THE GOLDEN AGE OF SAIL OF AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND.
Pp. x+118, numerous text illustrations (many full page); square cr. 4to; grey boards, spine lettered in white; dust wrapper, rubbed; Currey O'Neil, Melbourne, 1985. First edition. More
Pp. x+118, numerous text illustrations (many full page); square cr. 4to; grey boards, spine lettered in white; dust wrapper, rubbed; Currey O'Neil, Melbourne, 1985. First edition. More
Pp. x+224, pictorial title page, plus numerous text illustrations and maps (some full page), endpaper map, index; med. 8vo; blue boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; Brown, Son & Ferguson, Glasgow, 1987. First edition. More
[Two works in one volume]. Foreword by Eric Reece, Premier of Tasmania]. Pp. 114(last blank)+iv(index)+32, 20 plates, title page vignette, plus a folding map at end, indices; demy 8vo; green cloth, spine lettered in silver and faintly creased; dust wrapper, lightly worn, edges chipped and split, piece torn from top..... More
Pp. [9]-122(complete), 2 text figures; brown papered boards, worn and lightly soiled, the corners chipped, lacking most of the spine including part of the printed paper title label, the joints tender; later (but not recent) endpapers, with bookplate and bookseller's sticker on upper pastedown, name in ink on preliminary blank..... More
Foreword by Sir Jeffrey Sterling. Pp. 224, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white (several full page), pictorial endpapers, index; tall cr. 4to; black boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, edges slightly creased and rubbed; Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 1986. First edition. *Commemorating the first 150 years of..... More
Pp. xviii++366, frontispiece portrait, tissue guard (offset onto title page), 7 plates, appendices; med. 8vo; navy cloth, lettered and ruled in gilt & black, the cloth lightly flecked and bubbled, fore-corners bruised, sticker mark on lower portion of spine; uncut; leaves browned, Victorian Parliament Library stamps on several pages; Chapman..... More
Pp. 80(last colophon), printed in green & black and illustrated in colour throughout; oblong 4to; red boards, spine lettered in gilt, upper board faintly scratched; dust wrapper, the back panel a trifle creased; Landmark Publishing, Ashbourne, Derbyshire, 2005. First edition. *Authoritative history of 26 (A-Z) Shipping Company Colours with around..... More
Pp. 96, frontispiece and text illustrations; cr. 4to; laminated pictorial boards, scuffed; Ian Allan, London, 1970. More
Pp.96, coloured illustrated title-page, coloured and black & white text illustrations, bibliography; oblong cr. 4to; pictorial laminated boards; Ian Allan, Hersham, Surrey, 2003. First edition. Glory Days series. More
Pp. xii+266(last blank), text figures, maps, tables, appendices, bibliography, index; med. 8vo; pictorial laminated boards; The Boydell Press, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 2010. First edition. More
Auckland, Melbourne, Honolulu, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Acapulco, Panama, Jamaica, Miami, Bermuda. Ten long single sheets, folded into four, five or six panels, with text on one side and coloured maps on reverse, the headings printed in blue & black; small cr. 8vo (folded size); all numbered by hand near..... More
Foreword by Bill Peach. Pp. 168, numerous text illustrations, endpaper map; demy 4to; tan boards, spine lettered in white, lower edges very slightly bruised and worn; dust wrapper, lightly rubbed; personal gift inscription on the half-title page; Greenhouse Publications, Melbourne, 1980. First edition. *Inscribed by the author on the half-title..... More
Pp. 292, black & white frontispiece, 8 coloured plates, black & white text illustrations, pictorial endpapers, index; demy 4to; blue boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; upper free endpaper very slightly tape marked; New South Wales University Press, Sydney, 1992. First edition. More
A short history. Pp. 80, coloured illustrated title-page and text illustrations, locations of paddleboats; demy 4to; pictorial laminated paper wrappers; Rosenberg Publishing, Sydney, 2005. First edition. *Signed by the author on the title-page. More
In two volumes, comprising: Volume I: 1876-1912. Pp. 224, numerous black & white illustrations (several full page), coloured pictorial endpapers, index; Volume II: 1913-1980. Pp. 220, numerous black & white illustrations (several full page), coloured pictorial endpapers, bibliography, index; oblong 4to; navy cloth (Volume I) and dark green cloth (Volume..... More
A History of Australian paddleboats. Pp. 160, 20 coloured plates, text illustrations and maps, pictorial endpapers, bibliography, index; demy 4to; blue papered boards, spine lettered in gilt, tiny bruise to lower edge of upper board; dust wrapper; Kangaroo Press, Sydney, 1992. First edition. *Signed by the author on the title..... More
Pp. 120, pictorial double title page, 8 plates, black & white text illustrations, appendices, index; cr. 4to; brown boards, spine lettered in gilt, upper board very slightly marked; dust wrapper, backstrip and portions of back panel faded; a little light foxing; Conway Maritime Press/The National Publishing Company, London, 1986. First..... More
Or the cruise of H.M.S. Ophir, being a lower deck account of their Royal Highnesses, The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York's voyage around the British Empire. Pp. [200], black & white frontispiece portrait, plus numerous coloured illustrations (several full page); impl. 8vo; navy cloth, lettered and decorated in..... More
Pp. viii+176(last blank), text and endpaper illustrations, appendices, further reading; obl. med. 8vo; pictorial stiff paper wrappers; Turton & Armstrong, Sydney, 1996. Third edition. *Story of the North Coast Stem Navigation Company. More
The Rise and Fall of the Paddle Steamer. Pp. [vi]+186, pictorial double title page, text illustrations, pictorial endpapers, references, index; cr. 4to; red cloth, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; Seaforth Publishing, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, 2012. First edition. More
Queen of the Murray. Pp. xii+52, text illustrations (some full page), pictorial endpapers, full page map, appendices; dust wrapper, backstrip faded; Mullaya, Melbourne, 1976. First edition. More
Pp. [vi]+190, 31 sepia plates, plus folding chart in pocket at end; tall cr. 4to; blue boards, spine lettered in gilt, lower board a trifle scuffed, slight bruise to bottom edge of upper board; dust wrapper, sunned and lightly soiled, the back panel slightly scratched; Nautical Press, Sydney, n.d.[1983]. First..... More
Foreword by HRH The Prince of Wales. Pp. 240, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, pictorial endpapers, appendix, references, glossary, bibliography, index; tall cr. 4to; green boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; Conway Maritime Press, 1983. Revised second edition. More
Master Mariner Cadet H.M.S. "Conway" School Ship 1864-1865. With Foreword by Sir Allan G. Anderson. Pp. xviii+162(last blank), frontispiece, 13 plates, appendices, list of works published; demy 8vo; blue boards, lettered in black, lower fore-corner of lower board lightly bruised; price-clipped dust wrapper, rubbed and lightly soiled, edges lightly worn..... More
Five volumes in seven, totalling approximately 3,000 pages, with 48 plates, 2 folding maps (at end of Volume 1), headpiece decorations, indices; cr. 4to; dark blue cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, boards occasionally a trifle flecked; dust wrappers, slightly soiled and rubbed, Volume 5 lightly faded; book label of..... More