Ferries, Paddlewheels, Coastal Craft, Working Sail, Canals & Barges, Gondolas, Junks

20575
ADAMS, R.B.
RED FUNNEL AND BEFORE
$10.00 AUD

Kingfisher Railway Productions. Southampton. 1986. 1st Ed. 128 PP with 1 map, 3 plans, 3 profiles & 194 bw photos. Title page: Normandie anchored at the Motherbank off Ryde. Eps: Advertisements for daily steamers excursions from Southampton. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 28 x 21.8. 0946184216

Ships of the Southampton, Isle of Wight & South of England Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, 1861-1986.

67135
ALLAN, J. K.
THEIR IS A CANNAL
$10.00 AUD

Falkirk Museums Publication. Falkirk. c. 1970. 1st Ed. 32 PP with b/w illustrations (engravings, facsimile of documents, 2 plans & 12 photos). Soft cover, pictorial front. Covers a little soiled, o/wise near fine. 21 x 14.7. 0950225053

42680
ALLEN, James
JOURNAL OF AN EXPERIMENTAL TRIP BY THE "LADY AUGUSTA", ON THE RIVER MURRAY
$35.00 AUD

LBSA / Libraries Board of South Australia. Adelaide. 1976 Facsimile reprint of the 1853 original, No. 202 in the Australiana Facsimile Editions series. (2), (2 cover), XIV, 86 PP. Fp: Swan Hill. Hard cover, simile vellum, gilt title on spine. Fine. 21.2 x 13.7. 0724300554

20593
ANDREWS, Graeme
AUSTRALIA'S INSHORE PASSENGER SERVICES [in Heritage Australia]
$10.00 AUD

Australian Council of National Trusts. Canberra. 1983. Volume 2, No. 2, Summer 1983 issue of the Journal of the Australian Council of National Trusts. Contains article from P.40 to 43 with 5 b/w illust. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 29.5 x 23.

30176
ANDREWS, Graeme
FERRIES OF SYDNEY
$5.00 AUD

Trident Publishing. Sydney. 1969. 1st Ed. 56 PP with 55 b/w photos. Pictorial card covers with light wear, Near fine. 21.8 x 15.2.

The ferries and the fleets in Sydney and on the Hawkesbury River. Page 50: Aboriginal translations of ferry names.

14877
AUBAILE-SALLENAVE, Francoise
BOIS ET BATEAUX DU VIETNAM
$55.00 AUD

Selaf / CNRS. Paris. 1987. 1st Ed. XXII, 184, (2 adv) PP with 1 map on double-page and 38 b/w plates, plus 32 pages with 50 b/w photos. Pictorial card cover. Fine. French text. 24 x 16.2. 2852971909

Building techniques, materials in use (timber, sap, oakum,..). Illustrates the originality of naval architecture of Vietnam and Asia, lightness & resistance.

14205
BALDERSTON, David
THE WAIHEKE FERRIES OF AUCKLAND
$20.00 AUD

Grantham House. Wellington. 1991. 1st Ed. X, 94 PP with b/w illust. (photos, maps & line draw.). Eps: Ferries' profiles. Pictorial soft cover. Name of previous owner and date on half-title page, o/wise fine. 26 x 18.8. 047700010

From the first ferry "Novelty" to the quick catamarans running between Auckland, Waiheke Island & Kawau Island.

17002
BARNICHON, Gilles & NOIREL, Didier
LES CAR-FERRIES CONSTRUITS EN FRANCE - FRENCH BUILT CAR FERRIES
$30.00 AUD

Editions Michel-Didier Vrac. Le Touvet, France. 1996. 1st Ed. 120 PP with 5 pages of tables with technical data and 65 bw photos in text. Pict. card cover. French and English text. Fine. Oblong: 22 x 24. 2910821056

The design and building of car ferries in France. History of 45 vessels built since the Compiègne in 1958.

21609
BATHE, B. W.
SHIP MODELS - 4: Foreign Small Craft
$15.00 AUD

HMSO. London. 1966. 1st Ed. No. 4 in the Science Museum illustrated booklets series. No pagination, 48 Pages with 20 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover (lightly soiled). Very good. 14.8 x 14.8.

Norwegian Herring Boat... Gozo Boat... Kolek from Trengganu...

44639
BELGRAVE, James (text) & GERARD, Bernard (photos)
BAHRAIN
$25.00 AUD

Editions Delroisse. Paris. c. 1980. 1st Ed. 144 PP with colour photographs by Bernard Gérard. FEP: Map of Bahrain Islands and legends. REP: Location map of Bahrain. Hard cover, dj. Text in English, French and German. Near fine. 27.8 x 21.6.

History, Development the People, Manama, Boat Building, Muharraq, Isa Town, Bapco, Agriculture, Pottery, Arts, Sports & Games.

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

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

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

73741
BLAKE, George
THE FIRTH OF CLYDE
$30.00 AUD

Collins. London. 1952. 288 PP, plus 22 pages with 38 b/w photos plus Frontispiece: Summer Holidays - The paddle-steamer Jeanie Deans, in L.N.E.R. colours, approaching Dunoon Pier. Eps: Map of the Clyde Sea area. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, price-clipped dust jacket designed by R. Johnston. Jacket is somewhat chipped and in a protective sleeve. Contents near fine. 21.6 x 14.5.

20633
BREEZE, Geoffrey
THE PAPENBURG SISTERS
$10.00 AUD

Kingfisher Railway Productions. Southampton. 1988. 1st Ed. 48 PP with 1 graph, 2 maps, 6 plans of ships, and 57 bw photos. Pict. card cover. Fine. 27.3 x 21.5. 946184488

Modern roll-on roll-off car/passenger ferries built in Germany by Jos. L. Meyer at Papenburg-Ems.

43174
BREEZE, Geoffrey
SALLY FERRIES
$5.00 AUD

London. 1990. Ferry Publications. 1st Ed., with a foreword by Michael J. Kingshott. 48 PP with 1 map, 2 plans, 4 profiles, 54 b/w and 7 colour photos Pict. card cover. Fine. Oblong: 14.7 x 21.

37305
BRODIE, Ian
STEAMERS OF THE FORTH
$15.00 AUD

David & Charles. Newton Abbot. 1976. 1st Ed. 168 PP with 2 maps, 6 drawings, and 17 b/w plates. Title page: vignette with paddle steamer. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 22.2 x 14.2. 071537155X

16 pages with Fleet List.

62995
BROGREN, Klas (editor)
GUIDE 93 - Cruise & Ferry: ROYAL VIKING QUEEN / SCHICHAU SEEBECKWERFT AG
$25.00 AUD

Plus 2 Ferryconsultation. Halmstad, Sweden. 1993. 1993 edition. 224 PP with tables and b/w or colour illustrations (plans, profiles and photos of ships). Pictorial soft cover (Royal Viking Queen). Fine. 29.7 x 21.

Pages 16 to 97: Royal Viking Queen, by Klas Brogren. Schichau Seebeck and the Vulkan Combine, by Arnold Kludas & Tom Todd. Market report. ...

62996
BROGREN, Klas (editor)
GUIDE 94 - Cruise & Ferry: JUAN J. SISTER & Compania Transmediterranea
$25.00 AUD

Plus 2 Ferryconsultation. Halmstad, Sweden. 1994. 1994 edition. 224 PP with tables and b/w or colour illustrations (plans, profiles and photos of ships). Pictorial soft cover (Juan J. Sister). Fine. 29.7 x 21.

Pages 14 to 49: Juan J. Sister / Going Bananas, by Jon H. Boyce. Luis Delso, by Antonio Alarcon. Hot Med, by Klas Brogren. Market report. ...

62998
BROGREN, Klas (editor)
Cruise & Ferry GUIDE 96 - The annual Passenger Ship Register
$25.00 AUD

Plus 2 Ferryconsultation. Halmstad, Sweden. 1996. 1996 edition. 232 PP with tables and b/w or colour illustrations (plans, profiles and photos of ships). Pictorial soft cover (Superfast). Fine. 29.7 x 21.

Pages 14 to 107: Superfast Feries / Across the Adriatic, by Klas Brogren. ... Hot Med update, by Russell Plummer. ... Market report. ...

62999
BROGREN, Klas (editor)
Cruise & Ferry GUIDE 97 - The annual Passenger Ship Register
$25.00 AUD

ShipPax Information. Halmstad, Sweden. 1997. 1997 edition. 248 PP with tables and b/w or colour illustrations (plans, profiles and photos of ships). Pictorial soft cover (Aida). Fine. 29.7 x 21.

Pages 14 to 115: Aida, by Klas Brogren. ... DSR / Deutsche Seereederei Touristik, by Tom Todd ... Market report. ...

63003
BROGREN, Klas (editor)
ShipPax GUIDE 03 - Ferry, Cruise & Ro-Ro Register Yearbook
$25.00 AUD

ShipPax Information. Halmstad, Sweden. 2003. 2003 edition. 240 PP with tables and b/w or colour illustrations (plans, profiles and photos of ships). Pictorial soft cover (Mont St Michel). Fine. 29.7 x 21.

Pages 10 to 107: The Mont St Michel Story, by Philippe Holthof. Brittany and Normandy, by Russell Plummer. Brittany Ferries: from feeder for farmers to ferries for cruisers, by Frederik Naumann ... Market Report.

63004
BROGREN, Klas (editor)
ShipPax GUIDE 04 - Ferry, Cruise & Ro-Ro Register Yearbook
$40.00 AUD

ShipPax Information. Halmstad, Sweden. 2004. 2004 edition. 248 PP with tables and b/w or colour illustrations (plans, profiles and photos of ships). Pictorial (Visby, Capital of Gotland) soft cover. Fine. 29.7 x 21.

Pages 8 to 113: The Visby / Rederi AB Gotland Story / Islands alike ?, by Karl Borgren. Four Times a Visby, by Frederik Naumann. The Danish influence, by Philip Dawson. ... Market Report.

63005
BROGREN, Klas (editor)
ShipPax GUIDE 05 - Ferry, Cruise & Ro-Ro Register Yearbook
$25.00 AUD

ShipPax Information. Halmstad, Sweden. 2005. 2005 edition. 254 PP with tables and b/w or colour illustrations (plans, profiles and photos of ships). Pictorial soft cover (Pont-Aven). Fine. 29.7 x 21.

Pages 8 to 110: The Pont-Aven story / Les perfectionnistes français, by Philippe Holthof. Brittany Ferries & Meyer Werft, by Tom Todd. Brittany Ferries Broker, by Frederik Naumann. ... Market Report.

63006
BROGREN, Klas (editor)
ShipPax GUIDE 06 - Ferry, Cruise & Ro-Ro Register Yearbook
$40.00 AUD

ShipPax Information. Halmstad, Sweden. 2006. 2006 edition. 248 PP with tables and b/w or colour illustrations (plans, profiles and photos of ships). Pictorial (Maersk Dunkerque) soft cover. Fine. 29.7 x 21.

Pages 8 to 111: Maersk Dunkerque / Focus on Norfolk Line, by Philippe Holthof. Samsung Heavy Industries, by Jonathan Boonzaier. ... Market Observationseport.

63369
BROGREN, Klas (editor)
POCKET GUIDE 98 - Ferries . Cruise . Ro-Ro
$5.00 AUD

ShipPax Information. Halmstad, Sweden. 1998. 1998 edition. 108 PP with tables, 11 graphs and 3 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 10.5.

Ferries / Cruise / Ro-Ro by: Flag, Name, ex-Name, Operator ...

63370
BROGREN, Klas (editor)
POCKET GUIDE 00 - Ferries . Cruise . Ro-Ro
$5.00 AUD

ShipPax Information. Halmstad, Sweden. 2000. 2000 edition. 112 PP with tables, 10 graphs and 3 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover (Finnclipper). Fine. 21 x 10.5.

Ferries / Cruise / Ro-Ro by: Flag, Name, ex-Name, Operator ...

63371
BROGREN, Klas (editor)
POCKET GUIDE 01 - Ferries . Cruise . Ro-Ro
$5.00 AUD

ShipPax Information. Halmstad, Sweden. 2001. 2001 edition. 144 PP with tables, 10 graphs and 3 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover (Stena Britannica) . Fine. 21 x 10.5.

Ferries / Cruise / Ro-Ro by: Flag, Name, ex-Name, Operator ...

63372
BROGREN, Klas (editor)
POCKET GUIDE 04 - Ferries . Cruise . Ro-Ro
$5.00 AUD

ShipPax Information. Halmstad, Sweden. 2004. 2004 edition. 144 PP with tables, 10 graphs and 3 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover (Stena Forecaster) . Fine. 21 x 10.5.

Ferries / Cruise / Ro-Ro by: Flag, Name, ex-Name, Operator ...

54036
BROUSSILLON, Ary
DE PANAMA A LA GUADELOUPE - La vie de Dubail Elisa, ou l'engagement d'un ouvrier
$5.00 AUD

La Brèche. Paris. 1994. 1st Ed. 142, (2) PP. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Faint foxing. Near fine. 20.5 x 13.2. 2902524978

39992
BROWN, Alan
LOCH LOMOND PASSENGER STEAMERS 1818-1989
$15.00 AUD

Allan T. Condie Publications. London. 2000. 1st Ed. 128 PP with b/w illustrations (engravings, maps, photos) and 8 pages of colour illustrations (9 flags and funnels, 12 profiles, postcards and photos). Inside front cover: Map of Loch Lomond and Trossachs. Inside back cover: Map between the Clyde and Loch Lomond. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 29.8 x 20.8. 1856380288

15937
BROWN, Alexander Crosby
STEAM PACKETS ON THE CHESAPEAKE - A History of the Old Bay Line Since 1840
$15.00 AUD

Tidewater. Centreville, Maryland. c. 1980. Reprint of the 1961 original, with foreword by Walter Lord. XIV, 192 PP with 47 b/w illust. Fp: City of Norfolk leaving Baltimore. Cloth cover, dj. Foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise fine. 24 x 16.2. 0870331116

The exciting story of the oldest steamboat line, transporting passengers and freight between Baltimore and Norfolk. Their former flagship President Warfield ended her career as the Exodus 1947.

72998
BUCK, Anita Albrecht
STEAMBOATS ON THE ST. CROIX
$45.00 AUD

North Star Press of St. Cloud, Inc. St. Cloud, Minnnesota. 1990. 1st Ed. VI, 170 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial stiff covers. Spine lightly sunned, o/wise fine. 28 x 21.5. 087839060X

Steamboating the waters (River and Lake) of St Croix, Mississippi Basin, between the 1850s and the 1920s

57978
BUCKNALL, Rixon
BOAT TRAINS AND CHANNEL PACKETS - The English Short Sea Routes
$20.00 AUD

Vincent Stuart. London. 1957. 1st Ed. XI, 218 PP with 111 figures (1 drawing, 21 sketch maps, and 89 photos). Fp (in colour): The Boat Train, South Eastern Railway, Dover Harbour. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket chipped. Slight ageing and faint foxing of paper, o/wise near fine. 25 x 19.

Ports of Dover, Folkestone and London, ferries and railway lines.

69326
BUSHELL, Pat
PIERS & PADDLE STEAMERS IN CAMERA
$15.00 AUD

Quotes Limited of Buckingham. Buckingham. 1989. 1st Ed. 80 PP with 70 b/w illustrations (poster, paintings and photos). Laminated pictorial boards. Fine. Oblong: 15.5 x 21.7. 086023360X

67136
CAMERON, A. D.
Getting to know ... THE CALEDONIAN CANAL
$10.00 AUD

Author. Edinburgh. 1977. 1st Ed. 32 PP with 4 maps (1 at centrefold) and b/w illustrations (1 painting and 27 photos). Pictorial soft covers. Fine. Oblong: 14.8 x 21.

67636
CAMPBELL, P. & A.
THE WHITE FUNNEL HANDBOOK - Official Handbook of P. & A. Campbell Ltd.
$40.00 AUD

P. & A. Campbell. Bristol. c. 1930. 1st Ed. 112 PP with advertising material, 15 street plans and b/w illustrations, plus 2 large folded maps in colour "Bristol Channel Services" and "South Coast Services". Pictorial soft covers. Near fine. 19 x 13.

Account of the passenger services of P & A Campbell's White Funnel steamers of the Bristol Channel and the South Coast.

59512
[CANALS]
THE FUTURE OF THE WATERWAYS
$5.00 AUD

London. c. 1958. The Inland Waterways Association Ltd. 4th impression. 28 PP with 11 b/w photos, with "Craft stream into Coventry Basin" at centrefold. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 18.5 x 12.5.

59513
[CANALS]
THE WELLAND CANALS STUDY: A Summary.
$5.00 AUD

Ministry of Culture and Recreation. Toronto. 1976. July 1976 edition. 11 PP with map of "The Routes of the Welland Canals" at centrefold. Soft cover. Very good. 21.5 x 13.8.

64914
CARMER, Carl
THE HUDSON
$15.00 AUD

Holt, Rinehart and Winston. New York. 1961. 11th printing of the 1939 original, in the "Rivers of America" series. XII, 434 PP with 1 map and 5 lithographs by Stow Wengenroth (vignette on title page and 4 on double page). Cloth cover, device "Rivers of America" on front board, gilt title on spine, dj. Covers slightly soiled. Dust jacket chipped and rubbed. Slight ageing of paper. Very good. 21 x 14.5.

43055
CARR, Frank G. G.
SAILING BARGES
$45.00 AUD

Hodder and Stoughton. London. 1931. 1st Ed. 328 PP with 5 tail pieces, and 17 figures, plus 42 b/w plates with 47 photos and 1 folded plate with 25 house flags. Fp (in colour): Ethel Everard, in London River. Cloth cover, gilt decoration on front cover, gilt title on spine. Foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise a fine and bright copy of a scarce title. 22.8 x 15.

Barges on the Thames and Medway, Boomies, big barges... barges as yachts.

69418
CARR, Frank G. G.
SAILING BARGES
$35.00 AUD

London. 1931. Hodder and Stoughton. 1st Ed. 328 PP with 5 tail pieces, and 17 figures, plus 42 b/w plates with 47 photos and 1 folded plate in colour with 25 house flags. Fp (in colour): Ethel Everard, in London River. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine. Covers rubbed at hinges and outside edges. Free fly of front endpaper with note to and address of previous owner. Occasional foxing on outside edges. A 3 page article "Drowsy Ships", by A.G. Pearson, (Country Life, January 31, 1947) loosely inserted. Very good. 22.8 x 15.

Barges on the Thames and Medway, Boomies, big barges... barges as yachts.

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

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

Girl aloft in the days of trade.

71487
CARTER, Captain Stephen
DOUGLAS HEAD FERRY & THE PORT SODERICK BOATS
$20.00 AUD

Twelveheads Press. Truro. 2003. 1st Ed. 72 PP with b/w illustrations: location map, map of Isle of Man, plan of Douglas Harbour, 1 caricature, 3 ephemera and 51 photos. Soft covers, pictorial front. Fine. Note to previous owner dated and signed by the author. Oblong: 19.7 x 21. 9780906294550

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

63129
CHEETHAM, Chris & HEINIMANN, Max
MODERN RIVER SEA TRADERS
$25.00 AUD

Authors. Teignmouth, Devon. 1992. 1st Ed. (6), 129 PP with graphs, tables and b/w illustrations (maps, plans, photos). Pictorial soft cover. A 10 page "Supplementary List" dated 08/02/1994, loosely inserted. Fine. 29.7 x 21. 0951631713

Rivers of Europe (Austria to Yugoslavia), Russia, Turkey and Japan.

70798
CLAMMER, Richard & KITTRIDGE, Alan
PASSENGER STEAMERS OF THE RIVER DART
$20.00 AUD

Twelveheads Press. Truro, Cornwall. 1988. 1st Ed. 72 PP with 2 maps, facsimile of notices, engravings, profiles and 80 b/w photos, plus large folded plan of "P.S. Kingswear Castle" at rear of book. Inside front cover: Maps of the Rivers Dart and Fal. Pictorial card cover. Fine. Oblong: 19.7 x 21. 0906294185

Steamboats, steamtugs...

36532
CLEGG, W. Paul
EUROPEAN FERRY FLEETS
$5.00 AUD

Marinart. Deal, Kent. 1974. 1st Ed. 64 PP with tables and 25 b/w photos. Pictorial card cover (Ulster Prince). Fine. 15.2 x 10. 0904478017

63095
CONDIE, Allan T.
PADDLE STEAMERS IN CAMERA
$15.00 AUD

Allan T. Condie Publications. London. 1987. 1st Ed. Foreword by Alan Brown. 48 PP with b/w illustrations including 114 photographies by Fred A. Plant. Inside front cover: foreword and funnel. Pictorial soft cover. Name of previous owner at top of Introduction, o/wise fine. 29.6 x 20.8. 0907742556

36417
COOMBES, Nigel
WHITE FUNNEL MAGIC
$20.00 AUD

Twelveheads Press. Truro, Cornwall. 1995. 1st Ed. 120 PP with over 200 b/w illust. (menus, posters, photos). Eps: Campbell's Sailings schedules for 1937. Hard cover, dj. Fine. Oblong: 20.2 x 21.2. 0906294347

Account of the passenger services of P & A Campbell's White Funnel steamers of the Bristol Channel.

15943
COWSILL, Miles
SEALINK BRITISH FERRIES TO IRELAND
$10.00 AUD

Author. London. 1987. 1st Ed. 56PP with 69 b/w photos & 1 map in text. Eps. Colour pict. card cover. Fine. Oblong: 14.5 x 21.

History of the ferries crossing the Irish Sea, the North Channel and St. George's Channel.

18851
COWSILL, Miles
BRITTANY FERRIES
$10.00 AUD

Ferry Publications. Kilgetty, UK. 1989. 1st Ed. Foreword by Ian A. Carruthers. 36 PP with 2 maps, 19 colour, and 61 bw photos. Inside front cover: Prince of Brittany. Inside back cover: the Prince of Brittany passes the Channel Island ferry Corbiere. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.6 x 21. 1871947006

43138
COWSILL, Miles
BY ROAD ACROSS THE SEA - The History of Atlantic Steam Navigation Company Ltd.
$10.00 AUD

Ferry Publications. Kilgetty, UK. 1990. 1st Ed. 72 PP with b/w and colour photos. Inside front cover: Ports of Felixstowe, and Larne. Inside back cover: Ionic Ferry, and Doric Ferry. Pictorial soft cover. Name of previous owner on title-page, o/wise fine. 29.6 x 20.8. 1871947073

First voyage starting in September 1946, with chartered LST "Empire Baltic", on the run Tillbury to Rotterdam.

43140
COWSILL, Miles
BRITTANY FERRIES - De la Terre à la Mer / From the Land to the Sea
$15.00 AUD

Ferry Publications. Kilgetty, UK. 1993. 2nd revised edition of the 1989 original. 96 PP with 1 map, 1 cut away, 3 plans, 91 b/w and 53 colour photos. Inside front cover: Normandie. Inside back cover: the Prince of Brittany off Alderney. Pictorial soft cover. Text in French and English. Name or previous owner at top of title page, o/wise fine.. Oblong: 19.5 x 21. 1871947170

63096
COWSILL, Miles
FERRIES IN CAMERA 95
$15.00 AUD

Ferry Publications. Kilgetty, UK. 1994. November 1994 edition. 80 PP wit 4 colour and 80 b/w photos. Inside front cover: Duchesse Anne. Inside back cover: King Orry at Douglas. Pictorial soft cover (Pride of Bilbao). Previous owner's name, o/wise fine. Oblong: 20.8 x 29.5. 187194726X

Historical insight of the Sealink route between Harwich and Hook of Holland.

63197
COWSILL, Miles
FISHGUARD - ROSSLARE
$15.00 AUD

Ferry Publications. Kilgetty, UK. 1990. 1st Ed. Foreword by James Bell. 48 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Name of previous owner at top of title page, o/wise fine. Oblong: 14.8 x 20.8. 1871947065

63204
COWSILL, Miles
FERRIES FROM PEMBROKESHIRE
$10.00 AUD

Ferry Publications. Kilgetty, Wales. 1993. 2nd edition of December 1993 (revised from the April 1985 original). 56 PP with over 60 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Name of previous owner on title-page. Fine. 21 x 14.7. 1871947146

63196
COWSILL, Miles & HENDY, John
OLAU
$10.00 AUD

Ferry Publications. Kilgetty, UK. 1990. 1st Ed. 44 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Name of previous owner at top of title page. Near fine. Oblong: 14.8 x 20.8. 1871947057

13776
COWSILL, Miles & HENDY, John
HARWICH - HOOK OF HOLLAND
$10.00 AUD

Ferry Publications. Kilgetty, UK. 1988. 1st Ed. 52 PP with b/w illust. (photos, plans). Eps: Colour photos of ferries. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. Oblong: 14.8 x 20.8. 0951309315

Historical insight of the Sealink route between Harwich and Hook of Holland.

19058
COWSILL, Miles & HENDY, John
P&O EUROPEAN FERRIES - The Fleet
$10.00 AUD

Ferry Publications. Kilgetty, UK. c.1987. 1st ED. 20 PP with 1 map, 8 b/w photos & 34 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Name of previous owner at top of title page. Fine. Oblong: 15 x 21.

The routes and the fleet of P. & O.'s European ferries between the Channel, the North Sea and the North Channel. Sesquicentenary publication of a service which began in 1837.

19082
COWSILL, Miles & HENDY, John
THE VIKING SAGA, Celebrating 25 years of Services to Cherbourg and Le Havre
$10.00 AUD

Ferry Publications. Kilgetty, UK. 1989. 1st Ed. 40 PP, 1 map, 1 plan, 26 colour and 66 bw photos. Inside front cover: selection of ferries brochures. Inside back cover: Viking Venturer and Viking Valiant. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.6 x 21. 0951309323

43116
COWSILL, Miles & HENDY, John
THE TOWNSEND THORESEN YEARS 1928 - 1987
$15.00 AUD

Ferry Publications. Kilgetty, UK. 1988. 1st Ed. 56 PP with 9 colour photos & bw illust. (maps, plans, photos). Centrefold: "Pride of Dover". Title page: funnel of "Panther". Inside front cover: "Spirit of Free Enterprise". Pictorial soft cover with a small crease. Name of previous owner on title page, o/wise near fine. 29.6 x 20.8. 0951309307

43169
COWSILL, Miles & HENDY, John
THE SEALINK YEARS 1970 - 1995
$15.00 AUD

Ferry Publications. Kilgetty, UK. 1995. 1st Ed. 120 PP with 2 maps, 3 profiles in colour, 95 b/w and 54 colour photos. Inside front cover: St David in the English Channel. Inside back cover: Stena Normandica leaving Fishguard. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. Oblong: 19.6 x 21.4. 1871947359

63193
COWSILL, Miles & HENDY, John
KING ORRY, from Saint to Sovereign
$10.00 AUD

Ferry Publications. Kilgetty, UK. 1992. 1st Ed. Foreword by David Dixon. 48 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Name of previous owner at top of title page, o/wise fine. Oblong: 15 x 21. 0951350676

73075
COWSILL, Miles & SMITH, Colin
PASSAGE TO THE NORTHERN ISLES: Ferry Services to Orkney & Shetland 1790-2010
$40.00 AUD

Ferry Publications. Ramsey, Isle of Man. 2010. 1st Ed. Foreword by Bill Davidson, Northlink Ferries. 96 PP with 2 pages with sets of plans for "Hrossey" & "Hjaltand", and "Hamnavoe", b/w and colour photos. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine, as new condition. 29.6 x 21. 9781906608149

63195
COWSILL, Miles, HENDY, John & MACDUFF, Lawrence
CALEDONIAN MACBRAYNE - The Fleet
$10.00 AUD

Ferry Publications. Kilgetty, UK. 1985. 1st Ed. Foreword by A. J. Struthers. 40 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Name of previous owner at top of title page, o/wise fine. Oblong: 14.8 x 20.8. 1871947219

63191
COWSILL, Miles, & HENDY, John
FERRIES OF THE ENGLISH CHANNEL, Past and Present
$10.00 AUD

Ferry Publications. Kilgetty, UK. 1992. 1st Ed. 56 PP with 117 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Name on title-page, o/wise fine. 21. x 14.7. 1871947138

43170
COWSILL, Miles, DANIELSON, Richard, & HENDY, John
FERRIES IN CAMERA '90
$10.00 AUD

Ferry Publications. Kilgetty, UK. 1989. 1st Ed. 48 PP with 50 colour photos. Inside front cover: Sealink's Horsa. Inside back cover: Channel Entente. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. Oblong: 14.8 x 20.8. 1871947030

Historical insight of the Sealink route between Harwich and Hook of Holland.

43168
COWSILL, Miles, HAALMEIJER, Frank, & HENDY, John
HARWICH - HOEK VAN HOLLAND - A 100 years of Service / 100 Jaar Veerdienst
$10.00 AUD

Ferry Publications. Kilgetty, UK. 1993. 1st Ed. 128 PP with 1 sketch plan, 1 plan, 39 colour photos and 195 b/w illustrations. Eps: Colour posters. Pictorial soft cover. Dutch and English text. Name of previous owner at top of title page. Fine. 29.7 x 21. 1871947162

Historical insight of the route between Harwich and Hook of Holland.

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...

52083
COX, Bernard
PADDLE STEAMERS
$10.00 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. Spine of dust jacket lightly sunned. Faint foxing. Fine. 28 x 20.5. 0713709243

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

74260
COX, G. W.
SHIPS IN TASMANIAN WATERS, Riverboats, Ferries and the Floating Bridge
$45.00 AUD

Fuller's Bookshop. Hobart. 1971. 1st Ed. XI, 224 PP with 34 b/w photos. Eps: Ferry steamer. Cloth cover, dj. Dust jacket has a few small repairs, discreet stamp of previous owner on FFEP and top of title-page. Signed by the author on title-page. Loosely inserted newspaper cutting showing the Colliboi high and dry. A near fine copy. 25 x 18.

Tasmania's maritime history: ferry travel, shipwrecks, steam racing. The Hobart bridge story.

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.

74327
DADDS, Jane and Keith
THE NARROW BOATS
$10.00 AUD

E.J. Arnold & Son Ltd. Leeds. 1965. 1st Ed. 158 PP with 8 b/w illustrations by David Kidger. Hard covers, title on front board and a sunned spine. Very good. 18.8 x 12.5.

74904
DADE, Ernest
SAIL AND OAR, One hundred drawings of Yorkshire's North Sea Fishery before the advent of steam
$35.00 AUD

Lodestar Books. London. 2013. Soft cover edition of the original of 1933. 224 PP with the author's drawings throughout. Pictorial soft covers. Fine. 21.5 x 16. 9781907206238

Contains over 200 pen and ink drawings by the author while at sea on his own boat or from onboard the fishing boats themselves.

63223
DANIELSON, Richard
THE ISLE OF MAN STEAM PACKET (Volumes 1 & 2)
$20.00 AUD

Author Laxey, Isle of Man. 1987 & 1989. Volume 1: 32 PP with 5 b/w and 22 colour photos. Volume 2: (2), 62 PP with 3 facsimiles of documents, 16 b/w and 37 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Name of previous owner at top of title page. Fine. Oblong: 15 x 21. 0951315501 & 095131551X

13775
DANIELSON, Richard & HENDY, John
THE MANXMAN STORY
$10.00 AUD

T. Stephenson. Prescot, Merseyside. 1983. 1st Ed. (2), 30 PP with 14 b/w photos. Pictorial soft covers witha few creases at bottom front, o/wise very good. Oblong: 14.8 x 21. 0901314226

Story of the passenger steam packet Manxman linking Douglas on the Isle of Man to England and Wales.

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

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

48157
DE GRAMONT, Sanche
THE STRONG BROWN GOD. The Story of the Niger River
$15.00 AUD

Book Club Associates. London. 1975. Book Club edition of the 1975 original. 350 PP with 7 maps, plus 32 pages with 63 b/w illustrations. Eps: Map of the African continent. Hard cover, dj (closed tear). Foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 24 x 15.5.

16058
DUCKWORTH, C. L. D. & LANGMUIR, G. E.
RAILWAY AND OTHER STEAMERS
$20.00 AUD

T. Stephenson & Sons. London. 1968. 2nd edition of the 1948 original. XII, 432 PP, plus 102 b/w photos of ships together with fleet lists & index. Fp: P.S. Freshwater. Hard cover with a small bump on bottom corner, dj. Bookplate of previous owner on inside front cover, o/wise near fine. 22.2 x 14.5.

Includes the London Midland Region, Scottish Region, Irish Railway Companies, Continental Companies... Most comprehensive.

73740
DUCKWORTH, C. L. D. & LANGMUIR, G. E.
CLYDE RIVER AND OTHER STEAMERS
$30.00 AUD

Brown, Son & Ferguson. Glasgow. 1946. 2nd edition. XI, 260 PP, plus 40 pages with b/w photos of ships and frontispiece: P.S. "Glen Rosa", P.S. "Lady Rowena" and P.S. "Ivanhoe". Blue cloth cover, dj. Dust jacket has a few small chips. Signature of previous owner on FFEP, o/wise a near fine copy. Scarce early edition. 22.2 x 14.5.

Includes the London Midland Region, Scottish Region, Irish Railway Companies, Continental Companies... Most comprehensive.

70387
DUFFY, John & RODWAY, John
THE COCK OF THE RIVER CARTELA
$50.00 AUD

John Duffy & Louis Rodway. Hobart. 1996. 1st edition limited to 1000 numbered copies (No. 0262). 44 PP with 37 b/w photos. Pictorial stiff covers. Signed by co-author John Duffy, on last page. Fine. Scarce. 21 x 14.5.

Australia's oldest continuously licensed passenger vessel. Built 1912 in Hobart. Collector's item.

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

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

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

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

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

69324
ELLIS, Tony
THE SAILING BARGES OF MARITIME ENGLAND
$15.00 AUD

Shepperton Swan. Shepperton, Middlesex. 1982. 1st Ed. 80 PP with b/w illustrations: drawings, paintings and photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. Oblong: 14.5 x 21. 0906986036

54210
FARWELL, George
PADDLEWHEELS OF YESTERDAY (in Hemisphere, An Asian-Australian Monthly - Vol. 13, No.12)
$5.00 AUD

Department of Education and Science. Canberra. 1969. December 1969. 40 PP. Contains article from P. 2 to 8 with 7 b/w photos. Soft cover. Near fine. 27.2 x 20.3.

On the Murray and Darling rivers.

74789
FARWELL, George
WHEN STEAMBOATS SAILED THE MURRAY (in Walkabout Magazine - Vol. 12, No.12 - October 1946)
$20.00 AUD

Australian National Travel Association. Melbourne. 1946. Contains article from P. 17 to 20 with 5 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 30.5 x 24.2.

69048
FERRIES
SYDNEY HARBOUR PANORAMA
$25.00 AUD

Sydney Ferries Limited. Sydney. c.1936? Revised edition. 52 PP with 1 colour illust. and 36 b/w photos. Title page: Colour vignette with ferry steaming past Fort Denison. Stapled card covers a little soiled and rubbed around edges. Rear cover lightly soiled. Internally near fine. 22.2 x 14.

An illustrated survey of points of scenic & historic interest observed during the Tourist Harbour Trips.

73423
FISHER, Stuart
CANALS OF BRITAIN - A Comprehensive Guide
$45.00 AUD

Adlard Coles Nautical. London. 2009. 1st Ed. Foreword by Chris Coburn. 304 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (including 60 location map insets). Inside front cover: index map (in colour) of "Canals of Britain". Pictorial stiff covers. Near fine. 29.7 x 21. 9781408105177

16059
FLEXNER, James Thomas
STEAMBOATS COME TRUE, American Inventors in Action
$10.00 AUD

Little, Brown & Co. Boston. 1978. Newly illustrated edition of the 1944 original. XXII, (2), 406 PP with vignettes in text, plus 32 pages with 30 b/w illust. Fp. & Eps. Cloth cover, decorated front cover, dj (price clipped). Brief note to previous owner on half title page. Rear endpaper with a small rubbed patch, o/wise near fine. 24 x 16. 0316286087

The first American invention of world shattering importance - the steamboat.

14328
GARRETT, K. S.
EVERARD OF GREENHITHE
$60.00 AUD

World Ship Society. Kendal, UK. 1991. 1st Ed. 238 PP with 1 map (Greenhithe on the River Thames), 6 full page of colour illustrations (3 funnels & colours) and 408 b/w photos of sailing barges (30), motor vessels and port scenes. Fp: Colour painting Greenhithe, Kent. Eps: General particulars of Pamela Everard. Cloth cover, gilt-decorated front cover (house flag), gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 30.5 x 21.5. 0905617584

Company started in 1922 by the manager of the shipyard which was building & repairing sailing barges.

14060
GIDMARK, David
THE ALGONQUIN BIRCHBARK CANOE
$15.00 AUD

Shire Publications. London. 1988. 1st Ed. in the Shire Ethnography series. 64 PP with 50 b/w illust. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 21 x 15. 9780852639405

The land and its people, the Birchbark canoe in history (fur trading and exploration), materials used and construction.

72972
GILLHAM, Skip
SHIPS IN TROUBLE: The Great Lakes 1880-1950
$40.00 AUD

Looking Back Press / Vanwell Publishing Ltd. St Catharines, On. 2006. 1st paperback edition. 128 PP with over 240 b/w photos. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine (mint condition). 23.5 x 16.5. 9781550689389

55670
GILLMER, Thomas C.
WORKING WATERCRAFT - A Survey of the Surviving Local Boats of Europe and America
$20.00 AUD

Patrick Stephens Limited. London. 1973. 1st UK edition of the 1972 US original. XII, 184 PP with 226 figures (drawings, plans and b/w photos). Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 28.5 x 22. 0850591260

North American working craft. Northern European working craft...

33907
GLASSPOOL, J. & MICHAELIS, J.
BOATS OF THE LONGSHOREMEN
$5.00 AUD

Nautical. Lymington, U.K. 1977. 1st Ed. 136 PP with line drawings by Jane Michaelis. Hard cover. Library number (faded) on top of front cover and foot of spine. Foxing spots on outside edges and the endpapers. Very good. 25.8 x 17.5. 0245531114

The boats which put out from beaches and open stretches of the coast. The Portland Lerret, Shetland Yole, Marseille Dory, ... Their hulls, riggings, etc ...

44785
GLASSPOOL, J. & MICHAELIS, J.
BOATS OF THE LONGSHOREMEN
$15.00 AUD

Nautical. Lymington, U.K. 1977. 1st Ed. 136 PP with line drawings by Jane Michaelis. Hard cover, dust jacket (price-clipped) with a lightly sunned spine. A near fine copy. 25.8 x 17.5. 0245531114

The boats which put out from beaches and open stretches of the coast. The Portland Lerret, Shetland Yole, Marseille Dory, ... Their hulls, riggings, etc ...

71966
GOODWIN, Richard
LEONTYNE - By barge from London to Vienna
$25.00 AUD

Collins. London. 1989. 1st Ed. 219 PP, plus 16 pages with 26 colour photos. Eps: map of NW Europe with track of Leontyne. Hard cover, dj. Fine (as new condition). 24 x 15.8. 9780002153904

London to Vienna through: Belgium, France, Germany and Austria.

70093
GRAHAM, Duncan
SUNSET ON THE CLYDE
$25.00 AUD

Neil Wilson Publishing. Glasgow. 1993. 1st Ed. 160 PP with 65 b/w illustrations, plus 12 pages with 14 colour photos. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Faint foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise a fine copy. 25 x 19. 1897784198

A purser in the 1950s recalls the days of the last summers on the water.

73418
GREEN, Colin
SEVERN TRADERS - The West Country Trows and Trowmen
$60.00 AUD

Black Dwarf Publications. Lydney, Glos. 1999. 1st Ed. Foreword by Edward Paget-Tomlinson. 180 PP with b/w illustrations (4 maps, drawings, sketches, plans, paintings & photos), and 6 pages with colour illustrations. Fp (in colour): Quay at Gloucester with trows, by Edward John Niemann. Hard covers, gilt title on front board and spine. dj. Fine/as new. 28.2 x 22.. 0953302822

51893
GREENHILL, B., ROBERTS B. et al.
THE STORY OF THE CAMBRIA
$10.00 AUD

Maritime Trust. London. 1973. 1st Ed. (1), 16 PP with 2 drawings, 1 map and 24 b/w photos. Inside back cover: Sail, rigging and general details of the Cambria. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. Oblong: 21 x 30.

The sailing barges (construction, trade..) and the Cambria launched in 1906.

20768
GREENHILL, Basil
THE BOATS OF EAST PAKISTAN
$10.00 AUD

The Mariner's Mirror. London. 1966. Second reprint, with additional notes of Volume 43, Nos. 2 & 3. 40 PP with 22 figures, plus 2 pages with 4 b/w photos. Soft cover. Very good. 24.2 x 17.

The traditional boats of Bangladesh.

46310
GREENWAY, Ambrose
A CENTURY OF CROSS-CHANNEL PASSENGER FERRIES
$10.00 AUD

Ian Allan. London. 1981. 1st Ed. 124 PP with b/w illust. (plans, photos,..). Title-page: Caesarea leaving Folkestone. Half-title page: Steamer Sussex arriving in Dieppe. FEP: Canterbury. REP: Côte d'Azur. Hard cover, dj (price-clipped). Near fine. 24.2 x 18.2. 0711010692

74326
GREENWOOD, Marjorie
ROADS AND CANALS IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
$5.00 AUD

Longmans. London. 1953. 1st Ed. in the Then and There series. IV, 92 PP with over 45 b/w illustrations, drawn by S. Greenwood. Stiff covers, pictorial front, cloth spine. Very good. 19.8 x 13.

60378
GRONARZ-HILL
KLEINE BINNENSCHIFFAHRT - Was jeder Wassersporter aut Fahrt wissen muss!
$10.00 AUD

Binnenschiffahrts - Verlag. Duisburg-Ruhrort. c.1955. 1st Ed. 102 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (map, sketches ...). Folded map in colour tipped in on the rear cover. Pictorial soft cover. German text. Near fine. 17 x 12.3.

34827
GWERDER, Josef, LIECHTI, Erich & MEISTER, Jürg
SCHIFFAHRT AUF DEM ZÜRICHSEE, 1835 bis heute - Raddampfer, Schraubendampfer, Motorschiffe
$45.00 AUD

Birkhäuser Verlag. Basel, Switzerland. 1976. 1st Ed. 160 PP with 256 b/w illust. (50 line drawings and 206 photos). Hard cover. Fine. German text. 27.5 x 20.5. 3764308354

Navigation on the Zurich Lake since 1835. Paddlewheels and screw steamers. Motor ships.

32315
HADFIELD, Charles
THE CANALS OF THE EAST MIDLANDS (including part of London)
$30.00 AUD

David & Charles. Newton Abbot. 1981. 3rd impression of the 1966 original, in The Canals of the British Isles series. 294 PP with 15 b/w illustrations, plus 16 pages with 32 b/w photos. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price clipped). Fine. 22 x 14.2. 071534871X

39759
HADFIELD, Charles
BRITISH CANALS, An Illustrated History
$25.00 AUD

David & Charles. Newton Abbot. 1966. 3rd impression of the 2nd edition (original of 1950). 291 PP with 42 b/w illustrations, plus 20 b/w plates. Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing spots on outside edges. Bookplate of previous owner tipped in on front endpaper. Near fine. 22.2 x 14.2.

History of British canals and navigable rivers associated with them.

64315
HADFIELD, Charles (editor)
CANAL ENTHUSIASTS' HANDBOOK - 1970-71
$15.00 AUD

David & Charles. Newton Abbot. 1970. 1st Ed. 200 PP with b/w illustrations (maps, plans and photos). Laminated pictorial boards. Top part of hinges lightly rubbed (shelf wear). Slight ageing of paper. Near fine. 22.4 x 13.8. 715347721

Canals of the British Isles and Overseas.

72177
HALE, Katherine
LEGENDS OF THE SAINT LAWRENCE
$20.00 AUD

Canadian Pacific Railway. Montreal. c. 1926. Reprint of the 1920 original. 48 PP with colour illustrations by Chas W. Simpson. REP: Mao of the River and the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Pictorial stiff cover. Near fine. 26 x 17.

36065
HARESNAPE, Brian
SEALINK
$25.00 AUD

Ian Allan. London. 1982. 1st Ed. 128 PP with 287 b/w illustrations (2 maps, 3 cutaways, 3 plans and b/w photos). Half title page: The Senlac in Harbour at Newhaven. Title spread: The St.Christopher. Hard cover, dj (price-clipped). Foxing spots on endpapers, and first & last leaf. Near fine. 29.8 x 22. 0711012091

A pictorial record of the Sealink consortium (Ferries and Channel crossing).

63073
HARESNAPE, Brian
THIS IS SEALINK
$10.00 AUD

Ian Allan. London. 1982. 1st Ed. 32 PP with 104 b/w illustrations (2 drawings and 102 photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.3 x 21.5. 0711012504

The Sealink consortium (Ferries and Channel crossing). Includes a complete Sealink Fleet list..

12029
HARLAN, George H.
SAN FRANCISCO BAY FERRYBOATS
$20.00 AUD

Howell-North Books. Berkeley, CA. 1967. 1st Ed. 196 PP with 325 b/w illustrations [maps, pictorial roster (112), drawings]. Fp (colour): Ferryboat Sacramento under Golden Gate bridge. Eps: San Francisco waterfront in 1908. Decorated cloth cover, dj. Fine. 28.5 x 22.

Complete history of the ferryboats which have criss-crossed the Bay since the early 1850's.

47834
HARRIS, David (editor)
CROFTON BEAM ENGINES. The story of Crofton Pumping Station on the Kennet and Avon Canal
$10.00 AUD

The Crofton Society. Burbage, UK. 1975. 1st Ed. 24 PP with 1 map, 1 pictorial view of locks, 4 plans and 16 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 14.8.

71952
HAYES, Cliff
A GUIDE TO MERSEY FERRIES
$10.00 AUD

Mersey Ferries. Wallasey, Merseyside. c.1994. 1st Ed. Foreword by Roy Swainson. 32 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft covers. Fine (mint condition). 21 x 15. 0952657309

An informal look at the 800-Year heritage and the future of this historic service.

42598
HAZELL, Martin
SAILING BARGES
$10.00 AUD

Shire Publications. London. 1990. Reprint of the 2nd edition of the 1982, No.13 in Shire Album series. 32 PP with 1 map, 2 plans on double page & 43 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 15. 0852635842

Their history, description and trade.

68188
HAZELL, Martin
SAILING BARGES
$10.00 AUD

Shire Publications. London. 1982. 2nd edition of the 1976 original, No.13 in Shire Album series. 32 PP with 1 map, 2 plans on double page & 43 b/w illustrations. Inside front cover: map of the Barge Coast. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 15. 0852635842

Their history, description and trade.

36839
HENDERSON, Roy
CROSSING THE CHANNEL - A review of post-war Continental ferry services
$10.00 AUD

Silver Link Publishing. Peterborough, UK. 1997. 1st Ed., in Maritime Heritage series. 128 PP with 1 family tree, 1 map and 177 b/w photos by author. Title spread: British Railways ferry Vortigern. Hard cover, dj. A few pages have scuff marks and/or light foxing, o/wise very good. 28.4 x 22. 1857941039

20738
HENDY, John
SEALINK: ISLE OF WIGHT
$10.00 AUD

Ferry Publications (Kent). London. 1989. 1st Ed. 56 PP with 75 bw illust. (plans, map & photos). Inside front cover: Colour photo of the Cenred at Yarmouth. Inside back cover: 3 colour photos of ferries at Portsmouth or off Ryde. Pict. card cover. Fine. Oblong: 14.8 x 21. 0951309331

36540
HENDY, John
FOLKESTONE - BOULOGNE
$10.00 AUD

Author. London. 1987. 1st Ed. 40 PP with 1 map, 1 plan and 45 b/w phptos. Inside front cover: Colour photo of the Horsa. Inside back cover: Departure of the Hengist from Folkestone. Pictorial card cover (Horsa). Fine. Oblong: 14.8 x 21.

With Sealink British Ferries.

63190
HENDY, John
FOLKESTONE - BOULOGNE, 1843 - 1991
$10.00 AUD

Ferry Publications. Kilgetty, UK. 1991. Updated edition of the 1987 original. 40 PP with 1 map, 1 plan and 45 b/w photos. Inside front cover: the Vortigern. Inside back cover: Arrival of the Stena Horsa at Folkestone. Pictorial soft cover. Name of previous owner at top of title page. Fine. Oblong: 14.8 x 21. 0951350668

With Sealink British Ferries.

63199
HENDY, John
EUROPEAN FERRY SCENE - Number 28
$10.00 AUD

Ferry Publications. Staplehurst, UK. 1996. Spring 1996 edition (No. 28). 56 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. Oblong: 14.8 x 21.

63200
HENDY, John
FANTASIA
$10.00 AUD

Ferry Publications. Staplehurst, UK. 1993. 1st Ed. Introduction by Bill Moses. 20 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Name of previous owner at top of verso of front cover, o/wise fine. Oblong: 14.8 x 21. 0951350625

63201
HENDY, John
SAINT-GERMAIN, Vintage Train Ferry
$10.00 AUD

Ferry Publications. Staplehurst, UK. 1990. 1st Ed. 32 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Name of previous owner at top of title page, o/wise fine. Oblong: 14.8 x 21. 0951350633

36066
HENRY, Tom
THE GOOD COMPANY - An Affectionate History of the Union Steamships
$25.00 AUD

Harbour Publishing. Madeira Park, B.C., Canada. 1994. 1st Ed. 152 PP with 1 map on double page and 196 b/w illust. (2 ephemera, 9 paintings and 185 photos). Title spread: "Lady Alexandra". Eps: chart of Malaspina Strait, British Columbia. Hard cover, dj. A little light foxing, o/wise fine. 31 x 23.5. 1550171119

Union Steamships of British Columbia, Canada, between 1889 and 1959.

45044
HOFMAN, Martha & STRIJKER, Roland (editors)
JAARBOEK 1994 - BINNENVAART
$10.00 AUD

De Alk B.V. Alkmaar. 1994. 1st Ed. 128 PP with graphs and b/w photos. Pictorial laminated boards. Fine. Dutch text. 30.2 x 21.5. 9060130030

16280
HOLLANDER, Neil & MERTES, Harald
THE LAST SAILORS, The Final Days of Working Sail
$15.00 AUD

Angus & Robertson. London. 1984. 1st UK Ed. XIV, 142 PP with charts & b/w photos, plus 16 pages with 30 colour photos. Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing on outside edges, o/wise fine. 24 x 19.5. 0207150001

The vanishing breed of sailors & craft, harnessing wind & sea to gain their livelihood. The Nile, Chilean Coast, Brazil, Bangladesh, China, Indonesia...

34440
HOLLANDER, Neil & MERTES, Harald
SUNSET FOR WORKING SAIL (in Smithsonian, Volume 15, No. 9)
$15.00 AUD

Smithsonian Institution. Washington. 1984. Volume 15, No. 9, December 1984. 188 PP. Contains article betweebn pages 72 and 81 with 10 colour photos. Soft cover. Near fine. 28.2 x 21.

With the three-masted Dhonis of India, the Oruwas of Sri Lanka... The Chinese junks.

31623
HOLME, Timothy
GONDOLA, GONDOLIER
$15.00 AUD

Gentry Books. London. 1971. 1st Ed. XVI, 166 PP with plans of a 19th-century gondola and 12 head pieces by Silvano Cocchetto, plus 1 map of Venice and 12 pages with 21 b/w illust. Eps: Historical Regatta off Piazza San Marco. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Near fine. 22.2 x 14. 856140015

16074
HOLYOAK, Jon
BALMORAL and the Story of the Bristol Channel Steamers
$10.00 AUD

Waverley Excursions. Glasgow. 1986. 1st Ed. 32 PP with 38 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Name of previous owner on inside front cover. Near fine. Oblong: 14.2 x 20.8. 0950517720

The excursion steamers of the Bristol Channel and the "Balmoral" restored to services by preservationists in 1986.

40478
HOPE, Iain
THE CAMPBELLS OF KILMUN, Shipowners 1853-1980
$15.00 AUD

Aggregate Publications. Johnstone, Renfrewshire. 1981. 1st Ed. No pagination, 88 PP with 8 portraits and 69 b/w photos of ships. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x14.8.

Passenger excursions ships, first on the Clyde, then in the Bristol Channel.

14921
HORNELL, James
WATER TRANSPORT - Origins and Early Evolution
$30.00 AUD

David & Charles. Newton. 1970. Reprint of the 1946 original, with an introduction by Basil Greenhill. XXVI, 308 PP with 69 text figures, plus 48 pages with 45 plates containing 87 b/w photos. Hard cover with just a little light soiling top and bottom, in a near fine dust jacket. Excellent copy. Scarce title. 24.2 x 16.2. 0715348604

The development of water craft from the earliest times to the days of the sailing ship.

42762
HORRIDGE, Adrian
THE EVOLUTION OF PACIFIC CANOE RIGS
$10.00 AUD

The Journal of Pacific History / ANU. Canberra. 1986. Extract from Volume 21 of The Journal of Pacific History. Pages 83 to 99 with 2 pages of illustrations. Clear plastic cover, spiral bound. Fine. 24 x 16.2.

64611
HOWARD, Philip
LONDON'S RIVER
$15.00 AUD

Hamish Hamilton. London. 1975. 1st Ed. XII, 258 PP with 1 map on double page, plus 16 pages with 28 b/w illustrations. Top edge tinted. Hard cover, dj. Spine has a small bump with a corresponding tear and dust jacket is sunned on spine with a small repaired tear (now plastic protected). Slight ageing of paper. Very good. 24 x 16 241892376

53716
HOWARTH, David
DHOWS
$70.00 AUD

Quartet Books. London. 1977. 1st Ed. 160 PP with 4 drawings & plans, 13 paintings, 104 b/w photos, and 88 colour illustrations (4 paintings and 84 photos). Title page : Dhows under sail. Eps: Wooden hull caulked. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Near fine. 31.5 x 21.5. 0704321483

Pictorial and graphic story of the ancient sailing ships of Arabia : their trade routes, the types of dhows, their construction.

15890
HOYT, Edwin P.
AMERICAN STEAMBOAT STORIES
$10.00 AUD

Abelard-Schuman. New York. 1966. 1st ed. 128 PP with 10 b/w illustrations by Ann Grifalconi. Fp. Hard cover, dj (price-clipped). Near fine. 21.8 x 14.5.

History & story-telling of steamboating in America since the 17th Century with Robert Fulton.

74903
HUBBARD, Harlan
SHANTYBOAT, A River Way of Life
$40.00 AUD

The University Press of Kentucky. 1977. IX, 352 PP with with b/w illustrations by the author. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 23 x 15.3. 0813113598

Leisurely journey down the Ohio and Mississippi rivers to New Orleans on a houseboat between 1946 and 1950.

39812
HUGHES, David E.
THE INDONESIAN SAILING CARGO and the Problem of Technology Choice for Sea Transport in a Developing Country: A Study of the Consequences of Perahu Motorisation Policy in the Context of the Economic Regulation of Inter-Island Shipping
$100.00 AUD

University of Wales, College of Cardiff. Cardiff. 1984. Photocopy of a Thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements of Philosophiae Doctor in the University of Wales. (2), XXIV, 334 PP, plus 12 tables, 16 maps, 2 appendices with 25 plates with 1 b/w and 60 colour photos (laser prints), and 66 pages with 32 maps. Soft cover, stapled. Erratic pagination 2 or 3 times. Thesis complete (as received from the University). Fine. 29.2 x 20.7.

38235
HYNDS, Paul
WORLDWIDE HIGH SPEED FERRIES
$30.00 AUD

Conway. London. 1992. 1st Ed. 160 PP with b/w illustrations (photos, plans, drawings and artist impressions). Fp: Surface-piercing foils carry the weight of this Rodriguez-built hydrofoil. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 27.5 x 20.2. 085177587X

64621
ISDALE, Robert
THE P.S. HETHERINGTON - Brisbane's Last Steam-Driven Paddle Wheel Vehicular Ferry
$40.00 AUD

Author. Brisbane. 1990. 1st Ed. (1 foreword), 49 PP (typescript) with b/w illustrations (12 pages with copied newspaper clippings and newspaper photographs, and 18 b/w photos). Soft cover, front cover with title and colour illustration with clear plastic protection, spiral bound. Foreword page with manuscript letter to previous owner dated 28th June 1990 and signed by the author, as well as the handwritten ISBN. Near fine. 29.7 x 21. 0646000462

1913 to 1921: Charlotte Street, City to Bright Street, Kangaroo Point. 1925 to 1953: Oxford Street, Bulimba to Commercial Road, Teneriffe.

30092
JUDSON, Clara Ingram
ST. LAWRENCE SEAWAY
$10.00 AUD

Follett. Chicago. 1964. 8th printing. 160 PP with drawings and maps by Lorence F. Bjorklund, and 28 bw photos. Title spread: Aerial view of Eisenhower Lock, Long Sault Dam and Moses-Saunders Powerhouse. Hard cover, dj (rubbed). Near fine. 23.5 x 17.

71406
KELSALL, E.M. 'Mick'
A RIVERMAN'S STORY
$20.00 AUD

Lothian. Melbourne. 1986. 1st Ed. VI, 266 PP, plus 8 pages with 11 b/w photos. FEP: Map of Murray River upstream of Echuca. REP: Map of the Murray River, downstream of Tocumwal. Hard cover, dj. Spine of dust jacket a little sunned, o/wise a near fine copy. 24 x 16. 0850912474

The life and recollections of Mick Kelsall on the Murray River: barges, timber getters, fruit picking, ...

18346
KEMBLE, John Haskell
SAN FRANCISCO BAY - A Pictorial Maritime History
$15.00 AUD

Bonanza Books. New York. 1978. Reprint (F) of the 1957 original by Cornell Maritime Press. XV, 194 PP with over 350 b/w illust. (photos, maps, paintings). Fp: Sailing scene at Golden Gate. Eps: Map of San Francisco Bay area. Hard cover, cloth spine (discoloured), dj. Near fine. 28.3 x 21.7. 0517016982

San Francisco Bay, the river ports, carriers of the Bay and rivers...

56386
KEMBLE, John Haskell
SAN FRANCISCO BAY - A Pictorial Maritime History
$10.00 AUD

Bonanza Books. New York. c. 1960. Reprint (C) of the 1957 original by Cornell Maritime Press. XV, 194 PP with over 350 b/w illust. (photos, maps, paintings). Fp: Sailing scene at Golden Gate. Eps: Map of San Francisco Bay area. Hard cover, cloth spine, dj. Dust jacket with small piece missing at head of spine, o/wise near fine. 27.5 x 21.5. 0517016982

San Francisco Bay, the river ports, carriers of the Bay and rivers...

68233
KEMBLE, John Haskell
THE PANAMA ROUTE 1848-1869
$15.00 AUD

Macdonald & Jane's. London. 1974. 1st UK edition in the "Macdonald Maritime History" series. Reprint of the 1943 original edition by University of California Press. VIII, (4), 316 PP with 2 maps, plus 10 pages with 15 b/w illustrations. Fp: The Steam Clipper "Golden Gate" of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, 1851. Decorated hard covers, top edge tinted, dj. Spine of dust jacket sunned. Stamps of "University of Tasmania" / "Australian Maritime College" on endpapers and title page. Very good. 21.8 x 14. 0356047563

The ships employed on the runs along the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, and their link: the railroad crossing of the Panama isthmus.

74397
KERR, Garry & McDERMOTT, Harry
THE HUON PINE STORY - The history of harvest and use of a unique timber
$50.00 AUD

Mainsail Books. Portland, Vic. 2000. 1st soft cover edition. (8), 299 PP with 4 maps, numerous b/w and colour illustrations. Fp: Huon Pine (young tree), by S. Dean. Title page: Marble Cliffs, Gordon River, World Heritage Area, Tasmania. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27.5 x 21. 0957791704

Chapter 8: The Rivermen. Chapter 9: the Piner's Punt. Chapter 10: The Riverboats.

75115
KERS, Marijke
NEDERLAND WATERLAND - De Waterhuishouding van Nederland
$25.00 AUD

Uitgeverij Terra. Warnsveld. 1998. 1st Ed. Foreword by Ronald E. Waterman. 144 PP with colour photos by Martin Kers. Hard cover, dj. Dutch text. Fine (as new condition). 29.5 x 25.2. 9062558305

Water System in the Netherlands: Rivers, Lakes, canals... , Water level controls ... Ports: pages 118 to 127.

44015
KLIMBIE, Bas & VAN DER MEULEN, Dirk
JAARBOEK 1990 - BINNENVAART
$10.00 AUD

De Alk B.V. Alkmaar. 1990. 1st Ed. 144 PP with graphs and b/w photos. Pictorial laminated boards. Fine. Dutch text. 30.2 x 21.5. 9060139917

45041
KLIMBIE, Bas & VAN DER MEULEN, Dirk
JAARBOEK 1989 - BINNENVAART
$10.00 AUD

De Alk B.V. Alkmaar. 1989. 1st Ed. 128 PP with graphs and b/w photos. Pictorial laminated boards. Fine. Dutch text. 30.2 x 21.5. 906013978X

45039
KLOS, Sander (editor)
JAARBOEK 1996 - BINNENVAART
$10.00 AUD

De Alk B.V. Alkmaar. 1996. 1st Ed. 144 PP with graphs and b/w photos. Pictorial laminated boards. Fine. Dutch text. 30.2 x 21.5. 9060130707

45043
KLOS, Sander (editor)
JAARBOEK 1995 - BINNENVAART
$10.00 AUD

De Alk B.V. Alkmaar. 1995. 1st Ed. 144 PP with graphs and b/w photos. Pictorial laminated boards. Fine. Dutch text. 30.2 x 21.5. 9060130316

43794
KOELNER, Paul
DIE BASLER RHEINSCHIFFAHRT VOM MITTELALTER ZUR NEUZEIT
$20.00 AUD

Verlag von Helbing und Lichtenhahn. Basel. 1944. 1st Ed.. Volume I in Schriftenreihe Basler Vereinigung für Schweizerische Schiffahrt series. (8), 140 PP, plus 10 b/w plates and 1 plate on double page. Fp: Ankunft des ersten Dampfschiffes in Basel am 28. Juli 1832. Hard cover, cloth spine, device on front board. Stamp of previous owner on front endpaper. Slight ageing of paper around outside edges. Very good. German text. 24.2 x 17.2.

20852
LANSDELL, Avril
CANAL ARTS AND CRAFTS, In memory of Howard Lansdell
$15.00 AUD

Shire Publications. London. 1997. Reprint of the 1994 original. No. 300 in the Shire Album series. 32 PP with 56 bw illust. Pict. card cover. Fine. 20.9 x 14.8. 0747802335

15849
LAWSON, Will
PADDLE-WHEELS AWAY
$20.00 AUD

Sydney. 1947. Thwaites. 1st Ed. 238 PP. Papered boards. Paper browned with light foxing. Former owner's signature on FFEP, o/wise very good. 19 x 12.5.

The river steamers of the Murray & Darling in the 1890's, making their home ports at Goolwa at the mouth of the Murrary & Echuca at the Top End, 1400 miles up-river.

50462
LAWSON, Will
PADDLE-WHEELS AWAY
$30.00 AUD

Thwaites. Sydney. 1947. 1st Ed. 238 PP. Papered boards, dj. Dust jacket with a few nicks and in a protective sleeve. Slight ageing of paper. Name and address of previous owner on inside front cover. Very good. 19 x 12.5.

The river steamers of the Murray & Darling in the 1890's, making their home ports at Goolwa at the mouth of the Murrary & Echuca at the Top End, 1400 miles up-river.

68547
LEATHER, John
BARGES
$70.00 AUD

Granada Publishing / Adlard Coles. London. 1984. 1st Ed. XVI, 236 PP with 127 b/w figures (sketches, lines, photos). Hard cover, simile leather, gilt title on spine, dj (price clipped). Faint foxing on top outside page edges, o/wise fine. Oblong: 19 x 25.5. 0229115942

An in-depth study of the traditional transport sailing barges. Various types of British barges and American barges (gundalows and scows).

22763
LEGGET, Robert
RIDEAU WATERWAY
$10.00 AUD

University of Toronto Press. Toronto. 1955. 1st Ed. XIV, 249 PP with 6 figures (5 plans) and tables, plus 16 pages with 25 b/w illust. Title page: vignette on locks. Eps: map and profile of the Rideau Waterway. Cloth cover. Name previous owner on front endpaper, water stain on lower corner of front and rear cover. Very good. 23.6 x 15.5

Canal between Ottawa and Kingston on Lake Ontario, Canada.

35039
LEIDENFROST, Johannes
DIE LASTSEGELSCHIFFE DES BODENSEES - Ein Beitrag zur Schiffahrtsgeschichte
$15.00 AUD

Jan Thorbecke Verlag. Sigmarigen, Germany. 1975. 1st Ed., Volume 11 in the Bodensee - Bibliothek. 88 PP with 3 sketches, 4 tables (2 folded), and 14 plates (1 folded), plus 16 pages with 27 b/w photos. Cloth cover. Fine. German text. 23.8 x 17.8. 3799551115

The working sailing ships on the Lake of Constance (Austria, Germany and Switzerland).

72806
LESSTRANG, Jacques
SEAWAY - The Untold Story of North America's Fourth Seacoast
$45.00 AUD

Salisbury Press Book / Superior Publishing. Seattle. 1976. 1st Ed. 214, (1 "table distances") PP with b/w illustrations (1 engraving, 2 seals, 15 maps & plans, 260 photos and portraits) and 21 colour photos. Hard cover, simile leather, gilt title on front board and spine, dj. Near fine. 27.5 x 22. 0875642160

70535
LILEY, John
BARGE COUNTRY: An Exploration of the Inland Waters and Great Rivers of the Netherlands
$25.00 AUD

Stanford Maritime. London. 1980. 1st Ed. 150 PP with b/w illustrations (1 plan, 2 maps, drawings and photos). Hard covers, dj. Near fine. Oblong: 19.5 x 26.5. 054007179X

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

16016
MACDONALD, Bill
SAIL THE INLAND SEA - A Tale of Two Voyages from Thunder Bay to Saguenay Fjord
$15.00 AUD

Porphry Press. Thunder Bay, Ontario. 1993. 1st Ed. VI, (6), 201 PP with b/w photos, maps & plans. Pictorial card cover (lightly rubbed). Near fine. 21.2 x 13.5. 0969313853

The Great Lakes and the Saint Lawrence Seaway.

16053
MacHAFFIE, Fraser G.
THE SHORT SEA ROUTE, Portpatrick - Donaghadee, Stranraer - Larne, Cairnryan - Larne
$10.00 AUD

T. Stephenson. Prescot, UK. 1975. 1st Ed. XVI, 286 PP with 15 tail pieces in text plus 54 pages with 107 bw illust. Fp: Princess Victoria (1890) arriving at Stranraer. Eps: Map of the North Channel between Scotland and Ireland. Cloth cover, gilt title on a sunned spine. Occasional foxing spots. Very good. 22.2 x 14.5. 0901314161

The three passenger routes across the North Channel or Short Sea, linking 3 ports of Scotland to 2 ports of Ulster.

17162
MACKAY, Norm & LAWRENCE, Brian
THE CHALLENGE OF THE RIVER MURRAY
$10.00 AUD

Australian Council of National Trusts. Canberra. 1985. Volume 4, No. 4, Summer 1985 issue of the Journal of the Australian Council of National Trusts. Contains article P.13 to 16 with 2 maps, 2 b/w and 4 colour photos. (1 bw photo inside front cover). Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 29.5 x 23.

68706
MAITLAND, Derek
SETTING SAILS - A Tribute to the Chinese Junk
$30.00 AUD

South China Morning Post. Hong Kong. 1981. 1st Ed. 174 PP with b/w & colour illust. (colour photos by Nik Wheeler). Eps. Hard cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Near fine. 31 x 24.5.

The Chinese junk: its history, its triumph as a naval and trading vessel ...

36263
MALSTER, Robert
WHERRIES AND WATERWAYS - The story of the Norfolk and Suffolk wherry and the waterways on which it sailed
$40.00 AUD

Terence Dalton. Lavenham, Suffolk. 1986. Revised edition of the 1971 original. 176 PP with 80 b/w illust. (1 line-drawing, 3 drawings, engravings, paintings and photos). Fp: "Gertrude" unloading timber at Norwich. Eps: Map of the navigable waterways of Norfolk and Suffolk. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 23.2 x 18. 0861380428

72971
MANN, Alan
ST. CLAIR SHIPPING - Marine Highway
$40.00 AUD

Looking Back Press / Vanwell Publishing Ltd. St Catharines, On. 2006. 1st paperback edition. 128 PP with b/w illustrations: 1 sketch map, 1 document, 9 advertising material and over 210 photos. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine (mint condition). 23.5 x 16.5. 9781550689501

The St. Clair River: natural border border between Michigan and Ontario and "The World's Busiest Waterway.

58955
MARRE, Yves
VOILES ANCIENNES DU BANGLADESH / Traditional Sails of Bangladesh
$25.00 AUD

Friendship Bangladesh. Paris. 2008. 1st Ed. Preface by Eric Rieth. Afterthoughts by Runa Khan. No pagination, 48 PP with 2 maps in colour, 4 b/w and 55 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. French text (Postface and details of each craft in French and English). Fine. Oblong: 17.8 x 22.

Catalogue of an exhibition, Musée de la Marine, held in 2008.

36267
MARTIN, Nancy
RIVER FERRIES
$15.00 AUD

Terence Dalton. Lavenham, Suffolk. 1980. 1st Ed. XII, 128, (4 index) PP with 50 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj (closed tear). Near fine. 23 x 18. 0900963999

40167
MATHEWS, R. G.
SAILING CRAFT
$30.00 AUD

Eyre and Spottiswoode. London. c. 1933. 1st Ed. 162 PP illustrated by the author with 2 maps and 130 b/w illustrations, plus 16 colour plates. Fp (in colour): His Majesty's yacht Britannia. Red cloth cover, dj. Dust jacket is chipped with small pieces missing. Dated note on front endpaper. Slight ageing of paper, occasional foxing, o/wise near fine. 26.5 x 19.5.

The beauty and mystery of the ships, and the magic of the sea.

32843
McADAM, Roger Williams
PRISCILLA OF FALL RIVER
$15.00 AUD

Stephen Daye Press. New York. 1947. 1st Ed. 224 PP with 13 head pieces, plus 34 plates with 57 b/w illust. Fp: Steamer Priscilla. Title page: Drawing depicting the stern carvings from the Priscilla. Eps: Map with route followed between Fall River and New York. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dust jacket has a few small pieces missing, o/wise near fine. 23.6 x 15.7.

The Fall River Line, linking New England to the states farther west, and Priscilla Queen on this run between 25th June 1894 and 24th July 1937.

63213
McCRORIE, Ian
HEBRIDEAN AND CLYDE FERRIES of Caledonian MacBrayne
$10.00 AUD

Caledonian MacBrayne. Gourock, Scotland. 1985. 1st Ed. 32 PP with fleet list, 1 map and 31 b/w photos. Inside covers: 4 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Name of previous owner at top of title page, o/wise fine. 21 x 15.

74560
McKENDRICK, Joe & BROWN, Leslie
PADDLE STEAMERS OF THE ALPS
$10.00 AUD

Ferry Publications. London. c. 2004. 1st Ed. 48 PP with 13 sketch maps, b/w illustraytions (including 45 photos of paddle steamers and 13 colour photos. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. Oblong: 15 x 21. 9781871947199

36601
McNEILL, D. B.
IRISH PASSENGER STEAMSHIP SERVICES (in Two Volumes)
$25.00 AUD

David & Charles. Newton, Abbot. 1969 & 1971. 1st Ed. Volume 1: 232 PP with 3 maps, and 31 b/w illust. Fp: Donegall Quay, Belfast. Volume 2: 240 PP with 2 maps and 34 b/w illust. Fp: Arrival of the mail boat at Dun Laoghaire. Hard cover, dj (corner of flaps trimmed). Ex library copy with stamp on verso of title page, and renewed endpapers, o/wise near fine. Scarce. 22.3 x 14.2. 0715343416 & 071

Volume 1: North of Ireland. Volume 2: South of Ireland.

60462
MELLEFONT, Jeffrey
NOAH'S ART - The Maritime Arts of Madura (in Club Marine)
$10.00 AUD

Club Marine. Brighton, Vic. 2000. Volume 16, No. 1, March 2000. Contains article from P. 38 to 44 with 9 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27.5 x 20.5.

Maritime art found on fishing and trading craft in the island of Madura, Indonesia.

21666
MERSON, John
ROADS TO XANADU - East and West in the Making of the Modern World
$20.00 AUD

Child & Associates / ABC. Sydney. 1985. 1st Ed. 288 PP with b/w or colour illust. Title-page: Marco Polo leaving Venice. Fp: From Tsinan to Tai-an with performance of ceremony at Mount Tai. Eps: Chang Tse-Tuan. Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing, o/wise fine. 30.5 x 22. 0867770953

A journey through world history, social & technological changes. Pages 73 to 79: Zheng He and the last of the Treasure Ships.

70502
MEYER, R. J.
ALL ABOARD, Iron Horses to Wakatipu & Shipping on the Lake
$35.00 AUD

NZ Railway & Locomotive Society. Wellington. 1963. 1st edition of August 1963. Foreword by W. S. Shearer. X, 118 PP with 3 maps, 1 diagram and 55 b/w photos, plus 2 folding plans. Fp: Colour photo of S.S.Earnslaw (pasted down). Hard cover, dj. Signature on inside front and rear covers and a faint name stamp of previous owner on bottom of front endpaper, o/wise a fine copy. 23.4 x 15.8.

Story of the locomotives going to, and the steamers sailing on, Lake Wakatipu after a century of existence.

74328
MILLER, Clinton M.
THE MARINE IRON WORKS OF CHICAGO U. S. A.
$25.00 AUD

Clinton M. Miller. Seattle. 1986. Reprint "Steamboat Catalogue" No. 9. XII, 20, XIII-XXV PP with b/w illustrations (plans & photos). Illustrated stiff covers. Fine. 21 x 14.7. 0948885009

Design, construction and machinery of river steamers.

43179
MITCHELL, Barry
NORTH SEA FERRIES - Across Three Decades / Gedurende Drie Decennia
$15.00 AUD

Ferry Publications. London. 1995. 1st Ed. 96 PP with 2 maps, 3 cutaways, 68 b/w and 31 colour photos. Inside front cover: Norland with Royal Yacht Britannia, at Hull. Inside back cover: Norsea arriving at Hull. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. Dutch and English text. Oblong: 19.6 x 21. 1871947243

62691
MITCHELL, Barry
SUPERFERRIES
$10.00 AUD

Coastline Press. Bridlington. 1987. 1st Ed. 65 PP with 104 b/w and 4 colour photos. Inside front cover: Map of the South west part of the North Sea (in colour). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. Oblong: 14.8 x 21. 0951253107

34450
MORSE, Robert
AFTER EIGHT YEARS, WORLD'S SHIPPING IS MOVING THROUGH SUEZ CANAL (in Smithsonian, Volume 6, No. 7)
$15.00 AUD

Washington. 1975. Smithsonian Institution. Volume 6, No. 7, October 1975. Contains article from page 60 to 67 with 1 b/w engraving and 7 colour photos by Dmitri Kessel. Soft cover. Near fine. 28.2 x 21.

Cleared of the debris of two wars, the Suez Canal once again is open to world's shipping.

69648
MOTE, Gordon
THE WESTCOUNTRYMEN - A Register and Record of the Westcountry Trading Ketches and Severn Trows 1780-1986
$20.00 AUD

Badger Books. Bideford, North Devon. 1986. 1st Ed., with a foreword by Dr. Basil Greenhill. 96 PP with b/w illustrations: 1 map of West Country Ports, 1 plan of The Torridge Hulks and 92 photos. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 20.5 x 20. 0946290121

57481
MUDIE, Ian
RIVERBOATS
$15.00 AUD

Rigby. Adelaide. 1961. 1st Edition. 240 PP with 1 map, plus 16 pages with 32 b/w illustrations. Eps: Maps of the Rivers Basin. Green hard cover a little faded/browned at bottom and on spine. Paper browning around edges, o/wise contents near fine. 22 x 14.

Story of the paddle steamers which ran 4000 miles of the rivers of the Murray-Darling Basin and of their Rivermen.

64383
MUDIE, Ian
RIVERBOATS
$5.00 AUD

Sun Books. Melbourne. 1963. Reprint. 234 PP with 1maps and 1 b:w illust. in text plus 16 pages with b/w illust. Pict. soft cover. Paper ageing, o/wise very good. 18 x 11.5.

Story of the paddle steamers which ran 4000 miles of the rivers of the Murray-Darling Basin and of their Rivermen.

68606
MUDIE, Ian
RIVERBOATS
$5.00 AUD

Rigby. Adelaide. 1963. 3rd impression of the 1961 original. 240 PP with 1 map, plus 16 pages with 32 b/w illust. Eps: The Rivers Basin. Hard cover, device on front coverr. Stamps and markings of "University of Tasmania" / "Hobart Teachers College" on endpapers, title page and at foot of spine. Faint ageing of paper. Very good. 22 x 14.

Story of the paddle steamers which ran 4000 miles of the rivers of the Murray-Darling Basin and of their Rivermen.

38161
MÜLLER, Hans H.
ALSTERDAMPFER - Die weise Flotte am Jungfernstieg
$5.00 AUD

Hans Christians Verlag. Hamburg. 1976. Revised and expanded edition of the 1969 Chronik der weisen Flotte. 76, (4) PP with 1 plan, 2 maps and 10 drawings, plus 16 pages with 4 colour and 17 b/w illustrations. Pictorial laminated boards. Near fine. German text. 19.5 x 12.4. 3767203960

Ferries in Hamburg.

43897
N/A
THE BOAT MUSEUM
$5.00 AUD

The National Waterways Museum. Ellesmere Port, UK. c. 1990. Reprint ?. 40 PP on glossy paper with b/w and colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. Oblong: 15 x 21.

43103
NIEMZ, Günter & WACHS, Reiner
PERSONENSCHIFFAHRT AUF DER OBERELBE
$15.00 AUD

Verlag Delius, Klasing und Co. Bielefeld, Germany. 1981. 1st Ed. 104 PP with 11 figures,5 silhouettes, 5 house flags, 1 drawing and 9 b/w photos of paddle wheel boxes, and 32 b/w plates, plus 6 large folded plans. Cloth cover, device engraved on front cover, dj. Near fine. German text. 24.5 x 17.5. 3768803597

Passenger ferries (paddle wheels) on the upper Elbe River.

50374
NOOTEBOOM, Dr. C.
TROIS PROBLEMES D'ETHNOLOGIE MARITIME
$60.00 AUD

Rotterdam. 1952. Museum voor Land en Volkenkunde en het Maritiem Museum Prins Hendrik. 1st Ed. 16 PP, plus 6 pages with 25 b/w illustrations. Soft cover. Faint foxing. French text. Fine. 26.5 x 18.5.

3 Papers (on prows and sails of canoes or outriggers) presented in Brussels, at the 1948 Congrès des Sciences Anthropologiques er Ethnologiques. Origine des proues bifides (on the origin of prows). La signification de la proue bifide (on the meaning of the prow). Quelques types de voiles de l'Asie Orientale (types of sails used in Eastern Asia).

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.

68562
O'DRISCOLL, Patricia, ELLIS, Tony, PEARCE, Barry & PERKS, Richard HUGH
BELOW SEA REACH
$20.00 AUD

Society for Spritsail Barge Research. Ipswich, Suffolk. 1987. 1st Ed. with 17 drawings by Barry Pearce and 54 b/w photos. Pictorial soft covers. Fine. 21 x 14.7. 0950051519

Edith May and Remercie, "Pig Dog", Rot and Dockers, Barging in the Sixties, Barge Trades and Bargemen ...

16041
O'MAY, Dave G.
FERRIES OF THE DERWENT - A History of the Ferry Services on the Derwent River
$15.00 AUD

D.G. O'May. Hobart. 1988. 1st Ed. Foreword by Max Chesterman. (10), 118 PP with 5 facsimile of documents and 81 b/w photos. Fp: Kangaroo Bay showing Bellerive Ferry Wharf. Illustrated hard cover. Note at top of front endpaper, o/wise near fine. 22.3 x 14.5. 0724623604

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.

54806
OUTRIGGERS
VA'A, La Pirogue Polynésienne
$55.00 AUD

Au Vent des Iles. Papeete. 2008. 1st Ed., with Preface by Jean-Marc Pambrun and Foreword by Tara Hiquily. Edited by Tara HIQUILY, Muriel GLAUNEC & Hiriata MILLAUD. 197 PP (3 publications) with b/w and colour illustrations (photos by Danee Hazama). Pictorial boards, dj. French text. Fine. Large format: 30.2 x 24.2.

Va'a, the Polynesian Outrigger.

73422
PAGET-TOMLINSON, Edward
THE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF CANAL & RIVER NAVIGATION
$50.00 AUD

Sheffield Academic Press. Sheffield. 1994. 1st Ed. XVI, 400 PP with 181 b/w illustrations (including 21 seals of navigation lines). plus 32 pages with 1 index map and 32 detailed maps (with 15 inserts), and 16 plates in colour by E.W. Paget-Tomlison. Pictorial stiff covers with light wear around edges and a crease at lower corner, o/wise near fine. 29.5 x 21. 185075277X

A most comprehensive work.

12042
PAINTER, Gwenda
THE RIVER TRADE, Wool & Steamers
$10.00 AUD

Turton & Armstrong. Sydney. 1987. 2nd edition of the 1979 original. VIII, 104 PP with b/w photos from the Godson Collection. Eps: Basin of the Darling, Murrumbidgee & Murray Rivers & their tributaries. Pictorial soft cover. Faint foxing spots on outside edges. Fine. Oblong: 14.5 x 23.5. 0908031300

River exploration, river trade (development & problems), the ports, competition from the railways, closing years...

42946
PALMER, Kenneth Nicholls
CEREMONIAL BARGES ON THE RIVER THAMES - A History of the Barges of the City of London, Livery Companies and of the Crown
$15.00 AUD

Unicorn Press. London. 1997. 1st Ed. VIII, 184 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Half-title page: Thames wherries. Title page: The Thames on Lord Mayor's Day, c.1747, by Canaletto. Eps: William Kent's designs for Frederick Prince of Wales's barge, 1732. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 30.2 x 21.7. 0906290171

41483
PARSONS, R. H. & TOLLEY, J. C.
PADDLE STEAMERS OF AUSTRALASIA, With the Main Contribution on River Murray System Vessels
$125.00 AUD

Author. Lobethal, S.A. 1967. 1st edition. VI, 196 PP, plus 2 pages with 3 maps and 2 pages (supplement, and 84a) loosely inserted. Typescript in stapled soft cover. Near fine. Scarce. 33.7 x 20.7.

Part I: Expansion & Intercolonial Development, Short Sea, Estuary & Coastal River Trades in Six Australian States, on the Coasts, Rivers & Lakes of New Zealand, etc... Part II (P.84-196): List & description of vessels with details of their runs. A scarce title.

17132
PARSONS, Ronald & WILLIAMS, R.
THE RIVER BOATS
$10.00 AUD

R. Williams. Adelaide. 1992. 1st Ed., Volume I in the Discovering Australia's Pictorial Heritage with Rod Williams. 52 PP with 16 colour and 51 b/w photos. Pictorial card cover. Fine. 21 x 14.8. 0646103687

Pictorial souvenir of the Murray-Darling Basin river vessels.

15983
PASSFIELD, Robert W.
TECHNOLOGY IN TRANSITION: THE SOO SHIP CANAL 1889-1985
$10.00 AUD

Environment Canada. Ottawa. 1985. 1st Ed. 267 PP with 89 figures (plans, sketches, maps, photos ..) and 1 map of the Great Lakes-St.Lawrence transportation in 1895. Pict. card cover. Near fine. 23 x 15.4. 0660129361

The construction of the Sault Ste. Marie Ship Canal which mirrored an age of technology: the first electrically powered ship locks, the longest lock at the time ...

20810
PATERSON, Alan J.S.
THE VICTORIAN SUMMER OF THE CLYDE STEAMERS (1864-1888)
$15.00 AUD

David & Charles. London. 1972. 1st Ed. 260 PP with 1 map, tables & bw illust. (flags & funnels, sailing schedules, tail pieces, maps), and 25 bw photographs. Fp: The Adela in Rothsay Bay (in colour). Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Faint foxing. Near fine. 22.5 x 14.5. 0715356305

The development of Clyde steamers from the closing years of the American Civil War to the eve of the railway invasion of coast services.

37345
PEIRCE, Augustus
KNOCKING ABOUT - Being Some Adventures of Augustus Baker Peirce in Australia
$25.00 AUD

Shoestring Press. Wangaratta, Victoria. 1984. Facsimile reprint of the original published by Yale University Press in 1924. Edited by Mrs Albert T. Leatherbee, with an introduction by Edwin Howard Brigham. XVII, 181 PP with 86 b/w illustrations by the author. Fp: The Oriental. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Few foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise fine. 21.5 x 15.2. 0959839186

An American Captain on the Murray. He jumped ship in Melbourne, from the Oriental... Returned to America in 1892.

70663
PERKS, Richard-Hugh
SPRITS'L - A Portrait of Sailing Barges and Sailormen
$35.00 AUD

Conway Maritime Press. Greenwich. 1975. 1st Ed. 167 PP with 199 b/w plates. Eps: Map of Medway & East Swale Estuaries. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dust jacket is price clipped and has repaired tears or chips. Faint foxing. Contents near fine. 26 x 20.8. 0851770738

74606
PETER, Bruce
BALTIC FERRIES
$50.00 AUD

Ferry Publicatons. Ramsey, Isle of Man. 2009. 1st Ed. 128 PP with b/w and colour photos. Hard cover, dj. A fine copy. 28.5 x 22.5.

Contents: History of the Baltic Ferry Scene, Evolution of the Baltic Super-Ferry, Recession, Bankruptcy and Disaster, the Champagne Economy and Mini-Cruise Culture, Destination Tallinn ...

30279
PHILLIPS, Peter
RIVER BOAT DAYS on the Murray, Darling, Murrumbidgee
$25.00 AUD

Lansdowne. Melbourne. 1972. 1st edition. 132 PP with b/w photos. Hard cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj. Covers with light wear and dust jacket has a repaired tear on rear and is in a protective sleeve. Signature of previous ower on FFEP, o/wise near fine. Oblong: 25.5 x 29.5. 701800461

Paddle wheelers, steam wheelers, their builders, the wool trade, snagging boats, fishing boats, etc...

61294
PHILLIPS-BIRT, Douglas
FORE & AFT SAILING CRAFT & The Development of the Modern Yacht
$15.00 AUD

Seeley, Service & Co. Limited. London. 1962. 1st Ed. 288 PP with 142 b/w figures (illustrations, line-drawings, sketches, photos..). Illustrated endpapers. Hard cover, gilt engraved spine. Nice dust jacket is price-clipped and has old tape marks on the flaps with corresponding offsetting on the endpapers, and is now in a protective sleeve. Light foxing on prelims o/wise a very good clean copy. 25 x 15.5.

From the earliest times to the modern day catamarans.

55827
PIETRI, J.B.
VOILIERS D'INDOCHINE
$500.00 AUD

Société des Imprimeries et Librairies Indochinoises. Saigon. 1949. Reprint of the 1943 original edition. (8), 130, (1) PP, plus 144 pages with 1 map Côtes de l'Indochine, 1 colour plate (with 6 figures), and 70 duo tone plates (7 plates with 53 silhouettes, 23 plates with 77 figures, and 40 plates with drawings of sailing ships and details). All illustrations by the author. Card cover, dust jacket with repaired tears. Name of previous owner on front endpaper. French text. Near fine copy of a rare book. Large format: 36.6 x 27.4.

First comprehensive study of the sailing vessels of the coasts of the Indochina Peninsula: Cambodia, Cochinchina, Annam, Tonkin, and Koupang de Fort-Bayard or Kouang-Tchéou-Wan (French enclave on Hainan peninsula). Beautiful illustrations.

53379
PILKINGTON, Roger
BOATS OVERLAND
$5.00 AUD

Abelard-Schuman. New York. 1962. 1st Ed. 61 PP with 15 illustrations by David Knight. Fp: Liner under bridge of Kiel Canal. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Ex-library copy with stamps on dust jacket, endpapers, on lower margin of 7 pages, and number on front endpaper and spine. Sellotape marks on endpapers. Very good. 21.3 x 15.5.

71544
PILKINGTON, Roger
WATERWAYS IN EUROPE: A Guide to Inland Cruising
$15.00 AUD

John Murray. New York. 1972. 1st Ed. XII, 279 PP with b/w illustrations (10 maps & 20 sketches), plus 16 pages with 25 b/w photos. Hard covers, dj. Dust jacket has a small closed tear at top of spine, stamp of previous owner on front endpaper, o/wise fine. 20.5 x 13.5. 0719527147

69404
PLOWMAN, Peter
THE WHEELS STILL TURN - A History of Australian Paddleboats
$30.00 AUD

Kangaroo Press. Sydney. 1992. 1st Ed. 157 PP (3), with b/w illust. (maps and photos), plus 20 pages with 41 colour plates. Fp: P/S "Maid of Sker". Eps: 5 paddle-wheel steamers. Hard cover, dj. No marks or signatures and a fine copy. 29 x 22. 0864174284

Comprehensive overview of the role of paddle-steamers in each colony, overseas as well as colonial trade.

74557
PLOWMAN, Peter
PADDLEBOATS OF AUSTRALIA
$25.00 AUD

Rosenberg. Sydney. 2014. 1st Ed. 112 PP with 12 b/w and 175 colour photos. Title page: "Adelaide" from Echuca and "Marion' from Goolwa. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 29 x 21. 9781922013484

31675
PLUMMER, Russell
SUPER-FERRIES OF BRITAIN, EUROPE AND SCANDINAVIA
$15.00 AUD

Patrick Stephens Limited. London. 1988. 1st Ed. 144 PP with 4 maps, tables and 147 bw photos plus 8 pages with 18 colour photos. Title spread: Koningin Beatrix. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 25.2 x 19. 0850599237

43106
PLUMMER, Russell
SUPER-FERRIES OF BRITAIN, EUROPE AND SCANDINAVIA
$10.00 AUD

Patrick Stephens Limited. London. 1988. 1st Ed. 144 PP with 4 maps, tables and 147 b/w photos, plus 8 pages with 18 colour photos. Title spread: Koningin Beatrix. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Fine. 25.2 x 19. 0850599237

71833
PLUMMER, Russell (compiler)
PADDLE STEAMERS IN THE 1990s
$20.00 AUD

Gms Enterprises. Peterborough, UK. 1994. 1st Ed. 160 PP with b/w photos throughout. Hard cover, dust jacket. A near fine copy. 25 x 17. 187038430X

71972
POTVIN, Damase
THE SAGUENAY TRIP
$25.00 AUD

Canada Steamship Lines / CSL. Montreal. 1947. 14th edition, 04/1947. (4), 118, XII PP with 28 b/w illustrations, plus 9 colour plates and 1 large folded map in colour at rear of book. Soft covers somewhat soiled, colour front. CSL Bookmark loosely inserted. Faint foxing. Very good. 19.5 x 14.4.

71404
PRADOS, Edward
HURIS, SAMBUQS, AND THE BOATBUILDERS OF YEMEN (in WoodenBoat Magazine)
$10.00 AUD

WoodenBoat Publications. Brooklin, Maine. 1996. No. 131, August 1996. 160 PP. Contains article pages 50 to 56 with colour illustrations (1 location map, 1 line plan of a Huri and 12 photos). Pictorial soft covers. Very good. 27.6 x 21.7.

Desert boatbuilding in the Middle East: working craft of the Yemen coasts.

42712
PRICE, Willard
THE AMAZING MISSISSIPPI
$10.00 AUD

Heinemann. London. 1962. 1st Ed. (10), 188, plus 48 pages with 54 b/w photos. Eps: Map of the Mississippi River. Cloth cover (lightly marked), dj. Foxing spots on outside edges. Very good. 22 x 14.5.

60819
PRICE, Willard
HENRY HUDSON'S RIVER (in National Geographic Magazine)
$5.00 AUD

National Geographic Society. Washington. 1962. Volume 121, No. 3, March 1962. Article between pages 364 and 403 with 44 colour illustrations (1 plan, 3 maps, 3 paintings and 37 photos by Wayne Miller). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 25.4 x 17.5.

53177
PRITCHETT, Robert
RIVER LIFE
$10.00 AUD

Albany Books. London. 1979. 1st Ed. 93 PP with 100 colour photos. Title spread: Hindu pilgrims, Gange river at Benares. Eps: waterfall, Iceland. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 28.5 x 21.7. 0861360400

40364
RANSOME-WALLIS, P.
TRAIN FERRIES OF WESTERN EUROPE
$10.00 AUD

Ian Allan. London. 1968. 1st Ed. 289 PP with 240 b/w plates, plus 1 large folded map at back of book. Fp: Italian Railways train ferry m.s. Gennargentu. Cloth cover, dj. Dust jacket with a few repaired chips and in a protective sleeve. Name of previous owner on FFEP and remnants of old tape marks on endpapers. Contents clean and overall, a very good copy. 23.5 x 15.5;

73102
RESCHKE, William.
MURRAY RIVER PILOT - Goolwa to SA-NSW Border, and Lower Murray, Lakes and Coorong
$25.00 AUD

R.J. & M.R. Baker & W.F. Reschke. Adelaide. 2004. New released edition of April 2004. 96 PP with 4 pages with 7 plans of river ports and 34 pages for: maps, insets, drawings & photos, by Ronald and Margaret Baker. Inside front cover: map. Pictorial stiff covers (River Murray Flag). Covers laminated and small piece cut out at top of title-page (no loss of text), o/wise contents near fine. 24.5 x 17. 9780646115603

70882
RIED, Walter
SEGLER DER SIEBEN MEERE - eine Weltgeschichte der Segelschiffahrt mit einer Darstellung der Segelfahrzeuge aller Ozeane
$30.00 AUD

Stalling Verlag Gmbh. Oldenburg. 1981. 1st Ed. Introduction by Dr. Walter Ried. 239 PP with b/w illustrations (4 sketch maps on double page, and 551 drawings, engravings, etchings, paintings and photos). Cloth cover, dj. German text. Faint foxing. Near fine. 30.5 x 24. 3797915209

Sailing ships of the Seven Seas.

43134
RINGWALD, Donald C.
HUDSON RIVER DAY LINE - The story of a great American steamboat company
$20.00 AUD

Howell-North Books. Berkeley, Ca. 1965. 1st Ed. X, 228 PP with 7 maps and over 250 b/w photographs. Fp: 3 smoke stacks. Illustrated endpapers. Cloth cover, dj (price-clipped). Fine. 28.8 x 22.2.

43139
RIPLEY, Don & ROGAN, Tony
DESIGNING SHIPS FOR SEALINK
$20.00 AUD

Ferry Publications. London. 1995. 1st Ed. 80 PP with b/w and colour photos. Inside front cover: Maid of Kent at Weymouth.. Inside back cover: Hengist off Folkestone. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.6 x 20.8. 1871947947

73421
ROBERTS, Jack
SHROPSHIRE UNION FLY-BOATS - The Jack Roberts Story
$60.00 AUD

Canal Book Shop. Audlem, Cheshire. 2016. July 2016 reprint of the October 2015 original. Foreword by Harry Arnold. 177 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Title page illustration: Fly-boat "Elector" at Stourport. 9780957403741

Life on the canals of the Shropshire Union Railway & Canal Company, until 1921.

71967
ROBINS, Nick
TURBINE STEAMERS OF THE BRITISH ISLES
$25.00 AUD

N.S. Robins & Colourpoint Books. Newtownards, Northern Ireland. 1999. 1st Ed. 125 PP with graphs, plans, tables and b/w photos. Pictorial stiff covers. Faint remnants of damp mark at top of front outside edge of last 25 pages, o/wise near fine. 23.2 x 18. 9781841586014

56004
ROBINS, Nick S., & MEEK, Donald E.
THE KINGDOM OF MACBRAYNE: From steamships to car-ferries in the West Highlands and Hebrides
$15.00 AUD

Birlinn Limited. Edinburgh. 2008. New expanded edition of the 2006 original. XII, 291 with 1 map and b/w or colour illustrations. Fp (in colour): the Claymore. Pictorial soft cover. Text in English with some of the text in Scottish / Gaelic. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 23 x 22.8. 9781841586014

74888
ROLT, L. T. C.
NARROW BOAT
$15.00 AUD

Readers Union / Eyre & Spottiswoode. London. 1946. Readers Union edition of the original of 1944. 222 PP with b/w illustrations by Denys Watkins-Pitchford (1 map, 31 headpieces and 1 tailpiece and 7 full-page illustrations). Cloth cover with title on spine. Covers have light wear and faint foxing on outside edges, o/wise contents near fine. Image shows title-page and frontispiece. 23 x 14.7.

Life on board barges.

65671
ROSE, Ronald
AUSTRALIA'S ISLAND TERRITORIES
$25.00 AUD

Nelson Doubleday. Sydney. 1967. 1st Ed., in the Around Australia Program series. 64 PP with 5 maps at centrefold (location map and 4 of islands/territories), 11 line drawings, 22 colour plates pasted down, and 19 b/w photos. Spare set of 22 colour photos loosely inserted. Pictorial soft cover (slightly rubbed). Slight ageing, foxing of paper. Signature of previous owner on title page, o/wise very good. 21 x 14.

Informative booklet on the Islands/Territories around Australia: Norfolk - Nauru - Cocos Keeling - Christmas...

14886
RUBY, Robert H. & BROWN, John A.
MYRON EELS AND THE PUGET SOUND INDIANS
$10.00 AUD

Superior Publishing. Seattle. 1976. 1st Ed. 122 PP, 1 map, 4 PP Index with b/w & colour illust. Fp: Portrait Rev. Myron Eels. Hard cover, gilt title on spine & front cover, dj. Very good. 27.2 x 27. 087564337X

A pictorial record of the implements, tools, weapons of the Indians of Puget Sound in Washington State in the late 19th century.

44358
RÄBER, Anton
SCHIFFAHRT AUF DEN SCHWEIZER SEEN
$10.00 AUD

Orell Füssli Verlag. Zürich. 1963. 1st Ed., Schiffahrtsfibeln Heft Nr. 2. 64, (4) PP with 2 pages of plans, plus 16 pages with 31 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. German, French and Italian texts. 19.8 x 13.

Navigation on the lakes of Switzerland. Texts in German, except for 1 in French and 1 in Italian.

69352
SATTIN, D. L.
JUST OFF THE SWALE: The story of the barge building village of Conyer
$25.00 AUD

Meresborough Books. Rainham, Kent. 1982. Reprint of the 1978 original. Foreword by Richard-Hugh Perks. (12), 140 PP with b/w illustrations by Jeremy Nesham. Eps: Map "Just Off the Swale". Pictorial laminated boards. Fine. 21.5 x 15. 0905270053

69353
SATTIN, D. L.
BARGE BUILDING AND BARGE BUILDERS OF THE SWALE
$25.00 AUD

Meresborough Books. Rainham, Kent. 1990. 1st Ed. 130 PP with 1 family tree, b/w illustrations (drawings by Glenn Coleman, 4 facsimile of documents and 76 photos & portraits). Pictorial laminated boards. Spine lightly sunned. Near fine. 21.5 x 15. 0948193530

10203
SAUNDERS, Ross
NO WAY TO TREAT A LADY, Lady Denman is Saved
$10.00 AUD

Lady Denman Park & Museum. Huskisson, NSW. 1986. 1st Ed?. Foreword by John Hatton. 64 PP with b/w photos & 1 map with inset. Pictorial card cover. Very good. 20.5 x 14.7.

Sydney ferry built 1911 in Huskisson on the Currambene Creek. Return to her birthplace where a maritime museum was built and also displays relics of a shipbuilding industry.

36415
SCHAAP, Dick
HET LAATSTE DELTAWERK
$10.00 AUD

De Boer Maritiem. Amsterdam. 1987. 2nd impression of the 1983 original. 48 PP with 3 maps, 23 b/w and 28 colour illust. Pictorial card cover. Dutch, English and German text. Near fine. 20 x 19. 9022612678

The Last Delta Project of the Eastern Scheldt, Netherlands.

36419
SCHAAP, Dick
HET GROOTSTE WATERWERK
$10.00 AUD

De Boer Maritiem. Amsterdam. 1987. 2nd impression of the 1983 original. 48 PP with b/w and colour illust. (maps, & sketch-plans), 8 b/w and 21 colour photos. Pictorial card cover. Dutch, English and German text. Near fine. 20 x 19. 9022612686

The Greatest Water Works: construction of the storm surge barrier and of the Philips and Oester dams.

36062
SEVERIN, Tim
THE SINDBAD VOYAGE
$5.00 AUD

Arena Book. London. 1983. 1st paperback edition of the 1982 original. 240 PP with 1 map on double page, 2 pages of plans of the Sohar and 15 b/w illustrations, plus 16 pages with 25 colour photos. Pictorial card cover. Very good. 19.2 x 12.5. 99322900

The building of Sohar (birth place of Sindbad), the re-enactment voyage from Oman to Canton (1980-81), in the footsteps of the early Arab navigators.

60377
SHIPPING
BINNENSCHIFFAHRT - Was sie ist -Was sie leistet - Was sie bedeutet
$10.00 AUD

Verlag Schiffahrt und Weltverkenr. München. c.1956. 1st Ed. No pagination, 20 PP with colour illustrations (map at centrefold, graphs/tables and drawings). Pictorial soft cover. German text. Fine. 20.6 x 14.7.

60883
SHIPPING
THE ST. LAWRENCE SEAWAY TRAFFIC REPORT FOR THE 1984 NAVIGATION SEASON
$15.00 AUD

St. Lawrence Seaway Authority & The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation. Ottawa & Washington. 1985. 1st Ed. (2), III, 87 PP (typescript) with 72 tables. Soft cover, illustrated front, spiral bound. Very good. 28 x 22.

60885
SHIPPING
THE ST. LAWRENCE SEAWAY AUTHORITY - Annual Report 1984-1985 / L'ADMINISTRATION DE LA VOIE MARITIME DU SAINT-LAURENT: Rapport Annuel 1984-1985
$15.00 AUD

St. Lawrence Seaway Authority. Ottawa. 1985. Annual bilingual edition. Message by W.A. O'Neil, President. 14 PP (English text) with tables, 2 graphs and 4 colour photos. 14 PP (French text) with tables, 2 graphs and 4 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 28 x 21.5.

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.

45664
SLADE, W. J. & GREENHILL, Basil
WESTCOUNTRY COASTING KETCHES
$35.00 AUD

Conway Maritime Press. Greenwich. 1974. 1st Ed. 136 PP with 2 b/w photos, 70 b/w plates, 3 folding plates with 4 sailing plans and 7 drawings, Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Spine of dust jacket lightly sunned. Bookplate of previous owner on front endpaper. Occasional foxing. Near fine. 25.8 x 20.2. 0851770754

74877
SMITH, Peter L.
CANAL BARGES & NARROW BOATS
$10.00 AUD

Shire Publications. London. 1979. 2nd edition of the 1975 original. No.8 in Shire Album series. 32 PP with 45 b/w illustrations (3 drawings and 42 photos). Inside front cover: engraving of a Yorkshire keel. Stiff covers, pictorial front. Very good.. 21 x 15. 0852634633

Their history, description...

75078
SMITH, Tony - "Creeksailor"
SEA-COUNTRY - Exploring Thames Estuary By-ways Under Sail
$35.00 AUD

Lodestar Books. London. 2014. 1st Ed. 136 PP with 38 b/w photos, plus 8 pages with 16 colour photos (all photographs by the author). Pictorial stiff covers. Fine (as new condition). 21.5 x 15.8.. 9781907206252

20912
SOMNER, Graeme
FERRY MALTA - Il - Vapuri ta Ghawdex
$10.00 AUD

World Ship Society. London. 1982. 1st Ed. (2), 42 PP with 36 b/w photos & 1 map in text. Fp: Grand Harbour about 1957. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 14.8. 0905617193

History of the ferry service between Malta and Gozo.

40530
SPRATT, H. Philip
TRANSATLANTIC PADDLE STEAMERS
$15.00 AUD

Brown, Son & Ferguson. Glasgow. 1967. 2nd edition of the 1951 original. 92 PP, plus 6 large folded tables and 9 b/w plates. Fp: P.S. Savannah (1818). Blue cloth cover, gilt device on front cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price-clipped). Neat stamp of previous owner on inside front cover. Near fine. 22 x 14.5.

Their history from the Savannah built in 1818 to the Great Eastern (1858) and the last of this breed, the Scotia (1861).

34907
STANTON, Samuel Ward
OCEAN STEAM VESSELS
$10.00 AUD

H. Kneeland Whiting. Upper Montclair, New Jersey. 1963. 1st Ed., No. 3 in the American Steam Vessels series. 40 PP with 36 drawings on full page. Pictorial card cover. Fine. Oblong: 21.5 x 28.

Savannah in 1819... to City of Montgomery in 1910.

34909
STANTON, Samuel Ward
STEAMBOATS OF THE RIVER HUDSON
$10.00 AUD

H. Kneeland Whiting. Upper Montclair, New Jersey. 1965. 1st Ed., No. 5 in the American Steam Vessels series. 48 PP with 44 drawings on full page. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. Oblong: 21.5 x 28.

The Flyers of the Hudson: North River Steamboat Clermont in 1807... to Washington Irving in 1913.

34910
STANTON, Samuel Ward
STEAM VESSELS OF CHESAPEAKE AND DELAWARE BAYS AND RIVERS
$10.00 AUD

H. Kneeland Whiting. Upper Montclair, New Jersey. 1966. 1st Ed., No. 6 in the American Steam Vessels series. 48 PP with 45 drawings on full page. Title page: Norfolk Harbor & Looking towards Hampton Roads. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. Oblong: 21.5 x 28.

From the Phoenix in 1808... to Hampton Roads in 1896.

35895
STEVENS, Philip A.
THE LEICESTER AND MELTON MOWBRAY NAVIGATIONS
$20.00 AUD

Alan Sutton / Leicestershire County Council Museums. London. 1992. 1st Ed. XIV, 154 PP with 2 maps and 41 b/w illust. Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing on outside edges. Fine. 22.8 x 16. 0862991870

How the rivers Soar and Wreake became navigable.

57683
SWAN, Epi
NONU
$15.00 AUD

Learning Media / Ministry of Education. Wellington. 1995. 1st Ed. 32 PP with colour illustrations (8 diagrams by Barry Way & 37 photos by Justine Lord). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 24 x 18. 0478057008

Nonu = a paopao (traditional fishing canoe) from Nukunonu, Tokelau Archipelago.

57684
SWAN, Epi
KO TE NONU
$15.00 AUD

Learning Media / Ministry of Education. Wellington. 1995. 1st Ed. 32 PP with colour illustrations (8 diagrams by Barry Way, and 37 photos by Justine Lord). Pictorial soft cover. Text in Tokelauan. Fine. 24 x 18. 0478057318

Nonu = a paopao (traditional fishing canoe) from Nukunonu, Tokelau Archipelago.

57685
SWAN, Epi
NONU - Notes for teachers
$15.00 AUD

Learning Media / Ministry of Education. Wellington. 1995. 1st Ed. 56 PP with b/w illustrations (9 diagrams by Barry Way). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 24 x 18. 0478057326

Book to accompany the titles: Ko te Nonu (Tokelauan) and Nonu (English)

66748
SWANCOTT, Charles
HAWKESBURY RIVER SAGA
$25.00 AUD

Brisbane Water Historical Society. Woy Woy. 1967. 1st Ed. 50 PP with 15 b/w photos. Soft cover, staples. Slight ageing of paper. Signature of previous owner at top of front cover. Very good. 21.5 x 13.8.

Ships, shipbuilders, wrecks, piracy, native forays, smuggling, larceny, floods, etc..

30257
TERWEN, J. L.
HET KONINGRIJK DER NEDERLANDEN voorgesteld in eene reeks vab naar de natuur geteekende schilderachtige gezigten
$25.00 AUD

Europese Bibliotheek. Zaltbommel, Netherlands. 1965. Reprint of the 1860 original. No pagination : (VIII), 136 PP (recto only) with 136 b/w plates. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj. Dutch text. Near fine. Oblong: 19.8 x 27.4.

Engravings on the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the 19th century, with many coatal views (canals, lakes and harbours).

48093
THOMPSON, Liz
SISSANO'S LEGENDARY CANOES (in Paradise)
$10.00 AUD

Air Niugini. Port Moresby. 1987. Issue No. 60, January 1987. 38 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Contains article between P.5 and 7 with 13 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 28.5 x 21.

Sissano Lagoon, West Sepik Province.

48096
THOMPSON, Liz
KAI KAI BILONG SEPIK (in Paradise)
$10.00 AUD

Air Niugini. Port Moresby. 1989. Issue No. 76, Sept-Oct 1989. 42 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Contains article between P.39 and 42 with 8 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 28.5 x 21.

20918
THORNTON, E. C. B.
SOUTH COAST PLEASURE STEAMERS
$15.00 AUD

Stephenson. London. 1962. 1st Ed. XII, 180 PP, plus 18 pages with 47 b/w photos. Cloth cover, dj (chipped). Faint foxing, o/wise near fine. 22 x 14.5.

History of all England's South Coast pleasure steamers.

30228
TIMMEN, Fritz
BLOW FOR THE LANDING. A Hundred Years of Steam Navigation on the Waters of the West
$20.00 AUD

Schiffer. Atglen, Pa., USA. 1990's. Reprint of the 1973 original. XVII, (3), 235 PP with hundreds of b/w photos. Fp: Bronze chime whistle and funnel. FEP: Map of the rivers of the states of Oregon and Washington. Pict. card cover. Fine. 27.7 x 21.6. 076430318X

73651
TODD, John
CRUISING THE LLANGOLLEN CANAL
$20.00 AUD

John Todd. Milton Keyes, UK. 2012 1st edition in the "One Eye on the History" series.Ed. 9, (10-44) PP with 33 colour photos. Stiff covers, pictorial front. Fine (as new condition). 23 x 15.2. 9781291327328

69303
UGLOW, Captain Jim
SAILORMAN - A Barge-Master's Story
$25.00 AUD

Conway. Greenwich. 1975. 1st Ed. 164 PP, plus 16 pages with 27 b/w photos by Tony Farnham. Fp: Captain Navvy Brooks, the Author and "Passengers". Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 22.2 x 14.5. 0851770851

In London River and the Docks, they call the sailing Bargeman "Sailorman". Not the last, but one of the very best "Sailormen".

71545
VAGNON, Henri
VAGNON CARTE DE PLAISANCE - Pour Naviguer sur les canaux de France / How to navigate on the French canals / Wie fährt man auf den Kanälen Frankreichs
$10.00 AUD

Vagnon / Les Editions du Plaisancier. Caluire, Rhone, France. 1993. 1st tri-lingual edition. 32 PP with colour illustrations: 1 map of France, 2 photos and navigation signs. Laminated stiff cover, illustrated front, staples. Text in French, English and German. Fine. 21 x 13.5. 9782857250852

45042
VAN DER MEULEN, Dirk
JAARBOEK 1991 - BINNENVAART
$10.00 AUD

Alkmaar. 1991. De Alk B.V. 1st Ed. 144 PP with graphs and b/w photos. Pictorial laminated boards. Fine. Dutch text. 30.2 x 21.5. 9060135040

43141
VERNE, Henry
LE LAC LEMAN, Guide Officiel
$70.00 AUD

Compagnie Générale de Navigation sur le Lac Léman. Lausanne. 1911. 1st Ed. 80, (22 advertisements) PP with 7 colour plates and 67 b/w photos, plus 1 large folded map in colour of Lac Léman (Lake Geneva). Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. French text. 18 x 12.

Tourism on and around Lake Geneva by the ferry boats of Compagnie Générale de Navigation sur le Lac Léman.

51089
VILLIERS, Alan
THE SUEZ CANAL (in Ships and Ship Models, Volume IX, No. 107, December 1956)
$10.00 AUD

Percival Marshall. London. 1956. 28, (4) PP (375-402). Contains article between P.377 and 379 with 1 map and 5 b/w photos. Illustrated wrappers, reinforced at spine, o/wise near fine. 24.6 x 18.3.

14881
WALSH, Richard
KATHLEEN - The Biography of a Sailing Barge
$25.00 AUD

Terence Dalton. Lavenham, U.K. 1986. 1st Ed. X, 190 PP with 106 b/w illust. (line of ships, photos). Fp: Undersail. Eps: Harbour, docks & wharves served by the sailing barge Kathleen. Hard cover, dj. Foxing on outside edges, o/wise near fine. 23.2 x 28.2. 0861380460

The Kathleen, launched at Gravesend in 1901, and now a houseboat in Holland. Construction, sailing, owners, crew & refitting.

20979
WARDLE, David
RIVERS TO THE INLAND, The Navigation of the Murray River [in Heritage Australia]
$15.00 AUD

Australian Council of National Trusts. Canberra. 1986. Volume 5, No. 1, Spring 1986 issue of the Journal of the Australian Council of National trusts. Contains article from P.14 to 17 with 1 map, 1 colour & 4 bw photos. Inside front cover: the Murray at Echuca (in colour). Pict. card cover. Very good. 29.5 x 23.

39882
WATKINS, T. H.
MARK TWAIN'S MISSISSIPPI
$20.00 AUD

Weathervane Books. New York. 1974. 1st Ed. 223 PP with 1 map, b/w and colour illustrations. Half title page: Overview of the Mississippi near St. Louis. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 28.6 x 22. 0517187833

A pictorial history of America's greatest river, with selected excerpts from Mark Twain's Life on the Mississippi.

63206
WEIR, Marie
FERRIES IN SCOTLAND
$10.00 AUD

John Donald Publishers Ltd. Edinburgh. 1988. 1st Ed. VII, 204 PP with 57 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Name of previous owner on half title page. Fine. 21.4 x 13.5. 0859762351

34896
WELTI, Hilde (editor)
LEDISCHIFFE AUF DEM ZÜRICHSEE
$10.00 AUD

Th. Gut & Co. Zurich, Switzerland. 1974. 1st Ed. 86 PP with 1 map and 34 b/w photos, plus 46 pages for a facsimile reprint of the 1938 Ulti Bilder vom Zürisee with 7 drawings. Pictorial laminated boards. Faint foxing, o/wise fine. German text with gothic script for the facsimile. Oblong: 18.4 x 14.5.

Working boats on the Lake of Zurich.

61000
WEST INDIES
HISTOIRE PHILOSOPHIQUE ET POLITIQUE DES ETABLISSEMENTS & DU COMMERCE DES EUROPEENS DANS LES DEUX INDES - Tome Cinquième
$40.00 AUD

Chez Gosse, Libraire. La Haye. 1777. 5th updated edition. Livre Treizième and Livre Quatorzième. (2), VI, 311 PP with 2 headpieces, plus frontispiece and a folded chart "Golfe du Mexique ...". Quarter bound, marbled boards. Leather spine with gilt No. 5, and split on front hinge. Bookplate of previous owner on front endpaper. French text. Book complete but covers in need of repair. Very good. 23 x 13.5.

Book 13: Establishments of the French in the islands of the Americas. Book 14: Establishments of the English in the islands of the Americas.

69355
WEST, Douglas
PORTRAIT OF A SEASIDE TOWN - Historic Photographs from the Douglas West Collection
$15.00 AUD

Whitstable, Kent. 1987. Emprint Publications / Douglas West. 3rd edition of the 1984 original. 160 PP with b/w illustrations (1 map, 2 facsimiles of documents and 144 photos). Pictorial soft covers. Near fine. 21 x 14. 0950856444

43182
WIDDOWS, Nick
CAR FERRIES OF THE BRITISH ISLES 1994
$10.00 AUD

Ferry Publications. Kilgetty, Wales. 1994. 1st Ed. 120 PP with advertisements, b/w and colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 20.5 x 14.5. 1871947189

63188
WIDDOWS, Nick
FERRIES OF THE BRITISH ISLES 1995
$10.00 AUD

Ferry Publications. Kilgetty, Wales. 1995. 1st Ed. 128 PP with advertisements, b/w and colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Name of previous owner on inside front cover. Fine. 21 x 14.8. 1871947294

63189
WIDDOWS, Nick
CAR FERRIES OF THE BRITISH ISLES 1992/3
$10.00 AUD

Ferry Publications. Kilgetty, Wales. 1992. 1st Ed. Foreword by Bill Moses. 56 PP with 31 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Name of previous owner on title-page. Fine. 21 x 14.7. 187194712X

74546
WIDDOWS, Nick
STENA LINE - The fleet
$10.00 AUD

Ferry Publications. Isle of Man. 2009. 1st Ed. 48 PP with colour photos throughout. Pictorial soft covers. Fine. Oblong. 21 x 15. 9781871947953

38972
WIDMANN, Walter
Was Weisst du Vom BODENSEE ?
$10.00 AUD

Franckh'sche Verlagshandlung. Stuttgart. 1953. 1st Ed. 32, (4 adverts.) PP with b/w illustrations, plus 1 large folded plate with 1 map of Constance Lake, and 18 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. German text. 19.5 x 13.2.

42053
WILLIAMS, David L.
PADDLE STEAMERS
$25.00 AUD

Ian Allan. London. 2002. 1st Ed., in the Glory Days series. 96 PP with 94 b/w and 51 colour illustrations. Title page: P/S Princess Elizabeth. Pictorial laminated boards. Fine. Oblong: 19.2 x 24.5. 0711027722

71465
WILLIAMS, David L.
BRITISH FERRIES
$25.00 AUD

Ian Allan. London. 2003. 1st Ed., in the Glory Days series. 96 PP with b/w and colour illustrations throughout. Title page: Townsend Toresen. Pictorial laminated boards. Fine. Oblong: 19.2 x 24.5. 0711028915

69354
WILLMOTT, Frank G.
BRICKS AND "BRICKIES"
$20.00 AUD

Privately Published. Rainham, Kent. 1972. 1st Ed. X, 78 PP with b/w illustrations (1 drawing, facsimile of documents and 51 photos & portraits). Illustration on title page: A typical Ambrose Letley transom. Eps: 6 pages from the 1926 "A handbook for Bargemen...". Pictorial boards, with a lightly sunned spine. Near fine. 21.5 x 15.

Part I: Eastwoods Limited. Part II: Brickmakers. Part III: Bargeowners; Appendices: List of Eastwoods Fleet from 1855 to 1967, List of Barges that called into Lower Halstow, List of Skippers.

64949
WILSON, Roy
PASSENGER STEAMERS OF THE GLASGOW & SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY
$10.00 AUD

Twelveheads Press. Truro, Cornwall. 1991. 1st Ed. 96 PP with Fleet List and b/w illustrations (1 map, facsimile of a menu and 107 photos). Pictorial card cover. Inside covers with sellotape marks. Near fine. 19.6 x 21. 090629424X

15174
WOOD, G. Bernard
FERRIES AND FERRYMEN
$10.00 AUD

Cassell. London. 1969. Proof copy. XVIII, 157 PP, plus 24 pages with 36 b/w illustrations. Soft cover. Very good. 21 x 13.8.

A tour of the ferries of Great Britain: London River, Solent, Cornwall, Severn Sea, Wales...

61149
WOOD, G. Bernard
FERRIES AND FERRYMEN
$10.00 AUD

Cassell. London. 1969. 1st Ed. XVII, 162 PP with 1 map on double page, plus 24 pages with 36 b/w illustrations. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Ex library copy with ink smudge on half title page, stamp on verso of title page, renewed endpapers and sello tapemarks on covers. Very good reading copy. 21.7 x 15. 030493402X

A tour of the ferries of Great Britain: London River, Solent, Cornwall, Severn Sea, Wales...

15162
WOODENBOAT MAGAZINE (Editors)
WOODEN BOAT - An Appreciation of the Craft
$25.00 AUD

Addison-Wesley Pub. Reading, Mass. 1982. 1st Ed., with an introduction by John Wilson. (8), 311 PP with b/w & colour illustrations. Fp: the Gokstad ship, Oslo. Cloth cover, dj. Foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise near fine. 28.5 x 22. 0201092808

A selection of the best essays, articles, and photographs from WoodenBoat magazine.

19099
WOODLEY, Arthur E.
WESTERN PORT FERRIES, Past and Present, and Captain Clarke, their most notable skipper
$15.00 AUD

Hill of Content. Melbourne. 1973. 1st Ed. XIV, 125 PP with 1 map, 1 cartoon & 47 b/w illust. in text. Fp: S.S. Oscar then owned by C.U.B. Pictorial soft covers a little soiled. Contents near fine. 22.8 x 15.2. 855720522

Story of the ferries plying the waters of Western Port: heyday and decline.

67210
YAKATABUNE
YAKATA-BUNE / House-Boat
$15.00 AUD

Japan Pavilion / World Expo 88. Brisbane. 1988. 1st Ed. No pagination, 9 PP (recto only) with b/w illustrations (photocopy quality): 1 plan, 1 cut away, 1 newspaper clipping, 4 woodblock prints. Soft cover, clear plastic front, spiral bound. Near fine. 29.8 x 21.

Wooden "House Boats", built on the embankments of the Sumida River, Edo / Tokyo.

64249
YOGERST, Joe
INDIAN OCEAN CHIC: Maldives . Mauritius . Seychelles . Sri Lanka . Zanzibar
$15.00 AUD

Editions Didier Millet Pte Ltd. Singapore. 2008. 1st Ed. 192 PP with colour illustrations (1 map on double page, 5 maps with insets and over 260 photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21.5 x 21.7. 9789814217491