Australian Shipping & Maritime History

37904
A.N.L.
THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL LINE - ANL ANNUAL REPORT 1968
$20.00 AUD

Australian Coastal Shipping Commission. Canberra. 1968. 1st Ed. 28 PP with tables, 6 graphs, 1 b/w and 10 colour photos. REP: Organigram. Pictorial card covers (Sextant, with chart of Australia in background). Near fine. 25 x 17.6.

12th Annual Report 1967-1968.

71776
ABBOTT, J.H.M.
THE NEWCASTLE PACKETS AND THE HUNTER VALLEY
$50.00 AUD

Currawong Publishing. Sydney. 1943. 1st Ed. 242 PP, plus 14 pages with 1 colour and 12 b/w plates. Fp (in colour): "Sophia Jane" - 1831. Hard cover, title on front board and spine. Covers lightly soiled. Free fly of front endpaper with bookshop label and stamp of previous owner. Newspaper review (Sydney Morning Herald, 30.10.1943) loosely inserted. Occasional foxing. o/wise a very good copy. 17.8 x 13.5.

The Hunter Valley and the ships owned by the Newcastle & Hunter River Steamship Co. Ltd.

20091
ADAM-SMITH, Patsy
THERE WAS A SHIP
$15.00 AUD

Thomas Nelson. Melbourne. 1983. New Edition. VIII, 239 PP with b/w illust. Eps: Rough sea through the rigging. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket with light wear, dedicatory inscription on title-page, o/wise contents near fine. 25.5 x 18. 0170062627

Patsy Adam-Smith's story of her years at sea. The first Australian woman to be granted signed articles in Australian waters while sailing the islands of Bass Strait.

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

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

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

42680
ALLEN, James
JOURNAL OF AN EXPERIMENTAL TRIP BY THE "LADY AUGUSTA", ON THE RIVER MURRAY
$35.00 AUD

LBSA / Libraries Board of South Australia. Adelaide. 1976 Facsimile reprint of the 1853 original, No. 202 in the Australiana Facsimile Editions series. (2), (2 cover), XIV, 86 PP. Fp: Swan Hill. Hard cover, simile vellum, gilt title on spine. Fine. 21.2 x 13.7. 0724300554

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

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

The Australian GMDSS training and operations manual.

41329
ANDERSON, Ross
WRECKS ON THE REEF - A guide to historic shipwrecks at Port Phillip Heads
$25.00 AUD

Heritage Council Victoria. Melbourne. 1997. 1st Ed. (4), 84 PP with 68 figures (b/w and colour). Pictorial soft cover. Remainder mark on top outside page edge, o/wise near fine. Oblong: 17.6 x 26.2. 0731106105

15852
ANDREWS, Graeme
A LOG OF GREAT AUSTRALIAN SHIPS
$10.00 AUD

Reed. Sydney. 1980. 1st Ed. 160 PP with b/w illustrations. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Near fine. Oblong: 18.5 x 26. 0589502026

150 famous ships which played a vital role in the development of Australia.

15939
ANDREWS, Graeme
VETERAN SHIPS OF AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND
$10.00 AUD

Reed. Sydney. 1976. 1st Ed. 136 PP with b/w illust., plus 4 colour plates. Hard cover, dj. Very good. Oblong: 19.3 x 27.5. 0589071904

22161
ANDREWS, Graeme
AUSTRALIA'S MARITIME HERITAGE
$5.00 AUD

Cromarty Press. Sydney. 1984. 1st Ed. 88 PP with 92 b/w photos. Title-page: Polly Woodside. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 24 x 17. 0949675105

List of groups preserving & restoring Australia's maritime heritage together with details of the vessels preserved.

30176
ANDREWS, Graeme
FERRIES OF SYDNEY
$5.00 AUD

Trident Publishing. Sydney. 1969. 1st Ed. 56 PP with 55 b/w photos. Pictorial card covers with light wear, Near fine. 21.8 x 15.2.

The ferries and the fleets in Sydney and on the Hawkesbury River. Page 50: Aboriginal translations of ferry names.

51707
ANDREWS, Graeme
AUSTRALIA'S MARITIME HERITAGE
$10.00 AUD

Cromarty Press. Sydney. 1984. 1st Ed. 88 PP with 92 b/w photos. Title-page: Polly Woodside. Pictorial soft cover. Signed by the author on title page. Near fine. 24 x 17. 0949675105

List of groups preserving & restoring Australia's maritime heritage together with details of the vessels preserved.

64359
ARCHIVES AUTHORITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES [THE]
GUIDE TO SHIPPING AND FREE PASSENGER RECORDS - No.17
$10.00 AUD

The Archives Authority of New South Wales. Sydney. 1977. 1st Ed. 98 PP. Typescript. Illustration of "The Great Britain" on page 4. Card covers browned around edges with light foxing on covers and some pages. Overall, a very good copy. Folio: 33 x 21.

11683
AUSTRALIAN SHIPPING
SHIPPING IN AUSTRALIA
$5.00 AUD

Brodie Publishing. Sydney. 1985. 1st Ed., No. 6 in the Australian Knowledge series. 16 PP with 1 map of Australia and 26 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27.5 x 21. 0864350058

History of shipping in Australia, and brief description of harbours by State.

36564
AUSTRALIAN SHIPPING
AUSTRALIAN SHIPPING 1983
$5.00 AUD

A. G. P. S. / Department of Transport. Canberra. 1983. 1st Ed. VI, 70 PP with 16 tables. Pictorial soft cover (River Boyne). Near fine. 24.7 x 17.5.

Data as at 30 June 1983. Trading Fleet and Trading Ships... Passenger ferries... Dry docks.

36565
AUSTRALIAN SHIPPING
AUSTRALIAN SHIPPING 1984
$10.00 AUD

Canberra. 1985. A. G. P. S. / Department of Transport. 1st Ed. VII, 64 PP with 16 tables. Pictorial soft cover (Supply Vessel). Fine. 24.7 x 17.5.

Data as at 30 June 1984. Trading Fleet & Trading Ships... Passenger ferries... Ships imported & ships constructed. Dry docks.

36566
AUSTRALIAN SHIPPING
AUSTRALIAN SHIPPING 1985
$10.00 AUD

A. G. P. S. / Department of Transport. Canberra. 1985. 1st Ed. VI, 64 PP with 16 tables. Pictorial soft cover (Supply Vessel). Near fine. 24.7 x 17.5.

Data as at 30 June 1985. Trading Fleet & Trading Ships... Passenger ferries... Ships imported & ships constructed. Dry docks.

36567
AUSTRALIAN SHIPPING
AUSTRALIAN SHIPPING 1986
$10.00 AUD

Canberra. 1986. A. G. P. S. / Department of Transport. 1st Ed. VI, 69 PP with 16 tables. Pictorial card cover (Freighter). Fine. 24.7 x 17.5.

Data as at 30 June 1986. Trading Fleet & Trading Ships... Passenger ferries... Ships imported & ships constructed. Dry docks.

36568
AUSTRALIAN SHIPPING
AUSTRALIAN SHIPPING 1987
$10.00 AUD

A. G. P. S. / Department of Transport and Communications. Canberra. 1987. 1st Ed. VI, 74 PP with 16 tables. Pictorial card cover (Freighter). Fine. 24.7 x 17.5.

Data as at 30 June 1987. Trading Fleet & Trading Ships... Passenger ferries... Ships imported & ships constructed. Dry docks.

36571
AUSTRALIAN SHIPPING
AUSTRALIAN SHIPPING AND SHIPBUILDING 1978
$5.00 AUD

A.G.P.S. / Department of Transport. Canberra. 1979. 31st edition. (2), 73 PP with 21 tables. Pictorial card cover (Australian Endeavour). Near fine. 25 x 17.5.

Data as at 30 June 1978. Trading Vessels... Trades... Passenger ferries... Ships imported & ships constructed. Dry docks and patent slipways.

36572
AUSTRALIAN SHIPPING
AUSTRALIAN SHIPPING AND SHIPBUILDING 1979
$10.00 AUD

A.G.P.S. / Department of Transport. Canberra. 1980. 32nd edition. (2), 68 PP with 19 tables. Pictorial card cover . Near fine. 25 x 17.5.

Data as at 30 June 1979. Trading Vessels... Trades... Passenger ferries... Ships imported & ships constructed. Dry docks and patent slipways.

36573
AUSTRALIAN SHIPPING
AUSTRALIAN SHIPPING AND SHIPBUILDING 1980
$5.00 AUD

A.G.P.S. / Department of Transport. Canberra. 1980. 33rd edition. IV, 68 PP with 19 tables. Pictorial card cover . Near fine. 25 x 17.5. 064205665X

Data as at 30 June 1980. Trading Vessels... Trades... Passenger ferries... Ships imported & ships constructed. Dry docks and patent slipways.

36574
AUSTRALIAN SHIPPING
AUSTRALIAN SHIPPING AND SHIPBUILDING 1981
$10.00 AUD

A.G.P.S. / Department of Transport. Canberra. 1981. 34th edition. IV, 94 PP with 19 tables. Pictorial card cover. Previous owner's signature on title-page, o/wise near fine. 25 x 17.5. 0642067538

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

36575
AUSTRALIAN SHIPPING
AUSTRALIAN SHIPPING AND SHIPBUILDING 1981
$5.00 AUD

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

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

36576
AUSTRALIAN SHIPPING
AUSTRALIAN SHIPPING AND SHIPBUILDING 1982
$10.00 AUD

A.G.P.S. / Department of Transport. Canberra. 1982. 35th edition. IV, 93 PP with 19 tables. Pictorial card cover (rubbed). Very good. 25 x 17.5. 0642067538

Data as at 30 June 1982. Trading Vessels... Trades... Passenger ferries... Ships imported & ships constructed. Dry docks and patent slipways.

38739
AUSTRALIAN SHIPPING
AUSTRALIAN SYMPOSIUM ON SHIP TECHNOLOGY, The Impact of 200 Mile Economic Zones (Vol.I & II)
$25.00 AUD

University of N.S.W. Sydney. 1979-1981. 1st Ed. Vol I: VII, 454 PP. Vol II: (Discussion) X, 246 PP. Both volumes with many b/w figures, graphs, tables & photos. Illustrated card covers. Foxing spots on outside edges. Bookplate of previous owner on inside of front covers with signature. Very good. 24.7 x 18.1 09598299X & 090

Symposium sponsored by the Royal Institution of Naval Architects, Institute of Marine Engineers & the University of New South Wales held from 5-7 November 1979. Covers exploration, exploitation (fishing & oil/gas), surveillance. Sold as a set.

63093
AUSTRALIAN SHIPPING
AUSTRALIAN SHIPPING AND SHIPBUILDING 1974
$10.00 AUD

A.G.P.S. / Department of Transport. Canberra. 1974. 27th edition. (2), 80 PP with 23 tables. Soft cover. Folded bird's-eye view of Port Jackson in colour loosely inserted. Fine. 29.6 x 20.8.

Data as at 30 June 1974. Trading Fleet & Trading Ships... Trades... Passenger ferries... Ships imported & ships constructed. Dry docks and patent slipways.

68085
AUSTRALIAN SHIPPING
Task Force on the AUSTRALIAN SHIPBUILDING INDUSTRY - REPORT - January 1984
$10.00 AUD

A.G.P.S. / Department of Transport. Canberra. 1984. January 1984 edition. V, 64 PP with tables. Pictorial card cover. Stamp of the Devonport Maritime Museum on bottom of title-page. Very good. 25 x 17.5. 0644031743

Data as at 30 June 1982. Trading Vessels... Trades... Passenger ferries... Ships imported & ships constructed. Dry docks and patent slipways.

74094
AUSTRALIAN SHIPPING
AUSTRALIAN SHIPPING 1996
$10.00 AUD

Maritime Transport Division / Department of Workplace Relations & Small Business. Canberra. 1996. 1st Ed. IV, 28 PP with 9 tables. Soft covers, pictorial front (container ship "Australian Endeavour"). Near fine. 29.7 x 21.

Data as at 30 June 1996. Trading Fleet & Trading Ships...

74095
AUSTRALIAN SHIPPING
AUSTRALIAN SHIPPING 1997
$10.00 AUD

Maritime Transport Division / Department of Workplace Relations & Small Business. Canberra. 1997. Last printed edition. IV, 34 PP with 10 tables, plus 2 information letters loosely inserted. Soft covers with a crease, pictorial front (container ship "Australian Enterprise"). Name label of previous owner at top of front cover, o/wise very good. 29.7 x 21.

Data as at 30 June 1996. Trading Fleet & Trading Ships...

71761
BACH, John P. S.
A MARITIME HISTORY OF AUSTRALIA
$30.00 AUD

Book Club Associates. Sydney. 1976. Reprint of the 1976 original. XIV, (2), 481 PP with 1 map and 65 b/w illustrations. Eps: Loading steamer at a river wharf. Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing on outside edges, o/wise near fine. 23.5 x 16. 0170050874

First full-scale general maritime history of Australia, describing the development of seaborne trade from 1788-1974, covering the years of European settlement.

74054
BAKER, Dorothy & BEECHEY, Norm
THE PEOPLE OF HOPE ISLAND - Port Esperance
$50.00 AUD

Authors. Dover, Tasmania. c. 2011. 2nd printing. (2), 80 PP with tables and b/w illustrations (location map, maps, documents, newspaper clippings, photos and portraits). Stiff covers, pictorial front. Fine (as new). 29.7 x 21.

32212
BARROW, David
THE CRUX ARGOSY - A Seafaring Adventure beneath the Southern Cross
$20.00 AUD

Child & Henry. Sydney. 1983. 1st Ed., with a foreword from Vice-Admiral David Leach. No pagination, 28 PP with 5 b/w and 15 colour illustrations. Inside front cover: Royal Australian Navy band by the Polly Woodside. Hard cover, simile leather, gilt title and colour vignette on front cover. Near fine. 31 x 23.5.

Consideration on the ship and the sea in Australia's past, present and future. Script of a series for television, in seven episodes.

58083
BATESON, Charles
DIRE STRAIT - A History of Bass Strait
$10.00 AUD

BHP / Reed. Sydney. 1973. 1st Ed. 112 PP with b/w & colour illustrations. Laminated pictorial boards, dust jacket. Near fine. 30 x 21.3. 0589071165

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

21367
BAX, Allan E.
AUSTRALIAN MERCHANT SHIPPING, 1788-1849 [in Journal and Proceedings RAHS]
$25.00 AUD

Royal Australian Historical Society. Sydney. 1952. Volume XXXVIII, Part VI, (published in March 1953). Article from P.249 to 284 with 4 b/w illustrations. Soft cover, tile on front cover. Very good. 20.9 x 13.8.

Paper read before the Royal Australian Historical Society in April 1952: on bay whaling then offshore whaling, coastal and inland trade...

55523
BETHELL, L.S.
THE STORY OF PORT DALRYMPLE: Life and Work in Northern Tasmania
$25.00 AUD

L.G. Shea, Government Printer. Hobart. c.1957. 1st Ed. Foreword by W. A. Townsley. X, 193, IX (index) PP with 9 maps & plans, 4 tables and 68 b/w illustrations. Soft cover, illustrated front. Covers lightly soiled with light wear. Slight ageing of paper. Contents near fine. 24.5 x 15.6.

Port at the mouth of the Tamar River. Chapters 3 & 4: Ships in Port Dalrymple.

65468
BILLING, John
THE CORNUBIA PADDLE STEAMER and the Common Seal of the City of Gladstone Queensland
$80.00 AUD

Magic Daffodil Studio Press. Port Keats, N.T. 1993. 1st edition limited to 500 copies, hand numbered (No. 100) & signed by author. (8), 32 PP with 5 full-page b/w draw. Hard cover, dj. Fine. Scarce. 25.2 x 17. 0646153692

This paddle steamer built for the coast of Cornwall, came to Australia & was owned by Ben Boyd. She ended in Aneytum, Southern Vanuatu, owned by Capt. James Paddon, whaler, sandalwood trader and then settler in New Caledonia.

68488
BLACK, C. B.
HISTORY OF AUSTRALIAN NAVIGATION ACT
$25.00 AUD

The Mercury Press. Hobart. 1932. 1st Ed. 30 PP. Lightly soiled card cover, cloth spine, title on front board. Stamps of "The University Library of Tasmania" on endpapers and title page. Very good. 21.2 x 13.5.

Compilation of 11 "Special" articles to "The Mercury". Task of reconstruction - A Wrong Impression - Navigation Act Drama ... Handicaps on Industry: Queensland Meat, Tasmanian Fruit ...

72592
BLACKMAN, Raymond V. B. (editor)
JANE'S FIGHTING SHIPS 1950-51
$50.00 AUD

David & Charles Reprints. Newton Abbot, Devon. 1975. Reprint of the 1951 oiginal. (4), 55 (advertisements), XXII, (6 Addenda), 506 PP with b/w illustrations (photographs, plans, profiles & silhouettes, flags and uniforms). Fp: U.S.S. Franklin D. Roosevelt. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj (HMS Ovean). Spine of dust jacket sunned. Faint stamp of previous owner on FFEP, o/wise near fine. Oblong: 21.5 x 30.7. 0715369342

74908
BOLLES, Captain Herbert W.
WE SEEMED TO GET THERE !. From Deck Cadet and Deck Officer in time of war and peace, to ship's Captain and Sydney Harbour Sea Pilot
$30.00 AUD

Author. Sydney. 1997. 1st Ed. (4), 473 PP. Soft cover, pictorial front. Title page with note at top margin and signed by the author. Covers with light wear and a few creases. Contents near fine. 20.9 x 15. 0646316087

15493
BRADFIELD, Raymond A.
SERVING A SEA-GIRT LAND, Some Early Maritime History
$15.00 AUD

Castlemaine Mail. Castlemaine, Vic. c. 1975. 1st Ed. 98 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 16. 0959450920

Pot pourri of early Australian maritime history.

15492
BRANAGAN, J.G.
THE HISTORIC TAMAR VALLEY, Its People, Places and Shipping 1798-1990
$45.00 AUD

Regal Publications. Launceston. 1991. 1st Ed. XIV, 316 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, maps & plans, photos & paintings). Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 21 x 14.8. 094945768X

History of the third oldest settlement in Australia.

22031
BREMER, Stuart
HOME AND BACK - Australia's Golden Era of Passenger Ships
$5.00 AUD

Dreamweaver. Sydney. 1984. 1st Ed. 224 PP with b/w photos. Fp: Poster on P & O, regular fortnightly sailings. Half title page: Come 'Home' via Suez. Eps: Liners alongside Princes Pier, Port Melbourne. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 30 x 23. 0949825069

The principal shipping companies involved in trade to Australia & around its coastline between 1900 & 1970. Aberdeen Line, White Star Line, including A.U.S.N., Burns Philp, Melbourne Steamship Company...

22187
BREMER, Stuart
AUSTRALIA'S GOLDEN ERA OF SHIPS
$10.00 AUD

Bullion Books. Sydney. 1989. Originally published in 1984 by Dreamweaver Books as Home and Back. 223 PP with b/w illust. Fp: P & O poster. Eps: Passenger ships at a pier. Hard cover, dj (Oriana passing Sydney Opera House). Fine. 29.5 x 22.5. 0730205975

The main shipping companies involved in trade to Australia and along its coastline.

31796
BREMER, Stuart
HOME AND BACK - Australia's Golden Era of Passenger Ships
$5.00 AUD

Dreamweaver. Sydney. 1986. Reprint of the 1984 original. 224 PP with b/w photos. Fp: Poster on P & O, regular fortnightly sailings. Half title page: Come 'Home' via Suez. Eps: Liners alongside Princes Pier, Port Melbourne. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 30 x 23. 0949825069

The principal shipping companies trading to Australia & around its coastline, between 1900 & 1970. Aberdeen Line, White Star Line, including A.U.S.N., Burns Philp, Melbourne Steamship Company...

20111
BRENNAN, Frank
THE AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH SHIPPING LINE
$10.00 AUD

Roebuck. Canberra. 1978. 1st Ed., Roebuck Society publication No. 20. VII, 72 PP plus 24 pages with 39 photos in b/w, 2 b/w maps. Fp: Sketch of Australian cargo ships, Class D & E. REP: Certificate of Discharge, recto-verso. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket has a few small nicks, o/wise fine. 24.8 x 18. 0909434115

Creation of the Commonwealth Shipping Line in 1915, to serve Australian needs during and just after WWI (up to 1927).

62319
BREW, Steve
GREYCLIFFE - STOLEN LIVES
$20.00 AUD

Navarine Publishing. Canberra. 2003. 1st Ed. limited to 1200 copies, No. 58 in the Roebuck Society series. XII, 211 PP with b/w illustrations (1 painting and 3 sketches by the author and 53 photos). Hard cover, dj. Fine. 26 x 18.3. 0975133101

Sinking of the Sydney ferry Greycliffe by the Royal Mail Steamer Tahiti, 3rd November 1927.

30956
BROUGHTON, G. W.
MEN OF THE MURRAY - A Surveyor's Story
$20.00 AUD

Rigby. Adelaide. 1966. 1st Ed. 216 PP, plus 12 pages with 24 b/w photos. Cloth cover, dj (price-clipped). Occasional light foxing, o/wise near fine. 22.3 x 14.5.

Life in the 1920s on the Murray River.

56073
BROXAM, G. & NICHOLSON, Ian
SHIPPING ARRIVALS & DEPARTURES - SYDNEY - Vol. III: 1841 TO 1844 AND GAZETTEER
$35.00 AUD

Roebuck. Canberra. 1989. 1st Ed. Publication No. 34 by Roebuck Society . 324 PP, with 159 PP Index & 20 PP illust. & maps. Eps: Map of Australasia, New Zealand, East India Islands. Pictorial card cover. Near fine. 25.6 x 18.2. 0909434352

30554
BROXAM, Graeme
SHIPPING ARRIVALS & DEPARTURES - TASMANIA - Vol. III: 1843-1850
$45.00 AUD

Navarine Publishing / Roebuck Book. Canberra. 1998. 1st Ed., Roebuck Society Publication No. 45. XIV, 603 PP with 2 graphs,and 65 b/w illust. FEP: Map of Tasmania, c. 1850s. REP: An 1830s engraving of the Paddle steamer Seahorse. Hard cover, dj. Copy signed by the author on title page. Fine. 25.8 x 18. 0958656134

32402
BROXAM, Graeme
A STEAMSHIP FOR HOBART, S.S. REEMERE 1909
$20.00 AUD

Navarine. Canberra. 1992. 1st edition limited to 1000 copies (No. 423/1000). Foreword by Ken Wriedt. II, 60 PP with 1 plan, 1 map & 46 b/w photos. Pictorial card cover. Covers slightly rubbed. Signed by author. Fine. 21 x 14.8. 0646113291

Story of small trading craft plying Tasmanian bays, rivers and inlets. The need to preserve and restore the SS Reemere, launched in 1909.

59115
BROXAM, Graeme
SHIPWRECKS OF TASMANIA'S WILD WEST COAST
$100.00 AUD

Navarine Publishing. Canberra. 1993. 1st Ed. No. 44 in the Roebuck Series. XXX, 471 PP with b/w illustrations (plans, maps, portraits, photos). Hard cover, simile leather, gilt title on spine, dj. Signed by the author on title page. Fine. 25.5 x 18.2. 0646151789

Including the wreck of the schooner "Grondy" late 1815, a study of the total wrecks, strandings, boating disasters... the hulks at Strahan, flotsam & jetsam.

67971
BROXAM, Graeme
ADMIRAL - The History, Recovery and Restoration of Tasmania's Oldest Commercial Vessel
$20.00 AUD

Navarine Publishing. Hobart. 2009. Revised edition (Post Relaunch of November 2009). 64 PP with b/w illustrations : 1 plan, sketches and 30 photos). Pictorial soft cover. Signed by the author on title page. As new. 21 x 14.8., 9780975133163

69074
BROXAM, Graeme
THE BASS STRAIT FERRY "CITY OF MELBOURNE', Pioneer Australian Screw Steamship
$20.00 AUD

Navarine Publishing. Hobart. 2008. 1st edition limited to 259 Ccopies. VI, 54 PP with 2 colour illustrations and b/w illustrations (chart of Bass Strait at centrefold, 4 engravings, 2 plans, and 8 photos). Pictorial stiiff covers. Signed on title page by author and publisher.. Fine. 21 x 14.8., 9780975133132

69290
BROXAM, Graeme
THOSE THAT SURVIVE, Vintage & Veteran Boats of Tasmania
$50.00 AUD

Navarine Publishing. Canberra. 1996. 1st Ed. No. 49, in the Roebuck series. XIV, 146 PP with 208 b/w photos in text. Pictorial card cover. Signed by the author on title-page. A near fine copy of a scarce title. 24.8 x 17.5. 0958656126

Yachts, fishing vessels, ocean sailing ships, river steamers, harbour craft. Hulks and wrecks.

74758
BROXAM, Graeme & MAYS, Nicole
THOSE THAT SURVIVE, Tasmania's Vintage & Veteran Commercial and Government Vessels - No. 49A, in the Roebuck series
$80.00 AUD

Navarine Publishing. Hobart. 2022. 1st Ed. VIII, 298 PP with b/w and colour photos throughout. Signed by Graeme Broxam (co-author) on the title-page. Pictorial laminated boards. New. 29 x 22.5. 9780648725268

Ocean-going Sail, Sea-Going Sail, Coastal and Riverine Sail Traders, Motor Ships, River Steamers, Motor Ferries and Excursion Boats, Harbour Craft and Government Vessels, Fishing Vessels, ....

74759
BROXAM, Graeme & MAYS, Nicole
THOSE THAT SURVIVE, Tasmania's Vintage & Veteran Recreational Vessels - No. 49B, in the Roebuck series
$90.00 AUD

Navarine Publishing. Hobart. 2022. 1st Ed. VIII, 350 PP with b/w and colour photos throughout. Signed by Graeme Broxam on the title-page. Pictorial laminated boards. New. 29 x 22.5. 9780648725275

Steam Yachts, Yachts, Motor Boats and Launches, Small Pleasure Craft: Dinghies and Others.

71230
BULL, J. C. & WILLIAMS, Peter J.
STORY OF GIPPSLAND SHIPPING, Discoveries of the Early Navigators, Lakes Steamers, Coastal Windjammers, Shipwrecks and Famous Captains
$30.00 AUD

Authors. Metung, Vic. 1967. 1st Ed. 110 PP with 1 map, 3 tail-pieces & 32 b/w illustrations (25 of them photos). Pictorial stiff covers. A near fine copy. 21.5 x 13.8.

75055
BYARD, Ian and McBAIN with DICK, H.W.
THE AGENCY - Macdonald, Hamilton, & Co., AUSN, P&O and Inchcape in Australia, 1915-2015
$60.00 AUD

Nautical Association of Australia, Inc. Melbourne. 2023. 1st Ed. XVI, 304 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Fp: Brisbane River with tug boat "Forceful" and "Coringa" with AUSN cargo ship Mallina. Half title page and title page with House-Flag. Pictorial stiff covers. New. 25 x 17.5. 9780975689660

Agency established by Lord Inchcape in 1915 ...

71550
CAIRNS, Lynne & HENDERSON, Graeme
UNFINISHED VOYAGES, Western Australian Shipwrecks 1881-1900
$40.00 AUD

UWAP. Perth. 1995. 1st Ed. 383 PP with b/w illust. in text plus location maps, bibliography & indexes. Eps: The wreck of the City of York off Rottnest Island. Hard cover, dj. Fine. Scarce. Oblong: 19 x 25. 1875560246

The long-awaited third book in this series covering all the known shipwrecks along the Western Australian coast in the period 1881-1900.

15481
CLARK, Jack
THE SURPRISING SURPRISE
$5.00 AUD

Narnian. Sydney. 1995. 1st Ed. 20 PP with 8 b/w photos. Stapled pictorial soft cover. Fine. 20.5 x 13.8. 064623630X

Built in Brisbane in 1925/26, still cruising on the Albert River in 1996 (owned by the Beenleigh Distillery).

55840
CLARK, Robin, REX, Lindsay & ROBERTSON, Doug
AUSTRALIAN SHIPPING COMMISSION - THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL LINE 1956-1981
$20.00 AUD

World Ship Society. London. 1982. 1st Ed., with a foreword by Sir John Williams. 120 PP with 2 maps and 143 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 14.6. 090561723

History and fleet list.

51161
CLIFFORD, Dr. Robert & FLEURY, Karina (editors)
INCAT / HALES - Calendar 1999
$5.00 AUD

Incat Group of Companies. Hobart. 1998. 1st Ed. 28 PP with 1 b/w and 26 colour photos (12 of them on full page). Fine. Oblong: 21 x 29.7.

History of the Hales trophy and the crossing of the Catalonia, on last page/cover.

50978
CLIFFORD, Dr. Robert & LOWRIE, Kim (editors)
INCAT Profile 1999
$20.00 AUD

Incat Group of Companies. Hobart. 1999. 1st Ed. 28 PP with 2 maps, 6 b/w portraits, 12 graphs, 22 profiles of Incat vessels, and colour photos (32 photos and 33 portraits). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. Oblong: 21 x 29.7.

69810
CLIFFORD, Dr. Robert & LOWRIE, Kim (editors)
INCAT / Profile 1999 / Calendar "RAW" 2000
$10.00 AUD

Incat Group of Companies. Hobart. 1999. 3 items - Profile: 28 PP with 2 maps, 6 b/w portraits, 12 graphs, 22 profiles of Incat vessels, and colour photos (32 photos and 33 portraits). Pictorial soft cover. / Calendar RAW: 28 PP with 27 colour photos (12 of Incat Ferries). Newsletter (4 pages) on "Hales Trophy", evolution et specifications of Wave Piercing RO/PAX Catamaran. Fine. Oblong: 21 x 29.7.

74092
CLIFFORD, Dr. Robert & LOWRIE, Kim (editors)
INCAT - The Magazine, Volume 1 1999
$10.00 AUD

Incat Group of Companies. Hobart. 1999. Vol. 1, 1999: 34 pages with b/w and colour illustrations. Centrefold with colour photo of the Buquebus "Catalonia". Pictorial (Incat Hull 45, HMAS Jervis Bay) soft covers. Near fine. 29.7 x 21.

68624
CLIFFORD, Robert, LOWRIE, Kim et al.
INCAT - THE FIRST 40 YEARS
$75.00 AUD

Baird Publications. Melbourne. 1998. 1st Ed. 204 PP with b/w and colour illust. (photos, plans, graphs...). Hard cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj. Near fine. Scarce. Oblong: 21.7 x 30.5. 0958701369

Achievements and inroads into fast ferry transportation made by Incat Tasmania.

33328
CLUNE, Frank
PACIFIC PARADE
$10.00 AUD

The Hawthorn Press. Melbourne. 1945. 1st Ed. (8), 124 PP. Illustrated endpapers. Cloth cover, device in blind on front cover, gilt title on spine (sunned). Very good. 20.5 x 13.

Reminiscences starting with his early years at sea...

69661
COEN, A. J. (Tony)
RIVER & COASTAL VESSELS TRADING OUT OF HOBART 1832-2015
$120.00 AUD

Forty South Publishing Pty Ltd. Hobart. 2017. 1st Ed. Foreword by Hon. Craig Farrell. XII, 372 PP with hundreds of b/w and colour illustrations. FEP: Shipping Apples from Huonville. REP: ... A Way of Life. Pictorial laminated boards. Fine (as new condition). 30.2 x 21.5. 9780995408258

30219
COLFELT, David
100 MAGIC MILES OF THE GREAT BARRIER REEF: The Whitsunday Islands
$20.00 AUD

Windward Publications. Sydney. 1993. 4th edition of the 1985 original. 256 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (maps and plans, drawings and photos, including 29 aerial views of Islands). Illustrated title spread, half title page and endpapers. Pictorial stiff covers. Very good. 28 x 21.2. 0959083081

First part: The Whitsundays and the Great Barrier Reef (resorts, camping, visiting, boating...). Second part: Anchorages of the Whitsundays with maps, plans...

64917
COLLIN, Captain W. M.
LIFE AND ADVENTURES (of an Essexman) CAPTAIN WILLIAM COLLIN. A Queensland Pioneer
$700.00 AUD

H. J. Diddams & Co. Brisbane. 1914. 1st Ed., with a Personal Tribute by the late Captain John Mackay, Portmaster of Queensland. XII, 252, (2) PP, plus 16 b/w plates. Rebacked spine, retaining original cloth covers, gilt title on front. Corners of front cover rubbed and worn and gilt lettering is dulled. Ageing of paper and occasional foxing. Binding is good and all illustrations called for are present. Dedicatory note on verso of front endpaper, dated and signed by Geo. H. Collin. A very good copy of a rare item. 18.7 x 12.5.

The reminiscences of a master mariner whose first contact with Australia came when he was shipwrecked off the North-East coast of Queensland in 1854. By the 1860s he had established himself as a mariner involved in the Queensland coastal trade and soon became renowned for his skill in marine salvage. A pioneer of the Queensland coastal and river trade, his reminiscences are an important source for the social and commercial history of early settlement in Queensland. One of Collin's lasting achievements was to mark the passage through Torres Straits with buoys under contract to the Queensland Government. Australian National Bibliography No.: 10226. Ingleton No. 1229.

33788
COMMONWEALTH BANK
SHIPS IN AUSTRALIA'S HISTORY
$15.00 AUD

Commonwealth Bank. Melbourne. 1970. 1st Ed. 16 PP with 20 colour illustrations by Graham Back. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 24.3 x 18.

Earliest visitors, H.M. Bark Endeavour, Famous Ships in our Exploration, Whalers and Sealers, The Great Days of Sail, Canvas Gives Way to Steam, The Days of the Rivermen, Australia's Current Shipping Picture (shows the Iron Hunter). A very well illustrated booklet.

31496
COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
SHIP SAFE - An inquiry into the Australian Maritime Safety Authority, Annual Report 1996-1997
$25.00 AUD

Commonwealth of Australia. Canberra. 1998. 1st Ed. XXI, 75 PP. Pictorial card cover. Fine. 25 x 17.5. 0642376050

Quality of Ships, Operational issues, Port state control, Crew training and competency, Crew welfare, ...

70929
COOLANGATTA
A SHIPWRECK GAVE ITS NAME - The Story of the "Coolangatta"
$10.00 AUD

Shoalhaven Historical Society. Nowra. 1982. 2nd printing of the 1977 original. No pagination, 8 PP with b/w illustrations: sketch plans, 2 photos and 3 drawings. Pictorial soft covers. Near fine. 20 x 13.2. 0959968024

Built in 1843 on the Estuary of the Shoalhaven River, NSW. Wrecked 18th August 1846 at the mouth of the Tweed River.

74884
CORNFORD, L. Cope
THE SEA CARRIERS 1825-1925 - The Aberdeen Line
$100.00 AUD

The Aberdeen Line. London. 1925. 1st Ed., with a preface by the Right Honourable The Viscount Burnham. (4), IV, 79, (5) PP, plus 12 aquatint plates with tissue guard. Fp: Portrait of Geo. Thompson, Jr. Original boards with cloth spine, gilt title and house-flag on front cover, top edge gilt. Covers slightly rubbed and soiled. Offsetting on endpapers and light foxing, otherwise a near fine copy of a scarce title. 22.8 x 15.5.

How England succeeded in dominating the world shipping scene. Some beautiful plates: creation of Aberdeen Line, Melbourne 1850, Sydney, early 19th Century, "Childe Harold" 1828, "Thermopylae" 1868, "Miltiades" 1871, SS Sophocles..

69838
COX, G. W.
BASS STRAIT CROSSING
$50.00 AUD

Melanie Publications. Sandy Bay, Tas. 1986. 1st edition limited to 1000 copies. (12), 371, (3) PP with 6 maps and 81 b/w photos. Eps: TSS Loongana. Cloth cover, dj. Near fine. 25 x 18. 0908415141

History of Bass Strait ferries with a pageant of sailing ships, paddle-steamers, etc...

74260
COX, G. W.
SHIPS IN TASMANIAN WATERS, Riverboats, Ferries and the Floating Bridge
$45.00 AUD

Fuller's Bookshop. Hobart. 1971. 1st Ed. XI, 224 PP with 34 b/w photos. Eps: Ferry steamer. Cloth cover, dj. Dust jacket has a few small repairs, discreet stamp of previous owner on FFEP and top of title-page. Signed by the author on title-page. Loosely inserted newspaper cutting showing the Colliboi high and dry. A near fine copy. 25 x 18.

Tasmania's maritime history: ferry travel, shipwrecks, steam racing. The Hobart bridge story.

74450
COX, G. W.
SHIPS IN TASMANIAN WATERS, Riverboats, Ferries and the Floating Bridge
$15.00 AUD

Fuller's Bookshop. Hobart. 1971. 1st Ed. XI, 224 PP with 34 b/w photos. Eps: Ferry steamer. Cloth cover. Fine. 25 x 18.

Tasmania's maritime history: ferry travel, shipwrecks, steam racing. The Hobart bridge story.

69741
COX, Rex & COX, G.W.
SHIPS OF HOBART HARBOUR
$90.00 AUD

Ron Withington. Hobart. 2014. 1st Ed. XII, 612 PP with b/w illustrations (1 document, 1 sketch map, 2 plans, 3 stamps, 8 paintings and 284 photos). Vignette on title page: Hobart waterfront on 11th February 1957 with 3 Royal Australian Navy vessels (HMAS Melbourne, HMAS Sydney, HMAS Warramunga) and 2 cargo ships of the British India Steamship Company (Palamcotta & Chanda). Pictorial boards. Dedicatory note on title page signed by author Rex Cox. Fine. 23.5 x 16.5.. 9780646913636

34674
CRAMER, Max
TREASURES, TRAGEDIES AND TRIUMPHS OF THE BATAVIA COAST - A true story of discovery and adventure in the 20th Century
$45.00 AUD

Max Cramer / Scott Four Colour Print. Perth. 1999. 1st Ed. XVIII, 334 PP with 6 maps and 90 b/w illustrations, plus 16 pages with 31 colour photos. Eps: Dutch chart. Pictorial stiff covers. Dedicatory note dated and signed by the author on verso of front endpaper. Fine. 22 x 15.6. 064638483X

Wreck of the barque "Stefano" lost in 1875. Wrecks of the "Batavia", "Zeewyk"... Dive with whale sharks... Discovery of French coins left by Louis Francois Marie Aleno de Saint-Alouarn in 1772.

70022
CREE, Nicholas
EMPRESS IN MELBOURNE - Recollections from the 1938 Visit
$10.00 AUD

N. Cree. Melbourne. 1991. 1st Ed. 32 PP with 10 b/w photos & 1 facsimile of menu. Pict. card cover. Near fine. Oblong: 15 x 20.8. 0959560645

6th April, 1938: Call at Melbourne of the biggest passenger ship of the time.

66799
CUMPSTON, J. S.
SHIPPING ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES - SYDNEY, 1788-1825 plus Part III: Index to Names of Persons (Parts I, II and III)
$50.00 AUD

Author. Canberra. 1963 & 1964. 1st edition limited to 200 copies. Part I + II: (2), 164, 26 (Index) PP (typescript) with 2 drawings, plus 7 b/w plates (3 maps, 1 photo and 3 engravings). Fp: departure of the whaler "Britannia" in 1798. Part III: (2), 27-66, (3 additions and Amendments) PP. Soft covers lightly soiled, title on front covers, staples, cloth tape on spine. Scarce. Contents near fine. 25.4 x 20.8.

A guide to shipping movements into and out of Port Jackson, in the early years of Australia settlement.

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

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

An altered edition of the 1963 original.

51896
DAVENPORT, Winifred & MOTTRAM, Betty (compilers)
EARLY SHIPPING IN MORETON BAY - Volume 2: January 1860 - December 1863
$50.00 AUD

Authors. Brisbane. 2002. 2nd edition of the 1998 original. VIII, 255 PP with 6 drawings, 3 tail pieces, and 2 portraits. Pictorial soft cover. Covers slightly rubbed, o/wise near fine. 29 x 20.7. 0958135304

A history of the ships that came and went from Moreton Bay taken from The Moreton Bay Courier and includes all named passengers and many other interesting details.

49239
DAY, David
SMUGGLERS AND SAILORS, The Customs History of Australia 1788-1901
$25.00 AUD

AGPS / Australian Customs Service. Canberra. 1992. 1st Ed. XXXVI, 528 PP with 9 maps or plans & 107 b/w illustrations, plus 24 pages with 49 colour illustrations. FEP: Queensland border Customs patrol on the Barwon River at Mungindi. REP: Passing the Customs at Wodonga, 1881. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket rubbed and chipped and now in a protective sleeve. Newspaper clippings loosely inserted. Contents near fine. 25.8 x 18. 0644247517

Story of European civilization carved onto the Australian continent as observed through the eyes of Customs officers.

67682
DICK, H. W. & KENTWELL, S. A.
BEANCAKER TO BOXBOAT - Steamship Companies in Chinese Waters
$50.00 AUD

Nautical Association of Australia. Canberra. 1988. 1st Ed. XIV, 330 PP, plus 56 pages with 116 b/w photos of ships. Fp: Hong Kong Harbour, 1897. Hard cover, dust jacket has a lightly sunned spine. A near fine copy. 25.6 x 19.2. 0959907939

From Jardine, Matheson & John Swire, to C.Y. Tung.

71004
DICK, Howard, STEVERSON, Iain, CAROLIN, Mike, PEMBERTON, Barry, REX, Lindsay, COX, Rex & PRIEST, Russell
ANL - A Fleet History of AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL LINE, 1957-1999
$85.00 AUD

Nautical Association of Australia Inc. Melbourne. 2020. 1st Ed. X, 349 PP with b/w illustrations (3 plans & 93 photos) and lavish colour illustrations (1 cut-away, 3 house-flags, 4 funnels and 245 photos). Vignette on title page (in colour): Funnel of Empress of Australia . FEP: Australian Venture arriving Sydney. REP: Flinders Range arriving Risdon / Hobart. Pictorial laminated boads. New. 30.2 x 21.5. 9780975689646

A fleet history, written and informed by the knowledge, experience and insight of those who sailed on and worked with the ships. Covers the complex forty-year transition from conventional shipping to modern bulk-handling and containers along with the nation-building role of the ANL, whose flag still flies across the region as a subsidiary of French CMA CGM.

70050
DONALDSON, Captain A.
FIFTY YEARS TOO SOON
$25.00 AUD

Whitcombe & Tombs. Melbourne. 1948. 1st Ed. 328 PP with 22 b/w photos (8 on full page). Fp: Portrait of the author. Cloth cover, device on front cover, title on front cover and spine. Covers a little soiled. Signature on inside front cover, o/wise contents near fine. 18.7 x 12.5.

Reminiscences of fifty-one years spent at sea. From 1894, embarking at 14 years of age, life on the 3-masted barque "Inveresk", sailing with Blue Funnel, then joining Burns Philp before WWI. Prisoner of the "Wolf" after the sinking of Matunga. WWII experiences, etc..

58022
DONOVAN, Peter
BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE SEA: A History of West Torrens from Settlement in 1836 to the Present Day
$25.00 AUD

Wakefield Press. Adelaide. 1986. 1st Ed. Foreword by S. J. Hamra. XVI, 291 PP with tables and b/w illustrations. Fp: Council Chambers... Eps: plan of Adelaide. Hard cover, simile leather, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 25 x 17.5. 0949268690

34721
DOVERS, W. A. G.
CONTROLLING CIVIL MARITIME ACTIVITIES IN A DEFENCE CONTINGENCY
$25.00 AUD

Strategic and Defence Studies Centre / ANU. Canberra. 1989. 1st Ed., Canberra Papers on Strategy and Defence No. 59. 129 PP with 4 tables and 11 figures (2 diagrams and 9 maps). Pictorial card cover. Fine. 20.6 x 14.5. 0731507940

70387
DUFFY, John & RODWAY, John
THE COCK OF THE RIVER CARTELA
$50.00 AUD

John Duffy & Louis Rodway. Hobart. 1996. 1st edition limited to 1000 numbered copies (No. 0262). 44 PP with 37 b/w photos. Pictorial stiff covers. Signed by co-author John Duffy, on last page. Fine. Scarce. 21 x 14.5.

Australia's oldest continuously licensed passenger vessel. Built 1912 in Hobart. Collector's item.

60528
DUFFY, Steve
THE PURSUIT OF VIARSA 1 (in Manifest, Newsletter of the Australian Customs Service)
$10.00 AUD

Australian Customs Service. Canberra. 2004. Vol. 1, No. 2, July 2004. 24PP. Contains article from P.7 to 12 with 10 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21.

The 5 weeks pursuit of the Uruguayan fishing vessel "Viarsa 1" by "Southern Supporter" of Australian Customs.

69451
DURRANT, Lawrence
THE SEAWATCHERS - The Story of Australia's Coast Radio Service
$35.00 AUD

Angus & Robertson. Sydney. 1986. 1st Ed. XII, 248 PP with b/w & colour illustrations. Hard cover, dj. A near fine copy. 26 x 18. 0207151989

Coastal radio stations & the island radio service, the war years in Australia & New Guinea, life on Willis Islet (Coral Sea) ...

73669
EAST INDIA COMPANY
CONSIDERATIONS ON THE DANGER AND IMPOLICY OF LAYING OPEN THE TRADE WITH INDIA AND CHINA; Including an Examination of the Objections Commonly urged against the EAST INDIA COMPANY'S Commercial and Financial Management
$550.00 AUD

Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown. London. 1812. 1st Ed. (IV), 218 PP with 8 tables, a lengthy manuscript note at lower margin of pages 70 & 71 and inked correction on page 144. Leaf 91/92 dog-eared. Errata slip tipped in on page 1. Leather binding, front and back covers with "tooling in blind" and gilt border lines, spine with 5 raised bands, gilt decorations and gilt title "Considerations on India Trade". Title page with 2 manuscript notes: name of a previous owner at top, and name "by Mr. McCulloch". Slight ageing of paper. Contents near fine. A rare item. 21.6 x 13.5.

55371
EDWARDS A. J. & GANNON, C. A. (editors)
TRANS-TASMAN SHIPPING
$15.00 AUD

AGPS. Canberra. 1980. 1st edition by Bureau of Transport Economics (Canberra) and Ministry of Transport (Wellington). XI, 193 PP with 1 map, figures and tables. Soft cover. Very good. 25 x 17.5. 0642058083

39642
EDWARDS, Hugh
ISLANDS OF ANGRY GHOSTS - Murder, Mayhem and Mutiny: The Story of the BATAVIA
$30.00 AUD

HarperCollins. Sydney. 2000. Revised edition, of the 1966 original. XII, 226 PP with 1 map (double-page) and 37 b/w illustrations (23 head pieces, 1 plan, 3 prints and 10 photos). Pictorial stiff covers. Folded flyer (3 folds"Batavia 1628, /Australia 2000" loosely inserted. Fine. 23.5 x 15.2. 9780732266066

20th century skin divers discover a 17th century shipwreck & treasure and reveal the final truth about the infamous Batavia mutiny.

51737
FARQUHAR, Ian
THE TYSER LEGACY. A history of the Port Line and its associated companies
$100.00 AUD

New Zealand Ship and Marine Society. Wellington. 2006. 1st Ed. 376 PP with 124 b/w illustrations (1 facsimile of document, 4 cartoons, 7 portraits, 18 photos, 94 photos of ships) and 90 b/w photos of ships in the Fleet List section, plus 8 pages with 24 colour photos of ships. Title spread: Port Alma in rough seas. Eps: Port Auckland and Port Brisbane passing each other off Rangitoto. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. A fine/as new copy. Scarce. 26.7 x19.5. 0959783415

70690
FARRAR, Derek & CRUISING YACHT CLUB OF TASMANIA (compiler)
D'ENTRECASTEAUX WATERWAYS - A Guide to the Waterways of the D'Entrecasteaux Channel and its tributaries
$25.00 AUD

Tasmanian Government Publication. Hobart. c. 1998. 1st Ed. 78 PP with b/w illustrations: 2 drawings by Neil Lamont & 6 figures, 1 location map and 27 maps/plans (in colour). Inside back cover: 9 colour illustrations "Common Channel Fish". Plastic folder with 42 clear plastic sleeves containing the 78 pages and original wrappers, spiral bound. Very good. 29.7 x 21. 0724623361

Includes anchorages, list of boat ramps, list of lights, ...

54210
FARWELL, George
PADDLEWHEELS OF YESTERDAY (in Hemisphere, An Asian-Australian Monthly - Vol. 13, No.12)
$5.00 AUD

Department of Education and Science. Canberra. 1969. December 1969. 40 PP. Contains article from P. 2 to 8 with 7 b/w photos. Soft cover. Near fine. 27.2 x 20.3.

On the Murray and Darling rivers.

41884
FENTON, Roy & CLARKSON, John
SHIPS IN FOCUS RECORD 19
$15.00 AUD

Ships in Focus Publications. London. 2002. Issue Number 19. 64 PP (129 to 192) with 1 map, 1 flag and funnel, 2 sketch-plans and 92 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21. 1901703169

Fleet in Focus: Houlder's post-war Granges, by John Hill. Tasmanian Traders by Rex Cox and Ken Wriedt. Sunderland in Focus, by John Lingwood.

73106
FIELD, Nicola and WALKER, Chris
WALSH BAY, Harbourside Renaissance
$40.00 AUD

Hardie Grant Publishing / Walsh Bay Publishing. Sydney. 2004. 1st Ed. Foreword by Bob Carr, Premier of New South Wales. (6), 126 PP with b/w and colour illustrations and Feature Photography by Tim Georgeson. A 2 pages of "Awards" won as at March 2004 loosely inserted. Hard cover, title in blind on front board and spine, dj. Fine. 28 x 30.

64475
FILDES, R.D.
THE SHIPS THAT SERVE AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND, VOLUME ONE: Australian and New Zealand Flag Vessels
$10.00 AUD

Searail Productions. Sydney. 1975. 1st ed. VIII, 200 PP with b/w photos throughout. Fp: The BP Australia Ltd. tanker BP Endeavour. Decorated hard cover (the Australian Trader), dj. Dust jacket has a few chips, o/wise near fine. Includes a tipped in errata and addendum slip. Oblong: 14.5 x 21.5. 0909096015

Ships and shipowners, historic & preserved vessels, Australia & New Zealand naval vessels.

71590
FINCH, Colin (editor)
TASMANIAN SAFE BOATING HANDBOOK
$5.00 AUD

MAST / Marine and Safety Tasmania. Hobart. 1997. 1st edition. 80 PP with tables and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Oblong. Near fine. 13.3 x 20.5.

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

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

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

74184
FITCHETT, T. K.
THE VANISHED FLEET, Australian Coastal Passenger Ships 1910-1960
$20.00 AUD

Rigby. Adelaide. 1976. 1st Ed. 112 PP with colour illustrations by author. Fp: MV "Manoora". Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket is somewhat rubbed on edges and is a protective sleeve. Dedicatory note on front endpaper together with small stamp/chop. Contents are near fine. Oblong: 22.5 x 28.5. 0727002104

From the arrival of the tiny "Express" during the Victorian gold rush to the departure of the "Manoora" on 9/8/1961.

51114
FITZGERALD, Simon (editor)
MARINE AND SAFETY TASMANIA. Annual Report 1997-1998
$10.00 AUD

Marine and Safety Tasmania. Hobart. 1998. 1st yearly edition. 28 PP with tables and 8 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21.

31864
FITZPATRICK, Brian & CAHILL, Rowan J.
THE SEAMEN'S UNION OF AUSTRALIA 1872-1972 - A History
$35.00 AUD

Seamen's Union. Sydney. 1981. 1st Ed. XXII, (2), 363 PP with many b/w illust. plus folded facsimile reprint of Ordinary Apprentice's Indenture & 6 pages with drawings by Roy Dalgarno & portrait of Brian Fitzpatrick by Louis Kahan. Gilt-decorated red boards, dj. Dust jacket with small piece missing, o/wise near fine. 25 x 18. 0959871306

46911
FOLEY, Captain John
TIMELESS ISLE - An Illustrated History of Thursday Island
$30.00 AUD

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

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

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

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

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

22893
FOLEY, Captain John C. H.
REEF PILOTS - The History of the Queensland Coast and Torres Strait Pilot Service
$35.00 AUD

Banks Bros. & Street. Sydney. 1982. 1st Ed. XIX, 202 PP plus 64 pages of illustrations. Title page: Crest of the Torres Strait Pilots. Fp: Chart of the Torres Strait. Eps: Charts of the Queensland coasts. Hard cover, dj (a little sunned on spine). Signed by the author on the recto of the frontispiece. Loosely inserted: Invitation to the launch of the book at The Brisbane Club on 30th April, 1982. Fine. 23.2 x 15.5. 0959335803

History of the Queensland Coast & Torres Strait Pilot Service.

47105
FRASER, Rod
THE CHAMPION OF THE SEAS
$30.00 AUD

Pilgrim Printing Services. Melbourne. 1999. 1st Ed. 320 PP with facsimile of documents and newspaper entries, b/w illustrations (engravings, etchings and photos), plus 1 b/w and 3 colour plates. Inside front cover (in colour): Entrance of Port Phillip. Inside back cover (in colour): Lighthouse at Point Lonsdale. Pictorial soft covers with light wear. Dedicatory note signed by the author on title page. Very good. 24.8 x 17.5. 0957720203

The 2447 ton clipper Champion of the Seas carried around 5300 migrants during 15 voyages from Liverpool to Melbourne between 1854 and 1868. Selection of shipboard diaries, extracts from the Captain's Log, and full reprint of The Champion of the Seas Gazette, and The Champion of the Seas Times, printed on a weekly basis on board.

46787
GLEESON, Max
DESTINATION NEVER REACHED. New South Wales Shipwrecks
$20.00 AUD

Max Gleeson. Sydney. 2004. 1st Ed. 168 PP with 1 map, 9 colour photos and 82 b/w illustrations (photos and sketches). Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 24.8 x 17. 0975117807

12 shipwrecks on the coast of New South Wales: Ly-ee-Moon at Green Cape in the South to New England at the mouth of the Clarence River..

67529
GOLDSMITH, A.J., HIGGINS, G., PORTUS A.B., HODGEN, S.
Report of the Board of Inquiry on The LINDON BATES DREDGES "SAMSON" AND "HERCULES", recently acquired by the Government of this State
$50.00 AUD

Houses of Parliament. Brisbane. 1902. C.A 11-1902. Printed 4th November 1902. XLII, 231 PP with tables and folded plates (1 map in colour, 1 plan, 6 general plans, and 6 b/w photographic plates), plus 1 large folded "Longitudinal Section from Hamilton Reach to No. 6 Beacon; Bar Cutting". Rusty staples removed. Very good. 33 x 21.

Report: XXI-XLII. Evidence: 1-139. Appendices 140-231.

21968
GORDON, Malcolm R.
FROM CHUSAN TO SEA PRINCESS - The Australian Services of the P & O and Orient Lines
$15.00 AUD

Allen & Unwin. Sydney. 1985. 1st Ed. 184 PP with 106 b/w pictures & 16 colour photos. Fp: Launching of ORCADES. FEP: ORSOVA beneath Sydney Bridge. REP: ORCADES, ORONSAY & OTRANTO in Sydney. Hard cover rubbed around edges (shelf wear) and a label on bottom of spine. Ex-library copy with stamps of the University of Tasmania on endpapers and Contents page. Contents complete and a very good clean copy. 27 x 19.2. 0868617639

From the arrival in 1825 of the Chusan to serve Singapore, and the arrival of the Orient Line in 1877, to the advent of jet services.

69029
GORDON, Malcolm R.
FROM CHUSAN TO SEA PRINCESS - The Australian Services of the P & O and Orient Lines
$30.00 AUD

Allen & Unwin. Sydney. 1985. 1st Ed. 184 PP with 106 b/w pictures & 16 colour photos. Fp: Launching of ORCADES. FEP: ORSOVA beneath Sydney Bridge. REP: ORCADES, ORONSAY & OTRANTO in Sydney. Hard cover, dj. Light shelf wear, o/wise a fine copy. 27 x 19.2. 0868617639

From the arrival in 1825 of the Chusan to serve Singapore, and the arrival of the Orient Line in 1877, to the advent of jet services.

70519
GRAEME-EVANS, Alex & WILSON, Peter
BUILT TO LAST, The story of the Shipwrights of Port Cygnet, Tasmania, and their boats 1863-1997
$130.00 AUD

Tasbook Publishers. Woodbridge, Tasmania. 1996. 1st edition limited to 1000 copies.. X, 134 PP with b/w illust. (plans, photos) in text. Title page: "Good Intent" on the slips at Martins Point, circa 1893. Inside cover: John Wilson and Sons shipyard late 1903 at Robleys Point. Pictorial stiff covers. Dedicatory note on front endpaper, dated and signed by both authors. A fine copy. Scarce. 29.8 x 20.8. 0646296167

73809
GRAEME-EVANS, Alex & WILSON, Peter
BUILT TO LAST, The story of the Shipwrights of Port Cygnet, Tasmania, and their boats 1863-1997
$80.00 AUD

Regal Publications. Launceston, Tasmania. 2005. 3rd edition of the 1996 original. X, 134 PP with b/w illust. (plans, photos) in text. Title page: "Good Intent" on the slips at Martins Point, circa 1893. Inside cover: John Wilson and Sons shipyard late 1903 at Robleys Point. Pictorial stiff covers. Signed by co-author Alex Graeme-Evans on FFEP. Near fine. Scarce. 29.8 x 20.8. 1876261307

69888
GRAY, Howard
JAMBINBIRRI - CHAMPION BAY - Geraldton Western Australia: a pictorial and narrative history
$60.00 AUD

Westralian Books. Geraldton, W.A. 2018. 1st Ed. VI, 246 PP with b/w & colour illustrations: charts, maps and plans, coastal views, paintings and photos. Eps: chart of "The Houtman Rocks", of 1845. Pictorial soft cover. Signed by the author on title page. Fine. Oblong: 23 x 29. 9780648416906

58244
GRAY, Philip J.
THE BARQUENTINE 'LA BELLA'
$15.00 AUD

Author & Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village Authority. Warrnambool, Vic. 1976. 1st Ed. (2), 18 PP with 12 b/w illustrations (sail plan at centrefold, 1 map, 1 facsimile of document, 2 drawings by author, photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 14.8.

65277
GREGORY, C. Dickson
AUSTRALIAN STEAMSHIPS PAST AND PRESENT
$300.00 AUD

The Richards Press Ltd. London. 1928. 1st Ed. Foreword by Granville Ryrie. 260 PP, plus 6 colour plates (full page) and 138 pages with 276 b/w photos. Fp (in colour): H.M.S. "Ophir" 6814 tons. Original blue buckram covers, gilt decorated front cover, gilt title on spine, top edges gilt. Covers a little rubbed, spine lightly sunned. Short neat note to previous owner on front endpaper. Frontispiece with repaired closed tears. Colour plate facing page 152 has some scribble but not affecting the illustration. Light foxing, not affecting illustrations. Very good copy of a scarce item. 25.7 x 20.

The history of steam navigation in Australian waters, beginning in 1831 with the arrival of the Sophia Jane.

62423
HAVYATT, Geoffrey A.
HAVYATT'S AUSTRALIAN DIRECTORY OF SHIPPING
$10.00 AUD

Author. Woolwich, N.S.W. c. 1970. List of 8 PP (recto only), staples. Near fine. 33.5 x 20.5.

List of 38 Passenger Ships sailing to / in Australia.

67563
HERBERT, R.G.W. ...
SURVEY OF THE QUEENSLAND COAST
$10.00 AUD

Houses of Parliament / The Admiralty. Brisbane. 1886. Published September 1886. 3 PP. Near fine. Format: 33 x 21.5.

Correspondence (6 letters & 2 enclosures) between R.G.W. Herbert, Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, and Charles S. Dicken, S.W. Griffith, G.P. Heath, Portmaster, Evan Macgregor, the Admiralty ...

71129
HILDER, Brett
PHOTO - M/V BULOLO
$50.00 AUD

No date. Black and white photo in a card frame. Very good. 25 x 20cm.

Photo of the Bululo of Burns Philp taken around 1963. Captain Hilder was her last captain before she was sold in 1968.

18974
HOLDEN, R. & LONEY, J.
EARLY SHIPPING IN THE PORT OF GEELONG
$15.00 AUD

J.K. Loney. Geelong. 1969. 2nd edition limited to 500 numbered copies. 76 PP with 1 map, plus 12 pages with 26 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Name at top of front cover and title-page. Signed by both authors on "Contents" page. Contents near fine. 20.6 x 14.2.

42401
HOLTHOUSE, Hector
SHIPS IN THE CORAL
$15.00 AUD

MacMillan. Sydney. 1976. 1st Ed. (6), 146 PP with b/w illust., plus 8 colour plates. Fp: Map of N.W. part of the Coral Sea. Eps: Map of Torres Strait. Hard cover a little faded near spine. Name of previous owner at top of half title page. Faint foxing spots on outside edges. Very good. Image shows title page. 26.8 x 19.2. 0333210530

The story of the reef and the adjoining Torres Strait and Coral Sea - Torres, Cook, Flinders, Bligh, etc ...

66154
HOLTHOUSE, Hector
SHIPS IN THE CORAL: Explorers, Wrecks and Traders of the Northern Australian Coast
$25.00 AUD

Angus & Robertson. Sydney. 1986. Expanded and revised edition of the 1976 original. XIV, 337 PP with 2 maps and 32 b/w illustrations. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 22 x 14.5. 0207153108

72549
HOPE, Anthony
The Remarkable CAPTAIN JAMES KELLY of Van Diemen's Land
$70.00 AUD

Anthony Hope. Hobart. 2020. 1st Ed. Foreword by Captain Peter Martin. 180 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Laminated pictorial boards. As new. 30.5 x 21.5. 9780648954880

First Australian born Master Mariner. Whaling, Sealing ...

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

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

62602
HOPKINS, David
CARPENTARIA - Commonwealth Lightship 4 (CLS4) (colour print)
$10.00 AUD

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

70143
HOPKINS, David L.
THE SHIPPING HISTORY OF THE BASS STRAIT CROSSING
$15.00 AUD

Taswegia. Hobart. 1994. 1st Ed. 36 PP with b/w illustrations. FEP: Mouth of River Don. REP: Comparison of vessel size in Bass Strait ships (Alma Doepel to Spirit of Tasmania). Pictorial stiff covers. Near fine. 30.5 x 22.5. 0646186353

History in pictures & text of the regular passenger ferries crossing Bass Strait, a treacherous stretch of water.

70726
HOPKINS, David L.
THE SHIPPING HISTORY OF THE BASS STRAIT CROSSING
$35.00 AUD

Taswegia. Hobart. 2003. 4th edition of the 1994 original. (2), 50 PP with b/w illustrations. FEP: Ketch Woollomai. REP: A fine collection of Maritime Memorabilia. Pictorial soft covers. Fine. 29.7 x 21.5. 0646186353

History in pictures & text of the regular passenger ferries crossing Bass Strait, a treacherous stretch of water.

61832
HUDDART PARKER LIMITED
WAR SERVICE OF THE MERCHANT NAVY - A Record of the Participation of the Men and Ships of Huddart Parker Ltd
$40.00 AUD

John D. Harris & Co. Melbourne. 1951. 1st Ed., with a foreword by Admiral Lord Mountevans. 79 PP with head-pieces in colour and 33 b/w photos. Cloth cover with gilt title and crest on front board, dj. Dust jacket with a tear and small chips (now repaired and protected). Scarce with a dust jacket. 29 x 22.5.

A tribute to the men who served during 1939/1945 together with a Roll of Honour.

63870
HUDDART PARKER LIMITED
WAR SERVICE OF THE MERCHANT NAVY - A Record of the Participation of the Men and Ships of Huddart Parker Ltd
$35.00 AUD

John D. Harris & Co. Melbourne. 1951. 1st Ed., with a foreword by Admiral Lord Mountevans. 79 PP with head-pieces in colour and 33 b/w photos. House flag (in colour) on half title page. Cloth cover with gilt title and crest on front board. Name of previous owner at top of FFEP, o/wise a fine copy. Scarce. 29 x 22.5.

A tribute to the men who served during 1939/1945, together with a Roll of Honour.

63671
HUDSPETH, Audrey & SCRIPPS, Lindy
CAPITAL PORT: A History of the Marine Board of Hobart 1858-1997
$20.00 AUD

Hobart Ports Corporation Pty Ltd. Hobart. 2000. 1st paperback edition. XVIII, 462 PP with 1 map, 8 head pieces, 7 plans and 91 b/w illustrations (facsimile of documents, plans & sketch plans, engravings & photos). Fp (in colour): Aerial view of Sullivan's Cove. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 24.7 x 17.5. 0957842805

69473
HUNT, Ralph James Dunnet (Minister for Transport & editor)
MARINE AND PORTS COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIA UNIFORM SHIPPING LAWS CODE (As Amended to 14 November 1980)
$25.00 AUD

Canberra. 1981. A.G.P.S. Commonwealth of Australia Gazette, No. P 3, Monday 11 May 1981. (2), IV, 611 PP with figures and tables. Soft covers are a little soiled, spine sunned. A few pages are dog-eared, o/wise very good. 25 x 17.4.

51162
INCAT
INCAT Calendar 1998
$5.00 AUD

Incat Group of Companies. Hobart. 1997. 1st Ed. Edited by Dr. Robert CLIFFORD. 28 PP with 27 colour photos (12 of them on full page). Fine. Oblong: 21 x 29.7.

64621
ISDALE, Robert
THE P.S. HETHERINGTON - Brisbane's Last Steam-Driven Paddle Wheel Vehicular Ferry
$40.00 AUD

Author. Brisbane. 1990. 1st Ed. (1 foreword), 49 PP (typescript) with b/w illustrations (12 pages with copied newspaper clippings and newspaper photographs, and 18 b/w photos). Soft cover, front cover with title and colour illustration with clear plastic protection, spiral bound. Foreword page with manuscript letter to previous owner dated 28th June 1990 and signed by the author, as well as the handwritten ISBN. Near fine. 29.7 x 21. 0646000462

1913 to 1921: Charlotte Street, City to Bright Street, Kangaroo Point. 1925 to 1953: Oxford Street, Bulimba to Commercial Road, Teneriffe.

39119
JEFFREYS, Max
MURDER, MAYHEM, FIRE & STORM: Australian Shipwrecks
$20.00 AUD

New Holland Publishers. Sydney. 1999. 1st Ed. X, 262 PP with 1 map on double page, 16 location maps and 16 head pieces (paintings or photos). Pictorial stiff cover. Fine. 22.8 x 17. 9781864364453

Dutch Wrecks on West Australia coast: Batavia, De Vergulde Draeck, Zuytdorp, Zeewyk... HMS Pandora... Australian Hospital Ship Centaur.

50948
JEFFS, Andrew, & MARSH, David
CATALONIA CONQUERS THE ATLANTIC. Hales Trophy history re-written
$5.00 AUD

Hoogovens Aluminium & Baird Publications. Melbourne. 1998. 1st Ed. Reprint of a Work Boat World special feature. 32 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.5 x 21.

Catalonia, a 91metre wave-piercing catamaran, and the Hales Trophy holder, won in June 1990.

53625
JOLLY, Dick
WRECK, RESCUE AND SALVAGE
$35.00 AUD

Whittles Publishing. Dunbeath, Scotland. 2007. Reprint of the 2006 original. VI, 154 PP with 32 b/w illustrations (1 document, 13 headpieces and 18 photos) and 27 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 24 x 17. 190444542X

Reminiscences of deep-sea tug and commercial salvage.

73487
JONES, A. G. E.
SHIPS EMPLOYED IN THE SOUTH SEAS TRADE 1775-1861 (volume 1)
$40.00 AUD

Roebuck. Canberra. 1986. 1st Ed., Roebuck Society Publication No. 36. XVIII, 276, (104 Index) PP with b/w illust., charts, ports, sailing ships & whaling scenes. Inside covers: docks on the Thames River. Pictorial card covers rubbed around edges with a repaired tear at top of spine, small creases at top and bottom of front corners, o/wise contents fine. 24.8 x 17.6. 0909434301

Includes: Registrar general of shipping and seamen, transcripts of Registers of Shipping 1787-1862 (part III).

70070
JONES, A. G. E. & CHATWIN Dale
SHIPS EMPLOYED IN THE SOUTH SEAS TRADE 1775-1859 - Volume 3
$20.00 AUD

Navarine Publishing / Roebuck Society. Hobart. 2013. Limited edition of 100 hand numbered copies. Publication No. 53 of the Roebuck Society expanded and edited by Dale Chatwin. 165 PP with 2 graphs, tables and 14 b/w illustrations (1 map, facsimile of documents and 3 whaling scenes). Card covers, illustrated front. Fine. 29.7 x 21. 9780992366018

British Southern Whale Fishery... Whaling trade.

70976
JONES, A. G. E. & CHATWIN Dale
SHIPS EMPLOYED IN THE SOUTH SEAS TRADE 1775-1859 - Volume 3
$30.00 AUD

Navarine Publishing / Roebuck Society. Hobart. 2013. Limited edition of 100 hand numbered copies. Publication No. 53 of the Roebuck Society expanded and edited by Dale Chatwin. 165 PP with 2 graphs, tables and 14 b/w illustrations (1 map, facsimile of documents and 3 whaling scenes). Card covers, illustrated front. Signed by Dale Chatwin on title page. Fine. 29.7 x 21. 9780992366018

British Southern Whale Fishery... Whaling trade.

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

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

Discovery in 1815, convict settlement early 1822..

16277
KERR, Garry
THE TASMANIAN TRADING KETCH - An Illustrated Oral History
$40.00 AUD

Main'sl Books. Portland, Victoria. 1987. 1st Ed. (4), 179 PP with 15 plans (hull, sail, construction) and many b/w photos (most full-page). Fp: "Evaleeta" under sail. Eps: Map of Tasmania, inset map of S.E. Tasmania. Hard cover, dj. Fine (as new). 24.5 x 18.5. 0731608879

Development and evolution of Tasmania's trading craft (construction, sailing and handling techniques, living conditions). A beautiful book. 24.5 x 18.5.

71783
KERR, Garry
THE TASMANIAN TRADING KETCH, An Illustrated Oral History
$25.00 AUD

Mains' Books. Portland, Victoria. 1998. 1st soft cover edition of the 1987 original. (8), 179 PP with 15 plans (hull, sail, construction) and many b/w photos (most full-page). Fp: Evaleeta under sail. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 24 x 18. 0731608879

Development and evolution of Tasmania's trading craft (construction, sailing and handling techniques, living conditions). 24.5 x 18.5.

37793
KERR, Garry & McDERMOTT, Harry
THE HUON PINE STORY - The history of harvest and use of a unique timber
$70.00 AUD

Mainsail Books. Portland, Vic. 2000. 1st Ed. (8), 299 PP with 4 maps, numerous b/w and colour illustrations. Fp: Huon Pine (young tree), by S. dean. Title page: Marble Cliffs, Gordon River, World Heritage Area, Tasmania. FEP: Map of Strahan / Macquarie Harbour. REP: Map of Birch Inlet / Macquarie Harbour. Hard cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj. Name of previous owner at top of half title page. Near fine. 28.3 x 21.5. 0957791704

Chapter 8: The Rivermen. Chapter 9: the Piner's Punt. Chapter 10: The Riverboats.

74397
KERR, Garry & McDERMOTT, Harry
THE HUON PINE STORY - The history of harvest and use of a unique timber
$50.00 AUD

Mainsail Books. Portland, Vic. 2000. 1st soft cover edition. (8), 299 PP with 4 maps, numerous b/w and colour illustrations. Fp: Huon Pine (young tree), by S. Dean. Title page: Marble Cliffs, Gordon River, World Heritage Area, Tasmania. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27.5 x 21. 0957791704

Chapter 8: The Rivermen. Chapter 9: the Piner's Punt. Chapter 10: The Riverboats.

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

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

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

30352
KERR, John
GOING IN DEEP: A History of the Gladstone Port Authority
$35.00 AUD

Gladstone Port Authority. Gladstone, Queensland. 1988. 1st Ed. 224 PP with 1 map, 2 plans, 43 colour & 58 b/w photos. Fp: South Trees Wharf for incoming bauxite and outgoing alumina. Hard cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj. Fine. 24.8 x 18.3. 0724228187

68580
KERRISON, Rex & JOHNSON, Richard
SV MAY QUEEN - A Grand Survivor
$50.00 AUD

Forty South Publishing / May Queen Trust. Hobart. 2014. 1st edition with a foreword by Doone Kennedy. XIV, 178 PP with b/w and colour ilustrations. Fp (in colour): 'May Queen in racing trim', painting by Harold Salter. Hard cover, illustrated boards. As new. 24.5 x 21.5. 9780992279141

21196
KIRK, Allan A.
SHIPS AND SAILORMEN
$10.00 AUD

Reed. Wellington. 1964. 1st Ed. XII, 196 PP with 2 maps, plus 16 pages with 49 photos. Hard cover, dj. (chipped and some pieces missing) and in a protective sleeve. Former owner's signature on FFEP. Foxing spots on outside edges and few pages. Other wise contents clean and still a very good copy. 22 x 14.5.

A collection of pen portraits of 21 ship masters and 4 others whose lives have been dedicated to the sea and sailing Australasian waters.

22627
KIRK, Allan A.
FAIR WINDS AND ROUGH SEAS - The Story of the Holm Shipping Company
$50.00 AUD

Reed. Wellington. 1975. 1st Ed. XV, 260 PP 260 plus 24 Pages with 86 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Neat hand-written dedicatory note on FFEP, and signed by Capt. J.F. Holm who revised and updated the text. A near fine copy. 22.1 x 14.7. 0589009346

Trading in New Zealand's coastal waters, Australia, Pacific Islands & the Antarctic.

44643
KIRK, Allan A.
SHIPS AND SAILORMEN
$15.00 AUD

Reed. Wellington. 1964. 1st Ed. XII, 196 PP with 2 maps, plus 16 pages with 49 photos. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket has a few chips and small piece missing at top near spine. An otherwise near fine copy. 22 x 14.5.

A collection of pen portraits of 21 ship masters and 4 others whose lives have been dedicated to the sea and sailing Australasian waters.

65936
LAMBERT, Eric
WATERMEN
$10.00 AUD

Frederic Muller Ltd. London. 1956. 1st Ed. 192 PP. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket chipped and pieces missing at head of spine. Sunned spots at top of covers corresponding to missing pieces of dust jacket. Name of previous owner on front endpaper. Occasional foxing. Very good. 20.5 x 14.

Novel set in Port Phillip Bay and Bass Strait.

52160
LARKIN, John (compiler)
BRISBANE LADIES. The Story of the ships that founded Moreton Bay and Brisbane's History: May 1770 - May 1846
$25.00 AUD

Author. Brisbane. c. 1990. 1st Ed. (10), 59 PP with 2 maps and 8 drawings (ship types), plus 2 b/w illustrations. Soft cover, staples. Fine. 28.5 x 21.

Ship details (pages 1 to 19): H.M. Alligator to William. Shipping Arrivals and Departures Moreton Bay (pages 20 to 59): HM Barque Endeavour 17 May 1770 to schooner Jane, 29 May 1846.

70953
LAVERICK, Sarah
THROUGH ICE & FIRE - The Adventures, Science and People behind Australia's famous Icebreaker AURORA AUSTRALIS
$35.00 AUD

Macmillan. Sydney. 2019. 1st Ed. XXI, (3), 344 PP with tables and b/w illustrations (1 map, 2 sets of plans, 2 newspaper clippings and 40 photos, plus 16 pages with 2 b/w and 30 colour photos. Pictorial stiff covers. As new. 23.4 x 15.2. 9781760554798

15849
LAWSON, Will
PADDLE-WHEELS AWAY
$20.00 AUD

Sydney. 1947. Thwaites. 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.

15935
LAWSON, Will
PACIFIC STEAMERS
$35.00 AUD

Brown, Son & Ferguson. Glasgow. 1975. Reprint of the 1927 original. XX, 244 PP, 68 full-pages with 125 b/w illust. Fp: The "Kaikoura" in 1866. Cloth cover, dj. Stamp of previous owner on title page, o/wise a near fine copy. 24.5 x 17.

The pioneer passenger & mail lines which survived up to the 1920's between the West Coast of America, Australia & New Zealand.

70018
LAXON, W. A.
THE CURRIE LINE OF MELBOURNE
$15.00 AUD

Nautical Association of Australia. Melbourne. 2003. 1st Ed. 61, (3) PP with 25 b/w illustrations (2 newspaper clippings, 2 portraits and 21 photos of ships). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 14.8. 0959907963

Shipmaster & shipowner. Salvage expert... Shipping line taken over by British India in early 1913.

30274
LAYLAND, Penelope
ALL AT SEA (in National Library of Australia News - Vol VII, No. 11, August 1997))
$5.00 AUD

N.L.A. Canberra. 1997. Volume VII, No. 11, August 1997. Contains article from P.10 to 14 with 3 b/w and 4 colour illust. Illust. soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21.

The trials and tribulations of many a dangerous passage to Australia are recounted in shipboard diaries held in the Manuscript Collection of the National Library of Australia.

73414
LEE, Stuart
RIVERBOATS OF THE CLARENCE
$60.00 AUD

The Port of Yamba Historical Society. Yamba, NSW. 2003. 1st Ed. XII, 292 PP with b/w illustrations (diagrams, drawings, maps & plans, photos). Hard cover, dj. Fine. 28.7 x 21.5. 0957706812

Includes a loosely inserted a Boating & Fishing Map of the Clarence River and Offshore Waters.

51369
LEEK, Bob
LIGHTERS AND SHIPS' CONVERTED INTO FLOATING DOCKS, BATHING SHIPS AND BETHAL SHIPS OF PORT PHILLIP BAY
$20.00 AUD

Bob Leek & Peter Taylor. Newport, Victoria. 2006. Reprint of the 2006 original. 152 PP with 42 b/w illustrations, plus 2 pages with 7 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 14.7. 0975175459

Bethel ships = floating churches.

59288
LEEK, Bob
SAIL TRADERS OF PORT PHILLIP AND VICTORIA - Volume II
$30.00 AUD

Scuttlebutt Press. Newport, Victoria. 2009. 1st Ed. 155 PP with 15 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 20.7 x 14.7. 9780980590210

59289
LEEK, Bob
SAIL TRADERS OF PORT PHILLIP AND VICTORIA - Volume III
$30.00 AUD

Scuttlebutt Press. Newport, Victoria. 2010. 1st Ed. 160 PP with 15 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 20.7 x 14.7. 9780980590227

62138
LEEK, Bob
SAIL TRADERS OF PORT PHILLIP AND VICTORIA - Volume IV
$30.00 AUD

Scuttlebutt Press. Newport, Victoria. 2012. Reprint of the 2011 original. 178 PP with 18 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 20.7 x 14.7. 9780980590227

74927
LEWIS, Captain John
TOW-LINE
$40.00 AUD

J. D. Lewis. Mallacoota, Victoria. 2000. 1st Ed. IV, 144 PP 1 sketch-map, 2 cartoons and 10 b/w photos, plus Errata slip pasted down on verso of "Table of Contents" page. Pictorial card covers. Light creases on lower corner of covers, o/wise contents are near fine. Scarce. 20.3 x 14.3. 0646398709

Story of tugs and their tugmen: towing, salvage and maritime mishaps in Western Australia during years 1960-1980. Stranding, breakdowns... Bridgewater, Alkimos, Gertrude Therese, Nicolaos Michalos IV, ... Esso Den Haagt, Shinyo Maru, Morgedal.

59737
LEWIS, Tom
BY DERWENT DIVIDED - The story of the Lake Illawarra, the Tasman Bridge and the 1975 Disaster
$35.00 AUD

Tall Stories. Darwin. 2006. 2nd edition of the 1999 original. (2), 70 PP with 2 maps, 3 cartoons and 61 b/w photos. Pictorial laminated boards. Fine. 30.2 x 21.6. 0957735111

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

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

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

20345
LOCKWOOD, Rupert
HUMOUR IS THEIR WEAPON, Laugh with the Australian Wharfies
$15.00 AUD

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

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

17151
LONEY, J. K.
VICTORIA'S WEST COAST STEAMERS
$15.00 AUD

J.K. Loney / Ken Jenkins. Geelong. 1975. 1st Ed. 28 PP, plus 12 pages with 1 sketch map & 22 b/w photos. Pictorial card covers. Near fine. 20.2 x 14. 0909244162

The run between Melbourne, Portland, Port Fairy, Warrnambool.

39965
LONEY, J. K.
WRECKS ON VICTORIA'S SOUTH WEST COAST
$10.00 AUD

Marine History Publication. Geelong. 1975. 3rd edition of the 1968 original. (1), 39 PP, plus 8 pages with 2 maps and 12 b/w illustrations. Stiff covers, pictorial front. Faint foxing. Very good. 20.2 x 14.

A survey of incidents from Victorian - South Australian border to Lady Bay, including Portland, Port Fairy, and Warrnambool.

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

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

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

48304
LONEY, J. K.
TALL SHIPS AND SAILORMEN - A Concise Survey of Victoria's Early Maritime History
$5.00 AUD

J. K. Loney / Marine History Publication. Geelong. c. 1978. 1st Ed. (2), 99, (4) PP with 3 head pieces, 3 maps, plus 40 pages with 54 b/w plates. Pictorial soft cover (wreck of a windjammer). Covers with slight insect damage, ageing of paper, o/wise very good. 22 x 17.8. 0909244022

64962
LONEY, J. K.
WRECKS ON VICTORIA'S SOUTH WEST COAST
$10.00 AUD

Author. Geelong. 1969. 2nd edition of the 1968 original. (4), 43 PP with 5 b/w illustrations (1 sketch map, 1 drawing, 1 photo and 3 headpieces), plus 5 pages with 11 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Faint foxing. Very good. 21.2 x 13.6.

A survey of incidents from Victorian - South Australian border to Lady Bay, including Portland, Port Fairy, and Warrnambool.

69783
LONEY, J. K.
WRECKS ALONG THE MURRAY
$15.00 AUD

Marine History Publications. Portarlington, Victoria. 1974. 1st edition. 21 PP, plus 10 pages with 1 map at centrefold and 14 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 20.2 x 13.8. 0909244014

69787
LONEY, J. K.
ADMELLA
$15.00 AUD

Marine History Publications. Geelong. c. 1975. 1st Ed., No. 4 in the "Famous Wrecks" series. 20 PP with 1 map, plus 8 pages with 10 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 20.8 x 13.8. 090924409X

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

18991
LONEY, J.K.
WRECKS ON THE N.S.W. SOUTH COAST
$10.00 AUD

Author & Ken Jenkins. Geelong. 1975. 1st Ed. 75, (5 index) ) PP, plus 20 pages with 40 b/w illustrations, including 1 map. Stiff covers, pictorial front. Light foxing. 2 of the photos and captions are a little smudged (printer error). Very good. 19.6 x 14.2. 0909244081

14325
LONEY, Jack
WRECKS AT HELL'S GATES
$20.00 AUD

Marine History Publications. Geelong. c. 1980. 1st Ed. 20 PP with 1 map & 12 b/w illustrations. Stiff covers, pictorial front. Fine. 20.5 x 13.8. 0909191212

Macquarie Harbour on the West coast of Tasmania.

18992
LONEY, Jack
SHIPS IN CORIO BAY, GEELONG, 1840-1980
$35.00 AUD

Neptune Press. Newton, Vic. 1981. 1st soft cover edition. 222 PP with 1 map and b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft covers rubbed and a little creased. Very good. 23.5 x 17.4. 0909131775

Inter-bay trade, wrecks & fire, wharves & piers,...

37533
LONEY, Jack
TALL SHIPS AND SAILORMEN - A Concise Survey of Victoria's Early Maritime History
$5.00 AUD

Marine History Publication. Geelong. c. 1975. 2nd edition. 100 PP with 2 head pieces, 3 maps, plus 40 pages with 54 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover (wreck of a windjammer). Near fine. 21.8 x 17.8. 0909244022

41459
LONEY, Jack
TALL SHIPS AND SAILORMEN - A Concise Survey of Victoria's Early Maritime History
$10.00 AUD

Marine History Publication. Geelong. c. 1980. 3rd Ed. 60 PP, plus 8 pages with 17 b/w illustrations. Pictorial card covers a little foxed. Wreck of a windjammer on covers. Inscription on inside front cover, o/wise very good. 27.5 x 21.4. 0909244022

45364
LONEY, Jack
LADY BAY WARRNAMBOOL, A Graveyard of Ships
$5.00 AUD

Marine History Publications. Geelong. 1975. Reprint of the 1968 original. 20 PP, plus 8 pages with 1 plan & 7 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 20.8 x 14. 0909244103

Wrecks of Lady Bay near the city of Warrnambool.

58030
LONEY, Jack
SHIPS AND SEAMEN OFF THE SOUTH COAST
$15.00 AUD

Neptune Press. Belmont, Vic. 1980. 1st Ed. 142 PP with b/w illust. (map & photos). Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj (chipped). Dated and signed by the author on title page. Near fine. 22.2 x 16 0909131457

Whaling, wreckers, shipwrecks & disasters, tall ships and mosquito fleets.

59865
LONEY, Jack
THE LOCH ARD DISASTER
$10.00 AUD

Marine History Publications. Portarlington. c. 1985. 7th edition. 44 PP with 1 b/w photo, plus 16 pages with 1 map & 21 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 20.8 x 14.2. 095998531X

Wrecked on Mutton Bird Island near Port Campbell on 1st June, 1878.

43290
LONEY, Jack & STONE, Peter
THE AUSTRALIA RUN - Volume 6 in Australian Shipwrecks
$45.00 AUD

Marine History Publications. Benalla, Vic. 2000. 1st Ed, Volume 6, in Australian Shipwrecks series. (10), 318, (32 indexes) PP with 1 graph, 20 maps & location maps, and over 106 b/w illustrations. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 24.8 x 18.5. 9780909191535

Ships lost in the run between Great Britain and Australia.

64960
LONEY, Jack K.
WARRNAMBOOL: The Graveyard of Ships - Wrecks and Strandings in and around Lady Bay
$10.00 AUD

J.K. Loney. Geelong. 1968. 1st edition. No pagination, 20 PP with 7 b/w illustrations. Soft covers, front with title and illustration. Crease on lower part of front cover, slight ageing of paper. Very good. 21.5 x 13.8.

Wrecks of Lady Bay near the City of Warrnambool.

46006
LOVE, Don
SHIPWRECKS ON THE EAST GIPPSLAND COAST
$35.00 AUD

Don Love. Meerlieu, Victoria. 2003. 1st Ed. VIII, 180, (1) PP with 4 maps, 22 sketches or plans and 60 b/w illustrations. Eps: Chart Port Phillip to Gabo Island. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 25.2 x 18. 097507010X

54512
LOVE, Don
SHIPWRECKS AROUND PORT PHILLIP HEADS
$35.00 AUD

Don Love. Meerlieu, Victoria. 2006. 1st Ed. VIII, 164 PP with 2 maps, 24 sketches in the pictorial glossary, and over 100 b/w illustrations (drawings, plans and photos). Eps: Chart "Entrance to Port Phillip". Hard cover, dj. As new. 25.2 x 18. 0975070123

The fate of 66 vessels lost along the coast from Cape Schanck to Barwon Heads between 1840-1945.

72348
LOVE, Don
MARITIME INCIDENTS ON THE GIPPSLAND LAKES AND ADJACENT COAST
$45.00 AUD

Don Love. Perry Bridge, Victoria. 2019. 2nd edition. 141 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial stiff covers. Light crease on lower corner of front cover. Dedicatory note to previous owner on title page, dated and signed by the author. Near fine. 29.7 x 21. 9780975070185

... The first being the wreck on 2nd March 1797 of the long boat of the "Sydney Cove"...

74356
LOVE, Don
SHIPWRECKS ON THE SOUTH GIPPSLAND COAST
$35.00 AUD

Don Love. Meerlieu, Victoria. 2005. 1st Ed. viii, 127 PP with b/w illustrations and index of vessels. Endpapers: Admiralty chart: Cape Schanck to Wilson's Promotory. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 25.2 x 18. 097507018

74359
LOVE, Don
SHIPWRECKS OF PORT PHILLIP
$35.00 AUD

Don Love. Perry Bridge, Victoria. 2012. 1st Ed. vxii, 228 PP with b/w photos/ illustrations and index of vessels. Eps: Map of Port Phillip. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 25.2 x 18. 9780975070147

His last book in the "shipwreck series".

74423
LOVE, Don
SHIPWRECKS ON VICTORIA'S WEST COAST
$55.00 AUD

Don Love. Perry Bridge, Victoria. 2009. 1st Ed. Roebuck Society title No. 63. XII, 248 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Eps: Chart "Western Approaches to Bass Strait". Hard covers, dj. Fine (as new condition). 29.7 x 21. 9780975070130

Exploring the fate of 146 vessels lost from Barwon Heads to the South Australian Border, 1834-1945.

74860
LOVE, Don
SHIPWRECKS ON THE EAST GIPPSLAND COAST
$45.00 AUD

Don Love. Meerlieu, Victoria. 2003. 1st Ed. VIII, 180, (1) PP with 4 maps, 22 sketches or plans and 60 b/w illustrations. Eps: Chart Port Phillip to Gabo Island. Hard cover, dj. Signed by the author on half title page. Fine. 25.2 x 18. 097507010X

74861
LOVE, Don
SHIPWRECKS ON THE SOUTH GIPPSLAND COAST
$35.00 AUD

Don Love. Meerlieu, Victoria. 2005. 1st Ed. viii, 127 PP with b/w illustrations and index of vessels. Endpapers: Admiralty chart: Cape Schanck to Wilson's Promotory. Hard cover, dj. Signed by the author on half title page. Fine (mint condition). 25.2 x 18. 097507018

20781
LUBBOCK, Basil
THE LOG OF THE "CUTTY SARK"
$50.00 AUD

Brown, Son & Ferguson. Glasgow. 1945. New edition of 1924 first edition. XII, 332 PP with 47 tables, plus 42 plates with 60 b/w illustrations and 9 plans (2 folded, 7 full-page). Fp: Cutty Sark in Sydney Harbour. Photo of Cutty Sark pasted down on the free fly of front enfpaper. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj (price-clipped). A few chips, closed tears and now in a protective sleeve. Signature of previous owner on inside front cover. Overall, a near fine copy. 24.8 x 19.

A history of the famous tea and wool clippers.

74161
LUBBOCK, Basil
THE BLACKWALL FRIGATES
$80.00 AUD

James Brown & Son. Glasdgow. 1922. 1st Ed. XV, 332 PP, plus 108 pages with 63 b/w illust., 3 plates with flags in colour and 6 b/w plates. Fp: The Commands of Captain Methven. Cloth cover with light wear/soiling, gilt title on front cover and spine. Short tear at top of spine. Foxing spots on outside edges. Signature at top of title-page, o/wise contents near fine. 21.8 x 14.5.

History of the Blackwall Yard, East India Shipping, Blackwallers. Runs to Australia. 3 colour plates with flags (Old East India Flags, The Jolly Roger and House-flags).

43299
LUCAS, Alan
CRUISING THE CORAL COAST
$10.00 AUD

Compass Publications. Sydney. c. 1973. 2nd edition enlarged from the 1968 original. 272 PP with charts, plans and b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Covers rubbed and with creases, o/wise very good. 24.2 x 15.2. 0909319006

Ports and harbours on the Queensland Coast from Southport to Torres Strait.

14565
MABER, John M.
NORTH STAR TO SOUTHERN CROSS
$15.00 AUD

T. Stephenson & Sons. Prescot. 1967. 1st Ed. XV, 335 PP with 5 line drawings by author, plus 48 pages with 96 b/w photos. Fp: Mariposa, built 1953. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Near fine. 24.2 x 16.2.

The story of the Australasian seaways where, since the 1850's, sixty shipping lines established routes between Europe, Australasia and North America.

15955
MABER, John M.
NORTH STAR TO SOUTHERN CROSS
$10.00 AUD

T. Stephenson & Sons. Prescot. 1967. 1st Ed. XV, 335 PP with 5 line drawings by author, plus 48 pages with 96 b/w photos. Fp: Mariposa. Cloth cover, dj (price clipped). Covers lightly rubbed and worn. Dust jacket rubbed and with signs of ageing. Old tape marks on endpapers, o/wise very good. 24.2 x 16.2.

The story of the Australasian seaways where, since the 1850's, sixty shipping lines established routes between Europe, Australasia and North America.

66003
MABER, John M.
NORTH STAR TO SOUTHERN CROSS
$5.00 AUD

T. Stephenson & Sons. Prescot. 1967. 1st Ed. XV, 335 PP with 5 line drawings by author, plus 48 pages with 96 b/w photos. Fp: Mariposa. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine. No dj. Signature of previous owner on half title page and his stamp on front endpaper, title page and top outside edge. Old tape marks on endpapers. Occasional foxing. Very good reading copy. 24.2 x 16.2.

The story of the Australasian seaways where, since the 1850's, sixty shipping lines established routes between Europe, Australasia and North America.

68048
MAIR, Craig
A LUCKY SHIP - The Nine Lives of the Australian Coaster 'TAMBAR", 1912-1960
$50.00 AUD

Nautical Association of Australia Inc. Melbourne. 2013. 1st Ed. XIV, 226 PP with 2 sets of tables and b/w illustrations (1 drawing, 2 facsimile of documents, 5 plans, 6 maps and 102 photos). Inside covers: Plan of the Tambar. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 25 x 17.7. 9780975689639

52564
MARCUS, Alex
"DEMS? WHAT'S DEMS?"
$75.00 AUD

Boolarong. Brisbane. 1986. 1st Ed. XIII, 209 PP with 5 illustrations and 125 b/w photos. Pictorial laminated boards. Name of previous owner on front endpaper, o/wise fine. 27.2 x 21.5. 0864390122

The story of the men of the Royal Australian Navy who manned Defensively Equipped Merchant Ships during WWII.

44788
MARINE BOARD
QUEENSLAND EXAMINATIONS FOR MASTERS OF FISHING VESSELS - All Grades - Candidates Handbook
$5.00 AUD

Marine Board of Queensland. Brisbane. c. 1975. 1st Ed. 328, (12 appendices) PP with over 73 figures. Pictorial hard cover, cloth spine. Very good. 21.5 x 14.

67893
MARINE BOARD OF QUEENSLAND
Particulars of CERTIFICATES OF EXEMPTION FROM PILOTAGE, up to 31st March 1909
$15.00 AUD

Marine Board Office / Anthony James Cumming, Government Printer. Brisbane. 1909. 28th May 1909 edition. 34 PP. Occasional ink corrections in text. Small piece missing on first leaf, with minimal loss of text. Ageing of paper and occasional foxing. Staples removed. Very good. Folio: 33.5 x 21.

67926
MARINE BOARD OF QUEENSLAND
INSTRUCTIONS TO EXAMINERS FOR ENGINEERS' CERTIFICATES
$5.00 AUD

Marine Board of Queensland. Brisbane. 1916. 14th August 1916. 1 PP. Ageing of paper and occasional foxing. Staples removed. Very good. Folio: 33.5 x 21.

Specimen Questions 'viva voce' for Third Class Engineers' Certificates of Competency.

67927
MARINE BOARD OF QUEENSLAND
Application to be Examined for a Third Class ENGINEER'S CERTIFICATE OF COMPETENCY
$5.00 AUD

Marine Board of Queensland. Brisbane. 1913. 1913. 3 PP. Ageing of paper and occasional foxing. A few small chips and/or closed tears. Very good. Folio: 33.5 x 21.

Blank form with page 3 "Notice to be Torn Off and Kept by the Applicant".

62300
MARINE PRESS
SHIPS ON THE AUSTRALIAN NEW ZEALAND & ISLANDS REGISTERS, with a Directory of Shipping 1966
$80.00 AUD

Marine Press Pty. Ltd. Sydney & Melbourne. 1966. 11th Ed. XXXII (preface and 28 adv.), 326, (2) PP with plans, silhouettes, (period illust on adverts), and 144 b/w photos of ships. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. 3 newspaper clippings on (Abel Tasman, Matthew Flinders & Poolta) tipped in on respective pages. A few pertinent annotations. Near fine. Oblong: 13 x 19.5.

From the "Abel Tasman" registered at Melbourne to the "Zephyr II", registrered at Suva.

64300
MARINE UNDERWRITERS' AND SALVAGE ASSOCIATION OF VICTORIA LTD
THE REGISTER OF AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING - Including Shipping Registered at Fiji and New Guinea 1906-1907
$250.00 AUD

Compiled and issued by The Marine Underwriters' Association of Victoria Ltd. Melbourne. 1906. 1st Ed. 199 PP. Pages 1 to 10 printed recto/verso, P.11 to 183 recto only. P. 185-199 printed recto/verso. Original green cloth cover, gilt title on front cover. Covers worn around edges and inside gutters starting. Corner of preliminary page clipped. Ageing of paper and a little light foxing. Otherwise a very good copy of a scarce item. Oblong: 18.4 x 26.

"From Returns furnished by the Customs Authorities in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Fiji and New Guinea".

64301
MARINE UNDERWRITERS' AND SALVAGE ASSOCIATION OF VICTORIA LTD
THE REGISTER OF AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING - Including Shipping Registered at Fiji and New Guinea 1908-1909
$225.00 AUD

Compiled and issued by The Marine Underwriters' Association of Victoria Ltd. Melbourne. 1908. 1st Ed. 203 PP. Pages 1 to 10 printed recto/verso, P.11 to 186 recto only with a thumb index. Appendix from P.187-203 printed recto/verso. Original green cloth cover, gilt title on front cover. Covers worn around edges, the back cover and bottom of spine has a repaired tear. Small piece missing on preliminary page. Repaired closed tear on P.145. Paper ageing with a few old stains, not affecting any text. A very good copy of a scarce item. Oblong: 18.4 x 26.

"From Returns furnished by the Customs Authorities in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Fiji and New Guinea".

64367
MARINE UNDERWRITERS' AND SALVAGE ASSOCIATION OF VICTORIA LTD
THE REGISTER OF AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING - Including shipping registered at Fiji and New Guinea - 1941
$225.00 AUD

The Marine Underwriters' and Salvage Association of Victoria Ltd. Melbourne. 1941. 1st Ed. 164 PP with thumb index. Original green cloth cover, gilt decoration and title on front cover. Contains first supplement for 1942 in the pocket at back of book. Covers lightly marked and rubbed, o/wise a near fine copy. Scarce. Oblong: 18.2 x 24.5.

List of vessels lost... since 1928: pages: 139 to 150. Supplement showing: additions, alterations, changes of name and deletions. First supplement (up to 30th June 1942) with 11 pages.

66784
MARINE UNDERWRITERS' AND SALVAGE ASSOCIATION OF VICTORIA LTD
THE REGISTER OF AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING - 1908-1909, Including Shipping Registered at Fiji and New Guinea
$250.00 AUD

Compiled and issued by The Marine Underwriters' Association of Victoria Ltd. Melbourne. 1908. 1st Ed. 203 PP. Pages 1 to 10 printed recto/verso, P.11 to 186 recto only with a thumb index. Appendix from P.187-203 printed recto/verso. Original green cloth cover, front cover with gilt device and title in blind. Covers worn around edges, spine with tears at head and foot. Stamp of Marine Board of Queensland on 3 first leaves. Paper ageing with a few old stains, not affecting any text. A very good copy of a scarce item. Oblong: 18.4 x 26.

"From Returns furnished by the Customs Authorities in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Fiji and New Guinea".

66797
MARINE UNDERWRITERS' AND SALVAGE ASSOCIATION OF VICTORIA LTD
THE REGISTER OF AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING - 1907-1908 - Including Shipping Registered at Fiji and New Guinea
$125.00 AUD

Compiled and issued by The Marine Underwriters' Association of Victoria Ltd. Melbourne. 1907. 1st Ed. 200 PP. Pages 1 to 10 printed recto/verso, P.11 to 183 with thumb index, recto only. P. 185-200 printed recto/verso. Addenda slip tipped in on page 11. Original green cloth cover, title in blind on front cover. Covers damaged and detached, spine missing. Tears to the spine of the 3 first leaves (FEP, preliminary page and title page). Leaf 3/4 "List of Members/List of Agents" torn (lower part missing). Ageing of paper and a little light foxing. Complete. In need of a serious rebinding. Good copy of a scarce item. Sold as is. Oblong: 18.4 x 26.

"From Returns furnished by the Customs Authorities in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Fiji and New Guinea".

65910
MARTIN, Brian
PRESERVING AN OLD TUG - FORCEFUL (in Insurance Lines)
$5.00 AUD

The State Government Insurance Office (Queensland) Brisbane. 1972. Article pulled out from Volume LIV, No. 3, January-March 1972. Pages 2 to 6 with 4 b/w photos. Soft cover. Very good. 26.8 x 20.3.

Built Glasgow in 1925. Service on the Brisbane River between 1926 and 1971. Museum ship, since then.

15519
MARTIN, C. & BROUWER, N.
THE STORY OF SAIL
$15.00 AUD

Weldon Pub. Sydney. 1992. 1st Ed. 112 PP with b/w & colour photos. Laminated decorated boards, dj. Fine. 31.5 x 24.2. 1863022392

Voyage of discovery of sailing ships. Covers 9 ships: Sutton Hoo, Oseberg Ship, Mary Rose, Wasa, Batavia, Cutty Sark, Preussen & Sobraon, once the world's largest sailing passenger ship.

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...

61919
MAYS, Nicole
FOR MANY YEARS A BOAT BUILDER: The Life and Life's Work of Jacob Bayly Chandler
$40.00 AUD

Nicole Mays. Hobart. 2011. 1st Ed. (3 blank pages), (11), 145, (3) PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, facsimile of documents, graphs, map, paintings and photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 24.5 x 18.7. 9780646546971

140 vessels built at Battery Point between 1843 and 1894.

50602
McDONALD, Charles E. & HENDERSON, Captain C. W. T.
THE MANLY-WARRINGAH STORY
$10.00 AUD

Paul Hamlyn. Sydney. 1975. 1st Ed. 112 PP with 15 colour and 67 b/w photos. Fp (in colour): The Library of the Warringah Shire Council. Hard cover, dj. Title not printed on title page. Presentation plate of Warringah Shire Council pasted down on front endpaper. Name of previous owner on front endpaper. Very good. 29.3 x 21.7. 0600071995

37028
McDONALD, D. I.
HENRY PARKES AND THE SYDNEY NAUTICAL SCHOOL (in Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society - Vol.52, Part 3)
$20.00 AUD

Royal Australian Historical Society. Sydney. 1966. September 1966. Issue marking the "Centenary of the New South Wales Public Schools Act of 1966". Contains article from P. 212 to 227, plus 2 b/w plates (1 of the Training Ship "Vernon"). Card cover. Very good. 22.4 x 14.5.

66923
McDONALL, K. J.
MERCHANT SHIP RECOGNITION
$35.00 AUD

Austair Publications. Sydney. 1944. 1st Ed., in the Pacific Air Series. 96 PP with 1 map of the South-West Pacific Area, showing pre-war shipping routes and many b/w illustrations (sketches, plans, profiles, photos). Pictorial soft covers, staples. War economy paper (ageing and foxing), o/wise very good. Oblong: 13.5 x 21.5.

A scarce publication presented in Talbot-Booth style.

63669
McDONELL, Captain R.
BUILD A FLEET LOSE A FLEET
$30.00 AUD

Melbourne. Hawthorn Press. 1976. 1st Ed. VII, 242 PP, plus 8 pages with 32 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Dedicatory note to Senator Ken Wriedt on title page dated and signed by the Author. A few nicks in the dust jacket, o/wise near fine. 22.2 x 14.5. 0725601655

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

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

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

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

74923
McDONELL, Captain Ralph
ALMA DOEPEL - The History of an Australian Schooner 1903-1975
$90.00 AUD

Ralph Mcdonell. Melbourne. 1988. 1st Ed. Foreword by Captain Sir John P. Williams. XII, 272 PP with tables and b/w illustrations., plus 40 pages with b/w photos. Fp: Alma as a teenager. Eps: Facsimile of newspaper clippings. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Dust jacket with a lightly sunned spine and a rubbed patch at lower part of front cover. Dated and signed by the author on half title page. Contents are near fine. Scarce. 25.8 x 18.5. 0731619315

The last remaining topsail schooner built in 1903 on the Bellingen River. Her working sail days, war service, restoration for use as a training vessel.

56934
McKELLAR, N. L.
FROM DERBY ROUND TO BURKETOWN - The A.U.S.N. Story
$20.00 AUD

University of Queensland Press. Brisbane. 1977. 1st Ed. X, 682 PP with 76 b/w photos. Fp: Portrait of the first Earl of Inchcape. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket slightly worn with rubbed patches on rear. Faint foxing, mostly on outside page edges. tiny nick at top corner of FFEP, o/wise contents are near fine. 25.5 x 16.5. 070221244X

The story of the Australasian United Steam Navigation Co., closely interwoven with the history of Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific.

67612
MCLEOD, G. Roderick
BY RIVERBOAT TO EXILE'S ISLAND - Notes for a passage by pleasure launch from North Quay on the Brisbane River to the Island of St. Helena in Moreton Bay
$5.00 AUD

Queensland Branch of the World Ship Society. Brisbane. 1970. Edition for annual outing on 19 December 1970. 8 PP (roneotyped and stapled) with 2 sketch maps (River Brisbane and St Helena Island in 1869). Ageing of paper. Very good. Format: 33.2 x 20.8.

52579
MCLEOD, G. Roderick (compiler)
SHIPS REGISTERED IN THE PORTS OF QUEENSLAND
$10.00 AUD

Brisbane. 2002. Queensland Maritime Museum Association. Briosbane. 2002 1st Ed. (4), 68 PP, (3 index), plus 1 errata slip pasted down on verso of foreword page and an addendum to Maryborough list pasted down on page 48. Soft cover. Fine. 24.2 x 18.

Moreton Bay, then Brisbane: 1851-1900. Rockhampton: 1860-1901. Maryborough: 1868-1936. Townsville: 1884-1911. Bundaberg: 1899-1954.

51973
McNEILL, D. C.
THE MERCANTILE MARINE OFFICE. Its History and Function
$15.00 AUD

The World Ship Society - Queensland Branch. Brisbane. 1969. 1st Ed. Foreword by T. Stevens. (1), 28 PP (roneotyped, recto only). Soft cover. Slight ageing of paper. Very good. Oblong: 16.8 x 20.6.

Lecture given 5th August 1969.

72794
MORRIS, Allan H. & LENNON, Jane
RIVER TRANSPORT ON THE GREATER MURRAY NETWORK / TRADE AND COMMUNICATIONS ACROSS THE STRAITS: Gipps' Land to Van Diemen's Land 1841-1851 (in the Victorian Historical Magazine Vol. 44, Nos. 3 & 4)
$10.00 AUD

The Victorian Historical Magazine. Melbourne. 1973 Volume 44, Nos. 3 & 4, August / November 1973. Pages 53 to 127. Soft cover, staples. Signature of previous owner on front cover and title-page. Very good. 21.5 x 14.8.

69496
MOSS, Keith P. (compiler)
150 YEARS OF MARINE PROGRESS, 1788-1938
$40.00 AUD

Bennie S. Cohen & Son (NSW) Pty. Ltd. Sydney. c.1938. 1st edition with a foreword by Sir Samuel Cohen. No pagination, 24 PP with 17 profiles representing the important ships which came to Sydney, and reprint of NSW Pocket Almanack, 1814. Stitched pictorial card cover with ties, vignette on front cover representing the Sophia Jane. Covers a little soiled and chipped around edges, occasional foxing. Very good. 20 x 15.

Published at the time of the sesqui-centenary of Australia, by the leading firm of Lloyd's Brokers in Australia. Final six pages: arrival dates of vessels at Port Jackson and their departures, from the establishment of the Colony to the end of 1808. A scarce booklet.

72310
MUDIE, Ian
WRECK OF THE ADMELLA
$15.00 AUD

Rigby. Adelaide. 1966. 1st Ed. 184 PP with 1 map "Kangaroo Island to Port Phillip Bay & 1 facsimile of letter of thanks, plus 4 pages with 13 b/w illust. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Dust jacket with repaired tear, now protected. Ex-library copy with stamps on front endpaper and title page and remnants of card on rear endpaper. Very good reading copy. 22.2 x 14.

The wreck of "Admella", one of Australia's coastal steamers, in 1859, on a passage from Port Adelaide to Melbourne.

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.

49914
N/A
THE SWEDISH - AUSTRALASIAN TRADE JOURNAL: TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY NUMBER 1911 - 1931
$125.00 AUD

The Swedish-Australasian Trade Journal. Sydney. 1931. Special Issue published in November 1931 and comprising the June, July, August, September, October and November numbers. 173- 432 PP with advertising material and b/w photos. Soft covers are a little fragile and somewhat foxed with chips around outside edges. Internally near fine on superior glossy paper. Image shows the title-page. Scarce. 29.7 x 23.

20th anniversary of the foundation of the Swedish Chamber of Commerce for Australasia and South Sea Islands. Includes sections on: The Swedish Commerce for Australasia and South Sea Islands; Australia's Wheat Industry by G. Boehme; Australia and the P. & O., Eighty Years of Service, by W.A. Mackay; Tasmania's Tourist Attractions, by E.T. Emmett; Islands of the Pacific, Their Trade and Commerce, by T. Southwell-Keely; Primary Industries in Western Australia, by S.J. Hayward; Agricultural Industries of Tasmania, by F.E. Ward; The All Red Route and the Canadian Pacific Railway, by John Holmes ... A mine of information on various areas of trade between Sweden and Australasia.

52990
N/A
THE ROYAL VISIT TO AUSTRALIA 1954
$15.00 AUD

The Commonwealth Government of Australia. Canberra. 1954. Souvenir booklet. No pagination, 16 PP with Flags, 10 drawings (The Symbols of Royalty), 7 portraits of the Queen's representatives in Australia, and 16 b/w or colour photos. Inside back cover: map of Australia. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. Oblong: 12 x 17.7.

Arrival Sydney 3rd February 1954, on board S. S. Gothic... Sailing from Fremantle 1st of April 1954.

73594
N/A
THE GIANT BOOK OF SHIPS - OPC Publication A89
$30.00 AUD

Offset Printing. Sydney. 1944. 1st Ed. 16 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft covers with light wear around edges. Dedicatory note at top of title-page. Very good. Large format: 36 x 24.5.

Colourful children's book about ships and their history.

74707
N/A
Records Guide SHIPS REGISTRATION PAPERS FOR THE PORT OF HOBART: 1900-1956
$25.00 AUD

Australian Archives - Tasmania. Hobart. c. 1985. 1st Ed. (2), 28 PP (recto only) with 12 sketches of "Vessel Types" and tables between pages 3 and 27. Soft covers, title on front cover, staples. Fine. Oblong: 21 x 29.7.

74708
N/A
Records Source Analysis REGISTERS OF BRITISH SHIPPING - Launceston Vessels 1846 - 1885
$25.00 AUD

Australian Archives - Tasmania. Hobart. c. 1985. 1st Ed. (2), 31 PP (recto only) with 12 sketches of "Vessel Types" and tables between P.3 and 30. Soft covers, title on front cover, staples. Fine. Oblong: 21 x 29.7.

70832
NAA
THE LOG - Quarterly Journal of the Nautical Association of Australia Inc. - Volume 10, No. 3
$5.00 AUD

Nautical Association of Australia Limited. Melbourne. 1977. Vol. 10, No. 3 (August Feb 1977). Edited by W. G. Volum. 65- 96 PP (typescript) with 4 b/w photos, plus 2 plates with 6 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover (Burwah of Howard Smith), staples removed and in a clear plastic sleeve. Slight ageing of paper. Very good. 26 x 21.

The Austasia Line, by N.J. Kirby & W.G. Volum. Burns Philp Liner "Macdhui", by B.A. Wilkinson and R.K. Willson.

70833
NAA
THE LOG - Quarterly Journal of the Nautical Association of Australia Inc. - Volume 10, No. 4
$5.00 AUD

Nautical Association of Australia Limited. Melbourne. 1977. Vol. 10, No. 4 (November 1977). Edited by W. G. Volum. 97-128 PP (typescript) with 1 sketch map and 4 b/w photos, plus 2 pages with 6 b/w photos. Pictorial soft wrappers (Induna, Patrick Steamships Ltd.), staples removed and in a clear plastic sleeve. Slight ageing of paper. Very good. 26 x 21.

Nautical notes on Dutch New Guinea, by R. Vandersar. Walsh Island, NSW State Government Dockyard, by T.J. Callen.

16045
NAIRN, R. A.
PRETTY MAIDEN, The Steamship Kwinana
$10.00 AUD

Fremantle Arts Centre Press. Fremantle. 1982. 1st Ed. VIII, 42 PP with 10 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 20.4 x 14. 0909144648

The life of the state ship Darius, renamed Kwinana, blown ashore in 1922 on the beach which kept her name.

63013
NAIRN, R. A.
PRETTY MAIDEN, The Steamship Kwinana
$20.00 AUD

Fremantle Arts Centre Press. Fremantle. 1982. 1st Ed. VIII, 42 PP with 10 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Note to previous owner at top of title page, signed by the author. Fine. 20.4 x 14. 0909144648

The life of the state ship Darius, renamed Kwinana, blown ashore in 1922 on the beach which kept her name.

57001
NASH, Michael (editor)
CAPTAIN ROBINSON : The Reminiscences of a Tasmanian Master Mariner. James Williams Robinson 1824-1906
$40.00 AUD

Blubber Head Press. Hobart. 2009. 1st edition limited to 500 numbered copies. X, 175, (3) PP with 20 b/w illustrations, plus 8 pages with 5 b/w and 11 colour illustrations. Fp: Portrait of Captain James William Robinson. Eps: Map of the South Pacific Ocean. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 24.8 x 17. 9780908528349

Bay-whaling in Tasmania then pelagic whaling. Sealing on Heard Island. Guano in Queensland. Trading in the Indian and the Pacific Oceans...

53965
NAVIGATION
CATCH FISH, NOT CABLE. The Commercial fishing guide to your rights and responsibilities with regard to submarine cables
$5.00 AUD

Reach (Telstra-PCCW). Sydney. 2001. 8 page brochure with 2 colour photos and 1 world map at centrefold with network of cables. Fine. 30 x 21.

16007
NICHOLSON, I.H.
GAZETTEER OF SYDNEY SHIPPING 1788-1840
$20.00 AUD

Roebuck. Canberra. 1981. 1st Ed. Roebuck Society publication No.26. X, 217 PP with b/w illust., plans, charts views of coast & paintings. Eps: Map of Australia & Chart of South & Central Pacific Is. Pictorial soft covers with light wear. Near fine. 24.5 x 17.5. 0909434182

Geographical index of ports of origin and destination, and places discovered, visited or remarked upon by Sydney shipping.

49467
NICHOLSON, I.H.
GAZETTEER OF SYDNEY SHIPPING 1788-1840
$30.00 AUD

Roebuck. Canberra. 1981. 1st Ed. X, 217 PP with b/w illust., plans, charts views of coast & paintings. Eps: Map of Australia & Chart of South & Central Pacific Is. Pictorial soft cover. Ingleton bookplate inside front cover. Dedicatory note on title page signed by the author. Near fine. 24.2 x 17.5. 0909434182

Geographical index of ports of origin and destination, and places discovered, visited or remarked upon by Sydney shipping.

22211
NICHOLSON, Ian
LOG OF LOGS, Volume Two
$100.00 AUD

Roebuck Society. Nambour, Qld. 1993. 1st Ed. Publication No.47. XII, 608 PP with b/w figures & photos. Bound copy of the original stiff covers edition. Hard cover, gilt-engraved spine. Light foxing, o/wise fine. 25.5 x 17.8. 0646091824

A complement to the first volume which generated much response and provided a great deal of fresh material making a second volume necessary.

32695
NICHOLSON, Ian
LOG OF LOGS - Volume Three
$60.00 AUD

Roebuck Society. Nambour, Qld. 1999. 1st Ed., Roebuck Society publication No. 52. XVI, 500 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings and b/w photos). Pictorial card cover. Fine. 24.6 x 17.5. 0958523207

A complement to his previous two volumes which generated much response and led to fresh material becoming available, hence this third volume.

64254
NICHOLSON, Ian
LOG OF LOGS, Volume Two
$60.00 AUD

Roebuck Society. Nambour, Qld. 1993. 1st Ed. Roebuck Society publication No. 47. XII, 608 PP with b/w figures & photos. Pictorial card cover. Light crease to spine. Few foxing spots on top outside edge. Near fine. 24.6 x 17.5. 0646091824

A complement to his first volume which generated much response and led to fresh material becoming available which made a second volume necessary.

64881
NICHOLSON, Ian H.
LOG OF LOGS - Volumes (One), Two & Three. A Catalogue of Logs, Journals, Shipboard Diaries, Letters, and all forms of Voyage Narratives 1788 to: 1988 / 1993 / 1999 for Australia and New Zealand, and Surrounding Oceans
$400.00 AUD

Roebuck Society. Nambour, Qld. 1990, 1993 & 1999. 1st edition. Publications Nos. 41, 47 & 52 in the Roebuck series. Volume (One): X, 630 PP with 109 b/w illustrations (photos, drawings, paintings). Volume Two: XII, 608 PP with b/w figures and photos. Volume Three: XVI, 500 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings and photos). Bound copies of the original soft cover edition. Hard cover, gilt title on spine. Light foxing on top outside page edges, o/wise a fine set. Scarce. This is a heavy item and postage will be higher than usual. Please ask for a quote. 25.4 x 17.5. 0731665341, 0646091824 & 0958523207

55955
NICHOLSON, Ian Hawkins
SHIPPING ARRIVALS & DEPARTURES - TASMANIA - Vol. II: 1834-1842 (Parts I, II & III) & GAZETTEER OF TASMANIAN SHIPPING 1803-1842 (Part IV)
$30.00 AUD

Roebuck Society. Canberra. 1985. 1st Ed. Roebuck Society Publication No. 33. VI, 246, 212 (indexes) PP with 30 charts, maps & plans and 52 b/w illustrations. FEP: Chart of Bass Strait (Western part). REP: Chart of Bass Strait (Eastern part). Soft covers, pictorial front. Foxing spots on ouside edges. Near fine. 24.5 x 17.4. 0909434247

66800
NICHOLSON, Ian Hawkins
SHIPPING ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES - SYDNEY : VOLUME II: 1826-1840, PARTS I, II and III
$35.00 AUD

Roebuck. Canberra. 1981. Reprint of the 1977 original. Roebuck Publication No. 23. VI, 258 PP with 5 maps and 10 b/w illustrations, plus 76 pages of index (Part II: 1-36 & Part III: 53-93). FEP: Port Jackson. REP: Discoveries in Australia in 1834. Pictorial card cover. Covers slightly rubbed, o/wise very good. 26 x 18.3. 090943414X

52841
NICHOLSON, John
CAPE JAFFA. Its memorial to Seafarers, Fishermen and Lightkeepers
$10.00 AUD

Author. Millicent, S.A. 2002. Reprint of the 2002 original (with additional photograph). Foreword by Max Fatchen. 64 PP with 1 map, and 17 b/w photos. Vignette on title page: Memorial. Inside front cover: map of South Australian Coast, Kingston to Little Dip. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 14.8. 0958067600

64975
NICHOLSON, John
CEDAR, SEALS AND WHALING SHIPS
$40.00 AUD

Allen & Unwin. Sydney. 2007. 1st edition (juvenile). No. 2 in the "Transport, Trade and Travel in Australia 1788-1830s" series. 32 PP with colour illustrations by the author. Pictorial laminated boards. Fine. 27.5 x 22. 9781741750034

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.

67497
NISBET, William D.
Further Report on IMPROVEMENT OF THE "NARROWS" BETWEEN GLADSTONE AND KEPPEL BAY
$5.00 AUD

Legislative Assembly / Harbours and Rivers Department. Brisbane. 1884. Published 4th November 1884. 2 PP. Near fine. 32.5 x 21.

Distance Gladstone to Sea Hill: via the Narrows, 26 miles, against 56 miles round Cape Capricorn.

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

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

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

22609
NOBLE, Captain John
THE GOLDEN AGE OF SAIL OF AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND
$10.00 AUD

Currey O'Neil. Melbourne. 1985. 1st Ed. IX, 118 PP with 98 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket with a small closed tear and in a protective sleeve. Near fine. 25 x 25. 0859021947

Collection of maritime photographs capturing the glorious and romantic days when sailors relied on wind and currents.

22855
NOBLE, Captain John
TALL SHIPS, The Golden Age of Sail
$15.00 AUD

Viking O'Neil / Penguin. Melbourne. 1988. Paperback reprint of the 1985 original "The Golden Age of Sail of Australia and New Zealand". X, 118 PP with b/w illust. Stiff covers, pictorial front. Fine. 24.7 x 25. 0670901067

Collection of maritime photographs capturing the glorious and romantic days when sailors relied on wind and currents.

15957
NORTON, Frank
AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND SHIPS OF TODAY
$20.00 AUD

Angus & Robertson. Sydney. 1958. 1st Ed. 96 PP with many pen & ink illustrations by the author. Pictorial laminated boards. Spine is rubbed and a littl cracked at top and bottom, o/wise a very good clean copy. Oblong: 19 x 25.

Type of ships found in Australia & New Zealand. Their trade patterns and cargoes.

74149
O'BRIEN, Matt.
TASMANIA'S WAR EFFORT 1939-1945
$25.00 AUD

Department of Premier and Cabinet. Hobart. 1995. Facsimile reprint of this 1995 edition with a foreword by Ray Groom, premier of Tasmania. Original of 1946 with the foreword by the Hon. Robert Cosgrove, Premier of Tasmania. X, 104, (7 index) PP with 23 b/w photos. Stiff covers, illustrated front cover, illustrated backcover: badge of "Australia Remembers 1945-1995". Fine. 18.6 x 12.3. 0724642277

A brief outline of the part played by Tasmanians in the War Effort of Australia in World War, 1939-1945. Wooden shipbuilding (P.59 to 65).

16041
O'MAY, Dave G.
FERRIES OF THE DERWENT - A History of the Ferry Services on the Derwent River
$15.00 AUD

D.G. O'May. Hobart. 1988. 1st Ed. Foreword by Max Chesterman. (10), 118 PP with 5 facsimile of documents and 81 b/w photos. Fp: Kangaroo Bay showing Bellerive Ferry Wharf. Illustrated hard cover. Note at top of front endpaper, o/wise near fine. 22.3 x 14.5. 0724623604

20339
O'MAY, Dave G.
SONG OF STEAM - A Chronicle of Paddle Steamers and Screw Steamers in Tasmanian Waters 1832-1939
$15.00 AUD

Government Printer. Hobart. 1976. 1st Ed. 304 PP with 207 b/w photos. Fp: Hobart Harbour, circa 1893. Pictorial cloth boards. Near fine. 22.3 x 14.5.

A record of steamships which visited Tasmanian waters during the first one hundred years of steam.

70020
OCHERT, Morris
AN AUSTRALIAN'S PERSPECTIVE ON THE MERCHANT NAVY IN WORLD WAR II
$25.00 AUD

Author. Brisbane. 2001. 1st Ed. VI, 46 PP, plus 4 pages with 9 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Signed by the author on title page. Fine. 20.5 x 14.5.

74891
OLD SHELLBACKS / Capt. J. Maitland Thomson (editor)
TALL TRUE TALES OF THE SEA
$20.00 AUD

Investigator Press. Adelaide. 1979. 1st Ed. Edited by Captain J. Maitland Thomson. 88 PP with 16 illustrations. Laminated pictorial card cover. Note on title page signed by the author. Slight ageing of paper on outside edges. Near fine. 21.6 x 13.6. 0858640260

Coastal shipping in the early part of the 20th Century: short stories of experiences at sea. Compiled for the 1979 Congress of the International Cape Horners Association.

71645
OLSON, William
LION OF THE CHINA SEA - A History of The Eastern and Australian Steamship Company Limited (incorporated in England)
$15.00 AUD

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

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

69169
P & O
P & O BUILDING - Sydney
$10.00 AUD

P & O - Orient Lines. Sydney. 1964. Folded card. Inside: Note on official opening by Sir Robert Menzies, External Structure / Internal Features. Back cover; Decorative and Finishing Materials. Front cover: Crest of P&O - Orient Lines. Near fine. Folded format: 17.8 x 11.5.

Opened by Prime Minister Sir Robert Menzies on 23rd January 1964.

22660
PAGE, Michael
FITTED FOR THE VOYAGE - The Adelaide Steamship Company Limited 1875-1975
$40.00 AUD

Rigby Limited. Adelaide. 1975. 1st Ed. (8), 340 PP with b/w illust. Eps: Map of Australia with branch offices and shipwrecks of the Company. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. A quite fine copy of this now hard to find title. 25 x 19. 0851799183

12042
PAINTER, Gwenda
THE RIVER TRADE, Wool & Steamers
$10.00 AUD

Turton & Armstrong. Sydney. 1987. 2nd edition of the 1979 original. VIII, 104 PP with b/w photos from the Godson Collection. Eps: Basin of the Darling, Murrumbidgee & Murray Rivers & their tributaries. Pictorial soft cover. Faint foxing spots on outside edges. Fine. Oblong: 14.5 x 23.5. 0908031300

River exploration, river trade (development & problems), the ports, competition from the railways, closing years...

60940
PALMER, J. F.
STEAMSHIPS OF AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND - Part 1
$30.00 AUD

J. F. Palmer Publications. A 2012 laser photocopy of the 1932 original. Part 1: 32 PP (glossy paper) with 55 b/w photos. Stapled pictorial wrappers. Fine. 28 x 20.8.

Ships of the Australasian Interstate Companies: Union Steamship, Melbourne Steamship, Adelaide Steamship, Howard Smith, Huddart Parker, A.U.S.N.C., Patrick Steamship..

41483
PARSONS, R. H. & TOLLEY, J. C.
PADDLE STEAMERS OF AUSTRALASIA, With the Main Contribution on River Murray System Vessels
$125.00 AUD

Author. Lobethal, S.A. 1967. 1st edition. VI, 196 PP, plus 2 pages with 3 maps and 2 pages (supplement, and 84a) loosely inserted. Typescript in stapled soft cover. Near fine. Scarce. 33.7 x 20.7.

Part I: Expansion & Intercolonial Development, Short Sea, Estuary & Coastal River Trades in Six Australian States, on the Coasts, Rivers & Lakes of New Zealand, etc... Part II (P.84-196): List & description of vessels with details of their runs. A scarce title.

12151
PARSONS, Ronald
STEAM TUGS IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA
$10.00 AUD

Author. Adelaide. 1979. Reprint of 1972 orig. (4), 93 PP with vignette on title page, 1 tail-piece and 1 drawing in text, plus 16 pages with 26 b/w illust. Stapled typescript on 2 columns. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. Oblong: 16.7 x 20.6. 0909418136

The tugs of Adelaide Steam Tug Co. Ltd., Ritch & Smith, Harbours Board, Huddart, Parker Ltd., Wm. Wells & Jos. Coleman.

14766
PARSONS, Ronald
AUSTRALIAN SHIPOWNERS AND THEIR FLEETS - Book Two: Northern Rivers of New South Wales
$10.00 AUD

Ronald Parsons. Lobethal, SA. 1986. Revised edition of the 1973 original. II, (2), 101 to 172 PP. Stapled typescript monograph. Soft cover. Fine. Oblong: 16.6 x 20.6. 090941839X

Ships trading to the Northern Rivers and the NSW Central Coast.

15867
PARSONS, Ronald
AUSTRALIAN SHIPOWNERS AND THEIR FLEETS - Book Five: Early Australian Owners
$10.00 AUD

Ronald Parsons. Magill, SA. 1985. Reprint of the 1979 original. (4), 91 PP. Stapled typescript monograph. Soft cover. Fine. Oblong: 16.6 x 20.6.

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

16089
PARSONS, Ronald
AUSTRALIAN SHIPOWNERS AND THEIR FLEETS. Book Fourteen (Ships registered Port Adelaide 1838 - 1869)
$10.00 AUD

Ronald Parsons. Murray Bridge. 1994. 1st Ed. IV, 72 PP. Stapled typescript monograph. Soft cover. Near fine. Oblong: 16.4 x 20.6. 0909418497

16092
PARSONS, Ronald
AUSTRALIAN SHIPOWNERS AND THEIR FLEETS, Book Six (SYDNEY 1830-1840)
$10.00 AUD

Ronald Parsons. Magill, SA. 1984. July 1984 edition of the 1980 original. IV, 84 PP. Stapled typescript monograph. Soft cover. Light foxing on covers, o/wise fine. Oblong: 16.2 x 20.6. 0909418160

16093
PARSONS, Ronald
AUSTRALIAN SHIPOWNERS AND THEIR FLEETS. Book Eight (VESSELS ENROLLED AT MELBOURNE 1839-1854 (A-R)
$10.00 AUD

Ronald Parsons. Lobethal, SA. 1987. 1st edition, November 1987. (4), 100, (3) PP. Stapled typescript monograph. Soft cover. Near fine. Oblong: 16 x 20.6. 0909418403

16095
PARSONS, Ronald
AUSTRALIAN SHIPOWNERS AND THEIR FLEETS. Book Ten (Vessels enrolled at Melbourne to the end of 1859)
$10.00 AUD

Author. Adelaide. 1991. 1st Ed. IV, P.201 to 276 with 1 line drawing. Stapled typescript monograph. Soft cover. Near fine. Oblong: 16.4 x 20.6. 0909418438

The formation and development of the Melbourne Steamship Co., James Paterson's sail colliers,...

17121
PARSONS, Ronald
AUSTRALIAN SHIPOWNERS AND THEIR FLEETS. Books Fifteen and Sixteen (Vessels enrolled at Sydney during the 1850s)
$20.00 AUD

Ronald Parsons. Murray Bridge, S.A. 1997. 1st Ed. Book 15: (2), 81 PP. Book 16: (2), 65 PP. Soft cover. Near fine. Oblong: 16.2 x 20.5. 0909418551 & 09

Book 15: A to L. Book 16: M to Z.

17140
PARSONS, Ronald
SHIPS OF YORKE PENINSULA
$10.00 AUD

Railmac. Adelaide. 1984. 1st Ed. 24 PP with 13 b/w photos. Pictorial card cover (Map of Yorke Peninsula on back) with a small rub at top. Signature of previus owner on inside front cover, o/wise contents are fine. 21.5 x 15. 0949817406

Sub-title: The development of passenger/cargo shipping services to Yorke Peninsula Ports in both Spencer and St. Vincent Gulfs.

18510
PARSONS, Ronald
AUSTRALIAN SHIPOWNERS AND THEIR FLEETS - Book Four
$10.00 AUD

Ronald Parsons. Murray Bridge, SA. 1987. Revised edition of the 1977 original (Vol. 3, part 2). (2), 301-394 PP. Stapled typescript. Soft cover. Near fine. Oblong: 16.2 x 20.6. 0909418098

Amendments to lists in earlier volumes and continuing the lists of shipowners operating to or from Newcastle and the Hunter Valley districts.

20812
PARSONS, Ronald
STEAMERS IN THE SOUTH
$5.00 AUD

Rigby. Adelaide. 1979. 1st Ed. 128 PP with b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 26.5 x 21.5. 0727008927

A selection of photos from State Archives of South Australia, issues of the Australasian sketches as well as from private collectors.

22028
PARSONS, Ronald
PORT LINCOLN SHIPPING, Whalers, disasters, and the sea link with Adelaide
$15.00 AUD

Ronald Parsons. Magill, S.A. 1981. 1st Ed. III, 73 PP, plus 6 pages with 1 sketch and 6 b/w photos. Stapled typescript monograph. Soft cover, illustrated front. Near fine. Oblong: 15.8 x 20.6. 0909418195

Port Lincoln: early history, whaling, advent of steam, shipwrecks and casualties.

35844
PARSONS, Ronald
AUSTRALIAN COASTAL PASSENGER SHIPS
$20.00 AUD

Author. Adelaide. 1981. 1st Ed. (4), 196 PP (typescript) with 5 engravings & 28 b/w photos. Hard cover, gilt title on front cover. Ex-library copy with stamps on FFEP, verso of title-page and rear endpaper. Hinges reinforced. An otherwise very good clean copy. Oblong: 16.5 x 20.5. 0909418209

Details and a brief outline of the career of every steam and motor ship that carried passengers on the Australian coast.

38262
PARSONS, Ronald
AUSTRALIAN SHIPOWNERS AND THEIR FLEETS - Book Six - Vessels Enrolled at Sydney 1830-40
$10.00 AUD

Ronald Parsons. Magill, SA. 1980. 1st Ed. IV, 84 PP. Stapled typescript monograph. Soft cover. Near fine. Oblong: 16.2 x 20.6. 0909418160

38263
PARSONS, Ronald
AUSTRALIAN SHIPOWNERS AND THEIR FLEETS - Book Five: Early Australian Owners
$10.00 AUD

Ronald Parsons. Magill, SA. 1979. 1st Ed. (4), 91 PP. Stapled typescript monograph. Soft covers a little aged, o/wise near fine. Oblong: 16.6 x 20.6.

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

38265
PARSONS, Ronald
AUSTRALIAN SHIPOWNERS AND THEIR FLEETS - Volume Three: NEWCASTLE (Part: 1)
$10.00 AUD

Ronald Parsons. Magill, SA. 1975. 1st Ed. (2), IV, 200-300 c, (5 Index) PP. Stapled typescript. Soft cover. A few marks on covers, o/wise near fine. Oblong: 16.2 x 20.6. 0909418055

Amendments to lists in previous volumes followed by shipowners operating to or from Newcastle and the Hunter Valley.

42341
PARSONS, Ronald
SOUTHERN PASSAGES - A Maritime History of South Australia
$20.00 AUD

Author. Adelaide. 1998. Revised edition of the 1986 original. XI, 377 PP with over 5 maps & plans, and 79 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 20.4 x 14.7. 0949268666

Published for the 150 year jubilee celebrations of South Australia.

42343
PARSONS, Ronald
AUSTRALIAN SHIPOWNERS AND THEIR FLEETS. Book 17: Huddart family and Parker of Geelong and Melbourne
$15.00 AUD

Ronald Parsons. Goolwa, S.A. 1999. 1st Ed. II, 58 PP. Stapled typescript monograph. Soft cover. Fine. Oblong: 16.2 x 20.5. 0909418632

44895
PARSONS, Ronald
AUSTRALIAN SHIPOWNERS AND THEIR FLEETS. Book Nine (VESSELS ENROLLED AT MELBOURNE up to 1859)
$10.00 AUD

Ronald Parsons. Goolwa, SA. 2003. Reprint of the 1989 original. (4), P.101 to 186. Stapled typescript monograph. Soft cover. Near fine. Oblong: 16 x 20.5. 0909418411

Vessels enrolled at Melbourne, concluding the period 1839-1854, list of shipowners up to 1859.

44930
PARSONS, Ronald
AUSTRALIAN SHIPOWNERS AND THEIR FLEETS. Book Eleven - Vessels enrolled at Launceston 1830-1859
$10.00 AUD

Ronald Parsons. Goolwa, S.A. c. 2003. Reprint of the 1992 original. (2), 56 PP. Stapled typescript monograph. Soft cover. Fine. Oblong: 16.2 x 20.6. 0909418462

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

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

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

47002
PARSONS, Ronald
AUSTRALIAN SHIPOWNERS AND THEIR FLEETS. Book Seven (VESSELS ENROLLED AT SYDNEY 1841-49)
$10.00 AUD

Ronald Parsons. Goolwa, S.A. c. 2003. Reprint of the 1982 original. IV, 98 PP. Stapled typescript monograph printed on 2 columns. Soft cover. Near fine. Oblong: 16.6 x 20.5. 0909418241

48792
PARSONS, Ronald
AUSTRALIAN SHIPOWNERS AND THEIR FLEETS. Books 19 and 20: Vessels enrolled at Sydney between 1860 and 1875
$20.00 AUD

Ronald Parsons / AMHS. Murray Bridge, SA. 2004. 1st Ed. Book 19: (2), 102 PP. Book 20: (2), 75 PP. Soft cover. Fine. Oblong: 16.2 x 20.5. 09094187 - 3X & 48

Book 19: A to H. Book 20: I to Z. Vessels enrolled at Sydney between 1860 and 1875.

48793
PARSONS, Ronald
AUSTRALIAN SHIPOWNERS AND THEIR FLEETS. Books 21 and 22: Ships enrolled at Melbourne 1860-1875
$20.00 AUD

Ronald Parsons / AMHS. Murray Bridge, SA. 2004. 1st Ed. Book 21: (2), 79 PP. Book 22: (2), 53 PP. Soft covers with light soiling, o/wise fine. Oblong: 16.2 x 20.5. 0909418756 & 09

Book 21: A to L. Book 22: M to Z.

48794
PARSONS, Ronald
AUSTRALIAN SHIPOWNERS AND THEIR FLEETS. Books 23 and 24: Amendments to previous books and some post 1875 additions
$20.00 AUD

AMHS. Murray Bridge, SA. 2005. 1st Ed. Book 23: (2), 100 PP. Book 24: (2), 94 PP. Soft cover. Fine. Oblong: 16.2 x 20.5. 0909418 - 780 & 799

Book 23: A to K. Book 24: L to Z. Amendments to previous books and some post-1875 additions.

50526
PARSONS, Ronald
YORKE PENINSULA SHIPPING
$10.00 AUD

Ronald Parsons. Murray Bridge, S.A. c. 2004. Reprint of the 1998 edition (original of 1976). 2, 26 PP, plus 5 pages with 6 b/w photos. Stapled typescript. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 21 x15. 0909418624

The development of passenger cargo shipping services to Yorke Peninsula ports in both Spencer & St. Vincent Gulfs.

51981
PARSONS, Ronald
YORKE PENINSULA SHIPPING
$10.00 AUD

Ronald Parsons. Lobethal, S.A. 1998. October 1998 reprint of the 1976 original. (2), 26 PP with 1 b/w photo, plus 4 pages with 7 b/w photos. Stapled typescript. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 21 x 15. 0909418624

The development of passenger cargo shipping services to Yorke Peninsula ports in both Spencer & St. Vincent Gulfs.

55198
PARSONS, Ronald
AUSTRALIAN SHIPOWNERS AND THEIR FLEETS - Book Three - Newcastle
$10.00 AUD

Author. Adelaide. 2005. Reprint of the March 1985 revised edition of the 1975 original. Book Three, in Australian Shipowners and their Fleets series. (2), IV, 200-300 A, (6 Index) PP with 1 line drawing. Stapled typescript. Soft cover. Fine. Oblong: 16.5 x 20.6. 0909418055

Amendments to lists in previous volumes followed by shipowners operating to or from Newcastle and the Hunter Valley.

64442
PARSONS, Ronald
THE SHIPS OF BURNS, PHILP & CO. LTD
$20.00 AUD

Ronald H. Parsons. Magill, S.A. 1978. December 1978 original. 68 PP (typescript on 2 columns), plus 12 pages with 28 b/w photos. Soft cover, illustrated front, staples, cloth spine.. Very good. Oblong: 16.5 x 20.5. 0909418128

The ships owned and operated from 1883 to 1970.

65046
PARSONS, Ronald
FLEET LIST OF BURNS, PHILP AND COMPANY, Sydney ...
$15.00 AUD

Australasian Maritime Historical Society. Woodville, S.A. 1970 & 1972. 1st Ed. no pagination, 34 PP (typescript), with the 1 page "addendum dated June 1972". Soft covers with a few marks, cloth spine. Slight ageing of paper. Very good. Oblong: 17 x 21.

66029
PARSONS, Ronald
SHIPS OF AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND BEFORE 1850 (in two parts) - Part One (A-J) & Part Two (K-Z)
$20.00 AUD

Ronald Parsons. Magill, S.A.. 1983. 1st Ed. Part One: IV, 104 PP with 1 b/w illust. Part Two: (2), 90 PP. Stapled typescript. Soft covers with 2 ititials at top of each cover. Light foxing. Near fine. Oblong: 16 x 20.7. 0909418 - 268 & 284

Details of Ships registered with Customs at Ports in Australia and New Zealand. Part One: A-J (from Abeona to Juno). Part two:K-Z (from Kangaroo to Young River Chief).

66031
PARSONS, Ronald
AUSTRALIAN SHIPOWNERS AND THEIR FLEETS. Book Seven - Vessels Enrolled at Sydney 1841-49
$10.00 AUD

Ronald Parsons. Magill, S.A. 1982. 1st Ed. IV, 98 PP. Stapled typescript monograph printed on 2 columns. Soft covers with light wear/browning, o/wise near fine. Oblong: 16.6 x 20.5. 0909418241

66032
PARSONS, Ronald
AUSTRALIAN SHIPOWNERS AND THEIR FLEETS. Book 19: Vessels enrolled at Sydney between 1860 and 1875 A-H
$10.00 AUD

Ronald Parsons / AMHS. Murray Bridge, SA. 2004. 1st Ed. Book 19: (2), 102 PP. Soft cover. Fine. Oblong: 16.5 x 21. 090941873X

Book 19: Vessels enrolled at Sydney between 1860 and 1875, A to H.

66033
PARSONS, Ronald
AUSTRALIAN SHIPOWNERS AND THEIR FLEETS. Book 22: Ships enrolled at Melbourne 1860-1875, M - Z
$10.00 AUD

Ronald Parsons / AMHS. Murray Bridge, SA. 2004. 1st Ed. Book 22: (2), 53 PP. Soft cover. Fine. Oblong: 16.2 x 20.5. 0909418764

Book 22: M to Z.

71156
PARSONS, Ronald
SOUTHERN PASSAGES - A Maritime History of South Australia
$40.00 AUD

Wakefield. Adelaide. 1986. 1st Ed. XI, 417 PP with over 80 b/w illustrations and photos. Eps: Port Adelaide, circa 1910. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 22 x 15.2. 0949268674

Published at the time of the 150 year jubilee celebrations of South Australia.

71158
PARSONS, Ronald (compiler)
SHIPPING LOSSES AND CASUALTIES CONCERNING AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND (in 2 volumes)
$70.00 AUD

Author. Goolwa, S.A. 2003. 1st Ed. Volume I: (6), 200 PP with 4 b/w illustrations. Volume II, (2), 201- 398 PP. Soft cover, staples, cloth tape on spine. Faint foxing. Near fine. Scarce. 29 x 21. 0909418705

Volume I: from Aagot and Aagtekerke to Juverna and J. W. Alexander. Volume II: from K9 and Kadina to Zvir and Zwarte Zwaan.

64430
PARSONS, Ronald & PLUNKETT, Geoff
SCUTTLED AND ABANDONED SHIPS IN AUSTRALIAN WATERS
$15.00 AUD

Ronald Parsons. Lobethal, S.A. 1998. Revised edition of the May 1995 original. Typescript monograph. IV, 55 PP, plus 1 plate with 5 b/w photos. Stapled soft covers. Stamp of previous owner on front cover and title page. Very good. 21 x 14.5. 0909418616

48568
PATERSON, Lance
WRECK-OLLECTIONS: SHIPS AND SHIPWRECKS IN QUEENSLAND WATERS - Volume 1
$55.00 AUD

Helen Kershaw Editing Services. Caloundra, Qld. 2003. 1st Ed. XII, 203 PP with 4 maps and 171 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.3 x 20.6. 0646417576

69800
PATERSON, Lance
WRECK-OLLECTIONS: SHIPS AND SHIPWRECKS IN QUEENSLAND WATERS - Volume 4
$60.00 AUD

Author. Caloundra, Qld. 2018. 1st Ed. (XI), 101 PP with 2 maps, 58 b/w illustrations (drawings, engravings, photos) and 25 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.4 x 20.6. 9780646987378

72306
PATERSON, Lance
WRECK-OLLECTIONS: SHIPS AND SHIPWRECKS IN QUEENSLAND WATERS - Volume 2
$40.00 AUD

Author. Caloundra, Qld. 2008. 1st Ed. (XII), 173 PP with 4 maps and over 170 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft covers with some wear and a few creases, o/wise contents fine. Scarce. 29.4 x 20.6. 9780646480473

71557
PAUL, Lorraine
FIRST LADY - The story of "HMS Lady Nelson"
$35.00 AUD

Neptune Press. Newtown, Vic. 1982. 1st Ed. 109 PP with b/w illust. (period engravings, b/w photos, and 44 drawings by John Paul), plus 2 pages with 4 maps. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket with a few small chips and a repaired closed tear, o/wise a fine copy. Scarce. 24 x 18. 0909131910

First ship to enter the Heads of Port Phillip Bay, February 15th, 1802.

31143
PAYNE, Joe
HARBOUR UNDER SAIL - A guide to the Tall Ships bringing History to Life
$10.00 AUD

The Sun-Herald. Sydney. 1988. Insert to The Sun-Herald of 17th January 1988. 32 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover (US Coast Guard Eagle). Covers slightly rubbed. Very good. 27.5 x 20.5.

Fleet gathering in Sydney for the Bicentennial of Australia.

37345
PEIRCE, Augustus
KNOCKING ABOUT - Being Some Adventures of Augustus Baker Peirce in Australia
$25.00 AUD

Shoestring Press. Wangaratta, Victoria. 1984. Facsimile reprint of the original published by Yale University Press in 1924. Edited by Mrs Albert T. Leatherbee, with an introduction by Edwin Howard Brigham. XVII, 181 PP with 86 b/w illustrations by the author. Fp: The Oriental. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Few foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise fine. 21.5 x 15.2. 0959839186

An American Captain on the Murray. He jumped ship in Melbourne, from the Oriental... Returned to America in 1892.

74894
PEMBERTON, Barry
AUSTRALIAN COASTAL SHIPPING
$40.00 AUD

Melbourne University Press. Melbourne. 1979. 1st Ed. XVIII, 327 PP with many b/w illust. (plans, photos). P.250-299: Appendix of Australian owned & operated steamers & motor vessels. Red cloth cover, dj. Very small and neat stamp of previous owner on inside front cover. Covers and dust jacket have light shelf wear, o/wise a fine copy. Oblong: 18.5 x 25. 0522841317

A history of the period when cargo between cities was mainly seaborne and ships of every kind plied the Australian coastline.

36610
PERCY, Betty J.
WELCOME ABOARD THE TAMAR BOATS
$300.00 AUD

Betty J. Percy. Launceston. 1993. 1st Ed. XII, 260 PP with 152 b/w illust., plus large folded map in colour of the Tamar River tipped in at centre of book Fp (in colour):: "Ronda-Lisa" under storm jib only. Illustrated endpapers. Cloth cover, decorated front cover, dj. Dust jacket has small repaired nick at top, o/wise fine. Scarce. 26.6 x 19. 0646136496

Stories of 750 craft built on, and launched from the banks of the Tamar River, Tasmania.

74654
PERCY, Betty J.
WELCOME ABOARD THE TAMAR BOATS
$125.00 AUD

Betty J. Percy. Launceston. 1993. 1st Ed. XII, 260 PP with 152 b/w illust., plus large folded map in colour of the Tamar River tipped in at centre of book Fp (in colour):: "Ronda-Lisa" under storm jib only. Illustrated endpapers. Cloth cover, decorated front cover, dj. Dust jacket with signs of wear and rubbed patches. Faint foxing on fore outside edge. Ex Library copy with stamps on front endpaper and verso of title page, rubbed patches on endpapers. o/wise fine. Scarce. 26.6 x 19. 0646136496

Stories of 750 craft built on, and launched from the banks of the Tamar River, Tasmania.

68502
PETERSWALD, Rob and Rosemary
BEYOND THE SHORE: Sailing, Seafood, Wine ... East Coast Australia
$15.00 AUD

Maroceania II Enterprises. Hobart. 2004. 1st Ed. 252 PP with b/w and colour photos. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 25.7 x 25.2. 9780646435619

Yacht "Oceania II", on the East coast of Australia: Port Davey in Tasmania to the top of Cape York Peninsula.

69163
PETERSWALD, Rob and Rosemary
FROM THE SEA - Images of Tasmania's glorious Sailing Waters Seafood and Wines
$40.00 AUD

Oceania II Enterprises. Hobart. 2001. 1st Ed. VI, 154 PP with 12 maps, 1 page of b/w photos (from the family album) and hundreds of colour photos accompanying 21 recipes (from the galley and from the cellar). Hard cover, dj. Fine. 25.7 x 25.2. 0957923503

The beauty of the Tasmanian coasts, and the enjoyment of fine seafood and wine.

30279
PHILLIPS, Peter
RIVER BOAT DAYS on the Murray, Darling, Murrumbidgee
$25.00 AUD

Lansdowne. Melbourne. 1972. 1st edition. 132 PP with b/w photos. Hard cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj. Covers with light wear and dust jacket has a repaired tear on rear and is in a protective sleeve. Signature of previous ower on FFEP, o/wise near fine. Oblong: 25.5 x 29.5. 701800461

Paddle wheelers, steam wheelers, their builders, the wool trade, snagging boats, fishing boats, etc...

71549
PHILP, J. E.
THE HARRIET McGREGOR - A STAUNCH SHIP'S SEA STORY
$35.00 AUD

Author. Hobart. 1934. 1st Ed. Foreword by C. B. Black. 44 PP with 6 b/w photos on full page. Stapled soft covers (marbled). Near fine. Scarce. 21.8 x 14.

The record of this sturdy blue-gum clipper, the pride of the Port of Hobart, which sailed and logged 845,000 nautical miles between Hobart and London, Adelaide, Mauritius & Melbourne, between 1871 and 1895.

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

Hobart Ports Corporation. Hobart. 1998. 1st Ed. VI, 434 PP with 1 plan, 4 b/w illust., 16 colour and 210 b/w photos. Pictorial card cover. Near fine. 21.1 x 14.8. 0646362828

Port created in 1826 by the Van Diemen's Land Co. as an outlet for their first European settlement on the North-West Coast of Tasmania.

22603
PLOWMAN, Peter
EMIGRANT SHIPS TO LUXURY LINERS - Passenger Ships to Australia & New Zealand, 1945-1990
$65.00 AUD

NSW University Press. Sydney. 1992. 1st Ed. 296 PP with 283 b/w photos, plus 8 pages with 16 colour plates. Fp: "New Australia" at Circular Quay. Half-title page: profile of the "Britanis". Eps: Advertising material / posters on sea travel. Hard cover, dj. Review tipped in on half-title page. Tiny bump near bottom of spine, o/wise a fine copy. 29.2 x 22. 0868403792

Stories of the Builders & Owners, the Crew & Passengers of these great ships.

30446
PLOWMAN, Peter
PASSENGER SHIPS OF AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND - Volume I (1876-1912)
$20.00 AUD

Doubleday. Sydney. 1981. 1st Ed. 224 PP profusely illustrated with b/w photos. Eps: Funnels, house flags & hull colours of these passenger ships. Hard cover, dj. Spine of dj a little faded. Near fine. Oblong: 21.2 x 28. 0868240362

Covers 125 vessels placed in service from 1876 to 1912 by 21 shipping companies from Australia & 4 from New Zealand.

51841
PLOWMAN, Peter
AUSTRALIAN CRUISE SHIPS
$15.00 AUD

Rosenberg. Sydney. 2007. 1st Ed. 112 PP with 112 colour illustrations (1 painting, 111 photos). Title page: Saga Rose and Arcadia. Verso of title page: Sapphire Princess. Pictorial soft cover. Errata slip loosely inserted. Fine. 28.5 x 21. 9781877058509

51932
PLOWMAN, Peter
PASSENGER SHIPS OF AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND - Volume I (1876-1912)
$15.00 AUD

Doubleday. Sydney. 1981. 1st Ed. 224 PP profusely illustrated with b/w photos. Eps: Funnels, flags & colours of these passenger ships. Hard cover, dj. Spine of dust jacket faded with a closed repaired tear on back, foxing on top edges. Internally fine. Oblong: 21.2 x 28. 0868240362

Covers 125 vessels placed in service from 1876 to 1912 by 21 shipping companies from Australia & 4 from New Zealand.

68721
PLOWMAN, Peter
ACROSS THE SEA TO WAR - Australian and New Zealand Troop Convoys from 1865 through two World Wars to Korea and Vietnam
$15.00 AUD

Rosenberg. Sydney. 2003. 1st Ed. 504 PP with 188 b/w photos. Fp: Moravian departs Woolloomooloo wharf on 17 January 1900. Card covers, pictorial front. Near fine. 22.5 x 15. 9781877058066

68755
PLOWMAN, Peter
PASSENGER SHIPS OF AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND - Volume I (1876-1912)
$10.00 AUD

Doubleday. Sydney. 1981. 1st Ed. 224 PP profusely illustrated with b/w photos. Eps: Funnels, flags & colours of these passenger ships. Hard cover. Ex-Library copy with No. at lower corner of front board, stamps or markings on endpapers, outside edges and title page. Very good. Oblong: 21.2 x 28. 0868240362

Covers 125 vessels placed in service from 1876 to 1912 by 21 shipping companies from Australia & 4 from New Zealand.

69951
PLOWMAN, Peter
WANGANELLA AND THE AUSTRALIAN TRANS-TASMAN LINERS
$50.00 AUD

Rosenberg / Transpress NZ. Sydney. 2009. 1st Ed. 188 PP with 23 colour and over 125 b/w illustrations (menus, programs, paintings, plans & photos). Fp: Advertisements for travel by Huddart Parker Line. Pictorial soft cover. Dedicatory note to previous owner signed by the author on title page. Fine. 28.5 x 21. 9781877058806

48124
PORT OF MONTREAL
THE GOLD-HEADED CANE
$20.00 AUD

Port of Montreal. Montreal. 1988. 1st Ed. 56 PP with 15 b/w illustrations. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover. Fine. 18.5 x 12.2. 0662165993

Published to coincide with the 150th presentation of the Gold-Headed Cane and the 25th anniversary of year-round navigation.

60589
PORT PHILLIP BAY
MAKING THE MOST OF THE BAY - A Draft Plan for the Protection and Development of Port Phillip and Corio Bays
$10.00 AUD

Ministry for Planning and Environment. Melbourne. 1989. April 1989 edition. Foreword by Tom Roper. (6), 58 PP with 18 b/w figures (2 graphs and 17 maps), plus folded poster with colour illustrations (4 maps and 16 photos). Pictorial soft cover. Bayside Bulletin, issue 6, April 1989, loosely inserted. Fine. 29.7 x 21.

70069
PORTEOUS, R.S. ("Standby")
CLOSE TO THE WIND and Other Stories
$20.00 AUD

Angus & Robertson. London. c. 1955. 1st Ed. (Jan. 1955). 240 PP. Hard cover, spine a little sunned, light foxing around edges, o/wise a very good clean copy. 20.3 x 14.

Stories of ships & sailors by an Australian author & seaman with experience along the coast including the narrow waters of the Great Barrier Reef.

39483
PORTS
THE PORT OF ADELAIDE - South Australia
$30.00 AUD

Dept. of Marine & Harbors. Adelaide. 1980. 1st Ed. 24 PP with 1 map of South Australia, 1 plan of Port of Adelaide at centrefold, 4 b/w and 27 colour photos, plus clear plastic pocket with a folded flyer (3 folds) Statistical details and current Port charges. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.7 x 21.2.

71873
PORTS NSW
PORT OF SYDNEY. Volume 2, No. 6, October, 1949
$10.00 AUD

Maritime Services Board of N. S. W. Sydney. 1949. XX (covers & advertisements), 173-204 PP with b/w illustrations (maps, plans, sketches and photographs). Pictorial soft cover. Faint old stamp of the Illawarra Historical Society on front cover, faint foxing, o/wise near fine. 24.3 x 18.3.

News of the Ports of New South Wales. Development of Homebush Bay, Port of Sydney, by A. H. Small. Cheese making ... a growing Austraian Industry. Port Macquarie.

71878
PORTS NSW
PORT OF SYDNEY. Volume 4, No. 3, January, 1953
$15.00 AUD

Maritime Services Board of N. S. W. Sydney. 1953. XXXVI (covers & advertisements), 65-96 PP with b/w illustrations (maps, plans, sketches and photographs). Pictorial soft cover. Staples removed. Faint foxing. Near fine. 24.3 x 18.3.

News of the Ports of New South Wales. 83 Degrees South with Ernest Joyce (with Captain Robert Scott, and Sir Ernest Shackleton), by B.A. Smee, pages 82 to 87. Finny Denizens of Sydney Harbour, by R. H. Waite

67928
QUEENSLAND LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
QUEENSLAND PORT DUES - PETITION
$10.00 AUD

Legislative Assembly / James C. Beal, Government Printer. Brisbane. 1880. 1880 petition presented to the Legislative Assembly by Alfred Shaw & CoL by their attorney, Thos. E.White. 1 PP. Ageing of paper and occasional foxing. Staples removed. Very good. 33.5 x 21.

Petition as agents of the Peabody's Line of sailing ships trading between the United States of America and the Australian Colonies.

67892
QUEENSLAND PARLIAMENT
A BILL RELATING TO WRECK CASUALTIES AND SALVAGE
$10.00 AUD

James C. Beal, Government Printer. Brisbane. 1879. Bill of 18th June 1879. 10 PP (stitched). Foxing spots on outside pages. Very good. Folio: 33 x 21.5.

67895
QUEENSLAND PARLIAMENT
Despatch Respecting "WRECKS AND SALVAGE BILL" Reserved for Royal Assent
$10.00 AUD

James C. Beal, Government Printer. Brisbane. 1880. Despatch presented to both Houses of Parliament, 22nd February 1880. 3 PP. Faint foxing, paper aged. Very good. Folio: 33 x 21.5.

67896
QUEENSLAND PARLIAMENT
Despatch Respecting UNCLAIMED SALVAGE
$10.00 AUD

James C. Beal, Government Printer. Brisbane. 1880. Despatch presented to both Houses of Parliament, 16th July 1880. 2 PP. Edges chipped with a few closed tears, o/wise good. Folio: 33 x 21.5.

67897
QUEENSLAND PARLIAMENT
Despatch Transmitting TERRITORIAL WATERS JUDICATURE ACT, 1878
$10.00 AUD

James C. Beal, Government Printer. Brisbane. 1880. Despatch presented to both Houses of Parliament, 1st December 1879. 2 PP. Paper aged with a few chips or repaired tears. Very good. Folio: 33 x 21.5.

67898
QUEENSLAND PARLIAMENT
Despatch Transmitting DECLARATION BETWEEN THE BRITISH AND FRENCH GOVERNMENTS PROLONGING THE DURATION OF THE EXISTING TREATIES OF COMMERCE AND NAVIGATION BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND FRANCE
$5.00 AUD

James C. Beal, Government Printer. Brisbane. 1880. Despatch presented to both Houses of Parliament, 24th January 1880. 1 PP. Paper ageing with a small closed tear. Very good. Folio: 33 x 21.5.

67901
QUEENSLAND PARLIAMENT
Despatch Transmitting ORDER OF HER MAJESTY IN COUNCIL RESPECTING CREWS OF DANISH SHIPS, Etc.
$5.00 AUD

James C. Beal, Government Printer. Brisbane. 1882. Despatch transmitted to both Houses of Parliament, 8th August 1881. 1 PP. Very good. Folio: 33 x 21.5.

67902
QUEENSLAND PARLIAMENT
AGREEMENT BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND DENMARK RELATIVE TO MERCHANT SEAMEN DESERTERS
$5.00 AUD

James C. Beal, Government Printer. Brisbane. 1882. Presented to both Houses of Parliament, 7th November 1881. 1 PP. Very good. Folio: 33 x 21.5.

67903
QUEENSLAND PARLIAMENT
Despatch Containing Note from Swedish Minister respecting new system of TONNAGE MEASUREMENT IN SWEDEN
$5.00 AUD

James C. Beal, Government Printer. Brisbane. 1882. Despatch transmitted to both Houses of Parliament, 12th April 1882. 1 PP. Very good. Folio: 33 x 21.5.

67904
QUEENSLAND PARLIAMENT
Orders in Council respecting TONNAGE MEASUREMENT OF SHIPS OF THE KINGDOMS OF SWEDEN AND HAYTI
$10.00 AUD

James C. Beal, Government Printer. Brisbane. 1882. Presented to both Houses of Parliament, 8th June 1882. 2 PP. Faint foxing. Very good. Folio: 33 x 21.5.

67905
QUEENSLAND PARLIAMENT
Her Majesty's Order in Council respecting CANDIDATES FOR CERTIFICATE OF COMPETENCY IN THE MERCANTILE MARINE
$10.00 AUD

James C. Beal, Government Printer. Brisbane. 1882. Presented to both Houses of Parliament, 4th August 1882. 3 PP. Faint foxing and a few small chips. Very good. Folio: 33 x 21.5.

67909
QUEENSLAND PARLIAMENT
Despatch Respecting ORDER IN COUNCIL EXEMPTING FROM REMEASUREMENT SHIPS BELONGING TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
$10.00 AUD

James C. Beal, Government Printer. Brisbane. 1883. Presented to both Houses of Parliament, 10th April 1883. 2 PP. Faint foxing. Very good. Folio: 33 x 21.5.

67910
QUEENSLAND PARLIAMENT
Order in council exempting from re-measurement DANISH STEAM VESSELS
$10.00 AUD

James C. Beal, Government Printer. Brisbane. 1883. Presented to both Houses of Parliament, 22nd May 1883. 2 PP. Faint foxing. Very good. Folio: 33 x 21.5.

67911
QUEENSLAND PARLIAMENT
Despatch Respecting AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE BRITISH AND ITALIAN GOVERNMENTS FOR THE MUTUAL RELIEF OF DISTRESSED SEAMEN
$10.00 AUD

James C. Beal, Government Printer. Brisbane. 1883. Presented to both Houses of Parliament, 10th September 1883. 2 PP. Faint foxing. Very good. Folio: 33 x 21.5.

67912
QUEENSLAND PARLIAMENT
Amendment of, Relating to Colonial Courts of Inquiry - MERCHANT SHIPPING ACTS
$10.00 AUD

James C. Beal, Government Printer. Brisbane. 1883. Presented to both Houses of Parliament, 25th September 1882. 2 PP. Faint foxing with a few small chips. Very good. Folio: 33 x 21.5.

67914
QUEENSLAND PARLIAMENT
Despatch enclosing Instructions for Examination of Candidates for Master and Mate's Certificates - MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT
$5.00 AUD

James C. Beal, Government Printer. Brisbane. 1883. Presented to both Houses of Parliament, 8th April 1883. 1 PP. Faint foxing. Very good. Folio: 33 x 21.5.

67915
QUEENSLAND PARLIAMENT
Order in Council for Giving Effect to REVISED REGULATIONS FOR PREVENTING COLLISIONS AT SEA
$15.00 AUD

James C. Beal, Government Printer. Brisbane. 1884. Presented to both Houses of Parliament, 5th September 1884. 4 PP. Faint foxing. Very good. Folio: 33 x 21.5.

Includes: Rules concerning Lights, Sound Signals for Fog, Steering and Sailing Rules...

67917
QUEENSLAND PARLIAMENT
REGULATION FOR FIXING THE POSITION OF THE LOAD LINE REQUIRED UNDER THE 93rd SECTION OF "THE NAVIGATION ACT OF 1876" ....
$5.00 AUD

James C. Beal, Government Printer. Brisbane. 1884. Presented to both Houses of Parliament, 25th August 1884. 1 PP. Faint foxing. Very good. Folio: 33 x 21.5.

67919
QUEENSLAND PARLIAMENT
Despatch Respecting DECLARATION BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND SWEDEN AND NORWAY, RESPECTING PRIVILEGES OF COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS
$5.00 AUD

James C. Beal, Government Printer. Brisbane. 1884. Presented to both Houses of Parliament, 9th November 1883. 1 PP. Faint foxing. Very good. Folio: 33 x 21.5.

67920
QUEENSLAND PARLIAMENT
Further Despatch Relating to the EXEMPTION OF NORWEGIAN SHIPS FROM TONNAGE MEASUREMENT
$10.00 AUD

James C. Beal, Government Printer. Brisbane. 1884. Presented to both Houses of Parliament, 28th February 1884. 2 PP. Faint foxing. Very good. Folio: 33 x 21.5.

67922
QUEENSLAND PARLIAMENT
Despatch Transmitting AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENTS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND EGYPT RESPECTING COMMERCE AND NAVIGATION
$10.00 AUD

James C. Beal, Government Printer. Brisbane. 1884. Presented to both Houses of Parliament, 22nd July 1884. 3 PP. Faint foxing. Very good. Folio: 33 x 21.5.

67923
QUEENSLAND PARLIAMENT
Despatch Transmitting Order in Council for ARREST OF SEAMEN DESERTERS FROM RUSSIAN, NORWEGIAN AND SWEDISH, AND PERUVIAN SHIPS
$5.00 AUD

James C. Beal, Government Printer. Brisbane. 1884. Presented to both Houses of Parliament, 2nd September 1884. 1 PP. Small closed tears, o/wise very good. Folio: 33 x 21.5.

67924
QUEENSLAND PARLIAMENT
Despatch Transmitting Order in Council Respecting ISSUE OF COLONIAL CERTIFICATES OF COMPETENCY TO OFFICERS OF BRITISH VESSELS
$15.00 AUD

James C. Beal, Government Printer. Brisbane. 1891. C.A. 111-1891, Presented to both Houses of Parliament, 31st August 1891. 7 PP. Rusty staples removed. Faint foxing. Very good. Folio: 33 x 21.5.

67925
QUEENSLAND PARLIAMENT
Termination of TREATY OF COMMERCE AND NAVIGATION BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND PORTUAL
$5.00 AUD

James C. Beal, Government Printer. Brisbane. 1891. C.A. 77-1891, Presented to both Houses of Parliament, 7th July 1891. 1 PP. Faint foxing. Very good. Folio: 33 x 21.5.

67931
QUEENSLAND PARLIAMENT
HARBOUR REGULATIONS (Additional)
$5.00 AUD

Legislative Assembly / James C. Beal, Government Printer. Brisbane. 1884. Presented to both Houses of Parliament, 5th July 1884. 1 PP. Ageing of paper and occasional foxing. Very good. Folio: 33.5 x 21.

67932
QUEENSLAND PARLIAMENT
A BILL To Amend "THE HARBOUR BOARDS ACT, 1892" and "THE HARBOUR DUES ACT OF 1892" and for other purposes connected therewith
$15.00 AUD

Legislative Assembly / James C. Beal, Government Printer. Brisbane. 1893. Initiated in Committee, 20th September 1893. 7 PP with 5 pages of table "The Schedule". Ageing of paper and occasional foxing. Very good. Folio: 33.5 x 21.

68436
QUEENSLAND PARLIAMENT
TONNAGE MEASUREMENT OF ITALIAN VESSELS
$10.00 AUD

James C. Beal, Government Printer. Brisbane. 1883. Presented to both Houses of Parliament, 6th March, 1883. 1 PP. Top edge rubbed with small closed tears. Very good. Folio: 33 x 21.5.

58810
RAHS
JOURNAL AND PROCEEDINGS- Vol XXIII, Part III, 1937
$10.00 AUD

Royal Australian Historical Society. Sydney. 1937. Volume XXIII, Part III, 1937. Edited by C. Price Conigrave. 153- 228 PP with 3 sketch plans and 3 b/w illustrations. Soft cover. Slight ageing of paper. Very good. 21 x 14.

Some fictitious voyages to Australia, by George Mackaness. Notes on Sydney Ferries / Reminiscences of Parramatta and Lane Cove Steamers, by M. E. Deane. ... On Sir Henry Parkes, by K.R. Cramp and Joseph Jackson.

58245
RAISON, E. T. (Ray)
QUEENSCLIFF AS A FISHING PORT
$10.00 AUD

Queenscliff Historical Publications. Point Lonsdale. c. 1990. 1st Ed. 32 PP with 3 plans and 4 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21.2 x 14.6. 0731616715

42552
REEF SHIPPING
REEF GUIDE - A Shipmaster's Handbook to the Torres Strait and the Great Barrier Reef
$10.00 AUD

Queensland Transport/Australian Maritime Safety Authority. Brisbane/Canberra. 1996. 1st Ed., with a foreword by W. A. O'Neil, Secretary-General, International Maritime Organization. 36 PP with 1 table, 4 colour photos and 5 maps. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 14.8.

63946
REEKS, Walter & SINCLAIR, William
SMALL COASTAL STEAMERS (in Minutes of Proceedings, Volume XXXIII)
$80.00 AUD

The Engineering Association of New South Wales. Sydney. 1919. Volume XXXIII, 1917-18, edited by J. McNamara. LXIII, (5), 286, (2) PP printed on superior paper. Contains 2 articles pages 101 to 112 and 113 to 130 with 13 figures (3 on folded plates tipped in). Cloth cover, gilt title (dulled) on spine. Stamp and name of previous owner on endpapers. Occasional foxing of prelims, o/wise near fine. 22 x 15.

Includes two articles : Small Coastal Steamers by Walter Reeks and another by William Sinclair. Other articles: Permeability of Concrete by Water by B.J. Smart and A. Morrison, Transmission of Heat from non-luminous flames through thin water-cooled plates, by A.W. Tournay-Hinde, Cooling of Condensing Water by Towers and Spraying, by E.W. Marriott, Bridge Construction in New South Wales, by W.F. Burrow, Modern Road Pavements, by Jas. Vicars and A Method of Calibrating a Sharp-edges Orifice used for determining the flow of air, by Herbert J. Swain.

45133
REID, Gordon
FROM DUSK TILL DAWN - A History of Australian Lighthouses
$50.00 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

73102
RESCHKE, William.
MURRAY RIVER PILOT - Goolwa to SA-NSW Border, and Lower Murray, Lakes and Coorong
$25.00 AUD

R.J. & M.R. Baker & W.F. Reschke. Adelaide. 2004. New released edition of April 2004. 96 PP with 4 pages with 7 plans of river ports and 34 pages for: maps, insets, drawings & photos, by Ronald and Margaret Baker. Inside front cover: map. Pictorial stiff covers (River Murray Flag). Covers laminated and small piece cut out at top of title-page (no loss of text), o/wise contents near fine. 24.5 x 17. 9780646115603

19960
RICHARDS, Michael P.
WORKHORSES IN AUSTRALIAN WATERS, A History of Marine Engineering in Australia
$15.00 AUD

Turton & Armstrong / Institute of Marine Engineers. Sydney. 1987. 1st Ed. XIV, 269 PP with 114 b/w illust. & 132 b/w figures. Pictorial soft covers with light wear and soiling and a little foxing on outside edges. Contents near fine. 23.7 x 17.2. 0908031327

From the side lever steam engines, the multiple expansion steam engines to the diesel engine, then the gas turbine.

38947
RICHARDS, Mike
NORTH COAST RUN, Men and Ships of the N.S.W. North Coast
$15.00 AUD

Turton & Armstrong. Sydney. 1977. Reprint. 174 PP with 56 b/w illust. Eps: General arrangement T.S.S. Poonbar. Pictorial card covers with light wear/soiling, o/wise near fine. Oblong: 14.5 x 23.4. 0908031025

An account of the coastal shipping between Sydney and Point Danger with list of vessels.

69193
RICHARDSON, Garry
SAIL & STEAM: Trading Vessels to Georges Bay, 1833-1958
$75.00 AUD

Forty South Publishing / Bay of Fires Images and Publishing. Hobart. 2014. 1st Ed., with a foreword by Colin Denny. 311 PP with b/w, duotone and colour illustrations (documents, sketches, plans, paintings and photos). Fp (in colour): The Ketch "St Helens", by Bill Mearns (2013). Laminated pictorial boards. Signed by the author on title page. Fine. 30.2 x 21.5. 9780992551360

73848
RICHARDSON, Garry
SAFE PASSAGE - The Lighthouses of Tasmania
$90.00 AUD

Bay of Fires Images and Publishing. Hobart. 2022. 1st Ed., with a foreword by Anthony Donald. 523 PP with b/w, duotone and colour illustrations (documents, sketches, maps & plans, paintings & photos). Laminated pictorial boards. Fine. 30.2 x 21.5. 9780992551360

The history of Tasmania's 14 manned lighthouses ... and the ships that supplied them.

60941
RICKARD, Alan
THE EMIGRANT and other poems
$15.00 AUD

Westbrook Publishing Katoomba. 1993. 1st Ed. (4), 18, (2 blank) PP. Soft cover, illustrated front. Signed by the author on title page. Very good. 19.5 x 13.

16 Poems.

69944
RILEY, D. M. & B.H.P.
THE IRON SHIPS, A Maritime History of BHP 1885-1992
$90.00 AUD

BHP Transport. Melbourne. 1992. 1st Ed. 252 PP with b/w & colour illustrations (plans, photos, maps, ...). Title-page: "Iron Melbourne" stern. Engraved cloth cover, dj, ribbon page-marker. Fine. 31 x 30.5. 0867690232

Brief history of BHP, involvement in shipowning and shipbuilding, followed by the history of their "iron ships", from the Iron Monarch (1917-1928) to the Iron Dampier and Iron Chieftain.

21970
ROSE, Lyndon
RICHARD SIDDINS OF PORT JACKSON
$10.00 AUD

Roebuck. Canberra. 1984. 1st Ed., Roebuck Society publication No. 38. IX, 152 PP plus 12 pages with 24 photos. FEP: Pacific Ocean. REP: Falkland & Shetland Islands. Hard cover, dj. Occasional foxing, o/wise very good. 24.5 x 17.5. 0909434026

An early sea captain & merchant trading out of Port Jackson in the early days of the Colony.

45134
ROSKILL, Capt. S. W.
A MERCHANT FLEET IN WAR - Alfred Holt & Co. 1939-1945
$50.00 AUD

Collins. London. 1963. 3rd impression in May 1963 of the September 1962 original. XIV, 352 PP. FEP: The Alfred Holt Fleet, Ships Sunk in the War of 1939-1945. REP: General plan of M/V Priam. Red cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price clipped). A few small nicks/chips in the dust jacket, o/wise near fine. 22.8 x 14.5.

The long and ferocious struggle for seaborne supplies on the ships of the Holt Line. Loss of 44 owned and 8 managed ships, including Centaur off the coast of Queensland and 4 French ships.

16214
ROSS, B. & GRAY, M.
THE SAILING AUSTRALIANS
$15.00 AUD

Rigby. Adelaide. 1973. 1st Ed. 215 PP with b/w illust. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 25 x 18.2. 0851796303

A striking collection of photographs of boats and their crew together with a salty prose on the sailing Australians.

64952
ROYAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF QUEENSLAND
THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF QUEENSLAND - JOURNAL - Vol. IV, No. 4
$25.00 AUD

The Historical Society of Queensland (Inc.). Brisbane. 1951. Journal Vol. IV, No. 4, December 1951. Foreword by G. Greenwood. 447-590 PP with 2 b/w plates. Soft covers, browning around edges and spine. Ageing of paper, o/wise near fine. 21.4 x 13.7.

8 papers read to the Society in 1951 "The Jubille Year" (Second half-century of Australia existence) by: Allan A. Morrison, Clem Lack, Glenville Pike, C.G. Austin, Arthur Laurie...

64957
ROYAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF QUEENSLAND
THE JOURNAL OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF QUEENSLAND - Year-book of Proceedings : Vol. IX, No. 4
$15.00 AUD

The Royal Historical Society of Queensland. Brisbane. 1972-73. Vol. IX, No. 4, 1972-73. 177 PP with b/w illustrations. Soft cover, illustrated front. Slight ageing of paper. Near fine. 21.3 x 13.7.

10 papers. "Queensland - Harbours, Rivers and Marine" & "Captain Charles Smith: A Master of Enterprise", by Norman S. Pixley. Two Brisbane Shipowners of the last century, by G. Roderick McLeod. ... A Thumbnail history of Numismatics pertaining to Queensland, by George D. Dean. German New Guinea: A Diplomatic, Economic and Political Survey, by Peter Overlack ...

64965
ROYAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF QUEENSLAND
SPECIAL JOURNAL "Centenary of Queensland 1859-1959": Vol. VI, No. 1
$50.00 AUD

The Royal Historical Society of Queensland. Brisbane. 1959. 293 PP. Hard cover, title on front board, cloth spine. Near fine. 21.2 x 13.8.

16 papers read to the Society in 1958 and 1959. "The Discovery of Australia" / "Wild White Men in Queensland", by Sir Raphael Cilento. Some Reminiscences of Early Queensland, by E.C. Davies. Queensland-One Hundred Years of Defence, by Commander N.S. Pixley. The Taming of the Great Barrier Reef (lighthouses on the coast)", by Clem L. Lack. ... Tug-Boats of the Brisbane River, by A.A. Jordan.

65070
RYAN, Jenny
FORCEFUL'S PROUD DAY
$15.00 AUD

Burbank Productions. Brisbane. 1988. 1st Ed. (1), 36 PP with 1 b/w photo of the Forceful, 6 b/w & 13 colour illustrations by Andrea Smith. Pictorial soft cover. A 20 page booklet "The Forceful Story", by Brian Martin and Rod McLeod loosely inserted. Fine. 23.5 x 16.8. 0958798303

Coal-fired steam tug built in 1925 in Glasgow, and now part of the Queensland Maritime Museum, South Brisbane.

17544
SALTER, Harold
BASS STRAIT KETCHES
$50.00 AUD

St.David's Park Publishing. Hobart. 1991. 1st Ed. XI, 330 PP with b/w illustrations (photos, paintings, sketches ...). Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. Scarce. 24.8 x 17.7. 0724625607

The activities of the mosquito fleet of ketches and schooners plying the waters of Tasmania, Victoria and South Australia.

12978
SANDERS, Theodora
BUNBURY - Some Early History
$25.00 AUD

Roebuck Society. Canberra. 1975. 1st Ed., Roebuck Society publication No. 16. VIII, 126 PP plus 26 pages with 4 maps & 44 b/w photos. FEP: Street plan of Bunbury. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine. Fine. 25.1 x 17.7. 0909434077

Exploration, first settlers, whaling, ...

10203
SAUNDERS, Ross
NO WAY TO TREAT A LADY, Lady Denman is Saved
$10.00 AUD

Lady Denman Park & Museum. Huskisson, NSW. 1986. 1st Ed?. Foreword by John Hatton. 64 PP with b/w photos & 1 map with inset. Pictorial card cover. Very good. 20.5 x 14.7.

Sydney ferry built 1911 in Huskisson on the Currambene Creek. Return to her birthplace where a maritime museum was built and also displays relics of a shipbuilding industry.

58308
SERLE, Jessie
POINT COOKE - A History
$25.00 AUD

Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works. Hawthorn. 1983. June 1983 edition. Foreword by R. D. Marginson. (4), VIII, 72 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Covers slightly rubbed. Name of previous owner at top of title page. Near fine. 29.5 x 21

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

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

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

48795
SEXTON, R. T. (Compiler)
ENCOUNTER BAY SHIPPING 1850-1864, Rosetta Cove, Victor Harbor, Port Elliot, Murray Mouth
$15.00 AUD

AMHS. Murray Bridge, SA. 2004. 1st Ed. No pagination, 64 PP. Soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21. 0909418772

Shipping movements to the South Coast area during the working life of Port Elliot.

69887
SHIPLOVERS' SOCIETY OF VICTORIA
THE DOG WATCH - No. 56
$15.00 AUD

Shiplovers' Society of Victoria. Melbourne. 1999. Issue No. 56 of The Journal of the Shiplovers' Society of Victoria. 117 PP with c. 30 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover ("Eye of the Wind" heads East about Cape Horn). Near fine. 21.3 x 14.5.

Issue on: Sydney-Hobart Yacht Race - 1998, by Bruce E. Taylor. The Barque "Star of India". Antarctic Whaling 1946-1949, by Captain J. Abernethy. Falkland Islands visit by "Eye of the Wind" in 1991.

70527
SHIPLOVERS' SOCIETY OF VICTORIA
THE ANNUAL DOG WATCH - Volume 43
$10.00 AUD

Shiplovers' Society of Victoria. Melbourne. 1986. Issue No. 43. Edited by S.A.E. Strom & K. Shewan. Foreword by Captain R.J.F. McDonell. Vol. 43: 132 PP. Pictorial stiff cover (s.s. Abel Tasman). Very good. 21 x 14.5.

Up for Second Mate, by E. Moodie-Heddle. Voyage in Wongala, by Desmond Jackson. ... Olivebank remembered, by Alan Glover. ...

21165
SHIPPING
SHIPS OF SHAME, Inquiry into Ship Safety
$20.00 AUD

A.G.P.S. Canberra. 1992. 1st Ed. XXVI, 157 PP with 1 map & tables. Pict. card cover. Covers with a few small creases, o/wise near fine. 25 x 17.5. 0644258594

Australia and the substandard ships in Australian waters. December 1992 report from the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Transport, Communications and Infrastructure. Page 99 to 102: List of dry bulk cargo vessels totally lost with cargo in 1988, 1989, 1990 & 1991. Includes a newspaper clipping dated 28/2/93 on the coal ship Rudi in Gladstone Harbour.

31589
SHIPPING
RUDDER'S GUIDE - AUSTRALIA
$10.00 AUD

Rudder's Pty. Limited, Transport and Shipping Agents. Sydney. No date, 1937?. 10th edition. 48 PP with tables. Illustrated card cover, cloth spine. Near fine. 21 x 14.

Useful information: Customs, shipping, insurance - Aviation section...

57423
SHIPPING
AUSTRALASIAN SHIPPING DIRECTORY - 1993
$25.00 AUD

Baird Publications Pty. Ltd. Melbourne. 1993. Annual edition. Edited by Neil BAIRD & Anne HELLSTEDT. 136 PP with tables, b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21.

The Australian Fleet at June 30 1992. Owners and Operators of the Australian Fleet. Tugs at Australian Ports. Ports directory for : Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Papua New Guinea ... Australasian Shipping Directory

57424
SHIPPING
AUSTRALASIAN SHIPPING DIRECTORY - 1994
$25.00 AUD

Baird Publications Pty. Ltd. Melbourne. 1994. Annual edition. Edited by Neil BAIRD & Anne HELLSTEDT. 172 PP with tables, b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21.

The Australian Fleet. Owners and Operators of the Australian Fleet. Tugs at Australian Ports. Ports directory for : Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Papua New Guinea ... Australasian Shipping Directory

57425
SHIPPING
AUSTRALASIAN SHIPPING DIRECTORY - 1995
$25.00 AUD

Baird Publications Pty. Ltd. Melbourne. 1995. Annual edition. Edited by Neil BAIRD & Anne HELLSTEDT. 192 PP with tables, b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 29.8 x 21.

The Australian Fleet. Owners and Operators of the Australian Fleet. Tugs at Australian Ports. Ports directory for : Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Papua New Guinea ... Australasian Shipping Directory

64695
SHIPPING
AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL MARITIME ASSOCIATION - The 1991 Industry Report
$30.00 AUD

Australian National Maritime Association Limited. Port Melbourne. 1991. August 1991 edition. 32 PP with 21 tables and colour illustrations (15 graphs and 18 photos). Plus the 1991 Annual Report (36 PP with 15 duo-tone photos) in rear pocket. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.7 x 21.

1991 Industry Report - Australian Shipping: an Industry in its own right.

67470
SHIPPING
THE SHIPPING GAZETTE AND SYDNEY GENERAL TRADE LIST - Vol. XVII: from January to December 1860
$150.00 AUD

John Fairfax and Sons / Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney. 1861. Bound edition of this Weekly Gazette. (2), 216 PP. Hard cover, half bound with marbled paper. Covers rubbed and worn, hinge of front cover split, part of spine missing at foot. Foxing. Complete, but in need of rebacking. Good copy. 37.5 x 25.

Volume XVII: No. 817 of 2nd January 1860 to No. 869, 31 December 1860.

22280
[SHIPPING]
RUDDER'S GUIDE To Australian Customs, Shipping, Transport, Banking and Trade
$15.00 AUD

Rudder's Limited. Sydney. c. 1935. 9th edition. 76 PP with 2 maps and tables. Illustrated card cover, cloth spine. P.60 to 72: texts in Chinese script, French, Italian and German. Very good. 21.4 x 14.4.

Useful information regarding importation of goods... maritime rates and charges...

57426
[SHIPPING]
DCN / Daily Commercial News - Directory of Australian Transport Services - 1991
$15.00 AUD

Peter Isaacson (DCN) Pty Ltd / Daily Commercial News. Sydney. 1991. 30th Ed. Edited by James LAWRENCE. 144 PP with tables, b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27.5 x 20.5.

57427
[SHIPPING]
DCN / Daily Commercial News - Australian Directory of Shipping and Transport Services - 1992
$15.00 AUD

Peter Isaacson (DCN) Pty Ltd / Daily Commercial News. Sydney. 1991. 31st Ed. Edited by Dale CRISP & David WORWOOD. 156 PP with tables, b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27.5 x 20.5.

16037
SLEVIN, Alan
AUSTRALIAN SHIPS SKETCHBOOK
$30.00 AUD

Rigby. Adelaide. 1972. 1st Ed. 111 PP with 60 sketches by the author. Ep: Map of Australasia with sketches of ships that served Australia. Hard cover, dj. Rubbed patch on front cover of dust jacket. Slight insect damage on fore edge of the front endpaper. Title page with address blocked out at top corner. Dated and signed by Alan Slevin, author/artist (next to his name). Very good. Oblong: 19 x 26.2. 0851794211

Description and illustration of the many and various types of merchant vessels which are a part of Australia's maritime history.

50780
SLEVIN, Alan
AUSTRALIAN SHIPS SKETCHBOOK
$15.00 AUD

Rigby. Adelaide. 1972. 1st Ed. 111 PP with 60 sketches by the author. Eps: Map of Australasia with sketches of ships that served Australia. Hard cover, dj. Spine of dust jacket sunned. Foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise very good. Oblong: 19 x 26.2. 0851794211

Description and illustration of the many and various types of merchant vessels which are a part of Australia's maritime history.

74495
SLEVIN, Alan
AUSTRALIAN SHIPS SKETCHBOOK
$10.00 AUD

Rigby. Adelaide. 1972. 1st Ed. 111 PP with 60 sketches by the author. Eps: Map of Australasia with sketches of ships that served Australia. Hard cover. Foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise very good. Image shows the Edina. Oblong: 19 x 26.2. 851794211

Description and illustrations of the many and various types of merchant vessels which are a part of Australia's maritime history.

20914
SMYTH, Dacre
HISTORIC SHIPS OF AUSTRALIA - A Third Book of Paintings, Poetry and Prose
$20.00 AUD

Author. Melbourne. 1982. 1st Ed. Foreword by Admiral Lionel Lockwood. 139 PP comprising 82 col. paintings. Eps: Location map of historic Australian ships. Hard cover, dj. Fine. Signed on title page by the author. 20.8 x 22. 0959519831

36498
SMYTH, Dacre
HISTORIC SHIPS OF AUSTRALIA - A Third Book of Paintings, Poetry and Prose
$10.00 AUD

Author. Melbourne. 1982. 1st Ed. Foreword by Admiral Lionel Lockwood. 139 PP comprising 82 col. paintings. Eps: Location map of historic Australian ships. Hard cover, dj. Name of previous owner (partly erased) on front endpaper and title page. Very good. 20.8 x 22. 0959519831

36519
SMYTH, Dacre
HISTORIC SHIPS OF AUSTRALIA - A Third Book of Paintings, Poetry and Prose
$20.00 AUD

Author. Melbourne. 1982. 1st Ed. Foreword by Admiral Lionel Lockwood. 139 PP comprising 82 col. paintings. Eps: Location map of historic Australian ships. Hard cover, dj. Fine. Dedicatory note on half title page dated May 1983, and signed by author. 20.8 x 22. 0959519831

50595
SMYTH, Dacre
HISTORIC SHIPS OF AUSTRALIA - A Third Book of Paintings, Poetry and Prose
$15.00 AUD

Author. Melbourne. 1982. 1st Ed. Foreword by Admiral Lionel Lockwood. 139 PP comprising 82 col. paintings. Eps: Location map of historic Australian ships. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 20.8 x 22. 0959519831

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.

69662
SMYTHE, Suzanne
GUARDIANS OF THE PORT: Hobart's Colonial Pilots
$70.00 AUD

Forty South Publishing. Hobart. 2015. 1st Ed. (6), 266 PP with hundreds of b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial stff cover. Signed by the author on title page. Fine (as new condition). 26 x 21. 9780994376169

22766
SOUTER, Gavin
MOSMAN, A History
$35.00 AUD

Melbourne University Press. Melbourne. 1995. Reprint of the 1994 original. XII, 378 PP with 4 plans, and 18 b/w illust., plus 16 pages with 48 b/w plates, and 4 pages with 7 colour plates. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 24.2 x 15.8. 9780522845914

Whaling and careening of ships in the early years to a modern suburb on north shore, Sydney.

36516
SPENCER, Mark
THE WRECK OF THE CATTERTHUN (in Australian Geographic, No. 27, 1992)
$10.00 AUD

Australian Geographic Society. Sydney. 1992. Issue No. 27, July-September 1992. 128 PP. Contains article from P.100 to 115 with 1 location map, 1 plan, 4 b/w and 18 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27.8 x 21.

Inter-colonial trader S.S. Catterthun owned by Eastern and Australian Steamship Co., sunk off Seal Rocks in August 1895 with loss of 55 lives.

51899
SPINAZE, M. P. (editor)
SHIPS ON SLIPS. A Condensed History of Peters Slip 1856 to 1992
$20.00 AUD

The Queensland Women's Historical Association. Brisbane. 1996. 1st Ed. No pagination, 160 PP with b/w illustrations (facsimile of documents, sketch plans, plans, photos) Pictorial soft cover, cloth spine. Fine. 29.7 x 21. 0959027149

Shipyard on the Brisbane River.

64411
SPINAZE, M. P. (editor)
FROM KANGAROOS TO CARGO SHIPS - A Short History of Peninsula Kangaroo Point 1823 to 1996
$25.00 AUD

The Queensland Women's Historical Association. Brisbane. 1997. 1st edition by Diana Hacker. (18), 103 PP with b/w illustrations, plus 100 pages with b/w illustrations (drawings and sketches, plans, portraits, photos...). Pictorial soft cover, cloth spine. Fine. 29.7 x 21. 0959027165

71611
STAMMERS, Michael K.
THE PASSAGE MAKERS
$110.00 AUD

Teredo Books. Brighton, Sussex. 1978. 1st Ed., with an introduction by Ross Osmond. XX, (2), 508 PP with 96 b/w & 22 colour illustrations. FEP: The meeting of the Vision and the Schomberg near the line. REP: Plan of the Liverpool and Birkenhead Dock Estate. Cloth cover, gilt device on front cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price clipped). Dust jacket has a small rub at top near spine and is in a protective plastic sleeve. A near fine copy of a scarce item. 25 x 19. 090366206X

Sub-title: The history of the Black Ball Line of Australian Packets, 1852-1871; of the men who founded the Company and guided its fortunes; of their ships and captains, some of whom were amongst the most famous in the annals of Maritime History and many of which have received little notice, of the emigrants both in the days of the Gold Rush and afterwards, and of the other ventures of this outstanding Shipping Company, together with the background to its operation.

33928
STANLEY, Raymond (editor)
TOURIST TO THE ANTIPODES - William Archer's Australian Journey, 1876-77
$20.00 AUD

University of Queensland Press. Brisbane. 1977. 1st edition of the typescript Australian Journey 1876-7. William Archer. XXXVI, 118 PP, plus 12 pages with 1 map and 20 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Review copy with request pasted on front endpaper. Faint foxing on outside edges. Fine. 21.8 x 14. 0702210072

Voyage from Plymouth to Melbourne on the Somersetshire. Melbourne to Sydney on the Alexandra. To Rockhampton on the A.S.N. Co steamer Balclutha...

22853
STEELE, J. G.
THE BRISBANE RIVER
$20.00 AUD

Rigby. Adelaide. 1976. 1st Ed., in the Pageant of Australia series. 63 PP with 1 graph, 3 plans & 31 bw illust., plus 4 pages with 8 colour photos. Fp: Coal wharves at South Brisbane, 31 July 1886. Hard cover, dj. Name of previous owner at top of FFEP, o/wise a fine copy. 24.2 x 18.3. 0851799124

Shipping, bridges, industries... Brisbane River floods.

72132
STEVENS, T.S. & DICK, H.W.
SCOTTISH HOUSE: A History of McIlwraith , McEacharn - Shipowners, Merchants and Miners 1875-1993
$70.00 AUD

Nautical Association of Australia, Inc. Melbourne. 2021. 1st edition. XII, 392 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Inside front cover: Early painting of the "Bothwell Castle". Inside back cover: Cut-away of the triple screw steamer "Katoomba". Title page with House-Flag. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 25 x 17.3. 9780975689653

73615
STODDART, Michael
THE BLYTHE STAR TRAGEDY - How indifference and Neglect sank a ship and cost three men their lives
$40.00 AUD

Forty South Publishing. Hobart. 2022. 1st edition. XII, 164 PP with 2 colour photos and b/w illustrations: 2 drawings, 2 maps, 2 sketches, 3 plans and 7 photos. Pictorial stiff covers with flaps. New. 25 x 17.5. 9780645211740

74865
SYDNEY HARBOUR TRUST
THE PORT OF SYDNEY, N.S.W. - Official Handbook
$750.00 AUD

The Sydney Harbour Trust Commissioners. Sydney. 1919. 1st edition. 68 PP with 7 tables and 28 b/w illustrations (1 drawing "Captain Phillip's Sirius" and 27 photos (13 of them on full page), plus 8 large folded plates. (3 aerial photos of the Port and 5 "Bird's eye view" maps in colour). Of the 5 plates, 4 are in excellent condition with no repaired tears and one has 2 creases and 2 repaired tears on the fold of the "tip in". Original cloth covers with only minimal wear, gilt engraved title and device on front cover. Renewed endpapers. A near fine copy of this rare item. 22.6 x 14.5.

On the folded plates - 3 aerial photos: Entrance to the Port of Sydney / Circular Quay, Sydney Cove / Darling Harbour, Port of Sydney. 5 maps in colour "Birds Eye View", viz: The Port of Sydney (tipped in on FEP), showing new wharfage Scheme in course of construction "Walsh Bay" (tipped in on REP), Map of the Wharf Accommodation of the Port of Sydney, New Wharf and approaches Jones Bay and Pyrmont, Proposed Terminal Grain Elevator and Cargo Berths, Glebe Island, Port Jackson.

50494
SYME, Marten Adlington
SHIPPING ARRIVALS & DEPARTURES - VICTORIAN PORTS - Vol. 2 - 1846-1855
$45.00 AUD

Roebuck Society. Canberra. 1987. 1st Ed., No. 39 in the Roebuck series. X, 830 PP with 12 charts & maps, and 27 b/w illustrations. FEP: Western approach to Bass Strait. REP: Bass Strait. Hard cover, dj. Errata slip loosely inserted. Faint foxing on outside edges, o/wise fine. 24.8 x 17.5. 0909434328

65999
TALBOT-BOOTH, E.C. (editor)
MERCHANT SHIPS 1942
$150.00 AUD

Sampson Low, Marston & Co. London. 1942. 1942 edition. 44 PP (advert) followed by 744 PP with b/w illust. throughout. Original navy blue cloth cover, title in blind on front board and gilt on spine. Clear plastic protection pasted down on outside covers and their inside. Signatures of previous owners on title page, and their stamp on title page and endpapers. Oblong: 22.8 x 32.

Contains over 900 half-tone illustrations and 2400 line drawings of ships and 700 line drawings of house flags and 1500 line drawings of funnels for recognition.

62487
TASMANIAN SAIL TRAINING ASSOCIATION
LADY NELSON - Her Majesty's Colonial Brig of 60 Tons
$25.00 AUD

Tasmanian Sail Training Association. Hobart. 1990s. Clear plastic box containing: The Lady's Log of December 1192, 24 PP. Clear plastic folder containing: 9 pages (recto only), published 18th January 1996 by the Mid North Coast Museum. The folded page: "Lady Nelson / Tasail". A 9 pages (recto only) "Introduction to the Lady Nelson"with 2 plans & 1 page "Songs of Convicts & Sailors: Botany Bay" with 2 musical scores. A 32 pages (recto only) Able Seaman and Steering Ticket, Training Manual by Pip Turner. 3 pages "William Westall (1781-1850). 8 other pages on: Western Port, Charting the Continent, Over High Seas: the Lady Nelson & the British discovery of Port Phillip ... Fine. Image shows the cover of "The Lady's Log". 30 x 21.5.

31122
TAYLOR, Colin
THE BROTHERS TAYLOR - A Tasmanian Maritime History
$35.00 AUD

Navarine Publishing. Canberra. 1998. 1st Ed., No. 50 in the Roebuck series. VIII, 184 PP with numerous facsimile of newspaper cuttings, 2 maps, 2 plans and 83 b/w illust. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 25.8 x 18. 0958656142

71175
TAYLOR, Colin
TAYLORS AND THE TAMAR, Plus Surrounding Districts
$45.00 AUD

Navarine Publishing. Canberra. 2020. 1st Ed., No. 68 in the Roebuck series. VIII, 265, (5) PP with b/w and colour illustrations (facsimile of newspaper cuttings, maps, plans, paintings and photos) and 83 b/w illust. Laminated boards, illustrated front. Fine. 26 x 21. 9780992366094

Up to and including transportation in the 1850's to Van Diemen's Land, Flinders Island, Serving his Time, then by decade to the 1930's and beyond plus the Taylor family tree.

50628
TAYLOR, Peter
VICTORIAN SHIPWRECK - NOTICE TO MARINERS 1841 - 2003
$10.00 AUD

Bob Leek & Peter Taylor. Newport, Victoria. 2006. Revised and updated edition of the 2005 original. 103 PP with 8 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 14.7. 0975175424

Official records of shipwrecks as described in the Notice to Mariners.

62137
TAYLOR, Peter & WILLIAMS, Desmond S.
CORAMBA - The Ship the Sea Returned
$20.00 AUD

Scuttlebutt Press. Melbourne. 2012. 1st Ed. X, 162 PP with b/w illustrations (1 plan "general arrangement", 1 sketch, 1 house-flag, 2 engravings, 3 maps, 11 portraits and 33 photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 20.7 x 14.5.

The T.S.S. Coramba, foundered on 30th November, 1934, off Phillip Island. Wreck discovered in January 2011 and subsequently studied in May 2011.

36892
THIELE, Ron
KETCH HAND - Life aboard the little ships of the South Australian Gulfs
$10.00 AUD

Graeme Andrews Productions. Epping, NSW. c. 1970. 1st Ed. 48 PP with 19 b/w photos. Inside front cover: The last Gulf Ketch "Annie Watt". Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 23 x 15.6.

Details of 43 South Australian Ketches, on pages 47, 48 and the inside of the back cover.

70544
TILLEY, Geoff
ADVENTURES AND MEMORIES: Memories of a Foreign-Going Master Mariner (UK) Rtd
$70.00 AUD

Katherine Wallace. Perth. 2010. 1st Ed. (8), 229 PP with 97 b/w illustrations (cartoons, facsimile of documents, newspaper cuttings and photos). Pictorial soft covers. Fine. Scarce. 22.8 x 15. 9780980791402

17901
TOGHILL, Jeff
THE JAMES CRAIG - Her history, recovery and restoration
$5.00 AUD

Reed. Sydney. 1979. Reprint of the 1978 original. 32 PP with 1 ship profile, 1 map, 9 bw and 48 col. photos in text. Inside back cover: 2 bw photos of the James Craig under full canvas, and in her port of registry. Pictorial soft cover (painting of James Craig by Oswald Brett). Fine. 24 x 18.5. 0589500597

Launched 18 February 1874 as Clan Macleod from the Sunderland shipyard. Sold to J.J. Craig shipowner of Auckland New Zealand 15 August 1899 and renamed James Craig on 14 December 1905...

33753
TOGHILL, Jeff
THE JAMES CRAIG - Her history, recovery and restoration
$10.00 AUD

Reed. Sydney. 1978. 1st Ed. 32 PP with 1 ship profile, 1 map, 9 b/w and 48 colour photos. Inside back cover: 2 b/w photos of the James Craig: under full canvas, and in her port of registry. Pictorial soft cover (painting of James Craig by Oswald Brett). Covers with light wear, o/wise very good. 24 x 18.5. 0589500597

Launched 18 February 1874 as Clan Macleod from the Sunderland shipyard. Sold to J.J. Craig shipowner of Auckland New Zealand 15 August 1899 and renamed James Craig on 14 December 1905...

60338
TOMPKINS, Robert (Bob)
COMPENDIUM OF AUSTRALASIAN MERCHANT SHIPS 1831 - 2008
$80.00 AUD

Nautical Association of Australia Inc. Melbourne. 2008. 1st Ed. 316 PP. Pictorial soft cover. A fine copy. Scarce. Oblong: 21 x 29.7. 9780959907995

A listing of non-sail-powered Australian, New Zealand and South Pacific merchant ships.

20439
TORRANCE, William
STEAMERS ON THE RIVER - From Ipswich to the Sea
$10.00 AUD

Author. Brisbane. 1986. 1st Ed. XIV, 278 PP with bw illust. Title page: Federal steamer Devon in the Hamilton Reach. Fp: City of Brisbane. Eps: South Brisbane Reach in 1880. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 30.5 x 21.5. 0959144900

Illustrated account of the activities of steamers on the river and the bay of Brisbane between WWI & WWII.

72029
TULL, Malcolm (editor)
A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF UNIVERSITY THESES ON AUSTRALIAN MARITIME HISTORY
$15.00 AUD

Australian Association for Maritime History. St John's, Newfoundland. 1996. 1st Ed. X, 44 PP. Soft covers, illustrated front, staples. Fine. 23 x 15. 0968128807

Shipping - Passengers (convicts, indentured, immigration) trade - Cargo trades - Ports... Naval History...

69078
UREN, Malcolm
TRINDERS - PIONEERS
$50.00 AUD

Trinder. London. 1940? 1st Ed. (5), 46 PP printed on recto only plus 7 full-page b/w illustrions (3 of tall ships) with tissue guard & Fp: Coloured Flag of West Australian Steam Navigation Company. Printed letter by Harvey Trinder (Australia) Limited, explaining delays in publication loosely inserted. Original cloth cover, gilt title on front cover. Very good. A scarce book. 25.5 x 19.5.

Being the story of the Historic Assocation of Trinder, Anderson & Company with the State of Western Australia and How They Both Grew and Flourished in Concept (Sub-title).

71685
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. Notice to Mariners No. 3 (T) of 1981, loosely inserted. Cloth cover, title on front board and spine. Near fine. 25 x 15.8.

71854
WALKER, L. C. & RALPH, R. B.
FLINDERS STRAIT SHIPPING COY. LTD - Directors' Report, Balance Sheet and Accounts: No. 4
$10.00 AUD

Flinders Strait Shipping Coy. Ltd. Launceston. 1973. 15th November 1973 edition. No pagination, 12 PP with tables. Soft wrappers, titlle on front cover. Near fine. 24 x 18.5.

Fourth Annual Report for the year ended 30th June 1973.

68625
WALKER, Leedham C.
SAIL ON THE TIDE. The Story of Flinders Island Shipping 1953-1994
$40.00 AUD

Author. Hobart. 1994. 1st Ed. 96 PP with 3 tables and b/w illustrations (1 map, 1 document and 20 photos). Pictorial soft cover with a small discolouration on front. Dedicatory note on title page dated and signed by the author. Near fine. Scarce. 21 x 14.5. 0646227998

60968
WANE, Greg
AGROUND IN THE RIP - The Wreck of the SS Time at Port Phillip Heads
$25.00 AUD

Author / Two Dogs Books - Boutique Publishers. Wallington, Vic. 2010. 1st Ed. IX, 10- 96 PP with 1 map and inset, plus 16 pages with 37 b/w photos. Title page: SS Time leaving Melbourne in 1948. Pictorial soft cover. Signed by the author on title page. Fine. 23 x 15.4. 978098066315

67173
WANE, Greg
WRECKED ON BRUNY ISLAND - Three of Tasmania's finest ships were lost at Adventure Bay in 1909 during two weeks of fierce storms
$25.00 AUD

Author / Two Dogs Books - Boutique Publishers. Wallington, Vic. 2010. 1st Ed. VIII, 9-88 PP with 1 engraving, 1 map, 4 charts, 3 portraits and 20 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Signed by the author on title page. Fine. 23 x 15.4. 978098066322

Wooden ketch "Priscilla" and steamer S.S. "Sea Bird": 12th June 1909. Barque "Natal Queen": 24th June 1909.

72807
WANE, Greg
DEATH AT SEA - The Bass Strait ferry tragedy
$25.00 AUD

Gegory Wane. Camperdown, Vic. 2021. 1st Ed. No. 1 in the Mini-Book History series. VIII, 9-104 PP with b/w illustrations: 1 plan of Launceston, 3 newspaper advertisements and 30 photos. Pictorial stiff covers. Signed by the author on title page. New. 19 x 14.5. 978098066353

Collision in Bass Strait between the passenger ferry "Coogee" and the 2204-ton iron barque "Fortunato Figari", 25th December 1803.

64995
WARD, Wayne
THE LAST SEAMAN
$30.00 AUD

Keith Rudkin Copy Centre / Trafford Publishing. Newcastle, Australia / Victoria, B.C., Canada. 2004. Australian reprint of the Canadian original. (2), 609 PP. Pictorial soft cover. Dated and signed on title page by the author. Fine. 20.8 x 14.7. 1412006570

An Australian one at least. Historical novel.

52852
WARNE, Ian (editor)
A SHORT HISTORY OF THE BARQUE OMEO
$15.00 AUD

Maritime Archeology Association of Western Australia. Fremantle. 2007. 1st Ed. 28 PP with 28 b/w illustrations ( 5 sketch plans and 23 photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 15.

Auxiliary Steamship, built 1858 at Newcastle-on-Tyne, for McMelkan Blackwood & Company of Melbourne. Maiden voyage: 1859 in 108 days... Wrecked 1895 near Helin Bay, W.A.

66207
WEBB, John
PORT ELLIOT - Pioneers & Shipwrecks 1853-1864
$25.00 AUD

Author. Adelaide. 1994. November 1994 edition. 1st Ed. 70, (2) PP with b/w illustrations (1 chart, 1 plan, 1 engraving, 2 facsimile of documents and 15 photos). Soft cover, illustrated front. Fine. 21 x 15.

Pages 60 to 70: "Diary of Malen Rumbelow, from England to Australia" June 13th to October 9th, 1854 on board "Pestonjee Bomanjee".

15354
WERE, Jonathan Binns
A VOYAGE FROM PLYMOUTH TO MELBOURNE IN 1839, The Shipboard and Early Melbourne Diary of ...
$15.00 AUD

J. B. Were & Son. Melbourne. 1964. 1st Ed. XV, (3), 309 PP with b/w illust. in text (facsimile of diary on uneven numbered page), plus large folded plate (genealogical tree) at rear. Fp: Jonathan Binns Were in the uniform of Consul of Denmark. Eps: Track of the sailing ship William Metcalfe 447 T, between 25 July 1839 & 15 Nov. 1839. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Name of former owner on half-title page, o/wise a fine copy. 19.6 x 13.8.

49858
WHITAKER, Richard
SYDNEYSIDE
$20.00 AUD

Gregory's Publishing Company. Sydney. 1986. 1st Ed., with a foreword by Doug Sutherland. 214 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (maps, plans, drawings & engravings, and photos). Hard cover, title on front board and spine, dj. Occasional foxing with spots on front endpaper. Near fine. 31 x 23.5. 0949164097

Compares early photographs and maps with streetscapes of today.

35395
WHITE, Michael W. D.
MARINE POLLUTION LAWS OF THE AUSTRALASIAN REGION
$30.00 AUD

The Federation Press. Sydney. 1994. 1st Ed., with foreword by Rt Hon Sir Ninian Stephen. XVIII, 334 PP with 21 figures. Hard cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Fine. 24.7 x 15.7. 1862871396

69626
WILLIAMS, Captain Sir John
SO ENDS THIS DAY - An Autobiography
$15.00 AUD

Globe Press. Melbourne. 1981. 1st Ed. (12), 226, (6 index) PP, plus 32 pages with 60 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Ex library copy with renewed endpapers, sellotape marks on covers, stamp on verso of title page and remnants of sticker at foot of spine of dust jacket. Outside edges soiled with foxing spots. Top corner of pages 109 to 114 with repaired tears. A good reading copy. 24.2 x 15.8. 095936711X

He started before the mast on sailing ships, migrated to Australia where he worked for the ports of Townsville & Melbourne. Marine salvage, Chairman of the Australian Coastal Shipping Commission, Australian National Line.

74084
WILLIAMS, Captain Sir John
SO ENDS THIS DAY - An Autobiography
$35.00 AUD

Globe Press. Melbourne. 1981. 1st Ed. (12), 226, (6 index) PP, plus 32 pages with 60 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing spots on top outside edge. Near fine. 24.2 x 15.8. 095936711X

He started before the mast on sailing ships, migrated to Australia where he worked for the ports of Townsville & Melbourne. Marine salvage, Chairman of the Australian Coastal Shipping Commission, Australian National Line.

70021
WOODLEY, A.E. & BOTTERILL, Bob
DUKE'S AND ORR'S DRY DOCK, Polly Woodside's Historic Home
$15.00 AUD

Melbourne Maritime Museum / National Trust. Melbourne. 1985. 1st Ed. X, 70 PP with 5 plans & b/w illustrations (engravings & photos). Pictorial stiff cover. Foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 21 x 15. 0909710406

Stories on: Melbourne's old Duke's and Orr's dry dock in the 1940's by a shipwright, and on the River Yarra graving docks between 1865 & 1975.

16338
WOODLEY, Arthur E.
WESTERN PORT WRECKS AND MARITIME MISHAPS
$20.00 AUD

Loch Haven Books. Melbourne. 1992. 1st Ed. XV, 101 PP with b/w illust. (photos & maps), 5 pages Glossary. Pictorial card cover. Near fine. 25 x 17.5. 1875308083

An account of the maritime mishaps, fishing reminiscences, seafaring anecdotes and the tragedies in and off Western Port.

19099
WOODLEY, Arthur E.
WESTERN PORT FERRIES, Past and Present, and Captain Clarke, their most notable skipper
$15.00 AUD

Hill of Content. Melbourne. 1973. 1st Ed. XIV, 125 PP with 1 map, 1 cartoon & 47 b/w illust. in text. Fp: S.S. Oscar then owned by C.U.B. Pictorial soft covers a little soiled. Contents near fine. 22.8 x 15.2. 855720522

Story of the ferries plying the waters of Western Port: heyday and decline.

66853
WORLD SHIP SOCIETY
MONTHLY BULLETIN of the WORLD SHIP SOCIETY - Queensland Branch: Volume 1
$25.00 AUD

W.S.S. - Qld Branch Brisbane. 1969. Volume 1 - No. 1 (January 1969) to No. 12 (December 1969). Edited by A.E. SMITH. 12 issues for a total of 132 pages (roneotyped), with b/w illustrations. Staples removed. Ageing / foxing of paper. Very good. 33.5 x 20.5.

66854
WORLD SHIP SOCIETY
QUEENSLAND MONTHLY BULLETIN of the WORLD SHIP SOCIETY: Volume 2
$25.00 AUD

W.S.S. - Qld Branch. Brisbane. 1970. Volume 2 - No. 1 (January 1970) to No. 12 (December 1970). Edited by W.F. Foote. 12 issues for a total of 140 pages (roneotyped), with b/w illustrations. Staples removed. Ageing / foxing of paper. Very good. 33.5 x 20.5.

30014
WYNER, Issy
WITH BANNER UNFURLED, The Early Years of the Ship Painters and Dockers Union
$15.00 AUD

Sydney. 1983. Hale & Iremonger. 1st Ed. 256 PP with 40 b/w illustrations. Illustrated card cover. Foxing spots on outside edges, first and last leaves. Signature of previous owner, o/wise near fine. 21.8 x 14. 086806081X

Australian waterfront.

73670
YATES, John
ROYAL CHARTER OF INCORPORATION, Sanctioned by Her Majesty on the 20th of May, and Passed the Great Seal on the 6th August, 1847, for the INDIA AND AUSTRALIA MAIL STEAM PACKET Company, from ENGLAND TO INDIA, AUSTRALIA
$100.00 AUD

India and Australia Royal Mail Steam Packet. London. 1847. 1st Ed. 14, (2) PP. Modern binding, quarter bound with marbled boards and cloth spine. Fine. Rare. Image shows the title-page. 21.3 x 14.