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31560
ADAMSON, Simon H.
SEASIDE PIERS
$10.00 AUD

B. T. Batsford. London. 1977. 1st Ed. 116 PP with tables, 1 map, 7 plans and 76 b/w illust. Title spread: Seaside Pier. FEP: Details of pier structure. Hard cover, dj (price-clipped). Near fine. 25.4 x 19. 0713402423

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

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

The triumph of Australia II - The definitive record.

22601
ANDERSON, Capt. Lindsay
A CRUISE IN AN OPIUM CLIPPER
$10.00 AUD

Ibex. Melbourne. 1989. Reprint of the 1891 original. 224 PP with 8 b/w illustrations. Fp: The Eamont, topsail schooner. Hard cover, simile leather, gilt title on front cover and spine. Foxing. Near fine. 19.2 x 13.3.

The author's trip on a topsail schooner between China/Taiwan and Japan, prior to the opening of this latter country to the civilized world.

22602
ANDERSON, Capt. Lindsay
AMONG TYPHOONS AND PIRATE CRAFT
$10.00 AUD

Ibex / Heritage Book Group. Melbourne 1992. Reprint of the 1892 edition . VI, 284 PP with 3 b/w plates. Fp: Gun practice. Hard cover, simile leather, gilt title on front cover and spine. Light foxing, o/wise near fine. Fine. 19.2 x 13.3.

Reminiscence of some months at sea, in the East China Sea, Shanghai, to Japan where the author witnessed in Nagasaki, the opening of Japan to the civilized world.

15939
ANDREWS, Graeme
VETERAN SHIPS OF AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND
$10.00 AUD

Reed. Sydney. 1976. 1st Ed. 136 PP with b/w illust., plus 4 colour plates. Hard cover, dj. Very good. Oblong: 19.3 x 27.5. 0589071904

21761
BAADER, Juan
THE SAILING YACHT
$15.00 AUD

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

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

33747
BANKS, Steven
THE HANDICRAFTS OF THE SAILOR
$25.00 AUD

David & Charles. London. 1974. 1st Ed. 96 PP with 90 b/w illust. Fp: A sailors life in a calm. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Near fine. 18.5 x 24. 0715363786

Handicrafts of the sailors aboard ships, manned by men mostly of European stock, during the last 300 years. Ships' models, sea chests, paintings, wool or silk pictures, scrimshaws, etc..

33705
BARTON, G. B. (editor)
HISTORY OF NEW SOUTH WALES FROM THE RECORDS - Volume I: Governor Phillip 1783-1789
$25.00 AUD

Hale & Iremonger. Sydney. 1980. Facsimile reprint of the 1889 original. LXXXV, (3), 625 PP, plus 11 plates (1 map, 1 plan, 3 folded maps and 6 engravings). Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 22.3 x 14.5. 0908094639

31363
BARTON, Robert
OCEANOLOGY TODAY - Man Exploits the Sea
$10.00 AUD

Aldus Books. London. 1970. 1st Ed., in the Aldus Science and Technology series. 192 PP with b/w and colour illust. Hard cover. Ex library copy: 2 stamps on title page and last page. Very good. 22.2 x 14.8. 0490001432

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

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

21948
BISSET, Sir James & STEPHENSEN, P. R.
TRAMPS & LADIES - MY EARLY YEARS IN STEAMERS
$50.00 AUD

Angus & Robertson. Sydney. 1960. Reprint of the 1959 original. XVI, 315 PP, plus 16 pages with 26 b/w illust. Fp: Colour painting of SS Mauretania. Eps: Chart of the North Atlantic steamer tracks. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket with a few nicks, chips and in a protective sleeve. An otherwise fine copy. Scarce. 22.2 x 14.

The memoirs of Sir James Bisset in the early days of steamships with recollections of his arrival on board the SS Carpathia, at the scene of the sinking of the Titanic in 1912.

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

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

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

31081
BRUCE, Erroll
CAPE HORN TO PORT
$15.00 AUD

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

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

21241
BURROWS, Frederika Alexander
THE YANKEE SCRIMSHANDERS
$20.00 AUD

William S. Sullwold Publishing. Taunton, Mass. 1973. 1st Ed. 80 PP with b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Faint foxing on outside edges. Near fine. 22.8 x 15.2.

An introduction to scrimshaw: history & craftmanship. Brief description of whales, whaling & whalers.

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

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

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

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

31969
CARAVAN, Jill
AMERICAN LIGHTHOUSES - A Pictorial History
$15.00 AUD

Courage Books. Philadelphia. 1996. 2nd printing of the 1996 original. 80 PP with 1 b/w illust. and 91 colour photos. Pictorial laminated boards, dj. Occasional foxing. Fine. 31.7 x 22.7. 1561387886

32194
CARR, Frank G. G.
LESLIE A. WILCOX, R.I., R.S.M.A.
$40.00 AUD

F. Lewis. Leigh-on-Sea. 1977. Limited edition to 600 copies. VI, 7-47 PP, plus 38 pages with 2 colour plates tipped in and 72 b/w plates. Title page: Colour plate of the American clipper Blue Jacket pasted down. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Dust jacket tipped-in on front endpaper. Ingleton bookplate. Fine. 29.2 x 22.6.

Catalogue of 267 of his works.

31362
CARRIER, Rick & Barbara
DIVE - The Complete Book of Skin Diving
$15.00 AUD

Wilfred Funk. New York. 1955. 1st Ed. (8), 294 PP with tables and over 176 figures (drawings, sketches and b/w photos). Cloth cover, gilt title on spine (sunned). Some foxing. Good. 23.8 x 16.5.

How it all began. The watery world. Physiological problems of diving... Photography underwater. The unexplored sea.

31856
CHANT, Christopher (compiler)
An Illustrated Data Guide to BATTLESHIPS OF WORLD WAR II
$10.00 AUD

Tiger Books. London. 1997. 1st Ed. 77 PP with 6 colour illust. by the author, and 3 colour & 22 b/w photos. Pictorial laminated boards. Fine. 22 x 12. 1855018578

21244
CHATTERTON, E. Keble
WHALERS AND WHALING
$10.00 AUD

Philip Allan. London. 1930. 2nd edition of the 1925 original. No. 16 in the Nautilus Library series. 252 PP, 4 adv. Cloth cover, gilt device (nautilus) on front cover, gilt title on spine. Foxing on outside edges, o/wise very good. Small format: 17.5 x 11.5.

The story of whaling which commenced in European waters, expanded and led to exploration to reach the Antarctic whaling grounds.

31461
CHRISS, M., & HAYES, G. R.
AN INTRODUCTION TO CHARTS AND THEIR USE
$15.00 AUD

Brown, Son & Ferguson. Glasgow. 1972. Reprint of the 3rd edition of 1964 (original of 1944). VII, 95 PP with 75 figures, plus 1 large folded chart in rear pocket. Pictorial soft cover with number on top corner. Stamp of previous owner on front endpaper, 7 words highlighted in foreword, o/wise contents clean and a very good copy. 21.5 x 14.

15436
CLOSE, Robert S.
PRENDS-MOI MATELOT!
$20.00 AUD

Editions du Chêne. Paris. 1947. 1st French edition, translated from the Australian original Love Me Sailor. 433, (6 adv.) PP with 32 b/w illust. by M. Philippeaux. Pictorial soft cover. Ageing of paper. French text. Very good. 18.5 x 11.7.

Love me sailor: book about sailors and the life at sea. The critics in French newspapers were thrilled by this novel, whereas in Australia, it was banned for a time. Robert S. Close has described with superlative control the strange atmosphere of the three-master (in Le Berry Républicain). Assuredly a great piece - very strongly etched in the Hugo style (in Le Figaro Littéraire). Robert Close was an Australian author.

31496
COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
SHIP SAFE - An inquiry into the Australian Maritime Safety Authority, Annual Report 1996-1997
$25.00 AUD

Commonwealth of Australia. Canberra. 1998. 1st Ed. XXI, 75 PP. Pictorial card cover. Fine. 25 x 17.5. 0642376050

Quality of Ships, Operational issues, Port state control, Crew training and competency, Crew welfare, ...

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

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

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

12032
COX, Bernard
PADDLE STEAMERS
$5.00 AUD

Blandford Press. Poole, Dorset. 1979. 1st Ed. 223 PP with b/w illust. Title page: drawing of a shell. Eps: Paddle wheeler Mississippi, on the Mississippi. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Spine of dust jacket lightly sunned. Faint foxing, o/wise fine. 28 x 20.5. 0713709243

Development of the paddle steamer: traffic - transatlantic, cross-channel, rivers & lakes...

18611
CUNNINGHAM, LCDR I. J.
WORK HARD - PLAY HARD - The Royal Australian Naval College 1913-1988
$80.00 AUD

Australian Government Publishing Service. Canberra. 1988. 1st Ed. Foreword by Vice-Admiral M. W. Hudson. XII, 161 PP with b/w illustrations, plus 8 pages with 16 colour illustrations. Fp: Portrait of Vice-Admiral Cresswell. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Dust jacket with small chip at top of back cover. Name of previous owner and postings on title page and front endpaper, o/wise near fine. Scarce. 25.7 x 18.3. 0644083034

Produced for the 75th anniversary of the Royal Australian Naval College.

30349
DARMAN, Peter (editor)
GREAT CARRIER AIRCRAFT
$10.00 AUD

Blitz Editions. London. 1996. 1st Ed. 112 PP with over 100 b/w & colour photos and over 150 artworks in colour. Laminated pictorial boards, dj. Faint foxing, o/wise near fine. Large format: 30.5 x 23. 1856053431

Aircraft used on aircraft carriers.

32858
DIBNER, Bern
THE VICTORIA AND THE TRITON - Two global expeditions reveal the advance in marine technology with the passage of four and a third centuries
$15.00 AUD

Burndy Library. Norwalk, Conn., USA. 1962. 1st Ed., publication No. 19 of the Burndy Library. 58 PP with 30 b/w illust. (1 map, 8 photos, and engravings), plus 1 folded coloured map of Maris Pacifici. Cloth cover binding the original copy (pictorial card covers), gilt title on front cover and spine. Dedicatory note on front endpaper signed by the author. Small bump on top of front cover, o/wise near fine. 27.8 x 21.5.

First circumnavigation by the Victoria of the Magellan expedition, 1519-1522. Submerged circumnavigation on the nuclear-propelled USS Triton, 1960.

19529
DODMAN, Frank E.
THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF SHIPS - 1973
$10.00 AUD

Frederick Warne & Co. London & New York. 1973. Revised edition. 192 PP with 172 figures (line drawings & photographs), plus 8 pages of colour plates (flags, flags & funnels). Hard cover, dj (price-clipped). Fine. 14.6 x 9.2. 0723215170

Describes over 130 types of ships.

21313
DOW, George Francis
WHALE SHIPS AND WHALING, A Pictorial History
$10.00 AUD

Dover. New York. 1985. Reprint of the 1925 edition. 241 PP with 207 b/w illust. Pictorial soft cover. Occasional foxing, o/wise fine. 23.5 x 16.5. 0486248089

Pictorial history of whaling with an account of the whale fishery in colonial New England.

31070
DOWNS, Hugh
A SHOAL OF STARS
$10.00 AUD

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

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

31058
DUFFETT, John
MODERN MARINE MAINTENANCE
$20.00 AUD

Motor Boating & Sailing Books. New York. 1973. 1st Ed. XII, 13-256 PP with figures and b/w photos. Decorated boards, dj. (price clipped). Ex-library copy with renewed endpapers, o/wise a very good clean copy. 23.4 x 15.8. 0910990158

The Boatman's guide to today's materials and methods for today's pleasure boats.

30910
DUGAN, Des
GUADALCANAL 1942-1992: Official Souvenir Publication
$30.00 AUD

Mace Marketing Pty. Ltd. Sydney. 1992. 1st Ed. 96 PP with advertising material, b/w and colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 29.7 x 21.

Souvenir issue commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Battle for Guadalcanal, "Turning Point" of the Pacific War.

30819
EDWARDS, Herbert
THEIR LAWFUL OCCASIONS, A True Story
$5.00 AUD

Percival Marshall. London. 1956. 1st Ed. 256 PP, plus 8 pages with 12 b/w photos. Fp: Capt. Edwards, R.N. Green hard cover. Some foxing, o/wise a good clean reading copy. 22.2 x 14.2.

Sequel of the autobiography Under Four Flags, the Royal Navy years and the two World Wars.

74939
EDWARDS, Herbert W.
UNDER FOUR FLAGS
$35.00 AUD

Percival Marshall. London. 1954. 1st Ed. 223 PP plus 8 pages with 14 b/w photos. Fp: Steel-built three-masted barque at the end of the nineteenth century. Hard cover, chipped dust jacket is in a protective sleeve, o/wise contents are fine. 22.2 x 15.

Apprentice on the Norwegian square-rigger Solheim. Under the Red Ensign of the British Merchant Service, the Blue Ensign of the RNR and the White Ensign of the RN.

32767
ELLIS, Richard
DEEP ATLANTIC - Life, Death, and Exploration in the Abyss
$30.00 AUD

Alfred A. Knopf. New York. 1996. 1st Ed. X, 395 PP with 134 b/w illustrations. Title spread: male and female of the Avocet Eel (Avocettina infans). Hard cover, device in blind on front cover, gilt title on cloth cover, dj. Fine. 24.2 x 17. 0679433244

Exploration of the Atlantic: Gulf Stream, Ocean Floor, hydrothermal vents... Creatures of the abyss: Deep-Sea biology, Invertebrates... Whales and Whaling.

33170
FENTON, Roy, & CLARKSON, John
SHIPS IN FOCUS RECORD 9
$15.00 AUD

Ships in Focus Publications. London. 1999. Issue Number 9. 64 PP with 3 house flags / funnels, 3 plans and 114 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21. 1901703045

The two Dunedin Stars, the Imperial Star class. Pilgrim ships for Mecca...

18164
FERCHAULT DE REAUMUR, R.A. & DUHAMEL, M.
DOSSIER ANCRE, France, 18ème siècle - Fabrique des Ancres (I) - Encyclopédie Marine: Forge des Ancres (II)
$150.00 AUD

Pharos. San Remo. 1993. Reprint in a limited edition of 350 copies. Volume I: (2), 54 PP plus 6 full-page plates each with engravings and figures. Volume II: 16 PP plus 13 full page plates, each with engravings and figures. Marbled card covers in a green cloth casing with title vignette. Printed on quality art paper. French text. Fine. 39 x 25.

A comprehensive study of anchors carried out in France during the 18th century.

20273
FILDES, Bob
OCEAN LINERS 1984
$10.00 AUD

Searail Productions. Sydney. 1984. 1st Ed. 200 PP (in typescript) with 75 b/w photos. Fp: Cruising vessels Royal Viking Star and Leonid Sobinov. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 29.7 x 21.

A world-wide guide to the shipowners who operate regular or advertised Liner services on deep sea routes (passenger and cruising ships, container ships, ro-ro ships, cargo liners).

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

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

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

31305
FLEMING, Dr. Rex J.
THE TROPIC OCEAN GLOBAL ATMOSPHERE PROGRAMME
$15.00 AUD

International T.O.G.A. Boulder, Colorado. 1985. 1st Ed. (2), 30 PP with 9 maps in colour, and 8 colour photos. Pict. card cover. Lower corner front cover creased. 25.5 x 16.5.

A ten year study on the El Nino current.

31368
GIBBONS, Tony & MILLER, David
THE NEW ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO MODERN WARSHIPS
$5.00 AUD

Smithmark. New York. 1992. New edition, completely revised and updated. 160 PP with over 120 b/w and colour illust. Illustrations on title spread, half title page and endpapers. Pictorial laminated boards. Small smudge at top corner of front endpaper, o/wise near fine. 22.2 x 12.2. 0831750537

65 classes of modern warships covered.

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.

31111
GLANVILLE, Alec
THE CRUISING APPRENTICE
$5.00 AUD

Herbert Jenkins. London. 1950. 1st Ed. 247 PP with 45 diagrams, plus 8 plates of half-tone illustrations. Fp: Bermudan Sloop. Cloth cover. Spine sunned, front cover marked and worn at top, some foxing. Good. 22.2 x 14.2.

19195
GREENWAY, Ambrose
COMECON MERCHANT SHIPS - 1978
$15.00 AUD

Kenneth Mason. London. 1978. 1st Ed. VI, 143 PP with silhouettes and bw photos. Hard cover, ring binder. Very good. 25.8 x 18.8. 0859371093

Merchant fleets of: Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Poland and Romania. 14 parts covering: Passenger ships, general cargo ships... Research ships and training ships.

33163
GRIBBINS, Joseph
CLASSIC SAIL
$35.00 AUD

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

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

32776
GROEN, Dr. P.
THE WATERS OF THE SEA
$15.00 AUD

D. Van Nostrand. London. 1967. 1st Ed. XIV, 328 PP with 25 tables and 140 figures (maps, graphs), plus 30 b/w plates and 4 charts (bathymetric, surface temperature, salinity & surface currents). Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj (small pieces missing). Occasional foxing, o/wise a very good clean copy. 23.5 x 15.5.

Exploration of the oceans, the water of the seas, ice in the seas, waves, ebb and flow, ocean currents, ...

31526
GUTTRIDGE, Leonard & SMITH, Jay. D.
THE COMMODORES - The Drama of a Navy under Sail
$5.00 AUD

Peter Davies. London. 1970. 1st UK Ed. X, 340 PP, plus 16 pages with 35 b/w illust. Eps: Maps. Cloth cover. Note on front enpaper blocked out. Very good. 24 x 16. 0432063706

Chronicles the economic & political currents in the young nation, as well as the story of the men who commanded and fought during the U.S. Navy's early years.

14419
HARDY, A. C.
THE BOOK OF THE SHIP - An Exhaustive Pictorial and Factual Survey of World Ships, Shipping, and Shipbuilding
$80.00 AUD

London. 1949? Sampson Low, Marston. 1st Ed. 36 adv., 322, 10 adv. PP with b/w illust. (photos, maps, tables). Fp: "The Ship". Cloth cover, gilt decoration on front cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj. Top and bottom of spine speckled, lower part of back cover, worn on 3 cm, dust jacket with small pieces missing. Still an excellent copy of a scarce book. 27.2 x 20.8.

A lavishly illustrated survey of ships & shipping data at the end of the 1940's.

31977
HARRIS, David (editor)
THE NELSON ALMANAC - A book of days recording Nelson's Life and the Events that shaped his Era
$25.00 AUD

Conway Maritime Press & Warwick Leadlay Gallery. London. 1998. 1st Ed. 192 PP with 150 b/w and colour illust. Half title page: quotation taken from "Nelson" by Carola Oman. Title spread: "Victory of Trafalgar in the Van", by Robert Dodd. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 28 x 22. 0851777554

31692
HAWS, Duncan
MERCHANT FLEETS - No. 24 - BRITAIN'S RAILWAY STEAMERS: WESTERN AND SOUTHERN COMPANIES + French and Stena
$20.00 AUD

Author. London. 1993. 1st Ed. No. 24 in the Merchant Fleets series. (VI), 230 PP with 309 b/w drawings to constant scale (1:900). Pictorial card cover. Fine. 21 x 14.7. 0946378215

Technical details and career histories of 28 companies and their 466 ships.

31659
HEAPS, Leo
LOG OF THE CENTURION
$10.00 AUD

Book Club Associates. London. 1974. Reprint of the Granada original. 270 PP with 59 illust. Fp: Portrait of Philip Saumarez. Eps: Chart of the Centurion's route round the world. Hard cover, device in blind on front cover, gilt title on spine, ribbon page-marker, dust jacket. Top edge tinted. Faint foxing on outside edges, o/wise near fine. 25 x 17.8. 024610581X

Log based on the original papers of Capt. Philip Saumarez on board the HMS Centurion, Lord Anson's flagship during his circumnavigation between 1740 and 1744.

19497
HEATON, P. M.
WELSH SHIPPING FORGOTTEN FLEETS
$15.00 AUD

Starling Press. Newport. 1989. 1st Ed. 91 PP, plus 32 b/w photos of ships (on full page). Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing, o/wise fine. 21.8 x 15.4. 1872006000

Duncan & Company. Seagers. Pardoe-Thomas... History and fleet list.

16031
HILDER, Brett
NAVIGATOR IN THE SOUTH SEAS
$25.00 AUD

Percival Marshall. London. 1961. 1st Ed. (6), 232 PP with many illust. by the author. Ep: Map of the South West Pacific by the author. Hard cover, dj (price-clipped), top edge tinted. Dust jacket with a few rubs/chips and in a protective sleeve. Near fine. 23.2 x 16.

Until his death in 1981, Captain Hilder sailed the various South Pacific archipelagoes and the Indonesian islands. His first years at sea & his WWII years.

30917
HOPE, Ronald (editor)
TWENTY SINGING SEAMEN, Prizewinning Stories by Merchant Seamen
$10.00 AUD

Stanford Maritime. London. 1979. 1st Ed. 127 PP. Hard cover, dj. Name previous owner on front endpaper, a little faint foxing, o/wise near fine. 22.2 x 14.5. 0540073814

22 stories written by Able-seamen (5), General Purpose Rating (2), Navigating Officers (2)... Masters (5).

12071
HOUGH, Richard
THE GREAT ADMIRALS
$10.00 AUD

William Morrow. New York. 1977. 1st US Ed. 271 PP with 7 maps, 18 colour and 105 bw illust. Title spread: HMS Superb, flagship of the C-in-C Mediterranean. Illustrated endpapers. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Dust jacket has a few chips. Occasional fxing. Very good. 25.5 x 20.5.

Careers of 21 of the great commanders in maritime history.

33764
HOYT, Edwin P.
THE LAST CRUISE OF THE EMDEN
$10.00 AUD

Andre Deutsch. London. 1967. 2nd impression in June of the May 1967 original. VIII, (2), 242 PP plus 8 pages with 1 map & 11 b/w photos. FEP: Course of SMS Emden 1914. REP: From Cocos-Keeling to Constantinople. Hard cover. Name of previous owner on preliminary page, some foxing, o/wise near fine. 22 x 14.5.

The German cruiser Emden and her destruction at Cocos-Keeling. The escape on the copra schooner Ayesha, arrival at Constantinople of the landing party.

31772
HUNT, Susan & CARTER, Paul
TERRE NAPOLEON - Australia through French Eyes 1800-1804
$10.00 AUD

Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales. Sydney. 1999. 1st Ed., with a foreword by Jacqueline Bonnemains. (8), 148 PP with b/w and colour illust., and 46 plates in b/w and colour. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 30 x 24. 0949753866

French exploration of Australian shores (1801 to 1803) led by Captain Nicolas Baudin. Published to accompany an exhibition held in Sydney from 27th February to 30 May 1999.

17850
HURST, A.A.
THE MUSIC OF FIVE OCEANS
$15.00 AUD

Hennel Locke. London. 1960. 1st UK Ed. 160 PP, plus 14 pages with 23 b/w photos. Fp: a contrast in school-ships. Hard cover, dj. Few foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 22 x 15.2.

Some of the epic voyages under sail. Also, sea-lore, mythology, superstition and curious experiences.

33168
JACOBS, Michael
THE PAINTED VOYAGE - Art, Travel and Exploration 1564-1875
$15.00 AUD

British Museum Press. London. 1995. 1st Ed. 160 PP with b/w & colour illust. (engravings, paintings, sketches, watercolours). Fp: Thomas and William Daniell viewing Bijaigarh, Uttar Pradesh, from the south-west, 1790. Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing on outside edges. Near fine. 28 x 22. 0714116564

Up to the development of portable cameras in the late nineteenth century, artists were a habitual feature of exploration, scientific and diplomatic voyages.

32011
JOHNSON, Donald S.
PHANTOM ISLANDS OF THE ATLANTIC - The Legends of Seven Lands That Never Were
$10.00 AUD

Souvenir Press. London. 1997. 1st UK printing of the 1996 revised edition. XVII, (3), 220 PP with few marginal illustrations and 35 figures. Eps: Chart of the Atlantic Ocean, Ferrando Bertelli, 1565. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 21 x 15.5. 0285633953

30947
KAY, F. George
THE ATLANTIC OCEAN - Bridge Between Two Worlds
$15.00 AUD

Museum Press. London. 1954. 1st Ed. 208 PP, plus 26 pages with 36 b/w illust. Fp: The Atlantic Ocean by the Cartographer Abraham Ortel, 1750. Eps: Map of the Atlantic Ocean. Cloth cover, dj. Foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 22.2 x 14.

22460
KING, Elizabeth W.
FLAGS OF THE AMERICAS (in National Geographic Magazine)
$15.00 AUD

National Geographic Society. Washington. 1949. Volume XCV, No. 5, May 1949. Contains article between P.633 and 657, with 6 b/w photos and 172 colour reproductions of paintings. Soft cover (spine lightly chipped). Very good. 25.5 x 17.5.

Flags, guidons and pennants of the United States. Flags and coat of arms of the American nations (Argentina to Venezuela).

32714
KNOX-JOHNSTON, Robin
YACHTING - The History of a Passion
$20.00 AUD

Hearst Marine Books. New York. 1990. 1st US Ed. 168 PP with b/w & colour illustrations. Title spread: The Solent. FEP: Chart of entrance of Thames River. REP: Chart of Isle of Wight. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 28.7 x 24.8. 0688099912

From its beginnings in the sheltered waters of the Netherlands in the 1600's, to the open sea races, across the oceans of the world.

33573
LAING, Alexander
THE AMERICAN HERITAGE HISTORY OF SEAFARING AMERICA
$15.00 AUD

American Heritage Publishing. New York. 1974. Deluxe edition. 344, (8 index) PP with 300 b/w & colour illust. Cloth cover, device in blind on front cover, gilt title on cloth spine, slipcase. Spine sunned, edges of slipcase rubbed, o/wise near fine. 28.6 x 22.2. 0070358486

America under sail: from colonial days to the present boom in sailing for pleasure and sport.

30860
LANDES, David S.
REVOLUTION IN TIME - Clocks and the Making of the Modern World
$15.00 AUD

The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. Cambridge, Mass., USA. 1983. 1st paperback edition. XVIII, (2), 482 PP with 9 figures and 12 tables, plus 8 colour plates and 32 pages with b/w figures. Pictorial soft cover. Foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 23.5 x 15.5. 0674768000

69030
LAWSON, Will & The Shiplovers' Society of Tasmania
BLUE GUM CLIPPERS AND WHALE SHIPS OF TASMANIA
$10.00 AUD

D. & L. Book Distributor. Launceston. 1986. Facsimile reprint of the 1949 original. 261 PP, plus 30 b/w plates. Fp: Sailing ships at New Wharf in 1881. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 21.5 x 14.

Early whaling, trading and shipbuilding in Tasmania.

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.

30857
LEGRAND, Françoise & HOWARD, Godfrey
BOATOPIA
$20.00 AUD

Hearst Marine Books. New York. 1986. 1st US Ed. 128 PP with 8 tail pieces and and 40 b/w photos. Eps: The Loiret, a river in France. Hard cover, dj. Signature of previous owner on front endpaper, o/wise fine. 25 x 19.7. 068806163X

A colourful combination of evocative photographs and writings.

14158
LENTON, H. T. & COLLEDGE, J. J.
WARSHIPS OF WORLD WAR II - Part 3: Sloops of the Royal and Dominion Navies
$10.00 AUD

Ian Allan. London. 1962. 1st Ed. 96 PP with tables & 47 b/w photos. Card covers, pictorial front. Covers rubbed and short tear at lower part of front cover (rubbed), o/wise contents clean and still a very good copy. 18 x 12.

31107
LIPSCOMB, James
CUTTING LOOSE
$20.00 AUD

Angus & Robertson. London. 1975. 1st UK Ed. 304 PP with 3 pages of line drawings and 16 pages with 40 colour photos. Title spread: The Four Winds under sail. Eps: Track of the Four Winds from San Pedro, California to Singapore. Hard cover, dj (price-clipped). Light foxing on outside page edges, o/wise near fine. 21.5 x 13.5. 0207956472

Voyage of five young men in the South Pacific in 1971.

31736
LUBBOCK, Basil
THE COLONIAL CLIPPERS
$60.00 AUD

James Brown & Son. Glasgow. 1921. Reprint of the 1914 original. XVI, 433 PP, plus 2 colour plates with 24 house-flags and 60 b/w plates (4 plans and 82 paintings or photographs). Fp: Emigrant fleet in Hobson's Bay (Kent, Lightning, White Star & Malabar). Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Covers slightly marked, spine sunned. Contents near fine. 21.6 x 14.2.

The wooden clippers, the composite wool clippers & iron sailing ships serving Australia & New Zealand up to the end of the 19th century.

31221
LUCAS, Alan
CRUISING TO EUROPE
$20.00 AUD

Horwitz Grahame. Sydney. 1986. 1st Ed. 144 PP with 6 maps & plans, 10 drawings by the author, and 57 b/w photos. Laminated pictorial boards. Near fine. 24.6 x 15.5. 072551955X

From Cairns to Dover, via the Indian Ocean, the Red Sea, the Mediterranean, French waterways and the Channel.

72487
MACINTYRE, Donald
THE NAVAL WAR AGAINST HITLER
$30.00 AUD

Charles Scribner's. New York. 1971. Book Club edition. 478 PP with 21 maps (20 on full page), plus 24 pages with 70 b/w photos. FEP: Map of the English Channel & the Mediterranean. REP: The Arctic area of operations. Cloth cover, nice dust jacket in a protective sleeve. Neat name stamp on FFEP, o/wise a near fine copy. 21.5 x 14.

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.

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.

31019
MATTHIESSEN, Peter
BLUE MERIDIAN, The Search for the Great White Shark
$15.00 AUD

The Harvill Press. London. 1995. 1st UK Ed. (12), 163 PP with 1 map on double page, 2 figures, plus 8 pages with 22 b/w photos. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 22.2 x 14. 1860460437

The 1969-1970 expedition of professional divers to find and film the great white shark.

30916
MATTINGLY, Garrett
THE DEFEAT OF THE SPANISH ARMADA
$10.00 AUD

Jonathan Cape / Book Society. London. 1959. 3rd impression of the October 1959 original. 382 PP with 2 maps, plus 16 pages with 20 b/w illust. Fp: Queen Elizabeth I, the Armada Portrait. Eps: The track of the Spanish Armada. Hard cover (marbled boards), cloth spine, dj (price-clipped). Bookplate previous owner on half title page, light foxing on prelims. and outside edges. Very good. 23.5 x 16.

Operations of 1587 & 1588. Battles along the South Coast of Cornwall and England: 29th July to 9th of August 1588.

31358
McCLUSKIE, Tom
SHIPS - From the Archives of Harland & Wolff, the Builders of the Titanic
$10.00 AUD

PRC. London. 1998. 1st Ed. 160 PP with colour illustrations. Fp: the Waipara. Pictorial laminated boards, dj. Near fine. Oblong: 25 x 28.5. 185648467X

A selection of 29 of the early ships (transition from sail to steam) built in Belfast by Harland & Wolff.

37028
McDONALD, D. I.
HENRY PARKES AND THE SYDNEY NAUTICAL SCHOOL (in Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society - Vol.52, Part 3)
$20.00 AUD

Royal Australian Historical Society. Sydney. 1966. September 1966. Issue marking the "Centenary of the New South Wales Public Schools Act of 1966". Contains article from P. 212 to 227, plus 2 b/w plates (1 of the Training Ship "Vernon"). Card cover. Very good. 22.4 x 14.5.

30911
MCKEE, Alexander
A HERITAGE OF SHIPS - A Regional Guide
$10.00 AUD

Souvenir Press. London. 1988. 1st Ed. 128 PP with b/w illust. (location maps, plans and photos). Pictorial card cover. Fine. 20.3 x 15.6. 0285628550

A Heritage of Ships: in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Island.

71644
McLELLAN, R. S.
ANCHOR LINE 1856-1956
$50.00 AUD

Anchor Line Ltd. Glasgow. 1956. 1st Ed. 184 PP with 1 colour (house flag) & 4 b/w illust., and 47 b/w photos of ships. Fp: Photo of Anchor Line Head Office in Glasgow. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Dust jacket is a little soiled around edges with a few small repaired chips. Light foxing on outside edges. Contents are near fine. Scarce. 22.8 x 15.

Handysides & Co., commenced business as ship brokers in 1838, trading to the Baltic. Thomas Henderson joined the firm in 1852, and in 1856 the "Anchor Line" started trading to Australia. Fleet list from P.139 to 160.

31966
McMANUS, Michael
A TREASURY OF AMERICAN SCRIMSHAW - A collection of the useful and decorative
$25.00 AUD

Penguin Studio. New York. 1997. 1st printing. X, 150 PP with 7 b/w headpieces and 200 colour photos. Fp: Jagging wheel in Walrus ivory. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 28.6 x 22.2. 9780670862344

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.

14175
MILLER, William H.
MODERN CRUISE SHIPS, 1965-1990: A Photographic Record
$15.00 AUD

Dover Publications. New York. 1992. 1st Ed. XI, 130 PP with 184 illust. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 30 x 22.5. 0486267539

Pictorial survey of over 100 cruise ships from the Queen of Bermuda to the Sovereign of the Seas.

21521
MILLER, William H.
THE CRUISE SHIPS
$15.00 AUD

Conway. London. 1988. 1st Ed. 191 PP with b/w photos and 13 pages on specifications of cruise ships. Fp: QE2, Britanis & Bermuda Star at New York berth. Half title page: Keeping fit on the aft decks of the Nordic Prince. Hard cover, dj (price-clipped). Top corner of back cover bumped, o/wise near fine. 26 x 20. 09851774296

The rise of the cruise industry which developed when commercial jet travel ousted passenger liners from their traditional routes.

32173
MOORE, Captain John E.
THE SOVIET NAVY TODAY
$10.00 AUD

Macdonald and Jane's. London. 1975. 1st Ed. 255 PP with 1 Organigram, 8 maps, 114 profiles, and 144 b/w photos. Fp: Kara class cruiser. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Very good. 25.2 x 19.2. 0356083357

31459
MOORE, D. A.
MARINE CHARTWORK AND NAVAIDS
$15.00 AUD

Stanford Maritime. London. 1975. Reprint of the 1967 edition. 128 PP with b/w and colour illust., plus 1 large folded sheet with 3 charts. Pictorial card cover a little rubbed with number on top. Contents fine. 21.6 x 13.7. 85309019X

73836
MORRIS, Everett B. & ROSENFELD, Morris
UNDER FULL SAIL
$100.00 AUD

Grosset & Dunlap. New York. 1969. 1st US edition. Foreword by Cornelius Shields. X, 213 PP with 196 b/w photos by Morris Rosenfeld. Fp: The four-masted bark "Abraham Rydberg", Swedish nautical training vessel, sailing into New York in 1940. Cloth cover, dj (price clipped). Dust jcket has a few rubs/chips and is in a protective sleeve. A near fine copy. 28 x 20.5.

50 years of great marine photographs by America's Greatest Marine Photographer.

31094
MUNDLE, Robert
SIR JAMES HARDY, An Adventurous Life
$15.00 AUD

Margaret Gee. Sydney. 1993. 1st Ed. VIII, 287 PP with Sir James Hardy's personal coat of arms E Moribus Sit Homo, plus 16 pages with 34 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 24 x 15.7. 1875574220

Sportsman, outstanding yachtsman, businessman, vigneron...

30848
N/A
SEA TRAVEL and how to enjoy it
$30.00 AUD

Rockliff. London. 1948. 1st Ed. VI, (2), 64 PP with over 30 sketches and diagrams. Hard cover, dj (price clipped) with a few closed tears and light wear, light foxing on endpapers, o/wise near fine. Scarce. 18.5 x 12.

An invaluable companion for all who travel by sea on business or pleasure in the "good old days".

45999
N/A
CHANSONS BAILLE
$65.00 AUD

Association des Anciens Elèves de l'Ecole Navale. Paris. 1952. 1st Ed., limited to 2000 numbered copies (No. 1527/2000). Introduction by Bourragué. (8), 162 PP with 48 sketches by Capitaine de Corvette Luc-Marie Bayle, and 16 pages for 17 musical scores by Capitaine de Frégate Jean Belin. Hard cover, cloth spine. Foxing spots by stiching points (gutter). Near fine. French text. Scarce in this condition. 24.6 x 15.8.

60 songs from the Ecole Navale at Brest (equivalent to the Annapolis of the US Navy or the Dartmouth of the Royal Navy).

31083
NAYDLER, Merton
THE PENANCE WAY: The Mystery of PUFFIN's Atlantic Crossing
$5.00 AUD

Hutchinson. London. 1968. 1st Ed. XIX, 252 PP with 2 maps and 17 figures, plus 16 pages with 24 b/w photos. Fp: Puffin during tests carried out by the author (in colour). Eps: Map of the North Atlantic with tracks of the English Rose III and Puffin. Hard cover, dj. Foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 21.5 x 14.

Failed attempt in 1966 to row the Atlantic from the Chesapeake to UK.

32904
NICHOLLS, Bob
THE COLONIAL VOLUNTEERS - The defence of the Australian colonies
$40.00 AUD

Allen & Unwin. Sydney. 1988. 1st Ed. XVII, 215 PP with tables, 43 head & tailpieces, 2 facsimile of posters and 58 b/w illust., plus 8 pages with 15 colour illustrations. Eps: "Rank and File. New South Wales Mounted Rifles", late 19th century. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 23.8 x 15.8. 9780043020036

20339
O'MAY, Dave G.
SONG OF STEAM - A Chronicle of Paddle Steamers and Screw Steamers in Tasmanian Waters 1832-1939
$15.00 AUD

Government Printer. Hobart. 1976. 1st Ed. 304 PP with 207 b/w photos. Fp: Hobart Harbour, circa 1893. Pictorial cloth boards. Near fine. 22.3 x 14.5.

A record of steamships which visited Tasmanian waters during the first one hundred years of steam.

30884
OWENS, W. H.
ROYAL RIVER - The History of the River Thames and its Royal Associations
$10.00 AUD

Pitkins. London. No date, c. 1955. 1st Ed., with foreword by Sir Rupert de la Bère. 24 PP with 76 b/w illust. Inside front cover: Funeral procession of Vice-Admiral Lord Nelson, and the Cutty Sark. Back cover: map between Tilbury and Eton College. Pictorial card cover. Fine. 23 x 17.8.

31144
PARRY, J.H.
THE SPANISH SEABORNE EMPIRE
$15.00 AUD

University of California Press. Berkeley. 1990. 1st paperback printing of the 1966 original, in the History / Latin America Studies. 416, (2) PP with 8 maps, plus 16 pages with 25 b/w illust. Pictorial soft cover. Faint foxing. Near fine. 20.8 x 14. 0520071409

The Spanish Empire in the Americas. Motives and theories underlaying conquest and conversion. Its control by the Spanish Crown, leading to the slow decline of Spain in Europe.

19351
PHILLIPS-BIRT, Douglas
THE HISTORY OF YACHTING
$15.00 AUD

Elm Tree Books. London. 1974. 1st Ed. 288 PP with b/w & colour illustrations. Fp: The Sappho setting balloon canvas, 1870. Eps: Yachting off the Isle of Wight 1848. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Very good. 30.5 x 23.5. 0241890799

History of the sport of yachting & development of yacht design.

31807
PHILLIPS-BIRT, Douglas
A HISTORY OF SEAMANSHIP
$15.00 AUD

George Allen & Unwin. London. 1971. 1st Ed. 320 PP with 64 colour and 170 b/w illust. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine. Dust jacket tipped in on endpapers, Ingleton bookplate. Near fine. 25.5 x 19. 0046230092

Exploration of the whole art & science of seamanship.

31997
POPE, Dudley
ENGLAND EXPECTS
$15.00 AUD

Chatham. London. 1998. Paperback reprint of the 1957 original. 368 PP with 1 cutaway of the Victory, 2 charts, 16 diagrams and 20 tail pieces or text illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21.5 x 13.8. 1861760744

Nelson and the Trafalgar campaign.

15924
PRIOR, Rupert (editor)
OCEAN LINERS - The Golden Years
$8.00 AUD

Tiger Books. London. 1993. 1st Ed. 144 PP with b/w & colour illust. throughout. Fp: The Arrival (1914), by the English painter C.R.W. Nevinson. Hard cover, dj. Fine. Large format: 30.5 x 23. 1855013436

A pictorial anthology recreating the grandeur and luxury of the passenger liners.

31065
QUINCEY, Colin
TASMAN TRESPASSER
$20.00 AUD

Hodder & Stoughton. Auckland. 1977. 1st Ed. 203 PP with 7 maps and plans, plus 12 pages with 22 photos. Eps: Map of the Tasman Sea with track of the "Tasman Trespasser". Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket has a few repaired chips/closed tears and is in a protective sleeve. Signed by author on half title page. Dedicatory note on inside front cover. Contents near fine. 22.2 x 14.2. 0340227575

Singlehanded rowing (February to April 1977) between Hokianga North of New Zealand to Marcus Beach, Sunshine Coast, Queensland.

30431
RANDIER, Jean
MEN AND SHIPS AROUND CAPE HORN 1616-1939
$50.00 AUD

David McKay. New York. 1969. 1st US edition. Tranlated from the 1966 French original by M. W. B. Sanderson. 360 PP with b/w & colour illust. throughout. Eps: Chart of Straits of Magellan & Tierra del Fuego. Cloth cover, price-clipped dust jacket. A near fine copy. 25.5 x 21.

One of the best anthologies written on tall ships and their struggles rounding the Horn.

31336
RETTER, Catharine & SINCLAIR, Shirley
LETTERS TO ANN - The Love Story of Matthew Flinders and Ann Chappelle
$10.00 AUD

Angus & Robertson. Sydney. 1999. 1st Ed. IX, 150 PP with 7 b/w illust. Eps: flowers. Hard covers, decorated front cover, dj. Fine. 22 x 14. 0207196966

Married 14th April 1801, 3 months before his departure for New Holland. Surveying the coast of the continent and naming it Australia. 6 years detention at Isle de France (Mauritius). Return to Britain 24th October 1810.

31031
RIDGWAY, John & BLYTH, Chay
A FIGHTING CHANCE
$5.00 AUD

Paul Hamlyn. London. 1966. 1st Ed. 255 PP with 13 pages of the log (facsimile), plus 16 pages with 24 b/w photos. Eps: Map of the North Atlantic with the Voyage of English Rose III. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Foxing spots on outside edges. Very good. 20.3 x 13.2.

Rowing the Atlantic in 92 days (Cape Cod, 4th June 1966 to Aran Isles, 3rd September 1966) by Captain John Ridgway and Sergeant Chay Blyth.

17001
ROMME, Charles
DESCRIPTION DE L'ART DE LA MATURE - L'ART DE LA VOILURE
$125.00 AUD

Omega. Nice. c. 1995. Reprint of the 1778 and 1781 original editions. (6), 82 PP, plus 7 b/w plates and 1 large folded plate, (2 blank), (2), 68 PP plus 9 b/w plates. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. French text. Faint foxing, o/wise fine. 32.5 x 22.5. 2906381217

18th century treatises on masts, masting, sails and rigging.

31860
SCHOFIELD, B.B.
BRITISH SEA POWER - Naval Policy in the Twentieth Century
$5.00 AUD

B. T. Batsford. London. 1967. 1st Ed. 271 PP, plus 8 pages with 25 b/w photos. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price clipped). Ex library copy with 1 stamp on title page and renewed endpapers. Dust jacket slightly rubbed. Very good. 22.8 x 15.

Aftermath of WWI, Naval conferences... Naval policy in the Nuclear Age.

32979
SCULL, Theodore W.
OCEAN LINER ODYSSEY 1958-1969
$30.00 AUD

Carmania Press. London. 1998. 1st Ed. 88 PP with 1 plan and 130 b/w illust. (ship's memorabilia and photos). Inside front cover: The Flandre, with her great flared bow at Le Havre. Pictorial card cover. Fine. 27.3 x 21.5. 0951865692

Going in style: the French Line's Liberté & Flandre. The other French line: Navigation Mixte and French Line between Marseille and North Africa... Up the British Columbia Coast: Northland Navigation's M/V Northland Prince...

31503
SEMENOV, Petr Petrovich
TRAVELS IN THE TIAN'-SHAN' 1856-1857
$15.00 AUD

The Hakluyt Society. London. 1998. No. 189 in the Second series, edited and annotated by Colin Thomas. XLIII, 269 PP, plus 20 pages with 4 maps and 15 colour plates. Cloth cover, gilt device on front cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Near fine. 22.2 x 14.2. 0904180603

Travels from St Petersburg, beyond the Urals towards Lake Balkash and China.

22715
SEVERY, Merle
PORTUGAL'S SEA ROAD TO THE EAST (in National Geographic Magazine, Volume 182, No. 5, 1992)
$15.00 AUD

National Geographic Society. Washington. 1992. Volume 182, No. 5, November 1992. Article from P.56 to 93 with 28 colour illust. (1 map & 27 photos). Pictorial soft cover. New. 25.5 x 17.5.

Portuguese age of discovery from Lisbon and Sagres to Macau and Japan, via the Cape of Good Hope and the Indian Ocean.

31589
SHIPPING
RUDDER'S GUIDE - AUSTRALIA
$10.00 AUD

Rudder's Pty. Limited, Transport and Shipping Agents. Sydney. No date, 1937?. 10th edition. 48 PP with tables. Illustrated card cover, cloth spine. Near fine. 21 x 14.

Useful information: Customs, shipping, insurance - Aviation section...

31059
SIMPKIN, Richard
SEAMANSHIP FOR THE CRUISING YACHTSMAN
$20.00 AUD

Stanley Paul. London. 1979. 1st Ed. 260 PP with 6 tables, 38 b/w photos and 40 figures. Hard cover, dj. Signature of prevoious owner on FFEP, o/wise a fine copy. 22.2 x 14. 0091383005

From the choice, handling and care of ropes to handling the yacht under power, under sail, in heavy weather, confined waters...

10405
SIMPSON, MacKinnon
WHALE SONG - A Pictorial History of Whaling and Hawai'i
$30.00 AUD

Lahaina Whaling Museum. Honolulu. 1986. 1st Ed. 130 PP with b/w & colour illust. Fp: Carved wooden figurehead. Eps: Plans / details of the whaling hermaphrodite brig Viola. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 28.5 x 22. 0896100200

Beautiful book. The whaling trade by whaleships of New England, based in Hawaiian waters.

31745
SLOCUM, Captain Joshua
SAILING ALONE AROUND THE WORLD and VOYAGE OF THE LIBERDADE
$20.00 AUD

Granada. London. 1979. Reprint of the 1978 edition by Hart-Davis, with a foreword by the Duke of Edinburgh. XVI, 17-384 PP with 2 maps & 29 b/w illustrations. Hard cover, dj. Foxing spots on endpapers and outside edges. Dust jacket with few chips and a sunned spine. Name (partly erased) at top of front endpaper. Contents near fine. 22.2 x 14. 0246110457

The first single-handed circumnavigation of the globe, on the sloop "Spray", 24th April 1895 to 27th June, 1898, and his voyage in the Liberdade which tells of his shipwreck off South America and his return to New England in a canoe.

32946
SMITH, Peter
REBECCA - The restoration of an old yacht
$25.00 AUD

Heinemann. Auckland. 1978. 1st Ed. 84 PP with drawings, plans and sketches, plus 8 plates with 10 b/w photos. Fp: Rebecca, 1975. Eps: plans and line drawings of yacht Rebecca. Hard cover, dj (closed tears). Near fine. 31.2 x 26. 0868634158

30557
SPURR, Daniel
YACHT STYLE - Design and Decor Ideas from the World's Finest Yachts
$15.00 AUD

International Marine. Camden, Maine, USA. 1990. 1st Ed. XII, 308 PP with tables and colour photos. Fp: The classic yawl Cotton Blossom IV with teak decks. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 28.7 x 22.2. 0877422613

30909
STAMMERS, M. K.
DISCOVERING MARITIME MUSEUMS AND HISTORIC SHIPS
$5.00 AUD

Shire Publications. London. 1978. 1st Ed., No. 228 in the Discovering series. 84 PP with 23 b/w photos. Pictorial card covers with light wear, o/wise contents fine. 17.8 x 11.2. 0852633696

31022
STOKOE, E. A.
REED'S SHIP CONSTRUCTION FOR MARINE ENGINEERS
$20.00 AUD

Thomas Reed. London. 1968. 2nd edition of the 1964 original. Volume V in the Reed's Practical Mathematics series. (8), 147, (5) PP with 143 figures. Hard cover, dj. (price clipped). Very good. 22.2 x 14.2.

Ship types and defenitions. Stresses in ship structure. Riveting and welding. Bottom and side framing... Oil tankers and bulk carriers. Freeboard, tonnage and classification.

31804
STONE, Herbert L. & TAYLOR, William H.
THE AMERICA'S CUP RACES
$5.00 AUD

D. Van Nostrand Co. New York. 1958. 1st Ed. (8), 254 PP with 23 sketches and plans, plus 22 pages with 23 b/w illust. Fp: The America's Cup. Cloth cover, gilt device on front cover, gilt title on spine. A few pages with small creases, o/wise near fine. 23.4 x 15.6.

The authentic and fascinating story of the century old struggle to win this greatest international trophy.

31080
STONE, Roger D.
THE VOYAGE OF THE SANDERLING
$10.00 AUD

Alfred A. Knopf. New York. 1990. 1st Ed. XIII, 302, (2) PP with 3 plans of Sanderling, 17 maps and 50 b/w illust. Fp: Course of the Sanderling between Camden, Maine and Rio de Janeiro. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 24.2 x 16.5. 039457334X

Exploring the ecology of the Atlantic Coast from Maine to Rio de Janeiro in the 38-foot cutter Sanderling. Study of the coast nowadays and comparison with the early explorers statements and description. An 8,000-mile cruise between the summer of 1986 and April 1988.

31642
TAYLOR, Frank J., WELTY, Earl M., & EYRE David W.
FROM LAND AND SEA - The Story of Castle & Cooke of Hawaii
$20.00 AUD

Chronicle Books. San Francisco. 1976. 1st Ed. 288 PP with 2 family trees and 116 b/w illust. Fp: Portraits of Samuel Northrup Castle and Amos Starr Cooke. Eps: Map of the Hawaiian Islands. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 24 x 16.3. 0877010811

Story of Hawaiian monarchs and missionaries, bold sea captains and adventurous entrepreneurs... From a Hawaiian general store to a leader in food industry.

61879
TAYLOR, Nancy M. (editor)
THE JOURNAL OF ENSIGN BEST 1837-1843
$40.00 AUD

Government Printer. Wellington. 1966. 1st Ed. 645 PP with 5 maps, plus 8 pages with 12 b/w plates. Fp (in colour): Ocean Bay, Port Underwood, in Cloudy Bay (1848). Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Dust jacket slightly rubbed and with a lightly sunned spine. Foxing spots on edges. Near fine. 25.2 x 15.7.

Voyage to New South Wales on the "James Pattison", where he arrived 25/10/1837. Sojourn on Norfolk Island August 1838 to April 1839. New Zealand up to January 1843.

30794
TODD, Nigel & ROSS, Brian
AMERICA'S CUP 83 - The Official Advance Australia Souvenir Edition
$5.00 AUD

Sea Spray Group. Sydney. 1983. 1st Ed., introduction by Sir James Hardy. (24 adv.), 62, (2 adv.) PP with plans, b/w and colour photos. Pictorial soft cover (slightly rubbed). Very good. 30 x 20.8. 0959249997

30880
TUNSTALL, Brian
FLIGHTS OF NAVAL GENIUS
$15.00 AUD

Philip Allan. London. 1930. 1st Ed. XI, 299 PP with 4 maps, plus 8 b/w plates (portraits). Fp: George Brydges Lord Rodney. Cloth cover with light wear and a little soiled, gilt title on spine which also has a very faint old library number. Faint foxing. Image shows title-page and frontispiece. Very good. 22.6 x 14.8.

Lord Howe and the 1797 Mutiny at Portsmouth - George Brydges Rodney and the Battle of Saints - Sir Sydney Smith and the defence of Acre against Bonaparte - Lord Camelford - Sir Charles Napier.

35454
US NAVY
UNITED STATES NAVAL CHRONOLOGY, WORLD WAR II - Prepared in the Naval History Division Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Navy Department
$15.00 AUD

U.S.G.P.O. Washington. 1955. 1st Ed. Foreword by Admiral D. B. Duncan. Preface by Rear Admiral John B. Hefferman. VII, 214 PP. FEP: Map of Pacific War Theatre. REP: North Atlantic Ocean and European Theatre. Hard cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Occasional foxing. Very good. 23 x 14.6.

14939
VEIT, Walter
CAPTAIN JAMES COOK, Image and Impact, South Seas Discoveries and the World of Letters, Volume II: The Pacific Syndrome: Conditions and Consequences
$20.00 AUD

Hawthorn. Melbourne. 1979. 1st Ed. (8), 200 PP. Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing on outside edges. Near fine. 22.2 x 14. 0725602414

Series of chapters, including The Pacific Ocean: The 18th Century's New World, by Alan Frost, Rousseau's Noble Savage - A New Zealand Case History, by John Dunmore,...

20470
VILLIERS, Alan
GOLDEN BEACHES OF PORTUGAL [in National Geographic Magazine - Volume CVI, No.5]
$10.00 AUD

National Geographic Society. Washington. 1954. Vol. CVI, No. 5, November 1954. Article from P. 673 to 696 with 2 maps, 12 b/w and 12 colour photos. Card cover. Near fine. 25.4 x 17.5.

With the shore-based fishermen of the coast of Portugal.

30928
VILLIERS, Capt. Alan
LOUIS DE ROCHEMONT'S WINDJAMMER, Including The School of the Sea and Sailing a Square-Rigger and LP musical score by Morton Gould
$30.00 AUD

Random House. New York. 1958. 1st Ed. 68 PP with b/w & colour illust. FEP: Track of the Christian Radich. REP: Fold-out photo of the Christian Radich in New York harbour. Laminated pictorial boards. Light wear around edges, o/wise near fine. 28.5 x 21.

The School of the Sea... Pages 6-11, and Sailing a Square-Rigger, Pages 49-51. Book on the CINEMIRACLE movie, filmed on board the Norwegian windjammer Christian Radich. Includes the accompanying LP 33rpm with the original musical score by Morton Gould.

30871
WATSON, Commander A.O., PALMER, Commander J.M. et al.
THE WONDER BOOK OF SHIPS AND THE SEA
$10.00 AUD

Ward, Lock & Co. London. 1959. 1st edition in the Wonder Book series. 224 PP with cutaways, maps, plans and over 250 b/w photos, plus 7 colour plates. Fp: An American cruiser firing a Terrier guided missile. Half title page: Ketch under sail. Illustrated endpapers. Pictorial boards with shelf wear (rubbing) around edges, o/wise a near fine copy. 25.5 x 19.

32785
WEST, Captain Ellsworth Luce & MAYHEW, Eleanor Ransom
CAPTAIN'S PAPERS - A Log of Whaling and other Sea Experiences
$25.00 AUD

Barre Publishers. Barre, Massachusetts. 1965. 1st Ed. VIII, 172 PP, plus 16 pages with 19 b/w photos. Fp: Map of the Bering Sea. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price clipped and with a small rub at back). Occasional foxing. 23.3 x 15.5.

Whaling either from New England or California, in the Bering Sea, the North Pacific and Central Pacific (Marshall, Caroline...). Shipwrecked in 1899 on Kusaie (Kosrae), Federated States of Micronesia...

31746
WHIPPLE, A.B.C. (editor)
THE WHALERS
$15.00 AUD

Time-Life Books. Amsterdam. 1982. 2nd European English language printing of the 1979 original, in the Seafarers series. 176 PP with b/w & colour illust. Title page: Whaling scene carved on the tooth of a sperm whale in 1830. FEP: The Oceans of the Whalers. Simile leather covers, colour illustration pasted down on front cover. Name of previous owner on top of half title page. Very good. 28.7 x 23.5. 70540627X

31047
WILLIAMS, Geoffrey
SIR THOMAS LIPTON WINS
$5.00 AUD

Peter Davies. London. 1969. 1st Ed. (10), 174 PP with 25 line drawings, plus 32 pages with 42 b/w photos. Eps: Track charts for Sir Thomas Lipton, Voortrekker, Cheers, Spirit of Cutty Sark and Paph. Cloth cover. Spine sunned, some foxing. Very good. Image shows endpapers. 22.2 x 14.5. 0432192808

The transatlantic race: Plymouth to Newport, Rhodes Island, won in June 1968, by the Sir Thomas Lipton.

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.