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
Pp. [viii]+220, 8 plates; demy 8vo; blue papered boards, spine lettered in white; dust wrapper, lightly worn, edges slightly split; Rigby, Adelaide, 1967. First edition. *Six years aboard the Naracoopa, sailing off the Tasmanian coast. More
Six Thousand Years of History. Pp. 212(including upper endpapers), 16 plates, numerous text figures, index; small demy 8vo; light blue/grey cloth, spine lettered and decorated in dark blue, a couple of tiny bruises to top edge of lower board; dust wrapper, slightly soiled and quite faded, edges a trifle rubbed;..... 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
Edited by Denys Val Baker. Pp. xii+212(last blank); head of spine lightly bruised; dust wrapper, slightly scuffed, edges a trifle creased; free endpapers offset, the text block browned, a little light foxing; W. H. Allen, London, 1979. First edition. *'Twelve outstanding accounts of those who have first-hand experience of danger..... More
Including Vessels wrecked en route to or from Australia, and some strandings. Volume One: 1622-1850. Pp. 268(last advertisement), text illustrations, endpaper map, indices; narrow cr. 4to; lower joint starting; dust wrapper, edges lightly rubbed and split, with a couple of tiny chips at head of backstrip, the backstrip slightly damp..... 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
Comprising an alphabetical directory of all types of craft past and present containing much discussion of the development of hulls and rigging, together with mention of some of the most outstanding warships and commercial vessels supplemented by a nautical glossary, bibliography and index. Written and illustrated by Graham Blackburn. Pp..... 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. 120, coloured frontispiece, text illustrations; cr. 4to; green cloth, lettered in gilt, lower edge lightly flecked and shelf worn; price-clipped dust wrapper, worn and a little soiled; bookseller's sticker on the upper pastedown; leaves a little browned; Country Life Limited, London, 1964. First edition. More
Pp. [viii]+372 (last blank), illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, indices; demy 4to; dust wrapper, edges a trifle creased, the back panel faintly soiled; inked ownership inscription at foot of last printed page, edges of leaves lightly foxed; Antique Collectors' Club, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 1978. Second edition. *First published..... 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. 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
A Pictorial History. Pp. 80, illustrated in colour throughout (several full or double page), chronology, index; narrow roy. 4to; pictorial papered boards; dust wrapper, faintly creased; Todtri, New York, 1996. First edition. More
The Loss of the Schomberg and Loch Ard. Pp. xiv+194, 8 plates, 1 full page map, appendices, index; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, with publisher's ISBN sticker on lower wrapper, corners a trifle rubbed; Burgewood Books,Melbourne, 1996. [Third edition]. *Signed by the author on the title page. First published (Angus &..... More
Introduction by J. R. L. Anderson. Pp. 352, 16 plates, 10 full or double page text illustrations (mostly maps), appendix, index; green cloth, spine blocked in black and lettered in gilt, the boards a trifle sprung and slightly marked, edges a trifle rubbed and lightly bruised; top edges grey; price-clipped..... More
A Sea Saga of the Sixties. Pp. 32(last colophon), title page vignette and text decorations by Allan Jordan; pictorial paper wrappers over card, stabbed & tied, edges slightly rubbed and browned; text block faintly browned, a couple of spots of foxing; The Hawthorn Press, Melbourne, 1945. First edition thus. *Adapted..... 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
A narrative of 1868. With wood engravings by John Worsley. Pp. [vi]+x+106(last blank)+[2](colophon, verso blank), coloured frontispiece and 3 text illustrations (2 full page), plus pictorial head & tailpiece, the publisher's device at colophon printed in orange; cr. 4to; blue buckram, lettered & decorated in gilt, edges a trifle rubbed;..... More
Maritime Industry, Life and Language. Drawings: Jan Chivers. Cartoons: Paul Tonti-Filippini. Pp. xiv+100, text illustrations; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, edges a trifle rubbed;Lothian Publishing Company Pty. Ltd., Melbourne, 1984. First edition. *'A slice of Australian maritime history in the form of work terms, expressions, slang, and nicknames for people and..... More
Shipbuilders, Boatbuilders and Shipwrights of WA 1829-1929. Foreword by Dr. M. McCarthy. Pp. 328, numerous text illustrations, bibliography, indices; med. 8vo; pictorial glazed papered boards, the lower board faintly scratched; Hesperian Press, Perth, 1998. First edition. *'This history of the shipbuilders, boatbuilders and shipwrights of Western Australia from 1829 to..... More
Being the 1914-1915 diary of the Battle of the Falklands & its aftermath by Surgeon T. B. Dixon R.N.V.R. of H.M.S. Kent. Foreword by Admiral Sir John Bush. Pp. x+96, 8 plates, endpaper map, appendices (including ship diagrams), bibliography, index; dust wrapper, small splits top edge and flap fold of..... More
Pp. 222 (last blank), numerous text illustrations (some full page), double page map; small cr. 4to; edges of boards a trifle rubbed; dust wrapper; occasional slight soiling; Rigby, Adelaide, 1976. First edition. *Australian paddle steamers. More
Pp. 140, illustrated throughout, pictorial endpapers, index; sq. cr. 4to; beige cloth, spine lettered in gilt, edges lightly browned, slightly bruised at head of spine; dust wrapper, edges lightly rubbed and chipped; Debrett, London, 1979. First edition. More
Pp. 16(text)+141 pages of photographs+3 pages of index; demy 4to, black cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt; price-clipped dust wrapper, worn, with several chips and splits from edges and with large portion reinforced with blue paper on verso; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, endpapers slightly soiled; Hulton Press..... More