Mysteries of the Bass Strait Triangle
Melbourne: Neptune Press, 1988. 4th edition, pp 112, orig wraps, near fine. Mysterious disappearances of ships and aircraft in the area between Victoria and Tasmania.
Melbourne: Neptune Press, 1988. 4th edition, pp 112, orig wraps, near fine. Mysterious disappearances of ships and aircraft in the area between Victoria and Tasmania.
Yarram (VIC): Oceans Enterprises, 1993. Royal octavo, wraps, b&w illus, pp 165 plus index. Fine condition.
London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1929. New Impression, pp x, 261, illustrations by Kurt Wiese, blue cloth, gilt dec., rubbed, corners bumped, spine sunned, no d.j. A woman's story of growing up on sailing ships in the South Sea Islands and Australia.
Glasgow: James Brown, 1922. Large octavo, original cloth boards with gilt, pp. xvi, 332, incl. Index, col. & b/w plates, plans. Worn and rubbed to edges. Good condition. History of the nineteenth-century three-masted, full-rigged ships, often used in trade between England and Australia.
Glasgow: James Brown & Son, 1924. 1st ed., octavo, pp.xv, 420, incl Index, b&w fronts, plates and plans, two folding plates, bookplate and bookseller's ticket (J.H. Lake, Falmouth) front pastedown, orig gilt titled cloth bds, rubbed, spine faded, prev owner's inscr to ffep (Arthur Willmore, October 5th, 1924) with a......
Glasgow: Brown & Ferguson, 1933. Quarto, original blue cloth boards with gilt decoration, b&w illus, endpaper maps, pp xiv, 392. The spine has been relaid over new cloth: spine rubbed and lighhtly marked. Marks to rear board. Front board clean and bright. Previous owner's bookplate front endpaper. Very good internally.....
Sydney: Macmillan, 2000. Artwork by Jan Senbergs. Reprint, 8vo, pp. 96, colour and b/w ills., wraps, very good. Account of the sinking of HMAS Armidale in the Arufura Sea, WWII.
London: Bison Books, 1990. Reprint, 4to, pp. 256, Index, colour and b/w ills., maps, original boards, very good, in d.j. top edge slightly frayed.
Philadelphia: Chilton Book Company, 1968. pp xvi, 384, Index, b/w photos, cloth boards, v.g. in good d.j. From South Australia to Hawaii, the Galapagos Islands, Whaling to Cape Canaveral Air Base, the beaches of America and other places are home to many types of creatures and activities.
London: Heinemann, 1930. Limited edition, number 203 of 425, bound in buckram and signed by the author. Quarto, original cloth boards with gilt pictorial sailing ship, b&w plates, four plans including three large folding plans. Previous owner's bookplate front free endpaper. Very good condition. The history of the four-masted barque.....
London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1935. 8vo, orig green cl bds, b&w plates, pp (xiii) 296. Spine slightly faded, edges gently rubbed, o/w v.g. in chipped d.j. History of submarine warfare during WWI.
London: Jonathon Cape, 1960. pp 382, Index, b/w plates & frontis, ep maps, cloth backed boards, edges rubbed, in good d.j., frayed at edges, protected. Very readable and thoroughly researched account of the background, action, and aftermath of the first modern naval battle in 1588.
London: Souvenir Press, 1984. pp 257, Index, b/w plates, maps, orig boards, v.g., in like d.j. Phillip spent three and a half years with the Portuguese Navy prior to commanding the First Fleet to New South Wales.
London: Horace Cox, 1897. Octavo, original blue cloth boards with gilt pictorial design front and back boards (lighthouse, Orion), b&w illus, maps (2 folding and colour), ship plans, pp xviii, 418 plus publisher's catalogue. Dated 1893 on the title page, but bound with publisher's adverts for 1897. Previous owner's signature.....
London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1870. Octavo, half-leather boards with marbled sides, complete with all five plates including chart, b&w vignette illustrations, pp xii, 291. With the ex-library stamps and bookplate of the Malta Garrison Library. Small later previous owner's bookplate. Heavily rubbed to edges and spine, one plate loose.....
London: Methuen & Co., 1925. pp xvi, 159, b/w frontis port., b/w plates, bookplate to front pastedown, off-setting to eps, cloth boards, spine sunned & chipped at head. A seafaring life in the late nineteenth century, including a voyage in the 'Cutty Sark'.
Canberra: Australian National University Press, 1979. 1st ed., small 4to, cloth boards, dustjacket, b&w illus, pp 249. Very good in like d.j. The British Museum Yearbook 3. Essays on the voyages of Captain Cook. Profusely illustrated.
Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1956. 8vo, pp (x) 182, colour frontis portrait, b/w plates, original cloth boards, few faint marks otherwise good, in d.j. tear across top front edge taped at rear, top edge creased and frayed, closed tear tail spine. Coral reefs and sea bed exploration in northern Queensland.....
Angus & Robertson, 1967. 8vo, cloth boards, dustjacket, b&w plates, pp. 184. Minor shelfwear to d.j., clean, firm, very good condn. The steamer Admella was wrecked off the South Australian coast in 1859. The first full telling of the story.
np: Wedneil Publications, nd c( 1975). pp 88, colour & b/w photos, stiff wraps. One plate loose. Good condition. Salvage diving around Australia.
Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1970. 1st ed., 8vo., pp. (x), 251, index, b/w photos, signed by Author, foxing to edges & endpapers., orig. boards., v.g in price-clipped d.j., slightly rubbed & worn at head of spine. From the 17th Century wrecks off Western Australia, to the sinking off the inter-island.....
Paris: Office International D'Hygiene Publique, 1926. 1st ed., text in French, 8vo., pp. 337 incl. index, b/w fold. maps, ink stamps to title page, light offsetting to e.ps., small spot to rear e.ps., or. cl. bds., sl. sun line at rear.
Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company, c. 1936. Large format photograph album in card covers, ribbon tied, 25.5cm x 31cm, issued for passengers on P&O cruises to record their voyage in a scrapbook style, printed gilt logo of the company on front cover and titled also in gilt, "With the.....
London: Riddle, Smith & Duffus Ltd, 1937. Foreword by Lord Craigmyle. 1st ed., octavo., pp.47, some light foxing to orig. wraps otherwise near fine condition.
Melbourne: Miegunyah Press, 2003. 2nd edition, quarto., cloth boards, dustjacket with repair to closed tear upper spine, pp.xi, 467, maps, tables and plans. With the large print (50cm x 72cm) of H.M. Bark Endeavour by the author, loosely inserted (often missing). Near fine condition in very good dustjacket. Captain Cook's.....