15888 APPLETON, Thomas E. USQUE AD MARE, A History of the Canadian Coast Guard and Marine Services
$20.00 AUD
Dept. of Transport. Ottawa. 1968. 1st Ed. XIV, 318 PP with 110 b/w illust. in text plus several appendices. Fp: Canadian Coast Guard Ship Relay. FEP: Map of Canada showing the Marine Bases & Northern Operations Routes. REP: Plan & particulars of the triple-screw steam turbo-electric Arctic patrol icebreaker C.C.G.S. Louis S. St.-Laurent. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine (sunned). Gilt device on front cover. Ingleton bookplate on front endpaper. Faint foxing. Very good. 23.5 x 15.5.
21465 BATESON, Charles GOLD FLEET FOR CALIFORNIA, Forty-Niners from Australia and New Zealand
$20.00 AUD
Ure Smith. Sydney. 1963. 1st Ed. 172 PP, plus 14 pages with 16 bw illust. Eps (folded): Deserted ships in San Francisco Harbour. Hard cover, gilt decorated covers, dj. Light foxing, mostly on the outside front page edges o/wise fine. 24.4 x 16.2.
A contribution to Australian maritime history, depicting the crossing of over 7000 Australians & New Zealanders who sailed to the Californian gold fields.
18334 BEACH, Capt. Edward L. (Ret.) THE UNITED STATES NAVY, 200 Years
$15.00 AUD
Henry Holt. New York. 1986. 1st Ed. XXBI, (2), 564 PP with 39 b/w illust. in text. Hard cover, gilt-engraved cloth spine, dj. Fine. 23.5 x 15.5. 0030447119
The author describes the epic of battles and concentrates on the revolutionary changes in naval warfare brought about by technical innovation.
15831 BEDDIE, M.K. (editor) BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CAPTAIN JAMES COOK
$20.00 AUD
Library of NSW. Sydney. 1970. 2nd edition of the 1928 original. Preface by A. J. Dunston and G. D. Richardson. XVI, 894 PP. Cloth cover, dj. Fine. 25 x 15.5. 724099999
The most comprehensive bibliography and guide to sources of information on Captain Cook. 4808 + 16 (addenda) entries.
18238 BERCKMAN, Evelyn CREATORS AND DESTROYERS OF THE ENGLISH NAVY, as related by State Papers Domestic
$10.00 AUD
Hamish Hamilton. London. 1974. 1st Ed. XII, 212 PP, plus 16 pages with 20 b/w illustrations. Eps: Seals. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 22 x 14. 241890349
In the 17th Century, the Royal Navy flourished under the guidance of Elizabeth I, Charles I & Charles II, but was neglected under James I & Oliver Cromwell.
10658 BLAKE, George BRITISH SHIPS AND SHIPBUILDERS
$20.00 AUD
Collins. London. 1946. 1st Ed., in the Britain in Pictures series. 48 PP with 29 b/w illustrations, plus 8 colour plates. Decorated hard cover, dj. Near fine. 22.5 x 16.5.
The development of ships, and the people who design and build them.
44139 BLAKE, George THE BEN LINE - The History of William Thomson and Co. of Leith and Edinburgh, and of the Ships owned and managed by them 1825-1955
$20.00 AUD
Thomas Nelson. London. 1956. 1st Ed. X, 222 PP with 1 genealogical table, plus 30 pages with 1 map and 35 b/w illustrations. Fp: Ben Lomond at Hong Kong in 1890. FEP: 3 maps (North and Baltic Seas, the Firth of Forth, South East Asia). REP: Map of the world. Cloth cover, gilt House Flag on front cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price clipped). Dust jacket has a few chips and is protected. Occasional light foxing around edges, o/wise near fine. 22 x 14.5.
15870 BONE, David W. THE LOOKOUTMAN
$15.00 AUD
Harcourt, Brace & Coy. New York. 1923. 1st US edition. 220 PP with 33 silhouettes and 18 b/w plates, plus 4 colour plates. P.205-220 (Glossary). Fp in colour): A great ship under way. All illustrations by H. Hudson Rodmell. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Spine lightly sunned. Slight ageing of paper around outside edges. Very good. 20.5 x 14.
A book to familiarize the reader with the outward appearance of vessels and giving the Lookoutman's comments on their character, habits, tempers.. Great ships, mail liners, tramp steamers.. tugs..
17681 BOWEN, Frank C. FROM CARRACK TO CLIPPER. A Book of Sailing-Ship Models
$20.00 AUD
Halton & Co. London. 1948. 2nd edition of the 1927 original. VI, 74 PP with b/w illustrations, plus 3 colour plates & 66 b/w plates. Fp (in colour): An English 15th century ship by Cecil King. Cloth cover, spine sunned, dj (rubbed) and in a protetive sleeve. Slight ageing of paper around outside edges. Light foxing, not affecting plates and overall a very good clean copy. 25.4 x 18.5.
13840 CAMERON, Ian LODESTONE AND EVENING STAR, The Saga of Exploration by Sea
$20.00 AUD
Hodder & Stoughton. London. 1965. 1st Ed. 288 PP with 41 drawings & maps, plus 16 pages with 8 colour photos & 13 b/w illustrations. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Dust jacket lightly rubbed. Signature and date on FFEP, o/wise contents near fine. 23 x 14.5.
The seamen who mapped the world. From Queen Hatshepsut's expedition of 1493 B.C. to the exploration of Antarctica.
15454 CONNER, Daniel & MILLER, Lorraine MASTER MARINER - Capt. James Cook and the Peoples of the Pacific
$15.00 AUD
University of Queensland Press. Brisbane. 1979. 1st Australian edition of the 1978 Canadian original. XI, 164 PP with 84 b/w illustrations (includig 61 pates), plus 4 pages of colour plates with 5 illustrations.. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Dust jacket has a few chips and light foxing on verso. An otherwise near fine copy. Oblong: 22.8 x 25.8. 0702213780
A bicentenary tribute to mark the arrival of Capt. James Cook at Nootka Sound on March 29, 1778.
15794 COOK, James CAPTAIN COOK'S FIRST VOYAGE, Commenced in 1768, and finished in 1771. His first published account of landing in the Endeavour River
$25.00 AUD
Hisine Technique. Herberton, Far North Queensland. c.1970. Reprint from the Newcastle facsimile edition of Cook's Diaries. (2), 78 PP with 2 maps & 6 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 22 x 16.5.
Stranding on the Great Barrier Reef, overhaul in Endeavour River, passage up to Endeavour Strait.
16059 FLEXNER, James Thomas STEAMBOATS COME TRUE, American Inventors in Action
$10.00 AUD
Little, Brown & Co. Boston. 1978. Newly illustrated edition of the 1944 original. XXII, (2), 406 PP with vignettes in text, plus 32 pages with 30 b/w illust. Fp. & Eps. Cloth cover, decorated front cover, dj (price clipped). Brief note to previous owner on half title page. Rear endpaper with a small rubbed patch, o/wise near fine. 24 x 16. 0316286087
The first American invention of world shattering importance - the steamboat.
21060 GANTER, Regina THE PEARL-SHELLERS OF TORRES STRAIT, Resource Use, Development and Decline, 1860s-1960s
$60.00 AUD
Melbourne University Press. Melbourne. 1994. 1st Ed. XVIII, 300 PP with 3 tables, 3 fig. & 5 maps, plus 12 pages with 21 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. Scarce. 21.5 x 14. 0522845479
The progress of pearl-shelling from its heyday, through several crises due to over-fishing to its present cautious management.
48432 GILLETT, Ross AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND WARSHIPS 1914-1945
$20.00 AUD
Doubleday. Sydney. 1983. 1st Ed. 360 PP with 600 b/w photos & 100 line drawings. Hard cover, dj. Spine of dust jacket lightly sunned. Near fine. 26.2 x 26.2. 0868240958
35819 HALLS, Chris AUSTRALIA'S WORST SHIPWRECKS
$10.00 AUD
Rigby. Adelaide. 1978. 1st Ed. 158 PP with 5 maps, plus 8 pages with 14 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 22 x 14. 0727009494
Zuytdorp, Star of Greece, Quetta, ...
21352 HELLMAN, Nina & BROUWER, Norman A MARINER'S FANCY - The Whaleman's Art of Scrimshaw
$40.00 AUD
South Street Seaport Museum. New York. 1992. 1st Ed. 96 PP with 126 figures (36 in colour). Fp: Pie crimpers or "jaggers". Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 22.8 x 20.2. 0295972122
The art of scrimshaw and the role of New York in the history of American whaling. (Photos & descriptions of pieces from the South Street Seaport Museum of New York).
15626 HERRMANN, Paul THE WORLD UNVEILED, The Story of Exploration from Columbus to Livingstone
$15.00 AUD
Hamish Hamilton. London. 1958. 1st English edition. Translated from the 1956 German original by Arnold Pomerans. XX, 508 PP with 44 b/w illust. & 42 maps, plus 20 pages with 30 half-tone plates. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Some foxing. Very good. 25 x 15.5.
On the voyages of explorers and their comments on what they saw: Christopher Columbus and his will to discover China, Vasco da Gama and the sea-route to East India... the South Seas, the exploration of Africa..
18231 HOUGH, Richard MAN O'WAR, The Fighting Ship in History
$10.00 AUD
J. M. Dent. London. 1979. 1st Ed. 240 PP with 60 b/w illustrations. Hard cover. Cover a little soiled & 2 illustrations rubbed. Very good. 24 x 16. 0460043579
Evolution of the Man-of-War from the Ark Royal, an English galleon of 1587, to the US Battleship New Jersey of 1943.
20664 HOWARTH, David SOVEREIGN OF THE SEAS, The Story of British Sea Power
$15.00 AUD
Collins. London. 1974. 1st Ed. 382 PP with 5 maps & 2 diagrams, plus 48 pages with 27 bw & 19 colour illust. Eps: World Map. Hard cover, dj. (small piece missing on spine). Foxing spots on outside edges. A very good clean copy. 24.7 x 17. 0002167557
The growth of British power at sea, since the 5th Century voyages of Celtic monks across the Atlantic...
16891 HOWARTH, Stephen TO SHINING SEA, A History of the United States Navy 1775-1991
$15.00 AUD
Random House. New York. 1991. 1st Ed. XVI, (2), 620 PP with 12 maps in text plus 32 pages with 49 b/w illust. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 24 x 16. 0394576624
From the War of Independence to the Gulf War of 1990/91. An extensive work.
18499 HUMBLE, Richard THE RISE AND FALL OF THE BRITISH NAVY
$10.00 AUD
Queen Anne Press. London. 1986. 1st Ed. 256 PP with tables, plus 16 pages with 27 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Occasional foxing. Near fine. 24 x 15. 0356122271
From the Tudor Navy to victory against Japan, the Royal Navy fought and survived. Since then, it has diminished and lost its importance as a naval force.
15557 IRVING, Washington COLUMBUS'S VOYAGES OF DISCOVERY, Together with the Voyages and Discoveries of his Contemporaries and Companions
$15.00 AUD
Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. London. c. 1880. Reprint (popular edition). 528 PP. Cloth cover, gilt title and decoration on spine. Ageing of paper, o/wise in very good condition. 20.5 x 13.5.
Early voyages at sea. Discovery and subsequent exploration of the Caribbean.
16668 JENNINGS, John THE SEA EAGLES
$10.00 AUD
Invincible Press. Sydney. 1951. 1st Australian edition. XIV, (2), 300 PP. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine. Faint foxing. Very good. 22 x 14.
Novel with an historical background. A story of the American Navy during the Revolution; of the men who fought and the ships they sailed and the women who stood behind them.
16920 KING, Cecil RULE BRITANNIA
$10.00 AUD
Studio Publications. London. 1942. 2nd printing of the September 1941 original. XII, PP.13-280 with line drawings and 56 b/w plates. FEP: Map of Europe/Africa. REP: Map of W. Atlantic & Indian/Pacific region. Gilt-decorated cloth cover. Ex-library copy (2 unobtrusive stamps), o/wise very good copy. 24.8 x 15.
A parallel between the naval events after 2 years of WWII and past action, showing that the Navy is a worthy successor of its distinguished forbears.
15884 KINGSFORD, Reverend Maurice Rooke THE MERSEY MISSION TO SEAMEN 1856-1956
$10.00 AUD
The Abbey Press. Abingdon, UK. 1957. 1st Ed. (24), 148 PP, XXVI, (10) with 4 maps & 2 illustrations, plus 22 pages with 34 b/w illust. Fp: Portrait of author. Hard cover, dj (lightly soiled). Foxing. Very good. 23 x 15.
17229 LANGMAID, Captain Kenneth THE SEA, THINE ENEMY - A Survey of Coastal Lights and Life-boat Services
$20.00 AUD
Jarrolds. London. 1966. 1st Ed. XII, 242 PP, plus 8 pages with 16 b/w photos. Cloth cover, dj (price-clipped). Faint foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise near fine. 21.6 x 14.
From the days of rowing-boats and crude beacons using wood & coal, to the modern wonders of radar and wireless. Contains chapters on Trinity House and lighthouses.
18175 LLOYD, Christopher THE NATION AND THE NAVY. A History of Naval Life and Policy
$5.00 AUD
Cresset. London. 1954. 1st Ed. XIV, 288 PP, plus 10 b/w plates. Fp (in colour): The Sovereign of the Seas 1837. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine. Covers lightly soiled and with a lightly sunned spine. Foxing throughout, o/wise a good copy. 22.2 x 13.5.
A brief social history of the Royal Navy and its use as an instrument of national policy.
17573 MARSDEN, Peter DE LAATSTE REIS VAN DE AMSTERDAM
$10.00 AUD
De Boer Maritieme Handboeken. Amsterdam. 1974. 1st Dutch edition. 248 PP with 90 illust. in text. Dark green gilt-decorated cloth cover, dj (closed tear). 4 pages with blurred printing, not affecting legibility, o/wise an excellent copy. Dutch text. 25.5 x 18. 9022819167
The ill-fated voyage of the Amsterdam, wrecked near Hastings on 23 January, 1749.
17574 MARSDEN, Peter THE WRECK OF THE AMSTERDAM
$10.00 AUD
Stein & Day. New York. 1975. 1st US Ed. (4), 290 PP with 41 figures, plus 24 pages with 52 b/w photos. Hard cover, cloth spine, dj (chipped & rubbed). Some foxing. Very good. 24 x 15.5. 0812817605
The ill-fated voyage of the Amsterdam, wrecked near Hastings on the 23 January, 1749.
65707 MASEFIELD, John THE WANDERER OF LIVERPOOL
$20.00 AUD
Wm. Heinemann. London. 1930. 1st Ed. (8), 120 PP plus 15 plates with 16 b/w illust. Fp: Mr. & Mrs. W.H. Potter. Orig. blue cloth covers have a few speckles and light wear around edges/corners, gilt title on spine a little dulled, no dust jacket. Foxing, mostly on first and last pages. Small white-out mark on inside front cover, o/wise no signatures or other blemishes. Very good. 21.8 x 17.5.
The shipbuilder firm, W.H. Potter & Co., turned shipowner, with the "Wayfarer" and "Seafarer". Building and life of the four-masted full-rigged barque "Wanderer" built in 1891, sunk 1907. Related in both prose & verse.
12887 McCUNE, Shannon THE RYUKYU ISLANDS
$15.00 AUD
David & Charles. London. 1975. 1st Ed., in The Islands series. 208 PP with 4 maps, 6 graphs & 31 b/w photos in text. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 22.5 x 14. 0715368931
History, traditional way of life, development, tourism.
20337 McLEAY, Alison THE WORLD OF THE ONEDIN LINE
$10.00 AUD
Ure Smith. Sydney. 1977. 1st Ed. 144 PP with b/w & colour photos in text. Hard cover, dj. Renewed endpapers, o/wise near fine. 24 x 17.5. 0725403853
The book on the television series. The film and the real life of the shipowner James Baines and the hard-driving Captain Bully Forbes.
71656 MITSUI O.S.K. THE FIRST CENTURY OF MITSUI O.S.K. LINES, LTD
$50.00 AUD
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines. Tokyo. 1985. 1st Ed. (18), 244 PP with tables, b/w and colour illustrations. Cloth cover, house flag in blind on front cover, dj. Fine. Scarce. 21.5 x 15.2.
The story of Mitsui Steamship Co. Ltd. and Osaka Shosen Kaisha which merged on April 1, 1964 to form M.O.L. Ltd.
16797 MORGAN, John S. ROBERT FULTON
$10.00 AUD
Mason/Charter. New York. 1977. 1st Ed. XII, 236 PP plus 8 pages with 13 b/w illust. Cloth cover, dj (price clipped). Faint foxing, o/wise fine. 24 x 16. 0884054381
Biography of the American inventor, known for the invention of the steamboat, but also submarines which he called plunge boats, torpedoes, ... His stays in France and England.
16261 MUNRO, Colin SAILING SHIPS
$15.00 AUD
Pelham. London. 1973. 1st Ed. 224 PP with b/w illust. by author in text. Fp: Three-masted barque of 1870. FEP: Rigging & other details of a barque about 1760. REP: Some fishing boats & small cargo boats from the coast of Europe. Gilt-decorated hard cover, dj (price-clipped). Some light foxing, o/wise good. Oblong: 19 x 25. 0720707188
Silhouettes of period sailing ships from the cog of Middle-Ages to the clippers. Ships from Europe, the near & far East.
15278 RANDIER, Jean PHARES CARRES - Journal de Bord des Grands Voiliers
$30.00 AUD
Gallimard. Paris. 1992. 1st Ed. 164 PP with b/w photos. Eps: Facsimile page of a log book. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj. French text. Fine. 31.8 x 24.5. 2070602702
Seamen of the windjammer trade. Life at sea and in port. The roaring forties & the Horn. The cargoes: coal from Wales, nitrate from Chile, grain from US Pacific coast, grain & wool from Australia, the Western approaches: Queenstown, Falmouth...
30431 RANDIER, Jean MEN AND SHIPS AROUND CAPE HORN 1616-1939
$50.00 AUD
David McKay. New York. 1969. 1st US edition. Tranlated from the 1966 French original by M. W. B. Sanderson. 360 PP with b/w & colour illust. throughout. Eps: Chart of Straits of Magellan & Tierra del Fuego. Cloth cover, price-clipped dust jacket. A near fine copy. 25.5 x 21.
One of the best anthologies written on tall ships and their struggles rounding the Horn.
18527 ROBINSON, Gregory SHIPS THAT HAVE MADE HISTORY
$20.00 AUD
Peter Davies. London. 1936. 1st Ed. VI, (2), 190 PP with 14 b/w drawings, plus 8 plates in colour. Eps: The weather & lee positions. Cloth cover, device and title on front cover and spine, very good dj (price clipped). Twelve ships are described: the Santa Maria, the Mayflower, the Royal Sovereign, the Bonhomme Richard..... [There were originally 12 colour plates. Those missing are the Santa Maria, Golden Hind, Susan Constant & Endeavour]. Signature of previous owner on front endpaper. Some browning of paper with traces of foxing. Very good. 25.5 x 19.
Plates present: A Fourteenth-Century Ship, The Spanish Treasure Frigate, The Revenge, The Mayflower, The Royal Sovereign, The Andrew, The Royal Charles and The Bon Homme Richard.
22578 ROSKILL, Captain S. W. A MERCHANT FLEET IN WAR - Alfred Holt & Co 1939-1945
$60.00 AUD
Collins. London. 1962. 1st Ed. XIV, 352 PP. FEP: The Alfred Holt Fleet, Ships Sunk in the War of 1939-1945. REP: General plan of M/V Priam. Cloth cover, dust jacket (price-clipped). A few small nicks/chips in dust jacket , o/wise a near fine copy of the first edition. 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 4 French ships.
22576 SAUNDERS, Hilary St. George VALIANT VOYAGING, A Short History of the British India Steam Navigation Company in the Second World War 1939-1945
$25.00 AUD
Faber & Faber. London. 1948. 1st Ed. 216 PP, plus 1 colour plate on double-page and 7 b/w plates with 13 photos. Fp (in colour): Regimental Badges on the Dunera. FEP: Position of the Fleet at the Outbreak of War. REP: Position of ships lost. Cloth cover, dj. Dust jacket chipped and rubbed. Signature of previous owner on verso of FFEP. Contents near fine. 20.5 x 14.
18220 SCARLETT, Bernard SHIPMINDER - The Story of Her Majesty's Coastguard
$20.00 AUD
Pelham. London. 1971. 1st Ed. 208 PP, plus 8 pages with 16 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Occasional foxing. Near fine. 22.2 x 14. 0720704804
Coast protection against: smugglers in the 18th Century, saboteurs and spies during WWII. Fighting in wars since the Crimean & lifesaving and protecting the environment.
15169 SJOVOLD, Thorleif THE VIKING SHIPS IN OSLO
$20.00 AUD
Universitetets Oldsaksamling. Oslo. 1985. 1st Ed. 80 PP with b/w illustrations (1 map, 3 sets of line drawings, 2 plans and 22 photos) & 6 colour photos. Inside front cover: Plan of the Viking Ship Hall. Inside back cover: Plan of the Oseberg Collections. Stiff covers, pictorial front. Near fine. 24 x 17.
The Oseberg Find, the Gokstad Find, the Borre Find, ..
36511 SMITH, J. W. & HOLDEN, T. S. WHERE SHIPS ARE BORN - Sunderland 1346-1946, A History of Shipbuilding on the River Wear
$50.00 AUD
Thomas Reed. London. 1947. 2nd impression of the 1946 original. (6), 98 PP, plus 62 pages with 85 b/w photos. Pictorial papered boards, cloth spine, dust jacket. Dust jacket has chips and a few pieces missing and is in a protective sleeve. Contents are near fine. Image shows cover and dust jacket. Scarce. 21.5 x 14.
16501 THOMPSON, Rose-Marie THE FIRST FORTY YEARS, New Zealand Oceanographic Institute: 1954-1994
$25.00 AUD
40th Jubilee Committee N.Z.O.I. Wellington. 1994. 1st Ed. 188 PP with 114 b/w illustrations (8 maps, 4 draw., 102 photos). Fp: Bathymetry of the New Zealand Region. Pictorial soft cover. Faint foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise fine. 25.5 x 21. 0473026465
Historical background, creation of the Institute: its philosophy, plans & targets, facilities, activities.
15593 THOMSON, George Malcolm SIR FRANCIS DRAKE
$15.00 AUD
William Morrow. New York. 1972. 1st US Ed. X, 358 PP with 7 maps in text plus 16 pages with 18 plates (2 on double page). Fp: Portrait of Sir Francis Drake from the miniature by Nicholas Hilliard. Eps: Mappemonde with Drake's route. Cloth cover, dj. (price clipped). Note to previous owner on FFEP, o/wise very good. 24 x 16.
16672 THURSFIELD, Rear-Admiral H.G. ACTION STATIONS!, The Royal Navy at War
$10.00 AUD
Adam & Charles Black. London. July, 1941. Reprint of the June 1941 original. 86 PP with 75 b/w photos. Cloth cover, dj (price clipped). Dust jacket chipped. Ageing of paper. Very good. 25 x 18.
An illustrated account of each of the many branches of the Royal Navy.
11481 WALMSLEY, Leo BRITISH PORTS AND HARBOURS
$5.00 AUD
Collins. London. 1942. 1st Ed., in the Britain in Pictures series. 48 PP with 23 b/w illustrations, plus 8 plates with 9 colour illustrations (2 on double-page). Decorated boards. Edges rubbed and a little worn. Occasional foxing, o/wise very good. 23 x 16.7.
Colour plates include: Liverpool in 1846 - lithography by T. McGahey, Whitby - oil painting by Richard Eurich, 1934, Entrance to Portsmouth Harbour - oil painting by J. Lynn, 1846, Falmouth Harbour, c.1840, by Newman & Co., Bristol - water colour by J.B. Pyne ...
18218 WARNER, Oliver THE BRITISH NAVY - A Concise History
$10.00 AUD
Thames & Hudson. London. 1975. 1st Ed. 192 PP with 151 b/w illustrations. Fp: The Resolution in a gale by W. Van de Velde the Younger. Hard cover, dj (price-clipped). Ageing of paper around the edges, o/wise near fine. 24.5 x 17.5. 0500011397
11483 WILSON, Neill C. HERE IS THE GOLDEN GATE, its History, its Romance and its Derring-Do
$10.00 AUD
William Morrow. New York. 1962. 1st Ed. X, 244 PP with 2 maps on double page and 7 tail-pieces in text plus 16 pages with 15 b/w photos (1 double-page). Hard cover, dj. Name on inside front cover. Very good. 22 x 15.
Named at the time of the gold-rush to California, missed by the early explorers, its maritime past: clippers, lumber or fishing fleets.
