1976. 1st UK. Ed. 240 PP with b/w and colour illustrations by AB Nordbok. Illustrated endpapers. Illustrated hard cover, dj (lightly rubbed). Otherwise fine. 30 x 27. 0246109181
Splendid story of ships and the sea, from their humble beginnings to their present-day significance.
64323 HILDER, Brett THE VOYAGE OF TORRES, The Discovery of the Southern Coastline of New Guinea and Torres Strait by Captain Luis Baéz de Torres in 1606
$60.00 AUD
University of Queensland Press. Brisbane. 1980. 1st Ed. XXXII, 194 PP with 64 bw illustrations, plus 8 pages with 5 colour plates. Fp: Luis Baéz de Torres. Eps: Portion of B.A. 2759a, showing Torres' track along the whole southern coast of New Guinea. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Dedicatory note signed by the author. A fine copy. 24.5 x 18.5. 070221275X
16280 HOLLANDER, Neil & MERTES, Harald THE LAST SAILORS, The Final Days of Working Sail
$15.00 AUD
Angus & Robertson. London. 1984. 1st UK Ed. XIV, 142 PP with charts & b/w photos, plus 16 pages with 30 colour photos. Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing on outside edges, o/wise fine. 24 x 19.5. 0207150001
The vanishing breed of sailors & craft, harnessing wind & sea to gain their livelihood. The Nile, Chilean Coast, Brazil, Bangladesh, China, Indonesia...
17964 HOLLINS, Holly THE TALL SHIPS ARE SAILING
$20.00 AUD
David & Charles. London. 1982. 1st Ed. 192 PP with b/w illust. throughout. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Faint foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 25 x 17.5. 0715380281
History of the Cutty Sark tall ship races of 1980. Race 1: Kiel to Frederikshavn to Amsterdam.
15849 LAWSON, Will PADDLE-WHEELS AWAY
$20.00 AUD
Thwaites. Sydney. 1947. 1st Ed. 238 PP. Papered boards. Paper browned with light foxing. Former owner's signature on FFEP, o/wise very good. 19 x 12.5.
The river steamers of the Murray & Darling in the 1890's, making their home ports at Goolwa at the mouth of the Murrary & Echuca at the Top End, 1400 miles up-river.
16011 LEITCH, Michael EVERYONE'S BOOK OF SHIPS
$5.00 AUD
Optimum Books. London. 1981. 1st Ed. 80 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (paintings, photos). Title page: Franconia Illustrated endpapers. Pictorial laminated boards, dj. Foxing on half-title and last page, otherwise good. 32.5 x 23.5. 0600374882
The evolution of ships since the beginning of the sea transport.
15605 LEWIS, David FROM MAUI TO COOK - The Discovery and Settlement of the Pacific
$10.00 AUD
Doubleday. Sydney. 1977. 1st Ed. X, 213 PP with drawings by Walter Stackpool. Eps: Map of the Pacific Ocean (FEP: discoveries Magellan to Torres - REP: discoveries Schouten / LeMaire to Cook). Cloth cover, dj. Dust jacket defective and protected. Occasional foxing. Near fine. 23.5 x 18. 086824001X
Pacific exploration, from prehistoric times, seen through the eyes of a modern-day seagoing adventurer.
20822 LEWIS, Edward V. & O'BRIEN, Robert (editors) SHIPS
$5.00 AUD
Time-Life. Amsterdam. 1966. 1st English edition, in the Life Science Library series. 200 PP with b/w and colour illustrations & 1 double length centrefold with cutaway of France. Cloth covers lightly browned around edges, gilt title on spine. Stamp at top of half title page, some light foxing, o/wise very good. 27 x 21.
General history of the ship, from the ancient craft of Egypt some 500,000 years ago, to the nuclear submarine.
57894 LEWIS, Edward V. & O'BRIEN, Robert (editors) SHIPS
$5.00 AUD
Time-Life. Amsterdam. 1966. 1st english edition, in the Life Science Library series. 200 PP with b/w and colour illustrations & 1 double length centrefold with cutaway of France. Pictorial hard cover. Some light foxing, o/wise very good. 27 x 21.
General history of the ship, from the ancient craft of Egypt some 500,000 years ago, to the nuclear submarine.
15401 LUBBOCK, Basil THE LAST OF THE WINDJAMMERS - VOLUME II
$50.00 AUD
Brown, Son & Ferguson. Glasgow. 1976. Reprint of 1st Ed. (1929). XV, 448 PP plus 174 pages of illust., 17 pages of plans. Eps: Charts. Fp: Hougomont. Orig. cloth cover, gilt title on spine. A few marks and small bump on front cover, o/wise a fine copy. 24.5 x 18.5. 0851741142
The last boom in sail, the lime-juicers, the carriers of the 90's, the square-riggers of the 20th century, small fry.
18420 LUCIE-SMITH, Edward OUTCASTS OF THE SEA - Pirates and Piracy
$10.00 AUD
Paddington Press. London. 1978. 1st Ed. 256 PP with b/w illustrations. eps: Map of the Pirate Round. Hard cover, dj. Foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 26 x18.5. 0448226170
Survey of piracy, from the marauding exploits of ancient Greeks in the Mediterranean to the yacht-jacking of the 1970's.
21292 MASON, F. van Wyck HARPOON IN EDEN
$5.00 AUD
Doubleday & Co. New York. 1969. 1st Ed. 430 PP. An illustrated book mark with Maori / English words loosely inserted. Cloth cover, dj. Front endpapers pasted together. Dust jacket worn & rubbed. Foxing spots on outside edges. Good reading copy. 24 x 16.
A novel of Nantucket & New Zealand in the great whaling days during the 1830's.
36513 MAXWELL, C. Bede WOODEN HOOKERS - Epics of the Sea History of Australia
$30.00 AUD
Angus & Robertson. Sydney. 1940. 1st Ed. IX, 780 PP. Green cloth cover with some soil marks, dust jacket is chipped and missing a few small pieces and is now in a protective sleeve. A date (1944) written on FFEP and former owner's name and address on title-page. Light foxing throughout and on outside page edges, o/wise a very good clean copy. 19.5 x 13.5.
True tales of heroism, endurance & resourcefulness. Tales of the men who sailed the wooden hookers, the mutinies, piracy, shipwrecks, whalers, blackbirders...
30981 MICHENER, James A. THE WATERMEN - Selections from Chesapeake
$10.00 AUD
Random House. New York. 1979. 1st Ed. XI, 193 PP with drawings by John Moll. Fp. FEP: Map of the Chesapeake. REP: Drawing of a Skipjack. Cloth cover, device (geese in flight) in blind on front cover, dj. Foxing spots on edges, o/wise near fine. 26 x 18.2. 039450660X
Narrative consisting of excerpts from the author's Chesapeake.
15683 MOOREHEAD, Alan THE FATAL IMPACT - The Invasion of the South Pacific 1767-1840
$10.00 AUD
Hamish Hamilton. Sydney. 1987. New edition created and produced from the 1966 original. Preface by Manning Clark. 252 PP enhanced by 150 b/w and colour illustrations (paintings, drawings & etchings). Hard cover, dj. Foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise fine. 27 x 19. 0241123461
Tragic story of a great adventure which turned sour, when good intentions led to disaster, corruption & annihilation.
16147 MOREL-FATIO, L. ETUDES DE MARINE POSITIVE, Dessinées et Gravées à l'Eau-Forte
$50.00 AUD
Editions de l'Estran. Douarnenez. 1982. 1st Ed. 121 PP with 43 plates. Hard cover, simile leather, gilt device on front board, dj. Foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise near fine. French text. Oblong: 25 x 31.5. 2903707053
Morel-Fatio was a man of the sea. He took part in the French Navy's landing in Algiers in 1830 and the Crimean War. He was a naval architect, a seaman and probably one of the best known French marine artists.
21284 O'MAY, Harry HOBART RIVER CRAFT AND SEALERS OF BASS STRAIT
$20.00 AUD
L.G. Shea, Government Printer. Hobart. c. 1964. 1st Ed. 113 , IV, (2), 32 PP, plus 20 pages with 38 b/w photos, and 1 folded map at rear. Cloth cover, dj. Dust jacket has some shelf wear with chips at top, and is in a protective sleeve. Contents near fine. 21.7 x 14.5.
The craft used by the early settlers to carry goods to and from Hobart. The sealers in Bass Strait.
70089 O'MAY, Harry WOODEN HOOKERS OF HOBART TOWN AND WHALERS OUT OF VAN DIEMEN'S LAND
$20.00 AUD
L. G. Shea, Government Printer. Hobart. c. 1960. 1st edition. 137, VI (index) PP & 101, (3 index) PP, plus 32 pages with 61 b/w photos. Green cloth cover, clipped dust jacket. Dust jacket has a few chips and is in a protective sleeve. Name and address of previous owner on FFEP, otherwise a near fine copy. 22 x 14.5.
Whaling in the early days of Van Diemen's Land.
17277 PARIS, Admiral François Edmond ADMIRAL PARIS' NATIVE BOATS OF ASIA AND THE PACIFIC 1841
$75.00 AUD
Antiques of the Orient. Singapore. 1989. 1st Ed. 96 PP with 78 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21.5 x 15. 9810010591
Catalogue of an exhibition of hand-coloured original lithographs of native craft of Asia and the Pacific, executed in 1841 by ...
17872 PERNOUD, Georges VOILIERS EN LIBERTE
$20.00 AUD
Edita SA / Conti. Lausanne. 1989. 1st Ed. Collection Thalassa. 144 PP, profusely illustrated with colour photos. Eps. Hard cover, dj. French text. Fine. 30.5 x 26. 2880012538
The meeting of 18 tall ships in the Port of Rouen on the Seine and their race to celebrate the Bicentenary of the French Revolution of 1789.
17754 PHILLIPS, Valmai, COBERN, Patricia, & HOWARD, Ann EXPLORING THE MYSTERIOUS SOUTH
$5.00 AUD
Bay Books. Sydney. c. 1990. 1st Ed. 280 PP with b/w & colour illust. Hard cover, dj. Few foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 26.5 x 18.5. 085835912X
The tales of the men who sought new lands and fortunes in the Pacific's uncharted territories.
16144 QUARM, Roger & WILCOX, Scott MASTERS OF THE SEA, British Marine Watercolours
$15.00 AUD
Catalogue published for the exhibition: Masters of the Sea. British Marine Watercolours 1650-1930. Watercolours from Alexander through Chambers, Constable, Cooke, Moore, Turner... to Van de Velde.
15599 RIENITS, Rex & Thea THE VOYAGES OF COLUMBUS
$10.00 AUD
Hamlyn. London. 1970. 1st UK Ed. 152 PP, profusely illust. with b/w and colour plates. Hard cover (lightly soiled). Illustrated endpapers. Faint foxing. Very good. 28.5 x 21.
Christopher Columbus and his four voyages to the coast he discovered.
15758 RIENITS, Rex & Thea THE VOYAGES OF CAPTAIN COOK
$5.00 AUD
Hamlyn. London. 1970. 4th impression of the 1968 original. 157 PP with b/w & colour illustrations. Fp: Engraved portrait of Cook, after Webber. Half-title page: Statue of Cook, The Mall near Admiralty Arch. Illustrated endpapers. Top corner of front endpaper clipped. Hard cover, gilt device on front cover, gilt title on spine.. Neear fine. 29.5 x 22.
17107 RUHEN, Olaf OPENING THE OCEANS
$15.00 AUD
Nautical Press. Sydney. 1987? 1st Ed. 189 PP, plus 31 pages of prints and 1 folded chart of the voyages of Captain Cook in pocket at rear of book. Hard cover, dj. Name of previous owner on front endpaper. Very good. 26.8 x 19.5. 0949756067
Study of exploration of the Pacific: Anson, Wallis & Carteret, Cook, followed by the French, Spanish, Russians, Americans...
17868 LE SCAL, Yves AU TEMPS DES GRANDS VOILIERS 1850-1920
$30.00 AUD
André Barret éditeur. Paris. 1977. 1st edition in Collection "Trésors de la Photographie". 190 PP, profusely illustrated with b/w photos. Cloth cover, dj. Dust Jacket with chips and repaired tears. Contents near fine. French text. Oblong: 24.5 x 31.
Testimony of the life and hardship on board the tall ships rounding the Horn.
49743 VILLIERS, Alan THE QUEST OF THE SCHOONER ARGUS. A Voyage to The Banks and Greenland
$25.00 AUD
Hodder & Stoughton. London. 1951. 1st Ed. XI, 256 PP with 1 plan of the Argus, 1 diagram and 3 maps, plus 48 pages with 94 b/w photos by the author. Fp: The Doryman. Eps: Map of the North Atlantic Ocean. Top outside edge tinted. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Slight ageing of paper and foxing. A very good clean copy. Image shows title-page and frontispiece. 23 x 15.
Sailing in 1950 with the Portuguese cod-fishing fleet to the Grand Banks off Newfoundland and to the Greenland fishing grounds of the Davis Straits.