22601 ANDERSON, Capt. Lindsay A CRUISE IN AN OPIUM CLIPPER
$10.00 AUD
Ibex. Melbourne. 1989. Reprint of the 1891 original. 224 PP with 8 b/w illustrations. Fp: The Eamont, topsail schooner. Hard cover, simile leather, gilt title on front cover and spine. Foxing. Near fine. 19.2 x 13.3.
The author's trip on a topsail schooner between China/Taiwan and Japan, prior to the opening of this latter country to the civilized world.
22602 ANDERSON, Capt. Lindsay AMONG TYPHOONS AND PIRATE CRAFT
$10.00 AUD
Ibex / Heritage Book Group. Melbourne 1992. Reprint of the 1892 edition . VI, 284 PP with 3 b/w plates. Fp: Gun practice. Hard cover, simile leather, gilt title on front cover and spine. Light foxing, o/wise near fine. Fine. 19.2 x 13.3.
Reminiscence of some months at sea, in the East China Sea, Shanghai, to Japan where the author witnessed in Nagasaki, the opening of Japan to the civilized world.
18421 AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE FOR MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY (AIMA) THE BULLETIN OF THE AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE FOR MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY - Volume 10, No.2, 1986
$20.00 AUD
AIMA / Australian Institute for Maritime Archaeology. Melbourne. 1986. Edited by Paul Hundley & Myra Stanbury. (2), 54 PP with 39 figures (6 maps, 15 photos..). Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 27.4 x 21.
9 papers presented at the seminar held in Launceston from 24-26 September 1985. Proceedings from the Australian Institute for Maritime Archaeology Seminar on Asiatic Shipbuilding Techniques. Eastern shipbuilding traditions by J. Green. Indian and South East Asian shipbuilding for the European market: A survey 1790-1815 by S.M. Strachan. The Thistle (1837): An Indian built Brigantine/schooner...
19828 BAPTIST, Captain C. N. T. SALVAGE OPERATIONS
$30.00 AUD
Stanford Maritime. London. 1979. 1st Ed. (4), 155 PP with 1 facsimile of document (Salvage Agreement), 1 table and 15 maps & plans, plus 16 pages with 28 b/w photos. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Name and address of previous owner at top of FFEP which has some offsetting, o/wise a near fine copy. 24.2 x 16.2. 0540073784
Principle of marine salvage, salvage companies, wartime salvage tugs. 15 examples of salvage operations after stranding, grounding, fire...
16834 BATEMAN, Commodore W. S. G., SHERWOOD, Commander R.J., SEARS, Lieutenant J.S. & NAVY EDITION, 80th Anniversary of the Arrival of the Australian Fleet (in Australian Defence Force Journal)
$5.00 AUD
Australian Defence Force Journal. Canberra. 1993. Volume No 103, November/December 1993. 72 PP (P. 1 to 51 on the R.A.N.), with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 24.8 x 17.5. ISSN13202545
Maritime Power and Australia - Traditions, Customs and Changes in the Royal Australian Navy - Navies and the Protection of Peaceful Shipping...
18538 BIRD, Nicky LUGGAGE LABELS FROM THE GREAT AGE OF SHIPPING
$10.00 AUD
Victoria and Albert Museum. London. 1985. 1st Ed. 8 PP with 11 bw illust. in text plus 12 full page colour plates. Pict. soft cover. Fine. 27.5 x 22. 0905209281
Twelve decorative, adhesive labels from bygone days, to adorn your luggage - with an introduction on the era of the liner.
18415 BOWEN, E. G. BRITAIN AND THE WESTERN SEAWAYS
$5.00 AUD
Thames & Hudson. London. 1972. 1st Ed. 196 PP with 61 photos, 17 line draw., 27 maps & 1 table in text. Hard cover, dj (price-clipped). Covers lightly marked. Few foxing spots on outside edges. Very good. 21 x 15.7. 0500020760
The Atlantic Ocean and connected waterways which played an important role in the prehistory and early history of Western Europe.
70159 BOWEN, Frank C. THE FLAG OF THE SOUTHERN CROSS, The History of Shaw Savill & Albion Limited 1858-1939
$45.00 AUD
Shaw Savill. London. 1939. 1st Ed., with a preface by the Right Honourable Viscount Runciman of Doxford. (6), 124 PP, XXVIII, (12 pages Index), plus 22 bw illust. on full page. Title page: The Company Flag (in colour). Gilt-engraved blue cloth cover. Ex-libris plate pasted down on inside front cover, light foxing on endpapers, o/wise near fine. Scarce. 22.7 x 15.2.
The close association between the Dominion of New Zealand and the Shaw Savill and Albion Company.
16823 BURGESS, Michael AIRCRAFT-CARRIERS AND AIRCRAFT-CARRYING CRUISERS
$10.00 AUD
Burgess Media Services. Wellington. 1980. 1st Ed. 64 PP with 60 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. Oblong: 14.5 x 21.
Pictorial record and history.
15786 BURKE, Iris & Keast (editors) THE SPANISH AT PORT JACKSON, THE VISIT OF THE CORVETTES DESCUBIERTA & ATREVIDA 1793
$60.00 AUD
Australian Documentary Facsimile Society. Sydney. 1967. Edition of 275 copies, of which 250 are signed. Preface by Dr. A. Grove Day, translations by Virginia M. Day. 48 PP printed on Glastonbury antique paper with 2 panoramas by Brambila tipped in, 8 pages of Viana's Journal, 2 pages holographs. Fp: Portrait of Malaspina. Eps: Sketches made by the expedition's artists. Hard cover, title on front board and spine. Fine. 28.6 x 22.2.
A stay of one month in 1793, at Port Jackson, during the Spanish scientific expedition to survey the Pacific, led by Malaspina and Bustamante Y Guerra.
16168 CORDINGLY, David NICHOLAS POCOCK, 1740-1821
$20.00 AUD
Conway Maritime Press / National Maritime Museum. London. 1986. 1st Ed., in Conway's Marine Artists series. 120 PP with 77 b/w plates, plus 8 colour plates on full page. Title spread: The capture of the Resistance and Constance. Hard cover, dj. Light foxing on inside of dust jacket, o/wise fine. 24.5 x 19. 085177377X
Whilst at sea, Nicholas Pocock restricted his artistic activities to pen & ink drawings in his logbooks. He had taught himself to draft and did not take up painting as a profession until he was nearly 40.
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...
16818 DAVIES, Paul THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR
$10.00 AUD
Pan Books. London. 1972. 1st Ed. in the Panorama of History series. 64 PP with 1 map, 1 battle plan, 8 tail pieces, 16 b/w and 20 colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. Oblong: 17.8 x 22.2. 0330028545
21st October 1805.
17511 DENING, Greg MR. BLIGH'S BAD LANGUAGE, Passion, Power and Theatre on the Bounty
$10.00 AUD
Cambridge University Press. London. 1992. 1st Ed. XII, 445 PP with 21 figures & 6 tables in text. Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing. Fine. 23.5 x 15.5. 0521383706
A new interpretation of the mutiny in the context of its historical and cultural representations. (analysis of naval life, cultural exploration,...).
16905 DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY AUSTRALIAN NAVAL HISTORY
$5.00 AUD
A.G.P.S. Canberra. 1973. 1st Ed. 14 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 29.5 x 21.
15610 DIDEROT SUPPLEMENT AU VOYAGE DE BOUGAINVILLE, publié d'après le manuscrit de Léningrad
$90.00 AUD
Librairie E. Droz & The Johns Hopkins Press. Paris & Baltimore. 1935. 1st French edition of September 1935. Foreword and notes by Gilbert Chinard. 213, (3) PP. Fp: Facsimile of the 1st page of the manuscript held in Leningrad (Saint Petersbourg). Brown cloth cover, gilt device on front board and spine, gilt title on spine. Small label of previous owner on front endpaper, o/wise fine. French text. Image shows Title-page and Frontispiece. 22.5 x 15.
On the French explorer Bougainville, his life and his circumnavigation. Thoughts on the discovery of France by Aotourou... The myths of the noble savage.
17700 DUNMORE, John PACIFIC EXPLORER, The Life of Jean-François de La Pérouse 1741-1788
$15.00 AUD
Dunmore Press. Palmerston North, NZ. 1985. 1st Ed. 318 PP with 1 genealogical tree, 8 maps and 26 bw illust. Title spread: La Pérouse's ship anchored at Maui, Hawaii. FEP: Portrait of La Pérouse. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 22.8 x 16. 0864690487
Biography of La Pérouse, family background, years in the Indian Ocean, campaigns against the Royal Navy, his two-and-half years expedition to the Pacific between 1785 and 1788.
17645 DUNMORE, John (editor) THE JOURNAL OF JEAN-FRANCOIS DE GALAUP DE LA PEROUSE 1785-1788 - Volume I
$30.00 AUD
Hakluyt Society. London. 1994. 1st Ed., Volume 179 in the Second series. CCXL, 232 PP plus 10 plates of illustrations & maps. Fp: View of Port des Français. Cloth cover, dj a little rubbed. Faint foxing, o/wise fine. 22.2 x 14. 0904180387
The expedition: background, participants, the ships, the instructions... then the Journal (56 pages) from Brest (August 1785) to Manilla Bay (February, 1787).
19883 DUNN, Laurence MERCHANT SHIPS OF THE WORLD, 1910-1929 in Colour
$5.00 AUD
Macmillan. New York. 1975. 1st US edit. 215 PP with a few b/w illust & 96 colour plates by the author. Hard cover, dj. Few foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 19.8 x 13.8.
Pictorial survey of the merchant ship, ocean liner, tramp steamer, freighter, tanker ...
18562 FAITH, Nicholas CLASSIC SHIPS, Romance and Reality
$10.00 AUD
Boxtree. London. 1995. 1st Ed. 144 PP with bw and col. illust. Half-title page: Brunel's Great Britain on her maiden voyage. Title-page: Tug boats. Hard cover, dj. Fine. Oblong: 24.5 x 28.7. 075221022X
Men o'war, great liners, working boats...
15976 FENTON, Roy SHIPS IN FOCUS RECORD - Issue Number 2, Volume 1
$20.00 AUD
J. & M. Clarkson. London. 1996. 1st Ed. Numbered page 65 to 128 with 91 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 29.8 x 21. 9771363167006
Aberdeen and Commonwealth Line (pages 66 to 75 with 20 b/w photos). Ropner trunk-deck steamers. Kenneth Shaw: captain/owner...
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...
14514 FLOWER, R. & JONES, M. W. LLOYD'S OF LONDON - An Illustrated History
$20.00 AUD
David & Charles. London. 1974. 1st Ed. 192 PP with b/w illustrations. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Foxing spots on outside edges and few pages, o/wise very good. 28.5 x 21.5. 0715366866
The history of this underwriting institution, together with an insight into the social & commercial development of London and the world trade.
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.
20734 GARDINER, Robert (editor) NAVIES AND THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775-1783
$35.00 AUD
Chatham & National Maritime Museum. London. 1996. 1st Ed., in the Chatham Pictorial History series. 192 PP with bw contemporary illustrations. Title spread: Battle at sea. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 29.5 x 25. 1861760175
17598 GLEESON, Max THE VANISHED FLEET OF THE SYDNEY COASTLINE
$15.00 AUD
Author. Sydney. 1993. 1st Ed. 168 PP with 37 b/w and 22 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 25 x 17. 0646136712
The events surrounding the loss of fifteen ships wrecked on the Sydney or Illawarra Coast. Woniora in 1882, Undola in 1918, Malabah in 1931, Birchgrove Park in 1956.
16827 GRAY, Ernest (editor) MAN MIDWIFE, The further experiences of John Knyveton, M.D., late Surgeon in the British Fleet, during the years 1763-1809
$20.00 AUD
Robert Hale. London. 1946. 1st Ed. 211 PP plus 6 bw plates. Hard cover, dj (a few chips). War economy paper. Very good. 22.2 x 14.2
Life ashore as a fashionable consultant after swallowing the anchor after the end of the Seven Years War.
35819 HALLS, Chris AUSTRALIA'S WORST SHIPWRECKS
$10.00 AUD
Rigby. Adelaide. 1978. 1st Ed. 158 PP with 5 maps, plus 8 pages with 14 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 22 x 14. 0727009494
Zuytdorp, Star of Greece, Quetta, ...
15611 HEDGES, A. A. C. THE VOYAGES OF CAPTAIN JAMES COOK
$5.00 AUD
Jarrold. London. 1983. 1st Ed. 32 PP with 30 b/w or colour illustrations. Title-page: Frontispiece of manuscript of Cook's charts. REP: map of Cook's three voyages. Pictorial card cover. Fine. 24.8 x 18. 0853064970
14913 HEYERDAHL, Thor THE VOYAGE OF RA II (in National Geographic Magazine - Volume 139, No.1, 1971)
$10.00 AUD
N.G.S. Washington. 1971. Volume 139, No. 1, January 1971. Article from P. 44 to 71 with 1 map and 28 col. photos in text. Pict Soft cover. Very good. 25.4 x 17.5.
By raft made of papyrus reeds, from Morocco to Barbados.
15933 HOEHLING, A. A. & Mary THE LAST VOYAGE OF THE LUSITANIA
$5.00 AUD
Quality Book Club / Longmans, Green & Co. London. 1957. 1st UK edition of the 1956 US original. VIII, 184 PP plus 16 pages with 22 b/w illust. Hard cover, title and libary number on spine (dulled) but no stamps inside. Good reading copy. Image shows title-page. 22.2. x 14.8.
Chronicle of the last days of this Atlantic liner, of her crew & passengers up to her torpedo sinking on May 7 1915 off the coast of Ireland. Loss of 1198 lives (124 of them American). The experiences of the survivors, the rescue..
18974 HOLDEN, R. & LONEY, J. EARLY SHIPPING IN THE PORT OF GEELONG
$15.00 AUD
J.K. Loney. Geelong. 1969. 2nd edition limited to 500 numbered copies. 76 PP with 1 map, plus 12 pages with 26 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Name at top of front cover and title-page. Signed by both authors on "Contents" page. Contents near fine. 20.6 x 14.2.
16074 HOLYOAK, Jon BALMORAL and the Story of the Bristol Channel Steamers
$10.00 AUD
Waverley Excursions. Glasgow. 1986. 1st Ed. 32 PP with 38 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Name of previous owner on inside front cover. Near fine. Oblong: 14.2 x 20.8. 0950517720
The excursion steamers of the Bristol Channel and the "Balmoral" restored to services by preservationists in 1986.
15909 HUTCHINGS, David F. RMS QUEEN MARY - 50 Years of Splendour
$10.00 AUD
Kingfisher. Southampton. 1990 Reprint of the June 1986 original. 56 PP with b/w & colour illust. Inside front cover: "Queen Mary" in her element. Inside back cover: Wonders of the "Queen Mary". Pictorial card cover. Small crease on back cover, o/wise fine. 27 x 21.5. 0946184232
A pictorial record.
19460 JONES, Vincent SAIL THE INDIAN SEA
$10.00 AUD
Gordon & Cremonesi. London. 1978. 1st Ed. 168 PP plus 16 pages with 31 b/w illust. FEP: Probable route of Vasca da Gama's first voyage. REP: Moorish trade routes before da Gama. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 26.5 x 17.5. 0860330214
Vasco da Gama: his travels, dominions and navigation. The discovery of the sea route to India.
17066 KANE, Herb Kawainui A CANOE HELPS HAWAII RECAPTURE HER PAST (in National Geographic Magazine)
$5.00 AUD
National Geographic Society. Washington. 1976. Volume 149, No 4, April 1976. Article from P. 468 to 489 with 1 map and 21 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 25.4 x 17.5.
Hokule'a: construction then training for the voyage of re-enactment between Hawai'i and Tahiti.
21196 KIRK, Allan A. SHIPS AND SAILORMEN
$10.00 AUD
Reed. Wellington. 1964. 1st Ed. XII, 196 PP with 2 maps, plus 16 pages with 49 photos. Hard cover, dj. (chipped and some pieces missing) and in a protective sleeve. Former owner's signature on FFEP. Foxing spots on outside edges and few pages. Other wise contents clean and still a very good copy. 22 x 14.5.
A collection of pen portraits of 21 ship masters and 4 others whose lives have been dedicated to the sea and sailing Australasian waters.
16173 LEPAGE, J. & RIETH, E. EX-VOTO MARINS DE MEDITERRANEE
$30.00 AUD
Musées de la Marine. Paris. 1978. 1st Ed. 146 PP with 23 sketch plans of Mediterranean traditional craft, 64 b/w and 12 colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 21.5 x 15.5.
Catalogue of an exhibition held in 1978-1979 on the votive paintings, artifacts and shipmodels found in the chapels and churches on the Mediterranean coast of France.
16171 LEPAGE, J., RIETH, E. & SAMSON, D. EX-VOTO MARINS DU PONANT, offerts à Dieu et à ses Saints par les gens de la Mer du Nord, de la Manche et de l'Atlantique
$25.00 AUD
Musées de la Marine. Paris. 1975. 1st Ed. 152 PP with 74 b/w and 10 colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 21.5 x 15.5.
Catalogue of an exhibition held 1975-1976 on the votive paintings, artifacts and shipmodels found in the chapels and churches of the French coasts of the Atlantic, the Channel and the North Sea.
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.
17067 LEWIS, David HOKULE`A FOLLOWS THE STARS TO TAHITI (in National Geographic Magazine)
$5.00 AUD
National Geographic Society. Washington. 1976. Volume 150, No 4, October 1976. Article from P. 512 to 537 with 1 map and 20 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. 25.4 x 17.5.
Hokule`a voyage to Tahiti. Traditional navigation of the Polynesians.
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
19322 LEWIS, Tom WRECKS IN DARWIN WATERS
$20.00 AUD
Turton & Armstrong. Sydney. 1992. 1st Ed. VIII, 97 PP with 45 b/w illustrations. Inside front cover: Darwin waters. Inside rear cover: Timor Sea and Van Diemen Gulf. Stiff covers, pictorial front. Occasional foxing. Near fine. 25 x 17.5. 908031459
Stories of misadventure, war, accident & storms which sent ships & aircraft to the bottom.
17225 LONEY, Jack LADY BAY WARRNAMBOOL, A Graveyard of Ships
$5.00 AUD
Marine History Publications. Geelong. 1982. Reprint of 1968 original. 20 PP, plus 8 pages with 1 plan & 7 b/w illust. Pict. soft cover. Fine. 20.8 x 14. 0909244103
Wrecks of Lady Bay near the city of Warrnambool.
17150 LONEY, Jack (editor) JACK LONEY'S MARITIME AUSTRALIA
$10.00 AUD
Author. Geelong. c. 1980. 1st Ed. 128 PP with 7 b/w illust. (4 photos, 2 maps & 1 painting), plus 16 pages with 30 b/w illust. Title page: Barque Polly Woodside undergoing restoration at Melbourne. Pictorial soft cover. Some light foxing, o/wise very good. 21.5 x 14. 0868951048
Short tales of ships and men on the oceans bordering Australia and its island dependencies.
15401 LUBBOCK, Basil THE LAST OF THE WINDJAMMERS - VOLUME II
$50.00 AUD
Brown, Son & Ferguson. Glasgow. 1976. Reprint of 1st Ed. (1929). XV, 448 PP plus 174 pages of illust., 17 pages of plans. Eps: Charts. Fp: Hougomont. Orig. cloth cover, gilt title on spine. A few marks and small bump on front cover, o/wise a fine copy. 24.5 x 18.5. 0851741142
The last boom in sail, the lime-juicers, the carriers of the 90's, the square-riggers of the 20th century, small fry.
18420 LUCIE-SMITH, Edward OUTCASTS OF THE SEA - Pirates and Piracy
$10.00 AUD
Paddington Press. London. 1978. 1st Ed. 256 PP with b/w illustrations. eps: Map of the Pirate Round. Hard cover, dj. Foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 26 x18.5. 0448226170
Survey of piracy, from the marauding exploits of ancient Greeks in the Mediterranean to the yacht-jacking of the 1970's.
16016 MACDONALD, Bill SAIL THE INLAND SEA - A Tale of Two Voyages from Thunder Bay to Saguenay Fjord
$15.00 AUD
Porphry Press. Thunder Bay, Ontario. 1993. 1st Ed. VI, (6), 201 PP with b/w photos, maps & plans. Pictorial card cover (lightly rubbed). Near fine. 21.2 x 13.5. 0969313853
The Great Lakes and the Saint Lawrence Seaway.
15376 MacGREGOR, David R. THE CHINA BIRD - The History of Captain Killick, and the Firm he Founded: Killick Martin & Company
$35.00 AUD
Conway Maritime Press. London. 1986. 2nd revised edition. 224 PP profusely illustrated throughout. Fp: The "Lothair". Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 29 x 22. 0851773818
Story of Killick & Martin, founded by Capt. James Killick of "Challenger" fame, described as "China Bird". Annual races of the tea clippers from Chinese ports to the docks of England.
16053 MacHAFFIE, Fraser G. THE SHORT SEA ROUTE, Portpatrick - Donaghadee, Stranraer - Larne, Cairnryan - Larne
$10.00 AUD
T. Stephenson. Prescot, UK. 1975. 1st Ed. XVI, 286 PP with 15 tail pieces in text plus 54 pages with 107 bw illust. Fp: Princess Victoria (1890) arriving at Stranraer. Eps: Map of the North Channel between Scotland and Ireland. Cloth cover, gilt title on a sunned spine. Occasional foxing spots. Very good. 22.2 x 14.5. 0901314161
The three passenger routes across the North Channel or Short Sea, linking 3 ports of Scotland to 2 ports of Ulster.
46937 MARINES THE ROYAL MARINES, The Admiralty Account of their Achievement 1939-1943
$5.00 AUD
HMSO. London. 1944. 1st Ed. 80 PP with 3 maps in text plus 16 pages with 21 bw photos. FEP: Marines in a landing boat. REP: Review of Royal Marines on deck. Decorated wrappers. Very good. 21.5 x 14.
Actions in the Faeroes and Iceland - Norway - Crete - Singapore and Burma - Madagascar - Dieppe.
16020 McLEAN, Gavin MASTERS OR SERVANTS?, A Short History of the New Zealand Merchant Service Guild and its Predecessors
$15.00 AUD
New Zealand Merchant Service Guild. Wellington. 1990. 1st Ed. 96 PP with 1 facsimile of documents and 6 tables in text plus 16 pages with 4 facsimiles of documents and 18 bw photos. Eps: Certificate of Registration and Incorporation for the MSG. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 21.8 x 15. 0473008246
18418 MERLIN, Jules TRAITE PRATIQUE DE VOILURE, ou exposé de méthodes simples et faciles pour calculer et couper toutes espèces de voiles
$30.00 AUD
Editions Omega. Nice. 1995. Facsimile reprint of the 1865 original. (4), 226 PP with 96 figures in text plus 6 large folded plates at back of book. Soft cover. French text. Fine. 23.6 x 15. 2906381187
Treatise on sail making.
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.
Longmans, Green & Co. London. 1953. 1st Ed. XVIII, 392 PP plus 100 pages with 4 photo-gravures, 6 colour illust. & 137 bw illust. Fp: Table Bay in 1851. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine (dulled). Light foxing, mostly on prelims and around some margins and outside page edges. A near fine copy of this scarce item. 24.2 x 17.4.
Hundred year history of the ships and men of this shipping line, in peace or in war. The struggle between the Union Line and its rival Castle Line up to their amalgamation in 1900.
21120 MURRAY-SMITH, Stephen SITTING ON PENGUINS - People and Politics in Australian Antarctica
$15.00 AUD
Hutchinson. Sydney. 1988. 1st Ed. XI, 249 PP with 18 drawings by Jan Senbergs, plus 8 pafges with 14 colour photos. Fp: Penguin. Eps: Map of Antarctic. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 23.5 x 16.2. 091691206
A trip made to the Antarctic in 1985/86 and a critique of the Australian policy on Antarctica.
17522 MUSCIANO, Walter A. BUILDING AND OPERATING MODEL SHIPS
$15.00 AUD
Robert Hale & Co. London. 1976. 1st UK edition, revised from the 1965 original by R.G. Moulton. 190 PP with many b/w illustrations (plans, photos and sketches). Fp: The author's son Gary building the motor-powered speedboat described in chapter 3. Hard cover, dj (price-clipped). Small piece missing on top corner of dj, a little light foxing on outside edges, o/wise near fine. 23.5 x 15.5. 070914859
Ship model building tools. Ship models in the marine industry...
12273 N/A THE PORT OF PORTLAND, Souvenir of Harbor Opening, November, 1960
$15.00 AUD
Port of Portland Development Association. Portland. 1960. 1st Ed. No pagination, 24 pages with 1 map and 26 b/w illustrations, plus 1 folded colour plate at back Impression of Ultimate Development of the Port of Portland. Pictorial card cover a little soiled and rubbed, o/wise very good. 23 x 17.
Development and construction of a modern port.
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
$15.00 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.
16358 OWEN, Roderic THE FATE OF FRANKLIN
$100.00 AUD
Hutchinson of Australia. Melbourne. 1978. 1st Australian edition. 471 PP with 15 text illustrations (4 facsimiles of manuscropts and drawings) and 10 maps (3 double page & 7 full page), plus 16 pages with 57 b/w illustrations. Fp: facsimile of the Illustrated Arctic News, a journal published on board HMS Resolute. Eps: Map of the Arctic. Cloth covers, dj. Bookplate of previous owner pasted down on half title page. Light foxing spots on outside edges and first few passages, o/wise near fine. Scarce. 24 x 15.5. 009131190X
The life and mysterious death of the most heroic Arctic explorer.
17597 PARSONS, Ronald SHIPWRECKS IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA - 1836-1875 (Book 1)
$10.00 AUD
Ronald Parsons. Magill. 1986. March 1986 edition of the 1981 original. IV, 79 PP, plus 8 pages with 10 b/w illustrations. Stapled typescript monograph printed on 2 columns. Pictorial soft covers with a few light marks, Oblong: 16 x 20.6. 0909418187
50526 PARSONS, Ronald YORKE PENINSULA SHIPPING
$10.00 AUD
Ronald Parsons. Murray Bridge, S.A. c. 2004. Reprint of the 1998 edition (original of 1976). 2, 26 PP, plus 5 pages with 6 b/w photos. Stapled typescript. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 21 x15. 0909418624
The development of passenger cargo shipping services to Yorke Peninsula ports in both Spencer & St. Vincent Gulfs.
17132 PARSONS, Ronald & WILLIAMS, R. THE RIVER BOATS
$10.00 AUD
R. Williams. Adelaide. 1992. 1st Ed., Volume I in the Discovering Australia's Pictorial Heritage with Rod Williams. 52 PP with 16 colour and 51 b/w photos. Pictorial card cover. Fine. 21 x 14.8. 0646103687
Pictorial souvenir of the Murray-Darling Basin river vessels.
16174 PINCKNEY, Pauline A. AMERICAN FIGUREHEADS And Their Carvers
$40.00 AUD
W. W. Norton & Co. New York. 1940. 1st Ed. 223 PP with 11 figures, plus 32 plates with 90 b/w illustrations. Cloth cover, gilt title on blue vignette on spine. Covers lightly soiled and rubbed, light discolouration of spine. Slight ageing of paper. 3 newspaper clippings on figureheads, loosely inserted. Very good and clean internally. Image shows Plate XIX. 25 x 19.5.
A comprehensive history of American figureheads with 4 appendices including a list of figureheads and the carvers.
22659 PRICE, Petty Officer Harry THE ROYAL TOUR 1901 or the Cruise of the H.M.S. Ophir
$5.00 AUD
Webb & Bower. Exeter. 1980. Facsimile edition of the 1901 manuscripts. No pagination. (8), 192 pages of manuscript with delightful watercolours of daily life at sea, ports of call, etc... Fp: Harry Price in uniform. Eps. Hard cover, gilt device on front cover, dj. Fine. 28.7 x 19.7. 0906671108
Being a lower deck account of their Royal Highnesses, the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York's voyage around the British Empire.
16833 RAN THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY
$5.00 AUD
Department of Defence / A.G.P.S. Canberra. 1992. 1st Ed. 40 PP with 34 profiles, 5 b/w and 40 colour photos. Title-page: R.A.N. Ensign. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 25 x 17.5. 0644140518
Australian Defence policy and the Royal Australian Navy in the 1990's and beyond.
30431 RANDIER, Jean MEN AND SHIPS AROUND CAPE HORN 1616-1939
$50.00 AUD
David McKay. New York. 1969. 1st US edition. Tranlated from the 1966 French original by M. W. B. Sanderson. 360 PP with b/w & colour illust. throughout. Eps: Chart of Straits of Magellan & Tierra del Fuego. Cloth cover, price-clipped dust jacket. A near fine copy. 25.5 x 21.
One of the best anthologies written on tall ships and their struggles rounding the Horn.
16836 ROYAL NAVY FLEET AIR ARM, The Admiralty Account of Naval Air Operations
$5.00 AUD
HMSO / Ministry of Information. London. 1943. 1st Ed. 128 PP with 3 maps, 6 Arm Badges and 94 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 22.8 x 17.5.
Naval air power - Eyes of the Fleet - Striking forces - Escort duties...
17051 SEVERIN, Tim IN THE WAKE OF SINDBAD (in National Geographic Magazine, Volume 162, No. 1)
$10.00 AUD
N.G.S. Washington. 1982. Volume 162, No. 1, July 1982. Article from P. 2 to 41 with 1 map, 3 drawings and 32 col. photos. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 25.4 x 17.5.
Re-enactment of traditional sailing between Oman and China on board a dhow.
58007 SEXTON, R. T. SHIPPING ARRIVALS & DEPARTURES - SOUTH AUSTRALIA 1627-1850 - A Guide for Genealogists & Maritime Historians
$30.00 AUD
Gould & Roebuck. Canberra. 1990. 1st Ed. Roebuck Society Publication No. 42. 272 PP with 3 maps & 3 illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Note on title page signed by the author. Near fine. 24 x 18. 0947284192
A chronological listing of vessels of the exploring era 1627-1803, the sealing era 1803-1835, and colonial South Australia starting with the arrival of the Africaine.
17512 SHAPIRO, H. L. THE HERITAGE OF THE BOUNTY, The Story of Pitcairn through six generations
$60.00 AUD
Simon and Schuster. New York. 1936. 1st US Ed. XV, 329 PP, plus 8 pages with 18 b/w photos. Endpapers: map of the Pacific, with insert 'Pitcairn Island". Illustrated cloth cover and spine, pictorial dust jacket. Ex-libris of previous owner on inside front cover. Covers have light wear, dust jacket has a few chips and a browned spine. Contents are clean and a near fine copy. Scarce. 24 x 15.5.
Story of a 10 day visit on the "Zaca" in 1934 and account of researches on the Pitcairn Islanders by this American anthropologist.
15209 SIMPER, Robert VICTORIAN AND EDWARDIAN YACHTING From Old Photographs
$20.00 AUD
Batsford. London. 1984. Reprint of the 1978 original. No pagination, 120 pages with 110 b/w photos. Fp: Frank Beken with his camera in the launch "Rosabelle". Hard cover, dj. Light foxing on prelims and last pages, otherwise a fine copy. 25.2 x 19. 0713409142
A period when yachts were very photogenic.
18423 SIMPER, Robert BRITAIN'S MARITIME HERITAGE
$15.00 AUD
David & Charles. Newton Abbot. 1982. 1st Ed. 392 PP with b/w & col. illust. (paintings, photos, plans, ..). Fp: Coastal trader loading timber. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 22.8 x 15.2. 0715381776
Early voyages of discovery to shipbuilders & engineers of the 19th & 20th century. From the coracles and the Brixham trawlers, to the tea clippers & the dreadnoughts.
42096 SMITH, Ronald Bishop THE FIRST AGE OF THE PORTUGUESE EMBASSIES, NAVIGATIONS AND PEREGRINATIONS TO THE ANCIENT KINGDOMS OF CAMBAY AND BENGAL (1500-1521)
$25.00 AUD
Author. Bethesda, Maryland, USA. 1969. 1st Ed. 155 PP, plus 2 folded maps of Cambay and Bengal. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine and front cover. Ex library copy with a neat and discreet cancellation stamp at top of page 3, on top outside edge, and gilt numbers on spine. An otherwise near fine copy. 23.2 x 15.8.
Kingdoms of Diul (Sind), Cambay and Malwa, on the Arabian sea. Kingdom of Bengal and the city of Gaur.
75320 SMITH, Windas H.M.A.S. LATROBE - The Story of an Australian Corvette, 1942-1946
$20.00 AUD
Author. Hobart. 1987. 1st Ed. (I), 87 PP with b/w illustrations (1 menu, 2 crests and 3 photos), plus 1 large folded map of Australia's Northern reaches and Appendix tipped-in on inside back cover. Title page: Crest of "Latrobe". Near fine. Scarce. 24.5 x 17. 0731609808
One of the 60 Bathurst Class minesweepers, related by her last war-time Captain.
16179 SNYDER, Paul & Arthur HANDLING ROPES & LINES AFLOAT
$15.00 AUD
Nautical Publishing. London. 1970. Revised and enlarged edition of the 1967 original. (6), 104 PP with 201 b/w photos. Hard cover (simile vellum), dj (price clipped). Very good. 26 x 17.8. 0245506152
A guide on knots, coils and fouled lines, line handling... 8 pages of glossary terms.
20930 SPRATT, H.P. MERCHANT STEAMERS AND MOTOR-SHIPS, Handbook of the Collections Illustrating ... PART II, Descriptive Catalogue
$5.00 AUD
HMSO. London. c. 1968. Revised edition of the 1949 original. 154 PP plus 14 pages with 13 b/w photos. Fp: T.S. Queen Elizabeth. Soft covers a little soiled around edges, o/wise near fine. 24.4 x 15.2. 901805017
Detailed description of the vessels present in the Science Museum Collection: passenger vessels, cargo vessels, oil tankers, power yachts,...
18797 STRANGE, James JAMES STRANGE'S JOURNAL AND NARRATIVE OF THE COMMERCIAL EXPEDITION FROM BOMBAY TO THE NORTHWEST COAST OF AMERICA
$30.00 AUD
Ye Galleon Press. Fairfield, Washington. 1982. Reprint of the 1928 original, with an introductory material by A.V. Venkatarama Ayyar, and notes by John Hosie & F. W. Howay. 144, (2 colophon) PP with 3 b/w plates, plus folded map in back pocket. Eps: chart of the Cook Channel and Strange Island near Nootka Island. Hard cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj. Occasional light foxing spots, o/wise fine. 23.8 x 16.2. 0877702675
Expedition to the North-west Coast of America in 1786, which sailed from Bombay on 08/12/1785, on board the Captain Cook and The Experiment.
21269 TAYLOR, A. Carey, WINKS, Robin W. & KUGLER, Richard C. THE OPENING OF THE PACIFIC, Image and Reality - Maritime Monographs and Reports No 2
$20.00 AUD
National Maritime Museum. London. 1971. 28 PP, plus 1 map on double page at centerfold. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 29.5 x 20.8.
3 papers read at a symposium held at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich on 7th November 1970: Charles de Brosses, the man behind Cook - Getting to know the "beau sauvage" - The penetration of the Pacific by American whalemen in the 19th century.
17901 TOGHILL, Jeff THE JAMES CRAIG - Her history, recovery and restoration
$5.00 AUD
Reed. Sydney. 1979. Reprint of the 1978 original. 32 PP with 1 ship profile, 1 map, 9 bw and 48 col. photos in text. Inside back cover: 2 bw photos of the James Craig under full canvas, and in her port of registry. Pictorial soft cover (painting of James Craig by Oswald Brett). Fine. 24 x 18.5. 0589500597
Launched 18 February 1874 as Clan Macleod from the Sunderland shipyard. Sold to J.J. Craig shipowner of Auckland New Zealand 15 August 1899 and renamed James Craig on 14 December 1905...
12445 VILLIERS, Alan ENGLAND'S SCILLIES, THE FLOWERING ISLES (in National Geographic Magazine, Volume 132, No.1, 1967)
$10.00 AUD
National Geographic Society. Washington. 1967. Contains article between P.126 and 145 with 2 maps and 26 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 25.4 x 17.5.
Archipelago off the South West corner of Cornwall.
18660 VILLIERS, Alan SHIPS THROUGH THE AGES: A Saga of the Sea (in National Geographic, Volume 123, No. 4, 1963)
$15.00 AUD
National Geographic Society. Washington. 1963. Volume 123, No. 4, April 1963. Contains article between pages 494 and 545 with 22 b/w and 32 colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 25.4 x 17.5.
Evolution of the ship: from drifting log to nuclear powered freighter. From tribal cataraman to transatlantic liners and 100,000 tons tankers.
18681 VILLIERS, Alan THE ALICE IN AUSTRALIA'S WONDERLAND (in National Geographic Magazine - Volume 129, No 2, February 1966)
$10.00 AUD
National Geographic Society. Washington. 1966. Contains article between P. 230 and 257 with 2 maps and 31 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Spine reinforced, o/wise very good. 25.4 x 17.5.
Alice Springs, Northern Territory of Australia.
18686 VILLIERS, Alan MAGELLAN. A Voyage into the Unknown Changed Man's Understanding of his World (in National Geographic Magazine - Volume 149, No.6, June 1976)
$10.00 AUD
National Geographic Society. Washington. 1976. June 1976. Contains article between pages 720 and 753 with 2 maps, 1 b/w and 30 colour Illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 25.4 x 17.5.
Magellan and the first voyage around the world.
16839 WATTS, Anthony J. (editor) WARSHIPS AND NAVIES 1973
$10.00 AUD
Ian Allan. London. 1972. 1st Ed. 136 PP with 13 colour photos, 116 b/w photos & paintings and 2 line drawings. Fp: Harrier hovering above Ark Royal. Hard cover, dj. Very good. 24.2 x 18. 0711003858
17052 WILFORD, John Noble THE MAPMAKERS
$20.00 AUD
Alfred A. Knopf. New York. 1981. 1st Ed. XII, 414 PP (4), with 39 b/w illust. in text. Title page/Fp: Map of North America. Eps: Nova Totivs Terrarvm Orbis Geographica. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket a little sunned around spine, with a couple of very small chips, o/wise a fine copy. 24 x 17.2. 0862450411
The great pioneers in cartography, from antiquity to the space age. The technological revolution transforming cartography and the study of geography.