16183 ANDERSON, R.G.W. THE MARINER'S ASTROLABE, An Exhibition at the Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh
$30.00 AUD
Royal Scottish Museum. Edinburgh. 1972. (2), 36, (2), with 12 b/w photos. Card covers. Near fine. Scarce. Oblong: 18.6 x 24.6.
Catalogue produced during an exhibition held from 19 August to 29 September 1972, at the time of the Second Congress on the History of Oceanography.
18202 ANDERSON, Virginia B. MARITIME MYSTIC
$10.00 AUD
Marine Historical Association. Mystic, Conn. 1962. 1st Ed. Publication No.39. VIII, 88 PP, plus 8 b/w plates. Card cover, faded around edges and spine, o/wise very good. 25.5 x 18.
Story of a New England community, its seaport life of the past and its rebirth following restoration. Now known as Mystic Seaport.
15852 ANDREWS, Graeme A LOG OF GREAT AUSTRALIAN SHIPS
$10.00 AUD
Reed. Sydney. 1980. 1st Ed. 160 PP with b/w illustrations. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Dust jacket is a little sunned with a few chips. An otherwise near fine copy. Oblong: 18.5 x 26. 0589502026
150 famous ships which played a vital role in the development of Australia.
18201 ASAERT, Dr. G., BOSSCHER, Drs. Ph., BRUIJN, Dr. J.R. & van HOBOKEN, Dr. W.J. (editors) MARITIEME GESCHIEDENIS DER NEDERLANDEN, DEEL 2, Zeventiende Eeuw, van 1585 tot ca 1680
$30.00 AUD
De Boer Maritiem. Bussum. 1977. 1st Ed. Volume 2: 389 PP with 304 b/w and 41 colour illustrations. Hard cover in simile leather, gilt-engraved spine, dj. A little light foxing, o/wise near fine. Dutch text. 30.2 x 21. 9022819477
The maritime history of the Netherlands. Volume 2: The 17th Century, from 1585 to 1680. A massive work.
21127 BAILEY, Alfred M. & SORENSEN, J.H. SUBANTARCTIC CAMPBELL ISLAND
$60.00 AUD
Denver Museum of Natural History. Denver. 1962. 1st Ed. (6), 305 PP with 1 location map , 1 map, and 230 b/w photos. Original covers, gilt title on front cover and a dulled spine. Fine. 26 x 18.5.
Proceedings No.10 of the Denver Museum of Natural History which followed their 1958 expedition to this island. History, expeditions, geology, flora & fauna..
75040 BAIRD, Duncan Passions... SAILING - Dream Places you'd Rather Be
$25.00 AUD
Duncan Baird Publishers. London. 2006. 1st Ed. Foreword by Brian Steel. 112 PP with 50 colour photos (29 on double page). Laminated pictorial hard covers. Fine (as new condition). Small format: Oblong: 11.7 x 13.8. 0781844633368
14600 BALLANDE, Henri LE PREMIER CAP-HORNIER
$20.00 AUD
Editions du Pen-Duick / Ouest-France. Paris. 1989. 1st Ed. 115 PP, plus 16 pages with 11 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 23 x 15.4. 2737304539
Voyage of discovery on board Eendracht, by her ship-owner Lemaire and her captain Willem Schouten between 1615 & 1617 to round the Horn. Discovery of Futuna (or Horn) Island...
21678 BATESON, Charles AUSTRALIAN SHIPWRECKS - Including Vessels wrecked en route to or from Australia, and some strandings, Volume One: 1622-1850
$20.00 AUD
A.H. & A.W. Reed. Sydney. 1972. 1st Ed. 267 PP with 42 b/w illustrations. Eps: Map of Australia. Hard cover, simile leather, gilt title on spine, dj. Foxing. Near fine. 24.5 x 17.7. 0589071122
18389 BOWEN, John (Editor) MODEL SHIPWRIGHT 40 - A Quarterly Journal of Ships and Ship Models - Number 40
$15.00 AUD
Conway. London. 1982. Issue No. 40, June 1982. 72 PP with b/w illust. Pictorial card covers. Near fine. 24 x 18.5. 0851772315
Contents include: Eye of the Wind, Part 1, HMS Tartar (1755), An English Herring Buss of 1750, Early Swivel Guns, ...
17216 BOWEN, John (Edit.) MODEL SHIPWRIGHT - A Quarterly Journal of Ships and Ship Models - Number 10
$15.00 AUD
Conway. London. 1974. December 1974. P.95-192 with b/w illust. Pictorial card covers. Near fine. 21.5 x 18.5. 851770827
Contents include: Steam Tug Seaway, HMS Spey: Warship Modelling in Plastic, Part 1, HMS General Wolfe, Sea going Galleys of the Pharaohs, ...
18214 BREWINGTON, M. V. SHIPCARVERS OF NORTH AMERICA
$30.00 AUD
Barre Publishing Co. Barr, Mass. 1962. 1st Ed. XIV, 173 PP with 134 b/w plates, with appendices including a bibliography and a list of American shipcarvers. Fp (in colour): Pocahontas, attributed to William Rush, ca.1800-20. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. A near fine copy. 27.2 x 19.
The development of this art in the 18th and 19th Century and its practioners in Canada and the United States. Beautiful figureheads, sterns, billet heads, etc.. A scarce title.
21273 BREWINGTON, M. V. & Dorothy KENDALL WHALING MUSEUM PAINTINGS
$70.00 AUD
Kendall Whaling Museum. Sharon, Mass. 1965. 1st Ed. [XII], 137 PP, with 150 b/w illust. & 12 full-page colour plates. Fp (in colour): Whaling in the Northern Ice Sea. Red cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Occasional foxing. Near fine condition. 29 x 21.2.
Catalogue of paintings, drawings and other pictorial material held at the museum. Classified by nationality of the scene or vessel: Dutch, British, Japanese, American, ...
19057 CABLE, Boyd A HUNDRED YEAR HISTORY OF THE P. & O. 1837-1937, Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company
$65.00 AUD
Ivor Nicholson and Watson. London. 1937. 1st Ed. X, 289 PP with 10 pages of silhouette sketches, plus 18 plates on full page (12 colour, 6 b/w). Fp (in colour): Armorial Bearings of the P & O. Eps: Maps of P & O routes. Original cloth cover, gilt device on front cover, gilt title on spine, dj. "Compliments" slip tipped in on preliminary page. Remnants of sellotape on top of half title page. Occasional foxing, o/wise a near fine copy. 24 x 19.
15698 [CAPTAIN COOK] THE OPENING UP OF THE PACIFIC - An Exhibition in Honour of James Cook
$10.00 AUD
Library of New South Wales. Sydney. 1970. 1st Ed. 32 PP on glossy paper with 2 colour and 24 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 24.2 x 22.2. 0724099972
Catalogue of 328 items in an exhibition held between 6 April - 5 September 1970, at the time of the Bicentenary of the discovery of Australia's East Coast by Captain Cook.
71512 CHISHOLM, Jocelyn BRIND OF THE BAY OF ISLANDS, Some Readings & Notes of Thirty Years in the Life of a Whaling Captain
$50.00 AUD
Author. Wellington. 1979. First limited edition of 400 copies and signed by the author on half-title page. 92 PP plus 8 pages with 10 b/w illust. Fp: Silhouette of Capt. W.D. Brind. Eps: Plan of Korakera. Gilt-engraved hard cover. A little light foxing around edges and top outside page edges, o/wise a fine copy. Scarce. 25.5 x 15.5. 0473000261
Captain Brind commanded the whaling ships Cumberland (1819-1822), Asp (1822-24), Emily (1825-1828), Toward Castle (1828-1835), then the Narwhal (1836-1840).
31920 COLE, Allan B. YANKEE SURVEYORS IN THE SHOGUN'S SEAS, Records of the United States Surveying Expedition to the North Pacific Ocean, 1853-1856
$20.00 AUD
Greenwood. New York. 1968. Reprint of the 1947 original. 161 PP with 1 map & 3 drawings, plus 4 pages with portrait of Commander John Rodgers and 2 charts. Cloth cover. Fine. Image shows title-page. 22 x 14.5.
Lothian Publishing. Melbourne. 1979. 1st paperback edition. Foreword by Gerhard H. Heyen. XXIV, 141 PP with 24 tables, plus 40 pages with 67 b/w illust. (plans, maps, photos). Pictorial soft covers. Near fine. 21.5 x 14. 0909706646
Her history: as a barque, as a windjammer, in port as a coal hulk and lastly, as a floating museum.
16441 DEACON, G. E. R. (editor) OCEANS - An Atlas-History of Man's Exploration of the Deep
$15.00 AUD
Paul Hamlyn. London. 1962. 1st Ed. 297 PP with b/w & colour illust. (maps, plans, photos,..). illustrated title-page. Eps: Shells. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Very good. 28.5 x 21.5.
Contains contributions by distinguished authorities including: Men against the Sea by Edward Shackleton, Life in the Sea by Maurice Burton, Sunken Cities and Forgotten Wrecks by H.C. Flemming... Oceanography (currents, food chain, ..)
20545 DEAYTON, Alistair STEAM SHIPS OF EUROPE
$10.00 AUD
Conway. London. 1988. 1st Ed. 192 PP with b/w photos plus 16 pages with 35 colour photos. Fp: Blidosund at Svartloga. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Occasional foxing, o/wise fine. 27.5 x 20.5. 0815774784
An illustrated guide to veteran passenger vessels: their routes & areas of operation, profiles of passengers...
12227 DIVINE, David CERTAIN ISLANDS, A Personal Selection
$20.00 AUD
Arco Publishing Co. New York. 1972. 1st US Ed. (8), 215 PP with 12 head-pieces (11 maps), plus 8 b/w & 8 colour plates. Cloth cover, dj. Spine of dust jacket is a little faded, foxing on outside edges, otherwise near fine. 22.4 x 14.5. 0668026324
Islands of discovery (Vinland, Canaries), of the gods (Delos, Hawaii, ..), of evil (Easter, Devil), cities (Paris, Manhattan, Venice, ...), war (Malta, Iwo Jima, ..), refuge (Capri, Cocos Keeling, ...).
15565 DU PETIT-THOUARS, Abel VOYAGE OF THE VENUS: Sojourn in California
$30.00 AUD
Ye Galleon. Fairfield, Wash. 1996. Limited reprint (500 copies) of the 1956 edition by Glen Dawson, Los Angeles. XII, 115 PP plus 10 full-page b/w plates. Fp. Eps. Gilt-engraved cloth cover & spine. Faint foxing on outside edges, o/wise near fine. 20 x 14. 0877705542
Excerpt from Voyage Autour du Monde sur la Frégate Venus pendant les années 1836-1839. Comprises P. 77 to 164 of Volume II published in 1841 covering the visit to Monterey and the voyage down the coast of Lower California before calling at Mazatlan.
64112 DUFF, Peter (Editor) MERCHANT SHIPS: WORLD BUILT, Vessels of 1000 tons gross and over completed in 1962
$20.00 AUD
Adlard Coles. London. 1963. 1st Ed., Volume XI, 1963. 184 PP with tables & bw illust. (photos & plans). Fp: "Savannah", the world's first nuclear-powered cargo/passenger vessel. Hard cover, gilt title on sunned spine, top edge tinted. Neat stamp of Maritime Museum of Tasmania Inc. on endpapers, otherwise contents are near fine. Oblong: 15 x 22.5.
18857 EDMONDS, Dr. Carl DANGEROUS MARINE ANIMALS OF THE INDO-PACIFIC REGION
$10.00 AUD
Wedneil Publications. Melbourne. c. 1975. 1st Ed. VI, 235 PP with colour photos & location maps for each species. Title-page: Surgeonfish. Pictorial boards, dj. Dust jacket has a few marks or creases. Light foxing, o/wise near fine. 22 x 16. 0909853487
Marine animals which bite, sting and are poisonous to eat (toxic). First aid and medical treatment.
18203 FANNING, Edmund VOYAGES TO THE SOUTH SEAS, INDIAN & PACIFIC OCEANS, CHINA SEA NORTHWEST COAST, FEEJEE ISLANDS, SOUTH SHETLANDS, ...
$45.00 AUD
Ye Galleon Press. Fairfield, Washington. 1970. Limited edition of 600 copies This copy is un-numbered. (34), XII, 13-324, (8 Index) PP with few b/w illustrations (portrait, house of Captain Fanning, Coat of Arms, frontispiece of original copy), plus 6 folded plates (crew list, chart of British Columbia & 4 registries of US ships) in pocket pasted down on rear endpaper. Cloth covers, gilt engraved front cover and spine. Fine. 24.3 x 15.8.
Voyages and new discoveries made in the Southern Hemisphere between the years 1830 and 1837.
59093 FINKEL, George CAPTAIN JAMES COOK PORTFOLIO / JAMES COOK, The First Voyage, 1768-1771
$20.00 AUD
The Sun-Herald & Shoalhaven Paper Mill / The Wiggins Teape Australia Group. Sydney. 1970. Decorated folder containing booklet of 32 PP with b/w or colour illustrations, folded ship's plan with 2 inserts, folded map of Tahiti with 2 inserts and one folded French map of the world with 3 inserts. Small seller's stamp on inside of folder cover, otherwise near fine. Format - folder: 37 x 23.5. & booklet: 29.7 x 22.
21285 FORSTER, Honore (compiler) THE SOUTH SEA WHALER - An Annotated Bibliography...
$30.00 AUD
Kendall Whaling Museum. Sharon, Mass. 1985. 1st Ed. IX, 157 PP. Fp: South Sea Whaling by W.E. Norton. Eps: Map of the Pacific Ocean. Cloth cover, title on front cover and spine. Foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise fine. 26 x 17.5. 0937854220
... bibliography of published historical, literary and art material relating to whaling in the Pacific Ocean in the nineteenth century.
21340 FRANCIS, Daniel A HISTORY OF WORLD WHALING
$15.00 AUD
Viking. Markham, Ontario. 1990. 1st Ed. XVI, 288 PP with 45 b/w illust. Hard cover, dj. Light foxing on outside page edges, o/wise near fine. 24 x 16.5. 067082447X
From the beginnings with the Basque whalers of the Bay of Biscay, to the modern whaling & the IWC moratorium & the arrival of Greenpeace on the whaling scene. Whaling in paradise, in the Arctic, the Antarctic & the Sea of Cortez.
20670 GIBBS, Jim DISASTER LOG OF SHIPS
$10.00 AUD
Bonanza Books. New York. c. 1978. 3rd Bonanza reprint (c) of the 1971 original. 176 PP with b/w illustrations. Fp: Passenger liner La Jenelle before & after her shipwreck. Hard cover, cloth spine, dust jacket has a few ships. Faint foxing. Very good. 27.2 x 21. 0517169827
A pictorial story of shipwrecks along the West Coast of North America, from the Mexican border to Alaska.
18208 GOLDSMITH-CARTER, George SAILING SHIPS AND SAILING CRAFT
$5.00 AUD
Bantam. New York. 1971. Reprint of the 1970 US edition by Grosset & Dunlap. 159 PP with colour illustrations by Bill Robertshaw. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 18 x 11.
From ancient world to clippers and windjammers, working boats and pleasure yachts.
15701 GRAY, William R. VOYAGES TO PARADISE: Exploring in the Wake of Captain Cook
$10.00 AUD
National Geographic Society. Washington. 1981. 1st Ed. 216 PP with colour illust. (maps & photos). Hard cover, dj. Very good. 26 x 18. 0870442848
16126 HERBERT, Wally THE NOOSE OF LAURELS - The Discovery of the North Pole
$10.00 AUD
Hodder & Stoughton. London. 1989. 1st Ed. 395 PP with 10 maps & diagrams, plus 16 pages with 49 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Ageing of paper around the edges, o/wise near fine. 24 x 16.2. 0340412763
A compelling portrait of the US explorer Peary, the first to reach the North Pole and his obsessive craving for fame.
17850 HURST, A.A. THE MUSIC OF FIVE OCEANS
$15.00 AUD
Hennel Locke. London. 1960. 1st UK Ed. 160 PP, plus 14 pages with 23 b/w photos. Fp: a contrast in school-ships. Hard cover, dj. Few foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 22 x 15.2.
Some of the epic voyages under sail. Also, sea-lore, mythology, superstition and curious experiences.
72298 INGRAM, C.W.N. NEW ZEALAND SHIPWRECKS 1795-1982
$60.00 AUD
Reed. Wellington. 1984. 6th (Revised. & Enlarged), (4), 491 PP plus 4 b/w plates. Fp: Rigs of sailing vessels. Cloth cover with pictorial dust jacket (by W.W. Stewart) A fine copy. Scarce. 24.8 x 19. 0589015109
An epic account of disasters on the coast of New Zealand.
16352 JENNINGS, P.S. & BOSEK, D. SHIPWRECKS
$5.00 AUD
Bison Group. London. 1994. Revised and updated edition of the 1992 original. 80 PP with b/w & colour illust. Hard cover with dj (front: The Tempest, rear: Wreck of Argo Merchant). Fp: Wreck of Herald of Free Enterprise. Pict. laminated boards, dj. Fine. 30 x 23. 1858410436
True stories of all the famous sea disasters: fire, collision, stranding & sinking.
16443 KAY, Gordon THE TROPICAL MARINE FISH SURVIVAL MANUAL, A Comprehensive Family-by-Family Guide to Keeping Tropical Marine Aquarium Fish
$15.00 AUD
New Burlington Books. London. 1995. 1st Ed. 160 PP with b/w & colour illust. (distribution maps, photos, ..). Hard cover, dj. Fine. 25.2 x 20. 1853488100
Directory of 33 fish families, covering 109 different species. Trouble-shooting section for diagnosing and treating common diseases.
21653 KENDALL, F. R. DEAREST MOTHER - Extracts from the Letters of F. R. Kendall
$10.00 AUD
P&O Cruises & Good Books Publications. London. 1987. 1st Ed. Introduction by Brian MacDonald. 48 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover (front: William Fawcett, 1828 / back: Canberra 1987). Fine. 21 x 14.8. 0946555060
Commemorative booklet published for the 150th anniversary of the creation of The Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company. Franklin Kendall had 50 years of service with P & O and during that time, he travelled extensively, writing regularly to his mother. This booklet contains extracts from the 78 letters he wrote, each commencing with the words Dearest Mother. They reflect the early days of P. & O.
15566 KENDRICK, John & INGLIS, Robin VOYAGES DES LUMIERES, Malaspina & Galiano sur la Côte Nord Ouest 1791-1792
$15.00 AUD
Vancouver Maritime Museum. Vancouver. 1991. 1st French edition. (2), 81 PP with 57 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 28 x 21.5. 0969522118
Historical presentation of the Malaspina expedition and catalogue of the exhibition commemorating its bicentennial: Spain and the Pacifc, Malaspina on the Northwest Coast, scientific and artistic heritage, ...
18350 KIM, H. Edward A 14TH CENTURY CARGO MAKES PORT AT LAST [in National Geographic Magazine]
$10.00 AUD
National Geographic Society. Washington. 1979. Volume 156, No 2, August 1979. Includes article from P.230 to 243. Pict. soft cover. Very good. 25.4 x 17.5.
The wreck of a 14th century Chinese sea-going vessel of Sinan on the South Western coast of Korea.
18205 LEFEBURE, Nadine MARINS CELEBRES
$10.00 AUD
Editions du Pen Duick. Paris. 1982. 1st Ed. 203 PP, plus 1 folded map. Pictorial card cover. Lower corner of front cover with a crease. French text. Near fine. 23.5 x 15.1. 2855130670
Noteable Seamen: from Amerigo Vespucci to Captain Wallis.
22580 LESUEUR, Charles-Alexandre LES VELINS DE CHARLES-ALEXANDRE LESUEUR (Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle du Havre)
$35.00 AUD
Muséum du Havre / Municipalité de Sainte-Adresse. Le Havre. 1996. 1st Ed. Foreword by Dr. Pierre Baubion. No pagination, 92 PP with 2 b/w illust., 4 maps & 40 colour plates (37 on full page) on superior glossy paper. Pictorial card cover. Fine. Text in French. Oblong: 21 x 29.7.
Catalogue of an exhibition commemorating the 150th anniversary of the death of this French naturalist. Charles-Alexandre Lesueur was one of the scientists attached to the Baudin expedition of discovery to Australia and renowned for his drawings and watercolours of natural life in Australia, Indonesia, Mauritius and South Africa.
16810 MACINTYRE, Donald FAMOUS FIGHTING SHIPS
$10.00 AUD
Hamlyn. London. 1975. 1st Ed. 160 PP with b/w & 19 colour illust. Title-page: HMS Warspite. Eps: Trafalgar, surrender of Redoutable. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 30.5 x 15. 0600354865
Stories of 10 ships and their commanders. From the Revenge of Drake to the USS Enterprise... Redoutable (France), Mikasa (Japan), Scharnhorst (Germany),..
16854 MACINTYRE, Donald & BATHE, Basil W. THE MAN-OF-WAR
$15.00 AUD
Methuen. London. 1968. 1st Ed. 273 PP with b/w & colour illust. (photos, paintings,...) & many colour drawings by the Tre Tryckare artists. Fp: Austrian super-dreadnought Viribus Unitis. Decorated endpapers. Cloth cover, dj. Ingleton bookplate on front endpaper. Foxing spots on outside edges. Very good. Oblong: 25.2 x 27.5.
From the Greek trireme and the Viking longboat, to the modern warship.
18213 MALONEY, Richard C. FIFTY NOTABLE SHIP PORTRAITS AT MYSTIC SEAPORT
$15.00 AUD
Marine Historical Association. Mystic, Conn. 1963. 1st Ed. Publication No.41. (12), 63 PP with 51 illust. (1 colour, 50 b/w). Fp (in colour): The 74-Gun ship America. Endpiece: Ship W.R. Grace. Card cover, spine faded. Very good. 25.5 x 17.8.
Glimpse of US maritime past as revealed by many well-known artists (James E. Buttersworth, James Wilson, Antonio Jacobsen, ..) and others.
20334 MANNING, Captain T.D. THE BRITISH DESTROYER
$15.00 AUD
Putnam. London. 1961. 1st Ed. 148 PP, plus 70 pages with 1 plan and 135 b/w photos. Fp: Hornet and Diamond on their trials. Cloth cover. Some speckling around edges and spine of covers. Internally contents fine. 25.4 x 19.5.
Their names, builders, development. The various classes: River, Tribals, G, H, I,... V, W... Weapon, Hunt, ..
19424 MARX, Robert F. & Jenifer THE SEARCH FOR SUNKEN TREASURE - Exploring the World's Great Shipwrecks
$20.00 AUD
Random House. Sydney. 1993. 1st Australian edition. 192 PP profusely illustrated with mostly colour photos. Fp: A diver with a pot recovered form a sixth-century Etruscan shipwreck. Title page: A Chinese ocean-going trading ship. Half title page: Gold and silver coins washed ashore off the Panama coast. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 28.5 x 22. 0091828147
The discovery of famous wrecks from around the world, the HMS Bounty, the Andrea Doria, the Titanic and the Mary Rose, etc.. Salvage operations and recovery of artifacts, many of them priceless pieces of jewellery, pottery, coins...
14819 McGUINNESS, Rory AUSTRALIA'S GIANT PEARLS, Treasures of Surpassing Beauty, the World's Biggest Cultured Pearls Come from the Waters off our North Coast [in Australian Geographic, No. 35, 1994]
$15.00 AUD
Australian Geographic. Sydney. 1994. Issue 35, July-September 1994. 10th Anniversary Commemorative Issue. Contains article pages 40 to 61 with 1 b/w photo and 34 colour illustrations (1 map and 33 photos), plus a folded plate in colour "The making of an Australian pearl". Pictorial soft covers. Fine. 27.8 x 21.
14175 MILLER, William H. MODERN CRUISE SHIPS, 1965-1990: A Photographic Record
$15.00 AUD
Dover Publications. New York. 1992. 1st Ed. XI, 130 PP with 184 illust. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 30 x 22.5. 0486267539
Pictorial survey of over 100 cruise ships from the Queen of Bermuda to the Sovereign of the Seas.
34510 MILLER, William H. THE LAST BLUE WATER LINERS
$15.00 AUD
Conway Maritime Press. London. 1986. 1st Ed. 224 PP with numerous b/w illust. Fp: The Arcadia at Suva, Fiji. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 24.5 x 19. 0851774008
A stimulating, factual & nostalgic account of the post-war era of intercontinental liner traffic.
18216 MILLS, John (editor) THE UFFA FOX BOOK OF SAILING
$15.00 AUD
Longacre. London. 1963. 1st Ed. 192 PP with b/w illust. throughout. Fp: Uffa Fox. Hard cover, dj. A very good clean copy. 26.8 x 20.5.
History, sailing & racing, seamanship, safety at sea,... Includes a chapter on the language of the sea and an extensive list of the sailing & yacht clubs in the British Isles (with their burgees).
15637 MOLLAT, Michel LES EXPLORATEURS DU XIIIè AU XVIè SIECLE, Premiers Regards sur des Mondes Nouveaux
$20.00 AUD
Editions du C.T.H.S. / Comité des Travaux Historiques et Scientifiques. Paris. 1992. 1st Ed. No. 9 in the C.T.H.S. Format series. 258 PP with 8 maps. Pictorial soft cover. Name of previous owner at top of half title page. Spine lightly sunned, faint foxing spots on outside edges. Very good. French text. 18.5 x 12. 2735502511
Land routes in Asia (towards Cathay), in Africa (Ibn Batoutah ...). Sea discoveries around Africa, towards India, to America & circumnavigation up to the 16th century.
18408 MORRIS, Keith, ROWLANDS, Peter EXPLORING SHIPWRECKS
$15.00 AUD
Artists House. London. 1993. Reprint of 1980 edition. 192 PP with b/w & col. illust. Laminated pictorial boards, dust jacket with a few chips/closed tears. Stamp of the Tasmanian Maritime and Folk Museum at top of title-page, o/wise contents near fine. 27.8 x 22.2. 0861341074
Describes seven very different wreck sites: Mediterranean, Red Sea, Caribbean, Orkney Is., The Great Lakes, off Bermuda & Truk Lagoon.
16660 MOUNTBATTEN, Earl of Burma MOUNTBATTEN - Eighty Years in Pictures
$10.00 AUD
Macmillan. London. 1979. 1st Ed. 224 PP with 23 colour illust, 4 cartoons, and 266 b/w photos. Half-title page: Crest. Eps: Genealogical trees. Hard cover, dj. Signature of previous owner on front endpaper. Faint foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise fine. 25.4 x 19. 0333265580
Photographic biography: Royal Navy years (on HMS Renown, to Australia and the Pacific, Captain of HMS Kelly in WWII), ... Viceroy of India,...
75831 MUDIE, Ian RIVERBOATS
$20.00 AUD
Rigby Ltd. Adelaide. 1963. 3rd impression of the 1961 original. 240 PP with 1 map, plus 16 pages with 32 b/w illust. Eps: The Rivers Basin. Hard cover, decoration on front cover, dj. Small hand-written number and initials at top of FFEP, otherwise a neear fine copy. 22 x 14.
Story of the paddle steamers which ran 4000 miles of the rivers of the Murray-Darling Basin and of their Rivermen.
12080 NORTHCOTE PARKINSON, C. BRITANNIA RULES - The Classic Age of Naval History 1793-1815
$10.00 AUD
Weidenfeld & Nicolson. London. 1977. 1st Ed. (8), 199 PP with 7 battle plans on full page, plus 16 pages with 33 b/w illustrations. Hard cover, dj (price-clipped). Occasional foxing, o/wise fine. 24 x 16. 0297772872
The importance of the events of 1805-1816. There was no inherent superiority of the British over the French as the French Navy, crippled by the Revolution, began to recover about 1810.
20390 NORTON, Peter SHIPS' FIGUREHEADS
$20.00 AUD
David & Charles. London. 1976. 1st UK Ed. 143 PP followed by 2 pages of Index, b/w illust. throughout. Hard cover, dj. Ex-library copy with a stamp on inside front cover and verso of title-page and a small rubbed patch on FFEP. An otherwise near fine copy. 23.5 x 17.5. 071537253
21284 O'MAY, Harry HOBART RIVER CRAFT AND SEALERS OF BASS STRAIT
$20.00 AUD
L.G. Shea, Government Printer. Hobart. c. 1964. 1st Ed. 113 , IV, (2), 32 PP, plus 20 pages with 38 b/w photos, and 1 folded map at rear. Cloth cover, dj. Dust jacket has some shelf wear with chips at top, and is in a protective sleeve. Contents near fine. 21.7 x 14.5.
The craft used by the early settlers to carry goods to and from Hobart. The sealers in Bass Strait.
18609 ODGERS, George THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY, An Illustrated History
$25.00 AUD
Child & Henry. Sydney. 1985. 3rd edition for the "Royal Australian Navy 75th Anniversary". 232 PP with b/w & colour illust. Fp: Oberon class submarine HMAS Oxley. Eps: Crest of Australian warships. Hard cover, dj. Spine and top of dust jacket faded. An otherwise near fine copy. 31 x 23.5. 0867770104
Illustrated history 1911-1986.
11476 PEIRCE, Henry Augustus BIOGRAPHY
$10.00 AUD
Ye Galleon. Fairfield, Wash. 1976. Reprint of 1880 original printing by A.L. Bancroft of San Francisco. Edition limited to 240 numberedd copies (No. 236). 25 PP. Pictorial soft cover. Few stains (coffee ???) on P.11, o/wise very good. 25 x 17.5. 0877701601
Trader, shipowner and ship master on the Northwest coast of America, Hawaii Islands and the Far East.
14869 PENFIELD, Thomas FIGHTING YANKS AROUND THE WORLD
$15.00 AUD
Whitman. Racine, Wis. 1943. 1st Ed. 100 PP with 67 maps (mostly full-page) and 43 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Creases and chips on covers. Very good condition. 32.2 x 23.
Short histories on the combat zones where the American forces were fighting for freedom during WWII. Two large newspaper maps of the Pacific Zone and European Front loosely inserted.
17754 PHILLIPS, Valmai, COBERN, Patricia, & HOWARD, Ann EXPLORING THE MYSTERIOUS SOUTH
$5.00 AUD
Bay Books. Sydney. c. 1990. 1st Ed. 280 PP with b/w & colour illust. Hard cover, dj. Few foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 26.5 x 18.5. 085835912X
The tales of the men who sought new lands and fortunes in the Pacific's uncharted territories.
11475 PHILLIPS-BIRT, Douglas REFLECTIONS IN THE SEA
$10.00 AUD
Nautical Publishing Co. London. 1968. 1st Ed. 116 PP, plus 16 b/w plates. Hard cover, dj (chipped). Very good. 22.2 x 14.5. 24559566X
A selection of the author's column published in Yachting Monthly between 1952 & 1967, accompanied by 16 beautiful photos.
19516 PICKFORD, Nigel THE ATLAS OF SHIPWRECK & TREASURE - The History, Location, and Treasure-trove of Ships Lost at Sea
$45.00 AUD
Reader's Digest. Sydney. 1994. 1st Australian Edition. 200 PP with b/w & colour illust. (engravings, maps & photos). Gazetteer: P.120-159. Shipwrecks Listing: P.160-200. Illustrated title page, half title page & endpapers. Pictorial laminated boards, dj. Light foxing on the inside of dust jacket flaps, top of dust jacket has light shelf wear, o/wise a fine copy. Large format: 31.5 x 26. 086438615X
14773 POPHAM, Hugh & Robin (editors) A THIRST FOR THE SEA, The Sailing Adventures of Erskine Childers
$25.00 AUD
Stanford Maritime. London. 1979. 1st Ed. with a foreword by Robert A. Childers. X, 178 PP, plus 16 pages with plan of Sunbeam and 22 b/w photos. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 22 x 14. 0540071978
The sailing adventures of the writer of "The Riddle of the Sands" and a clerk of the House of Commons.
15924 PRIOR, Rupert (editor) OCEAN LINERS - The Golden Years
$8.00 AUD
Tiger Books. London. 1993. 1st Ed. 144 PP with b/w & colour illust. throughout. Fp: The Arrival (1914), by the English painter C.R.W. Nevinson. Hard cover, dj. Fine. Large format: 30.5 x 23. 1855013436
A pictorial anthology recreating the grandeur and luxury of the passenger liners.
18610 R.A.N. ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY 1911-1961, Golden Jubilee
$20.00 AUD
Dept. of the Navy. Canberra. 1961. 1st Ed. 49 PP with b/w & colour photos. Pict. card cover with a few small creases. Very good. 27.5 x 20.4.
The 50th anniversary of the RAN: highlights and the RAN at that time.
21308 SCHEFFER, Dr. Victor B., BOCKSTOCE, John et al.. ALASKA WHALES AND WHALING [in Alaska Geographic]
$20.00 AUD
Alaska Geographic Society. Anchorage. 1978. Volume 5, No.4 of Alaska Geographic Quarterly. 144 PP with b/w & colour illustrations and includes a loosely inserted poster of whales. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. Oblong: 21.5 x 18. 0882401149
Whales of Alaska. History of commercial whaling in Arctic Alaska... Modern Eskimo whaling.
21076 SMITH, Dick & WHELAN, Howard (editors) AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHIC - No. 35, July-Sept. 1994 + Poster-Map "ANTARCTICA"
$15.00 AUD
Australian Geographic Society. Sydney. 1994. 128 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Plus 2 folded plates "The making of an Australian pearl" and "West MacDonnell National Park", and a large folded map of "Antarctica" (loosely inserted). Pictorial soft covers. Fine. 27.8 x 21.
Australi's Giant Pearls, by Rory McGuinness. A Timeless Grandeur (Central Australia's spectacular West MacDonnell National Park), by Denis O'Byrne. Paddling into Paradise (kayaking expedition to Papua New Guinea), by Katie Reid.
10499 SMITH, Hervey Garrett THE MARLINSPIKE SAILOR
$25.00 AUD
International Marine. Camden, Maine. 1993. 9th reprint of the 1971 original. Foreword by Boris Lauer-Leonardi. X, 131 PP with b/w drawings by author. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 27.7 x 21.7. 97800705921867
How to master knots, palm & needlework, making of small objects.
72305 THROCKMORTON, Peter DIVING FOR TREASURE
$20.00 AUD
Thames & Hudson. London. 1977. 1st UK Ed. 136 PP with 126 b/w & 10 colour illust. Hard cover, cloth spine, dj. Dust jacket has some light shelf wear along top edge, o/wise fine. 24.8 x 22.4.
Introduction to underwater archaeology: treasures such as jade, pieces of silver, etc..
17428 VAN DER VAT, Dan STEALTH AT SEA, The History of the Submarine
$10.00 AUD
Weidenfeld and Nicolson. London. 1994. 1st UK Ed. X, 374 PP with 4 full-page maps in text plus 16 pages with 31 b/w illust. Hard cover, dj. Ex-library copy with a stamp and number on the title-page. Lacks the FFEP. Dust jacket has a label and is in a protective sleeve. Contents are otherwise clean. Still a very good copy. 24 x 16. 029781351X
The technological, political and diplomatic background to the development of the submarine and its weaponry.
13786 VICTOR, Frances Fuller FLOTSAM AND JETSAM OF THE PACIFIC
$5.00 AUD
Ye Galleon. Fairfield, Wa., USA. 1994. Reprint of the 1901 edition by the Oregon Historical Quarterly. 24 PP. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 22.8 x 15.2. 0877705453
Tales of ocean life and trade to the Columbia River and the Oregon coast by Captain Francis A. Lemont while serving on board the Owyhee, the Sultana and the May Dacre.
15985 VILLAR, Captain Roger PIRACY TODAY - Robbery and Violence at Sea since 1980
$20.00 AUD
Conway Maritime Press. London. 1985. 1st Ed. 160 PP with 12 pages of maps, plans and graphs. Fp: Bow and arrow men. Hard cover, dj. A fine copy. 24 x 16. 0851773575
Log of attacks between 1980 & 1985, the extent of attacks on merchant men & yachts.
18670 VILLIERS, Alan WALES, LAND OF BARDS [In National Geographic Magazine - Volume 127, No.6]
$10.00 AUD
National Geographic Society. Washington. 1965. June 1965. Contains article between P.727 and 769 with 2 maps & 41 colour photos by Thomas Nebbia. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 25.2 x 17.4.
76640 WATSON, Nigel THE BIBBY LINE 1807-1990 - A Story of Wars, Booms and Slumps
$25.00 AUD
James & James. London. 1990. 1st Ed. 74 PP with 18 colour & 44 b/w illust. Half-title page: The "Mary Bibby" in Liverpool in 1825. Fp: The "Lincolnshire" LPG carrier. Title-page and chapter head-pieces: House flag. Hard cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj. A fine copy. 25.6 x 21.8. 0907383123
16210 WHEATLEY, Keith AMERICA'S CUP '87. The Inside Story
$5.00 AUD
Penguin. Melbourne. 1986. 1st Australian edition. 216 PP, plus 12 pages with 18 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Inscription on inside front cover and stamp of previous owner. Faint foxing. Very good. 21.3 x 13.3. 0140100318
The 1983 breakthrough by Australia II and the scene for the 1987 Cup in Fremantle. Title on front cover: America's Cup in Australia
16528 WILLOCK, Colin KINGDOM OF THE DEEP
$10.00 AUD
Boxtree. London. 1990. 1st Ed. 192 PP with colour illust. Fp: Anemones. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 26.6 x 22.2. 1852831006
The ocean kingdom and some of the creatures which depend upon it. The Galapagos, South Georgia.. whales and killer whales.. shipwrecks.
10579 WILSON, H. H. CYCLONE COASTS - Australia's North-West Frontier
$20.00 AUD
Rigby. Adelaide. 1980. 1st Ed. 192 PP with 5 charts, plus 20 pages with 35 b/w & 7 colour photos. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 22 x 14.2. 0727013904
Pearling industry on the Northwest coast of Australia.
19898 WRIGHT, Louis B. GOLD, GLORY AND THE GOSPEL, The Adventurous Lives and Times of the Renaissance Explorers
$15.00 AUD
Atheneum. New York. 1970. 1st Ed. XVIII, 362 PP. FEP: Maps of Spain & Portugal, and of Africa. REP: Maps of Middle America, the Caribbean and South America. Cloth cover, dj (with a small chip). Former owner's address label on FFEP, o/wise near fine. 24.2 x 15.5.
Prince Henry the Navigator, Vasco da Gama, Columbus, Sir Walter Raleigh, .. and the opening of the world.
18393 WRIGLEY, Toby MODEL SHIPS, Navies in Miniature
$10.00 AUD
Orbis. London. 1973. 1st Ed., in the Leisure Library. 64 PP with 11 b/w silhouettes of ships and 109 colour photos. Pictorial laminated boards. Discreet stamp on lower corner of front endpaper, o/wise near fine. 30.5 x 23. 0856131598
Brief history of the ship followed by pictorial illustrations of miniature navies, from the outrigger to the passenger ship.