20531 ALEXANDER, Michael OMAI 'NOBLE SAVAGE'
$20.00 AUD
Collins & Harvill Press. London. 1977. 1st Ed. 223 PP plus 12 Pages with 14 bw illust. Ep: Capt. Wallis & men of the 'Dolphin' meet Queen Oberea, Tahiti, 1767. Hard cover, dust jacket has a few small nicks or chips and is in a protective sleeve, otherwise near fine. 21.6 x 14. 0002626101
The first noble savage dear to the 18th century French philosopher Rousseau, comes into contact with the civilized world of England.
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.
21314 ASHLEY, Clifford W. THE YANKEE WHALER
$20.00 AUD
Dover Publications. New York. 1991. 1st Paperback edition with An Introduction by Robert Cushman Murphy and a preface to the pictures by Zephaniah W. Pease. XXVIII, 156, (8 catalogue) PP with b/w illustrations: 12 headpieces and tailpieces, plus 125 pages with 5 line drawings and 132 half-tone illustrations. Fp: A Gam. Stiff covers, illustrated front. Stamp of previous owner on recto of frontispiece. Covers lightly scratched, creases on spine. Very good. 23.3 x 16.3. 9780486268545
The multifarious duties of the cooper, the whalecraft man, the rigger, the quest for the great whales...
17002 BARNICHON, Gilles & NOIREL, Didier LES CAR-FERRIES CONSTRUITS EN FRANCE - FRENCH BUILT CAR FERRIES
$30.00 AUD
Editions Michel-Didier Vrac. Le Touvet, France. 1996. 1st Ed. 120 PP with 5 pages of tables with technical data and 65 bw photos in text. Pict. card cover. French and English text. Fine. Oblong: 22 x 24. 2910821056
The design and building of car ferries in France. History of 45 vessels built since the Compiègne in 1958.
21465 BATESON, Charles GOLD FLEET FOR CALIFORNIA, Forty-Niners from Australia and New Zealand
$20.00 AUD
Ure Smith. Sydney. 1963. 1st Ed. 172 PP, plus 14 pages with 16 bw illust. Eps (folded): Deserted ships in San Francisco Harbour. Hard cover, gilt decorated covers, dj. Light foxing, mostly on the outside front page edges o/wise fine. 24.4 x 16.2.
A contribution to Australian maritime history, depicting the crossing of over 7000 Australians & New Zealanders who sailed to the Californian gold fields.
16598 BEEBE, William THE ARCTURUS ADVENTURE, An Account of the New York Zoological Society's First Oceanographic Expedition
$20.00 AUD
G.P. Putnam's Sons. New York. 1926. 5th Printing in November 1926 of the 1926 original. XIX, 439 PP, plus 49 pages with 69 b/w illust., and 8 colour plates. Fp: Argyropelelus & Sternoptyx. Decorated endpapers. Cloth cover, top edge gilt, a little light wear around spine, o/wise a very good copy. 24 x 17.
Six months aboard the steam yacht ARCTURUS through the Sargasso Sea, then to Cocos and Galapagos Achipelago.
18415 BOWEN, E. G. BRITAIN AND THE WESTERN SEAWAYS
$5.00 AUD
Thames & Hudson. London. 1972. 1st Ed. 196 PP with 61 photos, 17 line draw., 27 maps & 1 table in text. Hard cover, dj (price-clipped). Covers lightly marked. Few foxing spots on outside edges. Very good. 21 x 15.7. 0500020760
The Atlantic Ocean and connected waterways which played an important role in the prehistory and early history of Western Europe.
22031 BREMER, Stuart HOME AND BACK - Australia's Golden Era of Passenger Ships
$5.00 AUD
Dreamweaver. Sydney. 1984. 1st Ed. 224 PP with b/w photos. Fp: Poster on P & O, regular fortnightly sailings. Half title page: Come 'Home' via Suez. Eps: Liners alongside Princes Pier, Port Melbourne. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 30 x 23. 0949825069
The principal shipping companies involved in trade to Australia & around its coastline between 1900 & 1970. Aberdeen Line, White Star Line, including A.U.S.N., Burns Philp, Melbourne Steamship Company...
20111 BRENNAN, Frank THE AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH SHIPPING LINE
$10.00 AUD
Roebuck. Canberra. 1978. 1st Ed., Roebuck Society publication No. 20. VII, 72 PP plus 24 pages with 39 photos in b/w, 2 b/w maps. Fp: Sketch of Australian cargo ships, Class D & E. REP: Certificate of Discharge, recto-verso. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket has a few small nicks, o/wise fine. 24.8 x 18. 0909434115
Creation of the Commonwealth Shipping Line in 1915, to serve Australian needs during and just after WWI (up to 1927).
73195 BROWN, Charles H. NICHOLLS'S SEAMANSHIP AND NAUTICAL KNOWLEDGE For Second-Mates', Mates' & Masters' Examination
$20.00 AUD
Brown, Son & Ferguson. Glasgow. 1949. April 1949 reprint of the 18th edition of 1938. (28), 710 PP with 6 colour illustrations, and hundred of b/w illustrations (drawings, sketches, photos), plus 5 plates with colour illustrations (buoyage and signals) in text and 1 folded capacity plan at rear of book. Fp: Wheelhouse. FEP: 11 Motor on Steam Ships, REP: 12 Sailing Ships. Cloth covers with wear and soiling, title in blind on front cover, gilt title on spine (dulled). Signature of previous owners on FEP. Small repaired closed tear on one page, o/wise contents are near fine. Image shows title-page and frontispiece. 21.2 x 14.5.
19260 BUCHANAN, Gary et al. GREAT VOYAGES OF THE WORLD, 25 adventures on the high seas and great rivers of the world
$15.00 AUD
Readers's Digest. Sydney. 1997. 1st Australian edition. 176 PP with maps & location maps, and colour photos. Title spread: the Xi Ling gorge, on the Yangtze river. Half title page: Portside anchor. Pict. laminated boards, dj. Fine. 30.2 x 21.5. 0864491972
Round the world on the QE2 - On the rivers: Shannon (Ireland), Rhine (Germany), Mekong... On the high seas: to St Helena and Tristan da Cunha, from Bali to Sydney...
18551 CHAPELLE, Howard I. THE BALTIMORE CLIPPER: Its Origin & Development
$20.00 AUD
Dover. New York. 1988. 1st soft cover edition of the 1930 original. XII, 192 PP, (16 publications) with 48 plans, plus 34 pages with 35 b/w plates. Fp: Baltimore Clipper Privateer Schooner. Soft covers, pictorial front. Edges of covers slightly rubbed. Faint foxing on outside edges. Book plate of previous owner on recto of frontispiece. Near fine. 23.3 x 16.5. 0486257657
36662 CHAPELLE, Howard I. THE AMERICAN FISHING SCHOONERS 1825-1935
$30.00 AUD
W. W. Norton. New York. 1973. 1st Ed. 690 PP with 137 plates, 39 figures and numerous sketch-drawings in the important "Notebook" part of this book. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price clipped). Old tape marks on front and rear endpapers, signature of previous owner on FFEP. Light foxing around outside edges, o/wise a very good clean copy. 24 x 16. 0393031233
The history of the commercial fishing schooner, its development in design, function and construction.
16218 DOVEY, Rik & SAMINS, Sally 12-METRE, THE NEW BREED - The Battle for the 26th America's Cup
$15.00 AUD
Ellsyd Press. Sydney. 1986. 1st Ed., with a foreword by Ben Lexcen. 160 PP, profusely illustrated in b/w & colour. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 30.5 x 22. 0949290033
An invaluable guide to the defence of the America's Cup at Fremantle in 1987.
T. Stephenson & Sons Ltd. Prescot, UK. 1967. 3rd edition of the 1935 original. XIV, 204 PP with tables, plus 36 pages with 1 colour plate and 69 b/w photographs. Fp (in colour): P.S. Columba (I). Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Bookplate of previous owner on inside front cover. Near fine. 22.2 x 14.5.
Vessels of the MacBrayne fleet and their predecessors, to the Western Isles and the Scottish Highlands.
16224 DUDER, Tessa, THOMSON, Barry & HAWKINS, Clifford SPIRIT OF ADVENTURE
$25.00 AUD
Century Hutchinson. Auckland. 1985. 1st Ed. 160 PP with b/w and colour photos. Fp: Spirit of Adventure. Eps: In the rigging. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 30.5 x 21.5.. 0091631300
Sail Training revival in New Zealand brings to fruition the Spirit of Adventure.
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 ...
17924 DYSON, John SPIRIT OF SAIL - CLIPPERS, WINDJAMMERS, AND TALL SHIPS
$10.00 AUD
David Bateman. Buderim. 1987. 1st Australian edition. Originally purblished in Canada by Key Porter Books. 176 PP, profusely illustrated with plans, b/w & colour photos. Eps. Hard cover, device in blind on front cover, dj. A little light foxing on prelims, o/wise near fine. 31.2 x 23.5. 0949135151
The call of the sea and the exaltation sailors experience as they brave wind and wave.
18203 FANNING, Edmund VOYAGES TO THE SOUTH SEAS, INDIAN & PACIFIC OCEANS, CHINA SEA NORTHWEST COAST, FEEJEE ISLANDS, SOUTH SHETLANDS, ...
$45.00 AUD
Ye Galleon Press. Fairfield, Washington. 1970. Limited edition of 600 copies This copy is un-numbered. (34), XII, 13-324, (8 Index) PP with few b/w illustrations (portrait, house of Captain Fanning, Coat of Arms, frontispiece of original copy), plus 6 folded plates (crew list, chart of British Columbia & 4 registries of US ships) in pocket pasted down on rear endpaper. Cloth covers, gilt engraved front cover and spine. Fine. 24.3 x 15.8.
Voyages and new discoveries made in the Southern Hemisphere between the years 1830 and 1837.
21285 FORSTER, Honore (compiler) THE SOUTH SEA WHALER - An Annotated Bibliography...
$30.00 AUD
Kendall Whaling Museum. Sharon, Mass. 1985. 1st Ed. IX, 157 PP. Fp: South Sea Whaling by W.E. Norton. Eps: Map of the Pacific Ocean. Cloth cover, title on front cover and spine. Foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise fine. 26 x 17.5. 0937854220
... bibliography of published historical, literary and art material relating to whaling in the Pacific Ocean in the nineteenth century.
21420 FOWLES, John SHIPWRECK, Photography by the Gibsons of Scilly
$10.00 AUD
Jonathan Cape. London. 1976. Reprint of the 1974 original. 48 Pages with 2 maps and 36 b/w photos. Title page : Glenbervie ashore. Hard cover, gilt device on front cover, dj. Near fine. Oblong: 21 x 26. 0224010530
The pictorial records of the Gibson family of the Scillies, started in 1860, on tall ships & working boats, steamships & motor vessels.
16217 GILLES, Daniel ALONE - The Observer Book of the Single-handed Transatlantic Race
$5.00 AUD
Angus & Robertson. London. 1977. 1st English edition of the 1976 French original, with a preface by Eric Tabarly. 214 PP with plans & sketches of competing yachts, maps plus 32 pages with 86 b/w pict. Hard cover, dj. A few old damp traces at top of few pages, otherwise very good. 24 x 16.5. 0207957584
Origins of the transatlantic race, inaugural race of 1960 then races of 1964, 68, 72 & 76.
48432 GILLETT, Ross AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND WARSHIPS 1914-1945
$20.00 AUD
Doubleday. Sydney. 1983. 1st Ed. 360 PP with 600 b/w photos & 100 line drawings. Hard cover, dj. Spine of dust jacket lightly sunned. Near fine. 26.2 x 26.2. 0868240958
77036 GOURGUECHON, Charlene JOURNEY TO THE END OF THE WORLD - A three-year adventure in the New Hebrides
$10.00 AUD
Charles Scribner's Sons. New York. 1977 1st English edition of the 1974 French original "L'Archipel des Tabous". (8), 338 PP with 1 map and 39 b/w photos. Fp: Map of the New Hebrides. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket has a few chips and is in a protective sleeve. Very good. 23.2 x 15.5. 0684148471
An exciting story on the New Hebrides islands: of roguish boat captains, missionaries & slave traders, planters & natives, ancient customs & a present-day (1974) but bizarre government "Condominium" shared by France & the U.K.
18295 GREENHILL, Basil (Editor) THE NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM
$10.00 AUD
Philip Wilson-Scala. London. 1982. 1st Ed. 144 PP with mainly colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Occasional foxing. Near fine. 27.5 x 20. 0876671339
The building itself, the collection, the exhibits: from archaeology to modern times, the marine paintings ...
18613 GUTTRIDGE, Leonard & SMITH, Jay. D. THE COMMODORES - The Drama of a Navy under Sail
$5.00 AUD
Peter Davies. London. 1970. 1st UK Ed. X, 340 PP, plus 16 pages with 35 b/w illust. Eps: Maps. Cloth cover, dj. Occasional foxing, o/wise near fine. 24 x 16. 432063706
Chronicles the economic & political currents in the young nation, as well as the story of the men who commanded and fought during the U.S. Navy's early years.
73146 HARRISSON, Tom SAVAGE CIVILISATION
$200.00 AUD
Victor Gollancz. London. 1937. 1st Ed. 461, (3) PP with 8 maps and 37 figures in text, plus 32 plates with 38 b/w photos, the frontispiece, and the folded map at back of the book. Fp: Woman and child of the northern New Hebrides. Cloth cover, gilt title on a sunned spine. Top edges of covers rubbed at corners, and worn at head of spine. Foxing. Image shows the frontispiece and title page. Very good copy of a scarce item. 22.2 x 14.5.
A stay in the New Hebrides in the 1930's of a member of the Oxford University Expedition, who remained there for two more years following the end of the expedition.
16417 HEALEY, M. C. & WALLACE, R. R. (editors) CANADIAN AQUATIC RESOURCES
$5.00 AUD
Dept. of Fisheries & Oceans. Ottawa. 1987. 1st Ed. VIII, 533 PP with b/w illust. (photos, tables, maps & figures). Pictorial card cover. Fine. 24.7 x 17. 0660124874
The contribution to the economy of Canada of its aquatic resources and some of their problems: acid rain, toxic contamination of rivers, salinisation of prairies ...
43117 HENDY, John THE DOVER - OSTEND LINE
$15.00 AUD
Ferry Publications (Kent). London. 1991. 1st Ed. 56 PP with 1 plan, 2 sketches, 89 b/w and 25 colour photos. Inside front cover: Colour photo of the Prince Philippe (II & III). Inside back cover: Prinses Maria-Esmeralda. Pictorial soft cover (Prins Albert and Reine Astrid) . Fine. 29.8 x 21. 095135065X
36492 HENRY, Fred SHIPS OF THE ISLE OF MAN STEAM PACKET CO. LTD.
$5.00 AUD
Brown, Son & Ferguson. Glasgow. 1967. 2nd edition of the 1962 original. 64 PP with 1 portrait, 2 maps and 24 b/w photos. Stapled pictorial soft cover. Fine. 18.5 x 12.2.
21399 HORNSBY, David OCEAN SHIPS - 1982
$15.00 AUD
Ian Allan. London. 1982. Updated & revised edition, from the 1964 original. 255 PP with tables & over 250 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj ("Vistafjord"). Very good. 22.3 x 15.2. 0711011508
Part One: Passenger liners & cruise ships. Part Two: Cargo ships. Part Three: Tankers.
21467 INGLETON, Geoffrey C. MATTHEW FLINDERS, Navigator and Chartmaker
$100.00 AUD
Genesis. Guildford, UK. 1986. 1st Ed., with a foreword by HRH The Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh. XXIV, 468 PP with 252 illustrations, plus 4 plate sections with 40 pages comprising 16 b/w plates and 16 colour plates. Fp: Flinders' Investigator and Baudin's Le Géographe, 8th April, 1802. FEP: Map of Terra Australis. REP: H.M. Sloop Investigator (profile & rigging plan). Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, colour vignette on front cover, gilt device on back cover. Fine. 32.5 x 24. 0904351343
18624 KAUFMAN, Y. & STILLWELL, P. SHARKS OF STEEL
$15.00 AUD
Naval Institute Press. Annapolis. 1993. 1st printing. XXII, 152 PP with colour photos. Cloth cover, device in blind on front board, gilt title on spine, dj. Near fine. 31 x 23.2. 1557504512
The story of the submarine and their crew: selection, training, performance ...
71551 KIRK, Allan A. ANCHOR SHIPS AND ANCHOR MEN - The History of The Anchor Shipping & Foundry Company Ltd.
$20.00 AUD
A.H. & A.W. Reed. Wellington. 1967. 1st Ed. 186 PP plus 16 pages with 56 b/w photos of ships & personnel. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Dust jacket has a small closed tear and is in a protective sleeve. A near fine copy of a scarce title. 22.1 x 14.7.
New Zealand's oldest shipping company which commenced business in the 1860's.
15651 LAPLACE, Capitaine de Frégate VOYAGE AROUND THE WORLD ON THE CORVETTE LA FAVORITE 1830, 1831, 1832
$20.00 AUD
Antiques of the Orient. Singapore. 1991. 1st edition (being the first English translation of text relating to the plates). 72 PP with 72 colour plates. FEP: Chart of the Voyage of the Corvette La Favorite. Pictorial laminated boards. Fine. 30.2 x 21.5. 9810025394
The circumnavigation voyage of La Place, to re-establish French influence over Indochina and French commercial interest in the Pacific. Call in the Derwent River and at Sydney...
71203 LEENHARDT, Maurice ARTS OF THE OCEANIC PEOPLES
$60.00 AUD
Thames & Hudson. London. 1950. 1st English Ed. Translated from the French by Michael Heron. 150 PP incl. 4 full-page colour plates plus 124 illustrations in text & 6 illust. in introduction and 11 maps, printed on superior gloss paper. Orig. gilt-engraved cloth cover & spine with dj (price-clipped). Dust jacket chipped with some small repaired tears and is protected. Signature of previous owner on FFEP, o/wise a very clean and near fine copy. Scarce. 25 x 16.
A fascinating book containing detailed descriptions of the strange objects, both ornamental and ritual of the Oceanic people of the far-flung islands and archipelagoes of the Pacific (New Caledonia, Tahiti, Marquesas, Easter Island, Fiji, Solomons, Hawaii, PNG, New Hebrides, including the natives of Australasia, as well as the islands of the Indian Ocean (Madagascar).
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
19201 LONEY, Jack AUSTRALIAN SHIPWRECKS, Volume 4: 1901-1986
$25.00 AUD
Marine History Publications. Portarlington. 1987. 1st Ed. 284 PP with numerous b/w illust., sketches & map. FEP: The four-masted bark Strathgryfe stranded on Yanakie Beach. REP: Stranded Falls of Halladale. Hard cover, dj. Spine of dust jacket sunned. Foxing spots on outside edges. Stamp of previous owner at top of title page, o/wise contents near fine. 24 x 17.6. 909244316
14565 MABER, John M. NORTH STAR TO SOUTHERN CROSS
$15.00 AUD
T. Stephenson & Sons. Prescot. 1967. 1st Ed. XV, 335 PP with 5 line drawings by author, plus 48 pages with 96 b/w photos. Fp: Mariposa, built 1953. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Near fine. 24.2 x 16.2.
The story of the Australasian seaways where, since the 1850's, sixty shipping lines established routes between Europe, Australasia and North America.
NZ Ship & Marine Society. Wellington. 1988. Reprint of the 1987 original. 96 PP with numerous b/w illustrations (line drawings by S.V. Lampard & photos). Title spread: M/V Calm, ashore Waiweranui Point. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 26.7 x 19. 0959783414
The Canterbury Steam Shipping Company.
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.
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
Patrick Stephens. Wellingborough. 1987. 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.
14280 NAPIER, William, GILBERT, John, & HOLLAND, Julian EASTERN ISLANDS, SOUTHERN SEAS - A History of Discovery and Exploration
$15.00 AUD
Aldus Books / Jupiter Books. London. 1973. Reprint of the 1971 edition. 488 PP with b/w & colour illustrations. Hard cover, dj (protected). Clear plastic film covering the dust jacket pasted down on endpapers. Very good. 26.7 x 19.5. 490002927
Towards the lands of spice and treasure, by William Napier. Charting the vast Pacific, by John Gilbert. Lands of the Southern Cross, by Julian Holland.
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. Near fine. 22.3 x 14.5.
A record of steamships which visited Tasmanian waters during the first one hundred years of steam.
76647 O'MAY, Dave G. FERRIES OF THE DERWENT - A History of the Ferry Services on the Derwent River
$25.00 AUD
D.G. O'May. Hobart. 1988. 1st Ed. Foreword by Max Chesterman. (10), 118 PP with 5 facsimile of documents and 81 b/w photos. Fp: Kangaroo Bay showing Bellerive Ferry Wharf. Illustrated hard cover. Fine. 22.3 x 14.5. 0724623604
15983 PASSFIELD, Robert W. TECHNOLOGY IN TRANSITION: THE SOO SHIP CANAL 1889-1985
$10.00 AUD
Environment Canada. Ottawa. 1985. 1st Ed. 267 PP with 89 figures (plans, sketches, maps, photos ..) and 1 map of the Great Lakes-St.Lawrence transportation in 1895. Pict. card cover. Near fine. 23 x 15.4. 0660129361
The construction of the Sault Ste. Marie Ship Canal which mirrored an age of technology: the first electrically powered ship locks, the longest lock at the time ...
31562 PATERSON, L. J. TWELVE HUNDRED MILES FOR THIRTY SHILLINGS
$20.00 AUD
Mainstream Publishing. Edinburgh. 1988. 1st Ed. 127 PP with 91 b/w illust. (house flags, menu, posters... and photos). Hard cover, dj. Fine. 28 x 20.3. 1851581979
Photographic record of/on the Clyde Shipping Company.
71549 PHILP, J. E. THE HARRIET McGREGOR - A STAUNCH SHIP'S SEA STORY
$35.00 AUD
Author. Hobart. 1934. 1st Ed. Foreword by C. B. Black. 44 PP with 6 b/w photos on full page. Stapled soft covers (marbled). Near fine. Scarce. 21.8 x 14.
The record of this sturdy blue-gum clipper, the pride of the Port of Hobart, which sailed and logged 845,000 nautical miles between Hobart and London, Adelaide, Mauritius & Melbourne, between 1871 and 1895.
66173 PLAYFORD, P. E. THE WRECK OF THE ZUYTDORP, On the Western Australian coast in 1712
$30.00 AUD
W.A. Historical Society. Perth. 1976. Reprint of the 1959 original article published in "Early Days", Journal and Proceedings of the W. A. Historical Society, Inc. - Vol.5, Part 5, pp.5-41. 36 PP with 3 maps & 7 b/w plates. Pictorial soft cover. 1 post card of the model of Zuytdorp and 4 pages 'The Beardman Jug Replicas', loosely inserted. Fine. 21.3 x 13.6.
A brief account of the other V.O.C. wrecks, then the Zuytdorp wreck, north of Gantheaume Bay.
22603 PLOWMAN, Peter EMIGRANT SHIPS TO LUXURY LINERS - Passenger Ships to Australia & New Zealand, 1945-1990
$65.00 AUD
NSW University Press. Sydney. 1992. 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. Review tipped in on half-title page. Tiny bump near bottom of spine, o/wise a fine copy. 29.2 x 22. 0868403792
Stories of the Builders & Owners, the Crew & Passengers of these great ships.
14282 PONKO, Vincent Jr. SHIPS, SEAS, AND SCIENTISTS - U.S. Naval Exploration and Discovery in the Nineteenth Century
$10.00 AUD
Naval Institute Press. Annapolis. 1974. 1st Ed. XII, (2), 283 PP. Hard cover. Near fine. Image shows title page. 23.6 x 15.6. 0870216414
Expeditions of discovery, exploration and scientific research: Wilkes to the South Sea and Antarctic 1838-1842 - Perry to China Sea and Japan 1852-1854...
76753 REID, Alex & David PADDLE WHEELS ON THE WANGANUI
$40.00 AUD
Paddlewheels Press. Wellington. 1993. 2nd Edition of original of 1967. iii, 125 PP plus 8 pages with 16 b/w photos, followed by 5 pages with 4 b/w photos. Fore Ep: Map of Wanganui River and Rapids: Upper reaches. Rear Ep: Lower reaches. Pictorial soft covers. Fine. 21 x 14.8. 0473020904
Atmosphere, people and events on the world of the paddlewheels plying 235 miles of the Wanganui River.
22661 RICCIARDI, Lorenzo THE VOYAGE OF THE MIR-EL-LAH
$10.00 AUD
Collins. London. 1980. 1st UK Ed. 256 PP with b/w & colour photos with 2 maps & 2 diagrams. Title spread: The Mir-el-Lah in Cosmoledo Lagoon. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 24.6 x 17.5. 0002118874
The vanishing world of the dhows, from the Shatt Al Arab to East Africa then to the Seychelles and Comoro Islands.
30808 RICCIARDI, Lorenzo THE VOYAGE OF THE MIR-EL-LAH
$10.00 AUD
The Viking Press. New York. 1981. 1st US Ed. Forewxord by Bruce Chatwin. 256 PP with 2 diagrams, 2 maps and b/w & colour photos. Title spread: The Mir-el-Lah in Cosmoledo Lagoon. Hard cover, cloth spine, dj. Signature of previous owner on front endpaper, o/wise a fine copy. 24.6 x 17.5. 0670748315
The vanishing world of the dhows, from the Shatt Al Arab to East Africa then to the Seychelles and Comoro Islands.
16234 ROSE, Sir Alec MY LIVELY LADY
$20.00 AUD
Nautical Publishing. London. 1968. 1st Ed. XIV, 193 PP with maps & drawings, plus 24 pages with 35 b/w & colour photos. Eps. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 22 x 15. 245595651
Alec Rose, early days, his trans-atlantic crossing then his solo round the world voyage of 318 days, in 1967.
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.
11573 SHAW, George A. MADAGASCAR AND FRANCE, With Some Accounts of the Island, its People, its Resources and Development
$20.00 AUD
Religious Tract Society. London. 1885. 1st Ed. 320 PP plus 1 folded map and 15 full-page plates. Rebacked copy retaining original gilt-decorated cloth cover, spine faded & little worn on corners. Frontispiece & half-title page missing, o/wise very good. 20.2 x 14.3.
From initial settlement, discovery, tentative settlement and war with France. Geography, flora, fauna...
10474 STANNARD, Bruce BEN LEXCEN - The Man, the Keel and the Cup
$10.00 AUD
Faber & Faber. London. 1984. 1st Ed. 149 PP with 7 sketch maps, 9 plans, and 37 b/w photos. Fp: Ben Lexcen. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 25 x 19. 0571133967
18240 STERNBERG, Jacques PORTS EN EAUX-FORTES. Les Ports du Monde Vus par les Graveurs au 19ème Siècle
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Editions Maritimes & d'Outre-Mer. Paris. 1981. 1st Ed. 233 PP with b/w etchings throughout the book. Eps: Mappemonde. Pictorial laminated boards. Foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. French text. 28.2 x 21.
Etchings of the harbours of the world, as seen by the 19th Century engravers: Le Havre, London, New York, Melbourne.
13253 STOCK, Ralph THE CRUISE OF THE DREAM SHIP
$15.00 AUD
Wm. Heinemann. London. 1935. Reprint of the 1921 original. IX, 272 PP with 1 b/w illustration, plus 16 pages with 32 b/w illustrations. Fp: The dream ship. Green cloth cover, gilt title on spine. Light shelf wear around edges, o/wise a near fine copy. 22.2 x 14.5.
Cruising through the South Sea Islands on a former fishing smack at the end of WWI: Galapagos, Marquesas, Tuamotus, Tahiti ... Cruise ending in Tonga after her sale. ... Thursday Island.
14465 STOKESBURY, James L. NAVY AND EMPIRE
$25.00 AUD
William Morrow. New York. 1983. 1st Ed. 430 PP with 8 maps. Hard cover, cloth spine, dj. Faint foxing on outside edges. Blind stamp of previous owner on front endpaper. Near fine. 24 x 16. 0688021344
History of the Royal Navy from the time of Drake and the Armada to the Falkland Islands crisis of 1982. The inter-relationship between the Royal Navy and the British Empire.
18797 STRANGE, James JAMES STRANGE'S JOURNAL AND NARRATIVE OF THE COMMERCIAL EXPEDITION FROM BOMBAY TO THE NORTHWEST COAST OF AMERICA
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Ye Galleon Press. Fairfield, Washington. 1982. Reprint of the 1928 original, with an introductory material by A.V. Venkatarama Ayyar, and notes by John Hosie & F. W. Howay. 144, (2 colophon) PP with 3 b/w plates, plus folded map in back pocket. Eps: chart of the Cook Channel and Strange Island near Nootka Island. Hard cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj. Occasional light foxing spots, o/wise fine. 23.8 x 16.2. 0877702675
Expedition to the North-west Coast of America in 1786, which sailed from Bombay on 08/12/1785, on board the Captain Cook and The Experiment.
18317 THOMAS, Leslie A WORLD OF ISLANDS
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St. Martin's Press. New York. 1983. 1st US Ed. 208 PP with 70 b/w photos, plus 16 Colour plates. Fp: The Citadel Canal at Corfu. Eps: Mappemonde. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 25.5 x 19.5. 0312892233
A voyage through some of the world's most famous and romantic islands, with their history.
72305 THROCKMORTON, Peter DIVING FOR TREASURE
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Thames & Hudson. London. 1977. 1st UK Ed. 136 PP with 126 b/w & 10 colour illust. Hard cover, cloth spine, dj. Dust jacket has some light shelf wear along top edge, o/wise fine. 24.8 x 22.4.
Introduction to underwater archaeology: treasures such as jade, pieces of silver, etc..
18615 THWAITES, Lt. RNVR Michael THE JERVIS BAY AND OTHER POEMS
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Putnam & Co. London. 1943. Reprint of December 1943. VIII, 59 PP. Soft covers with pictorial dj. Very good. 21.5 x 14.
The sea fight of the Scheer and the Jervis Bay, or how a small ship and gallant crew struck a great blow for King and Country, then went down in Glory.
11835 TODD, Ian ISLAND REALM - A Pacific Panorama
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Angus & Robertson. Sydney. 1974. 1st Ed. (8), 214 PP with 19 maps, 32 drawings by Lindsay Wilson and 61 b/w photos, plus 48 pages with 63 colour photos. EPS: Map of the Pacific with winds and currents. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Near fine. 28 x 22. 0207127611
A contemporary observation over time and space within the realm of the Pacific: community & individual culture, history, political life, ...
11501 TRUMBULL, Robert TIN ROOFS AND PALM TREES - A Report on the New South Seas
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ANU Press. Canberra. 1977. 1st Ed. X, 302 PP with 17 maps, plus 16 PP with 34 b/w photos. Eps: Map of the Pacific Islands. Hard cover, cloth spine. Spine lightly sunned. Foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 23.5 x 15. 0708107443
Description of the various archipelagoes of the South Pacific in the mid 1970's.
73246 TRUMBULL, Robert TIN ROOFS AND PALM TREES - A Report on the New South Seas
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ANU Press. Canberra. 1977. 1st Ed. X, 302 PP with 17 maps, plus 16 PP with 34 b/w photos. Eps: Map of the Pacific Islands. Hard cover, cloth spine, dj. Spine of dust jacket lightly sunned, and with light insect damage. Ex Library copy with stamps on front endpaper, recto and verso of title page, and pocket on rear endpapers. Foxing spots on outside edges. Otherwise contents clean and near fine. 23.5 x 15. 0708107443
Description of the various archipelagoes of the South Pacific in the mid 1970's. Chapter 5: New Caledonia, nickel plated paradise.
76301 VILLIERS, Capt. Alan LOUIS DE ROCHEMONT'S WINDJAMMER, Including The School of the Sea and Sailing a Square-Rigger and LP musical score by Morton Gould
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Random House. New York. 1958. 1st Ed. 68 PP with b/w & colour illust. FEP: Track of the Christian Radich. REP: Fold-out photo of the Christian Radich in New York harbour. Laminated pictorial boards rubbed and chipped around edges. Light wear around edges, o/wise contents near fine. 28.5 x 21.
The School of the Sea... Pages 6-11, and Sailing a Square-Rigger, Pages 49-51. Book on the CINEMIRACLE movie, filmed on board the Norwegian windjammer Christian Radich.
18605 WARE, J. K., Naval Historian AN OUTLINE OF AUSTRALIAN NAVAL HISTORY
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Department of Defence (Navy) / AGPS. Canberra. 1976. 1st Ed. VI, 90 PP with 24 b/w illustrations. Hard cover, dj. Name of previous owner on front endpaper, o/wise very good. 25 x 17.5. 0642018669
From the discovery and settlement to the post-Vietnam era.
19340 WARNER, Oliver NELSON
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Weidenfeld & Nicolson / Book Club Associates. London. 1975. 1st Ed., in the Great Lives series. 231 PP with 100 b/w & 16 colour plates. Fp: Nelson by Leonardo Guzzardi. Eps: The Victory rakes the Spanish at Trafalgar. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Occasional foxing. Very good. 25.5 x 18.
21365 WELLINGS, H. P. BENJAMIN BOYD IN AUSTRALIA (1842-1849)
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Privately published. Eden. No date, c. 1930. 7th Edition. 48 PP with 11 b/w illust. Stapled card covers browned and repaired, contents very good. 21.5 x 14.
Shipping Magnate: Merchant: Banker: Pastoralist and Station Owner: Member of the Legislative Council: Town Planner: Whaler.
21519 WHIPPLE, A.B.C. (editor) THE WHALERS
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Amsterdam. 1980. Time-Life Books. 1st European English language printing of the 1979 original in the Seafarers series. 176 PP with b/w & colour illust. Title page: Whaling scene carved on the tooth of a sperm whale in 1830. Eps: The Oceans of the Whalers. Simile leather covers, colour illustration pasted down on front cover. Near fine. 28.7 x 23.5. 070540627X
15799 WILLIAMS, Glyndwr & FROST, Alan TERRA AUSTRALIS TO AUSTRALIA
$50.00 AUD
OUP. Melbourne. 1988. 1st Ed. XIX, 242 PP with 143 b/w or colour illust. Fp: Matthew Flinder's first recorded use of the term 'Australia' 1804. Eps: Typus Orbis Terrarum. Cloth cover, dj. Dedicatory note signed by Alan Frost on title-page. A fine copy. 26.2 x 19.8. 0195549082
Describes the various stages of discovery and the significance of these for the European imagination. Examines the impact of early colonization on the Aborigines. A most comprehensive account of European discovery of Australia.
11703 WILSON, Bruce COLONIAL IDENTITIES - Canada from 1760 to 1815
$25.00 AUD
National Archives of Canada. Ottawa. 1988. 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.
21232 WILSON, John THE CRUISE OF THE GIPSY, The Journal of John Wilson, Surgeon on a Whaling Voyage to the Pacific Ocean 1839-1843
$45.00 AUD
Ye Galleon Press. Fairfield, Wa., USA. 1991. 1st edition with introduction and notes by Dr. Honore Forster. XXXII, 404 PP, plus 24 pages with 8 maps & 16 illustrations. Coloured frontispiece: Scene at Agana, Guam in 1840. Eps: Whaling scene. Hard cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Occasional foxing, o/wise fine. 31 x 23. 0877704880
Detailed and meticulous account of a whaling cruise by a British whaling ship.
20515 WINSER, John de S. BRITISH CROSS-CHANNEL RAILWAY PASSENGER SHIPS
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Patrick Stephens Limited. London. 1994. 1st Ed. 80 PP with 1 map, 1 silhouette, 3 plans and 126 b/w photos. Title spread: Dieppe Harbour, 15th August 1937. Half title page: the 1445 tons Brittany. FEP: View of St Helier Harbour with Falaise in port. REP: The 1949 Strait of Dover steamer Maid of Orleans. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 28 x 22. 185260459X
53 ships which joined the railway-owned fleets from 1920 to 1963.
16338 WOODLEY, Arthur E. WESTERN PORT WRECKS AND MARITIME MISHAPS
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Loch Haven Books. Melbourne. 1992. 1st Ed. XV, 101 PP with b/w illust. (photos & maps), 5 pages Glossary. Pictorial card cover. Near fine. 25 x 17.5. 1875308083
An account of the maritime mishaps, fishing reminiscences, seafaring anecdotes and the tragedies in and off Western Port.