Pp. viii+240(last blank), title page vignette, numerous text illustrations (some full page), pictorial endpapers, text maps; tall cr. 4to; tiny damp stain near bottom edge of upper board dust wrapper, a trifle soiled; edges of leaves faintly marked, the last few leaves a trifle creased; Nelson, Melbourne, 1983. New one..... More
From Classical times to the coming of steam. 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..... More
A guide to the historic shipwrecks at Port Phillip Heads. Pp. iv+84, coloured and black & white text and endpaper illustrations, appendix, glossary, references, index; broad oblong roy. 8vo; pictorial stiff paper wrappers; Heritage Council Victoria, Melbourne, 1997. First edition. More
Pp. 119, frontispiece, numerous text illustrations, index; oblong 4to; dust wrapper, edges lighted rubbed; Reed, Sydney, 1982. More
Pp. 32, text illustrations, bibliography; post 8vo; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, a trifle worn and soiled; Maritime History Publication/Graeme K. Andrews Publications, Epping, N.S.W., n.d.[1983?]. *Signed by the author on the title page. More
Pp. 136, 4 coloured plates, black & white text illustrations (some full page) appendices, bibliography, index; oblong 4to; blue papered boards, spine lettered in orange; dust wrapper, the back panel faintly scuffed; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown; A. H. & A. W. Reed, Sydney, 1976. First edition. More
A re-assessment of their place in Elizabethan maritime expansion. Pp. [x]+190, 7 full page maps, index; demy 8vo; dark blue papered boards, spine lettered in gilt; top edges blue; price-clipped dust wrapper, faintly scuffed, edges a trifle rubbed; Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 1967. First edition. *'Presents the voyages in a...... More
Pp. xxiv(advertisements and title-page)+206+[2](advertisement, blank), text illustrations; oblong cr. 8vo; green boards, lettered and decorated in blue, worn, fore-corners bruised; ownership inscription on the upper free endpaper, leaves a little browned; Marine Press Pty. Ltd., Sydney, 1950. *A directory of shipping. More
Pp. xxxxviii(advertisements and title-page)+384(endpapers included in pagination), list of shipowners, shipbuilders and repairers, engine builders and organisations (Australia, New Zealand and Islands), table of distances; obl. post 8vo; maroon boards, lettered, decorated and ruled in gilt, a little worn, fore-corners worn and bruised; edges of leaves browned; Marine Press Pty..... More
300 years of navigation. Pp. 256, frontispiece, illustrated title-page, text illustrations, endpaper map, index; demy 4to; grey boards, lettered in brown; dust wrapper, a little worn and scuffed, verso a trifle browned and foxed, edges lightly creased and a trifle split; Howell-North Books, Berkeley, Calif., 1974. Second edition. More
A century of tall ships. With a Foreword by HRH The Prince of Wales. With photographs by Frank William Beken, Alfred Keith Beken, Kenneth John Beken. Pp. 224, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white (many full, some double page), endpaper plans; med. 4to; edges of boards a trifle..... More
Pp. 64, coloured illustrated title-page, coloured text illustrations (most full page), index, bibliography; oblong cr. 4to; pictorial laminated boards; Waterfront, Settle, North Yorkshire, 2001. More
Pp. 230, coloured frontispiece, 16 black & white plates, supplementary notes, bibliography, index; demy 8vo; green cloth, spine lettered in gilt; price-clipped dust wrapper, a trifle soiled, the backstrip slightly faded; David & Charles, Newton Abbot, 1971. First edition. More
Edited by E. G. R. Taylor. Pp. xxxvi+464, frontispiece plus 9 plates, text figures, folding map, tables, bibliography, appendices, index; demy 8vo; blue cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt and ruled in blind, the spine gilt faintly dulled, fore-corner a trifle bruised; uncut and partly unopened; tiny chip to top..... More
. Pp. 208, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white (some full or double page), text maps, index; cr. 4to; blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, bottom fore-corners of boards slightly bruised; dust wrapper, top edge of front panel a trifle creased; British Broadcasting Corporation, London, 1984. First edition..... More
English and Croatian text. Pp. 232, coloured and black & white text illustrations (some full page), index; broad oblong cr. 4to; white boards, upper board lettered in black; dust wrapper, a trifle worn; Hrvatska Bratovstina, Zagreb, 2011. More
A freight study of commodity movements in the hinterlands of Melbourne, Geelong and Portland. Pp. x+50, 7 full page maps, tables (1 full page); demy 8vo; printed paper wrappers, stapled; Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1964. First edition. More
80 Photographs mainly from the National Maritime Museum depicting British and North American Naval, Merchant and Special Purpose vessels of the period of transition from sail to steam. Selected, Introduced and Described by Rear Admiral P. W. Brock, CB DSO, a Trustee, and Basil Greenhill CMG, the Director of the..... More
Pp. vi+54, coloured and black & white text illustrations including a double-page map, appendix, index; small demy 8vo; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, stapled; Navarine Publishing, Hobart, 2008. *Signed by the author on the title-page. More
Vintage & Veteran Boats of Tasmania. 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. 192, 34 plates, text illustrations; index; demy 8vo; navy boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; Roadmaster Publishing/Baggins Book Bazaar, Chatham, Kent, 1997. *First published 1949. More
Pp. viii+172, appendices, bibliography, endpaper maps; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, the laminate slightly wrinkled, edges slightly worn; Marsh Walsh, Melbourne, 1975. First edition. *The author traces the voyages of exploration to the South Seas and to Australia, from Marco Polo, Da Gama and Tasman through to James Cook. More
Pp. viii+118, frontispiece, full page text illustrations including maps, bibliography; small cr. 4to; pictorial stiff paper wrappers; Gemcraft Pty. Ltd., Melbourne, 1985. First edition. *The story of the wreck of the Port au Prince in Tonga in 1806, and the Eliza in Fiji in 1808. More
Pp. xii+308(last blank), text illustrations, pictorial endpapers, notes, index; demy 8vo; pictorial laminated boards; dust wrapper; edges of leaves browned; Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 2004. First edition. *'The bizarre true story of the man who built a paddle-steamer fleet on the River Murray and of his spectacular fall from grace'..... More
The autobiography of a ferryman. Pp. xii+186(last blank), text illustrations (some full page), appendix, glossary; demy 8vo; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, a trifle worn; Hesperian Press, Perth, 1996. First edition. More