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10345
BARRATT, Glynn
SOUTHERN AND EASTERN POLYNESIA
$15.00 AUD

University of British Colombia Press. Vancouver. 1988. 1st Ed. Volume 2 of Russia and the South Pacific 1696-1840 series. XX, 302 PP with 8 maps, plus 16 pages with 28 b/w plates. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 23.5 x 16. 0774803053

Easter Island, New Zealand and the Austral Islands.

70159
BOWEN, Frank C.
THE FLAG OF THE SOUTHERN CROSS, The History of Shaw Savill & Albion Limited 1858-1939
$45.00 AUD

Shaw Savill. London. 1939. 1st Ed., with a preface by the Right Honourable Viscount Runciman of Doxford. (6), 124 PP, XXVIII, (12 pages Index), plus 22 bw illust. on full page. Title page: The Company Flag (in colour). Gilt-engraved blue cloth cover. Ex-libris plate pasted down on inside front cover, light foxing on endpapers, o/wise near fine. Scarce. 22.7 x 15.2.

The close association between the Dominion of New Zealand and the Shaw Savill and Albion 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).

16748
BRYANT, Sir Arthur
NELSON
$15.00 AUD

Collins. London. 1971. 1st reprint of the 1970 original. 173 PP with 83 b/w illust. (paintings, plans, maps,..) & 5 tables in text, plus 12 colour illust. Fp: Nelson Wounded at Teneriffe. Eps: Scene at the Battle of Trafalgar. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Faint foxing. Very good. 24.5 x 16. 0001922556

Life of Nelson, his three major victories: Nile at Aboukir, Baltic at Copenhagen, and against Villeneuve at Trafalgar.

16228
BURTON, Robin
SAILING THE GREAT RACES
$5.00 AUD

McGraw-Hill. London. 1979. 1st Ed. Foreword by Chay Blyth. 160 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Hard cover, dj (repaired tears). Note at top of front endpaper. Very good. 29.5 x 23. 0070935319

The grain races, the Thames sailing barges, the round-the-world sailing races, round Britain race, America's Cup, the Sydney to Hobart ...

10113
CARY, Alan L.
LINERS OF THE OCEAN HIGHWAY
$70.00 AUD

Sampson Low, Marston. London. circa 1936. 1st Ed. 128 PP with 58 b/w photos (45 full-page). Orig. cloth cover, dj (price-clipped). Near fine. A scarce book. 22.2 x 14.5.

Details of 73 liners between 14,000 & 15,500 GRT, employed on all the principal routes with short histories of P.S.N.C., Aberdeen & Commonwealth, the Anchor Line,... Includes loosely inserted newspaper clippings of the day.

17513
CLARKE, Peter
HELL AND PARADISE - The Norfolk, Bounty, Pitcairn Saga
$10.00 AUD

Viking. Melbourne. 1986. 1st Ed. 189 PP with b/w & colour illust. Half-title page: Cat-o'-nine-tails. Titlespread: Matavai Bay, Island of Otahytey. FEP: Map of Norfolk Island. REP: Map of Pitcairn Island. Cloth cover, title in blind on front cover and spine, dj. Light foxing , o/wise near fine. 26 x 24.5. 0670815217

Two small islands in the South Pacific, miles apart, but linked by a common history and the descendants of the mutineers of HMS Bounty.

16168
CORDINGLY, David
NICHOLAS POCOCK, 1740-1821
$20.00 AUD

Conway Maritime Press / National Maritime Museum. London. 1986. 1st Ed., in Conway's Marine Artists series. 120 PP with 77 b/w plates, plus 8 colour plates on full page. Title spread: The capture of the Resistance and Constance. Hard cover, dj. Light foxing on inside of dust jacket, o/wise fine. 24.5 x 19. 085177377X

Whilst at sea, Nicholas Pocock restricted his artistic activities to pen & ink drawings in his logbooks. He had taught himself to draft and did not take up painting as a profession until he was nearly 40.

22619
COSTELLO, J. & HUGHES, Terry
THE BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC
$10.00 AUD

Collins. London. 1977. 1st Ed. (6), 314 PP with b/w illust. (maps, photos, tables). Title-page: Convoy. FEP: Mappemonde of WWII. REP: Type VIIc U-Boat. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 26 x 19.6. 00021604810

The battle which spanned all the war years in European waters.

15943
COWSILL, Miles
SEALINK BRITISH FERRIES TO IRELAND
$10.00 AUD

Author. London. 1987. 1st Ed. 56PP with 69 b/w photos & 1 map in text. Eps. Colour pict. card cover. Fine. Oblong: 14.5 x 21.

History of the ferries crossing the Irish Sea, the North Channel and St. George's Channel.

63197
COWSILL, Miles
FISHGUARD - ROSSLARE
$15.00 AUD

Ferry Publications. Kilgetty, UK. 1990. 1st Ed. Foreword by James Bell. 48 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Name of previous owner at top of title page, o/wise fine. Oblong: 14.8 x 20.8. 1871947065

63196
COWSILL, Miles & HENDY, John
OLAU
$10.00 AUD

Ferry Publications. Kilgetty, UK. 1990. 1st Ed. 44 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Name of previous owner at top of title page. Near fine. Oblong: 14.8 x 20.8. 1871947057

13776
COWSILL, Miles & HENDY, John
HARWICH - HOOK OF HOLLAND
$10.00 AUD

Ferry Publications. Kilgetty, UK. 1988. 1st Ed. 52 PP with b/w illust. (photos, plans). Eps: Colour photos of ferries. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. Oblong: 14.8 x 20.8. 0951309315

Historical insight of the Sealink route between Harwich and Hook of Holland.

63195
COWSILL, Miles, HENDY, John & MACDUFF, Lawrence
CALEDONIAN MACBRAYNE - The Fleet
$10.00 AUD

Ferry Publications. Kilgetty, UK. 1985. 1st Ed. Foreword by A. J. Struthers. 40 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Name of previous owner at top of title page, o/wise fine. Oblong: 14.8 x 20.8. 1871947219

22656
CREE, Edward H.
THE CREE JOURNALS, The Voyages of Edward H. Cree, Surgeon R.N. as Related in his Private Journals 1837-1856
$35.00 AUD

Webb & Bower. Exeter, UK. 1981. 1st Ed., with an introduction by Michael Levien. 276 PP with b/w & colour illust. Fp: Edward Hodges Cree. Eps: Chart of South China Sea and Gulf of Tonkin. Hard cover, dj. Fine (as new condition). 24 x 19. 0906671361

Personal narrative of Dr. Edward H. Cree, recording his cruises between 1837 & 1856: Notebook & sketch book.

13775
DANIELSON, Richard & HENDY, John
THE MANXMAN STORY
$10.00 AUD

T. Stephenson. Prescot, Merseyside. 1983. 1st Ed. (2), 30 PP with 14 b/w photos. Pictorial soft covers witha few creases at bottom front, o/wise very good. Oblong: 14.8 x 21. 0901314226

Story of the passenger steam packet Manxman linking Douglas on the Isle of Man to England and Wales.

16008
de QUENETAIN, Bertrand
LA VIE MARITIME A GRANVILLE et dans sa région au début du siècle
$20.00 AUD

Editions L'Ancre de Marine. St. Malo. 1986. 1st Ed. 70 PP with b/w illustrations. Title page: A Dundee under sail. Pictorial soft cover. Occasional foxing. Very good. French text. 29 x 21. 2905970057

Maritime life in Granville between Normandy and Brittany at the beginning of this century. Deep-sea fishing to Iceland/Newfoundland, as well as coastal fishing.

18272
DEAR, Ian
THE CHAMPAGNE MUMM BOOK OF OCEAN RACING, An Illustrated History
$20.00 AUD

Severn House. London. 1985. 1st Ed. 157 PP with b/w illust. plus 16 full-page colour photos. Eps: World maps, location of races. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Faint foxing. Very good. 27.8 x 24.4. 0727820311

The most prestigious, expensive & glamorous of all international sport, from its beginnings in the 19th century.

21390
DRAKE-BROCKMAN, Henrietta
VOYAGE TO DISASTER - The Life of Francisco Pelsaert
$30.00 AUD

Angus & Robertson. Sydney. 1982. Reprint in the Australian Classics series, of the 1963 original. XVI, 318 PP with 2 maps in text plus 16 pages with 23 b/w illust. Fp: Title page of the Joost Hartgers 1648 edition of "Ongeluckige Voyagie van't Schip Batavia". Hard cover, dj. Fine. 22 x 14.5. 0207148414

Covering his report to the Dutch East India Company and the wreck of the Batavia in 1629...

13794
EDWARDS, Hugh
PEARLS OF BROOME and Northern Australia
$20.00 AUD

Author. Perth. 1994. 1st Ed. 84 PP with 2 b/w photos, plus 32 pages with 1 b/w and 82 colour photos. FEP: Pearling lugger under sail, by R. Shardlow. Title pages: Pearling luggers at low tide. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 24.5 x 17. 0646193090

14785
EVANS, Julian
TRANSIT OF VENUS, Travels in the Pacific
$5.00 AUD

Minerva. London. 1993. 1st paperback edition. (6), 278 PP with 8 maps in text. Pictorial soft cover. Slight ageing of paper. Fine. 19.8 x 12.4. 0749391650

A journalist travels and discovers the Pacific islands of the late 1980's.

18659
FAIRHALL, David
RUSSIA LOOKS TO THE SEA - A Study of the Expansion of Soviet Maritime Power
$10.00 AUD

Andre Deutsch. London. 1971. 1st Ed. 287 PP with 6 figures (5 maps) & 42 tables, plus 16 pages with 28 b/w photos. Hard cover. Image shows title-page. Light foxing mostly around page edges. Near fine. 23.5 x 15.6. 0233962247

Expansion of merchant shipping, fishing fleets, oceanographic research, as well as naval operations with overseas bases or floating support.

15818
FINNEY, C. M.
TO SAIL BEYOND THE SUNSET, Natural History in Australia 1699-1829
$20.00 AUD

Rigby. Adelaide. 1984. 1st Ed. X, 206 PP with 54 b/w & 92 colour illust. Eps: Map of New Holland and plan around Sydney. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 31.2 x 23.5. 0727018817

Natural history from discoverers & explorers followed by scientific expeditions: with Matthew Flinders on the Investigator and with Baudin on the Géographe.

17936
GEE, Marjory
CAPTAIN FRASER'S VOYAGES 1865-1892
$10.00 AUD

Stanford Maritime. London. 1979. 1st Ed. 217, (3) PP, plus 16 pages with 33 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Neat stamp of the Maritime Museum of Tasmania Inc. on FFEP, otherwise a fine copy. 21.4 x 13.4. 0540071803

The events of 25 voyages in fast clippers carrying varied cargoes worldwide.

18252
GOODENOUGH, Simon
SAILING SHIPS
$10.00 AUD

Albany Books. London. 1981. 1st Ed. 187, (2 index) PP withb/w and colour illustrations. Eps: Spanish Armada. Hard cover. Occasional foxing. Very good. 31 x 22.5. 0902935224

True story of the sailing ships, from their primitive origins to the 20th century, involving not only boats & sails, but men, ideas, superstitions & science.

30725
GREENHILL, Basil & GIFFARD, Ann
VICTORIAN AND EDWARDIAN SHIPS AND HARBOURS FROM OLD PHOTOGRAPHS
$10.00 AUD

B.T. Batsford. London. 1984. Reprint of the 1978 original. No pagination. 118 pages with 125 b/w photos. Fp: The barque Mathias. Hard cover. A very good clean copy. 25.4 x 19. 0713410795

17938
HAY, Mary
I SAW A SHIP A'SAILING
$15.00 AUD

HMSO & National Maritime Museum. London. 1981. 1st edition with a foreword by Doris M. Hay and a preface by John Crowder. X, 102 PP, plus 16 pages with 24 b/w photos of life on a windjammer. Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing on outside edges. Near fine. 22.2 x 14. 0112903401

Story of the Ladye Doris, a three-masted windjammer, which plied the Cape Horn route to the Pacific & Australia at the turn of the 20th Century.

15993
HEAL, S.C.
THE MAPLE LEAF AFLOAT, Volume I, West Coast Maritime Memories
$10.00 AUD

Cordillera Pub. Vancouver. 1992. 1st Ed. 181, (III adv.) PP with b/w illust. Pictorial soft cover. Foxing spots on outside edges. Fine. 22.5 x 15. 1895590027

Various aspects of shipping from a Canadian point of view: maritime & nautical stories, contemporary shipping, commercial fishing...

19498
HEATON, P.M.
JACK BILLMEIR, Merchant Shipowner
$15.00 AUD

Starling Press. Newport. 1989. 1st Ed. 90 PP plus 56 pages with full-page b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Light foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise fine. 21.7 x 15. 095077149X

Started in 1934, developed during the Spanish Civil War, WWII and the Malta Convoy.

18262
HENDERSON, Richard
THE RACING-CRUISER
$20.00 AUD

Reilly & Lee Books. Chicago. 1970. 2nd Printing. (10), 213 PP 117 figures (plans & sketch plans) by the author. Cloth cover, dj. Foxing outside edges, o/wise very good. 29 x 22. 0713612630

Selecting, equipping, tuning and racing the cruising sailboat plus sailing techniques.

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.

12057
HOWE, K. R.
WHERE THE WAVES FALL, A new South Sea Islands history from first settlement to colonial rule
$20.00 AUD

Allen & Unwin. Sydney. 1991. 3rd Impression of the 1984 original. XX, 403 PP with 6 head pieces, 11 maps, and 33 b/w illustrations. Eps: Map of the Pacific Islands. Pictorial soft cover. Foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 23 x 18. 1863731911

Exploration & the interaction between the first inhabitants & the explorers, traders, beachcombers, missionaries...

20656
IGGULDEN, D. & CLARKE, M.
SAILING HOME - A Pictorial Record of the First Fleet Re-Enactment Voyage
$5.00 AUD

Angus & Robertson. Sydney. 1988. 1st Ed. VIII, 120 PP with colour photos. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 25 x 25. 0207159653

15075
INGLETON, Geoffrey C.
MATTHEW FLINDERS, Navigator and Chartmaker (In Two Volumes)
$750.00 AUD

Genesis Publications / Hedley Australia. London. 1986. De Luxe Edition limited to 500 copies and numbered (No. 249/550). Volume I: XXIV, 467 PP with 252 text illustrations plus 16 colour plates & 16 b/w plates. Fp: Flinders' Investigator and Baudin's Le Géographe, 8th April, 1802. Volume II: Matthew Flinders, Private Journal 1803-1814. VI, 366 PP. Fp: Chart of Isle of France or Mauritius. Handbound in quarter leather and master printed on archival paper, all edges gilt. Gilt decoration on front cover, spine with raised bands. The gilt lettering and gilt on decorations on spines have largely been lost. Cloth cover slipcase. Signed by the author. A near fine set. Scarce. This is a heavy item and postage will be higher than usual. Please ask for a quote. Large folio: 31 x 23. 0904351327

16005
IRELAND, Bernard
THE BUSY CHANNEL
$5.00 AUD

Ian Allan. London. 1981. 1st Ed. 144 PP with b/w photos. Title-page: A selection of 7 vessels. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Near fine. 24 x 18. 0711011389

Photographic survey of 30 years of shipping on the busiest waterway of the world. Coasters and short sea traders, ferries, warships, fishing vessels, tugs, tows and service craft.

18263
JOHNSON, Peter
OCEAN RACING & OFFSHORE YACHTS
$15.00 AUD

Nautical Publishing. London. 1972. 2nd edition of the 1970 original. 318 PP tables and 146 figures (plans, sketches), plus 32 pages with 55 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 25 x 19. 0245510575

Most comprehensive.

16859
JOINVILLE, Prince de ...
VIEUX SOUVENIRS 1818-1848
$10.00 AUD

Musées de la Marine. Paris. 1980. Reprint of 1894 edition. Introduction by Capitaine de Vaisseau Jacques Vichot. (4), 152 PP with 10 charts & numerous b/w drawings, plus 24 colour illustrations (23 watercolours by the Prince de Joinville). Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 27 x 21.

The souvenirs of the son of the King of the French, an admiral at 26, exiled in 1848 after an upheaval and who returned to France after the fall of Napoleon III in 1871.

19460
JONES, Vincent
SAIL THE INDIAN SEA
$10.00 AUD

Gordon & Cremonesi. London. 1978. 1st Ed. 168 PP plus 16 pages with 31 b/w illust. FEP: Probable route of Vasca da Gama's first voyage. REP: Moorish trade routes before da Gama. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 26.5 x 17.5. 0860330214

Vasco da Gama: his travels, dominions and navigation. The discovery of the sea route to India.

39890
KERR, Joan & FALKUS, Hugh
FROM SYDNEY COVE TO DUNTROON - A Family Album of Early Life in Australia
$10.00 AUD

Victor Gollancz. London. 1982. 1st Ed. 128 PP with b/w & colour illustrations, plus 30 colour plates of the Flowers of Duntroon by Marrianne Campbell (many plates with description). Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 27.6 x 22.4. 0575030399

18524
KNOX-JOHNSTON, Robin
CAPE HORN, A Maritime History
$20.00 AUD

Hodder & Stoughton. London. 1995. 1st Ed. 240 PP with 2 maps in text. Hard cover, dj. Foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 24 x 15.6. 0340415274

Cape Horn: the most feared of all the world's capes. The age of discovery (Magellan, Schooten & Lemaitre from the City of Horn,...), age of exploration with scientists like Darwin, ... the windjammers... up to the age of the racing yachts.

15605
LEWIS, David
FROM MAUI TO COOK - The Discovery and Settlement of the Pacific
$10.00 AUD

Doubleday. Sydney. 1977. 1st Ed. X, 213 PP with drawings by Walter Stackpool. Eps: Map of the Pacific Ocean (FEP: discoveries Magellan to Torres - REP: discoveries Schouten / LeMaire to Cook). Cloth cover, dj. Dust jacket defective and protected. Occasional foxing. Near fine. 23.5 x 18. 086824001X

Pacific exploration, from prehistoric times, seen through the eyes of a modern-day seagoing adventurer.

14461
LONEY, J. K.
WRECK OF THE FIJI
$15.00 AUD

J.K. Loney /Ken Jenkin. Geelong. c.1975. 1st Ed. No. 6 in the "Famous Shipwreck" series. 16 PP with 1 location map, plus 8 pages with 8 b/w photos. Pictorial card cover. Ageing of paper, o/wise near fine. 20.2 x 14.2. 0909244154

Wrecked on 6th September, 1891, near Moonlight Head, 14 miles West of Cape Otway.

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

17144
LONEY, Jack
WRECKS ON KING ISLAND
$15.00 AUD

Marine History Publications. Portarlington. 1979. 1st edition. 28 PP, plus 12 pages with 1 map & 11 b/w illust. Stiff covers, illustrated front cover. Near fine. 20.8 x 14.2. 0909191034

King Island: Australia's marine graveyard (over 60 wrecks and 800 lives lost).

17148
LONEY, Jack
PETERBOROUGH, PORT CAMPBELL, PRINCETON; Tourist, Historical and Fishing Guide
$10.00 AUD

Marine History Publications. Geelong. c. 1970. 1st Ed. 22 PP with 1 map at centrefold, plus 4 pages with 3 b/w illustrations and 4 colour photos. Loosely inserted article The Day the Bridge Fell Down (1990). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 20.2 x 13.7.

Tourist, historical and fishing guide to this part of the West coast of Victoria.

17463
LONEY, Jack
FAMOUS WRECKS
$30.00 AUD

Marine History Publications. Geelong. c.1975. 1st Ed. (2), 116 PP with 6 maps, plus 12 pages with 23 b/w illustrations. Stapled pictorial soft covers (lightly soiled). Very good. 20.6 x 16. 0909191301

The Mahogany Ship, Schomberg, Admella, S.S. Casino ... R.M.S. Australia.

17642
LONEY, Jack
AUSTRALIAN SHIPWRECKS, Volume 2: 1851-1871
$20.00 AUD

Reed. Sydney. 1980. 1st Ed. 239 PP with 15 b/w illust. Eps: Map of Australia. Hard cover, dj (a little chipped). Near fine. 24.6 x 18.2. 0589501003

18833
LONEY, Jack
SHIPS AND SHIPWRECKS AT PORTARLINGTON
$15.00 AUD

Marine History Publications. Geelong. c. 1970. 1st Ed. 20 PP with 1 location map & 12 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 20.4 x 14.2. 0909191026

Mosquito fleets, Port Phillip Bay trade (cargo & passengers).

17150
LONEY, Jack (editor)
JACK LONEY'S MARITIME AUSTRALIA
$10.00 AUD

Author. Geelong. c. 1980. 1st Ed. 128 PP with 7 b/w illust. (4 photos, 2 maps & 1 painting), plus 16 pages with 30 b/w illust. Title page: Barque Polly Woodside undergoing restoration at Melbourne. Pictorial soft cover. Some light foxing, o/wise very good. 21.5 x 14. 0868951048

Short tales of ships and men on the oceans bordering Australia and its island dependencies.

17562
LYON, Eugene
THE TROUBLE WITH TREASURE (In National Geographic Magazine)
$10.00 AUD

National Geographic Society. Washington. 1976. Volume 149, No.6, June 1976. Article: P. 787 to 805. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 25.4 x 17.5.

The wreck of the Spanish galleon Atocha sunk off Florida in 1628.

18445
MACINTYRE, Captain Donald
THE ADVENTURE OF SAIL 1520-1914
$15.00 AUD

Ferndale Editions. London. 1979. Reprint of the 1970 original. Introduction by Uffa Fox. 256 PP with 265 b/w illust. & 44 colour plates in text. Title-page: 17th Century Compass Card. Half-title page: The building of the Ark. Illustrated endpapers. Hard cover, device in blind on front cover, dj. Foxing spots on outside edges. Very good. Oblong: 25.3 x 31.5. 0905746015

Illustrated history of sailing ships and contemporary accounts of historic voyages, extracts from journals of famous mariners and classic sea tales.

16271
MADDOCK, Shirley
ISLANDS OF THE GULF
$10.00 AUD

Collins. Auckland. 1966. Rep. of 1967. 286 PP with 20 colour & 80 b/w photos by Don Whyte. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 22.2 x 15.8.

The islands of the Hauraki Gulf, gateway to Auckland: history, trading, sailing.

15966
MALLETT, Alan S. & BELL, Andrew M. B.
THE PIRRIE-KYLSANT MOTORSHIPS 1915-1932 - The story of the 111 motorships built for the R.M.S.P. Group between 1915 and 1932
$10.00 AUD

Mallett and Bell Publications. Norfolk, U.K. 1984. 1st Ed. 120 PP with 5 colour illust. and 122 b/w photos, plus 1 folded plan at rear of book. Pictorial card cover. Fine. 20.8 x 14.6. 0950945307

16222
MARTIN, Sheila
SEA WANDERERS TO AUSTRALIA - Five Years of Ocean Life
$15.00 AUD

Macmillan. Melbourne. 1977. 1st Australian edition of the 1977 UK original "Seatramps". 192 PP, plus 8 pages with 16 b/w photos. Eps: Maps with track of voyage of Shebessa, 1970-75. Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 22 x 14. 0333229967

Five years roaming the world on the 42ft. ketch Shebessa between 1970 & 1975.

16188
McAFEE, Robert F.
DAWES'S METEOROLOGICAL JOURNAL [in Bureau of Meteorology, Historical Note No.2]
$10.00 AUD

A.G.P.S. Canberra. 1981. 1st Ed. Foreword by J. W. Zillman. VI, 30 PP with many b/w illust. & facsimile of documents, plus microfiche copy of the original 182 pages of the Journals (in a pocket at rear). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 25 x 17.5. 0642016852

The man and his contribution to Australian meteorology and climatology. His observatory and his Journal.

12457
McGUIRE, Paul
WESTWARD THE COURSE - The New World of Oceania
$5.00 AUD

O.U.P. Melbourne. 1942. 1st Australian edition. 411 PP with 3 maps, plus 32 pages with 41 b/w photos. Cloth cover. Top corner of title page clipped, ageing of paper, o/wise very good. 22.2 x 14.5.

A profound study of the influence of the Western world on Oceania at the outbreak of the Pacific War.

21034
MILLER, Francis T.
THE NAVIES
$15.00 AUD

Castle Book. New York. 1957. Reprint of 1911 edition. Part 6 in the 10 volumes of "The Photographic History of the Civil War" series. 322 PP with b/w illust. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Faint foxing. Very good. 27.8 x 19.8.

The organization of the Federal & Confederate Navy: blockade, the birth of the ironclads ... naval chronology, 1861-1865.

22225
MILLER, William H.
TRANSATLANTIC LINERS 1945-1980
$25.00 AUD

David & Charles. Newton Abbot. 1981. 1st Ed. 222 PP with b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket is price-clipped with a few small chips and sunned spine. A few small spots on endpapers, o/wise a near fine copy. 25.5 x 17.5. 0715380206

Information and technical details on every liner classed by shipping line. From the America Banner Lines and their "Atlantic" and "La Guardia", to the Zim Lines and their "Israel", "Jerusalem", "Shalom" & "Zion".

16256
MILLMAN, Lawrence
LAST PLACES, A Journey in the North
$15.00 AUD

Houghton Mifflin. Boston. 1990. 1st Ed. (6), 242 PP. Eps: North Atlantic Ocean above 40th Parallel. Hard cover, gilt title on cloth spine, dj. Fine. 21.5 x 14.5. 039543615X

A voyage in the footsteps of the Vikings from Norway to Newfoundland.

13777
MITCHELL, Barry
RO-RO TO FINLAND
$15.00 AUD

Hutton. London. 1985. 1st Ed. 159 PP with 2 maps, 5 port plans, 2 drawings & 26 b/w photos in text. Pictorial soft cover. Faint foxing on outside edges. Near fine. 21 x 14.8. 0907033326

The operations of the roll-on, roll-off service between the UK and Finland.

18475
MORRISON, John H.
HISTORY OF AMERICAN STEAM NAVIGATION
$15.00 AUD

Stephen Daye. New York. 1958. Reprint of 1903 orig. (10), 630 PP, VII, with 55 b/w illust. by Samuel Ward Stanton in text. Hard cover, price-clipped dj (chipped with a few closed tears). Internally near fine. 24 x 15.5.

Comprehensive history reviewing the entire American maritime scene with special coverage of the Hudson River and the Long Island Sound waterways.

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.

22316
MUCKELROY, Keith (editor)
ARCHEOLOGY UNDER WATER. An Atlas of the World's Submerged Sites
$25.00 AUD

McGraw-Hill Books. New York. 1980. 1st Ed. 192 PP with maps, charts, diagrams plus bw & colour photos. Title page: Diver inspecting a storage jar. Half-title page: Diver recovering a Roman amphora. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Occasional foxing. Near fine. 28.5 x 22.5. 0070439516

Wrecks & sites (ports & cities) from Scandinavia to Middle America and from 1200 BC to the end of the 19th century.

58107
MUCKELROY, Keith (editor)
ARCHAEOLOGY UNDER WATER. An Atlas of the World's Submerged Sites
$25.00 AUD

McGraw-Hill Books. New York. 1980. 1st Ed. 192 PP with maps, charts, diagrams plus bw & colour photos. Title page: Diver inspecting a storage jar. Half-title page: Diver recovering a Roman amphora. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price clipped and with a few small nicks and small piece missing at rear top near spine). Edges are rubbed (shelf wear) and dust jacket is in a protective sleeve. Contents near fine. 28.5 x 22.5. 0070439516

Wrecks & sites (ports & cities) from Scandinavia to Middle America and from 1200 BC to the end of the 19th century.

16860
NEILLANDS, Robin
BY SEA AND LAND, The Royal Marines Commandos, A History 1942-1982
$15.00 AUD

Weidenfeld & Nicolson. London. 1987. 1st Ed. XVIII, 269 PP with 6 full-page maps in text plus 16 pages with 36 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Light foxing around outside edges, o/wise near fine. 24 x 15.8. 0297790641

Brief history of the Sea Soldiers 1604 to 1942, followed by the operations from the Dieppe Raid to the Falklands War.

15746
NEWMAN, Charles
THE SPIRIT OF WHARF HOUSE. Campbell Enterprise from Calcutta to Canberra 1788-1930
$35.00 AUD

Angus & Robertson. Sydney. 1961 1st Ed. XVI, 260 PP, plus 16 pages with b/w illustrations (photos, line drawings, sketches & maps). Fp (in colour): Robert Campbell, Merchant 1769-1846. Cloth cover, dj. Dust jacket with a few chips and is in a protective sleeve. A near fine copy. 23.5 x 15.5.

Story of Robert Campbell and his descendants.

70089
O'MAY, Harry
WOODEN HOOKERS OF HOBART TOWN AND WHALERS OUT OF VAN DIEMEN'S LAND
$20.00 AUD

L. G. Shea, Government Printer. Hobart. c. 1960. 137, VI (index) PP & 101, (3 index) PP, plus 32 pages with 61 b/w photos. Green cloth cover, dust jacket. Front part of dust jacket with small piece missing at top and now in a protective sleeve. Contents near fine. Scarce. 22 x 14.5.

Whaling in the early days of Van Diemen's Land.

18625
PACINI, Eugene
LA MARINE, Arsenaux, Navires, Equipages, Navigation, Atterrages, Combats
$50.00 AUD

Edition des 4 Seigneurs. Grenoble. 1981. Reprint of the 1844 original. (6), 240 PP with 119 b/w illust., plus 23 b/w plates and colour plates (8 of uniforms, 1 of flags). Dark blue simile vellum, gilt title on spine, ribbon book-mark. French text. Light foxing on covers and prelims, o/wise near fine. 27 x 17.

The Navy: shipyards and ships, crew, flags, navigation and landfalls, sea battles. Illustrations by Morel-Fatio.

17277
PARIS, Admiral François Edmond
ADMIRAL PARIS' NATIVE BOATS OF ASIA AND THE PACIFIC 1841
$75.00 AUD

Antiques of the Orient. Singapore. 1989. 1st Ed. 96 PP with 78 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21.5 x 15. 9810010591

Catalogue of an exhibition of hand-coloured original lithographs of native craft of Asia and the Pacific, executed in 1841 by ...

14563
PEARS, Chas.
YACHTING ON THE SUNSHINE COAST - A Volume of Information compiled, written and illustrated by ...
$15.00 AUD

Southern Railway Co. London. 1932. 1st Ed. (6), 66 PP with 45 colour burgees of Yacht Clubs, plus 16 colour plates by the author on art paper. Cloth cover (lightly soiled and marked), colour illustration pasted down on front board. Foxing spots on outside edges. Name and stamp of previous owners on front endpaper. An otherwise very good copy. 23.7 x 15.

The various yachting centres of Southern England with Yacht Clubs Burgees and exquisite watercolours on art paper.

16229
PHILLIPS-BIRT, Douglas
THE LOVE OF SAILING
$10.00 AUD

Octopus. London. 1976. 1st Ed. 96 PP with colour illustrations. Illustrated hard cover, dj. Very good. 32 x 24. 00070640453

All aspects of sailing: from tall ships to small dinghies, from ocean-racing to round-the-world feats of the lone sailor.

19350
PHILLIPS-BIRT, Douglas
THE HISTORY OF YACHTING
$15.00 AUD

Stein & Day. New York. 1974. 1st US Ed. 288 PP, with profuse illust. in b/w & colour. Fp: The Sappho setting balloon canvas. Eps: Yachting off the Isle of Wight 1848. Cloth cover, pict. dj. Bookplate of previous owner on FFEP. Light foxing on prelims, o/wise a very good clean copy. 30.5 x 23.5. 0812817044

History of the sport of yachting & development of yacht design.

22659
PRICE, Petty Officer Harry
THE ROYAL TOUR 1901 or the Cruise of the H.M.S. Ophir
$5.00 AUD

Webb & Bower. Exeter. 1980. Facsimile edition of the 1901 manuscripts. No pagination. (8), 192 pages of manuscript with delightful watercolours of daily life at sea, ports of call, etc... Fp: Harry Price in uniform. Eps. Hard cover, gilt device on front cover, dj. Fine. 28.7 x 19.7. 0906671108

Being a lower deck account of their Royal Highnesses, the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York's voyage around the British Empire.

16234
ROSE, Sir Alec
MY LIVELY LADY
$20.00 AUD

Nautical Publishing. London. 1968. 1st Ed. XIV, 193 PP with maps & drawings, plus 24 pages with 35 b/w & colour photos. Eps. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 22 x 15. 245595651

Alec Rose, early days, his trans-atlantic crossing then his solo round the world voyage of 318 days, in 1967.

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.

18247
ROSS, John O.
CAPT. F. G. MOORE, Mariner and Pioneer
$20.00 AUD

Wanganui Newspaper. Wanganui. 1982. 1st Ed. 178 PP with a facsimile of documents and 37 b/w illust. FEP: Map of the colony of New Zealand by Arrowsmith 1841. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 25.2 x 17.8. 0959763619

Biography of a master mariner, coastal trader, farmer, coal miner,... a pioneer of New Zealand.

16761
SAHIB, & VICHOT, Jacques
MARINS & NAVIRES - ANCIENS & MODERNES, PAR SAHIB (1890)
$10.00 AUD

Musée de la Marine. Paris. 1977. 1st Ed. (4), 68 PP with many b/w & colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 27 x 21.

Reprint of a history of ships & sailors of the navies through cartoons, published by Sahib (a sort of Pooh-Bah) in 1890.

17868
LE SCAL, Yves
AU TEMPS DES GRANDS VOILIERS 1850-1920
$30.00 AUD

André Barret éditeur. Paris. 1977. 1st edition in Collection "Trésors de la Photographie". 190 PP, profusely illustrated with b/w photos. Cloth cover, dj. Dust Jacket with chips and repaired tears. Contents near fine. French text. Oblong: 24.5 x 31.

Testimony of the life and hardship on board the tall ships rounding the Horn.

21308
SCHEFFER, Dr. Victor B., BOCKSTOCE, John et al..
ALASKA WHALES AND WHALING [in Alaska Geographic]
$20.00 AUD

Alaska Geographic Society. Anchorage. 1978. Volume 5, No.4 of Alaska Geographic Quarterly. 144 PP with b/w & colour illustrations and includes a loosely inserted poster of whales. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. Oblong: 21.5 x 18. 0882401149

Whales of Alaska. History of commercial whaling in Arctic Alaska... Modern Eskimo whaling.

18236
SMITH, Graham
KING'S CUTTERS - The Revenue Service and the War against Smuggling
$10.00 AUD

London. 1983. Conway. 1st Ed. 190 PP with b/w illust. (paintings, photos, plans,...). Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Foxing spots on outside edges. Fine. 24.5 x 19. 0851772919

The struggle against the law-breakers, the politicians, the Navy... Evolution of type of contraband and development of the vessels from small wooden boats to the fast craft of today.

15672
SMITH, Philip Chadwick Foster
THE EMPRESS OF CHINA
$15.00 AUD

Philadelphia Maritime Museum. Philadelphia. 1984. 1st Ed. XVIII, 331 PP with 71 b/w illust. & head-pieces. Eps: Passage of the ship Empress of China, New York - Canton. Pictorial soft cover. Faint foxing, o/wise fine. 25.4 x 17.7. 0913346098

Voyage of the first USA vessel which initiated trade with the Chinese. Sailed from New York Harbour 22/02/1784, returned mid-May 1785.

15487
SPILLETT, Peter G.
FORSAKEN SETTLEMENT, An illustrated history of the settlement of Victoria, Port Essington North Australia 1838-1849
$35.00 AUD

Lansdowne Press. Sydney. 1972. 1st Ed. 196 PP with b/w illust. Hard cover, dust jacket. A near fine copy. 23.2 x 15.5. 701803347

16924
VICHOT, Jacques
LA GUERRE POUR LA LIBERTE DES MERS, 1778-1783, Receuil d'estampes representant les differents evenements ...
$10.00 AUD

Musee de la Marine. Paris. 1976. Reprint published on 4th July, 1976 to celebrate the bicentenary of the U.S.A. No pagination, 26 pages with b/w illustrations. Pictorial card covers. Fine. French text. 27 x 21.

Catalogue of engravings on the various events which led to the Independence of the U.S.A. Originally published shortly after the Peace Treaty in late 1783 or early 1784.

62940
WILSON, Capt. John Aa.
WOODEN WALLS TO DISTANT SHORES - A Maritime Concoction and the Regina Maris Saga
$25.00 AUD

Author. Oslo. 1984. 1st Ed. 346 PP with 1 colour photo and b/w illustrations. 3 sheet "addenda" loosely inserted. Fp: The Regina Maris under sail. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj (rubbed and creased and a few repaired small tears). Faint foxing o/wise fine . 27 x 21.

An unusual book.

17351
WILSON, E. A.
SOVIET PASSENGER SHIPS 1917-1977
$10.00 AUD

World Ship Society. Kendal, UK. 1978. 1st Ed. 80 PP with 1 ship profile and 137 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 21 x 14.8. 0905617045

History and fleet list.