Yachts and Yachting, Sailing and Cruising, Surfing, Life-Saving

30937
AKERMAN, Piers
THE CUP COMES DOWN UNDER
$5.00 AUD

Angus & Robertson. Sydney. 1983. 1st Ed. 52 PP with 2 plans, 9 b/w and 16 colour photos. Pictorial card cover. Near fine. 27.7 x 21. 0207149135

The triumph of Australia II - The definitive record.

66966
AMATEUR YACHT RESEARCH SOCIETY
SAILING HYDROFOILS
$20.00 AUD

The Amateur Yacht Research Society. Berkshire, UK. 1970. 1st Ed., October 1970. 288 PP with b/w illust. (photos, plans, and sketch-plans). Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket a little soiled with a few small chips. Light foxing on endpapers. Neat name on inside rear cover. A near fine copy Scarce. 22.1. x 14.5.

34579
AMERICA'S CUP
WINNING & DEFENDING THE CUP
$10.00 AUD

Angus & Robertson. Sydney. 1986. 1st Ed. (6), 90 PP with maps and plans, and 49 colour photos, plus large folded chart Approaches to Fremantle. Fp: Photo of the America's Cup. Pictorial laminated boards. Fine. 28.5 x 21.5. 020715421X

34580
AMERICA'S CUP
WINNING & DEFENDING THE CUP
$5.00 AUD

Angus & Robertson. Sydney. 1986. 1st Ed. (6), 90 PP with maps and plans, and 49 colour photos. Fp: Photo of the America's Cup. Pictorial laminated boards. Fine. 28.5 x 21.5. 020715421X

45106
AMERICA'S CUP
THE ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF THE AMERICA'S CUP IN STAMPS
$10.00 AUD

Philatelic International & Official America's Cup stamp issue by the Solomon Islands. Perth & Honiara. 1987. 1st Ed. 45 PP with colour illustrations (badges, burgees, national flags,maps, plans, sketches and photos). Inside front cover: The Cup. Inside back cover: Rolly Tasker's America's Cup Museum. Pictorial boards. Does not contain the set of 50 stamps in book. Fine. 25.5 x 17.5.

45915
AMERICA'S CUP
THE ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF THE AMERICA'S CUP IN STAMPS
$15.00 AUD

Philatelic International & Official America's Cup stamp issue by the Solomon Islands. Perth & Honiara. 1987. 1st Ed. 45 PP with colour illustrations (badges, burgees, national flags,maps, plans, sketches and photos). Inside front cover: The Cup. Inside back cover: Rolly Tasker's America's Cup Museum. Pictorial boards. Includes 50 stamps in respective windows. Fine. 25.5 x 17.5.

50472
AMERICA'S CUP
WINNING & DEFENDING THE CUP / AMERICA'S CUP GIFT PACK
$15.00 AUD

Australia Post. Sydney. 1986. Gift box containing: Book "Winning & Defending the Cup": [(6), 90 PP with maps and plans, and 49 colour photos]. Souvenir bookmark (from the sail loft of Australia II). Calendar (1986-1987) for desk or wall. Map (large folded chart Approaches to Fremantle). Sailing/Beach bag (in green and gold nylon fabric). Gift box decorated with the Fighting Kangaroo. Box lightly soiled, o/wise fine. 33.5 x 26.5.

65882
ANDERSON, Linda Frylink
SAILING IN MY SARONG: Around the World - A 30 Year Dream
$30.00 AUD

Author. Sunshine Coast, Qld. 2011. 2nd edition of the 2010 original. (6), 386 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, headpieces, maps, sketches and photos) and colour illustrations (photos and watercolours). FEP: Valiam's Circumnavigation route. Pictorial soft cover. Dedicatory note on title page signed by the author. Near fine. 23.5 x 16.5. 9780980875300

Circumnavigation of the yacht "Valiam": Mooloolaba, Qld: 5 November 2007 ... Palau (01/01/2008) , Philippines, Borneo, Cocos Keeling, Rodrigues, Mauritius, Reunion, South Africa (7/10/2008 to 17 Feb 2009) ... St Helena, Panama Canal ... Galapagos, Marquesas ... Mooloolaba 26 November 2009.

46658
ANDREWS, Andrew
THE BLUE TUNNYMAN
$20.00 AUD

Jonathan Cape. London. 1935. 1st Ed. 273 PP with 4 plans, plus 6 pages with 7 b/w photos. Blue cloth cover, gilt title on spine (sunned). Foxing on prelims and on outside page edges. Previous owner's signature and date on front endpaper. Contents clean and a very good copy. Scarce. 20.5 x 14.5.

49145
ANDREWS, Graeme (editor)
MURRAY'S GUIDE TO AUSTRALIAN SAILING & BOATING
$10.00 AUD

Murray Book Distributor. Sydney. c. 1975. 3rd edition. Ed. 286 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings and photos). Pictorial soft cover. Covers with light creases. Name of previous owner at top of title page, and his stamp at top margin of 5 pages. Very good. 24 x 15.

74104
ANTROBUS, Paul, ROSS, Bob & HAMMOND, Geoffrey
OCEAN RACING AROUND THE WORLD - Admiral's Cup, Southern Cross Cup, Southern Ocean Racing Conference and Onion Patch
$20.00 AUD

Angus & Robertson. London. 1975. 1st Ed. (6), 234 PP with b/w illust. (maps, photos, sketches, plans), plus 12 pages with 26 colour photos. Hard cover, dj. Half title page with dedicatory note to Peter Campbell signed by Bob Ross. Foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 25.5 x 20.5. 0207956308

The changes & development of ocean racing from 3 different standpoints: Great Britain, Australia & U.S.A.

33035
ARGYLE, E. W.
LOCAL CRAFT & YACHTS
$10.00 AUD

Picton Publishing. Chippenham. 1971. 1st Ed. and Part five in the Ships on Stamps series. (2), 64 with 16 b/w photos and 154 photos of stamps. Pictorial card cover. Near fine. 21 x 15.3.

18196
ASARIA, Gerald
CHALLENGE, Lone Sailors of the Atlantic
$5.00 AUD

Sidgwick & Jackson / Hutchinson of Australia. Melbourne. 1979. 1st English edition translated from the 1976 French original by Frank George. Preface by Eric Tabarly. 176 PP with b/w & colour illustrations. Hard cover, dj. Foxing spots on outside edges. Very good. 28.2 x 24.4. 0091370507

Photographic tribute to Howard Blackburn, Joshua Slocum, Alain Gerbault, Francis Chichester, Eric Tabarly...

45023
ASHCRAFT, Tami Oldham & McGEARHART, Susea
RED SKY IN MOURNING - The true story of a woman's courage and survival at sea
$15.00 AUD

Pocket Books / Simon & Schuster. London. 2003. 1st paperback of the 2002 edition by Simon & Schuster (original privately published in 1998). VIII, 232 PP with 11 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 17.8 x 11. 0743415892

Delivery voyage in 1983, of the yacht Hazana, from Papeete to San Diego, and cyclone Raymond.

58192
ATKIN, William
OF YACHTS AND MEN
$55.00 AUD

Sheridan House Inc. Dobbs Ferry, NY. 1984. Reissued from the 1949 original. Introductions by C. F. Chapman (original). 320 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings by C. G. Davis, and plans by the author), plus 32 pages with 41 b/w photos. Cloth cover, dj. Light foxing on top outside edge. Dust jacket has a few small chips or closed tears. Contents near fine. 23.7 x 16.5. 0911378510

An account of many happy years of building, designing and living with small boats; with plans and illustrations of some of these boats, and the circumstances under which they were conceived.

52098
AUSTRALIAN HISTORICAL STUDIES
AUSTRALIAN SURF LIFE-SAVING AND THE FORGOTTEN MEMBERS (in Australian Historical Studies)
$15.00 AUD

Department of History, University of Melbourne. Melbourne. 1999. Volume 30, No. 112, April 1999. 214, (4) PP. Contains article by Ed. JAGGARD from P.23 to 43 with 2 tables and 2 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover (North Cottesloe Women's Rescue and Resuscitation Team, 1929) . Fine. 24 x 17.

Women and Surf Life Saving.

21761
BAADER, Juan
THE SAILING YACHT
$15.00 AUD

W. W. Norton. New York. 1979. 1st American edition of the 1974 (2nd edition) German text "Segelsport-Segeltechnik-Segelyachten" translated from the 1962 original Argentinian text "El Deporte de la Vela". 392 PP with 91 b/w photos and 275 diagrams. Fp: Alysina, a Half Tonner. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj (spine lightly sunned). Near fine. 28.2 x 22.4. 0393032205

Aerodynamic theory, yachting history, techniques, hydrodynamics, rating rules, classes, safety at sea, sails, navigation...

58206
BAADER, Juan
THE SAILING YACHT
$15.00 AUD

Granada Publishing. London. 1979. 2nd edition of the 1965. 392 PP with 91 b/w photos and 275 diagrams. Fp: Alysina, a Half Tonner. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price clipped). Fine. 28.2 x 22.4. 0229115764

Aerodynamic theory, yachting history, techniques, hydrodynamics, rating rules, classes, safety at sea, sails, navigation...

54483
BACH, Joanne (editor)
BETWEEN THE FLAGS: 100 Years of Surf Lifesaving
$20.00 AUD

National Museum of Australia Press. Canberra. 2006. 1st Ed. with a foreword by Craddock Morton. XII, 52 PP with 32 b/w and 52 colour illustrations (20 of objects). Folded poster loosely inserted. Pictorial stiff cover. Fine. 22 x 22. 1876944498

62582
BACLEY
FAMOUS CRUISING YACHTS - 4 prints
$10.00 AUD

Yachting Monthly. London. c. 1970. 4 prints published in a "Yachting Monthly series". Near fine. Oblong format: 20 x 29.

No. 1: Firecrest - No. 4: Lively Lady - No. 5: Gipsy Moth IV - No. 6: Islander.

47989
BACON, Vo
THE BOATING COOKBOOK
$20.00 AUD

Horwitz Grahame. Sydney. 1981. 1st Australian edition. (4), 158 PP with drawings. Pictorial soft cover, spiral bound. Foxing on outside edges. Very good. 17.5 x 12. 0725511656

47067
BAILEY, Maurice & Maralyn
117 DAYS ADRIFT
$15.00 AUD

Nautical Publishing. Lymington, UK. 1974. 1st Ed., with a foreword by Sir Peter Scott. 192 PP with b/w illustrations (3 maps, 31 facsimiles of document, 32 drawings, and 43 photos). Eps: Colour map of the Central Eastern Pacific. Hard cover, dj. A fine copy. 22 x 16.2. 0245522603

The survival after the sinking of the yacht Auralyn.

73764
BAILEY, Maurice & Maralyn
SECOND CHANCE
$30.00 AUD

David McKay Co. Inc. New York. 1977. 1st Ed. (12), 305 PP with b/w illustrations (20 maps, facsimiles of documents, drawings & olans, and photos). Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Dust jacket with a few small chips and in a protective sleeve. A near fine copy. 23.5 x 15.8. 0679507523

... with the yacht Auralyn II, 15 July 1975 to 27 August 1976.

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

69021
BAKER, Dorothy
ALL OR NOTHING: Celebrating 150+ Years of the PORT ESPERANCE REGATTA
$30.00 AUD

The Esperance Discovery Centre. Esperance, Tasmania. 2011. Ist edition. Foreword by Steve Harrison. (2), 93 PP with b/w illustrations (maps, newspaper clippings, photos, portraits). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.7 x 21.

Published for the Celebration in 2011 of the 150+ years of these regattas.

44882
BALLANTINE, Richard (introduction)
YACHTING - The Photography of Beken of Cowes
$10.00 AUD

A Peacock Press / Bantam Book. New York. 1977. 1st Ed. No pagination, 98 PP with 1 b/w photo and 40 colour plates. Pictorial soft cover. Foxing spots on outside edges and on first and last leaves. Very good. 30 x 22.

51444
BARRAULT, Jean-Michel
PASSION DE LA VOILE ET DU LARGE
$15.00 AUD

Librairie Arthaud. Paris. 1976. 1st Ed., with a preface by Paul Guimard. 128 PP with 138 colour photos by Erwan Quéméré. Cloth cover, dj. Dust jacket with short closed tears. French text. Signature of previous owner on FFEP. Very good. 34 x 25.

73761
BARTON, Humphrey
VERTUE XXXV
$40.00 AUD

Robert Ross & Co. Ltd/George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. London. c.1950. 2nd Impression. 210 PP plus 7 pages with 8 b/w photos and Frontispiece: photo of the author. Endpaper maps showing the voyage of the 5-tonner Vertue XXXV Westward across the Atlantic. Blue cloth cover, price-clipped dust jacket with a few chips and in a protective sleeve. A near fine copy. Scarce. 19 x 13.

The 1950 Atlantic crossing on board a 5-ton yacht, a Bermuda sloop of the "vertue" class.

52114
BATEMAN, Robert
WET WAY TO CALAIS
$10.00 AUD

Brockhampton Press. Leicester, UK. 1965. 1st Ed. 116, (4) PP with 1 map on double page and 17 illustrations by Peter Kesteven. Hard cover, dj (price-clipped). Very good. 22.2 x 14.7.

A Brock Real Life Adventure.

30799
BAVIER, Bob
AMERICA'S CUP FEVER - An Inside View of Fifty Years of America's Cup Competition
$5.00 AUD

Nautical. London. 1980. 1st UK edition with a foreword by Rod Stephens. XV, 240 PP with 2 sketch-plans and 81 b/w photos by Stanley Rosenfeld. Hard cover, cloth spine, dj. Very good. 23.4 x 18.4. 0245536191

70950
BAVIER, Bob
AMERICA'S CUP FEVER - An Inside View of Fifty Years of America's Cup Competition
$10.00 AUD

Yachting Books / Ziff-Davis Publishing. New York. 1980. 1st printing of the original edition. Foreword by Rod Stephens. XV, 240 PP with 2 sketch-plans and 81 b/w photos by Stanley Rosenfeld. Hard cover, cloth spine. Dust jacket tipped in on endpapers. Near fine. 23.4 x 18.4. 0871650606

44870
BAVIER, Robert N.
A VIEW FROM THE COCKPIT - WINNING THE AMERICA'S CUP
$10.00 AUD

Dodd, Mead & Co. New York. 1966. 1st Ed., foreword by Peter Scott. XIV, (2), 167 PP with 1 map (America's Cup Course, 1964) and 106 b/w photos by Morris Rosenfeld & Sons, John Hopf and George Silk. Fp: Portrait of R N Bavier. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Dust jacket rubbed and chipped. Faint foxing, o/wise very good. 27.3 x 23.2.

38843
BAYLDON, Lt.-Col.
A VADE-MECUM FOR MOTOR YACHTSMEN and others
$5.00 AUD

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.

67556
BEARD, David
I CAN SAIL CIRCLES
$15.00 AUD

Author Brisbane. 1994. 1st Ed. 191 PP with drawings, 2 plans, 9 maps, 17 b/w and 16 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Signed by the author on title page. Fine. 21 x 15. 0646206273

In 1990, David became the first person to sail single-handedly, non-stop around Australia (in 68 days).

45772
BEARD, Henry & McKIE, Roy
SAILING. A Sailor's Dictionary
$5.00 AUD

Sun Books. Melbourne. 1981. 1st Australian edition. 96 PP with 47 cartoons. Pictorial soft cover with light wear and a small crease at bottom right corner, o/wise very good. 20.3 x 20.3. 0725103787

Sailing: the fine art of getting wet and becoming ill while slowly going nowhere at great expense.

52782
BEARD, Henry & McKIE, Roy
SHIP'S LOG
$10.00 AUD

Sun Books. Melbourne. 1983. 1st Australian edition. 96 PP with cartoons. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. Oblong: 13.2 x 19.8. 0725104201

Sailing: the fine art of getting wet and becoming ill while slowly going nowhere at great expense.

68487
BEAUFORT, The Duke of and WATSON, Alfred E.T. (Editors)
BADMINTON LIBRARY - YACHTING (VOLUMES I & II)
$50.00 AUD

Longmans, Green, and Co. London. 1894. 1st Ed., in the Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes. Vol. I: XVI, 439 PP with 93 text illustrations by R. T. Pritchett, plus 3 colour plates (Racing Flags - Solent Owners Racing Colours, Commercial Code of Signal) and 17 b/w plates. Vignette on title page: Before the Start. Fp (in colour): The Jack of 1606 A.D. & The Union Jack. Vol. II: XVI, 456 PP with 160 text illustrations by R. T. Pritchett, plus 3 colour plates (Yacht Club Burgees - Yacht Club Flags - Mermaids an Water-wags of Dublin Bay) and 31 b/w plates. Vignette on title page: Varuna, Vendetta and Lais. Fp (in colour): Old Flags . Brown cloth cover, illustrated front cover, title on spine. Spine of each volume lightly sunned and frayed at head and foot (shelf wear). Each volume with the Book Plate of the "Union Club Sydney - Library" on front endpaper, and gilt device "Union Club Sydney" on front board. Foxing spots throughout, but still a good set. This is a heavy item and postage will be higher than usual. Please ask for a quote. 19.5 x 14.

Ocean Cruising, by Lord Brassey. Sliding keels and centreboards by R.T. Fritchett... Yachting on the Norfolk Broads, by G. Christopher Davies. Yachting in New Zealand, by the Earl of Onslow... The America Cup Races, 1893.

54788
BEAVIS, Bill
THE A-Z OF CHEAPER BOATING. A Practical Guide
$5.00 AUD

Stanley Paul. London. 1977. 1st Ed. 127 PP with 22 b/w photos and 44 figures. Library binding, hard cover retaining the original soft covers (pasted down). Ex Library copy, with stamps, remnants of pocket and sellotape marks on endpapers. Good working copy. 21.3 x 13.7. 091290619

40982
BECHT, Richard
BLACK MAGIC - Team New Zealand's Victorious Challenge
$10.00 AUD

Hodder Moa Beckett / TVNZ Enterprises. Auckland. 1995. 1st Ed. No pagination, 48 PP with colour photos. Inside front cover: Peter Blake. Inside back cover: Russell Coutts. Title page: Red socks. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. Large format: 29.2 x 27. 1869582071

Official Team New Zealand Souvenir on: Victory at San Diego, of New Zealand yacht, Black Magic (NZL 32), captain Peter Blake over US yacht Young America.

67039
BECHT, Richard
SIR PETER BLAKE - 1948-2001 - A Pictorial Salute
$10.00 AUD

Hodder Moa Beckett Publishers Ltd. Auckland. 2001. 1st Ed. Publisher note by Kevin Chapman and Foreword by Helen Clarke, Prime Minister of New Zealand. 48 PP with colour illustrations (12 portraits and 44 photos). Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 29 x 27.5. 1869589157

73877
BEESTON, Diane
OF WIND, FOG AND SAIL - Sailing on San Francisco Bay
$35.00 AUD

Chronicle Books. SanFrancisco. 1972 1st Ed. Preface by Bill Robinson, editor, Yachting Magazine. 160 PP with 237 b/w photographs. Cloth cover, dj. Covers soiled, dust jacket rubbed , chipped and with renewed front cover flap. Internally very good. Oblong: 24.2 x 34.

32208
BEILBY, Alec
TO BEAT THE CLIPPERS, The Financial Times Clipper Race 1975-6
$10.00 AUD

Allen Lane. London. 1976. 1st Ed. XX, 212 PP with 1 map, 5 plans, and 74 b/w photos, plus 8 pages with 12 colour photos. Title spread: Tower Bridge, Thames. FEP: Map of the first leg from Sheerness to Sydney. REP: Map of the Financial Times clipper race. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Light foxing on prelims and outside edges, o/wise near fine. 24 x 16. 0713909676

Great Britain II, against Kriter II, The Great Escape and CSeRB II Busnelli up to Sydney; then Anaconda between Sydney and Dover.

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

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

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

38679
BEKEN, A. K.
YACHTS IN COLOUR
$10.00 AUD

Batsford. London. 1960. 1st Ed. 72 PP with 24 full-page colour plates. Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing spots on outside edges. Dust jacket with 2 small stains on front and foxing spots on the inside, o/wise very good. 22.2 x 18.8.

Colour photographs of sailing dinghies, keel yachts & 2 traditional craft under sail with brief comments by author.

43073
BEKEN, A. K.
YACHTS IN COLOUR
$15.00 AUD

Batsford. London. 1960. 1st Ed. 72 PP with 24 full-page colour plates. Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing, o/wise fine. 22.2 x 18.8.

Colour photographs of sailing dinghies, keel yachts & 2 traditional craft under sail with brief comments by author.

38680
BEKEN, Frank & Keith
BEAUTY OF SAIL
$30.00 AUD

George G. Harrap. London. 1964. 1st Ed. Text by Alain Gliksman. 184 PP with 90 b/w photos & descriptions of yachts, plus 4 double-pages with 9 colour photos. Cloth cover, dj (price clipped). Dust jacket rubbed and with small pieces missing. Foxing of endpapers and on outside edges. Signature of previous owner on title page, o/wise near fine. A scarce book. English & French text. 29.6 x 22.2.

Sailing boats & ocean-going speed boats. Photos & informative captions by the Bekens.

48494
BEKEN, Frank & Keith
THE GLORY OF SAIL
$20.00 AUD

The Ariel Press. London. 1959. 1st Ed. Foreword and commentaries by Bill Smart. IX, 10-183 PP with 77 b/w & 8 colour photos (most on full page) printed on superior glossy paper. Hard cover, dust jacket a little chipped, o/wise a near fine copy. 27.8 x 21.5.

Beautiful photographs with comments by the author.

63915
BEKEN, Frank and Keith
BEKEN OF COWES 1, 1897-1914 - With an historical introduction and colour plates from the Macpherson Collection in the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
$60.00 AUD

London. 1966. Cassell. 1st UK edition. Text by John Chamier. Foreword by Alain Gliksman. 184 PP with 89 b/w photos (24 on full page and 29 on double page), plus 8 large folded plates with 8 colour paintings. Cloth cover, title in blind on front board and spine, dj (price clipped). Dust jacket with repaired tears, o/wise near fine. 29.7 x 22.

Development of yachts, yachting and yacht racing between 1897 & 1914, seen through the lenses of the Bekens.

44714
BEKEN, Keith
THE BEKEN FILE
$20.00 AUD

Channel Press. London. 1980. 1st UK edition of the 1979 French original "Beken, Ma Vie". 192 PP with 6 drawings, 57 b/w and 16 colour photos. Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing spots on outside edges. Fine. 25 x 18.8. 0906781027

15062
BELLOC, Hilaire
ON SAILING THE SEA, A Collection of the Seagoing Writings of
$35.00 AUD

Rupert Hart-Davis. London. 1951. 1st edition in the "Mariners Library series", No.18. Preface and additional material & illustrations by W. N. Roughed, (1939 original). 269 PP with 1 musical score "The Chaunty of the Nona", 1 head piece, & 1 tail piece (by the author), plus 8 pages with 8 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj illustrated by Weston Megoran (price-clipped). Ex Library copy with stamps on front endpaper and title page. 1 card in colour, tipped in on front endpaper, o/wise contents near fine. 19 x 12.5.

74909
BELLOC, Hilaire
ON SAILING THE SEA, A Collection of the Seagoing Writings of
$5.00 AUD

Rupert Hart-Davis. London. 1951. 1st edition in the "Mariners Library series", No.18. Preface and additional material & illustrations by W. N. Roughed, (1939 original). 269 PP with 1 musical score "The Chaunty of the Nona", 1 head piece, & 1 tail piece (by the author), plus 8 pages with 8 b/w photos. Cloth covers are worn and have old damp marks. The front endpapers have "not negotiable" stamps on them. However, the text is clean and this is still a good reading copy. 19 x 12.5.

74714
BENNETT, Richard & ROSS, Bob
THE 50TH SYDNEY-HOBART OCEAN RACING CLASSIC, Melbourne-Hobart 1994
$50.00 AUD

Richard Bennett. Kingston, Tasmania. 1995. 1st Ed. Foreword by Robert Clifford. 96 PP with 1 map, 1 b/w & 80 colour photos. Fp: The main fleets start from their two separate lines. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Fine. 27.7 x 27.7. 0646241141

66536
BENUSSI, Libero
ROVINJSKA BATANA I NJEZINO JEDRO / LA BATANA ROVIGNESE E LA SUA VELA
$45.00 AUD

Kucu O Batani, Grad Rovinj. Rovinj, Croatia. 2007. 1st bilingual edition: Italian and Croatian (translated by Rodolfo Segnan). (6), 85 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Croatian and Italian text. Fine. 24 x 21. 978953730308X

Wooden boat built and used in Rovigno / Rovinj, West coast of Istria, on the Adriatic Sea.

38702
BERG, Jonas & OHRELIUS, Bengt
SJÖHISTORISK - Arsbok 1969-1970
$15.00 AUD

Foreningen Sveriges Sjofarts-Museum. Stockholm. 1970. 1st Ed. 188, (4 adv.) PP with 140 b/w photos. Pictorial card cover. Fine. Swedish text. 24 x 16.

Maritime history - Year book 1969-1970.

30795
BERTRAND, John (editor)
THE INSIDE GUIDE TO THE AMERICA'S CUP
$5.00 AUD

Ansett. Sydney. 1986. 1st Ed. 86 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover (John Bertrand). Fine. 29.7 x 20.8.

History of the America's Cup until 1983. Programme for the 1986/87 Challenge at Fremantle.

73144
BERTRAND, John & ROBINSON, Patrick
BORN TO WIN - A Lifelong Struggle to Capture the America's Cup
$300.00 AUD

Bantam Books. Sydney. 1982. Leather bound "Collector's edition" limited to 250 copies hand numbered ( No. 60 / 250 ) and signed by the author. (2 "Collector's edition"), XXIV, (2), 385 PP with 3 diagrams and 45 b/w photos. Leather bound, spine with raised band, gilt decoration and title. Gilt outside edges which have a hint of light foxing when pages are fanned. Contained in a leather bound slipcase. A fine and scarce collector's item. 24 x 16.5 0553051180

30734
BERTRAND, Rasa Padgurskis
ONE AUSTRALIA - The Power of a Vision
$10.00 AUD

Heinemann. Melbourne. 1995. 1st Ed. No pagination, 204 PP with 4 b/w and hundred colour photos. Pictorial soft cover (portfolio). Fine. 30 x 24.7. 0855616385

Story of a man and his dream: John Bertrand and his yacht One Australia, before the 1995 America's Cup race off San Diego.

68924
BEVAN, Justin & BARCLAY, Ryan (editors)
FOAM SYMMETRY - Volume 4, Number 4, 2015
$10.00 AUD

Foam Symmetry. Sydney. 2015. Issue 16: Vol. 4, No. 4, September 2015. 100 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.5 x 22. 9771839725006

Surf & Surfing.

74836
BIRMINGHAM, Richard
BOAT BUILDING TECHNIQUES ILLUSTRATED
$40.00 AUD

Adlard Coles Ltd. London. 1985. Reprint of the 1984 original. VIII, 312 PP with 15 tables and b/w illustrations (figures and photos). Hard covers, simile leather, gilt title on spine, dj. Faint foxing on top outside edges, o/wise fine. 25.2 x 17.5. 0229116701

59031
BJELKE, Rolf & SHAPIRO, Deborah
NORTHERN LIGHT - Its Epic Arctic - Antarctic Sailing Voyage
$20.00 AUD

Queen Anne Press / Macdonald. London. 1986. 1st UK edition translated from the 1985 Swedish original. 116 PP with colour illustrations (3 plans of the yacht, 22 maps and 150 photos). Eps: Iceberg. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 28.2 x 21.2. 0356122506

Voyage of the 14-ton, double-ended, steel ketch "Northern Star". Sweden (18 June 1982) to Spitzberg, Denmark Strait, Panama, Galapagos, Easter Island, Pitcairn, Marquesas, Tahiti (September 1983), Chilean Patagonia, Antarctic Peninsula (January 1984) then to Boston (2nd June 1984).

48160
BLACK, Lesley
STILL WET BEHIND THE EARS
$5.00 AUD

Adlard Coles. London. 1990. 1st paperback edition of the 1986 original. 96 PP with 30 drawings by Mike Peyton. Pictorial soft cover. Foxing on outside edges. Very good. 19.8 x 12.7. 229118585

50304
BLACK, Lesley
MUST I GO DOWN TO THE SEA AGAIN?
$5.00 AUD

Adlard Coles/Fernhurst Books. London. 1985. 1st paperback edition of the 1983 original. 96 PP with 28 drawings by Mike Peyton. Pictorial soft cover. Foxing on outside edges. Very good. 21.3 x 13.7. 0229117678

68626
BLACK, Lesley
SEA GYPSY
$20.00 AUD

Author. Kettering, Tasmania. 1997. Revised reprint of the 1997 original. (14), 221 PP with b/w illustrations (1 plan, 10 maps, 6 tailpieces and 22 photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 14.5. 0646325655

Sailing the South West Pacific on the yacht "Thorendor".

75035
BLANDFORD, P. W.
SAILING BOAT RECOGNITION
$10.00 AUD

Ian Allan. Shepperton, UK. 1970. 1st edition. 96 PP with b/w figures: 1 page with sketches and 112 photos. Pictorial card covers. Near fine. 21.5 x 14. 071100191X

51477
BLANDFORD, Percy W.
RIGGING SAIL
$10.00 AUD

Tab Books Inc. Blue Ridge Summit, Pa. 1983. 1st printing of the 1st edition. No. 1634 in the TAB Books series. VIII, 264 PP with 15 headpieces and 194 figures. Pictorial soft covers with a few small nicks, rubs around edges, o/wise a very good clean copy. 23.5 x 19.7. 0830616349

17443
BLASHFORD-SNELL, J. & TWEEDY, A.
OPERATION RALEIGH, Adventure Challenge
$10.00 AUD

Collins. Sydney. 1989. 1st Ed. 196 PP with 1 map, plus 32 pages with 31 b/w & 29 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise near fine. 24 x 17. 0732224314

The astonishing enterprise which took adventurers from Chile to the Pacific islands, New Zealand, Tasmania to Pakistan.

33840
BLEWITT, Mary
NAVIGATION FOR YACHTSMEN
$10.00 AUD

Stanford Maritime. London. 1974. Revised reprint of the 1973 (3rd) edition (1964 original). (10), 101 PP with tables and 59 figures. Pictorial laminated boards. Some foxing, o/wise very good. 22.2 x 14.2. 0540009636

56985
BLEWITT, Mary
NAVIGATION FOR YACHTSMEN
$10.00 AUD

Stanford Maritime. London. 1979. 4th edition of the 1964 original. (10), 101 PP with tables and 59 figures. Pictorial laminated boards. Name of previous owner on front endpaper. Fine. 22 x 14. 0540072745

37879
BLOOMFIELD, John
KNOW-HOW IN THE SURF
$20.00 AUD

Angus & Robertson. Sydney. 1961. Revised edition of the 1959 original. XVI, 205 PP with 13 drawings, plus 16 pages with 44 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj (chipped). Name of previous owner on front endpaper. Foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 22 x 14.

Beaches and the surf, surf know-how, equipment, surf carnivals, training for competitive surfing...

42371
BLYTH, Chay
THEIRS IS THE GLORY
$10.00 AUD

Hodder and Stoughton. London. 1974. 1st Ed. 222 PP with 4 maps, plus 24 pages with 36 b/w & 12 colour photos. Eps: The 16 yachts competing. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Short note at top of title page. Foxing spots on outside edges and some pages, dust jacket rubbed and chipped, o/wise very good. 22 x 14. 034018518X

Great Britain II and the Round the World Race .

46923
BLYTH, Chay & Maureen
INNOCENT ABOARD
$10.00 AUD

Nautical Publishing Co. London. 1970. 1st Ed., with a foreword by Sir Alec Rose. 196 PP with 1 map, plus 4 pages with 7 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj (price-clipped). Faint foxing on outside edges. Near fine. 20.4 x 13. 24550480X

Shake down cruise on the sloop Dytiscus, solo between England to South Africa and return trip with his wife.

73689
BOBROW, Jill & JINKINS, Dana
CLASSIC YACHT INTERIORS
$50.00 AUD

Concepts Publishing. New York. 1982. 1st Ed. IX, 179 PP with drawings, sketch-plans and colour photos. Title spread: "Lindo", a Baltic Trader built 1927. Eps: Beach scenes in the Caribbean. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Dust jacket has been laminated and has a little wear around edges. An otherwise near fine copy. 29 x 26.5. 0393032744

Covering over 120 yachts, with accommodation plans & colour photos of main saloons, galleys, heads, cockpits, and navigation areas.

65346
BOLTON, Peter
COLLECT SHIPS ON STAMPS
$20.00 AUD

Stanley Gibbons Ltd. London. 1993. 2nd edition, in the Stanley Gibbons Thematic catalogue. (6), 321, (1 advert.) PP with thousands of stamps reproducted in b/w. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 29.8 x 20.8. 0852593627

From Abu Dhabi and Aden to Zanzibar and Zil Elwannyen Sesel (Seychelles).

35364
BOND, Bob
THE SAILING MANUAL
$10.00 AUD

Pelham Books. London. 1976. 4th impression of the 1973 original. 187 PP with 84 figures, plus 8 pages with 20 b/w plates. Hard cover, dj. Occasional foxing. Very good. 22.3 x 14.2. 0720705762

35365
BOND, Bob
THE SAILING MANUAL
$5.00 AUD

Pelham Books. London. 1976. 4th impression of the 1973 original. 187 PP with 84 figures, plus 8 pages with 20 b/w plates. Hard cover. Very good. 22.3 x 14.2. 720705762

49105
BOND, Bob, GRANT, Brian, CLARK, Jonathan et al.
THE COMPLETE BOOK OF SAILING: Equipment, Boats, Competition, Techniques
$10.00 AUD

Chancellor Press. London. 2001. Reprint of the 1997 updated edition. 192 PP with colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21.7. 0753703076

Over 50 types of boats detailed.

66802
BONINGTON, Chris, KNOX-JOHNSTON, Robin
SEA, ICE AND ROCK
$15.00 AUD

Hodder & Stoughton. London. 1992. 1st Ed. 143 PP with b/w illustrations (3 maps on full page and 16 photos), plus 32 pages with 41 colour photos. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 25.2 x 17.5. 0340576197

Voyage to and exploration of Greenland, on Suhaili.

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

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

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

45696
BORLAND, Loren R.
SHIPSHAPE AND BRISTOL FASHION. A Sailors Guide to Cruising in Comfort and Safety
$10.00 AUD

New York. 1969. Van Nostrand Reinhold. 2nd printing of the original. (10), 214 PP with 11 head pieces and 119 figures by author. Hard cover with a device on front, dj. Fine. 23.4 x 15.7.

44092
BOTTINI, Margherita, CRANE, Berkeley & STANNARD, Bruce
FROM NEWPORT TO PERTH - The New Challenge
$10.00 AUD

Nautical Books. London. 1986. 1st Ed. 200 PP with 12 b/w photos, 10 sketch-plans, 18 Yacht Clubs burgees and 121 colour photos. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 31 x 24.8. 0851774105

The Louis Vuitton Cup - The America's Cup. The preparations for the 1987 America's Cup in Fremantle.

47183
BOURDEAUX, P.-M.
LE ROULIER DE LA MER
$10.00 AUD

Paris. 1963. B. Arthaud. 1st Ed. 269, (3) PP, plus 7 drawings on full page by the author, and 4 pages with 8 b/w photos. Pictorial stiff cover. Small sellotape marks on first and last leaves. Slight ageing of paper on outside edges. Very good. French text. 19.5 x 15.

Yachting experiences and cruises.

65261
BOURKE, Kevin
MAN OF IRON, SHIP OF STEEL: The Story of Vic Meyer and Solo
$40.00 AUD

Author. Kingscliff, NSW. 2014. 1st Edition. Foreword by Sir James Hardy. 198 PP with b/w and colour photos. Hard cover, title on front board and spine, dj. Signed by the author on front endpaper. New. Oblong: 21.7 x 30.2. 9780646926094

Few yachts in the world could match Solo's career as a Racer (Sydney/Hobart, Brisbane/Gladstone, Trans Tasman race...), cruiser (circumnavigation of Australia, the Pacific, and the world), and Antarctic explorer with Dr David Lewis.

31132
BOWKER, R. M.
A BOAT OF YOUR OWN - A Guide to the Selection, Buying, Building, Maintenance, and Chartering of Yachts and Dinghies
$5.00 AUD

Cassell. London. 1959. 1st Ed. XII, 148 PP with tables and 16 figures, plus 18 pages with 27 b/w photos. Fp: South Coast One-Design 6-tonners. Hard cover. Spine sunned, some foxing, o/wise a very good clean copy. 20.5 x 13.5

44974
BRADBEER, Jonathan (editor)
PAUL ELVSTRÖM EXPLAINS THE YACHT RACING RULES - 1989-92 Rules
$5.00 AUD

Adlard Coles. London. 1989. Revised and reset edition of the 1965 original. 192 PP with 1 portrait of Paul Elvström and many sketches in colour, plus wallet with models. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 19 x 12.5. 0229118380

18490
BRADFORD, Ernle
THREE CENTURIES OF SAILING
$15.00 AUD

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

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

48611
BRADFORD, Ernle
THREE CENTURIES OF SAILING
$10.00 AUD

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

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

73557
BRASSEY, Lady.
LE TOUR DU MONDE EN FAMILLE - Voyage de la Famille BRASSEY dans son Yacht le "SUNBEAM" -
$65.00 AUD

Alfred Mame & Fils. Tours. 1885. French edition translated by Richard Viot. Preface by Thomas Brassey. 414, (2 errata) PP with 78 woodcut engravings. FP: Royal Palm Avenue, Botanical Garden, Rio de Janeiro. Soft covers, title on front cover and spine. Corners of covers slightly worn, head and foot of spine lightly rubbed. Slight ageing of paper, o/wise very good. 30.2 x 21.3.

A fast circumnavigation on a screw composite 3-masted top-sail yard schooner from Sheerness on 1/07/1876 to Cowes on 26th May, 1877. First call in a South Pacific island: Hao in the Tuamotus.

66633
BRAY, Maynard
THE BOOK OF WOODEN BOATS
$55.00 AUD

W. W. Norton. New York. 1992. 1st Ed. Foreword by Peter H. Spectre, introduction by Maynard Bray (author) and acknowledgments by Benjamin Mendlowitz (photographer). 192 PP with 217 colour photos by Benjamin Mendlowitz. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 28.5 x 28.5. 0393034178

66634
BRAY, Maynard
THE BOOK OF WOODEN BOATS - Volume II
$55.00 AUD

W. W. Norton. New York. 2001. 1st Ed. Foreword by Matthew P. Murphy, introduction by Maynard Bray (author) and acknowledgments by Benjamin Mendlowitz (photographer). 192 PP with 218 colour photos by Benjamin Mendlowitz. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 28.5 x 28.5. 0393048993

72633
BRETTINGHAM-MOORE, J.
MARITIME TASMANIA - A Cruising Guide with Historical Notes and Coastal Photography
$45.00 AUD

Shadrach. Cambridge, Tasmania. 1988. 1st Ed. 190 PP with 4 charts, 10 b/w illustrations (3 photos and 7 engravings), 40 b/w photos, and 99 maps & plans. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Light shelf wear around edges of covers and dust jacket which is in a protective sleeve. A near fine copy. Scarce. 30.2 x 21.5. 0731633318

Discovery and exploration, settlement, sealing and whaling. Then cruising guide with 98 maps and plans.

74951
BRETTINGHAM-MOORE, J.
MARITIME TASMANIA - A Cruising Guide with Historical Notes and Coastal Photography
$50.00 AUD

Shadrach. Cambridge, Tasmania. 1988. 1st Ed. 190 PP with 4 charts, 10 b/w illustrations (3 photos and 7 engravings), 40 b/w photos, and 99 maps & plans. "Supplementary anchorage charts" tipped in on front endpaper. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Light wear around edges. Dust jacket with repaired tears and now in protective sleeve. Name and address of previous owner on inside front cover, o/wise contents near fine. 30.2 x 21.5. 0731633318

Discovery and exploration, settlement, sealing and whaling. Then cruising guide with 98 maps and plans.

37049
BRIDWELL, Rodger
FIDELIO - My Voyage to a Distant Shore
$15.00 AUD

Truman Talley Books / E. P. Dutton. New York. 1986. 1st Ed. (12), 227 PP. Hard cover, cloth spine, dj. Fine. 21.5 x 14.2. 0525243976

Building of a Hartley 32-foot ferrocement sloop. Single handed crossing of the Atlantic from Shoreham to Barbados then on to the US Virgin Islands.

50178
BROCKHAUS, Peter & STANCIU, Ulrich
SAILBOARDING. Basic and Advanced Techniques
$10.00 AUD

Mayflower Books. New York. 1978. 1st US edition, translated from the 1976 German original "Windsurfing". 144 PP with b/w illustrations (sketches & photos) and 18 colour photos. Illustrated endpapers. Laminated pictorial boards. Foxing. Very good. 22.2 x 21.8. 0831776404

50296
BROCKHAUS, Peter & STANCIU, Ulrich
SAILBOARDING. Basic and Advanced Techniques
$5.00 AUD

Adlard Coles / Granada. London. 1979. Reprint of the 1978 UK edition, translated from the 1976 German original Windsurfing. 144 PP with b/w illustrations (sketches & photos) and 18 colour photos. Illustrated endpapers. Laminated pictorial boards. Previous owner's bookplate on half-title page. Front hinge with 2 small rubbed patches. Foxing. Very good. 22.2 x 21.8. 0229115985

74709
BROOKE, Robert
BEAUTIFUL BOATS - A Selection of Classic New Zealand Yacht Designs
$45.00 AUD

Robert Brooke / New Zealand Traditional Boatbuilding School. NZ. 2016. Reprint of March 2016. 105 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (sketches, line-drawings and photos. Pictorial soft covers. Fine. 29.7 x 21.

Beautiful Boats: 47 of them.

74827
BROOKS, John & HILL, Ruth Ann
HOW TO BUILD GLUED-LAPSTRAKE WOODEN BOATS
$45.00 AUD

WoodenBoat Publications. Brooklin, Maine. 2004. Reprint of the 2004 edition. (VI), 281 PP with 18 b/w photos (14 headpieces and 310 b/w illustrations (line drawings, plans, sketches and photos). Hard covers, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine (as new condition). 28.5 x 22. 9780937822586

61933
BROXAM, Graeme (compiler)
TERRA LINNA - The History, Recovery and Reconstruction of Tasmania's Oldest Racing Yacht
$25.00 AUD

Wooden Boat Guild Tasmania / The Vintage Boat Club of Tasmania. Hobart. 2012. Relaunch-day Souvenir Edition, limited to 100 copies. Foreword by Ross Barnett. 48 PP with b/w illustrations (line drawing at centrefold, 1 engraving and 29 photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 14.8., 9780975133170

Built 1881, relaunched on 23rd June 2012.

68393
BROXAM, Graeme (compiler)
TERRA LINNA - The History, Recovery and Reconstruction of Tasmania's Oldest Racing Yacht
$20.00 AUD

Wooden Boat Guild Tasmania / Navarine Publishing. Hobart. 2017. 3rd edition with corrections and additions. Foreword by Ross Barnett. 56 PP with b/w illustrations (line drawing at centrefold, 1 engraving and 40 photos). Pictorial soft cover. Signed by the compiler on title page. Fine. 21 x 14.8. 9780975133170

Built 1881, relaunched on 23rd June 2012.

38743
BROZE, Jay & FORSTER, Daniel
THE SAILOR'S EDGE
$15.00 AUD

Les Ateliers du Nord. Lausanne. 1985. 1st English edition. No pagination, 192 PP with colour photographs by Daniel Forster (comments at end of book with corresponding b/w photos). Cloth cover, dj. Foxing spots on endpapers. Near fine. 33.3 x 24.5. 2881910009

Edge: Acrobatic - Athletic - Powerful - Prestigious.

31081
BRUCE, Erroll
CAPE HORN TO PORT
$15.00 AUD

Book Reps (NZ) Limited. Auckland. 1978. 1st New Zealand edition. 175 PP with 12 colour and 100 b/w photos, 15 sail plans and 16 maps. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 25 x 19. 0473000067

The official account of the Round-the-World Race of 1977-1978 . Portsmouth - Cape Town - Auckland - Rio de Janeiro - Portsmouth.

31116
BRUCE, Erroll
DEEP SEA SAILING
$15.00 AUD

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.

49903
BRUCE, Erroll
CHALLENGE TO POSEIDON. Adventures in Small Craft on the Open Seas
$10.00 AUD

Hutchinson. London. 1956. 1st Ed. XII, 164 PP , plus 16 pages with 25 b/w photos. Fp: Poseidon and Amphitrite. Cloth cover (marked and worn on the spine). Note to previous owner on front endpaper. Light foxing. Very good. 23.5 x 15.5.

Chapter II: Bligh and his voyage in the Bounty boat between Tonga and Timor. Chapter III: Joshua Slocum...

73759
BRUCE, Erroll
WHEN THE CREW MATTER MOST - An Ocean-racing Story
$20.00 AUD

Stanley Paul. London. 1961. 1st Ed. 184 PP with 3 weather reports and sketches by Roy Mullender, plus 16 pages with 21 b/w photos. Fp: The sloop "Belmore" sets out from Portsmouth. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Spine of dust jacket with a scratch. Occasional foxing. Near fine. 21.6 x 14.7.

The 1960 race Bermuda to Marstand in Denmark, after rounding the Orkney Islands, with 17 ocean-racing yachts.

74214
BRUCE, Erroll
DEEP SEA SAILING
$10.00 AUD

David McKay Co. New York. 1978. 2nd printing of the 1st paperback edition of the 1973 US original. 6-246 PP with 20 tables, 8 maps and 28 diagrams, plus 12 pages with 23 b/w photos. Fp: H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh with the author aboard "Samuel Pepys". Signature of previous owner on half-title page. Very good. 24 x 16.2. 0679508538

Planning a cruise, fitting and equipment, maintenance... Safety at sea... Storm at sea.

74504
BRUCE, Erroll
DEEP SEA SAILING
$10.00 AUD

Stanley Paul. London. 1961. Reprint of the original edition of November 1953. 244 PP with tables and 34 figures, plus 14 pages with 27 b/w photos. Fp: H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh with the author aboard "Samuel Pepys". Hard cover with a few marks/soiling. Light foxing. Name and address of previous owner at top of inside front cover, o/wise a very good clean copy. Image shows the title-page and frontispiece. 23.2 x 15.

Planning a cruise, fitting and equipment, maintenance... Safety at sea... Storm at sea.

72646
BRYER, Robin
JOLIE BRISE, A Tall Ship's Tale
$25.00 AUD

Secker & Warburg. London. 1982. 1st Ed. XIII, 255 PP with b/w illust. in text plus 16 pages with 31 b/w photos. Hard covers a little cocked, dust jacket in a protective sleeve. Ex-library copy with a few stamps, o/wise a very good clean copy. 24.5 x 16. 0436071819

The career of this famous ship, built as pilot cutter in Le Havre in 1913.

74633
BRYER, Robin
JOLIE BRISE, A Tall Ship's Tale
$25.00 AUD

Adlard Coles Nautical. London. 1997. Ast paperback edition of the 1982 original. XIII, 260 PP with b/w illust. in text plus 16 pages with 31 b/w photos. Pictorial soft covers, Spine with 2 light creases, o/wise fine. 23.4 x 15.5. 9780713647853

The career of this famous ship, built as pilot cutter in Le Havre in 1913.

70534
BUCHANAN, Gordon
SHETLAND ISLANDS PILOT
$30.00 AUD

Imray, Laurie, Norie & Wilson. London. 2009. 1st Ed. VIII, 109, (5) PP with colour illustrations: maps, plans, photos. Pictorial soft covers. Fine. 29.7 x 21. 9780852889770

A yachtsman's guide from the most northerly of the British Isles.

48441
BUCKLEY, William F.
ATLANTIC HIGH, A Celebration
$5.00 AUD

Doubleday. New York. 1982. 1st Ed. XVIII, 262 PP with 1 map, 1 figure and 72 bw photos in text plus 16 pages with 20 col. photos. Eps: Scrimshaw with track of voyage. Cloth cover. Spine faded. Faint foxing on outside edges. Good. 24 x 16. 0385152337

An Atlantic cruise in 1980: Virgin islands, Bermuda, Azores, Gibraltar. The author was Editor of the US National Review.

73933
BUCKLEY, William F.
AIRBORNE - A Sentimental Journey
$10.00 AUD

Collier Books / Macmillan Publishing. New York. 1978. 1st Collier edition. XVIII, 253 PP with b/w illustration (drawings, figures, photos), plus 8 pages with 14 colour photos. Pictorial stiff covers. Stamp of previous owner on half title page and top outside edge. Very good. 22.6 x 15.3. 0020973403

An Atlantic cruise in 1980: Virgin islands, Bermuda, Azores, Gibraltar. The author was Editor of the US National Review.

74325
BURGESS, Francis H.
A DICTIONARY FOR YACHTSMEN
$10.00 AUD

David & Charles. Newton Abbot. 1981. 2nd impression of the 1974 original. 176 PP with figures. Hard cover, dj. Identyfing stamp of a yacht on front endpaper. Near fine. 21.6 x 15.5. 0715363441

74401
BURGESS, Julian
THE TAMAR YACHT CLUB - A History of Sailing in Launceston Tasmania from 1837
$45.00 AUD

Christopher Green. Launcestion. 2017. 1st Ed. 208 PP with b/w illustrations: headpieces, tail pieces and portraits and photos. A fine copy. 29.5 x 20.8. 9780994160843

53473
BURTON, John, DALTON, Nick & MOSSOP, Brian
SAIL OF THE CENTURY - QUEST FOR THE AULD MUG - America's Cup Trials Special (in Gold Coast Bulletin)
$10.00 AUD

Gold Coast Bulletin. Surfers Paradise. 1994. America's Cup Trials Special, 12th July 1994. 24 PP with b/w and colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 43 x 30.

Trials of: One Australia and Sydney 95, for the 1995 America's Cup race in San Diego.

16228
BURTON, Robin
SAILING THE GREAT RACES
$5.00 AUD

McGraw-Hill. London. 1979. 1st Ed. Foreword by Chay Blyth. 160 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Hard cover, dj (repaired tears). Note at top of front endpaper. Very good. 29.5 x 23. 0070935319

The grain races, the Thames sailing barges, the round-the-world sailing races, round Britain race, America's Cup, the Sydney to Hobart ...

47036
BURTON, Robin
SAILING THE GREAT RACES
$10.00 AUD

Lyric Books Ltd. London. 1979. 1st edition. 160 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Cloth cover, dj. Spine of dust jacket sunned. FFEP with stamp on recto and note on verso. Very good internally. 29.5 x 23. 0711100020

The grain races, the Thames sailing barges, the round-the-world sailing races, round Britain race, America's Cup, the Sydney to Hobart ...

51786
BUSQUETS I VILANOVA, Camil
THE ETERNAL SAIL
$15.00 AUD

Edimat Books. London. 2004. 1st Ed. 127 PP with drawings and colour photos. Illustrated endpapers. Pictorial laminated boards, dj. Very good. 32.5 x 24.5. 08497940458

Columbian ships. Vestiges of the past (Victory, Warrior...). Style ships. Lateen sail...

44469
BYDE, Alan
LIVING CANOEING
$10.00 AUD

Adam & Charles Black. London. 1973. Reprint with minor additions and a new introduction of the 2nd edition of 1972 (original of 1969). 266 PP with 24 b/w photos and 98 drawings. Fp: Mike Ramsay. Hard cover, dj (price-clipped). Name of previous owner on front endpaper. Foxing spots on outside edges and some pages. Very good. 22.3 x 15.2. 0713612916

Choice of canoe, paddling techniques, river canoeing, sea canoeing, rescue techniques, canoe building ...

67833
BYRSKI, Liz
SPECTACULAR AUSTRALIAN SEA RESCUES
$20.00 AUD

New Holland Publishers. Sydney. 1997. 1st Ed. XII, 211 PP with 12 sketch maps, plus 16 pages with 12 bw & 13 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 20.7 x 13.5. 1864363010

Rescues from foundering ships, yachts, or rafts: inshore, coastal waters, or deep south in Antarctic waters. The unusual: hot-air balloonists plucked from the sea after drifting over the Coral Sea.

46699
CAGNART, Jean-Jacques
GILLES MARTIN-RAGET, CHASSEUR D'OCEANS (in Chasseur d'Images)
$15.00 AUD

Chasseur d'Images. Paris. 2004. Issue No. 262, 15 March / 15 April 2004. Contains article from P.64 to 75 with 12 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.7 x 23.2.

Yachtsman and photographer of America's Cup, round the world races...

73748
CALAHAN, H. A.
LEARNING TO CRUISE
$20.00 AUD

Macmillan. New York. 1935. 1st Ed. XII, (2), 286 PP with 30 plans and sketches, plus 18 pages with 33 b/w photos. Fp: ...the peace and loveliness of a quiet anchorage. Cloth cover, title on front cover and spine. Light wear to covers, price-clipped dust jacket has some wear and is in a protective sleeve. Contents near fine. 20.5 x 14.

73753
CALAHAN, H. A.
LEARNING TO RACE
$20.00 AUD

Macmillan. New York. 1934. 1st Ed. XVI, 319 PP with 18 b/w illustrations, plus 18 pages with over 45 b/w photos. Fp: ...He gets her going. Cloth cover, title on front cover and spine. Light wear to covers, price-clipped dust jacket has some wear and is in a protective sleeve. Name of previous owner on FFEP, o/wise contents near fine. 20.5 x 14.

31131
CALAHAN, Harold Augustin
THE SHIP'S HUSBAND - A Guide to Yachtsmen in the Care of their Craft
$5.00 AUD

Macmillan. New York. 1945. 6th reprint in September 1945 of the 1937 original. XIV, (2), 323 PP with 38 figures, plus 12 pages with 22 b/w photos. Fp: Barnacles. Cloth cover. Spine sunned, ageing of paper. Very good. 19.2 x 13.

73749
CALAHAN, Harold Augustin
THE SHIP'S HUSBAND - A Guide to Yachtsmen in the Care of their Craft
$25.00 AUD

Macmillan. New York. 1937. 1st Edition. XIV, (2), 323 PP with 38 figures, plus 12 pages with 22 b/w photos. Fp: Barnacles. Blue cloth cover, title on front and spine, price-clipped dust jacket with a few chips and in a protective sleeve. Book is near fine. 20.5 x 13.5.

74889
CALAHAN, Harold Augustin
RIGGING
$20.00 AUD

Macmillan. New York. 1946. 4th Printing of 1940 original. X, 276 PP with 62 figures. Fp: Your rigging is the structure on which you erect your power plant. Cloth cover, title on front and spine. Covers a little soiled with light wear on edges. Previous owner's bookplate on FFEP. Contents are near fine. 20 x 14.

46327
CALDWELL, John
DESPERATE VOYAGE
$20.00 AUD

Readers Union. London. 1952. Reprint of the UK original published by Victor Gollancz. X, 172 PP with 3 drawings. Fp: The cutter Pagan.Eps: map of the Pacific, with 2 inset maps (Galapagos and Fiji). Hard cover. Foxing spots on outside edges and some pages, o/wise a very good clean copy. 21 x 13.

A 1946 crossing of the cutter Pagan between Panama and Australia, where the author intended to meet his recently married Australian bride... Wrecked in Fiji.

68355
CALVERT, Hedley & GRAEME-EVANS, Alex
ALWAYS A COMPETITOR - Hedley Calvert Tasmanian Yachtsman, Orchardist and Raconteur
$50.00 AUD

Tasbook. Hobart. 1997. Limited edition. Foreword by Mike Fletcher. V, 311 PP with b/w illustrations, ribbon page-marker. Endpapers: Colour photos of Huon Valley. Hard cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj. Fine. 30.2 x 21.5. 0646343947

50060
CAMPBELL, Capt F S & RILEY, Capt R J F
STANFORD'S SAILING COMPANION
$10.00 AUD

Stanford Maritime. London. 1973. 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

44914
CAMPBELL, Heather & HENSHAW, Graham
MESSINA NEWS
$15.00 AUD

Hesperian Press. Perth. 2003. 1st Ed. X, 160 PP with 1 map and 20 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21.5 x 14. 0859053180

From Fremantle (April 2000) to Darwin, Thursday Island and Townsville (February 2001) on a converted crayfishing boat.

74224
CAMPBELL, Peter (editor)
KODAK, 47th SYDNEY TO HOBART YACHT RACE - 1994
$10.00 AUD

C.Y.C.A. / Cruising Yacht Club of Australia. Sydney. 1994. Offshore's Official Race Issue 1991. 13 6 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft covers. Very good. 29.5 x 21.

Guide to the 47th yacht race Sydney Hobart, by Peter Campbell. The Restoration of Kathleen Gillett: First Sydney-Hobart Racer Returns.

70565
CAMPBELL, Peter (Editor)
Offshore's KODAK SYDNEY-HOBART YACHT RACE 1993
$10.00 AUD

Offshore (Cruising Yacht Club of Australia) / National Publications. Sydney. 1993. 126 PP with b/w and colour illustrations.. Pictorial soft cover. Covers with a few small creases, o/wise fine. 29.6 x 21.

The Kodak 49th Sydney-Hobart Yacht Race of 1993.

63658
CAMPBELL, Peter,
RSYS (Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron) LOGBOOK SESQUICENTENARY EDITION 1862-2012
$20.00 AUD

Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron. Kirribilli, Sydney. 2012. 1st Ed. Commodore's Message by Malcolm Levy. 56 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Inside back cover: Club Information / Flag Officers & Committee. Pictorial soft cover (colour paintings of RSYS: front by Ian Hansen, 2012 & back by John Allcot, 1959). Fine. 29.7 x 21.

A 150 year history of the RSYS formed on 8th July 1862.

74209
CAMPBELL, Peter, SMIDMORE, Phil & LOVELL, Nigel
THE CONTENDERS - The America's Cup Challenge 1987
$15.00 AUD

Golden Press. Sydney. 1986. 1st Ed. 128 PP with 2 maps, 3 sketch-plans, b/w and colour photos. Hard cover, dj. Name and address of previous owner and author on front endpaper. Very light foxing. Near fine. 29.8 x 22.1. 0730203255

Peter Campbell, author's own copy.

30024
CANTACUZINO, Marina
ON EQUAL TERMS, The first disabled crew to sail round the world - racing in the BT Global Challenge
$10.00 AUD

Simon & Schuster. London. 1997. 1st Ed. 223 PP with 1 colour plan, 5 colour sketch-maps, tables and b/w & colour photos. Half title page: The Time and Tide under sail. Pict. card cover. Fine. 24.1 x 18.6. 0684819368

Departure from Southampton, 29/09/1996. Calls at Rio de Janeiro, Wellington, Sydney, Capetown, Boston. Return Southampton, 17/07/1997.

56032
CANTACUZINO, Marina
ON EQUAL TERMS, The first disabled crew to sail round the world - racing in the BT Global Challenge
$15.00 AUD

Simon & Schuster. London. 1997. 1st Ed., with a foreword by Sir Chay Blyth. 223 PP with 1 colour plan, 5 colour sketch-maps, tables and b/w & colour photos. Half title page: The Time and Tide under sail. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 25.4 x 19.5. 068481935X

Departure from Southampton, 29/09/1996. Calls at Rio de Janeiro, Wellington, Sydney, Capetown, Boston. Return Southampton, 17/07/1997.

45913
CARR, Frank G. G.
THE EPIC VOYAGE OF SIR FRANCIS CHICHESTER IN GIPSY MOTH IV
$10.00 AUD

Pitkin Pictorial. London. 1967 1st Ed., in "The Pride of Britain" books. 24 PP with 1 cut away, 2 sketches, 3 plans, 1 chart & 2 maps, and 35 b/w photos. Inside front cover: Departure and return of Gipsy Moth IV, Plymouth. Pictorial card cover. Near fine. 22.8 x 17.8.

69304
CARR, Marion
CALL OF THE RUNNING TIDE
$25.00 AUD

Sailtrust Limited. Maldon, Essex. 1983. 1st Ed., with a foreword by Jane Benham. XII, 95 PP, plus 24 pages with 36 b/w photos. Hard cover, gilt title on lightly sunned spine, dj. Fine. 21.7 x 15.2. 0946547017

Girl aloft in the days of trade.

30950
CARROLL, Nick (editor)
THE NEXT WAVE - A Survey of World Surfing
$15.00 AUD

Collins/Angus and Robertson. Sydney. 1991. Reprint. 240 PP with 16 maps & plans, over 40 b/w and 230 colour photos. Half title page: Darrick Doerner, Sunset Beach. Title spread: Martin Potter strolls a high wire. Illustrated endpapers. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 31.5 x 24.5. 0207172501

41015
CARROLL, Nick (editor)
THE NEXT WAVE - The World of Surfing
$15.00 AUD

Abbeville Press. New York. 1991. 1st US edition of the 1991 Australian original. 240 PP with 16 maps & plans, over 40 b/w and 230 colour photos. Half title page: Darrick Doerner, Sunset Beach. Title spread: Martin Potter strolls a high wire. Hard cover, dj. Signature of previous owner on front endpaper. Foxing spots on outside edges and inside the dust jacket, o/wise near fine. 31.5 x 24.5. 1558591621

73916
CARY, G. C. & RAINOLD III, E. A. (editors)
VIRGIN ANCHORAGES - A Photographic Guide to the Most Popular Anchorages in the Virgin Islands
$15.00 AUD

The Moorings, Ltd. Tortola, British Virgin Islands. 1979. Revised and Third Printing, June 1979, of the 1974 original. 87 PP with 1 map in colour on double page (46 /47) of "Virgin Islands - Virgin Gorda to St. Thomas", 43 colour photos, and 43 b/w photos with caption and suggested tracks. Pictorial stiff covers, spiral bound. Very good. Oblong: 21.5 x 28.

19390
CASSIDY, Graham & LUTON Geoff
GREATS OF AUSTRALIAN SURF
$10.00 AUD

Lester-Townsend Publishing. Sydney. 1989. New edition of the 1983 original. 124 PP with 91 colour photos by Paul Sargeant and Peter Crawford. Title spread and half-title page: colour photos. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket has a small repaired closed tear and a few small chips, o/wise a very good clean copy. 29.3 x 25.5. 0949853224

Barton Lynch, Mark Richards, Cheyne Horan, Wendy Botha...

74219
CASTRISSION, James
CROSSING THE DITCH - Two Mates, a Kayak and the Conquest of the Tasman
$20.00 AUD

HarperSports / HarperCollins. Sydney. 2009. 1st Ed. Foreword by Dick Smith, AO. XX, 311 PP with b/w illustrations (1 map on double page and 5 on use of the kayak), plus 16 pages with 57 colour phoyos. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 9780732288594

62 days crossing from Forster (New South Wales) to New Plymouth (North Island of New Zealand).

69600
CATLING, Gordon
SAILING AND CRUISING FOR EVERYONE
$10.00 AUD

London. 1956. Nicholas Kaye. 1st Ed. 110 PP with 2 tables and b/w illustrations by Winston Megoran (9 drawings and 39 figures). Fp: Work and Pleasure combined. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine. Name of previous owner at top of front endpaper. Foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 18.7 x 12.4.

74409
CHAMP, Jack
THE WIND IS FREE... A History of the Royal Geelong Yacht Club 1859-1988
$25.00 AUD

Royal Geelong Yacht Club / Peter Jackson. Geelong. 1989. 1st Ed. Introduction by Peter Jackson, Commodore. Preface by Jack Champ. XVIII, 285 PP with b/w illustrations (1 chart, 4 maps and 72 photos). Fp: Chart of Corio Bay. Hard cover, simile leather, gilt title on front cover an spine, dj. Fine. 24 x 18.3. 0731651391

61527
CHANNON, Bruce (editor)
AUSTRALIAN LONG BOARDING - Issue 74
$5.00 AUD

Morrison Media. Burleigh Heads, Qld. 2011. Issue 74, Mar/Apr 2011. 80 PP with colour photos. Fine. Format (landscape) 20. 8 x 29.5.

73737
CHAPELLE, Howard I.
YACHT DESIGNING AND PLANNING For Yachtsmen, Students and Amateurs
$60.00 AUD

Putnam, London. 1937. 1st UK Ed. ix, P.11 to 319 with many figures, line drawings & plans. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Covers with light wear around edges. Light offsetting of endpapers, otherwise a fine copy. Scarce. 24.5 x 16.

Tools and materials, preliminary designs, etc ...

73342
CHAPMAN, Brainerd
DREAM CRUISE - From the Fjords of Norway to the Caribbean Islands
$30.00 AUD

International Marine Publishing. Camden, Maine. 1980. 1st Ed. XVI, 174 PP with 1 map on double page, 2 maps, 2 plans of "Gabbiano" and 44 b/w photos. Hard covers, gilt title on spine, dj (price clipped). Near fine. 26 x 18. 0877421196

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
$15.00 AUD

The Hearst Corporation / Motor Boating. New York. 1958. 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.

41319
CHASSE-MAREE
L'ALBUM CHASSE-MAREE - Hors Série - 1991
$20.00 AUD

Editions du Chasse-Marée. Douarnenez, France. 1990. 1st Ed. Special issue (No. 1). Edited by François PUGET. 96 PP with 1 coloured plan and 77 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Faint foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. French text. 27.5 x 22.

Working sail. Classic yachts. Windjammers at Bordeaux. Traditional craft of the French coasts.

41320
CHASSE-MAREE
L'ALBUM CHASSE-MAREE - Hors Série No. 2: Les Plus Belles Images Inédites
$20.00 AUD

Editions du Chasse-Marée. Douarnenez, France. 1991. 1st Ed. Special issue, No. 2. Edited by François PUGET. 96 PP with 11 b/w and 65 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Faint foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. French text. 27.5 x 22.

Votive models and paintings. Working sail: building, launching, in their environment.

41322
CHASSE-MAREE
L'ALBUM CHASSE-MAREE - Hors Série No. 4: Le Patrimoine Maritime
$20.00 AUD

Editions du Chasse-Marée. Douarnenez, France. 1993. 1st Ed. Special issue, No. 4. Edited by Bernard CADORET. 96 PP with 4 b/w and 105 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Closed tear on last leaves. Faint foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise near fine. French text. 27.5 x 22.

Maritime heritage on the coasts of France: Military architecture (forts), Lighthouses and Signal stations, Ports, Shipyards, Ex-Voto in churches and chapels...

19474
CHICHESTER, Francis
THE LONELY SEA AND THE SKY
$5.00 AUD

London. 1967. Pan Books. 5th paperback printing in 1967 of the 1964 original. 400 PP with 12 line drawings, plus 8 pages with 13 bw photos. Pictorial soft cover. Paper browned, o/wise good. 18 x 11.

Autobiography of the man who undertook the first solo long distance sea-plane flight in 1931 and the first solo sailing race across the Atlantic.

44218
CHICHESTER, Francis
THE LONELY SEA AND THE SKY
$5.00 AUD

Pan Books. London. 1967. 1st paperback edition of the 1964 original published by Hodder & Stoughton. 400 PP with 12 line drawings, plus 8 pages with 13 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Ageing of paper, o/wise very good. Includes a loosely inserted newspaper article from the Daily Mirror, Oct 16, 1989. 18 x 11.

Autobiography of the man who undertook the first solo long distance sea-plane flight in 1931 and the first solo sailing race across the Atlantic.

50721
CHICHESTER, Francis
THE ROMANTIC CHALLENGE
$15.00 AUD

Cassell. London. 1971. 2nd impression of the November 1971 original. XII, 194 PP with 3 maps, 2 drawings by Charles Hurford, plus 16 pages with 28 b/w photos. Fp: The success of my romantic challenge hung on this boom and its two predecessors. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 22.2 x 14.5. 0304938696

51992
CHICHESTER, Francis
THE ROMANTIC CHALLENGE
$20.00 AUD

Cassell. London. 1971. 1st Ed. XII, 194 PP with 3 maps, 2 drawings by Charles Hurford, plus 16 pages with 28 b/w photos. Fp: The success of my romantic challenge hung on this boom and its two predecessors. Hard cover, dj (price-clipped). Lacks the free fly of the front endpaper. Foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise near fine. 22.2 x 14.5. 0304938696

70397
CHICHESTER, Francis
GIPSY MOTH CIRCLES THE WORLD
$10.00 AUD

Hodder & Stoughton. London. 1967. 1st Ed. XVI, 269 PP with 7 maps and 5 line drawings, plus 40 pages with 14 colour and 39 b/w photos. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine. Covers partly mottled and a sunned spine. Slight ageing of paper on outside edges. Very good. 23 x 15.

Voyage from England and back with calls at Sydney, round Cape of Good Hope & Cape Horn when he was 65 years of age.

73921
CHICHESTER, Francis
THE LONELY SEA AND THE SKY
$5.00 AUD

Ballantine Books. New York. 1971. 2nd paperback printing of the 1969 edition. XV, 396, (4 publications) PP with 3 plans of Gipsy Moth III, 21 diagram and 9 maps. Pictorial stiff covers. Outside edges tinted. Very good. 17.8 x 10.7.

Autobiography of the man who undertook the first solo long distance sea-plane flight in 1931 and the first solo sailing race across the Atlantic.

75121
CHICHESTER, Francis
THE ROMANTIC CHALLENGE
$10.00 AUD

Grafton Books/Collins. London. 1989. 1st edition in The Mariners Library series of the November 1971 original. XII, 194 PP with 3 maps, and 2 drawings of Gipsy Moth V by Charles Hurford. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 21.5 x 13.5. 9780246134936

74215
CHICHESTER, Sir Francis
GIPSY MOTH CIRCLES THE WORLD
$20.00 AUD

Coward-McCann, Inc. New York. 1968. 1st American edition. XVI, 269 PP with 7 maps and 5 line drawings, plus 40 pages with 14 colour and 39 b/w photos. FEP: Seas in the Southern Ocean. REP: Sketch map (in colour) of the circumnavigation. Cloth cover, gilt device on front cover and title on spine, dj. Slight ageing of paper on outside edges. Near fine. 22.8 x 15.

Voyage from England and back with calls at Sydney, round Cape of Good Hope & Cape Horn when he was 65 years of age.

75118
CHILDERS, Erskine (editor)
THE RIDDLE OF THE SANDS
$10.00 AUD

Wordsworth Editions Ltd. London. 1993. Grafton Books. Reprint in The "Wordsworth Classics" series of the 1903 original. 278 PP with 1 sketch, 2 maps (1 on double page) and 2 charts. Soft covers, pictorial front. Near fine. 17.7 x 11. 9781853260384

Spying and small boat cruising in the South East of the North Sea, a decade before the Great War.

74414
CIANCI, Bruno
LEGENDARY SAILBOATS - Beken of Cowes
$80.00 AUD

White Star Publishers / De Agostini Libri. Novara, Italy. 2014. 1st Ed. Translation by Guillermo Gonzalez. Foreword by Kenneth Beken. 208 PP with 90 b/w photos (including 27 on double page. Hard covers, pictorial front and back covers, dj. Fine (mint condition). 39 x 28.2. 9788854408531

73989
CLARKE, D. H.
AN EVOLUTION OF SINGLE-HANDERS
$20.00 AUD

David McKay Co., Inc. New York. 1976. 1st US edition. 206 PP, plus 16 pages with 26 b/w photos. Cloth covers, gilt title on spine, dj (price-clipped). Near fine. 21.4 x 14.2. 067950706X

The appendix contains a definite and unique compilation of single-handed transocean voyages, circumnavigations, Cape-Horners, ...

33732
CLARKE, Ian T.
DEODAR - The Story of Auckland's Water Police
$20.00 AUD

David Bateman. Auckland. 1994. 1st Ed. X, 142 PP with 1 b/w photo (HMS Deodar), plus 16 pages with 34 b/w photos. Pictorial card cover. Fine. 24 x 16. 1869531752

69577
CLAUGHTON, A & HANDLEY, P.
AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE STABILITY OF SAILING YACHTS IN LARGE BREAKING WAVES
$20.00 AUD

Department of Ship Science / Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science / University of Southampton. Southampton. 1984. 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

54789
CLEMENS, Jacques
LES VOILIERS DU BASSIN D'ARCACHON
$20.00 AUD

Editions Alan Sutton. Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire. 2005. 1st Ed. 128 PP with b/w illustrations (cartoons, drawings, engravings, photos). Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 23.5 x 16.5. 2849103101

36629
CLIFF, Paul (editor)
A SPORTING NATION - Celebrating Australia's Sporting Life
$20.00 AUD

National Library of Australia. Canberra. 1999. 1st Ed. VI, 130 PP with b/w and colour photos. Pictorial card cover. Fine. 26.5 x 21.5. 0642107041

26 sports featured: Rod and Reel (fishing) - Making a wave (water skiing and powerboating) - Boards, sand, togs and flags (Surfboard riding, bodysurfing, life saving)...

70370
CLIFFORD, Graham
NOTES FROM A SKIPPER'S LOG BOOK - An Account of New Zealand's Bay of Islands
$20.00 AUD

Jennifer and Graham Clifford. Russell, Bay of Islands. 1989. Reprint of the 1985 original. 140 PP with b/w illustrations by Michael Nettmann (1 map on double page, 59 line drawings and 3 photos) and 1 colour photo, plus 12 pages with 19 colour photos by Frank Habicht. Pictorial soft cover. Dedicatory note on title page dated and signed by the author. Near fine. 20.8 x 17.

59908
CLUB MARINE
CLUB MARINE MAGAZINE - Volume 9, No. 2
$5.00 AUD

Club Marine Australia Ltd. Melbourne. 1994. Vol. 9, No. 2, issue April / May 1994. Foreword by Paul Wilson. Edited by Andrew WOODLEY. 96 PP with b/w and colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27.5 x 21.

Pushing the limit: what went wrong in the Sydney - Hobart Race of 1993, by Kevan Wolfe (pages 24 to 30 with 5 colour photos). National fishfinder April / May. Outriggers, ... in Bali waters, by Jeffrey Mellefont.

63335
COBHAM, Lieut. Commander A.J.
LEE-OH ! - A Guide to enjoying the sport of Sailing
$15.00 AUD

Underhill (Plymouth) Ltd. Plymouth. 1948. 1st Ed. 52 PP with figures. Soft cover, illustrated font cover. Occasional foxing. Near fine. 21.7 x 14.2.

48164
COLE, Guy
OCEAN CRUISING
$15.00 AUD

Adlard Coles. Southampton. 1959. 1st Ed. No. 7 in Bosun Books series. 64 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, sketch plans and photos). Eps: World maps with Wind Circulation. Pictorial card cover. Very good. 18.4 x 12.4.

48165
COLE, Guy
STARTING TO CRUISE
$15.00 AUD

Adlard Coles. Southampton. 1960. 1st Ed. No. 13 in Bosun Books series. 64 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, sketch plans and photos). Pictorial soft cover. Signature of previous owner on front endpaper. Very good. 18.4 x 12.4.

67873
COLES, Adlard
NORTH ATLANTIC, Boat against Boat over 3,000 miles
$20.00 AUD

Robert Ross / George G. Harrap. Southampton / London. 1951. 2nd edition of the 1950 original. VIII, 9-192 PP with 9 b/w illust. (maps, plans) and 21 b/w photos, plus 8 colour plates. Fp: Samuel Pepys being loaded. Eps: Map with tracks of Cohoe, Samuel Pepys & Mokoa in Transatlantic Race 1950. Cloth cover, dj. Dust jacket with chips and small pieces missing and plastic protected. Light foxing. A near fine copy. 22.2 x 14.5.

The 1950 Transatlantic race between Bermuda and Plymouth.

38746
COLES, K. Adlard
SAILING AND CRUISING
$5.00 AUD

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.

69593
COLES, K. Adlard & BRUCE, Peter
HEAVY WEATHER SAILING
$20.00 AUD

International Marine. Camden, Maine, USA. 1992. 4th edition of the 1967 original, revised by Peter Bruce. Foreword by Peter Blake. XII, 411 PP with b/w illustrations (diagrams, maps and photos). Hard cover, dj. Fine. 25.5 x 18.5.

30219
COLFELT, David
100 MAGIC MILES OF THE GREAT BARRIER REEF: The Whitsunday Islands
$20.00 AUD

Windward Publications. Sydney. 1993. 4th edition of the 1985 original. 256 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (maps and plans, drawings and photos, including 29 aerial views of Islands). Illustrated title spread, half title page and endpapers. Pictorial stiff covers. Very good. 28 x 21.2. 0959083081

First part: The Whitsundays and the Great Barrier Reef (resorts, camping, visiting, boating...). Second part: Anchorages of the Whitsundays with maps, plans...

42483
COLFELT, David
100 MAGIC MILES OF THE GREAT BARRIER REEF: The Whitsunday Islands
$20.00 AUD

Windward Publications. Sydney. 1997. 5th edition of the 1985 original. 256 PP with b/w and colour illust. (maps and plans, drawings and photos, including 29 aerial views of Islands). Illustrated title spread, half title page and endpapers. Pictorial soft cover. Signature of previous owner on front endpaper, o/wise near fine. 28 x 21.2. 9780958698900

First part: The Whitsundays and the Great Barrier Reef (resorts, camping, visiting, boating...). Second part: Anchorages of the Whitsundays with maps, plans...

64008
COLFELT, David
FROM RATBAGS TO RESPECTABILITY: A History of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia
$75.00 AUD

Cruising Yacht Club of Australia / Focus Publishing Interactive. Sydney. 2008. 1st Ed. Foreword by Trygve Halvorsen. Introduction by Matt Allen. 248 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Laminated pictorial boards, dj. Fine (as new condition). Scarce. 30.4 x 21.5. 9781921156342

71932
COLFELT, David
100 MAGIC MILES OF THE GREAT BARRIER REEF: The Whitsunday Islands
$25.00 AUD

Windward Publications. Berry, NSW. 2000. 6th edition of the 1985 original. 256 PP with b/w and colour illustrations: maps and plans, drawings and photos (including aerial views of Islands). Illustrated title spread, half title page and endpapers. Pictorial stiff cover with clear plastic protection. Fine. 28 x 21.2. 0958698910

First part: The Whitsundays and the Great Barrier Reef (resorts, camping, visiting, boating...). Second part: Anchorages of the Whitsundays with maps, plans...

54438
COLLINS, Dale
SEA-TRACKS OF THE SPEEJACKS ROUND THE WORLD
$45.00 AUD

Doubleday, Page & Co. New York. 1923. 1st Ed. Introduction by Jeanne Bouchet Gowen. LXXVI, (2), 286 PP, plus 1 map on double page and 90 pages with over 105 b/w photos. Fp: The Speejacks, the first motor boat to sail around the world, entering Sydney Harbour. Eps: Track of Speejacks. Green hard cover, gilt title on spine. Signature of previous owner on title-page, light foxing on outside edges, o/wise a very good plus copy. 24.2 x 16.8.

A 16 month voyage of a 30m yacht. She was towed between Panama and Takaroa, Tuamotu Archipelago, by the Eastern Queen of the United States Shipping Board. Papeete, Samoa, Fiji, New Caledonia, Sydney to Cooktown, New Guinea, Indonesia, Seychelles, Red Sea, Mediterranean, ... New York.

71756
COMPTON, Nic
NOTABLE BOATS - Forty remarkable craft, forty great adventures
$35.00 AUD

Ivy Press Limited. Lewes, West Sussex. 2016. 1st edition. 176 PP with colour illustrations: artworks by Peter Scott, boat plans by John Woodcock & route maps by Nick Rowland. Laminated pictorial boards (Norwegian Gjoa). As new conditon. Oblong: 21.5 x 23. 9781782404156

Spray of Joshua Slocum. Suahili of Robin Knox-Johnston. Gypsy Moth IV of Francis Chichester. Joshua of Bernard Moitessier. America and the 1st America's Cup. ...

18820
CONNER, Dennis & STANNARD, Bruce
COMEBACK - My Race for the America's Cup
$10.00 AUD

Macmillan. Melbourne. 1987. 1st Australian edition. Foreword by Walter Cronkite. XV, 239 PP with sketches and maps plus 16 pages with 64 colour photos. Fp: Lines of Stars and Stripes. Eps: Stars and Stripes. Hard cover, dj. Few foxing spots on outside edges and the front endpaper. Near fine. 24 x 16. 0333450566

The first man to lose the America's Cup and the first to win it back again.

34154
CONNER, Dennis & STANNARD, Bruce
COMEBACK - My Race for the America's Cup
$10.00 AUD

St. Martin's Press. New York. 1987. 1st Ed. XV, 239 PP with sketches and maps, plus 16 pages with 64 colour photos. Fp: Lines of Stars and Stripes. Eps: Stars and Stripes. Hard cover, cloth spine, device in blind on front cover, dj. Foxing spots on outside edges. Very good. 24 x 16. 0312009003

The first man to lose the America's Cup and the first to win it back again.

16298
CONNETT, Eugene V. (editor)
YACHTING IN NORTH AMERICA, Along the Atlantic & Pacific & Gulf Coasts, and on the Great Lakes and on the Western and Canadian Lakes & Rivers
$20.00 AUD

D. Van Nostrand. New York. 1948. 1st Ed. XIV, 750 PP with 31 pages of maps, 3 pages on Sound signals plus 76 pages with 156 bw photos. Fp: bowsprit. Cloth cover, gilt device engraved on front cover, gilt title on spine. Very good. 26 x 19.5.

The Atlantic coast from Cape Breton Island to the Bahamas, by William H. Taylor. The Mississippi river system, by Spencer A. Merrell. Puget Sound and Vancouver waters, by Charles D. Ogden...

38355
CONSTABLE, George (editor)
The Time-Life Library of Boating - MAINTENANCE
$5.00 AUD

Time-Life Books. Alexandria, Virginia. 1978. 3rd printing (revised) of the 1975 original. 176 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (drawings, photos). Cloth cover, Colour photo vignette on front cover. Very good condition. 29 x 22.5.

Hull care. Painting. Close eye on fittings...

37969
CONWAY, John
Adventure Sports SURFING
$5.00 AUD

Salamander Books. London. 1988. 1st Ed. 127 PP with 1 map on double page and colour illustrations (sketches and photos). Pictorial card cover. Fine. 24 x 16.7. 0861013611

Beach safety - Basic equipment - beginning to surf - Advanced surfing - Surfing worldwide- Glossary.

31061
COOK, Peter & WEBB, Barbara (editors)
THE COMPLETE BOOK OF SAILING
$10.00 AUD

Rigby. Adelaide. 1977. 1st Australian edition. 304 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, plans, sketches and photos) and 16 pages of colour illustrations (4 figures and 12 photos). Title spread: crew trapezing. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 25.4 x 19.3. 0727004743

Sailing in Australia by Bob Ross. Sailing in New Zealand by David Pardon... Dinghy racing. Ocean racing...

73980
COOKE, Francis B.
CRUISING HINTS
$25.00 AUD

Edward Arnold & Co. London. 1928. 4th edition revised. XII, 274, (2 publications) PP with 54 figures, plus 4 large folded plans at back of book. Hard covers, device and title on front cover, gilt title and device on spine. Slight ageing of paper. Minor insect damage in the gutter of endpapers. Near fine internally. 22.5 x 14.5.

The Selection of a Yacht, Head-Quarters, Equipment, Maintenance, Seamanship..

71739
COOMBE, Derek
FISHERMEN FROM THE KENTISH SHORE
$35.00 AUD

Meresborough Books. Gillingham, Kent. 1989. 1st Ed. 181, (3 publications) PP with over 110 b/w illustrations (maps, 8 Lines Drawings & Sail Plans, and paintings, prints, photos). Pictorial laminated boards. Fine. 24 x 15.5. 0948193409

71543
COOPER, Bill and Laurel
BACK DOOR TO BYZANTIUM: To the Black Sea by the Great Rivers of Europe
$25.00 AUD

Sheridan House Inc. Dobbs Ferry, NY. 1986. 1st Ed. (6), 240, (3) PP with b/w illustrations: 1 track chart, 1 plan of Hosanna, 1 profile and 33 drawings. Pictorial stiff covers. Title page with vignette of Hosanna. Fine (mint condition). 21.5 x 14. 9781574090437

74656
COOPER, Bill and Laurel
SELL UP AND SAIL - Taking the Ulysses Option
$20.00 AUD

Nautical Books / A & C Black Publishers. London. 1987. Reprint of the 1986 original. 336 PP with b/w illustrations: 20 drawings by Laurel Cooper , 18 sketches and 38 photos. Hard covers, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 24 x 16. 9780713632705

60961
COOPER, F. S.
RACING SAILORMEN
$20.00 AUD

Percival Marshall & Co. London. 1963. 1st Ed. (6), 109 PP with tables and b/w ilustrations (5 maps and 54 photos). Fp: "Veronica" in the Thames Match 1962. Title page: Author and 3 Sailormen in 1961. Eps: 84 Flags of Owners racing barges. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price clipped). Head of spine of dust jacket missing on 2 cms. Top corner of half title page / frontispiece cut. Slight ageing of paper, o/wise a very nice copy. 25.3 x 19.

41046
COOTE, Jack (editor)
TOTAL LOSS
$20.00 AUD

Adlard Coles. London. 1985. 1st Ed. XIV, 322 PP with 2 location maps, 6 pictorial illustrations by Trevor Ridley, 6 b/w photos by Lt. Douglas Perkin of the USCG, and 16 charts. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 25.4 x 17.5. 0229116841

A collection of 40 first-hand accounts of yacht losses at sea, with a summary of the lessons to be learned.

75120
COOTE, Jack (editor)
DOWN THE WIND - A Yachtsman's Anthology
$10.00 AUD

Barnacle Marine, Ltd. Colchester. 1988. 1st Ed. 288 PP with 7 line drawings head of Parts) by Trevor Ridley. Pictorial soft covers. Fine. 21.5 x 13.3. 0948788259

Hammond Innes / Arthur Ransome / Claud Worth / Hilaire Belloc...

46330
COPLEY, Peter
DINGHY SAILING
$10.00 AUD

Newnes. London. 1966. 1st Ed. 128 PP with 19 diagrams, plus 8 pages with12 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Name of previous owner on front endpaper. Occasional foxing, o/wise fine. 19 x 13.

68557
COPPING, A. E.
GOTTY AND THE GUV'NOR
$25.00 AUD

Mallard Reprints. Lavenham, Suffolk. 1979. Reprint of the 1907 original. XIV, 201 PP with 1 portrait and 6 endpieces, plus 16 pages with 20 b/w illustrations. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 22.5 x 14.5. 090462398X

16247
CORNELL, Gwenda
PACIFIC ODYSSEY
$5.00 AUD

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

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

36656
CORNELL, Gwenda
PACIFIC ODYSSEY
$10.00 AUD

Adlard Coles. London. 1985. 1st Ed. (6), 218 PP with 1 map, plus 8 pages with 17 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing, o/wise fine. 22.2 x 14.3. 0229117589

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

31118
CORNELL, Jimmy
WORLD CRUISING SURVEY
$30.00 AUD

International Marine Publishing. Camden, Maine. 1989. 1st US edition with a foreword by George Day. XII, 260 PP with 2 maps, 20 tables and 33 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing, o/wise fine. 25.2 x 17.5. 9780877422501

The offshore cruising yachts, the gear, electronic equipment... Life afloat... How much of a macho world (women and cruising).

73122
CORNELL, Jimmy
WORLD CRUISING ESSENTIALS: the Boats, Gear, and Practices that Work Best at Sea
$35.00 AUD

International Marine. Camden, Maine. 2002. XIV, 242 PP with 2 maps, 20 tables and 50 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 24 x 19.

Guide to around 400 cruising routes with information on winds, currents, regional & seasonal weather.

41050
CORROLER, Alain, GUERY, Jean-Louis et RUBENSTEIN, Bernard (text & illustrations)
BREST 92 - BATEAUX D'HIER ET DE TOUJOURS - Chroniques de bois et de sel
$10.00 AUD

Neptune-Yachting / Le Télégramme de Brest. Paris. 1992. 1st Ed. 122 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Plans and drawings by Nicolas Gilles. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. French text. 27.5 x 20.7.

Event Brest 1992, celebrating: sailing craft of yesteryear, seafarers like Eric Tabarly, lighthouse keepers...

41205
COSGROVE, Marilyn
THE SURFING KID
$15.00 AUD

Hodder and Stoughton. Sydney. 1990. Reprint of the 1987 original. 48 PP with 25 b/w photos by Jacqueline Lampe. Title page: Aloha. Pictorial soft cover. Damp marks on rear cover and 3 last leaves. Top corner bumped. Very good. 21.6 x 14. 0340406089

34287
COTTEE, Kay
ALL AT SEA ON LAND, and First Lady ten years on
$20.00 AUD

Random House. Sydney. 1998. 1st Ed. XXVI, (2), 292 PP with 2 maps and 10 drawings, plus 32 pages with 57 b/w and 43 colour photos. Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing, o/wise near fine. 24 x 16. 0091837189

First woman to circumnavigate the globe solo, non-stop and unassisted... Lady... Chairman of the Australian National Maritime Museum.

43328
COTTEE, Kay
FIRST LADY - A History-Making Solo Voyage Around The World
$50.00 AUD

Macmillan. Sydney. 1989. 1st Ed. VI, 226 PP with 1 drawing, 2 plans and 7 weather maps, plus 24 pages with 47 colour photos. Eps: Route of "Blackmores First Lady". Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Dedicatory note on title page, dated and signed by the author. Fine. 24 x 16. 0732900158

The first woman to complete a solo non-stop and unassisted voyage around the globe. Departure Sydney 29th November 1987, rounded Cape Horn 19th January 1988, Halfway point at Sao Pedro and Sao Paulo Rocks 27th February 1988, returned Sydney 5th June 1988.

74596
COTTEE, Kay
FIRST LADY - A History-Making Solo Voyage Around The World
$45.00 AUD

Macmillan. Sydney. 1989. 1st Ed. VI, 226 PP with 1 drawing, 2 plans and 7 weather maps, plus 24 pages with 47 colour photos. Eps: Route of "Blackmores First Lady". Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. A fine copy. 24 x 16. 0732900158

The first woman to complete a solo non-stop and unassisted voyage around the globe. Departure Sydney 29th November 1987, rounded Cape Horn 19th January 1988, Halfway point at Sao Pedro and Sao Paulo Rocks 27th February 1988, returned Sydney 5th June 1988.

74715
COTTEE, Kay
ALL AT SEA ON LAND: and First Lady ten years on
$15.00 AUD

Random House. Sydney. 1998. 1st Ed. XXVI, (2), 292 PP with 2 maps and 10 drawings, plus 32 pages with 57 b/w and 43 colour photos. Hard cover, dj. Ex Library copy with only a "Withdrawn" stamp on half title page and a renewed free fly of the front endpaper. A very good reading copy. 24 x 16. 0091837189

First woman to circumnavigate the globe solo, non-stop and unassisted... Lady... Chairman of the Australian National Maritime Museum.

74482
COWPER, Frank
CRUISING SAILS & YACHTING TALES - Being a record of some of the gestes of an illusive personality known sometimes as Jack-all-alone; Sphinx; Diogenes Junior ... and many other pen names collected and re-written with ...
$50.00 AUD

J. D. Potter. London. 1921. 1st Ed. VI, 325 PP with 37 b/w illustrations (14 headpieces, tailpieces and photos), plus 3 folded charts and 3 plates (including the frontispiece). Fp: A stern view of "Lady Harvey" and her Mate off Longships, 1892. Cloth cover, title in blind on front cover and on a sunned spine. Covers with a little wear and lightly soiled, head and foot of spine rubbed. Occasional foxing. Address of previous owner on front endpaper. Signature of previous owner at top of title page. 2 brief notes loosely inserted. Otherwise contents are clean and near fine. 21.3 x 14.5.

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

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

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

19549
CRABTREE, Reginald
ROYAL YACHTS OF EUROPE, From the Seventeenth to Twentieth Century
$15.00 AUD

David & Charles. London. 1975. 1st Ed. 96 PP with 52 b/w illust. (photos, engravings). Hard cover, dj. Light foxing, o/wise near fine. 24.5 x 19. 0715367544

19831
CRABTREE, Reginald
THE LUXURY YACHT FROM STEAM TO DIESEL
$10.00 AUD

Drake Publishers. New York. 1974. 1st US Ed. 208 PP with 26 drawings, plus 16 pages with 31 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 22.4 x 14.2. 0877495653

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

33909
CRAWFORD, Captain William P.
MARINER'S NOTEBOOK - A guide to boating fundamentals
$20.00 AUD

Miller Freeman. San Francisco. 1971. 5th Ed. of the 1960 original. 509, (5 blanks) PP with head and tail pieces, b/w photos, 163 figures and b/w or colour illust. (legends of charts, flags, signals and rule of the road). Illustrated endpapers. Hard cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Top and bottom of spine are worn. Internally very good. 26 x 18.

50136
CREAGH-OSBORNE, Richard
THIS IS SAILING. A Complete Course
$5.00 AUD

Fontana / Collins. London. 1978. 1st paperback edition of the 1972 original. 220 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (drawings & photos) by Peter A. G. Milne. Pictorial soft cover. Covers laminated. Foxing on outside edges, o/wise fine. 20 x 19. 06355307

74747
CREAGH-OSBORNE, Richard
THIS IS SAILING. A Complete Course
$10.00 AUD

Nautical Publishing Co. Ltd. London. 1975. 4th impression of the 1972 original. (6), 220 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (drawings & photos) by Peter A. G. Milne. Hard covers, gilt device on front board and gilt title on spine, dj (price clipped) Faint foxing on outside edges, o/wise fine. 20.7 x 19.5. 0245509259

74114
CUNLIFFE, Tom
THE COMPLETE YACHTMASTER - Sailing, Seamanship,and Navigation for the Modern Yacht Skipper
$20.00 AUD

Adlard Coles Nautical. London. 2016. 3rd edition of the 1994 original. (8), 236 PP with tables and b/w illustrations (84 figures and 31 photos). Hard covers, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine/as new condition. 25.2 x 17.5. 9780713652475

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

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

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

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

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

Comprehensive coverage of Australian yachting.

22771
D'ALPUGET, Lou
LET'S GO SAILING
$5.00 AUD

Ure Smith. Sydney. 1951. 1st Ed., No. 9 in the Ure Smith Miniature series. 80 PP with 5 bw illust. and 48 bw photos. Fp: N.S. Wales Anniversary Regatta Cup. Decorated card cover a little rubbed on corners. Small dedicatory note in inside front cover, o/wise very good. 19 x 12.8.

47038
D'ALPUGET, Lou
SUCCESSFUL SAILING, From Beginner to Expert in Forty Classic Lessons
$10.00 AUD

Thomas Nelson. Melbourne. 1970. 1st Ed. Foreword by R. C. (Bob) Miller. 80 PP with 34 b/w photos and 40 figures by Jack Earl. Pictorial boards. Near fine. 28.5 x 21. 170019369

The boat, the sails, the wind... Major knots. Glossary.

74942
D'ALPUGET, Lou
YACHTING IN AUSTRALIA, Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
$20.00 AUD

Hutchinson. Melbourne. 1980. 1st Ed. 330, (4 addeddum) PP with b/w illustrations, plus 16 pages with 28 colour photos. Eps: Eastern seaboard with track of ocean races. Addendum of 4 pages (pages 137a to 137d), loosely inserted. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket has a few small chips, o/wise near fine. 26 x 20. 0091373603

Comprehensive coverage of Australian yachting. + Addendum 1980 America's Cup "America's Cup Challenges in detail: Why we failed".

68745
DAHL, Norman
SMALL BOAT SAILING
$5.00 AUD

A & C Black. London. 1979. 1st edition in the Black's Picture Sports series. 3-96 PP with b/w illustrations (43 figures and 5 photos). Pictorial boards. Stamp of the "Devonport Maritime Museum on endpapers". Half title page pasted down on front endpaper. Very good. 21.2 x 13. 0713619155

69042
DALTON, Anthony
WAYWARD SAILOR: In Search of the Real Tristan Jones
$25.00 AUD

International Marine / McGraw-Hill. Camden, Maine. 2003. 1st Ed. XVIII, 350 PP with 4 maps (2 on double page), plus 16 pages with 41 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 23.5 x 16. 0071402519

73712
DANIELS, Jane
THE ILLUSTRATED DICTIONARY OF SAILING
$10.00 AUD

Gallery Books. New York. 1989. 1st Ed. Introduction by Lou Carretero. 142 PP with b/w and colour photos. Hard cover, dj. Ex Library copy with stamps on endpapers, outside edges and title page, o/wise a near fine copy. 30.2 x 22.8. 0831748656

From Abaft and Abeam to Zephyr and Zigzagging.

71538
DASHEW, Linda & Steve
OFFSHORE CRUISING ENCYCLOPEDIA - II
$40.00 AUD

Beowulf, Inc. Tucson, Arizona. 1997. 1st printing of the 2nd edition of 1997 (original of 1989). 1232 PP with over a thousand b/w illustrations (drawings, sketch plans and photos). Cloth cover, gilt title on front board and spine. Stamp of previous owner on front endpaper and outside bottom edge. Fine. 24.2 x 16.2. 0965802817

71540
DASHEW, Linda & Steve
SURVIVING THE STORM - Coastal & Offshore Tactics
$80.00 AUD

Beowulf, Inc. Tucson, Arizona. 1999. 1st printing of November 1999. 675, (4) PP with hundreds of b/w illustrations (drawings, graphs, maps & weather maps and photos). Cloth cover, gilt title on front board and spine. Title handwritten on lower outside edge. Near fine. 24.2 x 16.2. 0965802892

74671
DAVEY, Commodore M.E. (editor)
C.Y.C.A. / SYDNEY-HOBART YACHT RACE 1957 - Souvenir Programme
$50.00 AUD

Cruising Yacht Club of Australia. Sydney. 1957. 1st Ed. A Word from the Master, by Capt. J.N. Illingworth. 72 PP with b/w illustrations. Stapled wrappers, pictorial front (Vic Meyer's powerful cutter "Solo"). Very good. 21 x 13.5.

History of each annual races, with photo of the winner: between 1945 and 1956. Sailing Instructions for the 13th Race, and description of competitors ...

44600
DAVIS, Jason / SWANTON, Will
SURFING / THE LAYNE REACTION (in Qantas, The Australian Way)
$10.00 AUD

Qantas. Sydney. 2002. Issue for October 2002. Contains 2 articles pages 39 / 40 and 117 to 120 with 2 b/w and 15 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27.5 x 21.

Surfing Bondi Beach / Lane Beachley and women's surfing. Also includes "Antarctic Adventure, The Final Frontier in Luxury Cruising".

63114
DAY, Thomas Fleming (editor)
THE RUDDER - 1897 - Volume VIII, January to December, 1897
$100.00 AUD

The Rudder Publishing Company. New York. 1897. 1st edition. (4), 362 PP with b/w illustrations throughout (burgees, maps, drawings, plans, photos), plus 18 b/w photos/plates. Blue cloth cover, gilt device and title on front board and spine, top edge gilt. Book slightly bowed but binding tight. Blue cloth cover soiled and marked, mostly at back with some wear around edges and corners. Small stamp of previous owner on both endpapers and at top of title page. Printed on superior gloss paper with only occasional light foxing. Title page with repaired tear. Lower corner of 20 first leaves with creases (dog-eared). Pages 125 to 150 with old water marks on upper part of front margin. Internally very clean. Rare. 29.4 x 22.5.

A mine of information with articles and designs for cruising schooners, knockabouts, catboats, yawls, sketches, verses...

71541
DBA (compiler)
THE BARGE BUYER'S HANDBOOK - A step by step guide to buying a barge
$15.00 AUD

The Dutch Barge Association Ltd. Port Werburg, Kent. 2001. 4th edition. Edited by Adrian Stott. 114 PP with b/w illustrations (6 profile of barges and 25 photos). Stamp of previous owner on title-page. 3 folds flyer loosely inserted. Pictorial stiff covers. Near fine. 20.2 x 14. 0953281914

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

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

53937
de HEMPTINNE, Michel
LE SOLEIL DANS LE DOS: Singapour - Australie en pneumatique
$20.00 AUD

Arthaud. Paris. 1979. 1st Ed., in Arthaud Mer, Récits et aventures series. 264 PP with 2 plans and 5 maps, plus 8 pages with 16 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. French text. 20 x 15. 2700302893

A Belgian expedition crossing in the mid 1970s with 2 rubber dinghies: Singapore to Darwin.

51578
de KERVILZE, Contre-Amiral Marcel
NAVIGATION DE CROISIERE. Le Guide de Navigation pour le yacht de croisière
$15.00 AUD

Editions Plaisance. Paimboeuf, Fr. 1973. 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.

18272
DEAR, Ian
THE CHAMPAGNE MUMM BOOK OF OCEAN RACING, An Illustrated History
$20.00 AUD

Severn House. London. 1985. 1st Ed. 157 PP with b/w illust. plus 16 full-page colour photos. Eps: World maps, location of races. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Faint foxing. Very good. 27.8 x 24.4. 0727820311

The most prestigious, expensive & glamorous of all international sport, from its beginnings in the 19th century.

65469
DEMAI, Michèle
ALASKA DREAM
$35.00 AUD

Editions Glénat. Grenoble 2000. 1st edition in collection Hommes et Océans. 309, (3) PP with 12 maps or plans, plus 24 pages with 51 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Dedicatory note on half title page signed by the author. Business card of author pasted down on title page. French text. Fine. 22.5 x 14. 2723431223

Yacht "Nuage", crossing France to Alaska.

31741
DENHAM, H. M.
THE TYRRHENIAN SEA - A Sea-Guide to its Coasts and Islands
$20.00 AUD

John Murray. London. 1978. 2nd UK Ed. of the 1969 original. XXIII, 239 PP with 15 drawings and 132 maps and harbour plans, plus 12 pages with 20 b/w photos. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Dust jacket is rubbed around edges with an old watermark on lower part. Dedicatory note on FFEP. Near fine. 24 x 17. 0719533600

Corsica, Sardinia, West Coast of Italy, Sicily and Lipari Islands, and Malta.

72207
DENHAM, H. M.
THE AEGEAN - A Sea-Guide to its Coasts and Islands
$25.00 AUD

John Murray. London. 1983 5th UK edition fully revised and enlarged. XXIX, 278 PP with c. 20 drawings by Madge Denham and c. 120 sketch maps, insets & harbour plans by Ayuda Scott-Elliot, plus 16 pages with 24 b/w photos. Title page drawing by David Knight. Hard cover, gilt title on spine. Few foxing spots on outside edges and a few spots on endpapers. Contents fine. 24 x 16. 0393031977

50177
DENK, Roland
SAILING
$5.00 AUD

EP Publishing. Wakefield, UK. 1973. 1st English edition translated by Wendy Gill from the 1971 German original. 140 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings and photos). Pictorial boards. Name of previous owner on inside front cover, o/wise a very good clean copy. 20.6 x 20.3. 0715805819

74839
DERRICK, David
BOAT MAINTENANCE
$10.00 AUD

David & Charles. London. 1984. 1st Ed. 128 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, sketches & photos). Hard covers, dj. Fine. 25.3 x 17.3. 0715384120

47179
DESCHAMPS, Charles
LA PEUR EN PRIME
$25.00 AUD

Author. Nouméa. 2003. 1st Ed. 240 PP with 2 watercolours by Marie Odile Vittori, 17 colour and 31 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 23 x 15.

Scary moments in yachting: first experiences at sea, some yachting races between Nouméa, Australia, New Zealand and Vanuatu. A single handed crossing from Nouméa to Brisbane (and return).

31062
DESMOND, Kevin
THE GUINNESS BOOK OF MOTORBOATING - Facts and Feats, & origins & development of Motor Craft
$25.00 AUD

Guinness Superlatives Limited. London. 1979. 1st Ed. 257 PP with hundreds of b/w and 33 colour illust. Hard cover, dj. (price clipped). Near fine. 24.2 x 18. 0900424869

Since the first steam boats pioneered in France in 1774.

50302
DESOUTTER, Denny
THE SMALL-BOAT SKIPPER'S SAFETY BOOK
$5.00 AUD

Hollis & Carter. London. 1972. 1st Ed. 222 PP with over 15 drawings by David Jenkins. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 18.2 x 12. 0370013980

66289
DEVLIN, Ralph
HOME OF THE BLACK SWAN - Maroochydore Surf Life Saving Club 1916 to 1991
$25.00 AUD

Maroochydore Surf Life Saving Club. Brisbane. 1990. 1st Ed. XII, 146 PP with tables and b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.7 x 21. 064602521X

75009
DEWAR, Oliver
EXTREME SAIL
$15.00 AUD

Pavilion Books. London. 2006. 1st Ed. Foreword by Dame Ellen MacArthur. 160 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Hard cover, dj. Fine (as new condition). 20.5 x 16.3. 9781862058187

America's Cup Challenge. Offshore Solo. Solo Round the World Races. Extreme Cruising. Southern Ocean.

64986
DIBB, Geoffrey (editor)
THE THAMES BOOK, incorporating the Association of Thames Yacht Clubs Handbook - Navigator Directory Guide, 1964
$15.00 AUD

George Godwin Ltd. London. 1964. 1964 edition. 148 PP with tables, b/w illustrations (41 sketch maps & plans, drawings, graphs photos) and colour illustrations (4 on Buoy Systems and 38 Burgees of Clubs). Pictorial soft cover, spiral bound. Slight ageing of paper. Very good. Oblong: 18 x 24.5..

35385
DICK, Neil C.
YACHT SAILING INSTRUMENTATION
$10.00 AUD

Stanford Maritime. London. 1974. 1st Ed. 86 PP with 50 figures (drawings, sketches and b/w photos). Pictorial laminated boards. Occasional foxing, o/wise fine. 22.2 x 14. 0540071382

Water Speed and Log. Wind Instruments. Echo Sounders...

19373
DIXON, Douglas
THE KING'S SAILING MASTER - The authorized story of the life of Major Sir Philip Hunloke, G.C.V.O., Legion d'Honneur, etc. and of the House of Yvery, the Family of Hunloke in Derbyshire, together with a History of Yachting
$50.00 AUD

George G. Harrap. London. 1948. 1st Ed. 320 PP with 8 illustrations and diagrams, plus 36 pages with 57 b/w illustrations and 4 pages with 76 flags in colour. Fp: Sir Philip Hunloke. FEP: Map of the Thames estuary. REP: Map of the Solent waters. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, no dust jacket. A near fine copy. Scarce. 25.4 x 16.

Sir Hunloke, was for many years the King's Sailing Master. His history of yachting starts in the days of Charles II, and ends with the founding of the Royal Ocean Racing Club.

71779
DIXON, G. M.
FOR THOSE IN PERIL - The Lifeboatmen
$15.00 AUD

Minimax Books. Peterborough, UK. 1981. 1st Ed. 100 PP with b/w illudtrations (Line drawings by Malcolm Walker, maps, plans, photos...). Pictorial stiff covers with light wear. Near fine. 24.5 x 18. 0960791146

67845
DODD, Christopher
THE OXFORD & CAMBRIDGE BOAT RACE
$30.00 AUD

Stanley Paul. London. 1983. 1st Ed. 405 PP with 21 headpieces, plus 32 pages with 72 b/w illustrations. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Note on free fly of front endpaper. Dust jacket with a small closed tear and a little shelf wear, o/wise a near fine copy. 24 x 16. 0091513405

32213
DODSON, Granville & CHURCHILL, Anthony
THE OFFICIAL GUIDE TO THE FINANCIAL TIMES CLIPPER RACE 1975-76
$10.00 AUD

Ocean Publications. London. 1976. 1st Ed. 84 PP with 18 maps & plans, and b/w or colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 29.8 x 21.

The Clipper Records, and Introducing Patriarch (69 days run from Gravesend to Sydney in 1869), by Cyril Hume. The entries: Great Britain II (U.K.), Kriter II (France), The Great Escape (Netherlands), Anaconda II (Australia), CSeRB II (Italy), and Veline (France).

31070
DOWNS, Hugh
A SHOAL OF STARS
$10.00 AUD

Doubleday. New York. 1967. 1st Ed. 288 PP, plus 16 pages with 32 b/w photos. Cloth cover, dj. (price clipped). Fine. 21.5 x 14.5.

Voyage of a television personality with NBC, from Miami to Tahiti via the Caribbean Isles and Panama, on Thane a chartered 65-foot ketch.

33625
DRUMMOND, Maldwin (editor)
ROVING COMMISSIONS, Number 20 / The Royal Cruising Club
$20.00 AUD

Angus & Robertson / Royal Cruising Club. London. 1980. Centenary edition. IX, 149 PP with 4 tables of distances, 4 drawings and 11 maps, plus 8 pages with 16 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing. Name of previous owner on front endpaper. Near fine. 22.2 x 14.2. 0207959412

Season 1979, published in the Centenary Year 1880-1980.

45322
DRURY, Nevill
AUSTRALIA'S WATERWAYS
$15.00 AUD

Rigby. Adelaide. 1978. 1st Ed. 157 PP with 7 tables, 54 maps and 84 colour photos. Laminated pictorial boards. Occasional foxing. Near fine. 27.5 x 20.2. 0727008369

Swimming, fishing, water-skiing...

16224
DUDER, Tessa, THOMSON, Barry & HAWKINS, Clifford
SPIRIT OF ADVENTURE
$25.00 AUD

Century Hutchinson. Auckland. 1985. 1st Ed. 160 PP with b/w and colour photos. Fp: Spirit of Adventure. Eps: In the rigging. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 30.5 x 21.5.. 0091631300

Sail Training revival in New Zealand brings to fruition the Spirit of Adventure.

68521
DURHAM, Dick
THE LAST SAILORMAN
$20.00 AUD

Terence Dalton Ltd. Lavenham, Suffolk. 1989. 1st Ed. VIII, 160 PP with 88 b/w photos. Fp: Bob Roberts aboard the smack "Stormy Petrel". Hard cover, dj. Spine of dust jacket lightly sunned, o/wise a fine copy. 23.2 x 18. 9780861380671

74613
DURHAM, Dick
ON AND OFFSHORE - Cruising the Thames and the East Coast
$45.00 AUD

Ashford Press Publishing. Southampton. 1989. 1st Ed. VIII, 168 PP with 21 drawings by Ian Cox and 30 b/w photos. Title page: vignette on a traditional gaff cutter racing at Aldeburgh. Hard cover, dj. A repaired short tear at top of dust jacket, o/wise near fine copy. 26.5 x 20.2. 9781852530990

Lower reaches of the Thames and coastline of Essex and Suffolk, revisited a century after the lone yachtsman Frank Cowper published his Sailing Tours.

75083
DURHAM, Dick (editor)
AMAZING SAILING STORIES
$15.00 AUD

Ferhurst Books Ltd. Leamington Spa, UK. 2016. 1st paperback edition of the 2011 original. VII, 264 PP. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine (as new condition). 22.8 x 15.2. 9781909911505

60 true adventures from the high seas.

75060
DUXBURY, Ken
THE LUGWORM CHRONICLES
$25.00 AUD

Lodestar Books. London. 2014. 1st combined edition of 3 titles published in 1973, 1975 & 1976, with a 2011 postscript. Introduction by Roger Barnes. 491 PP with b/w illustrations: headpieces, endpieces, c. 22 sketch maps, drawings and photos. Soft covers, illustrated front. Fine. 21.5 x 16. 9781907206283

1: Lugworm on the loose (from Great Britain to the Greek Archipelagoes).. 2: Lugworm Homeward Bound (from Greece to England via French Canal du Midi). 3: Lugworm Island Hoping (Scilly Isles and Hebrides).

74257
DYSON, George B.
BAIDARKA, THE KAYAK
$30.00 AUD

Alaska Northwest Books. Seattle. 1999. 6th printing of the 1986 original. Foreword by Kenneth Brower. XIV, 216, PP with b/w & colour illustrations (sketches, photos & paintings). Pictorial soft covers. Near fine. Oblong: 21.2 x 27. 9780882403151

History, evolution and rediscovery of the Aleut kayak, starting with the arrival of the Russians to Alaska and their discovery of the Aleut's hunting skills with kayaks.

70638
EASTMAN, Peter F.
ADVANCED FIRST AID AFLOAT
$20.00 AUD

Cornell Maritime Press. Centreville, Maryland. 1987. 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.

68564
EGLINTON, Edmund
The MARY FLETCHER: Seven Days in the Life of a Westcountry Coasting Ketch
$25.00 AUD

University of Exeter Press. Exeter, 1990. 1st Ed. Exeter Marine Studies No. 5. Edited and introduced by Basil Greenhill. X, 85 PP with b/w illustrations (4 maps by Peter Allington and 43 plates). Laminated boards, pictorial front. Spine lightly sunned, o/wise fine. 25 x 17. 085989326X

74878
ELVSTRÖM, Paul
EXPERT DINGHY AND KEELBOAT RACING
$15.00 AUD

Richard Creagh-Osborne & Partners / Adlard Coles. Lymington / London. 1967. 1st English edition. 332 PP with 2 colour plates (photo & International Flags Signals) and b/w illustrations (diagrams, plans and sketches, and 250 photos. Eps: A Dragon class start in the Tokyo Olympic Games. Cloth cover, dj (price-clipped). Dust jacket trimmed a little with some small chips. Stamp of previous owner at top corner of title page. Foxing. Good reading copy. 24 x 17.5.

Sailing techniques for sailing fast.

75122
EVE, Martin
AN OLD GAFFER'S TALE
$20.00 AUD

Seafarer Books. London. 1991. 1st paperback edition of the 1984 original. (12), 193 PP with b/w illustrations (1 newspaper clipping, 1 painting, line drawings of the smack yacht "Privateer", 3 sketch maps and 28 photos). Stiff covers, pictorial front. Fine (as new condition). 21.4 x 13.5. 9780850364248

74874
EVERITT, Dick
BOAT OWNER'S SKETCH BOOK - (1)
$10.00 AUD

Practical Boat Owner. Poole, Dorset. 1979. 1st Ed. 36 PP with 38 plates with b/w illustrations (36 as text + inside front and back covers). Card covers, pictorial front. Near fine. 20.5 x 12.5.

74875
EVERITT, Dick
BOAT OWNER'S SKETCH BOOK - 2
$10.00 AUD

Practical Boat Owner. Poole, Dorset. 1982. 1st Ed. 36 PP with 38 plates with b/w illustrations (36 as text + inside front and back covers). Card covers, pictorial front. Fine. 20.5 x 12.5.

74876
EVERITT, Dick
BOAT OWNER'S SKETCH BOOK - 3
$10.00 AUD

Practical Boat Owner. Poole, Dorset. 1986. 1st Ed. 36 PP with 38 plates with b/w illustrations (36 as text + inside front and back covers). Card covers, pictorial front. Near fine. 20.5 x 12.5.

74828
FAGGETTER, Colin
BOAT BUILDING IN WOOD: From Lofting to Launching
$55.00 AUD

Waterline Books / Airlife Publishing. Shrewsbury, UK. 1995. 1st Ed. 128 PP with 3 b/w photos and 95 b/w illustrations (77 figures and 18 photos). Laminated pictorial boards. Fine. 25.2 x 19.5. 9781853105302

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

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

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

68232
FAIRLEY, Gordon
MINUTE BY MINUTE - The Story of the Royal Yachting Association (1875-1982)
$10.00 AUD

Royal Yachting Association. Woking, UK. 1983. 1st Ed. Foreword by HRH The Duke of Edinburgh. (8), 224 PP with 12 facsimile of documents. Pictorial soft cover. Stamp of "The Tasmanian Maritime and Folk Museum" on title page. Light foxing. Very good. 21.5 x 13.7.

50348
FALK, Stephen A.
SAILING RACING RULES THE EASY WAY
$5.00 AUD

Macmillan. Melbourne. 1975. 1st Australian edition of the 1973 US original. (6), 121 PP with 86 illustrations by Elizabetrh Myers Itse. Hard cover, title on front cover and spine. Foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 24 x 16.3. 0333175565

19665
FARRINGTON, Tony
RESCUE IN THE PACIFIC, A True Story of Disaster and Survival in a Force 12 Storm
$20.00 AUD

International Marine & McGraw-Hill. New York. 1996. 1st US Ed. XX, 273 PP with 1 map, 1 barometer graph & 4 weather maps, plus 10 pages with 19 bw photos. Eps: Location map & sequence of events. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 21.5 x 14. 070213674

A rogue storm during the Auckland - Tonga yacht race of June 1994. Foundering of 7 yachts. Rescue efforts by the Royal NZ Air Force, the Royal NZ Navy, the French Navy (Jacques Cartier) and two freighters.

73871
FARSON, Negley
SAILING ACROSS EUROPE
$20.00 AUD

Jonathan Cape. London. 1928. 1st reprint of the 1926 original. No. 111 in The Travellers' Library". Introduction by Frank V. Morley. 288, (40 publications) PP. Cloth covers, gilt device and title on the spine, dj. Dust jacket lightly soiled and with small chips. Insect damage in the gutter of both endpapers. Very good. 17.5 x 12.

Up the Rhine, down the Danube, and passing from one to the other by the half forgotten Ludwig Canal.

30948
FERGUSON, David L.
CLEOPATRA'S BARGE - The Crowninshield Story
$15.00 AUD

Little, Brown & Co. Boston. 1976. 1st Ed. (8), 293 PP with 40 b/w illust. Title spread: The Crowninshield - or India - Wharf. Eps: Family tree of the Crowninshield family in the U.S.A. Hard cover, cloth spine, dj (price clipped). Dust jacket lightly soiled and rubbed, o/wise near fine. 24 x 15.6. 0316278955

Saga of a remarkable family, and at one stage builder and owner of the first American vessel built solely for seagoing voyages of pleasure: Cleopatra's Barge.

30949
FERGUSON, David L.
CLEOPATRA'S BARGE - The Crowninshield Story
$5.00 AUD

Little, Brown & Co. Boston. 1976. 1st Ed. (8), 293 PP with 40 b/w illust. Title spread: The Crowninshield - or India - Wharf. Eps: Family tree of the Crowninshield family in the U.S.A. Hard cover. Near fine. 24 x 15.6. 0316278955

Saga of a remarkable family, and at one stage builder and owner of the first American vessel built solely for seagoing voyages of pleasure: Cleopatra's Barge.

59143
FERGUSON, John [editor]
THE AMATEURS - The Second Century Begins 1972-1997
$20.00 AUD

Maritime Heritage Press / Sydney Amateur Sailing Club Ltd. Sydney. 1997. 1st Ed. Foreword by His Excellency The Honourable Gordon Samuels. Introduction by Fred Bevis. VIII, 144 PP with b/w illustrations. Eps: Clubhouse in 1962. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 29 x 22. 1876059028

The history and the spirit of the Sydney Amateur Sailing Club.

44803
FEVERSHAM, Lord
GREAT YACHTS
$10.00 AUD

Anthony Blond. London. 1970. 1st Ed. 191 PP with 34 colour and 116 b/w photos. Fp. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine. Few foxing spots on outside edges and the 4 last leaves. Very good. 31 x 27. 21851476X

Early yachts. The America's Cup... Steam Yacht. Motor Yacht.

31066
FILLOUX, Jean
THE CROSSING OF THE COPULA
$15.00 AUD

Dodd, Mead & Co. New York. 1954. 1st US edition translated from the French original. VII, 216 PP with 2 pages of plans, plus 16 pages with 15 b/w photos. FEP: Map of the crossing Bordeaux to New York via the Canary Islands and the West Indies. REP: track of Copula in the Caribbean Sea. Cloth cover, dj (closed tear). Foxing on outside edges. Near fine. 20.8 x 14.5.

Bordeaux to New York in 13 months on a 47-foot catamaran with a Chinese rig. Voyage started in July 1950 .

31115
FILLOUX, Jean
THE CROSSING OF THE COPULA
$5.00 AUD

Collins. London. 1955. 1st UK edition translated from the French original. 255 PP with 2 pages of plans, plus 16 pages with 18 b/w photos. FEP: Map of the crossing Bordeaux to New York via the Canary Islands and the West Indies. REP: track of Copula in the Caribbean Sea. Hard cover. Front cover of dust jacket inside front endpaper. Some foxing. Very good reading copy. 20.8 x 14.5.

Bordeaux to New York in 13 months on a 47-foot catamaran with a chinese rig, voyage started in July 1950 .

51802
FINLAY, Jack
WIND ON THE WATER, and other Surf stories
$10.00 AUD

HarperSports / HarperCollins. Sydney. 2006. 1st Ed. 200, (10 publications) PP, plus 24 pages with 29 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 23.3 x 15.3. 0732284956

70634
FIRTH, Jeremy
'ROUND THE WORLD WITH ROSINANTE: February 1998 - March 2001
$30.00 AUD

Author. Hobart. 2015. 2nd edition of March 2015 (original January 2015). VI, 221 PP with colour illustrations (hundreds of photos and 75 maps). Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 23.4 x 17. 9780646932842

30030
FISHER, Bob
BEKEN OF COWES - THE NEW OCEAN THOROUGHBREDS
$25.00 AUD

Harrap. London. 1988. 1st Ed. 223 PP with 115 colour photographs by A. Keith Beken and Kenneth J. Beken. Fp: Cowes Harbour. Verso of title page: the Admiral's Cup. Hard cover, dj. Discreet bookshop stamp on lower corner of half title page. Near fine. 31.3 x 24. 0245544720

31069
FISHER, Bob
GREAT YACHT RACES
$15.00 AUD

David Bateman. Auckland. 1984. 1st Ed., with an introduction by Peter Blake. 256 PP with few figures (plans and maps) and over 250 photos mostly in colour. Title spread: Hitchhiker at the 1983 Admiral's Cup. Eps: The Admiral's Cup, 1983. Hard cover, title in blind on front cover, dj. Near fine. Large format: 36.3 x 28.2. 0908610238

America's Cup - Fastnet and the Admiral's Cup - Sydney- Hobart Race... Round the world Races... Route du Rhum - Transat en Double.

34829
FISHER, Bob
12-METRE IMAGES
$15.00 AUD

Pierson. Sydney. 1986. 1st Australian edition. VIII, 152 PP with 6 b/w and 144 colour photos. Eps: Southern Cross in Newport's evening sun. Hard cover, dj. Foxing spots on both endpapers, o/wise fine. 28.2 x 21.2. 0947068015

38697
FISHER, Bob
BEKEN OF COWES - THE NEW OCEAN THOROUGHBREDS
$15.00 AUD

Harrap. London. 1988. 1st Ed. 223 PP with 115 colour photographs by A. Keith Beken and Kenneth J. Beken. Fp: Cowes Harbour. Verso of title page: the Admiral's Cup. Hard cover. Fine. 31.3 x 24. 0245544720

73765
FISHER, Bob
THE FASTNET DISASTER and after
$15.00 AUD

Pelham Books. London. 1980. 1st Ed. 191 PP with tables and b/w illustrations (2 maps of the race, 5 weather maps, 3 figures and 3 graphs), plus 16 pages with 14 b/w phoyos. Hard covers, dj (price clipped). Fine. 22.2 x 14.5. 072071253X

74234
FISHER, Bob
THE ARMCHAIR SAILOR
$15.00 AUD

Waterline Books. Shrewsbury, UK. 1993. 1st Ed. 170 PP. Hard covers, gilt title on spine, dj (price clipped). A fine copy. 22.5 x 15.5. 9781853104268

22411
FISHER, Bob & PICKTHALL, Barry
OCEAN CONQUEST
$15.00 AUD

Little Brown & Co. Boston. 1993. 1st Ed. 160 PP with 1 map, 5 sketch-plans and colour photos. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 31.2 x 23.5. 0316904694

The official story of the Whitbread Round the World Race: Past, Present and Future. Races of 1973-74, 1977-78, 1981-82, 1985-86, 1989-90 & 1993-94.

46083
FISHER, Bob, DYER, Angela & LEWIS, Bron (editors)
THE OFFICIAL PROGRAMME AMERICA'S CUP '87
$5.00 AUD

Royal Perth Yacht Club / Aurum Press. Perth. 1987. 1st Ed. 160 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 28.5 x 20.8.

18455
FISHER, John
HOW TO SAIL
$5.00 AUD

Eyre & Spottiswoode. London. 1959. 1st Ed. 257 PP with 42 diagrams, plus 7 b/w plates. Fp: A day for single-handed sailing, national 12 ft. on the Thames. Hard cover, dj. Sellotape marks on endpapers. Occasional foxing. Very good. 19 x 13.

Includes chapters on: what kind of sailing, going afloat, safety first...

48162
FISHER, John
STARTING TO SAIL
$15.00 AUD

Adlard Coles. Southampton. 1959. Second impression of the 1958 original. No. 1 in Bosun Books series. 64 PP with 26 b/w illustrations by Roy Glanville. Pictorial card cover. Signature of previous owner on front endpaper. Very good. 18.4 x 12.4.

10477
FLETCHER, Daina
AKARANA
$10.00 AUD

Beagle Press / Australian National Maritime Museum. Sydney. 1991. 1st Ed. 72 PP with b/w & colour illustrations. Pictorial card cover. Fine. 25 x 21. 0947349049

The bicentennial gift from the New Zealand people to the Australian people: A yacht built in New Zealand 1888.

42633
FLETCHER, Mike & ROSS, Bob
TUNING A RACING YACHT
$5.00 AUD

Angus & Robertson. Sydney. 1972. 1st Ed. 128 PP with drawings and b/w photos. Hard cover, dj (price-clipped). Fine. 25 x 18.5. 0207122733

Besides tuning techniques, a wealth of information on mainsails, headsails, spinnakers, battens, masts & spars, rigging, etc...

48118
FLINT, Harvey
YACHT RACING
$5.00 AUD

Nicholas Kaye. London. 1949. 1st Ed. 128 PP with 12 figures and 12 b/w photos. Fp: Tuna Streamlined. Cloth cover. Water damage affecting covers and spine, and both endpapers. Foxing heavy on first and last leaves. A good reading copy (internally very good). 19 x 12.7.

55736
FLORENCE, Ronald
THE OPTIMUM SAILBOAT: Racing the Cruiser and Cruising the Racer
$15.00 AUD

Harper & Row. New York. 1986. 1st Ed. VIII, (2), 374 PP with text illustrations by David Johnson. Hard cover, dj. Fine. Oblong: 18.5 x 26. 0060154985

66335
FORBES, Scott, MAPPS, John & SWEENEY, Bronwyn
GLOBAL SURFARI: The Complete Atlas for the Serious Surfer
$25.00 AUD

Running Press. Philadelphia. 2007. 1st Ed. Foreword by Mark Richards. 256 PP with colour illustrations (over 65 photos and 70 detailed maps). Pictorial soft cover with clear plastic sleeve. Fine. 24 x 16. 9780762431854

Covers over 450 surf spots across 45 countries and territories.

69556
FOX, Uffa
MORE JOYS OF LIVING
$15.00 AUD

Nautical Publishing Company. London. 1972. 1st Ed. 180 PP, plus 20 pages with 31 b/w illustrations. Eps: map of Isle of Wight and the Solent. Hard cover, dj (closed tear). Dust jacket laminated and pasted down on covers and the inside of covers. Foxing spots on outside edges. Very good. 22 x 14.5. 0245507965

73728
FOX, Uffa
RACING, CRUISING AND DESIGN
$80.00 AUD

Peter Davies. London. 1951. 3rd Reprint of the 1937 original. VIII, 340 PP with sketches, plans & photos. Fp: Dorade sweeps past Diamond Head. Cloth cover, silver decoration on front cover, dj (price clipped). Newspaper clipping "Uffa Fox, Man of the Sea", by his wife Yvonne, loosely inserted. Dust jacket has a few small chips, o/wise a near fine copy. 27.8 x 21.

Story & designs of cruising or racing sailing boats or power craft. Scarce.

73729
FOX, Uffa
SAILING, SEAMANSHIP and YACHT CONSTRUCTION
$70.00 AUD

Peter Davies. London. 1957. Reprint of the 1934 original. (XII), 272 PP with over 300 b/w photos and design drawings. Blue cloth cover, silver engraving on front cover, dj (price clipped). Dust jacket with a repaired closed tear, and small piece missing at head of spine. Internally near fine. An excellent copy of a scarce title. 28 x 21.

73731
FOX, Uffa
SAILING BOATS
$20.00 AUD

Newnes. London. 1959. 1st Ed. 204 PP with 52 plans, plus 24 pages with 23 b/w photos (1 on double-page). Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Top outside edge tinted. Stamp of previous owner on front endpaper. Funeral notice loosely inserted. Light foxing, o/wise very good. 22 x 14.

The most popular types and sizes of sailing craft, from the International Cadet to the contenders for the America's Cup.

50327
FRAHM, Anne
CREW'S MANUAL FOR SMALL BOAT RACING
$5.00 AUD

A.H. & A.W. Reed. Sydney. 1977. Reprint of the 1969 edition (original of 1967). Introduction to the Australian edition by Jeff Toghill. XIV, 102 PP with drawings. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 18.4 x 11.3. 0589070258

43346
FRANCIS, Clare
COME HELL OR HIGH WATER
$10.00 AUD

Pelham Books. London. 1977. 1st Ed. 198 PP with 2 maps, plus 16 pages with 33 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Faint foxing. Near fine. 22.4 x 14.5. 0720709857

1st British girl to take part in the Observer Royal Western Singlehanded Transatlantic Race.

45463
FRANCIS, Clare
COME WIND OR WEATHER
$20.00 AUD

Pelham Books. London. 1978. 1st Ed. 224 PP with 2 drawings, 2 plans, 5 maps and 84 b/w photos, plus 12 pages with 28 colour photos. Fp: ADC Accutrac at the start of her seven-month voyage. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 24 x 17.5. 0720711045

Autobiography of the author's & skipper's round the world voyage whilst competing in the Whitbread Trophy.

55948
FRANCIS, Clare
COME WIND OR WEATHER
$5.00 AUD

Sphere Books. London. 1979. Paperback edition of the 1978 original. 253, (3) PP with 2 plans and 4 maps, plus 16 pages with 32 b/w photos. Pictorial card cover. Covers rubbed. Ageing of paper. A good reading copy. 17.8. x 10.8. 0722136390

Autobiography of the author's & skipper's round the world voyage whilst competing in the Whitbread Trophy.

14515
FRENCH, Edgar
THE MIRACLE AT SCOTTS' SHED - A History of the Blairgowrie Yacht Squadron 1952-82
$25.00 AUD

Georgian House. Melbourne. 1983. 1st Ed. (10), 262 PP with b/w illust. (photos, drawings...). Illustrated title-page. Eps: Chart of the Southern Waters of Port Phillip Bay. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 24 x 19. 0855855071X

Foundation and development of this yacht club based on the Mornington Peninsula.

50175
FRENCH, John
SMALL CRAFT RADAR
$5.00 AUD

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

65759
FRIZZELL, Andy & WEBB, Maurie
50 - PALM BEACH SURF LIFE SAVING CLUB
$40.00 AUD

Palm Beach (Qld) Surf Life Saving Club Inc. Palm Beach, Qld. 1980. 1st edition. 76 PP with over 75 b/w photos, plus 6 pages with 10 colour photos. Hard cover, title on front board and spine. Near fine. 28.4 x 21.8.

Covers the period from 1930 to 1980.

48302
FRY, Peter
BLUEWATER AUSTRALIANS - The Australian Experience in Ocean Sailing
$15.00 AUD

ABC Enterprises. Sydney. 1987. 1st Ed. 126 PP with 40 b/w photos. Pictorial card cover. Signature of previous owner at top of half title page. Faint foxing. Near fine. 24.5 x 17.5. 0642527636

The Australian experience in ocean sailing through the words of people like Jack Earl, Vic Meyer,....

74243
GARNSEY, Mrs Arthur. H. (Anne Stafford Bird)
THE ROMANCE OF THE HUON RIVER
$30.00 AUD

Whitcombe & Tombs. Melbourne. c. 1947. 1st Ed. Preface by H.M. Green. 220 PP with head pieces and 38 b/w illustrations (drawings and photos). Fp (in colour): The lovely Upper Huon. Eps: Map of Bruny Island and the Huon River. Cloth cover, nice bright dust jacket. Ex library copy with stamps on title page. Gutter of front endpaper starting. Very good reading copy. 19 x 13.

Settlement, fishing, Shipwright's Regatta... the River Craft.

53363
GARRET, Maxwell R.
BOATING: Know-How for Kids
$5.00 AUD

Pastimes Publishing Company. Urbana, Illinois. 1967. 1st Ed. No. P104 of the Pastimes series. 64 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 25.2 x 17.8.

71486
GEEVES, Bob
FOWLHOUSE TO THE WHEELHOUSE - The Odd Adventures of a Seagoing Sparkie
$30.00 AUD

Knocklofty Press. Hobart. 2010. 1st Ed. Foreword by Bob Clifford. VIII, 144, (2) PP with b/w illustrations: 1 cartoon, 7 maps and 60 photos. Pictorial stiff covers. Near fine. 21 x 14.7. 9780980548235

Australia wide and world wide deliveries (1986 to 2001) of ferries and wave piercing catamarans.

69235
GEEVES, M. D., GRIGGS, G. C., HONEYSETT, J. L., JOHNSTON, R. A. et al...
SAILING ON... A History of the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania 1880-1980
$20.00 AUD

The Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania. Hobart. 1980. 1st edition, with a foreword by His Excellency The Honourable Sir Stanley Burbury. XII, 256 PP with 2 maps and 84 b/w photos (82 on full page). Fp: Mouth of the Derwent River. Eps: Cadet Dinghies, Invitation Race, 1970. Cloth cover, simile leather, gilt device and title on front cover and spine, dj. Name of previous owner at top of half title page. Faint foxing on outside edges. Near fine. 24 x 18. 0959621415

73696
GEEVES, M. D., GRIGGS, G. C., HONEYSETT, J. L., JOHNSTON, R. A. et al...
SAILING ON... A History of the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania 1880-1980
$50.00 AUD

The Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania. Hobart. 1980. 1st edition, with a foreword by His Excellency The Honourable Sir Stanley Burbury. XII, 256 PP with 2 maps and 84 b/w photos (82 on full page). Fp: Mouth of the Derwent River. Eps: Cadet Dinghies, Invitation Race, 1970. Cloth cover, simile leather, gilt device and title on front cover and spine, dj. Dedicatory vignette signed by the Commodore Clive Simpson with congratulations in becoming a RYCT Member in 201O (100th anniversary). A fine copy. 24 x 18. 0959621415

43269
GELDER, Paul
THE LONELIEST RACE - 27,000 miles sailing alone around the world - the story of the BOC Challenge 1994-95
$15.00 AUD

Adlard Coles Nautical. London. 1995. 1st Ed. XXII, 170 PP with 4 maps, 20 portraits,and 36 b/w photos, plus 24 pages with 1 map and 49 colour photos. Eps: Map of the BOC Challenge 1994-95. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 25.2 x 19.5. 0713642025

19658
GEORGE, Sam
SURFING, A Way of Life
$10.00 AUD

Mallard Press. New York. 1990. 1st Ed. 128 PP with 13 b/w illustrations & 92 colour photos by Aaron Chang. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 36 x 26.2. 0792452895

52484
GERBAULT, Alain
IN QUEST OF THE SUN - The Journal of the "Firecrest"
$10.00 AUD

Hodder and Stoughton. London. 1930. October 1930 Cheaper Edition of the November 1929 original. 315 PP with 4 maps, plus 1 folding map and 8 plates with 15 b/w photos. Fp: Alain Gerbault at Suva, (Fiji Islands). Cloth cover, title on front cover and spine. Name of previous owner on front endpaper. Faint foxing. Very good. 22 x 15.

From New York to Le Havre, after crossing Panama Canal, the Pacific Ocean, Torres Strait, the Indian Ocean, and the Atlantic from Capetown to Normandy.

72213
GERBAULT, Alain
SUR LA ROUTE DU RETOUR - Journal de Bord, II - De Tahiti vers la France
$25.00 AUD

Bernard Grasset. Paris. 1929. 1st Ed. 218, (2 contents), 4 PP plus 1 folded map "Voyage d'Alain Gerbault autour du monde" and 24 pages with 4 maps (Fidji, Wallis, Detroit Torres, Iles du Cap Vert)and 33 b/w photos. Fp: Alain Gerbault, arrivée au Havre. Soft cover within a clear plastic dust jacket, title on front cover and spine. French text. Very good. 19.2 x 14.2.

Crossing of the "Firecrest" from Bora Bora to Le Havre.

73492
GERBAULT, Alain
IN QUEST OF THE SUN - The Journal of the Firecrest
$40.00 AUD

Hodder and Stoughton. London. 1930. October 1930 edition of the November 1929 UK original. 315 PP with 4 maps, plus 1 folding map and 8 plates with 14 b/w photos. Fp: Alain Gerbault at Suva, (Fiji Islands). Top outside edge tinted. Cloth cover, title at top of front cover and spine. Foxing and offsetting of paper. Ex Libris stamp and address of previous owner on front endpapers. 5 newspaper clippings (in English) pasted down on endpapers, and envelope containing about 10 newspaper clippings in French and a photo of his monument at Vaitape, Bora Bora, French Polynesia, loosely inserted. Very good reading copy. 23 x 16.

From New York to Le Havre, then crossing Panama Canal, the Pacific Ocean, Torres Strait, the Indian Ocean, and the Atlantic from Capetown to Normandy.

73604
GERBAULT, Alain
ILES DE BEAUTE
$15.00 AUD

NRF / Gallimard. Paris. 1941. 9th edition. 228, (4) PP. Soft covers, pictorial front. Ageing of paper and foxing on outside edges. French text. Very good. 19.2 x 14.2.

73677
GIBBS, Tony
ADVANCED SAILING - The Design, Rigging, Handling, Trailering, Equipping and Maintenance of Modern Sailboats
$10.00 AUD

St Martin's Press. New York. 1975. 1st Ed. (6), 151 PP with tables and b/w illustrations (drawings, sktches and photos. Stiff covers, pictorial front. Spine lightly sunned and repaired at bottom edge, o/wise near fine. 23.5 x 16.8.. 9780312006310

16217
GILLES, Daniel
ALONE - The Observer Book of the Single-handed Transatlantic Race
$5.00 AUD

Angus & Robertson. London. 1977. 1st English edition of the 1976 French original, with a preface by Eric Tabarly. 214 PP with plans & sketches of competing yachts, maps plus 32 pages with 86 b/w pict. Hard cover, dj. A few old damp traces at top of few pages, otherwise very good. 24 x 16.5. 0207957584

Origins of the transatlantic race, inaugural race of 1960 then races of 1964, 68, 72 & 76.

30792
GILLES, Daniel
LA COUPE DE L'AMERICA, ou le Monde Meilleur de la Course
$30.00 AUD

Voiles / Gallimard. Paris. 1977. 1st edition, with 400 illustrations by Morris and Stanley Rosenfeld. 158 PP with b/w illust. (plans, engravings and photos) and 4 colour illustrations on double page (Puritan, Columbia/Livonia, Columbia/Shamrock & Australia). Cloth cover, dj (price clipped). French text. Near fine. 31.5 x 25.

The challenges of the America's Cup between 1851 and 1977.

38692
GILLES, Daniel
ALONE - The Observer Book of the Single-handed Transatlantic Race
$10.00 AUD

Angus & Robertson. London. 1977. 1st English edition of the 1976 French original, with a preface by Eric Tabarly. 214 PP with plans & sketches of competing yachts, maps plus 32 pages with 86 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 24 x 16.5. 0207957584

Origins of the transatlantic race, inaugural race of 1960 then races of 1964, 68, 72 & 76.

41227
GIORGETTI, Franco
SAILS & SAILING - A Selection of Great Nautical Photographs from Mystic Seaport's Rosenfeld Collection
$30.00 AUD

Mystic Seaport. Mystic. 1999. 1st US edition, translated from the Italian original by David Steven Talbot. VIII, 178 PP with 79 b/w plates (4 of them folded) and 79 b/w photos for notes on plates. Title spread: Tender Vara and J-class Ranger of the Vanderbilt family. Hard cover, glt title on front cover and spine, dj. Fine. 34 x 24.2. 0913372889

66541
GIORGETTI, Franco
HISTORY AND EVOLUTION OF SAILING YACHTS
$30.00 AUD

White Star. Vercelli, Italy. 2006. 1st edition, translated from the Italian by Neil Frazer Davenport. 312 PP with b/w and colour illustrations throughout. Laminated pictorial boards, dj. Near fine. 30 x 22. 8854401099

A lavish publication full of information.

67956
GIORGETTI, Franco
SAILING YACHTS (America's Cup 2007 updated edition)
$40.00 AUD

White Star. Vercelli, Italy. 2007. New extended and up-dated edition of the 2000 original, translated from the Italian original by Neil Frazer Davenport. 328 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Hard cover, title in blind on front cover and spine, dj. Fine. 34 x 24.2. 9788854403277

31111
GLANVILLE, Alec
THE CRUISING APPRENTICE
$5.00 AUD

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.

69587
GLASSPOOL, John
OPEN BOAT CRUISING
$10.00 AUD

Nautical. Lymington, U.K. 1973. 1st Ed. 112 PP with b/w illustrations: 49 figures and 12 photos. Line drawings by Jane Michaelis. Hard cover, dust jacket (laminated and pasted down on covers). Copy lacking the title page. A very good reading copy. 21.5 x 15. 0245518746

75081
GLENANS Sea Centre
THE NEW GLENANS SAILING MANUAL
$15.00 AUD

David & Charles. Newton Abbot. 1980. 3rd impression of the 1978 edition, translated from the 1972 French original by James MacGibbon. 782 PP with many graphs, sketches, maps & photos, plus 2 large folded plates each with 4 maps (recto/verso). Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket with a small closed tear and a few nicks and is in a protective sleeve. A near fine copy. 21.5 x 17. 0715374702

Useful guide which advises not to become too involved at first with theories and instruction. He advocates to first learn to swim, get a boat and take her out on the water.

42825
GLIKSMAN, Alain, CHAMIER, John & BARRAULT, Jean-Michel
THE GIANTS OF SAIL 1919-1939, by Beken of Cowes
$100.00 AUD

Dodd, Mead & Company. New York. 1969. 1st US edition of the 1968 French original Les Géants de la Voile. 188 PP with 77 b/w photos (18 on full page, 23 on double page, and 8 on double length centrefold), plus 2 folded colour plates. All photographs by Frank and Keith Beken. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj (rubbed). Near fine. Scarce. 29.3 x 22.2.

With the 12-Metres and the America's Cup One Designs and the Metre Boats.

18208
GOLDSMITH-CARTER, George
SAILING SHIPS AND SAILING CRAFT
$5.00 AUD

New York. 1971. Bantam. 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.

45709
GOLDSMITH-CARTER, George
SAILING SHIPS AND SAILING CRAFT
$10.00 AUD

Paul Hamlyn / Sun Books. London. 1969. 1st paperback edition. 160 PP with colour illustrations by Bill Robertshaw. Pictorial soft cover. Faint foxing on outside edges. Very good. 18 x 11.

From ancient world to clippers and windjammers, working boats and pleasure yachts.

73925
GOLDSMITH-CARTER, George
SAILING SHIPS AND SAILING CRAFT
$15.00 AUD

Grosset & Dunlap. New York. 1970. 1st US edition in "The Grosset All-Color Guide" series. 159, (2 publications) PP with colour illustrations by Bill Robertshaw. Pictorial hard covers. Stamp of previous owner at top of front endpaper. Very good. 21 x 14.3.

From ancient world to clippers and windjammers, working boats and pleasure yachts.

74309
GOLDSMITH-CARTER, George
SPOTLIGHT ON SAILING SHIPS
$10.00 AUD

Paul Hamlyn / Sun Books. London. 1973. 1st Ed. 48 PP with 60 colour illustrations by Bill Robertshaw and Angus McBride. Pictorial laminated boards. Foxing spots on top outside edges. Near fine. 23.2 x 16. 0600380440

From ancient world to clippers and windjammers, of the 19th century.

18252
GOODENOUGH, Simon
SAILING SHIPS
$10.00 AUD

Albany Books. London. 1981. 1st Ed. 187, (2 index) PP withb/w and colour illustrations. Eps: Spanish Armada. Hard cover. Occasional foxing. Very good. 31 x 22.5. 0902935224

True story of the sailing ships, from their primitive origins to the 20th century, involving not only boats & sails, but men, ideas, superstitions & science.

63633
GOODENOUGH, Simon
SAILING SHIPS
$15.00 AUD

Galahad Books. New York. 1981. 1st US Ed. 187PP, (2 index) PP, profusely illustrated with b/w and colour illustrations. Eps: Spanish Armada. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 31 x 22.5. 0883655403

True story of the sailing ships, from their primitive origins to the 20th century, involving not only boats & sails, but men, ideas, superstitions & science.

47356
GORE, Philip (editor)
THE EIGHTIES GREATEST YACHT RACES
$15.00 AUD

Robertsbridge. Sydney. 1988. 1st Ed., with a foreword by Sir James Hardy. 320 PP with 2 b/w photos, 1 cut away and 1 figure (in colour), and 220 colour photos. Pictorial laminated boards. Near fine. 30.2 x 23. 0947178244

AWA Sydney-Hobart 1987 Ocean Classic, by James Harper. The Whitbread Round-The-World Yacht Race 1985-86, by Bob Fisher. The Flying Eighteens: a new thriller, by Craig Osment and Louky Werle. The Cup downunder: The America's Cup 1986-87, by Alan Sefton. The BOC single-handed round-the-world race 1986-87, by Robin Knox-Johnston and Barry Pickthall.

53205
GORE, Philip (editor)
THE CHALLENGE 1983
$1500.00 AUD

Lyon Productions. Sydney. 1984. A Limited Edition of 1000 numbered copies (No. 136 / 1000), designed by Craig Osment. XII, 310 PP with 2 figures (America's Cup course & The 12-Metre Rule), 6 drawings (in colour) by Donna Cross, 12 colour plates with tissue guard paper tipped in and 203 colour photographs by Paul A. Darling, J. H. Peterson et al. Signed letter by Commodore Robert G. Stone of the New York Yacht Club tipped in on page V. Leather bound, raised bands, gilt title on front cover and spine. Contained in a protective box of campher wood with a gilt plate on top. Signed by the publisher Robert A. Gunn. A near fine copy. Scarce. 36.6 x 26.8. This is a heavy item and postage will be higher than usual. Please ask for a quote. 0959199608

Text by nine of the world's most authoritative 12-Metre writers, giving the viewpoints of the 6 competing nations.

36592
GORSKY, Bernard
MOANA RETURNS
$15.00 AUD

Elek Books. London. 1959. 1st English edition of the 1957 original Expedition Moana. 264 PP with 1 map, plus 12 pages with 16 b/w photos. Cloth cover, dj (price clipped). Short note on front endpaper, small pieces missing at top and bottom of spine of the dust jacket. Foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise very good. 22.2 x 14.5.

Homebound voyage, from Tahiti to Saint Tropez, via Tonga, New Caledonia, Indian Ocean, and the Red Sea, in the forty-foot cutter Moana.

38733
GORSKY, Bernard
MOANA (Vastness of the Waters)
$15.00 AUD

Elek Books. London. 1956. 1st English edition of the 1955 French original. 239 PP with 1 map, plus 4 pages with 3 colour photos and 16 pages with 32 b/w photos. Eps: Maps with top outside edges of covers speckled. insets between Saint Malo and Papeete. Cloth cover, dust jacket with chips and a few small pieces missing and now in a protective sleeve. Foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise very good. 22.2 x 14.5.

Outbound voyage, from Saint Malo to Tahiti, via the Canaries Islands, the West Indies, Panama Canal, Galapagos, and the Marquesas, in the forty-foot cutter Moana.

70858
GORSKY, Bernard
EXPEDITION "MOANA" (Le Tour du Monde de l'Exploration sous-marine): Oc&an Pacifique, Océan Indien, Mer Rouge, Méditerranée
$20.00 AUD

Editions de la Pensée Moderne. Paris. 1959. May 1959 reprint of the 1957 original. 286 PP with 1 map on double page, plus 24 pages with 16 b/w and 14 colour photos. Soft cover. Covers with foxing spots. Slight ageing of paper and foxing. French text. Very good. 21.5 x 15.

Homebound voyage, from Tahiti to Saint Tropez, via Tonga, New Caledonia, Indian Ocean, and the Red Sea, in the forty-foot cutter Moana.

71334
GORSKY, Bernard
MOANA RETURNS
$20.00 AUD

Elek Books. London. 1959. 1st English edition of the 1957 original Expedition Moana. 264 PP with 1 map, plus 12 pages with 16 b/w photos. Cloth cover, repaired and protected dj (price clipped). Foxing spots on outside edges. Contents near fine. 22.2 x 14.5.

Homebound voyage, from Tahiti to Saint Tropez, via Tonga, New Caledonia, Indian Ocean, and the Red Sea, in the forty-foot cutter Moana.

72610
GORSKY, Bernard
L' AQUARIUM DE DIEU
$70.00 AUD

Editions de la Pensée Moderne. Paris. 1961. 1st Ed. 250, (3) PP. Hard cover, marble papered boards with title on front board, dj. Slight ageing of paper and foxing. Rare dust jacket. French text. Very good. 21.5 x 15.

Book half way between autobiography and novel: Shipwrecked on a passage from Sydney to Tahiti in Surprise Island, extreme north of New Caledonia.

73373
GORSKY, Bernard
EXPEDITION "MOANA" (Le Tour du Monde de l'Exploration sous-marine): Caraïbes - Polynésie
$20.00 AUD

Editions de la Pensée Moderne. Paris. 1958. July 1958 reprint of the 1956 original. 286 PP, plus 28 pages with34 b/w and 11 colour photos. Soft covers with some wear and foxing. Slight ageing of paper and foxing. Very good. French text. 21.5 x 15.

Outbound voyage, from Saint Malo to Tangiers, West Indies, Panama Canal, Galapagos, Tropez, via Tonga, New Caledonia, Indian Ocean, and the Red Sea, in the forty-foot cutter Moana.

74122
GORTER, Sandra
SEMPER "FIDELIS" - 50 Years of the Ocean Greyhound
$35.00 AUD

E-Bisprint Pty Ltd. Sydney. 2014. 1st Ed. 172 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Stiff covers, pictorial front. Fine/as new condition. 23 x 17. 9780987526519

Built 1963/64 in Lidgard boat-yard, at Bayswater, NZ.

35101
GOSS, Pete
CLOSE TO THE WIND
$10.00 AUD

Hodder Headline. London. 1998. 1st paperback edition. (6), 282 PP with 1 map and 2 facsimile of faxes, plus 16 pages with 1 b/w and 42 colour photos. Pictorial card cover. Fine. 23.2 x 15.2. 074727519X

Autobiography, early years yachting and racing. Round-the-world yacht race Vendée Globe of 1996-97 on the Aqua Quorum and rescue in the Southern Ocean of fellow competitor Raphael Dinelli.

74011
GOSS, Pete
CLOSE TO THE WIND
$5.00 AUD

Headline. London. 1999. 1st "Headline" paperback edition. (6), 345, (1) PP with b/w illustrations: 1 map, 2 facsimile of faxes and 18 headpieces, plus 16 pages with 2 b/w and 41 colour photos. Pictorial card cover. Near fine. 17.8 x 11. 9780747259381

Autobiography, early years yachting and racing. Round-the-world yacht race Vendée Globe of 1996-97 on the Aqua Quorum and rescue in the Southern Ocean of fellow competitor Raphael Dinelli.

68286
GRAHAM, Commander R.D.
ROUGH PASSAGE, Being the Narrative of a Single-handed Voyage to Newfoundland, Labrador, and Bermuda in the Seven-Ton yacht Emanuel and the subsequent Return to England with a Soldier Crew
$15.00 AUD

William Blackwood & Sons Ltd. London. 1937. 3rd impression of the 1936 original. Introduction by Claud Worth. XIII, 236 PP with tables and 2 maps on endpapers, plus 8 b/w plates (1 artwork and 7 photos). Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Stamp of "The Tasmanian Maritime and Folk Museum" on front endpaper. Signature of previous owner on preliminary page. Light foxing. Very good. 20.5 x 14.

North Atlantic crossing in 1934 returning by way of Bermuda and the Azores.

73732
GRAHAM, Commander R.D. & GRAHAM, M. Helen
ROUGH PASSAGE AND THE ADVENTURE OF THE FAEROE ISLANDS
$40.00 AUD

Rupert Hart-Davis. London. 1952. 2nd impression of the 1950 edition (original of 1936 & 1930). No. 9 in the Mariners Library series. Introduction by Claud Worth. XI, 12-256 PP with 5 maps, plus 12 pages with 21 b/w photos. Hard cover, with attractive price clipped dust jacket illustrated by Weston Megoran. Top outside edge tinted. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. 19 x 12.5.

North Atlantic crossing in 1934 returning by way of Bermuda and the Azores. Voyage to the Faeroe Islands in 1929.

75039
GRAHAM, Marilyn (compiler)
COASTAL CRUISING COMPANION - A Novice Sailor's Guide to Towns, Ports & Anchorages: Hobart, Tasmania to Maryborough, Queensland via the Gippsland Lakes
$30.00 AUD

Marilyn Graham. Blackmans Bay, Tas. 2011. 1st Ed. (1), 79 PP with colour illustrations: maps, plans and photos. Clear plastic covers, spiral bound. Fine (as new condition). 22 x 18.5.

35345
GRASEMANN, C.
ABC OF YACHTS
$10.00 AUD

Ian Allan. London. 1954. 1st Ed., in the ABC series. 56 PP with 4 drawings, 8 flags and 35 b/w photos. Pictorial card cover. Near fine. Small format: 15.5 x 10.2.

53110
GREEN, David (editor)
GIPSY MOTH IV CIRCLES THE WORLD AGAIN - Souvenir Programme
$15.00 AUD

United Kingdom Sailing Academy. Cowes, Isle of Wight. 2006. Edition VII, July 2006. Introduction by HRH The Princess Royal. No pagination, 32 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.7 x 20.8.

Commemorating Gipsy Moth IV's visit to Australia.

61203
GREENHILL, Basil
SAILING FOR A LIVING
$5.00 AUD

Percival Marshall. London. 1962. 1st Ed. (6), 74 PP with 13 drawings by Ann Giffard, plus 8 b/w plates. Fp: The brig Newton of Bideford. Pictorial soft cover. Occasional foxing. Very good. 18.5 x 12.6.

33163
GRIBBINS, Joseph
CLASSIC SAIL
$35.00 AUD

Friedman / Fairfax. New York. 1998. 1st Ed. 128 PP with 96 colour Illust. Fp: Restored Endeavour. Title page: wooden block. Sps: New York sand-baggers race at Robbins Reef, by Fred Cozzens. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 29.3 x 29.3. 1567994512

Ancient sail. Nineteenth-Century sail. Cruising classics... Luxury Yachts.

72607
GRIFFITH, Bob & Nancy
BLUE WATER - A guide to self-reliant sailboat cruising
$20.00 AUD

Sail Books, Inc. Boston. 1979. 1st Ed. 267 PP with 2 plans, 10 sketches, and 26 colour photos. Eps: Map with voyages of the first and second "Awahne". Cloth cover, dj. Dust jacket a little rubbed around edges, o/wise near fine. 23.3 x 15.5. 0914814183

73735
GRIFFITHS, Maurice
YACHTING ON A SMALL INCOME (A Talk with the "Man in the Street")
$40.00 AUD

Hutchinson & Co. London. c.1930. Fourth edition. VI, 160 PP with 21 figures in text. Frontispiece: Off for the Week-end. Hard covers with a small insect hole on rear cover near spine, chipped dust jacket with small pieces missing on edges. Contents near fine. Scarce. 19.3 x 13.

75117
GRIFFITHS, Maurice
SWATCHWAYS AND LITTLE SHIPS
$20.00 AUD

Nautical Books. London. 1987. 1st paperback Ed. 192 PP with 15 text drawings (including 2 charts), plus 8 pages with 8 b/w plates. Fine. 21.5 x 13.8. 0851774261

74973
GRIFFITHS, Maurice (editor)
YACHTING MONTHLY & Motor Cruising - Volume 68, No. 403
$20.00 AUD

Yachting Monthly. New Barnet, UK. 1939. November 1939. (4), 72 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, designs and plans, photos). Fp: "Where Nelson Led, we Follow". Pictorial soft covers with light wear and reinforced on spine. Contents near fine. 27 x 18.5.

Contents include: Naiande "Goes Foreign", II - From Benodet to the River Yealm by T.A.A. Hunter, Zeehond in the West Country, by "Sea Lawyer", Two Happy Weeks, Around Skye and Mull in a Chartered Yawl, by G.E.N. Morison, ...

18185
GRIGSBY, J.E.
ANNALS OF OUR ROYAL YACHTS 1604-1953
$15.00 AUD

Adlard Coles / George Harrap. London. 1953. 1st Ed. 64 PP with 23 b/w plates. Fp: H.M. King George V at the wheel of Britannia. Cloth cover with chipped & faded dj, occasional foxing, o/wise very good. 24.5 x 18.

Presentation volume for Queen Elizabeth II's coronation year. Published for the launching of the Royal Yacht Britannia, Spring 1953.

18270
GROSER, John
ATLANTIC VENTURE: The Observer Singlehanded Transatlantic Race
$5.00 AUD

London. 1968. Ward Lock & Co. 1st Ed. 160 PP with 8 figures (plans, maps), plus 22 b/w plates. Appendix I: Scale drawings of the 35 yachts in the 1968 race. Hard cover, dj (price-clipped). Faint foxing on outside edges. Very good. 22.2 x 14.6.

The first Observer single-handed transatlantic race of 1968.

16215
GRUBE, F. & RICHTER, G. (Editors)
THE BIG BOOK OF SAILING - the Sailors, the Ships and the Sea
$15.00 AUD

Barron's. New York. 1979. 1st English edition. 309 PP with b/w & colour illustrations. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. Large format: 34 x 26.5. 0812053249

One of the last arenas of adventure left: the sea... Very good.

67303
GRUBE, F. & RICHTER, G. (Editors)
THE BIG BOOK OF SAILING - the Sailors, the Ships and the Sea
$10.00 AUD

Barron's. New York. 1979. 1st English edition. 309 PP with b/w & colour illustrations. Hard cover. Ex library copy with gilt stamp of "Xavier College" in blind on front cover, and stamps on outside edges, endpapers and title page. Internally near fine. Large format: 34 x 26.5. 0812053249

One of the last arenas of adventure left: the sea... Inncludes section on the Big Races on the High Seas, Admiral's Cup, The Lonely Men and the Sea,Sailing to Hell and Back ...

46521
GUILLAIN, France & Christian
CALL OF THE SEA
$20.00 AUD

Victor Gollancz. London. 1976. 1st UK edition, translated from the French original by Caroline Hillier. 272 PP, plus 16 pages with 13 colour and 14 b/w photos. Hard cover. Foxing on outside edges. Contents clean and still a very good copy. 22 x 14.5. 0575020601

A family's adventures at sea with their infant daughter. From Europe across the Atlantic and the Pacific to Tahiti.

58431
GUISNEL, Jean, ... CADORET, Michèle ...
LA FOLIE DES VOILES (in Libération, Hors-Série Juillet-Aout 92)
$20.00 AUD

Libération & Le Chasse-Marée. Paris & Douarnenez. 1992. Special Issue July-August 1992. 100 PP with b/w and colour Illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 37.5 x 27.5.

Gathering of windjammers, wooden sailing craft... , Brest in 1992.

59146
GUTHRIE, Bruce & MEAD, Caroline (editors)
THE AUSTRALIAN WISH - June 2006 - "Water Worlds"
$5.00 AUD

The Australian / Nationwide News. Sydney. 2006. June 2006 Issue. 72 PP with colour illustrations. Fine. 33.2 x 27..

Page 28 to 32: Love Boats, super yachts, by Jane Albert. ... Sue Fear, star trekker, by Tim Elliott.

59148
GUTHRIE, Bruce & MEAD, Caroline (editors)
THE AUSTRALIAN WISH - April 2006 - STORM BOY
$5.00 AUD

The Australian / Nationwide News. Sydney. 2006. April 2006 Issue. 72 PP with colour illustrations. Fine. 33.2 x 27..

Page 38 to 41: Storm Boy, Tony Harrington and surfing, by Drew Warne-Smith

70682
GYSI, Werner M. & Family
A FAMILY OF SIX AT SEA - Crossing the Atlantic on a Cement Boat
$15.00 AUD

Gooly Mooly Publishing. Enderby, B.C., Canada. 2009. 1st Ed. 320 PP with b/w illustrations: 1floor plan for Kirsty Nicole, maps, drawings, photos, portraits. Pictorial soft covers. Note on title page, signed and dated by the owner/author. Near fine. 21.6 x 13.7. 0781896424019

52727
HACKFORTH-JONES, Gilbert
THE BOY'S BOOK OF SAILING
$20.00 AUD

Burke Publishing. London. 1960. 1st Ed. 144 PP with b/w illustrations. Red hard cover, title on spine. Covers with light wear, paper browning a little around edges, o/wise a near fine copy printed on superior gloss paper. Image shows title-page and frontispiece. 25.2 x 19.

Dictionary of sailing terms, the how and why of sail design and hull design, seamanship, practical navigation, inland waters, cruising in coastal waters, cruising out of sight of land, racing ..

67675
HADMAN, Ballard
AS THE SAILOR LOVES THE SEA
$10.00 AUD

Harper & Brothers. New York. 1951. 1st US edition. (12), 209 PP, plus 16 pages with 13 b/w illustrations by the author. Eps: special map of the coast of Alaska with "telescoped distances". Cloth cover. Faint foxing. Very good clean copy. 21.5 x 14.5.

68195
HALEY, Neale
THE SCHOONER ERA: A Lost Epic in History
$15.00 AUD

A.S. Barnes. New York. 1972. 1st edition. 192 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, sketches, paintings and photos). Cloth cover. Stamps of "University of Tasmania" on endpapers and title page and loan pocket on rear endpaper. Contents very good. 28.5 x 21.7. 0498077276

33677
HAMBLIN, Percy (editor)
AUCKLAND'S 100th ANNIVERSARY REGATTA
$55.00 AUD

Auckland Anniversary Regatta Committee. Auckland. 1950. 1st Ed. 105, (3 blanks) PP with 42 pages of period advertising material and b/w illust. (engravings, maps, photos, plans...), plus 1 centrefold map Regatta Chart of Harbour Courses. Illustrated soft covers (slight insect damage), o/wise near fine. 24.5 x 18.3.

Souvenir centennial programme: 28th / 30th January 1950.

47064
HAMILTON, Mary & WHITING, D'arcy (editors)
COASTAL CRUISING HANDBOOK - A guide to the north-east coast of New Zealand and anchorages from Three Kings Islands to Cape Kidnappers
$60.00 AUD

Royal Akarana Yacht Club. Auckland. 2002. 9th edition of the 1972 original. 281 PP with 5 coastal views, 185 figures (sketch plans of anchorages, bays, islands, and ports), plus 4 colour plates (2 photos and 2 maps). Hard cover, gilt burgee on front cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Few lines with underlining or highlighting. Stamp of previous owner on front endpaper and title page, o/wise near fine. 23.2 x 15.6. 0473081733

74614
HAMILTON-ADAMS, C. P.
THE RACING SCHOONER "WESTWARD"
$30.00 AUD

Stanford Maritime. London. 1976. 1st Ed. 109 PP with 10 drawings and 68 b/w photos. Hard covers, dj. Foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 20.5 x 26.5. 0540071552

31038
HAMMOND, Geoffrey F.
SHOWDOWN AT NEWPORT - The Race for the America's Cup
$10.00 AUD

New York. 1974. Walden Publications. 1st Ed. VIII, 217 PP with b/w illust. (plans & photos). Fp: Dame Pattie and Columbia brush before '67 match. Title page: Burgee of the New York Yacht Club. Hard cover, dj (chipped). Foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise near fine. 28.4 x 21.5.

74308
HAMMOND, Susan S.
LANDFALLS REMEMBERED
$25.00 AUD

A. S. Barnes and Company, Inc. New York. 1963. 1st Ed. XVIII, 285 PP, plus 32 pages with 54 b/w photos. FP (in colour): "Rara Avis" in Aegean Waters, 1960. Eps: map Greece and Anatolian coast of Turkey. Cloth covers, gilt device on front board and gilt title on spine, dj (price clipped) and rubbed with a few small chips. Note on half title page and faint stamp of previous owner on outside edges and inside front cover. Contents near fine. Scarce. 21.5 x 14.5.

Six summer cruises in the Mediterranean Seas, and a Transatlantic voyage on "Capitana" during the 1939 Harvard Columbus Expedition.

63156
HANSEN, Clas Broder & HANSEN, Hans Jürgen
SEGELSCHIFFE KURS HAMBURG - Sailing Ships Bound for Hamburg
$25.00 AUD

Urbes Verlag. München. 1989. 1st Ed. 112 PP with 4 illustrations (2 b/w and 2 colour), and 106 colour photos. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Name of previous owner at top of front endpaper. German and English text. Fine. 30.5 x 24. 3924896178

Some four hundred sailing ships from all over the world set course for Hamburg to take part in the eight hundred-year jubilee celebrations of the Port of Hamburg.

73197
HANSEN, P. G. & AARRE, Bent
FIRST STEPS IN SMALL BOAT SAILING
$10.00 AUD

Adlard Coles Ltd. London. 1970. 1st Uk edition, translated from the Danish original by Lillan Fuller. Foreword by Robin Knox-Johnston. 69 PP with 1 table and 60 drawings or sketches, plus 4 pages with 5 b/w photos. Errata slip tipped on page 5. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, price-clipped dust jacket with a few chips and a repaired closed tear. Faint foxing spots on top outside edge. Near fine. 20.5 x 13.5. 0229974945

A sailing Primer and an Optimist dinghy handbook.

73767
HANSON, H. J.
IANTHE CRUISES: Ushant - Gironde
$20.00 AUD

Macgibbon & Kee. London. 1950. 1st Ed. VIII, 248 PP with 1 diagram of the Cardinal System of Buoyage, 3 plans of "Ianthe II" and 45 maps (5 with coastal views), plus 6 pages with 7 b/w photos. Fp: "Ianthe II". Hard covers, dj (price clipped). Dust jacket with small chips and now in a protecting sleeve. Near fine. 22 x 14.

72520
HANSON, Neil
THE CUSTOM OF THE SEA
$15.00 AUD

Doubleday. London. 1999. 1st Ed. 331 PP, plus 8 pages with 22 b/w illustrations. Fp: Cover of "The Graphic", 20th September 1884. Pictorial card cover. Address of previous owner at top corner of title page. Faint foxing. Near fine. 23.4 x 15.5. 9780385601153

Voyage of the Yacht "Mignonette" bound from Falmouth to Sydney. Shipwrecked in the Atlantic Ocean... A shocking true tale of shipwreck, murder and the last taboo.

74490
HANSON, Neil
THE CUSTOM OF THE SEA
$15.00 AUD

John Wiley. New York. 1999. 1st US edition. 315 PP, plus 16 pages with 22 b/w illustrations. Fp: Cover of The Graphic, 20th September 1884. Hard cover, dj. Note on front endpaper. Occasional foxing. Near fine. 24.2 x 16. 9780471383895

Voyage of the Yacht Mignonette bound from Falmouth to Sydney. Shipwrecked in the Atlantic... A shocking true tale of shipwreck, murder and the last taboo.

73952
HARCOURT BURRAGE, E.
THE VANISHED YACHT
$10.00 AUD

Thomas Nelson and Sons , Ltd. London. c. 1925. Reprint. (VIII), 358, (10 publications) PP, plus 4 b/w plates. Fp. Cloth covers, title and illustration on front cover and spine. Prize plate (1929) on front endpaper. Light foxing. Very good. 19.4 x 14.

50048
HARDY, Sir James & MUNDLE, Robert
SIR JAMES HARDY, An Adventurous Life
$10.00 AUD

Penguin. Sydney. 1995. 1st paperback edition of the 1993 original. (8), 303 PP with Sir James Hardy's personal coat of arms E Moribus Sit Homo, plus 16 pages with 34 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Signature of previous owner on inside front cover, o/wise very good. 19.8 x 13. 0140248048

Sportsman, outstanding yachtsman, businessman, vigneron...

73778
HARLE, Philippe
THE GLENANS SAILING MANUAL
$10.00 AUD

Adlard Coles. London. 1972. 4th impression of the 1963 UK edition. Translated from the 1961 French original Cours de Navigation des Glenans by Lieutenant-Colonel A. J. L. Hughes. 446 PP with many graphs, sketches, maps & photos. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket with a few chips and is in a protective sleeve. Very good. 23.5 x 15. 0229642306

Useful guide which advises not to become too involved at first with theories and instruction. He advocates to first learn to swim, get a boat and take her out on the water.

70952
HARRIS, Craig & HORDERN, Marsden
BLUE WATER WARRIORS - The early Sydney to Hobart Yacht Races
$50.00 AUD

Lightning Source. Sydney. 2018. 1st paperback edition. Foreword by John Bertrand, AO. Introduction by Marsden Hordern. XI, 272, (4) PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 23.5 x 15.5. 9780648369301

Marsden Hordern was the navigator on Mistral II for the races of: 1947, 1948, 1949 & on White Cloud for the 1954 race.

59140
HARVEY, Captain J. R.
SAILING ORDERS
$40.00 AUD

Alexander Maclehose & Co. London. 1935. 1st Ed. Foreword by Vice-Admiral Sir Percy Douglas. XVI, 144 PP with 15 figures, plus 16 plates with 27 b/w photos and 8 folded maps & charts. Fp: Widgeon in Scarba Sound: 1933. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine. Foxing throughout. Very good. 25.3 x 19.

53735
HAWKINS, Clifford W.
PRAUS OF INDONESIA
$90.00 AUD

Nautical Books. London. 1982. 1st Ed. Introduction by Basil Greenhill. 134 PP with b/w illust. (plans, sketches & photos) and 15 colour photos. Hard cover, dj. Light offsetting on endpapers and minimal light foxing, o/wise a fine copy. Scarce. 30.5 x 26. 0333318102

Sailing craft plying the waters of the Indonesian Archipelago. Different types of prau: leti-leti, golekan, bugis, pinisi...The coasts, the ports, the type of trading.

60898
HAWTHORNE, Geoff (editor)
1992 BOAT DIRECTORY
$10.00 AUD

Associated Communication Enterprises / Boat Directory. Melbourne. 1992. Volume 13. 176 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27.4 x 20.8.

Pages 6-25: Bound for Bora Bora (1 map and 26 colour photos). Spirit of "Endeavour" triumph again (5 colour photos), by John Longley. Whitsunday Passage by John Archer (6 colour photos).

36764
HAYS, David & Daniel
MY OLD MAN AND THE SEA - A Father and Son Sail around Cape Horn
$15.00 AUD

Algonquin Books. Chapel Hill, North Carolina. 1995. 3rd printing of the 1995 original. XIV, 231 PP with 1 figure, 1 facsimile of entry in logbook, 3 plans and 16 maps. Eps: Pilot chart covering west coast of South America. Hard cover, cloth spine, dj. Fine. 22 x 13.2. 1565121023

Voyage of the 25-foot yacht Sparrow: New London, Panama Canal, Galapagos, Easter Island, Cape Horn, Falkland Islands, Antigua and Bermuda.

46322
HAYS, David & Daniel
MY OLD MAN AND THE SEA - A Father and Son Sail around Cape Horn
$15.00 AUD

Algonquin Books. Chapel Hill, North Carolina. 1995. 1st Ed. XIV, 231 PP with 1 figure, 1 facsimile of entry in logbook, 3 plans and 16 maps. Eps: Pilot chart covering west coast of South America. Hard cover, dj. Note to previous owner on preliminary page. Near fine. 22 x 13.2. 1565121023

Voyage of the 25-foot yacht Sparrow: New London, Panama Canal, Galapagos, Easter Island, Cape Horn, Falkland Islands, Antigua and Bermuda.

49761
HAYS, David & Daniel
MY OLD MAN AND THE SEA - A Father and Son Sail around Cape Horn
$5.00 AUD

Anchor. Sydney. 1996. Reprint of the 1996 Australian paperback edition (original of 1995). XIV, 231 PP with 1 figure, 1 pilot chart, 1 facsimile of entry in logbook, 3 plans and 16 maps. Pictorial soft cover. Faint foxing on outside edges, o/wise near fine. 19.5 x 13. 0868246875

Voyage of the 25-foot yacht "Sparrow": New London, Panama Canal, Galapagos, Easter Island, Cape Horn, Falkland Islands, Antigua and Bermuda.

72642
HAYTER, Adrian
SHEILA IN THE WIND, A Story of a Lone Voyage
$35.00 AUD

Hodder and Stoughton. London. 1959. 1st Ed. 319 PP, plus 8 pages with 9 b/w Illustrations (portrait and 8 photos). Fp: Portrait of Adrian Hayter, by Maureen Connell. Eps: Map with route taken by"Sheila II" between Southampton and Nelson in New Zealand. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price clipped). Sellotape marks on edges of dust jacket. Foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise a very good clean copy. Scarce. 22 x 14.5.

A wonderful single handed voyage that took 6 years.

74859
HEAD, Viv (compiler / writer)
SAILING GAFFERS - Stories from 50 years of the Old Gaffers Association
$40.00 AUD

Quartet Books. London. 2013. 1st Ed. Foreword by Tom Cunliffe, and Introducion by Mike Shaw, President of OGA. 303 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Fp (in colour): Gaff Rig. Stiff covers, pictoral front. Fine (as new condition). 24 x 17. 9780704373297

Chapter 2: Laying the Keel / The origins of OGA. ... Chapter 18: In Pacific seas - Australia & New Zealand .

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

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

The Prime Minister of the U.K., first lesson in 1966, win on the Sydney/Hobart in 1969...

38755
HEATH, Edward
SAILING - A Course of My Life
$5.00 AUD

Sidgwick & Jackson. London. 1978. Reprint of the 1975 original. (4), 184, (1 Index), (3) PP with 1 map, 2 cartoons, 94 b/w and 34 colour illustrations. Title spread: Fourth Morning Cloud on trials, June 1975. Limp cover, dj. Occasional foxing. Near fine. 24.8 x 18.2. 0283984929

The Prime Minister of the U.K., first lesson in 1966, win on the Sydney/Hobart in 1969...

14601
HEATON, Peter
THE SINGLEHANDERS
$5.00 AUD

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

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

37469
HEATON, Peter
YACHTING - A History
$5.00 AUD

London. 1955. B. T. Batsford. 1st Ed. 280 PP with 5 tail-pieces and 109 figures (line drawings, paintings & b/w photos). Fp: The fabulous J Class Endeavour I leading Endeavour II. Cloth cover (marked), gilt title on spine. Foxing. Very good. 22.7 x 15.5.

37766
HEATON, Peter
YACHTING - A History
$15.00 AUD

Charles Scribner's Sons. New York. 1956. 1st US edition of the 1955 UK original. 280 PP with 5 tail-pieces and 109 figures (line drawings, paintings & b/w photos). Fp: The fabulous J Class Endeavour I leading Endeavour II. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price-clipped). Note on front endpaper, o/wise near fine. 22.7 x 15.5.

39911
HEATON, Peter
A HISTORY OF YACHTING IN PICTURES
$10.00 AUD

Tom Stacey. London. 1973. 2nd impression of the 1972 original. 159 PP with 155 b/w illustrations (4 on folded plates) & 54 colour illustrations (1 on folded plate). Title spread: Mastview of the deck of Nefertiti, American 12-metre yacht. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj (closed tear). Faint foxing spots on outside edges. Very good. 31.8 x 24.2. 085468297X

41758
HEATON, Peter
SAILING
$5.00 AUD

London. 1949. Penguin Books. 1st Ed., with a foreword by Vice-Admiral Sir Geoffrey Blake. 224 PP with drawings, tail pieces and over 54 figures, plus 20 pages with 16 b/w photos and 4 figures. Illustrated soft cover (rubbed). Name and stamp of previous owner on half title page. Ageing of paper, insect damage (3 small holes) affecting back cover and last 17 pages, o/wise a good reading copy. 18 x 10.8.

45306
HEATON, Peter
MOTOR YACHTING AND BOATING
$10.00 AUD

Pelham Books. London. 1973. 1st Ed. 320 PP with 118 figures (line drawings, plans, sketches), plus 32 pages with 86 b/w photographic plates. Hard cover. Foxing spots on outside edges and both endpapers. Very good. 24 x 16.

47044
HEATON, Peter
SAILING
$5.00 AUD

London. 1968. Penguin Books. Reprint of the 3rd edition of 1966 (original of 1949), with a foreword by Vice-Admiral Sir Geoffrey Blake. 254 PP with drawings, tail pieces and over 56 figures, plus 16 b/w plates. Illustrated soft cover (rubbed). Slight ageing of paper, o/wise a good reading copy. 18 x 10.8.

48058
HEATON, Peter
SAILING
$5.00 AUD

London. 1949. Penguin Books. 1st Ed., with a foreword by Vice-Admiral Sir Geoffrey Blake. 224 PP with drawings, tail pieces and over 54 figures, plus 20 pages with 16 b/w photos and 4 figures. Illustrated soft cover (rubbed). Ageing of paper, and signs of water damage. Reading copy only. 18 x 10.8.

48957
HEATON, Peter
SAILING
$5.00 AUD

London. 1952. Pelican Book / Penguin Books. Reprint of the 1949 original. Foreword by Vice-Admiral Sir Geoffrey Blake. 224 PP with drawings, tail pieces and over 54 figures, plus 20 pages with 16 b/w photos and 4 figures. Illustrated soft cover (rubbed). Ageing of paper, and foxing. Reading copy only. 18 x 10.8.

50050
HEATON, Peter
THE SINGLEHANDERS
$10.00 AUD

Michael Joseph. London. 1976. 1st Ed. 208 PP with 8 plans, 7 maps, 5 tail-pieces & many b/w photos or paintings. Title spread: Francis Chichester rounding the Horn in March, 1967. Hard cover, dj (price removed). Foxing spots on top outside edges. Very good. 24.4 x 17.5. 0718114930

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

50172
HEATON, Peter
CRUISING: Sail or Power
$5.00 AUD

Penguin Books. London. 1970. 1st Ed., with a foreword by Frank G. G. Carr. 302, (2) PP with 82 figures, plus 24 pages with 24 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover (rubbed). Ageing of paper, and foxing. Reading copy only. 18 x 11.

61253
HEATON, Peter
BOATCRAFT - The Understanding and Care of Yachts
$5.00 AUD

Adam & Charles Black. London. 1963. 1st Ed. XV, 134 PP with 1 musical scores, 2 tailpieces, 4 headpieces, and 42 figures, plus 9 b/w plates. Fp: Painting the bottom before launching. Hard cover, spine sunned, gilt device on front cover. Foxing. Lacks the freefly of front endpaper. Good working copy. 22.3 x 14.3.

31887
HECKSTALL-SMITH, B.
YACHTS & YACHTING IN CONTEMPORARY ART
$90.00 AUD

The Studio. London. 1925. Limited numbered edition. (No. 269/1000). XVI, 48 PP, plus 96 plates (79 in b/w and 24 colour illustrations tipped in). The 24 colour plates with tissue guard. Eps: Dutch Yacht, 1650. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, top edge gilt. Covers with signs of wear at hinges and corner. Front endpaper rubbed. Some foxing. Colour plate XC with creases, o/wise a very good copy. Ingleton bookplate. Scarce. 29.6 x 23.5.

43021
HECKSTALL-SMITH, B.
YACHTS & YACHTING IN CONTEMPORARY ART
$80.00 AUD

The Studio. London. 1925. Limited edition , No. 271/1000. XVI, 48 PP, plus 96 plates (79 in b/w and 24 with the colour illustrations tipped in). The 24 colour plates with tissue guard. Eps: Dutch Yacht, 1650. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, top edge gilt. Occasional foxing. Near fine. Scarce. 29.6 x 23.5.

73762
HECKSTALL-SMITH, B. & DU BOULAY, E.
THE COMPLETE YACHTSMAN
$20.00 AUD

Methuen & Co. Ltd. London. 1949. 1st revised (by John Scott Hughes) edition based on the 1912 original. XVI, 476 PP with 96 figures, plus 32 b/w plates (plates 2 to 19 with 74 photos of knots and splices). Fp: The Dalua. Cloth cover, gilt title on faded spine. Front gutter reinforced, o/wise contents near fine. 21.8 x 15.

18207
HENDERSON, Richard
THE RACING-CRUISER
$15.00 AUD

Reilly & Lee. Chicago. 1970. 2nd Printing. (10), 213 PP with 117 figures (plans, and sketch plans) by the author. Cloth cover, dj (price clipped). Very good. 28.5 x 22.2. 713612630

Selecting, equipping, tuning and racing sailing cruisers. From aerodynamics of the hull to accommodation, safety, tactics and strategy in racing.

18262
HENDERSON, Richard
THE RACING-CRUISER
$20.00 AUD

Reilly & Lee Books. Chicago. 1970. 2nd Printing. (10), 213 PP 117 figures (plans & sketch plans) by the author. Cloth cover, dj. Foxing outside edges, o/wise very good. 29 x 22. 0713612630

Selecting, equipping, tuning and racing the cruising sailboat plus sailing techniques.

19801
HENDERSON, Richard
THE CRUISER'S COMPENDIUM, A Complete guide to coastal, inland, and gunkhole cruising
$10.00 AUD

Henry Regnery Co. Chicago. 1973. 1st Ed. XIV, (2), 188 PP with figures and 35 bw photos. Cloth cover, dj. Fine. 28.7 x 22.2.

Construction & safety features, mechanical matters & basic instruments, cruise planning & activities...

19959
HENDERSON, Richard
SEA SENSE, Safety Afloat in Terms of Sail, Power and Multihull Boat Design, Construction Rig, Equipment, Coping with Emergencies, and Boat Management in Heavy Weather
$10.00 AUD

Adlard Coles. London. 1975. 1st UK edition of the 1972 US original. XI, 311 PP with 47 figures, 13 plans & 58 bw photos. Fp: Heavy seas. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price clipped). Near fine. 25 X 17.5. 0229115276

70748
HERIOT, Geoff
IN THE SOUTH - Tales of Sail and Yearning
$50.00 AUD

Forty Degrees South Pty. Ltd. Hobart. 2012. 1st Ed. (10), 294 PP with b/w illustrations (charts & maps, paintings & photos). Pictorial stiff covers. Dedicatory note on half title page, signed by the author. Fine. 23 x 15.2. 9780987355645

Schooner IleOla. Elliott Giles (Spuddo) and his Utiekah.

73467
HERIOT, Geoff
IN THE SOUTH - Tales of Sail and Yearning
$25.00 AUD

Forty Degrees South Pty. Ltd. Hobart. 2012. 1st Ed. (10), 294 PP with b/w illustrations (charts & maps, paintings & photos). Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 23 x 15.2. 9780987355645

Schooner Ile Ola. Elliott Giles (Spuddo) and his Utiekah.

73339
HERRESHOFF, L. Francis
THE COMPLEAT CRUISER, The Art, Practice and Enjoyment of Boating
$20.00 AUD

Sheridan House. New York. 1991. Reprint of the 1st paperback edition of 1987. XII, 372 PP with b/w illustrations by the author. Pictorial stiff covers with light wear, o/wise near fine. 22.8 x 14.8 9780911378672

73983
HESSELL, Jim
THE AUCKLAND MARINER'S WEATHER HANDBOOK
$10.00 AUD

MetGen Meteorological Consultancy. Auckland. 1990. 1st Ed. (8), 43 PP with 1 table and 5 figures (meteorogical maps). Stiff covers, illustrated front, clear plastic protection, spiral bound. Stamp of previous owner at top of front cover, o/wise fine. 21 x 15. 0473012324

73984
HESSELL, Jim
THE OUTER GULF MARINER'S WEATHER HANDBOOK
$10.00 AUD

MetGen Meteorological Consultancy. Auckland. 1991. 1st Ed. (2), 67 PP with 1 table and 8 figures (4 location maps & 4 meteorogical maps). Stiff covers, illustrated front, clear plastic protection, spiral bound. Stamp of previous owner at top of front cover, o/wise fine. 21 x 15. 0473014378

74293
HEWITT, Mark, JOBSON, Gary, WHEATLEY, Keith ... (editors)
REACHING BEYOND, The Ultimate Ocean Race: THE WHITBREAD ROUND THE WORLD RACE, 1993-94, For the Heineken Trophy
$20.00 AUD

Greenville Books. Godalming, Surrey. 1994. 1st Ed. 160 PP with colour illustrations: documents, logo of the Heineken Trophy, 7 maps and over 150 photos Pictorial laminated boards, dj. Fine. 25/5 x 25.5. 185613895X

73723
HEWITT, R.L.
THE ROYAL DRAGON
$35.00 AUD

Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd. London. 1958. 1st Ed. XII, 137 PP with tables and 5 b/w illustrations (2 line drawings and 3 maps), plus 16 b/w plates with frontispiece and 14 photos. Fp: The Duke of Edinburgh sailing "Bluebottle" in the Solent, 1949. Cloth covers, gilt title on spine, dj (price clipped). Near fine. 25.3 x 19.

32179
HEYERDAHL, Thor
THE RA EXPEDITIONS
$20.00 AUD

New York. 1971. Doubleday. 1st US Ed. XI, (3), 341 PP, plus 64 pages with 111 colour photos. Eps: Atlantic Ocean with currents. Cloth cover, lightly speckled spine, dust jacket. Outside page edges with light foxing, o/wise near fine. 24 x 16.

The crossing of the Atlantic on a papyrus raft.

32180
HEYERDAHL, Thor
THE RA EXPEDITIONS
$10.00 AUD

Book Club Associates. London. 1972. Reprint of the 1971 UK original. 383 PP with 1 map of the Atlantic, plus 32 pages with 46 colour photos. Hard cover, dj (rubbed). Ageing of paper, o/wise near fine. 20.5 x 13.5.

The crossing of the Atlantic on a papyrus raft.

44683
HEYERDAHL, Thor
THE RA EXPEDITIONS
$5.00 AUD

Unwin Hyman. London. 1990. Paperback reprint of the 1971 UK original. 330 PP with 1 map of the Atlantic, 1 sketch of Ra, plus 32 pages with 63 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Few foxing spots on outside edges, remainder mark on lower edge, o/wise near fine. 19.7 x 13. 0044406967

The crossing of the Atlantic on a papyrus raft.

46643
HEYERDAHL, Thor
RA
$10.00 AUD

Milan. 1971. Aldo Martello Editore. 1st Italian edition, translated from the 1970 Norwegian original by Raffaella Lotteri and Maria Garrone. 425, (3) PP with 1 sketch, plus 56 pages with 79 colour photos. Eps: Map of the Atlantic Ocean. Cloth cover, dj. Faint foxing on outside edges, o/wise near fine. Italian text. 23.4 x 15.5.

The crossing of the Atlantic on a papyrus raft.

48688
HEYERDAHL, Thor
THE RA EXPEDITIONS
$20.00 AUD

Allen & Unwin. London. 1971. 1st English edition, translated from the 1970 Norwegian original by Patricia Crampton. 334 PP with 1 sketch and 1 map, plus 64 pages with 110 colour photos. Cloth cover, dj (price clipped). Faint foxing on outside edges, o/wise near fine. 24 x 16. 0045720207

The crossing of the Atlantic on a papyrus raft.

53687
HEYERDAHL, Thor
THE RA EXPEDITIONS
$15.00 AUD

Book Club Associates. London. 1971. Reprint of the 1971 UK original. 334 PP with 1 map of the Atlantic and 1 sketch of Ra by Björn Landström, plus 64 pages with 110 colour photos. Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing. Near fine. 24 x 16. 0045720207

The crossing of the Atlantic on a papyrus raft.

34458
HILD, Herb, DYSON, Bruce, STANTON, John R. et al.
THE BEST OF SAIL TRIM
$15.00 AUD

Granada. London. 1979. Reprint of the 1975 original. (8), 280 PP with 248 figures (drawings, graphs, sketches and b/w photos). Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing. Near fine. 24 x 16. 0229115667

An anthology of 54 important analytical pieces by experts on the art and theory of sail handling, from the pages of Sail Magazine.

44663
HILD, Herb, DYSON, Bruce, STANTON, John R. et al..
THE BEST OF SAIL TRIM
$10.00 AUD

Adlard Coles. London. 1975. 1st Ed. (8), 280 PP with 248 figures (drawings, graphs, sketches and b/w photos). Hard cover, dj (price-clipped and with small chips). Foxing spots on outside edges and the inside of the dust jacket, o/wise very good. 23.5 x 15.5. 0229115667

An anthology of 54 important analytical pieces by experts on the art and theory of sail handling, from the pages of Sail Magazine.

74627
HINZ, Earl R.
LANDFALLS OF PARADISE - The Guide to the Pacific Islands
$30.00 AUD

Western Marine Enterprises, Inc. Marina Del Rey, Ca. 1986. 2nd edition of the 1981 original. 384 PP with b/w figures (92 charts, maps, plans and 158 photos). Pictorial hard covers, National Flags of Pacific Nations (in colour) on back cover. Covers with light wear, light foxing on outside top edge, o/wise near fine. 28.2 x 21.5. 093003046X

Contents: The Islands of Polynesia, Melanesia, Micronesia and Eastern Pacific.

31630
HISCOCK, Eric C.
BEYOND THE WEST HORIZON
$35.00 AUD

O.U.P. London. 1963. 1st edition. XII, 204 PP with 3 plans and 9 charts, plus 32 pages with 45 colour photos. Fp: In the Red Sea (in colour). Cloth cover, dj (price clipped). Dust jacket has a few rubs/chips and is in a protective sleeve. Light foxing around edges, o/wise contents near fine. 22.2 x 14.5.

Second circumnavigation of the globe.

31646
HISCOCK, Eric C.
CRUISING UNDER SAIL
$15.00 AUD

O.U.P. London. 1974. 6th reprint of the second edition of 1965 (original of 1950). XXI, 468 PP with 80 diagrams, plus 64 plates with 249 b/w photos and a folded plan at rear. Fp: A meet of the Royal Cruising Club (in colour). Cloth cover, device (yacht under sail) engraved on front cover, price-clipped dust jacket with some chips and now in a protective sleeve. Previous owner's signature on inside front cover, o/wise a near fine copy. 23 x 15. 019217522X

The yacht and her gear. Seamanship and navigation...

58189
HISCOCK, Eric C.
BEYOND THE WEST HORIZON
$5.00 AUD

O.U.P. London. 1963. Reprint of the 1963 original. XII, 204 PP with 3 plans and 9 maps, plus 32 pages with 45 colour photos. Fp (in colour): In the Red Sea. Cloth cover. Ex Library copy. Very good reading copy. 22.2 x 14.5.

Second circumnavigation of the globe.

58190
HISCOCK, Eric C.
ATLANTIC CRUISE IN WANDERER III
$15.00 AUD

Oxford University Press. London. 1968. 1st Ed. XII, 159, (3) PP with 7 maps, plus 48 pages with 79 colour photos. Fp (in colour): Wanderer III in the Kittredge lagoon at Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Cloth cover, dj (price clipped). Dust jacket with a few chips, o/wise a fine copy. 22.2 x 14.5.

69594
HISCOCK, Eric C.
VOYAGING UNDER SAIL
$10.00 AUD

London. 1966. Oxford University Press. 3rd reprint of the 1959 original. XVI, 274 PP with 56 diagrams, plus 42 pages with 112 b/w photos. Fp: "Beyond" in the Pacific under trade wind rig. Eps: Portion of Pilot chart. Cloth cover, sextant engraved on front cover, dj (price clipped). Dust jacket rubbed and worn. Occasional foxing. Very good. 22.8 x 15.

Technical developments: steel hull, man-made fibres for sail, rigging, self-steering, etc.

69595
HISCOCK, Eric C.
CRUISING UNDER SAIL
$10.00 AUD

Oxford University Press. London. 1965. 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...

73606
HISCOCK, Eric C.
ATLANTIC CRUISE IN WANDERER III
$10.00 AUD

Adlard Coles Ltd. London. 1987. 1st paperback edition of the 1968 original. XII, 159 PP with 7 maps, plus 48 pages with 79 b/colour photos. Fp: Wanderer III in the Kittredge lagoon at Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Stiff covers, pictorial front. Faint foxing. Near fine. 21.5 x 13.5.

9780229117475

73751
HISCOCK, Eric C.
AROUND THE WORLD IN "WANDERER III"
$25.00 AUD

O.U.P. London. 1956. 1st Ed. XII, 276 PP with 3 pages of diagrams and 9 charts, plus 36 pages with 1 colour and 61 b/w photos. Fp (in colour): Half Way Round, Fiji. Cloth cover, dj (price clipped). Dust jacket has a few small chips or rubs and is in a protective sleeve, o/wise a fine copy. 22 x 14.

75056
HISCOCK, Eric C.
CRUISING UNDER SAIL
$15.00 AUD

Oxford University Press. London. 1978. 7th reprint of the 1965 edition (original of 1950). XXII, 468 PP with 80 diagrams, plus 64 plates with b/w photos. REP: Standing and Running rigging of a Yawl (figure 80). Fp: A meet of the Royal Cruising Club. Hard covers, device (yacht under sail) engraved on front cover, dj (price clipped). Dust jacket lightly rubbed. Occasional foxing. Very good. 23 x 15. 019217522X

The yacht and her gear. Seamanship and navigation...

16280
HOLLANDER, Neil & MERTES, Harald
THE LAST SAILORS, The Final Days of Working Sail
$15.00 AUD

Angus & Robertson. London. 1984. 1st UK Ed. XIV, 142 PP with charts & b/w photos, plus 16 pages with 30 colour photos. Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing on outside edges, o/wise fine. 24 x 19.5. 0207150001

The vanishing breed of sailors & craft, harnessing wind & sea to gain their livelihood. The Nile, Chilean Coast, Brazil, Bangladesh, China, Indonesia...

70631
HOLLANDER, Neil & MERTES, Harald
THE YACHTSMAN'S EMERGENCY HANDBOOK: A Complete Survival Manual
$10.00 AUD

Angus & Robertson. Sydney. 1989. Revised edition of the 1980 original. 254 PP with 26 head pieces (signal flags) and 412 figures illustrations either in b/w or with colour. Pictorial soft cover. Spine lightly sunned. Foxing spots on outside edges. A good copy. 22.8 x 15. 0207156360

The vanishing breed of sailors & craft, harnessing wind & sea to gain their livelihood. The Nile, Chilean Coast, Brazil, Bangladesh, China, Indonesia...

16301
HOLLINGSWORTH, Alan
THE WAY OF A YACHT, An introduction to the comparative anatomy of offshore sailing craft
$5.00 AUD

Douglas, David & Charles. Vancouver. 1974. 1st Canadian edition. 136 PP with tables, figures & 23 b/w plates. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 24.6 x 18.5. 0715363425

Design of deep-sea sailing craft... Explanations on the working of the various rating rules.

52199
HOLLINGSWORTH, Alan
THE WAY OF A YACHT, An introduction to the comparative anatomy of offshore sailing craft
$5.00 AUD

W W Norton. New York. 1974. 1st American edition. 136 PP with tables, figures & 23 b/w plates. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 24.6 x 18.5. 0393031810

Design of deep-sea sailing craft... Explanations on the working of the various rating rules.

69592
HOLM, Donald
THE CIRCUMNAVIGATORS. Small Boat Voyagers of Modern Times
$15.00 AUD

Angus and Robertson. London. 1975. 1st Ed. XII, (4), 496 PP, plus 64 pages with 94 b/w illustrations. Eps: mappemonde with tracks of 13 circumnavigators. Hard cover (marbled boards), dj. Dust jacket with short tears. Foxing spots on outside edges of a few pages. Name of previous owner at top corner of the front endpaper. Very good. 23.4 x 16. 0207956366

Since the early voyages of Joshua Slocum and Captain Voss at the end of the 19th century.

43821
HOLM-PETERSEN, F.
MARITIME MINDER FRA FANO
$10.00 AUD

Host & Son. Copenhagen. 1980. 1st Ed. 48 PP with 2 maps and 67 b/w photos. Title page: The port of Nordby on the island of Fano in the 1890s. Pictorial soft cover. Danish text with captions of illustrations in Danish and German. Near fine. Oblong: 21 x 22.5. 8714280639

43822
HOLM-PETERSEN, F.
MARITIME MINDER FRA MARSTAL OG AEROSKOBING
$10.00 AUD

Host & Son. Copenhagen. 1979. 1st Ed. 60 PP with 78 b/w photos. Title page: 3 masts topsail schooner Nordstjernen at Marstal. Pictorial soft cover. Danish text with captions of illustrations in Danish and German. Near fine. Oblong: 21 x 22.5. 8714279622

43823
HOLM-PETERSEN, F.
MARITIME MINDER FRA LIMFJORDEN
$10.00 AUD

Host & Son. Copenhagen. 1982. 1st Ed. 48 PP with 61 b/w photos. Title page: The harbour of Thisted. Pictorial soft cover. Danish text with captions of illustrations in Danish, English and German. Near fine. Oblong: 21 x 22.5. 8714282658

43824
HOLM-PETERSEN, F.
MARITIME MINDER FRA GRONLANDSFARTEN
$10.00 AUD

Host & Son. Copenhagen. 1981. 1st Ed. 48 PP with 65 b/w photos. Title page: The brig Hvalfisken's figurehead. Pictorial soft cover. Danish text with captions of illustrations in Danish, English and German. Near fine. Oblong:21 x 22.5. 8714281651

30003
HOLMES, Noel
GO RAINBOW GO! - Chris Bouzaid and the Dramatic Quest for the One Ton Cup
$55.00 AUD

Hodder & Stoughton. London. 1970. 1st Ed. Foreword by Olin J. Stephens II. X, 207 PP, plus 25 plates with 4 colour and 29 b/w photos. Hard covers, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 22 x 14.5.

56246
HOOLEY, David (editor)
OFFSHORE'S NATIONAL CRUISING GUIDE
$10.00 AUD

National Publications. Sydney. 1989. 1st Ed. 122 PP with b/w and colour illustrations, including 54 plans of Australian ports. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 27.5 x 20.5. 0731667719

Safety hints and tips. Communications at sea... Guide to Major Ports on the Australian coastline. National Marina Guide...

72889
HOPKINS, Peter (editor)
TASMANIAN SAFE BOATING HANDBOOK
$5.00 AUD

MAST / Marine and Safety Tasmania. Hobart. 2008. December 2008 edition. 76 PP with tables and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Oblong. Near fine. 14.8 x 21.

66311
HORDERN, Miles
VOYAGING THE PACIFIC: In Search of the South
$15.00 AUD

John Murray. London. 2002. 1st paperback edition. (12), 241, (3) PP with 2 maps, plus 8 pages with 3 b/w and 13 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 21.5 x 13.7. 0719564824

44922
HORWITZ, I., ALDERSON, H. G., BLACK, J. F. & CREAGH, W. J.
THE AUSTRALIAN AQUATIC ANNUAL - Anniversary Regatta, 1937 - The Centenary Regatta
$50.00 AUD

Associated General Publications. Sydney. 1937. 1st Ed., 2nd issue of this annual magazine. 108 PP with 86 b/w photos, and period advertisements (4 in colour). Fp: Endeavour, the ship that put Australia on the map. Inside covers: advertisements. Pictorial soft wrappers with a few creases and closed tears and reinforced spine. Staples somewhat rusty. 3 pages with closed tears and a few with a little insect damage at top, without loss of text. Very good. Scarce. 30.8 x 24.8.

Contains over 20 articles, including: Canoeing as an Olympic Sport, Sailing an Olympic Sport, Yachts, Ancient and Modern, by L.C. Waterman, Progress of the 16-Ft Skiff Movement, The Flying Papuans, by A.L.A. DeGroen, Arrival of Chusan, A Yacht is Safe at Sea, If ... by Norman K. Wallis.....

44923
HORWITZ, I., ALDERSON, H. G., BLACK, J. F. & CREAGH, W. J.
THE AUSTRALIAN AQUATIC ANNUAL - Anniversary Regatta, 1938 - Australia's 150th Celebrations
$50.00 AUD

Associated General Publications. Sydney. 1938. 1st Ed., 3rd issue of this annual magazine. 108 PP with 112 b/w illustrations, and period advertisements (3 in colour). Fp: Portrait of Captain James Cook. Inside covers: advertisements. Pictorial soft wrappers rubbed with closed tears, reinforced spine. A little insect damage on outside edges. Very good. Scarce. 30.8 x 24.8.

Over 20 articles including: The America's Cup by Frank Ward, The Dawn of Boating in Australia, the 18-footers of the Aborigines, by Frederic Slater, Spunyarn, by W.H. Lober, Chris. Webb's Brilliant Sailing Deeds, by J.F. Black, ....

14963
HOUGHTON, Philip
LAND FROM THE MASTHEAD, A circumnavigation of New Zealand in the wake of Captain Cook
$30.00 AUD

Hodder & Stoughton. London. 1968. 1st Ed. 224 PP with 4 maps in text plus 24 bw plates. FEP: Chart of New Zealand by Captain James Cook. REP: Map of New Zealand with track of the yacht "Murihiku". Hard cover, clipped dj. Near fine. 22.7 x 15. 340044519

Re-enactment 200 years after Cook's circumnavigation and survey of New Zealand.

35376
HOWARD-WILLIAMS, Jeremy
CREWING FOR OFFSHORE RACING
$5.00 AUD

Adlard Coles. London. 1973. 1st Ed. XIV, 204 PP with 29 figures and 17 sets of b/w photos. Hard cover, dj (price-clipped). Near fine. 22.3 x 14.2. 0229115004

What is a crew?, joining ship... Bad weather and emergencies.

44233
HOWARD-WILLIAMS, Jeremy
CREWING FOR OFFSHORE RACING
$10.00 AUD

Adlard Coles Limited. London. 1973. 1st Ed. XIV, 204 PP with 17 b/w photos and 29 drawings by the author. Hard cover, dj. Foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 22.2 x 14.3. 0229115004

74815
HOWARD-WILLIAMS, Jeremy
SAILS
$10.00 AUD

Adlard Coles. London. 1969. 2nd (revised) edition of the 1967 original. 411 PP with graphs146 figures in text & 32 figures in Appendices, plus 32 pages with 54 b/w photos. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 22.8 3 x 14.5. 022997368X

The use and care of sails for the owner, the helmsman, the sail-maker.

74838
HOWARD-WILLIAMS, Jeremy
SAILS - IOR Mark III
$10.00 AUD

Adlard Coles. London. 1973. 2nd impression of the 3rd edition "IOR Mark III" of 1972 (1967 original). 415 PP with 146 figures in text & 39 figures in Appendices, plus 32 pages with 54 b/w photos. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 23 x 14.8. 022997368X

The use and care of sails for the owner, the helmsman, the sail-maker.

53366
HOWELL, William
WHITE CLIFFS TO CORAL REEF. A classic small boat voyage
$10.00 AUD

Readers Book Club. Melbourne. 1958. Book Club edition published originally by Odhams. Foreword by Humphrey Barton. 224 PP with 1 sketch of Wanderer II, 1 sketch map and and 1 map on double page(with an inset: Panama Canal), plus 16 pages with 24 b/w photos. Hard cover. Light foxing/offsetting, and ageing of paper on outside edges. Very good. Image shows title-page. 18.8 x 12.5.

Passage of an Australian dental surgeon on a 24 feet long gaff cutter. Falmouth, Straits of Gibraltar, West Indies, Panama, Galapagos, Marquesas, Tahiti, Penrhyn, Hawaii and Vancouver.

73364
HOWELL, William
WHITE CLIFFS TO CORAL REEF. A classic small boat voyage
$25.00 AUD

Odhams Press Ltd. London. 1957. 1st Ed. Foreword by Humphrey Barton. 224 PP with 1 sketch of Wanderer II, and 2 maps, plus 16 pages with 27 b/w photos. Fp: The author near mast of "Wanderer II". Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Dust jacket with repaired tear and rubbed patches (now in a protective sleever. Foxing spots on outside edges. Very good. 21.5 x 14.5.

Passage of an Australian dental surgeon on a 24 feet long gaff cutter. Falmouth, Straits of Gibraltar, West Indies, Panama, Galapagos, Marquesas, Tahiti, Penrhyn, Hawaii and Vancouver.

68113
HOWELLS, Eric B.
SAILING AND SEAMANSHIP
$10.00 AUD

London. 1961. Longmans. 1st edition by Commander B. W. Licke. (8), 184 PP with b/w illustrations by W. Megoran. Hard cover, gilt device on front cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price clipped). Signature on half-title page. Dust jacket lightly rubbed. Occasional foxing. Very good. 25.4 x 18.

33688
HOYT, Norris D.
THE TWELVE METRE CHALLENGES FOR THE AMERICA'S CUP
$15.00 AUD

Angus and Robertson. London. 1977. 1st Ed. 252 PP with 24 line drawings and 36 full-colour watercolours by Admiral Joseph Golinkin. Hard cover, dj. Some foxing and offsetting. Near fine. Oblong: 22.2 x 26.7. 0207957797

16285
HOYT, Sherman
YANKEE YACHTSMAN, from the Memoirs of Sherman Hoyt
$25.00 AUD

Robert Ross. Southampton. 1951. 1st UK abridged edition of the 1950 US Ed. "Sherman Hoyt's memoirs". Introduction by John Scott Hughes. 198, (2) PP plus 16 pages with 15 bw photos. Fp: The Author. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, gilt device on front cover, dust jacket with light shelf wear. A near fine copy. 23 x 14.

Ocean racing and cruising career. Racing in and against British yachts. With Lipton and the "Shamrocks". One chapter on Nazi Germany of 1936...

44222
HUGHES, John Scott
ETERNAL WAVE
$20.00 AUD

Temple Press. London. 1951. 1st Ed. VIII, 143 PP with 17 head pieces and 9 illustrations on full page by David Cobb. Fp: Tom Norman Dinwiddy. FEP: Track chart of Eternal Wave in 1933. REP: Track chart of Eternal Wave in 1935. Cloth cover, dj (price-clipped). Near fine. 22.4 x 14.5.

Converted RNLI lifeboat cruising Scandinavia and the Baltic.

41522
HUGHES, Nigel
THE PAINTINGS OF THE BAY OF NATAL - A Selection of Works dating from 1845 to 1982
$140.00 AUD

Mertrade (Proprietary) Limited. Craighall, South Africa. 2001. 1st edition limited to 850 copies numbered 151 to 1000. Foreword by Gillian Scott-Berning. 196 PP with 17 plans and 72 colour plates. Fp: Durban Bay from the Maritzburg Road, circa 1856, watercolour by James Lloyd. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, top edge gilt, dj. Hand numbered and signed by the author on title page. A little light foxing on endpapers, o/wise as new. Oblong: 27.4 x 29.8. 0620275561

42222
HUGHES, Nigel
THE PAINTINGS OF THE BAY OF NATAL - A Selection of Works dating from 1845 to 1982
$600.00 AUD

Mertrade (Proprietary) Limited. Craighall, South Africa. 2001. De Luxe edition limited to 150 numbered copies (No. 38 / 150). Foreword by Gillian Scott-Berning. 196 PP with 17 plans and 72 colour plates. Fp: Durban Bay from the Maritzburg Road, circa 1856, watercolour by James Lloyd. Half leather, blue goatskin, stone-patterned marbled paper, gilt title on spine, top edge gilt, cloth cover slip case. Hand numbered and signed by the author on title page. Fine. Oblong: 27.4 x 29.5. 062027557X

73602
HUTCHINSON, Derek
Derek Hutchinson's GUIDE TO ESKIMO ROLLING
$10.00 AUD

A & C Black. London. 1999. 3rs edition of the 1988 original. Foreword by Graham Lyon, British Canoe Union. X, 134 PP with b/w illustrations (paintings and drawings, photos and sketches by the author). Pictorial stiff covers. Near fine. 23 x 19. 9780762704514

71381
ILLINGWORTH, Capt. (E.) J. H.
OFFSHORE - A Complete Introduction to Ocean Racing, and Cruising, Modern Yacht Handling and Equipment
$55.00 AUD

Robert Ross & Co. Ltd. Southampton. 1950. 2nd edition in May 1950 of the July 1949 original. 263, (1 publications) PP with 77 b/w diagrams, plus 16 plates with 21 b/w photos and the frontispiece. Fp (in colour) : Ocean Racing. Illustrated endpapers with maps of the 3 races: Sydney/Hobart, CCA Bermuda Race, Principal RORC courses. Cloth cover, gilt device on front cover and title on spine, top edge tinted, dj (price clipped). Dust jacket with a few tears and chips (now laminated). Faint foxing. Small signature of previous owner on FFEP. Contents near fine. Scarce. 28.5 x 22.5.

70769
ILLINGWORTH, Captain J. H.
WHERE SECONDS COUNT, A Text Book of Yacht Match Racing - Yacht racing lessons from the defender trials and the America's Cup Races, 1958
$25.00 AUD

Adlard Coles. London. 1959. 1st Ed. 144 PP, plus 16 pages with 15 b/w photos. Fp: Columbia and Sceptre just after the start in the America's Cup Race of 22nd September, 1958. Hard cover, gilt device on front. Near fine. Scarce. 19 x 13.

33961
ILLINGWORTH, Captain John H.
TWENTY CHALLENGES FOR THE AMERICA'S CUP
$10.00 AUD

Hollis & Carter. London. 1968. 1st Ed. 158 PP with tables and 3 figures, plus 16 pages with 22 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Some foxing, dust jacket rubbed. Very good. 22.3 x 14.2. 0370003314

The founding of the Cup, and early defenders... Appendix: the 12-Metre Rating Rule.

38213
ILLINGWORTH, Captain John H.
TWENTY CHALLENGES FOR THE AMERICA'S CUP
$15.00 AUD

Hollis & Carter. London. 1968. 1st Ed. 158 PP with tables and 3 figures, plus 16 pages with 22 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj (rubbed). Light foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise near fine. 22.3 x 14.2. 370003314

The founding of the Cup, and early defenders... Appendix: the 12-Metre Rating Rule.

47458
ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS [THE]
SIR FRANCIS CHICHESTER HOME IN TRIUMPH - No. 6670, Volume 250
$10.00 AUD

London. 1967. Issue for June 3, 1967. Edited by John H. KISCH. 44 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Contains article between P.10 and 13 with 3 b/w photos and 3 colour illustrations (1 painting ny Norman Wilkinson and 2 photos). Pictorial soft cover (Gipsy Moth IV reaching home). Near fine. Large format: 35.8 x 27.3.

50297
IMHOFF, Fred & PRANGER, Lex
BOAT TUNING FOR SPEED
$5.00 AUD

Nautical. London. 1975. 1st UK edition. VIII, 144 PP with colour illustrations (drawings and photos). Hard cover, dj (rubbed and with a few closed tears or chips). Occasional foxing. Contents clean and a very good copy. 20.8 x 19.6. 0245525637

41701
INNES, Hammond
SEA AND ISLANDS
$10.00 AUD

Collins. London. 1967. 1st Ed. 288 PP with 1 plan of Mary Deare, and 5 maps, plus 24 pages with 27 b/w and 20 colour photos. Hard cover, dj. Front endpaper with offsetting and stamp of previous owner. Faint foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise near fine. 21.5 x 14.5.

Yacht Mary Deare in Scandinavia, Mediterranean Sea... Voyages to the Maritimes of Canada, to Addu atoll in the Maldives...

38751
IVRY, Benjamin
REGATTA - A Celebration of Rowing
$15.00 AUD

Simon & Schuster. London. 1988. 1st Ed., introduction by Stephen Kiesling. 159 PP with 16 b/w photos and 100 colour illustrations (3 paintings and 97 photos). Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing on outside edges, o/wise near fine. 25.8 x 25.8. 0671699369

Sculling, Coaching... Racing. Boathouses, Equipment...

33877
JAFFEE, Capt. Walter W.
THE PRESIDENTIAL YACHT POTOMAC
$30.00 AUD

The Glencannon Press. Palo Alto, Ca., USA. 1998. 1st printing of the 1st Ed. XVIII, 204 PP with 2 pages of ship plans, 4 maps and 145 b/w photos. Eps: Signatures from the guest log of the Potomac. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj. Faint foxing, o/wise fine. 28.5 x 22. 1889901067

From the Electra with mission to chase rum-runners in the post-Prohibition era, to the Presidential Yacht of Franklin D. Roosevelt, and her later restoration by the Port of Oakland.

51793
JAGGARD, Ed (editor)
BETWEEN THE FLAGS. One Hundred Summers of Australian Surf Lifesaving.
$40.00 AUD

UNSW Press. Sydney. 2006. 1st soft cover edition. Foreword by Ron Rankin, and a preface by Sir William Deane. XVIII, 262 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Inside front cover: 152 caps (in colour) from Agnes Water, Qld to Mentone, Vic. Inside rear cover: 152 caps (in colour) from Merewether, NSW, to Yeppoon, Qld. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 28 x 21. 0868408972

2007: Year of the Surf Lifesaver.

31633
JAMES, Naomi
AT ONE WITH THE SEA
$5.00 AUD

Hutchinson. Melbourne. 1979. 1st Australian edition, with a foreword by Chay Blyth. 192 PP with 2 pages of plans, plus 16 pages with 29 b/w photos and 16 pages with 20 colour photos. FEP: Voyage from Dartmouth to the South of Tasmania. REP: Voyage South of New Zealand to Dartmouth. Hard cover, dj. Small piece at top of title page cut, both endpapers lightly damaged. Internally very good. 22.2 x 14.2. 009136860X

Alone around the world. Dartmouth 9 September 1977, Cape Town in November 1977, Falkland Islands in March 1978. Return to Dartmouth 8th June 1978.

47077
JAMES, Naomi
AT ONE WITH THE SEA
$5.00 AUD

Arrow Books. London. 1980. 1st paperback edition of the 1979 original. Foreword by Chay Blyth. 192 PP with 2 pages of plans, plus 16 pages with 2 maps and 29 b/w photos and 16 pages with 20 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Slight ageing of paper around outside edges. Very good. 17.8 x 11. 0099214407

Alone around the world. Dartmouth 9 September 1977, Cape Town in November 1977, Falkland Islands in March 1978. Return to Dartmouth 8th June 1978.

48718
JAMES, Naomi
AT ONE WITH THE SEA
$10.00 AUD

Hutchinson / Stanley Paul. London. 1979. 1st Ed., with a foreword by Chay Blyth. 192 PP with 1 map and 2 pages of plans, plus 16 pages with 29 b/w photos and 16 pages with 20 colour photos. FEP: Voyage from Dartmouth to the South of Tasmania. REP: Voyage South of New Zealand to Dartmouth. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 22.2 x 14.2. 009136860X

Alone around the world. Dartmouth 9 September 1977, Cape Town in November 1977, Falkland Islands in March 1978. Return to Dartmouth 8th June 1978.

62729
JAMES, Naomi
WOMAN ALONE
$10.00 AUD

A Daily Express Publication. London. 1978. 1st Ed. 128 PP with 2 pages of plans "Express Crusader", 4 maps, 63 b/w and 39 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Front cover creased. Faint foxing. Very good. 20.2 x 19.

Alone around the world. Dartmouth 9 September 1977, Cape Town in November 1977, Falkland Islands in March 1978. Return to Dartmouth 8th June 1978.

73835
JAMES, Naomi
COURAGE AT SEA - Tales of Heroic Voyages
$10.00 AUD

Stanley Paul / Century Hutchinson Ltd. London. 1987. 1st Ed. 207 PP with 1 chart, 15 maps and b/w illustrations, plus 8 pages with 10 colour illustrations (chart, paintings & photos). Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Near fine. 24.6 x 19. 0091712505

15 voyages: Magellan & Anson... Mutiny on the Bounty... Shackleton's perilous rescue mission... David Lewis. Donald Crowhurst. Ann Davison. Bernard Moitessier...

73867
JAMES, Naomi
ALONE AROUND THE WORLD
$10.00 AUD

Coward, McCann & Geoghegan. New York. 1979. 1st US edition. Foreword by Chay Blyth. 192 PP with 1 map " rounding Cape Horn" and plans of "Crusader". Eps: Track of round world voyage. Cloth covers, gilt title on spine, dj (price-clipped). Very good. 23.5 x 16. 0698109864

74106
JAMES, Naomi
COURAGE AT SEA - Tales of Heroic Voyages
$10.00 AUD

Salem House Publishers. Topsfield, Mass. 1988. 1st Ed. 207 PP with 1 chart, 15 maps and b/w illustrations, plus 8 pages with 10 colour illustrations (chart, paintings & photos). Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 24.6 x 19. 0881623202

15 voyages: Magellan & Anson... Mutiny on the Bounty... Shackleton's perilous rescue mission... David Lewis. Donald Crowhurst. Ann Davison. Bernard Moitessier...

74763
JAMES, Naomi
COURAGE AT SEA - Tales of Heroic Voyages
$20.00 AUD

Marks & Spencer / St Michael. London. 1988. Special edition. 200 PP with b/w illustrations (10 prints, facsimile of documents and photos) and colour illustrations (2 charts and 15 maps, 4 paintings and 50 photos). Pictoral stiff covers with light wear at bottom corner, o/wise fine. 29.5 x 21.5. 0712624880

15 voyages: Magellan & Anson... Mutiny on the Bounty... Shackleton's perilous rescue mission... David Lewis. Donald Crowhurst. Ann Davison. Bernard Moitessier...

31483
JAMES, Robert A.
OCEAN SAILING
$10.00 AUD

Nautical. London. 1980. 1st Ed., with an introduction Dame Naomi James. 224 PP with 12 b/w photos and 89 figures. Hard cover. Stamp of previous owner and no. on front endpaper, o/wise near fine. 25.2 x 19.2. 0245535829

Instructional and practical techniques.

70576
JAMES, Tony (editor)
1985 "TAA" MELBOURNE TO HOBART YACHT RACE - YEAR BOOK
$10.00 AUD

Sailboat Publications. Sydney. 1985. Issue 1985 Sovereign Series. 52 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover (in colour). Near fine. 27.4 x 21.

1985 official souvenir - Entries: 39 yachts / Melbourne to Hobart & 51 yachts / Melbourne to Devonport.

61228
JANICHON, Gérard
BERNARD MOITESSIER - L' Homme de Mer (in Voiles et Voiliers)
$10.00 AUD

Voiles et Voiliers. Paris. 1992. No. 255, May 1992. 180 PP. Contains article between pages 84 and 99 with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Near fine. 29.8 x 23.2

74820
JARMAN, Colin
KNOTS IN USE
$10.00 AUD

Adlard Coles Nautical. London. 2000. 2nd Ed. X, 85 PP with b/w photos by Colin Jarman, and drawings by Bill Beavis. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 21.5 x 13.5. 9780713653793

Knots, Bends, Hitches, Whippings, Splices.

51482
JARMAN, Colin & BEAVIS, Bill
KNOTS IN USE
$5.00 AUD

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.

45054
JEANES, Dave
Dave Jeanes' MARINE ELECTRONICS MANUAL - The Complete Guide to Electrics and Electronics in Your Boat
$20.00 AUD

Oceanspan Books. Banora Point, NSW. 1996. 3rd edition. (4), 284 PP with b/w illustrations. Soft cover, clear plastic, spiral bound. Fine. 21 x 15. 064629489X

44059
JEFFERY, Timothy
THE CHAMPAGNE MUMM ADMIRAL'S CUP - The Official History
$35.00 AUD

Bloomsbury. London. 1994. 1st edition, with an introduction by Sir Peter Green and a foreword by The Rt Hon Sir Edward Heath. 256 PP with tables, b/w and colour illustrations (plans and photos). Eps: memorabilia. Hard cover, dj. Short repaired tear at head of spine of the dust jacket, o/wise fine. 27 x 26. 9780747519836

74447
JEFFERY, Timothy
SAIL - A Tribute to the World's Greatest Races, Sailors and their Boats
$25.00 AUD

Aurum Press. London. 2016. 1st edition, with a foreword by Sir Ben Ainslie. 288 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Eps: memorabilia. Laminated pictorial boards, dj. Slight bump at lower corner of front board, o/wise fine. 27 x 26. 9781781315330

Pinnacles of Sailing, Offshore Races, Round-the-World-Races, Coastal/Inshore Races, The Sailors, The Boats ...

69311
JENKINS, A. J.
GIGS AND CUTTERS OF THE ISLES OF SCILLY
$30.00 AUD

Integrated Packaging Group Ltd & the Isles of Scilly Gig Racing Committee. Isles of Scilly. 1975. 1st Ed. 72 PP with colour illustrations (1 map and 9 photos, duotone illustrations and 40 b/w photos. Eps: drawings and line drawings of the Gig Shah. Hard covers, illustrated boards. Near fine. Oblong: 20 x 21.

47465
JOBSON, Gary
STORM SAILING
$10.00 AUD

The Hearst Corporation. New York. 1983. 1st Ed. VII, (3),214 PP with 21 figures, 23 drawings by Mitchell and 35 b/w photos, plus 16 pages with 21colour photos. Title spread: Tenacious in storm seas. Hard cover, cloth spine, dj. Faint foxing on outside edges, o/wise near fine. 23.6 x 19. 0878512152

31676
JOHN, Anthony & DEAR, Ian
THE EARLY CHALLENGES OF THE AMERICA'S CUP (1851-1937)
$15.00 AUD

Pierson. Sydney. 1986. 1st Ed. 160 PP with b/w or colour illustrations. Eps: Comparison of size of racing yachts. Hard cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj. Near fine. Oblong: 23 x 33. 0947068007

The long struggles to mount the early challenges and how the competition developed.

18263
JOHNSON, Peter
OCEAN RACING & OFFSHORE YACHTS
$15.00 AUD

Nautical Publishing. London. 1972. 2nd edition of the 1970 original. 318 PP tables and 146 figures (plans, sketches), plus 32 pages with 55 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 25 x 19. 0245510575

Most comprehensive.

44731
JOHNSON, Peter
OCEAN RACING & OFFSHORE YACHTS
$10.00 AUD

Nautical Publishing. London. 1970. 1st Ed. 310 PP with tables and 146 figures (drawings, plans, sketches), plus 36 pages with 55 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj (price-clipped). Foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise near fine. 25 x 19. 0245596208

Most comprehensive.

73976
JOHNSON, Peter
YACHT RATING: 170 Years of Speed, Success and Failure against Competitors - and the Dock
$10.00 AUD

Bucksea Guides. London. 1997. 1st Ed. 352 PP with b/w illustrations in text plus 16 pages with 44 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket has a few small chips and is in a protective sleeve. A near fine copy. 24 x 16. 0952947803

170 years of speed, success and failure against competitors - and the clock.

73496
JOHNSTON, Ian
THE SHANK - A Rutter for Anchorage in Tasmania's Southwest
$125.00 AUD

Ian Johnston & Everything Everything Pty Ltd. Hobart. 2018. 1st edition. Foreword by Paul Cullen, Australian Wooden Boat Festival. 190 PP with b/w illustrations (photos, 3 sketches, 19 sketch maps (one with an inset), and colour photos. Pictorial boards, title on front board and spine. New. 28.5 x 24.5. 9780992588229

31993
JOHNSTON, Ivy and Judy
BLACK AND GOLD - The Story of Life Saving in the Borough of Queenscliff - A History of Point Lonsdale Surf Life Saving Club. 1947-1987
$30.00 AUD

Authors. Port Phillip. 1987. 1st Ed. V, 336 PP with 3 maps and 190 b/w illustrations. Pictorial laminated boards. Top of the rear hinge repaired, o/wise near fine. 30.5 x 21.5. 1862529108

Entrance to Port Phillip Bay, Victoria.

38367
JONES, Charles E.
PEOPLE IN BOATS - An illustrated introduction to the Young World of Boating
$10.00 AUD

Young World Productions. London. 1969. 1st Ed. 137 PP with 2 maps, 13 plans and sketches, 19 colour illustrations (17 photos) and 84 b/w photos. Pictorial endpapers. Hard cover, title on front board, dj (price clipped). Light foxing. Very good. 30.7 x 21.2.

By the editor of Yachting & Boating Weekly. Dinghies, canoes, kayaks... yachts, barges and people.

66623
JONES, Gregory O.
HERRESHOFF SAILBOATS
$50.00 AUD

MBI Publishing. St. Paul, Mn. 2004. 1st Ed. 160 PP with 9 headpieces, b/w and colour illustrations. Title page: Schooner "Eleonora". Hard cover, gilt title on dpine, dj. Fine. 0760311609

31624
JONES, Ted
THE DOGWATCH
$10.00 AUD

W. W. Norton. New York. 1981. 1st Ed. 224 PP with 13 maps & plans, and 21 b/w photos. Hard cover, cloth spine, dj. Fine. 24 x 16. 0393032523

One of America's best-known yachting writers tells stories of himself and his life afloat.

38774
JONES, Ted
THE OFFSHORE RACER
$20.00 AUD

Nautical Publishing. Lymington, UK. 1976. Reprint of the 1974 UK edition (US original of 1973). XI, (3), 285 PP with 4 tables and 103 figures (maps, sketches and b/w photos). Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket with a few small chips, foxing spots on outside page edges, o/wise near fine. 22.4 x 15.8. 0245524355

19939
JONES, Theodore A.
RACING FOR THE AMERICA'S CUP 1974, The View from the Candy Store
$15.00 AUD

Quadrangle / New York Times. New York. 1975. 1st Ed. XIV, 177 PP with b/w photos. Fp: Well-wishers on the wharf. Eps: Location of America's Cup Course. Hard cover, cloth spine, dj. Name of previous owner at top of half title page. Occasional foxing. Near fine. 28.5 x 22. 0812905423

68696
JONES, Tristan
ADRIFT
$30.00 AUD

Macmillan. New York. 1980. 1st US Ed. XII, 273 PP. Hard cover, cloth spine, dj. Slight ageing of paper. Near fine. 24 x 15.5. 0025598600

His personal journeys, and survival in the world of the people ashore.

69366
JONES, Tristan
ONE HAND FOR YOURSELF, ONE FOR THE SHIP, The Essentials of Single-Handed Sailing
$20.00 AUD

Granada/Adlard Coles. London. 1983. Reprint of 1982 1st Ed. XII, (2), 226 PP with 5 graphs, 7 tables and 42 drawings by author. Hard cover, dust jacket. Name of previous owner on top of FFEP, o/wise a fine copy. 24 x 16. 0229116981

Rigs & rigging, self-steering, accommodations, navigation (scraps and celestial), anchors... List of recommended books.

70809
JONES, Tristan
A STEADY TRADE - A Boyhood at Sea
$20.00 AUD

The Bodley Head. London. 1982. 1st Ed. 255 PP. Hard cover, gilt title on spine. dj (price-clipped). Faint foxing spots on outside edges. Fine. 22.2 x 14. 0370304721

Sailing the Channel and North Sea on the coastal sailing ketch "Second Apprentice"...

73924
JONES, Tristan
A STAR TO STEER HER BY
$5.00 AUD

Triad Grafton Books. London. 1989. Reprint of the 1986 paperback revised edition. 316, (3 publications) PP Slight ageing of paper around edges, o/wise a very good clean copy. 22.2 x 13.8. 9780586069202

Reminiscences of this adventurer on crossings from San Diego, Colombia, the North of South America, New York then London.

73969
JONES, Tristan
YARNS
$5.00 AUD

Sheridan House. Dobbs Ferry. 1990. 1st paperback edition. XII, 272 PP. FEP: map of "The Word of Tristan Jones". Soft covers, pictorial front. Name of previous owner on top outside edge and on FFEP. Very good. 21.6 x 13.5. 0924486023

20731
KAUL, Cynthia, BOBROW, Jill & JINKINS, Dana
HARBORS OF ENCHANTMENT, A Yachtsman's Anthology
$15.00 AUD

Concepts Publishing. Waitsfield, Vt., USA. 1989. 1st Ed. 287 PP with 19 colour maps, paintings by Peter Carr & numerous colour photos. Illustrated title page and half title page. Cloth cover, dj. (price clipped). Near fine. 31 x 23.3. 0393027619

Fabulous photographs, imaginative text... on the world's most favoured destinations of cruising yachtsmen.

67939
KEELEY, Robert
"YELLOW PAGES ENDEAVOUR" & SPEED SAILING RECORD - Sandy Point Showdown, 10th October 1993 (in Australian Sailing, January 1994)
$5.00 AUD

Australian Sailing. Sydney. 1994. January 1994 issue, edited by Bob Ross. 92 PP. Contains article pages 26 to 31 with 4 b/w and 6 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27.5 x 21.

Sandy Point, Victoria, with a wind of 18 knots, "Yellow Pages Endeavour" reached 46.02 knots.

35367
KENDALL, Dave
THE COMPLETE BOOK OF BOAT MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR
$5.00 AUD

Doubleday. New York. 1975. 2nd printing. (10), 212 PP with 84 b/w photos. Hard cover, cloth spine, dj (price-clipped). Near fine. 24 x 16. 038504450X

73652
KENDALL, Miles
ULTIMATE SAILING ADVENTURES: 100 Extraordinary Experiences on the Water
$20.00 AUD

Wiley Nautical. Chichester, UK. 2009. 1st Ed. (12), 204 PP with colour illustrations: locations maps and photos. Pictorial stiff covers. Ex Libris of previous owner pasted down inside front cover. Fine. 26 x 20. 9780470746974

75101
KENT, Rockwell
N by E
$25.00 AUD

Wesleyan University Press. Middletown, Ct. 1996. 1st paperback edition of the 1930 original, with a foreword by Edward Hoagland. XXII, 281 PP with b/w illustrations (wood block prints) by Rockwell Kent: headpieces, tailpieces and 8 on full page. Pictorial soft covers. Fine (as new condition). 20.7 x 15. 9780819552921

Voyage to Greenland in "Direction', a 33 ft cutter, shipwreck ...

40218
KENT, Warwick
SYDNEY'S BEACHES - From Palm Beach to Cronulla
$15.00 AUD

New Holland Publishers. Sydney. 1998. 1st Ed. 112 PP with 1 map and 90 colour photos. Eps. Laminated pictorial boards, dj. Fine. 21.8 x 26.6. 1864364149

71783
KERR, Garry
THE TASMANIAN TRADING KETCH, An Illustrated Oral History
$25.00 AUD

Mains' Books. Portland, Victoria. 1998. 1st soft cover edition of the 1987 original. (8), 179 PP with 15 plans (hull, sail, construction) and many b/w photos (most full-page). Fp: Evaleeta under sail. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 24 x 18. 0731608879

Development and evolution of Tasmania's trading craft (construction, sailing and handling techniques, living conditions). 24.5 x 18.5.

68580
KERRISON, Rex & JOHNSON, Richard
SV MAY QUEEN - A Grand Survivor
$50.00 AUD

Forty South Publishing / May Queen Trust. Hobart. 2014. 1st edition with a foreword by Doone Kennedy. XIV, 178 PP with b/w and colour ilustrations. Fp (in colour): 'May Queen in racing trim', painting by Harold Salter. Hard cover, illustrated boards. As new. 24.5 x 21.5. 9780992279141

50075
KIERNAN, Ian & JARRATT, Phil
COMING CLEAN
$10.00 AUD

Macmillan. Sydney. 1995. 1st Ed., with a foreword by Phillip Adams. XVIII, 237 PP, plus 32 pages with 32 b/w and 32 colour photos. Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing on outside edges, o/wise fine. 23.4 x 15.6. 0732908256

74090
KILROY, Jim
KIALOA US-1: DARE TO WIN - in Business - in Sailing - in Life
$50.00 AUD

Seapoint Books. Kittery, Maine. 2012. 1st Ed. Foreword by Herb McCormick. 447 PP with b/w illustrations (documents, drawings, sketches, sketch plans, plans and photos) and colour illustrations (House Flags, maps, paintings and photos). Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 28.5 x 22. 9780983062257

11636
KING, Jonathan
SAILING HOME, The Fleet that Celebrates 200 Years of History
$5.00 AUD

Fairfax Magazines / Robertsbridge. Sydney. 1987. Special early edition. 80 PP with colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 27.5 x 20.

Re-enactment voyage of the First Fleet. From the birth of the idea, the sailing from Portsmouth and to the call at Rio de Janeiro.

73667
KING, R. 'Bunty'
SPINNAKER
$20.00 AUD

Granada / Adlard Coles. London. 1981. 1st Ed. Foreword by E. 'Ted' Hood. VI, 185 PP with over 38 figures and over 35 b/w or colour photos. A 3 page letter & colour photo, on "Sailing Rig for Inflatable Boat", loosely inserted. Laminated pictorial boards, dj. Small remainder mark on bottom outside edge. Dust jacket with a few chips or closed tears and is in a protective sleeve, o/wise near fine. 25.4 x 19.5. 0229116051

68668
KING, Robin
ALL AT SEA. A novice in a boat-yard
$10.00 AUD

Arthur Barker. London. 1957. 1st Ed. 192 PP. Fp: Sea-Breeze. Hard covers, title on a sunned spine. Stamp in blind of previous owner on the free fly of front endpaper. Covers with some wear, faint foxing. Good reading copy. 22 x 15.

74655
KINNEY, Francis S.
SKENE'S ELEMENTS OF YACHT DESIGN
$40.00 AUD

Dodd, Mead & Company. New York. 1981. 8th edition 5th printing. A completely revised and updated edition of the 1927 original. (12), 351 PP with tables and b/w illustrations (drawings, sketches, plans & photos). Fp: "Intrepid" running free. Cloth cover, dj (price-clipped). Ex Library copy with stamps on front endpaper, title page and top & fore outside edges. Otherwise contents are clean and an overally very good copy. 26 x 18.5. 0396079687

73879
KINSEY, T. L.
FAMILY CRUISING
$10.00 AUD

Stanley Paul. London. 1975. 1st Ed. 188 PP with over 39 sets of figures, plus 16 pages with 31 b/w photos. Hard covers, dj. Signature on inside front cover, slight ageing of paper and foxing. An otherwise very good clean copy. 24 x 16. 0091236304

71235
KLEIN, Jane
SAILING SPEERS POINT - 1880 onwards
$40.00 AUD

Lake Macquarie and District Historical Society. Lake Macquarie. 2007. 1st Ed. Foreword by John Kilpatrick, Mayor. 54, (2) PP with tables and b/w illustrations: 1 sketch map, club badge, 2 cartoons and 42 photos. Pictorial soft covers. As new. 29.7 x 20.8. 0959532129

"RANI", winner of the first Sydney to Hobart yacht race, was built at Speers Point.

70221
KLINK, Amyr
BETWEEN TWO POLES
$25.00 AUD

Bloomsbury. London. 1995. 1st UK edition of the 1992 Brazil original "Paratti: Entre Dois Polos". XII, 203, (9 blank) PP with 2 pages of plans, plus 28 pages with 2 b/w and 39 colour photos. FEP: Paratii's Journey and map of the Pebble route. REP: 2 maps, Southern Ice, and 2 maps, Northern Ice. Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing on top outside edge, o/wise a fine copy. 24 x 15.5. 0747519722

Voyage of the yacht "Paratii", around the Atlantic Ocean, with a stay of over a year on the Antarctic peninsula. From Paratii (between Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo), Brazil to the Antarctic Peninsula, Capetown, the Faeroes, the Spitzberg, Iceland, and back.

40509
KNAPP, Arthur, Jr.
RACE YOUR BOAT RIGHT
$5.00 AUD

Macmillan. London. 1953. 1st UK edition. Introduction by Harold S. Vanderbilt. XIV, 296 PP with 63 diagrams by William Burroughs, plus 16 pages with 25 b/w photos. Fp: International One-Design Bumble Bee. Cloth cover. Foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 22.5 x 15.5.

39181
KNECHT, G. Bruce
THE PROVING GROUND - The inside story of the 1998 Sydney to Hobart Race
$15.00 AUD

Allen & Unwin. Sydney. 2001. 1st Australian edition. XII, 289 PP, plus 16 pages with 46 b/w photos. Pictorial soft covers with light wear. Faint foxing. Near fine. 23 x 15.2. 1865085561

Boxing Day 1998. 153 boats set out from Sydney but only 43 reached Hobart... 7 boats abandoned, 5 sank, 6 sailors died and 55 had to be pulled from the water.

43720
KNECHT, G. Bruce
THE PROVING GROUND - The inside story of the 1998 Sydney to Hobart Race
$20.00 AUD

Little, Brown and Company. Boston. 2001. 4th printing of the 1st edition. (8), 295 PP with 1 map and 1 plan, plus 16 pages with 46 b/w photos. Fp: Map of the Sydney to Hobart yacht race course. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 24.2 x 15.6. 0316499552

Boxing Day 1998. 153 boats set out from Sydney but only 43 reached Hobart... 7 boats abandoned, 5 sank, 6 sailors died and 55 had to be pulled from the water.

48266
KNIGHT, E. F.
THE CRUISE OF THE ALERTE
$10.00 AUD

Granada. London. 1984. 1st paperback edition of the 1890 original. Introduction by Arthur Ransome. XVI, 205 PP with 3 maps. Pictorial soft cover (light creases). Few foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise very good. 19 x 13. 0246123125

Search for the treasure stolen from the cathedral of Lima, in 1821 during the Peruvian war for independence.

72536
KNIGHT, E. F.
THE CRUISE OF THE FALCON - A Voyage to South America in a 30-Ton Yacht
$25.00 AUD

Longmans, Green, and Co. London. 1906. New Impression of the 4th edition. VIII, 366 PP with 2 maps, 5 text illustrations and 8 b/w plates, including the Frontispiece: Entrance to the Bay of Rio. Navy cloth covers with shelf wear around edges, gilt tile on worn spine, Ship's Library stamp in blind on front cover. Gutters have been reinforced, stamp on inside front cover, signature of previous owner on prelims. A little light foxing, mostly on first and last pages, o/wise a very good reading copy. 19 x 12.5.

A voyage to South America in a 30 ton yacht. Falmouth, Madeira, Cape Verde Islands, Brazil, Uruguay, Plate River, Barbados, then return to Bristol on the 500-ton barque Augusta.

20207
KNIGHT, Edward F.
THE CRUISE OF THE FALCON (in Two Volumes)
$50.00 AUD

Arno Press. New York. 1967. 1st Ed. in the Abercombie & Fitch Library Series. Reprint of the 1884 original. Vol. I: (6), VIII, 301 PP with 4 illust. in text plus 5 plates (1 folded map). Fp: Entrance to the Bay of Rio. Vol.II: (4), VIII, 304 PP with 1 illust. in text plus 7 plates (1 folded map). Fp: View near Olinda; beaching a catamaran. Marbled hard cover, cloth spine with gilt title on black vignette, dj. Near fine. 19.7 x 13.5.

A voyage to South America in a 30 ton yacht. Falmouth, Madeira, Cape Verde Islands, Brazil, Uruguay, Plate River and return to Bristol.

18287
KNOX-JOHNSTON, Robin
ROBIN KNOX-JOHNSTON'S HISTORY OF YACHTING
$20.00 AUD

Phaidon Press. Oxford. 1990. 1st Ed. 168 PP with b/w & colour illustrations. Title spread: The Solent. FEP: Chart of entrance of Thames River. REP: Chart of Isle of Wight. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 28.7 x 24.8. 0714826081

From its beginnings in the sheltered waters of the Netherlands in the 1600's, to the open sea races, across the oceans of the world.

20771
KNOX-JOHNSTON, Robin
THE COLUMBUS VENTURE
$15.00 AUD

BBC Books. London. 1991. Reprint of the 1991 original. 208 PP with 18 colour & 40 b/w illustrations. Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing. Fine. 24 x 16. 0563360909

On board the yacht Suhaili, in the footsteps of Christopher Columbus.

32714
KNOX-JOHNSTON, Robin
YACHTING - The History of a Passion
$20.00 AUD

Hearst Marine Books. New York. 1990. 1st US Ed. 168 PP with b/w & colour illustrations. Title spread: The Solent. FEP: Chart of entrance of Thames River. REP: Chart of Isle of Wight. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 28.7 x 24.8. 0688099912

From its beginnings in the sheltered waters of the Netherlands in the 1600's, to the open sea races, across the oceans of the world.

43315
KNOX-JOHNSTON, Robin
SAILING
$10.00 AUD

Collins. London. 1977. 1st paperback edition. 128 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Fp: Gretel, an Australian challenger for the America's Cup, 1962. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 25.3 x 18. 0001033328

... Cruising, Ocean Racing, America's Cup...

47039
KNOX-JOHNSTON, Robin
SAILING
$15.00 AUD

Collins. London. 1977. 1st cased edition, in the International Library series. 128 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Fp: Gretel, an Australian challenger for the America's Cup, 1962. Illustrated endpapers. Hard cover, illustrated front board. Covers lightly rubbed, lower part of hinges split on 2 cms. Very good internally. 26 x 18.5. 0001001787

... Cruising, Ocean Racing, America's Cup...

75042
KNOX-JOHNSTON, Robin
LAST BUT NOT LEAST, His own story of the 1978 Round-the-world Race
$10.00 AUD

Angus & Robertson. London. 1978. 1st Ed. (8), 207 PP with 1 sail plan of Heath's Condor, 4 maps and 7 b/w photos, plus 16 pages with 20 colour photos. Hard cover, dust jacket (laminated). Ex-library copy with stamps on half-title page and verso of title-page and lacks the endpapers. Otherwise complete and still a very good copy. 22.2 x 14.2. 0207958300

Departure Portsmouth 27th August 1977, calls at: Monrovia (for repairs), Cape Town, Auckland and Rio de Janeiro. Returned Portsmouth 23 March 1978.

70567
KNOX-JOHNSTON, Robin & PICKTHALL, Barry
AROUND ALONE: THE BOC CHALLENGE 1986-87 - The Official Story of the Greatest Sailing Adventure of All Single-Handed Round-The-World Yacht Race
$20.00 AUD

Robertsbridge. New York. 1987. 1st edition. Foreword by Richard Giordano. XXIV, 112 PP with 1 map on double page, tables, 4 b/w illustrations and 66 colour photos. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket with closed tear and faded part (spine and top edge). Very good. 31.3 x 22. 0947178082

Around Alone: The Official Book of the Second Single-Handed ...

14791
KNÖBL, Kuno
TAI KI, To the Point of No Return
$15.00 AUD

W. Allen. London. 1976. 1st English edition of the 1975 German original. (10), 276 PP with 1 map, 3 plans of the junk Tai Ki and 18 figures in text, plus 84 pages with 2 b/w illust. & 120 colour photos. Eps: Map of North Pacific Ocean with the route of Tai Ki. Hard cover, dj. One small repaired tear on page 237/238, o/wise very good. 24.5 x 17.2. 049101547X

A voyage by junk and a failed attempt to prove the connection between the civilisation of South East Asia and Central America (attempt which began after studying knot codes found in a museum in Hue).

45460
KNÖBL, Kuno
TAI KI, To the Point of No Return
$10.00 AUD

W. Allen. London. 1976. 1st English edition of the 1975 German original. (10), 276 PP with 1 map, 3 plans of the junk Tai Ki and 18 figures in text, plus 84 pages with 2 b/w illust. & 120 colour photos. Eps: Map of North Pacific Ocean with the route of Tai Ki. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket with repaired tear on spine. Very good. 24.5 x 17.2. 049101547X

A voyage by junk and a failed attempt to prove the connection between the civilisation of South East Asia and Central America (attempt which began after studying knot codes found in a museum in Hue).

44351
KOCH, Ernst-Jürgen
HUNDELEBEN IN HERRLICHKEIT - Unsere Weltumseglung mit der Kairos
$5.00 AUD

Delius, Klasing & Co. Bielrfeld-Berlin. 1973. 1st Ed. 303 PP with 4 head pieces, plus 20 pages with 34 b/w photos by Elga Koch. FEP: World map with couse of Kairos. REP: Plans of Kairos. Cloth cover, dj. Foxing spots on outside edges. Very good. German text. 21.2 x 13.2. 3768801624

Circumnavigation of the Kairos. Hamburg 27/05/1964...West Indies... French Polynesia and Tahiti May to September 1965...New Zealand November 1965 to May 1966... Hamburg 23/08/1967.

74843
KOPANYCIA, Roger
LOFTING A BOAT: A Step-by-Step Manual
$30.00 AUD

Adlard Coles Nautical. London. 2011. 1st edition in the "Adlard Coles Classic Boat" series. 146 PP with b/w and coloured illustrations (line drawings, plans & sketches). Pictorial stiff covers. Fine (as new condition). 24.5 x 17. 9781408131121

52993
LACROIX, Louis
LES ECRASEURS DE CRABES SUR LES DERNIERS VOILIERS CABOTEURS
$50.00 AUD

Aux Portes du Large. Nantes. 1947. 1st Ed. Preface by Captain A. Marchandeau. 348, XXXVI (annex & contents) PP with 2 maps in text, plus 1 folded plan (line drawings of a brick nantais) , 2 folded maps (Ras de Sein & Chenal du Four) and 82 Pages with 166 b/w illustrations (plans, charts, drawings, photos). Soft cover, pictorial front. Pages mostly uncut and unopened. French text. Ageing of paper. Very good. 25.2 x 16.

Comprehensive history of the fishing industry and the last trading coastal sailing ships: France and Europe (UK, Finland...), Mediterranean Sea (Gibraltar to Near East). South west Indian Ocean (Madagascar, Mauritius, Bourbon (La Réunion).

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

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

5,000 years of marine illustrations.

38787
LARSEN, Paul & COUTTS, Russell
AMERICA'S CUP 2000, including the Louis Vuitton Cup
$15.00 AUD

Hodder Moa Beckett. Auckland. 1999. 1st Ed. 192 PP with b/w & colour illustrations, and colour photos (most by by Daniel Forster). Eps. Hard cover, dj. Remainder mark on lower outside edge. Occasional foxing. Very good. 31.3 x 24.6. 1869587170

67615
LARSEN, Paul & COUTTS, Russell
AMERICA'S CUP 2000, including the Louis Vuitton Cup
$20.00 AUD

Auckland. 1999. Hodder Moa Beckett. 1st Ed. 192 PP with b/w & colour illustrations, and colour photos (most by by Daniel Forster). Eps. Hard cover, dj. Spine of dust jacket a little faded, o/wise near fine. 31.3 x 24.6. 1869587170

70225
LAWRENCE, R.D.
VOYAGE OF THE STELLA
$5.00 AUD

HarperPerennial. Toronto. 1991. 1st HarperPerennial paperback edition (original of 1982). (8), 248 PP with 4 maps. Pictorial soft cover. Slight ageing of paper. Spine with creases. Very good. 20.2 x 13.2. 0006377068

68547
LEATHER, John
BARGES
$70.00 AUD

Granada Publishing / Adlard Coles. London. 1984. 1st Ed. XVI, 236 PP with 127 b/w figures (sketches, lines, photos). Hard cover, simile leather, gilt title on spine, dj (price clipped). Faint foxing on top outside page edges, o/wise fine. Oblong: 19 x 25.5. 0229115942

An in-depth study of the traditional transport sailing barges. Various types of British barges and American barges (gundalows and scows).

55720
LEAVENS, John M.
THE CATBOAT ERA IN NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND
$45.00 AUD

Tilbury House & The Catboat Association. Gardiner, Maine & Middleboro, Mass. 2005. 1st Printing. Edited by Judith Navas Lund. X, 182 PP with b/w illustrations (map, plans and line drawings, photos). Title spread: Afternoon at the races viewed from near Castle Hill Hotel, Newport. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. Oblong: 21 x 26. 0884482723

58195
LEE, Adrian & PHILPOTT, Ruby
LAURENT GILES, An Evolution of Yacht Design
$100.00 AUD

Nautical Books. London. 1980. 1st Ed. Foreword by Olin Stephens. 208 PP with b/w illustrations (sketches, plans, photos...). Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Fine. Scarce. 27 x 20.2. 9780713633221

73124
LEONARD, Beth A.
THE VOYAGER'S HANDBOOK. The Essential Guide to Bluewater Cruising
$45.00 AUD

International Marine / McGraw Hill. Camden, Maine. 2007. 2nd edition with forewords by George Day and Herb McCornick. XVII, 574 PP with over 100 tables and c. 200 b/w illustrations (drawings, maps and photos). Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Dust jacket with a repaired tear and old water marks along the top edge of the front of the jacket and is in a protective sleeve. A few spots around outside page edges, o/wise contents clean and near fine. 28.2 x 22.2. 9780071437653

35771
LESTER, Gary & SLEEMAN, Richard
THE AMERICA'S CUP 1851-1987 - Sailing for Supremacy
$10.00 AUD

Lester-Townsend Publishing. Sydney. 1986. 1st Ed., with a foreword by Sir James Hardy. 239 PP with b/w and colour illust. (including 7 colour sketches by Terry Welsby). Hard cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj. Shelf wear on lower edges of covers. Faint foxing, o/wise very good. Large format: 36 x 26. 0949853089

30798
LEVITT, Michael & LLOYD, Barbara
UPSET: Australia Wins the America's Cup
$5.00 AUD

Hodder and Stoughton. Sydney. 1984. 1st Australian edition of the 1983 US original. (8), 212 PP with 7 diagrams, plus 16 pages with 24 colour photos by Dan Nerney. Pictorial soft covers a little rubbed around edges. Faint foxing on outside edges. Near fine. 23 x 15.3. 0340355808

47440
LEWIS, Chris & DWAN, Peter (editors)
AMERICA'S CUP UPDATE
$5.00 AUD

Royal Perth Yacht Club / Australia's Defence America's Cup 1987. Perth. 1985. 1st Ed., update Summer 1985. 20 PP with colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21.

America II and Azzurra hit Fremantle. Canada prepares a strong challenge...

14612
LEWIS, David
ICE BIRD, The First Single-Handed Voyage to Antarctica
$15.00 AUD

Book Club Associates. Sydney. 1975. Reprint of the original by Collins. 224 PP with 9 bw illust. in text plus 8 pages with 13 bw photos and 16 pages with 19 col. photos. Eps: Map of Antarctica and inset maps of Anvers Island and South Orkney islands. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket with chips and in a protective sleeve. Contents are near fine. 22.2 x 14.

21155
LEWIS, David
VOYAGE TO THE ICE - The Antarctic Expedition of Solo
$10.00 AUD

Collins & A.B.C. Sydney. 1979. 1st Ed. 144 PP with 3 maps, 4 yacht plans, 3 tables and 21 b/w illust., plus 24 pages with 62 colour photos. Illustrated endpapers. Hard cover, dj. Note on verso of half title page, o/wise near fine. 23.4 x 16. 064297604X

Expedition during the Southern summer of 1977-78 of the Oceanic Research Foundation to Antarctica. Sydney - Balleny Island - Cape Adare - Macquarie Island - Sydney.

30923
LEWIS, David
ICE BIRD, The First Single-Handed Voyage to Antarctica
$30.00 AUD

Collins. Sydney. 1975. 1st Ed. 224 PP with 9 b/w drawings, plus 8 pages with 13 b/w photos and 16 pages with 19 colour photos. Eps: Map of Antarctica and inset maps of Anversisland and South Orkney islands. Hard cover, dust jacket with a few chips or closed tears, o/wise a fine copy. 22.2 x 14. 0002117371

70218
LEWIS, David
VOYAGE TO THE ICE - The Antarctic Expedition of Solo
$35.00 AUD

Collins & A.B.C. Sydney. 1979. 1st Ed. 144 PP with 3 maps, 4 yacht plans, 3 tables and 21 b/w illust., plus 24 pages with 62 colour photos. Illustrated endpapers. Hard cover, dj. Dedicatory note on title page to scientists at Davis Base, signed by the author David Lewis and Mimi George. Occasional foxing and stains on lower edge affecting only the lower margin, o/wise near fine. 23.4 x 16. 064297604X

Expedition during the Southern summer of 1977-78 of the Oceanic Research Foundation to Antarctica. Sydney - Balleny Island - Cape Adare - Macquarie Island - Sydney.

73150
LEWIS, David
WE, THE NAVIGATORS - The Ancient Art of Landfinding in the Pacific
$45.00 AUD

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.

15131
LEWIS, David & GEORGE, Mimi
ICEBOUND IN ANTARCTICA
$20.00 AUD

William Heinemann Australia. Melbourne. 1981. 1st Australian Edition. XIV, 242 PP with 2 maps & 4 figures, plus 16 pages with 29 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise near fine. 24 x 15.8. 0855611413

The 1982-1984 expedition to the southern polar ice-cap, on board the yacht Dick Smith Explorer.

50796
LEWIS, Geoff
THE SMALL-BOAT SKIPPER'S HANDBOOK
$5.00 AUD

A.H. & A.W. Reed. Sydney. 1977. 1st Australian edition. 310 PP with 36 tables and over 49 figures (5 in colour). Hard cover. Stamp of the Sea School of Queensland on front endpaper. Faint foxing. Very good. 20.5 x 13.5.. 0589072269

69396
LEWIS, John
A TASTE FOR SAILING
$25.00 AUD

Adlard Coles Ltd. London. 1969. 1st Ed. 240 PP with 9 charts, 10 plans & sketches, plus 16 pages with 24 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj (price-clipped). Fine. 21.7 X 17. 022997371X

40512
LIEBERS, Arthur
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PLEASURE BOATING - The Complete Illustrated Guide to Motorboating and Yachting
$10.00 AUD

A. S. Barnes. New York. 1961. 1st Ed. 395 PP with b/w illustrations (charts, diagrams, maps & photos). Cloth cover, dj (price-clipped). Dust jacket with piece missing at top of spine / front cover. Foxing on outside edges, sellotape marks on endpapers. Very good. 25.2 x 17.

31107
LIPSCOMB, James
CUTTING LOOSE
$20.00 AUD

Angus & Robertson. London. 1975. 1st UK Ed. 304 PP with 3 pages of line drawings and 16 pages with 40 colour photos. Title spread: The Four Winds under sail. Eps: Track of the Four Winds from San Pedro, California to Singapore. Hard cover, dj (price-clipped). Light foxing on outside page edges, o/wise near fine. 21.5 x 13.5. 0207956472

Voyage of five young men in the South Pacific in 1971.

73930
LIVINGSTON, Kimball
SAILING THE BAY
$15.00 AUD

Chronicle Books. San Francisco. 1981 1st Ed. 96 PP with b/w illustrations (4 tables, 5 figures and 30 photos). Pictorial stiff covers. Stamp of previous owner at top of half title page. Very good. Oblong: 20 x 22. 087701180X

Bay of San Francisco.

53506
LLEWELLYN, Sam
THE GREAT CIRCLE
$5.00 AUD

Headline. London. 1988. 1st paperback edition of the 1987 original. X, 566 PP. Paperback. Faint foxing. Near fine. 17.8 x 11. 074723132X

Novel.

56629
LLOYD'S
LLOYD'S REGISTER OF YACHTS 1963
$25.00 AUD

Lloyd's Register of Shipping. London. 1963. Yearly edition. Copy of client no. 1584 The Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania. 1223 PP, (11), 31 (advertisements), plus 2 supplements (36 and 56 pages) inserted in pockets. Cloth cover, gilt device and title on front board and spine. Small stamp of the ANMM. Has a 1 cm tear at head of front hinge, o/wise very good. Oblong: 18.5 x 24.

56630
LLOYD'S
LLOYD'S REGISTER OF YACHTS 1972
$20.00 AUD

Lloyd's Register of Shipping. London. 1972. Yearly edition (85th) . Copy of client no. 192. XXX, (2), 1478 PP. Cloth cover, gilt device and title on front board and spine. Back hinge split. Stamp of ANMM on title page,. Very good. Oblong: 18.5 x 24.

64668
LLOYD'S
100 A1 - A Bulletin of Lloyd's Register of Shipping - No. Fifteen: 1965
$15.00 AUD

Lloyd's Register of Shipping. London. 1965. Issue: Fifteen, 1965. 32 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Inside covers: Designs (caravel & Viking ship) by Eric Fraser. Pictorial soft cover (Tall Ship). Covers with creases, o/wise very good. Oblong: 21 x 26.7.

Pages 6 to 17: "All they ask is a Tall Ship" with 4 drawings by Eric Fraser and 16 b/w photos. Pages 20 to 23: "Shipping on Show in Oslo" with 4 drawings and 3 b/w photos.

64798
LLOYD'S
LLOYD'S REGISTER OF YACHTS 1979
$25.00 AUD

Lloyd's Register of Shipping. London. 1979. Yearly edition (92nd). Copy of client No. 1610. XXVII, (3 blank), 1332, (2) PP. Green cloth cover, gilt device and title on front board and spine, all edges green tinted. Name of previous owner in gilt on front board. Near fine. Oblong: 18.5 x 23.

67169
LLOYD'S
100 A1 - A Bulletin Published by Lloyd's Register of Shipping - Number Three: 1959
$15.00 AUD

Lloyd's Register of Shipping. London. 1959. Issue No.: Three, 1959. 33, (3) PP with 2 graphs and b/w illustrations (1 diagram, 2 maps, 6 drawings and 6 photos). Soft cover, device on front cover. Near fine. 24.8 x 18.3..

Lloyd's Register of Shipping and Large Tankers, by J.M. Murray. New York - Entrance to the New World. Seeking Oil under the sea. Tribute to Don Ernesto Anastasio Pascual. Metals and the 'Methane Pioneer'.

64693
LOCKETT, Alan
NORTH WESTERN SAIL
$10.00 AUD

Countryside Publications. Chorley, Lancashire. 1978. 1st Ed. 56 PP with b/w illustrations (1 map, 1 plan, 3 facsimile of documents, 8 paintings and 100 photos). Pictorial soft cover. Short closed tear on front cover, o/wise fine. Oblong: 21 x 29. 0861570022

69430
LOCKETT, Alan
NORTH WESTERN SHIPS AND SEAMEN
$20.00 AUD

Preston, UK. 1982. Editorial Workshop Ltd. 1st Ed. 88 PP with b/w illustrations (including a sketch map, engravings and photos). Soft cover, pictorial front. Fine. 21 x 15. 094613300X

16238
LOISEAU, Jean
LA ROUTE DU RHUM
$20.00 AUD

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

The transatlantic race from St. Malo to Guadeloupe.

38302
LONGHURST, Robert & MOLE, Leslie
ROYAL LIFE SAVING SOCIETY QUEENSLAND: 100 YEAR HISTORY BOOK
$25.00 AUD

Royal Life Saving Society of Queensland. Brisbane. 2005. 1st Ed. V, 302 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (ephemera & photos photos). Pictorial laminated boards. Fine. 30.2 x 21.7. 0646442996

73973
LOOMIS, Alfred F.
OCEAN RACING - The Great Blue Water Yacht Race
$30.00 AUD

Adlard Coles. London. 1946. Reprint of the 1936 original. (XIV), 279 PP with, plus 8 pages with 9 track charts of races, and 20 pages with 19 b/w photos. Fp: The sloop "Gesture" winner of the Bermuda trophy. Cloth covers, decoration on front board and sprine, title on spine, dj. Small piece missing at top of back cover of dust jacket which is now in a protective sleeve. Near fine. 24 x 16.5.

69630
LUARD, Commander W. B.
WHERE THE TIDES MEET
$20.00 AUD

Nicholson & Watson. London. 1948. 1st. Ed. 397 PP, plus XVI plates with 31 b/w photos. Cloth covers with shelf wear, front inside gutter starting, gilt title on spine (lettering very faded). Ageing of paper and foxing. Stain on lower part of front magin between pages 243 and 257 (not affecting text or photos). Very good. 22.5 x 15.

Cruising, Ocean Racing (Fastnet, Channel, Transatlantic), ...

69809
LUARD, Lieutenant-Commander W. B.
CHANGING HORIZONS
$10.00 AUD

Nicholson & Watson. London. 1946. 1st. Ed. 192 PP. Cloth covers, gilt title on spine. Covers soiled. Ageing of paper and foxing. Very good. 22.5 x 15.

17723
LUCAS, Alan
CRUISING THE SOLOMONS -The Yachtsman's Guide to a South Pacific Paradise
$30.00 AUD

Horwitz Grahame. Melbourne. 1981. 1st Ed. 234 PP with b/w illustrations (maps, plans, sketches, photos). Pictorial laminated boards. Occasional foxing. Near fine. 22 x 14. 0725511206

18193
LUCAS, Alan
CRUISING COMPANION
$20.00 AUD

Horwitz Grahame. Melbourne. 1985. 1st Ed. 257 PP with b/w & colour illust. Pict. laminated boards. Fine. 25 x 16. 0725518855

18258
LUCAS, Alan
CRUISING AUSTRALIANS
$25.00 AUD

Horwitz Grahame. Sydney. 1989. 1st Ed. III, 268 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, plans, sketch maps, photos, plus 12 pages with 28 colour photos. Pictorial laminated boards. Foxing spots on outside edges. Fine. 25 x 16. 9780725521493

A fascinating insight into the life of the Cruising Australian: the people, the boats, the places they visit...

31221
LUCAS, Alan
CRUISING TO EUROPE
$20.00 AUD

Horwitz Grahame. Sydney. 1986. 1st Ed. 144 PP with 6 maps & plans, 10 drawings by the author, and 57 b/w photos. Laminated pictorial boards. Near fine. 24.6 x 15.5. 072551955X

From Cairns to Dover, via the Indian Ocean, the Red Sea, the Mediterranean, French waterways and the Channel.

43299
LUCAS, Alan
CRUISING THE CORAL COAST
$10.00 AUD

Compass Publications. Sydney. c. 1973. 2nd edition enlarged from the 1968 original. 272 PP with charts, plans and b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Covers rubbed and with creases, o/wise very good. 24.2 x 15.2. 0909319006

Ports and harbours on the Queensland Coast from Southport to Torres Strait.

44749
LUCAS, Alan
CRUISING THE NEW SOUTH WALES COAST
$10.00 AUD

Horwitz Publications. Sydney. 1976. 1st Ed. 271 PP with b/w illustrations (plans, charts & photos), plus 8 pages with 21 colour photos. Hard cover, dj (spine lightly sunned). Foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 24.8 x 15.5. 0725503262

From Mallacoota Inlet to Tweed Heads.

47751
LUCAS, Alan
CRUISING NEW CALEDONIA AND VANUATU (New Hebrides)
$40.00 AUD

Horwitz Grahame. Melbourne. 1981. 1st Ed. (12), 192 PP with maps, plans & b/w photos. Pictorial laminated boards. Spine lightly sunned. Foxing spots on outsided edges, both endpapers, and on first and last leaves. Very good. 22 x 14. 0725510676

General information on New Caledonia and Vanuatu ports and anchorages.

52156
LUCAS, Alan
CRUISING THE NEW SOUTH WALES COAST
$10.00 AUD

Horwitz Grahame. Melbourne. 1982. 2nd edition fully revised. VII, 8-302 PP with b/w illustrations (plans, charts & photos), plus 8 pages with 20 colour photos. Pictorial laminated boards. Spine lightly sunned. Very good. 24.8 x 15.5. 0725511761

From Mallacoota Inlet to Tweed Heads.

53847
LUCAS, Alan
THE TOOLS AND MATERIALS OF BOAT BUILDING
$30.00 AUD

Horwitz. Sydney. 1978. 1st Ed. X, 262 PP with b/w illust. Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing. Near fine. 24.8 X 15.6. 0725505222

68602
LUCAS, Alan
CRUISING THE CORAL COAST
$10.00 AUD

Horwitz. Sydney. 1976. 3rd edition completely revised. 336 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, charts, plans of ports or anchorages, and photos). Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket with repaired tears. Stamp and plate of the "Devonport Maritime Museum & Historical Society on front endpaper. Faint foxing, o/wise very good. 24.8 x 16.2. 0725503432

Ports and harbours on the Queensland Coast from Southport to Torres Strait.

73142
LUCAS, Alan
THE COMPLETE ILLUSTRATED ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF BOATING
$20.00 AUD

Horwitz. Melbourne. 1977. 1st Ed. 272 PP with over 1000 b/w illustrations throughout. Hard cover, title on front board and spine, dj. Dust jacket with lightly sunned spine and with a short repaired tear at foot of spine. Foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise a near fine copy. 25 x 16. 0725503858

Contains over 1000 illustrations. An authoritative work with explanatory diagrams for most terms.

74119
LUCAS, Alan
CRUISING THE CORAL COAST
$15.00 AUD

Horwitz Grahame. Sydney. 1988. Revised edition of the 1968 original. (2), 414 PP with charts, plans and b/w photos. FEP: Location map of the "Coral Coast". REP: Symbols used. Pictorial laminated boards. Rubbed patch at top of front cover. Near fine. 24.7 x 15.8. 0725521015

Ports and harbours on the Queensland Coast from Southport to Torres Strait.

74971
LUCAS, Alan
CRUISING THE NEW SOUTH WALES COAST
$20.00 AUD

Alan Lucas Cruising Guides. Sydney. 1995. 4th edition (now inludes Lord Howe Island). (4), 252 PP with b/w and coloured illustrations (plans, charts & photos). The 2 page "Update leaflet '97" loosely inserted. Pictorial stiff covers with light wear, o/wise fine. 29.7 x 20.7. 0646239791

73699
LUDEKE, Michael
THE SYDNEY TO HOBART YACHT RACE
$60.00 AUD

Ludeke Publishing. Hobart. 2009. 2nd Ed. XI, 270 PP with b/w and colour photos. Pictorial soft covers. A fine copy. 25 x 17.5. 9780957928435

How it all began, The Winners - A Race-by-Race Guide, Race Statistics, The Individual Stories - The Human Element of the Race, Race Results - 1945-2008, Appendix.

34506
LUND, C. A.
COASTAL AND DEEP SEA NAVIGATION FOR YACHTSMEN
$10.00 AUD

Brown, Son & Ferguson. Glasgow. 1972. Reprint of the 6th edition of 1966 (original of 1934). X, 120 PP with tables, 65 figures, plus 1 folded chart and 3 colour plates. FEP: Deviation table. Hard cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. No. at top corner of front cover. Very good. 18.5 x 12.8.

36016
LUND, C. A.
COASTAL AND DEEP SEA NAVIGATION FOR YACHTSMEN
$15.00 AUD

Brown, Son & Ferguson. Glasgow. 1943. 2nd edition of the 1934 original. X, 136 PP with tables and figures, plus 1 folded chart and 3 colour plates. FEP: Deviation table. Hard cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Near fine. 18.7 x 12.8.

65916
MACARTHUR, Ellen
RACE AGAINST TIME
$20.00 AUD

Michael Joseph / Penguin Books. London. 2005. 1st Ed. 287, (1) PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 27.2 x 19.5. 9780718147402

Fastest person to sail solo around the world, on her 75-foot trimaran "B&Q": 28 November 2004 to 7 February 2005.

44720
MacLEAN, William P.
MODERN MARLINSPIKE SEAMANSHIP - Knots, Splices, Cordage, Terminals and Rigging
$15.00 AUD

The Bobbs-Merrill Company. Indianapolis. 1979. 1st Ed. 224 PP with 3 tables, figures and b/w photos. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Spine lightly sunned. Occasional foxing. Very good. 26 x 20.6. 0672526069

66487
MACRAE, Ian (editor)
Modern Boating's DREAMBOATS
$5.00 AUD

Sydney. c. 2004. FPC Power Media. Collector's Edition. 116 PP with colour photos. Soft cover, pictorial front. Dried glue patch left by sticker at top of front cover. Very good. 29.7 x 21.

73971
MADDEN, Anne (editor)
THE BEST OF SAIL CRUISING
$10.00 AUD

Granada Publishing / Adlard Coles Ltd. London. 1982. Reprint of the 1979 original. 280, (8 blank) PP with figures (drawings, graphs, sketches and b/w photos). Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Fine. 23.5 x 15.5. 0229116299

An anthology on the arts and practices of cruising under sail.

16271
MADDOCK, Shirley
ISLANDS OF THE GULF
$10.00 AUD

Collins. Auckland. 1966. Rep. of 1967. 286 PP with 20 colour & 80 b/w photos by Don Whyte. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 22.2 x 15.8.

The islands of the Hauraki Gulf, gateway to Auckland: history, trading, sailing.

73154
MALONEY, Elbert S.
CHAPMAN : PILOTING, SEAMANSHIP AND SMALL BOAT HANDLING.
$25.00 AUD

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.

75127
MALONEY, Elbert S.
CHAPMAN : PILOTING, SEAMANSHIP AND SMALL BOAT HANDLING.
$25.00 AUD

Hearst Marine Books / Motor Boating & Sailing. New York. 1980. 2nd printing in December 1980 of the 54th edition. (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. Fine. 29.4 x 22. 0910990468

Equipment and regulations - Rules of the Road... Compass - Charts - 17 pages of illustrated nautical dictionary. 47th year of publication.

38368
MANVELL, Louise & Roger
THE COUNTRY LIFE BOOK OF SAILING BOATS
$15.00 AUD

Country Life Limited. London. 1962. 1st Ed. (32), 72 PP with 4 engravings and 72 b/w photos by Eileen Ramsay. Fp (in colour): Sunmaid III racing off Cowes. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj (price-clipped). Very light foxing of endpapers. Very good. 28.2 x 22.

Ocean racers and cruising boats (24). Racing Keel boats (8). Fitting out (8). Sailing dinghies (20). Harbours and sailing clubs (12).

70497
MARC, Joel, RAMBEAU, Marc & BLACKMAN, Ross
CRUISING IN NEW CALEDONIA - A guide to the harbours and anchorages ...
$65.00 AUD

Nouméa Yacht Charters / Club Marine Services Pty. Ltd. Nouma / Brighton, Vic. 1989. 1st English edition, translated from the French original by Club Marine Services. 380 PP with numerous maps and plans, b/w and colour photos. Stiff covers with a crease on back cover, pictorial front. Occasional foxing, with foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 28 x 21. 2950853021

Details of over 170 anchorages.

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

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

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

60390
MARIN-MARIE
VENT DESSUS, VENT DEDANS
$15.00 AUD

Gallimard. Paris. 1990. 1st French edition of the 1945 "Wind Aloft, Wind Alow". Introduction by Yves de Saint-Front. 288, (2) PP, plus 16 pages with b/w illustrations (drawings, sketches, photos). Pictorial soft cover. French text. Light ageing of paper and foxing spots. Near fine. 24 x 16. 2070602419

34452
MARRINER, John
THE SHORES OF THE BLACK SHIPS
$10.00 AUD

William Kimber. London. 1971. 1st Ed. 256 PP with 2 maps, plus 16 pages with 32 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj (spine faded). Near fine. 24 x 16. 071830182X

Voyage of the yacht "September Tide" to modern Tunisia, and travels through its past.

45668
MARRINER, John
BLACK SEA AND BLUE RIVER
$10.00 AUD

Rupert Hart-Davis. London. 1968. 1st Ed. 240 PP with 5 maps, plus 16 pages with 28 b/w photos. Fp: Early morning on Lake Fortuna. Eps: Map of the Danube lands. Hard cover, dj (price-clipped). Top edge tinted. Dust jacket with a few chips, o/wise near fine. 22.4 x 14.5. 246644710

Voyage on the yacht September Tide, between Istanbul and Vienna.

38734
MARSHALL, Roger
DESIGNED TO WIN - Ocean Racing Deck Layout
$15.00 AUD

Granada Publishing/Adlard Coles. London. 1979. 1st Ed. 191 PP profusely illustrated with b/w photos, diagrams, drawings. Hard cover. Bookplate of previous owner on front endpaper. Near fine. 28 x 22.5. 0229115780

43468
MARSHALL, Roger
DESIGNED TO WIN - Ocean Racing Deck Layout
$20.00 AUD

Granada Publishing/Adlard Coles. London. 1979. 1st Ed. 191 PP profusely illustrated with b/w photos, diagrams, drawings. Hard cover, dj (price-clipped). Foxing, o/wise near fine. 28 x 22.5. 0229115780

34357
MARTIN, Andy
WALKING ON WATER
$15.00 AUD

John Murray. London. 1991. 1st Ed. X, 212 PP with 1 map, plus 8 pages with 14 colour photos. Hard cover, dj. Lower edge of covers rubbed, closed tear at lower part of spine. Occasional foxing spots. Near fine. 24 x 15.7. 0719549566

Journalist for "The Times" of London and keen surfer, covering the Triple Crown contest on the North Shore of Oahu Island, Hawaii as a reporter and competitor.

73746
MARTIN, E.G., IRVING, John, et al..
CRUISING AND OCEAN RACING - The Lonsdale Library Volume XV
$25.00 AUD

Seeley Service & Co. Limited. London. 1933. 1st edition. Volume XV, in The Lonsdale Library series. Introduction by The Rt. Hon. The Earl of Lonsdale, editor. 592 PP with 415 figures (line drawings, plans, sketches), plus 32 plates with 63 b/w photos. Fp: The Bermuda cutter "Patience". FEP: The standing & running rigging of a cruising Yawl. REP: Some Cruising Rigs. Cloth covers, gilt device on front cover and title on spine. Minute insect damage in gutter of endpapers. Very good. 22 x 14.3.

58698
MARTIN, Jesse, & GANNON, Ed.
LIONHEART - A journey of the human spirit
$10.00 AUD

A Sue Hines Book / Allen & Unwin. Sydney. 2000. 1st Ed. X, 253 PP with 1 map on double page, 1 sketch map, 2 plans of Lionheart and 2 facsimile of letters (including 1 by US President Bill Clinton), plus 16 pages with 36 colour photos and 12 portraits. Pictorial soft cover. Faint foxing. Near fine. 23 x 15.2. 186508347X

Jesse Martin, the youngest person (in 1999) to sail solo, non-stop and unassisted around the world, on his yacht Lionheart.

16222
MARTIN, Sheila
SEA WANDERERS TO AUSTRALIA - Five Years of Ocean Life
$15.00 AUD

Macmillan. Melbourne. 1977. 1st Australian edition of the 1977 UK original "Seatramps". 192 PP, plus 8 pages with 16 b/w photos. Eps: Maps with track of voyage of Shebessa, 1970-75. Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 22 x 14. 0333229967

Five years roaming the world on the 42ft. ketch Shebessa between 1970 & 1975.

68641
MARTINDALE, Rod
POWER-BOATING in Australia and New Zealand
$10.00 AUD

Murray Publishing. Sydney. 1970. 1st Ed. 160 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, plans, sketches & photos). Hard covers with light soiling. Stamp of "The Tasmanian Maritime and Folk Museum" on front endpaper. Faint foxing. Very good. 20.5 x 17.5.

69002
MARTINDALE, Rod
POWER-BOATING in Australia and New Zealand
$15.00 AUD

Murray Publishing. Sydney. 1970. 1st Ed. 160 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, plans, sketches & photos). Hard covers, dj. Stamps/signatures of previous owners on front endpaper and title page. Faint foxing. Very good. 20.5 x 17.5.

75082
MASON, Charles (Editor)
THE BEST OF SAIL TRIM
$15.00 AUD

Adlard Coles. London. 1989. 1st paperback edition of the 1975 original. (8), 280 PP with 248 figures (drawings, graphs, sketches and b/w photos). Pictorial stiff covers. Name of previous owner at top of title page, o/wise near fine. 23.4 x 15.3. 0229118437

An anthology of 54 important analytical pieces by experts on the art and theory of sail handling, from the pages of Sail Magazine.

73982
MASON, Cuthbert F.
DEEP SEA RACING
$20.00 AUD

Phoenix House Ltd. London. 1953. 1st Ed. Foreword by Uffa Fox. 192, (1 errata) PP with 24 figures. Cloth covers, gilt title on spine, dj (price clipped and a little rubbed). Foxing spots on top outside edge. Near fine. 23 x 14.5.

73603
MATTHEWS, Alex
SEA KAYAKING: ROUGH WEATHER
$15.00 AUD

The Heliconia Press. Beachburg, Ontario. 2006 1st Ed. 127 PP, (7 advertisements) with colour illustrations: drawings and photos by Paul Villecourt and Jock Bradley. Pictorial stiff covers. Very good. 20.3 x 23. 9781896980263

35424
MATTHEWS, Anne
AUSTRALIAN BEACHES
$25.00 AUD

Lansdowne. Sydney. 1998. 1st edition with a foreword by Eric Drewe. 128 PP with over 110 colour photos. Pictorial card cover. Near fine. 25 x 25. 186302624X

67540
MAURY, Richard
THE SAGA OF CIMBA
$20.00 AUD

Adlard Coles. London. 1971. Reprint of the 1939 US original. 254 PP with b/w illustrations (1 map and 19 drawings) by the author. Cloth cover, dj. Dust jacket with closed tears and chips and protected. Light foxing around outside page edges, o/wise a very good clean copy. 19.2 x 12.6. 0229986420

Deep-water cruising in a small yacht.

37832
MAY, A. L.
SYDNEY ROWS: A Centennial History of the Sydney Rowing Club
$30.00 AUD

Sydney Rowing Club. Sydney. 1970. 1st Ed. X, 206 PP with 186 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj (rubbed and with a small chip). Foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 28.5 x 21.5.

72058
MAYS, Nicole, GRAZULES, Colin & PAYNE, David
LITTLE BOATS WITH SAILS - The History of Australia's 21 Foot Restricted Class
$55.00 AUD

Navarine Publishing. Hobart. 2021. 1st edition with a foreword by David Payne. (2), IX, 243, (4 blank) PP with b/w and colour illustrations (caricatures, drawings, newspaper cuttings, plans, photos, portraits) and colour photos. Fp: Launch of "Tassie III" at Battery Point, 21 December 1929. Laminated pictorial boards. Signed on title page by co-author Colin Grazules. New. 28.5 x 22.3. 9780648725237

51158
McCAUSLAND, Ian (editor)
50TH SYDNEY-HOBART (in The Mercury)
$15.00 AUD

The Mercury. Hobart. 1995. Special Souvenir edition, Monday January 2, 1995. 56 PP with b/w illustrations (cartoons, drawings, photos) and 5 colour photos. Very good. 41 x 30.5.

All the races, history and drama of the Blue Water Classic.

61839
McCORMICK, Donald
BLOOD ON THE SEA - The Terrible Story of the Yawl Mignonette
$20.00 AUD

Frederick Muller. London. 1962. 1st Ed. 158 PP with 1 map, plus 4 pages with 5 b/w illust. Fp: Map showing voyage of the Mignonette's dinghy. Hard cover, dj (price-clipped and with a few small closed tears), o/wise a near fine copy. 20.2 x 13.5.

10505
McCUTCHAN, Philip
GREAT YACHTS
$20.00 AUD

Weidenfeld & Nicholson. London. 1975. 1st Ed. 153 PP with 100 b/w illust. & 12 pages of colour illust. Fp: Racing yacht "Britannia". Eps: "Shamrock IV" & "Resolute". Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Near fine. 28.6 x 22. 0297777122

Yachts which made their mark on sailing history: opulence, design innovations & exceptional performance.

34420
McDERMOTT, Thomas J.
SAILBOAT RACING RULES, Explained and Illustrated Including Digest from All NAYRU Appeals and IYRU Cases with Appendix, Tables, Index, and Protest or Study Kit
$5.00 AUD

Quadrangle Books. Chicago. 1970. XIV, 170 PP with b/w diagrams in text. Hard cover. Very good. 21.5 x 14.5.

Top of Contents page reads: The Yacht Racing Rules, including Team Racing Rules, of the International Yacht Racing Union as adopted by the North American Yacht Racing Union in 1969 are shown verbatim on the pages indicated below. (No changes are contemplated until 1973).

67337
MCKEAG, Malcolm
TAKE UP SAILING - A guide to the sport of Dinghy Racing for complete beginners
$5.00 AUD

Springfield Books Ltd. London. 1989. 1st edition in the Take up Sport series. Ed. 64 PP with 12 figures and b/w photos. Pictorial stiff cover. Fine. 21 x 10. 9780947655655

53694
McKENNA, Tim & DUFAU, Guillaume
TEAHUPOO - Tahiti's Mythic Wave
$50.00 AUD

White Star/Au Vent des Iles. Vercelli, Italy. 2007. 1st English edition. Translated from the French original by Ross and Gillian McKenna, and Denis Lagoeyte. Preface by Jack McCoy. No pagination, 188 PP with 13 b/w and 159 colour photos. Hard cover, title in blind on front cover and spine, dj. As new. Oblong: 24.2 x 34.8.

65017
MCLEOD, Roderick
THE STEAM YACHT "LUCINDA" (in The Australian Antique Collector No. 41)
$5.00 AUD

Business Press International. Sydney. 1991. 41st edition, "25th Anniversary", January-June 1991. 130 PP. Contains article on P.45 with 1 colour plate of the Lucinda. Pictorial soft covers. Near fine. 29.8 x 21.

66705
McMILLAN, James
BLUE YONDER: A Journey into the Heart of Surf Culture
$15.00 AUD

Macmillan. Sydney. 2005. 1st Ed. Foreword by Derek Hynd. XIII, 14-160 PP with b/w drawings and colour illustrations (paintings and photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 28 x 24.2. 1405036966

38676
McMULLEN, Michael
MULTIHULL SEAMANSHIP
$10.00 AUD

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, dust jacket (price-clipped). Light foxing, mostly on prelims and last pages. Very good. 25.2 x 19. 0245527265

Chapter 1: History (Pacific Ocean beginnings, first Western multihulls...). Chapter 2: Design and Construction comparisons...

73120
McMULLEN, R. T.
AN EXPERIMENTAL CRUISE, Single Handed in the 'PROCYON', 7-Ton Lugger
$150.00 AUD

Edward Stanford & Charles Wilson. London. 1880. 1st Ed. (4), 139, (3) PP with b/w illustrations: vignette 'Anchorage at night' on title page, plus 2 folded plates (plan of the lugger & map of the English Channel) and 2 plates on full page (map of Thames Estuary and Calais to Dover & woodcut 'Five Miles to Dover'). Cloth cover, gilt decoration and title on front cover, gilt title on spine. Covers with minimal wear, light foxing on outside edges. An unusually bright and near fine copy of a scarce item. 18.8 x 13.

Passage in 1873 from Greenhithe to the Isle of Wight and Lymington.

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
$20.00 AUD

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

43496
McROBBIE, Alexander
50 YEARS ON - The History of the Southport Yacht Club
$40.00 AUD

Southport Yacht Club Inc. Gold Coast. 1996. 1st Ed. 208 PP with 9 colour and 97 b/w photos. Pictorial laminated boards. Fine. 24.3 x 18. 0646284665

61445
McROBBIE, Alexander
GUARDIANS OF THE BEACH: The History of the Northcliffe Surf Life Saving Club 1947-1997
$15.00 AUD

The Northcliffe Surf Life Saving Club. Gold Coast, Qld. 1997. 1st Ed. Foreword by David Shields. Preface by Terry Jackman. 160 PP with b/w illustrations (ephemera, photos, portraits). Laminated pictorial boards. Fine. 23 x 18. 0646320815

73992
MEFFERD, Gerry
THE CRUISING MANUAL
$25.00 AUD

Whittlesey House. New York. 1941. 4th printing. Introduction by William F. Crosby. XIV, 302 PP with 130 figures, plus 16 pages with 12 b/w plates. Cloth covers, no dust jacket. Covers with small rubbed patches at top edge. A very good clean copy. Image shows title-page and frontispiece. 22.8 x 15.

74953
MEISEL, Tony (editor)
UNDER SAIL - Equipment for the Serious Sailor
$15.00 AUD

Nautical Books / Macmillan. London. 1982. 1st edition. 192 PP with b/w or coloured illustrations by Peter Milne. Hard covers, gilt title on spine, dj. Foxing spots on top outside edge, o/wise fine. 28.5 x 21. 0333328833

71377
MENDLOWITZ, Benjamin
2018 CALENDAR OF WOODEN BOATS
$10.00 AUD

NOAH Publications. Brooklin, Ma. 2017. 2018 Calendar. No pagination, 28 PP with caption in English for each photograph by Maynard Bray,and 13 colour photos by Benjamin Mendlowitz. Pictorial stiff covers. English text. Unused with no markings. Fine. 30 x 30. 9780991397266

54182
MERRIEN, Jean & BOURDEAUX, P. M.
PETITS PORTS D'AZUR
$15.00 AUD

Paris. 1958. 1st Ed., in Les Chants du Monde series. 229, (5) PP with 2 table of distances, 1 Compass Rose, 7 maps on double page by Bernard Duval and a folded plate with plan and line drawing of Scorpène by C.-E. Chauveau. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Foxing, o/wise very good. 20.6 x 14.2.

Cruising the French Mediterranean coast between Marseille and the Italian border.

30981
MICHENER, James A.
THE WATERMEN - Selections from Chesapeake
$10.00 AUD

Random House. New York. 1979. 1st Ed. XI, 193 PP with drawings by John Moll. Fp. FEP: Map of the Chesapeake. REP: Drawing of a Skipjack. Cloth cover, device (geese in flight) in blind on front cover, dj. Foxing spots on edges, o/wise near fine. 26 x 18.2. 039450660X

Narrative consisting of excerpts from the author's Chesapeake.

43876
MIDDLETON, Empson Edward
THE CRUISE OF THE KATE
$10.00 AUD

Granada. London. 1984. Paperback edition of the 1870 original. Introduction by Arthur Ransome. XXVI, 166 PP with 2 maps and 6 drawings. Pictorial soft covers. Foxing spots on the inside of covers, half title page and outside edges. Remainder mark on the bottom edge, o/wise very good. 21.4 x 13.5 0246123109

Cruise around the coast of England, June to September 1869.

69329
MIDDLETON, Empson Edward
THE CRUISE OF THE KATE
$10.00 AUD

Granada. London. 1985. Reprint of the 1984 edition. Introduction by Arthur Ransome. XXVI, 166 PP with 2 maps and 6 drawings. Pictorial soft covers. Fine. 21.4 x 13.5 0246123109

Cruise around the coast of England, June to September 1869.

39980
MIELCHE, Hakon
AFTER YOU, COLUMBUS
$20.00 AUD

William Hodge. London. 1950. 1st English edition of the Danish original. (8), 273 PP with 480 drawings on fore margin of pages, plus 16 pages with 31 b/w photos. Eps: Map of the voyage of the good ship Santa Maria. Cloth cover, dj (price-clipped and with a few small chips and closed tears). Light foxing on some pages and outside page edges, o/wise a very nice clean copy. 22 x 15.6.

Voyage in 1948 by a Danish schoolmaster, on board the yawl Santa Maria, in the footsteps of Columbus.

22044
MILGATE, Brian & Alison
THE COCHIN CONNECTION - Two against the Drug Trade: A True Story
$15.00 AUD

Chatto & Windus. London. 1987. 1st Ed. 250 PP with 1 map (Southern India) & 1 plan (Cochin district) in text plus 8 pages with 14 bw photos. Hard cover, dj. Light foxing on outside edges, o/wise near fine. 24 x 16. 0701130113

In 1983, two young Australians were caught with their yacht in a drug ring based in Cochin, Kerala state, India.

68605
MILLAR, George
A WHITE BOAT FROM ENGLAND
$15.00 AUD

William Heinemann. London. 1951. 1st Ed. XII, 308 PP with 7 maps, plus 12 pages with 16 b/w photos. Fp: Serica racing at Cowes. Eps: Line drawings and plans of "Serica". Cloth cover, gilt title on font cover and spine. Few foxing spots on outside edges. Very good. 22 x 14.

Cruise on the sloop Serica from Cowes to St Jean Cap Ferrat with calls in France, Spain Portugal, Morocco and the Balearic Islands.

16256
MILLMAN, Lawrence
LAST PLACES, A Journey in the North
$15.00 AUD

Houghton Mifflin. Boston. 1990. 1st Ed. (6), 242 PP. Eps: North Atlantic Ocean above 40th Parallel. Hard cover, gilt title on cloth spine, dj. Fine. 21.5 x 14.5. 039543615X

A voyage in the footsteps of the Vikings from Norway to Newfoundland.

18216
MILLS, John (editor)
THE UFFA FOX BOOK OF SAILING
$20.00 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).

40212
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. Top of dust jacket creased and with a small piece missing. Foxing spots on outside edges. Very good. 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).

44801
MILLS, John (editor)
THE UFFA FOX BOOK OF SAILING
$10.00 AUD

Longacre. London. 1963. 1st Ed. 192 PP with b/w illust. throughout. Fp: Uffa Fox. Hard cover, dj (price-clipped). Dust jacket with small chips. Copy lacking free fly of front endpaper. Light foxing. Very good. 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).

38726
MITCHELL, Carleton
PASSAGE EAST
$40.00 AUD

John Murray. London. 1954. 1st Ed. 248 PP, plus 1 map on double page and 32 pages with 40 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Dust Jacket with repaired tears and in a protective sleeve. Foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 22.2 x 14.

1952 race between Bermuda and Plymouth of Caribbee, Janabel, Joliette, Marabu and Samuel Pepys..

47057
MOITESSIER, Bernard
DER VERSCHENKTE SIEG
$10.00 AUD

Verlag Delius, Klasing & Co. Bielefeld-Berlin. 1973. 1st German edition. Translated from the 1971 French original La Longue Route, by Wolfgang Rittmeister. 256 PP with 8 maps, 2 facsimile of entries and around 50 drawings, plus 16 pages with 31 colour photos. Eps: Map of the world. Cloth cover, dj. Faint foxing spots on outside edges. German text. Near fine. 22.4 x 15. 3768801578

73739
MOITESSIER, Bernard
CAPE HORN: The Logical Route - 14,216 miles without port of call
$45.00 AUD

Adlard Coles. London. 1973. Reprint of the 1969 UK original, translated from the French "Cap Horn à la Voile" by Inge Moore. 251 PP with figures and sketch-maps, plus 20 pages with b/w photos. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Near fine. 22.2 x 14. 0229638864

Moitessier's voyage in the Joshua from Europe to the South Pacific and back via Cape Horn.

74605
MOITESSIER, Bernard
THE LONG WAY
$60.00 AUD

Granada / Adlard Coles. London. 1979. Reprint of the 1977 Granada edition. Translated from the 1971 French original, by William Rodarmor. (4), 252 PP with b/w illustrations, plus 8 pages with 13 b/w photos. Hard covers, dj. Faint foxing on outside edges. Contents near fine. 22 x 14. 0246109874

66629
MOLLICA, Anthony S. & SAVAGE, Jack
CHRIS-CRAFT BOATS
$45.00 AUD

Voyageur Press / MBI Publishing. St Paul, Mn. 2001. 1st Ed. Foreword by Chris Smith. 192 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Title spread: 1929 38-foot Commuting Cruiser the "Commuter". Hard cover, dj. Fine. 26.2 x 26.2. 0760309205

50319
MOONEY, A. J. (editor)
AUSTRALIAN YACHTING FEDERATION 1985-1989 YACHT RACING
$5.00 AUD

Australian Yachting Federation. Sydney. c. 1984. 1st Ed. VIII, 216 PP with some b/w illustrations and 2 pages with 50 flags and pennants (in colour). Soft cover. Covers with light creases. Near fine. 18.2 x 12.3.

Including: the 1985-1989 Yacht Racing Rules of the International Yacht Racing Union...

73770
MORRIS, Everett B. & COULSON, Robert (editors)
RACING AT SEA
$25.00 AUD

D. Van Nostrand Co. Inc. Princetion, N.J. 1959. 1st Ed. (10), 194 PP with tables, plus 24 plates with 20 b/w photos. Cloth covers, gilt decoration on front board and gilt title on spine. Near fine. 23.5 x 16.

73836
MORRIS, Everett B. & ROSENFELD, Morris
UNDER FULL SAIL
$100.00 AUD

Grosset & Dunlap. New York. 1969. 1st US edition. Foreword by Cornelius Shields. X, 213 PP with 196 b/w photos by Morris Rosenfeld. Fp: The four-masted bark "Abraham Rydberg", Swedish nautical training vessel, sailing into New York in 1940. Cloth cover, dj (price clipped). Dust jcket has a few rubs/chips and is in a protective sleeve. A near fine copy. 28 x 20.5.

50 years of great marine photographs by America's Greatest Marine Photographer.

35372
MORT, S. W.
BLUEWATER SEAMANSHIP
$10.00 AUD

Murray Books. Sydney. 1978. 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.

35373
MORT, S. W.
BLUEWATER SEAMANSHIP
$20.00 AUD

Murray Books. Sydney. 1978. 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.

69648
MOTE, Gordon
THE WESTCOUNTRYMEN - A Register and Record of the Westcountry Trading Ketches and Severn Trows 1780-1986
$20.00 AUD

Badger Books. Bideford, North Devon. 1986. 1st Ed., with a foreword by Dr. Basil Greenhill. 96 PP with b/w illustrations: 1 map of West Country Ports, 1 plan of The Torridge Hulks and 92 photos. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 20.5 x 20. 0946290121

44725
MOULT, Alan
THE AUSSIE (America's) CUP '83
$5.00 AUD

Kevin Weldon Production. Sydney. 1983. 1st Ed., Collector's Edition. 96 PP with b/w and colour photos. Inside covers: Green and Gold Flag of the Boxing Kangaroo. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27.6 x 20.

Pictorial record.

48206
MUDIE, Rosemary & Colin
POWER YACHTS
$10.00 AUD

Adlard Coles. London. 1977. 1st Ed. 286 PP with 313 b/w figures (plans, sketches & photos). Cloth cover, dj. Covers speckled and discoloured. Front cover and spine of dust jacket sunned. Internally very good. 28.2 x 22.2. 0229986633

Covers all aspects of power yachting. Seamanship, construction (modern & traditional), engines & installations, electrics, etc...

35383
MUHLHAUSEN, John
WIND AND SAIL - A Sailing Primer
$10.00 AUD

Adlard Coles. London. 1972. 1st UK edition. 61 PP with b/w and colour illust. Hard cover. Near fine. Oblong: 20.6 x 27.4. 0229115098

37714
MUHLHAUSER, G. H. P.
THE CRUISE OF THE AMARYLLIS
$5.00 AUD

Granada Publishing. London. 1985. Paperback edition. Reprint of the reissue of 1950 edition, original of 1924. Memoir by E. Keble Chatterton. 317 PP with 6 maps. Pictorial card cover. Spine with creases, foxing spots on outside edges. Very good. 21.5 x 13.5. 0246127619

39009
MUHLHAUSER, G. H. P.
THE CRUISE OF THE AMARYLLIS
$5.00 AUD

Rupert Hart-Davis. London. 1951. 2nd impression of the 1950 edition (original of 1924). No. 10 in The Mariners Library series. 317 PP with 6 maps (1 on double page), plus 4 pages with 5 b/w photos. Cloth cover. Covers foxed and soiled. Foxing on endpapers and outside edges. A good reading copy. 19 x 13.

72595
MUIR, Jock, HUDSON, Chris & FOGAGNOLO, Jocelyn
JOCK MUIR MARITIME REFLECTIONS
$65.00 AUD

Chris Hudson & Jocelyn Fogagnolo. Hobart. 1991. 1st Ed., with a foreword by Jack Earl. 136 PP with 2 maps, 8 plans and 70 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Name of previous owner at top of title page. Copy signed by E.J. (Jock) Muir on title page. Near fine. Scarce. 29.7 x 20.8. 064601630X

... by one of Australia's best known designers, builders and ocean racing identities.

71926
MULLINS R. F. (editor)
ROYAL HOBART VICTORY REGATTA - Official Souvenir Programme (9th to 12th February 1946)
$50.00 AUD

Mercury Press / Royal Hobart Regatta Association. Hobart. 1946. Victory Regatta. Foreword by Hon. R. Cosgrove, Premier of Tasmania. 64 PP with b/w illustrations: 1 plan of courses, 9 photos and 7 headpieces. Soft wrappers, pictorial front. Small hole at top of front cover and lower corner of front cover clipped by 1 cm. Staples removed. Contents near fine. Scarce. 24 x 16.5.

Victory Regatta and Tasmania's National Birthday Celebration: Rowing, Sailing, Power Boats, Swimming, Amusements, Naval Section, Miscellaneous & Chopping. Call in Hobart of: H.M.S. Bermuda.

75119
MULVILLE, Frank
TERSCHELLING SANDS
$15.00 AUD

Nautical Books/Conway Maritime Press. London. 1987. 1st paperback edition of the 1968 original. No. 3 in The World of Cruising series. 198 PP with 3 b/w illustrations (1 drawings, 1 map and 1 chart). Fp: Transcur under sail. Stiff covers, pictorial front. Fine. 21.5 x 13.5. 0851774229

Voyage of the "Transcur" an Essex fishing smack from Bradwell, Thames estuary to the coast of Denmark.

33828
MUNDLE, Rob
FATAL STORM - The 54th Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race
$10.00 AUD

HarperCollins. Sydney. 1999. 3rd reprint of the 1999 original. Foreword by Sir James Hardy. XIII, 319 PP with 1 map and 1 diagram, plus 48 pages with 1 map and 77 colour photos. Pictorial card cover. Fine. 23.3 x 15.3. 0732264359

27th December 1998: six sailors perished, countless with injuries, many yachts sunk or badly damaged.

52427
MUNDLE, Rob
FATAL STORM - The 54th Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race
$10.00 AUD

HarperCollins. Sydney. 1999. Reprint of the 1999 original, with a foreword by Sir James Hardy. XIII, 319 PP with 1 map and 1 diagram, plus 48 pages with 1 map and 77 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Signature of previous owner at top of half title page. Slight ageing / foxing of paper. Very good reading copy. 23.3 x 15.3. 0732264359

27th December 1998: six sailors perished, countless with injuries, many yachts sunk or badly damaged.

74212
MUNDLE, Rob
FATAL STORM - The 54th Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race
$25.00 AUD

HarperCollins. Sydney. 1999. 1st edition with a foreword by Sir James Hardy. XIII, 319 PP with 1 map and 1 diagram, plus 48 pages with 1 map and 77 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Title page with note to Peter Campbell dated and signed by the author. Slight foxing . Near fine. 23.3 x 15.3. 9780732264352

27th December 1998: six sailors perished, countless with injuries, many yachts sunk or badly damaged.

31094
MUNDLE, Robert
SIR JAMES HARDY, An Adventurous Life
$15.00 AUD

Margaret Gee. Sydney. 1993. 1st Ed. VIII, 287 PP with Sir James Hardy's personal coat of arms E Moribus Sit Homo, plus 16 pages with 34 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 24 x 15.7. 1875574220

Sportsman, outstanding yachtsman, businessman, vigneron...

55642
MURPHY, Robert Cushman
THE ROMANCE OF SCIENCE IN POLYNESIA. An Account of Five Years of Cruising among the South Sea Islands (in National Geographic Magazine)
$40.00 AUD

National Geographic Society. Washington. 1925. Article pulled out of Volume XLVIII, No. 4, October 1925. 355-426 PP with 2 maps, 3 artist views, 16 colour plates Iridescent Isles of the South Seas and 64 b/w photographs by Rollo H. Beck. Plastic covers, clear plastic front, spiral bound. Fine. 25.5 x 18.

Tuamotus, Tubuai or Austral Islands, Rapa (Oparo).

55643
MURPHY, Robert Cushman
THE ROMANCE OF SCIENCE IN POLYNESIA. An Account of Five Years of Cruising among the South Sea Islands (in National Geographic Magazine)
$25.00 AUD

National Geographic Society. Washington. 1925. Article pulled out of Volume XLVIII, No. 4, October 1925. 355-426 PP with 2 maps, 3 artist views, 16 colour plates Iridescent Isles of the South Seas, and 64 b/w photographs by Rollo H. Beck. Plastic covers, clear plastic front, spiral bound. Library stamp at top margin of 19 pages (not affecting text or illustrations). 2 of the 16 colour plates are laser prints. Good. 25.5 x 18.

47626
MURPHY, Sylvia
KEEPING NYALA IN STYLE. Improving a Classic Boat and Maintaining her Original Elegance
$10.00 AUD

Waterline Books. London. 1995. 1st Ed. 206 PP with 1 sketch by David Greenland, 1 set of plans, 29 b/w photos and 62 figures. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 25.2 x 19.4. 1853104736

62094
MURRANT, Jim
ROYAL SYDNEY YACHT SQUADRON 1862 - 2000
$40.00 AUD

Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron. Sydney. 2000. 1st Ed. (10), 186 PP with b/w and colour illustrations, plus 10 Heritage plans of the Clubhouse. Eps: Map in colour "Port Jackson & Middle Harbour", also "Parramatta & Lane Cove Rivers". Hard cover, crest and title on front board, gilt title on cloth spine. Fine. 28 x 21.8. 0646385631

69428
MURRANT, Jim
THE BOATING BIBLE: An Essential Handbook for Every Sailor
$15.00 AUD

Angus & Robertson. Sydney. 1991. 1st Ed. (10), 310 PP with b/w illustrations and 16 pages with colour illustrations (International - Code of Signals, Buoyage, Light Configurations, Charts, Symbols). Laminated boards, pictorial front, dj. Name and address of previous owner at top of title page, o/wise fine. 26.8 x 19. 0207161666

73985
MURRANT, Jim
Do-it-yourself BOAT REPAIRS
$10.00 AUD

Angus & Robertson. Sydney. 1995. 1st Ed. 192 PP with b/w illustrations: 8 headpieces and 118 figures. Pictorial soft covers. Near fine. 26 x 18.5. 9780207177811

Masts, Booms, Rigging, Hulls, Pumps and Plumbing, Electrics, Motors, Techniques ...

16268
MURRANT, Jim (editor)
REACHING FOR THE LIMIT
$10.00 AUD

Lansdowne. Melbourne. 1967. 1st Ed. (14), 153 PP with b/w illust. (photos, maps). Fp. Illustrated card cover, dj (price-clipped. Small closed tear on dust jacket, o/wise very good. 28 x 22.

Fourteen contributions from Australia's most accomplished yachtsmen: Jock Sturrock and America's Cup 1962, 1967, Bob Ross: Capsizing and safety, ...

34765
MURRANT, Jim (editor)
SAILING TO WIN
$10.00 AUD

Universal Books. Sydney. 1970. Reprint of the 1967 original Reaching for the limit. (14), 153 PP with b/w illustrations (photos, maps). Fp. Hard cover, dj. Foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise very good. 28 x 22.

Fourteen contributions from Australia's most accomplished yachtsmen: Jock Sturrock and America's Cup 1962 & 1967, Bob Ross: Capsizing and safety, ...

50033
MURRANT, Jim (editor)
SAILING TO WIN
$10.00 AUD

Universal Books. Sydney. 1974. 2nd reprint of the 1967 original Reaching for the limit. (14), 153 PP with b/w illustrations (photos, maps). Fp. Hard cover, dj. Foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise very good. 28 x 22.

Fourteen contributions from Australia's most accomplished yachtsmen: Jock Sturrock and America's Cup 1962 & 1967, Bob Ross: Capsizing and safety, ...

71909
MURRAY ISLES
1991 CATALOGUE OF SERVICES & STOCK PLANS, Including complete plans for a 4.8 metre Plywood Rowing Dory
$20.00 AUD

Murray Isles Small Craft Designs. Kettering, Tas. 1991. 1991 edition. 59 & 18 ("Mullet Creek" Stitch & Tape Dory) PP with b/w illustrations: 14 set of plans and 16 "stock plans" on folded page. Soft covers, illustrated front, clear plastic front, spiral bound. Very good. 29.7 x 21.

74764
MUSTOE, Julian
VOYAGE OF THE HARRIER - Around the World in the Track of HMS Beagle
$20.00 AUD

Julian Musteo / Resolution Press. USA. 2010 1st Ed. (6), 284, (4) PP with b/w illustrations (drawings & sketches, maps & plans, portraits and photos). Pictorial soft covers. Fine. 22.7 x 15.2. 9781515203063

18281
MYATT, John
EFFECTIVE SKIPPERING, A comprehensive guide to yacht mastery
$25.00 AUD

Adlard Coles. London. 1992. 1st Ed. VII, 264 PP with b/w illust. by Neil Myatt. Pictorial soft cover. Foxing spots on outside edges. Fine. 24.5 x 17. 071363460X

Chapters on rigs, sails & wind, sail management, weather, looking after the crew, safety, when things go wrong, seamanship, etc..

39389
N/A
YACHTING WORLD ANNUAL 1958
$15.00 AUD

Yachting World Publication. London. 1957. 1st Ed. Edited by Group Capt. E.F. HAYLOCK & D. PHILLIPS-BIRT. 192 PP, XXIV (advert.) with drawings, sets of plans and 117 b/w photos. Fp: The yawl Casquet reaching fast in the Solent. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Edges of covers rubbed. Spine sunned and rear cover has some speckling. Small hole on front hinge. Contents very good. 28.2 x 22.

Mayflower, by David Thorpe (3 pages with 4 b/w photos).

39396
N/A
YACHTING WORLD ANNUAL 1973
$25.00 AUD

Edward Stanford. London. 1972. 1st Ed. Edited by Guy COLE & Bernard HAYMAN. 144 PP with drawings, sets of plans, and 81 b/w photos. Hard cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj. Bookplate and signature of previous owner on front endpaper. Occasional foxing. Very good. 28.2 x 22.

Southern Cross Cup, by Anthony Churchill. Modern technology in the small craft industry, by J. R. Flewitt.

41049
N/A
BREST 92 - Catalogue
$10.00 AUD

Douarnenez. 1992. Le Chasse-Marée. 1st Ed. No pagination, 24 PP with 4 b/w and 45 colour illustrations. REP: Chart Brest/Douarnenez. Pictorial soft cover (slightly rubbed). Very good. French text. 25.1 x 24.8.

Catalogue of the event Brest 1992, anouncing 1500 traditional and sailing vessels or craft and one million spectators.

50301
N/A
SAFETY FOR SMALL CRAFT
$5.00 AUD

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.

50325
N/A
SAFETY FOR SMALL CRAFT
$5.00 AUD

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

50334
N/A
DISTRESS PROCEDURES FOR SMALL CRAFT
$5.00 AUD

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

52261
N/A
NEDERLANDSCH HISTORISCH SCHEEPVAART MUSEUM: DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE
$10.00 AUD

Amsterdam. 1969. Nederlandsch Historisch Scheepvaart Museum. 1st Ed. No pagination, 128 PP with 91 b/w illustrations (drawings, engravings, sketch plans...) plus 4 colour plates. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 23 x 16.3.

Provisional catalogue of over 445 exhibits, with descriptive notes.

53557
N/A
1987 BOAT DIRECTORY - Volume 5
$10.00 AUD

Clarion Press / Boat Directory. Melbourne. 1987. Edited by Hamish Thomson. 320 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27.4 x 20.8.

Pages 26-49: Sailing the Whitsundays. Pages 52-69: Cruising Western Australia. Pages 75-78: First Fleet sails again... Pages 159-164: Diving the President Coolidge, by Peter Stone...

73505
N/A
THE YACHTING MONTHLY [Illustrated] - Volume I - Nos. 1 to VI - May to October
$200.00 AUD

The "Field" Office. London. 1906. 1st Ed. (IV) No.1: P. 1 to 84. Colour Fp: H.M. King Edward VII, Admiral of the Royal Yacht Squadron (drawn by Cecil Cutler). No.2: P. 85 to 160 and colour Fp: H.M. the Emperor William II, Commodore of the Kaiserlicher Yacht Club. No.3: P.161 to P.242. Colour Fp: H.M. King Alfonso XIII, Patron of the Real Club Nautico. No.4: P. 243 to 328. Fp: The Marquis of Ormonde and the Duke of Leeds, Commodore and Vice-Commodore of the Royal Yacht Squadron. No.5: P. 329 to P. 414. Fp: Mr. Robert W.N. Young. No.6: P. 415 to P.496. Fp: Mr. W.P. Burton. All issues with b/w photos and illustrations, folded plans, sketches, some full-page, printed on superior quality paper. Includes an Index to the contents of all six numbers, listing Special Articles, Portrait Studies, Supplements, Chronicles of the Ancient Britons, New Yachts described and illustrated, Designs and Plans. Bound in blue cloth with gilt title on front cover and spine. A near fine copy of the scarce first Volume. 29 x 23.

73506
N/A
THE YACHTING AND BOATING MONTHLY [Illustrated] - Volume II - Nos. VII to XII - November 1906 - April 1907
$150.00 AUD

The "Field" Office. London. 1906-1907. 1st Ed. (IV), No.7: P. 1 to 78. Fp: Sir James Pender, Bart., Vice-Commodore R.T.Y.C. No.8: P79 to P.156. Fp: Mr. Myles B. Kennedy. No.9: (Now as The Yachting and Boating Monthly) P.157 to P.242. Fp: Sir Thomas Glen-Coats, Bart. No.10: P. 243 to P. 328. Fp: M. Albert Glandaz, Vice-President Y.C.F. No.11: P. 329 to P. 414. Fp: Mr. Augustus Manning, Vice-President Y.R.A. No.12: P. 415 to P.496. Fp: H.S.H. Prince Albert of Monaco. All issues with b/w photos and illustrations, folded plans, sketches, some full-page and printed on superior quality paper. Includes an Index to the contents of all six numbers, listing Special Articles, Portrait Studies, Supplements, Designs and Plans. Bound in blue cloth with gilt title on front cover and spine. A near fine copy of early editions. 29 x 23.

73561
N/A
THE YACHTING AND BOATING MONTHLY [Illustrated] - Volume III - Nos. XIII to XVIII - May 1907 - October 1907
$150.00 AUD

The "Field" Office. London. 1907. 1st Ed. (IV), 546 PP. No.13:: P. 1 to 82. Fp: Mr. R. E. Froude. No.14: P 83 to P.168. Fp: Mrs Turner-Farley. No.15: P.169 to P.262. Fp: Captain R.T. Dixon. No.16: P. 263 to P. 358. Fp: The Royal Yacht Squadron Sailing Committee. No.17: P; 359 to P. 452. Fp: The Earl of Dunraven, K.P. No.18: P. 453 to P.546. Fp: The Earl of Crawford, K.T. All issues with b/w photos and illustrations, folded plans, sketches, some full-page and printed on superior quality paper. Includes an Index to the contents of all six numbers, listing Special Articles, Portrait Studies, Supplements, Designs and Plans. Bound in blue cloth with gilt title on front cover and spine. A near fine copy of early editions. 29 x 23.

73562
N/A
THE YACHTING AND BOATING MONTHLY [Illustrated] - Volume IV - Nos. XIX to XXIV - November 1907 to April 1908
$150.00 AUD

The "Field" Office. London. 1908. 1st Ed. (IV), 456 PP. No.19: P. 1 to 82. Fp: Colonel R.G. Sharman-Crawford, DL. No.20: P 83 to P.164. Fp: Sir Thomas Lipton. No.21: P.165 to P.238. Fp: Mr. Kenneth M. Clark. No.22: P. 239 to P. 308. Fp: The Marquis of Ailsa. No.23: P; 309 to P. 382. Fp: Lord Howard de Walden. No.24: P. 383 to P. 456. Fp: Lord Desborough. All issues with b/w photos and illustrations, folded plans, sketches, some full-page and printed on superior quality paper. Includes an Index to the contents of all six numbers, listing Special Articles, Portrait Studies, Supplements, Designs and Plans. Bound in blue cloth with gilt title on front cover and spine. A near fine copy of early editions. 29 x 23.

73563
N/A
THE YACHTING AND BOATING MONTHLY [Illustrated] - Volume V - Nos. XXV to XXX - May to October 1908
$150.00 AUD

The "Field" Office. London. 1908. 1st Ed. (IV), 488 PP. No.25: P. 1 to 78. Fp: Mr Maciver. No.26: P 79 to P.160. Fp: Mr. Cyril Potter. No.27: P.161 to P. 234. Fp: Sir Archibald ORR-Ewing. No.28: P. 235 to P. 324. Fp: HRH The Prince of Wales. No.29: P. 325 to P. 406. Fp: Mr. Aaron de Anchorena. No.30: P. 407 to P. 488. Fp: Mr. E. W. Ingleby, Vice-Commodore. All issues with b/w photos and illustrations, folded plans, sketches, some full-page and printed on superior quality paper. Includes an Index to the contents of all six numbers, listing Special Articles, Portrait Studies, Supplements, Designs and Plans. Bound in blue cloth with gilt title on front cover and spine. A near fine copy of early editions. 29 x 23.

73564
N/A
THE YACHTING AND BOATING MONTHLY [Illustrated] - Volume VI - Nos. XXXI to XXXVI - November 1908 to April 1909
$150.00 AUD

The "Field" Office. London. 1909. 1st Ed. (IV), 428 PP. No. 31: P. 1 to 78. Fp: Mr John Inglis. No. 32: P 79 to P.152. Fp: Capt. Philip Hunlocke. No.33: P.153 to P. 216. Fp: Mr Charles Newton-Robinson. No.34: P. 217 to P. 286. Fp: the Hon. Mr. Justice Channell. No.35: P. 287 to P. 356. Fp: Mr. Almeric Paget. No.36: P. 357 to P. 428. Fp: Mr. H. S. Tuke, A.R.A. All issues with b/w photos and illustrations, folded plans, sketches, some full-page and printed on superior quality paper. Includes an Index to the contents of all six numbers, listing Special Articles, Portrait Studies, Supplements, Designs and Plans. Bound in blue cloth with gilt title on front cover and spine. A little light foxing on first and last pages, o/wise a near fine copy of early editions. 29 x 23.

73802
N/A
' ELENA' CLASSIC SCHOONER - 2009
$15.00 AUD

Ancasta Yachts - UK. Hamble, Lancs., UK. 2009. 1st Ed. 24 PP with 26 colour illustrations: 1 plan (layout) and 25 photos. Stiff covers, title and device on front cover. Fine (mint condition). Oblong: 21 x 29.5.

A 180 ft, A Class Racing Schooner, built in 2009, Galicia Spain, on the lines drawn in 1910 by Nathaniel Herreschoff.

75061
N/A
THE YACHTSMAN - 1896
$400.00 AUD

The Yachtsman. London. 1896. Bound copy of 53 weekly issues of "The Yachtsman" for the Year 1896. No. 246, Vol X, 2nd January 1896 to No. 298, Vol. XII, 31 December 1896. Vol. X, Nos. 246 to 260: 153-358 PP. Vol. XI, No. 261 to 286: 412 PP. Vol. XII: Nos 287 to 298: 172 PP. A total of 790 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, line drawings, sketches and photos), plus 26 of the 55 b/w "Supplementary Plates" (called for) bound at the end of the book . Half bound, gilt title and bands on a faded and rubbed leather spine. Signature of previous owner on FFEP (David G. OMay, Bellerive). Contents are near fine. 27.5 x 22.

Contains a mine of information on yachts of the day, races and regattas, with regular feature articles such as From the Man at the Wheel, Notes and Notions, Canoeing, Reports from Yachting Centres, Club Reports. Each issue has general interest articles.

31083
NAYDLER, Merton
THE PENANCE WAY: The Mystery of PUFFIN's Atlantic Crossing
$5.00 AUD

Hutchinson. London. 1968. 1st Ed. XIX, 252 PP with 2 maps and 17 figures, plus 16 pages with 24 b/w photos. Fp: Puffin during tests carried out by the author (in colour). Eps: Map of the North Atlantic with tracks of the English Rose III and Puffin. Hard cover, dj. Foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 21.5 x 14.

Failed attempt in 1966 to row the Atlantic from the Chesapeake to UK.

38380
NAYDLER, Merton
COOK ON A COOL CAT
$15.00 AUD

Temple Press Books. London. 1965. 1st Ed. XII, 207 with 1 map and 1 plan of the catamaran, plus 8 pages with 14 b/w plates. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket rubbed with a sunned spine. Stamp in blind "From the Shelves of Fiona Lewis" on lower corner of FEP anf half title page. Light foxing, o/wise a very good clean copy. 22 x 14.5.

Experience gained as a cook on the catamaran Rehu Moana of David Lewis, during a voyage in June 1963 between England and Iceland..

50147
NEAL, John
LOG OF THE MAHINA
$15.00 AUD

Author. Seattle. 1977. 6th printing of the 1976 original. (4), 284 PP with 3 maps, 2 plans and 47 b/w photos. Title page: map of the crossings. Pictorial card covers worn around edges and repaired at bottom of spine, o/wise contents near fine. 20 x 13.3. 0918074002

A 14,000 mile cruise, in 1974, on a 27' sailing yacht. US west coast, Hawaii, Marquesas, Tahiti, Cook Islands, Samoa, Hawaii.

16287
NEALE, Ralph P.
JOLLY DOGS ARE WE - The History of Yachting in Victoria
$15.00 AUD

Landscape Publications. Melbourne. 1984. 1st Ed. VIII, 338 PP with b/w illustrations, plus 14 pages with 11 colour plates. Eps: Bird's eye view of Melbourne & Hobson's Bay. Cloth cover, dj. Occasional foxing. Fine. 28.5 x 21.5. 959087605

50275
NEWGASS, Edgar
THE LOG OF A SEA DOG. An Amphibious Causerie
$5.00 AUD

Frederick Muller. London. 1945. 2nd edition of the November 1944 original. 144 PP with 9 b/w illustrations (vignette on title page, 1 head piece and 7 tail pieces), plus 8 pages with 17 b/w illustrations. Eps: Sketch map of Southern England. Cloth cover. Spine and parts of the covers sunned. War economy paper, foxing. Ex library copy with a few library stamps. Front endpaper with top corner clipped, library pocket pasted down and list tipped in. Good reading copy. 19 x 12.5.

70734
NICHOLS, Peter
A VOYAGE FOR MADMEN
$15.00 AUD

HarperCollins. Sydney. 2001. 1st Ed. XIV, 305 PP with 8 maps, plus 16 pages with 23 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Slight crease at lower corner of front cover. Near fine. 23.4 x 15.2. 0732271134

The 1968 Golden Globe yacht race, and the nine competitors: John Ridgway, Chay Blyth, Robin Knox-Johnston, Bernard Moitessier, Loïck Fougeron, Bill King, Nigel Tetley, Alex Carozzo and Donald Crowhurst.

73987
NICOLSON, Ian
SURVEYING SMALL CRAFT, Fault-finding in Boats
$10.00 AUD

Granada / Adlard Coles Ltd. London. 1983. 2nd edition of the 1974 original. XII, 260 PP with b/w illustrations: 17 b/w photos and 40 drawings by the author. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket with repaired tear at top of front part and in a protective sleeve. Near fine. 21.3 x 14.5. 0229117104

46883
NORMAN, Dean (editor)
THE ALL-PURPOSE GUIDE TO PADDLING
$10.00 AUD

Greatlakes Living Press. Matteson, Illinois. 1977. 2nd printing of the 1976 original. (6), 218 PP with cartoons, figures and b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover (rubbed). Faint foxing on outside edges. Very good. 21.5 x 14. 0915498138

68562
O'DRISCOLL, Patricia, ELLIS, Tony, PEARCE, Barry & PERKS, Richard HUGH
BELOW SEA REACH
$20.00 AUD

Society for Spritsail Barge Research. Ipswich, Suffolk. 1987. 1st Ed. with 17 drawings by Barry Pearce and 54 b/w photos. Pictorial soft covers. Fine. 21 x 14.7. 0950051519

Edith May and Remercie, "Pig Dog", Rot and Dockers, Barging in the Sixties, Barge Trades and Bargemen ...

39306
PAGE, Frank
SOLO TO AMERICA - The Observer Singlehanded Race 1972
$10.00 AUD

Adlard Coles. London. 1972. 1st Ed. XVIII, 92 PP with 3 tables, plus 64 b/w plates. Fp (in colour): Alain Colas, winner of the Observer Transatlantic Race 1972. Hard cover, dj. A few old marks on covers and dust jacket (not affecting text or photos). Very good. 25.2 x 19.2. 0229115071

4th edition of the Observer Singlehanded sailing race across the Atlantic.

74710
PAGE, Frank
ALONE AGAINST THE ATLANTIC - The Story of The Observer Singlehanded Transatlantic Race 1960-80
$20.00 AUD

The Observer Ltd. London. 1980. 1st Ed. 125, (3 index) PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Hard covers, gilt title on front board and spine, dj with a few chips/nicks, o/wise near fine. 28 x 21.5. 0950703419

74111
PAPIOL, Marta (editor)
OFFICIAL COLLECTION - 32nd AMERICA'S CUP: VALENCIA
$30.00 AUD

Lunwerg Editores. Barcelona. 2007. 1st multilingual edition. Preface by Michel Bonnefous. No pagination, 225 PP with hundreds of colour photos. Pictorial laminated boards. Original text in English and Spanish (with translation in French, Italian and German on the last 22 pages). Hard cover, dj. Fine. 35 x 27.5. 9788497853125

75064
PARDEY, Lin & Larry
TALEISIN'S TALES - Sailing towards the Southern Cross
$30.00 AUD

L&L Pardey Publications. Bluelake, Ca./Kawau Island, Auckland. 2017. 1st Ed. VIII, 190 PP with b/w illustrations (14 headpieces, 1 world map with courses of Taleisin) and colour illustrations (10 charts and 73 photos). Pictorial stiff covers. Fine (as new condition). 22.8 x 15.2. 9781929214112

36759
PARDEY, Lin and Larry
SERAFFYN 'S ORIENTAL ADVENTURE
$10.00 AUD

W. W. Norton. New York. 1983. 1st Ed. 287 PP with 10 sketch-drawings, 5 maps and 53 b/w photos. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj (rubbed). Near fine. 24 x 15.8. 393032817

Corfu, Rhodes, Suez Canal, Red Sea, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Philippines, Japan then back to California.

40113
PARKER, Alan & TAYLOR, Digby
ONE MAN'S DREAM - OUTWARD BOUND
$10.00 AUD

Digby Taylor. Auckland. 1982. 1st Ed. 180 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Title spread: New Zealand flag. FEP: Man over board. REP: Maps of the 4 legs of the 1981/1982 race. Hard cover, dj. Spine of dust jacket sunned. Very good. 28.8 x 20.8. 086470008

The 1981/82 Whitbread Round the World Yacht Race, with the New Zealand yacht Outward Bound. They won the small boat trophy and took 5th place on handicap overall.

73771
PARKER, Owen
TACK NOW, SKIPPER
$15.00 AUD

Granada / Adlard Coles Ltd. London. 1979. 1st Ed. Foreword by the Rt. Hon. Edward Heath. (10), 139 PP with 31 b/w illustrations: 3 maps, 2 drawings, 2 sketch plans and 24 photos. Hard covers, gilt title on spine, dj (price clipped). Near fine. 25 x 17.5. 0229116205

49795
PASCOE, Wayne
ST. GEORGE SAILING CLUB LTD. - 1897-1997
$25.00 AUD

St George Sailing Club. Botany Bay. 1997. 1st Ed., with the President's Centenary Message by B. A. Collis. 33 PP with advertisements, 12 colour and 26 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.7 x 21.

57414
PAWLE, Fred
THE BIG CHILL: Extreme Surfing in the Arctic (in The Weekend Australian Magazine)
$5.00 AUD

The Australian. Sydney. 2009. Issue November 14-15, 2009. Pages 16 to 22 with 7 colour photos. Pictorial (Surfer in Norway) soft cover. Fine. 27.3 x 23.