14889 ARENSON, Sarah THE ENCIRCLED SEA - The Mediterranean Maritime Civilization
$10.00 AUD
Constable. London. 1990. 1st Ed. XII, 205 PP with 9 maps & 49 b/w illust., plus 24 pages with 41 colour photos. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 24 x 17. 009469480X
The contribution of the Mediterranean civilisations to our modern world. The people living on its edges, ship construction, port engineering, naval warfare...
20084 BAKER, Sidney J. MY OWN DESTROYER - A Biography of Matthew Flinders, Explorer and Navigator
$20.00 AUD
Currawong. Sydney. 1962. 1st Ed. XIII, 146 PP plus 8 pages with 7 b/w illust. Fp: Portrait of Capt. Matthew Flinders, R.N. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket is a little rubbed/soiled around edges, o/wise a fine copy. 24.1 x 16.
His achievements as explorer & navigator, his tragedies (shipwrecks, detention at Ile de France for 7 years).
15893 BAKER, W.A. & TRYCKARE, Tre THE ENGINE POWERED VESSEL, From Paddle-Wheeler to Nuclear Ship
$15.00 AUD
Crescent Books. New York. 1972. 1st U.S. edition. 268 PP with 225 b/w & colour illustrations. Hard cover, decorated boards, dj. Very good. Oblong: 25.7 x 27.2.
The development of increased efficiency in the use of energy by ships, the key steps which led to a revolution in marine transport.
10199 BANKS, M. R. & SMITH, S. J. (editors) PROCEEDINGS OF THE SYMPOSIUM ON MACQUARIE ISLAND (in Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania - Volume 122, Part I.)
$25.00 AUD
Royal Society of Tasmania. Hobart. 1987. IV, (2), 318 PP with tables, b/w figures (graphs, maps) & b/w photo plates. Pictorial soft covers. Near fine. 25 x 17.2.
Thirty-three papers presented at this Symposium (May 11-15, 1987) covering all aspects of the island: history/discovery (sealing), earth sciences (geology, vegetation), meteorology, biological sciences (flora & fauna) and physics...
19901 BARRATT, Glynn MELANESIA AND THE WESTERN POLYNESIAN FRINGE
$35.00 AUD
University of British Colombia Press. Vancouver. 1990. 1st Ed., Volume 3 of Russia in the South Pacific 1696-1840 series. XVII, 257 PP with 14 maps, plus 8 pages with 14 b/w plates. Hard cover, dj. Hint of foxing on endpapers, o/wise fine. 23.5 x 16. 077480338X
The Russians & Vanuatu in 1809, the Russians & Fiji in 1820, then to Tuvalu and Anuta in 1822.
21678 BATESON, Charles AUSTRALIAN SHIPWRECKS - Including Vessels wrecked en route to or from Australia, and some strandings, Volume One: 1622-1850
$20.00 AUD
A.H. & A.W. Reed. Sydney. 1972. 1st Ed. 267 PP with 42 b/w illustrations. Eps: Map of Australia. Hard cover, simile leather, gilt title on spine, dj. Foxing. Near fine. 24.5 x 17.7. 0589071122
64561 BLACKBURN, Graham AN ILLUSTRATED ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SHIPS, BOATS, VESSELS & OTHER WATER-BORNE CRAFT
$15.00 AUD
John Murray. London. 1978. 1st. Ed. 448 PP with over 600 very attractive line-drawings. Eps: Noah's Ark. Navy cloth cover a little sunned at top left edge, dust jacket is chipped, mostly on the top edge, now in a protective plastic cover. Contents are fine. 28.2 x 22. 0719536154
750 entries arranged alphabetically describing every kind of vessel known to Man. An excellent encyclopedia.
12453 BONNER-SMITH, D. (editor) THE BARRINGTON PAPERS, Selected From the Letters and Papers of Admiral The Hon. Samuel Barrington - Volume I
$25.00 AUD
Navy Records Society. London. 1937. 1st Ed. Publications of the Navy Records Society, volume 77. Vol. I: X, 464, (14 members) PP, plus 1 b/w plate and 1 folded plate on the state and condition of the forts and settlements on the coast of Africa. Fp: Admiral The Hon. Samuel Barrington. Includes a folded table on the state and condition of the forts and settlement on the coast of Africa Navy blue/cream buckram buckram, gilt device on front cover and gilt title on spine. Occasional foxing. Very good. 24.2 x 15.5.
Towards the peace of 1748 followed by his various commands: HMS Seahorse, 1748, HMS Crown, 1753, HMS Norwich, 1754, the war with France, HMS Achilles 1757...
16889 BOWEN, Frank C. WOODEN WALLS IN ACTION
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Halton & Co. London. 1951. 1st Ed. VIII, 144 PP with 64 full-page b/w paintings, plus 4 colour plates. Fp (in colour): The last fight of the Revenge, 1591. Cloth cover, engraved vignette on front board, dj (price clipped). Sellotape marks on dj & endpapers, faint foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise a very good clean copy. 25.2 x 18.5.
Brief account of many naval engagements in the days of wooden hulls and iron men.
18461 BOWEN, Frank C. MEN OF THE WOODEN WALLS
$15.00 AUD
Staples Press. London. 1952. 1st Ed. VIII, 152 PP with 67 b/w portraits plus 2 colour plates. Fp (in colour): Nelson wounded at Trafalgar. Cloth cover with engraved vignette, dj tipped in on front endpaper. Ingleton bookplate. Few pages with light foxing, o/wise very good. 25.2 x 18.5.
Concise studies of 70 men (sailors, builders) who left their mark on the history of wooden-walled ships. Christopher Columbus to Samuel Cunard.
32402 BROXAM, Graeme A STEAMSHIP FOR HOBART, S.S. REEMERE 1909
$10.00 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.
14253 CHESTERTON, D. Ridley FOREIGN COASTAL and Short Sea FREIGHTERS
$10.00 AUD
Ian Allan. London. 1963 1st Ed. 64 PP with b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover (Finkenau). Date on front cover, o/wise very good. Small format: 15.2 x 10.2.
17495 CHESTERTON, D. Ridley FOREIGN COASTAL SHIPS
$20.00 AUD
Ian Allan. London. 1966. 64 PP with 47 bw photos. Pict. card covers. Very good. 18.2 x 12.5.
20560 CHESTERTON, D. Ridley COASTAL CARGO SHIPS
$10.00 AUD
Ian Allan. London. 1962. 5th Ed., in the ABC series. 64 PP with b/w photos. Title page: S.S. City of Brussels. Pictorial soft cover. Stamp of previous owner on title page. Very good. Small format: 15.2 x 10.2.
Lothian Publishing. Melbourne. 1979. 1st paperback edition. Foreword by Gerhard H. Heyen. XXIV, 141 PP with 24 tables, plus 40 pages with 67 b/w illust. (plans, maps, photos). Pictorial soft covers. Near fine. 21.5 x 14. 0909706646
Her history: as a barque, as a windjammer, in port as a coal hulk and lastly, as a floating museum.
10791 EDWARDS, Herbert THEIR LAWFUL OCCASIONS - A True Story
$10.00 AUD
Percival Marshall. London. 1956. 1st Ed. 256 PP, plus 8 pages with 12 b/w photos. Fp: Captain Herbert Edwards, R.N. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket with short closed tears. Occasional foxing. Very good clean copy. 22.2 x 14.2.
Sequel of the autobiography Under Four Flags, the Royal Navy years and the two World Wars.
18143 FINCHAM, John A HISTORY OF NAVAL ARCHITECTURE
$60.00 AUD
Scolar Press. London. 1979. Reprint of 1851 orig. Ed. Introduction by John Leather. XI, (3), VIII, (XI), LXXXIV, 415 PP with numerous figures & tables in text, 58 plates numbered 1 to 47. Gilt-engraved papered boards, blue cloth spine, dj. Plain slipcase. Dust jacket is sunned/browned at spine and has a small crease and repairs at extremities. An otherwise fine copy. 24.8 x 16. 0859675696
A summary of the evolution of naval architecture, from log rafts & canoes, the Phoenicians, Greeks & Romans... up to the British Navy at the time.
14757 LE FLEMING, H. M. OCEAN FREIGHTERS
$10.00 AUD
Ian Allan. London. 1956. 1st Ed. in the ABC Series. 64 PP with 64 b/w photos. Title page: M.V. Harpalion. Pictorial soft cover (Foylebank). Covers repaired at spine. Ink annotations updating data. Very good. Small format: 15.5 x 10.
21438 LE FLEMING, H. M. FOREIGN OCEAN TANKERS
$10.00 AUD
Ian Allan. London. 1961. 2nd Ed., in the ABC series. 64 PP with bw photos. Title page: M.V. Seven Stars. Pict. card cover. Very good. Small format: 15.2 x 10.2.
21285 FORSTER, Honore (compiler) THE SOUTH SEA WHALER - An Annotated Bibliography...
$30.00 AUD
Kendall Whaling Museum. Sharon, Mass. 1985. 1st Ed. IX, 157 PP. Fp: South Sea Whaling by W.E. Norton. Eps: Map of the Pacific Ocean. Cloth cover, title on front cover and spine. Foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise fine. 26 x 17.5. 0937854220
... bibliography of published historical, literary and art material relating to whaling in the Pacific Ocean in the nineteenth century.
16913 FOWLER, William M. REBELS UNDER SAIL, The American Navy During the Revolution
$10.00 AUD
Charles Scribner's. New York. 1976. Book Club Edition of 1973 orig. 320 PP plus 16 pages with 20 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Very good. 21.3 x 14.
History of how the new American nation, a coalition of 13 colonies, built a navy to embark on a war against the great naval power of England.
21340 FRANCIS, Daniel A HISTORY OF WORLD WHALING
$15.00 AUD
Viking. Markham, Ontario. 1990. 1st Ed. XVI, 288 PP with 45 b/w illust. Hard cover, dj. Light foxing on outside page edges, o/wise near fine. 24 x 16.5. 067082447X
From the beginnings with the Basque whalers of the Bay of Biscay, to the modern whaling & the IWC moratorium & the arrival of Greenpeace on the whaling scene. Whaling in paradise, in the Arctic, the Antarctic & the Sea of Cortez.
11489 GLYN, Anthony THE SEINE
$15.00 AUD
Weidenfeld & Nicolson. London. 1966. 1st Ed. XII, 204 PP with 1 double-page map plus 24 pages with 35 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket with repaired tear on back. Dedicatory note on front endpaper, to d'Arcy Hayman, from one islander to another ... signed by the author. Very good. 22 x 14.2.
From its spring near Dijon to the estuary at Le Havre. History, places of interest, people, ...
19345 GOULD, Alan THE MAN WHO STAYED BELOW
$5.00 AUD
Angus & Robertson. Sydney. 1984. 1st Ed. 201 PP. Illustrated end papers. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 22 x 14.5. 0207148910
A novel based on the voyage of a 16 year old apprentice on the wool clipper Emilia Denholm from Melbourne to London, via Cape Horn.
18613 GUTTRIDGE, Leonard & SMITH, Jay. D. THE COMMODORES - The Drama of a Navy under Sail
$5.00 AUD
Peter Davies. London. 1970. 1st UK Ed. X, 340 PP, plus 16 pages with 35 b/w illust. Eps: Maps. Cloth cover, dj. Occasional foxing, o/wise near fine. 24 x 16. 432063706
Chronicles the economic & political currents in the young nation, as well as the story of the men who commanded and fought during the U.S. Navy's early years.
64323 HILDER, Brett THE VOYAGE OF TORRES, The Discovery of the Southern Coastline of New Guinea and Torres Strait by Captain Luis Baéz de Torres in 1606
$60.00 AUD
University of Queensland Press. Brisbane. 1980. 1st Ed. XXXII, 194 PP with 64 bw illustrations, plus 8 pages with 5 colour plates. Fp: Luis Baéz de Torres. Eps: Portion of B.A. 2759a, showing Torres' track along the whole southern coast of New Guinea. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Dedicatory note signed by the author. A fine copy. 24.5 x 18.5. 070221275X
30050 HONAN, William H. VISIONS OF INFAMY, The Untold Story of How Journalist Hector C. Bywater Devised the Plans that Led to Pearl Harbor
$20.00 AUD
St. Martin's Press. New York. 1991. 1st US Ed. XVI, 347 PP with 7 maps, plus 16 pages with 29 b/w illust. Eps: Map of the Pacific Ocean The Highway to Japan. Hard cover, cloth spine, dj. Faint foxing on outsided edges. Near fine. 24 x 15.2. 0312054548
The story of Hector C. Bywater, leading British Naval authority who devised the strategy used by Japan to wage the Pacific War.
21399 HORNSBY, David OCEAN SHIPS - 1982
$15.00 AUD
Ian Allan. London. 1982. Updated & revised edition, from the 1964 original. 255 PP with tables & over 250 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj ("Vistafjord"). Very good. 22.3 x 15.2. 0711011508
Part One: Passenger liners & cruise ships. Part Two: Cargo ships. Part Three: Tankers.
19933 HOYT, Edwin P. THE LONELY SHIPS, The Life and Death of the U.S. Asiatic Fleet
$20.00 AUD
David McKay. New York. 1976 Reprint in a Book Club Edition of the original. 316 PP with 7 maps. Fp: Map of the Far East. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Very good. 21.5 x 14.
The fleet formed in 1850 to protect America's interests in China and policed the seas of the Orient, but was almost destroyed at the onset of the Pacific War.
16800 IRELAND, Bernard SEA POWER 2000
$10.00 AUD
Arms & Armour. London. 1990. 1st Ed. 160 PP with b/w illust. (photos, sketches). Hard cover, dj. Occasional foxing, o/wise near fine. 25 x 19.5. 0853689792
Current state & future trends in international sea power: naval aviation, submarine warfare (nuclear, conventional), mines ...
16801 IRELAND, Bernard NAVIES OF THE WEST
$10.00 AUD
Ian Allan. London. 1984. 1st Ed. 192 PP with b/w illust. (3 line draw. & 174 photos & paintings). Title-page: Destroyer Broadsword. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 24 x 17.5. 071101339X
Vessels of NATO's fleets and Sweden.
20211 IRELAND, Bernard WARSHIPS OF THE WORLD: Escort Vessels
$10.00 AUD
Ian Allan. London. 1979. 1st Ed. 153 PP with b/w illustrations (4 line drawings & 144 photos & paintings). Title-page: Frigate Visby of the Swedish Navy. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 22.2 x 15. 0711008965
Warships with displacement tonnage between 1000 & 5000 tons. Corvettes, frigates, destroyers.
11493 JOHNSON, David THE AUCKLAND FERRY BUILDING
$10.00 AUD
Auckland Maritime Museum. Auckland. 1988. 1st Ed. (4), 59 PP with b/w illust., plus 16 pages with 27 colour illust. Eps: Plans of the building. Pictorial card cover. Near fine. 29.5 x 21. 04730068X
The building which, since 1912, is keeper of the City's gateway.
76748 JONES, Geoffrey AUTUMN OF THE U-BOATS
$15.00 AUD
Wm. Kimber. London. 1984. 1st Ed. 224 PP with 3 maps, 3 diag. & 51 photos in text. Hard cover, gilt title on spine. Stamp of previous owner at top of title page, otherwise contents are near fine. 24 x 15.5. 0718305345
In Autumn 1943, in spite of the use of the new type of torpedo (acoustic homing) Admiral Dönitz hoped to reverse the disastrous losses but his U-Boat fleet took a severe beating, losing 34 in 44 days.
19052 KENNY, John BEFORE THE FIRST FLEET, Europeans in Australia 1606-1777
$20.00 AUD
Kangaroo Press. Sydney. 1995. 1st Ed. 184 PP with b/w illust. (maps, engravings, ...) plus 16 pages with 31 colour illust. Eps: Mappemonde, 1630. Hard cover, dust jacket. Minimal light foxing on prelims otherwise a fine copy. 24.7 x 18.6. 0864176457
Details of the early European contacts with Australia. Landfalls, exploration, sojourns. Thoughts of the explorers on the coastline, plants, animals... encounters with aborigines.
21803 LENTON, H.T. & COLLEDGE, J.J. WARSHIPS OF WORLD WAR II, Part 6 - Trawlers, Drifters and Whalers
$10.00 AUD
Ian Allan. London. 1963. 81 PP with b/w photos throughout. Pictorial card cover. Fine. Small format: 18.5 x 12.5.
17225 LONEY, Jack LADY BAY WARRNAMBOOL, A Graveyard of Ships
$5.00 AUD
Marine History Publications. Geelong. 1982. Reprint of 1968 original. 20 PP, plus 8 pages with 1 plan & 7 b/w illust. Pict. soft cover. Fine. 20.8 x 14. 0909244103
Wrecks of Lady Bay near the city of Warrnambool.
17582 LONEY, Jack AUSTRALIA'S SHIPWRECK COAST AND OTHER STORIES
$15.00 AUD
Wreck sites, graves, memorials to seamen and passengers...
18038 LONEY, Jack WRECKS IN THE FURNEAUX GROUP (Flinders Island)
$10.00 AUD
Marine History Publications. Geelong. c. 1970. 1st Ed. 16 PP with 1 map, plus 8 pages with 9 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 14.5.
18988 LONEY, Jack WRECKS ALONG THE GIPPSLAND COAST
$15.00 AUD
Marine History Publications. Geelong. 1985. 7th edition of the 1968 original. 82, (10) PP with Appendices, Indexes & 1 map, plus 20 pages with 37 b/w illust. Pict. soft cover. Fine. 20.3 x 14.5. 0909244278
19000 LONEY, Jack WRECKS ALONG THE GREAT OCEAN ROAD
$10.00 AUD
Marine History Publications. Portarlington. 1988. 9th edition of the 1967 original. 138 PP with 4 location maps, plus 16 pages with 29 b/w illust. (2 maps). Pict. soft cover. Fine. 22 x 15. 959985387
Shipwrecks on the Victorian coast, from Point Lonsdale to Portland.
21372 LONEY, Jack SEA ADVENTURES AND WRECKS ON THE N.S.W. SOUTH COAST
$10.00 AUD
Author. Portarlington. 1977. 2nd edition. 80 PP plus 24 pages with 1 map & 44 b/w illust. Pict. soft cover. Very good. 20.4 x 14. 0909244081
Ruins of Bittangabee Bay, Ben Boyd and Twofold Bay, mutiny on the whaling ship Junior in 1857... shipwrecks.
58102 LONEY, Jack THE LOCH ARD DISASTER
$10.00 AUD
Marine History Publications. Portarlington. c. 1975. 6th Ed. 44 PP with 1 map & 6 b/w illustrations, plus 12 pages with 1 map & 22 b/w illust. Pictorial soft cover. Ageing of paper. Name of previous owner on inside front cover, o/wise very good. 19.4 x 13.8. 095998531X
Wrecked on Mutton Bird Island near Port Campbell on 1st June, 1878.
71769 LONEY, Jack THE SCHOMBERG INCIDENT
$10.00 AUD
Marine History Publications. Geelong. c.1972. 2nd Ed. 24 PP plus 4 pages with 2 sketch maps & 2 b/w illustrations. Pictorial stiff covers with a few spots. 4 pages with 4 photographs called for are missing (a possible publisher error/misprint ?). Otherwise contents near fine. 20 x 13.8.
Wrecked on the West coast of Victoria, at Curdie's Inlet on 27th December, 1855.
Horwitz Grahame. Sydney. 1989. 1st Ed. III, 268 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, plans, sketch maps, photos, plus 12 pages with 28 colour photos. Pictorial laminated boards. Foxing spots on outside edges. Fine. 25 x 16. 9780725521493
A fascinating insight into the life of the Cruising Australian: the people, the boats, the places they visit...
16854 MACINTYRE, Donald & BATHE, Basil W. THE MAN-OF-WAR
$15.00 AUD
Methuen. London. 1968. 1st Ed. 273 PP with b/w & colour illust. (photos, paintings,...) & many colour drawings by the Tre Tryckare artists. Fp: Austrian super-dreadnought Viribus Unitis. Decorated endpapers. Cloth cover, dj. Ingleton bookplate on front endpaper. Foxing spots on outside edges. Very good. Oblong: 25.2 x 27.5.
From the Greek trireme and the Viking longboat, to the modern warship.
18726 MARMUR, Jacland SEA DUTY, and Other Stories of Naval Action
$10.00 AUD
Henry Holt. New York. 1944. 1st Ed. (8), 168 PP with 3 figures. Cloth cover, dj (price clipped). Dust jacket chipped. Slight ageing of paper. Very good. 20.8 x 14.
Thirteen narratives on naval warfare during the two first years of the US Navy in WWII by a war correspondant attached to the Pacific Battle Fleet.
18502 MARTIN, Brian P. (editor) TALES OF TIME AND TIDE, Stories of Life on Britain's Shores and Coasts
$20.00 AUD
David & Charles. London. 1984. 1st Ed. 192 PP with b/w & colour illust. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 27 x 20. 9780715300503
Reminiscences and exploits of fishermen (deep-sea, mud, rock), lifeboatmen, lighthouse keepers, coastguards, crofters, etc...
22753 MARTIN, Nancy SEA AND RIVER PILOTS
$40.00 AUD
Terence Dalton. Lavenham, Suffolk. 1977. 1st Ed. 156 PP with b/w illust. Eps: Trinity House Pilotage Districts. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket has light shelf wear, o/wise a fine copy. 23.2 x 18. 0900963727
The development of marine pilotage, training, growth of ports and harbours, navigation & safety aids. Covers pilotage in UK ports with introductions to Europort in Holland, Sydney Harbour, Sandy Hook in New York, Port Hobart in Tasmania, and navigation of the Hooghly River in Bengal and the Suez Canal.
18235 MASON, Michael, GREENHILL, Basil & CRAIG, Robin THE BRITISH SEAFARER
$10.00 AUD
Hutchinson / BBC & National Maritime Museum. London. 1980. 1st Ed. No pagination, (4), 158 PP with 3 colour photos and hundreds of b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 25.5 x 19.8. 0091419514
A mosaic of what the seafarer saw and thought about, expressed in his own words. Enjoyable voyage of discovery in the seafarer's world.
18232 MATHEW, David BRITISH SEAMEN
$10.00 AUD
Collins. London. 1943. 1st Ed. 48 PP with 26 b/w illustrations, plus 8 colour plates. Decorated hard cover, dj (rubbed). Faint foxing. Very good. 22.8 x 16.5.
Great naval engagements of the Royal Navy, the ships and the men.
18216 MILLS, John (editor) THE UFFA FOX BOOK OF SAILING
$15.00 AUD
Longacre. London. 1963. 1st Ed. 192 PP with b/w illust. throughout. Fp: Uffa Fox. Hard cover, dj. A very good clean copy. 26.8 x 20.5.
History, sailing & racing, seamanship, safety at sea,... Includes a chapter on the language of the sea and an extensive list of the sailing & yacht clubs in the British Isles (with their burgees).
14764 MOODY, Bert FOREIGN OCEAN LINERS
$15.00 AUD
Ian Allan. London. 1966. 1st Ed. 64 PP with 52 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover ( "Argentina" of Moore-McCormack Lines). Front cover slightly soiled. Very good. Small format: 18.2 x 12.2.
21211 MOODY, Bert OCEAN SHIPS - 1978
$10.00 AUD
Ian Allan. London. 1978. 6th edition of the 1964 original. 349 PP with tables, and 237 bw photos. Title spread: Monarch Sun of Holland America Line. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price clipped). Fine. 19 x 12.8. 0711008655
Part One: Passenger Liners and Cargo Ships. Part Two: Cruise Ships. Part Three: Tankers.
16147 MOREL-FATIO, L. ETUDES DE MARINE POSITIVE, Dessinées et Gravées à l'Eau-Forte
$50.00 AUD
Editions de l'Estran. Douarnenez. 1982. 1st Ed. 121 PP with 43 plates. Hard cover, simile leather, gilt device on front board, dj. Foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise near fine. French text. Oblong: 25 x 31.5. 2903707053
Morel-Fatio was a man of the sea. He took part in the French Navy's landing in Algiers in 1830 and the Crimean War. He was a naval architect, a seaman and probably one of the best known French marine artists.
18165 MUDIE, Rosemary & Colin POWER YACHTS
$20.00 AUD
Adlard Coles/Granada. London. 1977. 1st Ed. 286 PP with 313 b/w figures (plans, sketches & photos). Blue cloth cover a little discoloured around edges, dust jacket with a few small nicks/creases. A near fine copy. 28.2 x 22.2. 0229986633
Covers all aspects of power yachting. Seamanship, construction (modern & traditional), engines & installations, electrics, etc...
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.
16334 NAYLER, Geoff WRECKS AND RELICS
$5.00 AUD
Author. Melbourne. c. 1980. Expanded edition. 64 PP with 65 b/w photos (24 on full page). Title-page: Sea encrustacean being removed from a wheel. Pictorial card cover. Faint foxing, o/wise fine. 21.5 x 14. 0909853762
A pictorial record of 30 well-known wrecks on the Central Victorian coast.
17279 NAYLER, Geoff MY CEILING THE WAVES
$30.00 AUD
Geoff Nayler / Wedneil Publications. Melbourne. c. 1972. 1st Ed. 88 PP with 1 plan, 3 maps & 35 b/w photos plus 32 pages with 29 full-page colour plates. Pictorial soft cover. Some light wear, creases, near corners, o/wise near fine. 21.5 x 14.
The diving experiences on wrecks in Australian waters and Truk Lagoon (Micronesia).
12080 NORTHCOTE PARKINSON, C. BRITANNIA RULES - The Classic Age of Naval History 1793-1815
$10.00 AUD
Weidenfeld & Nicolson. London. 1977. 1st Ed. (8), 199 PP with 7 battle plans on full page, plus 16 pages with 33 b/w illustrations. Hard cover, dj (price-clipped). Occasional foxing, o/wise fine. 24 x 16. 0297772872
The importance of the events of 1805-1816. There was no inherent superiority of the British over the French as the French Navy, crippled by the Revolution, began to recover about 1810.
16802 ORTZEN, Len GUNS AT SEA, The World's Great Naval Battles
$10.00 AUD
Galahad. New York. 1976. 1st U.S. edition, with a foreword by Ludovic Kennedy. 160 PP with b/w & colour illust. Title-page: Battle of Cape St. Vincent. Eps: The Bismarck in Action against HMS Hood. Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing. Very good. 28.5 x 22. 088365363X
Sixteen main naval battles. From the Battle of Sluys in 1340 to the Battle of Midway in 1942.
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
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)
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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,...
17597 PARSONS, Ronald SHIPWRECKS IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA - 1836-1875 (Book 1)
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Ronald Parsons. Magill. 1986. March 1986 edition of the 1981 original. IV, 79 PP, plus 8 pages with 10 b/w illustrations. Stapled typescript monograph printed on 2 columns. Pictorial soft covers with a few light marks, Oblong: 16 x 20.6. 0909418187
17132 PARSONS, Ronald & WILLIAMS, R. THE RIVER BOATS
$10.00 AUD
R. Williams. Adelaide. 1992. 1st Ed., Volume I in the Discovering Australia's Pictorial Heritage with Rod Williams. 52 PP with 16 colour and 51 b/w photos. Pictorial card cover. Fine. 21 x 14.8. 0646103687
Pictorial souvenir of the Murray-Darling Basin river vessels.
16919 PERRIN, W. G. (editor) BOTELER'S DIALOGUES
$20.00 AUD
Navy Records Society. London. 1929. 1st Ed. Publication of the Navy Records Society, Volume LXV. XXXIX, 341, 7 (publications of N.R.S.) PP with 1 facsimile page of A Dialogical Discourse Concerning Marine Affaires. Buckram cover, gilt device on front cover and gilt title on spine. Spine a little faded, occasional foxing. Very good. 24.2 x 15.5.
An insight into naval affairs in the reign of Charles I, represented as six dialogues or discourses: Commanders-in-Chief, Common Mariner, Victualling, Sea Terms & Signals,...
66173 PLAYFORD, P. E. THE WRECK OF THE ZUYTDORP, On the Western Australian coast in 1712
$30.00 AUD
W.A. Historical Society. Perth. 1976. Reprint of the 1959 original article published in "Early Days", Journal and Proceedings of the W. A. Historical Society, Inc. - Vol.5, Part 5, pp.5-41. 36 PP with 3 maps & 7 b/w plates. Pictorial soft cover. 1 post card of the model of Zuytdorp and 4 pages 'The Beardman Jug Replicas', loosely inserted. Fine. 21.3 x 13.6.
A brief account of the other V.O.C. wrecks, then the Zuytdorp wreck, north of Gantheaume Bay.
16760 POPE, Dudley THE DEVIL HIMSELF - The Mutiny of 1800
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Alison Press / Secker & Warburg. London. 1987. 1st Ed. XVI, 186 PP with 1 map & 2 insets on double page and 1 facsimile of a document (American Protection Form). Hard cover, dj. Top corner of front endpaper clipped. Near fine. 24 x 16. 0436377519
The French Corvette La Vaillante, built in 1796, captured & renamed Danae by the Royal Navy. Taken back in March 1800 by the French, following a mutiny of her crew.
12343 PRESTON, Antony SEA COMBAT OFF THE FALKLANDS
$15.00 AUD
Willow Books. London. 1982. 1st Ed. 144 PP with b/w illust. (maps, plans, ships profiles, photos) in text plus 16 pages with 24 colour photos. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 24.5 x 17.5. 002180464
Battles off the islands, victories and setbacks. Experience gained, lessons to be learned.
17589 REINELT, W. H. THE LOSS OF THE ORION
$20.00 AUD
Marine History Publication. Geelong. 1980. 1st Ed. 16 PP, plus 4 pages with 1 map & 3 b/w illust. Soft covers, pictorial front. A fine copy. Scarce. 20.7 x 13.8.
Lost with all hands in May 1908 on a run from Duck River near Stanley, Tasmania to Melbourne.
16333 RONALD, Peter EXPLORING SHIPWRECKS OF WESTERN VICTORIA
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Author / Osburne Group. Warrnambool. c. 1990 1st Ed. 52 PP with b/w & colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. Oblong: 18.8 x 24. 0731619226
Pictorial records of the wreck sites of: La Bella, Falls of Halladale, Schomberg, Loch Ard, ..
14841 SHAW, Henry I. Junior TARAWA: A Legend is Born
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Macdonald. London. 1969. 1st UK edition, in Purnell's History of WWII - Battle book No.8. 160 PP with b/w illust. (maps & photos). Pictorial soft cover. Spine sunned, o/wise very good. 21 x 13.8. 356029654
The atoll of Betio secured by the US Marines in 76 hours in November 1943.
18194 SLEIGHTHOLME, Joyce THE CRUISING MATE'S HANDBOOK, A Guide to Good Crewing
$10.00 AUD
Adlard Coles Nautical. London. 1991. Reprint. Previously published as The Sea Wife's Handbook. (8), 167 PP with b/w illust. (drawings & photos). Pict. soft cover. Fine. 23.5 x 15.5. 0229118682
How to take an active part in all aspects of sailing and running the boat.
76997 TOGHILL, J. E. MANUAL OF YACHT NAVIGATION
$15.00 AUD
Murray. Sydney. 1963. 1st Ed. XI, 172 PP with 63 b/w illust. (figures, sketches, drawings, photos,...) & 11 location diagrams. Hard cover, gilt device and title on front cover. Dust jacket (illustrated by Jack Earl) is rubbed and chipped and in a protective sleeve. Very good. 24.7 x 17.6.
Navigation equipment, ship's compass, charts, plotting, dead reckoning, etc...
68620 TREGONNING, K. G. HOME PORT SINGAPORE - A History of Straits Steamship Company Limited 1890-1965
$120.00 AUD
O.U.P. / Straits Steamship Company Limited. Singapore. 1967. 1st Ed. XII, 321 PP with 3 maps, plus 1 map of Singapore Approaches, 1 folded map of Service Routes maintained in 1935, and 48 pages with 53 b/w plates (at rear of book). Fp: Ocean Building, Singapore. Eps: Certificate of Registry for Will o'the Wisp, 12th February, 1886. Cloth cover, dj. Both jacket and book are near fine and scarce in this condition. 25.5 x 16.5.
History of the shipping line and its home port: Singapore.
20411 VILLIERS, Alan & STEWART, B. Anthony WE'RE COMING OVER ON THE MAYFLOWER [in National Geographic]
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National Geographic Society. Washington. 1957. Volume III, No.5 - May 1957. Pages 708-728 with 16 b/w photos & 1 map. Soft cover. Spine repaired with clear plastic tape. Very good. 25.4 x 17.5.
Construction by Britishers of a new pilgrim ship to sail across the Atlantic as a gift to all Americans.
16839 WATTS, Anthony J. (editor) WARSHIPS AND NAVIES 1973
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Ian Allan. London. 1972. 1st Ed. 136 PP with 13 colour photos, 116 b/w photos & paintings and 2 line drawings. Fp: Harrier hovering above Ark Royal. Hard cover, dj. Very good. 24.2 x 18. 0711003858
18755 WEBSTER SMITH, B. THE WAR AT SEA 1941-1943
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Blackie & Son. London. c.1944. 1st Ed. 192 PP, plus 8 full-page b/w plates. Fp: Ordeal of Penelope. Cloth cover (rubbed). War economy paper (ageing), o/wise very good. 20 x 13.5.
Crete and the Middle East in 1941. Japanese attacks, Malta, Atlantic battles.