Unknown sub 39

76303
AGUTTER, Rodney & MORCK, Bjorn
FEARNLEY & EGER, 1869-1969
$10.00 AUD

World Ship Society. Kendal, UK. 1968. 1st Ed. X, 58 PP with 16 portraits and 77 b/w photos, and 1 map at centre fold. Inside front cover: MS Fernlake New York. Pictorial soft covers with light wear and "Norwegian Shipping Line" on front cover, newspaper clipping pasted down on title page, otherwise very good. 21.5 x 14.

History & details of fleet.

19687
ALLCOT, John & THE AUSTRALASIAN PIONEERS' CLUB
THE SHIPS THAT LAUNCHED A NATION
$300.00 AUD

The Australasian Pioneers' Club. Sydney. c. 1988. Limited edition of 500. Set of 4 unframed reproductions of paintings by one of Australia's leading maritime artists, John Allcot (1888-1973). No.115/500, signed by Rodney Allcot, the artist's son. Each colour print around 49 cm & 65 cm. with overall size 66.4 cm x 83.6 cm. together with a 6 page descriptive booklet (pictured). Sold as a set of 4. This is a heavy item and postage will be higher than usual. Please ask for a quote.

The ROEBUCK of Captain William Dampier, H.M. Bark ENDEAVOUR of Captain James Cook, H.M.S. SIRIUS, guardship to the First Fleet, and H.M.S. SUPPLY.

15852
ANDREWS, Graeme
A LOG OF GREAT AUSTRALIAN SHIPS
$10.00 AUD

Reed. Sydney. 1980. 1st Ed. 160 PP with b/w illustrations. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Dust jacket is a little sunned with a few chips. An otherwise near fine copy. Oblong: 18.5 x 26. 0589502026

150 famous ships which played a vital role in the development of Australia.

38295
ANDREWS, Graeme
FIGHTING SHIPS OF AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND AND OCEANIA
$5.00 AUD

Reed. Sydney. 1980. New revised edition of the 1971 original. 48 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial card cover. Near fine. 26 x 18.5. 0589501879

Not only the ships, also missiles & aircraft as well as the Australian Army's water transport squadrons. Papua New Guinea Defence Force. Royal Fiji Military Force. Solomons Islands Police Force. Royal Tongan Defence Service.

36564
AUSTRALIAN SHIPPING
AUSTRALIAN SHIPPING 1983
$5.00 AUD

A. G. P. S. / Department of Transport. Canberra. 1983. 1st Ed. VI, 70 PP with 16 tables. Pictorial soft cover (River Boyne). Near fine. 24.7 x 17.5.

Data as at 30 June 1983. Trading Fleet and Trading Ships... Passenger ferries... Dry docks.

36568
AUSTRALIAN SHIPPING
AUSTRALIAN SHIPPING 1987
$10.00 AUD

A. G. P. S. / Department of Transport and Communications. Canberra. 1987. 1st Ed. VI, 74 PP with 16 tables. Pictorial card cover (Freighter). Fine. 24.7 x 17.5.

Data as at 30 June 1987. Trading Fleet & Trading Ships... Passenger ferries... Ships imported & ships constructed. Dry docks.

36571
AUSTRALIAN SHIPPING
AUSTRALIAN SHIPPING AND SHIPBUILDING 1978
$5.00 AUD

A.G.P.S. / Department of Transport. Canberra. 1979. 31st edition. (2), 73 PP with 21 tables. Pictorial card cover (Australian Endeavour). Near fine. 25 x 17.5.

Data as at 30 June 1978. Trading Vessels... Trades... Passenger ferries... Ships imported & ships constructed. Dry docks and patent slipways.

17533
AXELSON, Kjell A. & JOHANNESSON, Tomas
THE GORTHON SHIPPING COMPANIES 1915-1985
$10.00 AUD

World Ship Society. London. 1985. 1st Ed. 64 PP with b/w photos throughout. Fp (in colour): Ada Gorthon on trials. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 15. 0905617363

19354
BABBAGE, Ross
RETHINKING AUSTRALIA'S DEFENCE
$20.00 AUD

UQP. Brisbane. 1980. 1st Ed. XXII, 312 PP with 9 figures and 9 tables. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Discreet signature & date on front endpaper, o/wise fine. 22.2 x 14.6. 0702214868

15893
BAKER, W.A. & TRYCKARE, Tre
THE ENGINE POWERED VESSEL, From Paddle-Wheeler to Nuclear Ship
$15.00 AUD

Crescent Books. New York. 1972. 1st U.S. edition. 268 PP with 225 b/w & colour illustrations. Hard cover, decorated boards, dj. Very good. Oblong: 25.7 x 27.2.

The development of increased efficiency in the use of energy by ships, the key steps which led to a revolution in marine transport.

21678
BATESON, Charles
AUSTRALIAN SHIPWRECKS - Including Vessels wrecked en route to or from Australia, and some strandings, Volume One: 1622-1850
$20.00 AUD

A.H. & A.W. Reed. Sydney. 1972. 1st Ed. 267 PP with 42 b/w illustrations. Eps: Map of Australia. Hard cover, simile leather, gilt title on spine, dj. Foxing. Near fine. 24.5 x 17.7. 0589071122

42697
BENNETT, George
WANDERINGS IN NEW SOUTH WALES, BATAVIA, PEDIR COAST, SINGAPORE AND CHINA; being the journal of a Naturalist in those countries during 1832, 1833, and 1834 (in two volumes)
$120.00 AUD

Libraries Board of South Australia. Adelaide. 1967. Facsimile reprint of the 1834 original, No. 115 in the Australiana Facsimile Editions series. Volume I: (2), XVI, 440, (1) PP with 4 drawings. Fp: Bugong Mountain. Volume II: (2), VIII, 428 PP. Fp: Dutch & English portion of the European Factory at Canton. Hard cover, simile vellum, gilt title on spine. Light foxing on outside edges, o/wise near fine. This is a heavy item and postage will be higher than usual. Please ask for a quote. 22.2 x 14.5.

17576
BERRY, Greig
SHIPWRECKS OF THE NEW SOUTH WALES CENTRAL COAST, Volume 1, 1800-1899
$45.00 AUD

Author. Tacoma. 1994. 1st Ed. 128 PP with b/w illust., photos & maps in text. Pictorial soft cover. Dedicatory note signed by the author on verso of title-page. Near fine. Scarce. 24.5 x 17. 06462110991

Details in chronological order of wrecks along the Central Coast of NSW.

20199
BLUNT, Joseph
THE SHIPMASTER'S ASSISTANT AND COMMERCIAL DIGEST
$50.00 AUD

Macdonald and Jane's. London. 1974. Reprint of the 1837 original, in the Macdonald Maritime History series. (2), XII, 9-672 PP. Decorated hard cover, cloth spine, dj (price clipped). Dust jacket lightly rubbed and with a sunned spine, o/wise a fine copy. 23.3 x 15.5 0356047644

Compendium of commercial shipping and legal information in the age of sail. Includes Custom-House laws, revenue cutters, freight, salvage..., harbour regulations in US ports, exchanges and monies, commercial regulations of foreign countries, from Alexandria & Algiers to Swedish islands and the Western islands (Azores from Portugal).

42914
BOYCE, James & HAYE, Pete / BOYLES, Warren & WILSON, Lyn
NICOLAS BAUDIN - The Bicentenary of the expedition to Van Diemen's Land of an extraordinary French Explorer / THE EXPEDITION - An artist's perception of Baudin's voyage (in 40° South Tasmania)
$20.00 AUD

40 Degrees South Pty Ltd. Hobart. 2002. Issue 24, Autumn, March 2002. Contains article pages 16 to 23 with 1 b/w portrait and 8 colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27.5 x 21.

30554
BROXAM, Graeme
SHIPPING ARRIVALS & DEPARTURES - TASMANIA - Vol. III: 1843-1850
$45.00 AUD

Navarine Publishing / Roebuck Book. Canberra. 1998. 1st Ed., Roebuck Society Publication No. 45. XIV, 603 PP with 2 graphs,and 65 b/w illust. FEP: Map of Tasmania, c. 1850s. REP: An 1830s engraving of the Paddle steamer Seahorse. Hard cover, dj. Copy signed by the author on title page. Fine. 25.8 x 18. 0958656134

37032
BROXAM, Graeme & NASH, Michael
TASMANIAN SHIPWRECKS - Volume 2 1900-1999
$100.00 AUD

Navarine Publishing. Canberra. 2000. 1st Ed., No. 54 in the Roebuck series. XIV, 402 PP with 7 maps and 207 b/w illust. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine (as new condition). 25.8 x 18.2. 0958656169

39432
BUREAU OF TRANSPORT ECONOMICS
REGIONAL IMPACT OF PORTS
$15.00 AUD

Bureau of Transport Economics. Canberra. 2000. 1st Ed., Report No. 101. XX, 152 PP with 1 map of Australia, 2 plans of the Port of Fremantle, figures and tables. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 24.8 x 17.6. 0642432929

Impact of a port on regional output, income and employment... Case study: the Port of Fremantle.

15901
BURRELL, D. C. E.
THE THISTLE BOATS (The Albyn Line Story)
$10.00 AUD

World Ship Society. Kendal, UK. 1987. 1st Ed. 72 PP with 2 pages of plans, 2 funnels and house flags (in colour), and 73 b/w photos. Fp (in colour): painting of the "Thistlebrae", by L. Dunn. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 14.5. 0905617436

History & fleet list, houseflags & funnels.

20541
BURRELL, D. C. E.
SCRAP & BUILD
$10.00 AUD

World Ship Society. London. 1983. 1st Ed. 79 PP with b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 14.5. 0905617290

British Shipping Tables, Scrap & Build Fleet Lists, Shipping Loan Fleets Lists, ...

15969
CAIRIS, Nicholas T.
PASSENGER LINERS OF THE WORLD SINCE 1893
$10.00 AUD

Bonanza Books. New York. 1979. Revised edition of the 1972 original published under the title North Atlantic Passenger Liners since 1900. 226 PP with 211 b/w photos of each ship described. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. Oblong: 21.8 x 28.2. 0517288753

Nostalgic look at the heyday of passenger ships, through the brief history of 211 ships of over 10,000 tons. Ships of the Cunard Line to the United States Lines. From the Alaunia to the Zaandam.

18169
CANNELL, David & LEATHER, John
MODERN DEVELOPMENT IN YACHT DESIGN
$15.00 AUD

Adlard Coles. London. 1976. 1st Ed. (8), 152 PP with 79 b/w illust. (plans, sketches,..) & 17 b/w photos in text. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket rubbed and soiled, now in protective sleeve. Foxing spots on outside edges. Still a very good clean copy. 28.3 x 22.5. 0229115187

Sailing and motor yachts, spars, rigs & sails, materials & construction.

43082
CARY, Alan L.
MAIL LINERS OF THE WORLD
$30.00 AUD

Sampson Low, Marston. London. c. 1936. 1st Ed. 144 PP with 61 silhouettes and 62 b/w photos (39 on full page). Cloth cover (no dust jacket). Spine sunned, faint foxing on outside edges. Bookshop stamp on front endpaper. Slight ageing of paper around outside edges. Very good copy of a scarce title. 22.2 x 14.5.

Details of 62 liners. Brief histories of Hamburg-Amerika Line, Nordeutscher Lloyd, Compagnie Générale Transatlantique, Compagnie des Messageries Maritimes...

41525
CHESTERTON, D. Ridley
COASTAL PASSENGER SHIPS
$10.00 AUD

Ian Allan. London. 1963. 5th edition in the ABC series. 64 PP with 57 b/w photos. Title page: S.S. Yaroslaw Dubrovnik, Polish Ocean Lines. Pictorial soft cover (S. S. Maid of Orleans). Date on inside front cover, o/wise fine. Small format: 15.2 x 10.2.

21246
CHISHOLM, Jocelyn
CAPTAIN CATTLIN TOWARDS NEW ZEALAND
$15.00 AUD

Author. Wellington. 1994. 1st Ed. 96 PP with b/w illustrations (3 maps, facsimile, paintings). Title-page: Facsimile of Journal of a Voyage...1827. Eps: Map of South West Pacific. Pictorial soft cover. Occasional foxing, o/wise fine. 24 x 17.5. 0959759719

Trading between Australia & New Zealand. Whaling off Kermadec, Tonga, Solomons... between 1827 & 1837.

15481
CLARK, Jack
THE SURPRISING SURPRISE
$5.00 AUD

Narnian. Sydney. 1995. 1st Ed. 20 PP with 8 b/w photos. Stapled pictorial soft cover. Fine. 20.5 x 13.8. 064623630X

Built in Brisbane in 1925/26, still cruising on the Albert River in 1996 (owned by the Beenleigh Distillery).

15998
CLARK, William H.
SHIPS AND SAILORS, The Story of Our Merchant Marine
$25.00 AUD

L. Page. Boston. 1938. 1st Ed., in the American Cavalcade series. 322 PP plus 32 plates with 43 b/w illust. plus a diagram of a full-rigged ship. Fp: Donald McKay of East Boston, America's greatest shipbuilder. Eps: Mappemonde with great ship routes of the Nineteenth Century. Cloth cover, gilt title on front board and spine, dj. Slight ageing of paper. A very good copy. 22.5 x 15.

From the beginning when the New England colonists turned to the sea.

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

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

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

39299
COX, Greg A. (editor)
ISSUES IN MARITIME STRATEGY: Presentations of the Royal Australian Navy Maritime Studies Program 1994
$25.00 AUD

Directorate of Publishing, Defence Centre. Canberra. 1995. 1st Ed. (12), 138 PP. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 20.5 x 14.5.

The utility of Navies in Peacetime, by Captain Jack McCaffrie. The Australian experience with Regional Maritime Cooperation... Pakistan Naval Policy, by Rear Admiral S. Tauquir H. Naqvi...

15977
CROWDY, Michael
LYLE SHIPPING CO. LTD 1827-1966, The Firm and the Fleet
$10.00 AUD

World Ship Society. London. 1966. 1st Ed. 44 PP with 1 world map at center fold, and 42 b/w illustrations (28 of ships). Inside front cover: portrait of Abram Lyle. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21.5 x 14.

35619
DAWSON, Philip
CRUISE SHIPS - An Evolution in Design
$30.00 AUD

Conway. London. 2000. 1st Ed. 271 PP with over 100 line drawings and 178 b/w photos, plus 16 pages with 25 colour illust. Hard cover, dj. A little light foxing on prelims and inside of dj, o/wise near fine. 28.3 x 22. 0851776604

Very comprehensive.

17548
DODMAN, Frank E.
THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF SHIPS - 1978
$5.00 AUD

Frederick Warne & Co. London & New York. 1978. Reprint of the 1975 revised edition. 192 PP with 172 figures (line drawings & bw photographs), plus 8 pages of colour plates (flags, flags & funnels). Hard cover. Fine. 14.6 x 9.2. 0723215170

Describes over 130 types of ships.

64112
DUFF, Peter (Editor)
MERCHANT SHIPS: WORLD BUILT, Vessels of 1000 tons gross and over completed in 1962
$20.00 AUD

Adlard Coles. London. 1963. 1st Ed., Volume XI, 1963. 184 PP with tables & bw illust. (photos & plans). Fp: "Savannah", the world's first nuclear-powered cargo/passenger vessel. Hard cover, gilt title on sunned spine, top edge tinted. Neat stamp of Maritime Museum of Tasmania Inc. on endpapers, otherwise contents are near fine. Oblong: 15 x 22.5.

19883
DUNN, Laurence
MERCHANT SHIPS OF THE WORLD, 1910-1929 in Colour
$5.00 AUD

Macmillan. New York. 1975. 1st US edit. 215 PP with a few b/w illust & 96 colour plates by the author. Hard cover, dj. Few foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 19.8 x 13.8.

Pictorial survey of the merchant ship, ocean liner, tramp steamer, freighter, tanker ...

73902
DUNN, Laurence
SHIP RECOGNITION, Merchant Ships
$10.00 AUD

Adlard Coles. London. 1961. 3rd edition, revised and reset. 132 PP with ships' silhouettes & b/w photos. Hard cover, no dust jacket. Faint foxing. Very good. Image shows title page. Oblong: 12.5 x 19.

43344
DURUZ, Rosamund (editor)
LOCH ARD CENTENARY, Souvenir Booklet
$20.00 AUD

Heytesbury District Historical Society. Port Campbell, Vic. 1979. 1st Ed. (6), 54 PP with 1 "Postmarker" and 12 b/w photos. Pictorial stiff covers. Near fine. 21.5 x 14.2. 086825116X

Wreck of the Clipper Loch Ard, near Port Campbell, 1st June 1878. 2 survivors.

44285
DUYKER, Edward
CITIZEN LABILLARDIERE - A Naturalist 's Life in Revolution and Exploration (1755-1834)
$45.00 AUD

Miegunyah Press. Melbourne. 2003. 1st edition, limited to 1000 copies. XX, 383, (3) PP with 12 maps, plus 16 pages with 18 b/w illustrations. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 24.3 x 16.5. 0522850103

Naturalist with the Bruny d'Entrecasteaux expedition with calls in Van Diemens Land, New Holland, the Friendly Islands, New Caledonia...

18562
FAITH, Nicholas
CLASSIC SHIPS, Romance and Reality
$10.00 AUD

Boxtree. London. 1995. 1st Ed. 144 PP with bw and col. illust. Half-title page: Brunel's Great Britain on her maiden voyage. Title-page: Tug boats. Hard cover, dj. Fine. Oblong: 24.5 x 28.7. 075221022X

Men o'war, great liners, working boats...

15958
FARQUHAR, I. J.
UNION FLEET 1875-1968
$10.00 AUD

New Zealand Ship and Marine Society. Wellington. 1968. 1st Ed. Foreword by R. A. Falla. (6), 56 PP, plus 12 pages with 18 b/w illustrations by J.E. Hobbs. Pictorial soft cover. Name and address of previous owner at top corner of title page, otherwise fine. 22.5 x 16.

A list of ships owned by the Union Steam Ship Company of N.Z. since its inception in 1875 in Dunedin.

15976
FENTON, Roy
SHIPS IN FOCUS RECORD - Issue Number 2, Volume 1
$15.00 AUD

J. & M. Clarkson. London. 1996. 1st Ed. Numbered page 65 to 128 with 91 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21. 9771363167006

Aberdeen and Commonwealth Line (pages 66 to 75 with 20 b/w photos). Ropner trunk-deck steamers. Kenneth Shaw: captain/owner...

43638
FENTON, Roy, & CLARKSON, John
SHIPS IN FOCUS RECORD 22
$15.00 AUD

Ships in Focus Publications. London. 2002. Issue Number 22. 64 PP (64-128) with 3 flags & funnels, 1 set of plans and 118 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21. 1901703193

Fleet in Focus: North Pacific Coast Line (part 1), by David Burrell. By Bergen Line from Newcastle (part 1), by Anthony Cooke.

18598
FIRKINS, Peter
OF NAUTILUS AND EAGLES - History of the Royal Australian Navy
$15.00 AUD

Hutchinson. Melbourne. 1983. Revised and updated edition from the 1975 original. VIII, 279 PP with 19 maps, plus 36 pages with 69 b/w photos. Eps: Naval Review. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 23.5 x 15.5. 091482909

15509
FISHER, E. M. (editor)
THE TASMANIAN STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY'S TIME TABLE and Guide to Tasmanian Railways, &c. &c.
$25.00 AUD

Navarine Publication. Canberra. 1996. "Magnified" facsimile edition of the June 1888 original. 52 PP with 1 map of SE Australia/Tasmania at centrefold and 1 b/w photo of S.S. Oonah. Soft cover, illustrated front. Fine. 21.5 x 14.5. 0958656118

A guide to commercial marine, rail and road transport available to Tasmanian travellers in June 1888: colonial, intercolonial and overseas.

76697
FITCHETT, T. K.
THE LONG HAUL - Ships on the England-Australia Run
$15.00 AUD

Rigby. Adelaide. 1980. 1st Ed. 95 PP with colour illust. Hard cover, dj. Oblong: 22.5 x 28.5. 0727010271

Passenger ships running the longest sea route in the world.

31864
FITZPATRICK, Brian & CAHILL, Rowan J.
THE SEAMEN'S UNION OF AUSTRALIA 1872-1972 - A History
$35.00 AUD

Seamen's Union. Sydney. 1981. 1st Ed. XXII, (2), 363 PP with many b/w illust. plus folded facsimile reprint of Ordinary Apprentice's Indenture & 6 pages with drawings by Roy Dalgarno & portrait of Brian Fitzpatrick by Louis Kahan. Gilt-decorated red boards, dj. Dust jacket with small piece missing, o/wise near fine. 25 x 18. 0959871306

21438
LE FLEMING, H. M.
FOREIGN OCEAN TANKERS
$10.00 AUD

Ian Allan. London. 1961. 2nd Ed., in the ABC series. 64 PP with bw photos. Title page: M.V. Seven Stars. Pict. card cover. Very good. Small format: 15.2 x 10.2.

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.

43964
GARRETT, K. S.
COMBEN LONGSTAFF & CO. LTD.
$40.00 AUD

World Ship Society. Gravesend. 1996. 1st Ed. 164, (12) PP with 41 colour illustrations (funnel markings and house flags), and177 b/w photos. Half title page: House flag (in colour). Fp: Somersetbrook. Hard cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj. Discreet name of previous owner on FFEP, o/wise fine. 21 x 14.8.

17936
GEE, Marjory
CAPTAIN FRASER'S VOYAGES 1865-1892
$10.00 AUD

Stanford Maritime. London. 1979. 1st Ed. 217, (3) PP, plus 16 pages with 33 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Neat stamp of the Maritime Museum of Tasmania Inc. on FFEP, otherwise a fine copy. 21.4 x 13.4. 0540071803

The events of 25 voyages in fast clippers carrying varied cargoes worldwide.

71639
GIBB, D. E. W.
LLOYD'S OF LONDON - A Study in Individualism
$35.00 AUD

Macmillan. London. 1972. Reprint of 1957 1st edition. X, 387 PP, plus 22 b/w plates. Fp: Lloyd's New Building; an impression from Lime Street. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Dust jacket has a few small chips and light soiling, o/wise a near fine copy. 24.2 x 16.5.

The history of this underwriting institution, together with an insight into the social & commercial development of London and the world trade.

17598
GLEESON, Max
THE VANISHED FLEET OF THE SYDNEY COASTLINE
$15.00 AUD

Author. Sydney. 1993. 1st Ed. 168 PP with 37 b/w and 22 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 25 x 17. 0646136712

The events surrounding the loss of fifteen ships wrecked on the Sydney or Illawarra Coast. Woniora in 1882, Undola in 1918, Malabah in 1931, Birchgrove Park in 1956.

20226
GRAY, Leonard
THE ROPNER FLEET, 1874-1974
$5.00 AUD

World Ship Society. Kendal, UK. 1975. 1st edition. 50 PP with 36 b/w photos (35 of ships). Fp: Rudby. Pictorial soft cover (title on front cover "Ropner Shipping Company"). Very good. 22 x 14.

History & details of ships.

15866
GRAY, Leonard & PÖPPER, R.
DEUTSCHE DAMPFSCHIFFFAHRTS-GESELLSCHAFT "HANSA", 85 Years of Shipping Under the Maltese Cross, 1881-1966
$20.00 AUD

World Ship Society. London. 1967. 1st Ed. 80 PP with line drawings by Frau E. Pöpper, b/w photos, and a coloured map "trade routes served by Hansa" at centrefold. Stapled card covers with light wear, o/wise near fine. 21.5 x 14.

History & fleet list of this major German shipping company.

16003
GREENHILL, Basil
A QUAYSIDE CAMERA 1845-1917
$10.00 AUD

David & Charles. London. 1975. 1st Ed. 112 PP with 134 b/w photos. Hard cover, nice dust jacket. Ex-library copy with renewed endpapers. Two stamps on the verso of the title page, o/wise a very good clean copy. 24.5 x 18.8. 0715368850

Pictorial discovery of ports & harbours, the men & women involved with the sea and the ships: from sailing boats to seven-masted American schooners.

16083
HACKMAN, Rowan M. B. H.
THE FLEET PAST AND PRESENT OF HUNTING & SON LTD
$5.00 AUD

World Ship Society. London. 1969. 3rd edition. 44 PP with 42 b/w photos. Inside front cover (in colour): bow marking, funnel and house flag. Pictorial soft covers. Very good. 21.5 x 14.

17842
HANSEN, Hans Jürgen & WUNDSHAMMER, Benno
WINDJAMMER PARADE
$20.00 AUD

Ian Allan. London. 1973. 1st UK Ed. 112 PP with b/w & colour photos throughout. Hard cover, dj. Very good. 34.5 x 25.5. 071100465X

Operation Sail, Kiel 1972, at the time of the Munich Olympic Games. The tall ship race from the Isle of Wight to Kiel. Excellent photography.

14335
HARDY, A. C. (editor)
THE WONDERFUL STORY OF THE SEA
$5.00 AUD

Odhams Press. London. c. 1950. 1st Ed. 384 PP with b/w illustrations. Cloth cover, device in blind on front cover. Spine sunned and split at hinge (repaired). Internally very good. 25 x 18.5.

From log to luxury liner: construction, propulsion, dry-docking; various & adapted types of ships: fishing, cable-laying, etc..

14580
HAWS, Duncan
MERCHANT FLEETS - 21: PORT LINE, with CORRY, ROYDEN, TYSER and MILBURN
$25.00 AUD

TCL Publications. London. 1991. 1st Ed., No. 21 in Merchant Fleets series. 90 PP with 90 profile drawings to scale. Pictorial card cover. Fine. 23.5 x 15.5. 0946378185

Story of the James P. Corry, Thomas B. Royden, G.D. Tyser & William Milburn which combined to form the Commonwealth & Dominion Line, then the renowned Port Line.

36280
HAWS, Duncan
MERCHANT FLEETS - BRITISH INDIA S.N. Co.- No.11 - BRITISH INDIA S.N. CO.
$30.00 AUD

TCL Publications. London. 1988. Reprint of the 1987 original. No. 11 in the Merchant Fleets series. 188 PP with 230 profile drawings to scale. Pictorial card covers. A near fine copy. Scarce. 23.5 x 15.5. 094637807X

History of the company and of the 526 ships of British India Steam Navigation Company and B.I. Associated Steamers.

43437
HAWS, Duncan
MERCHANT FLEETS - CHINA NAVIGATION COMPANY (No.39)
$50.00 AUD

TCL Publications. London. 2001. 1st Ed. No. 39 in the Merchant Fleets series. 96 PP with 1 map "China and the Yangtse Basin" and 100 profile drawings to scale (1/1200). Pictorial card cover. Fine. 21 x 14.8. 0946378428

History of the Hong Kong shipping line, started in 1872. Fleet list of 256 ships.

17938
HAY, Mary
I SAW A SHIP A'SAILING
$15.00 AUD

HMSO & National Maritime Museum. London. 1981. 1st edition with a foreword by Doris M. Hay and a preface by John Crowder. X, 102 PP, plus 16 pages with 24 b/w photos of life on a windjammer. Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing on outside edges. Near fine. 22.2 x 14. 0112903401

Story of the Ladye Doris, a three-masted windjammer, which plied the Cape Horn route to the Pacific & Australia at the turn of the 20th Century.

15993
HEAL, S.C.
THE MAPLE LEAF AFLOAT, Volume I, West Coast Maritime Memories
$10.00 AUD

Cordillera Pub. Vancouver. 1992. 1st Ed. 181, (III adv.) PP with b/w illust. Pictorial soft cover. Foxing spots on outside edges. Fine. 22.5 x 15. 1895590027

Various aspects of shipping from a Canadian point of view: maritime & nautical stories, contemporary shipping, commercial fishing...

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

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

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

21912
HEATON, P. M.
THE ABBEY LINE - History of a Cardiff Shipping Venture
$10.00 AUD

The Starling Press. Gwent, UK. 1983. 1st Ed. 151 PP, plus 48 pages with b/w photos. Eps: Transcript of register for Tintern Abbey and Melrose Abbey. Hard cover, dj. Spine of dust jacket lightly sunned, o/wise fine. 22 x 15.2. 0950771422

The founder's origin, interest in shipowning, development, to the sale of the Tintern Abbey in 1960.

64467
HEATON, P.M.
THE "REDBROOK" A DEEP-SEA TRAMP
$20.00 AUD

P.M. Heaton Publishing. Gwent, U.K. 1995. 1st Paperback edition of original 1981. 80 PP plus 16 pages with 16 full-page b/w photos. Pictorial soft covers. Fine. 21.8 x 15.2. 1872006078

An account of the management and operation of a South Wales owned vessel in the 1960s.

43021
HECKSTALL-SMITH, B.
YACHTS & YACHTING IN CONTEMPORARY ART
$70.00 AUD

The Studio. London. 1925. Limited edition, No. 271/1000. XVI, 48 PP, plus 96 plates (79 in b/w and 24 with the colour illustrations tipped in). The 24 colour plates with tissue guard. Eps: Dutch Yacht, 1650. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, top edge gilt. Occasional foxing. Near fine. Scarce. 29.6 x 23.5.

42906
HEFFERNAN, Thomas Farel
MUTINY ON THE GLOBE - The Fatal Voyage of Samuel Comstock
$30.00 AUD

Bloomsbury. London. 2002. 1st Ed. XX, 280 PP with 1 map on double page and 1 sketch map, plus 16 pages with 16 b/w illustrations. Eps: Map of Mili Atoll (inset Pacific Ocean with location map). Hard cover, dj. Paper a little browned around edges, o/wise fine. 24 x 16. 0747559023

1824 mutiny on the Nantucket whaling ship Globe.

18974
HOLDEN, R. & LONEY, J.
EARLY SHIPPING IN THE PORT OF GEELONG
$15.00 AUD

J.K. Loney. Geelong. 1969. 2nd edition limited to 500 numbered copies. 76 PP with 1 map, plus 12 pages with 26 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Name at top of front cover and title-page. Signed by both authors on "Contents" page. Contents near fine. 20.6 x 14.2.

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.

41582
HOSKING, R. O. (editor)
A SOURCE BOOK OF TANKERS AND SUPERTANKERS
$10.00 AUD

Ward Lock. London. 1973. 1st Ed. 142 PP with 1 map of BP's Shipping Routes, 1 cut-away drawing of a supertanker, 1 painting and 130 bw photos. Fp: Small Mediterranean coastal sailing ship carrying wine and oil. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Stamp of previous owner on front endpaper, o/wise near fine. Oblong: 11.8 x 16.5. 0706314964

Details of over 100 different types of tankers with photos & technical background.

41561
HOWARD, Sidney
OUR MERCHANT NAVY
$10.00 AUD

O.U.P. London. 1941. 1st Ed. 104 PP with 9 line drawings by Edward Wigfull and 35 b/w photos. Fp: A big liner takes the water for the first time. Eps: Map with the trading routes of the British Empire. Limp cloth cover, device on front cover. Spine with few speckled spots, o/wise very good. 19.6 x 15.5.

Work of the Merchant Navy under normal peace-time conditions.

30414
HOWE, Leslie
THE MERCHANT SERVICE TO-DAY
$15.00 AUD

O.U.P. London. 1942. Reprint of the 1941 original. 159 PP with tables, and 10 figures, plus 23 plates with 30 b/w photos, & 1 folded chart. Fp: Queen Elizabeth leaving the Clyde and a sailing barge on the Thames. Cloth cover, decorated front cover. War economy paper. Near fine. 22 x 14.2.

Types & tonnage, propulsion, trade routes, navigation, etc.. The Merchant Service at War.

40945
HUGILL, Stan
SAILORTOWN
$75.00 AUD

Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd. / E. P. Dutton. London / New York. 1967. 1st Ed. XXII, 360 PP with 41 pen & ink illust. by author (6 full-page line drawings, 21 sailortown plans & 4 sketch maps), and 2 pages with 15 girl-and-bar-cards. Fp: Sailormen returning to their ship after a night ashore in Flag Street, Calcutta. Eps: Mappemonde with the haunts of the sailorman ashore. Cloth cover, gilt title and device on spine, top edge tinted. Covers with light wear, spine lightly speckled, o/wise a near fine copy. Scarce. 25.4 x 16.

History of sailor-towns: Longshore districts in seaports of the Seven Seas. New York, South Street. San Francisco, Barbary Coast. Hamburg, Saint Pauli. Sydney, Circular Quay and Argyll Cut... Melbourne, Mother Shilling Dance Hall & Bar...

33872
JAFFEE, Walter W.
APPOINTMENT IN NORMANDY
$20.00 AUD

The Glencannon Press. Palo Alto, Ca., USA. 1995. 1st Ed. XVI, (2), 572 PP with over 235 illust. (comic strips, plans and b/w photos). Eps: Map of the voyage of the Liberty Ship SS Jeremiah O'Brien. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj. Fine. 23.5 x 15.8. 0963758640

Voyage to England and the beach heads of Normandy of the Liberty Ship Jeremiah O'Brien for the 50th anniversary of D Day.

15491
JOHNSON, Hilda Archer
BYGONE DAYS ON THE TAMAR
$30.00 AUD

Regal. Launceston. 1988. 1st Ed. (14), 82 PP with 1 map & b/w illust. Pictorial soft covers with a little edge wear, otherwise fine. 21 x 14. 0949457248

Reminiscences of a lifetime on and observations of the Tamar River in Tasmania.

20658
JONES, Henry M.
SHIPS OF KINGSTON, Good-bye, Fare Ye Well
$75.00 AUD

Memorial Press of Plymouth. Plymouyj, Mass. 1926 1st Ed. 130 PP with 5 plans of Port, 19 ship plans, 50 b/w illust. & 6 colour plates. Title-page: Sheer and spar plan of bark Abby of Kingston, 1854. Fp (in colour): Ship Herculean of Kingston, Benjamin Cook, Master, entering Liverpool, 1840. Orig. gilt & decorated cloth cover (flag signal for Good-bye, fare ye well). Handsome gothic-printed dedicatory note: "Presented to Commander Alan John Villiers by the Jones River Village Club at the Major John Bradford House, Kingston, Massachusetts". Covers have a few spots, o/wise a fine copy. 28 x 20.

An account of the 276 vessels built and launched at the landing into Jones River since the Revolution.

16122
KEATING, Bern
THE NORTHWEST PASSAGE, From the Mathew to the Manhattan: 1497 to 1969
$10.00 AUD

Rand McNally. Chicago. 1970. 1st Ed. 159 PP with 11 b/w illust. & 56 colour illust. (1 map, 1 chart, 8 engravings & 46 photos). Fp: Woman who lives in the sun. Cloth cover, gilt-decorated front, gilt title on spine, dj (lightly rubbed). Foxing on outside edges. Near fine. 28.5 x 23.5.

From John Cabot on the Mathew to the 80 day voyage of the Esso tanker/icebreaker reinforced Manhattan.

17239
KLUDAS, Arnold
GREAT PASSENGER SHIPS OF THE WORLD, Volume 2, 1913-1923
$25.00 AUD

Patrick Stephens. Cambridge. 1976. 1st UK Ed. 240 PP with b/w photos. Fp: Vaterland. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Note on front endpaper. Near fine. 24.5 x 20.3. 0850592429

Passenger vessels over 10,000 G.R.T.

30616
KLUDAS, Arnold
GREAT PASSENGER SHIPS OF THE WORLD, Volume 5: 1951-1976
$20.00 AUD

Patrick Stephens. Wellingborough. 1987. 2nd reprint of the 1977 original UK edition. 226 PP with b/w illust. Fp: Queen Elizabeth 2 in New York. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 24.5 x 20.3. 0850592658

16077
LANGMUIR, Graham E. & SOMNER, Graeme
A HISTORY OF WILLIAM SLOAN & COMPANY LTD
$10.00 AUD

World Ship Society. London. 1961. 1st Ed. 12 PP with 5 b/w illustrations (4 photos and 1 advertisement). Stapled wrappers. Near fine. 21.2 x 13.7.

Short history & fleet list.

15849
LAWSON, Will
PADDLE-WHEELS AWAY
$20.00 AUD

Thwaites. Sydney. 1947. 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.

75779
LAWSON, Will
PACIFIC STEAMERS
$50.00 AUD

Brown, Son & Ferguson. Glasgow. 1927. 1st Ed. XX, 244 PP, plus 72 plates with 114 b/w illustrations. Fp: The "Kaikoura" in 1866. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Gilt lettering on spine lightly dulled. Light foxing on outside edges. Very good. Scarce. 22.2 x 14.5.

The pioneer passenger & mail lines which survived up to the 1920's between the West Coast of America, Australia & New Zealand.

17884
LEAVITT, John F.
WAKE OF THE COASTERS
$20.00 AUD

Marine Historical Association / Wesleyan University Press. Middletown, Conn. 1970. 1st Ed. XVIII, 202 PP with 104 illust. (line drawings, photos & sketches). Title page, drawings of the Sarah Elizabeth. Hard cover, gilt title on spine. Foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise a near fine copy. Image shows the title-page. Oblong: 18.5 x 25.8. 0819540242

Recollections of men, vessels & ports on the coast of Maine. Droghers, boxboarders, packets, scows ...

18639
LEHMANN, L. Th.
DE GALEIEN, Een bijdrage aan de kennis der zeegeschiendenis
$10.00 AUD

De Bezige Bij. Amsterdam. 1987. 1st Ed. 155 PP with 37 bw illust. in text. FEP: Map of the Mollucas. Moluccae insulae Celeberrimae. Pict card cover. Fine. Dutch text. 21 x 16.2. 9023453077

A contribution to the knowledge of the history of the sea. The Galleys: their construction, the rowers, the officers...

43614
LENOTRE, G.
VOYAGES ET PASSAGERS DE JADIS, Illustrations de Maurice Leloir, Diary, Dessins de Gustave Bourgain
$50.00 AUD

Compagnie Générale Transatlantique. Paris. 1908. 1st Ed. (2), 10 b/w plates with legend on tissue guard paper, (2), 36 PP with 30 illustrations by Maurice Leloir, followed by a Diary: (4), 14 b/w plates illustrated by G. Bourgain. Bound copy in navy buckram with gilt title on spine and marbled endpapers, ribbon pge-marker. Binding retaining the original illustrated soft covers (see image). Slight ageing of paper, o/wise a fine copy. French text. Scarce. 20.7 x 14.5.

Souvenir book/diary (unused) for passengers of the French Line. 10 plates (views of France and America), Voyages and passengers with 30 illustrations, 12 plates with sailing craft...

21803
LENTON, H.T. & COLLEDGE, J.J.
WARSHIPS OF WORLD WAR II, Part 6 - Trawlers, Drifters and Whalers
$10.00 AUD

Ian Allan. London. 1963. 81 PP with b/w photos throughout. Pictorial card cover. Fine. Small format: 18.5 x 12.5.

Admiralty drifters, pennant numbers, purchased & requisitioned trawlers, whalers & drifters...

19685
LEVER, Darcy
THE YOUNG SEA OFFICER'S SHEET ANCHOR, Or a Key to the Leading of Rigging and to Practical Seamanship with An Appendix containing several figures illustrative of novelties and improvements in rigging, &c&c&c.
$900.00 AUD

John Richardson. London. 1835. New Edition and probably 3rd English edition. XII, (II), 124 PP plus 113 plates (printed back to back) with 687 figures plus 3 plates (printed back to back) with 17 figures (In Appendix), followed by a Dictionary of Sea Terms (Pages 117 to 124). Rebacked copy retaining original morocco covers, raised bands, gilt lettering ("Rigging & Seamanship") on spine, lettering on foot of spine a little faded/rubbed. Signature: Wm. St. John Hornby, 1854, on original endpaper. Title-page has a repaired closed tear. Light foxing, otherwise a very good complete copy of a scarce item. Image shows title-page. 27.5 x 22.5.

Darcy Lever was born around 1760 and as a young man he went out to India where he acquired his nautical skills. On his return to England he settled first of all in Leeds and later at Pontefract. He died at Edinburgh in 1837. His book was very successful and for almost 40 years remained the text book on the subject within both the Royal Navy and in the merchant service. It remains one of the principal sources of information on the subject today. Illustrated with over 600 drawings and diagrams engraved onto 113 plates, the book explains in clear and easy terms every aspect of the art of seamanship, rigging and ship-handling from the days of wooden ships and sail. The book is invaluable to the ship model-maker but it is also of prime importance for the study of masts, spars, rigging, blocks, ropes, knotting, braces, sails, shrouds, ....

22829
LEWIS, Glen
A HISTORY OF THE PORTS OF QUEENSLAND - A Study in Economic Nationalism
$15.00 AUD

University of Queensland Press. Brisbane. 1973. 1st Ed. XVIII, 341 PP with 14 tables, plus 4 pages with 13 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. (rubbed). Very good. 23.3 x 15.5. 0702208124

The first major study of Queensland's economic history covering port development, shipping services and economic growth...

20792
LIND, Lew
FAIR WINDS TO AUSTRALIA - 200 Years of Sail on the Australia Station
$10.00 AUD

Reed Books. Sydney. 1988. 1st Ed. 208 PP with b/w illustrations, plus 8 pages with 11 colour photos. FEP: Sailing ships at anchor. Hard cover, dj. Occasional foxing, o/wise fine. 29.3 x 22. 0730102165

Details & histories of some of the sailing ships which arrived in Australia over the past 200 years.

15855
LINGWOOD, John & GRAY, Leonard
STEPHENS, SUTTON LIMITED
$10.00 AUD

World Ship Society. London. 1983. 1st Ed. Monograph No.8. 68 PP with b/w photos. Card covers. Fine. 21 x 15. 0905617274

39965
LONEY, J. K.
WRECKS ON VICTORIA'S SOUTH WEST COAST
$10.00 AUD

Marine History Publication. Geelong. 1975. 3rd edition of the 1968 original. (1), 39 PP, plus 8 pages with 2 maps and 12 b/w illustrations. Stiff covers, pictorial front. Faint foxing. Very good. 20.2 x 14.

A survey of incidents from Victorian - South Australian border to Lady Bay, including Portland, Port Fairy, and Warrnambool.

17642
LONEY, Jack
AUSTRALIAN SHIPWRECKS, Volume 2: 1851-1871
$20.00 AUD

Reed. Sydney. 1980. 1st Ed. 239 PP with 15 b/w illust. Eps: Map of Australia. Hard cover, dj (a little chipped). Near fine. 24.6 x 18.2. 0589501003

18834
LONEY, Jack
WRECKS IN THE RIP
$10.00 AUD

Marine History Publications. Geelong. c. 1975. 4th Ed. 44 PP with 1 map, plus 12 pages with 1 plan & 22 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. fine. 21 x 14.2. 0909191042

Wrecks between Point Lonsdale and Point Nepean.

17150
LONEY, Jack (editor)
JACK LONEY'S MARITIME AUSTRALIA
$10.00 AUD

Author. Geelong. c. 1980. 1st Ed. 128 PP with 7 b/w illust. (4 photos, 2 maps & 1 painting), plus 16 pages with 30 b/w illust. Title page: Barque Polly Woodside undergoing restoration at Melbourne. Pictorial soft cover. Some light foxing, o/wise very good. 21.5 x 14. 0868951048

Short tales of ships and men on the oceans bordering Australia and its island dependencies.

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.

17117
MACFARLANE, Lindsey
MARINE OILS
$15.00 AUD

National Maritime Museum. Greenwich. 1992. 1st Ed. in the Maritime Collections series. 32 PP with 45 colour illust. Pict. soft cover. Fine. 21 x 14.7. 094806515X

Dutch 17th century, 18th century English school, portraits...

43743
MacGREGOR, David R.
THE CHINA BIRD, The History of Captain Killick and One Hundred Years of Sail and Steam
$10.00 AUD

Chatto & Windus. London. 1961. 1st Ed. XVII, 366 PP with 56 figures, plus 3 folded plans and 42 pages with 58 b/w plates. Fp: The Lothair. Eps: Map of world with principal sailing routes. Cloth cover. Spine sunned. Foxing spots on outside edges and few pages. Very good. 24 x 16.5.

Story of Killick & Martin, founded by Capt. James Killick of Challenger fame, described as China Bird. Annual races of the tea clippers from Chinese ports to the docks of England.

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

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

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

18445
MACINTYRE, Captain Donald
THE ADVENTURE OF SAIL 1520-1914
$15.00 AUD

Ferndale Editions. London. 1979. Reprint of the 1970 original. Introduction by Uffa Fox. 256 PP with 265 b/w illust. & 44 colour plates in text. Title-page: 17th Century Compass Card. Half-title page: The building of the Ark. Illustrated endpapers. Hard cover, device in blind on front cover, dj. Foxing spots on outside edges. Very good. Oblong: 25.3 x 31.5. 0905746015

Illustrated history of sailing ships and contemporary accounts of historic voyages, extracts from journals of famous mariners and classic sea tales.

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.

15896
MALLETT, Alan S.
IDYLL OF THE KINGS 1889-1979: The story of the King Line its ships and the men who sailed and managed them
$10.00 AUD

World Ship Society. London. 1980. 1st Ed. 64 PP with b/w photos throughout. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 21 x 15. 090561710X

Story of the King Line, its ships and the men who sailed and managed them.

40087
MARITIME SERVICES BOARD OF NEW SOUTH WALES
SAILING DIRECTIONS NEW SOUTH WALES COAST - 1959
$15.00 AUD

The Maritime Services Board of New South Wales. Sydney. 1959. 6th Ed. 274 PP with 2 charts, 2 maps, tables and figures (b/w or colour). Cloth cover. Supplement No. 1 - 1961 + 8 "Notice to Mariners", loosely inserted. Stamp of the Tasmanian Maritime and Folk Museum and a date stamp on FFEP. Very good. 24 x 16.

From Gabo Island near the Victorian border to the Tweed River on the Queensland border.

15519
MARTIN, C. & BROUWER, N.
THE STORY OF SAIL
$10.00 AUD

Weldon Publishing. Sydney. 1992. 1st Ed. 112 PP with b/w & colour photos. Laminated decorated boards, dj. Fine. 31.5 x 24.2. 1863022392

Voyage of discovery of sailing ships. Covers 9 ships: Sutton Hoo, Oseberg Ship, Mary Rose, Wasa, Batavia, Cutty Sark, Preussen & Sobraon, once the world's largest sailing passenger ship.

43657
MARTIN, Kenneth R.
DELAWARE GOES WHALING, 1833-1845
$10.00 AUD

The Hagley Museum Greenville, Delaware. 1974. 1st Ed. 64 PP with 26 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 22 x 15.2.

Whaling fever in Delaware, and the Wilmington Whaling Company.

42644
McKAY, Gary
TRACY - The Storm that Wiped out Darwin on Christmas Day 1974
$10.00 AUD

Allen & Unwin. Sydney. 2001. 1st Ed. XV, 213 PP with 1 b/w photo, 1 map, 1 sketch and 1 plan of Darwin, plus 8 pages with 16 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 23 x 15. 1865085588

35535
McKINLAY, Brian
AUSTRALIA 1942, End of Innocence
$15.00 AUD

Collins. Sydney. 1985. 1st Ed. 208 PP with 1 map and b/w illust. Hard cover, dj (foxing spots inside). Near fine. 28.6 x 20.6. 0002174731

16020
McLEAN, Gavin
MASTERS OR SERVANTS?, A Short History of the New Zealand Merchant Service Guild and its Predecessors
$15.00 AUD

New Zealand Merchant Service Guild. Wellington. 1990. 1st Ed. 96 PP with 1 facsimile of documents and 6 tables in text plus 16 pages with 4 facsimiles of documents and 18 bw photos. Eps: Certificate of Registration and Incorporation for the MSG. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 21.8 x 15. 0473008246

40117
MERRETT, John
THE TRUE BOOK ABOUT STEAMSHIPS
$20.00 AUD

Frederick Muller. London. 1953. 1st Ed. 141 PP with 15 illustrations by C. W. Ende. Hard cover, dj (price-clipped). Light offsetting on endpapers. Near fine. 19 x 13.

Written for children, however very informative.

76929
MILLER, Byron S.
SAIL, STEAM AND SPLENDOUR, A Picture History of Life Aboard the Transatlantic Liners
$40.00 AUD

Times Books. New York. 1977. 1st US Ed. 288 PP with b/w & colour illust. throughout. Hard cover, gilt-engraved cloth spine, dust jacket. A little light foxing, otherwise a near fine copy. Oblong: 27 x 36. 1812906381

The conquest of the Atlantic, emigrant ships, floating palaces, war experiences, last crossings..

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

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

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

22225
MILLER, William H.
TRANSATLANTIC LINERS 1945-1980
$25.00 AUD

David & Charles. Newton Abbot. 1981. 1st Ed. 222 PP with b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket is price-clipped with a few small chips and sunned spine. A few small spots on endpapers, o/wise a near fine copy. 25.5 x 17.5. 0715380206

Information and technical details on every liner classed by shipping line. From the America Banner Lines and their "Atlantic" and "La Guardia", to the Zim Lines and their "Israel", "Jerusalem", "Shalom" & "Zion".

18921
MOODY, B.
OCEAN SHIPS - 1974
$15.00 AUD

Ian Allan. London. 1974. 5th edition of the 1964 original. 352 PP with tables and 254 bw photos. Title spread: Manora, P & O Cargo Division. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj (Royal Viking Star). Price-clipped dust jacket. Near fine copy. 19 x 13. 0711005613

Passenger Liners and Cargo Ships. Cruise Ships. Tankers.

20889
MOODY, Bert
MERCHANT SHIPS OF THE SOLENT - Past and Present
$10.00 AUD

Kingfisher Railway Productions. Southampton. 1988. 1st Ed. 44 PP with 1 map, 4 colour and 71 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27.5 x 21.2. 0946184372

18475
MORRISON, John H.
HISTORY OF AMERICAN STEAM NAVIGATION
$15.00 AUD

Stephen Daye. New York. 1958. Reprint of 1903 orig. (10), 630 PP, VII, with 55 b/w illust. by Samuel Ward Stanton in text. Hard cover, price-clipped dj (chipped with a few closed tears). Internally near fine. 24 x 15.5.

Comprehensive history reviewing the entire American maritime scene with special coverage of the Hudson River and the Long Island Sound waterways.

69496
MOSS, Keith P. (compiler)
150 YEARS OF MARINE PROGRESS, 1788-1938
$40.00 AUD

Bennie S. Cohen & Son (NSW) Pty. Ltd. Sydney. c.1938. 1st edition with a foreword by Sir Samuel Cohen. No pagination, 24 PP with 17 profiles representing the important ships which came to Sydney, and reprint of NSW Pocket Almanack, 1814. Stitched pictorial card cover with ties, vignette on front cover representing the Sophia Jane. Covers a little soiled and chipped around edges, occasional foxing. Very good. 20 x 15.

Published at the time of the sesqui-centenary of Australia, by the leading firm of Lloyd's Brokers in Australia. Final six pages: arrival dates of vessels at Port Jackson and their departures, from the establishment of the Colony to the end of 1808. A scarce booklet.

75831
MUDIE, Ian
RIVERBOATS
$20.00 AUD

Rigby Ltd. 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, decoration on front cover, dj. Small hand-written number and initials at top of FFEP, otherwise a neear fine copy. 22 x 14.

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

31525
MURRAY, Marischal
UNION-CASTLE CHRONICLE 1853-1953
$60.00 AUD

Longmans, Green & Co. London. 1953. September 1953 reprint of the May 1953 original. XVIII, 392 PP, plus 100 pages with 4 photo-gravures, 6 colour illust. & 137 bw illust. Fp: Table Bay in 1851. Cloth cover, repaired dust jacket (inside front flap missing). One of the colour plates (Sir Donald Currie) is a laser copy. Otherwise a very good copy. Scarce. 24.2 x 17.4.

Hundred year history of the ships and men of this shipping line in peace and in war. The struggle between the Union Line and its rival Castle Line up to their amalgamation in 1900.

34053
N/A
BUNBURY, Western Australia
$30.00 AUD

Town of Bunbury. Bunbury. c. 1972. 1st Ed. No pagination, 60 PP with 3 colour illust. (coat of arms and 2 photos) and 48 b/w photographic plates. Hard cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj. Light foxing. Dedicatory note dated 24th March 1973 by the Mayor of Bunbury and addressed to Capt. I.H. Nicholson, Captain of HMAS Hobart. Near fine. Scarce. 24.2 x 23.4.

Named Port Leschenault by the French Explorer Freycinet on board Geographe.

48898
N/A
BLUE PETER - Australian Maritime Journal - Volume 1, No. 1
$5.00 AUD

Blue Peter / World Ship Society, Victoria Branch. Melbourne. 1969. Quarterly Journal (Volume 1, No. 1), Autumn 1969. Edited by R.E.J. VARNS, P.J. WILLIAMS & D.K. ROBERTSON. 20 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 24.5 x 18.7.

War veteran last visit (Asahi Maru, previously Fort Bell). Wreck of the Reliance. Plus regular articles: Around the coast. Naval intelligence. Pictorial round up...

40307
NEWELL, Gordon
OCEAN LINERS OF THE 20TH CENTURY
$10.00 AUD

Bonanza Books. New York. c.1975. Bonanza reprint (f) of the 1963 original. 192 PP with b/w illustrations. Title-page: United States & Independence off New York Pier & Company flags from Aberdeen & Commonwealth to Union Steam Ship of N.Z. Hard cover, dj (spine sunned). Signature of previous owner on front endpaper. Very good. 27.4 x 21.2. 051703168X

22609
NOBLE, Captain John
THE GOLDEN AGE OF SAIL OF AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND
$15.00 AUD

Currey O'Neil. Melbourne. 1985. 1st Ed. IX, 118 PP with 98 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket with a small closed tear and in a protective sleeve. Near fine. 25 x 25. 0859021947

Collection of maritime photographs capturing the glorious and romantic days when sailors relied on wind and currents.

22855
NOBLE, Captain John
TALL SHIPS, The Golden Age of Sail
$10.00 AUD

Viking O'Neil / Penguin. Melbourne. 1988. Paperback reprint of the 1985 original "The Golden Age of Sail of Australia and New Zealand". X, 118 PP with b/w illust. Stiff covers, pictorial front. Fine. 24.7 x 25. 0670901067

Collection of maritime photographs capturing the glorious and romantic days when sailors relied on wind and currents.

51933
NOBLE, Captain John
THE GOLDEN AGE OF SAIL OF AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND
$15.00 AUD

Currey O'Neil. Melbourne. 1985. 1st Ed. IX, 118 PP with 98 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Signed by the author on half-title page. Fine. 25 x 25. 0859021947

Collection of maritime photographs capturing the glorious and romantic days when sailors relied on wind and currents.

22705
NORRIS, Gerald (editor)
WILLIAM DAMPIER, Buccaneer Explorer
$35.00 AUD

Folio Society. London. 1994. 1st Ed. XXII, 268 PP plus 13 plates with 3 charts, 1 colour & 11 bw illust. Fp: William Dampier, Pirate and Hydrographer. FEP: A map of the middle part of America. REP: A map of the East Indies. Decorated cloth cover, slipcase. Fine. 25.2 x 16.

20339
O'MAY, Dave G.
SONG OF STEAM - A Chronicle of Paddle Steamers and Screw Steamers in Tasmanian Waters 1832-1939
$10.00 AUD

Government Printer. Hobart. 1976. 1st Ed. 304 PP with 207 b/w photos. Fp: Hobart Harbour, circa 1893. Pictorial cloth boards with light wear and small nick at top of spine, otherwise near fine. 22.3 x 14.5.

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

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. Fine. Oblong: 14.5 x 23.5. 0908031300

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

14766
PARSONS, Ronald
AUSTRALIAN SHIPOWNERS AND THEIR FLEETS - Book Two: Northern Rivers of New South Wales
$10.00 AUD

Ronald Parsons. Lobethal, SA. 1986. Revised edition of the 1973 original. II, (2), 101 to 172 PP. Stapled typescript monograph. Soft cover. Fine. Oblong: 16.6 x 20.6. 090941839X

Ships trading to the Northern Rivers and the NSW Central Coast.

16092
PARSONS, Ronald
AUSTRALIAN SHIPOWNERS AND THEIR FLEETS, Book Six (SYDNEY 1830-1840)
$10.00 AUD

Ronald Parsons. Magill, SA. 1984. July 1984 edition of the 1980 original. IV, 84 PP. Stapled typescript monograph. Soft cover. Light foxing on covers, o/wise fine. Oblong: 16.2 x 20.6. 0909418160

17994
PARSONS, Ronald
SAIL IN THE SOUTH
$10.00 AUD

A.H. & A.W. Reed. Wellington. 1975. 1st NZ edition. (6), 209 PP with bw photos. Hard cover, dj. Discreet stamp of previous owner on front endpaper, o/wise a fine copy. 26.5 x 22. 0589009575

A selection from the A.D. Edwardes collection of shipping photos in the State Library of South Australia.

20812
PARSONS, Ronald
STEAMERS IN THE SOUTH
$5.00 AUD

Rigby. Adelaide. 1979. 1st Ed. 128 PP with b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 26.5 x 21.5. 0727008927

A selection of photos from State Archives of South Australia, issues of the Australasian sketches as well as from private collectors.

50526
PARSONS, Ronald
YORKE PENINSULA SHIPPING
$10.00 AUD

Ronald Parsons. Murray Bridge, S.A. c. 2004. Reprint of the 1998 edition (original of 1976). 2, 26 PP, plus 5 pages with 6 b/w photos. Stapled typescript. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 21 x15. 0909418624

The development of passenger cargo shipping services to Yorke Peninsula ports in both Spencer & St. Vincent Gulfs.

30279
PHILLIPS, Peter
RIVER BOAT DAYS on the Murray, Darling, Murrumbidgee
$10.00 AUD

Lansdowne. Melbourne. 1972. 1st edition. 132 PP with b/w photos. Hard cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj. Dust jacket with rubbed patch at head of spine and repaired tear on rear, now in a protective sleeve. Near fine. Oblong: 25.5 x 29.5. 0701800461

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

11475
PHILLIPS-BIRT, Douglas
REFLECTIONS IN THE SEA
$10.00 AUD

Nautical Publishing Co. London. 1968. 1st Ed. 116 PP, plus 16 b/w plates. Hard cover, dj (chipped). Very good. 22.2 x 14.5. 24559566X

A selection of the author's column published in Yachting Monthly between 1952 & 1967, accompanied by 16 beautiful photos.

33825
PINK, Kerry & VOWLES, Gill
AGAINST THE TIDE - A Maritime History of Circular Head
$15.00 AUD

Hobart Ports Corporation. Hobart. 1998. 1st Ed. VI, 434 PP with 1 plan, 4 b/w illust., 16 colour and 210 b/w photos. Pictorial card cover a little cocked, otherwise near fine. 21.1 x 14.8. 0646362828

Port created in 1826 by the Van Diemen's Land Co. as an outlet for their first European settlement on the North-West Coast of Tasmania.

39616
PORTS
PORT HEDLAND PORT AUTHORITY - Annual Report 1984-1985
$5.00 AUD

Port Hedland Port Authority. Port Hedland. 1985. 1st Ed. 32 PP with tables, 3 graphs, 1 map, 3 plans, 1 b/w and 19 colour photos. REP: Aerial view, 1968. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21.2.

39621
PORTS
BUNDABERG HARBOUR BOARD - Annual Report 1986-87
$5.00 AUD

Bundaberg Port Authority. Bundaberg. 1987. 1st Ed. No pagination, 12 PP with tables. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27 x 21.

39624
PORTS
THE MARINE BOARD OF BURNIE - Annual Report July 1984 to June 1985
$10.00 AUD

Marine Board of Burnie. Burnie. 1985. 1st Ed. No pagination, 16 PP with tables, 5 graphs and 23 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover (Asian Pearl). 1 issue of Burnie Port Gazette (6 pages) loosely inserted. Fine. 30 x 21.

39675
PORTS
GERALDTON PORT Authority - Annual Report 1978-79
$5.00 AUD

Geraldton Port Authority. Geraldton. 1979. 1st Ed. 9 PP with 1 sketch map, 3 b/w and 4 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.3 x 20.5.

Port of the Mid-West region of Western Australia.

39676
PORTS
GERALDTON PORT Authority - Annual Report 1979-80
$5.00 AUD

Geraldton Port Authority. Geraldton. 1980. 1st Ed. 9 PP with 1 sketch map, 1 b/w and 3 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.3 x 20.5.

Port of the Mid-West region of Western Australia.

39677
PORTS
GERALDTON PORT Authority - Annual Report 1982-83
$5.00 AUD

Geraldton Port Authority. Geraldton. 1983. 1st Ed. 9 PP with 1 sketch map, 1 plan and 4 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 29.3 x 20.5.

Port of the Mid-West region of Western Australia.

41690
PORTS
MELBOURNE PORT & SHIPPING HANDBOOK 1987
$15.00 AUD

Charter Pacific Publications. Melbourne. 1986. 1st Ed. 76 PP with advertisements, maps & plans, tables, b/w and colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 23.5 x 18.6.

41875
PORTS
GERALDTON HARBOUR
$5.00 AUD

Geraldton Port Authority. Geraldton. 1979. Folded leaflet with 5 b/w photos, containing 4 Cargo Statistics and Port Information for 1977/78, 1980/81, 1983/84 and 1985/86. Very good. 24.2 x 11.3.

Port of the Mid-West region of Western Australia.

20905
PREGER, W.
THE HUMBLE DUTCH HERRING
$40.00 AUD

F.W. Cheshire. Melbourne. 1944. 1st Imprint of 4000 copies. 62 PP with 2 head pieces, 7 tail pieces in text plus 32 bw plates. Fp: The Herring packers by Cees Bolding, 1939. Eps: Map of the North Sea. Soft cover, pict. dj. Very good. 25 x 19.

A history of Holland, her Empire and their seafaring people up to the Pacific War. Dedicated to all Dutch seafarers "To you who for four long and homeless years have courted death that others might live."

22209
PROUD, John H.
150 YEARS OF THE MALTESE CROSS 1840-1990, The Story of Tyne, Blyth and Wear Tug Companies
$45.00 AUD

Tyne & Wear Tugs Ltd. South Shields, U.K. 1993. 1st Ed. 264 PP with b/w photos, graphs, tables & colour illust. Title page: house flag. Fp: J. Batey & Son: Past & Present. FEP: The Cragsider in 1977. REP: The Endon assisting the City of Port Elizabeth. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 33 x 25. 0952272105

Covers the period 1840-1990 with a short postcript for 1991 & 1992.

16144
QUARM, Roger & WILCOX, Scott
MASTERS OF THE SEA, British Marine Watercolours
$15.00 AUD

Phaidon Press. Oxford. 1987. 1st Ed. 95, (1 index) PP with 87 b/w & colour paintings. Pictorial card cover. Fine. 28 x 24. 9780714824918

Catalogue published for the exhibition: Masters of the Sea. British Marine Watercolours 1650-1930. Watercolours from Alexander through Chambers, Constable, Cooke, Moore, Turner... to Van de Velde.

16082
QUARTERMAINE, P. N.
METCALF MOTOR COASTERS LIMITED, 1924-1965
$15.00 AUD

WSS / World Ship Society. Kendal. 1965 1st Ed. 10 PP with 9 b/w photos and fleet list July 1965. Soft covers, House Flag on front cover and Funnel on back cover, staples. Near fine. 21 x 13.5.

A history and fleet list of the Company.

15886
RATHBONE, A.D. IV
ROMANCE OF THE SEA LANES, Shall We Scrap Our Merchant Marine?
$10.00 AUD

National Travel Club. New York. 1945. 1st Ed. 397 PP. Hard cover, gilt-decorated front, dj. Small stamp on FFEP, o/wise very good. 21 x 14.5.

Brief history of world shipping with a panorama of the U.S.A. industry & following its achievements in WWII: What future for Post-War development? Admiral Alfred T. Mahan: Sea power equals naval vessels plus bases plus merchant vessels.

76645
RICHARDS, Mike
NORTH COAST RUN, Men & Ships of the N.S.W. North Coast
$30.00 AUD

Turton & Armstrong. Sydney. 1980. 2nd edition of the 1977 original. 174 PP with 56 b/w illust. in text. Eps: General arrangement T.S.S. Poonbar. Pictorial soft cover. A fine copy. Oblong: 14.5 x 23.4. 090803106

An account of the coastal shipping between Sydney and Point Danger with list of vessels.

21707
RIDGWAY, P. L. (editor)
MINOR PORTS OF AUSTRALIA
$10.00 AUD

Australian Association for Maritime History. Perth. 1988. 1st Ed. (4), 111 PP with 12 b/w photos and 13 charts & plans. Pictorial card cover. Errata slip loosely inserted. Near fine. 21 x 14.7.

Timber Creek in the Northern Territory. Cossack, Busselton and Hamelin Bay in West Australia. Portland, Port Fairy, Warrnambool, Queenscliff and Port Albert in Victoria. Coffs Harbour on the New South Wales central coast.

18357
RUTTER, Owen
RED ENSIGN, A History of Convoy
$5.00 AUD

Robert Hale. London. 1942. 1st Ed. 214 PP, plus 18 pages with 18 b/w illustrations. Fp: They bring their food from afar. Red cloth cover is lightly soiled and worn around edges, war economy paper, foxing on outside edges, o/wise internally, a very good clean copy. 22 x 14.

The convoys of merchant ships in history: Tudor, Stuart, Napoleonic wars, WWI and early days of WWII.

17544
SALTER, Harold
BASS STRAIT KETCHES
$40.00 AUD

St.David's Park Publishing. Hobart. 1991. 1st Ed. XI, 330 PP with b/w illustrations (photos, paintings, sketches ...). Pictorial soft covers with light wear. Near fine. Scarce. 24.8 x 17.7. 0724625607

The activities of the mosquito fleet of ketches and schooners plying the waters of Tasmania, Victoria and South Australia.

41485
SEXTON, Rae
BEFORE THE WIND - Tracing the impact on a small community and shipping company by the shipwreck in 1888 of the Star of Greece
$20.00 AUD

Australasian Maritime Historical Society. Adelaide. 1982. 1st edition numbered and signed. X, 110 PP with 1 map, 17 b/w photos and drawings. Fp: Construction plans & rigging plans of the Star of Greece. Eps: Sketches showing the total wreck of the Star of Greece. Hard cover, illustrated front. Copy No. 197 with signature of the author on verso of title page. Few foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 21 x 13.8. 0959944834

Shipwrecked off Willunga, South Australia, on Friday the 13th of July, 1888.

64462
SHAW, Capt. Frank H.
FLAG OF THE SEVEN SEAS, The Story of the British Merchant Navy
$10.00 AUD

Cleaver-Hume Press. London. 1953. 1st Ed. 219 PP with 2 fig. in text plus 16 pages with 28 b/w illust. Cloth cover, dj. Covers a little sunned around edges and spine, dj with chips and closed tears. Light foxing, o/wise near fine internally. 22.4 x 14.5.

Authentic & informative story of the British Merchant Navy, from the days of ancient Britons to the two World Wars.

31589
SHIPPING
RUDDER'S GUIDE - AUSTRALIA
$10.00 AUD

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

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

22280
[SHIPPING]
RUDDER'S GUIDE To Australian Customs, Shipping, Transport, Banking and Trade
$15.00 AUD

Rudder's Limited. Sydney. c. 1935. 9th edition. 76 PP with 2 maps and tables. Illustrated card cover, cloth spine. P.60 to 72: texts in Chinese script, French, Italian and German. Very good. 21.4 x 14.4.

Useful information regarding importation of goods... maritime rates and charges...

16956
SINCLAIR, Joseph
ARTERIES OF WAR, Military Transportation from Alexander the Great to the Falklands - and Beyond
$20.00 AUD

Airlife. London. 1992. 1st UK Ed. XII, 184 PP plus 24 pages with 49 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing, o/wise fine. 22.6 x 15. 1853102253

From the camels and elephants used by Alexander the Great, to the modern equipment provided by landing ships, helicopters, cargo planes and containers.

15944
SINCLAIR, Robert C.
ACROSS THE IRISH SEA: Belfast-Liverpool Shipping Since 1819
$10.00 AUD

Conway. London. 1990. 1st Ed. 192 PP with b/w illust. Fp: Promenade deck of Ulster Monarch. Hard cover, dj. Occasional light foxing, o/wise fine. 27 x 20.2. 0851775241

The development of the Belfast Steamship Company between Liverpool and Belfast.

16037
SLEVIN, Alan
AUSTRALIAN SHIPS SKETCHBOOK
$20.00 AUD

Rigby. Adelaide. 1972. 1st Ed. 111 PP with 60 sketches by the author. Ep: Map of Australasia with sketches of ships that served Australia. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket with a few small nicks and lightly faded spine, otherwise contents are near fine. Oblong: 19 x 26.2. 0851794211

Description and illustration of the many and various types of merchant vessels which are a part of Australia's maritime history.

15995
SOMNER, Graeme
BLAND GIBRALTAR
$10.00 AUD

World Ship Society. London. 1981. 1st Ed. 56 PP with b/w photos throughout. Inside front cover: New Mole, Gibraltar, 1866. Illustrated soft cover. Fine. 20.5 x 15. 0905617169

History & fleet list.

16109
SOMNER, Graeme
BEN LINE, Fleet List and Short History
$10.00 AUD

World Ship Society. Kendal. 1967. 1st Ed. 60 PP with 1 map and 53 b/w photos. Fp (in colour): Benwyvis (IV). Pictorial soft covers. Fine. 21.5 x 14.

Part I - Sailing Vessels; Part II - Powered Vessels; Part III - Vessels managed for the British Government.

15917
SPROULE, Anna
PORT OUT, STARBOARD HOME - The Rise and Fall of the Ocean Passage
$10.00 AUD

Blandford. London. 1978. 1st Ed. 128 PP with 100 b/w illustrations (sketches, line drawings, photos). Eps: Departure of P & O steamer Sumatra from Southampton for India. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 25 x 19. 0713785225

An illustrated tribute to the great ships (sail then steam) which carried rich & poor across the oceans, colonial armies to the outposts of empire and troops to the battlefields.

33580
STAMMERS, M. K.
SHIPS' FIGUREHEADS
$5.00 AUD

Shire Publications. London. 1983. 1st Ed., No. 109 in the Shire Album series. 32 PP with 52 b/w illust. Pictorial card cover (rubbed). Near fine. 21 x 15. 0852636504

Origin of figureheads: to appease the sea gods and embody the character of the ship.

22838
SULLIVAN, R. & BRADY, J. (editors)
THE CHANGING VALLEY
$20.00 AUD

History Department at Tweed River High School. Tweed Head, NSW. 1983. 1st Ed. 104 PP. Pictorial card cover. Light foxing on the prelims, o/wise near fine. 26.5 x 20.8.

A collection of photographs of the Tweed Valley from 1886 to 1982. Building of the training walls and breakwaters, shipping out of the Tweed River and up to Murwillumbah.

20929
SWAN, Rear Admiral Rothesay, ROWLANDS, Taffy, & LUKAS, Isabel
TALL SHIPS - AUSTRALIA - 1988 / A BULLETIN
$5.00 AUD

Australian Bicentennial Authority. Sydney. 1988. 1st Ed. 112 PP with b/w & colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27.5 x 20.

Tall ship gathering for the 1988 bicentennial celebration of Australia.

22781
TALBOT-BOOTH, E.C. & SARGENT, E.B.R.(Editors)
MERCHANT SHIPS 1943
$150.00 AUD

Sampson Low, Marston & Co. London. 1943. 44 PP (adverts), followed by 816 pages with b/w illust. throughout. Orig. navy blue cloth cover, title in blind on front cover, gilt title on spine. Signs of speckling on covers, top and bottom of sunned spine are frayed, small piece of front hinge missing, o/wise this scarce edition is internally very good. Oblong: 22.8 x 32.

With 1 map, 900 half-tone photos, 2,400 line drawings of ships, 800 line drawings of House Flags and 1,520 line drawings of funnels for recognition. (All illustrations are in b/w: war necessity). 9 pages of German, Italian and Japanese recognition silhouettes of planes, and 10 bw photos with caption Sea Power saves the world).

22752
TALBOT-BOOTH, Lt. Cdr.
TALBOT-BOOTH'S MERCHANT SHIPS, Volume 1
$15.00 AUD

Marinart/Kogan Page. London. 1977. 1st Ed. 380 PP with 29 pages indexing around 10,000 ships and some 4000 drawings (scale 200' to 1). Hard cover, dj. Vignette of the Seafarers Education Service on the inside front cover, otherwise a near fine copy. 30.2 x 21.6. 0904478327

Merchant vessels with engines and bridge: amidships & three-quarters aft.

31122
TAYLOR, Colin
THE BROTHERS TAYLOR - A Tasmanian Maritime History
$30.00 AUD

Navarine Publishing. Canberra. 1998. 1st Ed., No. 50 in the Roebuck series. VIII, 184 PP with numerous facsimile of newspaper cuttings, 2 maps, 2 plans and 83 b/w illust. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 25.8 x 18. 0958656142

36892
THIELE, Ron
KETCH HAND - Life aboard the little ships of the South Australian Gulfs
$10.00 AUD

Graeme Andrews Productions. Epping, NSW. c. 1976. 1st Ed. 48 PP with 19 b/w photos. Inside front cover: The last Gulf Ketch "Annie Watt". Pictorial soft cover lightly soiled, otherwise near fine. 23 x 15.6.

Details of 43 South Australian Ketches, on pages 47, 48 and the inside of the back cover.

15857
THORSOE, Soren & CROWDY, Michael
OVE SKOU, Copenhagen
$15.00 AUD

World Ship Society. Kendal, UK. 1982. 1st Ed. 44 PP with 60 b/w photos. Pictorial stiff covers. Near fine. 21 x 15. 0905617185

Brief history & fleet details.

20486
TIBBALLS, Geoff
THE TITANIC - The Extraordinary Story of the Unsinkable Ship
$5.00 AUD

Reader's Digest. Sydney. 1997. 1st Australian Edition. 128 PP with b/w and colour illust. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 28 x 23. 086449100X

33753
TOGHILL, Jeff
THE JAMES CRAIG - Her history, recovery and restoration
$10.00 AUD

Reed. Sydney. 1978. 1st Ed. 32 PP with 1 ship profile, 1 map, 9 b/w and 48 colour photos. Inside back cover: 2 b/w photos of the James Craig: under full canvas, and in her port of registry. Pictorial soft cover (painting of James Craig by Oswald Brett). Covers with light wear, o/wise very good. 24 x 18.5. 0589500597

Launched 18 February 1874 as Clan Macleod from the Sunderland shipyard. Sold to J.J. Craig shipowner of Auckland New Zealand 15 August 1899 and renamed James Craig on 14 December 1905...

15985
VILLAR, Captain Roger
PIRACY TODAY - Robbery and Violence at Sea since 1980
$20.00 AUD

Conway Maritime Press. London. 1985. 1st Ed. 160 PP with 12 pages of maps, plans and graphs. Fp: Bow and arrow men. Hard cover, dj. A fine copy. 24 x 16. 0851773575

Log of attacks between 1980 & 1985, the extent of attacks on merchant men & yachts.

18452
WALKER, David
CHAMPION OF SAIL - R W Leyland and his Shipping Line
$15.00 AUD

Conway. London. 1986. 1st Ed. 191 PP with b/w illust. & fleet lists. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 26 x 20. 0851774024

History of this shipowner plus a history of late 19th century shipping. One chapter deals with the Wavertree and its restoration.

10668
WALKER, Fred M.
STEEL SHIP BUILDING
$5.00 AUD

Shire Publications. London. 1981. 1st Ed., No. 73 in the Shire Album series. 32 PP with 8 plans & 32 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 15. 0852635699

Shipyards: locations, functions. Constructions, classification societies,..

12045
WARDLE, David
MURRAY RIVER PADDLE STEAMERS
$10.00 AUD

Traction Publications. Canberra. 1970. 1st Ed. 36 PP with 1 map on back cover and 28 b/w photos. Soft cover, illustrated front (P.S. Coonawarra) and back (map). Covers lightly soiled. Very good. Oblong: 18.5 x 25. 0858290049

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.

31841
WARE, J. K., Naval Historian
AN OUTLINE OF AUSTRALIAN NAVAL HISTORY
$5.00 AUD

Department of Defence (Navy) / AGPS. Canberra. 1976. 1st Ed. VI, 90 PP with 24 b/w illust. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 25 x 17.5. 0642022550

From the discovery and settlement to the post-Vietnam era.

15354
WERE, Jonathan Binns
A VOYAGE FROM PLYMOUTH TO MELBOURNE IN 1839, The Shipboard and Early Melbourne Diary of ...
$15.00 AUD

J. B. Were & Son. Melbourne. 1964. 1st Ed. XV, (3), 309 PP with b/w illust. in text (facsimile of diary on uneven numbered page), plus large folded plate (genealogical tree) at rear. Fp: Jonathan Binns Were in the uniform of Consul of Denmark. Eps: Track of the sailing ship William Metcalfe 447 T, between 25 July 1839 & 15 Nov. 1839. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Name of former owner on half-title page, o/wise a fine copy. 19.6 x 13.8.

43710
WHITEHURST, Clinton H.
THE U.S. SHIPBUILDING INDUSTRY: Past, Present, and Future
$15.00 AUD

Naval Institute Press. Annapolis. 1986. 1st Ed. XVI, (2), 282 PP with 1 organigram, 4 drawings, 4 graphs, 11 b/w photos, 14 sketch maps and 40 tables. Cloth cover, dj. Fine. 23.5 x 16. 0870217232

77305
WILSON, R. M.
THE BIG SHIPS
$25.00 AUD

Cassell. London. 1956. 1st Ed. X, 246 PP plus 32 pages with 49 b/w photos of passenger ships. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine. No dust jacket. A near fine copy. 22.4 x 14.5.

The big passenger and cargo liners developed by British shipping lines from the pre-1914 liners such as Mauretania to the Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth.

14776
WINTER, L. B.
NOR THEY UNDERSTAND
$20.00 AUD

Jacaranda Press. Brisbane. 1966. 1st Ed. XV, 179 PP with 6 charts (4 on double page), plus 26 pages with 44 b/w photos. Fp: As we Dream. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket a little rubbed and in a protective sleeve. A near fine copy. 22.5 x 14.

Sailing experiences on cargo/passenger ship and his own yacht Brynhildr, brought from Scotland to Sydney on the M/V Cedric, vessel of Shaw Savill Line where he served as doctor.

20967
WOOD, Peter [Editor]
THE SEA, A CELEBRATION
$20.00 AUD

David & Charles, and Greenpeace. Newton Abbot. 1993. 1st Ed. 128 PP with colour illust. Title page: Masket butterfly fish in the Red Sea, Egypt. Half title page: Sea Pink, watercolour by Sarah Fox-Davies. Hard cover, dj. Fine. Oblong: 24.5 x 27.2. 0715300369

A moving collection of images and words by over 90 well known artists, writers, photographers and conservationists, in celebration of the sea, the coastline and marine life.

15895
WORLD SHIP SOCIETY
REDERIAKTIESELSKABET DANNEBROG 1883-1973
$5.00 AUD

World Ship Society. London. 1973. 1st Ed. 104 PP with 3 colour illustrations and 133 b/w photos. Inside back cover House Flag & Bow Mark (in colour). Illustrated soft covers (a little rubbed). Very good. 23 x 16.5.

Brief history & details of the fleet.