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20531
ALEXANDER, Michael
OMAI 'NOBLE SAVAGE'
$20.00 AUD

Collins & Harvill Press. London. 1977. 1st Ed. 223 PP plus 12 Pages with 14 bw illust. Ep: Capt. Wallis & men of the 'Dolphin' meet Queen Oberea, Tahiti, 1767. Hard cover, dj. (small closed tear). Near fine. 21.6 x 14. 0002626101

The first noble savage dear to the 18th century French philosopher Rousseau, comes into contact with the civilized world of England.

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

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

18661
ANDREWS, Graeme
FIGHTING SHIPS OF AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND
$5.00 AUD

Regency House. Sydney. 1973. Revised and updated edition of the 1971 Australasian Navies. 64 PP with b/w & colour illustrations. Pictorial card cover. Near fine. 28 x 22.

Not only the ships, also missiles & aircrafts as well as the Australian Army's water transport squadrons.

14560
ARBON, A. L.
A HISTORY OF UNION STEAMSHIP Co. OF NEW ZEALAND 1875-1971 (in two volumes)
$100.00 AUD

Ronald H. Parsons. Lobethal, S.A. 1973 & 1974. 1st Ed. Vol.1 (1973): (6), 125 PP, plus 12 pages with 21 b/w photos. Vol.2 (1974): VII, 135 PP. Typescript monograph. Soft covers, illustrated front, staples, cloth spine. Slight ageing of paper and foxing. Very good. Scarce. Oblong: 16 x 20.6. 0909418004

Volume 1: the Company - Volume 2: the Ships. Foundation and early progress. Trans-Pacific routes, Australian coastal trade, sail training...

16139
BADDELEY, Jon
NAUTICAL ANTIQUES AND COLLECTABLES
$30.00 AUD

Sotheby's Publications. London. 1993. 1st Ed. 160 PP with b/w & colour illust. Hard cover, dj. Ex-libris plate on inside front cover, o/wise fine. 28.8 x 24.5. 0856673943

Ships models, navigational instruments, marine art and craft, ship portrait paintings, posters,...

10800
BAUMBER, Michael
GENERAL-AT-SEA - Robert Blake and the Seventeenth-Century Revolution in Naval Warfare
$15.00 AUD

John Murray. London. 1989. 1st Ed. (X), 284 PP with 18 maps & battle plans, plus 8 pages with 14 b/w illust. Hard cover, dj (price-clipped). Fine. 24 x 16. 0719547067

Biography of this soldier, turned sailor: actions during the English Civil War, the Dutch, the Spanish in the Mediterranean.

18275
BEISER, Arthur
THE SAILOR'S WORLD
$10.00 AUD

Ridge Press Book. New York. c. 1971. 1st Ed. 251 PP with 79 b/w & 103 colour photos by Stanley Rosenfeld. Cloth cover, dj (price clipped). Stamp of previous owner on free endpaper, occasional foxing, o/wise very good. 28 x 22. 0600380408

Every aspect of sailing & the world of the sailor: the boat, racing, weather, navigation, seamanship,... cruising & ocean passage.

10797
BENNETT, Geoffrey
THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR
$10.00 AUD

Naval Institute Press. Annapolis. 1978. Reprint of the 1977 original. 256 PP with 23 maps, diagrams & illustrations, plus 8 pages with 19 b/w illustrations. Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing. Near fine. 24.2 x 15.8. 0870219146

21st October, 1805.

10508
BONNER, Frederick
THE YACHTING SEASON OF 1845 - An Illustrated Facsimile Reprint of the Yachtsman's Annual and General Register
$20.00 AUD

Nautical Publishing. London. 1971. Facsimile reprint of the 1845 original. (10), 230 PP with 4 sketch-maps and 13 b/w illust., plus 2 b/w plates. Hard cover, simile leather spine, gilt title on spine, dj. (price clipped). A little light foxing of dj and around the outside edger, o/wise near fine. 22 x 14.8. 0245507019

Yacht clubs: laws & regulations, list of members & yachts: Royal Yacht Squadron, Royal Thames Yacht Club, Royal Western Yacht Club... A delightful book.

18490
BRADFORD, Ernle
THREE CENTURIES OF SAILING
$15.00 AUD

Country Life Limited. London. 1964. 1st Ed. 120 PP with 106 b/w illust. (paintings & photos). Fp: Colour painting by W. van der Velde the Younger: English Yachts at Sea. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj (price clipped). Foxing. Very good. 25.5 x 19.

British yachting which started in 1660 when the City Council of Amsterdam presented the yacht Mary to King Charles II.

15786
BURKE, Iris & Keast (editors)
THE SPANISH AT PORT JACKSON, THE VISIT OF THE CORVETTES DESCUBIERTA & ATREVIDA 1793
$60.00 AUD

Australian Documentary Facsimile Society. Sydney. 1967. Edition of 275 copies, of which 250 are signed. Preface by Dr. A. Grove Day, translations by Virginia M. Day. 48 PP printed on Glastonbury antique paper with 2 panoramas by Brambila tipped in, 8 pages of Viana's Journal, 2 pages holographs. Fp: Portrait of Malaspina. Eps: Sketches made by the expedition's artists. Hard cover, title on front board and spine. Fine. 28.6 x 22.2.

A stay of one month in 1793, at Port Jackson, during the Spanish scientific expedition to survey the Pacific, led by Malaspina and Bustamante Y Guerra.

19057
CABLE, Boyd
A HUNDRED YEAR HISTORY OF THE P. & O. 1837-1937, Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company
$65.00 AUD

Ivor Nicholson and Watson. London. 1937. 1st Ed. X, 289 PP with 10 pages of silhouette sketches, plus 18 plates on full page (12 colour, 6 b/w). Fp (in colour): Armorial Bearings of the P & O. Eps: Maps of P & O routes. Original cloth cover, gilt device on front cover, gilt title on spine, dj. "Compliments" slip tipped in on preliminary page. Remnants of sellotape on top of half title page. Occasional foxing, o/wise a near fine copy. 24 x 19.

18169
CANNELL, David & LEATHER, John
MODERN DEVELOPMENT IN YACHT DESIGN
$15.00 AUD

Adlard Coles. London. 1976. 1st Ed. (8), 152 PP with 79 b/w illust. (plans, sketches,..) & 17 b/w photos in text. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket rubbed and soiled, now in protective sleeve. Foxing spots on outside edges. Still a very good clean copy. 28.3 x 22.5. 0229115187

Sailing and motor yachts, spars, rigs & sails, materials & construction.

36662
CHAPELLE, Howard I.
THE AMERICAN FISHING SCHOONERS 1825-1935
$30.00 AUD

W. W. Norton. New York. 1973. 1st Ed. 690 PP with 137 plates, 39 figures and numerous sketch-drawings in the important "Notebook" part of this book. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price clipped). Old tape marks on front and rear endpapers, signature of previous owner on FFEP. Light foxing around outside edges, o/wise a very good clean copy. 24 x 16. 0393031233

The history of the commercial fishing schooner, its development in design, function and construction.

10822
CHILDERS, Colonel Spencer (editor)
A MARINER OF ENGLAND - An Account of the Career of William Richardson from Cabin Boy in the Merchant Service to Warrant Officer in the Royal Navy [1780 to 1819] as told by Himself
$20.00 AUD

Conway / United States Naval Institute. London / Annapolis. 1970. New impression of the 1908 original. XVI, 317 PP. Fp: Basque roads, 12 April 1809. Eps: Fight between Formidable and Caesar. Cloth cover, gilt device on front cover and spine, gilt title on spine, dj (spine sunned). Foxing spots on outside edges. Very good. 21.8 x 14.5. 0870218468

Slave trade, war in the Indian Ocean and the West Indies. Lisbon and the Peninsular War.

16894
COINDREAU, Roger
ECOLE NAVALE
$60.00 AUD

Livre d'Or. Casablanca. c.1959. 1st Ed., in the series Livres d'Or des Grandes Ecoles Françaises. 162 PP with 190 b/w illust. (photos, paintings, cartoons, ...). Marbled eps. Gilt-engraved hard cover & spine. Spine damaged at foot and repaired, o/wise internally near fine. French text. 31.8 x 24.5.

Story of the different colleges which have, since 1627, prepared the officers to serve the King's and later the Nation's Navy. The French equivalent to Dartmouth or the Annapolis Naval Institute.

19855
COLEMAN, Terry
THE LINERS - A History of the North Atlantic Crossing
$10.00 AUD

Penguin. London. 1977. Reprint in paperback edition of the 1976 original. 232 PP with b/w & colour illust. Fp: Poster of Normandie. Half-title: Shopping on Aquitania. Pictorial card cover. Faint foxing on outside edges. Near fine. 24.5 x 19. 0140043985

When these liners had style: in their design, in the men who sailed them or travelled on them.

16247
CORNELL, Gwenda
PACIFIC ODYSSEY
$5.00 AUD

Adlard Coles London. 1985. 1st paperback edition. (4), 218 PP & 8 pages with 17 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Faint foxing, o/wise fine. 21.3 x 13.6. 0229117589

A five-year voyage to the unusual and usual ports: Pitcairn, Gambier, Tuvalu, Tikopia, Trobriands, ...

18279
CRABTREE, Reginald
THE LUXURY YACHT FROM STEAM TO DIESEL
$10.00 AUD

David & Charles. London. 1973. 1st Ed. 208 PP with 26 b/w draw. in text plus 16 pages with 31 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 22.4 x 14.2. 071536023X

The development of the luxury power yacht in Britain and the U.S.A. A social and technical history of yachts, yachting & yacht clubs.

16244
CURTIS, Brian
THE SYDNEY-HOBART, My 21 Years
$20.00 AUD

Libra Books. Hobart. 1981. 1st Ed. No pagination, 94 PP with 165 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 24.7 x 18.8. 0909619077

A selection of 165 b/w photos of the Sydney/Hobart race between 1949 and 1979.

16241
D'ALPUGET, Lou
YACHTING IN AUSTRALIA, Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
$15.00 AUD

Hutchinson. Melbourne. 1980. 1st Ed. 330 PP with b/w illustrations, plus 16 pages with 28 colour photos. Eps: Eastern seaboard with track of ocean races. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 26 x 20. 0091373603

Comprehensive coverage of Australian yachting.

16245
DE FRAGA, Christopher
100 YEARS OF YACHTING ON PORT PHILLIP BAY - A History of the Royal Brighton Yacht Club
$15.00 AUD

Hawthorn Press. Melbourne. 1975. 1st Ed. (6), 210 PP, plus 16 pages with 37 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 25 x 15. 0725601558

20645
DIVINE, David
THE OPENING OF THE WORLD
$15.00 AUD

Collins. London. 1973. 1st Ed. 272 PP with 6 maps, 160 b/w illustrations & 28 colour plates. Eps: Orbis Terrae. Cloth cover, dj. (price clipped). Very good. 25.2 x 19.5. 0002111691

From the first attempt by primitive man to cross the unfordable river, through Sumerian, Nile, Minoan civilisation, to the Portuguese, Spanish explorers of the Renaissance.

21313
DOW, George Francis
WHALE SHIPS AND WHALING, A Pictorial History
$10.00 AUD

Dover. New York. 1985. Reprint of the 1925 edition. 241 PP with 207 b/w illust. Pictorial soft cover. Occasional foxing, o/wise fine. 23.5 x 16.5. 0486248089

Pictorial history of whaling with an account of the whale fishery in colonial New England.

12382
FABB, J. (editor)
VICTORIAN AND EDWARDIAN NAVY FROM OLD PHOTOGRAPHS
$15.00 AUD

B. T. Batsford Ltd. London. 1976. 1st Ed. Introduction by A. P. McGowan. No pagination. 144 pages with 172 b/w photos. Fp: Flag Captain HMS Majestic. Hard cover, dj (price-clipped). Near fine. 25.4 x 19.2. 0713431229

Life and work at sea, training and leisure, campaigns, Royal Marines, Royal Navy, personalities and uniforms.

18273
FAIRCHILD, Tony & BOC GROUP
THE THIRD TIME AROUND, The BOC Challenge 1990-1991
$10.00 AUD

Robert Hale. London. 1991. 1st Ed. 184 PP with 2 maps & 93 b/w & colour illust. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 25.2 x 19.6. 0709045506

The third single-handed round the world race, the BOC Challenge 1990-1991.

22214
FITCHETT, T. K.
THE LONG HAUL - Ships on the England-Australia Run
$15.00 AUD

Rigby. Adelaide. 1980. 1st Ed. 95 PP with colour illust. Hard cover, dj. Fine. Oblong: 22.5 x 28.5. 0727010271

Passenger ships running the longest sea route in the world.

15655
FLEURIEU, Charles P.C.
A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD 1790-1792 PERFORMED BY ETIENNE MARCHAND (In Two Volumes)
$60.00 AUD

N. Israel. Amsterdam. 1969. Facsimile reprint of 1801 original English edition. Nos. 23 & 24 in the Bibliotheca Australiana series. Volume I: (VIII), CXXVIII, 361 PP, plus 8 plates including 4 folded charts. Volume II: XII, 504 PP, plus 105 PP comprising the journal of the route of the ship 'Solide' in 1790, 1791 & 1792. Simile vellum, gilt title on blue vignette (front cover & spine). Fine. This is a heavy item and postage will be higher than usual. Please ask for a quote. 26 x 21.

17552
FORMAN, Werner & SYME, Ronald
THE TRAVELS OF CAPTAIN COOK
$25.00 AUD

McGraw-Hill. New York. 1971. 1st US Ed. 180 PP with b/w text-illustrations and 102 b/w & colour plates. Printed on art paper. Eps: Resolution at anchor in Nootka Sound. Cloth cover, statue of Captain Cook on front cover, dj. Faint foxing, o/wise near fine. 28.5 x 23.5. 070626502

21100
FUCHS, Sir Vivian
ANTARCTIC ADVENTURE - The Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1955-58
$10.00 AUD

Cassell. London. 1959. 1st Ed. XVI, 190 PP with 7 maps & 28 illustrations by Stuart Tresilian, plus 16 pages with 15 colour photos. Hard cover, dj (price-clipped). Foxing spots on outside edges. Very good. 21 x 14.5.

72304
GREENHILL, Basil
ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE BOAT - A New Introductory Study
$25.00 AUD

Adam & Charles Black. London. 1976. 1st Ed., with introduction by Professor W. F. Grimes. 320 PP with 213 b/w illustrations (photos & line drawings). Cloth cover, gilt title on spine. No dust jacket. Fine. 25.2 x 19. 0713616458

Evolution of boats and ship-building, covering the 4 main roots of boat-building: raft, skin boats, bark boats and dug-outs.

15628
GRENFELL PRICE, A. (editor)
THE EXPLORATIONS OF CAPT. JAMES COOK IN THE PACIFIC, As Told by Selections of His Own Journals 1768-1779
$10.00 AUD

Angus & Robertson. Sydney. 1969. 2nd edition of the 1958 original. XVII, 292 PP with 40 b/w drawings by Geoffrey C. Ingleton. Fp (in colour): Plaque by Flaxman of Capt. Cook, tipped in. FEP: Chart of Pacific Ocean, before Cook. REP: Chart of the Pacific Ocean, after Cook. Cloth cover, dj (HM Bark Endeavour entering Botany Bay April 29, 1770). Dust jacket lightly chipped and rubbed. Faint foxing on outside edges, o/wise very good. 24.3 x 15.5. 0207952213

Selections of Capt. Cook's Journals compiled to give a running narrative accompanied by evocative & historically authentic illustrations.

64454
GRENFELL PRICE, A. (editor)
THE EXPLORATIONS OF CAPT. JAMES COOK IN THE PACIFIC, As Told by Selections of His Own Journals 1768-1779
$15.00 AUD

Angus & Robertson. Sydney. 1969. 2nd edition of the 1958 original. XVII, 292 PP with 40 b/w drawings by Geoffrey C. Ingleton. Fp (in colour): Plaque by Flaxman of Capt. Cook, tipped in. FEP: Chart of Pacific Ocean, before Cook. REP: Chart of the Pacific Ocean, after Cook. Cloth cover, sunned on bottom of spine, dj (price-clipped). Dust jacket sunned on spine with some rubbing on back. An otherwise near fine copy. 24.3 x 15.5. 0207952213

Selections of Capt. Cook's Journals compiled to give a running narrative accompanied by evocative & historically authentic illustrations.

19342
GROENEWEGEN, G.
VERZAMELING Van Vier en tachtig Stuks HOLLANDSCHE SCHEPEN, Geteekend en IN KOPER GEBRAGT, door ... 1789
$15.00 AUD

No Place. c. 1960. Facsimile reprint of 1789 Rotterdam original edition, published by J. van den Brink. No pagination. (4), 168 pages with 84 pen & ink drawings on full page. Laminated boards. Faint foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. Dutch text. Oblong: 18 x 22.

Drawings by G. Groenewegen of different types of Dutch vessels and craft of the 18th Century.

10431
HALEY, Nelson Cole
WHALE HUNT, The Narrative of a Voyage by Nelson Cole Haley, Harpooner in the Ship Charles W. Morgan 1849-1853
$25.00 AUD

Robert Hale Ltd. London. 1950. 1st UK Ed. 319 PP with 16 full-page b/w illust. in text. Library binding, with number on spine, stamp on FFEP, at bottom of title-page and its verso. Contents clean and a very good copy of a scarce title. 21 x 14.

Sperm whaling in the South Pacific.

16417
HEALEY, M. C. & WALLACE, R. R. (editors)
CANADIAN AQUATIC RESOURCES
$5.00 AUD

Dept. of Fisheries & Oceans. Ottawa. 1987. 1st Ed. VIII, 533 PP with b/w illust. (photos, tables, maps & figures). Pictorial card cover. Fine. 24.7 x 17. 0660124874

The contribution to the economy of Canada of its aquatic resources and some of their problems: acid rain, toxic contamination of rivers, salinisation of prairies ...

16767
HEARSEY, John E.N.
YOUNG MR PEPYS
$10.00 AUD

History Book Club. London. 1973. Reprint. (12), 307 PP plus 12 pages with b/w illust. Fp: Portrait of Samuel Pepys. Eps: The Dutch off Sheerness, 1667. Hard cover, dj. Small vignette pasted down on half-title page, two pages with a vertical marker pen line (not affecting text legibility), and an otherwise very good clean copy. 22.3 x 13.8. 094591407

In 1660, he was made Clerk of the Acts at the Navy Office and by reorganizing it, became one of the Fathers of the Royal Navy.

18285
HEATH, Edward
SAILING, A Course of My Life
$15.00 AUD

Sidgwick & Jackson. London. 1975. December reprint of the November 1975 original. 184 PP, (1 Index) with b/w & colour photos throughout. Hard cover, dj (lightly rubbed). Signed by Edward Heath on verso of free fly front endpaper. Near fine. 25.4 x 19. 028398225X

Prime Minister of the U.K. First "sailing" lesson in 1966, win on the Sydney / Hobart in 1969...

21912
HEATON, P. M.
THE ABBEY LINE - History of a Cardiff Shipping Venture
$10.00 AUD

The Starling Press. Gwent, UK. 1983. 1st Ed. 151 PP, plus 48 pages with b/w photos. Eps: Transcript of register for Tintern Abbey and Melrose Abbey. Hard cover, dj. Spine of dust jacket lightly sunned, o/wise fine. 22 x 15.2. 0950771422

The founder's origin, interest in shipowning, development, to the sale of the Tintern Abbey in 1960.

14601
HEATON, Peter
THE SINGLEHANDERS
$5.00 AUD

Michael Joseph. London. 1976. 1st Ed. 208 PP with 8 plans, 7 maps, 5 tail-pieces & many b/w photos or paintings. Title spread: Francis Chichester rounding the Horn in March, 1967. Hard cover, dj. Top edge of rear cover worn. Occasional foxing. Very good. 24.4 x 17.5. 0718114930

The pioneers (Joshua Slocum, Howard Blackburn,..), the romantic era (Harry Pidgeon, Alain Gerbault,...), the competitive era (Knox-Johnston, Sir Alec Rose, Moitessier,..).

12323
HILL, Ernestine
MY LOVE MUST WAIT - The Story of Matthew Flinders
$30.00 AUD

Lloyd O'Neil. Melbourne. 1971. Reprint of the 1941 original, in the Australian Classics series. (8), 463 PP (5). Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 22 x 14.6.

Historical novel centred on the life of Matthew Flinders, hydrographer & explorer, the first man to circumnavigate and to name the fifth continent: Terra Australis.

18308
HILL, W.S.
THE SAILING SHIPS OF GREAT BRITAIN
$10.00 AUD

Jupiter Books. London. 1975. 1st Ed. 72 PP with 16 b/w text illustrations and 24 colour plates on full page. Fp: The Henry Grace à Dieu. Hard cover, dj. Some foxing, o/wise very good. 33.5 x 23.5. 0904041190

A tribute to Great Britain's maritime traditions. History & development of British sailing ships since the Middle Ages.

15485
HILL-WILLIS, Capt. C.H.
ON THEIR MAJESTIES SERVICE
$15.00 AUD

Neptune Press. Newtown, Vic. 1983. 1st Ed. 249 PP with 21 b/w photos in text. Hard cover, dj has a few small chips or closed tears, o/wise a near fine copy, signed by author. 22.2 x 14.8. 0949583200

A life at sea: 30 different ships and ashore working for Majesties of kingdoms in Malaya and in Tonga.

14921
HORNELL, James
WATER TRANSPORT - Origins and Early Evolution
$30.00 AUD

David & Charles. Newton. 1970. Reprint of the 1946 original, with an introduction by Basil Greenhill. XXVI, 308 PP with 69 text figures, plus 48 pages with 45 plates containing 87 b/w photos. Hard cover with dust jacket which has a lightly sunned spine. Small neat stamp of previous owner at top of front endpaper, o/wise a fine copy. Scarce. 24.2 x 16.2. 0715348604

The development of water craft from the earliest times to the days of the sailing ship.

12369
HOUGH, Richard
NELSON
$15.00 AUD

Books for Pleasure. Sydney. 1980. 1st Australian edition. 192 PP with 111 b/w & 55 colour illust. Fp: Nelson by Leonardo Guzzardi. Eps: 18th Century English coverlet embroidered in silks and gold. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 25 x 19. 092602060

A biography of the national hero, victor of Cape St.Vincent, the Nile (Aboukir) and Trafalgar, who died while defeating the Franco-Spanish Fleet at Trafalgar on 21 October 1805.

22658
IRELAND Bernard
THE RISE AND FALL OF THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER
$10.00 AUD

Marshall Cavendish. London. 1979. 1st Ed. 168 PP profusely illustrated with b/w & colour photos. Fp: HMS Courageous. FEP: HMS Furious. REP: USS Independence. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 29 x 22. 0856857114

71519
JEAN, John
JERSEY SAILING SHIPS
$20.00 AUD

Phillimore. Chichester. 1982. 1st Ed. XIV, 178 PP plus 4 pages with b/w & colour illust. Fp: Types of sailing ship. Hard cover with dust jacket. Fine. 25 x 17.5. 0850334640

List of 2000 Jersey ships dating from 1537 to the early 1900's with details of the ships, the captains and their families.

16858
JULLIEN, Commissaire Général
MARINE ET IMAGERIE du 17è au 20è Siècle
$10.00 AUD

Musée de la Marine. Paris. N.D. c.1975. 1st Ed. No pagination, 112 pages with b/w & colour illust. throughout. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 27 x 21.

Pictorial history of the French Navy through popular illustrations (uniforms & costumes of the personnel, life on board in cartoons by Gervèse).

30328
LANDSTRÖM, Björn
SAILING SHIPS in Words and Pictures - From Papyrus Boats to Full-Riggers
$10.00 AUD

Allen & Unwin. London. 1978. Reprint of the 1969 original, re-issued in a larger format. 192 PP with 339 b/w and colour illustrations by author. Fp: The stern of the Royal Ship Vasa. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 24 x 13.3. 0046230130

5,000 years of marine illustrations.

64118
LEEK, Michael E.
THE ART OF NAUTICAL ILLUSTRATION, A Visual Tribute to the Achievements of the Classic Marine Illustrators
$20.00 AUD

Quantum Books. London. 2005. Reprint of the 1991 original. 192 PP with 6 b/w & 115 colour illustrations. Fp: A Pleasant Breeze. Pictorial laminated boards, dj. Lower spine is a little damaged with a small split and dust jacket is similarly damaged at bottom of spine. An otherwise near fine copy. 33.5 x 24.4. 1845730941

Beautifully illustrated survey of nautical paintings found on vases, on manuscripts, on canvas and on posters.

16114
LEHANE, Brendan
THE NORTHWEST PASSAGE
$10.00 AUD

Time-Life Books. Amsterdam. 1982. 1st European English language printing of the 1981 original, in The Seafarers series. 176 PP with b/w & colour illust. throughout. FEP: Map of North American continent with Northwest Passage. Simile leather covers, colour illustration pasted down on front cover. Very good. 28.8 x 23.5. 705406393

The successive attempts to find the Northwest Passage to Japan and China.

16238
LOISEAU, Jean
LA ROUTE DU RHUM
$20.00 AUD

Edita, SA. Lausanne. 1990. 1st Ed. 151 PP with b/w & colour illust. Hard cover, simile leather, gilt titleon front board and spine, dj. French text. Fine. 29.5 x 25.5.. 2880012619

The transatlantic race from St. Malo to Guadeloupe.

14297
LONEY, J.K.
WRECKS ON THE SOUTH COAST OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA
$20.00 AUD

Author. Geelong. 1975. 4th Ed. 54 PP, (4 index), plus 25 b/w plates. Pictorial soft cover. Slight ageing of paper, o/wise a very good copy. 20.5 x 14.

15115
LONEY, Jack
OLD DAYS AND WAYS ALONG THE SOUTH COAST, Tales From the Surf and Shipwreck Coasts
$15.00 AUD

Marine History Publications. Portarlington. 1992. 1st Ed. 78 PP with 1 map & 4 b/w photos, plus 2 pages with 4 colour photos & 28 pages with 57 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21.5 x 17.5. 0909191484

Stories and incidents between Queenscliff and Warrnambool.

18828
LONEY, Jack
WRECK - 1891, and Other Maritime Memories
$10.00 AUD

Marine History Publications. Geelong. 1992. 1st Ed. 121 PP with 1 map & 2 b/w illustrations, plus 32 pages with 69 b/w illustrations (including 6 maps). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21.5 x 17.5. 0909191492

Major wrecks on the South Western Victorian coast in the year 1891: W.D. Godfrey, Joseph H. Scammell, Gambier, Fiji,...

18834
LONEY, Jack
WRECKS IN THE RIP
$10.00 AUD

Marine History Publications. Geelong. c. 1975. 4th Ed. 44 PP with 1 map, plus 12 pages with 1 plan & 22 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. fine. 21 x 14.2. 0909191042

Wrecks between Point Lonsdale and Point Nepean.

18838
LONEY, Jack
VICTIMS OF THE CORSAIR ROCK
$10.00 AUD

Author. Geelong. ND 1975?. 1st Ed. 12 PP plus 8 pages with 9 b/w photos. Pict. card cover. Fine. 21 x 13.5. 0909244197

Wrecks on the Rock, off Point Nepean.

58110
LONEY, Jack
WRECKS IN PORT PHILLIP BAY
$10.00 AUD

J. K. Loney. Geelong. c. 1975. 1st Ed. 29, (3 index) PP with 1 map, plus 8 pages with 15 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 20.5 x 14. 0959985379

Wrecks in the Rip combined with Wrecks in Port Phillip Bay.

71641
MacGREGOR, David R.
THE CHINA BIRD, The History of Captain Killick and One Hundred Years of Sail and Steam
$70.00 AUD

Chatto & Windus. London. 1961. 1st Ed. XVII, 366 PP with 56 fig. in text, 3 folding plans, 42 pages with 58 b/w plates. Fp: The "Lothair". Eps: Map of world with principal sailing routes. Cloth cover, dj. Dust jacket is a little worn with chips and marks and is in a protective sleeve. A little light foxing, o/wise near fine. 24 x 16.5.

Story of Killick & Martin, founded by Capt. James Killick of "Challenger" fame, described as "China Bird". Annual races of the tea clippers from Chinese ports to the docks of England.

21233
MADDOCK, Shirley
THESE ANTIPODES, A New Zealand Album 1814 to 1854
$20.00 AUD

Collins. Auckland. 1979. 1st Ed. X, 318 PP with b/w illust. plus 28 pages with 64 colour illust. (photos by Don Whyte). Hard cover, dj. Stamp on outside lower edge, o/wise very good. 26 x 20. 0002169584

A vivid account of New Zealand's past: its early visitors, explorers, whalers, missionaries.

14446
MARIN-MARIE
WIND ALOFT, WIND ALOW
$20.00 AUD

Peter Davies. London. 1947. 4th Printing of the 1945 English edition. X, 322 PP with 27 b/w illust. Fp: Yacht Winnibelle. Orig. cloth cover, dj (price clipped). Dust jacket with a few chips and in a protective sleeve. Near fine. 22 x 14.5.

Single-handed crossing of the North Atlantic on a power boat and under sail, pre WWII, by a painter commissioned by the French Navy.

15576
MARX, Robert F.
THE VOYAGE OF THE NIÑA II
$15.00 AUD

World Publishing. Cleveland. 1963. 1st Ed. 249 PP, (3), plus 32 pages with 61 b/w photos. Eps: Track of the voyage of Nina II. Gilt decorated cloth cover, dj (chipped), o/wise very good. 22 x 14.8.

1962 re-enactment of the 1492 crossing of the North Atlantic by Christopher Columbus on his first voyage of discovery of the Americas.

17965
MERRY, Ian D.
THE WESTCOTTS AND THEIR TIMES - Maritime Monographs and Reports No.25
$25.00 AUD

National Maritime Museum. London. 1977. (2), (X), 148 PP with 69 plates (b/w photos and facsimile of documents), plus 2 pages with Index of ships (loosely inserted). Title page: Albert Westcott as a young man. Pictorial soft cover. Slight ageing and faint foxing of paper. Near fine. 29.3 x 20.4. 0905555023

History of the fleet of schooners, tugs, barges & smacks of the Westcott family between the 1870's and the Great Depression of 1930.

10827
MONSARRAT, Nicholas (Lieut.-Commander, R.N.V.R.)
H.M. FRIGATE
$25.00 AUD

Cassell. London. 1946. 1st Ed. 75 PP, plus 7 b/w half-tone plates. Pictorial soft covers. Closed tear on back of soft cover repaired. Foxing spots on top outside edge and former owner's bookplate on FFEP. War economy paper. Very good. 18.5 x 12.5.

Atlantic convoy duty on the frigates HMS River and HMS Colony during the last months of WWII.

21320
MUNGER, James F.
TWO YEARS IN THE PACIFIC AND ARCTIC OCEANS AND CHINA
$25.00 AUD

Ye Galleon Press. Fairfield. Wash. 1987. Reprint of the 1852 1st ed. (3), 80 PP. Ep: whaling scene. Hard cover gilt engraved. Foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise fine. 25.3 x 17.7. 0877704015

A journal of every day life on board ship with interesting information on the inhabitants of different countries and the exciting events peculiar to a whaling voyage.

15212
NOBLE, Captain John
PORT PHILLIP PANORAMA - A Maritime History
$15.00 AUD

Hawthorn Press. Melbourne. 1975. 1st Ed. (6), 169 PP plus 8 pages with 14 b/w charts & photos & 3 line drawings. FEP: map of Southern portion Port Phillip Bay. REP: Southern portion Port Phillip Bay. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket lightly rubbed. Near fine. 21.6 x 14. 0725601493

The maritime history of Port Phillip, the development of the ports of Melbourne & Geelong.

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

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

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

19086
P & O
THE P. AND O. POCKET BOOK (Fourth Issue)
$60.00 AUD

Adam & Charles Black. London. 1926. 4th issue. XXXI, 375 PP with 1 map and 2 figures, plus 36 pages with 40 maps (one folded with a small crease) and plans in colour, 16 colour plates (2 by Spurling), 4 colour plates with flags (16 House Flags and Funnels, 15 British and colonial Flags, 18 Merchant vessels Flags, and 29 Flags and pennants). Blue cloth cover, gilt device on front cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Small inscription on inside front cover and short verse opposite half-title page. Small neat drawing of a revolver on inside back cover. Light offsetting of endpapers and minimal foxing. A near fine copy. Scarce. 16.7 x 11.

History of P. & O. and of British India with description of countries & ports of call of both these companies.

16246
PEACOCK, Sandy (editor)
AUSTRALIA'S YEAR OF SAIL 2
$20.00 AUD

Berghouse Floyd Tuckey. Sydney. 1984. 1st Ed. 208 PP with colour photos. Hard cover, dj. Name of previous owner at top corner of front endpaper. Fine. 31 x 24.

The second annual edition encompassing the year 1: 1983/84. Now for the defence of the America's Cup. Toward Grand Prix with the 18-footers... Sydney-Hobart ...

18309
PERNOUD, Georges
COMME UN POISSON DANS L'EAU
$10.00 AUD

Edita SA. Lausanne. 1990. 1st Ed. 139 PP with b/w & colour illust. Eps. Hard cover, dj. Occasional foxing. French text. Fine. 29.5 x 25.5. 2880012597

Souvenir edition of Thalassa with articles on Discovery of the Sea, Newport (Rhode Island), Santorin, etc...

17946
PIPPING, Knut
THE MUSEUM SHIP SIGYN OF WARDO
$10.00 AUD

National Maritime Museum. London. 1980. Occasional Lecture No.2 (2), II, 24 PP with 21 b/w illustrations. Card covers soiled, o/wise very good. 21 x 14.5. 0905555473

The last wooden three-masted merchant sailing ship and a museum on the river Aura in the port of Abo in Finland.

16239
PLISSON, Philip & MARTIN-RAGET, Gilles
RHUM ROUTE OCEANE
$15.00 AUD

Merpool / Edition 1. Paris. 1991. 1st Ed. 138 PP with numerous colour photos. FEP: Departure from Brittany. REP: Tropical Caribbean. Hard cover, dj. French text. Very good. 26.5 x 23.8. 2863914359

The transatlantic race between St. Malo and Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe.

14773
POPHAM, Hugh & Robin (editors)
A THIRST FOR THE SEA, The Sailing Adventures of Erskine Childers
$45.00 AUD

Stanford Maritime. London. 1979. 1st Ed. with a foreword by Robert A. Childers. X, 178 PP, plus 16 pages with plan of Sunbeam and 22 b/w photos. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 22 x 14. 0540071978

The sailing adventures of the writer of "The Riddle of the Sands" and a clerk of the House of Commons.

38416
PORTEUS, Stanley
THE RESTLESS VOYAGE - Being an Account by Archibald Campbell, Seaman, of his Wanderings in Five Oceans from 1806 to 1812
$15.00 AUD

George G. Harrap. London. 1949. 1st Ed. 280 PP. Cloth cover, dj (price clipped). Dust jacket with small pieces missing. Occasional foxing. Very good. 19.7 x 13.5.

Wanderings in five oceans from 1806-1812 & his experiences: impressed into His Majesty's Navy, deserter, shipwrecked in the Aleutian Is., stay in Hawaii, return to Scotland.

12052
PUTZ, George & SPECTRE, Peter H. (editor)
THE MARINER'S CATALOG, Volume 4
$5.00 AUD

National Fisherman & Int'l Marine. Camden, Maine. 1976. 1st Ed. 192 PP, profusely illustrated with photos, sketches, drawings, diagrams, etc... Pictorial soft cover. Sellotape marks on inside of covers, former owner's stamp on title page. Faint foxing. Very good. 27 x 21. 0877420777

Boats, tools, ship's gear, women of the sea, marine sciences, cruising canals,..

64583
PUTZ, George & SPECTRE, Peter H. (editor)
THE MARINER'S CATALOG, Volume 4
$10.00 AUD

Camden, Maine. 1976. National Fisherman & Int'l Marine. 1st Ed. 192 PP, profusely illustrated with photos, sketches, drawings, diagrams, etc... Pictorial soft cover. Small rub at bottom of front cover, o/wise near fine. 27 x 21. 0877420777

Boats, tools, ship's gear, women of the sea, marine sciences, cruising canals,..

12053
PUTZ, George & SPECTRE, Peter H. (editors)
THE MARINER'S CATALOG, Volume 3
$5.00 AUD

National Fisherman & Int'l Marine. Camden, Maine. 1975. 1st Ed. 192 PP, profusely illustrated with photos, sketches, drawings, diagrams... Pictorial soft cover. Former owner's stamp at top of title page. Faint foxing. Very good. 27 x 21. 0877420580

Small craft, boatbuilding, models & modelling...

64584
PUTZ, George & SPECTRE, Peter H. (editors)
THE MARINER'S CATALOG, Volume 3
$10.00 AUD

National Fisherman & Int'l Marine. Camden, Maine. 1975. 1st Ed. 192 PP, profusely illustrated with photos, sketches, drawings, diagrams... Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 27 x 21. 0877420580

Small craft, boatbuilding, models & modelling...

12054
PUTZ, George & SPECTRE, Peter H., & GETCHELL, David R. (editors)
THE MARINER'S CATALOG, Volume 2
$10.00 AUD

National Fisherman & Int'l Marine. Camden, Maine. 1975. 2nd Printing of the 1974 original. 192 PP, profusely illustrated with photos, sketches, drawings, diagrams, etc... Pictorial soft cover. Former owner's stamp at top of title page. Faint foxing. Very good. 27 x 21. 0877420467

Small boats for work or pleasure. Information on tools, boatbuilding,... information sources, boat models..

12055
PUTZ, Goerge & SPECTRE, Peter H. (editors)
THE MARINER'S CATALOG, Volume 5
$10.00 AUD

National Fisherman & Int'l Marine. Camden, Maine. 1977. 1st Ed. 192 PP, profusely illustrated with photos, sketches, drawings, diagrams, etc... Pictorial soft cover. Former owner's stamp on title page. Faint foxing. Very good. 27 x 21. 0877420939

Boatbuilding, books about the sea, fishing, diving & underwater.

64582
PUTZ, Goerge & SPECTRE, Peter H. (editors)
THE MARINER'S CATALOG, Volume 5
$10.00 AUD

National Fisherman & Int'l Marine. Camden, Maine. 1977. 1st Ed. 192 PP, profusely illustrated with photos, sketches, drawings, diagrams, etc... Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 27 x 21. 0877420939

Boatbuilding, books about the sea, fishing, diving & underwater.

13126
RAYNER, Commander D. A.
ESCORT - The Battle of the Atlantic
$20.00 AUD

William Kimber. London. 1955. Second edition, October 1955 of the September 1955 original. Edited by Captain S. W. Roskill. XVIII, 19-250, (6 adv.) PP with 4 maps, plus 12 pages with 17 b/w photos. Fp: Author. FEP: Map to show approximate distances on convoy routes. REP: Map to show limits of escort at various dates & the air gap. Cloth cover, dj. Dust jacket with chips and a small piece missing on top of rear. Occasional foxing, o/wise a very good clean copy. 22.2 x 14.5.

15758
RIENITS, Rex & Thea
THE VOYAGES OF CAPTAIN COOK
$5.00 AUD

Hamlyn. London. 1970. 4th impression of the 1968 original. 157 PP with b/w & colour illustrations. Fp: Engraved portrait of Cook, after Webber. Half-title page: Statue of Cook, The Mall near Admiralty Arch. Illustrated endpapers. Top corner of front endpaper clipped. Hard cover, gilt device on front cover, gilt title on spine.. Neear fine. 29.5 x 22.

21970
ROSE, Lyndon
RICHARD SIDDINS OF PORT JACKSON
$10.00 AUD

Roebuck. Canberra. 1984. 1st Ed., Roebuck Society publication No. 38. IX, 152 PP plus 12 pages with 24 photos. FEP: Pacific Ocean. REP: Falkland & Shetland Islands. Hard cover, dj. Occasional foxing, o/wise very good. 24.5 x 17.5. 0909434026

An early sea captain & merchant trading out of Port Jackson in the early days of the Colony.

16143
RUDOLPH, Wolfgang
SAILOR SOUVENIRS, Stoneware, Faiences and Chinaware of Three Centuries
$20.00 AUD

Edit. Leipzig. Leipzig. 1985. 1st Eng. Ed. 152 PP with b/w & colour illust. Hard cover, dj. Slipcase. Fine. 22 x 19.5.

Three centuries of maritime history of the coastal regions of Northern Europe depicted by seafarers' collections of ceramics.

18280
SHERWOOD, Richard M.
A FIELD GUIDE TO SAILBOATS OF NORTH AMERICA
$5.00 AUD

Houghton Mifflin. Boston. 1994. 2nd edition, completely revised and updated. XXVIII, 404 PP with b/w illust. of 225 different types of boats. Eps: Sail logos. Pictorial card cover. Fine. 20.3 x 11.3. 0395652391

12304
SHIELDS, John
CLYDE BUILT, A history of shipbuilding on the River Clyde
$25.00 AUD

William McLellan & Co. Glasgow. 1949. 1st Ed. 173 PP with 12 head & tail pieces, plus 18 pages with 22 b/w illustrations. Fp: The Launch of the Queen Elizabeth. Endpapers: Facing Title-page: The "Queen Elizabeth" in the fitting out basin in John Brown's yard. Eps: Map of the docks. Green cloth cover with wear around edges and a little soiling. Signature of previous owner on FFEP, title page has a small piece at top corner missing, o/wise a very good clean copy. Image shows title-page and frontispiece. 21.5 x 14.

16269
SIERS, James
TARATAI - A Pacific Adventure
$10.00 AUD

Millwood. Wellington. 1977. 1st Ed. (2), 306 PP with maps & b/w or col. illust. Fp: Taratai II under sail. Eps: Map of the S.W. Pacific with route of Taratai. Pictorial soft covers with light wear. Dedicatory note on verso of FFEP, o/wise near fine. 23 x 18.3. 0908582005

The Taratai expedition, a traditional sailing attempt between Tarawa (Kiribati), Suva (Fiji) and Papeete (Tahiti).

15156
SIMPER, Robert
BRITISH SAIL
$30.00 AUD

London. 1977. David & Charles. 1st Ed. 160 PP with 1 map and 171 b/w photos. Hard cover, gilt spine, dj. Near fine. 25.4 x 23.7. 0715372637

Record of the schooners, smacks, trawlers, luggers, cobbles which sailed the oceans and traded or fished off the coasts of the United Kingdom.

18276
SMITH, Patrick
THE NIPPON CHALLENGE, Japan's Pursuit of the America's Cup
$5.00 AUD

Doubleday. New York. 1992. 1st Ed. XV, (3), 331 PP with 4 race sketches, 3 plans/diagrams. Hard cover, dj. Occasional foxing. Near fine. 24 x 16. 0385421710

The first attempt by Japan to compete for the America's Cup race off San Diego in 1992.

21654
SPECTRE, Peter H. & LARKIN, David
WOODEN SHIP, The Art, History, and Revival of Wooden Boatbuilding
$50.00 AUD

Houghton Mifflin. Boston. 1991. 1st Ed. 272 PP with magnificent colour photographs. Illustrated title spread, half title page and endpapers. Cloth cover, dj. Fine. 31 x 23.7. 0395566924

Simple craft and canoes, the Vikings, the building of the "Susan Constant", flagship of the 3 first vessels bringing settlers to Jamestown on the Chesapeake, building of working sails, yachts...

19415
SPIES, M.H.
VETERAN STEAMERS, A Story of the Preservation of Steamships
$20.00 AUD

Privately published. Humlebaek, Denmark. 1965. 1st Ed. 140 PP with 67 b/w illust. (4 line drawings, photos & paintings). Pictorial soft cover, repaired dj. Near fine. Scarce. 21 x 15.

The Danes were the first to introduce diesel engines on seagoing ships and the first to preserve one of their small passengers steamers, the Skjelskor. Preservation in other countries (in Australia: the Lady Hopetoun, P.S. Marion, P.S. Gem).

11639
SWAN, R.A.
TO BOTANY BAY .. if Policy Warrants the Measure
$10.00 AUD

Roebuck. Canberra. 1973. 1st Ed. II, 189 PP plus 20 pages with 32 b/w illust. & 2 charts. Eps: World map of the areas open to ships of the Southern whale fish. Cloth cover. Near fine. 25.2 x 17.6. 0950085871

Reasons in 1786, leading to the establishement of a settlement in Botany Bay.

14584
TALBOT-BOOTH, E. C. (editor)
ALL THE WORLD'S FIGHTING FLEETS
$50.00 AUD

Sampson, Low, Marston. London. No date, c.1937. 1st Ed. XVIII, 694 PP (last 6 blank for notes) with b/w line drawings (profiles, sketches,...) and 208 b/w photos, plus 4 large folded plates & 15 colour plates (badges, flags, pennants, naval ensigns,...). Eps: World Map The Life Blood of an Empire. Navy cloth cover (rubbed), gilt title on spine which has a tear along the back hinge, 2 of the folded plates with closed tears, o/wise a very good clean copy. Scarce. Small oblong: 10.7 x 14.

History and development of fighting ships, types of warships, .. ships' badges, weapons,... England expects... then from P.272, survey of the navies of the world.

14793
THOMAS, Stephen D.
THE LAST NAVIGATOR
$15.00 AUD

Hutchinson / A Paul Sidey Book. London. 1987. 1st Ed. (12), 308 PP with 1 map on double pages and 18 sketch-maps and drawings, plus 8 pages with 14 colour photos. Title spread: stars. Hard cover, cloth spine, dj. Occasional foxing spots, o/wise near fine. 23.5 x 16. 0091726131

Part adventure story, part traveller's tale and serious scientific inquiry.

20918
THORNTON, E. C. B.
SOUTH COAST PLEASURE STEAMERS
$15.00 AUD

Stephenson. London. 1962. 1st Ed. XII, 180 PP, plus 18 pages with 47 b/w photos. Cloth cover, dj (chipped). Faint foxing, o/wise near fine. 22 x 14.5.

History of all England's South Coast pleasure steamers.

16762
TREASE, Geoffrey
SAMUEL PEPYS AND HIS WORLD
$15.00 AUD

Book Club Assoc. London. 1975. Reprint of the 1972 Thames & Hudson original. 128 PP with 147 b/w illustrations. Fp: Portrait of Samuel Pepys. Hard cover, dj. Very good. 23.8 x 18.5.

First-class administrator and one of the makers of the Royal Navy.

15370
UNDERHILL, Harold A.
SAILING SHIP RIGS AND RIGGING
$30.00 AUD

Brown, Son & Ferguson Ltd. Glasgow. 1988. 5th reprint of the 1955 edition. X, 128 PP with 32 illust, 33 plans & 21 drawings & diagrams. Fp: Two-masted, topsail schooner. Hard cover, simile leather, gilt title on spine, dj. Remnants of tape marks on covers and endpapers with stamp of the Maritime Museum of Tasmania also on rear cover of dust jacket. Otherwise contents are clean and this is still a very good copy. 24.5 x 18. 0851741762

Identification of types, sail plans & description of each rig.

19703
UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION
DEEP-SEA EXPLORATION - A General Description of the Steamer ALBATROSS, her Appliances and Methods - Bulletin 1896, No.17, Part 5
$125.00 AUD

United States Fish Commission. New York. 1896. Report by Z.L. TANNER. (8 blanks), P.257 to 428, (12 blanks) with b/w illustrations [76 text-cuts and 1 photo, plus 40 plates (37 on full-page & 3 large folded)]. Fp: The Albatross. Bound in modern dark cloth, gilt-engraved spine. Near fine. 27.5 x 19.5.

The author was Captain of the U.S. Fish Commission Steamer Albatross from Nov. 1882 to May, 1894.

18590
VILLAR, Captain Roger
MERCHANT SHIPS AT WAR - The Falklands Experience
$15.00 AUD

Conway / Lloyd's of London Press. London. 1984. 1st Ed. 190 PP, (2 Index) with 132 b/w illust. (plan, paintings, photos...) in text. Fp: The Atlantic Conveyor in her aircraft ferry role. Hard cover, dj. Signature of previous owner on FFEP, o/wise fine. 25 x 19. 0851772986

16766
WILCOX, L. A.
MR. PEPYS' NAVY
$15.00 AUD

G. Bell & Sons. London. 1966. 1st Ed. X, 189 PP with 74 b/w illustrations by the author. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price clipped). Small chips to the dust jacket, foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise very good. 25.2 x 15.8.

A reconstruction of the day-to-day administration of the Navy, from the passages in his diary dealing with naval affairs.

21563
WILKES, Bill St. John
NAUTICAL ARCHAEOLOGY, A Handbook
$20.00 AUD

David & Charles. Newton Abbot, UK. 1971. 1st Ed. 294 PP with 38 line drawings, plus 8 pages with 14 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Signature of previous owner on FFEP and a few old sellotape marks on flaps of dust jacket. Contents clean and a very good copy. 22.3 x 14.3. 0715350234

Preliminary research, preparations, equipment, techniques, locating sites, recording finds, photography & surveying,...

14778
WILLIS, William
THE EPIC VOYAGE OF THE SEVEN LITTLE SISTERS
$10.00 AUD

Hutchinson. London. 1956. 1st UK edition (Book Society Recommendation). 244 PP with 8 charts and sketches, plus 32 pages with 43 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Foxing on outside edges. Very good. 21.5 x 14.5.

A 6700 mile voyage alone across the Pacific from Callao in Peru to Pago Pago in American Samoa.

21232
WILSON, John
THE CRUISE OF THE GIPSY, The Journal of John Wilson, Surgeon on a Whaling Voyage to the Pacific Ocean 1839-1843
$45.00 AUD

Ye Galleon Press. Fairfield, Wa., USA. 1991. 1st edition with introduction and notes by Dr. Honore Forster. XXXII, 404 PP, plus 24 pages with 8 maps & 16 illustrations. Coloured frontispiece: Scene at Agana, Guam in 1840. Eps: Whaling scene. Hard cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Occasional foxing, o/wise fine. 31 x 23. 0877704880

Detailed and meticulous account of a whaling cruise by a British whaling ship.