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.
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
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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
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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
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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.
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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)
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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]
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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
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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
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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
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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 ...
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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
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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
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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