Catalogue - Jean-Louis Boglio Maritime Books

38891
ADAMS, Orville
ELEMENTS OF DIESEL ENGINEERING, with Questions and Answers: The Norman W. Henley Publishing Co. New York. 1937. 2nd Ed. XVIII, 478, (16 publications) PP with over 250 engravings (including b/w photos, graphic charts and engine design drawings), printed on superior glossy paper. Fp: A modern streamlined diesel powered railroad train. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. A few faint old watermarks on the inside part of some pages. Bookplate of previous owner on FFEP and signature on inside front cover. A very good plus copy. 23.3 x 16.
An easily understood introductory manual for the student, mechanic, operator and practical engineer...
Click here to order

$20

70649
ADMIRALTY / ALRS
ADMIRALTY LIST OF RADIO SIGNALS - Volume 1 Part 2: Maritime Radio Stations The Americas, Far East and Oceania - NP281 (2), 2011/12: Taunton, UK. 2011. United Kingdom Hydrographic Office. Published week 40 of 2011. NP 281 (2), 2011/12. XVI, 317, (3 blank for Notes) PP with tables and colour illustrations (drawings location maps, photos sketches... ). Pictorial soft cover. Signature on top of title-page and a few handwritten entries in the Record of Amendments. Near fine. 29.5 x 20.7 9780707719634
Global Communications Networks. Maritime Radio Stations. Anti-Piracy ...
Click here to order

$35

68378
AUBREY-REES, Captain W. C.
SHIPMASTER'S BUSINESS COMPANION AND BUSINESS GUIDE: Glasgow. 1937. Brown, Son & Ferguson. 3rd edition of the 1930 original. XI, 401 PP with tables, figures and 11 copies of documents, plus 1 folded map of the world, 10 documents tipped in and 7 folded documents in rear pocket. Fp: Vessel Final Port Clearance. Cloth cover, title in blind on front cover and gilt on spine. Stamp of "The Tasmanian Maritime and Folk Museum" on title page. Occasional foxing. Very good. 22 x 14.5.
Click here to order

$10

68380
AUBREY-REES, Captain W. C.
SHIPMASTER'S BUSINESS COMPANION AND BUSINESS GUIDE: Glasgow. 1947. Brown, Son & Ferguson. Reprint of the 3rd edition of 1937 (1930 original). XI, 401 PP with tables, figures and 11 copies of documents, plus 1 folded map of the world and 16 folded documents in rear pocket. Fp: Vessel Final Port Clearance. Cloth cover, title in blind on front cover and gilt on spine. Occasional foxing. Signature of previous owner on inside front cover. Very good. 22 x 14.5.
Click here to order

$15

71617
A. B. S.
AMERICAN BUREAU OF SHIPPING - One Hundredth Anniversary 1862 - 1962: The American Bureau of Shipping. New York. 1962. 1st Ed. (10), 132, (2) PP with tables, 36 illustrated head pieces duo-tone) and 27 b/w illustrations (1 art work of "N.S. Savannah", 11 portraits and 17photos), plus 2 plates (Certificate for an approved Shipmaster & Certificate of Classification for hull). Fp: American Bureau of Shipping Building, New York City. Illustrated endpapers. Cloth cover, gilt device and title on front board and spine. Covers with light wear, o/wise a near fine copy. 26 x 20.
Click here to order

$35

68197
A. B. S.
AMERICAN BUREAU OF SHIPPING - One Hundredth Anniversary 1862 - 1962: The American Bureau of Shipping. New York. 1962. 1st Ed. (10), 132, (2) PP with tables, 36 illustrated head pieces duo-tone) and 27 b/w illustrations (1 art work of "N.S. Savannah", 11 portraits and 17photos), plus 2 plates (Certificate for an approved Shipmaster & Certificate of Classification for hull). Fp: American Bureau of Shipping Building, New York City. Illustrated endpapers. Cloth cover, gilt device and title on front board and spine. Stamps and markings of the "Dept. of Shipping & Transport Library", Canberra on half title page, top corner of pages 55, 65, 93 and rear endpaper (with envelope for loan card). Contents in near fine condition (unread copy). 26 x 20.
Click here to order

$30

65825
BAGLEHOLE, K. C.
A CENTURY OF SERVICE - A Brief History of Cable and Wireless Ltd 1868-1968: Cable & Wireless Limited. London. 1970. 2nd impression (February 1970) of the 1969 original. (10), 54 PP, plus 1 folded plate "Schematic Derivation of Cable and Wireless Limited", and 16 pages with b/w illustrations (portraits, photos). Fp: The Great Eastern. Eps: map of the "Eastern and Associated Telegraph Companies Cable Routes - 1898. Hard cover, device and title on front cover. Spine sunned. 4 pages with 8 photos between pages 38 and 39 are misbound. Name of previous owner on front endpaper. Occasional foxing. Very good. 21.5 x 15.5.
Click here to order

$30

72813
BARRIE, David
INCREDIBLE JOURNEYS: Exploring the Wonders of Animal Navigation: Hodder & Stoughton / Hachette. London. 2019. 1st paperback edition. (10), 323, (3) PP with 14 b/w illustrations (diagrams, sketch maps). Pictorial stiff covers. Newspaper review, by Andrew Holgate, loosely inserted. New. 23.4 x 15.3. 9781473656833
Click here to order

$35

46120
BAUDELAIRE, Jean-Georges
ADMINISTRATION ET EXPLOITATION PORTUAIRES: Paris. 1969. Editions Eyrolles. 1st edition. Preface by Paul Bourrières. 180 PP with tables and few figures (1 sketch, 1 map, and 2 graphs). Hard cover. Name of previous owner with white-out on top margin of first 2 pages. Foxing spots on outside edges. Very good. French text. 24.7 x 16.
On Ships, and Ports.
Click here to order

$10

38843
BAYLDON, Lt.-Col.
A VADE-MECUM FOR MOTOR YACHTSMEN and others: Robert Ross and Co. / George G. Harrap. London. 1952. New and revised edition of the 1947 original. 118, (10 advert.) PP with 2 maps, 11 tables and b/w figures. FEP (in colour): Flags, pendants & substitutes. REP (in colour): Buoyage (may lack the free fly). Hard cover (soiled). Notes on frontispiece. Occasional foxing, o/wise very good. Small format: 14.2 x 10.8.
From accuracy and accumulator to weather, wind and yacht's papers.
Click here to order

$5

34755
BECK, Horace
FOLKLORE AND THE SEA: Mystic Seaport. 1973. Marine Historical Association. 1st Ed., Volume VI in the American Maritime Library series. XVII, 463, (3) PP with musical scores and 21 b/w photos by Jane Beck. Fp: Portrait of the Author. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine. Foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 25.8 x 18. 819540625
Various aspects of maritime folklore on shipbuilding, language, weather lore, song... Mermaids, monsters, sea serpents and enchanted islands... Spectre ships.
Click here to order

$35

55556
BERNAERTS, Arnd
BERNAERTS' GUIDE TO THE 1982 UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE LAW OF THE SEA, Including the text of the UN Convention and Final Act: London. 1988. Fairplay Publications. 1st Ed., with a foreword by Satya N. Nandan. XIV, 363 PP with tables. Soft covers with light wear, o/wise near fine. 22.2 x 15.2. 1870093151
Click here to order

$30

13813
BEST, Elsdon
POLYNESIAN VOYAGERS - The Maori as a Deep-Sea Navigator, Explorer, and Colonizer: Government Printer. Wellington. 1975. Reprint of the 1923 original. Dominion Museum Monograph No.5. 54 PP with 1 map and 2 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Name and stamp of previous owner at top of title page. Near fine. 24 x 15.
Click here to order

$20

54180
BICHON, P.
COMPLEMENTS DE THEORIE DU NAVIRE: Le Havre. c. 1970. Author. Roneotyped. (2), 36 PP (recto only) with figures and graphs. Soft cover, clear plastic. French text. 27 x 21.
On ship stability (for Master Mariners).
Click here to order

$15

50541
BISCHOFF, Roland A. & VILLOT, Jean-Gérard
UNE NOUVELLE POLITIQUE POUR REDUIRE LE COUT D'ENTRETIEN DES PORTS: Basel, Swirzerland. 1984. Prognos AG. 1st Ed. (6), 18 PP. Cloth cover, title on front cover. French text. Near fine. 24.5 x 15.5.
Etude comparative des structures existantes dans certains pays pour l' execution des dragages d'entretien: conclusions.
Click here to order

$10

48738
BLACHERE, L.
COURS DE RAPPORTS DE MER: Paris. c. 1955. Author. 1st Ed. (1), 150, (4 contents) PP (verso only). Roneo typescript. Hard cover, marbled boards, cloth spine. Ageing of paper. Good copy. French text. 26.2 x 20.4.
Click here to order

$55

44765
BLAISE, Clark
TIME LORD - Sir Sandford Fleming and the Creation of Standard Time: London. 2000. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. 1st Ed. VIII, 246 PP. Hard cover, dj. New. 20.5 x 13.5. 029784136X
World standard time, a reality in 1884 after a diplomatic and scientific conference held at Washington D.C.
Click here to order

$40

71862
BLANCE, Captain A. G. (editor)
NORIE'S NAUTICAL TABLES, with explanation of their use: Imray Laurie Norie and Wilson Ltd. St Ives, UK. 1981. Reprint of the 1977 revised edition. 38, 547 PP with 48 tables. Fp: Mariner's Compass. FEP: Sun's total correction. REP: Star's total correction. Hard cover, gilt title on spine. Covers with laminated protection. Previous owner's signature on half-title page. Very good. 25.2 x 18.5.
Click here to order

$25

51014
BLANCHARD, Anne
NAVIGATION. A 3-Dimensional Exploration: Orchard Books. New York. 1992. 1st American juvenile edition. No pagination, 12 PP with colour illustrations by Irvine Peacock, and paper engineering by David Hawcock. Pictorial laminated boards. Fine. Oblong: 22 x 25.7. 0531054551
A Pop-up book on navigation.
Click here to order

$20

59872
BOHE, P.
L'ANGLAIS MARITIME COMMERCIAL - Traduction partielle de "Chartering and Shipping Terms" de J. Bles: Editions Maritimes et Coloniales. Paris. 1953. 1st Ed. 241, (7 index) PP. Soft cover. Covers fragile. Paper with signs of ageing & foxing. Pencil notes on many pages. Text in English (even number) and French (uneven number). Good working copy. 21.5 x 13.5.
Partial translation of "Chartering and Shipping Terms", by J. Bles.
Click here to order

$10

48739
BOISSON, Philippe
LA SECURITE EN MER: Dunkerque. 1980. Grafic Foto Edition. 1st Ed. 370 PP with 89 figures (graphs, maps, organigrams, photos, tables). Cloth cover, title on front cover and spine, dj. Sellotape marks on endpapers. Foxing spots on outside edges. French text. Very good. 30.5 x 21.5.
On safety at sea.
Click here to order

$35

56380
BOLE, A. G., DINELEY, W. O., & NICHOLLS, C. E.
THE NAVIGATION CONTROL MANUAL: London. 1987. Heinemann. 1st Ed. X, 306 PP with over 5 tables and over 90 figures. Laminated boards. Name of previous owner on front endpaper and title page, o/wise near fine. 25 x 19. 0434901652
Click here to order

$20

36403
BONWICK, George J. & STEER, E. C.
SHIP'S BUSINESS: The Maritime Press. London. 1963. 5th edition, extensively revised throughout from the 1953 original. 332 PP with 6 figures and 14 facsimile of documents, plus 2 folded plates (Charter Party and Bill of Lading). Hard cover, gilt title on spine. Renewed endpapers, light foxing. Very good. 22.2 x 14.
Click here to order

$15

50660
BONWICK, George J. & STEER, E. C.
SHIP'S BUSINESS: The Maritime Press. London. 1953. 1st edition. 295, (9 advertisements) PP with figures and facsimile of documents, plus 2 folded plates (Charter Party and Bill of Lading). Hard cover, gilt title on spine. Spine slightly sunned and lettering dulled. Occasional foxing. Contents clean and still a very good copy. Image shows the title-page. 22.2 x 14.
Click here to order

$10

46119
BOURRIERES, Paul, CHAMEROY, Jacques, ..et al.
PORTS ET NAVIGATION MODERNES: Paris. 1977. Editions Eyrolles. 1st edition. Preface by Jean Chapon. 276 PP with 105 figures (plans, photos, sketches). Hard cover. Name of previous owner on top margin of 2 pages. Foxing spots on outside edges. Very good. French text. 24.7 x 16.
Ships. Ports. General cargo. Containers, RORO (Roll On Roll Off)... Chemical cargoes. Heavy lifts.. Passenger ships.
Click here to order

$10

73214
BOWDITCH, Nathaniel
AMERICAN PRACTICAL NAVIGATOR - An Epitome of Navigation: United States Hydrographic Office / Secretary of the Navy. Washington. 1958. 1958 edition. Publication No. 9 of the Hydrographic Office. 1524 PP with a portrait of Nathaniel Bowditch, 34 tables between pages 1183 an 1456, and hundreds of b/w or colour illustrations: drawings, sketches, photos (including 4 celestial charts in colour with clear plastic guide), plus 1 folded chart: "Port Cochran" - Suitland Island. Cloth cover, gilt title on front board and spine. Light soiling and foxing spots on outside edges. Name of previous owners on front endpaper. Very good. 26 x 18.
This epitome of navigation by Nathaniel Bowditch, has been continuously updated and revised since it was first published in 1802.
Click here to order

$25

55548
BOWDITCH, Nathaniel
AMERICAN PRACTICAL NAVIGATOR - An Epitome of Navigation (Volume I): Defence Mapping Agency Hydrographic Center. Washington. 1977. 1977 edition of D.M.A. publication No. 9 . Volume I: XIV, 1386 PP with b/w and colour illustrations, plus 1 folded plate with 2 identical charts with soundings in fathoms & feet/in meters. Cloth cover, gilt device and title on front cover and spine. Name of previous owner on front endpaper, o/wise near fine. 26 x 18.
This epitome of navigation by Nathaniel Bowditch, has been continuously updated and revised since it was first published in 1802.
Click here to order

$35

44303
BOWDITCH, Nathaniel
AMERICAN PRACTICAL NAVIGATOR - An Epitome of Navigation (Volume I): Defence Mapping Agency Hydrographic Center. Washington. 1977. Reprint of Publication No. 9 of D.M.A.. Volume I: XIV, 1386 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Cloth cover, gilt device and title on front cover and spine. Signs of water damage on rear endpaper and top gutter of last 65 leaves. Good. 26 x 18.
This epitome of navigation by Nathaniel Bowditch, has been continuously updated and revised since it was first published in 1802.
Click here to order

$10

38705
BOWDITCH, Nathaniel
AMERICAN PRACTICAL NAVIGATOR - An Epitome of Navigation and Nautical Astronomy: United States Hydrographic Office / Secretary of the Navy. Washington. 1939. Reprint of the 1938 revised edition. Publication No. 9. Part I: 392 PP with 137 figures (drawings, sketches and b/w photos). Part II: 387 PP with 43 tables. Cloth cover. Browning and foxing spots on outside edges. Ingleton bookplate on front endpaper. Near fine. 26 x 18.
This epitome of navigation by Nathaniel Bowditch, has been continuously updated and revised since it was first published in 1802. Part I: Text and Appendices. Part II: Tables.
Click here to order

$20

72119
BOWSKILL, Derek
THE CHANNEL TO THE MED - A Guide to the Main Routes through the French Canals: Opus Book Publishing. Wadhurst, East Sussex. 1995. 1st Ed. 192 PP with b/w illustrations (88 maps, most of them on full page and with insets), plus 4 pages with colour ilustrations (1 map, 2 pages with "Main signals on French waterways" and 5 photos. Pictorial stiff covers. Lower corner of front cover with small creases. Stamp of the previous yacht on title page. Contents near fine. 29.5 x 21. 9781898574033
Click here to order

$25

54403
BRAY, Anne & CURTIS, Cynthia (compilers)
THE WOODENBOAT INDEX - Issues 1-100: Brooklin, Maine. 1991. WoodenBoat Publications. 1st Ed. Introduction by Jon Wilson. VI, 115, (4) PP. Pictorial soft cover, spiral bound. Fine. 28 x 22. 0937822221
Click here to order

$15

17068
BROWER, Kenneth
A SONG FOR SATAWAL: London. 1983. André Deutsch. 1st Brit. Ed. 218 PP with 3 maps of Yap, Satawal & Palau at head of chapter. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 24 x 16. 0233975713
Traditional Micronesian navigation knowledge, passed from one generation to another through songs and dances, on the islands of Satawal and Puluwat.
Click here to order

$15

17219
BROWN, Capt. Charles H.
DEVIATION AND THE DEVIASCOPE, Including the Practice and Theory of COMPASS ADJUSTMENT, also a Note on the Gyro-Compass: Glasgow. 1939. Brown, Son & Ferguson. 6th Ed. XII, 278 PP with 6 tables (table III with folded side), 65 b/w & 48 colour figures including 9 b/w photos, plus 1 folded diagram & 5 large folded charts. Fp: Roof Deviascope. Cloth cover, Title on front cover and spine. Corners of cover, head and foot of spine frayed. Name of previous owner on front endspaper. Light foxing, o/wise very good. 21.6 x 14.
Click here to order

$20

71786
BROWN, Capt. Charles H.
DEVIATION AND THE DEVIASCOPE, Including the Practice and Theory of COMPASS ADJUSTMENT, also a Note on the Gyro-Compass: Brown, Son & Ferguson. Glasgow. 1943. Reprint of the Sixth Edition. XII, 278 PP with 6 tables (table III with folded side), 65 b/w & 48 colour figures including 9 b/w photos, plus 1 folded diagram & 5 large folded charts. Fp: Roof Deviascope. Red cloth cover, title on front cover and spine. A few pencil notes on formulae on FFEP and a hand drawn diagram on the verso of the frontispiece. Covers have light wear around edges and a little fraying at extremities of spine. Previous owners' signature and stamp on inside front cover. A very good copy. 21.6 x 14.
Click here to order

$20

33890
BROWN, Charles H.
METEOROLOGY FOR MASTERS AND MATES: Brown, Son & Ferguson. Glasgow. 1949. Revised reprint of the 1937 edition (8th). IX, 240 PP with tables and 102 figures (drawings, sketches and photos), plus 6 folded plates (1 with 11 photos of cloud forms). Cloth cover. Spine sunned, some foxing, name of previous owner on front endpaper. Very good. 21.5 x 14.
The atmosphere, instruments... tropical cyclone... Glossary (P. 197-219).
Click here to order

$15

73194
BROWN, Charles H.
NICHOLLS'S CONCISE GUIDE TO THE NAVIGATION EXAMINATIONS, for Mate, Master and Extra Master - Volume II: Brown, Son & Ferguson. Glasgow. 1948. January 1949 reprint of the 8th edition of November 1939. XVIII, 463, (2 publications) PP with figures and tables, plus 14 plates (2 on full page, 12 folded, including 2 in colour) in text and 6 folded plates in pocket at rear of book. FEP: Mariner's Compass. Navy cloth cover with light shelf wear, title on front cover and spine. Front hinge a little loose, name of previous owner on FEP, o/wise a very good clean copy. 24.5 x 18.5.
Click here to order

$25

44268
BROWN, Charles H.
NICHOLLS'S SEAMANSHIP AND NAUTICAL KNOWLEDGE for Second Mates', Mates' and Masters' Examinations: Brown, Son & Ferguson. Glasgow. 1934. Reprint of the 16th edition of 1931. XX, 620 PP with b/w illustrations (line drawings, photos and sketches) and 7 colour diagrams, plus 8 colour plates, 1 folded map and 1 large folded Capacity Plan at back of book. Fp: Wheelhouse equipment. Rebacked copy, cloth cover, gilt title on spine. Stamp of previous owner at top margin of pages 33, 139 and 267. Ageing of paper around edges, occasional foxing. Very good. 21.5 x 14.2.
Click here to order

$25

73195
BROWN, Charles H.
NICHOLLS'S SEAMANSHIP AND NAUTICAL KNOWLEDGE For Second-Mates', Mates' & Masters' Examination: Brown, Son & Ferguson. Glasgow. 1949. April 1949 reprint of the 18th edition of 1938. (28), 710 PP with 6 colour illustrations, and hundred of b/w illustrations (drawings, sketches, photos), plus 5 plates with colour illustrations (buoyage and signals) in text and 1 folded capacity plan at rear of book. Fp: Wheelhouse. FEP: 11 Motor on Steam Ships, REP: 12 Sailing Ships. Cloth covers with light wear and/or soiling, title in blind on front cover, gilt title on spine (dulled). Signature of previous owners on FEP. Small repaired closed tear on one page, o/wise contents are near fine. 21.2 x 14.5.
Click here to order

$30

50878
BROWN, Ernest B.
RADAR NAVIGATION MANUAL: Defence Mapping Agency/Hydrographic Center Washington. 1971. 1st Ed. Publication No. 1310, with a foreword by Captain F. L. Slattery. No continuous pagination, XII, 178 PP with 122 figures. Stiff plastic covers. Signature of previous owner on title-page, o/wise fine. Oblong: 20.5 x 27.
Click here to order

$20

35429
BROWN, Ernest B.
RADAR NAVIGATION MANUAL: Defence Mapping Agency / Hydrographic Center Washington. 1975. 2nd edition of the 1971 original. Publication No. 1310. X, 224 PP with figures. Pictorial limp cover (rubbed). Foxing. Stamp of the Sea School of Queensland on front cover and title page. Good. Oblong: 19.5 x 26.
Click here to order

$15

73200
BROWN, S. G.
Manual of the BROWN GYRO COMPASS Type A, Equipment: S. G. Brown Ltd. Watford, Herts. c. 1950. 1st Ed. 34 PP with 8 tables and 13 b/w figures (drawings, sketches and photos), plus 3 folded plates (figures 10, 11, 12 and 13). FEP: Oiling chart for the Brown type A Gyro Compass (figures 10 & 12). REP: Schematic Wiring Diagram (figure 11). Brown limp covers, gilt title on front cover (dulled). Contents near fine. Scarce. 24 x 18.7.
Click here to order

$50

71764
BROWN, T. Nigel & COTTER, Charles H. (editors)
BROWN'S NAUTICAL ALMANAC / DAILY TIDE TABLES FOR 1982: Brown, Son & Ferguson. Glasgow. 1981. 105th year of publication. 20, (24 colour pages with instruments), 967 PP with tables and adverising material, plus 1 colour plate "Buoyage". Card cover, cloth spine. Name of previous owner at top of title page. Very good. 22 x 14.2.
Tables, Astronomical Ephemeris, Interpolation, Tide tables... Lists: Lights, Beacons and Buoys of the United Kingdom.
Click here to order

$15

70871
BROXAM, Graeme (editor)
TASMANIAN PINERS' PUNTS - Their History and Design: Hobart. 2020. Wooden Boat Guild of Tasmania / Australian National Maritime Museum. Reprint of the 2019 edition. (6), 120 PP with tables, b/w illustrations (1 drawing, 1 map of Tasmania, line drawings, sketches & plans, 14 photos) and over 100 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Dated and signed on preliminary page by Graeme Broxam, editor. Fine. 29.7 x 21. 9780992366063
Click here to order

$50

31116
BRUCE, Erroll
DEEP SEA SAILING: Hutchinson's Scientific and Technical Publications. London. 1954. November 1954 reprint of the November 1953 original. XIV, 15-244 PP with tables and 34 figures, plus 16 pages with 27 b/w photos. Fp: H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh with the author aboard Samuel Pepys. Cloth cover (marked and worn on the spine). Name of previous owner on front endpaper, some foxing. Very good. 23.5 x 15.5.
Planning a cruise, fitting and equipment, maintenance... Safety at sea... Storm at sea.
Click here to order

$15

36813
BUCHET, Christian (editor)
L'HOMME, LA SANTE ET LA MER: Paris. 1997. Honoré Champion. 1st Ed., in the Sciences, Techniques et Civilisations du Moyen Age à l'aube des Lumières series. 526 PP with 1 map, 2 graphs and tables. Pictorial card cover. Near fine. French text. 22 x 15. 2852036819
24 papers (1 in English, 1 in German, 1 in Portuguese and 21 in French) presented during the International seminar on Man, Health and the Sea, held in Paris 5th and 6 December 1995. Disease on French Slavers during the 18th century by Jean-Michel Deveau... Medicine and Science in the British Navy of the 18th century by N. A. M. Rodger... German Hospital ships during the World War II, by Hans Schadewaldt...
Click here to order

$40

73225
BURGESS, Commander C. R.
METEOROLOGY FOR SEAMEN: Brown, Son & Ferguson. Glasgow. 1954. Revised edition of the 1950 original. XI, 252 PP with tables and figures, plus 4 folded analysis charts (figures 20.1, 20.2, 20.3, & 20.6). Cloth cover with light soiling, gilt title on front cover and spine. Head of spine slightly damaged. Name of previous owner on front endpaper. Very good. 21.5 x 14.5.
Click here to order

$15

68614
BURTON, S. M.
A SET OF NAUTICAL TABLES, for general navigational purposes: London. 1936. George Philip & Son, Ltd. 1st edition (Metric). 248, (8 "Memoranda") PP with 37 tables. FEP: Tables 1, 2, 12, 13 & 14. REP: Tables 36 & 37. Cloth cover, title on front board and a lightly sunned spine. Stamp of "The Tasmanian Maritime and Folk Museum", and name of previous owner on title page. Very good. 27.5 x 17.
Click here to order

$15

50060
CAMPBELL, Capt F S & RILEY, Capt R J F
STANFORD'S SAILING COMPANION: London. 1973. Stanford Maritime. 2nd edition of the 1972 original. IV, (2), 228 PP with 4 maps, figures (b/w or colour) and tables, plus 2 plates with 10 b/w photos of clouds and 2 colour plates on Buoyage. A 2 pages Stanford's Tide Tables 1975 loosely inserted. Pictorial boards. Foxing on outside edges. Very good. 29.2 x 22. 0540071358
Click here to order

$10

38379
CAMPBELL HEPWORTH, Commander M. W.
NOTES ON MARITIME METEOROLOGY: George Philip & Son. London. 1907. 1st Ed. VIII, 90, (2 publications) PP with tables, plus 7 folded plates. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover. Foxing, discreet name of previous owner at top of front endpaper. Very good. 21.8 x 14.
7 lectures delivered/contributed at: Royal United Service Institution (1) - The Shipmasters' Society (1) - The Royal Meteorological Society (4) - The Royal Society of New South Wales (1). Meteorology: a factor in Naval Warfare... The tracks of Ocean Wind Systems in transit over Australia. Current observations on the Canadian-Australian route...
Click here to order

$25

72894
CASSIDY, John
THE KLUTZ BOOK OF KNOTS: Budget Books Pty Ltd. Sydney. 1988. 1st Australian edition. 18 PP (12 stiff paper and 6 card paper) with colour illustrations. Card cover, spiral bound. Near fine. 23 x 15. 9780732302917
How to tie the world's 25 most useful hitches, ties, wraps and knots.
Click here to order

$20

34767
CHAPMAN, Charles F.
PILOTING, SEAMANSHIP AND SMALL BOAT HANDLING. A complete illustrated course prepared especially to develop skill, pleasure and safety in the navigation of small boats on coastal and inland waters: Taipei, Taiwan. c.1969. Chin Shan. Taiwanese copy of the 2nd printing of the 1969-70 edition. X, 11- 664 PP with 18 colour plates and over 500 bw illust. Eps: with 348 pennants of the United States Power Squadrons. Cloth cover, dj (rubbed and nicked). Very good. 30.5 x 22.
Equipment and regulations - Rules of the Road... Compass - Charts - 17 pages of illustrated nautical dictionary. 47th year of publication.
Click here to order

$15

19634
CHAPMAN, Charles F.
PILOTING, SEAMANSHIP AND SMALL BOAT HANDLING. A Practical Treatise Dealing with Those Branches of Motor Boating with Which Every Yachtsman Should Be Familiar: New York. 1958. The Hearst Corporation / Motor Boating. 1958-59 edition. Volume V - Motor Boating's Ideal series. X, 11- 500 PP with 10 colour plates and over 500 b/w illustrations, plus 68 pages of addenda. Cloth cover (slightly speckled), dj (slightly rubbed). Very good. 30 x 22.
Equipment and regulations - Rules of the Road... Compass - Charts - 17 pages of illustrated nautical dictionary.
Click here to order

$15

44328
CHARCOT, J.-B. & CLERC-RAMPAL, G.
LA NAVIGATION MISE A LA PORTEE DE TOUS - Manuel Pratique de Navigation estimée et observée: Paris. 1909. Augustin Challamel. 2nd updated edition. 388 PP with 76 figures. Limp cloth cover, title on front cover and spine. Hinges worn. Foxing on endpapers, first and last leaves, o/wise very good. 24.8 x 16.5.
Practical handbook for navigation: dead reckoning and with observations.
Click here to order

$25

69577
CLAUGHTON, A & HANDLEY, P.
AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE STABILITY OF SAILING YACHTS IN LARGE BREAKING WAVES: Southampton. 1984. Department of Ship Science / Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science / University of Southampton. January 1984 edition. No pagination, 32 PP in typescript with 1 table and 12 figures. Soft cover, title on front cover, spiral bound. Near fine. 29.7 x 21.5
Click here to order

$20

65744
CLOUGH-SMITH, J. H.
GENERAL SCIENCE - Notes for Merchant Navy Apprentices (3 parts bound in 1 volume): Glasgow. 1952, 1953 & 1954. Brown, Son & Ferguson. Ist edition. Part I (1952): VIII, 72 PP with over 27 figures. Part II (1953): IX-XVI, 73- 200 PP with 28-96 figures. Part III (1954): XVII-XXII, 201-300 PP with (97-150) figures. Papered boards are soiled with a few names written on the front, cloth spine. Errata slip for Part I and Part II tipped in on title page of respective part. Top corner of 37 first leaves of Part III with ink stain (not affecting text). Very good. 20.5 x 16.5.
Part I: Covering the First Year of the Merchant Navy Training Board Syllabus for Apprentices at Sea. Part II: Covering the Second Year ... . Part III: Covering the Third year... .
Click here to order

$15

38746
COLES, K. Adlard
SAILING AND CRUISING: B. T. Batsford. London. 1949. 2nd edition of the 1937 original. VIII, 120 PP with 20 figures, plus 64 pages with 105 b/w illustrations ( mostly photos). Fp (in colour): The Offshore Breeze. Cloth cover (rubbed). Spine sunned, ageing of paper around edges, light foxing. Scribble on front endpaper. Good reading copy. 22 x 14.3.
Click here to order

$5

49983
COLIN, Armand
TECHNIQUE ET EMPLOI DES ANCRES - Confort au Mouillage: Paris. 1975. Editions Maritimes et d'Outre-Mer. 1st Ed., with a preface by Contre-Amiral Sacaze. 100 PP with tables and b/w illustrations (drawings, sketches and photos). Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. French text. 21.5 x 13.6. 2707000302
Anchors.
Click here to order

$10

42314
CONDOMINAS, Georges
ESQUISSE D'UNE ETUDE SUR LA NAVIGATION ET LA PECHE AUX NOUVELLES-HEBRIDES: Nouméa. 2001. IRD / Vanuatu National Cultural Centre. 1st Ed., in Documents Scientifiques et Techniques III 4, May 2001. 47 PP with 3 maps and 16 drawings, plus 26 b/w plates with drawings and 9 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. New. French text. 29 x 20.2.
On navigation and Fishing in Vanuatu. First edition of a manuscript written in 1947, after studying these subjects from archival documents held then by the Museum of Mankind (Musée de l'Homme) in Paris.
Click here to order

$50

32662
CONROY, J. W. (editor)
SEAMANSHIP DEPARTMENT NOTES - U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland: Annapolis. 1918. The United States Naval Institute. 1st Ed. 165 PP with 30 diagrams & figures, and 18 plates (Rules of the Road pertaining to lights), plus 1 folded plate (Mooring and Manoeuvring board). Limp cloth cover with wear around edges and a few fade spots. Title on front cover and spine. Ageing of paper, spine frayed at top and bottom, name of previous owner on front endpaper and title page. Very clean and near fine internally. Scarce. 23.7 x 15.3.
Chapter I: Detailed instructions for Cutter drill. Chapter II: Sailing launches. Chapter IX: Handling Battleships in formation. Chapter X: Hints to young officers taking the deck. Chapter XIII: The Mooring Board...
Click here to order

$40

63175
COTTER, Charles H.
THE ELEMENTS OF NAVIGATION AND NAUTICAL ASTRONOMY - A text-book for cadets: Keelung, Taiwan. 1981. Maritime Books, Tapes & Gifts Co. 1st Taiwanese edition of the 1977 original by Brown, Son & Ferguson Ltd. XVII, 437 PP with tables and figures. Errata on front endpaper. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Name of previous owner on endpapers. Four pages with underlining of text (2 to 3 lines) and 1 pencil annotation, o/wise near fine. Scarce, even in this edition. 26.5 x 19.5.
Click here to order

$30

45513
CRAIGHEAD, Frank C. & John J.
HOW TO SURVIVE ON LAND AND SEA: Annapolis. 1984. Naval Institute Press. 4th edition, revised by SMITH, Ray E. and JARVIS, D. Shiras. XXIV, (2), 412, (2) PP with 280 b/w figures, plus 1 large folded plate with 2 maps (recto: map of the world distribution of the principal vegetative regions. Verso: map of world distribution of natural hazards). Limp cover, gilt title on front cover & spine. Fine. 23.5 x 15.
Covers orientation and travelling, wild plant food, wild animal food, firemaking... ocean survival.
Click here to order

$10

50279
CUFLEY, C. F. H.
OCEAN FREIGHTS AND CHARTERING: London. 1974. Crosby Lockwood Staples. Reprint of the 1964 original. 462 PP with 7 profiles of cargo ships and 5 diagrams, plus 1 folded plan of the Nikita Roussos and 12 pages with 14 b/w photos (12 of ships). Fp: Peak hour on the Baltic Exchange. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 22.2 x 14. 0258970006
Click here to order

$20

34712
DE KERHALLET, Ch. Philippe
GENERAL EXAMINATION OF THE ATLANTIC OCEAN, with Nautical Directions for avoiding Hurricanes and a memoir on the currents of the Atlantic: Washington. 1870. Bureau of Navigation, Hydrographic Office. 1st US edition translated from the 3rd French edition of 1853 by R. H. Wyman. XIV, 217 PP with 3 figures and over 30 tables, plus 5 large folded charts (winds, currents, routes and temperatures). Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Ex library copy: seal of the General Assembly Library - New Zealand on front cover and spine, bookplate on front endpaper, number on spine, o/wise near fine. 23.2 x 15.5.
Click here to order

$85

51578
de KERVILZE, Contre-Amiral Marcel
NAVIGATION DE CROISIERE. Le Guide de Navigation pour le yacht de croisière: Paimboeuf, Fr. 1973. Editions Plaisance. 5th (corrected and updated) edition. 168 PP with figures and tables, plus 2 colour plates and 4 b/w plates with 5 photos. Fp: Code International des Signaux. Cloth cover, device on front cover. Faint foxing on outside edges. Near fine. French text. 21.5 x 14.2.
Click here to order

$15

14231
DE MEDINA, Pédro
L'ART DE NAVIGUER DE MAISTRE PIERRE DE MEDINE, ESPAGNOL: Bussum, Netherlands. c.1980. De Boer Maritieme Handboeken. Facsimile edition of the 1554 French original. Limited edition of 1000 copies (No. 151/1000). (6), 116 PP (pagination only on right hand top corner of leaves). Printed on antique laid paper, with tables and figures in text. Hard cover, device in blind on front cover, gilt title on spine, decorated slipcase. Spine lightly sunned. Near fine. French text in old script. 33.2 x 21.6. 2852310082
The art of navigation in 1545, by Pedro de Medina: of the World (cosmography), the Sea and the art of sailing, the Wind (meteorology), the Sun (its declination & finding latitude), the Moon ... Published in the Netherlands for Unieboek, in UK for Patrick Stephens, in France for Editions des 4 Seigneurs and in Milan for U. Mursia & Co.
Click here to order

$100

36400
DEANE, Heather
LIFEBOAT: London. 1986. Franklin Watts / RNLI. 1st Ed. 48 PP with 1 map, 8 b/w illust., 15 drawings and 50 colour illust. (2 cutaways and 48 photos). Pictorial laminated boards. Fine. 25.3 x 19.5. 0863133185
Click here to order

$15

35385
DICK, Neil C.
YACHT SAILING INSTRUMENTATION: London. 1974. Stanford Maritime. 1st Ed. 86 PP with 50 figures (drawings, sketches and b/w photos). Pictorial laminated boards. Occasional foxing. Fine. 22.2 x 14. 0540071382
Water Speed and Log. Wind Instruments. Echo Sounders...
Click here to order

$10

32612
DIDEROT & D'ALEMBERT
RECUEIL DE PLANCHES SUR LES SCIENCES - ASTRONOMIE: Paris. 1994. Inter-Livres. Reprint of orig. No pagination, 94 PP with 60 plates on full page. Illustrated card covers. Fine. French text. 31 x 23.
Plates of astronomy, instruments, geography, surveying, navigation...
Click here to order

$15

14619
DIDEROT et D'ALEMBERT
RECUEIL DE PLANCHES SUR LES SCIENCES - ASTRONOMIE: Paris. 1989. Inter-Livres. Reprint of original plates. No pagination, 140 PP with 60 b/w plates on single page. Illustrated stiff cover plastic protected². Closed tear at lower part of front cover, o/wise near fine. French text. 31.5 x 23.
Plates on astronomy, instruments, geography, surveying, navigation...
Click here to order

$15

51440
DIDEROT, L'Encyclopédie
LA MARINE A VOILE: Paris. 1979. Baudouin Editeur. Reprint in Collection Encyclopédie Diderot. 217 PP with b/w illustrations. Soft cover, illustrated front. Light crease on front cover. Faint foxing. French text. Very good. 37.5 x 25. 2863960180
Contains 85 b/w plates from the original of the first French encyclopedia: dockyard, shipyard, ship-handling, rigging plans, etc...
Click here to order

$20

49677
DODGE, Russell A. & THOMPSON, Milton J.
FLUID MECHANICS: New York. c. 1950. McGraw-Hill Book Company. 14th impression of the First edition of 1937. XII, 495 PP with over 12 tables and 267 figures (drawings, graphs, sketch plans and photos). Cloth cover, gilt title on spine. Name of previous owner at top corner of front endpaper. Slight ageing of paper. Very good. 21.5 x 14.
Click here to order

$10

45707
DOUGLAS, Gavin
SEAMANSHIP FOR PASSENGERS: London. 1949. John Lehmann. 1st Ed. VIII, 9-176 PP with drawings by P. A. Jobson, plus 8 pages with 3 colour plates (National Ensigns - International Code of Signals - House Flags & funnel markings). Cloth cover, dj. Dust jacket chipped and with repaired tears. Signature of previous owner on front endpaper, foxing spots on outside page edges. Offsetting of endpapers, o/wise very good. 22 x 14.5.
Click here to order

$25

59189
DOUGLAS, Ms Linda
Savings in Search Costs of the COSPAS-SARSAT Maritime Distress System: Canberra. 1987. Federal Bureau of Transport Economics Reference Paper No. 128, June 1987. Copy No. 119. Foreword by J. W. Moll. X, 35 PP with 5 tables, 1 sketch and 5 maps. Soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21.
COSPAS-SARSAT = Multi-nation polar orbiting marine satellite system.
Click here to order

$10

65137
DUNCOMBE, R. L. & THOMAS, Armstrong
THE NAUTICAL ALMANAC FOR THE YEAR 1969: London / Washington. 1967. HM Nautical Almanac Office / Nautical Almanac Office. Yearly edition, with a preface by R. v. d. R. Woolley and J. M. McDowell. (12 advertisements), 276, XXXV PP with star charts, diagrams and tables. Fp: Altitude Correction Tables. 2 pages (Index to selected stars, and Altitude correction tables 10°-90°) loosely inserted. Hard covers. Very good working copy. 27.2 x 19.
Click here to order

$5

65138
DUNCOMBE, R. L. & THOMAS, Armstrong
THE NAUTICAL ALMANAC FOR THE YEAR 1970: London / Washington. 1969. HM Nautical Almanac Office / Nautical Almanac Office. Yearly edition, with a preface by R. v. d. R. Woolley and J. M. McDowell. (10 advertisements), (2), 276, XXXV PP with star charts, diagrams and tables. Fp: Altitude Correction Tables. Hard covers. Very good working copy. 27.2 x 19.
Click here to order

$5

33910
DUNLAP, G. D. & SHUFELDT, H. H.
DUTTON'S NAVIGATION AND PILOTING: Naval Institute Press. Annapolis. 1972. 3rd printing with corrections of the 1969 (12th) edition, original of 1926. (10), 734, (10), II, 25 PP with b/w or coloured illustrations. Eps: Charts. Cloth cover (lightly soiled). Faint foxing, o/wise very good. 26 x 17.7. 0870211633
Click here to order

$10

73432
DUNN, Richard
NAVIGATIONAL INSTRUMENTS: Royal Museums Greenwich / Shire Publications. London. 2016. 1st Ed. No. 820 in the Shire Library series. 80 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 21 x 14.8. 9780747815068
Click here to order

$25

55981
DUTTON, Thomas
SEA-SICKNESS (Cause, Treatment, and Prevention). Voyaging for Health, Health Resorts: London. 1892. Henry Kimpton / Hirschfield Bros. 3rd edition (5th thousand). XII, 134 PP. Cloth cover, title on front board and spine. Covers slightly rubbed. Speckle spots on back cover. Top corner of title page clipped. Slight ageing of paper. Very good. 18.7 x 13.
A concise practical treatise.
Click here to order

$10

50303
DUXBURY, Ken
SEASTATE AND TIDES: London. 1977. Stanford Maritime Limited. 1st Ed. (8), 84 PP with b/w illustrations (23 figures and 4 photos). Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 21.5 x 14. 0540072672
Wind and Water, Waves and the Land, Currents in the Oceans, Tides, The Moving Ocean Beds.
Click here to order

$15

73198
EARL, Capt. G. E. & TAYLOR, Capt J. W. S.
MUNRO'S ELECTRICITY AND THE MAGNETIC COMPASS: James Munro & Co. Glasgow. c. 1952. 2nd Ed. 253 PP, (3 publications) with tables, 6 charts and 60 figures, plus a 16 pages: Appendix "Munro's Electricity and the Magnetic Compass" with b/w and colour illustrations tipped in on the inside of the back cover. Model deviascope (in colour) on front endpaper (without the rotating ship). Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Front cover slightly marked. Faint foxing. Very good. 21.7 x 14.
Click here to order

$25

48114
EARL, Captain G. E. & BOYLAN, Captain C. C.
RADAR: James Munro & Company Ltd. Glasgow. c. 1960. Part 4 of the Munro's Modern Navigational Aides. 64 PP with 45 figures. Limp cover. Near fine. 23 x 15.
Contents: Cathode Ray Tube, Radar - the Set, Radar Terms, Radar Waves, Radar Plotting..
Click here to order

$15

70638
EASTMAN, Peter F.
ADVANCED FIRST AID AFLOAT: Centreville, Maryland. 1987. Cornell Maritime Press. 3rd edition of the 1972 original. X, 214 PP with 56 figures (tables, sketches, photos & diagrams), plus 1 colour plate for figure 29. Fp: Sloop Wa leaving Marina del Rey, California. Recto of frontispiece: Reference sketch of a child. Eps: Reference sketches of man and woman. Hard cover, cloth spine, dj. Dust jacket partly sunned on spine and front cover. Faint foxing spots on outside edges. Very good. 23.3 x 15.5. 0870333763
A guide for yachtsmen and small boat skippers who venture beyond the range of immediate professional medical assistance.
Click here to order

$20

55746
EISLER, William
THE FURTHEST SHORE - Images of Terra Australis from the Middle Ages to Captain Cook: Cambridge University Press. London. 1995. 1st Ed. XII, 180 PP with 81 b/w illustrations, plus 16 pages with 20 colour plates. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 28.2 x 21.6. 0521392683
Traces the pictorial imagery associated with the unknown and mysterious Southland. The invention of a Southern continent: in antiquity, the Middle-Ages, Java la Grande, Spanish vision (Torres, Prado de Tovar), then the Southern world in the age of Dutch expansion (1606-1756)...
Click here to order

$30

42515
FALCONER, William & BURNEY, William
A NEW UNIVERSAL DICTIONARY OF THE MARINE; being, a copious explanation of the technical terms and phrases usually employed in the construction, equipment, machinery, movements, and military, as well as naval, operations of ships:... to which is annexed ... (2 volume set): T. Cadell, W. Davies and J. Murray. London. 1815. Modernized and much enlarged from the original edition, by William Burney. Volume I (text): XV, 708 PP, 88 PP (Vocabulary of French sea-phrases) with tables, over 30 figures, and 12 tables for flags/telegraph signals. 2 short manuscript notes in the margin of pages 495 and 634, and 1 lengthy manuscript note (possibly by Burney) on Copper Fastened Ships on the free fly of front endpaper. Half bound, marbled boards (rubbed). Bookplates of Geoffrey Ingleton with the original bookplate of the William Burney A. M., Mathematician on front endpaper. Leather at top of spine frayed and corners showing some rubbing and wear. Spine has a horizontal tear and is partly detached, front hinge is detached. Volume II (plates): 35 plates (7 on double page, and 1 with colour for signals). Half bound, marbled boards slightly rubbed. Lacks the free fly of front endpaper. Ageing of paper and foxing. Still a very good complete set of a rare item. Ingleton Catalogue No.12518. 27.6 x 22.
Click here to order

$1000

71673
FINDLAY, Alexander George.
A DIRECTORY FOR THE NAVIGATION OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN; with description of its Coasts, Islands, etc., from the Strait of Magalhaens to Panama, and those of New Zealand, Australia, etc.; its Winds, Currents, and Passages: R. H. Laurie. London. 1884. 5th edition of the 1851 original. LVI, 1252, (2) PP, plus 4 b/w plates with 14 coastal views, and 6 folded charts (in colour) "Chart of the Pacific Ocean shewing the Surface Currents and Ice Drifts", "Chart of the Fiji Islands", "Chart of the Pacific Ocean shewing the Prevalent Winds", "The South Pacific Ocean shewing the Lines of Equal Magnetic Variation and Dip", "Chart of the Pacific Ocean Bottom Chart", and "The South Pacific Ocean Track Chart". Rebacked copy. Cloth cover, gilt title on leather vignette pasted down on spine. Slight ageing of paper, and light foxing. Two first leaves repaired. Two of the folded charts have been reinforced, and one is split at a fold, o/wise near fine. Ingleton bookplate on front endpaper. Scarce. 25.4 x 17.
Click here to order

$300

57629
FINNEY, Ben R.
HOKULE'A, THE WAY TO TAHITI: New York. 1979. Dodd, Mead & Co. 1st Ed. X, 310 PP with illustrations by Richard Rhodes and 12 b/w photos, plus 8 pages with 11 colour photos. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Dust jacket chipped and with short tears. Name of previous owner on front endpaper. Very good. 23.5 x 16. 0396077196
The long and demanding experimental voyage and the troubled attempt at a cultural revival.
Click here to order

$15

52706
FORD, J. W. W.
A SEAMAN'S GUIDE TO THE RULE OF THE ROAD: Bristol. 1976. Educational Systems Limited. 2nd impression of the new zdition of 1975. Foreword by Admiral Sir Edward Ashmore. XVI, 384, 64 PP with b/w or colour illustrations. Illustrated soft cover. Foxing spots on outside edges. Name of previous owner on half-title page. Very good. Oblong: 11.7 x 18.5.
A programmed text on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972.
Click here to order

$10

42998
FORSSELL, Henry (compiler)
SEA FINLAND - Finnish Seafaring in Pictures: Helsinki. 1985. The National Board of Antiquities of Finland. 1st English edition. Edited by David Cordingly & Erkki Arni. No pagination, 110 PP with 38 b/w and 62 colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 20 x 20. 9519074961
Click here to order

$15

50175
FRENCH, John
SMALL CRAFT RADAR: Stanford Maritime. London. 1977. 1st Ed. 207 PP with b/w illustrations (symbols, charts and photos). Pictorial laminated boards. Foxing. Very good. 22 x 14.2. 0540071501
Click here to order

$5

42246
FRISINGER, H. Howard
THE HISTORY OF METEOROLOGY: to 1800: New York. 1977. Science History Publications. 1st Ed., in Historical Monograph series of American Meteorological Society. X, (2), 148 PP with 39 figures, 2 facsimile of title pages to Descartes' Discours de la Méthode and to Robert Hooke's Micrographia, and 16 portraits. Cloth cover, dj. Faint foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise near fine. 26.2 x 18. 0882020366
Click here to order

$20

47419
GAROCHE, P.
ARRIMAGE MANUTENTION ET TRANSPORT DES MARCHANDISES A BORD DES NAVIRES DE COMMERCE: Paris. 1960. Editions Maritimes et Coloniales. 4th Ed. 352 PP with over 105 figures, and 6 b/w plates on labels. Hard cover. Spine sunned, ageing of paper, foxing spots on outside edges. Name of previous owner at top of half title page and title page. French text. Very good. 21.8 x 14.5.
Click here to order

$20

49973
GAROCHE, P.
ARRIMAGE MANUTENTION ET TRANSPORT DES MARCHANDISES A BORD DES NAVIRES DE COMMERCE: Paris. 1947. Société d'Editions Géographiques, Maritimes et Coloniales. 2nd edition of the 1936 original. 336 PP with over 90 figures, and 6 b/w plates on labels. Hard cover. Spine sunned, ageing of paper, foxing spots on outside edges and covers. Name of previous owner at top of front cover and preliminary page. French text. Very good. 23 x 14.2.
Click here to order

$15

39292
GAROCHE, P.
LES MARCHANDISES ET LES CONDITIONS DE LEUR TRANSPORT A BORD DES NAVIRES: Paris. 1949. Société d' éditions Géographiques, Maritimes et Coloniales. 1st Ed. 486 PP with 8 b/w plates. Hard cover, cloth spine, gilt title on front cover and spine. Spine sunned, ageing of paper, foxing spots on outside edges. Name of previous owner at top of half title page. Very good. 21.8 x 14.5.
Click here to order

$25

37298
GAY, Jacques
L' EAU A BORD DES NAVIRES, de l'Antiquité à nos Jours: Jonzac, France. 1998. Université Francophone d' été. 1st Ed. Preface by P.-M. Niaussat. 48 PP with 12 b/w illustrations (plans & photos). Pictorial card cover. French text. Fine. 24 x 18. 2905735228
Water on board ships: from antiquity (steamed sea water) to the membrane & osmosis process.
Click here to order

$10

44853
GAY, Jacques
SIX MILLENAIRES D'HISTOIRE DES ANCRES: Paris. 1997. Presses de l'Université de Paris-Sorbonne. 1st Ed. 272 PP with 215 b/w illustrations (drawings, engravings, sketches and photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 24 x 15.8. 2840500922
A history of anchors (symbol of safety) over the milleniums.
Click here to order

$110

64493
GILCHRIST, Thomas
PRACTICAL NAVIGATION - A Handbook for Navigators, both Amateur and Professional: Melbourne. 1943. Robertson & Mullens. 2nd Ed. 82 PP, (4), with 5 figures, plus 3 folded charts. Green cloth cover, illustrated dj . Signature and stamp of previous owner on FFEP. Cover swith light wear and a little browned around edges, dust jacket has a few chips and a repaired spine. Book is near fine. 22.2 x 14.2.
Click here to order

$25

31111
GLANVILLE, Alec
THE CRUISING APPRENTICE: Herbert Jenkins. London. 1950. 1st Ed. 247 PP with 45 diagrams, plus 8 plates of half-tone illustrations. Fp: Bermudan Sloop. Cloth cover. Spine sunned, front cover marked and worn at top, some foxing. Good. 22.2 x 14.2.
Click here to order

$5

68645
GOODFELLOW, J.
CASE CUBE MEASUREMENT RECKONER - The Merchant's and Shipmaster's Ready Calculator ... in the Freight of Goods: London. c. 1920. Imray, Laurie, Norie & Wilson Ltd. / Frederick Warne & Co.Ltd. 1st Ed. IV, 5-200 PP with 43 accurate set of tables. Cloth cover, label for title pasted down on front cover, dj (price clipped). Stamp of "Lloyd's Agents, Northern Tasmania" on endpapers and top of dust jacket. Slight ageing of paper. Very good. 26 x 11.
... Ready Calculator and complete pocket assistant for all persons concerned in the Freight of Goods, comprehending an accurate set of tables showing at one view the solid contents of all kinds of packages and casks.
Click here to order

$40

73204
GRANT, G. A. A. & KLINKERT, J.
THE SHIP'S COMPASS Including General Magnetism; Theory, Practice and Calculations relating to Magnetic and Gyro Compasses: Routledge & Kegan. London. 1981. Reprint of the revised 2nd edition of 1970 (original of 1952). XII, 603 PP with 269 figures (drawings, sketches, photos), plus 6 b/w plates (figures 47, 48; 49, 64 & 65)in text. Fp: Magnetic Compass. Cloth cover, gilt device on front board, gilt title on spine, dj. Spine of dust jacket lightly sunned. Name of previous owner on front endpaper. A near fine copy. 22.2 x 14. 0710065221
Click here to order

$60

33893
GREEN, G. A.
PRACTICAL SHIP STABILITY FOR BEGINNERS: Glasgow. 1942. Brown, Son & Ferguson. Reprint of the 1939 original. 96 PP with 46 figures. Cloth cover, dj (repaired and protected). Foxing spots on edges and endpapers, name of previous owner on front endpaper. Very good. 21.8 x 14.2.
Click here to order

$20

68893
GREEN, P. H.
THE ELEMENTS OF PRACTICAL COASTAL NAVIGATION: Hawthorn, Vic. 1969. Hadley Publications. 2nd edition of the 1967 original. VI, 7-80 PP with 76 figures, plus large folded chart at rear of book. Soft cover, illustrated front with previous owner's number on top, spiral bound. Occasional foxing. Very good. 28.6 x 22.5.
Click here to order

$10

50130
GREEN, P. H.
THE ELEMENTS OF PRACTICAL COASTAL NAVIGATION: Hawthorn, Vic. 1969. Hadley Publications. 2nd edition of the 1967 original. VI, 7-80 PP with 76 figures, plus large folded chart at rear of book. Soft cover, illustrated front, spiral bound. Occasional foxing. Very good. 28.6 x 22.5.
Click here to order

$10

48136
GRIFFITH, E.
GRIFFITH'S TRIMMING TABLES: Brown, Son & Ferguson. Glasgow. 1945. Reprint. 48 PP with 3 figures and 3 tables between pages 8 and 48. Cloth cover (lightly marked). Small tear on spine. Ageing of paper. Very good. 18.2 x 14.5.
Table A: for correcting tons per inch immersion. Table B: Trimming constants. Table C: Comparisons of draft at various densities.
Click here to order

$20

57647
GURNEY, Alan
COMPASS - A Story of Exploration and Innovation: New York. 2004. W. W. Norton. 1st Ed. 320 PP with 18 b/w illustrations. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. Newspaper clipping (Weekend Australian August 28-29, 2004) "Review of this title by Jennifer Moran", loosely inserted. Fine. 21 x 13.8. 0393050734
Click here to order

$10

19653
HAMPTON, Captain T.A.
THE SAILOR'S WORLD: London. 1971. Pan Books. 1st paperback issue in the David & Charles series of the 1968 original. 160 PP with over 150 bw drawings by John Horsley, plus 8 pages with 9 bw photos. Pictorial soft cover. Ageing of paper and foxing, o/wise very good. 17.8 x 11. 0330026836
Around the headlands and on the beaches... Ships of all sizes and of the Royal Navy... Navigation and seamanship... Glossary of nautical terms: P. 144 to 155.
Click here to order

$5

72389
HARBOURS & MARINE
SMALL SHIPS MANUAL - Including questions and answers for examinations for certificates of competency: Queensland Department of Transport. Brisbane. 1991. 9th edition, fully revised August 1991. 380 PP with over 130 b/w and colour illustrations. Laminated pictorial boards. Spine lightly sunned. Signs of old damp throughout, however, no pages affected by sticking together and still a very good working copy. 24.2 x 17.5.
Click here to order

$10

49907
HASLAM, Rear-Admiral D W (editor)
IALA MARITIME BUOYAGE SYSTEM: Taunton. 1982. Hydrographic Department. Edition 3. NP 735. (2), 10 PP with 1 colour illustration (diagram 1), plus 8 diagrams (1 b/w and 7 colour). Soft cover. Very good. 30 x 21.
Click here to order

$10

50844
HASLAM, Rear-Admiral D W (editor)
IALA MARITIME BUOYAGE SYSTEM A: Taunton. 1980. Hydrographic Department. Edition 2. NP 735. (2), 9 PP, plus 8 diagrams in colour. Soft cover. Very good. 30 x 21.
Click here to order

$10

67158
HAY, David and Joan
NO STAR AT THE POLE: London. 1972. Charles Knight & Co. 1st Ed. X, 230 PP with 38 figures (most of them delightful illustrations by Dennis Mallet). Fp: Pytheas reaches the Cornish coast, about 320 B.C. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Faint foxing, o/wise fine. 23.5 x 15.5. 853140000
A history of navigation from the Stone Age to the 20th Century, for all who enjoy the sea.
Click here to order

$45

49939
HAYDEN, Everett
THE PILOT CHART OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN (in Journal of the Franklin Institute - Vol. CXXV, June, 1888): Philadelphia. 1888. Franklin Institute of the State of Pennsylvania. Reprinted from the Journal, April, 1888. 28 PP, plus 3 folded plates and 1 large folded chart. Soft wrappers with closed tears and fragile spine. Foxing spots. Signed by the author at top of front cover. A rare item. 24.3 x 15.3.
The folded plates are: Greenwich Noon Observations and Reports of Marine Meteorology: sample of form issued to Masters of Vessels, plus Waterspouts off the Atlantic Coast - January & February, 1888. The large folded chart at the rear is the Pilot Chart of the North Atlantic Ocean, March, 1888.
Click here to order

$100

70509
HECKSTALL-SMITH, B. & DU BOULAY, Captain E.
THE COMPLETE YACHTSMAN: London. 1912. Methuen. 1st edition (original). XII, 516 PP, with 200 illustrations in the text, plus 24 b/w plates (including frontispiece). Fp: The Waterwitch. Cloth cover, gilt title engraved on front cover, and spine. Covers have some fade spots or soiling and spine is also a little sunned. Spine has shelf wear with a small split at top where it's frayed and starting a little at gutters. Free front endpaper has a couple of small insect holes. Faint foxing, o/wise contents are near fine. Scarce. 22.7 x 15.
Click here to order

$80

37127
HENDERSON, Graeme (editor)
INDIAN OCEAN WEEK 1997 - PROCEEDINGS: Fremantle. 1998. Western Australian Maritime Museum. 1st Ed. XX, 100 PP with 4 figures and 7 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 14.9. 0730712222
17 papers papers presented in September 1997. Early pilots in Muslim waters, by Rear Admiral François Bellec... The research and locating of the AE2, by Selcuk Kolay... Maritime rhetorics, tourism and the Australian National Maritime Museum...
Click here to order

$20

69264
HEYERDAHL, Thor
EARLY MAN AND THE OCEAN: London. 1978. George Allen & Unwin. 1st English edition. 392 PP with 21 figures. Eps: Mappemonde with routes of European discoverers and track of Kon-Tiki, Ra I & Ra II rafts. Cloth cover, dj. Fine. 24 x 16. 0045720223
The beginning of navigation & sea-borne civilizations, the sea being no barrier to migration of early Man.
Click here to order

$25

17062
HEYERDAHL, Thor
EARLY MAN AND THE OCEAN, A Search for the Beginnings of Navigation and Seaborne Civilizations: New York. 1979. Doubleday. Reprint of 1978 US Ed. XIV, 438 PP with 18 fig. in text plus 4 pages with 3 illust. Eps: Mappemonde with routes of European discoverers and track of Kon-Tiki, Ra I & Ra II rafts. Hard cover, gilt title on cloth spine, dj (price-clipped). Faint foxing on outside edges. Near fine. 21.5 x 14.5. 0385127103
The beginning of navigation & sea-borne civilizations: the sea being no barrier to migration of early Man.
Click here to order

$20

69595
HISCOCK, Eric C.
CRUISING UNDER SAIL: London. 1965. Oxford University Press. 4th reprint of the 1950 original. XVIII, 480 PP with 70 diagrams, plus 64 plates with 249 b/w photos and a folded plan (figure 71) at rear of book. Fp: Outward bound, cutter Dyarchy. Cloth cover, device (yacht under sail) engraved on front cover, dj (price clipped). Repaired dust jacket chipped, worn and with small piece missing at head of spine. Name of previous owner on front endpapers. Occasional foxing. Good reading or working copy. 23 x 15.
The yacht and her gear. Seamanship and navigation...
Click here to order

$10

68169
H.M.S.O.
ADMIRALTY MANUAL OF NAVIGATION - Volume I - B.R. 45 (1): London. 1970. H.M.S.O. Consolidated edition of the 1964 revised edition, incorporating Changes 1 to 4. VII, 510 PP with tables and 267 b/w and colour figures, plus 15 colour plates (1 folded). Cloth cover, dj (price clipped and a little worn). Stamp of "The Tasmanian Maritime and Folk Museum" on title page, signature of previous owner on FFEP, o/wise a very good clean copy. 24.5 x 15.5. 117707686
Click here to order

$20

73105
HMSO
ADMIRALTY MANUAL OF NAVIGATION - Volume II - 1922: H.M.S.O. London. 1922. New edition supersedeing the 1914 edition. Compiled by SHEARME, Commander Francis N. & SMART, Dr. W. M. VII, 289 PP with tables and over 140 figures, plus 1 folded plate with 3 sounding sheets. Cloth covers (decorated in blind), gilt title on spine. 3 errata slips tipped in on title page and its verso. Covers with light shelf wear and soiling, o/wise contents near fine. 24.8 x 16.
Click here to order

$50

68370
H.M.S.O.
ADMIRALTY MANUAL OF NAVIGATION - Volume II - B.R. 45 (2): London. 1971. H.M.S.O. 4th impression (incorporating change No. 1) of the 1960 edition. XI, 297 PP with tables and 160 figures (40 b/w photos of clouds), plus 1 folded plate (astroplot) at rear of book. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price clipped). Stamp of "The Tasmanian Maritime and Folk Museum" on title page. Name of a previous owner on front endpaper. Very good. 24.5 x 15.5.
Click here to order

$20

68567
H.M.S.O.
ADMIRALTY MANUAL OF SEAMANSHIP, 1964 - Volume I: BR.67 (I): London. 1964. HMSO. New edition. X, 494 PP with b/w illustrations, plus 1 folded plate in colour and 12 colour plates (flags, pennants, ranks). Navy blue cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj. Dust jacket lightly soiled. Renewed endpapers. Faint foxing spots on outside edges. Contents near fine. 25 x 16.
Click here to order

$20

43440
HMSO
ADMIRALTY NAVIGATION MANUAL 1938 - Volume I: H.M.S.O. London. 1941. Reprint of the 1939 edition. Volume I: IX, 446 PP with 170 b/w or colour figures and 8 pages with 34 colour illustrations (Rules of the Road), plus 16 pages for 17 b/w photos, 5 plates (1 in colour) and 10 folded plates (3 in colour). Errata slip tipped in on title page. Fp: View of the bridge of a modern Battleshiop. Cloth cover, anchor in blind on front cover, gilt title on spine. Hinges rubbed. Library stamp on title page of Volume. Foxing. Very good. 24.8 x 16.
Click here to order

$35

71485
HMSO
HANDLING SHIPS - B.R. 2092: Navigation and Direction Department / Admiralty. London. 1954. Restricted edition. VI, 166 PP with 1 chart, 2 diagrams, over 7 tables & curves and over 70 figures. Plus 3 plates with b/w photos (figures 8, 37 & 38) and 2 folded plates (figures 9, 19, 20, 21a & 21b). Cloth cover, gilt title on front board and spine. Addendum B.R. 2092 (1958): soft cover and 16 PP with 9 figures, plus large folded plate for 2 figures (71 & 76), pasted down inside back cover. Stamp in blind of previous owner on FFEP, o/wise a very good clean copy. Scarce item. 24.5 x 15.5.
Click here to order

$75

52849
H.M.S.O.
INTERNATIONAL CODE OF SIGNALS 1969: London. 1969. HMSO. 1st Ed. XV, 149 PP with 4 pages of b/w and 4 pages of colour illust., plus the 4 pages Amendment List No. 1 loosely inserted. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj (price-clipped). Dust jacket is a little creased and soiled, o/wise very good. 30.2 x 21.2. 0115114157
Click here to order

$15

40445
H.M.S.O.
MANUAL OF SEAMANSHIP 1932, Volume II B.R. 68: HMSO. London. 1944. Reprint of the 1932 edition. IV, 357 PP with b/w figures (sketches, plans, photos & 4 plates), plus 12 pages with 9 plates and 6 folded plates. Hard cover, gilt title on sunned spine. War economy paper, name of previous owner on front endpaper. Near fine internally. 21.7 x 14.
Organisation, duties of officers of the watch - Towing - Life saving apparatus... Salvage operations.
Click here to order

$20

38034
H.M.S.O.
MANUAL OF SEAMANSHIP 1932, Volume II (B.R. 68): HMSO. London. 1939. Reprint of the 1932 edition. XII advertisement, IV, 357 PP with b/w figures (sketches, plans, photos & 4 plates), plus 12 pages with 9 plates and 6 folded plates. Hard cover, gilt title on spine. Short tear at top of spine, very light foxing, o/wise near fine. 22 x 14.
Organisation, duties of officers of the watch - Towing - Life saving apparatus... Salvage operations.
Click here to order

$20

37657
H.M.S.O.
MANUAL OF SEAMANSHIP 1932, Volume II (B.R. 68): HMSO. London. 1941. Reprint of the 1932 edition. IV, 357 PP with b/w figures (sketches, plans, photos & 4 plates), plus 12 pages with 9 plates and 6 folded plates. Hard cover, gilt title on sunned spine. War economy paper, name of previous owner on front endpaper. Near fine internally. 21.7 x 14.
Organisation, duties of officers of the watch - Towing - Life saving apparatus... Salvage operations.
Click here to order

$25

73417
H.M.S.O.
A SEAMAN'S POCKETBOOK, B.R. 827: Bloomsbury. London. 2016. Reprint of the Bloomsbury 2015 ed. 120 PP with b/w illustrations throughout. Hard cover. Fine. 18.5 x 12. 9781844860371
A modern version of the 1943 HMSO pocketbook: Sea terms, steering the ship, boatwork, anchors and cables, ship safety...
Click here to order

$15

20483
H.M.S.O.
A SEAMAN'S POCKETBOOK, B.R. 827 (52): London. 1953. H.M.S.O. Reprint of the 1952 original. 136 PP with 73 figures, plus 5 colour plates. Fp: Adv. for Player's Navy Cut. Eps: 5 advertisments. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Very good. 18.8 x 12.6.
Sea terms, steering the ship, boatwork... A.B.C.D. (Atomic, Biological and Chemical protection and Damage control).
Click here to order

$10

45878
H.M.S.O.
A SEAMAN'S POCKETBOOK, B.R. 827 (52): London. 1952. H.M.S.O. 1st Ed. VII, 136 PP with 73 figures, plus 5 colour plates. Fp: Advertisement for Player's Navy Cut. Eps: 6 advertisments. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Previous owner's stamp on advert prelim, o/wise very good. 18.8 x 12.6.
Sea terms, steering the ship, boatwork... A.B.C.D. (Atomic, Biological and Chemical protection and Damage control).
Click here to order

$10

73226
HMSO
THE SHIP CAPTAIN'S MEDICAL GUIDE 1952: HMSO. London. 1957. Reprint of the 1952 edition. VII, 339 PP with tables (2 of them folded plates) and over 126 illustrations (drawings, sketches and photos), plus 1 folded chart (in colour) ad 8 pages with 13 colour illustrations (5 sketches and 8 photos). Amendments ... in rear pocket. Cloth covers, gilt title on sunned spine. Hinge of front cover starting. Otherwise contents very good. Image shows title-page. 24.6 x 15.5.
First aid, toxic hazards, communicable diseases, STD's, female disorders & pregnancy, childbirth, dying and the dead, ...
Click here to order

$20

44323
H.M.S.O.
SIGHT REDUCTION TABLES FOR AIR NAVIGATION - Volume 1 - Selected Stars Epoch 1975.0: London. 1972. HMSO. 1st Ed. A.P. 3270. XII, 324 PP. Eps: Tables. Cloth cover. Very good. 30.8 x 25. 0117714100
Click here to order

$15

53350
H.M.S.O.
SIGHT REDUCTION TABLES FOR AIR NAVIGATION - Volume 1 - Selected Stars Epoch 1990.0 - AP 3270: London. 1987. HMSO. 1st Ed. A.P. 3270. XII, 324 PP. Eps: Tables. Cloth cover. Very good. 30.8 x 25. 0117725781
Click here to order

$20

55614
HMSO
SIGHT REDUCTION TABLES FOR MARINE NAVIGATION - Volume 3 - Latitudes 30° - 45°, inclusive: Hydrographic Department. Taunton, UK. 1978. September 1978 reprint of the 1971 edition. Publication H.D.605 (III). Preface by Rear-Admiral G. D. P. Hall. (3). XXX, 365 PP with 5 figures and tables, plus 3 diagrams (diagram C is loosely inserted). Eps: interpolation tables. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Near fine. 30.2 x 21.5.
Click here to order

$25

70949
HOBBS, Richard R.
MARINE NAVIGATION 2: Celestial and Electronic: Annapolis. 1977. Naval Institute Press. Reprint with corrections of the 1974 original. Foreword by Vice Admiral W. P. Mack. XI, 322 PP with figures. Cloth cover, illustrated front. Front cover lightly soiled. Contents near fine. 26 x 18. 0870213652
Coordinate systems of celestial navigation. Altitude-Intercept method. Marine sextant...
Click here to order

$15

49974
HOLMES, J.
LIFEBOAT DRILL: Jackson & O'Sullivan. Sydney. 1933. 1st Ed. 68, (4) pp with 12 drawings and 4 b/w photos. Soft cover. Ingleton bookplate. Fine. Small format: 14 x 11.
Click here to order

$25

68423
HOPKINS, Captain F. N.
BUSINESS AND LAW FOR SHIPMASTER: Glasgow. 1966. Brown, Son & Ferguson. 2nd edition of the 1961 Original. XVI, 794 PP with 19 documents reproduced. Fp: Certificate of Registry of S.S. Uganda. Cloth cover soiled on front, gilt title on spine. Some scoring in margins of pages 740 to 751. Name of previous owner on front endpaper. A few pages with small dog-ears. Very good. 21.7 x 14.2.
Click here to order

$20

70451
HORDERN, Lieutenant Commander Marsden C.
AUSTRALIA'S DEBT TO STOKES AND BEAGLE: Sydney. 1996. Naval Historical Society of Australia. 1st Ed., Monograph No. 55 of the Society. 15 PP (typescript on recto only) with 1 map, 2 charts and 4 b/w illustrations (photocopy quality). Soft cover, illustrated front cover, clear plastic folder. Fine. 29.8 x 21.
Transcript of a lecture given to the Society on 7 June 1996.
Click here to order

$30

73138
HOWELL, Susan P.
PRACTICAL CELESTIAL NAVIGATION: Mystic Seaport Museum. Mystic, Connecticut. 1987. 2rd printing of the 1979 original. A revised edition. (5), XI, 6-261 PP with tables and figures. Portrait /photo of the author on page 260.. Stiff covers, spiral bound (plastic), device and title on front cover and spine. Covers with light wear and light soiling, o/wise contents near fine. 27.7 x 24. 0939510057
The author died at sea when the British barque "Marques", sunk suddenly on 3rd June 1984, on a passage from Bermuda to Halifax.
Click here to order

$40

48183
HUGON, Pierre & SIZAIRE, Pierre
NAVIRES ET NAVIGATION: Paris. 1977. Editions Atlas. 1st Ed. 128 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Title spread: Three masts schooner Regina-Maris. Eps: Nautical chart Strait of Bonifacio. Hard cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. French text. Light foxing. Near fine. 29.7 x 19.7.
Of ships and on navigation.
Click here to order

$20

67266
HUTCHINSON, William
A TREATISE ON NAVAL ARCHITECTURE ...: London. 1979. Conway Maritime Press. Reprint of 4th edition of 1794. XVI, 304 PP, plus 12 b/w plates (1 of them folded). Fp: Cloth cover (buckram), dj. Dust jacket is a little rubbed around edges, o/wise a near fine copy. 26 x 21.5.
".. founded upon Philosophical and Rational Principles towards establishing ...
Click here to order

$50

30978
HUTSON, A. B. A.
THE NAVIGATOR'S ART: London. 1974. Mills & Boon. 1st Ed. 192 PP with b/w photos and illustrations by Alec Davis. Title page: A compass rose. Pictorial laminated boards. Fine. 21.7 x 15.2. 0263055922
Introduction to the art of Navigation: how navigational techniques were developed by races (Polynesians, Vikings) or individuals (Columbus, Magellan and Drake)...
Click here to order

$10

44276
HYDROGRAPHER OF THE NAVY
ADMIRALTY DISTANCE TABLES - PACIFIC OCEAN - NP 350(3): Taunton, UK. 1984. Hydrographer of the Navy. New edition of the 1919 and 1953 previous editions, N.P. 350 (3), Preface by Rear-Admiral D.W. Haslam. Edited by Lieut. Cmdr. C.J. de C. SCOTT. XXII, 146 PP, plus 9 index charts (1 folded). Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Near fine. 30.2 x 21.5.
Covering the Pacific Ocean and Seas bordering it.
Click here to order

$15

54675
HYDROGRAPHER OF THE NAVY
BERING SEA AND STRAIT PILOT, Comprising the North-Western and Northern Coasts of Alaska from Cape Douglas to Demarcation Point, the Northern Coast of Canada from Demarcation Point to Cape Bathurst, the Aleutian Islands, and the North-Eastern Coast of: London. 1954. Hydrographic Department, Admiralty. 3rd edition of the 1920 original. SD23. Advertisement of the 3rd edition, by Vice-Admiral A. Day. (2 caution), LIII, 634, (2) PP with figures, 9 maps, 24 tables and 35 coastal views (4 beacons or lighthouses), plus 2 colour plates on U.S.S.R. Buoyage, 9 plates with 17 b/w photos (Ice), 65 plates with 186 coastal views, and 1 folded Index Chart S.D.23. Supplement No. 5-1965 with 1 folded Index Chart and 40 pages, loosely inserted. Cloth cover, title on front cover and spine. Faint foxing. Fine. 24.4 x 15.5.
Click here to order

$45

54673
HYDROGRAPHER OF THE NAVY
BERING SEA AND STRAIT PILOT, Comprising the North-Western and Northern Coasts of Alaska from Cape Douglas to Demarcation Point, the Northern Coast of Canada from Demarcation Point to Cape Bathurst, the Aleutian Islands, and the North-Eastern Coast of Siberia: London. 1940. Hydrographic Department, Admiralty. 2nd edition of the 1920 original. Advertisement of the 2nd edition, by Vice-Admiral J. A. Edgell. Edited by SUTCLIFF, Captain G. E. & TORLESSE, Lieutenant-Commander J. Y. G. (2 caution), XXXII, 497 PP with figures, over 13 tables and 37 coastal views (6 beacons or lighthouses), plus 3 plates with 5 b/w photos (Ice), 76 plates with 196 coastal views, and 1 folded Index Chart S.D.57. Cloth cover, title on front cover and spine. Faint foxing, o/wise fine. Rare. 24.4 x 15.5.
Click here to order

$70

54672
HYDROGRAPHER OF THE NAVY
BERING SEA AND STRAIT PILOT, including the South-East Coast of Alaska Peninsula and off-lying islands, and the North-East Coast of Siberia: London. 1920. Hydrographic Department, Admiralty. 1st edition. Advertisement of the 1st edition, by Rear Admiral F. C. Learmonth. Edited by BAIRD, Captain W. J. N. (2 caution), XXXV, 610 PP with figures, over 12 tables (1 folded) and 27 coastal views (4 beacons or lighthouses), plus 91 plates with 267 coastal views and 1 folded Index Chart No. 15(1). Cloth cover, title on front cover and spine. Old water marks affecting the top or bottom margin of plates. Faint foxing, o/wise near fine. Rare. 24.4 x 15.5.
Click here to order

$80

54719
HYDROGRAPHER OF THE NAVY
BRITISH COLUMBIA PILOT, Volume I: comprising: London. 1957. Hydrographic Department, Admiralty. Reprint (04/57) of the 4th edition of 1949, S.D. No. 26. Advertisement of the 4th edition, by Vice-Admiral A. G. N. Wyatt. Edited by Cmdr. C.R. BRENT. XLII, 324 PP with figures and 3 tables, plus 4 plates with 8 maps, 2 plates with 1 lighthouse and 1 coastal view and 1 folded Index Chart S.D. 26. Supplement No. 5-1959 with 45 pages, loosely inserted. Cloth cover, title on front cover and spine. Spine lightly faded. Foxing. Very good. 24.4 x 15.
Click here to order

$35

54718
HYDROGRAPHER OF THE NAVY
BRITISH COLUMBIA PILOT, Volume I: comprising: London. 1951. Hydrographic Department, Admiralty. 7th edition, S.D. No. 25. Advertisement of the 7th edition, by Rear-Admiral A. Day. Edited by Cmdr. C.R. BRENT. XLIII, 598 PP with figures, over 9 tables and 8 maps, plus 20 plates with 1 lighthouse and 23 coastal views and 1 folded Index Chart S.D. 25. Supplement No. 5-1962 with folded Index Chart, and 1 coastal views and 125 pages, loosely inserted. Cloth cover, title on front cover and spine. Spine lightly faded. Foxing. Very good. 24.4 x 15.
Click here to order

$35

53186
HYDROGRAPHER OF THE NAVY
CHANNEL PILOT: Taunton. 1977. Hydrographer of the Navy. 2nd edition of the 1971 edition. N.P. 27. Preface by Rear-Admiral D. W. Haslam. Edited by Capt. J.G.B. MORROW & Capt. P.G.R. MITCHELL. XVI, 382, (2) PP with 14 diagrams, 14 tables and 194 coastal views, plus 2 index charts, 7 chartlets or plans, and 10 colour plates on buoyage, diagram and 2 charts. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Head of spine frayed and rubbed. Good. 30.2 x 21.5.
Isles of Scilly and south coast of England from Cape Cornwall to Bognor Regis, and north-west and north coasts of France from, Pointe de Penmarch to Cap d'Antifer.
Click here to order

$30

54715
HYDROGRAPHER OF THE NAVY
CHANNEL PILOT, Vol. II: comprising the North-Western and Northern Coasts of France from Pointe de Penmarc'h to Dunkerque and the Franco-Belgian Frontier, including the Channel Islands: London. 1952. Hydrographic Department, Admiralty. 11th edition, S.D. No. 28. Advertisement of the 11th edition, by Rear-Admiral A. Day. Edited by Cmdr. W.M. PASSMORE. LI, 512 PP with figures, over 10 tables,19 lighthouses and 24 coastal views, plus 16 plates with 33 coastal views, 1 folded Index Chart S.D. 28. Supplement No. 5-1963 with folded Index Chart, 1 b/w plate and 88 pages, loosely inserted. Cloth cover, title on front cover and spine. Spine lightly faded. Foxing. Very good. 24.7 x 15.
Click here to order

$30

60397
HYDROGRAPHER OF THE NAVY
CHINA SEA PILOT - Vol. III: London. 1968. Hydrographic Department, Admiralty. 3rd edition of the 1937 original. Advertisement by Rear-Admiral G. S. Ritchie. Edited by Cmdr. W.B. MONK. (4), XIV, 716, (2) PP with drawings, tables and 74 coastal views, plus 1 Index Chart N.P.32, 4 tidal charts, 15 charts. Supplement No. 7-1977 with 43 pages loosely inserted. Cloth cover, title on front cover and spine. Spine sunned and with tears on fore hinge. Very good working copy. 24.8 x 16
Comprising the coast of China from Fu-Chi Chiao to Yalu Chiang or Amnok Kang; the northern coast of Luzon; Tai-wan; and the western coast of Korea.
Click here to order

$25

44274
HYDROGRAPHER OF THE NAVY
CHINA SEA PILOT - Volume I: Taunton, UK. 1987. Hydrographer of the Navy. Revised 4th edition of 1978 (1937) original, N.P. 30. Edited by Lieut. Cmdr. P.J.D. HAYTER. XVIII, 306 PP with 22 tables, 18 maps, coastal views, panoramic views and b/w photos, plus 3 index charts. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Near fine. 30.2 x 21.5.
The West side of the China Sea from Tanjong Lompat on the Eastern side of Peninsular Malaysia to Zhelang Yan in China; Kepulauan Anambas, Hainan Dao, And the Islands and Banks bordering the main route from Singapore Strait to Hong Kong.
Click here to order

$35

53166
HYDROGRAPHER OF THE NAVY
CHINA SEA PILOT - Volume I: Taunton, UK. 1987. Hydrographer of the Navy. Revised 4th edition of 1978 (1937) original, N.P. 30. Preface by Rear Admiral R. O. Morris. Edited by Lieut. Cmdr. P.J.D. HAYTER. XVIII, 306 PP with 22 tables, 18 maps, coastal views, panoramic views and b/w photos, plus 3 index charts. REP: map China Sea Pilot Vol I, NP 30. Supplement No. 4 - 1996 (2, 26, 4 pages) loosely inserted. Laminated boards. Lower edge of rear cover scratched, o/wise near fine. 30.2 x 21.5.
The West side of the China Sea from Tanjong Lompat on the Eastern side of Peninsular Malaysia to Zhelang Yan in China; Kepulauan Anambas, Hainan Dao, And the Islands and Banks bordering the main route from Singapore Strait to Hong Kong. Supplement 4 corrected to 17th October 1996.
Click here to order

$35

44275
HYDROGRAPHER OF THE NAVY
CHINA SEA PILOT - Volume III: Taunton, UK. 1982. Hydrographer of the Navy. 4th edition of the 1937 original, N.P. 32. Edited by WINSTANLEY, Captain J. D. XIV, 342 PP with 2 routes charlets, 14 tables, 22 maps, coastal views, panoramic views and b/w photos, plus 3 index charts and 4 colour plates on buoyage. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Near fine. 30.2 x 21.5.
The West side of the China Sea from Tanjong Lompat on the Eastern side of Peninsular Malaysia to Zhelang Yan in China; Kepulauan Anambas, Hainan Dao, And the Islands and Banks bordering the main route from Singapore Strait to Hong Kong.
Click here to order

$35

54712
HYDROGRAPHER OF THE NAVY
EAST COAST OF CENTRAL AMERICA AND GULF OF MEXICO PILOT. East coasts of Central America from Punta Tirbi to Cabo Catoche - Coasts of Gulf of Mexico and Mississippi Delta to Cape Sable and Florida Bay - Islands in the western Caribbean Sea, Northward: London. 1970. Hydrographer of the Navy. 1st Ed. Preface of the 1st edition, by Rear-Admiral G. S. Ritchie. Edited by XIV, 490 PP with figures, 32 coastal views (20 lighthouses) and 25 tables, plus 8 plates (2 folded) with maps, 1 colour plate on U.S. Buoyage and 1 folded Index Chart FRENCH, Captain G. A. N.P.69A. Supplement No. 2-1973 with folded Index Chart and 37 pages loosely inserted. Cloth cover, title on front cover and spine. Spine lightly faded. Foxing. Very good. 24.7 x 15.
Click here to order

$30

62701
HYDROGRAPHER OF THE NAVY
INDONESIA PILOT - Volume I: Taunton, UK. 1996. Hydrographer of the Navy. 2nd edition. N.P. 36. Preface by Rear Admiral J. P. Clarke. XXIV, 230, (2) PP with tables, coastal views and maps, plus 2 index charts [NP 36(a) & NP36(b)]. Soft cover. Near fine. 29.5 x 21.
The West Coast of Jawa, the south and east coasts of Sumatera, Selat Sunda, Selat Bangka, Selat Gelasa, Selat Karimata ....
Click here to order

$25

49531
HYDROGRAPHER OF THE NAVY
INDONESIA PILOT - Volume I: Taunton, UK. 1975. Hydrographer of the Navy. 1st edition, N.P. 36. Preface by Rear-Admiral G. P. D. Hall. XIV, 199 PP with 9 tables, 56 coastal views and 7 drawings, plus 1 index charts, and 15 diagrams (1 map in colour, 1 colour plate on buoyage). Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Supplement No. 2-1978 (8 pages) loosely inserted. Near fine. 30.2 x 21.5.
The Western end of Java, the southern and eastern coasts of Sumatera, Sunda Strait, Selat Bangka, Selat Gelasa, Karimata Strait....
Click here to order

$25

49533
HYDROGRAPHER OF THE NAVY
INDONESIA PILOT - Volume II: Taunton, UK. 1976. Hydrographer of the Navy. 1st edition, N.P. 34. Preface by Rear-Admiral D. W. Haslam. XIV, 409 PP with 11 tables and 128 coastal views, plus 3 index charts, and 16 diagrams (1 colour plate on buoyage...). Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Near fine. 30.2 x 21.5.
South coast of Jawa... Sulawesi and the West part of Kepulauan Sula.
Click here to order

$30

53179
HYDROGRAPHER OF THE NAVY
INDONESIA PILOT - Volume III: Taunton, UK. 1980. Hydrographer of the Navy. 1st edition, N.P. 35. Preface by Rear-Admiral D. W. Haslam. XIV, 199, (3) PP with 9 tables, 13 diagrams and 149 coastal views, plus 2 index charts, and 1 colour plate on buoyage. Supplement No. 5 - 1994 (2, 36, 6 pages) loosely inserted. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Near fine. 30.2 x 21.5.
Islands between Mindanao and the North-east end of Sulawesi. Islands off Irian Jaya...
Click here to order

$35

54660
HYDROGRAPHER OF THE NAVY
JAPAN PILOT - Volume I: London. 1966. Hydrographic Department, Admiralty Reprint (June 1966) of the 5th edition of 1952. N.P. 41. Advertisement by Rear-Admiral A. Day. Edited by Cmdr. F.N. SHEARME. (2 caution), XLIX, 462 PP with figures and over 7 tables, plus 2 index charts S.D.41a & S.D.41b, 2 colour plates (U.S.S.R. buoyage system), 10 plates with 18 b/w photos (Ice conditions), 10 plates with 17 maps and 35 plates with 87 coastal views (including 3 of lighthouses). Cloth cover, title on front cover and spine. Near fine. 24.7 x 16.5.
Honshu (except its southern coast), Hokkaido, the southern coast of Ostrov Sakhalin, and the Kuril Islands.
Click here to order

$30

54662
HYDROGRAPHER OF THE NAVY
JAPAN PILOT - Volume I: London. 1957. Hydrographic Department, Admiralty Reprint (February 1957) of the 5th edition of 1952. N.P. 41. Advertisement by Rear-Admiral A. Day. Edited by Cmdr. F.N. SHEARME. (2 caution), XLIX, 462 PP with figures and over 7 tables, plus 2 index charts S.D.41a & S.D.41b, 2 colour plates (U.S.S.R. buoyage system), 10 plates with 18 b/w photos (Ice conditions), 10 plates with 17 maps and 35 plates with 87 coastal views (including 3 of lighthouses). Cloth cover, title on front cover and spine. Covers rubbed. Spine worn and with pieces missing. Internally very good. 24.7 x 16.5.
Honshu (except its southern coast), Hokkaido, the southern coast of Ostrov Sakhalin, and the Kuril Islands.
Click here to order

$20

44272
HYDROGRAPHER OF THE NAVY
JAPAN PILOT - Volume I: Taunton, UK. 1982. Hydrographer of the Navy. 7th edition of the 1904 original, N.P. 41. Edited by ALDRIDGE, Lieutenant Commander J. L. XIV, 381 PP with 13 tables, 20 maps, coastal views, panoramic views and b/w photos, plus 2 index charts and 3 colour plates (buoyage system). Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Near fine. 30.2 x 21.5.
Honshu (except its southern coast), Hokkaido, The southern coast of Ostrov Sakhalin, Kuril'skiye Ostrova.
Click here to order

$40

53178
HYDROGRAPHER OF THE NAVY
JAPAN PILOT - Volume II: Taunton, UK. 1979. Hydrographer of the Navy. 7th edition of the 1904 original, N.P. 42A. Preface by Rear-Admiral D. W. Haslam. Edited by MITCHELL, Captain P. G. R.XII, 293, (3) PP with 23 tables, 22 maps and 75 panoramic coastal views, plus 2 index charts, 4 colour plates (3 maps / plans & 1 on buoyage system), and 18 b/w photo plates. Supplement No. 3 - 1984 (4, 22, 4 pages) loosely inserted. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Near fine. 30.2 x 21.5.
Nansei Shoto; east, west and north-west coasts of Kyushu, and Tsushima; south coast of Shikoku; south-east coast of Honshu; and Nanpo Shoto. Supplement No. 3, corrected to 1st September 1984.
Click here to order

$40

53183
HYDROGRAPHER OF THE NAVY
MEDITERRANEAN PILOT - Volume I: Taunton. 1978. Hydrographer of the Navy. 10th edition of the 1873 original. N.P. 45. Preface by Rear-Admiral D. W. Haslam. Edited by DEWE, Lieutenant Commander W. M. E. XVIII, 328, (2) PP with 16 diagrams, 33 tables and 136 coastal views , plus 2 index Charts and 6 pages on buoyage (in colour). Supplement No. 3 - 1982 ( 2, 22, 6 pages) loosely inserted. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Good. 30.2 x 21.5.
The coasts of Spain from Gibraltar to Cap Cerbère; Islas Baleares; The north coast of Africa from Ceuta to Ras Ajdir; Isola de Pantelleria and Isole Pelagie; The Maltese islands; Isole Egadi; Sicilia and isole Eolie; The coast of Italy from Capo Suvero to Capo Santa Maria di Leuca. Supplement No 3, corrected to 11th December 1982.
Click here to order

$30

54704
HYDROGRAPHER OF THE NAVY
SOUTH AMERICA PILOT, Part III: comprising the West Coast of South America from Cabo Tres Montes to Panama Bay, including the Islas Galapagos and other Off-Lying Islands: London. 1939. Hydrographic Department, Admiralty. Reprint (02/39) of the 2nd edition of 1927. Advertisement of the 2nd edition, by Rear-Admiral H. P. Douglas. Edited by Capt. C.V. SMITH. XXV, 466 PP with 7 coastal views and 12 tables, plus 28 plates with 41 coastal views and 1 folded Index Chart S.D.62. Supplement No.7-1936 with 60 pages and 3 Notices for 1938, 1939 and 1940, loosely inserted. Cloth cover, title on front cover and spine. Spine lightly faded. Foxing. Very good. 24.7 x 15.
Click here to order

$50

54709
HYDROGRAPHER OF THE NAVY
SOUTH AMERICA PILOT, Part III: comprising the Western Coast of South America from Cabo Tres Montes to Punta Mariato, including Archipélago de Colon and other Outlying Islands: London. 1954. Hydrographic Department, Admiralty. 4th edition. Advertisement of the 4th edition, by Vice-Admiral A. Day. Edited by PASSMORE, Commander W. M. LI, 629 PP with figures, 10 coastal views, 12 maps and over 20 tables, plus 1 plate on buoyage, 39 plates with 79 coastal views and 1 folded Index Chart S.D.7. Cloth cover, title on front cover and spine. Spine lightly faded. Foxing. Very good. 24.7 x 15.
Click here to order

$30

54700
HYDROGRAPHER OF THE NAVY
SOUTH AMERICA PILOT, Volume IV: comprising the Islands of Tobago and Trinidad - North-eastern Coast of Venezuela from Punta Penas to Cabo Orange including Rio Orinoco - The Northern Coast of South America from Punta Penas to Punta Tirbi, i: London. 1969. Hydrographer of the Navy. 1st Ed. N.P.No.7A. Advertisement of the 1st edition, by Rear-Admiral G. S. Ritchie. Edited by Capt. G.A. FRENCH & Cmdr. A. JONES. (4 caution), XIII, 481, (3) PP with figures, over 12 tables, 5 coastal views and 50 lighthouses, plus 4 plates with 5 figures and 4 maps, 26 plates with 56 coastal views and 2 folded Index Charts N.P.7A(a) & 7A(b). Cloth cover, title on front cover and spine. Faint foxing. Very good. 24.3 x 15.
Click here to order

$30

71933
HYDROGRAPHER OF THE NAVY
SOUTH AMERICA PILOT, Volume IV - North coast of South America, Cabo Orange to Punta Tirbi, including Trinidad and Tobago, Rio Orinoco and Nederlandse Antillen: Hydrographer of the Navy. London. 1983. 2nd Ed. N.P.No.7A. XVI, 2 PP (Index Charts), 263 PP with diagrams and panoramic views, etc. Cloth cover, title on front cover and spine. Very good. 32 x 21.5
Click here to order

$30

44273
HYDROGRAPHER OF THE NAVY
SOUTH-EAST ALASKA PILOT - Volume I: Taunton, UK. 1993. Hydrographer of the Navy. 6th edition of the 1920 original, N.P. 4. Edited by RYDER, Captain A. C. XII, 406 PP with 2 index charts, 7tables, and 21 maps. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, gilt map on back cover. Near fine. 30.2 x 21.5.
From Dixon Entrance to Cook Inlet.
Click here to order

$55

55531
HYDROGRAPHER OF THE NAVY
WEST COAST OF INDIA PILOT: Maldives, Lakshadweep, Sri Lanka, with Palk Bay; The West coast of India, the coast of Pakistan: London. 1998. Hydrographer of the Navy. 12th edition of the 1866 original. NP 38. Advertisement of the 12th edition, by Rear Admiral J. P. Clarke. Edited by ATTWOOD, Captain A. J. XII, 328, (1) PP with Index charts NP 38(a) and NP 38(b), figures, 23 maps, 19 climatic tables and 38 coastal views or lighthouses (drawings or b/w photos). Laminated pictorial boards. Faint foxing. Fine. 30.2 x 21.3.
Click here to order

$40

53185
HYDROGRAPHER OF THE NAVY
WEST COASTS OF SPAIN AND PORTUGAL PILOT: Taunton. 1972. Hydrographer of the Navy. 5th edition of the 1921 edition. N.P. 67. Preface by Rear-Admiral G. P. D. Hall. Edited by Cmdr. W.B. MONK. XIV, 188, (2) PP with 16 diagrams, 12 tables and 99 coastal views , plus 2 index charts, 1 diagram and 2 charts. Supplement No. 7 - 1981 ( 2, 20, 12 pages) loosely inserted. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Good. 30.2 x 21.5.
From Cabo Ortegal to Gibraltar, Strait of Gibraltar, North coasts of Africa from Cabo Espartel to Ceuta, and Arquipelago dos Açores. Supplement No 7, corrected to 12th Octiber 1981.
Click here to order

$30

54713
HYDROGRAPHER OF THE NAVY
WEST INDIES PILOT, Vol. II: comprising Mona Passage, the Leeward and Windward Islands from Puerto Rico to Grenada inclusive: London. 1969. Hydrographer of the Navy. 11th edition. Advertisement to the 11th edition, by Rear-Admiral G. S. Ritchie. Edited by Cmdr. Alun JONES. XIII, 386 PP with figures, 46 coastal views (4 lighthouses) and 25 tables, plus 8 plates (2 folded) with maps, 1 colour plate on U.S. Buoyage and 1 folded Index Chart N.P.71. Supplement No. 3-1973 with folded Index Chart and 39 pages loosely inserted. Cloth cover, title on front cover and spine. Spine lightly faded. Foxing. Very good. 24.7 x 15.
Click here to order

$30

59155
HYDROGRAPHIC BUREAU
HYDROGRAPHIC DICTIONARY - Part I / DICTIONNAIRE HYDROGRAPHIQUE - Partie I: International Hydrographic Bureau. Monte-Carlo, Monaco. 1974. 3rd Edition. Special Publication No. 32, Part I, of the International Hydrograpic Organization. Edited by Rear Admiral Luigi GUIDA. 370 PP, (25 French Alphabetical Index). Hard cover, title on front board an gilt on a cloth spine. Few foxing spots on edges of covers, o/wise fine. Rare. 27.2 x 19..
English / French dictionary of terms and definitions.
Click here to order

$45

55091
IALA
IALA MARITIME BUOYAGE SYSTEM A: Sydney. 1980. Maritime Services Board of N. S. W. April 1980 edition. No pagination, 12 PP with 5 diagrams in colour. Soft cover with creases. Good. 21 x 15.2.
IALA = International Association of Lighthouse Authorities.
Click here to order

$5

71819
ICS / Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers
LEGAL PRINCIPLES IN SHIPPING BUSINESS: Witherbys Publishing. London. 2005. 1st Ed. X, 152, (1 order form) PP. Soft covers, illustrated front, title on front cover and spine. Fine. 29.5 x 21. 1856092852
For the Shipbrokers, Ship Managers and Agents throughout the world.
Click here to order

$100

71753
ICS / OCIMF / IAPH
INTERNATIONAL SAFETY GUIDE FOR OIL TANKERS & TERMINALS (ISGOTT): Witherby / International Chamber of Shipping. London. 1996. 4th edition of the 1978 original. XXII, (2), 285 PP with tables and figures. Laminated boards, pictorial front. Fine. 30.2 x 21.2. 1856090817
Click here to order

$50

51482
JARMAN, Colin & BEAVIS, Bill
KNOTS IN USE: Granada Publishing / Adlard Coles. London. 1984. 1st UK edition. X, 85 PP with b/w photos by Colin Jarman, and drawings by Bill Beavis. Pictorial soft cover (rubbed). Faint foxing on outside edges. Near fine. 21.3 x 13.8. 0229117120
Knots, Bends, Hitches, Whippings, Splices.
Click here to order

$5

38714
KEMP, J. F., & YOUNG, Peter
METEOROLOGY: London. 1963. Kandy Publications. Reprint of the 1961 original. 80 PP with b/w and colour figures. Pictorial card covers a little soiled, o/wise near fine. 21 x 17.
Click here to order

$5

68637
KEMP, J. F., & YOUNG, Peter
SEAMANSHIP NOTES: London. 1980. Kandy Publications. Reprint of the 3rd edition of 1977. 102 PP with many figures, including 5 pages with colour for "Buoyage". Pictorial soft cover. Name of previous owner at top of front cover and title page. Very good. 21 x 14.8. 0540073318
Click here to order

$10

41616
KEMP, J. F., & YOUNG, Peter
SHIP STABILITY NOTES AND EXAMPLES: London. 1977. Stanford Maritime / Royal Australian Navy. Reprint of the 1971 second edition (metric), of the 1959 original. 128 PP with many figures. Stapled soft cover (Royal Australian Navy Apprentice Training Establishment). Near fine. 21 x 14.8. 0853090424
Published for the Royal Australian Navy.
Click here to order

$10

68588
KEMP, J. F., & YOUNG, Peter
SHIP STABILITY NOTES AND EXAMPLES: Stanford Maritime. London. 1971. 2nd edition of the 1959 original. 132 PP with many figures. Pictorial soft cover. Signature on inside front cover, o/wise very good. 21 x 14.8. 0853090424
Click here to order

$10

73365
KEMP, Peter
SEAMANSHIP: The Complete Illustrated Guide for the Cruising Yachtsman: A.H. & A.W. Reed. Sydney. 1983. 1st Ed. 240 PP with b/w illust. (sketch-plans, photos) and 16 colour photos on full page. Hard cover, dj. Very good. 26.6 x 21.5. 0589503537
Click here to order

$15

59313
KETTLE, W. R.
A Supplement to the Third Edition of Findlay's Sailing Directory for the NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN and JAPAN, with revised description of the Coasts, Islands, etc. (Addenda, 1908): London. 1908. Imray, Laurie, Norie & Wilson, Ltd. 1st Ed. (2), 272 PP. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Ingleton bookplate on front endpaper, o/wise fine. 25.2 x 15.6.
Click here to order

$100

63178
KLINKERT, J.
COMPASS-WISE, or Getting to Know your Compass: Keelung, Taiwan. c. 1976. Frank's Book & Jewelry Co. Ltd. Taiwanese edition of the 1976 original edition published by Brown, Son & Ferguson. VII, 192 PP with 44 figures and 2 plates. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Lower corner of front endpaper clipped and name of previous owner on lower corner of half title page. Some annotations in margin and underlining of text. Very good. 20.8 x 14.
Click here to order

$25

43697
KNIGHT, Austin M.
MODERN SEAMANSHIP: Princeton, N.J. 1968. D. Van Nostrand Company. September 1968 reprint of the 14th edition of September 1966 (original of 1901). Edition revised by: Captain John V. Noel Jr. and William J. Miller. X, 610 PP with over 200 illustrations (21 in colour). Cloth cover, device and title on front cover and spine, dj (rubbed). Foxing spots on outside edges. Internally near fine. 23.5 x 15.5.
Click here to order

$20

49910
KRAGHT, Peter E.
METEOROLOGY WORKBOOK WITH PROBLEMS: New York. 1943. Cornell Maritime Press. 1st Ed. VIII, 148 PP with 8 weather maps and 141 figures, plus 4 pages with 19 b/w photos. Soft cover. Head of spine worn on 6 centimetres. Covers lightly soiled. Very good. 28 x 21.5.
Click here to order

$10

38847
LA DAGE, John & VAN GEMERT, Lee
STABILITY AND TRIM FOR THE SHIP'S OFFICER: Cambridge, Maryland. 1963. Cornell Maritime Press, Inc. 4th reprint of the 2nd edition of 1956 (original of 1946). XVI, 216 PP with 67 figures and 4 inserts, plus 4 folded inserts in rear pocket. Fp: Heavy lift ship USNS Pvt Leonard C. Brostrom. Hard cover, gilt device and title on front cover and spine. Lower and upper part of the spine worn, faint foxing on outside edges. Signature and bookplate of previous owner on front endpaper, o/wise very good. 22.2 x 14.5.
Click here to order

$20

68106
LAGAN, Jack
THE BAREFOOT NAVIGATOR: London. 2006. Adlard Coles Nautical. 1st Ed. XII, 148 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 24.2 x 17.2. 9780713674293
Navigating with the skills of the ancients.
Click here to order

$20

30860
LANDES, David S.
REVOLUTION IN TIME - Clocks and the Making of the Modern World: Cambridge, Mass., USA. 1983. The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. 1st paperback edition. XVIII, (2), 482 PP with 9 figures and 12 tables, plus 8 colour plates and 32 pages with b/w figures. Pictorial soft cover. Foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 23.5 x 15.5. 0674768000
Click here to order

$15

17229
LANGMAID, Captain Kenneth
THE SEA, THINE ENEMY - A Survey of Coastal Lights and Life-boat Services: London. 1966. Jarrolds. 1st Ed. XII, 242 PP, plus 8 pages with 16 b/w photos. Cloth cover, dj (price-clipped). Faint foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise near fine. 21.6 x 14.
From the days of rowing-boats and crude beacons using wood & coal, to the modern wonders of radar and wireless. Contains chapters on Trinity House and lighthouses.
Click here to order

$20

40670
LE BIHAN-GUENOLE, Martine
DROIT DU TRAVAIL MARITIME - Spécificité structurelle et relationnelle: Paris. 2000. l'Harmattan. 1st Ed., in Collection Logiques Juridiques. 320 PP. Soft cover. Foxing spots on outside edges and few pages. French text. Very good. 21.5 x 13.3. 2747510042
Click here to order

$25

51189
LE CALVE, A.
COURS D' ASTRONOMIE NAUTIQUE à l'usage des Candidats aux Examens de la Marine Marchande: Paris. 1952. Société d'Editions Géographiques, Maritimes et Coloniales. 2nd edition. 265 PP with 178 figures, plus 6 plates with 4 b/w photos and 2 folded maps of the sky. Soft wrappers browned and a little fragile. Ageing of paper, and occasional foxing. French text. Good. 25.3 x 16.5.
Celestial navigation.
Click here to order

$20

49146
LEE, E. C. B. & Kenneth
SAFETY AND SURVIVAL AT SEA: London. 1971. Giniger Book / Cassell. 1st Ed. X, 286 PP with 2 pages with 17 drawings(These sharks (7) are dangerous. Venomous fish(10), do not touch). Hard cover, dj (price-clipped). Dust jacket with a closed repaired tear (15 cms) on front cover. Faint foxing on outside edges, o/wise very good. 25 x 17.7. 3004937193
Click here to order

$10

57852
LEVER, Darcy
THE YOUNG SEA OFFICER'S SHEET ANCHOR, Or a Key to the Leading of Rigging and to Practical Seamanship: New York. 1963. Edward W. Sweetman Co. Unabridged republication of the second edition published by John Richardson, London, 1819. XII, 124 PP, plus 114 pages with 113 b/w plates (over 604 figures). Illustrated title page (see image). Cloth cover. Covers slightly marked. Foxing spots on outside edges. Name and address of previous owner on front endpaper. Near fine. 25.7 x 19.5.
Image shows the title-page.
Click here to order

$80

73468
LEWIS, David
AN EXPERIMENT IN POLYNESIAN NAVIGATION (in The Journal of The Institute of Navigation - Vol 19, No.2, April 1966): The Institute of Navigation / The Royal Geographical Society. London. 1966. XIV, 131 PP. Contains article from P.154 to 168 with 3 figures, plus 1 b/w plate of ther Rehu-Moana off Valparaiso. Soft covers, title on a worn front cover. Notes at top margin of page 167. A few pages dog-eared, o/wise contents are clean. Very good. 25 x 15. 0589007416
Revival of the traditional sailing and voyaging in the Pacific.
Click here to order

$15

73151
LEWIS, David
WE, THE NAVIGATORS - The Ancient Art of Landfinding in the Pacific: A. H. & A. W. Reed. Wellington. 1972. 1st NZ edition. XVIII, 346 PP with 6 maps, 13 b/w plates and 63 figures. Fp: Tevake navigating Isbjorn. Eps: Tracks of "Isbjorn", and "Rehu Moana". Cloth cover, device on front cover, dj. Ex Library ccpy with stamps at top of front endpaper, on recto & verso of title page, shelf number at foot of spine and reinforced gutter of both endpapers. Top edges of covers sunned. Foxing spots on outside edges. An otherwise very good clean copy. 24 x 15.8. 0589007416
Revival of the traditional sailing and voyaging in the Pacific.
Click here to order

$40

73150
LEWIS, David
WE, THE NAVIGATORS - The Ancient Art of Landfinding in the Pacific: University of Hawaii Press. Honolulu. 1994. 2nd edition of the 1972 original. XXII, 442 PP with over 11 maps (2 on double page), 67 figures and XVIII b/w plates. Fp: Tevake navigating Isbjorn. Stiff covers, pictorial front. Occasional foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 22.7 x 15.2. 9780824158231
Revival of the traditional sailing and voyaging in the Pacific.
Click here to order

$45

71399
LEWIS-JONES, Huw
THE SEA JOURNAL - Seafarers' Sketchbooks: Thames & Hudson. London. 2019. 1st Ed. Foreword by Don Walsh. 304 PP with over 450 b/w or colour illustrations. Pictorial hard covers, cloth spine. Fine. Oblong. 19.5 x 27.5., 9780500021279
61 sketchbooks: George Anson to Willial Willie.
Click here to order

$70

71582
LODGE, Sir Oliver, APPLETON, EV., AVERY, A.H. FOURNIER d'ALBE, E.E. ... et al
HARMWORTH'S WIRELESS ENCYCLOPEDIA (3 Volumes): The Fleetway House. London. N.D. circa 1923-1924. 1st edition. Volume I: P. 1 - 736 covering A-DRA, Volume II: P.737 - 1504 covering DRI-OSC, Volume III: P.1505 - 2272, covering OSC-ZIR. Illustrations in b/w throughout all three volumes together with folded plates and Classified Index at rear of Volume III. Printed on superior quality paper. Original blue cloth covers, title in blind on front covers, gilt titles on spines. Minimal foxing of prelims with a few spots on covers which have only the lightest of shelf wear (rubbing at extremities of spines). This is a near fine set of a quite scarce item. More images available upon request. Each volume : 24.5 x 16.5.
Written for Amateurs and Experimenters by Experts in all branches of Wireless Science, and containing upwards of 5,000 Illustrations.
Click here to order

$1200

73235
LONEY, S.L.
MECHANICS AND HYDROSTATICS FOR BEGINNERS: Cambridge University Press. London. 1935. Reprint of the 4th edition of 1924 (original of January 1893). VIII, 310, XV, (3 publications) PP with figures. Coth covers, gilt title on spine. Outside corners of covers with signs of dampness. Very good. 17 x 12.
Click here to order

$15

53447
LUCAS, Alfred
THEORIE ELEMENTAIRE DU COMPAS GYROSCOPIQUE, à l'usage des Marins et des Aviateurs: Société d'Editions Gépgraphiques, Maritimes et Coloniales. Paris. 1940. 1st Ed. (6), 55 PP with 44 figures. Soft covers with light wear. Slight ageing of paper. French text. Near fine. 22.8 x 14.5.
Click here to order

$15

35659
LUMB, R. D.
NEW BEARING IN THE LAW OF THE SEA: University of Queensland Press. Brisbane. 1981. 1st Ed., No. 56 in the University of Queensland Inaugural Lectures series. 16 PP. Card cover. Near fine. 21.3 x 13.7. 0702216798
Inaugural lecture delivered 29 April 1981.
Click here to order

$10

48138
MACDONALD, Captain K.
PRACTICAL SHIP STABILITY: Glasgow. 1953. Brown, Son & Ferguson. Reprint of the 2nd edition of 1933 (1933 original). 98 PP with 6 figures, plus large folded plate "S.S. ... Stability Data", printed on superior gloss paper. Cloth cover, dj (repaired). Faint foxing spots on outside edges and endpapers. Very good. 21.8 x 14.2.
Click here to order

$30

44969
MACEWEN, W. A.
CORNELL BLUE BOOK OF QUESTIONS & ANSWERS FOR THIRD MATE: Cornell Maritime Press. Cambridge, Maryland. 1968. New revised edition of the 1960 original. X, 179 PP with 38 figures. Soft cover. Front edge of front cover with light insect damage. Spine with old water marks. Internally very good. 22.8 x 15.2.
Click here to order

$10

38676
McMULLEN, Michael
MULTIHULL SEAMANSHIP: Nautical Publishing. London. 1976. 1st edition of March 1976. 200 PP with 4 tables, 18 graphs and 194 b/w illustrations (maps, photos and sketches). Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Foxing on outside edges, signature of previous owner on front endpaper. Very good. 25.2 x 19. 0245527265
Chapter 1: History (Pacific Ocean beginnings, first Western multihulls...). Chapter 2: Design and Construction comparisons...
Click here to order

$10

72400
McMULLEN, R.T.
DOWN CHANNEL AND ORION (or how I came to Sail Alone in a 19-Ton Yacht). Two Classic Works of Solo Sailing: Leonaur / Oakpast Ltd. London. 2014. 1st paperback edition, in the Leonaur Naval and Maritime series. Introduction of the 1893 edition by Dixon Kemp. 312 PP with b/w illustrations: 5 line drawings / sketch plans, 3 maps and 12 prints or sketches. Pictorial stff covers. Fine. 21.5 x 13.8. 9781782822783
Click here to order

$20

73154
MALONEY, Elbert S.
CHAPMAN : PILOTING, SEAMANSHIP AND SMALL BOAT HANDLING.: Hearst Marine Books / Motor Boating & Sailing. New York. 1981. 1st Ed. 55th edition, with New United Rules of the Road. (8), over 640 PP with hundreds of b/w illustrations (maps, sketches, photos), plus 16 pages of colour illustrations (rules of the Road, buoyage, flags...). Title page: portrait of Charles F. Chapman. FEP: Charts and Aids to Navigation. REP: Marlinspike seamanship. Hard cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj. Outside page edges have a few spots, o/wise contents near fine. 29.4 x 22. 0878518096
Equipment and regulations - Rules of the Road... Compass - Charts - 17 pages of illustrated nautical dictionary. 47th year of publication.
Click here to order

$25

70401
MARGUET, F.
COURS D' ASTRONOMIE DE L'ECOLE NAVALE: Paris. 1926. Société d'Editions Géographiques, Maritimes et Coloniales. 2nd edition. 322 PP with tables and 158 figures. Bound copy, retaining original soft cover. Marbled board, cloth spine, gilt title on spine. Spine spêckled, ageing of paper. Name of previous owner on half title page. French text. Very good. 24;3 x 16..
Celestial navigation. Image shows title page.
Click here to order

$30

44788
MARINE BOARD
QUEENSLAND EXAMINATIONS FOR MASTERS OF FISHING VESSELS - All Grades - Candidates Handbook: Brisbane. c. 1975. Marine Board of Queensland 1st Ed. 328, (12 appendices) PP with over 73 figures. Pictorial hard cover, cloth spine. Very good. 21.5 x 14.
Click here to order

$5

60765
MARLOW
KNOTS AND SPLICES LEAFLET: Melbourne. c. 1980. Marlow, Kenwall, Downs & son. Foded poster, printed recto & verso with 16 sets of duotone figures. Very good. Format: 43.5 x 64. Folded size: 14.5 x 16.
An aid to new crews and owners: The knots, bends and hitches.
Click here to order

$5

49984
MARSOUIN, M. -J., & ENGERRAND, J.
MANUEL DE SECURITE MARITIME INCENDIE: Editions Maritimes et d'Outre-Mer. Paris. 1968. 5th edition (updated). 116, (4 publications) PP with figures. Pictorial soft cover. LiIght foxing. Name of previous owner at top of half title page. French text. Very good. 21.5 x 13.5.
Click here to order

$10

67738
MARTIN, Jean-Louis
Le Grand Livre des CYCLONES et Tempêtes Tropicales: Paris. 2002. Editions Orphie. 1st Ed. 158 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (maps, drawings, photos). Laminated pictorial boards. Foxing spots on endpapers. French text. Fine. 24.6 x 287763146X
Click here to order

$20

69643
MARVIN, C. F.
PSYCHROMETRIC TABLES for obtaining the VAPOR PRESSURE, RELATIVE HUMIDITY, AND TEMPERATURE OF THE DEW POINT: Washington. 1941. U.S. Department of Commerce, Weather Bureau / United States Government Printing Office. April 1941 edition, W.B. No. 235. Introduction by F. W. Reichelderfer. 87 PP with 3 figures and 12 tables. Soft cover, title on front cover. Signs of old watermarks but not affecting text. Label of the "NASA Library / Goddard Space Flight Center" inside front cover. A very good copy. 23 x 14.9.
Click here to order

$15

34840
MAYER, Anton
1000 JAHRE SEEFAHRT: Helden - Reisen - Schiffe: Paul Frante Verlag. Berlin. 1934. 1st Ed., with a foreword by Felix Graf von Luckner. 480 PP with 100 duotone illustrations. Cloth covers a little soiled. Some foxing, stamps of previous owner on front endpaper, o/wise contents near fine. German text in Gothic script. 22 x 14.7.
History of navigation over 1000 years: voyages, ships...
Click here to order

$10

61919
MAYS, Nicole
FOR MANY YEARS A BOAT BUILDER: The Life and Life's Work of Jacob Bayly Chandler: Nicole Mays. Hobart. 2011. 1st Ed. (3 blank pages), (11), 145, (3) PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, facsimile of documents, graphs, map, paintings and photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 24.5 x 18.7. 9780646546971
140 vessels built at Battery Point between 1843 and 1894.
Click here to order

$40

49909
METEOROLOGY
THE METEOROLOGICAL GLOSSARY: Air Ministry/Meteorological Office/H.M.S.O. London. 1937. 3rd edition of the 1916 original. Publication: M.O.225 ii (A.P.897). 252 PP with tables and 30 figures, plus 6 plates in colour and 6 pages with 10 b/w photos (figures 6 to 15). Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Amendements 2, 3, 4, & 5 (20 pages) loosely inserted. Ageing and foxing of paper around edges, o/wise very good. 24.8 x 15.5.
Click here to order

$15

59556
MOLLOY, E. (editor)
LEAD PIPE WORK: London. 1946. George Newnes. 2nd edition of the 1943 original. Volume 8, in the "Newnes Building Practice" series. VI, 122 PP with 134 illustrations (drawings, photos). Cloth cover, dj (chipped and repaired). Very good. 23.2 x 16.
Click here to order

$10

35372
MORT, S. W.
BLUEWATER SEAMANSHIP: Sydney. 1978. Murray Books. 1st Australian edition. 92 PP with 1 map, 7 b/w photos and many figures. Pictorial laminated boards. Occasional foxing. Near fine. 24.2 x 16. 0855663928
A practical guide to safer offshore cruising.
Click here to order

$10

35373
MORT, S. W.
BLUEWATER SEAMANSHIP: Sydney. 1978. Murray Books. 1st Australian edition. 92 PP with 1 map, 7 b/w photos and many figures. Pictorial laminated boards. Dedicatory note on FFEP, signed by the author. Occasional foxing. Near fine. 24.2 x 16. 855663928
A practical guide to safer offshore cruising.
Click here to order

$20

35428
MOSS, Captain W. D.
RADAR WATCHKEEPING: The Maritime Press Limited. London. 1973. Revised and enlarged 2nd edition of the 1965 original. 128 PP with 85 figuress and 6 b/w photos. Pictorial laminated boards. Top of front cover lightly sunned, 3 lines on page 25 with pale highlighting. Very good. 22.2 x 14.5. 540009644
Contents: Why collisions occur despite radar, Radar plotting, Proceeding in reduced visibility, Coastal navigation, Radar on small craft, Plotting aids....
Click here to order

$15

50422
N/A
ADMIRALTY DISTANCE TABLES - Volume II: Mediterranean, Black, and Red Seas: Hydrographic Department, Admiralty. Taunton, UK. 1949. 3rd Ed. Edited by Vice-Admiral A.G.N. WYATT. 124 PP, plus 1 folded Index Chart. Card cover, title on front board, cloth spine. Faint foxing. Very good. 26.6 x 18.3.
Click here to order

$10

73205
N/A
ADMIRALTY WEATHER MANUAL 1938 - W.9: HMSO. London. 1953. March 1953 reprint of the 1938 original. XVIII, (2), 488 PP with XIV tables (4 of them on supplementary plates: 2 tables (XI & XIII) on full page and 2 tables (VI & X) on folded page) and 167 figures (many on supplementary pages: 29 b/w photos, 42 plates on full page in colour and 8 with folded charts in colour...). Cloth cover with light shelf wear, device in blind on front board, gilt title (faded) on spine. Foxing spots on top outside edges. A near fine copy. 24.5 x 16.
Click here to order

$50

50513
N/A
CAREFULLY TO CARRY: United Kingdom Mutual Steam Ship Assurance Association. London. December 1979. 1st Ed. 32 PP. Soft cover. Near fine. 21 x 13.4.
10th report of the Association's Advisory Committee on Cargo Claims. "The carrier shall properly and carefully load, handle, stow, carry, keep, care for and discharge the goods carried". (Hague Rules, Article III, Rule 2).
Click here to order

$5

50334
N/A
DISTRESS PROCEDURES FOR SMALL CRAFT: A.G.P.S. / Department of Transport. Canberra 1977. 2nd edition of the 1975 original. (6), 14 PP with 6 b/w and colour illustrations, plus Movement Report - T. P. 168, tipped in on inside rear cover. Pictorial soft cover (rubbed). A few small marks and 2 tears on page edges, o/wise good. 21 x 14.5. 0642026912
Click here to order

$5

50015
N/A
INTERNATIONAL REGULATIONS FOR PREVENTING COLLISIONS AT SEA, 1972: The Australian National Line. Melbourne. 1977. 1st Ed. 35 PP. Soft cover, staples. Foxing. Very good. 23 x 15.5.
Published by ANL at the time of the introduction of the 1972 Regulations, 15th July 1977.
Click here to order

$5

60493
N/A
LET'S MAKE THE NEXT 200 YEARS SAFER: Federal Sea Safety and Surveillance Centre / Transport and Communications. Canberra. 1988. Foreword by The Hon. Peter Duncan, Australian Minister for Land Transport and Infrastructure Support. 12 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover (The Shipwreck, by JMW Turner). Fine. Oblong: 15 x 21.2.
Click here to order

$5

71808
N/A
NOTES ON AUSTRALIAN CARGOES: South Australian Stevedoring Company Ltd. Adelaide. c. 1930. 1st ed. 64 PP. Soft leather covers gilt title on front, thumbnail index. Covers with light wear and soiling, o/wise very good. Small format: 12 x 8.
From Apples & Alunite ... to...Zinc.
Click here to order

$20

69639
N/A
OCEAN GREYHOUNDS AND SPEEDBOATS: London. c. 1938. The Amalgamated Press Ltd. 1st Ed. Book 2 in "The Triumph of Speed" series. No pagination, 16 PP with 24 b/w photos, including the "Queen Mary" at centrefold. Rusty staples removed. Small stamp of previous owner at top of front cover. Very good. 26.5 x 20.2.
Click here to order

$10

50325
N/A
SAFETY FOR SMALL CRAFT: A.G.P.S. / Commonwealth Department of Shipping and Transport. Canberra 1977. 2nd edition of the August 1970 original. (6), 108 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 14.5. 0642020132
Click here to order

$5

50301
N/A
SAFETY FOR SMALL CRAFT: A.G.P.S. / Commonwealth Department of Shipping and Transport. Canberra. 1970. 2nd edition (October 1970) of the August 1970 original. (8), 108 PP with b/w illustrations. 2 leaflets loosely inserted. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 14.5.
Australia and the substandard ships in Australian waters. December 1992 report from the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Transport, Communications and Infrastructure. Page 99 to 102: List of dry bulk cargo vessels totally lost with cargo in 1988, 1989, 1990 & 1991.
Click here to order

$5

68944
N/A
SPEED AND TIDE TABLES FOR 1938: Glasgow. 1937. Paisleys Limited / Brown, Son & Ferguson Ltd. 1938 edition. (4), 272 PP with 1938 calendar, tide and distances tables..., plus 3 colour plates: "International Code of Signals", "Glasgow Harbour and Docks" and "Rothesay Dock". Cloth cover, gilt decoration and title faded. Name of previous owner on front endpaper. Very good. Small format: 11 x 7.5.
Click here to order

$20

35173
N/A
SURVIVAL AT SEA - A Training and Instruction Manual: Canberra. 1989. Department of Transport and Communications. Second edition of the 1987 edition. VIII, 91 PP with 6 maps (4 on full page), drawings, 5 b/w and 9 colour photos. Cloth cover, gilt device and title on front cover. Covers lightly foxed, o/wise near fine. 26 x 18.5. 0644089555
Stowage of life-saving appliances, Abandonment. Survival instructions... Survival on land.
Click here to order

$15

55539
N/A
SURVIVAL AT SEA - A Training and Instruction Manual: Canberra. 1989. Department of Transport and Communications. Second edition of the 1987 edition. VIII, 91 PP with 6 maps (4 on full page), drawings, 5 b/w and 9 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Covers laminated. Fine. 25 x 17.5. 0644089555
Stowage of life-saving appliances, Abandonment. Survival instructions... Survival on land.
Click here to order

$10

53176
N/A
SURVIVAL AT SEA - A Training and Instruction Manual: Canberra. 1993. AMSA / Australian Maritime Safety Authority. 3rd edition of the 1978 original. Foreword by Paul McGrath. VIII, 92 PP with 7 maps (5 on full page), drawings, 6 b/w and 9 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 24.8 x 17.8. 0644242620
Stowage of life-saving appliances, Abandonment. Survival instructions... Survival on land.
Click here to order

$5

33978
N/A
SURVIVAL AT SEA - Instruction Manual: Canberra. 1987. A.G.P.S. Reprint of the 1982 edition (original 1978). VIII, 75 PP with 6 maps (4 on full page), drawings and b/w photos. Soft cover. Fine. 25 x 17.6. 0644022949
Stowage of life-saving appliances, Abandonment. Survival instructions... Survival on land.
Click here to order

$5

35172
N/A
SURVIVAL AT SEA - Instruction Manual: Canberra. 1982. Department of Transport and Construction. Reprint of the 1978 original. VIII, 75 PP with 6 maps (4 on full page), drawings and b/w photos. Soft cover. Fine. 24.2 x 17.5. 0644022949
Stowage of life-saving appliances, Abandonment. Survival instructions... Survival on land.
Click here to order

$5

53658
NATIONAL CARGO BUREAU
General Information for GRAIN LOADING: National Cargo Bureau, Inc. New York. 1973. Reprint of the 1972 edition. Foreword by C. R. Bender, Admiral, U. S. Coast Guard. (4),161 PP with 1 map, tables and figures (b/w drawings and 20 colour illustrations). Card cover, illustrated front, spiral bound at top. Very good. 18 x 10.8.
Click here to order

$10

44962
NAUTICAL MAGAZINE
THE NAUTICAL MAGAZINE FOR 1932 - A Technical and Critical Journal for the Officers of the Mercantile Marine - Volume 127: Glasgow / London. 1932. Brown, Son & Ferguson / Simpkin, Marshall, and Co. 1st Ed. Volume 127 - 1932, January to June. (1), III, 656 PP with few figures and tables. Half bound, gilt title on leather spine. Hinges cracked on 2cms close to head of spine. Slight ageing of paper around the edges, o/wise very good. 22.3 x 14.5
Hydrography. Voyages. Navigation. Nautical miscellany.
Click here to order

$70

65120
NAVIGATION
ADMIRALTY NAVIGATION MANUAL 1938 - Volume I: London. 1943. H.M.S.O. Reprint of the 1939 edition. IX, 446 PP with 170 b/w or colour figures and 8 pages with 34 colour illustrations (Rules of the Road), plus 16 pages for 17 b/w photos, 5 plates (1 in colour) and 10 folded plates (3 in colour). Fp: Bridge of a modern battleship. Eps: Advertisements. Cloth cover, anchor in blind on front cover, spine sunned and speckled. Protective cover pasted down on covers. Some foxing. Internally very good. 24.8 x 16.
Click here to order

$15

53342
NAVIGATION
ADMIRALTY NAVIGATION MANUAL 1938 - Volume I: London. 1943. H.M.S.O. Reprint of the 1939 edition. IX, 446 PP with 170 b/w or colour figures and 8 pages with 34 colour illustrations (Rules of the Road), plus 16 pages for 17 b/w photos, 5 plates (1 in colour) and 10 folded plates (3 in colour). Frontispiece lacking. Eps: Advertisements. Cloth cover, anchor in blind on front cover, spine sunned and speckled. Some foxing. Scattered stamp of previous owner. Internally very good. 24.8 x 16.
Click here to order

$15

53965
NAVIGATION
CATCH FISH, NOT CABLE. The Commercial fishing guide to your rights and responsibilities with regard to submarine cables: Sydney. 2001. Reach (Telstra-PCCW). 8 page brochure with 2 colour photos and 1 world map at centrefold with network of cables. Fine. 30 x 21.
Click here to order

$5

51791
NAVIGATION
THE NAUTICAL ALMANAC 1995: Middletown, Ca. & Wichita. 1994. Paradise Cay Publications, & Celestaire In. Yearly edition. (6), 318, XXXVI, (14 adverts.) PP with 2 star charts and tables. 2 pages (Index to selected stars, 1995, and Altitude Correction Tables 10°-90°) loosely inserted. Soft cover, spiral bound. Very good. 25.5 x 19.8.
Click here to order

$5

44319
NAVIGATION
SIGHT REDUCTION TABLES FOR MARINE NAVIGATION - Volume III - Latitudes 30° - 45°, inclusive: Hydrographer of the Navy / Hydrographic Department. Taunton, UK. 1976. Reprint of the 1971 edition. Publication No. 605 (III) of H.D. NP 401 (3). XXX, 365 PP with 5 figures and tables, plus 3 diagrams (A, B, & C). Eps: interpolation tables. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Spine lightly faded. Near fine. 30.5 x 21.5.
Click here to order

$25

50416
NAVIGATION
TABLES OF COMPUTED ALTITUDE AND AZIMUTH - Vol. III: Latitudes 20° to 29°, inclusive: United States Navy Department, Hydrographic Office. Washington. 1941. H. O. Publication No. 214. Preface by George, S. Bryan, Captain, U. S. Navy. (11), 263 PP with 3 figures and tables. Eps: tables. Cloth cover, title on front cover and spine. Very good. 29.8 x 23.7.
Click here to order

$20

53353
NAVIGATION
TABLES OF COMPUTED ALTITUDE AND AZIMUTH - Vol. III: Latitudes 30° - 44°, North and South: Hydrographic Department, Admiralty London. 1969. Reprint of the 1953 original. H. D. Publication No. 486 (III). Preface by Rear -Admiral A. Day. XVIII, 363 PP with 6 figures and tables. Eps: tables. Cloth cover, title on front cover and spine. Speckled spine. Very good. 29.9 x 23.7.
Click here to order

$20

50417
NAVIGATION
TABLES OF COMPUTED ALTITUDE AND AZIMUTH - Vol. IV: Latitudes 30° to 39°, inclusive: United States Navy Department, Hydrographic Office. Washington. 1940. H. O. Publication No. 214. Preface by Lamar R. Leahy, Captain, U. S. Navy. (11), 263 PP with 4 figures and tables. Eps: tables. Cloth cover, title on front cover and spine. Very good. 29.8 x 23.7.
Click here to order

$20

53355
NAVIGATION
TABLES OF COMPUTED ALTITUDE AND AZIMUTH - Vol. IV: Latitudes 45° - 59°, North and South: Hydrographic Department, Admiralty. London. 1969. Reprint of the 1951 original. H. D. Publication No. 486/IV. Preface by Rear-Admiral A. Day. XVIII, 363 PP with 6 figures and tables. Errata slip tipped on page 1. Eps: tables. Cloth cover, title on front cover and spine. Very good. 29.8 x 23.7.
Click here to order

$20

50418
NAVIGATION
TABLES OF COMPUTED ALTITUDE AND AZIMUTH - Vol. V: Latitudes 40° to 49°, inclusive: United States Navy Department, Hydrographic Office. Washington. 1940. H. O. Publication No. 214. Preface by George, S. Bryan, Captain, U. S. Navy. (11), 263 PP with 4 figures and tables. Eps: tables. Cloth cover, title on front cover and spine. Very good. 29.8 x 23.7.
Click here to order

$20

50419
NAVIGATION
TABLES OF COMPUTED ALTITUDE AND AZIMUTH - Vol. VII: Latitudes 60° to 69°, inclusive: United States Navy Department, Hydrographic Office. Washington. 1940. H. O. Publication No. 214. Preface by George, S. Bryan, Captain, U. S. Navy. (11), 263 PP with 4 figures and tables. Eps: tables. Cloth cover, title on front cover and spine. Very good. 29.8 x 23.7.
Click here to order

$20

67990
NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING COMPANY AND FEDERAL STEAM NAVIGATION
THE CARRIAGE OF CARGO IN THE STEAMERS OF THE NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING Company, Ltd. and FEDERAL STEAM NAVIGATION Company, Ltd.: London. 1935. Shipping Companies. May 1935 edition. (6), 472, (2) PP, plus (30 folded capacity plans), 13 (Distance tables), (14-20) Depths of water and tides, (12 maps) and XXIII Index. Text with b/w illustrations (drawings and photos), and colour illustrations (1 folded Capacity Plan, 1 folded chart "Load Line 1932" and over 115 plans of Ports). Navy cloth covers with light shelf wear on corners, gilt "Crossed Flags" on front cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Discreet stamp of The Tasmanian Maritime & Folk Museum with signature of previous owner on title page. Light foxing on first few pages and around a few page edges. Printed on superior paper and in near fine condition. Scarce. 25.2 x 16.3.
General supervision, handling and stowage suggestions, refrigerated cargo...
Click here to order

$125

46646
NIXON, Peter
SAFETY IN SEAGOING SHIPS: Melbourne. 1972. Commonwealth Department of Shipping and Transport. Pilot edition with an introduction by Peter Nixon, Minister for Shipping and Transport. No continuous pagination, 82 PP with 8 cartoons on full page. Soft cover, stapled. Very good. 24.8 x 17.7.
Pilot edition: for critical and constructive comments by experts (professional seafarers), prior the final and complete edition.
Click here to order

$10

71863
NORIE, J. W.
NORIE'S NAUTICAL TABLES, with Explanations of their Use: Imray, Laurie, Norie & Wilson Ltd. London. 1952. New revised edition, rearranged and considerably extended under the direction of Captain George P. Burris, in conjunction with a committee of experts. 54, (2), 532, 102, PP. Fp: Mariner's Compass. Cloth covers with light wear, faded gilt device and title on spine. Head of spine frayed. Slight ageing of paper. Notes on first and last blank pages. Name of previous owner. Very good. 24.8 x 17.5.
Containing all that are requisite, with the nautical almanac in keeping a ship's reckoning at sea, and in ascertaining the Latitude and the Longitude, by celestial observations; including an accurate and extensive table of the latitudes and longitudes of the principal ports, harbours, capes, etc., in the world; with several other new and improved tables. To which is prefixed an explanation of the tables.
Click here to order

$25

55559
O.C.I.M.F. (editor)
VESSEL INSPECTION QUESTIONNAIRE FOR BULK OIL / CHEMICAL CARRIERS AND GAS CARRIERS: London. 1997. Oil Companies International Marine Forum. 1st Ed. VI, 70, 149 PP. Soft cover. Covers lrubbed and marked, o/wise very good. 29.8 x 21. 1856091414
Click here to order

$20

48139
OWEN, H.
SHIP ECONOMICS: Practical Aids for Shipmasters in Repair, Maintenance, Surveys and Construction. Including a Glossary of Technical Terms: London. 1918. George Philip & Son. 2nd edition. VII, 137 PP with 50 figures. Errata slip tipped in on contents page. Cloth cover. Signature of previous owner on front endpaper. Slight ageing of paper, o/wise fine. 21.5 x 14.
Click here to order

$15

59486
OWEN, H.
SHIP ECONOMICS, Providing Practical Aids for Shipmasters in regard to Repair, Maintenance, Surveys and Construction. Including a Glossary of Technical Terms: London. 1911. George Philip & Son. 1st Ed. XI, 137, (10 publications) PP with 50 figures. Cloth cover, title on front cover and spine. Spine sunned and with part missing. Stamp of previous owner on front endpaper. Ageing of paper, o/wise fine. 21.7 x 14.
Click here to order

$5

54168
PALLUCCHINI, Annibale & PEPE, Guglielmo (editors)
Association Internationale Permanente des Congrès de Navigation - COMPTE-RENDU DES TRAVAUX DU XVe CONGRES, Venise 1931: Rome. 1932. A. I. P. C. N. 1st Ed. Foreword by Joseph Millecam. (7 plates with 11 portraits), 672 PP, (2 corrections) with 3 tables, 12 figures and 37 b/w photos, plus 24 b/w plates with 11 portraits and 20 photos. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Head of spine frayed. French text with some Italian presentations. Near fine. 24.6 x 18.
15th Congress: Inland Navigation, Shipping, Harbours... Visits to: Venice, River Po, Trieste, Genoa, Rome, Bari and Naples.
Click here to order

$75

48151
PECKER, Jean-Claude (editor)
LA NOUVELLE ASTRONOMIE, Science de l' Univers: Paris. 1971. Hachette. 1st Ed. 430 PP with 198 figures, plus 12 pages with 11 colour plates. FEP (in colour): Star chart, Northern Hemisphere. REP: Star Chart, Southern Hemisphere. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Closed tear on rear part of dust jacket, o/wise near fine. French text. 29.2 x 19.5.
Click here to order

$60

51792
PEPPERDAY, Michael
UPDATER FOR THE NAUTICAL ALMANAC: Meridian Survey Services. Booragoon, W. A. 1986. 1st Ed. 30 PP with tables. Soft cover. Fine. 24.5 x 17.
Click here to order

$5

61294
PHILLIPS-BIRT, Douglas
FORE & AFT SAILING CRAFT & The Development of the Modern Yacht: London. 1962. Seeley, Service & Co. Limited. 1st Ed. 288 PP with 142 b/w figures (illustrations, line-drawings, sketches, photos..). Illustrated endpapers. Hard cover, gilt engraved spine. Light foxing on first & last pages, one small repaired tear on title-page, o/wise a nice clean copy. 25 x 15.5.
From the earliest times to the modern day catamarans.
Click here to order

$15

31807
PHILLIPS-BIRT, Douglas
A HISTORY OF SEAMANSHIP: London. 1971. George Allen & Unwin. 1st Ed. 320 PP with 64 colour and 170 b/w illust. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine. Dust jacket tipped in on endpapers, Ingleton bookplate. Near fine. 25.5 x 19. 0046230092
Exploration of the whole art & science of seamanship.
Click here to order

$15

68342
PHILLIPS-BIRT, Douglas
A HISTORY OF SEAMANSHIP: London. 1971. George Allen & Unwin. 1st Ed. 320 PP with 64 colour and 170 b/w illust. Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing. Stamps of "The Tasmanian Maritime and Folk Museum" on front endpaper and title page. Contents near fine. 25.5 x 19. 0046230092
Exploration of the whole art & science of seamanship. A very thorough work.
Click here to order

$10

69545
PICK, W. H.
A SHORT COURSE IN ELEMENTARY METEOROLOGY: London. 1953. Meteorogical Office / H.M.S.O. Reprint of the 5th edition (revised) of 1938. M.O. 247. 128 PP with 15 tables and 21 figures. Soft cover, title on front cover. Slight ageing of paper, few pages with dog eared corners. Covers soiled and with chips or small pieces missing. Complete. Good. 24.3 x 15.2.
Click here to order

$15

56124
THE POLYNESIAN SOCIETY
JOURNAL OF THE POLYNESIAN SOCIETY - Volume 72, No.4: Wellington. 1972. The Polynesian Society. December 1972. (2), 325-431, (3) PP. Contains article by Paul Kay from P. 325 to 371 with 4 tables. Soft cover. Fine. 24.6 x 15.2.
Aspects of social Structure in a Tahitian Neighbourhood by Paul Kay. Other articles: ... Polynesian Navigation: some comments, by Andrew Sharp. A note on the difficulties of Ethnohistorical writing with special reference to Tahiti, by Niel Gunson...
Click here to order

$20

53466
THE POLYNESIAN SOCIETY
THE JOURNAL OF THE POLYNESIAN SOCIETY - Volume 78, No.3: Wellington. 1969. The Polynesian Society. September 1969. 291-444 PP. Contains article P. 344 to 377 with 2 tables and 7 figures, plus 1 folded plate (figure 8). Soft cover. Fine. 24.2 x 15.2.
Maori River and Ocean going Craft in Southern New Zealand, by Murray A. Bathgate. A study of types and change in relation to the Physical, Social, and Economic Environment, 1773-1852.
Click here to order

$20

54126
THE POLYNESIAN SOCIETY
THE JOURNAL OF THE POLYNESIAN SOCIETY - Volume 80, No.4: Wellington. 1971. The Polynesian Society. December 1971. 401-532 PP. Contains article by David LEWIS from P.437 to 448 with 2 figures (1 map, 1 diagram), plus 1 plate Hipoor. Soft cover. Fine. 24.2 x 15.2.
Article: A return visit between Puluwat and Saipan, using Micronesian navigational techniques.
Click here to order

$20

10852
THE POLYNESIAN SOCIETY
THE JOURNAL OF THE POLYNESIAN SOCIETY - Volume 81, No.1: Wellington. 1972. The Polynesian Society. March 1972. 140 PP. Contains article by Saul H. RIESENBERG from P.19 to 56 with 4 figures in text, plus 1 folded map of the Caroline Islands. Soft cover. Fine. 24.2 x 15.2.
Article by Saul H. Riesenberg: The organisation of navigational knowledge on Puluwat . The mnemonic devices and systems employed by the navigators of the atoll of Puluwat to arrange their knowledge of geography and astronomy.
Click here to order

$20

38585
THE POLYNESIAN SOCIETY
THE JOURNAL OF THE POLYNESIAN SOCIETY - Volume 96, No.2: Auckland. 1987. The Polynesian Society. June 1987. Contains article from P.161 to 200 with 14 figures. Card cover. Fine. 20.5 x 14.5.
Article: Voyage to Aotearoa.
Click here to order

$30

44069
POUGET-TOLU, Anne
NAVIRES ET NAVIGATION AUX XIVe ET XVe SIECLES, d'après les récits de voyages: Paris. 2002. L'Harmattan. 1st Ed. 228 PP with 1 map, and tables. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 21.5 x 13.5. 2747523357
Ships and Seamanship during the 14th and 15th centuries, as told by voyagers.
Click here to order

$20

33841
PROUT, Geoffrey
BROWN'S POCKET-BOOK FOR YACHTSMEN: Glasgow. 1965. Brown, Son & Ferguson. 4th edition of the 1933 original. 185 PP with 58 figures, plus 6 pages of colour illust., (2 of them with flags). Hard cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Number on covers, and stamp of the Sea School of Qld on front endpaper, o/wise near fine. 18.7 x 12.
P. 147 to 185: glossary of Sea-Terms.
Click here to order

$10

67153
PROUT, Geoffrey
BROWN'S POCKET-BOOK FOR YACHTSMEN: Brown, Son & Ferguson. Glasgow. 1965. 4th edition of the 1933 original. 185 PP with 58 figures, plus 6 pages of colour illust., (2 of them with flags). Hard cover, slightly rubbed dust jacket.o/wise near fine. 18.7 x 12.
P. 147 to 185: glossary of Sea-Terms.
Click here to order

$20

42525
RANKEN, G. P.
BOAT SAILING FOR BEGINNERS: Brown, Son & Ferguson. Glasgow. 1952. Reprint of the 3rd edition. 66 PP with figures. Hard cover, cloth spine, illustrated front. Signature of previous owner on front endpaper. Slight ageing of paper, o/wise near fine. 17.8 x 12.
Click here to order

$15

20503
REED'S
REED'S SEAMANSHIP AND NAUTICAL KNOWLEDGE, compiled for Candidates preparing to pass the Examinations for Certificates of Competency as Mates and Masters: Sunderland, UK. c. 1950s. Thomas Reed & Co. 28th edition. (6), VIII, 626, (6 adv.) PP with 179 figures (including 2 folded plates (Nos 134 & 135), plus 1 b/w plate and 1 folded plate (in colour). Fp: Tall ship under sail. Stiff cloth covers, faded spine. Stamp (in blind) of previous owner on front endpaper which has a small repaired tear. A very good complete copy. 18 x 12.
Includes answers to shipbuilding, stability, meteorology, Master's business, deviation of the compass, cargo work and ships maintenance and engineering knowledge for Masters and Mates.
Click here to order

$40

44963
RICH, C. A. (compiler)
TRAVERSE AND OTHER TABLES, for Coastal Yachtsmen: London. c.1975. Kandy / Stanford Maritime Limited. Reprint. 48 PP. Illustrated soft cover. Near fine. 21 x 14.7. 0540072699
Click here to order

$5

51324
RICHARDS, Robert S.
MARINE DRUG GUIDE: Melbourne. 1986. World Trade Centre Pharmacy / Ultimate Idea. 2nd edition of the 1982 original Australian Ship's Masters Medical Guide). Foreword by Don Dunstan. XIV, 162 PP with tables, 1 portrait and 4 b/w photographic plates. Inside front cover: page 261 of The Chemists' and Druggists' Diary, 1898. Pictorial soft cover (topsail schooner Alma Doepel). Foxing spots on outside edges. Very good. 21 x 14.8. 0958914303
Click here to order

$20

53448
RICHON, Louis
LA MANOEUVRE DU NAVIRE DE COMMERCE DANS LES PORTS: Paris. 1956. Editions Maritimes et Coloniales. 1st Ed. 84 PP with 62 figures. Soft cover. Slight ageing of paper. Initials of previous owner at top of front cover and 2 pages. French text. Near fine. 22.8 x 14.5.
Click here to order

$15

68703
RIESENBERG, Felix
CAPE HORN: Readers Union. London. 1950. Reprint of the 1941 edition. (8), 240 PP with 1 map, plus 12 b/w plates. FEP: Drake's Course from the Strait of Magellan to Elizabeth Is. REP: Strait of Magellan, Tierra de Fuego and Cape Horn. Decorated cloth cover with a few light fleck spots on front, o/wise near fine. Small format: 19.7 x 12.
Sub-title: "The story of the Cape Horn regions from the days of the first discoverers through the glorious age of sail including the author's own experiences; wherein an important geographical discovery is made".
Click here to order

$30

44791
ROSS, Bob & MALLITTE, John
AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND COMPLETE BOOK OF BOATING: Sydney. 1972. Paul Hamlyn. 1st Ed. 543 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Title spread: Chart with approaches to Port Stephens. Hard cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise near fine. 28.5 x 21. 060007059X
Click here to order

$15

44792
ROSS, Bob & MALLITTE, John
AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND COMPLETE BOOK OF BOATING: Sydney. 1978. Summit Books / Paul Hamlyn. 3rd impression (limp) of the 2nd edition of 1975 (original of 1972). 543 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Title spread: Chart with approaches to Port Stephens. Pictorial soft cover. Spine with 2 creases. Foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise very good. 28 x 20. 727103393
Click here to order

$10

50058
ROSS, Bob & MALLITTE, John (editors)
AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND COMPLETE BOOK OF BOATING: Sydney. 1977. Summit Books / Paul Hamlyn. Reprint of the 2nd edition of 1975 (1972 original). 543 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Title spread: Chart with approaches to Port Stephens. Hard cover, illustration on front cover, title on front cover and spine, dj. Foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise near fine. 28.5 x 21. 0727100963
Click here to order

$20

50006
ROSSBY, C. G.
BASES CIENTIFICAS DE LA METEOROLOGIA MODERNA: Buenos Aires. 1948. Direccion General de Navegacion e Hidrografia. 1st Argentinian (Spanish) edition. Folleto No. 7 in the Meteorologia series. (2), 64 PP, plus 9 folded plates with 36 figures. Soft cover. Covers fragile at spine. Spanish text. Very good. 22.2 x 16.
Scientific bases for modern Meteorology.
Click here to order

$10

49321
ROSSER, W. H.
Short Notes and SAILING DIRECTIONS, with remarks on making Passages; to accompany a Chart of the NORTH ATLANTIC: James Imray & Son. London. 1868. 2nd edition, revised and enlarged 1st Ed. (4), 80 PP with tables, plus 3 folded charts Tidal Chart of the World, North Atlantic Currents, and North Atlantic Track Chart. Bound together with the 1868 catalogue (48 pages) Charts, Pilots, and Navigation Books published by James Imray. Rebacked copy. Image shows title-page. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine. Ingleton bookplate on front endpaper. Near fine. 22 x 14.5.
Click here to order

$100

39366
ROUSMANIERE, John
THE ANNAPOLIS BOOK OF SEAMANSHIP: New York. 1989. Simon & Schuster. New revised edition of the 1983 original. XIV, 402 PP with b/w and colour illustrations by Mark Smith. Hard cover, gilt title on cloth spine, dj. Fine. 28.5 x 22. 0671674471
Click here to order

$35

54408
THE ROYAL INSTITUTE OF NAVIGATION
THE JOURNAL OF NAVIGATION - Volume 33, No. 2 - 1980: The Royal Institute of Navigation. London. 1980. Volume 33, No. 2, May 1980. P.155 - 315, (8 advertisements) with figures. Soft cover. Very good. 24.8 x 15.5.
Click here to order

$5

54409
THE ROYAL INSTITUTE OF NAVIGATION
THE JOURNAL OF NAVIGATION - Volume 33, No. 3 - 1980: The Royal Institute of Navigation. London. 1980. Volume 33, No. 3, September 1980. P.317 - 514, (10 advertisements), IV (contents) with figures. Soft cover. Very good. 24.8 x 15.5.
Click here to order

$5

54455
THE ROYAL INSTITUTE OF NAVIGATION
THE JOURNAL OF NAVIGATION - Volume 34, No. 1 - 1981: The Royal Institute of Navigation. London. 1981. Volume 34, No. 1, January 1981. (2), 163 PP, (10 advertisements) with figures. Soft cover (lightly soiled). Very good. 24.8 x 15.5.
No. 1: Arctic Navigation Past, Present and Future, by R. Maybourn. Marine Traffic Flow and Casualties on the Humber, by T. G. Coldwell. Political aspects of the Charting of the Seas, by T. C. Haile.
Click here to order

$5

65136
SADLER, D. H. & SCOTT, W. A.
THE NAUTICAL ALMANAC FOR THE YEAR 1964: London / Washington. 1962. HM Nautical Almanac Office / Nautical Almanac Office. Yearly edition, with a preface by R. v. d. R. Woolley and Alvin W. Slayden. (20 advertisements), 276, XXXV PP with star charts, diagrams and tables. Fp: Altitude Correction Tables. 2 pages (Index to selected stars, 1990, and Altitude correction tables 10°-90°) loosely inserted. Hard covers. Covers soiled. Very good working copy. 27.2 x 19.
Click here to order

$5

50017
SATOW, Lieutenant P. G.
RADAR AND THE WEATHER: The Institute of Navigation. London. 1948. Reprinted from the Journal of the Institute of Navigation, Volume I, No. 3, July 1948. Pages 219 to 240 with 1 table and 4 figures. Soft cover, staples. Near fine. 24.8 x 15.6.
Click here to order

$5

37972
SAUNDERS, David
BRITAIN'S MARITIME MEMORIALS & MEMENTOES: London. 1996. Patrick Stephens Limited. 1st Ed. 184 PP with 148 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 24 x 16.5. 1852604662
Survey of over 400 memorials.
Click here to order

$5

43502
SCHOERNER, Katarina (editor)
DET SEGLANDE SKEPPET: Stockholm. 1997. Vasamuseet. 1st Ed. 86 PP with 1 folded plan (rigging and sails), 3 colour and 20 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Swedish text. Near fine. 24 x 17. 9185268704
Rigging and sails of the Vasa.
Click here to order

$20

55528
SCOTT, Lieutenant Commander C J de C. (compiler)
OCEAN PASSAGES FOR THE WORLD - NP 136: London. 1987. Hydrographer of the Navy. 4th edition, NP 136. Preface by Rear-Admiral R O Morris. XII, (2), 314, (1) PP with 78 diagrams, plus 10 large folded diagrams (4 b/w and 6 colour). Erratum slip tipped in on title page. Eps: Map with Limits of volumes of Admiralty Sailing Directions. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Fine. 30.2 x 21.5.
Click here to order

$60

53161
SCOTT, Lieutenant Commander C. J. de C.
THE MARINER'S HANDBOOK: The Hydrographer of the Navy. London. 1973. 4th edition of the 1962 original, with a preface by Rear-Admiral G. P. D. Hall. Sailing Directions No. 100. VIII, 139 PP with 10 tables, and 12 diagrams, and 41 Ice Photographs (4 in colour, and 37 bw), plus 3 folded charts, 4 charts, 4 colour plates (buoyage), and 14 pages with 12 diagrams (3 on meteorology). Supplement No. 3 for 1985 loosely inserted (2, 35 PP). Fp: New Symbols and Colours on Metric Charts. Eps: Table for converting Feet and Fathoms to Metres. Supplement No. 3 - 1985 (2, 37 PP) loosely inserted. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Top edge of covers and spine rubbed. Near fine. 30.2 x 21.2.
Click here to order

$20

49707
SCOTT, Lieutenant Commander C. J. de C.
THE MARINER'S HANDBOOK: The Hydrographer of the Navy. London. 1973. 4th edition of the 1962 original, with a preface by Rear-Admiral G. P. D. Hall. Sailing Directions No. 100. VIII, 139 PP with 10 tables, and 12 diagrams, and 41 Ice Photographs (4 in colour, and 37 bw), plus 3 folded charts, 4 charts, 4 colour plates (buoyage), and 14 pages with 12 diagrams (3 on meteorology). Fp: New Symbols and Colours on Metric Charts. Eps: Table for converting Feet and Fathoms to Metres. Supplement No. 2- 1976 (2, 30 pages) loosely inserted. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Fine. 30.2 x 21.2.
Supplement 2, correcting up to 24 August 1976.
Click here to order

$20

18927
SCOTT, Lieutenant Commander C.J. de C.
THE MARINER'S HANDBOOK: London. 1973. The Hydrographer of the Navy. 4th edition of the 1962 original, with a preface by Rear-Admiral G. P. D. Hall. Sailing Directions No. 100. VIII, 139 PP with 10 tables, and 12 diagrams, and 41 Ice Photographs (4 in colour, and 37 bw), plus 3 folded charts, 4 charts, 4 colour plates (buoyage), and 14 pages with 12 diagrams (3 on meteorology). Fp: New Symbols and Colours on Metric Charts. Eps: Table for converting Feet and Fathoms to Metres. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Number inscribed on spine and front cover, light wear on edges. Very good. 30.2 x 21.2.
Click here to order

$15

72553
SCOTT, Phil
HEMINGWAY'S HURRICANE - The Great Florida Keys Storm of 1935: International Marine / McGraw-Hill. Camden, Maine. 2006. 1st Ed. Foreword by John Rennie, "Scientific American". XIV, 246, (14 blank) PP with 3 b/w illustrations (1 map of Caribbean Sea, 1 map of Southern Florida on 2 pages with an inset of the Florida Keys), plus 12 pages with b/w illustrations (1 weather map and 30 photos). Hard cover, dj. Fine (mint condition). 23.5 x 16. 9780071453325
Hurricane of August / September 1935.
Click here to order

$25

57236
SEAMANSHIP
HANDBOOK FOR RADIOTELEPHONE SHIP STATION OPERATORS: Canberra. 1984. A.G.P.S. Revised edition of the 2nd edition of 1978. VI, 48 PP with tables, plus a 4 pages Distress Procedure at centrefold. Pictorial soft cover (rubbed). Signature on FFEP. Very good. 20.8 x 14.5. 0644005866
Click here to order

$5

50771
SEAMANSHIP
HANDBOOK FOR RADIOTELEPHONE SHIP STATION OPERATORS: Canberra. 1978. A.G.P.S. Revised edition of November 1978. VI, 48 PP with tables, plus a 4 pages Distress Procedure at centrefold. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 20.8 x 14.5. 0642014310
Click here to order

$5

65115
SEAMANSHIP
HANDBOOK FOR SHIP STATION OPERATORS (Third Class Certificate Standard): Melbourne. 1966. Postmaster-General's Department. Revised edition of April 1966. 44 PP with tables and a 4 pages Distress Procedure (Radiotelephony) at centrefold. Soft cover, illustrated front cover. Covers soiled and with creases, but still good. 21.2 x 14.
Click here to order

$5

55801
SEAMANSHIP
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SAFETY OF LIFE AT SEA, 1960 / CONFERENCE INTERNATIONALE POUR LA SAUVEGARDE DE LA VIE HUMAINE EN MER, 1960: London. 1978. IMCO / Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization. Reprint of the 1970 edition. (2), 512 PP. Soft covers. Front cover with a crease. Text in English and French. Faint foxing on outside edges. Very good. 24 x 15. 09280100106
Final act of the International Conference on Safety of Life at Sea, signed in London on 17th June 1960, with revisions up to 31 December 1970, and its Protocol of 1978: articles, annexes and certificates.
Click here to order

$10

49908
SEAMANSHIP
INTERNATIONAL REGULATIONS FOR PREVENTING COLLISIONS AT SEA, 1972: Department of Transport, Australia. Canberra. 1977. 1st Ed. (4), 18 PP, errata page tipped in, inside front cover. Pictorial soft cover, staples. Foxing. Very good. 29.8 x 21.
For the introduction of the 1972 Regulations, 15th July 1977.
Click here to order

$10

59356
SEAMANSHIP
INTERNATIONAL REGULATIONS FOR PREVENTING COLLISIONS AT SEA - Amended to 1st October, 1986: Brown, Son & Ferguson Ltd Glasgow. 1986. Reprint of the 1983 edition. 32 PP, plus 2 colour plates (Uniform System of Maritime Buoyage) tipped in on title page. Errata page "as of 1st April 1991" loosely inserted. Soft cover, staples. Foxing. Very good. 18.3 x 12.2. 085174463X
Click here to order

$5

53364
SEAMANSHIP
LEITFADEN FÜR DIE AUSBILDUNG IM RETTUNGSBOOTDIENST: See-Berufsgenossenschaft. Hamburg. 1986. 1st Ed. 136 PP with b/w drawings and colour photos, plus 3 folded plates. Soft cover. German text. Fine. 22 x 16.5.
Handbook on Survival at Sea: Life boats, Life rings, Life jackets...
Click here to order

$10

50540
SERVICE HYDROGRAPHIQUE DE LA MARINE
RENSEIGNEMENTS RELATIFS AUX DOCUMENTS NAUTIQUES ET A LA NAVIGATION: Paris. 1967. Imprimerie Nationale / Service Hydrographique de la Marine. 1st Ed. S.H. No. 1 with a foreword by R. Grousson. XVIII, 376 PP with tables and b/w or colour figures, plus 3 folded maps. Correction No. 5, 1973 (65 pages and 18 replacement pages) loosely inserted. Hard cover. Covers lightly soiled. French text. Very good. 24 x 15.5.
Click here to order

$25

34429
SERVICE HYDROGRAPHIQUE ET OCEANOGRAPHIQUE DE LA MARINE (S.H.O.M.)
GUIDE DU NAVIGATEUR (in three volumes with 3 updates): Brest. 1981. Service Hydrographique et Océanographique de la Marine. 1st Ed., with a foreword by M-M. Eyries. Volume 1: 238 PP, plus 1 folded chart at rear. Volume 2: 218 PP, plus 1 folded map at rear. Volume 3: 318 PP, plus 2 folded maps at rear. Pagination by chapter and not continuous, many b/w or colour illust. Each volume with update for 1987, respectively with 62, 32 and 80 pages. Soft covers (lightly rubbed). Near fine. French text. 26.5 x 18.5. 211080341X - 21
Volume 1: Nautical information, and update. French nautical charts. Meteorology. Annex to chapter 8 with 11 pages of French and English vocabulary used for Navarea/Avurnav (Navigational Warning). Volume 2: Navigation, position at sea, dead reckoning... Navigation Aids (Radar, Hyperbolic systems...). Volume 3: Rules and regulations (rules of the road, buoyage..), Search and Rescue...
Click here to order

$60

69376
SHANE, Victor
DDDB / DRAG DEVICE DATA BASE- Using Parachutes, Sea Anchors and Drogues to Cope with Heavy Weather: Summerland, Ca. 1998. Para-Anchors International. 4th edition, revised, expanded & updated from the 1990 original. Foreword by Lin and Parry Pardey and Preface by Earl Hinz. (11), VII, 269 PP with b/w illustrations. Fp: 2 photos of S.S. Caltex Rotterdam. Soft cover, pictorial front. Light creases on front cover. Address of previous owner at top of title page. Near fine. 27.8 x 21.5. 1878832034
Over 120 documented case histories.
Click here to order

$100

69543
SHAW, SAVILL & ALBION
CARGO OF THE S.S. "EMPIRE TRADER": from Great Britain to New Zealand / from New Zealand to Great Britain: London. 1939. Pictorial Quarterly / Evans Brothers Ltd. June 1939 edition. Folded large poster in colour, 3 folds for 8 parts. Typical "loading plan", colour coded for type of cargo and either port of loading or port of destination. Top fold: run Great Britain to New Zealand ports of Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton and Port Chalmers. Bottom fold: run New Zealand to Great Britain ports of Hull, London, Liverpool and Manchester. A small repair at one of the folds, o/wise fine condition. Format: 65 x 98 / folded: 32.5 x 24.5..
"Empire Trader", was the former "Tainui" (II), built in 1908. Last sailing with S. S. & A., from Southampton 25/11/1938. Purchased in 1939 by MOWT / Ministry Of War Transport, but returned for manning to Shaw Savill & Albion. She was torpedoed and sunk in the North Atlantic on 2/12/1943.
Click here to order

$30

63463
SHIPPING
DISTANCE TABLES FOR WORLD SHIPPING 1980: Kaoshiung. 1980. Johnson Book / Macy's Book. Taiwanese edition of the 1980 New Revised and Enlarged edition published by "The Japan Shipping Exchange". (2), XIV, (2), 592, (2), (35 appendices) PP, plus 3 folded Charts (Japanese Ports - Straits, Channels, Islands en route and/or Junction Points: 1 world / 2: Far East, Southeast Asia ad Oceania). Plastic covers, gilt title on front cover and spine (faded). Lower corner of front endpaper clipped. Near fine. Small format: 16.7 x 10.
Click here to order

$25

49959
S.H.O.M.
SYMBOLES ET ABBREVIATIONS FIGURANT SUR LES CARTES MARINES FRANCAISES: Brest. 1981. Service Hydrographique et Océanographique de la Marine. 1st Ed. No. 1 D. 32 PP with b/w or colour illustrations. Soft cover. Near fine. French text. 27 x 19. 2110802111
Click here to order

$10

48169
SLEIGHTHOLME, J. D.
YACHT ROPES. The Marlow Standard Guide: London. 1964. Marlow Ropes Ltd. 2nd edition of the January 1964 original. 48 PP with b/w illustrations by Author. Pictorial soft cover. Signature of previous owner on title page. 17.7 x 11.5.
... or Fun for the Foredeck.
Click here to order

$15

47222
SOBEL, Dava
LONGITUDE - The true Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of his Time: Walker Publishing Company. New York. c. 2000. 13th printing of the 1995 US original. (VIII), 184 PP with 15 headpieces. Fp: Chronometer H-4, A.D. 1759. Hard cover, dj. Bookplate "Greetings from the Board of Longitude" signed by the author, pasted down on front endpaper. Faint foxing. Fine. 19.5 x 12. 802713122
Click here to order

$35

73478
SOBEL, Dava
LONGITUDE - The true Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of his Time: Fourth Estate. London. c. 2000. 12th printing of the 1996 UK edition. (VIII), 184 PP with 15 chapter openers (headpieces). Fp: Chronometer H-4, A.D. 1759. Hard cover, dj. Light foxing, o/wise near fine. 19.5 x 12. 9781857025024
Click here to order

$10

73038
SOBEL, Dava
LONGITUDE - The true Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of his Time: Fourth Estate. London. c. 2000. 16th reprint of the 1998 paperback edition (1996 UK original). VIII, 184 PP with 1 plate in colour as preliminary page and 15 b/w headpieces. Pictorial stiff covers. Light foxing, o/wise fine. 18 x 11. 01857025717
Click here to order

$10

73110
SOBEL, Dava
LONGITUDE, The True Story of a Lone Genius Who solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time: ISIS Publishing. Oxford. 1997. 1st Large Print edition. (VIII), 163, (2) PP. Library binding, hard covers, laminated. Ex Library stamps on title page and top outside edges and library number at foot of spine. Otherwise contents clean and a very good reading copy. 24 x 16. 0753150360
Click here to order

$15

65470
SOBEL, Dava & ANDREWES, William J. H.
The Illustrated LONGITUDE: Fourth Estate. London. 1998. 1st paperback edition. (VIII), 216 PP with 178 b/w and colour illustrations. Fp: John Harrison, portrait by Thomas King. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 25.4 x 22.8. 1857027140
The "Illustrated" true story of a lone genius who solved the greatest scientific problem of his time.
Click here to order

$30

53360
SOBEL, Dava & ANDREWES, William J. H.
THE ILLUSTRATED LONGITUDE: Fourth Estate. London. 1998. 1st Ed. (VIII), 216 PP with 178 Illustrations. Fp: John Harrison, portrait by Thomas King. Eps: Chronometer made by John Harrison in 1775. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Faint foxing on top outside edge, o/wise fine. 26.2 x 23.4. 9781857027143
The "illustrated" true story of a lone genius who solved the greatest scientific problem of his time.
Click here to order

$45

62121
SOMERVILLE, Rear Admiral Boyle T. & WOODHOUSE, Commander A. F. B.
OCEAN PASSAGES FOR THE WORLD: London. 1957. Admiralty / Hydrographic Department. November 1957 reprint of the 1950 edition (based on the 1898 original, revised by Commander Woodhouse). 368 PP with 10 b/w figures, plus 8 folded charts in the pocket at the end. Supplement No. 1 - 1953 (24 PP), loosely inserted. Cloth cover, gilt device and title on front cover. Covers faded and rubbed, lettering sunned. Image shows the Title-Page. Name of previous owner on front endpaper. Slight ageing of paper and occasional foxing. Very good. Scarce. 34 x 21.
Contents include: Oceanic Winds and Weather, Ice, and Currents, Steamship Routes: Atlantic, Mediterranean and Black Seas, Red Sea,, Indian Ocean, and Persian Gulf, Pacific Ocean, Sailing Ship Routes, Notes and Cautions ...
Click here to order

$100

73228
SONNENBERG, G. J.
RADAR AND ELECTRONIC NAVIGATION: George Newnes Ltd. London. 1955. 2nd edition of the 1951 original. VIII, 288 PP with tables and 217 b/w illustrations, plus 4 folded charts in colour (Consol / Loran / Principle of Decca system / Decca). Cloth covers with light wear, gilt title on front board and spine. Spine lightly sunned. Name of previous owner on front endpaper. Contents near fine. 22 x 14.
Echo Sounders / Direction Finders / Consol / Loran / Decca / Radar.
Click here to order

$30

73199
SPENCER, Nye S. & KUCERA George F.
HANDBOOK OF MAGNETIC COMPASS ADJUSTMENT - Pub. No. 226: Defence Mapping Agency, Hydrographic Center. Washington. 1977. Reprint of the 3rd edition of 1969 (original of April 1944). Publication H.O. No. 226. V, 88 PP with 1 b/w photos, 3 charts and 35 figures. Cloth cover, gilt title on front board and spine. Lettering on spine dulled. Very good copy. 23.5 x 15.8.
Basic principles of compass deviations and their correcttion. Practical procedures of magnetic compass adjustment.
Click here to order

$20

72891
STREPP, Hans G.
HOW TO USE RADAR: A Sailmate Book / Nautical Books. London. 1990. 1st English edition. 128 PP with over 60 b/w illustrations. Stiff covers, pictorial front. Fine. 21.5 x 13.5. 9780713633245
Click here to order

$15

44290
TAIT, James
TAIT'S HOME TRADE GUIDE to the Board of Trade Examinations for Mates and Masters: Glasgow. 1943. Brown, Son & Ferguson. Reprint of the 14th edition of 1941. Revised and brought up-to date by Captain H.T. Jefferys. XV, 299 PP with tables and figures, plus 1 colour plate (buoyage), 2 colour plates (flags: signals and national), and 7 folded plates. Rebacked copy, hard cover. Front endpaper with bookshop stamp and address of previous owner. Occasional foxing, o/wise very good. 19 x 13.
Click here to order

$10

19272
TAIT, James
TAIT'S HOME TRADE GUIDE to the Board of Trade Examinations for Mates and Masters: Glasgow. 1943. Brown, Son & Ferguson. Reprint of the 1941, 14th edition revised and brought up-to date by Captain H.T. Jefferys. XV, 299 PP with tables and figures, plus 1 colour plate (buoyage), 2 colour plates (flags: signals and national), and 7 folded plates. Cloth cover, dj. Very good. 19 x 13.
Click here to order

$20

44286
TAYLOR, Roger C.
THE ELEMENTS OF SEAMANSHIP: Camden, Maine. 1982. International Marine Publishing. 1st Ed. (8), 119 PP with tailpieces and figures, and 5 drawings by Allen Beechel. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Old tape makrs on covers, o/wise fine. 22.2 x 14.5. 0877421536
Click here to order

$10

69582
TAYLOR, Roger C.
THE ELEMENTS OF SEAMANSHIP: Cambridge, UK. 1982. International Marine Publishing. 1st UK edition. (8), 119 PP with tailpieces and figures, and 5 drawings by Allen Beechel. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Fine. 22.2 x 14.5. 0850596351
Click here to order

$15

59197
THEIN, Captain K. M.
ILLUSTRATED CHART OF THE COLLISION RULES: Sevenoaks, Kent. c. 1970. Kandy Publications Ltd. Folded charts with the 31 rules (of the day) illustrated in b/w and colour. Occasional foxing spots. Very good. Poster size: 70 x 52. Folded format: 17.5 x 10.5. 853090602
Click here to order

$5

33975
THESIGER, Captain Bertram S.
QUERIES IN SEAMANSHIP: Portsmouth / London. 1916. Gieves / John Hogg. 3rd edition, revised and enlarged from the 1905 original. IX, 99, (12 adv.) PP, plus a total of 102 pages with lines facing each page printed with queries.. Cloth cover. Some foxing. Ingleton bookplate and comments by Geoffrey Ingleton on front endpaper. Near fine. 22 x 14.5.
A collection of typical questions in the various items of a Midshipman's Seamanship Examination. 1047 potential queries, many with answers (written or drawings) pencilled by Geoffrey Ingleton, the previous owner. An insight into the knowledge expected of a young officer.
Click here to order

$40

37656
THESIGER, Vice-Admiral Bertram S.
QUERIES IN SEAMANSHIP: Portsmouth. 1928. Gieves. 4th edition, revised and enlarged from the 1905 original. IX, 125 PP, plus a total of 124 pages with lines facing each page printed with queries. Cloth cover. Some foxing, spine frayed at top and bottom. Name of previous owner on front endpaper, and pencilled comments on the blank pages. Very good. 21.6 x 14.5.
A collection of typical questions in the various items of a Midshipman's Seamanship Examination. 1267 potential queries, many with answers (written or drawings) pencilled by G. F. E. Knox, the previous owner. An insight into the knowledge expected of a young officer.
Click here to order

$35

33944
THOMAS, Captain R. E.
STOWAGE - The Properties and Stowage of Cargoes: Glasgow. 1948. Brown, Son & Ferguson. Reprint of the 3rd edition of 1942. X, (2), 468 PP with 6 figures, plus 15 b/w plates (2 folded). Fp: View of auxiliary 70-ton derrick. Cloth cover. Some foxing, covers worn, spine damaged. Ex library copy, renewed endpapers. Good reading copy. 23 x 17.
Click here to order

$5

44570
THOMAS, Captain R. E.
STOWAGE - The Properties and Stowage of Cargoes: Glasgow. 1942. Brown, Son & Ferguson. 3rd revised and enlarged edition. XII, 468 PP with 6 figures, plus 15 b/w plates (2 folded). Fp: View of auxiliary 70-ton derrick. Cloth cover. Covers worn on edges, hinges starting, head and foot of spine frayed. Some foxing. Good reading copy. 23 x 17.
Click here to order

$5

30644
THOMAS, Stephen D.
THE LAST NAVIGATOR: New York. 1987. Henry Holt & Co. 1st US edition. (12), 308 PP with 1 map on double pages and 18 sketch-maps & drawings, plus 8 pages with 14 colour photos. Title spread: sky and stars. Hard cover, cloth spine, dj. List of text illustrations added by previous owner. Near fine. 23.5 x 16. 0805000968
Part adventure story, part traveller's tale and serious scientific inquiry.
Click here to order

$15

70003
THOMAS, Stephen D.
THE LAST NAVIGATOR: London. 1987. Hutchinson / A Paul Sidey Book. 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. Ex Library copy with stamps on half title page and verso of title page, renewed endpapers, sellotape marks on covers, first leaves with insect damage at top of front outside edge. Occasional foxing spots. A good reading / working copy. 23.5 x 16. 0091726131
Part adventure story, part traveller's tale and serious scientific inquiry.
Click here to order

$5

14793
THOMAS, Stephen D.
THE LAST NAVIGATOR: London. 1987. Hutchinson / A Paul Sidey Book. 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.
Click here to order

$15

39148
TIME-LIFE
The Tile-Life Library of Boating - CRUISING GROUNDS: Alexandria, Virginia. 1978. Time-Life Books. 2nd printing (revised) of the 1976 original. Edited by George CONSTABLE. 176 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (drawings, photos). Cloth cover, colour vignette on front cover. Very good. 29 x 22.5.
Cruising grounds off the USA: Pacific Northwest. California and Mexico's Baja... The Caribbean Islands.
Click here to order

$5

39146
TIME-LIFE
The Time-Life Library of Boating - BOAT HANDLING: New York. 1976. Time-Life Books. 2nd printing (revised) of the 1975 original. Edited by Harvey B. LOOMIS. 176 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (drawings, photos). Cloth cover, colour vignette on front cover. Very good. 29 x 22.5.
Heading out on the water. Manoeuvring under power... Common sense in tight places.
Click here to order

$5

39147
TIME-LIFE
The Time-Life Library of Boating - CRUISING: Alexandria, Virginia. 1977. Time-Life Books. 2nd printing (revised) of the 1975 original. Edited by George CONSTABLE. 176 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (drawings, photos). Cloth cover, colour vignette on front cover. Very good. 29 x 22.5.
In search of a perfect vessel. Making plans for a voyage... Seamanship for cruisers.
Click here to order

$5

39151
TIME-LIFE
The Time-Life Library of Boating - SEAMANSHIP: New York. 1976. Time-Life Books. 2nd printing (revised) of the 1975 original. Edited by Harvey B. LOOMIS. 176 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (drawings, photos). Cloth cover, colour vignette on front cover. Very good. 29 x 22.5.
Weather, Winds and Water. The Fury of Storm... When the worst happens.
Click here to order

$5

40515
TOGHILL, Jeff
MODERN YACHT NAVIGATION - From sextants to satellites: Horwitz Grahame. Sydney. 1984. 1st Ed. (2), 221 PP with b/w illustrations (maps, photos, sketches). Pictorial laminated boards. Faint foxing on outside edges. Note on the verso of the front endpaper. Very good. 24.7 x 15.7. 0725517379
Click here to order

$10

44790
TOGHILL, Jeff
SAILING: Sydney. 1983. Wattle Books. 1st Australian edition. 479 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, sketches and photos). Title page: Yacht Hang Ten. Hard cover, dj. Foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 26.8 x 19.5. 0730100030
Click here to order

$15

65858
TOGHILL, Jeff
SEAWAY CODE - A Manual of Safety and Survival: Sydney. 1986. Reed Books Pty Ltd. 1st Ed. 136 PP with b/w and bour illustrations. Pictorial laminated boards. Fine. 22.2 x 14.8. 0730101665
Click here to order

$10

55325
UNITED STATES NAVY
THE BLUEJACKETS' MANUAL - 1944: Annapolis. 1944. United States Naval Institute. 12th edition, edited by J.L. Holloway and revised by the Naval Institute from the 1902 original. XXII, 585 PP with hundreds of b/w illustrations (sketches and photos), and colour illustrations (2 plates on marlinspike seamanship, 5 plates on flags, ...). Cloth cover. Slight ageing of paper. Very good. 19.5 x 13.
Click here to order

$15

71846
URE, Charles Woodward
HOW TO NAVIGATE AT SEA - A Complete Course in 12 Chapters (Ure's System of Ocean Navigation): The Harbour Press / C. W. Ure. Sydney. 1973. 1st and limited edition. 212, (100 / C with tables) PP with many figures. Errata slip topped in on page 9Pictorial soft cover. Covers slightly rubbed and with minite insect damages. Occasional foxing spots on outsie edges. Very good. Scarce. 24 x 18.4.
By the first Australian navigator to cross on his "Mirrool" the Tasman Sea, solo, both ways, in March and April 1970.
Click here to order

$50

65725
USCG
MANUAL FOR LIFEBOATMEN, ABLE SEAMEN, AND QUALIFIED MEMBERS OF ENGINE DEPARTMENT: Washington. 1968. United States Coast Guard / U.S.Government Printing Office. Reprnt of the March 1965 edition. CG 175. VI, 136 PP with tables b/w figures & photos in text. Soft cover, staples. Name of previous owner at top of title page. Very good. Small format: 14.7 x 11.7.
Click here to order

$10

72118
USCG / NOAA
United States COAST PILOT 7 - Pacific Coast: California, Oregon, Washington, and Hawai'i: U.S. Department of Commerce / National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration / National Ocean Service. Washington. 2003. 35th edition. VIII, 656, 38 (Tables), 24 (Index) PP with tables, b/w and colour illustrations (figures, maps, photos). Pictorial stiff covers. Creases on the spine and lower corner of front cover. Very few pages with highlighted or underlined words or sentences. Stamp of the yacht of previous owner on title page. Very good working copy. 28 x 21.
Click here to order

$20

59200
USN
RUDE STAR FINDER AND IDENTIFIER - H. O. No. 2102-C: Hydrographic Office / The Secretary of the Navy. Washington, D.C. 1942. Leatherette container with double-sided "Star Base" (northern sky & southern sky) and 7 templates centered at 10° intervals of latitude (5° to 65°), to find or identify celestial bodies. 1 instruction card. Container complete but seams unstitched. Very good. Circular container, diameter of 25 cms.
... for the use of aircraft.
Click here to order

$25

50414
USN
TABLES OF COMPUTED ALTITUDE AND AZIMUTH - Vol. I: Latitudes 0° to 9°, inclusive: United States Navy Department, Hydrographic Office. Washington. 1941. H. O. Publication No. 214. Preface by George, S. Bryan, Captain, U. S. Navy. (10), 251 PP with 4 figures and tables. Eps: tables. Cloth cover, title on front cover and spine. Very good. 29.8 x 23.7.
Click here to order

$20

63203
VAN DEN BURG, G.
CONTAINERISATION A MODERN TRANSPORT SYSTEM: London. 1969. Hutchinson Benham Ltd. Edition of September 1969. XI, 219 PP with tables and 21 figures (diagram, graphs, maps, plans), plus 16 pages with 23 b/w illustrations. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Ex library copy with stamps on front endpaper and title page. Few foxing spots on outside edges. Very good. 23.5 x 15. 090986602
Click here to order

$10

52506
VAN DEN BURG, G.
CONTAINERISATION AND OTHER UNIT TRANSPORT: London. 1975. Hutchinson Benham Ltd. Revised edition of the 1969 original. 336 PP with tables and b/w illustrations (drawings, graphs, plans, and sketches), plus 16 pages with 18 b/w photos. Eps (in colour) : Atlantic Cognac discharging by Albert Brenet. Cloth cover, dj. Few foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 24 x 16. 091227909
Click here to order

$15

39664
VEN, Capitaine de Vaisseau
TRAITE DE MANOEUVRE: Paris. 1947. Société d' Editions Géographiques, Maritimes et Coloniales. Updated reprint of the 1935 edition. (6) , 582 PP with 341 figures, plus 2 leaflets (Feux et Marques à employer pour les Navires en mer with 8 pages, and Balisage des Cotes de France et d'Algérie with 5 pages), at rear of book. Hard cover, title on front cover and spine. Ageing of paper, edges of covers lightly rubbed, hinges weak. Signature of previous owner on front endpaper. Very good copy. French text. 22.4 x 15.5.
Seamanship and Manoeuvres at Ecole Navale (French equivalent to Annapolis or Dartmouth). Added: 2 pamphlets on Lights, Marks and Buoyage.
Click here to order

$25

56134
VOGEL, Karl
SEA SURGEONS IN THE DAYS OF OAK AND HEMP: Charaka Club. 1935. Reprinted from the Proceedings of the Charaka Club. 185-202, (2 blank) PP, plus 2 b/w plates. Soft cover, staples. Near fine. 23.6 x 15.8.
Paper read before the Charaka Club, February 1932.
Click here to order

$25

50326
VOITH
VOITH-SCHNEIDER PROPULSION: Heidenheim, Germany. 1975. J. M. Voith GmbH. December 1975 edition of 1000 copies. 8 PP with 1 diagram, 8 b/w photos and 3 colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21.2 x 15
Click here to order

$10

66978
VOLUNTEER COASTAL PATROL OF N.S.W.
SAFE BOATING: Sydney. c. 1950. The Sun & Volunteer Coastal Patrol of NSW. 1st Ed. 36 PP with b/w sketches. Soft cover, pictorial front, staples removed. Near fine. 21.5 x 14.
... safe operation of boats by amateur enthusiasts ... to be read in conjunction with the official Rules and Regulations issued by the Maritime Services Board of N.S.W.
Click here to order

$10

42281
WALLWORK, Alan
BASIC OCEAN NAVIGATION: Brisbane. 1980. Kevin Dillon. 1st Ed. 80 PP with figures. Pictorial soft cover. Covers rubbed. Very good. 27.8 x 22. 0908174284
Click here to order

$10

17092
WARWICK, Mark
MERCHANT VOYAGES (in Sportdiving in Australia & the South Pacific, No. 25): Mountain, Ocean & Travel Publications. Melbourne. 1991. No. 25, April/May 1991. Includes article from P.20 to 29 with 13 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27.5 x 21.
Navigation and trade in the Indian Ocean by Arabs, Chinese..., before the arrival of the Portuguese, the sighting of Australia by the Dutch...
Click here to order

$15

69610
WATSON, Jonathan
JANET: The Restoration of a Victorian Yacht: Newton Abbot. 1986. David & Charles. 1st Ed. 142, (2 adverts) PP with & b/w photos and 38 b/w illustrations including photos. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 22.2 x 14.3. 0715388886
Click here to order

$20

60297
WHALL, W. B.
THE ROMANCE OF NAVIGATION: Sampson Low, Marston. London. c. 1930. Reprint of the 1930 original. Edited by Francis E. McMurtrie, with a foreword by Rear-Admiral E. R. G. R. Evans. XII, 244 PP with 16 Sea Flags, plus 1 colour and 32 b/w plates with 71 illustrations. Fp (in colour): After Trafalgar, from a painting by Frank Brangwyn. Cloth cover, title on front cover and spine. Spine damaged at head, foot and hinges. Foxing (heavy) on outside edges and text. Good reading copy. 22.7 x 15.
Prince Henry and the early Portuguese navigators, the Elizabethan navigators... Development of the ship: sail & steam. Sea flags, aids to navigation.
Click here to order

$10

20490
WHALL, W. B.
THE ROMANCE OF NAVIGATION: Benjamin Blom. New York. 1972. Reissue of the 1930 original. Edited by Francis E. McMurtrie, with a foreword by Rear-Admiral E. R. G. R. Evans. XII, 244 PP with 16 Sea Flags, plus 64 pages with 72 b/w illustrations. Fp: After Trafalgar, from a painting by Frank Brangwyn. Hard cover, gilt title on spine. Occasional foxing. Very good. 21.2 x 13.7.
Prince Henry and the early Portuguese navigators, the Elizabethan navigators... Development of the ship: sail & steam. Sea flags, aids to navigation.
Click here to order

$25

49225
WHALL, W. B.
THE ROMANCE OF NAVIGATION: Sampson Low, Marston. London. 1930. 1st edition. Edited by Francis E. McMurtrie, with a foreword by Captain E. R. G. R. Evans. XII, 292, (14 publications) PP with 16 Sea Flags, plus 1 colour and 32 b/w plates. Fp (in colour): After Trafalgar, from a painting by Frank Brangwyn. Cloth covers, gilt title on spine. Covers are worn and rubbed around edges and spine is a little sunned. Foxing spots on outside edges and few pages. Still a very good copy of the first edition. Image shows the title page and frontispiece. 24.7 x 16.5.
Prince Henry and the early Portuguese navigators, the Elizabethan navigators... Development of the ship: sail & steam. Sea flags, aids to navigation.
Click here to order

$40

22498
WHARTON, A. J.
DIESEL ENGINES: London. 1986. Stanford Maritime. 2nd edition of the 1975 original, in the Marine Engineering Series. (4), 108 PP with 83 figures. Pictorial soft cover. Faint foxing on outside edges, o/wise fine. 20.8 x 14.6. 540073512
Click here to order

$30

44980
WHITAKER, S. F.
NIGHT SAILING: London. 1974. Stanford Maritime Limited. 1st Ed. 94 PP with 1 table and 19 b/w illustrations. Pictorial laminated boards. Top of spine missing on 1.5 cm. Occasional foxing, o/wise good. 22.2 x 13.8. 0540071374
Click here to order

$5

44979
WHITAKER, S. F.
NIGHT SAILING: London. 1974. Stanford Maritime Limited. 1st Ed. 94 PP with 1 table and 19 b/w illustrations. Pictorial laminated boards. Occasional foxing, o/wise near fine. 22.2 x 13.8. 0540071374
Click here to order

$10

68726
WHITING, John & BOTTOMLEY, Tom
CHAPMAN'S LOG & OWNER'S MANUAL: New York. 1981. Hearst Books. 1st Ed. 192 PP with tables and figures, with pages 108 to 181 for: Guest Register, Cruising Log, Radio/Telephone Log, Cruising recipes and Children Log, unused. Hard cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Stamp of the "Devonport Maritime Museum & Historical Society" on endpapers, o/wise in fine condition. 26 x 20.5. 0878518010
Click here to order

$10

48140
WHITTINGHAM, H. and KING, C. T. (compilers)
REED'S TABLES OF DISTANCES Between Ports and Places in all parts of the World: Sunderland. 1913. Thomas Reed & Co. Ltd. 10th edition, revised and enlarged. VIII, 9- 190, (2 adv.) PP. Fp (in colour): Map of the world. Eps: Advertisements. Hard cover, cloth spine. Outside edges with foxing and stains on front edge. Very good. 21 x 14.
... comprising 31,000 distances.
Click here to order

$20

52978
WICKHAM, Hilary & K. J.
SEA WISDOM FOR SMALL CRAFT: Stanley Paul. London. 1964. 1st Ed. 200 PP with 1 tail piece and 30 figures, plus 16 pages with 30 b/w photos. Ex-library copy with stamps. Sellotape marks on endpapers. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Foxing. Good working copy. 20.5 x 13.
Click here to order

$5

68060
WICKHAM, T. F.
TEACH YOURSELF SEAMANSHIP: London. 1958. The English Universities Press. Reprint of the 1954 original, in The Teach Yourself Books series. 192 PP with 69 figures. Hard cover, dj (price-clipped). Dust jacket with repaired tears. Faint foxing on outside edges. Near fine. 18.2 x 11.2.
Ship routine and ships - Ropework - Flags and signals...
Click here to order

$10

52504
WICKHAM, T. F.
TEACH YOURSELF SEAMANSHIP: London. 1967. The English Universities Press. Reprint of the 1954 original, in The Teach Yourself Books series. 192 PP with 69 figures. Hard cover, dj (price-clipped). Faint foxing on outside edges. Near fine. 18.2 x 11.2.
Ship routine and ships - Ropework - Flags and signals...
Click here to order

$10

49416
WIESER, Dr. Franz
MAGALHÂES-STRASSE UND AUSTRAL-CONTINENT AUF DEN GLOBEN DES JOHANNES SCHÖNER: Verlag der Wagner'schen Universitaets-Buchhandlung. Innsbruck. 1881. 1st Ed. VIII, 124 PP, plus 5 folded plates (charts in colour) at rear of book. Rebacked copy, cloth cover, gilt title on leather label pasted down on spine. Original soft covers tipped on endpapers. Ingleton bookplate. German text. Near fine. 23.8 x 15.7.
Strait of Magellan, Great South Land, and the globes of Johannes Schöner.
Click here to order

$75

39364
WILLIAMS, David L.
SEA TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT: London. 1988. Ian Allan. 1st Ed. 128 PP with tables, sketches, maps, and 61 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 18.4 x 11.8. 0711017735
Click here to order

$10

48297
WILLIAMS, J. E. D.
FROM SAILS TO SATELLITES, The Origin & Development of Navigational Science: Oxford University Press / The Royal Institute of Navigation. London. 1992. 1st Ed. (X), 310 PP with tables, graphs, figures and b/w photos. Fp: Portrait Edmond Halley. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 25.2 x 19.5. 9780198563877
History of navigational science interwoven with trade, exploration & warfare.
Click here to order

$45

53340
WOODCOCK, Percy
COME BOATING WITH ME: Frederick Muller. London. 1953. 1st Ed. 142 PP with 1 tail piece and over 25 figures. Hard cover. Front cover worn at top corner and with a bump on lower corner. Few foxing spots on outside edges. Very good. 15 x 10.8.
Click here to order

$5

52505
WOODCOCK, Percy
SEAMANSHIP FOR THE NOVICE: London. 1947. Frederick Muller. 1st Ed. VIII, 9- 96 PP with 35 figures. Cloth cover. Front endpaper with a repaired tear. Few foxing spots on outside edges. Very good. 15 x 10.8.
Click here to order

$5

41897
WRIGHT, C. H.
THE COLLISION REGULATIONS 1977: Liverpool. 1977. James Laver. 1st Ed. 68 PP with 19 pages of illustrations (3 b/w and 16 colour). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 20.8 x 13.5. 904825086
The 1972 International Regulations for the prevention of collisions at sea, came into force on the 15th of July 1977.
Click here to order

$15

68183
WRIGHT, C. H.
SURVIVAL AT SEA - The Lifeboat and Liferaft: Liverpool. 1977. James Laver. 2nd revised edition of the 1971 original. 120 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings and photos). Inside front cover: Trawler Irvana wrecked off Red Bay, Cushenden, Co. Antrim. Inside back covers: 4 b/w photos of life rafts and releases. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 20.7 x 14.
Click here to order

$10

50512
YACHT SAFETY
SAFETY IN SMALL CRAFT: Marine Division, Ministry of Transport. Wellington. 1973. Revised edition of the 1962 original. 144 PP with b/w and colour illustrations, plus 1 folded plate International Code of Signals. Soft cover (rubbed). Very good. 23.4 x 15.
Click here to order

$10

68997
YORK, Albert, F.R.A.S.
THE CLOCK PARADOX, A Simplified Description of Time Dilatation for the Layman: Port Macquarie, NSW. 1971. Author / Port Macquarie Astronomical Association. 1st edition, with a preamble "Man's Progress Through the Ages to Newton and Einstein". 48 PP with 10 figures by the author. Stapled card covers. Front illustrated with a clock, and back with a portrait of Professor Albert Einstein, author of the Theory of Relativity. Fine condition. Scarce. Oblong: 13.7 x 20.8.
Click here to order

$80

50333
ZANTVOORT, Pim
THE COCKPIT BOOK: Adlard Coles. London. 1972. 1st UK edition. (1),39 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial stiff cover, spiral bound. Errata slip pasted down inside front cover. Very good. 21.6 x 14. 0229986374
A Highway Code of the Sea: Rules of the road, signals (sound and visuals), lights (navigation, recognition)... Flag etiquette.
Click here to order

$5