15852 ANDREWS, Graeme A LOG OF GREAT AUSTRALIAN SHIPS
$10.00 AUD
Sydney. 1980. Reed. 1st Ed. 160 PP with b/w illustrations. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Near fine. Oblong: 18.5 x 26. 0589502026
150 famous ships which played a vital role in the development of Australia.
20543 BADGER, Geoffrey THE EXPLORERS OF THE PACIFIC
$20.00 AUD
Sydney. 1988. Kangaroo Press. 1st Ed. 248 PP with b/w illustrations, plus 12 pages with 18 colour illustrations. Fp: Map of the Pacific. Eps: Mappe Monde. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 24.5 x 18.5. 0864172117
The story of hazard and adventure as the explorers found their way around the Pacific Ocean.
62286 BEAGLEHOLE, J. C. THE DISCOVERY OF NEW ZEALAND
$35.00 AUD
London. 1961. Oxford University Press. 2nd edition of the 1939 original. XII, 102 PP, plus 7 b/w plates, & 1 folded chart at back. Fp: Portrait of James Cook. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj (protected). Signature of previous owner on front endpaper. Faint foxing, o/wise near fine. 22.3 x 14.5.
The successive stages of the discovery of New Zealand.
22136 BERRY, P. F., BRADSHAW, S. D. & WILSON, B. R. (editors) RESEARCH IN SHARK BAY, Report of the France-Australe Bicentenary Expedition Committee
$25.00 AUD
Perth. 1990. Western Australian Museum. 1st Ed. VIII, 326 PP with b/w fig. & tables. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 22.5 x 17. 0730939197
The joint French/W.A. scientific expedition made to Shark Bay in July 1988. This team revisited the areas where early French navigators had landed and collected natural history specimens.
17443 BLASHFORD-SNELL, J. & TWEEDY, A. OPERATION RALEIGH, Adventure Challenge
$10.00 AUD
Sydney. 1989. Collins. 1st Ed. 196 PP with 1 map, plus 32 pages with 31 b/w & 29 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise near fine. 24 x 17. 0732224314
The astonishing enterprise which took adventurers from Chile to the Pacific islands, New Zealand, Tasmania to Pakistan.
22187 BREMER, Stuart AUSTRALIA'S GOLDEN ERA OF SHIPS
$10.00 AUD
Sydney. 1989. Bullion Books. Originally published in 1984 by Dreamweaver Books as Home and Back. 223 PP with b/w illust. Fp: P & O poster. Eps: Passenger ships at a pier. Hard cover, dj (Oriana passing Sydney Opera House). Fine. 29.5 x 22.5. 0730205975
The main shipping companies involved in trade to Australia and along its coastline.
72894 CASSIDY, John THE KLUTZ BOOK OF KNOTS
$20.00 AUD
Budget Books Pty Ltd. Sydney. 1988. 1st Australian edition. 18 PP (12 stiff paper and 6 card paper) with colour illustrations. Card cover, spiral bound. Near fine. 23 x 15. 9780732302917
How to tie the world's 25 most useful hitches, ties, wraps and knots.
21244 CHATTERTON, E. Keble WHALERS AND WHALING
$10.00 AUD
London. 1930. Philip Allan. 2nd edition of the 1925 original. No. 16 in the Nautilus Library series. 252 PP, 4 adv. Cloth cover, gilt device (nautilus) on front cover, gilt title on spine. Foxing on outside edges, o/wise very good. Small format: 17.5 x 11.5.
The story of whaling which commenced in European waters, expanded and led to exploration to reach the Antarctic whaling grounds.
19367 CLANCY, Robert & RICHARDSON, Alan SO CAME THEY SOUTH
$35.00 AUD
Sydney. 1988. Shakespeare Head Press. 1st edition, in Library Reference series. 176 PP with b/w & colour illust. (charts & paintings). Fp: 1540 map by Sebastian Munster. FEP: Mare del Sud / Mare Pacifico. REP: India Orientalis. Pictorial laminated boards, dj. Dust jacket with 1 repaired tear, foxing spots on the inside and a lightly sunned spine. Occasional foxing spots on the first and last leaves. Very good. 32 x 23. 0730208648
Discovery and mapping by Europeans of the Australian continent and of New Zealand.
15728 COLWELL, Max THE VOYAGES OF MATTHEW FLINDERS
$20.00 AUD
Sydney. 1970. Hamlyn. 1st Ed. 151 PP, profusely illustrated in b/w and colour. Half title page: Matthew Flinders' statue outside St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne. Fp: Portrait of Matthew Flinders. FEP: Planisphere. REP: Views of Hobart. Hard cover, dj. Foxing spots on top outside edge. Near fine. 29.5 x 21.7. 0600359492
19549 CRABTREE, Reginald ROYAL YACHTS OF EUROPE, From the Seventeenth to Twentieth Century
$15.00 AUD
London. 1975. David & Charles. 1st Ed. 96 PP with 52 b/w illust. (photos, engravings). Hard cover, dj. Light foxing, o/wise very good. 24.5 x 19. 0715367544
10184 CRONICAN, Frank & MUELLER, Edward A. (editors) THE STATELIEST SHIP QUEEN MARY
$20.00 AUD
New York. c.1968. Steamship Historical Society of America. 1st Ed. 160 PP in typescript with b/w photos, plans & facsimile of ephemera (postcards, menus, daily programmes....) Pictorial pale blue soft cover (just 2 small darker marks where stickers have been removed) A few marks on lower edges of first and last pages, and a small crease, o/wise very good. 28 x 21.6.
Pictorial record on the life of this famous British liner.
10972 DAVIDSON, George THE TRACKS AND LANDFALLS OF BERING AND CHIRIKOF ON THE NORTHWEST COAST OF AMERICA
$30.00 AUD
Fairfield, Wash., USA. 1994. Ye Galleon. Reprint of the 1901 original. (6), 44, (7 pages bibliography), 1 colophon PP, plus 1 large folded map (50 x 105cm). Hard cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Foxing spots on endpapers and outside edges. Near fine. 26 x 18.5. 0877705275
June to October 1841, sailing on the St. Peter & St. Paul along the coasts of Alaska, during the first Russian Arctic Expedition led by Vitius Bering.
16245 DE FRAGA, Christopher 100 YEARS OF YACHTING ON PORT PHILLIP BAY - A History of the Royal Brighton Yacht Club
$20.00 AUD
Melbourne. 1975. Hawthorn Press. 1st Ed. (6), 210 PP, plus 16 pages with 37 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 25 x 15. 0725601558
16727 DEPT. OF DEFENCE (Navy Office) NOTES ON SEAMANSHIP
$20.00 AUD
Canberra. 1982. A.G.P.S. 1st Ed. (6), 88 PP with drawings & photos. Pict. soft cover slightly creased on top corner, o/wise very good. 25 x 17.5. 0642052514
How to become an Able Seaman, then Leading Seaman: Boatswain's Mate's duties, basic seamanship skills, ship's husbandry, etc..
16058 DUCKWORTH, C. L. D. & LANGMUIR, G. E. RAILWAY AND OTHER STEAMERS
$20.00 AUD
London. 1968. T. Stephenson & Sons. 2nd edition of the 1948 original. XII, 432 PP, plus 102 b/w photos of ships together with fleet lists & index. Fp: P.S. Freshwater. Hard cover with a small bump on bottom corner, dj. Bookplate of previous owner on inside front cover, o/wise near fine. 22.2 x 14.5.
Includes the London Midland Region, Scottish Region, Irish Railway Companies, Continental Companies... Most comprehensive.
17924 DYSON, John SPIRIT OF SAIL - CLIPPERS, WINDJAMMERS, AND TALL SHIPS
$15.00 AUD
David Bateman. Buderim. 1987. 1st Australian edition. Originally purblished in Canada by Key Porter Books. 176 PP, profusely illustrated with plans, b/w & colour photos. Eps. Hard cover, device in blind on front cover, dj. A little light foxing on prelims, o/wise near fine. 31.2 x 23.5. 0949135151
The call of the sea and the exaltation sailors experience as they brave wind and wave.
18857 EDMONDS, Dr. Carl DANGEROUS MARINE ANIMALS OF THE INDO-PACIFIC REGION
$10.00 AUD
Melbourne. c. 1975. Wedneil Publications. 1st Ed. VI, 235 PP with colour photos & location maps for each species. Title-page: Surgeonfish. Pictorial boards, dj. Dust jacket has a few marks or creases. Light foxing, o/wise near fine. 22 x 16. 0909853487
Marine animals which bite, sting and are poisonous to eat (toxic). First aid and medical treatment.
10222 EISLER, William & SMITH, Bernard (editors) TERRA AUSTRALIS - The Furthest Shore
$30.00 AUD
Art Gallery of NSW. Sydney. 1988. 1st Ed. 239 PP with b/w or colour drawings, paintings & charts. Fp (in colour): Portrait of Joseph Banks. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 31 x 22. 0642134642
Catalogue of an exhibition held for the Bicentennial celebrations of Australia. Visions of Terra Australis in the Middle Ages and Renaissance by Helen Wallis. Crossing the Equator: The Historical Background to Portuguese Navigational Techniques in the Age of Discovery by Luis de Albuquerque. The Dutch and the Southern Continent 1569-1756 by Ernst van den Boogaart...
18600 EVANS, Alun ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY
$15.00 AUD
Sydney. 1988. Time-Life Books & John Ferguson. 1st edition in the Australians at War series. 168 PP with b/w & colour illust. Eps: Crest of the RAN. Pictorial laminated boards, dj. Fine. 28 x 22. 0949118249
The tradition of Australia's ships and sailors at war. In both World Wars and later, the involvement in Korea and Vietnam.
19344 EVANS, Alun A NAVY FOR AUSTRALIA
$15.00 AUD
ABC. Sydney. 1986. 1st Ed. (2), 172 PP with 8 bw illust., plus 16 pages with 30 bw illust. FEP: The Australian Fleet Unit's arrival, 1913. REP: Venetian Carnival in Sydney Harbour 1913. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 23.8 x 15. 0642527342
Story since the early days, when it was claimed that Australia needed its own Navy.
14779 FINLAY, Iain & SHEPPARD, Trish ACROSS THE SOUTH PACIFIC - Island-hopping from Santiago to Sydney
$10.00 AUD
Sydney. 1981. Angus & Robertson. 1st Ed. XXII, 245 PP with 12 maps, plus 16 pages with 41 colour photos. Hard cover, dj. Top corner of half title page clipped, name of previous owner on front endpaper, o/wise near fine. 24.2 x 15.5. 0207148244
Travel from Chile to Sydney with calls at Easter Island, French Polynesia, Cook Islands, Samoa, Tonga, Fiji, New Hebrides & New Caledonia.
64491 FRERE-COOK, Gervis (Editor) THE DECORATIVE ARTS OF THE MARINER
$25.00 AUD
London. 1966. Cassell. 1st US Ed. (VII), 296 PP with 506 b/w or col. illust. Fp: 17th century navigational instruments. Decorative brown cloth cover, gilt title on front & spine, dj (price clipped). Cloth covers faded along the top and bottom edges, dust jacket has a sunned spine. An otherwise fine copy. 31 x 25.
The limitless treasure trove of the sea: ship models, scrimshaws, figureheads, charts, rope work...
16003 GREENHILL, Basil A QUAYSIDE CAMERA 1845-1917
$15.00 AUD
London. 1975. David & Charles. 1st Ed. 112 PP with 134 b/w photos. Hard cover, nice dust jacket. Ex-library copy with renewed endpapers. Two stamps on the verso of the title page, o/wise a very good clean copy. 24.5 x 18.8. 0715368850
Pictorial discovery of ports & harbours, the men & women involved with the sea and the ships: from sailing boats to seven-masted American schooners.
18305 GUY, Noël LA MARINE FRANCAISE
$5.00 AUD
Paris. 1937. Fernand Nathan. 1st Ed. 159 PP with 148 b/w photos, plus 4 colour plates. Hard cover, colour illustration pasted down on front cover. Plate facing page 64 is a laser print. Note on front endpaper. Hinges weakened, o/wise a very good copy. French text. 21.5 x 15.5.
History of the French Navy and its mercantile marine.
14717 HARRIS, Max & FORBES, Alison THE LAND THAT WAITED
$15.00 AUD
Melbourne. 1971. Lansdowne Press. Reprint of 1967 original. NP. 144 Pages with 115 b/w illust. (19 pages with explanations). Fp. Title Page. Illustrated Eps. Hard cover, dj. Foxing spots on outside edges. Very good. Oblong: 24 x 26. 0701804416
Captures the mood of a nation evolving. Illustrations by the first expeditions, later by the settlers.
20224 HAWS, Duncan SHIPS AND THE SEA - A Chronological Review
$20.00 AUD
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.
18310 HECKMAN, Richard D. (editor) YANKEES UNDER SAIL - A Collection of the Best Sea Stories from Yankee Magazine with Rare Photographs taken during the Age of Sail
$40.00 AUD
Yankee Inc. Dublin. N.H. 1968. 1st Ed. 254 PP with over 250 b/w illustrations (engravings, paintings, maps & rare photographs). Cloth cover, gilt device on front cover, dj (price-clipped). Bookplate on front endpaper. Near fine. 31.5 x 23.5.
Forty true stories providing a portrait of the Yankee at sea. Skippers and seamen, vessels, adventure, disaster & mystery, whaling, the Americas' Cup, shipbuilding,...
19794 HOBBS, Edward W. HOW TO MAKE OLD-TIME SHIP MODELS
$15.00 AUD
Glasgow. 1934. Brown, Son & Ferguson. 2nd edition of the 1929 original. XXII, (2), 208 PP with 175 fig. in text (plans, photos & sketches), plus 4 illustrations in Preface and 2 of the 5 folding plates called for (Full size working drawings for a model of the Ark Royal & Details for a Waterline Model of a Carrack of the period 1450 AD). Fp: The Royal Albert. Cloth cover, title (silver lettering) on front cover and spine. Copy lacking 3 of the plates, o/wise good. 21.4 x 14.5.
15909 HUTCHINGS, David F. RMS QUEEN MARY - 50 Years of Splendour
$20.00 AUD
Kingfisher. Southampton. 1988. Reprint of the June 1986 original. 56 PP with b/w & colour illust. Inside front cover: "Queen Mary" in her element. Inside back cover: Wonders of the "Queen Mary". Pictorial card cover. Fine. 27 x 21.5. 0946184232
A pictorial record.
18346 KEMBLE, John Haskell SAN FRANCISCO BAY - A Pictorial Maritime History
$15.00 AUD
New York. 1978. Bonanza Books. Reprint (F) of the 1957 original by Cornell Maritime Press. XV, 194 PP with over 350 b/w illust. (photos, maps, paintings). Fp: Sailing scene at Golden Gate. Eps: Map of San Francisco Bay area. Hard cover, cloth spine (discoloured), dj. Near fine. 28.3 x 21.7. 0517016982
San Francisco Bay, the river ports, carriers of the Bay and rivers...
16572 LABOUTE, P. FEUGA, M. & GRANDPERRIN, R. NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE, LE PLUS BEAU LAGON DU MONDE
$100.00 AUD
Edition Alizés. Nouméa. 1991. 1st Ed. 272 PP with maps & colour photos. Ep: Gorgones & Crinoïdes. Hard cover, pict. dj. Beautifully presented in a pictorial box containing 16 large colour posters (format 30 x 44cm). Near fine. French text. 29.3 x 21.5. 2950578403
New Caledonia is almost completely surrounded by a barrier reef inside of which is one of the biggest & most beautiful lagoons in the world: fauna, flora & underwater world (coral, fishes, shells...). 7 page glossary and scientific/common names.
11039 LABOUTE, P., FEUGA, M., & GRANDPERRIN, R. NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE - LE PLUS BEAU LAGON DU MONDE
$55.00 AUD
Editions des Alizes. Nouméa. 1991. 1st Ed. 272 PP with maps & colour photos. Eps: Gorgones & Crinoïdes. Hard cover, dj. Fine. French text. 29.3 x 21.5. 2950578403
New Caledonia is almost completely surrounded by a barrier reef inside of which is one of the biggest & most beautiful lagoons in the world: fauna, flora & underwater world (coral, fishes, shells...). 7 pages glossary and scientific/common names.
18420 LUCIE-SMITH, Edward OUTCASTS OF THE SEA - Pirates and Piracy
$10.00 AUD
London. 1978. Paddington Press. 1st Ed. 256 PP with b/w illustrations. eps: Map of the Pirate Round. Hard cover, dj. Foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 26 x18.5. 0448226170
Survey of piracy, from the marauding exploits of ancient Greeks in the Mediterranean to the yacht-jacking of the 1970's.
66996 MACINTYRE, Ben FOR YOUR EYES ONLY - Ian Fleming + James Bond
$20.00 AUD
London. 2008. Bloomsbury. 1st Ed. 224 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Hard cover (illustrated), dj. Near fine. 25 x 20. 9780747595374
Published at the time of the exhibition at the Imperial War Museum celebrating the centenary (1908-2008) of Ian Fleming.
15683 MOOREHEAD, Alan THE FATAL IMPACT - The Invasion of the South Pacific 1767-1840
$10.00 AUD
Hamish Hamilton. Sydney. 1987. New edition created and produced from the 1966 original. Preface by Manning Clark. 252 PP enhanced by 150 b/w and colour illustrations (paintings, drawings & etchings). Hard cover, dj. Foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise fine. 27 x 19. 0241123461
Tragic story of a great adventure which turned sour, when good intentions led to disaster, corruption & annihilation.
18599 MORTIMER, John THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY, A Pictorial Review
$20.00 AUD
Canberra. 1987. John Mortimer. 1st Ed. 128 PP with b/w & colour photos. Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing on outside edges. Near fine. Oblong: 22.2 x 27.3. 0731604903
Pictorial coverage of the 75th anniversary of the RAN.
17941 N/A SEA BREEZES. The P.S.N.C. Magazine - No. 187, Vol. XIX
$10.00 AUD
Pacific Steam Navigation Co. Liverpool. 1935. No. 187, Vol. XIX, June 1935. IV, 193-224, V-VIII PP with 9 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover (figurehead of Sir Galahad). Very good. 24.2 x 15.5.
More about the Lord Templemore, Superstitions of the Sea, Tragic Voyage of ship Samoena, Sailing Ships' Roll of Honour: J.D. Newton & Co's. Dale Line, Liverpool, The Signal Station, etc..
73523 NESDALE, Iris ACTION STATIONS! - Tribal Destroyers of the Royal Australian Navy
$65.00 AUD
HMAS Warramunga Veterans' Association, South Australian Branch. Adelaide. 1989. 1st Ed. Foreword by Vice-Admiral M. W. Hudson. X, (2), 206 PP with 3 maps, 9 line drawings and 145 b/w photos, plus 1 folded plan on general arrangement of the HMAS Arunta, at rear of book. Cloth cover, dj. A fine copy. Scarce. 25.3 x 17.5. 0949552011
Origin of this class of destroyer: HMAS Arunta, Warramunga, Bataan. Their WWII operations: Guadalcanal, New Guinea, Leyte Gulf, Lingayen & Suriago.... Post WWII.
15211 NOBLE, Capt. John PORT PHILLIP: PILOTS AND DEFENCES
$20.00 AUD
Hawthorn Press. Melbourne. 1979. 2nd edition of the 1973 original. (10), 125 PP with 3 b/w illustrations, plus 8 pages with 16 b/w illustrations. FEP: Port Phillip Bay, Southern portion. REP: Northern portion. Loosely inserted a small folded brochure on the procedures to be followed (VHF procedure, Tides at Port Phillip Heads, Pilot Boarding, Requirements for Embarkation of Pilots with diagrams). Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket is rubbed around edges with a few chips, o/wise near fine. 21.5 x 14. 072560235X
Study of Victorian maritime history and the role played by the Port Phillip Sea Pilots.
22609 NOBLE, Captain John THE GOLDEN AGE OF SAIL OF AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND
$10.00 AUD
Currey O'Neil. Melbourne. 1985. 1st Ed. IX, 118 PP with 98 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket with a small closed tear and in a protective sleeve. Near fine. 25 x 25. 0859021947
Collection of maritime photographs capturing the glorious and romantic days when sailors relied on wind and currents.
18229 PASQUELOT, Maurice LES DOSSIERS SECRETS DE LA MARINE, Londres-Vichy 1940-1944
$10.00 AUD
Paris. 1977. N.E.L. 1st Ed. 298 PP, plus 8 pages with 10 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Spine creased. Faint foxing. French text. Near fine. 22.3 x 14. 2723300226
A history of the French Navy Secret Service during WWII: sinking of the Bismark - An unknown aspect of Captain Cousteau who helped secure the secret Italian code.
17872 PERNOUD, Georges VOILIERS EN LIBERTE
$20.00 AUD
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.
10407 PHELAN, Joseph THE WHALE HUNTERS, in Pictures
$10.00 AUD
New York. 1969. Time-Life. 1st Ed., in the Spotlight on History series. 52 PP with 10 b/w and 14 colour illustrations (7 on double page, 6 on full page, 1 on half page). Cloth cover, dj. Near fine. Oblong: 20.5 x 20.8.
General history and pictorial description of whaling in the 1820-1850's by the Yankee whalemen.
11475 PHILLIPS-BIRT, Douglas REFLECTIONS IN THE SEA
$10.00 AUD
London. 1968. Nautical Publishing Co. 1st Ed. 116 PP, plus 16 b/w plates. Hard cover, dj (chipped). Very good. 22.2 x 14.5. 24559566X
A selection of the author's column published in Yachting Monthly between 1952 & 1967, accompanied by 16 beautiful photos.
15924 PRIOR, Rupert (editor) OCEAN LINERS - The Golden Years
$8.00 AUD
London. 1993. Tiger Books. 1st Ed. 144 PP with b/w & colour illust. throughout. Fp: The Arrival (1914), by the English painter C.R.W. Nevinson. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 30.5 x 23. 1855013436
A pictorial anthology recreating the grandeur and luxury of the passenger liners.
13120 R.A.N., Serving personnel of the H.M.A.S. MK. III
$15.00 AUD
Canberra. 1944. Royal Australian Navy / Australian War Memorial. 1st Ed. 200 PP with 50 b/w illust., 25 colour plates & 32 pages with b/w photos. Fp: The Oerlikon Gunners. Eps: Convoy. Decorated cloth cover. Dust jacket is torn with lower right-hand corner missing from front of the dust jacket. Paper ageing, o/wise contents near fine. 28 x 22.
The past year of WWII conflict.
14886 RUBY, Robert H. & BROWN, John A. MYRON EELS AND THE PUGET SOUND INDIANS
$10.00 AUD
Superior Publishing. Seattle. 1976. 1st Ed. 122 PP, 1 map, 4 PP Index with b/w & colour illust. Fp: Portrait Rev. Myron Eels. Hard cover, gilt title on spine & front cover, dj. Very good. 27.2 x 27. 087564337X
A pictorial record of the implements, tools, weapons of the Indians of Puget Sound in Washington State in the late 19th century.
67613 SHARP, Andrew (editor) DUPERREY'S VISIT TO NEW ZEALAND IN 1824
$20.00 AUD
Alexander Turnbull Library. Wellington. 1971. 1st Ed. 125 PP, plus 1 folded map, 6 b/w plates, and 1 large folded chart at back of book. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Dust jacket is a rubbed around edges and cloth cover has a little shelf wear on bottom edges, o/wise a fine copy. 25.5 x 15.7.
Accounts & illustrations from Duperrey's visit in La Coquille with details of Maori & European life in New Zealand in 1824.
67291 STONE, Christopher SEA SONGS AND BALLADS
$35.00 AUD
Oxford. 1906. Clarendon Press. 1st Ed., with an introduction by Admiral Sir Cyprian Bridge. XXIV, 188, (2) PP. Soft cloth cover with some soiling and a light crease on rear cover, gilt border and title "Sea Songs - War Songs" on front cover, all outside edges gilt. Stamp/ex-libris of previous owner on front end paper. Occasional foxing. Very good. 17.2 x 11.8.
15559 VAUGHAN, Thomas, CROWNHART-VAUGHAN, E. A. P. & PALAU DE IGLESIAS, Mercedes VOYAGES OF ENLIGHTENMENT, Malaspina on the Northwest Coast 1791/1792
$10.00 AUD
18670 VILLIERS, Alan WALES, LAND OF BARDS [In National Geographic Magazine - Volume 127, No.6]
$5.00 AUD
Washington. 1965. N.G.S. June 1965. Contains article between P.727 and 769 with 2 maps & 41 colour photos by Thomas Nebbia. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 25.2 x 17.4.
18688 VILLIERS, Alan HOW WE SAILED THE NEW MAYFLOWER TO AMERICA (in National Geographic Magazine, Volume CXII, No. 5, 1957)
$10.00 AUD
Washington. 1957. National Geographic Society. Volume CXII, No. 5, Nov. 1957. Includes article from P.627-672 with 1 map and 2 insets, 10 b/w and 25 colour photos. Soft cover, spine worn. Near fine. 25.4 x 17.4.
Why did Mayflower II take the long Southern route? What were the risks she ran? Her skipper reveals the answers.
30925 VILLIERS, Alan HOW WE SAILED THE NEW MAYFLOWER TO AMERICA [in National Geographic Magazine]
$20.00 AUD
National Geographic Society. Washington. 1957. Volume CXII, No. 5, Nov. 1957. Includes article from P. 627-674 with 35 illustrations (25 in colour), plus the Special Supplement Painting of Mayflower II, by Hervey Garrett Smith. Soft cover, spine lightly rubbed. Scarce copy with the Supplement. Near fine. 25.4 x 17.4.
Why did Mayflower II take the long Southern route? What were the risks she ran? Her skipper reveals the answers.
15799 WILLIAMS, Glyndwr & FROST, Alan TERRA AUSTRALIS TO AUSTRALIA
$50.00 AUD
OUP. Melbourne. 1988. 1st Ed. XIX, 242 PP with 143 b/w or colour illust. Fp: Matthew Flinder's first recorded use of the term 'Australia' 1804. Eps: Typus Orbis Terrarum. Cloth cover, dj. Dedicatory note signed by Alan Frost on title-page. A fine copy. 26.2 x 19.8. 0195549082
Describes the various stages of discovery and the significance of these for the European imagination. Examines the impact of early colonization on the Aborigines. A most comprehensive account of European discovery of Australia.
37142 WOODWARD, David THE RUSSIANS AT SEA
$20.00 AUD
London. 1965. William Kimber. 1st Ed. 254 PP with 3 maps. Hard cover, dj (price-clipped). Foxing on outside edges and some pages, closed tear to the dust jacket. Very good. 24 x 16.5.
The expansion from the Baltic & Black Seas towards the Far East.