15749 ALEXANDER, Michael MRS. FRASER ON THE FATAL SHORE
$15.00 AUD
Simon & Schuster. New York. 1971. 1st US edition. 189 PP with 23 b/w illustrations. Fp: Mrs. Fraser. Eps: Chart of the coast of NSW from Port Jackson to the Cumberland Isles, & map of events. Hard cover, cloth spine, dj (price clipped). Dust jacket rubbed, old water mark on lower corner of back cover, foxing spots on edges, o/wise a very good clean copy. 23.4 x 15.5. 671208284
The ordeal of Mrs. Fraser after the shipwreck of the Stirling Castle in 1836/37.
18661 ANDREWS, Graeme FIGHTING SHIPS OF AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND
$5.00 AUD
Regency House. Sydney. 1973. Revised and updated edition of the 1971 Australasian Navies. 64 PP with b/w & colour illustrations. Pictorial card cover. Near fine. 28 x 22.
Not only the ships, also missiles & aircrafts as well as the Australian Army's water transport squadrons.
11641 AUSTRALIAN AIRLINES BICENTENNIAL Issue - The Australian Way
$10.00 AUD
Australian Airlines. Sydney. 1987. 1st Ed. 140 PP with b/w & colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover (Bonaparte Map circa 1695). Near fine. 29.7 x 22. 008189161
Special issue for the passengers of Australian Airlines (calendar for the bicentennial year). A vision of Eden, by Manning Clark. The next 200 years by Phillip Adams... Scientific beginnings by Robyn Williams...
11683 AUSTRALIAN SHIPPING SHIPPING IN AUSTRALIA
$5.00 AUD
Brodie Publishing. Sydney. 1985. 1st Ed., No. 6 in the Australian Knowledge series. 16 PP with 1 map of Australia and 26 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27.5 x 21. 0864350058
History of shipping in Australia, and brief description of harbours by State.
21678 BATESON, Charles AUSTRALIAN SHIPWRECKS - Including Vessels wrecked en route to or from Australia, and some strandings, Volume One: 1622-1850
$20.00 AUD
A.H. & A.W. Reed. Sydney. 1972. 1st Ed. 267 PP with 42 b/w illustrations. Eps: Map of Australia. Hard cover, simile leather, gilt title on spine, dj. Foxing. Near fine. 24.5 x 17.7. 0589071122
71634 BEN LINE THE BEN LINE - The Story of a Merchant Fleet at War 1939-1945
$50.00 AUD
Thomas Nelson. London. 1946. 1st Ed., with a foreword by Wm. Thomson & Company. XI, 107 PP plus 2 photos of Merchant Navy Aircraft Carriers. Fp: Picture of damage to the hull after a torpedo attack. Eps: Maps of the Atlantic & Indian Oceans with the Mediterranean Sea where some Ben Line ships were damaged/sunk. Cloth cover with house flag (in colour) on front cover, dj. Offsetting of endpapers. Dust jacket with a few spots or small chips. An otherwise fine copy of a scarce title. 21.5 x 13.8.
A record of the many gallant episodes during WWII by the ships of the Ben Line.
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.
17928 BLOTTIERE, G. & PERDRIEL. G. LES VOILES DE LA LIBERTE
$20.00 AUD
Sodicom. Paris. 1989. 1st Ed. 192 PP with colour illust. Eps: Crests of the tall ships participating in the bicentennial gathering in Rouen. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj. Fine. French text. 32 x 24. 2950419402
Gathering of tall ships in the port of Rouen to celebrate the bicentennial of the French Revolution of 1789.
21941 BONSALL, Thomas E. GREAT SHIPWRECKS OF THE 20TH CENTURY
$15.00 AUD
Gallery Books. New York. 1988. 1st Ed. 192 PP with 176 b/w & 32 colour illustrations. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 29.5 x 21.5. 0831777818
Recollection of the important passenger ship disasters of this century from the General Slocum to the Mikhail Lermontov, including Titanic, Lusitania, Normandie, Andrea Doria, ...
22187 BREMER, Stuart AUSTRALIA'S GOLDEN ERA OF SHIPS
$10.00 AUD
Bullion Books. Sydney. 1989. Originally published in 1984 by Dreamweaver Books as Home and Back. 223 PP with b/w illust. Fp: P & O poster. Eps: Passenger ships at a pier. Hard cover, dj (Oriana passing Sydney Opera House). Fine. 29.5 x 22.5. 0730205975
The main shipping companies involved in trade to Australia and along its coastline.
20111 BRENNAN, Frank THE AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH SHIPPING LINE
$10.00 AUD
Roebuck. Canberra. 1978. 1st Ed., Roebuck Society publication No. 20. VII, 72 PP plus 24 pages with 39 photos in b/w, 2 b/w maps. Fp: Sketch of Australian cargo ships, Class D & E. REP: Certificate of Discharge, recto-verso. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket has a few small nicks, o/wise fine. 24.8 x 18. 0909434115
Creation of the Commonwealth Shipping Line in 1915, to serve Australian needs during and just after WWI (up to 1927).
12666 BURCHETT, W. G. PACIFIC TREASURE ISLAND - New Caledonia
$30.00 AUD
F. W. Cheshire. Melbourne. 1942. 2nd edition of the 1941 original. 230 PP with 1 map, plus 20 pages with 26 b/w photos. Fp: Coconut tree. Eps: Map of Pacific Ocean with location of New Caledonia. Cloth cover, dj (price-clipped). Dust jacket chipped and with repaired tears. Ageing of paper and foxing. Near fine. 21.5 x 13.7.
Voyage through its land and wealth: the story of its people and past by a young Australian journalist in 1941.
11707 CAMBITOGLOU, Alexander RESEARCH IN AUSTRALIA AND CONTACTS WITH EUROPE, An Archaeologist's Viewpoint
$5.00 AUD
Australian Humanities Research Council / M.U.P. Melbourne. 1964. 1st Ed. Occasional Paper No. 5. 8 PP. Soft cover. Fine. 24.2 x 18.3.
The need to cooperate between Australian and European institutions. Paper read to the Annual Meeting of the Australian Humanities Research Council, Canberra, 6 November, 1963.
15603 CASTLEREAGH, Duncan THE GREAT AGE OF EXPLORATION
$10.00 AUD
Readers' Digest. London. 1979. Reprint with amendements of the 1971 original. 191 PP with b/w and colour illustrations, plus 1 folded map (The Golden Age of Discovery 1492-1780). Title spread: Battle at Surat between the Portuguese & Arabs. Pictorial laminated boards, gilt title on cloth spine. Lettering on spine speckled. Foxing spots on outside edges. Very good. 25.7 x 18.7.
From the first Portuguese inching along the African coast in the mid-1400's to the first circumnavigation of the world by Magellan.
11648 CHESNEAUX, Jean & MACLELLAN, Nic. LA FRANCE DANS LE PACIFIQUE, de Bougainville à Moruroa
$30.00 AUD
La Découverte/Essais. Paris. 1992. 1st Ed. 240 PP with 3 maps. Pictoral soft cover. Near fine. French text. 22 x 13.5. 2707120944
The Pacific occupies a choice place in the culture and ambitions of France. (Nic Maclellan participates in Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific).
17857 CIPRIANI, Pierre & DUTHIL, Luc (ediotos) VOILES EN SEINE - Rouen, Juillet 1989
$20.00 AUD
Editions du P'tit Normand. Rouen. 1989. 2nd printing (after corrections) of the original. 224 PP with b/w & colour photos on high gloss quality paper. Laminated pictorial boards. Light foxing on half-title page, o/wise a fine copy. French text. 30 x 21. 2906258210
Gathering of the biggest tall ships at Rouen in July, 1989, to celebrate the bicentennial of the French Revolution.
15454 CONNER, Daniel & MILLER, Lorraine MASTER MARINER - Capt. James Cook and the Peoples of the Pacific
$15.00 AUD
University of Queensland Press. Brisbane. 1979. 1st Australian edition of the 1978 Canadian original. XI, 164 PP with 84 b/w illustrations (includig 61 pates), plus 4 pages of colour plates with 5 illustrations.. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Dust jacket has a few chips and light foxing on verso. An otherwise near fine copy. Oblong: 22.8 x 25.8. 0702213780
A bicentenary tribute to mark the arrival of Capt. James Cook at Nootka Sound on March 29, 1778.
20535 CORDINGLY, David (editor) CAPT. JAMES COOK, NAVIGATOR - The achievement of Captain James Cook as a Seaman, Navigator and Surveyor
$10.00 AUD
National Maritime Museum & Campbell Publishing. London & Sydney. 1988. 1st Ed. 111 PP with b/w & colour illustrations. Pictorial card covers. Near fine. 27.5 x 19.7. 0958799407
Catalogue of the exhibition celebrating the bicentenary of Australia.
11649 CORNEVIN, Robert & Marianne LA FRANCE ET LES FRANCAIS OUTRE-MER - De la Première Croisade à la Fin du Second Empire
$15.00 AUD
Tallandier. Paris. 1990. 1st Ed. 514 PP with 11. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 21 x 13.5. 2235018513
From the first establishment in the Levant (Middle East) at the time of the Crusades to the progressive occupation of Africa up to the end of the second French Empire.
12207 CREDLAND, Arthur G. WHALES AND WHALING - The Arctic Fishery
$10.00 AUD
Shire Publications. London. 1982. 1st Ed., Shire Album No. 89. 32 PP with 1 map and 42 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 21 x 15. 0852635974
Origins of Arctic whaling fisheries, Greenland and Davis Strait fishery, Tragedies...
22656 CREE, Edward H. THE CREE JOURNALS, The Voyages of Edward H. Cree, Surgeon R.N. as Related in his Private Journals 1837-1856
$35.00 AUD
Webb & Bower. Exeter, UK. 1981. 1st Ed., with an introduction by Michael Levien. 276 PP with b/w & colour illust. Fp: Edward Hodges Cree. Eps: Chart of South China Sea and Gulf of Tonkin. Hard cover, dj. Fine (as new condition). 24 x 19. 0906671361
Personal narrative of Dr. Edward H. Cree, recording his cruises between 1837 & 1856: Notebook & sketch book.
22319 DAVIDSON, J. W. PETER DILLON OF VANIKORO, Chevalier of The South Seas
$30.00 AUD
Oxford University Press. Melbourne. 1975. 1st edition with an introduction by O. H. K. Spate, the editor. XIX, 351 PP with 4 maps, plus 8 b/w plates. Eps: Peter Dillon's major voyages in the South Seas. Cloth cover, dj. Near fine. 21.5 x 14. 195504577
Biography of Peter Dillon, who first discovered the fate of the lost French explorer La Pérouse.
16008 de QUENETAIN, Bertrand LA VIE MARITIME A GRANVILLE et dans sa région au début du siècle
$20.00 AUD
Editions L'Ancre de Marine. St. Malo. 1986. 1st Ed. 70 PP with b/w illustrations. Title page: A Dundee under sail. Pictorial soft cover. Occasional foxing. Very good. French text. 29 x 21. 2905970057
Maritime life in Granville between Normandy and Brittany at the beginning of this century. Deep-sea fishing to Iceland/Newfoundland, as well as coastal fishing.
14619 DIDEROT et D'ALEMBERT RECUEIL DE PLANCHES SUR LES SCIENCES - ASTRONOMIE
$15.00 AUD
Inter-Livres. Paris. 1989. Reprint of original plates. No pagination, 140 PP with 60 b/w plates on single page. Illustrated stiff cover plastic protected. Closed tear at lower part of front cover, o/wise near fine. French text. 31.5 x 23.
Plates on astronomy, instruments, geography, surveying, navigation...
21290 DODGE, Ernest S. BALEINIERS A TAHITI
$20.00 AUD
Société des Océanistes. Paris. 1971. 1st Ed. Dossier No. 11 in the Dossiers Tahitiens series. 32 PP with 31 b/w illust. Pictorial soft cover (pêche à la baleine by Louis Garnera]. French text. Fine. 19 x 14.
Whaling ships in the South Pacific. Calls at Tahiti.
36796 EDWARDS, Hugh PORT OF PEARLS - A History of Broome
$15.00 AUD
Author. Perth. 1983. 2nd edition of the 1983 original. (8), 199 PP, plus 22 pages with 32 b/w & 17 colour photos. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 22 x 14.2. 072701885X
Written for the centenary of the City of Broome: pearling, cyclones, the cosmopolitan society.
10222 EISLER, William & SMITH, Bernard (editors) TERRA AUSTRALIS - The Furthest Shore
$30.00 AUD
Art Gallery of NSW. Sydney. 1988. 1st Ed. 239 PP with b/w or colour drawings, paintings & charts. Fp (in colour): Portrait of Joseph Banks. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 31 x 22. 0642134642
Catalogue of an exhibition held for the Bicentennial celebrations of Australia. Visions of Terra Australis in the Middle Ages and Renaissance by Helen Wallis. Crossing the Equator: The Historical Background to Portuguese Navigational Techniques in the Age of Discovery by Luis de Albuquerque. The Dutch and the Southern Continent 1569-1756 by Ernst van den Boogaart...
21794 FINKEL, George THE DUTCHMAN BOLD, The Story of Abel Tasman
$15.00 AUD
Angus & Robertson. Sydney. 1975. 1st Ed. VII, 151 PP with 2 maps and 3 line drawings. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Dust jacket with rubbed patch on lower part of front cover. Occasional foxing, o/wise a very good clean copy. 21.4 x 13.4. 0207131139
Voyage to Japan then voyages of discovery towards Australia & New Zealand.
14779 FINLAY, Iain & SHEPPARD, Trish ACROSS THE SOUTH PACIFIC - Island-hopping from Santiago to Sydney
$10.00 AUD
Angus & Robertson. Sydney. 1981. 1st Ed. XXII, 245 PP with 12 maps, plus 16 pages with 41 colour photos. Hard cover, dj. Top corner of half title page clipped, name of previous owner on front endpaper, o/wise near fine. 24.2 x 15.5. 0207148244
Travel from Chile to Sydney with calls at Easter Island, French Polynesia, Cook Islands, Samoa, Tonga, Fiji, New Hebrides & New Caledonia.
18606 FIRKINS, Peter OF NAUTILUS AND EAGLES - History of the Royal Australian Navy
$10.00 AUD
Cassell Australia Ltd. Sydney. 1975. 1st Ed. Foreword by Vice Admiral Sir John Collins. VIII, 269 PP with 19 maps, plus 32 pages with 59 b/w photos. Eps: Naval Review. Hard cover, dj (repaired tear). Near fine. 23.5 x 15.5. 0726928623
21236 FORSTER, Honore (compiler) MORE SOUTH SEA WHALING
$20.00 AUD
ANU / Australian National University. Canberra. 1991. 1st Ed. 61 PP. Stiff covers, pictorial front. Lower corner with a light bump. Faint foxing on outside edges. Very good. 29.3 x 20.8. 0731511611
Supplement to The South Sea Whaler. New entries: 894 to 1240.
15785 FORSYTH, W. D. CAPTAIN COOK'S LANDFALLS - Eye-witness Accounts by members of the ship's company of HMS "Endeavour" 1770
$5.00 AUD
Roebuck. Canberra. 1974. 2nd Printing of the 1970 original. VI, 26 PP with 10 b/w sketches. Pictorial soft covers. Back cover has a rubbed patch, o/wise contents are near fine. 24.7 x 17.5. 0950085707
Accounts extracted for visitors to the East Coast of Australia.
16071 FOX, Pamela RIPPING SEA STORIES (in The Australian Magazine)
$10.00 AUD
The Australian Magazine. Sydney. 1991. Issue for November 30, 1991. 64 PP. Contains article between pages 24 and 31 with 10 colour pictures. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 27.5 x 20.
Stanford Maritime. London. 1979. 1st Ed. 217, (3) PP, plus 16 pages with 33 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Neat stamp of the Maritime Museum of Tasmania Inc. on FFEP, otherwise a fine copy. 21.4 x 13.4. 0540071803
The events of 25 voyages in fast clippers carrying varied cargoes worldwide.
14706 GREENHILL, Basil JAMES COOK - THE OPENING OF THE PACIFIC
$10.00 AUD
National Maritime Museum / H.M.S.O. London. 1970. 1st Ed. 32 PP with b/w illust. Fp: Capt. James Cook RN FRS, painting by Nathaniel Dance. Inside back cover: A draught plan & section of the Britannia Otehite War Canoe. Pictorial card cover. Near fine. Oblong: 21.5 x 27.5.
James Cook, the man and his discoveries, published at the time of the Bicentennial.
15628 GRENFELL PRICE, A. (editor) THE EXPLORATIONS OF CAPT. JAMES COOK IN THE PACIFIC, As Told by Selections of His Own Journals 1768-1779
$10.00 AUD
Angus & Robertson. Sydney. 1969. 2nd edition of the 1958 original. XVII, 292 PP with 40 b/w drawings by Geoffrey C. Ingleton. Fp (in colour): Plaque by Flaxman of Capt. Cook, tipped in. FEP: Chart of Pacific Ocean, before Cook. REP: Chart of the Pacific Ocean, after Cook. Cloth cover, dj (HM Bark Endeavour entering Botany Bay April 29, 1770). Dust jacket lightly chipped and rubbed. Faint foxing on outside edges, o/wise very good. 24.3 x 15.5. 0207952213
Selections of Capt. Cook's Journals compiled to give a running narrative accompanied by evocative & historically authentic illustrations.
64454 GRENFELL PRICE, A. (editor) THE EXPLORATIONS OF CAPT. JAMES COOK IN THE PACIFIC, As Told by Selections of His Own Journals 1768-1779
$15.00 AUD
Angus & Robertson. Sydney. 1969. 2nd edition of the 1958 original. XVII, 292 PP with 40 b/w drawings by Geoffrey C. Ingleton. Fp (in colour): Plaque by Flaxman of Capt. Cook, tipped in. FEP: Chart of Pacific Ocean, before Cook. REP: Chart of the Pacific Ocean, after Cook. Cloth cover, sunned on bottom of spine, dj (price-clipped). Dust jacket sunned on spine with some rubbing on back. An otherwise near fine copy. 24.3 x 15.5. 0207952213
Selections of Capt. Cook's Journals compiled to give a running narrative accompanied by evocative & historically authentic illustrations.
10431 HALEY, Nelson Cole WHALE HUNT, The Narrative of a Voyage by Nelson Cole Haley, Harpooner in the Ship Charles W. Morgan 1849-1853
$25.00 AUD
Robert Hale Ltd. London. 1950. 1st UK Ed. 319 PP with 16 full-page b/w illust. in text. Library binding, with number on spine, stamp on FFEP, at bottom of title-page and its verso. Contents clean and a very good copy of a scarce title. 21 x 14.
Sperm whaling in the South Pacific.
11708 HARRISON, Phil AUSTRALIA NOW - Bicentennial Edition
$10.00 AUD
Promotion Australia Publication / A. G. P. S. Canberra. 1988. Volume 12, No.4. 64 PP with b/w & colour illust. Pictorial card cover. Fine. 29.7 x 21.
The shaping of a nation with a theme: living together in Australia. Decision time for this new generation, by Manning Clark. For Aboriginals, a time of hope, by Shirley McPherson...
18308 HILL, W.S. THE SAILING SHIPS OF GREAT BRITAIN
$10.00 AUD
Jupiter Books. London. 1975. 1st Ed. 72 PP with 16 b/w text illustrations and 24 colour plates on full page. Fp: The Henry Grace à Dieu. Hard cover, dj. Some foxing, o/wise very good. 33.5 x 23.5. 0904041190
A tribute to Great Britain's maritime traditions. History & development of British sailing ships since the Middle Ages.
12057 HOWE, K. R. WHERE THE WAVES FALL, A new South Sea Islands history from first settlement to colonial rule
$20.00 AUD
Allen & Unwin. Sydney. 1991. 3rd Impression of the 1984 original. XX, 403 PP with 6 head pieces, 11 maps, and 33 b/w illustrations. Eps: Map of the Pacific Islands. Pictorial soft cover. Foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 23 x 18. 1863731911
Exploration & the interaction between the first inhabitants & the explorers, traders, beachcombers, missionaries...
30413 HOWE, Leslie THE MERCHANT SERVICE TO-DAY
$10.00 AUD
O.U.P. London. 1945. Reprint of the 1941 original. 159 PP with tables, and 10 figures, plus 23 plates with 30 b/w photos, & 1 folded chart. Fp: Queen Elizabeth leaving the Clyde and a sailing barge on the Thames. Cloth cover, decorated front. Top of spine a bit worn, war economy paper. Very good. 22 x 14.2.
Types & tonnage, propulsion, trade routes, navigation, etc.. The Merchant Service at War.
16142 HUMBERT, Raymond LA MARINE POPULAIRE
$15.00 AUD
Editions Messidor. Poitiers. 1985. 1st Ed. 125 PP with b/w & colour illust. Photos by Marie-José Drogou. Pictorial soft covers. French text. Near fine. 28.5 x 19.5. 220905706X
Maritime life seen through the eyes of fishermen & seamen illustrated with some interesting naïve art work including ex-votos.
20656 IGGULDEN, D. & CLARKE, M. SAILING HOME - A Pictorial Record of the First Fleet Re-Enactment Voyage
$5.00 AUD
Angus & Robertson. Sydney. 1988. 1st Ed. VIII, 120 PP with colour photos. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 25 x 25. 0207159653
10837 JANNEL, Claude & LONTCHO, Frédéric LE DERNIER EMPIRE DE LA VOILE
$25.00 AUD
Presses de la Cité. Paris. 1977. 1st Ed. 112 PP profusely illustrated with 1 line drawing, 4 maps and 69 colour photos. Eps: Map of the Indonesian Archipelago. Pictorial laminated boards. Fine. French text. 26.5 x 21. 226100379X
Travel through the Indonesian Archipelago on board of traditional schooners : bugis & makassars.
16352 JENNINGS, P.S. & BOSEK, D. SHIPWRECKS
$5.00 AUD
Bison Group. London. 1994. Revised and updated edition of the 1992 original. 80 PP with b/w & colour illust. Hard cover with dj (front: The Tempest, rear: Wreck of Argo Merchant). Fp: Wreck of Herald of Free Enterprise. Pict. laminated boards, dj. Fine. 30 x 23. 1858410436
True stories of all the famous sea disasters: fire, collision, stranding & sinking.
73487 JONES, A. G. E. SHIPS EMPLOYED IN THE SOUTH SEAS TRADE 1775-1861 (volume 1)
$40.00 AUD
Roebuck. Canberra. 1986. 1st Ed., Roebuck Society Publication No. 36. XVIII, 276, (104 Index) PP with b/w illust., charts, ports, sailing ships & whaling scenes. Inside covers: docks on the Thames River. Pictorial card covers rubbed around edges with a repaired tear at top of spine, small creases at top and bottom of front corners, o/wise contents fine. 24.8 x 17.6. 0909434301
Includes: Registrar general of shipping and seamen, transcripts of Registers of Shipping 1787-1862 (part III).
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.
11637 KING, Jonathan THE RETURN OF THE FIRST FLEET
$5.00 AUD
Fairfax Magazine / Robertsbridge. Sydney. 1987. 1st Ed. 128 PP profusely illustrated in colour. Pict. soft cover. Very good. 27.5 x 20.
First part of the First Fleet re-enactment, from Portsmouth to Capetown. Official souvenir edition.
22156 KNIGHT, Alanna (editor) R. L. S. IN THE SOUTH SEAS - An Intimate Photographic Record
$15.00 AUD
Mainstream Pub. Edinburgh. 1986. 1st Ed. 192 PP with b/w illustrations (1 map of the Pacific, 89 sketches & photos). Fp: Portrait of Robert Louis Stevenson. Hard cover, dj. Light foxing on first few pages, o/wise fine. 24.6 x 19.7. 1851580131
Photos taken by Robert Louis Stevenson in 1888 to illustrate his history of the South Seas.
17877 LIBERMAN, Cy and Pat THE MYSTIQUE OF TALL SHIPS
$5.00 AUD
Galahad Books. New York. 1989. Reprint of the 1986 original. 191 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Hard cover, dj. Foxing spots on outside edges and endpapers, o/wise very good. 27.8 x 21.5. 0883657473
History of sail, from prehistoric times through the whaling era to the present. Tales of tall ships & their exploits. Intriguing details of shipboard life then & now.
15447 LITTLE, Norman A. ENDEAVOUR AND ACHIEVEMENT, Highlights in the Story of Australian Development
$5.00 AUD
Bank of NSW. Sydney. 1973. 13th revised edition of the 1952 original. 32 PP with 40 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover (HM Bark Endeavour). Very good. 24 x 16.
From discoveries to the achievements of the opening of the Sydney Opera House.
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.
17642 LONEY, Jack AUSTRALIAN SHIPWRECKS, Volume 2: 1851-1871
$20.00 AUD
Reed. Sydney. 1980. 1st Ed. 239 PP with 15 b/w illust. Eps: Map of Australia. Hard cover, dj (a little chipped). Near fine. 24.6 x 18.2. 0589501003
19201 LONEY, Jack AUSTRALIAN SHIPWRECKS, Volume 4: 1901-1986
$25.00 AUD
Marine History Publications. Portarlington. 1987. 1st Ed. 284 PP with numerous b/w illust., sketches & map. FEP: The four-masted bark Strathgryfe stranded on Yanakie Beach. REP: Stranded Falls of Halladale. Hard cover, dj. Spine of dust jacket sunned. Foxing spots on outside edges. Stamp of previous owner at top of title page, o/wise contents near fine. 24 x 17.6. 909244316
36479 LONEY, Jack AN ATLAS HISTORY OF AUSTRALIAN SHIPWRECKS, (State by State, Including Maps & Diving Notes)
$25.00 AUD
A. & A.W. Reed. Sydney. 1981. 1st Ed. 120 PP plus 8 pages with 17 colour photos & many b/w illust. & charts. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 25.8 x 18.2. 0589503006
13392 LOWER, J.A. OCEAN OF DESTINY - A Concise History of the North Pacific, 1500-1978
$20.00 AUD
University of British Columbia. Vancouver. 1978. 1st Ed. XIV, 242 PP with 2 graphs, 3 maps and 22 tables, plus 16 pages with 32 b/w illustrations. Hard cover, dj. Foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise near fine. 23 x 15. 0774801018
History of the North Pacific. Covers concurrent events in the East and West.
11651 MACKANESS, George SOME PROPOSALS FOR ESTABLISHING COLONIES IN THE SOUTH SEAS
$15.00 AUD
Review Publications. Dubbo, NSW. 1976. Reprint of 1943 Ed. Volume XI in the Australian Historical Monographs new series. 62 PP with 5 b/w illust. Stapled card cover. Very good. 21.4 x 13.7.
21466 McNAB, Robert THE OLD WHALING DAYS - A History of Southern New Zealand from 1830 to 1840
$20.00 AUD
Golden Press. Auckland. 1975. Reprint of the 1913 original, in the New Zealand Classics series. XIII, 508 PP. Hard cover, dj. Paper ageing around edges, o/wise near fine. 21 x 13.5. 0855584327
The competition between French, American and British whalers for the sperm whale.
21320 MUNGER, James F. TWO YEARS IN THE PACIFIC AND ARCTIC OCEANS AND CHINA
$25.00 AUD
Ye Galleon Press. Fairfield. Wash. 1987. Reprint of the 1852 1st ed. (3), 80 PP. Ep: whaling scene. Hard cover gilt engraved. Foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise fine. 25.3 x 17.7. 0877704015
A journal of every day life on board ship with interesting information on the inhabitants of different countries and the exciting events peculiar to a whaling voyage.
15746 NEWMAN, Charles THE SPIRIT OF WHARF HOUSE. Campbell Enterprise from Calcutta to Canberra 1788-1930
$35.00 AUD
Angus & Robertson. Sydney. 1961 1st Ed. XVI, 260 PP, plus 16 pages with b/w illustrations (photos, line drawings, sketches & maps). Fp (in colour): Robert Campbell, Merchant 1769-1846. Cloth cover, dj. Dust jacket with a few chips and is in a protective sleeve. A near fine copy. 23.5 x 15.5.
Story of Robert Campbell and his descendants.
16007 NICHOLSON, I.H. GAZETTEER OF SYDNEY SHIPPING 1788-1840
$20.00 AUD
Roebuck. Canberra. 1981. 1st Ed. Roebuck Society publication No.26. X, 217 PP with b/w illust., plans, charts views of coast & paintings. Eps: Map of Australia & Chart of South & Central Pacific Is. Pictorial soft covers with light wear. Near fine. 24.5 x 17.5. 0909434182
Geographical index of ports of origin and destination, and places discovered, visited or remarked upon by Sydney shipping.
15211 NOBLE, Capt. John PORT PHILLIP: PILOTS AND DEFENCES
$20.00 AUD
Hawthorn Press. Melbourne. 1979. 2nd edition of the 1973 original. (10), 125 PP with 3 b/w illustrations, plus 8 pages with 16 b/w illustrations. FEP: Port Phillip Bay, Southern portion. REP: Northern portion. Loosely inserted a small folded brochure on the procedures to be followed (VHF procedure, Tides at Port Phillip Heads, Pilot Boarding, Requirements for Embarkation of Pilots with diagrams). Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket is rubbed around edges with a few chips, o/wise near fine. 21.5 x 14. 072560235X
Study of Victorian maritime history and the role played by the Port Phillip Sea Pilots.
15212 NOBLE, Captain John PORT PHILLIP PANORAMA - A Maritime History
$15.00 AUD
Hawthorn Press. Melbourne. 1975. 1st Ed. (6), 169 PP plus 8 pages with 14 b/w charts & photos & 3 line drawings. FEP: map of Southern portion Port Phillip Bay. REP: Southern portion Port Phillip Bay. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket lightly rubbed. Near fine. 21.6 x 14. 0725601493
The maritime history of Port Phillip, the development of the ports of Melbourne & Geelong.
22609 NOBLE, Captain John THE GOLDEN AGE OF SAIL OF AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND
$10.00 AUD
Currey O'Neil. Melbourne. 1985. 1st Ed. IX, 118 PP with 98 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket with a small closed tear and in a protective sleeve. Near fine. 25 x 25. 0859021947
Collection of maritime photographs capturing the glorious and romantic days when sailors relied on wind and currents.
20390 NORTON, Peter SHIPS' FIGUREHEADS
$20.00 AUD
David & Charles. London. 1976. 1st UK Ed. 143 PP followed by 2 pages of Index, b/w illust. throughout. Hard cover, dj. Ex-library copy with a stamp on inside front cover and verso of title-page and a small rubbed patch on FFEP. An otherwise near fine copy. 23.5 x 17.5. 071537253
18309 PERNOUD, Georges COMME UN POISSON DANS L'EAU
$10.00 AUD
Edita SA. Lausanne. 1990. 1st Ed. 139 PP with b/w & colour illust. Eps. Hard cover, dj. Occasional foxing. French text. Fine. 29.5 x 25.5. 2880012597
Souvenir edition of Thalassa with articles on Discovery of the Sea, Newport (Rhode Island), Santorin, etc...
Merpool / Edition 1. Paris. 1991. 1st Ed. 138 PP with numerous colour photos. FEP: Departure from Brittany. REP: Tropical Caribbean. Hard cover, dj. French text. Very good. 26.5 x 23.8. 2863914359
The transatlantic race between St. Malo and Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe.
38416 PORTEUS, Stanley THE RESTLESS VOYAGE - Being an Account by Archibald Campbell, Seaman, of his Wanderings in Five Oceans from 1806 to 1812
$15.00 AUD
George G. Harrap. London. 1949. 1st Ed. 280 PP. Cloth cover, dj (price clipped). Dust jacket with small pieces missing. Occasional foxing. Very good. 19.7 x 13.5.
Wanderings in five oceans from 1806-1812 & his experiences: impressed into His Majesty's Navy, deserter, shipwrecked in the Aleutian Is., stay in Hawaii, return to Scotland.
21970 ROSE, Lyndon RICHARD SIDDINS OF PORT JACKSON
$10.00 AUD
Roebuck. Canberra. 1984. 1st Ed., Roebuck Society publication No. 38. IX, 152 PP plus 12 pages with 24 photos. FEP: Pacific Ocean. REP: Falkland & Shetland Islands. Hard cover, dj. Occasional foxing, o/wise very good. 24.5 x 17.5. 0909434026
An early sea captain & merchant trading out of Port Jackson in the early days of the Colony.
22578 ROSKILL, Captain S. W. A MERCHANT FLEET IN WAR - Alfred Holt & Co 1939-1945
$60.00 AUD
Collins. London. 1962. 1st Ed. XIV, 352 PP. FEP: The Alfred Holt Fleet, Ships Sunk in the War of 1939-1945. REP: General plan of M/V Priam. Cloth cover, dust jacket (price-clipped). A few small nicks/chips in dust jacket , o/wise a near fine copy of the first edition. 22.8 x 14.5.
The long and ferocious struggle for seaborne supplies on the ships of the Holt Line. Loss of 44 owned and 8 managed ships, including 4 French ships.
21656 ROSS, John O. WILLIAM STEWART, Sealing Captain, Trader and Speculator
$15.00 AUD
Roebuck. Canberra. 1987. 1st Ed., Roebuck Society publication No. 37. IX, 219 PP, plus 8 pages of b/w illust. FEP: Map of Australia, N.Z., Tasman Sea & Southern Ocean. REP: Chart of N.Z., North, South & Stewart Is. Pictorial card cover. Fine. 24.8 x 17.6. 0909434288
16143 RUDOLPH, Wolfgang SAILOR SOUVENIRS, Stoneware, Faiences and Chinaware of Three Centuries
$20.00 AUD
Edit. Leipzig. Leipzig. 1985. 1st Eng. Ed. 152 PP with b/w & colour illust. Hard cover, dj. Slipcase. Fine. 22 x 19.5.
Three centuries of maritime history of the coastal regions of Northern Europe depicted by seafarers' collections of ceramics.
21962 RUHEN, Olaf HARPOON IN MY HAND
$10.00 AUD
Angus & Robertson. Sydney. 1966. 1st Ed. 183 PP, plus 16 pages with 27 b/w photographs. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Near fine. 22.2 x 14.2.
Description of Tonga when they still had a whaling industry and where the whalers were still using hand harpoons in the 1960's.
15774 SAMPSON, A. & S. EXPLORERS OF AUSTRALIA
$5.00 AUD
Lloyd O'Neil. Melbourne. 1983. Reprint of the 1979 original. 60 PP with b/w & colour illustrations. Title spread: Exploring party in NSW, by J. Cross, 1826. Pictorial (South Brisbane from North Shore) laminated boards. Back hinge at head of spine with a 1 cm tear. Small rub on title page. Very good. 28.5 x 21. 0855508248
The sea & land explorers of Australia.
16339 SEXTON, Rae BEFORE THE WIND - Tracing the impact on a small community and shipping company by the shipwreck in 1888 of the Star of Greece
$10.00 AUD
Australasian Maritime Historical Society. Adelaide. 1982. 1st Ed., with a foreword by Ronald Parsons. X, 110 PP with 1 map, 17 b/w photos and drawings. Fp: Construction plans & rigging plans of the Star of Greece. Eps: Sketch showing the total wreck of the Star of Greece. Hard cover, illustrated front cover. Few foxing spots on outside edges. Fine. 21 x 13.8. 0959944834
Wrecked off Willunga, South Australia, on Fiday the 13th of July 1888.
21124 SHACKLETON, E. H. AURORA AUSTRALIS 1908-1909
$20.00 AUD
Bay Books. Sydney. 1988. Reproduction of one of the original hand bound copies. XXIV, then 184 PP (without pagination) with 11 illustrations on full page (10 b/w and 1 colour) and 11 b/w illustrations in the introduction. Eps: Reproduction of the original which was printed and bound in Antarctica. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 24.8 x 18.8. 1862563098
Facsimile of the first book published in the Antarctic during Shackleton's second expedition.
15763 SMITH, Robin THE BIRTH OF A NATION - Australia's Historic Heritage from Discovery to Nationhood
$15.00 AUD
Viking O'Neil/Penguin. Melbourne. 1987. Reprint of the 1981 The Birth of Australia. 223 PP with 265 colour photos. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 30.5 x 23.5. 0670900184
Pictorial history of Australian daily life, from the first settlers to Federation with comments by some distinguished historians.
15748 STEVEN, Margaret FIRST IMPRESSIONS, The British Discovery of Australia
$10.00 AUD
British Museum. London. 1988. 1st Ed. 96 PP with b/w & colour illust. Hard cover, dj. Light foxing on endpapers, o/wise near fine. 22 x 22. 0565010662
Catalogue of an exhibition which travelled Australia at the time of its bicentennial. European exploration of the Pacific, the voyage of the Endeavour, ...
11639 SWAN, R.A. TO BOTANY BAY .. if Policy Warrants the Measure
$10.00 AUD
Roebuck. Canberra. 1973. 1st Ed. II, 189 PP plus 20 pages with 32 b/w illust. & 2 charts. Eps: World map of the areas open to ships of the Southern whale fish. Cloth cover. Near fine. 25.2 x 17.6. 0950085871
Reasons in 1786, leading to the establishement of a settlement in Botany Bay.
Australian Bicentennial Authority. Sydney. 1988. 1st Ed. 112 PP with b/w & colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27.5 x 20.
Tall ship gathering for the 1988 bicentennial celebration of Australia.
18696 VILLIERS, Alan (compiler) OF SHIPS AND MEN, A Personal Anthology
$15.00 AUD
Newnes. London. 1962. 1st Ed. 206 PP with 40 b/w illust. FEP: Deck of a square-rigger awash. REP: Deck of a cargo ship in rough seas. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket partly faded and with sellotape marks on the edges. Very good reading copy. 25.4 x 15.8.
21368 WHITEHEAD, Hal VOYAGE TO THE WHALES
$20.00 AUD
Stoddart. Toronto. 1989. 1st Ed. X, 195 PP with 2 maps and 2 figures, plus 16 pages with 30 colour photos. Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing. Near fine. 22.8 x 15. 9780773721531
Study of whales in the Indian Ocean between 1981 and 1984 (mostly sperm whale).
10245 WILLIS, Thayer, HINDLEY, Geoffrey, & PROUJAN, Carl (editors) THE LAST FRONTIERS
$5.00 AUD
Doubleday & Co. New York. 1973. 1st US edition of the 1971 UK original, in The Encyclopedia of Discovery and Exploration. 488 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (paintings, photos, charts/maps, sketches...). Hard cover, gilt device on front cover, gilt title on spine. Renewed endpapers, o/wise very good. 26 x 19. 0385042868
The last explorations: the Frozen World, the Roof of the World, and Secrets of the Sea.
62940 WILSON, Capt. John Aa. WOODEN WALLS TO DISTANT SHORES - A Maritime Concoction and the Regina Maris Saga
$25.00 AUD
Author. Oslo. 1984. 1st Ed. 346 PP with 1 colour photo and b/w illustrations. 3 sheet "addenda" loosely inserted. Fp: The Regina Maris under sail. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj (rubbed and creased and a few repaired small tears). Faint foxing o/wise fine . 27 x 21.
An unusual book.
13359 WOLDEKIDAN, Berhanu EXPORT-LED GROWTH IN MAURITIUS
$20.00 AUD
National Center for Development Studies - A.N.U. Canberra. 1994. 1st Ed. No.3, in the Indian Ocean Policy Papers series. XII, 149 PP with 12 figures and 61 tables in text and 6 tables in appendices (2 folded). Pictorial soft cover. Faint foxing, o/wise fine. 24.8 x 17.5. 0731519361
The spectacular growth of the economy, since Mauritius turned to export-led growth in the 1970's.
