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GODARD PHILIPPEThe First And Last Voyage Of TheBatavia.
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GODSON HARRYThe Marion Story.
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GOSSE PHILIPThe History Of Piracy.
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GOULD E.W. Fifty Years On The Mississippi.
Or Gould's History of River Navigation. Containing a
history of the introduction of steam as a propelling power
on ocean, lakes and rivers-The first steamboats
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of steam-Character of the early navigators-Description
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boats at different periods-Appropriations
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GRADY DONSealers & Whalers.
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GRANT Sir ALLANSteel & Ships.
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of the ship-builders who built the Queen Mary
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GRANT JAMESThe Narrative Of A Voyage Of Discovery,
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1802, To New South Wales. illus. with one folding map, &
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GRANT KAYSamuel Cunard.
Pioneer of the Atlantic Steamship.
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GREENHILL BASIL ANN GIFFARDTravelling By Sea In The Nineteenth Century.
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GREGORY DICKSON The Romance Of The "Edina."
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GROSSETT HARRY Down To The Ships In The Sea.
Deep sea diving experiences. illus. with
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GUNSON NIEL Ed. by. The Dalton Journal.
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GWYNN STEPHENCaptain Scott.
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GWYTHER JOHN First Voyage.
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HACKNEY NOEL C.L.Mayflower.
Classic Ships series. Their History and how to Model
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HAHN HARLOD M.Ships Of The American Revolution
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HAINES GREGORY Gunboats On The Great River.
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HALL TIMOTHYHMAS Melbourne.
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HALLS CHRIS Australia's Worst Shipwrecks
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Rigby 1978 1st. ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.158 Consisting of a series of
case studies on thirteen famous and mysterious shipwrecks off the coast
of Australia between 1712 and 1912. Fine. Price:
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HARDY A.C.Warships At Work
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HASTINGS MACDONALD Mary Celeste.
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HEAPS LEOLog Of the Centurion.
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on board HMS Centurion, Lord Anson's flagship during his
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maps t/out. 8 full page & col. pub. Lond.
Hart-Davis, MacGibbon 1973 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. cr.4to. pp.264.
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HECKSTALL-SMITH B. CAPTAIN E. DU BOULAY.TheComplete Yachtsman.
with 206 illus. in the text & 24 plates
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pp.XII.570. sl. sunned, bds. rubbed otherwise
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HEDDLE JOHN F. MOODIESeven In The Half Deck- An Account of the Wreck of the Barque "John Murray"illus. withtext drawings, e/paper maps;pub.
Australia: Longmans Green, 1949, or.cl. d/w. 12mo. pp.184. Son of
Robert Moodie Heddle ( Master of "Loch Rannoch", and brother of Author
Enid Moodie Heddle). The last voyage of the last tall ship registered
in Australia, by a former apprentice on board. Voyage Melbourne to San
Francisco, shipwrecked on Malden Island on the way back to Melbourne.
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HENDRY F.C. (Shalimar) Land And Sea. pub. Lond. 1948 or.blu.cl. 12mo. pp.618. Very good copy. Price: $40.00
HETHERINGTON ROY M. The Wreck Of H.H.S. Orpheus.
New Zealand's worst sea disaster. illus. with 18
full page plates t/out. pub. N.Z. Cassell
1975 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.XVI.158. Fine
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HICKEY DES GUS SMITHSeven Days To Disaster.
Sinking of the Lusitania. illus. with 8 full page plates
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HILDER BRETTThe Voyage Of Torres.
The discovery of the Southern Coastline of
New Guinea and Torres Strait by Captain
Louis Baez de Torres in 1606.
with frontis. e/papers, 70 maps & plates of which 5 are
col. pub. Qld. Uni. of Qld Press 1980 or.cl. d/w. 4to.
pp.XXXII.194. Fine. Price: $50.00
HOBBS EDWARD W.Model Sailing Boats - Their Design, Building and Sailing
illus. with 352 photographs, diagrams and working drawings. pub. London
Cassell & Company Ltd, nd. c. 1920’s brown decorated cloth with two
sailing yachts on front board, gilt stamped titles, re-bound with new
e/papers, cr.8vo. pp.312 Reference book for model boat builders by an
author who was connected with model building and sailing all his life.
From architecture and designing to building, from particulars and
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copy. Price: $125.00
HOBBS EDWARD W.How To Make Old-Time Ship Models
illus. with 175 figures (plans, photos & sketches) and 4 illus. in
preface, plus 5 large folding plates (Plate 4-5 in pocket at end of the
book). pub. London Brown, Son & Ferguson., 1968 revised ed. or.cl.
d/w. 8vo. pp. XXIII.208. Dustwrapper little chipped otherwise very
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HOEHLING A.A. MARY HOEHLING The Last Voyage OfThe Lusitania.
illus. with 14 full page plates t/out.
pub. Lond. The Quality Book Club nd.195-? or.dk.bl.
cl. 8vo. pp.VIII.184. front free e/paper cut otherwise
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HOEHLING A.A. Lonely Command.
A Documentary. The Epic story of the Emden. illus. with 8 full page
plates t/out. pub. Lond. Cassell 1957 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.192.
Fine copy. Price: $65.00
HOGG IAN & JOHN BATCHELORNaval Gun.
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full page & col. pub. U.K. Blandford Press 1978 1st ed. or.cl. d/w.
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HOLDEN R. J. LONEYEarly Shipping In The Port OfGeelong.
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Vic. Geelong 1969 illus.wps. 8vo. pp.76. limited to 500
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HOLMES NOELGo Rainbow Go!
Chris Bouzaid and the dramatic quest for the One Ton Cup. N.Z. who
competed in Heligoland for the One Ton Cup. illus. with 26 full page
plates t/out. pub. Lond. & N.Z. Hodder & Stoughton 1970
1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.X.208. Fine.
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HOLT F.S. A Banker All At Sea.
Being World War II. Naval memoirs (1941-1946) of F.S. Holt.
with e/paper maps & 22 full page plates
t/out. pub. Melb. Neptune Press 1983 1st.ed.
or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.288. Fine. Price: $40.00
HOLTHOUSE HECTORShips In The Coral.
Explorers, Wrecks and Traders of the Northern Australian Coast. illus.
with several full page b/w. plates t/out. map, pub. Syd. Macmillan 1976
or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.146. A definitive work on the ships that sailed
through and along the Great Barrier Reef, to coastal ports and out into
the Pacific and north to New Guinea. Many of these ships were lost so
it is a valuable source of historic information for divers. Very good
copy. Price: $45.00
HORDERN MARSDENMariners Are Warned!
John Lort Stokes and H.M.S. Beagle in Australia 1837-1843.
with 3 maps, one folding in pocket a rear, text
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Melb. M.U.P. 1989 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.XXIV.360.
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HOUGH RICHARDThe Hunting Of Force Z
with 8 pages b/w photos. Illustrations in text. The Brief,
Controversial Life Of The Modern Battleship, And Its Tragic Close With
The Destruction Of The 'Prince Of Wale' And 'Repulse' pub. London
Collins 1963 1st. ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.256 "The real story behind
Britain's greatest modern naval disaster" 1941 in Singapore only five
days before Japan attacked Pearl Harbour. Sl. chip to d/w. else
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HOUGH RICHARD Captain Bligh & Mr Christian.
The Men and the Mutiny. illus. with frontis. e/paper maps
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text pub. Lond. 1972 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.320. Fine
copy. Price: $40.00
HOUGH RICHARDThe Murder Of Captain James Cook.
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1979 1st ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.272. Fine. Price:
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HOUOT GEORGES PIERRE WILLM Two Thousand FathomsDown.
In the Bathyscaphe. 2.5 miles down in a Bathyscaphe. with
e/paper illus. & 16 full page plates t/out.
pub. Lond. Hamilton 1955 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.256.
Fine. Price: $35.00
HOWARTH DAVID STEPHEN HOWARTH The Story Of P& O
The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navagation Company. illus. with many
text plates t/out. mostly col. pub. Lond. Weidenfeld & Nicolson
1986 or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.224. Fine copy. Price:
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HOYT EWIN P. The Last Cruise Of The Emden.
Destruction of the Emden by the Australian heavy
cruiser Sydney in the Cocos Keeling Is. during W.W.I. pub.
Lond. Andre Deutsch 1967 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.242.
Fine. Price: $50.00
HUDDART PARKER LTD. War Service Of The Merchant Navy 1939-1945.
A Record of the Participation of the Men and
Ships of Huddart Parker Ltd. illus. with title page, text dec.
& many plates t/out. pub. Melb. 1951
or.blu.cl. roy.4to. pp.80. ex. school lib. copy, three
lib. stamps t/out. bds. sl. rubbed.
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HUGHES HENRY Through Mighty Seas,
Or the Romance of a Little Wind-Jammer illus. with frontis photo. 12
b/w. photos. pub. London Travel Book Club nd. c. 1930’s or red cl. 8vo.
pp.288. This tale of the sea is from the diaries of a boy who, in the
early 'nineties, for reasons of health, was sent to sea in a windjammer
and did three voyages in the barque Pride of Wales, sailing out of
Portmadoc to the South Americas and the West Indies. Ex Seafares lib.
one stap to title page and seferal dates to rear e/paper else very
good. Price: $40.00
HULT RUBY ELSteamboats In The Timber.
History of steamboating on Lake Coeur d'Alene Idaho U.S.A.
illus. with frontis. & 30 full page plates t/out. one folding map
pub. U.S.A. Idaho The Caxton Printers Ltd. 1953
or.cl. d/w. roy.8vo. pp.210. Fine copy.
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INGLETON GEOFFREY C. Matthew Flinders:
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Edinburgh. illus. with endpaper map, 8 full-page manuscript charts
(Flinders's surveys) & numerous other maps & charts in text, 17
full-page coloured plates, including frontispiece from watercolour by
Ingleton, 2 portraits of Flinders, 6 natural history plates by
Ferdinard Bauer & 8 topographical views by William Westall, both of
whom sailed with Flinders on his circumnavigatory voyage; 8 black &
white plates (views, portraits & instruments), 252 text
illustrations, including many maps, plans, portraits; notes &
references, appendices, bibliography, 3 indices (persons, ships &
general); pub. Genesis Publications, in association with Hedley
Australia, 1986. Large med. 4to, First Edition; pp.xxiv,468; original
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IDRIESS ION L. and Torpedo-man T.M. JONES The Silent Service.
Action stories of the ANZAC Navy. illus.
with frontis. pub. Syd. Angus & Robertson 1944
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fore-edge else very good copy, d/w. sl. chipped. Price: $115.00
IDRIESS ION L. & T.M. JONES The Silent Service.
Action Stories of the ANZAC Navy. with e/paper maps
frontis. & several illus. by Unk White pub.
Syd. Angus & Robertson 1952 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.372.
Damp marks to boards, slightly foxed to edges of first few pages, d/w.
worn and chipped otherwise good clean copy. Price:
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INCHBOLD JOHNThe Yacht With No Name.
The story of B 195, Australia's Leading Contender for the
1977 One Ton cup. illus. with many plates t/out. some
full page & col. pub. Melb. Pudding Pub. 1978 1st.ed. or.cl.
d/w. 8vo. pp.128. Fine copy. Price: $45.00.
INGRAM COLLINGWOOD Isles Of The Seven Seas
illus. with end paper maps, frontis. of a schooner & 31 b/w full
page plates t/out. pub. Hutchinson & Co 1936 1st. ed. or. light
blue cloth with darker blue titles on the spine 8vo. pp.284. (Author 's
explanation of people and places before the war, narrative of visits:
Tahiti Bora-Bora, Coll, Tenerife, Sumatra, Dassen, Kyushu, Sanday, New
Zealand, Little Tobago, Corsica, Oussant). Light edgewear, else very
good. Price: $75.00
INGRAM C.W.N.New Zealand Shipwrecks 1795-1970.
illus. with frontis. & 36 full page
plates t/out. pub. N.Z. Wellington A.H. &
A.W. Reed 1972 or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.448. top & bottom of pages
sprayed neatly with gold, small cut-out pictures
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JANE'SFighting Ships1939.
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advts. pub. Lond. Sampson Low Marston 1939 or. blue cl. 4to. oblong,
pp.543. bottom of the last 40 pages sl. water damage, sympathetically
repaired. Price: $250.00
JANE'S Fighting Ships 1942.
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advts. pub. Lond. Sampson Low Marston 1942 or. blue cl. 4to. oblong,
pp.543. slightly bumped top and bottom of spine, shelf wear, else very
good copy. Price: $250.00
JANE'S Fighting Ships Of World War I.
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Lond. Studio Editions 1990 originally pub. by Jane's 1919; or.cl. d/w.
roy.4to. pp.320. Fine copy. Price: $80.00
JENKINS DAVIDBattle Surface!
Japan's Submarine War Against Australia 1942-44.
illus. with plates dgms. t/out. some col. pub. Syd. Random House
1992 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.304. Fine.
Price: $135.00
JENKINS FORDPort War.
Lowestoft 1939-45. Story of a front-line town.
with frontis. & many photo plates by
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d/w. 4to. pp.80. Photo record of the Second World War in
Lowestoft and the surrounding area, detailed captions, detailed lists,
air attacks, crashes and forced landings on Lowestoft district. List of
addresses damaged. Gift inscription to f/free e/paper, dated 1946. Fine
in the sl. torn d/w. Price: $75.00
JENKINS NANCY The Boat Beneath The Pyramid.
King Cheops' Royal Ship. illus. with 6 full page plates & numerous
b/w. many full page pub. pub. Lond. Thames & Hudson 1980
or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.184. Fine copy. Price:
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JOHNSON GENEShip Model Building.
profusely illus. with dwgs. dgms. & some plates t/out.
many full page, 2 folding plans loosely inserted. pub. U.S.A.
Cornell Maritime Press 1981 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.302. clear
contact plastic adhered to d/w. otherwise fine.
Price: $55.00
Johnson Mrs. Irving and Captain Sailing To See
Picture Cruise in the Schooner Yankee. profusely illus. with b/w.
plates t/out. some full page pub. New York W.W. Norton & Company,
1939 1st. ed. or. dark blue cl. 4to. pp.224. Spectacular photo record
of a pre-war Polynesian cruise in schooner Yankee. Many pictures of
life on board plus very many from the Pacific Islands of Bali Pitcairn,
Galapagos, and Tahiti. Very good copy. Price: $50.00
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JOHNSON LESAlbany And The Whalers.
with text illus. t/out. by Fran
Hewitson pub. W.Aust. Albany
1979 or.illus.wps. pp.36. Fine. Price: $30.00
JOHNSTON GEORGE H. Battle Of The Seaways.
illus. with frontis. & 12 full page plates
t/out. pub. Syd. Angus & Robertson 1941 or.cl.
8vo. pp.240. v/good copy, some sl. staining to title
page. Price: $25.00
JOHNSTON GEORGEGrey Gladiator.
H.M.A.S. Sydney with the British Mediterranean Fleet. illus. with
frontis. & 9 full page plates t/out. pub. Syd. Angus &
Robertson 1941 or. grey cl. 8vo. pp.XVI.184. very good
copy. Price: $45.00
JONES COLIN Ferries On The Yarra.
with e/paper maps & profusely illus. with
plates t/out. some full page pub. Melb. Greenhouse Pub.
1981 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.108. Fine copy.
Price: $40.00
JONES COLINAustralian Colonial Navies
illus. with line drawings, maps, engravings, bibliography, index; pub.
Canberra Australian War Memorial 1986 or. card wrappers, (paperback),
cr.4to. pp.XII.178. Prior to the establishment of the Royal Australian
Navy the Australian Colony was protected by five independent navies
operated by New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania and
Victoria. Admiral Creswell brought these Colonial Navies under the one
flag in 1901-1904. Name of previous owner on f/free e/paper else
fine. Price: $40.00
JONES CAPTAIN WILLIAM H.S.The Cape Horn Breed.
experience as an Apprentice in Sail in the Full-rigged Ship "British
Isles." with e/paper maps frontis. & 28 plates
pub. Lond. Andrew Melrose 1956 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w.
8vo. pp.328. v/good copy in the torn d/w.
Price: $45.00
JOPPIEN RUDIGER and BERNARD SMITH The Art Of Captain Cooks Voyages.
Vol.3 (only) in 2 parts (2 vols.) The Voyage of the Resolution
and Adventure 1776-1780. Volume Three Text and Volume Three
Catalogue: The Voyage Of The Resolution and Discovey 1776-1780.
profusely illus. with plates t/out. some full page
& col. or.cl. d/w.'s folio, part I pp.XXII.234.
& part II 235-670. Volume Three Text is: or. brown cl. three fleck
marks to spine, otherwise fine. The two vols. Price:
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KELSALL E.M. `MICK' A Riverman's Story.
Growing up and working on the river Murray mainly around
Echuca. illus. with e/paper maps, 8 full page plates pub.
Melb. Lothian Pub. 1986 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo.
pp.266. Fine. Price: $50.00
KENDERDINE SARAHHistoric Shipping On The Murray River.
A Guide to the Terrestrial and Submerged Archaeological Resources in
New South Wales and Victoria. illus. with 55 figures -drawings, maps,
plans & photos, pub. Sydney Department of Planning, 1994 or. stiff
green color pict. wps. (paperback), f'scap. 4to. pp.XVI.130. A guide to
the terrestrial and submerged archaeological sites in South Australia.
Fine. Price: $35.00
KERR COLIN & MARGARETPort Phillip Bay.
Story of a great harbour from its discovery to the present day.
illus. with map & text plates t/out. pub. Adel.
Rigby 1979 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.64. Fine
copy. Price: $35.00
KERR COLIN & MARGARETAustralia's Early Whalemen.
illus. with many b/w. plates t/out. some full page
pub. Adel. Rigby 1980 1st.ed. or.cl. dk.aqua.blu.d/w.
cr.4to. pp.64. Fine. Price: $35.00
KERR GARRY J.Australian And New Zealand Sail Traders.
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LAWSON WILL Pacific Steamers.
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LEES JAMES The Masting And Rigging Of English Ships OfWar 1625-1860.
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LEWIS DAVID We, The Navigators.
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LEYLAND MIKE & MAL. Untamed Coast.
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LIND LEW The Royal Australian Navy- Historic Naval Events Year By Year, 75th
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LINDSAY NORMANNorman Lindsay's Ship Models
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LINDSAY J. MURRAY Sailor In Steam.
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LINDSAY CAPT. J. MURRAYBy The Wind.
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LONEY J.K. Adventures With Shipwrecks.
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LONEY J.K. Wrecks Along The Great Ocean Road.
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LONEY J.K.Wrecks At Apollo Bay.
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LONEY J.K. Warnambool The Graveyard of Ships.
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LONEY JACKWrecks In Australian Waters.
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LONEY J.K.Wrecks On The Gippsland Coast.
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LONEY JACKShips In Corio Bay,
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LONEY JACK Mysteries Of The Bass Strait Triangle.
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LONEY J.K. An Era At Port Phillip Heads 1830-1900.
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LONEY J.K.Wrecks On Victoria's South West Coast.
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LONEY JACK Bay Steamers And Coastal Ferries.
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LONEY JACKShips And Seamen Off The South Coast.
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LONEY JACKWrecks On The South Coast Of South Australia.
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LONEY J.K. Victorian Shipwrecks.
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LONEY JACK Australian Shipwrecks
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LONGRIDGE C. NEPEAN The Anatomy Of Nelson's Ships.
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LORD WALTER A Night To Remember.
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LORD WALTERDay of Infamy
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LORE Of Ships-The.
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LUBBOCK BASILThe Blackwall Frigates.
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LUBBOCK BASILThe Western Ocean Packets.
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LUBBOCK BASIL Sail, The Romance Of The Clipper Ships
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LUBBOCK BASILCoolie Ships. And Oil Sailers.
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LUBBOCK BASIL The Colonial Clippers.
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LUBBOCK BASIL The Last Of The Windjammers.
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LUBBOCK BASIL The Log Of The "Cutty Sark."
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LUBBOCK A. BASIL Round The Horn Before The Mast.
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LUBBOCK BASILThe China Clippers.
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LUBBOCK BASIL The Down Easters.
American Deep-water Sailing Ships 1869-1929.
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LUBBOCK ADELAIDE Owen Stanley R.N.
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LYNCH DON Titanic
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McDONELL CAPTAIN R. Build A Fleet Lose A Fleet.
Story of the old Commonwealth Line of Steamers. with
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McDONELL CAPTAIN R. Build A Fleet Lose A Fleet.
Story of the old Commonwealth Line of Steamers. with
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McDONELL CAPTAIN RALPH Alma Doepel.
The History of An Australian Schooner 1903-1975. illus. with plates,
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McGUIRE FRANCES MARGARETThe Royal Australian Navy.
Origin, Development and Organization. with frontis. &
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Melb. Oxford Uni. Press 1948 or. orange cl.
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McGUIRE PAULThe Price Of Admiralty.
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McGUIRE PAUL Westward The Course.
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McINTYRE KENNETH GORDON The Secret Discovery Of Australia.
Portuguese ventures 200 years before Captain Cook. illus. with e/paper
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McKEE ALEXANDER Tarquin's Ship.
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McKIE RONALDProud Echo.
Story of H.M.A.S. Perth. with e/paper and text illus. some
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McLEOD JOHN Surgeon. Voyage Of His Majesty's ShipAlceste,
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McQUEEN ANDREWClyde River-Steamers.
Of the Last Fifty Years. illus. with
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MacDONNELL J.E. Fleet Destroyer.
Story of training by Officers and life on a
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MacDONNELL J.E. Valiant Occasions.
Shot-by-shot account of naval engagements in WWII by a gunnery-officer
of the Royal Australian Navy. pub. Lond. Constable 1952
or.cl. white spine blk. ltg. d/w. 8vo. pp.262. fine in the
very sl. worn d/w. Price: $35.00
MacGREGOR DAVID R. Fast Sailing Ships.
Their Design and Construction, 1775-1875. illus. with
plates, dgms, t/out. pub. Lond. Conway Maritime Press
1988 or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.320. Fine.
Price: $100.00
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MacINTYRE DAVID MICHAEL FIELD with CHRISTINEQUINNCook's Wild Strait.The
Interisland Story. with e/paper illus & many plates
t/out. some full page pub. Wellington N.Z. Reed 1983 1st.ed.
or.cl. d/w. 8vo.obl. pp.168. Fine. Price: $75.00
MacKENZIE MARGARET E. Shipwrecks.
Being the historical account of Shipwrecks Along the
Victorian Coast from Cape Otway to Port Fairy 1836-1914.
with 6 full page plates t/out. and one
map pub. Melb. National Press
1964 or.cl.d/w. 12mo. pp.136. Fine.
Price: $30.00
MacKENZIE MARGARET E. Shipwrecks.
Being the historical account of Shipwrecks
Along the Victorian Coast from
Peterborough to Cape Otway 1843-1914. illus. with 4
full page plates t/out. & map pub. Melb. The National Press
1956 or.illus.wps. 12mo. pp.86. Very good copy.
Price: $15.00
MACK JAMES D. Matthew Flinders
1774-1814. illus. with 14 full page plates t/out. pub. Melb. Nelson
1966 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.X.270. Almost fine
copy. Price: $55.00
MABER JOHN M.North Star To Southern Cross.
The story of the Australasian Seaways. illus. with
frontis. & 48 full page plates t/out. pub.
U.K. 1967 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. roy.8vo. pp.XVI.336.
Comprehensive account of the more than 60 shipping lines that
established routes between Europe, Australasia and North America. From
around 1850 to time of writing; full fleet lists with details of over
800 vessels; picture pasted to title page & f/free e/paper,
edges tinted, fine otherwise. Price: $65.00
MACKANESS GEORGE The Life Of Vice-Admiral WilliamBligh.
illus. with col. frontis. & 54 full page plates t/out. pub. Syd.
Angus & Robertson 1951 or.dk.aqua.cl.
roy.8vo. pp.XVI.574. fine. Price: $85.00
MACKANESS GEORGE Blue Bloods Of Botany Bay.
A Books of Australian Historical Tales. Tales of wrecks, pirates,
voyages, Governor's ladies, vagabonds both men and women. pub. Lond.
& Syd. Collins 1952 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.144.
Fine. Price: $45.00
MACMILLAN DAVID S.A Squatter Went to Sea.
The Story of Sir William Macleay's New Guinea Expedition
(1875) and his life in Sydney. illus. with map & frontis.
title page vign. and text dwgs. pub. Syd. Currawong
Pub. 1957 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.X.164.
fine. Price: $40.00
MAHOGANY Ship-The.The Proceedings of The First Australian Symposium
illus. with maps, photo plates, some full page pub. Vic. Warrnambool:
Mahogany Ship Committee, 1985 3rd Edition. or. brown stiff wrappers,
4to. pp.64. fine. Price: $30.00
MAINWARING MARCUSNor Any Drop To Drink.
England to Australia May 1987 January 1988. with
e/paper maps & 16 full page plates t/out.
pub. Lond. Bloomsbury Pub. 1988 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w.
roy.8vo. pp.282. Fine copy. Price: $40.00
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MANUS MAX Underwater Saboteur.Translated
by F.H. Lyon. illus. with b/w frontispiece, 10 pages b/w. plates; pub.
London, William Kimber, 1953 1st ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.240, very sl
chipped d/w else fine. Price: $65.00
MARRYAT CAPTAINPeter Simple.
With a portrait after John Simpson, twenty-one
collotype plates of etchings and
drawings by R.W. Buss. 2 vols. pub. Lond. Constable &
Co. 1929 or.red cl. glt.dec. &
ltg. to spine 8vo.
pp.Vol.I.LXII.360. Vol.II.XII.378. pages rough-trimmed to fore
edge. Limited to 750 copies. Fine. Price:
$175.00 Convert CurrencyParcel Costs
MARSDEN PETERThe Wreck Of The Amsterdam.
with 24 full page plates t/out. text illus. pub. Lond.
Hutchinson 1974 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.288.
Fine. Price: $35.00
MARSHALL BRIAN Paddle Boats Of The Murray-DarlingRiver System.
Tells the story of nearly 300
paddle boats. profusely illus. with b/w. plates
t/out. some full page, list of registered and
unregistered Paddle-Boats at rear. pub. Melb. Mercury
Pub. Co. 1988 or.cl. d/w. 4to.obl. pp.208. Very
good copy. Price: $100.00
MARTIN COLINFull Fathom Five.
Wrecks of the Spanish Armada. Diving to salvage some
of the Spanish Armada illus. with 16 full page plates t/out. 2 col. 15
maps & plans pub. Lond. Chatto & Windus 1975 or.cl. d/w. 8vo.
pp.288. Fine. Price: $40.00
MARTIN COLIN & GEOFFREY PARKERThe SpanishArmada.
e/paper maps, profusely illus. with plates t/out. many full page
& col. pub. Lond. Hamilton 1988 1st.ed.
or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.296. Authors have analysed a huge
quantity of previously unstudied material in the great archives of
Spain and the Netherlands. v/fine. Price: $45.00
MASEFIELD JOHN Sea Life In Nelson's Time.
illus. with frontis. & 16 full page plates t/out.
pub. Lond. Conway Maritime Press 1971 or.cl. d/w. 4to.
pp.XII.108. Fine. Price: $45.00
MASEFIELD JOHN Victorious Troy.
with e/paper illus. pub. Lond. Heinemann 1935 1st.ed.
or.blu. glt. titled cl. Pictorial endpapers depicting deck arrangement
of full-rigged ship The Hurrying Angel. 8vo. pp.310. A great
adventure story about boys sailing a ship in the South Pacific. Ship's
Heroic Crew Novel. sl. spotting, else near fine.
Price: $40.00
MASON A.E.W. The Life Of Francis Drake.
illus. with frontis. map, & fold out chart at end. pub.
Lond. Hodder & Stoughton 1941 1st.ed. or.dk.
royal blu.cl. glt.ltg. to spine 8vo. pp.X.436.
fine. Price: $45.00
MASTERS DAVID `Up Periscope'
The Immortal Record of His Majesty's Submarines.
illus. with frontis. & 14 full page plates t/out. pub.
Lond. Eyre & Spottiswoode 1942 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.176.
almost fine copy. Price: $35.00
MAXTONE-GRAHAM JOHN Cunard 150 Glorious Years.
profusely illus. with plates t/out. many full page & col. pub.
Lond. David Charles 1989 or.cl. d/w. cr.4to.obl. pp.128.
Fine. Price: $70.00
MAXWELL C. BEDE Wooden Hookers.
Epics of the sea history of Australia. pub.
Syd. Angus & Robertson 1940 or.cl. sm.8vo.
pp.280. some foxing to edges &
t/out. text otherwise good copy.
Price: $65.00
MELLERSH H.E.L.Fitzroy Of The Beagle.
illus. with frontis. & 8 full page plates t/out. pub.
U.S.A. Mason & Lipscomb 1968 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.308.
Fine. Price: $40.00
MEW FRED Back Of The Wight.
Yarns of Wrecks and Smuggling. illus. with frontis. of drawing of
Clarendon, backed by plate of author at the wreck of the S.S. Georgie,
& 10 full page plates t/out. pub. Isle of Wight The County Press
1965 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.116. Collection of tales of the ships and the
sea with chapters including Wrecks 1880-1881 & 1882-1884; Sirenia -
Lifeboat Gallantry; Tobacco, Brandy and Butter; James Wheeler's Log;
Treasure Trove; Archaeology; Smugging. Fine in sl. chipped
d/w. Price: $45.00
MILLAR JACK - True Australian Sea Stories.profusely
illus. with plates throughout, some full page, pub. Adelaide Rigby 1978
1st ed. or.cl. d/w. cr.4to. pp.214. Stirring exploits against the sea.
Fine copy. Price: $35.00
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MILLER WILLIAM H.German Ocean Liners Of The 20thCentury.
profusely illus. with plates t/out. 16 full page
& col. pub. U.K. Thorsons Pub. Group 1989
1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. roy.4to. pp.208 Includes detailed
histories of a number of individual ships. Fine.
Price: $110.00
MOHR ULRICH As told to A.V. Sellwood. Atlantis.
The Story of a German Surface Raider. illus. with frontis. & 16
full page plates t/out. e/paper maps pub. Lond. Werner
Laurie 1955 or.cl. 8vo. pp.XX.246. Fine. Price:
$40.00
MOOREHEAD ALAN Darwin And The Beagle.
illus. throughout in colour and b/w from early 19th-century prints and
drawings, 46 of which are full page & col.
Chronology of the voyage of the Beagle, bibliography, index,
illustrated end-papers. pub. Lond. Hamilton 1969 2nd imp.
or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.280. Biography of Charles Robert
Darwin's (1809 - 1882) five year adventure on the high seas with
captain Robert FitzRoy at the helm of the good ship Beagle, and ports
of call. Fine. Price: $45.00
MOOREHEAD RICHARD J.The Cruise Of The Goodwill Ship.
Log of a Layman. Being a descriptive narrative
of the voyage of the Australian Goodwill and Trade
Delegation in the Royal Dutch Packet Company's Turbine Steamship,
"Nieuw Holland," to Macassar, Samarang, Cheribon and Belawan
Deli in the Netherlands Indies, and to Singapore,
Penang, and British Malaya. illus. with
frontis. & several plates t/out. some full page
pub. Melb. The Ruskin Press nd.193-? or.blu.cl. 8vo.
pp.198. some spotting to edges, spine sl. rubbed otherwise
v/good. Price: $45.00
MORRISON J. S. & J.S. Williams Greek Oared Ships 900-322 BC
illus. with 31 b/w. photo plates pub. Cambridge University Press, 1968
1st. ed. or.cl. top edge blue, d/w. 4to. pp.X.356. A thorough study of
the evidence, both literary and archaeological, for nautical practice
in Greek antiquity. Sl. tape marks to past-down e/papers else near
fine. Price: $200.00
MOUNTEVANS Admiral Lord Adventurous Life.
Autobiography of `Evans of the Broke.' Covers Admiral Mountevans
experiences as Second in Command of
Captain Scott's last Polar expedition
and as Commander in Chief of
the Royal Australian Navy, the Africa Station
and the Nore. illus. with frontis. &
16 full page plates t/out. pub. Lond.
Hutchinson nd.194-? or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.260. Fine
copy. Price: $35.00
MOYES JOHN F. Scrap-Iron Flotilla.
illus. with frontis. & 8 full page plates t/out. pub.
Syd. N.S.W. Bookstall Co. P/L. 1943 or.red cl. 8vo. pp.190.
The Scrap-Iron Flotilla officially they were HMAS Stuart; Waterhen,
Voyager, Vendetta, Vampire. Australia sent 5 destroyers built in 1918
to fight in the Mediterranean in 1939. Goebbels called them scrap iron.
For two years they fought, and when they steamed away, they left behind
a score of sunken submarines, scarred and battered a cruisers and
destroyers and the mangled remains of some of the Luftwaffe's finest
machines. Contains also a list of officers, petty officers and ratings
who served. Very good copy. Price: $30.00
MOYES JOHN F. Mighty Midgets.
Story of little ships in W.W.II. pub. Syd. N.S.W. Bookstall
Co. 1946 or.red.cl. 8vo. pp.190. Very good copy.
Price: $55.00
MOYSE-BARTLETT H. - A History Of The Merchant Navy
illus. with 31 B&W plates, 53 B&W illus. pub. London, George G.
Harrap & Co. Ltd. 1937 1st ed. or. dark blue cloth, gilt stampings
on spine. pp.304. "The present volume is an attempt to relate in
concise yet comprehensive form the stories of discovery and exploration
by British merchant sailors, the expansion of shipping and overseas
trade, the progress of ship-construction, the evolution of the
navigator's art, and, since the two Services have from the earliest
times been closely connected, the relations between the Royal and
Merchant Navies." Former owner’s stamp to f/free e/paper. Good copy
otherwise. Price: $75.00
MUDIE IANRiver Boats.
The story of paddle steamers and the role they played on
the Darling and Murray Rivers. with e/paper maps & 14 full page
plates t/out. pub. Adel. Rigby 1963 or.grn.cl. 8vo. pp.240.
fine Price: $40.00
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MUDIE IAN Wreck Of The Admella.
illus. with 4 full page plates t/out. pub.
Adel. Rigby 1966 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.184. Fine
copy. Price: $35.00
CALCUTTCaptain GEORGEVoyage Of The Loch Tay.
Melbourne To Glasgow Aboard A Famous Australian Wool Clipper In 1892.
Foreword by Sir James Bisset. illus. with 5 plates, appendix pub.
Melbourne Maritime Historical Productions 1966 or.cl. d/w. cr.4to. pp.
XII.84. Limited edition of 250 copies this being No.72. Slightly
chipped d/w. else fine. Price: $65.00
MURPHY ROBERT CUSHMANLogbook For Grace.
Whaling Brig Daisy, 1912-1913. Whaling in Antarctic waters.
illus. with text dwgs. map and facsimile Certificate of
Discharge. pub. Lond. Robert Hale Ltd.
1948 or.grn.bds. roy.8vo.
pp.XII.290. fine. Price: $50.00
MURRANT JIM Ed. by. Reaching for The Limit.
Fourteen contribution from Australia's most accomplished
yachtsmen, each of whom describes and discusses the
techniques they use to win races. illus. with b/w.
plates. dwgs. t/out. some full page pub. Melb.
Lansdowne Press 1967 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.154.
Fine. Price: $35.00
MURRAY M.Hunted.
A Coastwatcher's Story. Observing Japanese movements
in New Guinea illus. with e/paper maps & 8 full page plates t/out.
pub. Adel. Rigby 1967 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.240.
Fine. Price: $50.00