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18661
ANDREWS, Graeme
FIGHTING SHIPS OF AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND
$5.00 AUD

Sydney. 1973. Regency House. Revised and updated edition of the 1971 Australasian Navies. 64 PP with b/w & colour illustrations. Pictorial card cover. Near fine. 28 x 22.

Not only the ships, also missiles & aircrafts as well as the Australian Army's water transport squadrons.

18440
ANGELUCCI, Enzo & CUCARI, Attilio
SHIPS
$10.00 AUD

Greenwich House. New York. 1983. Reprint of the 1977 US edition. 336 PP with over 1000 b/w & colour drawings. Glossary P. 256 to 271. Technical data P. 272 to 331. Hard cover, dj (price-clipped) Faint foxing. Near fine. 29.8 x 21.5. 0517407337

From tree trunk to nuclear-propelled ships. The great navigators and captains, their vessels...

34847
ARPS, Th., GADOW, R., HEYE H., & Ritter von NIEDERMAYER, D.
KLEINE WEHRGEOGRAPHIE DES WELTMEERES - Eine Einführung in Beiträgen
$10.00 AUD

Berlin. 1938. Verlag von E.G. Mittler & Sohn. 1st Ed., Volume 6 in the Das Meer series. VIII, 136 PP with 23 maps, plus 8 plates with 15 b/w photos. Cloth cover. Very good. German text in gothic script. 22.8 x 15.

Brief history of world power and geography (in a military perspective).

36572
AUSTRALIAN SHIPPING
AUSTRALIAN SHIPPING AND SHIPBUILDING 1979
$10.00 AUD

Canberra. 1980. A.G.P.S. / Department of Transport. 32nd edition. (2), 68 PP with 19 tables. Pictorial card cover . Near fine. 25 x 17.5.

Data as at 30 June 1979. Trading Vessels... Trades... Passenger ferries... Ships imported & ships constructed. Dry docks and patent slipways.

42855
AVIATION & MARINE
ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY (in Aviation & Marine International Magazine, No. 83)
$5.00 AUD

Farnborough, UK. 1981. Interconair Mediagroup. No. 83, issue IV, 1981. Contains article pages B9 to B19 with 1 map, 5 colour and 11 b/w photos. Soft cover. Fine. 28 x 22.5.

38269
BACH, John
THE AUSTRALIA STATION - A History of the Royal Navy in the South West Pacific, 1821-1913
$75.00 AUD

NSW University Press. Sydney. 1986. 1st Ed. XI, 259 PP with 3 maps & 53 b/w illust. Fp: HMS Wolverene. Eps: Boundaries of Australia Station. Hard cover, dj. Foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise a fine copy. 25 x 18.7. 0868403938

Royal Navy in Australian waters since 1821 when it was decided to detach a ship from the East Indies Station.

37244
BACKER DIRKS, F.C.
DE GOUVERNEMENTS MARINE, In Het Voormalige Nederlands-Indie 1861-1949 (in haar verschillende tijdsperioden geschets, I)
$30.00 AUD

Amsterdam. 1985. De Boer Maritiem. 1st Ed. Volume I: 336 PP with 6 maps and 198 b/w illust. Many facsimiles of documents in texts. Hard cover, dj (closed tears). Near fine. Dutch text. 30 x 23. 9022818829

The government Navy in the former Dutch East Indies between 1861 and the end of the 19th century. Various administrations and services such as hydrography and transport. Chapters on former Dutch New Guinea (Irian Jaya).

37245
BACKER DIRKS, F.C.
DE GOUVERNEMENTS MARINE, In Het Voormalige Nederlands-Indie 1861-1949 (in haar verschillende tijdsperioden geschests, II)
$30.00 AUD

Amsterdam. 1986. De Boer Maritiem. 1st Ed. Volume II: 359 PP with 6 maps and 281 b/w illust. Many facsimiles of documents in texts. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. Dutch text. 30 x 23. 9022818837

The government Navy in the former Dutch East Indies between 1894 and 1925. Various administrations and services such as hydrography and transport. Chapters on former Dutch New Guinea (Irian Jaya).

38358
BALDWIN, Hanson W.
WHAT THE CITIZEN SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THE NAVY
$10.00 AUD

W. W. Norton. New York. 1942. 6th printing of the first edition of March 1941. 219 PP with 26 set of drawings by André Jandot. Cloth cover (rubbed). Top of spine frayed, corners of covers worn, fowing on outside edges, war economy paper. Ex library copy, o/wise very good. 28 x 20.5.

The US Navy: Elements of sea power - Enlisted Men - Officers - Fighting ships, and the Fleet... Bases.

35130
BATHE, Dr. Rolf
DER KAMPF UM DIE NORDSEE - Chronik des Luft= und Seekrieges im Winter 1939/40 und des Norwegischen Feldzuges
$15.00 AUD

Gerhard Stalling. Berlin. 1941. 1st Ed. 310, (2) PP with 7 maps, plus 20 pages with 34 b/w photos. FEP: Map of the North Sea. Hard cover. Ageing of paper, stamp of previous owner on half title page. Very good. German text in Gothic script. 20.5 x 13.

German chronicle of the war at sea and in the air during the Winter 1939/40 and the campaign in Norway.

37780
BAVIER, Bob
THE AMERICA'S CUP - An Insider's View - 1930 to the present (A Revision of America's Cup Fever)
$10.00 AUD

New York. 1986. Dodd, Mead & Co. 1st Ed., foreword by Rod Stephens. XX, 279 PP with 3 sketch-plans and 97 b/w photos by Stanley Rosenfeld. Fp: Rainbow and Endeavour, 1934. Hard cover, cloth spine, dj. Faint foxing. Very good. 23.4 x 18.4. 0396086799

40209
BECHERVAISE, John
AUSTRALIA AND ANTARCTICA
$15.00 AUD

Sydney. 1967. Nelson Doubleday. 1st edition in Around Australia Program series. 64 PP with 2 maps, 11 drawings and 25 b/w photos, plus the 4 pages with the 29 colour plates. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 20.8 x 14.

Antarctica: physical description, climate, fauna and scientific work (described by a leader of A.N.A.R.E.).

40982
BECHT, Richard
BLACK MAGIC - Team New Zealand's Victorious Challenge
$10.00 AUD

Auckland. 1995. Hodder Moa Beckett / TVNZ Enterprises. 1st Ed. No pagination, 48 PP with colour photos. Inside front cover: Peter Blake. Inside back cover: Russell Coutts. Title page: Red socks. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. Large format: 29.2 x 27. 1869582071

Official Team New Zealand Souvenir on: Victory at San Diego, of New Zealand yacht, Black Magic (NZL 32), captain Peter Blake over US yacht Young America.

36073
BEHRMAEL, Eric
LINIENSCHIFFE UND TRAUM-KREUZFAHRTEN
$20.00 AUD

Neuenburg, Germany. 1980. Avanti Verlag. 1st German edition of the French "Paquebots et Croisières de Rêve". 160 PP with 13 b/w and 144 colour illustrations. Title spread: Liner at Port Antonio, Jamaica. FEP: The Great Eastern. REP: The Enrico C. Hard cover, simile leather, gilt title on front cover and spine. Fine. German text. 24 x 19.2.

Liners and Cruise Ships.

38702
BERG, Jonas & OHRELIUS, Bengt
SJÖHISTORISK - Arsbok 1969-1970
$15.00 AUD

Stockholm. 1970. Foreningen Sveriges Sjofarts-Museum. 1st Ed. 188, (4 adv.) PP with 140 b/w photos. Pictorial card cover. Fine. Swedish text. 24 x 16.

Maritime history - Year book 1969-1970.

44139
BLAKE, George
THE BEN LINE - The History of William Thomson and Co. of Leith and Edinburgh, and of the Ships owned and managed by them 1825-1955
$20.00 AUD

London. 1956. Thomas Nelson. 1st Ed. X, 222 PP with 1 genealogical table, plus 30 pages with 1 map and 35 b/w illustrations. Fp: Ben Lomond at Hong Kong in 1890. FEP: 3 maps (North and Baltic Seas, the Firth of Forth, South East Asia). REP: Map of the world. Cloth cover, gilt House Flag on front cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price clipped). Dust jacket has a few chips and is protected. Occasional light foxing around edges, o/wise near fine. 22 x 14.5.

42371
BLYTH, Chay
THEIRS IS THE GLORY
$10.00 AUD

Hodder and Stoughton. London. 1974. 1st Ed. 222 PP with 4 maps, plus 24 pages with 36 b/w & 12 colour photos. Eps: The 16 yachts competing. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Short note at top of title page. Foxing spots on outside edges and some pages, dust jacket rubbed and chipped, o/wise very good. 22 x 14. 034018518X

Great Britain II and the Round the World Race .

35364
BOND, Bob
THE SAILING MANUAL
$10.00 AUD

London. 1976. Pelham Books. 4th impression of the 1973 original. 187 PP with 84 figures, plus 8 pages with 20 b/w plates. Hard cover, dj. Occasional foxing. Very good. 22.3 x 14.2. 0720705762

37619
BOTTING, Douglas (editor)
THE PIRATES
$10.00 AUD

Alexandria, Virginia. 1978. Time-Life Books. 1st edition, in The Seafarers series. 176 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Title page: Painted metal chest, owned by Thomas Tew. Eps: World map, with haunts of pirates. Simile leather covers, colour illustration pasted down on front cover. Near fine. 28.7 x 24. 809426528

40448
BOWDEN, Tim
ANTARCTICA AND BACK IN SIXTY DAYS
$15.00 AUD

Sydney. 1991. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 1st Ed. XVI, 239 PP with 4 maps, 5 facsimile of documents and 55 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 23.5 x 15.2. 733301134

34946
BOËR, Friedrich
ALL ABOUT A CONTAINER SHIP
$45.00 AUD

Koehlers. Herford, Germany. 1985. 1st English edition, translated from the German original by Geoffrey Penny. 112 PP with b/w illust. (plans and photos), 8 coloured silhouettes of ships and 2 colour photos. FEP: "Columbus Queensland", off New York. REP: Map of the Hamburg Sud liner shipping routes. Hard cover, house flag of Hamburg Sud in blind on front cover, dj (chipped). Signature of previous owner on half title page. Near fine. 24.5 x 17.5. 3782203658

34212
BROOKES, Mabel
RIDERS OF TIME
$10.00 AUD

Macmillan of Australia. Melbourne. 1967.. 1st Ed. XIV, 217 PP with 36 illustrations by Harold Freedman, and 39 b/w photos. Fp: Building the Briars Homestead. Cloth covers a little rubbed, gilt title on spine. Foxing spots on outside edges, name of previous owner on front endpaper, o/wise very good clean copy. 24 x 16.8.

Australia: exploration, settlement...

39725
BROWN, Theo W.
YOUNG EXPLORERS OF THE SEA AND BEYOND
$10.00 AUD

Sydney. 1984. World Life Books. 1st Ed. (14), 226 PP with 1 figure and 5 maps, plus 48 pages with 27 colour and 55 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Foxing spots on outside edges. Very good. 24 x 15.5. 0949312002

Adventures and research with young assistants on the Great Barrier Reef, Northern Scotland, Morocco and Egypt.

38743
BROZE, Jay & FORSTER, Daniel
THE SAILOR'S EDGE
$15.00 AUD

Lausanne. 1985. Les Ateliers du Nord. 1st English edition. No pagination, 192 PP with colour photographs by Daniel Forster (comments at end of book with corresponding b/w photos). Cloth cover, dj (closed tear). Near fine. 33.3 x 24.5. 2881910009

Edge: Acrobatic - Athletic - Powerful - Prestigious.

40710
BRUNTON, Paul, EASTON, Arthur & CUMMING, Helen
MATTHEW FLINDERS - The Ultimate Voyage
$15.00 AUD

Sydney. 2001. State Library of New South Wales. 1st Ed. 36 PP with General chart of Terra Australis or Australia at centrefold, 8 b/w and 17 colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21. 0731371151

Catalogue of an exhibition presented at the State Library of New South Wales in 2001.

36360
BYE, Erik
VEIEN HAR INGEN ENDE
$10.00 AUD

Oslo. 1976. J. W. Cappelens Forlag. 1st Ed. 111 PP with 53 drawings by Karl Erik Harr. Eps: Departing Stavanger Harbour on 4th July 1825. Hard cover, dj. Foxing. Fine. Norwegian text. 26 x 21.5. 8202036054

From Norway to the prairies and forests of North America. 9 poems in English: Ballad of Norway House... Blow, silver wind... Again the road.

41384
CARSE, Robert
THE TWILIGHT OF SAILING SHIPS
$10.00 AUD

George G. Harrap. London. 1965. 1st UK edition. 206, (1 errata) PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Fp: Clipper ship Red Jacket. Eps: Map of the maiden passage of the California clipper ships Flying Cloud and Swordfish. Hard cover (rubbed). Bookplate of previous owner on preliminary page. Damp mark on upper margin of front cover and first 50 pages (affecting some of the illustrations). Good copy. 28 x 21.

Final days of many types of vessels, showing the slow decadence of the sailing freighters and their ultimate economic death.

40044
CHATELLE, A. (editor)
LE MUSEE DE LA MARINE
$25.00 AUD

Paris. 1943. Editions de l'Institut Maritime et Colonial. 1st Ed. 156, (4 index) PP with 104 b/w photos. Numbered copy: No. 2361. Title page: Le Lion de 84 canons construit sous Louis XVI. Pictorial soft cover wit a few chips and a small piece of back cover missing at lower corner. Signature on FFEP and half-title-page. Occasional foxing, o/wise very good. Scarce. French text. 2I.2 x 19.

Marine Museum of Paris, Palais de Chaillot.

20560
CHESTERTON, D. Ridley
COASTAL CARGO SHIPS
$10.00 AUD

London. 1962. Ian Allan. 5th Ed., in the ABC series. 64 PP with b/w photos. Title page: S.S. City of Brussels. Pictorial soft cover. Stamp of previous owner on title page. Very good. Small format: 15.2 x 10.2.

39655
CHRISTIE'S
MARITIME AND NAVAL BATTLES
$40.00 AUD

London. 2000. Christie's South Kensington. 1st Ed. 324 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (6 folded ones), plus 1 erratum page. Pictorial card cover. Near fine. 26.8 x 21.

Catalogue of a sale held in London on 9th November 2000. 668 items. Photographs: 7 of scrimshaws, 18 of Titanic and Liners ephemera, 16 of historic diving, 42 of half block models and ship models...

19367
CLANCY, Robert & RICHARDSON, Alan
SO CAME THEY SOUTH
$35.00 AUD

Sydney. 1988. Shakespeare Head Press. 1st edition, in Library Reference series. 176 PP with b/w & colour illust. (charts & paintings). Fp: 1540 map by Sebastian Munster. FEP: Mare del Sud / Mare Pacifico. REP: India Orientalis. Pictorial laminated boards, dj. Dust jacket with 1 repaired tear, foxing spots on the inside and a lightly sunned spine. Occasional foxing spots on the first and last leaves. Very good. 32 x 23. 0730208648

Discovery and mapping by Europeans of the Australian continent and of New Zealand.

38746
COLES, K. Adlard
SAILING AND CRUISING
$5.00 AUD

B. T. Batsford. London. 1949. 2nd edition of the 1937 original. VIII, 120 PP with 20 figures, plus 64 pages with 105 b/w illustrations ( mostly photos). Fp (in colour): The Offshore Breeze. Cloth cover (rubbed). Spine sunned, ageing of paper around edges, light foxing. Scribble on front endpaper. Good reading copy. 22 x 14.3.

42314
CONDOMINAS, Georges
ESQUISSE D'UNE ETUDE SUR LA NAVIGATION ET LA PECHE AUX NOUVELLES-HEBRIDES
$50.00 AUD

Nouméa. 2001. IRD / Vanuatu National Cultural Centre. 1st Ed., in Documents Scientifiques et Techniques III 4, May 2001. 47 PP with 3 maps and 16 drawings, plus 26 b/w plates with drawings and 9 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. New. French text. 29 x 20.2.

On navigation and Fishing in Vanuatu. First edition of a manuscript written in 1947, after studying these subjects from archival documents held then by the Museum of Mankind (Musée de l'Homme) in Paris.

39604
COOKMAN, Scott
ICE BLINK - The Tragic Fate of Sir John Franklin's Lost Polar Expedition
$10.00 AUD

New York. 2000. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 1st Ed. XII, 244 PP with 2 cutaways, 2 maps and 20 b/w illustrations. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 23.5 x 15.7. 0471377902

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

12032
COX, Bernard
PADDLE STEAMERS
$5.00 AUD

Poole, Dorset. 1979. Blandford Press. 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...

43062
CRAWFORD, Andrew
A TRIP TO THE ANTIPODES - Maritime Monographs and Reports - No.45
$30.00 AUD

Greenwich. 1980. National Maritime Museum. Introduction by S. M. Riley. (2), II, 42 PP with 1 map, 1 accommodation plan, 2 portraits and 5 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 20.7. 0905555333

London to Sydney on the iron sailing ship Patriarch, Aberdeen White Star Line. Return on the iron screw steamer, Cuzco, Orient Line.

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

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

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

22771
D'ALPUGET, Lou
LET'S GO SAILING
$5.00 AUD

Sydney. 1951. Ure Smith. 1st Ed., No. 9 in the Ure Smith Miniature series. 80 PP with 5 bw illust. and 48 bw photos. Fp: N.S. Wales Anniversary Regatta Cup. Decorated card cover a little rubbed on corners. Small dedicatory note in inside front cover, o/wise very good. 19 x 12.8.

38446
de BONNEFOUX, Pierre-Marie-Joseph & PARIS, E.
LE DICTIONNAIRE DE LA MARINE A VOILE
$30.00 AUD

Paris. 1980. René Baudouin. Reprint of the 2nd edition of 1856. (2), XVI, 776 PP, plus 30 pages for 7 plates with 180 figures (originally folding plates). Hard cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Watermarks on outside edges (lower and lower part of front one), obvious on the lower corner of the first and last leaves. Renewed endpapers. Very good. French text. 31.8 x 21.2.

French Maritime Dictionary with English equivalent between brackets. From Arab (Turkish sailor) to Zugyte. Pages 748 to 774: English / French vocabulary, from Aback to Youngster.

37729
de WISMES, Armel
NANTES ET LE TEMPS DES NEGRIERS
$10.00 AUD

Paris. 1992. France-Empire. New edition of the 1983 original. 232, (8) PP, plus 20 pages with 31 b/w illustrations. Pictorial card cover. Near fine. French text. 24 x 14.8. 2704806942

Triangular slave trade: Nantes to Africa with manufactured goods - Africa to the Caribbean Islands with slaves - Caribbean Islands to Nantes with Sugar and by-products.

34442
DEAN, Nicholas
JOHN PAUL JONES CAME AWFULLY CLOSE TO BEING A LOSER (in Smithsonian, Volume 11, No. 9)
$5.00 AUD

Washington. 1980. Smithsonian Institution. Volume 11, No. 9, December 1980. 184 PP. Contains article from page 139 to 154 with 1 map and 12 colour illustrations. Soft cover. Near fine. 28.2 x 21.

The rascal-hero barely won fight with Serapis before Bonhomme Richard was sunk.

41944
DOMVILLE-FIFE, Charles W. (editor)
THE SEAGOER - An Illustrated Quarterly of the Sea, Land and Air, Volume XX, No.3
$15.00 AUD

Seagoer Publishing Co. Ltd. Bristol. 1955. Spring 1955. 58 PP with 40 b/w and duotone photos. Pictorial soft cover (Bowling along in the North-East Trades Passat). Staples removed. Very good. 19.7 x 13.5.

Loss of the Brigantine Carnegie, by Captain Broadhouse (pages 6 to 12). Running the Easting Down, by Frank T. Bullen (pages 13 to 19). Awakening of Antarctica, by Charles W. Domville-Fife (pages 20 to 35)...

40606
EAMES, Aled, LLOYD, Lewis, PARRY, Bryn & STUBBS, John (editors / golygyddion)
CYMRU A'R MOR / MARITIME WALES
$25.00 AUD

Gwynedd, Wales. 1980. Gwynedd Archives Service. Issue No. 5 (1980). 168 PP, plus 12 b/w plates. Pictorial card cover. Fine. 20.7 x 14.7.

11 texts: 4 in Welsh and 7 in English. The voyage of Albion with emigrants from Caernafon to North America... Destination Australia...

40983
EDWARDS, Hugh
THE REMARKABLE DOLPHINS OF MONKEY MIA
$5.00 AUD

Perth. 1989. Author. 1st Ed. (6), 110 PP with 1 map , 1 colour photo and b/w illustrations, plus 32 pages with 66 colour photos. Title page (in colour): Dolphin. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 24 x 16.2. 0731679822

41113
EPSTEIN, Sam & Beryl
THE FIRST BOOK OF THE OCEAN
$5.00 AUD

London. 1963. Edmund Ward. 1st UK edition of the 1961 original. 72 PP with 47 illustrations by Walter Buehr. Hard cover, dj (flaps trimmed). Ex library copy with 4 stamps and renewed endpapers. Very good. 22.2 x 18.5.

38340
EXPLORATION
SOUTHERN DISCOVERIES (in The Bulletin)
$10.00 AUD

Sydney. 1996. ACP Publishing. Vol. 116, No. 6005, January 16, 1996. Contains article by Warwick HIRST between P. 42 and 44 with 1 map and 2 b/w illustrations. Soft cover. Fine. 27.5 x 21.

Spanish Guns: A first-hand account gives a revealing insight into one of the first European expeditions into Australian waters. Don Diego de Prado y Tovar and Luis Vaes de Torres, through the Torres Strait: August / September 1606.

42515
FALCONER, William & BURNEY, William
A NEW UNIVERSAL DICTIONARY OF THE MARINE; being, a copious explanation of the technical terms and phrases usually employed in the construction, equipment, machinery, movements, and military, as well as naval, operations of ships:... to which is annexed ... (2 volume set)
$1000.00 AUD

T. Cadell, W. Davies and J. Murray. London. 1815. Modernized and much enlarged from the original edition, by William Burney. Volume I (text): XV, 708 PP, 88 PP (Vocabulary of French sea-phrases) with tables, over 30 figures, and 12 tables for flags/telegraph signals. 2 short manuscript notes in the margin of pages 495 and 634, and 1 lengthy manuscript note (possibly by Burney) on Copper Fastened Ships on the free fly of front endpaper. Half bound, marbled boards (rubbed). Bookplates of Geoffrey Ingleton with the original bookplate of the William Burney A. M., Mathematician on front endpaper. Leather at top of spine frayed and corners showing some rubbing and wear. Spine has a horizontal tear and is partly detached, front hinge is detached. Volume II (plates): 35 plates (7 on double page, and 1 with colour for signals). Half bound, marbled boards slightly rubbed. Lacks the free fly of front endpaper. Ageing of paper and foxing. Still a very good complete set of a rare item. Ingleton Catalogue No.12518. 27.6 x 22.

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

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

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

42205
FINDEN, William and Edward
VIEWS OF PORTS AND HARBOURS, Watering Places, Fishing Villages, and other Picturesque Objects on the English Coast
$50.00 AUD

EP Publishing Limited. London. 1974. Reprint of the 1838 original Finden's Ports and Harbours of Great Britain. (2), 162 PP, plus 49 b/w plates. Half-title page: Tynemouth Priory and Lighthouse, Northumberland, by G. Balmer. Fp: Brighton, Sussex, by T. Creswick. Hard cover, dj. Signature of previous owner on front endpaper. Faint foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise near fine. 26.2 x 18.2. 085409976X

39455
FINNLINES
FINNLINES GROUP - 1990 Annual Report
$10.00 AUD

Finnlines Group Oy Ab. Helsinki. 1991. 1st Ed. 58 PP with 1 organigram, tables, 12 colour photos, and 40 ship profiles in fleet list. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21.

Financial report... Fleet list as of 1 March 1991.

38697
FISHER, Bob
BEKEN OF COWES - THE NEW OCEAN THOROUGHBREDS
$15.00 AUD

London. 1988. Harrap. 1st Ed. 223 PP with 115 colour photographs by A. Keith Beken and Kenneth J. Beken. Fp: Cowes Harbour. Verso of title page: the Admiral's Cup. Hard cover. Fine. 31.3 x 24. 0245544720

21398
LE FLEMING, H. M.
ABC OF OCEAN FREIGHTERS
$10.00 AUD

London. 1954. Ian Allan. 1st Ed. 64 PP with 54 b/w photos. Title page: Silver Line: S.S. Silverburn. Pictorial soft cover (Wokingham). Very good. Small format: 15.5 x 10.

39161
FLETCHER, Commandant M. H.
THE W. R. N. S. - A History of the Women's Royal Naval Service
$35.00 AUD

London. 1989. B. T. Batsford. 1st Ed. 160 PP with 152 b/w photos. Fp: Crest of W.R.N.S. Hard cover, dj. Note on front endpaper, o/wise near fine. 28.3 x 22.5. 0713461853

Illustrated history of the WRNS with extensive appendices including a complete list of names from the WRNS Book of Remembrance.

38657
FORMAN, Werner & SYME, Ronald
IM AUFTRAG SEINER MAJESTÄT CAPTAIN COOK
$15.00 AUD

Verlag Anton Schroll & Co. Wien & München. 1971. 1st German language edition. 176 PP with b/w text-illustrations and 102 b/w & colour plates. Fp: Statue of Captain James Cook. Cloth cover, statue of Captain Cook in blind on front cover, dj. Light foxing, o/wise book and dust jacket are near fine. German text. 28.5 x 23.5.

The Voyages of Captain Cook.

41457
FOWLER, Henry W.
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE BIOLOGY OF THE PHILIPPINE ARCHIPELAGO AND ADJACENT REGIONS - Bulletin 100, Volume 12
$15.00 AUD

Washington. 1933. Smithsonian Institution. April 1933 edition. Bulletin 100, Volume 12, United States National Museum. VI, 465 PP with 32 figures. Soft wrappers. Browning around edges, pages largely uncut. Ex-library copy with 2 stamps on front cover. Internally very good. 24.5 x 15.5.

Fishes of the Philippines Seas and adjacent waters. Covers the fishes of the families Banjosidae, Lethrinidae, Sparidae, Girellidae, Kyphosidae, Oplegnathidae, Gerridae, Mullidae, Emmelichthyidae, Sciaenidae, Sillaginidae, Arripidae, and Enoplosidae collected by the United States Bureau of Fisheries Steamer Albatross, chiefly in Philippine seas and adjacent waters.

21373
FRANK, Stuart M.
OOOH, YOU NEW YORK GIRLS!, The Urban Pastorale in Ballads and Songs about Sailors Ashore in the Big City
$10.00 AUD

Sharon, Mass., USA & Perth, W.A. Australia. 1996. Kendall Whaling Museum & Australian Association for Maritime History. 1st Ed. No.9 in the Kendall Whaling Museum Monograph series. (4), 24 PP with 10 b/w illustrations. Title page: Pastoral vignette engraved on a sperm-whale tooth, circa 1835-45. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 28 x 21.4. 0937853444

Sailors songs and ballads with themes such as greedy landlords, moneygrubbing crimps, boarding houses... (The 1995 Vaughan Evans Memorial Lecture of the A.A.M.H.)

41369
GARDINER, Robert (editor)
THE CAMPAIGN OF TRAFALGAR 1803-1805
$15.00 AUD

London. 1997. Caxton Editions & The National Maritime Museum. Reprint in the Caxton Pictorial Histories series of the 1997 original published by Chatham. 192 PP with tables and over 300 b/w illustrations. Title spread: climax of the greatest battle of the age of sail. 'Victory of Trafalgar', in the Rear. Pictorial laminated boards, dj. Fine. 29.5 x 24.8. 1840673583

Trafalgar: the culmination of a campaign that began as soon as war between England and France was resumed in May 1803.

35149
GERMAN NAVY
MARINE KALENDER DER DDR 1979
$5.00 AUD

Militärverlag der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik. Berlin. 1978. 1st Ed. Edited by Klaus KRUMSIEG. 240 PP with maps, tables and b/w & colour photos. Pictorial card cover. Ageing of paper. Very good. German text. 20 x 14.

The Naval Calendar of the German Democratic Republic. Merchant ships under sail. The Italian Navy. The port of Rotterdam. War at sea and Vietnam...

35150
GERMAN NAVY
MARINE KALENDER DER DDR 1980
$5.00 AUD

Berlin. 1979. Militärverlag der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik. 1st Ed. Edited by Klaus KRUMSIEG. 240 PP with maps, tables and b/w & colour photos. Pictorial card cover. Ageing of paper. Very good. German text. 20 x 14.

The Naval Calendar of the German Democratic Republic. Russian seamen and Stalingrad. Sail training in Socialist countries. Operations in April 1940 against Norway...

42795
GIL, Patricio Robles & CERVANTES, Pablo
CELEBRATION OF THE SEAS - Heritage for the Future
$10.00 AUD

Mexico. 1998. Cemex. 1st English edition. 240 PP with 222 colour photos. Cloth cover, title in blind on front and spine, dj. Few pages with rubbed patches (including frontispiece and title page). Good. Oblong: 28.4 x 37.2. 9686397523

39648
GILL, Peter & BURKE, Cecilia
WHALE WATCHING IN AUSTRALIAN & NEW ZEALAND WATERS
$15.00 AUD

Sydney. 1999. New Holland Publishers. 1st Ed. XII, 148 PP with location maps, b/w illustrations by Ian Faulkner and colour illustrations by Pieter Folkens. Fp (in colour): Southern right whales off Head of Bight, South Australia. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 15. 1864364726

42825
GLIKSMAN, Alain, CHAMIER, John & BARRAULT, Jean-Michel
THE GIANTS OF SAIL 1919-1939, by Beken of Cowes
$100.00 AUD

Dodd, Mead & Company. New York. 1969. 1st US edition of the 1968 French original Les Géants de la Voile. 188 PP with 77 b/w photos (18 on full page, 23 on double page, and 8 on double length centrefold), plus 2 folded colour plates. All photographs by Frank and Keith Beken. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj (rubbed). Near fine. Scarce. 29.3 x 22.2.

With the 12-Metres and the America's Cup One Designs and the Metre Boats.

41580
GOSS, J. W.
BRITISH WARSHIPS 1975
$5.00 AUD

Marinart Ltd. Deal, Kent. 1975. 1st Ed. 88 PP with tables, 5 drawings & 57 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover (HMS Ark Royal). Stamp of previous owner inside front cover. Near fine. 15.3 x 10.

38125
GREEN, R. C. & CRESSWELL, M. M. (editors)
SOUTHEAST SOLOMON ISLANDS CULTURAL HISTORY - A Preliminary Survey
$50.00 AUD

Wellington. 1976. Royal Society of New Zealand. 1st Ed., Bulletin No. 11 of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 287 PP with 17 tables and 79 figures (maps, sketches, photos), plus 4 folded plates. Pictorial soft cover. Light wear, o/wise near fine. 24.6 x 17.5.

15 contributions. New light on the Spanish settlement of the Southeast Solomons, by Jim Allen. The history of post-Spanish European contact in the Eastern District before 1939, by Kaye C. Green...

16215
GRUBE, F. & RICHTER, G. (Editors)
THE BIG BOOK OF SAILING - the Sailors, the Ships and the Sea
$15.00 AUD

New York. 1979. Barron's. 1st English edition. 309 PP with b/w & colour illustrations. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. Large format: 34 x 26.5. 0812053249

One of the last arenas of adventure left: the sea... Very good.

16514
GUILLE, A., LABOUTE, P. & MENOU, J.L.
GUIDE DES ETOILES DE MER, OURSINS & AUTRES ECHINODERMES DU LAGON DE NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE - Handbook of the sea-stars, sea-urchins and related echinoderns of New-Caledonia lagoon
$85.00 AUD

Paris. 1986. Editions ORSTOM. 1st Ed. 238 PP with b/w or colour illust. Cloth cover, dj. Fine. French text. 27.8 x 21.8. 2709907488

The Echinoderns of the largest coral reefs of the world. Foreword, Introduction and abstracts in English.

38034
H.M.S.O.
MANUAL OF SEAMANSHIP 1932, Volume II (B.R. 68)
$20.00 AUD

HMSO. London. 1939. Reprint of the 1932 edition. XII advertisement, IV, 357 PP with b/w figures (sketches, plans, photos & 4 plates), plus 12 pages with 9 plates and 6 folded plates. Hard cover, gilt title on spine. Short tear at top of spine, very light foxing, o/wise near fine. 22 x 14.

Organisation, duties of officers of the watch - Towing - Life saving apparatus... Salvage operations.

38729
HAMMITT, Andrew G.
TECHNICAL YACHT DESIGN
$20.00 AUD

London. 1975. Adlard Coles. 1st Ed. 241 PP with 13 tables and 123 figures. Cloth cover, dj (price clipped). Top edge of covers lightly speckled. Foxing spots on outside edges and some pages. Signature of previous owner on title page. Very good. 25.2 x 17.2. 0229115152

40183
HAYTER, Alethea
A VOYAGE IN VAIN - Coleridge's Journey to Malta in 1804
$15.00 AUD

London. 1973. Faber and Faber. 1st Ed. 188 P, plus 8 pages with 10 b/w illustrations. Cloth cover, dj (price-clipped). Foxing spots on outside edges and some pages, offsetting of the front endpaper. Very good. 22.5 x 14. 0571102409

39911
HEATON, Peter
A HISTORY OF YACHTING IN PICTURES
$10.00 AUD

London. 1973. Tom Stacey. 2nd impression of the 1972 original. 159 PP with 155 b/w illustrations (4 on folded plates) & 54 colour illustrations (1 on folded plate). Title spread: Mastview of the deck of Nefertiti, American 12-metre yacht. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj (closed tear). Faint foxing spots on outside edges. Very good. 31.8 x 24.2. 085468297X

21289
HEINE, William C.
HISTORIC SHIPS OF THE WORLD
$5.00 AUD

Rigby. Adelaide. 1977. 1st Australian edition. 156 PP with 105 b/w illustrations & 15 colour photos. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 24 x 23. 0727003399

A review of 22 historic ships, restored & preserved as monuments to men who braved the sea. History, career, actual appearance.

37127
HENDERSON, Graeme (editor)
INDIAN OCEAN WEEK 1997 - PROCEEDINGS
$20.00 AUD

Fremantle. 1998. Western Australian Maritime Museum. 1st Ed. XX, 100 PP with 4 figures and 7 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 14.9. 0730712222

17 papers papers presented in September 1997. Early pilots in Muslim waters, by Rear Admiral François Bellec... The research and locating of the AE2, by Selcuk Kolay... Maritime rhetorics, tourism and the Australian National Maritime Museum...

38426
HIND, J. Anthony
SHIPS AND SHIPBUILDING
$20.00 AUD

London. 1959. Temple Press. 1st Ed. in the Power and Speed Series for Boys. VIII, 128 PP with 28 figures, plus 16 pages with 30 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj (price-clipped). Ex library copy with number on title page, 2 stamps and renewed endpaper. Dust jacket rubbed, foxing spots. Very good. 21.4 x 13.5.

The ships, how they are designed, built & launched.

18344
HMSO
COMBINED OPERATIONS 1940-1942
$10.00 AUD

His Majesty 's Stationery Office. London. 1943. 1st Ed. 144 PP with 7 maps & 32 pages with 44 illust. FEP: Sea-borne assault troops. REP: Air-borne assault troops. Pictorial soft cover (creases), signature on front endpaper, o/wise a very good copy. 21.3 x 13.6.

Assault in the Mediterranean, Atlantic (Norway to France), Indian Ocean (Diego Suarez in Madagascar).

39945
HORGAN, Captain Thomas P.
OLD IRONSIDES - The Story of the USS Constitution
$20.00 AUD

Boston. 1963. Burdette. 1st Ed. 104 PP with b/w illust. (drawings, engravings, paintings, photos). Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj (rubbed). Foxing spots on outside edges and on the dust jacket. Associated papers loosely inserted. Dedicatory note on front endpaper to Captain A. A. Willis, R.A.N., dated 23 January 1968 and signed by Rear Admiral Roy S. Benson, USN (Commandant First Naval District). Very good. 28.4 x 22.

Text & pictorial history of during her quasi war with France, the Barbary pirates, War of 1812... Part II: a contemporary view (photographs).

18618
HOWARD, Grant
PORTRAIT OF THE ROYAL NEW ZEALAND NAVY - A Fiftieth Anniversary Celebration
$30.00 AUD

Wellington. 1991. Grantham. 1st Ed. (8), 152 PP with b/w & colour illustrations (photos and paintings by Colin C. Wynn). Title-page: Tasman Dawn. Hard cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj. Near fine. Oblong: 22 x 29.3. 1869340272

Over 200 years of naval service in New Zealand: exploration, scientific research, surveying & fighting in both World Wars.

38298
HOWARD, Grant
THE NAVY IN NEW ZEALAND, An Illustrated History
$20.00 AUD

A.H. & A.W. Reed. Wellington. 1981. 1st Ed. VI, 170 PP with b/w illust. (maps, paintings, photos, ...). Title-page: Cruiser Royalist. Hard cover, dj (partly faded). Note on front endpaper, o/wise near fine. 24.8 x 19. 0589013556

Two hundred years of navy in New Zealand (Royal Navy, then Royal New Zealand Navy), in war and peace.

18255
HOWARD-WILLIAMS, Jeremy
SAILS
$15.00 AUD

Granada. London. 1978. Reprint of the 4th edition of 1976, original of 1967. 409 PP with 146 figures in text & 40 figures in Appendices, plus 32 pages with 54 b/w photos, diagrams by J.D. Sleightholme. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket is price clipped with a few small chips or closed tears and is now in a protective sleeve. Occasional foxing. Contents near fine. 24 x 15.8. 0229115705

18103
HUMBLE, Richard
SUBMARINES
$5.00 AUD

London. 1983. Jade Books. Abridged edition of Undersea Warfare. 96 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Title-page: US Nuclear submarine. Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing spots on top outside edge, o/wise near fine. 28.6 x 22.5. 0907853595

The development of the submarine, its weapons and its power plant. Its use in a strategic role.

30978
HUTSON, A. B. A.
THE NAVIGATOR'S ART
$10.00 AUD

London. 1974. Mills & Boon. 1st Ed. 192 PP with b/w photos and illustrations by Alec Davis. Title page: A compass rose. Pictorial laminated boards. Fine. 21.7 x 15.2. 0263055922

Introduction to the art of Navigation: how navigational techniques were developed by races (Polynesians, Vikings) or individuals (Columbus, Magellan and Drake)...

34854
HÖPKER, Wolfgang
DIE OSTSEE EIN ROTES BINNENMEER? - Eine Politisch-Strategische Studie
$5.00 AUD

Berlin. 1958. E.S. Mittler & Sohn. 1st Ed. 95 PP with 4 maps, plus 3 maps (Kiel Canal, Danemark inland sea and gulf of Finland). Pictorial laminated cover. Fine. German text. 24.5 x 17.5.

The Baltic Sea: A Communist (Red) inland sea?

34855
HÖPKER, Wolfgang
DAS MITTELMEER - Ein Meer der Entscheidungen - Eine Politisch-Strategische Studie
$5.00 AUD

Berlin. 1961. E.S. Mittler & Sohn. 1st Ed. 112 PP with 9 maps. FEP: Colour map of the Mediterranean Sea. REP: Map of Scandinavia, and Map of Europe and the North Atlantic Ocean. Pictorial laminated cover. Near fine. German text. 24.5 x 17.5.

The Mediterranean Sea, a vital sea for the free world.

33961
ILLINGWORTH, Captain John H.
TWENTY CHALLENGES FOR THE AMERICA'S CUP
$10.00 AUD

London. 1968. Hollis & Carter. 1st Ed. 158 PP with tables and 3 figures, plus 16 pages with 22 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Some foxing, dust jacket rubbed. Very good. 22.3 x 14.2. 370003314

The founding of the Cup, and early defenders... Appendix: the 12-Metre Rating Rule.

41289
INGRAM, C. W. N. & WHEATLEY, P. O.
NEW ZEALAND SHIPWRECKS 1795-1960
$40.00 AUD

Wellington. 1961. Reed. 3rd edition of the 1936 original. VIII, 408 PP, plus 32 pages with 121 b/w illustrations. Fp: Rigs of sailing vessels. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Spine of dust jacket a little sunned. Traces of old sellotape marks on inside front and back covers, o/wise a near fine copy. 24.7 x 19.5.

30712
JENNINGS, Philip S. & BOSEK, Dany
SHIPWRECKS
$5.00 AUD

London. 1992. Bison Books. 1st Ed. 80 PP with b/w & colour illust. Title spread: Wreck of the Herald of Free Enterprise. Pictorial laminated boards, dj. Fine. 30 x 23. 0861249288

True stories of all the famous sea disasters: fire, collision, stranding & sinking.

41314
JOHNSON, Irving & Electa
YANKEE CRUISES THE STORIED NILE (in National Geographic Magazine)
$10.00 AUD

Washington. 1965. National Geographic Society. Volume 127, No.5, May, 1965. Contains article from P.583 to 635 with 2 diagrams (in colour) and 53 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Lacks the loose folded map, o/wise near fine. 25.5 x 17.5.

39308
JOHNSTON, Sarah & Dave
VALKYRIE - The Restoration of a Wooden Boat
$20.00 AUD

London. 1983. B. T. Batsford. 1st Ed. 160 PP with 5 drawings, 37 figures, and 62 b/w photos. Title page: Valkyrie II under sail. Eps: plans of interior layouts. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price-clipped). Faint foxing, o/wise near fine. 25.4 x 19. 0713440317

39363
JONES, Howard
MUTINY ON THE AMISTAD - The Saga of a Slave Revolt and its Impact on American Abolition, Law, and Diplomacy
$10.00 AUD

New York. c. 1996. Oxford University Press. 5th printing of the 1988 paperback edition (1987 original). XII, 271 PP, plus 12 pages with 21 b/w illustrations. Fp: Map of the North Atlantic. Pictorial soft cover. Foxing on outside edges, o/wise fine. 20.3 x 13.5. 195038290

The saga of the Amistad. Off the Cuban coast, a slave from Sierra Leone took over the ship which drifted and was taken into custody by the US Navy. The return to Sierra Leone after protracted legal battles.

38774
JONES, Ted
THE OFFSHORE RACER
$20.00 AUD

Lymington, UK. 1976. Nautical Publishing. Reprint of the 1974 UK edition (US original of 1973). XI, (3), 285 PP with 4 tables and 103 figures (maps, sketches and b/w photos). Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket with a few small chips, foxing spots on outside page edges, o/wise near fine. 22.4 x 15.8. 0245524355

37027
JORDENS, Maurice R.
DROIT ET TECHNIQUE DES OPERATIONS MARITIMES
$20.00 AUD

Bruxelles. 1944. Les Editions Comptables, Commerciales et Financières. 1st Ed., in Bibliothèque Générale des Sciences Economiques. 330 PP with 2 figures, plus 2 folded plates (Insurance Policy, and Charter Party). Rebacked copy, cloth cover and front cover and spine of original wrapper pasted down. Ageing of paper. French text. Very good. 25.5 x 17.2.

History, the ship, charter party...

41888
JUDD, H. W.
PICTORIAL GUIDE TO THE WEST COAST OF TASMANIA
$15.00 AUD

Hobart. 1976. Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery. Facsimile of the 1909 original. 136 PP with 48 pages of period advertisements, and 78 b/w photos. Limp cloth cover with a little light speckling. Old tiny insect hole/mark on Page 3/4, o/wise very good. Oblong: 14.7 x 25.

41616
KEMP, J. F., & YOUNG, Peter
SHIP STABILITY NOTES AND EXAMPLES
$10.00 AUD

London. 1977. Stanford Maritime / Royal Australian Navy. Reprint of the 1971 second edition (metric), of the 1959 original. 128 PP with many figures. Stapled soft cover (Royal Australian Navy Apprentice Training Establishment). Near fine. 21 x 14.8. 0853090424

Published for the Royal Australian Navy.

40135
KILDUFF, Peter
US CARRIERS AT WAR
$15.00 AUD

London. 1981. Ian Allan. 1st UK edition. 128 PP with 164 b/w photos. Eps: map of the Pacific Ocean. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 29.8 x 22. 0711010773

41696
KLUDAS, Arnold
DIE GROSSEN PASSAGIERSCHIFFE DER WELT - Eine Dokumentation - Band I: 1858 - 1912
$25.00 AUD

Oldenburg/Hamburg. 1972. Gerhard Stalling Verlag. 1st Ed. 220 PP with 287 b/w photos. Fp: Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj (Mauretania). Discreet stamp of previous owner on front endpaper, o/wise fine. German text. 26.8 x 20.4. 3797918233

Published in English as Great Passenger Ships of the World - Volume 1.

43015
KNIGHT, E. F.
THE UNION-CASTLE AND THE WAR 1914-1919
$55.00 AUD

London. 1920. The Union-Castle Mail Steamship Co. Ltd. 1st Ed. 64, (14) PP with 1 colour and 20 b/w illustrations by Edmund G. Fuller. Fp (colour): A camouflaged Union-Castle Liner. Last page: House Flag. Illustrated endpapers (crest and caravelle). Cloth cover, gilt device and title on front cover, gilt crest of UC on back cover. Top of covers slightly sunned with a small crease in the cloth on bottom of front cover. Light foxing on the last few pages, o/wise a near fine copy of a scarce title. 28.2 x 20.2.

Record of some of the more important activities of the Fleet and Staff of the Union-Castle liners in the Great War. 13 pages with Roll of Honour.

36671
KONSTAM, Angus
THE HISTORY OF SHIPWRECKS
$20.00 AUD

New York. 1999. The Lyons Press / Mariners' Museum, Virginia. 1st Ed., with a foreword by Claudia Pennington. 192 PP with location maps, maps and b/w or colour illustrations. Half title page: Loss of HMS Magnificent, March 1801. Title page: Map the Atlantic. Fp: Diver surveying the Highborn Cay shipwreck. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 30.5 x 23. 1558219706

A full-colour guide to the ships and treasures at the bottom of the sea.

35732
KROSCHEL, Günter & EVERS, August-Ludwig
DIE DEUTSCHE FLOTTE 1848-1945 - Geschichte des Deutschen Kriegsschiffbaus in 437 Bildern
$10.00 AUD

Wilhelmshaven. 1966. Verlag Lohse-Eissing. 4th corrected impression of the 1962 original. XXVIII PP with tables, plus 160 pages without pagination containing 437 b/w photos. Hard cover, cloth spine, gilt title on front cover and spine. Bookplate and front of dust jacket tipped in on front endpaper. Near fine. German text. 26.5 x 20.5.

Photographic history of the various German navies (Prussia, North Germany) from 1848 to 1888, Imperial of the Kaiser (1888-1918), Reichsmarine of the Weiman Republic (1919-1935) and the Kriegsmarine of the Third Reich (1935-1945).

38023
LARSEN, Kay
VORE ORLOGSSKIBE - Fra Halvfemserne Til Nu
$25.00 AUD

Copenhagen. 1932. Nyt Nordisk Forlag - Arnold Busck. 1st Ed. 184 PP with 112 b/w illustrations. Card cover, illustration on front cover. Front edge of covers with closed tears. Signature of previous owner on half title page. Near fine. Danish text. 23.4 x 16.3.

Danish Navy.

38309
LEIGH, W. H.
RECONNOITERING VOYAGES AND TRAVELS WITH ADVENTURES IN THE NEW COLONIES OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA
$25.00 AUD

Sydney. 1982. Currawong Press. Facsimile reprint of the 1839 original edition. (12), 215 PP, plus 4 b/w plates. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket has a few chips, o/wise near fine. 22.2 x 15.5. 0908001355

The author was the late surgeon of the Australian Company's ship South Australian ... A particular description of Adelaide, and Kangaroo Island; and an account of the present state of Sydney and parts adjacent during the years 1836, 1837, 1838.

41218
LENTON, H. T.
AMERICAN FLEET AND ESCORT DESTROYERS 2
$10.00 AUD

Macdonald. London. 1971. 1st Ed., in Navies of the Second World War series. Volume 2: 160 PP with tables & 46 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. Oblong: 10.8 x 15.2. 356031233

41352
LEWIS, David
ICEBOUND IN ANTARCTICA (in National Geographic Magazine)
$10.00 AUD

Washington. 1984. NGS Volume 166, No. 5, November 1984. Contains article from pages 634 to 663 with 3 maps, and 25 colour photos by Mimi George. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 25.4 x 17.5.

Exploration from the 65-foot steel-hulled schooner Dick Smith Explorer, locked in ice between March 1983 and January 1984.

43089
LLOYD'S
ANNALS OF LLOYD'S REGISTER, being a sketch of the Origin, Constitution, and Progress of Lloyd's Register of British & Foreign Shipping
$100.00 AUD

London. 1884. Lloyd's Register. 1st Ed. Edited by William Henry TINDALL, Michael WILLS, et el. X, 165 PP with head pieces and tail pieces, plus 7 plates (1 folded) with 5 facsimile of pages of the register and 2 with b/w photo pasted down. Fp: Chairman from 1881. Marbled endpapers (presentation plate on FEP). Leather binding, gilt device on front cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, all edges gilt. Spine lightly sunned. Lower corner of front endpapers and presentation plate worn. Occasional foxing, o/wise a very good copy. Scarce. 25 x 18.5.

Published 30th October 1884, for the 50th anniversary of the Society.

48304
LONEY, J. K.
TALL SHIPS AND SAILORMEN - A Concise Survey of Victoria's Early Maritime History
$5.00 AUD

Geelong. c.1975. Author / Marine History Publication. 1st Ed. (2), 99, (4) PP with 3 head pieces, 3 maps, plus 40 pages with 54 b/w plates. Pictorial soft cover (wreck of a windjammer). Covers with slight insect damage, ageing of paper, o/wise very good. 22 x 17.8. 0909244022

37533
LONEY, Jack
TALL SHIPS AND SAILORMEN - A Concise Survey of Victoria's Early Maritime History
$5.00 AUD

Geelong. c.1975. Marine History Publication. 2nd edition. 100 PP with 2 head pieces, 3 maps, plus 40 pages with 54 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover (wreck of a windjammer). Near fine. 21.8 x 17.8. 0909244022

39972
MARX, Robert F.
THE VOYAGE OF THE NIÑA II
$15.00 AUD

London. 1964. Arthur Barker. 1st UK edition of the 1963 US original. 249 PP, (3), plus 16 pages with 33 b/w photos. Eps: Track of the voyage of Nina II. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Dust jacket chipped and rubbed. Foxing. Very good. 22 x 14.8.

1962 re-enactment of the 1492 crossing of the North Atlantic by Christopher Columbus on his first voyage of discovery of the Americas.

16782
MATRAT, Jean
HISTOIRE DES RELATIONS FRANCO-ANGLAISES
$20.00 AUD

Paris. 1953. Nouvelles Editions Latines. 1st Ed. 126 PP. Pictorial card cover. Pages uncut. Occasional foxing and paper ageing. Very good. French text. 18.7 x 12.

History of the links between France and England. The numerous wars leading to the Entente Cordiale and the birth of the European Union.

41825
MAURICE, René
LA FREGATE DE LA LIBERTE
$25.00 AUD

Rochefort, France. 2001. Editions du Gulf Stream. 1st Ed. 24 PP with 16 drawings. Inside front cover: Chart of the Gulf Stream, by Benjamin Franklin. Inside back cover: folded cut away (60 x 22 cms) of L'Hermione, by Jean-Benoit Héron. Pictorial soft covers. Near fine. French text. 22 x 15.4.

The French frigate L'Hermione, and her 1780 voyage to the USA with the Baron de Saint Romain de Vissac, better known as Gilbert Motier de Lafayette.

42625
MAXWELL, Dr. W. G. H. & Economic Department Bank of New South Wales
OFFSHORE AUSTRALIA - The Continental Shelf, the Slope, and beyond
$25.00 AUD

Sydney. 1971. Bank of New South Wales. 1st Ed. IV, 68 PP with 3 graphs, 15 maps, 1 colour and 54 b/w photos, plus 1 folded map in colour Bathymetric Map of the Seas Surrounding Australia and its Territories in rear pocket. Inside front cover: Halibut oil production platform in Bass Strait. Pictorial soft cover. Letter and press release, addressed to the Australian Law Journal loosely inserted. Near fine. 24.2 x 18.5.

42297
MAXWELL, F. W.
NICHOLLS'S CONCISE GUIDE TO THE LOCAL MARINE BOARD EXAMINATIONS FOR SECOND MATES
$100.00 AUD

Glasgow. 1926. James Brown & Son. 2nd edition of the 1924 original. XII, (1 errata), 419 PP with figures, plus 7 plates (3 of them folded), and 2 large folded plate at rear of book. Marbled endpapers. Full leather binding, gilt crest of The Incorporated Thames Nautical Training College - H M S Worcester on front board, gilt title on spine. All edges gilt. Prize plate of the College on front endpaper. Covers lightly rubbed on outside edges and hinges, hinge of front board partly split. The 2 large plates at rear of book are complete but detached. A very good copy. 24.3 x 19.5.

16317
McCANN, Leonard G.
THE HONORABLE COMPANY'S BEAVER
$10.00 AUD

Vancouver, B.C. 1980. Vancouver Museum. 1st Ed. 32 PP with 61 b/w illustrations (facsimile of documents, photos, ..). Pictorial card covers a little foxed, o/wise near fine. 28 x 21.5.

Life of the little paddle-wheeler Beaver which operated on the waters of the Pacific coast of Northwest America. Built in 1835 for the Hudson's Bay Company and wrecked in July 1888, at the entrance of Vancouver Harbour.

19437
McCARTHY, Mike (editor)
IRON SHIPS & STEAM SHIPWRECKS
$25.00 AUD

W.A. Maritime Museum. Fremantle. 1985?. 1st Ed. 267 PP with bw illust. (drawings, maps, plans and photos). Illustrated title page. Pictorial soft cover (a little worn). Former owner's stamp on title-page, o/wise very good. 29.6 x 21. 0730915212

46 Papers presented from the First Australian Seminar on the management of Iron Vessels & Steam Shipwrecks. This seminar was held in April/May 1985, at the same time as the excavation and removal of the engine of the S.S. Xantho.

15623
McCORMICK, Anne & McDONNELL, Derek
PACIFIC VOYAGES & EXPLORATION, From the Carlsmith Collection and Other Sources
$30.00 AUD

Sydney. 1987. Hordern House. 1st Ed. 160 PP profusely illustrated with 160 b/w & 31 colour illustrations. Newspaper clipping "Pacifism", by John McDonald, loosely inserted. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.5 x 21. 095884786X

Catalogue detailing 289 items of the Carlsmith family collection of Pacific voyages: Cook, Bligh, La Pérouse ...

38347
McLAREN, Ian F.
AUSTRALIAN EXPLORERS BY SEA, LAND AND AIR 1788-1988 - Volume 2: References
$20.00 AUD

Melbourne. 1988. University of Melbourne Library. 1st edition limited to 500 copies. XVIII, 253 PP with 3 maps and 13 b/w illustrations. Illustrated soft cover. Foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 29.4 x 20.7. 868399663

Bibliography recording and describing printed works by and about explorers and exploration of Australia and Antarctica.

19492
McLEAN, Gavin (compiler)
NEW ZEALAND COASTAL PASSENGER SHIPS
$10.00 AUD

Wellington. 1989. G.P. Books. 1st Ed. 48 PP with 66 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 14.8. 0477000142

Photographic record of the various runs: Northern Route, Nelson Passenger Service, the Picton Ferry, the Wellington-Lyttelton Ferry Service and Foveaux Strait Service.

38676
McMULLEN, Michael
MULTIHULL SEAMANSHIP
$10.00 AUD

Nautical Publishing. London. 1976. 1st edition of March 1976. 200 PP with 4 tables, 18 graphs and 194 b/w illustrations (maps, photos and sketches). Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Foxing on outside edges, signature of previous owner on front endpaper. Very good. 25.2 x 19. 0245527265

Chapter 1: History (Pacific Ocean beginnings, first Western multihulls...). Chapter 2: Design and Construction comparisons...

34790
MELEGARI, Vezio
PIRATES CORSAIRES ET FLIBUSTIERS
$15.00 AUD

Paris. 1965. Editions des Deux Coqs d'Or. 1st French edition, translated from the 1964 Italian original by H. Valot. 141 PP with b/w and colour illust. Pictorial laminated boards. Near fine. French text. 28.5 x 21.

Pirates, Corsairs and Buccaneers.

33389
MICHENER, James A.
TALES OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC
$35.00 AUD

Sydney. 1953. Dymock's. Reprint of the first Australian edition of 1951. V, (3), 309 PP. Cloth cover. Covers marked at hinges, renewed endpapers. Light browning of outside edges. Very good. 21.5 x 13.8.

A collection of tales against the background of the South Pacific: the coastwatcher. The French planter who fell in love with the US nurse, ...

18478
MILLER, William H.
THE FIRST GREAT OCEAN LINERS IN PHOTOGRAPHS, 193 Views, 1897-1927
$15.00 AUD

New York. 1984. Dover Pub. 1st Ed. XI, 147 PP with 193 b/w photos & full captions. Pict. card cover. Fine. 30 x 22.5. 0486245748

The glorious early years of elegant Transatlantic travel. Photographs depicting the interior and exterior of 101 of these liners.

22024
MILLER, William H.
FAMOUS OCEAN LINERS - The Story of Passenger Shipping from the turn of the Century to the present day
$20.00 AUD

Wellingborough. 1987. Patrick Stephens. Reprint of the original. 136 PP with 109 b/w and 18 colour photos. Title spread: Queen Mary arriving New York, 1949. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Faint foxing spots on outside edges. Fine. 25.2 x 19.2. 850598761

From the first of the super liners, Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, to Queen Elizabeth II.

41233
MONSARRAT, Nicholas
HMS MARLBOROUGH WILL ENTER HARBOUR
$10.00 AUD

London. 1952. Cassell. December reprint of the November 1952. Originally published in 1947 as Depends What You Mean by Love. 96 PP with 19 illustrations by James Holland. Cloth cover, device on front cover, dj (price-clipped). Dust jacket with pieces missing at tope front and back. Offsetting on endpapers, occasional foxing. Contents near fine and overall a very good clean copy. 24.2 x 18.8.

39250
MUDIE, Rosemary & Colin (editors)
THE SAILING SHIP - A voyage through the ages
$10.00 AUD

London. 1984. Roydon Publishing. 1st Ed. 60 PP with 48 b/w and 17 colour illustrations. Title page: 16th century gunfight. Pictorial laminated boards. Near fine. 29 x 22. 094667406X

The beginning of sail. The voyagers. The Traders and Clippers. Twentieth century sail.

35669
N/A
PROCEEDINGS / NAVAL REVIEW ISSUE - Volume 114, No.1023, 1988
$15.00 AUD

Annapolis. 1988. United States Naval Institute. May 1988, No. 1023. Edited by Vice Admiral Robert F. DUNN. 336 PP with b/w illustrations (plans and photos). Cloth cover, crest of the naval institute in blind on front cover, gilt title on spine. Near fine. 28 x 21.6.

24 articles: 6 of them on the war in the Persian Gulf between Iran and Iraq. ... U.S. Navy in 1987. U.S. Marine Corps in 1987. U.S. Coast Guard in 1987... The Soviet Navy in 1987.

38350
N/A
ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY - Welcome Aboard
$5.00 AUD

Sydney. 1990. Navy Public Relations. 1st Ed. No pagination, 8 PP (3 folds, + The Fleet) with 25 colour photos and "The Fleet" with 31 profiles (5 of aircrafts & 26 of ships). Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 29.7. x 21.

Brief description of the Royal Australian Navy: Peace at sea, security at home.

38543
N/A
FREMANTLE MUSEUM
$20.00 AUD

Fremantle. c.1970. Fremantle Branch, Western Australian Museum. 1st Ed. 16 PP with b/w illustrations. Inside front cover: The Vlamingh Plate, 1697. Inside back cover: Dirck Hartog's plate, 1616... Illustrated soft cover. Near fine. Oblong: 18.3 x 24.2.

Early maritime history. Swan River Colony. The Asylum Building...

39396
N/A
YACHTING WORLD ANNUAL 1973
$25.00 AUD

London. 1972. Edward Stanford. 1st Ed. Edited by Guy COLE & Bernard HAYMAN. 144 PP with drawings, sets of plans, and 81 b/w photos. Hard cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj. Bookplate and signature of previous owner on front endpaper. Occasional foxing. Very good. 28.2 x 22.

Southern Cross Cup, by Anthony Churchill. Modern technology in the small craft industry, by J. R. Flewitt.

40093
N/A
SAILING DIRECTIONS AND OTHER INFORMATION FOR THE PORTS AND HARBOURS OF QUEENSLAND - 1978
$10.00 AUD

Brisbane. 1978. Government Printer. 1st Ed. 262 PP, plus 1 plate on Storm Warning Signals, and 3 folded plates (table of distances Queensland ports, table of distances Brisbane port, & Berthage signals). Hard cover, cloth spine. Near fine. 21 x 13.8.

40962
N/A
ENDEAVOUR 200
$15.00 AUD

Sydney. 1970. Australian Hoechst Limited / Oswald Ziegler Publications. 1st Ed., with a foreword by Dr. H. Von Pentz. 64 PP with 1 chart and 54 b/w illustrations. Hard cover, illustrated front cover. Near fine. 30.5 x 24.8.

A commemorative history of Australia's beginnings.

16045
NAIRN, R. A.
PRETTY MAIDEN, The Steamship Kwinana
$10.00 AUD

Fremantle. 1982. Fremantle Arts Centre Press. 1st Ed. VIII, 42 PP with 10 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 20.4 x 14. 0909144648

The life of the state ship Darius, renamed Kwinana, blown ashore in 1922 on the beach which kept her name.

35513
NASSAES, José Luis Alcofar
DIE PORTUGIESISCHE MARINE SEIT 1945 (in Marine-Rundschau - No. 78, Issue 2, February 1981)
$10.00 AUD

Bernard & Graefe Verlag. München. 1981. Contains article from P.73 to 80 with 3 tables and 22 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover (Deck of Italian Destroyer Audace). Fine. German text. 29.8 x 21.

The Portuguese Navy since 1945.

16463
NEDELEC, C.
CATALOGUE OF SMALL-SCALE FISHING GEAR / CATALOGUE DES ENGINS DE PECHE ARTISINALE / CATALOGO DE ARTES DE PESCA ARTESANAL
$20.00 AUD

Surrey. 1975. FAO / Fishing News. 191 PP with b/w illust. Printed on three columns, in English, French & Spanish. Pictorial laminated boards. Covers with a scratch on rear board and faded at spine. Signature of previous owner on front endpaper. Light foxing. A very good copy. 30.2 x 21. 0852380771

Gillnets & entangling nets, surrounding nets, hooks and lines, scoop nets, seine nets, cast nets, lift nets, dredges, trawls, traps,...

22211
NICHOLSON, Ian
LOG OF LOGS, Volume Two
$100.00 AUD

Nambour, Qld. 1993. Roebuck Society. 1st Ed. Publication No.47. XII, 608 PP with b/w figures & photos. Bound copy of the original stiff covers edition. Hard cover, gilt-engraved spine. Light foxing, o/wise fine. 25.5 x 17.8. 0646091824

A complement to the first volume which generated much response and provided a great deal of fresh material making a second volume necessary.

42029
NICOLSON, Ian
MARINIZE YOUR BOAT
$10.00 AUD

London. 1975. Stanford Maritime. 1st Ed. 191 PP with 255 drawings. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Dust jacket has been clear plastic laminated. Light foxing, o/wise very good. 25.2 x 19.2. 0540071390

The advantages of steel construction as well as feature designs, building & proper maintenance.

41508
NOBLE, Denis L.
LIFEBOAT SAILORS - The U.S. Coast Guard 's Small Boat Stations
$15.00 AUD

Brassey's. Washington. 2001. 1st Ed. XVI, 247 PP with 16 head pieces, 2 maps and 31 b/w photos. Title page: crossing the bar. Pictorial soft cover. Faint foxing, o/wise fine. 22.8 x 15. 1574883364

40465
NORTON, Arthur P.
A STAR ATLAS, and Reference Handbook (epoch 1950) for Students and Amateurs
$10.00 AUD

London. 1950. Gall and Inglis. 11th Ed. XVI, 55 PP with 10 figures, plus 35 pages with 18 maps. 2 clear plastic maps loosely inserted. FEP: Northern Index Map. REP: Southern Index Map. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Spine sunned. Top and bottom of spine frayed. Name of stars on some maps blocked with white out, o/wise very good. 28.3 x 22.

Astronomical terms, spectroscopy, hints on observing. Care and use of the telescope. Star maps...

37910
ORTZEN, Len
STORIES OF FAMOUS FIGHTING SHIPS - Volume one: In the Days of Sail
$10.00 AUD

London. 1978. Arthur Barker. 1st Ed. 160 PP. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price-clipped). Near fine. 22.2 x 14.2. 0213166704

16095
PARSONS, Ronald
AUSTRALIAN SHIPOWNERS AND THEIR FLEETS. Book Ten (Vessels enrolled at Melbourne to the end of 1859)
$10.00 AUD

Adelaide. 1991. Author. 1st Ed. IV, P.201 to 276 with 1 line drawing. Stapled typescript monograph. Soft cover. Near fine. Oblong: 16.4 x 20.6. 0909418438

The formation and development of the Melbourne Steamship Co., James Paterson's sail colliers,...

38263
PARSONS, Ronald
AUSTRALIAN SHIPOWNERS AND THEIR FLEETS - Book Five: Early Australian Owners
$10.00 AUD

Ronald Parsons. Magill, SA. 1979. 1st Ed. (4), 91 PP. Stapled typescript monograph. Soft covers a little aged, o/wise near fine. Oblong: 16.6 x 20.6.

Early shipowners, vessels owned/operated by the Colonial Government. Early whaling ships.

18229
PASQUELOT, Maurice
LES DOSSIERS SECRETS DE LA MARINE, Londres-Vichy 1940-1944
$10.00 AUD

Paris. 1977. N.E.L. 1st Ed. 298 PP, plus 8 pages with 10 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Spine creased. Faint foxing. French text. Near fine. 22.3 x 14. 2723300226

A history of the French Navy Secret Service during WWII: sinking of the Bismark - An unknown aspect of Captain Cousteau who helped secure the secret Italian code.

14563
PEARS, Chas.
YACHTING ON THE SUNSHINE COAST - A Volume of Information compiled, written and illustrated by ...
$15.00 AUD

London. 1932. Southern Railway Co. 1st Ed. (6), 66 PP with 45 colour burgees of Yacht Clubs, plus 16 colour plates by the author on art paper. Cloth cover (lightly soiled and marked), colour illustration pasted down on front board. Foxing spots on outside edges. Name and stamp of previous owners on front endpaper. An otherwise very good copy. 23.7 x 15.

The various yachting centres of Southern England with Yacht Clubs Burgees and exquisite watercolours on art paper.

16648
PERRY, Major Warren
THE NAVAL AND MILITARY CLUB, MELBOURNE - A History of Its First Hundred Years, 1881-1981
$10.00 AUD

Melbourne. 1981. Naval and Military Club, Melbourne / Lothian. 1st Ed. XXXII, 435 PP, plus 42 pages with 129 b/w illustrations. Fp (in colour): Certificate of membership. Cloth cover (marked), gilt crest on front cover and spine, gilt title on spine. Foxing spots on outside edges. Very good internally. 25 x 16. 0850911494

34665
PIKE, Dag
AN INTRODUCTION TO POWERBOAT CRUISING
$20.00 AUD

New York. 1989. Hearst Marine Books. 1st US edition of the 1989 UK Practical Motor Cruising. X, 227 PP with b/w illust. (figures and photos). Hard cover, dj. Spine of dust jacket lightly sunned. Foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 25 x 17.8. 688089135

22603
PLOWMAN, Peter
EMIGRANT SHIPS TO LUXURY LINERS - Passenger Ships to Australia & New Zealand, 1945-1990
$65.00 AUD

Sydney. 1992. NSW University Press. 1st Ed. 296 PP with 283 b/w photos, plus 8 pages with 16 colour plates. Fp: "New Australia" at Circular Quay. Half-title page: profile of the "Britanis". Eps: Advertising material / posters on sea travel. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 29.2 x 22. 0868403792

Stories of the Builders & Owners, the Crew & Passengers of these great ships.

18115
POLMAR, Norman & FRIEDMAN, Norman
WARSHIPS
$10.00 AUD

London. 1984. Treasure Press. Reprint of the 1983 revised and updated edition of 1981. 88 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Title spread: HMS Invincible. Half-title page: HMS Warrior (1860). Eps: HMS Alacrity. Pictorial laminated boards. Very good. 32.2 x 23.8. 0907812597

From the American Civil War to the Falklands conflict and beyond.

39035
PORTS
BOSTON PORT & SHIPPING HANDBOOK - SEA & AIR 1985
$30.00 AUD

Norfolk. 1985. Ryston Handbooks. 1st edition of June 1985. 52 PP with advertisements, 1 map, 1 plan, and 13 photos (3 colour, 10 b/w). Pictorial card cover. Fine. 23.5 x 18.5.

Massachusetts Port Authority: Sea Port and Logan International Airport.

39056
PORTS
PORT OF BOSTON HANDBOOK - 1984 - 1985
$30.00 AUD

Boston. 1984. Boston Shipping Association. 1st Ed. 224 PP with advertisements, tables, maps, plans, and b/w photos. Pictorial card cover. Fine. 21.2 x 13.5.

39620
PORTS
MACKAY HARBOUR BOARD - Annual Report 1984-85
$10.00 AUD

Mackay. 1985. The Mackay Harbour Board. 1st Ed. (1), 19 PP with 1 organization chart, 1 map, 1 plan, tables, graphs, 1 b/w and 1 colour photo. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.7 x 21.

39665
PORTS
PORT OF PORTLAND
$15.00 AUD

Portland. c. 1985. Port of Portland Authority. Folder containing 11 roneotyped sheets with information, plus a 3 folds flyer on Port of Portland with 1 plan and 3 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 30.5 x 21.8.

Portland, Western Victoria.

39666
PORTS
PORT OF PORTLAND - 32nd Annual Report Year ended 30th June, 1983
$15.00 AUD

Portland. 1983. Port of Portland Authority. 1st Ed. 28 PP with 1 plan, 6 colour and 15 b/w photos. Inside front cover: Tender vessel Maersk Handler. Inside back cover: Livestock carrier Al Yasrah. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.3 x 21.

Portland, Western Victoria.

41484
PORTS
PORT OF BRISBANE - General Information
$10.00 AUD

Brisbane. 1988. Port of Brisbane Authority. November 1988 edition. (2), 86 PP with 4 maps/plans, 4 drawings, 13 profiles of ships and 15 b/w photos, plus 1 plate with 35 funnels in colour. Pictorial card cover, spiral bound. Fine. 30 x 21.

41537
PORTS
PUERTO DE CASTELLON - Memoria Anual, 1987
$30.00 AUD

Puerto de Castellon. 1988. Ministerio de Obras Publicas y Urbanismo, Direccion General de Puertos y Costas 1st Ed. 80 PP with tables, plus 3 plans in colour (2 of them folded), and 3 colour plates with 6 photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. Spanish text. 29.3 x 21.

Annual report for the Port of Castellon, Mediterranean Sea, for 1988.

41538
PORTS
PUERTO DE GIJON - Memoria Anual 1984 Annual Report
$10.00 AUD

Puerto de Gijon. 1985. Ministerio de Obras Publicas y Urbanismo, Direccion General de Puertos y Costas 1st Ed. 90 PP with tables, 1 map & 1 plan in colour, and 18 colour photos, plus 1 folded plan at rear of book. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. English and Spanish text. 30.5 x 21.3.

Annual report for the Port of Gijon, Bay of Biscay, for 1984.

21102
POUND, Reginald
SCOTT OF THE ANTARCTIC
$15.00 AUD

London. 1966. Cassell. 1st Ed. XII, 328 PP with 2 maps, plus 24 pages with 38 b/w photos. Cloth cover, dj. Sellotape marks on the inside of dust jacket and front endpaper. Foxing spots on outside edges. Very good. 21.7 x 14.7.

Biography of Scott: early life, navy days, leadership of the Discovery expedition.

41692
PRESTON, S. T.
OF SHIPS & SEA
$5.00 AUD

Greenport, Long Island, N.Y. 1983. S. T. Preston & Son, Inc. Annual edition. 112 PP with hundreds of b/w and colour photos. Pictorial soft covers a little soiled, o/wise near fine. 20.4 x 13.5.

Preston's catalog of Ship Models, Marine Clocks & Barometers, Figureheads, Scrimshaw, Brassware, Marine Prints and a host of decorative Nautical items for the Home.

12054
PUTZ, George & SPECTRE, Peter H., & GETCHELL, David R. (editors)
THE MARINER'S CATALOG, Volume 2
$10.00 AUD

Camden, Maine. 1975. National Fisherman & Int'l Marine. 2nd Printing of the 1974 original. 192 PP, profusely illustrated with photos, sketches, drawings, diagrams, etc... Pictorial soft cover. Former owner's stamp at top of title page. Faint foxing. Very good. 27 x 21. 0877420467

Small boats for work or pleasure. Information on tools, boatbuilding,... information sources, boat models..

16833
RAN
THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY
$5.00 AUD

Department of Defence / A.G.P.S. Canberra. 1992. 1st Ed. 40 PP with 34 profiles, 5 b/w and 40 colour photos. Title-page: R.A.N. Ensign. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 25 x 17.5. 0644140518

Australian Defence policy and the Royal Australian Navy in the 1990's and beyond.

10411
REDWOOD, Rosaline
EARLY SEALING DAYS (in Walkabout Magazine Vol. 9, No. 3)
$20.00 AUD

Australian National Publicity Association. Melbourne. 1943. Volume 9, No. 3, January 1943. Contains article from P.4 to 8 with 3 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 30 x 24.

A history of sealing & the sealing industry on the Southern Ocean islands between 1792 and 1829. Other article: "Boats on the Darling", by W. K. GLOVER

18585
REVELY, Henry
THE CONVOY THAT NEARLY DIED - The Story of ONS 154
$25.00 AUD

London. 1979. William Kimber. 1st Ed. 222 PP with 1 map on full page, and 5 diagrams, plus 8 pages with 16 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj (price-clipped). Near fine. 24 x 16. 0718304063

Story of a 45 ship convoy attacked from 27-30 Dec. 1942. Thirteen ships lost. The last one was HMS Fidelity, a French ship, whose Captain refused to surrender her to the Vichy Government and had offered her, together with her crew, (incl. the Gunnery Officer: Mlle. Madeleine Barclay) to the British.

40297
RICHARDS, Joe
PRINCESS - New York
$15.00 AUD

London. 1958. Hollis & Carter. 1st UK edition. (4), 258 PP with 24 drawings by the author. Hard cover, dj (chipped). Occasional foxing spots. Near fine. 22.2 x 14.5.

Voyage of the sloop Princess, registered in New York, down to Southwest Key off the Honduran coast, then return to Florida...

40132
RIDER, Hope S.
VALOUR FORE & AFT - Being the Adventures of America's First Naval Vessel
$10.00 AUD

Newport, Rhode Island. 1978. Seaport '76 Foundation, Ltd. 1st Ed. XVIII, 259 PP with b/w illustrations (4 maps, 4 plans, facsimile of documents, paintings and photos). Title spread (in colour): Sloop Providence attacking an English ship. Eps: Area of operations, Sloop Providence 1775-1779. Pictorial soft cover. Faint foxing, o/wise near fine. 22.2 x 14.8. 0870217445

38247
ROBERTS, Frank
INDIA 1526-1800
$20.00 AUD

London. 1992. Hodder & Stoughton. 1st Ed., in the Past Historic series. 64 PP with colour illustrations (maps, paintings, photographs). Pictorial card cover. Fine. 27.7 x 21.2. 340554371

37697
ROSS, Bob
OCEAN CLASSICS
$25.00 AUD

Richard Bennett. Kingston, Tasmania. 1994. 1st Ed. 84 PP with 1 map, 71 colour photos by Richard Bennett. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj. Fine. 27.8 x 27.8. 064619710X

Tall Ships race 1988. Circumnavigation of Tasmania 1992. Sydney - Hobart...

37639
ROUSMANIERE, John (editor)
THE LUXURY YACHTS
$15.00 AUD

Amsterdam. 1984. Time-Life Books. 2nd European English language printing of the 1981 original, in The Seafarers series. 176 PP with b/w and colour illust. Title page: A gilded figurehead of England's Queen Charlotte, carved in 1824. FEP: Maps of the European and North American waters, haunts of luxury yachts. Simile leather covers, colour illustration pasted down on front cover. Near fine. 28.7 x 24. 705406423

36623
ROY-CHAUDHURY, Rahul
SEA POWER AND INDIAN SECURITY
$30.00 AUD

London. 1995. Brasseys. 1st Ed. 222 PP with 2 maps, 4 graphs and 9 tables Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 23.5 x 15. 1857530500

38452
ROYAL AUSTRALIAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY
THE BRITISH NAVAL OFFICER AND THE AUSTRALIAN COLONIES: An Aspect of Nineteenth Century Colonial History (Volume 54, Part 1, March 1968)
$15.00 AUD

Sydney. 1968. R.A.H.S.. Contains article by Philip M. COWBURN between P.1 and 21. Soft cover. Browning of outside edges, o/wise near fine. 22.2 x 14.3.

39433
ROYAL UNITED SERVICES INSTITUTE
'ARMED FORCES AND THE SOCIETIES WHICH THEY SERVE' (in Journal of the Royal United Services Institute of Australia - Volume 18)
$10.00 AUD

Canberra. 1997. Royal United Services Institute of Australia. Volume 18, September 1997, International Seminar edition. Edited by Colonel D.W. KIBBEY, I. DUDGEON, Wing Cmdr R.W. HOWE. XII, 96 PP with 11 portraits and 3 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 24.7 x 17.3. 0728-1188

Defending Australia's interests: Challenges for a new strategic Era, by Ian McLachlan. The role of the Australian Defence Force Academy in educating Australia's 21st century Officer Corps, by Professor J. A. Richards... The Singapore Armed Forces - Partners in Progress, by Lieutenant General Bey Soo Khiang... Theme of seminar: by Admiral Joseph W. Prueher (USN / CINCPAC), by General de Division Maurice Quadri (French Armed Forces in New Caledonia).

39434
ROYAL UNITED SERVICES INSTITUTE
International Seminar 'SEEKING AFFORDABLE DEFENCE IN THE 21ST CENTURY' (in Journal of the Royal United Services Institute of Australia - Volume 22)
$10.00 AUD

Canberra. 2000. Royal United Services Institute of Australia. December 2000, International Seminar edition. IV, 128 PP with 13 portraits and 13 pages of advertisements. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 24.7 x 17.3. 0728-1188

Theme of seminar: by Admiral Dennis Blair (USN / CINCPAC). French Armed Forces in New Caledonia, by général de Division Xavier de Zuchowicz. ... Industry Forum: by Hector Donohue of Tenix Defence Systems, by Jean-Georges Malcor of ADI Ltd....

35524
RUGE, Friedrich
SEEMACHT UND SICHERHEIT - Eine Schicksalsfrage für alle Deutschen
$5.00 AUD

Tübingen, Germany. 1955. Fritz Schlichtenmayer. 1st Ed. 78 PP with 2 tables and 3 maps. Card cover (rubbed). Very good. German text. 20.2 x 12.5.

Naval Power and Security - fate of Germany.

39268
SACK, Celia R. (cataloguer)
THE LIBRARY OF KARL V. STEINBRUGGE - Early Exploration of the North West Coast of America and Related Voyages
$20.00 AUD

Pacific Book Auction Galleries. San Francisco. 1996. 1st Ed. No pagination, 84 PP with 27 b/w illustrations. Soft cover, illustrated front. Fine. 25.5 x 17.8.

Auction catalogue: Sale 97, 13 February 1996. 199 Items.

15774
SAMPSON, A. & S.
EXPLORERS OF AUSTRALIA
$5.00 AUD

Lloyd O'Neil. Melbourne. 1983. Reprint of the 1979 original. 60 PP with b/w & colour illustrations. Title spread: Exploring party in NSW, by J. Cross, 1826. Pictorial (South Brisbane from North Shore) laminated boards. Back hinge at head of spine with a 1 cm tear. Small rub on title page. Very good. 28.5 x 21. 0855508248

The sea & land explorers of Australia.

21148
SAVOURS, Ann (editor)
SCOTT'S LAST VOYAGE - Through the Antarctic Camera of Herbert Ponting
$10.00 AUD

New York. 1975. Praeger. 1st US edition of the 1974 UK original. 160 PP with 2 maps & 119 b/w photos, plus 4 pages with 4 colour photos by Ponting. Fp: Capt. Robert Falcon Scott. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 25.5 x 19. 0275526704

The camera records of the British Antarctic Expedition of 1910-1913, Scott's last expedition, daily life on board the Terra Nova...

36415
SCHAAP, Dick
HET LAATSTE DELTAWERK
$10.00 AUD

Amsterdam. 1987. De Boer Maritiem. 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

Amsterdam. 1987. De Boer Maritiem. 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.

32723
SCHLECHTRIEM, Gert
SCHIFFE UND HAFEN, Bilder aus dem Deutschen Schiffahrtsmuseum
$35.00 AUD

Bremen. 1975. Weser-Kurier. 1st Ed. 60 PP with 28 colour illustrations. Eps: Harbour scenes. Cloth cover, dj. Fine. German text. 24.7 x 21.5.

Paintings of ships and harbours in the German Maritime Museum.

34153
SHAW, Captain Frank H.
STIRRING DEEDS OF BRITAIN'S NAVAL MIGHT
$10.00 AUD

George G. Harrap. London. 1940. 1st Ed. 254 PP, plus 16 pages with 19 b/w photos. Fp: Rear-Admiral Sir Henry Harwood. Cloth cover (soiled). Spine sunned, war economy paper, some foxing. Good reading copy. 22 x 14.

The first year of World War 2 at sea: Battle of the River Plate. Liner Rawalpindi versus the Deutschland...

35736
SIMPSON, Colin
LUSITANIA
$5.00 AUD

London. 1974. Penguin Books. 1st paperback edition of the 1972 original published by Longman. 295, (8 adv.) PP with 1 facsimile of document and 3 diagrams. Pictorial soft cover (creased). Name of previous owner. Some foxing. Good reading copy. 18.2 x 11.2. 140037934

Startling truth about one of the most fateful disasters of the sea: the torpedoing of the Lusitania.

19470
SIMPSON, Colin & ANGELOGLOU, Christopher
SIR FRANCIS CHICHESTER - VOYAGE OF THE CENTURY
$5.00 AUD

London. 1967. Sphere Books. 1st edition by Sphere Books. 112 PP with 1 world map, 2 plans of Gipsy Moth IV, 16 colour & 66 b/w photos. Paperback (rubbed at hinges). Very good. 17.8 x 10.7.

41307
SMITH, Carl
GOWER COAST SHIPWRECKS
$35.00 AUD

Swansea. 1993. Sou'wester Books. 1st Ed. 105 PP with 1 chart, 1 map, 2 drawings, 13 newspaper clippings and 38 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. Oblong: 19.8 x 20.8. 0951528149

Peninsula from southern Wales, jutting into the Bristol Channel.

40000
SMITH, Peter C.
HERITAGE OF THE SEA
$15.00 AUD

St. Ives, UK. 1974. Balfour. 1st Ed. 96 PP with colour illustrations (1 painting, 1 print, 2 maps and 32 photos). Hard cover, dj (price-clipped). Discreet stamp of previous owner on front endpaper. Near fine. 24.2 x 18.5. 0859440109

History of 22 famous old ships preserved in Great Britain. Victory - Cutty Sark - Discovery... Foudroyant... Gypsy Moth IV...

35392
SOMERVILLE, Hugh
YACHT AND DINGHY RACING - Tactics, Tuning and Handling
$5.00 AUD

London. 1961. Adlard Coles. 2nd revised edition of the 1957 original. XIX, 15-195 PP with 65 diagrams and 67 b/w plates. Fp: Ffrantic, the Flying Fifteen. Cloth cover. Hinges rubbed. Sellotape marks on endpapers. Near fine. 23.2 x 15.3.

16100
SOMNER, Graeme
BEN LINE, Fleet List and Short History, plus Supplement
$15.00 AUD

World Ship Society. London. 1980, 1985. Fleet List: 120 PP with b/w photos. Fp: Benavon & City of Edinburgh at Southampton. Supplement of April 1985: 12 PP with 9 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21.5 x 15. 0905617118

Fleet list and short history, plus separate supplement of 1985.

16108
SOMNER, Graeme
BEN LINE - Supplement
$10.00 AUD

World Ship Society. London. 1985. 12 PP with b/w photos. Stapled wrappers. Very good. 21 x 14.8.

Supplement to the 1980 fleet list and short history.

14702
STAMP, Tom & Cordelia
JAMES COOK MARITIME SCIENTIST
$15.00 AUD

Caedmon of Whitby. Whitby. 1978. Reprint ???. XIV, 160 PP with 8 b/w illustrations, plus 2 b/w plates. Fp: Portrait of Capt. James Cook. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 23 x 14.5. 0905355040

The life of Captain Cook: Yorkshire years, family life, the voyages. The man, his methods, his achievements.

16116
STEGER, W. & SCHURKE, P.
NORTH TO THE POLE
$15.00 AUD

New York. 1987. Times Books. 1st Ed. XII, 339 PP with 1 map, plus 16 pages with 1 map and 27 b/w photos. Hard cover,dj. Faint foxing on outside edges, top of spine slightly frayed. Very good. 24.2 x 16.5. 0812917049

Account of the 1986 Steger International Polar Expedition which left from Ward Hunt Island on 7th March to reach the North Pole on 3rd May.

41353
STEGER, Will
SIX ACROSS ANTARCTICA (in National Geographic Magazine)
$10.00 AUD

Washington. 1990. NGS Volume 178, No. 5, November 1990. Contains article from P. 66 to 95 with 2 maps and 30 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 25.4 x 17.5.

A 3700 treck from the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula to the Russian base of Mirnyy, via the South Pole.

35344
SUDBURY, Neil (editor)
RETURN OF THE BOUNTY - Flagship of the Fleet
$5.00 AUD

Sydney. 1988. Australian Hi-Fi Publications. 1st Ed. 1988 Commemorative Edition. 64 PP with 6 pages of advertising material, 25 b/w illust. and 46 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 27.5 x 21.2. 0959126120

Pictorial souvenir. Re-enactement Fleet of 1987/1988.

70288
TAYLOR H. G.
THE DISCOVERY OF TASMANIA
$40.00 AUD

Cat and Fiddle. Hobart. 1973. 1st Ed. (12), 177 PP, plus 9 b/w plates (portraits of explorers ). Fp: The death of Marion du Fresne. Eps: Dutch vessels of Abel Tasman Expedition, at anchor. Blackman Bay, Forestier Peninsula (South East Tasmania). Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket is rubbed around edges and back, o/wise a near fine copy. 25 x 18. 0858530120

Abel Jansz. Tasman, Marion du Fresne, Tobias Furneaux, James Cook, William Bligh, John Henry Cox, Bruny D'Entrecasteaux... Nicolas Baudin.

40024
TAZIEFF, Haroun
SOUTH FROM THE RED SEA
$10.00 AUD

London. c.1965. The Travel Book Club. Reprint of the original published by Lutterworth Press. 213 PP with 3 maps and 6 figures, plus 8 pages with 12 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Foxing spots on outside edges. Very good. 22.3 x 14.2.

Exploration in the Red Sea with Cousteau on the Calypso, as well as regions of the Rift Valley of the African continent.

35380
TEMPLAR
SEA FEVER - A Beginner's Guide to Yachting
$5.00 AUD

Hong Kong. 1985. Author. 1st Ed. Foreword by Mike Phillips, Commodore, Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club. 111 PP with 52 cartoons by Templar. Pictorial soft cover. Occasional foxing. Near fine. Oblong: 14 x 20.4.

68455
TEMPLE, Philip
THE SEA AND THE SNOW - The South Indian Ocean Expedition to Heard Island
$50.00 AUD

Cassell. Melbourne. 1966. 1st Ed., with a foreword by Sir Edmund Hillary. (8), 188 PP with 2 maps, and 1 plan of the "Patanela", plus 12 pages with 32 b/w photos. Eps: Map of Heard Island. Hard cover, dust jacket with a few small chips/rubs and now in a protective sleeve. Contents near fine. Scarce. 22 x 14.4.

Expedition/exploration of Heard Island in 1965. Calls at the Kerguelen Islands.

41382
THORNTON-SMITH, C. B.
ANALYTICAL CHECKLIST OF FIRST-HAND ACCOUNTS IN FRENCH OF COLONIAL AUSTRALIA, with details of published English translations
$10.00 AUD

Melbourne. Department of English, Monash University. Photostat copy of the 1983 original. No. 1 in the Monash Bibliographical series. (2), 27 PP. Soft cover, plastic protected, spiral bound. Fine. 29.7 x 20.5. 0908481233

43202
THORSOE, Soren, SIMONSEN, Peter & FREDERICHSEN, Frederik
THE DANNEBROG FLEET 1883-1993
$45.00 AUD

Rungsted, Denmark. 1993. Dannebrog Rederi AS. 1st Ed., with an historic preface by Ebbe Wedell-Wedellsborg. 208 PP with 1 map, 8 profiles (in colour), 7 plans, 270 b/w photos and 4 colour illustrations. FEP (in colour): Nordborg, 1930. REP (in colour): Brattingsborg, 1970. Pictorial boards. Name of previous owner on FFEP, o/wise a fine copy.. 27.6 x 24.2. 8798430505

10472
TOGHILL, Jeff
THE YACHTSMAN'S NAVIGATION MANUAL
$10.00 AUD

Sydney. 1976. Reed. Reprint of the 1975 original. 256 PP with b/w illust. (drawings, maps, sketches and photos). Hard cover, device (astrolabe) on front cover, dj. Donation plate and stamp of the "Devonport Maritime Museum and Historical Society" on front and rear endpapers. Previous owner's name on FFEP and title page, o/wise contents near fine. 25.2 x 18.5. 0589071653

34460
TOGHILL, Jeff
LET'S TRY SAILING
$20.00 AUD

Sydney. 1978. Reed. 1st Ed. 128 PP with b/w illust. (sketches, drawings and photos). Hard cover, dj. Fine. 28.5 x 21.5. 058950066X

Chapters: An Introduction, The Basic Bits and Pieces, The Fundamentals, Getting under Way, The Spinnaker, Safe Navigastion, Out in the Open, A Few Hints and Tips, Some Common Knots, Glossary of Sailing Terms..

40535
TUTE, Warren
ATLANTIC CONQUEST - The Ships and the Men of the North Atlantic Passenger Services, 1816-1961
$10.00 AUD

London. 1962. Cassell. 1st Ed. 247 PP, plus 32 pages with b/w illustrations. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Neat stamp of previous owner on front endpaper. Near fine. 22 x 14.5.

The battle for international prestige and the commercial rivalry between the packets sailing each side of the Atlantic.

16791
TYE, Lt. Lawrence
1991 COMMEMORATION - THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ROYAL NEW ZEALAND NAVY
$15.00 AUD

Tauranga. 1991. Bruce Mountain. Official Souvenir Magazine. 116 PP with b/w & colour illustrations, and advertisments. Pictorial card cover. Fine. 28 x 21.2.

Brief history: HMNZN dockyard - women of the RNZ Naval Service - hydrography - naval training.

35670
UHLIG, Frank, Jr. (editor)
U.S. NAVAL INSTITUTE - NAVAL REVIEW, 1962 - 1963
$15.00 AUD

Annapolis. 1962. United States Naval Institute. 1st Ed. (14), 369, (9) PP with b/w illustrations (plans and photos). Cloth cover, colour photo pasted down front cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Near fine. 28.7 x 22.5.

15 articles, 3 of them on the Cold War (U.S. Navy, Allied Sea Power and Soviet Sea Power). The Navy supply system. The Coast Guard...

71846
URE, Charles Woodward
HOW TO NAVIGATE AT SEA - A Complete Course in 12 Chapters (Ure's System of Ocean Navigation)
$50.00 AUD

The Harbour Press / C. W. Ure. Sydney. 1973. 1st and limited edition. 212, (100 / C with tables) PP with many figures. Errata slip topped in on page 9Pictorial soft cover. Covers slightly rubbed and with minite insect damages. Occasional foxing spots on outsie edges. Very good. Scarce. 24 x 18.4.

By the first Australian navigator to cross on his "Mirrool" the Tasman Sea, solo, both ways, in March and April 1970.

34933
VAN MAARSEVEEN, Drs J. G. S. J.
DE REPUBLIEK EN FRANKRIJK in het begin van de 17de eeuw
$10.00 AUD

Zaltbommel. 1970. Antiquariaat Europese Bibliotheek. 1st Ed., No. 12. in the Spiegel der Historie series, 4th year of publication. Pages 413 to 468 with 39 b/w illust. Pictorial card cover (Statue of French King Louis XIII). Fine. Dutch text. 28 x 22.

An Embassy of the Dutch Republic to the Kingdom of France in 1624, and the Treaty of Compiègne.

39664
VEN, Capitaine de Vaisseau
TRAITE DE MANOEUVRE
$25.00 AUD

Paris. 1947. Société d' Editions Géographiques, Maritimes et Coloniales. Updated reprint of the 1935 edition. (6) , 582 PP with 341 figures, plus 2 leaflets (Feux et Marques à employer pour les Navires en mer with 8 pages, and Balisage des Cotes de France et d'Algérie with 5 pages), at rear of book. Hard cover, title on front cover and spine. Ageing of paper, edges of covers lightly rubbed, hinges weak. Signature of previous owner on front endpaper. Very good copy. French text. 22.4 x 15.5.

Seamanship and Manoeuvres at Ecole Navale (French equivalent to Annapolis or Dartmouth). Added: 2 pamphlets on Lights, Marks and Buoyage.

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

Lausanne. 1911. Compagnie Générale de Navigation sur le Lac Léman. 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 of Geneva). Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. French text. 18 x 12.

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

34809
VON MÜNCHING, L. L.
VLIEGKAMPSCHEPEN
$10.00 AUD

De Alkenreeks. Alkmaar, Netherlands. c. 1962. 1st Ed., No. 95 in De Alkenreeks Beeld Encyclopedie. 64 PP with 13 plans and 50 b/w photos. Title page: USN Helicopter-Carrier Okinawa. Pictorial laminated boards (fading at top of front board). Fine. Dutch text. 15 x 11.

Aircraft carriers.

35129
VON TROTHA, Adolf
SEEGELTUNG - WELTGELTUNG, Gedanken eines Admirals
$10.00 AUD

E.S. Mittler & Sohn. Berlin. 1940. 1st Ed. XII, 139, (5 publications) PP, plus 7 b/w plates. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Fine. German text in Gothic script. 23.5 x 15.8.

Thoughts of German Admiral Adolf von Trotha on sea power and world domination.

37637
WALKER, Bryce (editor)
THE ARMADA
$10.00 AUD

Amsterdam. 1982. Time-Life Books. 1st European English language printing of the 1981 original, in The Seafarers series. 176 PP with b/w and colour illust. Title page: Medal struck in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. Eps: Map of the Channel. Simile leather covers, colour illustration pasted down on front cover. Fine. 28.7 x 24. 705406342

21093
WALTON, K., BISHOP, J...
PORTRAIT OF ANTARCTICA
$25.00 AUD

George Philip. London. 1988. Reprint of the 1983 original. Foreword by HRH The Prince of Wales. 168 PP with b/w & colour illustrations. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 23.8 x 23.8. 0540010758

Pictorial history, spanning fifty years of exploration and research in the Antarctic. The record of a way of life.

38396
WEBBER, N. B. (editor)
MARINAS AND SMALL CRAFT HARBOURS
$20.00 AUD

Southampton. 1974. Southampton University Press. Reprint of the December 1972 original. XVIII, 501 PP with tables and b/w illustrations (plans, sketches and photos), plus 1 folded map (River Hamble Policy Plan). Fp: The Hamble - River Britain's principal Marina estuary. Hard cover, dj with a few small marks, foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise near fine. 21.8 x 15.2.

Proceedings of a Symposium held at the University of Southampton on 19-21 April 1972. 13 papers presented. Requirements of the yachtsman by J. R. Bryans... Floating breakwaters by N.B. Weller and R.J.S. Harris...Economics of the Marina....

34898
WEGENER, Edward
MOSKAUS OFFENSIVE ZUR SEE - Eine Untersuchung der seestrategischen Rolle de sowjetischen Marinestreitkräfte im Ost-West-Konflikt
$10.00 AUD

Bonn-Bad Godesberg. 1972. Deutsches Marine-Institut. 1st Ed. 128 PP with 7 maps, plus 14 pages with 12 b/w photos. Pictorial card cover. Near fine. German text. 20.5 x 13.6.

Soviet Navy: strategy and sea power.

34772
WHALL, Hugh D.
THE SOUTHERN CROSS - Australia's 1974 Challenge for the America's Cup
$5.00 AUD

Annapolis. 1974. Admiralty Publishing House. 1st Ed. XVI, 172 PP with 4 plans and 66 b/w photos. Fp: Line drawing of Southern Cross. Cloth cover. Some light foxing. Very good. 23.5 x 15.3. 0913544043

The first challenge for the America's Cup by Alan Bond.

39364
WILLIAMS, David L.
SEA TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT
$10.00 AUD

London. 1988. Ian Allan. 1st Ed. 128 PP with tables, sketches, maps, and 61 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 18.4 x 11.8. 0711017735

42053
WILLIAMS, David L.
PADDLE STEAMERS
$25.00 AUD

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

11703
WILSON, Bruce
COLONIAL IDENTITIES - Canada from 1760 to 1815
$25.00 AUD

Ottawa. 1988. National Archives of Canada. 1st Ed., in Records of Our History series. XII, 236 PP with 113 b/w and colour reproductions of archival records (maps, engravings, paintings ..). Eps: Seal hunting. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj. Fine. 28.5 x 22.2. 0660126664

The period of war and uncertainties which shaped modern Canada.

40517
WILSON, Ian
UNDISCOVERED: The Fascinating World of Undiscovered Places, Graves, Wrecks, and Treasure
$10.00 AUD

London. 1993. Chancellor Press. Reprint of the 1987 original. 192 PP with head pieces and b/w illust. (maps & plans, paintings & photos). Title page: The British Egyptologist Howard Carter opening the golden shrine of the tomb of the pharaoh Tutankhamun. Pictorial laminated boards. Faint foxing on outside edges. Near fine. 25.5 x 17.5. 1851522999

37620
WOOD, Peter (editor)
THE SPANISH MAIN
$15.00 AUD

Amsterdam. 1983. Time-Life Books. 2nd European English language printing of the 1979 original, in The Seafarers series. 176 PP with b/w and colour illust. Title page: Flintlock Pistol, once owned by Nicholas van Horn. Eps: Map of the Caribbean Sea or Spanish Main. Simile leather covers, illustrated colour vignette on front cover. Near fine. 28.7 x 24. 0705406296

40902
ZAIDMAN, Pierre-Henri
Lucien Félix HENRY, Colonel de la Commune, condamné à mort et artiste Australien
$60.00 AUD

Paris. 2000. Editions du Baboune. 1st Ed. 90 PP with 8 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 29.5 x 20.7.

Lucien Henry: Colonel with the Commune of PARIS, 1871. Deported to New Caledonia in 1873. Amnesty in January 1879. Migrated to Australia, where he settled as an artist...