70394 AAMH THE GREAT CIRCLE: Journal of the Australian Association for Maritime History - Volume 35, No. 1 $15.00 AUD
The Australian Association for Maritime History. Perth, W.A. 2013. Vol. 35, No.1 - 2013, edited by Michael Sturma. 116 PP with 5 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 24 x 16.3.
No. 1: Alexander Smith, RN (1812-172): Antarctic Explorer and Goldfields Commissioner, by John Ramsland. Disaster in the Indian Ocean: the lost Company Fleet of 1662, by Alfons van der Kraan.
70395 AAMH THE GREAT CIRCLE: Journal of the Australian Association for Maritime History - Volume 36, No. 2 $15.00 AUD
The Australian Association for Maritime History. Perth, W.A. 2014. Vol. 36, No.2 - 2014, edited by Michael McCarthy. (6), 108 PP with 13 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 24 x 16.3.
No. 2. A Book of Empires: the Journal of Mary Ann Friend, 1829-31, by Deborah Care. ... Ship to shore: George Grey's Epic Coastal Explorations in Western Australia, 1837-39, by Matthew Mullumby.
43000 AHLSTRÖM, Christian & KEHUSMAA, Aimo DOCUMENTARY RESEARCH ON THE WRECK AT JUSSARÖ / THE SOFIA MARIA, A DUTCH KOFF FOUNDERED IN THE YEAR 1859 OUTSIDE OULU (in The Maritime Museum of Finland, Annual Report) $10.00 AUD
Section for Maritime History, National Board of Antiquities of Finland. Helsinki. 1982. Annual Report 1981. 16 PP with 14 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. Oblong: 19.8 x 20.5.
34394 AIMA THE BULLETIN OF THE AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE FOR MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY - Volume 8, No. 1, 1984 $15.00 AUD
AIMA / Australian Institute for Maritime Archaeology. Fremantle. 1984. Edited by Jeremy GREEN. (2), 42 PP with 22 figures. Soft cover, illustrated front. Fine. 29.6 x 21.
Iron Whaler wrecked off Fraser Island, Norwegian Bay, W. A., by Myra Stanbury. Site believed to be the HMAS Sydney, by Mike McCarthy.
34403 AIMA THE BULLETIN OF THE AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE FOR MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY - Volume 20, No. 2 $20.00 AUD
AIMA / Australian Institute for Maritime Archaeology. Adelaide. 1996. Volume 20, Number 2, 1996. Edited by Jeremy Green & Myra Stanbury. 70 PP with b/w figures (drawings, maps, photos). Illustrated soft cover. Fine. 29.6 x 21.
Shipwreck of the Northern Territory, by Cosmos Coreoneos. Catalina wreck sites in East Arm, Darwin Harbour by Silvano Jung.
59398 AIMA THE BULLETIN OF THE AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE FOR MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY - Volume 7, No. 1, 1983 $15.00 AUD
AIMA / Australian Institute for Maritime Archaeology. Fremantle. 1983. Edited by Jeremy GREEN. II, 47 PP with 1 table and 29 figures. Soft cover, illustrated front. Fine. 29.3 x 21.
Ships fastenings, by Mike McCarthy. Report of the 1981 Leeman expedition, wreck on Drummond Rock, by Mark Staniforth.
59401 AIMA THE BULLETIN OF THE AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE FOR MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY - Volume 11, No. 1 - 1987 $20.00 AUD
AIMA / Australian Institute for Maritime Archaeology. Fremantle. 1987. Edited by Jeremy GREEN. 60 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings and photos). Soft cover, illustrated front. Fine. 29.6 x 21.
Proceedings of the AIMA seminar on Cultural Resource Management held at Queenscliff, 16-20 September 1986.
59402 AIMA THE BULLETIN OF THE AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE FOR MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY - Volume 11, No. 2 - 1987 $20.00 AUD
AIMA / Australian Institute for Maritime Archaeology. Fremantle. 1987. Edited by Jeremy GREEN. 52 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings and photos). Soft cover, illustrated front. Fine. 29.6 x 21.
Rowley Shoals wreck and study of Whaling in the South Seas, by Karen Atkinson. Western Australia's shore-based whaling heritage, by Nuala Randall...
59403 AIMA THE BULLETIN OF THE AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE FOR MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY - Volume 12, No.1 - 1988 $20.00 AUD
AIMA / Australian Institute for Maritime Archaeology. Fremantle. 1988. Edited by Jeremy GREEN. 56 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, maps and photos). Soft cover, illustrated front. Fine. 29.6 x 21.
Wreck Reef controversy, by Warren Delaney. The Pandora project, by Peter Gesner, and Mark McCafferty.
59405 AIMA THE BULLETIN OF THE AUSTRALASIAN INSTITUTE FOR MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY - Volume 25, 2001 $35.00 AUD
AIMA / Australasian Institute for Maritime Archaeology. Sydney. 2001. Edited by Jeremy GREEN & Myra STANBURY. 128 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, maps and photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21.
Pearl shelling in the Torres Strait, by E. McPhee. Polynesian fishing implements from HMS Pandora, by T. Fallowfield. ... Heritage and Tourism ...
73785 AIMA THE BULLETIN OF THE AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE FOR MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY - Volume 9, No. 1 & 2, 1985 $25.00 AUD
AIMA / Australian Institute for Maritime Archaeology. Melbourne. 1985. Edited by Paul Hundley & Myra Stanbury. (4), 48 PP with b/w illustrations: drawings, sketches, maps and plans, photos. Soft cover, illustrated front. Fine. 29.3 x 21.
Lifting heavy artefacts from the wreck site, by Geoff Kimpton. ... Introduction and use of copper sheathing - A History, by Mark Staniforth.
73786 AIMA THE BULLETIN OF THE AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE FOR MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY - Volume 12, No.2 - 1988 $20.00 AUD
AIMA / Australian Institute for Maritime Archaeology. Fremantle. 1988. Edited by Jeremy GREEN. 46 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, maps and photos). Soft cover, illustrated front. Fine. 29.6 x 21.
Colonies, convicts and filtering stones, by Myra Stanbury & Ian D. Macleod. Shipbuilding in Northern Tasmania, by Zuzana K. Orme.
AIMA / Australian Institute for Maritime Archaeology. Fremantle. 1980. Edited by Jeremy GREEN. No pagination, 54 PP with tables and 5 figures. Soft cover, title on front board, staples, cloth spine. Near fine. 29.5 x 21.
73794 AIMA AUSTRALIAN MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY ASSOCIATION - Newsletter No. 3, 1980 $10.00 AUD
AIMA / Australian Institute for Maritime Archaeology. Fremantle. 1980. Edited by Jeremy GREEN. No pagination, 32 PP with tables and 6 drawings. Soft cover, title on front board, staples, cloth spine. Near fine. 29.5 x 21.
73795 AIMA MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA - Newsletter No. 2. 1, September 1979 $10.00 AUD
AIMA / Australian Institute for Maritime Archaeology. Fremantle. 1979. Edited by Jeremy GREEN. No pagination, 52 PP with drawings. Soft cover, title on front board, staples, cloth spine. Near fine. 29.5 x 21.
AIMA / Australian Institute for Maritime Archaeology. Fremantle. 1979. Edited by Jeremy GREEN. No pagination, 22 PP with tables and drawings. Soft cover, title on front board, staples. Near fine. 29.5 x 21.
73797 AIMA AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE FOR MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY - Newsletter Vol. 3, No. 2, 1985 $10.00 AUD
AIMA / Australian Institute for Maritime Archaeology. Hobart. 1985. Edited by Paul Clark. No pagination, 22 PP (typescript) with tables and drawings. Stapled wrappers, title on front page. Very good. 29.5 x 21.
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.
41329 ANDERSON, Ross WRECKS ON THE REEF - A guide to historic shipwrecks at Port Phillip Heads $25.00 AUD
Heritage Council Victoria. Melbourne. 1997. 1st Ed. (4), 84 PP with 68 figures (b/w and colour). Pictorial soft cover. Remainder mark on top outside page edge, o/wise near fine. Oblong: 17.6 x 26.2. 0731106105
71552 ARMSTRONG, Warren SQUARE-RIGGER DAYS $25.00 AUD
Heinemann. London. 1964. 1st Ed. (6), 191 PP, plus 16 pages with 24 b/w illustrations. Orig. cloth cover, gilt-engraved spine, dj (price clipped). Dust jacket frayed at head and foot of spine with a piece missing at the back and now in a clear protective sleeve. Stamp of previous owner on endpapers and outside edges. Very good copy of a scarce title. 22.2 x 14.2.
History of the square-riggers, the triumphs & tragedies which befell them: Lightning, Thermopylae & Cutty Sark. Kobenhavn lost without trace..
73747 ARMSTRONG, Warren LAST VOYAGE, A Saga of Ships that Never Came Back $25.00 AUD
Frederick Muller Ltd. London. 1956. 1st Ed. 239 PP plus 12 pages with 21 b/w illustrations/photos. Hard cover, price-clipped dust jacket has light wear and is in a protective sleeve. Dedicatory note to previous owner on FFEP. A near fine copy. Scarce with the dust jacket. 20.2 x 13.5.
The "Essex", sunk by a sperm whale, the "Titanic" sunk by an iceberg, the "Normandie" sunk in New York Harbour...
Maritime Museum Association of San Diego. San Diego. 1991. Vol. XXVII, No. 2, Winter 1991. 24 PP with 2 colour and 15 b/w illustrations (1 engraving, 14 photos). Pictorial soft covers (ferryboat Berkeley). Near fine. 28 x 21.5.
In Eastern Seas; "Euterpe" in the Indian Trade, by Craig Arnold. Nelson's Dockyard on Antigua, by Al Deahl. Death of a Princess (Princess Louise), by Robert V. Schwemmer.
58555 ARNOTT, Terry (editor) MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY ASSOCIATION OF VICTORIA - Annual Report 1984 $5.00 AUD
Maritime Archaeology Association of Victoria. Melbourne. 1984. 1st edition. (26) PP (recto only) with tables. Soft cover. Fine. 29.7 x 21.3.
56141 AUSTRALASIAN INSTITUTE FOR MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY (AIMA) THE BULLETIN OF THE AUSTRALASIAN INSTITUTE FOR MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY - Special Publication No.14 $45.00 AUD
Australasian Institute for Maritime Archaeology. Fremantle. 2008. 1st Ed. Special Publication Australian National Centre of Excellence for Maritime Archaeology No. 12. (2), X, 64 PP with 10 tables, 45 b/w figures (engravings and paintings, maps and plans, drawings and photos) and 2 figures with b/w drawings and 11 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.7 x 21. 9781876465032
... Shipwreck salvage in the Northern Territory: The wreck of the Brisbane as a case study in site salvage and material culture reuse, by David Steinberg.
59407 AUSTRALASIAN INSTITUTE FOR MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY (AIMA) THE BULLETIN OF THE AUSTRALASIAN INSTITUTE FOR MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY - Volume 26 $35.00 AUD
AIMA / Australasian Institute for Maritime Archaeology. Sydney. 2002. Volume 26, 2002. Edited by Jeremy GREEN & Myra STANBURY. 132 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, maps and photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21.
Holdfast Bay Project / Jetty, by M. McCarthy, J. Rodrigues... Stone anchor from Bet Dwarka Island, Gujarat Coast. The Tahitian Mourner's costume from HMS Pandora, by P. Illidge. ...
59408 AUSTRALASIAN INSTITUTE FOR MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY (AIMA) THE BULLETIN OF THE AUSTRALASIAN INSTITUTE FOR MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY - Volume 27 $30.00 AUD
AIMA / Australasian Institute for Maritime Archaeology. Sydney. 2003. Volume 27, 2003. Edited by Jeremy GREEN & Myra STANBURY. 139 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, maps and photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21.
Loch Ard disaster, by K. Fielding. Gabo Island jetty shed, by P. Davies and S. Lawrence. ... Anchors from Goa waters, by S. Tripati. Dutch Maritime Heritage Management, by T.J. Maarsleveld.
59409 AUSTRALASIAN INSTITUTE FOR MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY (AIMA) THE BULLETIN OF THE AUSTRALASIAN INSTITUTE FOR MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY - Volume 28 $35.00 AUD
AIMA / Australasian Institute for Maritime Archaeology. Sydney. 2004. Edited by Jeremy GREEN & Myra STANBURY. 145 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, maps and photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21.
Whaling and colonial trade, shipwreck of Cheviot, by R. Anderson. The Australian built schooner Alert, by M. Nash. ... Stone anchor from Saurashstra coast, India, by A.S. Gaur. ...
59410 AUSTRALASIAN INSTITUTE FOR MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY (AIMA) THE BULLETIN OF THE AUSTRALASIAN INSTITUTE FOR MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY - Volume 29, 2005 $35.00 AUD
AIMA / Australasian Institute for Maritime Archaeology. Sydney. 2005. Edited by Jeremy GREEN & Myra STANBURY. 88 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, maps and photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21.
Investigation of a survivor camp from the Sydney Cove Shipwreck, by M. Nash. Watercraft discard in Tasmania. Watercraft abandonment in Australia, by N. Richards. ...
59411 AUSTRALASIAN INSTITUTE FOR MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY (AIMA) THE BULLETIN OF THE AUSTRALASIAN INSTITUTE FOR MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY - Volume 30 $35.00 AUD
AIMA / Australasian Institute for Maritime Archaeology. Sydney. 2006. Volume 30, 2006. Edited by Jeremy GREEN & Myra STANBURY. 145 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, maps and photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21.
Mongolian fleet sunk off Japan, by J. Kimura. ... Study of the Asmat Canoes, Irian Jaya, by N. Bigourdan. ... Underwater excavation of the site in the "Tupapaurau", Society Island, by M. Guérout et R. Veccella. Portuguese shipwreck in Goa, by S. Tripati.
60163 AUSTRALASIAN INSTITUTE FOR MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY (AIMA) THE BULLETIN OF THE AUSTRALASIAN INSTITUTE FOR MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY - Volume 34 $30.00 AUD
AIMA / Australasian Institute for Maritime Archaeology. Sydney. 2010. Volume 34, 2010. Edited by Myra STANBURY. 76 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, maps and photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21.
... Excavation of a fine instrument mechanism: conservation ..., by Marie-Armande Coignard and Richard Garcia. In-situ preservation and storage ..., by Nicole Ortmann, Jennifer McKinnon and Vicki Richards. Victoria's sunken navy: the auxiliary gunboats Batman and Fawkner, by Peter Taylor. ... The Dunbar: a melancholy Obsession, by Kieran Hosty. ...
62278 AUSTRALASIAN INSTITUTE FOR MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY (AIMA) THE BULLETIN OF THE AUSTRALASIAN INSTITUTE FOR MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY - Volume 35 $45.00 AUD
AIMA / Australasian Institute for Maritime Archaeology. Sydney. 2011. Volume 35, 2011. Edited by Myra STANBURY. 80 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (drawings, maps and photos). Pictorial soft cover. New. 29.8 x 21.
Early historic shipwreck at Godawaya, Sri Lanka. ... Archaeology and the HMAS Sydney, by M. McCarthy. Dampier's Roebuck, by R T. Sexton. ... Survey of the 12th to 15th-century wharf structure and house of the Concubines Mua/Lapaha, Tongatapu, Kingdom of Tonga, by R. Hawarden, B. Alexander and C. Schab ...
34399 AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE FOR MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY THE BULLETIN OF THE AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE FOR MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY - Volume 17, No.2 (1993) $40.00 AUD
AIMA / Australian Institute for Maritime Archaeology. Fremantle. 1993. Edited by Jeremy GREEN & Myra STANBURY. 48 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial card cover. Near fine. 29.6 x 21.
Contains articles: The Yatra Dhoni of Sri Lanka by Tom Vosmer, The Walter Hood: Walking the Waters, by Timothy Smith....
34402 AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE FOR MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY THE BULLETIN OF THE AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE FOR MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY - Volume 19, No.1, 1995 $40.00 AUD
AIMA / Australian Institute for Maritime Archaeology. Fremantle. 1995. Edited by Jeremy GREEN & Myra STANBURY. 44 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial card cover. Near fine. 29.6 x 21.
Articles include: Indigenous Water-craft use in Australia, The Big Picture and small experiments on the Queensland coast, (M.J. Rowland), Life on board Manila galleons, (Jinky Smalley), ...
59404 AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE FOR MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY THE BULLETIN OF THE AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE FOR MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY - Volume 23, 1999 $30.00 AUD
AIMA / Australian Institute for Maritime Archaeology. Sydney. 1999. Edited by Jeremy GREEN & Myra STANBURY. 128 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, maps and photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21.
Pitcairn project: Mutineer settlement, by Nigel Erskine. La Bella and Polly Woodside (S; Strachan). Comparison: the Yongala and Cooma shipwrecks (V. Moran & B. Jeffrey). Wooden dug-out canoe discovered in the Solitary Island Marine Park (W.E. Boyd). S.S. Papanui, wrecked on St Helena Island, by Adam Wolfe.
73781 AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE FOR MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY THE BULLETIN OF THE AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE FOR MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY - Volume 31, 2007 $35.00 AUD
AIMA / Australian Institute for Maritime Archaeology. Sydney. 2007. Edited by Jeremy GREEN & Myra STANBURY. 104 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, maps and photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21.
Aboriginal watercraft depictions in Western Australia, by Nicolas Bigourdan. Stone structures of Goddesses on the boats from Goa,... (A.S. Gaur & R. Kerkar). Broome's World War II flying boat wrecks sites Broome, by S. Jung. Shipwreck at Pointe aux Feuilles, Mauritius: Le Coureur (1818), by I.A. Metwalli, et al. Survey of maritime infrastructures at Sarah Island penal settlement, by Michael Nash.
73782 AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE FOR MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY THE BULLETIN OF THE AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE FOR MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY - Volume 32, 2008 $35.00 AUD
AIMA / Australian Institute for Maritime Archaeology. Sydney. 2008. Edited by Jeremy GREEN & Myra STANBURY. 90 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, maps and photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21.
Last remnants of New Zealand's first Navy - PS Rangiriri, by A. Dodd. Discovering new grounds - AIMA's mapping the Australian Coast database, by R. Anderson.e
73783 AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE FOR MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY THE BULLETIN OF THE AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE FOR MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY - Volume 33, 2009 $35.00 AUD
AIMA / Australian Institute for Maritime Archaeology. Sydney. 2009. Edited by Jeremy GREEN & Myra STANBURY. 86 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, maps and photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21.
Japanese salvage divers and allied shipwrecks in post war Darwin, by D. Steinberg. Catalina flying boat wreck, Roebuck Bay, by S. Jung. Neolithic and early Bronze Age reed boats and watercraft from Mesopotomia and the Persian Gulf.
73792 AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE FOR MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY THE BULLETIN OF THE AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE FOR MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY - Volume 19, No.2, 1995 $25.00 AUD
AIMA / Australian Institute for Maritime Archaeology. Adelaide. 1995. Edited by Jeremy GREEN & Myra STANBURY. 48 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial card cover. Near fine. 29.6 x 21.
Articles include: The management of the Mannum Dry Dock, by Bill Jeffery. Wreck of the convict ship "Hive", south of Jervis Bay, by David Nutley. The 19th century "Pacific Guano Trade", by Dan O'Donnell.
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...
34400 AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE FOR MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY (AIMA) THE BULLETIN OF THE AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE FOR MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY - Volume 18, No. 2, 1994 $20.00 AUD
AIMA / Australian Institute for Maritime Archaeology. Adelaide. 1994. Edited by Jeremy GREEN & Myra STANBURY. 44 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, maps and photos). Illustrated soft cover. Near fine. 29.6 x 21.
Contains articles: Stone-shank anchors of the Arab-Indian trade, by Gerhard Kapitän. Chinese Maritime History and nautical archaeology, by Hans Van Tilburg. The Batavia Project, by Robert Parthesius. Maritime Graffiti in Oman, by Sarah Kenderdine & Tom Vosmer.
49594 AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE FOR MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY (AIMA) THE BULLETIN OF THE AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE FOR MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY - Volume 21, Nos.1 & 2, 1997 $30.00 AUD
AIMA / Australian Institute for Maritime Archaeology. Sydney. 1997. Includes article on the Pandora between pages 1 and 8 with 12 figures (2 maps, 8 drawings and 2 b/w photos). Pictorial card cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21.
Eighteenth Century Wooden Clubs from HMS Pandora: A Preliminary Analysis, by Janet Campbell.
49595 AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE FOR MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY (AIMA) THE BULLETIN OF THE AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE FOR MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY - Volume 21, Nos 1 & 2, 1997 $30.00 AUD
AIMA / Australian Institute for Maritime Archaeology. Sydney. 1997. Edited by Jeremy GREEN & Myra STANBURY. 134 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, maps and photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21.
Wooden clubs from the Pandora. the Duyfken project. ... On the barque Day Dawn, wrecked on Quindalup Beach in August 1886. Built in 1831 as the New Bedford Whaleship Thomas Nye. The Exceptional "Janggolan", from Madura by Nick Burningham and Jeffrey Mellefont. ...
52066 AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE FOR MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY (AIMA) THE BULLETIN OF THE AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE FOR MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY - Volume 13, No. 1, 1989 $20.00 AUD
AIMA / Australian Institute for Maritime Archaeology. Fremantle. 1989. Edited by Jeremy GREEN & Myra STANBURY. 26 PP with 35 figures (drawings and photos). Illustrated soft cover. Fine. 29.6 x 21.
Articles include: Defence and Victorian Shipwrecks, by Leonie Foster. Aarhus wreck site, off Moreton Island, Qld.
52069 AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE FOR MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY (AIMA) THE BULLETIN OF THE AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE FOR MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY - Special Publication No.2 $30.00 AUD
AIMA / Australian Institute for Maritime Archaeology. Fremantle. 1984. VI, 60 PP with 21 figures (3 maps, drawings and b/w photos). Illustrated soft cover. Fine. 29.6 x 21.
Cavalier de La Salle vessel, wrecked in 1679, Lake Huron, Great Lakes. The Griffon Cove Wreck: a case study in archaeological reconstruction of timber hull remains, by Paul F. HUNDLEY.
59397 AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE FOR MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY (AIMA) THE BULLETIN OF THE AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE FOR MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY - Volume 6, 1982 $15.00 AUD
AIMA / Australian Institute for Maritime Archaeology. Fremantle. 1982. Edited by Jeremy GREEN. II, 84 PP with 36 figures. Soft cover, illustrated front, staples, cloth spine. Near fine. 29.7 x 21.
Wreck of the Sydney Cove, by Ken Atherton and Shirley Lester. Shipwrecks on the Margaret Brock Reef, off Cape Jaffa, S.E of South Australia, by Terry Drew and Bill Jeffery.
59399 AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE FOR MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY (AIMA) THE BULLETIN OF THE AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE FOR MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY - Volume 8, No. 2, 1984 $15.00 AUD
AIMA / Australian Institute for Maritime Archaeology. Fremantle. 1984. Edited by Jeremy GREEN. (4), 46 PP with b/w illustrations(figures and photos). Soft cover, illustrated front. Covers a little soiled, o/wise fine. 29.6 x 21.
HMS Pandora, by Graeme Henderson, Paul Clark and Bill Jeffrey.
59400 AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE FOR MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY (AIMA) THE BULLETIN OF THE AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE FOR MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY - Volume 10, No. 1 - 1986 $15.00 AUD
AIMA / Australian Institute for Maritime Archaeology. Fremantle. 1986. Introduction by Ian Warne. Edited by Paul HUNDLEY & Myra STANBURY. 81 PP with b/w illustrations (figures, maps and photos). Soft cover, illustrated front. Fine. 29.6 x 21.
Five Year Report of the Maritime Archaeological Association of Western Australia: January 1979 to December 1983.
59406 AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE FOR MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY (AIMA) THE BULLETIN OF THE AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE FOR MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY - Volume 24 $35.00 AUD
AIMA / Australian Institute for Maritime Archaeology. Sydney. 2000. Volume 24, 2000. Edited by Jeremy GREEN & Myra STANBURY. 136 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, maps and photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21.
Ashmore Reef, by Paul Clark. Pearlers, planes and people, by Natasha Stacey. The Senabi: external stern-lashings on Austronesian water-craft, by Kim Akerman and Dan Dwyer. ...
64644 AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE FOR MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY (AIMA) THE BULLETIN OF THE AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE FOR MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY - Volume 14, Number 2 $20.00 AUD
AIMA / Australian Institute for Maritime Archaeology. Fremantle. 1990. Edited by Jeremy GREEN & Myra STANBURY. 63 PP with b/w illustrations. Card cover, illustrated front. Fine. 29.6 x 21.
Includes articles: Twenty-five years of maritime archaeology in Australia (Graeme Henderson), A future direction of maritime archaeology in South Australia (Bill Jeffery), The Early European presence, Wreck Reef Revisited.., by Warren Delaney.
72632 AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE FOR MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY (AIMA) THE BULLETIN OF THE AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE FOR MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY - Volume 22, 1998 $30.00 AUD
AIMA / Australian Institute for Maritime Archaeology. Sydney. 1998. Edited by Jeremy GREEN & Myra STANBURY. 138 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, maps and photos). Pictorial soft cover. Signature of previous owner at top of title-page, o/wise near fine. 29.8 x 21.
Papers from the 17th International Conference "The Maritime Archaeology of Long Distance Voyaging". Includes: Maritime craft in the Maldives, by M. H. Maniku. The Janggolan, by N. Burningham. ... Wreck of the British frigate HMS Sirius (1797) in Mauritius, by Yann von Arnim. ...
73787 AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE FOR MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY (AIMA) THE BULLETIN OF THE AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE FOR MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY - Volume 14, Number 1 $20.00 AUD
AIMA / Australian Institute for Maritime Archaeology. Fremantle. 1990. Edited by Jeremy GREEN & Myra STANBURY. 56 PP with b/w illustrations. Card cover, illustrated front. Fine. 29.6 x 21.
Includes articles: A brief history of the J. Class submarines, by Gary Smith. Deconcreting objects, by Survey of the historic ship "Litherland" (1834-1853), by Michael Nash.
73788 AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE FOR MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY (AIMA) THE BULLETIN OF THE AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE FOR MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY - Volume 15, Number 1 $20.00 AUD
AIMA / Australian Institute for Maritime Archaeology. Fremantle. 1991. Edited by Jeremy GREEN & Myra STANBURY. 48 PP with b/w illustrations. Card cover, illustrated front. Fine. 29.6 x 21.
Includes articles: Chinese emigration to South Australia aboard foreign-owned vessels: the Guichen Bay shipwrecks of 1857, by Bill Jeffery and Sarah Kenderdine. Recent work on the "Sydney Cove" historic shipwreck, by Mike Nash..
73789 AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE FOR MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY (AIMA) THE BULLETIN OF THE AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE FOR MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY - Volume 16, Number 1 $25.00 AUD
AIMA / Australian Institute for Maritime Archaeology. Fremantle. 1992. Edited by Jeremy GREEN & Myra STANBURY. 48 PP with b/w illustrations. Card cover, illustrated front. Near fine. 29.6 x 21.
Proceedings of the 10th Annual Confernce of AIMA - September 23-29 1991 (part 2). Maritime Archaeology in: Thailand, Philippines, Vietnam, Indonesia and Malaysia.
73790 AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE FOR MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY (AIMA) THE BULLETIN OF THE AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE FOR MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY - Volume 16, Number 2 $25.00 AUD
AIMA / Australian Institute for Maritime Archaeology. Fremantle. 1992. Edited by Jeremy GREEN & Myra STANBURY. 38 PP with b/w illustrations. Card cover, illustrated front. Fine. 29.6 x 21.
Barque "Fame", Sydney Harbour and the "Queen of Nations", wrecked off Corrimal (Wollongong), by Timothy Smith. The steamship "Oakland" lost off Port Stephens, by Adam Wolfe.
73791 AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE FOR MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY (AIMA) THE BULLETIN OF THE AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE FOR MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY - Volume 18, No. 1, 1994 $25.00 AUD
AIMA / Australian Institute for Maritime Archaeology. Adelaide. 1994. Edited by Jeremy GREEN & Myra STANBURY. 56 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, maps and photos). Illustrated soft cover. Near fine. 29.6 x 21.
Contains articles: River Boats and "Rotten Rows': Wreck sites of the River Murray, by Sarah Kenderdine. The "Nelcebee", a South Australian coastal steamer, by R.T. Sexton.
52189 AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF NAVIGATION NAVIGATION - Volume 6, No.3, December 1982 $15.00 AUD
The Australian Institute of Navigation. Sydney. 1982. Vol. 6, No. 3, December 1982. X, 1021- 1121, (1) PP. Soft cover. Near fine. 24 x 17.5.
Voyage of HMS Sirius by M.E. Palmer. When the new settlement at Sydney Cove was facing starvation.
72313 BABITS, Lawrence E. & VAN TILBURG, Hans (editors) MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY - A Reader of Substantive and Theoretical Contributions $110.00 AUD
Plenum Press. New York. 1998. 1st edition in "The Plenum Series of Underwater Archaeology". XX, 590 PP with close to 100 headpieces and figures (drawings, maps, plans, photos). Pictorial laminated boards. Discreet name of previous owner on inside front cover, o/wise a fine, as new copy. Scarce. 25.2 x 17.8. 0306453304
9 parts containing 48 papers. Parts: The Field, Areal Studies, Research Design, Finding Sites, High Technology, Site Significance, Data Recovery, Conservation, Interpretation and Exhibition.
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.
19287 BALLARD, Robert HIGH-TECH SEARCH FOR ROMAN SHIPWRECKS [in National Geographic Magazine - Volume 193, No.4] $5.00 AUD
National Geographic Society. Washington. 1998. April 1998. Contains article from P.32 to 41 with 1 map & 13 colour illust. Soft cover. Fine. 25.4 x 17.5.
Dives in the Mediterranean Sea, on board the U.S. Navy submarine NR-1. Studies of shipwrecks found in deep sea (2600 foot).
52078 BALLARD, Robert THE DISCOVERY OF THE BISMARCK $30.00 AUD
Hodder & Stoughton / Madison Press. London/Toronto. 1990. 1st Ed. 232 PP with b/w & colour illust. (charts, maps, plans, photos) and 2 full-page fold-outs. Half-title page: The Bismarck and her sister ship Prinz Eugen silhouetted on the horizon in May of 1941. Title-page: The Bismarck preparing to depart on her maiden voyage. Eps. Hard cover, dj. Dedicatory note on the verso of front endpaper. Near fine. 28.6 x 22. 0340529768
History of the pride of the German Navy. The chase of May 1941, and the discovery/exploration of her wreck.
30555 BALLARD, Robert & ARCHBOLD, Rick GHOST LINERS, Exploring the World's Greatest Lost Ships $10.00 AUD
Allen & Unwin. Sydney. 1998. 1st Australian Ed., paintings by Ken Marschall. 64 PP with b/w and colour illust. throughout. Half title page: Alvin explores the severed bow section of the Titanic. Title page: Delta illuminates the anchor of Lusitania. Eps: Titanic leaving Southampton. Pictorial laminated boards, dj. Fine. 28.5 x 22.2. 186448831X
Titanic - Empresss of Ireland - Lusitania - Britannic ...
20594 BALLARD, Robert D. THE "BISMARCK" FOUND [in National Geographic, Vol. 176, No.5] $5.00 AUD
National Geographic Society. Washington. 1989. November 1989. Contains article P. 622 to 637 with 2 maps, 6 b/w photos and 14 colour illustrations. Plus folded map supplement "Asia-Pacific, Western Pacific Rim Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 25.4 x 17.5.
The end of the "Bismarck", and the search of her wreck.
17717 BALLARD, Robert D. & ARCHBOLD, Rick THE LOST WRECK OF THE ISIS $10.00 AUD
Hodder & Stoughton / Madison Press Book. London & Toronto. 1990. 1st Ed. 64 PP with 3 maps, plans, bw & colour illustrations. Title spread: Robert Ballard and his team at work on their underwater robot Jason. Half title page: A Roman wall painting. Eps: Mosaic for the Jason project. Laminated pictorial boards, dj (inside: a poster). Fine. 28.7 x 22. 0340531789
Wreck discovered at 300 metres on the Marsili Seamount, Tyrrhenian Sea.
62337 BALLARD, Robert D. & ARCHBOLD, Rick THE LOST SHIPS OF GUADALCANAL $20.00 AUD
Allen & Unwin. Sydney. 1993. 1st Australian edition. 228 PP with over 300 b/w & colour illustrations. Half title page: Crest of the 1st Marine Division. Title spread: Rusting hull on landing Beach. Eps: Fleet under attack. Hard cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj. Near fine. 28.8 x 22.2. 186373533X
The Guadalcanal campaign with compelling stories of sailors and warships, resting in Iron Bottom Sound.
65976 BALLARD, Robert D. & ARCHBOLD, Rick THE LOST WRECK OF THE ISIS $5.00 AUD
Scholastic / Madison Press Book. Toronto. 1990. 1st soft cover edition. 64 PP with 3 maps, plans, bw & colour illustrations. Title spread: Robert Ballard and his team at work on their underwater robot Jason. Half title page: A Roman wall painting. Pictorial soft covers with creases. Ex Library copy.with 3 stamps, remnant of file envelope and stickers and staples on spine. A good working copy. 28 x 21.5. 0590438530
Wreck discovered at 300 metres on the Marsili Seamount, Tyrrhenian Sea.
69314 BALLARD, Robert D. & ARCHBOLD, Rick RETURN TO MIDWAY $20.00 AUD
National Geographic / Madison Press Book.Washington, D.C. 1999. 1st US edition. 192 PP with b/w and colour photos, and underwater paintings by Ken Marschall. Half title page: 3 b/w period photos. Title spread: Quadruple 1.1 inch gun mounts of the Yorktown. Eps: Firefighters on deck of an aircraft carrier. Hard cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj. Fine. 28.6 x 22.4. 0792275004
Battle of the 4th June 1942. Search, then discovery in May 1998 of the remains of the USS Yorktown.
70359 BALLARD, Robert D. & DUNMORE Spencer EXPLORING THE LUSITANIA, Probing the Mysteries of the Sinking That Changed History $25.00 AUD
Weidenfeld & Nicolson / Madison Books. London / Toronto. 1995. 1st Ed. 228 PP with b/w & colour illustrations, including artworks by Ken Marschall and a large folded profile "Lusitania then". Half-title page: Prewar postcard. Title-page: The Lusitania Bow. Gilt-engraved hard cover & spine, dj. Near fine. 28.7 x 22.5. 0297813145
Her career, her fatal crossing and the controversy surrounding her sinking. Exploration of the wreck.
37002 BALLARD, Robert D. & HIVELY, Will THE ETERNAL DARKNESS - A Personal History of Deep-Sea Exploration $15.00 AUD
Allen & Unwin. Sydney. 2000. 1st Australian edition. XII, 388 PP with 70 b/w illustrations, plus 8 pages with 16 colour illustrations (2 renderings and 14 photos). Title spread: Rendering by artist Ken Marschall of the Titanic's bow section. Cloth cover, dj. Fine. 23.6 x 15.6. 1865082880
73245 BALLARD, Robert D., SIDES, Hampton, SWEENEY, Michael ... TITANIC - Exploring the Discovery of a Lifetime / National Geographic $20.00 AUD
National Geographic Partners. Washington. 2020. Special Publication 2020. 98 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. New. 27.5 x 20.5.
A compilation of articles published in National Geographic Magazine.
32933 BANKSON, Ross, KOSZORUS, Marianne R. (editors) HIDDEN TREASURES OF THE SEA $10.00 AUD
National Geographic Society. Washington. 1988. 1st Ed., in the Books for World Explorers series. 104 PP with colour illust. throughout. Title page: gold coins gleam, the prize of several old Spanish wrecks. Pictorial laminated boards. Fine. 27.3 x 23.4. 0870446584
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...
19982 BASCOM, Willard DEEP WATER, ANCIENT SHIPS $15.00 AUD
Doubleday & Co. New York. 1976. 1st Ed. X, (4), 226 PP with 7 tables and 18 figures by the author, plus 16 pages with 20 bw photos. Hard cover, dj. (price clipped). Light foxing on outside edges, o/wise fine. 21.5 x 14.2. 0385089821
The treasure vault of the Mediterranean. Wrecks of old ships on the floor of the Mediterranean Sea, containing unique information and artifacts. Locating, inspecting and salvaging...
17612 BASS, George F. OLDEST KNOWN SHIPWRECK REVEALS SPLENDOURS OF THE BRONZE AGE [in National Geographic Magazine, Volume 172, No.6, 1987] $5.00 AUD
N.G.S. Washington. 1987. Volume 172, No.6, December 1987. Includes article from P.692 to 733 with 1 map, 1 bw photo and 48 colour photos. Pict. soft cover. Fine. 25.4 x 17.5.
Shipwreck off Ulun Burun which: sunk in the 14th century B.C.
18584 BASS, George F. GLASS TREASURE FROM THE AEGEAN (in National Geographic Magazine, Volume 153, No.6, 1978) $10.00 AUD
National Geographic Society. Washington. 1978. Volume 153, No. 6, June 1978. Contains article between pages 768 and 793. with 1 map and colour illust. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 25.4 x 17.5.
An 11th century wreck off the coast of south west Turkey.
41281 BASS, George F. UNDERWATER ARCHEOLOGY: Key to History's Warehouse [in National Geographic Magazine, Volume 124, No.1, 1963] $10.00 AUD
N.G.S. Washington. 1963. Volume 124, No. 1, July 1963. Contains article between pages 138 and 156 with 1 diagram, 2 maps and 21 colour photos by Thomas J. Abercombie and Robert B. Goodman. Pictorial soft cover (Poseidon or Zeus). Covers have a few marks, o/wise very good. 25.4 x 17.5.
Bronze age wrecks off Yassi island, Anatolian coast of Turkey. Other articles: Dynamic Ontario with a map loosely inserted, Athens: Golden Past and Busy Present..
20587 BASS, George F. (editor) SHIPS AND SHIPWRECKS OF THE AMERICAS, A History Based on Underwater Archaeology $30.00 AUD
Thames & Hudson. London. 1996. 1st soft cover edition. 272 PP with 80 colour and 296 bw illust. Title page: A diver dismantles a floor timber from a sixteenth century Basque galleon. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27 x 21.5. 050027892X
The first book to describe the dramatic discoveries now revolutionising new world maritime history: Pre-Columbian ships, Basque whalers, Spanish treasure galleons.
21913 BASS, George F. (editor) A HISTORY OF SEAFARING, Based on Underwater Archaeology $15.00 AUD
Walker & Co. New York. 1972. 1st Ed. 320 PP with 506 illust. (150 in colour). Cloth covers, gilt title on spine, dj. Occasional foxing. Very good. 27.7 x 22.2 0802703909
The history of seafaring, treated primarily from the results of archaeological researches.
21938 BASS, George F. (editor) A HISTORY OF SEAFARING, Based on Underwater Archaeology $10.00 AUD
Thames & Hudson. London. 1972. 1st UK edition. 320 PP with 137 drawings, 150 colour and 219 b/w photographs. Cloth cover, gilt device on front cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price clipped). Foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise fine. 27.7 x 22.2 0500010773
The history of seafaring, treated primarily from the results of archaeological researches.
48672 BASS, George F. (editor) A HISTORY OF SEAFARING, Based on Underwater Archaeology $10.00 AUD
Walker & Co. New York. 1972. 1st Ed. 320 PP with 506 illustrations (150 in colour). Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Name of previous owner on front endpaper. Occasional foxing. Very good. 27.7 x 22.2 0802703909
The history of seafaring, treated primarily from the results of archaeological researches.
63911 BASSETT, Marnie REALMS AND ISLANDS, The World Voyage of Rose de Freycinet in the Corvette Uranie 1817-1820 $35.00 AUD
Oxford University Press. London. 1962. 1st Ed. XII, 275 PP with 2 maps, plus 24 pages with 1 map and 46 b/w illust. Fp: Portraits of Rose and of Louis de Freycinet. FEP: Voyage Toulon to Shark Bay. REP: Shark Bay to Le Havre. Cloth cover, label on spine with gilt title. Faint foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 22 x 15.
The voyage of Rose with her husband, Capt. Louis de Saulces de Freycinet, of the Uranie. Calls in Australia, shipwrecked on the Falklands (from her journal & letters and the reports of Louis de Saulces de Freycinet, Capitaine de Corvette).
72085 BASSETT, Marnie REALMS AND ISLANDS, The World Voyage of Rose de Freycinet in the Corvette Uranie 1817-1820 $55.00 AUD
Oxford University Press. London. 1962. 1st Ed. XII, 275 PP with 2 maps, plus 24 pages with 1 map and 46 b/w illust. Fp: Portraits of Rose and of Louis de Freycinet. FEP: Voyage Toulon to Shark Bay. REP: Shark Bay to Le Havre. Cloth cover, gilt ttle on vignette on spine, dj. Foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 22 x 15.
The voyage of Rose with her husband, Capt. Louis de Saulces de Freycinet, of the Uranie. Calls in Australia, shipwrecked on the Falklands (from her journal & letters and the reports of Louis de Saulces de Freycinet, Capitaine de Corvette).
19758 BATESON, Charles AUSTRALIAN SHIPWRECKS Including Vessels wrecked en route to or from Australia, and some strandings, Volume One: 1622-1850 $10.00 AUD
A. H. & A. W. Reed. Sydney. 1982. Paperback reprint of the 1972 original. 267 PP with 42 b/w illust. Pictorial Stiff covers. Fine. 24.7 x 18.4. 0589071122
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
20595 BENCHLEY, Peter GHOSTS OF WAR IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC - WRECK OF THE COOLIDGE (in National Geographic - Vol.173, No.4) $10.00 AUD
N.G.S. Washington. 1988. April 1988. Contains articles P. 424 to 467 with bw and colour photos. Pict. soft cover. Very good. 25.4 x 17.5.
Wrecks of planes, and ships in the South Pacific War zone. Wreck of the President Coolidge, sunk off Santo, Vanuatu in 1942 and now a popular diving destination.
66200 BENNETT, Tom SHIPWRECKS AROUND WALES - Volume 1 $30.00 AUD
Happy Fish. Newport, Dyfed, Wales. 1987. 1st Ed. 112 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, engravings, maps, sketch maps and photos). Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 25.7 x 18.8. 0951211404
Volume 1: 50 of the wrecks from Adamantios J. Pithis to Vainqueur.
49060 BERLITZ, Charles THE DRAGON 'S TRIANGLE $5.00 AUD
Grafton Books. London. 1990. 1st paperback adition. 208 PP with tables, plus 16 pages with 2 maps, 2 sketches and 29 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 17.8 x 11. 0586207783
What is it that lurks in the Dragon's Sea ?
34784 BERLITZ, Charles & VALENTINE, J. Manson WITHOUT A TRACE $10.00 AUD
Souvenir Press. Adelaide. 1977. 1st Australian edition. X, (2), 180 PP with 6 b/w illust, plus 24 pages with 37 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 24 x 16. 0285622862
More evidence from the Bermuda Triangle.
52772 BERNADAC, Bernard & MOLTENI DE VILLERMONT, Claude L'INCENDIE DE L'ATLANTIQUE $20.00 AUD
Marines Editions. Nantes. 1997. 1st Ed. 136 PP with b/w illustrations (8 facsimile of documents, 1 map, 4 plans and 111 photos), and 11 colour illustrations. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, no dj. French text. Near fine. 27.5 x 21.5. 2909675335
Fire on a crossing between Bordeaux and Le Havre, 4th January 1933.
17576 BERRY, Greig SHIPWRECKS OF THE NEW SOUTH WALES CENTRAL COAST, Volume 1, 1800-1899 $45.00 AUD
Author. Tacoma. 1994. 1st Ed. 128 PP with b/w illust., photos & maps in text. Pictorial soft cover. Dedicatory note signed by the author on verso of title-page. Near fine. Scarce. 24.5 x 17. 06462110991
Details in chronological order of wrecks along the Central Coast of NSW.
La Bibliotheque des Arts. Paris. 1991. 1st Ed. 222, (2) PP with 39 colour and 131 b/w illustrations. Cloth cover, dj, slipcase (plain). French text. Near fine. 26.5 x 22.7. 2850471607
Chapter 1: Navigation and divers during the Antique period. Chapter 2: First diving equipment...
17159 BIEL, Steven DOWN WITH THE OLD CANOE, A Cultural History of the Titanic Disaster $15.00 AUD
W.W. Norton. New York. 1996. 1st Ed. (X), 300 PP with 22 b/w illustrations. Hard cover, cloth spine, dj (price-clipped). Fine. 21.5 x 14.3. 039303965X
According to the author, once the Titanic had sunk, she became an icon for America's most extreme notions about technology, theology, commerce, politics, gender, race and class.
33292 BIEL, Steven (editor) TITANICA - The Disaster of the Century in Poetry, Song, and Prose $10.00 AUD
W. W. Norton. New York. 1998. 1st Ed. 202 PP with 8 b/w illust. Fp: In memory of Titanic Heroes. Pictorial card cover. Fine. 21 x 13.8. 0393318737
Poems. Sermons and Religious views. Songs. News and other Timely Reflections. Advertisements.
60415 BIERMAN, John ODYSSEY $15.00 AUD
Simon and Schuster. New York. 1984. 1st Ed. 255 PP, plus 16 pages with 1 map and 29 b/w photos. Hard cover, cloth spine, dj. Remainder mark on lower outside edge, o/wise near fine. 22.2 x 14.5. 0671501569
Attempted voyage of the Paddle Steamer "Pentcho", from Bratislava to Palestine: shipwreck in the Aegean Sea, internment in Rhodes and Calabria...
65767 BLANDIN, Gaston CHIRURGIEN SUR LA "CIRCE". L'Aventure d'un Chirurgien navigant Nantais à bord d'une Frégate Royale du XVIIIe Siècle $15.00 AUD
Ouest Editions / Universite inter-âges de Nantes. Spezet, Bretagne. 1996. 1st Ed. Preface by Jean-Pierre Kernéis. 254, (2) PP with 9 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Name of previous owner on Page 1. French text. Very good. 21 x 14.8. 2908261456
Historical novel.
66376 BOND, Constance A FURY FROM HELL: Edward Teach / Blackbeard $5.00 AUD
Smithsonian Institute. Washington. c. 1999. Article pulled out from "Smithsonian". Pages 62 to 72 with 1 b/w and 8 colour illustrations. Very good. 27.5 x 21.
On the wreck of the pirate ship "Queen Anne's Revenge" of Blackbeard.
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, ...
36281 BONSALL, Thomas E. TITANIC - The Story of the Great White Star Line Trio: The Olympic, the Titanic and the Britannic $15.00 AUD
Gallery Books. New York. 1989. 1st printing of the 2nd edition of 1989 (original of 1987). 64 PP with 19 colour and 64 b/w illustrations. Hard cover, dj. Fine. Oblong: 23.5 x 29.2. 0831787740
45820 BONSALL, Thomas E. GREAT SHIPWRECKS OF THE 20TH CENTURY $10.00 AUD
Gallery Books. New York. 1988. 1st Ed. 192 PP with 176 b/w & 32 colour illustrations. Hard cover with light soiling, gilt title on spine. Note on front endpaper. Near 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, ...
60180 BOURKE, Joel K. BLACKBEARD LIVES: Blackbeard's Shipwreck (in National Geographic Magazine) $5.00 AUD
National Geographic Society. Washington. 2006. Volume 210, No. 1, July 2006. 164 PP. Contains article from P.146 to 161 with 1 map, 1 diagram and colour photos by Robert Clark. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 25.4 x 17.5.
Shipwreck at Beaufort Inlet, North Carolina.
65497 BOUTIN, Emile LES GRANDS NAUFRAGES DE L'ESTUAIRE: Le Saint-Philibert, le Lancastria, le Campbeltown et les autres $55.00 AUD
Editions Rives Reines. Laval, France. 1992. 1st Ed. (6), 245, (5) PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, 1 musical score, facsimile of documents, 8 maps and 23 headpieces), plus 8 pages with 16 b/w illustrations. Eps: Lancastria. Cloth cover, dj. Name of previous owner at top of preliminary page, o/wise near fine French text. 22.7 x 15.5. 2909191036
Lancastria, 17 June 1940 sunk by Luftwaffe: 5000 to 7000 deaths. HMS Campbelltown and the U-Boat base at Saint Nazaire.
57700 BOWN, Mark & SIMMONS, Roger R.M.S. "TITANIC", A Portrait in Old Picture Postcards $15.00 AUD
Brampton Publications. Loggerheads, UK. 1987. 1st Ed. Foreword by Donald Smith. (6), 98 PP with numerous b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft covers. Small rub on front cover, o/wise near fine. Oblong: 15 x 21.5. 0951146955
White Star offices - Shipyard of Harland and Wolff - Accommodation - Sea trials - Sailing - Sinking and aftermath.
68405 BRADFORD, Ernle THE STORY OF THE MARY ROSE $10.00 AUD
The Mary Rose Trust / Hamish Hamilton. London. 1982. 1st Ed. 207 PP with numerous b/w and 19 colour illustrations (engravings, paintings, photos, plans, sketches, ..). Title-page: The "Henry Grace à Dieu". Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Stamps and markings of "The Tasmanian Maritime and Folk Museum" on endpapers and title page. Endpapers reinforced at gutter. Very good reading copy. 25.3 x 19.5. 0241107687
The warship which sank without firing a shot, in an engagement against the French fleet. Her story and salvage.
72314 BRADFORD, Ernle THE STORY OF THE MARY ROSE $20.00 AUD
Book Club Assoc. London. 1982. Reprint. 207 PP with numerous b/w and 19 colour illust. (engravings, paintings, photos, plans, sketches, ..). Title-page: The "Henry Grace à Dieu". Hard cover, dj. Blind seal of previous owner on FFEP, o/wise a fine copy. . 25.3 x 19.5.
The warship which sank without firing a shot, in an engagement against the French fleet. Her story and salvage.
16313 BRADLEY, Eliza AN AUTHENTIC NARRATIVE OF THE SHIPWRECK AND SUFFERINGS OF MRS. ELIZA BRADLEY, The Wife of Capt. James Bradley of Liverpool, Commander of the Ship SALLY which was wrecked on the coast of Barbary in June, 1818 $25.00 AUD
Ye Galleon. Fairfield, Wash. 1985. Reprint of ed. published in 1821. 99 PP with 13 illust. Fp: Bedouin Camp. Ep: In the Crows Nest. Hard cover, gilt engraved. Fine. 23.7 x 15.7.
Not considered a real narrative but the account of the wreck on the Coast of Barbary in June 1818, the capture by the Arabs, her six months of captivity, the suffering ... etc. captured the imagination of the public at the time.
65949 BRADY, Eunice THE WALTER HOOD $25.00 AUD
Shepp. Sydney. 1985. 1st Ed. V, 58 PP with 1 map & 12 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Copy signed by the author on title page. Near fine. 21 x 13.6. 0949250082
Wreck of the Aberdeen White Star Line ship Walter Hood on 26th April, 1870. The involvement of the author with the wreck.
62319 BREW, Steve GREYCLIFFE - STOLEN LIVES $20.00 AUD
Navarine Publishing. Canberra. 2003. 1st Ed. limited to 1200 copies, No. 58 in the Roebuck Society series. XII, 211 PP with b/w illustrations (1 painting and 3 sketches by the author and 53 photos). Hard cover, dj. Fine. 26 x 18.3. 0975133101
Sinking of the Sydney ferry Greycliffe by the Royal Mail Steamer Tahiti, 3rd November 1927.
65525 BREWSTER, Hugh & COULTER, Laurie 882 1/2 AMAZING ANSWERS TO YOUR QUESTIONS ABOUT THE TITANIC $10.00 AUD
Allen & Unwin / Madison Press Book. Sydney / Toronto. 1998. 1st Ed. 96 PP with b/w and colour illustrations throughout. Pictorial soft cover. Few faint stains at lower part of fore outside edge. Very good. 27.5 x 21.5. 1864489383
The Titanic was 882 1/2 feet long. A fascinating look at the Titanic in the form of questions and answers.
62778 LE BREÜS, Alain LE DESTIN TRAGIQUE DE LA MONIQUE - Le cabotage maritime entre Nouméa et les îles Loyauté (1950-1955) $60.00 AUD
Fortunes de Mer Calédoniennes. Nouméa. 2011. 1st Ed. Preface by Maurice Pelissou. 93, (3) PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Laminated pictorial boards. French text. Fine. 27.5 x 21.8. 978746636392
Coastal trader Monique "lost with all hands" (126 people perished) on 1st August, 1953, between the Loyalty Islands and New Caledonia.
70539 BRIGNELL, Trevor L. SOME SHIPWRECKS IN THE RANDWICK MUNICIPALITY $25.00 AUD
Randwick & District Historical Society. Sydney. 1987. 1st Ed. No. 3 in the Historical Monograph series. 36 PP with 15 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover (wreck of the "Hereward" on front, location maps on back). Dedicatory note to previous owner at top of title page, signed by the author. Near fine. 21 x 15. 0958743170
Wrecks of the "Hereward" in 1898, "Tekapo" in 1899, "Malabar" in 1925...
18078 BROADWATER, John D. YORKTOWN SHIPWRECK [in National Geographic Magazine] $5.00 AUD
National Geographic Society. Washington. 1988. Volume 173, No.6, June 1988. Includes article from P.804 to 823 with 1 plan, 2 maps, and 24 colour illust. Pict. soft cover. Very good. 25.4 x 17.5. -ISSN 00279358
At the climax of the American Revolution, Lord Charles Cornwallis, facing combined United States and French forces, scuttled ships in the York River to prevent a naval assault on Yorktown, Virginia.
37364 BROWN, Joseph E. THE GOLDEN SEA - Man's Underwater Adventures $10.00 AUD
Cassell. London. 1974. 1st UK Ed. 214 PP with b/w or colour illustrations (diving location maps & photos). Cloth cover, dj (chipped). Near fine. 32 x 22. 0304295043
The incredible story of Man's adventures in the sea (treasures won and lost, sunken cities, dangers, etc...).
73139 BROXAM, Graeme SHIPWRECKS OF TASMANIA'S WILD WEST COAST $75.00 AUD
Navarine Publishing. Canberra. 1993. 1st Ed. No. 44 in the Roebuck Books series. Foreword by Jack Loney. XXX, 471 PP with b/w illustrations (plans, maps, portraits, photos). Stiff covers, pictorial front. Creases on the lower corner of the front cover, and spine. Back cover rubbed. Title page with name of previous owner at top and signed by the author. Very good. 24.8 x 17.6. 0646163817
Includes the wreck of the schooner Grondy late 1815, a study of the total wrecks, strandings, boating disasters... the hulks at Strahan, flotsam & jetsam.
74755 BROXAM, Graeme SHIPWRECKS OF TASMANIA'S WILD WEST COAST, Addenda & Errata $10.00 AUD
Navarine Publishing. Canberra. 1996. Second Edition. 28 PP with 6 b/w photos. Pict. card cover. Signed by the author on the title-page. Fine. 21 x 14.5. 095865610X
Addenda and Errata to the First Edition corrected to 30 January 1996.
Navarine Publishing. Canberra. 1998. 1st Ed., No. 51 in the Roebuck series. Foreword by The Hon. John White. XVI, 342 PP with 7 maps and 87 b/w illust. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine (as new condition). 25.8 x 17.2. 0958656150
Navarine Publishing. Canberra. 2000. 1st Ed., No. 54 in the Roebuck series. XIV, 402 PP with 7 maps and 207 b/w illust. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine (as new condition). 25.8 x 18.2. 0958656169
Navarine Publishing. Hobart. 2020. Revised edition of the 2nd edtion of 2012 (original of 1998. No. 51B in the Roebuck series. XIV, 318 PP with b/w or colour illustrations (charts, maps, plans, drawings, paintings and photos). FEP: Charts of Tasmania and approaches to Derwent River and Hobart-Town. REP: chart of Bass Strait with 10 insets. Hard cover, title in blind on front board and spine, dj. Signed on title page by Graeme Broxam, publisher and co-author. Fine. 31 x 24.8. 9780648725220
74781 BROXAM, Graeme & NASH, Michael SHIPWRECKS OF THE FURNEAUX GROUP $25.00 AUD
Navarine Publishing. Hobart. 2023. 1st Ed. XII, 91 PP with 5 charts, 4 maps and b/w or colour illustrations. Pictorial stiff covers. Small rub at top of spine, o/wise as new. 26.5 x 21. 9780648725182
74782 BROXAM, Graeme & NASH, Michael SHIPWRECKS OF KING ISLAND $25.00 AUD
Navarine Publishing. Hobart. 2023. 1st Ed. XII, 76 PP with 2 charts, 4 maps and b/w or colour illustrations. Pictorial stiff covers. Signed on the title page by Graeme Broxam (Co-author and Publisher). New. 26.5 x 21. 9780648725299
Shipwreck of: Cataraqui, in 1845 ... City of Melbourne, in 1852.
74628 BRYCESON, Dave THE TITANIC DISASTER, As reported in the British National Press April-July 1912 $30.00 AUD
Patrick Stephens Limited. London. 1998. Reprint of the March 1997 original. 312 PP with facsimile of pages, photos, and articles from the daily newspapers of the time: "Daily Sketch" and "The Times". Laminated illustrated boards. A near fine copy. 27.8 x 21.4. 1852605790
73457 BULKELEY, John & BYRON, the Hon. John THE LOSS OF THE WAGER - The Narratives of John Bulkeley and The Hon. John Byron $25.00 AUD
The Boydell Press. Woodbridge, Suffolk. 2004. Paperback reprint of the 1743 and 1785 editions. Introduiction and epilogue by Alan Guerney. XXVI, 240 PP. Fp: The wreck of the Wager. Soft covers, pictorial front. Fine. 21.5 x 13.8. 9781843830962
Shipwrecked in the Patagonia channels, Chile, in 1741. A voyage to the South Seas in the Years 1740-1, by John Bulkeley and John Cummins was first published in 1743. The Narrative of the Honourable John Byron was published in 1768.
57200 BURCHELL, David THE BELLS OF SUNDA STRAIT $20.00 AUD
Rigby. Adelaide. 1971. 1st Ed., with a foreword by Ray Parkin. 135 PP with 2 drawings of HMAS Perth on double page, plus 16 pages with 12 b/w photos & 16 colour photos. Eps: Map of Sunda Strait. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 22 x 14.5. 0851792286
The search for the wreck of HMAS Perth sunk in 1942 during the Battle of the Java Sea. Discovery of the wreck & subsequent diving on her.
58055 BURCHELL, David MY WORLD, An Autobiography $50.00 AUD
Author. Adelaide. 1988. 1st Ed. Foreword by Sir James G. Hardy. VI, 253 PP with 3 plans and 61 b/w photos. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Dedicatory note on title page signed by the author. Fine. 25.5 x 18. 0731647572
Scuba diving. Diving on H.M.A.S. Perth sunk in 1942 in Sunda Strait...
72345 BURNS, Jason M. THE LIFE AND TIMES OF A MERCHANT SAILOR: The Archaeology and History of the Norwegian Ship "Catharine" $45.00 AUD
Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishers. New York. 2003. 1st Ed. in the Plenum series in Underwater Archaeology. Foreword by Roger C. Smith. XIV, 113 PP with 5 tables and 21 figures (including 2 sketch maps). Laminated boards, pictorial front. Fine (as new). 23.5 x 15.5. 9780306473890
Shipwreck off Pensacola Bay, Florida in August 1894.
71844 BYRON, Tom SCUBA DIVERS GUIDE: WHITSUNDAY ISLANDS $45.00 AUD
Aqua Sports Publications. Sydney. c. 1988. 1st Ed. 96 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial stiff covers. Near fine. 24 x 20. 9780949490056
Central Queensland coast : from Ayr and Old Reef to Broad Sound and Mystery Cay.
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.
71269 CAIN, Emily GHOST SHIPS - Hamilton and Scourge: Historical Treasures from the War of 1812 $20.00 AUD
Fountain Press. London. 1984. 1st Ed. 152 PP with b/w & colour illust. (documents, drawings, engravings, photos,..). FEP: Line drawing of the schooner Scourge. REP: Line drawings of the schooner Hamilton. Cloth cover, dj. Near fine. 27.3 x 21. 0863430902
Early schooner days on Lake Ontario. The Anglo-American war of 1812 on the lake. Foundering of Hamilton and Scourge. Discovery of the wrecks in 1975 and their photographic survey in 1982.
71550 CAIRNS, Lynne & HENDERSON, Graeme UNFINISHED VOYAGES, Western Australian Shipwrecks 1881-1900 $40.00 AUD
UWAP. Perth. 1995. 1st Ed. 383 PP with b/w illust. in text plus location maps, bibliography & indexes. Eps: The wreck of the City of York off Rottnest Island. Hard cover, dj. Fine. Scarce. Oblong: 19 x 25. 1875560246
The long-awaited third book in this series covering all the known shipwrecks along the Western Australian coast in the period 1881-1900.
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.
19274 CAMERON, Robert AFTERMATH OF AN AIR CRASH [in Australian Geographic, No. 6, April-June 1987] $10.00 AUD
A.G.S. Sydney. 1987. Contains article between pages 86 and 95 with 1 map, 3 colour illust. & 13 colour photos. Pictorial soft covers a little foxed, o/wise very good. 27.8 x 21.
Undersea search and recovery in the Tasman sea of the wreck of a Pel-Air jet, that crashed outside Botany Bay after take off, on 10th October 1985.
39687 CANADIAN PACIFIC Exhibition: THE EMPRESS OF ASIA (in The Australian Antique Collector No. 57) $10.00 AUD
Sydney. 1999. Antiques and Art in Australia. Issue No. 57, July-December 1999. Contains article P. 166 and 167 with 1 drawing and 3 colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.6 x 21.
Exhibition: The Forgotten Empress held at the Singapore History Museum, April to December 1999. The Empress of Asia: Built 1912 for Canadian Pacific Railway Company. Sunk 6 miles off Singapore on 5th February 1942 by Japanese dive-bombers. Wreck discovered in 1994.
64406 CARPENTER, Jon, PIGOTT, Louis & WHITWELL, Hugh A WATCH FROM H.M.S. PANDORA (in Antiquarian Horology) $15.00 AUD
The Antiquarian Horological Society. London. 1985. Volume Fifteen, No. Six, December 1995. Edited by Dr. J. M. Plowman. Extract: Pages 560 to 572 and 601 with 15 b/w illustrations. Stapled pictorial soft wrappers, cover illustrated with Figure 8. Very good. 24.7 x 18.5.
65854 CERAM, C. W. A PICTURE HISTORY OF ARCHAEOLOGY $15.00 AUD
Thames and Hudson. London. 1958. 1st English edition, translated from the German original by Richard and Clara Winston. 360 PP with 310 b/w illustrations, plus 16 plates in full colour . Cloth cover, vignette on front board, dj (price clipped). Dust jacket with repaired tears. Occasional foxing. Very good. 23.5 x 18.
60653 CHAMPION, Sara A DICTIONARY OF TERMS AND TECHNIQUES IN ARCHAEOLOGY $5.00 AUD
Phaidon. Oxford. 1980. Paperback edition. 144 PP with b/w or coloured figures. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 19 x 11.5. 0714819999
15312 CHARLWOOD, D.E. THE WRECK OF THE "LOCH ARD", End of a Ship, End of an Era $15.00 AUD
Angus & Robertson. Sydney. 1971. 1st Ed. X, 122 PP with 5 maps and a plan of rigging & sails, plus 16 pages with 27 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing on outside edges. Near fine. 22.2 x 14. 0207123160
The wreck in 1878 on the Otway coast of Victoria. Two survivors: a young passenger & her saviour, an apprentice.
17738 CHARLWOOD, Don WRECKS & REPUTATIONS - The Loss of the Schomberg and Loch Ard $15.00 AUD
Angus & Robertson. Sydney. 1977. 1st Ed. XIV, 190 PP with 2 maps, 2 plans (rig & sail) in text plus 16 pages with 23 b/w illust. Eps: The Great Circle Route. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 19.8 x 13.5. 0207130655
The end of two tall ships on the South-west coast of Victoria in 1855 and 1878.
51990 CHARLWOOD, Don WRECKS & REPUTATIONS - The Loss of the Schomberg and Loch Ard $10.00 AUD
Angus & Robertson. Sydney. 1978. Special Centenary Edition, reprint of the 1977 original. XIV, 190 PP with 2 maps, 2 plans (rig & sail), plus 16 pages with 23 b/w illust. Eps: The Great Circle Route. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 19 x 13.2. 0207135479
The end of two tall ships on the South-west coast of Victoria in 1855 and 1878.
67975 CHARLWOOD, Don WRECKS AND REPUTATIONS, The Loss of the Schomberg and Loch Ard $20.00 AUD
Burgewood Books. Melbourne. 2000. Reprint of the 2nd edition of 1988 (original of 1977). XIV, 194 PP with 2 maps, 2 plans (rig & sail), plus 8 pages with 20 b/w illustrations. Pictorial card cover. Signed by the author on title page. Near fine. 19 x 13. 0646280066
The end of two tall ships on the South-west coast of Victoria in 1855 and 1878.
47663 CHELMINSKI, Rudolph THE WRECK OF THE AMOCO CADIZ (in Reader's Digest Magazine) $5.00 AUD
Reader's Digest Services. Sydney. 1979. July 1979 issue. Contains article between P.162 and 189 with colour illustrations (1 map and inset,1 painting by Schaare and 3 photos). Soft cover. Near fine. 18.2 x 13.2.
The disaster which polluted a very productive coastline of the Northwest coast of Brittany. The reasons, and could disaster have been averted?
38271 CHRISTOPHER, Peter ... TO SAVE THE LIVES OF STRANGERS - (Famous Shipwrecks of South Australia) $15.00 AUD
Author. Adelaide. 1989. 1st Ed. 40 PP with 2 maps, 6 facsimile of newspaper cuttings and 9 b/w illustrations. Pictorial card cover. Fine. 21 x 14.8. 0958804419
Admella in 1859... Geltwood... Lady Kinnaird... Portland Maru in 1935.
71689 CHRISTOPHER, Peter SOUTH AUSTRALIAN SHIPWRECKS 1802-1989 - A Data Base $20.00 AUD
The Society for Underwater Historical Research. Adelaide. 1990. 1st Ed. 240 PP with 9 b/w photos. Pictorial card cover. Fine. 21 x 14.8. 0958800618
From the Aagot, 10th December 1907 to Zanoni and Zephyr.
22849 CLARK, Paul SHIPWRECK SITES IN SOUTH-EAST OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA 1838-1915 (in The Bulletin of the Australian Institute for Maritime Archaeology - Special Publication No.5) $25.00 AUD
AIMA / Australian Institute for Maritime Archaeology. Adelaide. 1990. 1st Ed., X, 140 PP with 81 illust. (location maps, maps, sketches and photos), and 52 tables "shipwrecks database". Soft covers, pictorial front. Fine. 29.8 x 21.
Shipwreck sites in the South-East of South Australia 1838-1915, by Paul Clark.
74448 CLARK, Paul (editor) TEN SHIPWRECKS OF THE NORTHERN TERRITORY $80.00 AUD
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory. Darwin. 2008. 1st Ed. VI, 74 PP with 38 figures, including 11 maps in colour (with 1 inset). Pictorial stiff covers. Fine (as new condition). Scarce. 25 x 17.7. 9780977502226
59920 CLUB MARINE CLUB MARINE MAGAZINE - Volume 11, No. 2 $5.00 AUD
Club Marine Australia Ltd. Melbourne. 1996. Vol. 11, No.2, April / May 1996. Foreword by Paul Wilson. Edited by Andrew WOODLEY. 96 PP with b/w and colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27.5 x 21.
Mystery of the Yongala, by Peter Stone. ... National Fishfinder, by Steve Starling.
59921 CLUB MARINE CLUB MARINE MAGAZINE - Volume 11, No. 3 $5.00 AUD
Club Marine Australia Ltd. Melbourne. 1996. Vol. 11, No.3, June / July 1996. Foreword by Paul Wilson. Edited by Andrew WOODLEY. 96 PP with b/w and colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27.5 x 21.
The Keppel Islands, by David Colfelt ... National Fishfinder, by Steve Starling.
36546 COCKCROFT, Barry FATAL CALL OF THE RUNNING TIDE - Lifeboat Rescues and Sea Dramas $10.00 AUD
Hodder & Stoughton. London. 1995. 1st Ed. X, 198 PP, plus 16 pages with 20 b/w and 16 colour photos. Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing. Fine. 24.2 x 15.8. 034063524X
37537 COLLINS, Bruce E. THE WRECK OF THE PENGUIN $25.00 AUD
Steele Roberts. Wellington. 2000. 1st Ed. 128 PP with b/w illustrations (maps & plans, drawings, paintings and photographs). Title page: the Penguin leaving Wellington. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. Oblong: 20 x 28. 1877228281
Wreck of the New Zealand Union Steam Ship Penguin, 12th February 1909, with loss of 72 lives.
36808 LE CONTOUR, Noël (editor) LE HONFLEURAIS AUX SEPT NAUFRAGES - Jean Doublet 1655-1728 $15.00 AUD
L`Harmattan. Paris. 1996. 1st Ed. 302 PP, plus 8 pages with 11 b/w illust. Pictorial card cover. Near fine. French text. 21.5 x 13.5. 2738447457
Cod fisherman. Corsair with Jean Bart... Slaver to the West Indies
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.
61316 COURSE, Captain A. G. PIRATES OF THE EASTERN SEAS $15.00 AUD
Frederick Muller. London. 1966. 1st Ed. (8), 263 PP with 3 maps, plus 4 pages with 8 b/w illustrations. Hard cover. Light foxing mostly on page edges and top outside edge, o/wise near fine. 22.2 x 14.5.
Piracy from the Gulf of Aden to Japan including the more infamous names of Kidd, Avery, Eli Bloggs, the formidable Mrs. Ching, etc.. The efforts of those who strove to combat them.
20589 COWAN, Rex CASTAWAY & WRECKED $10.00 AUD
Duckworth. London. 1978. 1st Ed. 64 PP with 1 map, facsimile of newspapers & 54 b/w photos. Fp: Facsimile of newspaper clippings. Cloth cover, dj (price-clipped), name of previous owner on ffep, o/wise fine. 28 x 22. 0715611453
Wrecks on the Scilly Islands and the Cornwall coasts.
74934 CRAINER, Stuart ZEEBRUGGE: LEARNING FROM DISASTER - Lessons in Corporate Responsibility $25.00 AUD
Herald Families Association. London. 1993. 1st Ed. XVI, 170 PP. Hard covers, gilt title on spine, dj. Name of previous owner on FFEP, o/wise near fine. 24 x 16. 0951999508
6 March 1987: P&O-owned car ferry "Herald of Free Enterprise" capsizes off Zeebruge: 192 passengers and crew die.
34674 CRAMER, Max TREASURES, TRAGEDIES AND TRIUMPHS OF THE BATAVIA COAST - A true story of discovery and adventure in the 20th Century $45.00 AUD
Max Cramer / Scott Four Colour Print. Perth. 1999. 1st Ed. XVIII, 334 PP with 6 maps and 90 b/w illustrations, plus 16 pages with 31 colour photos. Eps: Dutch chart. Pictorial stiff covers. Dedicatory note dated and signed by the author on verso of front endpaper. Fine. 22 x 15.6. 064638483X
Wreck of the barque "Stefano" lost in 1875. Wrecks of the "Batavia", "Zeewyk"... Dive with whale sharks... Discovery of French coins left by Louis Francois Marie Aleno de Saint-Alouarn in 1772.
69072 CRESSWELL, Captain W.R., R.N. A FEDERAL AUSTRALIAN LIFE-SAVING SERVICE (in The Review of Reviews, 1896) $40.00 AUD
The Review of Reviews for Australasia. Melbourne. 1896. Australasian edition of June 1896 edited by W. H. Fitchett. XII, (2), 539 to 652 PP. Contains article Page 574 to 581 with b/w illustrations (1 map, 1 painting and 5 b/w photos). Soft wrappers fragile and chipped. Ageing of paper with occasional foxing. Very good copy of a scarce item. 25.5 x 19.7.
A study of the South Australia Service.
65200 CREW, Gary & WILSON, Mark THE CASTAWAYS OF THE CHARLES EATON $20.00 AUD
Lothian Books. Melbourne. 2002. Juvenile edition. No pagination, 32 PP with colour illustrations by Mark Wilson. Laminated pictorial boards. Fine. 28.5 x 21.5. 0734403437
Wrecked 15th August 1834 on Great Detached Reef, Great Barrier Reef.
35410 CURREY, John (editor) AUSTRALIAN SEA STORIES $10.00 AUD
Cassell. Melbourne. 1973. Reprint of the 1972 original. Juvenile edition in the "Southern Cross" series. (6), 117 PP with 20 colour and 20 b/w illustrations by Don Angus. Pictorial laminated boards. Near fine. 25.6 x 19. 304939161
Voyage of Disaster (Batavia), by Bruce Edwards. The narrow escape (Endeavour), by Lynne Stronell... The wrong ship (Investigator), by K.A. Austin...
72295 DAGGETT, Charles & SHAFFER, Christopher DIVING FOR THE GRIFFIN $40.00 AUD
Weidenfeld & Nicholson. London. 1990. 1st Ed. XII, 178 PP with 4 maps & 1 plate, plus 16 pages with 1 chart & 31 b/w illustrations. Hard cover, dj. Paper ageing a little around edges, o/wise a fine copy. Scarce. 24 x 16. 0297810634
History of the English East India Company Marine Service, the four voyages of the East Indiaman Griffin, her sinking in 1761 and the recovery of her cargo in the late 1980's.
34299 DAWSON, Major A. J. BRITAIN'S LIFE-BOATS - The Story of a Century of Heroic Service $20.00 AUD
Hodder and Stoughton. London. 1923. 1st Ed., with an Introduction by H.R.H. The Prince of Wales, and a Foreword by Joseph Conrad. XIII, 279 PP with 1 plan, plus the Introduction, 1 large folded chart and 32 pages with 82 b/w photos. Hard cover, device on front cover (RNLI Flag). Foot of spine damaged and professionally repaired. Foxing. Good. 22.6 x 14.2.
61320 DAWSON, Major A. J. BRITAIN'S LIFE-BOATS - The Story of a Century of Heroic Service $25.00 AUD
Hodder and Stoughton. London. 1923. 1st Ed., with an Introduction by H.R.H. The Prince of Wales, and a Foreword by Joseph Conrad. XIII, 279 PP with 1 plan, plus the Introduction, 1 large folded chart and 32 pages with 82 b/w photos. Hard cover, device on front cover (RNLI Flag). Occasional foxing. Very good. 22.6 x 14.2.
60392 DE FOLLEVILLE, Charles LES TRAGEDIES DE LA MER - Histoire des Naufrages Anciens et Modernes $40.00 AUD
Eugène Ardant & C. Thibaut. Limoges. c. 1870. 1st Ed. VIII, 9-224 PP. Fp: Le Radeau de la Méduse. Cloth cover, gilt device on front cover, gilt title on spine, all edges gilt. Light shelf wear on edges of covers. Lettering on spine partly faded. Endpapers split at gutter. Slight ageing of paper and occasional foxing. Very good. French text. 27.2 x 17.5.
24 shipwrecks: ... Loss of Uranie on the Falkland Islands, 1820. Stranding of Astrolabe in Tonga, 1827. ... Fate of Erebus and Terror under the Command of Sir John Franklin. ...
19571 DE LA CROIX, Robert MYSTERIES OF THE PACIFIC $25.00 AUD
The John Day Co. New York. 1957. 1st US edition. Translated from the French original by James Cleugh. 252 PP. Hard cover, dj. Very good. 21 x 14.
What happened to the Comte de La Pérouse. The whaler Essex sunk by a whale... The riddle of Amelia Earhart's last flight.
74479 DE LA CROIX, Robert MYSTERIES OF THE PACIFIC $20.00 AUD
Frederick Muller. London. 1957. 1st illustrated edition. Translated from the French original by James Cleugh. 230 PP plus 12 pages with 18 b/w photos. Hard cover with light wear, top edge tinted. Light foxing around edges, half-title page miscut with corresponding tiny piece at bottom missing in margin of title page. Contents are near fine. 21 x 14.
What happened to the Comte de La Pérouse. The whaler Essex sunk by a whale... The riddle of Amelia Earhart's last flight.
70903 DE VARIGNY, M. C. VOYAGE AUX ILES SANDWICH (Iles Hawaï), 1855 - 1869 (in Le Tour du Monde) $70.00 AUD
L. Hachette / Le Tour du Monde. Paris. 1873. 4 instalments (livraisons 665, 666, 667 & 668) out of "Le Tour du Monde", Volume XXVI. 64 PP (209-272) with 38 wood-engravings: 2 maps, 4 headpieces and 32 text drawings (11 of them on full page). Inserted in a soft cover folder. Light foxing and some faint old watermarks. Contents clean and legible. French text. 30.2 x 21.5.
Voyage / Sojourn: 1855 to 1869.
52256 DEACON, Christine A. & Kevin AUSTRALIA DOWN UNDER, Exploring Australia's Underwater World $10.00 AUD
Doubleday. Sydney. 1986. 1st Ed. 272 PP with 8 colour maps, 4 b/w illustrations & many colour photos. Hard cover, dj. Few foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise near fine. 30 x 22. 0868242411
58259 DEAN, Martin, FERRARI, Ben, OXLEY, Ian, REDKNAP, Mark & WATSON, Kit ARCHAEOLOGY UNDERWATER - The NAS Guide to Principles and Practice $10.00 AUD
Nautical Archaeology Society. London. 1995. Reprint with corrections of the 1992 original. X, 332 PP with over 150 b/w illustrations (graphs, maps, drawings by Ben Ferrari, photos...). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 24 x 19. 1863132255
72308 DELGADO, James P. (editor) ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF UNDERWATER AND MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY $50.00 AUD
British Museum Press. London. 1997. 1st Ed. 493 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Fp: Excavating a ceramic "Krater" from the Kas wreck at Uluburun, Turkey. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Hinge of front board/spine repaired. Dust jacket with a lightly faded spine and rubbed front edges. Contents clean and near fine. 28 x 22.3. 9780714121291
68946 DENMEAD, Doug SKINDIVERS AND SHIPWRECKS $15.00 AUD
Author. Melbourne. 1973. 1st Ed. 96 PP with 1 map & b/w illust. (drawings, photos). Pictorial stiff cover (lightly rubbed and a little loose). Stamp of "The Tasmanian Maritime and Folk Museum" on title page. Very good. 21.5 x 13.5. 0909853401
Diving on the shipwrecks off the Southwest coast of Victoria and in Port Phillip Bay.
21341 DEXTER, Elisha NARRATIVE OF THE WRECK AND LOSS OF THE WHALING BRIG WILLIAM AND JOSEPH $40.00 AUD
Ye Galleon. Fairfield, Wash. USA. 1988. Reprint of the 2nd edition of 1848. 59 PP, 1 colophon with 5 full page illust. and 2 facsimiles of the title page of 2nd edition. Illustrated endpapers. Hard cover, gilt illust. and title on front cover. Fine. 26 x 18.5. 0877704171
Wrecked in Oct. 1841 during a storm, on her return to Martha's Vineyard, after a successful whaling cruise (200 barrels of sperm oil & 12 barrels of black-fish oil).
75128 DIGGLE, Lynton SHIPWRECKS OF NEW ZEALAND - Companion to the 8th Edition of New Zealand Shipwrecks 2007 $30.00 AUD
Lynton Diggle. Auckland. 2009. 1st Ed. 130 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial stiff covers. Signed by the author on title page. Fine (as new condition). 25 x 21.5. 9780473153281
New entries, additional photographs & Additions & Alterations.
41052 DILLON, Patrick LOST AT SEA - An American Tragedy $15.00 AUD
The Dial Press. New York. 1998. 1st Ed. (16), 267 PP with 2 plans. Eps: Map with detail of the Bering Sea and the Aleutian Islands. Hard cover, dj. Signed by the author on title page, "Autographed Copy" sticker on front of dust jacket. Foxing spots on outside edges. Fine. 24.2 x 16.2. 0385314213
Sinking of Americus and Altair, two crabbing vessels off Unalaska Island in February 1983. 14 dead. Investigation...
67560 DILLON, Patrick LOST AT SEA - An American Tragedy $5.00 AUD
Touchstone. New York. 2000. Reprint of the 1998 original. (16), 264, (8) PP with 2 plans. Pictorial soft covers a little worn around edges. Ageing of paper and foxing spots on outside edges. Very good. 21.5 x 14.0. 0684869098
Sinking of Americus and Altair, two crabbing vessels off Unalaska Island in February 1983. 14 dead. Investigation...
64387 DIOLE, Philippe 4,000 YEARS UNDER THE SEA, Excursions in Undersea Archaeology $5.00 AUD
Pan Books. London. 1957. Paperback edition. 192 PP plus 8 pages with b/w photos and a map of the Mediterranean. Pict. soft covers a little browned. Paper ageing. Signature of previous owner on half-title page. Good. 17.8 x 11.
Detailed account of survey & searches in the Mediterranean: Dionysos, Mandia, Cherchel, Narbonne, Saint Tropez.
Scuba Diver / Yaffa Publishing Group. Sydney. 1987. Bicentenary Special issue. Edited by Martin COLEMAN. 88 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 27. 2 x 21.
Excavating HMS Sirius, with Graeme Henderson. Albany, a dive into W.A.'s deep south, by Jeff Mullins... Claws, Murray River Crayfish, by Attlia Bikscos...
Scuba Diver / Yaffa Publishing Group. Sydney. 1988. August/September 1988 issue. Edited by Liz CONRAD. 80 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 27. 2 x 21.
The President's Power (wreck of President Coolidge, off Santo) / Vanuatu - for the thinking Diver, by Andrew Green. Seas of the Sunshine State. Oman - high voltage diving, by Roly Parsons...
Scuba Diver / Yaffa Publishing Group. Sydney. 1994. June/July 1994 issue. Edited by Cathie HOLLOWAY. 84 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 27. 2 x 21.
Scuba sites: Rottnest Island, by Peter and Margy Nicholas. Diving New Caledonia and Vanuatu, by Andrew Green and Cathie Holloway. Beyond Bali, by Ann Storie.
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
56937 DOAK, Wade THE ELINGAMITE AND ITS TREASURE $30.00 AUD
Hodder and Stoughton. London. 1969. 1st Ed. Foreword by Sir Douglas Robb. 192 PP, plus 16 pages with 37 b/w illustrations. Eps: Map of 3 Kings Islands and of the passage of Elingamite from Sydney to 3 Kings Islands. Hard cover, dj (price-clipped). Top edge tinted. Dust jacket has a repaired tear on rear and is now in a protective sleeve. An otherwise near fine copy. 22.4 x 14.7. 0340107774
The tragic shipwreck in November 1902 costing 45 lives and the story of the salvage of its treasure.
60616 DOBBS, Horace E. CAMERA UNDERWATER - A Practical Guide to Underwater Photography $10.00 AUD
The Focal Press. London. 1976. 3rd edition of the 1962 original. 204 PP with tables and b/w illustrations (drawings, sketches and 45 photos). Hard cover, dj. Ex Library copy with 3 stamps on title page (recto and verso) and last page. Occasional foxing. Good reading / working copy. 23.5 x 16. 0240509323
21390 DRAKE-BROCKMAN, Henrietta VOYAGE TO DISASTER - The Life of Francisco Pelsaert $30.00 AUD
Angus & Robertson. Sydney. 1982. Reprint in the Australian Classics series, of the 1963 original. XVI, 318 PP with 2 maps in text plus 16 pages with 23 b/w illust. Fp: Title page of the Joost Hartgers 1648 edition of "Ongeluckige Voyagie van't Schip Batavia". Hard cover, dj. Fine. 22 x 14.5. 0207148414
Covering his report to the Dutch East India Company and the wreck of the Batavia in 1629...
17615 DRAPER, Sarah SHIPWRECKS $15.00 AUD
National Maritime Museum. Greenwich. 1992. 1st Ed. in the Maritime Collections series. 32 PP with 9 bw and 45 colour illust. Pict. card cover. Fine. 21 x 14.7. 0948065133
Wrecks of the Mary Rose, the Spanish Armada, the Royal George...
72346 DROMGOOLE, Sarah (editor) LEGAL PROTECTION OF THE UNDERWATER CULTURAL HERITAGE: National and International Perspectives $100.00 AUD
Kluwer Law International Ltd. London. 1999. 1st Ed. XX, 239, (5 blank) PP with 2 sketch maps and 4 graphs. Hard cover, gilt title on front board and spine, dj. Fine (as new condition). 24.5 x 17.5. 9041197621
National Perspectives: Australia, by Bill Jeffery. China, by Porter Hozagland. France, by Gwenaëlle Le Gurun... Turkey by Janet Blake. UK, by Sarah Dromgoole. USA, by Ole Warner and Caroline M. Blanco. An International Perspective by Patrick J. O'Keefe.
36767 DURBIDGE, Ellie & COVACEVICH, Jeanette NORTH STRADBROKE ISLAND $10.00 AUD
Stradbroke Island Management Organisation. Brisbane. 1981. 1st Ed. 168 PP with 35 figures and 142 b/w photos. Fp: Sand dunes, Main Beach. Pictorial soft cover rubbed with a few creases and a repaired tear, o/wise very good. 24 x 17.5. 0959398309
Natural environment: Flora and Fauna. Social environment: Aborigines, White settlement, shipwrecks, industries.
Heytesbury District Historical Society. Port Campbell, Vic. 1979. 1st Ed. (6), 54 PP with 1 "Postmarker" and 12 b/w photos. Pictorial stiff covers. Near fine. 21.5 x 14.2. 086825116X
Wreck of the Clipper Loch Ard, near Port Campbell, 1st June 1878. 2 survivors.
16336 DWYER, Barry & BUCHANAN, Neil THE RESCUE OF ELIZA FRASER $70.00 AUD
Dwyer & Buchanan. Noosa. 1986. 150th Anniversary Ed. IV, 50 PP with maps, sketches & photos. Pictorial soft covers (stapled) are a little browned around edges, with a few small soil spots. Previous owner's signature (Drury Clarke) on front cover plus his personal notes on the launching of the book stapled on inside rear cover. Signed by the author on the inside front cover, thanking Dr. Drury Clarke, then President of the Queensland Historical Society, for his launching of the publication. Contains 2 loosely inserted relevant newspaper articles. A very good copy. Scarce. 29.7 x 21. 0959078819
Rescue of Eliza Fraser, following the wreck of the "Stirling Castle" with 13 appendices for explanations.
32360 EASTLAKE, Keith SEA DISASTERS, The Truth behind the Tragedies $20.00 AUD
Greenwich Editions. London. 1998. 1st Ed. 96 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Half title page: Lakonia on fire. Title spread: Seawise University, formerly Queen Elizabreth, on fire in Hong Kong. Pictorial laminated boards. Fine. 28.7 x 23.6. 0862881498
Collision. Fire. Explosion. Human error. Weather and Mechanical failure.
17623 EATON, John P. & HAAS, Charles A. TITANIC DESTINATION DISASTER, The Legends and the Reality $20.00 AUD
P.S.L. Wellingborough. 1997. Reprint of the revised and expanded 1996 edition (original of 1987). 184 PP with 143 bw illust., plus 8 pages with 18 colour illust., 10 of them photographs. Pict. soft cover. Fine. 21.6 x 15.8. 1852605340
From construction and launching to the discovery of the wreck, and the exhibition with many of the salvaged artefacts.
36401 EDWARDS, Bernard THE GREY WIDOW-MAKER $15.00 AUD
London. 1990. Robert Hale. 1st Ed. 192 PP, plus 8 pages with 12 b/w illust. Hard cover, dj. Foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise fine. 22.2 x 14.2. 0709041918
24 disasters at sea: Grosvenor East Indiaman - Her Majesty's troop-ship Birkenhead - Californian and Titanic... 236,000-tonne Liberian tanker Caribbean Breeze caught in 1985 by the Iran/Iraq conflict.
22875 EDWARDS, Hugh L'ARCHIPEL DES FANTÔMES EN COLERE $25.00 AUD
Editions France-Empire. Paris. 1989. 1st French edition translated by Jean Guillou & Monique Larue. 290 PP with 5 maps, plus 16 pages with 20 b/w illust. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Occasional foxing, o/wise near fine. 24 x 15.2. 2704806357
20th century skin divers discover a 17th century shipwreck & treasure and reveal the final truth about the infamous Batavia mutiny.
37748 EDWARDS, Hugh TREASURES OF THE DEEP - The Extraordinary Life and Times of Captain Mike Hatcher $25.00 AUD
HarperCollins. Sydney. 2000. 2nd printing of the 2000 original. (8), 279 PP, plus 48 pages with 9 b/w and 80 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover (Junk "Song Saigon"). Fine. 23.3 x 15.3. 0732258855
Fame with the discovery of the wreck of "Geldermalsen" lost on Admiral Stellingwerf Reef, and salvage of her Nanking cargo. Discovery of the wreck of "Tek Sing", a great junk lost in 1822 on Belvidere Rock, Gaspar Strait.
39642 EDWARDS, Hugh ISLANDS OF ANGRY GHOSTS - Murder, Mayhem and Mutiny: The Story of the BATAVIA $30.00 AUD
HarperCollins. Sydney. 2000. Revised edition, of the 1966 original. XII, 226 PP with 1 map (double-page) and 37 b/w illustrations (23 head pieces, 1 plan, 3 prints and 10 photos). Pictorial stiff covers. Folded flyer (3 folds"Batavia 1628, /Australia 2000" loosely inserted. Fine. 23.5 x 15.2. 9780732266066
20th century skin divers discover a 17th century shipwreck & treasure and reveal the final truth about the infamous Batavia mutiny.
70503 EDWARDS, Hugh ISLANDS OF ANGRY GHOSTS $20.00 AUD
Angus & Robertson. Sydney. 1996. 11th reprint of the paperback edition of the 1966 original. (8), 208 PP with 1 map & inset on double-page. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 19.8 x 12.8. 0207163170
A 20th century scuba diver discovers a 17th century shipwreck & treasure and reveal the final truth about the infamous Batavia mutiny.
74597 EDWARDS, Hugh ISLANDS OF ANGRY GHOSTS $10.00 AUD
Angus & Robertson. Sydney. 1991. Reprint of the paperback edition of the 1966 original. (8), 208 PP with 1 map & inset on double-page. Pictorial soft cover. Stamp "Production Sample" at bottom of half-title page, o/wise fine. 19.8 x 12.8. 0207163170
A 20th century scuba diver discovers a 17th century shipwreck & treasure and reveal the final truth about the infamous Batavia mutiny.
38742 ELDER, Michael FOR THOSE IN PERIL - The Story of the Life-Boat Service $20.00 AUD
John Murray. London. 1963. 1st Ed. XII, 135 PP with 1 plan, plus 1 map on double page and 16 pages with 24 b/w illustrations. Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing spots on outside edges. Signature of previous owner on front endpaper. Very good. 22.2 x 14.2.
40897 ELIOT, John L. IN BIKINI LAGOON LIFE THRIVES IN A NUCLEAR GRAVEYARD [in National Geographic Magazine] $10.00 AUD
N.G.S. Washington. 1992. Vol. 181, No.6, June 1992. Contains article P.70 to 83 with 2 maps, 5 b/w and 9 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 25.5 x 17.5.
Wrecks of the Saratoga and Nagato.
63339 ERSKINE, Dr. Nigel EAST OF INDIA, forgotten trade with Australia (in Signals Quarterly No. 103) $10.00 AUD
Australian National Maritime Museum. Sydney. 2013. No. 103, June-July-August 2013, edited by Jeffrey Mellefont. 68P. Contains 4 articles between pages 2 and 27, plus page 48 with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover (Lord Wellesley's Boatman). New. 30 x 23.
Early links between Australia and India. Forgotten Lives: Indian workers in 19th century Australia, by Michelle Linder. Shipwrecks east of India: three-masted ship Ferguson on Ferguson Reef, by Kieran Hosty. By the Sea, drinking Tea, by Mariko Smith.
30779 EVERETT, Marshall STORY OF THE WRECK OF THE TITANIC $20.00 AUD
Conway. London. 1998. Reprint of the 1912 original, in the Conway Classics series. 320 PP with 30 drawings, plus 32 pages with 35 b/w illust. Fp: Capt. E.J. Smith, the Commander of the Titanic, who went down with his ship. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 20.4 x 14.5. 0851777686
38236 EVERETT, Marshall WRECK AND SINKING OF THE TITANIC - The Ocean's Greatest Disaster $15.00 AUD
Castle Books. Edison, NJ., USA. 1998. Reprint of the 1912 original. 320 PP with 30 drawings, plus 32 pages with 35 b/w illust. Fp: Capt. E.J. Smith, the Commander of the Titanic, who went down with his ship. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 20.4 x 14.5. 0785810110
34514 FAITH, Nicholas MAYDAY $10.00 AUD
London. 1998. Channel 4 Books. Reprint of the 1998 original. IX, 182 PP, plus 8 pages with 5 b/w and 12 colour photos. Hard cover, dj. Foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 24 x 15.7. 0752221736
The real story behind the world's worst maritime disasters.
34014 FARRINGTON, Karen SHIPWRECKS $20.00 AUD
Parkgate Books. London. 1999. 1st Ed. 144 PP with 139 b/w photos. Title spread: Wreck on the Skeleton Coast, Namibia, providing nesting site for local seabirds. Pictorial laminated boards, dj. Fine. 31.3 x 23.7. 1902616138
52082 FARRINGTON, Karen SHIPWRECKS $20.00 AUD
Thunder Bay Press. San Diego, Ca. 2000. Reprint. 144 PP with 139 b/w photos. Title spread: Wreck on the Skeleton Coast, Namibia, providing nesting site for local seabirds. Pictorial laminated boards, dj. Fine. 31.3 x 23.7. 1571451595
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.
41624 FERGUSSON, Bernard CAPTAIN JOHN NIVEN $10.00 AUD
Collins. London. 1972. 1st Ed. 127 PP. Title page: Sketch-map of New Zealand. Hard cover, dj (price-clipped). Occasional foxing, light musty smell, o/wise a good copy. 21.5 x 14. 0001921487
Biographical novel. Shipwrecked on Motu Uira, south of the South Island of New Zealand.
53372 FIDLER, Kathleen & MORRISON, Ian WRECKS, WRECKERS AND RESCUERS $15.00 AUD
Lutterworth Press. Guilford & London. 1977. 1st Ed. 124 PP with 7 maps and 20 line drawings. Hard cover, dj (price-clipped). Ex library copy, with stamps on title page (recto and verso) and last page. Lacks the free fly of front endpaper. Few pages lightly soiled. Good reading copy. 24 x 16. 0718821696
Viking, Mary Rose... Torrey Canyon.
72669 FIRTH, Kylli "BOUND FOR SOUTH AUSTRALIA" - 19th Century Van Diemen's Land Whaling Ships and Entrepreneurs $45.00 AUD
Department of Archaeology / Flinders University. Adelaide. 2006. 1st Ed., No. 9 in the Maritime Archaeology Monograph series. Foreword by Mark Staniforth. IX, 84 PP with 6 maps and 13 figures (4 graphs and 9 b/w photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine (mint condition). 29.7 x 21. 1920736158
69135 FLAYHART, William Henry III PERILS OF THE ATLANTIC: Steamships Disasters, 1850 to the Present $15.00 AUD
W.W. Norton & Co. New York. 2003. Advance Uncorrected Proof copy (without any illustrations). 357, (3 blank) PP. Soft cover. Sticker on front cover. Internally fine. 23.4 x 15.3.
Includes the wreck of the Arctic in 1854, the White Star liner Atlantic in 1873, the Ville du Havre, the Loch Earn, the Cunard liner Oregon, the steamship Rusland, Holland America's Veendam, the Titantic, Empress of Ireland, Lusitania, Morro Castle ....
58042 FOSTER, Dr. Leonie THE WILD COAST WRECKS $25.00 AUD
Heritage Victoria. Melbourne. 1996. 1st Ed. (6), 142 PP with 48 b/w illustrations (maps, sketches, photocopies and photographs). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.4 x 20.8. 0730686191
State of Victoria.
21420 FOWLES, John SHIPWRECK, Photography by the Gibsons of Scilly $10.00 AUD
Jonathan Cape. London. 1976. Reprint of the 1974 original. 48 Pages with 2 maps and 36 b/w photos. Title page : Glenbervie ashore. Hard cover, gilt device on front cover, dj. Near fine. Oblong: 21 x 26. 0224010530
The pictorial records of the Gibson family of the Scillies, started in 1860, on tall ships & working boats, steamships & motor vessels.
21741 FOWLES, John SHIPWRECK, Photography by the Gibsons of Scilly $5.00 AUD
Little, Brown & Co. Boston. 1975. 1st US edition of the 1974 UK original. 48 pages with 2 maps & 36 b/w photos. Title page : Glenbervie ashore. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. Oblong: 20.3 x 25.5. 0316290912
The pictorial records of the Gibson family of the Scillies, started in 1860, on tall ships & working boats, steamships & motor vessels.
21742 FOWLES, John SHIPWRECK, Photography by the Gibsons of Scilly $10.00 AUD
Jonathan Cape. London. 1979. Reprint of the 1974 original. 48 Pages with 2 maps and 36 b/w photos. Title page : Glenbervie ashore. Hard cover, gilt device on front cover, dj. Fine. Oblong: 21 x 26. 0224010530
The pictorial records of the Gibson family of the Scillies, started in 1860, on tall ships & working boats, steamships & motor vessels.
69307 FOWLES, John SHIPWRECK, Photography by the Gibsons of Scilly $5.00 AUD
Sphere Books Ltd. London. 1981. Reprint of the 1974 original. No pagination, 48 PP with 2 maps and 36 b/w photos. Title page : Glenbervie ashore. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. Oblong: 20.2 x 25.2. 0722136358
The pictorial records of the Gibson family of the Scillies, started in 1860, on tall ships & working boats, steamships & motor vessels.
20233 FRANZEN, Anders KRONAN, Remnants of a Warship's Past [in National Geographic Magazine, Volume 175, No.4, 1989] $5.00 AUD
N.G.S. Washington. 1989. April 1989. Includes article from P.438 to 465 with 1 map and 29 colour illustrations (photographs by Bill Curtsinger and paintings by John Berkey). Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 25.4 x 17.5.
Sinking of the Swedish warship on 1st of June 1676, by a combined Danish-Dutch fleet off the coast of Öland Island, Sweden.
70153 FREDERICKSON, Arthur C. and Lucy F. SHIPS AND SHIPWRECKS IN DOOR COUNTY, WISCONSIN - Volume II $15.00 AUD
Authors. Frankfort, Michigan. 1963. 1st edition. 76 PP with b/w illustrations: 1 cartoon, 4 newspapers advertisements (page 74) and 72 photos (including Sturgeon Bay's waterfront at centrefold). Soft cover, illustrated front cover. Near fine. 22.8 x 15.3.
Door Peninsula, between Green Bay and western shores of Lake Michigan.
59787 FREMANTLE PORT AUTHORITY A SUMMARY OF SHIPWRECKS IN AND AROUND PORT OF FREMANTLE, Western Australia (in Port of Fremantle Quarterly - Volume 5, No.1) $20.00 AUD
Fremantle Port Authority. Fremantle. 1974. Spring - October 1974. 36 PP. Article by Denis Robinson from P.13 to 24 with 1 location map and 5 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 24.5 x 19.2.
Contains also: the Port of Melbourne (Seaports - Vital link in world trade - No. 4).
47185 GADDIS, Vincent LES VRAIS MYSTERES DE LA MER $20.00 AUD
Editions France-Empire. Paris. 1966. 1st French edition. Translated from the 1965 US original Invisible Horizons by R. Jouan. 299, (3) PP with 1 map on double page, plus 4 pages with 8 b/w illustrations. Soft cover, dj (repaired closed tears). Few foxing spots on outside edges. Very good. French text. 19 x 14..
Mysteries at sea (islands, ship disappearances, shipwrecks...). Bermuda triangle and mystery ships.
63746 GALIPAUD, Jean-Christophe & JAUNEAU, Valerie AU-DELA D'UN NAUFRAGE . Les Survivants de l'expédition Lapérouse $55.00 AUD
IRD Editions / Actes Sud / Editions Errance. Nouméa. 2012. 1st Ed. 288 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 24 x 16. 9782877724883
Archaeology and Lapérouse expedition: underwater on the wrecks of Boussole and Astrolabe, and ashore for the survivors and their camps ...
47165 GAWRONSKI, J. H. G. (editor) AMSTERDAM PROJECT - Jaarrapport van de Stichting VOC-SCHIP "AMSTERDAM" 1986/Annual Report of the VOC-SHIP AMSTERDAM Foundation, 1986 $25.00 AUD
Foundation VOC ship Amsterdam / Stichting VOC-schip Amsterdam. Amsterdam. 1987. 1st edition limited to 2000 copies. Report No. 3 by Foundation Voc Ship Amsterdam. (2),100, (10 advertisements) PP with tables and b/w illustrations (plates, drawings and plans and photos). Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. Text in Dutch and English. 29.5 x 21. 9071690024
20203 GIBBS, James A. PACIFIC GRAVEYARD $15.00 AUD
Bindfords & Mort. Portland, Oreg. 1973. Second printing of the 3rd edition. 296 PP with b/w illust. (photos, maps & draw.). Eps: Shipwreck chart of this Pacific Graveyard. Pictorial soft cover. Covers a little rubbed with one crease. Faint foxing. Very good. 21.4 x 14. 0832302252
A narrative of shipwrecks where the Columbia river meets the Pacific Ocean.
37797 GIBBS, James A. SHIPWRECKS OF THE PACIFIC COAST $15.00 AUD
Binfords & Mort. Portland, Oregon. 1962. 2nd edition of the 1957 original. (8), 316 PP, plus 32 pages with 67 b/w photos. Eps: maps of the coasts of California, Oregon and Washington. Cloth cover, title and devices on front cover and spine, dj. Small chips to the dust jacket, ageing on outside edges, o/wise near fine. 22.2 x 14.2.
40407 GIBBS, James A. SHIPWRECKS OF THE PACIFIC COAST $10.00 AUD
Binfords & Mort. Portland, Oregon. 1962. 2nd edition of the 1957 original. (8), 316 PP, plus 32 pages with 67 b/w photos. Eps: maps of the coasts of California, Oregon and Washington. Cloth cover, title and devices on front cover and spine, dj (price-clipped). Slight insect damage to the dust jacket. Stamp of previous owner on front endpaper, o/wise near fine. 22.2 x 14.2.
68172 GIBBS, James A. SHIPWRECKS OF THE PACIFIC COAST $20.00 AUD
Binfords & Mort. Portland, Oregon. 1971. 2nd printing of the 1962 edition (original 1957). (8), 316 PP, plus 32 pages with 67 b/w photos. Eps: maps of the coasts of California, Oregon and Washington. Cloth cover, title and devices on front cover and spine, dj (price clipped). Repaired tear at top of the dust jacket. Very good copy. 22.2 x 14.2.
17737 GIBBS, Jim DISASTER LOG OF SHIPS $5.00 AUD
Bonanza Books. New York. c. 1978. 1st reprint (a) of the 1971 original. 176 PP with b/w illustrations. Fp: Passenger liner La Jenelle before & after her shipwreck. Hard cover, cloth spine. Signature of previous owner on title page. Very good. 27.2 x 21.
A pictorial story of shipwrecks along the West Coast of North America, from the Mexican border to Alaska.
20670 GIBBS, Jim DISASTER LOG OF SHIPS $10.00 AUD
Bonanza Books. New York. c. 1978. 3rd Bonanza reprint (c) of the 1971 original. 176 PP with b/w illustrations. Fp: Passenger liner La Jenelle before & after her shipwreck. Hard cover, cloth spine, dust jacket has a few ships. Faint foxing. Very good. 27.2 x 21. 0517169827
A pictorial story of shipwrecks along the West Coast of North America, from the Mexican border to Alaska.
72749 GIBBS, Jim SHIPWRECKS IN PARADISE, An Informal Marine History of the Hawaiian Islands $30.00 AUD
Superior Publishing Company. Seattle. 1977. 1st Ed. 184 PP with b/w illustrations. Fp: HMS Discovery. Hard cover, decorated front, title on spine and front board, dj (price clipped). Dust jacket slightly creased, rubbed, with a rough repair on the inside (now in a protective slleeve). Contents near fine. 27.5 x 22.
From the early settlers and the first European explorers, to the mid-1970's: missionaries, traders, whalers,... lighthouses.. Most informative.
17242 GIBSON, F. (editor) THE SAVAGE SEA, Photographed by the Gibsons of Scilly $15.00 AUD
Author. St. Ives, Cornwall. c. 1980. 1st Ed. 60 PP with 8 colour and 56 bw photos. Pictorial soft cover. Previous owner's signature on first page and his stamp on the inside of front and back cover, o/wise near fine. Oblong: 20.8 x 29.5.
Dramatic photographs of stricken ships. From the Petrellen wrecked at Mount's Bay in 1885 to the stranding of the Ben Asdale at Falmouth in 1978.
71563 GILLIS, Richard A SEA MISCELLANY OF CORNWALL AND THE ISLES OF SCILLY $15.00 AUD
Harvey Barton. Bristol. 1968. 1st Ed. 64 PP with b/w illust. throughout. Pictorial card covers with a little insect damage/rubs, mostly on back cover, o/wise contents are fine. 21 x 14.
17592 GLEESON, Max SHIPWRECKS, STORMS & SEAMEN OF THE NEW SOUTH WALES COAST $15.00 AUD
Author. Sydney. 1996. 1st Ed. 168 PP with 1 map, 7 drawings, 46 b/w & 15 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 25 x 17. 0646280198
Stories on 11 of the shipwrecks of the NSW coast. Cawarra in 1866 off Nobby's Headland (Newcastle), .. Keilawarra in 1886 near North Solitary Island (Coffs Harbour), .. Merimbula in 1928 on Beecroft Head (North of Jervis Bay).
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.
46787 GLEESON, Max DESTINATION NEVER REACHED. New South Wales Shipwrecks $20.00 AUD
Max Gleeson. Sydney. 2004. 1st Ed. 168 PP with 1 map, 9 colour photos and 82 b/w illustrations (photos and sketches). Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 24.8 x 17. 0975117807
12 shipwrecks on the coast of New South Wales: Ly-ee-Moon at Green Cape in the South to New England at the mouth of the Clarence River..
69850 GLEESON, Max & ELLIOTT, Mae S.S YONGALA, Dive to the Past $20.00 AUD
Turton & Armstrong. Sydney. 1987. 1st Ed. 80 PP (2), with b/w & colour illust. Fp: Map of North Qld. coast. Hard cover, dj. Inscription on verso o FFEP, light foxing, o/wise a very good clean copy. 21.5 x 15. 0908031319
History of the Yongala, built 1903, and wrecked in March 1911 off Cape Bowling Green with 120 lives lost. Diving on the wreck...
73189 GODARD, Philippe & STEPHENS, Phillida THE FIRST AND LAST VOYAGE OF THE BATAVIA $40.00 AUD
Abrolhos Publishing. Perth. 1993. 1st Ed. 332 PP with over 400 b/w & colour illustrations. Hard cover, title engraved on spine & front cover, dj. Foxing on endpapers and prelim pages and on top outside page edges, o/wise near fine. 28.7 x 22. 0646105191
Construction, V.O.C. specifications, the voyage, shipwreck, mutiny,... to modern discovery of the wreck.
17611 GODDIO, Franck SAN DIEGO, An Account of Adventure, Deceit, and Intrigue [in National Geographic Magazine, Volume 186, No.1, 1994] $10.00 AUD
National Geographic Society. Washington. 1994. Volume 186, No.1, July 1994. Includes article from P.34 to 57 with 1 map & 27 colour illust. Pict. soft cover. Fine. 25.4 x 17.5.
Sea battle of the 14 December 1600, between the Dutch vessels Mauritius and Eendracht and the Spanish San Diego and San Bartolomé off the coast of Luzon. Dives and excavations on the wreck of the San Diego began in 1992.
51788 GODDIO, Franck & GUYOT DE SAINT MICHEL, Evelyne Jay GRIFFIN, on the Route of an Indiaman $75.00 AUD
Periplus. London. 1999. 1st English edition. Translated from the French original by Ludwig von Bomhard and Leonard Harrow. XVI, 351 PP with 10 maps, 11 diagrams, 47 b/w or colour illustrations, 145 photos and 70 plates. Hard cover, simile leather, gilt title on spine, dj, ribbon page-marker. Fine. Large format: 34.52 x 24.5. 1902699009
The Route to India, the Griffin, from shipwreck to excavation, the Wreck, from reality to the documents, the history of a cargo, . ...
69625 GRANT, Roderick THE LONE VOYAGE OF BETTY MOUATT $20.00 AUD
Impulse Books. Aberdeen, Scotland. 1973. 1st Ed. 87, (5 index) PP, plus 12 pages with 18 duotone illustrations. Hard cover, decorated front, dj. Ex library copy with renewed front endpaper, stamps on title page, free fly of the rear endpaper and remnants of sticker on front of dust jacket. Very good reading copy. Scarce. 21.5 x 14.5. 0901311367
Story of survival on board the smack Columbine caught in raging seas between Scotland and Norway in 1886.
44609 GREE, Alain DANS LES GRIFFES DE L' OCEAN - Naufrages et Drames de la Mer, Volume 1 $15.00 AUD
Editions Gallimard. Paris. 1987. 1st Ed. 256 PP with b/w illustrations (charts, drawings and period engravings). Pictorial soft cover. Very good. French text. 24 x 16. 2070602354
15 narratives on shipwrecks and dramas at sea.
44610 GREE, Alain LES SURVIVANTS DE L' INFORTUNE - Naufrages et Drames de la Mer, Volume 2 $15.00 AUD
Editions Gallimard. Paris. 1988. 1st Ed. 232 PP with b/w illustrations (charts, drawings and period engravings). Pictorial soft cover. Name of previous owner on preliminary page blocked with white out. Very good. French text. 24 x 16. 2070602478
14 narratives on shipwrecks and dramas at sea.
17617 GREEN, Jeremy LOOKING FOR KHUBILAI KHAN (in Geo Magazine Volume 5, No.4, December 1983-January 1984) $10.00 AUD
Australasia's Geographical Magazine. Sydney. 1984. Includes article from P.58 to 69 with 1 map and 14 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 23 x 20.3.
Applying a recently developed colour sonar system which detects large objects buried under sand, Japanese maritime archaeologists are probing Japan's Bay of Imari for Khubilai Khan's sunken fleet.
18852 GREEN, Jeremy (editor) MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY - Papers from the First Southern Hemisphere Conference on ... $10.00 AUD
Ocean's Society of Australia. Melbourne. 1977. 160 PP with b/w illust. (maps, graphs, photos). Pictorial soft cover a little soiled, o/wise very good. 21.1 x 15.7. 0868959645
Maritime archaeology in Europe, New Zealand & Australia: legislation, conservation & preservation.
33569 GREEN, Jeremy (editor) MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY - Papers from the First Southern Hemisphere Conference on ... $15.00 AUD
Ocean's Society of Australia. Melbourne. 1977. 1st Ed. 160 PP with b/w illust. (maps, graphs, photos). Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 21.1 x 15.7. 0868959645
Maritime archaeology in Europe, New Zealand & Australia: legislation, conservation & preservation.
68652 GREEN, Jeremy (editor) MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY - Papers from the First Southern Hemisphere Conference on ... $10.00 AUD
Ocean's Society of Australia. Melbourne. 1977. 160 PP with b/w illust. (maps, graphs, photos). Pictorial soft cover. Stamp of "The Tasmanian Maritime and Folk Museum"' on title page. Very good. 21.1 x 15.7. 0868959645
Maritime archaeology in Europe, New Zealand & Australia: legislation, conservation & preservation.
32929 GREEN, Jeremy & HARPER, Rosemary THE EXCAVATION OF THE PATTAYA WRECK SITE AND SURVEY OF THREE OTHERS SITES THAILAND, 1982 $30.00 AUD
Australian Institute for Maritime Archaeology. Fremantle. 1983. 1st Ed., Special Publication No. 1. V, 89 with b/w illustrations (drawings, sketches and photos). Illustrated soft cover. Near fine. 29.7 x 21.
49804 GREEN, Jeremy, GAINSFORD, Matthew & STANBURY, Myra (editors) DEPARTMENT OF MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY, WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MARITIME MUSEUM - A compendium of projects, programmes and publications 1971-2003 $10.00 AUD
Australian National Centre of Excellence for Maritime Archaeology. Fremantle. 2004. 1st Ed. Special Publication No. 9. Foreword by Graeme Henderson. XII, 133 PP with tables, 2 b/w and 55 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 23.8 x 16.8. 1876465301
42393 GREENOP, Frank S. COAST OF TRAGEDY $5.00 AUD
K.G. Murray. Sydney. 1944. 2nd Ed. 256 PP. Hard cover, cloth spine. Ex-library copy with a few stamps, o/wise a good reading copy. 18.8 x 12.
26 tales of the sea, on the Australian coast and the bordering seas. Wreck of the Trial, mutiny on the Bounty, Seringapatam, the whaler turned Man-of-War, Ben Boyd's empire...
57540 GREENWALD, Michael SURVIVOR $20.00 AUD
Blue Horizons Press. San Diego. 1995. Revised 4th printing of the 1989 original, edited by Steve Callahan and Douglas Robertson. XXIV, 600, (6) PP with 160 b/w illustrations. Fp: drawing by Steve Callahan. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 23.3 x 18.3. 0931297036
Account of survival after being shipwrecked on an Alaskan island. A manual and required reading for all those who go to sea.
71692 GROCOTT, Terence SHIPWRECKS OF THE REVOLUTIONARY & NAPOLEONIC ERAS $20.00 AUD
Caxton Editions. London. 2002. Reprint of the 1997 original, by Chatham Publishing. XVI, 430 PP. Hard cover, laminated pictorial boards, dj. Light foxing on outside edges. Fine. 24 x 16. 1840671645
Chronicle of maritime tragedies (from contemporaneous publications) listing 1500 ships and covering: the Revolutionary Era 1793-1801, the Era of the Peace of Amiens 1801-1803, and the Napoleonic Era 1803-1816.
41304 GROSVENOR, Melville Bell WHITE MIST CRUISES TO WRECK-HAUNTED ST. PIERRE AND MIQUELON [in National Geographic Magazine] $5.00 AUD
National Geographic Society. Washington. 1967. Volume 132, No.3, September, 1967. Contains article between P.378 and 419 with 1 plan, 1 map, 4 b/w and 45 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 25.5 x 17.5.
Graveyard to over 600 ships. French outpost south of Newfoundland..
19032 GROUSHKO, Michael LOST TREASURES OF THE WORLD $15.00 AUD
Multimedia Books. London. 1993. Reprint of 1986 original. 192 PP with bw and colour illust. Fp: Research in Egypt. Half title page: Coins on sea floor. Eps: Battle at sea. Laminated pict. boards, dj. Fine. 29.5 x 23.2. 185375126X
Buried treasures of pirates, treasures of sunken ships...
18582 GUEROUT, Max THE WRECK OF THE C.S.S. ALABAMA, Avenging Angel of the Confederacy [in National Geographic Magazine] $5.00 AUD
National Geographic Society. Washington. 1994. Volume 186, No. 6, December 1994. Contains article P. 66 to 83 with 1 map, 1 b/w photo and 19 colour illustrations by Rod M. Farb. Pictorial soft cover. New. 25.4 x 17.5.
On the wreck of the Confederate Alabama, sunk by the U.S.S. Kearsarge off Cherbourg, Normandy.
71138 GUEROUT, Max & GRAN "ESCLAVES OUBLIES", Le Naufrage de l'Utile sur l'ïle Tromelin en 1761 $10.00 AUD
GRAN / Groupe de Recherche en Archéologie Navale. Paris. 2004. 11 PP (printed on recto only) plus 10 PP. Plastic covers, clear front, spiral bound. French text. Fine. 29.7 x 21.
Slave ship wrecked in 1761, on Tromelin Island, a dependency of France in the Western Indian Ocean.
32140 HADFIELD, R. L. SEA-TOLL OF OUR TIME - A chronicle of maritime disaster during the last thirty years drawn from authentic sources $15.00 AUD
Philip Allan. London. 1935. 2nd edition. of the 1930 original. No. 27 in the Nautilus Library series. 192 PP. Cloth cover, gilt device on front cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Stamp of previous owner on front endpaper. Light foxing, o/wise very good. 17.4 x 11.2.
24 shipwrecks, from the P & O steamer Aden on the Island of Sokotra in 1897 to the foundering of the Vestris in the West Atlantic in 1928. Wreck of the Titanic, P. 106 to 121.
68087 HAINE, Edgar A. DISASTER AT SEA $20.00 AUD
Cornwall Books. New York. 1983. 1st Ed. 210 PP with 8 statistical tables and 160 b/w illustrations (maps, engravings, paintings and photos). Title spread: stranding wreck of the City of Columbus off Gay Head, Massachusetts, 18th January 1884. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Stamps of the University of Tasmania / Australian Maritime College on endpapers and title page. Dust jacket slightly ruffled, o/wise a very good copy. 28.6 x 22. 0845347195
Loss of 115 ships (48,800 lives): Lusitania, General Slocum, Eastland, Birkenhead... Waratah.
72969 HALL, Thomas THE T.W. LAWSON - The fate of the world's only Seven-Masted Schooner $70.00 AUD
The History Press. Charleston, S.C. 2006. 2006 edition of the 2005 History Press original. 153, (7) PP with b/w illustrations (maps, drawings, engravings, paintings, photos and portraits... ). Stiff covers, pictorial front. Fine. 24.5 x 17.2. 9781596292086
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, ...
37052 HAMILTON-PATERSON, James THE GREAT DEEP - The Sea and its Thresholds $20.00 AUD
Random House. New York. 1992. 1st US edition. (14), 300, (4) PP with 7 b/w illust. on full page. Hard cover, gilt title on cloth spine, dj. Fine. 24.2 x 16.5.
Charts and naming - Islands and boundaries - Reefs and seeing - Wrecks and death... Pirates and nomads (in the Sulu Archipelago).
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.
64293 HARDY, A. C. WRECK S.O.S. - A story of how ships are wrecked, how they are repaired and what exists to save them $40.00 AUD
Crosby Lockwood. London. 1944. 1st Ed. 147 PP with 2 pages of graphs & 9 pages of line drawings, plus 16 pages with 29 b/w illustrations. Fp: "A salvage steamer at work". Orig. blue cloth cover, gilt title spine, dust jacket (price-clipped). Dust jacket has a few nicks, chips, book has a little light foxing and ageing of paper. An otherwise near fine copy and scarce in this condition. 21.5 x 14.
70074 HARRIS, John WITHOUT TRACE - The Last Voyages of Eight Ships $10.00 AUD
Guild Publishing. London. 1988. Reprint of the 1981 original. (10), 244 PP with 7 maps, plus 8 pages with 21 b/w illustrations. Eps: Mappemonde with location of the 8 disappearances. Hard cover, title in blind on front cover and gilt on spine, dj. Ageing and foxing of paper on outside edges. Very good. 24 x 16.
The Erebus and Terror of the Franklin Expedition, the Waratah vanishing between Durban and Cape Town, the Joyita mystery in 1955 between Samoa and Fiji,...
69743 HAYWARD, R. A. THE STORY AND SCANDAL OF HMS MEGAERA $10.00 AUD
Moorland Publishing Co. London. 1978. 1st Ed. 144 PP with 54 b/w illustrations. Title spread: HMS Megaera anchored off St. Paul Bar. Hard cover, dj. Ex Library copy with sellotape marks on covers, stamps on half title page and verso of title page, and renewed endpapers. A good reading / working copy. 24 x 19. 0903485303
One of the Royal Navy's first iron-hulled warships (built 1849), the Megaera, in an unseaworthy state, was forced to beach on St. Paul Island in the Indian Ocean whilst en route round the Cape to Australia in 1871. The story of the ship, her last voyage and the survival and rescue of the crew and troops.
19273 HENDERSON, Graeme THE WRECK OF THE SIRIUS [in Australian Geographic, No. 29, January-March 1993] $10.00 AUD
Sydney. 1993. A.G.S. Contains article pages 100 to 117 with 1 map, 2 colour illustrations & 26 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27.8 x 21.
Wrecked on 19th March 1790, Sydney Bay, Norfolk Island.
20685 HENDERSON, Graeme UNFINISHED VOYAGES, Western Australian Shipwrecks, 1622-1850 $40.00 AUD
University of Western Australia Press. Perth. 1980. 1st Ed. XXII, (2), 288 PP with 13 fig. (location maps) & 38 b/w plates in text. Title-page: Aquatint of "florishing state of the Swan River Thing". Gilt-engraved hard cover, dj. A fine copy of the first edition. Oblong: 18.7 x 25. 0855641762
42283 HENDERSON, Graeme MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY IN AUSTRALIA $30.00 AUD
University of W.A. Press. Perth. 1986. 1st Ed. IX, 197 PP with 65 b/w photos & drawings. Fp: Divers on the platform of a scuttled whale chaser. Hard cover, dj. Name of previous owner on top corner of front endpaper. Name of 8 early wrecks added by previous owner in chapter 3. Foxing spots on first and last leaves, o/wise a near fine copy. 24 x 17.5. 0855642416
A comprehensive account of archaeological resources in Australia.
52918 HENDERSON, Graeme UNFINISHED VOYAGES - Western Australian Shipwrecks, 1622-1850 $60.00 AUD
University of Western Australia Press. Perth. 2007. 2nd edition of the 1980 original. XII, 340 PP with 4 location maps, b/w and colour illustrations. Hard cover, title on front cover and spine, dj. Fine. 29.2 x 25.2. 0920694883
58006 HENDERSON, Graeme MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY IN AUSTRALIA $30.00 AUD
University of W.A. Press. Perth. 1986. 1st Ed. IX, 197 PP with 65 b/w photos & drawings. Fp: Divers on the platform of a scuttled whale chaser. Hard cover, dj. Ex-Library copy with stamps and marks on rear endpaper, o/wise a nice clean copy. 24 x 17.5. 0855642416
A comprehensive account of archaeological resources in Australia.
58610 HENDERSON, Graeme REDEMPTION OF A SLAVE SHIP - THE JAMES MATTHEWS $20.00 AUD
Western Australian Museum. Perth. 2009. 1st Ed. 384 PP with 82 b/w or colour illustrations. Fp: section 12, looking forward. Eps: "Don Francisco" General Arrangement (FEP with a fold for 3 sections). Hard cover, dj. Fine. 24.2 x 17.5. 9781920843991
A French-built snow brig, turned Portuguese slaver, which ended as the trading brig James Matthews, a total wreck in Cockburn Sound.
62086 HENDERSON, Graeme THE WRECK OF THE "ELIZABETH" $20.00 AUD
Australian Society for Historical Achaeology. Sydney. 1973. 1st edition limited to 600 numbered copies (No.282 / 600). No. 1 in the "Studies in Historical Archaeology" series. X, 53 PP with 10 plates & 14 figures. Pictorial soft cover. Faint foxing. Near fine. 21.5 x 14. 0909797013
The riddle of the wreckage found off Cottesloe, to the naming of the wreck.
Western Australian Maritime Museum. Fremantle. 1998. 1st Ed. XX, 100 PP with 4 figures and 7 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 14.9. 0730712222
17 papers papers presented in September 1997. Early pilots in Muslim waters, by Rear Admiral François Bellec... The research and locating of the AE2, by Selcuk Kolay... Maritime rhetorics, tourism and the Australian National Maritime Museum...
66095 HENDERSON, Graeme & STANBURY, Myra THE SIRIUS - Past and Present $30.00 AUD
Collins. Sydney. 1988. 1st Ed. 168 PP with tables, 5 b/w & 30 colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Title page with dedicatory note dated and signed by Myra Stanbury, co-author. Fine. 19.7 x 13. 0732224470
The Baltic trading ship Berwick, then Sirius of the first fleet, shipwrecked on Norfolk Island. Diving expeditions and preservation of artifacts.
74223 HENDERSON, Graeme, DE HOOP, Robert & VIDUKA, Andrew MISADVENTURES IN PARADISE - Australia's Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Christmas Island during the Dutch Era $65.00 AUD
University of Western Australia Publishing. Perth. 2020. 1st Ed. Introduction in "The Oceans Institute Monograph" series, by Peter Veth. XII, 242 PP with over 74 b/w or colour figures. Stiff covers, pictorial front. New. 23.3 x 15.5. 9781760802301
36833 HENDERSON, James A. PHANTOMS OF THE TRYALL $35.00 AUD
St George Books / W.A. Newspapers Ltd. Perth. 1993. 1st Ed. XII, 193 PP with 2 maps of the last voyage of the Tryall 1622 and 27 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21.5 x 15.2. 0867780533
Documented account of Australia's first shipwreck, the English East India Company's vessel Tryall in 1622 off the Monte Bello Islands in Western Australia's north-west. The remains discovered in 1969 but later devastated by the 'Gelignite Buccaneer'. The turbulent story of the battle to save Australia's historic wrecks.
71690 HENDERSON, James A. MAROONED, The Wreck of the Vergulde Draeck and the Abandonment and Escape from the Southland of Abraham Leeman in 1658 $55.00 AUD
St. George Books. Perth. 1982. XIV, 218 PP with b/w illust. throughout (maps, sketches, photos...). Eps. Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing on outside edges. Name of previous owner on half-title page, o/wise near fine. 22.5 x 15. 0867780118
After the wreck of the "Vergulde Draeck", a search party of the rescue ship "Waeckende Boey" is marooned on Green Island and has to reach Batavia in a leaking boat.
70283 HETHERINGTON, Roy M. THE WRECK OF H.M.S. ORPHEUS, New Zealand's Worst Sea Disaster $20.00 AUD
Cassell. Auckland. 1975. Reprint of the 1968 original. XVI, 158 PP with 1 map & 24 bw illust. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket with tiny chips. Faint foxing. Brief note on front endpaper, otherwise a near fine copy. 22.4 x 14.8. 0726937037
The most tragic shipwreck in New Zealand waters, 7th Feb. 1863, Manukau Harbour: loss of 189 from a complement of 258. Appendix with 58 pages on wrecks in N.Z.
50773 HICKLING, Vice Admiral Harold POSTSCRIPT TO VOYAGER - The Melbourne - Voyager Collision. A Sequel to One Minute of Time $15.00 AUD
Reed. Wellington. 1969. 1st Ed. 192 PP. Eps: Interpretation of events with map reconstructing the collision. Hard cover, dj. Occasional foxing, o/wise very good. 22.3 x 14.5. 0589004042
Recapitulation of the first enquiry. The second enquiry.
69075 HICKLING, Vice Admiral Harold ONE MINUTE OF TIME - The Melbourne - Voyager Collision $20.00 AUD
Reed. Sydney. 1965. 1st Ed. 235 PP with 9 diagrams, plus 16 pages with 30 b/w photos. Fp: The mariners' compass. Eps: Interpretation of events with map reconstructing the collision. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 22.2 x 14.
10 February 1964: collision between the destroyer H.M.A.S. Voyager and the aircraft carrier H.M.A.S. Melbourne.
66945 HILL, Chris LORD HOWE ISLAND: South Pacific paradise on our doorstep (in Australian Geographic No. 28, October-December 1992) $10.00 AUD
A.G.S. Sydney. 1992. Contains article pages 32 to 53 with 2 maps, 2 b/w and colour 36photos, plus large folded map of "Lord Howe Island". Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27.8 x 21.
Department of Environment and Planning. Adelaide. c.1991. 1st Ed. 41 PP with 2 maps and 1 inset, 11 different forms of rig, and duotone illustrations (engravings, photos). Inside front cover: Map of SE South Australia and of Wardang Island. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 14.3. 0730805176
Legislation relating to shipwrecks and 32 historic shipwrecks of the South Australian coast.
30723 HOEHLING, A. A. EPICS OF THE SEA $15.00 AUD
Contemporary Books. Chicago. 1977. 1st Ed. VI, (2), 228 PP, plus 8 pages with 20 b/w illust. Hard cover, dj. (price clipped). Fine. 23.5 x 15.8 0809281295
Cruise of the Alabama - The ordeal of William Bligh - Why did they sink the Lusitania ...
75088 HOEHLING, A. A. LOST AT SEA $10.00 AUD
Rutledge Hill Press. Nashville, Tennessee. 1999. New edition of the 1984 original. 223 PP with 30 b/w illustrations. Soft covers, pictorial front. Stamp of Maritime Museum of Tasmania on title page, o/wise near fine. 22.8 x 15.2. 9781558537446
Truth behind 8 nautical history's most baffling enigmas: Mary Celeste - S.S. Waratah - R.M.S. Lusitania - HMS Hampshire - The Cyclops - Morro Castle - SSN Scorpion - SS Poet.
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..
44255 HOEHLING, A. A. & Mary THE LAST VOYAGE OF THE LUSITANIA $10.00 AUD
Quality Book Club / Longmans, Green & Co. London. 1957. Reprint of the 1957 UK edition. VIII, 184 PP, plus 16 pages with 22 b/w illustrations. Hard cover, title on spine (dullled). Light foxing, o/wise a very good clean 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..
55912 HOFFER, William SAVED! The Story of the Andrea Doria - the Greatest Sea Rescue in History $5.00 AUD
Pan. London. 1981. 1st paperback edition of the 1980 UK edition. 224 PP with 1 diagram, 1 map and 3 sketch-plans, plus 86 pages with 21 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Foxing. Very good. 17.7 x 11 0330262327
The collision between the Italian liner Andrea Doria and the Swedish liner Stockholm off Nantucket Island in 1956.
International Cultural Corporation of Australia Ltd. Sydney. 1988. 1st Ed., with a foreword by R. J. L. Hawke, Prime Minister of Australia. 51 PP with 4 location maps,12 b/w & 60 colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Invitation to the official opening of this exhibition, by Vice Admiral M. W. Hudson, Chief of Naval Staff, loosely inserted. Fine. 27.4 x 22. 0642123497
The great seafaring saga out of which Australia emerged as a nation. Written in conjunction with the exhibition Shipwreck.
International Cultural Corporation of Australia Ltd. Sydney. 1988. 1st Ed., with a foreword by R. J. L. Hawke, Prime Minister of Australia. 51 PP with 4 location maps,12 b/w & 60 colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27.4 x 22. 0642123497
The great seafaring saga out of which Australia emerged as a nation. Written in conjunction with the exhibition Shipwreck.
44635 HOGARTH, Christine (compiler) NAVIGATORS AND SHIPWRECKS - Australia's Heritage in Stamps $5.00 AUD
Australia Post. Melbourne. 1985. 1st Ed., Book 2 in the Australian Bicentennial Collection. 36 PP with b/w & colour illustrations (maps, charts, engravings, painting photos and images of stamps). Title page: Silver plate from the wreck of the Batavia. Fp: Detail from the map: Mar del Sur, Mar Pacifico, 1622. Pictorial soft cover. Booklet without the stamp collection. Fine. 25 x 25. 0642079013
47136 HOGARTH, Christine (compiler) NAVIGATORS AND SHIPWRECKS - Australia's Heritage in Stamps $10.00 AUD
Australia Post. Melbourne. 1985. 1st Ed., Book 2 in the Australian Bicentennial Collection. 36 PP with b/w & colour illustrations (maps, charts, engravings, painting photos and images of stamps), plus stamp folder in pocket inside front cover. Title page: Silver plate from the wreck of the Batavia. Fp: Detail from the map: Mar del Sur, Mar Pacifico, 1622. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 25 x 25. 0642079013
30237 HOLMAN, Gordon CARLSEN OF THE "FLYING ENTERPRISE" $30.00 AUD
Hodder & Stoughton. London. 1952. 1st Ed. No pagination, 32 PP with 76 b/w photos. Inside front cover: track of the "Flying Enterprise". Pictorial card cover. Spine lightly rubbed. Near fine. Scarce. 21.5 x 14.
Shifting of her pig-iron cargo, listing, towing and ultimately foundering of this vessel of Isbrandtsen Lines.
42401 HOLTHOUSE, Hector SHIPS IN THE CORAL $15.00 AUD
MacMillan. Sydney. 1976. 1st Ed. (6), 146 PP with b/w illust., plus 8 colour plates. Fp: Map of N.W. part of the Coral Sea. Eps: Map of Torres Strait. Hard cover a little faded near spine. Name of previous owner at top of half title page. Faint foxing spots on outside edges. Very good. Image shows title page. 26.8 x 19.2. 0333210530
The story of the reef and the adjoining Torres Strait and Coral Sea - Torres, Cook, Flinders, Bligh, etc ...
66494 HOOK, Fiona, PATERSON, Alistair & SOUTER, Corioli (editors) Program and Abstracts of the 2005 Conference "THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF TRADE & EXCHANGE" $30.00 AUD
University of Western Australia & Western Australia Maritime Museum. Perth & Fremantle. 2005. October 2005 edition. 94 PP. Pictorial soft cover. Minimal scoring on 5 pages, o/wise near fine. 29.2 x 21. 1740521250
16315 HORDER, Mervyn ON THEIR OWN - SHIPWRECKS & SURVIVALS $10.00 AUD
Duckworth. London. 1988. 1st Ed. 140 PP with 12 b/w illust. Hard cover, dj. A little light foxing, o/wise fine. 22.2 x 14.2. 0715610163
Shipwreck narratives from all ages (St. Paul to WWII) and climes (Spitzberg to the South Seas).
52925 HOSTY, Kieran THE MELANCHOLY WRECK OF THE DUNBAR (in Signals No. 79) $10.00 AUD
Australian National Maritime Museum. Sydney. 2007. No. 79, June-August 2007. 48 PP. Contains article pages 34 to 39 with 1 b/w and 6 colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 29.7 x 21.
Wrecked off Sydney Heads, August 1857.
69498 HOSTY, Kieran VASA 1628, Strange Fate of a King's Warship (in Signals No. 57) $10.00 AUD
Sydney. 2001. Australian National Maritime Museum. Issue No. 57, December 2001 - February 2002. 40 PP. Contains article pages 25 to 28 with 1 b/w and 9 colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.6 x 21.
Exhibition held 15 November 2001 to 27 January 2002 on her fate in 1628 ... her remarkable salvage and restoration.
65279 L'HOUR, Michel & VEYRAT, Elisabeth LA MER POUR MEMOIRE - Archéologie sous-marine des épaves Atlantiques $30.00 AUD
Somogy éditions d'Art & Buhez. Paris. 2005. 1st edition. Forewords by Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres, Jean-Luc Massy & Eric Morin. 368 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. FEP: Rocky landscape off Brittany. REP: Location map and map of French Brittany and Normandy. Hard cover, title in blind on front board and spine. French text. Fine. 29 x 25.5. 2850568317
66702 L'HOUR, Michel & VEYRAT, Elisabeth UN CORSAIRE SOUS LA MER: Les épaves de la Natière, Archéologie sous-marine à Saint-Malo - Volume 2: Campagne de Fouille 2000 $35.00 AUD
Edition Adramar. Saint Malo. 2001. 1st edition. Volume 2: 108 PP with b/w illustrations (charts, maps, plans and photos) and 8 colour plates with 1 drawing and 37 photos. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.5 x 21.2. 29511562411
66703 L'HOUR, Michel & VEYRAT, Elisabeth UN CORSAIRE SOUS LA MER: Les épaves de la Natière, Archéologie sous-marine à Saint-Malo - Volume 3: Campagne de Fouille 2001 $35.00 AUD
Edition Adramar. Saint Malo. 2002. 1st edition. Volume 3: 108 PP with b/w illustrations (charts, maps, plans and photos) and 8 colour plates with 1 chart, 4 drawing and 41 photos. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.5 x 21.2. 2951156242X
66704 L'HOUR, Michel & VEYRAT, Elisabeth UN CORSAIRE SOUS LA MER: Les épaves de la Natière, Archéologie sous-marine à Saint-Malo - Volume 4: Campagne de Fouille 2002 $35.00 AUD
Edition Adramar. Saint Malo. 2003. 1st edition. Volume 4: 132 PP with b/w illustrations (charts, maps, plans and photos) and 8 colour plates with 1 plan and 38 photos. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.5 x 21.2. 29511562438
33166 HOWARTH, Patrick LIFEBOAT - In Danger's Hour $20.00 AUD
Hamlyn. London. 1981. 1st Ed., with a foreword by Clare Francis. 144 PP with 1 map of the British Isles, 4 cutaways, 5 profiles, 155 b/w and 16 colour illust. Half title page: St Mary's, Scilly Isles, lifeboat on service during the Fastnet Race in August 1979. Title spread: Penzance lifeboat Dora saved the crew of Jeune Hortense, a brigantine wrecked off Eastern Green, Penzance, in 1888. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Near fine. 30.2 x 22.2 0600349594
Story of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, founded in 1824.
65973 HUDSON, Kenneth & NICHOLLS, Ann THE BOOK OF SHIPWRECKS $5.00 AUD
Macmillan. London. 1979. 1st Ed. (6), 170 PP with 3 plans of ships & 11 maps, plus 64 pages with 101 b/w illustrations. Hard cover. Stamp of previous owner on front endpaper and title page. Remainder mark on bottom outside edge. Very good. 24 x 16. 0333220927
Record of over 1500 ships / sea disasters from around the world from about 2500 BC to the present.
68115 HUDSON, Kenneth & NICHOLLS, Ann THE BOOK OF SHIPWRECKS $10.00 AUD
Macmillan. London. 1979. 1st Ed. (6), 170 PP with 3 plans of ships & 11 maps in text plus 64 pages with 101 bw illust. Hard cover, dj. Stamp of "University of Tasmania" / "Australian Maritime College" on front endpaper and title page. Very good. 24 x 16. 0333220927
Record of over 1500 ships / sea disasters from around the world from about 2500 BC to the present.
69778 HUDSON, Kenneth & NICHOLLS, Ann THE BOOK OF SHIPWRECKS $10.00 AUD
Macmillan. London. 1979. 1st Ed. (6), 170 PP with 3 plans of ships & 11 maps in text plus 64 pages with 101 bw illust. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Stamp of "The Tasmanian Maritime and Folk Museum " on front endpaper. Very good. 24 x 16. 0333220927
Record of over 1500 ships / sea disasters from around the world from about 2500 BC to the present.
72319 HUME, Ivor Noël SHIPWRECK! - History from the Bermuda Reefs $20.00 AUD
Capstan Publications. Hamilton, Bermuda. 1995. 1st Ed. Foreword by The Hon. Sir John Swan, Premier of Bermuda. VIII, 64 PP with 6 b/w illustrations (1 photo and 5 drawings) and colour illustrations (2 charts, 8 paintings by E.B. Tucker and 68 photos). Pictorial stiff covers. Near fine. 22.8 x 15.2.
71752 HUTCHINSON, Geoff THE MARY STANFORD DISASTER - The Story of a Lifeboat: November 15th, 1928 $15.00 AUD
G. Hutchinson, RNLI. Rye Harbour. 1984. 1st Ed. Foreword by Rear Admiral W.J. Graham, Director RNLI. 28 PP with b/w illustrations: 1 sketch map, 9 photos and 17 portraits of the Crew. Inside front cover: Memorial. Inside back cover: Sketch map of Rye Area. Soft covers, illustrated front. Near fine. 21 x 15.
Rye Harbour Lifeboat disaster: Lifeboat capsized with all the crew, 17 lives lost, tragic response to distress signals.
41289 INGRAM, C. W. N. & WHEATLEY, P. O. NEW ZEALAND SHIPWRECKS 1795-1960 $40.00 AUD
Reed. Wellington. 1961. 3rd edition of the 1936 original. VIII, 408 PP, plus 32 pages with 121 b/w illustrations. Fp: Rigs of sailing vessels. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Spine of dust jacket a little sunned. Traces of old sellotape marks on inside front and back covers, o/wise a near fine copy. 24.7 x 19.5.
74425 INGRAM, C. W. N. & WHEATLEY, P. O. NEW ZEALAND SHIPWRECKS 1795-1960 $20.00 AUD
Reed. Wellington. 1961. 3rd edition of the 1936 original. VIII, 408 PP, plus 32 pages with 121 b/w illustrations. Fp: Rigs of sailing vessels. Hard cover, gilt title on a sunned spine. Copy lacking the free fly of front endpaper. Name of previous owner at top of half title page. Foxing. An otherwise very good clean copy. Image shows the frontispiece. 24.7 x 19.5.
72298 INGRAM, C.W.N. NEW ZEALAND SHIPWRECKS 1795-1982 $60.00 AUD
Reed. Wellington. 1984. 6th (Revised. & Enlarged), (4), 491 PP plus 4 b/w plates. Fp: Rigs of sailing vessels. Cloth cover with pictorial dust jacket (by W.W. Stewart) A fine copy. Scarce. 24.8 x 19. 0589015109
An epic account of disasters on the coast of New Zealand.
34565 INGRAM, Chas. W. N. & WHEATLEY, P. Owen SHIPWRECKS NEW ZEALAND DISASTERS 1795-1950 $20.00 AUD
A.H. & A.W. Reed. Wellington. 1951. 2nd edition of the 1936 original. Foreword by W. C. Smith. 520 PP with 112 b/w illust. Fp: Wreck of H.M.S. Orpheus on Manukau Bar, 7th February 1863. Cloth cover, spine faded and worn at extremities. Very good. Image shows title-page and frontispiece. 24 x 16.
58647 INGRAM, Chas. W. N. & WHEATLEY, P. Owen SHIPWRECKS NEW ZEALAND DISASTERS 1795-1936 $60.00 AUD
Dunedin Book Publishing Association. Dunedin, NZ. 1936. 1st Ed. Foreword by P. Fraser. 502, (2) PP with 123 b/w illustrations. Fp: Intercolonial cargo steamer Abel Tasman, totally wrecked Greymouth, July 18 1936. Cloth cover, title in blind on front cover and gilt on spine. Covers rubbed around edges with shelf wear, spine dulled. Signed by Wheatley on FFEP together with previous owner's signature which is also at top of title-page. A few pencil marks against some entries in the Index pages at the rear. Contents near fine. Scarce. 24 x 16.
68335 JEFFERY, W. & AMESS, J. PROCEEDINGS OF THE SECOND SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE CONFERENCE ON MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY $50.00 AUD
South Australian Department of Environment and Planning. Adelaide. 1983. 1st Ed. VI, (2), 452 PP with 47 figures and 91 b/w plates. Soft cover, illustrated front. Stamps of "The Tasmanian Maritime and Folk Museum" on front cover and title page. Stamp of "Australian Maritime College" on title page and last page. Very good. 29.7 x 21. 724346686
47 papers presented in March 1982: Maritime Archaeology in Australia, and developments in each state - Maritime Archaeology in other countries - Research and Survey - Site management and protection...
55989 JEFFERYS, Greg THE STRADBROKE ISLAND GALLEON. The Mystery of the ship in the swamp $45.00 AUD
J.A.G. Publications. Brisbane. 2007. 1st Ed. (2), 189 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, maps, plans, and photos by Cliff Rosendahl). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 14.8. 9780980357004
73406 JEFFERYS, Greg HEROES AND VILLAINS - The astounding untold story of the founders of Cascade Brewery $40.00 AUD
J.A.G. Publications. Woodbridge, Tas. 2013. 1st Ed. XVII, 238 PP with 50 b/w illustrations (drawings, engravings, maps, portraits and photos). Pictorial stiff covers. Fine/as new condition. 21 x 14.8. 9780646910468
Peter Degraves & Major Hugh Macintosh, and their "Hope", a Sharp built ship, shipwrecked at Hope Beach, South Arm, mouth of the Derwent River, in April 1827.
39119 JEFFREYS, Max MURDER, MAYHEM, FIRE & STORM: Australian Shipwrecks $20.00 AUD
New Holland Publishers. Sydney. 1999. 1st Ed. X, 262 PP with 1 map on double page, 16 location maps and 16 head pieces (paintings or photos). Pictorial stiff cover. Fine. 22.8 x 17. 9781864364453
Dutch Wrecks on West Australia coast: Batavia, De Vergulde Draeck, Zuytdorp, Zeewyk... HMS Pandora... Australian Hospital Ship Centaur.
71896 JEFFREYS, Max WRECK OF THE SYDNEY COVE $20.00 AUD
New Holland Publishers. Sydney. 1997. 1st Ed. XIV, 257 PP with 14 maps with 11 head pieces, 5 bw illust., and 14 maps. Eps: map of S.E. of New Holland and Van Diemen's Land. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Near fine. 23.7 x 17.5. 1864363029
The epic story of the shipwrecked crew and their heroic journey from Preservation Island to Port Jackson in 1797.
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.
65994 JENNINGS, P.S. & BOSEK, D. SHIPWRECKS $5.00 AUD
Bison Group. London. 1995. 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). Title spread: Wreck of Herald of Free Enterprise. Pictorial laminated boards, dj. Fine. 30 x 23. 1858410436
True stories of all the famous sea disasters: fire, collision, stranding & sinking.
30712 JENNINGS, Philip S. & BOSEK, Dany SHIPWRECKS $5.00 AUD
Bison Books. London. 1992. 1st Ed. 80 PP with b/w & colour illust. Title spread: Wreck of the Herald of Free Enterprise. Pictorial laminated boards, dj. Fine. 30 x 23. 0861249288
True stories of all the famous sea disasters: fire, collision, stranding & sinking.
31079 JESSOP, Violet TITANIC SURVIVOR - The newly discovered memoirs of Violet Jessop who survived both the Titanic and Britannic disasters $10.00 AUD
Boronia Press. Canberra. 1998. 1st Australian edition. Introduced, edited and annotated by John Maxtone-Grahame. X, 238 PP, plus 24 pages with 35 b/w photos. Title spread: Titanic. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 22.7 x 15.3. 0646352776
Stewardess with White Star Line.
65238 JEWITT, John R. WHITE SLAVES OF THE NOOTKA $10.00 AUD
Heritage House Publishing. Vancouver, B.C. 1990. 2nd printing of the 1987 original. 126, (2) PP with b/w illustrations (2 maps, 17 engravings and 27 photos). Inside covers: colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Name of previous owner at top of title page. Occasional foxing. Very good. 21.5 x 14. 0919214517
Captivity between March 1803 and July 1805, by the Indians of Nootka Sound on the West Coast of Vancouver Island.
63045 JOHNSON, David TRIUMPH - The Ship that hit the Lighthouse $25.00 AUD
The Dunmore Press. Palmerston North. NZ. 1981. 1st Ed. X, 142 PP with 1 map in text plus 24 pages with 41 b/w illust. Hard cover, dj. Name of previous owner on front endpaper. Fine. 22 x 14.5. 0908564589
The steamer shipwrecked on 29/11/1883 at the foot of the Tiritiri lighthouse which guides shipping into Auckland Harbour. Her subsequent refloating & career.
20661 JOHNSTONE, Paul THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF SHIPS $10.00 AUD
The Bodley Head. London. 1974. 1st edition in the Bodley Head Archaeologies series. 135 PP with b/w illustrations, plus 8 pages with 13 colour illustrations. Hard cover, dj. A little light foxing, o/wise fine. 25.3 x 19.2. 0370015797
Study of ships around the world from the Cheops Ship to the Polynesian double-canoes, Ferriby Boats, the Sutton Hoo, the Wasa, Mary Rose and Amsterdam,...
58184 JOHNSTONE, Paul THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF SHIPS $5.00 AUD
The Bodley Head. London. 1974. 1st Ed. in the Bodley Head Archaeologies series. 135 PP with b/w illustrations, plus 8 pages with 13 colour illustrations. Hard cover, dj (price-clipped). A little light foxing, o/wise very good. 25.3 x 19.2. 0370015797
Study of ships around the world from the Cheops Ship to the Polynesian double-canoes, Ferriby Boats, the Sutton Hoo, the Wasa, Mary Rose and Amsterdam,...
British Museum Press. London. 1995. 1st edition, in the Egyptian Bookshelf series. 96 PP with 72 b/w illust. (1 map, 9 photos and 62 drawings), plus 4 pages with 8 colour photos. Fp: Artist's impression of the sailing boat of Hatshepsut. Pictorial card cover. Fine. 24 x 17. 0714109754
41589 JORDAN, D. J. EAST COAST SHIPWRECKS - A Thematic Historical Survey $40.00 AUD
Maritime Heritage Unit, Heritage Victoria. Melbourne. 1995. 1st Ed. (6), 303 PP with tables and 29 b/w illustrations (map, sketches, and photographs). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.4 x 20.8. 0730686906
State of Victoria.
34401 KENDERDINE, Sarah TE WAKA MAORI - Maori Canoe in New Zealand prehistory: reconstruction from an archaeological perspective including oral and historical evidence. (in A.I.M.A. Bulletin - Volume 15, No.2, 1991) $20.00 AUD
AIMA / Australian Institute for Maritime Archaeology. Fremantle. 1991. Edited by Jeremy GREEN & Myra STANBURY. 87 PP, contains article from P.29 to 36 with 4 figures (1 engraving and 3 sets of drawings). Illustrated card cover. Fine. 29.6 x 21.
Other articles: The Last Voyage of the Day Dawn Wreck, by Geoff Kimpton & Graeme Henderson, The Kangaroo Island Shipwreck Survey and Community Involvement, by Robert McKinnon,...
44470 KENTLEY, Eric DISCOVER THE TITANIC $10.00 AUD
Dorling Kindersley. London. 1997. 3rd impression, in Action Book series. 30 PP with colour illustrations. Inside front cover: bow of Titanic. Inside back cover: Nautile. Pictorial laminated boards. Fine. 29 x 22. 0751356247
18350 KIM, H. Edward A 14TH CENTURY CARGO MAKES PORT AT LAST [in National Geographic Magazine] $10.00 AUD
National Geographic Society. Washington. 1979. Volume 156, No 2, August 1979. Includes article from P.230 to 243. Pict. soft cover. Very good. 25.4 x 17.5.
The wreck of a 14th century Chinese sea-going vessel of Sinan on the South Western coast of Korea.
52515 KING, David THE WRECK OF THE WILLIAM SALTHOUSE (in Heritage Australia) $10.00 AUD
Australian Council of National Trusts. Canberra. 1988. Volume 7, No. 3, Spring 1988 issue. Contains article from P. 46 to 48 with 1 map, 2 drawings and 4 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 29.5 x 23.
Wrecked at the Rip, Port Phillip Heads, November 1841.
Statens Sjöhistoriska Museum / Wasavarvet. Stockholm. 1983. Reprint of the 1st English edition of 1969, translated from the Swedish original by Alan Tapsell. 48 PP with b/w & colour illustrations. Pictorial soft covers. Fine. 21 x 15.
The saga of the Swedish warship "Wasa": lost and salvaged, life on board, preservation, the decorated man-of-war.
36671 KONSTAM, Angus THE HISTORY OF SHIPWRECKS $20.00 AUD
The Lyons Press / Mariners' Museum, Virginia. New York. 1999. 1st Ed., with a foreword by Claudia Pennington. 192 PP with location maps, maps and b/w or colour illustrations. Half title page: Loss of HMS Magnificent, March 1801. Title page: Map the Atlantic. Fp: Diver surveying the Highborn Cay shipwreck. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 30.5 x 23. 1558219706
A full-colour guide to the ships and treasures at the bottom of the sea.
22848 KOSTOGLOU, Parry & McCARTHY, Justin WHALING AND SEALING SITES IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA $45.00 AUD
AIMA / Australian Institute for Maritime Archaeology. Adelaide. 1991. 1st Ed., Special Publication No. 6 by Australian Institute for Maritime Archaeology. XI, 77 PP with 2 tables, 4 maps, 32 location maps & plans, and 58 b/w photos. Illustrated soft cover. Near fine. 29.8 x 21. 08106991
40055 LACOUDRE, N. ELECTRICITE ET ARCHEOLOGIE $10.00 AUD
Valectra / Electricité de France. Paris. 1987. 1st Ed. 80 PP with 6 tables and many colour illustrations (drawings, graphs and photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 23.5 x 18. 2724000153
Archaeology, and use of electricity (electrolysis) to protect items salvaged from the sea.
67073 LAMBERT, Nat RMS TITANIC - Press Out and Build $15.00 AUD
Top That! Publishing. Woodbridge, Suffolk. 2012. 1st Ed. "Centennial Edition". 16 PP with 6 b/w illustrations and colour photos (6 in text and 24 for the Assembly instructions), plus 6 sheets on glossy stiff paper for the press out model by Gary Kings. Large double-sided poster in colour "The Sunday Times - Titanic" (supplement) loosely inserted. Pictorial stiff cover. Fine. 31.5 x 23.5. 9781845102067
Folded poster - Recto: Commemorating 100 years since the ill-fated voyage / Verso: poster for the movie "Titanic" by James Cameron. Format: 90 x 59.5 (folded: 29.7 x 21.2).
66344 LANE, Guy YONGALA $25.00 AUD
Author. Brisbane. 2015. 1st edited by Jane Aslett.. (6), 126, (4) PP. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 23 x 15.4. 9781499568301
Historical novel based on the last voyage between Mackay and Townsville of S.S. Yongala and her foundering in March 1911.
12096 LANGLEY, Martin & SMALL, Edwina LOST SHIPS OF THE WEST COUNTRY, A Guide to Forgotten Craft from Poole to Gloucester $25.00 AUD
Stanford Maritime. London. 1988. 1st Ed. 160 PP with 9 head pieces, 16 maps and 123 bw photos. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 25.5 x 19.5. 0540074314
Story of the wrecks visible on the coasts of Devon, Cornwall and Gloucester.
20891 LARN, Richard & Bridget SHIPWRECKS - St Ives to Bude $5.00 AUD
Tor Mark Press. Penryn. 1990. 1st Ed. 32 PP with 1 map and 27 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover (the St Ives schooner Giles Lang beached deliberately at Maer Lake). Near fine. 21 x 14. 0850253241
North coast of Cornwall.
41254 LARN, Richard & Bridget SHIPWRECKS - Around Land's End $10.00 AUD
Tor Mark Press. Penryn. 1989. 1st Ed. 32 PP with 1 map and 34 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover (the Dieppe trawler Jean Gougy, 1962). Near fine. 21 x 14. 0850253071
Extreme west coast of Cornwall.
41255 LARN, Richard & Bridget SHIPWRECKS - Around Mount's Bay $10.00 AUD
Tor Mark Press. Penryn. 1991. 1st Ed. 32 PP with 1 map and 29 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover (French-built wooden brigantine Jeune Hortense). Near fine. 21 x 14. 0850253268
South coast of Cornwall.
41256 LARN, Richard & Bridget SHIPWRECKS - Around the Lizard $10.00 AUD
Tor Mark Press. Penryn. 1989. 1st Ed. 32 PP with 1 map and 31 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover (Norwegian barque Gunvor). Near fine. 21 x 14. 0850253063
South coast of Cornwall.
41257 LARN, Richard & Bridget SHIPWRECKS - Falmouth to Looe $10.00 AUD
Tor Mark Press. Penryn. 1993. 1st Ed. 32 PP with 1 map and 33 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover (French two-masted schooner Marie Celine). Near fine. 21 x 14. 0850253381
South coast of Cornwall.
56002 LARN, Richard & Bridget SHIPWRECK INDEX OF THE BRITISH ISLES - Volume 4: Scotland $90.00 AUD
Lloyd's Register of Shipping. London. 1998. 1st Ed. Foreword by Colin Martin. (2), XLIII, (479) PP with 12 maps and 60 b/w illustrations (1 engraving and 59 photos). Hard cover, gilt device and title on front board and title on spine, dj. Fine. 30.5 x 21.5. 1900839016
14360 LARN, Richard & CARTER, Clive CORNISH SHIPWRECKS, The South Coast $10.00 AUD
Pan Books. London. 1976. Paperback reprint. 254 PP, (2 adverts) with 10 wreck location charts in text plus 16 pages with 27 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Ageing of paper, o/wise very good. 19.7 x 12.7. 0330234749
Falmouth, Lizard, Lands End, graveyard of many a ship.
69138 LARSON, Erik DEAD WAKE - The Last Crossing of the LUSITANIA $15.00 AUD
Doubleday. London. 2015. 1st paperback edition. XVI, 430, (2) PP with 1 map "Great Britain and Environs - 1914". Fp: Lusitania. Pictorial soft covers. Fine. 23.3 x 15. 9780857521828
45943 LARUE, Pierre, PRONER, Raymond et al. LE PATRIMOINE MARITIME CALEDONIEN - Association Fortunes de Mer Calédoniennes $15.00 AUD
Association Fortunes de Mer Calédoniennes. Nouméa. 1989. 1st Ed. of November 1989. 32 PP with 1 map, 4 drawings, 10 colour and 16 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 29.8 x 21.
Shipwrecks in New Caledonia.
51171 LAYSON, J. F. MEMORABLE SHIPWRECKS AND SEAFARING ADVENTURES OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY $10.00 AUD
Walter Scott. London. c. 1900. 1st Ed. ?. VIII, 9-304 PP, (16 publications), plus frontispiece and 3 b/w plates. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, top edge gilt. Corners of covers worn. Head and foot of spine frayed and worn. Hinges starting. Ex library copy with library plate on front endpaper. Foxing, o/wise good. 19 x 13.
Personal descriptions by the shipwrecked seaman, the passenger, and the adventurer: Lady Hobart, Blendenhall, La Méduse...
32055 LAYTON, Thomas N. THE VOYAGE OF THE FROLIC - New England Merchants and the Opium Trade $20.00 AUD
Stanford University Press. Stanford. 1997. 1st Ed. XVI, (2), 227 PP with 39 figures (2 maps, facsimile of documents, drawings and photos). Title spread: Frolic under sail. Cloth cover, dj. Faint foxing, o/wise fine. 23.5 x 15.5. 0804729093
Custom-built Baltimore clipper for the Opium trade between Bombay and China. Wrecked with Chinese goods, on the Mendocino coast, North of San Francisco, in the early years of the Gold Rush.
72318 LEFROY, Mike SHIPWRECK AT MADMAN'S CORNER $25.00 AUD
Western Australian Museum. Perth. 2010. New edition of the 1999 original. 80, (3) PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Laminated pictorial boards. Fine. 24 x 18.5. 9781920843465
Point Cloates, West Australia.
21776 LEMON, Andrew & MORGAN, Marjorie POOR SOULS, THEY PERISHED: The Cataraqui - Australia's Worst Shipwreck $25.00 AUD
Hargreen. Melbourne. 1986. 1st Ed. Foreword by Patsy Adam-Smith. XII, 188 PP with 3 tables & 54 b/w illust. (10 maps or plans). Eps: Artist's view of the wreck of the Cataraqui, engravings from the 1880's. Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing spots on top outside edge. Near fine. 25 x 17.5. 0949905283
The circumstances of the voyage of the Cataraqui. Liverpool to Melbourne, the events of the wreck in Bass Strait on 4th August, 1845 (400 lost, 9 survivors).
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.
Cassell. London. 1975. 1st Ed., No. 7 in the Cassell's Introducing Archaeology series. 95 PP with 43 b/w illust., and 15 colour photos. Eps: Scuba divers and parachute. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 20 x 17. 0304293377
Study of a wreck as a self-contained capsule of history. Tools & techniques. Wrecks in the Mediterranean, Red Sea, Western Europe & the New World.
41521 LOCKHART, J. G. PERIL OF THE SEA - A Book of Shipwrecks and Escapes $15.00 AUD
London. 1928. Philip Allan. Reprint of the 1924 original, No. 3 in the Nautilus Library series. 254 PP. Cloth cover, gilt device on front cover, gilt title on spine, dj (lightly soiled). Foxing spots on outside edges, name and stamp of previous owners on front endpaper, o/wise near fine. 17.4 x 11.5.
From the foundering of the Blanche Nef in 1120, carrying William the Etheling, the only legitimate son of King Henry I, to the Wreck of the Birkenhead in 1852 off South Africa, and the Titanic in April 1912.
14461 LONEY, J. K. WRECK OF THE FIJI $15.00 AUD
J.K. Loney /Ken Jenkin. Geelong. c.1975. 1st Ed. No. 6 in the "Famous Shipwreck" series. 16 PP with 1 location map, plus 8 pages with 8 b/w photos. Pictorial card cover. Ageing of paper, o/wise near fine. 20.2 x 14.2. 0909244154
Wrecked on 6th September, 1891, near Moonlight Head, 14 miles West of Cape Otway.
17151 LONEY, J. K. VICTORIA'S WEST COAST STEAMERS $15.00 AUD
J.K. Loney / Ken Jenkins. Geelong. 1975. 1st Ed. 28 PP, plus 12 pages with 1 sketch map & 22 b/w photos. Pictorial card covers. Near fine. 20.2 x 14. 0909244162
The run between Melbourne, Portland, Port Fairy, Warrnambool.
18840 LONEY, J. K. WRECKS ALONG THE GIPPSLAND COAST $10.00 AUD
Author. Geelong. 1973. 4th edition of the 1968 original. 83, (3) PP with Appendices, Indexes & 1 map, plus 16 pages with 32 bw illust. Pict. soft cover. Slight ageing of paper, o/wise fine. 20.3 x 13.8.
18841 LONEY, J. K. WRECKS ALONG THE GIPPSLAND COAST $10.00 AUD
Marine History Publications. Geelong. 1976. 5th edition of the 1968 original. 83, (4) PP with Appendices, Indexes & 1 map, plus 20 pages with 41 bw illust. Pict. soft cover. Very good. 20.3 x 13.4.
19650 LONEY, J. K. VICTORIAN SHIPWRECKS, All Wrecks in Victorian Waters and Bass Strait, Including King Island and the Kent Group $10.00 AUD
The Hawthorn Press. Melbourne. 1971. 1st Ed. 10, (III), 177 PP, plus 8 pages with 16 b/w illust. FEP: Key to locations on the Victorian Coast & Inland Waters. REP: 4 location maps (mahogany ship, obsolete vessels..). Hard cover, dj. Fine. 24.8 x 15.8. 725600454
20884 LONEY, J. K. WRECKS ON THE GIPPSLAND COAST, Special supplement on Twofold Bay $15.00 AUD
Author. Geelong. 1968. 2nd revised and enlarged edition. 92, (7) PP with Indexes & 2 maps, plus 20 pages with 41 bw illust. Pict. soft cover. Insect damage on covers, o/wise very good. 21 x 13.5.
Twofold Bay: pages 81 to 91.
39965 LONEY, J. K. WRECKS ON VICTORIA'S SOUTH WEST COAST $10.00 AUD
Marine History Publication. Geelong. 1975. 3rd edition of the 1968 original. (1), 39 PP, plus 8 pages with 2 maps and 12 b/w illustrations. Stiff covers, pictorial front. Faint foxing. Very good. 20.2 x 14.
A survey of incidents from Victorian - South Australian border to Lady Bay, including Portland, Port Fairy, and Warrnambool.
48142 LONEY, J. K. WRECK OF THE S. S. CASINO $10.00 AUD
Marine History Publications. Geelong. c. 1975. 1st Ed., No. 5 in the Famous Wrecks series. 20 PP with 1 map, plus 8 pages with 15 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 20.8 x 13.8. 0909244146
Wrecked on 6th August, 1859, on a passage from Port Adelaide to Melbourne.
58235 LONEY, J. K. WRECKS AT APOLLO BAY $10.00 AUD
J.K. Loney / Hen Jenkins. Geelong. 1975. 2nd edition of the 1970 original. 28 PP with 1 map and 14 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 20.2 x 14.2. 0959985301
64962 LONEY, J. K. WRECKS ON VICTORIA'S SOUTH WEST COAST $10.00 AUD
Author. Geelong. 1969. 2nd edition of the 1968 original. (4), 43 PP with 5 b/w illustrations (1 sketch map, 1 drawing, 1 photo and 3 headpieces), plus 5 pages with 11 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Faint foxing. Very good. 21.2 x 13.6.
A survey of incidents from Victorian - South Australian border to Lady Bay, including Portland, Port Fairy, and Warrnambool.
68991 LONEY, J. K. SHIPWRECKS ALONG THE GREAT OCEAN ROAD $10.00 AUD
Author. Portarlington. 1967. 1st Ed. (4), 110, (2) PP with 1 location map and 41 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover (rubbed and lightly soiled). Good reading copy. 21 x 14.
Wrecks around Cape Otway from Warrnambool to Barwon Heads.
69266 LONEY, J. K. WRECKS ON SOUTH AUSTRALIA'S SOUTHERN COASTLINE $20.00 AUD
Author. Geelong. 1972. Revised and enlarged reprint of the 1971 original Wrecks on South Australia's South East Coast. 40 PP, plus 24 pages with glossary and index and 26 b/w photos. Pictorial stiff cover. Stamp of previous owner at top of title page. Slight ageing of paper. Very good. 19.8 x 13.9.
Shipwrecks and strandings from Victor Harbour to Port MacDonnell.
69783 LONEY, J. K. WRECKS ALONG THE MURRAY $15.00 AUD
Marine History Publications. Portarlington, Victoria. 1974. 1st edition. 21 PP, plus 10 pages with 1 map at centrefold and 14 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 20.2 x 13.8. 0909244014
69787 LONEY, J. K. ADMELLA $15.00 AUD
Marine History Publications. Geelong. c. 1975. 1st Ed., No. 4 in the "Famous Wrecks" series. 20 PP with 1 map, plus 8 pages with 10 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 20.8 x 13.8. 090924409X
Wrecked on 6th August, 1859, on a passage from Port Adelaide to Melbourne.
69789 LONEY, J. K. WRECKS ON PHILLIP ISLAND $10.00 AUD
Author. Geelong. c. 1975. 1st Ed. 16 PP with 1 map & 9 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 20.5 x 14. 0909244138
69790 LONEY, J. K. WRECKS ON THE N.S.W. SOUTH COAST $15.00 AUD
J.K. Loney. Geelong. 1975. 1st edition of September 1975. 75, (5) PP, plus 20 pages with 40 b/w illustrations, including a location map. Stiff covers, pictorial front. Near fine. 19.6 x 14.2. 0909244081
14297 LONEY, J.K. WRECKS ON THE SOUTH COAST OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA $20.00 AUD
Author. Geelong. 1975. 4th Ed. 54 PP, (4 index), plus 25 b/w plates. Pictorial soft cover. Slight ageing of paper, o/wise a very good copy. 20.5 x 14.
18991 LONEY, J.K. WRECKS ON THE N.S.W. SOUTH COAST $10.00 AUD
Author & Ken Jenkins. Geelong. 1975. 1st Ed. 75, (5 index) ) PP, plus 20 pages with 40 b/w illustrations, including 1 map. Stiff covers, pictorial front. Light foxing. 2 of the photos and captions are a little smudged (printer error). Very good. 19.6 x 14.2. 0909244081
14325 LONEY, Jack WRECKS AT HELL'S GATES $20.00 AUD
Marine History Publications. Geelong. c. 1980. 1st Ed. 20 PP with 1 map & 12 b/w illustrations. Stiff covers, pictorial front. Fine. 20.5 x 13.8. 0909191212
Macquarie Harbour on the West coast of Tasmania.
15115 LONEY, Jack OLD DAYS AND WAYS ALONG THE SOUTH COAST, Tales From the Surf and Shipwreck Coasts $15.00 AUD
Marine History Publications. Portarlington. 1992. 1st Ed. 78 PP with 1 map & 4 b/w photos, plus 2 pages with 4 colour photos & 28 pages with 57 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21.5 x 17.5. 0909191484
Stories and incidents between Queenscliff and Warrnambool.
17144 LONEY, Jack WRECKS ON KING ISLAND $15.00 AUD
Marine History Publications. Portarlington. 1979. 1st edition. 28 PP, plus 12 pages with 1 map & 11 b/w illust. Stiff covers, illustrated front cover. Near fine. 20.8 x 14.2. 0909191034
King Island: Australia's marine graveyard (over 60 wrecks and 800 lives lost).
17146 LONEY, Jack AUSTRALIAN SEA STORIES $10.00 AUD
Marine History Publications. Portarlington. 1989. Reprint of the 1985 original. 150, (10 blank for notes) PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21.8 x 17.5. 0909191344
Shipwrecks, escapes from disaster, Ben Boyd's shipping empire, ...
17147 LONEY, Jack THE PRICE OF ADMIRALTY - Ships of the R.A.N., Lost 1914-1974 $15.00 AUD
Marine History Publications. Geelong. c. 1978? 1st Ed. 36 PP with 22 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Covers slightly soiled, o/wise near fine. 20.5 x 14.3. 0909191115
From the loss of "A1", off Rabaul in 1914, to the loss of the "Arrow", hit by Cyclone Tracy on Christmas Day, 1974.
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.
17463 LONEY, Jack FAMOUS WRECKS $30.00 AUD
Marine History Publications. Geelong. c.1975. 1st Ed. (2), 116 PP with 6 maps, plus 12 pages with 23 b/w illustrations. Stapled pictorial soft covers (lightly soiled). Very good. 20.6 x 16. 0909191301
The Mahogany Ship, Schomberg, Admella, S.S. Casino ... R.M.S. Australia.
17582 LONEY, Jack AUSTRALIA'S SHIPWRECK COAST AND OTHER STORIES $15.00 AUD
Wreck sites, graves, memorials to seamen and passengers...
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
18038 LONEY, Jack WRECKS IN THE FURNEAUX GROUP (Flinders Island) $10.00 AUD
Marine History Publications. Geelong. c. 1970. 1st Ed. 16 PP with 1 map, plus 8 pages with 9 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 14.5.
18828 LONEY, Jack WRECK - 1891, and Other Maritime Memories $10.00 AUD
Marine History Publications. Geelong. 1992. 1st Ed. 121 PP with 1 map & 2 b/w illustrations, plus 32 pages with 69 b/w illustrations (including 6 maps). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21.5 x 17.5. 0909191492
Major wrecks on the South Western Victorian coast in the year 1891: W.D. Godfrey, Joseph H. Scammell, Gambier, Fiji,...
18829 LONEY, Jack WRECKERS, SMUGGLERS AND PIRATES, In South Eastern Australian Waters $15.00 AUD
Marine History. Portarlington. 1989. 1st Ed. VI, 106 PP with 4 maps & 80 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Spine is sunned, o/wise a near fine copy. 24 x 17.8. 0909191395
18833 LONEY, Jack SHIPS AND SHIPWRECKS AT PORTARLINGTON $15.00 AUD
Marine History Publications. Geelong. c. 1970. 1st Ed. 20 PP with 1 location map & 12 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 20.4 x 14.2. 0909191026
Mosquito fleets, Port Phillip Bay trade (cargo & passengers).
18834 LONEY, Jack WRECKS IN THE RIP $10.00 AUD
Marine History Publications. Geelong. c. 1975. 4th Ed. 44 PP with 1 map, plus 12 pages with 1 plan & 22 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. fine. 21 x 14.2. 0909191042
Wrecks between Point Lonsdale and Point Nepean.
18838 LONEY, Jack VICTIMS OF THE CORSAIR ROCK $10.00 AUD
Author. Geelong. ND 1975?. 1st Ed. 12 PP plus 8 pages with 9 b/w photos. Pict. card cover. Fine. 21 x 13.5. 0909244197
Wrecks on the Rock, off Point Nepean.
18988 LONEY, Jack WRECKS ALONG THE GIPPSLAND COAST $15.00 AUD
Marine History Publications. Geelong. 1985. 7th edition of the 1968 original. 82, (10) PP with Appendices, Indexes & 1 map, plus 20 pages with 37 b/w illust. Pict. soft cover. Fine. 20.3 x 14.5. 0909244278
18994 LONEY, Jack WRECKS ON THE N.S.W. NORTH COAST $15.00 AUD
Marine History Publications. Geelong. 1976. 1st Ed. 135 PP, plus 20 pages with 1 map & 32 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 20.8 x 14.2. 0909244170
19000 LONEY, Jack WRECKS ALONG THE GREAT OCEAN ROAD $10.00 AUD
Marine History Publications. Portarlington. 1988. 9th edition of the 1967 original. 138 PP with 4 location maps, plus 16 pages with 29 b/w illust. (2 maps). Pict. soft cover. Fine. 22 x 15. 959985387
Shipwrecks on the Victorian coast, from Point Lonsdale to Portland.
19001 LONEY, Jack WRECKS ALONG THE GREAT OCEAN ROAD $10.00 AUD
Marine History Publications. Portarlington. 1976. 6th Ed. of the 1967 original. 138 PP with 4 location maps, plus 16 pages with 29 b/w illust. (2 maps). Pict. soft cover. Fine. 22 x 15. 0959985387
Shipwrecks on the Victorian coast, from Point Lonsdale to Portland.
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
19341 LONEY, Jack WRECKS IN THE RIP AND PORT PHILLIP BAY $10.00 AUD
Marine History Publications. Geelong. 1978?. Combined edition. 73 PP, plus 20 pages with 34 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Covers soiled. Very good. 19 x 15.
Combined issue of his previous works: "Wrecks in "The Rip", and "Wrecks in Port Phillip Bay"
20800 LONEY, Jack WRECKS ON THE NEW SOUTH WALES COAST $20.00 AUD
20801 LONEY, Jack AUSTRALIAN SEA STORIES $10.00 AUD
List Publishing. Geelong. 1985. 1st Ed. 150 PP with b/w illustrations. Hard cover, dj. Very good. 22.8 x 18.2. 0909191344
Shipwrecks, escapes from disaster, Ben Boyd's shipping empire, ...
21372 LONEY, Jack SEA ADVENTURES AND WRECKS ON THE N.S.W. SOUTH COAST $10.00 AUD
Author. Portarlington. 1977. 2nd edition. 80 PP plus 24 pages with 1 map & 44 b/w illust. Pict. soft cover. Very good. 20.4 x 14. 0909244081
Ruins of Bittangabee Bay, Ben Boyd and Twofold Bay, mutiny on the whaling ship Junior in 1857... shipwrecks.
21384 LONEY, Jack SEA ADVENTURES AND WRECKS ON THE N.S.W. SOUTH COAST $15.00 AUD
Marine History Publications. Geelong. c.1980. 3rd edition. 80 PP, plus 24 pages with 1 map & 44 b/w illust. Pict. soft cover. Very good. 20.4 x 14. 0909244081
Ruins of Bittangabee Bay - Ben Boyd and Twofold Bay - mutiny on the whaling ship Junior in 1857... shipwrecks.
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. Dust jacket with lightly sunned spine and a few small creases, o/wise near fine. 25.8 x 18.2. 0589503006
45012 LONEY, Jack AUSTRALIA'S SHIPWRECK COAST AND OTHER STORIES $15.00 AUD
Marine History Publications. Geelong. 1991. 2nd edition of the 1986 original. 104 PP with 4 maps & 117 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21.5 x 17.5. 0909244294
Wreck sites, graves, memorials to seamen and passengers...
45364 LONEY, Jack LADY BAY WARRNAMBOOL, A Graveyard of Ships $5.00 AUD
Marine History Publications. Geelong. 1975. Reprint of the 1968 original. 20 PP, plus 8 pages with 1 plan & 7 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 20.8 x 14. 0909244103
Wrecks of Lady Bay near the city of Warrnambool.
47555 LONEY, Jack AUSTRALIAN SHIPWRECKS, Volume 4: 1901-1986 $30.00 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. Signed by the author on title page. Near fine. 24 x 17.6. 0909244316
49621 LONEY, Jack MYSTERIES OF THE BASS STRAIT TRIANGLE $15.00 AUD
Neptune Press. Geelong. 1980. 1st Ed. 112 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21.4 x 15.2. 0909131538
Shipwrecks, casualties and disasters in the waters of Bass Strait (in the air or at sea).
55465 LONEY, Jack AUSTRALIAN SHIPWRECKS, Volume 2: 1851-1871 $35.00 AUD
Reed. Sydney. 1980. 1st Ed. 239 PP with 15 b/w illustrations. Eps: Map of Australia. Hard cover, dj (chipped and repaired). Outside front edges of pages and some margins, have old stain marks, not affecting the text. Dedicatory note dated and signed by author on title-page. Very good. 24.6 x 18.2. 0589501003
57977 LONEY, Jack WRECK - 1891, and Other Maritime Memories $25.00 AUD
Marine History Publications. Geelong. 1992. 1st Ed. 121 PP with 1 map & 2 b/w illustrations, plus 32 pages with 69 b/w illustrations (including 6 maps). Pictorial soft cover. Signed on title page by the author. Fine (mint condition). 21.5 x 17.5. 0909191492
Major wrecks on the South Western Victorian coast in the year 1891: W.D. Godfrey, Joseph H. Scammell, Gambier, Fiji,...
58005 LONEY, Jack WRECKS ALONG THE GREAT OCEAN ROAD $10.00 AUD
Marine History Publications. Portarlington. 1983. 8th edition of the 1967 original. 138 PP with 4 location maps, plus 16 pages with 29 b/w illust. (2 maps). Pictorial soft covers with light wear and soiling, o/wise very good.. 22 x 15. 0959985387
Shipwrecks on the Victorian coast, from Point Lonsdale to Portland.
58010 LONEY, Jack AUSTRALIAN SEA STORIES $20.00 AUD
List Publishing. Geelong. 1985. 1st Ed. 150 PP with b/w illustrations. Hard cover, dj. Note on title page dated and signed by the author. Very good. 22.8 x 18.2. 0909191344
Shipwrecks, escapes from disaster, Ben Boyd's shipping empire, ...
58030 LONEY, Jack SHIPS AND SEAMEN OFF THE SOUTH COAST $15.00 AUD
Neptune Press. Belmont, Vic. 1980. 1st Ed. 142 PP with b/w illust. (map & photos). Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj (chipped). Dated and signed by the author on title page. Near fine. 22.2 x 16 0909131457
Whaling, wreckers, shipwrecks & disasters, tall ships and mosquito fleets.
58061 LONEY, Jack WRECK AND RESCUE AT PORT PHILLIP HEADS $20.00 AUD
The Queenscliffe Lifeboat Preservation Society. Queenscliff. 1989. 1st Ed. (3), III, 50 PP with 1 map and 20 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Signed by the author on title page. Fine. 19.8 x 13. 0731658981
Operations & history of the Queenscliffe Lifeboat Service.
58095 LONEY, Jack AUSTRALIAN SEA MYSTERIES $20.00 AUD
Marine History Publications. Geelong. c. 1984. 1st edition limited to 500 numbered copies (No. 141). 112 PP with 11 maps, plus 28 pages with 33 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Signed by the author. Near fine. 21.5 x 17.8. 090919128X
The Queenscliff treasure, wild white women, the Waratah,...
58102 LONEY, Jack THE LOCH ARD DISASTER $10.00 AUD
Marine History Publications. Portarlington. c. 1975. 6th Ed. 44 PP with 1 map & 6 b/w illustrations, plus 12 pages with 1 map & 22 b/w illust. Pictorial soft cover. Ageing of paper. Name of previous owner on inside front cover, o/wise very good. 19.4 x 13.8. 095998531X
Wrecked on Mutton Bird Island near Port Campbell on 1st June, 1878.
58110 LONEY, Jack WRECKS IN PORT PHILLIP BAY $10.00 AUD
J. K. Loney. Geelong. c. 1975. 1st Ed. 29, (3 index) PP with 1 map, plus 8 pages with 15 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 20.5 x 14. 0959985379
Wrecks in the Rip combined with Wrecks in Port Phillip Bay.
59835 LONEY, Jack AUSTRALIAN SHIPWRECKS, Volume 4: 1901-1986 $30.00 AUD
Marine History Publication. 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. Signed by the author on title page. A near fine copy. 24 x 17.6. 0909244316
59865 LONEY, Jack THE LOCH ARD DISASTER $10.00 AUD
Marine History Publications. Portarlington. c. 1985. 7th edition. 44 PP with 1 b/w photo, plus 16 pages with 1 map & 21 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 20.8 x 14.2. 095998531X
Wrecked on Mutton Bird Island near Port Campbell on 1st June, 1878.
62669 LONEY, Jack WRECK OF THE LY-EE-MOON $10.00 AUD
Marine History Publications. Geelong. c. 1976?. 1st Ed. No pagination, 24 PP with 1 map and 14 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 20.4 x 14.5. 0909244235
Shipwrecked below the lighthouse of Green Cape on 31st May, 1886.
68068 LONEY, Jack SHIPS AND SEAMEN OFF THE SOUTH COAST $10.00 AUD
Neptune Press. Belmont, Vic. 1980. 1st Ed. 142 PP with b/w illust. (map & photos). Pictorial soft cover. Name of previous owner on front endpaper. Very good. 22.2 x 16 0909131465
Whaling, wreckers, shipwrecks & disasters, tall ships and mosquito fleets.
69784 LONEY, Jack THE LOCH ARD DISASTER $10.00 AUD
Marine History Publications. Portarlington. c. 1972. 4th edition of the 1970 original. 48 PP with 2 maps & 3 b/w illustrations, plus 16 pages with 27 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 19.4 x 13.8. 095998531X
Wrecked on Mutton Bird Island near Port Campbell on 1st June, 1878.
71546 LONEY, Jack THE MAHOGANY SHIP $15.00 AUD
Marine History Publications. Geelong. 2009. 7th edition. 24 PP with 1 map, 2 sketch maps (one at centrefold) and 8 b/w photos. Pictorial soft covers. Fine. 21 x 14.7. 0909244030
The wreck of a derelict wooden vessel observed near Warrnambool: Portuguese or Spanish vessel??
71769 LONEY, Jack THE SCHOMBERG INCIDENT $10.00 AUD
Marine History Publications. Geelong. c.1972. 2nd Ed. 24 PP plus 4 pages with 2 sketch maps & 2 b/w illustrations. Pictorial stiff covers with a few spots. 4 pages with 4 photographs called for are missing (a possible publisher error/misprint ?). Otherwise contents near fine. 20 x 13.8.
Wrecked on the West coast of Victoria, at Curdie's Inlet on 27th December, 1855.
72124 LONEY, Jack THE LOCH ARD DISASTER $15.00 AUD
Jack Loney / Ken Jenkin. Geelong. 1970. 1st edition. (2), 50 PP with b/w illustrations (1 sketch map, 1 map and 30 photos, portraits, and prints). Inside front cover: Gorge Entrance from Tom Pearce's cave. Inside back cover: Captain Gibbs. Pictorial stiff covers. Near fine. 20.5 x 14.5.
Wrecked on Mutton Bird Island near Port Campbell on 1st June, 1878.
73968 LONEY, Jack AUSTRALIAN SHIPWRECKS, Volume 4: 1901-1986 $15.00 AUD
Marine History Publication. 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. Ex-library copy with stamps on endpapers and title-page and fore outside page edges. Dust jacket is rubbed and repaired and in a protective sleeve. Contents clean and still a very good copy. 24 x 17.6. 0909244316
74424 LONEY, Jack AUSTRALIAN SHIPWRECKS - Volume 3: 1871-1900 $40.00 AUD
List Publishing. Geelong. 1982. 1st edition limited to 1500 numbered copies (No. 876/1500). XXIV, 296 PP with 8 maps and 16 b/w illust., plus 24 pages with 59 b/w illustrations. Eps: The "George Roper" on Lonsdale Reef, Port Phillip Heads. Hard covers, gilt title on spine, no dj. Hand numbered and signed by the author on verso of title page. Faint foxing on top outside edges. Contents near fine. Scarce. 24.3 x 17.4. 0949589004
73829 LONEY, Jack & MORRIS, E.W. THE OTWAY: A Short History of Apollo Bay 1850 - 1968 $30.00 AUD
Marine History Publications. Geelong. 1979. Reprint of 3 booklets: (1), 51 PP, 43, (3) PP and 42 PP, a total of 140 pages, plus 38 pages with 1 map and 49 b/w illustrations. Stiff covers, pictorial front. Fine. 20.3 x 13.8. 0909244219
43290 LONEY, Jack & STONE, Peter THE AUSTRALIA RUN - Volume 6 in Australian Shipwrecks $45.00 AUD
Marine History Publications. Benalla, Vic. 2000. 1st Ed, Volume 6, in Australian Shipwrecks series. (10), 318, (32 indexes) PP with 1 graph, 20 maps & location maps, and over 106 b/w illustrations. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 24.8 x 18.5. 9780909191535
Ships lost in the run between Great Britain and Australia.
69215 LONEY, Jack & STONE, Peter AUSTRALIA'S ISLAND SHIPWRECKS $30.00 AUD
Neptune Press. Belmont, Vic. 1980. 1st Ed. 114 PP with 16 maps & location maps & 45 b/w illustrations, plus 16 pages with 35 colour photos. Pictorial stiff cover. Fine. 26 x 19. 0909131570
Wrecks found on the islands surrounding, or dependencies of, Australia.
64960 LONEY, Jack K. WARRNAMBOOL: The Graveyard of Ships - Wrecks and Strandings in and around Lady Bay $10.00 AUD
J.K. Loney. Geelong. 1968. 1st edition. No pagination, 20 PP with 7 b/w illustrations. Soft covers, front with title and illustration. Crease on lower part of front cover, slight ageing of paper. Very good. 21.5 x 13.8.
Wrecks of Lady Bay near the City of Warrnambool.
20876 LONSDALE, Adrian L. & KAPLAN, H.R. A GUIDE TO SUNKEN SHIPS IN AMERICAN WATERS $25.00 AUD
Compass Publications. Arlington, Virginia, USA. 1964. 1st Ed. XIV, (2), 189 PP with 2 maps/charts, 8 tables & 19 bw photos. Fp: Barkentine wrecked on reef is swamped and dashed by pounding surf. Cloth cover is very good, dust jacket rubbed and stained. Internally very clean and good. 22.3 x 15.
46006 LOVE, Don SHIPWRECKS ON THE EAST GIPPSLAND COAST $35.00 AUD
Don Love. Meerlieu, Victoria. 2003. 1st Ed. VIII, 180, (1) PP with 4 maps, 22 sketches or plans and 60 b/w illustrations. Eps: Chart Port Phillip to Gabo Island. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 25.2 x 18. 097507010X
54512 LOVE, Don SHIPWRECKS AROUND PORT PHILLIP HEADS $35.00 AUD
Don Love. Meerlieu, Victoria. 2006. 1st Ed. VIII, 164 PP with 2 maps, 24 sketches in the pictorial glossary, and over 100 b/w illustrations (drawings, plans and photos). Eps: Chart "Entrance to Port Phillip". Hard cover, dj. As new. 25.2 x 18. 0975070123
The fate of 66 vessels lost along the coast from Cape Schanck to Barwon Heads between 1840-1945.
72348 LOVE, Don MARITIME INCIDENTS ON THE GIPPSLAND LAKES AND ADJACENT COAST $45.00 AUD
Don Love. Perry Bridge, Victoria. 2019. 2nd edition. 141 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial stiff covers. Light crease on lower corner of front cover. Dedicatory note to previous owner on title page, dated and signed by the author. Near fine. 29.7 x 21. 9780975070185
... The first being the wreck on 2nd March 1797 of the long boat of the "Sydney Cove"...
74356 LOVE, Don SHIPWRECKS ON THE SOUTH GIPPSLAND COAST $35.00 AUD
Don Love. Meerlieu, Victoria. 2005. 1st Ed. viii, 127 PP with b/w illustrations and index of vessels. Endpapers: Admiralty chart: Cape Schanck to Wilson's Promotory. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 25.2 x 18. 097507018
74359 LOVE, Don SHIPWRECKS OF PORT PHILLIP $35.00 AUD
Don Love. Perry Bridge, Victoria. 2012. 1st Ed. vxii, 228 PP with b/w photos/ illustrations and index of vessels. Eps: Map of Port Phillip. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 25.2 x 18. 9780975070147
His last book in the "shipwreck series".
74423 LOVE, Don SHIPWRECKS ON VICTORIA'S WEST COAST $55.00 AUD
Don Love. Perry Bridge, Victoria. 2009. 1st Ed. Roebuck Society title No. 63. XII, 248 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Eps: Chart "Western Approaches to Bass Strait". Hard covers, dj. Fine (as new condition). 29.7 x 21. 9780975070130
Exploring the fate of 146 vessels lost from Barwon Heads to the South Australian Border, 1834-1945.
74860 LOVE, Don SHIPWRECKS ON THE EAST GIPPSLAND COAST $45.00 AUD
Don Love. Meerlieu, Victoria. 2003. 1st Ed. VIII, 180, (1) PP with 4 maps, 22 sketches or plans and 60 b/w illustrations. Eps: Chart Port Phillip to Gabo Island. Hard cover, dj. Signed by the author on half title page. Fine. 25.2 x 18. 097507010X
74861 LOVE, Don SHIPWRECKS ON THE SOUTH GIPPSLAND COAST $35.00 AUD
Don Love. Meerlieu, Victoria. 2005. 1st Ed. viii, 127 PP with b/w illustrations and index of vessels. Endpapers: Admiralty chart: Cape Schanck to Wilson's Promotory. Hard cover, dj. Signed by the author on half title page. Fine (mint condition). 25.2 x 18. 097507018
65278 LUSITANIA LUSITANIA TORPEDOED (in Great Newspapers Reprinted) $15.00 AUD
London. 1972. Great Newspapers Reprinted / Peter Way Ltd. Reprint of "The Daily Mirror", Saturday, May 8, 1915. 16 PP with b/w illustrations and a 4 pages pictorial wrapper "PGNR No. 14". Fine. 37 x 29.
46780 LYNCH, Don & MARSCHALL, Ken GHOSTS OF THE ABYSS. A Journey into the Heart of the Titanic $20.00 AUD
Hodder & Stoughton / Madison Press Books. London & Toronto. 2003. 1st Ed. 144 PP with b/w & colour photos from archives, paintings and illustrations. Title spread: Telemotor of the Titanic steering wheel. Eps: White Star line passenger ship sailing. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 26.2 x 26.2. 0340734167
Haunting saga of the great maritime disaster: Titanic sinking on its maiden voyage in April 1912. Enthralling information on the ship, its crew & its passengers.
19486 MacKENZIE, Margaret E. SHIPWRECKS, Being the Historical Account of Shipwrecks along the Victorian Coast from Cape Otway to Port Fairy 1836-1914 $10.00 AUD
National Press. Melbourne. 1964. 3rd Ed. 136 PP, plus 8 pages with 15 b/w illust. including 1 map on double-page. Hard cover, dj. Occasional foxing. Very good. 18.5 x 12.5.
From the Mahogany Ship to the Falls of Halladale.
21966 MacKENZIE, Margaret E. SHIPWRECKS - Being the Historical Account of Shipwrecks along the Victorian Coast from Peterborough to Cape Otway 1843-1914 $5.00 AUD
National Press. Melbourne. 1954. 1st Ed. 86 PP with 1 map, plus 4 pages with 10 b/w illust. Pictorial soft cover. Signature on half title page. Occasional foxing, o/wise contents near fine. 19 x 12.5.
Wrecks of the Joanna, Marie Gabrielle, Eric the Red, Falls of Halladale, ... The original edition.
37740 MAIDEN, Peter THE SHIPWRECK OF THE NEW GUINEA GOLD EXPLORERS - The Wreck of the Brig Maria off Hinchinbrook Island in 1872 $20.00 AUD
Central Queensland University Press.Rockhampton, Qld. 2000. 1st Ed. 173, (3) PP with 3 maps, plus 8 pages with 15 b/w illustrations. Pictorial card covers with light wear. First few pages with a light crease at bottom and some pages dog-eared at top, o/wise still a good copy. 24.5 x 17.7. 1875998853
Brig wrecked on 26th February 1872, with 75 souls on board, on a passage from Sydney to New Guinea.
33675 MALSTER, Robert SAVED FROM THE SEA - The story of life-saving services on the East Anglian coast $20.00 AUD
Terence Dalton. Lavenham. 1974. 1st Ed. 296 PP with 138 b/w illust. FEP: Map of the Suffolk & Essex lifeboat stations. REP: Map of the Norfolk lifeboat stations. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 23.2 x 17.8. 0900963328
17160 MARRIOTT, John DISASTER AT SEA $5.00 AUD
Arrow Books. London. 1989. Reprint of the 1987 original. 288 PP with 30 maps & plans, plus 8 pages with 16 bw illust. Pictorial soft cover. Good. 17.8 x 11. 0099602903
Lloyds of London. The British Search and Rescue Organisation. Shipwrecks: Victoria and Camperdown, Andrea Doria and Stockholm, Titanic... The 1979 Fastnet Race.
22646 MARRIOTT, John DISASTER AT SEA $10.00 AUD
Promotional Reprint Company. London. 1996. Reprint of the 1987 original. 176 PP with 30 maps & plans & 49 b/w illust. Laminated boards, dj. Fine. 23.5 x 15.7. 1856483487
Lloyds of London. The British Search and Rescue Organisation. Shipwrecks: Victoria and Camperdown, Andrea Doria and Stockholm, Titanic... The 1979 Fastnet Race.
42485 MARRIOTT, John DISASTER AT SEA $10.00 AUD
Hippocrene Books. New York. 1987. 1st US edition. 176 PP with 30 maps & plans, and 49 b/w illustrations. Hard cover, gilt title on cloth spine, dj. Dust jacket is a little browned near spine, o/wise fine. 23.5 x 15.7. 087052450X
Lloyds of London. The British Search and Rescue Organisation. Shipwrecks: Victoria and Camperdown, Andrea Doria and Stockholm, Titanic... The 1979 Fastnet Race.
43119 MARRIOTT, John DISASTER AT SEA $10.00 AUD
Ian Allan. London. 1987. 1st Ed. 176 PP with 30 maps & plans, and 49 b/w illustrations. Hard cover, gilt title on cloth spine, dj (price-clipped and in a protective sleeve). Near fine. 23.5 x 15.7. 0711017379
Lloyds of London. The British Search and Rescue Organisation. Shipwrecks: Victoria and Camperdown, Andrea Doria and Stockholm, Titanic... The 1979 Fastnet Race.
20827 MARRIOTT, Leo TITANIC $15.00 AUD
Promotional Reprint Book Company. London. 1997. 160 PP with b/w illustrations (letters, plans, menus, photos...) & 18 colour illust. Fp: Titanic lying completed in Belfast Lough. Laminated boards, dj. Faint foxing on outside edges. Near fine. 31 x 23.5. 1856484335
47393 MARRIOTT, Leo TITANIC $15.00 AUD
Promotional Reprint Book Company. London. 1998. Reprint of the 1997 edition. 160 PP with b/w illustrations (letters, plans, menus, photos...) & 18 colour illust. Fp: Titanic lying completed in Belfast Lough. Laminated boards, dj. Faint foxing on outside edges. Near fine. 31 x 23.5. 1856484335
17573 MARSDEN, Peter DE LAATSTE REIS VAN DE AMSTERDAM $10.00 AUD
De Boer Maritieme Handboeken. Amsterdam. 1974. 1st Dutch edition. 248 PP with 90 illust. in text. Dark green gilt-decorated cloth cover, dj (closed tear). 4 pages with blurred printing, not affecting legibility, o/wise an excellent copy. Dutch text. 25.5 x 18. 9022819167
The ill-fated voyage of the Amsterdam, wrecked near Hastings on 23 January, 1749.
17574 MARSDEN, Peter THE WRECK OF THE AMSTERDAM $10.00 AUD
Stein & Day. New York. 1975. 1st US Ed. (4), 290 PP with 41 figures, plus 24 pages with 52 b/w photos. Hard cover, cloth spine, dj (chipped & rubbed). Some foxing. Very good. 24 x 15.5. 0812817605
The ill-fated voyage of the Amsterdam, wrecked near Hastings on the 23 January, 1749.
37131 MARSDEN, Peter THE WRECK OF THE AMSTERDAM $15.00 AUD
Hutchinson. London. 1974. 1st Ed. 287 PP with 41 figures, plus 24 pages with 52 b/w photos. Cloth cover, dj. Foxing spots on outside edges. Very good. 24 x 15.5. 009119850X
The ill-fated voyage of the Amsterdam, wrecked near Hastings on the 23 January, 1749.
37381 MARSDEN, Peter BOOK OF SHIPS AND SHIPWRECKS $25.00 AUD
B. T. Batsford Ltd. London. 1997. 1st Ed., in the English Heritage series. 128 PP with 90 b/w illustrations, plus 8 pages with 11 colour plates. Pictorial card cover. Fine 24.6 x 18.7. 03475366
Maritime archaeology in Britain... Roman ship found in London. The First British Navy of the 2nd century A. D.
67259 MARSDEN, Peter SEALED BY TIME - The Loss and Recovery of the Mary Rose $35.00 AUD
The Mary Rose Trust Ltd. Portsmouth, UK. 2003. 1st Ed. XIV, 194 PP with 18 headpieces and 140 b/w illustrations, plus 8 pages with 22 colour plates. Laminated pictorial boards. Fine. 30.2 x 21.5. 0954402901
68604 MARSDEN, Peter THE WRECK OF THE AMSTERDAM $5.00 AUD
Hutchinson. London. 1974. 1st Ed. 287 PP with 41 figures, plus 24 pages with 52 b/w photos. Cloth cover, dj (price clipped). Stamps of "R.A.N. Education Service" on endpapers (blocked out on FEP) and of "The Tasmanian Maritime and Folk Museum" on title page. Very good. 24 x 15.5. 009119850X
The ill-fated voyage of the Amsterdam, wrecked near Hastings on the 23 January, 1749.
71830 MARSHALL, Don B. CALIFORNIA SHIPWRECKS - Footsteps in the Sea $30.00 AUD
Superior Publishing. Seattle. 1978. 1st Ed. 176 PP with 103 b/w photos. Fp: The barque Gifford at Mussel Rock on September 25, 1903. Hard cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Dust jacket (price-clipped) is a bit chipped and rubbed. Light foxing, o/wise contents near fine. Scarce. 27.4 x 21.6. 0875642233
10561 MARX, Robert F. SHIPWRECKS IN THE AMERICAS $10.00 AUD
Dover. New York. 1987. Revised edition of the 1971 original. XXII, 482, (18 publications) PP with 10 b/w illustrations, plus 36 pages with 63 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Creases on front cover and foot of spine rubbed. Faint foxing on outside edges. Very good. 21.5 x 13.5. 048625514X
Information on history of salvage, location, surveying, excavating on site. Guide to major shipwrecks in the Western Hemisphere.
19424 MARX, Robert F. & Jenifer THE SEARCH FOR SUNKEN TREASURE - Exploring the World's Great Shipwrecks $20.00 AUD
Random House. Sydney. 1993. 1st Australian edition. 192 PP profusely illustrated with mostly colour photos. Fp: A diver with a pot recovered form a sixth-century Etruscan shipwreck. Title page: A Chinese ocean-going trading ship. Half title page: Gold and silver coins washed ashore off the Panama coast. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 28.5 x 22. 0091828147
The discovery of famous wrecks from around the world, the HMS Bounty, the Andrea Doria, the Titanic and the Mary Rose, etc.. Salvage operations and recovery of artifacts, many of them priceless pieces of jewellery, pottery, coins...
67128 MARY ROSE The MARY ROSE Drama $15.00 AUD
The Mary Rose Society / Trust. Portsmouth. 1981. 5 brochures. 1- The Mary Rose Society, Occasional Paper No. 1 of June 1981 (signed by Nigel Walter, co-editor): 12 PP with 2 organisation charts. 2 - The Mary Rose Society, Occasional Paper No. 2 of October 1981 (signed by Nigel Walter co-editor): 12 PP with 1 sketch map of "The Battle of Spithead, 19th July 1545'' and 1 drawing of the Mary Rose. 3 - The Mary Rose drama: 3 folds flyer with 15 b/w illustrations. 4 - Progress Report 15th September 1981: 2 PP. 5 - Bulletin of The Mary Rose Trust, No. 14 of October 1981: 4 PP with 2 b/w illustrations. 6 - Catalogue "Mary Rose Trading Ltd", for Autumn 1981: 4 PP. Near fine. 29.5 x 21.
31148 MASEFIELD, John A MAINSAIL HAUL $5.00 AUD
Grafton Books. London. 1987. Reprint of the 1954 edition (reissue of the 1913 revised and enlarged edition with two new pieces), based on the 1905 original. 128 PP. Pictorial soft cover. Foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 21.6 x 13.5. 0246131772
Exploits of ships and men.
17223 MASTERS, David S.O.S. A BOOK OF SEA ADVENTURE $15.00 AUD
Eyre and Spottiswoode. London. 1937. Reprint of the 1933 original. (10), 340 PP plus 14 plates with 15 b/w photos. Fp: Vice-Admiral Evans. Cloth cover has light speckling and a few marks and spine is very sunned. Paper is ageing somewhat but still a very clean copy internally. 22.3 x 14.5.
Fire at sea, shipwreck, exploding volcano.
35560 MASTERS, David CRIMES OF THE HIGH SEAS $10.00 AUD
Eyre & Spottiswoode. London. 1936. 1st Ed. 280 PP, plus 8 plates with 12 b/w photos. Fp: Ships laid up in the River Dart during the great slump. Cloth cover. Some foxing, covers rubbed at hinges, short note on front endpaper, o/wise very good. 22.2 x 14.
Underwriters against shipowners or operators trying to cheat them through fraudulent fires, shipwrecks...
45907 MASTERS, David S.O.S. A BOOK OF SEA ADVENTURE $10.00 AUD
Eyre and Spottiswoode. London. 1937. Reprint of the 1933 original. (10), 340 PP plus 14 plates with 15 b/w photos. Fp: Vice-Admiral Evans. Rebacked copy, cloth cover. Lacks the half title page. Ageing and foxing of paper. Very good internally. 22.3 x 14.5.
Fire at sea, shipwreck, exploding volcano.
65011 MATHER, Patricia (editor) A TIME FOR A MUSEUM: The History of the Queensland Museum 1862-1986 $25.00 AUD
Queensland Museum. Brisbane. 1986. 1st Ed. Volume 24 of the "Memoirs of the Queensland Museum". Preface by the Honorable Peter McKechnie. X, 386 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 24 x 18.5. 0724216456
... Chapter 10: People and lifestyle / Anthropology, by M.C. Quinnell. Chapter 12: Pandora Box / Maritime Archaeology, by R. A. Coleman.
56383 MATHEWSON III, R. Duncan ARCHAEOLOGICAL TREASURE: The Search for NUESTRA SENORA DE ATOCHA $30.00 AUD
Seafarers Heritage Library. Woodstock, Vermont. 1985. 2nd printing (July 1985) of the January 1980 original. (2), XXIV, 171 PP with 3 tables, 13 figures, and b/w illustrations (5 portraits & 31 plates). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27.3 x 20.8. 0916149005
The world's greatest treasure hunt.
61462 MATTHEWS, Rupert TITANIC: The Tragic Story of the Ill-Fated Ocean Liner $15.00 AUD
16317 McCANN, Leonard G. THE HONORABLE COMPANY'S BEAVER $10.00 AUD
Vancouver Museum. Vancouver, B.C. 1980. 1st Ed. 32 PP with 61 b/w illustrations (facsimile of documents, photos, ..). Pictorial card covers a little foxed, o/wise near fine. 28 x 21.5.
Life of the little paddle-wheeler Beaver which operated on the waters of the Pacific coast of Northwest America. Built in 1835 for the Hudson's Bay Company and wrecked in July 1888, at the entrance of Vancouver Harbour.
73104 McCLUSKIE, Tom ANATOMY OF THE TITANIC $25.00 AUD
PRC Publishing. London. 1998. 1st Ed. 160 PP with 25 colour and some 250 b/w illustrations (photos and plans). Pictorial laminated boards, dj. Fine. 31.2 x 23.5. 9781856484824
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.
70264 McDOWELL, Bart CARTAGENA NIGHTS (in National Geographic Magazine, Volume 175, No.4, 1989) $5.00 AUD
N.G.S. Washington. 1989. April 1989. Includes article from P.494 to 509 with colour illustrations (4 maps and 13 photos by O. Louis Mazzatenta.). Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 25.4 x 17.5.
Historic Colombian port and fortress of the Spanish Main.
Viking / Penguin. Melbourne. 2003. 1st Australian edition. XVI, 336 PP with maps 1 compass rose, 13 headpieces and 15 maps, plus 16 pages with 16 colour and 17 b/w photos. Stiff covers, pictorial front. Fine. 23 x 15. 9780670040193
13 shipwrecks: Trial in 1622 - Batavia in 1629 - Sydney Cove in 1797 - Stirling Castle in 1836 - Cataraqui in 1845 ... Sydney to Hobart yacht race of 1998.
Penguin. Melbourne. 2005. 1st Penguin Books edition, of the 2003 original. XVI, 336, (8 publications) PP with 1 sail plan, 1 compass rose, 13 headpieces and 15 maps, plus 16 pages with 16 colour and 17 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 19.8 x 13. 014300039X
13 shipwrecks: Trial in 1622 - Batavia in 1629 - Sydney Cove in 1797 - Stirling Castle in 1836 - Cataraqui in 1845 ... Sydney to Hobart yacht race of 1998.
42644 McKAY, Gary TRACY - The Storm that Wiped out Darwin on Christmas Day 1974 $10.00 AUD
Allen & Unwin. Sydney. 2001. 1st Ed. XV, 213 PP with 1 b/w photo, 1 map, 1 sketch and 1 plan of Darwin, plus 8 pages with 16 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 23 x 15. 1865085588
36079 McKEE, Alexander FROM MERCILESS INVADERS - The Defeat of the Spanish Armada $10.00 AUD
Souvenir Press. London. 1987. 2nd edition of the 1963 original, completely revised and reset, with additional material. 288 PP with 1 map and 2 line figures, plus 16 pages with 23 b/w illust. Eps: Map of the Channel with Armada campaign. Hard cover, dj. Occasional foxing. Near fine. 24 x 16. 0285627953
69001 McKEE, Alexander HOW WE FOUND THE MARY ROSE $10.00 AUD
Souvenir Press. London. 1982. 1st paperback edition. 144 PP with b/w illustrations (plans, sketches, photos), plus 16 pages with 37 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Name of previous owner on half title page, ex-library stamps on half title page, title page & rear endpapers, shelf number at lower corner of front cover. Contents clean and still a very good copy. 23 x 17.5. 0285625446
42743 McNIVEN, Ian J., RUSSELL, Lynette &, SCHAFFER, Kay (editors) CONSTRUCTIONS OF COLONIALISM - Perspectives on Eliza Fraser's Shipwreck $20.00 AUD
Leicester University Press. London. 1998. Paperback edition. VIII, (2), 192 PP with 3 maps and 8 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Light foxing, o/wise fine. 23.5 x 15.3. 0718501713
Wreck of the Stirling Castle.
57057 MEARNS, David L. THE SEARCH FOR THE SYDNEY $25.00 AUD
HarperCollins. Sydney. 2009. 1st Ed. Prologue by Lieutenant John Perryman. (8), 264 PP with b/w and colour illustrations, plus double folded plate with art works in colour . Hard cover, device (and position of wreck in latitude and longitude) on front cover, dj (verso: profile and plans on H.M.A.S. Sydney). A fine copy. 30.2 x 23.5. 9780732288891
68920 MEARNS, David L. LOST & FOUND - The Epic Search for HMAS Sydney Wreck (in the Weekend Australian Magazine) $5.00 AUD
Nationwide News. Sydney. 2017. Issue July 22-23, 2017. 60 PP. Contains article pages 28 to 31 with 2 colour and 3 b/w photos. Pictorial soft wrappers. Fine. 27.5 x 22.3.
32136 MEW, F. BACK OF THE WIGHT $10.00 AUD
The Country Press. Isle of Wight. 1965. 5th impression. Reprint with additions to the 1934 original. (10), 116 PP, plus 12 b/w photos. Fp: Wreck of the Clarendon. Cloth cover, dj. Small pieces missing from dust jacket, dedicatory note on front endpaper, o/wise very good. 22.2 x 14.
Yarns of wrecks and smuggling.
48744 MEW, F. BACK OF THE WIGHT $15.00 AUD
The Country Press. Isle of Wight. 1982. 10th impression. Reprint with additions to the 1934 original. (10), 116 PP, plus 12 b/w photos. Fp: Wreck of the Clarendon. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj. Few foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise fine. 21.7 x 13.5.
Yarns of wrecks and smuggling.
22388 MILLER, David. THE WRECK OF THE ISABELLA $20.00 AUD
Naval Institute Press. Annapolis. 1995. 1st US edition. XII, 259 PP with 8 tables, 2 maps, 2 plans & 2 family trees, plus 8 pages with 7 bw photos. Eps: map of the Falkland Islands. Hard cover, dj. Foxing spots on outside edges. Fine. 24 x 15.8. 1557507686
Wreck on the Falkland Islands, of the Merchant Brig Isabella. Rescue of the castaways by the American sealing brig Nanina. Great Britain and the USA being then at war, the British took over the US ship, aftermath...
69127 MILLER, William H. DOOMED SHIPS. Great Ocean Liner Disasters $30.00 AUD
Dover. New York. 2006. 1st Ed. X, 118 PP with 193 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.7 x 22.4. 0486453669
The lavish interiors of the magnificent liners which sailed between the 1890's and the 1980's.
69966 MINTO, Captain Tom & STEVENS, Eric THE SEARCH FOR THE "KOBENHAVEN" and Other True Stories of the Depression Years $20.00 AUD
Graeme K. Andrews. Sydney. 1984. Edition limited to 1000 hand numbered copies (No. 13 / 1000). 52 PP with 29 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft covers with a few rubs, lower margin of a few pages with old water stains in the margin, o/wise contents near fine. 23.5 x 16.5. 0959672311
Graphic descriptions of life on a square-rigger in 1936 and on a coal burner ship in 1929. The last voyage of the Parma by Eric Stevens.
63677 MOIR, Peter & CRAWFORD, Ian CLYDE SHIPWRECKS $20.00 AUD
Moir.Crawford. Wemyss Bay. 1988. 1st Ed. 192 PP with 37 location maps (in colour) with insets, 5 coloured plans, and b/w illustrations (drawings, engravings, photos). Inside front cover: S.S. Mountclare. Inside back cover: S.S. Margareta. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. Oblong: 14.7 x 21. 0951336606
52869 MONTALI, Jean-Marie TRESOR EN MER DE CHINE (in Le Figaro Magazine) $15.00 AUD
Le Figaro Magazine. Paris. 1992. Issue No. 3, 19 May 1992. Contains article between pages 82 and 94 with 1 drawing, 1 map, 2 sets of artworks and 11 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.8 x 23.
Expedition of Franck Goddio / ELF, on the wreck of the San Diego, off the Philippines Islands.
50503 MONTLUCON, Jacques L'ELECTRICITE POUR METTRE A NU LES OBJETS ARCHEOLOGIQUES $5.00 AUD
La Recherche. Paris. 1986. Extract from issue 174, February 1986. 4 PP with 1 graph and 7 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 30 x 22.
Electricity and recovery of underwater archaeological artifacts.
41335 MOORE, W. Robert THE GARDEN ISLES OF SCILLY / ISLES OF WRECKS AND GOLDEN DAFFODILS (in National Geographic Magazine) $10.00 AUD
NGS. Washington. 1938. Volume LXXIV, No. 6, December 1938. Contains article from P.755 to 774 with 1 map, 9 b/w and 13 colour photos. Soft cover (rubbbed). Good. 25.5 x 17.5.
Isles off Land's End, Cornwall.
52708 MORAN, Vivienne LOST OFF THE COAST- Southern Ocean Shipwreck Trail $10.00 AUD
Heritage South Australia. Adelaide. 2000. 1st Ed. 45 PP with 1 map, 1 graph and 32 b/w illustrations (drawings, engravings and photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 15. 0759010056
Ships lost on the South East coast of South Australia: Port MacDonnell to the Coorong.
43185 MORDHORST, Jan RETTEN, WAS ZU RETTEN LIST: Dramatische Schiffsbergungen $25.00 AUD
Koehler. Herford. 1994. 1st Ed. 137 PP with sketches, plans , maps, 26 colour and 90 b/w photos. Eps: Salvage of the Estrella. Hard cover, dj. Fine. German text. 27.5 x 21.5. 3782206045
Saved - Dramatic salvage: Tanker Aquarius in the Indian Ocean... Cargo ship Estrella... Tug boat Wotan...
18408 MORRIS, Keith, ROWLANDS, Peter EXPLORING SHIPWRECKS $15.00 AUD
Artists House. London. 1993. Reprint of 1980 edition. 192 PP with b/w & col. illust. Laminated pictorial boards, dust jacket with a few chips/closed tears. Stamp of the Tasmanian Maritime and Folk Museum at top of title-page, o/wise contents near fine. 27.8 x 22.2. 0861341074
Describes seven very different wreck sites: Mediterranean, Red Sea, Caribbean, Orkney Is., The Great Lakes, off Bermuda & Truk Lagoon.
74651 MORRIS, Keith, ROWLANDS, Peter EXPLORING SHIPWRECKS $15.00 AUD
Gallery Books. New York. 1988. 1st US edition. 192 PP with b/w & col. illust. Laminated pictorial boards, dj. Stamp (discreet) of the Maritime Museum of Tasmania at top of half title-page. Front end paper with remnants of sticker with address of previous owner. Near fine. 27.8 x 22.2. 0831730951
Describes seven very different wreck sites: Mediterranean, Red Sea, Caribbean, Orkney Is., The Great Lakes, off Bermuda & Truk Lagoon.
16359 MOSCOW, Alvin COLLISION COURSE, The Story of the Collision between the Andrea Doria and the Stockholm $20.00 AUD
Grosset & Dunlap. New York. 1981. Reprint of the 1959 original. 345 PP, plus 32 pages with b/w illustrations. Eps: Andrea Doria sinking. Cloth cover, dj. Few foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise near fine. 23.5 x 16. 0448120194
65088 MOSCOW, Alvin COLLISION COURSE $5.00 AUD
Dell Book. London. 1962. 1st UK paperback edition of the 1959 US original. 233 PP with 4 line drawings, plus 4 pages with 10 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Covers rubbed. Ageing of paper. Good reading copy. 17.6 x 11.2.
The Andrea Doria and the Stockholm.
68383 MOSCOW, Alvin COLLISION COURSE, The Story of the Collision between the "Andrea Doria" and the "Stockholm" $15.00 AUD
Longmans. London. 1959. 1st Ed. XII, (2), 238 PP with 3 plans and 2 diagrams, plus 16 pages with 21 b/w photos, 2 plans and 2 graphs. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Head and foot of spine of dust jacket rubbed. Front endpaper with signature of previous owner and a rubbed patch. Stamp of "The Tasmanian Maritime and Folk Museum" on title page. Occasional foxing. Very good. 22 x 14.2.
64404 MOSS, Linda & STAMMERS, Michael LIVERPOOL's SOUTH DOCKS - An Archaeological and Historical Survey: Part 1 Mann Island - Wapping Basin $20.00 AUD
Merseyside County Museums. Liverpool. c.1970. 1st Ed., with a preface by Richard Foster. 79 PP with b/w illustrations (11 figures and 79 photos). Pictorial soft covers a little soiled, o/wise near fine. 30 x 21. 0906367085
22316 MUCKELROY, Keith (editor) ARCHEOLOGY UNDER WATER. An Atlas of the World's Submerged Sites $25.00 AUD
McGraw-Hill Books. New York. 1980. 1st Ed. 192 PP with maps, charts, diagrams plus bw & colour photos. Title page: Diver inspecting a storage jar. Half-title page: Diver recovering a Roman amphora. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Occasional foxing. Near fine. 28.5 x 22.5. 0070439516
Wrecks & sites (ports & cities) from Scandinavia to Middle America and from 1200 BC to the end of the 19th century.
58107 MUCKELROY, Keith (editor) ARCHAEOLOGY UNDER WATER. An Atlas of the World's Submerged Sites $25.00 AUD
McGraw-Hill Books. New York. 1980. 1st Ed. 192 PP with maps, charts, diagrams plus bw & colour photos. Title page: Diver inspecting a storage jar. Half-title page: Diver recovering a Roman amphora. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price clipped and with a few small nicks and small piece missing at rear top near spine). Edges are rubbed (shelf wear) and dust jacket is in a protective sleeve. Contents near fine. 28.5 x 22.5. 0070439516
Wrecks & sites (ports & cities) from Scandinavia to Middle America and from 1200 BC to the end of the 19th century.
70049 MUDIE, Ian THE WRECK OF THE ADMELLA $10.00 AUD
Nelson. Melbourne. 1984. Reprint of the 1978 edition (adapted by Margaret MacPherson from the 1966 original). 72 PP with 1 plan & 3 b/w illust. Pictorial card cover. Very good. 17.5 x 11. 017005313X
The wreck of "Admella", one of Australia's coastal steamers, in 1859, on a passage from Port Adelaide to Melbourne.
72310 MUDIE, Ian WRECK OF THE ADMELLA $15.00 AUD
Rigby. Adelaide. 1966. 1st Ed. 184 PP with 1 map "Kangaroo Island to Port Phillip Bay & 1 facsimile of letter of thanks, plus 4 pages with 13 b/w illust. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Dust jacket with repaired tear, now protected. Ex-library copy with stamps on front endpaper and title page and remnants of card on rear endpaper. Very good reading copy. 22.2 x 14.
The wreck of "Admella", one of Australia's coastal steamers, in 1859, on a passage from Port Adelaide to Melbourne.
63731 N/A SHIPWRECKS on the Coasts of Victoria and the Islands of Bass Strait $25.00 AUD
Marine History Postcards. Geelong. c. 1990. Binder with 32 b/w postcards: 20 of windjammers, 12 of motor ships or steamships. Very good. Format - postcards: 9 x 14 / folder: 25 x 19.
Includes photos of the Blencathra, British Admiral, Carnarvon Bay, Cataraqui ... on King Island.
42637 NASH, Michael CARGO FOR THE COLONY - The 1797 Wreck of the Merchant Ship Sydney Cove $25.00 AUD
Navarine Publishing. Canberra. 2001. 2nd edition of the 1996 original. VIII, 199 PP with 4 maps, colour & b/w illustrations. Hard cover, dj. As new. 25 x 17.7.. 095865617
Wrecked in 1797 on a voyage Calcutta to Port Jackson on Preservation Island in the Furneaux Group. First merchant ship wrecked after the establishment of the colony of New South Wales.
57679 NASH, Michael SYDNEY COVE - The History and Archaeology of an Eighteenth-Century Shipwreck $60.00 AUD
Navarine Publishing. Hobart. 2009. Expanded edition of the 2001 "Cargo for a Colony". (4), 284 PP with 4 maps, 7 charts, colour & b/w illustrations. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 27.5 x 21.5 9780975133156
Wrecked in 1797 on a voyage from Calcutta to Port Jackson on Preservation Island in the Furneaux Group. First merchant ship wrecked after the establishment of the colony of New South Wales.
69794 NASH, Michael CARGO FOR THE COLONY, The Wreck of the Merchant Ship Sydney Cove $25.00 AUD
Wrecked in 1797, on a voyage Calcutta to Port Jackson, on Preservation Island in the Furneaux Group. First merchant ship wrecked after the establishment of the colony of New South Wales.
70599 NASH, Michael & BROXAM, Graeme SHIPWRECKS IN AUSTRALIAN WATERS 1622 -1850 $50.00 AUD
Navarine Publishing. Hobart. 2019. 1st Ed. VIII, 288 PP with b/w or colour illustrations (charts & location maps, plans, drawings, paintings and photos). Eps: General Chart of Terra Australis or Australia. Hard cover, title in blind on front board and spine, dj. Signed on title page by Graeme Broxam, publisher and co-author. New. 27.4 x 21.8. 97809992366087
64918 NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY HISTORY SALVAGE FROM THE SEA / COLONIZATION AND TRADE IN THE NEW WORLD $10.00 AUD
Washington. 1977. National Geographic Society. Folded poster. Double sided supplement to Volume 152, No. 6, December 1977. History side with artworks by Richard Schlecht. Colonization side with chart by William Peele and Richard K Rogers. Few repaired tears at fold. Very good. Poster size: 57.5 x 76. Folded size: 28.8 x 19.
16334 NAYLER, Geoff WRECKS AND RELICS $5.00 AUD
Author. Melbourne. c. 1980. Expanded edition. 64 PP with 65 b/w photos (24 on full page). Title-page: Sea encrustacean being removed from a wheel. Pictorial card cover. Faint foxing, o/wise fine. 21.5 x 14. 0909853762
A pictorial record of 30 well-known wrecks on the Central Victorian coast.
17279 NAYLER, Geoff MY CEILING THE WAVES $30.00 AUD
Geoff Nayler / Wedneil Publications. Melbourne. c. 1972. 1st Ed. 88 PP with 1 plan, 3 maps & 35 b/w photos plus 32 pages with 29 full-page colour plates. Pictorial soft cover. Some light wear, creases, near corners, o/wise near fine. 21.5 x 14.
The diving experiences on wrecks in Australian waters and Truk Lagoon (Micronesia).
20343 NELSON, Daniel A. GHOST SHIPS OF THE WAR OF 1812, Hamilton & Scourge [in National Geographic Magazine] $10.00 AUD
National Geographic Society. Washington. 1983. Volume 163, No.3, March 1983. Includes article from P.288 to 313 with 1 map and 26 bw and colour illust. Pict. soft cover (bodice of Hamilton's figurehead). Very good. 25.4 x 17.5.
Sunk in a squall on 8th of August 1813, in the south west corner of lake Ontario. Discovered by side-scan sonar in 1975 and inspected by Cousteau diving saucer in 1980.
18583 NEWTON, John G. HOW WE FOUND THE MONITOR (in National Geographic Magazine - Volume 147, No.1) $10.00 AUD
National Geographic Society. Washington. 1975. January 1975. Contains article P. 48 to 61 with bw and colour illust. Pictorial. soft cover. Lacks the back cover. Very good. 25.4 x 17.5.
Sunk off Cape Hatteras.
36347 NORDANGER, Trygve FULL STORM! - En saga om menn og skip $20.00 AUD
Nordanger Forlag. Bergen. 1973. 1st Ed. 276, (2) PP with 1 map of the northern reaches of the North Sea, plus 16 pages with b/w illust. (newspapers clippings and photos). Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Near fine. Norwegian text. 22.8 x 15. 8270510297
Dramatic rescue in February 1937 of the Norwegian steamer Trym by the Newcastle / Bergen Mailboat Venus.
30064 NORFOLK, Lawrence THE POPE'S RHINOCEROS $10.00 AUD
Sinclair-Stevenson. London. 1996. 1st UK Ed. (8), 608 PP. Illustrated card cover. Fine. 23.3 x 15.2. 1856194132
Wreck of the Portuguese Nossa Senhora da Ajuda, off the coast of Italy with a rhinoceros from the Indian Kingdom of Gujarat. Reasons behind such an odd gift to Pope Leo X, initiated on the Island of Usedom in the Baltic. Historical novel.
39190 NUTLEY, David REVEALING THE PAST - An Introduction to Maritime Archaeology $5.00 AUD
NSW Heritage Office. Sydney. 1998. 1st Ed. 8 PP with 5 b/w illustrations and 8 colour photos. Illustrated soft cover. Fine. 29.5 x 21.
Information sheet.
39590 NZ MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT PRELIMINARY INQUIRY MIKHAIL LERMONTOV $10.00 AUD
Ministry of Transport. Wellington. 1986. Photocopy of a 9 pages (printed on recto only) report by S. J. Ponsford, Marine Inspector, Ministry of Transport, New Zealand. Contained in a clear plastic folder. Image shows the first page. Very good. 29.7 x 21.
Published 10 days after the grounding on 16 February 1986 at 17.37 while entering Ship Cove, and subsequent sinking the same day at 22.50 in the southernmost part of Port Gore Bay.
17599 O'MAY, Harry WRECKS IN TASMANIAN WATERS, 1797-1950 $15.00 AUD
T. J. Hughes, Government Printer Tasmania. Hobart. c. 1970 Reprint of the 1954 original. Foreword by Amy Rowntree. 209 PP, (V Index), plus 24 pages at rear with 44 b/w photos & 1 folded map at back. Fp: Schooner Mariner, 1925. Red cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Near fine. 22 x 14.5.
Comprehensive details of ships wrecked in the treacherous seas around Tasmania.
48394 O'MAY, Harry (compiler) WRECKS IN TASMANIAN WATERS, 1797-1950 $10.00 AUD
D. E. Wilkinson, Acting Government Printer. Hobart. 1954. 1st Ed. Foreword by Miss Amy Rowntree. 209, (V Index) PP, plus the frontispiece, 24 pages at rear with 44 b/w photos & 1 folded map at back. Fp: Schooner Mariner, 1925. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Gilt lettering dulled. Stamp of "The Marine Board of Hobart" on front endpaper and outside edges. Slight ageing of paper. A very good copy. 22 x 14.5.
Comprehensive details of ships wrecked in the treacherous seas around Tasmania.
48679 O'MAY, Harry (compiler) WRECKS IN TASMANIAN WATERS, 1797-1950 $25.00 AUD
T. J. Hughes, Government Printer Tasmania. Hobart. c. 1970. Reprint. 209, (V Index) PP, plus 26 pages at rear with 45 b/w photos & 1 folded map at back. Fp: Schooner Mariner, 1925. Red cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dust jacket with a few small nicks. Neat stamp of previous owner on inside front cover and at top of title page, o/wise contents are fine. 22 x 14.5.
Comprehensive details of ships wrecked in the treacherous seas around Tasmania.
66061 O'RILEY, Ivan AUSTRALIAN & NEW ZEALAND SHIPWRECKS AND TREASURE $15.00 AUD
Southdown Press. Melbourne. c. 1970. 1st Ed. Parade Special. 56 PP with 1 sails plan, 11 location maps and b/w illustrations. Stapled wrappers. Small piece torn at lower corner of front cover. Very good. 28 x 20.2. 0868600644
12 stories of shipping calamities in Australasian waters.
46749 O'SULLIVAN, Patrick THE LUSITANIA, Unravelling the Mysteries $20.00 AUD
Spellmount. Staplehurst, UK. 2000. 1st UK edition of the 1998 original published in Ireland. 140 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 30.5 x 21.4. 1862270864
60178 OELAND, Glen THE H.L. HUNTLEY: Secret Weapon of the Confederacy (in National Geographic Magazine) $5.00 AUD
N.G.S. Washington. 2002. Volume 202, No. 1, July 2002. 130 PP. Contains article from P. 82 to 101 with 2 maps and colour illustrations (artwork by Richard Schlecht and photos by Ira Block). Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 25.4 x 17.5.
Raising Hunley, Civil War submarine.
42255 OSTERSTOCK, Alan THE DUNCOW REPORT $30.00 AUD
Austaprint / Author. Adelaide. 1979. Limited edition to 400 numbered copies (260/400). 72 PP with 2 b/w illustration (1 photo & 1 facsimile of a telegram). Eps: facsimile of manuscripts. Half bound, vignette on front cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Signed by the author on the verso of title page. Fine. Scarce. Oblong: 15.2 x 21.7. 0858722968
The near disaster of the 3 masted full-rigged ship Duncow of Liverpool, on the shores of Kangaroo Island, in May/June 1897. Collector's item.
69083 PADFIELD, Peter THE TITANIC AND THE CALIFORNIAN $25.00 AUD
Hodder & Stoughton. London. 1965. 1st Ed. 318 PP with table & diagrams, plus 8 pages with 11 b/w photos. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, Typescript note pasted down on inside front cover indicating details of the Californian and it's position when torpedoed. Covers lightly soiled with light shelf wear, o/wise near fine. 22 x 14.5.
The author disproves the theory upheld by two Courts of Inquiry, that the Leyland liner "Californian" was within sight of the disaster which 'beset' the Titanic.
71417 PARROTT, Daniel S. TALL SHIPS DOWN - The Last Voyages of the "PAMIR", "ALBATROSS", "MARQUES", PRIDE OF BALTIMORE", and 'MARIA ASUMPTA" $40.00 AUD
Interenational Marine / McGraw-Hill. Camden, Me. / New York. 2003. 2nd printing of the 2003 soft cover edition. XVI, 336 PP with tables and b/w illustrations (8 silhouettes of tall ships, artworks, drawings & graphs, sketches, plans, photos). Pictorial soft covers. Fine. Scarce. 22 x 14.5. 9780071435451
17597 PARSONS, Ronald SHIPWRECKS IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA - 1836-1875 (Book 1) $10.00 AUD
Ronald Parsons. Magill. 1986. Marh 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 cover. Near fine. Oblong: 16 x 20.6. 0909418187
22028 PARSONS, Ronald PORT LINCOLN SHIPPING, Whalers, disasters, and the sea link with Adelaide $15.00 AUD
Ronald Parsons. Magill, S.A. 1981. 1st Ed. III, 73 PP, plus 6 pages with 1 sketch and 6 b/w photos. Stapled typescript monograph. Soft cover, illustrated front. Near fine. Oblong: 15.8 x 20.6. 0909418195
Port Lincoln: early history, whaling, advent of steam, shipwrecks and casualties.
72848 PARSONS, Ronald SHIPWRECKS IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA: 1836-1875 $10.00 AUD
Ronald Parsons. Magill, S.A. 1981. 1st Ed. (6), 78 PP with 1 b/w illustrations, plus 8 pages with 10 b/w photos. Stapled typescript monograph printed on 2 columns. Pictorial soft covers with light foxing. Name of previous owner on title page. Near fine. Oblong: 16 x 20.6. 0909418187
64430 PARSONS, Ronald & PLUNKETT, Geoff SCUTTLED AND ABANDONED SHIPS IN AUSTRALIAN WATERS $15.00 AUD
Ronald Parsons. Lobethal, S.A. 1998. Revised edition of the May 1995 original. Typescript monograph. IV, 55 PP, plus 1 plate with 5 b/w photos. Stapled soft covers. Stamp of previous owner on front cover and title page. Very good. 21 x 14.5. 0909418616
49558 PATERSON, Adam UNDERSTANDING THE SLEAFORD BAY TRYWORKS: An Interpretive Approach to the Industrial Archaeology of Shore Based Whaling $25.00 AUD
Department of Archaeology / Flinders University. Adelaide. 2004. 1st Ed., limited to 50 copies. No. 3 in the Maritime Archaeology Monograph and Reports series. (4), IV, 104 PP with 1 map, figures (drawings, photos and sketches), graphs and tables. Pictorial soft cover, clear plastic. Fine. 29.7 x 21.
Shore base on Fishery Bay, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia.
48568 PATERSON, Lance WRECK-OLLECTIONS: SHIPS AND SHIPWRECKS IN QUEENSLAND WATERS - Volume 1 $55.00 AUD
Helen Kershaw Editing Services. Caloundra, Qld. 2003. 1st Ed. XII, 203 PP with 4 maps and 171 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.3 x 20.6. 0646417576
69800 PATERSON, Lance WRECK-OLLECTIONS: SHIPS AND SHIPWRECKS IN QUEENSLAND WATERS - Volume 4 $60.00 AUD
Author. Caloundra, Qld. 2018. 1st Ed. (XI), 101 PP with 2 maps, 58 b/w illustrations (drawings, engravings, photos) and 25 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.4 x 20.6. 9780646987378
72306 PATERSON, Lance WRECK-OLLECTIONS: SHIPS AND SHIPWRECKS IN QUEENSLAND WATERS - Volume 2 $40.00 AUD
Author. Caloundra, Qld. 2008. 1st Ed. (XII), 173 PP with 4 maps and over 170 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft covers with some wear and a few creases, o/wise contents fine. Scarce. 29.4 x 20.6. 9780646480473
46024 PERKES, Dan TWENTIETH-CENTURY SHIPWRECKS - A Pictorial History $15.00 AUD
Contemporary Books. Chicago. 1983. 1st Ed. VIII, (2), 127 PP with 3 maps and 140 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Covers rubbed at hinges and front edges. Very good. 28 x 21.8. 0809255758
66035 PERRIN, Andrew OUTER LIMITS - On Patrol in our Northern Seas "Ashmore Reef" (in Australian Geographic, No. 64, Oct-Dec 2001) $10.00 AUD
Sydney. 2001. Australian Geographic. 128 PP. Contains article from P. 62 to 73 with colour illustrations (1 map and insets, 1 artwork by Marje Crosby-Fairall and 11 photos by Kevin Deacon). Illustrated soft cover. Fine. 27.8 x 21.
18405 PETERSON, Mendel REACH FOR THE NEW WORLD (in National Geographic Magazine) $15.00 AUD
National Geographic Society. Washington. 1977. Vol. 152, No. 6, December, 1977. Includes article P.724 to 765 with 1map, 1 b/w photo and 45 colour illustrations (photographs by David L. Arnold and Paintings by Richard Schlecht). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 25.4 x 17.5.
Wrecks off Bermuda & other Caribbean islands or on the lost city of Port Royal (Jamaica).
36467 PHILBRICK, Nathaniel IN THE HEART OF THE SEA - The Epic True Story that Inspired MOBY DICK $15.00 AUD
Flamingo / HarperCollins. London. 2000. Trade paperback edition. XVIII, 302 PP with 2 maps, 2 plans, 1 tail piece and 14 head pieces, plus 16 pages with 28 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Light foxing, o/wise fine. 23.3 x 15.3. 0002572125
The sinking of the whaleship Essex by an enraged whale, far out in the Pacific, November 1820.
56091 PHILBRICK, Nathaniel IN THE HEART OF THE SEA - The Epic True Story that Inspired MOBY DICK $10.00 AUD
Flamingo / HarperCollins. London. c. 2000. Reprint of the paperback edition. XVIII, 302 PP with 2 maps, 2 plans, 1 tail piece and 14 head pieces, plus 16 pages with 28 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise fine. 19.7 x 13. 0006531202
The sinking of the whaleship Essex by an enraged whale, far out in the Pacific, November 1820.
19516 PICKFORD, Nigel THE ATLAS OF SHIPWRECK & TREASURE - The History, Location, and Treasure-trove of Ships Lost at Sea $45.00 AUD
Reader's Digest. Sydney. 1994. 1st Australian Edition. 200 PP with b/w & colour illust. (engravings, maps & photos). Gazetteer: P.120-159. Shipwrecks Listing: P.160-200. Illustrated title page, half title page & endpapers. Pictorial laminated boards, dj. Light foxing on the inside of dust jacket flaps, top of dust jacket has light shelf wear, o/wise a fine copy. Large format: 31.5 x 26. 086438615X
36800 PICKFORD, Nigel LOST TREASURE SHIPS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY $30.00 AUD
Pavilion Books. London. 1999. 1st Ed. 192 PP with 1 map on double page, and b/w or colour illust. Fp: Colour poster of Cunard Line with Lusitania. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 28.2 x 23.8. 1862050791
17 of these Treasure Ships (Republic, Titanic, Lusitania, Empress of Britain... Awa Maru). Map with location of 174 of the lost treasure ships.
Melbourne. c.2009. Australia Post. Colour illustrated folder containing 3 unfranked stamps. Fine. Format: 10.5 x 16.5.
Stamps depicting the shipwrecks of: Admella on the coat of South Australia - Loch Ard on the coast of Victoria - Dunbar at the entrance of Sydney, New South Wales.
66173 PLAYFORD, P. E. THE WRECK OF THE ZUYTDORP, On the Western Australian coast in 1712 $30.00 AUD
W.A. Historical Society. Perth. 1976. Reprint of the 1959 original article published in "Early Days", Journal and Proceedings of the W. A. Historical Society, Inc. - Vol.5, Part 5, pp.5-41. 36 PP with 3 maps & 7 b/w plates. Pictorial soft cover. 1 post card of the model of Zuytdorp and 4 pages 'The Beardman Jug Replicas', loosely inserted. Fine. 21.3 x 13.6.
A brief account of the other V.O.C. wrecks, then the Zuytdorp wreck, north of Gantheaume Bay.
Department of the Arts, Sport, the Environment, Tourism and Territories. Canberra. 1991. 1st Ed. Folded poster 60 x 21.2 (12 folds) with 9 maps on the inside and 6 b/w illustrations. Fine. Folded size: 21.2 x 10.
69058 POTTER, Bill (editor) THE MAHOGANY SHIP: Relic or Legend? - Proceedings of the Second Australian Symposium on the Mahogany Ship $30.00 AUD
Mahogany Ship Committee / Warnambool Institute Press. Warrnambool. 1987. 1st Ed. X, 130 PP with tables, figures and bw photos. Pictorial soft cover. Apart from Page 130 (last page) which has a fine mark on it on 10cm, not affecting the legibility and the last blank page (free fly of rear endpaper) which is crinkled/ruffled, the book is fine. 29.6 x 20.8. 0949759090
Symposium organized in September 1985. 13 papers on Java la Grande, coastal science and the Mahogany ship, remote sensing in shipwreck archaeology...
72670 POWLING, J. W. THE MAHOGANY SHIP - A Survey of the Evidence $75.00 AUD
Osburne Group. Warrnambool, Vic. 2003. 1st Ed. (8), 99 PP with b/w illustrations (2 location maps, sketch plans, facsimile of docments). Pictorial stiff covers. Signed and dated by the author on inside front cover. Fine (as new condition). 29.7 x 21 0959257632
30630 PROTASIO, John TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA - True Accounts of Major Ship Disasters $10.00 AUD
Robson Books. London. 1991. 1st UK Ed. (9), 213 PP, plus 8 pages with 12 b/w photos. Hard cover. A little light foxing, o/wise fine. Image shows title-page. 24 x 16. 0860517381
19 accounts of disasters and shipwrecks. The Arctic, the Maine, Titanic, Lusitania.. Herald of Free Enterprise.
69978 QUARRELL, Avis Touring The SHIPWRECK COAST $10.00 AUD
Covell Publications. Warrnambool, Vic. 1990. 1st Ed. 24 PP with 16 drawings and 55 colour photos. Inside back cover: map of the shipwreck coast with 2 location maps. Pictorial card covers. Fine. 29.7 x 21. 0949068152
67892 QUEENSLAND PARLIAMENT A BILL RELATING TO WRECK CASUALTIES AND SALVAGE $10.00 AUD
James C. Beal, Government Printer. Brisbane. 1879. Bill of 18th June 1879. 10 PP (stitched). Foxing spots on outside pages. Very good. Folio: 33 x 21.5.
67895 QUEENSLAND PARLIAMENT Despatch Respecting "WRECKS AND SALVAGE BILL" Reserved for Royal Assent $10.00 AUD
James C. Beal, Government Printer. Brisbane. 1880. Despatch presented to both Houses of Parliament, 22nd February 1880. 3 PP. Faint foxing, paper aged. Very good. Folio: 33 x 21.5.
James C. Beal, Government Printer. Brisbane. 1880. Despatch presented to both Houses of Parliament, 16th July 1880. 2 PP. Edges chipped with a few closed tears, o/wise good. Folio: 33 x 21.5.
James C. Beal, Government Printer. Brisbane. 1880. Despatch presented to both Houses of Parliament, 1st December 1879. 2 PP. Paper aged with a few chips or repaired tears. Very good. Folio: 33 x 21.5.
67898 QUEENSLAND PARLIAMENT Despatch Transmitting DECLARATION BETWEEN THE BRITISH AND FRENCH GOVERNMENTS PROLONGING THE DURATION OF THE EXISTING TREATIES OF COMMERCE AND NAVIGATION BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND FRANCE $5.00 AUD
James C. Beal, Government Printer. Brisbane. 1880. Despatch presented to both Houses of Parliament, 24th January 1880. 1 PP. Paper ageing with a small closed tear. Very good. Folio: 33 x 21.5.
67901 QUEENSLAND PARLIAMENT Despatch Transmitting ORDER OF HER MAJESTY IN COUNCIL RESPECTING CREWS OF DANISH SHIPS, Etc. $5.00 AUD
James C. Beal, Government Printer. Brisbane. 1882. Despatch transmitted to both Houses of Parliament, 8th August 1881. 1 PP. Very good. Folio: 33 x 21.5.
67902 QUEENSLAND PARLIAMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND DENMARK RELATIVE TO MERCHANT SEAMEN DESERTERS $5.00 AUD
James C. Beal, Government Printer. Brisbane. 1882. Presented to both Houses of Parliament, 7th November 1881. 1 PP. Very good. Folio: 33 x 21.5.
67903 QUEENSLAND PARLIAMENT Despatch Containing Note from Swedish Minister respecting new system of TONNAGE MEASUREMENT IN SWEDEN $5.00 AUD
James C. Beal, Government Printer. Brisbane. 1882. Despatch transmitted to both Houses of Parliament, 12th April 1882. 1 PP. Very good. Folio: 33 x 21.5.
67904 QUEENSLAND PARLIAMENT Orders in Council respecting TONNAGE MEASUREMENT OF SHIPS OF THE KINGDOMS OF SWEDEN AND HAYTI $10.00 AUD
James C. Beal, Government Printer. Brisbane. 1882. Presented to both Houses of Parliament, 8th June 1882. 2 PP. Faint foxing. Very good. Folio: 33 x 21.5.
67905 QUEENSLAND PARLIAMENT Her Majesty's Order in Council respecting CANDIDATES FOR CERTIFICATE OF COMPETENCY IN THE MERCANTILE MARINE $10.00 AUD
James C. Beal, Government Printer. Brisbane. 1882. Presented to both Houses of Parliament, 4th August 1882. 3 PP. Faint foxing and a few small chips. Very good. Folio: 33 x 21.5.
67906 QUEENSLAND PARLIAMENT Declaration between British and Russian Governments respecting TONNAGE MEASUREMENT OF SHIPS $5.00 AUD
Brisbane. 1882. James C. Beal, Government Printer. Presented to both Houses of Parliament, 1st July 1882. 1 PP. Very good. Folio: 33 x 21.5.
67907 QUEENSLAND PARLIAMENT Order in Council exempting from re-measurement SHIPS OF THE KINGDOM OF SWEDEN $10.00 AUD
Brisbane. 1883. James C. Beal, Government Printer. Presented to both Houses of Parliament, 1st September 1882. 2 PP. Faint foxing. Very good. Folio: 33 x 21.5.
67909 QUEENSLAND PARLIAMENT Despatch Respecting ORDER IN COUNCIL EXEMPTING FROM REMEASUREMENT SHIPS BELONGING TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA $10.00 AUD
James C. Beal, Government Printer. Brisbane. 1883. Presented to both Houses of Parliament, 10th April 1883. 2 PP. Faint foxing. Very good. Folio: 33 x 21.5.
67910 QUEENSLAND PARLIAMENT Order in council exempting from re-measurement DANISH STEAM VESSELS $10.00 AUD
James C. Beal, Government Printer. Brisbane. 1883. Presented to both Houses of Parliament, 22nd May 1883. 2 PP. Faint foxing. Very good. Folio: 33 x 21.5.
67911 QUEENSLAND PARLIAMENT Despatch Respecting AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE BRITISH AND ITALIAN GOVERNMENTS FOR THE MUTUAL RELIEF OF DISTRESSED SEAMEN $10.00 AUD
James C. Beal, Government Printer. Brisbane. 1883. Presented to both Houses of Parliament, 10th September 1883. 2 PP. Faint foxing. Very good. Folio: 33 x 21.5.
67912 QUEENSLAND PARLIAMENT Amendment of, Relating to Colonial Courts of Inquiry - MERCHANT SHIPPING ACTS $10.00 AUD
James C. Beal, Government Printer. Brisbane. 1883. Presented to both Houses of Parliament, 25th September 1882. 2 PP. Faint foxing with a few small chips. Very good. Folio: 33 x 21.5.
67914 QUEENSLAND PARLIAMENT Despatch enclosing Instructions for Examination of Candidates for Master and Mate's Certificates - MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT $5.00 AUD
James C. Beal, Government Printer. Brisbane. 1883. Presented to both Houses of Parliament, 8th April 1883. 1 PP. Faint foxing. Very good. Folio: 33 x 21.5.
67915 QUEENSLAND PARLIAMENT Order in Council for Giving Effect to REVISED REGULATIONS FOR PREVENTING COLLISIONS AT SEA $15.00 AUD
James C. Beal, Government Printer. Brisbane. 1884. Presented to both Houses of Parliament, 5th September 1884. 4 PP. Faint foxing. Very good. Folio: 33 x 21.5.
Includes: Rules concerning Lights, Sound Signals for Fog, Steering and Sailing Rules...
67917 QUEENSLAND PARLIAMENT REGULATION FOR FIXING THE POSITION OF THE LOAD LINE REQUIRED UNDER THE 93rd SECTION OF "THE NAVIGATION ACT OF 1876" .... $5.00 AUD
James C. Beal, Government Printer. Brisbane. 1884. Presented to both Houses of Parliament, 25th August 1884. 1 PP. Faint foxing. Very good. Folio: 33 x 21.5.
67919 QUEENSLAND PARLIAMENT Despatch Respecting DECLARATION BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND SWEDEN AND NORWAY, RESPECTING PRIVILEGES OF COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS $5.00 AUD
James C. Beal, Government Printer. Brisbane. 1884. Presented to both Houses of Parliament, 9th November 1883. 1 PP. Faint foxing. Very good. Folio: 33 x 21.5.
67920 QUEENSLAND PARLIAMENT Further Despatch Relating to the EXEMPTION OF NORWEGIAN SHIPS FROM TONNAGE MEASUREMENT $10.00 AUD
James C. Beal, Government Printer. Brisbane. 1884. Presented to both Houses of Parliament, 28th February 1884. 2 PP. Faint foxing. Very good. Folio: 33 x 21.5.
67922 QUEENSLAND PARLIAMENT Despatch Transmitting AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENTS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND EGYPT RESPECTING COMMERCE AND NAVIGATION $10.00 AUD
James C. Beal, Government Printer. Brisbane. 1884. Presented to both Houses of Parliament, 22nd July 1884. 3 PP. Faint foxing. Very good. Folio: 33 x 21.5.
67923 QUEENSLAND PARLIAMENT Despatch Transmitting Order in Council for ARREST OF SEAMEN DESERTERS FROM RUSSIAN, NORWEGIAN AND SWEDISH, AND PERUVIAN SHIPS $5.00 AUD
James C. Beal, Government Printer. Brisbane. 1884. Presented to both Houses of Parliament, 2nd September 1884. 1 PP. Small closed tears, o/wise very good. Folio: 33 x 21.5.
67924 QUEENSLAND PARLIAMENT Despatch Transmitting Order in Council Respecting ISSUE OF COLONIAL CERTIFICATES OF COMPETENCY TO OFFICERS OF BRITISH VESSELS $15.00 AUD
James C. Beal, Government Printer. Brisbane. 1891. C.A. 111-1891, Presented to both Houses of Parliament, 31st August 1891. 7 PP. Rusty staples removed. Faint foxing. Very good. Folio: 33 x 21.5.
67925 QUEENSLAND PARLIAMENT Termination of TREATY OF COMMERCE AND NAVIGATION BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND PORTUAL $5.00 AUD
James C. Beal, Government Printer. Brisbane. 1891. C.A. 77-1891, Presented to both Houses of Parliament, 7th July 1891. 1 PP. Faint foxing. Very good. Folio: 33 x 21.5.
68436 QUEENSLAND PARLIAMENT TONNAGE MEASUREMENT OF ITALIAN VESSELS $10.00 AUD
James C. Beal, Government Printer. Brisbane. 1883. Presented to both Houses of Parliament, 6th March, 1883. 1 PP. Top edge rubbed with small closed tears. Very good. Folio: 33 x 21.5.
72745 QUINN, William P. SHIPWRECKS ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST - A remarkable collection of photographs of maritime incidents from Maine to Florida. $40.00 AUD
Commonwealth Edition. Beverly, Mass. 2004. New and redesigned edition of the 1988 original. XII, 244 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, paintings and photos). Hard cover, title on front board and spine, dj. Dust jacket with light wear and a few small nicks, o/wise near fine. 26 x 21. 9781889833736
A collection of photographs and data covering the period from the late 1800's to the 1980s.
46573 RAIOAOA, Tavae & DUROY, Lionel SI LOIN DU MONDE $20.00 AUD
Ohéditions. Paris. 2003. 1st Ed. 177 PP, plus 8 pages with 1 coloured map on double page, 1 facsimile of a letter, 3 b/w and 15 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. A little light foxing, o/wise fine. French text. 21.5 x 13.5. 2915056064
Narrative of a fisherman from Faaa, Tahiti, who drifted for 118 days (15 march to 10 July 2002) and reached Aitutaki in the Cook Islands.
53770 RAO, Dr. S. R. JOURNAL OF MARINE ARCHAEOLOGY - Volume 1 $20.00 AUD
Goa, India. 1990. Society for Marine Archaeology / National Institute of Oceanography. Volume 1, January 1990. (4), 118, (2) PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 24.7 x 18.5.
Journal for the underwater cultural heritage of the Indian Ocean.
22328 RATHE, Gustave THE WRECK OF THE BARQUE 'STEFANO' OFF THE NORTH-WEST CAPE OF AUSTRALIA IN 1875 $25.00 AUD
Farrar, Straus & Giroux. New York. 1992. 1st US Ed. XIX, (3), 136 PP with 1 map & 16 b/w illust. in text plus 8 pages with 7 colour illust. Hard cover, gilt title on cloth spine, dj. Faint foxing spots on top outside edges, o/wise fine. 23.5 x 15.4. 0374385858
Shipwreck of the Croatian barque "Stefano" registered in Dubrovnick, in October 1875, off Point Cloates. ... the survival of the castaway on this inhospitable coast.
43354 RATIGAN, William GREAT LAKES SHIPWRECKS & SURVIVALS $20.00 AUD
Galahad Books. New York. 1974. Reprint of the 1960 original. 334, (2) PP with 6 head pieces plus 12 pages with 1 map on double page and 6 illustrations by Reynold H. Weidenaar. Hard cover. Foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise near fine. 23.5 x 15.5. 0883652439
67687 RAYNAL, F.E. LES NAUFRAGES OU VINGT MOIS SUR UN RECIF DES ILES AUCKLAND, Récit Authentique par F.E. Raynal, Illustré de 40 Gravures sur bois dessinées par A. de Neuville et accompagné d'une Carte $90.00 AUD
Librarie Hachette et Cie. Paris. 1877. 4th edition in Bibliothèque des Ecoles et des Familles. 303 PP with 1 map (folded), and 40 woodcuts by A. de Neuville. Fp: Portrait of F.E. Raynal. Marbled boards, red leather spine with gilt title, raised gilt bands and gilt decorations. Covers a little worn around edge, inside front hinge with some wear, but overall, a very clean near fine copy. French text. 27.8 x 18.5.
Three years on a sugar plantation in Mauritius, gold mining in Australia (Victoria & NSW), between 1853 & 1863. Attempt at sealing & silver mining on Campbell Island. Voyage on the schooner Grafton. Shipwrecked on Auckland Island. Departure on a small sailboat towards NZ. Rescue. Mention of the wrecks of the Invercauld & the General Grant.
58258 RENFREW, Colin & BAHN, Paul ARCHAEOLOGY, Theories, Methods, and Practice $20.00 AUD
Thames and Hudson. London. 1997. Reprint of the 2nd edition of 1996 (original of 1991). 608 PP with over 550 b/w or colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 22.8 x 18.7. 0500276879
69499 RICHARDS, Bill & TERRY, Martin WELCOME BATAVIA & COMMERCE AND CONQUEST: The Story of the V.O.C. (Dutch United East India Company) (in Signals No. 49) $10.00 AUD
Sydney. 1999. Australian National Maritime Museum. Issue No. 49, December 1999 - February 2000. 40 PP. Contains 3 articles pages 4 to 9 with 3 b/w and 10 colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover (Batavia at Lelystad, Netherlands). Fine. 29.6 x 21.
Exhibition held in 2000.
55540 RILEY, John & FIELDS, Peter MYOLA, Sydney's Last Shipwreck $30.00 AUD
Authors. Sydney. 1995. 1st Ed. (4), 102 PP with 12 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Colour photo and dedicatory note dated and signed by John Riley (author) on preliminary page. Fine. 20.7 x 13.8. 0646248154
The sixty milers colliers "Myola", foundered off Long Reef, Sydney on 2nd April 1919. Wreck found in July 1994.
60120 RINGER, R. James PHIPS' FLEET- Sir William Phips's ship found at Baie-Trinité, Saint Lawrence (in National Geographic Magazine) $5.00 AUD
National Geographic Society. Washington. 2000. Volume 198, No. 2, August 2000. 124 PP. Contains article from P. 72 to 81 with 1map and 13 colour illustrations (photos by Bill Curtsinger). Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 25.4 x 17.5.
Shipwreck following the attempted attack on Québec of 1690.
74475 RISING, Catrin (editor) THE STORY OF VASA $25.00 AUD
Swedish National Maritime Museum. Stockholm. c. 2015. English edition. 52 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (photos, drawings, maps). Inside back cover: Vasa through the centuries. Illustrated stiff covers. Postcard in colour of Vasa in the Vasa Museet, Djurgarden, Stockholm. Near fine. 24 x 16.7. 9789198471335
Her fate in 1628, her remarkable salvage and restoration.
58174 ROBIE, David EYES OF FIRE - The Last Voyage of the Rainbow Warrior $15.00 AUD
Lindon Publishing. Auckland. 1986. 1st Ed., with a foreword by Walter Lini. (5), 168 PP with 55 b/w illustrations (3 maps, cartoons and photos). Fp: Hole in the hull. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. Oblong: 17.7 x 22.7.
From Spain, through the Marshall Islands to final resting place in New Zealand.
70254 ROBOTHAM, Rosemarie FALKLAND'S GRAVEYARD OF SHIPS (in Life - Volume 5, No. 6) $10.00 AUD
Time Inc. Los Angeles, CA. 1982. Volume 5, No. 6, June 1982. Editd by Richard B. Stolley. 128 PP. Contains article pages 108 to 114 with 1 b/w and 8 colour photos by Harald Sund. Pictorial soft covers. Staples removed. Near fine. 33 x 25.
Over 200 wrecks.
50814 ROE, Michael AN IMPERIAL DISASTER: the wreck of George the Third $35.00 AUD
Blubber Head Press. Hobart. 2006. 1st Ed. X, 294 PP with 2 pages of maps, plus 8 pages with 15 b/w illustrations. Fp (in colour): Broadsheet Report to Britain's Populace I. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine (as new condition). 24.3 x 16.5. 0908528329
17578 ROGERS, Stanley HAZARDS OF THE DEEP $20.00 AUD
W. H. Allen. London. 1958. 1st Ed. 222 PP. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 22 x 14.5.
Strange tales of ships that vanished including the Ferret on regular run Glasgow-Belfast, found as Gladys in Melbourne. The never completed voyage of the brig Australia on its way from Leith to Sydney, burnt South-west of Cape Town....
16333 RONALD, Peter EXPLORING SHIPWRECKS OF WESTERN VICTORIA $15.00 AUD
Author / Osburne Group. Warrnambool. c. 1990 1st Ed. 52 PP with b/w & colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. Oblong: 18.8 x 24. 0731619226
Pictorial records of the wreck sites of: La Bella, Falls of Halladale, Schomberg, Loch Ard, ..
18080 RULE, Margaret THE MARY ROSE, The Excavation and Raising of Henry VIII's Flagship $15.00 AUD
Conway Maritime Press. London. 1986. Reprint of the 1983 revised edition (original of 1982). 240 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Fp: A watch bell found in 1982 and cast in 1510. Pictorial soft cover. Faint foxing on outside edges, o/wise near fine. 26.3 x 19.3. 0851773826
The raising: after 437 years and 11 years of excavations written by the archaeological director of the project.
18855 RULE, Margaret THE MARY ROSE $5.00 AUD
Ring Publications. London. 1982. 1st Ed. 60 PP with b/w and colour illust. Inside back cover: The lifting after 437 years under water. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 27.5 x 21.
The excavation and raising of Henry VIII's flagship.
36899 RULE, Margaret THE MARY ROSE - A Guide $25.00 AUD
Mary Rose Trust. London. 1989. 3rd Impression. (2), 38 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. FEP: Battle in The Solent. Inside back cover: Plan of the Heritage Area within the Royal Naval Base, Portsmouth. Pictorial card cover. Fine. Oblong: 17 x 24. 095117472X
47593 RULE, Margaret HENRY III's LOST WARSHIP / THE SEARCH FOR MARY ROSE (in National Geographic Magazine, Volume 163, No. 5, 1983) $5.00 AUD
National Geographic Society. Washington. 1983. Volume 163, No. 5, May 1983. Contains article between pages 646 and 675 with 2 maps and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 25.5 x 17.6.
The excavation and raising of Henry VIII's flagship.
34714 RUSSELL, W. Clark THE WRECK OF THE GROSVENOR. An Account of the Mutiny of the Crew and the Loss of the Ship when trying to make the Bermudas $20.00 AUD
A. L. Burt Publisher. New York. c. 1890. Reprint in the Cornell series of Books for Young People by Popular Writers. 301, (18 adv.) PP. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, top edge gilt. Ageing of paper, half title page missing. Very good. 19 x 13.
Scuttlebutt Press. Melbourne. 2009. 1st Ed. Introduction by Dr. Michael McCarthy. Foreword by Garry Gentile. XVI, 159 PP with 1 map on double page and 57 b/w illustrations (sketch maps, facsimile of documents and photos). Hard cover, dj. Fine. 24 x 16. 9780980590203
Department of Lands. Nowra, 1988. Folded brochure, March 1988. 4 folds with 2 sketch maps, 3 b/w photos and artwork. Local newspaper clipping (March 1988, Vol. 2, No.1) with a b/w photo of the wrecked Merimbula. Very good. Format: 21.2 x 10.
Wrecked off Beecroft Head on 27 March 1928.
30603 SAMMON, Rick RHYTHM OF THE REEF - A Day in the Life of the Coral Reef $15.00 AUD
Swan Hill Press. London. 1996. 1st Uk Ed. of the 1995 US original. 120 PP with 1 map of threatened Coral Reefs, 1 drawing (formation of Reef Types) and 117 colour photos. Title spread: glassy sweepers. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 25.8 x 25.6. 1853107417
Sunrise on the reef: Red Sea. Diving at midday: Truk Lagoon...
65188 SAND, Christophe, TEREBO, Malia & LAGARDE, Louis LE PASSE DE DEVA - Archéologie d'un domaine provincial calédonien $60.00 AUD
Institut d'Archéologie de la Nouvelle-Calédonie et du Pacifique. Nouméa. 2013. 1st Ed., October 2013, "Archeologia Pasifika" No. 2. 80 PP with colour illustrations (1 location map, 1 map, drawings and over 80 photos). Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. Oblong: 21 x 23.5. 9782954167510
35351 SARPEDON PRESS SERVICES MARY ROSE - Souvenir Guide $20.00 AUD
The Mary Rose Trust. Old Portsmouth. 1985. 1985 edition. 64 PP with 35 pages of advertising material and 29 pages with 20 b/w and 78 colour illustrations. Inside front cover: Gun. Pictorial card cover. Near fine. 29.8 x 21.
The Ship, the King and the Princess. The homecoming. The "Mary Rose": Lifestyles in a Tudor Ship, Time, Speed & Distance, The Power of the Longbow... The Final Battle, the legacy.
68489 SAUDER, Eric RMS LUSITANIA - The Ship & Her Record $25.00 AUD
The History Press. Stroud, Gloucestershire. 2009. 2nd edition of the 2005 original. Foreword by The Honourable Mrs Audrey Pearl Lawson Johnston. 128 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, paintings, photos), plus 16 pages with 30 colour illustrations. Pictorial card cover. Fine. 23.5 x 16.5. 9780752452036
68413 SAUNDERS, Roy THE RAISING OF THE "VASA", The rebirth of a Swedish galleon $10.00 AUD
Oldbourne. London. 1962. 1st Ed. 88 PP plus 36 pages with 38 bw photos. Hard cover, gilt title on spine. Former owner's signature on FFEP plus 2 University of Tasmania stamps and one on the inside back cover. Contents are near fine. 22.2 x 14.5.
Sunk in Stockholm harbour within minutes of the start of her maiden voyage, 10th August 1682. Lifted to the surface 24th April 1961. Museum since then.
44459 SCHEFFER, Age VAN ZEERAMPEN EN REDDERS - Relaas van spectaculaire schipbreuken tussen egmond en eems $10.00 AUD
Knoop & Niemeijer. Haren. 1974. 1st Ed. 151, (2 publications) PP with 1 map and 25 b/w photos. Pictorial laminated boards. Fine. Dutch text. 22.5 x 14.5.
Shipwrecks and lifeboat rescues on the coasts of the West Frisian Islands.
37736 SCHMITT, Frederick P. & SCHMID, Donald E. H. M. S. CULLODEN $10.00 AUD
Marine Historical Association. Mystic, Connecticut. 1961. 1st Ed., Publication No. 38. 63 PP with 17 b/w illustrations. Soft cover, vignette on front cover. Occasional foxing. Very good. 25.4 x 17.8.
74 Guns Ship-of-the-Line, launched 18th of May 1776... Wrecked January 1781 near Montauk Point, Long Island.
61338 SEAL, Jeremy THE WRECK AT SHARPNOSE POINT - A Victorian Mystery $10.00 AUD
Picador. London. 2001. 1st Australian edition. (12), 316 PP with b/w illustrations (engravings, facsimile of documents, photos). Fp: chart of the North coast of Cornwall, opposite Lundy Island. Pictorial soft cover. Faint foxing. Near fine. 23.5 x 15.5. 0330493256
Wreck of the Caledonia in 1842, on the North coast of Cornwall.
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.
41485 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 $20.00 AUD
Australasian Maritime Historical Society. Adelaide. 1982. 1st edition numbered and signed. X, 110 PP with 1 map, 17 b/w photos and drawings. Fp: Construction plans & rigging plans of the Star of Greece. Eps: Sketches showing the total wreck of the Star of Greece. Hard cover, illustrated front. Copy No. 197 with signature of the author on verso of title page. Few foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 21 x 13.8. 0959944834
Shipwrecked off Willunga, South Australia, on Friday the 13th of July, 1888.
37043 SHACKEL, Paul A. & LITTLE, Barbara J. (editors) HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE CHESAPEAKE $35.00 AUD
Smithsonian Institution Press. Washington. 1994. 1st Ed. XIV, 299 PP with over 10 tables and 85 figures. Cloth cover, dj. Fine. 28.6 x 22. 1560982578
18 papers.
33570 SHANKLAND, Peter BYRON OF THE WAGER $15.00 AUD
Collins. London. 1975. 1st Ed. 288 PP with 2 maps, plus 8 pages with 7 b/w illust. Eps: Anson's squadron off St. Catherine's Harbour on the coast of Brazil. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 22 x 14.2. 0002160560
The Wager of Anson's fleet was wrecked while rounding Cape Horn. The ensuing mutiny and rebuilding of a boat with salvaged timber. The return to England.
45545 SHAW, David W. THE SEA SHALL EMBRACE THEM - The Tragic Story of the Steamship Arctic $15.00 AUD
Free Press. New York. 2003. 1st paperback edition. XII, 243 PP, plus 8 pages with 12 b/w illustrations (engravings, paintings). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21.3 x 14. 0743235037
27 September 1854, sinking of the Collins Line paddle steamer Arctic, after collision with the French steamer Vesta off Newfoundland. Loss of over 300 lives, and of the 87 survivors: not one woman or child! Aftermath.
19524 SHAW, Frank H. FAMOUS SHIPWRECKS $20.00 AUD
Elkin Mathews & Marrot Ltd. London. 1930. 1st Colonial Edition. 390 PP with 21 b/w illustrations. Fp: The Garthpool on the Reefs, November 12, 1929. Cloth cover. Signature on inside front cover. Spine sunned with lettering worn. Foxing spots on outside edges and few pages, o/wise very good. Image shows title-page and frontispiece. 22.5 x 14.7.
Sinking of H.M.S. Victoria. Wreck of the Duncan Dunbar. Titanic: the shipwreck that shook the world... The genesis of the lifeboat...
11542 SHEARS, Richard & GIDLEY, Isobelle THE RAINBOW WARRIOR AFFAIR $15.00 AUD
Unwin. Sydney. 1985. 1st Ed. XII, 217 PP with 3 full-page maps & 8 pages with 12 b/w photos. Pictorial card cover. Fine. 19.8 x 12.8. 0868618594
53783 SHIPLOVERS' SOCIETY OF VICTORIA THE ANNUAL DOG WATCH - No.21 $15.00 AUD
Shiplovers' Society of Victoria. Melbourne. 1964. Volume No. 21, 1964. Contains article between P.20 and 29 with . Edited by C. HALLS. Pictorial soft covers with a few creases, head of spine with light wear, o/wise very good. 21 x 13.8.
Article by C. Halls "The search for the Batavia", between P.20 & 29 with 1 map, 1 drawing and 3 b/w photos.
19312 SHIPWRECKS NEW SOUTH WALES - HISTORIC SHIPWRECK $10.00 AUD
Department of Planning. Sydney. 1992. July 1992. Set 1 in the New South Wales Historic Shipwreck series. 22 PP loose leaves, with location map, plan of diving site and a b/w profile of each ship. Contained in a clear plastic envelope. Fine. 29.8 x 21.
Historical and diving information on 10 historic shipwrecks: PS Mimosa - TSS John Penn - Merimbula - Yarra Yarra - PS Commodore - Walter Hood - Ballina - SS Duckenfield - Dunbar - Queen of Nations.
34334 SHIPWRECKS ATLAS OF NEW SOUTH WALES WRECK SITES $45.00 AUD
Department of Planning. Sydney. 1992. 1st Ed. No pagination, 20 pages printed on recto only with 10 line drawings of Declared Historic Shipwrecks (ship and wreck site), 2 maps and 9 charts. Errata sheet loosely inserted. Illustrated card cover. Fine. Large format: 59.2 x 42.
Atlas featuring 173 shipwrecks which have been reliably located, identified and visited by divers.
S. A. Department of Environment and Planning. Adelaide. 1987. 24 PP (unnumbered) with 2 maps, 11 different forms of rig, and 57 b/w illustrations (engravings, photos). Inside front cover: Map of SE South Australia. Pictorial soft cover. Some old damp marks on front edge and page margins and covers, o/wise very good. 29.8 x 20.8. 0724344209
Legislation relating to shipwrecks and 22 historic shipwrecks of the South Australian coast.
The Maritime Archaeology Unit / Victoria Archaeological Survey. Melbourne. 1992. 1st Ed. Ring folder containing 42 information sheets under plastic sleeves with b/w illustrations (plans, sketches, photos). Large folded flyer and a guide to maritime terminology in front pocket. Plastic folder with illustrated front cover. Fine. 31.4 x 26.
Contains individual sheets on 21 wrecks of the coasts of Victoria and Port Phillip Bay. Includes: SS Blackbird, Casino, Clarence, Coogee... Victoria Tower, SS Wauchope, William Salthouse.
40637 SHIPWRECKS UNDERWATER HERITAGE IN NEW SOUTH WALES $5.00 AUD
Department of Planning. Sydney. c.1991. 1st Ed. Folded poster 40 x 42 (8 folds) with 1 map and 14 b/w illustrations. Fine. Folded size: 21 x 10.
Underwater Heritage Laws... Declared shipwreck sites in NSW: TSS John Penn, PS Commodore....
44997 SHIPWRECKS NAUFRAGES EN NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE $40.00 AUD
Fortunes de Mer Calédoniennes. Nouméa. 2003. 1st Ed. Edited by Gilbert CASTET. 124 PP with advertisements, 8 pages with chronological tables, 1 chart in colour, and b/w or colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.8 x 21.
Shipwrecks on New Caledonia coasts and reefs: windjammers, nickel ore carriers, warships and US planes during WWII...
48343 SHIPWRECKS SHIPWRECKS AROUND THE ISLES OF SCILLY $10.00 AUD
Gibson Collection. St Ives, Cornwall. c. 1980. 1st Ed. No pagination, 64 Pages with 102 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover (Torrey Canyon). Fine. Oblong: 14.8 x 21.
The pictorial records of the Gibson family of the Scillies, started in 1860, on tall ships & working boats, steamships & motor vessels.
71177 SHIPWRECKS 50 NAUFRAGES EN NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE $80.00 AUD
Fortunes de Mer Calédoniennes. Nouméa. 2020. 1st edition, with a preface by Gabriel Valet. 172 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, plans, paintings and photos) and colour illustrations (1 Index chart, 50 location maps and hundreds of photos). Laminated pictorial boards. French text. Fine. 27.8 x 21.5. 9782955807828
Shipwrecks on New Caledonia coasts and reefs: windjammers, nickel ore carriers, warships, and US planes during WWII... Wreck of a 40 m. long cargo freighter (drug ?, refugees? ...) on Bampton Reef discovered in April 2019.
36411 [SHIPWRECKS] THE WORLD'S WORST DISASTERS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY $15.00 AUD
Octopus Books. London. 1983. 1st Ed. 192 PP with b/w photos. Laminated boards. Near fine. 21.6 x 15. 0706419383
Mont Pelée Volcano (1902)... Titanic (1912)... Morro Castle (1934)... North Sea oil rig disaster (1980)...
53365 SHIRLEY, Bronwyn SHIPWRECKS, WHALES AND PIRATES (in Australian Customs History Journal) $10.00 AUD
Australian Customs Service. Canberra. 1996. No. 7, June 1996. 48 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Contains article P. 6 to 8 with 1 b/w photo and 1 colour illustration. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.3 x 20.7.
On the seaport of Eden, south coast of New South Wales. Other article: M.V. Fairsea, by Ian C. Bennett.
20981 SHOMETTE, Donald G. HEYDAY OF THE HORSE FERRY [in National Geographic Magazine - Volume 176, No.4] $10.00 AUD
National Geographic Society. Washington. 1989. October 1989. Contains article P. 548 to 556 with 1 plan, 5 bw and 8 colour illust. Pict. soft cover. Fine. 25.4 x 17.5.
A long-forgotten animal-powered craft is discovered on the bottom of Lake Champlain.
44507 SILVERBERG, Robert TREASURES BENEATH THE SEA $10.00 AUD
Scholastic Book Services. New York. 1971. Juvenile edition. 6th printing of the 1960 original. 78 PP with colour illustrations by Mort Kunstler [1 map on double page, 6 head pieces (location map) and 20 drawings]. Pictorial soft cover. Ageing of paper. Very good. 20.5 x 15.2.
35736 SIMPSON, Colin LUSITANIA $5.00 AUD
Penguin Books. London. 1974. 1st paperback edition of the 1972 original published by Longman. 295, (8 adv.) PP with 1 facsimile of document and 3 diagrams. Pictorial soft cover (creased). Name of previous owner. Some foxing. Good reading copy. 18.2 x 11.2. 0140037934
Startling truth about one of the most fateful disasters of the sea: the torpedoing of the Lusitania.
39054 SIMPSON, Colin LUSITANIA $5.00 AUD
Penguin Books. London. 1974. 1st paperback edition of the 1972 original published by Longman. 295, (8 adv.) PP with 1 facsimile of document and 3 diagrams. Pictorial soft cover. Ageing of paper, o/wise very good. 18.2 x 11.2. 140037934
Startling truth about one of the most fateful disasters of the sea: the torpedoing of the Lusitania.
72337 SKOWRONEK, Russell K. & FISCHER, George R. HMS FOWEY, LOST AND FOUND: Being the Discovery, Excavation and Identification of a British Man-of-War Lost off the Cape Florida in 1748 $60.00 AUD
University Press of Florida. Gainesville, Fl. 2009. 1st Ed. Foreword by James C. Bradford and Gene Allen Smith. XXV, 233, (3) PP with figures. Cloth covers, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine (as new condition). 23.5 x 16. 9780813033204
64434 SMALL, Isaac M. SHIPWRECKS ON CAPE COD - The story of a few of the many hundred shipwrecks which have occurred on Cape Cod $15.00 AUD
The Chatham Press. Riverside, Connecticut. c. 1967. Reprint of the 1928 original. 86 PP with b/w illustrations (1 map, drawings, tail-pieces and photos). Fp: Portrait of Isaac M. Small. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 22.8 x 15.3.
41307 SMITH, Carl GOWER COAST SHIPWRECKS $35.00 AUD
Peninsula from southern Wales, jutting into the Bristol Channel.
60181 SMITH, Roff SHIPWRECK IN THE FORBIDDEN ZONE: Portuguese merchant ship (in National Geographic Magazine) $5.00 AUD
National Geographic Society. Washington. 2009. Volume 216, No. 4, October 2009. 130 PP. Contains article from P.116 to 127 with 1 map and colour illustrations (3 artworks by Jon Foster and 8 photos by Amy Toensing). Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 25.4 x 17.5.
Portuguese trading vessel, sunk in 1533, off the southern coastline of Namibia.
21751 SNOW, Edward Rowe MARINE MYSTERIES AND DRAMATIC DISASTERS OF NEW ENGLAND $20.00 AUD
Dodd, Mead & Co. New York. 1976. 1st Ed. X, (2), 238 PP, plus 16 pages with 24 bw illust. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 21 x 14.2. 0396073786
Along the waterfront (bank robbery, fire), on the coast (piracy...) and offshore (shipwrecks...).
36516 SPENCER, Mark THE WRECK OF THE CATTERTHUN (in Australian Geographic, No. 27, 1992) $10.00 AUD
Australian Geographic Society. Sydney. 1992. Issue No. 27, July-September 1992. 128 PP. Contains article from P.100 to 115 with 1 location map, 1 plan, 4 b/w and 18 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27.8 x 21.
Inter-colonial trader S.S. Catterthun owned by Eastern and Australian Steamship Co., sunk off Seal Rocks in August 1895 with loss of 55 lives.
63913 SPENCER, Mark DIVING THE CUMBERLAND (in Australian Geographic, No. 77, Jan-Mar 2005) $10.00 AUD
Australian Geographic. Sydney. 2005. 128 PP. Contains article from P. 80 to 87 with 4 b/w photos and 14 colour illustrations (1 map, 1 painting by Mike Golding, and 12 photos). Illustrated soft cover. Fine. 27.8 x 21.
Dive on the wreck of the Twin Screw Steamer Cumberland sunk after hiting a mine laid by the German Raider "Wolf", on the 6th of July 1917.
74914 STAMMERS, Michael LIVERPOOL - The Port and its Ships $15.00 AUD
Alan Sutton. Stroud, UK. 1991. 1st Ed. 160 PP with b/w illustrations (prints, paintings and c. 160 photographs)s. Soft covers, pictorial front. Fine. 24.7 x 17. 9780862997281
37486 STANBURY, Myra MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGICAL MATERIAL - a catalyst in the development of the Western Australian Maritime Museum $15.00 AUD
Western Australian Museum. Perth. 1991. 1st Ed. (2), 26 PP with 2 drawings and 9 b/w photos. Stapled pictorial card cover. Fine. 21 x 14.5. 0730946371
58886 STANBURY, Myra EXAMINATION OF HISTORIC SHIPWRECK MATERIAL - Confidential Report prepared for Heritage South Australia / Department for Environment and Heritage $15.00 AUD
Department of Maritime Archaeology, Western Australian Maritime Museum. Fremantle. 2004. Report No. 187, June 2004. VIII, 16 PP with 2 tables and 27 figures. Soft cover, pictorial front with clear plastic cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21.
56142 STANBURY, Myra (editor) THE BARQUE EGLINTON - wrecked Western Australia 1852: the history of its loss, archaeological excavation, artefact catalogue and interpretation $60.00 AUD
AIMA / Australasian Institute for Maritime Archaeology. Fremantle. 2003 1st Ed. A.I.M.A. Special Publication No. 13 / Special Publication Australian National Centre of Excellence for Maritime Archaeology No. 6. XVI, 233 PP with 24 tables and 109 b/w figures (maps and plans, drawings and photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.7 x 21. 1876465182
55517 STANIFORTH, Mark & NASH, Michael (Editors) MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY: Australian Approaches $45.00 AUD
Springer. New York. 2008. 1st soft cover printing of the 2006 original. The Springer series in Underwater Archaeology. XVII, 222, (4) PP with tables and 30 figures. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 23.3 x 15.6. 9780387769851
Articles by various contributors, including: Theoretical Approaches, Artifact Studies, Thematic Studies in Australian Maritime Archaeology, Individual Shipwreck Site Case Studies (Sirius, Pandora, Sydney Cove), Nautical Archaeology in Australia, the Indian Ocean and Asia, Innovative Approaches in Underwater Cultural Heritage Management, Maritime Museums and Maritime Archaeological Exhibitions, Cultural Tourism and Diver Education..
52068 STANIFORTH, Mark & VICKERY, Libby THE TEST EXCAVATION OF THE WILLIAM SALTHOUSE WRECK SITE - An Interim Report (AIMA - Special Publication No.3) $20.00 AUD
AIMA / Australian Institute for Maritime Archaeology. Fremantle. 1984. VII, 35 PP with 19 figures (map & plans, drawings and b/w photos). Illustrated soft cover. Fine. 29.6 x 21.
58057 STANIFORTH, Mark, & Mc GONIGLE, Martin The History and Archaeology of the GAULTOIS SHORE-BASED WHALING STATION in Newfoundland, Canada / Historical Background and Archaeological Survey of BALAENA, a 20th Century Norwegian Whaling Station in Newfoundland, Canada $30.00 AUD
Department of Archaeology / Flinders University. Adelaide. 2005. Edition limited to 50 copies. No. 6 in the Maritime Archaeology Monograph and Reports series. VI, 32, 14 PP with 26 figures (1 drawing, 4 maps and 21 b/w photos). Pictorial soft cover, clear plastic. Fine. 29.7 x 21.
60170 STEINBERG, Jennifer LAST VOYAGE OF THE SLAVE SHIP HENRIETTA MARIE (in National Geographic Magazine) $5.00 AUD
National Geographic Society. Washington. 2002. Volume 202, No. 2, August 2002. 126 PP. Contains article from P.46 to 61 with 1 map and 19 colour illustrations (11 photos by Courtney Platt). Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 25.4 x 17.5.
New Ground Reef, 34 miles off Key West, Florida.
73713 STEWART, Alex TITANIC [UNCLASSIFIED] - Secrets of the Titanic Revealed $25.00 AUD
A & C Black / Bloomsbury Publishing. London. 2012. 1st Ed. 64 PP with b/w or colour illustrations. Pictorial boards, laminated. Fine (as new condition). 28.6 x 22. 9781408160527
35042 STICK, David THE OUTER BANKS OF NORTH CAROLINA 1584-1958 $20.00 AUD
The University of North Carolina Press. Chapel Hill. 1958. 1st Ed. XIV, (2), 352 PP with 4 maps and 27 illustrations (title page vignette, head and tail pieces) by Frank Stick. Eps: Map of the North Carolina Outer Banks. Cloth cover, gilt device on front cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Faint foxing on outside edges, o/wise fine. 23.5 x 15.7.
Exploration, settlement... Storms and shipwrecks... The Wright Brothers...
38767 STICK, David GRAVEYARD OF THE ATLANTIC - Shipwrecks of the North Carolina Coast $15.00 AUD
The University of North Carolina Press. Chapell Hill. 1972. 13th printing of the 1952 original. X, (2), 276 PP with 1 map, 12 tail-pieces and 18 head-pieces, illustrated by Frank Stick. Eps: Chart of the coast of North Carolina (inset chart of ship, mast and rigging types). Cloth cover, dj (price-clipped). Small chips at top of dust jacket. Faint foxing on outside top edge, o/wise very good. 23.5 x 15.5.
Shipwrecks on the outer banks. Ironclads and blockade runners. The great hurricane of 1899. U-Boats during WWI & WWII...
72320 STIRLAND, A. J. THE MEN OF THE MARY ROSE - Raising the Dead $35.00 AUD
Sutton Publishing. Stroud, UK. 2005. New and revised edition of the 2000 original. Introduction by Robert Hardy. XIV, 185 PP with 8 tables, 16 figures and 43 b/w plates. Stiff covers, illustrated front. Fine. 24.3 x 17.2. 9780750939157
73615 STODDART, Michael THE BLYTHE STAR TRAGEDY - How indifference and Neglect sank a ship and cost three men their lives $40.00 AUD
Forty South Publishing. Hobart. 2022. 1st edition. XII, 164 PP with 2 colour photos and b/w illustrations: 2 drawings, 2 maps, 2 sketches, 3 plans and 7 photos. Pictorial stiff covers with flaps. New. 25 x 17.5. 9780645211740
51236 STONE, Peter ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AUSTRALIAN SHIPWRECKS And Other Maritime Incidents $90.00 AUD
Oceans Enterprises. Yarram. 2006. 1st Ed. XLVIII, 1184 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, photos & maps). Hard cover, dj. Near fine. Scarce. 24.5 x 18.5. 9780958665759
Massive comprehensive work which includes vessels lost overseas, merchant ships lost at war, and those lost on inland waterwayss, together with a bibliography of vessel entries.
58761 STONE, Peter DIVE AUSTRALIA - A Guide to Scuba diving locations and services in Australia $15.00 AUD
Oceans Publications. Yarram, Victoria. 1990. 3rd edition of the 1982 original. 288 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, location maps, photos...). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 23.5 x 15.3. 0731683471
64877 STRACHAN, Shirley SILTS IN THE SIGHT GLASS: Protectors and Raiders of the SS CITY OF LAUNCESTON - 1863-1865 $10.00 AUD
Heritage Victoria. Melbourne. 2000. 1st Ed. 79 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial stiff cover, folded back cover with location map and plan. Fine. 21 x 21. 0730686701
Sunk by SS Penola in Port Phillip Bay, 19th November 1865.
21859 STREET, Sean THE WRECK OF THE DEUTSCHLAND $15.00 AUD
Souvenir Press. London. 1992. 1st Ed. XIII, 208 PP with 2 maps & 8 b/w illustrations, plus 16 pages with 30 b/w illustrations. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 24 x 16. 0285630512
Night of 7th December 1875, the Deutschland, a German emigrant ship, off course, ran aground on the Kentish Knock, a sandbank of the Thames estuary.
63882 SULLAWAY, Neva (editor) SHIPWRECKS AND CASTAWAYS (in Mains'l Haul) $20.00 AUD
Maritime Museum of San Diego. San Diego. 2006. Vol. 42, No. 4, Fall 2006 of Mains'l Haul, A journal of Pacific Maritime History. 52 PP with b/w illustrations (map, plan, engravings, photos). Pictorial soft covers. Fine. 28 x 21.5. 0944580203
Shipwreck, Women Castaways, and Cast-off Morals, by John R. Stilgoe. Lady Castaways (Jeanne Baret - Rose de Freycinet - Ann Morley - Betty Guard - Nellie Murray - Mary Ann Jewell - Mrs. Wordsworth), by Joan Druett. Surveying the Pacific: The voyages of the Galilee 1905-1908, by Diane Cooper. ...
58780 SULLIVAN, Norman (editor) MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY (in The Wisconsin Archeologist, Volume 73, No. 1 - 2) $10.00 AUD
The Wisconsin Archaeological Society. Milwaukee, USA. 1992. Special Issue: Maritime Archaeology. Volume 73, No. 1 - 2, March-June 1992. (2), 110 PP with 5 tables and b/w illustrations (19 figures, 13photos). Soft cover. Fine. 23 x 15.3.
Wisconsin Underwater Archaeology: An Introduction, by David J. Cooper. Wisconsin's Underwater Archaeological Resources: A Federal Perspective, by David E. Berwick. Identification and Assessment of Light Vessel Number 57, by Gordon P. Watts, Jr. Gently Down the Stream: ... Northern Mississippi River..., by John O. Jensen.
19045 TAYLOR, J. R. W. GOLD FROM THE SEA, Epic Story of the Recovery of "Niagara's" Bullion $15.00 AUD
Australasian Publishing. Sydney. 1942. 3rd Edition (October 1942) of the September 1942 original. 271 PP, plus 17 b/w plates. Fp: R.M.S."Niagara". Title-page: Vignette with the "Claymore". Eps: Sketch of mooring plan by Chief Diver Johnstone. Orig. cloth covers with light wear, title on a sunned spine. Dedicatory note on half title page and name of previous owner on recto of frontispiece. An otherwise very good clean copy. 22.5 x 15.
35550 TAYLOR, J. R. W. GOLD FROM THE SEA - Epic Story of the Recovery of Niagara's Bullion $15.00 AUD
Australasian Publishing. Sydney. 1943. 6th Australian edition (March 1943) of the September 1942 original. 271 PP, plus 17 b/w photos by J. M. Leonard. Fp: Fore-Deck and Bridge-deck of the Claymore. Title-page: Vignette with the Claymore. Eps: Sketch of mooring plan by Chief Diver Johnstone. Green cloth covers rubbed around edges, faded gilt title on spine. Light foxing on margins of some pages, o/wise contents are near fine. Image shows title-page and frontispiece. 22.3 x 15.
46309 TAYLOR, J. R. W. GOLD FROM THE SEA - The Epic Story of the Niagara's Bullion $15.00 AUD
Australasian Publishing. Sydney. 1947. Reprint of the September 1942 original. 224 P, plus 17 b/w photos by J. M. Leonard. Fp: R.M.S.Niagara. Eps: Sketch of mooring plan by Chief Diver Johnstone. Cloth cover, title on faded spine. Contents near fine. 20.5 x 13.5.
74940 TAYLOR, J. R. W. GOLD FROM THE SEA - The Epic Story of the Niagara's Bullion $40.00 AUD
Australasian Publishing. Sydney. 1947. Reprint of the September 1942 original. 224 P, plus 17 b/w photos by J. M. Leonard. Fp: R.M.S.Niagara. Eps: Sketch of mooring plan by Chief Diver Johnstone. Cloth cover, nice dust jacket with a few chips and in a protective sleeve. 20.5 x 13.5.
50628 TAYLOR, Peter VICTORIAN SHIPWRECK - NOTICE TO MARINERS 1841 - 2003 $10.00 AUD
Bob Leek & Peter Taylor. Newport, Victoria. 2006. Revised and updated edition of the 2005 original. 103 PP with 8 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 14.7. 0975175424
Official records of shipwrecks as described in the Notice to Mariners.
62869 TAYLOR, Peter SHIPWRECKS - A Practical Guide to Research and Discovery $40.00 AUD
Scuttlebutt Press. Melbourne. 2013. 1st Ed. IX, 179 PP with tables and b/w illustrations (drawings, engravings, plans and photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.4 x 20.7. 9780980590241
62137 TAYLOR, Peter & WILLIAMS, Desmond S. CORAMBA - The Ship the Sea Returned $20.00 AUD
Scuttlebutt Press. Melbourne. 2012. 1st Ed. X, 162 PP with b/w illustrations (1 plan "general arrangement", 1 sketch, 1 house-flag, 2 engravings, 3 maps, 11 portraits and 33 photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 20.7 x 14.5.
The T.S.S. Coramba, foundered on 30th November, 1934, off Phillip Island. Wreck discovered in January 2011 and subsequently studied in May 2011.
53502 THOMAS, Dr. Robert & McKENZIE, Dr. Bart THE DIVER'S MEDICAL COMPANION $10.00 AUD
Diving Medical Centre. Sydney. 1984. A Diving Medical Centre monograph. January 1984 reprint of the original. Foreword by Carl Edmonds. (8), 184 PP with tables and b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 21 x 13.5. 0949585106
58231 THOMAS, Dr. Robert & McKENZIE, Dr. Bart THE DIVER'S MEDICAL COMPANION $10.00 AUD
Diving Medical Centre. Sydney. c. 1980. 1st Ed. A Diving Medical Centre monograph. Foreword by Carl Edmonds. (8), 184 PP with tables and b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Signature of previous owner on title-page, o/wise near fine. 21.5 x 14.
70079 THOMAS, Gordon & MORGAN-WITTS, Max THE STRANGE FATE OF THE MORRO CASTLE $10.00 AUD
Collins. London. 1973. 1st UK edition. 252 PP with 1 map and 1 ship plan, plus 12 pages with 29 b/w photos. Eps: Extracts from Ward Line brochures. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Foxing spots on outside edges. Very good. 21.5 x 14.5. 0002117436
The fire which ravaged the luxury cruise liner Morro Castle in 1934 with the loss of 90 passengers and 35 crew members.
37774 THOMAS, Gordon & WITTS, Max Morgan SHIPWRECK - THE STRANGE FATE OF THE MORRO CASTLE $15.00 AUD
Stein and Day. New York. 1972. 2nd printing of the 1972 original. 287 PP with 1 map, 1 set of ship plans, and over 30 b/w photos. Fp: Map with route of the Morro Castle's return from Havanna to New York. Eps: Cross-section and B Deck top view. Hard cover, gilt title on cloth spine, dj. Fine. 24 x 16. 081281438X
The fire which ravaged the luxury cruise liner MORRO CASTLE with the loss of life of 90 passengers and 35 crew members.
21722 THOMPSON, Captain Barry DEEDS NOT WORDS, The Story of the New Zealand Coastguard $15.00 AUD
The Auckland Volunteer Coast Guard Service Inc. Auckland. 1995. 1st Ed. 280 PP with 1 map, 1 plan, numerous bw illust., and 4 pages with 15 colour photos (flags, burgees & insignias). Title spread: Rescue from a helicopter. Pict. card cover. Fine. 25.5 x 18.5. 0473034115
55888 THOMPSON, F. H. (editor) THE ANTIQUARIES JOURNAL - Volume LVII, Part II $20.00 AUD
Oxford University Press. London. 1977. Journal of the Society of Antiquaries of London, Volume LVII, Part II. P. 185-475, (12), VIII index with figures, plus 2 folded plans and 28 b/w plates. Soft cover. Signs of old water marks, o/wise very good. 24.5 x 18.7.
Sarsen stones in Wessex, by H. C. Bowen & I. F. Smith. Excavation of a multiple round barrow at Barnack, by Peter Donaldson. Excavations at Carthage 1976, by Henry Hurst...
69557 THOMPSON, Thomas HELL AND HIGH WATER $20.00 AUD
London. 1975. André Deutsch. 1st Ed. 254 PP, plus 4 pages with 5 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Slight ageing of paper with foxing spots on outside edges. Very good. 22.2 x 14.2. 0233967052
An extraordinary true story of shipwreck and survival. Sailed from a marina in Puget Sound, bound for Costa Rica ...
61915 THORNTON, Nicholas SUSSEX SHIPWRECKS $20.00 AUD
Countryside Books. Newbury, Berkshire. 1988. 1st Ed. 128 PP with 30 b/w illustrations (engravings and photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 14.5. 0905392973
The short but eventful life of this great ship: drawing board to the sinking and the rediscovery of the wreck.
52482 THRESH, Peter TITANIC $5.00 AUD
Bison Books. London. 1993. Reprint of the 1992 edition. 80 PP with b/w & colour illustrations. Pictorial laminated boards, dj. Signature of previous owner at top of half title page and bottom of last page. Foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 31 x 23.7. 0861249445
The short but eventful life of this great ship: drawing board to the sinking and the rediscovery of the wreck.
69934 THRESH, Peter TITANIC $10.00 AUD
Bison Books. London. 1992. 1st edition. 80 PP with b/w & colour illustrations. Pictorial laminated boards, dj. Faint foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 31 x 23.7. 0861249445
The short but eventful life of this great ship: drawing board to the sinking and the rediscovery of the wreck.
49601 THROCKMORTON, Peter OLDEST KNOWN SHIPWRECK YIELDS BRONZE AGE CARGO (in National Geographic Magazine) $15.00 AUD
Washington. 1962. N.G.S. Volume 121, No.5, May, 1962. Contains article between pages 696 and 711 with 2 maps, 1 b/w illustration and 17 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 25.2 x 17.5.
Diving 32 centuries into the past, archeologists off the coast of Turkey bring up relics of Traojan War times.
72305 THROCKMORTON, Peter DIVING FOR TREASURE $20.00 AUD
Thames & Hudson. London. 1977. 1st UK Ed. 136 PP with 126 b/w & 10 colour illust. Hard cover, cloth spine, dj. Dust jacket has some light shelf wear along top edge, o/wise fine. 24.8 x 22.4.
Introduction to underwater archaeology: treasures such as jade, pieces of silver, etc..
17622 THROCKMORTON, Peter (editor) HISTORY FROM THE SEA - Shipwrecks & Archaeology, From Homer's Odyssey to the Titanic $15.00 AUD
Reader's Digest. Sydney. 1987. 1st Australian edition. 240 PP with b/w & col. illust. (maps, graphs, paintings, photos). Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing. Fine. 29.7 x 23.5. 0864380445
Story of underwater archaeology examining the human history over 4000 years.
53696 THROCKMORTON, Peter (editor) HISTORY FROM THE SEA: Shipwrecks and Archaeology. - From Homer's Odyssey to the Titanic $15.00 AUD
Mitchell Beazley Publishers. London. 1987. 1st Ed. 240 PP with b/w & colour illustrations (maps, graphs, paintings, photos). Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing. Fine. 29.7 x 23.5. 0855336145
Story of underwater archaeology examining the human history over 4000 years. Chapter 7: Eastern Horizons (Arab Dhows, by Stephen Rogers. Chinese Junks, East Indiamen , by Jeremy Green)...
20486 TIBBALLS, Geoff THE TITANIC - The Extraordinary Story of the Unsinkable Ship $10.00 AUD
Reader's Digest. Sydney. 1997. 1st Australian Edition. 128 PP with b/w and colour illust. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 28 x 23. 086449100X
33612 TIBBALLS, Geoff THE TITANIC - The Extraordinary Story of the Unsinkable Ship $15.00 AUD
Carlton Books. London. 1997. 1st Ed. 128 PP with b/w and colour illust. Pictorial laminated boards, dj. Fine. 28.7 x 23.6. 1858682916
32912 TITANIC TITANIC: The Official Story April 14-15, 1912 $20.00 AUD
Random House. New York. 1997. Illustrated box containing a guide of 16 pages and over 100 pages reproducing 18 documents. Fine. 22.5 x 35 0375501150
Reproductions of eighteen remarkable documents telling the true history of the twentieth century's greatest maritime disaster.
40736 TITANIC TITANIC - The Official Story $15.00 AUD
Public Record Office / National Archives. London. c. 1999. Reprint. Illustrated folder containing 18 facsimile of documents, some folded (over 80 pages). Fine. Oblong: 22.7 x 35.7. 1873162375
47433 TITANIC TITANIC - Poster from the Movie $10.00 AUD
The Sunday Mail. Brisbane. 1998. Commemorative edition. Poster (57.5 x 80), folded in 4. Inside and first fold: photos with passengers/actors. Outside folds: Reprint of front page of The New York Herald Tribune, Tuesday April 16; 1912. Sunday Mail Sunday, September 27 1998 Titanic makes headlines again arriving on video (Australia prepares for launch on September 30, 1998. Fine condition. Folded format: 40 x 29.5.
70046 TITANIC BENEFIT PERFORMANCE for the Families of the VICTIMS of the "TITANIC" Disaster $20.00 AUD
7 C'S Press, Inc. Riverside, Ct. c. 1970. Reprint of the 1912 original. No pagination, 36 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, musical scores, sketches, paintings, photos of ships, portraits and period advertisements). Illustrated soft covers, staples. Near fine. 25.4 x 17.8.
Performed 29th April 1912, at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York.
41714 TOMLINSON, H. M. GALLIONS REACH - A Romance $30.00 AUD
Rupert Hart-Davis. London. 1949. 2nd edition of the 1927 original, No. 6 in the Mariners Library series. 240 PP. Cloth cover, device on front cover, illustrated dj. Dust jacket is price-clipped and in a protective sleeve. Near fine. 19 x 13.
62452 TRIBOUILLIER, Anne-Laure & ANGLEVIEL, Fréderic Chroniques d'un Navire de Commerce: TACITE, 1869-1873 (in Le Petit Journal) $15.00 AUD
Musée de l'Histoire Maritime de Nouvelle-Calédonie / Mairie de Nouméa. Nouméa. 2002. Issue: Friday 7th of June 2002. 8 PP with b/w illustrations. French text. Fine. Format: 42 x 29.5. 2951868804
Exhibition held 7th June to 3rd November 2002. Windjammer sunk 10 October 1873 on arrival in New Caledonia. Wreck discovered in 1998.
47597 TUNLEY, Roul SECRETS FROM A TIME SHIP $20.00 AUD
London. 1982. Reader's Digest Association Ltd. Reprint from British Reader' Digest. 8 PP with 10 colour photos by Adam Woodfitt. Pictorial soft cover (illustration by James Leech). 1 colour photo, 4 colour postcards and 3 folded flyers loosely inserted. Fine. 18.5 x 13.2.
35842 TUREN, Teppo & McCABE, Elizabeth Maddox THE TUNTSA $15.00 AUD
Arthur Barker. London. 1962. 1st Ed. 254 PP with 12 head pieces, plus 16 pages with 24 b/w illust. (1 map, 2 plans and 21 photos). Eps: Course of the Tuntsa. Hard cover, dj (closed tears). Near fine. 22.2 x 14.2.
Successful attempt to migrate from Finland to the USA, during an unsuccessful voyage. Crossing from Helsinki to Dover, Brest, Casablanca, Safi, the Canary Islands interrupted by a shipwreck in the Virgin Island.
21279 TWYNING, John P. & BAYS, Peter WRECK OF THE MINERVA $70.00 AUD
Ye Galleon Press. Fairfield, Wa., USA. 1996. Facsimile reprints of two separate books: Shipwreck and Adventures of John P. Twyning among South Sea Islands, 2nd edition of the 1850 original, and Wreck of the Minerva, 1850. 108 PP, (4), 109-229, (8 Index), 1 colophon with 8 b/w illustrations. Fp: Facsimile of title-page Shipwreck and Adventures of John P. Twyning. Illustrated endpapers. Hard cover, simile leather, gilt title on front cover and spine. Light foxing on outside page edges, o/wise a fine copy. 26 x 18.5. 0877705747
The wreck in September 1829 on Nicholson's Reef. Two narratives by one of the boatsteerers and the sailing master of the Australian brig Minerva on a sperm whaling voyage. Twyning lived for 20 years in the Islands and returned to England after the death of his wife from Horn Island (Futuna). Only two copies of the original are known to be held in Australia.
21299 TWYNING, John P. & BAYS, Peter WRECK OF THE MINERVA $35.00 AUD
Ye Galleon. Fairfield, Wash. 1996. Facsimile reprints of two separate books: Shipwreck and Adventures of John P. Twyning among South Sea Islands (2nd edition of the 1850 original), and Wreck of the Minerva, 1850. 2 introductions by Keith Huntress. 108, (4), 109-229, (8 Index & colophon) PP with 8 b/w illustrations. Fp: Facsimile of title-page Shipwreck and Adventures of John P. Twyning. Eps. Pictorial soft cover. Bookplate of Honore Foster, Australia whaling specialist, on first leaf. Fine. 25.5 x 17.5. 0877705747
The wreck in September 1829 on Nicholson's Reef. Two narratives by one of the boatsteerers and the sailing master of the Australian brig Minerva on a sperm whaling voyage. Twyning lived for 20 years in the Islands and returned to England after the death of his wife from Horn Island (Futuna).
43425 UDEN, Grant THE LOSS OF THE ROYAL GEORGE $15.00 AUD
Macdonald. London. 1970. 1st Ed., in the Famous Events series. 96 PP with 2 maps and 13 b/w illustrations by Karen Usborne. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Faint foxing on outside edges, o/wise fine. 19.1 x 12.8. 356031101
Launched 1756, Battle of Quiberon Bay in 1769, foundering in the Solent in August 1782 while at anchor.
71452 UPTON, Joe JOURNEYS THROUGH THE INSIDE PASSAGE - Seafaring Adventures along the Coast of British Columbia and Alaska $5.00 AUD
Alaska Northwest Books. Anchorage. 1992. 2nd printing of the 1992 original. 189, (3) PP with 7 maps and 33 b/w photos. Card covers, pictorial front. Rubbed patch at head of spine. Contents near fine. 22.7 x 15.2. 0882403664
71881 UREN, Malcolm SAILORMEN'S GHOSTS - The Abrolhos Islands in Three Hundred Years of Romance, History and Adventure $25.00 AUD
Robertson & Mullens. Melbourne. 1940. 3rd edition in December 1940 of the November 1940 original. Introduction by Thomas Wood. (2), 254 PP with 2 maps and 8 b/w illustrations (engravings), plus 20 pages with over 40 b/w photos. Fp: Landing the water barrel from Suomi. Eps: Maps and illustrations. Orange cloth cover, title on a sunned spine. Occasional foxing, o/wise very good. Image shows title-page and frontispiece. 22.2 x 14.5.
Published in 1940, for the centenary of the naming of Pelsart island.
22195 VAN DER MOLEN, S. J. THE LUTINE TREASURE, The 150-year search for gold in the wreck of the frigate Lutine $20.00 AUD
Adlard Coles. London. 1970. 1st English edition translated from the Dutch original. 168 PP, plus 16 pages with 28 b/w illustrations. Eps: Line drawing of la Lutine frigate. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket with repaired tear and protective sleeve. Near fine. 22.2 x 14.5. 0229974821
La Lutine captured from the French in 1793, sunk off Tershelling in 1799. Its famous bell was recovered in 1858 and is still in use in the Underwriters' Room at Lloyds.
60179 VESILIND, Priit J. LOST GOLD: Bounty from a Civil War ship, S.S. Republic (in National Geographic Magazine) $5.00 AUD
N.G.S. Washington. 2004. Volume 206, No. 3, September 2004. 136 PP. Contains article from P. 108 to 127 & 134/135 with 1 map and colour illustrations (artwork by Jon Foster and photos by Jonathan Blair). Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 25.4 x 17.5.
Sunk 1865 off the coast of Georgia.
58355 VICTORIA ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY THE EARLIEST LOCATED STEAMSHIP WRECK IN AUSTRALIA - PADDLE STEAMER "CLONMEL" $10.00 AUD
Victoria Archaeological Survey. Melbourne. 1985. April 1985 report. 45 PP (recto typescript only), plus 17 pages for 7 figures and 10 plates. Text by P. Harvey. Soft cover. Near fine. 29.7 x 21.
72336 VIEIRA DE CASTRO, Filipe THE PEPPER WRECK: A Portuguese Indiaman at the Mouth of the Tagus River $65.00 AUD
Texas A&M University Press. College Station. 2005. 1st Ed. XI, 287, (4 blank) PP with 46 tables, 70 figures and the "Artifact List" for 1902 items between pages 203 and 240. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine (as new). 24 x 16. 9781585443901
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.
44530 VILLIERS, Alan OPGEGEVEN ALS VERMIST - Scheepen Waarover Men Nooit Meer Iets Hoorde $25.00 AUD
Uitgeverij C. De Boer Jr. Amsterdam. 1958. 1st Dutch edition, In the "Bibliotheek der Zeven Zeeén" series. Translated from the English original "Posted Missing" by Kapt. A. I. J. Hilckmann. 304 PP with 7 maps, and 32 b/w photographs. Eps: 8 silhouettes of ships. Cloth cover, device on front cover, top edge tinted. Note on half-title page, faint foxing, o/wise near fine. Dutch text. 21.4 x 14.5.
The story of ships lost without traces in recent years. Chapters 9 & 10: The mystery of the Waratah.
49751 VILLIERS, Alan POSTED MISSING - The Story of Ships Lost without Trace in Recent Years $30.00 AUD
Hodder & Stoughton. London. 1956. 1st Ed. 256 PP with 8 figures & 9 maps, plus 16 pages with 23 b/w photographs. Fp: In a Heavy Sea. Eps: World map with position of ships posted missing. Hard cover, dj (price clipped and with piece missing at head and foot). Foxing, o/wise very good. 21 x 14.5.
Chapters 9 & 10: The mystery of the Waratah.
73514 WAKE-WALKER, Edward LOST PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE RNLI (Royal National Lifeboat Institution) $65.00 AUD
Lifeboats / Sutton Publishing. Stroud, Gloucestershire. 2004. 1st Ed. XIV, 176 PP with b/w illustrations: 1 map of the British Isles with location of Lifeboat stations, 1 drawing ""Rocket and Breeches buoy equipment", 2 sets of plans of lifeboats and 134 b/w photos. Inside back cover: profiles of 15 Lifeboats in the RNLI Fleet. Hard covers, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 25.5 x 25.5. 9780750937184
69621 WAKE-WALKER, Edward, DEANE, Heather & PURCHES, Georgette LIFEBOAT!: Royal National Lifeboat Institution $20.00 AUD
Ian Allan Ltd. London. 1989. 1st Ed. 56 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Inside front cover: map of the British Isles with location of Lifeboat stations. Inside back cover: profiles of 15 Lifeboats in the RNLI Fleet. Pictorial front and back card covers. Fine. 28.5 x 21. 0711018359
38822 WALTHEW, Kenneth FROM ROCK AND TEMPEST - The Life of Captain George William Manby $15.00 AUD
Geoffrey Bles. London. 1971. 1st Ed. 175 PP, plus 16 pages with 24 b/w illustrations. hard cover, dj (price-clipped). Dust jacket with small rub at top corner of front part. Very good. 22.2 x 14.5. 713802871
The Manby apparatus projects a life-line to stranded ships, then uses the breeches buoy...
72807 WANE, Greg DEATH AT SEA - The Bass Strait ferry tragedy $25.00 AUD
Gegory Wane. Camperdown, Vic. 2021. 1st Ed. No. 1 in the Mini-Book History series. VIII, 9-104 PP with b/w illustrations: 1 plan of Launceston, 3 newspaper advertisements and 30 photos. Pictorial stiff covers. Signed by the author on title page. New. 19 x 14.5. 978098066353
Collision in Bass Strait between the passenger ferry "Coogee" and the 2204-ton iron barque "Fortunato Figari", 25th December 1803.
61657 WANTRUP, Jonathan Library and Collection on Ships, Shipwrecks and the Sea, of NANCYE KENT PERRY (in Australian Book Auctions Catalogue) $20.00 AUD
Australian Book Auctions Pty. Ltd. Melbourne. 2010. A.B.A. Catalogue "March Gallery Sale", 22nd March 2010. No pagination, 74 PP (for 636 items) with 21 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 27 x 20.7.
52852 WARNE, Ian (editor) A SHORT HISTORY OF THE BARQUE OMEO $15.00 AUD
Maritime Archeology Association of Western Australia. Fremantle. 2007. 1st Ed. 28 PP with 28 b/w illustrations ( 5 sketch plans and 23 photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 15.
Auxiliary Steamship, built 1858 at Newcastle-on-Tyne, for McMelkan Blackwood & Company of Melbourne. Maiden voyage: 1859 in 108 days... Wrecked 1895 near Helin Bay, W.A.
20453 WARWICK, Mark CLIPPERS (in Sportdiving in Australia & the South Pacific) $15.00 AUD
Mountain, Ocean & Travel Publications. Melbourne. 1993. No. 37, April/May 1993. Includes article from P.96 to 103 with 2 maps & 8 bw photos. Pict. soft cover. Fine. 27.5 x 21.
The clipper ship saga.
66263 WARWICK, Sam & ROUSSEL, Mike SHIPWRECKS OF THE CUNARD LINE $40.00 AUD
The History Press. Stroud, Gloucestershire. 2012. 1st Ed., with a foreword by John Chatterton. 167 PP, (1 publication) with 6 location maps, b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial laminated boards. Fine. Oblong: 23.5 x 25.5. 9780752454771
Includes a "Cunard Line Fleet" list.
50729 WATSON, Arnold and Betty ROSTER OF VALOR. The Titanic Halifax Legacy $15.00 AUD
7 C'S Press, Inc. / Titanic Historical Society, Inc. Riverside, Ct. 1984. 1st Ed., with a foreword by Walter Lord. XIV, 97 PP with 26 b/w photos. FEP: Drawing with Titanic victims graves. REP: Map of Halifax. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Near fine. 21.7 x 14.5.
66207 WEBB, John PORT ELLIOT - Pioneers & Shipwrecks 1853-1864 $25.00 AUD
Author. Adelaide. 1994. November 1994 edition. 1st Ed. 70, (2) PP with b/w illustrations (1 chart, 1 plan, 1 engraving, 2 facsimile of documents and 15 photos). Soft cover, illustrated front. Fine. 21 x 15.
Pages 60 to 70: "Diary of Malen Rumbelow, from England to Australia" June 13th to October 9th, 1854 on board "Pestonjee Bomanjee".
32909 WELS, Susan TITANIC - Legacy of the World's Greatest Ocean Liner $10.00 AUD
Time Life / Discovery Channel. New York. 1997. 2nd printing, foreword by William F. Buckley. (XXII), 206 PP with b/w and colour illust. Fp: The Titanic propeller. Eps: List of the passengers and crew of the Titanic. Pictorial laminated boards, illustrated plastic wrappers. Fine. Oblong: 25.2 x 26. 0783552610
45897 WEXHAM, Brian SHIPWRECKS OF THE WESTERN CAPE $20.00 AUD
Howard Timmins. Cape, South Africa. c. 1985. 1st Ed. 124 PP with 1 map on double page, 1 chart, b/w and colour photos. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 28.5 x 24. 0869782517
HMS Sceptre, 1799. Birkenhead, 1852...
65855 WHEELER, Margaret (editor) A BOOK OF ARCHAEOLOGY - Seventeen Stories of Discovery $15.00 AUD
Cassell & Company. London. 1959. 2nd edition of the 1957 original. XII, 178 PP with 4 b/w illustrations (1 drawing, 1 plan, and 2 maps), plus 12 pages with 22 b/w illustrations. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Slight ageing of paper and occasional foxing. Note on front endpaper. Very good. 22 x 14.5.
38459 WHITTAKER, Mark THE HOWLING - Eye of the Storm (in The Australian Magazine) $10.00 AUD
Sydney. 1999. Nationwide News / The Weekend Australian. The Weekend Australian, March 6-7 1999. Contains article P.18 to 24 with 6 colour photos. Soft cover. New. 31 x 25.3.
The weather suddenly turned up and the 1998 Sydney to Hobart fleet sailed into deep trouble. Fatal Storm.
50359 WICKS, Sir James, BIRD, Captain R. & McINTYRE, Captain A. F. M.V. PACIFIC CHARGER, Shipping Casualty, 21 May 1981. Report of Court and Annex Thereto $15.00 AUD
N. Z. Government Printer. Wellington. 1982. 1st Ed. (4), 184 PP with 3 b/w photos. Soft cover. Small tears on the 2 first leaves, o/wise very good. 24 x 15.5.
Shipwrecked on Baring Head, near Wellington, New Zealand. Investigation held in Wellington 7 July to 9 October 1981.
21563 WILKES, Bill St. John NAUTICAL ARCHAEOLOGY, A Handbook $20.00 AUD
David & Charles. Newton Abbot, UK. 1971. 1st Ed. 294 PP with 38 line drawings, plus 8 pages with 14 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Signature of previous owner on FFEP and a few old sellotape marks on flaps of dust jacket. Contents clean and a very good copy. 22.3 x 14.3. 0715350234
21536 WILLIAMS, Peter J. & SERLE, Roderick WRECKS OF PORT PHILLIP $20.00 AUD
Maritime Historical Productions. Melbourne. 1964. 1st edition. (8), 94 PP with 2 tail-pieces & 38 b/w illustrations (2 maps, 13 paintings & 23 photos). Hard cover, dj. Stamp of bookseller at lower part of front endpaper. Dust jacket chipped. Occasional foxing, o/wise contents near fine. 21.8 x 14.2.
31619 WILLIAMS, Peter J. & SERLE, Roderick SHIPWRECKS AT PORT PHILLIP HEADS 1840-1963 $5.00 AUD
Maritime Historical Productions. Melbourne. 1963. 1st Ed. (12), 91 PP with 7 tail & head-pieces, 1 chart & 44 b/w illust. Card cover (rubbed). Front cover with creases, damp mark on first pages, o/wise good. 21.5 x 14.
36438 WILLIAMS, Peter J. & SERLE, Roderick SHIPWRECKS AT PORT PHILLIP HEADS 1840-1963 $20.00 AUD
Maritime Historical Productions. Melbourne. 1967. New Revised edtion of the 1963 original. 64 PP with 24 b/w illust. Stapled card cover. A few small chips around edge of front cover, o/wise fine. Signed by Roderick Serle on title page. Near fine. 21.5 x 14.
37728 WILLIAMS, Peter J. & SERLE, Roderick SHIPWRECKS AT PORT PHILLIP HEADS 1840-1963 $5.00 AUD
Maritime Historical Productions. Melbourne. 1967. New revised edition. 64 PP with 24 b/w illust. Soft cover, staples. A few small rubbed patches around edges of front cover, o/wise near fine. 21.5 x 14.
59947 WILLIAMS, Peter J. & SERLE, Roderick SHIPWRECKS AT PORT PHILLIP HEADS 1840-1963 $10.00 AUD
Maritime Historical Productions. Melbourne. 1963. 1st Ed. (12), 91 PP with 7 headpieces and tailpieces, 1 chart & 44 b/w illust. Card cover rubbed, o/wise good. 21.5 x 14.
71251 WILLIS, Sam SHIPWRECK, A History of Disasters at Sea $25.00 AUD
Quercus Publishing. London. 2008. 1st Ed. 192 PP with b/w and colour illustrations throughout. Fp: The Battle of Camperdown (1799), Contents page: Wreck of the steamship SS Santa Rosa off Point Arguello, California, 7 July 1911. Hard cover, dust jacket. As new. 30 x 26. 9781847247629
Chapters on: Ancient and Dark Age Wrecks, Galleons and Gold, Broadsides, Pirates and Whales, Iron, Steam and Steel, World Wars, Nuclear Power, Oil and the Atomic Bomb.
72641 WILSON, Frances HOW TO SURVIVE THE TITANIC - Or, The Sinking of J. Bruce Ismay $25.00 AUD
Bloomsbury. London. 2011. 1st UK edition. (12), 328, (12) PP with b/w illustrations plus 32 pages with 50 b/w plates. Eps: Reproduction of the original First Class Passenger List. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket has a few small chips, o/wise near fine. 23.5 x 16. 978140880922
10579 WILSON, H. H. CYCLONE COASTS - Australia's North-West Frontier $20.00 AUD
Rigby. Adelaide. 1980. 1st Ed. 192 PP with 5 charts, plus 20 pages with 35 b/w & 7 colour photos. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 22 x 14.2. 0727013904
Pearling industry on the Northwest coast of Australia.
12125 WILSON, Ian SHIPWRECKS OF THE ULSTER COAST, From Carlingford Lough to Inishowen Head $15.00 AUD
Impact Amergin. Belfast. 1979. 1st Ed. (12), 177, (6 Index), (2 Bibliography) PP with 9 maps & 43 b/w photos in text. Half-title page: Schooner "Lily" in the evening setting, Portstewart, 1931. Fp: "Ulrica" wrecked on Lighthouse Island - Copeland Islands, 1897. Pictorial soft cover. Foxing spots on outside edges. Signature of previous owner on front endpaper. Very good. 21.8 x 15.3.
40517 WILSON, Ian UNDISCOVERED: The Fascinating World of Undiscovered Places, Graves, Wrecks, and Treasure $10.00 AUD
Chancellor Press. London. 1993. Reprint of the 1987 original. 192 PP with head pieces and b/w illust. (maps & plans, paintings & photos). Title page: The British Egyptologist Howard Carter opening the golden shrine of the tomb of the pharaoh Tutankhamun. Pictorial laminated boards. Faint foxing on outside edges. Near fine. 25.5 x 17.5. 1851522999
39605 WILSON, Neil GREAT SEA DISASTERS - The World's Worst Sea Disasters $10.00 AUD
Siena Book / Parragon. Bristol, UK. 1998. 1st Ed. 96 PP with 30 colour and 48 b/w illustrations. Half title page: White Star Liner Atlantic, aground on Meagher Island, Nova Scotia, 1873. Fp: The Endurance trapped in the pack ice, Weddell Sea, 1915. Pictorial laminated boards, dj. Fine. Oblong: 23.5 x 29.7. 0752527436
Galleons, guns and East Indiamen... Passenger Liners... Ferries and Riverboats... Survival and Rescue.
52765 WOOD, Danielle THE SHIPWRECK COAST (in Australian Geographic No. 87, July-September 2007) $10.00 AUD
Sydney. 2007. The Australian Geographic Society. 144 PP with b/w and colour illustrations, plus 1 folded map of The Great Ocean Road. Contains article between pages 54 and 65 with 1 folded map (in colour), 14 b/w and 21 colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27.8 x 21.
68185 WOOD, Walter SURVIVORS' TALES OF FAMOUS SHIPWRECKS $30.00 AUD
Geoffrey Bles. London. 1932. 1st Ed. XVI, 272 PP, plus 8 b/w plates. Fp: The burning of H.M.S. Bombay. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine. Covers have light wear and soiling. o/wise internally near fine. Scarce. 22.6 x 15.
Loss by fire of HMS Bombay, 1864. Saving of the Roddam, Mont Pelée, 1902. Sinking of the Birkenhead, 1852...
16338 WOODLEY, Arthur E. WESTERN PORT WRECKS AND MARITIME MISHAPS $20.00 AUD
Loch Haven Books. Melbourne. 1992. 1st Ed. XV, 101 PP with b/w illust. (photos & maps), 5 pages Glossary. Pictorial card cover. Near fine. 25 x 17.5. 1875308083
An account of the maritime mishaps, fishing reminiscences, seafaring anecdotes and the tragedies in and off Western Port.
72354 WORSLEY, Jill & Peter and GREEN, Jeremy (editors) CAPES OF SUNSET: Western Australia's Maritime Heritage between Peel Inlet & Flinders Bay $100.00 AUD
Australian National Centre of Excellence for Maritime Archaeology. Fremantle. 2012. 1st Ed. Special publication No. 15. Foreword by Hugh Edwards. XIV, 417 PP with 340 figures with b/w or colour illustrations (charts, maps & plans, sketches, paintings, photos...). Pictorial stiff covers. Fine (as new condition). Oblong: 21 x 29.3. 9781876465056
72397 WYNNE, Barry THE MAN WHO REFUSED TO DIE - Teehu Makimare's 2,000 mile drift in an open boat across the South Seas $35.00 AUD
Souvenir Press. London. 1966. 1st Ed. Foreword by the Rt. Hon. Keith Holyoake, Prime Minister of New Zealand. 158 PP with 3 maps & 2 plans, plus 12 pages with 25 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Faint foxing on outside edges, signature of previous owner on FFEP, o/wise near fine. 22.2 x 14.5.
A short inter island (Manihiki to Rakahanga) trip of the "Tearoha" that ended 64 days later in Erromango, Vanuatu.
41405 YSKA, Redmer AN ERRAND OF MERCY - Captain Jacob Eckhoff and the loss of the Kakanui $20.00 AUD
Banshee Books. Wellington. 2001. 1st Ed. 106 PP with 26 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 14.8. 0473076993
Attempted rescue of a sealing gang stranded on Macquarie Island.
20451 ZANELLI, Leo SHIPWRECKS AROUND BRITAIN, A Diver's Guide $15.00 AUD
Kaye & Ward. London. 1978. Reprint (with corrections) of the 1970 original. 112 PP with 24 location charts, plus 16 pages with 18 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Part of dust jacket lightly sunned. Very good. 22.2 x 14. 0718211952
Guide to 400 wrecks with brief information on the ship, the shipwreck and the wreck.
52607 ZANELLI, Leo SHIPWRECKS AROUND BRITAIN. A Diver's Guide $10.00 AUD
Kaye & Ward. London. 1970. 1st Ed. 112 PP with 24 location charts, plus 16 pages with 18 b/w illustrations (2 drawings & 16 photos). Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket with signs of dampness and rubbed spine. Very good. 22.2 x 14. 0718208668
Guide to 400 wrecks with brief information on the ship, the shipwreck and the wreck.
