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35590
ANDERSON, Romola & R.C.
THE SAILING-SHIP, Six Thousand Years of History
$15.00 AUD

Bonanza. New York. c. 1965. Reprint (B) of the 1963 US edition. 212 PP with 134 figures, 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.

21127
BAILEY, Alfred M. & SORENSEN, J.H.
SUBANTARCTIC CAMPBELL ISLAND
$60.00 AUD

Denver Museum of Natural History. Denver. 1962. 1st Ed. (6), 305 PP with 1 location map , 1 map, and 230 b/w photos. Original covers, gilt title on front cover and a dulled spine. Fine. 26 x 18.5.

Proceedings No.10 of the Denver Museum of Natural History which followed their 1958 expedition to this island. History, expeditions, geology, flora & fauna..

10844
BRAY, Maynard
MYSTIC SEAPORT WATERCRAFT
$35.00 AUD

Mystic Seaport Museum. Mystic, Conn. 1986. 2nd Ed. XVII, (3), 296, (2) PP with 434 illust. & 53 selected plans. Pictorial stiff covers. Near fine. 25.2 x 21.5. 0913372382

220 craft in the collection fully described.

17966
BROPHY, Patrick
SAILING SHIPS
$5.00 AUD

Paul Hamlyn. London. 1974. 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.

21220
BURTON, Robert
THE LIFE AND DEATH OF WHALES
$15.00 AUD

Universe Books. New York. 1973. 2nd printing of the 1973 original. 159 PP with 2 tables and 21 figures, plus 8 pages with 14 b/w photos. Eps: 17 species of whales. Hard cover, dj (price-clipped). Light foxing, mostly around page edges, o/wise near fine. 21.5 x 16.4. 0876631839

Study of whales, life at sea, behaviour, birth & death. The whaling industry: founding, development, sperm whales,.. legislation & conservation.

74553
BURTON, Robert
THE LIFE AND DEATH OF WHALES
$10.00 AUD

Andre Deutsch. London. 1980. 2nd edition revised and enlarged. 185 PP with 20 b/w figures and 3 tables in text, plus 8 pages with 14 b/w photos. Hard cover, dust jacket (price-clipped). Dust jacket a little creased and endpapers and some pages a little ruffled. Still a good copy. 22 x 14. 0233971300

19057
CABLE, Boyd
A HUNDRED YEAR HISTORY OF THE P. & O. 1837-1937, Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company
$65.00 AUD

Ivor Nicholson and Watson. London. 1937. 1st Ed. X, 289 PP with 10 pages of silhouette sketches, plus 18 plates on full page (12 colour, 6 b/w). Fp (in colour): Armorial Bearings of the P & O. Eps: Maps of P & O routes. Original cloth cover, gilt device on front cover, gilt title on spine, dj. "Compliments" slip tipped in on preliminary page. Remnants of sellotape on top of half title page. Occasional foxing, o/wise a near fine copy. 24 x 19.

16472
COLEMAN, Neville
SHELLS ALIVE!
$10.00 AUD

Rigby. Adelaide. 1981. 1st Ed. 94, (2 index) PP with over 140 b/w or colour illustrations. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket is rubbed around edges, o/wise near fine. 26.2 x 19.8. 0727013467

Composition, forms, growth & colour of shells. Names & classes.

22619
COSTELLO, J. & HUGHES, Terry
THE BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC
$10.00 AUD

Collins. London. 1977. 1st Ed. (6), 314 PP with b/w illust. (maps, photos, tables). Title-page: Convoy. FEP: Mappemonde of WWII. REP: Type VIIc U-Boat. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 26 x 19.6. 00021604810

The battle which spanned all the war years in European waters.

20545
DEAYTON, Alistair
STEAM SHIPS OF EUROPE
$10.00 AUD

Conway. London. 1988. 1st Ed. 192 PP with b/w photos plus 16 pages with 35 colour photos. Fp: Blidosund at Svartloga. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Occasional foxing, o/wise fine. 27.5 x 20.5. 0815774784

An illustrated guide to veteran passenger vessels: their routes & areas of operation, profiles of passengers...

35580
DULLES, Foster Rhea
THE OLD CHINA TRADE
$30.00 AUD

Macdonald & Jane's. London. 1974. Reprint in the Macdonald Maritime History series. (18), 228 PP, plus 12 plates with 16 b/w illustrations. Fp: The Canton factories before 1821. Decorated cloth cover, dj (price clipped). Dust jacket rubbed on back and with spine sunned. Foxing spots on outside edges. Internally very good. 22 x 14. 0356047555

The Yankee traders from the end of the US War of Independence to the Treaty of Wanghia signed in 1844. Seal fisheries, beche-de-mer and sandalwood from the South Seas, opium trade and war,...

74939
EDWARDS, Herbert W.
UNDER FOUR FLAGS
$35.00 AUD

Percival Marshall. London. 1954. 1st Ed. 223 PP plus 8 pages with 14 b/w photos. Fp: Steel-built three-masted barque at the end of the nineteenth century. Hard cover, chipped dust jacket is in a protective sleeve, o/wise contents are fine. 22.2 x 15.

Apprentice on the Norwegian square-rigger Solheim. Under the Red Ensign of the British Merchant Service, the Blue Ensign of the RNR and the White Ensign of the RN.

12382
FABB, J. (editor)
VICTORIAN AND EDWARDIAN NAVY FROM OLD PHOTOGRAPHS
$15.00 AUD

B. T. Batsford Ltd. London. 1976. 1st Ed. Introduction by A. P. McGowan. No pagination. 144 pages with 172 b/w photos. Fp: Flag Captain HMS Majestic. Hard cover, dj (price-clipped). Near fine. 25.4 x 19.2. 0713431229

Life and work at sea, training and leisure, campaigns, Royal Marines, Royal Navy, personalities and uniforms.

15818
FINNEY, C. M.
TO SAIL BEYOND THE SUNSET, Natural History in Australia 1699-1829
$20.00 AUD

Rigby. Adelaide. 1984. 1st Ed. X, 206 PP with 54 b/w & 92 colour illust. Eps: Map of New Holland and plan around Sydney. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 31.2 x 23.5. 0727018817

Natural history from discoverers & explorers followed by scientific expeditions: with Matthew Flinders on the Investigator and with Baudin on the Géographe.

18612
FRAME, T.R., GOLDRICK, J.V.P., JONES, P.D.
REFLECTIONS ON THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY
$30.00 AUD

Kangaroo Press. Sydney. 1991. 1st Ed. (8), 417 PP with 1 figure (a DDG: "Suggestion B"). Laminated pictorial boards. Foxing spots on top outside edge, o/wise fine. 22.2 x 14.8. 9780864173560

The development of the R.A.N. within the context of Australian and Commonwealth defence and diplomatic history.

18651
FRAME, Tom
PACIFIC PARTNERS - A History of Australian-American Naval Relations
$5.00 AUD

Hodder & Stoughton. Sydney. 1992. 1st Ed. XIII, 200 PP with 10 maps, 2 figures in text plus 24 pages with 41 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing on outside edges and prelims, o/wise near fine. 24.2 x 15.7. 034045585X

20203
GIBBS, James A.
PACIFIC GRAVEYARD
$15.00 AUD

Bindfords & Mort. Portland, Oreg. 1973. Second printing of the 3rd edition. 296 PP with b/w illust. (photos, maps & draw.). Eps: Shipwreck chart of this Pacific Graveyard. Pictorial soft cover. Covers a little rubbed with one crease. Faint foxing. Very good. 21.4 x 14. 0832302252

A narrative of shipwrecks where the Columbia river meets the Pacific Ocean.

10886
GLOUX, Hervé
VOILIERS DE PECHE DU XXe SIECLE
$25.00 AUD

Editions Du May.. Paris. c. 1992. 1st Ed., in Voiliers des Côtes de France series. 168 PP with b/w & colour photos by Michel Thersiquel. Hard cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj. Fine. French text. 29 x 23.5. 2906450685

The traditional fishing craft of the coasts of France. The French fishing ports.

14336
GRAVES, Charles
THE THIN RED LINES
$20.00 AUD

Standard Art Book. London. ND, 1950? 1st Ed. 183 PP plus 26 pages with 33 b/w photos. Fp: The Blue Train (water colour). Eps: The two 24 hour clocks (Northern & Southern hemispheres) in the court room at Electra House. Cloth cover,dj. A few chips and marks on dust jacket, o/wise a very good clean copy. 22.2 x 15.

The achievements of the Telcom personnel who, during WWII, maintained the telecommunication services linking the British Empire by 155,000 miles of cable & 200,000 miles of wireless network. Cable ships during the War.

17975
GROBECKER, Kurt & NEUMANN, Peter
SEA CLOUD, Legend Unter Weissen Seglen
$25.00 AUD

Verlaghaus die Barque. Hamburg. 1986. 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.

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

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

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

16031
HILDER, Brett
NAVIGATOR IN THE SOUTH SEAS
$25.00 AUD

Percival Marshall. London. 1961. 1st Ed. (6), 232 PP with many illust. by the author. Ep: Map of the South West Pacific by the author. Hard cover, dj (price-clipped), top edge tinted. Dust jacket with a few rubs/chips and in a protective sleeve. Near fine. 23.2 x 16.

Until his death in 1981, Captain Hilder sailed the various South Pacific archipelagoes and the Indonesian islands. His first years at sea & his WWII years.

15933
HOEHLING, A. A. & Mary
THE LAST VOYAGE OF THE LUSITANIA
$5.00 AUD

Quality Book Club / Longmans, Green & Co. London. 1957. 1st UK edition of the 1956 US original. VIII, 184 PP plus 16 pages with 22 b/w illust. Hard cover, title and libary number on spine (dulled) but no stamps inside. Good reading copy. Image shows title-page. 22.2. x 14.8.

Chronicle of the last days of this Atlantic liner, of her crew & passengers up to her torpedo sinking on May 7 1915 off the coast of Ireland. Loss of 1198 lives (124 of them American). The experiences of the survivors, the rescue..

15717
HOOPER, Meredith
DOCTOR HUNGER AND CAPTAIN THIRST - Stories of Australian Explorers
$20.00 AUD

Methuen. Sydney. 1982. 1st Ed. 144 PP with b/w illust. Fp: Expedition horses & items of equipment. Eps: Map of Australia. Hard cover, dj. Few foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise near fine. 26 x 19.5. 0454003641

Account of some of the expeditions undertaken by John Eyre, John Lort Stokes, Burke & Wills, Sturt... faced with the threats of hunger and thirst.

15731
KUNZ, Egon & Elsie
A CONTINENT TAKES SHAPE
$25.00 AUD

Collins. Sydney. 1971. 1st Ed. 176 PP with b/w & colour charts, maps and plans. Eps: 1896 map. Cloth cover, decorated front board, gilt title on spine, dj. Occasional foxing, o/wise near fine. 31 x 24.5. 00211412

History of Australia in maps, from the fanciful charts of early seamen, to the latest development in aerial photography.

30328
LANDSTRÖM, Björn
SAILING SHIPS in Words and Pictures - From Papyrus Boats to Full-Riggers
$10.00 AUD

Allen & Unwin. London. 1978. 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, dj. Fine. 24 x 13.3. 0046230130

5,000 years of marine illustrations.

16785
MACINTYRE, Captain Donald
FIGHTING SHIPS AND SEAMEN
$15.00 AUD

Evans Brothers. London. 1963. 1st Ed. 192 PP, plus 16 pages with 24 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 22 x 15.5.

Accounts of decisive actions at sea: battles of Jutland, Narvick and Leyte. The role of Q ships, convoys to Malta and Russia...

15519
MARTIN, C. & BROUWER, N.
THE STORY OF SAIL
$15.00 AUD

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

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

17223
MASTERS, David
S.O.S. A BOOK OF SEA ADVENTURE
$15.00 AUD

Eyre and Spottiswoode. London. 1937. Reprint of the 1933 original. (10), 340 PP plus 14 plates with 15 b/w photos. Fp: Vice-Admiral Evans. Cloth cover has light speckling and spine is quite sunned. Light foxing, mostly around page margins, paper is ageing somewhat but still a very clean copy internally with just a small handwritten note dated 1941 on FFEP. 22.3 x 14.5.

Fire at sea, shipwreck, exploding volcano.

16050
MILLER, Byron S.
SAIL, STEAM AND SPLENDOUR, A Picture History of Life Aboard the Transatlantic Liners
$30.00 AUD

Times Books. New York. 1977. 1st US Ed. 288 PP with b/w & colour illust. throughout. Hard cover, gilt-engraved cloth spine, dust jacket has one small chip on top of spine, o/wise a fine copy. Oblong: 27 x 36. 1812906381

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

21521
MILLER, William H.
THE CRUISE SHIPS
$15.00 AUD

Conway. London. 1988. 1st Ed. 191 PP with b/w photos and 13 pages on specifications of cruise ships. Fp: QE2, Britanis & Bermuda Star at New York berth. Half title page: Keeping fit on the aft decks of the Nordic Prince. Hard cover, dj (price-clipped). Top corner of back cover bumped, o/wise near fine. 26 x 20. 09851774296

The rise of the cruise industry which developed when commercial jet travel ousted passenger liners from their traditional routes.

20811
MILSOM, C. H.
BLUE FUNNELS IN THE MERSEY IN THE 1920s
$15.00 AUD

Sea Breezes Publication. Liverpool. 1988. 2nd Ed. 48 PP with 1 map & 87 photos. Pictorial card cover. Previous owner's name on front cover, o/wise fine.. 29.7 x 20.8. 0951320203

Pictorial history of the Blue Funnel Line started by Alfred & Philip Holt who named their ships after the heroes of the Trojan War.

16372
MOORHOUSE, Geoffrey
THE BOAT AND THE TOWN
$10.00 AUD

Hodder & Stoughton. London. 1979. 1st Ed. 251 PP. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Near fine. 24 x 16. 0340166932

The life of a deep-sea fisherman on board and in port, experienced by the author after signing on as deckhand to go fishing on Georges Bank off the New England coast.

30984
NIGHTINGALE, Tony
THE PACIFIC FORUM LINE - A commitment to regional shipping
$10.00 AUD

Clerestory Press. Christchurch, N.Z. 1998. 1st Ed. XVIII, 142 PP with 1 diagram, 3 maps, 5 ship's profiles and 64 b/w illustrations, plus 4 pages with 8 colour photos. Eps: Map of Pacific Forum Line world, We run the Pacific regularly. Laminated pictorial boards. Fine. 24 x 18.5. 0958370648

Published to mark PFL's first twenty years of regular and efficient shipping to the Pacific Island Nations.

36453
NORMAN, Leslie
HAUNTS OF THE BLUE WHALE
$30.00 AUD

O.B.M. Publishing. Hobart. 1978. 1st Ed. XVI, 156 PP with 12 tables, plus 12 pages with 20 b/w photos. Fp: A full rigged whaler at sea. Cloth cover, dj. Dust jacket slightly rubbed, faint foxing, o/wise fine. 25 x 17.5. 0959903453

The whaling industry as it applied to the old port of Hobart Town: whaling on the seven seas as well as whaling fleets taking shelter, refitting & victualling.

14903
NORTON, Peter
THE END OF THE VOYAGE - An Account of the Last Sailing Craft of the British Coasts
$25.00 AUD

Percival Marshall. London. 1959. 1st Ed. XIV, 146 PP with 20 plates (drawings), 35 plans & 39 b/w photos. Fp: Thames Barge. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket is chipped and plastic protected. Label of former owner on FFEP. An otherwise near fine copy. 23.5 x 16.

Nineteen different craft: barges, pilot cutters, hookers, trawlers, punts, bawleys...

19086
P & O
THE P. AND O. POCKET BOOK (Fourth Issue)
$60.00 AUD

Adam & Charles Black. London. 1926. 4th issue. XXXI, 375 PP with 1 map and 2 figures, plus 36 pages with 40 maps (one folded with a small crease) and plans in colour, 16 colour plates (2 by Spurling), 4 colour plates with flags (16 House Flags and Funnels, 15 British and colonial Flags, 18 Merchant vessels Flags, and 29 Flags and pennants). Blue cloth cover, gilt device on front cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Small inscription on inside front cover and short verse opposite half-title page. Small neat drawing of a revolver on inside back cover. Light offsetting of endpapers and minimal foxing. A near fine copy. Scarce. 16.7 x 11.

History of P. & O. and of British India with description of countries & ports of call of both these companies.

13976
POOLMAN, Kenneth
THE KELLY
$10.00 AUD

William Kimber. London. 1954. 2nd Ed. 219 PP (5 adv.) with 1 map in text. Fp: "More Like a Submarine". Eps: Map Mediterranean Sea. Cloth cover, gilt title on faded spine. Covers with light wear, o/wise a very good clean copy. 22.2 x 14.5.

The record of HMS Kelly by her only captain. A destroyer which fought on many fronts: North Sea, Norwegian waters, Malta & Crete where she was sunk on May 23rd, 1941.

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

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

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

11706
TAYLOR, Captain L. G.
SEAPORTS - An Introduction to Their Place and Purpose
$10.00 AUD

Brown, Son & Ferguson. Glasgow. 1974. 1st Ed. VI, 164 PP with 16 figures & 18 b/w photos. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Ex-library copy with renewed endpapers and 3 small stamps, o/wise very good. 24.7 x 18.7.

The seaport: a transport mode - characteristics - organization - management - services provided and their marketing - planning & technological developments.

20904
THORNTON, R. H.
BRITISH SHIPPING
$5.00 AUD

University Press. Cambridge. 1959. 2nd Ed. of the 1939 original, in the English Institutions series. VIII, 274 PP plus 16 pages with 25 bw photos. Hard cover, dj (price-clipped). Bookplate with the compliments of Alfred Holt & Co. pasted down the front endpaper. Stamp of previous owner on title page and inside front cover. A little light foxing, o/wise near fine. 20.4 x 13.5.

Historical survey of the British Mercantile Marine, from the arrival of steam. Developments since 1946, effects of war and the cold war. Different types of ships for different types of trade.

18687
VILLIERS, Alan
THE MARVELOUS MALDIVE ISLANDS [in National Geographic Magazine, Volume CXI, No. 6, 1957]
$10.00 AUD

National Geographic Society. Washington. 1957. Volume CXI, No.6, June 1957. Includes article from P.829-849 with 1 map, 2 b/w & 18 colour photos by author. Soft cover. Very good. 25.5 x 17.5.

Discovery voyage through a little-known (at the time) sultanate of the Indian Ocean, straddling the equator. 8 photos of baggala.

49743
VILLIERS, Alan
THE QUEST OF THE SCHOONER ARGUS. A Voyage to The Banks and Greenland
$25.00 AUD

Hodder & Stoughton. London. 1951. 1st Ed. XI, 256 PP with 1 plan of the Argus, 1 diagram and 3 maps, plus 48 pages with 94 b/w photos by the author. Fp: The Doryman. Eps: Map of the North Atlantic Ocean. Top outside edge tinted. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Slight ageing of paper and foxing. A very good clean copy. Image shows title-page and frontispiece. 23 x 15.

Sailing in 1950 with the Portuguese cod-fishing fleet to the Grand Banks off Newfoundland and to the Greenland fishing grounds of the Davis Straits.

16652
WALLS, Rear Admiral R. A. K. (editor)
ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY IN RETROSPECT
$5.00 AUD

Navy Public Affairs. Sydney. 1992. 1st Ed. 72 PP with 12 colour and 164 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 25 x 18.

A photographic overview up to the early 1980's. The RAN in peace and at war.

16795
WHITEHOUSE, Arch.
AMPHIBIOUS OPERATIONS
$15.00 AUD

Frederick Muller. London. 1964. 1st UK Ed. 351 PP with 10 maps, plus 16 pages with 29 b/w photos. Cloth cover, dj. Foxing spots on outside edges. Very good. 22.2 x 15.

Amphibious action: Caesar landing in Britain, Louisbourg and Quebec to WWII and Inchon landing in Korea.

17052
WILFORD, John Noble
THE MAPMAKERS
$20.00 AUD

Alfred A. Knopf. New York. 1981. 1st Ed. XII, 414 PP (4), with 39 b/w illust. in text. Title page/Fp: Map of North America. Eps: Nova Totivs Terrarvm Orbis Geographica. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket a little sunned around spine, with a couple of very small chips, o/wise a fine copy. 24 x 17.2. 0862450411

The great pioneers in cartography, from antiquity to the space age. The technological revolution transforming cartography and the study of geography.