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, dust jacket has a few small nicks or chips and is in a protective sleeve, otherwise 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.
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.
21314 ASHLEY, Clifford W. THE YANKEE WHALER
$20.00 AUD
Dover Publications. New York. 1991. 1st Paperback edition with An Introduction by Robert Cushman Murphy and a preface to the pictures by Zephaniah W. Pease. XXVIII, 156, (8 catalogue) PP with b/w illustrations: 12 headpieces and tailpieces, plus 125 pages with 5 line drawings and 132 half-tone illustrations. Fp: A Gam. Stiff covers, illustrated front. Stamp of previous owner on recto of frontispiece. Covers lightly scratched, creases on spine. Very good. 23.3 x 16.3. 9780486268545
The multifarious duties of the cooper, the whalecraft man, the rigger, the quest for the great whales...
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.
19668 COOKE, Edward William SAILING VESSELS IN AUTHENTIC EARLY NINETEENTH-CENTURY ILLUSTRATIONS (Sixty Five Plates of Shipping and Craft)
$30.00 AUD
Dover. New York. 1989. Unabridged and unaltered republication of the 1831 original. (10), 65 PP with b/w plates by this renowned marine artist. Stiff covers, pictorial front. Fine. 27 x 21.2. 9780486261416
Reproduction of the plates from an unbound copy of the work in the Hart Nautical Collections, the MIT Museum.
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
$15.00 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.
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.
76697 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. 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.
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.
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
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
$5.00 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.
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.
16103 McLEAN, Gavin SHIPS OF THE UNION COMPANY
$25.00 AUD
G.P. Books. Wellington. 1989. 1st Ed. 48 PP with 87 b/w photos. Pictorial card cover with lightly faded spine, otherwise a fine copy. 21 x 14.8. 0477000169
Photographic record of the Union Steamship Company of NZ Ltd. since 1860.
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.
76678 MIDDLEMISS, Norman L. 'TRAVELS OF THE TRAMPS' - Twenty Tramp Fleets
$35.00 AUD
Shield Publications. Newcastle/Tyne. 1989. 1st Edition. 160 PP with 1 b/w photo, 1 funnel and general arangement plan of the "Bretwalda", and tables (typescript), plus 96 b/w plates. Fp: "Cromarty" entering Sydney Harbour. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket has a sunned spine and a small crease at top of front, otherwise a fine copy. 22 x 15.3. 1871128021
Histories of twenty of the largest tramp fleets from Britain. World voyages, fleet list of 1200 vessels.
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
$10.00 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
$10.00 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.
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
$25.00 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.
18470 SMITH, Ben MERCHANT SHIP DESIGN SINCE 1945
$25.00 AUD
Ian Allan. London. 1984. 1st Ed. 128 PP with b/w illust. (line drawings & photos). Title-page: "L.N.G. Aquarius". Hard cover, dust jacket. Fine. 24 x 17.5. 0711013489
The specialised merchant ship (LNG carrier, car ferry, tug,...), built from different materials (glass reinforced plastic, aluminium,...).
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).
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.
22683 TOGHILL, Jeff CIRCUMNAVIGATING AUSTRALIA'S COASTLINE - A Yachtman's Manual
$30.00 AUD
Reed Books. Sydney. 1988. 1st Ed. 256 PP with b/w illustrations & coloured charts extracts. Pictorial card covers, dj. Dedicatory note on front endpaper, o/wise near fine. 26 x 16. 073010186X
Navigation guide around the 40,000 km. coastline of Australia.
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.
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
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.