Pp. xiv+102, frontispiece plus 25 plates (1 folding), text figures, bibliography, index; tall demy 8vo; blue papered boards, spine lettered in gilt, the fore-corners of boards a trifle bruised; top edge blue; price-clipped dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges lightly rubbed and split, with closed tear to top edge of front..... More
Pp. xiv+146, text illustrations, index to vessels, index to people; roy. 8vo: pictorial stiff paper wrappers; Navarine Publishing, Hobart, 1996. First edition. The Roebuck Series. More
Pp. 224, 16 plates, text charts and diagrams, endpaper map printed in brown, chronology, appendix; demy 8vo; blue boards, lettered and decorated in gilt, boards a trifle warped; dust wrapper, edges slightly rubbed and creased; fore-edges of leaves a trifle soiled; A. H. & A. W. Reed, Wellington, N.Z., 1963..... More
Riverboats, ferries and the floating bridge. Pp. xii+224, full page illustrations, pictorial endpapers, full page chart, sources, index of principal ships; small cr. 4to; blue cloth, spine lettered in black, edges rubbed, fore-corners a trifle bruised, the lower board faintly marked; dust wrapper, front flap slightly creased; edges of leaves..... More
Pp. 224, frontispiece, 10 plates, index; demy 8vo; red boards, spine lettered and ruled in gilt; dust wrapper, worn and lightly browned, some creasing and splits, head of backstrip tape repaired on verso; ownership stamp on upper pastedown; endpapers offset, leaves browned and edges foxed; John Long Limited, London, 1954..... More
Pp. 232, 16 plates, index, endpaper illustration; demy 8vo; purple boards, spine lettered in white; dust wrapper, backstrip and portion of front panel lightly faded, front flap slightly creased; bookplate of J. Ros. Garnet on verso of upper free endpaper, edges of leaves lightly foxed; Rigby, Adelaide, 1978. First edition..... More
With illustrations by J. E. Hobbs. Pp. 56, 12 plates; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, stapled, edges a trifle worn; New Zealand Ship and Marine Society, Wellington, N.Z., 1968. *List of Union Line vessels, originally produced in brief stencilled form in 1951. More
Pp. 288(last blank); coloured and black & white text illustrations, (some full and double page), pictorial endpapers, glossary; small cr. 4to; textured grey boards, lettered in gilt, spine a trifle canted; dust wrapper, edges slightly worn and split, 3 cm. closed tear from bottom edge of back panel; edges of..... More
Pp. 176(last blank), illustrated double title page and text illustrations including technical drawings, bibliography, glossary, index; broad med. 4to; qr. black boards, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, red boards; dust wrapper, backstrip sunned; Conway Maritime Press, London, 1995. One of 2,000 numbered copies. Conway's History of the Ship series..... More
Pp. 224(last blank), illustrated double title page and text illustrations including occasional technical drawings, bibliography, glossary, index; broad med. 4to; qr. black boards, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, red boards; dust wrapper, backstrip sunned; ownership inscription on the upper pastedown; Conway Maritime Press, London, 1992. One of 2,000 numbered..... More
Pp. 208, illustrated double titlepage and text illustrations including an occasional technical drawing and map, bibliography, glossary, appendix (type of vessels), index; broad med. 4to; qr. black boards, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, red boards; dust wrapper, backstrip sunned; Conway Maritime Press, London, 1992. One of 2,000 numbered copies..... More
With chapters on the Auxliary Steamship "Great Britain" and the Port Phillip Bay Steamers past and present. Pp. xii+84, coloured frontispiece, 22 black & white plates, chronological table (including logbook); demy 8vo; blue boards, lettered and ruled in black & blind, a little worn and flecked; leaves browned with some..... More
Pp. [126](last blank), full page black & white text illustrations, erratum slip bound in at the front; oblong roy. 8vo; blue boards, lettered and decorated in cream & red, screw binding, the boards worn, scuffed and soiled, fore-corners bruised; bookseller's sticker on the upper pastedown, endpapers lightly foxed and soiled..... More
Catalogue of an exhibition of rare books, maps, charts, prints, and manuscripts relating to maritime history from the John Carter Brown Library. Pp. xxii+204+[2](last colophon), illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, pictorial endpapers, bibliography, indices; wide demy 4to; blue cloth, spine blocked in black and lettered & ruled..... More
Pp. 176, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, appendices, index; demy 4to; blue boards, spine lettered in gilt, fore-corners of boards faintly bruised; price-clipped dust wrapper; Patrick Stephens Ltd, Sparkford, Yeovil, Somerset, 2001. First edition. More
Pp. [vi]+146, 8 coloured plates, black & white pictorial double title page and text illustrations (some full page), endpaper maps, bibliography, index; cr. 4to; dust wrapper; a little light foxing; Macmillan, Melbourne, 1976. First edition. *History of the exploration of the Great Barrier Reef and the adjoining Torres Strait and..... More
The Spanish Story. Pp. 256, frontispiece plus 12 plates, pictorial endpapers, sources, index; med. 8vo; dust wrapper, edges lightly browned, flaps foxed; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on verso of upper free endpaper, endpapers and edges of leaves a little browned and foxed; Collins, London, 1981. First edition. More
A Reprint of the 1906/7 Edition of Fighting Ships. Pp. [iv]+iv(advertisements)+478+[ii](advertisement and blank), index, glossary; oblong med. 4to; green boards, spine lettered in gilt, the cloth lightly worn and flecked, fore-edges slightly bruised; price-clipped dust wrapper, edges slightly creased and split, laminate a trifle loose, verso lightly browned; edges of..... More
Pp. 192(last blank), illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, sources, index; narrow med. 8vo; blue boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, a trifle marked; Allen & Unwin, London, 1978. Revised and expanded edition. *From the library of Australian historian Honore Forster, with her signature and date in..... More
Pp. 192, coloured frontispiece and numerous coloured text illustrations(some full and double page)index, bibliography; med. 4to; blue boards, spine lettered in silver, bottom edges a trifle worn; Greenwich Editions, London, 1998. First edition. *The story of nautical illustrations examined, explained and beautifully illustrated. More
Pp. xii+498, 5 full page maps, index; med. 8vo; blue boards, spine blocked in black and lettered and ruled in gilt, edges of boards lightly worn; dust wrapper, worn and soiled, edges with several tears and chips (some silverfished) and with a long tear along front fold; bookseller's sticker at..... More
Pp. x+320+[24]publications of the Navy Records Society, list of members 1965, last blank), frontispiece, 2 plates; fs22 med. 8vo; qr. navy and white buckram, lettered, ruled and decorated in gilt; fs24 bookplate of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, some light foxing, leaves brownedfs22 ; Navy Records Society, [London], 1953..... More
Pp. 174, coloured and black & white text and endpaper illustrations and maps, appendices, references; broad cr. 4to; pictorial stiff paper wrappers; the author, no place, 2014. *Inscribed by the author (to Colin Jones) on the title-page. More
Pp. [viii]+120(last colophon), frontispiece, plus 15 plates; f'cap. 4to; blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, boards lightly marked and rubbed, the cloth slightly bubbled on upper board near spine, bottom fore-corner of lower board as trifle bruised; dust wrapper, soiled and worn, edges chipped and torn, the back panel detached..... More
Pp. 48, 8 coloured plates, black & white text illustrations; small cr. 4to; papered boards, edges lightly worn; dust wrapper, a trifle soiled, edges slightly rubbed and split; upper hinge starting, some light foxing; Collins, London, 1943. Britain in Pictures series. Second impression. Carney 58. More