Catalogue - Jean-Louis Boglio Maritime Books

17089
AAMH
THE GREAT CIRCLE - Journal of the Australian Association for Maritime History -Volume 18, No. 2: Perth. 1996. Australian Association for Maritime History Includes article from page 97 to 112 with 13 figures (4 drawings, 2 engravings and 7 bw photos). Card covers. Near fine. 24 x 16.5.
Article by Nick Burningham & Jeffrey Mellefont: Indonesian Seacraft: Photographs and Notes by G.C .Ingleton, 1932.
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42984
ALAND
ALAND I EUROPA / AHVENANMAA EUROOPASSA / ALAND IN EUROPE / ALAND IN EUROPA / ALAND DANS L'EUROPE: Mariehamn. 2002. Alands Landskapsstyrelse. 1st Ed. 32 PP with colour illustrations (stamps). Pictorial soft cover. Text in Swedish, Finnish, German, English and French, Fine. 20 x 14. 9518946817
Autonomy, Legislative Assembly, Shipping, Seafarers' Museum... Alandic symbols...
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$5

37643
ALLEN, Oliver A. (editor)
LES GRANDS VOILIERS: Amsterdam. 1980. Editions Time-Life. 1st authorized French edition of the 1978 original The Windjammers, in La Grande Aventure de la Mer series. 176 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Title page: Helm of the bark Kaiulani. Eps: Map of the world plyed by the Windjammers. Simile leather covers, colour illustration pasted down on front cover. Faint foxing spots on first and last three leaves, o/wise near fine. French text. 28.7 x 24. 705406253
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37642
ALLEN, Oliver E. (editor)
THE WINDJAMMERS: Amsterdam. 1980. Time-Life Books. 1st European English language printing of the 1978 original, in The Seafarers series. 176 PP with b/w and colour illust. Title page: Helm of the bark Kaiulani. Eps: Map of the world plyed by the Windjammers. Simile leather covers, colour illustration pasted down on front cover. Stains on front outside edge. Very good. 28.7 x 24. 705406253
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52137
ALLEN, Oliver E. (editor)
THE WINDJAMMERS: Amsterdam. 1982. Time-Life Books. 4th European English language printing of the 1978 original, in The Seafarers series. 176 PP with b/w and colour illust. Title page: Helm of the bark Kaiulani. FEP: Map of the world plyed by the Windjammers. Simile leather covers, colour vignette on front cover. Near fine. 28.7 x 24. 0705406253
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21209
ALLEN, Oliver E. (editor)
THE WINDJAMMERS: Amsterdam. 1980. Time-Life Books. 1st European English language printing of the 1978 original, in The Seafarers series. 176 PP with b/w and colour illust. Title page: Helm of the bark Kaiulani. Eps: Map of the world plyed by the Windjammers. Simile leather covers, colour vignette on front cover. Signature of previous owner on title page, o/wise near fine. 28.7 x 24. 0705406253
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65992
ALLEN, Oliver E. (editor)
THE WINDJAMMERS: London. 2004. Time-Life / Caxton Group. 1st reprint by Caxton Group of the 1978 original, in The Seafarers series. 176 PP with b/w and colour illust. Title page: Helm of the bark Kaiulani. Eps: Map of the world plyed by the Windjammers. Laminated pictorial boards, dj. Fine. 28.2 x 23.7. 1844471292
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22601
ANDERSON, Capt. Lindsay
A CRUISE IN AN OPIUM CLIPPER: Melbourne. 1989. Ibex. Reprint of the 1891 original. 224 PP with 8 b/w illustrations. Fp: The Eamont, topsail schooner. Hard cover, simile leather, gilt title on front cover and spine. Faint foxing. Fine. 19.2 x 13.3.
The author's trip on a topsail schooner between China/Taiwan and Japan, prior to the opening of this latter country to the civilized world.
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35590
ANDERSON, Romola & R.C.
THE SAILING-SHIP, Six Thousand Years of History: New York. c. 1965. Bonanza. Reprint (B) of the 1963 US edition. 212 PP with 134 fig. in text plus 16 pages with 20 half-tone plates. Cloth cover, dj. Spine of dust jacket lightly sunned. Occasional foxing, o/wise very good. 22.2 x 14.2.
History of the sailing ship: Egypt & Greece, Phoenicia & Rome, Northern & Southern ships, the ship of the line, the last days of the sailing ship.
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55376
ARENSBERG, Ingrid
OSTINDIEFARAREN GÖTHEBORG SEGLAR IGEN / THE SWEDISH SHIP GÖTHEBORG SAILS AGAIN: Sävedalen, Sweden. 2005. Warne Förlag. 1st bilingual edition. Foreword by Göran Bengtsson. 128 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Illustrated hard covers, dj. Note on half title page signed by Captain Peter Kaaling, Master of the Sweditsh East Indiaman Götheborg. Text in Swedish and English. A few small chips to the dust jacket, o/wise fine. 28.6 x 24.5. 9186425854
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71552
ARMSTRONG, Warren
SQUARE-RIGGER DAYS: London. 1964. Heinemann. 1st Ed. (6), 191 PP, plus 16 pages with 24 b/w illustrations. Orig. cloth cover, gilt-engraved spine, dj (price clipped). Dust jacket is rubbed around edges with a few chips and is plastic protected. Label of previous owner on FFEP. Contents near fine and overall, a very good copy of a scarce title. 22.2 x 14.2.
History of the square-riggers, the triumphs & tragedies which befell them: Lightning, Thermopylae & Cutty Sark. Kobenhavn lost without trace..
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$25

61827
ATKINSON, Jenni
A GIRL IN SQUARE RIG - Four Months Before The Mast: London. 1977. Arlington Books. 1st Ed. 203 PP, plus 16 pages with b/w illustrations (1 map and 34 photos). Eps: details of Brigantine "Phoenix" and Sail Plan. Hard cover, gilt title on spine. Near fine. 24 x 16.
Deckhand for crossing the Atlantic on the brigantine "Phoenix".
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62495
BALIER, Marcel
LE COURRIER DU CAP - Janvier 1993: Saint Malo. 1993. AICH / Association Internationale des Capitaines au Long Cours Cap Horniers - St Malo. January 1993 issue. Introduction by Anatole de Mulder, President. 21 PP. Soft cover, pictorial front, staples. French text. Very good. 29.7 x 21.
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62615

Bark / Bark MAGDALENE - colour print: Hamburg. c. 1990. Chronik der Seefahrt / Verlag Egon Heinemann. Colour print of the original oil painting held by the Scheepvaartmuseum at Groningen. On the verso: details of the Magdalene in German and English. Faint foxing. Fine. Oblong format: 32 x 41.
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34474
BATHE. E. W., RUBIN DE CERVIN, G. B. & TAILLEMITE, E.
THE GREAT AGE OF SAIL: New York. 1977. Crescent Books. Reprint of the 1971 smaller unabridged edition of the 1967 original, translated by Michael Kelly. Edited by Joseph Jobé. 252, (24) PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Hard cover, device on front cover. Some foxing, stamp and signature of previous owner on title page, renewed endpapers, o/wise a very good copy. 28.5 x 24.5. 0517246651
History of the great sailing ships over four centuries. The great maritime powers & their commercial interests.
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34473
BATHE. E. W., RUBIN DE CERVIN, G. B. & TAILLEMITE, E.
THE GREAT AGE OF SAIL: New York. 1977. Crescent Books. Reprint of the 1971 smaller unabridged edition of the 1967 original, translated by Michael Kelly. Edited by Joseph Jobé. 252, (24) PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Hard cover, device on front cover, dj. Renewed endpapers, o/wise a very good copy. 28.5 x 24.5. 0517246651
History of the great sailing ships over four centuries. The great maritime powers & their commercial interests.
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46603
BATHE. E. W., RUBIN DE CERVIN, G. B. & TAILLEMITE, E.
LES GRANDS VOILIERS du XVe au XXe Siècle: Lausanne. c. 1971. Edita Lausanne. Unabridged version, in a reduced format of the 1967 original Grands Voiliers. Edited by Joseph Jobé and Jean Merrien. 252, (24) PP with 268 b/w and colour illustrations. Hard cover, device on front cover, dj. Occasional foxing. Very good. French text. 28.7 x 24.5.
History of the great sailing ships over four centuries. The great maritime powers & their commercial interests.
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38738
BATHE. E. W., RUBIN DE CERVIN, G. B. & TAILLEMITE, E.
SEGELFARTYGENS STORHETSTID: Lausanne / Malmö. 1975. Edita Lausanne / Bernces Förlag. 1st Swedish edition, translated by Bo Cassel. Edited by Joseph Jobé. 252, (24) PP with b/w and colour illustrations (8 of them folded plates). Hard cover, device on front cover, dj. Foxing spots on outside edges. Very good. Swedish text. 28.5 x 24.5. 9150002937
History of the great sailing ships over four centuries. The great maritime powers & their commercial interests.
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32208
BEILBY, Alec
TO BEAT THE CLIPPERS, The Financial Times Clipper Race 1975-6: London. 1976. Allen Lane. 1st Ed. XX, 212 PP with 1 map, 5 plans, and 74 b/w photos, plus 8 pages with 12 colour photos. Title spread: Tower Bridge, Thames. FEP: Map of the first leg from Sheerness to Sydney. REP: Map of the Financial Times clipper race. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Light foxing on prelims and outside edges, o/wise near fine. 24 x 16. 0713909676
Great Britain II, against Kriter II, The Great Escape and CSeRB II Busnelli up to Sydney; then Anaconda between Sydney and Dover.
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61199
BELL, James
Private Journal of A VOYAGE TO AUSTRALIA 1838-39: Sydney. 2011. Allen & Unwin 1st Ed. Edited by Richard Walsh, with an introduction and epilogue by Anthony Laube. XVIII, 202 PP with 6 facsimile of pages of the Journal. Hard cover, simile leather, dj. New. 20.6 x 13.7. 9781742377957
Migrant to South Australia - Crossing on the Planter: London 19/11/1838 to Adelaide 15/05/1839.
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43829
BEQUIGNON, Jean-Yves & ROZEN, André
L'ETOILE ET LA BELLE POULE: Paris. 2000. Institut Océanographique. 1st Ed. 128 PP with 5 facsimile of documents, 17 b/w photos, and colour illustrations (diagrams, 1 map, 1 chart, 8 pages of plans and cutaway, photos), plus 1 folded plan (recto: sailing plan, and verso: line drawngs). Laminated pictorial stiff covers. Fine. French text. 28 x 21.3. 2903581258
Training schooners of the French Navy, built 1932.
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$40

20122
BISSET, Sir James
A LA VOILE AUTOUR DU MONDE: Paris. 1959. Editions France-Empire. 1st French Edition of Sail Ho! my early years at sea translated by E. Andrieu d'Albas. 341 PP with 1 ship plan and 4 maps on double page plus 16 pages with 25 bw photos. Soft cover, pict. dw. French text. Very good. 19.2 x 14.2.
The first 21 years of the life of Sir James Bisset. His first voyages around the world on windjammers.
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18451
BLOOMSTER, Edgar L.
SAILING AND SMALL CRAFT DOWN THE AGES: Annapolis, Maryland. 1940. United States Naval Institute. 1st Ed. XII, 280 PP with 65 full pages of b/w illust. by the author. Fp & Eps. Cloth cover, gilt devices on front cover and spine. Ex library copy with 5 stamps on endpapers, half-title and title page. Covers bumped at lower front corner, o/wise good. 30.5 x 23.
Accurate drawings of the ships which sailed the seas since the time of ancient Greece. Sail & oars, pleasure craft, America's Cup defenders, sails & rigging.
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55096
BLOTTIERE, G. (editor)
LES VOILES DE LA LIBERTE - Programme Officiel: Maromme. 1989. Sodimail Communication. 1st Ed. 96 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.7 x 21. 02950419402
Gathering of tall ships in the port of Rouen to celebrate the bicentennial of the French Revolution of 1789. Photos and details of 23 Windjammers...
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17928
BLOTTIERE, G. & PERDRIEL. G.
LES VOILES DE LA LIBERTE: Paris. 1989. Sodicom. 1st Ed. 192 PP with colour illust. Eps: Crests of the tall ships participating in the bicentennial gathering in Rouen. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj. Fine. French text. 32 x 24. 2950419402
Gathering of tall ships in the port of Rouen to celebrate the bicentennial of the French Revolution of 1789.
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62558
BLOUNDELE, Brian P.
Windjammer: FALKLANDBANK (colour print): New York. c. 1970. Mobil Oil Corporation. Print on art paper of a colour painting by Brian P. Bloundele. Near fine. Oblong format: 35.5 x 51.
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67231
BOGLE, Edwin
VOYAGE OF EDWIN BOGLE, 22 years old, on the Sailing Vessel "LOCH VENNACHAR" from Glasgow to Melbourne: 76 days, 5/7/1879 to 18/9/1879: Brisbane. c. 1990. Queensland Maritime Museum. Plastic folder containing: Transcription from manuscript, 13 PP (recto only) with 1 graph "Miles travelled per week", 1 b/w photo & 2 maps (photocopy quality), photocopy of original manuscript & its hand written transcription, and 7 typed pages. Clear plastic front. Near fine. 29.7 x 21.
Edwin Bogle: 1856- 1908. Refer: "Log of Logs", Volume Two, page 303.
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65346
BOLTON, Peter
COLLECT SHIPS ON STAMPS: London. 1993. Stanley Gibbons Ltd. 2nd edition, in the Stanley Gibbons Thematic catalogue. (6), 321, (1 advert.) PP with thousands of stamps reproducted in b/w. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 29.8 x 20.8. 0852593627
From Abu Dhabi and Aden to Zanzibar and Zil Elwannyen Sesel (Seychelles).
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65949
BRADY, Eunice
THE WALTER HOOD: Sydney. 1985. Shepp. 1st Ed. V, 58 PP with 1 map & 12 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Copy signed by the author on title page. Near fine. 21 x 13.6. 0949250082
Wreck of the Aberdeen White Star Line ship Walter Hood on 26th April, 1870. The involvement of the author with the wreck.
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64238
BRAYNARD, Frank O.
PRINT - "AMERIGO VESPUCCI", Italy ("The Tall Ships", Official Op Sail '76 Portfolio): New York. 1976. Sabine Press / Op Sail. Frameable sketch of the Amerigo Vespucci, patterned after frigates of the 19th century. Fine. Oblong format. 28 x 35.5.
Commissioned 1931, by the Italian Navy.
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64240
BRAYNARD, Frank O.
PRINT - "CHRISTIAN RADICH", Norway ("The Tall Ships", Official Op Sail '76 Portfolio): New York. 1976. Sabine Press / Op Sail. Frameable sketch of the Full-rigged ship Christian Radich. Fine. Oblong format. 28 x 35.5.
Owned by the worldwide Merchant Marine of Norway.
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64241
BRAYNARD, Frank O.
PRINT - "DAR POMORZA", Poland ("The Tall Ships", Official Op Sail '76 Portfolio): New York. 1976. Sabine Press / Op Sail. Frameable sketch of the Full-rigged steel sail training ship Dar Polorza. Fine. Format. 35.5 x 28.
Built 1909, and owned by the Polish State Sea School, since 1929.
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64233
BRAYNARD, Frank O.
PRINT - "EAGLE", U.S.A. (Print from "The Tall Ships", Official Op Sail '76 Portfolio): New York. 1976. Sabine Press / Op Sail. Frameable sketch of the the Steel Barque Eagle. Fine. Format. 35.5 x 28.
Built 1936, in Germany. Owned by the U.S. Coast Guard.
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64244
BRAYNARD, Frank O.
PRINT - "GAZELA PRIMEIRO", U.S.A. ("The Tall Ships", Official Op Sail '76 Portfolio): New York. 1976. Sabine Press / Op Sail. Frameable sketch of the Gazela Primeiro. Fine. Format. 35.5 x 28.
Built 1883 and used for 80 years on the banks off Newfoundland. Owned by the Philadelphia Maritime Museum.
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64236
BRAYNARD, Frank O.
PRINT - "GLORIA", Colombia ("The Tall Ships", Official Op Sail '76 Portfolio): New York. 1976. Sabine Press / Op Sail. Frameable sketch of the the Three-masted craft Gloria. Fine. Oblong format. 28 x 35.5.
Commissioned by the Navy of Colombia.
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64237
BRAYNARD, Frank O.
PRINT - "GORCH FOCK", Germany ("The Tall Ships", Official Op Sail '76 Portfolio): New York. 1976. Sabine Press / Op Sail. Frameable sketch of the the Steel barque Gorch Fock. Fine. Oblong format. 28 x 35.5.
Commissioned 1954, by the German Navy.
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64243
BRAYNARD, Frank O.
PRINT - "KRUZENSHTERN", U.S.S.R. ("The Tall Ships", Official Op Sail '76 Portfolio): New York. 1976. Sabine Press / Op Sail. Frameable sketch of the four-masted steel barque Kruzenshtern. Fine. Format. 35.5 x 28.
Built 1926 as the Padua, operated by the Soviet Ministry of Fisheries, USSR.
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64234
BRAYNARD, Frank O.
PRINT - "LIBERTAD", Argentina ("The Tall Ships", Official Op Sail '76 Portfolio): New York. 1976. Sabine Press / Op Sail. Frameable sketch of the the full-rigged steel squarer Libertad. Fine. Oblong format. 28 x 35.5.
Commissioned 1960 by the Argentinian Navy.
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64245
BRAYNARD, Frank O.
PRINT - "MIRCEA", Romania ("The Tall Ships", Official Op Sail '76 Portfolio): New York. 1976. Sabine Press / Op Sail. Frameable sketch of the Mircea. Fine. Oblong format. 28 x 35.5.
Built 1938 for the Romanian Navy, operated for the Romanian Mercantile Marine Nautical College.
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64242
BRAYNARD, Frank O.
PRINT - "SAGRES", Portugal ("The Tall Ships", Official Op Sail '76 Portfolio): New York. 1976. Sabine Press / Op Sail. Frameable sketch of the Sagres. Fine. Format. 35.5 x 28.
Owned since 1961 by the Navy of Portugal.
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64246
BRAYNARD, Frank O.
PRINT - "TOVARISCH", U.S.S.R. ("The Tall Ships", Official Op Sail '76 Portfolio): New York. 1976. Sabine Press / Op Sail. Frameable sketch of the Steel barque Tovarisch. Fine. Oblong format. 28 x 35.5.
Built 1933 as the Gorch Fock, operated from the Port of Odessa.
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20146
BRAYNARD, Frank O.
SEARCH FOR THE TALL SHIPS - A sketchbook of the ships that came to Operation Sail 1976, the places visited in finding them, and the liners sailed on in this search: New York. 1977. Operation Ship. 1st Ed. 144 PP with 202 drawings by the author. Fp: Bow on, the Royal Viking Star. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj. Foxing spots on outside edges. Address of previous owner at lower corner of front endpaper, o/wise near fine. 28.5 x 22.2.
The author organized the Operation Sail 1976, commemorating the 200th birthday of the United States of America. In his search for Tall Ships which could come to New York, he travelled widely with pen and ink in hand.
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20603
BRAYNARD, Frank O.
THE TALL SHIPS OF TODAY IN PHOTOGRAPHS: New York. 1993. Dover Publications. 1st Ed. XVI, 127 PP with 1 plan and 156 bw photos. Fp: The Bluenose II. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 22.5. 0486271633
Museum ships - National ships (used for sail training) - Private ships.
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$20

41195
BRIANT, Théophile
LES DERNIERS MARINS CAP-HORNIERS: Paris. 1978. Fernand Lanore. 1st Ed. 208 PP. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. French text. 19.8 x 14.
Ships and men around Cape Horn, with the reminiscences of 3 captains, and of Henry-Jacques poet & Cape-Horner.
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36020
BRIOT, Claude & Jacqueline
LES CLIPPERS FRANCAIS: Douarnenez. 1993. Editions Le Chasse-Marée / Armen. 1st Ed. 466 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (line drawings, maps, plans, etchings, paintings and photographs). FEP: The Paulista under way. REP: Clipper Blanc entering Le Havre. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Near fine. 32 x 23.5. 2903708460
American clippers (design, construction, runs to California...). British clippers (races for tea from China...). French clippers: design construction, mannning, their trade (Brazil, West Indies, South Seas ...).
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$100

67862
BRIOT, Claude et Jacqueline, PRONER, Raymond et Véronique, LE BREÜS, Alain ...
LE TACITE - Un Trois-mâts pour Nouméa en 1873: Nouméa. 2017. Fortunes de Mer Calédoniennes. 1st Ed. Preface by Elisabeth Veyrat. Foreword and afterword by Philippe Houdret. 104 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Laminated pictorial boards. French text. New. 27.5 x 21.8. 9782955807804
Windjammer: Sailed from Bordeaux on 30 May 1873 and wrecked on 10 October 1873, on arrival off Nouméa, New Caledonia.
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$75

45801
BROPHY, Patrick
SAILING SHIPS: London. 1974. Hamlyn. 1st Ed. 128 PP with b/w & colour illustrations. Hard cover, gilt title on spine. Shelf number on front cover and spine. Light foxing, o/wise very good. 29 x 21.7. 0600379779
The sailing ship as a trading vessel, from the reed rafts of the Egyptians to the training ships of today.
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45800
BROPHY, Patrick
SAILING SHIPS: London. 1974. Hamlyn. 1st Ed. 128 PP with b/w & colour illustrations. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price-clipped). Light foxing. Near fine. 29 x 21.7. 0600379779
The sailing ship as a trading vessel, from the reed rafts of the Egyptians to the training ships of today.
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17966
BROPHY, Patrick
SAILING SHIPS: London. 1974. Hamlyn. 1st Ed. 128 PP with b/w & colour illustrations. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Light foxing. Near fine. 29 x 21.7. 0600379779
The sailing ship as a trading vessel, from the reed rafts of the Egyptians to the training ships of today.
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$5

57177
BRUCE, Harry
TALL SHIPS: An Odyssey: Toronto. 2000. Key Porter Books. 1st Ed. 96 PP with colour illustrations (6 maps, 12 types and 74 photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 25.5 x 20.3. 1552631575
Tall Ships 2000 Race - 10,000 nautical miles for 70 ships from Southampton & Genoa to Cadiz, Bermuda, Boston, Halifax then Amsterdam.
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$25

60494
BRUIJN, Professor Jaap
SAILING SHIPS AND SAILING PEOPLE - The East Indiamen: Perth. 1987. University Extension / The University of Western Australia. Lecture: (2), 16 PP. Soft cover. Near fine. 29.7 x 21.
Lecture given at the University of Western Australia on 15th January 1987.
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$10

54914
BRUIJN, Wim, van der KUIP, Guus & VROOM, Udo (editors)
SPIEGEL DER ZEILVAART: Bussum. 1978. De Boer Maritiem. 2nd Year, No. 3, July 1978. 66 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Dutch text. Fine. 28 x 21.5.
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$10

32024
BURGESS, Robert H.
SEA, SAILS AND SHIPWRECK - Career of the four-masted Schooner Purnell T. White: Cambridge, Maryland, USA. 1970. Tidewater Publishing. 1st Ed. XII, 132 PP with 2 plans, facsimile of documents and 92 b/w photos. Fp: Purnell T. White, as painted by the marine artist Antonio Jacobsen. Eps: Half-breadth plan and sheer plan of the four-masted schooner Purnell T. White. Cloth cover, dj. Faint watermarks at top of both endpapers, o/wise very good. 26 x 18. 0870331477
Launched August 1917, trading mainly to the Caribbean islands, dismasted and derelict February 1934 while on the way from Georgetown to New York.
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$15

38220
BURGESS, Robert H. (editor)
THE SEA SERPENT JOURNAL - Hugh McGulloch Gregory's Voyage around the World in a Clipper Ship 1854-55: Charlottesville, Newport News. 1975. University Press of Virginia/Mariners Museum. 1st Ed. Museum Publication No. 32. XVIII, 142 PP, plus 1 folded plate (sails carried by clipper ship Sea Serpent) and 16 pages with 24 b/w illustrations. Title page: vignette with Sea Serpent. Eps: chart of the clipper Sea Serpent around the world 1854-1855. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj (rubbed). Near fine. 24.2 x 16. 0813905893
New York 24 February 1854, Cape Horn 25 April 1854, San Francisco June 1854, Hong Kong and Shanghai September 1854... New York 16 February 1855.
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20000
BURROWS, Denys
CLIPPER SHIP: Sydney. 1965. Educational Press. 1st Ed. 184 PP with 23 b/w illustrations by Graham Wade. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Note on front endpaper. Light foxing on outside page edges and endpapers, o/wise contents near fine. 22.3 x 14.2.
Adventures on the tea-clipper Dauntless of Father (Captain) and young son (Apprentice), on the run Australia to China. (Juvenile adventure based on the radio serial Tall Ships of A.B.C.).
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$10

47036
BURTON, Robin
SAILING THE GREAT RACES: London. 1979. Lyric Books Ltd. 1st edition. 160 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Cloth cover, dj. Spine of dust jacket sunned. FFEP with stamp on recto ad note on verso. Very good internally. 29.5 x 23. 711100020
The grain races, the Thames sailing barges, the round-the-world sailing races, round Britain race, America's Cup, the Sydney to Hobart ...
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$10

51786
BUSQUETS I VILANOVA, Camil
THE ETERNAL SAIL: London. 2004. Edimat Books. 1st Ed. 127 PP with drawings and colour photos. Illustrated endpapers. Pictorial laminated boards, dj. Very good. 32.5 x 24.5. 08497940458
Columbian ships. Vestiges of the past (Victory, Warrior...). Style ships. Lateen sail...
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$15

51576
CADORET, Bernard, DUVIARD, Dominique, GUILLET, Jacques & KERISIT, Henry
AR VAG, Voiles au Travail en Bretagne Atlantique - Tome II: Douarnenez. 1985. Editions de l'Estran. Volume 2. Originally published in 1979 by Editions des 4 Seigneurs. (2), 414, (4) PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, sketches, photos). Cloth cover, gilt title in spine, dj. French text. Foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. Large format: 31 x 24. 2903707096
Fishing boats: Lobsters. Trading coastal vessels.
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$50

49303
CAMPBELL, George F.
CHINA TEA CLIPPERS: Adlard Coles. London. 1954. 1st Ed., in the Ship Series. 80 PP with 43 b/w illustrations (1 track chart, drawings, plans and sketches) by the author. Fp: The proud stem of Sir Lancelot. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Dust jacket with some chips and pieces missing and in a protective sleeve. Initials of previous owner on FFEP, o/wise near fine. Scarce. Small format. Oblong: 11 x 14.3.
Background of the tea trade, the need for clipper ships, construction, sail plans, masts & rigging, coppering ...
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$35

68561
CAMPBELL-JONES, Susan
WELSH SAIL - A Pictorial History: Dyfed, Wales. 1976. Gomer Press 1st edition with an introduction by Alun Richards. 103 PP with 6 figures and 77 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine copy. 21.7 x 18.7. 850883067
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$20

17864
CAPPER, Commander D. P.
FAMOUS SAILING SHIPS OF THE WORLD: London. 1957. Frederick Muller. 1st Ed. 144 PP with 18 drawings, plus 12 pages with 29 b/w illustrations. Hard cover. Light foxing, o/wise very good. 19 x 12.5.
Stories of the Gokstad ship, the ships of the Cinque Ports, HMS Victory... The Cape Horners...
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$10

51929
CARR, Frank
THE CUTTY SARK: London. 1973. Pitkin Pictorials. 1st Ed. 24 PP with 1 line drawing of the Cutty Sark, 15 b/w & 17 colour illustrations. Inside front cover: The Rigging. Pictorial soft cover. A 4 pages "The Cutty Sark visitor's guide" loosely inserted. Near fine. 23 x 17.8. 0853720797
A brief history of the Cutty Sark now preserved at Greenwich.
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$10

65447
CARR, Frank G. G.
CUTTY SARK - Last of the Clippers (in Yachting World, December 1954): London. 1954. Yachting World / The Cutty Sark Society. Reprint from issue of December 1954. 8 PP with 6 line drawings by Max Millar and 5 b/w photos. Soft cover (foxing spots). Very good. 29.4 x 21.
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$10

68553
CARR, Frank G. G., COOKSON, Richard M., HURST, Alex., STAMMERS, Michael K. et al..
THE MEDLEY OF MAST AND SAIL - A Camera Record 1: Brighton, U.K. 1976. Teredo Books. 1st Ed., with an introduction by Frank G. G. Carr. XXII, 330 PP with 407 b/w photos. Fp: A barquentine at Whitby. Eps: On a windjammer. Cloth cover, gilt decoration on front cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Signed by Frank Carr on verso of FFEP. A fine copy. Scarce. 24.5 x 19.5. 0903662035
Photographic illustrations of the world's vanishing sailing craft.
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$100

41384
CARSE, Robert
THE TWILIGHT OF SAILING SHIPS: London. 1965. George G. Harrap. 1st UK edition. 206, (1 errata) PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Fp: Clipper ship Red Jacket. Eps: Map of the maiden passage of the California clipper ships Flying Cloud and Swordfish. Hard cover (rubbed). Bookplate of previous owner on preliminary page. Damp mark on upper margin of front cover and first 50 pages (affecting some of the illustrations). Good copy. 28 x 21.
Final days of many types of vessels, showing the slow decadence of the sailing freighters and their ultimate economic death.
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$10

69167
CASTLE, Colin & MacDONALD, Iain
GLENLEE - The Life & Times of a Clyde-Built Cape Horner: Glasgow. 2005. Brown, Son & Ferguson, Ltd 1st Ed. X, 166 PP with tables and facsimiles of documents, plus 8 pages with 8 colour photos and 32 pages with 46 b/w illustrations. Eps: World map in colour (FEP: "Ports of Call" / REP: "Prevailing & Trade Winds"). Laminated boards, pictorial front. Fine (mint condition). 21.7 x 15. 0851747272
1893: built at Anderson Rodger's Shipyard. Owners: Archibald Sterling & Co. ...
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$65

41326
CHANT, Christopher
TALL SHIPS: London. 1984. Roydon Publishing. 1st Ed. 64 PP with 30 b/w illustrations and 27 colour photos. Half title page: US Coast Guard Eagle. Titlespread: Into the sunset. Pictorial laminated boards. Fine. 28.8 x 20.7. 0946674558
Square-Rig Ships. Schooners. Tall-Ship Races.
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$10

68207
CHAPELLE, Howard I.
THE HISTORY OF AMERICAN SAILING SHIPS: New York. c. 1950. Bonanza Books. 1st Bonanza reprint (I) of the 1935 original. XVII, (3), 400 PP with over 85 illustrations, plus 16 plates on double-page and 14 pages with 48 b/w photos or paintings. Cloth cover, decoration and title on front board, dj. Dust jacket chipped, rubbed and soiled. Discreet signature of previous owner on FFEP, o/wise contents near fine. 26 x 20.
Development of American ships, their design & construction, as well as the portrait of the men who built them.
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$25

17738
CHARLWOOD, Don
WRECKS & REPUTATIONS - The Loss of the Schomberg and Loch Ard: Sydney. 1977. Angus & Robertson. 1st Ed. XIV, 190 PP with 2 maps, 2 plans (rig & sail) in text plus 16 pages with 23 b/w illust. Eps: The Great Circle Route. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 19.8 x 13.5. 0207130655
The end of two tall ships on the South-west coast of Victoria in 1855 and 1878.
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$15

46245
CHARLWOOD, Edward
THE 1863 SHIPBOARD DIARY OF EDWARD CHARLWOOD: From England to Australia: Melbourne. 2003. Burgewood Books. Facsimile edition of the original Diary. IV, 42 PP with 1 b/w illustration (the Suffolk). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.7 x 21. 1876425121
On board the Suffolk: Gravesend to Melbourne, 22nd June to 9th September 1863.
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$15

62545
CHRISTOPHER, Peter
"TALL SHIPS" CALENDAR - 1987: Toronto. 1986. Key Porter Books 1987 Calendar with 13 "frameable" prints (26 x 34) in colour. Fine. Format oblong: 28.5 x 45. 0919493823
13 Windjammers (details of each in English, French and German): Gorch Fock II (Germany) - Royalist (Great Britain) - Gorg Fock II (Germany) - Dar Mlodzieszy (Poland) - Eagle (USA) - Kruzenstern (USSR) -Gloria (Colombia) - Eagle (USA) - Simon Bolivar (Venezuela) - Hoshi (Great Britain) - Libertad (Argentina) - Georg Stage (Denmark).
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$15

17857
CIPRIANI, Pierre & DUTHIL, Luc (ediotos)
VOILES EN SEINE - Rouen, Juillet 1989: Rouen. 1989. Editions du P'tit Normand. 2nd printing (after corrections) of the original. 224 PP with b/w & colour photos on high gloss quality paper. Laminated pictorial boards. Light foxing on half-title page, o/wise a fine copy. French text. 30 x 21. 2906258210
Gathering of the biggest tall ships at Rouen in July, 1989, to celebrate the bicentennial of the French Revolution.
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$20

19174
CLARK, Hyla M.
THE TALL SHIPS: A Sailing Celebration: Sydney. 1977. Books for Pleasure / Operation Sail 1976. 1st Australian edition of the 1976 US original. Introduction by Frank O. Braynard & Tony Gibbs. 128 PP with b/w illustrations and over 50 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27.8 x 21.7. 0727100874
The Romance of the Sea. The Ships. Operation Sail: July 4 1976, gathering on the Hudson River for the Celebration of the Birth of the United States of America.
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$5

41286
CLEMENTS, Rex
A GIPSY OF THE HORN - The narrative of a voyage round the world in a Windjammer twenty years ago: London. 1939. Longmans. August 1939 impression of the 1938 abridged edition (by W. T. Hutchins), in the Heritage of Literature Series. (6), 186 PP with 6 pen & ink drawings by N. A. D. Wallis. Cloth cover. Head and foot of spine worn. Address of previous owners on front endpaper and half title page. Small ink stain in front margin of page 38. Good reading copy. Small format: 17 x 11.5.
Life on board and seeing the world on the Scottish barque Arethusa.
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$10

15436
CLOSE, Robert S.
PRENDS-MOI MATELOT!: Paris. 1947. Editions du Chêne. 1st French edition, translated from the Australian original Love Me Sailor. 433, (6 adv.) PP with 32 b/w illust. by M. Philippeaux. Pictorial soft cover. Ageing of paper. French text. Very good. 18.5 x 11.7.
Love me sailor: book about sailors and the life at sea. The critics in French newspapers were thrilled by this novel, whereas in Australia, it was banned for a time. Robert S. Close has described with superlative control the strange atmosphere of the three-master (in Le Berry Républicain). Assuredly a great piece - very strongly etched in the Hugo style (in Le Figaro Littéraire). Robert Close was an Australian author.
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$20

36580
COLBY, Jean Poindexter
MYSTIC SEAPORT - The Age of Sail: New York. 1970. Hastings House. 1st Ed., in the Famous Museum series. 96 PP with 3 maps, 3 drawings and 38 b/w photos by Louis S. Martel. Title spread: West part of the village. Cloth cover, library binding, dj. Signs of old water damage on lower part of pages (a little wavy), not affecting text and otherwise a near fine copy. 23.5 x 15.8. 803846525
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71826
COLWELL, Max
SHIPS AND SEAFARERS IN AUSTRALIAN WATERS: Lansdowne Press. Melbourne. 1973. 1st Ed. 127 PP with 108 b/w illustrations, plus 8 colour plates. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket lightly sunned on spine and with foxing spots on the inside. Occasional foxing. Very good. Oblong: 25.7 x 29.5. 0701800259
The owners, builders, ships, seamen and their deeds and disasters which played a part in Australia's development.
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$25

60961
COOPER, F. S.
RACING SAILORMEN: Percival Marshall & Co. London. 1963. 1st Ed. (6), 109 PP with tables and b/w ilustrations (5 maps and 54 photos). Fp: "Veronica" in the Thames Match 1962. Title page: Author and 3 Sailormen in 1961. Eps: 84 Flags of Owners racing barges. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price clipped). Head of spine of dust jacket missing on 2 cms. Top corner of half title page / frontispiece cut. Slight ageing of paper, o/wise a very nice copy. 25.3 x 19.
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$20

62565
CORISH, Joseph R.
Windjammer: "GOOD DAY'S RUN" (colour print): New York. c. 1970. Mobil Oil Corporation. Print on art paper of a colour painting by Joseph R. Corish. Near fine. Format: 51 x 35.5.
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$10

41050
CORROLER, Alain, GUERY, Jean-Louis et RUBENSTEIN, Bernard (text & illustrations)
BREST 92 - BATEAUX D'HIER ET DE TOUJOURS - Chroniques de bois et de sel: Paris. 1992. Neptune-Yachting / Le Télégramme de Brest. 1st Ed. 122 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Plans and drawings by Nicolas Gilles. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. French text. 27.5 x 20.7.
Event Brest 1992, celebrating: sailing craft of yesteryear, seamen, lighthouse keepers...
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$10

43836
CORSINI, Capitano di Vascello Andrea & RESTANY, Pierre
AMERIGO VESPUCCI: Milano. 1986. Dante Bigji. Revised edition of the 1983 original. 173 PP with colour photographs between pages 27 and 171. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover, dj. Fine. Italian and English text. 30.5 x 24.5.
Three-masted sailing ship (with auxiliary engine power) of the Italian Navy. Launched 22 February 1931 at the Italian naval dockyard of Castellammare di Stabia.
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$75

35468
COTTEE, J. M.
TALL TRAINING SHIPS AND AUSTRALIAN REGION SAIL TRAINING SHIPS: Canberra. 1997. Ginninderra Press. 1st Ed., with a foreword by Malcolm Tull. 94 PP with 4 pages of sketches and 58 line drawings of Tall Ships by the author. Illustrated limp cover, clear plastic protected, spiral bound. Fine. 29.7 x 21. 0958682593
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58609
COTTIER, Captain Jim
SOREN LARSEN, Homeward Round the Horn - The Voyage of a Colchester Packet: The Bush Press of New Zealand / Seafarer Books. Auckland. 1997. 1st Ed. 256 PP with b/w illustrations (2 maps, 3 studies by James Parberry, 3 tail pieces, 4 plans, 50 photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 14.8. 0908608772
Sydney (5 October 1991), Auckland, Falkland Islands ... Tristan da Cunha, St Helena ... Liverpool (11 August 1992).
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$40

71655
COURSE, Capt. A. G.
THE WHEEL'S KICK AND THE WIND'S SONG - The Story of the John Stewart Line of Sailing Ships: 1877-1928: David & Charles. London. 1968. 3rd Revised edition of the 1950 original. XIV, 264 PP with 27 head pieces and 1 head piece, plus 16 pages with 29 b/w illustrations and 2 pages with sail plans. Fp: William Mitchell, view on deck looking aft. Hard cover, dj (price-clipped). Rear cover has some old damp marks as does the rear of the dust jacket which is rubbed around the edges and in a protective sleeve. First 2 pages have remnants of old damp, not affecting contents. An otherwise very good clean copy. 22.2 x 14.
The last surviving fleet of sailing ships (John Stewart & Company) registered in a British port.
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$20

17980
COURSE, Capt. A.G.
THE WHEEL'S KICK AND THE WIND'S SONG: London. 1951. Percival Marshall. 2nd edition of the 1950 original. XIV, 264, (2) PP with head pieces, tail pieces and 2 "Sail Plan" by E. W. H. West, plus 12 pages with 22 b/w photos. Fp: William Mitchel. Hard cover with colour copy dj. Review "The Days of Sail" by H. M. Tomlinson, in the John O' London's Weekly (1st September 1950), loosely inserted. Ageing of paper and occasional foxing. Very good. 22 x 14.
The last surviving fleet of sailing ships (John Stewart & Company) registered in a British port.
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$30

62549
CRAGO, Tony
"Australia's Bicentenary 1788 - 1988" JOURNEY OF THE FIRST FLEET - 1988 CALENDAR: Sydney. 1987. John Sands Promotional Products. 1988 Calendar with 8 leaves with 1 map, and 7 "frameable" prints (30 x 38) in colour by Tony Crago. Front cover (in Sydney Cove). Fine. Format: 47 x 38.
6 prints with a 10 lines (on 4 columns) caption at top of each print. At Portsmouth - The Fleet at Anchor, Rio de Janeiro - Closing up the Fleet after Leaving Capetown - Meeting Laperouse - Entering Port Jackson - Sydney Cove: The Birth of a Nation.
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$20

66719
CRAIG, James
THE STORY OF THE JAMES CRAIG: Sydney. 1997. Sydney Maritime Museum. Article pulled out of "Australian Sea Heritage". Edited speech (23 February 1997) of Bob Carr, Premier of New South Wales. (VIII) PP with 12 b/w and 11 colour photos. 2 newspaper clippings (Australian Women's Weekly, March 16, 1977 & The Mercury, March 9, 1979) loosely inserted. Near fine. 27.5 x 21.
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$5

66759
CROSSE, John
THERMOPYLAE, and the Age of Clippers: Historian Publishers. Sydney. 1970. 1st Australian edition. IV, 32 PP with 1 map, 50 b/w illustrations and at centrefold: colour painting of Thermopylae off the West coast of Canada by Robert McVittie. Title-page: The figurehead of King Leonidas on Waymouth's half model. Inside front cover: 2 colour paintings with Thermopylae. Inside back cover: 6 colour photos of Cutty Sark at Greenwich. Pictorial stiff cover. Small chip on lower margin of title page, light foxing, o/wise very good. 28 x 21.5.
Built for the tea trade to China, used for the wool trade to Australia. Sold to Canadian interests then to the Portuguese Navy. Used as a coal hulk on the Tagus river. Sunk 1907 in bay of Cascais, Portugal.
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$20

58168
CROTHERS, William L.
THE AMERICAN-BUILT CLIPPER SHIP 1850-1856 - Characteristics, Construction, and Details: Camden, Maine, USA. 2000. International Marine. 1st paperback edition of the 1997 original. XXV, (3), 530 PP with tables, plans, sketch-plans, and drawings. Replacement page 145 "Table 9-1", loosely inserted. Fp: Taffrail of the "Young America", New York. Inside front cover: Track of the "Flying Cloud", 1854. Inside back cover: Track of the "Comet", 1853-1854. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. Scarce. 27.6 x 21.5. 0071358234
Part I: Prelude to Building the Ship, Part II: Construction of the Hull, Part III: Completion of the Ship. A most comprehensive work.
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$45

69549
CROWTHER, Sir William
JOSEPH CONRAD AND THE BARQUE OTAGO: Hobart. 1975. State Library of Tasmania. Edited 21 March 1975. (4), 5 PP (recto only) with b/w photo of the restored "companionway cover" pasted down on front endpaper. Cloth cover, gilt title on front board. Fine. Scarce. 24.8 x 21.2.
Notes prepared by Sir William Crowther for the handing over of the restored companionway superstructure to the officers' cuddy from that vessel.
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$75

22040
CUTLER, Carl C.
IMPORTANT TYPES OF MERCHANT SAILING CRAFT: Mystic. 1958. The Marine Historical Association, Inc. Reprint of the 1930 original. 8 PP with 22 drawings. Pict. card cover. Fine. 22.7 x 15.5.
Reprint of Vol. 1 No. 1, December 15, 1930.
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$10

47717
CUTTY SARK
THE LAST OF THE CLIPPER SHIPS (in BICC Bulletin): London. 1957. British Insulated Calender's Cables Ltd. Issue No. 20, December 1957. 24 PP. Contains article between P.12 and 15 with b/w illustrations (1 painting by J. Spurling, 2 drawings and 5 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. (stern of the Cutty Sark at Greenwich). Near fine. 24 x 18.5.
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$10

71484
CUYVERS, Luc
SETTING SAIL: Ten Thousand Years of Seafaring Adventure: Tide-mark Press Ltd. Windsor, Connecticut. 2004. 1st North American edition. 174 PP with colour illustrations: 4 maps on double page, paintings and photos. The 4 hour DVD inserted in the rear pocket pasted down on rear endpaper. Eps: Mappemonde. Laminated pictorial boards. Fine (mint condition). 28.2 x 22. 9781559498791
First blue water sailors: Austronesians & Polynesians. Sons of Sinbad: Arabian ships and seafarers. Dragon at sea: China and Oceanic explorers. ...
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$35

35283
DAGGETT, Kendrick Price
FIFTY YEARS OF FORTITUDE - The Maritime Career of Captain Jotham Blaisdell of Kennebunk, Maine, 1810-1860: Mystic, Connecticut. 1988. Mystic Seaport Museum. 1st Ed., Volume XII in The American Maritime Library series. XIV, (2), 173 PP with 10 b/w illust., plus 18 pages with 15 b/w illust. Fp: Ship Mount Washington. Eps: North Atlantic Track Chart. Cloth cover, dj. Near fine. 23.6 x 15.8. 0913372439
55 years in the North Atlantic trades: Caribbean sugar, Southern cotton, European salt, wine, manufactured goods and emigrants.
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$20

62619
DAMM, C.
Dreimastschoner / Three-masted Schooner ERIK - colour print: Hamburg. c. 1990. Chronik der Seefahrt / Verlag Egon Heinemann. Colour print of the 1916 original oil painting by C. Damm held by the Sjöfartsmuseet Holm-Petersen at Trönse. On the verso: details of the Erik in German and English. Faint foxing. Fine. Oblong format: 32 x 41.
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$5

50961
DANA, Richard Henry
TWO YEARS BEFORE THE MAST: London & Glasgow. 1959. The Children's Press. 1959 impression, No. 7 in The Challenge for Boys and Girls series. 156 PP. Hard cover, pictorial front board. Ageing of paper and foxing. Note on front endpaper. Good. 18.7 x 12.2.
A portrait of life at sea during the great days of sail.
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$15

48956
DANA, Richard Henry
TWO YEARS BEFORE THE MAST: London & New York. 1985. Penguin Books. Reprint of the 1981 edition The Penguin American Library, with an introduction by Thomas Philbrick. 572 PP. Inside front cover: portrait of Richard Henry Dana, Jr. Pictorial soft cover. Foxing. Good. 18 x 10.5.
A portrait of life at sea during the great days of sail.
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$5

59933
DANA, Richard Henry
TWO YEARS BEFORE THE MAST - Twenty-Four Years After: London. 1972. J.M. Dent & Sons. Reprint of the 1969 edition, with an introduction by Richard Armstrong. No. 588 in the Everyman's Library series. XII, 346 PP, (4 publications). Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Faint foxing. Very good. 18.5 x 12.
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$5

21542
DANA, Richard Henry Jr.
TWO YEARS BEFORE THE MAST, A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea: London. 1980. Macmillan. Facsimile of the 1911 edition (original of 1840). X, 416 PP, plus 32 pages with 17 colour plates by Charles Pears. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover & spine, dj. Near fine. 20 x 13.5. 0333307852
A portrait of life at sea during the great days of sail.
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$15

37440
DARROCH, V. M.
POLLY WOODSIDE: Melbourne. 1981. National Trust of Australia (Victoria). 3rd edition of the 1978 original. 16 PP with 1 plan and 18 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover (Front cover: colour painting by Richard Linton. Rear cover: colour painting by Oswald Brett). Fine. 30 x 21. 0909710228
The ship. The men. The Life. Trading. Waiting. Restoration.
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$5

37438
DARROCH, V. M.
POLLY WOODSIDE: Melbourne. 1978. National Trust of Australia (Victoria). 1st Ed. 16 PP with 18 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover (Front cover: colour painting by Richard Linton. Rear cover: colour painting by Oswald Brett). Near fine. 30 x 21. 0909710228
The ship. The men. The Life. Trading. Waiting. Restoration.
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$5

19363
DARROCH, Vin
BARQUE POLLY WOODSIDE (Rona): Kilmore, Vic. 1978. Lowden Publishing. 1st Ed. XXIV, 141 PP plus 40 pages with 67 b/w illust. (plans, maps, photos). Hard cover, dust jacket. Signature of previous owner on half-title page. Light foxing on outside page edges, o/wise fine. 22 x 14. 0909706638
Her history: as a barque, as a windjammer, in port as a coal hulk and lastly, as a floating museum.
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$20

18541
DAVIS, Charles G.
AMERICAN SAILING SHIPS - Their Plans and History: New York. 1984. Dover. Reprint of the 1929 original. XII, 196, (16 adv.) PP with 89 line drawings, plus 32 PP with 45 b/w photos. Fp: Knockabout fishing schooner Helen B. Thomas of Boston. Pictorial soft cover. Occasional foxing. Near fine. 23.3 x 15.6. 0486246582
A cross section of a wide range of sailing ships from the 18th to 20th century.
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$5

69454
DAVIS, J.K.
HIGH LATITUDE: Melbourne. 1962. M.U.P. 1st Ed. XVI, 292 PP with 6 maps, plus 12 pages with 25 bw photos. Fp: John King Davis. Cloth cover, dj (price-clipped). Dust jacket has a few chips and rubs around edges and is protected in a plastic sleeve. Previous owner's nautical stamp (Capt. Burgess) on inside front cover and FFEP and stamp of the tall ship Julie Burgess on the title page. Contents near fine. Scarce. 22 x 14.5.
The experiences of the author: beginnings on windjammers, then on to Antarctic expeditions: 1907-1909 on the Nimrod, 1911-14 on the Aurora and 1929-30 on the Discovery.
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$60

45181
DAY, David
COMING SOUTH - Australia's days of sail: Canberra. 1998. Australia Post. 1st Ed. 40 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Special folder "The Romance of Sail" with 4 unused stamps loosely inserted. Pictorial laminated boards. Fine. 30.2 x 21.5. 0642281599
Early settlers: aborigines and Macassan. Explorers... Convict ships... Clipper ships.
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$20

52198
DE HARTOG, Jan
THE SAILING SHIP: London. 1964. Paul Hamlyn. 1st Ed. No. 2 in the Odyssey Library series. 48 PP (including covers), with colour illust. by Peter Spier. FEP: 24 type of sailing vessels. REP: Sails and rigging plans of a full-rigged ship. Pictorial laminated boards. Note at top of page facing title page, o/wise very good. Small oblong: 10.8 x 16.8.
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$10

20176
DE LONG, Harriet Tracy
PACIFIC SCHOONER WAWONA: Bellevue, Wa., USA. 1985. Documentary Book Publishers Corporation. 1st Ed. XVI, 158 PP with bw vintage photographs. Title spread: Wawona and tugboat. Pict. soft cover. Fine. 30.5 x 22.5. 0935503021
Largest three-masted schooner built in North America. Built in 1897 at Fairhaven, California. Lumber trade, cod fishing in Alaska... National Historic Site since 1970, preserved by Northwest Seaport, Seattle.
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$20

40520
DE MIERRE, H. C.
CLIPPER SHIPS TO OCEAN GREYHOUNDS: London. 1971. Harold Starke. 1st Ed. IX, 320 PP with 36 b/w illustrations (drawings, facsimile of documents and photographs). Title spread: Clipper Ship. Eps: Map from Ushant to Fastnet. Hard cover, dj (price-clipped). Stamp of previous owner at top corner of half title page. Occasional foxing. Near fine. 23.5 x 17. 0287669866
Sailing with the Nourse Line, a first-hand account of life at sea in clipper ships at the turn of the century. Calls in Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney & Newcastle. The author's transfer to steam (greyhounds), coolie trade from India to Fiji or West Indies. Includes interesting drawings & etchings by the author.
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$20

16008
de QUENETAIN, Bertrand
LA VIE MARITIME A GRANVILLE et dans sa région au début du siècle: St. Malo. 1986. Editions L'Ancre de Marine. 1st Ed. 70 PP with b/w illustrations. Title page: A Dundee under sail. Pictorial soft cover. Occasional foxing. Very good. French text. 29 x 21. 2905970057
Maritime life in Granville between Normandy and Brittany at the beginning of this century. Deep-sea fishing to Iceland/Newfoundland, as well as coastal fishing.
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$20

49261
DE RAVEL, Patrice & DE TOISY-DALLEM, Anne (editors)
CANOES & KAYAKS, la découverte d'un Nouveau Monde: Paris. 2004. Musée National de la Marine. 1st Ed. 56 PP with 1 map, 12 b/w and 24 colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 21.5 x 21.5. 2901421199
Canoes and Kayaks.
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$30

63688
DENNY, Colin
TROUBLE FAR FROM HOME, for the last of the Yankee square-riggers (in 40° South Tasmania): Hobart. 2007. 40 Degrees South Pty Ltd. Issue 44, Autumn 2007. 88 PP. Contains article from P. 18 to 27 with 10 b/w photos by John Kurtum. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27.5 x 21.
The 1941 three-masted steel barque Kaiulani voyage to Durban and her call in Hobart on the return trip: 20 June to 6 October 1942.
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$10

56926
DOMVILLE-FIFE, Charles W. (editor)
SQUARE RIGGER DAYS - Autobiographies of Sail: University of New South Wales Press. Sydney. 2007. Reprint of the 1938 original, with the introducion of the 1963 edition. 239 PP with 88 b/w photos. Title spread: the American three-masted Barque Kaiulani. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 25.2 x 18.5. 9780868409115
Nineteen first-hand accounts by the men who served on deep-sea square-riggers. Amongst them: 3 by Capt. J. G. Bisset. 4, by Captain R. Barry O'Brien. 4 by Harry Hine. 2 by Captain W. W. Waddell & J. Anderson. ...
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$45

17870
DRUMMOND, M. & WILLOUGHBY, M.
LES GRANDS VOILIERS ECOLES: Paris. 1976. E.M.O.M. 1st French Ed. 160 PP with b/w & colour illust. Fp: Tall ships gathering. Light foxing. Hard cover, dj. Some foxing. Very good. French text. Oblong: 27 x 36.
Official publication of the Sail Training Association: the past, the present (1976), the future. 39 tall ships are featured, of which 21 are full-page technical illustrations.
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$15

55885
DUDER, Tessa & THOMPSON, Kate
SPIRIT OF YOUTH: Thirty Years of the Spirit of Adventure Trust: Auckland. 2003. Exisle Publishing. 1st Ed. Foreword by Stephen Fisher. 128 PP with b/w and colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 22.5 x 20.3. 0908988516
Sail training for young New Zealanders on board the staysail schooner Spirit of Adventure and the three-masted brigantine Spirit of New Zealand.
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$15

16224
DUDER, Tessa, THOMSON, Barry & HAWKINS, Clifford
SPIRIT OF ADVENTURE: Auckland. 1985. Century Hutchinson. 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.
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$25

69156
DUDSZUS, Alfred & KÖPCKE, Alfred
DAS GROSSE BUCH DER SCHIFFSTYPEN: Dampfschiffe, Motorschiffe, Meerestechnik: Berlin. 1990. Transpress Verlagsgesellschaft. 1st edition. Volume 2. 320 PP with hundreds of b/w illustrations (drawings, sketches, plans, photos ...) and 60 colour plates. FEP: 21 sketches of paddle steamers. REP: 21 sketches of paddle boats. Cloth cover, dj. Fine (mint condition). German text. 30.5 x 24.7. 3344003747
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69155
DUDSZUS, Alfred, HENRIOT, Ernest & KRUMREY, Friedrich
DAS GROSSE BUCH DER SCHIFFSTYPEN: Schiffe, Boote, Flösse unter Riemen und Segel: Berlin. 1987. Transpress Verlagsgesellschaft. 1st edition. 252 PP with hundreds of b/w illustrations (drawings, sketches, plans, photos ...) and 53 colour plates. FEP: Schooners (I & II). REP: Clippers (I & II). Cloth cover, dj. Fine (mint condition). German text. 30.5 x 24.7. 3613500582
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68521
DURHAM, Dick
THE LAST SAILORMAN: Lavenham, Suffolk. 1989. Terence Dalton Ltd. 1st Ed. VIII, 160 PP with 88 b/w photos. Fp: Bob Roberts aboard the smack "Stormy Petrel". Hard cover, dj. Spine of dust jacket lightly sunned, o/wise a fine copy. 23.2 x 18. 0861380673
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71428
DURHAM, Dick (editor)
AMAZING SAILING STORIES: John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Chichester, UK. 2011. 1st Ed. VII, 264 PP. Hard cover, dj. Fine (mint condition). 23.5 x 15.7. 9780470978030
60 true adventures from the high seas.
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$25

51692
DUVIARD, Dominique
GROIX L'ILE DES THONIERS. Chronique maritime d'une île bretonne 1840-1940: Paris. 1992. Atelier Alpha Bleue. New edition of the 1978 original, limited to 2950 numbered copies (3451 to 6400). This copy: No. 4328. 406 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, facsimile of documents, charts, maps & plans, and photos). Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Foxing spots on outside edges. French text. Near fine. 27.8 x 22.2. 2903707138
Fast fishing boats (Chasse-Marée). Working boats of bays and ports.
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$70

17924
DYSON, John
SPIRIT OF SAIL - CLIPPERS, WINDJAMMERS, AND TALL SHIPS: Buderim. 1987. David Bateman. 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.
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71498
EADDY, P.A.
NEATH SWAYING SPARS, The Story of the Trading Scows of New Zealand: Whitcombe & Tombs. Christchurch. 1939. 1st Ed. (XVI), 154 PP with 10 b/w illust. Fp: The scow "Moa". Pictorial boards with shelf wear around edges and bottom of spine. Light foxing on outside page edges, o/wise near fine. Scarce. 21.5 x 14.
The working craft which served New Zealand in its development.
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15313
EASTLAND, Jonathan
THE ROMANCE OF TALL SHIPS: London. 1995. Sandstone. Reprint of the 1990 original. 96 PP with 2 sketch-plans, 8 bw. and 105 col. photos in text. Fp: The British topsail schooner Winston Churchill overtaken by the Russian ship Sedov. Pictorial laminated boards, dj. Fine. 30.2 x 23. 1853488046
The legacy of the clipper ships era, rigs & rigging, sailing ship decoration, sail training ships of the world.
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55953
EASTLAND, Jonathan
THE ROMANCE OF TALL SHIPS: London. 1995. Grange Books. Reprint of the 1990 original. 96 PP with 2 sketch-plans, 8 b/w. and 105 colour photos. Fp: The British topsail schooner Sir Winston Churchill overtaken by the Russian ship Sedov. Pictorial laminated boards, dj. Fine. 30.2 x 23. 1856278352
The legacy of the clipper ships era, rigs & rigging, sailing ship decoration, sail training ships of the world.
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63300
EDWIN FOX RESTORATION SOCIETY
THE STORY OF THE EDWIN FOX: Picton, NZ. 1987. Toneden Promotions. 2nd edition of the 1986 original. Preface by H. J. Stace. 31, (2) PP with b/w illustrations (artist impression by Phillip Carey at centerfold, 4 drawings and 11 photos). Errata page loosely inserted. Pictorial soft cover. Name of previous owner at lower corner of page 1, o/wise near fine. 21 x 14.7.
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38485
EGAN PUBLISHING
TALL SHIPS: Melbourne. 1992. Egan Publishing. 1st edition, Puffy Sticker Books. 12 PP with 9 colour illustrations and the puffy tall ships. Illustrated card cover, spiral bound. Front cover rubbed. Very good. 16 x 16. 0947272739
An oddity for children. Includes the Alma Doepel. Anna Kristina. Bluenose II... Sir Winston Churchill.
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16306
EGLINTON, Edmund
THE LAST OF THE SAILING COASTERS - Reminiscences and observations of the days in the Severn trows, coasting ketches and schooners: London. 1982. National Maritime Museum / HMSO. 1st Ed. VIII, 131 PP with 1 map, plus 16 pages with 20 b/w plates. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Slight ageing of paper, occasional foxing and an old tape mark on front endpaper, o/wise very good. 22.2 x 14.2. 0112903363
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42986
EKSTRÖM, Kjell
SKEPPSPORTRÄTT: Mariehamn. 2001. Aland Sjöfarsts Museum. 1st edition limited to 2000 copies, publication 15 of the Nordiska Akvarellmuseets. 88 PP with 3 photos (1 colour, 2 b/w), and 45 plates (1 b/w and 44 colour). Laminated pictorial boards. Fine. Swedish text. 21.5 x 21.3.
Exhibition held in December 2001 & January 2002, at the Nordiska Akvarellmuseet in Skärhamn, Sweden.
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38027
ELLIOT, Robert S. & McNAIRN, Alan D.
REFLECTIONS OF AN ERA - Portraits of 19th century New Brunswick ships / REFLETS D'UNE EPOQUE - Portraits de navires du Nouveau-Brunswick au XIXè siecle: Saint John, Canada. 1987. The New Brunswick Museum. 1st Ed. No pagination, 112 PP with 11 b/w illustrations and 40 colour plates. Pictorial card cover. Light crease on front cover. English and French text. Near fine. Oblong: 21.7 x 27.8. 0919326250
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15413
FAY, Charles Edey
MARY CELESTE - The Odyssey of an Abandoned ship: Salem. 1942. Peabody Museum. 1st abridged edition. XX, (4), 80, (4) PP with 3 maps and 10 pages of facsimile of documents, plus 1 large folded map and 16 pages with 1 wood engraving in 3 colours by Rudolph Ruzicka & 13 b/w photos. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Top corner of front cover rubbed, and top of spine frayed. Signature of previous owner on front endpaper, o/wise near fine. 25.7 x 18.
The discovery of the abandoned Mary Celeste on 4th December 1872: aftermath and explanations.
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47656
FENTON, Roy, & CLARKSON, John
SHIPS IN FOCUS RECORD 29: London. 2004. Ships in Focus Publications. Issue Number 29, November 2004. 64 PP with 1 set of plans, 2 drawings and 123 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21. 1901703754
The Furness Withy-Houlder Brothers Link (part 1), by D. H. Johnzon. The last square riggers built for British owners, by John Naylon. Blue Star Three Cs, by Captain A. W. Kinghorn...
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48980
FENTON, Roy, & CLARKSON, John
SHIPS IN FOCUS RECORD 31: London. 2005. Ships in Focus Publications. Issue Number 31, July 2005. 64 PP (129 -192) with b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21. 1901703770
The Furness Withy-Houlder Brothers Link (part 3), by D. H. Johnson. The brief rise and rapid fall of the Arosa Line...
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49704
FENTON, Roy, & CLARKSON, John
SHIPS IN FOCUS RECORD 32: London. 2005. Ships in Focus Publications. Issue Number 32, November 2005. 72 PP (193 -264) with 97 b/w and 42 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21. 1901703789
Bristol City Line, Part 1, by Geoffrey Holmes. The last years of the Loch Line, by Malcolm Cooper. The White Fleet of Thor Dahl, Part 1, by Peter Newall... American Standards, Part 1, by Paul Boot.
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50458
FENTON, Roy, & CLARKSON, John
SHIPS IN FOCUS RECORD 33: London. 2006. Ships in Focus Publications. Issue Number 33, March 2006. 64 PP (1-64) with 91 b/w and 37 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21. 1901703797
Bristol City Line, Part 2, by Geoffrey Holmes. The White Fleet of Thor Dahl, Part 2, by Peter Newall... American Standards, Part 2, by Paul Boot. Sailing tankers, part 1, by John Naylon.
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51154
FENTON, Roy, & CLARKSON, John
SHIPS IN FOCUS RECORD 34: London. 2006. Ships in Focus Publications. Issue Number 34, July 2006. 64 PP (65 -128) with 1 set of plans, 1 house-flag & funnel, and 109 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21. 1901703800
Booker Line, by Andrew Bell. Sailing tankers, part 2, By John Naylon. Hain in a hundred, A British tramp fleet at work, New Years's day 1900, by Malcolm Cooper ...
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56374
FENTON, Roy, & CLARKSON, John
SHIPS IN FOCUS RECORD 42: London. 2009. Ships in Focus Publications. Issue Number 42, March 2009. 65-128 PP with 107 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21. 9781901703887
Prince Line Mediterranean Ships, post 1945 (Part 2), by George Swaine. Nigerian National Shipping Line Ltd. (Part 2), by Andrew Huckett. Shell's former sailing ship Tankers, by Malcolm Cooper. W.N. Lindsay Ltd of Leith (Part 2), by Graeme Somner & Douglas J. Lindsay. Liberty Ships on charter to Britain (Part 1), by John de S. Winser.
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57046
FENTON, Roy, & CLARKSON, John
SHIPS IN FOCUS RECORD 43: London. 2009. Ships in Focus Publications. Issue Number 43, July 2009. 129- 200 PP with 107 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21. 9781901703894
Prince Line post 1945 - Round the world service and tramping, by George Swaine. W.N. Lindsay Ltd of Leith (Part 3), by Graeme Somner & Douglas J. Lindsay. ... Liberty Ships on charter to Britain (Part 2), by John de S. Winser.
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70179
FENTON, Roy, & CLARKSON, John
SHIPS IN FOCUS RECORD 2017: London. 2017. Ships in Focus Publications. Annual edition, 2017. 128 PP with b/w illustrations (1 poster, 2 sets of plans, 240 photos) and 22 colour photos. Laminated pictorial boards. New. 30.2 x 21.5. 1901703789
Priestman and the Tower Deck ships, by Roy Fenton. Union-Castle's black ships, by Alan Mallett. The taxonomy of a convoy disaster: the ships of SC.7, October 1940, by Malcolm Cooper.
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$45

41624
FERGUSSON, Bernard
CAPTAIN JOHN NIVEN: London. 1972. Collins. 1st Ed. 127 PP. Title page: Sketch-map of New Zealand. Hard cover, dj (price-clipped). Occasional foxing, light musty smell, o/wise a good copy. 21.5 x 14. 0001921487
Biographical novel. Shipwrecked on Motu Uira, south of the South Island of New Zealand.
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68523
FINCH, Roger
SAILING CRAFT OF THE BRITISH ISLES: London. 1976. Collins. 1st Ed. 160 PP with 51 location maps as head-pieces, 108 line drawings (many coloured) and 29 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj with a few small rubs/nicks. Occasional foxing, o/wise a near fine copy. 24.6 x 17.5. 0002197103
Origins, history, building methods & materials. Fishing methods and study of 52 different types of boats with location maps, plan of the hull & rigging together with a pencil sketch for each. A delightful book.
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$35

71730
FINGER, Jerry E. & DAWSON, Montague
CHARTER BANKSHARES, Inc. - 1995 Annual Report: Charter Bankshares, Inc. Houston, Texas. 1996. Annual edition. 12 PP with 6 colour illustrations: Portrait of Jerry E. Finger, Chairman and 5 paintings by Montague Dawson. Pictorial soft covers. Fine. 30.5 x 22.2.
Charter's banking and financial services, in Houston, Texas.
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52103
FLOWERS, Charles
THE TALL SHIPS, A SALUTE TO LIBERTY, JULY 4, 1986: New York. 1986. Vendome Press. 1st Ed. Introduction by William F. Buckley. 128 PP with 14 b/w and 76 colour photos. Cloth cover, dj. Note on front endpaper, o/wise fine. 27.5 x 21.5. 086565073X
The official book of Operation Sail, 1986, for the 100th anniversary of the Statue of Liberty.
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40230
FLOYD, Thomas B. (editor)
A NATION CELEBRATES - Australia Day, January 26, 1988: Sydney. 1988. Chevron Publishing Group. 1st Ed. 160 PP with colour illustrations (15 paintigs & watercolours, and 245 photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 28.2 x 21. 0959037853
The First Fleet Re-enactment Voyage. The Tall Ships... Fireworks.
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33590
FORBES, Allan & EASTMAN, Ralph M.
OTHER YANKEE SHIP SAILING CARDS - Presenting more reproductions of the colourful cards announcing ship sailings to California and other Pacific ports in the days when the California Gold Rush led to the development of fast sailing clippers and able and courageous men to sail them: Boston, Mass., USA. 1949. State Street Trust Company. 1st Ed. XII, 111 PP with 8 b/w illust. and 38 colour plates. Fp: House flags (in colour) carried by Donald McKay's clippers. Illustrated soft cover. Dedicatory handwritten note: "To Morris L. West and his boys .... from Alan Frazer of Boston - halfway around the world, Feb. 6, 1961". Faint foxing on outside edges, o/wise near fine. 22.8 x 15.2.
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46058
FORBES, Allan, & EASTMAN, Ralph M.
YANKEE SHIP SAILING CARDS - Volume III: Boston, Mass., USA. 1952. State Street Trust Company. 1st Ed. X, 100, (4) PP with 7 b/w and 40 colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Top edge of front cover lightly sunned, faint foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise near fine. 23 x 15.
This final volume on this subject presents some of the most attractive and unusual cards discovered in our research which seem appropriate to reproduce in connection with the stirring and romantic days of the Yankee Clippers.
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47105
FRASER, Rod
THE CHAMPION OF THE SEAS: Melbourne. 1999. Pilgrim Printing Services. 1st Ed. 320 PP with facsimile of documents and newspaper entries, b/w illustrations (engravings, etchings and photos), plus 1 b/w and 3 colour plates. Inside front cover (in colour): Entrance of Port Phillip. Inside back cover (in colour): Lighthouse at Point Lonsdale. Pictorial soft covers with light wear. Dedicatory note signed by the author on title page. Very good. 24.8 x 17.5. 0957720203
The 2447 ton clipper Champion of the Seas carried around 5300 migrants during 15 voyages from Liverpool to Melbourne between 1854 and 1868. Selection of shipboard diaries, extracts from the Captain's Log, and full reprint of The Champion of the Seas Gazette, and The Champion of the Seas Times, printed on a weekly basis on board.
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$30

69475
FREEHAND, Julianna
A SEAFARING LEGACY - The Photographs, Diaries, Letters and Memorabilia of a Maine Sea Captain and His Wife 1859-1908: New York. 1981. Random House. 1st edition. (12), 211 PP with b/w illustrations (letters, photos, sailing notices...). Title page: medallion portraits of Captain and his Wife. Hard cover, gilt title on cloth spine, dj. Ex Library copy with sellotape marks on covers, renewed endpapers and library stamps on half title page and verso of title page. Very good. Oblong: 22.2 x 28.5. 394517717
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48325
FROMHOLTZ, Laurie
THE SOBRAON WONDER. A Biography of Bernard Bede (Barney) Kieran: Wagga Wagga. 1991. Author. 1st Ed. 58), 111 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Signed by the author on half title page. Fine. 24.7 x 17.5. 0646053418
Sobraon: Australian Nautical School Ship / Naval Training Vessel. At the time of his death (19 years old), Barney Kieran was in 1905 "Champion Swimmer of the World".
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11605
GANN, Ernest
TWILIGHT FOR THE GODS: London. 1956. Hodder & Stoughton. 1st Ed. 256 PP. Hard cover, gilt title on a sunned spine. Foxing spots on outside edges and few pages. 20.7 x 14.
Novel : 1927 voyage from Suva to Manzanillo of the barquentine Cannibal, forced call in Honolulu after the vessel shipped water leaving Suva.
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44228
GANN, Ernest
TWILIGHT FOR THE GODS: Melbourne. 1959. Readers Book Club. Reprint of the 1956 original published by Hodder and Stoughton. 271 PP. Hard cover, dj (chipped). Foxing on outside edges and few pages. Very good. 19 x 12.7.
Novel : 1927 voyage from Suva to Manzanillo of the barquentine Cannibal, forced call in Honolulu after the vessel shipped water leaving Suva.
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67829
GARDNER, John
SAILING SHIPS PRIVATEERS: English "Golden Hind", 1579 - Dutch "De Vlissinger", 1782 - American "Prince de Neufchatel", 1814 - Swedish "Neptunus", 1714 - Danish "Mandal", 1808.: London. c. 1980. Hempel's Marine Paints. 5 "Frameable" prints in colour by John Gardner. Fine. Oblong format: 28 x 42.
5 Privateers in the Age of Sail.
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62547
GARDNER, John
"WINDJAMMERS" / Sail Training Ships . HEMPEL CALENDAR - 1983: London. 1982. Hempel's Marine Paints. 1983 Calendar with 7 "Frameable" prints in colour by John Gardner. Front cover (Windjammers). Fine. Oblong format: 32 x 44.
6 windjammers with details in English and French: "Christian Radich" (Norway) - Kruzenshtern (USSR) - "Jadran" (Yugo Slavia) - Georg Stage (Denmark) - Sagres II (Portugal) - Amerigo Vespucci (Italy).
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41317
GARRETT, Kenneth
FROM BALTIC TO BICENTENNIAL BY SQUARE RIGGER [in National Geographic Magazine, Vol. 150, No.6]: Washington. 1976. National Geographic Society. December 1976. Contains article pages 824 to 857 with 1 coloured map, and 26 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 25.5 x 17.5.
From Gdynia to New York, on the Polish training ship Dar Pomorza.
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10014
GIBBS, Jim
WEST COAST WINDJAMMERS - In Story and Pictures: New York. c. 1970s. Bonanza Books. 1st Bonanza reprint of the 1968 original. 192 PP with 288 b/w illust. Fp: Five Masted Schooner Inca. Hard cover, cloth spine, dj . Small chip at top of dj, o/wise near fine. 27.3 x 21.2. 0517170604
The little wooden schooners or four-masters plying to or along the West Coast of America.
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68043
GIBBS, Jim
WEST COAST WINDJAMMERS - In Story and Pictures: Seattle. 1968. Superior Publishing. 1st Ed. 192 PP with 288 b/w illustrations. Fp: Five Masted Schooner "Inca". Cloth cover, dj (price-clipped). Light foxing on prelims, o/wise a very good clean copy. 27.2 x 21.2.
The little wooden schooners or four-masters plying to or along the West Coast of America.
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$20

32288
GIFFARD, Ann (editor)
TOWARDS QUEBEC - Two mid-19th century emigrants' journals: London. 1981. H.M.S.O. 1st Ed., in the Recollections series published by the National Maritime Museum. VIII, 72 PP with facsimile of an advertisement and 2 maps, plus 16 pages with 30 b/w illust. Hard cover, dj. Spine of dust jacket lightly sunned. Occasional foxing. Near fine. 22.2 x 14.2. 0112903355
William Fulford on the barque Civility, Spring 1848. William Gliddon on the full-rigged ship Ocean Queen, spring 1855.
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17733
GIGGAL, Kenneth & DE VRIES, Cornelis
GREAT CLASSIC SAILING SHIPS: London. 1994. Chancellor Press. Reprint of the 1988 original. 128 PP with bw drawings and 40 colour paintings by C.de Vries. Pictorial laminated boards, dj. Fine. Oblong: 27.5 x 28.5. 1851525696
40 of the world's most famous sailing ships. Detailed glossary explaining contemporary sailing terms.
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$35

67956
GIORGETTI, Franco
SAILING YACHTS (America's Cup 2007 updated edition): Vercelli, Italy. 2007. White Star. New extended and up-dated edition of the 2000 original, translated from the Italian original by Neil Frazer Davenport. 328 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Hard cover, title in blind on front cover and spine, dj. Fine. 34 x 24.2. 9788854403277
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$45

41227
GIORGETTI, Franco
SAILS & SAILING - A Selection of Great Nautical Photographs from Mystic Seaport's Rosenfeld Collection: Mystic. 1999. Mystic Seaport. 1st US edition, translated from the Italian original by David Steven Talbot. VIII, 178 PP with 79 b/w plates (4 of them folded) and 79 b/w photos for notes on plates. Title spread: Tender Vara and J-class Ranger of the Vanderbilt family. Hard cover, glt title on front cover and spine, dj. Fine. 34 x 24.2. 0913372889
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33869
GLEASON, Madeleine Rowse
THE VOYAGES OF THE SHIP REVERE 1849-1883: Palo Alto, Ca., USA. 1993. Glencannon Press. 1st Ed. No. 2 in the Pacific Maritime History series. XXV, 164 PP with 17 tables and 26 b/w illust. (charts, maps, engravings and facsimile of documents). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 22.8 x 14.8. 0963758624
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39403
GLIKSMAN, Alain & DELECLUSE, Jacques
LA GRANDE FETE DE LA VOILE: Bournemouth, U.K. / Paris. 1994. Editions Parkstone / Editions du Pen Duick. 1st Ed., with a preface by Eric Tabarly. 172 PP with b/w illustrations and colour photos by Gilles Klein. FEP: The port of Rouen, 19th century. REP: Rouen in 1620. Pictorial laminated boards, dj. Fine. French text. 30.7 x 24.5. 1859950043
Gathering of tall ships in Rouen, at the time of the 50th anniversary of the D Day landing of June 1944.
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$20

17956
GOODMAN, John B. III.
THE GOLD RUSH, Voyage of the Ship LOO CHOO Around the Horn in 1849: Mount Pleasant, Mich. 1977. Cumming Press. 1st limited ed. of 487 copies. XXXII, 61 PP. Cloth cover with gilt device on front. Near fine. 23.5 x 15.7.
The Loo Choo voyage to California, told through letters.
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$30

66063
GORCH FOCK
Segel Schulschiff "GORCH FOCK" SOUVENIR PLAQUE: Hamburg. c. 1990. Marine-Schulschiff Souvenir plaque of the German Sail Training Association School Ship "Gorch Fock". Wooden base with engraved copper plate of the "Gorch Fock" under sail. Large colour photo of the Gorch Fock under sail included in the original cardboard protective box. Fine. Oblong - Wooden base: 29.7 x 40 / Copper plate: 19.8 x 29.7.
Commissioned 1954, by the German Navy.
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$50

19345
GOULD, Alan
THE MAN WHO STAYED BELOW: Sydney. 1984. Angus & Robertson. 1st Ed. 201 PP. Illustrated end papers. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 22 x 14.5. 0207148910
A novel based on the voyage of a 16 year old apprentice on the wool clipper Emilia Denholm from Melbourne to London, via Cape Horn.
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$5

58244
GRAY, Philip J.
THE BARQUENTINE 'LA BELLA': Warrnambool, Vic. 1976. Author & Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village authority. 1st Ed. (2), 18 PP with 12 b/w illustrations (sail plan at centrefold, 1 map, 1 facsimile of document, 2 drawings by author, photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 14.8.
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$15

30335
GREENHILL, Basil
THE LIFE AND DEATH OF THE MERCHANT SAILING SHIP 1815-1965: London. 1980. HMSO. 1st Ed., Volume 7 in The Ship series edited by Basil Greenhill. 60 PP with 45 plates. FEP: 7 plans of Square rig. REP: 9 plans of Fore and Aft rig. Laminated pictorial boards. Fine. Oblong: 20.5 x 21.2. 0112903177
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$5

45607
GREENHILL, Basil
THE MERCHANT SCHOONERS: London. 1988. Conway Maritime Press. Revised and single volume edition of the 1951 original. (6), 310 PP with 200 b/w photos, 47 figures in text. Fp: The "Snowflake" drying her sail. Hard cover, dj. A fine copy. 27.7 x 20.7. 0870214276
The small fore and aft rigged merchant sailing ships of England and Wales, from 1870 to 1940. Design, construction, the crewing, ...
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$55

69426
GREENHILL, Basil
THE MERCHANT SCHOONERS, Volume I: London. 1951. Percival Marshall. 1st Ed. Volume I: XVIII, (2), 244 PP with 3 tail pieces & 28 figures, plus 52 pages with 85 bw plates. Cloth covers worn, spine damaged, almost detached, and repaired. A little light foxing, however, contents complete and very clean. Sold as is. A good working copy. 23.5 x 16.
A survey of the history of the small fore and aft rigged merchant sailing ships of England and Wales in the years 1870-1940 with something of their previous history and subsequent fate.
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$25

16157
GREENHILL, Basil (editor)
THE EVOLUTION OF THE SAILING SHIP 1250-1580 - Keynote Studies from The Mariner's Mirror: London. 1995. Conway. 1st Ed. 264 PP with 4 tables & 204 b/w illust. (drawings or photos of seals, stained or painted glass and paintings). Fp: Florentine ship at sea. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 22.3 x 14. 0851776558
Anthology on the evolution of the sailing ship through the Medieval and Renaissance period as observed from painted glass, seals, enluminures, models, ...
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$40

69057
GREGOR, Hugh
THE SS GREAT BRITAIN: London. 1971. S.S. Great Britain Project / Macmillan. 1st Ed. 32 PP with 42 b/w and 12 colour illustrations by David Newton. Pictorial soft covers a little rubbed around edges, o/wise very good. Oblong: 21 x 29.7. 33128060
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17975
GROBECKER, Kurt & NEUMANN, Peter
SEA CLOUD, Legend Unter Weissen Seglen: Hamburg. 1986. Verlaghaus die Barque. 1st Ed. 160 PP with b/w & colour photos. FEP: Sail plan of S.Y. Sea Cloud ex Hussar. REP: General arrangement of S.Y. Sea Cloud ex Hussar. Cloth cover, dj. Fine. German text. 30.5 x 22.5. 3892421021
Launched in 1931 at Kiel as the Hussar. Yacht under US flag. WWII years as USS Sea Cloud. Floating funhouse when owned by the Dominican dictator Trujillo. Private yacht at US$20,000 a day.
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$25

51443
GRUBE, Frank, RICHTER, Gerhard, et al.
VOILIERS. L'aventure des grands voiliers des Clippers aux navires Ecoles: Paris. 1977. EMOM / Editions Maritimes & d'Outre-Mer. 1st French edition of the 1976 German original. Edition adapted by Jean Randier. Preface by Alan Villiers. 292 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (plans, maps, engravings, paintings and photos) and in the annex: 22 portraits of the authors, 18 sketch plans of sailing ships, and glossary. Illustrated endpapers. Cloth cover, device on front cover, dj, illustrated slipcase. Dust jacket with 2 closed tears at top corner and top of spine. French text. Near fine. 35.2 x 27.5.
Lavish publication. Vessels described and illustrated include the three-masted Amiral Cécile, the clipper Lady Melville, the Herzogin Cecilie, Archibald Russell, the Pamir, Passat, ....
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$70

58431
GUISNEL, Jean, ... CADORET, Michèle ...
LA FOLIE DES VOILES (in Libération, Hors-Série Juillet-Aout 92): Paris & Douarnenez. 1992. Libération & Le Chasse-Marée. Special Issue July-August 1992. 100 PP with b/w and colour Illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 37.5 x 27.5.
Gathering of windjammers, wooden sailing craft... , Brest in 1992.
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$20

71516
HAINES, Robin
LIFE AND DEATH IN THE AGE OF SAIL. The passage to Australia: Sydney. 2003. University of New South Wales Press. 1st Ed. 365 PP with 8 tables, 1 map and 13 b/w illustrations (12 on double page). Hard cover, dj. Fine. 22 x 16. 0868405493
Covers the period when over 750,000 government-assisted emigrants crossed the world from the UK to Australia. A moving account about the experience of migration.
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$25

68195
HALEY, Neale
THE SCHOONER ERA: A Lost Epic in History: New York. 1972. A.S. Barnes. 1st edition. 192 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, sketches, paintings and photos). Cloth cover. Stamps of "University of Tasmania" on endpapers and title page and loan pocket on rear endpaper. Contents very good. 28.5 x 21.7. 0498077276
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$15

17856
HAMBLY, Peter
RACE UNDER SAIL: London. 1978. Stanford Maritime. 1st Ed. 144 PP with 124 b/w photos, 2 maps & 1 plan in text. Hard cover, dj. Very good. Oblong: 20.4 x 26.5. 0540071730
The International Sail Training Races of 1976 combined a transatlantic race from Plymouth to Newport, Rhode Island via Tenerife and Bermuda. It coincided with the US Bicentennial celebrations and New York Parade of Sail.
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$10

22142
HANDY, Amy
THE GOLDEN AGE OF SAIL: New York. 1996. Todtri. 1st Ed. 80 PP with 90 b/w & colour illust. Pictorial laminated boards, dj. Foxing on first and last few pages, o/wise very good. 31.5 x 22.5. 1880908891
The magic of sail, the seafaring life, trade routes and merchantmen, the romance and terror of the sea: around Cape Horn, shipwrecks and storms at sea, great maritime battles. The arrival of the age of steam.
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$10

63156
HANSEN, Clas Broder & HANSEN, Hans Jürgen
SEGELSCHIFFE KURS HAMBURG - Sailing Ships Bound for Hamburg: München. 1989. Urbes Verlag. 1st Ed. 112 PP with 4 illustrations (2 b/w and 2 colour), and 106 colour photos. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Name of previous owner at top of front endpaper. German and English text. Fine. 30.5 x 24. 3924896178
Some four hundred sailing ships from all over the world set course for Hamburg to take part in the eight hundred-year jubilee celebrations of the Port of Hamburg.
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$25

17858
HANSEN, Hans Jürgen & WUNDSHAMMER, Benno
LA PARADE DES GRANDS VOILIERS: Paris. 1973. Arthaud. 1st French edition. Preface by Georges Aubin. 112 PP with b/w & colour photos of tall ships. Hard cover, spine faded. Foxing, o/wise very good. French text. 34 x 24.5. 379791830
The 1972 tall ship race from the Isle of Wight to Kiel, through the North Sea, the Skagerrak & the Baltic.
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$15

17842
HANSEN, Hans Jürgen & WUNDSHAMMER, Benno
WINDJAMMER PARADE: London. 1973. Ian Allan. 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.
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$20

51785
HATCH, A. S.
JACK CORBETT MARINER: New York. 2003. The Quantuck Lane Press. 1st Ed., with an afterword by Denny Hatch. 270 PP with 15 b/w illustrations. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 20.8 x 13.3. 0971454825
Relationship between A. S. Hatch, an American financier and Jack Corbett, an Irish seaman met on the Liverpool registered packet New World.
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$10

49236
HAWKINS, Clifford W.
LOG OF THE HUIA. A Record of the Schooner: Auckland. 1947. Leader Press. 1st Ed. 85 PP with b/w illustrations (52 photos, 3 plans, 1 map & 11 flags or pennants flown), plus 2 folded plans (lines and sail plan). Title-page: Off Whangaparaoa. Marbled cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj (a little rubbed with a few small chips). A near fine copy of the scarce first edition. 21.5 x 14.
New Zealand topsail schooner which plied the Tasman and the Pacific for over 50 years.
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$60

20224
HAWS, Duncan
SHIPS AND THE SEA - A Chronological Review: London. 1976. Hart Davis, MacGibbon. 1st UK. Ed. 240 PP with b/w and colour illustrations by AB Nordbok. Illustrated endpapers. Illustrated hard cover, dj (lightly rubbed). Otherwise fine. 30 x 27. 0246109181
Splendid story of ships and the sea, from their humble beginnings to their present-day significance.
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$20

30689
HAWS, Duncan
SHIPS AND THE SEA - A Chronological Review: London. 1985. Chancellor Press. Reprint of the 1976 UK original. 240 PP with b/w and colour illustrations by AB Nordbok. Illustrated hard cover, dj. Fine. 30 x 27. 0907486924
Splendid story of ships and the sea, from their humble beginnings to their present-day significance.
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$15

33749
HAWS, Duncan
SHIPS AND THE SEA - A Chronological Review: London. 1976. Hart Davis, MacGibbon. 1st UK. Ed. 240 PP with b/w and colour illustrations by AB Nordbok. Illustrated endpapers. Hard cover, device on front cover. Near fine. 30 x 27. 0246109181
Story of ships and sea: from humble beginnings to their present-day significance.
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$15

30690
HAWS, Duncan
SHIPS AND THE SEA - A Chronological Review: London. 1985. Chancellor Press. Reprint of the 1976 UK original. 240 PP with b/w and colour illustrations by AB Nordbok. Illustrated hard covers. Covers with foxing spots and lightly soiled. Near fine. 30 x 27. 0907486924
Splendid story of ships and the sea, from their humble beginnings to their present-day significance.
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$10

17938
HAY, Mary
I SAW A SHIP A'SAILING: London. 1981. HMSO & National Maritime Museum. 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.
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$15

62561
HEARD, J.
Windjammer: Barque MARY BIBBY (colour print): New York. c. 1970. Mobil Oil Corporation. Print on art paper of a colour painting by J. Heard. Near fine. Oblong format: 35.5 x 51.
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$10

21289
HEINE, William C.
HISTORIC SHIPS OF THE WORLD: Adelaide. 1977. Rigby. 1st Australian edition. 156 PP with 105 b/w illustrations & 15 colour photos. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 24 x 23. 0727003399
A review of 22 historic ships, restored & preserved as monuments to men who braved the sea. History, career, actual appearance.
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$10

38122
HENDERSON, Graeme (editor)
LEEUWIN - A Maritime Heritage: Perth. 1987. Western Australian Museum. 1st Ed. Foreword by Paul Hasluck. (2), 40, (2) PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. Oblong: 21 x 23. 0730914658
Sail Training Ship of West Australia.
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$15

67460
HIGGINS, Colin
HALCIONE - OUTWARD BOUND: Auckland. c. 1990. 2 colour prints of originals by Colin Higgins (details tipped-in on the verso). Fine. Oblong: 30.5 x 21.5.
Iron Barque "Halcione" alongside. Barquentine "Outward Bound", operated as a mission ship by the Melanesian Mission Society.
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$10

51969
HMSO
SAILING SHIPS 1400 B.C. to 1860 A.D.: London. 1878. Science Museum / HMSO. 1st Ed. No. 1 in the Science Museum Picture Packs series. Pack contained in a clear plastic envelope with: 2 covers and 12 plates with 1 drawing each. Inside covers: Details of the 12 ships. Soft cover. Fine. Oblong: 24 x 37.
12 Sailing ships: Egyptian Ship, c.1480 B.C.... Viking Ship, c.900 A.D... Elizabethan Galleon, c.1600. .. Clipper Ship c.1865.
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$20

62560
HOERTZ, Frederick J.
Windjammer: DOCTOR LYKES (colour print): New York. c. 1970. Mobil Oil Corporation. Print on art paper of a colour painting by Frederick J. Hoertz. Near fine. Oblong format: 35.5 x 51.
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$10

69431
HOGG, Captain Paddy
PADDLEWHEELS AND MUDBANK SAILORS: Larena Media Services. Mildura, Victoria. 1987. 1st edition with a foreword by Leon Wagner. (8), 103 PP with 66 b/w photos. Soft cover, pictorial front. Fine. 20 x 14. 0947144013
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$25

64278
HOLLETT, D.
FAST PASSAGE TO AUSTRALIA, The History of the Black Ball, Eagle and White Star Lines of Australian Packets: London. 1986. Fairplay. 1st Ed. VIII, 262 PP with 18 b/w illustrations. Pictorial laminated boards. Near fine. Scarce. 24.2 x 17. 0905045939
Story of the Liverpool to Australia emigrant fleets. P.171-225: Roll of Honour of the emigrant ships by shipping line. Appendix A: Black Ball. Appendices B & C: White Star. ...
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$100

47720
HOLMES, Captain J. W.
FIFTY YEARS ON THE SEVEN SEAS IN SAIL (in The Sydney Mail ): Sydney. 1937. John Fairfax & Sons. No. 1320, Vol. LI, issued 14th July 1937. 52 PP. Contains article (first of 3 instalments) on pages 5, 10-11, and 28 with b/w illustrations. Pictorial wrappers with a few chips or nicks showing a colour painting: "with the sextant". Light foxing, staples rusty, o/wise contents near fine. Large format: 40 x 29.
Other article : Singapore's Great Airport and Sydney's Flying-Boat Base.
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$40

66823
HOLMES, Tommy
THE HAWAIIAN CANOE: Hanalei, Kauai, Hawaii. 1981. Editions Limited. 1st Ed., with an introduction by Abraham Piinaia. VIII, 191 PP with 6 tables, maps & charts, b/w and colour illustrations. Decorated hard cover, dj. Dust jacket with large closed tear on spine, now repaired. Signs of old water damage and dampness at lower corner close to the spine of most pages, hardly affecting text or illustrations. Fold of front endpaper starting. Lower edge of covers rubbed. Very good reading copy. 28.5 x 28.5.
A definitive and comprehensive work on the skills and traditions associated with the Hawaiian canoe: voyaging, materials, tools, fishing,...
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$50

57543
HOLMES, Tommy
THE HAWAIIAN CANOE: Hanalei, Kauai, Hawaii. 1981. Editions Limited. 1st Ed., with an introduction by Abraham Piinaia. VIII, 191 PP with 6 tables, maps & charts, b/w and colour illustrations. Decorated hard cover, dj. Notes on front endpaper, title page and above top photograph of page 148. Fold of endpapers starting, o/wise near fine. 28.5 x 28.5.
A definitive and comprehensive work on the skills and traditions associated with the Hawaiian canoe: voyaging, materials, tools, fishing,...
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$120

43821
HOLM-PETERSEN, F.
MARITIME MINDER FRA FANO: Copenhagen. 1980. Host & Son. 1st Ed. 48 PP with 2 maps and 67 b/w photos. Title page: The port of Nordby on the island of Fano in the 1890s. Pictorial soft cover. Danish text with captions of illustrations in Danish and German. Near fine. Oblong: 21 x 22.5. 8714280639
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$10

43824
HOLM-PETERSEN, F.
MARITIME MINDER FRA GRONLANDSFARTEN: Copenhagen. 1981. Host & Son. 1st Ed. 48 PP with 65 b/w photos. Title page: The brig Hvalfisken's figurehead. Pictorial soft cover. Danish text with captions of illustrations in Danish, English and German. Near fine. Oblong:21 x 22.5. 8714281651
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43823
HOLM-PETERSEN, F.
MARITIME MINDER FRA LIMFJORDEN: Copenhagen. 1982. Host & Son. 1st Ed. 48 PP with 61 b/w photos. Title page: The harbour of Thisted. Pictorial soft cover. Danish text with captions of illustrations in Danish, English and German. Near fine. Oblong: 21 x 22.5. 8714282658
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$10

43822
HOLM-PETERSEN, F.
MARITIME MINDER FRA MARSTAL OG AEROSKOBING: Copenhagen. 1979. Host & Son. 1st Ed. 60 PP with 78 b/w photos. Title page: 3 masts topsail schooner Nordstjernen at Marstal. Pictorial soft cover. Danish text with captions of illustrations in Danish and German. Near fine. Oblong: 21 x 22.5. 8714279622
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$10

47361
HOLM-PETERSEN, F.
UNDER SEJL I FJERNOSTLIGE FARVANDE. Sejlkibsfladen fra Abenra, Harderslev, Sonderborg samt Flensburg, Eckernforde, Kiel og Heilingenhafen, der i tiden ca. 1845 til ca. 1890 besejlde Kina-kysten og sydostasiatiske farvande, Sydafrika samt oerne i det: Norderstedt. 1975. Egon Heinemann. 1st Ed. 200 PP with 8 colour plates on full page and 102 b/w illustrations. Fp: Sonderjydsk bark braser bak for lods ved Dragor. Pictorial laminated boards. Dedicatory note on front endpaper. Near fine. Danish text. Oblong: 21.7 x 30.
Sailing ships registered in Aabenra, Haderslev..., Denmark in the Far East.
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$75

61280
HUGHES, Lt.-Colonel Henry
IMMORTAL SAILS - A Story of a Welsh Port and some of its Ships: London. c. 1947. Robert Ross & Co. Ltd 1st Ed. XI, 12-240 PP, plus 34 b/w plates (1 port plan, 2 maps, 1portrait, paintings and photos). Fp: Immortal Sails. Cloth cover. Part of the dust jacket (laminated) pasted or tipped in on endpapers. Dated (May 1st 1947) note on front endpaper. Foxing. A good copy of the scarce original edition. 22.2 x 14.
Development of the harbour of Portmadoc. Slate trade, phosphate trade, with the Dutch West Indies, trade with Labrador and Newfoundland. Coastal trade.
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$15

45600
HURST, A.A.
THE MUSIC OF FIVE OCEANS: London. 1960. Hennel Locke. 1st UK Ed. 160 PP, plus 14 pages with 23 b/w photos. Fp: a contrast in school-ships. Hard cover, dj (price-clipped). Few foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 22 x 15.2.
Some of the epic voyages under sail. Also, sea-lore, mythology, superstition and curious experiences.
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$15

17850
HURST, A.A.
THE MUSIC OF FIVE OCEANS: London. 1960. Hennel Locke. 1st UK Ed. 160 PP, plus 14 pages with 23 b/w photos. Fp: a contrast in school-ships. Hard cover, dj. Few foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 22 x 15.2.
Some of the epic voyages under sail. Also, sea-lore, mythology, superstition and curious experiences.
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$20

17939
HURST, A.A.
THE SAILING SCHOOL-SHIPS: London. 1962. Hennel Locke. 1st Ed. 64 PP with 1 table and 2 maps, plus 8 pages with 15 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. Small format: 18.5 x 12.3.
History of the first school-ship races held in 1956 (Torbay-Lisbon), 1958 (Brest-Las Palma) & 1960 (Oslo-Ostend & Cannes-Naples).
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$5

68552
HURST, Alexander A. (editor)
THE MEDLEY OF MAST AND SAIL II - A Camera Record: Brighton, UK. 1981. Teredo Books. 1st Ed. XXI, 473 PP with 523 b/w photos & maps. Fp: French schooner "Bretonne" and ketch "Vigilant" ready to sail. FEP: The "C.B. Petersen". REP: "Moshulu". Cloth cover, gilt decoration on front cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Dust jacket is a littled rubbed/chipped around edges, else a fine copy of a scarce item. 24.8 x 19.5. 0903662076
Pictorial voyage through various types of sailing ships: exotic (prahu or moliciero), to coastal or inter-colonial traders, to tall ships.
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$100

56309
IGGULDEN, D. & CLARKE, M.
SAILING HOME - A Pictorial Record of the First Fleet Re-Enactment Voyage: Sydney. 1988. Angus & Robertson. 1st Ed. VIII, 120 PP with colour photos. Hard cover. Fine. 25 x 25. 0207159653
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$5

20656
IGGULDEN, D. & CLARKE, M.
SAILING HOME - A Pictorial Record of the First Fleet Re-Enactment Voyage: Sydney. 1988. Angus & Robertson. 1st Ed. VIII, 120 PP with colour photos. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 25 x 25. 0207159653
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$10

44186
ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS [THE]
THE STATE VISIT OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC - No. 6298, Volume 236 -16th April 1960: London. 1960. The Illustrated London News and Sketch Limited. P625-672. Contains article by Arthur Bryant from P. 633 to 649 with 34 b/w illustrations. Stapled soft covers (crossed flags of France and the United Kingdom in colour). Near fine. 36.5 x 25.8.
The state visit of President De Gaulle, April 5-8 1960.
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$15

34830
JAN JASKI, Christiaan
MET DE KINDERDIJK NAAR JAVA 1884/1886: Dieren, Netherlands. 1983. De Bataafsche Leeuw. 1st Ed. 58 PP with 19 illust. (2 facsimile of documents and 17 b/w photos). Hard cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj. Fine. Dutch text. 21.3 x 14.8. 906707005X
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$10

71519
JEAN, John
JERSEY SAILING SHIPS: Phillimore. Chichester. 1982. 1st Ed. XIV, 178 PP plus 4 pages with b/w & colour illust. Fp: Types of sailing ship. Hard cover with dust jacket. Fine. 25 x 17.5. 0850334640
List of 2000 Jersey ships dating from 1537 to the early 1900's with details of the ships, the captains and their families.
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$25

69004
JOHNSON, Captain & Mrs. Irving
SAILING TO SEE, Picture Cruise in the Schooner Yankee: New York. 1939. W.W. Norton.. 1st Ed. 224 with b/w illustrations: 2 sketch plans of "Yankee", 5 maps & 346 photos (34 of them traditional craft: outriggers, canoes, makassars, cutters, Chinese junks ...). Fp: Ghosting. Blue cloth covers, decoration on front cover, title on front cover and spine. Covers a little sorn/frayed at corners, front endpaper with name of a previous owner blocked out, stamp in blind of another owner, and signed by Irving Johnson. Slight ageing of paper, otherwise a very good clean copy. Scarce. 26 x 19.5.
A pictorial world cruise of Yankee with calls at Galapagos, Pitcairn & Henderson, Wallis, New Hebrides, Solomons ..
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$100

65448
JOHNSON, David
CUTTY SARK (Item 9 of Jackdaw Publication No. 97): London. 1971. Jackdaw Publications. Folded brochure (10 folds) with 20 b/w illustrations (1 drawing of figurehead by Hercules Linton, 1 painting and 18 photos). Near fine. Small format. Oblong: 9.5 x 11.5.
Item 9 of the Jackdaw Publication No. 97 "Clipper Ships and the Cutty Sark".
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$10

70809
JONES, Tristan
A STEADY TRADE - A Boyhood at Sea: London. 1982. The Bodley Head. 1st Ed. 255 PP. Hard cover, gilt title on spine. dj (price-clipped). Faint foxing spots on outside edges. Fine. 22.2 x 14. 0370304721
Sailing the Channel and North Sea on the coastal sailing ketch "Second Apprentice"...
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$25

66283
JUAN SEBASTIAN DE ELCANO
Spanish Training Ship for Naval Academy Midshipman "JUAN SEBASTIAN DE ELCANO" - Training Cruise 1987/88: Cadiz. 1985. Armada de España. 1985 edition. No pagination, 16 PP with 7 b/w photos and colour illustrations (1 rigging plan on double page, 2 maps, 3 paintings and 20 photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27.5 x 17.7.
The training ship launched in 1927. The 1987/88 cruise with Australian calls at Fremantle, Melbourne, Hobart and Sydney for Australia's Bicentennial Celebration. The first circumnavigation of the globe and Juan Sebastian de Elcano.
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$20

43834
KARLSSON, Börje (editor)
SJÖHISTORISK ARSSKRIFT FÖR ALAND 1992-93: Mariehamn, Aland. 1993. Alands Nautical Club / Stiftelsen Alands Sjöfartsmuseum. 1st Ed. 182, (8 advertisements) PP with b/w illustrations (maps, sketches and photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. Swedish text (English summary for each paper). 24 x 17.5.
18 papers. Diary of the Aland Captain, Nikolaï Törnkvist on board the barque Lima. British operation at Brahestad during the Crimean War in 1854... Shipwrecks of Aland ships on the island of Gotland... Wreck of the iron barque Aland on the reef of New Caledonia, aftermath... Voyage of the barque rigged Winterhude, Thames to Port Lincoln the Port Broughton...
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$40

71471
KEMP, Peter & ORMOND, Richard
THE GREAT AGE OF SAIL - Maritime Art and Photography: Phaidon. Oxford. 1986. 1st Ed. 127 PP with 136 b/w illustrations, plus 64 pages with 65 colour plates. Fp: The Hindostan (a fleet of Indiamen at sea). Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Small rubbed patch on gutter of front endpaper, o/wise a near fine copy. 29 x 24.4. 0714824232
A history of the sailing ship illustrated by art and photography from the Picture Collections of the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich.
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$40

69234
KERR, Garry
THE TASMANIAN TRADING KETCH - An Illustrated Oral History: Portland, Victoria. 1987. Main'sl Books. 1st Ed. (4), 179 PP with 15 plans (hull, sail, construction) and many b/w photos (most full-page). Fp: "Evaleeta" under sail. Eps: Map of Tasmania and an inset of S.E. Tasmania. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 24.5 x 18.5. 0731608879
Development and evolution of Tasmania's trading craft (construction, sailing and handling techniques, living conditions).
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$45

68783
KERR, Garry J. (editor)
AUSTRALIAN and NEW ZEALAND SAIL TRADERS: Blackwood S.A. 1974. Lynton Publications. 1st Ed. 144 PP with 5 plans and 102 b/w photos. FEP: Sail plan of a 3 masted schooner. REP: Line drawings of Irazu. Illustrated hard cover. Near fine. Scarce. 25 x 18.5. 0869461362
Pearling fleet of W.A., S.A. sail traders, whiting boats of Spencer Gulf, N.Z. scow, sailing traders of Southern Tasmania, Auckland mullet boats, Queenscliff couta boats, cray boats...
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$50

11637
KING, Jonathan
THE RETURN OF THE FIRST FLEET: Sydney. 1987. Fairfax Magazine / Robertsbridge. 1st Ed. 128 PP profusely illustrated in colour. Pict. soft cover. Very good. 27.5 x 20.
First part of the First Fleet re-enactment, from Portsmouth to Capetown. Official souvenir edition.
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$5

43197
KLINGE, Professor Matti, HAMILTON, John, & KORPIJAAKKO, Martti.
SUURTEN PURJELAIVOJEN HELSINKI / The Tall Ships in Helsinki: Helsinki. 1988. USP Helsinki Oy. 1st Ed. 119, (19 advertisements) PP with 17 drawings (some in colour), 15 b/w and 41 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Brief note on lower corner of title page. Fine. Text in Finnish, English and Swedish. 35 x 25.
Commemorative book for the 1988 Cutty Sark tall ship's Race. The Great Age of Sail, by Heikki Holma (president of the Finnish section of the Amicale Internationale des Capitaines Au Long Cours Cap Horniers (AICH).
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$30

48175
KLOSTER, Knut Utstein
DEN NORSKE STORMAKT. Var Skipsfart Gjennom Tusen Ar: Oslo. 1946. Gyldendal Norsk Forlag. 1st Ed. 206 PP with 1 rigging plan, 1 sails plan, 11 drawings (types of sailing ships), 6 maps, and 50 b/w illustrations. Hard cover (sunned), device on front. Slight ageing of paper. Signature on bottom of title-page. Very good. Norwegian text. 23.2. x 18.5. 8209012606
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$15

50583
KNIGHT, Frank
THE CLIPPER SHIP: London. 1973. Collins. 1st Ed. 96 PP with b/w illust. plus 9 colour plates (6 on full page and 3 on double page). Hard cover, dj (price-clipped). Near fine. 24 x 16. 001921479
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$15

58599
KNOX-JOHNSTON, Robin
THE TWILIGHT OF SAIL: New York. 1979. G. P. Putnam's Sons 1st US edition. 192 PP, with 120 b/w photos. Title spread: Furling the fore course in a storm aboard the Garthsnaid. FEP: The barque King Malcolm in dry dock at Montevideo, 1896. REP: Bristol docks in the nineteenth century. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 25.5 x 19. 399123075
A celebration in pictures of the full-rigged ocean flyers of the latter half of the 19th century.
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$20

47342
KYSELKA, Will
AN OCEAN IN MIND: Honolulu. 1992. Univ. Hawaii Press. 2nd printing of the 1987 original. XII, 244 PP with b/w illustrations (photos, maps, sketches). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 22.8 x 15.2. 0824811127
The successful round trip of Hokule'a between Hawaii and Tahiti in 1980 plus a study of its two traditional navigators: Nainoa from Hawaii and Mau Piailug from the Caroline islands.
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$15

39984
LAING, Alexander
CLIPPER SHIPS AND THEIR MAKERS: New York. 1966. G. P. Putnam's Sons. 1st Ed. (6), 280 PP with 3 maps by Veronica Laing and 14 illustrations by John Martinez. Title spread: Clipper ship under sail. Cloth cover, dj. Fine. 22.2 x 14.2.
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$20

66000
LANDSTRÖM, Björn
SAILING SHIPS in Words and Pictures - From Papyrus Boats to Full-Riggers: London. 1978. Allen & Unwin. Reprint of the 1969 original, re-issued in a larger format. 192 PP with 339 b/w and colour illustrations by author. Fp: The stern of the Royal Ship Vasa. Hard cover, gilt title on spine. Stamp of previous owner on title page and rear endpaper. Fine. 24 x 13.3. 0046230130
5,000 years of marine illustrations.
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$5

30886
LANGDON, Robert
ELCANO: The Ship, The Man, The Mystery: Canberra. 1988. Spanish Embassy. 1st Ed. 8 PP with 2 colour and 15 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. Oblong: 21 x 29.7.
Booklet published at the time of the call in Australia of the Spanish Training Ship "Juan Sebastian de Elcano", for the celebrations on the Bicentennial.
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$15

52878
LAVERY, Brian
SHIP - 5,000 Years of Maritime Adventure: London. 2004. Dorling Kindersley / National Maritime Museum. 1st Ed., with a foreword by Rear Admiral Roy Clare. 400 PP with thousands of b/w and colour illustrations. Title spread: Stern/propellers of a liner in graving dock. Eps: Shipping water on Abeille Languedoc in rough seas. Pictorial laminated boards, dj. Near fine. Large format: 30.5 x 26. 1405305894
The birth of ships. Sailors of the seas. European expansion ... The world wars. The global age. A most comprehensive publication and a mine of information.
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$30

62548
LAWRENCE, John
INTERNATIONAL PAINT- CALENDAR 1988: London. 1987. International Paint. 1988 Calendar with 13 "Frameable" (29 x 24.5) watercolours by John Lawrence. Illustrated front cover. Fine. Format: 41.5 x 29.8.
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$10

32055
LAYTON, Thomas N.
THE VOYAGE OF THE FROLIC - New England Merchants and the Opium Trade: Stanford, Ca. 1997. Stanford University Press. 1st Ed. XVI, (2), 227 PP with 39 figures (2 maps, facsimile of documents, drawings and photos). Title spread: Frolic under sail. Cloth cover, dj. Faint foxing, o/wise fine. 23.5 x 15.5. 0804729093
Custom-built Baltimore clipper for the Opium trade between Bombay and China. Wrecked with Chinese goods, on the Mendocino coast, North of San Francisco, in the early years of the Gold Rush.
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$20

67178
LE BREUS, Alain
LES VIEUX VOISINS DE L'ANSE UARE: Nouméa. 2015. Musée Maritime de Nouvelle-Calédonie. 1st Ed. Foreword by Valérie Vattier. 56 PP with 8 colour illustrations (1 map, 1 painting and 6 photos) and 48 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. Oblong: 21 x 29.8. 9782951868816
Anse Uaré, a cove in the port of Nouméa, where 9 derelict vessels (2 steamships and 7 former windjammers) are buried under slag, a by product of the Nickel smelting plant.
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$60

54792
LE BRUN, Dominique (editor)
LE ROMAN DU CAP HORN: Paris. 2003. Omnibus. 1st Ed. LXXII, 1053, (18 publications) PP with b/w illustrations by François Le Guern. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Near fine. 19.8 x 13.2. 2258061318
Anthology of texts by: Roger Vercel ... Joseph Conrad ... John Masefield ... Eric Newby.
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$15

17884
LEAVITT, John F.
WAKE OF THE COASTERS: Middletown, Conn. 1970. Marine Historical Association / Wesleyan University Press. 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. Very good. Oblong: 18.5 x 25.8. 0819540242
Recollections of men, vessels & ports on the coast of Maine. Droghers, boxboarders, packets, scows ...
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$20

17877
LIBERMAN, Cy and Pat
THE MYSTIQUE OF TALL SHIPS: New York. 1989. Galahad Books. Reprint?. 191 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Hard cover, dj. Foxing spots on outside edges and endpapers, o/wise very good. 27.8 x 21.5. 0883657473
History of sail, from prehistoric times through the whaling era to the present. Tales of tall ships & their exploits. Intriguing details of shipboard life then & now.
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$20

20373
LIBERMAN, Cy and Pat
TALL SHIPS 1986: Wilmington, Del., USA. 1986. The Middle Atlantic Press. 1st Ed. 63 PP with 15 sketch-plans, 1 b/w & 33 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 28 x 21.5. 0912608293
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$5

20792
LIND, Lew
FAIR WINDS TO AUSTRALIA - 200 Years of Sail on the Australia Station: Sydney. 1988. Reed Books. 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. Fine. 29.3 x 22. 0730102165
Details & histories of some of the sailing ships which arrived in Australia over the past 200 years.
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$10

17915
LINKLATER, Elizabeth
A CHILD UNDER SAIL: Brown, Son & Ferguson. Glasgow. 1977. Reprint of the 1938 original. 142 PP. Fp: Photo of young Elizabeth. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj. Fine. 25 x 18.5. 0851743021
She sailed the world's oceans with her father, a tall ship captain, between 1872 and 1890. Life on board and places visited.
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$70

64693
LOCKETT, Alan
NORTH WESTERN SAIL: Chorley, Lancashire. 1978. Countryside Publications. 1st Ed. 56 PP with b/w illustrations (1 map, 1 plan, 3 facsimile of documents, 8 paintings and 100 photos). Pictorial soft cover. Short closed tear on front cover, o/wise fine. Oblong: 21 x 29. 0861570022
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$10

69430
LOCKETT, Alan
NORTH WESTERN SHIPS AND SEAMEN: Preston, UK. 1982. Editorial Workshop Ltd. 1st Ed. 88 PP with b/w illustrations (including a sketch map, engravings and photos). Soft cover, pictorial front. Fine. 21 x 15. 094613300X
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$20

48304
LONEY, J. K.
TALL SHIPS AND SAILORMEN - A Concise Survey of Victoria's Early Maritime History: Geelong. c.1975. Author / Marine History Publication. 1st Ed. (2), 99, (4) PP with 3 head pieces, 3 maps, plus 40 pages with 54 b/w plates. Pictorial soft cover (wreck of a windjammer). Covers with slight insect damage, ageing of paper, o/wise very good. 22 x 17.8. 0909244022
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$5

37533
LONEY, Jack
TALL SHIPS AND SAILORMEN - A Concise Survey of Victoria's Early Maritime History: Geelong. c.1975. Marine History Publication. 2nd edition. 100 PP with 2 head pieces, 3 maps, plus 40 pages with 54 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover (wreck of a windjammer). Near fine. 21.8 x 17.8. 0909244022
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$5

41459
LONEY, Jack
TALL SHIPS AND SAILORMEN - A Concise Survey of Victoria's Early Maritime History: Geelong. c.1980. Marine History Publication. 3rd Ed. 60 PP, plus 8 pages with 17 b/w illustrations. Pictorial card covers a little foxed. Wreck of a windjammer on covers. Inscription on inside front cover, o/wise very good. 27.5 x 21.4. 0909244022
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$10

43290
LONEY, Jack & STONE, Peter
THE AUSTRALIA RUN - Volume 6 in Australian Shipwrecks: Benalla, Vic. 2000. Marine History Publications. 1st Ed, Volume 6, in Australian Shipwrecks series. (10), 318, (32 indexes) PP with 1 graph, 20 maps & location maps, and over 106 b/w illustrations. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 24.8 x 18.5. 0909191530
Ships lost in the run between Great Britain and Australia.
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$75

49981
LOW, Gorham P.
THE SEA MADE MEN. The Memoirs of an American Sea-Captain 1826-1840: London. 1939. John Lane The Bodley Head. 1st UK edition. Foreword by James Hanley. XIV, 334, (2 publications) PP, plus 6 b/w plates. Fp: The author, aged 30. Cloth cover, device on front cover. Lower edges of covers worn. Spine sunned. Ageing of paper and foxing. Good reading copy. 20.4 X 14.
Voyages to the coasts of Sumatra for the pepper trade.
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$30

58155
LUBBOCK, Basil
THE BLACKWALL FRIGATES: Glasgow. 1973. Brown, Son & Ferguson. Reprint of the 2nd edition of 1950 (1924 original). XV, 280 PP, plus 62 pages with b/w illust. & 6 pages of plans. Fp: The commands of Captain Methven. Eps: Chart of the World. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price clipped). Dust jacket lightly soiled. Faint foxing on outside edges. Near fine. 24.5 x 18.5.
History of the Blackwall Yard, East India Shipping, Black Wallers. Runs to Australia.
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$45

71481
LUBBOCK, Basil
DEEP SEA WARRIORS: Delhi, India. 2016. Facsimile Publisher. Facsimile reprnt of the 1910 US edition. (4), VIII, 310 PP, plus 4 b/w plates. Fp: The "Benares". Matt laminated pictorial boards, dj. Very good. 25.7 x 19.5.
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$25

66935
LUBBOCK, Basil
THE DOWN EASTERS - American Deep-water Sailing Ships 1869-1929: Glasgow. 1930. Brown, Son & Ferguson. 2nd edition of the 1929 original. XVI, 285 PP, plus 79 plates with 117 b/w illustrations & 4 folded plans. Fp: Stowing topsails. FEP: 12 different type of rigging. REP: Chart of North America. Cloth cover, title in blind on front cover, device and gilt title on spine, dj. Dust jacket with chips and parts missing at head and foot of the spine and back cover. Foxing spots on outside edges, foxing of endpapers and a few pages. Very good. 25 x 18.5.
The San Francisco grain trade, the clippers in the Cape Horn trade, down-easters in the 70's, 80's & 90's. The last of America's square-riggers.
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$50

71482
LUBBOCK, Basil
JACK DERRINGER - A TALE OF DEEP WATER: Delhi, India. 2016. Facsimile Publisher. Facsimile reprnt of the 1906 original (UK) edition. XII, 328 PP, (12 publications). Matt laminated pictorial boards, dj. Very good. 23 x 15.2.
Life at sea: a work of fiction.
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$25

68493
LUBBOCK, Basil
THE LAST OF THE WINDJAMMERS - Volume I: Glasgow. 1948. Brown, Son & Ferguson. 3rd Impression of the 1927 original. XIV, (2), 518 PP, plus 74 pages with 126 b/w illustrations. & 17 pages of plans (11 of them folded). Fp: "Quathlamba". Eps: Chart of the world. Cloth cover, title in blind on front cover, gilt title on spine. Occasional foxing. Discreet stamp of previous owner on front endpaper. Very good. 24.9 x 19.
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$50

65541
LUBBOCK, Basil
THE LAST OF THE WINDJAMMERS - VOLUME I: Glasgow. 1927. Brown, Son & Ferguson. 2nd Impression of the 1927 original. XIV, (2), 518 PP, plus 2 plates "Vanished House Flags" with 48 house-flags in colour, 17 plates with plans (12 of them folded) and 74 pages with 126 b/w illustrations. Fp: "Quathlamba". Eps: Chart of the world. Blue cloth cover, gilt title in blind on front cover, gilt title on spine, no dj. Slight ageing of paper, faint foxing spots on outside edges. Discreet note at top of front endpapers, o/wise fine. 25 x 19.
Early edition with the colourful house-flags.
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$100

66005
LUBBOCK, Basil
THE LAST OF THE WINDJAMMERS - VOLUME II: Glasgow. 1949. Brown, Son & Ferguson. Reprint of the 1929 original. XV, 448 PP, plus 17 plans (16 of them folded) and 96 plates with 174 b/w illustrations. Fp: Hougomont. Eps: Chart of the world. Blue cloth cover with a few small bumps and a small speckle, title in blind on front cover and gilt on spine, dj. Dust jacket price clipped with 2 pieces missing from the front part. Name of previous owner on front endpaper and his stamp on title page. A little light foxing, o/wise near fine internally. 25 x 19.5.
The last boom in sail, the lime-juicers, the carriers of the 90's, the square-riggers of the 20th century, small fry.
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$70

65542
LUBBOCK, Basil
THE LAST OF THE WINDJAMMERS - VOLUME II: Glasgow. 1949. Brown, Son & Ferguson. Reprint of the 1929 original. XV, 448 PP, plus 17 plans (16 of them folded) and 96 plates with 174 b/w illustrations. Fp: Hougomont. Eps: Chart of the world. Blue cloth cover, title in blind on front cover and gilt on spine, no dj. Faint foxing. Near fine. 25 x 19.5.
The last boom in sail, the lime-juicers, the carriers of the 90's, the square-riggers of the 20th century, small fry.
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$70

68494
LUBBOCK, Basil
THE LAST OF THE WINDJAMMERS - VOLUME II: Glasgow. 1935. Brown, Son & Ferguson. 2nd edition of the 1929 original. XVI, 443 PP, plus 2 plates with 40 House Flags in colour, 17 plans (16 of them folded one) and 96 plates with 173 b/w illustrations (paintings, photos, portraits). Eps: Chart of the world. Cloth cover, gilt device on front cover, gilt title on a lightly sunned spine. Copy lacking half title page and frontispiece. Covers lightly soiled. Ex "Circulating Library" with plate on front board and stamp on recto of rear endpaper. Spine with tears and back hinge split at head. Occasional foxing. Internally a very good clean copy. 25 x 19.5.
The last boom in sail, the lime-juicers, the carriers of the 90's, the square-riggers of the 20th century, small fry.
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$40

65543
LUBBOCK, Basil
THE LAST OF THE WINDJAMMERS - VOLUMES I & II: Glasgow. 1986 & 1990. Brown, Son & Ferguson. Reprint of the 1927 & 1929 original. Vol. I: XIV, (2), 518 PP, plus 74 pages with 126 b/w illustrations & 17 pages with plans (12 of them folded). Fp: Quathlamba. Vol. II: XV, 448 PP, plus 100 pages with 174 b/w illustrations and 17 plans (16 of them folded). Fp: Hougomont. Eps: Chart of the world. Cloth cover, title in blind on front cover and gilt on spine, dj. Set of 2 volumes in fine condition. 24.5 x 18.5. 0851741134 & 0851741142
The life, the personnel, the epic of the Horn, the clippers of the 70's, the medium clippers of the 80's and various trades with small fry.
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$150

70285
LUBBOCK, Basil
THE WESTERN OCEAN PACKETS: Glasgow. 1926. James Brown and Son. 2nd edition of the 1925 original. XIV, (2), 155 PP, plus 22 plates (1 in colour with 12 house flags and 21 in b/w, 17 of which are "packets"). Fp: Liverpool in 1840 - Black Ball packet disembarking passengers. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dust jacket which has a few small chips or closed tears. Bookplate of previous owner on front endpaper. Foxing spots (heavy on outside edges). An otherwise near fine copy which is scarce with the dust jacket. 22 x 14.5.
A treatise on the lines which served the Atlantic ferry in the first part of the 19th century.
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$85

70792
LUBBOCK, Basil & SPURLING, Jack
THE BEST OF SAIL: Cambridge. 1975. Patrick Stephens Ltd. Reprint, with introduction by Alan Villiers. (XII), 179 PP on art paper, plus 36 full-page colour plates by J. Spurling. Eps: Illustrations by W. M. Birchall. Cloth cover, gilt device and title on front cover and spine, dj. Dust jacket with repaired tears. Faint foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 31.2 x 25.7. 0850592178
Condensed version of Sail: The Romance of the Clipper Ships.
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$70

71600
LUBBOCK, Basil & SPURLING, Jack
THE BEST OF SAIL: Patrick Stephens Ltd. Cambridge. 1975. 1st limited edition of 100 numbered copies (No. 58/100). Edited by F.A. Hook, and with an introduction by Alan Villiers. (12), 181 PP on art paper, plus 36 colour plates by J. Spurling. FEP: Windjammer and Trawler by W.M. Birchall. REP: Port scene with windjammer and freighter, by W.M. Birchall. Hand bound in full goatskin, gilt title and decoration engraved on front cover, gilt title on spine, raised bands, all edges gilt, lightly rubbed cloth covered slipcase. Signed by Alan Villiers on title page. Scarce. Fine. 30.7 x 26. 0850592178
Condensed version of Sail: The Romance of the Clipper Ships. A collector's item.
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$500

42917
LUND, Kaj
TRAINING VESSELS UNDER SAIL: Odense, Denmark. 1969. Skandinavisk Bogforlag A/S. 1st Ed. 80 PP with 71 b/w photos and 6 colour plates tipped in. Cloth cover, colour photo pasted down on front cover. Fine. Oblong: 19.8 x 20.3.
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$15

68475
McCUTCHAN, Philip
TALL SHIPS, THE GOLDEN AGE OF SAIL: London. 1976. Weidenfeld and Nicholson. 1st Ed. 160 PP with b/w & colour illust. Fp: The "Carradale" under sail. Eps: Plan of a 3-masted fully-rigged ship. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Dust jacket with small chips. Very good. 28.5 x 22. 0297771744
From the fast Baltimore packet to the clipper ships. The various trades: Far East, Australian passages for cargo & passengers ....
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$20

15376
MacGREGOR, David R.
THE CHINA BIRD - The History of Captain Killick, and the Firm he Founded: Killick Martin & Company: Conway Maritime Press. London. 1986. 2nd revised edition. 224 PP profusely illustrated throughout. Fp: The "Lothair". Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 29 x 22. 0851773818
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.
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$35

71641
MacGREGOR, David R.
THE CHINA BIRD, The History of Captain Killick and One Hundred Years of Sail and Steam: Chatto & Windus. London. 1961. 1st Ed. XVII, 366 PP with 56 fig. in text, 3 folding plans, 42 pages with 58 b/w plates. Fp: The "Lothair". Eps: Map of world with principal sailing routes. Cloth cover, dj. Dust jacket is a little worn with chips and marks and is in a protective sleeve. A little light foxing, o/wise near fine. 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.
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$70

43743
MacGREGOR, David R.
THE CHINA BIRD, The History of Captain Killick and One Hundred Years of Sail and Steam: 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.
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$10

71522
MacGREGOR, David R.
MERCHANT SAILING SHIPS 1815-1850 - Supremacy of Sail: Conway. London. 1984. 1st Ed. 191 PP with 211 illustrations (line drawings, plans & outlines, photos..). Fp: The Eleanor Dixon. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Bookplate of the whaling expert, Honore Forster. A fine copy of a scarce item. 28.5 x 22. 0851772943
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$90

63293
McILWAIN, John
HMS WARRIOR - Britain's First and Last Iron-Hulled Warship: London. 1991. The Pitkin Pictorials 1st Ed. 28 PP with 1 colour cutaway of the "Warrior" (as she was in 1861) at centrefold, b/w & colour illustrations. Title spread: HMS Warrior 1860. Pictorial soft cover. Name of previous owner at top of title page. Folded "Deck Guide" loosely inserted. Fine. 24 x 17.2. 0853725373
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$5

18445
MACINTYRE, Captain Donald
THE ADVENTURE OF SAIL 1520-1914: London. 1979. Ferndale Editions. 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.
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$15

48674
MACINTYRE, Captain Donald
THE ADVENTURE OF SAIL 1520-1914: London. 1970. Paul Elek Productions. 1st edition with an introduction by Uffa Fox. 256 PP with 265 b/w illustrations. & 44 colour plates. Title-page: 17th Century Compass Card. Half-title page: The building of the Ark. Illustrated endpapers. Cloth cover, device (Compass' Rose) in blind on front cover, dj. Dust jacket with small chips and a spine lightly sunned. Covers rubbed at hinges. Slight ageing of paper, occasional foxing. Note to previous owner on front endpaper. Very good. Oblong: 25.3 x 31.5.
Illustrated history of sailing ships and contemporary accounts of historic voyages, extracts from journals of famous mariners and classic sea tales.
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$25

48368
MACINTYRE, Captain Donald
THE ADVENTURE OF SAIL 1520-1914: New York. 1970. Random House. 1st US edition. 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. Cloth cover, device in blind on front cover. Covers rubbed at hinges. Slight ageing of paper, occasional foxing. Name of previous owner on front endpaper. Very good. Oblong: 25.3 x 31.5.
Illustrated history of sailing ships and contemporary accounts of historic voyages, extracts from journals of famous mariners and classic sea tales.
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$20

71640
McKAY, Richard C.
SOME FAMOUS SAILING SHIPS AND THEIR BUILDER, DONALD McKAY: 7C's Press. Riverside, Conn. 1969. 2nd revised edition of the 1928 original. Foreword by James A. Farrell. XXVIII, 396 PP with 25 b/w illustrations, plus 62 plates: 1 on House Flags in colour and 61 in b/w. Fp: "Sovereign of the Seas". Cloth cover, dj. Dust jacket is price-clipped and has a few chips with a few small pieces missing and is in a protective sleeve. Contents are near fine. 23.5 x 16.
A study of the American Sailing Packet and Clipper eras, with biographical sketches of America's foremost designer and master shipbuilder together with a comprehensive history of his many famous ships.
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$35

20337
McLEAY, Alison
THE WORLD OF THE ONEDIN LINE: Sydney. 1977. Ure Smith. 1st Ed. 144 PP with b/w & colour photos in text. Hard cover, dj. Renewed endpapers, o/wise near fine. 24 x 17.5. 0725403853
The book on the television series. The film and the real life of the shipowner James Baines and the hard-driving Captain Bully Forbes.
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$10

40426
McLEAY, Alison
THE WORLD OF THE ONEDIN LINE: Sydney. 1977. Ure Smith. 1st Ed. 144 PP with b/w & colour photos. Hard cover, dj. Ex library copy with stamps on title page, and renewed endpapers. Good. 24 x 17.5. 0725403853
The book on the television series. The film and the real life of the shipowner James Baines and the hard-driving Captain Bully Forbes.
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$5

43001
MAENPAA, Sari, MATIKKA, Hannu
NAUTICA FENNICA 1995 - A WOMAN AT SEA - Women on the Sailing Ships of Gustaf Erikson 1913-1937 / REPAIRING TRADITIONAL SHIPS: Turku. 1996. The Finnish Association for Maritime History. Annual Report 1995. 80 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. Finnish and English text. Oblong: 20 x 20.5. 951907595X
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$15

62542
MARINE ART
"BEKEN TALL SHIPS" CALENDAR - 1984: Southampton. 1982. Kenbe Reproductions / Beken of Cowes 1984 Tall Ships Calendar with 12 "frameable" (39 x 39) prints in colour. Front cover (Dar Mlodziezy). Format for calendar: 56 x 39.
12 Tall Ships: Dar Mlodziezy (Poland) - Taitu II (Italy) - Gloria (Colombia) - Our Svanen (Canada) - Polynesia (Virgin Islands / USA) - Pogoria (Poland) - Asgard II (Ireland) - Eagle (USA) - La Belle Poule (France) - Marques (Great Britain) - Ciudad de Inca (Great Britain) - Falkan (Sweden) - Croce del Sud (Italy).
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$15

62544
MARINE ART
"TALL SHIPS" CALENDAR - 1992: Auckland. 1991. Tanner Couch Calendars / H.J. Asmuss & Co. Ltd. 1992 Calendar with 6 "frameable" prints (26 x 34) in colour. Fine. Format: 48.5 x 34.
Gorch Fock (Germany) - Christian Radich (Norway) - Eye of the Wind (Britain & Australia) - Simon Bolivar (Venezuela) - Spirit of Adventure (New Zealand) - Young Endeavour (Australia).
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$10

62543
MARINE ART
"TALL SHIPS OF THE WORLD" CALENDAR - 1995: Sydney. 1995. Tanner Couch Calendars / Olsson Industries & Pacific Salt Pty Ltd. Calendar with 7 "frameable" prints (28.5 x 18.5) in colour and 26 figures on knots. Front cover.(Spirit of Adventure). Fine. Format: 48.5 x 34.
Spirit of Adventure (New Zealand) - Tovaristsch (Ukraine) - Leeuwin (Australia) -Sagres (Portugal) - Esmeralda (Chile) - Marques (England) - Elissa (USA).
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$10

15519
MARTIN, C. & BROUWER, N.
THE STORY OF SAIL: Sydney. 1992. Weldon Pub. 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.
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$20

40439
MASEFIELD, John
THE BIRD OF DAWNING: London. 1984. Century Publishing. Paperback reprint in the Century Seafarers series, of the 1933 original. 223 PP. Pictorial soft cover (lightly rubbed). Few foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise near fine. 21.3 x 13.5. 0712603344
Novel. Adventures of the crew of a China Clipper. Abandon of the ship...
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$5

70789
MASEFIELD, John
THE WANDERER OF LIVERPOOL: London. 1930. Wm. Heinemann. Limited edition of 525 copies, hand numbered (No. 470) and signed by the author, on verso of half title page. X, 120 PP, plus 1 plate with a colour painting by Jack Spurling, 31 plates with 2 accommodation plans and 35 b/w photos and 3 large folded plans at rear of book. Fp (in colour): Painting of the Wanderer by Jack Spurling with tissue guard. Navigator mould-made woven paper, top outside edge gilt, fore and bottom edges bevelled. Cloth page ribbon. Bound copy: black buckram with gilt illustrated vignette on front and gilt title on spine. Plate facing page 104 with repaired tear (not affecting the photos). Leaf 119/120 with repaired tear. Otherwise in fine condition. Scarce. 26 x 21.5.
The shipbuilder firm, W.H. Potter & Co., turned shipowner, with the "Wayfarer" and "Seafarer". Building and life of the four-masted full-rigged barque "Wanderer" built in 1891, sunk 1907. Related in both prose & verse.
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$150

65707
MASEFIELD, John
THE WANDERER OF LIVERPOOL: London. 1930. Wm. Heinemann. 1st Ed. (8), 120 PP plus 15 plates with 16 b/w illust. Fp: Mr. & Mrs. W.H. Potter. Orig. blue cloth covers have a few speckles and light wear around edges/corners, gilt title on spine a little dulled, no dust jacket. Foxing, mostly on first and last pages. Small white-out mark on inside front cover, o/wise no signatures or other blemishes. Very good. 21.8 x 17.5.
The shipbuilder firm, W.H. Potter & Co., turned shipowner, with the "Wayfarer" and "Seafarer". Building and life of the four-masted full-rigged barque "Wanderer" built in 1891, sunk 1907. Related in both prose & verse.
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$20

40167
MATHEWS, R. G.
SAILING CRAFT: London. c. 1933. Eyre and Spottiswoode. 1st Ed. 162 PP illustrated by the author with 2 maps and 130 b/w illustrations, plus 16 colour plates. Fp (in colour): His Majesty's yacht Britannia. Red cloth cover, dj. Dust jacket is chipped with small pieces missing. Dated note on front endpaper. Slight ageing of paper, occasional foxing, o/wise near fine. 26.5 x 19.5.
The beauty and mystery of the ships, and the magic of the sea.
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$50

60216
MAUREL, Gilbert
SACHEZ BARRER LE BELEM (in Voiles & Voiliers): Paris. 1985. Voiles & Voiliers. Extract 69-90 PP pulled out of No. 177, November 1985. Article 70-89 with 2 colour photos by Thierry Perron and b/w illustrations by author. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 30 x 23.
Handling and Seamanship on the French Sail Training windjammer Belem
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$5

18418
MERLIN, Jules
TRAITE PRATIQUE DE VOILURE, ou exposé de méthodes simples et faciles pour calculer et couper toutes espèces de voiles: Nice. 1995. Editions Omega. Facsimile reprint of the 1865 original. (4), 226 PP with 96 figures in text plus 6 large folded plates at back of book. Soft cover. French text. Fine. 23.6 x 15. 2906381187
Treatise on sail making.
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$30

66501
MESSIAEN, Jacky (editor)
PILOTES MARITIMES - Histoire de Trente Trois Stations de Pilotage de France et d'Outre-Mer: Dunkerque. 1984. Author. 1st Ed. 593, (3) PP with b/w photos. Card covers, dj. Faint foxing, o/wise near fine. French text. 24.7 x 21.
Pilots stations in ports on the North Sea, English Channel, Atlantic coasts, Mediterranean coast, and some overseas outposts: Djibouti, Nouméa, Saint Pierre et Miquelon.
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$50

64006
MIKKELSEN, Ejnar
LE QUART DU SECOND, ou l'éveil d'une vocation polaire: Paris. 1955. René Julliard 1st French edition in collection "Croix du Sud". Translated by Jacques Debarge from the Danish original "Fra Hundev Agt Til Hundeslaede". 254, (2) PP with 1 map of Eastern Greenland, plus 8 pages with 10 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Head and foot of spine damaged. Note at top of front endpaper. Ageing of paper. French text. Good. 19.2 x 14.
Danish training sailing ship "Georg Stage"... Sailing as an apprentice and shipwright on the windjammer "Emilie": Amsterdam to Indonesia. Sailing on a schooner in Indonesia waters..
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$10

22076
MILLS, John
THE GREAT DAYS OF SAIL: Chicago. 1965. Follett Publishing Company. 1st US edition of the 1964 French original Grands Voiliers by Jean Riverain. 72 PP with colour illust. Titlespread: Man-of-War at anchor. Cloth cover, device on front cover, dj. Very good. 30.2 x 24.5.
Illustrated history of sail: the longboats, the caravel, the battle of Lepanto, Sir Francis Drake, the galleys, Edward Hawke, James Cook, Trafalgar, whalers, cape-horners, & yachting.
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$10

62564
MOBIL OIL
Brostrom's First Vessel: THE KETCH MATHILDA (colour print): New York. c. 1970. Mobil Oil Corporation. Print on art paper of a colour painting. Near fine. Oblong format: 35.5 x 51.
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$10

70659
MOSS, Dr. Ken (editor)
TALL SHIPS AUSTRALIA 1998 - Official Program: Davies Brothers Ltd. / Tall Ships Australia 1998. Hobart, Tasmania. 1998. 1st Ed. Messages of the Premiers of New South Wales and Tasmania. 28 PP with colour illustration (1 berthing plan "Sydney", 1 sketch map "Hobart to Sydney", 9 National Flags, 9 ship types and 44 photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.5 x 21.
Invitation to participate in the Tall Ship gathering organised for the 1988 bicentennial celebration of Australia.
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$15

35727
MUDIE, Rosemary & Colin
THE STORY OF THE SAILING SHIP: New York. 1980. Exeter Books. Second printing of the 1975 original. 152 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Eps: Portuguese ships of war, by Cornelius Anthonissn. Hard cover, dj. Top of dust jacket near spine with small watermark. Very good. 29 x 22. 0896730573
The Mediterranean ships - the northern ships - the voyagers - the traders and the clippers - junks, dhows and others...
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$10

39250
MUDIE, Rosemary & Colin (editors)
THE SAILING SHIP - A voyage through the ages: London. 1984. Roydon Publishing. 1st Ed. 60 PP with 48 b/w and 17 colour illustrations. Title page: 16th century gunfight. Pictorial laminated boards. Near fine. 29 x 22. 094667406X
The beginning of sail. The voyagers. The Traders and Clippers. Twentieth century sail.
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$10

31803
MUNRO, Colin
SAILING SHIPS: London. 1973. Pelham. 1st Ed. 224 PP with b/w illust. by author in text. Fp: Three-masted barque of 1870. FEP: Rigging & other details of a barque about 1760. REP: Some fishing boats & small cargo boats from the coast of Europe. Gilt-decorated hard cover, dj. Foxing spots on top outside edges and endpapers. Very good. Oblong: 19 x 25. 0720707188
Silhouettes of period sailing ships from the cog of Middle-Ages to the clippers. Ships from Europe, the near & far East.
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$20

16261
MUNRO, Colin
SAILING SHIPS: London. 1973. Pelham. 1st Ed. 224 PP with b/w illust. by author in text. Fp: Three-masted barque of 1870. FEP: Rigging & other details of a barque about 1760. REP: Some fishing boats & small cargo boats from the coast of Europe. Gilt-decorated hard cover, dj (price-clipped). Some light foxing, o/wise good. Oblong: 19 x 25. 0720707188
Silhouettes of period sailing ships from the cog of Middle-Ages to the clippers. Ships from Europe, the near & far East.
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$15

41049
N/A
BREST 92 - Catalogue: Douarnenez. 1992. Le Chasse-Marée. 1st Ed. No pagination, 24 PP with 4 b/w and 45 colour illustrations. REP: Chart Brest/Douarnenez. Pictorial soft cover (slightly rubbed). Very good. French text. 25.1 x 24.8.
Catalogue of the event Brest 1992, anouncing 1500 traditional and sailing vessels or craft and one million spectators.
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$10

62618
N/A
Schonerbrigg / Schooner Brig EMMA EDEN - colour print: Hamburg. c. 1990. Chronik der Seefahrt / Verlag Egon Heinemann. Colour print of the original oil painting held by the Netherlands Historical Seafaring Museum at Amsterdam. On the verso: details of the Emma Eden in German and English. Faint foxing. Fine. Oblong format: 32 x 41.
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$5

69979
N/A
SOLWAY LASS - SYDNEY'S TALLSHIP: Sydney. 1992. Matilda Cruises / Tim Lloyd. 1st Ed. No pagination, 8 PP with 2 b/w and 14 colour photos, plus 4 interpolary translucid sheets with watermarks. Pictorial soft covers. Fine. 29.7 x 21.
History, chronology ... including the pleasure cruises in Sydney Harbour with Matilda Cruises.
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$10

31808
NAISH, George P.B., VILLIERS, Alan, BATHE, Basil W. et al.
THE COUNTRY LIFE BOOK OF NAUTICAL TERMS UNDER SAIL: London. 1978. Country Life Books / Trewin Copplestone. 1st Ed. Foreword by Basil Greenhill. Pagination by chapters, 352 pages, profusely illustrated in b/w & colour. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Near fine. 26.8 x 20. 0600365867
Very comprehensive. Includes chapters on the development of the ship (types) and the language of flags (both beautifully illustrated).
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$40

35240
NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM
GENERAL CATALOGUE OF HISTORIC PHOTOGRAPHS - Volume II: Merchant Sailing Ships: Greenwich. 1976. National Maritime Museum. 1st Edition with a foreword by Basil Greenhill (Director). XII, 193, (20 Index) PP, plus 4 pages with 7 b/w plates. Pictorial soft cover. Covers a little soiled and worn around edges with a few small creases and a few dog-eared pages. Otherwise, very good. 27.4 x 19.5.
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$20

62569
NEWCASTLE
FOUR SAILING SHIPS AT NEWCASTLE - Print: Sydney. c. 1988. Acta Pty. Limited Print on art paper, of a b/w photo reproduced by kind permission of H. J. O'Regan. Fine. Oblong: 34 x 54.
4 Sailing Ships waiting to load coal at Newcastle, N.S.W., Australia in the early 1900's.
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$5

54795
NEYRET, Jean
PIROGUES OCEANIENNES - Tome I: MELANESIE: Paris. 1974. Association des Amis des Musées de la Marine. 1st Ed. (2), 187 PP with location maps, numerous illustrations and explanations. FEP: Outriggers from Fiji & New Guinea. REP: Outriggers from New Guinea and the Bismarck Archipelago. Pictorial stiff cover. Spine with a crease. French text. Near fine copy. 29.7 x 21.
Outriggers and canoes from Melanesia, including Australia, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Fiji, Santa Cruz & the Solomons, New Guinea and the Bismarck Archipelago.
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$200

22609
NOBLE, Captain John
THE GOLDEN AGE OF SAIL OF AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND: Melbourne. 1985. Currey O'Neil. 1st Ed. IX, 118 PP with 98 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 25 x 25. 0859021947
Collection of maritime photographs capturing the glorious and romantic days when sailors relied on wind and currents.
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$10

50374
NOOTEBOOM, Dr. C.
TROIS PROBLEMES D'ETHNOLOGIE MARITIME: Rotterdam. 1952. Museum voor Land en Volkenkunde en het Maritiem Museum Prins Hendrik. 1st Ed. 16 PP, plus 6 pages with 25 b/w illustrations. Soft cover. Faint foxing. French text. Fine. 26.5 x 18.5.
3 Papers (on prows and sails of canoes or outriggers) presented in Brussels, at the 1948 Congrès des Sciences Anthropologiques er Ethnologiques. Origine des proues bifides (on the origin of prows). La signification de la proue bifide (on the meaning of the prow). Quelques types de voiles de l'Asie Orientale (types of sails used in Eastern Asia).
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$60

35050
OBOJSKI, Robert
SHIPS & EXPLORERS ON COINS: New York. 1970. Sterling Publishing. 1st Ed., in the Topical Coin Library series. 48 PP with 188 b/w photos representing 118 coins. Pictorial card cover rubbed and soiled. Ex library copy with 1 stamp on verso of title page. Internally very clean and good. 19 x 19. 0806960248
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$5

19338
OLD SHELLBACKS / Capt. J. Maitland Thomson (editor)
TALL TRUE TALES OF THE SEA: Adelaide. 1979. Investigator Press. 1st Ed. Edited by Captain J. Maitland Thomson. 88 PP with 16 illustrations. Laminated pictorial card cover. Front endpaper with Press Release tipped in, and newspaper clipping by Bob Morrow tipped in on page facing half title page. Page from Newsletter of "Shiplovers Society of Victoria", tipped in on rear end paper. Signed by the author on title page. Slight ageing of paper on outside edges. Near fine. 21.6 x 13.6. 0858640260
Coastal shipping in the early part of the 20th Century: short stories of experiences at sea. Compiled for the 1979 Congress of the International Cape Horners Association.
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$30

19964
ORBELL, John, GREEN, Edwin & MOSS, Michael.
FROM CAPE TO CAPE - The History of Lyle Shipping: Edinburgh. 1978. Paul Harris. 1st Ed. XIII, 239 PP with graphs, tables, and numerous b/w illust. Title spread: Three masted iron ship "Cape Sable I". Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing. Near fine. 24.5 x 18.5. 090450526X
The 200 year history of this shipping line trading worldwide from its base in the West of Scotland.
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$20

42255
OSTERSTOCK, Alan
THE DUNCOW REPORT: Austaprint / Author. Adelaide. 1979. Limited edition to 400 numbered copies (260/400). 72 PP with 2 b/w illustration (1 photo & 1 facsimile of a telegram). Eps: facsimile of manuscripts. Half bound, vignette on front cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Signed by the author on the verso of title page. Fine. Scarce. Oblong: 15.2 x 21.7. 0858722968
The near disaster of the 3 masted full-rigged ship Duncow of Liverpool, on the shores of Kangaroo Island, in May/June 1897. Collector's item.
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$35

54806
OUTRIGGERS
VA'A, La Pirogue Polynésienne: Papeete. 2008. Au Vent des Iles. 1st Ed., with Preface by Jean-Marc Pambrun and Foreword by Tara Hiquily. Edited by Tara HIQUILY, Muriel GLAUNEC & Hiriata MILLAUD. 197 PP (3 publications) with b/w and colour illustrations (photos by Danee Hazama). Pictorial boards, dj. French text. Fine. Large format: 30.2 x 24.2.
Va'a, the Polynesian Outrigger.
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$55

21310
PAINE, Ralph D.
THE SHIPS AND SAILORS OF OLD SALEM: London. 1924. Heath Cranton. 1st UK edition. XVIII, 471 PP, plus 49 plates with 64 b/w illustrations. Fp: The Panay one of the last of the Salem fleet. Hard cover, gilt title on spine. Slight ageing of paper around outside edges. Very good. 22 x 15.
Narratives and deeds of American sailors. Privateers, whalers, explorers of new routes and trades, ...
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$20

39304
PARK, Polly
TO SAVE THEIR HEATHEN SOULS - Voyage to and Life in Fouchow, China Based on the Wentworth Diaries and Letters, 1854-1858: Allison Park, Pennsylvania. 1984. Pickwick Publications. 1st Ed., with a foreword by Francis West. New series, No. 9 in the Pittsburgh theological monographs. XXXII, 173 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21.6 x 13.6. 0915138662
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$15

64723
PARKER, Captain Walter H.
LEAVES FROM AN UNWRITTEN LOG-BOOK: London. c. 1931. Sampson Low, Marston & Co. 1st Ed. XVI, 272 PP, plus 10 b/w plates with 1 caricature, 2 paintings and 10 photos. Errata slip tipped in on "contents" page. Fp: Portrait of the author. Red cloth cover with light wear around edges. Spine lightly sunned. Slight ageing of paper and some light foxing. Discreet stamp on top outside page edges and a faint signature on inside front cover, o/wise a near fine copy. Scarce. 24.2 x 16.5.
Captain Parker (in 1931), was Captain of the R.M.S. Olympic.
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$120

17873
PARKER, John P.
CAPE BRETON SHIPS AND MEN: Aylesbury, U.K. 1967. Author. 1st Ed. 198 PP with 18 line drawings by Samuel F. Manning, plus 20 pages with 36 b/w photos. Fp: Brig James, a Cape Breton vessel. FEP: Type of rig. REP: Map of Cape Breton Island. Decorated front cover, dj. Occasional foxing. Fine. 25.4 x 19.
The sailing vessels built by native craftsmen of Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia up to 1900. Narrative of several seamen of this epoch.
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$10

71417
PARROTT, Daniel S.
TALL SHIPS DOWN - The Last Voyages of the "PAMIR", "ALBATROSS", "MARQUES", PRIDE OF BALTIMORE", and 'MARIA ASUMPTA": Interenational Marine / McGraw-Hill. Camden, Me. / New York. 2003. 2nd printing of the 2003 soft cover edition. XVI, 336 PP with tables and b/w illustrations (8 silhouettes of tall ships, artworks, drawings & graphs, sketches, plans, photos). Pictorial soft covers. Fine. Scarce. 22 x 14.5. 9780071435451
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$55

70045
PARSONS, Jack & Nora
CORNISH FISHERBOY TO MASTER MARINER: The Life of Henry Blewett 1836-1891 - Part One: Mousehole Boyhood and Early Days at Sea: 1836-1861: Bournemouth, UK. 1993. Bournemouth Local Studies Publications. 1st Ed. VI, 74 PP with b/w illustrations (4 maps and 7 diagrams "Identification of sailing ships' rigs"), plus 4 pages with 8 b/w illustrations (4 drawings and 4 photos). Soft cover, pictorial front. Faint foxing on outside edges. Fine. 21 x 14.5. 0906287987
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$15

41305
PARSONS, Ronald
KETCHES OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA: Adelaide. 1978. Author. 3rd edition of the 1970 original, completely revised and corrected to July 1978. (6), 102 PP typescript with 6 b/w drawings, plus 20 pages with 9 drawings and 18 b/w photos. Half title page: ketches in Port Adelaide. Fp: Wellington entering Outer Harbour. Soft covers, illustrated fronr, staples. Faint foxing. Near fine. Oblong: 16.5 x 20.6. 0959938796
Record of small sailing ships on the coast of South Australia between 1836 & 1970.
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$20

30622
PARSONS, Ronald
SAIL IN THE SOUTH: Adelaide. 1975. Rigby. 1st Ed. (6), 209 PP with 214 b/w photos. Title page: vignette of the four-masted ship Lancing. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 26.5 x 22. 0851799604
A selection from the A.D. Edwardes collection of shipping photos in the State Library of South Australia.
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$10

20878
PARSONS, Ronald
SAIL IN THE SOUTH: Adelaide. 1980. Rigby. Reprint of the 1975 original. (6), 209 PP with b/w photos. Title page: the four-masted ship Lancing. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 26.5 x 22. 0851799604
A selection from the A. D. Edwardes collection of shipping photographs in the State Library of South Australia.
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$20

17994
PARSONS, Ronald
SAIL IN THE SOUTH: Wellington. 1975. A.H. & A.W. Reed. 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.
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$30

68597
PAULL, John
PERSISTENCE PAYS: The Discovery of Dr William Russ Pugh's Log and Journal of his 1835 Voyage from England to New Holland: Launceston. 2017. John Paull / The Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists / The WD Booth Charitable Trust. 1st edition, transcribed and annotated by John Paull. XX, 84 PP with 26 b/w or colour illustrations (maps, paintings, portrataits and photos). Pictorial soft cover. New. 28 x 20. 9780995444843
Shipboard diary on the crossing Gravesend to Van Diemen's Land, on the Barque "Derwent": 8th of August to 10th December 1835 ...
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$45

31143
PAYNE, Joe
HARBOUR UNDER SAIL - A guide to the Tall Ships bringing History to Life: Sydney. 1988. The Sun-Herald. Insert to The Sun-Herald of 17th January 1988. 32 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover (US Coast Guard Eagle). Covers slightly rubbed. Very good. 27.5 x 20.5.
Fleet gathering in Sydney for the Bicentennial of Australia.
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$10

20327
PEABODY, Robert E.
THE LOG OF THE GRAND TURKS: London. 1927. Duckworth. 1st Ed. XVIII, 250 PP, plus 26 b/w plates. Fp: The First Grand Turk. FEP: Chart of the Calcutta Voyage of the Second Grand Turk. REP: Chart of the 4th Cruise of Privateer Brig Grand Turk, 1814. Cloth cover, small marginal stains on lower edge of endpapers & 3 plates, o/wise very good. 22.4 x 15.5
The histories of four famous American vessels, each bearing the name Grand Turk. The First (1781-1788), Second (1791-1795, Third (1812-1816), Fourth (1916-1924). The first was a privateer during the American War of Independence. It sailed twice commercially to the Indian Ocean with calls at Canton and was sold at Isle de France in 1788. The second sailed in 1792 to Calcutta and Madras. The third sailed as a privateer during the 1812 war. The fourth sailed in the Caribbean and was wrecked on Yucatan.
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$15

53762
PEABODY, Robert E.
THE LOG OF THE GRAND TURKS: London. 1927. Duckworth. 1st Ed. XVIII, 250 PP plus 26 b/w plates. Fp: The First Grand Turk. FEP: Chart of the Calcutta Voyage of the Second Grand Turk. REP: Chart of the 4th Cruise of Privateer Brig Grand Turk, 1814. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine. Slight ageing of paper on outside edges. Near fine. 22.4 x 15.5
The histories of four famous American vessels, each bearing the name Grand Turk. The First (1781-1788), Second (1791-1795, Third (1812-1816), Fourth (1916-1924). The first was a privateer during the American War of Independence. It sailed twice commercially to the Indian Ocean with calls at Canton and was sold at Isle de France in 1788. The second sailed in 1792 to Calcutta and Madras. The third sailed as a privateer during the 1812 war. The fourth sailed in the Caribbean and was wrecked on Yucatan.
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$20

59114
PEARSE, A. W.
WINDWARD HO - Windjammer Days: Sydney. 1932. John Andrew. 1st Ed. Introduction by R. Scott-Skirving. (20), 186 PP, plus 20 pages with 31 b/w photos. Fp: Portrait of author. Errata slip tipped in on page (7). Cloth cover. Offsetting on endpapers and foxing. Very good. 22 x 14.5.
Reminiscences of life at sea in the British merchant service, on various types of ships: cargo, emigrant ships, indentured labour for Panama.. Description of ports visited. (An expanded version of "A Windjammer' Prentice").
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$20

40409
PEARSE, Ronald
THE LAST OF A GLORIOUS ERA: London. 1969. Conway. New impression of the 1934 original published by Syren and Shipping. 96 PP with 80 b/w photos. Fp: Bowling along. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj (price-clipped). Discreet stamp of previous owner on front endpaper. Near fine. 22.5 x 15.8. 0851770053
Brief record of ocean-going sailing ships with a large number of pictures of these survivors of the days of sail.
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$25

59630
PERNOUD, Georges
BREST 92 - ALBUM SOUVENIR (in Thalassa, Hors Série No. 3): Paris. 1992. Thalassa. Special issue No. 3, July 1992. 82 PP with colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 30 x 21..
Wooden and Sailing boats gathering in 1992 at Brest and Douarnenez.
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$10

17872
PERNOUD, Georges
VOILIERS EN LIBERTE: Lausanne. 1989. Edita SA / Conti. 1st Ed. Collection Thalassa. 144 PP, profusely illustrated with colour photos. Eps. Hard cover, dj. French text. Fine. 30.5 x 26. 2880012538
The meeting of 18 tall ships in the Port of Rouen on the Seine and their race to celebrate the Bicentenary of the French Revolution of 1789.
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$20

62587
PERRON, Thierry & BELEM
Windjammer: LE "BELEM" - Colour Print: Nantes. c. 2000. Presse Océan / Fondation "Belem". Print with colour photo (38 x 28) by Thierry Perron. Caption / details in French. Format of Print: 56 x 40.5.
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$5

71549
PHILP, J. E.
THE HARRIET McGREGOR - A STAUNCH SHIP'S SEA STORY: Author. Hobart. 1934. 1st Ed. 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.
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$45

71430
PHILP, J. E.
THE HARRIET McGREGOR - A STAUNCH SHIP'S SEA STORY: Hobart. 1934. Author. 1st Ed. Foreword by C.B. Black. 44 PP with 6 b/w photos on full page. Soft covers (marbled). Ex Library copy with markings from the Hytten Hall Library (shelf number on front cover, book plate pasted down on inside front cover, stamps on recto and verso of title page, last page and inside back cover). Contents clean and still a very good copy of a scarce item. 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.
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$35

41386
PICK, Christopher
LES BATEAUX: London. 1980. Compagnie Internationale du Livre. 1st French edition in the Plaisir de Voir series. Translated from the 1979 English original by Mona Massol. 64 PP with 61 colour photos. Illustrated title page and endpapers. Pictorial laminated boards. French text. Fine. 26.7 x 19.8. 2731800062
Pictorial discovery of ships.
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$10

65856
PICK, Christopher
SHIPS: London. 1979. Galley Press. 1st Ed. 64 PP with 61 colour photos. Illustrated title page and endpapers. Pictorial laminated boards. Foxing on endpapers, first and last pages. Very good. 26.7 x 19.8. 0861780094
Pictorial discovery of Ships.
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$5

17949
PICKTHALL, Barry
TO BEAT THE CLIPPER SHIPS - The Story of the Nedlloyd Spice Race: Glasgow. 1980. Brown, Son & Ferguson. 1st Ed. 128 PP with b/w illust. (yacht profiles, maps, drawings, photos) and 24 colour photos. Hard cover, dj (rubbed). Very good. 30.5 x 22.7. 0851743943
The Nedlloyd spice race of 1980, re-enactment of the clipper races of the last century. Anjer (Sunda Strait) to the Channel. The fastest ever was in 1861 by the clipper ship Kelso which took 63 days.
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$15

55827
PIETRI, J.B.
VOILIERS D'INDOCHINE: Saigon. 1949. Société des Imprimeries et Librairies Indochinoises. Reprint of the 1943 original edition. (8), 130, (1) PP, plus 144 pages with 1 map Côtes de l'Indochine, 1 colour plate (with 6 figures), and 70 duo tone plates (7 plates with 53 silhouettes, 23 plates with 77 figures, and 40 plates with drawings of sailing ships and details). All illustrations by the author. Card cover, dust jacket with repaired tears. Name of previous owner on front endpaper. French text. Near fine copy of a rare book. Large format: 36.6 x 27.4.
First comprehensive study of the sailing vessels of the coasts of the Indochina Peninsula: Cambodia, Cochinchina, Annam, Tonkin, and Koupang de Fort-Bayard or Kouang-Tchéou-Wan (French enclave on Hainan peninsula). Beautiful illustrations.
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$500

17946
PIPPING, Knut
THE MUSEUM SHIP SIGYN OF WARDO: London. 1980. National Maritime Museum. Occasional Lecture No.2 (2), II, 24 PP with 21 b/w illustrations. Card covers soiled, o/wise very good. 21 x 14.5. 0905555473
The last wooden three-masted merchant sailing ship and a museum on the river Aura in the port of Abo in Finland.
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$10

62004
POLLING, Tony
TALL SHIP - Newsletter of the One & All Sail Training Association of South Australia: Port Adelaide. 1995. 0ne & All Sail Training Association of S.A. Inc. Issue Autumn 1995. 24 PP with 13 b/w and 20 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.5 x 21.
The One & All voyage of December 1994 between Adelaide and Sydney, by Tom Sag (Trainee). The 50th Anniversary: Sydney to Hobart of December 1994, by Tony McCusker.
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$5

17071
THE POLYNESIAN SOCIETY
THE JOURNAL OF THE POLYNESIAN SOCIETY - Volume 81, No.2: Wellington. 1972. The Polynesian Society. June 1972. Contains article between pages 144 and 159 with 2 tables, 9 figures (plans and diagram), plus 3 b/w plates. Soft cover. Fine. 24.2 x 15.2.
Article by Edwin Doran: Wa, Vinta, and Trimaran. Description of two Pacific outrigger canoes, the single-outrigger Wa of the Caroline Islands and the double outrigger Vinta of the Sulu Archipelago,and comparisons with the modern trimaran.
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$25

30737
POMFRET, John E.
CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH VOYAGES, 1848-1849 - Three Original Narratives: San Marino, Ca., USA. 1954. The Huntington Library. 1st Ed. XII, 246 PP with 2 maps and 3 head pieces. Illustrated hard cover, gilt title on cloth spine, dj. Previous owner's ex-libris vignette on front endpaper, a little faint foxing, o/wise fine. 23.6 x 15.7.
Two of these voyages through the Strait of Magellan, the third one around Cape Horn. Brig North Bend from Boston to San Francisco, 1849. Ship Robert Bowne from New York to San Francisco, 1849. Mail Steamship California from New York to Panama via Rio Valparaiso, Callao and Peyta, 1848.
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$25

52035
PORT OF LONDON AUTHORITY
CLIPPER REGATTA 1975. Official programme: London. 1975. Port of London Authority. 1st Ed. Welcome address by John Lunch. 36 PP with 1 map, 1 colour plan at centrefold, 1 plan, 7 sketches, 19 b/w and 7 colour photos.
Clipper Regatta week: 23-30 August 1975. The Tall Ships by Commander David Cobb. London's new nautical centre, by Robin Knox-Johnson. Navigating the Thames, by T. Hunt...
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62579
[PRINT]
THE CLIPPER SHIP "ANGLESEY", 1150 TONS (colour print): "Frameable" print in colour. Details on the verso of the print. Cardboard backing, clear plastic sheet protection. Oblong format: 30 x 40.
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$10

62581
[PRINT]
SOUTH SEA WHALE FISHERY (colour print): "Frameable" print in colour. Details on the verso of the print. Cardboard backing, clear plastic sheet protection. Oblong format: 30 x 40.
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$10

62576
[PRINT]
Windjammer: BARQUE "HENRY" (colour print): "Frameable" print in colour. Details on the verso of the print. Cardboard backing, clear plastic sheet protection. Oblong format: 30 x 40.
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$10

62578
[PRINT]
Windjammer: "ETHIOPIAN", 838 TONS (colour print): "Frameable" print in colour. Details on the verso of the print. Cardboard backing, clear plastic sheet protection. Fine. Oblong format: 30 x 40.
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$10

62613
[PRINTS]
Bark ORIENT - colour print: Hamburg. c. 1990. Chronik der Seefahrt / Verlag Egon Heinemann. Colour print of the original oil painting held at the Heimatmuseum Bremen-Vegesak. On the verso: details of the Orient in German and English. Faint foxing. Fine. Oblong format: 32 x 41.
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$5

62616
[PRINTS]
Vollschiff / Full-rigged Ship CHRISTIANSHAVN - colour print: Hamburg. c. 1990. Chronik der Seefahrt / Verlag Egon Heinemann. Colour print of the original oil painting held in Denmark. On the verso: details of the Christianshavn in German and English. Faint foxing. Fine. Oblong format: 32 x 41.
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$5

62617
[PRINTS]
Vollschiff / Full-rigged Ship JACOBA CORNELIA CLASINA - colour print: Hamburg. c. 1990. Chronik der Seefahrt / Verlag Egon Heinemann. Colour print of the 1857 original oil painting by C. J. Morel held by the Netherlands Historical Maritime Museum at Amsterdam. On the verso: details of the Jacoba Cornelia Clasina in German and English. Faint foxing. Fine. Oblong format: 32 x 41.
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$5

62566
[PRINTS]
Windjammer: GORCH FOCK (colour print): New York. c. 1970. Mobil Oil Corporation. Print on art paper of a colour photograph supplied by the German Information Center in New York. Near fine. Format: 51 x 35.5.
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$10

36429
PUGET, Ollivier
THE WORLD'S GREAT SAILING SHIPS: New York. 1998. Barnes & Noble. 1st US edition of the 1997 French original Les Plus Beaux Voiliers du Monde. 192 PP with 20 b/w and 231 colour illustrations. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 29.7 x 24.7. 0760709289
From the British three-masted schooner Adix to the Polish three-masted staysail schooner Zawisza Czarny.
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$30

15278
RANDIER, Jean
PHARES CARRES - Journal de Bord des Grands Voiliers: Paris. 1992. Gallimard. 1st Ed. 164 PP with b/w photos. Eps: Facsimile page of a log book. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj. French text. Fine. 31.8 x 24.5. 2070602702
Seamen of the windjammer trade. Life at sea and in port. The roaring forties & the Horn. The cargoes: coal from Wales, nitrate from Chile, grain from US Pacific coast, grain & wool from Australia, the Western approaches: Queenstown, Falmouth...
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$50

22328
RATHE, Gustave
THE WRECK OF THE BARQUE 'STEFANO' OFF THE NORTH-WEST CAPE OF AUSTRALIA IN 1875: Farrar, Straus & Giroux. New York. 1992. 1st US Ed. XIX, (3), 136 PP with 1 map & 16 b/w illust. in text plus 8 pages with 7 colour illust. Hard cover, gilt title on cloth spine, dj. Faint foxing spots on top outside edges, o/wise fine. 23.5 x 15.4. 0374385858
Shipwreck of the Croatian barque "Stefano" registered in Dubrovnick, in October 1875, off Point Cloates. ... the survival of the castaway on this inhospitable coast.
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$25

58026
REES, Gareth
TALL SHIPS: London. 1978. Phaidon Press Ltd. 1st Ed., selected and introduced by Gareth Rees. (8), 64 PP with 2 figures, 24 colour and 48 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Light foxing. Very good. Large format: 41.2 x 29. 0714818526
The large deepwater square-riggers of the period after 1870, and the clipper ship era of the 1850s and 1860s. Photographs and paintings (Montague Dawson, Mark Richard Myers, D.G.M. Gardner, Thomas Somerscales...).
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$20

51676
RENAULT, François
BATEAUX DE NORMANDIE: Douarnenez. 1991. Editions de l'Estran. 1st Ed. 380 PP with b/w illustrations (2 maps, drawings, engravings, plans, photos, and sketches). Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. French text. A few faint foxing spots, o/wise fine. 31.5 x 24.5. 2903707111
Traditional craft of the coasts of Normandy (from Granville to Honfleur).
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$120

70042
RICHARDS, Captain James & Marlene, and HUSTVEDT, Eric
THE SEA IN MY BLOOD - The Life and Times of Captain Andy Publicover: Hantsport, Nova Scotia. 1987. Lancelot Press. 1st Ed. 123 PP with 3 plans, plus XX plates with 1 letterhead, 5 maps and 32 photos. Soft cover, pictorial front cover. Foxing spots on outside edges. Very good. 20.3 x 13.9. 0889993424
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$20

60941
RICKARD, Alan
THE EMIGRANT and other poems: Katoomba. 1993. Westbrook Publishing 1st Ed. (4), 18, (2 blank) PP. Soft cover, illustrated front. Signed by the author on title page. Very good. 19.5 x 13.
16 Poems.
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$15

70882
RIED, Walter
SEGLER DER SIEBEN MEERE - eine Weltgeschichte der Segelschiffahrt mit einer Darstellung der Segelfahrzeuge aller Ozeane: Oldenburg. 1981. Stalling Verlag Gmbh. 1st Ed. Introduction by Dr. Walter Ried. 239 PP with b/w illustrations (4 sketch maps on double page, and 551 drawings, engravings, etchings, paintings and photos). Cloth cover, dj. German text. Faint foxing. Near fine. 30.5 x 24. 3797915209
Sailing ships of the Seven Seas.
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$30

47234
ROBINSON, Richard (editor)
TRAVELLERS IN TIME: Seven Epic Stories of Early Exploration: London. 1986. Queen Anne Press. 1st Ed. 160 PP with 4 maps and 75 bw illust. Hard cover, dj (price-clipped). Faint foxing on outside edges. Near fine. 21.8 x 20. 0356127982
Storm, Cape Horn: The Voyage of the Peking from Hamburg to Chile via Cape Horn, 1929-30, by Captain Irving Johnson. The Home of the Blizzard: Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-14, by Sir Douglas Mawson. Under the Sea: Submarine Adventures and Undersea Film-Making, 1913, by John Williamson...
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$15

16266
ROGERS, Stanley
THE SAILING SHIP, A study in Beauty: New York. 1950. Harper & Brothers. 1st Ed. IX, (3), 98 PP with 9 head pieces and 20 line drawings, plus 8 colour plates (illust. by author). Fp (in colour): Stern of a 17th century Ship. Title page: Galleon. Cloth cover, device (a sea-horse) in blind on front cover, gilt title on spine. Faint foxing. Near fine. 28.5 x 22.
The sailing ship: evolution, anatomy (hull, rigging, sail..), decorations (figureheads, carvings), art of the shipwright...
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$20

44209
ROUSE, Alan
SAIL THE TALL SHIPS: London. 1976. Seafarers Books. 1st Ed. XVI, 141 PP with 6 silhouettes and 18 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj (price-clipped). Fine. 22 x 14.
All you need to know if planning an adventure cruise on a tall ship.
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$15

70161
ROWLAND, John T.
WIND AND SALT SPRAY, The Autobiography of a Sailor: New York. 1965. W. W. Norton & Co. 1st Ed. 220 PP with 1 chart & 2 plans, plus 12 pages with 27 b/w photos. Hard cover, cloth spine, dj. Foxing spots on outside edges and few pages. Very good. 22 x 15.
Stories & anecdotes on clear or stormy days, on board big & small boats, in peace and war (WWI & WWII).
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$30

45712
SALMON, Tom (Introduction)
UNDER SAIL: London. 1986. BBC Publications. 1st Ed. 160 PP with 48 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 22.8 x 15.6. 0563204931
Training under sail, by John H. Hamilton... The Great J-Class by Ian Dear... Old Gaffers for ever, by Robert Simper...
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$10

36628
SCARR, Deryck
THE MAJESTY OF COLOUR: A Life of Sir John Bates Thurston - Volume One: I, The Very Bayonet: Canberra. 1973. Australian National University Press. 1st Ed. XXX, 370 PP with 3 maps, plus 8 pages with 18 b/w photos. Fp: Portrait of Na Kena Vai. Cloth cover, device on front cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Dust jacket lightly rubbed, o/wise near fine. 24.1 x 15.5. 0708107044
Rose to the position of Governor of Fiji, and High Commissioner of the Western Pacific. In 1849, went at sea as a 13 year-old apprentice on a barque from Liverpool shipowner J.J. Melhuish... Shipwrecked on Rotuma Island in 1865...
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$25

62614

Schonerbark / Three-masted Schooner KOERIER - colour print: Hamburg. c. 1990. Chronik der Seefahrt / Verlag Egon Heinemann. Colour print of the original oil painting held by the Netherlands Historical Seafaring Museum at Amsterdam. On the verso: details of the Koerier in German and English. Faint foxing. Fine. Oblong format: 32 x 41.
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$5

48958
SELIGMAN, Adrian
THE VOYAGE OF THE CAP PILAR: London. 1954. Pan Books. Paperback edition of the 1939 original. X, 11-353 PP with 1 drawing and 12 maps, plus 8 pages with 9 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Foxing. Good reading copy. 17.8 x 11.
The tale of 17 young men and a girl who went sailing to the South Seas (October 1936 to September 1938).
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$5

37376
SELIGMAN, Adrian
THE VOYAGE OF THE CAP PILAR: London. 1941. Hodder and Stoughton. 2nd edition of the 1939 original. 320 PP with 1 illustration and 12 maps. Fp: Cap Pilar, homeward bound. FEP: Map of the Route of the Cap Pilar. Cloth cover. Library stamp on front endpaper, renewed rear endpaper. Foxing throughout. Good reading copy. 18 x 12.
The tale of 17 young men and a girl who went sailing to the South Seas (October 1936 to September 1938).
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$5

37375
SELIGMAN, Adrian
THE VOYAGE OF THE CAP PILAR: London. 1941. Hodder and Stoughton. 2nd edition of the 1939 original. 320 PP with 1 illustration and 12 maps. Fp: Cap Pilar, homeward bound. FEP: Map of the Route of the Cap Pilar. Cloth cover, dj (chipped). Foxing spots on outside edges. Very good. 18 x 12.
The tale of 17 young men and a girl who went sailing to the South Seas (October 1936 to September 1938).
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$15

35362
SERVER, Dean
TALL SHIPS - The Magic of Sail: New York. 1999. Todtri. 1st Ed. 128 PP with 3 b/w and 97 Colour illustrations. Pictorial laminated boards, dj. New. 30.6 x 23. 1577171241
Evolution of the Tall Ship. Fundamentals of the Great ships... Tall Ships today: a portfolio (19 colour photos).
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$10

36062
SEVERIN, Tim
THE SINDBAD VOYAGE: London. 1983. Arena Book. 1st paperback edition of the 1982 original. 240 PP with 1 map on double page, 2 pages of plans of the Sohar and 15 b/w illustrations, plus 16 pages with 25 colour photos. Pictorial card cover. Very good. 19.2 x 12.5. 99322900
The building of Sohar (birth place of Sindbad), the re-enactment voyage from Oman to Canton (1980-81), in the footsteps of the early Arab navigators.
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$5

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: Adelaide. 1982. Australasian Maritime Historical Society. 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.
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$30

16339
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: Adelaide. 1982. Australasian Maritime Historical Society. 1st Ed., with a foreword by Ronald Parsons. X, 110 PP with 1 map, 17 b/w photos and drawings. Fp: Construction plans & rigging plans of the Star of Greece. Eps: Sketch showing the total wreck of the Star of Greece. Hard cover, illustrated front cover. Few foxing spots on outside edges. Fine. 21 x 13.8. 0959944834
Wrecked off Willunga, South Australia, on Fiday the 13th of July 1888.
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$15

67140
SHARP, Donld B., WARBURTON III, Barclay H., STANFORD, Peter ...
TALL SHIPS PACIFIC - The Official Souvenir Book and Program: Newport, Rhode Island. 1978. American Sail Training Association. 1st Ed. 80 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 27.3 x 21.7.
Pages 4 to 19: Captain Cook - A Modest, Methodical , Remarkable Man, by Donald. B. Sharp. Pages 20 to 29: Sail Training and the Tall Ships races, by Barclay H. Warburton. Three centuries of Sailing Ships, by Michael Levitt.
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$20

45894
SHAW, Frank H.
SPLENDOUR OF THE SEAS: London. 1953. Edward Stanford Limited. 1st Ed. 206 PP, plus 4 pages with 8 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj (price-clipped). Ageing of paper around the outside edges, o/wise near fine. 22.2 x 14.8.
Authentic & informative story of the British Merchant Navy, from the days of ancient Britons to the two World Wars.
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$15

71503
SHIPLOVERS' SOCIETY OF VICTORIA
THE ANNUAL DOG WATCH - Volume 16: Melbourne. 1959. Shiplovers' Society of Victoria. Issue No. 16 of "The Journal of the Shiplovers' Society of Victoria". Edited by S.A.E. Strom. XVIII, 19-144 PP with b/w illustrations. 21 x 14.5.
Pages 58 to 70: Wreck of the "Dundonald" on Disappointment Island, Auckland Islands, as told to Captain W.E. Eglen, by John Judge, A.B., survivor. ...
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$10

38007
SHORE, Henry N.
SMUGGLING DAYS AND SMUGGLING WAYS: London. 1929. Philip Allan. Reprint of the 1892 original, No. 9 in the Nautilus Library series. 256 PP. Fp: Sketch map showing the chief smuggling entrepots on the continent. Cloth cover, gilt device (nautilus) on front cover, gilt title on sunned spine. Very good. 17.5 x 11.3.
Smuggling between the opposite coasts of the Channel. Containing some chapters from The Unwritten History of Cornwall and other Counties, together with an account of The Rise and Development of the Coastguard.
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$15

68525
SIMPER, Robert
BEACH BOATS OF BRITAIN: Woodbridge, UK. 1984. The Boydell Press. 1st Ed. (8), 160 PP with 9 location maps & 72 b/w photos. Fp: Suffolk beach punt "Alice Maud". Hard cover, dj. Near fine. Scarce. 25.2 x 19.2. 0851151957
The different types of boats found around the coast of Britain, using landing places and no-shelter harbours, needing to be hauled out and brought above the high water mark.
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$35

10853
SIMPER, Robert
SAIL - The Surviving Tradition: London. 1984. Conway. 1st Ed. 161 PP with 142 b/w illust. (3 engravings, 139 photos). Fp: Aloft on the Barque Passat. Half-title page: Kruzenstern & Peking. FEP: The wooden kotter Wilhelmina, the steel klipper Aja and the steel tjalk Anna Roosje. REP: On board the barque Marques approaching Harwich. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 24.5 x 19. 0851773176
The Golden Age of sail - Training under sail... Working sail.
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$10

69462
SMITH, David E.
TALL SHIPS ON CAMERA: The Photographs of David E. Smith: Liverpool. 1992. National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside. 1st Ed., with an introduction by David Williams. 64 PP with b/w illustrations (1 portrait and 49 photos of tall ships). Pictorial card cover. Near fine. 29.7 x 21. 0906367557
Catalogue of an exhibition held in 1992 to celebrate the 500th anniversary of Columbus voyage of Discovery to the Americas.
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$15

40725
SMITH, James Montagu
SEND THE BOY TO SEA - The Memoirs of a Sailor on the Goldfields: Melbourne. 2001. Five Mile Press. 1st Ed. Introduction, notes and epilogue by Peter Cuffley. XIV, 322 PP with 1 b/w illustration and 5 extracts of logbooks, plus 8 pages with 24 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 23 x 15. 1865035661
4 voyages to Australia, and 1 coastal crossing. Ship Lancastrian, in 1851. Transport ship Sir Robert Seppings, in 1852. Passage in the barque Chicora from Melbourne to London in 1854. Clipper ship Red Jacket from Liverpool to Melbourne in 1855. Passage on the paddle-steamer London from Melbourne to Sydney, in 1856. Passage from Sydney to London on the ship La Hogue in 1857.
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$20

48400
SPIERS, Captain George
THE WAVERTREE, Being an Account of an Ocean Wanderer and Particularly of a Voyage Around the Horn in 1907-1908 from the Narrative of ...: New York. 1971. South Street Seaport Museum. 1st paperback edition of the 1969 original. Foreword by Alan Villiers. VIII, (2), 134 PP with 3 pages of plans, 1 map & 8 drawings, plus 22 pages with 22 b/w photos. Fp: The Wavertree off Cape Horn from oil painting by Oswald L. Brett. Folded flyer / poster (in colour) on "The Wavertree" by South Street Seaport, loosely inserted. Pictorial soft cover. Spine sunned. Light foxing. Top corner of pages 103 to 108 and lower corner of last leaf with insect damage (not affecting text or the map). Very good. 25.5 x 17.8.
Story of this tall ship, now a floating museum in New York.
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$25

71611
STAMMERS, Michael K.
THE PASSAGE MAKERS: Teredo Books. Brighton, Sussex. 1978. 1st Ed., with an introduction by Ross Osmond. XX, (2), 508 PP with 96 b/w & 22 colour illustrations. FEP: The meeting of the Vision and the Schomberg near the line. REP: Plan of the Liverpool and Birkenhead Dock Estate. Cloth cover, gilt device on front cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price clipped). Dust jacket has a small rub at top near spine and is in a protective plastic sleeve. A near fine copy of a scarce item. 25 x 19. 090366206X
Sub-title: The history of the Black Ball Line of Australian Packets, 1852-1871; of the men who founded the Company and guided its fortunes; of their ships and captains, some of whom were amongst the most famous in the annals of Maritime History and many of which have received little notice, of the emigrants both in the days of the Gold Rush and afterwards, and of the other ventures of this outstanding Shipping Company, together with the background to its operation.
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$120

71174
STANTON, Harley
MY CATHEDRAL IN THE SEA - A History of the Conway: Hobart. 2019. Forty South Publishing. 1st Ed. XVIII, 222 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. FEP: Map UK to Australia with "The Last of England ". REP: Map UK to Australia with "Sydney Cove". Pictorial boards "Men furling sails in high seas on the Garthsnaid". New. 24.5 x 21.5. 9780648532897
Conway built 1851 in Saint John, New Brunswick ... Abandoned in the North Atlantic in 1875. 5 crossings to Australia.
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$65

20479
STEVENS, Errol Wayne (editor)
INCIDENTS OF A VOYAGE TO CALIFORNIA 1849 - A diary of a travel aboard the bark Hersilia, and in Sacramento, 1850: Los Angeles, Ca. USA. 1987. The Western History Association. 1st Ed., with a foreword by Martin Ridge. 44, (2), PP with 1 b/w illust & 2 facsimiles of documents. Fp: Page one of the Hersilia diary. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover. Fine. 23.5 x 15.5.
Sailed from Providence, Rhodes Island, on 8th January 1849, left New York on 22nd January, calls at Santa Catarina off the coast of Brazil and Valparaiso in Chile, arrived San Francisco 9th August 1849.
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$15

62563
STOBART, John
Windjammer: TUSITALA (colour print): New York. c. 1970. Mobil Oil Corporation. Print on art paper of a colour painting by John Stobart. Near fine. Oblong format: 35.5 x 51.
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$10

62556
STOBART, John, SOMERSCALES, Thomas & CROSS, Roy
"SAILING SHIPS" - Prints in colour from a BP CALENDAR: London. c. 1980. British Petroleum. 7 PP, including 6 "Frameable" prints in colour. Fine. Oblong format: 31.5 x 42.5.
6 prints of sailing ships details on each painter and their paintings in English. Thomas Somerscales: A Barque running before a Gale. John Stobart: Atlantic Packet Ship in the Setting - Ariel and Taeping. Roy Cross: American Black Ball Line - Mediterranean Trade - U.S. Naval Frigate Constellation.
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$15

35344
SUDBURY, Neil (editor)
RETURN OF THE BOUNTY - Flagship of the Fleet: Sydney. 1988. Australian Hi-Fi Publications. 1st Ed. 1988 Commemorative Edition. 64 PP with 6 pages of advertising material, 25 b/w illust. and 46 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 27.5 x 21.2. 0959126120
Pictorial souvenir. Re-enactement Fleet of 1987/1988.
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$5

18528
SVENSSON, Sam
SAILS THROUGH THE CENTURIES: New York. 1965. Macmillan. 1st US Ed. 116 PP with 68 illustrations by Gordon Macfie (1 figurehead, 7 b/w pen and ink, and 60 colour line drawings). Decorated hard cover. Fine. 19.2 x 18.8.
Various types of vessels and their historical backgrounds.
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$10

49510
SWAN, Rear Admiral Rothesay (editor)
TALL SHIPS - AUSTRALIA - 1988: Sydney. c. 1987. Australian Bicentennial Authority. 1st Ed. No pagination, 14 PP with colour illustration (1 cutaway on a double page, 2 sketch plans, 8 ships types and 19 photos). Inside back cover: Map of Australia. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 21.
Invitation to participate in the Tall Ship gathering organised for the 1988 bicentennial celebration of Australia.
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$5

60312
SWAN, Rear Admiral Rothesay (editor)
THE TALL SHIPS ARE COMING TO AUSTRALIA - 1988: Sydney. c. 1988. Australian Bicentennial Authority. 1st Ed., with a message by R. Hawke, Prime Minister. No pagination, 12 PP with b/w illustrations (1 map, 9 sketches and colour illustrations (1 sketch plan, 1 map, 1 National flag, 7 State flags and 20 photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.7 x 21.
Tall Ship gathering organised for the 1988 bicentennial celebration of Australia.
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$10

20929
SWAN, Rear Admiral Rothesay, ROWLANDS, Taffy, & LUKAS, Isabel
TALL SHIPS - AUSTRALIA - 1988 / A BULLETIN: Sydney. 1988. Australian Bicentennial Authority. 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.
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$5

62170
TALL SHIPS
THE SAILING SHIPS OF THE WORLD: 1976. 1st Ed. 96 PP with b/w illustrations (3 profiles and 14 photos) and colour illustrations: 2 drawings by Ryo, 1 plate with 14 knots, 1 Mast and Sail plans of the Nippon Maru (on double page), 17 profiles of sailing ships and 111 photos (6 on double page). Laminated boards, title on front board and spine, dj. Japanese text, with the exception of the name of the ships and 2 pages with details of these ships. Fine. 29.5 x 22.7.
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$20

69192
TAYLOR, Joely
BACKTRACKS: Recollections of remarkable Australians: Melbourne. 2015. Billycan Press / Well Writ. 1st Ed. (6), 90 PP with 26 b/w illustrations: 1 cartoon, 8 portraits and 17 photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 23.3 x 15.3. 9780994237026
4 remarkable Australians: Captain Donald L. Garnham, Cape Horner. Jean Nysen (McKenzie), WRANS. ...
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$30

36892
THIELE, Ron
KETCH HAND - Life aboard the little ships of the South Australian Gulfs: Epping, NSW. c. 1970. Graeme Andrews Productions. 1st Ed. 48 PP with 19 b/w photos. Inside front cover: The last Gulf Ketch "Annie Watt". Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 23 x 15.6.
Details of 43 South Australian Ketches, on pages 47, 48 and the inside of the back cover.
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$20

15982
THOMAS, Mifflin
SCHOONER FROM WINDWARD - Two Centuries of Hawaiian Inter-island Shipping: Honolulu. 1983. University of Hawaii Press. 1st Ed. (8), 239 PP with 7 maps & 66 b/w illust. Hard cover, dj. Small closed tear on top of dust jacket, o/wise near fine. 24.2 x 21.5. 0824807995
The transition from canoe to sailing ship, to the steam ship followed by the tug & barge combination, intermingled with the history of the archipelago.
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$25

17901
TOGHILL, Jeff
THE JAMES CRAIG - Her history, recovery and restoration: Sydney. 1979. Reed. Reprint of the 1978 original. 32 PP with 1 ship profile, 1 map, 9 bw and 48 col. photos in text. Inside back cover: 2 bw photos of the James Craig under full canvas, and in her port of registry. Pictorial soft cover (painting of James Craig by Oswald Brett). Fine. 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...
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$5

33753
TOGHILL, Jeff
THE JAMES CRAIG - Her history, recovery and restoration: Sydney. 1978. Reed. 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). Inside of front cover with a rubbed patch at the lower part. 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...
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$5

15434
TROTT, Harlan & KORTUM, Karl
THE SCHOONER THAT CAME HOME, The Final Voyage of the C.A. Thayer: Cambridge, Maryland, USA. 1958. Cornell Maritime Press. 1st Ed. XIV, 117 PP with 51 bw photos by Karl Kortum. Fp: Crew variously employed... A busy ship is a happy ship. Pict. card cover. Insect damage on lower corner of front cover, o/wise very good. 22.8 x 15.3.
Built at Fairhaven, California in 1895, and now part of the Maritime Museum of San Francisco.
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$15

68629
UNDERHILL, Harold A.
PLANK-ON-FRAME MODELS AND SCALE MASTING & RIGGING - VOLUME II: Brown, Son & Ferguson. Glasgow. 1985. 6th reprint of the 1960 original. Vol.II: X, 148 PP with 89 sketches, plus 14 pages with 27 b/w photos & 5 full-page plates at rear of book. Cloth cover, dj (price clipped). A near fine copy. 23.5 x 17.5. 0851742920
The bible for the ship modeller. Volume II: Mast-making and rigging, sailing models & power-craft hulls.
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$55

49412
VALERY, Paul
MER MARINES MARINS: Paris. 1930. Firmin-Didot. 1st edition, in the Collection Images du Monde. Limited to 500 numbered copies (No. 135/500). 14 PP, plus 96 b/w plates with legends by Georges Dupuy. Stiff cover. Foxing spots on outside edges and some pages. French text. Very good. 26.5 x 20.
French poet and vision of the Sea, the Sailors...
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67462
VAN KEULEN, Gérard
Hempel reprints of 3 CHARTS - Carte de la Nouvelle-France - Carte navale des Indes Orientales - Curaçao: Paris. c. 1990. Hempel Peintures Marine France S.A. 3 frameable reprints of the 1734 original by Gérard Van Keulen, published in 1734 in "Lichtende Zee-Fackel" in Amsterdam, and held at "La Biblothèque Royale, Copenhague, Danemark". Oblong format: 31 x 35.5.
Nouvelle France / Canada - Indian Ocean, Western Part - Curaçao, Netherland West Indies.
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65477
VILLIERS, Alan
BY WAY OF CAPE HORN: New York. 1930. Henry Holt. 4th printing in December 1930 of the May 1930 original. XII, 336 PP, plus 1 folded map at rear of book and 12 b/w plates with 23 b/w photos by Ronald Gregory Walker and the author. Fp: "Grace Harwar" under sail. Cloth cover a little soiled, (no dj). Spine lightly sunned. Occasional foxing. Near fine. 22.3 x 15.5.
The author's first deep sea voyage on the tall ship "Grace Harvar" April to September 1929 from Wallaroo (South Australia) to Queenstown (Ireland).
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64779
VILLIERS, Alan
LAST OF THE WIND SHIPS: Routledge. London. 1934. 1st Ed. XVIII, 59, (3) PP with 2 figures on double page (Rough Chart of the Parma / Sail and Rigging sketch), plus 208 b/w plates with photos by author. Top edge tinted. Original cloth cover, (no dj), title on front board and a lightly sunned spine. Faint foxing, o/wise near fine. Scarce. 25.5 x 19.5.
Two voyages in the four-masted barque "Parma".
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$120

69532
VILLIERS, Alan
OF SHIPS AND MEN - A Personal Anthology: New York. 1965. Arco Publishing. 2nd printing of the 1964 US edition. 206 PP, plus 32 pages with 40 b/w photos. FEP: Deck of a square-rigger awash. REP: Deck of a cargo ship in rough seas. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price clipped and a little chipped). Top edge tinted and with a discoloured patch. Edges of covers with light speckles. Name of previous owner on half title page. Very good. 25.4 x 15.8.
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18672
VILLIERS, Alan
SEA-DOGS OF TO-DAY: London. 1934. George G. Harrap. Reprint of 1932 original. 284 PP with 32 half tone photographs. Fp: Jim the Londoner. Cloth cover. Covers soiled, spine faded. Note on front endpaper. Foxing throughout although not affecting plates, o/wise good. 21.5 x 14.8.
The story of Larsen, Master Whaler Gustaf Erikson of Marieham, the John Steward Line of square-riggers...
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71754
VILLIERS, Alan
THE SET OF THE SAILS, The Story of a Cape Horn Seaman: Hodder & Stoughton. London. 1949. 1st Ed. 247 PP with 1 map, plus 24 pages with 32 b/w photos. Fp: The Set of the Sails!. Top edge tinted. Eps: World map with route of some tall ships. Cloth cover, dj. Cloth cover is a little worn and rubbed around edges, dust jacket with parts missing and is in a protective sleeve. Foxing on some pages and edges. Very good. 22.8 x 15.5.
The life at sea under sail of Capt. Alan Villiers.
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64780
VILLIERS, Alan
VOYAGE OF THE "PARMA" - The Great Grain Race of 1932: London. 1933. Geoffrey Bles. 1st Ed. X, 261 PP, plus 32 pages with 31 b/w photos. Fp: The 'Parma' under sail. Blue cloth cover, (no dj), gilt title on front cover and on a lightly sunned spine. Slight ageing of paper and occasional foxing. Near fine. Scarce. 25.5 x 19.5.
The voyage of the four-masted barque "Parma" in the grain race of the last of the sailing ships from Australia to the British Isles.
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$100

65991
VILLIERS, Alan
WILD OCEAN - The Story of the North Atlantic and the Men who Sailed It: New York. 1957. McGraw-Hill. 1st US Ed. VI, (4), 326 PP, plus 12 Pages with 30 b/w illust. Illustrated title spread. FEP: Currents of the North Atlantic. REP: Prevailing January winds of the North Atlantic. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Dust jacket with small chips and rubbed patches. Note on verso of front endpaper. Slight ageing of paper and foxing spots on outside edges. Very good. 21.8 x 15.
The turbulent and unpredictable ocean, the men and ships who challenged it.
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18693
VILLIERS, Alan & TAYLOR, Alexander
BY FULL-RIGGED SHIP TO DENMARK'S FAIRYLAND ( National Geographic, Volume CVIII, No. 6, 1955): Washington. 1955. N.G.S. Volume CVIII, No.6, December 1955. Includes article from P. 809 to 828 with 2 maps, 3 b/w photos and 25 colour photos. Good. 25.2 x 17.5.
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18452
WALKER, David
CHAMPION OF SAIL - R W Leyland and his Shipping Line: London. 1986. Conway. 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.
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65472
WALLACE, Frederick William
IN THE WAKE OF THE WIND-SHIPS. Notes, Records and Biographies pertaining to the Square-rigged Merchant Marine of British North America: London. 1927. Hodder & Stoughton. 1st Ed. XII, 282 PP, plus 60 pages with 84 b/w photos. Fp: Ship "Ocean Monarch". FEP: Map of the maritime provinces of Canada. Dark green cloth cover, vignette in blind on front cover, gilt title on spine. Front and back covers of the dust jacket trimmed and loosely inserted. Offsetting of endpapers and foxing throughout, but still a very good copy. 22.5 x 14.2.
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$65

20453
WARWICK, Mark
CLIPPERS (in Sportdiving in Australia & the South Pacific): Melbourne. 1993. Mountain, Ocean & Travel Publications. No. 37, April/May 1993. Includes article from P.96 to 103 with 2 maps & 8 bw photos. Pict. soft cover. New. 27.5 x 21.
The clipper ship saga.
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$15

40306
WEAVER, Chase
A GUIDE TO THE ALLEN KNIGHT AND CAPT. WALTER F. LEE PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTIONS: Monterey, Ca. 1986. The Allen Knight Maritime Museum. 1st Ed. (3), III, 90 PP with 21 b/w photos. Title page: Defender yacht Columbia, 1901. Inside front cover: Barkentine Lochiel... Inside back cover: Port Adelaide River, South Australia, 1896. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27.8 x 21.7.
Allen Knight collection: Fishing vessels, Military vessels, Motorships/Steamers, Sailing vessels, Figureheads. Captain Walter Frederick Lee collection: Vessels, Ports and coastal areas.
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$15

15354
WERE, Jonathan Binns
A VOYAGE FROM PLYMOUTH TO MELBOURNE IN 1839, The Shipboard and Early Melbourne Diary of ...: Melbourne. 1964. J. B. Were & Son. 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.
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$40

30013
WHALL, W. B. (editor)
SEA SONGS AND SHANTIES: Glasgow. 1948. Brown, Son & Ferguson. Reprint of the 1927 (6th) enlarged edition (original of 1910). XX, (1), 154 PP with musical scores harmonised by R.H. Whall and Ernest Reeves and 40 b/w illust. (photos, drawings, tail pieces). Fp: Tea Clipper Cutty Sark. Cloth cover, dj. (price clipped). Small pieces missing from the dust jacket, and corresponding discoloured marks on cloth cover. Occasional foxing. Very good copy. 24.3 x 18.
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$20

64151
WHEELER, Charles
THE JOURNAL OF CHARLES WHEELER - His account of his Voyage from London to Port Phillip aboard the ship "Edwin Fox" in 1856: Toowoomba. 2011. Peter Fox / Cranbrook Press. 1st Ed., with an introduction by Peter Fox. 92 PP with b/w illustrations (coastal views, drawings, engravings and photos) and 2 colour illustrations (ship model and portrait). Scanned copy of his original handwritten journal between pages 48 and 92. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.7 x 21. 9780987142405
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$25

64153
WHEELER, Edward
THE JOURNAL OF EDWARD WHEELER - His account of his travels on the Rock Island Pacific Rail Road 1874: Toowoomba. 2011. Peter Fox / Cranbrook Press. 1st Ed., with an introduction by Peter Fox. 213 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Scanned copy of his original handwritten journal between pages 63 and 213. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.7 x 21. 9780987142429
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$35

64152
WHEELER, Edward
THE JOURNAL OF EDWARD WHEELER - His account of his Voyage from London to Brisbane aboard the migrant sailing ship "Golden Empire" in 1863: Toowoomba. 2011. Peter Fox / Cranbrook Press. 1st Ed., with an introduction by Peter Fox. 82 PP with 11 b/w illustrations (drawings and photos) and 4 colour illustrations (2 maps, 1 photo and a portrait). Scanned copy of his original handwritten journal between pages 41 and 82. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.7 x 21. 9780987142412
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$25

17948
WHIPPLE, A.B.C.
THE CHALLENGE: New York. 1987. William Morrow. 1st Ed. 320 PP with 13 b/w illustrations. Eps: World map of winds and routes. Hard cover, cloth spine, dj (price-clipped). Occasional foxing. Note at lower part of front endpaper. Near fine. 24.2 x 16. 0688071120
The life of Robert Waterman, the preeminent clipper ship captain and the race in 1851 to beat the record of the Flying Cloud. Story of this era: designer of clipper ships, oceanographers, ...
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$25

37648
WHIPPLE, A.B.C. (editor)
THE CLIPPER SHIPS: Amsterdam. 1984. Time-Life Books. 6th European English language printing of the 1980 original, in The Seafarers series. 176 PP with b/w and colour illust. Title page: Brass bell of the Cutty Sark, 1869. FEP: Map of the world plyed by the Clipper Ships. Simile leather covers, colour vignette (clipper ship Golden State) on front cover. Foxing on half title page, o/wise near fine. 28.7 x 24. 0705406318
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37646
WHIPPLE, A.B.C. (editor)
THE CLIPPER SHIPS: Amsterdam. 1982. Time-Life Books. 2nd European English language printing of the 1980 original, in The Seafarers series. 176 PP with b/w and colour illust. Title page: Brass bell of the Cutty Sark, 1869. Eps: Map of the world plyed by the Clipper Ships. Simile leather covers, colour illustration (clipper ship Golden State) pasted down on front cover. Near fine. 28.7 x 24. 0705406318
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49970
WHITE, Archie
SAILING SHIPS: London. 1951. Penguin Books 1st Ed., No. 88 in the Puffin Picture Book series. 32 PP with 16 b/w and 14 colour illustrationd by the author. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. Oblong: 18 x 22.
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43609
WHITE, Archie
SAILING SHIPS: London. 1951. Penguin Books 1st Ed., No. 88 in the Puffin Picture Book series. 32 PP with 16 b/w and 14 colour illustrationd by the author. Pictorial soft cover (spine repaired). Very good. Oblong: 18 x 22.
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$5

71713
WHITE, L. G. W.
SHIPS, COOLIES AND RICE: Sampson Low, Marston. London. 1936. 1st Ed. XII, (2), 306 PP, plus 8 b/w plates. Original cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price clipped). Ageing of paper on outside edges and offsetting on endpapers. Name of previous owner on front endpaper. Dust jacket has some pieces missing and is in a protective sleeve. Contents are near fine. Quite scarce with a dust jacket. 23.8 x 14.5.
History of James Nourse Line which began with the full-rigged ship "Ganges" in 1861. Coolie trade, WWI...
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$80

30980
WHITEHEAD, John Hurt, III
THE WATERMEN OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY: Centreville, Maryland. 1987. Tidewater Publishers. 2nd edition of the 1979 original. No pagination, 166 PP with colour photos. Title page: Chesapeake bay schooners. Cloth cover, dj. Light foxing, o/wise near fine. 31.2 x 23. 0870333747
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63886
WILL, Captain John Baxter
TRADING UNDER SAIL OFF JAPAN: The recollections of Captain John Baxter Will, Sailing Master & Pilot: Tokyo. & Tallahassee, Fl. 1968. Sophia University & The Diplomatic Press. Edited with a Historical Introduction by George Alexander Lensen. XVI, 190 PP, plus a woodcut frontispiece, 2 plates and 4 folded plates (1 in colour). Fp: John Baxter Will's bookplate. Decorated endpapers. Cloth cover, vignette on spine with gilt title. Misbound copy with 8 pages blank. Pages 130, 131, 134, 135, 138, 139, 142 & 143 with photocopy of pages tipped in. Occasional foxing. Very good reading copy. 27 x 18.5.
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$10

40647
WILMORE, C. Ray
SQUARE RIGGER ROUND THE HORN - The Making of a Sailor: Camden, Maine. 1972. International Marine. 1st Ed. (6), 220, (4) PP with 1 facsimile of "Certificate of Discharge" and 7 b/w photos. Fp: The "John Ena". Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price-clipped and a little rubbed). Near fine. 23.2 x 15.7. 0877420165
Voyage from Honolulu to Philadelphia in 1911, on board the four-masted barque "John Ena". Honolulu 14th of May 1911. Cape Horn 30th June. Arrived 27th August 1911.
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$45

62940
WILSON, Capt. John Aa.
WOODEN WALLS TO DISTANT SHORES - A Maritime Concoction and the Regina Maris Saga: Oslo. 1984. Author. 1st Ed. 346 PP with 1 colour photo and b/w illustrations. 3 sheet "addenda" loosely inserted. Fp: The Regina Maris under sail. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj (rubbed and creased and a few repaired small tears). Faint foxing o/wise fine . 27 x 21.
An unusual book.
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$40

34555
WINDJAMMERS
TALL SHIPS AND AUSTRALIA DAY: Sydney. 1988. Telecom Australia. 1st Ed. No pagination, 50 PP with 24 colour plates. Pictorial soft cover, spiral bound. Covers with light wear, o/wise near fine. Oblong: 28.8 x 30.6.
Pictorial souvenir of the 1988 historic bicentennial visit of tall ships to Australian shores.
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$25

69139
WOLFF, Geoffrey
THE HARD WAY AROUND: The Passages of Joshua Slocum: New York. 2011. Vintage Books. 1st Ed. (14), 220, (4) PP with 24 b/w illustrations. Soft covers, illustrated front. Fine. 20.3 x 13. 9780307745453
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$20

70033
WORTHEN, Marian L.
FOR LOVE OF THE SEA - The Autobiography of Captain Robert H. Worthen: Hantsport, Nova Scotia. 1987. Lancelot Press. 1st Ed. 159 PP, plus VIII plates with 1 drawing and 11 photos. Fp: portrait of Captain Worthen as a Sub. Lieutenant. Soft cover, pictorial front. Covers a little rubbed, o/wise near fine. Scarce. 20 x 13.8. 0889993254
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17098
ZABLE, Arnold
MELANESIAN DIARY, A Six Day Voyage by Outrigger to Port Moresby [in GEO Magazine]: Sydney. 1982. Rigby. Vol.4, No.1. March, 1982. Article pages 94 to 105 with 1 map and 12 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 28 x 20.5.
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$10

20452
ZUIDHOEK, Arne
ALLE HENS, Sail' 85 Amsterdam: Weesp, Netherlands. 1985. De boer Maritiem. 1st Ed. 120 PP with bw and colour illust. Laminated pict. boards. Dutch text. Very good. 28 x 21.5. 9022818861
The 1985 gathering of Sails in Amsterdam. Delightful illustrations.
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$20